By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com
With an influx of new members to the Crestline Village Council over the past few months, council members met Monday night to review their rules.
While most of the discussed changes were to fix grammatical errors in the wording of the rules, some alterations were suggested.
Council member Gene Toy asked for consideration in changing the wording on the rules of how special council meetings are called. Toy asked council to consider changing the time of notice to 24 hours instead of the current 12-hour notice for special meetings.
Toy also suggested a change to the line about serving the council members notice on special meetings “or left at the Council person’s place of residence,” to “or communicated and acknowledged.”
“There are a lot more ways of communication than when the rules were enacted,” council
member Harold added.
Toy also asked the council to consider allowing the public to speak on a resolution while the resolution is on the floor for discussion prior to vote.
“Say we have ordinance 3050 and if emergency after a motion and a second, the person who signed up speaks, then it goes to council for discussion and vote,” Toy said.
Discussing the way council members are appointed to committees, the current Crestline Village Council had a few ideas for changes.
“I think when signing up to be selected for committees a council member should explain why they want to be on the committee,” council member Aaron Buckner suggested. “At the end have someone select the committees, but I think there should be more input than just checking a box of what committee you want.”
“It would be good if you want to represent a committee to write why you are interested, as well as your knowledge of it, kind of like a resume`,” council member Tina Swartz added.
Toy suggested that the three most senior members be the people to select the council committees.
Council member Allen Laferty asked why every measure was done as an emergency. Herold said that he believed it was due to needing to receive a grant, and having to have it passed as an emergency.
“Maybe we could have Marc (Milliron) go back for more clarification,” Harold added.
“I think each ordinance that is an emergency should have to state that they are an emergency, and why it is being presented as an emergency,” Toy added.
While no action was taken at the meeting, Village Council will take two weeks to review the discussed rule changes, and present the document to council at their next meeting in two weeks.