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5/12/04
No Change In Travel Policy

Bellevue Council has rejected an effort by new member Joe Kovacs to expand the list of expenses for which the borough will pay when Council members attend conferences.

The Council members remaining after nearly five hours at the regular meeting on Tuesday, May 4, voted 4-3 against Kovacs’ motion to reimburse Council members for mileage at 37.5 cents per mile, as well as for tolls paid, when they travel to conferences.

5/12/04
November May Be Too Soon For Police Vote

Several members of the Bellevue police merger referendum committee have begun expressing doubts about whether it is possible for a referendum to be successful this November, after committee members heard from residents and the borough’s solicitor over the last two weeks.

5/12/04
Parking Change Tabled

An amendment to Bellevue’s parking ordinance was tabled during Council’s regular meeting on May 4 after it was determined the proposed amendment eliminated more parking spaces than desired.

The Safety Committee had proposed the elimination of one parking space on Lincoln Ave. near the Port Authority bus stop at Burnside Ave. in order to give buses room to pull over when stopping for passengers. The amendment presented to Council eliminated all parking spaces between Burnside and the High Bridge.

5/12/04
Pool To Be Painted

Bellevue’s Dept. of Public Works (DPW) employees will paint the Memorial Park swimming pool after they receive paint, the purchase of which was approved May 4 by Bellevue Council.

Paint for the annual project is expected to cost $9,000.

5/12/04
Pool Workers Hired

The hiring of a number of temporary summer employees was approved by Bellevue Council at its regular meeting on May 4.

Council voted 8-0-1 to hire one head lifeguard, 11 lifeguards, five concession stand workers and a night watchman for the Memorial Park swimming pool. Council member Joe Kovacs abstained because people related to him were among those hired.

5/5/04
Avonworth Trims 2004-05 Budget To Reduce Tax Hike

Revisions have already trimmed close to $200,000 in expenditures from the Avonworth School District's preliminary 2004-05 budget, and school board members met last week to identify other cuts that might reduce a projected 3 mill property tax increase. 05/04/04.

5/5/04
Bellevue To Revisit Tabled Sewer Use, Testing Ordinance

Bellevue Council planned to consider a revised sewer use ordinance at its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 4, but still had not filled in some of the blanks that caused the proposed law to be tabled months ago.

5/5/04
Park Behavior Improving?

There were mixed opinions among Bellevue Council members last week as to whether the improvement of youths in Bayne Park has improved in recent weeks.

People frequenting the park, as well as elected officials, complained about foul language, fighting and vandalism occurring, primarily in the area of the basketball courts.

5/5/04
Tenants Return Home

Tenants of an Avalon apartment building forced out when the building was condemned due to electrical problems that injured a maintenance man began moving back into their homes last Friday.

The 38 units in the Riverview Gardens building on Ohio River Blvd. had to be vacated April 23 after building and fire inspectors deemed it too dangerous for tenants. Avalon officials were not sure of the exact cause of the electrical problems that sent a maintenance man to the Burn Unit at Mercy Hospital after being shocked by a high voltage current.

4/12/04
Bellevue To Reconsider Sewer Use Fee Structure Before Law Is Passed

Bellevue Council has approved the second reading of an ordinance that will require the disconnection of rain leaders from the borough’s sanitary sewer system, but plans to revamp the proposed fee structure before the ordinance is considered on its third and final reading next month.

4/12/04
Construction Problems Not Serious, DAS Says

Problems that have arisen in the construction of a road salt storage building and a new facility for the Bellevue Department of Public Works (DPW) are not serious and are the types of problems to be expected in construction, according to the Director of Administrative Services (DAS) David Golebiewski.

Council members at their May 4 regular meeting raised questions and concerns regarding the completed salt storage building which, when filled with salt, started to bow outward on one side. Questions also arose regarding the DPW facility, which was still in the excavation stage.