MINUTES OF MEETING OF
IRONTON CITY COUNCIL
November 23, 2020
6:00 p.m.

A regular meeting of Ironton City Council was held on Thursday, November 23, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. via video conference.  Present was Vice Mayor Craig Harvey, who presided and members:  Cleary, Haney, Hock, Kline, Pierce, Rist – seven.

All persons stood for a prayer given by Rev. Willie Purdee of Central Christian Church, and then the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The Minutes of the Finance Committee of November 12, 2020, and the Regular Meeting of November 12, 2020, stood approved as submitted.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Mayor Cramblit said he would like to ask for an Executive Session after this meeting with the Solicitor and Council regarding real estate.

COMMUNICATIONS

Mr. Harvey said there is the letter that Councilman Haney received from Bobby Neiman regarding zoning issues, and a letter from the CAO regarding Depot Square Phase II.  He said he believes that the letter from the CAO was in response to a community member’s concern regarding housing that is going up around the 800 block of South 8th Street.  Mr. Cleary moved, seconded by Mr. Hock, to receive, file and make a part of the minutes the two letters.  Mr. Pierce said he had a question.  He said at the end of paragraph 2 in that letter, it says two units will be restricted to 50% AMI.  He asked what is AMI?  Mr. Harvey said he believes that has to do with rates, but he doesn’t know what that stands for.  He said in context the next sentence talks about the projected rate of rental.  Mayor Cramblit said it stands for Area Median Income.   Motion passed unanimously.

Mr. Kline said he had a follow-up discussion with the communication from Bobby Neiman.  He said he knows the Mayor at some point talked about having a PUC meeting to discuss the proposed zoning permit, and he thinks it is worthwhile; and he would like to request a PUC meeting to discuss that.  Mr. Harvey said he thinks they decided to do that as a Council as a Whole at the last workshop.  He said he believes the Mayor said that legislation is almost ready.  He said once that legislation is ready and has a fee attached to it, then they can discuss it.  He said he will call that meeting as soon as he knows it is ready.  Mr. Kline said maybe Mr. Haney could communicate that to Mr. Neiman as far as follow-up on that.  Mr. Haney said he would do that.

REPORTS – None

ORDINANCES

 

ORDINANCE NO. 20-72 –         TO ADOPT THE TEMPORARY OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF IRONTON, STATE OF OHIO, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY was given first reading.

Mr. Cleary mentioned that this ordinance was given a favorable recommendation in Finance tonight.  Mr. Cleary moved, seconded by Mr. Haney, to suspend the rules and give Ordinance No. 20-72 second and third reading by title only.  Motion passed unanimously and Ordinance No. 20-72 was given second and third reading.  Mr. Cleary moved, seconded by Mr. Pierce, to adopt Ordinance No. 20-72.  Motion passed unanimously.  ADOPTED

 

ORDINANCE NO. 20-73 –         AMENDING THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF IRONTON, STATE OF OHIO, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY was given first reading.

Mr. Cleary said Ordinance No. 20-73 was also given a favorable recommendation in Finance this evening.  Mr. Cleary moved, seconded by Ms. Rist, to suspend the rules and give Ordinance No. 20-73 second and third reading by title only.  Motion passed unanimously and Ordinance No. 20-73 was given second and third reading.  Mr. Cleary moved, seconded by Mr. Kline, to adopt Ordinance No. 20-73.  Motion passed unanimously.  ADOPTED

ORDINANCE NO. 20-74 –         AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF IRONTON A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN LOCAL 771 AND AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY was given first reading.

Mr. Cleary said this ordinance was also given a favorable recommendation in Finance.  Mr. Cleary moved, seconded by Mr. Haney, to suspend the rules and give Ordinance No. 20-74 second and third reading by title only.  Mr. Haney said he would like to commend the City Solicitors and the Mayor, as well as the representatives from the AFSCME union, on coming to a long-term agreement.  Motion passed unanimously and Ordinance No. 20-74 was given second and third reading.  Mr. Kline moved, seconded by Mr. Cleary, to adopt Ordinance No. 20-74. Motion passed unanimously.  ADOPTED

RESOLUTIONS – None

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Mr. Harvey said they had on their agenda at the last meeting the resignation of John Smith from the Civil Service Board, and he would like to recommend the appointment of J. C. Medinger to the Civil Service Board to fill the unexpired term of John Smith, and he makes that motion to do so.  Mr. Cleary seconded the motion.  Mr. Kline said he would like to thank Mr. Smith for his service to the City.  Motion passed unanimously.

Mr. Haney said he thinks they talked about this last year around this time also, but he would like to see the Council and the City recognize the Ironton High School Football team on a tremendous year.  He said those kids put in a lot of hard work.  Mr. Harvey said he and the Mayor had already talked about it, and he is going to get that information to Terri like they did last year to put together a Proclamation.  He said he was going to try to get with Mr. Pendleton and try to determine if they have a place maybe in the school library or some place where they could set up BlueJeans on their wi-fi and have a big enough space for their Seniors to social distance.  He said that way they could at least recognize Coach Pendleton and the Seniors and give them a copy of the Proclamation and have the Mayor read the Proclamation.  He said he will bring the Proclamation around to everyone’s houses and have them sign it, as he did last year.

Mr. Cleary said he would like to mention that they received the October 2020 financial statements, and he would like to move to receive, file and make a part of the minutes that financial statement.  Mr. Kline seconded that motion.  Motion passed unanimously.

Mr. Kline moved, seconded by Mr. Pierce, to go into Executive Session to discuss real estate with the Solicitor and Mayor, with no action to follow.  Mr. Cleary said he had a previous commitment and would not be able to stay for Executive Session and asked the Mayor if he would give him a call sometime tomorrow to let him know what was discussed at the Executive Session.  Mayor Cramblit said he would.  Motion passed unanimously.

Minutes were taken by Marta Leach, Clerk.

In attendance:  John Elam, Finance Director, Mayor Cramblit, Mack Anderson