VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES

The Village Board of Shickley met in regular session on Thursday, October 8, 2009 in the village office as posted.  The trustees were notified in advance of the meeting and the agenda was posted in three public places as follows:  Clerk’s office, Geneva State Bank-Shickley Branch and Shickley Post Office.

Board members present were Chairman Walter, Don Swartzendruber, Ed Goesch, Wes Hochstetler.  Absent was Steve Swartzendruber. 
Clerk Schlegel recorded the minutes.  Others present were Garold Casper and Jim Robinson.

Chairman Walter called the meeting of the board of trustees to order at 5:30 p.m.  Chairman Walter made notice that the Open Meetings Act is posted in the meeting room and is accessible to members of the public.  The minutes from the September 10 meeting and the treasurer’s report for September were both available for board review in board packets.  The minutes were approved as presented.  The treasurer’s report was approved as presented.

Goesch made a motion, seconded by Hochstetler, to pay all claims as they were presented to the board.  Roll call vote – 4 yeas.  S. Swartzendruber absent.  Motion passed.

Planning administrators report and delinquent utilities
Clerk reported two delinquent utilities.  Arrangements have been made for payment.
No planning administrators report was available.

Galaxy cable contract review
Jim Robinson, state manager for operations at Galaxy Cable, was present to review and answer questions concerning the renewing contract for cable service between the Village of Shickley and Galaxy Cable.  Mr. Robinson gave an overview of services that are available from Galaxy and the upgrades that have been made in the company.

Galaxy is looking to have a local call center in York, Geneva or Shickley area in the future.  Currently Channel 54 is a local access channel.  Mr. Robinson encouraged the board to send information to air on this channel and to encourage community members to do the same.  There is no charge for this service and it can be used for public information, announcements, and public interest items.  Ed will e-mail the Greensheet to him in PDF form so that information from that can be put on the channel.  They currently are selling advertising.

Galaxy is asking for a renewal of 15 years in the new contract.  Our franchise fee is currently set at 2% and will remain the same in the new contract.  Chairman Walter stated that the contract with Galaxy will be acted on at the November meeting.  Mr. Robinson will plan to be in attendance at that meeting.

Application for electric service for pioneer seed service on south market st.
Don Swartzendruber made a motion, seconded by Goesch, to approve a contract with Perennial Public Power to change the electric service line for the Pioneer Seed building on South Market St. from single phase to 3-phase service.  Roll call vote – 4 yeas.  S. Swartzendruber absent.  Motion passed.

Maintenance report
Jerry reported that the power outage on Wednesday, October 7 was due to a tree branch that shorted out a primary wire.  The trees in town need to be trimmed to prevent this from happening.
The flat bed truck is at Jim’s Repair for servicing.
Report on the backhoe incident on October 6.  The backhoe is at York Equipment for repairs.

Goesch made a motion, seconded by D. Swartzendruber, to dismiss into executive session to discuss personnel matters and allow clerk to stay at this session.  Roll call vote – 4 yeas.  S. Swartzendruber absent.  Motion passed.

The board dismissed into executive session at 6:08 p.m.
The board came out of executive session at 6:37 p.m.

Goesch made a motion, seconded by D. Swartzendruber, to instruct the city attorney to draw up the necessary paperwork for the termination of employment for Garold Casper from the Village of Shickley.  Roll call vote – 4 yeas.  Motion passed.

Shickley volunteer fire dept. roster approval
Goesch made a motion, seconded by Hochstetler, to approve Brett Troyer to the roster for the Shickley Volunteer Fire Dept.  Roll call vote – 4 yeas.  St. Swartzendruber absent.  Motion passed.
Chairman Walter asked if there was any further business to discuss.  As there was none, Chairman Walter adjourned the meeting at 6:39 pm.  The next meeting of the board of trustees will be Wednesday, November 11 at 7:00 pm with bill review at 6:30 pm.