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WE AS YOUR BLESSING AND THAT YOU WOULD
[2. Invocation - Pastor Dean Garret Of Emmanuel Church At 5657 Rosebury Drive, Huber Heights, Ohio]
DIRECT THE DECISION MAKING AND THE CONVERSATION. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS US WITH PRODUCTIVITY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY. TO YOU BE THE HONOR AND GLORY, WE PRAISE YOU. IN JESUS NAME,[3. Pledge Of Allegiance]
AMEN.>> AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY ANDCE FOR ALL.
[4. Roll Call]
>>> ADAM, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE?
>> MR. DAVIDSON? MR. CAMPBELL.
>> EVERYONE IS HERE EXCEPT MR. CAMPBELL AND HE DID CONTACT ME LETTING ME KNOW HE WOULDN'T MAKE IT UP.
>> A MOTION TO SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?
[5. Approval Of Minutes]
>> NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 5, AN APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JUNE 23RD, 2025. THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
IF THERE ARE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CONCERNS PLEASE LET US KNOW.
[ 2024 Community Survey Results Presentation - Mr. Robert Heacock, ETC Institute]
SEEING NONE, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NEXT WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 6 WHICH IS SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS. ITEM 6A.>> 2024 COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS PRESENTATION BY MR. OCK ETC INSTITUTE.
>> MAYOR, REAL QUICK I WILL INTRODUCE MR. HEACOCK. WE CONTRACTED WITH HIM LAST YEAR TO DO A STUDY TO SEE WHERE WE RANK IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
METRICS. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AS I SAID, MY NAME IS ROBERT HEACOCK RECOMMENDING ETC TONIGHT. NEXT SLIDE.
I HAVE A CLICKER. NICE. WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT? THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH ETC INSTITUTE, THIS IS A MAP OF WORK AND YOU CAN SEE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, MORE THAN 3. 6 MILLION SINCE 2011.
WE DO MARKET RESEARCH FOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYERS FOR THE MOST PART OFTHOSE STATES, COUNTIES, CITIES -- A LOT OF CITIES. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AN AGENDA REALLY QUICKLY AND EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE AND METHODOLOGY, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO -- AND HOW DO YOU DO A STATISTICALLY VALID OF WHAT YOUR RESIDENTS THINK WITH A REASONABLE MARGIN OF ERROR. WE WILL EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND THEN BENCHMARKING. IT'E THING TO KNOW HOW YOU YOURSELF, BUT HOW DO YOU STAND NEXT TO OTHERS IN YOUR REGION AND HOW DO YOU COMPARE NATIONALLY? FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND HOW SATISFIED CITIZENS ARE. AND WE'LL HAVE ANY SUMMARY OR QUESTIONS AT THE END. OF COURSE THIS IS ALWAYS YOUR MEETING.
IF AT SOME POINT YOU REALLY FEEL THE NEED TO STOP ME AND TO ASK QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO DO SO. THE PURPOSE IS MULTIFOLD.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS OBJECTIVELY ASSESS WITH E DELIVERY OF MAJOR SERVICES. THIS WAS AN OBJECTIVE STATISTICALLY VALID RAND SURVEY OF RESIDENTS, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, TOO. WE WANT TOHELP SET PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE CALL OUR SURVEY THE DIRECTION FINDER BECAUSE WE HOPE THAT COMMUNITIES CAN USE THIS AS A TOOL TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO PRIORITIZE YOUR INVESTMENT AND, THUS, GAIN MORE GROUND IN TERMS OF SATISFACTION, CHANGE THE MINDS OF YOUR RESIDENCE. WE DON'T WANT TO COMPARE YOUR PERFORMANCE TO OTHER NATIONAL REGIONAL AVERAGES TO GIVE ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE OF THAT.
SO THIS WAS SOMETHING WE ADMINISTERED BY MAIL AND ONLINE, SO WE OFFERED BOTH OF THAT.
WE HAD A GOAL OF 400 COMPLETED SURVEYS WHICH GENERALLY WOULD PRODUCE ABOUT A 5% MARGIN OF ERROR. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH STUDIES AND YOU SEE SOMETIMES ON -- DIFFERENT THINGS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, YOU'LL SEE THE MARCH GIN OF ERROR IS THE STANDARD. WE HAD A STRONG RESPONSE TO RESIDENTS, OVER 430 SURVEYS RETURNED, WHICH REDUCED THAT MARGIN OF ERROR TO 4.7%. GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF
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SLIDES, PROBABLY NOT TALK A LOT ABOUT BUT BASICALLY WE WANT TO ENSURE YOU THAT WE DESIGNED IT AND WE FOLLOWED AS CLOSE AS WE COULD WITH THE CENSUS, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT NO SEGMENT OF YOUR POPULATION OF OVERLOOKED. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE BASED ON THE AGE OF RESPONDENTS ABOUT 20% IN EVERY CATEGORY, EVERY ASPECT OF THAT WITH 21% BETWEEN 55 AND 64% -- 64 YEARS OF AGE, I SHOULD SAY.IT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK AT HOW LONG PEOPLE LIVED IN HUBER HEIGHTS. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LIVED HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. YOU CAN SEE COMBINING THAT THE 31 PLUS YEARS AND 34% HAVE BEEN HERE 21 YEARS OR MORE. AND THEN -- I'M SORRY, 31 YEARS OR MORE AND 21% THAT HAVE LIVED HERE BETWEEN 21 AND 30 YEARS. BUT YOU'RE STILL CAPTURING A GOOD SEGMENT OF FOWHO HAVE LIVED HERE LESS THAN THAT TIME PERIOD.
YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN IN ECONOMICS, ALL INCOME GROUPS WERE REPRESENTED.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GENDER, HOW PEOPLE DESCRIBE THEMSELVES, HOW THEY RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY, PRETTY EVENLY SPLIT. WHICH LEADS US TO MAJOR FINDINGS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT FOR THE MOST PART YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS, SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DARK BLUE AND LIGHT BLUE ARE USUALLY POSITIVE THINGS, EXCELLENT OR GOOD. WHAT YOU SEE IN THE GRAY , GR OR WHITE IS AVERAGE AND ON OTHER SLIDE IT'S NEUTRAL.
IT'S AVERAGE, BELOW AVERAGE AND POOR IS IN THE RED ON PINKISH COLOR. WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT? YOU DON'T HAVE LARGE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE INCREDIBLY DOWN ON THE PERCEPTION OF HUBER HEIGHTS, A PLACE TO WORK AND VISIT. IF YOU COMBINE ALL THE REST OF THEM, YOU SAY EXCELLENT AND GOOD ARE DEFINITELY GOOD BUT AVERAGE ISN'T BAD.
YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN THE EXCELLENT AND GOOD THAN AVERAGE BUT AVERAGE IS NOT A NEGATIVE FOR MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY FILL THAT OUT.
KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE SAW AT THE TOP YOU HAVE 72% OF RESPONDENTS AND THAT'S EXCELLENT OR GOOD THAT HUBER HEIGHTS IS A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME.
72%, AND 57% TO CALL HOME. WANTED TO ASK ABOUT MAJOR CITY CATEGORIES, THIS ONE YOU'LL SEE THE GRAY OR THE WHITE IS A NEUTRAL.
IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, UTIL QUALITY OF PARKS ARE POSITIVE.
YOU DO SEE AT THE BOTTOM THERE THE OVERALL FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND HOW WELL DECISION MAKERS LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY INPUT.
EVEN ON SOME OF THOSE, LOOK AT THE NEXT TO THE BOTTOM OVERALL DECISION MAKING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN MIND. ALMOST 40% THAT ARE NEUTRAL.
THE REALITY IS IT'S EASIER TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S IN THE GRAY THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
A LITTLE BIT GOES A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF SWAYING THAT AND IN CHANGING SOME OF THE NEUTRAL TO BEING SATISFIED SOME OF THE RED WILL GO ALONG WITH THEM.
THAT OVERALL PERCEPTION IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT, RIGHT, PERCEPTION IS WHAT WE SHARE WITH OTHERS, OUR OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES, AGAIN, YOU CAN FOCUS ON THOSE AND HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
ANYTIME YOU HAVE OVER HALF OF PEOPLE RESPOND TO A PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT THEY'RE VERY DISSATISFIED, THAT NEEDS TO BE A POINT OF CONVERSATION CONVERSATION SOME DEGREE.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER PERCEPTIONS OF
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SATISFACTION PERCEPTIONS WITH HUBER HEIGHTS AND YOU SEE, AGAIN, VERY HIGH IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE. HUBER HEIGHTS, 61% QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, 53 IN THE CITY AND 52.AGAIN, THAT'S JUST THE DARK BLUE, LIGHT BLUE AND THE GRAY IS NEUTRAL. YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT IT SAYING, THAT'S NOT AS POSITIVE. SOME OF THESE ARE JUST -- SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES YOU GET INTO THEM, FRANKLY, WHAT I CALL THE CAFETERIA FOOD EFFECT, DOESN'T MATTER HOW HARD PEOPLE WORK PEOPLE HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING. IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING EVERYWHERE. MOST SATISFIED WITH 911 SERVICE PROVIDED BY OPERATORS, HOW QUICKLY TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES AND YOU SEE VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVICES. YOU DO SEE AT THE BOTTOM ANYTIME YOU'RE GETTING OVER 20% ON A NEGATIVE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION ON AND HOW ARE WE G TO REACT TO THAT BUT ENFORCEMENT OF CITY TRAFFIC LAWS, HOW CAN YOU PERHAPS TAKE THOSE NUMBERS AND SHARE THOSE NUMBERS AND EDUCATE PEOPLE WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO DO THAT YOU ARE LISTENING.
THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. YOU MAY HAVE MADE EFFORTS IN OTHER PARTS OF YOUR SERVICES TO IMPROVE THEM AND IT JUST HASN'T FILTERED DOWN YET INTO THAT CONSCIOUSNESS. THAT HAPPENS, TOO, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY THAT. KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING WANT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN A DIFFERENT WAY MAYBE THAN YOU HAVE IN THE PAST.
AT LEAST 1% AND FIRE SERVICE PERSONNEL RESPOND.
IT'S VERY GOOD VALIDATION FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ASKING ABOUT FEELINGS OF SAFETY.
IT'S ONE THING TO ASK ABOUT PARK PROGRAMS, BUT IF THEY NEVER GO GO E, MAYBE WE END UP CHASING SOMETHING WE SHOULDN'T CHASE, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOUR COMMUNITY IS A HIGH NUMBER.
RECREATIONAL FACILITY, THAT'S A GOOD STATEMENT TO PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE OFFERING AND THEY WANTTAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT OR ARE INVOLVED IN YOUR ÷÷PARKS.
THEN WE ASKED ABOUT HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF NATURAL AREAS OF SPACE AND YOU GET INFORMATION, CULTURAL OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES. I THINK THAT'S A CATEGORY THAT WITHIN PARKS ALMOST DOESN'T MATTER. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT SOMEWHERE ON THE LIST IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU HAVE SOME DISSATISFACTION. THE FACT IS WE HAVE MOVED TO AN ERA WHERE PEOPLE EXPECT TO HAVE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THEM OR MAYBE IN THE PAST THEY WOULD JUST SEEK IT OUT THEMSEAND SO THAT'S A DIFFICULT ONE TO GET YOUR ARMS AROUND.
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DRILL DOWN INTO WHAT WOULD CHANGE PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ON THAT.CODE ENFORCEMENT -- ALMOST A QUARTER OF YOUR POPULATION SAYING THERE'S AN ISSUE OF SOME TYPE SO YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT ARE THEY CONCERNED ABOUT, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT. PUBLIC WORK SERVICES RANGE FROM CONDITION OF STREET SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THE TOP.
ALONG WITH CONDITION OF STREET WATER DRAINAGE VERY POSITIVE, EXTREMELY POSITIVE. THEN AT THE BOTTOM MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC FLOW. THAT'S UNUSUALLY HIGH.
YOU'RE ALMOST 50% POPULATION IN A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEYSURVEY SAID HALF OF THEM, WE'RE DISSATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC FLOW.
ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE RATED VERY HIGH AS WELL.
THAT'S AMONG ALL PEOPLE. GENERALLY YOU WOULD SEE A LITTLE DIFFERENT NUMBERS BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN BICYCLES AND MAYBE YOUR COMMUNITY JUST HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PLUGGED INTO THAT, THAT WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BIKING BUT DON'T FEEL SAFE OR THERE'S ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE CLEARLY DEMARCATED FOR THEM.
>> ON THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT ON THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC FLOW, THAT KIND OF TAKES -- THAT GOES IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS. I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT INTERPRET THAT AS POLICE ENFORCEMENT OR IS THAT TRAFFIC FLOW DURING ROAD CONSTRUCTION OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE -- WHAT WAS THE INTERPRETATION OR OR ASSUMPTION THAT WAS MADE ON THE RESPONSES? I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT UNDER PUBLIC WORKS, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT THAT FITS THERE UNLESS IT REFLECT STREET CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
>> SO YOUR QUESTION IS ABOUT, DOES IT BELONG UNDER PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES?
>> I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE FRAMEWORK OF THE QUESTION. I MEAN, IS THIS A BASIC TRAFFIC ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR IS THIS AN ISSUE WHEN THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON BY PUBLIC WORKS?
>> IT D BE A VARIOF THINGS. WE JUST HAVE THIS ONE QUESTION RIGHT NOW, IN FUTURE SURVEYS I UNDERSTAND WE MAY BE DOING A 2026, RATHER. THAT MIGHT BE AREA THAT WE EXPAND. WE BREAK IT OUT ON ITS OWN AND WE ASK MORE SPECIFIC -- TO TRY TO DRILL DOWN, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S A VARIETY OF ITEMS THAT ARE IMPACTING THAT.
IT CAN BE OBVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTION.
BUT IT CAN ALSO BE TRAFFIC TS, SYNCHRONIZATION.
IT CAN BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT LEND PEOPLE TOTO AT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN A CONGESTED AREA AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW HAS THEM WAITING IN TRAFFIC LONGER THAN THEY WISH TO BE OR IS ACCEPTABLE.
I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU MORE --
>> MAYBE A DELINEATOR NEXT TIME.
>> MAYBE A DELINEATOR NEXT TIME WOULD FLESH THAT OUT.
UNDER PUBLIC WORKS THERE MIGHT BE SOME MISUNDERSTANDING THAT DROVE THAT TO 48%.
>> MS. BYRGE, I THINK DURING THE TIME THAT THIS SURVEY WAS BEINGBEING TAKEN, WE WERE FINISHING UP THE OLD TROY PIKE WIDENING.
>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION, WHEN DID IT OPEN?
>> AND THAT WAS KIND OF A MESS.
>> DURING THIS PERIOD. I THINK THAT'S STILL AN ISSUE AND WE'RE EMBEDDING THESE ITEMS INTO PEOPLE'S WORK PLANS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT DO THINPROBABLY IS IN A SENSE BECAUSE WE WERE FINISHING UP --
>> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
I DIDN'T SKIP ONE, DID I? SO PUBLIC INFORMATION
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SERVICES, THINGS LIKE THE QUALITY OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE, QUALITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA, TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION, THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS YOU CAN SEE IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE VERY POSITIVE.MEANT NEUTRAL, THEY'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE TIMES BUT DON'T GO THERE VERY OFTEN SO THEY DIDN'T FEEL THEY HAD AN OPINION OR MAY NOT BE AWARE.
ONE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY STILL HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND THEY JUST SPENT A YEAR DEVELOPING A BRAND- NEW WEBSITE.
AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER, JUST KEEP IN MIND WHAT I SAID BEFORE, SOME OF THESE ITEMS, IT TAKES A WHILE TO FILTER IN AND PEOPLE'S MEMORIES ARE LONG FOR NEGATIVE THINGS. THEY MAY REMEMBER THINGS -- WELL, THE CITY SAID IT WAS GOING TO FIX MY ROAD 20 YEARS AGO AND NEVER DID IT.
THAT CAN BE ORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS PLANNED OR WHAT WAS PROMISED AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. A LOT OF TIMES THIS IS JUST THE STARTING POINT. LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LAST ONE, DEFINITELY IT COULD BE EXPLAINED BY WHAT AARON HAD SAID OR IT COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE WE JUST NEED TO BREAK THAT OUT AND HAVE MORE DELINEATION TO GET THAT, AND IT'S NOTHING TO KEEP YOU FROM DOING THAT ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE TO SURVEY PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE A STATISTICALLY VALID PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON THESE DIFFERENT CONCERNS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR FOR ANOTHER SURVEY TO TELL YOU THAT.
WE ASK WHERE PEOPLE GET THE MOST OF THEIR INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS SURPRISED YOU OR NOT, BUT PEOPLE COULD PICK MORE THAN ONE HERE, SO THEY COULD PICK AS MANY AS THEY FELT LIKE REALLY WAS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION FROM THEM, BUT 57% LISTED FACEBOOK, AND 47% SAID THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
ONLY 1% MENTIONED CITY'S X ACCOUNT OR CITY'S INSTAGRAM OR SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS, BROCHURES FLYERS AND SO FORTH. WHY DO YOU LIVE IN HUBER HEIGHTS? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO YOU DECIDING TO LIVE HERE? ITEMS LIKE SAFETY AND SECURITY TOP OF THE LIST. MAYBE THAT GOES HAND-IN- HAND WITH SUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK YOU HAVE FOR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
PEOPLE FEEL SAFE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S AN OVERWHELMING NUMBOF PEOPLE WHO SAID SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THECOMMUNITY.
NOW WE'LL GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED WITH SOMETHING DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY WANT YOU TO STOP FUNDING IT, AND SOMETIMES WE CHASE THESE NUMBERS AND WE LOOK AT THE RED AREAS AND WE WANT TO PUT ALL THE FOCUS ON THAT AND SOMETIMES IT CAN DETRACT FROM SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE ALREADY DOING WELL.
A PRIORITY WE'LL GET TO THAT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING NEW. IT CAN BE CONTINUING FUNDING, CONTINUE EXCELLENCE WHILE YOU BRING UP SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS.
YOU HAVE SOME VERY POSITIVE THINGS HERE, EVEN AFILITY OF HOUSING BEING VERY POSITIVE OR VERY IMPORTANT, I SHOULD SAY. QUALITY OF SCHOOL IS VERY IMPORTANT. AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION IS NOT AS IMPORTANT OF A REASON FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO WHAT WE CALL THE IMPORTANT SATISFACTION ANALYSIS, AND I PUT THIS IN A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE IN DIFFERENT CITY SERVICES IS HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH SOMETHING. OUR FEELING AS A COMPANY IS IF YOU'RE ONLY FOCUSED ON HOW SATISFIED PEOPLE ARE, YOU'RE ONLY GETTING HALF THE STORY.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO THEM? THEY'RE SATISFIED, BUT IT CAN END UP CHASING SOMETHING THAT -- LET ME PUT IT IN THIS CONTEXT.
LET'S ASK IN THE PARK LIST, WE SAY HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH THE CITY'S DOG PARK, AND I'M A HOMEOWNER AND HAVE A DOG NAMED BUSTER, AND I TOOK BUSTER TO THE DOG PARK AND HE GOT CHASED AROUND AND BULLIED BY I'M GOINTO SAY I'M VERY RK. UNHAPPY WITH DOG PARK AT HUBER HEIGHTS BECAUSE MY DOG GOT BEAT UP BY THESE OTHER DOGS.
IN THE AGGREGATE, YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THAT FEEDBACK FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO FELT SIMILARLY AND SAY, WOW, WE NEED TO PUT ALL OUR MONEY INTO BETTER DOG PARKS.
WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY INVEST IN DOG PARKS.
THE REALITY IS IF YOU ALSO ASK ME, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT COMPARED TO THE OTHER PARK SERVICES, I MIGHT SAY, NO, YOUTH PROGRAMS, SENIOR PROGRAMS IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE DOG PARK. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PUT IT INTO CONTEXT SO YOU'RE NOT CHASING SOMEBODY BLINDLY WITH A COMPLAINT BUT IN A CONTEXT AND A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU IN A WRITTEN SENSE, IF YOU LOOK THAT OVER, IN TERMS OF
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CREATING THIS RATIO AND ANALYSIS HELPS PRIORITIZE SERVICES SO IT'S LOOKING AT WHICH ONES WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, AS WE SAID BEFORE.THERE'S A LOT OF FINE PRINT HERE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO XWEL ON THAT, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE YOU MIGHT WANT TO ENLARGE ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN SOME DAY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT ONLINE AND REALLY DRILL DOWN, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT -- WHAT YOU END UP WITH IS PRIORITY RATIOS AND ANYWHERE FROM -- THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE VERY HIGH PROPERTY AND THEN HIGH PRIORITY IS LISTED HERE AND OTHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MODERATE OR LESSER PRIORITIES IN SOME WAY. BUT THESE ARE THE AREAS LIKE EFFORT OF GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT CRIME STILL IS A HIGH PRIORITY -- IT'S THE HIGHEST PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITY BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE HAD IS IN THAT CATEGORY. NOW YOUR POLICE CHIEF MIGHT SAY, WE'RE DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO PREVENT CRIME.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WELL, HOW IS THE PUBLIC SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT? HOW CAN WE INFORM THEM? DO WE GO THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS? DO WE HAVE MEETINGS ABOUT THE TOPIC? DO WE GO VISIT PEOPLE DOOR-TO-DOOR? HOW DO WE REACH OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW, YES, THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR STARTING NEXT JANUARY WE'RE GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON EFFORTS TO PREVENT CRIME. WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCING THE CLEANUP, TO BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AGAIN, IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY. YOU CAN READ THE OTHER ONES THERE, TOO. BUT MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES, MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC FLOW EXTREMELY HIGH.
YOU CAN SEE A RATIO OF 0. 34 AND THAT MIGHT BE THE HIGHEST.
>> WHAT IS THE SCALE FOR THE I.S. RATING?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH ME, IN TERMS OF WHAT QUALIFIES AS A VERY HIGH OR A HIGH, IT'S NOT IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT BENCHMARKING AND HOW YOU COMPARE. THAT'S ANOTHER CONTEXT THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR RESULTS IN. SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE AS WE DID TO OTHER COMMUNITIES NATIONALLY AND THEN WITHIN WHAT WE CALL YOUR REGION, WHICH I'LL GET TO. WE HAD 53 DIFFERENT AREAS WE ASSESSED THAT WE CAN BENCHMARK AND HUBER HEIGHTS WAS RATED ABOVE THE U.S. AVERAGE IN 40 OF THOSE 53 AREAS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT STATISTICALLY HIGHER 5% OR MORE IN 33 OF THE 40, THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. YOU LOOK AT MAINTENANCE OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND UTILITIES, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, QUALITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM CITY EMPLOYEES AND FIRE INSPECTION PROGRAMS ALL WITH SIGNIFICANT LEVELS. ONE THING I WANTED TO DWELL ON FOR SECOND IS THE QUALITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
BEING 25% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS A REALLY STRONG STATEMENT, AND IT'S NOT ONE THAT HAPPENS JUST BY LUCK. WE SEE A CITY THAT IS GETTING THAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK FROM ITS RESIDENTS, IT'S A CONCERTED EFFORT FROM YOUR CO FROM YOUR STAFF, TO EVERYONE NG OUT AS A CITY EMPLEVERYONE WHO PHONE CALL TO LEAOOD IMPRESSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE KNOWS THAT THEY CARE.
THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP, BUT THEY'LL LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERN AND THEY'LL TRY TO HAVE IT ADDRESSED. SO THAT'S WHAT WE SEE QUALITY ORGANIZATIONS ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT NUMBER. IT'S NOT EASY TO COME BY.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HOW YOU COMPARE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WHATWHAT CALL THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION. SO THIS IS A STUDY THAT'S AN INDEPENDENT, NOT AN ACCUMULATION OF OUR CUSTOMERS IN THESE STATES.
IT'S A SEPARATE STUDY LIKE YOU WOULD DO A NATIONAL STUDY.
THIS IS A FOCUSED NATIONAL REGIONAL STUDY AND INCLUDES MICHIGAN, INDIANA AND PENNSYLVANIA.
RATED IN 36 OF 53 AREAS, YOU WERE HIGHER THAN THOSE AVERAGES.
AND IN 29 OF THE 36 YOU WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
THE MAIN ONES WE'D HIGHLIGHT MAINTENANCE OF STREETS. AGAIN, 34% ABOVE THE REGIONAL AVERAGE. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH SIMILAR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS AT YOU DO IN YOUR REGION TO HAVE A 34% DIFFERENCE REALLY MEANS YOU'RE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO HAVE THAT RESULT. STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FLOOD CONTROL IS A PLACE TO LIVE, 29% HIGHER THAN THE REGIONAL AVERAGE.
AND FIRE INSPECTION PROGRAMS IN A COMMUNITY, THAT'S TO BE HIGHLIGHTED, ALSO, BECAUSE GENERALLY FIRE INSPECTION PROGRAMS DO FAIRLY WELL, SO TO -- IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, SO TO BE
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29% ABOVE THOSE IS REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE.SO, IN SUMMARY -- I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE, BUT A PLACE TO LIVE, CALL HOME, RAISE A FAMILY, RATED HUBER HEIGHTS AS A NATIONAL LEADER.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH.
THE RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE AND SECURE IN HUBER HEIGHTS ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY AND IN RETAIL AREAS.
YOU OFFER WELL- MAINTAINED STREETS, PARKS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES. YOU SEE SOME OF THE CATEGORIES WE TALKED ABOUT, THINGS LIKE TRAFFISIGNALS AND STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF CITY PARKS ALL RATED EXTREMELY HIGH.
AND THEN YOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE EARNS HIGH MARKS.
92% SATISFACTION. JUST THE RATINGS FOR PARKS THERE ON THE LEFT AND THEN ALSO CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AGAIN, THAT'S ONE THAT YOU LOOK AT CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM CITY EMPLOYEES, 64%.
UTILITY BILLING SERVICES AND USEFULNESS OF CITY WEBSITE ALL SENDING A VERY STRONG MESSAGE.
WITH THAT, I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION WITH US AND EXPLAINING SOME OF THOSE THINGS. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY DETAILED REPORT.
>> YOU SAID YOU HAD A RESPONSE OF 430.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU SURVEY?
>> THE SURVEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO PROBABLY -- I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, I'M GUESSING AROUND 3,500 SURVEYS TO GENERATE THAT RESULT. AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT NUMBER THAT I CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU IF YOU DON'T.
>> VERY GOOD. IT REAFFIRMS WHAT WE SUSPECTED ALREADY BUT ALSO IT IDENTIFIES SOME AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE GOAL.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS WE CAN IMPROVE ON.
>> PART OF THE FUN OF MY JOB IS BACK THE NEXT TIME AND BEING ABLE TO SEE HOW THE NEEDLE HAS BEEN MOVED, HOW COUNCIL HAS PRODUCED TANGIBLE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TOTO AND THERE AREN'T A LOT OF WAYS, THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL AND IT ISN'T THE CITY TOOTING ITS OWN HORN BUT IT'S TAKING THE CHANCE, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT NUMBERS YOU'RE GOING TO GET AND I COMMEND YOU FOR REACHING OUT AND DOING THIS BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST ONE TO WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND. WHAT DO WE WANT, WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT? NOW YOU'VE SEEN IT, THE RESULTS, AND A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE YOU WANT÷÷WANT DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ISSUE OR THAT ISSUE IN THE NEXT TIME WE DO A SURVEY.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK WITH POSITIVE NEWS AFTER THAT HAPPENS.
>> IF I COULD ADD ONE THING. ON OUR WEBSITE IS THE SURVEY.
IT IS ALSO CROSS TABBED SO YOU CAN DRILL DOWN TO RESULTS BY AREA, BY RESPONDENT, BY QUESTION, SO IF YOU WANT TO DRILL INTO THE DETAIL OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHERE THEY LIVE OR BY ER VERSUS OWNER, ET CETERA, IT IS ALL AVAILABLE TO PLAY WITH ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> 47% GOT THEIR INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE AND ONLY 1% FROM THE MEETING, SO WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY -- GOT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO LET THEM KNOW, GO TO THE WEBSITE.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS NANCY MENTIONED, 430 RESPONSES, WE HAVE A CITY OF 43,000.
IN THE 430 RESPONSES IS ABOVE WHAT YOUR GOAL WAS.
YOUR GOAL WAS 400. CAN YOU SPEAK TO, I GUESS, THE METHODOLOGY OR MORE TO SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE TUNING IN RIGHT NOW, WHY IS 430 REPRESENTATIVE OF A CITY OF 3,000? AND IS THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE CITY TO CITY?
>> I KNOW IT SEEMS STRANGE AT FIRST, THAT SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE. EVEN NATIONAL POLLS, AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET THEM RIGHT, BUT IT'S MATH, AND I'M NOT THE MATHEMATICIAN, BUT IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION OR STAFF CAN PUT ONLINE TO ACCOMPANY IT TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION. IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE A CONCERN WITH. I CAN JUST TELL YOU IT WORKS OUT BEING VERY ACCURATE AND 400 IS SOMETIMES WHAT WE MIGHT USE
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A TY OF 100,000 PEOPLE. YOU CAN LOOK AT SEGMENTS OF THE CITY. IF YOU'RE BREAKING IT DOWN, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S 100 FOR -- YOU GET INTO SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, BUT IT IS A TRIED AND TRUE METHODOLOGY OF WHAT'S USED. AGAIN, I'M NOT THE MATHEMATICIAN IN THE OUTFIT HERE.>> I THINK THE STATISTICS OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN INCOME LEVEL AND GENDER AND, YOU KNOW, THE AGE BRACKETS, THAT ALL ADDS A LITTLE BIT MORE STABILITY BEHIND THE 400 -- THE RESULT OF 430 PEOPLE, THE FACT IT WAS ALL PRETTY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD KNOW THE DIFFERENCE WHAT DO THE PEOPLE VERSUS UNDER 35 AND SENIORS WITH POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE S.
IF WE HAD POOR PARK PERFORMANCE AND THAT WAS ALL SENIORS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BALANCE WITH YOUNG FAMILIES. I THINK OVERALL THE DEMOGRAPHICS BEHIND IT SHED SOME LIGHT ONTO THAT.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYOR. IF I CAN ADD, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE KEY IS YOU WANT IT TO BE REPLICATABLE. IF YOU'RE NOT TYING IT TO SOMETHING LIKE THE CENSUS, IF YOU'NOT COMMITTED TO SHOWING EVERY AGE GROUP, EVERY ETHNIC GROUP, EVERY, YOU KNOW, MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD GROUP RELATED POSITIVELY, THE NEXT TIME YOU DO A SURVEY -- I MEAN, IF YOU JUST DID A SURVEY TODAY ONLINE, THERE'S NO TELLING WHO DID THAT. THERE'S NO TELLING IF THEY WERE EVEN HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS WHO ARE COMPLETING IT.
>> THIS WE GAVE -- EVERYTHING WE DO IS DRESS BASED, SO WE MADE SURE THERE WERE NO DUPLICATES.
WE MADE SURE EVERY ADDRESS WE GOT A RESPONSE FROM WAS FROM WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF HUBER HEIGHTS FOR QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY ASSURANCE. OUR METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL LEVEL MORE THAN ONCE AND, AGAIN, BENCHMARK DATA WE TRIED TO KEEP THAT REFRESHED AT LEAST EVERY 18 MONTHS SO YOU'RE NOT COMPARING YOUR DATA IS RELATIVELY RELATED TO OTHER PEOPLE'S CURRENT EXPERIENCE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS FIVE-YEAR- OLD DATA SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO MAKING SURE WHAT YOU SEE IS ACCURATE.
AND I'VE SEEN THESE LTS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND GETTING BEHIND THEM AND HAVING THAT LASER FOCUS HAS TURNED SCOMMUNITIES AROUND.
>> SO A REAL FOLLOW- UP QUESTION ON THAT.
WAS IT BY CHANCE THAT ALL THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS WERE SO EQUAL, OR DID WE DISREGARD ANY SURVEYS THAT MIGHT HAVE CAME IN? SO DID WE GET 600 THAT WERE RETURNED BUT THEN WE DISREGARDED SOME THAT OVERSAMPLED A CERTAIN AGE GROUP OR INCOME
THE RESPONSES WERE SO EQUALLY DIVIDED. IS THAT AN ANOMALY OR TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS?
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE ACQUIRE THE ADDRESS DATA AND THAT GIVES US A LOT OF THAT DEMOGRAPHICS INFORMATION SO WE KNOW FROM THE START CONSTRUCTING THE SAMPLE IT'S A VALID SAMPLE THAT WILL TIE BACK TO THE CENSUS.
>> YOU SAID SURVEYS, YOU SENT THEM OUT TO PEOPLE EXPECTING THE CERTAIN PERCENTAGE TO COME BACK IN EACH ONE OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC
>> AND YOU ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE DETAIL OF THE SURVEY. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT VALIDITY BUT YOU ADDRESSED THAT WITH THE ADDRESS- BASED APPROACH. I WAS WONDERING WERE THERE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN HUBER WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY LIVE HERE OR ADDRESSES -- IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL OF THESE WERE RESIDENTS, NUMBER ONE.
SECOND, IS THERE A LONGITUDINAL REPORT WE CAN SEE SO IN THE SPIRIT OF MAYBE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SEE HOW WE DID LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR PRIOR AND HOW WE MOVE THE NEEDLE FROM HERE TO
THERE? >> MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS THE FIRST SURVEY WE'VE NE FOR YOU. THE ANSWER IS, YES, WE WILL GET THAT WITH THE NEXT ONE THERE WILL BE A SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WILL HAVE TRENDS, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THESE KEY AREAS OR WH.
BUT, ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHY SISTENT ORTANT TO BE CON SST ININ METHODOLOGY YOU CHOOSE.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. DO WE KNOW THE BREAKDOWN BY WARD?
>> WHAT ABOUT EDUCATION? I DIDN'T SEE THAT OR MAYBE I MISSED
>> WE DID NOT SAMPLE. I DON'T RECALL THERE BEINGBEING QUESTION ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, BUT WE CAN
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CORRELATE THAT BASED ON CENSUS -- KIND OF THE CENSUS.>> HOW LONG WAS THE SURVEYSURVEY OPEN?
>> THE SURVEY WAS OPEN FOR, IF I RECALL, ABOUT 45 DAYS OR SO, MAYBE TWOTWO MONTHS.
>> WAS MOST OF THEM COMPLETED BY PAPER OR ELECTRONICALLY?
WE MAIL IT OUT AND THEN WE HAVE THE WEBSITE, SO PEOPLE CAN GO TO EITHER ONE.
>> AND THEN HOW MANY RESIDENTS RESIDE IN A HOUSEHOLD WAS MY OTHER QUESTION? DO WE HAVE THAT QUESTION ON THERE OR WOULD IT BE ON THERE NEXT TIME?
>> I DON'T THINK WE ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT --
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
>> DON, DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP?
>> NO FOLLOW- UP EXCEPT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL IN IT. AND JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS I LOOK OVER THE RESULTS, IT IS FUNNY WHEN YOU GET OUT AND TALK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHEREVER YOU HAPPEN TO BE AT, IF YOU'RE AT THE ROSE OR TALKING TO SOMEONE AT A CITY GATHERING, THE IMPRESSION THAT I SEE HERE FROM THE SURVEY MATCH WHAT I HEAR FROM OUR OUT ON THE STREET, FOR THE MOST PART.
YES, THERE ARE NEGATIVE LE IN THE CITY, AND WE CERTAINLY PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR CONCERNS, TOO, BUT I CAN TELL YOU OVERALL THIS MATCHES UP PRETTY CLOSELY TO WHAT YOU HEAR WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> MAYOR, ONE THING, THIS YEAR WE'LL FOCUS ON OUR BUSINESS
MIC. >> THIS YEAR FOR 2025 WE'LL BE FOCUSINGS ON OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THEN BACK IN 2026, AS AARON MENTIONED, WE'LL FOCUS BACK ON THE RESIDENTS.
>> CORRECT. TO GO TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AS THE DASHBOARD CONTINUES TO GROW. ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT PAGE, IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE SEE RESULTS AND THEN IT HAS SOME INSTRUCTIONS THERE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO IS DASHBOARD.
BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PUTTING SOME OF OUR OTHER SURVEYS BETWEEN OUR AGE FRIENDLY AND THE LAST PRESENTATION IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL SO WE CAN CONSTANTLY LOOK AT THIS. OUR RESIDENTS CAN LOOK AT IT.
IT'S NOT, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST NOT PUTTING IT ON A SHELF. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT AND PUT GOALS TOWARDS OUR STAFF AND, OF COURSE, THERE COULD BE SOME BUDGET GOALS AS WELL FOR 2026.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE? OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, ITEM IS NUMBER 7, CITIZENS COMMENTS.
[8. City Manager Report]
>> AARON, I'LL GET THE REPORT UP HERE NOW.
AND I DON'T HAVE MY CLICKER SO YOU CAN JUST HIT IT.
WANT TO FIRST UPDATE, I KNOW WE HAD SOME CONCERNS, AGAIN, ABOUT EXECUTIVE AND THE WORK DONE THERE. THAT COMPLETED ON FRIDAY. ALL THE CUTTHROUGH ON EXECUTIVE BEEN COMPLETED. WE ARE STILL OBVIOUSLY UNDER THE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THAT.
THE BIGGER THING TO KNOW AT LOWER VALLEY, THAT INTERSECTION IS CLOSED CURRENTLY BECAUSE OF THE WORK BEING DONE. AARON WILL SWITCH FOR ME. A COUPLE UPCOMING EVENTS FOR PARKS AND REC, STORY TIME IN THE PARK. SARAH HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE DAYTON METRO LIBRARY. EVERY WEDNESDAY IN JULY AT THE PARK THEY'LL HAVE STORY TIME.
FROM 11:30 TO 12:30 CAN YOU BRING YOUR KIDS OUT OR OVER YOUR LUNCH BREAK ENJOY A STORY. ON JULY 19TH AT 6:30 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GET OUT AT E- SPORTS, GAME TRUCKS, VIDEO GAMES AND SOME OTHER MASCOTS OUT THERE SO THAT WILL BE AT EICHELBERGER ON THE 19TH STARTING AT 6:30.
I KNOW TONY IS NOT HERE BUT HE WOULD BE PROUD IF I MENTIONED THE SHREDDING EVENT FOR AUGUST 2ND FROM 9:00 TO 11:00. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> NO QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO SAY HEY TO TONY BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S LISTENING.
>> YOU HOPE. I THINK HE'S IN BARCELONA.
>> YES, HE IS. BIG- TIME CHANGE.
[ An Ordinance To Approve An Economic Development Plan For The Creekside Woods Development Project And To State That The City May Hereafter Proceed With The Creation Of Tax Increment Financing Incentive Districts. (second reading)]
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>> IF HE'S WATCHING US, HE HAS SOMETHING WRONG.
>> NEXT UP IS ITEM 9, PENDING BUSINESS.
>> AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FO DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND TO STATE THAT THE CITY MAY HEREAFTER PROCEED WITH THE CREATION OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING INCENTIVE DISTRICTS.
>> AARON PRESENTED THIS LAST WEEK. THIS IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CREEKSIDE, AND THIS WOULD BE THE
STOF THAT. >> AND THE RECOMMENDING WAS TO ADOPT THIS EVENING. IS THERE A MOTION?
TO ADOPT. >> IS THERE A SECOND?
[ An Ordinance Amending Section 934.09 Of The Huber Heights Code Of Ordinances Pertaining To Sanitary Sewer Fees And Regulations. (second reading)]
>> ITEM 9B AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 934. 09 OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS CODE OF ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO SANTORY SEWER FEES AND REGULATION.
>> THIS IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CAPACITY CHARGE TO HELP OFFSET IMPROVEMENTS AND REMEMBER THAT OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS WILL ADAS WELL.
SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
[ A Public Hearing Scheduled For July 14, 2025 By The Huber Heights City Council For Discussion Of The 2026 Tax Budget.]
>> MOTION CARRIES 8-0. ITEM 10A UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
>> A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 14, 2025, BY THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION OF THE 2026 TAX
>> OKAY, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 14, 2025, BY THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF THE 2026 TAX BUDGET IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AND THE PUBLIC MEETING IS NOW OPEN. I CALL OUR CITY STAFF TO MAKE THE INITIAL PRESENTATION.
>> I WILL PRESENT SINCE JIM IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.
HE DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU.
THE 2026 PRELIMINARY TAX BUDGET LEGISLATION IS A FORMALITY AND IS ONLY REQUIRED BY MIAMI COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSION. IT'S THE BEGINNING OF OUR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS. NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS ADVERTISED IN 7/4/25 IN DAYTON COURTREPORTER ANNOUNCEMENT WAS LISTED ON 7/7/25.
THE TAX BUDGET WILL PRODUCE A CERTIFICATE OF ESTIMATED RESOURCES FROM THE COUNTY OUGHT TORE. THIS IS AN ESTIMATE OF REVENUES AND IT'S AMEND THE MANY TIMES DURING THE YEAR.
TAX BUDGET DOES ALLOW THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL FUND DID I TRY BUGS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO.
IF WE DO NOT ACT IN A TIMELY MANNER, THE CITY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES IN 2026 WHICH ESTIMATED TO BE 626 MILLION IN 2025. IT INCLUDES A LIST OF ALL CURRENT PROPERTY TAX LEVIES, THE COUNTY AUDITOR WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF THOSE TO BE GENERATED IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
COUNCIL WILL NEED TO APPROVE THOSE LEVIES IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. THE CITY CANNOT COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES WITHOUT A TAX BUDGET. FINALLY THE TAX BUDGET ITSELF IS ONLY AN ESTIMATE OF REVENUES AND DOES NOT APPROPRIATE ANYTHING FOR 2026.
THE ACTUAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS WILL BE DONE LATER IN THE YEAR UNDER SEPARATE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2026.
THE ADOPTION OF A TAX BUDGET BY CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED BY JULY 15 EACH YEAR, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A FIRST READING AND ADOPTION OF THE LEGISLATION AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ANY COMMENTS OR PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION?
>> OKAY. IS EVERYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THIS ISSUE? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF THIS ISSUE? OKAY. NEXT ANY MEMBER OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMEN ONE LAST TIME I WOULD ASK IF ANYONE IS HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF THIS TAX BUDGET? OKAY, SO BARRING FURTHER COMMENTS THE PUBLIC HEARING BY THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR THE 2026 TAX BUDGET IS HEREBY CLOSED.
[ A Resolution Adopting A Preliminary Tax Budget For Revenues Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2026 And Ending December 31, 2026. (first reading)]
OKAY. SO NEXT WE WILL GO TO ITEM 10B.>> ITEM 10B, A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY TAX BUDGET FOR REVENUES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO, FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2026, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2026 AT THE FIRST READING.
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>> I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER, SIR.
>> OKAY. SO THIS SHOWS A RECOMMENDATION OF ADOPTION BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE TODAY, SO DO WE NEED -- DOES THIS WAIVE SECOND READING?
>> IT'S AN ORDINANCE SO THERE'S NO EMERGENCY CALLS OR ANYTHING?
>> OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM
10B ON THE TAX BUDGET? >> I MOVE TO ADOPT.
>> A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, ADAM?
>> YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES 8-0.
[ An Ordinance Authorizing Transfers Between Various Funds Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio And Amending Ordinance No. 2024-O-2676 By Making Supplemental Appropriations For Expenses Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2025 And Ending December 31, 2025. (first reading)]
NEXT ITEM 10C.>> ITEM 10C AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS BETWEEN VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO, AND AMENDING ORDINANCE 2024-0- 2676 BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO, FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2025 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025, AT THE FIRST READING.
>> AS JIM PRESENTED THIS IS THE MONEY FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANT GRANT. THE MONEY FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE RENOVATIONS OF THIS BUILDING FOR OLD CITY HALL AND THE MONEY GOING INTO THE TED PROJECT AREA ONE. THIS WAS THE ONE I WAS REFEG TO, THE ONE JIM ASKED FOR WAIVING THSECOND AND THE ADOPTION.
>> THIS ONE IS AN ORDINANCE. THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING? SCOTT?
>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. ADAM?
>> MOTION TO WAIVE CARRIES 8-0. NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT.
>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE ADOPTION? OKAY, ADAM?
[ A Resolution To Determine That The Petition To Establish The Huber Heights New Community Authority (NCA) Is Sufficient And Complies With The Requirements Of The Ohio Revised Code; To Set The Time And Place For A Public Hearing On The Petition; And To Authorize The Notice Of Such Public Hearing By Publication. (first reading)]
>> AND ADOPTION ALSO CARRIES 8-0.
>> ITEM 10D A RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THE PE DECISION TO ESTABLISH THE HUBER HEIGHTS NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY, NCA IS SUFFICIENT AND COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE, TO SET THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARINGHEARING THE PETITION AND TO AUTHORIZE THE NOTION OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING BY PUBLICATION, FIRST READING.
>> THIS IS SETTING THAT PUBLIC
>> MOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
SCOTT? >> MR. MAYOR, CAN I HAVE ALEX JUST EXPLAIN ABOUT THE BOARD? AND I HAVE A COUPLE EMAILS QUESTION ABOUT THE NCA, WHO WILL BE ON THE BOARD AND WHO WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE ON THE BOARD?
>> SO THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD OF THE NCA IS OUTLINED UNDER THE ADVISE CODE. THE MAKEUP IS SEVEN -- INITIALLY THERE WILL BE SEVEN MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT THE DEVELOPER. THE DEVELOPER IS BOTH US AS WELL AS GLG HOLDING COMPANY.
SO COUNCIL WILL APPOINT MEMBERS FOR OUR DEVELOPER AND ONE WILL BE APPOINTED AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE. THERE ARE ALSO MEMBERS WHO THE COUNCIL WILL APPOINT REPRESENTING THE RESIDENT AND BUSINESS INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT. AT THE MOMENT IT'S IMPORTANT THE ONLY IMPROVED LAND IS THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS VACANT AT THIS MOMENT.
AND THEN THERE IS A MEMBER THAT IS APPOINTED THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY ADMINISTRATION. AS THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY IS STOOD UP, THE WAY WE HAVE AT LEAST INITIALLY PROPOSED IT IS THAT MEMBERSHIP WILL CONTINUE IN PERPETUITY UNTIL THE TRUSTEES OF THE NCA DECIDE OTHERWISE PARTLY -- MOSTLY -- BECAUSE THIS IS LARGELY UNDEVELOPED LAND. AND THEN, SECONDLY, IT DOES PROVIDE SOME CONTINUITY AS THE NCA DEVELOPS OUT AND GROWS IN ITS CAPACITY.
AT SUCH POINT IN TIME WHERE THE NCA HAS THE CAPACITY
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THERE'S ENOUGH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, IT COULD BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S HOW WE HAVE HAD THE PETITION LAID OUT.WE ARE -- THIS PETITION OR THIS RESOLUTION SETS A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF AUGUST 13TH.
WE'LL TAKE COMMENTARY AND PUBLIC INPUT DURING THAT PUBLIC HEARING. THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE SETTING THE NC, AND ALL OF ITS BYLAWS AND SUCH WOULD COME TO YOU AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING EITHER END OF AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER, SO IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT STAFF HAS DRAFTED THE PETITION, THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE ARE BASICALLY FOLLOWING STATE LAW FOR THE INITIAL BOARD
>> THIS IS VERY COMMON BECAUSE, AS AARON MENTIONED, THE LIMITED PROPERTY OWNERS, ONE BEING US.
SO MOST NCAS START OUT THIS WAY TO STREAMLINE THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE NCA.
>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Fifth Amendment To The Operations And Maintenance Agreement With Veolia Water Contract Operations USA, Inc. (first reading)]
>> THE MOTION CARRIES 8-0. NEXT UP ITEM 10E.
>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH VEOLIA WATER CONTRACT OPERATIONS USA INCORPORATED AT THE FIRST READING.
>> THIS IS THE FIFTH AMENDMENT THAT GARY WAS HERE AND THEN AARON TALKED ABOUT THAT OUTLINED THE CHANGES THAT ARE IN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT AS YOU SEE.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION?
[ An Ordinance To Amend All Of Part Nine, Title Three, Chapter 924 Of The Codified Ordinances Of Huber Heights, Regarding The City’s Industrial Pretreatment Program For The Sanitary Sewer System. (first reading)]
>> MOTION CARRIES 8-0. NEXT IS 10F.
>> ITEM 10F AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ALL OF PART NINE, TITLE THREE, CHAPTER 925 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF HUBER HEIGHTS, REGARDING THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM FOR THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AT THE FIRST READING.
>> THESE ARE DUE TO NEW CHANGES IN STATE AND FEDERAL LAW IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PA.
>> THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT THIS EVENING. IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE?
>> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, ADAM?
>> 8-0. NEXT A MOTION TO ADOPT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ADAM?
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Solicit, Advertise, And Receive Bids From Qualified Firms For The Walmac Street/Betal Court Water Main Improvements Project. (first reading)]
>> YES. >> THE MOTION CARRIES 8-0.
>> ITEM 10G A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SOLICIT, ADVERTISE AND RECEIVE BIDS FROM QUALIFIED FIRMS FOR THE WALMAC STREET/BETAL COURT WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AT THE FIRST READ
>> JUST AS IT SAYS, SIR, THE DESIGNED PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WE'RE GOING OUT TO BID NOW FOR CONSTRUCTION.
>> RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
>> MOTION CARRIES, 8-0. NEXT UP IS ITEM 11, CITIZENS
[11. Citizens Comments - General]
COMMENTS. >> WE HAVE ONE THIS EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MR. JEFF MORPHER.
>> JEFF MOORE FROM BETAL TOWNSHIP.
FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I TAKE THE TIME TO ATTEND HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO TELL THE TRUTH.
YOU USE THE LAME EXCUSE THAT MY INFORMATION IS REPETITIVE I BELIEVE THE TRUTHTRUTH YOU DO NOT LIKE WHAT I'M SAYING AND YOU CUT MY FIVE- TE PUBLIC T TIME IN HALF.
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? I'M TELLING THE
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TRUTH AS TO WHAT HAS IF YOU ARE PROUD ACTIVITY, I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO SPEAK WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. DEFINITION ACCORDING TO WEBSTER, DUE DILIGENCE. DUE DILIGENCE HAS BEEN USED SINCE AT LEAST THE MID- 15TH CENTURY IN THE LITERAL TERM, REQUISITE EFFORT. THE PHRASE DEVELOPED LEGAL MEANING, NAMELY THE CARE THAT A REASONABLE PERSON TAKES TO AVOID HARM TO OTHER ONS OR THEIR PROPERTY.IN THIS SENSE WITH ANOTHER LEGAL TERM ORDINARY CARE. CH TIME DID YOU SPEND ON DUE DILIGENCE? WHEN IT CAME TO BETAL SCHOOLS, ETHICS, WELL- BEING, TRAFFIC, CRIME, TRUTH, YOUR CITIZENS CONCERNS, YOUR CITY'S REPUTATION.
SADLY, I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING ON YOUR DUE DILIGENCE REPORT REFERENCING ANYTHING ELSE BUT MONEY. YOU COULD HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO SURVEY YOURCITIZENS ASKING HOW THEY FELT BUT YOU BELIEVE YOU WERE -- I BELIEVE YOU WERE AFRAID THAT THE CITIZEN REPLIES WOULD NOT HAVE ALIGNED WITH YOUR AGENDA. YOU COULD HAVE SIMPLY ADDED A SURVEY TO YOUR CITY'S MONTHLY WATER BILL.
WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH TO ASK? CONSIDERING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ANNEXATIONS AND RAMIFICATIONS ASOES -- ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
YOU DID NOT WANT WHAT THEY WANTED OR DIDN'T WANT.
LAST MEETING YOU SPOKE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME CONFERRING YOUR CITY'S ACCOMPLISH LTS. ONE CAN DO 20 GOOD THINGS AND ONE BAD THING AND THE PEOPLE REMEMBER THE BAD THING.
YOUR ACTIONS HAVE OVERSHADOWED YOUR PROGRESS AND TARNISHED YOUR CITY'S REPUTATION. HISTORY WILL RECALL WHEN THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO ACCEPT ANNEXATIONS OF PROPERTY LOCATED --
>> MANY WILL ASSOCIATE THESE ACTIONS AS ACTIONS OF A BULLY SHARED WITH LAWMAKERS, DEVELOPERS --
>> OH. HOW MUCH TIME DID I GET?
>> WELL, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT ANNEXATION AGAIN, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AGAIN, SO THERE'S NOTHING NEW THAT YOU ARE BRINGING TO THE TABLE, SO I GAVE YOU TWO MINUTES.
>> I HAVE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES. YOU SAID HALF THE TIME.
>> NO, YOU SAID TWO AND A HALF
MINUTES. >> IF YOU KEEP BRINGING UP ANNEXATION AND TALKING ABOUT THIS, IT WILL GET DOWN TO 30
SECOND. >> WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? I'M TELLING THE TRUTH.
>> WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST TIME.
>> ARE YOU PROUD OF WHAT YOU DID?
>> THAT'S INTERESTING. THAT'S INTERESTING. YOU FAILED TO BE A COMPASSIONATE HUMAN BEINGS. I SUGGEST YOU ALL RESIGN THEN.
>> I REPRESENT 43,000 RESIDENTS OF HUBER HEIGHTS, SIR. I DON'T REPRESENT YOU.
>> SO IN THE CONTEXT OF TRUTH, THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AMONG THOSE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES THAT ONE HAS IS THE RIGHT TO GENERALLY DO WHAT ONE WANTS TO DO WITH HIS OR HER REAL PROPERTY. THE PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR OVER A MILLENNIA, AS DOCUMENTED BY THE COMMON LAW, WHICH OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED UPON BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE LEARNED FROM ENGLAND.
ANYONE WHO GOES TO LAW HAS BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BUNDLE OF STICKS, THE RIGHTS THAT COME WITH PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. AND WHEN ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT TRUTH AND FREEDOM AND PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE, ONE HAS TO KEEP IN MIND THERE'S ANOTHER PRINCIPLE, THE ABILITY TO AVOID THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY.
IF I'M A PROPERTY OWNER AND WISH TO DO SOMETHING WITH MY PROPERTY SUCH AS ANNEX IN, I HAVE THAT RIGHT.
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE HAS RECOGNIZED THE RIGHT OF A PROPERTY OWNER TO SAY, I WANT TO BELONG SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN WHERE I AM NOW.
ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE. THE TRUTH IS THAT THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO A DEVELOPER WHO HAD THE ABSOLUTE 100% RIGHT TO REQUEST TO BE TAKEN BY THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS. NOT ONLY THAT, NO ONE COULD STOP IT UPON REQUEST. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT THAT HE HAS. SO WHEN ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT JUSTICE IN TRUTH AND LIBERTY AND FREEDOM, THE DENIAL OF THAT PROPERTY OWNER'S ABILITY TO COME IN TO DEVELOP THAT LAND WOULD HAVE BEEN THE INJUSTICE.
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>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE UNDER CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS? SCOTT?
>> I JUST WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO THE YOUTH BUSINESS FAIR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS FROM 4:00 TO 8:00. EVERYBODY IS WELCOME.
>> FIRST TIER'S SOCIAL FOR EVERYBODY WILL BE AUGUST THE 6 AT BENHAM GROVE FROM 6:00 TO 8:00. ADAM, ARE YOU GOING TO
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COLLECT OUR RSVPS TO GIVE?>> IF THAT WOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY, YES.
>> IT'S AUGUST 6, RSVPS HAVE TO BE THERE AUGUST 1ST.
THERE'S AN EMAIL ON THE FLYER OVER TO HARRISON TOWNSHIP BUT IT'S 6:00 TO 8:00.
>> I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM TONY. HE SAID HE WOULD SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY. I THINK TONY MIGHT BE COLLECTING THAT. I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU TO FOLLOW UP.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> SCOTT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. ADAM, NICE JOB.
I HATE TO SAY TONY WASN'T MISSED TONIGHT, BUT YOU DID A FLAWLESS JOB.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> A QUICK SHOUTOUT TO THE PARKS AND REC AND SARAH'S TEAM FOR THE
>> AN EXCELLENT DISPLAY. WE HAD AN INTERESTING TIME SINGING ALONG WITH THE DISNEY SONGS.
WE DID. >> YOU MORE THAN OTHERS.
EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE IS NO REASON THIS EVENING SO ITEM NUMBER 14 IS ADJOURNMENT.
IT IS NOW 7:06 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.