JANUARY 24, 2011
7:30 PM
The Council of The Village of Grand Rapids convened in regular session from 7:30 P.M. to 8:20 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 | Lewis - Present | Treen - Present |
| Berry - Present | Erdody - Present | Williams - Present |
EMPLOYEES: Chad Hoffman, Karen Rader
MINUTES:
Erdody made a motion, seconded by Williams, to approve the minutes of the
January 10, 2011 meeting as submitted.
| Votes Were: | Hutchison - yes | Lewis - yes | Treen - yes |
| Berry - yes | Erdody - yes | Williams Yes | |
| MINUTES APPROVED | |||
BILLS:
Erdody made a motion, seconded by Hutchison, to approve the bills dated January
11 through January 24, 2011
| Votes Were: | Lewis - yes | Treen - yes | Berry - yes |
| Erdody - yes | Williams - yes | Hutchison - yes | |
| BILLS APPROVED | |||
MAYOR'S REPORT:
The meeting with the Township Trustees is set for February 2, 2011 at 7:00 pm at
the Fire Station with the agenda being the Town Hall and the Town Hall Board of
Control.
The meeting with the Youth Baseball is set for February 9th at 7:00 pm at the
Town Hall.
ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT:
The Administrator gave his report. A copy will be attached to the official
minutes.
He advised Council that the replacement street light for downtown has been
delivered. We will install it when the weather breaks.
READING OF COMMUNICATIONS:
A memo from Randy Gardner was distributed.
ORDINANCES:
The Fiscal Officer read Ordinance 2011-1 - Ordinance Amending Section 890.05 and
Section 890.12(b) of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Grand Rapids,
Concerning the Village Income Tax, and Declaring an Emergency.
Erdody made a motion, seconded by Berry, to declare Ordinance 2011-1 an emergency.
| Votes Were: | Berry - yes | Erdody - yes | Williams - yes |
| Hutchison - yes | Lewis- yes | Treen - yes | |
| SO DECLARED | |||
Erdody made a motion, seconded by Hutchison, for passage of Ordinance 2011-1.
| Votes Were: | Williams - yes | Hutchison - yes | Lewis - yes |
| Treen - yes | Berry - yes | Erdody - yes | |
| ORDINANCE APPROVED | |||
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
After discussion regarding snow on the sidewalks, Erdody made a motion, seconded
by Hutchison to go ahead and allow the Administrator to find a contractor to
remove snow from sidewalks per the ordinance.
| Votes Were: | Hutchison - yes | Lewis - yes | Treen - yes |
| Berry - yes | Erdody - yes | Williams - yes | |
| MOTION APPROVED | |||
NEW BUSINESS:
The Mayor asked Council to think about meeting with other entities in the
Village to discuss any concerns that there may be. Council agreed that this
would be a good plan to help with the communications among the entities. The
format would be to take 15-20 minutes at the beginning of the meeting instead of
separate committee meetings.
COMMENTS:
Hutchison was asked by Lance Roehl for any ideas for an Eagle Scout project.
ADJOURNMENT:
Erdody made a motion, seconded by Lewis, to adjourn.
| Votes Were: | Hutchison - yes | Lewis - yes | Treen - yes |
| Berry - yes | Erdody - yes | Williams - yes |
The meeting was adjourned. The next scheduled meeting is February 14, 2011 at 7:30 P.M. at the Grand Rapids Town Hall.
