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[1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore]
AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.UH, TODAY'S DAY IS A REGULAR SESSION AND IT IS MAY 22ND, 2023.
AND WE'RE GETTING SORRY RIGHT AT SIX O'CLOCK.
THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER AND OUR
[2. Invocation - Pastor Randy Griffith Of The Free Methodist Church At 6875 Old Troy Pike, Huber Heights, Ohio]
INVOCATION THIS EVENING IS BY PASTOR RANDY GRIFFITH OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH.IT'S 68 75 TROY PIKE HERE IN HE RIGHTS, PASTOR GRIFFITH.
PSALM 33, 11 AND 12 SAYS, THE PLANS OF THE LORD STAND FIRM FOREVER.
THE PURPOSES OF HIS HEART THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS.
BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, THE PEOPLE HE CHOSE FOR HIS INHERITANCE.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER WAS A LUTHERAN PASTOR AND THEOLOGIAN IN GERMANY PRIOR TO AND DURING WORLD WAR II.
HE WAS IMPRISONED FOR BEING INVOLVED IN A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE ADOLPH HITLER AND WAS HUNG JUST DAYS BEFORE THE END OF THE WAR.
IN HIS VISIT TO AMERICA PRIOR TO THE WAR, HE MADE SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS.
THIS PARTICULAR NOTATION FROM THE BOOK, NO, RUSTY SWORDS SPEAKS TO OUR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND IS INSIGHTFUL.
HE WROTE THE RELIGION LESSNESS OF THE STATE THAT IS OF AMERICA, WAS NOT A TRIUMPH OF SECULAR AUTHORITY OVER CHRISTIANITY, BUT QUITE THE REVERSE.
IT WAS THE VICTORY OF THE CHURCH OVER ANY UNBOUND CLAIM BY THE STATE.
HERE LIES THE KEY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AMERICAN SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS FOUNDED NOT ON HUMANITY OR ON THE DIGNITY OF MAN, BUT ON THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE LIMITATION OF ALL EARTHLY POWER.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT AND THAT NOTABLE AMERICAN HISTORIANS CAN SAY THAT THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION WAS WRITTEN BY MEN WHO KNEW ABOUT ORIGINAL SIN.
THE HUMAN AUTHORITIES AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES ARE SHOWN THEIR LIMITS BECAUSE OF THE WICKEDNESS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND THE SOUL SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY AS IT IS TODAY, PROBLEMS ARISE WHEN HUMANITY ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND GIVE UNLIMITED POWER TO HUMANITY RATHER THAN RECOGNIZE THE UNRELIABILITY OF HUMAN NATURE AND LIMIT IT BY RESTING ON THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND HIS WILL EXPRESSED THROUGH HIS WORD AS THE FOUNDATION OF A NATION, THERE IS THE HUMAN ATTEMPT TO IGNORE GOD'S SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY AND WILL AND EMBRACE AND PROMOTE THEIR OWN.
AND THAT WOULD BE ON AMERICAN GEORGE WASHINGTON WROTE, WHILE WE ARE ZEALOUSLY PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS, WE CERTAINLY OUGHT NOT BE INATTENTIVE TO THE HIGHER DUTIES OF RELIGION, TO THE DISTINGUISHED CHARACTER OF PATRIOT.
IT SHOULD BE OUR HIGHEST GLORY.
TO ADD THE MORE DISTINGUISHED CHARACTER OF CHRISTIAN JUD ADAMS WROTE, SUPPOSE A NATION IN SOME DISTANT REGIONS SHOULD TAKE THE BIBLE FOR THEIR ONLY LAW BOOK.
AND EVERY MEMBER SHOULD REGULATE HIS CONDUCT BY THE PRECEPTS THERE EXHIBITED.
EVERY MEMBER WOULD BE OBLIGED TO AND WOULD BE OBLIGED IN CONSCIENCE TO TEMPERANCE, FRUGALITY, AND INDUSTRY TO JUSTICE, KINDNESS AND CHARITY TOWARDS HIS FELLOW MEN AND TO PIETY LOVE AND REVERENCE TOWARD ALMIGHTY GOD.
WHAT A UTOPIA, WHAT A PARADISE WOULD THIS REGION BE? LET'S PRAY.
FATHER, WE WANT OUR NATION AND COMMUNITY TO BE WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE.
SO WE LOOK TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO DO THAT.
AND LORD, WE ALSO ASK YOU TO GUIDE THIS MEETING TONIGHT SO THAT ALL THAT IS DONE AND SAID WOULD BE FITTING AND PLEASING TO YOU.
[3. Flag Ceremony - Wayne High School Junior ROTC Honor Guard]
MARK, TIME COLORS, ARCH GREEN, EH, CLOSE PLEDGE, ALLEGIANCE[4. Pledge Of Allegiance]
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE[00:05:01]
FOR ALL HERE COLORS.SO WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE?
[5. Roll Call]
MR. SHAW? MS. BAKER? HERE.UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF MR. SHAW AND MR. CAMPBELL? ANY DONE? I WILL SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND.
[6. Approval Of Minutes]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES.ITEM SIX A IS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 8TH, 2023.
THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, CASING? NONE OF THOSE MINUTES ARE STAND WILL STAND AS APPROVED.
UH, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY, THEY ON THIS EVENING, MAYOR.
NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER EIGHT, CITIZENS COMMENTS.
[8. Citizens Comments]
OKAY.FIRST UP WE HAVE HAL LOKI, CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? GOOD EVENING.
I MAKE IT SHORT, BUT I, LOOKING AT MY WATER BILL THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, I CANNOT BELIEVE WE GOT INFLATION, BUT HUBER HEIGHTS GOT SUPER INFLATION.
I'M LOOKING AT MY BILLS HERE AND IN JANUARY THERE WAS A 75% INCREASE IN THE STORM WATER CHARGES.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
I, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS MONEY AVAILABLE, BUT STILL 75%, I GUESS WE'RE JUST KIND OF PIGGY BAGGING ON THE SITUATION.
SO EVERYBODY IS RAISING IT, RAISING IT.
I'LL, I'LL LIKE TO HEAR SOME ANSWERS ON THAT.
THEN IN FEBRUARY, WATER SERVICE SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT.
NOW YOU TAKE THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THESE THREE ITEMS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 20.3% INCREASE.
NOW WHAT, WHAT ANSWERS DO YOU HAVE FOR US? WHY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET TWO INCREASES IN TWO IN FEBRUARY AND IN APRIL.
I UNDERSTAND WE GOT INFLATION AND I KNOW THERE IS IN, UH, IN THE WRITE UP THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A YEARLY INCREASE BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, I BELIEVE.
WHAT'S THE SECOND ONE? AND I WENT TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND THEY GAVE ME SOMETHING ON APRIL'S INCREASE NOTHING ON FEBRUARY.
SO I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT FROM YOU PEOPLE, WHAT, WHAT JUSTIFICATION DO YOU HAVE FOR THESE INCREASES IN FOUR MONTHS? SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME, THERE HAS BEEN SOME WATER BILL INCREASES, THERE HAS BEEN SOME RATE ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, UH, JUST THE, THE ANNUAL, UH, INCREASES THAT WE HAVE OF BRIAN, I THINK BACK IN 2018 WHEN WE DID THE WATER SOFTENING AND THEN THE WATER PRESSURE UPGRADES, THERE WAS SOME AUTOMATIC INCREASES THAT WOULD KICK IN AND TAKE PLACE.
WELL, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS NOW I GOT YOU AND I HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR BILL.
SO WHAT, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS, UH, FOR TO, IF YOU COULD GET YOUR BILL FOR THOSE PAST MONTHS, GET THEM TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN WE CAN REVIEW THEM TOO AND FIND OUT WHAT THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE, WHAT THE INCREASES WERE, SO THEN WE CAN GET WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON WITH YOUR BILL AND THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY CORRECT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
NO, I BUT YOU CAN MAKE COPIES OF MY BILLS.
IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND IF YOU WOULD ACTUALLY, COULD YOU GIVE THEM TO WELL I NEED COPIES OF, I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE ORIGINAL STUFF.
SO I'LL GO COPY OF YOUR HANDS 'EM TO ME NOW.
YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO BRING 'EM UP, WE'LL GET SOME IF YOU TRUST ME.
WELL THIS IS BASED ON, I DIDN'T BRING THE DECEMBER ONE CAUSE THE DECEMBER ONE IS THE ONE ALL THESE YEAH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND GET WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER INCREASES THERE ARE, ARE NUMBER ONE THAT THEY'RE LEGITIMATE NUMBERS.
BUT THE ONE THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME IS THAT STONE WATER 75%.
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A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD THAT HEAVY DOWN PART.I LIVE ON BETH ROAD, I LIVE NEAR THE UH, PAVIA PLACE, BUT MY FRIEND DOWN ON THE BOTTOM END ON THE SOUTH END, THEY HAD WATER IN THEIR, IN THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THE STORM, UH, DRAIN WASN'T CLEANED UP.
ALL THE SEDIMENT ENDED UP THERE AND BOOM, THEY GOT HAD A LAKE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR FR IN THEIR HOUSE.
WELL I APPRECIATE YOU RANGES TO OUR ATTENTION AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LOOK AT THE BILL AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER REVIEW IT WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CORRECT AND WHATEVER CHARGES ON THERE WILL CERTAINLY, IF THEY'RE LEGITIMATE CHARGES, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET WITH YOU AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE AND WHEN AND WHAT THOSE PERCENTAGE INCREASES WERE AND WHAT THEY WERE FOR.
I WOULD THINK THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
THEY GAVE ME THE LATEST ONE, THE 6.1, BUT NOT THE SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT.
WELL, WHAT I WANNA DO IS MAKE SURE WE GET WHAT THOSE PREDETERMINED RATE INCREASES WERE AND WHEN AND THEN SEE HOW THOSE REFLECT IN YOUR ACTUAL BILLS.
WELL, YEAH, BUT THE TWO TWO INCREASES IN IN IN TWO MONTHS.
WRITE YOUR PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN THAT ONE.
UM, BRIAN, UM, I SEEM TO REMEMBER THE VOTE ON COUNCIL, UH, REGARDING THE STORM WATER RATE.
UM, DID COUNCIL AGREE, UH, TO RAISE THAT RATE? I THINK IT WAS FROM 2000, UM, IT WENT UP.
WAS IT $25 TO $50? UM, I'D HAVE TO PULL THE SPECIFIC LEGISLATION, UM, AND THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE AT THE TIME, BUT THERE WAS A STORM WATER, THERE WAS AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE STORM WATER RATE TO REFLECT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OVER TIME.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE WHEN THE STORM WATER FEE WAS PRESENTED FOR COUNCIL, UH, TO CONSIDER AN INCREASE WAS THAT STAFF DEMONSTRATED THAT NO INCREASE OVER SEVERAL YEARS HAD OCCURRED WITH RESPECT TO THAT PARTICULAR FEE, BUT YET THE COST TO, UH, THE COST INCURRED BY THAT FUND HAD GONE UP OVER TIME.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THAT INFORMATION, BUT THAT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF BECAUSE THE FEE HAD REMAINED FLAT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
I REMEMBER AND I, I REMEMBER THAT, I ALSO REMEMBER THAT IN THE BRIEFING FROM STAFF, WE HAD, UM, ENOUGH MONEY IN OUR STORM WATER FUND TO COVER THE EXPENSES FOR THE PREVIOUS, FOR THE NEXT YEAR IN THE BUDGET.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE REASON THAT I VOTED NO ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
BUT AS YOU STATED, COUNSEL DID VOTE TO FOR THAT INCREASE.
SO NOW I DON'T KNOW, I I THINK HE SAID A 75% INCREASE IN STORMWATER BILL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, BUT YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 3 51, 1 AND A HALF DIVIDED BY TWO 75%.
I'LL TRUST HIS MATH CUZ I TEACH HISTORY.
UM, NOW THE ANNUAL WATER RATE INCREASE, UM, WE HAD THE ACTING CITY MANAGER HAS THE OPTION TO, UM, INCREASE THAT BASED ON COUNCIL LEGISLATION.
UH, WHAT WAS THE INCREASE, UH, THAT YOU HAD? WAS IT STARTING JANUARY? I I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION COUNCIL HAD INCREASED.
THERE WERE SEVERAL INCREASES THAT, UH, OCCURRED, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE WATER RATE BECAUSE OF BOTH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AS WELL AS, UH, INDEPENDENT DECISIONS BY COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FUND CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'LL HAVE TO, EXCUSE ME, I WILL HAVE TO PULL ALL OF THAT LEGISLATION TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE TOTAL RATE, UH, AND THE PERCENTAGES, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL, UH, RATE INCREASES THAT DID OCCUR.
AND, AND WITH, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE WATER.
WAS IT THE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING OR IS IT JUST WATER? JUST IN GENERAL? THE WATER RATE WAS INCREASED SEVERAL TIMES, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX PROVISION WITHIN THE RATE LEGISLATION ITSELF.
IS THAT THIS YEAR, UH, THERE WAS AN INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS YEAR? YES.
AND THAT WAS CPI AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'VE, WE VOTED IN.
YES, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.
YES, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE VARIOUS INCREASES THAT OCCURRED.
CUZ UM, I REMEMBER I WAS A YES VOTE ON THE C P I INCREASE AND I THINK WE DID THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, TONY, I THINK 2018, POSSIBLY 2000.
SO IT WAS MORE THAN A FEW YEARS AGO.
IT'S IN THE LAST THREE OR SO YEARS.
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IS 2023, SO I I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE EITHER, BUT IT IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.AND, AND YOU GOT AN INCREDIBLE MEMORY.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS AFTER WE DID THE, THE BOTH BIG WATER PROJECTS, THE, UM, WATER SOFT, THE WATER SOFTENING AND THEN THE WATER PRESSURE INCREASED.
AND I REMEMBER WE HAD THE INCREASES FOR THE WATER SOFTENING, BUT I I I THOUGHT THOSE WERE TWO YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY WATER SOFTENING WENT ONLINE.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO REFRESH MY MEMORY.
UH, BUT I DO REMEMBER BRIAN, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, UH, WE HAD, UH, JIM BELL SET RIGHT THERE AND SAID WE HAD $3 MILLION IN THE WATER FUND.
AND THEN I THINK IN ANOTHER MEETING I ASKED HIM AGAIN, HE SAID HE, UM, THREE, THREE TO $4 MILLION IN THE WATER FUND.
BUT I MENTIONED EVERYONE HERE WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE CAF R REPORT, THE LAST ONE, THE STATE AUDITOR HAD, WE HAD $7 MILLION IN THE WATER FUND, WHICH IS WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I VOTED NO ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE PERTAINING TO THAT.
BUT I WOULD, UM, LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT THE BILL AND RECTIFY THAT JUST TO SEE IF IT'S ACCURATE.
UM, I, I WOULD APPRECIATE AS THE MAYOR REQUEST, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, I THINK YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON THAT'S COME TO COUNCIL TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE WATER BILL SINCE HER RATE INCREASE IN THE COURSE OF STORM WATER AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE TANYA WELLS, IF YOU PLEASE COVER THE PODIUM.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO TAKE THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH YOU AGAIN TODAY OR TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, I AM A RESIDENT OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MIAMI COUNTY.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY A FORMER RESIDENT OF HUBER HEIGHTS, HAVING MOVED TO HUBER HEIGHTS IN 1985 AND ACTUALLY AM A GRADUATE OF WAYNE.
JUST ACTUALLY TWO YEARS AFTER YOUR MAYOR, I MOVED TO BETHEL TOWNSHIP PURCHASING THE HOME WHERE MY HUSBAND GREW UP IN HOPES OF RAISING OUR KIDS IN BETHEL SCHOOLS.
WE'RE BOTH HIS PARENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND HE WENT, HIS FAMILY AND NOW MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN A PART OF BETHEL WELL BEFORE THE CHAOS OF WHAT GREEDY DEVELOPERS LEFT BEHIND.
OBVIOUSLY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ANNEXATION TO PROVIDE JUST A SLIVER OF CONTEXT OF THE CHAOS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE MY SON, SON BEGAN SCHOOL IN 2012.
SO HE IS A SOPHOMORE THIS YEAR, SO THIS IS JUST 10 YEARS.
IN 10 YEARS, 764 STUDENTS WERE ADDED TO THE DISTRICT TO 2018 TO 2019.
THERE WERE 130 NEW 139 NEW STUDENTS AND I BELIEVE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THAT AMOUNT WAS PROBABLY ALMOST DOUBLED FROM 2012 TO 2022, THE AVERAGE STUDENTS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
SO AT 10 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW, BUT FOR THOSE 10 YEARS IT'S 21.44% IN ONLY TWO YEARS FROM TW 2012 AND TWO YEARS AFTER CARRIAGE TRAILS WAS DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS 14.5% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
NOW MANY OF THESE STUDENTS THAT I'M REFERRING TO ACTUALLY LIVE IN CARRIAGE TRAILS, WHICH IS ACCORDING TO MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE LIKE.
MY POINT IN HIGHLIGHTING THIS IS NOT TO DISADVANTAGE THEMSELVES, BUT HAVING YOU QUESTION THE THE BELIEF THAT HIGH PRICE HOMES EQUATES TO GREATER INCOME, WHICH MEANS MORE INCOME TAX MONEY FOR HUBER HEIGHTS, BUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN SEVERAL OF THE HOMEOWNERS ARE SHOWING AS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED? WHEN YOUR TIFF RUNS OUT, WHERE'S YOUR MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? WHEN MY SON BEGAN IN 2012, BETHEL WAS A K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL IN ONE BUILDING AND EVEN THEN THEY HAD TRAILERS OUTSIDE THAT WAS DUE TO PARK TOWN ANNEXATION IN 2003 AND CARRIAGE TRAILS DEVELOPMENT STARTING IN 2010, THERE WERE ALREADY TRAILERS AND THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRAILERS AS IT STANDS, THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS FULL AND THE RECENTLY BUILT ELEMENTARY IS SET TO BE FULL UPON OPENING.
I HAVE TAUGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR OVER 13 YEARS NOW.
I'M NO LONGER A TEACHER, BUT I KNOW WHAT THE DIFFICULTIES OF TEACHING AN OVERFLOW CLASSROOM IS LIKE, AND MY SCHOOL HAD THE RESOURCES THAT BETHEL IS STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP ON IN ELL DISABILITY SERVICES.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT THEY ARE CATCHING UP ON.
IT SADDENS ME THAT BETHEL HAS TO ENDURE THIS AND EVEN MORE, BUT WHAT DISAPPOINTS ME EVEN MORE IS THAT YOUR MAYOR, A TEACHER HIMSELF DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE THAT CONCERN.
WELL, YES, BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS WOULD GET MONEY FOR STUDENTS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS OBVIOUS BY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ALREADY.
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NO AMOUNT OF MONEY IS HELPING THE SITUATION.ANOTHER MASSIVE INFLUX IN STUDENTS IS JUST NOT FEASIBLE.
AND IF HUBER HEIGHTS BELIEVES THAT THEY MAY TAKE THOSE STUDENTS, IT'S A HUGE INFLUX THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS NOT EASY NO MATTER THE MONEY THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET.
IN 1981, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS FENDING OFF ANNEXATION FROM THE CITY OF DAYTON, THE CITIZENS OF WAYNE TOWNSHIP VOTED TO INCORPORATE AND BECOME THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS WHERE I LIVED, WHERE YOU ALL LIVE.
I ONLY WISH THAT BETHEL COULD DO THAT.
INSTEAD, WE FIND OURSELVES FENDING OFF A CITY THAT APPARENTLY HASN'T LEARNED COMPASSION FOR WHAT THEY THEMSELVES WENT THROUGH.
NOW, BEFORE YOU SAY WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS, WE DIDN'T ASK THEM TO COME TO THAT, THEY CAME TO US.
THESE 266 ACRES WERE ZONED FOR GREATER DENSITY, THEY ALREADY HAD FULL WATER.
BETHEL RESIDENTS PAID FOR THAT.
SO WHY ARE THEY GETTING ANNEXED? BECAUSE DEVELOPERS ARE SMART AND THEY KNOW THE CITIES THAT ARE OPENING TO AN IDEA OF EXPANSION, EVEN WHEN THE CITY DOESN'T NEED IT, NOR CAN THEY HANDLE THE EXPANSION.
THEY ALSO KNOW DELL DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE UNJUST LAWS AND WILL DO SO WITHOUT CONCERN FOR ANYONE.
WE'VE BEEN LIVING IT FOR YEARS.
THEY ALSO KNOW WHEN TO CUT THEIR LOSSES.
IF IT DID, A CITY DOESN'T SHOW INTEREST FOR THAT.
THEY KNEW THAT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR WAS THE RIGHT THING TO THEM TO ACTUALLY DO.
COULD THEY HAVE PUSHED FORWARD? YEAH, THEY COULD HAVE WITHOUT A DOUBT.
I KNOW THE LAW, THEY KNOW THE LAW THEY COULD HAVE, BUT THEY SHUT COMPASSION, KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT IN THE BEST ENTRY OF THEIR CITY, LET ALONE BETHEL TOWNSHIP AND THE SCHOOL.
IT SADDENS ME TO SEE PLACES IN HUBER WHERE THE STREETS SEEM TO BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT, WHERE THE AREA IS NOT LOOKED UPON.
THE SAME WHILE HUBER SEEMS TO LOOK AT THE NEW SHINY THINGS.
I DON'T EVEN LIKE GOING INTO HUBER ANYMORE BECAUSE OF ALL THE INTENSE TRAFFIC AND THIS WAS MY HOME.
I KNOW THIS COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT ANNEXATION LAWS LIMIT THE ANNEX LIMIT, THE ANNEX TOWNSHIP IN THE COUNTY.
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN STOP THIS ANNEXATION.
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD PLEASE BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND THINK OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO UPON US.
I TOO AM A BETHEL TOWNSHIP RESIDENT AND I WILL START OFF.
ANNEXATION IS THE ACT OF BRINGING PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS INTO THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, AND IT'S RARELY MORE THAN AN ECONOMIC SUGAR HIGH FOR A CITY, ONE WITH LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE NEARLY ALWAYS NEGATIVE.
IF YOU WANT YOUR CITY TO GROW IN A FINANCIALLY HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE WAY, IT TAKES DISCIPLINE AND A BALANCED DIET.
BUT ONLY IF YOU SEEK THAT SUGAR HIGH WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY, YOU'LL GROW ALL RIGHT, BUT IN A MANNER THAT WILL LEAVE YOU BLOATED AND UNSATISFIED.
ANNEXATION IS ALMOST ALWAYS A POOR INVESTMENT THAT DOESN'T CONSIDER LONG-TERM STABILITY.
SIMPLY PUT ANNEXATION AS A BAILOUT.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATURAL GROWTH AND A SUGAR HIGH? WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE? ANNEXATION IS THE GROWTH PONZI SCHEME IN ITS PUREST SPATIAL FORM.
YOU CAN DO THE MATH TO BREAK DOWN THE EFFECTS IN ALL THEIR COMPLEX GLORY, BUT IN THE END IT'S SIMPLE.
IF YOU HAVE BORN LAND, YOU NEED MORE UTILITIES AND SERVICES TO UPKEEP IT.
IT'S A PRECARIOUS GAMBLE TO ANNEX LONG STRETCHES OF ROAD THAT SERVE AS SMALL PARCELS OF PROPERTY.
WHILE DEVELOPMENT FEES PROVIDE AN UPFRONT INFUSION OF CASH THAT OBSCURES SHORT-TERM COSTS, TAXPAYERS ARE LEFT WITH A STEADILY GROWING MAINTENANCE BILL IN THE LONG TERM, EXCUSE ME, BETHEL TOWNSHIP HAS AT LEAST FIVE NOTED AND STATE RECOGNIZED HISTORICAL FARMS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CENTURY FARMS, AND THEY'RE RECOGNIZED THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
THESE FARMS HAVE BEEN OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILIES FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, WHICH IS A HUGE PART OF OUR TOWNSHIP'S HISTORICAL HERITAGE AND AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE.
WE ALSO HAVE BOWMAN AND LANDIS TURKEY FARM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FREE RANGE TURKEY FARMS AND FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1948, AND MANY OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE FROM HUBER.
OUR SCHOOL BOARD HAS ALSO HAD THE DISCUSSIONS ON REDISTRICTING WITH THE GROWTH OF PARK TOWN WINDBROOK AND CARRIAGE TRAILS.
THE IMPACT ON OUR TOWNSHIP RESIDENCE HAS ALREADY BEEN SEEN BY THE GROWTH OF TRAFFIC TO THE SCHOOL.
THE BURDEN ON OUR ROADS, JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS ON 2 0 1 AND THE ENTRANCE TO CARRIAGE DRILLS PARKWAY ALREADY, IF ANNEXATION MOVES FORWARD, THE DEVELOPER SHOULD HAVE TO PAY IMPACT FEES TO ALLEVIATE TAXES IN THE BURDEN PLACED ON THE TOWNSHIP RESIDENCE.
AND THE SCHOOL, THE CITY OF HUBER HAS A LITTLE OVER
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700 ACRES TO THE EAST OF BELL, FOUNTAIN ROAD AND BETWEEN TAYLORSVILLE AND CHAMBERSBURG OF OPEN LAND TO BUILD ON IF YOU'RE HELL BENT ON DEVELOPMENT.AND HUBER HEIGHTS AGAIN, AS TANYA SAID, EFFECTIVELY BECAME A CITY TO KEEP FROM BEING ANNEXED.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AND REMEMBER THE WORDS OF THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING.
I GO TO BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I'M 13 IN SEVENTH GRADE.
I KNOW THAT THE BETHEL STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS, YOU MIGHT NEED TO PULL THE MICROPHONE DOWN A LITTLE CLOSER TO I KNOW THAT THE BETHEL STUDENTS, STAFF, AND PARENTS WILL BE IMPACTED IF THE 1300 HOUSES ARE BUILT ON THE TWO, 260 ACRES NEAR CARRIAGE TRAILS.
IF THE HOUSES GET BUILT, WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 3000 NEW STUDENTS.
WE BUILT A NEW SCHOOL FOR K THROUGH FIVE STUDENTS AND WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO FIT K THROUGH THREE AFTER THE NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO TEACH 'EM WHAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN CLASS.
IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM TEACHING ME AND THE OTHER STUDENTS.
THE TEACHERS HAVE TO USE THEIR CELL PHONES FOR GOOGLE TRANSLATE BECAUSE THE KIDS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THE TEACHER IS TEACHING.
THIS MAKES IT HARD FOR THE TEACHER TO COMPLETE A LESSON AND STAY ON SCHEDULE.
THE LINE TO PICK UP KIDS GOES, GOES OUT ONTO INTO THE ROAD AND TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR TO PICK THEM UP.
PARENTS HAVE TO SHOW UP AN HOUR OR AN HOUR BEFORE SCHOOL LETS OUT TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 25 PLUS STUDENTS IN EACH CLASS, AND IF WE GET ALL OF THE NEW STUDENTS WE, WE WOULD HAVE 30 PLUS STUDENTS IN EACH CLASS IF OUR LUNCH TABLES CARD LAST TO GO TO THE FOOD LINE, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO EAT OUR LUNCH ASKING HUBER TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
WE ARE ASKING HUBER TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
DAYTON WAS, WAS WAS TAKING OUR LAND AND NOT, AND NOT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
PLEASE DON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO BUILD MORE HOMES IN MY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IF ANY MORE KIDS COME TO MY SCHOOL, I'M AFRAID I WON'T BE.
I WON'T LEARN ENOUGH TO GO TO COLLEGE AND BECOME A VETERINARIAN.
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME THIS EVENING.
IN THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS, INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS WERE BUYING A PARCELED LAND FOR ECONOMIC BENEFITS.
AT THAT TIME, PEOPLE COULD NOT WRAP THEIR MINDS AROUND PRESERVING LAND FOR RECREATIONAL ENJOYMENT.
BUT THANKFULLY, A FEW DEDICATED MEN FOUGHT TO PRESERVE A VAST AMOUNT OF LAND ACROSS WYOMING, MONTANA, AND IDAHO, WITH THE INTENT OF CONSERVING ITS WILDERNESS AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO ENJOY NATURE.
THAT LAND IS NOW REFERRED TO AS YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
AND WHEN YOU ENTER THIS PARK THROUGH ROOSEVELT, ARCH SIGN READS FOR THE BENEFIT ENJOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE.
WHILE WE ARE NOT FIGHTING FOR 2 MILLION ACRES, WE ARE FIGHTING TO PRESERVE OUR LAND AND PREVENT INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS FROM BUYING UP PARCELED LAND FOR ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
ONE OF THE BIG DRAWS TO BETHEL TOWNSHIP IS ITS RURAL ATMOSPHERE, YET EVERYONE SEEMS TO WANT TO DEVELOP IT AND ONCE IT HAPPENS, THERE'S NO TURNING BACK.
THIS I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PLEAD WITH YOU TO DISAPPROVE THE ANNEXATION OF 260 PLUS ACRES ON US.
ROUTE 40, WHICH IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS CARRIAGE TRAILS 2.0.
THERE ARE MANY REASONS RESIDENTS OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP AND CARRIAGE TRAILS OPPOSED TO THIS ANNEXATION, INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE INCREASE IN TAXES AND AN INCREASED TRAFFIC JUST TO NAME A FEW.
WHILE THOSE ARE ALL REAL CONCERNS, I AM PLEADING WITH YOU TO STOP THE LARGE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SAKE OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND STUDENTS.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD YOU PLANNED TO VOTE ON THIS ANNEXATION TONIGHT, I ASKED MY 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IF SHE'D LIKE TO SPEAK AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, I EXPLAINED TO HER WHAT THIS MEETING WAS FOR AND SHE IMMEDIATELY SAID, YES, I WILL SPEAK.
MY SCHOOL CANNOT HANDLE 1300 MORE HOMES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE DAY SHE WROTE DOWN HER, EXCUSE ME, THAT DAY, THE NEXT DAY SHE WROTE DOWN HER THOUGHTS AND DRAFTED THE SPEECH DURING STUDY HALL, SHE HAS NEVER BEEN THAT PROACTIVE WITH ANY OTHER ASSIGNMENTS.
THAT IS HOW CONCERNED SHE IS AS A SEVENTH GRADER, YOU HAVE TO KNOW BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS HAS BEEN GROWING AT A RATE OF NEARLY 10% ANNUALLY WITH CARRIAGE TRAILS DEVELOPMENT IN THE 2018 19 SCHOOL YEAR, TOTAL ENROLLMENT EQUALED 1,543 STUDENTS.
IN 20 21, 22, IT EQUALED 1,754 AND OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS 1,934 K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS.
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I'VE HEARD OUR BRAND NEW ELEMENTARY FACILITY WILL BE TOO SMALL FOR THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR.THIS MEANS A LARGER TEACHER TO THE STUDENT RATIO.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY PUSHBACK ON THE DETRIMENTAL IMPACT.
A HUGE INFLUX IN ENROLLMENT WILL HAVE ON OUR KIDS, BUT HERE IS THE REALITY.
IF YOU ALLOW 1300 NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT AND EACH FAMILY HAS AN AVERAGE OF TWO CHILDREN, OUR SCHOOL POTENTIALLY ENROLLED 2,600 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, ONE CLASS HAD 11 KIDS STANDING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM BECAUSE IT HAD MORE STUDENTS THAN SEATS.
WE HAVE MANY NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS.
THE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN USING GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO TEACH LESSONS.
JUST IMAGINE IF YOU HAD TO USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO RUN THIS MEETING, HOW CHALLENGING DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE? WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE IF A STUDENT HAD A QUESTION REGARDLESS IF THEY SPOKE ENGLISH OR NOT? THE QUESTION AND ANSWER HAS TO BE CONVEYED TO THE CLASS IN TWO SEPARATE LANGUAGES.
SO WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
TEACHERS HAVE BEEN FORCED AND SHE'S A TEACHER, SO THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE.
TEACHERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SOLICIT THE HELP FROM ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS TO PARTNER WITH NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR LESSONS.
SO WHO'S TEACHING MY CHILD IF MY CHILD IS TEACHING THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENT TRANSLATION ISSUES? SLOW THE CLASS DOWN, CAUSING THE CLASS TO FALL BEHIND SCHEDULE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BRING MORE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS.
THERE ISN'T TIME FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED ADDITIONAL HELP.
WE HAVE SO MANY EARLY READERS IN FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GRADE BEING TOLD FOR ADDITIONAL, BEING TOLD FOR ADDITIONAL READING HELP, THEY SHOULD SEEK A TUTOR.
ELEMENTARY KIDS ARE NEEDING A TUTOR JUST TO LEARN HOW TO READ.
MY SON RECEIVED HELP FROM A TUTOR BECAUSE HE WAS A READING, HE WAS READING A GRADE LEVEL BEHIND ENTERING SECOND GRADE.
HE HAD TO SPEND THE DAY IN SCHOOL.
HE WAS TUTORED AFTER SCHOOL EVERY WEEK FOR THREE YEARS.
HAD HE NOT BEEN TUTORED, IT IS UNLIKELY HE WOULD'VE PASSED THE GUARANTEED READING TEST WITH TUTORING.
HE PASSED BY A COUPLE OF POINTS.
ONE STUDENT WHO DOESN'T STRUGGLE IN SCHOOL COMMENTED BY SAYING, THIS IS GREAT, HAVING SO MANY NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS IN A FULL CLASS BECAUSE A TEACHER DOESN'T CARE WHAT I'M DOING, THEIR LUNCHROOM IS PACKED.
DEPENDING ON WHEN A STUDENT'S TABLE'S RELEASED TO GET HIS OR HER FOOD, THERE MAY BE ONLY 10 MINUTES LEFT TO SIT DOWN AND EAT.
OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT BETWEEN THE RAPID GROWTH FROM THE EXISTING CARRIAGE TRAILS DEVELOPMENT AND COVID 19.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO OVERLOAD OUR TEACHERS AND STRESS OUR KIDS WITH MORE RAPID GROWTH.
I REALLY DO NOT KNOW HOW WE CAN PRE PREPARE THEM FOR COLLEGE AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS OR EVEN IMMEDIATE WORKFORCE PLACEMENT FOLLOWING GRADUATION UNDER THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS, LET ALONE MORE THAN DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IF THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED.
AND IF AFTER YOU HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PERSUADE YOU TO DISAPPROVE THIS ANNEXATION, PLEASE HAVE THE INTERNAL FORTITUDE TO LOOK AT ALL THE KIDS IN THE EYE AND TELL THEM, INCREASE IN YOUR CITY'S TAX REVENUE MATTERS MORE TO YOU THAN THEIR EDUCATION, BECAUSE THAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU'LL BE SENDING.
HI, I'M NATALIE DONNY HU 78 35 AG BROAD ROAD.
I'M A BETHEL TOWNSHIP RESIDENT.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AGAIN TONIGHT.
UM, I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AS I RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, YOU MIGHT FIND SOME OF THIS INFORMATION REDUNDANT.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO COME FOR MANY MONTHS NOW, YEARS EVEN FOR SOME, UM, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S WORTH TALKING ABOUT EACH AND EVERY TIME WE COME.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I'M ASKING THAT EACH OF YOU PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING NO ON THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 260 PLUS ACRES FROM BETHEL TOWNSHIP INTO HUBER HEIGHTS.
INCREASED TRAFFIC, INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE, INCREASED STUDENTS IN OUR OVERCROWDED SCHOOL SYSTEM, LOSS OF PRIME FARMLAND, AND NOT TO MENTION THE DETRIMENT TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE BETHEL TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS.
THESE ARE ALL HUGE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THIS POTENTIAL ANNEXATION.
I WOULD ASK TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CURRENT HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED.
THEIR LONGTIME RESIDENTS AND THEY'VE BEEN LOYAL TO HUBER HEIGHTS.
TAKE A MINUTE, LOOK AROUND AND ENJOY WHAT THE CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED RECENTLY WITH YOUR GROWTH.
ENJOY IT AND JUST THINK AND IN RETROSPECT, SAY, HOW MUCH MORE DO WE WANNA DO
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BEFORE WE REACH? WE REACH THAT FINE TIPPING POINT.MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER BEFORE TAKING ANOTHER BITE.
PLEASE BE, CONTINUE TO BE GREAT NEIGHBORS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
AND PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING NO ON ANNEXATION.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I HAVE GREW UP IN THIS AREA MY WHOLE LIFE.
I WAS A FAIRBORNE GRADUATE, MOVED TO NEW CARLISLE, MOVED TO HUBER HEIGHTS, AND OUR WHOLE GOAL WAS TO GO TO BETHEL TOWNSHIP BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY HUSBAND GRADUATED.
THAT'S WHERE ALL OF OUR RELATIVES HAVE GRADUATED.
WE'RE GOING ON A FOURTH GENERATION THERE NOW.
WE MOVED THERE IN 1980 ON THE HOPES, THE RURAL AREA TO HAVE THE SMALL SCHOOL RULE ATMOSPHERE.
MY DAUGHTER'S A TEACHER THERE.
I HAVE NIECES AND NEPHEWS THERE.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE FOUR GENERATIONS.
I HAVE BEEN TO MANY BETHEL TOWNSHIP MEETINGS.
UM, I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS IN ON INCORPORATING THE WATER, THE SEWER, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T WANT IT.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE GROWTH.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT IT, WE JUST DON'T WANT THIS MUCH THIS FAST BECAUSE WE CANNOT ABSORB IT AT THE SCHOOL.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH WHAT THE OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE SAID.
YOU'VE HEARD IT, BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WHEN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT ON DAY ONE, IT WAS FULL.
AND WE, WE, WE HAD A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
NOW, SIX YEARS LATER, WE'RE BUILDING A NEW ELEMENTARY ON DAY ONE, IT'S GONNA BE FULL.
WE CANNOT KEEP THAT KIND OF GROWTH UP.
SO I'VE COME HERE TONIGHT TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID AND TO PLEASE CONSIDER TO VOTE NO.
AND WE WILL BE AT OUR TOWN TOWNSHIP MEETINGS ALSO TELLING THEM, OUR TRUSTEES, NO, DON'T VOTE ON IT.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WELCOME GROWTH.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WELCOME YOU AS A NEIGHBOR.
NEIGHBOR, WE ARE JUST, IT'S TOO MUCH FOR US TO HANDLE.
AND THE WHAT IT'S DONE TO THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS IS WE'RE LOSING GOOD TEACHERS BECAUSE OF IT.
AT THE BOARD, AT THE BOARD MEETING.
LAST ONE, WE'RE LOSING 15, 16 TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.
AND IT'S A BURDEN ON THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
I AM A BETHEL TOWNSHIP RESIDENT AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH BETHEL SCHOOLS, BUT I HAVE A GRANDCHILD WHO IS GOING TO BE GOING TO BETHEL SCHOOLS.
I DON'T NEED TO REITERATE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, BUT I'VE BEEN TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
I'VE HEARD WHERE THEY CAN'T HIRE ELL ASSISTANTS TO HELP THE TEACHERS.
THEY, WE CAN'T DIG OUR WAY OUT OF THIS HOLE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
AND IF YOU THROW THAT MUCH MORE AT US, I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT ANY QUALITY GRADUATES OUT OF BETHEL SCHOOLS BECAUSE AS PEOPLE MENTIONED, THE STUDENTS ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO HELP THE STUDENTS WHO CAN'T CATCH ON OR UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IS BEING SAID.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST TRULY LOOK AT THE STATISTICS, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, STEP BACK AND DECIDE IF THIS IS TRULY WHAT HUBER HEIGHTS WANTS TO DO.
YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR IN THE PAST.
YOU DIDN'T LIKE WHAT DAYTON DID TO YOU.
PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO BETHEL TOWNSHIP.
LAST TIME, UH, WE HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE DONNA, I CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME.
I'M ALSO A BETHEL, UM, GRADUATE ALUMNI AND RESIDENT.
UM, I'M ONLY A SHORT TIME FAMILY.
WE ONLY HAD THREE GENERATIONS GOING TO BETHEL.
UH, I'M ASKING AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR NOT TO EXPAND.
DON'T DO TO US WHAT DAYTON DID TO YOU.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND SOON WE WILL BE ABLE TO STAND ON OUR OWN WITH THE CONSENSUS OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE.
I'M ALSO ASKING IF YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE YES ON THIS, MAKE THE BUILDER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A CLASSROOM, A TEACHER, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT FOR 10 YEARS, FOR EVERY 100
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TO 200 HOMES.MAKE THAT PART OF HIS AGREEMENT OR HER AGREEMENT SO THAT WE CAN ABSORB, OR THAT SOME OF THE COSTS CAN BE ABSORBED BY SOMEBODY ELSE THAT'S CREATING THE SITUATION FOR US.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING US SPEAK.
WE HAVE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS TO EACH OTHER.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW WE HELP EACH OTHER BECAUSE LIKE THE, THE GENTLEMAN SAID, THE PASTOR SAID, BE THE NEIGHBORS, BE THE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE BESIDE YOU.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS CITIZENS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND VOICING YOUR OPINIONS.
IT'S ALWAYS, UH, IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT PART OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
IT IT, DOES IT IMPACT, UH, BETHEL TOWNSHIP, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, TONY, DO WE HAVE, UH, BETHEL LAND ANNEXATION ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT? NO, THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
BUT THERE'S A VOTE COMING UP OR A DEADLINE FOR THE VOTE, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, THERE, THERE'S NOTHING SCHEDULED TO BE VOTED ON.
UH, THERE IS A DEADLINE OF JUNE 27TH THAT JUNE COUNCIL WOULD'VE TO TAKE ACTION.
OKAY, NEXT UP NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS CITIZENS THAT ARE REGISTER TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.
IS THERE ANY? THERE ARE NONE THIS EVENING, MAYOR.
AND NEXT IS ON NUMBER 10, WHICH IS
[10. City Manager Report]
CITY MANAGER REPORT.BRIAN, UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR, UH, COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY THIS EVENING.
UH, FOR, UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO, UH, MIGHT NOT BE AWARE, THE CITY IS PARTICIPATING IN THE MIAMI VALLEY AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES PROJECT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY REPRESENTATIVES, UH, FROM THAT PROGRAM, UH, HOSTING COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS HERE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD OUR FIRST TWO MEETINGS TODAY, UH, ONE THIS MORNING OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, AND ONE THIS EVENING.
RIGHT NOW, AS WE MEET HERE OVER IN, UH, EXCUSE ME, DOWN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL.
UH, THERE IS A THIRD SESSION, UH, THAT IS THURSDAY, MAY 25TH AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE DIVISION COMMUNITY ROOM.
AND THAT MEETING WILL BE FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM UH, THESE DISCUSSIONS PROMOTE HUBER HEIGHTS INITIATIVE TO BECOME A MORE AGE-FRIENDLY AND LIVABLE COMMUNITY.
THIS WILL GIVE, UH, RESIDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR VISION, UH, FOR A MORE LIVABLE COMMUNITY.
ALSO, WANNA LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THIS SATURDAY, UH, THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER WILL BE OPENING FOR THE 2023 SEASON.
UH, FOLKS ARE, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, PASS HOLDERS AND RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN US AT NOON.
UH, AND THEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS, UH, IS WELCOME AT 1:00 PM UH, HOURS AND OPERATIONS, UH, EXCUSE ME, HOURS AND ADMISSIONS CAN BE FOUND, UH, ON THE WEBSITE AND CEASE AND PASSES ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
UH, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PURCHASE THEIR PURCHASE THEIRS BEFORE OPENING DAY, UH, AND RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT.
UH, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ON MONDAY, MAY 29TH AT 5:00 PM THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING ITS, UH, WREATH LANG CEREMONY.
UH, OVER AT, UH, THE, UM, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL IN TOM CLOUD PARK, UH, THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS WILL BE MADE BY THE MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES, UH, AND MR. UH, MR. UH, JEFF GORE, OUR MAYOR, UH, WILL BE LAYING THE WREATH.
UH, AND THERE WILL BE, UH, GUEST SPEAKERS, UH, TO PROVIDE COMMENTARY ON THE SOM OCCASION.
AGAIN, THE START TIME FOR THAT EVENT IS 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, MAY 29TH.
UH, ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, Y ON THE FLY.
UH, WE WILL BE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER THIS SUMMER.
UH, Y ON THE FLY IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON FRIDAYS FROM 10 UNTIL 1130 EVERY WEEK.
AND THAT'LL BEGIN ON JUNE 5TH AND RUN THROUGH THE END OF JULY.
THE PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY A E S P N C BANK AT DAYTON CHILDREN'S AND THE VAN BRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BRING, EXCUSE ME, THE VAN WILL COME TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER EVERY WEEK TO OFFER A HEALTHY SNACK AND SUMMER GAMES, UH, LED BY Y STAFF.
UH, THE VAN VISITS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE MIAMI VALLEY.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, I WOULD NOTE THAT, UH, WITH REGARD TO AN UPDATE ON THE FIRE STAFFING, UH, THE DIVISION, UH, STARTED THE 41ST FIREFIGHTER TODAY AND THE 42ND FIREFIGHTER HAS ACCEPTED OUR OFFER AND WILL BEGIN EMPLOYMENT ON JUNE 1ST.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR COUNSEL UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING FOR ME, SIR.
NEXT UP IS ITEM 11, PENDING BUSINESS 11 A 10.
[ An Ordinance Establishing The ARPA First Responders Grant Fund. (second reading)]
ITEM 11 A IN ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING THE ARPA FIR FIRST RESPONDERS GRANT FUND AT THE SECOND RATING.UH, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR LEGISLATION WILL ESTABLISH THE FUND THAT IS REQUIRED TO TRACK THE ARPA FIRST RESPONDERS GRANT, UH, THAT THE CITY WILL BE RECEIVING.
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ASK THAT COUNCIL, ADOPT THIS LEGISLATION, UH, TONIGHT SO THAT, UH, THIS MATTER CAN BE IN PLACE, UH, WHEN THOSE FUNDS ARRIVE.HOPEFULLY LATER, THIS, OR HOPEFULLY EARLY NEXT MONTH.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORK SESSION.
IS THERE A MOTION, NANCY? I MOVE TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
[ An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2007-O-1687 Regarding Certain Limitations In Accepting Cash Sureties To Be Deposited In The #802 Cash Surety Fund. (second reading)]
ITEM 11 B.AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 0 7 DASH 1687 REGARDING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND ACCEPTING CASH SURETY'S TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE NUMBER 8 0 2 CASH SURETY FUND.
BRIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA COMMENTS? UH, JUST THAT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE WILL IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTING PUBLIC AND IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF BOTH THE CITY AND THE CONTRACTORS.
WE WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL ADOPT THIS LEGISLATION THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A SECOND? GLENN? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. OTTO? YES.
AND MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ONE.
[ An Ordinance Amending Chapter 193 – Transient Guest Tax, Section 193.02 – State Definitions Incorporated Of The Huber Heights Codified Ordinances. (second reading)]
ITEM 11 C, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 93, TRANSIENT GUEST TAX SECTION 1 93 0.02.STATE DEFINITIONS INCORPORATED OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CODIFIED ORDINANCES AT THE SECOND READING.
BRIAN COMMENTS? UH, THANK YOU SIR.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL EMPOWER THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE TRANSIENT GUEST TAX ON, UH, TEMPORARY RENTALS SUCH AS AIRBNBS, UH, AND, UH, THOSE TYPES OF PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENTS.
IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ITEM BE PASSED THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION NANCY? MOVE TO APPROVE KATE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ONE AND NEXT IS ITEM 12, WHICH IS NEW BUSINESS THIS EVENING.
TONY, ITEM 12 A, A MOTION TO APPOINT
[ A Motion To Appoint Thomas Underwood To The Military And Veterans Commission For A Term Ending December 31, 2024.]
THOMAS UNDERWOOD TO THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.TONY, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA COMMENTS? JUST THE APPLICABLE CHECKS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AND WE DO THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION, DON? I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION ANITA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? TONY.
[ A Resolution Consenting To A Sublease Of The YMCA Property. (first reading)]
ITEM 12 B, A RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO A SUBLEASE OF THE Y M C A PROPERTY AT THE FIRST READING.THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION WILL ALLOW A NEW VENDOR TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE DIALYSIS CENTER OVER AT THE Y M C A.
IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ITEM BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION? ANITA? SO MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND? DON AND I WILL SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THIS EVENING? TONY.
AND THAT MOTION ALSO CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
[ A Resolution Declaring Certain City Property Located At The Rose Music Center No Longer Needed For Municipal Purposes As Surplus And Authorizing Sale Of Said Surplus Property. (first reading)]
12 C.ITEM 12 C, A RE RESOLUTION DECLARING CERTAIN CITY PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER, NO LONGER NEEDED FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.
A SURPLUS, AN AUTHORIZING SALE OF SAID SURPLUS PROPERTY AT THE FIRST STREET.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL ALLOW US TO SELL THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY LIFT, UH, A, UH, COMMERCIAL FREEZER AND A COMMERCIAL SINK, UH, TO REINVEST THOSE FUNDS BACK INTO THE FACILITY AS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ITEM BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING.
AND IS THERE A MOTION, NANCY, MOVE TO ADOPT SECOND, KATE.
YOU SEEN NOTHING TONY? MR. BAKER? YES.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO AND NEXT IS ITEM
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Waiver Of Potential Conflict/CRA Agreement Between The City Of Huber Heights And Charles V. Simms Development Corporation And Simms The Gables Of HH, Ltd. For The Residential Development Known As The Gables. (first reading)]
12 D.ITEM 12 D A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A WAIVER OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT CRA AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND CHARLES V SAM'S DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND SIMS, THE GABLES OF HUBER HEIGHTS LIMITED FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, NOT AS THE GABLES OF THE FIRST GRADE.
THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE WILL ALLOW BOTH THE CITY AND, UH, SIMS, WHO ARE REPRESENTED BY PIRO, SCHEFFER AND EING PICKLE, SCHAFFER AND EING TO UTILIZE THE SAME ATTORNEY, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF, UH, PRO PROVIDING A C R A AGREEMENT, UH,
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TO BE VOTED ON LATER THIS EVENING.UH, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ITEM BE ADOPTED, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR A MOTION? NONE.
NANCY, SECOND MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MRS. BURGE? YES.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Community Reinvestment Area Agreement With Charles Simms Development Under Certain Terms And Conditions. (first reading)]
12 E.ITEM 12 E RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT WITH CHARLES SIMS DEVELOPMENT UNDER CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT THE FIRST READING.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ITEM, IT WILL PROVIDE FOR AN, UH, INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND, UH, SIMS DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR, UH, AGREEMENT WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY TO SEE APPROXIMATELY 5.6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES, UH, THEN WITHOUT IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ITEM BE APPROVED THIS EVENING.
ANY DISCUSSION OR, I'M SORRY, NANCY.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS SIDE? OKAY.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Participate In The Ohio Association Of Public Treasurers 2024 Workers’ Compensation Group Retrospective Program Administered By Sedgwick. (first reading)]
12 F.ITEM 12 F A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC TREASURERS 2024 WORKERS COMPENSATION GROUP RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY SEDGWICK AT THE FIRST REVIEW.
THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE, UH, WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE.
THIS PARTICULAR, UH, LEGISLATION WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO DO THAT THROUGH THE RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE LARGEST, UH, BENEFIT BACK TO THE CITY WITH RESPECT TO PREMIUM COST.
IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ITEM BE APPROVED THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION, GLENN? MOTION TO ADOPT ANITA.
SECOND MOTION AND SECOND DISCUSSION.
AND THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
[ A Resolution Amending The City Of Huber Heights “Pick Up” Of A Portion Of The Statutorily Required Contribution To The Ohio Police And Fire Pension Fund For Qualifying And Participating Members Of The Huber Heights Fire Division. (first reading)]
12 G.ITEM 12 G A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, PICKUP OF A PORTION OF THE STATUTORILY REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION TO THE OHIO POLICE AND FIRE PENSION FUND FOR QUALIFYING AND PARTICIPATING MEMBERS OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS FIRE DIVISION AT THE FIRST READING.
UH, AS WAS, UH, NEGOTIATED THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS, THE UNION, UH, DID AGREE TO FOREGO, UH, THE 1% PICKUP IN EXCHANGE FOR A 0.75% WAGE INCREASE.
UH, THE, UH, OHIO, UH, GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE CODE REQUIRES THAT COUNCIL ADOPT LEGISLATION AFFIRMING THAT AGREEMENT.
WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU ADOPT THIS, UH, LEGISLATION THIS EVENING.
AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A MOTION NANCY, MOVE TO ADOPT TO A SECOND, ANITA.
SECOND MOTION AND SECOND DISCUSSION THING? NONE.
[ An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2022-O-2562 By Making Supplemental Appropriations For Expenses Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2023 And Ending December 31, 2023. (first reading)]
H ITEM 12 H AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 22 DASH 5 62 BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD OF BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 AT THE FIRST READING.BRIAN COMMENTS? UH, THANK YOU SIR.
THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION PROVIDES THE NECESSARY FUNDING FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE ITS DAILY OPERATIONS.
WE WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL ADOPT THIS MATTER THIS EVENING, AS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.
UH, WE WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, THIS SH THE SECOND READING, SHOULD BE WAIVED FOR ADOPTION THIS EVENING.
THE WORK SESSIONS ARE A MOTION TO WAIVE NONE.
IS THERE A SECOND? KATE? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON WAIVING THE SECOND READING? TONY.
SO WE'LL SEE THIS AT A SECOND.
[ A Resolution To Increase The Not To Exceed Amount For Lennon & Company, CPA For Additional Professional Services For The Finance Department In Calendar Year 2023. (first reading)]
ITEM 12 I, ITEM 12 I A RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR LENNON AND LENNON COMPANY CPA FOR ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND CALENDAR YEAR 2023 AT THE FIRST READING.UH, THESE ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE TO ASSIST THE FINANCE DIVISION, UH, WITH COMPLETING THE, UH, ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU ADOPT THIS ITEM THIS EVENING, AS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.
THAT WAS, IS THERE A MOTION? NANCY? MOVE TO APPROVE.
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GLENN? SECOND.MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ONE AND NEXT IS ITEM
[ An Ordinance Authorizing The Execution Of A Master Lease-Purchase Agreement And Related Payment Schedule For The Purpose Of Acquiring An Emergency Medical Vehicle For Use By The City, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
12 J.ITEM 12 J IN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MASTER LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND RELATED PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL VEHICLE FOR USE BY THE CITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING.
WE WOULD, UH, ASK THAT, UH, COUNSEL, ADOPT THIS ITEM TONIGHT BY WAIVING THE SECOND READING, UH, TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO TAKE DELIVERY OF A, UH, MEDIC, WHICH IS ON A REGULAR, REGULARLY SCHEDULED REPLACEMENT PLAN.
UH, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU ADOPT THIS LEGISLATION THIS EVENING.
RECOMMENDATION LIST TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE KATE? MOTION TO WAIVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? NANCY, ANY DISCUSSION ON WAIVING THE SECOND READING? NOPE.
MOTION TO CARRY? UH, TO WAIVE CARRY.
AND NOW I NEED A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
WILL SECOND MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? TONY.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO AND NEXT
[ An Ordinance Authorizing The Execution Of A Master Lease-Purchase Agreement And Related Payment Schedule For The Purpose Of Acquiring A Street Sweeper For Use By The City, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
IS ITEM 12 K.AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MASTER LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND RELATED PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING A STREET SWEEPER FOR USE BY THE CITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING.
BRIAN? UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
UH, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT THIS MATTER, UH, TONIGHT.
UH, THIS IS TO FUND A STREET SWEEPER AND THIS REQUEST IS BASED ON, UH, ENSURING THAT WE GUARANTEE THE BEST RATE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THIS LEASE.
THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT TONIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE DON? MOTION TO ARRIVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? GLENN SECOND MOTION AND SECOND TO WAIVE.
AND NOW WE NEED A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? TONY.
[13. City Official Reports And Comments]
IS ITEM 13, CITY OFFICIAL.REPORTS AND COMMENTS? ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? GLENN? THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE, UH, KIND OF WHAT MR. LYONS HAD SPOKEN ABOUT EARLIER.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE FROM BETHEL COMING OUT, SPEAKING TO YOUR CONCERNS.
UM, AND, UM, AND YOU GUYS CONTIN, I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US OF WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE AND, AND THAT WE WERE IN THAT POSITION ONCE BEFORE AS WELL.
UM, YOU, YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN ME, UM, I WILL STAND WITH AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS RIGHT.
I'M NUMBER FOURTEEN'S EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR ONE THIS EVENING AND IT IS 6 58 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.