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Northfield council adopts fire-station design contract, accepts energy grant; holiday-pay ordinance tabled
Summary
At its Feb. 12 meeting, the Village of Northfield council unanimously approved professional design fees for a fire station renovation and accepted a Northeast Ohio energy grant, while tabling an amendment on full‑time employee holidays for further revision.
The Village of Northfield council on Feb. 12 unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing professional design and engineering fees for a fire station addition and renovation and accepted a Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council Energized Community Grant, while deferring action on a proposed amendment to employee holiday pay.
Council suspended the three‑reading rule and approved Resolution 2020‑06 to pay Baker Bednar Snyder & Associates Inc. for architectural, engineering and interior design services for the fire station project. Engineer Rich Wasosky and Fire Chief Jason Buss had previously described the renovation as moving forward; the council approved the resolution after motions from Councilperson Gary Vojtush and seconding votes noted in the record.
The council also suspended readings and approved Resolution 2020‑07 authorizing Mayor Jesse Nehez to accept an Energized Community Grant from the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council; the passage motions were moved and seconded by council members and recorded as unanimous. The council did not detail grant dollar amounts in the meeting record.
On Ordinance 2020‑05, which would amend Section 258.04(a) of the village codified ordinances relating to holidays for full‑time employees, Councilperson Gary Vojtush asked that the measure be tabled pending revised wording. The motion to table (moved by Vojtush, seconded by Renell Noack) passed unanimously; council requested a third reading appear on a future agenda after reworking the language.
Votes at a glance • Approve minutes (Jan. 22, 2020): unanimous voice approval; mover/second not specified in the record. • Appoint delegate to REO regional COG (Jennifer Potvin as delegate, Mayor Jesse Nehez alternate): motion by Gary Vojtush, seconded by Renell Noack; approved unanimously. • Accept December 2019 Mayor’s Court monthly disbursal: motion by Renell Noack, seconded by Nick Magistrelli; approved unanimously. • Ordinance 2020‑05 (holidays): tabled (motion by Gary Vojtush, seconded by Renell Noack); unanimous. • Resolution 2020‑06 (fire station professional services): suspended readings and adopted (motions by Gary Vojtush; second Nick Magistrelli/Jenn Domzalski); unanimous. • Resolution 2020‑07 (energized community grant): suspended readings and adopted (motions credited to Nick Magistrelli and Gary Vojtush); unanimous.
The council’s actions put formal design work for the fire station renovation under contract and formally accepted an energy grant; the holiday ordinance will return after wording changes. The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
