Village of Edgerton Council Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 7:00 PM
- Mayor Day called the meeting to order at 7:00PM with the Pledge of Allegiance and Prayer.
- Y – Yes, N – No, A – Abstain, Abs – Absent
- Roll Call:
| Muehlfeld, Roger | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y |
| Thiel, Dean | ABSENT |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y |
| Karnes, Tom | Y |
5 Members Present
Other Village Representatives Present:
- Chris Walker – Law Director, Denise Knecht – Fiscal Officer, Dawn Fitzcharles – Village Administrator, Amanda Herman – Administrative Assistant
Media Present:
- Dan Cooley- Village Reporter, Cindy Thiel- The Edgerton Earth, Lucas Bechtol- Bryan Times
Public Present:
- Sharon Blinzler, Pam Wampler, Yvonne Pierce, Gary Plotts
- Motion to Approve Meeting Minutes from 11.02.21:
| Muehlfeld, Roger | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | YM |
| Thiel, Dean | ABSENT |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y2 |
| Karnes, Tom | ABSTAIN |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Introduction of New Employee, Yvonne Pierce- Dawn Fitzcharles introduced Pierce to Council and welcomed her to the Village as the new Utility Clerk. Pierce stated she was thankful for the opportunity and is looking forward to serving Edgerton again. Council welcomed Yvonne to the team.
Police Capital Budget Discussion with Chief Plotts- Fitzcharles explained that Chief Plotts is fairly new to the Village team as well but was brought up to speed by Interim Chief Matt Krill and Sargent Justin Coffman, to present Police capital budget items for 2022 to Council.
- Both new cruisers are in and are being dressed with the necessary accessories at Bischoffs
- Uniform vests for Chief Plotts, also start rotation of vests for other positions; 5-year life before retiring vests
- MARCS radios- additional units
- Desks/office furniture for training
- Duty weapon replacement- unify if worst case scenario happens everyone trained on same weapon, also prevent personal weapon from being destroyed as evidence
- Sign at TH3 to identify where Police Department is; phone call box to reach dispatch; light up parking lot at TH3
Chuck Wallace asked if Plotts was aware there is a training room fully furnished with tables and chairs? Gary will look into it.
Administrator Update by Dawn Fitzcharles:
- Laubach Drive Project has been put on hold
- Finance Committee Meeting tomorrow- Wednesday, November 17 @ 5:30 pm
- Tuesday, December 7 budget meeting with department heads will start at 6:00 pm
- Retirement lunch for Keith Winebar will be held December 17 from 11-1pm @ TH3
Fiscal Officer Update by Denise Knecht:
- Credit Card statements were not available yet, will be on agenda for 1st meeting in December
- Motion to pay bills 11.16.21:
| Muehlfeld, Roger | YM |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y |
| Thiel, Dean | ABSENT |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y2 |
| Karnes, Tom | Y |
Motion PASSES 5-0
Reports of Committees- Wage & Comp Committee Meeting update – Dawn Fitzcharles
- Went over completed wage & compensation study put together by Clemans Nelson; gathered data from 13 comparable communities
- Recommendation to consider raising the wage for several positions to bring wages up to meet standard wage range scale
- Adoption & implementation would be effective as of November 22, 2021
VILLAGE OF EDGERTON ORDINANCE NO 1088
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VILLAGE OF EDGERTON COMPENSATION PLAN STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION AND AUTHORIZING AND ESTABLISHING THE WAGE ADJUSTMENTS FOR HOURLY AND SALARIED EMPLOYEES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
- Motion to suspend three reading rule for Ordinance No 1088:
| Muehlfeld, Roger | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | YM |
| Thiel, Dean | ABSENT |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y2 |
| Karnes, Tom | Y |
Motion PASSES 5-0
Motion to pass and adopt Ordinance No 1088 by emergency:
| Muehlfeld, Roger | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y |
| Thiel, Dean | ABSENT |
| Wallace, Chuck | YM |
| Gruver, Jason | Y2 |
| Karnes, Tom | Y |
Motion PASSES 5-0
Discussion- ODOT Memorandum of Agreement:
- Successful meet & greet luncheon with ODOT District 2 employees; chance for ODOT & Village to meet each other before they are passing each other on the streets in the middle of the night
- This agreement provides salt & equipment storage for ODOT; and readily available salt for the Village to be invoiced by the State
- Motion to approve Memorandum of Agreement between ODOT and the VOE:
| Muehlfeld, Roger | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y |
| Thiel, Dean | ABSENT |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | YM |
| Karnes, Tom | Y2 |
Motion PASSES 5-0
ORDINANCE 1087: This Ordinance will amend residency requirement for Police Chief set May 26, 1982 stating must be resident within 6 months of hire date and extend to August 1, 2022 for Chief Plotts.
VILLAGE OF EDGERTON ORDINANCE NO 1087
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 139.01 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE VILLAGE OF EDGERTON
- Motion to give 1st reading for Ordinance No 1087:
| Muehlfeld, Roger | Y2 |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y |
| Thiel, Dean | ABSENT |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | YM |
| Karnes, Tom | Y |
Motion PASSES 5-0
Ordinance 1089- This appropriation is due to tax collection from a business that overpaid quarterly estimates. Also allows for an addition to purchase additional Christmas light bulbs and strands for downtown tree with 10-20 year lifespan.
VILLAGE OF EDGERTON ORDINANCE NO 1089
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A SUPPLEMENT TO THE 2021 ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
- Motion to pass and adopt Ordinance No 1089:
| Muehlfeld, Roger | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | YM |
| Thiel, Dean | ABSENT |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y2 |
| Gruver, Jason | Y |
| Karnes, Tom | Y |
Motion PASSES 5-0
Council Discussion:
- Wallace asked Dawn to make contact with ODOT to repair 2 deep, large holes in front of the Valero gas station
- Muehlfeld stated it is nice to see downtown store fronts decorated
- Tom Karnes thanked the community for thoughts and prayers during the hardest time of his life; Bob extended to Karnes that thoughts and prayers will continue
- Jason Gruver commended Dawn for the work and effort that she put in to the ODOT/Village employee luncheon
- Mayor Day added that there will be a tree lighting with Santa Clause and Christmas caroling on November 27, 2021 from 6-8 pm
- Motion to adjourn at 7:46 PM:
| Muehlfeld, Roger | Y |
| VanAusdale, Leslie | Y2 |
| Thiel, Dean | Absent |
| Wallace, Chuck | Y |
| Gruver, Jason | Y |
| Karnes, Tom | Y M |
Motion PASSES 5-0