[ CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS STATE OF OHIO Charter Review Commission]
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YOU READY? I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO ORDER.IT IS 6 0 5 ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND.
UH, IF WE COULD HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
MR. CAMPBELL? MRS. BURGE? HERE.
MRS. SUMMERS, CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF MR. CAMPBELL AND MS. SUMMERS? SECOND.
CALL THE ROLE ON THAT, PLEASE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
UH, WE WERE EMAILED THOSE BACK THEN.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, WE WILL ACCEPT THEM AS APPROVED.
SO HEARING NONE SEPTEMBER 24TH MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
UH, SO ITEM NUMBER THREE, TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.
A IS CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS ELECTION REVIEW AND NEXT STEPS.
SO, UM, I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THIS INFORMATION IN SOME FORMAT, BUT THIS WAS KIND OF OUR WRAP UP MEETING HERE TONIGHT.
SO I DEFINITELY WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, SOME OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM, UM, THE ELECTION AND, UH, JUST ALLOW EVERYBODY TO COMMENT ON THOSE IF THEY WANTED TO, OR ANY INSIGHTS.
UM, I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT ALL FIVE OF THE CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ON THE BALLOT ON NOVEMBER 5TH, UH, PESTS, UH, SOME VERY OVERWHELMINGLY, UM, IT WAS INTERESTING TO ME TODAY THAT THEY, UM, ONLY HAVE THE OVERALL REPORT ON THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE.
STILL, THEY DON'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN BY PRECINCT, UH, AVAILABLE YET FOR THIS PAST ELECTION.
UM, AND I TRIED TO CALL 'EM TODAY TO GET THE, THE CERTIFIED DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THAT, UM, THAT THESE HAD ACTUALLY PASSED.
WE GET A CERTIFICATE THAT SHOWS, UH, YOU KNOW, OFFICIALLY CERTIFYING BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THAT THEY'RE OFFICIAL.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT YET.
BUT, UH, I DID PRINT OUT THE, UH, OFFICIAL RESULTS, UH, ON ALL FIVE MEASURES FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND FROM, UM, MIAMI COUNTY.
UM, MOST OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PASSED BY OVER 70%.
UM, THE TOTALS WERE EVEN HIGHER IN, IN MIAMI COUNTY, WHICH IS WARD TWO.
THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE IN THE 80TH PERCENTILE, UH, IN FAVOR, I THINK, UH, THE ONE ON, UH, REMOVAL OF BORDER COMMISSION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, IT WAS 84.32%, UH, WAS THE APPROVAL MARGIN.
SO, UH, THE CLOSEST OF THE FIVE WAS THE, UH, CHANGES TO THE MAYOR'S VOTE AND THE MAYOR'S VETO.
BUT, UM, THERE WERE STILL PASSED BY HEALTHY MARGINS.
UM, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT ONE OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, BUT, UH, THE ISSUE OF UNDER VOTES.
SO, UM, UNDER VOTES ARE WHERE SOMEONE DIDN'T VOTE AT ALL ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO YOU WILL SEE, UM, ON MOST OF THESE CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT THERE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF UNDER VOTES.
UM, BUT A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, JUST SPECULATING THAT COULD BE THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T INFORMED ENOUGH ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT THEY CHOSE NOT TO VOTE OR THEY DIDN'T CARE, OR WHATEVER THE REASON MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
BUT, UH, UH, THOSE AVERAGED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 2,500 OR SO ON MOST OF THE ITEMS, UM, WHERE PEOPLE JUST CHOSE NOT TO VOTE, AT LEAST IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PART.
UH, MIAMI COUNTY DOESN'T COUNT UNDER VOTES.
I WONDER HOW MUCH OF THE, UM, THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS FOR SECTION 4.04 AND IT FOUR, FOUR POINT 12 AND FIVE 12 WAS DUE TO THEM REALLY NOT UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES.
'CAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF UNDER, UNDER VOTES THERE.
YEAH, I MEAN, AT THIS POINT OF SPECULATION, I THINK, YEAH, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE JUST HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME AND FACT.
FACT ALL PASS, IT JUST TAKES, UH, 50% PLUS ONE TO PUT THEM
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INTO EFFECT.SO, UH, NOW THAT THESE HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY, UH, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, UM, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, DRAFTING, UH, THE CHARTER, REFLECTING THE AMENDMENTS, UM, AND, UH, IT WILL BE SENT TO THE CODIFICATION PROVIDER SO THAT THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE CHARTER IS ALSO UPDATED HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
AND THEN WE WILL GET, UH, NEW COPIES OF THE CHARTER PRINTED, UM, AND HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SHOULD ANYBODY WANT TO GET IT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS THAT, UM, I'LL BE WORKING WITH COUNSEL TO REVISE THE RULES OF COUNSEL BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE IN HERE, UH, PRESENT SOME CHANGES THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ADAPTED IN THE RULES OF COUNCIL.
SO TRADITIONALLY, COUNCIL APPROVES, UH, THEIR UPDATED RULES OF COUNCIL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
UH, SO WE'LL INCORPORATE ALL OF THESE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE BY THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS INTO THOSE RULES OF COUNCIL.
AND THEN TECHNICALLY SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IN EFFECT, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE APPLICABLE TO THE DAY-TO-DAY, LIKE THE MAYOR VOTING, UM, WILL TAKE PLACE, UH, AND BE IN EFFECT AS SOON AS, UH, NEXT WEEK WHEN WE HAVE OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR, UM, WILL BE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE MAYOR COULD, UH, EXERCISES RIGHT TO VOTE, UM, AT THAT, AT THAT MEETING.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTARY OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOPIC AREA,
I WAS JUST EXCITED TO SEE ALL FIVE PASS AND, AND BY SUCH HUGE MARGINS, EVEN THE ONE THAT WAS CLOSE, I THINK IT WAS STILL 2,600 VOTES SURE.
SO WE THANK EVERYBODY FOR VOTING, UH, IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, REGARDLESS HOW THEY VOTED, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATIVE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT FOR THE CHARTER.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION FINAL REPORT.
SO, UM, TYPICALLY WHEN WE'VE HAD A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION OR AN ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION, UM, THE COMMISSION HAS GENERATED A FINAL REPORT.
AND WHAT I'M HANDING OUT HERE IS A, THE SAMPLE REPORT FROM THE LAST COMMISSION THAT WE HAD OF THIS NATURE, WHICH WAS THE ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION.
SO DON'T THINK I'VE LOST MY MIND AND SENT YOU, UM, INFORMATION FROM THE WRONG MEETING, BUT, UM, IT WAS MORE, IT WAS JUST MORE CURRENT, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE.
UM, SO WHAT I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO DO, OR SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO DO AS PART OF THE FINAL STEPS, UM, WOULD BE TO, UH, WORK WITH ME TO DRAFT A, UH, FINAL REPORT FOR THIS ROUND OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE A WRITTEN REPORT.
AND THEN WE WOULD INVITE THE ENTIRE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO COME TO A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY.
AND, UH, AS PART OF A SPECIAL PRESENTATION, PRESENT THE FINAL REPORT OFFICIALLY TO COUNCIL.
AND, UM, I'VE ALSO INCLUDED HERE IN THE HANDOUTS A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE FOR THE LAST ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION.
AND, UM, WE ALSO USUALLY USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION WHO PARTICIPATED IN AND, UH, THANK THEM FOR ALL THE EFFORT THEY THEY PUT INTO THE PROCESS.
SO, UM, THE DATES FOR THE COUNCIL MEETINGS IN JANUARY WOULD BE, UH, MONDAY, JANUARY 13TH AND MONDAY JANUARY 27TH.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A NIGHT, OBVIOUSLY DONNA AND NANCY ARE GONNA BE THERE ANYWAY.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO HAVE EVERYBODY THERE IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
SO, UH, 13TH AND THE 27TH, AND I DON'T NEED TO KNOW RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT, UH, IT'S KIND PUTTING IT ON YOUR RADAR SO WE COULD KIND OF NAIL DOWN A DATE TO TARGET 13TH.
I SAID YOU WOULD BE HERE ANYWAY.
'CAUSE IT'S COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE 13TH WOULD WORK BETTER FOR ME.
I ANNOUNCE FOR BASKETBALL AT WAYNE AND WE'VE GOT A GIRLS GAME ON THE 27TH.
AND TONY, I'D BE, I'LL GET WITH ANGELA
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TOO.I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU WITH OKAY.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE WEEKS OFF AT CHRISTMAS.
BUT I COULD COME IN THE OFFICE ANY DAY.
AND I CAN ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE WORD VERSIONS OF THE OKAY.
THESE THINGS THAT WE COULD JUST, UH, MAKE, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES AND ADAPTATIONS TO THAT.
UM, WELL THAT WAS LARGELY THE BUSINESS WE HAD TONIGHT, UNLESS ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION WANTED TO BRING UP.
I WAS, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IF THERE'S ANY, IF EVERY, IF WE JUST DO A ONCE AROUND, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FINAL REMARKS, UM, JUST TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE PANEL FOR, FOR THE GREAT HARD WORK.
IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
I WANNA SAY WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU, IT, IT MADE THE PROCESS MUCH EASIER.
UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY YOU GUYS WERE COMING INTO THIS NOT HAVING, UM, A LOT OF YOU, UH, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENTAL PROCESS AND WHAT WAS INVOLVED, BUT, YOU KNOW, STEP COMING FORWARD, FORWARD AND STEPPING FORWARD, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS AND, UH, WAS PRETTY REMARKABLE HOW EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER AND, UH, SHARED A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND INPUT.
AND, UM, I FOUND YOU AN E VERY EASY GROUP TO WORK WITH AND TO, TO SUPPORT MY EFFORTS AND TRY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE, UH, OF YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER IN THIS PROCESS.
AND, UM, I'M SURE YOU'LL HEAR THAT FROM THEM WHEN, UH, WE HAVE THE FINAL PRESENTATION, UM, AS WELL.
ANYTHING FROM THAT END OF THE TABLE? NO, I JUST, I MEAN, I THINK THE FRUIT IS IN THE, UH, PUDDING THERE.
I MEAN, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING I GOT OUT OF IT FROM, FROM ALL OF YOU WAS JUST THE HELP THAT YOU GAVE US IN THE INFORMATIONAL PROCESS AND, AND MAKING THE VOTERS BE, YOU KNOW, INFORMED AND, AND REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I THINK THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR YOU GUYS BEING THERE AND BEING A PART OF THAT.
AND JORDAN, THANK YOU AND, UH, CHRIS AND SARAH FOR BEING A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND, UH, THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, WE DID NOT HAVE THE LEGAL COUNSEL PRESENT, UM, AT THE MEETINGS.
AND INSTEAD I HAD TO TAKE THE ANSWERS AND RELAY IT BACK OR THE QUESTIONS AND RELAY IT BACK TO THEM AND THEN BRING THE ANSWER BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
SO IT TOOK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH TURNAROUND BEFORE THE THINGS CAME BACK.
SO BEING ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE MOMENT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST DEAL WITH THE ISSUES RIGHT THERE, I THINK WAS A BIG HELP IN MOVING EVERYTHING FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU TO THE THREE OF YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE? I WAS JUST, IT WAS A PLEASURE SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
HOPEFULLY WE MADE SOME CHANGES THAT ARE, UM, THAT WERE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND, UM, ARE PROGRESSIVE IN NATURE TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD AS A CITY.
UM, CAN'T BE STUCK IN THE PAST.
'CAUSE IF WE'RE STUCK IN THE PAST AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOOMED TO, TO, TO NOT BE AS GOOD OR GREAT AS WE CAN BE AS THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS.
AND, I MEAN, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HOME DOWN.
WE GOTTA DO OUR BEST TO KEEP IT, KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, NICE.
AND, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORD I'M LOOKING FOR, BUT YEAH, I WAS HAPPY TO SERVE AND IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU ALL.
UM, YEAH, IT'S AN E EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS, SO, I MEAN, THESE ARE GOOD FOR THIS TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE FURTHER PROCESSES IN THE FUTURE.
IT MAY NOT BE ALL OF US SITTING HERE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CHARTER CAN BE AMENDED AT ANY TIME.
SO IF THERE WA WAS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT IS NOT SITTING RIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, WE INTRODUCED SOMETHING AND MAYBE THERE'S AN UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCE TO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE ISSUES CAN CERTAINLY BE REVISITED IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, UH, JUST BRIEFLY, WHEN YOU THINK BACK ABOUT THE PROCESS, WHAT WE WENT THROUGH, WE STARTED WITH PROBLEMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED WITH THE CHARTER.
UH, SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS WERE THINGS LIKE, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MISSING MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE, UM, PEOPLE ABUSING THE, UM, EXCUSED ABSENCES, UM, AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CHARTER LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWED 'EM TO MISS TWO MEETINGS, COME TO A MEETING AND MISS TWO MORE AND COME TO 'EM.
SO WE SAW A GROUP OF PROBLEMS, AND I THINK THIS COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER SOLUTIONS.
I THINK THE VOTERS OBVIOUSLY AGREED WITH US.
THEY WANT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME AND DO THEIR JOBS AND THEY, UH, JUST
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THE, THE ONE ACTION, ODDLY ENOUGH, THE ONE THAT PASSED BY THE LEAST AMOUNT, I THINK IS THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST CORRECTIVE.AND THAT IS GIVING THE MAYOR THE VOTE.
BECAUSE BY TAKING AWAY THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HOLD COUNCIL HOSTAGE BY DOING THE ROTATING, MISSING MEETINGS, GIVING THE MAYOR THE VOTE, NOW HAVING A SIMPLE MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE OF, UH, THOSE ISSUES, UH, I THINK WE'VE FIXED A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND, UH, I THANK THE VOTERS FOR RECOGNIZING THAT AND HELPING US TO IMPLEMENT THAT FIX.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, TO THE COUNCIL AND TONY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING A CHANCE.
I HAVE HAD ZERO GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF CONSULTATIVE EXPERIENCE.
UM, SO THANK YOU, UH, AND TO MY FELLOW RESIDENTS, YOU MADE THIS AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
AND THE VOTERS, THANKS FOR SEEING COMMON SENSE.
HE MAKES ME LOOK GOOD OVER HERE.
HE LEADS THE WAY HERE AND KEEPS THIS ALL ON TRACK.
AND I JUST, I WANNA REITERATE SOME OF THE COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT TONY.
'CAUSE UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN I WAS SELECTED TO BE THE CHAIR, I WAS PROBABLY THE MOST NERVOUS PERSON IN THE ROOM.
UM, BUT TONY JUST MADE IT EASY TO WORK WITH.
YOU KNOW, HE'S EASY TO WORK WITH, EASY TO WORK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, OFFERS ADVICE WHEN YOU NEED THE ADVICE SO THAT YOU RUN A, A GOOD MEETING.
SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE ON BOARD.
UM, THEIR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY IS JUST TREMENDOUS.
UM, AND, AND YOUR, YOUR AND INPUT AND GUIDANCE, UH, WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UM, THE FELLOW RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS A HECK OF A CAMPAIGN.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY SOME SOMETIMES ON FACEBOOK.
UH, BUT CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR, UH, ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT
AND ALL OF YOUR, YOUR KNOWLEDGE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, TO, TO COME WITH THE PROBLEMS AND COME WITH RESOLUTIONS.
UM, AND I, I CAN'T THANK JOHN RUSSELL ENOUGH.
UM, YOU KNOW, HE STARTED AS A, AS A MEMBER OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, REPRESENTING AND THEN BECAME THE CITY MANAGER.
AND NOT ONLY DID A GREAT JOB IN HIS CAPACITY ON THE COMMISSION, UH, BUT HE IS TURNING OUT TO BE ONE FINE CITY MANAGER AND, UH, A GREAT HIRE BY OUR COUNCIL, UM, AND TO OUR, OUR ATTORNEY STAFF.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KEEPING US FLYING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, AND NOT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL.
'CAUSE WE CERTAINLY DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO WIN ALL FIVE, UM, WITH THE MAJORITY THAT WE DID, UM, REALLY DOES SHOW THAT THE VOTERS TRUSTED THE PROCESS.
UM, THEY DO SEE COMMON SENSE BECAUSE I DO THINK A LOT OF, UH, THESE WERE PRETTY MUCH COMMON SENSE, UH, DECISIONS.
UH, BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SPORT.
APPRECIATE EVERYONE GOING OUT AND VOTING REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY YOU VOTED, YOU EXPRESSED YOUR, YOUR OPINION AND THE CITIZENS HAVE STEPPED UP AND SAID, WE WANT THESE FIVE.
UH, BUT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE THE CITY.
I HOPE THAT I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY IN THE FUTURE, UH, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DID ENJOY IT.
UM, AND UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, THEN IT IS 6 24 AND I WILL CLOSE THIS MEETING OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION REVIEW.