PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING

 

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

 

 

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Burke at 6:50 p.m.

 

MEMBERS PRESENT:  David Burke, John Marshall, Leah Sellers

 

OTHERS PRESENT:  Tim Aslaner, Connie Patterson

 

AGENDA: 

 

q       Organization – Moved to end of agenda

 

q       Paris Township boundary adjustment

 

ORDINANCE TO WITHDRAW FROM DARBY TOWNSHIP LAND ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND PETITION THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO ADD SUCH LAND TO PARIS TOWNSHIP

 

Committee reviewed draft ordinance.  Mr. Burke explained this has to do with the Bunsold property, which the city annexed last year.  City wants to bring this property into Paris Township from Darby Township.

 

Mr. Marshall asked for further background on this issue.  Committee members were unfamiliar with the background.  Mr. Aslaner was unsure if the city has the right to do this.  Ms. Sellers stated if it is a Type 2 annexation, City cannot request boundary conformance pursuant to 50307, meaning if it was a 709.023 annexation.   Mr. Marshall asked if the Darby Township Trustees were aware of this move?  Clerk Patterson said she did not know if they were aware of it.  That fact had not been mentioned by Administration.  Administration had requested the clerk to draft this ordinance using an ordinance from previous years where it had been done before.  It was confirmed that the annexation of this property was the expedited procedure. 

 

Questions that need to be answered.  1)  Why would we bother with this and why do we need to redraw township boundaries? 2) Is Darby Township aware of this?  Since there were questions and more information needed, Committee agreed to table this until the March meeting.  Someone from Administration is requested to attend the next meeting in order to answer questions.

 

q       Review of Council Rules of Procedure

 

Council Voting Procedure sheet.  Need to make some clerical corrections.

 

Revise Rule #’s as follows:

 

ü     Legislation (Condolence/Congratulations) --  Change Rule #22  to  #23

 

ü     Waive Readings – Change Rule #22 to #23

 

ü     Waive Reading in Full – Change Rule #22 to #23

 

ü     Amendments – Change Rule #23 to #24

 

Add:  Eminent Domain Legislation –  ¾ vote of all members elected to Council

          Add note in “Miscellaneous” column – “Reference Ordinance 81-05”

 

After review of the Council Rules of Procedure, Committee proposed the following changes:

 

Rule 2. C. 3.  Remove:  Law Director Report.  Mr. Aslaner felt that any report he would give would be in an Executive Session, so he asked that his report be removed.

 

Rule 2.C. 4.  Add:  Planning Commission Report (2^nd meeting of month).  At a previous Council meeting, Council members stated they would like a report from the Planning Commission at least once a month in order to be updated on development and/or issues with development.

 

Motion to propose above amendments; affirmative voice vote was unanimous. 

 

Committee discussed the need for three readings for a resolution.  Mr. Aslaner stated this would require a Charter change because the Charter refers us to the procedural laws of non-charter cities.  The ORC does not differentiate between resolutions and ordinances; it just refers to legislation.  Another possible option would be to write an ordinance that defines an ordinance as legislation pursuant to the ORC code that it refers to, then state that resolutions of a certain type are deemed to not be considered legislation pursuant to that code section. 

 

Mr. Marshall nominated Ms. Sellers as Chairperson for the Public Affairs Committee, seconded by Mr. Burke; affirmative voice vote was unanimous.  Ms. Sellers is Chairperson.

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m.