FREDERICKTOWN — Fredericktown Village Council got caught up on two month’s worth of work during a meeting Monday at the Senior Citizens Center.
Council passed two pieces of legislation and had first readings on four others on Monday. They last met on March 16.
In the resolution passed, the village decided to sell a 1999 Dodge 3/4-ton four-wheel-drive pickup truck and a 1998 Dodge 1/2-ton two-wheel-drive pickup through the online auction site, govdeals.com.
Council also had first readings on one resolution and three ordinances. The resolution is to possibly proceed with a levy renewal request for providing and maintaining police protection. The resolution is needed because the three-mill levy would put the village in excess of the 10-mill limitation. It will raise $115,000 for the operation of the police department.
Two of the ordinances are budgetary pieces of legislation. The first would accept a $125,532.21 payment from the Ohio Public Works Commission for phases 7 and 8 of the sewer separation project and place it in the Capital Improvement Fund.
The second is the proposed 2021 budget, which will need to be submitted to the county auditor for approval by July.
The final proposed ordinance would amend a 1997 ordinance accepting and dedicating McGough Drive. It would include an additional 10 feet wide strip of property adjacent to lots 2, 3 and 11 of Moundview Subdivision for an easement for sewer lines.
Village Administrator Bruce Snell reported he was awaiting approval of two grants the village has applied for. The first is a Community Development Block Grant that will help the village and senior citizen center replace the air conditioning and furnace in their building. The second is a streets grant for paving. Snell said the village will go ahead with paving, but he’s not sure if they will have $100,000 or $200,000 for the project. He did say officials have decided to hold off on paving several parking lots because of possible tax losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Snell also said in his report that several basements in the downtown corridor have abandoned coal chutes and will require some mitigation on the engineer’s part of the Fredericktown Streetscape Project.
Police Chief Kyle Johnson reported his department has received the third of three certifications from the Ohio Collaborative Police Advisory Board.
Council set its next meeting for Monday, June 1, at 7 p.m. Council will meet just once June through September, but can add additional meetings if needed.
