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[0:13] Okay, the time now is 6:01. I call the

[0:15] Board of Control meeting for Monday,

[0:17] August 17th. Will the clerk call the

[0:20] roll, please?

[0:21] >> Mayor Zita?

[0:22] >> Here.

[0:22] >> Mr. Rohr?

[0:23] >> Here.

[0:23] >> Ms. Keener?

[0:24] >> Ms. Keener's uh excused.

[0:27] >> Mr. Herbert?

[0:28] >> Here.

[0:28] >> Mr. DeHart part?

[0:29] >> Here.

[0:30] >> Thank you.

[0:31] Uh we have no old business this evening.

[0:33] A couple items under new business. Uh

[0:37] first one is to award payment to GPD

[0:39] Group to conduct an inter- intersec-

[0:42] Excuse me. An intersection analysis at

[0:45] Wooster Road and Hamtown Road in the

[0:47] amount not to exceed $5,500.

[0:52] » Yes, so we've had uh complaints about

[0:54] this intersection as far as the sight

[0:55] visibility goes and it's it's really

[0:57] just the angle of those two roads

[0:59] meeting. Um and I think I believe this

[1:02] was um

[1:04] Councilman

[1:05] Towsley's suggestion to make it an

[1:06] all-way stop if I if I remember the

[1:09] conversation right. So, that's not a bad

[1:10] idea, but we just can't make it an

[1:12] all-way stop. You actually have to have

[1:14] an engineer view it and warn it.

[1:17] And if it's warranted, we can make it an

[1:19] all-way stop and that should help with

[1:20] the issue about the sight visibility cuz everybody

[1:24] should be coming to a complete stop at

[1:26] that intersection.

[1:28] >> I came through there last night and it

[1:29] down.

[1:31] And you can't see.

[1:33] >> No.

[1:34] >> I'm not It is

[1:36] dangerous.

[1:36] >> I don't know what the name of that pub

[1:38] is there. Um

[1:39] >> Old Old Stone Jail.

[1:40] >> Old Stone Jail. When when that parking

[1:43] lot's full

[1:43] >> Yeah, you can't see a thing.

[1:45] >> visibility, but they're not doing

[1:46] anything zoning-wise. It's not

[1:49] prohibited, you know, it's it's they're doing everything [clears throat]

[1:51] fine.

[1:52] So, the all-way stop, hopefully it's

[1:54] warranted and that should solve the

[1:56] issue.

[1:57] >> Surprised we haven't had a

[1:59] issue out there prior to this.

[2:01] >> Yeah.

[2:02] That's busy road, too.

[2:06] » You good?

[2:07] >> Yep, I'm good.

[2:07] >> I thought

[2:08] >> I'll make a motion to award payment to

[2:09] GPD conduct intersection analysis at

[2:13] Wooster Road and Hametown Road in the

[2:16] amount not to exceed $5,500.

[2:19] >> I'll second.

[2:20] >> We have a motion and a second. Any

[2:21] further discussion?

[2:24] Seeing none, call the roll, please.

[2:27] >> Mr. Herbert?

[2:27] >> Yes.

[2:28] >> Mr. DeHarpart?

[2:28] >> Yes.

[2:29] >> Mayor Zita?

[2:29] >> Yes.

[2:30] >> Mr. Rohr?

[2:30] >> Yes.

[2:32] >> Uh next we have to award payment to

[2:35] Medis Construction Services for interior

[2:38] renovations at the service center in the

[2:41] amount not to exceed $54,092.

[2:46] » So this is um just part of the next

[2:48] step. Remember we switched from

[2:50] Barberton Building Department to Summit

[2:52] County Building Department. Summit

[2:54] County um

[2:55] asked if we if we would were able to

[2:58] give them an office somewhere so they

[2:59] could do a satellite office for 3 days

[3:02] out of the week. That'd be really

[3:03] beneficial

[3:04] for um

[3:05] our residents as well as anybody in

[3:07] southern part of Summit County. And um

[3:10] we had uh an architect look at the lobby

[3:12] to come up with a couple things. It's

[3:14] pretty simple process um but it's still

[3:17] $54,000 worth of work. Uh the county is

[3:20] splitting that cost with us.

[3:22] Um so that's that's even better. Um and

[3:26] we did solicit three quotes and you can

[3:28] see they're all within reason. The uh

[3:31] estimate was actually $75,000 from the

[3:33] architect. So they're below that.

[3:37] >> Always like it when things come in

[3:38] cheaper than the suggested amount.

[3:40] >> Yes, it's a good thing.

[3:41] >> And when someone's willing to help, hey.

[3:43] >> Well, yeah. And Medis was recommended by

[3:46] the county. They were suggested you all three of the

[3:50] uh the uh

[3:51] were recommended by the county.

[3:55] » I think it's pretty much what we

[3:57] anticipated right from the from the

[3:58] get-go and I think the more important

[4:00] thing is you you really just don't know

[4:04] you know, what kind of partnership comes

[4:05] out of starting something with the

[4:07] county like this. Maybe there's

[4:09] something else comes down the road, so

[4:12] >> even itself it it's it's it's a good

[4:14] thing. I mean, we can take care of all

[4:16] the count all the Summit County

[4:17] residents on this on Southern Summit

[4:19] County but this end having to drive to

[4:22] uh up north to go to uh

[4:25] >> Talmage to Talmage

[4:26] >> Avenue [laughter] should they had to get

[4:28] a uh well, or meet with anybody from the

[4:31] building department if we were going

[4:32] that direction, so

[4:34] >> Nice convenience.

[4:35] >> them to come here. I think it'll be

[4:36] nice.

[4:37] >> I agree.

[4:38] >> So.

[4:39] I'll make a motion to award payment to

[4:41] Meadis Construction interior renovations

[4:44] at the service center amount not to

[4:46] exceed $54,092.

[4:49] >> I'll second.

[4:50] >> We have a motion and a second. Any

[4:52] further discussion?

[4:53] >> [cough]

[4:54] [clears throat]

[4:54] >> Seeing none, call the roll, please.

[4:55] >> Mr. Herbert.

[4:56] >> Yes.

[4:56] >> Mr. DeHarpporte.

[4:57] >> Yes.

[4:57] >> Mayor Zita.

[4:58] >> Yes.

[4:58] >> Mr. Rohr.

[4:59] >> Yes.

[5:01] >> Uh number three, we have to award

[5:03] payment to Lake Erie Construction

[5:05] Company for the purchase and

[5:06] installation of guardrail that was

[5:08] damaged throughout the city in the

[5:10] amount not to exceed 55,400

[5:15] No.

[5:16] >> One too many zeros.

[5:18] >> Yeah, well, it's okay.

[5:20] >> $55,440.

[5:23] » Extra zero?

[5:24] >> Yep.

[5:26] >> So, [snorts] uh

[5:27] these are old damaged guardrail uh

[5:31] sections. I think there's several. I

[5:32] think there's maybe seven throughout the

[5:34] city. Most of them are on 21 and 585.

[5:36] There is one on Wadsworth Road

[5:37] >> [cough]

[5:38] >> that's got to get done. So, there are

[5:39] multiple areas for the 55,000. Uh we did

[5:42] solicit uh three contractors, but only

[5:45] Lake Erie responded, so

[5:48] Um

[5:48] >> late in the season, they're probably all

[5:50] booked up.

[5:50] >> Yeah.

[5:53] >> I

[5:54] The only thing that I

[5:55] a couple of things.

[5:57] One is

[5:58] this amount is included in the uh

[6:02] appropriations amendment tonight that

[6:04] council will be um

[6:06] starting [snorts] the first reading. So,

[6:08] Pam has included the 55,000 in the budget. Second is

[6:13] that there's 10 total.

[6:16] Um and my question is each has a

[6:18] mobilization

[6:20] of $675.

[6:22] Are they doing them

[6:24] consecutively where

[6:26] >> I'll have to ask.

[6:27] >> Yeah. I I don't know if it's

[6:29] something they could consider.

[6:31] >> But

[6:32] >> I was driving up 21 yesterday and

[6:35] coming back from Jackson

[6:37] and until you get something like this on

[6:39] the agenda and you're thinking about it,

[6:41] you don't realize but you're driving

[6:43] along

[6:44] and there's just one after another that

[6:46] were day I mean you just see them.

[6:47] They're everywhere.

[6:48] >> Yeah.

[6:49] >> So, hats off to Vince for getting them

[6:51] checked and

[6:52] I also did some research and went back

[6:54] and looked. There wasn't a lot of

[6:56] guardrail repair

[6:58] >> [laughter]

[6:59] >> in the past

[7:00] >> Yeah.

[7:01] >> several years, so I think

[7:03] >> [cough]

[7:03] >> I don't know why we're getting hit with

[7:05] so many now.

[7:07] >> I think we just need to make sure that

[7:09] um we do our due diligence when people

[7:11] hit these guardrails that we know didn't

[7:12] turn in their insurance. Obviously,

[7:14] that's a big one.

[7:15] >> Sometimes it happens and you don't know,

[7:16] but

[7:17] >> We we we have that that discussion with

[7:19] uh

[7:20] Chief McShane, so he's

[7:22] well aware of that

[7:24] moving forward.

[7:24] >> Does that

[7:26] >> [clears throat]

[7:26] >> does that go through the

[7:27] uh

[7:28] through the PD or is it

[7:29] >> We've got to get the police report.

[7:31] >> Okay.

[7:31] >> And then that'll have the insurance and

[7:33] then

[7:34] >> Got you.

[7:34] >> As long as they got insurance.

[7:36] >> Yeah, that's a

[7:39] I'll uh make a motion toward payment

[7:41] Lake Erie Construction for purchase and

[7:43] installation of guardrail

[7:46] damage throughout the city amount not to

[7:47] exceed $55,440.

[7:51] >> I'll second.

[7:53] >> We have a motion and a second. Any

[7:55] further discussion?

[7:57] Seeing none, call the roll, please.

[7:59] >> Mr. Herbert.

[7:59] >> Yes.

[8:00] >> Mr. DeHart.

[8:01] >> Yes.

[8:01] >> Mayor Zita.

[8:02] >> Yes.

[8:02] >> Mr. Rowe.

[8:03] >> Yes.

[8:07] » And then lastly, we have minutes of July

[8:09] 20th, 2026.

[8:11] Are there any changes, deletions,

[8:13] corrections to those minutes of July

[8:15] 20th, 2026?

[8:19] » Pretty good to me.

[8:19] >> Okay. Then we will submit them as

[8:22] submitted.

[8:24] A motion for adjournment at 6:09.

[8:28] >> Second.

[8:30] >> Meeting is adjourned at 6:09 p.m. Thank

[8:33] you.