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Valley View honors referee Jason Urgle; residents raise traffic, guardrail and sewer concerns
Summary
Council recognized Jason Urgle’s 55‑year refereeing career and military service; residents during public comment thanked staff for assistance with a remodel, asked about traffic‑signal timing and reported an unreplaced guardrail at Valley Ford, and another resident thanked crews for finding a sewer problem.
At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Village of Valley View council read a tribute to resident and long‑time youth sports official Jason Urgle, congratulating him on retiring from refereeing after 55 years.
"Jason is retiring from refereeing after 55 years while helping our youth see the benefits of rules and good sportsmanship," the mayor read to the meeting, noting Urgle’s military service (drafted in 1969, 34 years of active and reserve service and two Purple Hearts) and community volunteerism such as driving residents to appointments and helping with taxes. Council members offered their thanks and best wishes; members discussed sending an escort to Urgle’s final game later in October.
During the public‑comment portion, a resident identified in the transcript as Mr. Ze (also transcribed as Mr. Seattle in adjacent lines) thanked staff for assistance with a remodeling project on Tinker Street and raised several neighborhood concerns: traffic‑signal timing at Warner and Granger and Hillside and Canal, and an unreplaced guardrail near Valley Ford. Staff reported the Warner/Granger and Canal/Granger signals were adjusted this week to provide additional time for certain movements; they said the Hillside/Canal timing is controlled by a contractor and cannot be altered locally. On the guardrail, the service representative explained the contractor's guardrail vendor found a conflict with an underground fiber line and that a second contractor will hand‑dig and reset posts, so replacement is planned but delayed.
Another resident, identified as Mr. Bronza, publicly thanked the service and engineering departments for locating a sewer issue. Initial crews could not find the problem, staff brought in a contractor with a camera (referred to in the transcript as CK) that located the issue, and the resident thanked staff and specific employees by name for their assistance.
The meeting transcript records these matters as public comment and staff status updates; no formal motions or votes were associated with the public concerns at this session. Council did record and approve the remainder of the agenda, including personnel appointments and routine finance items, before adjourning at about 6:55 p.m.
