April 28th, 2005 

Village Council April Meeting

  Street repairs and the Sherwood village income tax were the main topics for  discussion during the Village Council's meeting on Monday, April 18th. Council discussed three streets that are planned for repaving this year, Vine St., Central and Wilmont St. After looking at the prices for repairs, totaling $38,017.73, it was decided not to do Wilmont Street.

    "We're going to have to wait till next year for Wilmont Street, because we don't feel there is enough money in the street fund now," Dawn Buskirk, village clerk-treasurer, said. "Central and Vine will still be redone."

    Sherwood village has a Local Transportation Improvement Plan (LTIP) grant of $10,334 to help cover expenses for repaving Central and Vine streets. The village needs to come up with approximately $16,000 for those two streets. To pave Wilmont Street, an additional $11,190.17 was needed, said Buskirk.
If less expensive bids come in, the village may still repave Wilmont Street, however, if that does not occur then just patching will be done this year.

    Council also heard that so far, $14,715.61 has been received from the Regional Income Tax Agency, which helps administer the village's new income tax. "They (council) were pleased with the amount so far," said Buskirk. "It definitely helped the general fund." Buskirk said the village is expecting at least $30,000 in revenue to be generated from the income tax in its first year, and she believes that is obtainable.

    The village also discussed spring cleanup day for the village, set for May 14 in the village parking lot. Metal Management will be there to collect scrap metal, with money going to Kids for Christmas project. Werlor's Waste Management also will be there to pick up other items. No tires, batteries, cans with paint or oil will be accepted. The village made a motion that the scrap iron it has will be donated for the Christmas for Kids program.

In other business, council:

  - hired Justin Harris as a new firefighter and Gary Fairchild and Jeffrey Andrist as EMTs.

  - heard work is being done on the village emergency siren.

  - heard firefighters are going to have a training session to learn how to use the new mask purchased from Fire Safety Services.

  - heard Fire Chief Steve Fitzwater has filled out a fire grant and turned in an EMS grant for equipment.

- discussed a possible fire contract with another community.
  

- heard the railroad crossing in the village will be closing for repairs in the future for 5-10 days. No exact date has been given for the closure.
   

- discussed the building next door to the village hall, which is for sale.
   

- heard the police report and talked about controlling speeding motorists.
   

- discussed asking the ball association for donations to help with mowing this year.
   

- heard the water tower is being repaired. Water may be yellow at first because of repairs, but persons should allow the water to run and it will turn clear.

  - discussed a few houses where trash needs to be picked up around the properties.