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Peninsula Village Council changes meeting dates



PENINSULA — Peninsula Village Council approved April 11 moving the date of its regular monthly meetings from the second Monday of each month to the second Tuesday.
Council voted 5-1, with Councilman Rich Fisher Jr. voting against the change, which takes effect with the May meeting. Meetings will now be one day later than they usually are, except for meetings held on the 14th day of the month, which will be moved six days earlier to the eighth day of the month.
The change will allow Fiscal Officer Katie Iaconis to attend the meetings, according to village officials. Iaconis is also the fiscal officer for Parma Heights, whose Council meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. According to minutes from past Council meetings posted on the village’s website at villageofpeninsula-oh.gov, she has only been able to attend Peninsula Council meetings last July and October since the return of in-person meetings, when Parma Heights did not have a meeting at the same time, as well as a special meeting about the village’s budget held March 2.
Councilman George Haramis said Council would try meeting on the new date to see if it works and could possibly move the date of the meeting back if it becomes problematic.
In other news, Council discussed a proposed ordinance that would establish rules for owning chickens. Solicitor Brad Bryan said the ordinance would ban roosters in the village and require owners of chickens to keep food in animal-proof containers and ensure the chickens stay on their property.
Councilman John Krusinski said the ordinance was created after a man stated at a recent village Planning Commission meeting that a neighbor’s rooster knocked his elderly neighbor to the ground.
Resident Jerry Schall, who had chickens and roosters on his property when his son, former Councilman Brian Schall, raised them through the 4-H Club, said roosters should not be banned because of one incident.
Krusinski said the ordinance was on its second reading and could possibly be changed before a final vote on it.
Council did approve the following items of legislation:
• spending up to $35,000 to purchase furnaces and air conditioners;
• purchasing two positive-pressure fans worth $11,650 for the Valley Fire District, with Haramis voting against the purchase; and
• increasing the annual uniform allowance for auxiliary and part-time police officers.
Also at the meeting:
√ Haramis said legislation is coming to increase the pay rate for Roads Department employee Mike Andexler from $19 an hour to $22 an hour. Mayor Dan Schneider Jr. added he would review the village’s finances to see if Andexler can be paid more.
√ Councilman Doug Steidl reported the village will not be putting a new roof and siding on the Players Barn, as the cost for that would be over $1 million.
√ Krusinski announced Summit County is on board with working to provide water to the entire wastewater district.
The next regular Council meeting will take place Tuesday, May 10, at 7 p.m. in the second-floor Council room in Peninsula Village Hall, located at 1582 Main St., at the corner of state Route 303 and Akron-Peninsula Road.