The Commission of the Village of South Charleston convened in regular session from 7:00 P.M. to 7:35 P.M. in the 35 South Chillicothe StreetSouth Charleston, OH45368. President Tim Hines called the meeting to order with the following members and visitors present:

Mr. Tim Hines Present Mr. Russ White Present

Mr. James McKinney Present

EMPLOYEES: Mr. Josh Rice, , Ms. Cheryl A Spears Mr. Phillip Ehrle

I CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE

II ROLL CALL

III ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES

Vice President White made a motion to approve the minutes. The second was made by Commissioner Mc Kinney. With a vote of 3/0 the minutes of the last meeting were approved.

IV DISCUSSION OF THE BILLS WITH A MOTION TO PAY

The credit on the Sprint bill was explained by Mr. Rice as a credit of the past two years worth of taxes the village had been wrongly charged. The plan had been set up as a family plan. Commissioner McKinney made a motion to pay the bills. Vice President White made the second and the motion passed. 3/0.

V VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT

Mr. Rice noted that Mayors Court reports had been submitted into the packets. Mr. Rice has purchased a new phone and is able to access communications in the field. Currently the village has a person serving community service. The person has been helping in the cemetery. The person is working off a fine through the village. Vice President White noted that if the village gets quality work, the program would be a benefit to the village and the person serving. Mr. Rice noted that this time it is working better than it has in the past.

Mr. Rice reported that the offer to rent the township room out to Mrs. Karen Berkhofer is not going to work. The court meets in the room and Mrs. Berkhofer needs to have bookshelves and a piano in the room. The court cannot meet in the community room due to the bad acoustics. President Hines apologized for not thinking about the extra furniture and not addressing the court schedule. Mr. Rice noted that there were other issues as far as space. Mr. Rice has tried to find other options for Mrs. Berkhofer and has been in contact with her.

FEMA money should be coming soon. The money had been held up as the paper work had not been completed.

Confidentialpaper work has been returned to the Census bureau. Sarah Wildman and Bonnie White had been liaisons to the census bureau for the year 2010.

Mr. Rice has been making phone calls to the county about assistance on the drainage issue. He will get a resolution prepared for the next meeting pertaining to county assistance. A resolution for the pool water assistance will be ready for the next meeting also.

Mr. Rice has been in conversation with Lisa D'Allessandris director of Emergency Management of Clark County. The county has an automatic dialer to contact citizens notifying them of any emergency. The contact is by telephone, cell phone or email or text message.

VI CLERK'S REPORT

The commissioners were given a report of estimated balances for the year 2010. The departments have been asked if they have any projects for the next year that need to be addressed in the budget. The clerk will work on the line item amounts in the next few weeks. The budget has to be in the County Auditors Office by July 20, 2009.

The reconciliation issue has been resolved with LGS. Checks for 2006 and 2007 that needed to be voided, were cleared in the system causing the imbalance. Several checks have never been cleared. Patton’s Equipment has been notified about a check written in 2008 that has never cleared. Patton’s will call on Wednesday. The amount of the imbalance is now 17cents.

VII CHIEF'S REPORT

Police reports involved and assault at the community park, a truant student, and a violation of driving with no license. The chief had to use forced entry involving a medical issue. The police chief has ordered a new camera for the cruiser that will be installed in a few weeks. The police department was involved with the pursuit of a robbery suspect Several County agencies were involved. The department responded to the pursuit by installing stop sticks.

VIII COMMISSIONER COMMENT'S

Commissioner McKinney asked if there was any way the village could help Mrs. Berkhofer with a room to rent for her business. Mr. Rice responded that the court could not be held in the community room because of the acoustics and background noise.

Vice President White asked if any progress had been made on High Street, noting that Landmark has torn down a building. Mr. Rice has tried to contact Gordon Wallace. Mr. Wallace has not responded. Mr. White stated that a resident has reported to Mr. White that they are impressed with the job Mr. Rice is doing as Interim Village Manager. Mr. McKinney asked if the water being pumped at Landmark was a detriment to the water system. Mr. Rice answered that the system could handle it. He asked if the computers have been checked out lately for use. Mr. White noted that random checks would be good. Technical Support will be contacted. Mr. Rice has contacted Tech Support for suggestions of persons who would be interested in maintaining the web site.

IX MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISUCSS PERSONEL

Vice President White made a motion to adjourn regular session and enter into executive session. Commissioner McKinney seconded the motion. With a vote of 3/0 the meeting adjourned to executive session.

X MOTION TO ADJOURN

Vice President White made a motion to leave executive session and convene to regular session. Commissioner White seconded the motion. The vote was 3/0. Vice President White made a motion to adjourn. Commissioner McKinney seconded the motion. With a vote of 3/0 the session ended at 7:35 PM

ATTEST: APPROVE:

Cheryl Spears/ ClerkTim Hines/ President

I HEREBY CERTIFY THT THE FOREGOING IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE MINUTES AS TAKEN FROM THE RECORDS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE VILLAGE COMMISSION OF SOUTH CHARLESTON

The meeting was adjourned till June 2, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. at the 35 South Chillicothe StreetSouth Charleston, OH45368.

All formal actions of the of Village of South Charleston concerning and relating to the adoption of resolutions and/or motions passed at this meeting were adopted in a meeting open to the public, in compliance with the law, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.