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[1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore]
EVERYONE.THIS IS A SAFE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY'S DATE IS AUGUST 22ND, 2022.
WE'RE GETTING STARTED RIGHT AT 6:00 PM.
THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER A NUMBER
[2. Invocation - Pastor Randy Griffith Of The Free Methodist Church At 6875 Old Troy Pike, Huber Heights, Ohio]
TWO BEAR INVOCATION.AND I'D WELCOME PASTOR ANDY GRIFFITH OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH AT 60 AND 75 OLD TROY PIKE HERE.
AND HE WRITES TO THE PODIUM PASTOR, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? GOOD.
HEBREWS CHAPTER FIVE, 13 TO 14 SAYS ANYONE WHO LIVES ON MILK BEING STILL AN INFANT IS NOT ACQUAINTED WITH TEACHING ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT SOLID FOOD IS FOR THE MATURE WHO BY CONSTANT USE OF TRAINED THEMSELVES TO DISTINGUISH GOOD FROM EVIL INFANTS.
THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A CRISIS REGARDING INFANT FORMULA.
IN SOME PLACES INFANTS NEED A SPECIAL DIET TO THRIVE, TO GET A GOOD START AND TO GROW.
BUT EVENTUALLY IF EVERYTHING GOES AS IT, SHOULD THEY GO OFF THE FORMULA AND EAT MORE SOLID BABY FOOD.
AND THEN AS THEY MATURE THAT EAT SOLID FOOD.
AND WHEN THEY ARE ADULTS, THEY INVITE YOU OVER FOR DINNER AND COOK FOR YOU.
PETER SAYS LIKE NEWBORN BABIES, CRAVE, PURE SPIRITUAL MILK.
SO THAT BY IT, YOU MAY GROW UP IN YOUR SALVATION.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE TASTED THAT THE LORD IS GOOD.
WHEN A PERSON IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT, HE OR SHE BEGINS TO GROW IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS BY DIET AND EXERCISE, BY FEEDING ON HIS PRESENCE AND HIS WORD.
AND BY EXERCISING THEIR FAITH.
THAT IS BY PUTTING GOD'S WORDS INTO PRACTICE.
HE IS TRAINING US TO DISTINGUISH WHAT IS GOOD FROM WHAT IS EVIL IN ORDER TO CHOOSE THE GOOD GOD'S GOODNESS, GOVERNS OUR SOULS LEADING US AND WHAT WE SHOULD SAY AND DO, AND KEEPING US FROM WHAT WE SHOULDN'T SAY AND DO WE FEED OUR BODIES THROUGH OUR MOUTHS, THE QUALITY AND THE QUANTITY OF THE FOOD WE EAT AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF OUR BODIES.
IF WE FEED ON JUNK, OUR BODIES GET JUNKIE.
AND IF WE ONLY EAT AND NOT EXERCISE, OUR PHYSICAL LIFE IS IMPEDED AND EVEN SHORTENED.
WHAT COMES INTO OUR SOULS COMES THROUGH OUR EYES, OUR EARS, AND OUR MINDS.
SO WHAT IS THE QUALITY AND THE QUANTITY OF THINGS THAT WE ARE INVITING INTO OUR SOULS THROUGH THESE PORTALS? WHAT ARE WE FEEDING ON? WHAT WE FEED OUR SOULS DIRECT SLIT DIRECTLY AFFECTS OUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH BY FEEDING ON GOD'S WORD.
AND BY PUTTING HIS WORDS INTO PRACTICE UPSTANDING FROM EVIL AND DOING GOOD, WE ARE STRENGTHENED INWARDLY.
AND WHAT WE ARE INWARDLY IS WHAT WE BECOME OUTWARDLY BE ABOUT WHAT STRENGTHENS INWARDLY FEED ON THESE THINGS, PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE BECAUSE NOT ONLY WILL YOU BENEFIT, BUT OTHERS WILL BENEFIT ALSO.
AND THAT IS WHAT BECOMING MATURE ADULTS IS ABOUT.
THAT'S PRAY, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD AND HOW YOU GIVE US INSIGHT INTO WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT PLEASES YOU AND, AND WHAT YOU MADE US TO BE.
AND SO LORD WORK OUT THOSE THINGS IN OUR LIVES AND WORK THEM OUT IN HERE IN THIS MEETING TONIGHT THAT ALL MIGHT BE DONE IN ACCORD WITH WHO YOU ARE FOR IT'S IN CHRIST'S NAME.
[3. Pledge Of Allegiance]
STATES OF AMERICA STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.[4. Roll Call]
TELL ME WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.DEAR MS. BAKER HERE, MR. CAMPBELL, MRS. BURJ, MR. OTTO, MR. LYONS.
UH, MR. CAMPBELL IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
HE HAS SENT AN EMAIL TO TONY, WHICH TONY IS FOR ADULT COUNSEL.
IS THERE A MOTION EXCUSE MR. UH, RICHARD, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE FOR A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
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MRS. KITCHEN.AND THE MOST EXCUSED CARRIES 7 0 4.
UH, NEXT UP IS I NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
SO WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES NEXT TIME.
[ Presentation Of Newly Promoted Personnel Within The Police Division – Police Chief Mark Lightner And Mayor Jeff Gore]
PRESENTATIONS ITEM SIX, EIGHT TONY'S ITEM SIX, A PRESENTATION OF NEWLY PROMOTED PERSONNEL WITHIN THE POLICE DIVISION BY POLICE CHIEF, MARK LIGHTENER AND MAYOR JEFF CORR COMING IN AND STAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.LET'S DO THE SERGEANTS ON THE RIGHT AND LIEUTENANTS ON THE LEFT.
REALLY PROUD TONIGHT, TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TWO NEW SETS OF NEW RANK WITHIN OUR POLICE DIVISION, TWO NEW SERGEANTS AND TWO NEW LIEUTENANTS.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE RANK STRUCTURE OF THE POLICE DIVISION, UH, A SERGEANT IS A FIRST-LINE SUPERVISOR IS SERGEANT IS ASSIGNED TO A ROAD PATROL SHIFT AND DETECTIVE SECTION AND TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THEY SUPERVISE THE OFFICERS IN THOSE, ON THOSE SHIFTS.
UM, SO THESE TWO OVER HERE, UH, SIEGRIST OFFICER SIEGRIST AND OFFICER HUSH ARE BEING PROMOTED TODAY TO SERGEANT SIEGRIST AND SERGEANT HUSH.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, OVER HERE ON MY RIGHT LIEUTENANTS ARE, ARE PART OF THE COMMAND STAFF.
UM, THEY HAD WORKED, UH, SERGEANT RAYMOND, SERGEANT CARR, WHO ARE NOW BEING PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT RAYMOND AND LIEUTENANT CARR PRIOR WORKED, UH, ON THE ROAD AND IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
AND, UH, NOW THEY WILL BE TAKING OVER AN ENTIRE SECTION WITHIN THE POLICE DIVISION.
UH, LIEUTENANT RAMAN WILL BE THE PATROL LIEUTENANT AND LIEUTENANT CARR WILL BE OVER THE DETECTIVE SECTION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
SO I'LL START OVER HERE WITH, UH, MY GLASSES.
I CAN SEE THIS START OVER HERE WITH, UH, DWAYNE HUSH.
YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE ANYBODY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT? ANY FAMILY FRIENDS? YES.
UH, MY FATHER-IN-LAW BROUGHT ALSOP AND OVER HERE, I ALSO HAVE MY DAUGHTER MIA AND MY WIFE, NICOLE.
DWAYNE BEGAN HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER IN 2008 WHEN HE WAS HIRED BY THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
WELL, BY THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, HE COMPLETED AS OHIO POLICE ACADEMY TRAINING AT THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, BASICALLY PEACE OFFICER ACADEMY AS PART OF THE 122ND BASIC TRAINING CLASS.
DUANE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS.
AS A MEMBER OF UNIFORM PATROL, MARCH OF 2013, DUANE WAS HIRED BY HEBREW HEIGHTS.
DWAYNE HAS HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED TO HIM WITH THE DIVISION, WHICH HAS HELPED TO EXPAND HIS KNOWLEDGE.
AS AN OFFICER, THESE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE INCLUDED BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER PROGRAM, APPOINTED TO THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM AND WORKING TO BECOME A CRASH RECONSTRUCTIONIST, DRIVING INSTRUCTOR RANGE, OFFICER FIREARMS, INSTRUCTOR, AS WELL AS SHOTGUN ARMOR RECENTLY BEING APPOINTED AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL FROM JANUARY THROUGH JULY OF 2022.
DURING HIS TIME WITH HEBREW HEIGHTS POLICE DIVISION, DWAYNE HAS BEEN ABLE TO WORK ALL SHIFTS OF UNIFORM, UNIFORM PATROL, SPENDING MOST OF HIS TIME ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT AND THEN DAY SHIFT PRIOR TO BECOMING A SCHOOL RESOURCE.
OFFICER DWAYNE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS IN HIS, IN THIS CAPACITY WITHIN THE POLICE DIVISION, DWAYNE IS DEPENDABLE AND IS OFTEN CALLED UPON FOR HIS CRASH RECONSTRUCTIONIST SKILLS FOR COMPLEX CRASH INVESTIGATIONS.
DWAYNE IS EXPERIENCED WELL-TRAINED AND DEDICATED TO HIS DUTIES.
DWAYNE IS A VETERAN OFFICER WHO CAN BE A ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNGER OFFICERS.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COREY SIEGRIST COREY, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY HERE? YOU WANT INTRODUCE MIKE SUNLIGHT, DAWN, GRANDMA, AARON, A SECOND ROW.
COREY BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE HEBREW HEIGHTS POLICE DIVISION, JULY 2ND, 2007.
AFTER OBTAINING A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, COREY WENT ON TO GET HIS OHIO PEACE OFFICER'S COMMISSION THROUGH THE EDISON COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICE ACADEMY PROGRAM SINCE BEING HIRED.
COREY HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF OUR RANGE AND ARMORY STAFF, CRISIS NEGOTIATION, TEAM, BIKE PATROL, AND MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED AN ASSIGNMENT AS A CANINE HANDLER.
COREY SUPERVISORS HAVE DESCRIBED COREY AS SOMEONE THEY CAN COUNT ON TO MAKE PROFESSIONAL AND SOUND DECISIONS.
COREY IS VERY WELL VERSED IN DIVISION POLICY AND PROCEDURE, AND RARELY ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE IN MAKING DECISIONS ON CALLS.
COREY CAN BE TRUSTED TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION WITHOUT GUIDANCE AND LIEUTENANT BRAD, RAYMOND
AND MY WIFE IS MY SON, AIDEN MIDDLETOWN POLICE OFFICER.
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ALL RIGHT, BRAD IS IN 1987, GRADUATE OF HANA HIGH SCHOOL AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, BRAD ATTENDED TIFFANY UNIVERSITY WHERE HE STUDIED CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND YOU LEFT OUT, PLAYED BASEBALL, REALLY GOOD BASEBALL PLAYER AFTER COMPLETING THE OHIO PEACE OFFICER TRAINING ACADEMY IN 1991, BRAD WAS EMPLOYED BY NEW BRAMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE AUGLAIZE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE UNTIL HE WAS HIRED BY THE HEBREW HEIGHTS POLICE DIVISION, JUNE 16TH, 1997.DURING THE LAST 25 YEARS WITH THE POLICE DIVISION, BRAD HAS SERVED IN MANY ROLES FROM CRASH RECONSTRUCTIONIST, CRITICAL EVIDENCE, TECHNICIAN, FIELD TRAINING, OFFICER, OFFICER IN CHARGE, BIKE, OFFICER SCHOOL, RESOURCE OFFICER AND REGIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CRISIS NEGOTIATOR NIGGER, LET ME RE LET ME SAY IT AGAIN.
REGIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CRISIS NEGOTIATOR NEGOTIATION, TEAM COMMANDER.
SEPTEMBER, 2017, BRAD WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT WHEN HE ASSUMED SUPERVISORY DUTIES FOR MIDNIGHT, WATCH SEPTEMBER, 2018.
HE WAS NAMED COMMANDER OF THE REGIONAL CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM.
BRAD CAN BE COUNTED ON TO IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS WITH PERFORMANCE.
HE LEADS HIS OFFICERS BY EXAMPLE, AND HIS PERFORMANCE BRAD'S DEPENDABILITY, DEPENDABILITY, AND LEADERSHIP HAS DISPLAYED IN HIS ROLE AS THE TEAM LEADER OF THE CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM.
HE HAS TAKEN ON THE ADDED RESPONSIBILITY WITH ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY AND LIEUTENANT BRIAN KARRIE.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE ANYBODY? YEAH.
OUR YOUNGEST CLARK, THE MIDDLE ONE, DANIEL AND OLDEST JANE, AT LEAST OFFICER YOUR SERVICE WITH THE BUTLER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT CAME ON AN OFFICER.
SERGEANT BRIAN HAS BEEN A POLICE OFFICER SINCE AUGUST, 2006.
HE ATTENDED CLARK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICE ACADEMY.
HE STARTED HIS POLICE, THE CAREER, A BUTLER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO INGLEWOOD DEPARTMENT WHERE HE, BEFORE COMING TO THE HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE DIVISION, MARCH OF 2013, WHILE AT HUBER HEIGHTS, HE HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO HOLD SEVERAL SPECIALIZED ASSIGNMENTS TO INCLUDE A MEMBER OF THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, WHERE HE WAS RECENTLY, THE TEAM LEADER FOR THE HUBER HEIGHTS PD ELEMENT IS A MEMBER OF THE HONOR GUARD ACCIDENT, INVESTIGATION, TEAM, CRITICAL INCIDENT TEAM, AND A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.
HIS CURRENT ASSIGNMENT HAS BEEN THE SERGEANT OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIT, WHERE HE HAS FOCUSED ON CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WHILE AT HEBREW HEIGHTS PD, HE HAS TWICE BEEN OFFICER OF THE YEAR.
BRIAN HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION FROM BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY.
RYAN IS LEVEL-HEADED AND CONSISTENTLY MAKES GOOD DECISIONS.
HE IS ORGANIZED AND EFFICIENT WITH HIS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
BRIAN IS HIGHLY DEPENDABLE REGARDING ATTENDANCE ACCOMPLISHING TASKS AND RESPONDING TO SEVERAL SHORT NOTICE, EXTRA DUTY DETAILS WHEN CALLED UPON.
HE ACCEPTS DIFFICULT TASKS AND DELIVERS THEM IN A MANNER THAT PUTS THE DIVISION.
FIRST, IF YOU GUYS COULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME, I STATE YOUR NAME, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.
AND I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND IN LAWS, STATES OF AMERICA, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE HALLS OF THE STATE OF OHIO AND THE CHARTER IN ORDINANCES AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND I'M JUST SITTING HERE AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT'LL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, HONESTLY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
SO HELP ME, GOD, AND THIS IS A GOOD PHOTO OP TOO, IF YOU NEED TO SEPARATE OUT A LITTLE BIT,
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HONESTLY,CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE OFFICERS WITH US.
MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT THEM FIRST.
[ Montgomery County Treasurer Presentation - Mr. John McManus, Montgomery County Treasurer]
UP IS ITEM SIX, B AND ITEM SIX P MONTGOMERY COUNTY TREASURER PRESENTATION BY MR. JOHN MCMANUS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY TREASURER.THANK YOU, MAYOR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND, UH, CLERK ROGERS.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
I KNOW PODIUMS AREN'T ESPECIALLY MEANT FOR TALL PEOPLE, SO I, IF I'M A HUNCH A LITTLE BIT, AND, BUT IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME THEN JUST, UH, LET ME KNOW, BUT, UH, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HUBER HEIGHTS.
UH, I HAVE SO MANY GREAT FRIENDS UP HERE.
SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMBERS OF STAFF WHO LIVE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
UH, IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY AND, UH, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO BE HERE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION AND FOR, UM, THE WORK THAT EACH OF YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO I'M JOHN MCMANUS, I'M THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY TREASURER.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TREASURER DOES, UH, ALTHOUGH YOU PROBABLY DO, UH, THE TREASURER IS THE COUNTIES, UH, DOES A LOT, BUT PRIMARILY, UH, THREE FUNCTIONS, UH, THE CAT SERVICES, THE COUNTY'S BANKER INVESTMENT OFFICER AND, UH, PROPERTY TAX COLLECTOR.
UH, AND SO IT'S, IT'S A TRUE HONOR.
I HAVE BEEN A COUNTY TREASURER NOW FOR 11 MONTHS.
UH, I WAS ELECTED BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, UM, A VERY STRANGE STATE LAW.
UH, DON'T TAKE ANY OFFENSE, REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE, RODNEY CREECH, EVERYBODY, UH, SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE ELECTED TREASURER, YOU HAVE TO WAIT 10 MONTHS TO TAKE OFFICE.
SO, UH, PEOPLE WILL SAY, OH, YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN TREASURER FOR TWO YEARS NOW, LESS THAN ONE.
UH, BUT IT IS, UH, BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE TREASURER'S OFFICE WORKS VERY HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY, UM, IN SUPPORT OF, UH, NOT ONLY OF COURSE, PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT ALSO OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE CHARGED WITH, AND OUR, OUR TEAM OF 30 ARE CHARGED WITH THE COLLECTION OF, UH, OF REVENUE THAT, THAT BENEFITS SO MANY PUBLIC ENTITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UH, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, I THINK THERE WAS A COLLECTION OF ABOUT $920 MILLION.
OVERALL, THE COUNTY HAS A LITTLE BIT OVER A QUARTER MILLION, UM, UH, PARCELS, REAL ESTATE PARCELS.
OBVIOUSLY THOSE HAVE TO BE COLLECTED ON TWICE A YEAR, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO OUR JOB WELL SO THAT WE CAN GET THE REVENUE, UM, OUT TO THE LOCAL ENTITIES WHO DEPEND ON THAT REVENUE TO OPERATE.
UH, WELL, SO I'M GONNA GO OVER, UH, I'M GONNA GO OVER A FEW THINGS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE REQUEST, UH, FOR INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN DOING QUITE OFTEN SINCE, UH, COMING ON BOARD, AND THIS IS THANKS TO MISSY MAY WALTERS, UH, THAT SHE'S THE HEAD OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS FOR THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.
WE DO ABOUT 50 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS A MONTH.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I, I REALLY, UM, PUT A PRIORITY.
ONE WHEN I GOT STARTED WAS VISITING WITH LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, TALKING TO THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DATA IN THEIR AREA AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN THE COUNTY
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TREASURER DO TO HELP.AND I THINK THAT'S GOING OVER REALLY WELL, UM, SHOWING THEM NOT JUST THE AMOUNT OF, OF, YOU KNOW, UH, BACK TAXES IN THEIR JURISDICTION THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD TO COLLECT, BUT REALLY TRYING TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, AS I GO INTO THE, THE TREASURER'S OFFICE IS NOT JUST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLECTION OF THESE REVENUES, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO IT, UM, SOMETIMES HAVING TO FILE A FORECLOSURE ON THESE PROPERTIES, WHETHER THAT BE IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE EXPEDITED, FORECLOSURE, OR A TRADITIONAL JUDICIAL TAX FORECLOSURE, UH, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT MUNICIPALITIES UNDERSTAND THE VARIOUS TOOLS OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT COMES TO NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JUST UNDERSTAND THE BROAD RANGE OF TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE AT YOUR DISPOSAL, UH, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, I'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU, UH, AS THE FIRST LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND THANK YOU, CLERK ROGERS.
UM, WE LIKE A LOT OF DATA AT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE AND WE LIKE TO, UH, DO A LOT OF EXPERIMENTS WITH DATA.
SO THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET I HAD SENT YOU EARLIER, UM, HAD A COLUMN ON THERE THAT WAS AN INTERNAL WORKING DOCUMENT.
THAT WAS THE 35% TAXABLE VALUE, UH, ON THESE PARCELS.
UM, BUT WE SENT AN ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT TODAY AND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN YOUR PACKET THAT REFLECTS THE 100% AUDITOR'S ASSESSED VALUE.
AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CRITERIA FOR, UM, FOR REASONS THAT I WILL EXPLAIN.
SO, AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT, UM, THESE COMMENTS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.
SO THE FIRST PIECE OF, UH, INFORMATION, AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT SPREADSHEET, UM, I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE A LIST OF ALL, UH, TAX DELINQUENT PARCELS IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, AND SO THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT I PROVIDED TO YOU IN EXCEL FORMAT LISTS, NOT JUST THE, UH, PARCEL NUMBER, BUT ALSO INCLUDES THE, UH, ADDRESS THE OWNER OF RECORD OF EACH PARCEL SO THAT YOU AS COUNCIL AND YOU AS CITY GOVERNMENT CAN, CAN KIND OF SEE VARIOUS REAL ESTATE PARCELS IN YOUR OWN JURISDICTION.
THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH, UH, WITH MEETING THE CURRENT TAX OBLIGATION.
UM, AND I'VE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, I, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOW UP TO MEETINGS A LITTLE EARLY, JUST IN CASE FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND I GOT A FEW AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO KNOW, UH, IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS THINK THAT TREASURER IS JUST SENDING OUT BILLS AND IF YOU DON'T PAY, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF CONSEQUENCES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND IS THE TREASURER'S OFFICE HAS PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE AS WELL.
UH, TAX COLLECTION IS, IS A VERY COMPLEX BUSINESS.
AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IN LIFE, THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE MAY FALL BEHIND.
UM, SOME PEOPLE HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS MAY LOSE THEIR JOB, UM, OR EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND SO ONE THING I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE PARCELS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OWNER OF RECORD, IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY ON THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, UNDOUBTEDLY YOU WILL, BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT THESE FOLKS.
UM, IF YOU SEE FOLKS ON THAT LIST AND YOU SAY, I KNOW THAT PERSON, AND THEY'RE HAVING A REAL TOUGH TIME, AND IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP? YES, THERE IS.
UH, IF SOMEONE IS TAX DELINQUENT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UM, WE, UH, THE TREASURER'S OFFICE IS, IS FIRST OF ALL, REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO PROVIDE ONE PAYMENT PLAN.
BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE PERHAPS THERE'S, THERE'S AN UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE AND WE CAN, WE CAN REALLY HELP PEOPLE MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS.
WHEN FOLKS ASK US FOR A PAYMENT PLAN, UM, HOW IT WORKS IS WE REQUIRE 20% OF THE TOTAL DELINQUENCY ON THAT PARCEL.
AND THEN WE SET UP THE INDIVIDUAL ON MONTH TO MONTH PAYMENT PLANS.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY, UM, NOT JUST HELPFUL OPTION, BUT IT'S A POPULAR OPTION.
I CAN'T TELL YOU IN JUST THE SHORT YEAR, I'VE BEEN THERE, THE AMOUNT OF TIMES WHERE FOLKS COME INTO THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, THEY ARE TAX DELINQUENT, AND THEY ARE UNDER THE IMMEDIATE ASSUMPTION THAT, UM, IN A VERY QUICK CIRCUMSTANCE, THEY'RE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR HOME.
UM, AND WE TELL THEM, HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS HERE, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON A PAYMENT PLAN.
SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S HELP YOU GET BACK ON TRACK AND THAT WEIGHT IS LIFTED OFF THEIR SHOULDERS.
WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE PAYMENT PLAN, OBVIOUSLY IN, IN ADDITION TO, UM, RECOVERING THAT REVENUE, UM, IS IT THEN KEEPS THAT PROPERTY OWNER OFF OF THE FORECLOSURE ELIGIBILITY LIST, TAX FORECLOSURE ELIGIBILITY LIST, AS WELL AS OFF THE ELIGIBILITY LIST, UM, FOR THE SALE OF A TAX LIEN ON THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW, AND WE TELL PEOPLE,
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HEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO COME OFF OF THESE LISTS AND YOU REALLY WANT TO OPERATE YOU IN GOOD FAITH HERE, AND REALLY TRYING TO, TO MAKE UP YOUR DEBT, YOU GOT TO GET ON A PAYMENT PLAN BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE JUST SEND IN, YOU KNOW, A CHECK EVERY NOW AND THEN.AND, AND, AND THEY THINK THAT MAY BE ADEQUATE.
BUT IF, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE WHO IS EXPERIENCING TAX, UH, TAX ISSUES RELATIVE TO THEIR PROPERTY TAX, WE WANT TO TRY AND HELP THEM GET BACK ON TRACK BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY FAVORS IF THEY, IF THEY WAIT TOO LONG AND THE DEBT OF COURSE GETS TO BE INSURMOUNTABLE.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW YOU ON THE DATA THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT HUBER HEIGHTS MAY HAVE DONE, WHAT'S CALLED AN EXPEDITED FORECLOSURE THROUGH THE BOARD OF REVISION IN THE PAST.
UM, SO YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IN THE SPREADSHEET.
UH, THERE WERE TWO TABS AND, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU SAW THOSE TWO TABS.
UH, OF COURSE ONE WERE ONE TAB REPRESENTED EACH PARCEL THAT WAS TAXED A LINK WHEN THE NEXT PARCEL INCLUDED THOSE, OR EXCUSE ME, THE NEXT TAB INCLUDED THOSE PARCELS THAT WERE TAXED DELINQUENT, BUT WHICH FELL WITHIN A CERTAIN CRITERIA.
THAT CRITERIA BEING THAT THE AUDITOR'S ASSESSED VALUE OF THAT PARCEL WAS LESS THAN THE IMPOSITIONS ON THE PARCEL IN POSITIONS ARE DELINQUENT TAXES, DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS.
UH, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CRITERIA BECAUSE THAT IS THE MAIN CRITERIA THAT DETERMINES ELIGIBILITY FOR SOMETHING CALLED AN EXPEDITED FORECLOSURE.
SO, UM, IN THE PAST, THE RULES FOR EXPEDITED FORECLOSURE LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
UM, AND JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT AN EXPEDITED FORECLOSURE IS, THAT IS A FORECLOSURE ON A PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT GO BEFORE, UH, DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY GO BEFORE THE COURT AND DOES NOT THEN GO TO A SHERIFF SALE.
IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE FORECLOSURE, UH, WHERE THE CITY MUNICIPALITY, UM, IDENTIFIES A PROPERTY, FILLS OUT AN APPLICATION OF SORTS, WHICH MEET, UH, WHICH, UH, TEST TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, THEN ASKING THE TREASURER TO SUBMIT THAT PROPERTY INTO AN EXPEDITED FORECLOSURE, FOLLOWING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION, THAT PROPERTY THEN REVERTS BACK TO ITS ORIGINATOR, I E THE CITY, UM, AND THE CITY OR THE MUNICIPALITY, OR WHOEVER BROUGHT IT FORTH, UM, CAN THEN, UM, DO WITH THAT PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WILL IN THE MANNER YOU SEE FIT.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, IT'S A TOOL THAT I THINK PROBABLY HAD ITS ORIGINS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE COULD BE A CERTAIN PARCEL THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WHERE THE CITY SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABANDONED, NEGLECTED TAX DELINQUENT, WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, AND THE CITY COULD GET HIS HANDS ON THAT PROPERTY, THEN IT COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY DO SOMETHING WITH IT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE AROUND THAT PROPERTY, BUT ALSO BE REALLY STRATEGIC FREAKONOMICS DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, I REALLY WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR PACKET, ON THE MAIN PAGE, YOU WILL SEE VARIOUS PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
THOSE ARE THE PROPERTIES THAT, UM, LIKELY MEET BR ELIGIBILITY FOR EXPEDITED FORECLOSURE, BUT THAT, UM, ARE WHERE THE AUDITOR'S ASSESSED VALUE IS GREATER THAN THE IMPOSITIONS.
NOW YOU MAY BE ASKING, WELL, WHAT IF THERE'S A, WHAT IF THERE'S A, A PARCEL WITHIN, UM, HUBER HEIGHTS THAT, UH, MAYBE DOESN'T MEET THOSE CRITERIA WHERE HE DOES TAX DELINQUENT, BUT THE AUDITOR'S ASSESSED VALUE IS GREATER IN CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS THOSE, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THE OPTION OF A TRADITIONAL TREASURER'S TAX FORECLOSURE, UM, ON THOSE PROPERTIES, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN GO TO SHERIFF'S SALE.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW THAT WORKS, BUT THAT IS, UH, ONE OF THE, THE MAIN OPTIONS FOR RECOVERY, UH, IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE UTILIZES AS UTILIZES WHEN THERE IS A, UH, A DEBT ON A, ON A REAL ESTATE PARCEL, BUT WHY I COME TO YOU AND WHY I'VE COME TO OTHER CITIES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LOCAL BODIES IS THAT, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SEE WHAT WE SEE, YOU KNOW, ON OUR SIDE.
AND, UH, IF THERE IS A, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS SUCH A DESIRE TO REALLY WORK WITH YOU ON THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PARCELS.
WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ON, UH, RECOVERY OPTIONS FOR EACH ONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DETAIL VARIOUS OPTIONS BECAUSE THE CRITERIA OF ANY PROPERTY OUT
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THERE REALLY DETERMINES WHAT THE SOLUTIONS MAY BE, UM, ON THESE PIECES OF PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S OCCUPIED OR NOT, WHETHER IT'S UPSIDE DOWN OR NOT, WHETHER THERE'S A LIEN ON IT OR NOT.UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, BRASS TAX AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT COMES DOWN TO, UH, TO, TO A LOT OF FACTORS, OBVIOUSLY, QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO A, YOU KNOW, ABANDONED, NEGLECTED BUILDING.
OFTENTIMES THOSE BUILDINGS ARE TAX DELINQUENT, WHICH MEANS THERE ARE OPTIONS.
UM, BUT ALSO IT COMES DOWN TO REVENUE.
YOU KNOW, I EXPLAINED TO FOLKS ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M GIVING COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY LIKES TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
I MEAN, NOBODY IS EXCITED TO WRITE THOSE TWO CHECKS EVERY YEAR, BUT, UM, 60% OF EVERY DOLLAR IN PROPERTY TAXES GOES TO THE TAXPAYERS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROXIMATELY 60%.
AND, UM, I USED TO BE A MEMBER OF A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD AND I, BEFORE I WAS TREASURER AND I REMEMBER VERY WELL, YOU KNOW, HOW HARD LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO COUNT THEIR PENNIES, UH, TO, TO DO THE THINGS THAT, THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS EXPECT AND WHAT, SO IT COMES DOWN TO REVENUE.
SO YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THIS, UM, ON THIS DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL SEE THE DELINQUENCY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS PARCELS.
NOW, I WILL SAY WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN THE SHORT 11 MONTHS THAT I'VE, THAT I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THERE.
UM, AND THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL, HARDWORKING PEOPLE AT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, UM, UH, WE'VE MADE A HUGE IMPACT INTO LIKE QUINCY COUNTY-WIDE.
I THINK WHEN I CAME ON THE COUNTY, THERE WERE 25,000 TAX DELINQUENT PARCELS IN LESS THAN A YEAR.
WE'VE CUT THAT 25,000 DOWN BY 8,000.
WE'RE NOW AT 17,000 TAX DELINQUENT PARCELS IN THE COUNTY, HUGE IMPROVEMENT, HUGE IMPROVEMENT CONSERVATIVELY.
WE'VE COLLECTED JUST ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $40 MILLION IN TAX DELINQUENCY ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOLKS WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THEY'RE MEETING THEIR OBLIGATIONS, THEY'RE PAYING THEIR TAXES ON TIME.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY IS DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE BEING HELD ACROSS THE BOARD.
BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO WERE EXPECTING THAT REVENUE, UH, HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
I ALSO, UM, BROUGHT JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF INCREASED REVENUE TO HUBER HEIGHTS.
WE LIKE A LOT OF PAPER AT THE COUNTY FOLKS.
IT'S EASY TO GET LOST IN A STACK OF PAPER.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED FOR AFTER FIRST HALF PROPERTY TAX SETTLEMENT, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS TWICE A YEAR.
UH, AND AFTER THOSE COLLECTIONS, IT'S A PROCESS CALLED SETTLEMENT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE COUNTY THEN HAS TO GET THE MONEY OUT TO IT'S TO THE RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.
SO I ASKED STAFF TO PREPARE A DOCUMENT WHICH SHOWED THE, UM, POST-SETTLEMENT DISTRIBUTION FOR FIRST HALF 2021 VERSUS FIRST HALF 2022 TO LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SO THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, 2021 FIRST HALF DISTRIBUTION, UH, FIRST HALF DISTRIBUTION WAS A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION, UH, 20, 22 FIRST HALF DISTRIBUTION WAS 3.4 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S MONEY THAT THE CITY CAN PUT TO GOOD USE TO DO THINGS THAT, UH, IT, IT REALLY NEEDS TO DO YOU LOOK AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, 20, 21 FIRST HALF DISTRIBUTION, UH, 17.4 MILLION 2022 FIRST HALF SETTLEMENT, 18.2 MILLION.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT NOW, NOT ONLY, UH, AND YOU LOOK AT HUBER HEIGHTS, A CITY THAT HAS, THAT IS EXPERIENCING RAPID GROWTH, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY WIDE, WHAT ARE THE THREE AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE MOST GROWTH HUBER HEIGHTS, CENTERVILLE, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW PARCELS COMING ONLINE.
OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE, UH, THE PROPERTY REVALUATION, UM, THAT ALTHOUGH THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, DOESN'T INVOLVE THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.
SO OBVIOUSLY I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT DON'T CALL IT DOES NOT INVOLVE THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.
UH, SO YOU LOOK AT ALL THE NEW PARCELS COMING ONLINE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
YOU LOOK AT, OF COURSE, THE INCREASED REEVALUATIONS, UM, AND THEN THE DELINQUENT COLLECTIONS, AND IT ALL MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DATA FOR YOURSELVES.
YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE UPSIDE DOWN AND QUALIFY FOR
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BOR, OR MAYBE NOT WHERE IT'S JUST A TRADITIONAL TAX FORECLOSURE, OR MAYBE WE JUST REACH OUT TO THE PERSON AND SAY, HEY, LET'S, LET'S GET YOU ON A PAYMENT PLAN OR, OR SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.SO NOT ONLY YOU CAN HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER THESE, OVER THESE PROPERTIES AND OVER YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO, UM, COME TO EXPECT THE REVENUE THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE EXPECTING LAST, UH, INFORMATION I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING IS THE AGE OF DELINQUENCY.
OH, SECOND TO LAST, YOU'LL HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER HERE THAT LOOKS THIS, UM, IN YOUR PACKET SO THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS, THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
WHAT WE SEE ON OUR END, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE TOP OF THE PAGE OR THE TOTAL, UH, TAXES BILLED, UM, IN 21, ALONG WITH THE PARCEL COUNT, NO SURPRISE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PARCELS AND HUBER OF COURSE, ARE OUR RESIDENTIAL.
UM, AS WELL AS, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE, THE, UM, TOTAL DELINQUENCIES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, 11 MONTHS AGO, IT WAS 25,000 TAX DELINQUENT PROPERTIES.
11 MONTHS LATER, WE'RE DOWN TO 17, A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, TENS OF MILLIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, TAKING OFF OF THE DELINQUENCY TOTAL.
AND THEN, UM, LOOKING AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TAX DELINQUENT PARCELS, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL DELINQUENCY AMOUNT IN HUBER.
NOW, HERE'S, WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
SO IN THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES, I WILL TELL YOU THE NUMBERS DO NOT CHANGE JUST ONCE A MONTH.
THEY DO NOT CHANGE ONCE A WEEK.
THEY DO NOT CHANGE ONCE A DAY.
THEY CHANGE MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE PEOPLE COME INTO THE OFFICE TO GET ON A PAYMENT PLAN OR TO PAY OFF THEIR DELINQUENT BALANCE, OR THEY, THEY TACK ON THEIR DELINQUENT TAXES TO THEIR FIRST OR SECOND HALF PAYMENT.
UM, OR MAYBE IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE THE TREASURER'S OFFICE SOLD A LIEN ON THE PARCEL, UM, OR PERHAPS THERE'S A FORECLOSURE, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME REALLY A REALLY INTERESTING STATISTIC HERE.
AND I WANT YOU TO CARRY THIS WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, AS YOU THINK ABOUT, IF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH US ON, ON SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, ABOUT HOW THINGS CAN CHANGE ON A DAILY BASIS, THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT DATA WAS GENERATED, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO ON THAT SPREADSHEET, THERE ARE ABOUT 180 SOMETHING PARCELS TAX DELINQUENT PARCELS ON THAT EXCEL SPREADSHEET.
THIS SUMMARY WAS DONE THREE DAYS AGO, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IT HAS ONLY A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR, A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR PARCELS.
SO IN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, WE'VE TAKEN OFF 20 TAX DELINQUENTS, RUNNING PROPERTIES IN HUBER HEIGHTS OFF OF THE DELINQUENCY ROLLS AND BACK ONTO THE NORMAL TAX ROLL.
AND IN ADDITION ON THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE TOTAL DELINQUENCY WAS, UM, IN EXCESS OF 1 MILLION.
AND AS OF THREE DAYS AGO, NOW IT'S, UH, 908,000.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE QUICK PROGRESS THAT CAN BE MADE IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH A REAL STRATEGIC APPROACH.
AND THAT'S GREAT, NOT JUST FOR YOU, UH, AS A CITY, BUT ALSO GREAT FOR YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO YOUR, YOUR PARKS, YOUR LIBRARIES.
UH, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD AT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE TO COLLECT, NOT JUST EVERY, UH, DOLLAR AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT, THAT WALKS THROUGH OUR DOOR, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY DOLLAR THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT ALL MY LIFE, AND EACH OF YOU WERE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UH, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THE JOB THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY THRILLING, AND THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THE JOB THAT ARE, UM, VERY DIFFICULT, UM, BUT NECESSARY.
AND SO THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT DOLLARS OFTEN FALLS INTO THAT LATTER CATEGORY.
I I, EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU KNOW, BY LAW, I'M REQUIRED, I AM THE PLAINTIFF IN, IN TAX FORECLOSURES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
UM, AND YES, WE'VE COLLECTED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN 11 MONTHS.
AND WE'VE TAKEN OFF 8,000 PARCELS FROM THE DELINQUENCY ROLES, BUT I NEVER FORGET THAT MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE TAX DELINQUENT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD, THEY COULD HAVE HAD A FAMILY IN THERE.
THEY HAD PEOPLE IN THERE, THEY HAD REAL LIVES IN THERE.
AND, UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY, WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE GOTTA DO, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE EMPATHY AS WELL, AND TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW THEIR OPTIONS.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
AND I, UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU EACH FOR NOT ONLY THE DATA REQUEST, UM, BUT I HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND I'VE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL GET TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE PARCELS, BUT IF YOU SEE SOME PROPERTIES ON THIS LIST WHERE YOU
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THINK, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE A, THIS MAY BE AN OPTION, NOT JUST FOR RECOVERY, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING GREAT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.AND SECOND FLOOR OF THE COUNTY BUILDING.
YOU CAN COME SEE ME ANYTIME AND I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK OUT, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT.
UM, AND IF YOU NEED MORE DATA, JUST GIVE US A COUPLE DAYS AND WE'LL, UH, WE WILL GENERATE SOME MORE FOR YOU.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS INITIALLY, RICHARD, THANK YOU.
MA'AM UM, MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION.
UM, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE TREASURER AND, UH, ALL OF HIS ASSISTANCE AND GETTING A LOT OF THIS DATA.
UM, UH, ALSO AN APPRECIATION TO THE CITY MANAGER IN DAYTON AREA, BOARD OF REALTORS.
UH, I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH THE TREASURER AND, UH, LETTING HIM KNOW THAT SOME OF THE COUNTY INFORMATION AND, AND THE LAW, ALL OF THE HEBREW HEIGHTS DATA, UH, WILL BE TRAVELING WITH ME TO KANSAS CITY IN NOVEMBER TO HIGHLIGHT NOT ONLY THE TREASURER'S AMAZING WORK, BUT ALSO ON THE GROWTH AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE DAYTON AREA.
UH, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DATA AND YOUR INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO BE TRAVELED, UM, TO NOT ONLY EDUCATE AND SHOW ELECTED OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, WHAT SOME OF THE HOUSING AND THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS ARE WITHIN OUR REGION.
UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, I THINK WHEN, WHEN I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HE WE'RE HEIGHTS WHERE THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTY, AND WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PARCELS THAT WE HAVE OVER 16,000, THAT IT'S 164 DELINQUENCY.
SO, UH, THE, THE DATA YOU'RE SHOWING HERE ARE DELINQUENTS ARE LITERALLY ONE HALF OF 1% OF THE DELINQUENCIES, THE ENTIRE AND THE WHOLE COUNTY.
AND WHEN WE'RE THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE COUNTY AND OUR DELINQUENCIES, ONE HALF OF 1%, I MEAN, I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR PEOPLE, A LOT ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS AND HOW SERIOUS THEY TAKE THE JOB OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW BIG OF THE PIECE OF THE COUNTY WE REPRESENT, HOW LITTLE THE DELINQUENCIES ARE, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE MAYOR.
AND, UM, I'M GLAD YOU SAID IT, BUT, UM, I THINK YOU LOOK AT THIS DATA AND IT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE FOLKS WHO CALL HEBREW HEIGHTS HOME AND TO YOUR PROPERTY OWNERS HERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY, UM, CLEARLY AS THE DATA SHOW, YOU KNOW, MAKE A VERY CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO, TO MEET THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND I'M SURE THEY ARE INCREDIBLY COGNIZANT OF, OF, UM, WHERE THOSE DOLLARS GO.
AND IT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO YOUR, TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING HARD AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MEETING THEIR OBLIGATIONS.
SO, UH, YOU, YOU, ALL OF YOU HERE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME MUNICIPALITIES THAT, THAT ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS ISSUE, UM, AND THAT HAVE REAL PROFOUND EFFECTS ON OPERATING BUDGETS AND PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES, UH, TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
UH, BUT HUBER HEIGHTS IS DOING GREAT AND YOU SHOULD REALLY BE PROUD OF THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR, TO OUR RESIDENTS.
ONE HALF OF 1% REPRESENTS HEBREW HEIGHTS AND THE TOTAL DELINQUENCIES OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE LOOKING HOW BIG OF A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE SHE WRITES IS TO THE COUNTY.
UM, SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
UM, JUST TO, UH, KIND OF TO YOUR OFFICES HORN, UH, ONE OF THE PROPERTIES YOU HAD MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, YOU DIDN'T BY NAME, MENTION IT, BUT YOU SAID IT HAD BEEN A PRETTY LUCRATIVE DEAL FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UH, WHEN WE HAD GANDER MOUNTAIN ORIGINALLY THERE'S PROPERTY, THAT WAS ADJACENT TO THAT, THAT WAS UNDERWATER.
THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS TOOK ACTION AND WENT THROUGH THE RAPID FORECLOSURE PROCESS.
IT WASN'T QUITE AS RAPID AS WE HAD HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE, BUT YOU HAVE TO LET THE PROCESS GO THROUGH IT.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN OVER 60 ACRES THAT WAS LEANED FREE AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, WHEN GANDER MOUNTAIN SOLD AND BECAME GANDER EVENTUALLY WHAT IT IS NOW, RV SALES, UH, THEY WANTED TO PURCHASE SOME OF THAT PROPERTY FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIR FACILITY.
AND WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO SELL A LITTLE OVER 10 ACRES FOR, UH, JUST OVER $1.2 MILLION.
AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE 50 ACRES PLUS LEFT ON THAT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THAT, UH, MONEY GOING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND OVER 1.2 MILLION, WE ALSO HAVE THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES FOR GANDER RV AND OUTDOOR SALES.
SO THAT'S CONTINUATION OF TAXES IN ADDITION TO NOT LOSING GANDER MOUNTAINS TAX THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE GANDER RV SALES, A GANDER WORLD RV WORLD, CAMPING WORLD.
THANK YOU, CAMPER WORLD BOUGHT IT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, NOT ONLY RECOUP THAT POTENTIAL LOSS OF TAXES, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE IT BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM.
UH, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAD DONE WAS WE HAD, UH, ISSUED SEVERAL, UH, FORECLOSED PROPERTIES TO WORK ON THAT SAME RAPID FORECLOSURE.
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IN THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO TAKE OVER, UH, HOMES AND PROPERTIES.BUT WHAT IT DID DO WAS, UH, REALLY FORCED THOSE, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS THAT OWN PROPERTIES FOR RENTALS AND HOMEOWNERS TO PAY THEIR DELINQUENT TAXES.
AND BY THIS, I SEE IN YOUR RECORDS, WE HAVE 19 PROPERTIES THAT SEEM TO BE A UNDERWATER THAT WOULD APPEAR TO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, IF NOTHING ELSE, WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, UM, THESE HOMEOWNERS AND I RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE BUSINESSES HERE, UH, WOULD START PAYING THEIR BACK TAXES AND THE BENEFIT WOULD BE OVER WHAT $180,000 FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POTENTIALLY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO TO EVEN MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME WE HAD A LOT MORE, WE RECOUPED OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BACK PROPERTY TAXES.
AND IT WAS JUST MORE OF AN INCENTIVE AS OPPOSED TO LOSING THE PROPERTY IN, I MEAN, YOU HAVE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE PROPERTY TAXES AND IT GOES, AND NOTHING HAPPENS, THEN WHAT'S THE INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO PAY THOSE TAXES.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THE TREASURER HAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND MOVE FORWARD ON BECAUSE IT, IT CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP, UH, COLLECT THOSE TAXES.
MA'AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR JOHN? THANK YOU.
UM, AND COUNCILMAN LINES, THANK YOU FOR THAT OBSERVATION AND ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, THE, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UH, SAYING IT MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I COULD.
THAT'S A RESULT, UM, OF, OF, OF A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN, WHEN LOCAL, WHEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WORK TOGETHER, UH, AND EXPLORE, EXPLORE THE OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND, AND YOU ALLUDED TO THIS, UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR REMARKS WAS, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OWNERS AND NEIGHBORS KNOW WHEN OTHER NEIGHBORS OR OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND THEM MAY NOT BE PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY NEIGHBORS CALL IN ON OTHER NEIGHBORS SAYING, YOU MAKE ME PAY, PAY MINE, HOW COME YOU'RE NOT MAKING MY NEIGHBOR PAY HIS, UH, AND WHEN NEIGHBORS SEE THAT THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY AFTER ALL, IN SOME THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, THAT MEANS A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UH, AND NOT JUST THAT, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT PROPERTY OWNER WHO MAY BE TAXED DELINQUENT, I FIRMLY BELIEVE IT DOES NO FAVORS TO THAT PERSON TO ALLOW THAT DEBT TO CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE YEAR AFTER YEAR, NOR IS IT FAIR TO THOSE AND YOUR IN YOUR CONSTITUENCY THAT ARE MEETING THEIR OBLIGATIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN SO AGGRESSIVE ABOUT THESE, ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF THESE DOLLARS.
ANOTHER REASON WHY I'M, WHY I'M, UM, I PLAY SUCH A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THIS IS BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE PARCELS IN YOUR JURISDICTION.
AND IF, UM, IF ALL OF THESE, EVEN THOUGH HUBER HEIGHTS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, OF WHEN THINGS GO REALLY WELL, BUT THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SOME MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THEY LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND THEY SAY, MY GOSH, IF WE WERE RECEIVING ALL OF THE REVENUE THAT, THAT, UM, WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING ACCORDING TO THE EXISTING REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO IN OUR CITY, WE MAY NOT HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR LOCAL TAXPAYERS AND ASK FOR AN INCREASE AT THE BALLOT.
AND SO FOR ME, IT'S, LET'S DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THESE CITIES MEET THEIR, MEET THEIR METRICS, SO, AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO RUN BACK TO THE BALLOT BECAUSE IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHEN THERE ARE MORE AND MORE AND MORE PARCELS THAT AREN'T PAYING.
THAT MEANS THOSE THAT DO PAY EVENTUALLY ARE ASKED TO PAY MORE.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE WORKING HARD, WE'RE WORKING HARD AND WE WANT TO HELP AND WE WANT TO BE A GREAT PARTNER.
YOUR PEOPLE ARE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UM, YOU HAVE GREAT BUSINESSES.
WE HAD A GREAT DINNER AT FREAKERS.
THEY GOT SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
SO I GAVE YOU A LITTLE SALES TAX.
IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE AS PRESSURE, AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU REACH OUT TO ME ANYTIME, AND WE'LL BE HERE FOR YOU.
AND THANK YOU, UM, TO CLARK ROGERS FOR, UM, STAYING IN TOUCH AND REALLY HELPED ME OUT WITH MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE WELL PREPARED.
SO HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB FOR YOU.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
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OKAY, NEXT UP.IS THAT NUMBER SEVEN? THE CITIZENS COMMENTS, UH, WE HAVE TO THE SAME THING, UH, FIRST UP, UH, I WOULD CALL SHANTA T TO THE BODY AND POLICE
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HI, I'M SHANNON T AND I AM ON THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD.AND I WOULD LIKE TO COME IN, UM, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WERE MENTIONED AT THE WORK SESSION MEETING IN AUGUST.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO THEM AND, UM, OF COURSE I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THE EIGHT A AND B BOARD, BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST.
UM, WE DO HAVE A CALENDAR THAT WE KNOW OF AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
WE SET THAT UP AND IT IS ON THE CALENDAR AND THE CITY CALENDAR BY JANUARY.
UM, OUR LEAD LIAISON, JERRY DOES THAT FOR US AND HELPS US SET THAT ALL UP.
WE DO HAVE A BUDGET AND WE DO KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND EVEN BEFORE WE START THE YEAR.
SO, UM, AND ALL THAT IS PUBLIC RECORD OF WHAT OUR BALANCES.
UM, WE DO, WE HAVE NOT MISSED A MEETING IN THE TWO YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD.
UH, WE'VE NEVER NOT HAD A QUORUM.
UM, WE DID COME TO A WORK SESSION MEETING, UM, IN APRIL AND WE GOT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT A AND B WAS DOING.
UM, HOWEVER, SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A DIFFICULTY GETTING BACK ON THE AGENDA, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT, SPEAKING AS A CITIZEN AND NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, WE DID LOOK INTO, UM, THIS WAS MISS ANITA'S COMMENT ABOUT THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL.
WE DID LOOK AT OTHER DATES AND HOW WE MAY CHANGE THAT, BUT WE JUST COULDN'T FIND A GOOD DATE WITH ALL THE OTHER BIG FESTIVALS GOING ON.
IT JUST KEPT RUNNING INTO OTHER EVENTS, BUT WE DID LOOK INTO THAT AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME RESEARCHING THAT FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU DID COME TO US AND ASK, UM, ADVERTISEMENT, UM, UH, WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT MAYBE IT'S NOT GETTING DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UM, I, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ADVERTISING IS KIND OF THE CITY'S JOB AND OUR CALENDAR DONE IN JANUARY.
SO IF IT'S NOT GETTING DONE IN THE TIMELY MANNER THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS, OR THE MAYOR WANTS THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT STEP HAS TO BE DONE THERE, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE VOLUNTEERS, UH, POSITION AS THE 4TH OF JULY, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, EXCEPT FOR TWO WERE THERE THAT DAY.
UM, DON'T FORGET THE, A B DOES THE PARADE ALSO.
SO WE DIVIDED AND CONQUERED AND, UM, HALF WERE AT THE PARADE AND THE OTHER HALF WAS AT THE, UH, 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
WE BROUGHT 15 OTHER VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SUPPORT THAT FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, WE DO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO COME AND VOLUNTEER, NOT JUST OUR, OUR NINE.
UM, WE DID LOOK INTO MAKING THE 4TH OF JULY BIGGER.
THAT WAS A DISCUSSION WE HAD THIS YEAR.
WE STARTED PRETTY EARLY IN THOSE TALKS.
WE LOOKED INTO BRINGING BIGGER RIDES, MORE ATTRACTIONS, UM, BUT WE WERE TOLD IT WASN'T PART OF OUR BUDGET AND THAT, UM, WE COULDN'T SELL TICKETS.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF TAKEN OUT OF OUR HANDS, BUT WOULD BE HAPPY AND EXCITED ABOUT THE THREE DAY CELEBRATION.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
WE WOULD JUST NEED A BIGGER BUDGET, OR IF YOU WANTED SPONSORS.
UM, I, WE WOULD LOVE TO LOOK INTO THAT, UM, SPONSORSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT VOLUNTEERS WORKING ON BIG MONEY FUNDRAISING, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHO DOES THAT ON TOP OF THE CITY, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AS VOLUNTEERS NOT GIVING ENOUGH TIME, I ADDED UP ALL THE HOURS THAT A AND B DOES.
AND, UM, I WAS OVER A HUNDRED HOURS JUST WITH THE MEETINGS EVENTS AND OUR PLANNING, HANDING OUT FLYERS, CALLING EMAILS, AND SOME EVEN ON THE BOARD DOES MORE THAN A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED WAS JUST THE AVERAGE OF WHAT MOST PEOPLE ON OUR BOARD DO.
AND THAT'S BEEN TRUE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR TWO YEARS, SO I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, FOR ME, THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.
AND TO ME PERSONALLY, I'VE REALLY ENJOYED BEING ON IT.
WE BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT, UM, BRINGS BUSINESSES AND VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER.
UM, MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PARTNERED WITH US IN MAKING OUR, OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL AND CREATING SOME REALLY COOL EVENTS.
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I KIND OF BELIEVE WE'RE LIKE THE SOCIAL FACE AND WE REPRESENT YOU THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND OUR CITY.WE'VE CREATED SOME REALLY NEAT ACTIVITIES AND WORKED REALLY LONG HOURS TO CREATE GREAT EXPERIENCES AND MAKING OUR CITY LOOK MORE INVITING.
IT WOULD BE A GREAT LOSS TO OUR CITY TO LOSE THIS BOARD COMBINING WE JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO DO AS MUCH WITH THE MINI BOARDS TOGETHER.
CAN'T SPEAK ON THE OTHER BOARDS AND WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
I REALLY, I DON'T KNOW THEIR SCHEDULE, BUT I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO.
UM, JERRY IS OUR LIAISON AND SHE IS EXCELLENT LEADER AND LIAISON SHE'S ORGANIZED.
AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, SHE HELPS US KEEP ON TRACK.
SHE HAS FRESH IDEAS AND SHE HELPS BRING ALL KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS TOGETHER.
I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BE A VOLUNTEER AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY.
OUR TEAM MAKES THE BOARD AND THE CITY A BETTER PLACE TO BE.
SO WHEN THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS HEARD BY VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTNER WITH, IT SOUNDED LIKE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN OUR BOARD.
UM, IT JUST, OUR BOARD WASN'T WORKING TOWARDS THE GOAL THE CITY WAS LOOKING FOR.
UM, AND MAYBE THE AMB WASN'T EFFECTIVE.
OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO CREATE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, A BETTER HUBER HEIGHTS, A MORE BEAUTIFUL HUBER HEIGHTS.
THE COMMENT THAT RINGS IN MY EAR, THE LOUDEST THAT THAT NIGHT WAS THE AMB DOES THINGS, BUT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I CAME TO YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME.
UM, CAN YOU PLEASE ASSURE THE PEOPLE THAT WE PARTNER WITH YOUR VOLUNTEERS, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WILL YOU JUST LET THEM KNOW YOU HAVEN'T LOST FAITH IN US? I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE YEAR WHO WE PARTNERED WITH, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE TOUCHED IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT VOLUNTEER THAT THEY'RE WASTING THEIR TIME.
COULD YOU TAKE A MOMENT AND RECONSIDER THE COMMENTS FROM THE FOUR ABOUT THE BOARD AND THE VOLUNTEERS YOU LEAD? THANK YOU.
UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL RICHARD? THANK YOU, BARRY.
UM, MS. TIG, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDRESSING COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
UM, I, UH, LISTENED TO YOUR COMMENTS, UH, DURING THE A AND B MEETING.
UM, AND, UH, I, I ALSO FOUND SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE DURING THAT TIME.
UM, I HAVE BEEN ONE THAT'S ALWAYS SPOKEN AS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO EMPOWER OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, TO GIVE THEM, UM, MORE, UM, AREAS, UH, FOR, FOR IDEAS AND, UM, AND REACH OUT AND THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
UM, I KNOW AS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, UNLESS, UH, UNLESS I, UM, UH, OUR CLERK FINDS SOMETHING TO, TO CORRECT A STATEMENT.
UM, I KNOW ANYTIME ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION OR ANY BOARD AND COMMISSION HAS COME TO THIS COUNCIL TO ASK FOR A BUDGET AND INCREASE, I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE EVER SAID NO.
SO IF, IF IT IS, AND I'M JUST SPEAKING AS ONE, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER AND SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY, IF YOU'RE ON A BOARD, UM, AND YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE IN THIS COMMUNITY, ALL YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DO IS PUT A REQUESTED LEAST WHAT I BELIEVE IN TO, THROUGH THE STAFF LIAISON TO GET THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR COUNCIL.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WHEN I HEARD THAT YOU, YOUR CHAIR, UM, WAS TRYING TO GET ON AN AGENDA FOR FOUR MONTHS TO GET IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
I WAS SPEECHLESS AT THAT POINT.
UM, AND, AND I'VE NOT YET HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR OR THE CLERK OF COUNCIL TO, TO INQUIRE, YOU KNOW, WHY IT'S TAKEN, UM, FOUR.
UM, WHEN I KNOW THIS COUNCIL MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE CHAIRS OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, UM, IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS CONVERSATION WILL BE AT AN UPCOMING WORK SESSION WHERE FURTHER DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT, UM, I HAVE NOT LOST FAITH, AND THEN THEY'VE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
IN FACT, I WANT TO EMPOWER THEM MORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I FIND IT CONCERNING AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WATER AND SEWER CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD, UM, AND AT NO POINT IN TIME DURING MANY OF OUR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, HAVE WE HAD THAT COMMITTEE WEIGH IN ON THOSE? UM, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
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WE HAVE A PARKS AND REC, YOU KNOW, BOARD THAT MAKES, YOU KNOW, A LIST EVERY YEAR OF THEIR PRIORITIES.UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THE COUNCIL HAS, HAS JUMPED ON TOP OF, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE AND QUITE A WHILE EITHER.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S AS MUCH AS EMPOWERMENT AND OUTREACH THAT THIS COUNCIL, UM, CAN, CAN PROVIDE.
UM, AND WE NEED TO KNOW FROM THE CHAIRS, WHAT IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY WANT TO HEAR UNFILTERED FROM MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, DO YOU FEEL EMPOWERED ON THAT BOARD? DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE THERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU SHOW UP AND ALL THE DECISIONS ARE MADE FOR YOU? AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT AM I DOING HERE? UM, THESE ARE THINGS I WANT TO KNOW FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS, SOME OF THEM, UM, EVEN ON A AND B AND OTHER BOARDS, I'VE HEARD THOSE COMMENTS FROM, AND I NEED TO KNOW HOW WE CAN FIX THEM.
UM, SO, SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT AS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER YOU ASKED FOR COMMENTS, UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU TONIGHT, UH, ADDRESSING COUNCIL.
MA'AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND, AND OF COURSE, I'M JUST FROM ONE BOARD.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHERS, BUT I CAN SAY I DO FEEL EMPOWERED.
I FEEL EXCITED ABOUT SPENDING TIME IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING TOWARDS A GOAL AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, A GREAT TIME, UM, GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY BETTER AND, AND BEING PART OF THIS BOARD.
SO I'M TRYING TO JOIN TO ADDRESS THE, I JUST WANT TO STAY, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT A TIMELINE OF THE COMMENTS, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY NOT BEEN ANY OBSTRUCTION ON THE PART OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR THE MAYOR IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING ARTS BEAUTIFICATION BEFORE, UH, THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
IN FACT, THE LAST RECOLLECTION I HAVE WAS AROUND THE BEGINNING OF JULY, UH, THE CHAIR SCHEDULED A MEETING, AND THEN LATER CANCELED THAT AND SAID THEY HAD ANOTHER CONFLICT AND ASKED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
SO, UM, I WANT TO BRING SOME CLARITY TO THAT DISCUSSION THAT, UM, I THINK, UH, TO SAY THAT IT HAD BEEN FOUR MONTHS, THAT THEY WERE SEEKING TO BE ON THE AGENDA AND WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY HEADWAY IN DOING SO WOULD BE AN UNFAIR STATEMENT.
UM, I, I DEFINITELY THAT WOULD BE CINDY DAVIDSON.
SHE, UM, SHE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS SHE SAID, BUT I KNOW FOR THIS MONTH I TRIED TO GET ON FOR SEPTEMBER AND THERE WAS, UM, THERE WAS A CONFLICT THERE, SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINALIZED THE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER SIX YET.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS JUST FOR CLARITY.
UM, TONY, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW THE FOUR MONTHS WAS BROUGHT UP DURING YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THE LAST DAY AND B MEETING.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE TH TH THAT TIME PERIOD HAD COME FROM, LIKE I SAID, I HAD YET TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK, SO I'M GLAD THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP AND MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO GET SOME CLARITY FROM THE CHAIR ON WHEN THE LAST REQUEST WAS YES.
AND IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION IN THE PAST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SET TIME OR SET MONTH AT THE DIFFERENT BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS WOULD JUST COME AUTOMATICALLY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T FORMALIZED THAT STRUCTURE, BUT THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION TO ADDRESS IT AND PREVENT, UH, SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF TRYING TO REMEMBER TO REACH OUT OR THE CONTACT US TO GET ON THERE, TO JUST HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A, A BIANNUAL UPDATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, UM, WE COULD HAVE THE DIFFERENT CHAIRS OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE SOLUTION TO THAT ISSUE.
SO MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, I'M SORRY IF I'M OVER THE FIVE MINUTES, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR LOOKING FOR OUT OF THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD? ARE WE MEETING THOSE, UM, THOSE, THOSE MISSIONS AND VISION VISIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR US? BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THINGS WE ARE GETTING INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE LIST IF YOU EVER WANT TO HEAR IT.
UM, I KNOW CINDY HAS REALLY BEEN WANTING TO SPEAK ON WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, UM, BUT HAVE WE MET YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERING ON THE AMB.
AND PLEASE TAKE BACK, UH, FROM ME THAT, UH, TO EVERYONE ON THE AMB BOARD, THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS AND THEIR WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING UP TONIGHT.
THANK YOU MA'AM AND WHAT ELSE? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
I'VE BEEN ON YOUR SIDE AND EVERYTHING AND KNOW HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES.
UM, MY BIG THING IS WHEN I WAS ON AMB AND I THINK IT STILL IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REALLY EVENTS THAT PARK AND REC SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND WHAT SHOULD A AND B DO BECAUSE KIND OF IN MY MIND, SOME STUFF YOU GUYS DO, I'M THINKING WHY ISN'T PARK AND REC DOING AND VICE VERSA, AND IT'S JUST MAYBE CLEANING UP SOME OF THOSE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT, OR MAYBE BOTH OF THEM COMBINED ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE 4TH OF JULY IS SUCH A BIG
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EVENT THAT MAYBE IT'S BOTH BOARDS NEED TO SHOW UP AND REALLY PITCH IN ON IT.I HONESTLY THINK IF YOU WANT TO MAKE 4TH OF JULY GREAT BRINGING ALL THE BOARDS TOGETHER, THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MAKING A SUB COMMITTEE AND BRINGING ALL THE BOARDS ON.
SO THE VICE CHAIR AND CHAIR CAN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS OUR PART.
THIS IS YOUR PART, BUT NOT JUST BRINGING A WHOLE NEW COMMITTEE TOGETHER WITH YOUR NINE OR I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN HAVE ON A BOARD.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE ALL THE BOARDS WORKING AND IT'S A WHOLE COMMUNITY EVENT.
I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY A LARGE THING FOR JUST AMB.
SO I WOULD SAY I DID MAKE SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, THOSE COMMENTS WERE JUST MADE BY ME OFF THE CUFF.
I DIDN'T JUST DECIDE I'M GOING TO START MAKING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THE BOARDS ARE WORKING OR INTERACTING.
UH, THAT INFORMATION HAS FLOWN UP TO ME FROM DIFFERENT BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS, PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 4TH OF JULY, UM, BRIAN I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT MY CONVERSATION WITH JERRY AT THE 4TH OF JULY, MY CONVERSATION ABOUT CREATING A COMMITTEE TO DO THE 4TH OF JULY CAME SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH JERRY AT THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL OR THOSE FESTIVITIES.
SO, UM, SO I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WATCHING OR, OR, OR ARE YOU, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU'VE TAKEN ANYTHING THE WRONG WAY, BUT THE INFORMATION, THE REASON THIS BECAME A DISCUSSION AND IT'S STILL JUST A DISCUSSION.
NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE WAS BECAUSE OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME INTERNALLY.
UM, THAT'S WHERE THAT INFORMATION CAME FROM.
I THINK ANYTHING IS COUNCIL WOULD DO OR DECIDE WOULD BE TO HELP MAKE THOSE BOARDS RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY.
SO PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE RUN AROUND THE CHICKEN, LIKE A CHICKEN WITH YOUR HEAD CUT OFF THAT WORK IS GETTING DONE AND IT'S BEING DIVIDED, NOT BY THE SAME VOLUNTEERS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
CAUSE WE KNOW WE DO HAVE THAT CASE HAPPENING AS WELL.
UM, BUT MY COMMENTS WERE, MY COMMENTS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE SHARED WITH ME, NOT BECAUSE I JUST TOOK A LOOK AT THE COMMITTEES AND SAID, OH YEAH, WE GOT IT.
THAT'S NOT WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
WELL, AND I JUST WANTED TO, THAT'S WHY I FELT PASSIONATE ABOUT COMING IN EXPLAINING THE THINGS THAT I KNOW.
UM, OF COURSE THIS IS FROM ME, MOST OF THE BOARD AGREE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WAS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY NOW HERE'S PEOPLE WE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO LOSE FAITH IN THE AMB AND NOT WANT TO PARTNER WITH US BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK CITY OR COUNCIL ISN'T BEHIND US OR DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE DO.
A AND B IS FOR THE COUNCIL AND BB IS FOR THE CITY WE'RE PARTNERS WE'RE TOGETHER AND WE WILL SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
LET ME START BY SAYING WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
A AND B DOES WE HAVE SO MANY MORE ACTIVITIES THAN WE EVER HAD BEFORE AND YOU GUYS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB.
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE INITIAL COMMENTS TOO PERSONALLY.
LIKE THEY WERE AIMED AT A AND B WHERE THE DISCUSSION, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT INVOLVED MULTIPLE COMMISSIONS, AND IT WAS THOUGHT THAT, UM, THERE WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENCIES IF WE COMBINE PEOPLE AND YOU GUYS WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE PUTTING IN A HUNDRED HOURS EACH, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT YOU WOULD HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP YOU.
SO WHETHER IT'S CALLED THE AFB COMMISSION OR IT'S CALLED SOMETHING ELSE, COMBINING THE GROUPS, UH, WHO REALLY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT'S GOING ON AND ALL THE GREAT ACTIVITIES, IT IS STILL A WONDERFUL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE GETTING THINGS DONE.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S THE GIST OF THE CONVERSATION.
WELL, WE WERE PUT INTO THE WHOLE GROUP OF BOARDS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU WERE ASKING THAT WE WERE, WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WAS IT HAPPENING? I JUST READ TO YOU THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON, WHO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH AND ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND YOU COMBINE THEM ALL IN AS A GENERIC FORM AND MAYBE ONE GROUP ISN'T MEETING LIKE THE OTHERS, YEAH.
WE'RE MEETING, WE'RE DOING THE THINGS YOU'VE ASKED US TO DO.
NOBODY'S QUESTIONING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR GREATER EFFICIENCIES.
YOU KNOW, THINGS TO TEMPE WAS IT WAS CALLED OUT WELL, EVERY, EVERYONE WAS CALLED OUT.
EVERYONE WAS BECAUSE THERE YOU CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER, NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU'RE DOING,
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YOU CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER.YOU CAN TAKE THE LOAD OFF THE VOLUNTEERS BY DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS LAYING OUT THE LINES OF RESPONSIBILITY, A BETTER VISIBILITY INTO THE BUDGETS.
AND IF YOU NEED MORE MONEY, YOU COME TO COUNCIL ON, YOU ASK FOR MORE MONEY, YOU PRESENT YOUR PLANS BEFORE YOU EVEN DO THEM AND SAY, WE'RE PROJECTING, IT'S GOING TO COST THIS AMOUNT.
YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY IS, THE CITY COMFORTABLE ARE WILLING TO LET US EXCEED WHAT WE THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE IDEAS FOR.
AND, AND LIKE MR. SHAW SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD EVER TURN ANY COMMITTEE DOWN THAT CAME FORWARD WITH A WELL LAID OUT PLAN WITH SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE CITY.
SO LIKE I SAID, WHETHER IT'S ONE COMMITTEE OR IT'S A CONSOLIDATION OF A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES OR WHATEVER ELSE, THE INTENT IS NOT TO, TO DISCOURAGE YOU OR TO, UM, TO PUT YOU AT A DISADVANTAGE IN DOING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING AN AWESOME JOB.
AND, AND I THINK THE WHOLE CITY APPRECIATES IT.
I CAN REPEAT IT A LOT OF WHAT WAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO ON THE COMMISSION.
I TRY TO ATTEND AS MANY AS I CAN.
UM, ANYTHING I CAN EVER DO TO PITCH IN AND HELP OUT.
AND, UM, AGAIN, JUST GREAT APPRECIATION FOR YOU GUYS AND WHAT YOU DO.
UM, AND, AND I'M WITH MR. SHAW, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET, GIVE A LITTLE MORE TO YOU GUYS AND ALLOW YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO MANY TIMES.
HAVE I SEEN THINGS BROUGHT UP BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND HEARD THINGS LIKE, WELL, WE DON'T DO THAT.
OR, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA WORK, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT, NOT ENOUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL IDEAS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF ANY WAY WE CAN PUSH THAT, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN WOULD BE GREAT ANY WAY WE COULD ESTABLISH OFFICIAL BUDGETS FOR ALL THESE COMMITTEES.
CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE TECHNICALLY BUDGETS FOR ANY OF THESE COMMISSIONS OR BOARDS AS FAR AS I KNOW.
UM, BUT, UM, AGAIN, I SAID I WAS GOING TO BE SHORT AND I'M NOT, BUT THANK YOU.
WE DO HAVE A BUDGET WE'RE GIVEN TO IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
BRIAN, HOW OFTEN DO THEY GET BUDGET UPDATES THEN? I MEAN, SO IS THERE SOMETHING WHERE, SO, I MEAN, WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO GO INTO THE PORTAL AND SEE WHAT THEY SPENT, I MEAN, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST A MONTHLY UPDATE ON, ON WHAT THEIR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THEY SPENT WHAT'S LEFT.
CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PLAN FOR ANY OF THESE EVENTS.
IF THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE, I'M NOT, UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO PAST PRACTICE, SIR.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, UH, AFTER SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD AT THE DIOCESE AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, UH, STAFF'S BEEN DIRECTED TO PROVIDE, UH, BOTH THE, UH, COMMITTEE LIAISON OR THE COMMISSION LIAISON AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION CHAIR, UH, WITH A COPY OF THEIR BUDGET EVERY MONTH.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT PAST PRACTICES, BUT I CAN SAY THAT GOING FORWARD BASED ON THE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THIS BODY, WE, WE WORK TO ADDRESS THAT AS QUICKLY AS THANKS, BRIAN.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWING WHERE, WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE AT EVERY MONTH FOR WHAT IT IS YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO AND KNOW WHAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
UH, I MEAN THAT OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST SHOOTING IN THE DARK.
PROBABLY THE MOST TROUBLING THING I HEARD YOU SAY IN YOUR STATEMENT WAS YOU WERE PLANNING ON MAKING CHANGES TO AN EVENT.
I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHICH EVENT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, BUT YOU WERE CALLED YOU COULD NOT BUDGET, WHATEVER, BUT YOU WERE TOLD YOU COULD NOT.
SO I WILL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL UNTIL YOU COUNCIL HASN'T TOLD YOU, YOU CANNOT.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU WOULD BE WHERE DO YOU GUYS GO FOR YOUR ANSWER? IS YOUR ANSWER A DIRECT ANSWER FROM YOUR, UH, STAFF LIAISON? UM, I THINK THERE'S A COMMUNICATION GAP HERE BECAUSE I KNOW MYSELF, I WOULD WELCOME ANY IDEAS, UM, UH, BUDGET REQUESTS, WHATEVER YOU THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THESE CITY ACTIVITIES BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR.
AS I STATED, UH, IN THAT WORK SESSION, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WE SEEM TO BE IN A MINDSET OF, WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
WE CAN'T DO IT ANY DIFFERENTLY.
WE CAN MAKE CHANGES BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, YOU'RE BEING TOLD NO.
SO JUST ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, I'LL TELL YOU THAT, LET US KNOW LIKE COUNCIL NOW AND WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP MOVING FORWARD.
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OKAY.AND NEXT NEXT WE HAVE MR. DAVID COPPER.
SO IF YOU PLEASE COME THROUGH, WE ARE BECOMING A REGULAR, WELL, BEFORE I START, I DON'T WANT TO STAND.
WELL, ONCE YOU GIVE US NOW IT'S PUBLIC RECORD, SO, OKAY.
AND IF, AND IF YOU WILL, IF YOU WILL, UM, TRY TO KEEP US CLOSE TO THE FIVE MINUTES AS YOU CAN.
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE WE HAD.
WHEN IT'S NOT QUESTION, ANSWER WHEN IT'S COMMENTS.
OKAY, MR. MAYOR, YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT.
AND I AGREE WITH THE, WITH THE MINISTER FROM LAST WEEK, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE ANY ABOUT THE GOOD COMMENTS FROM LAST WEEK.
YOU ARE GIVING UP YOUR TIME, UH, LIKE MR. CAMPBELL, WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
AND THAT MEANS THAT THE CONSTITUENT OUT THERE MUST APPROVE MR. CAMPBELL.
BUT REMEMBER MAYOR, IT CAN'T BE FOR YOUR PERSONAL GAIN.
IT'S GOT TO BE FOR THE CITY OR FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE ATE AND VOTED FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, IN WARD ONE RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, YOU GOT TO COUNCILMAN FROM WARD ONE RIGHT NOW.
MY WORD IS NOT TOO HAPPY WITH YOU.
SO THE UNDER SENTENCE COMMENTS.
I MEAN, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE NOT ADDRESS IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A PARTICULAR WARD MEMBER OR SOMEONE JUST NO, NO CALL, CALL AND ADDRESS THAT WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY.
SO, SO THIS, THIS TIMEFRAME MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS, THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC IS FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS.
SO YOU CAN MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
THAT IS MY COMMENT, BUT LET ME FINISH.
BUT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS ANY INDIVIDUAL ISSUES WITH PARTICULAR COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO, THEN DON'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE REST OF THE WORD SAYS.
IT IS UNADVISABLE WITH THIS POINT IN TIME THAT YOU SHOULD PULL A RODNEY BEACH AND STAND AT THE CORNER OF TROY AND TAYLORSVILLE LIKE RODNEY, OUR THIRD MAYOR, WHEN HE GOT TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER CITY, HE STOOD AT THE CORNER OF 2, 2 0 1 AND TAYLORSVILLE AND GOT NUMEROUS FAVORABLE HONKS IN WAVES.
IF YOU STOOD ON THE CORNER AND I'M GOING TO CALL THAT YOUR CORNER RIGHT NOW OF 2 0 2 IN TAYLORSVILLE, I'M AFRAID YOU WOULD NOT GET SAME THING THAT RODNEY GOT.
IN FACT, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU HEARD ABOUT THE BALL BROTHERS BEFORE? NOPE.
OUR ANSWER TO THE BALL BROTHERS WOULD BE THE PEOPLE OVER FOIS OVER IN, UH, UH, FAIRBORN.
HE GET OUTFITS AND NOBODY RECOGNIZE IT.
WHAT YOU WANT TO PUT UP THERE? I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
IT'S JUST WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT IT.
CHEATS IS A HIGH VOLUME, QUICK, ALWAYS BUSY PLACE.
THEIR ASSOCIATES ARE WELL-TRAINED TO GET YOU IN, GET YOU OUT REGARDLESS OF YOUR SELECTION.
THERE ARE THREE SHEETS IN MY HOMETOWN.
WELL, MY HOMETOWN NOW IS HUBER HEIGHTS AT A HIGH, BUT MY, WHERE I WAS RAISED IN BORN OF WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA, IT'S ONLY 20,000 POPULATION.
I GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM A REGIONAL MANAGER OF A COMPETITOR OF SHEETS.
ALL THREE OF THOSE STORES ARE VERY PROFITABLE.
SO IT IS A HIGH VOLUME STORE AND IT IS GOOD FOR OUR TAX BASE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THE COLUMBUS MARKET AND THERE'S ONE IN CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO MAYOR TAKE YOUR WIFE AND FAMILY AND GO TO THE PUMPKIN SHOW THIS YEAR.
YOU SHOULD HAVE TALKED HIM INTO THE MIRROR.
BEATS HAD MIRROR FISHERS, CORNERED MAYOR FISHER SPENT HALF OF HIS LIFE ON THAT CORNER WITH HIS REAL ESTATE BUSINESS, MAN.
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YEAH, NO.I ONLY HAVE THIS ONE LAST THING AND IT'S A GOOD ONE.
PERSONAL PREFERENCE RATHER THAN ALL BEING TOGETHER ON A SELECTION OF THE IMPORTANT POSITION OF SITTING MANAGER IS SLOWED THIS PROCEDURE MAYOR.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER, NOT CREATE THE DISSENSION, BUT ASCENSION HELL TO COUNCIL, LADY, ANITA KITCHENS AND COUNCILMAN MARK CAMPBELL FOR TUESDAY NIGHT FOR TRYING TO TABLE A NON-AGENDA ITEM.
THE BUSINESS LEADERS I HAVE ON MY LIST THAT I'VE TRIED TO GET SOME RECOGNITION FOR IT THAT HELPED START THIS CITY BACK 42, 43 YEARS AGO, MAYBE EVEN LONGER WHEN THEY STARTED, UH, I WOULD NEVER, THEY WOULD NEVER TAKE THIS LONG TO SELECT A CITY MANAGER.
MAYBE TO NICK TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOT TO THIS POSITION.
I, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TONIGHT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT.
I HOPE WE DON'T DEVELOP INTO A MORAINE AND HAVE ARTICLES IN THE DEEP DNH FROM HERE ON OUT.
I THINK IT'S WHERE YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK OUT YOUR DIFFERENCES, NOT IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.
NEXT ONE 14 WEEKS AGO, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THE BUSINESS AND THE KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED HARD FOR THIS TO BECOME A CITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO GO OUT WITH SOME KIND OF SOMETHING THREE, THE SHEETS POSITIONING.
WHY W WHY WE DIDN'T CONSIDER THAT CORNER DOWN THERE AT 2 0 1 AND TAYLORSVILLE.
I MEAN THAT ONE IN WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, THAT DOES BIG BUSINESS.
THERE'S NOT AS MUCH SPACE AS WHAT'S DOWN THERE INSTEAD OF CHOKING US OFF UP THERE ON 2 0 2.
I MEAN, EVEN WITH ADDED LANE, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHOCKED THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW, INSTEAD OF DUPLICATING THE BUSINESSES TO THE HILL SHOULD HAVE IN THIS IS, THIS IS MY FINAL COMMENT I'M THROUGH.
THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD AN E CAR DEALERSHIP ON YOUR CORNER.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD SEE THAT WE WOULD GET ALL KINDS OF FINANCIAL AID FOR OUR CITY.
IF I MAY MAKE A COMMENT, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, QUICKLY INFORM YOU THAT, UH, OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 12TH.
UM, SO WE'LL NOT BE TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, I'M GLAD YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ME IN WARD ONE.
I HAVE A WONDERFUL, I SAID, I SAID ADDITIONAL.
I'M GLAD YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ME IN WARD ONE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF YOU.
IT'S REALLY, I HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
MA'AM NEXT UP SIGN NUMBER EIGHT.
IT SAYS REDERICK TO SPEAK ON IT TONIGHT.
[9. City Manager Report]
I AM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR A COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.
I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE 2023 BUDGET SEASON HAS BEGUN BUDGETS.
WE'LL BEGIN REVIEWING AND EVALUATING THOSE OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKS, AND WE WOULD EXPECT TO BEGIN BRIEFING COUNCIL IN OCTOBER.
UH, ALSO, UH, JUST AS A REMINDER FOR COUNCIL, UH, 2022 IS A YEAR OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
UH, THE CITY WILL BE NEGOTIATING ALL SEVEN, UH, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS THIS YEAR, WHICH EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST.
AND WE'LL BEGIN, UH, WITH THE I A F F NEXT WEEK.
SO THAT'LL ALSO BE KEEPING US BUSY, UH, FOLLOWING UP ON COMMENTS FROM, UH, THE DAYAS AT THE WORK SESSION.
UH, STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL, UH, FIRMS ENGINEERING FIRMS TO ASSIST, UH, WITH A POTENTIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UH, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE, UH, COMPANIES, UH, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, UH, TO GET MORE INFORMATION, UH, AND ADVANCED COUNCILS WILL, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR GENRE, UH, ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY, JUST A REMINDER THAT DAVID PAYNE IN THE MIDWEST BUSINESS MACHINES WILL BE, UH, PLAYING FROM SIX TO NINE AT THE ICC FRIDAY, THE 26TH OF AUGUST, UH, AND BRING A BLANKET.
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IF YOU'RE FEELING DARING, BRING YOUR SLEEPING BACK.SO YOU CAN BE THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY ON THE 27TH WHEN THE FARMER'S MARKET OPENS AT 10 AND ROLLS UNTIL TWO.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR COUNCIL, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING.
COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR BRIAN? OKAY.
NEXT UP IS, UH, A NUMBER 11 11 8, WHICH IS THE NEURO PENDING BUSINESS
[10. Pending Business]
ITEM 10, A AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION NINE TEN TWO 0.27.IF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF HUBER HEIGHTS BY INCREASING THE MONTHLY AND OR ANNUAL STORMWATER SEWER RATE BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AGAIN, OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AND PROVIDING AN ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT TO THE RATE THEREAFTER AT THE SECOND READING WRITTEN COMMENTS.
UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS TO INCREASE OUR STORMWATER UTILITY RATE FROM $2 TO $3.
UH, AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM PREVIOUS COUNCIL WORK SESSION TO ADOPT THIS ITEM.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE WORK SESSION.
IS THERE A SECOND MOTION, A SECOND, A TIME FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE? THANK YOU, MARY.
UM, BRIAN, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE, UM, PLAN WITHIN THE PACKET, UH, INCLUDES A CIP AFTER 2023, UM, UH, AS THAT WAS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS THE, UH, AMENDMENT, UM, WAS NOT, UM, REQUESTED BY A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL.
AM I CORRECT IN THAT STATEMENT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
MA'AM THAT'S ALL I HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
[ A Motion To Appoint Jennifer Beard To The Personnel Appeals Board For A Term Ending March 31, 2024.]
DON'T REMEMBER.11 NEW BUSINESS ITEM, 11 EIGHT ITEM 11, A MOTION TO APPOINT JENNIFER BEER TO THE PERSONNEL APPEARS APPEALS BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2024.
AND TIDY COMMENTS, UH, JUST THAT, UH, ALL THE NECESSARY BACKGROUND CHECKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THIS WAS THE ONE APPLICANT FOR THE ONE REMAINING, UH, VACANCY ON THE PERSONAL APPEALS BOARD.
AND SO I'D REQUEST COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THE SPECIALIST'S EVENING.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR MOTION, MOTION TO APPOINT.
[ A Motion To Direct The Clerk Of Council To Respond To The Ohio Division Of Liquor Control With No Objections In Reference To New Liquor Permit #01802530464 For AMVETS Post 464 At 5420 Brandt Pike, Huber Heights, Ohio 45424.]
ITEM 11, BE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CLERK OF COUNCIL TO RESPOND TO THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL OBJECTIONS IN REFERENCE TO NEW LIQUOR PERMIT NUMBER 0 1 8 0 2 5 3 0 4 6 4 FOR AMVETS POST 4 64 AT 54 20 BRAND PIKE, HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO 4 5 4, 2 4.AND ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UH, JUST, UH, TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL AT THE LAST COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
UM, THE REQUEST WAS MADE THAT I, UH, CONTACT, UM, THE AMVETS POST TO CLARIFY THE PURPOSE OF THE LIQUOR PERMIT.
UH, THAT INFORMATION WAS CONVEYED TO COUNCIL IN AN EMAIL LAST WEEK.
UM, AND THAT WAS ALSO FOLLOWED BY, UH, AN EMAIL FROM THE LAW DIRECTOR, WHICH CONTAINED SOME, UH, EXPLANATION ON THE SPECIFIC, UM, UH, PERMISSIONS THAT, UH, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIQUOR PERMITS APPROVED.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, UM, THE AMVETS POST DOES HAVE CURRENTLY A D FOUR AND A D SIX PERMIT.
UH, THEY'RE ASKING TO GET A
RECOMMENDATION TO WORK SESSION WAS ADOPTION.
I MOVE TO ADOPT THERE A SECOND NANCY MOTION.
AND THE SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AT THANK YOU.
UM, AS I'M A LIFETIME MEMBER OF AMVETS, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ISSUE.
MA'AM UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT GERMANE TO THE CONVERSATION, HOWEVER, BECAUSE HE'S IN ATTENDANCE, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE STATE REPRESENTATIVE RODNEY CREATURES IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, UM, FOR HELPING, UH, MYSELF IN THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY OUT WITH HOPEFULLY A PERMANENT RESOLUTION, UH, TO A PREVIOUS LIQUOR CONTROL ISSUE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, PROVIDING THIS COMMUNITY GUIDANCE, UM, THAT HAS MADE SURE THAT THIS COUNCIL IS VERY DILIGENT AND EVERY LIQUOR PERMIT THAT COMES A FORWARD.
SO I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS ASSISTANCE AND AS WELL WITHIN THE STATE AND PROVIDING US THE NECESSARY RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NOT JUST A QUICK WORD OF THANKS TO CLARK COUNCIL, TONY ROGERS.
I APPRECIATED ALL THE LEGWORK YOU PUT IN ON THAT.
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MR. SHAW.MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO OF SOMEONE'S TO GRAB IT.
[ An Ordinance Authorizing Advances And Transfers Between Various Funds Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio And Amending Ordinance No. 2021-O-2511 By Making Supplemental Appropriations For Expenses Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2022 And Ending December 31, 2022. (first reading)]
11, SEEN ITEM 11, C AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ADVANCES AND TRANSFERS BETWEEN VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS, OHIO AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 1 DASH ZERO DASH 2 5 1 1, BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF YOUR BRIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD OF BEGINNING, JANUARY 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 AT THE FIRST READING.UH, THIS, UH, LEGISLATION, UH, WAS REVIEWED WITH COUNSEL BY MR. BELL.
AND WE WOULD ASK THAT THIS ITEM BE MOVED, UH, EXCUSE ME.
WE WOULD ASK THAT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WE HAVE THE SECOND READING AND THE ITEM BE ADOPTED, UH, THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE? NOT EMOTIONAL WAVE GLENN.
THE SECOND TO WAIVE ANY DISCUSSION ON WAVING THIS READING SECOND READING.
MR. LYONS MOTION TO WAVE CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO AND EXTEND A MOTION TO ADOPT GLENN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND MOTION TO ADOPT ALSO CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $3,750,000 In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Acquiring Approximately 51 Acres Of Real Property Near The Intersection Of Brandt Pike And Executive Boulevard And Providing For The Site Preparation Thereof, All In Support Of Economic Development And Job Creation Within The City. (first reading)]
11, D ITEM 11 D, AND ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $3,750,000.AND IN TEST ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 51 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BRAND PIKE AND EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD AND PROVIDING FOR THE SITE PREP, REPARATION THEREOF, ALL IN SUPPORTIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION WITHIN THE CITY AT THE FIRST READING.
UH, THANK YOU, SIR, IS REVIEWED WITH COUNSEL DURING THE WORK SESSION.
THIS IS RELATED TO THE NOTES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAYMAN PROPERTY.
WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR, OR A MOTION TO WAIT, DON MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
BRIAN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE COULD PURSUE AN EDGE GRANT ON WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? ARE WE, UH, SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE DON'T HAVE A PROJECT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
WE'RE HOPING, UH, TO BRIEF YOU ON A POTENTIAL PROJECT, UH, ON THE SIXTH, THIS IS THE, UM, THIS WILL BE THE REISSUANCE OF THE SHORT-TERM BONDS.
UM, SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, UH, EDGE WOULD NOT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR EXPENSE, BUT WE MAY HAVE AN, UH, AN ABILITY TO USE EDGE FUNDS, UH, AT THAT SITE IN THE FUTURE.
AND JUST A QUICK ON BRIAN, UH, MORE JUST VERIFICATION.
CAUSE I OFTEN GET ASKED THESE QUESTIONS WHEN PEOPLE SEE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT THIS IS A REFUNDING OF A CURRENT THING.
SO WE, UM, TYPICALLY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, WE BORROW MONEY IN VERY SHORT PHASES WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO TURN AROUND.
SO WE BOUGHT, UM, THIS PROPERTY WITH A SHORT-TERM NOTE FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR, AND NOW THAT PAYMENT IS DUE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BORROW AGAIN, UM, FOR ONE YEAR IN THE HOPES THAT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY OFF THE FULL NOTE WHEN IT COMES BACK AROUND A YEAR FROM NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AT THAT SITE.
SO THIS IS THE ROLL CALL FOR WAIVING.
THE SECOND READING TONY, MR. SHAW.
THE WAVE CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
I NEED SEVEN MOVED TO ADOPT OF EMOTIONS OR A SECOND.
SECOND, A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE SITE? OKAY.
AND MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
AND NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 11, F E E.
[ An Ordinance Approving Individual Assessments Amounts And Directing The Director Of Finance Or His/Her Designee To Certify The Amounts To The Applicable County Auditor For Collection, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
ELEVENTY.AN ORDINANCE APPROVING INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS AMOUNTS AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE TO CERTIFY AMOUNTS TO THE APPLICABLE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR COLLECTION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT
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THE FIRST DRAINING, RIGHT? UH, YES, SIR.UH, THIS MATTER WAS BRIEFED TO COUNCIL BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR DURING THE WORK SESSION, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU MADE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT THIS LEGISLATION, UH, TONIGHT.
UH, THE REASON FOR THIS EMERGENCY MEASURE IS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE AUDITOR'S TIMETABLE AND FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAVE MOTION? NEW EIGHTH, PLEASE.
SECOND OF A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION RICHARD? I KNOW I'VE VOICED MY OPINION ON THIS PREVIOUSLY.
UH, I, IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT CAN, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, UH, WORK COLLECTIVELY WITH THE AUDITOR TO ADJUST THESE TIMEFRAMES WHERE THESE ITEMS ARE NOT PASSING LATENCY MEASURES AND, UH, OUR CITY AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS NOT RUSHED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO THEM.
UH, I BELIEVE THIS MATTER STARTED ROUGHLY ABOUT, UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO FIND A, A MORE ECONOMIC AND FEASIBLE WAY THAT THESE, THIS INFORMATION CAN GET REPORTED TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
UM, IT IS, IN MY OPINION, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT HAS THIS ISSUE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT A FIRST TIER NEEDS TO TAKE UP, UM, OR A COGNIZANT, UH, CA UH, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UM, TO PUT SOME PUSHBACK ON THE COUNTY, BUT, UH, THAT IS MY 2 CENTS ON THAT MATTER MAYOR.
I THINK THAT WAS THE ISSUE WAS, UM, PRIOR TO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE COULD JUST COLLECTIVELY PUT THE AMOUNT, RIGHT.
AND THAT WAS WHY THE LEGISLATION WAS RED.
THEN THEY CHANGED IT WHERE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS AND ALL THAT IS WHAT HAS TO BE KIND OF HAD TO BE PIECE OF THAT.
SO, UH, BRIAN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK ALL OF US UNDERSTAND RICHARD'S FRUSTRATION CAUSE WE ALL HAD THAT FRUSTRATION WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
UM, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO RICHARD ON, ON WHERE WE COULD GO FROM HERE, UH, TO YOUR POINT, MR. MAYOR, A LOT OF THESE PROCEDURES ARE NOW RESPONSE TO THE ADDITIONAL BURDEN THAT CAME ON FROM, UH, FROM THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THEIR CHANGES IN THEIR OPERATIONS AND THEIR PROCEDURES.
UH, BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE THE DESIRE TO PUT THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION ON TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN COLLECT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON, UH, WHY WE WAIT RATHER THAN ALLOWING DELINQUENTS TO FESTER FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTH PERIOD OR FOR, UH, AN ADDITIONAL TIMEFRAME.
UH, BUT, UH, YOUR, UH, YOUR CONCERN IS DULY NOTED.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO, UM, MAKE ADDITIONS TO STAFF, UH, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
THAT WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR BY COUNCIL.
UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY WITH SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, BUT TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE, WE ARE NOT, UH, IN CONTROL OF ALL OF THE RULES OR ALL OF THE PROCEDURES UNDER WHICH REGULATE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS.
SO MARY IT'D BE, IN MY OPINION THEN IF, UH, IF WE ARE, IF STAFF HAS SET FORTH BY THE POLICIES SET FORTH BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR, UM, THAT IT MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO DIRECTLY WITH THE AUDITOR AND ASK WHAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW THE POLICIES THAT WAS SET FORTH AND CHANGE TWO YEARS AGO WAS NOT ONLY A BURDEN ON US, BUT OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
UM, AND I, I DON'T SAY, YOU KNOW, HE RIDES NEEDS TO BE THE SPOKESPEOPLE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
UM, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, SO BE IT, I THINK TONY, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO REACH OUT TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND SEE IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO COME HERE AND AT LEAST TALK TO US AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND MAYBE EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF THESE ISSUES ARE TAKING PLACE OR WHAT THE CHANGE, WHAT CREATED THE CHANGE AT LEAST SO HE CAN HEAR, HE CAN HEAR COUNCIL'S CONCERNS.
UH, I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT'S ONLY REQUIRED BY THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUDITOR.
CORRECT? WE DID NOT HAVE TO DO THE SAME FOR MIAMI ON ASSESSMENTS.
SO IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO COME, UH, PREFERABLY THE AUDITOR HIMSELF TO, TO ADDRESS COUNCIL'S ISSUES.
AND I THINK RICHARD WOULD, THAT MAY BE A START FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES.
NOT THAT WE ARE THE SPOKESPERSON, BUT IF WE HAVE CONCERNS, WE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE OKAY TO ASK THEM, RIGHT.
SO THIS PARTICULAR ROLL CALL WOULD BE FOR WAIVING THE SECOND READING AS WELL.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION? NOT GLENN.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ADOPTION? OKAY.
MRS. VERGE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Solicit, Advertise And Receive Bids From Qualified Firms For The Demolition Of 6121 Brandt Pike. (first reading)]
F ITEM 11 F A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SOLICIT, ADVERTISE AND RECEIVE BIDS FROM QUALIFIED FIRMS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 61 21 BRANT PIKE AT THE FIRST STREET PRIDE.THIS RESOLUTION IS TO, UM, AS DISCLOSED FOR THE DEMO DEMOLITION OF DOGTOWN, UH, SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON TRACK, UH, IN PACE WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER HOMESTEAD, UH, AT MARION
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MEADOWS.UH, WE WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL ADOPT THIS, UH, LEGISLATION TONIGHT.
IS THERE MOTION, KATE MOVE TO ADOPT A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION GLENN, BRIAN, QUICK QUESTION.
UH, DOGTOWN MADE ARRANGEMENTS.
THEY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DIGS.
AND BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THEY MOVE INTO THEIR NEW PLACE, OR IS THIS GOING TO TIME OUT TO WHERE THERE'LL BE MOVING INTO THEIR, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING BY THE TIME WE GO TO DEMO.
SO WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM, UM, A LEASE ON THE, WHAT WAS THE FUNKY MONKEY SPACE, UH, TO HELP THEM TRANSITION IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO DEMOLISH THEIR EXISTING STRUCTURE BEFORE THEIR NEW PERMANENT HOME IS COMPLETE.
AND THEY'VE HAD ACCESS TO THAT, UH, TO THAT FUNKY MONKEY SPACE SINCE, UH, AUGUST 1ST.
AND THAT'S ALL WORKING OUT FOR THEM THERE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION MR. LYONS? OH, UH, I'M SORRY.
NO, THAT'S QUITE, I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND.
UH, BRIAN, UH, THIS RESOLUTION, UM, UH, TO SOLICIT AND ADVERTISE BIDS.
THIS IS JUST, THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
UM, AFTER WE GET THE BIDDING PROCESS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO, UH, CONTINUE WITH THAT ALL THE WAY OUT AND APPROVAL FOR THE BID AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE BID IS NO, SIR.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR, UH, SO IF WE DO HAPPEN TO, UM, IF WE DO HAPPEN TO NEED TO DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING, IT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION AS WELL AS AN APPROPRIATION TO FUND THAT DEMOLITION.
MA'AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TONY? MR. LYONS? YES.
MS. BAKER, MRS. BERG, MR. OTTO.
AND NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM 12, WHICH IS SENDING
[12. City Official Reports and Comments]
OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS.NOT SAYING ANY, UH, THERE WAS NO NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THIS SEEPING.
AND THIS AUGUST 22ND MEETING IS ADJOURNED.