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          7:00. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE JANUARY 13TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. BUT IN LIEU OF THE INVOCATION, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE BY SOMETHING TO READ FOR FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. GOD GIVES US THE GIVES. GOD GIVES US THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE PEACE OR CONFLICT. WE MUST REMEMBER OUR SHARED VALUES TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN, LIVE IN OUR IN OUR HOMES, AND RETIRE WITH HOPE IS OUR SHARED VALUES. IN TODAY'S WORLD. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER IS ADMIRED FOR HIS PASSION FOR SERVICE, LOVE FOR COUNTRY, AND RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THE TRUE MEANING OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND GIVING US THE EXAMPLE TO LEAD. TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT JIMMY CARTER AND HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL ZACH BORDNER HERE, STEVEN WOLF HERE. HANK. BARBIE PRESENT. DONALD BERGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. AND MARK REAMS HERE. THERE'S CURRENTLY ONE VACANT SEAT ON 
          [REORGANIZATION]
CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO REORGANIZE. AND SO THE FIRST ITEM IS DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL? MR. PRESIDENT, I NOMINATE MR. DONALD BURGER AS PRESIDENT THROUGH THE YEAR 2025. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATION? MR. PRESIDENT I MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SO ONCE CLOSED. SO IT'S ROLL CALL. VOTE WITH JUST ONE. OKAY. JUST DO VOICE VOTE. ALL. ALL IN FAVOR, TO NOMINATE DONALD BURGER AS PRESIDENT. MAYOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. NOMINATIONS. NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF MARYVILLE CITY COUNCIL. MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCILMAN HUNTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT. ANY MORE. MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATION. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATION. VOICE, VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? SORRY, I. AND IF SINCE SINCE THERE'S NO MORE, WE JUST HAVE ONE. EVERYONE IN FAVOR OF NOMINATING SCOTT HUNTER AS VICE PRESIDENT. MARYVILLE CITY COUNCIL. SAY AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA, I JUST HAD A LITTLE SPEECH PREPARED THAT I WANTED TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY. ONE ONE YEAR AGO, WE, AS COUNCIL MADE A PROMISE TO BUILD BRIDGES AND TO FIND SOLUTIONS IN OUR EVER EVOLVING CITY. THE RESIDENTS REQUESTED US TO MANAGE GROWTH, PROTECT THE SMALL TOWN IDENTITY AND BE PROACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNICATION. SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2024, WE ESTABLISHED A ROBUST APPROACH TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE FOUND COMMON GROUND, WHICH HAS LED TO MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE WE CONTINUE TO SHARE OUR COMMON VALUES FOR OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS. WHEN SERVICE IS GUIDED BY MORAL INTEGRITY, WE FIND REASONS TO BELIEVE IN EACH OTHER AND IN OUR GOVERNMENT. WE ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE IN OUR OWN RIGHT ACTS OF SERVICE, EITHER GREAT OR SMALL, TO HELP ONE ANOTHER WILL CREATE A THRIVING CITY. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK COUNCILMAN KIRBY FOR HIS PASSION AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. COMMITMENT AND DUTY IS IN THE NOBLEST. PURSUIT OF SERVICE. THE POLICIES OF YESTERDAY ARE THE ARE WHY SO MANY RESIDENTS CHOOSE TO CALL MARYSVILLE HOME. I MADE A PROMISE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND OUR RESIDENTS. WE WOULD ACT ACCORDINGLY TO REVERSE DECISIONS WE HAVE HIRED, STUDIED AND FIXED ISSUES. WE ARE NOT DONE AND WE UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY. COUNCIL IS EAGER TO START THE NEW YEAR. DURING MY FIRST YEAR AT AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I HAD OUTLINED WHAT I BELIEVE WOULD BE PRIORITIES FOR OUR GROWING COMMUNITY ONE EXECUTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOCUSING ON ECONOMIC GROWTH WILL NO LONGER USE RAPID, UNSUSTAINABLE EXPANSION OF GENERIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AS 
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A PRIMARY MEANS FOR CREATING REVENUE. WE HAVE CREATED A COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND REWRITE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT CODE. TWO REVIEW REVIEWING THE ZONING CODE TO ENSURE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS TREATED, TREATED EQUAL AND PROPERTY VALUES ARE IN PARALLEL TO ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR CITY COUNCIL STATED, WE WANT NEIGHBORHOODS VALUED, RESPECTED AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THREE CREATING OUR FIRST IDENTITY MASTER PLAN. WE MUST ASK OURSELVES WHO WE ARE AND WHAT IS MARYSVILLE'S CHARACTER? COUNCIL HIRED AFFIRMED REALM FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BRANDING. THE TIME HAS COME TO CELEBRATE OUR ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY. THE STORIES WHICH BRING US TOGETHER. 
          I WILL BE ASKING COUNCIL IN THE 2026 BUDGET TO HIRE A HISTORIAN TO STUDY THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND EVENTS OF OUR CITY. FIVE CONNECTIVITY MASTER PLAN. WE SHALL ENSURE STREETS ARE BUILT WITH THE PROTECTIONS FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND THE USES OF TRANSPORTATION. PARKS WILL BE USED TO LINK RESIDENTS TO PLACES THEY DESIRE. WE CONTINUE TO STUDY WITH REALM AND FIND SOLUTIONS. THE FIRST ITEM WE WILL WORK TOWARDS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMIC PACKAGES, WE MUST INCREASE WAGES TO PAY FOR THE INCREASE IN CITY SERVICES. I WILL BE ASKING COUNCIL TO RAISE THE TARGETED SALARIES UPWARDS TO 100,000. STARTING STARTING POINTS FOR COMPANIES TO RECEIVE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES. THE SECOND ITEM WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE. LAST YEAR, THIS COUNCIL AGREED TO 11 OF 12 AMENDMENTS PROVING TO THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE. WE HAVE THE POWER. I AM NOW ASKING COUNCIL. THE TIME HAS COME TO WRITE CODE AND CREATE NEW GUIDELINES FOR PUDS. WE MUST NOT. WE DO NOT WORK FOR DEVELOPERS. DEVELOPERS MUST OBEY OUR STANDARDS. OUR NEXT GENERATION OF CHILDREN SHOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AS YOU AND I HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. BACKYARDS SIT UNDERNEATH THE SHADE OF AN OAK TREE AND BREATHE FRESH AIR. NO LONGER WILL DEVELOPERS USE VALUABLE LAND, WHILE OUR RESIDENTS MUST SACRIFICE OPEN SPACE IN THE BEAUTY OF OUR CITY. AS I CLOSE MY LETTER AND DUTY OF SERVICE, MY MESSAGE TO YOU IS THAT WE WILL SUCCEED AND THAT SUCCESS WILL BELONG TO ALL OF US. THANK YOU. THE APPROVAL OF 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE DECEMBER 9TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 9TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE DECEMBER 16TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. MR. PRESIDENT, I, I ALREADY SPOKE TO MCKENZIE. THERE WAS JUST ONE SMALL CORRECTION AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES. SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. EVERYONE'S IN. EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH WITH WHAT HE JUST STATED OKAY. HERE EVERYONE. YEAH. IF THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES THAT THEY NEED TO STAY IN OKAY. THAT'S FINE. IT WAS IF THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES, I THINK WE NEED TO STATE THAT ON THE RECORD. YEAH, SURE. SO IT WAS THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OF WHAT MY COMMENTS WERE AT THE CLOSE OF THE LAST MEETING, AND IT WAS ME CALLING MYSELF A NOT SO BRIGHT 41 YEAR OLD, RATHER CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF THAT. I WAS GIVING ACCOLADES TO COUNCILMAN RAUSCH FOR HIS SERVICE, AND I JUST ASKED MCKENZIE TO CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, JUST MORE GENERALLY, WHAT I HAD SAID RATHER THAN VERY, YOU KNOW, QUOTE. SO JUST LIKE AS WE DO AS NORMAL PROCESS PART OF THE MINUTES. SO THANK YOU. FAIR ENOUGH. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MINUTES THEN. OKAY. SO I HEAR DO I HEAR A MOTION TO AMEND THE MINUTES? AS COUNCILMAN HUNTER HAS STATED. SO MOVE. OKAY. ALL ALL IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT CORRECTION, IS THERE A MOTION TO PASS THE DECEMBER 16TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES MEETING THE MINUTES AS AMENDED. ALL. ALL IN FAVOR? 
          [APPOINTMENTS]
AYE. THANK YOU. NEXT EXCITING POINT IS CHARTER CHARTER REVIEW BOARD. MCKENZIE, MRS. PROUDFOOT OR CLERK OF COUNCIL IS GOING TO STATE OUT THE NAMES FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW BOARD. AND IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU CAN JUST STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. CORINNE, BIX, KATE DUFRENSE, WALT HENDERSON, PAULA LYNCH, PEGGY MURGATROYD, JUSTIN NORBY, NIECE AND NOW'S. ALEX ROZANSKI AND ANDREA WEAVER. I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE 
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TIME TO WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR CITY CHARTER. IT'S A HUGE YOU GUYS HAVE SO MUCH POWER, OBVIOUSLY, AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE CITIZENS WHO ARE WILLING AND WANTING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. SO I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR PUTTING PUBLIC SERVICE AS A PRIORITY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES. SO THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAVE A FOR PUBLIC VIEW. I JUST HAVE THE CHARTER REVIEW BOARD FIRST MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 14TH AT 5:00 AT CITY HALL, ON THE SECOND ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CONFERENCE ROOM. ACCORDING TO CITY CHARTER, SECTION 12.0501 SHOULD BE BOARDS BOARD RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES TO THE CHARTER. THE BOARD SHALL SUBMIT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON OR BEFORE THE SECOND MEETING IN JULY OF THE YEAR OF REVIEW. THE COUNCIL SHALL CLARIFY THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS AT THE NEXT REGULAR ELECTION. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE NINE MEMBERS. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. 
          [ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]
ADMINISTRATION REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD STUFF. AND THANKS FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AS A PART OF THE CHARTER REVIEW BOARD. FIRST THING I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS WISH NATE BURNS, OUR FIRE CHIEF, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY, AND HE IS SPENDING HIS BIRTHDAY HERE WITH US TONIGHT. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. THANK YOU. MR. EMERY. SHOULD WE SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MR. BURNS? WE SHOULD DEFINITELY PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. NO, NO. OKAY. I THINK HE'S. HE'S OKAY. STAYING LOW KEY. THE NEXT ITEM I JUST WANTED TO BRIEF COUNCIL ON. I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AT THE LAST FORMAL MEETING. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING OUR THIRD ANNUAL CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY BEGINNING FEBRUARY 6TH. 
          IT'S REALLY A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED AND LEARN MORE ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT. HANDS ON WITH HANDS ON LEARNING CLASSES WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY EVENINGS FROM 6 TO 9 P.M, AND THAT'S FROM FEBRUARY 6TH TO APRIL 17TH HERE IN 2025 AT THE POLICE AND COURT FACILITY, THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JANUARY 15TH. FOR MORE INFORMATION, IT CAN BE FOUND ON THE MARYSVILLE POLICE DIVISION'S FACEBOOK PAGE AND CHIEF. 
          ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? YOU'RE STILL LOOKING FOR SOME MORE PARTICIPANTS? YEAH, I THINK DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS AND THE WEATHER AND OR FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOWN THIS YEAR, SO WE'D LIKE TO GET A HANDFUL MORE IN TO GET SOME FOLKS THROUGH. SO ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED REACH OUT TO US. 
          SERGEANT JOSH DILLAHUNT RUNS A PROGRAM, DOES A HECK OF A JOB. YOU'LL GET TO HEAR FROM OUR LAW DIRECTOR AS WELL. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME MORE FOLKS OUT. 
          HE'D EVEN TAKE A CHARTER REVIEW MEMBER AS WELL. WOULDN'T YOU TAKE A CHARTER REVIEW MEMBER IF THE IS NOT ON THURSDAY NIGHTS? SURE. YEAH. OKAY. THE LAST THING I'VE GOT BEFORE I SWITCH IT DOWN TO JEREMY IS JUST A REMINDER THAT CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH, IN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. SO. JEREMY. YEAH. THANKS, TERRY. CITY STREET CREWS ARE STAYING PREPARED FOR SNOW EVENTS AND ADDRESSING POTHOLES CITYWIDE. TO DATE, THE CITY HAS USED 532 HOURS AND 612 TONS OF SALT FOR SNOW REMOVAL, INCLUDING 379 HOURS AND 363 TONS LAST WEEK. BASED ON THIS DATA, IT'S ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON AVERAGE OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT EBBS AND FLOWS QUITE A BIT. PARK STAFF. THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON REMOVING SOME OF THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS IN THE UPTOWN, COORDINATING UPCOMING EVENTS, AND THEY HAVE A STATE MANDATED PESTICIDE INSPECTION UPCOMING THIS WEEK. WATER STAFF IS WORKING ON THEIR OHIO EPA ANNUAL REPORTS IN THE PARK AVENUE WATER LINE REPLACEMENT, AND WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR WORKING ON FILTER NUMBER SEVEN AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND THE AVERAGE WATER PRODUCTION THIS WEEK WAS 3.4 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. AND THEN FINALLY, CITY WASTEWATER CREWS CONTINUE TO PERFORM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WORK AT THE CROSSES RUN AND DRUM VILLAGE PUMP STATIONS, AS WELL AS ON SOME UV MODULES AND CONVEYORS AT THE RRF. AND THAT 
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CONCLUDES MY REPORT. MR. PRESIDENT, I DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM JUST TO QUICKLY BRIEF AND 
          [Additional Items]
KYLE, FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN HERE. YOU DO HAVE AN ITEM THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA TONIGHT, A REQUEST FOR IT TO BE ADDED, WHICH IS A CONSENT ITEM TONIGHT. AND IT'S A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE'S CHALLENGE OF AT&T TARIFF APPLICATIONS WITH THE PUCO. IT WAS BRIEFLY EXPLAINED IN OUR SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING TONIGHT, AND WE DON'T NORMALLY LIKE TO BRING THINGS LIKE THIS FORWARD, BUT WE FOUND OUT ON FRIDAY THIS THIS WAS KIND OF PUT THROUGH DURING THE HOLIDAYS. AND WHETHER IT WAS PUT THROUGH AND IN ORDER TO TRY TO SLIP SOMETHING THROUGH OR NOT, BUT THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MADE US AWARE THAT THIS, THIS APPLICATION PROPOSES THAT TARIFF CHANGES WILL REQUIRE ANY MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH AT&T IS LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO PAY THE FULL COST OF ANY RELOCATION OF UNDERGROUND AT&T FACILITIES, REGARDLESS OF THE REASON FOR THE RELOCATION. THIS IS A DIRECT CONTRADICTION CURRENTLY TO WHAT'S TAKING PLACE. SO TYPICALLY, IF WE HAVE A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, WE CONTACT THE UTILITY COMPANIES, THEY MAKE THE NECESSARY MOVES OF THE UTILITIES WITHIN A TIME FRAME THAT WE ESTABLISH, AND THEN WE PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT, AND THEY PAY FOR THE COST OF THE MOVE FOR THOSE UTILITIES. IF AT&T IS SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS REQUEST, IT WOULD PUT THE COST OF RELOCATING THOSE UTILITIES BACK ON THE MUNICIPALITIES. THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IS WORKING VERY HARD TO GET LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FROM MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE. AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SAMPLE RESOLUTION THAT MUNICIPALITIES ARE UTILIZING TO OPPOSE THIS. KYLE. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I THINK YOU NAILED IT. OKAY. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT WHEN THE LEGISLATION COMES UP. WE DON'T NORMALLY LIKE TO BRING THINGS LIKE THIS SUDDENLY. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S IN IN OUR BEST INTEREST. AND THE TIME FRAME. I THINK THAT MUST BE STATED. THESE CHALLENGES MUST BE FILED PRIOR PRIOR TO JANUARY 17TH. THAT'S WHY IT'S HURRIED THROUGH TONIGHT. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THEN, MR. PRESIDENT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HEARING. NONE. MR. PRESIDENT WE DID HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION AND I THINK ONE OF THE I MENTIONED LIKE ONE OF THE INITIAL QUESTIONS THAT COMES TO MY MIND IS WELL HOW MANY LINES ARE BURIED, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THIS. BUT THEN THE FURTHER THAT I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IT, IT'S REALLY THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER. IT'S MORE SO THAT THIS IS JUST ONE OF WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE MANY OF THESE TYPES OF COSTS THAT COULD COME OUR WAY. SO IT'S MORE SO ABOUT PRECEDENT HERE, BUT IT COULD DRASTICALLY, I THINK, IMPACT THE FINANCES. SO I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSED IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE SUPPORTING THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE CHALLENGE OF AT&T TARIFF APPLICATION AT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO. ONTO OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. THANK. ROLL CALL, MR. KIRBY. YES, MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLF YES. SIX YES. IT IS ADDED TO THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? HEARING? NONE. REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MR. PHILLIPS. I HAVE NOTHING UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PHILLIPS? EASY NIGHT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. PARKS AND RECREATION. SO I'LL TRY AND 
          [PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]
KEEP THIS A LITTLE QUICKER. BUT THERE'S A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION THAN USUAL BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING IN NOVEMBER. SO WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR IN DECEMBER. 
          SO AT OUR MOST RECENT COUNCIL MEETING OR NOT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT PARKS AND REC MEETING, WE APPROVED THE MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER MEETING AND THEN RECEIVED UPDATES FROM CITY STAFF, STARTING WITH THE CITY BEGINNING WORK AT SCOTT FAMILY PARK. KIND OF IN THE DOWN SEASON. SO WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE ACTIVITY OVER THERE. IF YOU SEE THEM AS YOU'RE DRIVING BY, WEATHER PERMITTING, PERMITTING, WE PLAN TO ADD A PARK SIGN AND HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING DEDICATION TO THE SCOTT FAMILY, WHO DONATED THE LAND. MORE GRAVEL, MORE 
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PATHS WITH GRAVEL WILL BE ADDED AND DEPENDING ON THE BUDGET, SOME PATHS WILL BE PAVED EITHER NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER. AND ON TWO SEPARATE SUBJECT REGARDING THE COUNTY'S LOGJAM REMOVAL PROJECT, THEY'LL BE STARTING IN THE SQUARE DRIVE AREA AND GOING THROUGH SCOTT FAMILY PARK. IT'S TO BE DETERMINED HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE, AND THAT INFORMATION WON'T BE KNOWN UNTIL THEY'VE STARTED GOING THROUGH ALL THIS. SO ONCE THAT SECTION IS COMPLETE, THEY WILL BE WORKING FROM THE LOGAN UNION COUNTY LINE AND THEN COMING BACK THROUGH THE CITY. 
          CITY CREWS ARE WORKING ON THE ELGAR PARK BASEBALL FIELD, DUGOUT DEMOLITION, AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH A CONCRETE CONTRACTOR TO SCHEDULE PLACEMENT FOR THE NEW CONCRETE PADS TO BE POURED. THE CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND BOTH BASEBALL BASEBALL FIELDS AND THE BASKETBALL COURTS ARE BEING REMOVED. THE OUTFIELD FENCES AT BOTH DIAMONDS WILL REMAIN THE CONTRACTOR ON POTENTIAL. THERE'S A CONVERSATION WITH THE CONTRACT CONTRACTORS ABOUT A POTENTIAL REDESIGN TO THE AMPHITHEATER, AND THE DESIRE THERE IS TO HAVE A SPACE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE CONCERTS, MOVIE NIGHTS, WEDDINGS AND OTHER KIND OF SMALL EVENTS AND POTENTIALLY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE, THE HOUSE THERE. SO WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS. THE URBAN FORESTRY PLAN IS COMPLETE AND WILL BE SHARED IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH US, OUR EVENTS EVENTS MANAGER HAS BEEN WORKING ON SECURING ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN EVENTS IN 2025 HERE, AND HAS FOLLOWED UP WITH DIFFERENT SPORTS LEAGUES ABOUT SOME RISING COSTS THERE. AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT EXTENDING EVENT CITY ARBOR DAY EVENT, KIND OF GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. AND THEN THERE WAS AN INITIAL MEETING HELD REGARDING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA IN 2026. 
          SO WE'RE STARTING THAT PROCESS A LITTLE WAYS AHEAD OF TIME. AND ON OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED AGENDA. WE HAD THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN UPDATE. IT WAS VERY BRIEF, MORE OF KIND OF A SYNOPSIS OF INFORMATION GATHERED. THE PROS CONSULTING IS STILL GOING THROUGH ALL THAT INFORMATION AND WORKING OUT TO GET IT ANALYZED FOR US. AND THEY HOPE TO BE BACK IN MARCH TO APRIL TO GO OVER THAT AND TALK ABOUT IT AS THEY GET THAT FINALIZED AND GET IT BACK TO US. 
          SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF SPRING, WE HAVE A GOOD FINALIZED MASTER PLAN THERE. AND THAT COMES TO US HERE AT COUNCIL. SO JUST A LITTLE DATA THAT THEY HAD FROM THAT. SO THEY WERE HOPING TO GET 375 RESPONSES TO MAKE IT STATISTICALLY VALID. AND THEY ENDED UP GETTING 418. SO IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT THERE AND JUST SOME VERY HIGH LEVEL POINTS OF DATA FROM THAT, 90 TO 95% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE VERY SATISFIED WITH OUR PARKS AND THE SERVICES OFFERED THERE. AND OF ALL THE DESIRES LISTED, THE TOP THREE WERE ADULT FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, NATURE PROGRAMS, AND THEN JUST CONTINUED SPECIAL EVENTS AROUND THE CITY. KIND OF LIKE THE UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS, COMMUNITY GATHERING EVENTS, STUFF LIKE THAT. AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TUESDAY THE 21ST. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE 250TH BIRTHDAY. SO KAREN ELLEN WITH THE TOURISM, UNION COUNTY TOURISM, SHE'S THE DIRECTOR. SHE IS WITH THE CHAMBER. SHE IS LOOKING SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S GETTING ALL THE GRANTS AND DOCUMENTATION. AND THEN SO SHE'S COORDINATING MEETINGS WITH ALL THE TOWNSHIPS AND ALL THE CITIES. OBVIOUSLY, MARYSVILLE IS THE COUNTY SEAT, SO WE WILL BE PUTTING OUR OWN EVENT TOGETHER, HAVING OUR OWN COMMITTEE KIND OF SET UP TO KIND OF DIRECT IT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM LIKE LIKE I LIKE I MENTIONED LAST YEAR, MAYBE PLANTING 250 NATIVE TREES AND IN ONE OF OUR PARKS, CREATING AN UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT WHERE IT'S MORE AMERICANA THEMED. SO MEANING THAT MAYBE A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR WOULD BE WOULD BE BUYING AMERICAN FLAGS FOR THE UPTOWN. YOU KNOW, HAVING A FLAG DRAPED ON CITY HALL. THERE'S JUST NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE DOING. SO OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO BE IN PUBLIC OFFICE DURING A SPECIAL TIME IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. AND, AND, AND TO SHOW THE PROGRESS THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS TAKEN TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO, YEAH, IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME. AND THEN I THINK NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A PROCLAMATION, RIGHT? IT'S I THINK IT'S NEXT YEAR THERE'LL BE A PROCLAMATION STATED ON STATED FROM THE BEHALF OF COUNCIL, I THINK. BUT ANYWAY, SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ADD TO IT. SO THANK YOU. HEARING OF 
          [HEARING OF CITIZENS]
CITIZENS. THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE ANY RESIDENT HAS UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT RELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. OKAY. STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND 
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YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. A LITTLE SHORT. HEATHER MONTGOMERY, 1305 FOX RUN DRIVE, MARYSVILLE, OHIO. 
          SHE'S SHE'S. OH. HOW TO START. I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY CONCERNS ABOUT RECENT ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THE CANCELLATION OF A SCHEDULED MEETING AT THE AMEC BUILDING, AS WELL AS COMMENTS MADE BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT DONALD BURGER. FIRST, I WANT TO CLARIFY THE INTENT OF THE GROUP INVOLVED IN THIS MEETING. CONTRARY TO STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, THIS GROUP IS NOT ANTI LEVY. THE MEETING WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT CRITICAL TOPICS SUCH AS SCHOOL LEVIES, ITS FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR SENIORS. THE GROUP IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED A DIVERSE ARRAY OF VOICES, TEACHERS, THE COUNTY TREASURER, LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENGAGED CITIZENS. THESE WERE INDIVIDUALS COMING TOGETHER NOT TO OPPOSE PROGRESS, BUT TO FOSTER DIALOG AND EXPLORE SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE. WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST IS THE CITY STATING REASONING FOR CANCELING THE MEETING, THE CLAIM THAT THE BUILDING SHOULD REMAIN NEUTRAL, THAT THE EVENT WOULD BE POLITICAL SETS A TROUBLING PRECEDENT. ARE WE NOW SAYING THAT PUBLIC SPACES ARE SUBJECT TO CONTENT BASED CENSORSHIP? WILL EVERY FUTURE MEETING OR EVENT HELD IN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES NOW BE MONITORED AND JUDGED FOR PERCEIVED POLITICAL NATURE? THERE ARE LAWS GOVERNING THIS. 
          EVEN MORE TROUBLING IS THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION LEADING UP TO THIS DECISION. NEITHER DONALD BURGER TERRY NOR ERIC PHILLIPS REACHED OUT TO ME BEFORE THE CANCELLATION. I WAS TOLD BY A THIRD PARTY, AS CITIZENS, WE EXPECT TRANSPARENCY AND DIALOG FROM THOSE WHO REPRESENT US. IT IS DISHEARTENING TO FEEL DISMISSED WITHOUT EVEN THE COURTESY OF A PHONE CALL OR A CONVERSATION. ADDITIONALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS A FACTUAL ERROR IN THE REASONING GIVEN FOR THE CANCELLATION. THE CITY DOESN'T EVEN OWN THE BUILDING, CANCELING AN EVENT BASED ON ITS PERCEIVED POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS UNDERMINES THE VERY PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ACCESS AND FAIRNESS. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR EXPLORING ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY, SUCH AS AN EARNED INCOME TAX. THIS SUGGESTION IS NOT ABOUT BEING ANTI LEVY, BUT ABOUT FINDING WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS WITHOUT PUTTING UNDUE FINANCIAL STRAIN ON SENIORS AND THOSE ON FIXED INCOMES. OUR SENIORS DESERVE TO KEEP THEIR HOMES AND WE MUST FIND SORRY SOLUTIONS THAT BALANCE THE NEED FOR OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE REALITIES FACED BY MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY. FINALLY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS MADE BY DONALD BURGER, THE STATEMENTS SUGGESTING THAT OUR CITY WOULD BE PERCEIVED AS ANTI SCHOOLS BY ALLOWING THIS MEETING TO TAKE PLACE IS BOTH MISLEADING AND UNFAIR. PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE A DUTY TO REPRESENT ALL RESIDENTS, EVEN THOSE WITH DIFFERING VIEWS, MISCHARACTERIZING THE INTENT OF CITIZENS DAMAGES THE TRUST AND UNDERMINES THE BRIDGES WE SHOULD BE BUILDING. I ASK THE COUNCIL COMMIT TO FOSTERING OPEN, RESPECTFUL DIALOG AND WITH ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND REFRAIN FROM MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS. I ALSO WANT TO, DONALD, TO BE VERY CAREFUL ON WHAT HE SAYS AT PARKVIEW DRIVE THROUGH PEOPLE REPEAT THINGS. I CLOSE WITH THIS DECISIONS REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF SO-CALLED CITY SPACES SHOULD BE MADE WITH TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS AND RESPECT FOR ALL RESIDENTS. I ASK THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF THE POLICY GOVERNING PUBLIC SPACES USAGE, TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE DECISIONS ARE COMMUNICATED WITH PROFESSIONALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS. I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE POINTS I'VE RAISED, AND TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT ALL CITIZENS FEEL HEARD, VALUED AND FAIRLY REPRESENTED. THANKS, MISS MONTGOMERY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING. 
          MR. EMERY THERE. OH, THERE'S OH, YOU ARE AS WELL. OH OKAY. OKAY. NO PROBLEM MA'AM, MY MOTHER WOULD SLAP ME. GO AHEAD. SHE WOULDN'T SLAP ME, BUT SHE'D LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. OKAY, SO IF YOU WANT TO BRING THAT MESSAGE DOWN TO WHERE IT STARTS WITH OR IT SAYS DONALD BURGER, I APPRECIATE IT. I'M GOING TO READ THE MESSAGE. SO IF YOU I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PULL IT ALONG AS I'M READING IT. RIGHT THERE IS WHERE IT STARTS. WE WERE ANSWERING SOMEBODY. HE WAS ANSWERING A PERSON THAT ASKED ABOUT WHY THE SPACE WAS CANCELED. I'M SORRY, I'M BARB PHILLIPS, 235 SOUTH PINE STREET. I'M VERY NERVOUS. I DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE. THIS WAS MADE ON UNION COUNTY POLITICS AND WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO BE MYO CONCERNING WHAT HEATHER MONTGOMERY JUST SPOKE ABOUT. I WANT TO READ THIS MESSAGE. 
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SORRY, WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT A LITTLE BETTER HERE. THE SPACE WAS CANCELED. WE WERE ASKED WHY THE SPACE WAS CANCELED AT THE BUILDING. I ALSO FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO DEFEND ERIC PHILLIPS ON THIS. WE DID COME TO A CONCLUSION AND I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD CONCLUSION. IT JUST WASN'T WHAT HAPPENED BEFOREHAND WASN'T. SO THE MESSAGE SAYS THE SPACE WAS CANCELED BECAUSE WE, THE CITY, BELIEVED THE BUILDING SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A POLITICAL TOOL. THE BUILDING IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY AS WAS STATED. THE BUILDING IS OWNED BY THE CITY, AS DONALD BURGER SAYS, AND IT SHOULD BE NEUTRAL ON ALL POLITICAL ISSUES. THIS GROUP IS AN ANTI LEVY GROUP. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO CREATE STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILD BRIDGES WITH SCHOOLS. 
          WE ARE PROUD OF THE PROGRESS AND WE DID NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE OUR EFFORTS BY ALLOWING CITY OWNED PROPERTY TO BE USED AS A POLITICAL PLATFORM, WHICH WOULD SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THE CITY IS AGAINST THE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS NOT TRUE, AND DAMAGING RELATIONSHIPS TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO ATTEND SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE PROGRESS. THIS MEETING WAS ALSO PLANNED BY ME AND MY PAC. 
          MY HUSBAND AND MY PAC CALLED FOR UNION COUNTY. WE HAVE HAD MANY MEETINGS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST MEETING WE HAD BEFORE THIS WE SPONSORED, ADVERTISED AND HAD IT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THE SCHOOL BOARD BUILDING. SO TO BE CALLED ANTI LEVY IS RIDICULOUS. WE ALSO MET WITH DICK AND BILL THIS WEEK, THE TWO OF TWO PEOPLE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS LEVY. WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPEN PLATFORM WITH THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND TO BE CALLED THIS, AND TO HAVE THIS BEING SAID IS VERY INSULTING. I HAD TO CALL TERRY EMERY TO CLARIFY IF I WAS GOING TO BE NOT ALLOWED TO USE ANY MORE PUBLIC BUILDINGS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE SUPPOSEDLY DISAGREED. I'M SORRY, EVEN IF I HAD DISAGREED, I DON'T THINK IT'S CORRECT THAT A PUBLIC BUILDING SHOULD BE HELD HOSTAGE OVER THE FACT THAT WE WERE USING IT FOR SOMETHING THAT THIS PERSON DID NOT AGREE WITH. I FEEL IT IS WRONG, AND I'M SAYING THIS WRONG, DONALD, THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE PUBLIC POLICY ON FACEBOOK AND YOU WERE UNCLEAR ABOUT YOUR FACTS, WHICH THE BUILDING IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. THIS WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY ERIC AND TERRY, AND IT WAS CONCERNING ME, HEATHER AND THEM, NOT ANYBODY ELSE INVOLVED. I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT CLEARLY AND TO EVERYONE HERE AND TO THE PEOPLE LISTENING, THAT THAT WAS VERY UNFAIR, AND I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE DONE AGAIN NEXT TIME. PEOPLE NEED TO STAY OUT OF THINGS AND FIND OUT ALL THE FACTS OF URANUS FIRED OFF ON FACEBOOK. THANK YOU. NEXT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RICHARD RAUSCH. I LIVE AT 940 WALKER WOODS LANE. PRESIDENT, BURGER AND FELLOW MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE. PRESIDENT BURGER, IN YOUR OPENING SPEECH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE REASSURANCE THAT EDUCATION MATTERS. EDUCATION MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE. I SAW FIVE DIVORCES BY THE TIME I WAS 18. I WENT TO MANY SCHOOLS. I HELD A CONTRACT AT MARYSVILLE, ONLY TO RESIGN, TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL, DID A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, CAME BACK, TAUGHT AT NORTH UNION, TAUGHT AT FAIRBANKS, WAS ON COUNCIL AT TRINITY. I NOW WORK AT SAINT JOHN'S. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU THAT EDUCATION DOES MATTER AND CHOICE DOES MATTER. AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR OUR KIDDOS. AND AS YOU MOVE INTO THIS NEW YEAR, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER SOME OF THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECT OUR STUDENTS AT SAINT JOHN'S. THANK YOU. LESLIE PHILLIPS I LIVE AT 235 SOUTH VINE STREET AND JUST A SMIDGE OF SILLINESS. IF YOU WOULD PARDON IT. JUST FOR MARK REAMS. THAT'S. LORD AND CONQUEROR OF ALL DOMAINS. LESLIE, THE VIKING HEIR APPARENT TO ROLLO THE VIKING. PHILLIPS. 
          THERE YOU GO. JUST A SMIDGE OF SILLINESS THERE. SO MY COMMENTS, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS DONALD BURGER AGAIN IN SUPPORT OF THE PAC, IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE ON BEHALF OF TRYING TO COME TO A CONSENSUS. AND I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE'RE COMING TO A CONSENSUS, BUT COMING TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL FUNDING, COMMUNITY FUNDING AND THE IMPACTS THAT DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORICAL ELEMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE, IS A LOT OF WHAT OUR I MIGHT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH. IS NOT IS WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. WE ARE ABOUT EDUCATION. WE'RE ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE ABOUT TRYING TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THE REMARKS THAT WERE MADE WERE DISHEARTENING AND OUT OF PLACE. THE APPARENT CENSORSHIP THAT HEATHER ALLUDED TO WAS DISHEARTENING AS WELL. A GRAND DISAPPOINTMENT, I SHOULD SAY. 
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I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT WITH THE CITY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL, BUT. YOU MADE THAT COMMENT. YOU GET TO OWN THAT. AND IT WAS WRONG. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THAT THEY ARE, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MOVE FORWARD. HOW CAN WE MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER? IN RECENT COMMENTS THAT I GOT TO OBSERVE, THERE IS A BIT OF INCONSISTENCY AS WELL TO ENCOURAGE SOME DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO SAY FANCINESS BECAUSE THAT'S MY FAVORITE WORD. MAKING THINGS FANCY COST PEOPLE MONEY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THAT FANCINESS. MOST OF THE OPENING COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE THIS WHEN ON ACCEPTING THE PRESIDENCY SEEMED TO ME TO BE ABOUT FANCINESS, AND I WOULD I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GO BACK AND CONSIDER SOME OF THOSE IDEAS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THIS THING THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED ABOUT AT&T. WE MAY NEED TO SAVE SOME MONEY FOR THAT FOR SUCH THINGS, MAYBE NOT ON FANCY THINGS. I LOVE PLANTING TREES. DO I HAVE TO PAY SOMEONE TO PLANT A TREE IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY. MAYBE THE TREE WILL SURVIVE BETTER, BUT YOU KNOW, DON'T ASK ME TO PLANT THE TREE. THAT WON'T HAPPEN. IT WON'T SURVIVE. BUT CONSIDER THE FANCINESS AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE MOST VULNERABLE VULNERABLE OF OUR SOCIETY. DON'T. DON'T MAKE THEM BEAR THE BURDEN. DON'T MAKE ME BEAR THE BURDEN. DON'T BEAR THAT BURDEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO. AND CERTAINLY DON'T MAKE MY GRANDCHILDREN BEAR THAT BURDEN. CONSIDER THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO. FANCY SIGNS, FANCY FACADES. THEY COST MONEY AND THEY AFFECT PEOPLE. SORRY, THAT'S MY ALARM GOING OFF. TO BRAG ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO AND THEN VOTE AGAINST IT, AS YOU DID IN A RECENT MEETING, IS A LEVEL OF INCONSISTENCY THAT I WOULD FIND HARD TO DO BUSINESS WITH. IN FACT, THEY HAVE MY SYMPATHY EVEN. YES. THERE, THERE. I WOULD SAY YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT. IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE. I THINK FROM A BUSINESS VIEWPOINT, I WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO WALK UP TO, TO THIS AS A BODY AND GET FEEDBACK AND THEN WORK ON THAT FEEDBACK, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE LEADER OF THAT FEEDBACK WAS AGAINST ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. I THINK THAT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE. WORKING TO COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, WORKING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WORKING AS A BODY TO MOVE FORWARD, I THINK, IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE AIMING FOR, EVEN IF WE DON'T LIKE THE PERSON. CONSENT. COMING TO AN UNDERSTANDING IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT THAN INCONSISTENCY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. TO WHICH POINT, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU'RE ALL DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB AND I LIKE ALL OF YOU. SO HAVE AT IT, GENTLEMEN. LADIES, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT? OKAY. GO AHEAD. JUST STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. BRIANNA HOLLAND, 139 NORTH CREST DRIVE. I WASN'T REALLY GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT UNTIL I GOT HERE. AND LIKE, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU COMPLETELY LOOKED DOWN AND IGNORED THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS THE ENTIRE TIME. SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. THAT WAS DISRESPECTFUL. ALSO, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU, AS THE CITY COUNCIL TO SPEAK WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. LIKE, I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT MEETING SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY BECAUSE I WASN'T EVEN PLANNING ON SPEAKING. I JUST THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE. AND JUST FOR PUBLIC RECORD, IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCHOOL OR CITY IN THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE FUNDING, THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND SO WILL THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. YOU ELECT US TO REPRESENT YOU. AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE BEAR ARE HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. ACCOUNTABLE WITH THE WITH THE STATE OF OHIO. YOU ELECT YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THOSE NUMBERS HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE STATE OF OHIO. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY WILL ALWAYS ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS 
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AND GIVE YOU THE MOST ACCURATE, GIVE YOU THE FACTS OF THE NUMBERS AND HOW SCHOOLS AND CITIES WORK, WORK TOGETHER. BUT I THINK EVERYBODY WHO WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT AND HAD HAD CONCERNS, MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST HAD A QUESTION. COULD I. YEAH. GO AHEAD. REGARDING USAGE OF BUILDINGS, I THINK A MIC IS A PUBLIC IS IT PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP? COULD YOU SPEAK ON BEHALF OF WHAT THE CLASSIFICATION OF THAT BUILDING IS REALLY ABOUT, USAGE OF THAT BUILDING. COULD YOU SPEAK ABOUT THAT? ABSOLUTELY. LET ME LET ME FIRST STATE THAT THAT I MYSELF WAS NEVER APPROACHED ABOUT THE USE OF A FACILITY. SO I THINK IT WAS STATED THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN, BUT THAT NEVER OCCURRED THROUGH ME. IF I HAD BEEN APPROACHED, I WOULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY OFFERED OUR POLICE AND COMMUNITY ROOM. MAYBE THE DECKER FIRE STATION IS ANOTHER LOCATION WE OFTENTIMES, AND THIS PARTICULAR GROUP HAS UTILIZED THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT POLICE AND COURT ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. IN IN THE CASE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE MOBILITY INNOVATION CENTER, IT'S A FACILITY THAT IS OVERSAW BY THE UNION COUNTY MARYSVILLE PORT AUTHORITY. THE CITY HAS BEEN A PART OF HELPING FUND THAT FACILITY, AS HAS UNION COUNTY, AS HAS THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. THE FACILITY IS BEING USED AS A COWORKING SPACE. WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE OUT OF THERE. AND AGAIN, JUST LIKE IN THIS, IN THE CASE OF THIS GROUP, WHO WE KNOW THEY LIKE TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS ON A SATURDAY, THERE'S NOBODY STAFFED EVEN AT THE AMIC ON SATURDAYS AT THE TIME THAT THIS GROUP IS INTERESTED IN MEETING, WE WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY OFFERED THE POLICE AND COURT FACILITY OR EVEN THE DECKER FIRE STATION IS TWO GREAT OPTIONS FOR THIS GROUP TO MEET IN. LIKE I SAY, IT'S A FACILITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE OUT OF THERE. ERIC KEMENY WE'VE GOT WHAT, FOUR, FOUR BUSINESSES OPERATE OUT OF THERE THAT HAVE SPACE THAT THEY LEASE. AND SO IT'S JUST NOT A FACILITY THAT THAT YOU CAN JUST OPEN THE DOORS AND LET PEOPLE GO IN. AND WITHOUT OVERSIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT'S NICE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ROOM AT POLICE AND COURT IS IT'S WE HAVE PEOPLE THERE 24 OVER SEVEN, AND IT'S EASY AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ROOM. IT'S GOT EVERYTHING YOU WOULD NEED FOR A PUBLIC MEETING LIKE THIS. BUT I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THE DECKER FIRE STATION. WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR SITUATION THERE AS WELL. ERIC, ANYTHING I'M MISSING ON THE FACILITY? PARDON? DECKER IS NOT OPEN ON SATURDAY. WORSHIP. OKAY, OKAY. SO NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT POLICE COMMUNITY ROOM IS A IS A FANTASTIC ROOM TO USE. IT HAS ALL THE TECHNOLOGY YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE A MEETING. AND SO ERIC, ANYTHING ELSE I'M MISSING ON THE FACILITY? NO. BARB AND I DISCUSSED THIS ON ON A FEW OCCASIONS AND KIND OF THE RESOLUTION, IF WE WANT TO BRING IN A DEVELOPMENT OR SOMEONE WHO'S PROPOSING A DEVELOPMENT, THE SPEAKER, THAT'S A DIFFERENT BALLGAME. SO WE'VE DISCUSSED OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO UTILIZE THE SPACE. IT WAS JUST WE DIDN'T WE WEREN'T SURE ABOUT THIS TOPIC AREA. SO BARBARA AND I TALKED THROUGH THIS. AND SO WE HAVE OFFERED THE FACILITY FOR OTHER VENUES IF WE HAVE STAFFING AND WE CAN PLAN FORWARD ENOUGH. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER DID WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SCOTT. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S NOT STAFFED ON SATURDAYS. YOU HAVE TO GUARANTEE SECURITY OF PRIVATE BUSINESSES AND WHATNOT. SO I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLICATEDNESS. 
          SO YEAH. YEAH. THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. MOVING ON. RESOLUTION. 
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THIS IS THE CONSENT ITEM WHICH HAS ONE READING ONLY A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE SUPPORTING THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE'S CHALLENGE OF AT&T TARIFF APPLICATION AT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW, NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. I THINK THE RESOLUTION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. WE'RE JUST BEING ASKED, AS OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE, TO PUT THIS FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. CITIZENS. COUNCIL, 
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MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, I GUESS THIS IS THIS IS A NEWLY ADDED AGENDA TOPIC ITEM. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT I WOULD HAVE IS WHAT ARE THE RISKS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE VOTE THIS DOWN? I MEAN, IS IT GOING TO IMPACT, YOU KNOW, SERVICE ABILITY FOR THOSE WHO USE THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WHATEVER CONSUMER USE? LIKE WHAT? LET ME DESCRIBE BASICALLY WHAT TAKES PLACE IS WE DO PROJECTS IN MULTIPLE AREAS OF THE CITY, OBVIOUSLY, AND I SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT IT. WE ASK UTILITY COMPANIES IN ADVANCE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED. UTILITIES MOVED OUT OF THE AREA IN WHICH CONSTRUCTION IS TAKING PLACE, OR TO MOVE UTILITIES AS CONSTRUCTION IS TAKING PLACE. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE BURDEN OF THE COST OF MOVEMENT OF THE UTILITIES IS OF THE UTILITY COMPANY. OKAY, THE AT&T AND THERE'S SO MANY OUT THERE. IT'S AND WE'LL GET TO THE PRECEDENT SETTING HERE TO BEGIN WITH. AND SO IT COULD DOUBLE THE COST OF PROJECTS IN A LOT OF CASES IF WE WERE BURDENED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PAYING FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THOSE UTILITIES. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THIS IS JUST ONE UTILITY COMPANY ASKING FOR THIS CHANGE AND FOR THAT COST TO GO ON TO MUNICIPALITIES, OKAY. IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS REQUEST, THEN THERE WILL BE OTHER UTILITY COMPANIES THAT WILL FOLLOW THE SAME SCRIPT, AND THAT ADDITIONAL COST BURDEN WILL CONTINUE TO ADD ON TO WHAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ON FUTURE PROJECTS. SO OUR ASK TONIGHT IS LET'S SUPPORT OUR OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS TARIFF REQUEST CHANGE. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT THIS AWAY. IT CAN BE DENIED AND WE WON'T HAVE THAT CONCERN MOVING FORWARD, I GUESS, TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION, THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN, OBVIOUSLY, IS FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE AT&T IS JUST ONE PROVIDER OF MANY, MANY PROVIDERS OF UTILITIES. SO YES. 
          SO THE RISK COULD BE RIGHT NOW IT'S THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOR THE FOR THE CITIZENS, FOR OUR TAXPAYERS. RIGHT NOW IT'S FOR IT'S ON THE BUSINESS RIGHT NOW IT'S THE UTILITY COMPANY. 
          YES. BUT AND IN THE IN THE FUTURE IT COULD HINDER DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO DEVELOP IN OUR COMMUNITY, ADD COSTS AND IT'S GOING TO ADD COST THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE BURDEN OF COVERING. YEAH. ATTORNEY IF I MAY. AND JUST AS TERRY MENTIONED IT COULD DOUBLE THE COST OF PROJECTS. SO LET'S JUST SAY WE HAVE A ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. I'M JUST THROWING OUT A NUMBER THAT COST $2 MILLION. 
          THAT COST OF CONSTRUCTION MIGHT BE 4 MILLION. SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT EATS INTO THE GENERAL FUND. AND WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAKE AS MANY IMPROVEMENTS AS WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE TO THAT. 
          PERFECT. THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST HAD A COMMENT JUST ALONG THE LINES OF YOUR QUESTION. SO YOU SAID HINDER DEVELOPMENT. IT COULD HINDER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, SO IT COULD HINDER US FROM EVER GETTING RELIEF TO TRAFFIC, BECAUSE WE CAN'T REDO SOMETHING BECAUSE WE NOW CAN'T AFFORD TO CHANGE SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC ULTIMATELY WOULD BENEFIT FROM IS HOW I UNDERSTAND IT. AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER POINT. IT JUST KIND OF SLIPPED MY MIND. 
          WELL, IT'S OKAY. I THINK IT CAME TO ME. SO HERE, IF YOU KIND OF ASKED ABOUT RISK, I MEAN, I SUPPOSE IF A DEVELOPER SAID, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY TO MOVE OUR SERVICES AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WELL, THEN THEIR SERVICES COULD GET TERMINATED. I MEAN, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A LARGE HYPOTHETICAL. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MEAN, THEY'RE INTERESTED, THEY HAVE INCENTIVE TO MAINTAIN SERVICES. SO LIKE YOU SAID, IT ALL COMES BACK TO IT'S JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. YEAH. YOU KNOW. YEAH. ANY OF THE DAY I THINK RESIDENTS HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE BEING TRYING TO BE PASSED NOW. 
          AND THE TOPIC IS GOING TO BE THAT RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS, CITY MAYORS WILL HAVE TO PAY 
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MORE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT I ADVOCATE FOR PRETTY THINGS. I THINK RESIDENTS ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT MARYSVILLE'S LARGEST BASE OF INCOME, BASIC FOR THE FOR THE REVENUE, IS OUR INCOME TAX. AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO NOT ONLY PAY FOR THE EXISTING OF WHAT WE HAVE, AND WE COULD SHUT THE WALL OFF AND SAY, NO MORE DEVELOPMENT. THAT MEANS THE PRICE OF ASPHALT IS NOT GOING TO GO DOWN, CONCRETE'S NOT GOING TO GO DOWN. HEALTH CARE IS NOT GOING TO GO DOWN. RETIREMENT'S NOT GOING TO GO DOWN. THE PRICE OF GAS IS NOT GOING TO GO DOWN. NOTHING'S GOING TO GO DOWN. SO EVEN IF WE SHUT OFF DEVELOPMENT, THE COST OF THE OF TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP. YOU HAVE TO INVEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO BRING INDUSTRY TO YOUR COMMUNITY. IF RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, THE BIGGEST AREA WHERE YOU CAN SUCCEED, YOU CAN GO TO YOUR COUNTY. THE COUNTY HAS LAND BANK OWNED PROPERTY. THAT LAND BANK NEVER HAS TO PAY FOR PROPERTY FOR TAXES. THAT'S WHERE YOU START. THAT'S HOW YOU GET IT DONE. SO I'M JUST I TRY TO EDUCATE AS MUCH AS I CAN AND TRY TO RESIDENTS, IF YOU WANT THE COST OF LIVING TO GO DOWN OR TRY TO NOT GO DOWN, BUT TRY TO STAY REASONABLE, WE HAVE TO INVEST IN HIGHER WAGES, AND WE HAVE TO BRING IN PEOPLE WITH HIGHER INCOMES TO ENSURE THAT YOUR INCOME IS STAYING THE SAME, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO TAX YOU AT A HIGHER RATE TO ALLOW YOU TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, AND IN DOING SO, YOU HAVE TO INVEST. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THESE DECISIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ARE, ARE, ARE HUGE BECAUSE OUR BUDGETS, WHAT, $26 MILLION? THAT'S RIGHT. OUR BUDGET IS GENERAL FUND IS $26 MILLION. AND IF A ROADWAY IS 4 MILLION, THAT MEANS ONLY ONE ROAD IS NOW BEING DONE AND THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS SHOULD BE ALARMING TO ANYBODY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR INCOME LEVEL IS. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO. SO DO I HEAR A MOTION TO PASS THIS, TO PASS THIS CONSENT ITEM? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION. OKAY. ROLL CALL. NICE. WE HAVE CITIZEN ON THIS. OH, YEAH. YOU CAN SPEAK IF YOU WANT TO. I MEAN, YEAH, YOU CAN SPEAK. I MEAN, WE ALREADY CLOSED IT, BUT IT'S OKAY. WHAT'S IT OPEN. YEAH. WHAT WE SAID ADMINISTRATION CITIZENS AND COUNCIL. BUT I'M SORRY, BUT BUT IT'S OKAY. JUST STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. AND YOU'RE CATHY YOUNG. 425 WEST EIGHTH. SO I LOOKED UP THE DEFINITION OF ORDINANCE AND IT SAYS, SORRY, I JUST FELL ASLEEP HERE. A RESOLUTION EXPRESS A POSITION OR OPINION. SO IT'S NOT SET IN STONE. IT'S NOT A RULE OR AN ACTION. SO IT'S JUST AN OPINION OR A POSITION. SO I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY LEANING THE WAY I WOULD BE LEANING, I HOPE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT IT'S JUST AN OPINION OR A POSITION THAT YOU'RE TAKING. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT COULD OR COULDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE IT RIGHT. SO. RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE DOING THE ROUNDABOUT OVER FIVE POINTS, YEAH, WE COULD HAVE A MESS. AND WE WILL. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL MR. BURGER. YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFE YES. MR. BURBY YES. RESOLUTION PASSES RESOLUTION A ONE READING ONLY TO AUTHORIZE THE DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY BY INTERNET AUCTION FOR 2025. ADMINISTRATION. YES. THIS IS AN ANNUAL REQUEST THAT WE BRING FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE ULTIMATELY COMING FORWARD BY INTERNET AUCTION ARE STILL BEING PUT TOGETHER. SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE. BUT THIS IS JUST AN ANNUAL REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PROPERTY BY INTERNET AUCTION. BY INTERNET AUCTION. THANK YOU. CITIZENS. 
          COUNCIL. MR. PRESIDENT, JUST FOR CLARITY, MR. EMERY, THE AUCTION, IS IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE BE SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION THAT'S CORRECT, WHETHER THAT'S ON FACEBOOK OR THE CITY'S WEBSITE. IT'S ALL OVER THE WEBSITE. WE PUT IT OUT SO PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE. THEY THEY HAVE THIS WELL IN ADVANCE. YES. OKAY. YES. AND THEN THE FUNDS GO TO A THEY GO BACK INTO PROBABLY WHATEVER FUND PURCHASED THE MATERIAL THAT IS BEING SOLD. YEAH. I JUST FOR. 
          [00:55:07]
YEAH. SO IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A VEHICLE FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND SOLD IT WOULD GO BACK INTO THE WATER ENTERPRISE FUND. OKAY. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH AN ORDINANCE, NOT A RESOLUTION, AN ORDINANCE THAT LISTS THE ITEMS THAT ARE VALUED OVER $1,000 THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON THIS INTERNET AUCTION. SO THEY HAVE TO BE VALUED OVER $1,000. AND I THINK TYPICALLY THAT'S WHEN THAT'S DONE IN OCTOBER. TYPICALLY THE AUCTION WHEN WE'RE DELIVERING THE OR DELIVERING PEOPLE ARE PICKING UP IS IN OCTOBER. SO THE ORDINANCE WILL COME TO YOU GUYS TYPICALLY IN JUNE ISH. SOMEWHERE IN THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MR. HUNTER. YES. MR. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFE YES. MR. BURBY YES. MR. BURGER YES. RESOLUTION PASSES ORDINANCE A 
          [Ord. A]
FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO AUTHORIZE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESERVOIR CONNECTOR TRAIL. PHASE TWO PROJECT ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND, KYLE, FILL IN ANY. OH, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. KYLE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PHASE TWO PROJECT. AND WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT THIS? THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING $300,000 FOR FROM THE STATE CAPITAL BILL FUNDS. WE GOT TO GIVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE, TRACY RICHARDSON, A LOT OF CREDIT FOR GETTING US FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. BUT WE HAVE SOME LOGISTICS TO TAKE YOU THROUGH TONIGHT. SO, KYLE. YEAH. SO THE RESERVOIR CONNECTOR TRAIL PHASE TWO PROJECT WAS IN THE 2024 BUDGET. WE HAD HOPED TO GET THE GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ODNR AND THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ACCOMPLISHED AND EXECUTED LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, BY THE TIME WE GOT THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO BID AND AWARD THE CONTRACT IN 2024. THEREFORE, WE HAD TO AWARD OR WE HAVE TO AWARD THE CONTRACT IN 2025. DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH THE BUDGET, WE JUST ASSUMED IN THE BACK OF OUR HEAD WE ALWAYS THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO AWARD THE CONTRACT IN 24, SO IT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS AND DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE 2025 BUDGET. SO IN TALKING WITH BRAD, HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CLEAN IF WE JUST DID A CLEAN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE 2025 BUDGET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAIL CONNECTION. HOWEVER, AS TERRY MENTIONED, THIS TRAIL IS 100% FUNDED BY THE STATE CAPITAL GRANT. WE OPENED BIDS EARLIER, NOT THIS LATE LAST MONTH ON THE PROJECT, AND WE ACTUALLY WENT TO BOARD OF CONTROL THIS MORNING AND AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR UNDER THE AMOUNT WE RECEIVED IN FUNDING. SO EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT. IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS AND JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET. THAT'S ALL I GOT. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES I DO YEAH. SO THE I WAS ABLE TO FIND ALL THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS. 
          YEAH. SO THE LOWEST BID CAME IN AT $219,501. AND I THINK IT'S PROPER. AND I THINK YOU MADE THE RIGHT DECISION TO PUT IN A 10% CONTINGENCY, WHICH BRINGS IT UP TO 244. AND I THINK THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON IN ABOUT A MONTH, 244 CORRECT. THERE ARE 244 TO 270. 
          WE MAY HAVE BUMPED IT UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE. YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S ALL MY QUESTION. 
          BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE AGENDA NOW, I'VE NOT SEEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN VOTED ON THIS MORNING. BUT WHEN I READ THE AGENDA, THE REQUEST THAT ENGINEERING MADE WAS FOR 270. 
          AND I COULDN'T QUITE FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE THE 300 ACTUALLY IS 294. YEAH. SO I'M LOOKING AT 219. I'M LOOKING AT 244, WHICH IS WHICH I CAN SEE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THAT'S A SOLID RELATIONSHIP. BUT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THE 270 OR WHY NOT USE THE WHOLE AMOUNT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO. YEAH, THAT WAS THAT, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. SO THE BOARD OF CONTROL AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR 270. I THINK WE THREW A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 10% BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU STATED. US RECEIVING FUNDING FROM THE STATE. IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF OUR POCKET. SO IT DOESN'T HURT US PER SE, TO AWARD A LARGER CONTRACT JUST IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP DURING CONSTRUCTION OR SOMETHING THAT'S UNFORESEEN. AND WE HAVE TO PAY PAY FOR IT. WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO WITH THAT CONTRACT AMOUNT. AS FAR AS AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR 
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294, I GUESS WE COULD HAVE. WE JUST FELT LIKE MAYBE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR ABOVE THAT LOW BID BID AMOUNT. SO IS THE 300 OR THE 294. IS THAT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS PROJECT? EXCLUSIVELY FOR. IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER GRANT PROJECT OR ANY OTHER PROJECT FUNDED. WE APPLIED FOR FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT AND CAN'T USE IT ON ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU CAN FIND. IT'S NOT THAT I WANT TO SPEND MONEY. YEAH, BUT IF IT'S GIVEN MONEY TO US, RIGHT? WHAT? WHAT OTHER I GUESS THE BECAUSE TO BE QUITE HONEST, KYLE, I'M. I KNOW WE, WE ARE IN A POSITION OUT THERE AND I DRIVE ON RAYMOND ROAD EVERY SO OFTEN. YEAH, BUT I'D RATHER SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY ON THE SAFETY TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS SAFELY. I KNOW THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY LEFT FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. WE HAVE SOME KIND OF A WARNING LIGHT LIKE WE HAVE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL OUT HERE. BUT TO ME, TO BE QUITE HONEST AND AGAIN, I I'M, I'M ALWAYS VERY CAREFUL ON SPENDING MONEY. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY. YEAH. I'D RATHER SEE YOU LOOK FOR WAYS TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON SAFETY HOWEVER YOU CAN FIND IT. YEAH. WHETHER IT BE AN EXTRA BUMP IN THE ROAD, WHETHER IT BE. YEAH, BUT I'D RATHER SEE YOU USE THE WHAT IS IT, THE 294, INCLUDING MANY SAFETY FEATURES IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN. NOW IF YOU CANNOT, NO PROBLEM THERE. BUT YEAH JUST A COUPLE RESPONSES ON THAT. SO RAYMOND ROAD IS NOT IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. THAT'S THE COUNTY ROAD. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT. NUMBER TWO, WE ARE ADDING STEPS UP THE RESERVOIR. SO LET'S JUST SAY WE ADDED $20,000 WORTH OF WHATEVER TO GET TO THAT. 294. WHAT HAPPENS IF WHEN OUR CONTRACTOR GOES OUT THERE AND STARTS INSTALLING THE STEPS UP THE RESERVOIR, SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THAT COST TURNS INTO 400,000. THEN WE ARE SPENDING OUR MONEY. SO YES, THAT'S KIND OF THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE OF TRYING TO SPEND ALL THE WAY UP TO THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN A PART OF A CONTRACT OR A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT HASN'T GONE OVER WHAT THE WHAT THE BID AMOUNT WAS. SO WE TRY WE DO TRY TO BE SMART WITH NOT KIND OF GOING OVER, OVER OUR BUDGET. YEAH. HEY, KYLE, REAL QUICK EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 300,000 AND 294 BECAUSE THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST. OH YEAH. 
          SO THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, THERE'S A $6,000 ADMINISTRATIVE COST FOR THEM TO MANAGE THE GRANT FUNDING AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY WE GOT 300,000. WE GOT WE LOSE THE FIRST $6,000 FOR THEM TO ADMINISTER THE PROJECT. I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT DIFFERENT ENTITIES LOSE BECAUSE OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS FOR OTHER ENTITIES. SO YES, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. BUT BUT I DO. BUT I HOPE YOU SEE MY POINT. I DO SEE YOUR POINT. AND WE DO. SO THE TECHNICALLY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OUT THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE AN OVERHEAD SIGNAL. OKAY. SO IT WILL ALERT DRIVERS RATHER THAN OUT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. I KNOW SOME SOME THROW OUT IDEAS ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL GUARDRAIL OR SOMETHING. KEEP IN MIND WE GUARDRAILS ARE MEANT TO BE INSTALLED TO PROTECT DRIVERS FROM DRIVING OFF THE ROAD, OFF A CLIFF, OR INTO A DITCH. THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION HERE. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE TO ALLOW THEM TO PUT A VERTICAL BARRIER, WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY, SO GOT IT. SO YEAH. OKAY. LIKE I SAID, I SAW THE FOUR DIFFERENT AMOUNTS AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU CLARIFIED THAT. YEP. NO NO WORRIES IN A GOOD MANNER. SO THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL THAT I HAD. ANYBODY ELSE I JUST HAD A COMMENT. THERE'S MAYBE A QUESTION AS WELL. SO THERE'S ALWAYS IN MY MIND THE WAY THAT I WOULD THINK IT WOULD WORK. AND THEN THERE'S THE WAY THAT IT WORKS. AND SO JUST SO, SO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, BECAUSE WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS IN OUR PRIOR MEETING TONIGHT. SO IF, IF THE PROJECT COST DOES EXCEED 270, DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE A BUFFER BETWEEN TWO 7294 THAT WE WOULD GET KIND OF PAID FOR. IS THAT HOW THAT WOULD WORK? SO IF LET'S JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SAY SOMETHING CAME UP IN CONSTRUCTION AND THE COST ENDS UP BEING 285. RIGHT? WE BECAUSE THAT CHANGE ORDER IS LESS THAN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, WE COULD STILL AWARD THAT CHANGE ORDER AND GET TO THAT. 290 422 94 AMOUNT. OKAY. YEAH. THANK 
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YOU. ONE FINAL QUESTION. IF IT'S OKAY SINCE CURRENTLY WE HAVE 244 INCHES FIRST READING INTRODUCTION, WILL YOU BUMP THAT TO 270 OR WILL WE STAY AT THE 240 I THINK I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO AMEND IT TO 270. WHAT WAS APPROVED AT BOARD OF CONTROL. OKAY. SO WE CAN DO THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. WE CAN EXPECT AN AMENDMENT. YEAH. FOR THE SECOND READING. YEP. THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR ALL OF COUNCIL YOU KNOW HANK'S CONCERNS WERE BROUGHT UP. YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS WHEN THIS MORNING WHEN I'M OBVIOUSLY I'M A PART AS A PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL. YOU'RE A PART OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. SO THESE COMMENTS ARE ALL WERE ALL, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT UP AS, AS CONCERNS BECAUSE LIKE I STATED, RAYMOND ROAD HAS A HIGH SPEED OF, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW. AND IT'S VERY COMMON THAT DRIVERS DRIVE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT AND THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND USING THAT, AND WE WANT IT TO BE USED AND WE KNOW IT WILL BE USED BECAUSE THE RESERVOIR IS SO HIGHLY USED ALREADY THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS IS ALWAYS THE PRIORITY. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S IT'S AN EVER GROWING AND EVOLVING DOCUMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOUR POINTS ARE VALID, VALID AND THEY'VE BEEN HEARD. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC 
          [Ord. B]
HEARING ON JANUARY 27TH, 2025. ORDINANCE BE FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT TO CREATE THE MARYSVILLE JEROME TOWNSHIP JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AUTHORIZING THE INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY WITHIN SAID DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE MEMORIAL HEALTH JEROME VILLAGE EXPANSION AMENDMENT. ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AS YOU AS YOU KNOW, YOU THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU PREVIOUSLY WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR JED AREAS IN JEROME TOWNSHIP. THIS IS ADDING THE MEMORIAL HEALTH FACILITY THAT WILL BE GOING UP OUT THERE AS WELL. SO AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING THIS LEGISLATION AND I AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE LEGISLATION COME FORWARD TO ADD TO THAT JED DISTRICT. ERIC, AM I MISSING ANYTHING? NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY CORRECT. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL. YEAH. THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR WHEN WE STARTED THIS ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO, THAT AS THE ECONOMIC SIDE OR SORRY, THE, THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF JEROME INCREASED. SO DOES OUR JED AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY MAKE FOR THAT. SO THIS IS WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE CAN ADD THIS ON TO WHAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IF I MAY JUST ASK MR. EMERY OR MR. PHILLIPS, JUST. TO RE KIND OF ESTABLISH THE JED AND THE BENEFIT THAT IT DOES HAVE TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AS IT AS IT PERTAINS TO ECONOMIC INFLOWS TO OUR COMMUNITY. YEAH. SO JED IS A JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SET UP BY THE STATE OF OHIO. IT BASICALLY ALLOWS YOU TO COLLECT INCOME TAX IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT NEW JOBS, NEW INVESTMENT, NEW PAYROLL, SO THAT INCOME TAX IS COLLECTED. AND THE WAY WE HAVE IT CURRENTLY SET UP IS THAT 60% DIRECTLY GOES BACK INTO AN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. OF THE FUNDS COLLECTED, 20% GOES TO THE TOWNSHIP AND THEN 20% GOES TO THE CITY. AND THAT'S THE SETUP. NOW, MANY JURISDICTIONS HAVE MANY DIFFERENT SETUPS OF HOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF BREAKDOWNS ARE, BUT OURS. THE MAJORITY OF IT DOES GO BACK INTO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE CITY AND THE TOWNSHIP FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. NOW, THESE AREAS MOSTLY ARE AREAS THAT ARE WAY FAR OUTSIDE THE CITY'S BOUNDARIES. CURRENTLY WOULD BE HARD FOR US TO ANNEX LAND. SO THIS IS A COMPROMISE ON HOW WE CAN CREATE NEW FUNDS TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH. THAT THE CITY ALSO CONTROLS THE WATER AND SEWER. SO THE MORE GROWTH WE PROMOTE, THE INCOME TAX WE COLLECT, WE BENEFIT FROM THE WATER AND SEWER. SO ALL IN ALL, IT'S A WIN WIN FOR THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS. THANK YOU. I JUST TRY TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT I CAN TO EDUCATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. AND IN THE FUTURE OF OUR BROADER COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS, FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. AT SOME POINT, 
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FIRST READING, ITS AT FIRST READING. SO BECAUSE OF BECAUSE IT'S AT FIRST READING. SECOND READING IS WHEN YOU HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 27TH 27TH. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD WANT 
          [Ord. C]
TO COME IN IS ON JANUARY 27TH. ORDINANCE C SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO DECLARE THE MARYSVILLE SOUTHEAST NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY TO BE ORGANIZED AND A BODY POLITIC AND CORPORATE TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARY OF THE AUTHORITY'S NEW COMMUNITY DISTRICT. TO PROVIDE THE METHOD OF SELECTING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE AUTHORITY AND FIX THE SURETY OF THEIR BONDS, AND TO APPOINT CERTAIN MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ADMINISTRATION. YES. YOU'RE BEING ASKED TONIGHT TO TABLE THIS LEGISLATION. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING AND UPDATED DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT THAT WE'D LIKE TO TIME UP WITH THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS WELL. TIM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE HOPE WE HOPE TO HAVE IT BEFORE YOU FOR FIRST READING IT ON THE 27TH. AND THEN WE WOULD BE READY TO BRING THIS BACK. THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD BE UP FOR THIRD READING AT THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THIS AFTER WE HAVE AFTER WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT AND HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS TO TABLE THE THIRD READING TO FEBRUARY 24TH. SO WE CAN I SHOULD, I SHOULD I? WELL, BEFORE WE GO TO CITIZENS BASICALLY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AT SOME POINT IN TIME PASS IN TANDEM RATHER THAN DOING THIS ONE FIRST AND DOING THE OTHER ONE. YES, A LATER DATE. YES. YEAH. SO THAT THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE TABLING. IT'S NOT THAT ANYTHING MAJOR IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO IT. 
          NO, IT IS THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, RUN CONCURRENTLY ON THE SAME AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN. SO THE COUNCIL HAS WE'D LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO BE PASSED BEFORE THE, THE NCAA. SO. YEP. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. CITIZENS. AMY POTTER, GRIM 14 294 WEAVER ROAD. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS OF MARYSVILLE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT WAY TO FUND THE PROJECT OFF WEAVER ROAD. HOW OFTEN DO I COME IN WITH SOME GOOD NEWS? IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD WAY TO PAY FOR THE HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE MARYSVILLE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY SOUTHEAST PROJECT, WITH THE FOCUS BEING ON FUNDING THE ROADWAYS, THE WATER, SEWER, STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE. AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, MAJORITY OF THE AREA IN THIS DEVELOPED AREA IS CURRENTLY FARMLAND SURROUNDED BY FARMLAND AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. 
          THEREFORE, ANY CHANGES DEVELOPMENT TO THIS LAND WILL IMPACT THE NEIGHBORS, THE SURROUNDING FARMERS AND THE CLOSE COMMUNITY. AS I HAVE MENTIONED DURING MY PREVIOUS MEETINGS WITH THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY AND AT COUNCIL, DURING THE REZONING PROCESS, THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE MANDATED INTO THE BYLAWS AND COUNCIL SHOULD APPOINT TWO MEMBERS THAT RESIDE IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND LIVE WITHIN TWO MILES OF THIS NEWLY DEVELOPED NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. SOUTHEAST PROJECT. TWO MEMBERS SHOULD RESIDE WITHIN MARYSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LIVE WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY SOUTHEAST PROJECT. 
          EACH OF THESE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHOULD BE CURRENT RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND TWO HAVE LIVED HERE IN MARYSVILLE FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS. NO EMPLOYEES OR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE OR UNION COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE BOARD, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POLICE AND FIRE. NO ONE THAT HAS HELD OFFICE IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE OR UNION COUNTY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SHOULD BE ON THE BOARD EITHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOUR CONCERNS DON'T GO UNNOTICED. THESE ARE ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY YOU ARE VALIDATED. COUNCIL. WE HAVE WE HAVE ANY DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. SO I MR. PRESIDENT I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT OR QUESTIONS OR POINTS 
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FOR DISCUSSION. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT TODAY, THE WAY IT'S WORDED IS THAT THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS THAT COUNCIL APPOINTS. SO AND THEN THE FOURTH WOULD BE A MEMBER OF ANOTHER GOVERNMENT BODY. RIGHT. SO THERE'S THAT POINT ISN'T SPECIFIED FOR THE FIRST THREE, BUT THE FOURTH IT IS. AND THEN THERE ARE THREE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE ARE SELECTED BY THE DEVELOPER. SO I THINK WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, IT BASICALLY PUTS RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE THREE. AND I'M ASSUMING I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU. I APOLOGIZE, BUT THE INTENT WOULD BE TO LIKE HONE IN MAYBE OUTSIDE INTERESTS OR LIKE MAINTAIN INTERESTS THAT ARE LOCAL TO THE PROPERTY ITSELF, IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND. JUST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT'S WORDED TODAY. AND I JUST HAVE. I'D BE CURIOUS IF ANYONE ELSE HAS GIVEN FURTHER THOUGHT TO THOSE, YOU KNOW, THESE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES ARE NEW TO US, SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT OTHER THOUGHTS ARE ON THOSE APPOINTED POSITIONS? AND HAVE YOU GIVEN THOUGHT TO KIND OF MAYBE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP HERE, ANY ANY, YOU KNOW, FURTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT? IF I, IF I COULD SAY, I THINK THAT THIS IS EVEN THOUGH THIS MIGHT BE NEW TO US, WE DID OBVIOUSLY HAVE A PRESENTATION AND HOW THE SUPPORT AUTHORITY WILL BE RUN THERE. AND BASED ON THAT KNOWLEDGE, I THINK THAT COLLECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT APPOINTMENT WOULD EVENTUALLY LINE UP WITH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WILL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. AND IN THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO, YOU KNOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW, BEING POSTPONED, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, STILL FINDING OUT WHO, WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO FIND, YOU KNOW, QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO HANDLE FUTURE GROWTH. AND OBVIOUSLY MONIES THAT WILL BE IMPACTING THAT GROWTH. I DON'T DISAGREE THAT IT'S A GOOD THING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT THIS HAS DEDICATED FOCUS FOR THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. THE POINT THAT I FOUND OF INTEREST WAS THAT IT SAYS THREE POSITIONS, BUT THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO SAY NOT A PERSON WHO IS ON COUNCIL, MAYBE. WAS THAT THE POINT THAT WAS MADE AND NOT A PERSON WHO'S ON COUNCIL OR NOT? A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN ON COUNCIL? IT DOESN'T SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY. SO I KIND OF WONDER IF THAT IS A RESTRICTION. WHAT'S THE INTENT OF THAT IS SO DOES IT. IF I CAN JUST SPEAK FOR A MINUTE HERE. SO COUNCIL WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE, HAS TO APPOINT THREE CITIZENS, THREE CITIZENS AND, AND ALSO ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER MEMBER WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A CITY OFFICIAL. 
          THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE STATUTORY FACTORS THAT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED. IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL FACTORS, THE COUNCIL CERTAINLY MAY, AS LONG AS THEY'RE CITIZENS AND AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. BUT DID THOSE THREE DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE COULD TECHNICALLY APPOINT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, OR IS THE INTENT TO SAY NOT THREE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T MY INITIAL ANSWER WOULD BE NO, YOU YOU YOU HAVE ONE MEMBER THAT WOULD REPRESENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SO THAT MEMBER COULD TECHNICALLY BE A MEMBER OF COUNCIL. THE OTHER THREE ARE CITIZENS. NON NON CITY OFFICIAL CITIZENS. OKAY. THANKS. THANKS FOR THAT. MY TURN. OKAY. SO THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AT LEAST TEN WEEKS AGO. YEAH. AND I MADE A COMMENT AT THAT TIME WHICH UNFORTUNATELY FELL ON DEAF EARS BECAUSE NOTHING NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY NONE OF MY BUSINESS. SO I LEFT IT AT THAT. BUT I FULLY CONCUR WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS ON MARYSVILLE EAST AND, AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. I'M SURE YOU'RE BECAUSE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A SEPARATE BOARD FROM THE RESIDENTIAL. 
          YEAH. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, SO THERE'LL BE LEGISLATION COMING FOR MARYSVILLE NORTH, 
          [01:20:03]
WHICH WILL ALSO REQUIRE A BOARD. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST SOMEBODY FROM ADINA POINT OR SOMEBODY FROM. BEVERAGE. BE THE EARS OF THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. TO BE CLOSE BY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE. YEAH. OKAY. BUT BUT NO, NO, I AGREE WITH YOU. AND SO FAR WE HAVE DECIDED TO AVOID THE SUBJECT AND WE HAVE NOT HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THE SUBJECT. YEAH. SO FOR REASONS UNKNOWN TO ME, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS AND I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE, THIS SHOULD BE A JOB DESCRIPTION. I DID CHECK WITH ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF JEROME, THE FIRST TIME THAT JEROME HAD THEIR THAT THEIR AUTHORITY, AND I CONTACTED THIS PERSON AND I SAID, HOW BIG OF A JOB IS IT? AND HE SAID, WELL, HE SAID, WE HAVE TO BE THERE OR WE HAD TO BE THERE, ESPECIALLY AT ITS INFANCY. AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TEN, 12 YEARS AGO, AT LEAST EVERY SIX WEEKS AND A MINIMUM OF AN HOUR TO SOMETIMES MAYBE TWO HOURS, BECAUSE AND HE COMMENTED THAT WHOEVER THE DEVELOPMENT FOR JEROME WAS WAS VERY WELL PREPARED. AND HE SAID IT WAS VERY CLEAR WE GOT THE DETAILS AHEAD OF TIME. BUT HE SAID IT WAS STILL EVERY SIX WEEKS AND AT LEAST AN HOUR, AND MANY TIMES IT DID RUN OVER TWO HOURS. YEAH. SO THOSE ARE I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT THE EXPECTATIONS, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT. BUT I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE SHOULD BE AND I'M NOT PUSHING FOR TWO. BUT IF YOU CAN GET TWO, THEN I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF TWO. THAT WOULD LIVE FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED BETWEEN WEAVER AND INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE HOUSING MARKET AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO IT WOULD ONLY MAKE SENSE TO ME TO FIND SOMEBODY FROM THAT AREA THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEND TIME ON THIS. SO DOES THAT ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS? SORRY. YES. HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO GO BACK UP. NO TIME. WE'RE USING THE WORD LOOSELY CITIZENS. ONCE AGAIN, I'M THE FIRST HOUSE OUTSIDE OF MARYSVILLE. IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS EVERYONE ELSE SOUTH OF ME ON WEAVER ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF MARYSVILLE. ONCE AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORS THAT BACK UP TO THAT MAJORITY OF THAT PROPERTY ARE NOT CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE. SO I DO THINK THAT THE VERNACULAR NEEDS TO REFLECT THE NON CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE. AND THAT'S WHY I CHOSE TO GO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE PART OF THE MARYSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYBE AGAIN, I'M NOT BEING RUDE, BUT MAYBE WE CAN BRING YOU INTO THE CITY SOONER THAN SOONER THAN YOU WANT TO TELL. THAT'S NOT TRUE. OKAY, SO. THUS. SO CAN I HEAR A MOTION TO PROPOSE TO POSTPONE THE THIRD READING UNTIL FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025? SO MOVED. ROLL CALL. MR. REESE. YES, MR. BORDNER? YES, MR. WOLFE? YES. MR. BURBY. YES, MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. THIRD READING IS POSTPONED 
          [Ord. D]
TO FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025. ORDINANCE D, SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 3,335,000, 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 SIGNALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO. THREE CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, WIDENING, OPENING, IMPROVING, RESURFACING AND PAVING VARIOUS STREETS, ROADS, CURBS AND SIDEWALKS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO. AND FOUR CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND INNOVATION PARK, INCLUDING ELECTRICAL, LANDSCAPING AND STREETSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO, AND RETIRING NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SUCH PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING RELATED MATTERS. ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION? CITIZENS? COUNCIL? I JUST IT'S 
          [01:25:08]
BEEN ALMOST A MONTH SINCE WE DISCUSSED THIS. SO MAYBE IF MR. LUTZ COULD GIVE AGAIN JUST FOR PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, KIND OF THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS ORDINANCE JUST AS A REFRESHER. THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR. SURE. NO, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO TALK. SO AND, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THERE WERE NOTES ISSUED. THEY WERE SHORT TERM NOTES THAT EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO RENEW, WE HAVE ONE THAT RENEWS IN MARCH, ANOTHER THAT REVIEW IS AUGUST, I THINK TECHNICALLY. SO OBVIOUSLY THIS ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE PASSED WITH THIRD READING AND THEN THE REFERENDUM PERIOD, LEAVING PLENTY OF TIME TO THEN ULTIMATELY SELL THE NOTES. AS OF LATE, THIS HAS PROVEN ADVANTAGEOUS TO US, ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE TIMES WHEN INTEREST RATES WERE SO LOW AND NOW INTEREST RATES ARE STARTING TO GO THE OTHER WAY. SO IF WE SAY HAD CONVERTED THESE BONDS TO LONG TERM AND, YOU KNOW, LOCKED IN AN INTEREST RATE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY NOT HAVE WORKED OUT. SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE DO IT THIS WAY. AND THAT GIVES US A MIX OF DEBT PAYMENTS AS WELL. WHAT WE HAVE HERE LISTED IS 3,335,000. THAT'S $200,000 LESS THAN WHAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE RENEWED. SO THE 200,000 WILL IN FACT BE A PRINCIPAL PAYMENT ON THIS. AND THEN WE WILL FINANCE THE REST OF IT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT DATE. THERE MAY BE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT APPLYING MORE DOWN, IF YOU WILL, BY PASSING THE ORDINANCE AS IS, WE WILL NEED TO FINANCE AT LEAST THAT MUCH AND PAY DOWN $200,000. BUT IF AT THAT TIME WE WANT TO PAY DOWN SOME MORE, THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE. AND WE COULD HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AT THAT TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON JANUARY 27TH, 2025. COMMENTS 
          [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
FROM CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE COUNCIL BRIEFLY A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME AT THE END OF 2024 ON STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHAT CITY COUNCIL, WHAT WE INTERNALLY STAFF AS WE HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES WORKING ON EACH OF THE GOAL AREAS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED IN THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS THAT WE HAD. WE'RE WORKING IN THOSE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE'LL BE DOING A PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL AT THE WORK SESSION IN APRIL TO UPDATE YOU ON IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, ACTION PLANS ON SOME OF THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES, JUST TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DON'T HESITATE STOPPING IN. I CAN GIVE YOU. WE HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES ON EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL GOAL AREAS WORKING ON THOSE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. I'LL START DOWN HERE, MR. BAUCHNER. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT'S KIND OF IT'S BEEN ALMOST A MONTH SINCE WE'VE MET. SO I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES UP HERE ON THE PODIUM. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. PREVIOUS MEETING I WAS ABLE TO WELL, I SHOULD SAY LET ME REWIND BACK TO THE WEEK OF LIKE DECEMBER 18TH. I WAS AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY FROM MR. BURNS OVER AT STATION 272 TO DO A RIDE ALONG FOR, FOR THE DAY. SO I SPENT THE MAJORITY OF MY MORNING AT, AT DECKER FIRE STATION WITH LIEUTENANT HAYES AND MR. TOMLIN. AT, AT AT DECKER. BUT THAT SUBSEQUENT WEDNESDAY, MR. BROOKS OPENED UP HIS DOORS AND ALLOWED ME TO COME IN TO THE POLICE STATION ON ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO MR. OR OFFICER CONNOR JONES, HE HAD THE LOVELY OPPORTUNITY OF SITTING IN A POLICE CRUISER WITH ME FOR FOUR HOURS OF HIS EIGHT HOUR SHIFT, TAKING ME AROUND TOWN, AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS. I CERTAINLY ENJOYED MY TIME WITH WITH YOUR FOLKS, AND I HOPE THAT BOTH OF YOU WILL OPEN UP THE DOORS NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT I HOPE MY OTHER COLLEAGUES UP HERE WILL WILL JUMP ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, RIDE ALONG, RIDE ALONG WITH YOUR WITH YOUR FOLKS. TRULY JUST A BUNCH OF PROFESSIONALS. 
          THEY THEY BELIEVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'RE HERE TO PROTECT, SERVE AND KEEP US SAFE. SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS, AS AS CHIEFS OF OUR R 
          [01:30:02]
DIVISIONS. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. SO THANKS SO MUCH. YEAH, I WANT TO I SECOND ZACH'S COMMENTS THERE AND WELCOME EVERYONE BACK AND WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. I KNOW WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE AND INTERESTING 2020 FOR A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS, A LOT OF PROJECTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING THIS YEAR TO CONTINUE THAT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO KIND OF COMMENT ON THE EARLIER COMMENTS, AND I, I THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND MADE COMMENTS TODAY JUST ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF OUR CITIZENS AND FREE SPEECH AND COMING HERE AND WANTING TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS. I THINK US AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THOSE RIGHTS AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME AND USE FACILITIES AS, AS AVAILABLE. AND I KNOW OF HAVING ATTENDED A FEW OF THE EVENTS PUT ON BY MRS. PHILLIPS, THOSE ARE VERY INFORMATIVE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATION HAS HAD THERE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THOSE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS. AND I I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF HERE, BUT I'M VERY A BIG PROPONENT OF FREE SPEECH, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING WITH, WITH THEIR GROUP TO ALLOW THEM TO USE OUR FACILITIES. AND I KNOW WE ALL HAVE KIND OF THE BEST INTENTIONS WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS, BUT I APPRECIATE THEM COMING OUT AND GIVING COMMENTS. 
          OKAY, WELL, FIRST OFF, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS PRESIDENT LAST YEAR. AND I'M CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEING PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL AS WELL AS VICE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL. BUT. 
          I THINK. BOOST TO THE CONFIDENCE THAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE IN THE WAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING, BEEN GOING ABOUT IT. AND I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE ON. SO IT'S I LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXCITING YEAR. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE THE FINAL COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR THE POSITION OF JOY, AND MAYBE YOU WILL TALK TONIGHT ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. SO BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. PUT ME ON THE SPOT. YES, I'LL SKIP DOWN TO MARK, MR. EAMES, AND THEN I'LL GO BACK. MARK. OH, I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS HAPPY NEW YEAR. YOU KNOW, NEXT MONDAY. I THINK WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING SOME FOOTBALL. SO LET'S ENJOY THIS GREAT NEW YEAR. ALL RIGHT. 
          JUST TWO THINGS TONIGHT. SO YEAH I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION FOR POTENTIALLY STEPPING IN IN THE ABSENCE OF COUNCILMAN BURGER. AND YOU GUYS CONFIDE IN ME FOR THE ABILITY TO RUN A MEETING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. SO IT'S AN HONOR TO DO THAT. WE NEXT WEEK WON'T BE HAVING OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. AND BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING THAT MONDAY, THAT NEXT WEEK WILL BE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO ONE REMIND THE COMMUNITY OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE THAT DAY OFF, DON'T GO INTO WORK BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH WEREN'T AWARE, DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT. THAT'S COMING UP SO SOON. BUT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR, A SPIRITUAL LEADER FOR THIS COUNTRY AND JUST SUCH AN INSPIRATION AND PROFOUND IMPACT ON CIVIL RIGHTS, MY I HAVE A I HAVE HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH IN A PICTURE FRAME AT MY HOUSE. I, I HAD COMMITTED IN MY 20S TO MEMORIZING THAT AND I'M NOT THERE YET, BUT I'M STILL ALIVE. I'M STILL KICKING. SO TIME WILL TELL. BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL THINGS THAT I THINK HE HAD TO SAY WAS, I HAVE A DREAM THAT MY FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WILL ONE DAY LIVE IN A NATION WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BUT JUST THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER. SO JUST PROFOUND IMPACT. I HAVE A DREAM TODAY AND WONDERFUL PERSON AND YEP, THAT'S ALL I HAD. SO KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND, IN YOUR HEARTS GOING INTO NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE UP HERE AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE RESIDENTS FIRST AND THEN WE ARE COUNCIL AND TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AT THE PLATFORM THAT WE HAVE IS TRULY AN HONOR THAT RESIDENTS GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO DO. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SEAT DOESN'T BELONG TO ME, BUT IT BELONGS TO THE COMMUNITY. AND JUST LIKE MEMBERS OF THE PAST AND MEMBERS PRESENT 
          [01:35:07]
AND FUTURE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD A FOUNDATION THAT ALLOWS THIS COMMUNITY TO SUCCEED ON ALL LEVELS. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PIECES OF LEGISLATION WILL COME THROUGH AND IT SEEMS TEDIOUS. 
          AND SOMETIMES COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN BE HEATED OR DECISIONS MIGHT SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, OH, WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, OR WHY COULDN'T WE HAVE PASSED THAT? BUT SMALL INCREMENTS OF CHANGE IS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SMALL INCREMENTS OF CHANGE TO MARYSVILLE, BUT IT'S TO UNION COUNTY, THE STATE OF OHIO, AND IT'S ALSO TO THIS COUNTRY. AND WE MUST, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THAT AND, AND TAKE, TAKE THIS COMMUNITY WITH, WITH THE TAKE THIS POSITION WITH THE HIGHEST RESPECT WE CAN, BUT ALSO WE MUST ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN IN TIMES THAT WE LIVE IN NOW, SOMETIMES IT'S SO EASY TO CRITICIZE, BUT I TRULY MEAN WHAT I SAY WHEN I SAY, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERS OF OUR PAST HAS CREATED A PLATFORM FOR ALL OF US TO SERVE TODAY. AND JUST LIKE SOMEDAY, SOMEONE WILL SERVE WHERE I AM AND I HOPE THAT I WILL LEAVE A LEGACY THAT WILL ALLOW SOMEBODY TO WANT TO BUILD FROM. BECAUSE THAT'S TRULY WHAT DEMOCRACY IS ALL ABOUT. AND TO CONTINUE THE CONTINUE THE WORK OF PROGRESS, TO ENSURING THAT EVERY RESIDENT, NO MATTER THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, YOUR RELIGION OR ANYTHING, YOU ARE YOU. YOU LIVE UP TO YOUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT. AND THAT IS TRULY WHAT SEPARATES AMERICA FROM MOST OTHER COUNTRIES IN IN THE WORLD. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR TOUCHING ON THE LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. YOU KNOW, AND NOT JUST MARTIN LUTHER KING, BUT ALL MEMBERS WHO PUT THEIR HEART FIRST TO TRY TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL OF US WHO SOMETIMES GO UNNOTICED. BECAUSE IN MY SPEECH, I DID SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN SERVE. AND TAKING A MOMENT TO LISTEN, HOLDING A DOOR OR JUST WELCOMING SOMEBODY INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAN DO WONDERS FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL. I'LL BRIEFLY HAVE MCKENZIE TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION PROCESS, THE NOT ELECTION PROCESS, BUT THE APPOINTED PROCESS. SO WE DID HAVE 17 APPLICANTS. I THINK WE HAD ANOTHER ONE TODAY THAT SENT ONE IN. BASED ON THOSE APPLICANTS, THERE BE MYSELF AND SCOTT HUNTER AND ANOTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL WILL GO WILL WILL GO THROUGH THROUGH THAT LIST. LOOK AT THAT LIST AND THEN WE WILL BRING THEM IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. 
          THERE'LL BE AN INTERVIEW PROCESS. I THINK AT FIRST THERE WILL BE SOME E SOME QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE SENT OUT ONLINE THAT I THINK MR. GARDNER HAD HAD HAD SOME HELP IN CREATING. AND THEN THERE AND THEN YOU'LL BE SET UP FOR AN INTERVIEW PROCESS. MCKENZIE IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I MISSED OR THE TOTAL APPLICANTS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE, WHICH WAS 5:00 TODAY, WERE 21 OKAY IN TOTAL, AND THERE'S A TENTATIVE INTERVIEW DATE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 21ST IN THE EVENING. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO I THINK THAT SHOWS YOU THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND WANTING TO BE INVOLVED. AND WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO BE ENGAGED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, TO HAVE THAT, THAT MANY 
          [THE POTENTIAL TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY]
CANDIDATES. SO ANYWAY, I WILL MOVE TO THE POTENTIAL TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY, DO I HEAR A MOTION MAKE A MOTION FOR THE PURPOSES STATED TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? I SECOND THAT MOTION. WAIT, THIS IS WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE REASON STATED TO GO? I THINK IT'S TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE PROPERTY AND TO CONSIDER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC BUSINESS STRATEGY OF AN APPLICANT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE. YES, REVISE THE MOTION THEN THAT STATED PURPOSE. I WILL STILL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. ROLL CALL, MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURBY YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REAMES YES.
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