East Central Reporter

City of Casey City Council met March 2.

Here is the minutes provided by the council:

The Regular Meeting of the City Council was held beginning at 6:00 p.m. Mayor Nik Groothuis was present and called the Meeting to Order and led the Pledge of Allegiance:

Roll Call:

Present: Alderman Mumford

Alderman Richardson

Alderman Ruffner

Alderman Todd

Alderman Washburn

Alderman Williams

Absent: None

A quorum was declared.

Public Forum:

None

Community Affairs:

Nancy Smitley with the Clark County Enterprise Zone was present and presented Ordinance #471: An Ordinance to Add Territory and New Unit of Government to the Clark County Enterprise Zone. This will add Cumberland County to our Enterprise Zone, as well as add Territory North of Casey and also South of Marshall. They are planning for 2 solar farms to go into both of those locations.

Alderman Mumford motioned approval of Ordinance #471, seconded by Alderman Washburn. Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 6 – Todd, Washburn, Williams, Mumford, Richardson and Ruffner

Nays: 0 – None

Motion declared carried

Lara Athey, Director for Bri-Foundation was present and talked to the City Council about a possible playground area be put on the Cities empty lot on West Main Street. They are planning on helping CIA with the Central Park, but though maybe the City would consider a bigger playground area on that lot.

They said they could help with fundraising for this park. After some discussion the Mayor asked them to get a plan in place and then get with the Downtown

A Small Town with a Improvement and Economic Development Committee to further discuss.

Meeting Minutes:

Mayor Groothuis looked for approval of the minutes of the February 18th, 2020 City Council Meeting.

Alderman Richardson motioned approval of the minutes of the February 18th, 2020 City Council Meeting, seconded by Alderman Washburn. Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 6 – Washburn, Williams, Mumford, Richardson, Ruffner and Todd

Nays: 0 – None

Motion declared carried

Officers Reports:

Clerk Mumford presented February 2020 Bills paid for approval.

Alderman Ruffner motioned approval of the February 2020 Bills Paid in the amount of $655,062.57 seconded by Alderman Todd. Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 6 – Williams, Mumford, Richardson, Ruffner, Todd and Washburn

Nays: 0 – None

Motion declared carried

Treasurer Lorton presented February 2020 Treasurer’s Collection Deposit Report for approval.

Alderman Washburn motioned approval of February 2020 Treasurers Collection Deposit Report in the amount of $783,129.50, seconded by Alderman Williams. Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 6 – Mumford, Richardson, Ruffner, Todd, Washburn and Williams

Nays: 0 – None

Motion declared carried

Attorney Shoaff presented Ordinance #466: Rate Change Ordinance. This ordinance will change the way rate increases are handled. This will take away the automatic 4% increase and will allow the council the discretion to change rates when needed.

Alderman Ruffner motioned approval of Ordinance #466, seconded by Alderman Todd. Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 6 – Richardson, Ruffner, Todd, Washburn, Williams and Mumford

Nays: 0 – None

Motion declared carried

Attorney Shoaff reported that Ordinance #468 she is still working on. She also presented Ordinance #470: Residency Change Ordinance. After discussion the following motion was made: Alderman Williams motioned approval of Ordinance #470, seconded by Alderman Mumford.

Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 6 – Todd, Washburn, Williams, Mumford, Richardson and Ruffner

Nays: 0 – None

Motion declared carried

Attorney Shoaff presented Ordinance #472: Adopting the Social Media Policy.

Alderman Washburn motioned approval of Ordinance #472, seconded by Alderman Ruffner.

Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 6 –Washburn, Williams, Mumford, Richardson, Ruffner and Todd

Nays: 0 – None

Motion declared carried

Attorney Shoaff asked for approval to go into Executive Session for discussion on Possible Litigation, Personnel and Possible Purchase of Property.

Alderman Williams motioned approval to go into Executive Session, seconded by Alderman Richardson. Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 6 –Richardson, Ruffner, Todd, Washburn, Williams and Mumford

Nays: 0 – None

Motion declared carried

Executive Session began at 6:32 p.m.

Alderman Washburn left the Council meeting at 6:52 p.m.

Alderman Ruffner motioned approval to resume the regular meeting, seconded by Alderman Mumford. Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 5 – Ruffner, Todd, Williams, Mumford and Richardson

Nays: 0 – None

Absent: 1 – Washburn

Motion declared carried

Regular meeting resumed at 7:15 p.m.

There was no Council Action following Executive Session.

Collection Hickox explained how we are in the process of changing the read dates on Utility Bills to better line up with when residents get their bill.

Economic Development Director Maulding reported on what grants were in progress and what she has been working on.

Chief Henderson reported that he met with Koorsen Fire about the fire extinguishers at City Hall.

He also reported that the PD Remodel is still ongoing.

New Business:

Downtown Improvement and Economic Development Committee Chairman Mumford reported on the meeting they held on 3/2/2020 where they reviewed a few grant applications. 1 of them have withdrawn their request and the other 2 need to finish up paper work.

Unfinished Business:

None

Alderman Reports:

None

Mayor Reports:

Mayor Groothuis reported that the Council should expect an annexation petition in the coming weeks. He reported that he is working on getting Music at the Park to continue this summer. He also wanted to make the following Alderman Members of the Zoning Commission: Pete Todd, Jerome Williams and Marcy Mumford.

Alderman Richardson motioned approval of the Zoning Commission consisting of Alderman Todd, Williams and Mumford, seconded by Alderman Ruffner. Upon roll call the vote was;

Ayes: 5 – Richardson, Ruffner, Todd, Williams, and Mumford

Nays: 0 – None

Absent: 1 – Washburn

Motion declared carried

There was no further Business of the City Council for the March 2nd, 2020 Council Meeting.

Adjournment:

Alderman Richardson motioned to adjourn, seconded by Alderman Mumford. Upon roll call the vote was:

Ayes: 5 – Todd, Williams, Mumford, Richardson and Ruffner

Nays: 0 – None

Absent: 1 - Washburn

Motion declared carried

Adjournment of the City Council was at 7:37 p.m.

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