CITY OF LENOX

A regular meeting of the Lenox City Council was called to order by Mayor Douglas on June 13, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall with the following council members answering roll call: Bowman, Adams, Vogel, Borland and Custer. Staff present included City Administrator, Allison Kitzman, City Clerk, Dawne Bowman and Public Works, Ryan Brown. Other visitors were Ben French and Deputy Pafford.

Bowman made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by Custer, all aye, motion carried. Adams made a motion to approve 5/23/16 meeting minutes, seconded by Bowman, all aye, motion carried. Adams made a motion to approve 5/31/16 special meeting minutes, seconded by Borland, all aye, motion carried. Custer made a motion to approve the payment of the bills, seconded by Vogel, all aye, motion carried. Vogel made a motion to approve the May 2016 Clerk Treasurer Report, seconded by Custer, all aye, motion carried.

Deputy Pafford provided information regarding the Sheriff's Department.

Adams made a motion to approve Resolution 16- 9, FY16- 17 Wage Increase for Employees, seconded by Borland. Roll call votes- all ayes. The increase is as follows: Bowman 3%, Shari Burger 13%, and Lori Green 3%. This increase will be effective with the first payroll in July 2016.

There was a discussion held on the condition of the mobile home court. There have been little improvements on any cleaning up of the property and the deadline was June 1- 2016. Custer made a motion to move forward with abatement procedures on the mobile home court, seconded by Bowman. Roll call votes- all ayes, motion carried.

Custer made a motion to approve Resolution 16- 10 Placing STOP Sign at North Main Street and Kansas Street, seconded by Adams, motion carried.

Bowman made a motion to approve Resolution 16- 11 Placing YIELD Sign at East Michigan Street and North Oak Street, seconded by Borland, motion carried.

Bowman made a motion to approve Resolution 16- 12 Placing YIELD sign at South Elm Street and West Dallas Street, seconded by Adams, motion carried.

Bowman made a motion to approve Resolution 16- 13 Placing YIELD Sign at South Elm Street and Grove Street, seconded by Borland, motion carried.

Adams made a motion to approve Resolution 16- 14 Transferring Library Funds to Investment, seconded by Vogel, motion carried.

Custer made a motion to approve Resolution 16- 15 Transferring Donated Funds to Sports Complex Money Market, seconded by Bowman, motion carried.

Kitzman discussed additional training hours needed, as there are a lot of projects going on at this time and training is important to her at this time. Adams suggested the budget process in December would take some training as well. Borland made a motion to approve and additional up to 40 hours of training by Karen Zabel at $25 per hour, seconded by Adams, all aye, motion carried.

Borland made a motion to approve Outdoor Service Area for Dally Post for June 18, 2016, seconded by Custer, all aye, motion carried.

Kitzman discussed the City Hall repairs. Surveys are available at City Hall and are due July 1, 2016.

Kitzman discussed the repairs to the Depot, an estimate for window replacement has been made available. Adams made a motion to approve Therm D Energy Star windows at a cost of approximately $6720, seconded by Borland, all aye, motion carried.

A discussion was held on the bush/tree at corner of North Main Street and Kansas. Each council member had taken the time to view the situation. Adams explained that it was not in compliance with the Code of Ordinances and causing a safety hazard, while Vogel suggested the Stop sign could eliminate the problem. After much discussion regarding safety of others and violation of City Code, Adams made a motion to approve to ask the property owners to remove the bush at the corner of North Main Street and Kansas Street, seconded by Bowman. Roll call votes Custer- aye, Borland- nay, Vogel- nay, Adams- aye, and Bowman- aye. Motion carried.

Mayor Douglas advised the council of a re- vote on roll call voting for Resolution 16- 9, Roll call vote- all aye, Bowman abstained. Motion carried.

Adams moved to adjourn the meeting, Custer seconded, all ayes, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:25 P.M.