ORANGE VILLAGE COUNCIL
WORK SESSION/SPECIAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 5, 2008
8:00 PM


 MINUTES 


1.	Dan Brown, Council President, called the Work Session to order at 8:00 p.m. 

2.	Pledge of Allegiance

3.	Roll call
	Members present:	Bram, Kluter, Parks, Perry, Braverman, Centanni, Brown
           	Members absent:     None	
	Others present:	
	Kathy Mulcahy - Mayor
	Stephen Byron – Law Director	
	Bruce White – Fire/Service Department Head
	Dan Fritz – Lieutenant Fire Department
	Chris Kostura – Chief of Police
	Mary Kampman – Clerk of Council

4. Old Business Introduction and consideration of:
	A. ORDINANCE 2008-22 - AMENDED	
      	An Ordinance amending Part Thirteen, Building Code, by enacting Chapter 1337, 
	Point of Sale Inspections, to provide limited inspections of dwellings and dwelling units 
	before transfer of property title and amending Chapter 1327 to provide a fee for such 
	inspection. 3rd Reading Referred to Safety Committee – Did not recommend passage 
	in present form. 5-2 against legislation.  Not read at the October 1 meeting because 
	of significant changes and need for review. Council discussed additional changes they 
	would like to be made by the Law Director. Harry Stark of the Cuyahoga County Board 
	of Health answered Council’s questions about the inspection of water wells and  
      	septic systems.
	
	B. ORDINANCE 2008-23
      	An Ordinance amending various sections of Chapter 1373, Smoke and Carbon 
	Monoxide Detectors, to require all owners of dwellings and dwelling units to install 
	and maintain Carbon Monoxide Detectors. 3rd Reading
     	Referred to Safety Committee – Did not recommend passage in present form. 
	4-3 against legislation. Not read at October 1 meeting because of revisions being 
	reviewed regarding Ordinance 2008-22.

5. New Business: Introduction and consideration of:

             	A.  Motion to reject the bids of MJEM Enterprises, Inc., as not responsive to the 
	bid specifications, and accept the bid of Clean Air Concepts in the amount of $54,130 
	to furnish and install fire ventilation system, including Contract Option #1 for sliding 
	balance track at main station 5th  drop for $3,500 and authorize the Mayor and 
	Treasurer to enter into a contract with Clean Air Concepts for the provision of said 
             	Fire Department Ventilation System.  The lowest bidder was not responsive to the 
	bid specifications. Lieutenant Dan Fritz explained reasoning to Council.

             	B. ORDINANCE  2008-26
             	An Ordinance granting a service station price sign size variance to True North 
	Energy, LLC for 27010 Chagrin Boulevard. True North wants an 18.2 square 
	foot sign and the code allows an 8 square foot sign.
 
     	C. ORDINANCE 2008-27
     	An emergency Ordinance enacted by the Village of Orange, Cuyahoga County, 
	Ohio hereinafter referred to as the Municipality, in the matter of the hereinafter 
	described improvement and requests the cooperation of the County of Cuyahoga 
	by its Board of County Commissioners, hereinafter referred to as the County. 
	(The improvement of the traffic signals on Miles Road (CR-11) from Brainard Road 
	(CR-28) to Harper Road (CR-18) including improvement to the intersection of 
	Miles Road (CR-11) and Harper Road (CR-18).Engineer will attend the 
	December meeting to discuss this issue with Council. County to pay 50 percent.

6.   Audience Questions and Answer
	David Paulus 28300 Jackson Road – Comments on Miles Road Improvement Project

7.  Comments by Council Members
 	Bram – No Comment
	Centanni – No Comment
	Braverman – Newsletter deadline for submissions November 15
	-  Community Garden – Looking for interested residents
	-  Long Range Planning Committee White Paper on oil and gas industry
	-  Random invitation of residents to attend Council Meetings in 2009	
	Kluter – Election comments – Proud to be an American
	Parks – Recounted the financial safety of the Village’s money
	Perry – No Comments

8.   Comments by the Mayor – October Bills to be Paid will be on November agenda
	- Flu shots will be available to Council before 11/12 Council meeting at 7:30 p.m.

9.   Comments by Council President – 
	Will speak at Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District Yearly Awards Ceremony 
	- September highest recycling tonnage recorded in Orange Village 
	-  Thanked all people who helped with election
	-  Checking on disposal of televisions

10. Adjourn the Work Session at 9:16 p.m.

11. The Special Meeting was called to order by Council President Dan Brown at 9:17 p.m.

12. Roll call
	Members present:	Bram, Kluter, Parks, Perry, Braverman, Centanni, Brown
	Members absent:   None	
	Others present:	Kathy Mulcahy, Mayor
			Stephen Byron – Law Director
			Bruce White – Fire/Service Department Head
			Chris Kostura – Chief of Police
			Mary Kampman – Clerk of Council

13.  New Business: Introduction and consideration of:
	
	A.  Motion to reject the bids of MJEM Enterprises, Inc., as not responsive to the 
	bid specifications, and accept the bid of  Clean Air Concepts in the amount of  
	$54,130 to furnish and install a fire ventilation system, including Contract Option #1 
	for sliding balance track at main station 5th  drop for $3,500 and authorize the 
	Mayor and Treasurer to enter into a contract with Clean Air Concepts for the 
	provision of said Fire Department Ventilation System made by Perry; 
	seconded by Kluter
.
         	Ayes:	Bram, Kluter, Parks, Perry, Braverman, Centanni, Brown	
  	Nays:	None

14.  Motion to adjourn to Executive Session to discuss preparing for, conducting or 
	reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their 
	compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment. And to discuss other 
	employee compensation issues made by Perry; seconded by Bram.

        	Ayes:	Bram, Kluter, Parks, Perry, Braverman, Centanni, Brown	
 	Nays:	None

15. Reconvene Special Meeting at 9:38 p.m




16. Motion to adjourn Special Meeting at 9:39 p.m. made by Braverman; seconded by Perry.

         Ayes:	Centanni, Bram, Kluter, Parks, Perry, Braverman, Brown	
 Nays:	None




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        Clerk of Council				President of Council







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