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OKAY.[1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore]
OKAY.GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE ARE GETTING STARTED RIGHT AT 5:30 PM THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.
TONY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? MR. DAVIDSON? DEAR MS. BAKER, MR. CAMPBELL? HERE.
MR. LOONEY? PRESENT? MRS. KITCHEN? HERE.
AND WILL, UH, KATE IS ON, UH, VACATION.
UH, WE KNOW THAT SHE'S ABLE TO BE HERE.
DO WE, DOES THAT NEED TO BE AN EXCUSED IN ABSENCE FOR, UH, SPECIAL MEETING? THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
[ An Ordinance Approving Certain Recommendations Of The Huber Heights Charter Review Commission And Directing The Boards Of Elections Of Montgomery County, Ohio And Miami County, Ohio To Place On The Ballot At The General Election To Be Held On November 5, 2024, In The City Of Huber Heights, The Question Of Amending Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.12, 5.08, 5.12, 6.01, 9.07, And 13.08 Of The City Charter, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
A, UH, TONY, WOULD YOU READ THE ORDINANCE PLEASE? ITEM THREE A, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND DIRECTING THE BOARDS OF ELECTIONS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO, AND MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO TO PLACE ON THE BALLOT AT THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.THE QUESTION OF AMENDING SECTIONS 4.03, 4.04, 4.12, 5.08, 5.12, 6.01, 9.07, AND 13.08 OF THE CITY CHARTER AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING.
TONY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR, UM, I THINK EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT WE'RE HERE TO, UH, TO LOOK AT THIS ITEM AGAIN.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN A MINOR, UH, CHANGE MADE, UH, TO SECTION ONE OF THE ORDINANCE THAT DEALS WITH THE CHARTER, UH, RECOMMENDED CHARTER CHANGE FOR SECTION 4 0 3 ELIGIBILITY.
UM, IT'S IN REFERENCE TO, UM, A SENTENCE THAT PREVIOUSLY READ TO BE ELIGIBLE AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR.
AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL NOT BE HOLDING THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR AT THE TIME OF FILING THEIR NOMINATION PETITION.
UH, THIS LAST PART OF THIS HAS BEEN CHANGED, UH, TO, AT THE TIME OF CERTIFICATION OF THEIR NOMINATING PETITION BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE, UH, THAT'S BEEN MADE, UH, TO, UH, TO THE VERSION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY, UH, PRESENTED TO COUNSEL AT THE JULY 22ND COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THE DIFFERENCE IS BASICALLY, UH, WHEN THEY FILE VERSUS NOW, UH, WHEN THE PETITION'S ACTUALLY CERTIFIED.
IS THERE A MOTION? AND, AND THAT WAS, UH, UH, SUGGESTION THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT SEVERAL PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
UH, IT JUST HAD NOT BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS VERSION UNTIL THIS POINT MARK.
IS THERE A SECOND? IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A MOTION TO, OH, I'M SORRY.
WE NEED TO, WE HAVE TO WAIVE THE RE SO MARK, MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR A MOTION TO WAIVE? DON? I'LL ROLL.
AND SECOND TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING.
AND WAIVING OF COURSE NUMBER REQUIRES SIX VOTES.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE WAIVING ATTORNEY? MR. CAMPBELL? YES.
MOTION WAIVE CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE SOMETHING.
UH, MAYOR, WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE FOUND IN A CHANGE THAT WAS NECESSARY AND THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE THAT? UH, I BELIEVE SO.
AS TONY MENTIONED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED, UH, IN THE PAST REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR, UH, AMENDMENT, BUT YES, IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE ACTUAL, THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS VOTED ON AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE.
NOW I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WILLINGNESS TO COME TONIGHT.
OKAY, SCOTT? YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT THERE, MAYOR.
UM, YEAH, THIS WAS BROUGHT UP.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK THAT CHARTER REVIEW AND ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
THIS WAS NOTHING AGAINST A CHARTER REVIEW, UH, JUST THAT SECTION 4 0 3, WHICH I STILL HAVE ISSUES WITH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE IT TO THE, THE VOTERS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THE DECISION.
AND, UH, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT, UM, VOTING THINGS THEY'RE GONNA BE VOTE ON FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
THEY, THESE WILL ALL BE SEPARATE, UH, ISSUES ON THE BALLOT.
THEY'LL ALL HAVE THEIR OWN ISSUE NUMBER ON THE BALLOT.
THEY WON'T BE ALL LUMPED TOGETHER AS, YOU KNOW, ALL PASS OR ALL FAIL.
THERE, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL THAT ARE TOGETHER, BUT TO, UH, SCOTT'S POINT, UH, THERE'S A TOTAL OF FIVE CHARTER.
'CAUSE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT, A COUPLE OF THEM MIMIC OR, OR WITHIN THE SAME SHAPER CODE, SO THOSE WILL BE TOGETHER.
'CAUSE ONE WOULD VOID THE OTHER ONE IF IT WOULDN'T PASS.
I UNDERSTAND ABOUT COMBINE THOSE TOGETHER.
BUT YEAH, JUST A SECTION 4 0 3, I STILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THERE, BUT I'M DEFINITELY TO THE VOTERS THERE.
AND SECTION 4 0 3 HAS A STANDALONE CHARTER AMENDMENT.
I, I ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF CONCERNS WITH THAT, WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROVISION IN THE, UH, LEGISLATION.
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MY, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ONE OF, AND I THINK, UM, TONY ANSWERED IT EARLIER, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THERE'S NOT NECESSARY FOR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.BECAUSE THIS HAD COME BEFORE THE BODY BEFORE AND WE COLLECTIVELY VOTED AGAINST IT.
UM, NOW IT'S COMING BACK AND THEN, UH, WE'RE VOTING ON IT AGAIN.
SO GENERALLY THERE'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, BUT IN THIS CASE, UH, THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT NOT TO BE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF TONY COULD OFFER.
THE REASON THIS WASN'T DONE UNDER A MOTION, UH, TO RECONSIDER WAS THE FACT THAT, UM, AFTER, UH, HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROVISION AND THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE HAD, UH, THAT RE UH, REQUIRED A CHANGE TO SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, UM, ONCE THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE ITEM, IT'S CONSIDERED A NEW ITEM.
AND, AND A MOTION TO RECONSIDER WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
AND YOU, I TOO, LIKE SCOTT, I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE.
UM, I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, BUT I TOO BELIEVE EVERYTHING NEEDS TO GO TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT I, I'M NOT A FAN OF, BUT I SAY SEND IT TO THE VOTERS.
ANYTHING ELSE, DON? I JUST NOTE THAT WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION HERE TONIGHT.
MAYOR, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SAY TOWARDS THE REVISIONS YOU'RE HEARING? SURE.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS.
THIS CHARTER COMMISSION WAS ASKED TO HAVE RESIDENT INPUT.
THERE WERE FOUR OF US THAT ARE RESIDENTS, AND THIS IS WHAT THE RESIDENTS THINK WOULD BE THE BEST FOR THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR SETTING YOUR DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS ASIDE TO ALLOW IT TO GO TO VOTE.
TANYA, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MRS. BURGE? YES.
IT IS NOW 5 37 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.