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MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AND WORKSHOP JANUARY 22, 2008 6:30 P.M. Present: Council President Blest Councilwoman Churchill Councilman Gaworski Also present: Cathryn Thomas, Marian Delaney, Mayor Klingmeyer arrived at 6:45 p.m. 1. Motion Discussion and vote on Bank Resolutions: a. To pay Wilkinson Roofing and Siding $35,928.70 for work on the roof relative to the Bellanca Renovation Project. Councilwoman Churchill read the Resolution in full. Councilman Gaworski made a motion that the Resolution be accepted. It was seconded by Councilwoman Churchill and passed unanimously. b. To pay Hetrich Fleet Services $43,218.00 for the purchase of 2 new vehicles for the Police Department. Councilwoman Churchill read the Resolution in full. Councilman Gaworski made a motion that the Resolution be accepted. It was seconded by Councilwoman Churchill and passed unanimously. 2. Motion Discussion and Vote on a Resolution confirming Mayor Klingmeyer’s appointment of Beverly Ross as a new Planning Commission member, to fulfill the unexpired term of Thomas Wilson, term ending April, 2010. Councilwoman Churchill made a motion that the appointment be accepted. It was seconded by Councilman Gaworski and passed unanimously 3. Review draft of letter concerning the City’s request to the Trustees. City Administrator Thomas gave a brief overview of the Trustee’s requirements for making requests and stated that she has filled out the Trustee’s request form for the coming year with requests that some of the departments had asked for and asked that Council review and comment on the requests and what would be Council’s pleasure as far as the actual requests that will be made to the Trustees. Council President Blest stated that since the requests listed on Mrs. Thomas’ list totaled over $200,000.00, Council has to prioritize their requests to make sure that the items needed the most are listed as the top 3 or 4 requests. Council President Blest suggested that the most important requests should be the garbage truck, police car, and software for the finance/administrative department, security cameras and bike patrol. 4. Discussion of a new City Ordinance proposed to regulate temporary storage structures such as “PODS”. Mrs. Thomas provided 5 different ordinances from various cities for Council to review to possibly come up with an ordinance for the City of New Castle to regulate the storage structures. Some of Council’s comments were that they felt the containers need reflectors on them, they should probably be banned on some streets due to the narrow width of some of the streets, a time limit should be set to how long the structures can sit in front of a property if Council sees fit to approve them, possibly allowing them in residential districts if they can be put in a driveway but not down town, will structures like dumpsters be regulated under the Ordinance, will a permit be needed, will the guidelines be different for commercial properties as opposed to residential properties, the structures cannot block fire lanes or block emergency vehicles to get through, if approved the structures need to be insured. Mrs. Thomas will draft an Ordinance for Council’s review. 5. Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter. Councilwoman Churchill made a motion to adjourn to Executive Session and Councilman Gaworski seconded the motion. It passed unanimously. The meeting ended at 7:13 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Jill DiAngelo, City Clerk
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