[00:00:06] >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. GETTING STARTED AT 6:00. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. IF YOU WOULD, CALL THE ROLE-PLAYS. >> ABSOLUTELY. MR. DAVIDSON, MR. BAKER, MR. CAMPBELL, MR. BYRGE, MAYOR GORE, MR. AIKENS, MR. LOONEY, MISSES KITCHEN, MR. WEBB. >> EVERYONE IS HERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. CAMPBELL BUT HE LET US KNOW. NOT HERE EITHER, OKAY. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM NANCY BUT I ASSUME SHE CALLED. SO YES, THEY HAVE LET US KNOW THEY WOULD NOT BE HERE FOR VARIOUS REASONS. [2. Approval Of Minutes] SO LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 2 WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES. OUR MINUTES FROM MARCH 16, 2026. THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTIVE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS LET US KNOW. THOSE WILL BE APPROVED. OKAY. [ City Manager Report] NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE WHICH IS OUR WORK SESSION TOPICS OF DISCUSSION STARTING WITH ITEM THREE LETTER A WITH THE CITY MANAGER REPORT. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU. A COUPLE ITEMS COMING UP THAT ARE PRETTY NOTEWORTHY. FIRST AND FOREMOST WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE SANITARY SEWER LINE -- ACTUALLY NOT US BUT TRI-CITIES WILL CONTINUE SOME SANITARY SEWER LINE INSTA INSTALLATION. BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION, THEY ARE GOING TO WORK OVERNIGHT, SO WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE THE ROAD TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 7:00 P.M. UNTIL 7:00 A.M. THEY EXPECT WORK TO BE DONE BEFORE 7:00 A.M. SO SLIGHT HICCUP BUT HOPEFULLY NOT AFFECTING TOO MANY PEOPLE'S TRAVEL OVERNIGHT THERE. ALSO, NEXT WEEK IS TAX WEEK SO AS IN YEARS PAST, THE TAX OFFICE HAS DECIDED TO OFFER SOME EXTENDED HOURS TO OUR CITIZENS. SO THESE ARE ALSO ONLY BY APPOINTMENT. AS WE HAVE SAID IN THE PAST, CALL THE NUMBER THERE, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPEN ON SATURDAY FROM 8-1 AND NEXT MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY EXTENDED HOURS FROM -- UNTIL 6:00 P.M. SO IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE OR HELP YOU CAN SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE TAX OFFICE. PARKS HAS A PRETTY BUSY CALENDAR AS WE COME INTO SPRING. TWO ITEMS OF NOTE THAT I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON IS SATURDAY APRIL 18TH, COMING OUT, OUR BIG STYROFOAM RECYCLING EVENT. IF YOU ATTENDED LAST YEAR YOU WILL REMEMBER WE FILLED UP ALMOST FOUR TRUCKLOADS WITH STYROFOAM. SARAH AND HER VOLUNTEERS ARE TAKING THAT OVER THIS YEAR SO IT WILL BE AT THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER FROM 9:00 A.M. UNTIL 1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY 18TH. THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY THEY WILL HAVE THEIR TREE AND PLANT GIVEAWAY. ALL THAT INFORMATION ON HOW TO SIGN UP IS ON THE WEBSITE AND ON PARKS AND RECREATION FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL. ALSO PARKS AND REC WILL HAVE THE ART SHOW WHICH WE'VE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, MAY SECOND FROM 1-5:00 P.M. THE ARTISTS WILL COME IN ON MAY FIRST IN THE SHOW WILL HAPPEN ON MAY SECOND. ALSO, THIS WEEK, THIS FRIDAY COMING UP, WE HAVE A JOINT EVENT WITH OUR HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIREFIGHTERS ALONG WITH THE HUBER HEIGHTS BRANCH OF THE LIBRARY. THEY WILL DO A FIRST RESPONDER BOOK READING AND HAVE A TRUCK OUTSIDE IN THE LOBBY. NO, OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. IT WILL BE AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS LOCATION HERE, BRING YOUR KIDS OUT FOR THE BOOK READING. AND ALSO JUST TO NOTE OUR HUBER HEIGHTS SAFETY CADETS ARE LOOKING FOR APPLICATIONS. ANYONE AGES 14-21. SORRY, DON, YOU ARE TOO OLD AND CANNOT PARTICIPATE BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME FINE APPLICANTS. >> CALLING ME OUT LIKE THAT. [LAUGHTER] >> PLEASE GET A HOLD OF -- THE EMAIL AND THEY WILL SET UP AN INTERVIEW FOR YOU. I WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN ABOUT ANYTHING DISCUSSED IN HIS REPORT? OKAY, THANK YOU. [ 2026 Rehabilitation Of Sewer Lines Project - Award Contract] MOVING ON, ITEM THREE B, THE 2026 REHABILITATION OF SEWER LINES PROJECT AND AWARDING THE CONTRACT. >> AWARDING A CONTRACT WITH UNITED SURVEYS INC. FOR THE EXISTING SEWERS. THIS IS THE NINTH YEAR WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS YEARLY PROGRAM. THE SANITARY PIPE, THESE ARE THE PIPES WE'VE HAD TELEVISED BY TRI-CITIES AUTHORITY. THEY HAVE A CAMERA CREW THAT GOES AROUND AND RATES THE PIPES FOR US AND LETS US KNOW WHICH ARE IN THE WORST CONDITION. WITH THOSE, IF THEY ARE COLLAPSED PIPE, WE DIG THEM UP AND FIX THEM BEFORE WE LINED THEM BUT IT'S BASICALLY ALL THE PIPES THAT ARE IN THE WORST CONDITION, THIS WILL PROLONG THE LIFE FOR 50-60 YEARS. THIS YEAR THE TOTAL LENGTH OF [00:05:03] PIPE IS 7,900 FEET AND WE HAD A BID OPENING ON MARCH 13TH. THREE CONTRACTORS SUBMITTED BIDS AND WE HAVE THE RESULTS IN YOUR PACKET. UNITED SURVEY WAS THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OR AT 300 84,000 $980. WITH 150 CALENDAR DAYS TO COMPLETE THE WORK. IN THE LEGISLATION, NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF 423,500, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 10% OVER. UNITED SURVEY HAS DONE WORK FOR THIS PROGRAM BEFORE AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB I THINK TWO YEARS AGO. THIS IS FUNDED BY THE SEWER FUND. >> THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS BID? ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE [ Rip Rap Water Treatment Plant - Iron Filter Media Replacement - Award Contract] FORWARD. THANK YOU. NEXT IS ITEM THREE C, THE IRON FILTER MEDIA REPLACEMENT AND AWARDING THAT CONTRACT. >> THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH NATIONAL WATER SERVICES AND THIS IS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF FILTER MEDIA IN CELL B OF LOW-PRESSURE FILTERS OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THIS PAST YEAR WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PLANT, INCLUDING PIPING, VALVE REVISIONS, CONTROLS AND SOFTWARE BUT PRIOR TO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE LOST A LOT OF FILTER MEDIA IN ALL FIVE FILTERS. THESE LARGE FILTERS HAVE TWO CELLS TO THEM AND AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WE REPLACED THE MEDIA IN CELL B -- A. NOW THE MANGANESE LEVEL AND THE LEVELS HAVE GONE WAY DOWN AND THE REPLACEMENT WILL REDUCE IT EVEN MORE, DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED YEARS AGO. THE NEW MEDIA INCLUDES GRAVEL, ANTHRACITE AND GREEN SAND IN THE NEW MEDIA SHOULD LAST OVER TEN YEARS AS WELL WE ARE EXPECTING. WE'VE RECEIVED TWO QUOTES. NATIONAL WATER SERVICE HAD THE LOWER QUOTE OF 535,000 AND THE SECOND QUOTE AT 648,000. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO AWARDED TO NATIONAL WATER SERVICES, NOT TO EXCEED 588,500. WE DO HAVE MONEY BUDGETED IN THE WATER FUND FOR THIS. >> THANK YOU, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, DON? >> THANK YOU. THE BID AT 535 AND NOT TO EXCEED 588, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS WHAT? >> 10%. WE TYPICALLY USE 10%. >> THANK YOU. >> SO HOW LONG WILL RESIDENT START TO SEE THAT IMPROVED WATER QUALITY? >> LIKE I'VE SAID, SINCE WE HAVE FIXED THE PLANT ABOUT 4-6 MONTHS AGO, WE WERE FINISHED WITH THAT, IT WAS ALMOST DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS BUT THE CELL B WAS NOT AS BAD AS THE FIRST SO WHEN WE REPLACED THAT ONE, IT BROUGHT THE IRON LEVELS WAY DOWN AND THE SOFTENING HARDNESS DOWN. BUT THIS WILL BRING IT DOWN TO HARDNESS LEVEL OF SEVEN WHICH IS WHAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE SOFTENING PLANT. AND ALL THE OTHER ONES BRING EVERYTHING DOWN TO WAY BELOW THE MAXIMUM THAT EPA REQUIRES FOR A LEVEL. >> SO TIME FRAME? >> ONCE THEY DO THIS, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY IT WILL BRING IT DOWN. >> SO WHEN IS THE INSTALLATION GOING TO TAKE PLACE WHEN WE OVER THE CONTRACT? >> I WOULD SAY WITHIN TWO MONTHS THEY WILL HAVE IT REPLACED. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS? [ Brandt Pike Lift Station - Solicit Bids] OKAY. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE D, THE BRANDT PIKE LIFT STATION AND SOLICITING BIDS. >> SOLICITING BIDS OF NEW HIGH CLIFF STATION LOCATED IN FRONT OF A WALMART NEXT TO THE EXISTING LIFT STATION THAT IS THERE. BUT THIS IS TO REPLACE THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET NEXT TO THE SHELL STATION. THERE'S A VERY OLD ONE THAT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 60S. THE PUMPS ARE -- THEY CAN'T GET PARTS FOR THEM ANYMORE AND THAT PUMP STATION NEVER REALLY WORKED PROPERLY. IT WAS A LITTLE TOO SMALL. DISNEY WHEN WE ARE GOING TO BUILD IS NEXT TO THE ONE IN FRONT OF WALMART. WE WILL BUILD A BIGGER ONE THAT WILL TAKE PARIS BOTH -- CARE OF BOTH SO WE CAN DEMOLISH TWO WHEN WE ARE FINISHED. THAT LIFT STATION IS DESIGNED FOR -- IT IS DESIGNED LARGER TO TAKE IN ANY OTHER AREAS WE MAY HAVE. THERE IS A LARGE PROPERTY BEHIND -- FURNITURE, IT WOULD TAKE CARE [00:10:01] OF THAT AREA TO. SO WE WILL REPLACE BOTH LIFT STATIONS. THE NEW STATION WAS DESIGNED BY LJB INC ENGINEERING AND HAS BEEN APPROVED, COMPLETED AND APPROVED BY EPA. WE ARE ESTIMATING IT AT A COST OF UP TO 2 MILLION AND THAT'S FROM THE SEWER FUND THAT WILL PAY FOR THAT. THAT WILL BRING -- I WILL BRING THIS BACK AFTER WE GO OUT TO BID FOR THIS. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS LIFT STATION? YES, DON? >> THANK YOU. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE OLD LIFT STATION WHEN YOU SAY DEMOLISHED? IS THERE ANY PORTION OF THAT THAT IS USED AS A JUNCTION OR ANYTHING OR IS IT JUST TOTALLY REMOVED? >> IT IS TOTALLY REMOVED. THERE IS A PIPE THAT COMES INTO THE PUMP STATION THAT WILL BE REROUTED TO ANOTHER MANHOLE AND THEN WE WILL DO A BORING UNDERNEATH BRANDT PIKE TO GET OVER TO THE NEW STATION. BY GRAVITY IT WILL JUST FLOW AROUND WHERE THE PUMP STATION IS OVER TO THE NEW ONE. FROM THE NEW ONE THEN IT IS PUMPED ALL THE WAY DOWN STONE HURST THROUGH A MAIN ALL THE WAY TO ANOTHER MANHOLE WAY TO THE WEST OF THAT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS FOR THIS? [ Purchase Of Snowplow Dump Truck] OKAY, WE WILL SEE YOU MONDAY. NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE E, THE PURCHASE OF A SNOWPLOW DUMP TRUCK. MICHAEL, HOW ARE YOU SIR? >> HOW ARE YOU? BASICALLY THIS IS -- IN 2008 WE STARTED KIND OF A NEW SNOWPLOW PROGRAM. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TRUCK THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY -- THE NEWER EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. THE COST YOU SEE IN THIS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AS WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE LEGISLATION. IT'S JUST NOT KNOWING WHAT THE REFURBISH BASICALLY -- WE ARE TAKING THE CHASSIS AND BEING ABLE TO DO IT WITH SOME PARTS BUT ARE STILL ON THE ONE. BASICALLY OVER THE WINTER WITH THE WINTER WE HAD WE HAD A TRUCK UNEXPECTEDLY MOTOR BLOWOUT SO THAT HAS WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO WE ARE TAKING EVERYTHING OFF OF IT AND PURCHASE A YEAR -- NEW CHASSIS. >> SO THIS PARTICULAR PURCHASE IS OF THE CHASSIS? >> OF THE CHASSIS AND TO UP FOR FROM WHAT WE CAN FROM WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON. >> OLD ONTO THE NEW CHASSIS? >> SOMEWHAT OF WHAT WE CAN. THIS WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT LOWER AMOUNT THAN WHAT IS IN THE LEGISLATION BUT BASICALLY IT'S, LIKE, SALVAGE WHAT YOU CAN AND PUT ON WHAT FOR THE NEW CHASSIS. >> LOOKING AT THAT COST, THAT'S CHEAPER? >> THE CHASSIS RIGHT NOW, THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 120,000, THE MOTOR BLOWING WAS ABOUT 35-37,000. I COULD NOT QUITE JUSTIFY MYSELF AS FAR AS PURCHASING A NEW MOTOR FOR A CHASSIS THAT IS 20 YEARS OLD. AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED IN TWO YEARS ANYWAY. >> AND I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE IS A GOOD IDEA. JUST WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT -- THAT'S MORE OF A -- A COMMENT ABOUT THE STATE OF WHERE EQUIPMENT COSTS THEN IT IS A COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR DECISION TO MAKE THE PURCHASE. >> IN THE PAST CHASSIS WERE HARD TO GET, YEARS AGO, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING. NOW THE OUTFIT IS COSTING MORE THAN THE CHASSIS ITSELF SO IT'S JUST BECOMING A COMPETITIVE WORLD. >> WHAT KIND OF TIME FRAME ARE WE LOOKING AT? >> BASICALLY TO GET A CHASSIS, IN THE NEXT MONTH, YOU ARE LOOKING AT A 12 WEEK PROCESS. THE TIMING. BASICALLY THE OUTFITTING COMPANY WON'T ORDER UNTIL THEY GET A CHASSIS. >> GOT YOU. >> IT JUST BUSINESSES WORKS TODAY. >> I APPRECIATE ALL THE DETAILS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTION? [ Purchase Of Front End Loader] OKAY. NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE F WHICH IS THE PURCHASE OF A FRIGHTENED -- FRONT-END LOADER. MIKE. >> CONSIDERING HOW WE ARE GROWING AND ARE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER BACK AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, USING RESOURCES THIS SIDE OF THE CITY AND NOW WITH THE NEW UPCOMING PUBLIC WORK FACILITY, THERE'S BECOME THE ASSESSED NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL FRONT LOADER FOR BOTH LOCATIONS. BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SIZE OF LOADERS WE REQUIRE TO USE, TRAVELING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER PUTS A LARGER HINDRANCE ON THE TIME FRAME THAT I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. SO THE MORE WE CAN KEEP IT, YOU [00:15:03] KNOW, A CENTRALIZED LOCATION RATHER THAN TRAVELING 30, 40, 20, 10 MILES A DAY, THE LONGER-LASTING LIFE. [INDISTINCT] SO JUST WITH THE GROWING OF THE NEW FACILITY AND WORKING OUT OF THE SATELLITE FACILITY, THIS IS A REQUIRED PURCHASE FOR THAT. >> IS THIS A LOT OF WORK WITH THE TWO SALT BARNES, FOR ALL THAT STUFF? SO WE WOULD HAVE ONE LOADER AT BOTH LOCATIONS? >> CORRECT. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY. [ City Staffing Levels/Table Of Organization] NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE F, CITY STAFFING LEVELS/TABLE OF ORGANIZATION. >> THANK YOU. >> HOW ARE YOU? >> GOOD HOW ARE YOU? THIS LEGISLATION IS THE STAFFING LEVELS FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. TONIGHT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING STRUCTURAL CHANGE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND SOME ELIMINATION OF POSITIONS IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY. SO FIRST WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF I.T. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND MOVE IT UNDER AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND WE ARE TAKING THE DIRECT REPORTS THAT WERE IN FINANCE, WE ARE GOING TO FILL A DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR POSITION AND THAT POSITION WILL BE A SUPERVISOR ABOUT THE ACCOUNTANT, THE GRANTS PERSON, THE ACCOUNTING GENERALIST, TECHNICIAN, ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN. WE ARE MAKING THAT A SUPERVISOR PERMISSION. WE ARE REQUESTING THE ELIMINATION OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST, THE ASSISTANT TO CITY MANAGER AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR POSITIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CLEAR AS MUD, RIGHT? >> I WILL JUST ADD REAL QUICK, MAYOR, REALLY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS STREAMLINE SOME THINGS. YOU KNOW, WHEN I TOOK THIS POSITION WE HAD SOME POSITIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION CHART THAT I WROTE INTO WHAT THEY DID OR WHERE THEY WERE AND WE ADDED SOME THINGS. YOU KNOW, WHEN I ADDED AARON AND ALEX IN THOSE POSITIONS, WE'VE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THAT AND LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCIES AND THE WEIGHT WORKFLOW SHOULD GO. SO THE ABOLISHMENT OF A FEW OF THESE IS JUST WE'VE CONSOLIDATED THOSE TASKS AND OTHER POSITIONS AND OTHER PLACES AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE HIERARCHY OF POSITIONS MAKE MORE SENSE WITHIN SOME OF THESE POSITIONS AS WELL. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FINANCE AND EVEN WITH I.T., IT JUST MAKES A LITTLE MORE SENSE DOING IT THIS WAY. >> OKAY. I WOULD EXPECT NOBODY TO SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT BUT EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT? [LAUGHTER] ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC HERE? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORK AND IMMUNIZATION ALL CHART? ANY OBJECTIONS? [ Supplemental Appropriations] OKAY. NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE H, SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS. >> I ALWAYS LIKE TO BRING BUDGET CHANGES WHEN IT'S A REDUCTION IN THE BUDGET AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT. JUST A FEW SMALL INCREASES BUT SOME LARGE DECREASES. SO I WILL START OFF, THESE WERE ALL IN YOUR PACKET, I HAVE NO CHANGES TO ADD TONIGHT. SO THE FIRST ONE, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WE HAD THIRTY-YEAR WATER BONDS THAT WERE RETIRED IN DECEMBER. THAT WAS THERE LAST PAYMENT. AND SO I WAS WAITING UNTIL THE BANK TOOK CARE OF ALL THE INTEREST ENTRIES AND SO FORTH AND NOW WE HAVE CONCRETE NUMBERS AS TO WHAT SHOULD GET RETURNED BACK TO THE WATER FUND THAT WAS IN A BOND SERVICE FUN AND BOND RETIREMENT FUND. THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE $11,546.23. THAT WAS THE BALANCE IN WATER BOND SERVICE FUND. $98,593.59 WAS IN THE BOND RESERVE FUND. THOSE WERE PART OF THE COVENANTS THAT ARE IN THE BOND WHEN WE DID THE DEBT. THEY HAD CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT HAD TO BE KEPT IN THOSE FUNDS TO PROVE WE HAD THE ABILITY TO PAY EACH YEAR. SO THOSE CAN NOW BE RETURNED BACK TO THE WATER FUND. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL WATER FUNDS BUT THOSE ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT. THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE IS TONI HAD REQUESTED $9,500 FOR A NEW COPIER ON THE CITY COUNCIL SIDE OF THE NEW GOVERNANCE CENTER AND THAT GOT OMITTED FROM THE BUDGET SO I WANTED TO ADD IT NOW. BECAUSE HE OBVIOUSLY STILL HAS THE NEED. $3,600 FOR THE GAS TAX FUND FOR A PORTION OF OUR AUDITOR FEES. WE TRY AND SPLIT UP THE FEES BETWEEN SOME OF THE MAJOR FUNDS. AND SO I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE GAS TAX FUND SO I WANTED TO ADD THAT IN THERE. $46,500 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RTA BUS SHELTER AND UP IS 465, THAT'S THE TOTAL PROJECT [00:20:01] COST, 20,000 WILL BE A GRANT FROM THE DAYTON FOUNDATION AGE FRIENDLY GRANT AND ANOTHER 20,000 WILL BE FROM THE DAYTON RTA GRANT. EVERY TIME WE BUILD A RTA BUS SHELTER, THEY USUALLY PROVIDE -- THE RTA WILL PROVIDE GRANT MONEY AND WE HAVE TO FINISH WITH THE REST OF IT. OF THE 46,500-DOLLAR EXPENSE, THE TOTAL EXPENSE FOR THE CITY WILL ONLY BE $60,500 -- $6,500. THE TWO LARGE REDUCTIONS TO THE BUDGET ARE A REDUCTION IN THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSISTANCE GRANT FUND. WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS IT WAS BUDGETED AND SPENT IN 2025. AT BUDGET TIME IT HAD GOT COPIED OVER TO THE 2026 BUDGET. SINCE IT WAS FULLY SPENT IN 25 THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE IT BUDGETED, THERE WON'T BE ANDY -- ANY SPENDING AND 26 OH, I WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE THE BUDGET BY 300 SUNDAY $4,546 FOR THAT. AND THE NEXT REDUCTION IS IN THE WATER BOND SERVICE FUND. AS I SAID, THE DEBT WAS RETIRED IN DECEMBER AND SO WHAT GOT MISSED IN THE BUDGET WAS THE ANNUAL DEBT REDUCTION UP $2,006,000 WAS BUDGETED AND SINCE THOSE WERE PAID OFF, THAT'S NO LONGER NEEDED TO BE BUDGETED AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE THE BUDGET IN THE WATER BOND SERVICE FUND BY 206,000. TOTAL REDUCTION OF ALL OF THESE IS A TOTAL NET REDUCTION OF 450806.18. AS OUR BEST FOR BEFORE, IF YOU COULD APPROVE THESE WITH TWO READINGS ON MONDAY NIGHT I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT SO WE CAN ADD THEM AND GET TONY A NEW COPIER OVER HERE. >> TWO READINGS OR ONE READING? >> I THINK HE CALLS IT SUSPEND THE SECOND READING. >> WAIVE THE SECOND READING OKAY. SO THE FIRST TWO, THE RETIREMENT FUNDS OF THE WATER BONDS, BACK IN 95, TO THOSE HAVE TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT, IS THAT PART OF WHAT THAT WAS? WHEN THE CITY BOUGHT THE WATER DEPARTMENT, IS THAT WHAT THESE ARE? >> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS WELL BEFORE MY TIME. BUT I COULD LOOK THAT UP AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. >> THE TIME FRAME IS -- SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. >> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN WE BOUGHT IT FROM THE MIAMI CONSERVANCY DISTRICT. >> SUBURBAN WATER. >> OHIO SUBURBAN. THAT'S MORE OF A CURIOSITY. I HAVE TO KNOW. >> I CAN GET THAT ANSWER TO YOU. >> AWESOME, THANKS. >> ARE YOU SURE OF THAT, AARON? >> YEP. >> OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, ANY OBJECTIONS? AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE A REQUEST FOR WAVING THE SECOND READING AND APPROVING THIS MONDAY NIGHT. [ County Assessments Authorization - Grass/Trash/Property Maintenance/Water Main Extensions] OKAY, WE WILL MOVE THAT ON. NEXT UP IS THREE I, COUNTY ASSESSMENT AUTHORIZATION, FOR THE GRASS TRASH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND WATER MAIN EXTENSIONS. >> THAT'S MY ITEM ON THE AGENDA AS WELL, AS YOU KNOW I COME TO YOU TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR WITH ASSESSMENTS AS THEY COME TO US AND WE GET THESE FROM THE ZONING DEPARTMENT AND THESE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS EXPENSES THAT THE CITY HAS TAKEN ON TO TAKE CARE OF WHETHER IT'S BEEN PROPERTY ABATEMENT, GRASS, WEEDS, TRASH, LETTER, ANY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, THESE ARE ALL WHAT I BRING TO YOU TONIGHT AND I WILL, IF COUNCIL APPROVES THESE MONDAY NIGHT, I WILL SEND THOSE TO THE COUNTY AND THEY WILL COLLECT THOSE ON THE NEXT PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION. >> THANK YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. HAVE THE RESIDENCE FOR THESE PROPERTIES BEEN INFORMED OF THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE DO? >> YES. ONCE -- THEY ARE GIVING USUALLY A TWO WEEK PERIOD TO PAY THEM OR CONTACT US ABOUT MAKING PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND IF THEY DON'T GET BACK TO US THEN WE BRING IT TO COUNCIL. TO ASSESS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY. [ CRA Agreement Amendment - Simms Development - The Gables] WE WILL MOVE IT ONTO MONDAY. NEXT IS ITEM 3(J), THE CRA AGREEMENT AMENDMENT FOR SIMMS DEVELOPMENT AT THE GABLES. IS THAT YOU? >> THAT IS ME. A FEW YEARS AGO WE ENTERED INTO A CRA AGREEMENT WITH THE GABLES WITH SIMMS DEVELOPMENT AT HUBER HEIGHTS, FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. IT'S 100% CRA FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS AND THEN THE PAYMENTS AND 11 THROUGH 15 ARE ABOUT -- ARE $9,500 ANNUALLY TO US. THAT IS DEPENDING ON YOUR FORECAST TWO, MAYBE THREE TIMES WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE TAX [00:25:02] LIABILITY WILL BE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. SO IT HAS CAUSED SOME PROBLEMS WITH POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS AMEND THE CRA AGREEMENT TO WHERE WE WILL MAINTAIN THE 100% CRA FOUR YEARS ONE THROUGH TEN AND THEN 11 THROUGH 15, THE MSP PAYMENT TO THE CITY WOULD BE EQUAL TO WHATEVER THE HOMEOWNER WOULD NORMALLY PAY IN THAT YEARS TAX YEAR. SO I THINK IT'S A MORE EQUITABLE APPROACH AND A MORE FAIR APPROACH FOR THOSE HOME BUYERS. >> SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH SIMMS DEVELOPMENT AND GOT THE FEELING OF HOW -- I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD EXCITE THEM. >> THIS DOES EXCITE THEM. ACTUALLY CAME TO US PROBABLY THREE MONTHS AGO SAYING THAT THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT IS HINDERING THEIR SALES. IT MOVES US TO INCREASE THE SALES AND SO WE HOPE WE DO IS IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE WILL AMEND OUR DECLARATION AGREEMENTS AND THEN FOR THOSE HOME BUYERS -- HOMEOWNERS WHO SIGNED -- WHO ALREADY BOUGHT HOMES, WE WILL GO BACK AND AMEND THOSE DECLARATIONS TO THIS CURRENT SET UP SO EVERYBODY IS TREATED EQUALLY. >> MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE WOULD THIS BE RETROACTIVE FOR CURRENT HOMEOWNERS. >> IT WOULD BE. >> OKAY. AWESOME. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS TO GOING AHEAD AND MOVING THIS FORWARD TO MONDAY? OKAY. [ Hawthorne Ridge - Development Agreement] NEXT UP IS ITEM 3(K), THE HAWTHORNE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. >> YEAH, SO THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PHASES ONE AND TWO OF HAWTHORNE RIDGE. PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS -- IT 154 UNIT TOWNHOME PROJECT ALONG EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD. PHASE ONE IS 94 TOWNHOMES AND PHASE TWO WILL BE 60 TOWNHOMES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT SUPPORT THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE MUSIC CENTER PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE SHARE OF THE COSTS OF THE OFF-SITE STORMWATER DETENTION BASIN WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN US AND THE DEVELOPER BASED ON THE CAPACITY USAGE. SO OUR CALCULATIONS ARE THAT HAWTHORNE RIDGE, ALL PHASES, ONE, TWO AND THREE, WILL USE ABOUT 45% OF THE CAPACITY. THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE 45% OF THE COSTS AS WELL AS 45% OF THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE. THE CITY WILL USE 50%. AND WE HAVE ONE REMAINING DEVELOPMENT PARCEL THAT IF YOU ROUND UP WILL CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 5% OF THE COST IN THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE. THERE WILL BE A SHARED COST BETWEEN US AND THE DEVELOPER FOR THE SHARED ENTRANCE THAT IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE MUSIC CENTER SO THAT ENTRANCE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED NOW WHICH WILL INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCEWAY AS WELL AS A TRUE FOUR WAY STOP WITH NO -- NEW POLLS AND LIGHTS. WE WILL ALSO TAKE OVER THE OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE OF THOSE SIGNALS. THOSE ARE CURRENTLY -- THOSE WERE PAID FOR AND INSTALLED BY MYER AND WE WILL TAKE THEM OVER. MYER WANTED THEM THERE BUT THERE WAS NEVER A REAL TRAFFIC REASON TO HAVE THEM SO WE WILL TAKE OVER THAT PROCESS. WE SET THE WATER AND TAP SEWER FEES FOR PHASES ONE AND TWO AT THE RATE WHICH THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. KIND OF MIDWAY THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE ESTABLISHED THE TCA FEE. WE'VE DONE THIS FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. THAT ALONE WOULD COST ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY HAVE 154 SEPARATE METERS. WE HAVE AGREED TO DO THAT. AND THEN OVER THE TERM OF THE PROJECT, OVER THE 15 YEAR PERIOD, THE DEVELOPER WILL PAY JUST OVER $1 MILLION IN MINIMUM SERVICE PAYMENTS TO THE CITY. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. THIS IS ON THE 17 ACRES THAT THE DEVELOPER PURCHASED FROM US FOR ABOUT $2 MILLION BACK IN JUNE O. OVERALL WE HAVE DONE PRETTY WELL WITH THIS SITE. >> YES. THIS ALL MAKES THE DECISION TO PURCHASE THAT 52 ACRES UP THERE LOOK PRETTY GOOD. >> YEP. CABIN IS HERE -- KEVIN, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF HIM. >> EXCITED TO BE HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME DOWN HERE. WE ARE VERY EXCITED. SO MIGHT KNOW WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT IN 2,019. TO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE AND LOTS READY TO GO VERTICAL IS [00:30:03] A HUGE VICTORY. I APPRECIATE THE STAFF. THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER FOR US WORKING THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT IT, VERY POSITIVE. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO START OUR FIRST VERTICAL BUILDING VERY SHORTLY. >> WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE IT. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DON. YOU LOOK HESITANT. >> NO, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE AS TO THE PRICE POINT OF THE TOWNHOMES THAT WILL BE GOING IN THEIR? >> THEY WILL BE IN LINE WITH THE MARKET. WE HAVE PARKVIEW ON ONE SIDE, ANOTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE HAVE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT PRODUCT BECAUSE OUR UNITS HAVE A DIRECT ATTACHED GARAGE. WE MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE BUT WE WILL BE RIGHT IN THAT RANGE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> FOR CLARIFICATION, PART OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT THIRD PHASE THAT GETS CLOSER TOWARDS EXECUTOR, WHERE THE RESELL BOTTOM -- THAT'S WHERE THAT ALL TIES TOGETHER, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. >> YOU CAN TAKE THAT ONE. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT PHASE THREE IS NOT ENTIRELY PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BECAUSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT HAS NOT GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE DECIDED THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE CARVE OUT WHEN THE TIME COMES. >> OKAY. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT'S WHY THE EXPECTATION -- >> ABSOLUTELY. >> OUR INTENT HAS NOT CHANGED. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. ANY OBJECTION TO MOVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON TO MONDAY? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE [ City Liquor Permits - 2026 Annual Objections] IT ON. THANKS FOR BEING HERE, APPRECIATE IT. NEXT IS ITEM 3(K), THE CITY LIQUOR PERMITS FOR THE 2026 ANNUAL OBJECTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY BAD PEOPLE ON THEIR? >> NO SIR, THE OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN LOOKED OVER BY FIRE AND POLICE AND THERE'S NO CONCERNS THERE UNLESS ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAS A CONCERN ABOUT LIQUOR PERMITS, WE WILL MOVE ON FROM THIS ITEM. >> THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OBJECTIONS BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE STATE IS NOT GOING TO APPROVE THE PERMIT. BUT IT DOES ALLOW US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HEY, YOU KNOW, SO YES, DON. >> ANYBODY GIVING US ANY PROBLEMS? >> NOT CURRENTLY SIR, WE ARE IN A GOOD SPOT RIGHT NOW. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE HAD PROBLEM CHILDREN BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK WE ARE DOING OKAY. AND POLICE AND FIRE HAD NO OBJECTIONS, JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT -- [LAUGHTER] >> ANY PLACE YOU ARE GETTING CALLED TO MORE THAN OTHERS? >> GREAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS? [ 2026 First Suburbs Consortium Appointment] OKAY, SEE YOU MONDAY. NEXT UP IS ITEM 3(M), THE 20,261ST SUBURBS CONSORTIUM APPOINTMENT. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING ANXIOUSLY FOR THIS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY...ANY IDEA ON OR THOUGHTS ABOUT ANYBODY WANTING TO SERVE THEIR...OKAY, I WILL GET WITH TONY AND WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH -- OH, IS THAT A HALFWAY? >> WHY NOT? >> AWESOME, DON, APPRECIATE YOU STANDING UP. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR DON. [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] >> I AM RETIRED. I'VE GOT THE TIME. >> ALL RIGHT. [INDISTINCT] GREAT NEWS, APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT SO ANY OBJECTION TO DON -- DO I EVEN HAVE TO ASK? [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, FRED IS THE OTHER MEMBER LIKE VOTE, VOTE. I'M GOING TO ASSUME THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO DON FILLING THE SECOND SEED ON THE FIRST YEAR [ Board And Commission Appointments * Parks And Recreation Board - Appointment] SUBURBS. ANY OBJECTION TO MONDAY? WE WILL MOVE HEAD-ON. NEXT UP IS ITEM 3(N), THE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A FEW HERE. >> YES, THE FIRST ONE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION'S BOARD, PANEL RECOMMENDS THE APPOINTMENT OF BRANDON BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING MARCH 31ST 2029, ALL BACKGROUND CHECKS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED. >> WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT -- SO THERE'S TWO FOR PARKS AND REC? AN APPOINTMENT AND A REAPPOINTMENT. >> THAT'S THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE PARKS AND REC BOARD. ALSO REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. THEY ARE FOR ALEXANDER BLACK AND ANDY HILL FOR TERMS ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2029. AGAIN THEIR UPDATED BACKGROUND CHECKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. >> AND TELL US ABOUT THE PERSONAL APPEALS BOARD. THREE DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION BUT FOR THE WORK SESSION, GO-AHEAD. >> THE PERSONNEL APPEARS BOARD, [00:35:03] REAPPOINTMENT FOR MR. KENNETH HERSTINE FOR A TERM ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2029 AND AGAIN HIS BACKGROUND CHECKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. >> AWESOME. LIKE I SAID, THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS BUT THOSE WILL SHOW UP AS THREE SEPARATE PIECES OF LEGISLATION FROM MONDAY'S MEETING. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THOSE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS? YES, FRED? >> HOW LONG ARE THE BACKGROUND CHECKS GOOD FOR? WE HAVE TO DO THE BACKGROUND CHECK AGAIN? HOW LONG SHOULD A PERSON BE ON THE BOARD BEFORE WE DO ANOTHER BACKGROUND CHECK? >> I THINK THOSE REAPPOINTMENTS -- THOSE TERMS ARE FOUR YEARS, RIGHT? SO MIGHT BE FIVE DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY ARE APPOINTED IN THAT CYCLE. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY -- EACH APPOINTMENT OR BE APARTMENT. IT COULD BE A FOUR OR FIVE YEAR TERM. >> I FEEL LIKE OUR TERM OF FOUR YEARS, OUR BACKGROUND IS GOOD FOR FOUR YEARS. >> I MEAN WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE A DISCUSSION IF THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. I'M OPEN TO THAT DISCUSSION IF WE WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I THINK TONY IS THE ONE WHO HANDLES THOSE THINGS. WE WILL GET HIS INPUT AND SEE WHAT HE THINKS BUT IF WE THINK THAT CAN BE POSTPONED. I THINK WITH US DOING -- BECAUSE WE ARE HANDLING THAT STUFF IN-HOUSE NOW, RIGHT? WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT IN-HOUSE. >> WE ARE. IT WILL BE EASIER. >> AND MORE COST-EFFICIENT. I'M OPEN TO TALKING TO TONY AND HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. DO YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SOONER? >> I'M NOT SUGGESTING SOMEONE HAS COMMITTED CRIMES. WE SAID WE ARE WE APPOINTING, WHY ARE WE DOING A BACKGROUND CHECK WHEN WE HAVE DONE IT ALREADY BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO FOR WHATEVER REASON. >> THAT MIGHT BE IN THE BOARD AND COMMISSION HANDBOOK. TONY WOULD KNOW BETTER. >> WE WILL FIND OUT. >> A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS. >> THANK YOU. SO THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON? OKAY. WE WILL SEE THE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS ON MONDAY. THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT OR ANYTHING GOOD FOR THE ORDER BEFORE WE LEAVE? I WAS GOING TO SAY, I THINK ALL OF US WERE -- SOME OF US MIGHT HAVE GONE THERE A COUPLE TIMES YESTERDAY. WE WILL SEE. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD? >> THAT WE HAVE NOT ALREADY SAID? I DON'T KNOW. >> I JUST WAS TOTALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW WELL TRAINED AND HOW EFFICIENT THE STAFF WAS. I COULD NOT EVEN BELIEVE WHEN I WAS CHECKING OUT HOW LONG THE LINE WAS, THINKING IT WAS GOING TO TAKE 15 MINUTES, AND I WAS IN UNDER FIVE. THEY WERE PLEASANT AND UPBEAT AND SO I APPLAUD THE STAFF THAT IS WORKING THERE. THEY WERE AMAZING. >> CONSIDERING FROM A TIME FRAME UP WHEN THEY GOT IN THERE, STARTED WORKING AND TRAINING, NO DOUBT. PEOPLE WERE DEFINITELY SPENDING MONEY. JUST A COUPLE T-SHIRTS I BOUGHT, PEOPLE AROUND ME AND LINE, I HEARD PEOPLE RINGING UP TOTALS UP $290, $600. I WAS LIKE WHAT? >> REAL QUICK, WE TALKED TO THEIR SECURITY STAFF TODAY AND THE HEAD OF SECURITY DID TELL US THAT YESTERDAY WAS THERE LARGEST GRAND OPENING UPPER AND THEY DID DO 1 MILLION PLUS AND SALES YESTERDAY. >> JUST YESTERDAY. SO I ASKED ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF FUEL SALES THEY DO THEIR AND HE KIND OF THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE AND SAID, THIS LOCATION ALONE WILL SELL MONDAY 5 MILLION GALLONS OF FUEL ANNUALLY. I THOUGHT WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF PETRO. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE POLICE AND FIRE AND OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR GOING OUT AND MAKING EVERYBODY WELCOME. A LOT OF OUR STAFF WAS THERE, DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE THERE, COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE THERE, A REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT AND WELCOMING OF ANOTHER NEW BUSINESS. >> THANK YOU. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, HOW MANY -- I DON'T KNOW I'VE EVER SEEN THAT MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS OR APPOINTED OFFICIALS IN THE SAME PLACE AT ONE TIME EVER. SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT A BUSINESS WAS ABLE TO DRAW THAT TYPE OF PEOPLE. IT REALLY SHOWS THAT IT ISN'T JUST A GAS STATION, IT'S A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET GAS IF YOU WANT, BUT PEOPLE GO FOR THE EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST A BIOGAS, PEOPLE GO FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND IF YOU NEED GAS YOU FILL UP. I THINK EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE AND TOOK PART IN THAT YESTERDAY SAW THAT AND ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE. AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK. [00:40:03] ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM VACATION AND EVERY PLACE ELSE. OKAY, IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE IT IS 6:40, NO NEED FOR * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.