February 14, 2011
7:30 pm

The Council of The Village of Grand Rapids convened in regular session from 7:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. in the Grand Rapids Town Hall. Mayor Judy Keifer called the meeting to order with the following members and visitors present:

Hutchison - Present 
Berry - Excused
Lewis - Excused 
Erdody - Present
Treen - Present 
Williams - Present

EMPLOYEES: Chad Hoffman, Karen Rader

VISITORS: Deputy Swope

MINUTES:
Erdody made a motion, seconded by Hutchison, to approve the minutes of the January 24th meeting as submitted.
    Votes were: 
        Treen - yes 
        Erdody - yes
        Williams - yes 
        Hutchison - yes
            MINUTES APPROVED

BILLS:
Hutchison made a motion, seconded by Erdody, to approve the bills dated January 25th through February 24th, 2011.
    Votes were: 
        Treen - yes 
        Erdody - yes
        Williams - yes 
        Hutchison - yes
            BILLS APPROVED

SHERIFF'S REPORT:
Deputy Swope gave his monthly report.

MAYOR'S REPORT:
The Mayor advised Council that she approved the Youth Baseball putting their sign up for sign-ups.

ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT:
The administrator gave his report. A copy will be attached to the original minutes.

After discussion regarding the location/color scheme of the shelter ordered as a result of the Wood County Grant program, a Parks Committee meeting was tentatively scheduled for February 28th at 7:00 pm at the Town Hall.

Chad, as the designated person for Council, will be attending the Ohio Sunshine/Records seminar in March at Owens.

FISCAL OFFICER'S REPORT:
The Fiscal Officer distributed the January Bank Reconciliation and Fund Status reports to Council in their Monday Packets. The Revenue Status and Appropriation Status reports for the same month were distributed to the Finance Committee.

READING OF COMMUNICATIONS:
After discussion of the Youth Baseball's Application, Erdody made a motion, seconded by Williams, to accept the application for use of Public Property for the Youth Baseball for the 2011 Applebutter Fest as submitted with the indication that it could be amended.
    Votes were: 
        Erdody - yes 
        Williams - yes
        Hutchison - yes 
        Treen - yes

APPLICATION APPROVED
After discussion of the memberships available for the GR Chamber of Commerce, Hutchison made a motion, seconded by Erdody, to renew our non-voting membership for $35.00 to the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce.
    Votes were: 
        Williams - yes 
        Hutchison - yes
        Treen - yes 
        Erdody - yes
            MEMBERSHIP APPROVED

COMMITTEES:
A Sidewalk Committee meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 7:30 pm at the Administration Offices.

A Town Hall Board of Control meeting was set up for March 9th at 6:45 pm at the Town Hall.

ORDINANCES:
The Fiscal Officer gave a first reading to Resolution 2011-1 - A RESOLUTION AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE 2010-6.

NEW BUSINESS:
The Mayor advised Council that we have received the Financial Reports from GRASP.

COMMENTS:
Erdody made a motion, seconded by Williams, to go into Executive session to discuss to purchase and sale of property including the Village Administrator, Mayor, and Fiscal Officer.
    Votes were: 
        Hutchison - yes 
        Treen - yes
        Erdody - yes 
        Williams - yes
            MOVED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

Hutchison made a motion, seconded by Erdody, to return to regular session.
    Votes were: 
        Treen - yes 
        Erdody - yes
        Williams - yes 
        Hutchison - yes
                RETURNED TO REGULAR SESSION

ADJOURNMENT:
Erdody made a motion, seconded by Williams, to adjourn.
    Votes were: 
        Erdody - yes 
        Williams - yes
        Hutchison - yes 
        Treen - yes

The meeting was adjourned. The next scheduled meeting is February 28, 2011 at 7:30 P.M. at the Grand Rapids Town Hall.