ARCHBOLD WEATHER

Council Meets In Executive Session




Archbold Village Council held an executive session that lasted about 10 minutes during its Monday, Nov. 4 meeting.

Stated reason for the closed-door session was employee compensation.

No employee compensation decisions were made when council returned to regular session.

In a related matter in regular session, council approved changes in the village employee health plan for 2014.

Dennis Howell, village administrator, said overall, BORMA, the Buckeye Ohio Risk Management Association, had increased the village premium by 25%.

BORMA is a health insurance pool in which municipalities gather to share the cost of employee health insurance.

Howell said deductibles for 2014 will increase to $500 for an individual plan and $1,000 for a family plan. Maximum out-of-pocket expenses are $1,500 for individuals and $3,000 for a family.

The employee share of the premium for employees goes from 13% to 14% for an individual and from 13% to 17% for families.

There also were changes in the prescription drug benefits.

Finance

Ed Leininger, councilman and chairman of the finance committee, said the group has been discussing the Co. Rd. 24 project.

The projects calls for realigning

St. Rt. 66 along the present Co. Rd. 24, from US 6 in Henry County to US20A in Fulton County.

The project is earmarked for state funding. Money for major construction could come from bonds sold against future Ohio Turnpike toll revenues.

Leininger said the next steps are to form a committee of commissioners from the two counties, and to hire a consultant to conduct the first phase of the three-phase road construction project.

Howell said the first phase is the preliminary design and an environmental study. The second phase is obtaining the necessary right-of-way and detailed design work. The final phase is construction.

Construction could start in 2018, Howell said.

Police, Fire

Jeff Fryman, councilman and head of the police and fire committee, said the committee met with Andy Brodbeck, fire chief, and Martin Schmidt, police chief.

Fryman said Brodbeck asked for money to update some equipment and purchase a new vehicle.

Also, he asked for an adjustment in the line item that funds the salaries of emergency medical technicians, because they now are required to be on-call.

Fryman said the police department needs to update some equipment, purchase two new bicycles for the department bicycle patrol, and possibly buy a vehicle.



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