[1. Call Meeting To Order/Roll Call]
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IT IS NOW SIX O'CLOCK WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED.
THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
THIS IS A HYBRID IN PERSON REMOTE MEETING.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING STARTED RIGHT AT SIX O'CLOCK.
UH, THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.
SO MS. POWELL, IF YOU WOULD CALL HER I'D APPRECIATE IT.
MA'AM MR. SHAW HERE, MS. BAKER HERE.
MRS. BERG HERE, MR. OTTO HERE, MR. LYONS, MR. HILL, MR. WEBB AND MR. WEBER NOTIFIED US THAT HE WOULD NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
THANK YOU.NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
TWO EIGHT IS THE MAY 3RD, 2021 MINUTES.
THAT WAS ADMINISTRATED THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, CORRECTIONS, THOSE SUSTAIN AS APPROVED ANY, OKAY.
THOSE MINUTES STANDARDS APPROVED NEXT EPISODE NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OUR WORK SESSION TOPICS
[ City Manager Report]
OF DISCUSSION.AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM THREE, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.
MR.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, A REMINDER THAT THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER WILL BE OPENING HERE IN, UH, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS NOW FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
UM, THEY HAVE ENOUGH LIFEGUARDS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER HIRING EVENT AND AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OR SO, UM, AS THEY GET THROUGH THE SEASON.
SO, UM, THAT IS SET TO OPEN AS WE DID LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, AS, UH, THE, UM, MASK REQUIREMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING LIFTED AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, WE'LL FOLLOW SUIT ON THAT AS WELL ABOUT OPENING IT UP TO HIGHER CAPACITIES AS WELL.
UM, I WILL ALSO, UM, READ A NOTES FROM, UM, MMI, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER.
UM, ALSO AFTER HEARING SOME OF THE, UH, THE GOVERNOR'S STATEMENTS, UH, IT SAYS, UH, GOOD NEWS AND WANTING TO SHARE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT OHIO WILL LIFT ALL COVID RESTRICTIONS ON JUNE 2ND IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE CONCERT INDUSTRY.
THE SHOWS THAT WERE RESCHEDULED TO JULY WE'LL NOW DEFINITELY BE PLAYING WITH NO MASK OR SOCIAL DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL AGENCIES CALLING TO SCHEDULE SHOWS AT THE ROSE.
THEY ARE ASKING FOR DATES FROM JULY THROUGH OCTOBER.
SO OUR SEASON LOOKS TO BE GOING A LITTLE LATER THAN USUAL.
SO GREAT NEWS THERE THAT, UH, WE WILL HAVE A SEASON AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BOOKING AS MANY AS THEY CAN.
UH, JUST A LITTLE LATER IN THE YEAR, IT WAS GREAT.
UM, AND JUST, UH, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS AS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THAT INFORMATION.
SOME OF IT IS EASY ANSWERS THAT WILL BE EMAILED OUT, UM, BUT OTHERS WILL BE, UH, PUTTING FORWARD ON A FUTURE WORK SESSION FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
SO I'M GETTING ALL THAT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, MR. JOEL, ON THIS, MS. BERG, I EMAILED YOU GUYS LET YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST IN TIME FOR THE, UM, USUALLY THE PACKET INFORMATION TOGETHER ON THURSDAY, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME TO GET IT OUT AND THERE'LL BE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEEDED.
SO THAT INFORMATION WILL BE ON THE NEXT WORK SESSION THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WAKOWSKI? OKAY.
[ ZC 21-11 - Rezoning - Carolyn Takacs - 4401 Taylorsville Road]
UP IS I HAVE A THREE B, WHICH IS A ZONING CASE ITEM Z C 21 DASH 11.UH, REZONING FOR CAROLYN LOOKS AT, UH, TEXAS.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION, BUT IT'S AT 44 ZERO ONE TAYLORSVILLE ROAD.
I, YES, FOR THIS ONE, THIS IS A RELATIVELY SIMPLE ONE 44 ZERO ONE TAYLORSVILLE ROAD IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TAYLORSVILLE.
UM, AT BRIDGEWATER ROAD, THERE WAS AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOUSE THERE.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED
THERE IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES ACROSS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TAYLORSVILLE, BUT ON THE COMPLETELY SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY, IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
UH, THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF SELLING THE PROPERTY AND THEY CAME TO THE CITY AND ASKED, WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH AN
UM, AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY ALL RESIDENTIAL.
SO, UH, WHAT'S UH, THEY HAVE COME BACK WITH IS KEVIN, CAN WE JUST LEAVE IT AS RESIDENTIAL? SO THAT IS THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE IT TO PLANNED RESIDENTIAL SO THAT THE EXISTING USE CAN CONTINUE.
UM, THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY.
ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THAT ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING? OKAY.
[ Supplemental Appropriations]
NEXT UP IS I NUMBER THREE C, WHICH IS OUR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.MR. BELL, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? GOOD
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EVENING.I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK, ALTHOUGH, UM, I KNOW YOU PREFER WHEN I DON'T HAVE ALL THESE BUDGET CHANGES AND THERE'S VERY FEW TONIGHT.
UM, UH, THE ONES THAT I HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE, UH, $63,459 FOR, UH, THESE ARE INSTALLING STREET LIGHTS AND LED LIGHTS.
UH, THIS IS COMING OUT OF OUR LIGHTING DISTRICT FUND.
UM, SO AS I'M FROM TIME AND AGAIN, UM, UH, ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEER'S OFFICE, THEY NEED TO INSTALL LIGHTS AND THOSE WERE NOT PLANNED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THEY COME TO ME AND ASK FOR THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS WHEN, UH, WHEN IT'S NEEDED.
AND, UH, THAT'S A DIRECT REQUEST FROM ENGINEERS AND, UH, $36,000 FOR PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UM, THE PROPERTY, UM, WE, WE HAVE OBTAINED SOME PROPERTY LAST YEAR, UH, FOR THE TED FUND AND, UH, HAD TO TAKE A, UM, AN EDUCATED GUESS AS TO WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD BE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE COUNTY CAME THROUGH AND RAISED THE VALUES.
AND SO, UM, THE, UH, WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL $36,000 TO COVER THOSE PROPERTY TAXES, UH, BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BILL COMES, UH, THIS IS MY ESTIMATE BASED ON THE BILL FOR THE FIRST HALF.
SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY ACCURATE.
AND THEN THE FINAL AMOUNT IS $8,345.
UH, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? UH, THIS IS FOR THE FIRE CAPITAL FUND.
UH, WE HAD A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE MEDIC THAT WAS JUST PICKED UP YESTERDAY.
SO WE HAVE BRAND NEW MEDIC, UH, THAT WILL SOON BE IN SERVICE.
IT NEEDS TO BE, UH, EQUIPPED THOUGH.
SO THE PO THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR, UH, IN THE 2020 BUDGET WAS FOR THE, UM, UH, THE VENDOR THAT WE GOT, UH, HORTON THAT WE GOT FOR THE VEDIC FROM, AND NOW WE NEED TO EQUIP IT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, VENDORS WILL BE EQUIPPING IT.
SO WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT PO THAT'LL PUT THAT MONEY BACK IN.
UM, WE'RE ONLY PAYING JUST WHAT HORTON'S WAS, BUT THE PO WAS FOR THE WHOLE AMOUNT FOR THE MEDIC AND EQUIPPING.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE DO THIS NEXT YEAR, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, UM, A PO FOR THE MEDIC AS WELL AS ONE FOR THE EQUIPPING, UH, THAT WE'LL GET ANOTHER MEDIC NEXT YEAR.
SO THIS IS $8,345 FOR THE FIRE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO EQUIP IT, UH, VERY SOON.
SO IF WE COULD APPROVE THIS, UH, MONDAY NIGHT, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANY QUESTIONS FOR SPELLING? YES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE FOR YOU JIM, OR MAYBE FOR SCOTT, BUT THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD ON THIS, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE REALLY, BUT WITH CARRIAGE TRAILS BOULEVARD, IT'S ONE OF THE NEWER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE, THE LIGHTS UP THERE, ARE, THEY JUST, IS IT JUST CAUSE THE BOULEVARD ITSELF WAS PUT IN WHEN IT WAS, AND IT DIDN'T HAVE NEWER LIGHTING OR, UM, WHY IS THAT WHY THAT UPGRADE? UH IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES OVER THE YEARS, UH THAT'S WHEN IT WAS FIRST PUT IN, UM, TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY WASN'T AVAILABLE AT, OR AT LEAST NOT AT A COST FAVORABLE, UM, BUT FROM THAT COST BENEFIT.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE REASON, UH, UH, NOW THERE IS A BENEFITS, UM, AND THAT'S, UH, IT'S A MORE EFFICIENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BELL KIM? JACKSON'S MOVING ON UNTIL MONDAY.
SO THIS IS JUST A WAVING THE SECOND READING THEN, CORRECT? YES.
[ 2022-2026 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)]
NEXT IS I'M 3D, WHICH IS THE 2022 THROUGH 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.UH, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING WE COME BEFORE YOU EVERY YEAR AS A, FOR THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT SETS UP A FIVE-YEAR LOOK OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
UM, MR. TODD KOSKI HAS WORKED WITH EACH DEPARTMENTS ON LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT WAS SCHEDULED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND HOW THAT PROJECTS OUT IN THE FUTURE, LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT BUDGET AND FUTURE BUDGETS.
UH, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROPERLY SPACING OUT THESE ITEMS AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT, UH, ANYTHING THAT, UH, HAS SOME MORE URGENT NEED COMES IN THE EARLY YEARS AND THEN MOVING THINGS INTO THE LATER YEARS, UH, THAT, UH, MAYBE THE MORE RESPONSIBLE TO PUT IN THAT FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR.
UM, SO IN THE PACKET IS A GROUPING OF THE, UH, 2022 TO 2026, UH, CIP ITEMS FOR EACH DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AS YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THROUGHOUT THE, THE, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
IT'S, UH, THERE ARE SOME OF THE SIMILAR THINGS ABOUT, UM, AS WE'VE GONE ON TO OUR NEW PROGRAMS FOR THE WATERLINE, EITHER REPLACEMENT, OR NOW THAT WE'VE STARTED
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THE LINING, UH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS GET PUT INTO, UH, THIS PACKET.UM, THE TIMING, UM, THIS COMES FORWARD AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE NEXT STEP IS AT A FUTURE MEETING, MR. BELL BRING FORWARD THE TAX BUDGET.
AND THEN LATER ON IN THE YEAR, WE'LL PUT FORWARD THE ACTUAL BUDGET, UH, PROVING THIS, UH, CIP PLAN DOES NOT AUTHORIZE ANY OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT COMES AT THE BUDGETING PROCESS AND THEN, UH, WITH A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT COMES THROUGH IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS JUST A, UH, A PLANNING DOCUMENTS, UH, AS A LOOK FORWARD TO SEE, UH, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR EACH DIVISION.
AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, UH, ALSO TAKE ANY, UM, SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THINGS THAT, UH, WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED.
I THINK THAT'S HOW WE'VE HANDLED THIS LAST THREE YEARS.
SO, UH, EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO A THANK YOU, EMAIL TONY, OR, UM, KIND OF ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE, WE CAN PUT THAT FORTH FOR DISCUSSION, UH, WHEN WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL CIP PLANNING, BUDGETING PROCESS.
SO, UH, I WOULD JUST ASK ONCE AGAIN, EVERYBODY TAKE A LOOK AND, UM, BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ADDED MS. BURCH.
UM, I JUST HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION.
UH, SCOTT, UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION, YOU'VE GOT THE TOM CLOUD SPLASH PAD IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, DIDN'T HAVE, WHEN WE TALKED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT HOW THAT'S A, IN A SITUATION WHERE THAT MIGHT NEED SOME SERIOUS IMPROVEMENTS OR PERHAPS REPLACED, CAN I, UM, WELL, ONE THING THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, A SURFACE REPLACEMENT, UM, AND THEN, UH, THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE WE DID SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, SAY SOME, SOME PAINTING AND SLIM LITTLE UPGRADES.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS UPGRADES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ON LIKE ALMOST AN EVERY OTHER YEAR TYPE THING.
SO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PUT INTO THE CIP RIGHT NOW IS FOR, UM, JUST IMPROVING WHAT'S OUT THERE AND REPLACING SOME OF THE, THE FEATURES THAT DO, UH, SHOW THEIR WEAR AND TEAR.
UM, BUT, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ARE NOT PUTTING IN THE CIP FOR A FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE SPLASH PAD.
SO IT'S BEEN THE, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SURFACING.
THAT WAS A BIG THING, CAUSE THAT, THAT HAS STARTED TO SEE A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE PUMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WELL, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING THAT ONE OR BUILDING A SECOND ONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.
AND I JUST WONDERED IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GOING TO PROJECT OUT INTO THE FUTURE.
I CAN HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH OUR PARKS MANAGER AND, UM, WE CAN ALSO SEND THAT THROUGH THE PARKS AND REC BOARD TO, UM, TO MAYBE PUT SOMETHING FURTHER OUT AND PLAN ON, UH, WHEN SOMETHING COULD WORK FOR THAT.
I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS AND UNDER THE ENGINEERING STREETS, TRAFFIC AREA, UH, THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, I ASSUME IS JUST OUR ONGOING ANNUAL, UM, STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM, CORRECT? YES.
I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO THIS, UH, UM, DIRECTION, BUT I THINK WE'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE, UM, TH THE, THE POST FOR THE, THE LIGHTS AND WHATNOT AND THE INTERSECTIONS, THE, THE SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, THE, WHATEVER, THE ADDITIONS THAT, UH, CHAMBERSBURG AND BRAND, THE SIDEWALK AREA, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT STREET BEAUTIFICATION, STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT, UM, IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUSH THOSE THINGS, AND IF WE CAN FIND A PLACE WITHIN THAT TO MAYBE PUT SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WHAT I CALL THE LADDER BRANT, TROY, AND THE LARGER CROSSING STREETS.
I JUST THINK WE GOT A GREAT START ON IT.
I THINK WE, I THINK MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN REALLY CREATE A LOT OF VISUAL, GET A LOT OF VISUAL BANG FOR OUR BUCK OUT OF SOME SMALL STREETSCAPE PROGRAMS. AND I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THAT IN THAT WAS IT.
SO IF WE DO SO THAT AREA JEREMY'S WRITTEN BRAND HAS JUST BEEN RECENTLY REPAVED.
SO, UH, I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I WOULD, SO I THINK THE OTHER MAJOR SECTIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE THE MASTER ARMS ARE GOING NOW, TAYLORSVILLE AND AN OLD TROY OLD AND CHAMBERSBURG, WHAT'S THE REPAY WHEN WE WOULD NEED TO REPAVE THOSE BEFORE WE PUT IN THE, LIKE WE DID BEFORE.
SO WHAT WOULD BE A REPAVING SCHEDULE ON THOSE MAJOR
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INTERSECTIONS? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT FIRST AND HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND REPAVE THAT.SO WHAT DOES IT JUST LETS WHAT THE REPAYMENT SCHEDULE IS? AND THEN IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO SOME OF THAT BEAUTIFICATION STUFF, CAN WE ADD THE REPAVING INTO THOSE INTERSECTIONS AS PART OF THE INTERIOR STREETS PROGRAM AHEAD OF TIME OR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE SO WE CAN MAKE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? YES.
WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR REPAVING OF THOSE THAT WE CAN GET COSTS ON ADDITIONAL THINGS LIKE THE CROSSWALKS THAT WERE DONE AT, UH, BRAND CHAMBERSBURG.
UM, SO I'LL GET WHAT THE, UM, ANTICIPATED SCHEDULES ARE FOR, UH, SOME OF THOSE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, BUT LIKE THE TWO OLD TROY AND CHAMBERSBURG AND BRAND, OR IN TAYLORSVILLE FOR THE MAST ARMS THAT IS JUST, UH, THAT THE SIGNALS THEMSELVES WHERE, UM, IT'S NOT PLANNED TO REPAVE THOSE AREAS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'LL FIND OUT WHERE THEY FALL ON SCHEDULE.
CAUSE THOSE CROSSWALKS AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY LOOK REALLY GREAT.
AND IF WE'RE PUTTING THOSE MASKS, OUR ARMS UP AT THOSE OTHER TWO MAIN INTERSECTIONS, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT REPAYMENT SCHEDULE IS TO KNOW HOW FAST WE COULD DO THOSE THERE AS WELL.
OR DO WE NEED TO MOVE THAT SCHEDULE AHEAD OF TIME IN ORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THOSE, THOSE CROSSWALKS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE THINGS, I WAS THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING SYSTEMS THAT WOULD LOOK NICE OR OUR ENTRY WAYS WE HAVE LIKE, LIKE SOUTH TROY, UM, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DO SOMETHING REALLY NICE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN DONE.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN SITTING THERE DEFUNCT FOR A WHILE AND I'D REALLY JUST LIKE TO SPRUCE UP SOME OF THAT STUFF.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A LOT OF PRIDE IN OUR CITY AND MAYBE ENCOURAGE SOME OTHERS TOO.
WE HAVE TWO MONUMENT AT OLD TROY COMING IN THAT KEPT GETTING HURT.
AND I THINK WE JUST DECIDED WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN.
SO I DON'T, I THINK THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD TALK ABOUT BECAUSE YEAH, I THINK OUR FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY WHICH AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HAVE STAFF WORK, A BUDGET, PRESENT THAT TO US.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN SCHEDULE COUNCIL ALONG WITH STAFF COULD START TO SCHEDULE THOSE TYPES OF IDEAS.
I KNOW THE, UH, THE PORTAL DOWN ON BRAND PIKE BY THE STORAGE FACILITIES.
I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD TAKE MUCH TO UPGRADE THAT BACK TO DETROIT.
TROY PIPE IT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY.
COUPLE OF BALLARD'S THERE AND MAYBE SOMEBODY WON'T HIT ANYMORE.
I LIKED THE MONUMENT THAT WAS THERE UNTIL IT GOT RUN OVER.
AND THEN AS WE UPGRADED CHAMBERSBURG AT THE INTERSECTION THAT, THAT ACTUALLY COMPLIMENTS A STRING PAVING PROGRAM, DOES IT NOT? YES.
SO, SO WE COULD, WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT EVEN IF THE STREETS PROGRAM WAS, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS OFF TO GET THAT, TO GET THAT.
SO, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY MAYBE OF THIS LADDER, THIS BRAND AND OLD TROY PIKE AND THE INTERSECTIONS.
SO WE KNOW WHAT SIZE OF, UH, ISSUE THIS IS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS REGARDING THE SKYPING? OKAY.
[ Windbrooke - Special Assessments - Section 3-2 * Resolution of Necessity]
NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE, WHICH IS THE WINDBROOK SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR SECTIONS THREE, TWO.SO ON THIS ONE AS PER THEIR, UH, THE APPROVED AGREEMENTS THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UM, THE, UH, UH, THE WINDBROOK PARCELS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED IN STAGES, AND THEN EVERY TIME THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT, AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT IS THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THOSE LOTS.
UM, THE REQUEST NOW IS FOR SECTION THREE DASH TWO, UH, WHICH IS THE FINAL PORTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE, UH, AT TWINBROOK THERE IS 25 LOTS THERE.
THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT, UM, IS ESTIMATED TO BE $200,000 TO BE REPAINTED, UH, BY ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS, UH, UM, FOR, UH, 25 YEARS.
UM, SO WITH THIS, UH, TH IN THE PACKAGE, THERE IS THE SET OF THE, UM, RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, UM, WHAT WAS PLACED INTO THE PACKET, THERE WAS, UH, UH, UH, I'LL SAY THERE, THERE WAS A MISTAKE IN THE, WHAT WAS PUT IN, WAS PULLED OUT AND OLD VERSIONS WERE PUT IN.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU DOESN'T HAVE SOME OF THE EDITS THAT WE PUT INTO THIS.
UM, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT, THAT, UM, AS PART OF THE EDITS THAT, UH, THE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS THAT, UH, PUTTING THE
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OBLIGATION OF THAT FINAL PARCEL THAT IS DUE TO BE SOLD, UH, TO THE DEVELOPER BY THE END OF JUNE, AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT.UH, SO LINKING THAT TO THESE ITEMS THAT, UH, UM, THE ASSESSMENTS GO INTO PLACE AS THEY CLOSE ON THAT FINAL PIECE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IN THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY COUNSEL, FURTHER DECLARES THAT ANY OBLIGATIONS, THE CITY HERE UNDER AN EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED UPON THE SALE OF THE CITY OF PARCEL THREE, UH, TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS SET FORTH IN THE PETITION.
UM, AND THEN LATER ON UPON SALE OF PARCEL THREE AS SET FORTH IN THE PETITION.
SO THIS LINKS THE TWO TOGETHER.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, THE FINAL OVERALL AGREEMENT GETS FINALIZED THAT, UH, THE CITY PUTS FORTH, UH, THE ASSESSMENTS AND THAT THE, UM, FINAL LOCK DOES GET PURCHASED.
SO THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE READY TO BE PUT FORWARD, UH, ON MONDAY SCOTT, THIS LAST.
SO UPON CLOSING AT THE END OF JUNE, THAT, THAT WHOLE PARTIAL DOWN THERE NOW THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY PAID FOR THOSE THAT'S THE LAST PIECE.
SO I'M JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ASSESSMENTS WON'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THAT'S CLOSED AND THAT AGREEMENT IS FINALIZED AND THAT WHOLE PARCEL IS NOW SOLD OUT FROM THE CITY.
IF YOU'RE MARRIED, IF I MAKE THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT IT WILL CLOSE NO LATER THAN THE END OF JUNE, THEY COULD CONCEIVABLY CLOSE IN A WEEK.
THE KEY IS JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE LINKED TO THE CLOSING OF THAT FINAL PIECE, AND WHAT'S THE AMOUNT, WHAT'S THE FINAL PIECE? THE FINAL PIECE IS $300,000.
MISS RONNIE? NO, I JUST, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION PER SE, BUT WELL, MAYBE, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I STILL DISAGREE WITH US PROVIDING CITY MONIES TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THESE DIFFERENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WHEN WE DO WE DO IN ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY SCOTT, OR ARE THOSE STREETS PUT IN BY THE DEVELOPER, AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE COMPLETED THEN DEDICATED TO THE CITY AND, AND THAT, UH, COST IS FACTORED INTO THE PRICE OF THE HOMES.
UM, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN ASSESSMENTS BEFORE ON THINGS LIKE WATER LINES
THEY, THEY PUT IN, UM, THE WATER AND SEWER LINES AND ANYBODY TAPPED INTO IT.
THERE, THERE WAS SOME ASSESSMENTS THERE.
UM, UM, BUT STREETS, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ANY, UM, UM, I'M NOT SURE I CAN THINK OF ANY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES.
MS. BAKER, WAS IT 200,000 OR 300,000? I WROTE DOWN 200, 200,000 IS THE AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSMENTS.
THAT WILL BE SPLIT OVER THE 25 LOTS, 300,000 IS HOW MUCH THE FINAL PURCHASE PRICE OF THE REMAINING PARCEL.
AND THAT'S PER THE ALREADY APPROVED AGREEMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANY OBJECTION TO MOVING FORWARD TO MONDAY MR. SCHULTE? UH, WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT SEEING THE ACTUAL EDITS AND THE UPDATES, UH, IN MY PACKET, I, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE GET MY BLESSING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO A MONDAY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, JERRY, UM, IF THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE IN JUNE, AS THE AGREEMENT SAYS AND OR EARLIER DATE, UM, ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE ANY CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS ON CLOSING? UM, AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY COME BACK AND SAY, OH YEAH, WE PLAN ON CLOSING RIGHT BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY.
AND THUS THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, TYING IT TO THIS AGREEMENT WOULDN'T EVEN BE NECESSARY.
UM, ORIGINALLY WE WERE THINKING THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE AT THE END OF MAY.
THAT'S WHAT THE TITLE COMPANY WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THEY HAD SOMETHING WITH THE TITLE OR SOMETHING, BUT, UH, I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY COULD CLOSE AT ANY ANYTIME NOW.
I MEAN, THEY'VE, WE'VE THE DEEDS BEEN PREPARED, DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ACTUALLY GETTING TO A CLOSING.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S, THAT'S WHY I INTERRUPTED TO SAY IT MAY BE SOONER.
CAUSE I THINK IT MAY BE SOONER THAN JUNE 30TH AND MAYOR WITH THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR STAFF TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, I DON'T SEE IT NECESSARY FOR US TO TIE, YOU KNOW, THESE ASSESSMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, PREEMPTING THEM TO, TO CLOSE SOONER.
UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION
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AS WELL AS THE, UH, UM, THE EXHIBIT SCOTT, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO PREPARE THE EDITS AND HAVE THEM EMAIL IT TO ALL THE COUNCIL THAT ARE ALREADY PREPARED? THEY JUST NOT JUST REGISTERING EMOTIONS OFF I'M OUT TONIGHT.SO THERE'LL BE IN THE PACKETS AND I CAN EMAIL THOSE OUT AHEAD OF TIME, EVEN BEYOND.
COULD YOU EMAIL THOSE TO EVERYONE JUST AS SOON AS THIS MEETING'S OVER? YES.
COULD YOU ALSO, UM, UH, JEREMY WOULD BE FREE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR TIMELINE IS.
I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO AND THEN MAYBE GET SOME INFORMATION BACK? I CAN FIND OUT, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE RECEIVED SOMETHING FROM A TITLE COMPANY SAYING THAT THEY THINK THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE AT THE END OF APRIL, BUT THEN IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH, UM, THEN THINGS KIND OF SHIFTED TO THE ASSESSMENT LANGUAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT YES, I CAN, I CAN TRY TO FIND OUT.
SO, SO THE PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THEM FOR MONDAY, CAN YOU, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT IF THEY'RE, SO IF, IF THEY COULD CLOSE ANY TIME AND IF THEY DIDN'T CLOSE BEFORE THIS LEGISLATION WAS PASSED AND IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE ACTUALLY HAVE THIS ON, ON THE NEXT MEETING? UM, THE PURPOSE IS TO, UH, BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO SELL ALL THE LOTS, THE, UM, ASSESSMENTS HAVE TO BE IN PLACE, UM, BEFORE THEY, UH, CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO, UH, DO SOME OF THE WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO, THIS TYPE OF ITEM HAS TO BE PREVAILING WAGE.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BIDDING FOR THESE ITEMS. SO IT'S, UH, NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, THE, UM, THROUGH CONVERSATIONS, THEY ARE PLANNING ON CLOSING BEFORE JUNE 30TH.
UM, THIS GETS EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD AND MAKING SURE BOTH THINGS HAPPEN AS PART OF THE EXISTING AGREEMENT STATES THAT BOTH OF THESE WILL HAPPEN.
THESE RESOLUTIONS ORDINANCES IS GOING TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY, OR WOULD THEY BE 30 DAYS? THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY IS OBVIOUSLY IT GOES INTO IMMEDIATE BACK.
SO IS THIS STILL STAFF'S OPINION? WE NEED TO HAVE THIS ON MONDAY'S MEETING TO GET THIS.
MR. SHAW IS A VOICE IN THE OBJECTION.
IS THERE ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS TO GET A MAJORITY TO HOLD THIS OFF AS BIRCH? UH, YEAH, IF, UH, I, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, TO THE, UM, TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.
AND IF WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AT THAT TIME THAT WOULD DRIVE US TO PUSH IT OUT TO ANOTHER READING, WE COULD DO THAT.
UM, I WOULDN'T WANT TO DELAY THEIR PURCHASE IN ANY WAY.
AND IF FOR SOME REASON THEY DON'T CLOSE ON THE PURCHASE, IT BECOMES A MOOD ISSUE.
THANK YOU, MS. BERGE, ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS TO MOVING TO MONDAY? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE THIS TO MONDAY'S MEETING.
UH, NEXT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, SO THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY AND THEN NEXT, DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE ORDINANCE TO PROCEED AS WELL? OR IS THAT JUST KIND OF ALL PART, IT WAS ALL PART OF THAT SAME DISCUSSION, RIGHT? THEY'RE COMPANION PIECES.
THE RESOLUTION IS THE CORRECT VERSION, WHICH HAS THE TWO PIECES IN THERE AND IT SAYS IT TIES IT TO THAT.
THE ORDINANCE FOR SOME REASON WAS THE ONE WITHOUT THE TWO LINES THAT SAY IT'S TIED TO THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S NOT A MAJOR EDIT IT'S I BELIEVE LITERALLY JUST TWO SECTIONS THAT REFERENCE TO CLOSING THE PARCEL THREE.
WE'LL EMAIL THAT UP AS SOON AS THE MEETING'S OVER, CORRECT? YES.
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UP IS I'M A THREE F, WHICH IS THE TRASH HAULING BITS.SO I HAVE TALKED TO PREVIOUSLY BEFORE WE STARTED THOSE, UH, ANYWHERE, BOTH COMPANIES WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT, UM, KIND OF BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START THE DISCUSSION, SO DECIDE TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.
UM, SO IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD JUST AGAIN, SO TO KEEP US, LIKE WHAT I TOLD YOU PRIOR, SO WE'RE NOT DOING THESE KIND OF BACK AND FORTH.
UH, IF YOU GO TO THE PODIUM, JUST LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND, UM, AND KEEP THE CONVERSATION OR THE DISCUSSION, WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED TO ME PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SAME THING.
IF THERE'S A, A MEMBER OF REPUBLIC HERE WOULD OFFER THEM THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, UH, UH, SAME TIME AT THE PODIUM.
FIRST OFFER FOR LEMONADE SPEAK.
UM, I'M REGION VICE PRESIDENT FOR RUMPY OF DAYTON.
UM, THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO GET UP HERE AND SPEAK AND ACTUALLY DO IT PRIOR TO ALL THIS DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE I, I THINK WHAT I, WHAT I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY WILL, MIGHT CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE DISCUSSION.
UM, SO FIRST OFF, UH, KIND OF WANT
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TO SAY RUNKEE IS A, IS A COMPANY THAT, UM, PRIDES ITSELF ON HONESTY AND BEING UPFRONT AND, UM, AND ALSO PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING ABLE TO BE A GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDER, AND ALSO TO HAVE GOOD TRANSITIONS WHEN WE DO, UM, COMMUNITY CHANGE OUT THINGS LIKE THAT WITH MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS.UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AS THIS, UM, BID PROCESS HAS MOVED ALONG, UM, THE LABOR MARKET AND THE HIRING MARKET HAVE BECOME IMMENSELY STRAINED.
UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW TO FIND QUALIFIED DRIVERS AND PERSONNEL, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK AND DO IT WELL.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH IT BEING A TWO MONTH PROCESS FROM BASICALLY MONDAY UNTIL WHEN THE START DATE WOULD BE, UM, I DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, HIRE ON AND TRAIN SIX DEDICATED DRIVERS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY, HOW IT NEEDS TO BE SERVICED.
UM, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, LIKE I SAID, TWO MONTHS AGO, THE HIRING ENVIRONMENT WAS MUCH DIFFERENT.
UM, TODAY AS IT STANDS, IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
UM, SO I DON'T WANT TO, TO, UM, GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO PERFECTLY SMOOTH.
UM, I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE AN ISSUE WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE, OBVIOUSLY, UM, BEING ABLE TO SERVICE ALL THE CUSTOMERS WITH DEDICATED DRIVERS THAT CAN RUN ROUTES EVERY SINGLE DAY, UM, THAT KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND KNOW THE PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I THINK IT WILL CAUSE AN ISSUE WITH TRANSITION IN GENERAL, UM, BEING ABLE TO MOVE CARTS OUT, UM, GET THINGS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER THAT WOULD DO SO.
UM, STILL HAVING OUR STAFF BEING OUT THERE AND SEEING EVERYTHING AND KNOWING WHERE EVERYTHING IS.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I KIND OF WANTED TO START OFF THE MEETING AND BE HONEST AND OPEN WITH EVERYBODY HERE.
UM, AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO RUIN A POTENTIAL FUTURE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS WITH EVERYBODY HERE, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT'S, THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND RUMP BECAUSE OF THAT, ROCKY'S AMENABLE TO THE CITY, UH, REJECTING OUR BID FROM THE PROCESS.
UM, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR THE, FOR THE CITY TO DO.
AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.
THANK YOU, MS. RUNKEE THAT, THAT WAS SORT UNEXPECTED, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, UM, I HAVE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR YOU, UH, AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
I MEAN, THAT WAS, UM, PROBABLY SOMETHING NONE OF US WERE EXPECTING AND I THINK, UH, IT SPEAKS TO YOUR INTEGRITY, SPEAKS TO YOUR CHARACTER PERSONALLY SPEAKS TO, UM, YOUR COMPANY AND HOW YOU RUN THE COMPANY.
SO PERSONALLY, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, I'M, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU CAME HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT TO THIS COUNCIL, UM, TO EXPLAIN THAT SITUATION RATHER THAN FIND OURSELVES IN A, A DECISION THAT WE'VE MADE THAT ENDED UP TURNING SOUTH FOR, FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE.
SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE IT PROBABLY TOOK A LOT FOR YOU TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, FOR ME PERSONALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND TALKING THROUGH THAT, AND I'M SURE THAT WASN'T EASY.
I HAVE A TON OF RESPECT FOR YOU AND WHAT YOU DID, MR. OTTO.
I WILL ALSO WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, IT CERTAINLY MAKES THINGS A LOT EASIER.
UM, I, I HAD PREPARED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND I, AND I STILL DO THAT.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IF OUR GOAL AS A CITY WAS TO PROVIDE, UH, THE BEST SERVICE WE COULD AT THE BEST PRICE, I THINK WE KIND OF OVERLOOKED SOME THINGS, UH, IN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH RUMPY OR WASTE MANAGEMENT TO SPEAK TO THEIR SERVICE.
SO PRICE WAS REALLY ALL WE HAD TO LOOK AT.
UM, NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I DID MY OWN RESEARCH AND TALKING TO FOLKS AND ASKING, AND, AND I WON'T GET INTO NUMBERS THAT I PUT TOGETHER, BUT PRETTY OVERWHELMINGLY PEOPLE WERE TOLD ME THEY WANTED TO STAY WHERE THEY WERE.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE STAY WITH THE REPUBLIC BID AT, UH, THE, EVERY OTHER WEEK RECYCLING BASICALLY EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
NO CHANGE IN SERVICE WHATSOEVER.
UM, I WILL ALSO STATE THOUGH THAT, UM, UH, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S PROPER FOR ANY MEMBER OF THIS BODY TO ACCEPT ANY KIND OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY POTENTIAL PROVIDER I WON'T BE DOING SO, AND I HOPE NO ONE ELSE DOES.
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UM, BUT I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND ALL THE CLARIFICATION'S FROM EVERYBODY AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING AT THESE MEETINGS AND IN CLARIFYING THINGS.
MR. CAMPBELL, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE HISTORY ON YOUR COMPANY? I NOTICED YOUR LAST NAME IS THE SAME AS WHAT'S ON THE TRUCKS.
UM, YEAH, SO WE, WE STARTED OUR COMPANY IN 1932 AND CINCINNATI, UM, STARTED AS PIG FARMERS AND, UH, KINDA STARTED OUT OF A DEPRESSION NEED, UM, AND KIND OF, UH, MOVED INTO PICKING UP PEOPLE'S GARBAGE TO FEED THE OLD FOOD TO, TO PIGS AND KIND OF WENT FROM THERE.
AND WHEN THE FDA OBVIOUSLY STEPPED IN AND SAID THAT THAT'S NOT ALLOWED, THEN IT WENT FROM THERE INTO A WASTE COMPANY, WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER.
UM, AND THEN MY GRANDFATHER TOOK OVER FROM HIM AND, AND DECIDED TO MAKE IT MORE THAN JUST, UH, A SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS AND KIND OF EXPANDED IT.
AND THEN SINCE THEN, IT'S, IT'S EXPANDED GREATLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO.
SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW OPERATING IN OHIO, KENTUCKY, INDIANA, AND A LITTLE BIT OF WEST VIRGINIA.
SO YOU'RE A GREAT GRANDFATHER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ON COUNCIL AND IF THERE'S, UH, IF ANY, I MEAN, IF ANYONE FROM REPUBLIC WANTED TO SPEAK, SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S, UH, JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FAIR.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
SO I JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON MR
UH, THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST TIME IN HISTORY TO BE IN THE GARBAGE BUSINESS.
UH, OUR TRUCKS, NOT THAT LONG AGO, WE BOUGHT FOR $165,000.
UH, I WAS LOOKING AT SOME PURCHASE ORDERS EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, OVER $340,000.
SO THE COST OF PICKING UP GARBAGE HAS WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THE COST OF, UH, OF, UH, MANUFACTURING.
IT'S JUST CHANGED SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE WORST PART OF IT IS THIS NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF CDL DRIVERS.
AND NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC WE'RE FACED WITH AMAZON AND FEDEX AND UPS PULLING OUR DRIVERS AWAY, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU'D PROBABLY RATHER YOUR TRUCK SMELL LIKE A UPS PACKAGE, UH, THEN THEN GARBAGE, BUT, UH, NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM, FROM OUR DRIVERS.
CAUSE CAUSE MANY OF OUR DRIVERS HAVE BEEN DOING IT THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.
UH IT'S IT'S A CAREER JUST LIKE MR. ROCKY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A JOB THAT IS, UH, NEEDED.
UM, IT'S, IT'S APPRECIATED BY THE COMMUNITY AND OBVIOUSLY THE OUTPOURING OF, OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, WANTING TO KEEP THINGS STATUS QUO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY APPRECIATE THE GARBAGE FOLKS.
AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT ALWAYS MAKES US HAPPY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A COMPLAINT, YOU CERTAINLY HEAR ABOUT THOSE ALSO.
SO, UM, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING EVERYTHING FINALIZED AND, AND PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO MOTION WITH THE NEW AGREEMENT, STARTING JUNE ONE AND CONTINUING THE GREAT RELATIONSHIP.
YES, THAT WILL BE TO SHOW UP MRS. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY, MR. ROCKY, I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY.
UH, WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER ON DIFFERENT ITEMS AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN ALL THIS TOGETHER.
UH, I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AT WAIST.
I'VE ONLY BEEN, UH, WITH REPUBLIC FOR THREE YEARS, BUT, UH, AS MY PARTNER ALLUDED TO 38 YEARS AT UPS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS, I KNOW WHAT SERVICE IS ALL ABOUT AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DEAD SET ON PROVIDING TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, MY DRIVERS LOVE CUBA HEIGHTS.
THEY LOVE THE RESIDENTS AND WE, AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND PROVIDE SERVICE TO YOU.
SO BASED ON MR ANA'S RECOMMENDATION, THE ONLY, I MEAN, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT.
UH, THE ONLY THING SCOTT, I WOULD ADD, IS THERE A WAY CAN WE PUT IN, BECAUSE I DO KNOW WE HAVE HAD THE DISCUSSION AROUND WEEKLY OR BI-WEEKLY RECYCLING, SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAID, HEY, WE WANT WEEKLY.
LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE HAVE, I THINK WE PROBABLY JUST NEED TO GO BACK.
WE HAD THE DISCUSSION AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT, UM, REVIEWING THAT MAYBE EVERY, YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY TO SEE IF THE MOOD HAS CHANGED IN THE COMMUNITY.
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UH, IF WE DO NEED TO MOVE TO, OR IF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE WANTING, UH, TO MOVE TO A WEEKLY RECYCLING, I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.I REALIZED IT'D BE A COST TO GO TO WEEKLY RECYCLING VERSUS BI-WEEKLY.
BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESS AT LEAST REVIEW THAT RATHER THAN SAY, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE BI-WEEKLY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO LOOK INTO THAT.
CAUSE I KNOW THAT IS IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, AND AGAIN, WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD OTHER, I MEAN, OTHER THAN WHAT YOU HAD SAID, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD WANT TO SEE IN THERE IS THAT WE DO HAVE A REMINDER FOR KIND OF AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF, OF WHAT OUR RECYCLING WOULD BE.
FORGOT TO MENTION ONE THING I SAID, UH, KEEP THINGS, SERVICES GOING JUST THE WAY THEY ARE NOW.
I THINK THE ONLY CHANGE THAT I THINK WOULD BE EXTREMELY WELCOME IS TO GO WITH THAT OPTION THAT ALLOWS THAT, UH, SENIOR DISCOUNT, RIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THE SAME.
THAT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY THE, THE CALL.
WHAT WAS THAT? AND THAT WAS, I THINK KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL.
SO I THINK THAT WILL JUST STAY AT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THE, THE BI-WEEKLY RECYCLING RIGHT NOW AND YES, THAT CAN BE REVIEWED, UM, AT FUTURE DAYS ABOUT, UH, UM, CHANGING THAT TO A WEEKLY, IF THAT WAS NECESSARY AND THE, THE 10%, UH, SENIOR DISCOUNTS, UM, THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING I'VE, I'VE SEEN AGREEMENT FROM COUNSEL ALL ALONG ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, I, I DO WANT TO BRING UP ANOTHER POINT OF THAT, UH, WITH, UH, MR. MCDONALD, WE CAN, UH, WORK OUT FOR MONDAY A, UH, A STANDARD CONTRACT, UM, TO BE PUT INTO THE PACKETS.
UM, WE, UH, DID LOOK AT, UM, THE CLARIFICATION'S BETWEEN THE TWO, AS YOU REMEMBER, THERE WAS THE, UH, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, THAT THE CART SIZE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO WE GOT THOSE THINGS CLARIFIED THAT I WAS PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE MORE TONIGHT.
UM, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT THE INTENT WAS.
UM, ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY, UH, MR. BUTLER, UM, ABOUT THE, UH, THAT, UH, UH, WAS PUT IN THE PROPOSAL ABOUT THE FUEL SURCHARGE AND HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A REQUIREMENT TO PUT IT IN THERE.
I DID CLARIFY WITH REPUBLIC THAT THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN THERE THAT THAT WAS PUT IN THERE AS THINKING THAT IT WAS REQUIRED.
SO THE PROPOSED CONTRACT THAT, UH, WE WILL PUT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT HAVE THE POST FUEL CHARGE, FUEL SURCHARGES.
I SHOULD MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY MR. HILL.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, UM, EVEN THOUGH I'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER, UM, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEDBACK THAT, UH, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WEEKLY, SO THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE, THE OTHER OPTION TO BE ABLE TO REVISIT THAT IN THE FUTURE IS, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE BEST OPTION.
UM, AGAIN, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO DO WEEKLY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
SO, ANDY, I'LL JUST BRING IT UP.
WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WEEKLY VERSUS BI-WEEKLY.
SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST END THE DISCUSSION HERE, I GUESS, UNLESS I HEAR FROM THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL THAT SAYS, NO, WE WANT TO STAY GLOBAL.
THEY GOT, IF THERE IS A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL WOULD PREFER WEEKLY NOW AND THEN GO BACK TO BI-WEEKLY IF WE DIDN'T NEED IT.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER, UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ANYBODY WANTS TO HAVE REGARDING WEEKLY RECYCLING VERSUS BI-WEEKLY? LET'S TRY IT.
I WOULD SAY AGAIN, THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY RESPONSE IS ABOUT 70%.
SO I THINK IF WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT DOWN THE ROAD IN A YEAR OR WHATEVER, I THINK THAT'S FINE.
BUT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THE WEEKLY RECYCLE? OKAY.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR OF THEM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT FOR REPUBLIC ON MONDAY THAT HAS A BI-WEEKLY RECYCLING AND THE FUEL SURCHARGE WILL NOT BE A PART OF THAT CONTRACT, CORRECT.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THAT FORWARD? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE THAT ONTO THAT'S THE LAST ITEM, UH, THIS EVENING.
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING.
UM, AND AGAIN, I WOULD ECHO WHAT MR. CAMPBELL SAYS, YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE HONESTY, INTEGRITY THAT YOU SHOWED HERE TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
IT IS SIX 44 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.