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Martins Ferry council schedules finance and utility meetings, seeks income-tax breakdown; Dutch Hill road work bid accepted for spring start
Summary
Council members requested a detailed breakdown of income‑tax distributions, scheduled a finance meeting for Sept. 10 and a utility committee meeting for Sept. 25, and learned the Dutch Hill/Dorietta Avenue project was engineered and awarded with work expected to begin in spring.
Council members said they want more detailed financial information about street funding and the city’s income tax distribution and scheduled follow-up meetings to get those details.
Councilman Hunker said the finance committee discussed previous motions and that one street-related item raised additional questions about how much remains for the year and what will be needed to finish projects. “I think we need to get some of that information from Jack and have another meeting to make sure that we can do what we're saying here,” Hunker said.
Council scheduled a finance meeting for Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. to review a breakdown of the 1 percent income tax distribution and related street funding, and a utility committee meeting for Sept. 25 at 10 a.m., council members confirmed.
During citizen comment, resident Don Klein asked about the status of repairs and work on Beretta Avenue and Dutch Hill Road. City staff said the project was engineered, bids were accepted and the contract amount was approximately $959,000 (reported in the meeting as “959,000 and some change”). Staff said work would likely not begin until spring and that ditching and paving were unlikely to proceed into winter months.
Other administrative items recorded included a standing arrangement to transfer $15,000 from the general fund to recreation with follow-up monthly payments of $5,000; council members asked staff to gather the 90-day review information on that transfer for the next meeting.
On internal committee business, a safety-liaison item reported by the fire department proposed changing bylaws governing eligibility to run for certain chief positions from a requirement to live within city corporate limits to living within a seven-mile radius of the city building; councilman Schnee asked members to consider the change and said a vote could come at the next meeting.
No formal votes on the finance items, the Dutch Hill timeline, the recreation transfer review or the proposed fire-by-law change were taken at the meeting; council members directed staff to provide requested documents and to meet on the scheduled dates.
