Village of Edgerton Council Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
- Mayor Day called the meeting to order at 5:30PM with the Pledge of Allegiance and Prayer.
- Y – Yes, N – No, A – Abstain, Abs – Absent
- Roll Call:
| Blinzler, Sharon | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y |
| Bowsher, Lance | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Wampler, Pam | Y |
6 Members Present
Other Village Representatives Present:
- Denise Knecht – Fiscal Officer; Dawn Fitzcharles – Village Administrator; Amanda Knecht – Administrative Assistant; Ken Jacob- Police Chief
Media Present:
- Cindy Thiel- The Edgerton Earth; Anna Wozniak- The Village Reporter; Olivia Hennessey- The Bryan Times
Public Present:
- Sarah Perez, Avery Perez
- Motion to Approve Meeting Minutes from 02.07.24:
| Blinzler, Sharon | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y 2 |
| Bowsher, Lance | Y MOTION |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Wampler, Pam | Y |
Motion PASSES 6-0
Avery Perez- Flag presentation- Avery is a junior at Edgerton High School and recently completed an Eagle Scout project that placed house numbers on houses that were without, in order to assist First responders. Avery also has an interest in flags and has brought a couple of renderings of a proposed “Edgerton flag” that he has designed. Avery explained the renderings are modeled after the state flag. The symbols/colors on the flag represent the following; blue-St Joe River, grey-industry & railroads, yellow-crops, agriculture, land, white stars-Native American tribes that used to live here, yellow stars-European settlers, green circle surrounding seal-agriculture. The 1827 date meaning is unknown at this point but Mayor Day has reached out to Kevin Maynard to try and find out what the significance is. The Village of Edgerton has not, to anyone’s knowledge, ever had its own flag. Perez found that there is a Williams County flag but not many communities display their own flag. When asked the intentions for the flag, Perez thinks it could be placed in front of Town Hall, by Clem in downtown park or at the Post Office.
Mayor Update by Robert Day:
- Participated in Spanish trip 2025 fundraiser at Cup O’ Joy– haven’t heard final numbers but hopefully was a success for both students and the business
Administrator Update by Dawn Fitzcharles:
- Continuing to work on projects and things are progressing very nicely, exciting times ahead!
Fiscal Officer Update by Denise Knecht:
- Credit card review 01/16/24-02/15/24
Police Chief Update by Ken Jacob:
- New part-time hire started training last week
- New patrol car has VIN number, moving on down the assembly line
- Submitted reimbursement requests for vests that were purchased last year
- Pavilion at gun range almost completed to have shelter from weather
Intern resignation– Carter Herman worked for us as part of the school to work program from Edgerton Local Schools for the first semester. In Carter’s resignation letter he thanked the Village for the opportunity he had to learn and grow during his time here. Carter has an interest in engineering so he has started at the Williams County Engineers office to learn some additional skills as of Tuesday February 20th. We are excited for him, but sad to see him go. He played a large part in multiple projects here. Mayor Day added we got lucky with a couple of great workers through the school to work program.
- Motion to accept resignation of intern Carter Herman effective 02.19.24:
| Blinzler, Sharon | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y MOTION |
| Bowsher, Lance | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Wampler, Pam | Y 2 |
Motion PASSES 6-0
ODD Brownfield payment: We need to accept the revenue from the ODD and issue the payment invoice to August Mack for the Edgerton Metals Brownfield remediation project. We receive reports and invoices, submit to ODD, ODD signs off on transaction and sends the money, we then pay August Mack.
- Motion to approve revenue receipt from Ohio Department of Development and issue payment for invoice #79780 to August Mack Environmental in the amount of $512,697.29 for the Edgerton Metals Brownfield Remediation Project (Edgerton Revitalization DEV-2022-193553) for project invoices through January 21, 2024:
| Blinzler, Sharon | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y |
| Bowsher, Lance | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y MOTION |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y 2 |
| Wampler, Pam | Y |
Motion PASSES 6-0
- Motion to pay bills 02.21.24:
| Blinzler, Sharon | Y 2 |
| Gruver, Jason | Y |
| Bowsher, Lance | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y MOTION |
| Wampler, Pam | Y |
Motion PASSES 6-0
Council Discussion:
Chuck Wallace asked when there will be a sidewalk meeting scheduled. He has been approached by multiple residents since there have been flags placed all throughout town without any explanations. Village Administrator Fitzcharles stated the flags are utility locates and their placement is standard procedure. There is not a conceptual plan in place yet so we are unable to schedule a meeting. The survey is being conducted in order to put a conceptual plan together. Final ROW plans are not due until next year. This project is going to be a process, but will be for the betterment and safety of the children when complete.
Mayor Day has scheduled a few tree commission meeting dates and will get those sent out.
- Motion to adjourn at 5:48PM:
| Blinzler, Sharon | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y |
| Bowsher, Lance | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y MOTION |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Wampler, Pam | Y |
Motion PASSES 6-0