Council legislation.
Council voted unanimously to pass an ordinance against long-term vehicle idling for both cars and commercial vehicles. Vehicles are allowed to idle for five minutes every hour. The exceptions are trucks loading and unloading goods. Trucks in loading and unloading docks may idle 10 minutes per hour, according to Mayor Bill Goncy. Other exceptions include when goods are being kept in the truck and need to be preserved, windshield defrosting and cabin comfort.
The legislation does not include auxiliary power units on trucks.
Goncy said the intent of the legislation is to make sure trucks do not stay in the village for long periods of time.
A resident told Council that it needed to make exceptions.
“There is a very [real] shortage of parking spaces for trucks in this nation who have to sit for 10 freaking hours on a break,” he said.
Other legislation.
An ordinance amending the village building codes pertaining to private residential home fences and fences around swimming pools was unanimously passed.
Council gave third reading to a resolution declaring it necessary to place an additional tax levy at the rate of 2.25 millage to be placed on the general election ballot. The resolution also requests the Summit County Fiscal Officer to determine the tax valuation of the village and the dollar amount of revenue which would be raised. The levy will go for parks and recreation purposes.
Council suspended the three-reading rule and unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the mayor to enter a contract with OHM Advisors for the Matthew Thomas Park construction services.
A resolution allowing retroactive rollover of sick time from 2020 to 2021, due to Covid-19, was unanimously passed.
A resolution permitting the mayor to enter a contract with The Baldwin Group, Inc. and Bridge Payments, to create an online payment system for the Village Mayor’s Court was unanimously passed.
A resolution authorizing the Village of Boston Heights to enter a change order in the 2021 road paving contract with Specialized Construction Incorporated was unanimously passed after the three-reading rule was suspended.
A resolution authorizing the Village of Boston Heights to apply to take part in the Ohio Public Works Commission to take part in state capitol improvements for the Shipman Road pavement improvement was unanimously passed after the three-reading rule was suspended.
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