January 2009

                                                                        COUNCIL MINUTES

                                                                 VILLAGE OF FOREST HILLS

                                                                            January 6, 2009

 

 

The regular meeting of the Village of Forest Hills was held in the lobby of the University Inn at 6:00pm on January 6, 2009.

 

The following members of the Council were present:

Dick Iobst

Kay Shapiro

Suzanne Stone

Gene Tweedy

&

Jim Wallace, Mayor

 

(1)    Call to order 6:04pm by Mayor Jim Wallace

 

(2)    Opening Prayer

 

(3)    Approval of Minutes for the December 2, 2008 to be considered during the February meeting.

 

(4)    New Business:

a)      Update of the list of VFH officials

b)      Entrance lights maintenance done by Alan Begley per Jim Wallace request

c)      Motion to approve 2,620 pages of VFH documents to be scanned by David Galloway for a cost of $436.70 made by Suzanne Stone, seconded by Dick Iobst, unanimously approved.

d)      Kolleen Begley will update the current VFH website with the correct member names and contacts as well as meeting times, meeting minutes, and other pertinent information.

e)      Motion to approve to pay $93.20 to David Galloway for updating and printing of 2006 and 2008 ordinances made by Suzanne Stone, seconded by Gene Tweedy, unanimously approved.

f)        Gene Tweedy discussed the pot holes.

g)      Motion to approve to pay Gene Tweedy $25.00 for the sign he had made was made by Dick Iobst seconded by  Suzanne Stone, unanimously approved. 

 

(5)    Ann Melton, Jackson County Clerk of Court: Swearing in Ceremony for:

a)      Kolleen Begley as Village Clerk and Carl Hooper as Alternate Village Clerk

b)      Planning Board Members; Alan Begley, Kent Briggs, Clark Corwin, Carl Hooper, Janie Prentice, and Jerry Freisner.

 

(6)    Charges per agenda were presented to the Planning Board by Mayor Jim Wallace;

a)      Resolved that the first Planning Board meeting will be February 4th at 6:30pm.  Monthly meeting times for the Planning Board will be decided then.

b)      Resolved; Carl Hooper and Clark Corwin will co-chair on the Planning Board.

c)      Copies of the proposed ordinance changes will be emailed to the Planning Board before their first meeting.  During the first meeting, the Planning Board will be given a list of suggestions that the Council would like considered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7)    Old Business

a)      Ordinance documents are still in the works. 

b)      Kolleen Begley followed up on whether or not there can be tax dollar funds, Powell or Non-Powell, to help out with road maintenance expenses in the Forest Hills Estates area, possibly money appropriated for future paving.  The council members will consider amendments for the ordinances to have funds appropriated for routine maintenance of overhanging trees and roadside brush throughout the VFH.  Begley, Wallace, and Shapiro will meet on the road in Forest Hills Estates at a date to be set at a later time suggested by Kay Shapiro.

 

 

(8)    Jim Weir gave the Financial Report for the month of December 2008. 

a)      $15,099 of the annual $33,000 of Ad Valorem Taxes came in and $230.00 of interest was earned on money in the bank.

b)      Expenses totaling $1,027 for the month of December were discussed.

c)      On-going budget and expenses to be posted on website.

 

 

      (9)  Motion to continue the meeting was made by Gene Tweedy, and seconded by Dick Iobst, unanimously 

       approved at 7:20pm.

 

 

Meeting to be continued January 20, 2008 at 6:00pm at the University Inn in order to discuss suggestions for the Planning Board to consider while re-working the Village Ordinances to better address the Planning Board’s Land Plan.

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The regular meeting of the Village of Forest Hills was continued in the lobby of the University Inn at 6:00pm on January 20, 2009.

 

The following members of the Council were present:                           

Dick Iobst

Kay Shapiro

Suzanne Stone

&

Jim Wallace, Mayor

Wes Stone, Zoning Administrator

 

(1)   Call to order 6:02pm by Mayor Jim Wallace

 

(2)   All parties present went over the proposed changes to the ordinances per the attached memo.  These are recommendations from the Council that will be presented to the Planning Board at their first meeting on February 4th at 6:30pm.

 

(3)   There being no further business (and no other persons to be heard), a motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Kay Shapiro, seconded by Dick Iobst, unanimously approved.  Meeting adjourned at 7:25pm.