Jul 24, 2023 City Council Meeting

CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MR. SHAW? HERE.

TONY, WOULD YOU

[4. Roll Call]

MR. LYONS, MRS. KITCHEN.

HERE.

MR. WEBB? HERE.

MAYOR GORE HERE.

AND MR. LYONS HAD SENT AN EMAIL TO, UH, MR. ROGERS, UH, REQUESTING EXCUSE OF HIS ABSENCE THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION? GLENN MAY MOTION TO EXCUSE ANITA.

UH, ITEM FIVE, A CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ATTORNEY RO MS. BAKER? NO.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES MEETING.

[ City Council Meeting Minutes - July 10, 2023]

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FROM JULY 10TH, 2023.

THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN, UH, SOUND TO EVERYONE.

THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, IT'LL AS APPROVED.

A INTRODUCTION OF NEW HUBER HEIGHTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAROLYN J STEF, IF YOU PLEASE COME TO THE BANK.

SAYING NONE.

THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

AND NEXT IS ITEM SIX, WHICH IS SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ITEM SIX, A TONY ITEM SIX,

[ Introduction Of New Huber Heights Chamber Of Commerce Executive Director Carolyn J. Stefanik]

GOOD EVENING.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE MET MOST OF YOU ALREADY, UH, ONE-ON-ONE AT SOME OF OUR EVENTS OVER THE PAST.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS THAT I'VE BEEN WITH THE CHAMBER.

UM, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU I HAVE NOT MET, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

AND I WANTED TO COME BY AND JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF OUR GOALS AT THE CHAMBER, UM, OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AND, UM, HOW THE CITY, I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO BE A PART OF, THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO GROW THE CHAMBER.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE OUR MEMBERSHIP, INCREASE OUR ACTIVITIES, UH, GET BACK TO DOING ACTIVITIES THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANNA PARTICIPATE IN AND MAKE THE CHAMBER A REALLY VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESSES IN HUBER HEIGHTS TO HELP THEM GROW, TO HELP THEM SAVE MONEY, TO HELP THEM FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND TO SHOW THAT WE REALLY ARE UNITED IN CREATING A POSITIVE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE FOR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.

THANK MAY.

I HAVE YOUR THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WE'VE, UH, MET AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GRAND OPENINGS AND MM-HMM.

AND, UH, THE ANNUAL CHAMBER EVENT THAT WE DID.

SO, UH, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING OFF TO A GREAT START, AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

SO, UM, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU THANK YOU.

ANY, WILL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DON? JUST, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, I'M SEEING A DIFFERENCE, UM, FACEBOOK POSTS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ON YOUR MOST RECENT FACEBOOK POSTS, YOU MENTIONED, UH, SOME OF YOUR NEWEST MEMBERS FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UM, CAN YOU OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, UM, TELL US A FEW OF THOSE OR TELL THE PEOPLE HERE, A FEW OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER? SURE.

UM, MOST RECENTLY WE HAVE HAD SANOS, UH, BECOME A NEW MEMBER.

WE HAVE HAD PERRY PROTECH.

UH, JUST TODAY WE GOT, UM, CLERK OF COURTS, MIKE FOLEY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW NONPROFIT THAT'S A MEMBER, THE HU HUBER HEIGHTS CORAL ASSOCIATION, UH, JERSEY MIKES, WHICH I KNOW MOST OF YOU WERE AT.

UM, THE RIBBON CUTTING WARPED WING.

ALSO, I KNOW MOST OF YOU WERE AT THAT RIBBON CUTTING, UH, COLLIGAN WATER.

SO YEAH, WE WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING, UH, GETTING SOME NEW BLOOD IN THE CHAMBER.

AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE, UM, THE COMMUNICATION, LIKE YOU SAID, I'VE, I'VE REALLY MADE A POINT OF TRYING TO FOCUS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY FIRST FEW MONTHS HERE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING THINGS THAT ARE OF VALUE TO OUR MEMBERS.

SO I'M TRYING TO BE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT, UM, HR UPDATES, WORKERS' COMPENSATION UPDATES, UM, UPDATES FROM OUR STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KEEP BUSINESSES IN THE LOOP.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY CAN'T BE PAYING ATTENTION TO ALL THAT STUFF ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IT'S JUST TO TRY TO KEEP THEM IN THE LOOP AND ALSO TO TRY TO CONNECT THEM WITH EACH OTHER BY, UM, BY HIGHLIGHTING THINGS THAT THEY FEEL WERE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO PUT OUT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, AND TO CONNECT THEM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OTHER CHAMBER MEMBERS SO THAT THEY CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE OTHER BUSINESSES.

AWESOME.

AND WHAT ELSE? YES, NANCY? YES.

UM, AGAIN, WELCOME.

IT'S A, UM, REFRESHING CHANGE.

WE ARE SEEING SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE ON THIS DIOCESE THAT ISN'T EAGER TO PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER TO HELP US PROMOTE OUR CITY.

UM, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IN THE AREA, IN THE STATE, WHEREVER NECESSARY.

SO, WELCOME.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

NEXT UP IS ITEM SIX

[ Veolia Water 2022 Annual Report Presentation - Ms. Pam Whited, Operations Manager, Veolia Water]

ITEM SIX B, THE VEOLIA WATER 2022 ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTATION BY MS. PAM, WHITE, OPERATIONS MANAGER AT THE WATER.

WELL, HEY THERE.

GOOD EVENING ALL COUNCIL AND MAYOR, AND CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL THIS EVENING, SMILING FACES THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU STILL RECOGNIZE ME AND I STILL RECOGNIZE YOU.

I WAS OFF FOR A WHILE, SO

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I'M BACK.

UM, JUST WANTED TO, UM, BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, UH, AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

UH, YOU RECEIVED THE ANNUAL REPORT, AND A LOT OF THIS IS JUST A REVIEW OF THAT, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT CAME OUT.

UM, LET'S SEE IF I CAN ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THE PRESENTATION HERE.

I AIM THAT WAY, BUT DID, DID YOU TURN THE SWITCH ON THE SIDE? I DID FLIPPED IT UP.

OH, MAYBE IT'S THE OTHER SIDE.

IT SHOULD BE GREEN.

TOLD YOU I WAS TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGED.

AH, THERE WE GO.

HAVE OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

BEFORE I GET STARTED WITH, UM, INTRODUCE OR TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT IT TAKES TO RUN, UH, THE CITY'S WATER DEPARTMENT, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A FEW, UH, FOLKS THAT CAME WITH ME TONIGHT.

UH, OR SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT ME.

I GUESS I WOULD SAY, UH, THAT WOULD BE SAM ROBINSON FROM OUR WATER AND SEWER ADVISORY BOARD.

HE WAS THE PRESIDENT UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, AND HE STILL SERVES AS, ARE YOU VICE PRESIDENT? YES.

YEAH, AS VICE PRESIDENT.

UM, THEN WE HAVE, UM, NICOLE AND TANYA IN THE NEXT ROW BACK.

THEY ARE THE FOLKS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING OUT YOUR WATER BILLS.

IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO RUN THE WATER DEPARTMENT WITHOUT THAT.

NOW, SOME FOLKS LIKE A BILL, SOME FOLKS DON'T, BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE NECESSARY.

AND WITHOUT THESE TWO, IT WOULD BE, THEY'RE JUST AN IMMENSE, UH, UH, ATTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THEN WE HAVE ON THIS SIDE, UH, IN THE FRONT ROW HERE, WE HAVE PAT VALENTINE.

PAT IS OUR NEW OPERATIONS MANAGER, UH, FOR THE COLLECTION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

AND HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN WITH US FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS, 10, 10 YEARS NOW.

UM, AND, UH, HE WORKED AT THE WATER, UH, AT THE, UM, WATER PLANT.

AND NOW HE IS OUR NEW OPERATIONS MANAGER AND THE DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION AND, YOU KNOW, RES .

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, GARY BONNELL, HE'S OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER OF THE WATER PLANT.

UM, BIG ROLES OF FILL IN BOTH AREAS HERE, AND BOTH OF THEM THIS LAST YEAR OBTAINED THEIR LICENSES TO BECOME THE O OR CS OF THE SYSTEM.

O R C IS THE OPERATOR IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

AND, UH, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND, UH, THOSE ARE REQUIRED AT THE CITY, BUT WE, NOT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE BEFORE, BUT THESE ARE NEW FOLKS TO THE ROLE.

UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO PASS THAT LICENSING.

IT'S A VERY, ALL THE LICENSING WITH OHIO E P A, THE, IF YOU LOOK UP THE STATS FOR THE PASS RATES, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PASS THESE TESTS.

THEY DON'T STUDY FOR A TEST, THEY JUST, YOU HAVE TO, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA GET A SOFTENING PLANT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF SOFTENING PLANTS YOU'RE GONNA GET, THEY BE TESTED ON AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO, UH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM FOR BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE DAN WILS.

DAN IS, UM, OUR SAFETY COORDINATOR, AND HE'S ALSO ONE OF OUR CREW LEADERS, UH, THAT WORKS IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH PAT.

SO MOVING ON, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU HERE.

WE HAVE OUR REALITY TEAM, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS PLEASED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 1995, SOMETIMES DIFFERENT NAMES THAT WE'RE ALL THE SAME FOLKS.

UM, AND WE TAKE THE JOB SERIOUSLY.

UM, OUR CORPORATE AND LOCAL MANAGEMENT HERE, UH, JOE TACKETT IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE, OF OUR REGION.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE CLETUS KETTER IS OUR NEW VICE PRESIDENT.

UM, HE'S ACTUALLY OUT OF ILLINOIS, AND HE WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE HAD A SAFETY MEETING THAT HE HAD TO ATTEND.

UM, WE HAVE A LEADERSHIP, SOME LEADERSHIP TRAINING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

UH, SO HE WAS THERE, HE'S THERE.

AND THEN, UH, AND HE'S VERY NEW TO THE ROLE, ALTHOUGH NOT NEW TO, UM, VEOLIA.

HE'S BEEN WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU, I INTRODUCED YOU TO THE LOCAL GROUP.

UM, AND THEN UNDER SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE FOLKS IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.

GARY, TIM, YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM.

GARY WAS SOMEONE THAT, UM, WAS AN AREA MANAGER HERE, UH, FOR US IN, IN PAST LIVES OR PAST COMPANIES.

UM, HUMAN RESOURCES.

WE HAVE A NEW GENTLEMAN NAMED ERIC ESPANOLA, WHO HAS BEEN EXTREMELY, UH, HELPFUL WITH US GETTING FOLKS HIRED QUICKLY, UH, IN PROCUREMENT.

I DIDN'T PUT NAMES BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY OF THEM, AND THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO WITH PROCUREMENT LATELY.

TRAINED, FIND PRICING THAT IS AFFORDABLE, THAT IS IN STOCK.

WE'RE HAVING REAL ISSUES.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE METER SHORTAGE, BUT I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST THE COMPANY WE USE.

IT'S EVERY COMPANY THAT SELLS METERS.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ISSUE IS, BUT IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER.

WE'LL PLACE AN ORDER FOR METERS, IT MIGHT GET THEM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR LATER.

SO WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE OUR TACTICS WE DIDN'T USE TO TRY TO KEEP STOCK.

NOW WE TRY TO ORDER LARGER, SO WHEN THEY COME IN, BUT THEN AS METERS DIE, THOSE GO QUICKLY.

SO IT'S JUST, IT'S LIKE A MADDENING PACE TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THESE THINGS.

UM, THEN WE HAVE, UM, ACCOUNTING AND FINANCES.

KEITH, SHERLOCK ALSO NEW TO US, BUT HE'S NOT NEW TO VEOLIA.

AND THEN WE

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UH, THEN ALL IT TAKES ALL THESE FOLKS TO REALLY HELP US, UM, YOU KNOW, OPERATE IN A, IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER.

UM, SOME OF THE WATER TREATMENT HIGHLIGHTS THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU FROM 2022, I GUESS I NEED TO REALLY WORK ON THAT.

DOESN'T LOOK SUPER CLEAR.

I TO MAKE BIGGER FONT OR SOMETHING.

UM, OKAY, SO GARY EARNED, AS I MENTIONED, HIS LICENSE.

I WON'T GO OVER THAT ANYMORE.

WE PRODUCED LAST YEAR, UH, 1,000,000,444, I'D SAY 440, 570 THOU, MILLION GALLONS OF WATER.

UM, AND ACTUALLY THAT'S BILLION GALLONS OF WATER, I BELIEVE.

UM, THE PEAK MONTHLY PRODUCTION LAST YEAR WAS IN JUNE, AND THAT WAS 87%.

SO WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ADDING MORE WELLS AND IMPROVING THE, THE PLANT SYSTEM AND STUFF.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT, E P A LOOKS AT YOU AND SAYS, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO CONTINUE TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WATER.

UH, WE'RE NOT THERE YET BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ONE DAY OUT OF HOW MANY DAYS OF THE YEAR.

BUT, UM, UH, WE ARE GETTING, UH, WE USED TO BE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION GALLON DOLLAR PLANT, BUT MILLION GALLON PER DAY PLANT.

NOW WE'RE ABOUT 4 MILLION.

UM, SO THAT IS GROWING FAST.

UH, WE HAVE, UM, UNDER MAJOR MAINTENANCE, WELL NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST WELL PRODUCER, THAT WAS INSPECTED.

AND THEN WE FOUND THAT IT NEED WAS IN NEED OF SOME REPAIRS.

UH, WE PUT IN A BACKUP PUMP.

WE PURCHASED A BACKUP PUMP, AND WE PURCHASED A MOTOR.

AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THOSE IS ALREADY COMING IN HERE.

WE HAVE THAT, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, UM, JUST RECENTLY.

AND, UH, THAT, LIKE I SAID, IT IS OUR LARGEST PRODUCING WELL, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT, WELL, SEVEN I ASSUME WILL BE JUST AS AS GOOD A PRODUCER OF WATER.

UM, MAYBE GIVE SOME OF THE OTHER WELLS A LITTLE BREAK.

WE OPERATE ALL THE WELLS PRETTY MUCH 24 7 RIGHT NOW.

UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS UPGRADES, UH, WERE PERFORMED, UH, TO ENHANCE THE SCADA SYSTEM, ALSO TO ENHANCE THE NEW CYBERSECURITY RULES THAT'LL BE COMING OUT.

UM, I BELIEVE E P A WILL HAVE A, A LARGE PROGRAM ON THAT AT SOME POINT.

WE'VE ALREADY, UH, KEPT BRANDON IN THE LOOP AND, UM, PUT OUT THERE, UH, THAT A SURVEY THAT E P A DID, AND HE HELPED.

HE FILLED THAT OUT THE OTHER DAY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME BIG CHANGES COMING.

UM, AND CHANGE ALWAYS COSTS MONEY, BUT IF THEY'RE NECESSARY, UM, TO PROTECT THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

WE HAD, UH, GRINDER PUMPS AND CONTROLS WERE REPLACED.

AND IN THE RESIDUAL BASIN, UH, WE HAD SOME PUMP PIPING AND, UH, PUMPS REV REPLACED AND ACTUALLY RENOVATED HOW IT IS SET UP TO A MUCH NICER AND MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM.

UH, MORE BACKUP.

UH, IF ONE FEED GOES DOWN, WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT UNDERWATER DIS OR TO SERVE PEOPLE.

I'M SORRY.

SO THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, UM, WE HAD, AGAIN, PAT, I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT, AND THEN WE HAD, AND I GUESS I SHOULD TURN THE PAGE.

OKAY, THERE WE GO.

UH, AND THEN, SO WE HAD, UH, THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS DID A WATER INTEGRITY STUDY THAT WAS A CITY PROJECT.

UM, AND A LONG-TERM PLAN WHEN I WROTE THIS SAID, IS BEING DEVELOPED.

I'M SURE IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AT THIS POINT AND IS BEING CARRIED OUT.

UM, AND WE HAVE IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, YOU SAW A MAP OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE THIS YEAR.

I THINK THERE'S ALREADY A MAP OUT THERE FOR WHAT'S UP NEXT YEAR.

AND THOSE OF US AT VEOLIA ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THAT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH FAMILIES WHO LIKE TO GO HOME IN THE EVENING INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WORK ON WATER.

MEANS 24 7, UM, MAIN BREAKS DO SEEM TO BE GOING DOWN.

UM, AND FROM, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS QUITE A BIT, UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD A 30%, UH, REDUCTION IN THOSE.

AND THEN THIS YEAR, OH GOSH, I DIDN'T FIGURE OUT THE PERCENTAGE, BUT THERE WERE, I BELIEVE, 81 OR 82 LAST YEAR.

AND THE END OF JUNE, WE WERE AT 17.

DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT NUMBER, IT'S EITHER 17 OR 18, BUT SEVERAL OF THOSE AREN'T TRULY BREAKS.

THEY WERE CONTRACTORS PUTTING IN A MAIN OR SOMETHING AND THEY PULLED A SERVICE OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT REPAIR.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON THERE.

THEN WE HAVE, UM, WE REPLACED THE ASPHALT DRIVE AT CHAMBERSBURG WATER TOWER TO MAKE IT MORE, UM, ACCESSIBLE.

AND THEN WE HAD THE, UH, WE HAD A LINE STOP AND A REPAIR OF A 16 INCH LINE, WHICH INCLUDED A GATE VALVE THAT CHIPTON IN CHAMBERSBURG.

I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU REMEMBER PREVIOUS YEARS, WE KEPT SEEING THIS LITTLE DRIP, DRIP, DRIP DRIP DRIP.

AND WE TRACED IT AND WE CHECKED IT AND WE, YOU NAME IT, AND THEN WE ORDERED PARTS AND COULDN'T GET 'EM.

AND THEN WE, BUT IN THE END, UH, IF WE FINALLY THIS LAST YEAR, UM, FOUND THE SOURCE AND WE WERE ABLE TO, NOT THAT WE DIDN'T FIND IT BEFORE, JUST SO WE COULDN'T, UH, COULDN'T CHASE IT DOWN TO ITS EXACT LOCATION.

UM, SO WE'VE

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GOT THAT DONE, UH, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT SEE LEAKING ANYMORE.

UH, WE, UM, PERFORMED A SYSTEM FLUSH OF ALL THE FIRE HYDRANTS, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, UH, PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER.

SO WE'RE GONNA PUT, START PUTTING NOTICES ON WATER BILLS.

I HAVEN'T TOLD THEM YET.

, UM, TO LET FOLKS KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WILL BE IN THE AREA AND TO CHECK THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR THE LOCATIONS.

WE'LL LET POST IT THERE.

I KIND OF MISS THE DAYS OF A LOCAL PAPER WHERE WE COULD POST THINGS THERE, BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

BUT THE WEBSITE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION OUT THERE, SO IT'S FINE.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT WASTEWATER COLLECTION, UH, HERE WE HAD, UH, AN ACOUSTIC INSPECTION PROGRAM.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED A FEW YEARS BACK.

UM, ACTUALLY LAST YEAR I THINK WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE, UH, OR FULL YEAR I GUESS I SHOULD SAY.

AND WHAT WE FOUND IS, IS THAT THE VAC ON WHICH WE WERE USING TO CLEAN ALL OF THE MAINS, UM, WE FOUND THAT ONLY 19% OF THOSE MAINS THAT WE DID THIS ACOUSTIC TEST TESTING ON WERE IN NEED OF CLEANING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO WE'RE SAVING A LITTLE BIT ON THE, ALTHOUGH OUR VAC ON HAS SEEN ITS LAST DAYS, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE PUTTING ONE IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

UM, IT HAS IT'S ALLOTTED TO SURVIVE AS LONG AS IT HAS ANOTHER YEAR.

'CAUSE WE WERE AT END OF LIFE PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO ON THAT PARTICULAR UNIT.

UM, COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO MAINTAIN AT THIS POINT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING NEW AND ALSO, UH, NOT HAVE TO PROLONG THE LIFE OF THAT ONE AS WELL.

BECAUSE OF THE ACOUSTIC TESTING.

I THINK IT'S LIKE, AND I PUT IT ON HERE TOO, THE, UH, YOU CLEAN THE SEWER LINES, UH, WHERE THE ACOUSTIC INSPECTION SCORE A ZERO TO A ONE, UH, OR I'M SORRY, ZERO, I'M SORRY.

THEN WE, THAT MEANS THAT IT NEEDS CLEANED RIGHT AWAY.

SO WE GET THAT, WE GET THE EQUIPMENT OUT THERE AND WE GET IT CLEANED RIGHT AWAY.

IF IT'S A ONE, TWO, A THREE, THEN IT'S CLEAN WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS.

AND I BELIEVE UP TO A SEVEN, ISN'T IT, THAT IT'S WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT WE TRY TO GET THINGS DONE.

AND THEN IF IT'S AN EIGHT OR ABOVE, IT'S, IT'S CONSIDERED GOOD.

IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO BE CLEANED.

UM, AND MOST OF THEM WILL TEST ALL, MOST OF THESE TESTED OUT EIGHT OR ABOVE.

UM, WE DID, UH, WE CLEANED THE WET WELLS AND ALL THE LIFT STATIONS, WHICH IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE DONE TO KEEP THOSE LIFT STATIONS OPERATING PROPERLY.

UH, WE INSPECTED THE, AND LOAD BANK TESTED THE PORTABLE GENERATORS.

IT SAYS HERE AT THE, AT, AT THE, AT OLD TROY PIKE AND AT SHELL ROAD PUMP STATIONS.

WE ACTUALLY DO THAT EVERY YEAR AT EVERY LIFT STATION.

UM, AND ALL THE GENERATORS, INCLUDING THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, THEY'RE ALL INSPECTED.

WE INSPECT THEM AND DO LOAD BANK TE OR WE INSPECT THEM AND DO TESTING WEEKLY, UM, ON THE ONES AT THE ONE AT THE PLANT ESPECIALLY.

UM, AND THEN WE DO THE, UH, THE IN INSPECT THE, THE GIANT INSPECTION AT LEAST ANNUALLY.

UM, THEN WE HAVE, UH, WE DID HAVE NINE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW EVENTS LAST YEAR, AND WE RESPONDED TO THOSE IN A QUICK AND TIMELY MANNER.

UM, WE GOT A, GOT ALL OF THE OVERFLOWS TAKEN CARE OF.

UH, WE HAD, UH, CARRIAGE TRAILS.

UH, WE HAD TO REPLACE A PUMP THERE AT THAT LIFT STATION.

UH, THE OLD TROY PIPE LIFT STATION.

WE HAD TO REPLACE NUMBER PUMP, NUMBER TWO OF FOUR THAT ARE THERE.

AND THEN THE VITECH LIFT STATION, WE INSTALLED THE NEW PUMP.

NUMBER TWO FROM NUMBER FROM THE, FROM THE TWO PUMPS.

WE MOVE ON TO CUSTOMER SERVICE NOW.

AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE SOLD, WHICH IS 983 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER.

UH, WE COLLECTED OVER 11 MILLION IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY.

UM, THAT INCLUDES STORM WATER REVENUES THAT'S NOT BROKEN OUT INTO WATER, SEWER, AND STORM.

UM, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE THAT WAS, IS BROKEN OUT IN THE ANNUAL REPORT.

UM, THEN WE HAVE CUSTOMER CARE.

WE HAD ABOUT, WE STILL CONTINUE IN OUR OFFICE TO EITHER SEE OR SPEAK TO MANY FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I WAS TELLING ANYBODY, IF YOU'VE GOT A HANDOUT THAT'S THE CITY NEEDS TO GET OUT, BRING IT TO OUR OFFICE BECAUSE IT WILL BE GONE PRETTY QUICK.

UM, WE SEE LAST YEAR, 37,000 OVER, UM, IN OUR OFFICE.

UM, THEY COME IN TO PAY WATER BILLS.

THEY COME IN TO SIGN UP FOR SERVICE.

THEY COME IN WITH GENERAL QUESTIONS.

SOMETIMES THEY COME IN TO COMPLAIN BECAUSE THEIR WATER WAS SHUT OFF OR, UH, THERE WAS A LEAK IN THEIR SYSTEM OR SOMETHING.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS THERE AND, AND GLAD TO HAVE THEM COME INTO THE OFFICE AND WE TRY TO RESOLVE THEIR ISSUES IF THEY HAVE ANY.

BUT MOST OF THEM ARE PAYING A WATER BILL OR HAVE SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS.

UM, AND THEN TELEPHONE ACTUALLY WAS LESS THAN VISITORS IN THE OFFICE THIS LAST YEAR, UH, WITH A LITTLE OVER ALMOST 21,000, UH, TELEPHONE ASSISTED FOLKS.

UM, WE DID PROCESS ABOUT 56,000, ALMOST 57,000 ONLINE PAYMENTS.

SO THAT PROGRAM CONTINUES TO DO WELL.

UH, PAPERLESS STATEMENT OPTIONS.

UH, STILL NOT THE GREATEST.

THEY'RE ABOUT 2000 CUSTOMERS, 2324 CUSTOMERS, UM, NOW REGISTERED FOR FIRST BILLING, WHICH IS THE CITY'S THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT, UM, PROVIDES

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ONLINE BILLING.

UM, AND THEN, BUT IT IS ANOTHER POSITIVE TREND OF LAST YEAR WE ONLY HAD 1,944 CUSTOMERS SIGNED UP.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE AUTOPAY, UH, SYSTEM, WHICH, UH, THERE'S ABOUT 137 CUSTOMERS REGISTERED TO PAY AUTO TO WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

IT JUST COMES RIGHT OUT OF THEIR BILL, UH, OR OUT OF THEIR CHECKING OR NOT CHECKING ACCOUNT, UM, CREDIT CARD OR HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE TO PAY.

IT COULD BE A CREDIT CARD.

AND THEN WE EVEN HAVE, SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE A TEXT TO PAY.

WE HAVE ABOUT 215 CUSTOMERS THAT ARE REGISTERED FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE AUTO PAY, UH, THE CITY HAS THAT AS WELL.

UH, AND 137 CUSTOMERS REGISTERED FOR THAT ONE AS WELL.

AND THEN, UH, WE COLLECTED OVER 200,000 UH, METERS.

NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY METERS IN THE SYSTEM, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEY NEED TO BE READ EVERY MONTH.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, WHEN THEY FINAL OUT AND WHEN THEY MOVE IN, THOSE METERS HAVE TO BE RE-READ.

THIS NEXT PAGE IS JUST KIND OF A PICTURE OF WHAT THE BUDGET WAS FOR LAST YEAR AND THEN WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SPENT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN SUBCONTRACTORS AND CHEMICALS.

THERE WAS WAY OVERSPEND, UM, TO WHAT WE ANTICIPATED JUST BECAUSE OF KIND OF, I THINK WHAT I STOOD UP HERE LAST YEAR.

I SAID, PRICING IS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE AFTER EFFECTS.

SO THAT CONTINUES, AND CHEMICALS ESPECIALLY ARE JUST, THEY'RE GOING CRAZY.

AND WITH THE SOFTENING, IT REQUIRES A LOT MORE CHEMICAL THAN WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE SOFTENING.

AND I'M, THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING BAD.

I'M EXCITED THAT WE HAVE SOFTENING.

I LOVE IT, BUT IT DOES COST MONEY.

AND, UM, SO IT, THAT, THAT HAS REALLY HIT US HARD.

AND THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS WHEN THIS WAS DONE, THEY WEREN'T AT THEIR PEAK.

SO THIS NEXT YEAR YOU'LL SEE THAT SAME UPTREND.

IT'S EVEN EVEN MORE IN THE CHEMICALS AREA.

UM, ENERGY, WE ACTUALLY SPENT A LITTLE LESS THAN WE ANTICIPATED, BUT THIS YEAR IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GONNA GO THE OTHER WAY AS WELL.

UM, SO BECAUSE WHAT, THE REASON I THINK WE GOT AWAY WITH THE ENERGY LAST YEAR IS BECAUSE WE WERE IN A CONTRACT THAT KEPT US AT LOWER RATE, AND THEN ONCE THAT WENT OUT AND THE NEW RATES CAME IN, THEN THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE THERE.

UM, SO THE NEXT THING WE HAVE FOR YOU IS OUR O AND M PLAN FOR 2023.

A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS UNDERWAY OR MAYBE EVEN ALREADY DONE.

UH, BUT WE, WE ARE PLANNING ON OR TO, WE ARE ASSISTING WITH THE RENEWAL OF THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM, WHICH ISN'T JUST FANCY NAME FOR AN N P D E S PERMIT.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OUTFALL THAT GOES TO THE RIVER FROM THE SOFTENING, WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS PERMIT.

AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE JUST OUT, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO TO, FOR A VISIT.

AND, UH, SENT A NICE LETTER TO RUSS, I GUESS AFTERWARDS SAYING THAT EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT.

THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, THEY WILL NOT BE RENEWING THE PERMIT, BUT THEY'RE EXTENDING THE OLD ONE.

AND THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEM, NOT US.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY PERFORMING SOME KIND OF ADDITIONAL, UH, IN, UM, REVIEW WITH THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WITH EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS OUTFALL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT, UM, THEY ARE, THEY DID SEND US LETTER AND SAID THAT ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD RENEW IN, I BELIEVE IT'S SEPTEMBER, IT WON'T, PROBABLY WON'T, IT'LL GO INTO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

BUT OUR CURRENT N P D S PERMIT WILL CONTINUE ON.

UM, WE DID REPLACE THE MEMBRANES IN SKID NUMBER ONE, AND THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT SINCE THE NEW SOFTENING PLANT.

WE'D HOPED TO GET A LITTLE BETTER LIFE OUT OF THEM.

BUT WHAT WE DID FIND WAS, IS THAT NOT ALL OF THE MEMBRANES WERE BAD.

SO WE'RE GOING TO USE, REUSE THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND, UH, IT'LL SAVE A LITTLE MONEY THERE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT ONES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY PROLONG THE LIFE OF THAT ONE TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A FULL NEW REPLACE WITH THAT.

UM, THEN WE HAVE, UH, LEAD OR THE REHABILITATING OF, WELL NUMBER FOUR THAT'S COMPLETED ALREADY.

UM, THOSE WELLS HAVE TO BE PULLED DOWN AND INSPECTED EVERY FEW YEARS WHEN THEY START TO, UH, PRODUCE LESS WATER.

AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED BEFORE WE'RE RUNNING THOSE PRETTY MUCH 24 7.

SO THEY DO SANDS, FINE SANDS AND DIFFERENT THINGS GET INTO THEM AND THEY REDUCE THE, THE OPERATIONS OF THOSE FACIL THOSE, AND THEY HAVE TO BE CLEANED AND INSPECTED AND REPAIRED.

UH, SO THAT WAS DONE PERFORMING LEAD AND COPPER TESTING, WE DID THAT AS WELL.

UM, AND THE LEAD AND COPPER TESTING, WE WERE HOPING THAT THE SIX MONTH REQUIREMENT WHEN WE PUT IN THE NEW SOFTENING SYSTEM WAS GONNA JUST BE TEMPORARY.

BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH MAKING IT THAT WAY FOR EVERYBODY CONSTANTLY.

AND THEY'RE EVEN, UM, CREATING A NEW PROGRAM.

UH, WELL IT'S ALREADY STARTED.

UH, WE WILL BE ASSISTING THE CITY AND WORKING TOWARD THE COMPLIANCE OF THE NEW, AND IT'S A REALLY EXTENSIVE SERVICE LINE, INVENTORY SUBMITTAL, UM, THAT THE CITY'S

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REQUIRED TO DO.

WE HAD TO DO A MAPPING, I THINK BACK IN 2018 OR 19.

UM, AND THAT WAS SAYING, WHO HAS LEAD SERVICE? WHO HAS THIS? LUCKILY THE CITY FOR THE MOST PART IS VERY WELL, I SHOULD SAY FOR ALL PART.

UM, SOME OF THE OLDER, OLDER SECTIONS THAT I'M, THAT THE CITY PURCHASED WHEN, UH, THEY PURCHASED THE UTILITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE OUT THERE.

THEY'RE GONNA BE CHECKING THOSE.

BUT, UM, E P A HAS KIND OF TAKEN A STANCE THAT IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF LEAD SERVICE FOUND OR GALVANIZED, UM, THEY'RE LEANING TOWARD, THEY'RE GONNA REQUIRE THE CITIES TO REPLACE THOSE, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY DOESN'T OWN THAT, THAT SERVICE LINE.

SO YOU'RE EX WE'RE EXTREMELY LUCKY IN THAT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE OF THAT, IF ANY.

UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT ONE.

UM, THAT IS THE, THE INVENTORY THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS DUE IN OCTOBER OF 2024.

SO THAT'S UPCOMING AND ONGOING.

UM, AND THE CITY'S ALREADY STARTED IDENTIFYING SOME, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY, 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN, UH, RECORDS GOING FORWARD.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO DEVELOP A PLAN OF HOW TO, HOW TO DO THAT, KEEP IT IN THE BILLING SOFTWARE, KEEP IT ELSEWHERE, UH, HOW WE'RE, HOW WE WILL BE, HOW WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

ARE WE GONNA ASK THE DEVELOPERS WHO PUT THE LINES IN TO PROVIDE PROOF OF WHAT THEY PUT IN THE GROUND SO THAT WE CAN RECORD THAT IN THE SYSTEM? UH, BUT WE'LL WORK OUT ALL THOSE DETAILS.

UH, THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, EMIRATE WATER STAND PIPE, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING PAINTED RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.

AND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE COMING CLOSE TO A CLOSE WITH THAT SO WE CAN GET THAT BACK ON SERVICE.

WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY THAT WE'VE HAD LOTS OF RAIN AND WE HAVE, I SHOULDN'T SAY LOTS OF RAIN, BUT WE'VE HAD RAINSTORMS ENOUGH THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A SIGNIFICANT NEED OR AN ISSUE AT ALL WITH, UH, BEING DOWN BY, WITH ONE WATER TOWER FOR IT TO BE PAINTED.

WE WERE SIG SIGNIFICANTLY WORRIED IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE IT WAS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE GETTING READY TO TAKE IT DOWN THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, WE WERE LIKE, UGH.

BECAUSE MEMORIAL DAY AND 4TH OF JULY, THOSE ARE LIKE TWO BIG, BIG USERS.

LUCKILY IT DID HIT, DIDN'T HIT THE, UM, FIRST ONE AND THE SECOND ONE, IT DIDN'T AFFECT IT.

SO WE WERE GOOD.

UM, THEN WE HAD, UM, WE'RE GONNA CON UH, WE, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO THE ACOUSTIC INSPECTION PROGRAM AND THE VALVE EXERCISE PROGRAM, AND THAT'S ANOTHER E P A MANDATE.

UM, AND WE HAVE THE VALVE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.

THE CITY WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO PURCHASE THAT A COUPLE YEARS BACK, AND WE'VE BEEN DILIGENTLY, UH, USING THAT EQUIPMENT AS WELL.

UM, THEN REPLACING, UH, THE AGING FLEET THAT WE HAVE, I MENTIONED BEFORE, DON'T, WELL, THIS ISN'T IN THIS YEAR.

THIS IS ACTUALLY NEXT YEAR THAT WE'RE HOPED TO REPLACE THE VAC ON.

UM, I'M PUTTING IT IN BUDGET.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

, WE HAVE, UM, UH, WE HAD A PICKUP TRUCK THAT WE JUST GOT THIS YEAR.

UH, WE HAVE A LARGE DUMP THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT A TEXT I THINK EARLIER TODAY THAT SAID THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE GETTING THAT IT'S ONLY BEEN ON ORDER FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.

UH, THEY CANCELED IT EACH YEAR AND THEN THEY, WE HAD TO REORDER IT EACH YEAR DURING THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD WITH THE PANDEMIC.

UM, WE DID REPLACE ONE OF OUR BACKHOES.

WE HAD TWO BACKHOES, SO WE STILL HAVE ONE.

WE REPLACED IT WITH AN A LITTLE EXCAVATOR AND A SORT OF A MEDIUM SIZED EXCAVATOR.

I CAN'T REALLY CALL IT MINI AND A FRONT LOADER.

AND THOSE ARE STEAMING TO DO A LOT OF GOOD OUT THERE, UH, DURING A MAIN BREAK.

AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT BECAUSE WE CAN ALSO USE THAT EQUIPMENT FOR OTHER THINGS BESIDES MAIN BREAKS THAT WE'VE BEEN KIND OF NEEDING FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, AND THAT'S REALLY RE THE, THE BIGGIE THING THAT, THAT I'D REALLY LIKE FOR US TO LOOK INTO IS RESEARCHING THE NEW ADVANCED METERING TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, CITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO DECIDED THAT IT WAS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND THEY INVESTED IN REPLACING ALL OF, I SAID A FEW YEARS AGO, MY SON USED TO SAY, DON'T LISTEN TO HER, WHAT SHE SAYS THE OTHER DAY, BECAUSE THE OTHER DAY MAY MEAN 15 YEARS AGO, .

SO MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, PROBABLY MORE LIKE 12 OR 13 YEARS AGO, WE REPLACED ALL THE METERS, THE CITY REPLACED ALL THE METERS IN THE SYSTEM, AND WE WENT TO AN A M R, WHICH IS AN AUTOMATIC METER READING WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE BY.

UM, THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THOSE READINGS RIGHT INTO THE OFFICE.

AND THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND SOMEONE OUT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A LEAK.

WE CAN LOOK IN THE SYSTEM AND GO, YEAH, I SEE IT RUNNING RIGHT NOW.

UM, STILL NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHERE IT'S AT.

IT'S NOT THAT ADVANCED IN TECHNOLOGY.

UH, BUT IT, BUT IT IS A NICE FEATURE.

UM, THE ONLY ISSUE WITH THIS, AND OF COURSE, AND THEN THE OTHER THING FOR US IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONSTANTLY, THE, THE WATER PLANT IS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT ANYBODY ANTICIPATED MAINTENANCE WISE.

UM, AND SO WE'VE, ALTHOUGH WE'VE UPPED THE STAFF, WE'VE HAD TO UP IT EVEN MORE, WHICH HAS PUT A SHORT ON DISTRIBUTION AND EVERYBODY'S WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE TEAM AND WE BORROW FROM EACH OTHER WHEN WE NEED TO, AND WE'RE GETTING IT ALL DONE.

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BUT WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS POSSIBLY FREE UP ONE OF OUR SERVICE PEOPLE TO DO SOME THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY WORKING IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, BUT DOING, I MEAN, THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK OUT THERE TO DO BESIDES READ METERS.

IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY, BUT IT WOULD FREE UP A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE THAT PERSON DO ANOTHER PIECE OF SOMETHING THAT DISTRIBUTION'S DOING.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE THING THAT I WANNA LOOK AT.

THE TIMING.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THE TIMING.

BECAUSE AGAIN, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT CONSTANT THAT THERE'S NO METERS AROUND, I HAVE NOT LOOKED INTO.

AND I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD SAY IF I WERE TO SAY, OKAY, YEAH, I WANT NEXT MONTH TO START DOING.

I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE TRULY IS A, A, A, AN INDUSTRY-WIDE ISSUE WITH GETTING METERS.

BUT SO WHAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN IS THIS, WE CAN, WE CAN DO RESEARCH, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL, UH, OTHER THINGS, UH, OR METERS ARE AVAILABLE AGAIN, IN AND PLENTIFUL BECAUSE WE WOULD POSSIBLY NEED TO REPLACE THE MAJORITY OF THE METERS AND MAYBE EVEN GO TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SYSTEM, UM, THAN, THAN THE NEPTUNE ONE THAT WE USE NOW.

ALTHOUGH AGAIN, IT REQUIRES RESEARCH.

WE COULD FIND OUT THAT NEPTUNE'S THE BEST THING OUT THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW.

UM, SO THAT IS ALL I REALLY HAD TO SAY EXCEPT FOR THIS VERY LAST PAGE THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.

NONE OF THIS THAT I JUST TALKED AND BOARD YOU ALL TO DEATH WITH PROBABLY, UH, WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS REALLY DEDICATED, REALLY HARDWORKING CREW.

UH, YOU KNOW, STREET DEPARTMENT IS AWESOME.

EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF HUMAN HEIGHTS IS AWESOME.

THESE GUYS ARE AWESOME AS WELL.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT BECAUSE, EXCUSE ME, UH, WE DO THE MEAN THINGS.

WE SHUT PEOPLE OFF WHEN THEY DON'T PAY THEIR WATER BILL.

IT'S AN ORDINANCE.

WE HAVE TO DO IT.

UM, WE ARE FIXING A WATER MAIN WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET HOME FROM WORK AND WE'RE IN THEIR WAY.

UM, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT REPAIR.

UM, THAT'S FOR THEIR BETTERMENT OF THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY AND NOT FALL THROUGH A HOLE.

YOU KNOW, WE, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE WERE, I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS BACK WE WERE WORKING, UM, NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH DISRESPECT , UH, FOR PEOPLE, UH, FOR THE STAFF WORKING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, GET OUTTA MY WAY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

IT'S JUST, AND IT SEEMS TO GET WORSE AND WORSE AS TIME GOES ON.

AND I HOPE THAT THAT CHANGE, THAT TREND CHANGES, UH, THROUGH THE YEARS COMING.

BUT AT ANY RATE, THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE, I'D PUT 'EM UP AGAINST ANY TEAM AND I WENT LONGER THAN I HOPED Y'ALL HAVE.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE ANSWERS.

SOME OF THESE GUYS MIGHT, OR WE'LL GET 'EM FOR YOU TO GET BACK TO YOU.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH.

UH, PAM, I GOT A COUPLE.

UM, HAS OUR, UH, DELINQUENCY RATE ON BILLS GONE UP, DOWN? UH, IT, I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE SAME.

WOULDN'T YOU? YEAH.

I MEAN I REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE, I MEAN, WE WOULD LOCK OFF QUITE A FEW PEOPLE A DAY, BUT IT HASN'T REALLY GONE UP.

IS THERE, IT GOES UP CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR.

UH, WE SEE THAT AT THE HOLIDAYS.

RIGHT.

AND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON CHRISTMAS AND STUFF, AND LITTLE WATER BILLS GET, YOU KNOW, AND RIGHT.

PROBABLY ALL THEIR BILLS.

UM, IS THERE ANY COST SAVINGS TO PEOPLE AUTOPAY? THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT AT ALL.

THEY STILL PAY THE SURCHARGE.

THEY'RE USING A SPRAY PAINTING, UM, AND THEY HAVE LIKE A LITTLE HOUSE THAT THEY PUT AROUND IT OR COW CARDBOARD.

THE CITY HAS A SURCHARGE.

UM, AND, UH, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHEN A HYDRANT GETS PAINTED? DO YOU HAVE ONE YOU NEED PAINTED ? PARDON ME? DO YOU HAVE ONE YOU NEED PAINTED? WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE ON A SEVEN YEAR ROTATION.

WELL SEE.

I, WELL, I DON'T THINK, BUT IT'S SOMES PAINTED IN 20 YEARS.

NOT SINCE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PUT IN.

UH, WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? WE'LL PAINT TOMORROW.

IT'S, IT'S GOOD ANSWER.

WE TRY TO GET OUT THERE AND PAINT.

I THINK IT'S 400, 4 50 THIS YEAR.

I THINK WE'RE PAINT, BUT IT IS SURELY RANDOM BECAUSE WE, WE JUST TAKE PHONE CALLS OR I TELL MY GUYS, HEY, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU SEE A, A HYDRANT THAT NEEDS PAINTED, JUST LET US KNOW.

WELL DRIVE AROUND THE HEAD, THE MIRROR, SUB DRIVE AROUND THE HEAD, THE MIRROR SUBDIVISION.

THEY'RE REALLY FADED OUT.

FADING DOES OCCUR, UM, ON THOSE.

UH, AND WE DO TRY TO GET THEM PAINTED.

WE DID HAVE A SCHEDULE WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT EACH HYDRANT WAS PAINTED EVERY SEVEN YEARS, WHICH THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF SHOCKED BECAUSE I'M, I, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.

YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT, BUT MAYBE THEY SKIPPED AN ACCIDENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS, BUT AT ANY RATE, UM, YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU.

UM, BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE KIND OF GONE WITH A RANDOM, UH, PLAN AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF LAST YEAR TOO, BECAUSE WE INTRODUCED, UM, OR WE, WE CHALLENGED OUR SERVICE FOLKS TO COME UP WITH A BETTER WAY TO PAINT.

AND THEY HAVE DEVELOPED,

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BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE BEFORE WE GO TO RELEASE POPULATED AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA END UP ON SOMEBODY'S CAR.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF THE GRASS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T GET UP.

SO, SO WE'RE KIND OF TESTING THAT TO SEE HOW IT'S GONNA WORK.

BUT STILL IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WE'RE STILL HAND PAINTING.

SO HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING LIKE A, A EL ELECTROSTATIC WHERE YOU WOULD SURROUND IT WITH A, A METAL BOX AND, AND DO ELECTROSTATIC PAINTING, BUT THAT KEEPS TO THE, UH, THE OVER SPRAY? YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, HONESTLY.

I MEAN, I CAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PACK COULD MAYBE TAKE A LOOK INTO.

I DON'T KNOW IF, WOULD IT WORK ON A HYDRANT? JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IT'D SAID IT'D BE A PRETTY LARGE INVESTMENT IN THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

I, THIS TIME JUST STILL KIND OF GO TO MY HAND.

BUT, UH, IT CERTAINLY ENTERTAINED THE THOUGHT OF CONTRACTING OUT THE COMPANY JUST INSTEAD DOING ALL THE HYBRIDS IN THE CITY EVERY HOWEVER MANY YEARS.

MIGHT BE AN OPTION TOO.

WELL, WE USED TO, UH, ON THE BASE, WE USED TO SPRAY OUR, OUR OLD MIDDLE DESK DOING THAT.

WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT DONE WHEN WE WERE PRIVATELY OWNED, UM, OVER ON BRANT PIKE IN THAT OFFICE.

AND WE HAD SO MANY THINGS AND WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE PIECES OF THAT FURNITURE AND IT STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

IT WAS, THEY DID THAT, THE ELECTROSTATIC PAINTING ON IT.

IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY NEAT.

I THINK IT WORKS WELL ON FENCES TOO.

SO THAT WOULD BE COOL.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE'LL SEE.

WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? YES, KATE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

PAM, I WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE WANTS TO THANK YOU.

'CAUSE YOU GUYS ARE UNSUNG HEROES.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MARK, PAM? UH, IT WAS 1995 WHEN THE CITY ACQUIRED THE WATER UTILITY.

AND PRIOR TO THAT IT WAS OHIO SUBURBAN.

WHAT YEAR DID YOU START WITH OHIO SUBURBAN .

MARK.

YOU CAN'T ASK WOMAN THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S OKAY.

I I, I'M NOT SHY.

HE KNOWS HE .

WE WENT, WE'RE ABOUT THE SAME AGE.

UM, I STARTED IN 1975.

UM, IT'S 47 YEARS LAST APRIL.

OUR HAT'S OFF TO THE CREW UHHUH.

BUT THE CONSISTENCY HAS BEEN YOU.

BUT I STILL MAINTAIN THAT IT'S THE TEAM 'CAUSE IT SURE WOULDN'T GET DONE WITHOUT THEM.

I J THEY JUST MADE ME LOOK GOOD.

THANK YOU ALL.

SORRY.

YOU SURE? THAT'S, I WAS GONNA GRILL PAM ON ONE.

HEY PAM, WHAT'S A SCADA SYSTEM? FC.

OH, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

GARY, YOU WANT ME WITH THE, THE GARY DOES SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION.

SO BASICALLY IT MONITORS THINGS LIKE LIFT STATIONS, UM, THE, THE WELLS, THE WATER TOWERS, AND IT CAN TELL YOU THE LEVELS THAT THINGS ARE AT.

IT CAN GIVE YOU READINGS FOR, UM, HOW LONG THINGS HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION OR HOW HIGH A A A LEVEL IS.

IT CONTROLS THE WATER PLANT.

BASICALLY CONTROLS THE PLANT.

COOL.

AND I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, NOT TO, NOT TO GRILL YOU, BUT, UH, I HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE E P A HOMELAND SECURITY, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE FOR YOU.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO, DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING? ANY OF THAT BEING IMPLEMENTED 20 23, 20 24 OR FURTHER DOWN THE PIKE? I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE IT SOONER THAN LATER, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PA HAS, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST FINISHED PROBABLY A MONTH AGO.

THEY SENT OUT A, PROBABLY, I WANNA SAY IT WAS ABOUT A 15 PAGE SURVEY.

AND BRANDON FROM IT, WHO WOULD, WOULD HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY HAS, UM, COME DOWN.

WE CAME AND HELPED ME FILL THAT OUT AND REALIZE THAT HE HAS A FEW THINGS HE HAS TO WORK ON.

UM, AND MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS YESTERDAY, WELL, FOR THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF.

YEP.

UM, UH, WITH COMMUNICATIONS AT THE PLANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL ISSUES.

, WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY.

WE ARE, WE'RE, OUR CREWS ARE AWESOME AT THE OPERATION OF THE FACILITY, BUT WE AREN'T THERE 24 7.

AND SO SECURITY IS EXTREME OF THE EXTREME IMPORTANCE.

, UH, AND I CAN ONLY ECHO, UH, WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN CAMPBELL, UH, SAID.

UH, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS REPORT.

UM, EVERY TIME YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, IT'S INFORMATIVE AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU JUST LIKE TO HEAR MY KNEES KNOCK.

YES, MA'AM.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CITIZENS

[7. Citizens Comments]

COMMENTS TODAY.

AGENDA ITEMS MAY DO SO ONLY IF REGISTERED BY COMPLETING A CITIZEN'S COMMENT REQUEST FORM AND SUBMITTING IT TO THE CLERK OF COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.

UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT CITIZENS GIVEN TIME TO SPEAK DURING THE MEETING, WHETHER GENERAL COMMENTS OR COMMENTS ON SPECIFIC

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CITIZENS' COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES PER PERSON AND ARE LIMITED TO THE SUBJECT UNDER DISCUSSION OF SPEAKING ON AN AGENDA ITEM.

THIS TIME IS FOR COMMENTS AND STATEMENTS ONLY AND IS NOT A FORMAT FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

SO, WITH THAT SAID, UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH MS. DONNA HUGHES.

IF YOU PLEASE COME TO THE BOTTOM.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THIS, BUT I WANTED TO THANK WHOEVER PUT THE REFLECTIVE FORMS ON THE POLES BETWEEN EXECUTIVE AND SHOAL ROAD WHERE SHOWS A DIVIDER.

'CAUSE I'M ALMOST HIT IT A COUPLE TIMES.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE REFLECTORS WENT UP, BUT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU DID IT.

AND I HAVE A REQUEST, NOT ABOUT AN ANNEXATION, BUT I HAVE A REQUEST GOING EASTBOUND ON SHOAL ROAD.

THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE IS EQUAL TO THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE.

AND I'M GONNA MAKE A SUGGESTION OR REQUEST TO MOVE THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE ABOUT FIVE FEET BACK BECAUSE TRUCKS, LARGE VANS, UH, BOX TRUCKS AND SEMIS ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE I WAS RIGHT UP ON THE WHITE LINE.

AND IF I, I'LL MOVE BACK WHEN I CAN, BUT I JUST THOUGHT, 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME, SOME OF THE, I HAVE SEEN OTHER PLACES BACK IT OFF.

AND WHEN YOU BACK IT OFF, BACK IT OFF.

ALL WHITE OR DIAGONAL WHITE BECAUSE I DIDN'T READ THOSE EITHER ON THE OTHER CITIES.

SO THOSE ARE SOME REQUESTS.

'CAUSE I, UH, IT'S PRETTY, ESPECIALLY AT FIVE O'CLOCK THERE.

AND, UM, I DON'T WANNA HIT MY OLD CAR.

A THOUSAND SUGGESTS FROM ALL 88 COUNTIES, WHICH AGAIN, MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND LAST UP WE HAVE MR. JEFF MORFORD.

IF YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

AND GOOD EVENING.

JEFF MORFORD, BETHEL TOWNSHIP, ANNEXATION OF LAND FROM WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MIAMI COUNTY.

THE FIVE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT RULE.

I'M ACUTELY AWARE RULES NEED TO BE FOLLOWED JUST AS I BELIEVE BORDERS SHOULD BE HONORED.

MOST CITY COUNCILS CROSS OHIO HAVE THE FIVE MINUTE RULE.

I BELIEVE PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN AND THEN RESTRICTED TO FIVE MINUTES IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS MORE INTEREST IN WATCHING THE CLOCK THAN LISTENING TO WHAT IS BEING SAID.

WE ARE NOT COMMENTING ON PUTTING IN A STOP SIGN.

THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS NEGATIVELY AFFECTED OUR CITIZENS AND STUDENTS IN THE PAST TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE.

AND JUST MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME AMONG YOU THAT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY.

I HAVE BEEN TO THESE MEETINGS WHEN SOMEONE GETS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEIR SUBJECT IS TO YOUR LIKING OR SOMETHING YOU AGREE WITH, AND THE FIVE MINUTE RULE IS NOT ENFORCED.

TIMELINES.

I THOUGHT IN THIS SETTING, THE JOB OF THE MAYOR WAS TO OFFICIATE, NOT DICTATE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE OR ACTION OF THIS COUNCIL, THE ANNEXATION REQUEST AS A TIMELINE AND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS.

BUT WHAT IT, IT WAS POSSIBLE THE VOTE WAS NOT GOING AS WAS ANTICIPATED.

IT WAS JUST THE PROCEDURE WAS JUST CANCELED, POSTPONING UNTIL THE NO VOTERS ON THIS COUNCIL COULD BE OUT OF OFFICE.

I HAVE SEEN BY THE VOTES, BY THIS COUNCIL TO BE TIED OR EQUAL AND THE MAYOR WOULD CAST A DECIDING VOTE.

IT SEEMS TO ME IN THIS CASE, THE VOTE ON ANNEXATION COULD HAVE GONE TO THIS SITUATION, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT SEEMS THAT YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR VOTE TO BE ON RECORD.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ALWAYS THINK THEY KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITIZENS.

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SEEM TO THINK THAT CITIZENS' INVOLVEMENT COMPLICATES THEIR JOB AND FURTHER TRY TO MAKE IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD OR INVOLVED.

FOR INSTANCE, AS OF NOW, THE STATE OF OHIO HAS GENERAL GUIDELINES AS IT PERTAINS TO THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS.

10% OF THE VOTERS VOTER SIGNATURES COLLECTED WITHIN 30 DAYS.

BUT TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT, SOME COMMUNITIES LIKE NEW CARLISLE REQUIRE 10%, BUT ONLY ALLOW 15 DAYS TO COLLECT THE SIGNATURES.

AND HERE IN HUBER, 30 DAYS IS INTACT, BUT 15% OF THE VOTER'S SIGNATURE IS REQUIRED, AGAIN, ADDING TO THE DIFFICULTY OF CITIZENS TO GET THEIR VOICE HEARD.

WHICH BRINGS ME THIS TO THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON AUGUST 8TH.

THERE'S ONE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AND ONLY ONE, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR CITIZENS TO GET ANYTHING DONE WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT TODAY TO GET A STATE INITIATIVE SUCCESSFUL 1000 SIGNATURES ARE REQUIRED FROM 44 COUNTIES.

THERE ARE 88 COUNTIES.

IF ISSUE ONE PASSES, THE REQUIREMENT WOULD DOUBLE REQUIRING

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PLEASE REMEMBER, ANY INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM THAT MIGHT BE SUCCESSFUL DOES NOT MAKE IT A DONE DEAL.

THIS IS A PROCEDURE THAT GETS IT TO THE BALLOT SO THE MAJORITY CAN DECIDE AS HAS BEEN FOUR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

I HAVE SUSPICION CONCERNING SPECIAL ELECTION, THIS MIDSUMMER SPECIAL ELECTION HISTORICALLY AS A LOW, LOW VER VOTER TURNOUT UNDER 10%.

I BELIEVE USING THIS MIDSUMMER SPECIAL ELECTION IS AN ATTEMPT TO SNEAK IT THROUGH.

WHY DON'T THEY JUST WAIT FOR THE NORMAL ELECTION DATE.

AS ALWAYS, I END WITH THE GOLDEN RULE.

DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NEXT UP IS ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS CITIZENS' TREASURE

[8. Citizens Registered To Speak On Agenda Items]

TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS. YOUR HONOR.

YOUR HONOR, NOW THIS EVENING, MAYOR.

THE EDITING AND INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES AND OR RESOLUTIONS AS PARTS OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENT CODES OF THE CITY CODE OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION AND PUBLICATION OF NEW MATTER IN THE UPDATED AND REVISED CITY CODE AS SUPPLEMENT 14.

NEXT ITEM NUMBER NINE, STATE MANAGER REPORT.

[9. City Manager Report]

BRIAN.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR COUNSEL AND THE COMMUNITY THIS EVENING.

UH, FIRST WANNA FOLLOW UP ON COMMENTS FROM THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE, UH, INTERCONNECTIVITY PROJECT ON OLD TROY PIKE FROM, UH, SHOUL, EXCUSE ME, FROM EXECUTIVE, UH, TO, UH, CHAMBERSBURG.

UH, THEY'RE MAKING, UH, ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT THROUGH THE WEEK.

UH, SO WE'LL BE, UH, TWEAKING THAT, UH, INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT TRAFFIC MOVING AS EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

UH, ALSO WANNA LET FOLKS KNOW THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ACTING CHIEF TONY ASHLEY, UH, REGARDING SOME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE AREA OF, UH, HEMMINGWAY, LAMONDS AND LADEN OVER THE WEEKEND.

AN INCREASE IN H H P D PRESENCE, UM, IN THAT AREA IS BEING PLANNED.

UH, ALSO WANNA LET COUNSEL KNOW THAT, UH, ODOT, UH, HAS ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS TO RESURFACE BRENT PIKE FROM TOM CLOUD NORTH TO FISHBURG.

UH, THIS WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN, UH, ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 14TH.

THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO LAST SIX WEEKS, UH, AND THE WORK WILL BE DONE AT NIGHT FROM 7:00 PM UNTIL 6:00 AM INFORMATION IS BEING PREPARED TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE RESIDENCE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THAT PROJECT, INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ODOT REGARDING THE, UH, ANY ISSUES WITH, UH, THE NIGHT WORK.

UH, ALSO WANNA LET FOLKS KNOW THAT, UH, THIS WEEKEND, UH, AFTER THE, UH, THE HOT AFTERNOON, THEY CAN COOL OFF, UH, OVER AT THE IKE FOR THE PANDORA PROJECT, WHICH IS, UH, PART OF OUR SUMMER MUSIC SERIES.

UH, THIS EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM AND WE'LL ROLL UNTIL 9:00 PM UH, THE PANDORA PROJECT IS A THREE PIECE BAND.

UH, FROM THE PARENT BAND PANDORA EFFECT AND PLAYS A WIDE VARIETY OF MUSIC FROM ABBOTT TO A C D C.

AND THEN FINALLY, WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY, UH, THAT ON AUGUST 1ST IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TURN OUTS TO, UH, WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL ON CHAMBERSBURG ROAD FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM UH, TO MEET AND VISIT WITH, UH, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF, UH, AND BE INTRODUCED TO THE VARIOUS, UH, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND TRAINING, UH, THAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, UH, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, UH, WITH, UH, THE, UH, BALLOT MEASURE COMING IN NOVEMBER.

SO I WANNA MAKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF THAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING, SIR, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR ME.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM BRIAN? OKAY.

NEXT UP.

ITEM NUMBER 10, PENDING BUSINESS 10 A 10 ITEM 10 A.

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING

[ An Ordinance Approving The Editing And Inclusion Of Certain Ordinances And/Or Resolutions As Parts Of The Various Component Codes Of The City Code Of Huber Heights, Ohio; Providing For The Adoption And Publication Of New Matter In The Updated And Revised City Code As Supplement 14; And Repealing Ordinances And Resolutions In Conflict Therewith. (second reading)]

AND REPEALING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS AND CONFLICT THEREWITH AT THE SECOND READING.

TONY, ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE PREVIOUS WORK SESSION.

THIS IS SUPPLEMENT 14, WHICH COVERS THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2023, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE THIS EVENING.

ALL APPROPRIATE, UH, LEGAL NOTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

IS THERE A MOTION, KATE, MOVE TO ADOPT NANCY.

ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUATION OF AN EXISTING 0.25% LEVY ON INCOME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AND EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2034, TO SUBMIT THIS ORDINANCE TO THE ELECTORATE FOR APPROVAL OR REJECTION AND CONTINGENT UPON SUCH ELECTION APPROVAL AMID SECTION 1 92 0.012 B, CHAPTER 1 92, INCOME TAX OF TITLE IX TAXATION, PART ONE, ADMINISTRATION TO REFLECT THE TAX CONTINUATION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

A MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. CAMPBELL? YES.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO AND NEXT UP IS ITEM 10 B.

ITEM 10 B, AN

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Continuation Of An Existing .25 Percent Levy On Income Effective January 1, 2025 And Expiring December 31, 2034, And To Submit This Ordinance To The Electorate For Approval Or Rejection And Contingent Upon Such Election Approval, Amend Section 192.012(B) Of Chapter 192, Income Tax, Of Title 9, Taxation Part I, Administration To Reflect The Tax Continuation, And Declaring An Emergency. (second reading)]

BRIAN? UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

PURSUANT TO, UH, COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION IN THE, UH, TITLE, UH, READING BY THE CLERK, UH, THIS MATTER PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY $2.75 MILLION WORTH OF ANNUAL FUNDING TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.

UH, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION THAT THIS ITEM

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BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING.

S O S IS THERE A MOTION MARK? MOTION TO ADOPT.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THIS EVENING? ATTORNEY MRS. BURGE? YES.

MR. RA? PARDON? OKAY.

ANITA.

BRIAN, ARE WE SERIOUSLY GOING TO USE THE NPAC GROUP AFTER THIS LAST TIME? BECAUSE BASICALLY WE PAID $74,000 FOR WHAT? SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS YES.

UM, BASED ON, UM, BASED ON WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES RELATIVE TO THIS MEASURE GOING TO NOVEMBER, UH, WE WILL ENGAGE.

I HAVE ENGAGED THE IMPACT GROUP, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO MARKET AND PROMOTE THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN.

UM, I WOULD NOTE, UM, THAT THE SERVICES THAT WE DID ENGAGE FROM, UH, THE SERVICES THAT WE ENGAGED FROM THE IMPACT GROUP, UM, THEY DID PROVIDE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE STRATEGY THAT WE UTILIZED FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEASURE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

UH, THAT'S NOT A FUNCTION OF THE IMPACT GROUP SO MUCH AS I THINK IT IS.

UM, SEVERAL FACTORS AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT WENT INTO, UH, THE, UM, THAT WENT INTO, UH, THE MAY PRIMARY.

AND, UM, I HAVE, UH, FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE THAT, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE GOING IN NOVEMBER.

UH, AND WITH, UH, I THINK A REINVIGORATION OF SUPPORT FROM ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THIS MATTER, I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT THE, UH, EFFORT THAT THE STAFF AND, UH, IMPACT GROUP WILL BRING TO THE TABLE IN THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE WILL MAKE THIS LEVEE SUCCESSFUL, UH, IN NOVEMBER.

SO HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE GOING TO BE SPENDING ON THEM? WE SPENT 74,000 AND WE DIDN'T PASS THE LEVY.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS 'CAUSE I BELIEVE OUR CONTRACT RAN OUT, I THINK IT WAS JULY 1ST WITH THEM.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, THE, I, I, I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT EXPIRES AT THE END OF JULY.

UH, BUT IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR MATTER, THE, UM, THE NEW CONTRACT APPLIES FROM AUGUST 1ST UNTIL, I BELIEVE IT IS THE END OF DECEMBER.

AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CONTRACT, I WANNA SAY, IS 24,600 OR 24,400, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

I'D HAVE TO PULL THAT BACK UP.

BUT THAT'S THE, THE PRICE FOR THE CONTRACT FOR SERVICES AND SUPPORT FROM, UM, AUGUST ONE UNTIL DECEMBER 31.

AND WHAT ARE THEY GONNA BE SUPPLYING US WITH WITH THAT MONEY? UM, WELL, LET'S SEE.

IF YOU HOLD ONE SECOND, PLEASE.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION WHILE HE'S RESEARCHING THAT? UH, YES.

BRIAN, THE $75,000, WAS THAT PURELY FOR THE LEVY, OR WAS THAT FOR EVERY EFFORT THAT WAS DONE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THROUGH? SO THAT PARTICULAR MEASURE INCLUDED, THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT INCLUDED, UM, COMMUNITY POLLING WITH RESPECT TO ATTITUDES ON, UH, THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES AND THE VALUE RANKING THAT THE COMMUNITY PUT INTO, UH, THOSE SERVICES AS OPPOSED TO JUST SIMPLY ADVISING ON STRATEGY.

THERE WAS STRATEGY WITHIN THE LAST CONTRACT, UM, BUT, UH, THAT WAS NOT THE EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

UM, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY SENTIMENT SURVEY COMPLETE, THE WORK NECESSARY FOR, UH, THE CURRENT CONTRACT, UH, IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UM, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED, WHICH IS WHY THE PRICING DIFFERENCES, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE TWO.

LEMME SEE HERE.

TECHNOLOGY NEVER WORKS WHEN YOU WANT IT TO.

NO, IT DOESN'T.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, INSTANCE, UH, INSTANCE, THE GENERAL SERVICES ARE DESCRIBED AS STRATEGIC ADVANCEMENT AND FACTUAL COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATING VALUE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, COMMUNICATE, SOUND, FISCAL MANAGEMENT, CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TESTIMONIALS AND FACTUAL CITY INFORMATION, AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY CONTINGENT, UH, EXCUSE ME, CONTENT CALENDARS, ENGAGING CONTENT, STRATEGIC, UH, SOCIAL CAMPAIGNS AND GRAPHIC DESIGNS.

AND OF COURSE, OUTLOOK IS NOT RESPONDING.

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AND THEN THERE'S A, UM, STATEMENT OF WORK ABOUT, UH, WHAT WOULD BE DONE TODAY.

WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL, UH, WITH MEMBERS OF THE IMPACT GROUP TO DISCUSS EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING AND WHAT, UH, WE WOULD BE, UM, BRINGING TOGETHER FOR THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN.

SO IN THIS INSTANCE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, UH, TO POSTCARD MAILERS, MAKING SURE THAT PRINT MATERIAL, UM, IS AVAILABLE BOTH IN A, UH, TRI-FOLD, BASIC INFORMATION TO INCLUDE, UM, FACT SHEETS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, IDENTIFYING VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS IN WHICH, UM, STAFF CAN ENGAGE TO COORDINATE, UH, AND DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE MESSAGE, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE TIME COMMITMENTS, UM, UNDERNEATH THE, UH, EXCUSE ME, UNDERNEATH THE, UM, UH, THE TIMELINES RELATIVE TO THE LEVY.

UM, THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE DRAFTING, UH, PRESS RELEASE, UM, IN THE EVENT OF TONIGHT'S VOTE, UM, FOR THE MEASURE, UH, HAVING A PRESS RELEASE READY AND AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT TONIGHT'S VOTE IS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN DOING PHYSICALLY, UH, WITH THE IMPACT GROUP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LEVY CAN BE AS SUCCESSFUL, UH, AS WE CAN FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH, UH, THE STAFF.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THOUGH, UH, WE AS STAFF CAN SHARE AS MUCH FACTUAL INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS THAT THERE HAVE TO BE ADVOCATES IN SUPPORT OF THE LEVY.

UH, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER, AND THE FACT THAT YOU AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE AN ABILITY TO ADVOCATE, UM, IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST THIS MEASURE AS A RESULT OF YOUR POSITION AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IMPACT GROUP IS ONE COMPONENT OF WHAT HAS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL MEASURE.

THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY COMPONENT OF WHAT IS A SUCCESSFUL MEASURE, AND WHETHER OR NOT IMPACT GROUP DOES EVERYTHING THEY SAY THEY DO, THEY DO HALF OF WHAT THEY DO, OR THEY DO NONE OF WHAT THEY DO.

THE LEVY STILL CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL IF THE LEVY IS NOT CHAMPIONED BY THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT IT.

AND THAT WAS A AREA WHERE WE LACKED IN THE PRI IN THE PRIMARY, BECAUSE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE WAS NO ONE ADVOCATING FOR THE LEVY.

WE DID MAKE, UM, WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE APPROPRIATE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE CONTENT, THE, THE FACTUAL COMPONENTS OF THE LEVY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE JUST NOT IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AND SO, UM, THE IMPACT GROUP, I THINK, BRINGS VALUE TO THE TABLE.

UM, MANY YEARS AGO, THE CITY WENT THROUGH A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE, UM, I WAS NOT ON, OBVIOUSLY I WAS NOT ON STAFF AT THE TIME.

I DIDN'T PARTICIPATE, UM, IN THAT CAMPAIGN.

UH, BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THIS COMMUNITY BROUGHT FORWARD A MEASURE, UH, TWO MEASURES THAT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL.

UH, IT'S THESE TWO MEASURES, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO SEEK RENEWAL FOR.

AND IT WAS THE IMPACT GROUP IN THEIR INVOLVEMENT THAT, UH, MANY FOLKS CREDIT, UH, THE SUCCESS OF, OF THESE TWO PARTICULAR MEASURES.

I KNOW NOT EVERYONE FEELS THAT WAY, BUT THERE ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DO.

AND SO I THINK THAT THE IMPACT GROUP HAS PROVEN TO BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO THE CITY, UH, WHICH IS WHY, UH, THEY WERE ENGAGED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND I THINK THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE.

BUT AGAIN, UH, IT'S NOT WHAT, JUST WHAT THEY DO THAT MAKES THE LEVEE SUCCESSFUL OR UNSUCCESSFUL.

IT'S WHAT A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LEVEE SUCCESSFUL.

I AGREE, IT'S, BUT AS COUNCILWOMAN BAKER SAID, WE HAD NO YARD SIGNS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAILERS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT FIRST LEVY, SO IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR US TO GO OUT AND ADVOCATE WHEN WE HAD, YOU KNOW, NOTHING, NO MATERIALS.

SO, BUT THE CITY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS.

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT SAYS VOTE OR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S FACTUAL INFORMATION.

WE CAN'T PROVIDE ADVOCACY MATERIAL.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A MISNOMER OR MISUNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO PROVIDE, AND IT'S NOT.

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SO REAL QUICK, UH, DAVE, I KNOW JUST, UM, MS. AFTERNOON, YOU PROVIDE AN OPINION KIND OF REGARDING WHAT THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT AND BASED ON OUR CHARTER AND BEING A HOME RURAL CITY WITH THAT, IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT COULD MEAN AND WHAT OUR INVOLVEMENT COULD BE.

WOULD YOU MIND KIND OF CLARIFYING OR GOING OVER THAT OPINION HERE JUST FOR, FOR COUNSEL AND ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING, PLEASE.

UM, THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, I, I, I DID SEND THAT OPINION OUT TODAY.

UM, I MEAN, THE BASIS OF THE OPINION WAS THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF, UM, PROMOTING, UH, A LEVY ISSUE, SPECIFICALLY AN INCOME TAX LEVY ISSUE.

THAT, THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE CHARTER THAT PROHIBITED, PROHIBITED, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FROM PARTAKING IN THAT PROCESS.

AND THERE WAS NOTHING, UH, IN THE O R C THAT WE FOUND, UH, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE PROHIBIT, UM, SUCH ACTION.

IN FACT, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN EXCEPTION TO CHARTER MUNICIPALITIES, UH, IN THEIR ABILITY TO, UM, ADVOCATE, UH, FOR THAT.

UH, THE OPINION ITSELF THOUGH DID NOT ADDRESS THE POINT THAT BRIAN JUST TALKED ABOUT.

AND THAT WAS SORT OF WHERE DOES THAT THRESHOLD CROSSOVER BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE ADV, THE ADVOCACY AND THE PROMOTION, THE GENERAL PROMOTION OF THE LEVY, UM, AND ANTICIPATION OF THIS QUESTION BEING ASKED.

I'M ACTUALLY HAVING THAT ISSUE RESEARCHED RIGHT NOW, AND SO I WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON THAT.

UM, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF TONIGHT'S RESEARCH, I GUESS, AND THE QUESTION PRESENTED, UM, THE CITY CAN FULLY USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, UH, IN THE PROMOTION OF THE LEVY.

UH, BUT AGAIN, THE GENERAL ADVOCACY, THAT'S THE COMPONENT THAT WE'LL BE REPORTING ON HERE SHORTLY.

THANKS.

APPRECIATE THAT.

APPRECIATE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, RICHARD? JOHN, THEN I'LL GO RICHARD, UH, DON.

OH, I'M SORRY, RICHARD, I WAS POINTING TO YOU.

PLEASE.

NO, I, I YOU DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO, SIR.

OH, OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

A PUBLIC SAFETY LEVEE CAN BE DONE SUCCESSFULLY WITH STAFFS, UM, INPUT.

UM, BRIAN, I, I HAVE TO ASK THIS, THIS NEW CONTRACT, WHICH IS UNDER THE THRESHOLD OF COUNSEL ACTION, YOU SAID WAS ABOUT 24,000.

AM I CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO IN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT THE, UM, MAYOR HAD APPROVED, UM, LAST YEAR, UM, AFTER A FOUR FOUR COUNCIL SPLIT IN THAT CONTRACT, IT HAD MENTIONED THAT $74,000 WAS FOR THE BASE WORK COMPLETED.

HOWEVER, POSTCARDS, MAILINGS, PRINT WOULD BE EXTRA AND WOULD BE BILLED SEPARATE OF THE AGREEMENT.

IS THAT LANGUAGE STILL WITHIN THAT CONTRACT? WHICH, AND IF SO, IN MY OPINION, WOULD EXCEED 24,000 AND MAKE IT CLOSER TO ESTIMATED, IN MY OPINION, 30,000.

UH, THAT IS STILL THE LANGUAGE IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT.

UH, AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDING US THE PROOFS NECESSARY TO HAVE THOSE PRINTED, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE DOING ANY OF THE PRINTING OR MAILING OF ANY OF THE MATERIAL THAT WE WOULD, UH, GENERATE FROM THEIR WORK ADDITIONALLY.

UM, BRIAN, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OTHER CITIES IN OUR REGION, CITY MANAGERS THAT HAVE RAN PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, LEVY CAMPAIGNS WITHOUT USING A THIRD PARTY VENDOR? OR HAVE YOU DONE IT ONE YOURSELF? I HAVE.

ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES IN OUR REGION THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RAN A PUBLIC SAFETY LEVY CAMPAIGN WITHOUT A THIRD PARTY VENDOR? UH, I AM NOT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE AREN'T.

SO I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MADE AWARE OF AT LEAST TWO WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITHIN OUR REGION THAT HAVE DONE SO AND DONE SO VERY SUCCESSFULLY AND SPENT A LOT LESS MONEY AND DID HAVE WHAT I'M GONNA CALL JUST THE FAX INFORMATION SUPPLIED FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAND OUT AS WE DID PREVIOUSLY IN, IN, IN OUR CAMPAIGNS.

UM, MAYOR, I FIND IT VERY UNFORTUNATE TONIGHT.

UM, AND I, I APPRECIATE WHERE THE CITY MANAGER'S POSITION'S AT FROM A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR TO A CONVERSATION THAT'S EXPENDED ON THIS COUNCIL THAT I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS LEVY BALLOT MEASURE IF ANY WORK IS DONE WITH THE IMPACT GROUP.

UH, STAFF HAS HAD MULTIPLE TIMES TO FIGURE OUT THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT.

IT IS, IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT I FIND THAT $24,000, UM, COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE OR BREAK THIS, UH, THIS VOTE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF ANY WORK WITH THE IMPACT GROUP.

UM, AFTER I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS REQUESTS AFTER THIS COUNCIL, AS A BODY HAS MADE NUMEROUS REQUESTS, UH, PRIOR TO THE, UH, CONTRACT LAST YEAR, UM, I FIND IT WITH COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHER CITY MANAGERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO ME AND THAT I'VE ENGAGED THAT

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UM, WITHOUT SPENDING, NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING ALMOST CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF SERVICES WITH THE IMPACT GROUP.

UM, AND A, WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL, IN MY OPINION, A MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL DISSATISFIED WITH EITHER AN, AN INABILITY OF STAFF TO GARNER SUPPORT FROM OUTSIDE ORGANIZERS, UM, OR ABLE TO SUPPLY CITY COUNCIL THE, JUST THE FACTS INFORMATION AS WAS DONE MANY YEARS AGO.

UM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING, MAYOR.

UM, AGAIN, UM, I I FIND THIS VERY UNFORTUNATE IN A SITUATION THAT POTENTIALLY PUTS US IN.

YEAH, I'VE BEEN, WELL, LET ME ASK, FIRST OF ALL, BRIAN, DID THE IMPACT GROUP PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PRIMARY FOR US TO PURSUE? THEY DID, DID WE TAKE THAT ADVICE? WE DID.

UM, MAYOR, I'M JUST GONNA STATE THAT I, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO BEEF WITH, UH, GETTING THE LEVY ITSELF BACK OUT.

UM, MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UM, HELP PROMOTE THAT.

UM, BUT, UH, I, I DO NOT, I ALSO DO NOT HAVE ANY DESIRE TO HAVE THE IMPACT GROUP INVOLVED IN THIS.

WE JUST WENT THROUGH A CAMPAIGN WHERE IT FAILED, UM, BUT WE SPENT GOOD MONEY ON IT.

UM, I AGREE WITH MR. SHAW.

I THINK THAT, UH, WE COULD HANDLE THIS.

I THINK THIS CAN BE DONE.

I THINK WITH PROPER PLANNING AND DISCUSSION, I THINK WE COULD PUSH THIS THROUGH AND WE COULD HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN IN THE SPRING.

AND FOR THOSE REASONS, UH, I AM NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT THIS EVENING AS WELL.

ANYONE ELSE? DON? THANK YOU.

BRIAN HAS THE AGREEMENT WITH THE IMPACT GROUP, UH, AS IT'S DONE DEAL, HAS IT BEEN SIGNED? ARE WE, UH, IT HAS OBLIGATED TO THEM.

IT HAS, YEAH.

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET A LEVY ON THE, UH, BALLOT OR NOT.

WELL, I'M SURE THAT SINCE THEY WERE ENGAGED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUPPORTING THE MEASURE, UM, FOR HELPING THE CITY TO PROMOTE, UM, THE MEASURE, IF IT DOESN'T MAKE THE BALLOT, THEN I GUESS THE, THE WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A CON DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN INVALIDATE THAT CONTRACT.

IS THE FIRST OF TWO MEASURES THAT HAVE TO PASS BY THE END OF 2025.

UH, SO LET'S JUST GET DOWN TO PLAIN TALK HERE.

PLAIN TALK IS, UH, I'M NOT SEEING WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE THE SIX REQUIRED VOTES TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT.

SO, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE OBLIGATED TO THE IMPACT GROUP.

SO CAN WE, AS A COUNSEL DISCUSS, UM, SOME OPTIONS BEFORE THIS GOES TO A VOTE? ARE THERE ANY OPTIONS? I MEAN, BRIAN, I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, YOU'D HAVE TO TELL, YOU'D HAVE TO ADVISE OR, OR, OR TELL US, YOU KNOW, WHAT, TO WHAT EXTENT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO THAT 24,000 CONTRACT THAT YOU, THAT YOU HAVE SIGNED ALREADY.

I'M SURE THAT BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS WITH TOM SPEAKS AND THE FOLKS AT THE IMPACT GROUP, I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL BE MORE, MORE THAN UNDERSTANDING THE CHARGES FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DONE AND TERMINATE THE REST OF THE CONTRACT.

UH, AS FAR AS HAVING AN ABILITY TO RUN A CAMPAIGN, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY RIGHT NOW.

I, I, I AM, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE ASKING ME TO DO IN THE VARIOUS ROLES THAT YOU ARE ASKING ME TO SERVE, TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU ARE NOW ASKING ME TO DO.

IF THAT'S THE EXPECTATION, UH, THAT COUNCILMAN SHAW HAS, UM, I, UM, I THINK THAT, UM, NO, THAT'S A DECISION THAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE PAID TO MAKE, NOT ME.

BUT, UM, I, UH, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE WORK THAT, THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THIS LEVY WITHOUT SOMEONE LIKE THE IMPACT GROUP.

AND WITH IT ALMOST BEING AUGUST AS IT IS, UM, I THINK WE WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO BE ABLE TO FIND A, ANOTHER, UM, FIRM SUCH AS THE IMPACT GROUP, TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST US IN SUPPORT OF A MEASURE, A MEANINGFUL MEASURE, UH, IN NOVEMBER IN, AND THIS

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CORRECT.

SO, ANYTHING, UH, I'D LIKE TO BRING IT TO, UH, EVERYONE'S ATTENTION IF YOU DON'T ALREADY REALIZE IT, THAT IF WE DO NOT PASS THIS TONIGHT, UM, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PASS IT AGAIN UNTIL, OR CONSIDER IT AGAIN UNTIL THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THE, UH, ELECTION NEXT YEAR IS A, IS A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THE PRIMARY WILL BE IN MARCH.

IT MEANS IN DECEMBER WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE THE APPROVAL TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.

AND IF WE HAVE THIS OPPOSITION NOW, UH, IT WON'T GO ON IN IN DECEMBER.

SO THAT PUSHES US TO NEXT SUMMER.

AND NEXT SUMMER, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PUT THE, UH, SECOND HALF OF THIS SAFETY LEVY ON THE BALLOT.

AND WE'RE DOING A DISSERVICE TO OUR CITY BY NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

MAYOR, CAN WE GO OVER WHAT WOULD BE CUT IF THIS DOESN'T GET ON THE LEVY, AND HOPEFULLY PASS THIS FALL? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REMIND OUR CITIZENS HOW AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE.

I WENT TO THE KROGER PARK THE OTHER NIGHT OR THE OTHER DAY, AND WE HAD A TOUR IN MRS. KITCHEN, AND IF THIS DOESN'T PASS, I'D BE CLOSED.

IT'D BE SHUTTERED FOR THE SEASON.

NEXT SUMMER, PARKS WOULD NOT HAVE ANY MORE ADVANCING AND MAINTENANCES.

RICHARD.

UM, TO COUNCILWOMAN BAKER'S POINT, UH, I THINK ONE OF THE, UH, UM, UH, POSITIONS THAT WAS TAKEN WAS THE CLOSING OF THE AQUATIC CENTER FOR A YEAR.

UM, MS. BAKER, I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, UH, TO I BELIEVE THREE, MAYBE FOUR, UM, APPROPRIATIONS BY THIS COUNCIL SINCE, UH, UH, OCTOBER OF 2021, WHERE THIS COUNCIL HAS HAD TO APPROVE, UH, CLOSE TO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO, UH, COVER EXPENSES AND REVENUE LOSSES FROM THE AQUATICS CENTER IN ADDITION TO PAINTING AND MARKETING.

UM, THAT DOES NOT COVER THE, UM, MY, MY FIGURES DOES NOT EVEN TOUCH THE, THE BOND PAYMENTS, THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.

UM, SO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN ROUGHLY 560 DAYS, THIS COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED NEARLY A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO COVER THE, UM, THE REVENUE LOSSES MARKETING, WHICH I WOULD SAY HAS FAILED IF WE'RE COVERING, UH, REVENUE LOSSES, UH, AND PAINTING AND, AND CERTAIN UPGRADES.

UM, I DO FIND THAT CONCERNING, UM, THAT, UH, THAT WE AS A COUNCIL JUST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN COVERING THAT.

UM, SO YES, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS, UH, AN ISSUE THERE.

UM, IT IS MY OPINION, UM, WITHOUT SEEING THE FULL OPERATIONAL, UM, STAGE, THE REVENUE STAGE AND EXPENSES OF THE AQUATIC CENTER, THAT, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE, BE, UH, NEARLY ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN CURRENT LEVELS.

UM, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE, NEED TO BE ADDITIONAL CUTS.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S CONVERSATION, UH, THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN, UH, DEFINITELY HAVE, UM, UH, WITHIN GRAVE DETAIL AS COUNCILMAN BURGE PUT OUT, UH, THAT IF THIS MEASURE DOES FAIL TONIGHT, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT $24,000 AGREEMENT WITH, UH, THE IMPACT GROUP, WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, BY, UH, DECEMBER 20TH OF THIS YEAR TO MEET THE 90 DAY REQUIREMENT TO GET IT ON THE, UH, PRESIDENTIAL, UH, BALLOT, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITY IN MARCH.

AND, UM, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE A LOT OF THINGS CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

MAYBE THOUGHTS CAN CHANGE, MAYBE POLICY CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

UM, BUT, UM, I, I KNOW MY VIEWS AND CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD ON THIS DAIS HAVE NOT CHANGED, UH, SINCE, UH, WELL, A REALLY LONG TIME AGO, UH, WHEN THE IMPACT GROUP AND TOM SPEAKS AND HIS CREW, UH, PUT OUT A HIT PIECE AGAINST ME AND OTHERS.

UM, SO, UH, THAT'S THIS THE VENDETTA, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WELL, PART OF IT'S SOUNDS LIKE.

PART OF IT IS, YES.

UM, BUT THE OTHER PART IS FUNDING AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM, FROM THESE CONTRACTS, UM, AND AS MEMBER, MANY MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL SAYS, I HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE NEED TO HOLD OUR VENDORS, UM, TO THE CONTRACTS THAT, UH, THAT WE SIGN AND AGREE TO BECAUSE THESE ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

MAYOR, MAYOR RESPONSE.

THINGS AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY, IT, IT REDUCES THE ATTRACTION OF OUR CITY AS A WHOLE AND THE DRAW THAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN HERE.

UM, MR. SHAW, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT THE, UH, THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND TO KEEP THE, UH, AQUATIC CENTER GOING, BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER TOO THE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS OF, OF HAVING THAT RESOURCE THERE.

THE SAME WITH THE SPLASH PAD OR DOG PARK, UH, AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE DON'T, THE THE BIKE PARK, UM, THERE IS A VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS IMMEASURABLE.

AND IF YOU TAKE THOSE

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SO YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS OF THAT.

AND WHILE THAT MAY BE A DRAW TO OUR FINANCES, IT IS OVERALL AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO, TO HUBER HEIGHTS MAYOR, IF I MAY RESPOND TO THAT.

SURE.

COUNCILMAN BURGE.

I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT, 100%.

PARKS ARE AMENITIES THAT HAVE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS.

JUST LIKE WE BUILT A BIKE PARK AND SKATE PARK DOWN AT MANITA.

'CAUSE WE WERE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE GONNA BE TOURNAMENTS THERE, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS GONNA BRING IN A BOATLOAD OF PEOPLE.

WE, MY ONLY QUESTION TO YOU, COUNCILWOMAN BURGE, IS THAT BIKE PARK COMPLETED? I DON'T KNOW.

NO, IT'S A SIMPLE YES OR NO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLANS WERE.

I THINK THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, IT'S COMPLETED.

SO NOW IF THEY'VE COME BACK, IF THEY WANNA COME BACK AND ADD MORE THINGS TO IT, THEN WE CAN ADD MORE THINGS TO IT.

BUT IT HAS BROUGHT A TON OF PEOPLE HERE ON ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

THERE ARE ALWAYS LOADS OF PEOPLE UP THERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PARK, EVEN WHEN IT'S COLD, AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT SNOW ON THE GROUND.

THE SCOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL PUT FORTH FOR THAT, UH, THAT AMENITY AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON IT IS NOT COMPLETE, AND IT IS NOT UP TO THE CALIBER THAT THIS COUNCIL AGREED TO.

MAYOR, I'LL END MY COMMENTS THERE FOR THE EVENING.

YES, MARK, DAVE AND BRIAN.

BRIAN, THERE IS A NEED FOR SOMEONE TO ASSIST YOU IN THE CAMPAIGN? THERE WOULD BE, YES.

DAVE? UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS FUNDING A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BUY SIGNS, LITERATURE, MAIL, AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN ORGANIZATION AS OF TONIGHT, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, CORRECT? IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PRIVATE FUNDED.

WELL, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S PART OF THE SUBSEQUENT, IS THAT ON, THERE WE GO.

YEAH, THAT'S PART OF THE SUBSEQUENT RESEARCH.

I MEAN, THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE, THE, THE QUESTION BECOMES WHERE DOES THE ADVOCACY FALL IN? SO IF THE CITY, I THINK BRIAN HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, AND STOP ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, BUT IF A CONSULTANT, WHATEVER, THAT CONSULTANT MAY BE PREPARED, YOU KNOW, THE NARRATIVE OR WORKED WITH THE CITY ON THE NARRATIVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRINT.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE BRIAN WAS HEADED WITH SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE ON THE COST CUTTING, UH, OR COST SAVINGS PERHAPS WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRINT SOME OF THAT MATERIAL USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

WHERE, WHERE THE ADVOCACY PART, UM, MR. CAMPBELL GETS INTO THAT I CANNOT SPECIFICALLY ANSWER, UH, AT THE MOMENT WHERE YOU, I THINK IS WHERE YOU WERE SORT OF HEADED WITH YOUR QUESTION, WHICH IS SORT OF TIER TWO OF CIRCULATING THAT MATERIAL.

SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE LEARNED SO FAR TONIGHT, RESIDENTS COULD FUND THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN AND IT COULD BE NO CITY DOLLARS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

AND THAT'S ALL LEGAL? YES.

AND, AND BRIAN, COULD THERE BE CITIZENS THAT WOULD RAISE FUNDING, IN YOUR OPINION, JUST YOUR OPINION TONIGHT, THAT WOULD COVER THE COST OF CONSULTANTS LIKE TOM SPEAKS? I WOULD THINK SO, YES.

SO MAYOR, IN PRIORITIZING WHAT'S IMPORTANT, IF WE ALLOW THIS NOT TO PASS TONIGHT IN, IN MY OPINION, WE'VE LOST A HUGE OPPORTUNITY.

SO, BRIAN, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE CONTRACT WITH TOM SPEAKS, COULD YOU, UH, TELL US WHAT WE WOULD NEED, UH, FOR YOU TO STOP THAT CONTRACT IN THE MORNING? UH, WELL, I, FROM THE COMMENTS I'M HEARING TONIGHT, IF THIS MEASURE PASSES, THEN I THINK IF THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION AND THE NEXT MEASURE PASSES, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD BE, UH, CONTINGENT ON THE SEPARATION OF, UH, OUR SERVICES FROM THE IMPACT GROUP.

SO, UH, WE WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, TOM SPEAKS AND, UH, AND THAT GROUP TOMORROW MORNING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP AN EXIT STRATEGY FROM THEM, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TONIGHT.

TO NOTE, UM, THAT ITS ACCEPTANCE OR THAT ITS APPROVAL TONIGHT IS CONTINGENT UPON THE TERMINATION OF SERVICES WITH THE IMPACT GROUP, JUST SO THAT IT, IT'S CLEAR.

SURE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO KNOW.

SO IF THIS PASSES THIS EVENING, UM, YOU COULD CONTRACT, YOU COULD TERMINATE THAT CONTRACT IN THE MORNING.

UM, I GUESS FOR A POINT OF PROCEDURAL, UM, NOTE, MR. MAYOR, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE, UM, PRUDENT TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEGISLATION

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AND FOR THE RECORD, I THINK WITH, UH, UH, THE LAW DIRECTOR AND THE CLERK'S SKILL, THAT SHOULD BE A RELATIVELY EASY AMENDMENT TO MAKE.

UH, IF THAT'S THE DESIRE, COUNSEL, MAYOR, I WOULD MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.

DAVE.

I DON'T, UM, KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, BUT I WOULD, UH, ALMOST SAY IT COULD BE A MOTION TO, UH, DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ACT, UM, AND LINK THE TWO TOGETHER SEPARATE FROM THE LEGISLATION.

SO I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD NEED TO BE IN THE LEGISLATION, BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA BE FILING WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND SUCH.

FAIR, FAIR POINT TO THE CLERK.

SO, UH, I'D MAKE THAT MOTION HOWEVER IT'S APPROPRIATE.

THAT'S THE PURPOSE, MR. CAMPBELL.

SO FIR FIRST WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE MR. CAMPBELL AND MS. BAKER WITHDRAW THEIR FIRST AND SECOND ON THE MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM 10 B.

I'LL, UH, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE HAD THAT FIRST.

SO DO WE WANT A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE THAT ACTION IN THE MORNING PRIOR TO ANOTHER FIRST AND SECOND ON THE LEGISLATION CON CONTINGENT ON THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS, UH, 10 B AND 10 C? THAT'S SUFFICE TO YOU, MR. SHAW? YES.

SO I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, RICHARD.

BASED ON THE, UH, COMPROMISE SUPPLIED BY COUNCILMAN CAMPBELL AND, UH, DIRECTED TO THE LAW DIRECTOR AND THE CLERK OF, UH, COUNCIL, UM, I'M AMENABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, UM, WITH AN ADDITION TO, UM, I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE CLERK OF COUNSEL SUPPLY, UM, UH, CONFIRMATION TO ALL OF COUNSEL, UM, AS WE DON'T MEET, UH, AS A BODY, UH, UNTIL, UH, UNTIL AFTER THE DEADLINE.

AM I CORRECT MR. ROGERS? THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, SO IF, UH, WE CAN GET OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION OUT TO THIS BODY, UH, PRIOR TO, UH, YOUR SUBMISSION OF THIS TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, CONTRACT HAS BEEN COMPLETE, UH, COMPLETELY DISMANTLED, UM, I, I, I WILL, I WILL SUPPORT THIS MEASURE THIS EVENING, MAKE THAT MOTION.

SO MARK MAKES THAT MOTION.

DO WE NEED A SECOND ON MOTION OR VOTE OR JUST, UH, NO, WE'LL NEED A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

SO WE, WE VOTE ON THAT, OR JUST THE FIRST AND SECOND? DO THAT, UH, WE'LL NEED TO ADD ON THAT AS WELL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE FIRST AND SECOND YET, GLEN JOHNNY, COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD THAT SPECIFIC MOTION BE THEN? THE MOTION WOULD BE THAT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD, UH, DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE IMPACT GROUP, EFFECTIVELY EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, UM, UH, CONTINGENT ON THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS 10 A AND 10 B BY CITY COUNCIL.

AND I HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING AS WELL THAT, UM, TILL THAT HAPPENS, AND BRIAN'S GIVEN ME CONFIRMATION, I WOULD NOT, UH, SUBMIT THESE ORDINANCE, THIS ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WITHOUT FIRST HAVING CONFIRMATION OF THAT ACTION.

NO, THAT NO, NO, THAT'S FINE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, TOM? UH, MORE OF A COMMENT, WELL, KIND OF A COMMENT IN QUESTION, PROBABLY TO BRIAN AND, UH, MR. MONTGOMERY.

UH, THE QUESTION IS, YOU'D MENTIONED THAT, UH, INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, CAN BE ADVOCATES FOR A POTENTIAL LEVY CAMPAIGN, A AS ADVOCATES, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT, OF COURSE, LESS THAN A QUORUM, BUT ONE OR TWO OR THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, VOLUNTEERING THEIR SERVICES TO, UM, ASSIST, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, IMMEDIATELY TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A, A CITIZENS CAMPAIGN, A A, AN ADVOCACY GROUP? CAN INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL JUMP IN AND, UH, GRAB A HOLD OF THIS? BECAUSE I HEAR, UH, WHAT BRIAN IS SAYING, THAT WE'VE LOADED A LOT ON THIS GUY.

SO CAN WE, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ASSIST IN THIS LEGALLY, IF, IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, UM, THE, THE EFFORTS THAT YOU WOULD BE PUTTING FORTH, UM, WOULD BE INTERNAL TO THE CITY IN THAT CAPACITY AND NOT NECESSARILY OVERT ADVOCACY FOR THE ISSUE? IF I UNDERSTAND SORT OF, I MEAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 'CAUSE UM, TRY TO REMEMBER I WENT TO A CITY OF DAYTON SCHOOL, SO NO, I'M KIDDING.

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I MEAN, I, I MEAN, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS, HEY, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MEAN, I'M PARAPHRASING HERE, BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET AN ORGANIZED CITIZEN GROUP, UM, COALESCED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, IN EFFORT IT, YEP.

TO PUSH FORWARD THE MEASURE, UM, THAT I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH.

I MEAN, AGAIN, MY CAVEAT TO THIS IS WE ARE LITERALLY IN THE PROCESS OF SORT OF RESEARCHING WHERE THAT LINE IS.

UM, AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT RESEARCH COMPLETED POST HASTE, UM, ESPECIALLY AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING.

SO, UM, I MEAN, I CAN RENDER A MORE FORMAL OPINION ON THAT, BUT I MEAN, KEEP IN MIND AS PRIVATE CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LINE BETWEEN WHEN ARE YOU ACTING IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY OR WHEN ARE YOU ACTING AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, RIGHT? AND SO ACTING AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, WHICH I KNOW IT'S HARD TO TAKE YOUR HAT OFF AS YOU SIT INSIDE CITY HALL, BUT WHEN YOU ACT AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, YOU ARE A PRIVATE CITIZEN, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT HOLDING YOURSELF OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU'RE NOT HOLDING YOURSELF OUT AS INDIVIDUALS, UM, OR YOU ARE HOLDING YOURSELF OUT AS INDIVIDUALS AND NOT NECESSARILY AS QUOTE UNQUOTE OFFICIALS, UH, EMPLOY, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES, ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE CITY, RIGHT? SO, UM, THE EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GIVE IS IF THERE'S A ZONING MEASURE IN YOUR BACKYARD, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, NOT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT AS YOU KNOW, AN AGGRIEVED CITIZEN OF THE CITY.

NOTHING UNDER OHIO LAW DENIES ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL THEIR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT.

TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL.

RIGHT? AND SO, I MEAN, IN THE CAPACITY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I'M EQUATING THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT, WHERE YOU ARE JUST AN INVOLVED CITIZEN.

I MEAN, YES, YOU'RE IN CITY HALL, UM, BUT WE CAN RENDER A MORE FORMAL OPINION ON THAT, BUT MY CAUTIONED OPINION IS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM IN DOING THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, I'LL GO ON THE RECORD AS I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS AND I'LL HELP ANYBODY I CAN IF NOT LEAD THIS CHARGE.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION IS ENDED AND WE ARE APPEARING TO VOTE ON ITEM 10 B.

TONY.

WELL, ACTUALLY, THE, THE MOTION ON THE MOTION TO, YES.

AND THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO, AND NEXT IS ITEM 10 B.

IT IS A REREAD READ.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN READ, SO WE ARE, WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT.

MOTION TO ADOPT.

10 C, A RESOLUTION SPECIFYING NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 IS THE DATE FOR SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? MR. OTTO? YES.

I MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.

AND NEXT IS ITEM 10 C.

ITEM

[ A Resolution Specifying November 7, 2023 As The Date For Submitting To The Electorate Of The City Of Huber Heights A Proposal To Provide For The Continuation Of An Existing .25% Levy On Income Effective January 1, 2025, And Expiring December 31, 2034 And Directing The Board Of Elections Of Montgomery County And Miami County, Ohio To Place The Issue On The Ballot. (second reading)]

A PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF AN EXISTING 0.25% LOBBY ON INCOME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AN EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2034, DIRECTING THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO TO PLACE THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AT THE SECOND READING.

BRIAN, UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, UH, REFERENCED THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATION JUST PASSED BY COUNSEL.

THIS MATTER DIRECTS, UH, THE, UM, CONTINUATION OF THE EXISTING 0.25 TO THE BALLOT, UH, ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023.

IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE WORK SESSION THAT THIS ITEM BE PASSED.

IS THERE A MOTION LINDSEY? MOVE TO ADO.

OKAY, SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

AND NEXT IS ITEM 10 D.

[ An Ordinance Amending Certain Sections Of Part Eleven, Planning And Zoning Code, Of The City Code Of Huber Heights. (second reading)]

ITEM 10 D IN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF PART 11, PLANNING AND ZONING.

CODE OF THE CITY, CODE OF HUBER HEIGHTS AT THE SECOND READING.

BRIAN? UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION, UH, BRINGS TOGETHER SEVERAL REQUESTED AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE, UH, THAT WERE, UH, REQUESTED BY BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORK SESSION THAT THIS ITEM BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING.

THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.

IS THERE A MOTION? AYE.

SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? NANCY? SECOND.

MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? TONY.

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AND MOTION, CARRIE? SEVEN ZERO.

AND NEXT IS ITEM, I BELIEVE

[ A Motion To Appoint Ashley Berg To The Arts And Beautification Commission For A Term Ending June 30, 2026 And To Appoint Lori Woodruff To The Arts And Beautification Commission For A Term Ending June 30, 2025.]

11.

NEW BUSINESS ITEM 11.

A ITEM 11 A.

A MOTION TO APPOINT ASHLEY BERG TO THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR A TERMINATING JUNE 30TH, 2026.

AND TO APPOINT LORI WOODRUFF TO THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR A TERMINATING JUNE 30TH, 2025.

TONY, UH, THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION.

THESE ARE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.

THE NECESSARY, UH, BACKGROUND CHECKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES AND, UH, THIS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY'S INTERVIEW PANEL.

IS THERE A MOTION, ANITA? MOVE TO ADOPT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ATTORNEY MR. SHAW? YES.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT IS ITEM 11 B,

[ An Ordinance Approving Individual Assessments Amounts And Directing The Director Of Finance Or His/Her Designee To Certify The Amounts To The Applicable County Auditor For Collection, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]

ITEM 11 B, EXCUSE ME.

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS AMOUNTS AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE TO CERTIFY THE AMOUNTS TO THE APPLICABLE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR COLLECTION, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING.

BRAD, COMMENTS? UH, THANK YOU, SIR.

THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT OCCURS REGULARLY BEFORE THIS BODY AND SEEKS TO PROVIDE, UH, FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES TO THE CITY THROUGH ASSESSMENTS, UH, FOR WORK PERFORMED TO BRING CERTAIN PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CODE.

IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ITEM BE MOVED TO A SECOND READING, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO A SECOND? READING, HEARING AN EMERGENCY? YEAH, IT IS.

'CAUSE THAT'S TIED TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE, AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY WHEN IT'S PASSED THROUGH A SECOND READING SO THAT, UM, IT CAN MEET THE DEADLINE FOR FILING WITH THE COUNTY OFFICER.

ANY OBJECTION TO A SECOND READING? NO.

ITEM 11 C, A RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR SESSION AND RICH FOR ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF HEIGHTS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023 AT THE FIRST THREE.

AND NEXT IS ITEM 11 C.

[ A Resolution To Increase The Not To Exceed Amount For Zashin & Rich For Additional Professional Services For The City Of Huber Heights In Calendar Year 2023. (first reading)]

BRIAN, BACK YOU, UH, THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, AS WAS DISCUSSED WITH COUNSEL AT THE WORK SESSION SESSION AND ENRICH, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY ATTORNEY JONATHAN DOWNS REPRESENTS THE CITY IN LABOR MATTERS.

UH, WE'RE ASKING THAT, UH, THE NOT TO EXCEED LIMIT, UH, BE EXTENDED TO $50,000 FOR THIS YEAR, UH, FOR THE VARIOUS MATTERS FOR WHICH WE ARE REPRESENTED BY ASHTON AND RICH.

AND MR. DOWNS WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.

IS THERE A MOTION? GLENN? SO MOVED THERE.

11 D A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLAN OF OPERATION AND GOVERNANCE FOR THE MIAMI VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL NATURAL GAS AGGREGATION PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF JOINTLY ESTABLISHED AND IMPLEMENTING A NATURAL GAS PROGRAM AT THE FIRST THREE.

DON, I WILL SECOND A MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HERE? TONY? MS. BAKER? YES.

NEXT IS ITEM 11 D.

[ A Resolution Approving The Plan Of Operation And Governance For The Miami Valley Communications Council Natural Gas Aggregation Program For The Purpose Of Jointly Establishing And Implementing A Natural Gas Program. (first reading)]

BRENT? UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION WOULD, UH, AUTHORIZE OUR PARTICIPATION IN A JOINT EFFORT OF MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASE OF, UM, AGGREGATED, UH, NATURAL GAS.

UH, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, THE WORK SESSION THAT THIS ITEM BE PASSED THIS EVENING? YES, IT WAS.

IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY.

MOVE TO ADOPT CHAIR A SECOND.

DON.

I WILL SECOND MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? , ANITA? I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHO PAYS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT NANCY WAS ASKING THE LAST TIME, BUT WHO ACTUALLY PAYS THIS GROUP? UH, SO THE FEE FOR THIS GROUP IS INCLUDED IN THE RATE STRUCTURE, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS, UH, WE PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO A QUESTION TO ALL OF COUNSEL TO THAT EFFECT.

UM, I WANNA SAY LAST WEEK.

I JUST WANTED IT OUT THERE.

WHO, HOW THEY GET PAID THAT'S BEEN ASKED, SO, OKAY.

11 E A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION STATE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND OR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, AND TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AS REQUIRED FOR THE POWELL ROAD S-CURVE REALIGNMENT PROJECT AT THE FIRST READING.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. CAMPBELL? YES.

INDEX IS ITEM 11 E.

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Prepare And Submit An Application To Participate In The Ohio Public Works Commission State Capital Improvement And/Or Local Transportation Improvement Program(s) And To Execute Contracts As Required For The Powell Road S Curve Realignment Project. (first reading)]

BRIAN? UH, THANK YOU, MR. UH, MAYOR.

THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PIECE OF LEGISLATION WOULD ALLOW US TO MAKE AN APPLICATION UTILIZING WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ISSUE TWO PROGRAM, UH, TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, POWELL ROAD AT A FUTURE DATE.

IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT THIS ITEM BE ADOPTED.

UH, TONIGHT.

THERE A MOTION.

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ANITA, MOVE TO ADOPT GLENN.

I HAVE A MOTION.

F RESOLUTION, TERMINATING THE LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUB BRYANS AND THE HUBER HEIGHTS SOFTBALL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION FROM JUANITA FIELD PARK AT THE FIRST READING.

ANY DISCUSSION? TONY.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT IS ITEM 11 F ITEM 11

[ A Resolution Terminating The Lease Between The City Of Huber Heights And The Huber Heights Softball Baseball Association For Monita Field Park. (first reading)]

BRIAN COMMENTS? UH, YES.

MR. MAYOR? UH, JUST, UH, TO REITERATE, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, LEGISLATION TERMINATES, UH, THE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION'S LEASE FOR THE TWO FIELDS AT JUANITA SO THAT THEY CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER USERS, INCLUDING, UH, THE Y M C A.

IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE WORK SESSION THAT THIS ITEM BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? RICHARD? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, AT THE LAST WORK SESSION, BRIAN, I DID ASK, UH, HOW MUCH USE, UH, THE GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION HAD, UM, I'M SORRY, SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL ASSOCIATION HAD ON THOSE FIELDS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS? UH, I DO NOT, BUT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, IT WAS NOT UTILIZED, UH, BY THEM FOR THOSE PURPOSES.

AND, AND, AND MAYOR, I, THE REASON I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS IS I FIND IT, UH, VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE, UM, WE AS A COUNCIL PASSED ON AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO COME IN AND SIGN A SIGN, A FIVE YEAR LEASE.

UH, THAT WOULD'VE, UM, PROVIDED, UH, DUGOUTS WOULD'VE PROVIDED TOURNAMENT PLAY, UH, WOULD'VE PROVIDED, UH, NEW, NEW FENCE PAINTING, UM, FIELD ASSESSMENT AT NO COST TO THE CITY.

UM, AND, UH, THIS COUNCIL WANTED TO GO DOWN A, A DIFFERENT PATH, WHICH IS, UM, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMENDABLE.

UM, HOWEVER, WE FIND OURSELVES NOW IN A SITUATION WHERE AN ORGANIZATION WHO CAME TO US JUST SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND ASKED FOR FEES TO BE WAIVED IS NOW ASKING TO GET OUT OF A, UM, A FIVE YEAR LONG AGREEMENT.

UH, WHICH MIND YOU WAS JUST SIGNED, I BELIEVE, BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 21 OR 22.

UM, AND THEY PICKED UP ADDITIONAL FIELDS AT CLOUD PARK.

UM, I, I FIND THAT, UH, WE MAY HAVE MISSED OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE, UH, MANITA MORE OF AN ASSET IN A GYM ALREADY.

UH, ONCE THAT SKATE PARK AND BIKE PARK GETS COMPLETED, UH, WE COULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS BASEBALL CAMPUS OVER THERE.

AND I KNOW MANY MEMBERS ON THIS DIES HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, GRANDCHILDREN OR, OR KIDS THAT USED TO PLAY BASEBALL AND KNOW THE TYPE OF SELECT BASEBALL AND REC BASEBALL THAT, UH, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.

UH, IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE CAN REENGAGE WITH THAT ORGANIZATION WHO MAY BE, UM, STILL INTERESTED IN, IN USING THOSE, UM, THOSE ASSETS AS IT WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UM, THAT, UH, THAT USER GROUP DID HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS, UM, UH, WITHIN HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, AND THEY ALSO NOW WANT TO CALL HUBER HEIGHTS THEIR HOME AS THEY DID BEFORE.

UM, SO DOES MY HOPE THAT WE CAN STILL, UH, RESCUE THOSE FIELDS WHO HAVE, UH, WENT, UH, UNDERUTILIZED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, BUT, UH, MAYOR, I DO FIND THIS, UH, AS A VERY UNFORTUNATE SITUATION FOR THIS COUNCIL, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND A GOOD PATH FORWARD.

AND THE DISCUSSION, DON? YEAH, IF I COULD JUST JOIN IN ON RICHARD'S COMMENT, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION, UH, I THINK COUNCIL OTTO AGREED WITH ME THAT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE FIELDS MAINTAINED.

AND I THINK, UH, WHAT RICHARD IS PROPOSING IS, IS, UH, A SURE PATH TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT AS WELL.

UM, FIELDS NEED TO BE MAINTAINED NOT ONLY FOR THAT POTENTIAL USER GROUP OR SOME USER GROUP, BUT ALSO JUST SO THAT, UH, WE HAVE RECREATIONAL BALL FIELDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE, UH, RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, IF WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT BY DOING WHAT COUNCILMAN CHA SUGGESTING, I'M ALL, ALL IN FAVOR OF IT DISCUSSION.

11 G A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE TWO CLASS SEVEN SNOWPLOW DUMP TRUCKS AND A PERTINENT EQUIPMENT THERE TOO FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION AND WAIVING THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AT THE FIRST MEETING.

I APPRECIATE BOTH YOUR COMMENTS.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO AND NEXT IS ITEM 11 G.

ITEM

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract To Purchase Two (2) Class 7 Snowplow Dump Trucks And Appurtenant Equipment Thereto For The Public Works Division And Waiving The Formal Bidding Requirements. (first reading)]

BRIAN? UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THIS LEGISLATION IS TO ALLOW US TO PURCHASE THESE TWO SNOW PLOWS BASED ON THE LEAD TIME, UH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT A YEAR PLUS.

UH, WE WOULD ASK THAT, UH, EXCUSE ME.

I WOULD NOTE THAT AT THE WORK SESSION, IT WAS, WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ITEM BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING.

UH, AND WE WOULD ASK THAT COUNSEL, DO SO MARK.

MOTION TO ADOPT KATE.

LOBBY HAS OUR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OUT, SO I SUPPOSE IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO BE TALKING ABOUT SNOW.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, DON? I NOTICE THE HOPPY

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SNOW PLOWS AND DUMP TRUCKS.

IT'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

COMMENTS? ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THIS EVENING? RICHARD? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ANYTHING ELSE? I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE COMMON STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD BY COUNCILMAN WEBB CHRISTMAS.

JULY IN JULY.

TONY, MRS. KITCHEN? YES.

CARRIE? SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT SEVEN 12.

CITY OFFICIAL.

REPORTS AND

[12. City Official Reports And Comments]

I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY COMMENT, UH, THAT, UH, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL SHREDDING EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE THIS WEEKEND.

UM, MY HATS OFF TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, CITY MEMBERS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WORKED BOTH SITES AT THE ROSE AND THOMAS CLOUD PARK.

UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY A SUGGESTION THAT CAME UP.

UH, I KNOW I, I THINK WE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.

UH, BUT I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO REENGAGE US.

UM, E EACH YEAR WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO THINK OF A B A BETTER WAY TO BE MORE IMPACTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO OUR BUSINESSES.

UM, BUT, UH, ALSO BE, UH, GOOD STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

UM, AMER IT IS MY REQUEST THAT NEXT YEAR WE ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF, UH, A REPUBLIC, UM, TO PROVIDE, UM, A CANISTERS OR SOME TYPE OF, UH, UM, UM, DUMP FACILITY, UM, A DUMPSTER, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UH, WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BRINGING BOXES IN WITH ALL OF THEIR SHREDDING PAPERS CAN THEN HAVE THE BOXES BROKEN DOWN AND PUT INTO THE DUMPSTER FOR RECYCLING.

UH, BECAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE ROSE WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE, BUT DOWN AT CLOUD PARK, WE WOULD'VE FILLED THAT DUMPSTER UP.

UM, UH, A IT ALLEVIATES THE INDIVIDUAL FROM HAVING TO TAKE THE BOXES BACK HOME WITH THEM, UM, WHICH THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO THROW IN THE REGULAR TRASH ANYWAYS.

UM, AND HERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECYCLE RIGHT ON SITE.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, UH, SHREDDED DID AN AMAZING JOB.

UM, UH, DAVE AND HIS CREW, UM, UH, GREAT COMMUNICATION.

UM, A COUPLE OF TIMES WE GOT SO BUSY DOWN THERE, UH, WE HAD TO, UH, DOUBLE LINE, WHICH I DON'T THINK HAS EVER BEEN DONE DOWN IN CLOUD PARK.

UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE LINES BECAUSE WE HAD BOTH BINS.

WE ONLY HAD TWO CANISTERS, TWO TOTES DOWN THERE, AND, UH, THEY WERE AT ONE POINT IN TIME COMPLETELY JAM-PACKED FULL.

UM, SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GROWING THAT AND I THINK, UH, UH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF WAYS TO MAKE THAT BETTER.

MAYOR.

THANK YOU NANCY.

UH, YES.

WE HAD, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, WE HAD LESS PEOPLE, UH, THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST, AND WE KIND OF ATTRIBUTED THAT TO IT BEING ON THE AIR AIR SHOW WEEKEND.

SO WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT FINDING OUT WHEN THAT IS NEXT YEAR BEFORE WE WE SCHEDULE IT.

UM, AND THEN, UM, A SUGGESTION WAS MADE ABOUT, UM, GETTING A FACILITY TO PUT THE, THE CARDBOARD IN.

AND I WAS TALKING TO, UM, TO, UM, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS, UH, IN CHARGE OF OUR SHREDDER TRUCKS, AND HE SAID THAT SHREDDED HAS A SEPARATE DIVISION WHERE THEY COULD BRING A, A TRUCK OUT OR, UH, A BOX TRUCK THAT WE COULD PUT THE, UH, CARDBOARD IN AND THEY WOULD RECYCLE IT.

SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO, TO CONSIDER.

I THINK IT WOULD HELP A LOT.

SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS ON, ON, ON HOW TO YEAH, WE'LL LOOK INTO SOME OF THE OPTIONS.

UH, JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE, I MEAN, EACH OF THE TRUCKS THAT THEY PROVIDE DON'T PROVIDE AS MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRUCKS AS WE WANT, BUT THEY DO CHARGE US FOR THAT OF COURSE.

SO OF THERE IS A COST ATTACHED TO THAT.

WELL UNDERSTOOD.

BUT WE ONLY DO IT ONCE A YEAR.

IS AIR SHOW AIRSHOW WEEKEND IS, IS THAT THE SAME WEEKEND? ALWAYS IN JULY, LIKE THIRD? IT'S STILL QUITE A BIT LAST.

WELL, THEY MOVED IT, THEY'VE MOVED IT ONE TIME.

IF WE CAN CONTACT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND FIND OUT WHAT, UH, WHAT PRECINCTS HAVE CHANGED, IF THEY CAN SUPPLY THAT IN SHORT ORDER AND MAYBE, UH, SEND OUT A BLAST, UM, JUST AS AN F Y I TO RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT READ THAT POSTCARD OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

ANYTHING ELSE? AND MAYOR, JUST TO REITERATE THAT THE AIR SHOW NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE 50TH.

UH, SO THEY'RE EXPECTING A VERY LARGE SHOW, UH, TO THE FACT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED PLANNING FOR THAT.

UH, SO I, I WOULD AGREE WITH THOSE STATEMENTS.

OKAY, DON, THANK YOU.

UH, THIS WAS FOR MY, UH, WARD CO TWO CONSTITUENTS.

UH, IT MAY AFFECT THE REST OF YOU.

UM, FOLLOW ALONG.

I RECEIVED A POSTCARD FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, UH, THE AUGUST SPECIAL ELECTION.

MY POLLING PLACE HAS BEEN MOVED.

UH, APPARENTLY THEY'RE GONNA CONSOLIDATE A LITTLE BIT.

SO, UH, MY POLLING PLACE IS FORMALLY THE Y AND IT'S MOVED TO NEW SEASONS.

THAT'S FOR, UH, AT LEAST MY, MY NECK OF THE WOODS IN WARD TWO.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS RECEIVED THAT OR NOT.

RICHARD HAS, YES.

UH, UM, MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, I, I KNOW IN, IN MY AREA THE POLLING, UH, LOCATION, UH, UM, USED TO BE OR WAS WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION CHANGE, UH, SO I BELIEVE, UH, FAITH PRESBYTERIAN AND IS NOW BACK AT WAYNE.

UM, UH, COUNCILMAN WEBB, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS, UH, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR.

UH,

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YEP.

I, I RECEIVED THE POSTCARD TOO.

I MEAN, I'M WARD.

I, I LIVE IN WARD SIX A.

UM, MY VOTING PRECINCT WAS THE Y ALSO, AND NOW IT, TODAY THOSE POSTCARDS CAME TODAY, IT'S A CARRIAGE SHE FARM, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE REALLY, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE SETTING UP THERE.

BUT YEAH, THAT WAS MY, MY VOTING LOCATIONS AND MOVED TO CARRIAGE HILL FARM FOR THIS, FOR THIS, UH, SPECIAL ELECTION.

AND I WAS SPEAKING TO SOMEONE IN CARRIAGE TRAILS AND THEY ARE GOING TO, UH, BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL.

RIGHT? YEAH.

NOW, MAYOR, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, AND I DON'T MEAN TO TO INTERRUPT HERE, BUT WE HAD THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN HERE, I BELIEVE, AT ONE POINT IN TIME.

UH, AND WE TALKED ABOUT POLLING LOCATIONS AND SOME OF THE ISSUES OF DRIVING WHAT I THINK WAS 16 COUNTRY MILES OUT, UH, CORRECT NORTH OF TOWN TO VOTE.

UM, AND IF MEMORY SERVES CORRECT THAT WE WERE TO BE NOTIFIED AS A, AS A, AS A CITY, WHEN THOSE, UH, POLLING LOCATIONS CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN COM, UM, COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY, IF THAT HASN'T HAPPENED, I, I THINK THAT, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS DOWN AT THE BOARD OF ELECTION NEED TO HONOR UP TO THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNCIL.

I'VE HAD NO COMMUNICATIONS ON THAT.

YEAH, I, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO GET SOME OF THAT.

UH, JUST ONE FURTHER, BRIAN, COULD WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, AS SOON AS WE CAN GLEAN IT GETS, UH, PUT IN THE CITY COMMUNICATIONS WEBSITE AND SO FORTH? SURE.

WELL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MENTIONED AT STAFF TOMORROW.

IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW, HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE CHANGED.

, I DIDN'T KNOW, UM, THE WAY I READ THE CARD, I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS A TEMPORARY CHANGE, ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPECTING LOW VOTER TURNOUT FOR AN AUGUST ELECTION.

SO I THOUGHT PERHAPS THEY'RE CONSOLIDATING A FEW PLACES, BUT IT SEEMS ODD THAT THEY WOULD MOVE YOU FROM THE Y TO .

SO I HAD TO READ IT A COUPLE TIMES.

THEY HAD SAID WHEN THEY WERE HERE BEFORE THAT THEIR GOAL WAS TO GET MORE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO THE COMMENT THAT IT HAD BEEN MOVED TO BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL, UH, FOR SOME PEOPLE, UH, IN CURED TRAILS IS PROBABLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE, BUT, RIGHT.

UM, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST I'M HEARING OF ANY OF THIS.