[1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore]
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MEETING AT THIS STORIED CITY HALL. THIS BUILDING IS NAMED AFTER THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR AND THE FIRST THE CITY. ONCE WE GET INTO JANUARY, WE WILL BE MOVING ONTO NEW GOVERN CENTER IN THE LIBRARY WHICH IS NAMED AFTER OUR FIRST MAYOR OF THE CITY, RICHARD CHOPPER. SO I THINK WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS, LEGISLATION, AND IMPORTANT THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS BUILDING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT BETTER THINGS TO COME FOR THE CITY'S NEW BUILAND CERTAINLY GOING TO MAKE USE OF THIS FACILITY FOR THIS DEPARTMENT, FINANCE, TAX, WATER, ALL OF THESE THINGS. THIS WILL TURN INTO A GREAT PLACE TO BECOME T SERVING AREA OF OUR RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE TAX DEPARTMENT, WATER DEPARTMENT, PERMITTING, ALL THOSE THINGS. WE ARE HAPPY MOVING FORWARD, HAPPY TO HAVE THIS GREAT FACILITY AS AN ASSET TO THE RESIDENTS OF HUBER HEIGHTS WHCAN CONTINUE TO STILL BE ED FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS. SOME OF YOU CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN ME IN THIS BUILDING. YOU HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR WHAT?
>> 19 YEARS. >> MARK, HOW LONG?
>> 30 SOME YEARS. >>. SO YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY MORE ATTACHED TO IT, MAYBE YOU ARE.
>> ALONG TIME. >> YOU HAVE BEEN COMING FOR ALONG TIME. WE HAVE LOTS OF NEW MEMRES TO MAKE IN THE NEW FACILITY BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WITH THAT
>> TOMORROW NIGHT, EVERYONE IS WELCOME, TOMORROW FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 P.M. AT THE NEW GOVERNANCE CENTER, WE WILL HAVE THE DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR THAT. SO WE WILL HAVE A DEDICATION IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN WE WILL BE DOING TOWERS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF OF THE NEW FACILITY SO EVERYONE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHERE THE NEW CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WILL BE AND THE NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WHERE YOU WILL BE COMING FROM THIS POINT FORWARD AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING.
>> APPETIZERS. >> HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE
[2. Invocation - Pastor Randy Griffith Of The Free Methodist Church At 6875 Old Troy Pike, Huber Heights, Ohio]
TOMORROW FROM 5:00 TO 7:00. SO WITH THAT THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER. WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2 WHICH IS INVOCATION AND WE HAVE PASTOR RANDY GRIFFITH OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH HERE WITH US. GOOD TO SEE YOU.>> ABOUT THE COMING OF THE LORD JESUS, THE PROPHET ISAIAH WROTE, FOR US A CHILD IS BORN, TO US A SON IS GIVEN, AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE ON HIS SHOULDERS. AND HE WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERY LASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE.
OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND PEACE, THERE WILL BE NO END. HE WILL REIN ON DAVID'S THRONE AND OVER HIS KINGDOM ESTABLISHING AND UPHOLDING IT WITH JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM THAT TIME ON AND FOREVER. THE ZEAL OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS. GOD THE SON LEFT HEAVEN AND BECAME HUMAN TO KEEP HUMANITY FROM HELL AND TO TRANSFORM HUMAN NATURE BY HIS SPIRIT FROM SINNERS INTO CHILDREN OF GOD. AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE ON HIS SHOULDERS. HIS GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE RULED BY THE LAWS OF MEN BUT BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD. WE MAY NOT SEE THAT COMPLETED RIGHT NOW BUT IT WILL COME. AND ONLY THOSE PEOPLE AND NATIONS WHO ARE WISE WILL NOT BE CAUGHT UNPREPARED, DOWHAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE DOING. BY FAITH MAY WE BE PREPARED DOING WHAT IS RIGHT AND TRUE. PREPARE FOR HIM WHO IS RIGHT AND TRUE TO RETURN. HE IS THE ONE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE BECAUSE THAT'S WHO JESUS IS. OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND PEACE THERE BE NO END BECAUSE HE IS OUR PEACE. EVERY KINGDLE AND GOVERNMENT OF HUMAN ORIGIN WILL COME TO AN END BUT HE WILL REIN
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FOREVER. HE WILL ESTABLISH AND UPHOLD HIS GOVERNMENT WITH JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. BECAUSE THERE IS NO JUSTICE WITHOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND NO RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHOUT CHRIST. HE IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND REIN FOREVER. ALMIGHTY GOD WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BECAUSE HE SAID HE WOULD AND NOTHING IT IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD. LET US PRAY. FATHER, YOU CREATED ALL THINGS AND HOLD EVERYTHING TOGETHER T. YOU SENT JESUS S FOR HIS PURPOSE AND TO MAKE US NEW. SO LORD, PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THIS MEETING TONIGHT BY YOUR GOOD WILL AND THAT YOU WOULD WORK IN OUR HEARTS AND LIVES THAT YOU MAY REFLECT YOU TOOTHERS. IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.[3. Flag Ceremony - Wayne High School Air Force Junior ROTC Honor Guard]
>> AMEN. >> NEXT WE HAVE FLAG CEREMONY BY THE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL AIR FORCE JUNIOR ROTC HONOR GUARD.
[4. Pledge Of Allegiance]
>> MARCH. PRESENT COLORS. >> 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 AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> CARRY COLORS. COLORS ARCH .
SET COLORS. >> I HOPE THE HEAT IN THE NEW
[5. Roll Call]
BUILDING IS BETTER THAN THE ONE IN THIS ONE. IT'S FREEZING.>> OKAY. TONY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL?
[6. Approval Of Minutes]
>> OKAY. LET THE RECORD SHOW EVERYONE IS HERE THISEVENING.
NEXT IS ITEM 6 WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES. ITEM 6A IS CITY COUNCIL MIFROM NOVEMBER 24, 2025. THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYONE. ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
IF NOT THE MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED. SEEING NOTHING, THOSE
[7. Special Presentations/Announcements]
NOVEMBER 24TH MINUTES ARE. ITEM 7, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ANDANNOUNCEMENTS. >> OHIO ODDKER OF STATE KEITH FABER ROSE MUSIC CENTER 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION BY MAYOR JEFF GORE.
>> SO IT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN KITCHEN MET AT THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER WHERE WE GOT A PROCLAMATION FROM KEITH FABER FOR THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CENTER. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION TO COUNCIL THIS EVENING. IT SAYS IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, 2015 TO 2025.
WHEREAS THE MUSIC CENTER OPENED IN 2015 IN HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO AND HAS SINCE BECOME ONE OF THE REGION'S PREMIER OUTDOOR GENUS, ENRICHING THE LANDSCAPE OF THE MIAMI VALLEY, AND WHEREAS THE CENTER HAS HOSTED WORLD CLASS PERFORMANCES FROM ROCK AND COUNTRY TO CLASSICAL AND TRIBUTE ACTS, AND WHEREAS THE VENUE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE VIBRANCY AND DIVERSITY OF THE LOCAL ARTS SCENE BY WELCOMING LEGENDARY ARTISTS AND RISING STARS ALIKE SUCH AS THE TEMPTATIONS, AND WHEREAS THE CENTER HAS PLA VITAL ROLE IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY ATTRACTING AND ENGAGING VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE REGION, WHEREAS THE CENTER'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND PRODUCTION AND HOSPITALITY HAS EARNED IT A REPUTATION AS ONE OF OHIO'S MOST BELOVED CONCERT VENUES. AND WHEREAS 2025 MARKS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CENTER, I RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER AS THEY CELEBRATE THIS SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY, SIGNED ITH
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>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> NEXT UP IS ITEM 8, TONY?
>> WE WILL START WITH CITIZENS COMMENTS.
[9. City Manager Report]
>> WE MOVE ONTO ITEM NUMBER 9 WHICH IS CITY MANAGER REPORT. WE
WILL NOW MOVE ON. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE. ONE IS JUST TRYING TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK MY STAFF AND SPECIFICALLY PARKS AND RECAND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE TREE LIGHTING. EVERYONE WAS THERE. I THINK IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT. IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY GOING GREAT IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE COME TOGETHER. SO YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SARAH. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CINDY DAVIDSON, EVERYONE INVOLVED. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS WE HAD. I COULDN'T THANK THEM ALL IF I HAD THE TIME. IT IS JUST A GREAT EVENT. WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO A BIGGER EVENT NEXT YEAR. HOPEFULLY CITY HALL WILL HAVE THE FINISHING TOUCHES DONE AND WE WILL BE GOOD. AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE STAFF. THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
>> COULDN'T AGREE MORE. WHAT A FANTASTIC DAY.
>> YOU STOLE MY THUNDER BUT WE ARE HAVING OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW NIGHT. PLEASE COME OUT AND SEE. WE DO WANT TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT WE ARE DOING DOG TAGS AT THE NEW BUILDING. SO WE ARE CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY. WE WILL SELL DOG TAGS BETWEEN DECEMBER AND END OF JANUARY. THEY ARE COST FOR NEUTERED $20, AND UNALTERED 24.75. WE ARE STILL ONLY CASH AT OUR SITE BUT I DID INCLUDE THE WEBSITE AND PHONE NUMBER HERE IF YOU WANT TO DO IT ONLINE. ADDRESS IS 6151 BRIAN. TODAY I HAD THE HONOR OF SWEARING IN A POLICE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, PAIGE GERHEART. SHE WAS WITH O.A.P. FOR SIX MONTHS. THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF PAIGE IS SHE WAS A FOUR YEAR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CADETS. WE TRIED TO STEAL HER BACK AS SOON AS WE COULD. WE GOT HER BACK AND SWORN IN THIS MORNING. A COUPLE OF OTHER NOTES, REMINDERS YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE, THE ASSISTANT ACADEMY APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN. WE HAVE THE BLOOD DRIVE FOR THE FIRE DIVISION COMING UP ON DECEMBER 29. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR JOHN? YES?
>> WHEN IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR THE CITIZEN ACADEMY?
>> GIVE ME A SECOND. HOLD ON. I DON'T SEE IT. I'LL LET YOU
KNOW. I'LL GET THAT OUT. >> OKAY.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 10 WHICH IS
[ A Motion To Appoint Rubin Knight To The Culture And Diversity Citizen Action Commission For A Term Ending December 31, 2028.]
PENDING BUSINESS. >> THERE IS NONE THIS EVENING.
>> LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 11 WHICH IS NEW BUSINESS. AND WE WILL
BEGIN WITH ITEM 11A. >> MOTION TO APPOINT RUBIN KNIGHT TO THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2028. AS DISCUSSED IN THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION, THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DIVERSITY COMMISSION, FILLS ONE OF TWO REMAVACANCIES ON THE COMMISSION. WE ASK FOR APPROVAL.
>> IS THERE A MOTION? >> MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND,
[ 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)]
>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 11B UNDER ADMINISTRATION.
>> AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS BETWEEN VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO AND OFFENDING ORDINANCE 2024-O-2676 BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAPPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2025, ENDING DECEMBER
>> NO I THINK JIM EXPLAINED IT IT WELL. TWO ARE TRANSFER OF GRANTS, ONE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND ONE FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT AND THE OTHER IS THE T.I.F. PILOT PAYMENTS.
>> THANKS. AND FITHANS ASKED IF WE WOULD RAIFB THE SECOND READING AND THAT'S HOW WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. IS THERE A
>> SECOND IS THERE A DISCUSSION? TONY?
>> YES MOTION CARRIES. NEXT MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
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>> MOTION TO ADOPT. >> SECOND.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? >> ANOTHER SHOUTOUT AND THANK YOU TO FIREHOUSE SUBS, THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. IT IS AN EXAMPLE.
>> GREAT BUSINESS, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
[ An Ordinance Authorizing The Execution Of A Master Lease-Purchase Agreement And Related Payment Schedule For The Purpose Of Acquiring Five Dispatch Consoles For Use By The City, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
>> YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 11C.
>> ITEM 11C, ORDI AUTHORIZTHE EXECUTION OF A MASTER LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND RELATED PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING FIVE DISPATCH CONSOLES FOR USE BY THE
CITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. >> JOHN, COMMENT?
>> JUST A REMINDER TO GET AN A 10% DISCOUNT T. THESE WERE SET TO BE REPLACED NEXT YEAR. THE END OF LIFE WAS DATE OF 2027. SO WE ARE JUST MOVING THIS UP A LITTLE.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. ALSO, THIS WAS REQUESTED TO WAEFB THE SECOND READING. IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE?
>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE NEED
A MOTION FOR ADOPTION. >> MOVE TO ADOPT.
>> SECOND. >> DISCUSSION? JUN RUSSELL WOULD YOU ONCE AGAIN GIVE US A BRIEF OVER VIEW OF HOW MUCH THIS IS SAVING US BY MOVING THE AGREEMENT NOW?
>> I WILL LET JIM SPEAK TO THIS. HE HAS BEEN THE BACK BONE OF
GETTING THIS WORK OUT? >> IT IS APPROXIMATELY $60,000,
>> IF WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT AND ORDER IT BY DECEMBER 19 TO GET A
10% DISCOUNT. >> EXCELLENT JOB.
>> KEEPING ALL OF THE CHECKED BOXES, MAKING SURE WE KEEP TRACK OF THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. WE HAVE A
MOTION AND SECOND FOR ADOPTION? >> YES.
>> MOTION TO ADOPT CARRIES 9-0 ALSO. NEXT ITEM 11D.
[ An Ordinance For Making Appropriations For Expenses Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2026 And Ending December 31, 2026. (first reading)]
>> AN ORDINANCE FOR MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2026 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2026.
>> JOHN, ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY? >> I WILL TAKE THIS TIME AGAIN TO THANK JIM, THE FINANCE STAFF AND ALEX, JUST FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE DONE. NOT ONLY DID I PUT THEM THROUGH A SYSTEM CONVERSION FOR TIME KEEPING THIS YEAR AND SOME OTHER THINGS, THEY HAVE STAYED ON TASK AND GOT THIS TO US AND I THINK
THE PRESENTATION WAS TOP NOTCH. >> YES, THANK YOU. I THINK WE ALL AGREE. RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT THIS EVENING. IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE?
>> MOVE TO WAIVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE A
DISCUSSION? >> THIS IS ON THE BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT JIM AND ALEX PRESENTED. JIM, YOU HAVE PRESENTED HOW MANY BUDGETS TO THE CITY?
>> IT'S MY OPINION ALL OF THE BUDGET PROPOSALS THAT I HAVE SET THROUGH THAT MIGHT BE IN FACT THE BEST ONE.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MARK.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? TONY? >> MR. LOONEY?
>> MOTION TO WAIVE CARRIES 9-0. MOTION FOR ADOPTION?
>> MOTION TO ADOPT. >> SECOND.
>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY. >> MS. KITCHEN?
[ A Resolution Authorizing The Execution Of An Annexation Agreement Between The City Of Huber Heights And The Board Of Trustees Of Bethel Township, Miami County. (first reading)]
>> YES. >> MOTION TO ADOPT CARRIES 9-0.
NEXT IS ITEM 11E. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND THE BORD OF TRUSTEES OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MIAMI COUNTY.
>> JOHN, ANY COMMENTARY? >> DEFER TO THE LAW DIRECTOR.
>> YES, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TWO PART. THE FIRST STEP IS AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. THE NEXT PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS A PETITION. THE PURPOSE OF THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT IS TO MEMORIALIZE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS AN UNDERSTANDING WITH BETHEL
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TOWNSHIP. AND IT PROVIDES IN KEY PARTS THAT THE TOWNSHIP WILL AGREE TO REMOVE AN EXISTING T.I.F. ON THE RECENTLY ANNEXED PROPERTY. THE CITY WILL PETITION MIAMI COUNTY TO CONFORM THE BOUNDARIES OF THE RECENTLY ANNEXED PROPERTY. BETH M TOWNSHIP AGREES TO WAIVE FOR TH AGREES NOT TO FACILITATE ANY PROPERTIES NORTH FOR 20 YOURS OF EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT.>> THANK YOU. RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION, IS THERE A MOTION? A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?
>> CHRIS, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID IN THE WAY OF NEGOTIATING THIS WITH BETHEL TOWNSHIP. AND I WANT TO THANK BETHEL. THIS IS SIMILAR TO A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAD PASSED THAT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE THIS WILL ELIMINATE THE CITY FOR ANNEXING THIS TRACT OF LAND FOR 20 YEARS?
>> THAT'S THE INTENTION, YES. >> IT'S PASSED, IT WILL PROBABLY BE PRETTY SAFE TO SAY THAT IT WILL NOT GET ANNEXED FOR
20 YOURS? >> THAT IN FACT WOBE THE AGREEMENT. OBVIOUSLY IT IS CONDITIONED UPON THE AGREEM BEING REACHED AND THE TOWNSHIP APPROVING IT. FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, IT IS A COMMITMENT NOT TO ANNEX FOR 20 YEARS.
>> FOR THE CITIZENS, BOTH BETHEL AND HUBER HEIGHTS, THIS MARKS A REAL MILESTONE IN MY OPINION. A LOT OF CONTROVERSY AROUND ANNEXATION. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN TO THE STATE HOUSE AND I'M NOT SURE IT WENT THAT FAR BUT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS WANTS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THIS RUFLECTS THAT, WOULD YOU AGREE?
>> I WOULD. AND I KNOW SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY RESIDENTS OF THE TOWNSHIP IS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN A CONCERN IDENTITY AND MAINTAINING THE BOUNDARIES WILL ALLOW GREATER POLITICAL CONTROL.
>> AND WE HAD SPOKE TO THE MAYOR PRIOR TO ANNEXING THE LAND WE
LAST ANNEXED IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND ARE WE BEING FORCED INTO THIS? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO DO ON OUR OWN?
>> COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO DO IT ON ITS OWN AS THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES WOULD DECIDE. IT HAS TO BE BY MUTUCONSENT.
>> OKAY. SO CITIZENS THAT COME BEFORE US AND BRING THINGS UP AND DISAGREE OR AGREE DEPENDING ON WHAT SIDE OF THE ISSUE THEY ARE ON, THIS REFLECTS THEIR VOICE IS HEARD. MAYBE NOT AS FAST OR SWIFT AS THEY WOULD HOPE BUT THIS TRULY DOES BY THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WE WILL VOTE ON IT, JUST SIMPLE FACTHAT IT IS ON THE AGENDA IS A BIG DEAL IN OPINION.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> MR. WEBB?
[ A Resolution Petitioning The Board Of County Commissioners Of Miami County, Ohio To Adjust The Boundary Lines Of Bethel Township So As To Exclude That Territory That, As A Result Of Annexation, Now Lies Within The Corporate Boundaries Of The City Of Huber Heights (Carriage Trails II Annexation Of Approximately 296.236 ± Acres By Resolution No. 2024-R-7455). (first reading)]
>> MOTION CARRIES 9-0. THE NEXT IS ITEM 11F.
>> A RESOLUTION PETITIONING THE BOARD OF COUNTY POSITIONERS OF MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO TO ADJUST THE BOUNDARY LINES OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP SO AS TO EXCLUDE THAT TERRITORY THAT AS A RESULT OF NN XATION NOW LIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF HUBER HEIGHTS, APPROXIMATELY 296.236 ACRES BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-R-7455 AT THE FIRST READING.
>> JOHN, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> NO, THE LAST MEETING THE BOUNDARIES WILL PROVIDE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STREETS AND SERVICES AND REMOVE TOWNSHIP LEVIES FROM THE TAX ASSESSMENT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? >> YES, CHRIS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT FOR OUR PERSPECTIVE, BETHEL TOWNSHIP IS IN SUPPORT OF?
>> YES, EVERYWE ARE DOING WOULD BE BY MUTUAL CONSENT.
WITHOUT THE AGREEMENT, I DON'T THINK THE COUNTY WOULD ACCEPT
THE PETITION. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
[ A Resolution Authorizing The Execution Of A Donation Agreement With Nomada Ventures, LLC, The Acceptance Of Approximately 0.634 Acres Of Donated Property, And The Solicitation And Award Of Contracts Necessary To Complete The Donor’s Consideration For The Charlesgate Road Extension Project. (first reading)]
>> YES. >> MOTION TO ADOPT ALSO CARRIES
9-0. NEXT IS ITEM 11G. >> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DONATION AGREEMENT WITH NOMADA VENTURES
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LLC, THE ACCEPTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.634 ACRES OF PROPERTY T, THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE DONOR'S CONSIDERATION FOR THE CHARLESIGATE ROAD EXTENSION>> THIS IS AN EXECUTION OF THE DONATION AGREEMENT SO WE CAN CONNECT THOSE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR SO LONG, TOGETHER T
CHARLESIGATE ROAD WILL GO. >> THE RECOMMENDATION WAS
ADOPTION. >> I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS HERE. ONE I WANT TO THANK THE LAND OWNER FOR WORKING WITH THE CIIT HAS SO MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY ERIN SURAL SKCHL. THEY LISTENED TO THE RESIDENTS AND IT IS SLOW BUT IT IS HAPPENING. BECAUSE IT IS HAPPENING, WE WILL HAVE SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS, WELL CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD. I CATHANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF ENOUGH FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS YOU AND I HAD WHEN I WAS APPOINTEHERE TO START LOCKING AT WAYS TO CONNECT THE SUBDIVISIONS AND THE STREETS IN HUBER HEIGHTS. THAT DOES TAKE A WHILE BUT WE ARE THERE.
>> I REMEMBER WHINING ABOUT IT. >> I THINK IT IS A GOOD VISION.
ERIN SHARES YOUR VISION. I THINK THAT IS THE GREAT PART OF THE VISION AND CONNECTING THE STREETS. WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU. >> WILL THIS LEGISLATION ALLOW
US TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK? >> YES. THE WORK IS ALREADY IN THE ENGINEERING PHASE. WE ARE ALREADY DESIGNING THE WORK.
>> OKAY. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SIDEWALKS?
>> IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THE REST OF CHARLES GATE.
>> THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK DON WEBB, THE CITY HAS BEEN INCORPORATED FOR ABOUT 45, 46 YEARS. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COUNCILS AND A LOT OF COUNCILMEMBERS THAT COULD HAVE DONE THIS. BUT IT WAS YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT TOOK THE REINS AND SAW IT TO FRUITION. I REALLY COMPLIMENT YOU. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE DECADES AGO. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> OKAY. JOHN?
[ A Resolution Authorizing A 365-Day Moratorium On The Acceptance, Processing, Or Approval Of Applications Or Permits For Filling Stations, Motor Vehicle Washing Facilities, And Oil Change Stations Within The City Of Huber Heights. (first reading)]
>> MOTION CARRIES 9-0. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 11H.
>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A 365 DAY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE, PROCESSING OR APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS PERMITS FOR FILLING STATIONS, MOTOR VEHICLE WASHING FACILITIES, OIL CHANGE STATIONS WITHIN THE CITY HAD YOU
BEENER HEIGHTS. >> JOHN, COMMENT?
>> I WILL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AND I'M SURE CHRIS HAS A FEW THINGS. AS ALLUDED TO, THIS GIVES US TIME TO TAKE A PAUSE.
WE HAVE NEW ZONING REWRITE COMING. THIS WILL GIVE US TIME TO SEE WHAT IT DOES FOR THE REGION.
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT ANYONE WHO READS THE PAPER SEES THE USE OF THE MORATORIUM IS A FREQUENTLY USED TOOL BY MUNICIPALITIES AS THEY DO LAND USE PLANNING AND REWRITE THE CODES BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY CHANGE. REWRITING THE CODE IS A CRITICAL PART OF IT. IF YOU DON'T PUT A MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN AREAS AND YOU SEE THIS ALL THE TIME WITH THE CANNABIS AND DISPENSARIES AND OTHER THINGS, YOU ARE SEEING IT AS WELL WITH GROUP HOMES IN COMMUNITIES BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. THIS ALLOWS REFLECTION, THOUGHT, AND ALLOWS A CONSIDERATION OF WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
COMMUNITY. >> THANKS, CHRIS. I WILL MAKE
THAT MOTIONTHERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. NOW TIME FOR DISCUSSION IF ANYONE HAS ANY. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEWS CAMERAS HERE. THIS HAS CAUGHT SOME INTEREST. IT IS HARD TO SEE ANY TYPE OF NEWS MEDIA OR SOCIAL MEDIA ATTENTWHERE WE DON'T TALK ABOUT GAS STATIONS AND CAR WASHES IN HUBER HEIGHTS. I WOULD LIKE TO STATE TOO AND PIGGYBACK PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS STILL A CAPITALIST SOCIETY. THIS IS STILL PRIVATE BUSINESS. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US LIKE TO BE ON THE SIDE OF PICKING LOSERS AND WINNERS AND WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT COME TO THE CITY. THOSE BUSINESSES MAKE
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DECISIONS ON WHAT COMMUNITIES THEY WILL GO TO AND WHERE THEY THINK THEY CAN MAKE THE BENEFIT PROFIT. I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND COMMUTE HERE EVERY DAY.AND TRAVEL OUR ROADS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT THE MORATORIUM ALLOWS. I THINK WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE A LOT OF TOP BRANDS OF FUELLING STATIONS HAVE COME INTO THE CITY THE GOOD THING IS THE COMPETITS DRIVEN SOME OF THE OLDER FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY START UPKEEPING AND CHANGE THE FACADE AND REMODEL THE EXISTING FACILITIES.
COMPETITION IS GOOD. WE HAVE SEEN PLANS FROM OLDER GAS STATIONS COME INTO THE CITY THAT ARE LOOKING TO REMODEL THEIR EXISTING PLACES. I THINK THAT HAS KIND OF MISSION ACCOMPLISHED THERE. ULTIMATELY, WE DO NEED TO TAKE A BREATH, STEP BACK. LET SOME OF THE EXISTING BUSINESSES ABSORB THE TRAFFIC. AND WITH BUC-EE'MING AND THEN THE WAW WAW THAT WILL OPEN IN ABOUT THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF, AGAIN, WE HAVE BIG BRANDS THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO GO TO. I THINK IT IS TIME WE JUST PUT A PAUSE, FIGURE OUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE A MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS THE RIGHT THING. THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION. I INTEND TO SUPPORT IT AND I WOULD SUPPORT IT AS WELL SO WE CAN STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK WHERE WE GO.
>> I TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN SO MANY CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY EOR PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDIN AREA THAT LIVE IN HUBER SAYING PLEASE VOTE YES FOR THIS. THEY ARE LIKE, WE KIND OF HAD ENOUGH OF THE GAS STATION, CAR WASH THING. SO THIS GOT A LOT OF TEXAS TO ME ABOUT IT. I'M IN FULL SUPPORT. WE NEED TO TAKE A PAUSE ON HOW THE CITY IS LAID
OUT. >> THANKS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
>> SO IF THERE IS ANY COMMENTS, THE CITY IS GOING TO FILL OUT
>> ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP EATING, WE DON'T HAVE
>> ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE WHO EAT CHICKEN. IF WE DON'T WANT CHICKEN RESTAURANTS, WE HAVE TO STOP EATING CHICKEN. IT IS
SUPPLY AND DEMAND. >> I WOULD AGREE I'M IN FAVOR OF THE MORATORIUM BUT MY ROONS MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN MOST. OUR CITY PLANNER CAME TO US WITH A PLAN AND THAT PLAN IS TO REVISE OUR ZONING CODES. THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR HUBER HEIGHTS, A MORE WELL PLANNED OUT USE OF OUR LAND. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PROPER AREAS FOR AUTOMOTIVE RELATED INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE PROPER AREAS FOR MORE RETAIL. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WITH THAT BROADER OVERVIEW, WE WILL REVISE OUR WHOLE ZENNING CODE. MR. RUSSELL, YOU MAY SPEAK TO THAT. WE ARE LOOKING AT WITHIN A YEAR OR SO?
>> I THINK TWO THINGS. IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT JORDAN SAID LAST WEEK THE MORATORIUM IS 12 MONTHS. IT PAUSES AND LET'S US GET THINGS IN PLACE TO DESIGNATE SOME AREAS. IN THE CITY WHERE WE WILL HAVE AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESSES. WE HAVE THAT IN THE WORKS TO GET STARTED IN JANUARY. IT WILL TAKE TIME BUT HOPING WE
CAN ACCOMPLISH IT IN 2026. >> I THINK WITH THE GOAL OF THIS CODE REVISION BEING WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE TO GIVE US DIRECTION ON HOW THE CITY SHOULD LOOK, 10 YEARS DOWN THE PIKE, I'M 100% IN FAVOR OF THIS TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON GAS STATIONS, CAR
WASHES AND OIL CHANGE PLACES. >> THANK YOU.
>> ANOTHER REASON I'M FOR THIS IS BECAUSE SEVERAL YEARAGO, WE HAD A STUDY DONE FOR THE GRANT PIKE REVITALIZATION. ONE OF THE POINTS THEY HIGHLIGHTED WAS THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESSES ON GRANT PIKE GRANT PIKE AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AS WE MOVED FORWARD, WE GAINED A FEW MORE FROM WHEN THAT STUDY WAS DONE. I SUPPORT THIS MORATORIUM TO GIVE US MORE TIME
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TO EVALUATE WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY REALLY ARE.>> THANK YOU. >> I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION OF THE MORATORIUM, I'M GLAD WE ARE KEEPING IT TO 12 MONTHS. I KNOW THERE ARE LAWS REGARDING THAT.
SUPPORTING FREE ENTERPRISE AND WARE FROM ADAM SMITH'S WELT OF NATIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE CITY STAFF WILL COME UP WITH PLANNING AND I'M GLAD TO HELP IF ALLOWED TO DO SO. THANK YOU.
>> ANY MORE DISCUSSION? >> YES. JOHN, CLARIFICATION, ON THE EXISTING GAS STATIONS CAN IMPROVE THEIR SITES?
>> THEY CAN IMPROVE. THEY JUST CAN'T EXPAND.
>> NO MORE NEW GAS STATIONS YES. >> THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES 9-0. AND
[ A Resolution Adopting A Cybersecurity Program, Pursuant To Ohio Revised Code Section 9.64, That Safeguards The City’s Data And Information Technology Resources To Help Ensure Availability, Confidentiality, And Integrity Of The City’s Data And Technology. (first reading)]
LASTLY, ITEM 11I. >> A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 9.64, SAFE GUARDS THE CITY'S DATA AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TO HELP ENSURE AVAILABILITY, CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE CITY'S DATA AND TECHNOLOGY.
>> JOHN? >> AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHRIS AND HIS STAFF AND THEN MY WHOLE I.T. STAFF. I KNOW YOU ARE TIRED OF HEARING OF CYBERATTACKS BUT STAFF HAS DONE A STELLAR JOB OF GETTING US WHERE WE NEED TO BE. THIS IS A MANDATE FROM THE STATE OF OHIO WITH A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE. WE HAVE MET THAT TIMELINE. THIS IS GOING TO KEEP US IN LINE WITH WHAT THE
STATE ASKED US TO DO. >> THANK YOU, JOHN.
>> IS THERE A MOTION BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
[12. Citizens Comments - General]
>> MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS COMMENTS.
>> I HAVE ONE THIS EVENING, MR. JEFF WORT. PLEASE COME TO THE
PODIUM. >> YOU HAVE SECONDS ONCE YOU START.
>> FR FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM TO PROTECT THE CHOICE. INFORMATION DEFINITION OFF THE INTERNET, DEFINITION OF OPPRESSION, A MALICIOUS OR UNJUST TREATMENT OF OUR EXERCISE OF POWER OVER GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE FORM OF GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY. OPPRESSION IS SYSTEMIC AND UNJUST MISTREATMENT OF ONE SOCIAL GROUP BY A MORE POWERFUL ONE. A COMPLEX SYSTEM OF POWER, BELIND ACTION THAT RESULT IN THE CONTROL OF A GROUP, RESTRICTING THEIR ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND FREEDOM. OPPRESSION CAN MANIFEST THROUGH CRUEL AND UNJUST EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY, LEADING TO STATE OF SUFFERING, EXPLOITATION OF POWERLESS OF THE TARGETED GROUP.
THE ROOT CAUSE STEMS FROM A COMBINATION OF POWER OF PRIVILEGE AND PREJUDICE WHICH ARE REINFORCED BY SYSTEMS OF STRUCTURE ENFORCED BY SOCIAL HIGHARCHIES. THIS INCLUDES COLONIALISM AND INDIVIDUAL ISSUES SUCH AS DISCRIMINATION, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND BIASSED LAWS. INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDES LIKE
SELFISH NEED. >> YOUR TIME IS UP, THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T THINK I SAID ANYTHING ABOUT BETHEL ANNEXATION OR HUBER HEIGHTS OR ANYTHING. I DON'T THINK I HAVE
REPEATED MYSELF. >> IT'S ALL THE SAME THING.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE SAME THING? DID YOU HEAR ME SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BETHEL OR SCHOOLS OR COUNTY LINES?
[13. City Official Reports And Comments]
>> YOUR TIME IS UP THIS EVENING. >> FREEDOM OF SPEECH, SON.
>> NEXT IS CITY REPORTS AND COMMENTS. ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING?
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, ALL OF THEM, OUR PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE STELLAR YEAR THAT WE HAVE HAD. I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE PRODUCTIVE, MORE EXCITING YEAR THAN WHAT THIS PAST ONE HAS BEEN. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THE STAFF THAT WE
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HAVE AND THE LEADERSHIP WE EHAVE. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TOCOMMENTS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIAND PLEASE BE SAFE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT
YEAR. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, HAPPY KWANZAA. PLEASE DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT. WE HAVE NEW OFFICERS HAPPY TO WRITE YOU A TICKET. IF THERE IS NO COMING, GET OFF THE STREETS BECAUSE THE SNOW PLOWS NEED TO GET THROUGH. HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN 2026 IN
>> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF THAT DEFINITELY PUT ON A WONDERFUL EVENT THE OTHER DAY. THE TREE LOOKS GREAT. YOUR TREE LOOKS GREAT. IT IS A GREAT TURNOUT WITH THE WEATHER AS COLD AS IT WAS. PEOPLE COME OUT IN DROVES. THE DRONE SHOW WAS EXCELLENT. I HEARD A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. THE EVENT WAS GREAT. I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS, HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE.
ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE LORI AND I WERE ARE GRATEFUL WE WERE ASKED TO BE THE GRAND MARSHAL IN THE PARADE THIS YEAR. THAT WAS FUN AND EXCITING. MAYOR, WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I TOOK A MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMITTEE THAT DID BUILD THIS CITY HALL?
>> SURE. >> THE CITY HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 11 YEARS AND HAD BEEN RENTING THE FACILITY. SO THE COUNCIL STAFF AND THE COUNCIL HAD AGREED THAT THE CITY WOULD BE AROUND FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND IT WAS SILLY TO CONTINUE RENTING THE FACILITY. SO THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY AT CENTER POINT 70 WHERE WE ALLOCATED ABOUT $350,000 FOR WATER TOWER.
WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH CLARK COUNTY AND TAP INTO THEIR WATER LINE AND ELIMINATE THE EXPENSE OF A WATER TOWER. THAT WAS OUR SEED MONEY FOR THIS BUILDING. WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER $650,000. SO THIS BUILDING IN 1992 WITH ALL OF THE FURNISHINGS, CARPET, EVERYTHING WAS A MILLION DOLLARS. OUR OWNERS AT THE TIME WAS TOM DOOS. THE FIRST PROPOSAL FROM THE ARCHITECTS WAS A MILLION SEVEN. TOM AJOURNED THE MEETING, RESCHEDULED FOR A WEEK LATER AND THE BID WAS A MILLION.
THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WERE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT UNVEILED THI SOME 33 YEARS AGO WAS COUNCIL WOMAN KAREN KELP, ROGER HENCELY, CARL VOGEL YUGER, AND MARIDA KETTLE. WHO HELPED US WAS JOHN GEIGER, ENGINEER AT TIME WHO GOT THE PROJECT TED, MARK THOMPSON CITY MANAGER. AFTER THE PROJECT WAS STARTED, HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A SUBURB OF TOLEDO AND MANAGE WHICH HE DID UNTIL RETIREMENT. THEN JIM PIERCE TOOK OVER THE CITY MANAGER POSITION. ONCE JIM PIERCE FINISHED THE CITY HALL PROJECT WITH US, HE WENT TO CENTER POINT 70 AND WAS ABLE TO FINALIZE THE UTILITIES AND CREATED SOME 2500 JOBS. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE WHO BUILT THIS. THEY SPENT HOURS OF THEIR
TIME VOLUNTEERING TO DO IT. >> THANK YOU, MARK. ANY OTHER
COMMENTS THIS EVENING? YES? >> I'M GOING TO JUMP IN ON SOMETHING THAT I THINK EACH OF US TOUCHED ON AND THAT WAS THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY THAT WE HAD. IT'S TREE AND IT WAS A TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY. BUT WHAT MADE IT SO AWESOME WERE THE PEOPLE. I LOOKED AROUND AND I SAW FAMILIES GATHERED IN FRONT OF THAT TREE GETTING THEIR PICTURES TAKEN. I SAW A CONSTANT LINE OF KIDS AT THE CAROUSEL RIDING THAT THING OVER ANDOVERGON. HUBER FAMILIES WERE OUT THERE IN DROVES. IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT. I CAN'T THANK CITY STAFF, MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS, CINDY DAVIDSON WHO PUT ON THE PARADE WITH HER HUBER CARES COMMITTEE. ALL IN ALL, THE COMMUNITY COMING FORWARD LIKE THAT, IT WAS JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL MOMENT IN TIME FOR THE CITY. I WILL REMEMBER THAT 'TIL THE DAY I DIE. IT WAS
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AN AWESOME THING AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR IT.>> YES. SO --AS SOON AS WE ADJOURN. SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. I SHOULD HAVE WENT FIRST SINCE EVERYONE ELSE IS FILLED WITH POSITIVITY. I'M GOING TO REMAIN AS POSITIVE AS POSSIBLE.
BUT I'M GOING TO FINISH UP BY SAYING FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE EHAVE HAD A LOT OF THE TOWNSHIP NORTH OF US AND SCOLD THIS COUNCIL. AND IT'S BEEN MORE THAN JUST MR. MORTON, IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE. WE HAVE SEEN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES COME TO THAT PODIUM AND CALL US NAMES. BEEN CALLED EVERY NAME IN THE BOOK ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM DEFER PEOPLE IN THE TOWNSHIP. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MAYBE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. SINCE THE LAST ELECTION HAS HAPPENED, WE HAVE HAD A TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR RESIGN, YOU HAVE HAD A FIRE CHIEF RESIGN, YOU HAD A FIRE BATTALION CHIEF RESIGN. I THINK YOU ARE THRU TWO TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATORS. BUT THOSE ARE THREE KEY POSITIONS IN YOUR TOWNSHIP JUST IN THE LAST FIVE WEEKS WHO HAVE QUIT YOUR TOWNSHIP. SO ALTHOUGH YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME HERE YOUR PRIORITIES AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU LIKE, I THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THE TOWNSHIP PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH IN THEIR OWN TOWNSHIP VERSUS COMING HERE AND CONTINUING TO BERATE THIS COUNCIL FOR DOING SOMETHING WE WERE PERFECTLY LEGAL TO DO BY THE LAWS AND BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP AND WHAT THEY REQUESTED. WE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS BEING ABLE TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE VOLUNTEER SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE TOWNSHIP, WITH YOUR FIRE SERVICES. OUR CITY STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO THE TOWNSHIP AND OFFERED TO WORK WITH THEM AND HELP WITH THE FIRE SERVICES. AND HELP THOSE RESIDENTS UP THERE WHO MAY FIND THEMSELVES SOON, CALLING 911 AND NOBODY ABLE TO COME. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CONFIDENCE THAT THOSE CHIEF POSITIONS HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT UP THERE. AND WE WERE TOLD TO GO POUND SAND, ALMOST VERBATIM. SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVEN THOSE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP AND THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT CHRISTMAS, A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE HAVE SOME CRAZY WEATHER COMING IN.
STAY SAFE, STAY WARM, EVERYONE ELSE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND SAY WHAT THEY NEED TO SAY. IT IS NOW 6:49 AND THE LAST
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