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Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City of Northfield Council, January 23, 2023

In keeping with the Coronavirus safety procedures, the regular meeting of the City of Northfield Council was held on Monday January 23, 2023 via Zoom.

Council members attending: Clark Rhea, Tim Martin, Brandon Smith, Steve Levy, Sharon Berger, and Tracy Walker.
Council members absent: None.
City officials present: Mayor Randolph Chappell, Police Chief Tom David, Treasurer Charles Veeneman, and City Clerk Lucy Martin.
City officials absent: City Engineer Adrian Oliver.

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by the Mayor.

Minutes

Minutes of the November 28, 2022 meeting were approved.

City Clerk

Working to update the city directory
Working on the new city web page, including the ability to update the directory
Getting quotes for a memorial for the Lime Ridge site

City Administration Reports

Treasurer's Report

The Treasurer reported to the Council members for all financial 3 months and 6 months activity, ending December 2022 as follows:

General Fund Income Statement & Balance Sheet
- There are 7 unpaid city tax bills as of 1/23
- The last Bank tax has been received from PNC
Northfield Schedule of Investments
Road Fund Income Statement & Balance Sheet
The audit is planned to be ready by March, if no, an extension will be requested
Total tax collection appears to be less than planned. Charlie will investigate

Police Report

December

25 Calls for service from Northfield Neighbors. Several of the calls were regarding miss delivered packages. All were recovered and no one has reported any thefts of packages to date.
12 Calls were transferred to us from LMPD
3 Citations in the city for Stop Sign violations
3 Non-injury accidents
3 Homeless persons were relocated to a shelter during the cold weather
2 House Watch request
1 Complaint of a reckless driver was reported by several neighbors. I meet with the reported violator, a resident, he was placed on notice that the reckless driving must stop or he would be cited to court. He agreed to cooperate and there have been no further reports of reckless driving.
Congratulations to Ofc H. Lockhart and Ofc G. Hixenbaugh on their full retirement from many years of a Law Enforcement Career

January

14 Calls for service from Northfield Neighbors
9 Calls for service transferred over from LMPD
3 Citations for DSS stop sign violations in the neighborhood
1 No operator’s license accident
1 No Insurance accident
3 DTCD relight violation
7 House watch requests
6 Minor Injury Accidents
We had a complaint on some juvenile boys during the holiday break they were identified and their parents were notified

The Chief and Mayor are interviewing a candidate that could potentially start in March.

City Engineer's Report

No Update

2321 Stannye Drive remodel, adding 2nd floor
Recommendation to use ARPA funding for Road repairs in 2022
Adrian will order a stop sign

Old Business

No Update

Northfield Office Condo Project : Public meeting and office location under discussion. Note that the Fenley Office Park will not be available for our Police as of August 2022. See update under Police report.
- The Mayor will find out the archival requirements for Police documents
Property Use Violations: Randy contacted Code Enforcement. One item abated, 2nd item pending resolution. MCE work is still in progress.
Lime Ridge Sidewalk, Northfield will have access.
Echo Tech: has the additional truck been implemented?
Stop sign at Northfield Court: (see Engineer’s report).

New Business

The Mayor gave a tour of the site where our scanned city documents are stored. All will be given access to the link for view access. The scanning is still in progress, with 2005 to present being Phase 2 of the archive project.
The Mayor will follow up on the Northfield camera status.
No Update. Tim reported that the boundary fence at Glenview Ave/Northfield Drive needs to be repaired or removed. Tracy will talk to the residents and find out what the situation is. Randy and Adrian will investigate fencing costs. No update at this time.
No Update. US42 Stop light program.

Parking Lot

Ky Transportation Coop Signup
ARPA funding Municipal Order: Documented authorization to spend funds. ($136,082.96 x 2)
Small Cellular Site Ordinance: Distributed for review to all council members. Discussion scheduled tabled for a future meeting.
Speed Hump Policy: Second Reading on hold pending Traffic Engineer input, and final report.

Adjourn

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. The next meeting of the Northfield City Council will be held on Monday, February 27, 2023.

Attest

Lucy Martin, City Clerk
Randolph Chappell, Mayor
City of Northfield

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