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SALINEVILLE -- Later this year voters in Salineville may be asked to consider a renewal of the 3-mill police levy currently in place to provide police protection in the village.
During Monday's village council meeting the possibility of putting the five-year levy on the ballot for renewal was discussed and council took the first step. Once information on how much money the levy generates is received from the office of Columbiana County Auditor Nancy Milliken, council will consider taking the second step of voting to place the renewal on the ballot.
The levy will not generate any additional money and is used to operate the police department.
Police Chief Matthew Devlin said the department completed their annual qualification and safety outing during the weekend. He also spoke about Sgt. Keith Evanoff's proposal for an upcoming Safety Service Day.
While the meeting was conducted Monday, noise and vibrations from the paving equipment outside shook the village hall. The repaving of Main Street is a project by the State of Ohio and not by the village. Mayor Linda Adams reminded everyone involved that Main Street also is state Routes 39 and 164, which are maintained by the state, so those are state tax dollars returning to the residents of the village.
In other matters:
-- The upcoming spring clean up was announced again. The annual event will be held on May 19-21.
-- The street department was granted up to $1,000 to replace some street signs crossing Main Street with blue and gold signs, some other signs the village had needed to replace and several gallons of curb paint.
-- Chad Bettis of the Board of Public Affairs asked council to consider using additional American Rescue Plan Act money the village is expecting to receive toward a larger generator for the wastewater plant. The current generator has needed costly repairs in the past and is not large enough to run the entire plant during a power outage. The generator was estimated at $40,000 when it was priced a year ago and could be more now.
-- Bettis also spoke about a possible gas and oil lease for property at the water treatment plant. Law Director Andy Beech spoke about some of the negatives about the lease and it will be studied further.
-- Bettis asked council to look at approving payment for BPA members who are excused from a meeting and a $20 per meeting stipend for the clerk who takes the minutes at BPA meetings.
-- Council members Sally Keating, Amie Forbes and John Vennum will meet as an ad hoc committee at 3:30 p.m. Thursday to look at a policy for the village for public events held there.
-- Council also talked about some of the nuisance concerns in the village that included trucks stopping and idling on Washington Street, stray cats and properties that are beginning to be cleaned up.
-- Adams expressed condolences to the family of Joe Pastore, who she said was always a supporter of the village of Salineville and would be missed.