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[1. Call The Meeting To Order - Councilmember Mark Campbell]
UH, JUNE 22ND MEETING TO ORDER AT SEVEN OH ONE.UH, IF EVERYONE WOULD STAND, THE OTHER CATION WILL BE GIVEN TONIGHT BY PASTOR RANDY GRIFFIN FROM EPHESIANS CHAPTER THREE.
PAUL WRITES GOD'S INTENT IS THAT NOW THROUGH FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, THE MULTIFACETED WISDOM OF GOD SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR TO RULERS AND AUTHORITIES EVERYWHERE.
ACCORDING TO HIS ETERNAL PURPOSE, WHICH HE FULFILLED IN JESUS CHRIST IN CHRIST AND THROUGH FAITH IN HIM, WE MAY APPROACH GOD WITH FREEDOM AND CONFIDENCE.
THE ONLY TRUE GOD IS AT WORK WITH PURPOSE AND WITH INTENTION THROUGH FOLLOWERS OF HIS SON, JESUS, GOD HAS REVEALING TO ALL RULERS AND AUTHORITIES IN THIS REALM AND IN SPIRITUAL ONES, HIS WISDOM, AND THIS WISDOM LINES UP WITH HIS ETERNAL PURPOSE OF SAVING MANKIND, WHICH HE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE LORD, JESUS CHRIST IN CHRIST ALONE, THROUGH FAITH IN HIM ALONE.
OUR SIN IS REMOVED SO THAT WE MAY APPROACH GOD FREELY AND CONFIDENTLY FREE FROM SLAVERY TO THE SIN THAT OWNED US CONFIDENT THAT GOD IS NOW OURS, AND THAT WE ARE HIS IT'S TIME TO STOP PLAYING AROUND WITH GOD.
PAUL SAYS, I PRAY THAT OUT OF GOD'S GLORIOUS PROVISION, HE MAY STRENGTHEN YOU WITH POWER THROUGH HIS SPIRIT IN YOUR INNER BEING SO THAT CHRIST MAY LIVE IN YOUR HEARTS THROUGH FAITH.
AND I PRAY THAT YOU BEING ROOTED AND ESTABLISHED IN LOVE MAY HAVE POWER TOGETHER WITH ALL WHO BELIEVE TO GRASP HOW WIDE AND LONG AND HIGH AND DEEP THE LOVE OF CHRIST IS.
AND TO KNOW THIS LOVE, THAT SURPASSES KNOWLEDGE SO THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED TO ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD.
THE PURPOSE OF GOD FOR YOU IS GLORIOUS AND GOOD BECAUSE THAT IS HIS NATURE.
HE WANTS TO STRENGTHEN YOU WITH POWER THROUGH HIS SPIRIT, LIVING IN YOU.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE CHANGE MUST TAKE PLACE.
CHRIST MUST COME LIVE IN YOUR HEARTS THROUGH FAITH.
THAT IS BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE GOD ABOUT HIS SON AND RECEIVE HIM AS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU THROUGH CHRIST IN YOU, YOU WILL BE ROOTED AND ESTABLISHED IN HIS LOVE, NOT THE WORLD'S LOVE, BUT HIS, AND HAVE POWER TOGETHER WITH ALL WHO BELIEVE TO TRULY KNOW HOW WIDE AND LONG AND HIGH AND DEEP IS THE LOVE OF CHRIST FOR YOU AND FOR ALL PEOPLE.
SO THAT IN HIM AND THROUGH HIS SPIRIT IN YOU, YOU MAY HAVE HIS LOVE THAT IS BEYOND HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND BE FILLED UP WITH THE FULLNESS OF GOD.
IT'S TIME TO TAKE GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU SERIOUSLY AND JOIN WITH HIM FOREVER.
FOR A GOD HAS SET A DAY WHEN HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD WITH TRUE JUSTICE BY JESUS CHRIST, WHOM HE HAS APPOINTED.
AND HE HAS GIVEN PROOF OF THIS TO ALL PEOPLE BY RAISING JESUS FATHER, THE WORLD CONTINUES TO TRY TO FIX THINGS ON ITS OWN WHILE YOU WERE THERE.
LORD, I JUST PRAY THAT ALL PEOPLE MIGHT LEARN TO SEEK YOU AND TO UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENTION AND YOUR PURPOSE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO THAT THEY MAY LIVE ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH WITH THE FOUNDATION THAT IS YOUR LOVE.
AND SO LORD, IN THAT SPIRIT, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONDUCT THIS MEETING TONIGHT IN CHRIST'S NAME.
THE PLEDGE I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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MIRA GORE.MR. SHAW HERE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF MAYOR GORE.
DON WEBB MOVES AND HE WAS ONE SECONDS LIONS OR HEADLINE SECONDS.
WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MR. CAMPBELL.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, CORRECT.
[5. Approval Of Minutes]
UH, THE JUNE 8TH, 20, 20 MINUTES, UH, FOR APPROVAL.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES SEEING NONE.
THE MINUTES WILL STAND APPROVED AS PRESENTED,
[6. Special Presentations/Announcements]
UH, TONY.WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS EVENING.
ITEM SIX, A, UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO MAKE A PUBLIC NOTICE AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FINAL COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE 2020 SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
PRIOR TO BEGINNING THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS, THE 2020 SIDEWALK PROGRAM IS COMPLETE AND THE FINAL COST FOR PROPERTY OWNERS IS 100, $6,167 AND 79 CENTS.
[7. Citizens Comments]
TONY.ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS WHO JUST FILLED OUT A COMMENT SHEET? YES, I HAVE SEVERAL THIS EVENING.
UH, FIRST UP WE HAVE A YOLANDA AND ERIC STEVENS, IF YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
THIS IS MY HUSBAND, ERIC STEVENS.
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN, A SEVEN YEAR OLD, A SEVENTH, SEVENTH GRADE, 12 YEAR OLD SON.
WHO'S VERY INVOLVED IN HOOPER SOCCER, A 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO ALSO IS INVOLVED IN HUBERT WARRIOR SOCCER AND THEN AN 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO IS NOW IN COLLEGE, GOING INTO HER SOPHOMORE YEAR IN COLLEGE.
SO WE HAVE BEEN INGRAINED IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
UM, I AM ALSO A MINISTER AT NEW SEASON MINISTRY ON SHORE ROAD.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HERE BECAUSE, UH, JUST ABOUT ON THE GEORGE FLOYD, UM, ISSUE BROKE OUT.
WHAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO NOW? W WE HAD A LOT OF EMOTIONS, A LOT OF OVERWHELMING EMOTIONS, EVERYTHING FROM FEAR TO ANGER, TO, YOU KNOW, ANIMOSITY.
AND MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO IN HUBER HEIGHTS? WE WANT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
WE WANT TO HAVE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE CAN BE FREE TO BE WHO THEY ARE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS, TO SHARE, AND TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT ONE ANOTHER'S DIFFERENCES.
NOW, AS AFRICAN AMERICANS, I WILL BE HONEST, UM, JUST WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN SOCIETY TODAY, I FEAR FOR MY CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SON.
I DO NOT LET HIM WALK TO THE STORE WITH HIS FRIENDS, WITH HIS OTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN FRIENDS.
I TUTOR HIM ON HOW TO ACT, WHAT TO SAY, WHAT NOT TO SAY, BE QUIET.
DON'T SHOW TOO MUCH PERSONALITY.
DON'T BE TOO LOUD BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TARGETED.
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A SOCIETY LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT I HAVE TO LIVE IN A SOCIETY LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT MY SON AND MY DAUGHTERS HAVE TO LIVE IN A SOCIETY LIKE THAT.
I WANT HUBER HEIGHTS TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FEAR.
AND THAT WE'RE ALL VERY INCLUSIVE OF ONE ANOTHER.
SO ERIC AND I, UM, CALL MAYOR GORE OR, OR MESSAGE MAYOR GORE AND SAID, WHAT IS HUMOR? HI, STUART, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THIS COMMUNITY? OUR COMMUNITY, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 13% OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
ACCORDING TO CITY DATA, 13% OF OUR POPULATION.
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EMBRACE THAT POPULATION? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO, TO TELL THAT POPULATION THINGS ARE GOING TO BE OKAY, WHAT AVENUES DO WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THEM TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS OR VOICE THEIR OPINIONS WITHOUT RETALIATION.THAT IS ONE COMPONENT THAT I FEEL WE ARE MISSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IN 2020, IT HAS TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A FORUM WHERE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR FEELINGS, TO EDUCATE ONE ANOTHER ON THEIR DIFFERENCES.
SO HAVE AN AVENUE WHEN WE HAVE A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT IN A SAFE ZONE, WITHOUT FEARING RETALIATION, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT A HUBER HEIGHTS, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING A DIVERSE POPULATION.
AND I GET THAT WE ARE A DIVERSE POPULATION, BUT AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSON, I HAVE CONCERNS.
I HAVE HEARTACHE THAT THE MAJORITY CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND.
AND I GET THAT BECAUSE YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE NOT YOURSELF EXPERIENCED.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE EMPATHY, YOU KNOW, PUT YOURSELF IN OTHER SHOES, UNDERSTANDING AND EQUALITY.
I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR POPULATION.
SO IF WE HAVE PERCENT AFRICAN AMERICAN, THEN REALLY I, OUR HIRING PRACTICES SHOULD LOOK THAT WAY AS WELL.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE HUBER BETTER? AND SO, AS WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR GORE, UM, ERIC AND I THROUGHOUT THE, UM, THE STARTING A COMMISSION THAT FOCUSED ON RACIAL DISPARITY, A DISPARATE TREATMENT, DISPARATE IMPACT BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEIR DISPARATE IMPACT WHERE IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL, RIGHT? LIKE FOUR-FIFTHS OF OUR POPULATION, OUR RECRUITING SHOULD BE OF THE MINORITY POPULATION.
ARE WE DOING THAT IN HUBER? SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE EDUCATED FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE INCLUSIVE, UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCES AND LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS THAT WE EACH BRING TO THE TABLE.
I JUST WANT TO ADD TO WHAT MY WIFE HAD SHARED WITH YOU ALL TOOK IN.
I'VE BEEN IN A RESIDENCE OF HUBER HEIGHTS FOR AT LEAST 20 BETTER PART OF 24 YEARS NOW.
UH, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I MOVED TO A HUBER IS BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF ITS DIVERSITY, UM, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST DIVERSE, UH, AREA WITHIN THE DAYTON COMMUNITY.
UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY SPECIFIC INSTANCES OF WHERE I'VE BEEN MISTREATED OR, OR WHERE I'VE BEEN NOW DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
UH, BUT HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE NAIVE FOR ME TO BELIEVE OR ANYONE ELSE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO, UH, RACIST ATTITUDES OR IMPLICIT BIASES THAT, THAT INFLUENCE HOW PEOPLE BEHAVE AND HOW THEY ACT TOWARDS PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S DEFINITELY EVIDENCE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
THE EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE THAT RESULTED IN THE RECENT TRAGIC DEATHS OF, UM, GEORGE FLOYD, BRIANNA TAYLOR, RASHAD BROOKS, JUST TO NAME A FEW IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
AND, UH, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED AS I'M SURE MANY OF US RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
SO WE WANT TO DO IS READ ANY OF THESE ISSUES THAT MAY EXIST WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF POWER, SUCH AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE AIR, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE TO ENSURE THAT A TRAGEDY SUCH AS GEORGIA, FLORIDA DOES NOT OCCUR HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
WE WANT TO ENSURE PEOPLE ARE TREATED FAIRLY.
UH, WE WANT TO ENSURE PEOPLE ARE NOT DISCRIMINATED DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AND HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH I BELIEVE, UH, THIS NEW COMMISSION
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THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WILL BE ABLE TO HELP PROMOTE.SO, UH, I WANT YOU TO BE A, CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
ALTHOUGH MY HUSBAND HAS SAID, HE'S, HE'S NEVER EXPERIENCED ANY ISSUES WITH RACISM.
I I'VE HAD NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHERE MY CHILDREN HAVE COME HOME AND SHARED EXPERIENCES WITH ME.
UM, MY SON TELLS ME ALL THE TIME, THIS LITTLE BOY TOLD ME I, ALL BLACK BOYS CAN DO IS PLAY BASKETBALL.
THAT WE'RE NOT GOOD AT ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE HE'S 12.
THAT'S WHY THIS COMMISSION IS SO IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE RHONDA SOMEONE GOOD EVENING.
THAT'S MAYOR GORE IN HIS ABSENCE, PRESIDING OFFICER, MAYOR, BIRCH, VICE MAYOR, BERGE, AND OTHER COUNSEL.
I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
SO IT IS NO SECRET THAT OUR NATION HAS BEEN ROCKED BY HEARTBREAK, BY DEMANDS, FOR CHANGE IN PROTESTS.
WITHIN OUR CITIES ON JUNE 6TH, OUR CITY HUBER HEIGHTS WAS ADDED TO THE LIST OF CITIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE NO LONGER ASKING, BUT DEMANDING IMMEDIATE CHANGE IN LEGISLATION.
UM, WE ARE CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE TO THE LANDSCAPE, WHICH HAS BEEN SCULPTED IN PART BY SYSTEMIC RACISM.
EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS THAT I LOVE HUBER HEIGHTS.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT A DECADE OF MY LIFE, AND I MIRROR A LOT OF WHAT THEY SAY PERSONALLY.
I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED OR FELT THAT I WAS TARGETED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN.
HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND CHANGE OUR, AND MAKE OUR CITY MORE WELCOMING TO ALL AS A BLACK MOTHER, I AM CONSTANTLY AFRAID THAT EVERY TIME MY CHILDREN LEAVE MY HOUSE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MIGHT NOT RETURN HOME.
I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I THINK WE CAN BE DESENSITIZED TO THINGS THAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS A FEAR THAT I HAVE EVERY DAY, WHETHER THEY'RE WALKING WITH FRIENDS, RIDING A CAR, OR SIMPLY SHOPPING IN A STORE, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE? I'M GOING TO ASK TODAY THAT YOU TRY NOW MORE THAN EVER.
IT IS TIME FOR US TO BE AWARE OF OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, AS IT RELATES TO EXPEDITING THE ACTIONS AND CORRECTING THOSE SYSTEMS THAT DO NOT SUPPORT INCLUSION AND BELONGING OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.
NOW I CAN SPEAK ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FOR 47 YEARS NOW SAYING THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT INCLUSION FOR ALL, BECAUSE I DO THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ME THAT HAVE SPENT TIME WITH ME.
YOU KNOW THAT, BUT BECAUSE AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE BEING KILLED IN DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBERS, THEY'RE BEING DENIED ACCESS TO THE SAME LEVEL OF HEALTHCARE.
THEY'RE BEING DENIED, JOBS OR OVERLOOKED FOR POSITIONS THAT WE ARE MORE THAN QUALIFIED FOR BEING DENIED LOANS, CHARGE HIGHER INTEREST RATES.
THE LIST GOES ON BECAUSE I'M AN AFRICAN AMERICAN.
THESE SOCIAL ISSUES DIRECTLY IMPACT ME.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I'M DRIVING IN MY CAR AND A POLICE CAR PULLS BEHIND ME, I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO PANIC.
MY HEART STARTS BEATING MY PALMS, GET SWEATY, AND I GET EXTREMELY ANXIOUS.
NOT BECAUSE MY REGISTRATION IS BAD.
I'M AN INSURANCE AGENT OR ANYTHING OF THIS SORT.
BUT EVERY TIME I LOOK IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SEE A POLICE CAR BEHIND ME, I THINK ABOUT THE STORY OF SANDRA BLAND.
SANDRA BLAND WAS A 28 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO WAS FOUND HANGED IN A JAIL CELL IN WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS ON JULY 13TH, 2015, THREE DAYS AFTER BEING ARRESTED DURING A PRETEXTUAL TRAFFIC STOP, HER DEATH WAS RULED A SUICIDE.
NOW I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER HAD A NEGATIVE ENCOUNTER WITH THE HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT,
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BUT TAKING THE PROACTIVE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT NOTHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENS IN OUR CITY IS TAKING A PROACTIVE MEASURE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.WOULD YOU AGREE? ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPANIES SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE THAT WE OPERATE IN AS A COUNTRY, YET THE TRUEST TESTAMENT OF WHAT A COMPANY BELIEVES IS VISIBLE.
JUST CHECK OUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CHECK OUT THEIR KEY LEADERSHIP STAFF.
SEE COMPANIES CAN SAY WHATEVER SOUNDS LIKE THE POLITICALLY CORRECT THING TO SAY, BUT THEIR ACTIONS ARE MORE TELLING.
I WANT OUR CITY TO STAND BEHIND WHAT IS RIGHT? NOT JUST BECAUSE IN THE MOMENT IT IS EXPECTED.
I WANT EACH OF YOU, RICHARD BLAND, KATE MARK, NANCY, LOOKING AROUND JEFF, ANDY ED, AND DON TO STAND BEHIND WHAT IS RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
THAT MEANS YOU MUST LEAVE PERSONAL OR POLITICAL AGENDAS, BIASES, VIEWS THAT DO NOT SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF ALL PEOPLE BEHIND YOU.
WHEN I WALK INTO MY CITY BUILDING AND NO ONE THERE LOOKS LIKE ME, HOW DO YOU THINK? I FEEL AS A BLACK WOMAN, WHEN AFRICAN AMERICANS REPRESENT ABOUT 10 TO 11% OF OUR POPULATION IN THE CITY, WHY ARE WE NOT BEING HIRED? IS IT BECAUSE WE AREN'T BEING RECRUITED? IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT APPLYING? OR IS IT SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BEING SELECTED? WHEN I SEE THIS, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NO PLACE IN THIS CITY FOR ME, FOR MY PEOPLE, FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE.
NOW, YES, I'VE SERVED ON A BOARD, BUT EVEN IN THAT ROLE, I EXPERIENCED SLIGHTS AND THE FEELING THAT MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS FEEL DAILY, THE FEELING THAT WE'RE NOT HEARD, WE'RE NOT VALUED.
WE'RE NOT RESPECTED, BUT WE ARE TIRED OF ASKING FOR RESPECT AND WILL NO LONGER BE SILENCED.
FINALLY, THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITY ACTION COMMISSION IS A PROACTIVE MEASURE THAT OUR CITY MUST TAKE TO ENSURE THAT THE SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR CITY ARE SERVING ALL PEOPLE.
SOME INITIATIVES MAY INCLUDE LOOKING AT HIRING PRACTICES, LOOKING AT HOW CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED INITIATIVES, TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY UNITY AND OVERCOME THE CULTURAL DIVIDE.
LOOKING AT FOOD SHORTAGES, LOOKING AT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION, INITIATIVES, DIVERSITY TRAINING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
BUT MOST OF ALL, WE WILL LOOK AT ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISCUSS WAYS TO EVALUATE OUR SUCCESS AS A COMMUNITY.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE FAVORABLY FOR THIS COMMISSION.
OUR MOTTO IS COME GROW WITH US.
IF WE TRULY WANT TO LIVE BY OUR MISSION, WE CAN ONLY GROW AS STRONG AS OUR LEADERS LEADERS.
I ASK YOU, ARE YOU GROWING? I ASKED EACH OF YOU TO TAKE AN HONEST ASSESSMENT OF THOSE AREAS WHERE IMPLICIT BIAS MAY BE KEEPING OUR CITY FROM GROWING INTO ALL THAT IT COULD BECOME.
I CHARGE YOU TO BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE STARTING WITH YOUR WARDS.
THIS COMMISSION IS MEANT TO WORK WITH YOU, NOT AGAINST YOU, BUT WE ULTIMATELY WANT OUR CITY TO BE THE EXAMPLE FOR OTHER CITIES.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO VIEW OUR CITY AS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, OR ORIGIN.
HUBER IS THE PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
WANT TO STOP? WE HAVE MR. MARK BRONZE WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
THE, UH, I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE MEETING THAT OCCURRED HERE ON JUNE 8TH.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY ISSUES THAT DECISIONS WERE MADE ON WHAT IS ERRONEOUS INFORMATION.
SO AT NO POINT IN TIME, DID ANY OF YOU REACH OUT TO ASK US HOW WE GOT INVOLVED IN IT? B WHAT DID WE SUPPLY? AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY THE MEETING OF JUNE 8TH, WE WEREN'T EVEN ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE HAVE BEEN, UH, CRITICALLY LOOKED AT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T RESPOND TO
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THE MAYOR'S EMAIL.AND I KNOW I GOT FIVE MINUTES, BUT I WILL POINT OUT YOU GUYS TOOK AN HOUR AND 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETELY, UH, GOT US IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE MAYBE EIGHT MINUTES IF THAT'S OKAY.
FIRST OFF LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF WHAT HAPPENED.
UH, I RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL ON JUNE 2ND AT 4:00 PM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'D BE IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WITH CONTACT AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ABOUT A PLANNED PEACEFUL PROTEST.
SO, UH, OF COURSE I'M GOING TO HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
I AM RETIRED FROM 35 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE POLICE DIVISION.
WHAT DO YOU NEED? THE FIRST COMMENT WAS MADE? WELL, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN YET.
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN YET.
WE'RE HEARING THAT IT MIGHT HAPPEN.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE ORGANIZER OF THAT EVENT, BUT WHAT WE HEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE AT 202, AN EXECUTIVE AT 5:00 PM ON SATURDAY.
AND THEY'RE PLANNING A SIT IN TO BLOCK THE STREET, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.
SO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO MY NEXT RESPONSE IS THEN WHAT DO YOU WISH ME TO HELP YOU WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A MEMBER DIRECTORY THAT HAS THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THAT REGION, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS ASKED TO DO.
AND I SUPPLIED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH A DIRECTORY.
IT HAD THE NAMES OF THE MANAGERS, SOME OF THE OWNERS IN THE EVENT THAT THIS THING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND THEN WAS ASKED TO ATTEND A MEETING AT TWO O'CLOCK ON JANUARY 3RD, WHICH I DID.
UH, AND THAT MEETING STARTED AT 2:00 PM.
UH, AND I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME TIPS FOR THE BUSINESSES.
NOW, WHEN I ATTENDED THAT MEETING, NONE OF YOU WERE THERE.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE WASN'T THERE.
THE ONLY PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE WITH A PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERGEANT AND A LIEUTENANT OVER THE PATROL DIVISION.
SO I BROUGHT THOSE SAFETY TIPS THAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT.
I BROUGHT THOSE TO HAND TO EACH BUSINESS OWNER.
IT WAS AFFECTED BY THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
SHOULD SOMETHING GO AWRY? THOSE BUSINESS PEOPLE ASKED ME, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TELL OUR PEOPLE? THE CITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION ALSO HAD A DOCUMENT THERE THAT I DID NOT READ.
SO YOU GUYS WEREN'T THERE AND TO LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS, AND I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHO THE BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE CORPORATE ARE CONCERNED A ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY WATCHED WHAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY WATCH WHAT HAPPENED A WEEK EARLIER IN DAYTON.
WHAT DO WE TELL OUR PEOPLE? THE, UH, LIEUTENANT WAS ASKED DIRECTLY, SHOULD I SHUT DOWN MY BUSINESS THAT DAY? AND HIS RESPONSE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT.
DO NOT SHUT YOUR BUSINESS DOWN.
THIS IS WEDNESDAY TWO O'CLOCK, WE'RE STILL NOT SURE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ORGANIZING IT HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING OFFICIALLY TO US YET.
SO DON'T GET ALL EXCITED UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE.
AND THEN THAT UP PHONE CALL FROM THE POLICE DIVISION WOULD HAVE COME SOMETIME FRIDAY MORNING, FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR WHATEVER.
SO THE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE HAVE SUFFERED LIKE EVERY OTHER SMALL BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
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SO MY HOURS HAVE BEEN CUT TO 10 HOURS A WEEK IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED UNTIL WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, WHICH IS THIS UPCOMING THURSDAY.SO I'M IN THERE 10 HOURS A WEEK.
SO AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THAT WEEK, AT SOME POINT IN TIME WITHIN THE CHAMBER, THERE ARE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD AND HAVE VARIOUS TASKS TO PERFORM.
I THINK IT CAN ONLY CAUSE PROBLEMS. OKAY.
WHICH AS WE SEE, THAT'S PROBABLY JUST EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
UH, AND THAT INFORMATION I PUT OUT TO EACH ONE OF YOU, EACH ONE OF YOU IN THE CITY, YOU GOT, EXCEPT FOR YOU, MS. BAKER, I DON'T HAVE YOU ON THE LIST.
AND NOW I WON'T HAVE YOU ON THE LIST, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU GOT AN EMAIL FROM ME THAT WENT OUT AT 6:45 AM ON THURSDAY MORNING.
SOME OF YOU DIDN'T OPEN IT UNTIL JUNE 12TH.
BUT YOU WERE ALL NOTIFIED THOSE SAFETY TIPS.
EVERYBODY GOT A COPY AS DID 250 FOR THE 267 BUSINESS OWNERS MANAGERS OF THE CITY.
SO WE WENT OUT WAY IN ADVANCE OF WHENEVER IT HIT FACEBOOK, THE MAYOR REACHES OUT TO ME.
I HAVE HISTORICALLY NEVER WORKED A FRIDAY CAUSE I'M A PART TIMER, NEVER WORK ON FRIDAY.
SO EVIDENTLY I WAS REACHED OUT TO, BY THE MAYOR VIA AN EMAIL THAT SAID, HEY, THIS WAS TERRIBLE.
THIS THING YOU PUT UP, IT WENT ON FACEBOOK AND PEOPLE ARE ALL UPSET OVER IT.
AND THANKS ED FOR POINTING OUT.
I DID HAVE AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER THAT DIED AT 10:00 PM SUNDAY NIGHT.
UH, AND IN THE COURSE OF THAT, UH, THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I HAD SOME PRIVATE BUSINESS WITH FUNERAL HOMES TO TRY AND HELP THEM GET THROUGH MY FAMILY CRISIS.
I LOVED THE CHAMBER, BUT I DON'T LOVE YOU THAT MUCH.
SO MONDAY AFTERNOON I SAW THE MAYOR'S EMAIL AND I RESPONDED TO HIM PROBABLY ABOUT ONE OR TWO O'CLOCK ON MONDAY.
AND I SAID TO HIM, I WORK FOR A BOARD JUST LIKE ROB WORKS FOR YOU GUYS.
I DON'T MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISIONS.
THAT'S WHAT MY VOLUNTEER BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO I SAID TO THEM, WE NEED TO RESPOND.
AND I GAVE THEM A DAY OR SO BECAUSE I RESPONDED BACK TO HIM ON JUNE 11TH.
AND WE SENT AN OPEN STATEMENT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT THOSE TIPS AND WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT.
SO IT'S SORTA GOT A LITTLE BIT TWEAKED THE WRONG WAY, RIGHT? ACCORDING TO YOU GUYS.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND MY, MY CONSTITUENTS ARE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THOSE CHIPS, MOST OF OUR BUSINESSES SHOULD HAVE.
AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE ONE HERE IN ANY OF YOU THAT ARE PRIVATE BUSINESS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN, YOU NEED TO GET ONE BECAUSE YOU COULD FIND YOURSELF IN SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE WITH NOT JUST PEACEFUL PROTEST, BUT TORNADOES AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
SO THAT WAS A COMPONENT TO THE BUSINESS.
PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF WHAT TO DO.
WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WORK AT LOWE'S KOHL'S MARSHALL'S AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR CONCERN IS, WHAT DO WE TELL OUR EMPLOYEES? DO WE SEND THEM HOME EARLY? DO WE BOARD UP ALL OUR WINDOWS? FRISHA STARTED PUT WOOD UP ON THEIR RESTAURANT.
THAT'S NOTHING THAT WE SUGGESTED.
ALL WE'RE SUGGESTING IS DON'T BE GOING DOWN THERE WITH A GUN.
AND WHEN SOMEBODY PEOPLE ARE WALKING YOUR WAY, DON'T GET OUT THERE AND START SHOOTING IN THE AIR.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, LET IT GO.
SO WE NEVER MENTIONED THAT IT WAS GOING TO TURN INTO A RIOT.
WE NEVER SAID THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE STATEMENT FROM ME WAS IN
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LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS LOCALLY.AND IN OHIO, THESE ARE SAFETY TIPS FOR YOU TO PASS ON YOUR PEOPLE AND PUT IT IN PART OF YOUR EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN.
SO, UH, SEVERAL OTHER COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, I GUESS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS EVERYBODY IS, WAS CONCERNED THAT THE PROTEST, UH, UH, WAS GOING TO GO WELL AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO WELL ALSO, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO SEE IT GO DOWN, RIGHT? BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
A LOT OF YOU DON'T COME FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT I DO.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
UH, AND, AND I KNEW AS, AS YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S UNDERCOVER OFFICERS AT EVERY, EVERY DEMONSTRATION AND IN PROTEST BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO FIND THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME INTO OUR TOWN AND AGITATE.
SO THEY TAKE PICTURES AND THEY WEAR BODY MICS AND CAMERAS.
AND I'M SURE ROB CAN SHARE THAT YOU GUYS LATER.
SO IT IS, IT IS A BIGGER THING.
AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT NOTHING HAPPENED AS ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT QUADRANT BECAUSE THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN WAS WE DON'T WANT THEM PARKING IN OUR LOT.
SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO ADDRESS THAT.
WE DON'T WANT THEM PARKING IN OUR LOT.
AND THERE WERE MANY, IT'S ABOUT 26 PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM THAT REPRESENTED SOME OF THE CORPORATE PEOPLE.
SOME OF THEM RENTED, UH, REPRESENTED THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THEY SAID WE DON'T WANT THEM IN A LOT.
THEY WANTED US TO STOP EVERY CAR GOING INTO NORTH PARK CENTER AND ASKING PEOPLE, ARE YOU A PROTESTOR OR ARE YOU A SHOPPER? THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID ABSOLUTELY HOT.
NOW THAT'LL ONLY CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, SOME OF THEM WERE ASKED TO TAKE THEIR CARTS IN, CAUSE IN OTHER, OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS, CARTS GET SET ON FIRE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PEOPLE AT LOWE'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH ALL YOUR FLOWER POTS OUT FRONT AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
SO THEY HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS AS BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND THOSE ARE MY CONSTITUENTS.
SO I GAVE THEM THAT TIPS THING.
I ALSO REPRESENT SIT AS A TREASURER FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVES OF OHIO.
AND WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS ABOUT WHAT DO CITIES DO? SHOULD CITIES TRY AND HAVE A PERMIT PROCESS? AND THAT WOULDN'T BE THAT WOULDN'T BE FAIR BECAUSE WE'RE DENYING THEM THE RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING THEY WISH TO SAY AND FOIS THEIR OPINIONS.
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPENING SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR MADE A COMMENT AND SEE IT.
I'M DOING THE SAME THING HE DID CAUSE HE'S NOT SITTING HERE.
UH, BUT HE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE MAJORITY.
THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY IS UPSET WITH US.
NOW I ASK YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU THINK ARE COLLECTIVELY ON FACEBOOK.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTIVE ON FACEBOOK, OUT OF A COMMUNITY OF 39,000? HOW MANY ARE ON FACEBOOK? ISN'T A MAJORITY OF THE CITY.
IF YOU WOULD DIRECT HER QUESTIONS THROUGH THE CHAIR.
OH, YOU'VE BEEN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
IF WE COULD WRAP THIS UP, THAT'S IT.
UM, THE NEXT, UH, GIANT, UH, AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, CITIZENS REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS. TONY, DO WE HAVE ANY, THERE ARE NONE MR. TAM.
[9. City Manager Report]
REPORT, ROB.UM, I, I, UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UM, UH, MR. BRONZES, UH, COMMENTS AND EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE CITY DID, BUT I THINK THERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE AS TO, UM, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION
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AND CITY GOVERNANCE.ALTHOUGH THE CITY REPRESENTS AND WORKS FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION IS FOR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
ONE COMMENT THAT MR. BROWN JUST MADE AND HE POINTED OUT EVERYBODY ON THE DIOCESE, IT WAS YOU ALL THAT SKEWED THIS.
AND I THINK THOSE WERE HIS EXACT WORDS.
IN FACT, IT WASN'T, IT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU THE TENSION OF NOT ONLY THE CITY, ME, THE MAYOR, AND I'M SURE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, MANY RESIDENTS, SOME OF WHICH ARE SITTING IN THIS ROOM THAT WERE QUITE AFFECTED BY THAT.
SO IT WAS NOT THE PEOPLE ON THIS DIOCESE OR WITHIN THIS GOVERNMENT THAT DECIDED TO, UH, TO INDICATE THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE STATEMENT.
IT WAS IN FACT, THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HERE REPRESENTS THAT BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO, UH, TO MAKE THAT COMMENT, UH, REAL QUICK, UH, AS YOU ALSO RECALL LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE, UH, GOVERNOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE THAT UTILIZE THE WORD HOTSPOT, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, MISUNDERSTANDING AND SOME CONFLICTING INFORMATION BASED ON A SUBSEQUENT RELEASE FROM THE LOCAL COMMISSIONER DIRECTOR OF HEALTH.
UH, AS I PROVIDED A COUNCIL, SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THAT, UM, THE MAYOR AND I SPOKE AT LENGTH, UH, AS HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO, TO HIS TRIP.
AND WE ALSO SPOKE OVER THE WEEKEND.
UH, HE REACHED OUT TO GOVERNOR DEWINE ACTUALLY, AND, UM, AND EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN REGARDING, UM, THE, THE USE OF THAT WORD AND EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANT BECAUSE THE LOCAL HEALTH COMMISSIONER SAID THEY FULLY ANTICIPATED AND EXPECTED INCREASE THE BASED ON TWO PRIMARY FACTORS.
NUMBER ONE, THE SPEED OF TESTING HAS IN FACT CAUGHT UP, UH, AND HAS INCREASED THEREBY YOU'RE TESTING MORE PEOPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE POSITIVE RESULTS.
AND OF COURSE, THE OPENING UP OF OHIO AND GATHERINGS, ET CETERA.
SO THEY COMPLETELY ANTICIPATED, THOSE WERE EXACT WORDS.
THESE WERE, THESE WERE EXPECTED INCREASES AND ANTICIPATED INCREASES.
SO, UH, ALTHOUGH IT'S STILL A CONCERN, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT, OH MY GOSH, THERE'S THERE THERE'S OUTBREAKS.
AND THERE'S REASONS TO TAKE ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS.
THE GOVERNOR ACTUALLY, UH, CALLED THE MAYOR, UH, ON SATURDAY AND, UH, AND ACTUALLY LEFT VOICEMAIL.
UH, HE WAS OUT OF RANGE AND ACTUALLY SAID THAT THAT WAS A POOR CHOICE OF WORDS, A HOTSPOT THAT HE ACTUALLY WANTS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND THE DATA.
UH, AND, BUT WE CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE THE STATE, UH, THE GOVERNOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE THAT DATA.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE LACKED AND WAS NOTED ON A CONFERENCE CALL WAS THERE IS SOME INCONSISTENCY IN SOME OF THE DATA AND THE LANGUAGE USE.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A, A REALLY STRONG GOAL, AT LEAST LOCALLY HERE OF OURS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO COMPILE DATA, THAT WE'VE GOT THE ACCURATE INFORMATION AND IT'S PROVIDED CONSISTENTLY.
SO JUST REAL QUICK TONIGHT, I WANTED TO JUST BRIEF OVER, UH, JUST DOWNLOADED TODAY.
UH, TODAY'S MAP, UH, REGARDING THE, AND IT'S ON THE P H D M C.ORG, PUBLIC HEALTH STATE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.ORG, UH, THE, UH, SIX 22 DATA AS WE SEE THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE GIVING IS BASED ON ZIP CODE.
SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THE ZIP CODE AND THEN THEY'VE CREATED A SHADED RANGE OF NUMBERS FOR THE REPORTED CASES.
UM, AND IN MY OPINION, I FEEL THAT IT'S ONLY A, IT'S ONLY PROPER TO DRILL THAT DATA DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND UNDERSTAND ONE PRIMARY COMPONENT, THE POPULATION DENSITY WITHIN THESE ZONES, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF CASES HERE IS LOWER, SO IS THE POPULATION.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATIO OF CAKES, I KNEW THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I GOT A FIX FOR THAT GOING TO BE IN STEREO.
WE'RE JUST GONNA, WE'LL SEE WHICH ONE WANTS TO WORK.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THE DATA AND WE MADE SURE TO PROVIDE WHAT THE EXPLANATION OF NOT ONLY THIS ZIP CODE DATA, WHICH IS ACCURATE, BUT IT'S RANGES.
FOR INSTANCE, IT'S SHOWING US IN A RANGE OF 74 TO 105 CASES.
THE DATA WE SHOW SHOWS ABOUT 90 CASES CURRENTLY REPORTED THAT HAVE BEEN THUS FAR REPORTED, UH, FOR FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR, TWO, FOUR, NOT JUST SUPER HIGH, IT'S FOUR, FIVE, FOUR, TWO, FOUR, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ALSO WHAT'S THE POPULATION.
WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT POPULATION THAT HAS THAT THOSE NUMBER OF CASES.
SO WE DRILLED THAT DOWN, UH, OF THE 36 ZIP CODES LISTED IN THAT MAP.
AGAIN, OF THAT DATA, WE BROKE DOWN THE POPULATION, THE FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR, TWO, FOUR ZIP CODE IS THE HIGHEST AND DENSEST POPULATION, ZIP CODE LISTED ON THAT MAP WITH 50,804 PEOPLE.
SO IT'S QUITE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN THAT ZIP CODE COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER ZIP CODES LISTED ON THAT MAP.
UH, THE OTHER TWO DARK RED ZONES, FOR INSTANCE, FOUR, FIVE, FOUR TO SIX HAS A
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POPULATION OF 15,004, FIVE, FOUR, ONE SEVEN HAS A POPULATION OF 29,000.SO YOU CAN SEE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CASES AND WHAT I DID IS I JUST MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE SHADED CIRCLES HAD THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CASES LISTED IN THAT RANGE.
AND WE ASSIGNED THAT AND BASICALLY CAME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE WHEN APPLYING THAT PERCENTAGE, WE RANK 23RD OUT OF 36 WITH 0.2, 1% OF THE POPULATION WITH DENOTED CASES.
SOME OF THESE THAT HAVE LOWER POPULATION LIKE FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, A, THE NUMBER ONE IS FOUR FIVE, FOUR, THREE, THREE, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE 0.9, 9% WITH, UM, TWO I'M SORRY, I JUST LOST THE NOSES LOOKING AT FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR, THREE, THREE WITH, UM, 2,700 PEOPLE WITH 27 REPORTED CASES.
SO THE DENSITY AND THE PERCENTAGE OF SPREAD IN THAT PARTICULAR ZIP CODE IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE PERCENTAGE OF SPREAD IN THE LIST OF FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR, TWO, FOUR, IF YOU USE THAT, THAT ANALYSIS.
AND IF YOU USE THAT DATA, SO IT'S JUST IMPORTANT.
THERE'S A WHOLE VARIETY OF SOURCES OF DATA AND JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, TAKE, TAKE A MINUTE CALL THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE.
THEY GET A LOT OF CALLS, UH, BUT THEY, UH, THEY CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND.
SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS, UNDERSTAND THE DATA AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL TRY TO PASS ON WHAT WE CAN, BUT IF WE LOOK AT AGAIN, FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR TO FOUR, IT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF POPULACE ON THAT LISTED MAP.
IT IS ALSO THE 23RD, UH, IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE AND RANKING FROM A PERCENTAGE OF 0.07 TO 0.9, 9% CASES VERSUS POPULATION, WE RANKED 23RD AT 0.2, 1%.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT, UM, LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE DATA TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ACTUALLY MEAN.
SO YES, WE DO HAVE POTENTIALLY A 74 TO 105 CASES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE IN THAT AREA, THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF POPULATION STUDIED ON THIS ENTIRE MAP.
SO JUST WANT TO, TO, TO COVER THAT.
AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UH, ONCE WE GET INTO A COUPLE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. SO, UH, I'LL DEFER UNTIL THEN.
ANY QUESTIONS, KATE, CAN I PLEASE ASK A QUESTION, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THIS, MAYBE WE DON'T WAS THE TESTING DONE BY THE PERSON'S ZIP CODE WHERE THEY LIVE, SO NOT THE HEALTHCARE FACILITY TAKING CARE OF THEM OR THE TESTING SITE THAT IS CORRECT.
THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THERE'S THERE'S TERMINOLOGY, HOTSPOT AND OUTBREAKS.
SO OUTBREAKS IS DEFINED BY THE LOCAL, UH, HEALTH COMMISSIONER AS A LOCATION THAT HAS HAD FOUR CASES REPORTED.
SO, UH, SOME IN, ALL OF THEM WERE LISTED IN THE PAPER LAST WEEK, THERE WAS 13 OF THEM, NONE OF THEM WERE IN FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR, TWO, FOUR, BY THE WAY.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE, I GUESS, MISUNDERSTANDING FROM ONE PRESS CONFERENCE TO THE OTHER, THINKING THAT THERE WAS AN OUTBREAK OR HOTSPOTS WITHIN THIS AREA AND THAT, AND THEY WERE NOT.
SO, UH, THOSE COULD INCLUDE, UH, SOME OF THEM ARE NURSING HOMES, SOME OF THEIR MORE INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYERS, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A LARGE CHURCH, UH, ET CETERA, SOME OTHERS, SO FOUR OR MORE CASES ARE REPORTED AS THE OUTBREAK.
IF SOMEBODY WORKS AT THAT LOCATION AND THEY TEST IT IS LISTED ALSO IN, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS INCORRECT.
I COULD BE, BUT NOTHING THAT I'VE SEEN SHOWS THAT IT'S INCORRECT, THAT THEY MIGHT WORK AT THAT LOCATION OR OUTBREAK AREA IT'S REPORTED THERE.
AND IF THEY DON'T LIVE THERE, IT MAY ALSO BE REPORTED AS A TEST AT THAT LOCATION.
SO, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE SO SMALL THAT IT'S PROBABLY MINUSCULE, NOT SKEWING ANYTHING.
SO IT IS IN FACT LISTED BASED ON THE ZIP CODE OF THE PERSON WHO TAKES THE TEST.
AGAIN, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME MARGIN OF ERROR IN THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME THAT ARE ACTUALLY LISTED AT THE LOCATION OF THE TESTING.
UH, BUT THE, THE DATA COMES FROM THE, UH, UH, EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTER AND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FROM OHIO AND THEN OUR LOCAL, UH, EXPERTS TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN THEY DEVELOP THE MAPS DOWN AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DATA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
NEXT ITEM, 10 PENDING BUSINESS.
[ A Resolution Establishing The City Of Huber Heights Culture And Diversity Citizen Action Commission And Adding A New Chapter 171 To Part One – Administrative Code, Part Five – Administrative Of The Codified Ordinances Of Huber Heights. (first reading)]
11 IS NEW BUSINESS.UH, TONY, WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION ITEM ALIVE AND A, A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER ONE 71 DEPART ONE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE PART FIVE ADMINISTRATIVE OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF HUBER HEIGHTS AT THE FIRST READING I'D CALL ON A CITY MANAGER, ROB SCHOMER.
UH, JUST ONE BRIEF THING, KIND OF
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A COLLATERAL ITEM.UH, AS WE RECALL, WE RESPONDED TO, UH, MR. FORWARDS A LETTER.
WE WERE, UM, WE WERE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, UH, SINCE THEN SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE REACHED OUT TO GET A COPY OF, OF OUR RESPONSE.
I THINK SOME OF THE, UH, ANSWERS SOME OF THE ACTIONS AND SOME OF THE, UM, INITIATIVES THAT WERE EITHER IN PLACE, MANY OF WHICH WERE, UH, BUT JUST TO RESTATE THEM, UH, BRING THEM TO THE FOREFRONT, UH, REEVALUATE THOSE AND MOVE FORWARD, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF THE, UM, UH, HUMAN RIGHTS, UH, CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION.
UH, BUT AFTER, AND I ALSO WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE, UH, THE POTENTIAL PROPOSED MEMBERS INITIALLY.
UH, BUT I THINK THERE'S NO REASON FOR THAT.
IF YOU COULDN'T GET THE SENTIMENT AND THE FEELING OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE, UH, BEING SELECTED TO GET THIS OFF, UH, OFF AND RUNNING, AS WELL AS THE TRUE INTENT AND PURPOSE BEHIND IT.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING THAT I COULD SAY TO CONVINCE YOU OTHERWISE.
AND, UH, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSIDER THE OPTION, UH, CONSIDER THE ITEM FOR ADOPTION AND BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, ROB, AT THE WORK SESSION, UH, THERE WASN'T A RECOMMENDATION MADE, BUT TO YOUR POINT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I MOVED TO NANCY BERGE, NANCY BIRD BIRDSHOT MOVES TO APPROVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? ED LIONS, SECOND, TONY.
UH, WELL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BEFORE WE DO A ROLL CALL? THIS IS BURJ.
SO THE MOTION'S APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FUTURE, UH, BEING A VOLUNTEER.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THE COMMITTEE.
[ A Motion To Appoint Rhonda Sumlin, Mia Honaker, Yolanda Stephens, And Eric Stephens To The Huber Heights Culture And Diversity Citizen Action Commission To A Term Expiring December 31, 2023 Contingent On Background Check Processing.]
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, C TONY, COULD YOU READ THAT? I'M SORRY, B I'M SORRY.RHONDA SUMLIN, MIA HONAKER, YOLANDA STEVENS, AND ERIC STEVENS TO THE UBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY'S CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION TO A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 CONTINGENT ON BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION AD LIONS? UH, HEADLINES MOVES.
DON, DO YOU SECOND? I WILL SUCK.
WE HAVE ADD THAT, UH, MOTIONS, DON, THE SECONDS.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BEFORE ROLL CALL GLENN AUTO.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, FIRST I WANT TO SAY I'M NOT VERY HAPPY THAT UNANIMOUSLY WE APPROVED THIS COMMISSION.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT STEP AND A GOOD MOVE FORWARD WITH FOREST CITY.
UM, SECOND, I WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, I'M FAMILIAR PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, MIA AND RHONDA, UM, VERY WELL WITH THE COMMITTEE, UH, OF THE WHO'S WHO HAVE DESIRED TO BE ON THE COMMISSION.
AND I, I THINK THEY'D BE GREAT ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW MR. MS. STEVENS, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR AND WHAT I'VE HEARD, I THINK YOU GUYS WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL.
UM, NOW TOO, THAT I WANT TO KIND OF PUT THE BRAKES ON A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND, AND NOT BECAUSE I HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENT WITH ANY OF THESE FOLKS OR THE COMMISSION AT ALL, BUT I THINK IT IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY FOLLOW OUR CHARTER AND FOLLOW OUR RULES AND DO THIS PROPERLY.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, SO, UM, I JUST, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW PROCESS AND, AND WHAT WE DO FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES NOW, TOO, THAT, UM, I'LL SHARE THAT.
UH, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND LOOKING THROUGH THE CHARTER, THE REFERENCE IN THE CHARTER CAME UNDER SECTION 4.14, AND IT STATES THAT THE RULES OF COUNCIL SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE NUMBER COMPOSITION AND MANNER OF APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL.
AND SO THAT GOES TO THE RULES OF COUNCIL, UH, THE RULES OF COUNCIL.
THEN IF YOU GO INTO SECTION 11 UNDER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, IT, THEN STATES APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO UH, PROCESS SET FORTH IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, BOARD AND COMMISSION HANDBOOK.
SO WE GO INTO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION HANDBOOK UNDER THE SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND IT STATES SCREENING AND APPOINTMENTS TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSION.
WHEN A VACANCY OR VACANCIES EXIST ON BOARD COMMISSION, THE CLERK OF COUNCIL WILL POST THE NOTICE OF VACANCY OR VACANCIES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AND AT CITY HALL BUILDING THE CLERK OF COUNCIL WILL ALSO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE VACANCY OR VACANCIES ON A CITY BOARD COMMISSION TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION CONTACT LIST.
THESE VACANCY NOTICES WILL INCLUDE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
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THE CLERK OF COUNCIL WILL ORGANIZE ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE AND PROVIDE THESE APPLICATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR CITY STAFF INTERVIEW PANEL FOR REVIEW.SO THAT FULLY OUTLINES, IN MY OPINION, THE ENTIRE PROCESS, COULD YOU PASS THAT DOWN TO JERRY, JERRY? I HIGHLIGHTED THOSE PARTICULAR SECTIONS.
UM, BUT IT'S MY OPINION THAT YES, WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
WE SHOULD DEFINITELY ESTABLISH THIS.
AND I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE READY TO SERVE.
I WANT TO SEE THEM THERE, BUT WE CAN'T JUST CAN, WE'VE DONE THIS ON OTHER THINGS IN THE PAST.
I'VE ARGUED THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY, LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING AND DO IT RIGHT.
LET'S ESTABLISH THINGS THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, THE WAY OUR RULES SAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WAY OUR CHARTER DOES.
UM, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS VOTE RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT POSTING THIS OUT WITHOUT, UM, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, UNFORTUNATELY I'LL BE A NO, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMMISSION OR THE INDIVIDUALS I AM VOTING AGAINST BYPASSING OUR OFFICIAL PROCESS.
THE REASON WE'RE SETTING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED, SOME PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING DO JUSTICE AND GETTING THINGS DONE PROPERLY, THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE HAVING THESE ISSUES BECAUSE SOME AREN'T FOLLOWING THE RULES AROUND OUR COUNTRY AND DOING THINGS WRONG BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE ABOVE THE RULES.
WE CAN'T PUT OURSELVES IN THAT SAME POSITION.
FOLKS LET'S DO IT, BUT LET'S DO IT RIGHT.
LET'S STEP FORWARD ON THIS HAND IN HAND.
AND LET'S MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE HERE AND NOT DO IT WITH A ASTERICK OR A STAIN.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR INPUT ON THIS, JERRY.
UM, BUT BASED ON WHAT I READ THE CHARTER SPEAKS TO THE RULES, WHICH SPEAK TO THE HANDBOOK.
AND THAT'S THE PROCESS FOR DOING THIS, THE TIMELINE FOR THAT, PARDON? WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THAT? TYPICALLY NOTICE GOES OUT SEVEN TO 10 DAYS FOR APPLICATIONS.
WE CAN GET THOSE, UH, INTERVIEWS DONE PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE CAN SCHEDULE I'M DOWN FOR A SPECIAL MEETING BEING CALLED.
IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR INTERVIEWS, IF WE WANT TO DO A SPECIAL MEETING FOR ASSIGNMENT, I THINK WE COULD GET THIS KNOCKED OUT EASILY WITHIN A MONTH OR LESS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, I, I WANT TO THROW THIS OUT AS A CAVEAT AS WELL.
THIS HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS A NINE MEMBER COMMITTEE IN ORDER FOR ANY ACTION TO TAKE PLACE, ANY DECISIONS TO BE MADE FORMALLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE TO DO THAT.
IF WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE APPOINTED TO A NINE MEMBER COMMISSION, THEY CAN, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ANYWAY.
SO WE'RE STILL WAITING BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THAT A QUORUM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND, AND WHATNOT.
SO I JUST WANT YOU FOLKS TO KNOW THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHERE I'M AT ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE MILITARY DROVE THAT INTO ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MY PRINT, BUT I'M A PROCESS PERSON.
I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE RULES, WE FOLLOW THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON.
AND IF WE DON'T LIKE THEM AND THEY NEED TO BE CHANGED, THEN WE CHANGE THEM.
BUT WE DON'T JUST BYPASS THEM BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S CONVENIENT FOR US OR IT'S EASY.
OR I HOPE I REALLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT IT'S NOT A POLITICAL REASON.
SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS ON THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION.
I KNOW ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOLKS, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW.
I TEND TO ATTEND ALL THE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
UM, I LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION RIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH, SO TO SPEAK AND GET INVOLVED.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
I GUESS I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
CAUSE MR. OTTO SHARED IT TO ME.
WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS, UM, IN MY OPINION, THE APPOINTMENT TONIGHT, IF IT GOES THROUGH, WOULD NOT VIOLATE THE CHARTER, WHICH PROVISION THAT SAYS THAT COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO APPOINT MEMBERS.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ONE SECTION OF THE CHARTER THAT CLEARLY SAYS, YOU CAN DO THIS.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PART OF THE CHARTER SAYS YOU CAN MAKE RULES, WHICH ALSO SAYS YOU CAN REPEAL RULES AT ANY TIME.
WE THEN ADOPTED OREGON COMMISSION HANDBOOK, WHICH THAT'S FOR ANOTHER PROCESS.
SO IT'S A COUPLE STEPS REMOVED FROM THE CHARTER, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE AND THE CHARTER IS SECTION NINE OH TWO, IN MY OPINION, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONERS, WHICH AS COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO DO THAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT BECAUSE COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO DO IT, THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND THAT POWER, IT WOULD BE VERY NICE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.
AND AS I HAD MENTIONED TO MR SCHOMER, I SAID, THE ONLY REASON THAT I WOULD SEE FOR US NOT TO DO THAT IS IF WE HAD A VALID REASON,
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A TIME SENSITIVITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.WHEN I READ THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRESENT.
BUT AS FAR AS AN EXPLANATION, WHY WE WOULD DEVIATE FROM THE NORM, BUT THE INITIAL QUESTION IS, WILL THIS VIOLATE THE CHARTER? I HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE THAT WE'D BE A CHARTER VIOLATION.
WILL THIS BE CONTRARY TO OUR POLICY? DEFINITELY.
AND THEN THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT, WHICH WAS THE MAYOR MAKING THE APPOINTMENT HIMSELF WAS KILLED RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING AS THAT WOULD'VE VIOLATED THE CHARTER.
NOW, IN SPEAKING TO URGENCY, COULD YOU ADDRESS MY COMMENTS CONCERNING QUORUM? GOOD.
THIS COMMITTEE DO ANYTHING WITH, FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN WITH ON THE NINE PERSON COMMITTEE.
AS I READ IT, IT WAS A QUORUM SHALL BE A MAJORITY OF THE THEN SERVING OFFICERS.
SO THAT WOULD BE THREE PEOPLE.
EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE NINE, BUT AS I READ IT AND MR. SCHOMER MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
YES, MR. SCHIRMER, UH, AND, AND PERHAPS REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, MR. OTTO, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND, AND I, I TOO AM A PROCESS PERSON OBVIOUSLY WITH, UH, UH, MY HISTORY AND, UH, ALL THE POLICIES AND ACCREDITATION AND ALL THAT STUFF, TOO.
UM, AND, AND ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT, UH, POLICIES ARE GOOD UNTIL THEY NEED TO BE CHANGED.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE LEGALLY WE CAN DO IT AND THE TIME SENSITIVITY AND THE DIRE URGENT NEED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS, UH, OVERRIDES THAT, AND THE PURPOSE OF GETTING THE FIRST INITIAL FOUR MEMBERS WAS NOT TO HOLD MEETINGS AND CONDUCT BUSINESS.
IT WAS TO GET THE PEOPLE IN PLACE TO HELP CONTINUE FINALIZE AND DEVELOP, DEVELOP THOSE RULES, DEVELOP THOSE OBJECTIVES, DEVELOP THE MISSION, UH, TO, TO REALLY HELP FORM AND GUIDE NOT ONLY THE, THE ADDITIONAL SELECTION OF MEMBERS, UH, TO FULFILL AND TO BALANCE OUT THE COMMISSION, BUT ALSO TO REALLY HELP MAKE THIS A CITIZEN DRIVEN COMMISSION AND ESTABLISH THE, UH, THE, THE, THE POLICIES AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION AND ALL THOSE THINGS WITHIN IT.
SO IT WASN'T TO CONDUCT THAT IT'S TO WORK WITH AND BE AN ADVISORY COMPONENT, NOT REALLY CONDUCT MISSION CRITICAL BUSINESS OF THE COMMISSION AS OF YET UNTIL THE COMMISSION IS IN FACT FIELD.
UH, IT WAS OUT LIKE THAT IN THE READ AHEAD, WE DISCUSSED THAT WHEN WE INTRODUCED IT A WEEK OR SO AGO, AND THAT IS THE INTENTION.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, EVEN THOUGH A QUORUM COULD BE MADE BECAUSE THREE AND THERE'S FOUR, AND YOU COULD HAVE THAT, BUT THE INTENTION WOULDN'T BE TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS UNTIL SUCH TIME.
UH, THE INITIAL GROUP, UH, CAN WORK TOGETHER AND BRING SOME IDEAS FORWARD TO FINALIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMISSION ITSELF, EVEN THOUGH BY RESOLUTION WILL BE FORMED.
UH, BUT TO REALLY GET THE INPUT OF THE, UH, OF THE INITIALLY APPOINTED INDIVIDUALS.
UM, BECAUSE AS YOU COULD TELL FROM TONIGHT, THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT THE PASSION, THE, THE IDEAS AND THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR, FOR WHERE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO GO WITH.
AND LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION, IT PROVIDES THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF NO FEWER THAN THREE, NOR MORE THAN NINE MEMBERS.
SO IT'S NOT A, IT SHALL HAVE NINE MEMBERS.
AND THEN WHEN I GO DOWN TO THE OTHER SECTION, AGAIN, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION CREATING THIS, THAT WAS JUST PASSED A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE CURRENTLY APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE NECESSARY TO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND CONDUCT BUSINESS AT ANY COMMISSION MEETING.
SO, UM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND FULLY WHAT THE QUESTION WAS ON THE QUORUM, I GUESS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT ARE FROM INTO, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL ESTABLISHED AS X NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS, AND EVEN IF WE HAVE A NINE MEMBER COMMISSION AND ONLY SEVEN HAVING TO BE ON IT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES, WE STILL CONSIDER THE NUMBER NINE FOR A QUORUM.
YOU STILL GOTTA HAVE FIVE TO HAVE A QUORUM.
WE DO HAVE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE THAT NUMBER.
MILITARY VETERANS FOR EXAMPLE, WAS ONE THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THREE TO NINE.
I BELIEVE FOUR, MAYBE IT'S FIVE TO NINE, BUT THERE ARE NUMBERS.
AND A SECOND, I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT IT'S LEGAL FOR US TO FINISH THE DISCUSSION UNTIL EVERYONE SPOKE AND THEN VOTE ON THIS.
I FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TONIGHT BY COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM THE DIOCESE? I HAVE A QUESTION.
NO, I DIDN'T HEAR ALL OF WHAT JERRY SAID UNLESS HE'S SPEAKING DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE, BUT, UM, IF, UH, IF THERE WERE SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS, WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE SINCE MS. RODOS CONCERN IS, IS WITH THE PROCESS
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THAT WE HAVE VOTE TO MODIFY THE, THE PROCEDURES THAT YEAH.IDENTIFIED IN THE RULES OF COUNCIL, UH, THAT WE VOTE TO MODIFY THAT PROCESS THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM TO VOTE FOR OUR VOTE AGAINST THE PROCESS.
AND THEN WE VOTE FOR, UH, APPROVING THE MEMBERSHIP AND, AND THE COMMISSION, THE, UM, AND I THINK IT'S FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD HERE, THE BIGGEST REASON THAT WE WANT THESE PEOPLE ON HERE IS BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY THE ORIGINAL FOUR THAT BROUGHT THE IDEA TO THE, TO THE CITY.
AND THEY, THEY REALLY DO HAVE A, UH, I DON'T WANT TO S WHETHER THEY DO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST, BUT THEY HAVE EXPRESSED A PERSONAL INTEREST IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
SO I THINK NANCY'S OPINION THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD THING TO START THE COMMISSION WITH THESE FOUR, AND THEN GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THE REMAINING FIVE, UH, WHICH PROVIDES FOR A TIEBREAKER.
AND I DON'T, I DID NOT HEAR IF THERE WAS ANY INTENTION ON HAVING ANY MEETINGS BEFORE WE HAD NINE PEOPLE SEATED.
DID WE HAVE A DUDE? DID WE HAVE ANY INTENTION OF NO, NO, NO, NO.
BUT THEN I'M NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONCERN IS THAT, THAT, UH, MR. OTTO, UM, BROUGHT UP AT A, IF WE ONLY HAVE FOUR, THE MAJORITY STILL FIVE, I MEAN, A QUORUM IS STILL FIVE.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING OTHER THAN THE PROCESS, WHAT HIS HEARTBURN IS OVER THIS IT'S MERELY PROCESS.
I THINK IT I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT I DON'T LIKE SKIPPING THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
UM, CAUSE THERE'S REASON PUT IN PLACE FOR THOSE THINGS.
I, I WANT TO ADD ALSO THAT I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH, UM, THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS MEETING WITH STAFF OR WITH THE MAYOR OR WITH ANYONE ELSE AND WORKING ON THIS STUFF WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IF THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY MEETINGS UNTIL WE HAVE ALL NINE, THEN THAT'S, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
I'D LET THEM WORK TOGETHER AND LET'S GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND DO IT PROPERLY.
AND THEN IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER AND WE'VE DONE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? KATE.
MS. MRS. STEPHENS WAS PREVIOUSLY CHECKED THROUGH HER SERVICE ON THE PERSONAL APPEALS BOARD.
AND THEN ROB SAYS HE'S PROCESSED THE OTHER ONES.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE DIOCESE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS WE'RE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? UM, MY COMMENT BEFORE WE DO THE ROLL CALL IS THE ONE THING I HEARD TONIGHT WAS, UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGE AND TO CHANGE SOMETHING, SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE AND, AND, AND I'M A YES.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE.
BUT TONY, WOULD YOU, UH, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE MR. OTTO? I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ONE.
[ A Resolution In Support Of Fair, Direct Federal Emergency Support To Reopen And Rebuild Local American Economies – Huber Heights Is Essential. (first reading)]
AGENDA ITEM IS C ITEM 11.SEE A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FAIR, DIRECT FEDERAL EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO REOPEN AND REBUILD LOCAL AMERICAN ECONOMIES.
HUBER HEIGHTS IS ESSENTIAL AT THE FIRST READING, UH, TONY ROGER'S COMMENTS.
UH, THIS WAS DISCUSSED THE LAST WORK SESSION.
I WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY A COUNCIL, MAN, OTTO AND SHAW.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION.
I WOULD LOOK TO GLENN FOR EMOTION.
SO REMEMBER, ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, WE DO NEED TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, TONY.
WOULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. LYONS?
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YES.[ A Public Hearing Scheduled For June 22, 2020 By The Huber Heights City Council For Discussion Of The 2021 Tax Budget.]
D A PUBLIC HEARING, TONY.ITEM 11, D A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 22ND, 2020 BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION OF THE 2021 TAX BUDGET.
I WOULD CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING IN SESSION AND A CALL ON CITY STAFF TO MAKE THE INITIAL PRESENTATION.
WOULD THAT BE YOU MR. SCHOMER? THAT WOULD BE ME, CORRECT.
UH, THIS IS THE 2021 PRELIMINARY TAX BUDGET, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, THIS IS A FORMALITY PROCESS THAT MIAMI COUNTY STILL REQUIRES MONTGOMERY COUNTY DID AWAY WITH IT, BUT NONETHELESS, UH, WE DO IT TO CONSIDER THE ENTIRETY OF IT.
UH, AND THIS KIND OF KICKS OFF AND STARTS OUR 2021 BUDGET PROCESS.
UH, NOTICE THAT THE TAX BUDGET HEARING WAS ADVERTISED IN, UH, IN, IN THE, UH, IN PUBLICATIONS, UH, THE WEEK OF THE 12TH.
AND IT WAS ALSO REVIEWED DURING THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION TO MEET THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, THE TAX BUDGET PRODUCES A CERTIFICATE OF ESTIMATED RESOURCES TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT'S AN ESTIMATE OF THE REVENUES THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE AVAILABLE TO SPEND IN 2021.
AND AS YOU NOTE, UH, THAT IS AMENDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, DEPENDING ON, UH, ON A COLLECTIONS AND, UH, AND ALSO EXPENDITURES.
THE TAX BUDGET ALLOWS THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND DISTRIBUTION THAT OCCURS FROM STATE, UH, DOWN TO THE DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE COUNTIES.
AND, UH, IF WE DO NOT ACT ON A BUDGET OR A TAX BUDGET IN A TIMELY MANNER, THEN THE CITY LOSES ITS OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING IN 2021.
AND, UH, WE WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 608,000 IN 2020, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THAT.
UM, BUT NONETHELESS, WE STILL WANNA ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS.
TAX BUDGET INCLUDES A LIST OF ALL CURRENT PROPERTY TAX LEVIES.
A COUNTY AUDITOR PROVIDES AN ESTIMATE OF THOSE REVENUES GENERATED, UH, COUNSEL WILL THEN SUBSEQUENTLY AFTER THIS MEETING NEED TO APPROVE THOSE LEVIES AND THOSE ESTIMATED COLLECTIONS AND REVENUES.
AND THAT'LL COME SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER IS USUALLY THE TIMEFRAME FROM THAT AFTER THE COUNTY, UH, BUDGET COMMISSION MEETS AND COMES UP WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR ESTIMATES.
UH, THE CITY CANNOT COLLECT ANY PROPERTY TAXES, UH, WITHOUT THE, UH, WITHOUT THE TAX BUDGET.
AND FINALLY, THE TAX BUDGET ITSELF IS ONLY AN ESTIMATE OF REVENUES.
IT DOES NOT APPROPRIATE ANYTHING NOR DOES IT INCLUDE ANY EXPENDITURES THAT WOULD NORMALLY SEE IN A BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE COUNTY TAX BUDGET FOR PROPERTY TAXES AND THE OHIO REVISED CODE REQUIRES ADOPTION THE TAX BUDGET BY COUNCIL, UNLESS IT'S WAIVED BY THE COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSION.
AND IN MY MCKINNEY'S CASE, IT WAS NOT.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE FIRST READING AND ADOPTION OF LEGISLATION AND, UM, CONSIDER IT SO IT CAN BE SUBMITTED TO MIAMI COUNTY.
THANKS, ROB, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, I NOW CALL ON THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR, UH, COMMENTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM ANY STAFF ROB? NONE, SIR.
UH, ANYONE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PRESENTATION THAT ROB GAVE TONIGHT? OKAY.
ANYONE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PRESENTATION, ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, CITY COMMENTS, AGAIN, ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PRESENTATION? THE PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW CLOSED.
[ A Public Hearing Scheduled For June 22, 2020 By The Huber Heights City Council For Zoning Case 20-14. The Applicant Is Barkley Holdings, LLC. The Applicant Is Requesting Approval Of A Major Change For Building And Site Improvements For Property Located At 5239 Taylorsville Road.]
AGENDA ITEM IS E ITEM 11 II, A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 22ND, 2020 BY THE RIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR ZONING CASE TWO ZERO DAYS ONE FOUR.THE APPLICANT IS BARKLEY HOLDINGS, LLC.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A MAJOR CHANGE FOR BUILDING AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 52 39 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD.
LOVELY CARING IS NOW IN SESSION AND I WOULD CALL ON CITY STAFF TO MAKE THE INITIAL PRESENTATION.
YOU SAY Q A REPRESENTATIVES OF THE, UH, OR THE APPLICANT IS, ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UH, AGAIN AS NOTED AT SEEKING APPROVAL FOR MAJOR CHANGE FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE OLD RACKET CLUB SITE, UH, THEY'RE ON TAYLORSVILLE ROAD AT, UM, AT WAYNE TOWN BOULEVARD.
AS WE SAW IN THE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, THE SUBMITTAL INCLUDES A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ARCHITECTURE LEAD TO THE BILL TO THE BUILDING, UH, WILL ALLOW FOR THE OPENING OF THE FURNITURE STORE.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A, UM, A COMMENT LAST, UH, AT THE MEETING TALKING ABOUT JANUARY, BUT I BELIEVE THE MONTH WAS ACTUALLY IN JUNE OR JULY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING GOING, UH, THAT THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY READY TO, UH, TO, TO BEGIN, UH, SOME OF THEIR, THEIR CONSTRUCTION,
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UM, UH, ON THE SIDE, AS THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE SOME STUFF ON THE INTERIOR.UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS APPROVED THIS.
UH, THERE ARE, UH, NO CONCERNS IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY STAFF, UH, FIRE, UH, AND, AND ALL THE LIKE, AND, UH, WE ARE, UH, WE'RE PREPARED TO, UH, TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE LATER IN THE AGENDA.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROB KATE? I FORGOT TO ASK A QUESTION LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW MANY JOBS WILL THIS CREATE FOR KEEPER? THAT'D BE A GOOD QUESTION.
IF A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT RICHARD SPEAK ON THE LINE, MIKE MILLER, BIG SANDY SUPERSTORES.
UH, WE HOPE TO CREATE A RELEASE 50 NEW JOBS IT, OKAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME.
I'D CALL ON THE CITY'S LAW DIRECTOR FOR COMMENTS, IF ANY, NO ISSUES WITH US.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM STAFF AND YOU WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PRESENTATION THAT ROB GAVE TONIGHT, ANYONE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PRESENTATION, ANY ADDITIONAL CITY COMMENTS AGAIN, IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PRESENTATION SEEING NONE? THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED NEXT
[ An Ordinance To Approve A Major Change To The Basic And Detailed Development Plan For The Property Located At 5239 Taylorsville Road And Further Identified As Parcel Number P70-04005-0065 On The Montgomery County Auditor’s Tax Map And Accepting The Recommendation Of The Planning Commission. (Zoning Case 20-14). (first reading)]
AGENDA ITEM IS F ITEM 11 AFTER THE ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE BASIC AND DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN 52 39 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD, AND FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL NUMBER P SEVEN ZERO DASH ZERO FOUR ZERO ZERO FIVE DASH ZERO ZERO SIX FIVE ON THE BIGAMY COUNTY AUDITOR'S TAX MAP AND ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZONING CASE TWO ZERO DASH ONE FOUR AT THE FIRST RATING, MR. SCHOMER.YES, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT ACTUALLY MAKES THAT MAJOR CHANGE, UH, REFERENCED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE JUST HEARD AND THE PRESENTATION WITH A BIG SANDY FURNITURE STORE.
UH, THE ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW FOR THAT.
AS I INDICATED EARLIER, THE APPLICANT IS IN PROCESS AND READY TO CONTINUE MOVING.
SO WE WOULD ASK THAT THE SECOND READING BE WAIVED TO ALLOW FOR THEIR TIMELINE, UH, TO, UH, COMPLETE THEIR WORK, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS GREAT WEATHER SEASON THAT WE'RE HAVING AND, UH, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION THIS EVENING.
ALRIGHT, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING GLENN GLENN AUTO, AND THEN WHO SECONDED IS THAT DAWN RICHARD CHARLES SECONDS.
UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS SEEING NONE.
TONY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MR. HILL? YES.
UH, NEXT ITEM WOULD BE A MOTION TO ADOPT WHO WAS AT AND ANDY HILL, UH, MOTIONS TO ADOPT SECOND NANCY BIRD, SECONDS.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DISCUSSION.
MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO, CORRECT.
[ A Resolution Adopting The City Of Huber Heights Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan For 2021-2025. (first reading)]
G ITEM 11, G A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF ZEBRA HIDES.FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR 2021 TO 2025 AT THE FIRST READING.
I'M CALLING THE CITY MANAGER, ROB SHOMER FOR COMMENTS.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE CIP GOING INTO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FLUID THAN IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS PAST BECAUSE WE, UH, REALLY ARE UNCERTAIN OF, UH, SEMESTER MOMENTS THAT ARE UPCOMING BASED ON, UM, WHAT SOME OF THE STUDIES AND DATA WILL SHOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR.
UH, NONETHELESS, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AS THE SCHEDULE AND THE SPREADSHEET FOR EACH RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT, UH, AS NOTED SOME OF THE THINGS ON THERE THAT WERE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR, UH, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MOVEMENTS AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS AS THE NOTATIONS GO AGAIN, THE CIP DOES NOT APPROPRIATE MONEY.
IT DOES NOT, UH, UH, ALLOW OR AUTHORIZE ANY OF THE PURCHASES.
IT MERELY SETS, UH, MORE OR LESS FINANCIAL GOALS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUDGET.
SO WHAT WE WILL DO FROM HERE IS WE WILL TAKE THE CIP, UH, CONTINUE TO GET INPUT REGARDING THESE CAPITAL ITEMS AND ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY
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OTHERS AS WE FORMULATE AND FINALIZE THE ACTUAL 20, 21 BUDGET, THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING HERE SOON.SO WE ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THIS CIP BUDGET AS A, AS A WORKSHEET.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF THE FORMULATION OF THE 20, 21 BUDGET.
AND I WOULD NOTE THAT AT THE WORK SESSION, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THIS EVENING.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT KATE.
ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, TONY, PLEASE.
UM, BRIAN PROVIDED ME THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASK AND I'M, I'M GOOD WITH MOST OF THEM, BUT THERE'S ONE IN HERE THAT I'M I'M CONCERNED WITH.
AND I ASKED HIM WHY THERE WAS NO UNDER THE STREETS AND TRAFFIC, WHY THERE'S NO ESTIMATE TO BUILD A BIKE PATH CONNECTOR FROM CHAMBERSBURG ROAD, UM, TO THE GREAT MIAMI BIKEWAY AND THE RESPONSE.
THIS RESPONSE WAS THE BIKE PATH WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE STREET IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEXINGTON PLACE.
THIS PROJECT WILL APPEAR IN THE CIP SOMETIME AROUND 2016, 2017.
UM, MY CONCERNS WITH THAT IS IF IT'S IN THE LEXINGTON PLACE TIP, UNLESS I'M WRONG, ANY MONEY THAT WE SPEND THERE WOULD ONLY GO DOWN TO ENDICOTT ROAD.
IT WOULD NOT BE A TOTAL CONNECTOR TO THE GREAT MIAMI BIKE PATH.
AND MY SECOND CONCERN IS IF WE'VE SUPPORTED FUNDING FUNDING TO REQUEST TO MBR RPC, IT MIGHT GET APPROVED IN THE FUTURE.
IF WE DON'T SUBMIT THIS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR, UH, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OR SIDEWALKS OR WHATEVER, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING NOW OR ANY CONSIDERATION IN YEAR AFTER YEAR.
I SEE US BEING, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GETTING PROJECTS EVALUATE AND PRIORITIZE, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE FOR US.
AND THAT'S THAT I FIND THAT VERY DISTURBING.
WE DO HAVE PROJECTS IN THERE, AND ALSO IT'S A MATTER OF, UH, THE AVAILABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND PLEDGE THE MATCHING FUNDS.
UH, WE CANNOT AUTHORIZE A PROJECT THAT EXTENDS BEYOND OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE ROADWAY, UH, EXPANSIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS ON ROADWAY.
THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UH, SO THAT IS, THAT IS ACCURATE.
UM, AND AS WE DISCUSSED FOR THE LEXINGTON PLACE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THAT WAS GOING TO BE A PAY AS YOU GO TYPE OF SCENARIO, WHERE AS WE, UH, COLLECT AND GENERATE THOSE FUNDS, WE WILL IDENTIFY PHASES OF THAT PROJECT THAT WE CAN TAKE ON.
SO, UH, IT IS REVOLVED AROUND THE, THE ABILITY, UH, AND ALTHOUGH WE CAN APPLY FOR ALL SORTS OF PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MATCHING FUNDS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT AND, AND, AND CONDUCT THOSE THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE KEEP THOSE ON THAT SCHEDULE.
AND AS THOSE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE, THEY'LL BORROW, THEY'RE BROUGHT FORWARD TO BE VETTED AND DECIDED AND VOTED ON AS A, AS A PROJECT BY THIS COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE THAT ROB, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE SUBMIT AN SDP REQUEST, UM, OUR PERCENTAGE MAY BE LOWER.
I MEAN, IF IT GETS PRIORITIZED AGAINST THE OTHER ONES, AT LEAST WE STAND A CHANCE.
AND IF IT'S IN THE OUT YEARS, WHO KNOWS WHERE OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BE BY THEN ANYWAY, AND WE DO STP FUNDING FOR THE BRAIN PIKE AND TWO OH TWO RESURFACING PROJECTS.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE FROM ONE TO DO ANOTHER, UH, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH FUNDING AND SO MUCH MATCHING FUNDING THAT WE CAN APPLY.
SO IF COUNCIL WANTS TO ADJUST, AS THEY SEE THESE PROJECTS ABOUT FORD, UH, TO DISCUSS THOSE AND MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, UH, TO INCLUDE THOSE, MAKE THOSE MODIFICATIONS AND, AND SUBMIT.
UM, AND AS COUNCIL SEES FIT, ROB, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BROUGHT UP DURING 2020 THIS CALENDAR YEAR FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? OH, IT'S CERTAINLY MAKING JEN DYNAM LATER DATE FOR SURE.
NANCY, DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION OR AT LEAST THE CONCERN? UM, I DIDN'T HEAR EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID.
WHAT'D YOU SAY MARK, IF IT COULD BE INCLUDED, WHAT, UH, IF IT COULD BE, UH, DISCUSSED THROUGH THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020, COULD WE PUT SOMETHING BACK ON THE WORK SESSION? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AGAIN, THAT'S GOOD.
I JUST, UM, I, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTOR AND I'M JUST, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DO IT.
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THAT, UH, MV RPC IS VERY EAGER TO HELP US GET A CONNECTOR.I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF BRANSON OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE MATCHING FUNDS ISSUE, BUT DO NOT EVEN ADDRESS IT AS IS A LITTLE DISHEARTENING.
UM, CAUSE I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE OUR, OUR CITY MORE, MORE BIKE FRIENDLY.
I WOULD DISAGREE THAT IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
I THINK WE HAVE DISCUSSED, IN FACT, WE PUT IN PLAY A PLAN WITH THE LEXINGTON PLACE, TIF, UH, TO IDENTIFY SOME LOCALIZED FUNDING SOURCES.
SO, UM, UH, I DO AGREE THAT IT'S A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, BROUGHT FORWARD AND, AND A PLAN IN PLACE NOT GOING TO BE AN IMMEDIATE, UH, OUTPUT, BUT, UH, SOMETHING THAT AS WE CAN MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF OTHER PROJECTS, LIKE THE INTERIOR STREETS PROGRAM, UH, AND OTHER SURFACING EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY RELATED ISSUES, SUCH, UH, SUCH AS SOME INTERSECTION REDESIGNED AND WORK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CONTINUE TO, UH, TO IDENTIFY FUNDS AS WE CAN AND PRIORITIZES, UM, AS WE CAN, BASED ON THOSE SAFETY AND OTHER TRAFFIC RELATED ISSUES.
ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, NO, I'M ROB.
I WASN'T SAYING THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY DISCUSSION.
I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, WHAT WE'RE LACKING IS ACTION AND, AND THAT'S, AND I UNDERSTAND.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
IS THAT CORRECT? A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
[ A Resolution Adopting A Preliminary Tax Budget For Revenues Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2021 And Ending December 31, 2021. (first reading)]
ALRIGHT.ITEM H ITEM 11 AGE, A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY TAX BUDGET FOR REVENUES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2021.
AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 AT THE FIRST READING I'D CALL ON CITY MANAGER, ROB SHOMER FOR COMMENTS.
THIS IS THE COMPANION, A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE TAX BUDGET.
SO WE ASKED HER TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING FOR ADOPTION SO WE CAN GET THAT SUBMITTED AND PROCESSED.
AND I WOULD NOTE THAT AT THE WORK SESSION, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT A NIGHT.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT LIONS MOVES.
SECOND, SECOND, KATE SECONDS DISCUSSION SEEING NONE.
[ An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2019-O-2403 By Making Supplemental Appropriations For Expenses Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2020 And Ending December 31, 2020. (first reading)]
AGENDA ITEM.I AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO ZERO ONE NINE DASH ZERO DASH TWO FOUR ZERO THREE, BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING, JANUARY 1ST, 2020, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 AT THE FIRST READING I'D CALL ON A CITY MANAGER, ROB SCHOMER FOR COMMENT.
THE ONLY ITEM ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, HAS, HAS TO DO WITH THE PURCHASE OF BODY WORN CAMERAS FOR THE POLICE DIVISION.
AS WE HAD DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, UM, THERE'S BEEN A PROJECT AND A PROCESS THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SOME TIME.
I KNOW WE SPENT, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF UPFITTING AND CHANGING OUR INTERNAL TECHNOLOGY AND STORAGE.
UH, WHEN THE ONSET OF THE BODY CAMERAS CAME TO FACE.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, THAT WAS SOMEWHAT OVERLOOKED WAS A, THE, THE PROCESSES FOR PUBLIC RECORDS, REQUEST REDACTION, ET CETERA.
AS YOU KNOW, OHIO HAS A VERY, UH, OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS LAW AND ALLOWS THE, UH, THE, THE TRANSPARENCY AND DELIVERY OF PUBLIC RECORDS, INCLUDING RECORDINGS.
UH, WE GET MANY REQUESTS FOR THOSE.
SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE PROCESSES AND THE LAWS, BECAUSE IT, IT IDENTIFIES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT, UH, THAT, THAT COULD BE SENSITIVE.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, WE WENT THROUGH AND, UH, AND IDENTIFIED POLICIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR IT.
UH, THIS LAST BIT IS THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT ITSELF TO INTEGRATE WITHIN.
SO, UH, THE COST IN THERE WAS A COST NOT TO EXCEED, UM, UM, 190,000.
I THINK JIM PUT IN 200,000, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATING ALL OF THAT.
THAT IS JUST MERELY, UM, ALLOWING FOR THAT, UM, THAT AMOUNT INTO THE BUDGET FOR 2020, SINCE IT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY A BUDGET ITEM, UH, AS OF YET IN THE CAPITAL ITEMS. SO, UH, WE WOULD ASK THAT THE SECOND READING BE WAIVED FOR THE, UH, APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION THAT I PRETTY
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MUCH JUST TALKED ABOUT, UM, FOR THE NEXT ITEM.SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE HEADLINES MOVED AWAY.
SECOND, SECOND, NANCY BIRCH SECONDS DISCUSSION SEEING NONE.
A MOTION TO ADOPT A ADD LINES.
UH, WHOSE SECOND RICHARD CHARLES SECONDED DISCUSSION.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase Body Worn Cameras For Use By The Police Division And Waiving The Competitive Bidding Requirements. (first reading)]
NEXT AGENDA ITEM.SORRY, JAY ITEM 11, J A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE BODY WORN CAMERAS FOR USE BY THE POLICE DIVISION AND WAIVING THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AT THE FIRST STREET.
UH, AS I KIND OF INTRODUCED, UH, PREVIOUSLY, THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS FOR THE PURCHASE, IT ALSO NOTES, A JOINT COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THE RESEARCH.
WE'VE ALREADY CREATED THE POLICY AND THESE, UH, THESE DEVICES INTEGRATE WITHIN THE EXISTING IN CAR CAMERAS TO KEEP ONE, UH, CONSISTENT AND FLUID SYSTEM FOR, UH, FOR VIDEO RECORDING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
UH, I KNOW SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT THE WORK SESSION, UH, INDICATED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, THIS WAS PERHAPS OVERDUE.
UM, BUT AS WE INDICATED BEFORE, UM, IT TOOK SOME TIME AND WAS PLANNED TO BE IN THE 2021 CIP.
UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH CURRENT EVENTS, NO BETTER TIME THAN THE PRESENT, UH, WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD TO IT.
UH, WE DO THINK THAT IT IS A PRIORITY EXPENSE TO SHIFT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAFEGUARD OUR OFFICERS, SAFEGUARD OUR CITIZENS WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL, UH, AND TO ALLOW, UH, AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF TRANSPARENCY AND EXAMINATION BY THE PUBLIC FOR ACTIVITIES OF ENFORCEMENT RELATED, UH, NATURE.
UM, AND AS I INDICATED PREVIOUSLY, IT TOOK SOME TIME TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE TECHNOLOGY.
UH, WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL, UH, MAKING ADJUSTMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR OR SO OF SOME OF THE NEW CABLING, SOME OF THE NEW ROUTER, SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT REALLY GO ALONG TO CREATE OUR CAPACITY TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, OR AS WOULD WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED IT A YEAR OR TWO AGO.
UH, QUITE FRANKLY, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE UTILIZED TO THE CAPACITY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE UTILIZED.
SO, UH, WHEN WE DO SOMETHING, WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
UH, AND, UM, UH, MR. PEYTON, OUR, UH, OUR IT DIRECTOR HAS WORKED PREVIOUSLY TO GET US IN A POSITION WHERE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS SOUND AND INCAPABLE OF BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE THOSE REQUESTS AND ALSO PRODUCE THE VIDEOS, UH, NEEDED.
AND, UM, THIS SYSTEM, I THINK WILL BE A GREAT ASSET AND A BENEFIT, AND RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THE NEXT CIP CYCLE, UH, WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE ALL THE INFORMATION IN THERE, IT DIDN'T TAKE A WEEK TO PUT TOGETHER.
THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR, UH, FOR SOME TIME.
SO, UH, WE ASKED IT IS CONSIDERED THIS EVENING FOR ADOPTION SO WE CAN BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT A MOTION TO ADOPT GLEN, BE THRILLED TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
SECOND, KATE, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND DISCUSSION GLENN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS AS THE MANAGER ALLUDED TO A LAST TIME AROUND TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I MADE COMMENTS, MR. SHAWN, I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THIS SINCE 2016.
OUR POLICE FORCE AND OUR CITIZENS NEED THIS.
THIS IS PROTECTION FOR EVERYONE.
UH, IT'S GOING TO BE WELCOMED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO SERVE AS WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT? I DO, RICHARD.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? LITERALLY, IT SHOULD BE GETTING THE EQUIPMENT IN, UH, GETTING SOME ORIENTATION AND GET THEM DEPLOYED THE USE OF CAMERAS AND THE SYSTEM ITSELF ALREADY FAMILIAR TO THE USERS BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME SYSTEM THAT'S IN THE CARS, JUST THE DEVICES, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT INTEGRATES IN.
SO, UM, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE DELIVERY TIMELINE IS ON THAT, BUT WHENEVER THAT IS, WE'D BE ABLE TO, UH, TO IMPLEMENT IN RELATIVE SHORT ORDER.
SO I WOULD, UH, I WOULD, I'D VENTURE TO
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SAY I'D VENTURE TO SAY THAT IT WOULD BE PROBABLY 30 DAYS.WE'RE GOING TO THROW THAT OUT.
BUT A LITTLE, PUT A LITTLE A PULL OF FIRE 130 DAYS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, ROB NANCY? WELL, THAT IN PROBABLY THAT INCLUDE THE, UM, THE STORAGE THAT, THAT IS, UH, NECESSARY FOR THOSE.
I KNOW THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, OUR IT DIRECTOR BRANDON HAS BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS AND CHANGING, UH, TO, UM, STORAGE AREA NETWORKS, SOME VIRTUAL, UH, IN THE CLOUD STORAGE, AND ALSO BEEFING UP OUR, UH, OUR ROUTERS AND OUR INTERNAL, UH, WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY FOR THE DOWNLOAD OF, OF THE, UH, OF THE, UM, OF THE VIDEO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
NO, THIS WAS MR. WILDE, MR. CAMPBELL.
UH, THIS QUESTION IS FOR ROB, ROB, WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED SERVICE LIFE OF THIS EQUIPMENT? IN OTHER WORDS, UM, WHAT'S OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT THE, UH, THE FIVE YEAR MARK.
UM, SOME OF THE COMPONENTS SUCH AS BATTERIES, ET CETERA, IN OF COURSE, WEAR AND TEAR MIGHT ACCELERATE THAT, BUT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RELATIVELY RUGGEDIZED AND, UM, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE ON THE, ABOUT THE SAME SCHEDULE IS, UH, LIKE A PORT OF RADIO, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER TYPE OF WEARABLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
ANYONE ELSE I CAN SHARE? THANKS.
BEFORE WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, UH, ROB, JUST THE FIRST TIME A VOTE HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR BODY CAMERAS.
AND, UH, GLEN AND RICHARD ARE NOT THE ONLY TWO, UH, FOLKS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED BODY CAMERAS FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT, SO IF IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, INCLUDING ALL THE WAY BACK TO TRACY DUDLEY.
IF YOU RECALL WHO ORIGINALLY BROUGHT IT UP, THEN I REMEMBER.
UM, AND, AND, AND I'M JUST A HUNDRED PERCENT HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT NOW.
AND THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CAUGHT UP WITH OUR TEAM AND THE STAFF IS NOW RECOMMENDING WE MOVE FORWARD.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT? THE ROLE MR. OTTO? YES.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The Acceptance Of Federal Funding From The Cares Act Through H.B. 481 Under Certain Terms And Conditions And Establishing The Coronavirus Relief Fund. (first reading)]
11, K A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE CARES ACT THROUGH HOUSE BILL FOUR 81 UNDER CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ESTABLISHING THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND AT THE FIRST READING, UH, CALL ON CITY MANAGER, ROB SCHOMER FOR COMMENTS.AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST WORK SESSION, IF THEY WERE ALL THIS EASY, THEY GIVE US THE MONEY AT A TIME, LET US FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ON AND SEND BACK THE SURPLUS.
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES.
IT AUTHORIZES, UM, THE, THE PROCESS THAT, WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION, UH, THAT WILL COME FOR THE, UH, UH, THE CARES ACT.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME EXPENDITURES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED SOME ALSO REVENUE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE PREVIOUS, UH, UM, NLC, UH, LEGISLATION.
THEY'RE THEY'RE, UH, I'LL CALL THEM COMPANION PIECES, BUT, UM, THE, THE FIRST, IT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION ATTACHED TO IT YET.
HOPEFULLY THERE'S A SECOND ONE, UH, WITH THAT.
UH, SO WE ASKED THAT THE RESOLUTION HAS CONSIDERED THIS EVENING FOR ADOPTION SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE THAT ALLOTMENT AND BEGIN CHARGING OFF SOME OF THE EXPENSES WE'VE HAD, UM, NOT TOO MANY, BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME EXPENSES.
IT WASN'T THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE WORK SESSION THAT WE DO ADOPT THIS EVENING.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT UP NANCY BERGE MOVES.
IS THERE A SECOND? DON WEBB SECONDS.
A MOTION IS APPROVED EIGHT TO ZERO ITEM
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Issue Executive Orders Implementing Temporary Waivers To Certain Regulations And Certain Enforcement Activities Regarding Water Billing Payments. (first reading)]
L ITEM 11 L A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, IMPLEMENTING TEMPORARY WAIVERS TO CERTAIN REGULATIONS AND CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES REGARDING WATER BILLING PAYMENTS AT THE FIRST READING CALL ON THE CITY MANAGER, ROB SHOMER FOR COMMENTS.[01:40:01]
THINK I WANT THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT I DON'T THINK I WANT THAT ONE.UM, AS, AS YOU RECALL, THERE WERE SOME, UH, SOME MODIFICATIONS AND DIRECTION GIVEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF VPA THROUGH OHIO, REGARDING DISCONNECTION OF, UH, WATER UTILITIES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE AFFECTS OF THE DOWN ECONOMY FOR, UH, FOR COVID-19, UH, THAT SINCE BEEN RESCINDED AND, UM, COLLECTION ATTEMPTS, WE'LL START AGAIN, UH, BASED ON THIS PROCESS AND BASED ON THE GUIDANCE AND THE RELEASE OF THAT, UH, THAT ORDER BY THE DIRECTOR.
SO THIS DOES IN FACT, ESTABLISH THAT PROCESS, UM, AND BASICALLY WORKS WITH CUSTOMERS THAT ARE DELINQUENT TO ESTABLISH PAYMENT PLANS, TO AVOID DISCONNECTION, AND ALSO RE INSTITUTE'S DISCONNECTION FOR THOSE THAT EITHER ABANDONED OR LEAVE OR, OR, UM, REFUSE TO MAKE PAYMENT ON, UH, ON ANY OF THOSE UTILITIES.
SO AS NOTED, I WON'T INTO THE, UM, THE, THE AGED UTILITIES OR THE AGED INVOICES THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO THAT TOO.
WE'RE BLUE IN THE FACE, UH, THAT IS, UM, THAT IS SOME LOST REVENUE.
WE, WE FEEL THAT A CONSISTENT, UH, UH, FAIR AND EQUAL PAYMENT PLAN, UM, WILL START TO RECOUP SOME OF THAT AND ALSO PRESERVE AND MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY GOES WITHOUT WATER SERVICE.
SO WE ASKED THAT IS CONSIDERED SEASONING FOR ADOPTION SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN EDUCATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROGRAM.
WELL, IN AUTO, SO MOVED SECOND LINES, SECONDS COMMENTS SEEING NONE.
TONY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL MR. HILL? YES.
MOTION IS APPROVED EIGHT TO ZERO.
[12. City Official Reports and Comments]
YES, SIR.ITEM 12 CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY, IS ANY HEADLINES JUST REAL QUICK? COUNCILMAN CAMPBELL, THANK YOU FOR FILLING IN FOR THE MAYOR.
THESE PAST TWO MEETINGS, YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB AS ALWAYS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
IF ROB SHALMAR MR. SHAWL REAL QUICK, THIS JUST TRIGGERED MY MEMORY.
DID THE DATA AND THE ANSWER FOR THE LARGE USERS FOR THE WATER GET YOUR WAY YET OR NOT? IT HAS NOT.
I'LL UM, I'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND WITH THAT.
UH, CAUSE I ASKED FOR THAT LAST WEEK, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS OUT.
UM, THAT WAS JUST TRIGGERED MY TRIGGERED MY THOUGHT.
ANYONE ELSE? UH, BEFORE I ADJOURN, I'D LIKE TO THANK PASTOR RANDY FOR COMING TONIGHT AND GIVEN THE INVOCATION.
ALSO ALL THE CITIZENS WHO SPOKE.
AND, UM, THE, THE FOLK IN THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO, UH, SERVE ADDITIONALLY AND, AND, AND HELP, UH, CHECK ON US CHANGE AND, AND GUIDE US INTO THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESIDE OVER THE MEETING.
I, I DID MY BEST, UH, ROB SHOMER, SIR.
AND, UH, TONY ROGERS, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE, UH, PRESIDED OVER A MEETING, COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
UH, SO THERE IS NOT A NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO NUMBER 14, THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.