[1. Call Meeting To Order/Roll Call] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. TODAY'S DATE IS JANUARY 20TH, 2026. IT IS NOW 601. WE'RE GETTING STARTED. THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER. SO, TONY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MR. DAVIDSON, PRESENT MISS BAKER HERE, MR. CAMPBELL HERE, MRS. BURG HERE. MAYOR GORE HERE, MR. AIKENS PRESENT. MR. LOONEY, PRESENT. MRS. KITCHEN HERE, MR. WEBB PRESENT. OKAY, EVERYONE IS HERE. AND REAL QUICK, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, JUST MAKE SURE THIS EVENING THESE MICROPHONES, THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE LAST ONES THAT WE HAD, BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY MORE DIRECTIONAL THAN THEY. AS YOU CAN SEE, AS SOON AS I TURN MY HEAD IT DOESN'T PICK UP THE NOISE FROM THE SIDE. SO YOU REALLY KIND OF GOT TO BE SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE. SO, PLEASE, EVERYONE, AS AS YOU SPEAK THIS EVENING, MAKE SURE IF YOU TURN YOUR HEAD OR AS YOU'RE TALKING, YOU'RE ACTUALLY SPEAKING DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR AND IT PICKS UP AT HOME. SO THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR NUMBER TWO APPROVAL OF MINUTES. [2. Approval Of Minutes] ITEM TWO A IS THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY 6TH OF 2026. TONY HAS DISTRIBUTED THOSE MINUTES FOR EVERYONE'S REVIEW. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE LET US KNOW NOW. OKAY. SEEING NONE, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. AND NEXT WE'LL GET STARTED ON OUR TOPICS OF DISCUSSION THIS EVENING WITH ITEM NUMBER [ City Manager Report] THREE. AND THAT'S ITEM THREE A WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT. JOHN, GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU TOO SIR. A COUPLE THINGS HERE THAT ARE REMINDERS AND THEN SOME NEW INFORMATION FOR YOU. SO WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE END OF JANUARY. SO JUST REMINDER, DOG SEAL OR DOG TAG SALES ARE ON SALE HERE UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY. WE DO HAVE IT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU COME IN HERE, IT'S CASH ONLY TO GET YOUR DOG TAGS. SO ALSO JUST A REMINDER FROM PARKS AND REC THAT THE RESERVATION CENTER IS NOW OPEN. WE HAD A LITTLE GLITCH LAST WEEK. IT WASN'T GETTING ANYTHING PAST MAY THAT'S BEEN FIXED. SO THE EVERYTHING SHOULD BE OPEN NOW. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT AS WELL. SO IT'S ALSO ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S ON PARKS AND RECS FACEBOOK PAGE. IN FRONT OF YOU, I PUT A LIST IN FRONT OF YOU. I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THE SELECTIONS AND WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE CITIZENS ACADEMY. SO IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE THE MOST CURRENT LIST. IT IS HOT OFF THE PRESSES. IT WAS SO HOT. I COULDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THE PICTURES HERE. SO ALEX GOT THAT TO ME AS HE WAS WALKING OUT. SO WE HAVE EVERYBODY CONFIRMED. SO I'LL GO REALLY JUST QUICKLY THROUGH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS ACADEMY. SO REMEMBER WE, WE ASKED FOR APPLICANTS. WE GOT A TOTAL OF 44 APPLICATIONS FOR OUR FIRST CLASS. WE ARE I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS. WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE CLASS SIZE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE A FEW OF THE PLACES WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CLASSES, ANYTHING OVER ABOUT 20 OR 25 PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO MANAGE THAT. AND IT'S OUR FIRST GO AROUND. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FEEL IT OUT, MAKE IT GOOD, MAKE IT BETTER, AND THEN WE WILL WE WILL OFFER THIS AGAIN. SO HOPEFULLY THOSE 44 IF YOU WEREN'T SELECTED, THEN AGAIN THE NEXT TIME THROUGH REAPPLY AS WELL. SO WE HAVE 25 RESIDENTS THAT WE DID SELECT AGAIN PARTICIPATING ACROSS MULTIPLE WARDS. WE WE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WE TRIED TO LOOK GEOGRAPHICALLY AND KEEP THEM AS BALANCED AS POSSIBLE, BUT THAT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE WARDS THAT JUST HAD A TON OF PEOPLE APPLY. AND THEN WE ALSO TRIED TO USE THEIR APPLICATION NARRATIVES JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GAUGE THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR GOALS AND WHAT THEY WANTED OUT OF THE CLASS. SO SO THAT HAS BEEN DONE. THE FIRST ACADEMY MEETING WILL BE ON JANUARY 29TH. IT WILL BE HERE. AND THEN YOU GUYS, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE SESSIONS AND THEN PARTICIPATE AS WELL. THE GRADUATION IS SLATED FOR MARCH 19TH. HERE IS THE OVERVIEW, IF YOU WILL, OF THE DATES AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE COVERED. SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS TO EVERYBODY, BUT THEY'LL GO FROM EVERYWHERE FROM HERE TO CITY HALL, OVER TO POLICE AND FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS AND SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. SO THERE'S THE SCHEDULE AS YOU SEE IT. AND THEN AGAIN ALONG THE WAY, THE PARTICIPANTS ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A BINDER. THEY'RE GOING TO GET INFORMATION FROM EACH CLASS. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THAT INTO THEIR BINDER. AND THEN AT THE EVENING, IF WE'VE HAD POWERPOINTS OR WHATEVER, THEY'LL ALSO GET THAT INFORMATION SO THEY CAN HAVE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS IN THEIR BINDER. AND THEN THAT WILL SERVE AS THEIR LASTING REFERENCE FOR KIND OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM. SO JUST SOME SHOUT OUTS REAL QUICK. THE POLICE DIVISION, I KNOW YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TOUT HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT HERE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, THE COLLABORATION AND AND THE REGIONAL COLLABORATION FROM BOTH POLICE AND FIRE IS JUST, IS JUST REALLY. WELL, SO OUR, OUR POLICE IS PART OF THE REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. THEY WERE VOTED THE UNIT OF THE YEAR FOR 2025 AND THEY WERE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED. SO I'D LIKE TO AGAIN JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO A COUPLE OF OUR OFFICERS THAT ARE IN THE PICTURE HERE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF OUR PARAMEDICS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ALSO ON THE TEAM. SO. AND THEN WE DID SOME FIRE STATS LAST WEEK. I THOUGHT I'D THROW IN SOME NEWER STATS HERE FOR YOU. SO IN 2025 WE STOOD UP THIS TRAFFIC. [00:05:05] TRAFFIC SERVICES UNIT. WE DO HAVE CURRENTLY TWO OFFICERS ASSIGNED SINCE JULY ISH. IT'S A IT'S NOT A TOTALLY CLEAN DATE, BUT SINCE MID YEAR LAST YEAR WE NOW HAVE TWO OFFICERS AS OF I THINK THE LAST OFFICER CAME IN IN OCTOBER I THINK. YEAH. SO FROM ALL THOSE, FROM ALL THOSE TIMES, WE'VE GOT 137 TRAFFIC STOPS THAT HAVE BEEN INITIATED BY THEM, 441 CITATIONS. THEY'VE DONE 83 ARRESTS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND THEY'VE ALSO DONE SOME TARGETED DETAILS. YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME HERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCHOOL BUS ON KITTREDGE ROAD? THEY WERE OUT THERE ASSISTING WITH THAT. THEY DID SOME JOINT TRAFFIC DETAILS ALONG STATE ROUTE FOUR AND THEN ALSO WITH OSP ON I-70. SO AND YOU MOVE ON. WOULD YOU BACK THAT UP, PLEASE? YEAH. THIS. LET ME THINK HOW I WANT TO PUT THIS. THE CITATIONS THAT ARE ON THOSE ARE THOSE WARNINGS ARE THOSE THOSE ARE CITATIONS. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY TICKETS. WEREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO GET THREE MORE PEOPLE? OFFICERS THIS YEAR? TRAFFIC OFFICERS? WELL, JUST OFFICERS, SO NOT SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE. THE TRAFFIC SERVICES UNIT IS A PRETTY NICHE GROUP, IF YOU WILL. WE'RE ADDING THREE OFFICERS TO THE CADRE OF PATROLMEN, SO. YES, MA'AM. WELL, IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE ALREADY. YEAH. FOR SURE. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO COUNCILMAN WEBB. HE'S ALWAYS ACTIVELY DRIVING THE CITY, AND HE CALLS ME CONSTANTLY. HEY, I SEE HIM HERE. HEY. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AWARE OF THE ISSUES. WE'RE. WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE. WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. AND I THINK IT'S IT'S PAID OFF. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. DON? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. WHEN I LOOK AT THAT STAT, I SEE TWO OFFICERS ASSIGNED. WE ARE MAKING A PRESENCE OUT THERE. YOU SEE THEM EVERYWHERE. SO KUDOS TO PD ON DOING THAT BECAUSE YOU DO YOU LITERALLY SEE THEM ON SIDE STREETS WITH PEOPLE PULLED OVER. YOU KNOW, I LIVE OFF OF SHORE ROAD AND SHORE ROAD. ONE OF THE FREQUENT VIOLATIONS IS BLOWING THROUGH THE STOP SIGNS, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS I'VE SEEN AN OFFICER WITH SOMEBODY PULLED OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE STOP SIGN. SO THOSE ARE JUST THOSE TWO PEOPLE STATS. SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY ELSE ON PATROL IS DOING DOING WORK AND DOING THINGS AS WELL. SO IT'S YEAH, I THINK IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I DID FORGET I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T HAVE A SLIDE HERE, BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A PLANNING UPDATE FOR COUNCIL. SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR A ZONING VARIANCE IN OR THROUGH THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY'VE SINCE WITHDRAWN THEIR APPLICATION, SO THAT WE GOT THAT YESTERDAY. AARON SENT ME AN EMAIL YESTERDAY. SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE. THEY'VE WITHDRAWN THEIR APPLICATION. OKAY. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, DON. JOHN, COULD YOU OR AARON ELABORATE AS TO WHAT A WITHDRAWN APPLICATION MEANS? AARON. SURE CAN. YEAH. SO THEY THEY JUST THEY NO LONGER WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NOT GETTING YOUR SOUND. OH I'M SORRY. THEY THEY DO NOT. OH, THERE WE GO. THEY THEY NO LONGER WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION AT THAT SITE. SO THEY JUST THEY SENT ME A FORMAL EMAIL REQUESTING THAT WE BASICALLY, AGAIN, PULL THE APPLICATION FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION. SO IN THAT CASE ALL THE MORATORIUM WOULD STAND FOR ALL FUTURE APPLICATIONS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR. YES. SO AARON, THAT THAT MEANS THAT THAT THAT BUILDING, THAT SPACE NOW IS AVAILABLE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES TO COME IN. THAT'S CORRECT. GOOD. THANK YOU. SCOTT. YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. HEY, JOHN. DID WE EVER GET WITH IT? LIKE ALL THESE COMPUTERS FOR THE SLIDES? IT'S COMING. YES. WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS ARTS AND VACATION COMMISSION UPDATE. [ Arts And Beautification Commission Update] SO IN OUR ONGOING SERIES, IN THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SARAH CHAPMAN, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION. I THINK THERE'S A FEW OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HERE, WHICH I'M SURE SARAH WILL INTRODUCE. AND WE'LL LET HER TAKE OVER WITH HER UPDATE. I AM CHAPMAN. I AM YOUR ARTS AND EDUCATION COMMISSION CHAIR FOR THE. THERE IS NOT A GREEN LIGHT. YOU HAVE TO HIT THE BUTTON. I AM SARAH CHAPMAN. I'M YOUR ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION CHAIR FOR 2026. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR BACK. LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, I WAS HERE TALKING TO YOU AS SORT OF THE FIRST TIME, AND I COMMITTED TO YOU THAT OUR ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION WOULD BE DATA DRIVEN, THAT WE WOULD DRIVE OUT. [00:10:04] LET'S JUST DO THE SAME THING, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THE SAME THING THAT WE WOULD SPEND TIME ACTUALLY FIGURING OUT THE WHY BEHIND OUR ACTIVITIES, AND WE WOULD PUT OUR VERY PRECIOUS MONEY AND VOLUNTEER HOURS BEHIND THOSE HIGHEST IMPACT ITEMS. SO TODAY I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT, AND THEN I WILL GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER FUN FACTS, INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES AND THEN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT AT ANY TIME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME. THE FIRST WAY YOU'RE SEEING US SHOW UP DIFFERENT IS USUALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE WOULD BE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING BECAUSE IN FEBRUARY WOULD BE THE ANNUAL ART SHOW AND, OH, WE JUST GOT TO GET THE ART SHOW GOING THIS YEAR. WE HAVE MOVED THE ART SHOW TO MAY. WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IN MAY. IT WILL GIVE US A LONGER RUNWAY TO COMMUNICATE, WHICH WE KNOW IS HUGELY IMPORTANT WITH ARTISTS. WE'VE ALSO MOVED THE VENUE FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO OUR SENIOR CENTER, WHICH IS A NEWER FACILITY WHICH IS SLIGHTLY MORE ATTRACTIVE, MORE CENTRAL. MAY ALSO DRIVE SIGNUPS OF SENIOR ARTISTS AND DRIVE SIGNUPS FOR THIS VALUABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCE. ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE TYING THIS EFFORT TO THE AMERICA TO 50 WORK. MAY IS OUR ART MONTH. SO INSTEAD OF WELL, WE'LL DO THIS IN FEBRUARY AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING FOR MAY. WE'VE DECIDED TO MOVE THAT ACTIVITY INTO MAY. YOU'RE ALREADY GOING TO SEE SOME COMMUNICATION GOING OUT VERY SHORTLY. WE MAY START SIGNUPS AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY 1ST. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE PARKS AND RECS, PARKS AND REC STAFF THAT IS A TONGUE TWISTER CAN GET MOVING FOR US. BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR NEWER MEMBERS, MELISSA GWYNNE, WHO IS THE CHAMPION OF THIS EFFORT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO WORK HARD TO BE A LITTLE BROADER IN REPRESENTATION OF AGE RANGES. THERE WILL BE A FEW MORE AWARDS, A FEW MORE OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR JUDGES NOW. SO IF MELISSA GWYNNE REACHES OUT TO YOU, IF YOU SEE AN EMAIL, YOU MAY BE INVITED TO BE ONE OF OUR JUDGES. NOW, ANOTHER WAY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME DIFFERENCES AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE COMMITTEE IS WE ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE SUPER FUN WORLD OF POLICY. POLICY AND PROCEDURE IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. AND SARAH FORSYTHE, WHO IS CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE BUT IS OUR MAIN LIAISON, ALSO FEELS VERY, VERY COMMITTED TO POLICY AND PROCEDURE. AND WE DON'T NEED TO CREATE A GIANT TOME OF ART POLICIES. BUT DO EACH OF YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEBODY SAID, HEY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS PIECE OF ART FOR YOUR OFFICE. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO RECEIVE THAT? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO LOG THAT IN? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO INVENTORY THAT? IF YOU HAVE A PIECE OF ART IN YOUR OFFICE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER, BUT YOU WANT TO GET RID OF IT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO THAT? MOST CITIES OF OUR SIZE HAVE SOME PRETTY STANDARD POLICIES. SO AS A TEAM, WE'RE RIGHT NOW REVIEWING SOME COMPARABLE CITIES AND SOME COMPARABLE POLICIES. AND WE WILL THEN MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WOULD GIVE TO THIS BOARD AND THIS COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY SAY, YES, LET'S FINALIZE THAT. YES. LET'S MAKE THAT OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR ART. SO YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM US ON THAT. WE ARE IN THE DISCOVERY PHASE RIGHT NOW. SOME ADDITIONAL EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. WE WILL AGAIN DO OUR SUMMER LAWN CARE AWARDS. LAST YEAR WAS A REALLY BIG WIN FOR US IN BETTER COMMUNICATION AND BETTER DATA COLLECTION. SO WE DID SOME LESSONS LEARNED AND SOME OKAY, WHAT DID WE DO? RIGHT? AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO BETTER. AND SO WE WILL BE DOING THOSE AGAIN AS WELL. COMMUNICATION WILL START ON THAT USUALLY LATE FEBRUARY. EARLY MARCH IS WHEN THAT HAPPENS. SO OUR NEXT MEETING FOR FEBRUARY WILL KIND OF BE DEDICATED IN A LARGE PORTION TO GETTING THAT READY. BUT LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT THE SIGNS AND THE AWARDS, AND THE PROCESS IS READY SO THAT WE HAVE A LOT LOWER OVERHEAD, A LOT LOWER EXPENSES, AND IT'S JUST CHURN AND BURN. AND WE CAN SPEND OUR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS ON COMMUNICATION AND GETTING THE WORD OUT AND GETTING PEOPLE INTERESTED. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. THOSE ARE OUR MAIN INITIATIVES. YOU ALSO HEARD US ASK FOR SOME DOLLARS WHEN IT CAME TO US REMOVING BRADFORD PEAR TREES. THAT WAS A GRANT. WE DO NOT KNOW IF WE'VE RECEIVED THAT YET. SARAH IS AGAIN OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE, SO THERE ARE SOME REMOVAL BRADFORD PEAR REMOVALS HAPPENING. BUT THE ONES THAT OUR COMMISSION COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING, IF WE RECEIVE THE GRANT, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN AWARDED YET. IT WAS A LONGER RUNWAY. ALL RIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY WE DO HAVE SOME SEATS AVAILABLE ON OUR FABULOUS TEAM. I MEAN, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ART AND POLICY? [00:15:02] WE DO HAVE SOME FABULOUS SEATS AVAILABLE ON OUR TEAM. SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU APPLY FOR THAT. WE DID PICK UP A FABULOUS NEW TEAM MEMBER, AND SO WE NOW ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE THAN A QUORUM. SO IF SOMEBODY IS ABSENT, WE ACTUALLY CAN STILL HAVE A MEETING. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ANYTHING I DIDN'T COVER. I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT. AND I THINK, I THINK I PROBABLY SPEAK ON EVERYONE'S BEHALF, BUT JUST WHAT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. YEAH. FROM FROM A AND B AND YOU KNOW, HAVING YOUR ENTHUSIASM, YOUR EXCITEMENT FOR FOR THAT COMMISSION, THAT COMMITTEE. YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS AND THINGS OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF THAT COMMITTEE AND REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT WE CAN DO FROM THE ARTS PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IS I THINK IS REALLY KIND OF WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN MISSING. SO BREATH OF FRESH AIR. THAT'S THAT'S MY COMMENT. ANYTHING ELSE? YES. NANCY. YEAH. AS YOU WERE DOING YOUR ANALYSIS OF OF PAST PROJECTS WE HAD WERE THERE SOME ACTIVITIES YOU DECIDED THAT WE WOULDN'T DO? SO THERE ARE WE DID A PITCH SESSION, WE DID A SHARK TANK, AND WE ACTUALLY SAID WE'RE DOING NOTHING. WE SAID WE EVERY OLD ACTIVITY IS GONE, AND WE'RE DOING A SHARK TANK, AND NOW WE'RE ONLY PUTTING ACTIVITY TOWARD THE ONES THAT REALLY RISE FORWARD. SO THE ART SHOW CAME BACK BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES DRIVE OTHER ACTIVITY. IT DRIVES OTHERS. AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT YET, BUT ACTUALLY IT WILL BE ADDED TO IT THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED. AND IT'S NOT JUST, HEY, LET'S HAVE AN ART SHOW. NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO DRIVE A COMMUNICATION VEHICLE AND A WAY TO CONNECT WITH OUR LOCAL ARTISTS LONG TERM, NOT JUST EPISODIC. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE SAID NO TO A SCULPTURE IN A PARK. WE'RE WORKING ON A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART, AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO 3 OR 4 OF THEM. WE'RE LIKE, NOPE, ONE. AND SO IT IS ABOUT DOING LESS AND GETTING MORE OUT OF IT AND NOT DOING IT OFF IN A SILO. YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR OUR ARTS SHOW IS GOING TO BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THEY HAVE A POPULATION THAT'S ACTUALLY ATTENDS THERE THAT WILL SEE THE THE POSTERS THAT MAY WANT TO BE ARTISTS AND SHOW AT THE THE EVENT. AND SO RATHER THAN HAVE OKAY IN OUR OWN LITTLE CHANNEL, IN OUR OWN LITTLE WAY OF DOING THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR THING AND NOBODY TOUCH IT. EVERYBODY WINS. ALL BOATS RISE IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE BUILD EACH OTHER'S CAPABILITIES. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE SPECIFICALLY DOING IT THAT WAY. WONDERFUL. THAT'S I APPRECIATE YOUR APPROACH. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? DAWN? THANK YOU. MAYOR. SMALL CHANGES SOMETIMES MAKE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE. LAST YEAR, I NOTICED WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS, THE QR SIGNS AND THE CODES, MY NEIGHBOR WAS A NOMINEE DIDN'T WIN, BUT HAD A QR CODE IN HIS LAWN, WHICH SPURRED ME AND SEVERAL OTHER NEIGHBORS TO CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED. KIND OF CURIOUS, AS YOUR COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT. HOW DID IT WORK OUT FOR YOU? IT WAS ABSOLUTELY EFFECTIVE. WE I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAD 111%. I REMEMBER THAT NUMBER IMPROVEMENT IN NOMINATIONS. AND WE BELIEVE LOOKING AT THE TIME THOSE CAME IN, THE SIGNS WITH THE QR CODES WERE ABSOLUTELY A DRIVER OF NOMINATION. NOW, I DON'T HAVE WEB TRAFFIC, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE JUST LOOKED AND WENT. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU EVER HAD THAT. IT'S STILL AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, SO WE FELT GOOD ABOUT IT. BUT WE DO KNOW BASED ON HOW THE NOMINATIONS ROLLED IN, THAT WE BELIEVE THE QR CODE ABSOLUTELY DROVE NOMINATION. AND WE ARE LEVERAGING THAT WITH OUR ART SHOW WITH OTHER POSTERS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THAT NOW. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPRINKLE THEM LIKE SNOW EVERYWHERE. BUT WHEN WE REALLY NEED TO DRIVE AWARENESS, IT WOULD BE STUPID NOT TO USE IT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, TOM. ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, FROM WHAT I SAID BEFORE, THE YOU'RE CERTAINLY A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, BUT WHAT I, I ALSO DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM I MEAN, I KNOW OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD. AMAZING. I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS AND THE THE WORK THAT THAT THEY'VE DONE, CONSIDERING THE RESOURCES IN TERMS OF PEOPLE, HUMAN CAPITAL THAT THEY'VE HAD AND THE THINGS THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO PULL OFF IS, IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO WE'VE HAD WE'VE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT GROUP. [00:20:02] BUT I THINK WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M EXCITED TO HEAR IS THE IDEA THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DATA, WE'RE DETERMINING WHERE IS THE BEST PLACES TO TO USE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND NOT DOING THINGS BECAUSE WE JUST WEREN'T SURE WHAT ELSE TO DO OR BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS KIND OF DONE THINGS THAT WAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY BREATH OF FRESH AIR, NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE IN THE PAST, BECAUSE WE'VE REALLY HAD SOME OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS ON, ON, ON THAT COMMITTEE OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, AT LEAST FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'M AWARE OF. BUT SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SERVED ON THAT BOARD AND THANK YOU, SIR. DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE WENDY AND GREG? WENDY. GREG, THESE ARE TWO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMISSION, OUR NEWEST AND ONE OF OUR LONGEST SERVING. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM. GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WELL, IN CLOSING, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU FOR CALLING US REGULARLY BEFORE YOU. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THESE REPORTS CAN BE LIKE, OKAY, WHO'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY? IT REALLY MATTERS TO US. IT'S A POINT OF ACCOUNTABILITY. AND SO OUR FOR OUR COMMITTEE, WE SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT IT, WHAT WE NEEDED TO SHARE AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO TELL YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, BOTH PERSONALLY, AS A CITIZEN AND AS YOUR COMMITTEE HEAD. SO MUCH APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. OKAY. NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE TAX RATE CERTIFICATION FOR MIAMI [ Tax Rate Certification - Miami County] COUNTY. OH, ACTUALLY HI I GOT TO GET USED TO EVERYBODY'S AT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT IS KIND OF STRANGE TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS INSTEAD OF 15 YEARS ON THE OTHER SIDE. MY HEAD IS ALWAYS GOING THIS WAY NOW, AND I'VE ACTUALLY GOT SOMETHING UNIQUE TONIGHT. THE TAX RATE CERTIFICATION, WHICH YOU MAY REMEMBER, IS NORMALLY PRESENTED IN EITHER SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. MIAMI COUNTY. I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE KIND OF THE UPROAR ACROSS THE STATE IN PROPERTY TAX INCREASES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO THE MIAMI COUNTY AUDITOR DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. AND THIS YEAR IS ACTUALLY THE SIXTH YEAR. SO EVERY SIX YEARS, PROPERTY TAXES GO UP AND IT'S ACROSS THE STATE BETWEEN DIFFERENT COUNTIES. MONTGOMERY COUNTY WENT UP IN 2025 BASED ON THE 2024 VALUATIONS. SO MIAMI COUNTY, THIS IS THEIR YEAR TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES. AND SEEING THAT THE THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE WAS GOING TO BE AROUND 30%, THE COUNTY AUDITOR SAID, WELL, I THINK THAT'S TOO BIG OF A BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS. SO WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THE RATES THAT WE HAD ALL THE JURISDICTIONS APPROVED BACK IN. ACTUALLY, OURS WAS IN OCTOBER THAT WE APPROVED IT. AND SO WHAT HE DID WAS HE REDUCED THE INSIDE MILLAGE. SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES THAT COME IN THIS YEAR FROM MIAMI COUNTY. BUT IT WON'T BE TO THAT 30% LEVEL. AND SO THE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS PRIMARILY UP IN THE CARRIAGE TRAILS AREA WILL NOT BE AS GREAT THIS YEAR. SO I HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THE CERTIFICATION YOU YOU'LL RECOGNIZE IT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, ANNUALLY. IT'S PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT THEY'VE ASKED THAT THIS BE A SUPPLEMENTAL CHANGE TO WHAT YOU ALREADY APPROVED IN OCTOBER. SO THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE JUST APPROVED THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN BUDGET COMMISSION IN DECEMBER. SO THEY'VE ASKED THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THIS AND SUBMIT IT BACK TO THEM BY JANUARY 31ST. SO I HAVE THIS FOR YOU FOR MONDAY NIGHT, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE I THINK IT'S A RESOLUTION. SO IT CAN BE, YES, A RESOLUTION. SO IT ONLY REQUIRES ONE READING AND APPROVAL ON MONDAY NIGHT. OKAY. THANKS, JIM. ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE THIS ON. OKAY. NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE D, WHICH IS THE CITY FIREWORKS DISPLAY [ City Fireworks Display Agreement] AGREEMENT. JOHN. CHIEF. OKAY, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THE FIREWORKS CONTRACT OUR LAST YEAR ON A FOUR YEAR AGREEMENT IS COMING UP IN JULY, AND WE REACHED OUT TO ROZZI OUR CURRENT VENDOR, AND WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY POTENTIAL TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT IF IF YOU ALL WOULD APPROVE AND THEY OFFERED TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH A ONE TIME 10% COST INCREASE. OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. AND WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN THE DRONE SHOW FOR THE HOLIDAY THE TREE LIGHTING. SO WE HAD THEM PROPOSE A CONTRACT AND ESSENTIALLY STARTING FIREWORKS WOULD START NEXT YEAR, BUT THE DRONE SHOW WOULD START THIS YEAR. THEY'RE THEY'RE OFFERING TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING THE DRONE SHOW FOR FOUR YEARS OF FIREWORKS AND FOUR YEARS OF DRONE SHOW FOR NO [00:25:01] MORE THAN $280,000 OVER THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD. ROSSI ONE THING ABOUT ROSSI THAT WE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LIKE, IS, IS THAT YOU SAW THE DISRUPTION LAST YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, OF WHAT? A COUPLE KIDS WITH A WITH A FIREWORK COULD DO IN A TRASH CAN. WE'RE LAUNCHING EIGHT INCH MORTARS. SIX INCH MORTARS. WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY DANGEROUS STUFF. AND ROSSI HAS A FAIRLY GOOD TRACK RECORD IN THE STATE OF OHIO. THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD TRACK RECORD WITH US. WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RAPPORT WITH THE CURRENT SHOOTING TEAM THAT WE'VE HAD NOW FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE, THAT WHEN THEY SHOW UP ON SITE THAT THE THE WORK IS GOING TO GET DONE AND THE SHOW IS GOING TO START ON TIME. SO THAT'S WHY WE REACHED OUT TO ROSSI, WANTED TO SEE ABOUT EXTENDING THE CONTRACT WITH THEM. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER GRANTING THIS EXTENSION. OKAY. THANKS. YES, NANCY. CHIEF, ARE WE GOING TO PUT IN PLACE A POLICY WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T TAKE THEIR OWN FIREWORKS INTO THE PARK? I BELIEVE JOHN CAN PROBABLY SPEAK AS A WHOLE, BUT I THINK OUR MEETINGS WITH POLICE AND FIRE. WE HAD A HOT WASH IMMEDIATELY AFTER. I THINK IT WAS A WEEK. IT WAS A WEEK AFTER THE FIREWORKS LAST YEAR. AND LIEUTENANT CARS EVEN HERE TOO. AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO LAY OUT THE PARK AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO TAKE IN, WHAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO TAKE IN AND HAVE ALL THOSE RULES AND THE PEOPLE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PREVENT ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM HAPPENING, OR ANYBODY WITH BOTTLE ROCKETS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO JUST JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID. WE'LL HAVE THE DRONE SHOWS FOR THE FOURTH. NOT. NO, NOT THE FOURTH CHRISTMAS TREE FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE. AND THEN FIREWORKS ON THE FOURTH. NOW, IS THAT GOING TO BE THE SAME AMOUNT OF DISPLAY THAT WE'VE HAD CURRENTLY OR. I BELIEVE SO IT'S 250 SOME DRONES IS WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE PROMISING. AND THE ONLY QUESTION IS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY. THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLS HOW LONG THE DRONES WILL FLY FOR. THEY'RE ESTIMATING IN THE WINTER TIME. COLDEST TEMPERATURES, PROBABLY 15 MINUTES, WHICH WOULD BE. WHAT ABOUT THE FIREWORKS? YEAH, THAT'S THE SAME. SAME 30 MINUTE FIREWORKS SHOW. YEAH. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, I THINK IN RIGHT AFTER COVID, WE KIND OF WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT DID FIREWORKS AND WE KIND OF BOOSTED OUR, OUR THING UP. LAST YEAR WE HAD EVERYTHING. UNFORTUNATELY, LAST YEAR WE HAD EVERYTHING DIALED IN FOR THAT SHOW. AND ANYBODY THAT COULD SIT AND WATCH THE SHOW WOULD HAVE SAW HOW IMPRESSIVE IT WAS. BUT YES THE QUALITY OF THE SHOW, THE THE CONTENT THE AMOUNT OF SHELLS AND EVERYTHING SHOULD BE THE SAME. AND JUST SO YOU GUYS DO KNOW, WE GET AN INVENTORY OF THAT BY FIRE CODE, WE GET WE GET AN INVENTORY OF EVERYTHING. AND THEN WE ALSO SEEING THAT WE'RE PAYING THE THE CITY'S PAYING THE BILL. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EXACT SAME THING THAT WE DID FOR ALL THE PREVIOUS YEARS. OKAY. YES, MARK. SO YOU ENSURE WE GET A BANG FOR OUR BUCK? YES. THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY. A BIG BANG. YES. SCOTT. THANKS, MAYOR. CHIEF, HAVE WE EVER CHECKED ANY OTHER BIG FIREWORKS COMPANY AND JUST SEE WHAT COMPARABLE PRICES ARE? I KNOW WE HAVE A GOOD EYE. EVENTS WITH ROSSI. AND, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALWAYS GREAT. AND PLUS, THE DRONE SHOW WAS GREAT, SO. YEAH. I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY. I KNOW CHIEF ASHWORTH WENT THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS. YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE OUT HERE, I'M SURE SOMEBODY COULD CALL US AND TRY TO GET OUR BUSINESS AND COME IN AND LOWBALL. BUT I THINK THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN SHOW IS, IS THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD TRADITION OF HAVING A SHOW STARTING ON TIME AND A SAFE RECORD. SO I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF INTEREST IN GOING OUT AND SHOPPING. YOU PICK A PHYSICIAN, YOU STICK WITH THEM AND, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEY GIVE YOU A REASON NOT TO I THINK ROSSI'S BEEN FAIRLY LOYAL WITH US, AND THEIR SAFETY RECORD IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT, BUT I HAVE NOT DONE ANY PRICE SHOPPING WITH US. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW CHEAPER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER. I STAND BY THAT TOO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. THANK YOU. YES, NANCY. ARE THEY A WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS? IT IS A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS. I'M NOT SURE. I'VE DEALT WITH NANCY ROSSI. KATHY ROSSI AND JOE ROSSI. AND THEN OUR OUR SALESMEN WE DEAL WITH IS NOT A FAMILY MEMBER. SO I'M NOT SURE IF NANCY OR KATHY ARE ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY OR NOT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? YES, DON. THANKS, CHIEF. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE A FOUR YEAR COMMITMENT. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS SHORTER BEFORE WE WE WE STARTED THAT LAST YEAR. [00:30:02] THEY OFFERED US A FAIRLY DECENT DEAL. I A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK UNDER COUNCIL DIRECTION, WE WENT TO A FOURTH YEAR TO DO THAT. AND MISS BURCH, THE. NANCY ROSSI IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY. THE FOUR YEAR COMMITMENT LOCKS US IN THEN. I'M GUESSING THAT AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF PRICE PROTECTION FOR US AS WELL. RIGHT, RIGHT. THE, THE FIREWORKS MARKET, AS I UNDERSTAND, I IMAGINE IT'S PROBABLY STABILIZED A LITTLE BIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH TARIFFS AND EVERYTHING THAT THE THE PRICES CERTAINLY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE GOING UP. AND THEY DID LOCK US IN AT A PERMANENT 10% FOR THE FOR THAT FOUR YEARS. AWESOME. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANKS, MAYOR. YES. ANYTHING ELSE? ANITA. MY ANNUAL. ARE WE GOING AFTER SPONSORSHIP TO HELP COVER THAT COST? THE ANSWER IS YES. OKAY. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHOSE JOB THAT WAS OR WHO THAT LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY, JASON WAS TALKING TO A COUPLE LOCAL COMPANIES, AND THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, IT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION. SO YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE ACTIVELY SEEKING ALWAYS SPONSORSHIP. I WON'T DIVULGE WHAT A COMPANY DONATED, BUT WE DID HAVE A COMPANY THAT HAS DONATED A PIECE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE PROCESS. THAT THAT'S NOT UP FOR REALLY PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, I'M SURE. AND RIGHT. AT SOME POINT, JOHN WANTS TO REVEAL PLANS, BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN A PRETTY SIZABLE REQUEST FOR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT A PRIVATE INDUSTRY DID NOT HAVE TO DONATE, AND THEY COULD HAVE CHARGED US CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS CONTRACT ON TO MONDAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY, I THINK I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR FOR APPROVING THIS. I KNOW AS, AS YOU'VE SAID, BACK AFTER COVID, YOU KNOW, WE WERE THE ONLY CITY THAT DID A PARADE THAT YEAR, AND WE WERE THE ONLY CITY THAT ACTUALLY KEPT A POOL OPEN AND WE WERE THE ONLY CITY TO DO A FIREWORKS SHOW. SO THAT'S THE REASON BACK THEN THAT WE, WE EXTENDED THAT WE WANTED PEOPLE AROUND THE REGION TO KNOW THAT THEY COULD COME HERE FOR A GREAT TIME AND SEE A HECK OF A SHOW. AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL GETTING ON BOARD WITH THAT AND MOVING FORWARD AND AND SPENDING THE MONEY FOR THIS. AND AGAIN, WE CAN GO AFTER SOME SPONSORSHIPS TO HELP WITH THAT COST. BUT I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BEST OF THE BEST LOCAL FIREWORKS SHOWS AROUND. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WELL, THIS FIREWORKS BE ON THE 4TH OF JULY. YES. THIS YEAR. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WE ALSO PART OF THAT FOUR YEAR AGREEMENT. WE PICKED WHAT OUR TRADITION HAS BEEN THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE FOURTH. UNLESS IT IS ON THE FOURTH. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR. OKAY. YES, FRED. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I THINK ALL THOSE DATES ARE IN THE IS IT THE THE AGREEMENT HERE? BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. IS THAT AMOUNT OF INSURANCE CUSTOMARY FOR A CITY OF THIS SIZE WITH A 30 MINUTE FIREWORKS DISPLAY? IS THAT SUFFICIENT? I I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE. BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS THIS IS MORE THAN WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHIEF. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY. WE'LL SEE THIS ON MONDAY. NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE, [ Buc-ee’s TIF District] WHICH IS THE BUCKY'S TIFF DISTRICT. JASON. JASON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS LEGISLATION IS TO FORMALLY CREATE THE BUCKY'S TIF DISTRICT. THIS DISTRICT CONTAINS ONE PARCEL, PARCEL NUMBER P 70 039030006. THIS CONFIGURATION WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO UTILIZE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE DISTRICTS IN THIS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO MAXIMIZE REVENUE. FUNDING. AS THIS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT CONTINUES INTO THE FUTURE, THE TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUE OF THIS TIF DISTRICT WILL NET THE CITY APPROXIMATELY 4.6 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAIVE THE TIME FRAME BETWEEN ORDINANCE READING AND ADOPT THIS MEASURE AS AN EMERGENCY ON JANUARY 26TH, 2026, TO ENSURE THE CITY IS ABLE TO CAPTURE THE TAX INCREMENT RESULTING FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS NEARLY COMPLETED ON THE PROPERTY, AND TO PROTECT THE CITY'S PROJECTED REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REDEVELOPMENT. SO WE ALL KNOW BUC-EES HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SOME TIME, GOING TO HAVE OVER 100 PUMPS, OVER 20 CHARGING STATIONS. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM TODAY WITH THE GENTLEMAN FROM BUCKY'S CORPORATE WHO IS RUNNING THINGS UNTIL THEY HAVE THEIR LEAD PERSON IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. WE'LL HEAR SHORTLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THEY EXPECT TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION [00:35:03] COMPLETED TOWARDS THE FIRST WEEK OR SO OF MARCH AND ARE ANTICIPATING IT IS PENCILED IN A GRAND OPENING ON APRIL 6TH AT 6 A.M.. WOW. FROM WHICH TIME THEY WILL NOT CLOSE THEREAFTER. SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. YEAH. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE BUCKY'S AVERAGES ABOUT 200 EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FAR MORE THAN THAT AT THE OPENING. MOST OF THOSE ARE FRONTLINE WORKERS. THE SALARY FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS BETWEEN 18 AND $23 AN HOUR. BUT WHEN YOU ENCOMPASS FRONTLINE TEAM LEADS, DEPARTMENT MANAGERS, MANAGEMENT, IF YOU ADD IT ALL TOGETHER AND BLENDED IT OUT, IT'S A BLENDED SALARY OF ABOUT 48,000 A YEAR. OKAY, Y'ALL READY TO GET UP EARLY? I'M UP EARLY EVERY DAY. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THOUGH, THEY WILL HAVE A FIRST RESPONDERS DAY THE FRIDAY BEFORE WHENEVER THE GRAND OPENING IS SO I DON'T KNOW THE REST OF THE DETAILS, BUT I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY. SO WHAT DAY IS THE SIXTH? VERY COOL. OKAY, SO IT'S MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY MORNING, SIXTH AT 6 A.M.. YEP. BUT THAT'S THAT'S PENCILED IN. SO I MEAN, WE'LL WE'LL KNOW MORE AS WE GET CLOSER. YOU HAD MENTIONED $48,000 ANNUALLY PER YEAR ON AVERAGE FOR PAYROLL AND ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES. AGAIN, 200. ONCE THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU PROVIDE US, LIKE YOU DID THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS THAT WE HAD BROUGHT IN, HOW MUCH WE'LL GET IN INCOME TAX EACH YEAR OFF OF BUCKY'S, PLEASE. I CAN DO THAT AND HAVE THAT FOR NEXT MONDAY'S MEETING. YES. AND SINCE CHRIS IS HERE CHRIS, COULD YOU TELL US IF OUR CITY APPRECIATES ANY OF THE GAS TAX? AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, TONIGHT, COULD YOU GET BACK WITH US? I DON'T KNOW. SO THE QUESTION IS, YOU'RE POINTING AT AARON. OKAY. WE DO. WE GET ABOUT $2.5 MILLION A YEAR OFF OF GAS TAX. OKAY. AND THIS WILL JUST ADD TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. COULD ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE IN INCOME TAX ANNUALLY. COULD WE HAVE THAT NUMBER. YES. GET THAT. OKAY. THANKS. ANYTHING ELSE? AND THIS WAS JUST THIS PIECE WAS JUST THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATIONAL AGENDA ITEM. NOTHING. ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE. OR WE NEED TO MOVE THIS. YEAH, WE DO NEED TO BE THROUGH AS AN EMERGENCY. CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. WITH THE WAVE OF SECONDARY. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. EMERGENCY! WAIT A SECOND. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING? OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. AND NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE F, WHICH IS BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. [ Board And Commission Appointments * Citizen Complaint Review Board - Appointment] WE HAVE ONE LOOKS LIKE FOR THE CITIZENS COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD TONI. THAT IS CORRECT. JUST ONE TONIGHT, WHICH IS AN APPOINTMENT, AS YOU SAID, TO THE CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD. THE INTERVIEW PANEL IS RECOMMENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF GWENDOLYN POWELL TO THIS BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027. THE APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES. MISS POWELL IS ACTUALLY HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST AT CITY OF TROTWOOD. BUT SHE'S A HEBER RESIDENT, AND WANTS TO BRING HER EXPERIENCE TO THIS. AND SHE HAS A DIVERSE BACKGROUND, HAVING BEEN BORN AND GREW UP IN SAMOA. SO SHE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY. AND THIS PUTS US RIGHT AT THE MARK OF BEING ABLE TO START FORMING THE CSSB, BECAUSE WE'LL WE'LL BE IN A QUORUM RANGE. SO. OKAY. SO THEY CAN START REVIEWING SOME OF THE POLICIES AND STUFF THAT WERE INITIALLY DISCUSSED. AND SETTING UP PROCESSES, SHOULD A COMPLAINT COME BEFORE THAT BOARD? PERFECT. GOOD TO SEE IT FINALLY GET SET UP. OKAY. HOW MANY PEOPLE WE GOT SIGNED UP FOR IT? FIVE. FIVE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. STILL LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS? OKAY. ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THAT ON TO MONDAY AS WELL OKAY. SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE THAT ON OKAY. NEXT UP THAT DOES IT FOR ALL OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING. NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE G WHICH IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY. [ Executive Session - Purchase Of Property] [00:40:01] KENNY. YEAH, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? NANCY. YES. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE, STATED SCOTT. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY, TONY. MR. BAKER? YES, MR. CAMPBELL? YES. MRS. BURNS? YES. MAYOR. GORE. YES. MR. AKINS. YES. MR.. LOONEY. YES. MRS. KITCHEN. YES. MR. WEBB. YES. MR. DAVIDSON. YES. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES 9 TO 0. SO WE'LL. GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW AT 642. AND IF ANY ACTION IS TAKEN, WE'LL COME BACK OUT AND LET EVERYONE KNOW. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. IT IS NOW 746. AND WE HAVE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN OR ANYTHING ADDED TO ANY FURTHER AGENDAS AT THIS TIME. SO AT 746, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.