Lordstown

WHAT: Village council meeting Tuesday

PRESENT: Robert Bond, Mark McGrail, Lamar Liming, Jamie Moseley, Jessica Blank, Ron Radtka and Mayor Jackie Woodward

Council:

•Approved settling a pending dispute with Michele Mercer and the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association by selling Mercer her duty gun for $1. Mercer worked for the police department and wanted to purchase her gun and when council voted last year not to sell it, she filed a grievance.

•Approved the purchase of an additional 420 tons of salt from the Trumbull County engineer at $48.99 per ton. The village previously purchased 2,800 tons of salt from the engineer’s office for the winter season and has used a lot because of heavy snowfall and ice the past few months. Road Supervisor Martin Nelder said the village is allowed to purchase 15% more, noting the dome will be filled with salt.

•Heard from Radtka that the planning / zoning committee has been discussing updating the comprehensive plan with future plans to put the project out for bids. He said there also was discussion to increase the rear-usage fee for property owners from 10% to 25%.

•Hired Anthony Fairbanks as a firefighter / paramedic and accepted the resignation of Dustin Hajnosz from the planning / zoning board.

•Approved advertising for an assistant planning / zoning administrator.

•Heard from Woodward the utility committee will review the electrical aggregation contract with Energy Harbor, which expires in 12 months.

•Heard from Village Engineer Chris Kogelnik that there are state capital budget funds available for community improvement projects such as work in the parks.

•Passed a motion opposing First Energy Corps’ proposed company-wide reliability performance standards changes and revisions before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and asking PUCO to reject or substantially modify the proposed changes.

• Bob Coupland