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MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION. I ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND FOR BOTH. I BELIEVE I HAVE FIGURED SOMETHING AMERICA AND SHE'S PUBLIC REUTERS THIS CASE WHEN IN ASIA INTO THIS ONE, AND JUST JUST FOR ALL. ALMIGHTY GOD , WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE
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GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS. WOKE HOME. HERE WE PRESENT HERE. READY.[APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 24, 2022 Minutes]
NEXT UP. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 24TH 2022 MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES IS PRESENTED. MR PRESIDENT. I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE, ALL POST, OKAY, MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NEXT[POTENTIAL TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC BUSINESS STRATEGY OF AN APPLICANT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE]
ON THE AGENDA AND REALLY THE MAIN REASON WHY WE'RE HERE AT SIX O'CLOCK AND SAID OF SEVEN O'CLOCK IS WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC BUSINESS STRATEGY OF AN APPLICANT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. THIS MOTION REQUIRES THE SECOND SO MOVED OKAY, THIS I'M GONNA CALL FOR A ROLL CALL REQUIRES UNANIMOUS VOTE. ROLL CALL, MR BERGER? YES MEANS YES, MR ROGERS ? YES YES, YES. YES, YES. OKAY WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO WE HAVE THE LITTLE. THE AGENDA IS OFFICE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.UM A FEW THINGS TONIGHT. WE WANTED TO REPORT OUT ON IN PARTICULAR. JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT A WEEK FROM TODAY CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY. FEBRUARY 21STS DAY. SO JUST ENOUGH Y I ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOMETHING YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY SEEN OUT THERE IN SOCIAL MEDIA IS THAT WE'RE WE ARE PROBABLY ANNOUNCE THE CITY'S FIRST RAIN BARREL. DISTRIBUTION EVENT ON MARCH 12TH. THIS EVENT IS HOSTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RAIN WATER SOLUTIONS COMPANY AND PROVIDES RESIDENTS AN EASY WAY TO PURCHASE A 50 GALLON CAPACITY RAIN BARREL AT A DISCOUNTED RATE. AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE ON THAT BARRELS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON SATURDAY, MARCH 12TH FROM NINE A.M. TO 11 A.M. AT THE POLICE AND COURT FACILITY AT 12 50 WEST FIFTH STREET. AH RAIN BARRELS, THOUGH JUST AS A NOTE THEY MUST BE PRE PURCHASED BY MARCH. 1ST. FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE, SO IT'S A NEAT EVENT. A LOT OF POSITIVE RESPONSES REALLY PUSH TOWARD MORE SUSTAINABILITY ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO. TRY TO PURSUE IN THE FUTURE LAST AND I'M GOING TO THIS IS A CONSTANT REMINDER. 2022 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS WILL BE HELD THURSDAY. MARCH 10TH. AT THE AVALON THEATER, RSVPS ARE REQUIRED TO DO A LIMITED SEATING. HOWEVER WE WILL LIVESTREAM THE EVENT ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL. AND THE EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 5 30 ON THE 10TH WITH A RECEPTION AND THEN IT'S 6 30 WILL HAVE THE STATE OF THE CITY PRESENTATION, WHICH INCLUDES A VIDEO AND THEN IT'S 6 45. WILL HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION AND WE REALLY GOT AN AWESOME PANELS SET UP FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT WITH SARAH BAR ABOUT THE AVALON THEATER. WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO BRUCE DANIELS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS HE'S GOT COMING UP AND IN THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND THEN WE'VE GOT LUKE STEAD KEY FROM DR OHIO , TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CONNECTED MARYSVILLE.
NOT ONLY ON OUR REGION BUT AROUND THE STATE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE THE EXECUTIVE
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DIRECTOR OF THE MID OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION HERE, WILLIAM MURDOCH, SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THESE GROWTH PROJECTIONS AND SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT THAT MORSI HAS PUT OUT ON THE GROWTH OF THE COLUMBUS REGION. BUT WITH THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SOME OF THE, UH THE INTEL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING ON, THEY MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THAT PRETTY QUICKLY. HE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. AND, OF COURSE, ERIC PHILLIPS WILL BE ON HAND AS A PANELIST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT ASPECT OF THINGS AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MAY BE ABLE TO[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: ]
ANTICIPATE COMING IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT EVENT WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO SHIFT IT DOWN TO, I THINK, JEREMY YEAH. THANKS TERRY . UM, GOT SOME UPDATES IN REGARDS TO THINGS ARE STREETS DEPARTMENT'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE MOST PART OVER THE LAST WEEK . EVERYTHING'S BEEN ADDRESSING POTHOLES THAT HAVE APPEARED AS A RESULT OF THE SNOW EVENT FROM ABOUT A WEEK AGO. UM WE WERE ABLE TO FILL AND THANKS TO MAX OUT GETTING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE, BUT ABOUT 100 POTHOLES, AND WE'RE SENDING GUYS OUT CREW PRETTY MUCH TRAVERSING EVERY CITY STREET THAT WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. AS WELL FOR US? NO I GUESS UPDATE YESTERDAY. SNOW EVENT REQUIRED 36 HOURS AND 61 TONS OF SALT, WHICH BRINGS THIS YEAR'S TOTAL TO 950 HOURS IN ABOUT 410 TONS OF SALT, SO A LOT OF THAT ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 70% OF THAT WAS FROM LAST WEEKEND'S EVENT. CONSTRUCTION UPDATE REGARDING THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THERE'S PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING THAT'S GETTING FINAL PAIN, SO THEY'RE SELECTIVELY CHOOSING AREAS THAT THEY'RE ABOUT, DONE WITH TO PUT THAT FINAL PAINT ON, BUT THAT MEANS THOSE THOSE ROOMS ARE ABOUT TO BE, UH, MAYBE NOT 100% COMPLETE, BUT THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THAT. AND THEN THE FINAL UPDATE THAT I'VE GOT. I MENTIONED THIS AT LAST WEEK'S UTILITY RATE WORKING GROUP MEETING. BUT WHEN COMPARED TO THE MOST RECENT HYYPIA, SEWER AND WATER RATES, SURVEY CITIES RATES ARE IN THE 84TH PERCENTILE AND THE WASTE WATER RATES ARE IN THE 75TH PERCENTILE, WHICH IS A GOAL FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DEMONSTRATES OUR STRATEGY AND NOT RAISING RATES FOR SO LONG HAS ALLOWED. THE RATES ARE RATES TO IMPROVE WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.SO THEREFORE EXCITING NEWS AND SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY A COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY IN THE UTILITY SIDE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KYLE FOR SOME FOR SOME UPDATES FROM ENGINEERING. THANKS JEREMY. YEAH, I GOT SOME CONSTRUCTION UPDATES FOR ONGOING PROJECTS ON THE PEPPER BUSH CULVERT REPLACEMENT PROJECT. I KNOW I SPOKE LAST WEEK OR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ABOUT COLUMBIA GAS BEING OUT THERE. TO RELOCATE THEIR UTILITY WORK. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO IT LAST WEEK, THEY PLAN TO BE OUT THIS WEEK TO RELOCATE THAT GAS LINE, A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S KIND OF KICKING OFF THIS SEASON IS THE EAST FOURTH STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THIS WEEK ON FOURTH STREET BETWEEN NORTH PLUM AND NORTH WALNUT STREET. A S WILL BE OUT THERE RELOCATING THEIR OVERHEAD UTILITIES TO GET OUT OF THE WAY FOR OUR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT LATER THIS SUMMER, SO THAT ROAD WILL BE COMPLETELY CLOSED BETWEEN PLUM STREET AND WALNUT. THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT OFFSITE UTILITY EXTENSION PROJECT. ONE AIRLINE WORK CONTINUES ON RAYMOND ROAD, UM AND EVERYTHING REMAINS ON SCHEDULE. NEXT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST RAYMOND ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FOR THREE WEEKS IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE WATER MAIN WITHIN RAYMOND ROAD. OUR CONTRACTOR. PUT DETOUR SIGNS OUT TODAY FOR THAT, SO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WILL HAVE ONE WEEK'S NOTICE FOR THAT, BUT RAYMOND ROAD WILL BE CLOSED BASICALLY FROM HISTORY TO DOGLEG ROAD STARTING NEXT MONDAY FOR ROUGHLY THREE WEEKS. AH PUMP STATION TO IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT EXCAVATION FOR THE PUMP STATION PICK CONTINUES AND THEN THESE PROJECT ON THE SAME SITE THAT JEROME TOWNSHIP WATER TOWER PROJECT CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET. THIS ALL THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES. I HAVE IF I MAY PUT KYLE ON THE SPOT WITH ONE ADDITIONAL AND KYLE UPTOWN ALLEY PROJECT, DO YOU MIND GIVING A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE UPDATE? YES SO WE HAD A PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING TODAY ON THE UPTOWN ALLEN PROJECT. WITH OUR CONTRACTOR IN THE ANTICIPATED START, THE FORESIGHT CLEARING IS THE WEEK OF MARCH. I BELIEVE EIGHT. SO THAT'S COMING UP HERE. WE PLAN TO REACH OUT TO BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS IN THAT BLOCK TOMORROW, WHERE WEDNESDAY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AND THEM JUST TO TALK LOGISTICS, TURNING CONSTRUCTION. PERFECT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE ANTICIPATING EVEN MAYBE A
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SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT WITH WEATHER AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT. AND WHAT'S GOING TO DO IN THE UPTOWN? THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN GET IT. DONE THAT FAST. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEP UNDER SPOT HERE THIS MORNING. I DID SEE SOME TRUCKS OVER AT THE RED FOOD PARKING AREA. LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE PUTTING IN SOME KIND OF POLLS THAN IN THE AFTERNOON IS THAT PART OF THE FOURTH STREET? EXACTLY EXACTLY. THAT'S PART OF THE EAST FOURTH STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. OKAY, SO THEY DETOURING TOGETHER, BASICALLY DOING IT ON A DIAGONAL INSTEAD OF HAVING THOSE OVERHEAD LINES RUN DIRECTLY OVER WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE WILL BE. THEY'VE GATHERED KIND OF ANGLE THEM OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION LIMITS. JUST BECAUSE THAT BRIDGE IS GONNA BE SO BIG THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING IN SOME OF THE CRANE OR A LARGER CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE TO PLACE IT. AND THEN WILL IT STAY THAT WAY OVER ONCE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE IS COMPLETE, THEY'LL MOVE THE LINES BACK WITHIN WITHIN THE RIGHT AWAY ALONG THE ROAD. OKAY THANKS SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT AND A PROBLEM. WITH. WITH REGARD TO THE ALLEYWAY PROJECT. UH I ASSUME THAT WILL DISRUPT SOME CITY PARKING. YES SO THE PARKING LOT THAT ARE THE PARKING STALLS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT PARKING LOT. WE'RE GOING TO BLOCK OFF JUST FOR THE CONTRACTOR MATERIAL STAGING JUST TO MAKE IT A SAFE SITE ONE IF WE WANT TO ALLOW OUR CONTRACTOR TO USE THAT SITE IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT IS GOING TO KIND OF ENCROACH INTO THOSE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.SO SINCE WE DO HAVE THAT SPACE AVAILABLE, WE'RE GOING TO BLOCK OFF THOSE PARKING STALLS AND OTHER CONTRACTORS THAT ABOUT 15 SPOTS. I IMAGINE SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT 10 TO 10 TO 20. I'M GOING TO SAY SO. YEAH YOU'RE 15 ESTIMATES. OKAY OKAY. GET GOOD GAS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. PEOPLE WERE GOING THROUGH IT REALLY? ALL WHO WORK FOR THE CITY OF ADDRESS TRACKING CLEANUP. DO THAT. CAN WE GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW. THINGS LIKE THAT. IT WAS JUST LIKE, GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THE STREETS ARE ALWAYS CLEARANCE KNOWS VERY SMALL. SO THERE'S JUST REALLY GRATEFUL. SO IF WE CAN MAYBE LEARN MORE ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY DOES THIS WORK? SO I CAN DO THIS INFORMATION TO PEOPLE WHO WHAT HAPPENED? THINK, AND IT JUST ISN'T AND THIS IS I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF COMPANIES IN OUR CITY.
THERE WERE DOING THINGS LIKE BIG B. COPY YOU START BY THE ROADS OF YOUR SNOW CLEARER WHEN YOU 3000 SOMETHING LIKE I'VE JUST SEEN A LOT OF THAT SO IT CAN BE JUST GETS MORE INFORMATION. IS YOU STOLE MY THUNDER A LITTLE BIT ON THE CALL OF COUNCIL TONIGHT WHEN WE WHEN WE DO SOME THINGS BECAUSE I WOULD AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND THE SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, OUR CREWS ARE PHENOMENAL RIGHT FROM THE TOP. I MEAN, HOW IT COMMUNICATES FROM JEREMY, RIGHT ON DOWN THROUGH JOE TRACY AND ALL THE CRUISE. WE CAN DEFINITELY GIVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS. AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATED, AND YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE AND MOST COMMUNITIES SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND MORE. TRY TO KEEP KEEP THAT CONSTANT. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE WE HAVE. WHAT RANGER ABOUT 30 TO 40 THAT MIGHT VARIOUS SHIFTS. WATER PARKS. ANYBODY WITH SEASHELLS? 40 MARKS. OF SCIENCE AND NEXT THURSDAY, A LOT OF PLANNING ALL FOR THE WINTER. SO YOUR THINGS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE PROVE ON THINGS AND WHAT WE ALWAYS ALWAYS BUT I MIGHT ALSO ADD. CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR EQUIPMENT REQUESTS OVER THE YEARS AND PART OF OUR EFFECTIVENESS IS HAVING EQUIPMENT THAT OPERATES DURING THOSE EVENTS AND DOESN'T BREAK DOWN. SO YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR REQUESTS THAT THIS EQUIPMENT ESSENTIAL IN OUR EFFECTIVENESS. APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I THINK ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE FALL WHERE REALLY GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF OUR VEHICLES. PRIOR TO THE BUDGET OR AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. THAT'S A GREAT MEETING FOR EVERYONE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT, AND IT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DOWN TOP, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE LAST YEAR TO DEFINITELY TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THOSE. ANY OTHER
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QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. TERRY REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC[00:15:02]
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. BREATHING. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST A FEW THINGS ONE LAST WEEK, AND I ATTENDED THE FIRST THINK MORRISSEY MEETING IN TWO YEARS, SO IT'S THE REGIONAL GROUP THAT MEETS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS, BUT WAS ACTUALLY GREAT TO BE IN A PHYSICAL SETTING IN HAVE A MEETING WITH I THINK, 60 PEOPLE TERROR SOMETHING IN THAT MEETING ROOM AND WE HEARD A PRESENTATION ABOUT FROM ABOUT INTEL AND ITS IMPACT ON OHIO ABOUT THE COLUMBUS REGION AS WELL AS ABOUT HOUSING AND OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING THIS REGION, SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD DIALOGUE. EVERYONE BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE THAT. SECONDLY UM, MR SEYMOUR, MR LEWIS AND MYSELF ARE SERVING ON THE MARYSVILLE SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLAN COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE FUTURE WHERE THE SCHOOLS WANT TO BE HOW THEY WANT TO GROW. HOW IMPACTS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAD SOME REALLY GOOD MEETINGS ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT DIALOGUE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOPEFULLY COME UP WITH SOME SOME GOOD PLANNING DOCUMENTS AS A RESULT OF THAT, AND THEN LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, WE JUST HIRED 11 PORTER. WHEN I SAY WE HAVE AIRPORT AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY DESIGN THE AUTOMOTIVE MOBILITY INNOVATION CENTER AT THE AT THE SOUTH GATE BUILDING, SO WE'LL BE AT THE DESIGN PHASE IS PROBABLY THE NEXT 3 TO 4 MONTHS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION. BUT JUST AN UPDATE ON THAT LEVIN PORTERS OUT OF MIAMI'S BERG HAD A REALLY GREAT PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD, BUT THAT'S WHO WAS HIRED AND WE'RE NOW PURSUING DESIGN AND HOPEFULLY CONSTRUCTION SOON, SO JUST ENOUGH THEY DON'T THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ERIC. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO? YES THANK HEY, UM, UM. BUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MAC MAC PROJECTS ON NORTH MAIN STREET, NORTH MAIN STREET, I WAS AT THE RIBBON CUTTING SEVERAL WEEKS AGO OF THE 333 BUILDING. THAT'S THE ONE SOUTH THAT USED TO BE THE VIDEO STORY . IT'S NOW AN INSURANCE, BUT THEY ALSO OFFER THE SAME SERVICE TO OTHER PEOPLE. AND THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO SAID WELL, THEY WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE MAC, BUT THE MAC WAS NOT AVAILABLE. IT SEEMS TO BEEN STAGNANT FOR A WHILE. ANY ANY UPDATE ON THAT? YES SO I DID MEET WITH JASON DUFF. PROBABLY ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO . UH, AND THAT DIALOGUE, THEIR GOAL IS FOR HIM AND DOUG OLSON, WHO NOW ARE PARTNERS IN THAT THEY WANT TO DO AND HAVE THEY WANNA HAVE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, SO IT'S DELAYED. MOST CALLS IS DUE TO CONSTRUCTION EXPENSE. WE HAVE HEARD THAT TONIGHT ALREADY, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHY THE DELAY HAS HAPPENED, AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, IT WILL REOPEN THAT SPACE FOR THE ENTREPRENEURS, STARTUP COMPANIES THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE IN THERE. SO REALLY, THAT'S THAT'S BEEN THE DELAY. THEIR GAME PLAN WAS TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE, BUT IN THIS LAST YEAR BUT DIDN'T EXPENSES AND TIMING. IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THIS LAST YEAR.YEAH IT JUST SEEMS THAT THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THAT TYPE OF SPACING. THERE WAS SOMEBODY CAN GO INPUT FOR DAY. TWO DAYS. HOWEVER HOWEVER, YOU WORK IT OUT , AND IT'S REALLY BEING MISSED AT THE MOMENT. SO IF YOU CAN JUST KEEP KEEP BUGGING THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN GET BACK TO BEING A USABLE SPACE AGAIN BECAUSE IT THERE IS A NEED FOR IT IN OUR COMMUNITY REACHED BACK AND GET AN UPDATE TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE WHEN CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN IN THE SPACE AS WELL. OKAY, THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT. TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ERIC
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WILL MOVE ON TO THE CLERK, A COUNCIL THANK YOU. MR PRESIDENT . COUNCIL RECEIVED TWO LIQUOR PERMIT TRANSFER REQUESTS. THE FIRST IS FROM JU BEVERAGES ALL ALL SI TWO JALEN LLC. BOTH ARE DOING BUSINESSES BUCKEYE DRIVE THROUGH AT 8 50, DELAWARE AVENUE . THE SECOND TRANSFER REQUEST IS FROM THE BILL GRILL LLC. TWO SHARKY'S A LITTLE SEE BOTH AT 1 13 WEST FIFTH STREET. BROOKS DIDN'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO EITHER REQUEST. DOES COUNSEL HAVE ANY OBJECTION? I HAD A QUESTION ON THAT. I'VE BEEN STUDYING AT THE LIQUOR PERMITS A LITTLE BIT BUT ARE OVER 50 DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIQUOR PERMITS OUT. YEAH BETTER BE FOR TRIBES TO WHETHER IT BE FOR CONSUMPTION. IN OUT WHAT NOT THE USES TO SAME AS WHAT THEY WANT OR OTHER ANY DIFFERENT USES. YES SIR. FOR THE TRANSFER PERMITS, THEY'RE BOTH THE EXACT SAME USES THE SAME PERMIT CLASSES BOTH THE SAME. YOU SYSTEM. OKAY THANK YOU KNOW NO OBJECTION ON MY PART. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.[HEARING OF CITIZENS:]
ANYTHING ELSE, MR. OKAY NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS HEARING A CITIZENS IF ANY CITIZEN HAS AN ITEM THAT THEY WISH TO DISCUSS WHAT'S COUNCIL NOW'S THE TIME. I'M JEFF REED FLIPPED HERE FOR[00:20:06]
SEVEN YEARS. GOOD COUNCIL MEETING STOCK MANY, BUT, UM, IT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND. OTHERS.HE DIDN'T GIVE US HIS OTHERS. OH, 5, 60 DEATHS TREAT MARYSVILLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, GUYS. SO I'M ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. I LIVE IN GREEN PASTURES, TOO. MHM WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND UNTIL SATURDAY I'D NEVER FELT UNSAFE.
BUT UM, CAME ACROSS THE WHITE LIVES MATTER DEMONSTRATION THAT WAS AT FIVE POINTS AND I WAS UTTERLY SHOCKED AT WHAT I SAW. WITH PEOPLE HEAVILY ARMED. FACES AND HEADS COMPLETELY COVERED. UM IT WAS JUST BLATANT COWARDICE. IN MY OPINION, I'VE ACTUALLY I LOOKED AT THEIR LITERATURE I'VE GOT ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND IT'S JUST SHOCKING AS TO WHAT THEY STAND FOR. AND SO, UM. GOOD SATURDAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNTER DEMONSTRATION AT A SITE YET TO BE DETERMINED. BUT WE ARE INVITING EVERYBODY TO ATTEND BE FROM 11 30 TO 1. AND WE WILL HAVE A FLYER WILL ANNOUNCE THE LOCATION LATER. WE'RE WAITING ON SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY. AS TO WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED.
BUT WE ARE AS A CITIZEN. I CANNOT SIT BACK AND LET THAT KIND OF ACTION JUST GO UNCHECKED. THIS IS NOT WHAT MARY'S FALLS ABOUT. IT'S NOT WHY WE MOVED HERE. THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY. IT'S FULL OF GOOD PEOPLE, AND THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR JUST CANNOT GO AND CHECKED. THANK YOU. Q CAPPED YOU HEAR ANYTHING? IF I MAY JUST JUST AND SO I KNOW COUNCIL KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCE. THIS GROUP IS MAKING THEIR ROUNDS AROUND THE STATE. THEY'VE BEEN IN MEDINA RECENTLY, NEWARK. AND THEN THEY SCHEDULED THEIR EVENT HERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT THAT WE SUPPORT, OF COURSE, THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE.
IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF, AND THEY DIDN'T VIOLATE. ANY LAWS BY THEIR ACTION ON SATURDAY. I KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS MONITORING IT AS IT TOOK PLACE, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT JUST YOU KNOW THAT? BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE VERY COGNIZANT AND CONCERNED BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IN THE EAST TYPE OF GROUPS ARE LOOKING FOR ALTERCATIONS. AND EVEN IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, AND I WAS GOING TO CALL JEFF BECAUSE I GOT YOUR MESSAGE JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK FOR IN THESE GROUPS? IS EXACTLY WHAT JEFF AND HIS GROUP IS GOING TO BE DOING BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CONFLICT AND SOMEONE THAT DISAGREES WITH THEM. AND SO WE WILL AGAIN. IF JESS GROUP, WHICH IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, CONTINUES AND MOVES ON WITH THEIR EVENT. WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THAT VERY CLOSELY FROM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEGATIVE ALTERCATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE. UM LIKE I SAY THEY'RE MAKING THEIR ROUNDS. OF AROUND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE RIGHT NOW, AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAD I THINK 17 PEOPLE THERE ON SATURDAY. 15 TO 17 PEOPLE SHOWS THAT THERE'S NOTHING NOT SUPPORT FOR THIS ACTION AND BUTY DIDN'T VIOLATE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD NECESSARILY REACT TO ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. CHIEF. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER? KNOW THAT YOU COULD BE PRETTY GOOD TOO. OKAY THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO WHAT JEFF TALKED ABOUT. I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WANT CONFRONTATION THEY WANT TO GET. THINGS STIRRED UP AND YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT THEY WANT IS LIKE THE MEDIA TO HELP PROMOTE THAT. SO IS ER CONCERNED WITH LIKE THEY HAVE MEANT THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS COMING SATURDAY THAT IF THE MEDIA PROMOTES IT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BRING THEM BACK TO THE SAME EVENT THAT THAT IS A CONCERN. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO PUBLISH. IN THE PAPER THINGS. THIS IS WHY WE ARE NOT DISCLOSED LOCATION HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK. SOME. LOCAL POLITICAL CANDIDATES HOLDERS.
GREAT. RICHARDSON. THE REPUBLICANS. VITAMIN TO COME ALONG AND SOMETHING THAT CAR NO.
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WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT. WE HAVE THE SAME FEELING WE'VE GOT WANT EVERY SHOW UP IN CREATING DO YOU WANT? HERE. GO ON THE DAY OF THE DEAD. JOB. HISTORY DOESN'T. WHY WE'RE WAITING TO DISCLOSE THE LOCATION UNTIL THE LAST AND JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE. THERE ARE ACTIONS BY PEOPLE.THROUGH THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN MARY'S BOTH PREVIOUSLY THAT I CAN SAY THAT MAYBE WE DON'T. NECESSARILY AGREE WITH HER OR NOT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT WE TOTALLY AGREE WITH. BUT WE ALL ALSO CHOOSE TO TAKE A VERY LOW KEY AND NEUTRAL APPROACH. JUST FOR THE REASON AS TO NOT TO EXASPERATE. THE SITUATION. UM YOU JUST GOT TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S ALL I WOULD SAY. AND I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP. I APOLOGIZE. I COULDN'T GET YOU JUST YET, BUT HIS PHONE NUMBER CAME TO MY OFFICE LATE TODAY. AND I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH JEFF AND JUST TALK TO HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THERE WAS NO ALTERCATIONS BECAUSE ON FACEBOOK, SUPPOSEDLY THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION WITH AN ASSAULT. SO. THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS REPORTED AS AN ASSAULT . BUT AS TERRY POINTED OUT, WE'VE WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING. AND UH WE HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH AND SOME HEATED DISCUSSIONS BUT NO ASSAULTS. OKAY SO THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. JUST WAIT IN THE INDUSTRY. I JUST WANT WITHOUT GETTING POLITICAL OR ANYTHING VERY SUPPOSE ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR FREEDOM LOVE THERE. YOU KNOW THEIR RIGHTS TO ASSEMBLE AND TO THE ACTIVIST, SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND IT, STARTING FOR BEING AN ACTIVIST. I CONSIDER MYSELF ONE BASICALLY HAVE THAT SINCE ITALIAN IS OLD SINCE I TURNED 18 , SO I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING AND ORGANIZED AND ASSEMBLE WITHIN YOUR RIGHTS. SO AND I JUST THINK THAT MARYSVILLE CITIZENS APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THE POSITIVE DOTS. THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING SIDE JUST AGAIN. FOR DOING THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR, AND I MIGHT NOT EVEN AGREE WITH IT. BUT I CAN REMEMBER THE HECK OUT OF YOU FOR DOING IT SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THINK. THANK YOU . WE WON'T MOVE ON. TWO RESOLUTIONS. RESOLUTION A ONE
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READING ONLY TO INITIATE THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 11 31.12 DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. Q ARE THERE ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANY OPINION. YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU HAD ON THIS OR I MEAN, I'M CERTAINLY ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. MR MR BIRTH EXPANSION. OKAY, LET'S STOP. OKAY THANKS, MCDONALD. I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT, UM, I WANT TO. I TRULY APPRECIATE BECKY AND ALL OF HER HELP THAT SHE HAS GUIDED ME FROM MY LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN OFFICE. AND ALSO FOR 10, WORKING WITH ME ON CREATING A PIECE OF LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW. UM. JUST TO MAKE THE COMMENTS SHORT. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES EVERYBODY IS OVERWHELMED. WHERE MY PASSION AND THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO CHANGE AND BRING POSITIVE CHANGES CITY AND HOPEFULLY CREATING PIECES OF LEGISLATIONS LIKE THESE. UM WOULD ONLY REINSURE MARYSVILLE THAT, UM, MY HEART IS FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BY THIS COMMUNITY AND DOING SO GIVES YOU GUYS A BLACK AND WHITE TO BE ABLE TO READ WHAT MY HEART IS. AND ALSO KNOWING THAT AND I KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT I DO HAS TO GO THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, AND IT ALSO HAS TO GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF MAYBE NOT ALL SEVEN BUT HOPEFULLY FORWARD TO GET IT PASSED SO BUT ANYWAY, THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENT WITH IT. THANK YOU. DONALD YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS TOPIC. I DON'T KNOW WAS REVIEWED LIKE A LONG TIME AGO. I CAN'T REMEMBER. WE DID FIND SOME SIMILAR, UH, LANGUAGE AND OTHER[00:30:02]
CITIES. A LOT OF OTHER PLACES DID SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT SUGGESTED HERE. IT GOT PUT ON THE BACKBURNER FOR I DON'T KNOW WHAT REASON SO I GUESS. IT'S GOOD TO BRING IT BACK UP FOR DISCUSSION AGAIN. SO I GUESS. THANK YOU, DONALD FOR BRINGING IT BACK TO OUR ATTENTION. YES AND. I AGREE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TEAR DOWN ANY, UM, HISTORIC BUILDINGS. UM KIND OF INTERESTING. UH IT WAS LATE LAST WEEK. I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE I READ THE PAPER EVERY DAY, SO 25 YEARS AGO. I THINK IT WAS LAST THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, THERE WAS A DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY. AMAZING. BUT I THINK THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN. I THINK THAT DEMOLITION REALLY CHANGED HOW OUR LEGISLATION WAS WRITTEN. UM MY ISSUE IS THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN TO A COMMITTEE. IT'S NOT BEEN VETTED BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER OTHER THAN MR BERGER. AND WE'RE SENDING TO PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FORWARDING OF A WAITING PERIOD. I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I'VE NOT VETTED THIS AT ALL. IF IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO A COMMITTEE OR TO A WORK SESSION. BECAUSE IF I MAY, PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER AND I GET THIS. I'M GOING TO SAY. COUNCIL WANTS ME TO DO THIS. AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THE FIRST HEARING ON THIS WHATSOEVER. NOW I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IF IT WENT THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, IT WOULD COME BACK AND WE WOULD HAVE THREE READINGS AND EVERYTHING. I WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE WITH SENDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THEY NEED TO REVIEW. SECTION 11 31 OF OUR CODE. AND IF THEY WANT TO SAY WE NEED A WAITING, PERIOD, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD DISCUSS AT THAT TIME. BUT FIRST TIME I'M SEEING IT TONIGHT. I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF SENDING LANGUAGE TO PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WE'VE NOT VETTED AS A COUNCIL. SO I GUESS SOMEONE ASKED HIM BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS JUST INITIATES THE DISCUSSION AT PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEY MAY AMEND THIS AND GIVE US A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION. THEY MAY SEND US SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. IS THAT CORRECT OR THREE WAYS TO INITIATE AS ONLY AMENDMENT ONE IS BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, AN APPLICANT. THE OTHER IS BY A RESOLUTION BY PLANNING COMMISSION THEMSELVES OR BY, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL PASSING A RESOLUTION. SO THIS IS THE ANSWER. YOUR QUESTION IS YES, THIS IS A RESOLUTION WITH VERY SPECIFIC AMENDMENT TO TEXT AND ARE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE IF THEY IF THEY AGREE WITH THIS VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND RECOMMENDED TO BE CHANGED AS SET FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION. THAT IT WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL'S REVIEW AND COUNSELED CAN PASS IT WITH THE MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS IF THEY WANTED TO AMEND IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD NEED THREE QUARTERS WOULD NEED SIX VOTES. OKAY, SO, UM UM. I SAID, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BASED ON WHAT JR SAYING. I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU SENT IF YOU SET SOMETHING TO THEM, UM, EITHER IN OR THROUGH A FORMAL RESOLUTION OR INFORMALLY TO REVIEW THIS PARTICULAR SECTION THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE A SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR A ZONING AMENDMENT, BUT THEY COULD INITIATE THEY COULD LOOK AT THAT SECTION AND BY RESIDENT BY THEIR OWN RESOLUTION, CREATE A ZONING AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AND WE COME BACK TO US. ARE YOU GUYS COUNCIL? OKAY, SO PLANNING COMMISSION. WHAT ARE THEIR OPTIONS WITH THIS? CAN THEY AMEND THIS? WHAT'S RECOMMENDED HERE? YES OKAY. SO THEY MAKE THEY CAN BRING YOU THEY DON'T THEY CAN DO IT WITH A 43 VOTE. DOES TAKE FOUR NOW OF ALL MEMBERS, SO YEAH, THEY COULD. THEY COULD, UH, BRING BACK SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EVEN RELATED TO THIS. POTENTIALLY YES , I MEAN, AND THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS. AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO US FOR THREE MORE MEANING IT WOULD COME BACK. IT WOULD COME BACK AS A AS A STANDARD PLANNING AND ZONING AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE A PUBLISHED PUBLIC HEARING. IT WOULD HAVE THREE READINGS AND, UH, COUNCIL THEN COULD, UM, EITHER AFFIRM THEIR RECOMMENDATION WITH FOUR VOTES OR AMENDED. UM, WITH. SIX OR[00:35:03]
DENY IT. OKAY? SO IF IT'S. IF IT'S 3 TO 4, THEN IT JUST GETS DENIED, AND EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME. THAT'S QUOTE. OKAY? YES NOTHING ACTUALLY GETS CHANGED ON PAPER AND TILL YOU KNOW IF AND WHEN THIS PASSES, IT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY EITHER ACCEPT IT AS IS THEY MAKE REVISIONS, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY DO IT BECAUSE STILL COMES BACK TO US, AND WE STILL HAVE TO VOTE YES OR NAY ON WHATEVER THEY END UP WITH. THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE STARTING POINT. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO KICK OFF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO YOU KNOW, BUT PLANNING COMMISSION COULD HAVE ALSO KICKED IT OFF, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN, IF I'M A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER, AND I GET THIS RESOLUTION. I'M THINKING COUNCIL WANTS ME TO PUT THIS INTO GLEE, BUT THEY STILL COULD CHANGE. IT STILL GOT TO PASS WHATEVER WE STILL HAVE TO PASS IT CORRECT. I WILL. I WILL JUST MAKE THE COMMENT FOR PUBLIC RECORD. I UNDERSTAND WHY JR HUSSEIN BUT THE TRUTH IS MIRRORS CODES, EVEN AFTER THE DEMOLITION OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY HAS NOT CHANGED. MARYSVILLE HAS NO DESIGNATED LANDMARKS THAT PREVENT ANY STRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF MIRRORS, ALL FROM EVER BEING DEMOLISHED. YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND AND WALK AROUND ANY BUILDING IN THE UPTOWN AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF MHM PROPERTY MAINTENANCE THAT'S BEING DEFERRED ON THE MOST OF OUR BUILDINGS. INTERRUPT TOWN.THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GO. THE UPTOWN IN EVERY SINGLE MASTER PLAN WE'VE EVER MADE IN THE CITY OF MARRIES OLD. THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING. DEMOLITIONS SHOULD BE. NOT ON THE TABLE AND LESS NATURAL DISASTER. AND I WISH WE LIVED UP TO THAT CODE BECAUSE THE REALITY IS MARRIAGE WAS NEVER SAVED A STRUCTURE REMEMBER BEING DEMOLISHED AND I BELIEVE THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY WAS UP FOR DEMOLITION, BUT WE WILL BE WILL BE GONE THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS. NOT ONLY IS THE UPTOWN HISTORICAL DISTRICT NOT PROTECTED, BUT ALL STRUCTURES THAT HAVE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OUTSIDE OF HISTORICAL DISTRICT ARE NOT PROTECTED. WHICH IS THE JOSHUA JUDY HOME, WHICH IS LOCATED ON DUNHAM STREET. IS WAS BUILT IN 18 35, AND THAT HOUSE IS LITERALLY FALLING DOWN NOW, WHEN IT CAME TO PLANNING COMMISSION THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN THAT BUILDING AND PROTECTED. MARY'S ALWAYS WIPING AWAY ITS HISTORY, NOT ONLY IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT BUT OUTSIDE OF THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT, AS WE HAVE NO PROPER CODES THAT PROTECT ANY STRUCTURE FROM EVER COMING IN FRONT OF PLANNING COMMISSION. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT JR MR RALPH COUNCIL MEMBER ROUSH IS SAYING ABOUT BOARDS AND THE BOARDS SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH THIS INFORMATION. WELL I WISH THIS COUNCIL WOULD PUT FUNDING TOGETHER TO PROPERLY EDUCATE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SO THEY ARE EQUIPPED ENOUGH TO BRING LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. THERE ARE MANY MEETINGS THAT ARE CANCELED DURING THE YEAR DUE TO LACK OF AGENDA ITEMS. THERE SHOULD BE NO MEETING EVER CANCELED ON PLANNING COMMISSION TO A LACK OF AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE MIRRORS WAS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITIES. WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, THEY SHOULD BE WORKING ON PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO BRING THE COUNCIL NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT CITY STAFF IS BUSY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF US BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THINGS HAVE TO START ROLLING IN THIS COMMUNITY. I'M NOT HERE TO BULLY. I'M NOT HERE TO STEAMROLL. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT THEY'RE NOT CAPABLE OF DOING A JOB. I JUST WANT TO DO MY PART WHY I'M ON COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN AND I UNDERSTAND. IF IT FAILS, IT FAILS. BUT I'M JUST ASKED ASKING YOU GUYS JUST. JUST JUST LOOK AT IT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. COUNCILMAN ROLE SHOULD SANE AND I'M NOT TRYING TO STEAMROLL. I'M JUST ASKING YOU GUYS IF YOU BELIEVE IN THIS, AND IF YOU BELIEVE IN HAVING PLANNING COMMISSION BRING ITEMS TO THE TABLE, GIVE THEM THE FUNDING SO WE CAN BRING IN PEOPLE TO EDUCATE THEM START HAVING MEETINGS MANDATORY ON PLANNING COMMISSION WHERE THEY HAVE TO MEET START REQUESTING THAT PLANNING COMMISSIONER DESIGN REVIEW BOARD LOOK INTO CODE SO THEY BRING RED SO THEY CAN BRING IN THIS BECAUSE WITH THE SHEETS MOST OF US AGREE THAT WE DIDN'T WANT IT IN THERE, BUT THE BOARD DIDN'T KNOW THAT SO THEY VOTED FOR IT. THERE IS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US AND OUR BOARDS. THAT'S MY COMMENTS THROUGH. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I HAVE TWO BULLETS. ONE OF THEM IS THAT THE TIME THAT THE CARNEGIE BUILDING WAS TAKEN DOWN? WE DID NOT HAVE OF DEMOLITION DEMOLITION PROVISIONS CORRECT, SO IT WASN'T EVEN AN ISSUE AT THE TIME RELATIVE TO ORDINANCE. THE OTHER THING IS, UM, IS SPECIFICALLY SAYS APPROPRIATE FOR THE DEMOLITION, DEMOLITION OR REMOVAL OF HISTORICALLY OR ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES, SO IT NEEDS TO BE DEEMED THAT THROUGH OUR CURRENT PROCESS BEFORE IT'S EVEN FOR CONSIDERATION. SO IT HAS TO ESTABLISH. THAT CRITERIA BEFORE
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IT GETS TORN DOWN ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR STARTS. OR THAT NOT GREATER THAN A YEAR STARTS. SOMEBODY WANTED TO TAKE DOWN THEIR GARAGE ISN'T GONNA RIGHT. MR REEMS? YES AND I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH MR BERGER. THE U. FINGER LAW OFFICE. WAS SLATED FOR, UM. I SHOULDN'T SAY SLATED FOR, UH THE MCCARTHY AND COX WANTED TO DEMO IT. IT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS . IT WAS DEEMED TO BE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT. AND IT WAS NOT DEMOLISHED. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? NO. THEY COULD HAVE DEMOLISHED IT NOW. I DON'T THINK SO. I ONLY HAD TO PROTECT THE FRONT FACADE OF THE STRUCTURE AT THE END OF THE DAY. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED, OKAY? OKAY? BUT IT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND MY QUESTION IS IF WE HAVE A PROCESG PERIOD ON IT? WE HAVE A PROCESS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND THE COMMISSION. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD HAS QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS. THEY CAN SAY IT'S HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT. IT CAN'T COME DOWN. THEY CAN SAY IT'S NOT HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, IT CAN COME DOWN OR THEY CAN SAY WE'RE GOING TO TABLE IT. AND COME UP WITH MORE INFORMATION. MAYBE WE WILL TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY TO COME IN FIND SOME STATE MONEY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW OPTIONS CURRENTLY. IF I'M A IF I'M LOOKING AT BUYING A BUILDING AND THINK NOT. TOO LONG AGO, THIS COUNCIL WAS THINKING ABOUT BUYING A BUILDING THAT WAS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND. THE CONDITION OF IT AND WHAT KIND OF MONEY WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO MAINTAIN IT. HELP DETERMINE US NOT TO BUY IT. AND FURTHERMORE, AS I RECALL, IT WAS NOT DETERMINED TO BE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT. YEAH, YEAH, WHETHER IT WAS OR WASN'T WAS QUESTIONABLE. I THINK TECHNICALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS NEVER DETERMINED BY ANY KIND OF RIGHT. BUT I THINK THE QUESTION WASN'T WHETHER IT'S STRUGGLES. I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT THERE PROBABLY WAS, BUT IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ECONOMICALLY UNFEASIBLE TO RESTORE IT. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW. OCCUPYING FOR HABITABLE, BUT IF WE'RE ASKING SOMEBODY DUG OLSON. JASON DUFF TO COME IN AND THEY WANT TO BUY A BUILDING IN MARYSVILLE, AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO TRY THEIR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN RENOVATE IT. BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THEY CAN'T AND THEY WANT TO DEMO IT. AND THEN OUR DESIGN REVIEW BOARD SAYS WELL, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO WAIT FOR A YEAR AND ALL BY THE WAY. YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR MONEY, REDOING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT THING STANDING WHILE WE WAIT A YEAR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD WANT TO WAIT A YEAR. WE'VE GOTTA PROCESS. AND DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MAKES A DETERMINATION WHETHER IT'S HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT OR NOT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS KIND OF DISCUSSION IS REALLY BEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONER HAVE AND WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT MAKES SENSE WHAT MAKES SENSE. WHAT DOES IT AND THEN THEY'LL BRING IT BACK TO US, SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND. I THINK THE IDEA OF PUTTING SOMETHING IN PLACE SOME PROCESS IS GOOD TO HAVE THEM.LOOK AT AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE OKAY, SENDING THIS TO THEM AND TELL THEM WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? YOU KNOW, LET THEM RECOMMEND. THEIR PROPOSED LANGUAGE. AS I SAID EARLIER, I WOULD BE VERY GOOD WITH HEY, LOOK AT THIS AND BRING IT BACK. THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. IS THIS THIS IS SOME SUGGESTED LANGUAGE. THEY MAY GIVE US SOMETHING DIFFERENT. GO AHEAD. ALL I WAS GONNA SAY IS I'M READING THIS AND IT SAYS TO INITIATE THE AMENDMENT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A COUNCILMAN IS TRYING TO TAKE INITIATIVE TO GET SOMETHING DONE. YOU GOTTA READ THE RESOLUTION. HOWEVER I WILL BE A BETTER BELIEVE WE WON'T WE ALL SHOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE FINAL PRODUCT BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY MAKE A DECISION , BUT RIGHT NOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE DONALD IS TRYING TO TAKE INITIATIVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE , AND I COMMEND HIM FOR THAT. AND IF YOU NEED A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION I MET, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. OKAY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MR PRESIDENT, AND IS IT WITHIN HER VIEWS TO SEND US DIRECTLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION? WITHOUT THE. THAT PLANNING CONDITION NOT KNOW HOW COUNCIL FELT ABOUT IT, BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE STUDIED. HOW THEY MEAN BE DONE, THEY COULD DO IT ON THEIR
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OWN RIGHT ON THEIR OWN. SO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY INTO A JR WAS SUGGESTING SUGGESTING WOULD BE A COUNCIL WANTS TO COUNCIL WANTS PLANNING COMMISSION TO PUT THIS ON THEIR AGENDA. AND IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE INITIATED AMENDMENT THEY WOULD GET CLINIC. I DON'T THINK RIGHT ? I DON'T THINK THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM PLANNING COMMISSION, PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA OF COUNCIL EVEN ORAL MOTION TO HAVE BEEN REVIEWED THIS PARTICULAR SECTION CODE AND THEY DO THAT, AND THEN THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND INITIATE AS ARGUMENT ON THE ROAD , WHICH IS ONE OF THE THREE WAYS IT CAN BE DONE AND THEN BRING IT TO COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL HAS THE SAME. THE COUNCIL WOULD BE ABLE TO AH TO ACT ON THAT RECOMMENDATION, EVEN AND THEN THAT, YEP. YEAH, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET APPROVED AGAIN IF YOU WANT COUNSELOR MENDS COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. IT TAKES SIX VOTES REGARDLESS OF WHO INITIATED IT. YOU KNOW THEY COULD COME BACK AND JUST CHANGE SOMETHING VERY SLICK AND SAY WE WANTED TO BE SIX MONTHS INSTEAD OF UP TO SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR AND THEN AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT BACK TO A YEAR OR CHANGES IN THREE MONTHS OR WHATEVER IT WOULD TAKE SIX VOTES. IT TURNED BACK. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY AND I BE RAW, HONEST. I LOOKED THIS OVER.I YOU KNOW, MY ONLY CONCERN IS HOW LITTLE. WAS OUR STAFF INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS. SO NORMALLY UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTED TO INITIATE SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE OUR PLANNING STAFF OR SOMEBODY INVOLVED JUST PLUS IT GIVES THEM SOME INFORMATION THAT WHEN THEY GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY KIND OF KNOW EXACTLY. WHAT THEY'RE SPEAKING OF, AS AS IT'S BEING PRESENTED TO PLANING, BUT I WOULD JUST ASK IN THE FUTURE IF THEY COULD BE INVOLVED TO THE EXTENT OF LEAST BEING AWARE OF WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS. UM THEN IT WOULD HELP OUR OUR PROCESS. IT'S JUST AND JUST SO WE'RE JUST JUST A ROCK CLEAR IN THIS ROOM. I WAS MEETING WITH TERRY EMERY. ASHLEY GAVE HER COULD JEREMY HOYT, BASED ON MARK RECOMMENDATION, AND I THINK MAYBE HANK AT THAT TIME ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, RIGHT EVERY QUARTERLY BASIS TALKING ABOUT AND PROVE MINTS. TO OUR ZONING CODE. AND YOU KNOW, SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE NOT SEEN BUT JUST A ATION. OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM CITY STAFF. SO I THOUGHT THAT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. JUST LIKE ANY OF YOU. YOU CAN WRITE ANYTHING YOU WANT, AND IT WILL COME THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, SO I FIGURED CITY STAFF WOULD TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW ASHLEY GABER WOULD GIVE HER RECOMMENDATIONS. PENNY COMMISSIONER GIVE HER RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN IT WOULD ALL OF YOU GUYS WOULD GIVE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. I WAS NOT PULLING THE RUG OUT OF EVERYONE'S HAD, WHICH I KNOW TERRY'S NOT STATING THAT. NO, I KNOW WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE JUST SAYING IF WE COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC TO THE ITEM. AND EVEN CHANNEL THE WHAT YOU'RE INITIATING THROUGH TO JUST HAVE STAFF SAY YEAH. THIS THIS SHOULD WORK OR AND GIVE YOU SOME INPUT AS TO THEIR EXPERIENCES AND STUFF BECAUSE THEIR RESEARCH AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ALL THE TIME ANYWAY, AS A PART OF THEIR JOB, THAT'S ALL I WOULD ASK. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. BECAUSE, LIKE RIGHT NOW, UM LOOK, I THINK LIKE IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE GOOD . IF WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, WE SAY, OKAY, WE LOOKED AT, LIKE EIGHT OTHER COMMUNITIES AND LIKE HERE'S KIND OF WHAT THEY DO, AND SO THEN WHEN THEY GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION THEY'VE GOT THAT BACKGROUND, SO I KNOW THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME. WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND GOING FORWARD. DEFINITELY AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE DEMOLITION, OR, UM, ZONING HAS BEEN REVIEWED. I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT A BAD TIME TO REVIEW THE DEMOLITION. I JUST I GET HEARTBURN, TELLING PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS IS WHAT I WANT.
WHEN WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT IT. THERE IS, UM RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE. RIGHT HOWEVER IT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO TABLE IT AND MOVE IT. OVER THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER STUDY. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.
I THINK I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THERE'S EMOTIONS EMOTIONAL THE TABLE TO PASS THAT LEGISLATION.
IT WOULD JUST MOVE IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION. AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO US AS TO WHAT THEY SETTLE UPON. THAT'S PROVED THATT
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WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM, REGARDLESS OF HELPS OFFICIATED WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION WE GET FROM PLANNING COMMISSION. THAT'S OKAY. ROLL CALL. MR REEMS? YES MR RALPH. MR BURBEY? YES MR CARPENTER. MR SEYMOUR KNOWN MRS GROAT. YES MR BERGER? YES. FIVE YES. MOTION CHARACTER, MR AMES BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE MR BERGER BROUGHT UP CHEATS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER COULD GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DELIBERATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT DEALING WITH A SPECIFIC LOCATION. CORRECT. UHH SO YOU KNOW, MY POSITION ON THIS POSITION ON THIS REALLY IS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY MY LEGAL POSITION ON THIS IS THAT THIS IS A CHANGE IN TEXTS, SO IT'S NOT. NECESSARILY IMPROPER FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO APPEAR THAT AT ME PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS AND CAN PARTICIPATE THE DELIBERATION OF COURSE, THAT THEY CAN DISCOVER YOU KNOW THEY CAN. THEY CAN MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE BEST PRACTICE. I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO UNDERMINE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THESE. MM OF THESE SYSTEMS REVIEW BOARDS, BUT IN THIS, YOU KNOW THIS IS THIS IS DISTINGUISHED FROM, UH, YOU KNOW A PROPERTY AS SOME INDIVIDUALS. PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS. THIS IS NOT WHICH IS MORE OF A QUASI JUDICIAL, UM ISSUE SO. IT IS. IT'S VERY YES, UNEQUIVOCALLY IMPROPER FOR A COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO TO THE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND SPEAK. EITHER FOR OR AGAINST SOMEONE'S APPLICATIONS SAY TO LET'S SAY THIS WAS AN APPLICATION TO FIRST TICKET APPROPRIATE DEMOLISHED PROPERTY . IT WOULD BE IMPROPER FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO. I THINK TO WAIT AROUND IN THAT SITUATION , BUT IF IT'S CHANGING ZONING CODE REZONING TEXT, IT'S NOT.IT'S NOT REALLY PROBLEMATIC. IN MY OPINION IS NOT AS PROBLEM, OKAY? I STILL THINK THERE'S A LITTLE PROBLEM LEGALLY. IT'S NOT A BIG FISH IS NOT THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON
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ORDINANCES. ORDINANCE A FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO AMEND SECTION 400 POLICIES AND SECTION 500 BENEFIT POLICIES SPECIFICALLY POLICY FOR 20 PROMOTION AND MERIT PROGRAM AND POLICY. 55 VACATION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE POLICIES MANUAL. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO SHIFT THIS RIGHT OVER TO BRIAN TO STAMKOS SO HE CAN GIVE AN OVERVIEW. BUT I WILL SAY THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE RECRUITMENT OF PERSONNEL. IN IN SOME OF OUR APARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS OF THE CITY. BUT O'BRIEN DO YOU MIND GIVING THE OVERVIEW THANK YOU, TERRY. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL WANT TO THANK TERRY AND REE FIRST OF ALL FOR SPONSORING THIS AS WELL AS FINANCE DIRECTOR BRAD, LET'S FOR AGREEING WITH IT IN PRINCIPLE AS WELL, PRESENTING IT TONIGHT. OUR POLICY MANUAL IS 800 SECTIONS. IN THEIR SECTIONS. 405 100 ARE PAYING BENEFITS AND AS SUCH BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH THE BUDGET GOES BEFORE COUNCIL YOU BLESSED BY ORDINANCE IN AND THAT'S THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS. NORMALLY IN THE PAST, YOU'LL NOTE THAT WILL COME TO YOU FOR A WHOLESALE REVIEW AND UPDATE. WE'VE DONE NINE REVISIONS IN MY 20 YEARS HERE. WE DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT TOO OFTEN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE RULES ON EMPLOYEES. WE LIKE CONSISTENCY. WELL, ANYWAY, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT CHANGED HERE. THIS IS WHY A SURGICAL APPROACH IF YOU WILL DO THESE CHANGES, AND I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE WHEREAS IS FOR YOU. THE SECTION 400 AS I MENTIONED IS ON PAY, AND IN THAT SECTION, WE HAVE ONE POLICY ON PROMOTION IN MERIT. THE PROMOTION AND MERIT CHANGES ARE YOUR FIRST FOUR. WHEREAS IS AND THE TIMING FOR THIS IS THAT LAST YEAR WE DID A WAGE AND WORKFORCE STUDY. BY POLICY WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS. HR DOES IT EVERY FOUR JUST LIKE THE OLYMPICS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE FIVE IS A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG. THREE IS TOO FREQUENTLY BECAUSE IT IS A HARD PROCESS. IT CAN TAKE YOU. 20 25,000 HIRE A FIRM TO DO IT AND THE MORE YOU ASK A COMPARABLE CITY TO FILL THIS OUT. UNLESS THEY WILL DO IT. IT'S A REAL SOLID FOR THEM TO FILL IT OUT.[00:55:04]
SO WE DID THAT PROCESS LAST YEAR, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS IT CAME BACK. AS ONE OF THE GOALS OF THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES WHAT WE SHOULD BE PAYING THEM.AND AS A RESULT OF THAT WE HAD SEVERAL POSITIONS THAT WE SAW WERE UNDERPAID, BASED ON COMPARABLE WE SUBMITTED PBRS PERSONAL BUDGET REQUEST THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN ORDER TO CHANGE SOME OF THOSE WAGES TO THE COME TO MIND WERE CREW LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SEVERAL POSITIONS WHERE WE DIDN T DEEM THAT BY COMPARABLE STUDIES. THE CREW LEADERS AREN'T MAKING WHAT THEY SHOULD. ANOTHER ONE IS CLERKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE'RE ALSO UNDERPAID WHEN WE CAME BEFORE YOU. YOU APPROVE THE PBRS AND WE ADMINISTER THE INCREASES PER THE CURRENT POLICY. HERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TO YOU THAT I THINK EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO IMPROVE THE CULTURE OF OUR WORKFORCE. WE WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO FEEL VALUE. IT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR MORALE AND ABOUT THEIR ENGAGEMENT. AND IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT, WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS EMPLOYEES WILL TALK MORE WITH YOU. AND YOU SHOULD BE OPEN TO THAT. THIS LAST YEAR AS WE UPDATED A FEW PEOPLE'S SALARIES AND WE DISCUSSED WITH THEM HOW WE WENT ABOUT IT. FEEDBACK FROM OUR EMPLOYEES WAS THAT JUST DOESN'T REALLY SEEM FAIR. AND LOOKING AT IT OR HR TEAM. WE AGREED I'LL ALSO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS AND A FEW OF THE POLICIES WERE LOOKING TO TWEAK. I'VE BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER 15 YEARS AT A TIME WHEN WE HAD 1% INCOME TAX. AND AT A TIME IN 2000 AND NINE WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE CITIES ONLY KNOCK WOOD REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE WHERE WE HAD TO LAY OFF UPWARDS OF 15 20 PEOPLE. WE NEVER WANT TO LIVE THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS BACK IN THE DAY A LOT OF THESE POLICIES THAT DEAL WITH PAY AND BENEFITS. HAD A HIDDEN FACTOR OR DRIVING FORCE OF LET'S TRY TO SAVE MONEY, AND SOMETIMES WE DO THAT. ON THE BACKS OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND TIMES HAVE CHANGED. WE HAVE A LOT OF LOT OF YOUNGER WORKERS NOW MILLENNIALS AND SO FORTH THAT LIKE TO FEEL VALUED AND WE WANT THEM TO FEEL VALUED SO THEIR FEEDBACK TO THAT WAS THAT UNDER POLICY FOR 20 SECTION TO HOW WE WERE GIVING THEM AN INCREASE WAS INCONSISTENT. AND IT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED AND I WANT TO KEEP THIS AT THE VERY 7000 FT LEVEL. I HAVE HANDOUTS THAT HAVE CHANGED TRACK OF EACH POLICY, INCLUDING AT THE END OF IT. A LOT OF THE FOOTNOTES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. NOW THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU HERE NOW. OR AT THE SECOND READING WHAT HAPPENED ? BUT WHAT WE BASICALLY DID IN THE PAST IS WHEN SOMEBODY WAS INCREASED BY A STUDY FROM A PARTICULAR RANGE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFIED SERVICE. RANGES AT OUR 1234. THE MOST USED RANGE IN THE CITY IS 14.
AND IF WE DEEM THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID ENOUGH IN THAT RANGE AND THEIR STEPS WITHIN THAT RANGE, WE WOULD INCREASE THEM TO THE RANGE OF THE COMPARABLE STUDY WOULD SHOW US IS MORE FAIR. WHILE I'M DOING THAT THE OLD BURBAGE WOULD SAY WE WILL INCREASE YOUR RANGE, BUT THE STEPS COINCIDE IF YOU LOOKED AT THE ANNUAL PAY ORDINANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STEP SEVEN ON RANGE . 13 IS THE SAME STEP NUMBER THREE ON 50. AND THERE'S GOOD REASON FOR THAT. AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS WE WOULD MOVE THEM TO THE NEXT HIGHER RANGE. BUT MOVE THEIR STEPS BACKWARDS. SO IN ESSENCE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING AN INCREASE. SO WHAT WE HAVE IS SOME OF OUR YOUNGER WORKERS GOING. LET ME SEE IF I GET THIS RIGHT. YOU DID A COMPARABLE STUDY. YOU'RE TELLING ME WE'RE NOT PAID WHAT WE SHOULD BUT YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY INCREASINGLY WAGE AND THE ANSWER IS YES, THAT'S CORRECT. IN ADDITION TO THAT THIS LAST YEAR, AND IT'S HAPPENED VERY INFREQUENTLY, WE HAD A PROMOTION WITHIN CIVIL SERVICE. AND THIS ONE PARTICULAR PROMOTION WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS A PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER AT 14. WANT FOR REFORMING POSITION AT 16. THE OLD POLICY HAD IN PLACE WHEN WE DID THAT WE WOULD MOVE YOU TO A STEP IN THAT HIGHER RANGE. THAT WOULD ONLY GIVE YOU A ONE STEP INCREASE. AGAIN. THAT'S BACK IN THE DAY WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO SAVE PENNIES. SO WHAT WE HAD IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS PROMOTED AND THEN ON THE OTHER END OF IT FOUND OUT THAT MEANT NOW HE'S A FOREMAN, AND YOU'RE GETTING $40 MORE PER PAY. IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE OR OUR REVIEW OF THAT DECISION OR RECOMMENDATION IS WHEN THERE'S A COMPARABLE CHANGE . OR IF THERE'S A PROMOTION, YOU WOULD STAY IN YOUR STEP, BUT ONLY MOVE UP AND RANGE. THE OUTCOME OF THAT IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE . A LOT OF EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TALKED TO US ABOUT THE UNFAIRNESS OF THIS, AND WE LIKE TO FIX IT. THIS YEAR. IT TURNS OUT THAT'S AROUND $23,000, WHICH THAT MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT WHEN OUR PAYROLL IS BREAD 15 MILLION RIGHT. IT'S PEANUTS TO US, BUT IT'S NOT PEANUTS TO
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THESE EMPLOYEES, AND IT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO THEM IF THEY KNEW THAT WE HEARD THEIR VOICE BROUGHT UP BEFORE COUNCIL AND MADE THAT RECOMMENDED CHANGE. ALSO IN 4 20. THERE WAS ANOTHER SECTION, WHEREAS NUMBER FOUR THAT TALKS ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE MERIT PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ONLY HAD THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR PROCESS IN PLACE FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS. SO THIS IS NOT, UM THAT OLD IN TERMS OF 15 20 YEARS , BUT NONETHELESS, WHEN WE CREATED THE MERIT PROGRAM, WE AGAIN WERE DRIVEN BY TRYING TO CUT COSTS. ONE PROVISION WITHIN THERE IS THAT THE EXECUTIVE STAFF IS ALSO LIVING IN A RANGE AREA. IT'S IN THE ANNUAL PAY ORDINANCE. THOSE RANGES HAVE A MEDIAN, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER. AND WHAT THE CURRENT PROVISIONS FOR THIS ON MERIT STATES IS YOU CAN NOW GET AND WE'VE ONLY DONE THIS TWICE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WHICH IS EVERY FIVE YEARS TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE. THAT YOU CAN GET A MERIT RAISED WHEN WE ARE FINANCIALLY OKAY. IT'S RECOMMENDED BY HR. IT'S APPROVED BY YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR EMBRACED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL. WE DID THAT JUST LAST YEAR. AND WHAT THAT SAYS IS, IF YOU GET AN OUTSTANDING YOU GET A 3% RAISE. AN EXCELLENT IS A 2% AND A SATISFACTORY AS ONE. BUT WE HAD THIS CAVEAT PROVISIONS IN THERE AGAIN AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY. TO SAY IF YOU WERE ABOVE THAT MEDIAN. IN YOUR ENTIRE RANGE. CUT THAT IN HALF. THE DIALOGUE THAT WE HAD AGAIN FROM EMPLOYEES THAT WE FIND ARE ENGAGED. AND WE WANT THEM TO BE IS WHY ARE WE TYING MERIT? WHICH IS HOW WELL I DID MY JOB TO WHERE I LIE ON THE SPECTRUM OF THE RANGE? AND WE AGREE WITH THOSE EMPLOYEES. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, AND THAT PORTION OF 4 20 IS TO DO AWAY WITH THE MEDIA. AND WHAT THAT SAYS, IS IF EMPLOYEE AND NON CLASSIFIED SERVICE AND EXECUTIVE WHO MAYBE TWICE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS AS YOU CAN ELIGIBLE FOR A MERIT RAISE IS ALLOWING THEM TO GET THE MERIT RAISE CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY WIND UP ON THAT RANGE. TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHERE THIS CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO AN EMPLOYEE THAT RANGE EXISTS, BUT WE WHEN WE GO OUT TO HIRE SOMEBODY, FOR EXAMPLE, A CITY PLANNER AND WE FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S VERY GIFTED AND TALENTED, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BRING MONEY TO THE TABLE TO GET THEM HERE. THEN ONCE THEY GET HERE, THEY'RE ALREADY ABOVE THE MEDIA, AND THE FIRST YEAR THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR AN EXECUTIVE, UM, STEP BASED ON MERIT THERE TOLD. WELL, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GET HALF WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE GETS. SO THAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT . NEXT IS THE POLICY OF FIVE OR FIVE FOR VACATION. AND THAT POLICY LAYS OUT HOW WE ACCRUE VACATION THROUGH THE CITY. ALL OF YOU HAVE WORKED IN INDUSTRY, SO YOU'RE PROBABLY SEMI FAMILIAR WITH VACATION TABLE OR A VACATION ACCRUAL. THAT'S BASED ON HOW LONG YOU'RE HERE. THAT'S THE WAY TO PROMOTE, UM, LONGEVITY AND AN INDIVIDUAL. NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO, UH, ATTRACT AND RECRUIT THE BEST POSSIBLE EMPLOYEES. WE WANTED TO STAY HERE. WE WANT TO RETAIN THE SO THERE'S A TABLE IN THERE THAT DEPENDING ON HOW LONG YOU'VE WORKED FOR US WOULD WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF VACATION YOU RECRUIT IN A YEAR AT THE AGE OLD THING. YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A GOOD LONG TIME. WE'RE REWARDING YOU FOR THAT. THROUGH THE YEARS. MANY MANY YEARS AGO. WE GAVE PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT AND A HAPHAZARD WAY IT WAS INCONSISTENT. AND WE DID IT FOR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFIED TO INCLUDE OUR UNION. UM FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL AS POLICE OFFICERS, AND WE ALSO DID IT FOR ARE EXEMPT STAFF BECAUSE IT WAS DONE INCONSISTENTLY. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS MAYOR AT THE TIME, WHO SAID, WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO DO IT FOR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ONLY FOR ARE EXEMPTED STAFF AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE LIVED EVER SINCE. SO HOW WE CURRENTLY DEPLOYED THAT IN SECTION FIVE OR FIVE SECTIONS SIX IS THERE'S ONE PARAGRAPH ON PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT AND WHAT THAT DOES IS, IT GIVES THE ADMINISTRATION ONLY THE ABILITY TO USE PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT FOR AN EXEMPT EMPLOYEE.AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT AND HOW WE'VE USED IT IS BACK TO YOUR EXECUTIVES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COURT AND WE'RE IN COMPETITION WITH A HILLIER AND A DUBLIN WITH A 2.5% INCOME TAX, ETCETERA. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THAT PERSON WHAT THEY CAN BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT. SO IF YOU WORKED AT HILLIER AS AN ASSISTANT CITY PLANNER FOR SIX YEARS, AND YOU APPLY HERE, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT WAY BACK IN THE DAY, CHAD FLOWERS WHAT WE CAN SAY TO THAT HIS EMPLOYEES WE CAN START YET SALARY X IT'S NOT GREAT, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU SIX YEARS PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT FOR WHAT YOU DID AT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER. AND WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR, YOU'LL GET MORE VACATION. OKAY WELL, NOWADAYS WE'RE FINDING IN POLICE AND FIRE. THE CANDIDATE.
POOLS ARE SHALLOW AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. SO I SALUTE OUR CHIEFS WHO ARE IN JUNE WITH WHAT OTHER DID DIVISIONS DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE FINDING,
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AND THERE'S A TREND TOWARDS A LATERAL HIGHER. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS MAYBE WE CAN'T COMPETE WITH HILLIARD. BUT BOY WOULD BE NICE IF WE CAN COMPETE WITH OTHER CITIES DON'T MENTION THEIR NAMES BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FEEL THEN THE FEEL LIKE WE'RE STEALING FROM THEM. BUT WHY WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO GRAB THE BEST? POLICE OFFICER, THE BEST FIREFIGHTER FROM CITY X. I WORK WITH. THEY'VE BEEN THERE THREE OR FOUR YEARS. WELL HOW DO WE COMPETE WITH THAT? THERE'S TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO. TRADITIONALLY ONE IS YOU CAN START THEM AT A HIGHER STEP. PAY WISE. THERE IS NO PROVISION IN POLICY WHERE WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THAT. WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THIS CHANGE ASKS FOR IT IS THE ABILITY OF POLICE AND FIRE AND FOR CLASSIFIED SERVICE TO PROVIDE PRIOR HIS CREDIT SO WE CAN MAYBE MOVE A FEW LATERAL PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S IT. THAT WAS TOO DETAILED, WASN'T IT? VERY WELL AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEFORE YOU. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT EITHER MYSELF OR BRIAN AND WHEN THAT COMES BACK BEFORE , YEAH, IT WILL ANSWER. MAKE SURE THAT QUESTIONS ANSWERED. SO WE WANT YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE TOWARDS WHAT IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD. I KNOW YOU KNOW FROM THE INTERVIEW PROCESS OR THE SELECTION PROCESS WHEN WE HIRE A NEW POLICE CHIEF. YOU KNOW, AND WE ASKED THE CANDIDATES TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION AND ON ISSUES AND IDEAS, UM, TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, MULTIPLE CANDIDATES. DISCUSS THE ISSUES OF RECRUITING AND BRINGING IN NEW CANDIDATES SUGGESTED IDEAS THAT ARE RIGHT IN LINE WITH THIS, SO YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT WAS PRETTY CLEARLY IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I READ. LIKE 20 PAGES OF INDIVIDUALS, IDEAS AND YOU KNOW, THIS CAME UP REPEATEDLY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. OKAY THIS WILL BE BACK. I THINK THEY WERE ASKING FOR IT. WE HAVE A REQUEST TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING. THIS COULD TAKE EFFECT A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY. THEY'D LIKE TO DO IT THIS YEAR. SO DO WE HAVE EMOTIONAL WAVE THIRD READING? OKAY. ROLL CALL. MR ROUCH? YES, MR BURBEY? YES. YES MR CARPENTER. MR SEYMOUR? YES MRS GROAT? YES, MR BERGER.ANYTHING I CAN DO TO BRING TALENT TO MAYORS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A YES. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY TO WORKED SO DILIGENTLY ON GETTING YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS CRAZINESS INFORMATION AND BRINGING IT TO US SO ABSOLUTELY. YES. THANK YOU, MR RAINES. YEAH 70 JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE THE RULES WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE YES OR NO? YEAH SO MOTION CARRIES TWO YEARS AND HE STILL PLAYING THAT NEW GUY CARD. THAT'S ONE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ORDINANCE. SO I'M AFRAID,
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RIGHT. ORDINANCE BE FIRST READING TITLE, ONLY TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND SECTION 11 45.99 PENALTY. AS WELL AS THE APPENDIX GLOSSARY OF TERMS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE CONTAINED WITHIN THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. THANK YOU GETTING THE COUNCIL AND WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT IS JUST THREE ITEMS REGARDING, UM WITHIN OUR PLANNING LEARNING CODE. THE FIRST ONE IS CHAPTER 11 45.99, WHICH IS OUR PENALTY SECTION. WITHIN OUR ZONING CODE, AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF MAYBE GIVES US OVER TO 10 LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS IS MORE OF A LEGAL ASPECT THROUGH WHERE WE HAD 100 AND $50 FINE, BUT NOT WITH THE COURT COSTS AND MISDEMEANORS. I'M KIND OF GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. RIGHT NOW THE WORLD IS GOING INTO NEW YORK SAYS IT'S POSSIBLE BY TOGETHER FINE. THAT CAN CHANGE WE HAVE. WE MIGHT STILL HAVE SOME WHAT? IT'S JUST THROUGHOUT OUR CODE.
SAY THAT THEIR POSSIBLE BY IT AND THAT WHATEVER OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF UP TO $100 WELL, WHEN THEY'RE ENACTED , THEY'RE TRYING TO BE NEARER THE PENALTIES OF MINOR INVESTIGATOR SO LEGISLATURE. THE STATE LEGISLATURE CHANGES THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR A MINOR MISDEMEANOR. THEN THEN WE'LL ALL AUTOMATICALLY. A BAR IS CONSISTENT WITH WHATEVER LATER CHANGED IT TO SO IF IN THE FUTURE. MIGHT HAVE MISSED ME, YOUR HONOR, MR MILLER BECOMES A $200 FINE OFFENSE, THEN WE CHANGE IS JUST CHANGE. THE STATE. SESSIONS ON THAT. THAT'S
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PRETTY SIMPLE. UM THE OTHER ONE. WE HAVE OUR TWO GLOSS RETURNS. ONE IS JUST A DEFINITION OF CONGRESS RESIDENTS. BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST KIND OF BE MORE DETAILED WHEN IT COMES TO THAT DEFINITION OF YOUR REGARDING, YOU KNOW, A SHELTER, CONVENT AND MONASTERY DORMITORY FRATERNITY WAS SORT OF THINKING. NEVER DID THAT BIG COLLEGE HERE IN MARYSVILLE. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO UPDATE OUR IN OUR CLASSROOMS TO DEFINE THAT MORE CLEARLY ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE THAT ALSO APPLIED TO A HOMELESS SHELTER. YES. WELL, IT IS A SHELTER. YES. I MEAN, I'LL JUST SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. SO UM AND TIM KNOWS TIM KNOWS THAT SO I AM GLAD THAT UM, YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THIS. CAUSE I DO THINK IT'S TOO VAGUE AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE PUTTING SOME MORE TEETH INTO IT. UM SO KUDOS. AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE DWELLING UNIT EFFICIENCY. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ESTABLISH WITH DWELLING NEEDED. IT IS NO SINGLE FAMILY. MULTI FAMILY IS THIS BASIS SAVING IS TO HAVE A ROOMS OR LESS NOT EXCEEDING 500 SQUARE FEET IN THE GROSS FLOOR AREA, INCLUDING ALL ROOMS MEASURE WITHIN THE OUTSIDE WALLS.MASONRY WERE CHINESE RESPOND TO THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, TRYING TO COMBINE THAT TO GIVE US MORE AMPLE IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, OR IF WE HAVE A DEFINITION THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WITHIN A PARTICULAR DWELLING UNIT ITSELF. YES ARE THESE MASTERS ARE THEY WORDS THAT ARE USED IN THE BURBAGE OF THE SELF THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEFINED AND GLOSSARY. JUST ADD TO THE GLOSSARY. WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THIS THE GLOSSARY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE ARE CONTINUALLY EVOLVING OUR PLANES TURNING TO THESE WILL COME UP AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE SAME PLACE. I DIDN'T KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE EFFICIENCY UNIT DEFINED. YOU NEED TO OPEN UP YOUR CODE. YOU'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR HOW LONG NOW? DID WE EVER MAKE A CHANGE TO THE FAMILY UNIT? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT'S COMING, OKAY? AS. FOR YET OUR PLANS AND THEY WERE PLAYING TRADITIONAL ADDRESS THAT WE JUST MET THIS WEEK. OKAY COMMISSIONER GENERAL'S PERFECT. THIS IS.
SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC, BUT. I'M ASSUMING THAT SWIFT IS PUBLIC RECORD.
JUST THE CLEANING UP OF SORTS. YEAH YEAH, TO CLEAN UP A SWIFTY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW , PUTTING IN DEFINITION WAS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AS YOU KNOW, IN MY WARD, THERE'S A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS HAVE TO SPEND INTO DUPLEXES AND SWIFTY IS USED AS A PARKING LOT. FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MY WARD , UM, AND WHEN THAT GOES AWAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ARE WE AS A COUNCIL. I WANT ALL OF US AND STAFF AND, YOU KNOW COMMUNITY I WANTED TO BE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CODE THAT ALLOWS THAT BUT WE DON'T HAVE EFFICIENT PARKING. AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FIFTH STREET DOESN'T HAVE ITS FIFTH STREETS. 40 FT ACROSS. IT'S THE WIFE, SO EAST FIFTH STREET IS LARGER AND WITHIN ANY OTHER SECTION ON EAST FIFTH STREET BECAUSE IT MOVES WEST GETS NARROWER. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW. IF WE DON'T START LOOKING AT HER CODE, MAKING DEFINITIONS, PUTTING MORE TEETH IN, WE ARE NOT KNOWINGLY CREATING PROBLEMS. THAT YOU KNOW . SO I'M I'M JUST I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, YOU KNOW, UM, TEETH PUT IN OUR CODE AS YOU ALL KNOW. SO THANK YOU. QUESTION. OKAY THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28. ORDINANCE SEE FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND
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ENACT FEBRUARY 2022 REPLACEMENT PAGES TO THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO REPEAL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT THERE WITH AND TO PUBLISH THE ENACTMENT OF NEW MATTER. TIM I CAN SPEAK TO THIS BRIEFLY YARD. SO OUR FORMER, UM , ORDERS CODE SERVICE TRAINED. THEY BUY CONTRACT. I THINK FOR A WHILE, WE'RE GIVING US THESE UPDATES. ANNUAL BASIS, AND I THINK WE INCREASED IT TWICE A YEAR. BUT SINCE WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH NEWLY CURVE WE HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING HIM AND BECKY. NINE RON , I THINK WE'VE LOOKED INTO IT AND IT WASN'T PART OF THE CONTRACTS. WE HAD TO GO BACK AND AMEND THE CONTRACT. AND NOW THIS IS JUST KETCHUP. SO THIS IS THREE YEARS OR SO OF. OF STATE[01:15:08]
CODE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN ARCOS IF THEY MIRROR THE STATE SECTIONS. ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENT. NORMALLY THIS AN ANNUAL THINGS? YEP HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK DINNER BACK ON TRACK. WE'RE DOING IT TWICE A YEAR. I THINK FOR A WHILE. YEAH OKAY. THIS WILL BE BACK, ALSO FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 ORDINANCE, D SECOND READING[Ord. D]
PUBLIC HEARINGS. TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 3,835,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ONE ACQUIRING, DESIGNING, IMPROVING AND CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE RELATED PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING ROAD AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL IZATION IMPROVEMENTS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPERTINENCE IS THERE TOO. THREE CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING WHITENING OPENING , IMPROVING, RESURFACING AND PAVING VARIOUS STREETS, ROADS, CURBS AND SIDEWALKS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPURTENANCES THERE, TOO. AND FOUR CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND INNOVATION PARK INCLUDING ELECTRICAL LANDSCAPING AND STREETSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPURTENANCES THERE, TOO.AND RETIRING NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SUCH PURPOSE AND TO AUTHORIZE AND APPROVE RELATED MATTERS AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. OKAY THANK YOU. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. YES. YES, SIR. WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT.
NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO DO IT. CERTAINLY EVERYBODY HERE EMOTIONS TOO. MOVIES, OKAY? WELCOME MR BURBEY. YES MR CARPENTER? YES MR SEYMOUR. MRS GROAT? YES, MR BERGER? YES MR REEMS? YES MR ROUSH. SEVEN? YES. OKAY THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS. THIS FOR ME BACK. I'M LOOKING AT YOU, JEFF. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE.
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ONLY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH. ORDINANCE E THIRD READING TITLE , ONLY TO ESTABLISH WARDS OF EQUAL POPULATION AS WELL AS COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY FOLLOWING THE 2020 CENSUS. YOUR ADMINISTRATION COMPANY. WE HAVE NOTHING. COUNCIL. AND MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION.OKAY ROLL. CALL MR. CARPENTER MR . SEYMOUR MRS GROAT? YES, MR BERGER. YES MR GRAHAM'S YES, MR ROUSE. YES MR BURBEY? YES SEVEN. YES OKAY, I WILL ADD, UH, YOU KNOW. THAT WAS THAT PROCESS WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IS SO MUCH EASIER, AND I APPRECIATE THE HELP FROM OUR STAFF ON THE CITY THAT MADE THAT WORK SO EASILY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. ORDINANCE F THIRD READING TITLE
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, ONLY TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AN AMENDMENT TO THE PETITION FOR THE JEROME VILLAGE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO. AS THE PROXIMATE CITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3 49.1 M OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE.ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS NOTHING FURTHER COUNSEL. I'M MOVING TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. YOU BROKE COAL. MR SEYMOUR. MRS GROAT? YES MR BERGER? YES MR REEMS? YES MR ROUSH? YES MR BURBEY? YES, MR CARPENTER? YES. SEVEN YES. GOOD. THANK CONCLUDES OUR RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WILL MOVE ON TO
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COMMENTS ON THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. CALLED PASS. OKAY. THANK YOU, TERRY ERIN. FOR THE BEST PART JUST AGAIN THAT EVERYONE IS OUT THERE. GETTING RID OF THE SMILE SERIOUSLY. PEOPLE FOUND OUT THIS OFFICIAL DOWN ITSELF. UM THANKS A LOT. SORRY TO HAVE TO WASTE.THE FALL HISTORY ONE OF THE WORST IN THE PAST VILLAGES LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CITY, THE CITY AND THE PROJECTS THAT DIRECTION THIS YEAR. HEY, HANK. I'LL PASS. DO YOU KNOW? I CAN'T
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PASS. UM. FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE SET UP HERE FOR A WHILE. THAT TAKES OUT MR BERGER AND. MR AARON DOWN THEIR DEFINITION OF A POINT. YEAH UM, WE'VE LOST A CITIZEN TODAY. UH DAVE CREVICE DONE. WHO? ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. UM, HE COULD BE A STICKLER. AND ESPECIALLY FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE HELD YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE AND PROCESS WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HIM. AH HE AND I AGREED TO DISAGREE ON ITEMS. BUT I HAD A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVE. I KNOW THAT IF YOU WENT BACK MULTIPLE YEARS COUNT, YOU KNOW, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS COULDN'T SAY THE SAME THING. BUT I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE LOST A GYM. UM, YOU KNOW, DAVE LOVED. THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND, UH, AS FAR AS, UM YOU KNOW, ARE. ORDINANCE OUR CHARTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT HE HAD AS MUCH TO DO WITH THAT AS ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, SO HE WILL BE MISSED AND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU, JR.DONALD UM, COUNCILMAN ROWS KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER A LITTLE BIT . SORRY. IT'S ALL RIGHT, DAVID.
I'VE MET HIM WHEN I FIRST RAN IN THE BAR HAVEN I'M SAT WITH HIM FOR PROBABLY THREE HOURS. UM HE WAS A CITY PLANNING TO VERY DETAILED INDIVIDUAL. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT I CAN GIVE HEARTBURN.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW OUT OF THE MOUTH. THE HEART SPEAKS. AND YOU KNOW DAVID WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT NO MATTER IF YOU AGREED OR DISAGREED. HE ALWAYS CAME WITH. YEAH FACTS. HE ALWAYS CAME WITH UNDERSTANDING. AS AS A RESIDENT WHERE HIS PLACE WAS, BUT THEN ALSO HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT OUR JOBS WERE. AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A DYING ART. RIGHT NOW. IT SEEMS AND YOU KNOW HE WAS A GREAT INDIVIDUAL. UM BUT I FOR THE RECORD I DID AND EARN HIS VOTE. SO UM, BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT A YARD SIGN AND BECAUSE HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT IF YOU PUT A YARD SIGN IN ME HIS NEIGHBORS WOULD NOT VOTE FOR ME SO BECAUSE HE SAID HE WASN'T ALWAYS LIKED, BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS INCREDIBLE.
I HAVE TWO OTHER COMMENTS TO MAKE. UM ONE COMMENT THAT THE OTHER COMMENT, I WOULD SAY IT IS VALENTINE'S DAY. SOMEONE WISH EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY AND NO MATTER THE HEARTBURN SOMETIMES UP HERE , IT SEEMS WE ALL TRULY DO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. AND UM SO AND WE ALL HAVE RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER . UM THE LAST STATEMENT I WILL MAKE IS FROM. IN TIMES OF TURMOIL. I CAN ALWAYS. THROUGHOUT A REACTION AND I THINK. YOU KNOW, I DON'T ALWAYS THROUGHOUT REACTIONS I READ AND I TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT POLITICAL LEADERS OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO GATHER A MOVEMENT TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR COUNTRY, WHICH HAS ALWAYS CREATED A MORE UM, UNITED WORLD , YOU KNOW, I READ THEIR SPEECHES AND I DON'T JUST READ QUOTES BUT I READ THEIR SPEECHES AND I JUST TO SUMMARIZE I WOULD LIKE TO SUMMARIZE WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID. HE SAID. LET US NOT SEEK TO SATISFY OUR THIRST FOR FREEDOM BY DRINKING FROM THE CUP OF PETR NOUS AND HATRED. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DAY PUT MY SIGN IN ITALIAN. WHAT'S THAT MEAN? SHE LIKED ME MORE. NOT ONLY WAS DAVE CREVICE 10 AWARD THREE PERSON WHOM I WILL MISS PERSONALLY AND THE VERY LONG PHONE CALLS BUT I WILL MISS ALL MY WARD. THREE PEOPLE LOST. TO REDISTRICTING. JUST FOUND OUT ANOTHER ONE TONIGHT. SO I WILL MISS THIS, FOLKS. UM LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING MY NEW WARD. THREE PEOPLE GAINED. IN REDISTRICTING . I MEAN, THERE'S NO LOSS WITHOUT A GAIN, SO IT WON'T BE UNTIL SUMMER. THAT I PLAN TO
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TAKE THAT WALK AND MEET THOSE PEOPLE, BUT NO LOSS WITHOUT A GAIN AND WARD FOR THE FOLKS OF YOU. I'VE NEVER MET. I'M HOPING TO MEET THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU. MY CONDOLENCES. ALSO TODAY, CREVICES. OKAY HE WAS A THORN BUT HE'S A IT WAS A GREAT GUY, AND HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.AND HE WAS OUR WATCHDOG. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. I GENTLEMEN OI ASSUME THERE ARE SOME GENTLEMEN OUT THERE DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TODAY FOR BALANCE, IF NOT LOSS. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE FIVE O'CLOCK. THAT WAS MY WIFE'S PRESENT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. TELL ME, YOU KNOW. I THINK IT'S NICE THAT YOU ALL LEFT IT FOR ME TO THANK BECKY HER LAST OFFICIAL MEETING AS OUR CLERK. AND YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US. I KNOW. OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE FIRST MEETING WITH MACKENZIE. I ASSUME YOU'RE WORKING WITH HER FOR A MONTH OR TWO. AT THE MEETINGS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE WITH HER. STILL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, BUT IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN THIS POSITION . I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY SO MUCH. SO I YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US, KEEPING US ON TRACK AND ON ORDER. AH I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW I'M SPEAKING FOR ALL SEVEN OF US. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SOME MOVED ON FAVORITE. PLEASE STAND
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