Sep 28, 2026 City Council Meeting

SO WE, THROUGHOUT THE DECADES, DR. PERKINS AND HIS SON, DR. KIRK PERKINS, ALONG WITH MANY DEDICATED VETERINARIANS, TECHNICIANS, OFFICE STAFF, AND THE CARE TEAM OF THE HEBREW RIGHTS ANIMAL HOSPITAL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THESE SERVICES TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, CARING FOR GENERATIONS OF BELOVED PETS AND FARM ANIMALS.

AND WHEREAS THE HEBREW RIGHTS ANIMAL HOSPITAL HAS PROVIDED DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE HEBREW RIGHTS POLICE DIVISION CANINE UNIT BY PROVIDING VETERINARY CARE TO THE CITY'S POLICE DOGS.

AND WHEREAS HEBREW RIGHTS CANINE POLICE OFFICERS DESCRIBE THE CARE PROVIDED BY THE HEBREW HEIGHTS ANIMAL HOSPITAL AS EXCEPTIONAL, RESPECTFUL, AND COMPASSIONATE, AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATING A GENUINE DEDICATION TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE CITY'S WORKING CANINES.

AND WHEREAS THE HEBREW RIGHTS ANIMAL HOSPITAL IS AN INVALUABLE PARTNER TO THE HEBREW RIGHTS POLICE DIVISION CANINE UNIT, AND IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO ITS SUCCESS.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF GORE, MAYOR OF THE STATE OF HEBREW HEIGHTS, OHIO, TO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HEBREW RIGHTS ANIMAL HOSPITAL AND EXTEND THE SINCERE APPRECIATION OF THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS FOR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I APPEAR TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS, OHIO TO BE AFFIXED THIS 28TH DAY IN SEPTEMBER AND THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2026.

SO TO THE HOSPITAL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

UH, FOR OUR, FOR OUR CANINES , BECAUSE WE GOT THE OTHER ONE.

CALM DOWN.

OH, HE'S, WE HAD TO TAKE HIM OUT, HUH? UHHUH HE ALREADY READ THAT EARLIER.

SO GLAD TO SEE HE WAS WORKING WITH TONY, SO GOT A PICTURE TOO.

SO WE'LL GIVE THIS TO AND I'LL LET YOU, I'LL OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ONCE WE DO THE OTHER PROCLAMATION.

AND A MENTOR FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, OH, EXCUSE ME REAL QUICK, LET ME, I WORK IT TOGETHER.

YOU GONNA DO A DEMONSTRATION FOR US? , YOU, HE'S LIKE, COME ON, GIVE IT TO ME, GIVE IT TO ME.

AND THIS IS THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS MERRILL PROCLAMATION FOR DR. KIRK PERKINS.

SO WHEREAS THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS WISHES TO EXPRESS ITS CONGRATULATIONS AND ADMIRATION FOR A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL WHO IS MOST WORTHY OF THIS HIGHEST MARK OF OUR FAVOR.

AND WHEREAS DR. KIRK PERKINS IS 1976, GRADUATE OF WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL AND IS A GRADUATE OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ANIMAL SCIENCE, NUTRITION, AND A DOCTORATE IN VETERINARY MEDICINE.

AND WHEREAS DR. KIRK PERKINS HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE HEBREW RIGHTS COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS LONGTIME AFFILIATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, WHEREIN HE ACHIEVED COUNTLESS ADMIRABLE AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.

AND WHEREAS DR. KIRK PERKINS WAS BAPTIZED IN APRIL, 1969 AT THE SANTA CLARA CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND HAS HONORABLY PRACTICED AND SHARED HIS FAITH THROUGH SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP TO THE CHURCH FOR 50 YEARS.

AND WHEREAS DR. KIRK PERKINS WAS EMPLOYED BY AND LATER OWNED THE HEBREW HEIGHTS ANIMAL HOSPITAL FROM 1983 TO 2025, DURING WHICH TIME HE PROVIDED VETERINARY SERVICE TO MANY COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE GREATER DAYTON HUMANE SOCIETY, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND MIAMI COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTERS, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF CANINE UNITS AND THE HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE DIVISION CANINE UNIT.

AND WHEREAS DR. KIRK PERKINS HAS PROVIDED INVALUABLE SERVICE TO THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS AND A PROFESSIONAL AND COMPASSIONATE MANNER FOR MANY YEARS.

AND WHEREAS DR. KIRK PERKINS HAS TRULY LIVED HIS, LIVED BY HIS VISION STATEMENT, I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN TO BE A LOVING HUSBAND AND DAD, A COMPASSIONATE VETERINARIAN,

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I'LL EXPLORE THE LIMITS OF MY GOD-GIVEN TALENTS AND SHARE THEM WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

I'LL KEEP MY FAITH IN GOD AND MY COUNTRY.

AND NOW THEREFORE, I JEFF GORE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS, OHIO, TO HEREBY EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE OUTSTANDING AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DR. KIRK PERKINS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS RECOGNITION IS SEALED BY PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION AND A KEY TO THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS.

AS A TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM AND WITNESS WHEREOF, I APPEAR TO SET BY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS TO BE, TO BE AFFIXED THIS 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, TWO TH 2026.

DR. PERKINS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

WELL, I THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING, MY STAFF AND, UH, DR.

FLANNERY , MY REPLACEMENT.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UM, AND HE SAID, I HAVE A MINUTE NOW THE SCOUTS KNOW I HAVE A SCOUT MASTER MOMENT.

OKAY, THIS MAY BE A LONGER THAN MINUTE.

I WANTED TO SHARE A STORY, WHICH IS KIND OF THE FORAY INTO OUR K NINE UNIT SERVICE.

SO MY FATHER STARTED PRACTICING UP UP ONRAMP PIKE.

UM, THAT LITTLE, A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, HE ONLY HAD TWO ROOMS, A RECE, YOU KNOW, RECEPTION AREA AND A SURGERY ROOM.

BUT WE HAD TO RECOVER THE ANIMALS IN OUR HOME WHERE UDF IS.

AND THAT WAS A PARSONAGE FROM SULFUR GROVE BECAUSE WE USED A DRUG CALLED SODIUM PENAL.

NOW THAT'S THE TRUTH SERUM.

OKAY? DON'T WORRY COUNSEL, I'M NOT ADMINISTERING THAT TO ANY OF YOU.

BUT IT WOULD TAKE TWO DAYS TO RECOVER.

SO HE WOULD DO SURGERY AND THAT EVENING HE WOULD CARRY HIS PATIENTS ACROSS TAYLORSVILLE TO THE HOME TO RECOVER THEM.

SO ONE DAY HE'S CARRYING A PATIENT, A DOG ACROSS TAYLORSVILLE.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

'CAUSE WE WERE WAITING TOWNSHIP, THE SHERIFF STOPPED AND THOUGHT HE, HIS DOG WAS INJURED.

AND HE EXPLAINED, NO, I'M A VETERINARIAN.

THIS IS MY PATIENT AND I'M JUST TAKING 'EM HOME TO RECOVER.

AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THEIR CANINE UNITS.

AND IT JUST GREW FROM THERE TO YEAR.

WE'VE WORKED WITH NOT ONLY HUBER HEIGHTS, RIVERSIDE, WRIGHT STATE, AND IT'S A PASSION WE'VE HAD.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND TRUSTING THAT SPECIAL CARE.

I KNOW THAT SPECIES WASN'T WELL BEHAVED TONIGHT, BUT THOSE ARE IMPORTANT OFFICERS IN OUR UNIT.

I'M JUST GRATEFUL WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

CERTAINLY WELL DESERVED OH MY KEY TO THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

AND I KNOW, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE MOST RECENT, THE, THE CANINE THAT, UM, WAS BROUGHT TO YOUR OFFICE THAT WE HAD TO HAVE PUT DOWN THAT THAT PARTICULAR CASE, I THINK JUST BROUGHT SO MUCH AWARENESS TO THE COMPASSION.

AND, UH, I MEAN THAT WAS A, A SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT REALLY JUST KIND OF BLEW UP AND I THINK BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU DO, THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT THE CANINES IN THE COMMUNITY DO.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A, JUST A REAL TOUCHING MOMENT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMPASSION.

AND AS A, AS A A DOG LOVER AND OWNER MYSELF, UH, I JUST, UM, THE RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE WITH YOUR VETERINARIAN IS JUST INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE AN ANIMAL LOVER.

AND, UH, SO WE JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, UH, FOR EVERYONE'S PETS.

AND AGAIN, THE REASONING YOU OF THIS SEEDING FOR OUR CANINE UNIT, WE, THEY COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU AND, AND YOUR STAFF.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH.

YEAH, I DO STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF MY DAD.

OFFICERS, YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YES, I THINK AS THE MAYOR ALLUDED, ABSOLUTELY.

GO NUMBER ONE, HAPPY RETIREMENT.

UH, NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN ON THE DIVISION, BUT ALSO TWO VERY IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL CANINES.

SO FOR THE CARE AND THE LOVE, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE ENTRUSTED IN THEM AND VIS-A-VIS US.

WE THANK YOU SO HAPPY RETIREMENT.

OH, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND YOU'RE NEW TO THE JOB.

I AM BRAND NEW.

SORRY, I HAVEN'T THAT CHANCE TO BE UNTIL TONIGHT.

I'M USUALLY PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT LATELY.

SO , WELL I'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM.

YEAH, I'VE ONLY HEARD THE ABSOLUTE BEST OF THINGS, SO YES.

THANK YEAH.

GOOD , THANK I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE ON COUNCIL.

YOU'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME TOO, SO I JUST WANTED OFFER ANYBODY ON COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS IF, IF THEY WOULD LIKE.

KURT COMES FROM GOOD STOCK .

HIS PARENTS WERE JUST TOP-NOTCH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND VER HEIGHTS IS BETTER BECAUSE OF THEM AND YOUR FAMILY.

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YOU KNOW, HE'S HAD A FOUNDATION IN THE BUSINESS AND WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SO LONG IN YOUR RIDES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER BUSINESSES I KNOW DR.

THIEL'S BEEN IN BUSINESS A LONG TIME.

WE HAD, UH, LIKE HENDRICKS AUTOMOTIVE, BUT ELECTRIC AND BOTTOM ELECTRIC AND WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED US SO MUCH.

SO THIS IS ONLY YOUR LITTLE WAY TO GIVE BACK.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND WE HAVE CHALLENGE SUPPORT DR. PERKINS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE PARTNERED WITH ONE OF YOUR PATIENTS' PARENTS, IF YOU WILL, AND YOU STARTED A FUND AND IT HELPS THE INDIGENT PETS GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.

AND I THANK YOU OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO.

AND THANK YOU ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT CAME IN AND THEY SPECIAL TO HELP ME.

WE RECOGNIZED DR. PERKINS AND A STAFF.

THANK YOU, DR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND YOU'RE CONTINUING WITH ALL THE, THE SERVICE AND THE CANINES AND ALL THAT.

SO GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND GREAT STAFF.

SO WE JUST, WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL.

WELL, I HOPE THAT CONTINUES.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR MISSION.

READY? THANK YOU AGAIN.

WELL, IF YOU EVER NEED A CANINE, I KNOW THAT YOU FAMILY HAS SUPPORTED GETTING THE CANINES CORRECT? YES.

THAT EVER COME UP.

WE NEED A CANINE, GIMME A BOOK.

ALRIGHT, AWESOME.

WE HAVE ITEM SIX B 2027 HUBER HEIGHTS, CI CITIZENS ACADEMY PRESENTATION, MS. SARAH WILLIAMS, COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR.

I IF YOU WANNA TELL THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY.

YEAH, WE EARLIER , I UNDERSTAND ZONING.

THANK YOU AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

WE HAVE QUITE A FEW WEAR UNTO AND THEREFORES AND THERE OUTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

SO IF, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T WANNA STAY FOR ALL THAT, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL OBLIGATED TO .

THANKS, SEEING YOU.

OKAY, NEXT UP

[ 2027 Huber Heights Citizens Academy Presentation - Ms. Sarah Williams, Communications Coordinator]

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF OF COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM THAT I HAD THE PLEASURE OF STANDING UP LAST YEAR.

UH, TONIGHT I WANNA BRIEFLY SHARE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROGRAM, WHAT IT INCLUDES AND WHAT'S NEXT AS WE PREPARE TO OPEN THE APPLICATION WINDOW FOR THE 2027 CLASS.

UH, JUST A REMINDER, THE PROGRAM'S DESIGNED TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY, UH, COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND CIVIC UNDERSTANDING WITH OUR HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS.

SO WHY WE CREATED THE CITIZENS ACADEMY? SO WE HAD A PROBLEM.

OF COURSE, MANY RESIDENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATES ONLY INTERACT WITH GOVERNMENT WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM, HAVE LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED EVERY DAY, UM, AND ALSO DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK.

SO OUR OPPORTUNITY WAS CREATING THE A STRUCTURE PROGRAM THAT INCREASED TRANSPARENCY, BUILDS TRUST, EDUCATES RESIDENTS, CREATES INFORMED COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS, AND STRENGTHENS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND STAFF.

SO, UM, AGAIN, LAST YEAR WE HAD A REALLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, UH, WHERE WE HAD IT AS AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM.

AND THIS YEAR WE ARE ADDING A WEEK BECAUSE, UM, WE NEEDED TO SPLIT APART POLICE AND FIRE, UH, JUST BECAUSE THEY BOTH ARE REALLY GREAT PROGRAMS AND THEY HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND A LOT TO SHOW OFF.

AND SO THE PICTURE YOU SEE HERE IS OUR COHORT FROM LAST YEAR THAT HAD A BLAST.

UM, WE ARE CONTINUING WITH A WEEKLY EVENING SESSION.

WE'RE GONNA DO IT ON THURSDAYS, AGAIN FROM SIX TO EIGHT, AGAIN FOR HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS.

AND THERE'S NO COST TO PARTICIPATE.

UH, WE WILL HAVE 25 SPOTS JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.

THE GOAL WITH FOUR FROM EACH WARD WITH ONE BONUS SPOT, UH, ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS THAT APPLY THAT DON'T MAKE THE FIRST 25 WILL BE ON THE WAIT LIST, WHICH WE DID HAVE TO PULL FROM LAST YEAR.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE EXPECTATION OF SIX TO EIGHT OF THE SESSIONS.

AND THEN THE BIG PARTY

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AT THE END, WHICH I THINK MOST OF YOU WERE AT LAST YEAR, WHICH WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND GOT LOTS OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.

SO AGAIN, PROGRAM GOALS, UM, 'CAUSE I'M VERY GOAL ORIENTED WITH, WITH HOW THIS PROGRAM RUNS, IS WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE, AGAIN, IS EDUCATING RESIDENTS, HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THE INS AND OUTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS.

ENCOURAGING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BY DEVELOPING, UM, TO DEVELOP INFORMED CITIZENS WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WE SAW, UM, AT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

WE HAD PRESIDENTS THAT WERE IN THE PROGRAM THAT SIGNED UP TO, UH, BE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

WE HAD RESIDENTS THAT WERE ADVOCATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, MAKING SURE THAT OTHER RESIDENTS WERE INFORMED, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DISPELLING SOME OF THE MISTRUTHS.

AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER GOALS IS BUILDING TRUST.

SO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL INTERACTION WITH STAFF.

UH, THAT WAS VERY EVIDENT AT GRADUATION WHERE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT THEY WERE EXCITED TO SEE HOW PASSIONATE OUR STAFF HERE AT CITY HALL AND THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY STRUCTURE ARE ABOUT THE JOBS THAT THEY DO.

UH, INCREASING TRANSPARENCY, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO CITY OPERATIONS, WHICH WAS FUN BECAUSE THEY GOT TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE'RE THE FIRST RESIDENTS TO ACTUALLY SEE THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.

UM, AND THEN ALSO INSPIRING SERVICE AND CREATING AMBASSADORS.

LIKE I SAID, WE HAD SEVERAL THAT ARE NOW SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND INVOLVING THEMSELVES IN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT THE CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHT HERE.

SO AS YOU'LL SEE, OOPS, I GOT A TYPO.

UH, WEEK EIGHT, UH, AT THE VERY END.

SHOULD BE WEEK NINE FOR GRADUATION.

UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO KICK OFF ON JANUARY 28TH THIS YEAR.

AND BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSION OF THAT ONE WEEK, WE WILL END ON MARCH 25TH.

SO WE ARE GOING TO CHASE AWAY ALL OF THE DOLDRUMS OF WINTER.

AND LET'S SEE HERE.

ALL RIGHT, SO PROMOTION TO NEXT STEPS.

THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO KICK OFF A PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN OCTOBER 1ST, AND THAT'LL RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER 13TH, WHICH IS THE WINDOW THAT APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN.

SO OCTOBER 1ST AT 8:00 AM THAT'LL BE WHEN THEY'RE LIVE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND THEN CLOSE AT 5:00 PM NOVEMBER 13TH.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL START THE COHORT JANUARY 28TH.

AND THEN COUNCIL IS INVITED TO COME TO ANY OF THE CLASSES AND DEFINITELY DON'T MISS GRADUATION NIGHT, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO HEAR ALL OF THE, THE GREAT FEEDBACK.

AND TO HAVE CAKE AND HAVE CAKE, .

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CAKE.

ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, CLOSING CALL TO ACTION THAT WE'VE GOT HERE.

AGAIN, THE BIG QUOTE, THE CITIZENS ACADEMY STRENGTHENS TRANSPARENCY, CONNECTION, AND PRIDE IN OUR CITY.

SO IT LITERALLY IS LIKE THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THIS PROGRAM.

UH, AGAIN, AS I SAID, WE'LL START APP ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS 8:00 AM ON OCTOBER 1ST ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

THE WEBSITE IS THERE.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE THE PROGRAM WITH RESIDENTS, UM, YOUR NETWORK AND ALL OF THAT.

AND THEN SHARE THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT'LL GO OUT.

AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO ME.

AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS OVER.

AND NOW FOR THE NEW THING, SO NEW FOR 2027, WE ARE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING, AND THIS WAS DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM, UM, THE RESIDENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE WERE TALKING TO.

WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH WHAT'S CALLED THE HUBER HEIGHTS CIVIC SERIES.

AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY GOING TO BE OUR DAYTIME SERIES FOR THE SENIOR CENTER.

SO AS WE HAVE OUR NINE WEEK PROGRAM WITH THE CITIZENS ACADEMY, THE CIVIC SERIES WILL BE FIVE WEEKS.

IT'LL BE A ONE HOUR CONVERSATIONAL SESSION.

THE, THE THEMES FOR EACH ONE OF THE SESSIONS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BROADER, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE 50,000 FOOT VIEW OF THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.

AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL BE HAPPENING AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY TOURS.

AND THEN, UM, REALLY IT'S JUST KIND OF THE ACCESSIBLE OVERVIEW OF CITY SERVICES AND THE GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE.

SO THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE WILL HAVE THE FIVE WEEKS, AND THESE WILL BE THE BROAD SCOPE TITLES OF EACH ONE OF THE WEEKS THAT WE HAVE.

SO WE'LL HAVE, THE FIRST WEEK WILL BE YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT, THAT 50,000 FOOT VIEW, AND THEN WEEK TWO WILL BE ABOUT YOUR TECH TAX

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DOLLARS AND YOUR COMMUNITY.

WEEK THREE WILL BE KEEPING THE CITY RUNNING WEEK FOUR, KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE, SO YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT ENTAILS.

AND THEN WEEK FIVE, QUALITY OF LIFE AND STAYING CONNECTED.

SO THIS IS STILL KIND OF DEVELOPING AND ROLLING OUT.

I JUST GOT APPROVAL ON THE LOGO THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR THIS, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

AND THEN MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE.

AND THEN THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE, AGAIN, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION SIZE OF THE CLASS, AGAIN, WILL BE CAPPED AT 25.

UM, AND IT WILL BE SPECIFICALLY, THE PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS FIRST.

AND THEN WE WILL KIND OF SEE, UH, WHAT WHAT KIND OF THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WE, WE ROLL THROUGH THINGS.

AND AGAIN, THERE WON'T BE ANY COST TO ATTEND.

UM, AND THEN WE WILL DO A LITTLE MINI GRADUATION ON THE LAST WEEK, UH, WITH A CERTIFICATE OF, UH, COMPLETION AT THE END.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEY'LL SIGN UP FOR THE FULL SHEBANG, UH, WHEN WE DO THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AGAIN.

SO, SO THIS IS STILL DEVELOPING, UM, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE LAUNCHING KIND OF A MINI PROGRAM FOR THIS, AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SENIOR CENTER.

AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS, SARAH.

YOU KNOW, REALLY, I KNOW THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM, AND THEN CERTAINLY THE, THE EFFORT THAT I'LL GO INTO DOING IT AGAIN ALONG WITH EXPANDING IT TO THE, THE CIVIC SERIES.

SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU'VE DONE IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE GONE TO, UH, OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, AND THROUGH FIRST TIER ENDED A PRESENTATION THERE.

I HEARD NOTHING BUT FANTASTIC FEEDBACK, UH, ABOUT THAT PRESENTATION AND HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

SO I LOVE THAT.

UM, WE VIA YOU ARE LEADING BY EXAMPLE IN TRYING TO, UM, ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS MORE IN THE PROCESS AND, AND, AND WHAT WE DO AND, AND WHAT THIS THING IS ALL ABOUT THAT WE DO HERE FOUR TIMES A MONTH.

SO, UH, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, AND AGAIN, I KNOW THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE SPENT DOING THIS, AND IT'S, AND I'M VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

UH, NEXT I KNOW, UM, GREG, I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I KNOW YOU WERE, YOU WERE PART OF THIS.

UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WOULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM HERE REAL QUICK? I KNOW GREG IS ALREADY BEEN AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY FOR FOR WELL, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN THE MAYOR, YOU'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE, VERY CLOSE TO IT.

YEAH.

WITH, UM, WITH ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

AND I KNOW YOU, YOU VOLUNTEER, YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING A LOT OF STUFF FOR THE CITY.

BUT EVEN CONSIDERING ALL THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT DOING ALL THIS VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE CITY, THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS, YOU STILL DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND A LOT OF HOW ALL THE OTHER DIVISIONS AND STUFF OF THE, OF THE ACTUAL STAFF AND THINGS WORK.

SO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING NOW OR WHO, UH, WILL WATCH THIS LATER, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF ENCOURAGE 'EM AND TELL 'EM KIND OF WHAT, WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, UM, CITIZENS ACADEMY AND KINDA WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU TOOK AWAY FROM THAT? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU WILL LEARN SOMETHING.

THERE'S JUST, WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING, YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT YOU VERY QUICKLY.

YOU DON'T, UH, THERE WERE SOME THINGS, UH, TAX LAW, HOW TAXES WORK, UH, YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, HOW THAT, UH, PLAYS INTO BEING.

UH, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE EXCLUSIVE TO SCHOOL TAXES I FOUND APPLIED TO OUR CITY AS WELL.

THAT WOULD BE THIS, UH, SORRY, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A WAY TO SAY IT WITHOUT SI, BUT THIS VERY RIDICULOUS HOUSE BILL NINE 20, WHICH BASICALLY CAPS OUR CITY INCOME WITHOUT CAPPING OUR EXPENSES.

UH, MARK, GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER REPEALING THAT WHEN YOU WIN .

BUT, UH, THERE WAS CERTAINLY A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UH, OUR WATER DEPARTMENT, HOW DOES THAT WORK? OUR POLICE AND FIRE DIVISIONS, HOW THOSE WORK, UH, SOME OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU TAKE FOR GRANTED.

I, YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY I WAS LOOKING AT IT AS IF THERE WERE MARBLE NOW SO .

BUT, UH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT, UH, THE ROAD DEPARTMENT, THAT WAS ANOTHER THING I WAS VERY SURPRISED AT, JUST HOW MUCH THAT ENTAILS NOW.

AND I'M USED TO CALLING IT THE ROAD DEPARTMENT BECAUSE 50 YEARS AGO , AND FOR FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT, I WORKED FOR THE ROAD DEPARTMENT AS A SUMMER INTERN.

AND TO SEE THAT, UH, BUILD THAT LITTLE TINY BUILDING FINALLY GET REPLACED WITH SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COVER ALL OF THAT VALUABLE EQUIPMENT NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING IT SIT OUTSIDE, UH, THAT WAS, I FOUND THAT VERY FASCINATING.

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THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO MADE THAT POSSIBLE.

BUT I VERY MUCH ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THIS CLASS.

IT'S AN EYE-OPENER, UH, AND NOT ANYTHING SHOCKING BY ANY MEANS, BUT IT'S A GREAT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE CHAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO MEET A LOT OF OUR CITY PEOPLE, THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, MAKING EVERYTHING FUNCTION LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION.

SO, EXCUSE ME FOR TAKING UP TOO MUCH TIME, BUT I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

GREAT.

WELL, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO STAND UP AGAIN.

I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I, UH, UM, I, I KNEW YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM AND I KNOW THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS YOU ENJOYED IT, SO I JUST KINDA WANTED TO ANYBODY ELSE TO HEAR, HEAR YOUR TAKE ON IT.

YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.

YOU TAKE CARE.

THANK YOU, GREG.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE, YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, JUST A, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO SARAH FOR THE, UH, EVENT LAST YEAR, OR NOT EVENT, BUT THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR.

AND AFTER SPEAKING TO SOME OF THOSE FOLKS AND SITTING IN AND SOME OF THOSE SESSIONS, THEY, THEY REALLY DID LEARN A LOT.

UH, I WOULD SUGGEST AND ENCOURAGE TO OUR RESIDENTS, ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE COMMISSIONS OR COUNCIL OR ANYTHING THAT WE DO SIGN UP BECAUSE THERE'S THAT, I, BASED ON WHAT YOU DID LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA IMPROVE THIS YEAR, UM, I ANTICIPATE A, A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GOING AN EXTRA WEEK AND DIGGING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO, UM, INTO WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU, FRED.

ANY OTHER, ANYONE ELSE? YES, MARK, SARAH, THIS MAKES YOU A VIABLE ASSET TO THE CITY.

UH, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS TO CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPARENT, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY THAN THIS TO ACTUALLY INTEGRATE WHAT WE DO WITH THE CITIZENS.

SO MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU.

REPRESENTING THE CITY, SO THANK YOU.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, MARK.

ANYONE ELSE? DON? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, SARAH, I, UH, NOTICED THE, THE SEPARATION OF POLICE AND FIRE.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT OTHER, UM, FEEDBACK YOU GOT AND LESSONS LEARNED THAT YOU'VE APPLYING TO THIS, UM, ROUND OF TRAINING? UM, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS, IS REALLY WORKING WITH THE STAFF TO KIND OF HONE OUT SOME OF THE MORE OF THOSE DETAILS THAT PEOPLE WERE HUNGRY FOR.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CLASS ASKED A LOT OF REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS EVERY WEEK.

AND EVEN THOUGH I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS NOW, I'M STILL LEARNING, UM, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS IS CHANGING.

SO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WERE LIKE, OH, WELL, YEAH, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT MORE, OR WE SHOULD DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, OR REALIZING THAT MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO AS MUCH DETAIL INTO CERTAIN THINGS UNTIL THE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED.

UM, NOT THAT WE'RE HIDING ANYTHING, BUT JUST TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THE TIME.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT TO COVER IN THE, IN THE FINANCE ONE, AND WE, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HAVING TWO NIGHTS OF FINANCE AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD LAST FOR TWO NIGHTS OF FINANCE, UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SEPARATING POLICE AND FIRE, WE FELT WAS MORE CRITICAL THAN TWO NIGHTS OF FINANCE, MAINLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT, UM, AND HOW THINGS WORK IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS BEHIND THE SCENES.

I MEAN, WE SEE 'EM OUT ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY.

WE SEE 'EM FLYING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF FIRES AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, MANAGING DOGS THAT ARE CRAZY.

UM, YOU KNOW, BUT IN THE SAME TOKEN, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THE, EACH ONE OF THEIR JOBS THAT THEY DO.

SO THAT WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ONE OF THOSE DECIDING FACTORS.

SO, BUT YOU KNOW, I FELT THAT THE PROGRAM WENT REALLY WELL.

WE, WE DID THE POST SURVEY WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE PART OF THAT PROGRAM, AND ALL OF THEM GAVE SUCH HIGH MARKS.

IT KIND OF IS A LITTLE HARD TO IMPROVE WHEN YOU GET A HUNDRED PERCENT ON ALMOST EVERY QUESTION.

SO IT'S DIGGING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER SO THAT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO IMPROVE MOVING FORWARD.

BUT I THINK KIND OF PARING IT DOWN TO THE SENIOR LEVEL, UM, TO HAVE THOSE FIVE WEEKS.

I THINK THAT'LL BE A TRUE TEST AS TO KIND OF WHERE SOME OF THOSE KINKS ARE AND IF WE CAN FIT IT INTO AN HOUR INSTEAD OF TWO HOURS.

SO I'M EXCITED.

THAT'S AWESOME.

AND I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.

UM, I WAS THERE FOR YOUR FIRST YEAR SUBURBS PRESENTATION, AND I CAN TELL COUNSEL THAT SARAH WAS PEPPERED WITH QUESTIONS FROM OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST DRILLING HER, UH, AND YOU NAILED IT.

UM, SARAH, UH, A GREAT JOB

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YES, KATE, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SARAH, GREAT JOB.

I'M, I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE GONNA SHARE THIS WITH OUR SENIORS.

MY QUESTION IS, COULD THIS SLIDES BE SHARED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OR LIKE ON OUR WEBSITE AND OR VIDEOTAPED AND SHARED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA? SO WITH DOING THE FIVE WEEK PROGRAM IN IT BEING MORE OF THAT 50,000 FOOT, THAT IS KIND OF ALSO PART OF THAT, THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT DOING.

NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CITIZENS' COMMENTS FOR SPECIFIC AGENDAS, ITEMS THIRD, NOW THIS EVENING, MAYOR.

UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.

AND NEXT IS THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

BUT JOHN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, I WANNA HAVE, UH, CHRIS ADDRESS SOMETHING HERE, UH, QUICKLY.

THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAD BEEN, UH, ASKED AROUND, UH, SOME TIFF REVENUE AND KINDA WHAT SOME OF THE LEGALITIES ARE AROUND, UH, SOME OF THAT TIFF REVENUE.

THERE WAS AN EMAIL SENT TO ALL OF COUNSEL, AND, UH, I WILL, FIRST, I WANNA APOLOGIZE BECAUSE CHRIS AND I DID HAVE THE CONVERSATION, UH, ALONG WITH JOHN FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.

AND, AND ALEX, RIGHT AFTER THAT, UH, THAT EMAIL CAME ABOUT, AND I MEANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT THE WORK SESSION.

AND I, I, THAT WAS ON ME.

I, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.

SO, UM, I WANNA GIVE CHRIS THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THAT, ADDRESS, THOSE QUESTIONS, THOSE CONCERNS, UH, REGARDING THE BUCKY'S TIFF AND HOW IT RELATES TO, UM, THE NEW, UH, WHAT WILL BE OUR NEW DISPATCH, TECH CENTER AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO CHRIS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, YOU'VE GOT THAT EMAIL.

YOU SAW SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO THAT, SO I DID.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, SO THE, THE QUESTION PERTAINED TO WHETHER OR NOT THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BUILD A NEW COMMUNICATIONS, UH, DISPATCH CENTER, UH, WOULD BE CONSIDERED A, AN APPROPRIATE PUBLIC PURPOSE UNDER WHICH THE BUCKY'S TIFF FUNDS COULD BE SPENT.

AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS UNEQUIVOCALLY YES, IT IS LEGITIMATE EXPENSE.

IT WAS THE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE TIF REVENUE, UH, IN FACT EXPRESSLY THROUGH THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UH, THERE WAS AN EXHIBIT ATTACHED, UH, AND REFERENCED, INCORPORATED BY, REFERENCED INTO THE ORDINANCE.

AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE EXHIBIT B IS TITLED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, THIS, UH, THE ORDINANCE, THE TIFF, EVERYTHING ELSE WAS WORKED WITH OUR OUTSIDE COUNCIL, UH, THAT, THAT THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

UH, AND IT WAS EXTREMELY COMPETENT.

UM, AND IT EXPRESSLY SAYS DEMOLITION, DEMOLITION, INCLUDING DEMOLITION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN DETERMINED TO BE NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.

UM, I'M WORKING ON A MEMORY HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THE POLICE STATION WAS BUILT BACK IN THE EARLY 1990S, PERHAPS.

UM, IT IS, UH, A, UH, FACILITY THAT IS, UH, STRETCHED BEYOND CAPACITY, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, BE GIVEN THE GROWTH OF THE CITY AND THE NEED FOR INCREASED PUBLIC SERVICES AS A RESULT OF THAT.

SO THE SEPARATION, UH, AND REMOVAL OF THE DISPATCH CENTER INTO NEW FACILITY NOT ONLY MAKES, UH, A LOT OF SENSE, IT ALSO WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES, UH, ALLOW FOR POLICE TO HAVE MORE SPACE.

UH, I DON'T THINK ANYONE, UM, UH, CAN REASONABLY CONCLUDE THAT THERE IS, UH, ANYTHING ILLEGITIMATE ABOUT THAT EXPENSE AS IT PERTAINS TO, UH, THE NECESSITY FOR THE CITY TO EXPAND ITS SERVICES RELATED TO DISPATCH, OR AT LEAST PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME DEDICATED SPACE, UM, AND PROVIDE, UH, THEREBY MORE SPACE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, MAINTAIN ITS OPERATIONS.

THANKS, CHRIS.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THAT CONVERSATION BROKE UP AT THE WORK SESSION LAST TIME.

I, I, YOU KNOW, I'D HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH JOHN AND CHRIS AND ALEX AND I TOTALLY FORGOT AT THE WORK SESSION.

SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO, NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO,

[8. City Manager Report]

JOHN, HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, AS THEY ALL ARE EVERY YEAR.

UH, COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS HERE FROM, UH, UH, PREVIOUS EVENTS, AND THEN A COUPLE THINGS COMING UP HERE.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO COME OUT YESTERDAY, UH, FIREHOUSE AT, UH, STATION 22 HAD THEIR, UM, OPEN HOUSE, UH, WE STOPPED BY.

UM, MAN, IT WAS CROWDED, A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF KIDS.

UM, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT AS I, AS ME AND MY WIFE WERE KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THERE JUST TO, UH, UH, REALLY BRING UP SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN FOSTERED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC, UM, UH, SAFETY SERVICES.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENT HAPPENED AT THE FIREHOUSE, BUT TO SARAH'S POINT, IT, IT REALLY JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED HOW WELL OUR, OUR DEPARTMENTS WORK WITH EACH OTHER.

UM, PUBLIC WORKS HELPED, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS READY, MAKE SURE THE GROUNDS WERE READY, UM, GOT THINGS, YOU KNOW, NICE AND CLEANED UP FOR 'EM.

UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE THERE,

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UM, THEY PARTICIPATED.

UM, WE HAD, UH, OUR OLD PINK ENGINES COUNCIL WILL REMEMBER, UH, THE PINK ENGINE THAT WE USED TO DO.

UM, IT WAS BACK, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE PINK RIBBON GIRLS, NOW IT'S PINK RIBBON GOOD.

UM, BUT THEY, THEY WANTED TO COME BACK.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLE OF HOW WELL WE FOSTERED, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO DONATE THAT ENGINE TO THEM, UM, AT, WHEN IT WAS AT ITS END OF SERVICE LIFE.

UM, IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT STILL IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER WAS THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT GODFATHER'S PIZZA HERE LATER, BUT MAN, THEY HAVE JUST EVERY SINGLE YEAR, I THINK GLAD, I THINK YESTERDAY, I THINK THEY SAID LIKE 60 TO 65 PIZZA.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THEY, THEY, THEY MAKE PIZZAS FOR.

AND, UH, UH, HOLLIS TOWING WAS THERE, MORAINE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A, A SAFETY HOUSE FOR THE KIDS.

UM, MIAMI VALLEY PET THERAPY.

UM, CAREF FLIGHT HAS NEVER BEEN TO OUR OPEN HOUSE, UM, OF RECORD SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO, UH, PREMIER HEALTH CALLED AND THEY WANTED TO COME BACK, SO THEY WERE THERE FOR THE BEGINNING.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAD SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL.

NATE BAKER FROM STATE FARM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND JUST KINDA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, UM, I THINK THEY DO ONE OF THE BETTER ONES IN, IN THE REGION, AND, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO TELL THOSE PEOPLE ABOUT IT.

SO, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS COMING UP TOO.

SO A COUPLE, COUPLE ITEMS THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE.

SO, UM, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A PRETTY LARGE EVENT RUNNING FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A, UH, A WALK AND RACE IN THE MORNING.

UH, SO THE MONSTER 5K, UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, A MARKET OPEN MOST OF THE DAY, AND THEN THAT EVENING THEY'RE GONNA SHOW A MOVIE AS WELL.

SO, UM, AND IT IS, UM, UH, WHAT DID I TELL YOU, KATE? I SENT IT TO YOU.

NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, I BELIEVE IS THE MOVIE.

SO, UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A MOVIE THERE AS WELL.

SO IF YOU WANNA BE A VENDOR, THERE'S A PLACE TO SIGN UP.

AND ALSO, AGAIN, UM, JUST, JUST IF YOU WANNA REGISTER FOR THE, UH, UH, RACE ITSELF AS WELL.

SO, UM, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF REITERATE, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT LAST YEAR.

SO, UM, SARAH, UH, AND HER STAFF AT PARKS AND REC, WERE GONNA DO, UM, THE HUBER HAUNTED TRAIL.

UH, SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AGAIN, COMMUNITY GROUPS, CHURCH GROUPS, LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO P PARTNER AND JUST BE A STOP ALONG THE TRAIL.

UM, SO IF YOU WANT, THERE'S A SIGN UP ONLINE.

UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE SIGN UP HERE, UM, IN THE, UH, PRESENTATION AS WELL.

SO ALSO, UH, IT WAS NOTED AND I APOLOGIZE.

UH, SO THERE WAS A MAILING THAT WENT OUT THIS WEEKEND, UM, THAT, UH, HAD JUST, IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY THOUGHTFUL MAILING.

I THINK SARAH DOES A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THINGS OUT.

UM, SHE HAD KIND OF LIKE THE FALL EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN AND THEN SOME OF OUR WINTER EVENTS.

UM, BUT IN THERE WAS AN ERROR.

UM, IT DID NOTE IT, IT DID NOTE THAT ON SATURDAY THE 31ST, THAT TRICK OR TREAT WAS GONNA BE FROM SIX TO NINE.

THAT WAS INCORRECT.

AND, UH, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

UM, BUT, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW THAT, UH, ON SATURDAY THE 31ST TRICK OR TREATERS, YOU CAN COME OUT FROM SIX TO EIGHT, BUT THEN GO HOME AND EAT YOUR CANDY.

SO BEFORE IT'S TIME TO GO TO BED.

THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH, .

AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE ARE ARE GETTING CLOSE HERE, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, EVERYBODY REMEMBERED THAT THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS IS STILL OPEN FOR OUR GRANTS, UM, IN OUR VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESS NONPROFITS AND WOMEN AND MINORITY, MINORITY OWNED, UM, UH, DON, I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT A CHANCE TO GET BACK WITH YOU, BUT I TALKED TO JASON.

SO AT THE SAME POINT THIS YEAR AS LAST YEAR, WE DO, WE DO HAVE LESS APPLICATIONS, SO WE STARTED ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA BLITZ TO KIND OF, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, PEAK PEOPLE'S INTEREST AND GET THOSE BACK UP.

BUT IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY LOOKING TO EXPAND BUSINESS, BRING BUSINESS AND DO BUSINESS IN HUB HEIGHTS, WE WANNA PARTNER WITH 'EM.

SO, UM, OCTOBER 16TH WILL BE THAT DEADLINE AND I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN ABOUT ANYTHING IN HIS REPORT? ANITA, HAS SOMEBODY APPLIED IN LEASED EACH OF THE CATEGORIES, DO YOU KNOW? UH, I DO NOT KNOW.

BUT I'LL FIND OUT.

FRED, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, NOT, NOT A QUESTION, BUT JUST TO, UH, THANK JOHN AND THE TEAM, UH, FOR THE OPEN HOUSE.

UM, YESTERDAY I WAS THERE.

WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME AND I THINK EVERYBODY REALLY LIKED THE HELICOPTER .

JUST ONE THING, WE GOTTA START CHECKING WORK PERMITS.

SO SOME OF THOSE FIRE EMT FOLKS, 'CAUSE I THINK THEY LOOK A LITTLE TOO YOUNG.

I FELT REALLY OLD.

YEAH, I WOULD AGREE.

SOME OF THOSE BLUE FOLKS FOR COMING FROM THAT DIVISION.

I WALK OVER THERE NOW AND I'M JUST, MAN, THEY LOOK, THEY'RE, THEY'RE YOUNGER THAN MY CHILDREN, SO THAT'S, THAT'S SAYING A LOT.

THEY, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, TONY, I HOPE YOU BROUGHT SOME TEA AND HONEY.

THANKS FRED.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WE'RE

[9. Pending Business]

I AM, I'M READY TO GO.

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FROM THE WORK SESSION WERE TO ADOPT THESE ITEMS THIS EVENING.

WE'VE GOT, UH, QUITE A BIT ON OUR PENDING BUSINESS, BEGINNING WITH, UH, NUMBER NINE A.

AND I THINK, UH, JUST IN LOOKING THROUGH THIS, MOST OF THESE ITEMS AS I LOOK, ALL OF THE, UM,

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THESE ARE THE SECOND READINGS FOR ALL OF THESE.

UM, THERE IS A ITEM, UM, NINE H HAS AN AMENDMENT, UM, TO THE BOND ORDINANCE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY LEGAL COUNSEL.

SO I'M GONNA NOTE THAT, THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED AND THEN ADOPTED.

SO IT'LL BE TWO MOTIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.

AND THEN AS I LOOK THROUGH ANYTHING ELSE, UM, JOHN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UM, NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED SPECIFICALLY IN ANY OF YOUR EXTRA COMMENTS ON ANY OF THESE? NOT IN THE PENDING BUSINESS, NO, SIR.

UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE NEW BUSINESS, I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS, BUT, UH, I, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME, I THINK JIM AND BOND COUNCIL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AND, AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN HERE.

SO I'LL, I'LL RESERVE COMMENT TILL LATER.

SO ONCE WE GET TO NEW BUSINESS, THAT'S WHERE COMMENTS THAT YOU'LL HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THE, UH, UNDER PENDING BUSINESS AGAIN WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

AND WE WILL HAVE THE AMENDMENT ON ITEM H.

SO WITH THAT, AS TONY READS THROUGH THESE, UM, JUST NOTE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN TO ADOPT ALL OF THESE.

SO I'LL JUST MOVE RIGHT INTO ASKING FOR MOTIONS AND SECONDS ONCE TONY GETS DONE READING THE PARTICULAR ITEM.

ALRIGHT.

SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH PENDING BUSINESS, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER NINE ON THE AGENDA, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER NINE, A TONY ITEM NINE A IN ORDINANCE, DETERMINING TO PROCEED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC STREETS AND EASEMENTS IN SECTION 20, PHASE TWO BY CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING CERTAIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING STREET IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING SUBBASE, CONCRETE CURB, GUTTER WITH DRAINAGE, ASPHALT STREETLIGHTS AND SIGNS, SIDEWALK, SURVEY WORK AND ENGINEERING.

AND, AND IN EACH CASE ALL OF THEIR COSTS AND IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY.

AND A PERTINENT THERE TO AT THE SECOND READING.

OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT MARK? MOTION TO ADOPT.

A SECOND.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? OKAY.

NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE B, ITEM NINE B, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,600,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL FIRE SAFETY FACILITIES BY CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW FIRE STATION AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING THE SITE, THEREFORE, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARYS THERE TOO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION DON, MOVE TO APPROVE.

I NEED SECOND.

YOU HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY.

NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER NINE C, ITEM NINE C, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $22,100,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S FACILITIES BY CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING, AND EQUIPPING A NEW BUILDING TO HOUSE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING LANDSCAPING, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, ANY NECESSARY UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, CONSTRUCTING RELATED PARKING FACILITIES, AND ACQUIRING REAL PROPERTY AND INTEREST THEREIN IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPEARANCES THERE TOO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

OKAY, AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SCOTT? SECOND.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. AKENS? YES.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO AND NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER NINE D.

ITEM NINE D IN ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $3,250,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF THE MEADOWS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, EXTENDING, OPENING, IMPROVING, WIDENING, GRADING, DRAINING AND CHANGING THE LINES OF THE MUNICIPAL ROADS, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, INSTALLING CURBS, SIDEWALKS AND LANDSCAPING, INSTALLING, IMPROVING AND RELOCATING STREET LIGHTING, TRAFFIC, SIGNALIZATION AND ELECTRICAL LINES AND CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, EXTENDING AND IMPROVING STORM SEWERS AND CULVERTS WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINES IN CONNECTION THERE WITH AND ACQUIRING ANY NECESSARY REAL PROPERTY AND INTEREST THEREIN AND CONNECTION THERE WITH, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARYS THERETO AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND RATING.

IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY, I MAKE A MOTION MARK.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THERETO? OKAY.

TONY, MR. LOONEY? YES.

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NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER NINE E.

ITEM NINE E.

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS FROM TIME TO TIME FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM OR REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED BY THE CITY FOR THAT PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT, PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE BONDS AND PLEDGING CERTAIN REVENUES AND FUNDS, FUNDS TO SECURE THOSE BONDS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION, SCOTT? MOVE TO DOCK.

IS THERE A SECOND MARK? SECOND.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MRS. KITCHEN? YES.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE F.

ITEM NINE F IN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2026 UNDER ARTICLE 18 OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $30 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM AUTHORIZING VARIOUS RELATED DOCUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING A FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST AGREEMENT, A PURCHASE AGREEMENT, A CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT, AND AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

AND THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION, FRED? MOTION TO ADOPT ANITA? A SECOND.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? FRED? JUST ONE QUESTION, TONY, IT NOT LIKE YOU SAID 30,000.

UM, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

I THOUGHT I SAID 30 MILLION, BUT IT IT IS 30 MILLION.

ATTORNEY MR. WEBB? YES.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO AND NEXT IS ITEM NINE G.

ITEM NINE G.

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT, $15,300,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S FACILITIES BY CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW BUILDING TO HOUSE THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, INCLUDING LANDSCAPING SITE IMPROVEMENTS, ANY NECESSARY UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, CONSTRUCTING RELATED PARKING FACILITIES AND ACQUIRING ANY NECESSARY REAL PROPERTY AND INTEREST THEREIN IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPEARANCES THERE TOO AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION, JOHN? MOVE TO APPROVE FRED? UH, WE'LL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND IS THERE DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. DAVIDSON? YES.

THIS IS KITCHEN? YES.

MR. WEBB? YES.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO A.

NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE H.

ITEM NINE H AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $8,200,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 19.5 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BRANT PIKE AND FISHBURG ROAD, PROVIDING FOR THE SITE PREPARATION THEREOF, IMPROVING AND REHABILITATING CERTAIN OF THE BUILDINGS AND RAISING CERTAIN OTHER BUILDINGS LOCATED THEREON, ALL IN SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION WITHIN THE CITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

AND THIS IS THE ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED? YEAH, THE, UH, BOND COUNCIL COUNCIL, UH, UH, IDENTIFIED SOME CHANGES THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE, UH, TO THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED THE CITY, UH, THE STRIKETHROUGH WITH THE, UH, REDLINING.

IT IS AVAILABLE IN THE PACKET TO SEE, BUT WE'RE JUST, UH, AMENDING IT BY REPLACING, UH, THE PREVIOUSLY, UH, PUBLICLY NOTICED, UH, ORDINANCE WITH THE, THE REVISED AMENDED ONE.

TONY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO AMEND MARK? MOTION TO AMEND SCOTT.

I HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND TO AMEND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FOR THE AMENDMENT? TONY.

AMENDMENT CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

AND NEXT I NEED A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, FRED? I'LL SECOND.

THE SITE, THEREFORE, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPEARANCES THERETO AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND RATING.

AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ADOPTION? OKAY.

GARY IS EIGHT TO ZERO.

NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE I.

ITEM NINE I AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $3,700,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL FIRE SAFETY FACILITIES BY RENOVATING, EQUIPPING, AND FURNISHING AN EXISTING FIRE STATION AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING

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IS THERE A MOTION, SCOTT, MOVE TO ADOPT.

OKAY, SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? TONY? MAYOR GORE? YES.

AND NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE J.

ITEM NINE J AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $2,300,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 16.5 ACRES OF RIO PROPERTY ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD AND PROVIDING FOR THE SITE PREPARATION THEREOF, ALL IN SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION WITHIN THE CITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION, FRED? MOTION TO ADOPT BRIAN? I'M A SECOND.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION TONY? MR. AKENS? YES.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO AND NEXT IS ITEM NINE K.

ITEM NINE K.

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $6,850,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVING THE CARRIAGE TRAILS DEVELOPMENT BY ACQUIRING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY AND RELATED INTERESTS THEREIN AND RELATED ROADWAYS, UTILITIES, AND OTHER RELATED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPURTENANCES THERE TOO.

AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND REGION THERE.

MOTION SCOTT? SO MOVE THERE A SECOND, DON.

I'LL SECOND.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. LOONEY? YES.

NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM NINE L.

ITEM NINE L AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $4,700,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF UPDATING THE EXISTING CITY HALL FACILITIES TO HOUSE MUNICIPAL OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS BY RENOVATING, REMODELING, RECONFIGURING, IMPROVING FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING AN EXISTING BUILDING AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING THE SITE.

THEREFORE, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPEARANCES THERETO AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION, SCOTT? SO MOVE SECOND, ANITA.

AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, FROM A DISCUSSION PERSPECTIVE, SINCE IT SAYS UPDATING THE EXISTING CITY HALL FACILITIES, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO THIS BUILDING.

THIS IS THE BUILDING OVER ON TAYLORSVILLE.

TONY, MRS. KITCHEN? YES.

GARY IS EIGHT TO ZERO.

NEXT MOVE TO ITEM NINE M.

ITEM NINE M AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $8,990,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL RECREATION FACILITIES BY CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING, AND FURNISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY, INCLUDING AMONG OTHER AMENITIES, CONCESSION FACILITIES, RESTROOMS, PARKING FACILITIES, LANDSCAPING AND RELATED DRIVEWAYS AND ROADS, AND ACQUIRING REAL ESTATE AND INTEREST THEREIN TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY AND RELATED APPURTENANCES THERE TOO.

AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE TO DO ANITA.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. WEBB? YES.

NEXT IS ITEM NINE IN ITEM NINE IN AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $2,150,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL SEWER SYSTEM BY CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING THE BRANT PIKE SEWER PUMP STATION AND ACQUIRING ANY NECESSARY REAL PROPERTY AND INTEREST THEREIN IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY, UH, PERCES THERE TOO.

AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, DON? I WILL SECOND.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? SECOND.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. DAVIDSON? YES.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO AND NEXT WILL MOVE TO ITEM NINE OH, ITEM NINE OH.

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF $1,600,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S PUBLIC

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SAFETY FACILITIES.

BY CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING, IMPROVING, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING A POLICE STATION AND A COMMUNICATION CENTER PROVIDING NECESSARY SITE IMPROVEMENTS THERE TOO.

AND ACQUIRING AND INSTALLING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY.

PANCE IS THERE TOO AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION, ANITA? MOVE TO ADOPT.

I WILL.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND IS THERE DISCUSSION? TONY? MS. BAKER? YES.

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM WE WILL GET INTO, UH, SOME, UH, THIS IS, WE HAVE TO READ IT BY TITLE.

WE'LL HAVE A MOTION RECOMMENDATION.

THAT'S I WAS GONNA SAY, SO I THOUGHT WHEN I SAW HERE.

YEAH, NO RECOMMENDATION.

SO WE'RE GOOD.

NEXT IS ITEM NINE P.

ITEM NINE P IN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR AN 8,800 SQUARE FOOT TRUCK MAINTENANCE BUILDING A 2000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING AND PARKING FOR UP TO 43 TRUCKS OR TRAILERS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 47 42 WEST NATIONAL ROAD AND FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL NUMBER A TWO NINE DASH 0 0 0 7 5 ON THE MIAMI COUNTY AUDITOR'S MAP.

AND TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN CASE BDP TWO SIX DASH NINE AT THE THIRD READING.

AND TONY, YOU HAVE A, UH, A SO THIS IS A THIRD READING, UH, BASED ON SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS HELD AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND CO CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, WAS FOR COUNSEL TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING MOTION.

IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO REFER CASE BDP 26 19 BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING APPROVAL OF A BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR AN 8,800 SQUARE FOOT TRUCK MAINTENANCE BUILDING A 2000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING AND PARKING FOR UP TO 43 TRUCKS OR TRAILERS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 47 42 WEST NATIONAL ROAD, FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL NUMBER 8 2 9 DASH 0 0 0 7 0 5 ON THE MIAMI COUNTY AUDITOR'S MAP.

SO THIS IS A, UH, A MOTION TO MOVE THIS BACK TO THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY, MARK? YES.

SO MOVE SCOTT.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, CHRIS, I'D LIKE TO GET INTO THE RECORD THAT, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS, UH, TO, UH, REMAND IT BACK TO THE PLAINTIFF COMMISSION FOR FURTHER REVIEW IS, UH, UNDER THE DECISION STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE C CITY CODE 1117 0.016 K, UM, REVIEWING THE INFORMATION, UH, I, I THINK THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM COUNSEL ARE TO LOOK INTO, UM, THE USE AND WHETHER OR NOT THE CONDITIONS OF THE OPERATION SHALL BE DETRIMENTAL TO ANY PERSON'S PROPERTY OR THE GENERAL WELFARE BY REASON OF EXCESSIVE PRODUCTION OF NOISE, SMOKE, FUMES, GLARE, ODORS, OR OTHER THINGS RELATED TO TRAFFIC.

SO, UH, THIS WAY STAFF, SO EVERYONE KNOWS STAFF'S GOING BACK FOR THAT PURPOSE TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU CHRIS.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM P? YES, KATE, SO JUST TO CLARIFY BY VOTING YES, IT IS GONNA GO BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION.

A YES VOTE WILL SEND THIS BACK TO A, A MAJORITY YES VOTE WILL SEND THIS BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

MAYOR.

ITEM 10, NEW BUSINESS ITEM 10 A.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, TONY, CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

THE MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

THE NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO

[ An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2025-O-2739 By Making Supplemental 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 AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH O DASH 2 7 3 9 BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN COMMENTS? YEAH, JUST REMEMBER JIM DID A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THIS, BUT THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE POLICE FUND, UM, IS REALLY THE ONLY COST HERE.

UH, THE LARGE NUMBER YOU SEE INCREASED.

UH, WE WERE RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS FROM THE NOTES TO COVER THOSE BUDGETARY INCREASES, SO, OKAY.

THANK YOU JOHN.

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

IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE FRED? UH, MOTION TO WAIVE THERE A SECOND.

DON.

I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

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AND MOTION TO WAIVE CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

AND NEXT WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SCOTT? SECOND.

YOU HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. AKENS? YES.

AND THE MOTION TO ADOPT CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO AS WELL.

AND NEXT WE

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A First Contract Amendment To The Project Development Agreement With Energy Systems Group, LLC For Advanced Design And Project Cost Development For The Police Division And Communications Center. (first reading)]

HAVE ITEM 10 B.

ITEM 10 B, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A FIRST CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC FOR ADVANCED DESIGN AND PROJECT COST DEVELOPMENT FOR THE POLICE DIVISION AND COMMUNICATION CENTER AT THE FIRST READING, JOHN? UH, YEAH, JUST REMEMBER I THINK ALEX AGAIN DID A DECENT JOB HERE.

BUT THIS AMENDMENT OR OR AGREEMENT AUTHORIZES JUST THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION INSIDE.

UH, IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE US ANY FURTHER TO ANY SUBSEQUENT NOVATION OF THAT BUILDING.

RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.

IS THERE A MOTION? ANITA? MOVE TO ADOPT.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

OCEAN CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO AND NEXT

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract For The Design Of The Brandt Pike (State Route 201) And Meijer Access Intersection Improvements. (first reading)]

WOULD BE ITEM 10 C.

ITEM 10 C, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER IN TWO A CONTRACT WITH THE DESIGN OF THE BRAND, PIKE STATE, ROUTE 2 0 1 AND MEYER ACCESS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN? UH, YEAH, RUSS PRESENTED THIS AND DID A GOOD JOB AS WELL.

I JUST WANNA REMEMBER OR REMIND YOU, THIS IS THE, THE ENTRANCE FROM BRANT INTO MEYER.

SO THIS IS GONNA BE RECONFIGURED.

UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE, WE DESIGNED IT INITIALLY IT WAS A DECENT IDEA, BUT I THINK WE'VE FIGURED OUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO RENOVATE THAT A LITTLE BIT HERE.

SO, SO THIS SPECIFICALLY WILL ALLOW FOR A LEFT TURN, LEFT TURN OUT MEYER, OUT MEYER BY THE GAS STATION TO HEAD NORTH ON 2 0 1.

YES, SIR.

RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.

IS THERE A MOTION, FRED? MOTION TO ADOPT DON? I, I WILL SECOND MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MRS. KITCHEN? YES.

AND I, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS UNDER THE DISCUSSION, BUT, UH, TO ANSWER WHAT I BELIEVE WHAT SCOTT HAD SAID BEFORE, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM YES, SIR.

TO SEE THE LIGHT WHEN YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE IN LINE.

WELL, WELL NOTED.

UH, I, I'M LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO SEEING THAT, THAT THAT'S A, A LONG TIME COMING.

I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT, UH, IMPROVEMENT TO THAT, TO THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, SO, OKAY, NEXT UP IS

[ A Resolution Declaring Certain City Property No Longer Needed For Municipal Purposes As Surplus And Authorizing Disposal Of Said Surplus Property. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 D.

ITEM 10 DA RESOLUTION DECLARING CERTAIN CITY PROPERTY NO LONGER NEEDED FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AS SURPLUS, AN AUTHORIZING DISPOSAL OF SAD SURPLUS PROPERTY AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN, UH, THESE ARE THE FINAL TWO, UH, TRUCKS FROM PUBLIC WORKS THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO SURPLUS AND THEN WE'LL ADD THEM INTO THE, UH, LEASING PROGRAM AS WE GO FORWARD HERE.

OKAY? THANK YOU.

AND I THINK, UM, MIKE HAD SAID WE'RE DOWN.

REALLY? THIS IS LIKE THE LAST TWO OR THREE VEHICLES.

YEAH, THIS IS THE LAST TWO.

YES, SIR.

LAST TWO.

AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE UNDER THAT LEASING PROGRAM.

YEAH.

RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.

IS THERE A MOTION? ANITA? MOVE TO ADOPT.

IS THERE A SECOND? KATE? SECOND.

AND SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. WEBB? YES.

10 E, ITEM 10 EA RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 2 DASH R DASH 7 0 1.

NEXT IS ITEM

[ A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 2022-R-7101 And Resolution No. 2025-R-7604 Authorizing An Extension To The Contractual Time Frame For Greentech Lawn And Irrigation. (first reading)]

AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH R DASH 7 6 0 4 AUTHORIZING AN EXTENSION TO THE CONTRACTUAL TIMEFRAME FOR GREEN TECH LAWN AND IRRIGATION AT THE FIRST STREET.

JOHN? YEAH, I MEAN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS JUST BUYS US SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT INTERNALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO LONG TERM, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, MOWING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, I THINK GREEN TECH DOES A GOOD JOB.

I JUST WANNA EXPLORE AND SEE IF IT'S MORE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO DO IT OURSELVES.

SO.

THANKS SEAN.

APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THAT.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US, UM, THINK AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE, UH, THE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

IF THAT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR US, I THINK THIS WILL, THIS WILL BE A GREAT IDEA, A GOOD THING.

SO, ALRIGHT.

RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION THERE A MOTION? SCOTT, MOVE TO ADOPT.

OKAY, SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES, MARK.

MAYOR, AM I WRONG OR DOES HUBER HEIGHTS LOOK BETTER THAN IT EVER HAS? UH, I BELIEVE SO, YES.

BASED ON EARTH TECH AND MIKE AND HIS CREW.

ON JUST THE WAY THE INTERSECTIONS LOOK AND I KNOW MIKE TAKES IT PERSONAL, SO HE'S, HE'S TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GOOD.

UH, YEAH, THERE, THERE IS, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY AN AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENT THAT I, I THINK IS VERY NOTICEABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT, MARK.

I I THINK I, I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THROUGH THE OFFICE, BUT THIS SUMMER I'VE GOT A TON OF COMPLIMENTS

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I KNOW HE IS GOT SOME, SOME BIG PLANS FOR SOME OF OUR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS COMING FORWARD TOO, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'LL PASS THAT ALONG.

HE'S COMPLETELY RESTORED EXECUTIVE OF OUR, I I WOULD AGREE.

PIPE AMONG OTHER YEP.

AREAS.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW, AND I JUST, I NEED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MIKE TOO.

UM, USUALLY WHEN SOMEONE HAS SOME TYPE OF AN ISSUE OR COMPLAINT THAT ELEVATES LOOK AND IT, AND IT'S, IT NEVER FAILS, RIGHT? IT'S EITHER, IT'S ALMOST ALL THE TIME WHEN SOMEBODY MESSAGES ME, IT'S FRIDAY AT LIKE FIVE 10 AS JOHN KNOWS.

YES SIR.

BECAUSE MY NEXT CALL IS ALWAYS TO JOHN AT FIVE 10 AND SOMETIMES IT'S A, UH, A CALL THAT WE GET JOHN AND THEN MIKE HAS TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH SOMETHING FROM, FROM ROAD MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND MIKE NEVER FAILS TO RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS.

I DON'T CARE WHAT TIME IT IS, WHETHER IT'S FRIDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK, SEVEN O'CLOCK, WHETHER IT'S SATURDAY MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT JOHN IS ANSWERING THOSE CALLS TOO.

SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM OF MIKE.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A GUY WHO REALLY, REALLY, AS JOHN JUST SAID, TAKES THIS PERSONAL.

HE DOES.

I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT IS SHOWING IN WHAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO, UH, VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR, FOR YOU AND, AND FOR MIKE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

THIS IS KITCHEN? YES.

MR. WEBB? YES.

NEXT UP IS I NUMBER 11.

CITIZENS COMMENTS THAT ARE GENERAL.

I HAVE NONE THIS EVENING, MAYOR.