* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore] [00:00:03] OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WHO CONVENE THIS EVENING. UH, TIME IS SIX, SIX, SIX OH FIVE, 6:05 PM, UH, THIS IS, UH, AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE RIGHT CITY COUNCIL, UH, MARCH 15TH, 2020. AND UH, JEN, WELL I GUESS FIRST OF ALL WE JUST WENT AND UM, HE WAS CALLED THE ORDER FULFILLMENT WOULD CALL THE ROLE OF THE, UH, COUNCIL. THAT'D BE GREAT. I CERTAINLY WILL. MRS BURJ, MR. CAMPBELL HERE. MR GORE HERE. MR. LYONS HERE. MR. WEBB HERE. MR. HILL HERE. LET'S DRAW IT UP AND JUST YOUR SHAWL. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE. PURPOSE. [ A Resolution Declaring Certain Emergency Procedures Necessary For The Continued Governance Of The City During The Current National State Of Emergency. (fiirst reading)] UH, THE CEILING WAS, UH, AS MR SHORE WILL GET INTO, UH, READING THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION SINCE IT WASN'T OR DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO BE POSTED. UM, BUT THE POINT BEING, UH, UNDER THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND EMERGENCY STATE OF EMERGENCY IS ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT. WE STILL NEED TO HAVE A WAY THAT WE CAN OPERATE AND UH, MOVE ON WITH THE CITY BUSINESS THROUGH LEGISLATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE DO HAVE THE VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM THAT WE'VE ENABLED THAT WE TESTED EARLIER. SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FORMAL LEGISLATION PASSED WHERE, UH, AS A HOME RULE CHARTER, WE ARE GIVING OURSELVES PERMISSION VIA LEGISLATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH VIDEO CONFERENCING MEETINGS, UH, MOVING FORWARD UNTIL TIME SUCH AS THE CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE. SO WITH THAT, MR SCHOMER, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE. THANK YOU. CERTAINLY A RESOLUTION DECLARING CERTAIN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES NECESSARY FOR THE CONTINUED GOVERNANCE OF THE CITY DURING THE CURRENT NATION STATE OF EMERGENCY. WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO IN ARTICLE XVII SECTION THREE GRANTS, MUNICIPALITIES THE AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE ALL POWERS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND TO ENFORCE LOCAL POLICE, SANITARY AND OTHER SIMILAR REGULATIONS AS THEY'RE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE GENERAL LAWS. AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO THIS CONSTITUTIONAL HOME RULE AUTHORITY, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO HAVE ADOPTED NEW CHARTER AND CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO EXERCISE THE POWERS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND ENFORCE LOCAL POLICE POWER REGULATIONS. AND WHEREAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020 DASH ZERO ONE D OHIO GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE ENTIRE STATE TO PROTECT THE WELLBEING OF CITIZENS FROM THE CITIZENS OF OHIO FROM THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF COVEN 19 AND TO ASSIST IN PROTECTING THE LIVES, SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THE CITIZENS OF OHIO. AND WHEREAS SUBSEQUENT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER OF 2020 DASH ZERO ONE D THE GOVERNOR HAS INITIATED OTHER REQUIREMENTS GREATLY LIMITING IN-PERSON SOCIAL CONTACT AND WHEREAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS DECLARED A NATIONAL STATE OF EMERGENCY, YOU DO THE CO-FUND 19 PANDEMIC. AND WHEREAS CITY COUNCIL, IF HE PROVIDES, HAS SUBSTANTIAL, LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN CONTINUING GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT NECESSARY THROUGHOUT THE CURRENT NATIONAL AND STATE EMERGENCY. AND WHEREAS ORDERING COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OBTAINING CITY COUNCIL APPROVALS ARE NEEDED FOR THE FURTHER AND IF GOVERNMENTAL SURFACES AND FUNCTIONS AND WHEREAS THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OPINION NUMBER TWO ZERO ZERO NINE DASH ZERO THREE FOUR INDICATED THAT WITH RESPECT TO TOWNSHIPS, THE OPEN MEETING LAWS, INCLUDING ALLOWING PUBLIC ACCESS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, APPLY EVEN DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. AND WHEREAS IN A LETTER DATED MARCH 13TH, 2020 THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL FORMERLY INDICATED QUOTE, THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPLICABILITY OF OHIO'S OPEN MEETINGS ACT OMA DURING THIS TIME OF THE COVEN 19 DECLARED EMERGENCY. UNDER THIS VERY LIMITED FACT PATTERN, THERE MAY BE A BASIS FOR LOCAL PUBLIC BODIES TO USE ELECTRONIC MEANS TO MEET AND COMPLY WITH THE LAW. YOU SHOULD DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS WHEREAS THE LAW DIRECTOR HAS THE CITY, LET ME START THAT PHRASE BACK OVER. I APOLOGIZE. WHEREAS THE LAW DIRECTOR AND THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY UNDER ITS HOME RULE AUTHORITY AND FURTHER BASED ON THE REASONING OF THE HIGH ATTORNEY GENERAL AS SET FORTH IN THE MARCH 13TH LETTER WHICH PROVIDES IN THIS LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS LIMITING GATHERINGS SO AS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVERT 19 BUT THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT MUST CONTINUE. IT IS REASONABLE TO READ THE LMS MEETING OPEN MEETING ACTS IN PERSON REQUIREMENT AS PERMITTING A MEMBER OF A PUBLIC BODY TO APPEAR AT THE PUBLIC MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE. THIS INTERPRETATION GIVES EFFECT TO BOTH REVISED CODE ONE TWO 1.22 AND REVISED CODE THREE SEVEN ZERO 1.13 IT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROLS. RECENT GUIDANCE ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL COVERT 19 EPIDEMIC. DO YOU USE VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR MEETINGS [00:05:01] WHEN POSSIBLE, WHEREAS THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS HAS THE TECHNOLOGY TO HAVE ANY AND OR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKE PART IN A MEETING ELECTRONICALLY WHEREBY ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND OTHERS THAT ARE SIGNED IN TO THE MEETING CAN BE SEEN AND HEARD AND THE MEETING CAN BE THE LIVE BROADCAST TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE REMOTE MEETING. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS BELIEVES THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS THAT YOU BRIGHTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE AND UTILIZE REMOTE MEETINGS TO TRANSACT NECESSARY BUSINESS WITH THE CITY DURING THE COURSE OF THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO, THAT SECTION ONE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A STATE OF EMERGENCY WITHIN THE STATE OF OHIO EXISTS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020 DASH ZERO ONE D THE CITY COUNCIL, A FEW BRIDES MAY CONDUCT ITS PUBLIC MEETINGS WITHOUT THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS THROUGH THE REMOTE MEETING PROCESS PROVIDED. ONE PROPER NOTICE IS PROVIDED AS REQUIRED UNDER OHIO LAW FOR A PUBLIC MEETING TO A QUORUM IS PRESENT WHETHER IN PERSON OR ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE REMOTE MEETING PROCESS. THREE IN THE EVENT THAT A MEMBER APPEARING VIA THE REMOTE MEETING PROCESSES DISCONNECTED CITY COUNCIL SHALL CEASE ALL DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS UNTIL THE MEMBER CAN BE RECONNECTED FOR THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO HEAR THE DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS OF ALL OF THE MEMBERS. EVEN THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT VIA ELECTRONIC MEANS. FIVE ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT WILL APPLY INCLUDING THOSE THAT GOVERN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE TAKING OF MEETING MINUTES. SECTION TWO AT THE FIRST MEETING IN WHICH A QUORUM OF COUNCIL MAY BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, THE CITY COUNCIL SHOUT RATIFY THE PAST ACTIONS TAKEN DURING REMOTE MEETING PROCESS. IN SECTION THREE IS HEREBY FOUNDING DETERMINED THAT ALL FORMAL ACTIONS OF THIS COUNCIL CONCERNING RELATING TO THE PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION WERE ADOPTED IN AN OPEN MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. AND THAT ALL DELIBERATIONS OF THIS COUNCIL IN ANY OF ITS COMMITTEES THAT RESULTED IN SUCH FORMAL ACTION WERE IN MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING SECTION ONE, TWO ONE. DOT. TWO TWO OF THE HARDER VICE CODE SECTION FOUR. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL GO INTO EFFECT AT THE EARLIEST TIME PROVIDED BY LAW. AND THEN THE REMAINING WOULD BE INDICATION OF HOW MANY DAYS AND DAYS AND AN AUTHENTICATION FROM THE CLERK OF COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU ROB FOR READING ON ENFORCED. APPRECIATE THAT. IS THERE A MOTION? YES, MR LENNON SPEYER UH, I'D MOVED TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION OR EXCUSE ME, UH, YEAH. ADOPT, DISRUPT SOLUTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. WEBB. OKAY. SO MR. LYONS HAS MOTIONED FOR ADOPTION AND MR HAS SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SO, UH, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE'LL MAINTAIN BUSINESS AND MOVE FORWARD UNDER THIS RESOLUTION CALL URBAN NOTHINGNESS? IF NOT, I CAN, OH, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE, YES, THAT'S RIGHT. WE NEED TO DO ANY AMENDMENTS FOR ANY MINOR ERRORS RIGHT NOW OR THAT ANY BIG YACHT. I NEVER LIKE THREE JUST IN MIND. AND I THINK I OVER-READ THEM. THEY ARE SCRIBNER'S ERRORS AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, THAT THE SPELLING AND THE GRAMMAR AS I GRABBED WAS, WAS PROPER IN THE INTERIM. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT. OKAY. THIS A, SO AS MY UNDERSTANDING ON EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE JUST WOULDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO LEAVE THE DICE AND ONE IN THE BACK ROOM. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FLIPPING THE SWITCH FOR THE LIVE STREAM BECAUSE THE MEETINGS WILL STILL BE LIVE STREAM THROUGH SLAGGING. UM, AS WE GET OUR TEST, ALL THE THINGS, UH, THE VIDEO ITSELF OF LIKE WHAT WE WERE SEEING ON OUR LAPTOP. SO ACTUALLY BROADCAST ON THE LARGE SCREEN HERE. SO THE CAMERA WILL JUST BE FOCUSED ON WHAT'S ON THE LARGE SCREEN. SO THROUGH SWAG, THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALSO GONNA BE LIVESTREAM. IF WE DO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, THEN WE CAN JUST CUT THE SWITCH TO THE LIVE STREAM. WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND THEN WE CAN TURN THE LIVE STREAM BACK ON ONCE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS OVER. AND I CAN REVIEW REAL QUICK THE ACTUAL METHODS AND PROCESS OF THAT MEETING. UM, WHEN WE WOULD HAVE MEETINGS THAT WOULD BE, WOULD BE CONSIDERED A REMOTE MEETING PROCESS. WE'LL BE UTILIZING MICROSOFT TEAMS. SO IF YOU RIGHTS AS A MICROSOFT OFFICE THREE 65 SUBSCRIBER AND WITHIN THAT IS MICROSOFT TEAMS. UH, ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'LL SAY OFFICIAL STAFF, ET CETERA, UTILIZE THAT THROUGH THEIR PUBLIC EMAIL SYSTEM. AND BY UTILIZING THE TEAMS AND ESTABLISHING THE MEETING THROUGH THAT, IT WILL BE WITHIN OUR NETWORK. IT WILL NOT BE A, TECHNICALLY IT IS THIRD PARTY, BUT THE ACCESS TO IT IS THROUGH VALIDATION OF OUR ACTIVE DIRECTORY WITHIN OUR NETWORK AND ANY RECORDS OR DOCUMENTS EXCHANGE WITHIN THAT STILL FALL WITHIN OUR PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY AND OUR PUBLIC RETENTIONS AND PUBLIC RECORDS THAT ARE REQUIREMENTS. UH, THE, UM, THE, THE TEST, WE DID, UH, DO A TEST RUN OF THE SYSTEM TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD THE ABILITY TO CONNECT REMOTELY. UH, WE TESTED, UH, THAT SYSTEM ON THE LARGE BOARD AND IN THE COUNCIL ROOM HERE. THAT [00:10:01] BOARD HAS THE TECHNOLOGY AND CAPABILITY OF BEING CONNECTED TO THE LIVE STREAMING COMPONENT OF OUR, UH, AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEM. SO WHEN MEETINGS WOULD BE HELD REMOTELY, WHAT WOULD BE PROJECTED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WOULD BE THAT BOARD DIRECT FEED FROM THAT BOARD, NOT A CAMERA ON IT, BUT A DIRECT AND THAT CORRECT. AND THAT DIRECT FREE FROM THE BOARD. ALSO, UH, THE MAYOR WILL FACILITATE IN-PERSON ALL MEETINGS THAT WILL STILL OCCUR REMOTELY, UH, AND AS WELL AS A CLERK WILL BE PRESENT TO PHYSICALLY, UH, REVIEW AND, UH, AND AUTHENTICATE THE ACTIONS AS THE MAYOR CHAIRS THE MEETING SO THAT THOSE CAN BE AS A MATTER OF RECORD TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING HAD PRESENCE. AND IF THERE'S A, UM, A GUARD BOWL OR SOMETHING ON ANY OF THE CONVERSATION, THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY THAT WITHOUT BEING, UH, WITHOUT MOVING ON. SO WE FEEL THAT THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE A PRETTY FOOLPROOF. UH, AND, UH, CERTAINLY THERE MAY BE SOME BUGS, BUT WE, UH, WE FEEL THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS IN PLACE. WE'VE TESTED IT AND DRILL IT AND UH, CAN FEEL THAT IT WILL MEET THE NEEDS AGAIN UNDER THESE EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS OF THE, OF THE STATE, THE CONDITION, UH, ALL IN THE, UH, IN THE MINDSET OF, OF PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTROL, UH, ANY UNNECESSARY SPREAD OF THAT VIRUS, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR WORKFORCE IS STILL HEALTHY AND AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO CAN THINK OF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MR SHELL. THANK YOU MR MAYOR. THERE MAY BE SOME RESIDENTS THAT HAVE THE QUESTION IN PUTTING MYSELF UP PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DURING THIS TIME. UM, COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO WORK OUT? YEAH, SO WE ARE, UH, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED OR FOR PARTICIPATION, THAT WAY THEY CAN EMAIL THEM TO US. THEY COULD, IF SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION ABOUT, I WAS ON A, THEY COULD SEND IT TO US THROUGH FACEBOOK, BUT AS FAR AS PHYSICAL PUBLIC IN THE BUILDING, UM, THOSE, THE CHAMBER DOORS ARE GOING TO BE LOCKED. AND, UM, I THINK T TO MEET THE GUIDELINES OF MY UNDERSTANDING SCRAPED WITH JERRY, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS UH, ALTHOUGH WE ENCOURAGE, UH, WE'RE OPEN AS LONG AS PEOPLE HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PHYSICALLY BE HERE. SO WE CAN STILL TAKE QUESTIONS, WE CAN FIELD QUESTIONS FROM EMAIL. UH, IF ANYBODY KNEW THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE PACKETS, ALL THOSE THINGS WILL ALL STILL BE PUBLIC RECORD. LIKE THEY ALWAYS ARE. THE ONLY THING WE'RE CHANGING IS HOW WE'RE ADMINISTERING AND TAKING PART IN THE ACTUAL MEETING. SO, UM, TELL THEM PUBLIC ACCESS, I THINK W WITH WHAT WE ALREADY GOT ON THE, ON THE DOORS NOW, UM, ON ALL CITY BUILDINGS IS LIMITING PUBLIC ACCESS. THOSE ELIMINATING THOSE FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS TO KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS. THEY CAN EMAIL THEM TO US THROUGH OUR PUBLIC EMAIL. THAT WAY THOSE ARE ALL PUBLIC RECORD AND WE CERTAINLY CAN BRING THOSE ISSUES UP AND WE CAN HOLD THOSE DISCUSSIONS JUST LIKE THEY WERE RIGHT HERE. NO, THERE MIGHT NOT BE DIRECT DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM THAT POINT, BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. BUT YES, THE, THE, THE CHAMBER DOORS, THEY'LL BE LOCKED AND ONLY PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING WILL ACTUALLY BE INSIDE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND I WASN'T MISSING SKIPPING THAT PART OF THE, OF THE PROCESS. UM, SPECIFICALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS UPON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEETING, THERE'LL BE AN INCLUDED STATEMENT INDICATING THAT ANY, UH, UH, REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AS IS NORMAL FOR THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMAIL THOSE AND OR CALL CITY HALL TO HAVE SOMEBODY, UH, DOCUMENT THOSE QUESTIONS IN ORDER FOR IT OR STATEMENTS IN ORDER FOR THOSE TO BE READ AND INCLUDED AS PART OF THE, UH, UH, THE MEETING RECORD. SO WE WILL DO THAT. AS FAR AS PARTICIPATION IN ENDURING THE MEETING, UH, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO OPEN UP THE ABILITY TO VIDEO IN OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, SO, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL CERTAINLY EXAMINE, THERE IS POTENTIALLY THE ABILITY TO, UM, UH, TO, TO HAVE, UH, MESSAGING, UH, DURING AN EVENT THAT'S BEING LIVE STREAMED. UH, HOWEVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THAT INFORMATION IS ADEQUATELY CAPTURE. AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, OR ANY OTHER PEOPLE TO SAY HOST A FACEBOOK LIVE TYPE OF SITUATION WHILE THE MEETING'S ONGOING. BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE, UH, THE OFFICIAL AVENUE IN, IN VEHICLE BEING USED TO TRANSMIT THE, UM, THE MEETING, ALTHOUGH MAINTAINING CONTACT. BUT EVERYBODY'S JUST GOING TO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY UP THROUGH INCLUDING STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT ARE RESTRICTING SOME PUBLIC ACCESS. AND AGAIN, THAT IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT NECESSARILY A RIGHT WITHIN [00:15:01] THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEANING. PUBLIC COMMENTS REALLY DON'T HAVE TO BE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. AND THEN IN A WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PROHIBIT ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S JUST UNDER THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN CURRENTLY. WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE ALTERNATIVE METHODS AND UH, ASK EVERYBODY TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A SITUATION OF FLUX. AND, UM, WE WILL, UH, WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE YOU, UH, APPROPRIATELY INADEQUATE WITH SERVE THE SERVE THE COMMUNITY. MR MAYOR, IF I MAY FOLLOW UP ON THAT, IF WE COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF STATEMENT BLASTS OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR WEBSITES ALERTING ME A COMMUNITY THERE. SO YOU KNOW, ANY CONCERNS BETWEEN NOW AND WHAT TIME THIS EMERGENCY IS LIFTED, UM, TO CONTACT COUNCIL MEMBER SENTENCE, CITY OFFICIALS USING THESE EMAIL ADDRESSES AS THEY ARE A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD FOR ANY MEETINGS OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD UPDATE. WE TALKED, WE TALKED ABOUT THEM AND THERE'S, WE HAVE SOME MESSAGING PREPARE THIS AS THIS LONG, ALL THE, THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE. AND YES, I READ THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A PART OF IT. WE UM, SO THIS LIKE FOR THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW, THIS MEANS BEING RECORDED. IT'S NOT BEING FED LIVE STREAM, BUT TOMORROW THIS AND THE RECORDING OF THE MEETING WILL ACTUALLY GO UP ON THE WEBSITE SO TO OUR PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW. IT'LL BE UP LIVE ON THE SITE. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. YEAH, I THINK YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION. OKAY. BUT SO EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY MOVING FORWARD AND FEEL FOR THE MEMBERS. ALL OF OUR MEANS WILL BE REMOTE. YES. SO, SO WE HAVE A MEETING. SO WE HAVE TOMORROW'S MEETINGS. WE HAVE A SIX O'CLOCK COUNCIL MEETING AND A SEVEN O'CLOCK WORK SESSION. THOSE WILL ALL BE REMOTE. I'LL BE HERE AT CITY HALL AND ROBIN BE HERE AND KAREN WILL BE HERE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE REMOTE MEETING, BUT IT WILL BE LIVE STRAIGHT JUST LIKE WITH THE, THE TESTS THAT WE'VE, THAT WE DID TODAY. AND THEN, UH, MOVING FORWARD, ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AT THAT POINT WILL BE JUST LIKE THE ONE WE DID TODAY, LIKE THE WOUND GRAHAM DO TOMORROW. THE TEST WE HAVE TODAY, THE MEETINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TOMORROW, THERE'LL BE ALL LIKE THAT MOVING FORWARD UNTIL THIS, UNTIL THIS IS LIFTED, UNTIL WE'RE COMFORTABLE MAKING SURE THAT THESE CHAMBERS ARE BACK OPEN. NO LONGER SOCIAL IS THE SAME. WE CAN ALL BE HERE TOGETHER IN THE PUBLIC AND ALL CAN ALL COME BACK HERE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. THANK YOU. MR SCHOBER. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. THIS IS BURJ MR. CAMPBELL. YES. MR. LYONS. YES. MR. WEBB? YES. MR. HILL. YES. MR ODDO. YES, MR. SHAW AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 DASH R THERE'S NOT A, A AN INDEX NUMBER AS OF YET? NONE. OKAY. THAT RESOLUTION HAS PASSED SEVEN ZERO. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ADJOURN THIS EVENING AS A PUSHER? OH MAN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMPLIMENT OUR SENIOR MANAGER, ROB PUTTING US TOGETHER THIS QUICKLY. UM, AND SUFFICIENTLY GREAT JOB. EVERYONE KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE. UM, I WAS ASTOUNDED. GREAT JOB. YES. AND I CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. ANY OTHER? YES MA'AM. THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS IF WE WANTED TO, UM, JUST BRIEFLY FOR COUNCIL ATTENDEES AND EVENTUALLY THE, UM, ANY RESIDENTS TO SEE THE MEETING. WE JUST WANTED TO REVIEW SOME OF THE INFORMATION BASED ON THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL INDICATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE. UM, AND WE'VE, WE'VE CERTAINLY PUT MESSAGES OUT AND STARTING FRIDAY, UH, WE'VE GOT THE QUANTIFIERS INFORMATION FRONT AND CENTER, SO IF SOMEONE WERE TO CLICK ON THAT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE'S THREE SEPARATE PAGES TO GO TO, UH, AND DESCRIBED THERE. ONE IS JUST GENERAL CORONAVIRUS INFLAMMATION. UH, THAT INCLUDES DIRECT LINKS. AND AGAIN, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT DOES NOT. WE ARE UTILIZING ROUTE. WE ARE USING, UH, THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF DAYTON MCHENRY COUNTY AS THE LOCAL RESOURCE FOR, UH, ADVICE, DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE IN PROTOCOLS. ALSO OUR LINKS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS WELL AS CDC OF WORKOUT ORGANIZATION. THERE ARE SOME BRIEF VIDEO INFORMATION AND ALSO A COUPLE OF UH, DOCUMENTS I'VE REFERENCED AS WELL AS SOME INTERACTIVE DATA MAPS. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS EARLIER ABOUT WHERE PARTICULAR CASES HAVE GONE. SOME OF THAT DATA IS INVOLVED. THERE ALSO ARE CITY STATEMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, WHEREAS, UM, UH, THE MOST RECENT, UH, UP TO AND INCLUDING THIS ACTION AND MEETING OF COUNCIL, UH, WHEN MAYOR BORE CALLED THIS EMERGENCY MEETING, UH, TO TAKE ACTION UNDER THE STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL EMERGENCIES. ALSO, YOU WILL SEE A LISTING, A SCROLLING LISTING OF THE VARIOUS ORDERS [00:20:01] AND DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED, UH, RELATED PREVIOUSLY TO NOT ONLY OUR INTERNAL DESIGN POLICIES FOR THE ONGOING CAUTIONARY AND ACTIVE STATUSES, BUT ALSO REGARDING THE, UM, SUSPENSION OF WATER DISCONNECTION. AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL APPENDICES COMING REGARDING SOME OF THE CHANGES TO THE OPERATIONS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS IN ORDER TO, UH, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STRESS LOCALLY AND HELP IMPROVE THE ELASTICITY OF THE EMERGENCY ROOMS AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. AND ALSO, UH, BELOW THERE WOULD BE SOME COMMUNITY BASED ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR THING, WHETHER IT BE A D, P AND L BUFFERING DISCONNECTIONS OR WOULD IT BE CHARTER, UM, SPECTRUM GIVING INFORMATION REGARDING SOME OF THEIR FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO, UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE FINAL THING BEING CITY FACILITY EVENT STATUS. IF ANYBODY IS INQUIRING AS TO THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANY CITY, UH, FACILITY AND OR UPCOMING EVENT, WE WILL LISTEN TO HER AS WELL AS WELL AS OTHER ONGOING MESSAGES. UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE AT THE FACE, SORRY, THE HEAD OF OUR WEBSITE OR FRONT PAGE AT THE BOTTOM, THE NOTICES, UH, THOSE GO OUT AND AS ALSO LINKED TO AND FED INTO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE, UH, NOT INDEPENDENT INFORMATION BUT REFERENCED INFORMATION. THE ONLY INDEPENDENT INFORMATION WE WILL HAVE IS REGARDING THE DIRECT OPERATIONS AND STATUS OF CITY RELATED BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES. SO HOPEFULLY OUR WEBSITE IS A, A, IS A GOOD RESOURCE TO POINT TO OTHER RESOURCES. AND, UH, I KNOW I POINTING OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE'LL ENCOURAGE COUNCIL, UH, TO KEEP ABREAST OF ANY UPDATED INFORMATION THAT WE FIND. WE WILL CERTAINLY MADE THE POST OUT THERE AS WELL. SO ONE LAST THING UNDER THERE. UH, ANDY HAD ASKED ME EARLIER ABOUT THE WORD THREE APPOINTMENTS. SO I THINK BEING THAT THIS IS, WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN THIS, UM, REAL WEIRD KIND OF TIMEFRAME RIGHT NOW. SO FOR TOMORROW, WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE ASKED, I'M TELLING YOU TO DO IS JUST TO UPDATE ALL THE, THE FOUR APPLICANTS OF THE PROCESS. SO TOMORROW WE RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, DISCUSS THE FOUR CANDIDATES. UH, THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. IF THERE IS SOMEONE THAT'S APPOINTED WITH THE FIVE VOTES, THEY WON'T BE COMING IN PARTICIPATING BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S THE MEETINGS BE ABLE TO REMOTELY. SO WE JUST AT THE END OF THE, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING IN THE WORK SESSION TOMORROW, THEN, UH, WHOEVER'S APPOINTED, I WOULD GO TO THEIR HOME, SWEAR THEM IN. THEN NEXT WEEK THEY WOULD COME IN HERE WITH TONY, GET WHATEVER TECHNOLOGY THEY NEED TO GET SET UP FOR EMAIL SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE REMOTE MEETINGS GOING FORWARD. THEN ONCE THE DUST SETTLES AND WE'RE ALL BACK TO NORMAL, THEN WE WOULD HAVE MORE OF A, WE'D HAVE A CEREMONY AT THE APPOINTMENT CEREMONY FOR THAT PERSON ONCE THEY CAN HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR WHOEVER ELSE THAT WE'D LIKE, WE'D LIKE, WE ALL DO. SO THAT IS HOW I SEE THE PROCESS THAT MOVING FORWARD, I'VE ASKED HIM TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ALL FOUR OF THEM, LET THEM KNOW THAT'S HOW WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. UH, SO I THINK WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT SEEMED LIKE THE MOST REALISTIC OR THE EASIEST WAY TO GET TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, NORMALLY IT WOULD BE JUST COME AND SET UP AND START BEING PART OF THE MEETINGS. BUT BEING THAT WE'RE ALL REMOTE, WE GOT TO GET SOME THINGS LINED UP AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THAT STUFF FIRST. SO, SO THAT'S THE PROCESS WE'LL, WE'LL ENACT, UH, TOMORROW IF, IF SOMEONE WAS APPOINTED. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE AND YES, I WANTED TO COMMENT ALSO IN REGARDS TO DAWN'S COMMENTS AND TO INCLUDE YOU, YOU AND ROBIN FOR A LOT OF EXTRA HOURS IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS. UH, ALSO MY AND RECEIVED, UH, A MESSAGE AND A FOLLOWUP PHONE CALL FROM A LOCAL MAYOR IN ANOTHER CITY, POPPING THEM UP YOUR GUYS' EFFORTS ON OUR WEBSITE. AND UH, THEIR CITY WAS LOOKING AT CITY WEBSITES AND WANTING TO GET SOME IDEAS. AND NOT ONLY WERE THEY IMPRESSED WITH THE CORONA VIRUS UPDATES, BUT THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH HER WEBSITE OVERALL. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. [4. City Official Reports and Comments] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BEFORE WE DRINK? YES, LET'S DROP IT. JUST THE GENERAL SUBJECT, NOT DEAD ON ANYTHING SPECIFIC, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVENTS HAPPENING AND CHANGES ANY EVENTS IN THE AREA. ANYBODY HAVE ANY HURT, ANYTHING ON TUESDAY IN THE PRIMARY, ANY CHANGES THERE? ALL I'VE HEARD IS THAT THEY'VE MOVED SOME OF THE POINT LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, NURSING HOMES. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF CANCELING OR POSTPONING OR ANYTHING. AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT I'M STILL CURIOUS. I JUST CHECKED LAST COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE ROSE ON FRIDAY. WAS IT JUST GOING TO TAKE PLACE? THERE'S A COUPLE OF STATES HAVE SUSPENDED IT, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. THEY'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY EARLY VOTE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS TODAY UNTIL FIVE. [00:25:01] I'LL START WITH NOW. UM, SO, BUT YOU KNOW, GETTING AN EARLY VOTE TOMORROW, CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. GOOD STUFF. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FOR WAGER? OKAY. FOR SURE. WHAT TIME IS IT? SIX 30. OKAY. THERE'S SIX 30 AND EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.