Here is the video for the April 2nd, 2018 Bedford City Council Meeting.
https://youtu.be/xOJH2inxwbw
I had a family obligation that kept me from the meeting so I am unable to report on what happened in the Work session.
In the Regular Session,
- The council voted on several new vehicles for the water department to replace failing vehicles. This is a budgeted expense. The council opted in this situation not to go with the lowest quote, but went instead for a local business. The price difference between the 2 was only a few hundred dollars and Council agreed that with such a small difference, using local business was more important. (all passed)
- The dumpster law (2nd reading)
- Land acquisition from the land bank (2nd reading)
- Voted on a new landscaping contractor contract (passed
- Adopting provisions mandated by the State of Ohio about tax collections and fees. The City is currently involved in a class action lawsuit to protest these rules, but that is still pending. (passed)
- Firefighter contract (passed)
- A change to the rental license ordinance that would make it so that no rental license will be issued if a building has delinquent property tax or nuisance fines. (passed)
- Declaring 401 W. Glendale a nuisance and condemning it. The property is vacant. It needs to be demolished and the City will be applying for funds to do so. (passed)
- Allowing Motorcars Acura to put solar panels on their roof (passed)
- Allowing Mazda of Bedford to begin building on Rockside (passed)
- Allowing a height variance for the pole barn garage located at 660 Columbus Rd. (failed)
In the reports, some important information was:
- May 19th 9-12 Shred day
- Ward meeting for 3 & 5 on April 4th at 7pm
- Chipper service will be starting back up. Call the Service Dept to make an appointment for them to come pick up.
- Northfield Bridge has been reported to ODOT and ODOT refused to fix the bridge and said they felt it was a city maintenance issue. The City will be appealing that decision as they feel it is a safety issue.