Sep 20, 2022 Council Work Session

IS THERE A CITY MANAGER REPORT OR UPDATE THAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS EVENING? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE REMINDERS OF HAPPENINGS THIS WEEKEND.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. KATIE NISLEY THAT'S HERE THIS EVENING.

UM, OUR RC MANAGER, MR. TODD KOWSKI IS AT A CONFERENCE IN COLUMBUS AS HE LET US KNOW LAST WEEK AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

SO WELCOME KATIE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

AND

[ City Manager Report]

UM, THIS FRIDAY, BRING YOUR BLANKETS AND LAWN CHAIRS TO THE EEL BERGER AMPHITHEATER AT 6:00 PM FOR THE FREE SUMMER MUSIC CONCERT, FEATURING COREY BREATH AND ANNA MARIE, THERE WILL ALSO BE FEW TRUCKS THERE.

THEN ALSO THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, THE FIRE DIVISION IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE FROM 12 TO THREE THAT'S AT 7,008 RAMP PIKE STATION 22.

THERE WILL BE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AND LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS.

THANKS, KATIE.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR KATIE REGARDING ANYTHING? OKAY, SO THEN WE'LL GET MOVED ON ITEM

[ Arts and Beautification Commission Update]

THREE.

B IS THE ARTS AND REIFICATION COMMISSION UPDATE.

SO AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, TALKING AND DISCUSSING AND GETTING UPDATES.

WE WANNA GET REGULAR COMMISSION UPDATES FROM EACH ONE OF THE CHAIRS OF OUR COMMISSIONS, UM, THAT HAVE, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE BUDGETED.

SO WE WANTED TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW, UM, TONY HAS SENT OUT A SCHEDULE TO EVERYONE, LET THEM KNOW BASICALLY WHAT THAT ROTATING SCHEDULE IS NOW GONNA BE.

SO, UH, THIS EVENING WE HAVE CINDY DAVIDSON, OUR CHAIR OF OUR ARTS ATION COMMISSION THAT IS HERE TO GIVE, UH, TO GIVE HER COURT, I GUESS IT'S A QUARTERLY UPDATE.

NOW IT'LL BE THREE TIMES A YEAR, THREE TIMES A COMMISSION.

IT VARIES BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSION DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY.

SO CINDY, IF YOU WOULD GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

SORRY.

I'M GONNA GET READY FOR APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

I APPRECIATE BEING ASKED.

SO FIRST I WANNA SAY, I ALWAYS GET NERVOUS WHEN I GET UP BEFORE YOU GUYS.

I MEAN, YOUR JOBS ARE HARD, RIGHT.

AND YOU'RE OUR LEADERS.

SO WHEN I STAND UP HERE, I FEEL SO SMALL AND I REALLY DO GET KIND OF LIKE ANXIETY.

SO BEAR WITH ME IF I LOSE MY BREATH A LITTLE BIT.

YOU'RE FINE, PLEASE, PLEASE.

DON'T BE NERVOUS.

WANNA THANK MY BOARD MEMBERS FOR PUTTING THAT ON.

SO FIRST I WANNA KIND OF TELL YOU THAT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS WITH ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

I THINK THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF OUR BEST YEARS.

I REALLY DO.

UM, ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ADDED.

I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HELD AN ART SHOW AND THAT WAS HELD AT OUR NEW COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE LISTENING WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR NEW COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME.

AND JOSH DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF KEEPING IT NICE AND KEEPING PROGRAMS GOING THERE.

AND HE ALSO ALLOWS US TO USE IT AS FAR AS ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

SO IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HELD OUR SECOND ART EXHIBIT THERE AND WE HAD ABOUT 300 PEOPLE COME AND THAT WAS FABULOUS.

AND I WILL SAY THAT WE HAD SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING ART.

ALSO THERE REPRESENTED FROM OUR CITIZENS AND YOUNG PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

UM, SO I

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WE ALSO HAD A STRING GUITARIST, WE MADE IT KIND OF GEARED TOWARDS, UM, VALENTINE'S DAY.

SO WE HAD HEART SHAPED COOKIES AND WE HAD A STRING GUITARIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AND YOU COULD COME IN AND KIND OF ENJOY THE ART AND THEN GO AT YOUR LEISURE.

SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING FOR THE FEBRUARY, 2023 TO HAVE ANOTHER ART EXHIBIT.

AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WILLING TO PARTICIPATE.

YOU CAN FIND THE REGISTRATION FORM ON THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION WEBSITE.

SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU SIGN UP ALSO OUT FRONT HERE, AS YOU'VE NOTICED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE, UM, WE HAVE THE NEW FLOWER URNS AND THERE IS ALSO SOME OVER HERE AT THE POLICE STATION.

WE SPENT ABOUT $165 THIS YEAR ON THE SUMMER FLOWERS.

THEY DIDN'T DO SO GREAT, WHICH WAS SAD, BUT OUR WEATHER WASN'T REALLY COOPERATIVE.

IT WAS VERY HOT WITH THAT BEING SAID CURRENTLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S BEAUTIFUL MOMS, UM, THAT WE'RE ENJOYING OUT THERE.

SO I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE ENJOYING THEM WHEN YOU COME INTO WORK EVERY DAY OR COME TO A MEETING OR CITIZENS COME TO VISIT CITY HALL.

UM, SO ALSO I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OUR MOVIE NIGHTS.

UM, THE MOVIE NIGHTS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR CONSISTED OF FIVE MOVIES, TWO OF THOSE WERE DRIVE-IN STYLE, AND THREE OF THEM WERE AT EEL BERG THEATER.

THEY'RE NOT FINISHED.

WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE TO COME, BUT WE STARTED THIS YEAR WITH HOMEWARD BOUND AND THAT WAS AT EEL BERG THEATER.

AT THAT TIME, WE DID HAVE A FOOD DONATION FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.

THAT'S A NONPROFIT PART OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT GEARED TOWARDS CHILDREN.

AND THEY DID PROVIDE A DONATION TO BE ABLE TO BUY HOT DOGS AND MACARONI AND CHEESE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WE ALL COOKED AND SERVED THAT YOU KNOW, FOR THE KIDS.

SO THAT WAS FABULOUS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE HAD PAUL RESCUE, UM, THEY WERE THERE WITH SOME, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT ANIMALS THAT NEED TO BE ADOPTED IN OUR CITY AND, OR SORRY IN THE COUNTY.

AND THEN WE HAD THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER.

THEY ALSO CAME OUT AND THEY OFFERED US, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT SHOTS AND ADOPTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO KIND OF LEAD UP TO IT.

OUR CITIZENS CAME AND I ALWAYS, I'M GONNA KEEP MENTION CI CITIZENS, CUZ IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME YEAR WITH OUR CITIZENS, BUT THEY CAME AND THEY BROUGHT THEIR DOGS AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A PARADE AND SOME OF THE DOGS WERE DRESSED UP.

SOME OF THEM WEREN'T, BUT THE KIDS LOVED IT.

SO WE DID LIKE AN ANIMAL PARADE JUST BEFORE THE MOVIE.

SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL.

UM, IN ADDITION, THE SECOND MOVIE WAS THEN THOMAS CLOUD PARK.

THAT WAS IN CANTO THAT WAS HELD AT THE THOMAS CLOUD, UH, KIND OF LIKE A DRIVE-IN STYLE MOVIE.

AGAIN, CITIZENS LED INITIATIVE.

UM, WE HAD PUT AN ASK OUT FOR THESE LITTLE CARS THAT AMAZON HAD AND THEY, THEY WERE ABOUT TRYING TO SHOW YOU SIZE, BUT THEY WERE GOOD SIZE, RIGHT? YOU COULD FIT A KID IN THERE.

UM, AND THESE LITTLE CARS WERE ONLY ABOUT $10 ON AMAZON.

WELL, WE ENDED UP WITH ALMOST A HUNDRED OF THEM DONATED FROM THE CITIZENS AND THEY JUST KEPT COMING IN AND THAT WAS PRETTY COOL CUZ THE KIDS WERE ABLE TO GET THIS LITTLE CAR, PUT IT TOGETHER, CUZ IT'S POPUP STYLE AND ACT LIKE THEY WERE IN PART OF THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF COOL, BUT WE THANK OUR CITIZENS FOR THAT INITIATIVE AND THAT HELP.

UM, THE SPONSORS FOR THAT EVENT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, FOR THE FOOD TRUCK WAS MINUTE MAN PRESS.

UM, HE HAD SENT IN A DONATION WHICH THEN ALLOWED, I THINK IT WAS A HUNDRED PEOPLE GOT SERVED TACOS THAT NIGHT FOR FREE FROM THE FOOD TRUCK, WHICH WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

UM, SO WE WANNA THANK HIM.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD, UM, PICTURES THAT WERE PRINTED OFF WITH CRAYONS AND THERE WAS A PINATA WITH CANDY AND UM, THE KIDS LOVED THE PINATA.

IT RAINED, BUT WE STILL DID IT AND THEY STILL COLLECTED THE CANDY.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

UM, SO THEN WITH THAT, OUR NEXT MOVIE WAS BRAVE.

UM, BRAVE WAS HELD ALSO AT THOMAS CLOUD PARK AND I WANNA THANK OFFICER TRENT WEAVER.

HE IS WITH THE, UM, OD AND R AND HE CAME OUT AND HE BROUGHT WHAT IS LIKE AN ARROW TRUCK WITH BOW AND ARROW.

SO THE KIDS WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO IT AND LEARN HOW TO SHOOT A BOW AND ARROW, WHICH WAS APPROPRIATE TO THE MOVIE CUZ THAT LITTLE GIRL DOES THAT IN THE WOODS THE WHOLE TIME.

UM, SO THEY REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

THAT WAS A BIG HIT.

AND THEN I WANNA THANK TTA ADAMS. SHE IS THE MANAGER AT GET AIR, BUT SHE ALSO HAS, UH, KIND OF LIKE A SECOND JOB WHERE SHE REHABILITATES FALCONS AND OTHER ANIMALS.

AND SHE BROUGHT THE FALCON AND THE KIDS WERE ABLE TO SEE IT, TOUCH IT, GET PICTURES WITH IT.

AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED HAVING A LIVE ANIMAL THERE.

SO THAT WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL.

UM, THAT PARTICULAR MOVIE WE DID NOT HAVE FREE FOOD, BUT NO ONE SEEMED TO COMPLAIN.

UM, WE DID HAVE A FOOD TRUCK, SO THAT WAS AWESOME.

UH, WE STILL HAD, UH, SOME OF THE CARDBOARD CARS LEFT OVER, WHICH WAS APPROPRIATE.

WE WENT AHEAD AND DID DRAWINGS GAVE AWAY THOSE CARS.

SO THEN OUR NEXT MOVIE WAS PAUL PATROL AND THAT WAS HELD AT THE EEL BERG THEATER JUST THIS PAST

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WEEKEND.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANNA THANK CHIEF NICELY.

THANK YOU FOR SENDING YOUR GROUP.

THEY WERE AWESOME.

UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID COME OUT.

THEY STAYED THE WHOLE TIME, THE UM, DIFFERENT TRUCKS AND VEHICLES.

THE KIDS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLIMB ON THE TRUCKS AND GET PICTURES AND KIND OF LOVE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LOVED ON HIM BACK.

UM, OFFICER NICK LAMBERT WAS THERE AND HE BROUGHT MC GRUFF THE DOG ALONG WITH THE EXPLORERS AND THE KIDS LOVED THAT.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT EVENING WAS ALL IN ALL A REALLY GOOD ONE ALSO.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WITH THE MOVIE NIGHTS, IT'S NOT JUST A MOVIE NIGHT ANYMORE, WE'RE INCORPORATING WHATEVER THAT MOVIE IS.

WE'RE TRYING TO PUT PIECES IN TO IT BEFOREHAND SO THAT WE MAKE IT A BIGGER EVENT FOR THE FAMILIES.

UM, COMING UP, I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT AT THE ROSE ON OCTOBER 8TH, WE WILL BE INSIDE THE THEATER, WHICH IS AWESOME FOR ANYONE LISTENING AT HOME, IT IS FREE TO ATTEND.

UM, AND WE WILL BE PLAYING THE MOVIE ENT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS A YOUNG LADY WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE DRESSING LIKE HER.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY OUTSIDE.

SO AS YOU'RE GOING INTO THE V I P AREA TO ENTER THE THEATER, THERE'LL BE THE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY OVER HERE.

IT'S THE CASTLE AND FLOWERS AND STUFF.

AND THEN THE WOMAN THAT'S GONNA BE PLAYING HER PART FOR THE WITCH WILL BE STANDING OUTSIDE AND INTERACTING WITH THE KIDS AND FAMILIES AND THEY CAN GET PICTURES.

SO THAT'LL BE FUN.

UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, AND WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET CUZ YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THERE QUITE, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET LITTLE PUMPKINS TO GIVE OUT TO THE FAMILIES FOR THE KIDS CUZ THE KIDS REALLY ENJOY THAT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE PARADE.

I WILL APOLOGIZE FOR THE PARADE IN ADVANCE.

COVID DID GET ME AND I WAS VERY SICK.

UM, HOWEVER, I, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY HUSBAND SCOTT WORE MY SHIRT AND HE SHOWED UP IN MY PLACE AND HE WORKED ALL DAY.

SO THAT HELPED.

UM, HOWEVER, UM, WE DID HAVE 90 ENTRIES FOR THE PARADE AND THAT WAS FABULOUS.

UM, WE ALSO HAD A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RODNEY CREEK WAS THERE AND HE POSTED ABOUT POSTED ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE, HOW GREAT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS PARADE WAS.

AND THAT WAS A NICE KUDOS TO ALL OF US.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE ALSO AS THE BOARD OR COMMISSION, I'M SORRY, PARTNERED WITH DAYME CREDIT UNION AND BLOOMING BO BOUQUET FOR, UM, PARADE AWARDS.

AND SO THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOME JUDGES ON SOME OF THE FLOW.

IT WAS LIKE JUDGING, NOT REAL HARSH.

UM, BUT THEY GOT TO HAVE A REALLY PRETTY LIKE WREATH, FURTHER DISPLAY.

SO, UM, TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DAY AT THE ACTUAL PARK ITSELF, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WAS STAGGERED, I BELIEVE.

UM, I'M TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS.

I DON'T REALLY, I WASN'T THERE.

SO I BELIEVE IT WAS STAGGERED WITH VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT TIMES AND STUFF, UM, FROM OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION AND I WANNA THANK VINCE KING BECAUSE I KNOW HE SHOWS UP ALL THE TIME AND HE VOLUNTEERED TOO.

SO I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

SO, UM, LOOKS LIKE FOR THE STAR SPANGLED CELEBRATION ITSELF, I WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT IT WAS APPROXIMATELY $4,000 IN THE EXPENSES FOR THE STAGE SOUND FOR THE BANDS AND FOR THE PETTING ZOO.

WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH PARKS AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE RECREATION BOARD FOR PARKS ON BANDS AND ALSO FOR THE RIDES.

AND I WILL SAY THE CITIZENS I WAS TOLD WERE VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT THE RIDES FOR THEIR CHILDREN WERE FREE.

UM, THEY'RE USED TO PAYING FOR 'EM.

SO THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND AGAIN, I JOSH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANKS FOR HELP.

UM, SO WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 25 FOOD TRUCKS THERE, THERE WAS A CAR SHOW.

WE, WE LOVE OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THEY WERE THERE PRESENTING A CAR SHOW.

UM, THERE WAS OLD TIME BASEBALL, EVERYONE IN SEEMS TO ENJOY THAT EVERY YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY THEY ESTIMATED ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

SO I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY.

UM, I WANNA THANK ALSO THE HUBER HEIGHTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BECAUSE THEY ALSO HELPED WITH, UH, JUDGING OF THE FLOATS.

SO I THINK THEY NEED TO BE NOTED IN THAT.

SO OUR MARIAL FESTIVAL, WHICH WE JUST FINISHED UP, UM, WE SPENT ABOUT $25,000 ON SOUND AND ENTERTAINMENT AND CONCERNING THE SOUND AND ENTERTAINMENT.

I PERSONALLY THOUGHT THAT THE MAGICIAN WAS AWESOME AND HE WAS FUNNY CUZ HE WAS A COMEDIAN SLASH MAGICIAN AND THEN ADDITIONAL TO THAT THIS YEAR WE ADDED DANCING.

SO WE DID HAVE, UM, THE DATE AND SCOTTISH DANCERS THERE AND THE, THEY WERE JUST SO CUTE, UM, TO SEE THEM PERFORMING 2,500.

DID I SAY THAT? I'M SORRY PLEASE FORGIVE ME GUYS.

2,500.

I'M NERVOUS.

I TOLD YOU YOU PROBABLY ALL WENT UM, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

UM, SO I THOUGHT THE ENTERTAINMENT WAS AWESOME.

WE ALSO WAS ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE A CHARACTER ARTIST AND HE DID CUTE LITTLE FACES OF PEOPLE FOR LIKE TWO HOURS STRAIGHT FREE OF CHARGE.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD FACE PAINTING, UM,

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FOR THE KIDS AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A FREE CHARGE.

AND SO AGAIN, I THINK IT WENT WELL.

WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT, UM, JUST HOW THERE WAS AN AGENDA THIS YEAR.

SO PEOPLE THAT MAYBE WENT HOME AND WANTED TO COME BACK, COULD COME BACK AT A PARTICULAR TIME.

SO THEY DIDN'T MISS A PART OF THE SHOW THEY WANTED TO SEE.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

UM, JUST LET ME SEE HERE.

UH, WE ESTIMATED, OH I WANNA THANK TINA ON OUR COMMISSION AND I'M GONNA SAY HER NAME BECAUSE SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS ILL.

AT SOME POINT SHE GREW THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MIRACLES AND AS YOU SAW, THEY WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE SHE HAD SUCH A GREEN FILM.

I MEAN THEY WERE HUGE AND THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL AND PEOPLE HAD SAID FOR YEARS WE NEED MIRACLES THERE.

WELL SHE STARTED MONTHS AGO AND SHE JUST GREW POT AFTER POT AND IT JUST WAS AMAZING TO SEE HER DO THAT.

SHE'S SO TALENTED.

UM, SO I WANNA THANK HER.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SHARON OR CHERYL, UH, BRANDENBURG AND SHE MADE MARIGOLD TEA, WHICH WAS DIFFERENT AND IT WAS ACTUALLY UNDER OUR TENT AND PEOPLE COULD COME AND TASTE THAT.

SO THAT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.

PEOPLE THOUGHT, OH WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD MAKE TEA OUTTA MARIGOLD.

SO IT WAS KIND OF COOL.

UM, WE HAD ABOUT 500 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE THAT DAY DURING THE PEAK HOURS AND WE ESTIMATED FOR THE FULL DAY IT WAS AROUND 1200 PEOPLE.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL TOO.

UM, OH, ON POWER PATROL, GOING BACK, I WANNA GIVE YOU AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

WE HAD A HUGE CROWD.

WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH OUR CROWD.

IT WAS 259 PEOPLE THAT NIGHT AND THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.

SO, UM, ALSO WE WENT AHEAD AND DID OUR YARD BEAUTIFICATION CONTEST THIS, THIS YEAR AGAIN, LIKE WE'VE DONE BEFORE WITH THE YARD SIGNS WHERE WE THANK PEOPLE FOR THEIR TALENT IN OUR CITY.

UM, WE HAD 18 NOMINATIONS AND WE PICKED THREE WINNERS AND WE SPENT $60, BUT WE MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

UM, CURRENTLY IN OCTOBER, WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO A TILE PROJECT.

UM, I WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT E AND R EXCAVATING, EXCAVATING AND TRUCKING ALONG WITH RECOR LUMBER COMPANY DOWN IN DAYTON, ALLEN PINGER DONATED PIECES OF TILE FOR THE FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ART ON.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S IN NOVEMBER.

I BELIEVE THE 19TH.

I DIDN'T WRITE IT 19TH, 15TH, 15TH, SORRY, NOVEMBER 15TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE ARE INVITING FAMILIES TO COME IN.

THE GIRL SCOUTS ARE COMING IN.

THE BOY SCOUTS HAVE BEEN INVITED AND THEY'RE GONNA DO ARTWORK ON THOSE PIECES OF TILE.

AND THEN JOSH IS GOING TO FIND A, A APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT THEM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE GIRL SCOUTS WE WERE TOLD ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A PIECE BECAUSE THAT USED TO BE THEIR BUILDING.

SO THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO STILL BE A PART OF IT AND HAVE SOMETHING ON THE WALL THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTS THEM.

SO THAT'S KIND OF COOL.

UM, SO WE WANNA THANK THAT.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

WE'RE GETTING ALL THESE PARTNERS, WE'RE GETTING ALL THESE CITIZENS INVOLVED.

I THINK THAT'S AMAZING.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, LIGHTS AND THE HEIGHTS IS GETTING READY TO COME UP.

UM, SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE DETAILS OF THAT.

SO I WILL APOLOGIZE THAT'S EARLY.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET READY FOR IT YET, BUT THAT'S STILL GONNA TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO THAT ON DECEMBER 3RD ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT FIVE O'CLOCK, WE WILL BE AT EEL BURGER THEATER.

THERE WILL BE SANTA CLAUS, MRS CLAUS.

AND WE HAVE FROSTY THIS YEAR, WHICH IS NEW ALONG WITH MRS. CLAUS.

WHO'S ALSO NEW.

UM, WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS BOOK.

AND AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW OUR CITIZENS DONATED THESE BOOKS.

THEY LITERALLY BOUGHT 'EM OFF AMAZON FOR $2 99 CENTS AND SENT LIKE 10, 20 BOOKS AT A TIME.

THEY SENT 'EM FOR SANTA TO BE ABLE TO PASS THEM OUT.

AND I JUST THINK THAT'S SO FUN AND SO COOL BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM IN PART OF THIS AND THEY'RE EXCITED.

SO WHEN I WOULD OPEN IT UP A BOX, I HAD NO IDEA WHO IT WAS FROM, BECAUSE ALL IT WOULD SAY IS TO SANTA MERRY CHRISTMAS, IT WOULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING BUT THAT.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

SO, UM, AGAIN, THAT WILL BE, UM, FROM FIVE TO SEVEN, WE WILL HAVE A WAGON RIDE THAT EVENING, UM, FOR FAMILIES AND THAT APPROXIMATE COST IS $500.

WE'VE ALSO INVITED, UM, THE SCOTTISH DANCERS TO COME BACK AGAIN AND THEY'RE GONNA DRESS IN HOLIDAY, WHICH WILL BE REALLY FULL FUN, AND THEY'RE GONNA DANCE ON THE STAGE.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE FUN.

AGAIN, SOME OF THIS STUFF IS STILL EARLY, SO YOU HAVE TO BEAR WITH US.

THEY'LL BE HOT CHOCOLATE, OBVIOUSLY IN COOKIES AND PICTURE OPPORTUNITIES WITH SANTA, UM, AND MRS. CLAUS AND ITY.

UM, SO DONATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS AGAIN, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, UM, THIS YEAR WAS THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER.

THAT WAS FUN TO HAVE THEM WITH US.

PAUL PATROL, UH, CITIZENS DONATIONS, AGAIN CAN'T THANK OUR CITIZENS AND NEIGHBORS ENOUGH BECAUSE THEY GOT SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS TEXAS ROADHOUSE NEVER FAILS.

THEY ALWAYS JUMP IN THEY'RE AWESOME.

BLOOM, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS, FLORIST, UM, WAS

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ALSO VERY KIND AND GENEROUS.

I FORGOT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THEY GAVE AWAY ROSES 50 ROSES TO THE WOMEN AT EVERY MOVIE NIGHT THAT WE HAVE HAD.

AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY COOL, YOU KNOW, JUST SO THE LADIES FELT, FELT SPECIAL AND THAT WAS NICE OF THEM.

UM, PEACE AND TRANQUILITY LAKE CORP.

UM, WE ALSO HAD MINUTE MAN PRESS.

WE HAD HOME FRONT INVESTMENT LLC.

AND IF I'VE MISSED ANYONE, I, I APOLOGIZE.

I HOPE I DIDN'T, BUT AGAIN, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, SO I'M THANKING, THANKING EVERYBODY FOR THAT.

UM, SOME UNSPOKEN VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS JIM JIM HOPKINS.

HE DOESN'T GET MENTIONED MON AND JERRY SAID, I DON'T HAVE TO, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S OUR HEAVY GUY.

HE HELPS LIST THE HEAVY STUFF THAT SOME OF US LADIES CAN'T AND HE HELPS SET UP AND TEAR DOWN.

HE STAYS THE WHOLE TIME, SAME THING WITH SCOTT DAVIDSON AND ALSO VINCE KING VINCE NEVER FAILS.

AND WHEN HE GOT VOLUNTEERED THE YEAR, THIS YEAR, HE TOTALLY DESERVED IT.

UM, HE HE'S CONSTANTLY THERE AND ALWAYS A HELP.

UM, SO OKAY.

COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I HAVE.

AND SO I'M DOWN TO JUST ONE NOW AND I'LL JUST MAKE MENTION, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN FIXED.

SO I THINK THERE WAS TWO, BUT YOU FIXED THEM.

SO THANK YOU, ANTHONY, FOR THAT.

SO ONE IS OF COURSE, SETTING UP A SCHEDULE FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS MAYBE TAKING SOMETHING IN THE CHARTER THAT SAYS, IF YOU MISS SO MANY MEETINGS THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT, EXCUSE ME, OR THAT'S NOT PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT YOU CAN BE REMOVED.

AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE AT ONE POINT WENT A YEAR AND A HALF WITHOUT SOMEBODY SHOWING UP AND WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOMEONE AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE DOWN TWO SEATS, RIGHT? AND WE ARE LOOKING, BUT WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S NOT COMING.

AND THAT HURTS US.

YOU KNOW, THANK GOD WE HAVE THREE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME IN AND KIND OF MAKE THOSE SEATS HAPPEN AS VOLUNTEERS.

BUT THAT MAKES US A LITTLE BIT SHORT.

SO IF YOU GUYS COULD HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE WHERE IT'D BE A LOT EASIER WHEN SOMEBODY DOESN'T COME, WE DON'T EVEN HEAR FROM HIM.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME BEFORE I GO ON REAL QUICK OR I WANNA STOP REAL QUICK JUST TO ASK ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR ME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

HI CINDY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US, CINDY.

UM, I THINK I MISHEARD SOMETHING, BUT IF YOU COULD CLARIFY SURE.

MARIGOLD, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE THOUGHT 1200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE WHOLE DAY.

MM-HMM WHAT WAS THE APPROXIMATE COST? HOPE I SAID THAT, RIGHT? LET ME SEE.

APPROXIMATELY SPENT 2,500 AND I SAID 25,000, CUZ IT WAS A GOOF.

OH, IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY IT WAS 2,500.

CAUSE I GOOFED THAT ONE UP TERRIBLY.

SORRY.

IT'S LIKE I DID LIKE MR. WEBB, COUNCILMAN WEB SAID THAT ONE TIME, HOW MANY PEOPLE COME AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? AND AT THAT POINT, WHAT ARE WE BENEFITING OUR CITIZENS? SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING TO CLARIFY.

SO 2,500 AND 1200 PEOPLE CAME.

OKAY, GREAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

ON HUBER HAUNTS THROUGH MY NON-PROFIT HOPPING IN THE HEIGHTS.

UM, SO TO END, I GUESS, UM, I'M GONNA JUST KIND OF MAKE A PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT, SO I'M GONNA STEP AWAY FOR A SECOND, UM, FROM CHAIR AND JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT I LOVED SERVING ON THIS BOARD AND, AND I I'M GONNA REFER TO YOU ANTHONY, CUZ YOU KNOW, UM, SO WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EIGHT, NINE YEARS AGO, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER ANYMORE.

UM, IT WAS WITH THE WIRE WATER AND SEWER BOARD.

AND I DID THAT BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET MY FOOT IN THE DOOR BECAUSE MY ULTIMATE GOAL WAS ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

AND I WAS JUST LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I WANNA DO THAT.

AND SO I WAITED AND I HAD TO WAIT TWO TERMS THERE AND THEN GO TO THE APPEALS BOARD AND THEN WAIT AGAIN.

AND FINALLY, WHEN ANTHONY GOT AHOLD OF ME AND SAID, ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION HAS AN OPENING, OH I, YOU COULD HAVE BLOWN ME OVER.

I WAS SO HAPPY.

AND UM, SO THAT WAS ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO AND I LOVED IT.

I LOVED IT BECAUSE WE WERE SERVING PEOPLE.

YOU COULD SEE THE SMILES, YOU COULD SEE THE REWARD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH EVERY SINGLE EVENT AND ANYONE LISTENING AT HOME, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN AND BE A VOLUNTEER BECAUSE IT IS SO FULFILLING.

IT JUST REALLY, REALLY IS.

AND I THINK THAT ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION HAS DONE A LOT THROUGH THOSE YEARS AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I THINK IT'S MY TIME, YOU KNOW, SO I DO HAVE MY TERM EXPIRING IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR, BUT I'M GOING TO, SINCE MY CHAIR TERM IS ACTUALLY OVER IN DECEMBER, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, RESIGN AS I HAVE PUT IN MY RESIGNATION FOR DECEMBER 5TH AND IT WAS ACCEPTED TODAY.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT TOO.

AND PLEASE KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE I JUST, I'M NOT GONNA BE DOING THINGS IN THE CITY CUZ I LOVE MY CITY.

I'M GONNA KEEP DOING THINGS.

I JUST THINK IT'S TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO STEP UP AND TAKE THE SEAT AND UH, I'VE REALLY PONDERED IT AND UH, CRIED.

UM, SO, BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

SO THAT'S THE GOOD PART, RIGHT? SO I'M GONNA BE FOCUSING

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AND RECENTLY WE STARTED COMMUNITY CARES AND I HAVE SO MANY NEIGHBORS.

SO, SO MANY FRIENDS THAT ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT MY TIME IS BETTER SPENT THERE RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK THAT'S JUST BLOOMING.

UM, SO, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF THROW THAT AT YOU GUYS AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU.

AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT YOU'VE ALLOWED ME TO DO IN THE CITY, UH, AS A VOLUNTEER.

AND I JUST, I, I HAVE ALL THE FAITH IN THE WORLD THAT IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING EVEN WITHOUT ME.

SO ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WELL, SANDY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY, UH, VOLUNTEERING ON THE BOARD.

UH I'M, I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL BE SORELY MISSED.

UM, BUT WE THINK WE HAVE A GOOD BENCH SO, UH, BUT FOR ME TO YOU AND I THINK I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE WOULD PROBABLY WANNA HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AS WELL, BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND THE EFFORT.

UM, AND THE TIME THAT YOU'VE INVESTED IN THE CITY, IN THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD SOMEONE REACH OUT TO ME, WHO'S UH, GETTING READY TO MOVE TO THE CITY AND UM, THEY WANNA GET INVOLVED, WANNA VOLUNTEER.

AND THE FIRST MESSAGE I SENT TO THEM BACK WAS WE NEED TO CALL CINDY.

UM, SO I HOPE THAT THAT PERSON IS, SHE DID GOT IN TOUCH WITH YOU.

AS I SAID, IF YOU'RE, I ALREADY GOT HER WORK, IF WANNA VOLUNTEER, YOU WANNA BE INVOLVED.

UM, AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY MOVED TO KEEP HEIGHTS UNTIL LIKE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.

BUT I SAID, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GONNA MOVE HERE AND YOU WANNA GET INVOLVED AND YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER CONTACT CINDY, CUZ SHE'LL HAVE SOME PLACE FOR YOU TO GO.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, SO I THINK, AND THAT WAS, UH, AND I MEANT THAT CUZ I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU BRING TO THE CITY.

SO I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

UH, THANK YOU.

SO ANYBODY ELSE? YEP.

DON.

AND THEN WE'LL JUST, JUST, WE'LL JUST KINDA GO DOWN THE LINE.

HI CINDY.

HI, OF COURSE.

UH, AND THERE'S BEEN A VISIBLE DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR, FROM YEARS BEFORE.

NOT THAT IT ISN'T ALWAYS GOOD, BUT THERE WAS, IT WAS VISIBLY BETTER THIS YEAR.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

THANKS.

SO NOW I'M GONNA PUT YOU TO WORK.

WHAT WAS THE BEST THING YOU DID THIS YEAR? UH, ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

WHAT WAS THE BEST EVENT? MOST SUCCESSFUL BEST EVENT? MOST SUCCESSFUL MOVIE NIGHTS WERE PRETTY COOL.

UM, I'M STILL GONNA SAY PROBABLY MARIGOLD MARGOLD BEST.

AND I AM GONNA SAY THAT I THINK IT WAS ONE OF OUR BEST MARIGOLDS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.

GREAT.

AND I THINK THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING THE ARTS AND THE COMEDY AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, DANCERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE TALENT WAS BETTER.

UM, BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST MUSIC ALL DAY, BUT THERE WAS ACTIVITIES AND THINGS TO DO.

AND, AND THE COOL THING TOO, IS THAT THE CRAFT PEOPLE THAT CAME A LOT OF THOSE VENDORS LIVE HERE.

SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TOO, BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE CITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY EVENT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE OUR CRAFTERS THERE.

AND SO FOR THEM, THEY, THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEIR TALENT.

SO THAT WAS FUN.

AND SO ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE COIN, WHAT EVENTS NEED HELP? WHAT ONES DO YOU THINK? UM, UM, NEED A KICK IN THE REAR? HMM.

I THINK OUR HOLIDAY COULD BE BETTER.

THE HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING ONE, UM, LAST YEAR IT WAS JUST HUGE BECAUSE ONE, IT WAS COMING OFF OF COVID WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME OUT AND THEY GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET PICTURES WITH SANTA BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SCARED TO GO AND GET PICTURES WITH SANTA THAT NORMALLY WOULD GO TO THE MALL OR SOMETHING.

AND A LOT OF THE MALLS WEREN'T DOING IT.

SO WE WITH GOOD WEATHER AND THE FACT THAT KIDS WANTED TO SEE SANTA CLAUS, I THINK WE HAD 500 PEOPLE AND IT, WE NE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANOTHER THING.

THEY, THEY JUST STOOD IN LINE JUST TO SEE SANTA.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW THE WEATHER, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT THIS YEAR OR HOW TO ACCOMMODATE IT.

IF THE WEATHER IS BAD OR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

BUT I THINK THAT ONE COULD ALWAYS USE SOME MORE HELP.

I REALLY DO IN THE ART SHOWS, WE'RE ART, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO MORE ART AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN THIS CITY TO BRING MORE ART HERE? THAT WAS ANOTHER THING I FORGOT.

WE DID PUT THE, UM, FLOWERS ON THE FENCES HERE IN THE CITY.

AND WE GOT A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR, TOO.

THE METAL FLOWERS.

AWESOME ART THEN, UM, LET ME ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS YOUR BIGGEST NEED, UM, FOR ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN? WHAT ARE YOU MISSING? WHAT DO YOU NEED? IS IT MONEY? IS IT PEOPLE? IS IT PROMOTION? UM, I THINK A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS HAVE HAPPENED.

I WANNA MAKE, MAKE CLEAR THAT.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THE IMPROVEMENTS IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A BUDGET THAT WE SEE THE EXPENSES NOW.

UM, THAT'S AWESOME BECAUSE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS HOW MUCH THIS IS GONNA BE, AND THIS IS HOW MUCH THAT'S GONNA BE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BEFORE.

UM, I THINK HOW DO I ANSWER THIS? CUZ EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.

EVERYTHING

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WAS, WAS GETTING BETTER.

I THINK MOVIE NIGHTS HAVE BLOOMED AND BLOSSOMED, UM, MAKING SURE OF COURSE THAT THOSE CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM BECAUSE IT IS A BIG EXPENSE.

I THINK THE WHOLE MOVIE NIGHTS, AND I'M GONNA GUESS IS EIGHT, $9,000 FOR FIVE MOVIES.

TO RENT THE EQUIPMENT.

SO SOMETIMES THAT BURDENS MY HEART BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND MAYBE YOU HAVE 257 59 PEOPLE SHOW UP.

BUT IS THAT REALLY, AS YOU HAD SUGGESTED KATE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE GOING ON OR IS THERE SOMETHING MORE WE COULD DO IN PLACE OF THAT? I DON'T WANNA SOUND BAD.

I'M BEING HONEST AS, AS UM, UM, COUNCILWOMAN BAKER, UH, MADE MENTION OF THERE'S A METRIC THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES USE AND REALLY IT BOILS DOWN TO HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND AND HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP.

MM-HMM UH, CENTERVILLE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.

UH, THEY, THEY CAN ACTUALLY GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A MM-HMM AN EVENT THAT THIS EVENT COSTS THE CITY, LET'S SAY $4 AND 50 CENTS A PERSON.

UH, THEY, THEY WEIGH THAT AGAINST, UM, THE INVESTMENT THEY PUT INTO IT.

SO THEY KNOW, AND I REALLY LIKE SEEING THIS BUDGET BECAUSE AS YOU POINTED OUT, I LOOKED AT MOVIE NIGHTS AND THE, THE NUMBERS ARE BIG FOR, UM, UM, PUTTING ON, AS YOU SAID, FIVE MOVIES, BUT THE, UM, UH, I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS VOLUNTEERING, UH, IS FINE.

YOUR, YOU GOT YOUR VOLUNTEERS DOWN.

OH, ANY VOLUNTEERS? I, I, THAT WAS EVEN BROUGHT UP AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING.

YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND KEY, AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE TOO.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

GETTING VOLUNTEERS TO SHOW UP.

JUST SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET BURNED OUT.

I MEAN, SOME OF US ARE OLDER, YOU KNOW, I'M OLDER, RIGHT.

SO WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE IN THE HEAT, I AM, I AM, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE IN THE HEAT ALL DAY, YOU KNOW, AND YOUR CLOTHES ARE SOAKING WET WHEN YOU GET HOME AND YOU CAN'T HARDLY WALK BECAUSE YOU'RE SO TIRED, YOU NEED VOLUNTEERS.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

AND THEN THE, THE OTHER PART OF THAT WAS A BUDGET.

AND YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

IT'S SO SEEING THOSE NUMBERS WILL HELP YOU GUYS ON ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION A HUNDRED PERCENT TO CREATE THE BUDGET IN THE FUTURE.

AND THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT UP THAT, HEY, IF YOU NEED MORE COME AND ASK, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

I THINK THAT HELPS THEM, YOU KNOW, TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO CINDY, THANK YOU AGAIN.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, CINDY.

THAT'S HOW WE MET WAS ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

MM-HMM UM, ANYHOW, UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF A COST TO BUY THE SCREENS? AND WHAT'S THE LONGEVITY OF THAT WOULD THAT, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IT COST EFFECTIVE OVER TIME.

UM, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP ALMOST EVERY YEAR AND THERE'S KIND OF LIKE AN OBSTACLE THAT EVERYONE RUNS INTO IS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND MOVIES CHANGE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU BUY IT, YOU HAVE TO STORE IT.

THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY STAFF OR SOMEONE TO BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME TO PUT IT UP.

AND THEN ADDITIONAL TO THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE LICENSING, WHICH HAVE TO STILL BE BOUGHT BECAUSE THEN THE CITY WOULD OWN THE STUFF.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE TO BUY THE LICENSING.

SO YOU'RE STILL TALKING A BIG EXPENSE, NO MATTER IF YOU WENT THAT WAY OR NOT.

AND THOSE BIG SCREENS ARE, THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE, CUZ HIS SCREEN IS HUGE THAT THEY USE.

SO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT WAS WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS REASONS NOT TO PURCHASE.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW.

LONGEVITY WISE WHAT'S YOU KNOW, OH, THE LAST 10 YEARS.

AND THAT WOULD BE MORE, YEAH.

HOW EASY ARE THEY TO REPAIR? BECAUSE THEY'RE BIG INFLATABLE.

UM, THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT OUT THERE, BUT YEAH, MOVIE NIGHTS I CAN TELL NOW HAVING A FOUR YEAR OLD MOVIE NIGHTS ARE A BIG HIT, UM, PLEASE TELL ME THE POPCORN AND COTTON CANDY AT BRAVE WAS FREE DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY CHILD GOT SOME WITHOUT MONEY.

ANYHOW, WE DID NOT.

WHEN YOU SAID THERE WAS NO FREE FOOD THERE, I'M SITTING HERE GOING, DID MY KID JUST TAKE FOOD FROM, YEAH, THAT WAS FREE SOMEBODY CAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY, YOU KNOW? UM, ANYHOW, SO I APPRECIATE BECAUSE THAT REALLY HITS A YOUNG POPULATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN THE STUDY FOR MM-HMM SO I, I VALUED MOVIE NIGHTS THIS SUMMER BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO YEP.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

AND EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE, GREG, I'M ASSUMING STAYING ON ANYHOW, SO, SO YEAH, IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.

ANYBODY ELSE? THANKS NINA.

ANYONE NANCY? UM, YEAH, I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU AND SCOTT, BOTH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

UM, THE INITIATIVES THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE CITY AND THAT ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION HAVE BROUGHT TO THE CITY HAS MADE US FEEL MORE LIKE A SMALL TOWN.

HAS BEEN INCREASING, YOU KNOW, WITH EACH EVENT.

AND IT HAS BROUGHT, BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE ATTENDANCE

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AND, UM, I THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT WAS JUST YOUR, YOUR WONDERFUL IDEAS AND, AND PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER.

THAT'S REALLY MADE IT HAPPEN.

AM I OKAY TO SWITCH HATS FOR A BRIEF MOMENT? WELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

KATE, WHAT IS YOUR YEARLY BUDGET? I DON'T THINK I KNEW THAT NUMBER.

UM, SO WE, WE BELIEVE IT WAS 15,000.

I KEEP LOOKING AT HER BECAUSE IT, AT THE BEGINNING IT WAS 22 AND THEN IT WAS 15.

SO THE YEAR BEFORE IN 2021, I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS 22 AND THEN IT WAS 15.

AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR VOLUNTEERING.

YOU'RE WELCOME, MARK.

UH, I THINK I HAD HEARD OF CINDY DAVIDSON BEFORE WE HAD MET AND YOUR REPUTATION WAS TOP NOTCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT EVEN IN THE ROOM TONIGHT IN YOUR COMMITTEE, BUT YOU, UH, EXEMPLIFY A VOLUNTEER HEART.

I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT.

SO I SAID IT'S NOT EASY FOR ME.

IT'S HARD TO GIVE UP SOMETHING.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

SHE WAS THE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR IN 2021 AND YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

NO.

AND, AND I KNOW WE COULDN'T KEEP YOU FROM VOLUNTEERING.

NO, YOU'RE JUST GONNA SWITCH ROLES, SWITCH ROLES, BUT, UH, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU.

AND THIS IS NOT FOR CINDY, BUT IT, SOMETHING CINDY MENTIONED CLARIFICATION, CINDY MENTIONED THAT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE WINE TO REMOVE THEM.

NOW, THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY CAN BE REMOVED, UH, IS BY COUNSEL CUZ COUNSEL'S THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY.

SO THERE IS A PROCESS OUTLINED IN THE CHARTER.

UM, IT'S A FAIRLY INVOLVED PROCESS, UH, TO DO SO.

UH, SO USUALLY WHEN WE'VE HAD A SITUATION LIKE THAT, IT'S BEEN MORE EFFECTIVE TO, UH, MEET WITH THE PERSON WHO'S NOT SHOWING UP FOR MEETINGS AND MAYBE COUNSEL THEM TOWARDS, UH, GIVING UP THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE BOARD COMMISSION.

IF, UM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS.

WHAT'S THE, UM, WHAT'S THE MONTH OF COMMUNICATION FOR BOARD COMMISSION TO, UM, LET YOU OR US KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A FUNCTION.

USUALLY I HEAR FROM THE STAFF LIAISONS ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW JERRY, JERRY HAS A LOT OF WORDS AND COMMISSION, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME ACROSS THIS SITUATION SEVERAL TIMES AND UH, THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE IT BY COMMUNICATING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL, EITHER MYSELF OR THE STAFF LIAISON OR BOTH.

AND UH, SOMETIMES THAT'S INVOLVED PERSONAL MEETING.

THAT'S BEEN FOLLOWED BY A RESIGNATION.

IT JUST ONE LAST THING AS A CITIZEN.

NOT B .

UM, SO COUPLE THINGS THAT I WILL STILL BE DOING IN THE CITY.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW ARE SEPARATE, IS THE HUBER HAUNTS AND JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER 2ND, YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO COME TO THOMAS CLOUD PARK FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM.

WE HAVE A HUGE, HUGE EVENT PLANNED.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

A LOT OF CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN THAT A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS EVERYTHING'S FREE EXCEPT FOR FOOD, OBVIOUSLY.

UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAD 68,000 FOLLOWERS.

SO THAT'S QUITE A LOT OF FOLLOWERS ON THAT.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THAT DAY'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN I'LL STILL BE DOING OBVIOUSLY HOPPING IN THE HEIGHTS, EGG EXTRAVAGANZA AND TAKING ON A NEW INITIATIVE, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS, COMMUNITY CARES.

AND THAT'S PARTNERING WITH SEVERAL NEIGHBORS AND THERE'S JUST THERE'S RIGHT NOW I HAVE OVER A HUNDRED NEIGHBORS THAT WANNA BE A PART OF THAT.

AND THAT'S JUST, UM, HELPING NEIGHBORS.

SO IT'S REALLY COOL.

LIKE IF THERE'S A NEED OR SOMETHING LIKE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A FIREPLACE THAT IS LEAKING AND THE GENTLEMAN'S SICK AND HE CAN'T DO IT.

SO ALL OF US WENT TOGETHER AND BOUGHT THE SUPPLIES AND WE'RE ALL WORKING TO PUT THAT CHIMNEY BACK ON AND GET RID OF THE BLACK MOLD.

THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN OUR CITY ARE POWERFUL.

SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M LEAVING NECESSARILY, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M A LITTLE BIT TIRED IF THAT MAKES SENSE, CUZ I CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAD TO PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE WHAT, WHAT BEST FIT FOR MYSELF.

SO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN.

WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

A REPORT OF THE LAST THREE YEARS WHERE WE'VE TRACKED THE ATTENDANCE OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO FOLLOW UP TOO, TO YOUR QUESTION ON, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON ALSO WITH SOME OF THESE REVISIONS AND STUFF IS ONE.

WE DID

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SO I HAVE THAT DATA THAT I'M GONNA BE SHARING IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT WITH COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.

UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO FOR A COUPLE PURPOSES IS HAVE SOME MECHANISM FOR A MONTHLY TIME SHEET, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, WHICH WOULD TRACK THE VOLUNTEER HOURS OF OUR MEMBERS, OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THEY WOULD SUBMIT THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

AND SO WE COULD RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHO REACH CERTAIN LEVELS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOURS, BUT ALSO WE WOULD GIVE US AN INDICATION OF WHICH VOLUNTEERS ARE PERFORMING AND WHICH ARE NOT.

SO, UH, THAT'S YET TO COME.

SO TONY, IT WOULD JUST, UM, COULD WE MAYBE LOOK AGAIN AT MAKING A MOTION OR HOW, HOWEVER THAT WOULD WORK TO LIKE DON SAID REMOVE OR THE NON-ENDING OR NON PARTICIPATING, LIKE BEING AT THE EVENTS, DON'T JUST SHOW UP AT THE MEETINGS.

WE NEED TO VOLUNTEER AT THE EVENTS ALSO.

SO WE NEED TO PROBABLY LOOK AT THAT, LIKE AN SEND THESE SUGGESTION AND THAT WOULD BE TRACKED THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER HOURS.

UH, THE, THE CHARTERS VERY CLEAR ON THE PROCESS FOR REMOVAL.

SO WITHOUT A CHARGER CHANGE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL ONLY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE SOMEONE UNLESS THEY RESIGN FROM THAT.

OR THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE CASES WHERE WE'VE HAD THE ISSUE WITH SOMEBODY NOT ATTENDING OR NOT PARTICIPATING.

AND THEY'VE BEEN SAY THREE MONTHS FROM THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR TERM AND WE JUST DON'T REPOINT THEM AT THE END OF THEIR TERM.

YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER DIFFERENT MECHANISMS WE COULD UTILIZE.

OKAY, GREAT.

[ Increase Not To Exceed Amount - Joe's Landscaping - Rose Music Center]

NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS THE I'M SORRY, THREE C, WHICH IS THE INCREASE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR JOE'S LANDSCAPING AT THE ROSE MUSIC.

JOSH THAT'S ME.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR COUNCIL.

HOW IS EVERYONE GOOD? ALL RIGHT.

SO YEAH.

UM, WE, UH, HAVE SOME LANDSCAPE INNOVATIONS TO MAKE AT THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER, WENT OUT FOR BID, UH, RECEIVED.

I, I CONTACTED FOUR COMPANIES RECEIVED TWO QUOTES BACK JOE'S LANDSCAPING WAS THE LOWEST, BUT WE'VE USED THEM, UM, FOR SEVERAL THINGS ALREADY THIS YEAR.

SO IN ORDER TO, UH, USE THEM AGAIN PER THE WAY THE CHARTER STATES, WE HAVE TO GET A, UH, NOT TO EXCEED.

UH, I SET THAT AMOUNT AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SPENT SOME WITH THEM AND THERE'S A COUPLE MORE LARGE PROJECTS THAT IF I PUT 'EM OUT TO BID AND THEY COME BACK AGAIN AND THEN WE'D BE BACK HERE AGAIN.

SO WE JUST SET IT AT A NUMBER AND IF, IF PERHAPS THEY COME IN AS THE LOWEST FOR THOSE OTHER PROJECTS, THEN WE'RE ALREADY HEADED THE GAME.

BUT, UM, WE GOT A COMPLETE RENOVATION OF ALL BEDS UP THERE, ESSENTIALLY THAT'S TO BE DONE IN THE FALL AND READY FOR NEXT SEASON.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

ANITA, I'M NOT GONNA BE VOTING ON THIS CUZ I DO USE SOME, THEY ARE VERY GENEROUS TO FOI, SO I WILL BE NOT VOTING ON THIS YEAH.

FOR THAT VOTE.

ANYTHING ELSE MAYOR? YES, I WILL BE VOTING AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS AND THIS WILL GET THE LANDSCAPE BEDS AND THE LANDSCAPING UP TO SPEED.

YEP.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 3D, WHICH IS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.

THEY'VE GOT A PRETTY, UH, INTENSIVE PLAN FOR UP THERE, SO THEY WILL GOOD ONES ALL DAY.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVE ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING CASEY THEN WE'LL SEE THAT ON MONDAY.

[ Supplemental Appropriations]

JIM.

UH, YES.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I HAVE A FEW ITEMS FOR YOU TONIGHT.

UH, WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, THERE WERE THREE ITEMS IN YOUR PACKET AND I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL TONIGHT.

UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, $7,000 FOR MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES TO THE AV SYSTEM HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UM, $6,500 FOR, UH, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES IS PUTTING ON A WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR STAFF AND THEY NEED, UH, UH, 6,500 FOR THAT.

AND UH, $5,310, UH, FOR COUNTY AUDITOR COLLECTION FEES.

WE'VE NOW GONE THROUGH OUR TWO PROPERTY TAX SETTLEMENTS, UH, FOR THE YEAR, UH, WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND MIAMI COUNTY.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT'S A HARD, HARD FIGURE THERE.

UH, THAT WAS, UH, WE BUDGET, WE ALWAYS BUDGET FOR COUNTY COLLECTION FEES, BUT THIS WAS MORE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED.

SO 5,000, 310 FOR THAT.

AND UH, THEN TONIGHT, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR LATER IN THE MEETING FOR, UM, UH, TO REBUILD THE MOTOR ON THE LADDER TRUCK.

AND THAT WILL REQUIRE, UM, THE FIRE CHIEF ESTIMATED ABOUT $39,000.

SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, ADD THAT, UH, TO THE, UH, SUPPLEMENT TONIGHT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN FINAL FORM IN YOUR PACKET FOR MONDAY NIGHT.

THANKS JIM.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JIM? YES, THEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JIM.

UM, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH,

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THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD, THE ONE THING THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME WAS THE, THE 7,000 FOR THE AV EQUIPMENT.

CAN I JUST ANY IDEAS TO, WHAT IS THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR? I MEAN, I KNOW WE, A LOT OF GOOD STUFF IT'S LARGELY FOR REPAIRS AND SERVICE CALLS INCURRED TO DATE.

SO I'VE BEEN, WE HADN'T BUDGETED FOR THAT.

SO I'VE BEEN TAKING MONEY OUT OF OTHER LINE ITEMS IN THE COUNCIL BUDGET TO COVER THE COST OF THE DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD AND HAD PEOPLE OUT.

WE HAD PEOPLE AS RECENTLY AS, UH, THURSDAY AND UH, YESTERDAY, UM, OUT HERE AND THE, THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS IT'S REALLY A TRIAL AND ERROR SITUATION THAT THEY'VE TRIED SOME DIFFERENT WORKAROUNDS AND DIFFERENT FIXES AND, UH, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT.

SO OUT OF THE 7,005,000 OF THAT IS TO RE REIMBURSE OUR BUDGET FOR EXPENSES ALREADY INCURRED INTO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE SHOULD THE NEED ARISE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

ALL THANK YOU.

MM-HMM , WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY RELOCATING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT WHERE IT CAN BE TRUSTWORTHY AS IT WAS BEFORE.

UM, BUT NOT INURED, A HUGE AMOUNT OF EXPENSES IN THE PROCESS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS MOVING THESE SUPPLEMENTAL ON TO MONDAY? YES, JIM AND I WOULD ADD THAT, UH, I'D LIKE THIS, UM, UH, WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND PASS IT ON MONDAY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE FIRE CHIEF'S GONNA NEED THESE, UH, DOLLARS TO REPAIR THAT, UH, MOTOR, UH, RIGHT AWAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? AND THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO MONDAY, CORRECT.

IS ITEM THREE E WHICH IS THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES.

NEXT UP

[ Issuance of Notes - Renewal * Renewal - Property Acquisition - City Administrative Offices - $1,740,000]

THESE ARE RENEWALS.

UH, I HAVE THIS ITEM ALSO.

UM, THERE ARE, UH, ACTUALLY UNDER THIS CATEGORY THREE NOTE RENEWALS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, BACK IN, UH, 2020, WE PURCHASED, UM, UH, PROPERTY DOWN THERE, UM, CASUALLY CALLED IT THE MARION MEADOWS PROPERTY AND THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO THAT PROPERTY.

AND SO WE HAVE, UH, NOTES.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, THE SECTION OF THE PROPERTY FOR CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND THAT AMOUNT, UH, OF THAT OUT IS 1,000,700 AND $40,000.

AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A RENEWAL, UM, THAT WAS UH, DONE IN 21.

AND AGAIN, UH, NOW THIS YEAR, UH, I BELIEVE THE DATE IS ABOUT NOVEMBER 15TH IS THE RENEWAL NOTE DATE, UH, THE ESTIMATED, UM, TAX, UH, ESTIMATED, UH, INCOME TAX, SORRY, ESTIMATED, UH, UH, TAX EXEMPT RATE FOR THESE NOTES IS, UH, 3%.

UM, AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE, UM, UH, WE'LL CALL THE SECTION FOR, UM, GOVERNMENT, UM, FACILITIES, UH, WHERE THE LIBRARY WAS, UM, PLACED.

AND, UH, SO I, WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK THE MONEY THAT THE LIBRARY PAID US FOR THAT PROPERTY TO PAY DOWN ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THESE NOTES.

SO THE NOTE RENEWAL IS, UH, IS NOW JUST A 945,000.

SO THAT IS, UH, LOWER.

THIS IS ALSO, UM, A TAX EXEMP RATE, UH, BASED ON THE PURPOSE BEING A GOVERNMENT FACILITY.

AND SO THAT RATE ONCE AGAIN IS ALSO 3%.

AND THEN THE, UM, THIRD PART OF THAT PROPERTY IS FOR, UM, UH, POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE RENEWAL FOR THAT IS 4 MILLION, 262,000.

AND SO SINCE THAT IS, UM, NOT A GOVERNMENT RATE, THE, UH, TAXABLE RATE, UH, WOULD BE 3.7, 5% IS THE ESTIMATE.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T HAVE AN EXACT RATE ON THAT UNTIL THE BOND UNTIL THE NOTES ARE SOLD.

UM, ONCE THIS BECOMES EFFECTIVE, ANY QUESTIONS FOR JIM ON THE RENEWAL OF THOSE NOTES DONE AND THE THIRD HAS HE EMERGED? UH, NO, ACTUALLY I'M NOT.

UM, SINCE THESE ARE, UH, NOVEMBER 15TH, WELL, I GUESS IT DOES SAY DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

UM, UH, THESE ARE, UM, UM, WRITTEN UP THE, THE NOTE THE, UH, LEGISLATION IS WRITTEN UP BY OUR LAW, UH, NOT OUR LAW DIRECTOR, BUT OUR, UM, UH, BOND COUNCIL, UM, CHRIS SK WITH SQUARE PATENT BOGS.

AND SO, UM, MY, I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD AN EMERGENCY, UH, ON THERE, BUT, UH, HE'S PUT IT ON THERE.

UM, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT, UH, GO INTO EFFECT BY, UH, THE END OF OCTOBER BECAUSE, UH, WE WOULD NEED TO, UH, HAVE THE NOTES SOLD, UM, IN OCTOBER FOR THE, UH, RENEWAL BEFORE THE RENEWAL IS IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 15TH, I BELIEVE IS THE DATE ON THAT RENEWAL.

SO AWESOME.

MM-HMM I THINK THE THINKING WAS THAT IF IT WENT TO TWO READINGS ON EACH ITEM, UH, THAT WOULD TAKE YOU UP TO LIKE THE END OF OCTOBER AND THEN BY DECLARING EMERGENCY, THERE WOULD NOT BE AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAY WAY, UM, AF FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE, THAT'S A GOOD POINT THAT LEGISLATION AFTER TWO READINGS, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PASS IT ON MONDAY NIGHT.

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SO IS THAT AN EMERGENCY NON-EMERGENCY BLADE THE SECOND OR THE OTHER WAY IT COULD BE DONE WOULD BE TO, UM, CHANGE IT FROM, UM, EMERGENCY TO NON-EMERGENCY AND AGAIN, THIS WAS WHAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE BOND COUNCIL MM-HMM , BUT, UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING ON MONDAY NIGHT AND, UH, ADOPT IT, AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE 30 DAYS TO GO INTO EFFECT, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME THING, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PASSE AS EMERGENCY THAT WAY.

GLEN, I, I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST MAKE A NON-EMERGENCY WAVE THE SECOND AND PASS IT ON MONDAY, BE DONE WITH IT.

THAT MAKES, I MEAN, THAT MAKES SENSE UNLESS THERE'S ANY PUSHBACK ON IT AND I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE, UM, UM, BOND ATTORNEY, IF THAT IS.

UM, CUZ THAT MEANS THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SELL THE NOTES TILL THE VERY END OF, UM, OCTOBER.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO GET ALL OF THAT IN ORDER, BUT I CAN CHECK WITH HIM, UH, TOMORROW.

SO THEN I THINK SO.

SO JUST NEED TO LET KATIE KNOW INFORMATION YOU FIND THERE, THEN GET THAT BACK TO TONY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE KNOW WHAT THAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE COME MONDAY.

YEP.

I, I MIGHT TRY AND CONTACT HIM AFTER THE MEETING TONIGHT.

UM, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT'S PASSED, IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY NIGHT WITH UPDATE INFORMATION FROM JIM? OKAY.

AND THERE'S THREE SEPARATE ORDINANCES.

ITEM THREE F IS THE TAX RATE CERTIFICATION FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, JIM? UH, YES.

[ Tax Rate Certification - Montgomery County]

ALL

[ Tax Rate Certification - Miami County]

I HAVE, UH, UH, TWO TAX RATE CERTIFICATIONS, THIS ONE, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UM, EACH YEAR AS I INTRODUCE THE INITIAL TAX BUDGET BACK IN, UH, JUNE, I BELIEVE IT IS.

UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEM, UH, COMPONENTS THAT THEY PROVIDE.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO INITIATE FOR THEM TO INITIATE THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT GO ON EVERYONE'S, UM, UH, TAX, UH, BILLS EACH YEAR, UH, THEY TELL ME WHAT THEY EXPECT TO COLLECT FROM THOSE.

AND THEN THERE'S A, AN ORDINANCE, UH, I'M SORRY, THE RESOLUTION THAT IS, UM, REQUIRED FOR US TO PASS IN ORDER FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE AUDITOR AND ALSO THE MIAMI COUNTY AUDITOR.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S TWO PIECES HERE THEY'RE, UH, ALMOST IDENTICAL, BUT EACH AUDITOR, UM, IDENTIFIES WHAT THEY ESTIMATE OUR TAX LEVIES TO BRING IN AND THEY GIVE THOSE TO US.

AND, UH, COUNCIL JUST HAS TO PROVE THAT IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, LEVY THOSE TO THE RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU, JIM.

ANY QUESTIONS, RICHARD? THANK YOU MAYOR.

AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, IT WAS REQUESTED BY THIS BODY THAT, UH, THE, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUDITOR WOULD COME IN FRONT OF US TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.

UM, DO WE KNOW IF THAT, UH, COMMUNICATION'S BEEN SET OR A TIME AND DATE? NO, I, I DO HAVE IT ON MY LIST.

UM, BUT I HAVE NOT MADE THAT CONTACT YET.

I WAS FOCUSING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FIRST AND SURE.

YEAH, I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL ITEM TO ADD TO THAT, UH, TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WITH HIM.

WELL, THIS IS DONE.

THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN DONE.

THIS IS A STANDARD PROTOCOL.

CORRECT.

BUT AM I, AND, AND JIM, I CORRECT THAT, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY REQUIRES US TO DO THIS.

MIAMI COUNTY DOES NOT.

THOSE ARE ON THE ASSESSMENTS.

RIGHT ON THE ASSESSMENTS.

THIS IS, UM, UH, THE TAX BUDGET IS ONLY REQUIRED BY MIAMI COUNTY, NOT MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

BUT THEY DO BOTH REQUIRE US TO PASS ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RATES.

APPRECIATE THE, UH, UM, THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

BUT, UM, WHILE IT WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COMMUNICATION MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE, THAT WAS THE TAX RATE CERTIFICATION FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

AND THEN, BUT JIMMY ADDRESSED ON BOTH, UH, TAX RATE CERTIFICATION FROM MIAMI COUNTY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FOR ITEM G OR? UM, ACTUALLY I DO.

UM, SOME GOOD NEWS.

UM, I'VE BEEN, UM, CONSTANTLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS CONTACTING THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE FROM BOTH COUNTIES.

AND I SAID, I KNOW OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN.

AND WHEN YOUR POPULATION GROWS, YOU SHOULD BE GETTING A LARGER SHARE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND, WHICH IS THE MONIES THAT COME FROM THE STATE BUDGET.

THEY COME DOWN TO THE COUNTIES AND THE COUNTIES DISTRIBUTE TO ALL THE ENTITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY, THE TOWNSHIPS VILLAGES, CITIES, LIBRARIES, AND SO FORTH.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, UM, THEIR FORMULA, THE, UH, OUR, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WENT UP ABOUT 5,000 A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 5,000 POPULATION IN THE 2020 CENSUS.

IT'S TAKEN THEM UNTIL WHAT'LL BE NEXT YEAR FOR THAT NUMBER TO INCREASE.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTIES, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE OF $160,000 IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND THAT WE GET.

AND THAT'S QUITE SIGNIFICANT WHEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS USUALLY AROUND 600,000.

SO THAT'S A, A VERY, VERY NICE INCREASE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO START RECEIVING NEXT YEAR WHEN WE GET THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

THANKS JIM.

SO FOR, FOR ITEM G, THEN THAT'S THE, THE UPDATE THERE, EVERYTHING YOU HAD EXPLAINED FOR ITEM F ON THE TAX CERTIFICATION IS CLEAR OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME.

ANY OF THE DIFFERENCES OR BETWEEN ITEMS F AND G.

NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE H WHICH IS THE AUDIT CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR BURG AND ASSOCIATES.

[ Audit Contract - Renewal - Plattenburg & Associates]

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I FIGURED SINCE I'M GONNA BE HERE, I MIGHT AS WELL BRING YOU SURE.

KINDS OF LEGISLATION KNOCKING OUT.

NO.

UM, UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE, UM, UH, AUDITOR STATE, AND OF COURSE, SOME OF YOU WERE ABLE TO MEET HIM IN PERSON WHEN HE WAS HERE, UH, FOR THE AWARD THE, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

AND, UM, WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH, UH, BERG WHO HAS BEEN OUR AUDITORS.

AND, UM, THE AUDIT STATE ALLOWS YOU TO BE WITH THE SAME AUDIT FIRM FOR AS MANY AS 10 YEARS, BUT THEY DO 'EM IN FIVE YEAR PIECES.

AND THEN ONCE THAT 10 YEARS IS UP, THEN THEY WANT TO TAKE OVER THE AUDIT AND AT LEAST DO ONE YEAR OF THEIR OWN STAFF COMING IN.

SO, UM, WE'VE HAD A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH, UM, BERG THAT THEY JUST FINISHED, UH, THEIR AUDIT WORK, UM, AS OF JUNE 30TH.

AND SO IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT THE YEARS OF 2022 TO 2026.

AND, UH, THE STATE'S OFFICE HAS AGREED THAT IF WE ARE IN AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH BURG AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

AND SO THEY HAVE, UM, SENT, UM, THEIR COST PROPOSAL TO THE OTTER STATE AND TO MYSELF.

AND, UM, WE'RE BOTH IN AGREEMENT ON IT.

SO IF COUNCIL FORMALLY APPROVES THIS, THEN THAT WILL BE OUR AUDIT FIRM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THANKS JIM.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JIM REGARDING BERG? ANYTHING, UM, DO YOU HAVE, IS THERE MUCH OF AN INCREASE IN COST? ACTUALLY, THERE'S NOT MUCH OF AN INCREASE.

I WAS, UH, PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THAT.

UM, I HAVE THE, UH, I THINK THE, THE FULL CONTRACT WAS IN YOUR, UM, YOUR PACKAGE.

UM, I THINK THIS YEAR'S COST WAS, UM, 34,000 AND SO NEXT YEAR IS 35,088.

UH, THE YEAR OF 2023 IS, UH, 36,464.

UH, THE YEAR AFTER THAT 37,840, THE YEAR AFTER THAT 39,000 TO 16 AND THE FINAL YEAR WOULD BE 40,000 5 92.

SO JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE EACH YEAR.

AND IS THAT PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH, HAS BEEN THESE LAST FIVE YEARS? YES.

UH, IT, IT FLUCTUATES VERY, UH, VERY SMALL AND THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR MAIN AUDIT CONTRACT.

AND, AND IN THE LEGISLATION, I SAY THAT, UM, FOR COUNCIL TO ALLOW ME TO CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR OTHER SERVICES, THE OTHER SERVICES THEY, THEY PROVIDE AS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, VEOLIA AND WE HAVE THE Y M C A AND WE HAVE MIMI WHO DOES OTHER WORK, UH, FOR US.

AND SO THEY AUDIT THE, UM, THE WORK THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR THOSE FIRMS ARE DOING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

SO WE HAVE, THEY'RE NOT PART OF OUR CITY AUDIT, SO WE HAVE SPECIAL OTHER AUDITS THAT WE DO FOR THOSE LARGE ENTITIES THAT TAKE CARE OF, UH, SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

MM-HMM ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING TO MONDAY? THANK YOU.

WHICH WILL THEN TAKE US TO ITEM THREE, J WHICH IS THE CITY CODE, SUPPLE 11 AND ADOPTING NEW ORDINANCE.

AND ITEM THREE, H WAS I'M SORRY.

THREE.

I WAS THE TEXT AMENDMENT USES FOR THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.

AND, UM, AS WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED, UM, AARON, UH, WASN'T, UH, PREPARED THIS EVENING, HE'S STILL WORKING ON WHAT SOME OF HIS AMENDMENTS WOULD BE.

SO, UH, THIS EVENING WE WON'T BE DISCUSSING, UH, THOSE TEXT AMENDMENTS FOR THAT AG DISTRICT,

[ City Code - Supplement 11 - Adopting Ordinance]

AND THAT WOULD BE TONY.

AND ITEM K, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE THE PROPERTY FOR THE WELL FIELD.

UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A STANDARD ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, WHEN WE ADOPT I, UH, ORDINANCES OF THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL INTO THE CITY CODE.

UH, THIS IS SUPPLEMENT 11, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022.

UH, I HAVE MADE APPROPRIATE LEGAL NOTICE AND A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IS REQUIRED IN THE CHARTER AS TO THIS, UH, ADOPTING ORDINANCE FOR SUPPLEMENT 11.

IT CAN GO TO TWO READINGS AND, UM, I WOULD REQUEST ADOPTION AT THE SECOND READING.

THANKS.

SO ANY QUESTIONS, ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING FOR THE FIRST READING? OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE THAT TO MONDAY

[ Ordinance To Appropriate Property - Well Field]

UH, WE WILL, UH, SINCE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL HAVE, UH, OR WE WOULD NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THAT.

AND THEN ITEM L, WHICH WAS THE ITEM THAT WAS AMENDED FOR THIS EVENING, WHICH IS THE LEGISLATION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU REGARDING THE REPAIRS TO THE FIRE TRUCK.

AND THE REASON THAT OUR FIRE CHIEF IS HERE THIS EVENING.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THAT ITEM, UH, WHICH IS THE, UH, INCREASE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR THE OHIO CAT, WHICH IS THE FIRE TRUCK.

SO CHIEF GOOD EVENING.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THIS.

I WAS VERY HESITANT IN CALLING TONY WHEN WE GOT THE QUOTE IN ON FRIDAY, UH, OUR LADDER TRUCK, WHICH IS SLATED

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FOR REPAIR, UH, REPLACEMENT, UM, UH, HAS BLOWN A, UH, ESSENTIALLY BLOWN A MOTOR.

UH, WE ENDED UP HAVING OUR, UH, MARK, OUR CITY MECHANIC, LOOK AT IT.

UH, WE WERE BLOWING, UH, OIL AND, UH, COOLANT OUT OF IT.

UH, HE STARTED REPAIRING IT.

UM, THE ENGINE DID SOMETHING CALLED A HYDRO LOCK, SO WE COULD NO LONGER TURN THE ENGINE OVER.

UH, WE HAD A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP THAT WE USED FOR A LOT OF SMALL THINGS, LOOK AT IT, AND, UH, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

HIS GARAGE IS KIND OF SMALL.

UH, WE NEED A SHOP THAT'S FAIRLY DECENT SIZE.

WE'VE USED OHIO CAT, A BUNCH, UH, LONG STORY SHORT.

WE TOOK IT UP THERE, FOUND OUT, UH, THERE'S A OBJECT CALLED AN OIL OIL COOLER.

AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE OIL COOLER ALLOWED, UH, ANTIFREEZE TO GET IN THE MOTOR AND THE MOTOR NEEDS TO BE EITHER REBUILT OR REPLACED.

UM, I BELIEVE THE TRUCK, UH, STILL HAS VALUE.

UH, IF WE PUT THIS MONEY INTO IT, I THINK WE COULD, UM, ONE, OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP IT, UH, WITH THE, ALL THE SHORTAGES THAT WE'RE HAVING, UH, GETTING PARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN WE GET A NEW TRUCK IN, WE KNOW THAT THESE LARGE VEHICLES DO BREAK AND HAVING, HAVING THIS, UH, WE'VE MADE THIS LARGE CAPITAL OUTLAY PUTTING $39,000 INTO THIS MOTOR WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS AS A BACKUP PIECE OR A RESERVE OR AUXILIARY PIECE, UH, TO USE WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS OR IF WE HAD A, A LARGE INCIDENT IN CITY OFF DUTY PERSONNEL COULD STAFF.

UH, SO, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, WHATEVER THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IS.

AND, UH, I'M ASKING TO INCREASE THE, DO NOT, UH, EXCEED LIMIT TO $44,000.

UH, IT'S CURRENTLY 24,999, UM, PER THE CITY CHARTER AND OUR REGULATIONS.

UH, I WANT TO GO TO THE 44,000, JUST IN CASE WE HIT SOME SORT OF COST THAT, UH, WOULD BE UNEXPECTED.

UM, THE WARRANTY AND THE DOCUMENTATION.

I DID QUESTION THAT, AND I WAS GETTING FOLLOW UP HERE DURING THE MEETING.

UH, THE, THE, THE SOLID ENGINE PARTS ARE ONE YEAR WARRANTY.

UH, THE HOSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE THE 90 DAY THAT YOU MAY SEE IF YOU WENT THROUGH THE QUOTE AND, AND LOOK AT THAT WARRANTY.

SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, I, I REALLY APOLOGIZE FOR US COMING IN HERE AT LAST MINUTE, BUT THE MOTOR'S ALREADY BEEN TAKEN APART BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT.

IT'S SITTING IN SOMEONE'S SHOP TAKING UP SPACE, AND, UH, THIS TWO WEEKS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE LADDER BACK BY THE TIME WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO THE NEXT MEETING.

SO THANKS CHIEF.

ANY QUESTIONS, RICHARD? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, CHIEF, WHY WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC? I, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THAT OUR LOCAL SHOP, UH, TOOK A LOOK AT THAT THAT'S WHO GAVE YOU THE RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO CAT, TO, TO HAVE THESE REPAIRS DONE WITH THAT BEING SAID WITH A, WITH THE MECHANICAL WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, WHAT IS THE ETA ON THE TILLER TRUCK? I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, OBVIOUSLY GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO KEEP THIS LADDER TRUCK AS WELL.

WE'RE LOOKING JUST OVERALL AS A COST ESTIMATE AND, AND A TIMELINE, UM, TO GET THAT, THAT TILLER TRUCK AND, AND WHAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, PAID INTO THAT COMPARED TO REPAIRS AND WHAT WOULD BE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON THIS, IN THE LONG RUN? SO OUR CURRENT, UH, THE TILLER TRUCK, UH, WHEN WE ORDERED IT, WE, UH, IT'S AT AN AGREEMENT OF 20 TO 23 MONTHS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY UNLESS THINGS WOULD MAGICALLY WORK OUT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY THE END OF THE SUMMER NEXT YEAR TO GET THAT, UM, BEFORE WE HAD SOME, UH, SOME REPAIR ISSUES.

AND SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT I DID, UH, WAS IT WOULD COST ANYWHERE UP TO, I WANNA SAY IT WAS LIKE THE FRIENDS AND AS THEY JOKINGLY CALLED THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY DISCOUNT, BECAUSE WE JUST BOUGHT A LADDER FROM THEM WOULD BE ABOUT 18 TO $1,900 A MONTH TO RENT, UH, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

SO, UM, WE, LIKE I SAID, WE THINK THE LIFE OF THIS TRUCK AS A RESERVE WOULD, WE WILL GET SEVERAL YEARS OUT OF IT.

AND IN YOUR, SO I, I, I ASKED THE SECOND QUESTION, WE PUT THIS ENGINE IN THERE, IS THAT IN YOUR OPINION, IS THE CHASSIS GOING TO MAKE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, CUZ I, I KNOW THAT'S A BIG THING WITH, WITH OUR MEDICS AS WELL THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WORK DONE TOO.

MM-HMM , UH, YOU KNOW, IS CHASSIS GOING TO, TO MAKE IT, OR WERE YOU EXPANDING, SEEING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE PUMP UNITS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE DOWN THE ROAD AS A CAPITAL EXPENSE, NOTHING WE FORESEE I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING ODD COULD HAPPEN UH, BUT WE DID JUST PUT, UH, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO CLEANING UP SOME RUST, UH, REINFORCING WHAT'S CALLED THE TORQUE BOX ON THIS MODEL LADDER TRUCK.

THERE IS BASICALLY STEEL, A STEEL BOX AND PART OF THAT BOX WAS RUSTED OUT, WHICH WOULD AFFECT OUR ABILITY FOR IT TO REMAIN STRONG WHEN IT'S EXTENDED OUT OVER THE SIDE.

UH, WE, WE HAD THAT REPLACED ALREADY, SO WE WE'VE ALREADY PUT MONEY INTO THAT, INTO THIS TRUCK.

UM, AND, AND THAT ONE, THERE WAS, UM, UH, I THINK, I BELIEVE SOMEWHAT OF A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.

UH, THEY KNEW THEY HAD A PROBLEM AND THEY WROTE INTO THEIR WARRANTY IN 2006 OR SEVEN THAT, UH, THEY WOULDN'T COVER ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY RUSS.

SO YES, I THINK THAT WE PUT THIS MONEY INTO IT.

THERE'S ALWAYS AN UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT I,

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I, I BELIEVE THAT THE TRUCK WILL BE WORTH, UH, WORTH THE INVESTMENT.

MY LAST QUESTION, UM, IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT DO YOU, DO YOU SEE, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR, ANY ADDITIONAL WORK, UH, BETWEEN, UM, YOURSELF AND CAT BETWEEN US AND CAT AFTER THIS? NO, I, BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO PUT THAT $44,000, UH, BECAUSE WE'LL BE EATING UP 39,000.

I'M HOPING THAT NORMAL RUN OF THE MILL STUFF.

UH, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THAT? WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO TO CAT IF IT'S A TRANSMISSION ISSUE OR SOMETHING ELSE THERE'S OTHER SHOPS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

WELL, AND THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD WANNA SEE IS, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL STUCK AT 44 9, UM, OR JUST MADE IT, YOU KNOW, AN EVEN 55 TO GIVE YOU THAT, LEADWAY JUST IN CASE, AGAIN, AS YOU STATED EARLIER IN YOUR COMMENT, SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, UH, THAT GIVES YOUR, YOUR DEPARTMENT, THE LEEWAY, UH, TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS.

UM, AND THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.

COULD YOU WOULD HAVE THAT AUTHORIZATION WITH THAT? NOT TO EXCEED.

WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND IT WOULD ONLY BE USED IF SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT IS THE ONLY CATERPILLAR MOTOR WE HAVE.

UH, LUCKILY ALL OF OUR OTHER VEHICLES ARE GOING TO A, A SPECIFIC BRAND AND STARTING TO STANDARD, YOU KNOW, STANDARDIZE THINGS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THAT WOULD BE, MY RECOMMENDATION IS CHANGING NOT TO EXCEED, UH, 55,000, UH, TO ALLOW THE CHIEF IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL REPAIRS, AS WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THINGS DO OCCUR AND WE ARE GETTING TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CHIEF HAS THAT FLEXIBILITY.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO RICHARD'S UH, RECOMMENDATION INCREASE TO 55 K FOR THE NOT TO EXCEED.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS ONTO MONDAY, WHETHER NOT TO EXCEED TO 55,000 RATHER THAN 44,000? YES, DON, I HAVE A QUESTION.

IF I REMEMBER RIGHT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PURCHASE OF THE TILLER, UM, IT WAS ALWAYS YOUR INTENTION TO KEEP THIS AS A BACKUP ANYWAY, RIGHT? YES, I THOUGHT SO.

AND UM, UM, HOW OLD OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? IT IS, UH, UH, IT'S, UH, 15 YEARS OLD.

IT'S ACTUALLY 16.

WE BOUGHT IT AS A DEMONSTRATOR BACK IN 2000, UH, FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 1ST, 2007, IT'S GOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES ON IT.

IT'S GOT 9,561 HOURS.

IF YOU CHANGE THAT, CONVERTED THAT TO 60 MILES AN HOUR.

IT'S ABOUT 573,000 MILES ON THAT TRUCK.

WOW.

AND WE OPERATE IN THE WORST AND WORST CONDITIONS.

WE GO FROM, YOU KNOW, A COOL BAY TO FIRE IT UP TO 45, 50 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THE ROAD, COME BACK, SHUT IT OFF.

SO WE DEFINITELY PUT A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR ON THEM.

UM, AND THEN JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHAT'S THE, WHAT DO YOU BACK, WHAT'S YOUR BACKUP PLAN WHILE THIS THING IS DOWN? WHAT DO YOU DO? WE ARE RUNNING A FIRE ENGINE.

THAT WAS ONE YEAR OLD.

WHEN I STARTED HERE A 1997, UH, GREEN KME FIRE ENGINE.

UH, AND IT'S GOT A DETROIT DIESEL IN IT.

AS LONG AS YOU PUT WATER IN IT, WHERE EAR PLUGS OR EARPHONES, UH, IT SEEMS TO BE OKAY, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS OF THE URGENCY RIGHT NOW IS, IS THAT, THAT THING'S A GREAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO FILL IN EVERY NOW AND THEN, UH, WHEN WE HAD THE OTHER REPAIR, WE RAN THAT TRUCK FOR THREE MONTHS, THE LAST TWO DAYS OF US USING IT.

UH, WE HAD TWO LEAF SPRINGS BREAK ON IT.

SHE FINALLY GAVE OUT, UH, WE BORROWED A, A PIECE OF APPARATUS FROM VANDALIA OR BUTLER TOWNSHIP.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.

AND WE USED THAT.

SO WE'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT DOING THE SHARING, BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE OUR BACKUP PIECE BE SOMEONE ELSE'S PIECE FOR LONG TERM.

I BET THE YOUNGSTERS ENJOY THAT, HUH? YEAH.

WELL, YEAH.

THEY'RE, LIKE I SAID, WE USED TO GET A 1987 RESERVE PIECE FROM THE CITY OF DAYTON AND A LOT'S CHANGED IN FIRE TRUCKS IN THOSE, IN THOSE 20 YEARS.

AND YOU KIND OF, I DON'T WANNA SAY WE'RE SPOILED.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS AN OLD BEAT UP PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THE, THE 1987, BUT YEAH.

SO THIS WILL BE EMERGENCY LEGISLATION ON MONDAY.

IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND? NO, IT'S IT'S, UH, RESOLUTION, SO IT'S EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

OKAY, GREAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? MAKE SURE NO, NO OBJECTIONS TO MONDAY WITH THE INCREASED AMOUNT.

SO BEFORE WE ADJOURN, UH, THERE IS A NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING, TONY, IF YOU WOULD.

UH, THE MOTION WOULD BE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR TWO REASONS.

UH, THE FIRST TO CONSIDER THE SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF UNNEEDED PROPERTY BY COMPETITIVE BID.

AND SECONDLY, FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY CONCERNING DISPUTES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF IMMINENT COURT ACTION.

IS THERE A MOTION DON? SO MOVE.

EXECUTIVE SESSION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

SECOND, YOU HAVE A MOTION ON A SECOND.

A DISCUSSION BEFORE WE HAVE A VOTE.

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ONCE WE LEAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL COME BACK OUT AND INFORM ANYONE WATCHING OR THE PUBLIC.

UH, IF ANY ACTION WAS TAKEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.