CLAYTON — City council voted to remove from its agenda Feb. 1 an ordinance that had been tabled since the Dec. 18 council meeting.
The ordinance would have authorized the sale of a 3.7884 acre parcel at the corner of National Road and Proaction Drive to Bella Sorella Pizza Company, LLC for a price of $200,000 with provisions to include forgiveness of the loan for the purchase price in exchange for maintaining an agreed level of employment and other conditions specified in the sale agreement.
Vice Mayor Tim Gorman made the motion to remove the ordinance from the agenda while Mayor Mike Stevens made a motion to table the item indefinitely.
Law Director Martina Dillon noted that if the item was tabled indefinitely it would remain on future city agendas and could be brought off the table for vote. However, if there was a second to Gorman’s motion to remove the ordinance from the agenda, council could vote remove it.
Stevens withdrew his motion to table the item indefinitely and council voted to remove it from the agenda.
Under new business an ordinance to authorize entering into a purchase agreement with Kate’s Pizza Place, LLC and authorizing at closing the transfer of the purchase price of $50,000 plus closing costs and broker fee for the same 3.7884 acre tract was adopted unanimously by council.
Council failed to second a motion to repeal the current codified ordinance regarding fireworks to replace it with an updated version banning fireworks in the city unless they are being set off by a licensed fireworks company.
The ordinance would have banned the legal discharge of consumer fireworks on specified dates and times unless a political subdivision chooses to ban their use.
Councilman Greg Merkle felt there were other ways to approach the issue to seek solutions to a problem in certain areas of the city where fireworks are being set off beyond the time limit by unsupervised youth causing a disturbance and stress to some residents.
Merkle felt any legislation passed by council should include education on the dangers of consumer fireworks.
In other business council tabled an ordinance that would have repealed Ordinance O-02-24-03 which adopted the planning commission’s recommendation for a change in zoning from Rural Conservation District – 2 to Planned Development District for the preliminary development plan for 42.99 acres of property along Phillipsburg-Union and Haber roads for the proposed Salem Springs subdivision.
Gorman argued that the ordinance should be adopted since he believes voters will defeat the ballot proposal to allow development of the land. Council voted 4-3 to table the item with Ryan Famer, Ken Henning and Gorman voting against tabling the ordnance.
Council passed a resolution to accept a bid and reward a contract to Rumpke of Ohio, Inc. for residential trash recycling commencing July 1 with an option of two additional years in one-year increments.
The contract would result in a cost reduction for trash and recycling services, including a reduced rental rate for trash and recycling receptacles, both of which have a 95 gallon capacity.
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