* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY, [00:00:01] CAPTAIN AMERICA. OKAY. IT [1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore] IS NOW SEVEN O'CLOCK. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND THIS IS THE CITY HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, REGULAR SESSION, REMOTE MEETING. TODAY'S JULY THE 13TH, 2020. AND WE'RE GETTING STARTED RIGHT AT 7:00 PM. UH, THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER AND I'M NUMBER 200 AGENDA IS OUR INVOCATION AND TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE BY OUR SPEAKER OUT WORD FOR COUNSELOR MS. RAINS AGAIN, THANK YOU. WOULD EVERYBODY JUST SPELL YOUR HEADS, PLEASE, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY. I THINK HERE AT THIS TIME THAT WE HAVE TO DO WORK FOR YOU FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE. IF YOU EVER HIDE, LORD, I JUST PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH DISEASE, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THEM AND BE WITH THOSE WORKERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THEM. LORD, I PRAY WITH YOU THAT YOU'D BE WITH THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING FROM HOME, THAT YOU CAN BE WITH THEM AS WELL. LORD, I PRAY THAT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING TONIGHT ARE SOMETHING THAT ARE FOR THE QUARRY OF ALL OF YOU LORD AND OF THE CITY AND YOUR NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. OKAY. AND IF YOU WOULD ALL STAND AT HOME WITH ME WHILE WE DO THE PLEDGE TOGETHER, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUMPER. THANK YOU. AND NEXT UP IS OUR ROLL CALL. THEIR NUMBER FOUR, MR. ROGERS, IF HE WOULD CALL HER PLEASE. MR. SHAW. DEAR MS. BAKER HERE. MR. CAMPBELL. YOU'RE MUTED HERE. THIS IS BURISH DEAR MR. OTTO HERE. MR. LYONS, MR. LYON. I SEE EVERYBODY'S FROZEN. CAN YOU HEAR US ED, MR. HILL HERE, MR. WEBB. I MEAN OUR DOOR HERE. OKAY. SO EVERYONE IS PRESENT THIS EVENING. NEXT UP IS ITEM [5. Approval Of Minutes] NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. UH, THERE'S BEEN ONE SET OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR JUNE 22ND OF 2020. IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS, THOSE MINUTES WITH STANDARDS APPROVED ANYONE. OKAY. HEARING NONE. THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NEXT SAYS I NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. MR. ROGERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OF THE CDS THAT ARE NOT IN THIS EVENING? MAYOR. OKAY. AND THEN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, LISTENS COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, THERE ARE NONE OF THOSE EITHER. I DON'T. NUMBER EIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON CURRENT AGENDA ITEMS? I'M NOT UNLESS EVENING MAYOR. OKAY. NEXT [9. City Manager Report] UP IS OUR NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT. MR. SCHIRMER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, A FEW THINGS FOR THIS EVENING. UH, I WANTED TO START OFF WITH, UM, UH, AN UPDATE REGARDING THE, UH, THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER. I KNOW THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WAS, UH, THAT WE'LL SEND OUT LAST WEEK, UH, WHERE THERE WAS, UM, SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME, UH, SOME DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WAS NOTED REGARDING, UH, INFORMATION, UH, THAT WAS, UH, STILL DEVELOPING AND TO BE, UH, TO BE PUT OUT AND, UH, AND RELEASED TO THE COUNCIL. SO I KNOW THERE WAS ADDITIONALLY, A, A SERIES OF QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BERGE. UH, MR. WEBB IS THE ONE THAT SENT THE INITIAL, UH, UH, EMAIL. AND NONETHELESS, I WANTED TO REVIEW THE SITUATION, FIRST OF ALL, UH, UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLAINING THAT, UH, I WAS OUT OF TOWN, UH, HAD TO LEAVE VERY QUICKLY ON MONDAY, UH, AND GO UP TO, UH, MY SON GOT NOTICED VERY SHORT NOTICE, UH, OF HIS DEPLOYMENT TO JAPAN. UH, SO LUCKILY WE WERE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT WE COULD GET THERE WITHIN THE 12 HOURS NECESSARY TO, UH, TO AT LEAST SEE HIM OFF AND HELP GETTING PACKED UP. CAUSE HE WAS IN STANDBY SINCE MARCH 17TH, OF COURSE. AND THEY SUDDENLY IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS TIME RELEASED THE STANDBY AND, AND, UH, GOT HIM A PLANE TICKET AND TOLD HIM TO, TO SHIP ON OFF. SO, UH, KIND OF A QUICK TURNAROUND, UH, ALTHOUGH HE WAS PREPARED, HE WASN'T IMMEDIATELY PREPARED, UH, NEITHER WAS THE FAMILY. SO, UH, I DID NOT GET BACK UNTIL, UH, TIL THURSDAY AND, UH, FOUND OUT THE RESULTS OF SOME, SOME INFORMATION NOT, UH, AND ALSO NOT WITHSTANDING A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS [00:05:01] THAT, UH, THAT OBVIOUSLY I'LL GO ON DAY TO DAY AND THE, UH, IN THE OFFICE AND CONDUCT THE DAY TO DAY BUSINESS OF THE CITY. SO IN AN HOUR OR SO WORTH OF TIME BETWEEN, UH, INFORMATION THAT GOES OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, IF ANYBODY ON COUNCIL EXPECTS ME TO BEAT FACEBOOK, SORRY, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. UM, IF ANYBODY ON, ON COUNCIL EXPECTS ME TO BEAT THE KEYBOARD OF SOME REPORTERS, SORRY, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. UH, WHEN INFORMATION IS SOUGHT AND PASSED AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND INFORMAL CHANNELS, UH, I ALWAYS LIKED TO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION AND GET THE, GET THE INFORMATION IN DETAIL. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO ME, THAT LEVEL OF, UH, OF MISUNDERSTANDING IS DISAPPOINTMENT AS DISAPPOINTING AS WELL. UH, NONETHELESS, I WANTED TO REVIEW THE SITUATION. UH, THE SITUATION IS THAT THERE WAS A, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CARES FOR A, FOR THEIR PARENT, THEIR PARENT HAD A TEST DONE AND SHOWED THAT THEY TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS AT THE TWO PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, UH, WAS NOT NECESSARILY A DISPLAY. UH, UM, THE SYMPTOMS OF THOSE THAT WOULD BE TYPICALLY LISTED, GOT TESTED AND FOUND OUT THAT, UH, THEY, UH, THEY HAD THE VIRUS, UH, THAT PERSON HAS A SIBLING THAT ALSO WORKS WITH THEM. UH, THAT SIBLING WAS ALSO TESTED, BUT STILL YET TODAY, UH, THEY'RE WAITING RESULTS TO SEE THAT TEST, THAT ORIGINAL INDIVIDUAL, UH, HAS SINCE THEN BEEN CLEARED TO RETURN BACK TO THEIR FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT. HOWEVER, BASED ON, UH, THE YMCA AND OUR PROTOCOL, UH, FOLLOWING, UH, THEY WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO, UH, TO THE WORKPLACE UNTIL, UH, TWO WEEKS IS UP, UH, FROM THOSE, FROM THOSE SYMPTOMATIC TIMES. AND THAT WILL BE, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, HERE, HERE SHORTLY. UH, ADDITIONALLY THERE WAS ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, UH, AGAIN WITH NO KNOWN, UH, CONTACT TRACING OR KNOWLEDGE, UH, THAT EXPERIENCED SOME SYMPTOMS GOT TESTED, TESTED NEGATIVE, STAYED HOME A QUARANTINED ANYWAYS, STILL DIDN'T RECOVER AND EXPERIENCED IN ADDITIONAL SYMPTOM AND, UH, WENT AND GOT TESTED A SECOND TIME. AND THAT TIME IT TESTED POSITIVE, UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL OF COURSE, IS, UH, IS UNDER SELF, UM, UH, UM, SELF ISOLATION AS WELL. UH, ANYBODY THAT WAS MADE AWARE OF THE LETTER THAT WAS PUT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, THE YMCA IN FACT, DID FOLLOW WHAT I FEEL TO BE A VERY GOOD PROCESS AND NOTIFYING EMPLOYEES, UH, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS AROUND THAT. UH, ANY EMPLOYEES THAT THOUGHT THAT THEY POSSIBLY WERE IN CONTACT WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL, UH, WERE SENT FOR TESTS. UH, NONE OF THOSE TESTS HAVE RETURNED POSITIVE RESULTS. UH, HOWEVER, AS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, UH, THOSE EMPLOYEES WERE, UM, WERE VOLUNTARILY STAYING, UH, IN GOING THROUGH A PERIOD, UM, OF, OF SELF QUARANTINE TO MAKE SURE TO, UH, TO ENGAGE IN ALL PRACTICES AS RECOMMENDED, UM, AND, UH, TO JUST DATE, THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON THAT THEY JUST FOUND OUT TODAY, UM, A, A, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT, UM, UH, EXPERIENCED A SYMPTOM OVER THE WEEKEND, UH, AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY RELATED TO, UH, AND DURING THE TIME OF THE TASK WAS NOT WORKING, UH, AT THE, UH, AT THE AQUATIC CENTER. UH, BUT AS AN EMPLOYEE THERE, AND THAT, THAT EMPLOYEE SINCE HAS TESTED, UH, WILL ALSO REMAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, ON QUARANTINE UNTIL THEIR HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS IN EVERYTHING, UM, UH, RELEASED THEM FOR, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR BACK TO WORK OR, OR DUTY, UM, A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, OR I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THE QUESTIONS REAL QUICK. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A, UH, AN ASK TO HAVE THEM IN WRITING. ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE THAT, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEND THAT OUT YET. UH, IF YOU SAW THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A POPUP TEST SITE AND SOME OTHER THINGS, UH, IT KIND OF OCCUPIED MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON, NONETHELESS. UM, THE FIRST QUESTION WAS, WAS THE PROTOCOL FOR THE Y TO INFORM CITY WHEN AN URGENT MATTER SERVICES ACCIDENT, DROWNING, CONTAGIOUS DISEASE, ET CETERA. WELL, THE PROTOCOL IS FOR THE Y TO INFORM SYDNEY STAFF. SO, UH, THE, THE QUESTION BEING ANSWERED RIGHT IN, AND OF THE STATEMENT OF ITSELF THAT IS IN FACT, THE PROTOCOL, BUT YMCA DOES NOTIFY US. THEY DO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH US. UM, THEY HAVE, UH, UNNECESSARY PHONE NUMBERS. OF COURSE, IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY, THEY WOULD, UH, OBVIOUSLY CONTACT EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL, AND NOT ONLY THROUGH THEIR OWN NOTIFICATION PROTOCOL, OUR OWN INTERNAL NOTIFICATION PROTOCOL WOULD ACTIVATE THEN AS WELL, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT. SECOND QUESTION BEING A LETTER STATES, THE EMPLOYEE EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS ON JULY 3RD, WHICH WERE CONFIRMED ON JULY 6TH, WHY WASN'T CITY STAFF COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY? UH, QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S NOT THE PROTOCOL, UH, MANY ORGANIZATIONS, MANY PEOPLE, UH, IT MAY HAVE CONTACT WITH A VARIETY OF THINGS, UH, AND, UH, MAY HAVE DIAGNOSES OR TESTS. UH, HOWEVER, BASED ON THE INFORMATION, UH, THE PERSON WAS WEARING THEIR, UM, THEIR PROTECTIVE GEAR. UH, THERE WAS NO KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD EXTENDED CONTACT. THERE WAS NO [00:10:01] OTHER KNOWLEDGE OF ANY KNOWN SYMPTOMS AT THE TIME, SO IT REALLY WASN'T NECESSARY. AND WE WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN PRACTICE THAT WE WOULD NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OR MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF OR COUNCIL OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH STATUS. UM, IF, OF COURSE THERE WAS AN OUTBREAK, THEN THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HANDLED AND CONTROLLED THROUGH THE PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT. AND OF COURSE THERE WOULD BE PROTOCOLS AND NOTIFICATION, UH, STATUSES WITH THAT. UH, NUMBER THREE, WHY WASN'T THE AQUATIC CENTER CLOSED ON JULY 3RD AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, PENDING A FINAL DIAGNOSIS. AGAIN, UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL HAD HAD, WE HAD NO INFORMATION OR CONCERN THAT THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, WHILE, UH, AT THE TIME WORKPLACE HAD SIGNIFICANT CONTACT OR THAT THERE WAS OTHER CASES OR AN ADMISSION OF THAT. UH, AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID NOT INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO, UH, TO CLOSE DOWN MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER EMPLOYER. LET'S SAY LOWE'S, IF THEY HAD A CASHIER THAT HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE VIRUS AND WOULD HAVE TESTS, THEY DON'T, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO CLOSE THE STORE DOWN BECAUSE OF, UM, UM, BECAUSE OF ONE CASE, UM, NUMBER FOUR, WHAT INFORMATION WAS SENT TO THE, HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WHAT IS, ODH HIS RESPONSE? AND I'LL FOLLOW IT UP WITH WHAT STEPS WERE TAKEN TO MEET ODH GUIDELINE GUIDELINES. FIRST OF ALL, ANY, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDELINES HAVE TO BE MET. OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN AUTHORIZED TO OPEN, UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH WORKS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ALL GUIDELINES SET OUT BY THE, BY THE STATE AND ALSO INTERPRETED INTO PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS LOCALLY WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT. UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH VERY CLOSE HAND IN HAND WITH YMC STAFF, UH, IN THEIR FIELD, UH, IN INVESTIGATORS AND INSPECTORS THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH, A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS WORKED HARD, UH, WORK QUICK AND MADE SURE TO GIVE US SOME REALLY GOOD GUIDANCE. AND, UH, AND I THINK THAT THINGS STILL TO THIS DAY REMAIN WELL, WHAT INFORMATION WAS SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH? UH, WELL, TECHNICALLY UPON OUR NOTIFICATION OF THEM, THEY INDICATED WE ARE NOT A MANDATORY REPORT ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER, THEY CERTAINLY APPRECIATED THAT NOTIFICATION. SO PROTOCOL IS THAT IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO NOTIFY IF AN EMPLOYEE MUCH LIKE LOWE'S OR SOMETHING ELSE, UH, WOULD NOT BECAUSE OF THE, UM, UM, THE, THE, UH, THE LIMITED CONTACT AND THE ABILITY TO STAY DISTANCE, UH, WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAT NECESSARILY ISN'T THE SPOT IN AN ADVERSE SITUATION WHERE THEY COULD HAVE GOT THE VIRUS, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE KNEW THAT IT EXISTED FROM WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE HOME, UH, ON TOP OF THAT, UH, ODH UH, THROUGH THE LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT, UH, HAS SINCE THEN, UH, REACHED OUT, CONTACTED, UH, REVIEWED EVERYTHING, UH, AND, UH, IN THEIR WORDS, UM, WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, UH, THAT IS THEIR WORDS, NOT OURS. UH, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT CAN BE DIFFICULT, UH, BUT THEY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF THE PATRONS, ALL THE WILDFIRES AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, UH, OF HOW TO, HOW TO OPERATE A, UH, A VENUE SUCH AS THAT NUMBER FIVE, WHAT IS THE Y DOING TO PROTECT VISITORS SINCE AT LEAST ONE MORE EMPLOYEES TESTED POSITIVE. I YMCAS FOLLOWING ALL PROVISIONS, UH, AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN MY, IN MY OPINION, UH, OF WHAT WAS SET FORTH BASED ON QUESTION FIVE, WHAT THOSE ODH GUIDELINES ARE. OTHERWISE THE PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD HAVE SHUT DOWN. UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD HAVE NOTED, UH, CONCERNS, BUT AGAIN, AS I NOTED, THEY HAVE NOT. IN FACT, THEY SAID THAT THINGS ARE GOING GOING WELL. UH, WHEN THEY GET ISSUES OR COMPLAINTS, WHETHER ANONYMOUSLY OR, OR OTHERWISE, UH, THEY DO SEND AN INSPECTOR OUT AND ALL OCCASIONS THERE HAVE BEEN NO ISSUES FOUND TRUE. WE HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, ESPECIALLY SINCE ADDITIONAL ORDERS REGARDING SOME MASKS AND SOME OTHER THINGS HAVE COME OUT AND THE YMCA HAS COME UP WITH GOOD OPERATIONAL PLANS, AGAIN, WITH A PROTOCOL OF REVIEWING WITH THE CITY, KEEPING US UP TO DATE AND INFORMED REGULARLY ON, ON THE, ON THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON THERE. NUMBER SEVEN, WHY CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC GETTING THEIR INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER FROM THE NEWS MEDIA INSTEAD OF FROM CITY STAFF, AS INDICATED BEFORE, UH, I CAN'T BEAT FACEBOOK. AND, UH, AS I INDICATED ALSO WHEN THE, UH, WHO HAD SENT AN EMAIL INQUIRING IT, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE THEM A VERY QUICK BIT OF INFORMATION THAT SAYS, HEY, HERE'S THE BASIS. I'M GATHERING MORE INFORMATION TO CONFIRM EXACTLY. THIS IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD. UH, I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU AT, UH, AT FOUR 30, BECAUSE I ENDED UP CONFERENCE CALL THREE O'CLOCK THAT DAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT REPORTER TOOK THAT TWO LINE EMAIL INMATE A TWO SENTENCE, UH, NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THAT ONLINE. SO THAT'S HOW THAT HAPPENED. UH, NUMBER EIGHT, DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY LIABILITY IN THIS MATTER? I'M REALLY NOT SURE. UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LIABILITY WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT A VIRUS, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE LIABILITY IN THAT, UH, AGAIN, WERE CHECKED OFF AND, AND, UM, UH, AND AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT, UM, DAYTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTY ON HOW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE LICENSED OPERATE THE POOL UNDER THE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE PUT IN, UH, FOR SAFEGUARDS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR, UH, FOR COVID-19 FOR THIS YEAR. AND WE STILL WORK ON OPERATE UNDER THAT. UH, I WILL NOTE THAT WE'RE [00:15:01] A LITTLE BIT, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY HALFWAY, IF NOT, MAYBE A LITTLE OVER HALFWAY OF THE SEASON, UH, AND WE PROBABLY HAVE HAD MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR, WHICH I THINK IS PHENOMENAL AND GREAT. AND, UH, UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS IS THE FIRST, UM, INSTANCE OR OCCASION OR OCCURRENCE. SO I THINK THAT THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS TESTAMENT, UH, THAT THE, UH, THE STAFF AT THE Y YMCA AND OUR KROGER AQUATIC CENTER IS DOING A, A GOOD JOB. UH, THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF, UH, UH, DEEP DISINFECTION AND CLEANING, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROTOCOL. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE TAKEN ON THEMSELVES AND WENT A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WORK, UH, AFTER THE JULY 3RD KNOWLEDGE, A COMPLETE DISINFECTION OF THE FACILITY WAS DONE, UH, AND CONTINUES TO BE DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS EVERY COUPLE OF HOURS DURING THE SHUTDOWN PERIOD. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE BEEN UP THERE TO WITNESS THAT OR, OR SEE THAT, BUT THEY, THEY WIPE THINGS DOWN THE, THE TUBES, THE RAILS, THE CHAIRS, AND ALL THAT. AND AS I'VE MENTIONED, MANY TIMES IN MANY UPDATES, UH, THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER SO FAR, UH, WE'RE VERY, VERY, VERY THANKFUL OF HOW, UH, COOPERATIVE AND HOW ENGAGING THE PATRONS ARE, UH, REGARDING MAKING SURE THAT THEY RESPECT EACH OTHER'S SPACE. THEY RESPECT THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN, THEY RESPECT THE STAFF'S DIRECTIONS REGARDING SPLITTING UP, UH, THEY RESPECT, UH, HAVING TO TAKE A PAUSE, SO THINGS CAN BE DISINFECTED AND CLEANED. UH, AND I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT, TO THIS DAY, THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO ENJOY THAT UNDER THE SUPPORT OF THE, UH, OF THE LICENSING OF THE, UM, OF THE, UH, OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. UH, SO CONSIDERING THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT, UM, AS WE WENT INTO THIS SUMMER EARLY, IT SEEMED VERY ENTHUSIASTIC FROM COUNCIL, UH, AND MEN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ALIKE ABOUT HAVING THIS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY OPTION, UM, TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO GET OUT HOPEFULLY SAFELY, UH, AND, AND BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEM THEMSELVES. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DISAPPOINTMENT OR CONCERN OVER THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT, THIS WAS A MANAGED RISK THAT THE CITY CHOSE TO TAKE, UM, IT REGARDING SOME OF THE EXTRA RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAD TO UNDERGO, BUT WE'VE BEEN UP TO THAT. UM, UH, WE WE'VE MET THAT BAR. WE'VE BEEN INSPECTED. UH, WE, WE THINK THAT, UM, UH, AS WE ARE TODAY, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THINGS WON'T CHANGE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, IF THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF, OF ADDITIONAL, UH, VIRUSES, MAYBE ATTENDANCE GOES DOWN, UH, BUT AT THIS TIME THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY INDICATION THAT THERE'S CONCERNS OR SPREAD FROM PEOPLE EITHER THERE OR WITHIN FACILITY ITSELF. IF THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD PICK UP ON THAT, WE CONTINUE TO REPORT AND BE IN WEEKLY CONTACT WITH THEM REGARDING THAT. SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT A COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS, BECAUSE THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS, UM, IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO, TO PROVIDE THE FACILITY, UH, OR TO REMAIN HAVE THIS FACILITY REMAIN OPEN, UH, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON. UH, AND THEN ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT IF, YOU KNOW, THE LIKELIHOOD OF A, OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT, UH, THE CONTRACTS, THE VIRUS, UH, AS I, AS I INDICATED, ONE HAS ALREADY RETURNED BACK TO WORK, UM, FROM THAT JULY 3RD, UM, UH, OCCASION, UH, THE LIKELIHOOD, ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE AND THE NUMBERS IS THAT THEY'RE, THERE, THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER, UM, AND IF IT GETS TO THE POINT THAT IT IS A, UH, UH, A, A, AN AMOUNT OF STAFF OR PEOPLE THAT IS CONCERNING AND REACHES THRESHOLDS OF CONCERN FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR US INTERNALLY WE'LL, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD TAKE ACTIONS, BUT BARRING THAT, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS THAT BASICALLY, UM, UH, THE, THE DIRECTION OF, UH, OF COUNCIL OR SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE TO, UH, INVOKE A NEGATIVE CULTURE AND, UH, AND A LACK OF SUPPORT, UH, FOR THE ACTIONS THAT ARE CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDER, UH, OUR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES AND OUR STAFF ARE UNDERGOING TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE FACILITY OPEN. SO I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL, UH, IS STILL IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THE FACILITY OPEN AND OPERATIONAL UNDER THE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US THAT ARE MONITORED BY AN OUTSIDE HEALTH OFFICIAL, UH, UM, AGENCY. AND, UM, WE CAN CONTINUE, UM, HOPEFULLY ENJOYING THE SUMMER UNDER POSSIBLY INCREASED GUIDELINES, UM, AND, UH, AND GO FROM THERE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS IF WE DO, UH, THEN I THINK THAT THOSE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A POLICY DECISION MADE AS TO THE ONGOING STATUS OR CONTINUED STATUS IN THE FUTURE FOR, UM, FOR THE KROGER CENTER. SO, ROB, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, HOW MUCH OF THE MANAGER UPDATE, OR I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, SO WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? [00:20:01] WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND FINISH THE UPDATE AND THEN DO A BETA IS FINISHED, THEN I'LL JUST BASICALLY, UH, LOOK FOR, UM, UH, NON-APPROVAL BY OBJECTION, BASICALLY AFTER TO THE COUNSELING, IF THEY, UH, THEY FEEL THAT WE SHOULDN'T CONTINUE OPERATING. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. VERY, UH, I'LL, UH, I'LL MOVE ON HERE REAL QUICK THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE REST. UM, WE HAD, UH, WE HAD INDICATED A, UH, A FEW WEEKS BACK ABOUT, UM, PUTTING A STAY ON THE BUS SHELTER PROJECT, UH, WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE MONIES WERE STILL AVAILABLE WITH SOME REARRANGEMENT OF SOME, UH, A, SOME OF THE STATE FUNDING, UH, WHICH IS PART OF THE FUNDING THAT COMES IN THROUGH THE RTA WE HAVE SINCE THEN CONFIRMED THAT, UH, THAT MONEY IS STILL AVAILABLE AND IS EARMARKED AND DEDICATED TOWARDS OUR PROJECT AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED. SO THE, UM, UM, THE, THE BIDDING PROCESS IS, IS STILL CURRENT AND UNDERGOING, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, UH, WITH THAT AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED. BUT AGAIN, THE CONCERN WAS ORIGINALLY THAT IF WE WOULD HAVE TO EITHER UPFRONT THE ENTIRE COST OR ABSORB THE ENTIRE COST, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A REPRIORITIZATION OF SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES OF THOSE DOLLARS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL PLAN. SO, SO THAT IS, THAT IS UP AND COMING. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT. UM, AND ALSO SOME CONCERN OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT, UM, THE EXPENDITURES OF THAT, AND ALSO APPROPRIATION OF MONIES, UH, INTO SOME PARKS PROGRAMS, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE DOWEL ROAD PARK. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO CLEAR SOME OF THAT UP THAT, UM, UH, IN ALL ACTUALITY, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN APPROPRIATIONS AS OF YET THE GRANT THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE UNTIL 2021. AND THE ONLY EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN PART OF THE DESIGN, AND THAT WAS FULLY VETTED AND DISCUSSED IN COUNCIL. AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THAT PARK WILL SEE THE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, THAT WE, UH, PRIORITIZED AND PUT FORTH FOR IT. SO, UH, THE NEXT THING REAL QUICK, UH, IS, UM, UM, UH, THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER. UM, UH, WE DID AN AUDIT RECENTLY OF A MEMBERSHIP TO THE VIP, UH, GOING BACK YEARS PAST AND COMPARING, YOU KNOW, WHO'S WHO'S MEMBERS AND WHO'S TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, OF THINGS. AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY I'M HERE TO REPORT THAT, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR. UM, AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SHOWS THAT ARE RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR. AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO, UM, BASICALLY MIGRATE ALL PLANS FOR 2020 INTO A 20, 21 SEASON. UH, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY EVIDENT THROUGH THE REGULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS THAT COME OUT, UH, REGARDING THAT, BUT REGARDING THE VIP BACK TO THAT, UM, IT WILL GET A LITTLE BIT OF USE. UM, IF YOU SAW THE EMAIL EARLIER TODAY, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HOST A POPUP TESTING SITE FOR THE STATE SINCE THE ZIP CODE, UH, WAS NOTICED, WAS, UH, NOTICED AS ONE OF THE, UM, HIGHER COUNT NUMBER, UH, IN, IN THE COUNTY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON. UH, THEY'VE ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE SEVERAL SPOTS AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PLACE, UH, THAT WOULD EITHER HOUSED THEM OR DIDN'T HAVE A CONFLICT FOR THE PARTICULAR DATE. SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THE, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR TO FOUR, UH, TAKE GOOD ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY. THIS WILL BE A NO ORDER, UH, REQUIRED AND NO FEE REQUIRED TESTING SITE. UH, AND I THINK THAT, UH, AS, AS WE, AS A COMMUNITY FOLLOW ALL OF THE GUIDELINES AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE HEALTH EXPERTS, UH, AND THE OFFICIALS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE LEADING THE WAY ON THIS, THAT TESTING IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO, UH, TO PARTNER AGAIN, WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, WE HAVE ON MANY THINGS, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT ALL OF OUR ACTIONS, OUR POLICIES, OUR MOVEMENTS, OUR DECISIONS, WE RUN THROUGH THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER, MR. COOPER. AND, UH, HE HAS ALWAYS RETURNED, UM, UH, FAVORABLE COMMENTS, UH, INDICATING THAT, UH, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE COMBINATION OF REOPENING, BUT ALSO BE AWARE AND ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING, UH, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT THE SPREAD AND INCREASE EVERYBODY'S SAFETY. I THINK TESTING IS SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE TO SPREAD THE WORD. SO I ASKED COUNCIL THAT IF YOU'RE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS, UH, OR, OR SEE IT, SO ROSE MUSIC CENTER THIS THURSDAY, AND, UH, ALL PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY DETAILS AS TO THE PROCESS. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, UH, OTHER AS FAR AS WHAT TYPE OF TESTS, ET CETERA, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT A DRIVE UP. IT IS GET OUT AND GO AND FILL OUT SOME STUFF AND GO, HOWEVER, IF SOMEBODY HAS MOBILITY ISSUES OR CAN'T GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, ANY DETAILS ABOUT THE TESTING MEASURES OR TIMEFRAME OR WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. ONE FINAL THING REAL QUICK. WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH THE, UH, WITH THE AUDITOR, UH, THE COUNTY [00:25:01] AUDITOR AND THE REPORTS ON THE 2020 REAPPRAISAL, UH, HAS RETURNED, UH, FOR PROPERTY TAX BILLS THAT WILL BE DUE IN 2021. ON AVERAGE, OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES HAVE INCREASED 9.1%. AND ON AVERAGE, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES HAVE INCREASED TO 6.6%. UH, BUT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION FROM 2020 AS OF YET. SO THE NOTICES ARE GOING TO BE MAILED OUT TO EACH PROPERTY OWNER, UH, AROUND JULY 27TH. UH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP HEARINGS FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS THE NEW VALUATION OF THEIR PROPERTY AND THIS ALL. AND, UM, UH, OF COURSE MIAMI COUNTIES ARE ON A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE, SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION TO COME IN. SO THAT INFORMATION IS BEST FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, UH, MR. MAYOR, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD FOR THIS EVENING. THANKS ROB. SO, UH, LET'S, LET'S BREAK THIS DOWN. UH, FIRST, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION, UM, THE AQUATIC CENTER BASED ON ANY OTHER ITEM AND IN THE CITY MANAGER REPORT, UH, THIS DISCUSSED THAT NOW, AND THEN WE WILL CIRCLE BACK SPECIFICALLY TO ACTUALLY THE AQUATIC CENTER, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHUMER? GOOD. SO, UM, BEING DONE, IS THERE, UH, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTED TO VOICE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE OPERATION OR THE CONTINUED OPERATION AND KEEPING THE AQUATIC CENTER OPEN UNDER THE CURRENT MCHENRY COUNTY HEALTH, UH, GUIDELINES, PROTOCOLS AND GUIDANCE? I HAVE A QUESTION EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THIS, SO, OKAY. SO WHAT IS, WHAT'S THE QUESTION REGARDING, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THANK ROB FOR HIS, UH, THOROUGH EXPLANATION AND ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. UM, THE RESPONSE THAT HE GAVE, I THINK WILL PROVIDE, UH, AN IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE TO OUR, TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE ASKED SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. SO, UM, I, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. UM, THE, THE, WHAT, I HAD TWO QUESTIONS FOR HIM ON THE PROTOCOL FOR REPORTING, UM, DO YOU HAVE A THRESHOLD THAT HAS TO BE MET? PRAY, TELL WE GET INTO A HIGHER, UH, CONTAGION RATE, UH, BEFORE THAT DECISION IS MADE. YEAH. GOOD, GOOD QUESTION. UH, AGAIN, EVERY, EVERY MOVE THAT WE MAKE, WE RUN BY PUBLIC HEALTH, AND WE'RE NOT EXPERTS ON THAT. WE HAVE NOT DESIGNED PROTOCOLS FOR THAT. HOWEVER, PUBLIC HEALTH HAS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO, UH, AT SUCH TIME THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES IN OPERATION UP TO, AND INCLUDING A TEMPORARY CLOSURE. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON THEM FOR THAT AS OUR REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS. UH, AND, AND WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH THEM WEEKLY, IF NOT DAILY, IF NEED BE. SO, UH, THE PROTOCOL WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD RELY ON, ON THAT ADVICE AND EXPERTISE AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, SO FAR IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PAID AS WELL. RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S RELATING TO THE CORONAVIRUS OR SOMETHING ELSE, IF YOU WERE TO GET A LETTER OF NOTICE FROM THE Y ABOUT A POTENTIAL PROBLEM THERE, LIKE THIS ONE WAS, CAN IT BE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL? SO AT LEAST IF WE'RE QUESTIONED ABOUT IT, WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF IT. YEAH, CERTAINLY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, I NEVER GOT THE LETTER, SO THE LETTER WAS SENT TO THE WHY EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THEY ARE Y EMPLOYEES THAT WAS DONE BY THEIR HR AND, AND ALL THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM. I CAN SAY THEY WERE SHOCKED THAT IT WAS ALREADY OUT ON FACEBOOK. SO, SO THE PROTOCOL WE HAVE WITH THEM DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO NOTIFY US WHEN THEY NOTIFY THEIR STAFF. NO, THEY THEY'RE, THAT'S THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR, THEIR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OPERATES AND MANAGES THEIR EMPLOYERS. SO THERE REALLY WOULDN'T BE A REQUIREMENT, UH, MUCH LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY THEM, UH, OF, OF AN OCCASION WITH ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT MAY BE GOING UP THERE, MAYBE NO PERSONNEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD, WOULD WE DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY. IF WE FELT THAT THERE WAS POTENTIAL, UM, YOU KNOW, A, OR, OR CONTAMINATION, UM, THEY DID IN FACT NOTIFY US, UH, HOWEVER, WHEN THEY CALLED NOTIFIED AND, UM, THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT, UH, WE DIDN'T, WE WERE NOT RECIPIENTS OF THAT LETTER. SO IF WE WOULD HAVE A SITUATION THAT WE WOULD KNOW, AND AGAIN, UM, WHEN I RETURNED BACK TO THE OFFICE ON THURSDAY AND FOUND THIS INFORMATION OUT, UH, AS I WENT AND GATHERED MORE [00:30:01] INFORMATION, UH, WE WANTED TO HAVE THE FACTS BECAUSE THERE WAS A TEST AND THERE WAS A NEGATIVE TEST. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, THEN THEY THOUGHT, WELL, WAS IT A SIBLING THAT WAS, SO THERE, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND THERE'S REALLY NOT NECESSITY TO SEND INFORMATION OUT, UH, AT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THE INFORMATION IS KNOWN AND CONFIRMED. SO, UH, ABSOLUTELY WHEN SOMETHING OF SIGNIFICANCE WOULD GO OUT, UM, OR WOULD BE, UM, I GUESS, OCCUR LET'S HOPE NOTHING DOES. UM, YEAH, CERTAINLY. UM, BUT I'LL ALSO BE QUITE HONEST IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, AN OCCASION OF ONE, UH, ONE CASE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEITHER THE HEALTH DISTRICT OR ANYBODY ELSE WAS OVERLY CONCERNED, IT DIDN'T REALLY RAISE TO A LEVEL OF CRISIS OR EMERGENCY. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT ISN'T CONCERNING IT. IT IS, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, LET'S DROP WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MAKE SURE TO PUT OUT AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION, UH, ON, ON SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. SO, UH, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING PRECAUTIONS AND THAT WE'RE NOT MANAGING IT PROPERLY. UH, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO, UH, I GUESS OVERREACH INTO THE YMCAS MANAGEMENT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AS WELL. AND AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS PUT OUT ON FACEBOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MANAGE BY SOCIAL MEDIA. WELL, IT'S, I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH US REPORTING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH OUR STAFF TO, TO, UH, THE Y AS OPPOSED TO THE Y REPORTING TO US, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S BEING ASKED BY THE NEWS OR WHOEVER TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. AND IF YOU'RE NOT INFORMED, IT PUTS YOU AT A DISADVANTAGE. AND AGAIN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I WAS, IT'S A MATTER OF TIMING, YOU KNOW, FROM LATE AFTERNOON OR FROM LATE MORNING TO, UH, TO, TO, UH, TO MID-AFTERNOON, UH, IN A GAP, IN A TIMEFRAME WHILE THERE WERE A VARIETY OF OTHER TASKS BEING COMPLETED AND CAUGHT UP ON. SO, UM, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME. SO IT'S NOT AS IF SOMEBODY WASN'T NOTIFIED, IT'S JUST SOMEBODY WASN'T NOTIFIED AS QUICK AS THEY GOT THE INFORMATION FROM, UH, ANOTHER SOURCE THAT UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T HAVE CONTROL OVER. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A SITUATION REMOVE ALL THAT OUT. ABSOLUTELY. UH, AS I INDICATED, I WAS ALREADY WORKING ON AN EMAIL, BUT WAS WAITING FOR SOME FINAL DETAILS UNTIL THERE WAS THE EMAIL FROM MR. WEBB THAT INDICATED THAT, UH, UH, HE, HE FELT VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE, UH, THE INFORMATION WASN'T SHARED. CAUSE WHEN IN FACT IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SHARED, IT JUST WAS A, UH, A TIMING THING. I DIDN'T BEAT SOMEBODY KEYBOARDS. AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZED FOR THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO BACK ON THE, UH, ON THE ISSUE OF MAINTAINING AND KEEPING, UH, THE AQUATIC CENTER, OPENING AND FUNCTIONING AS WE HAVE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS BY ANYONE ON COUNCIL TO KEEPING THE FACILITY OPEN AS, AS IT IS NOW? OF COURSE, YES, I DO HAVE A COMMENT. UM, BUT IT IS NOT RELATED TO WHETHER OR NOT WE KEEP THE Y PRODUCT CENTER OPEN OR NOT. AND THAT WOULD BE JUST TO ROB, UM, WHAT MR. RANDO THAT HOLD ON ONE, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I JUST, BECAUSE I WANT TO DEAL WITH THE OBJECTION AND KEEPING THE FACILITY OPEN, AND THEN WE CAN, SO IF WE HAVE OBJECTIONS TO THAT, THEN I WANT TO DEAL WITH THOSE OBJECTIONS. AND IF THERE AREN'T ANY OBJECTIONS, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR, OR, OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING OPERATION. BUT I THINK ROB HAS PUT OUT A PRETTY SERIOUS QUESTION THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO CONSIDER, AND THAT IS, ARE THERE OBJECTIONS TO KEEPING THE FACILITY OPEN? AND IF THERE ARE, THEN WE'LL NEED TO ADDRESS THAT AND, UH, AT, UH, EITHER A SPECIAL MEETING OR, OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST. UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UM, FOR MR. SCHUMER, I JUST WANT TO DEAL WITH THE OBJECTION, UH, SITUATION THEN IF I MAY, I WOULD SAY THAT NO, AT THIS TIME I HAVE NO OBJECTION WHATSOEVER, UH, TO THE, UH, AQUATIC CENTER REMAINING OPEN AND, AND REVIEWING ALL OF THE INFORMATION. I DO THINK THAT THE PROPER PROTOCOL WAS FOLLOWED. SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND MAKE MY OPINION KNOWN THAT. UM, YEAH, SO I BELIEVE THAT AQUATIC CENTER CAN REMAIN OPEN. IT TAKES MR. WEBB. IS THERE ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS, UH, FROM COUNSEL REGARDING, UH, KEEPING THE, UH, THE FACILITY OPEN? MR. MAYOR? I DO HAVE AN OBJECTION. YOU HAVE. OKAY. MR. SHAW, THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, GET THE INQUIRY A, I BELIEVE A MATCH STOKELY, UH, IS OUR LAW DIRECTOR OF THE SIGNIFICANT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. UH, MR. STOKELY, WOULD [00:35:01] YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE CURRENT STATUS OF, UM, THE STATE LEGISLATOR, UM, INITIATIVE ON, UM, THE INDEMNIFICATION ON MUNICIPALITIES WHEN IT COMES TO COVID-19? UM, HAS THAT BEEN FULLY PASSED BY THE STATE AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR? UM, OR COULD THE CITY NOT JUST START A CITY, ANY CITY, UM, STILL BE LIABLE OR HELD, UH, WITH ANY LAWSUIT PER SE REGARDING COVID-19? NO, I'M NOT AWARE OF THE STATUS OF AN INDEMNIFICATION, UH, LEGISLATION AND COLUMBUS. I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT. I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T THINK EVERYTHING'S BEEN FINE. CAUSE I WOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT. UM, SO, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S THE LIABILITY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, IT'S A VERY REMOTE POSSIBILITY BY OR ZERO AND YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A LONG NUMBER, POTENTIAL LIABILITY. MR. MAYOR, THAT WOULD BE MY OBJECTION AT THIS TIME IS PROTECTING THE CITY FROM ANY TYPE OF A LAWSUIT THAT COULD MAY OR MAY NOT COME UP WITH THIS. WE ARE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION. UM, IN MY OPINION, IF ANOTHER CASE OR ANOTHER POSITIVE, UM, IS RECEIVED AT THE Y YMCA, UM, I KNOW I'M JUST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, BUT I THINK IN THE PROTECTION OF THE CITIES, OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR RESIDENTS, UM, I THINK AT THAT POINT IN TIME UNTIL VACCINES DONE, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, THE, UH, AQUATIC CENTER WOULD NEED TO BE CLOSED, UM, OR UNTIL THE STATE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES, UM, A CLAUSE WHERE THE CITY'S, UM, EVEN FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOL WE HAVE FOR POLICY THAT OUR CITY MANAGER HAS WORKED UP, UM, UNTIL WE ARE SURE THAT WE CAN NOT BE, UM, SUED, UM, FOR ANYTHING COMING IN, GOING OUT OF COVID-19. UM, I THINK THAT PUTS US AT A, AT A GOOD POSITION. OKAY. SO MR. ROGERS, PLEASE, MR. SHELL'S OBJECTION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS, BAND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, TO KEEPING AN OPEN RICHARD? WAS YOUR OBJECTION, KEEPING IT OPEN NOW OR IF ANOTHER CASE? UH, AGAIN, I BELIEVE KEEPING AN OPEN NOW. UM, I BELIEVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS MR. TRUMP WAS OUT OF THE AUGUST, UM, UNDERNEATH THE, THE TIMELINE THAT HAD BROKE DOWN, UH, THE RECEIPT, THE RECEIPT OF THE INFORMATION, UM, I THINK DEFINITELY HAVING THE YMCA NOTIFY US IF ANOTHER CASE DOES COME ABOUT, UM, OR AS, UM, THE VICE MAYOR DID, UM, DID ACKNOWLEDGE AN INCREASE. UM, AND, UM, AND CONTAMINATION DOES TAKE PLACE. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY PUT IN PLACE AT THAT TIME, UM, WHERE THE AQUATIC CENTER DOES CLOSE DOWN TO PROTECT THE CITY. OKAY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IS YOUR OBJECTION TO CLOSE IT RIGHT NOW, OR UPON FURTHER INFORMATION OR MORE INCREASED CASES UPON FURTHER INFORMATION OR INCREASED CASES. OKAY. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T OBJECT TO THE FACILITY OPENING MESSAGE. MOREOVER, NO. OKAY. ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS YOU MADE ON UNDER, AS A COUNCIL? I GUESS I GOT A REAL QUICK QUESTION. MS. MR. SHAW, I, I GET THE, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE BULLETIN UPDATE. UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? CAUSE I IT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST I'D HEARD OF IT ALSO. UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH DISCUSSIONS THROUGH OML AND SOME OTHER THINGS, DO YOU HAVE, UH, UH, LIKE A PROPOSED BILL NUMBER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? CAUSE I'M ON THE WEBSITE NOW. I WANTED TO TRY TO PULL IT UP. I WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH, I KNOW THIS WAS SENT IN AN OML BULLETIN BY KIM SKERRITT. UM, IT HAD MESSED UP THE HOUSE. IT TURNS SITTING IN THE SENATE SIDE. UM, IT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED THERE FURTHER. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I'LL UH, I'LL LOOK THROUGH THOSE, UM, LEGISLATIVE, UH, NEWSLETTER AND, UM, UH, THE LAST ONE, I LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PULL IT UP IF IT WAS GOING TO LECTURE AND GET IT TO, UH, TO JERRY AND MATT ALSO. YES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO NOW THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THEM, THE SITUATION FROM AN OBJECTION STANDPOINT AND MR. SCHUMER ESPORTS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. SCHOMER REGARDING ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY? TAKE A SEAT. YES MA'AM YES. MR. LUTZ, THANK YOU. UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, ON THE ISSUE OF LIABILITY, UM, ARE WE NOT, AS WE HAVE BEEN ISSUED, IT DOESN'T SEEM UNSURE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WITH REGARD TO THE AQUATIC CENTER OR, UH, REST ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE Y MQ. YEAH. THE, UM, THE OPERATIONAL [00:40:01] AGREEMENT DOES IN FACT HAVE THAT SITUATION WITH DESIGN OF ORIGINAL INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSES, ET CETERA. UH, I I'M SURE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'RE REGULAR ABOUT THAT, BUT YES. POINT POINT TO THE, UH, TO THE ORIGINAL OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT. YES. LIABILITY FOR THE OPERATION ON THAT, UH, IS, IS HELD PARTIALLY BY THE IMTA NOT WHOLLY. UM, OBVIOUSLY SINCE WE OWN THE FACILITY, BUT YES, OPERATIONALLY. CORRECT. OKAY. UM, I'VE RUBBED. MY ONLY OTHER POINT IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE, UM, UH, SOME THOUGHT THAT, UH, I AM SOMEHOW DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR ACTIONS AND THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT OF THE EMAIL, WHICH I SENT OUT. MY DISAPPOINTMENT LIES IN THE FACT THAT AS FAR AS A GENERAL SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION, WE DON'T HAVE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM COME UP, I'M GOING TO CALL IT A, UM, UM, UH, JEFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY, THE ONE CALL? WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM WHEREBY COUNCIL PEOPLE, UM, ARE MADE AWARE OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS. UM, AND IN THIS CASE, AS I STATED IN THE, UH, LETTER, IT, I, I KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES ALL STACKED UP EXACTLY WRONG. YOU WERE OUT OF TOWN, YOU GOT BACK. UM, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, WHO CONTACTED YOU, UH, PROBABLY AFTER HAVING SEEN THE LETTER OR THEY KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT IT TO ASK YOU THE QUESTIONS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET BACK WITH THEM. AND OF COURSE BY THAT TIME, UH, IT'S ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. I CAN TELL YOU, I WAS OUT IN MY YARD. WHEN I CAME IN MY PHONE, I HAD BLOWN UP WITH MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS. UM, AND AGAIN, BY THAT TIME, IT WAS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. I DO NOT EXPECT YOU AS A PERSON TO, UM, BE ABLE TO BEAT THE KEYBOARD WARRIORS OR TO BE ABLE TO, UM, OUTPACE A FAST FINGERED REPORTER DOWN AT, UM, ANY OF THE MEDIA OUTLETS. WHAT I DO EXPECT IS THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO GET INFORMATION LIKE THIS OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY BEFORE OR CONCURRENT WITH, UM, THE NEWS MEDIA, GETTING A HOLD OF IT. NOW HAVE THE NEWS MEDIA GOTTEN A HOLD OF IT. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME. UM, ANYONE AT CITY HALL HAD SEEN IT. UM, THERE, THERE'S NO ARGUMENT THERE. UH, AGAIN, THAT'S FACEBOOK, THAT'S THE NEWS MEDIA, BUT SINCE WE DID HAVE SOME INCLINATION THAT THE NEWS WAS ON TO THIS, I DO FEEL THAT, UH, WE NEED A SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE COUNSEL IS AT LEAST AWARE OF SOME BASIC DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER OUR CONSTITUENTS. UM, I MENTIONED IN THAT EMAIL THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT A FACEBOOK POST, THEY SEE A PICTURE OF THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER AND A BYLINE AND GO NO FURTHER THAT'S WHEN THEY START, THEY DON'T READ THE ARTICLE, THEY JUST START IN WITH THE, UM, WORLD COMING TO AN END, UH, TEXTS, PHONE CALLS, MESSAGES, AND POSTS ON FACEBOOK. THANK YOU, MR. WEBB, ANY OTHER COMMENTS WERE QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHOMER REGARDING THE OTHER ITEMS IN HIS UPDATE REAL QUICK. RAMIR IF I MAY, YES. MR. SEAN, I JUST IN A QUICK SCAN, I BELIEVE THE HOUSE BILL 606. OKAY. YEAH. AND JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY OR A SURPRISE THAT WAS ACTUALLY COSPONSORED BY OUR REPRESENTATIVE PHIL PLUMBER AS WELL. UM, WHICH IS WHY I HAD THAT IN MY HEAD. I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND MR. MAYOR, AS I PULLED MY NOTE UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, I SEE THAT I HAD, UH, ONE MORE QUICK ITEM ON MY, ON MY LIST HERE. UM, WHEN I PULLED IT OUT TO BE DONE WITH THAT, I MISSED AND I APOLOGIZE REAL QUICK. UM, ACTUALLY TWO THINGS WERE REAL QUICK. UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE MOST RECENT ORDER FOR [00:45:01] MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UH, PART OF THE PROVISIONS IN THAT INDICATE THAT, UM, BUSINESSES ARE TO NOT, SHOULD NOT SUGGESTION, BUT BUSINESSES ARE TOO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE HAVE PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME. SO, UH, WELL I KNOW YOU, ME AND YOU COMMUNICATED ABOUT THAT EARLIER. UH, AND WE HAVE REINVOKE SOME TELECOMMUTING, UH, WITHIN OUR WORKSPACE, SOMETHING THAT WE WERE EASILY ADAPTABLE TO PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE WERE UNDER A SHUTDOWN AND, UH, WE ARE DOING THAT. SO HOWEVER CITY HALL IS NOT CLOSED LIKE BEFORE, WHERE EVERYTHING IS STILL OPEN. THERE'S JUST FEWER PEOPLE WORKING WITHIN THE OFFICE. THEY'RE TELECOMMUTING AND WORKING FROM HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UH, IN, IN LINE WITH THAT IN LINE WITH THAT ORDER. UH, THE NEXT THING REAL QUICK, IF I CAN HOPEFULLY GET IT TO PULL UP AND I REALLY HOPE THAT I CAN, UM, IF I CAN'T, UM, OH, THERE IT IS. I'VE GOT TWO SCREENS AND SOMETHING POPPED UP OVER ON THIS SCREEN, SO, OKAY. OKAY. THERE WE GO. LET ME GET BACK TO, I KNOW I'VE TAKEN, I'VE COMPLETELY TAKEN AWAY ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT AND DRAMA FROM THIS NOW. OKAY. CAN YOU SEE THAT? HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT. OKAY. VERY, VERY GOOD. SO WHAT WE HAVE IS, UM, WE JUST GOT, UM, THIS PUT TOGETHER, UM, AND WAS PLANNING TO ANNOUNCE THIS TODAY. UM, WE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER ON ABOUT GETTING THIS. WE HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO WAIT ON. UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS NOT ANY ATTEMPTS TO PUT A FARMER'S MARKET TOGETHER IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. UH, SECONDLY, WE HAD SOME VENDORS COME TO US IN THIRD. UH, WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS PRETTY, UM, HIGH CHARGED AND WANTING TO TAKE ON THIS TASK, UH, IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US, UH, FOR THIS. SO, UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL KIND OF PRE-RELEASED THE INFORMATION, UH, AS THE, UH, AS THE MANAGER OF THAT. UH, AND AS I, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A, CREATED A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTERNATION OVER WHAT I THINK COULD BE VERY, VERY POSITIVE THING. SO, UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT EARLY ON, WANTED TO MAKE SURE FARMERS MARKETS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT, UM, CERTAINLY INCLUDED AS THE CENTRAL AND THE ORIGINAL ORDER. UM, WE THINK THAT THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE, UM, TO HAVE FRESH, NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND VEGETABLES, UH, AND, AND, AND SUNDRIES, UH, TO HELP THEM, UH, SOMEBODY, UH, HAS RECENTLY SAID THAT IT'S ALL ALL GOOD TO PROTECT YOURSELF, WASH YOUR HANDS, WEAR YOUR MASKS, BUT ALSO CHARGING UP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH A WHOLESOME, HEALTHY, FRESH FOOD IS ALSO A GREAT NECESSITY. AND WE THINK THAT, UH, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP, UH, REACH THAT GOAL AS WELL AS PROVIDE A, A, A CLOSE, UH, UM, SHOPPING OPTION FOR, FOR FRESH FOODS. SO A PLAN IS, IS ON SATURDAYS, UH, ATTENDED TO AT THE, UH, AT THE ACRA BURGER. WE'RE REALLY NOT DOING MUCH OTHER THAN, UH, LETTING YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THE SPACE FOR IT AND LETTING THEM GO. AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO, TO THAT GOING ON IN MY HAT'S OFF TO JOSH KING, UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, UM, UH, HE, UH, AS HE DOES WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, TOOK THE BALL AND RAN WITH IT, UH, VERY PROUD OF HIS EFFORTS AND WORKING WITH, UM, UH, MRS. HARTMAN IN MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THAT THINGS GO WELL. SO I THINK THIS WILL BE ANOTHER PROUD MOMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, ANOTHER EVENT TO HAVE, UM, UH, AN ENRICHMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, BUT ALSO WITH THE, UH, WITH THE UNDERTONES OF MAKING SURE, PROVIDING THOSE HEALTHY NUTRITION SHOP OPTIONS AS WELL, UH, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BECOME HEALTHY THROUGH THIS, UM, THROUGH THIS VIRUS TIMES. SO, UM, WE'LL BEGIN TO RELEASE THE, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT IN, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UM, UH, SCHEDULING ANNOUNCEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE, ET CETERA, TOMORROW MORNING. AND, UM, AS WE WERE ABLE TO JUST FINALIZE THIS TODAY, HATS OFF TO SARAH, UH, WILLIAMS TO, UH, WHO'S PUT TOGETHER THIS GRAPHIC AND DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB COORDINATING WORKING WITH, UH, WITH JOSH AND GETTING SOME OF THE INFORMATION OUT ON IT. SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE COMMUNITY EXCITED TO SEE IT, ROB MAN, HOW MANY VENDORS ARE GOING TO BE THERE THAT I, THAT I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT, UM, UH, THE REGISTRATION OF THAT WE'LL, UH, WE'LL START BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK JUST WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, UM, MS. HARMON HAS, HAS KIND OF REACHED OUT AND PUT OUT, I KNOW SOME OF THE VENDORS THAT WERE [00:50:01] AT ANOTHER LOCATION THAT DON'T, THAT NO LONGER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO PROVIDE THEIR, THEIR MARKET SERVICES, UH, ARE ALREADY ON BOARD. BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER. I'M SURE AT FIRST IT MIGHT BE SMALL BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER FARMER MARKETS IN THE AREA. UH, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO BRING BACK THOSE THAT WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, THAT LOST THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. OH, THANK YOU. YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. IMAGINE I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD SO FAR WE HAVE NINE. YEAH. SO FAR WE HAVE NINE. OH, YES. SURE, SURE. THANK YOU, ROB. I KNOW THE CITY AS A WHOLE HAS TALKED PREVIOUSLY, AND WHEN I SAY PREVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN QUITE AWHILE ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKET. UM, AND, AND I, AND I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THAT INFORMATION WAS JUST FINALIZED TODAY. UM, I WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN OFF GUARD. I ACTUALLY SEEN THAT GRAPHIC ONLINE, UM, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. UM, AND I ACTUALLY WAS, UM, REACHED OUT TO, BY A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS AND, AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT. UH, SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT TODAY. UM, I WELCOME THAT. UM, I DO WELCOME A FARMER'S MARKET I ATTENDED BEFORE. UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT. UH, I NEED MORE HEALTHY EATING IN MY LIFE, BUT, UM, I AM A, I AM A BIT CONCERNED AND I WOULD ASK IF MAYBE YOU COULD REACH OUT TO THE, UM, PREVIOUS FOLKS WHO RAN THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A BIT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION. HAS THEY ARE STILL HOPING TO DO A FARMER'S MARKET THERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE A COMPETITION OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I MAY NOT KNOW. YEAH. UH, NO, NO WORRIES. FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS HAS, WAS EXCITED AND GOT THAT INFORMATION OUT A LITTLE AHEAD OF WHEN, WHEN OUR, OUR, UH, OUR, OUR SCHEDULE WAS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY HOW OUR, WHY YOU SAW IT. UM, NONETHELESS, WE DID CONFIRM WITH THE OWNER OF THE SHOPPING CENTER WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE BUSINESS WHO OWNS THE DBA OF THE HEIGHTS FARMERS MARKET, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO, UH, TO, TO DO THAT. SO PERFECT THAT, YEAH, WE, WE, WE WERE, WE WERE SENSITIVE TO THAT AS WELL. AND, UH, WE, WE DID, WE DID CONFIRM THAT INFORMATION. EXCELLENT. I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, UH, THAT'S MOVING FORWARD AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD COLLABORATION AND GETTING THE FARMER'S MARKET MOVED FORWARD. UM, ONE MORE ADDITIONAL THING. UM, ARE WE GOING TO BE PUTTING ANY TYPE OF, UH, BANNERS OR ADDITIONAL MARKETING TO THIS, UM, UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COVID-19 AND THE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN, OR WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT AT A MARKETING CAMPAIGN POINT INTO NEXT YEAR? YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START FOR THIS YEAR, BUT AS MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE CAN DO, UH, AS FAR AS BANNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'LL CERTAINLY GET OUT. UH, AND AS WE GO AND DEVELOP IT FOR THIS SEASON, UH, WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT, UH, GOING INTO NEXT SEASON, UH, IT'LL BE EVEN BIGGER AND LARGER. UH, WE HOPE TO UTILIZE OUR BRAND PIKE BOARD, OUR ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDS, ET CETERA, AND OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, IN OUR WEBSITE. SO, UM, UM, THAT IS, UM, AGAIN KIND OF A LATE START FOR THIS SEASON. UH, BUT NONETHELESS, I THINK IT'LL STILL BE EFFECTIVE AND GOOD ENOUGH AND SPREAD OF WORD AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING A LOT OF THOSE ITEMS AND LIKE OUR PARKS, OUR PUBLIC PARKS, UH, WE WILL BE PUTTING BANNER ANNOUNCEMENTS IN PRINTED, YOU SIGNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET TO POINT THEM, ESPECIALLY LIKE A CLUB PARK WHERE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE TRAFFIC IN THE WEEKENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT LEADING UP TO IT. SO WE'RE ALREADY POISED TO DO THAT. SARAH HAS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF ALL THAT. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, UH, THEY, THEY TAKE THE BALL AND RUN WITH IT AND, UH, MAKE US PROUD EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE MORE COMMENT IF I, IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR, UM, ROB, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INTERACTION FACE TO FACE WITH SARAH, BUT PLEASE PASS ALONG. UM, I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS VERY KING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, SHE HAS IMPRESSED ME QUITE A BIT, UH, WITH THE VARIOUS AVENUES AND, UM, UH, APPS THAT SHE IS USING TO PROMOTE SOME OF THE ITEMS. UM, AND, UH, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT TO HER ON FACEBOOK MESSENGER A COUPLE OF TIMES TO PUSH SOME ITEMS I'M VERY HIGHLY IMPRESSED WITH, WITH HER. UM, GO GET IT ATTITUDE. UM, I THINK SHE WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE US THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING INFORMATION OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, BUT AS TO DON'S POINT A LITTLE BIT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT COME THROUGH A METHOD, UH, FOR COUNSEL. UM, JUST SO WE'RE NOTIFIED WHEN SOME OF THOSE ITEMS ARE EITHER PUBLISHED OR SCHEDULED TO BE PUT OUT MAYBE SOONER THAN A TIMELINE MAY ELAPSE. WELL, I, I KNOW THAT, UH, SHE HEARD BECAUSE SHE WATCHES AND SHE'S ONE THAT FEEDS ME INFORMATION HERE ABOUT HOW MANY VENDORS AND EVERYTHING. SO SHE HEARD EVERYTHING YOU SAID. SO, UM, AND I'M SURE SHE, UH, SHE APPRECIATES IT AND I, AND I ECHO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:55:01] YEAH. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. SHAW JUST SAID ABOUT THAT. ABOUT AS A, AS A SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER MYSELF, I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH HER WORK. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ROBIN AT THE PERIL OF MAKING THIS LAST ANY LONGER, I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I READ SOME SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL, AND I JUST WANTED TO, ONE LAST TIME BE CLEAR THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY DID HAVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE OWNER OF NOT ONLY THE SHOPPING CENTER, BUT THE OWNER OF THE HEIGHTS CAFE. AND IT WAS THE OWNER OF THAT FACILITY. AND YOU SAID EVEN WHO CONTROLS THE DBA OF WHAT THE HEIGHTS FARMERS MARKET WAS THAT COMMUNICATION HAPPENED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ACTUAL OWNER, NOT NECESSARILY EMPLOYEES OF THE, OF THE CAFE, CAUSE I'M NOT SURE THEY WOULD KNOW OR HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT WHERE ARE THE, ARE THE WHERE THE HICCUP IS? IT SEEMS THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT WE'RE JUST ACTING, UM, WELL, TO BE PURPOSEFUL COMPETITION AGAINST, UH, ONE OF THE BUSINESSES HERE. SO I JUST WANT FOR EVERYONE LISTENING OR KNOWING OR ANYONE ELSE WHO SEES THAT, THAT INFORMATION IS BEING MISREPRESENTED. SO WE DID SPEAK TO THE OWNER OF THE CAFE AND WE SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF THE FACILITY OR THE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT THERE WERE NO PLANS TO CONTINUE THAT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THE HEIGHTS FARMER'S MARKET IN THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY. IS, IS THAT THE CASE WRONG? YES. AGAIN, I DIDN'T MAKE THE PERSONAL CONTACT, BUT YES, UH, THAT, THAT WAS PART OF OUR PROCESS IN GOING THROUGH THIS, UH, THERE WAS, UH, SOME CONCERNS ORIGINALLY OVER WHETHER IT WILL BE ALLOWED THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS FROM THE STATE. AND AGAIN, THAT FARMER'S MARKET WAS A FOR-PROFIT TYPE OF A SITUATION. SO WHETHER THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SCENARIO OR SITUATION THAT MIGHT'VE FALLEN UNDER SOME OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS IN THE, UH, IN THE STATE ORDERS HOTTER VERSUS LIKE A COMMUNITY FARMER'S MARKET. BUT, BUT YES, UM, THE, UH, UM, THE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, OWNER OF THE SHOPPING CENTER, UH, DID IN FACT SAY THAT THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ONE. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION, HOPEFULLY ANYONE LISTENING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AND THAT WAS THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD BEFORE, UH, ANYTHING WAS DECIDED A NEW FORAGE. SO, UH, APPRECIATE THAT. YES. MR. CAMPBELL, MARK, MARK CAMPBELL. UH, ROB, UH, COVID-19 I THINK IS STRESSED, UH, US AS A COUNCIL STAFF, UH, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AT THE Y AND ALL THE OTHER VARIOUS PARTNERS, UH, AND THE CITIZENS OF HUBER HEIGHTS, BUT I MUST SAY, UH, AFTER READING ALL THE EMAILS AND FOLLOWING EVERYTHING ONLINE AND READING THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, UM, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU, YOUR STAFF, THE YMC FOR HANDLING THINGS, AS WELL AS YOU HAVE, UM, THE FARMER'S MARKET INITIATIVE, UH, THAT I THINK JOSH, UM, IS WORKING ALSO ALONG WITH, UH, IS, IS JUST A FANTASTIC IDEA. I THINK JOHN HAS ENABLED MORE ACTIVITY TO OCCUR AT THE EICHELBERGER AND, AND, AND IT WAS A REAL GYM AND ASSET THAT I THINK WE DID NEED TO BETTER UTILIZE. SO BEING KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, UM, STAYING FOCUSED AND APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYONE'S HARD WORK IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW LORI AND I ARE TRYING TO FOCUS AND MAINTAIN, BUT I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD PASS ALONG TO STAFF AND OUR CONTRACT PERSON, BOB WELL DONE SO FAR. OKAY. WILL DO. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. THANKS MR. CAMPBELL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON CASEY NUN? UH, I'M NUMBER 10 IS PENDING BUSINESS. MR. ROGERS, ANY PENDING BUSINESS THIS EVENING, THERE IS NOT A SAVING THERE. THANK YOU, SIR. I REMEMBER 11 [ A Motion To Appoint Gregory Fox And Reneisha Quinney To The Arts And Beautification Commission For A Term Ending June 30, 2023.] AS NEW BUSINESS UNDER CITY COUNCIL AND A NUMBER 11, MR. ROGERS, IF YOU WILL, ITEM 11, A MOTION TO APPOINT GREGORY FOX AND REGAIN ACQUAINT. EACH OF THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION CONDITION FOR A TERMINATING JUNE 30TH, 2023. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS MR. ROGERS, JUST THAT WE WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO ACT ON THIS MOTION TO APPOINT THIS EVENING? WE HAVE A TWO QUALITY INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE INTERVIEWED AND ARE RECOMMENDING FOR APPOINTMENT AT THE WORK SESSION. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO PRESENT MOTION SEATING. SO IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY. MR. SHAW MOVE. MR. WEBB, WE'LL TAKE YOUR, YOUR MOVE AS, AS A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. MR. ROGERS CALDWELL KEYS, MS. BAKER. YES. MR. CAMPBELL. [01:00:01] YES. YES. MR. OTTO? YES. MR. LYONS. UM, I THINK JERRY SAID BEFORE WE NEEDED A FORMATIVE, UH, THING, UH, HAND SIGNALS, NOT SUFFICIENT. OKAY, COOL. WE'LL JUST WE'LL WE CAN, WE CAN SEE THE THING. YES. BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, AUDIO DIFFICULT, MR. LYONS. SO, UH, WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UH, ROLE AT SONY TO BE CALLED? YEAH. MR. HILL? YES. MR. WEBB? YES. MR. SHAW? YES. OKAY. SO WE WILL, WE WILL SHOW THAT AS PASSING THE AFFIRMATIVE AS A SEVEN TWO, UM, WOULD THAT JUST BE WITHIN A NAPS TONATION OR HOW, HOW WOULD WE COUNT MR. LYONS? SINCE HE'S NOT ABLE TO VERBALLY, I WOULD JUST WALK OUT THEM. IT WOULD PASS SEVEN TO ZERO, MR. MAYOR QUICK. YES. IF MR. LIONS CAN HEAR US ON CALLING HIS PHONE THROUGH THE TEAM MEETINGS, IF HE PICKS HIS PHONE UP, HIS AUDIO SHOULD PICK UP THROUGH THAT UNKNOWN PARTICIPANT IS NOW IT LOOKS LIKE MR. LYONS WAS ABLE TO HEAR US. SO THANK YOU. THERE SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S LIKE A JET ENGINE OR SOMETHING THAT GOES THROUGH, BUT YES, CERTAINLY. YEAH. I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY VOLUME ON THE TEAM MEETING. I GOT OUT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN JOIN BACK NOW. HE'S JOINED UP. WE CAN, WE CAN HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR NOW THE BUTTON. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. OKAY. YES. YES. ON THE VOTE FOR ITEM 11 EIGHT. SO LET THE RECORD SHOW THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO. OH, THANKS FOR THE FOOD WAITING FOR ME. I, YEAH. YOU SAID YES. OKAY. WELL, NO, UH, I HAD MY, HAD THE VOLUME MUTED AND ALL THAT. SO PARTICIPANT IS NOW EXITING. OKAY. THANKS, MR. LYONS. AND NEXT UP IS I'M NUMBER 11, B [ A Motion To Appoint Keesan Lasley To The Military And Veterans Commission For A Term Ending December 31, 2022.] MR. ROGERS. I HAVE HIM 11 BE A MOTION TO APPOINT KEYSON LASTLY TO THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2022. AND ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS, AGAIN, JUST A RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTION TONIGHT AND AGAIN, ANOTHER QUALIFIED AND VERY EXPERIENCED CANDIDATE TO BRING TO THIS COMMISSION CAN'T HAVE WAS THE WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION. DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVED? YEAH. OKAY. I HEAR A MOTION BY MRS. BERG AND MR. HILL HAD JUMPED IN THERE RIGHT THE SAME TIME. SO MR. HILL ON A, YOU AS A SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. MR. ROGERS CALLED THE ROLL PLEASE. MS. CAMPBELL. YES. MRS. BERG. YES. MR. OTTO? YES. MR. LYONS? YES. MR. HILL. YES. MR. WEBB? YES. MR. SHAW? YES. MS. BAKER? YES. OKAY. AND THE MOTION ALSO CARRIES EIGHT ZERO AND NEXT UP IS [ A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Manager To Negotiate And Enter Into A Purchase Agreement For Certain Land And Combine Such Land Within Project #2 Of The Transformational Economic Development. (first reading)] UNDER OUR ADMINISTRATION ITEM 11 C MR. LANHAM, 11 C A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR CERTAIN LAND. IT'S COMBINED SUCH LAND WITHIN PROJECT TO THE TRANSFORMATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT THE FIRST READING. OKAY. MR. ROGERS, I'M SORRY, MR. SCHOMER COMMENTS PLEASE. UH, YES, THE RESOLUTION DOES EXECUTIVE SAYS THAT ALLOWS US TO NEGOTIATE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR, UH, SOME NEARLY 17 ACRES, UH, FOR THE LAND, UM, UH, IDENTIFIED A 6,100 BLOCK OF BRAND AS PART OF A CONTINUATION OF PROJECT NUMBER TWO, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. UH, AS WE HAD DISCUSSED, UH, PREVIOUSLY WE ARE IN A POSITION OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN FINALIZE THAT NEGOTIATION, UH, AND, UM, UM, AND EXECUTE AN INSTRUMENT TO, UH, TO FINALIZE THAT PURCHASE THINKING. MR. AND IS THERE A MOTION MR. [01:05:01] SECONDS? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD THE ONE COMMENT, AM I ALLOWED TO COMMENT? SURE, ABSOLUTELY. UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT DEED RESTRICTIONS AND IF THAT ORIGINAL OWNER PUT THAT RESTRICTION WELL, IF THEY SELL THEIR PROPERTY, WOULD THAT RESTRICTION COME OUT? SO I BELIEVE THAT THE DEED RESTRICTION PASSES AS THE, UM, AS THE PARCEL SELLS AS PITCH PART OF THE ACTUAL FOREVER. YES. IT BECOMES PART OF THE, PART OF THE PARCEL THAT YOU PURCHASE THAT CORRECT MR. SHAW? YES. UH, UNLESS THE PARTIES THAT ENTERED THE RESTRICTION MUTUALLY AGREED TO REMOVE IT, AS I UNDERSTAND. UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IN THIS WOULD READ ANY DIFFERENT, UH, BUT I THINK THAT THE, UH, ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD GO ALONG IN DISCUSSIONS AS OF LATE OF TODAY, UH, WILL BE GREATLY SIMPLIFIED, UH, AND WILL CERTAINLY BE OF BETTER INTEREST FOR THE CITY, UH, AS WELL AS THE SELLER. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. SHAWN. THANK YOU, MS. BAKER, DOES THAT ANSWER, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, MR. ROGERS AND IN ROLL, PLEASE. THIS IS BURJ. YES, IT WAS TORONTO. YES. YES. MR. LYONS? YES. MR. HILL. YES. MR. WEBB, MR. SHAW. YES, IT WAS SPREAKER. YES. MR. CAMPBELL? YES. OKAY. AND THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO NEXT UP AS ITEM 11, [ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Submit An Application To Montgomery County For Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds. (first reading)] D ITEM 11, D A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG FUND, UH, AT THE FIRST READING PATRICIA, YES. AS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION, YOU WILL SEE A, UH, AN APPLICATION AND RESOLUTION TO GO ON WITH IT, UH, TO APPLY FOR EXPENSES, UH, TO BE USED FOR, UH, MIAMI VILLAS BLIGHT REMEDIATION PROJECT. UH, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO ACQUIRE SOME PROPERTIES, UH, REMEDIATE SOME OF THE BLIGHT THAT IS WITHIN THEM, UH, ON OCCUPIED STRUCTURES AND RETURN THOSE SPACES BACK TO GREEN SPACE AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL LOOK, FEEL, UH, AND, AND QUALITY OF THAT AREA DOWN THERE. SO WE ASKED THAT THE RESOLUTION, UH, BE CONSIDERED SO WE CAN FINALIZE THE GRANT APPLICATION, UH, SUBMITTED AND, UM, HOPEFULLY SEEK OUT AND BEFORE BOARD TO PUT THIS PROJECT IN ACTION. AND AT THE WORK SESSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADOPT THE SIDE OF THIS EVENING. IS THERE A MOTION? SO I MOVE MR. MOOSE, SECOND, SORRY, MR. SHAW SECONDS. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSIONS AT WORK SESSION AROUND THIS. SO FOCUSING ON MR. ROGERS, WHEN YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MR. OTTO. YES. MR. YES. MR. HILL. YES. MR. WEB. YES. MR. SHAW. YES. MS. BAKER. YES. MR. CAMPBELL. YES. THIS IS MURDER. YES. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES EIGHT ZERO. NEXT UP IS ITEM 11, [ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into Agreements With Navia Benefit Solution, Inc. As A Business Associate And For The Services Of A Third Party Plan Administrator For The Health Reimbursement Arrangement Plan. (first reading)] EAT MR. ROGERS, ITEM 11, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH NAVEA BENEFITS SOLUTION INC. AS A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AND FOR THE SERVICES OF A THIRD PARTY PLAN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENT PLAN AT THE FIRST READING MR. SHOWMAN. YES. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, A DUAL PLAN, A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. THIS WOULD BE FOR THE HRA OR HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT MANAGES THOSE FUNDS IN THOSE TRANSACTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMPLIANCE FOR THE EXPENDITURES SINCE THAT CITY IS, UH, IS THE CITY'S MONEY, NOT OUT OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT. SO THE, UM, I GUESS THE, UM, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MANAGED CORRECTLY. UH, FLEX BANK, UH, IS TRANSITIONING TO A NEW COMPANY. UH, AND THIS IS THE COMPANY NAME. SO FLUX BANK GETS OUR TPA AND THIS IS THE BANK THAT DOES THE WORKFORCE. SO A AS CONSIDERATION FOR THAT, WE ASK THAT THE RESOLUTION IS, UH, PUT UP FOR ADOPTION TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND AUTHORIZE THIS CHANGEOVER. THANKS, MR. SHORE. THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE WORK SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT NANCY? THERE'S A MOTION. I'LL SECOND, SECOND. AND MRS. BAKER, ANY DISCUSSION MR. RODGERS? MR. LYONS, MR. HILL. YES. MR. [01:10:01] WEBB. YES. MR. SHAW. YES. MS. SPREAKER. YES. MR. CAMPBELL. YES. THIS IS BURJ. YES. IT'S TORONTO. YES. MOTION CARRIES EASIER. STAND. NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS OUR [12. City Official Reports and Comments] CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS. WE'LL PUT IT UP TO ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, I LIKE TO JUST FOCUS IN ANYTHING IN YOUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY BEFORE GERMANY MAYOR YES. LINES. UM, WHEN MY, EARLIER IN THE MEETING, WHEN MY, UH, VOLUME WASN'T WORKING, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. SHOWMAN. YES, SIR. ROB, UH, CONCERNING THE, UM, PRO THE AQUATIC CENTER. I KNOW YOU HAD DISCUSSED AND TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION. WE WOULD SHUT DOWN. I DIDN'T HEAR A SPECIFIC NUMBER. IS THERE A NUMBER OF CASES OR IS IT JUST WHEN THEY NOTIFY YOU ON THAT RECOMMENDATION? OKAY. YES, IT WOULD BE A WHEN THEY REVIEW THE CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, IF THERE, AND I, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE OR EXPERTISE, BUT FROM WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT, IT WOULD BE W W WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL INFORMATION FOR THE CONTACT TRACING? WHAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF CASES, BUT THE CURRENT AMOUNT OF CASES INDICATING, WELL, WAS THERE A CASE EXTERNALLY, BUT IN THERE WASN'T ANY INDIVIDUAL SPREAD WITHIN THE FACILITY, ALL THOSE FACTORS ARE TAKEN INTO PLACE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY LOOK AT AND EXAMINE. SO, UH, WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE, WOULD BE BASED ON A VARIETY OF THINGS, NOT CUMULATIVE, BUT ALSO BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES UPON OUR NOTIFICATION TO THEM OF ANY ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT MAY BE, UM, THAT MAY BE INFECTED. OKAY. THANK YOU, ROB. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU, MR. LYONS, ANY OTHER, UH, OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR? I DO. YES. THANK YOU. UH, TO, TO MAKE A QUICK, UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY OUR NEW RAISING CANES HERE IN HEBREW TODAY. UM, QUITE A LONG LINE, UM, AS THEY'RE JUST HAVING THE DRIVE THROUGH ONLY OPEN. UM, I THINK THEY DID AN AMAZING BOB THAT WAS ABLE TO, UM, UH, WORK WITH THEIR MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND THEIR STORE MANAGEMENT TEAM TO GET A SNEAK PEEK INSIDE, UH, UM, EARLY LAST WEEK. UM, THEY PLAN ON OPENING THE DINING ROOM UP VERY SOON AS, AS THEIR CORPORATE OFFICES, UM, CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, I DO WANT TO THANK THE, UH, THE RESIDENTS, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, AND EVERYBODY, UM, FOR THEIR PATIENTS AND THE RAISING CANES OPENING TODAY. I KNOW THERE WAS A BIT OF A, SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES. UM, AND I KNOW, UM, OUR, UM, HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS OUT THERE ASSISTING IN THAT TODAY. UM, SO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A, UM, A TRAFFIC CONGESTION AS THE NEWNESS, UM, IS THERE, UM, BUT I THINK WE'LL ALL GET THROUGH IT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD TODAY. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR REPORTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, HERE WE GO IS EIGHT 13, AND, UH, THIS MEETING IS NOW. WE'LL SEE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.