Regular Council Meeting

Thursday, March 7, 2002

Meeting called to order by Mayor Robert E. Cochrun.

Roll Call: Gene Pool present, John Synodinos present, Dave France present, Dave Smith
present, Robert Martin Sr. present, Beth Rupert present.

Officials: Mayor Robert E. Cochrun present, Solicitor Christopher D. Becker present,
Clerk Treasurer Mike Payne present, Administrator Gary R. Folden present.

Moment of Silence

Pledge Of Allegiance

Reading of Minutes

Motion by John Synodinos, second by Robert Martin Sr. to approve the minutes from the
Regular Council Meeting held February 7, 2002.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert abstained, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 5-0 with one abstention.

Persons Appearing Before Council

Mayor Cochrun gave proclamations to two Edison Local High School students for being
chosen to compete in the Tournament Sport U.S.A. Hawaii Classic Soccer competition.

Detective Louis Vandeborne asked Council Members for an executive session later in
the meeting to discuss personnel matters.

Doug Freshwater told Council members that he thought that the minimum water bill charge
was not fair for landlords to pay when apartments were vacant for long periods of time.

Gene Pool told Mr. Freshwater that this issue had been discussed earlier at the
committee meeting and that Council would be reviewing the method of charging for
residences and apartments that were unoccupied for long periods of time.

Dr. Raymond Cummiskey, representing Jefferson Community College continued his
discussion from the All Committee Meeting with Council member concerning the college
and the Village jointly submitting an application for grant funding to help subsidize
the cost of establishing a small computer training center in Wintersville.

Mr. Roschak from Indian Creek School District told Council members that the
Superintendent of Indian Creek would help support this project in any way that
could. He offered to let the Village use a classroom at Buchanan Elementary to
house the training center if the Village did not want to use one of their buildings.
He also offered supervision at what ever site was selected from 6-9 PM. Monday - Friday
and Saturday from10 AM. To 3 PM.

Beth Rupert stated that her concerns for the grant were that no specific plan for
training had been developed for the residents of Wintersville and that not all of
the costs had been identified that would be incurred in establishing the training
center.

Motion by Robert Martin Sr., second by John Synodinos to authorize Jefferson Community
College to apply for a training grant to include participation by the Village contingent
upon the Village's approval for matching funds.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Reading of Ordinances and/or Resolutions

Ordinance 2002-01: An Ordinance providing for burial of indigent persons was read
for the 2nd time.

Reports, Announcements and Communications

Mayor Cochrun read the February 2002 Magistrates Reports

Mayor Cochrun read the February 2002 Police Report.

Mayor Cochrun read the February 2002 Building Inspectors report.

Mayor Cochrun asked the administrator to write a letter to President Bush and
Congressman Ney thanking them for their support on Steel and imposing tariffs on
imports.

Gary Folden said that he had been working with the Regional Income Tax Authority
(R.I.T.A.) on paring down the list of delinquencies by eliminating individuals who
did not belong on the list. He asked Council members for a motion to proceed with
RITA's supoena program.

Motion by John Synodinos, second by Gene Pool to authorize the wage tax administrator
(Gary Folden) to notify RITA to begin the supoena collection program on the revised
delinquency list of taxpayers.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Mayor Cochrun stated that new Council persons should consider attending the OML
Conference for newly elected officials if they were interested.

Mayor Cochrun announced that a Planning Commission meeting would be held Thursday,
March 14, 2002 at 6:00 PM.

Mayor Cochrun announced that the date for the regularly scheduled Council meeting
has been changed to Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at 7:00 PM.

Committee reports

Dave France announced that a finance committee meeting would be held at 6:00 PM
Tuesday, March 19, 2002.

Motion by Dave France, second by Gene Pool to establish a new special revenue fund
to record the revenue and expenses for the Workers Compensation Grant received this
year.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Motion by Dave France, second by Gene Pool to increase the Village permanent
appropriation by $871.00 in the newly established Workers Compensation grant Fund.

Motion by Dave France, second by John Synodinos to establish a new debt service
fund retroactive to January 2002 to account for the Bond repayment for the Municipal
Building.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Motion by Dave France, second by Gene Poll to increase the Village's Permanent
appropriations in the newly established Debt Service by $82,460 and to approve
monthly transfers from the funds that had previously been established to make the
building payments.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Motion by Dave France, second by John Synodinos to establish a new special revenue
fund to record revenues and expenses related to the Village acquiring a drug dog.
This fund is established retroactive to December 2001.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Administrator's Report

Gary Folden told Council Members that they needed to establish "rules of Council"
in order to avoid potential citing by the State Auditors.

Beth Rupert asked if an Ordinance Committee meeting could be set up to make changes
to the current draft that the Administrator had given Council.

Robert Martin Sr. said he would be contacting members of the Ordinance Committee to
set up an Ordinance Committee meeting to address this issue.

Old Business

Gene Pool asked if there was anything Council needed to do to move forward on
annexation of the WODA Development?

Gary Folden said that he was waiting to get copies of deeds. He also suggested
that the Village may want to combine this annexation with other community development
projects that are being worked on.

Gene Pool said that he is still pursuing obtaining lampposts alongside the Village
sidewalk area on Grove Street. He is also planning to obtain prices to put plaques
on the lampposts naming the sponsor of the post.

Gary Folden said that he and Dave France are working on obtaining grant funding for
bike trails starting with the proposed Subdivision near Big Bear.

Chris Becker presented a letter he had written to the A.L.I.V.E. Board regarding
their lease agreement.

Mike Payne presented Council members with a summary of a new law that allows Villages
to pass and Ordinance that would give the Mayor and Council authority to appoint a
clerk-treasurer instead of the Village electing that position.

New Business

A motion by John Synodinos to eliminate minimum water and sewer rates for apartments
or residences that were unoccupied for more than 30 days was tabled.

Mayor Cochrun appointed a committee that included Gene Pool, John Synodinos, and
Robert Martin to further discuss the details of making changes to water rates.

Dave France announced that he was looking into grants to help fund bike trails and paths.

Motion by Dave France, second by Gene Pool to give the Administrator the authority
to meet with representatives from Ohio Consumer Water Company concerning the Village's
water and sewage operations.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Robert Martin asked the administrator to look in to the area around Burger King,
including old culvert and pipe and determine how to clean up this area.

John Synodinos asked that something be done to stop the religious group from meeting
in the old municipal building on Leonard Ave.

Mayor Cochrun asked the Administrator to follow-up on this matter.

Gene Pool asked if the old road near Gumps Lane that is not being used could be
declared abandoned.

Chris Becker said that a motion needed to be made to start the process of a abandoning
the road.

Motion by Robert Martin Sr., second be Gene Pool to start the abandonment process for
the old road from Gumps Lane to Molinaro Enterprises.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Motion Gene Pool, second by John Synodinos to go into executive session to discuss
personnel matters concerning the Police Department.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea. Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Motion by John Synodinos, second by Gene Pool to return to regular session.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Motion by John Synodinos, second by Gene Pool to go into executive session to discuss
personnel matters.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Motion by John Synodinos, second by Robert Martin to return to regular session.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Motion by John Synodinos, second by Robert Martin Sr. to pay bills as funds become
available.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Motion by John Synodinos, second by Beth Rupert to adjourn.

Vote: John Synodinos yea, Dave France yea, Dave Smith yea, Robert Martin Sr. yea,
Beth Rupert yea, Gene Pool yea.

Motion passed 6-0.

Next regularly scheduled meeting is Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at 7:00 PM.


C. Michael Payne, Clerk Treasurer
Robert E. Cochrun, Mayor