By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com

A former councilman returned to Crestline Village Hall Monday, but it wasn’t to fill in the vacated council seat left by Stacey Wampler.

David Crokie, who had been a member of council, returned to ask questions regarding the status of the council vacancy.

Mayor Dave Sharrock said four letters of intent for the position had been received, with the last letter being received on Oct. 10.

After receiving the information, Crokie asked what role the mayor would have in the decision of who would take Wampler’s vacated seat on council.

“The only thing I would do is if there is a member of council to abstain. I have no vote in the matter unless one of the council members is absent from voting,” Sharrock responded.

“We had the vacancy come before us, and we went ahead and got it advertised. We have 30 days to get it done. We put it in the Advocate to get people to turn their names in,” Sharrock said.

Crestline has until Nov. 1 to fill the position.

. Crestline Council passed three items on the agenda on an emergency status while having a second reading on a zoning ordinance.

Council approved accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the Budget Commission of Crawford County. Crestline will be receiving a 0.5-percent decrease in the tax rate received from the county. The resolution was passed as emergency in order to meet the deadline of Oct. 30.

Council also approved the appointment of probationary firefighter Josh Bradly to the Crestline Fire Department.

The third resolution passed with emergency was to authorize Village Administrator Marc Milliron to advertise for bids to replace a boiler at the Crestline Village Hall.

An ordinance to request Mike Zappa of Zappa Holdings LLC to rezone Crestline Village inlot numbers 1139-1146, a portion of outlots 196 and 197 from a Residential R-1 district to a Light Industrial M-1 district received approval in a second reding.

Crawford County Municipal Court Judge Sean Leuthold addressed Crestline Council Monday night presenting his campaign for Common Pleas Court judge.

Councilman Clayton Herold reported that the 2014 Crestline Harvest Festival was a success. Herald noted that the 2014 Harvest Festival’s parade received more entrants than the previous year.

In Sharrock’s address to council, the mayor noted that trick-or-treat for the village will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 26. The Scary Business trick-or-treat will be held at 4 p.m. that same afternoon.