Sep 09, 2024 City Council Meeting

TODAY'S DATE IS SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THE SAFE HEBREW RIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING REGULAR SESSION.

WE'RE GETTING STARTED AT 6 0 1.

THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.

AND NEXT WE

[2. Invocation - Pastor Randy Griffith Of The Free Methodist Church At 6875 Old Troy Pike, Huber Heights, Ohio]

HAVE OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING FROM PASTOR RANDY GRIFFITH AT THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH.

IT'S 68 75 OH TROY PIKE HERE IN HUB HEIGHTS, PASTOR GRIFFITH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

HEY, PSALM ONE 19 SAYS IN VERSE 1 0 5, YOUR WORD OH LORD, IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT FROM MY PATH.

BENJAMIN RUSH, THE SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SAYS THE BIBLE CONTAINS MORE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO MAN IN HIS PRESENT STATE THAN ANY OTHER BOOK IN THE WORLD.

BY RENOUNCING THE BIBLE, PHILOSOPHERS SWING FROM THEIR MOORINGS UPON ALL MORAL SUBJECTS.

IT IS THE ONLY CORRECT, CORRECT MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART THAT HAS EVER BEEN PUBLISHED.

JOHN J, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND AUTHOR OF THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, WROTE THE BIBLE IS THE BEST OF ALL BOOKS, FOR IT IS THE WORD OF GOD AND TEACHES US THE WAY TO BE HAPPY IN THIS WORLD AND IN THE NEXT CONTINUE, THEREFORE TO READ IT AND REGULATE YOUR LIFE BY ITS PRECEPTS.

NOAH WEBSTER, THE SCHOOL MASTER OF AMERICA, WROTE ALL OF THE MISERIES AND EVILS WHICH MEN SUFFER FROM VICE AND CRIME, AMBITION, AND JUSTICE, OPPRESSION, SLAVERY, AND WAR PROCEED FROM THEM, DESPISING OR NEGLECTING THE PRECEPTS CONTAINED IN THE BIBLE.

JAMES MCHENRY, A SIGNER OF THE CONSTITUTION, SAID THE HOLY SCRIPTURES CAN ALONE, SECURE TO SOCIETY ORDER AND PEACE, AND TO OUR COURTS OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT, PURITY, STABILITY, AND USEFULNESS.

BIBLES ARE STRONG ENTRENCHMENTS WHERE THEY ABOUND MEN CANNOT PURSUE WICKED COURSES AND AT THE SAME TIME, ENJOY QUIET CONSCIENCE.

THE FIRST PART OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT STATES CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.

IT DOES NOT STATE THAT GOVERNMENT CANNOT PROMOTE OR ENDEAVOR TO LIVE BY BIBLICAL TRUTHS.

AS SOME OF OUR FOUNDERS INDICATED ABOVE, ONLY THE GOVERNMENT MAY NEITHER PROHIBIT THE FREE EXERCISE OF THEIR USE BY WE THE PEOPLE NOR MAY GOVERNMENT, MAKE IT LEGAL, A LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE PEOPLE TO ASCRIBE TO A PARTICULAR RELIGION.

IT WAS TEDDY ROOSEVELT WHO SAID, I ENTER A MOST EARNEST PLEA THAT IN OUR HURRIED AND RATHER BUSTLING LIFE OF TODAY, WE DO NOT LOSE THE HOLD THAT OUR FOREFATHERS HAD ON THE BIBLE.

I WISH TO SEE THE BIBLE STUDY AS MUCH A MATTER OF COURSE, IN SECULAR COLLEGE AS IN SEMINARY, NO EDUCATED MAN CAN AFFORD TO BE IGNORANT OF THE BIBLE, AND NO UNEDUCATED MAN CAN AFFORD TO BE IGNORANT OF THE BIBLE.

AND LASTLY, THE WISE BOOKER T WASHINGTON SAID, AS A RULE, A PERSON SHOULD GET INTO THE HABIT OF READING HIS BIBLE.

YOU NEVER READ IN HISTORY OF ANY GREAT MAN WHOSE INFLUENCE HAS BEEN LASTING, WHO HAS NOT BEEN A READER OF THE BIBLE.

TAKE ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND GLADSTONE THEIR LIVES, SHOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN READERS OF THE BIBLE.

IF YOU WISH TO PROPERLY DIRECT YOUR MIND AND NECESSARILY YOUR LIVES, BEGIN BY READING THE BOOK OF ALL BOOKS.

READ YOUR BIBLE EVERY DAY AND YOU WILL FIND HOW HEALTHILY YOU WILL GROW.

LET'S PRAY.

FATHER, YOUR WORD TRULY IS A LAMP AND A LIGHT FOR OUR NATION AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND EACH ONE OF US.

SO LORD, OPEN YOUR TRUTH TO US BY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND HELP US TO LIVE BY IT AND ALL WE DO, IT'S IN CHRIST NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

AMEN.

UPON ALLEGIANCE,

[3. Pledge Of Allegiance]

ACT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

TONY, WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLE

[4. Roll Call]

UH, ANITA NOTIFIED ALL OF US AT THE LAST, UH, WORK SESSION THAT SHE WOULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING AND ASKED US TO EXCUSE HER ABSENCE.

IS THERE A MOTION MARK? MOTION TO EXCUSE SCOTT.

AND MOTION TO EXCUSE CARRY.

SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT ITEM NUMBER FIVE,

[5. Approval Of Minutes]

WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND FIVE A IS FROM

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THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DATED AUGUST 26TH, 2024.

UH, THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS.

THOSE MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED.

ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY, THOSE MEDS ARE APPROVED.

NEXT UP IS ITEM

[ Double H Square Dance Club 40th Anniversary Proclamation Presentation - Mayor Jeff Gore]

SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

TONY ITEM SIX A, THE DOUBLE H SQUARE DANCE CLUB, 40TH ANNIVERSARY PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION BY MAYOR JEFF CORE.

SO WE'D ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SQUARE DANCE CLUB TO, UH, JOIN MAYOR GORE UPFRONT.

YOU GUYS CAN JUST KIND OF FILL OUT HERE.

FACE OUT.

THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE A DEMONSTRATION TIME.

WE DON'T HAVE A COLLAR.

I HAVE MANY TALENTS.

THAT'S NOT ONE.

YOU GUYS COULD ALL JUST COME UP HERE AND FACE OUT.

FACE OUT.

THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.

SO THIS IS A CITY OF BEAVER HEIGHTS MAYORAL PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE DOUBLE LAKE SQUARE DANCE CLUB OF BEAVER HEIGHTS BEGAN SEPTEMBER, 1984 IN THE BASEMENT OF BEAVER HEIGHTS VFW AS THE GRIN SQUARE DANCE CLASS.

AND WHEREAS ON APRIL 15TH, 1985, THE CLASS WAS ORGANIZED AS A CLUB, THE DOUBLE H SQUARE DANCE CLUB.

AND THE FIRST DANCE WAS HELD ON JUNE THE SEVENTH OF 1985, ELLO SCHOOL ON AL ROAD.

WHEREAS THE DOUBLE H SQUARE DANCE CLUB WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF 40 DANCERS DANCES AT SULFUR GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON THE FIRST THIRD OF FIFTH SATURDAY FRIDAYS OF EACH MONTH, AND GIVES LESSONS ON TUESDAY EVENINGS FOR NEW STUDENTS FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH APRIL, PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS OF ALL AGES TO PARTICIPATE IN FUN WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT.

AND WHEREAS THE DOUBLE H SQUARE DANCE CLUB EXERCISES COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY BY ITS SUPPORT OF CHARITABLE CAUSES AND OFFERS SUPPORT TO SOFA GROVE METHODIST CHURCH.

AND WHEREAS THE DOUBLE H AND SQUARE DANCE CLUB WORKS DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH ENTERTAINMENT BY OFFERING DANCE DEMONSTRATIONS FOR ALL AGES FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCES TO NURSING HOME VISITATIONS.

AND WHEREAS THE DOUBLE H SQUARE DANCE CLUB HAS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE WHOLESOME FAMILY EXERCISE AND ENTERTAINMENT AND WILL CELEBRATE ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.

NOW, THEREFORE, I JEFF GORE, AWARE OF THE CITY RIGHTS OHIO HEREBY EXTEND MY VERY BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND A HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE DOUBLE H SQUARE DANCE CLUB.

THEN WITNESSED FOR I HEARING YOU SET MY HAND AND CALL THE SEAL OF THE CITY RIGHTS TO BE AFFIXED THIS NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2024.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL DOUBLE AGE HERE.

SO, BUT THERE'S PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE BEEN OVER 30 YEARS IN THE CLUB.

WELL, 30 YEARS, BUT, UH, WE HAVE LOST, WE HAVE LOST JOHN TURN AROUND.

YEAH, AND YOU LIKE, CERTAINLY GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY TROOPER HEIGHTS FOR, UH, PRESENTING THIS TO DOUBLE H SQUARE DANCE CLUB FOR 40 YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE DANCING IN THE SAME SPOT AND STILL BE DANCING BECAUSE, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF CLUBS THESE DAYS THAT ARE CLOSED.

BUT AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE DO GIVE LESSONS AND THE LESSONS START TOMORROW NIGHT.

AND WE'RE AT SULFUR GROVE CHURCH DOWN ON TOP TAYLORSVILLE ROAD.

AND, UM, THEY START AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND GO TO TO NINE AND WE, UH, HAVE REFRESHMENTS.

AND THE FIRST DANCE, THE FIRST, UH, LESSON CLASS IS FREE.

AFTER THAT, IT'S $3 A PERSON PER NIGHT.

SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME NEW FACES COME AND JOIN US IF, AND WE HAVE BROCHURES TO PASS OUT HERE, IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED, WE'D BE GLAD TO GIVE THEM OUT AND THEN HANG THEM ON YOUR FRIDGE AND REMEMBER TO COME AND SEE US.

OKAY? SO, UH, THANKS AGAIN.

APPRECIATE OUR PLEASURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT ALL GETTING HERE.

AND THANKS FOR, AND WE CAN TRY TO DO, JOHN, I, I'VE FORGOTTEN THAT JOHN CAME IN, BUT JOHN IS IS A CALL AND WE COULD TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING WITH WHO WE HAVE.

YOU WANT TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND SHOW US HOW COME WOULD BE, THAT'D BE PERFECTLY FINE.

WE JUST CALL A FEW, UH, LITTLE CALLS, UH, JOHN.

WE USUALLY DON'T TAKE THIS LONG.

AND YOU'RE ON CARPET HERE, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA JUMP AROUND SO MUCH BECAUSE THAT'S

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HARDER.

WE NEED YOU RIGHT THERE.

JUST, JUST SOME BASIC CALLS THAT YOU'LL BE LEARNING THE FIRST COUPLE NIGHTS OF SQUARE DANCING.

YEAH, WELL THESE ARE HEADS FACING THE COLLAR OR THE BACK HALL.

THESE ARE SIDES HERE.

I LEFT WITH THE CORNER.

YES.

COME BACK AT THOSE SIDE DOUGH.

RIGHT AND LEFT GROUND HAND OVER HAND.

WHEN YOU MEET THAT GIRL, YOU PRO HER HOME.

NOW HEAD SQUARE THROUGH FOUR, RIGHT AND LEFT ROOF PASS THROUGH TRADE BIKE SWINGING THROUGH BOYS RUN FED THAT LINE STAR THROUGH PASS THROUGH TRADE BY HOW MAN LEFT.

EXPLAIN THAT GIRL AND TAKE HER HOME.

PROBABLY DON'T HAVE YOU WITH YOUR ORIGINAL BUT DEVIL.

AND THAT'S JUST THE FIRST, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST LESSONS.

, YOU KNOW, THINGS REALLY NEED TO KNOW IT REALLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

REALLY KEEPS YOU HEALTHY.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST DOWN IN KENTUCKY.

KENTUCKY FEDERATION DANCE TWO DAYS.

I DON'T EXPECT YOU KEEP UP WITH ME.

40,000 STEPS.

OH, 74,000.

BUT THIS CAN DEFINITELY GET YOUR CAR, YOU KNOW, WORST THING, THE FIRST THING YOU LEARN IS CIRCLE LEFT AND EVERYBODY'S NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO THAT.

SO .

LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND.

THEN WE SAY, THEN WE SAY, YOUR OTHER LEFT HAND LEFT.

BUT, UH, YEAH, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THOSE TUESDAY, COME THE FOLLOWING ONE, IT'LL BE THE SAME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I, I'M SORRY TO SAY WE'RE GONNA BE PARKED NOW.

NO, I'VE GOT A CLASS TO HELP TEACH OUT IN THE CUTS ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE.

WELL, WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

YOU GET A BROCHURE? YEAH, I'M GONNA TAKE IT TO THE SENIOR CENTER WHERE WE COULD HAVE THEM OVER FOR, UM, A DEMONSTRATION.

I DON'T THINK I'M SQUARED TIMES NO.

NEXT STEP ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS CITIZENS'.

BEFORE I CAN STEP ON RIGHT HAND YOUR LEFT HAND.

SO MOVING FORWARD ON THE

[7. Citizens Comments - Agenda Items]

COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. I HAVE, UH, TWO THIS EVENING.

MAYOR, ITEM 10 H AND ITEM 10.

JH, H.

AND YOU SAID J.

JH.

OH, YOU SAID HH OKAY.

NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT,

[8. City Manager Report]

WHICH IS A CITY MANAGER REPORT.

JOHN? YES SIR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR TONIGHT.

UM, I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE AS, UH, ENTERTAINING AS THE UH, SQUARED ANSWERS, BUT, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST HERE.

SO, UM, I DON'T THINK AVA'S GONNA FOLLOW THAT.

NO, NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.

SO, OH, IS IT ON? IT'S ON.

IT'S NOT GOING.

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OH, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS.

GIMME A SECOND.

ALRIGHT, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, SENIOR CENTER, UM, I WAS UP THERE THE END OF LAST WEEK.

UM, THEY HAVE REALLY STARTED TO TAKE SHAPE ON THE FRONT SIDE.

THEY'VE DONE, UH, BASICALLY ALL THE, UM, GRADING ON THE FRONT TO GET READY FOR THE NEW ENTRANCE.

UH, PUT THE NEW BOLLARDS UP, PUT, UH, THE NEW, UM, CIRCLE DRIVE IN.

SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE.

UM, GONNA MEET CHRIS UP THERE AGAIN.

WE HAVE A, UM, PROGRESS MEETING TOMORROW.

AND THEN WE HAVE A MEETING ME AND HIM UP THERE ON WEDNESDAY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL AHEAD OF THINGS.

UH, WE ARE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY ABOUT A WEEK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON THE SENIOR CENTER, SO, OKAY.

GREAT.

NEXT, UM, JUST A COUPLE UPDATES FROM BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE.

UM, THE, UH, FIRST UPDATE I'LL GIVE YOU IS JUST SOME, SOME, UM, EMPLOYEE UPDATES.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HIRING AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE AT.

I JUST THOUGHT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

CURRENTLY TODAY WE DID START THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF, UM, FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.

UM, THAT PROCESS IS HOPEFULLY GONNA YIELD US THREE NEW HIRES AND THEY'LL BE COMPLETELY BACK TO FULL STRENGTH.

UM, PART OF THAT PROCESS TOO, IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW, UH, A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, ON THE REORGANIZATION WITH THE FIRE RECRUITS, THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE STARTED WITH, THAT THIS PROCESS WILL HOPEFULLY START THAT FIRE RECRUIT PROGRAM.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ALREADY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL.

UM, PART OF THAT PROGRAM IS WE'RE GONNA HI, HIRE THEM, GIVE THEM ON THE JOBB TRAINING.

WHEN THEY GET DONE WITH SCHOOL, WE'RE GONNA HIRE THEM FOR, FOR, FOR NEW HIRES.

SO, UM, THIS PROCESS WILL HOPEFULLY YIELD THAT AS WELL.

UM, THE OTHER THING, JUST A, UH, YOU'RE GONNA START TO SEE THIS FROM ME, I'LL, I'LL TRY AND HIT IT A COUPLE TIMES.

OPEN HOUSE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW EVERYBODY ENJOYS COMING.

IT'S A GREAT EVENT.

UM, GODFATHER'S PIZZA WILL SPONSOR AGAIN, THE PIZZAS, UM, IT IS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, SO, UM, BE LOOKING, SOCIAL MEDIA WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR, UM, HOURS AND, AND SOME OTHER, UH, UPDATES AS WE GO.

BUT, UH, THAT'S COMING UP AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

THAT'LL ALSO KICK OFF FOR US.

UH, FIRE PREVENTION MONTH WITH STARTS IN OCTOBER.

SO ON THE POLICE DIVISION SIDE OF THINGS, UM, JUST SOME HIRING IN, IN IN INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS.

UM, TOMORROW WE START A PROCESS FOR THEM, UM, TO START TO IDENTIFY NEW POLICE, UH, RECRUITS.

UM, THAT'S GONNA HOPEFULLY YIELD US FOR CANDIDATES TO GET THEM BACK TO FULL STRENGTH AS WELL.

UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRE RECRUITS, WE'RE ALSO NOW LOOKING AT THAT OPTION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, CHIEF LIGHTNER AND MYSELF HAVE STARTED TO IDENTIFY, UM, HOPEFULLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO CALL A CADET PROGRAM.

UM, THAT CADET PROGRAM IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO AGAIN, IDENTIFY POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL OR WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL.

WE ARE GOING TO EITHER SEND 'EM TO SCHOOL OR GIVE THEM OJT AS THEY'RE IN SCHOOL AND THEN BRING THEM IN, UM, AT THE END OF THE SCHOOLING.

SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME UNIQUE WAYS TO KIND OF BOLSTER THE SERVICES AND BOLSTER SOME STAFFING AND HIRING AND POLICE AND FIRE.

SO DON, ARE THEY GOING TO KEEP THE EXPLORERS? YES.

THAT'S SEPARATE.

SO THE, IF, IF YOU REMEMBER NANCY, THE EXPLORERS ARE KIND OF LIKE A BOY SCOUT GROUP OR, OR A GIRL.

IT'S, IT'S HIGH SCHOOL AGE KIDS.

SO OBVIOUSLY TO GET YOUR POLICE CERTIFICATION, YOU HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN AGE.

SO WE'LL KEEP THOSE KIDS.

AND A LOT OF THOSE KIDS ACTUALLY END UP, IRONICALLY GOING INTO THE POLICE SERVICES AND IN SOME OF THEM WE'VE HIRED SO SURE.

SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP THAT AS WELL.

BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, MAYBE A BRIDGE TO, HEY, I'M OUT OF SCHOOL NOW, I'M GONNA GO TO POLICE ACADEMY.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND CAP.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CAPTURE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SCHOOL BEFORE THEY GET OUT TO OTHER JOBS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. SO, UM, AS YOU SEE ON THE BOARD HERE, A COUPLE THINGS.

UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, OFFICER DIONE WHO HAS COMPLETED HIS FIELD TRAINING.

HE'S NOW ON SHIFT RUNNING SOLO OPERATIONS ON MIDNIGHTS.

AND THEN DREW METZKER AND RYLAND BECK ARE IN THE PROCESS OF THE, UM, FTO PROGRAM AND THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT HERE JUST A BIT LATER THIS YEAR.

SO THOSE ARE OUR POLICE UPDATES ON STAFFING COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

UM, WHAT A FUN WEEK WE HAD LAST WEEK.

UM, THE, I DON'T HAVE PICTURES, BUT THE CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT, THE HOOPLA EVENT WAS OUTSTANDING.

UM, A LOT OF MILITARY APPRECIATION THAT WENT ON THERE.

UM, THEN I FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH FRIDAY.

UM, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM ACTUALLY, UH, PARTICIPATED AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS THEIR MILITARY APPRECIATION GAME, AND YOU'LL SEE THE SHIRTS THAT THEY'RE WEARING.

WE ACTUALLY HELPED PROVIDE THOSE SHIRTS.

UM, IT'S THE W UH, WARRIOR FACE AND THE W WITH RED, WHITE, AND BLUE ON THE SLEEVE.

WHAT I DIDN'T CAPTURE A GOOD PICTURE OF IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE CITY, UM, EMBLEM ON THE SEAL ON THE SIDE SLEEVE TOO.

SO, UH, WE HANDED OUT ABOUT 2,500 T-SHIRTS.

UM, BIG THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE EXPLORERS WHO WERE THERE TO HELP HAND OUT STUFF.

AND THEN ALSO JUST A REAL THANKS TO HU RIGHT STATE SCHOOLS.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.

AND FINALLY WITH THE NEW STAFF, UH, NEW SUPERINTENDENT, NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY FINALLY GET THIS OFF THE, OFF THE GROUND AND HOPEFULLY, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IT ALREADY NEXT YEAR.

SO GREAT JOB.

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LAST TWO PLUGS, SHAMELESSLY, THE SIGNUP STOPPED TODAY AT FIVE , BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE IS IT IS NEXT WEEK, IT WILL RUN FROM THE 12TH TO THE 15TH.

THE LIST, IF YOU'VE CALLED IN AND GIVEN YOUR NAME, IT'LL BE ON THE WEBSITE AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS STARTING WEDNESDAY.

SO THOSE ARE COMING.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS IS EVER GONNA END, BUT HYDRO FLUSHING IS STILL, IS STILL UNDERWAY.

UM, WE DID HAVE A SNAFU, UM, WITH SOME, UM, SCADA SYSTEMS AND SOME, SOME VALVES, UH, LAST WEEK.

SO THEY'VE GOT THOSE REMEDIED.

WE ARE CONTINUING THAT PROCESS NORTH OF CARRIAGE TRAILS TO THE COUNTY LINE.

SO QUESTIONS FOR ME.

SO JOHN, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE, UH, THE UPDATES IN THIS, IN THIS FORMAT.

I THINK EVERYBODY DOES.

UM, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH ALL THE, UM, DIFFICULTY THAT PROBABLY A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ARE HAVING WHEN IT COMES TO HIRING EMS PERSONNEL.

UH, I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES STRUGGLING.

JUST THE AMOUNT OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND EMS WORK HAS JUST BEEN DWINDLING, UH, FOR, FOR A FEW YEARS.

I JUST, I APPRECIATE THIS KIND OF OUTTA THE BOX THINKING.

UH, I KNOW WE, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO CREATIVELY TO, TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE IN A SYSTEM AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET, TO GET 'EM HIRED.

SURE.

AND, AND I THINK THIS, UM, THESE PLANS OF THESE CADET PROGRAMS AND GETTING THEM IN SCHOOL AND, AND ALL THAT I THINK IS, IS TERRIFIC AND I APPRECIATE YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK APPRECIATE WHAT YOU THINK TO BRING THAT FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE THE REAL HEROES HERE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND ANY WAY WE CAN FIND, I MEAN WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I I YOU, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ON JUST WHAT CAN WE DO OUTSIDE THE BOX TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO UM, APPLY HERE, TO COME HERE.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

I THINK WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS TOO.

UM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT DONE, YOU KNOW, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, BUT SURE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

YES, KATE, THANK YOU MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, ARE WE HELPING THE STUDENTS WITH THEIR TUITION OR WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WE CAN THINK ABOUT OR TALK ABOUT LATER? THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT'S GONNA COST US NOW SO THAT AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE HAVING OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, OKAY, A POLICE OFFICER WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL, CAN WE, HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE ACCOMPLISH THAT? CAN WE PAY FOR SOME SCHOOLING? CAN WE HELP? SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS.

ONE RIGHT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA BE PAYING THEM THEIR TIME HERE.

WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER THAT.

SO THAT'S GONNA HELP THEM A LITTLE BIT TOO AS THEY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT'S GONNA COST US.

AND FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? YES, BOTH.

YES MA'AM.

SO I'M OPEN TO, IF THAT EVER COMES FROM THE CITY MANAGER, I, I'D BE OPEN TO THAT, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTION? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

THANKS JOHN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR JOHN? OKAY, I WILL REAL QUICK, SIR, I, I APOLOGIZE.

I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS.

SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME BEFORE THE MEETING, I KNOW WE'RE VOTING ON A COUPLE THINGS TONIGHT.

UM, THE, UM, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE'S GONNA COME UP AGAIN.

UM, JUST I, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, JUST SOME NUMBERS FOR YOU GUYS FROM JULY.

SO WATER MAIN BREAKS, WE HAD THREE IN JUNE.

WE HAD ONE IN JULY, THAT'S 28 FOR THE YEAR TOTAL.

BUT THAT DOES INCLUDE, UM, CONTRACTORS RUNNING INTO OUR LINES AND HITTING THINGS TOO.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS OF WHAT'S CONTRACTOR RELATED AND WHAT'S NOT, BUT THAT'S FOR THE YEAR TOTAL.

WE ARE AT 28.

WE HAD THREE IN JUNE AND ONE IN JULY, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

NO PENDING BUSINESS THIS EVENING, MAYOR.

WAS WHAT WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR? I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL FIND OUT FOR YOU.

SO JOHN, I THINK SO THAT YOU SAID IT, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T NO, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU.

NO MA'AM.

NO, NO, NO.

I JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS BETWEEN CONTRACTORS HITTING OUR LINES AND US JUST HAVING A, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OLDER SYSTEM OR A BREAK.

DID DID THEY MENTION WHAT THE, WHAT THE TREND WAS FROM LAST YEAR? YES.

I DO REMEMBER IN MAY WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I ASKED THAT QUESTION AND WE ARE TRENDING DOWNWARD.

UM, WE WERE AVERAGING AT ONE TIME, LIKE ONE A MONTH.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

SO THE PROCESS AND, AND THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS YOU GUYS ARE GONNA VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT.

THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS AND, AND WORKING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE.

SO THANK YOU.

YES MA'AM.

SO JOHN, I THINK BOTH, SO I, MOST OF THE ITEMS I THINK REGARDING THE NOTES ARE GONNA BE, UM, RECOMMENDED A MOVE TO A SECOND READING.

YES, SIR.

SO IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I MEAN, I I, BEFORE THAT VOTE HAPPENS NEXT, AT THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, IF WE COULD SEE SOME COMPARISONS TO WHAT, I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF US UP HERE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE MONEY WE'VE INVESTED, THE MONEY WE'VE SPENT THUS FAR IN THE, UH, IN THAT MIDDLE SECTION OF TOWN INWARD FOUR, WE'VE HAD THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT.

NUMBER ONE, THAT PROCESS AND THOSE, THOSE FUNDS HAVE HELPED SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

UH, TO ALSO GIVE THIS COUNCIL A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE EVEN IN MOVING FORWARD ON THIS NEW PLAN WE HAVE ON THE, ON THE NOTES TO, TO GET THAT MONEY IN THE GROUND QUICKER AND FASTER FOR SURE.

THAT, THAT, THAT'S GONNA HAVE THE SAME KIND OF IMPACT MOVING FORWARD.

SO IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, I'LL TRY BRING TO THE WORK PORTION FIRST FOR YOU.

NO, THAT'LL WORK.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, MOVING ON.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS, UH, OUR NINE, WHICH

[9. Pending Business]

IS PENDING BUSINESS.

TONY, IS THERE ANY PENDING AND THERE'S

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10 OR NEW BUSINESS AND WE'LL START WITH ITEM 10.

NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER

[ A Motion To Direct The Clerk Of Council To Respond To The Ohio Division Of Liquor Control With No Objections In Reference To New Liquor Permit #94422770015 For Wawa At 4949 Chambersburg Road, Huber Heights, Ohio, 45424.]

A ITEM 10 A.

A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CLERK OF COUNSEL TO RESPOND TO THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL WITH NO OBJECTIONS IN REFERENCE TO NEW LIQUOR PERMIT NUMBER 9 4 4 2 2 7 7 0 0 1 5 FOR WAWA AT 49 49 CHAMBERSBURG ROAD, HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO 4 5 4 2 4.

UH, TONY, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? THIS HAS, UH, BEEN REVIEWED BY THE POLICE AND FIRE DIVISIONS WITH NO OBJECTIONS TO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR NEW LIQUOR PERMIT FOR WAWA.

SO WITH COUNSEL'S APPROVAL, WE'D ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE MOTION THIS EVENING.

THERE WAS RECOMMENDATIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION DON MOVE TO APPROVE.

THERE A SECOND.

FRED? I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO AND NEXT IS

[ An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2024-O-2625 By Making Supplemental Appropriations For Expenses Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2024 And Ending December 31, 2024. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 B.

ITEM 10 B, AN ORDINANCE ADMITTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH OH 2 6 2 5 BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, JUST REMEMBER THIS IS FOR THE, UM, UH, MOVING THAT WE DID IN THE ORG CHART FOR THE TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.

THIS ALSO HELPS US WITH SOME TEMPORARY STAFFING SERVICES AT TAX.

AND THEN ALSO THIS IS GONNA HELP US PAY THE FIRST TWO MONTHS, UH, LEASE PAYMENTS AT THE NEW SENIOR CENTER.

THANKS SEAN.

AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WAIVE THE SECOND RE UH, WAIVE THE SECOND READING THIS EVENING AND ADOPT THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE NANCY? MOTION TO WAIVE.

IS THERE A SECOND, SCOTT? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND TO WAIVE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? OKAY.

MOTION TO WAIVE CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT MOTION FOR ADOPTION.

DONE.

MOVE TO ADOPT, SERVE A SECOND.

EIGHT.

SECOND WE HAVE MOTION.

AND SECOND ON ADOPTION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MR. AKENS? YES.

AND A MOTION TO ADOPT CARRIE? SEVEN TO ZERO.

AND NEXT SAYS ITEM 10

[ A Resolution To Increase The Not To Exceed Amount For Creative Financial Staffing For The Income Tax Division Of The Finance Department In Calendar Year 2024. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 C, A RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR CREATIVE FINANCIAL STAFFING FOR THE INCOME TAX DIVISION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND CALENDAR YEAR 2024 AT THE FIRST MEETING.

JOHN, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? THIS JUST GOES ALONG WITH THE ORDINANCE YOU JUST, UH, PASSED FOR, UM, TAX.

SO WE USE CREATIVE FINANCIAL STAFFING AND THIS IS JUST, WE WANT TO INCREASE THE DO NOT EXCEED AMOUNT BY 57,000.

AND WAS THERE RECOMMENDATION? IS THERE A MOTION? RIGHT? MOTION.

SECOND.

OKAY, SECOND MOTION AND SECOND DISCUSSION.

MOTION TO ADOPT CARRY SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT IS ITEM 10

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $1,700,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Improving The Municipal Fire Safety Facilities By Constructing, Furnishing And Equipping A New Fire Station, And Otherwise Improving The Site Therefor, Together With All Necessary Appurtenances Thereto. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 D, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,700,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL FIRE SAFETY FACILITIES BY CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW FIRE STATION AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING THE SITE.

THEREFORE, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE NECESSARY APPURTENANCES THERE TOO AT THE FIRST READING AND RECOMMENDATION WAS TO PASS THIS ITEM TO A SECOND.

READING ANY OBJECTION? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE THAT ONTO ANOTHER READING.

NEXT SAYS ITEM

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $3,250,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Improving The Municipal Fire Safety Facilities By Renovating, Equipping And Furnishing An Existing Fire Station And Otherwise Improving The Site Therefor, Together With All Necessary Appurtenances Thereto. (first reading)]

10 E.

ITEM 10 E.

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $3,250,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL FIRE SAFETY FACILITIES, UH, BY RENOVATING, EQUIPPING, AND FURNISHING AND EXISTING FIRE STATION AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING THE SITE, THEREFORE, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARYS THERE TOO AT THE FIRST READING.

ACCESS YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO PASS THIS ITEM ALSO ALONG TO A SECOND READING.

AND THIS ONE ALSO WAS RECOMMENDED, UH, AT THE WORKSTATION.

PASS TO A SECOND.

READING.

ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE THAT ON.

NEXT IS ITEM 10

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $2,934,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of The Meadows Infrastructure Project Including Constructing, Reconstructing, Extending, Opening, Improving, Widening, Grading, Draining And Changing The Lines Of Municipal Roads, Streets And Highways, Installing Curbs, Sidewalks And Landscaping, Installing, Improving And Relocating Street Lighting, Traffic Signalization And Electrical Lines, And Constructing, Reconstructing, Extending And Improving Storm Sewers And Culverts, Water And Sanitary Sewer Lines In Connection Therewith, And Acquiring Any Necessary Real Property And Interests Therein In Connection Therewith, Together With All Necessary Appurtenances Thereto. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 F IN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $2,934,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF THE MEADOWS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTING RECONSTRUCTING, ITS EXTENDING, OPENING AND PROVING WIDENING GRADING, DRAINING AND CHANGING THE LINES OF MUNICIPAL ROADS, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, STALLING CURB SIDEWALKS AND LANDSCAPING STALLING, IMPROVING AND RELOCATING STREET LIGHTING TRAFFIC, SIGNALIZATION AND ELECTRICAL LINES AND CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING AND EXTENDING AND IMPROVING STORM SEWERS AND CULVERTS WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINES IN CONNECTION.

THEREWITH AND ACQUIRING ANY NECESSARY REAL PROPERTY AND INTEREST THERE IN, IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPURTENANCES THERE TOO AT THE FIRST READING.

THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL WORKS

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ANY OBJECTION? NO.

WE'LL MOVE THAT ALONG AS WELL.

NEXT IS ITEM 10

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $14,475,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Improving The City’s Facilities By Constructing, Furnishing And Equipping A New Building To House The Public Works Department, Including Landscaping, Site Improvements, Any Necessary Utility Improvements, Constructing Related Parking Facilities, And Acquiring Real Property And Interests Therein In Connection Therewith, Together With All Necessary Appurtenances Thereto. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 G.

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $14,475,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S FACILITIES BY CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW ABILITY BUILDING TO HOUSE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING LANDSCAPING SITE IMPROVEMENTS, ANY NECESSARY UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, CONSTRUCTING RELATED PARKING FACILITIES, AND ACQUIRING REAL, REAL PROPERTY AND INTEREST THEREIN IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPEARANCES THERE TOO AT THE FIRST READING.

AND THIS ONE ALSO IS RECOMMENDED TO MOVE TO A SECOND READING.

ANY OBJECTION? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE THAT ON.

AND NEXT

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $14,577,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Improving The City’s Municipal Waterworks System By Constructing And Installing Water Lines, Constructing A New Water Well, Rehabilitating Existing Water Lines, Acquiring Radio Read Water Meters And Acquiring Any Necessary Real Property And Interests Therein In Connection Therewith, Together With All Necessary Appurtenances Thereto. (first reading)]

UP WOULD BE ITEM 10 H.

ITEM 10 H AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $14,577,000 IN THE ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL WATER WORK SYSTEM BY CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING WATER LINES, CONSTRUCTING A NEW WATER WELL REHABILITATING EXISTING WATER LINES, ACQUIRING RADIO, READ WATER METERS, AND ACQUIRING ANY NECESSARY REAL PROPERTY AND INTEREST THEREIN IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPEARANCES THERE TOO AT THE FIRST READING.

UM, 16 MILLION OR UH, 6 MILLION OF THE 14.57 IS DESIGNATED SOLELY FOR WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE A COMMENT, UH, ON THIS ONE, BUT IS THIS WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED MOVE TO A SECOND READING.

SO IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS ON THIS? OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE THAT FORWARD AND WE'LL BE READY FOR THE COMMENT.

UH, MR. KEVIN CARTER.

GOOD EVENING.

KEVIN CARTER WARD, ONE IRONIC THAT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT WATER MAIN BREAKS AND THE DECREASING NUMBER.

IT'S KIND KIND OF PLAY INTO WHAT I HAD TO SAY TONIGHT WITH THIS CURRENT ORDINANCE.

I HAVE, UH, SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE WAY THAT IT'S CURRENTLY WORDED, THOSE BEING ONE I DON'T UN I DON'T READ CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING AS MEANING REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING WATER LINES.

I ALSO DON'T READ CONSTRUCTING, INSTALLING WATER LINES IS NOT FOREGOING ANY EXPANSION TO THE EAST OR TO THE NORTH FOR MORE GROWTH.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES I WANNA POINT OUT THOUGH IS THAT GIVEN THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE WATER MAINS AND THE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT AS A WHOLE, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF UNDERFUNDING THE NEEDED REPAIRS, I FORESEE THAT BY NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATING $6 MILLION OF THE 14.5 MILLION SOLAR SOLELY FOR WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT AS BEING A MAJOR MISTAKE.

BY THAT I MEAN LATE LAST YEAR YOU GUYS HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS AND APPROVED FUTURE FUNDING FOR THE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT TO OCCUR AT 18 MONTH CYCLES.

EACH CYCLE HAVING $6 MILLION DESIGNATED TO IT.

EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN THE BUDGET WAS DISCUSSED, THE $6 MILLION HAD MAGICALLY AND SILENTLY BEEN LOWERED TO 1.8 MILLION.

THE DECREASED FUNDING WAS QUESTIONED AND THE ANSWER PROVIDED WAS IT WAS ALL THAT THE CITY HAD THAT THEY COULD AFFORD WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE RATE INCREASES.

THAT WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY THE STATEMENT OF OUR CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME THAT A UH, $50,000 HAD BEEN BUDGETED FOR A WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE STUDY TO BE CONDUCTED.

AND THEN YOU, MR. GORE, I BELIEVE SHORTLY AFTER THAT EVEN HAD MENTIONED ABOUT REFINANCING 20 PLUS MILLION ALL AT ONE GO TO GET THE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT DONE.

THE ISSUE THAT I'M TRYING TO BRING TO YOU THOUGH, NOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AT AN UPCOMING WORK SESSION IS EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SEEING DECREASED WATER MAIN BREAKS AT THIS TIME, WE CAN'T FOREGO AND FORGET THE WATER STUDY THAT WE PAID FOR THAT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND SET OUT A SPECIFIC TIMELINE AND PATH FOR HOW THE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS WERE TO OCCUR.

I THINK IF WE, WE ARE FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, IF WE START PACKING THAT OFF, ONE THING THAT CAN BRING TO VALIDATE THAT IS, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, UM, MR. RELL WAS TALKING ABOUT A WASTEWATER LINE THAT HAD COLLAPSED ON HUBBARD COURT.

HE EVEN SAID, WE SCOPED THAT LINE OUT THREE YEARS PRIOR, THEY DID THE RE PAVEMENT AND THEN MAGICALLY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT LINE COLLAPSED.

I THINK ALL OF US NEED THE FACE, THE FACT OUR WATER MAINS ARE BREAKING DOWN IF YOU START PROLONGING THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEEING THE CURRENT RATE THAT WE SAW LAST YEAR, IF IT COMES BACK AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BITE US AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE AND A COST THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD.

SO THEREFORE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE STAY ON TRACK WITH THE 18 MONTH CYCLE AND THE, UH, $6 MILLION PER CYCLE.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS ORDINANCE REWORDED TO WHERE,

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AND THEN THE REMAINING BALANCE, WHICH IS 8,577,000, WOULD GO TO THE LESS TO THE REMAINING, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IN GROUPED IN THAT CURRENT ORDINANCE READING OR WORDING.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANKS KEVIN.

I, SO I THINK SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT CONFUSED.

SO THE, THE 1.8 MILLION THAT WASN'T A REDUCTION FROM 6 MILLION, THE 1.8 MILLION IS WHAT WE HAVE IN ANNUAL MONEY THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED TO PAY FOR A WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT.

SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO, I THINK TAKE THE 1.8 MILLION, INSTEAD OF JUST SPENDING 1.8 MILLION PER YEAR, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH CAN WE BORROW FOR A $1.8 MILLION ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT? AND THAT NUMBER WAS MUCH BIGGER TO THE TUNE OF THE 6 MILLION.

SO WE'RE NOT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES ON THE GROUND FROM 6 MILLION TO 1.8.

1.8 MILLION IS THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO TAKE NOTES OUT FOR A MUCH BIGGER PERCENTAGE.

THAT'S THE 20 MILLION THAT YOU HEARD ME REFERENCE ALTOGETHER.

ALRIGHT, WELL THEN WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS MAYBE FOR SOME OF US THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ACTUAL REDUCTION.

NO, NO SIR.

SO IT'S GETTING CONFUSING.

SO MAYBE IF WE CAN GET FULL CLARITY SO THAT EVERYONE FULLY UNDERSTANDS, I THINK THAT WOULD PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS AT EASE KNOWING THAT WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE INVESTED FOR REPLACEMENT AND HOW THAT REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE'S GOING TO LOOK.

AND I THINK, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE, SO I BELIEVE WHEN WE HAD OUR WORK SESSION LAST WEEK, I THINK THAT, I BELIEVE JIM SAID IT WAS 6 MILLION ON IT BASICALLY EVERY 18 MONTH CYCLE.

WAS THAT YES.

RIGHT.

SO I THINK JIM BROUGHT, SO I MEAN FROM, FROM A LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN THAT WILL BE UP TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT DEDICATING.

DOES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE C COULD IT JUST BE CHANGED FOR AT THE TIME OF THE READING OR DOES IT, WE WE CAN'T CHANGE THIS LEGISLATION WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF BOND COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS VERY STRICTLY WORDED AND PREPARED BY BOND COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS THAT HAS TO BE SPOKEN TO IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY IN ORDER FOR THE, UH, ISSUANCE OF THESE NOTES OR BONDS.

GOTCHA.

SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE UP WITH HIM, BUT I THINK A STATEMENT OUTSIDE OF THIS LEGISLATION COULD BE DONE BY COUNSEL TO THAT EFFECT AT AT A FUTURE MEETING IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO BRING CLARITY TO THAT PROCESS.

YEAH, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT, UM, AMENDING THIS IS GOTCHA.

THE WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT, KEVIN, WOULD THAT BE OKAY? BECAUSE I THINK IT IS, IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF EVERYBODY UP HERE THAT WE'RE SPENDING $1.8 MILLION PER YEAR ON A, ON A DEBT AS A DEBT PAYMENT ON A MUCH LARGER AMOUNT OF WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT THAT'S HAPPENING.

CORRECT.

SO IF, IF THIS LEGISLATION ISN'T CHANGED AND IS PASSED AT THE, AT THE NEXT READING, WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 23RD, IF THERE WAS A STATEMENT OR SOMETHING PREPARED BY COUNSEL THAT IT DOES CLARIFY WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING AND HOW MUCH IS GOING ON THE WATER REPLACEMENT, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D BE, UH, OKAY WITH AS LONG AS IT'S IN WRITING? SIMPLY BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THE PAST IS THAT IF IT'S NOT IN WRITING AND IT'S, IT'S A VERBAL PROMISE, THINGS CHANGE.

AND THAT WAY IF IT'S IN WRITING, IT'S CLEAR AND CUT TO EVERYBODY.

YEP.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I I I'M SORRY THAT THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT, BUT YEAH, THE, WE HAD ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE 1.8 MILLION WAS JUST GONNA BE AN ANNUAL DEBT PAYMENT FOR A MUCH LARGER OKAY.

PERCENTAGE OF MONEY.

I, 'CAUSE IF WE'RE SPENDING THE 1.8 MILLION A YEAR ANYWAY, WHY DON'T WE JUST USE THAT AS A DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT INSTEAD OF JUST PUTTING IT IN THE GROUND GROUND SO WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM ON A MUCH QUICKER SCALE.

YEAH, I, I COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD.

THAT'S MY APOLOGY, SO.

ALRIGHT.

NO PROBLEM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

10 I, ITEM 10 I AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $3,491,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S FACILITIES BY CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW BUILDING TO HOUSE THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, INCLUDING LANDSCAPING SITE IMPROVEMENTS, ANY NECESSARY UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, CONSTRUCTING RELATED PARKING FACILITIES AND ACQUIRING ANY NECESSARY REAL PROPERTY AND INTEREST THEREIN IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPEARANCES THERE TOO AT THE FIRST READING.

AND THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS.

MOVING THIS ON TO A SECOND READING.

SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $3,491,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Improving The City’s Facilities By Constructing, Furnishing And Equipping A New Building To House The City Council Chambers And Other Administrative Purposes, Including Landscaping, Site Improvements, Any Necessary Utility Improvements, Constructing Related Parking Facilities, And Acquiring Any Necessary Real Property And Interests Therein In Connection Therewith, Together With All Necessary Appurtenances Thereto. (first reading)]

10 J, ITEM 10 J AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $6 MILLION IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVING THE CARRIAGE TRAILS DEVELOPMENT BY ACQUIRING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY AND RELATED INTERESTS THEREIN AND RELATED ROADWAYS, UTILITIES, AND OTHER RELATED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPEARANCES THERE TOO AT THE FIRST READING.

AND AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE THIS ITEM ON TO A SECOND READING.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY.

YOU SEEING NONE? THAT'S WHERE WE'LL MOVE THAT.

NEXT IS ITEM

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $6,000,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Improving The Public Infrastructure Serving The Carriage Trails Development By Acquiring Certain Real Property And Related Interests Therein And Related Roadways, Utilities And Other Related Public Infrastructure, Together With All Necessary Appurtenances Thereto. (first reading)]

THIS ONE AS WELL, BUT THIS WAS ALSO, UH, PROPOSED TO MOVE TO A SECOND READING OR ANY OBJECTIONS? NO.

WE ALSO HAVE A COMMENT ON

[00:40:01]

NO OBJECTIONS.

AND WE HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS ONE ALSO.

UH, KEVIN CARTER.

HELLO AGAIN.

AS AGAIN, AS CURRENTLY WORDED, I QUESTION THE ACTUAL INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE.

IS IT FOR IMPROVING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING CARRIAGE TRAILS OR IS THIS A REPAYMENT THE DECK FOR ITS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPING IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN CARRIAGE TRAIL? ONE, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT IS BACK ON AUGUST 28TH OR AUGUST 26TH, UM, ORDINANCE 2024 DASH O DASH 26 52 WAS PASSED AND IN THAT WAS THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT, $6 MILLION.

WHEN I READ ALL THE DOCUMENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, THERE ARE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT THE DEVELOPER MUST ADHERE TO SOME OF THOSE BEING, UH, PROVIDING A, A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE COMPONENT COSTS FOR EACH PUBLIC, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT, UM, THAT HE PAID ALL WORKERS AT GOING RATES.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, HAS THE DEVELOPER DELIVERED AND HAS THE CITY RECEIVED AND APPROVED ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE? SO WHEN I READ ORDINANCE 2024 DASH O DASH 26 52, WHICH WAS PASSED ON THE 26TH, ITS PURPOSE IS TO REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER WHO MUST SUBMIT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE, A DETAILED REPORT AND SUPPORTING INVOICES TOTALING AT LEAST $6 MILLION IN ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.

THAT TO ME ALSO LEAVES SOME ROOM FOR WHAT IF THE RECEIPTS ARE GREATER THAN 6 MILLION, COULD WE SEE AN ADDITIONAL NEED OF MONIES? WHEREAS TONIGHT'S ORDINANCE MENTIONS NOTHING OF THE DECK OR THE REIM IMPROVEMENTS TO DECK, BUT INSTEAD CLEARLY STATES IT'S FOR COST OF IMPROVING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVING THE CARRIAGE TRAILS DEVELOPMENT.

TO ME, THAT IS A VERY OPEN STATEMENT, EXCUSE ME.

THE WAY I SEE IT AND READ THESE TWO ORDINANCES, THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE AND DISTINCT ORDINANCES.

EVEN THOUGH THE DOLLAR, UH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT HAS REMAINED THE SAME, THE WORDING HAS CHANGED, BUT YET JIM BELL VERBALLY PRESENTED THESE AS BEING ESSENTIALLY ONE AND THE SAME.

SO AS I UNDERSTAND TONIGHT'S ORDINANCE IS TO APPROVE FUNDING, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING FUNDED BY THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE? PRETTY MUCH WHAT I SEE THIS AS BOTTOM LINE IS I SEE THIS AS, AS A FREE LOAN OR CASH ADVANCE TO THE DEVELOPER OF WHICH IF HE DOESN'T REPAY OR WHICH HE DOESN'T ESSENTIALLY REPAY THE OWNERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL ACTUALLY REPAY IT OVER A 20 TO 30 YEAR PERIOD THROUGH VARIOUS PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS.

SO IN SUMMARY, I GUESS HOPEFULLY SAID BETTER IS THAT THE WAY I RE TONIGHT'S ORDINANCE IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER FOR HIS INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS FROM CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE.

SO NOW WE'RE GIVING HIM A $6 MILLION ADVANCE TO GO AHEAD AND DO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO.

AND WHEN THE CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO IS DEVELOPED, THAT'S GONNA REPAY THAT $6 MILLION LOAN.

SO, UH, HOPEFULLY IT BRINGS SOME, SOME CLARITY HERE.

SO THE, UM, THE $6 MILLION, AS JIM SAID, IT IS IN ESSENCE ONE IN THE SAME LEGISLATION.

THE ISSUE AS TONY BROUGHT BEFORE, IT'S A MATTER OF HOW THE ACTUAL, SO THIS, THIS LEGISLATION'S WHAT ALLOWS US TO GO OUT ON THE OPEN BOND MARKET AND SECURE THE BOND.

SO THE LEGISLATION HAS TO BE WRITTEN IN A VERY SPECIFIC MANNER.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S WRITTEN THIS WAY.

IF THAT IS CONFUSING, I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.

BUT THIS IS THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN FOR US LEGALLY TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND GET THOSE BONDS.

SO THE $6 MILLION THAT'S, UH, THAT'S BEING BONDED HERE, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT.

SO THE MONEY, THIS $6 MILLION IS PAYING BACK FOR MONEY THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN CARRIAGES TRAILS ONE.

AHEAD AND PAY THEM UPFRONT.

SO ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS FROM YEARS AGO HAD A TIFF REVENUE SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER.

THEY ACTUALLY, BASED ON THE OLD AGREEMENT, ARE OWED OUTTA THAT TIF AGREEMENT MUCH MORE THAN $6 MILLION.

CORRECT.

THIS IS A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO PAY THEM ALL NOW, RIGHT? SO WE'RE SAVING MONEY, THE CITY IS SAVING MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE NOW FLIPPING OR IN WE'RE INVERTING THE ACTUAL PAYMENT SPLIT WHERE INSTEAD OF DEBT GETTING ONE, UH, TWO THIRDS OF THE TIF REVENUE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET ONE THIRD OF THE REVENUE.

AND INSTEAD OF THE CITY GETTING ONE THIRD, WE'RE GONNA GET TWO THIRDS.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE'VE AGREED TO GO AHEAD AND BOND THE $6 MILLION TO GO

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NOW WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY SPENT AND PUT IN THE GROUND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET TWO THIRDS OF THE REMAINDER OF THE TIF REVENUE OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 13 YEARS.

SO THIS MONEY IS ALREADY THEIRS.

WE'RE JUST PAYING IT TO 'EM ON AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING A MUCH DEPRECIATED COST OR REPAYMENT OF MONEY THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

WHAT, WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO WITH THAT 'CAUSE THAT, I MEAN AT THAT POINT IT'S THEIR MONEY.

THEY RIGHT, THEY PUT THE MONEY IN THE GROUND ALREADY.

THEY'VE SPENT THAT $6 MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO WITH THAT AT THIS POINT, ONCE WE GIVE THEM THAT MONEY THAT THAT'S UP TO THEM, OUR HANDS ARE CLEARED BECAUSE THAT SETTLES AND SOLVES THAT AGREEMENT BEFORE WE EVER EVEN MOVE ON TO ANYTHING TO DO WITH CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO, THIS IS ALL CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE.

YES, DON, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE SECOND PART? UM, MR. CARTER SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, WHEN CARE TRAILS TWO IS BUILT OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS FOR THAT.

UM, CAN WE CLARIFY? YEAH, SO JUST SO, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THERE IN CARE TRAILS TWO ALL THE WELL, SO IT'S WHETHER IT'S TIFF, IT WON'T BE TIF SINCE WE'RE BUILDING THE SCHOOL, THE CRA MONEY WITHIN THAT CARE SHAS TWO, THERE IS NO SUBSIDY, THERE IS NO, UM, AGREEMENTS FOR ANY, UH, SUBSIDIZED FUNDING OR ANYTHING ON THOSE LOTS IN CARE TRAILS TWO, THERE'S THE CITY IS PUTTING IN $0 IN CARRIAGE SHAS TWO AT ALL.

SO THERE IS, THERE IS NO OTHER MONEY.

THE CITY, THE TAXPAYERS, NOBODY'S PAYING ANYTHING UPFRONT, SUBSIDIZING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS FOR CARRIAGE SHAS TWO, THIS IS SETTLING UP ON CARE SHAS ONE.

SO THERE IS NO MORE MONEY THE CITY IS UP, YOU KNOW, FRONTLOADING OR PAYING UP FRONT FOR CARE.

OKAY, MAYOR? YES, SCOTT, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN WE GIVE THEM THE 6 MILLION, THAT MEANS ALL THE TIF REVENUE A HUNDRED PERCENT GOES TO YOU HEIGHTS.

YES, THEY'RE REMAINING.

WE'RE PAYING BACK OURSELF FOR THE 6 MILLION PLUS OUR TWO THIRDS.

YES.

SO THAT SIX, THE $6 MILLION REPRESENTS THE ONE THIRD.

CORRECT.

WE'RE GIVING THAT NOW TO DECK UPFRONT AND THEY'RE GIVING US THE TWO THIRDS, WHICH IS THE REMAINDER OF THE TIF REVENUE OUT OF CARE TRAILS ONE, WHICH GOES ON FOR ANOTHER 13 YEARS.

I BELIEVE.

IT'S SO BECAUSE OF THAT ACCELERATED SCHEDULE, THEY'VE AGREED TO THEN INVERT THE ONE THIRD, TWO THIRD SPLIT OF THE REMAINING THEFT REVENUE.

SO THAT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ACCELERATING THIS.

'CAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS SAVING THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE, OVER THE LONG RUN SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING MORE.

THIS IS THE 6 MILLION.

THAT'S IT.

YEP.

THAT SOLVES, THAT ACTUALLY ENDS THAT AGREEMENT.

THANKS MAYOR.

YEP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, NEXT UP IS ITEM

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $6,976,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Acquiring Approximately 19.5 Acres Of Real Property Near The Intersection Of Brandt Pike And Fishburg Road, Providing For The Site Preparation Thereof, Improving And Rehabilitating Certain Buildings And Razing Certain Other Buildings Located Thereupon, All In Support Of Economic Development And Job Creation Within The City. (first reading)]

10 K.

ITEM 10 K AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT, $6,976,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF A REQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 19.5 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BRANT PIKE AND FISHBURG ROAD PROVIDING FOR THE SITE PREP PREPARATION THEREOF, IMPROVING AND REHABILITATING CERTAIN BUILDINGS AND RAISING CERTAIN OTHER BUILDINGS.

LO LOCATED THEREON, ALL IN SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION WITHIN THE CITY AT THE FIRST READING.

ITEM NUMBER 11, CITIZENS COMMENTS GENERAL BELIEVE WE HAVE A COUPLE TONIGHT.

AND WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ONE WAS ALSO TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO A SECOND READING.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY, SAYING NONE.

WE'LL ALSO MOVE THAT ON.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 10

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $2,300,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Acquiring Approximately 16.5 Acres Of Real Property On Executive Boulevard And Providing For The Site Preparation Thereof, All In Support Of Economic Development And Job Creation Within The City. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 L AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $2,300,000 IN THE ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAYING THE COST OF ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 16.5 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD AND PROVIDING FOR THE SITE PREPARATION THEREOF, ALL IN SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION WITHIN THE CITY AT THE FIRST READING.

AND THIS ONE AS WELL WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED PASS TO A SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE THAT ON.

OKAY, NEXT UP.

[11. Citizens Comments - General]

UH, WE DO HAVE TWO.

UH, KEVIN CARTER'S FIRST, LAST TIME.

UM, I'LL START OUT WITH FIR WELL FIRST I HAVE TRIED TO NARROW MY SPEECH DOWN AS TIGHT AS I COULD TO FIVE MINUTES.

IS THERE ANY WAY I COULD POSSIBLY HAVE IN AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE TO TWO MINUTES? UM, LET'S SEE WHERE YOU'RE AT IN FIVE MINUTES.

I MEAN, I, OKAY.

SECOND, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO TAKE THIS TO HEART 'CAUSE WHAT I'M TRYING TO BRING OUT ARE SOME FACTS ON THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, I THINK GET DISCUSSED AND GET STRAIGHTENED OUT IN OUR CITY TO HELP KIND OF PUT THINGS OUTTA COLUMN IS THE WAY I WOULD SEE IT.

INVALUABLE INSIGHTS AND A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, NOT ONLY ABOUT THEMSELVES, BUT ABOUT OUR CITY AND BETHEL TOWNSHIP.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE REFERENDUM EFFORT AND SHARE SOME THOUGHTS.

I HOPE ALL OF YOU'LL CONSIDER I'M SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF AND BELIEFS ONLY AND NOT FOR THE PAC, ITS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, NOR ITS VOLUNTEERS.

I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF HUB HEIGHTS AND BETHEL TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS SIGNING THE PETITIONS OR MERELY TAKING THE TIME TO, TO TALK PROVIDED ME WITH

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THE RESIDENTS HAVING THE GREATEST IMPACT ON ME WERE THE VARIOUS SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO STOP AND ASK QUESTIONS.

THEY SHARED WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IN THEIR SCHOOL AND THEIR CLASSROOMS TODAY.

THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED I WAS TALKING WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO WERE IMPACTED THE MOST YET HAD ABSOLUTELY NO VOICE IN THIS.

MY THANKS AND APPRECIATION AND APOLOGIES ALSO EXTEND TO ALL BETHEL RESIDENTS WHO HELPED US GREATLY IN THIS EFFORT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY, BUT ALSO SADLY HAD NO VOICE.

WHEN I AGREED TO JOIN THE PACK, I MADE IT CLEAR I WOULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITTED AND TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP.

I OPENLY ADMITTED THIS WAS ALL NEW TO ME, BUT FELT I COULD LEARN QUICKLY.

NOW, LOOKING BACK AT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, I SEE WHERE WE COULD HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

ULTIMATELY, WE COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED OUR EFFORT EARLIER.

HAD WE DONE THIS, THE OUTCOME WOULD'VE BEEN VASTLY DIFFERENT.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APOLOGIES TO ALL RESIDENTS FOR DOING OR FOR NOT DOING A BETTER JOB.

I AM DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF AND FEEL I HAVE FAILED YOU.

THE PETITION DRIVE WAS NOT ABOUT MY BELIEFS, NOR DO I GAIN ANYTHING FROM DOING IT.

MY PARTICIPATION WAS SOLELY TO HAVE THE RESIDENTS VOICES HEARD AND FOR THE RESIDENTS TO DECIDE WHAT THIS CITY SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO, BE IT FOR OR AGAINST THE ANNEXATION.

ONE DAYTON DAILY NEWS ARTICLE QUOTED MR. GORE STATING IF WE GOT ENOUGH VOTES TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT, THAT HE WOULD MAKE SURE.

AND I QUOTE, THE PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED ON THE FACTS OF THE ANNEXATION AND NOT JUST SIDE OF THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST IT.

MY QUESTION TO THAT STATEMENT IS, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL APPROVED IT? WE HEARD SOME OF YOU WANTING TO KNOW WHAT YES LOOKED LIKE, BUT NEVER HEARD THAT VISION DISCUSSED.

I CAN SAY, I CAN SAY THIS, THE EFFORT WASN'T SHOW WASN'T FAR FROM SHOWING YOU WHAT NO LOOKED LIKE.

A COUNCIL MEMBER ON AUGUST 8TH SENT ME SEVERAL MESSAGES STATING THE TOWN HALL MEETING WAS ONE OF SEVERAL THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BEFORE ANY VOTE COULD OCCUR.

YOU LISTED SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS YOU STILL HAD AND THAT STAFF HAD BEEN TASKED TO RESEARCH AND PROVIDE ANSWERS EXACTLY.

TWO WEEKS LATER, AT THE VERY NEXT SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE ANNEXATION WAS APPROVED.

WHEN AND WHERE WERE ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND PROVIDED FOR US TO SEE QUESTION AND COMMENT? WHEN AND WHERE DID ALL THE ADDITIONAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS OCCUR? THE QUESTION I HAD TO THAT IS WAS GETTING THIS ON THE BALLOT THE ONLY WAY WE WERE GOING TO BECOME FULLY EDUCATED AND HAD HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO DISCUSS.

I HOPE ALL OF YOU RECONSIDER YOUR STANCE GOING FORWARD.

DISPELLING YOUR CONSTITUENTS INPUT NEEDS TO STOP AS SUCH ONE AS ONE COUNCIL PERSON DID VERBALLY DURING THE MARION MEADOWS DEVELOPMENT.

BUT MORE RECENTLY HERE AS ALL, AS MOST OF YOU SILENTLY DID FOR THIS ANNEXATION.

FALSE PROMISES NEED TO STOP.

SUCH AS IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, ONE COUNCIL PERSON STATED THE CITY WAS DOING SO GREAT, IT WAS TIME TO REWARD THE RESIDENTS WITH A PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION.

THEN TEST THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO RESEARCH AND PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

NOTHING HAS BEEN HEARD SINCE.

WILL THE SCHOOL PROPOSED IN THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT FALSE SILENT TWO AND ARE ALL THE CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL FULLY UNDERSTOOD BY ALL IS THE ANNEXATION MORATORIUM ANOTHER FALSE PROMISE THAT FALSE SILENT AS WELL.

I ALSO WANNA STATE ON RECORD AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PETITION DRIVE.

I WAS TALKING WITH A RESIDENT AT THEIR VEHICLE WHEN I WAS CONFRONTED BY A CITY VOLUNTEER WHO APPROACHED ME WITH AN AGGRESSIVE AND INTIMIDATING DEMEANOR.

THIS INDIVIDUAL, NOT ONLY OVERP, SPOKE ME WHILE I WAS TALKING WITH THE RESIDENT, BUT ALSO PROCEEDED TO MAKE ACCUSATIONS, PROVIDED INACCURATE INFORMATION AND MADE A STATEMENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS A THREAT TOWARDS ME.

THIS OBVIOUSLY WAS ENOUGH FOR THE RESIDENT WHO APOLOGIZED AND OPTED NOT TO SIGN.

ONCE THE INDIVIDUAL LEFT, THIS INDIVIDUAL'S ACTIONS WERE UNWARRANTED AND UNPROFESSIONAL.

IF FURTHER VALIDATES AND CLARIFIES DIVISION BY INTIMIDATION APPEARS TO BE WHAT THE CITY'S OBJECTIVE TRULY IS.

AND IN CLOSING, I SAY THIS ABOUT THE ANNEXATION.

YOUR ACTIONS LEFT US WITH NO OTHER RECOURSE.

BUT TO ORGANIZE AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE ANNEXATION PLACED ON A BALLOT IN JUST FOUR AND A HALF DAYS, WE OBTAINED 54% OF THE NEEDED SIGNATURES.

OF THOSE FOUR AND A HALF DAYS, ONE DAY WAS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY NUMEROUS RAINSTORMS. TWO AND A HALF DAYS WERE WORK DAYS.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MANY SIGNATURES WE WOULD HAVE ATTAINED IN 20 TO 30 DAYS? THIS MAKES A VERY LOUD AND CLEAR STATEMENT BY THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY ARE UNHAPPY, CONCERNED AND SIMPLY HAVE HAD ENOUGH.

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I HOPE YOU HEAR THEM ALL.

NOW DOING THIS HAS ALSO SHOWN THE RESIDENTS THAT WE DO HAVE OPTIONS AVAILABLE.

REFERENDUMS AND INITIATIVES BEING JUST TWO, SHOULD FUTURE EVENTS EVER WARRANT OUR INTERVENTION? VOTING IS THE BEST AND THE STRONGEST OPTION TO HAVE VOICES HEARD.

REFERENCING A COMMENT RECENTLY STATED ON RECORD BY ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO LABELED ALL OF US.

AND I QUOTE AS THAT DARK SHADOWY BODY OUT THERE THAT SEEMS TO THINK THERE'S A CONSPIRACY GOING ON UNQUOTE TO THAT.

I SAY, SERIOUSLY, PLEASE STOP.

EMBRACE THE FACT THAT FOR ALL OF US TO DO BETTER, ALL OF YOU MUST DO BETTER FIRST.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHO'S RIGHT OR WRONG, IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG.

WE LISTEN TO YOU.

IT'S TIME YOU NOW START LISTENING TO US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU LIVE IN, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND ISSUES.

AND THE LAST UP WE HAVE, UH, MR. JEFF MORFORD.

GOOD EVENING.

JEFF MORFORD, UH, MIAMI COUNTY BEZEL TOWNSHIP.

TALK ABOUT FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.

OVER THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS, HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE VOTED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO ACCEPT ANNEXATION REQUESTS FROM LANDOWNERS SLASH DEVELOPERS PERTAINING TO APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND ACRES AND IMPROVING THE BUILDING OF THOUSANDS OF HOUSES ON LAND LOCATED IN MIAMI COUNTY AND GOVERNED BY BETHEL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.

FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL OF VOTING HAS CHANGED BETHEL TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS.

OUR TRAFFIC IN OUR WAY OF LIFE, THE CITIZENS DO NOT CONSIDER THESE CHANGES BENEFICIAL, QUITE THE CONTRARY.

RECENTLY THIS COUNCIL VOTED TO ACCEPT YET ANOTHER ANNEX STATE REQUEST FOR 300 MORE ACRES THAN ANOTHER 1300 HOUSES, AGAIN AFFECTING OUR SCHOOLS, OUR CHOSEN WAY OF LIFE.

YOU HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR CITIZENS, YOU HAVE HEARD FROM MANY, EXCUSE ME, YOU HAVE HEARD SOME OF YOUR CITIZENS.

YOU HAVE HEARD FROM MANY BETHEL CITIZENS.

YOU HAVE HEARD FROM TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FROM BETHEL.

ALL DESCRIBED THE MANY ISSUES WITH, WITH CONTINUED ANNEXATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS YOU HAVE SEEN WITHIN A FOUR DAY PERIOD WHERE WELL OVER A THOUSAND HUBER HEIGHTS REGISTERED VOTERS WILLING TO SIGN A REFERENDUM PETITION GOING ON RECORD THAT THEY DISAGREE WITH YOUR VOTING ON THE ANNEXATION ISSUE AND DEVELOPMENTS.

YET, AFTER ALL THIS INFORMATION, THE MAJORITY OF YOUR COUNCIL DECIDE TO VOTE TO ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION REQUEST.

ANOTHER SAD DAY FOR HUBER HEIGHTS.

LAST MEETING UNDER NEW BUSINESS LETTER B, A RECOGNITION OF AN IMPORTANT WAYNE TOWNSHIP SLASH HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENT AND LEADER.

YOUR NEW GOVERNANCE CENTER WILL BE NAMED, UH, RICHARD F SCHAPER GOVERNANCE CENTER.

I'M SURE IT'LL BE A FITTING TRIBUTE.

DURING THE MEETING, THERE WERE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF HIS HARD WORK DILIGENCE AND COMMITMENT TO WAYNE TOWNSHIP SLASH HUBER HEIGHTS.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHEN THE CITY OF DAYTON ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OVER WAYNE TOWNSHIP THAT HIS REACTION WAS, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT AT THAT POINT ALL HIS EFFORTS WERE FOCUSED ON SQUASHING THE TAKEOVER BID AT ALL COSTS.

FORTUNATELY, WAYNE TOWNSHIP HAD AN OPTION TO STOP DAYTON FROM BECOMING, BECOMING, BECOMING A CITY, SAVING YOUR COMMUNITY, SAVING YOUR ABILITY TO SELF GOVERN.

WHEN ANNEXATION REQUESTS FILED WITH HUBER HEIGHTS RELATING TO PROPERTY LOCATED IN MIAMI COUNTY, BETHEL TOWNSHIP RELAY, REALIZING OUR COMMUNITY WAS AGAINST THESE ANNEXATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO BELIEVE YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR LEADERS WOULD'VE BEEN, WOULD'VE SEEN THE SIMILARITIES AND THE UNWANTED TAKEOVER, BID AND LOSS OF GOVERNING ABILITY AND WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO COME TO OUR RESCUE, HELPING BETHLEHEM.

IN ALL REGARDS, DOING ALL THAT COULD BE DONE TO SAVE OUR INDEPENDENCE AND OUR ABILITY TO SELF GOVERN.

BUT I WAS WRONG.

HUB HEIGHTS, CITY COUNCIL.

VOTING HISTORY HAS NOT PROVEN TO BE SYMPATHETIC OR COMPASSIONATE.

IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE MR. SHARPNER WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED THAT HIS COMMUNITY HAS LOST SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES THAT HAVE MADE HUBER HEIGHTS A GREAT CITY.

REMEMBER, CITY COUNCILS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE NO.

YOU HAD THE ABILITY, ABILITY TO VOTE NO, BUT YOU CHOSE DIFFERENTLY TO ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM JUDGES, SHERIFFS, PROSECUTORS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ET CETERA, ACROSS THE STATE TO ALL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, AND SENATE REPRESENTATIVES.

YOU ALL TAKE AN OATH OF OFFICE WITHIN THAT OATH WITH YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION.

THERE ARE SEVEN ARTICLES AND SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS.

THE CONSTITUTION ALWAYS ALSO INCLUDES 27 AMENDMENTS IN THE SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS.

ALL IMPORTANT TO FREEDOMS. WE LIVING IN THE US ALL ENJOY AND OTHER COUNTRIES CITIZENS WISH WERE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

TO ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PART THAT ALL OTHER PARTS RELY ON IS DEMOCRACY.

AND THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE TO VOTE NO MATTER WHAT.

SEX, RACE, RELIGION, NO MATTER WHAT STATE, CITY OR RURAL COMMUNITY

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YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON STATE CANDIDATES AND ISSUES THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON LOCAL CITY, TOWNSHIP, OR VILLAGE CANDIDATES AND ISSUES.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ANNEXATION, VOTING FROM CITIZENS, MOST AFFECTED IS BEING DENIED.

YET, CITIES ACROSS OHIO RECEIVING ANNEXATION REQUESTS ARE GIVEN PREFERENTIAL RIGHTS.

AGAIN, I WILL STATE IF ONE PERSON, ONE GROUP, ONE COMMUNITY, IS DENIED VOTING RIGHTS, VOTING RIGHTS ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION, THEN THAT PERSON, THAT GROUP, THAT COMMUNITY IS BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND THEIR CIVIL LIBERTIES ARE BEING VIOLATED.

LANDOWNERS SLASH DEVELOPERS, CITY COUNCILS AND LAWMAKERS IN COLUMBUS, WILLING TO ALLOW ANNEXATIONS WITHOUT ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED TO HAVE REPRESENTATION, HAVE BEEN BLINDED BY GREED AND LOST REASONING.

BECAUSE OF AMBITION, I STAND BEFORE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE INJUSTICE IN THE CURRENT ANNEXATION LAWS AND PROCEDURES AND DON'T REALIZE THAT THE LAWS NEED TO BE AMENDED AND WORK TO THAT END, THEN I ACCUSE YOU AND OF DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLATING THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF MANY OHIO CITIZENS.

IF THIS OFFENDS YOU, THEN THE TRUTH OFFENDS YOU.

IF A ELECTED OFFICIAL CAN SHOW THAT THE ANNEXATION LAWS AND PROCEDURES ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I DESCRIBED, THEN I WILL STAND CORRECTED, APOLOGIZE, AND ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS.

OTHERWISE, I CHALLENGE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO STAND TALL WITH YOUR SWORN OATH OF OFFICE.

TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES LAWMAKERS AMEND THE CO ANNEXATION LAWS, LANDOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS LIVE WITHIN THE RULES OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

CITIES DO NOT PARTICIPATE OR ALLOW LAWS TO BE MANIPULATED.

THE LAWS THAT GO AGAINST THE BASIC RULES OF DEMOCRACY THAT DENIED SOME OF THE CITIZENS WERE USUALLY THE MOST AFFECTED AND THE RIGHT VOTE AND HAVE A VOICE.

AS ALWAYS, I LEAVE YOU WITH THE GOLDEN RULE.

DO YOU WANT TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO TO YOU? AND MAY I ADD, ALLOW ALL CITIZENS THE SAME RIGHTS, THE RIGHT TO VOTE, THE RIGHT TO HAVE A VOICE, THE RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN, LADIES.

OKAY, NEXT UP

[12. City Official Reports And Comments]

IS ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS STATE OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THIS EVENING, DON? YES.

TOMORROW IS THE GRAND OPENING, I'M SORRY, THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR WAWA ON, UH, CHAMBERSBURG AND OLD TROY PIKE.

UH, JUST AN UPDATE FOR THOSE MIGHT BE LISTENING IN OR IF COUNCIL HASN'T GOTTEN IT.

UM, THERE'S NO PARKING ON SITE TOMORROW, UH, FOR THE GRAND OPENING.

PARKING IS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON POWELL OR THE, UH, FOP, UM, LOT BESIDE IT.

AND THEY'LL HAVE SHUTTLES COMING OVER TO THE, UH, THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.

IT STARTS AT 10.

WE'LL GO TILL ABOUT 11.

THEY'LL BE BRINGING WAWA SNACKS.

UM, AND, UH, PUTTING ON A, A REALLY NICE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT LAW WAWA INTENDS TO DO, UM, AS FAR AS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND, UH, THE IMPACT THEY HAVE WHEN THEY COME INTO A COMMUNITY.

THANKS, DON.

AND I'M SURE, UH, PLEASE.

GOOD.

MY BEST.

I'LL BE WORKING IN THE MORNING, SO I WILL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COVERING FOR ME THERE ANYONE ELSE? EXCUSE ME.

SORRY.

UM, I, I WASN'T AWARE THAT WE HAD TO SIGN A FORM TO HAVE THE CITIZEN BE ABLE TO SPEAK AS A CITIZEN, UH, AHEAD OF TIME.

I WAS WONDERING IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE JUST FIVE MINUTES OR LESS.

UM, IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE? IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE.

I WENT TO ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THERE WAS NOT A SIGN, UH, PRIOR TO STARTING.

I, I WASN'T AWARE THERE WAS AT THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.