Middleport Council struggling with new position
By Charlene Hoeflich, The Daily Sentinel, Pomeroy, Ohio | |
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At that earlier meeting, Councilman
At that March meeting, both the ordinance establishing the position and the legislation claiming the emergency status to create the position by giving it all three required readings, and hiring Hoffman into the position, passed by a vote of four to one.
When questioned about the legality of the action, Manley gave as his authority
Smith reacted in a letter and in a telephone call to the mayor. He said that the information given by the council was not accurate, that he never gives legal advice to anyone on a specific legal issue unless retained -- and that was not the situation with
In Smith's conversation with the mayor, he asked for a retraction and requested that the inaccurate information as provided by Manley, Dixon, Older and Vaughan at the council meeting which had been reported in this newspaper be clarified.
At that point, Manley acknowledged that specific information on the
The mayor gave extensive information, some of which was taken from a state poster, regarding the handling of ordinances, including the legal aspect of claiming emergency status and time for reaction from the public. It was also noted that council did not have the right vote count to take it to the emergency status or to eliminate it from the status since five of the six council members must be in agreement. Burge was not present when the vote was taken.
With that, council voted to make void the ordinance passed by emergency measure on
Manley, who voted for rescinding the ordinance, claimed there were errors in the original ordinance -- including the number of hours to be worked, saying it should have been 20 hours a week, not a month, and that the job title should have been economic development director, not grants administrator. He had presented his recommendations for the job to the mayor and clerk to be included in the new ordinance prepared by the clerk. It was given a first reading and passed by the required majority.
Included in the economic development director's job listed in the ordinance is "to research into ways and means of benefiting the village in a positive monetary manner; to report on the results of this research and request permission from village council to pursue matters that will result in thee economic improvement of the village, and shall be required to show how the performance of his or her duties financially beneficial the village."
To be in compliance with the law, Burge made a motion that the position be advertised so that everyone has an opportunity to apply for the job.
To speed things up, Manley suggested a special meeting for giving a second reading, although he did not make a motion to that effect. Therefore, the second and third readings of the proposed ordinance will be held at the next two regular meetings after which council can move on hiring an economic development person.
During the meeting, reports were heard from each of the department heads on activities, problems and solutions. Chief of Police
Also giving reports were
It was announced that
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