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          THE DECEMBER 15TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE CAN STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. 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. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS. AMEN. AMEN. ROLL CALL ZACH BODNER HERE, STEVEN WOLF HERE. PINK BARBIE PRESENT. DONALD BERGER HERE, SCOTT HUNTER HERE, MARK REAMS AND JULIE KRAMER HERE. IS THERE 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS NEEDING TO BE MADE TO THE NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 24TH MEETING MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE DECEMBER 8TH, 2025 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 8TH SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? 
          [APPOINTMENTS]
AYE. THANK YOU. AND APPOINTMENTS. IS THAT OKAY? SO IF IF YOU ARE PRESENT, YOU CAN STAND WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. WE ARE A A APPOINTING LAURA INGRAHAM TO THE CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD. HER TERM IS FROM JANUARY JANUARY 1ST, 2026 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2027. HALEY PIETSCH, WHAT IS IT? PATCH. THANK YOU. YOU CAN STAND SINCE I BUTCHERED YOUR LAST NAME. 
          YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. YOUR YOUR TERM GOES FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2026 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. ALL IN FAVOR? CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MARK NAVARRE IS BEING ASKED TO SERVE ON PLANNING COMMISSION STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2026 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2029. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THOSE RESIDENTS THAT COME FORWARD THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY OF 
          [ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]
MARYSVILLE. SO THANK YOU. ADMINISTRATION REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. A COUPLE THINGS. JUST UPDATE ON, OF COURSE, AS YOU DRIVE BY CITY HALL, YOU SEE MARY ON MAIN, THE ICE SKATING THAT IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW, DECEMBER 15TH THROUGH THE 19TH. 
          IT'S OPEN FROM 5 TO 8 P.M. AND THEN DECEMBER 20TH THROUGH JANUARY 4TH. IT'LL BE OPEN FROM 2 TO 8 P.M. BUT IT WILL BE CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE SKATING IS FREE TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ALL AGES, SO IT'S KIND OF COOL TO SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE. NOW I WOULD THEY'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT COLD THIS EVENING, BUT THERE'S STILL SEVERAL SKATERS OUT THERE TONIGHT, SO THAT WAS NICE TO SEE. OF COURSE, VISITOR VISITS WITH SANTA AT PARTNERS PARK. WE STILL HAVE THREE MORE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. DECEMBER 18TH FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. DECEMBER 20TH FROM NOON TO 2 P.M. AND DECEMBER 23RD FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH SANTA LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS. WITH THAT, I'LL SHIFT DOWN TO JEREMY FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS INFORMATION. YEAH. THANKS, TERRY. CITY CREWS, AS TERRY ALLUDED TO, CONTINUE WITH SNOW CLEANUP AND PLOW MAINTENANCE AND THEN SOME DATA REGARDING OUR PLOWING EFFORTS SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON, I TOOK THE AVERAGE OF OUR SNOW EVENTS FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND 
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AN AVERAGE OF OR AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 50 HOURS OF MANPOWER AND 54 TONS OF SALT USED, AND THERE WAS ONE TOTAL EVENT. SO TWO EVENTS FOR THOSE FIVE YEARS. 
          THIS YEAR WE'VE ALREADY HAD TWO SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENTS. WE'RE UP TO 417 HOURS AND 429 TONS OF SALT. SO WE'RE CONSIDERABLY AHEAD OF PACE. I DO NOT WANT TO RUN PERCENTAGES ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. PARKS. THE CREWS CONTINUE WITH THEIR SNOW SNOW ROUTES WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM. THERE ARE ASSISTING WITH THE DEMOLISHING OF THE SCHWARZKOPF PARK SHELTER, AND THEY'RE DOING MAINTENANCE OF THE DECORATIVE LIGHTING UP UPTOWN. WITH THAT BEING SAID, STEVEN AND I ALSO HAVE THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION MEETING TOMORROW AT SIX. ON THE WATER SIDE, THE WATER PRODUCTION AT THE WATER PLANT HAS STUDIED. LAST WEEK WE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 3.15 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WITH A PEAK OF 3.35. AND THEN ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, THE BIG THING THERE IS WE HAVE A KICK OFF MEETING FOR THE UPCOMING SEWER LINING PROJECT, AND WE ALSO HAVE A FILTER SITE VISIT AT DELAWARE COUNTY REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT FOR AN UPCOMING PROJECT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KYLE FOR HIS LOAN CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. THANKS, JEREMY. SO ONLY ONE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ONGOING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S THE CHERRY STREET SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. SO THE PHASE THREE OF THAT PROJECT ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE CONTINUES THIS WEEK. OUR CONTRACTOR WILL WRAP THAT UP BY THE END OF THE WEEK. AND THEY DO NOT PLAN TO COME BACK FOR THAT FINAL PHASE UNTIL THE WEEK OF JANUARY 12TH AT THE EARLIEST. SO THEY'LL BE OFF FOR ROUGHLY THREE WEEKS BEFORE THEY COME BACK TO TOWN TO TACKLE THAT LAST SECTION OF CHERRY STREET. THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR UPDATES. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ONE MORE THING, MR. PRESIDENT. I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT OUR FORMER MAYOR, FORMER PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN GORE, IS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE JOHN, WHO'S MOVED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT, MAYOR. I'LL CALL YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR CITY STAFF? YEP. GO AHEAD. THIS ONE'S PROBABLY FOR KYLE NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. RAN INTO SOME RUNNERS. THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO I'M A LITTLE BIT DELAYED IN ASKING YOU THE QUESTION. BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT FUTURE PAVING PROGRAMS LIKE ON WEAVER ROAD, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OR THE THE WANTING OF HAVING A WALK PATH, BUT IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BECAUSE OF SOME CONSTRAINTS, WHEN THAT AREA IS REPAVED, CAN WE TRY TO GET SOME LEVEL OF EXTENSION ON THE WHITE SIDE OR ON THE. YEAH, THE LADDER SIDE OF THE OF THE WHITE LINE. SO FOLKS COULD COULD RUN IN THAT AREA. YEAH. SO I BELIEVE WEAVER ROADS SHOULD BE UP FOR REPAVING WITHIN THE NEXT 2 OR 3 YEARS. AND THEN AT THAT TIME WE CAN LOOK AT, HEY, CAN WE WIDEN THE ASPHALT SECTION A COUPLE FEET AND THEN MAYBE NARROW UP THE TRAVEL LANE, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN TOWN, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF SHOULDER? YEP, YEP. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR. SHOULDER. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
          [REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL]
COMMENTS. I WILL REPORT OF QUICKER COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF RECOGNITION EVENTS TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          I'M GOING TO WALK DOWN HERE TO THE TO THE FLOOR AND I'M GOING TO HAVE HANK AND JULIE. WELL, COUNCIL MEMBERS KRAMER AND BURLEY TO COME DOWN HERE WITH ME. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A MICROPHONE. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR YOU. AND THIS GOES TO YOU, TOO. AND THIS GOES TO YOU. 
          AND THEN SO THESE GIFTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SMALL, DO NOT DO ENOUGH JUSTICE FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE OF THE CITY, FOR ALL, FOR THE YEARS AND YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL AND YOUR EXTENDED TIME ON COUNCIL. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S YOUR PORTRAITS. YOU CAN HANG THEM IN YOUR BATHROOM OR IN YOUR LIVING ROOM WHEREVER YOU WANT, AND THEN YOUR FLAGS OF YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. YEAH. 
          AND SO IN SAYING THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GROUP PHOTO IF I CAN ASK MY COLLEAGUES. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE US GET CLOSE LIKE WE'RE A FAMILY. AND THEN ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS STAYING IN THE BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A PHOTO. YEAH. AND THEN WE CAN DO A PHOTO OF COUNCIL. AND THEN IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO A PHOTO, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JUMP IN AS WELL. JUST TELL 
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US WHEN IT LOOKS GOOD. AND I CAN SEE YOU. YEAH. YOU WANT ME TO OUT. RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE MOVE ON? IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO BE IN A PHOTO? OH, OKAY. THAT SOUNDS FINE. IT'S BRIEF BECAUSE I ALREADY WROTE SOMETHING. I KNOW THAT IN OUR FINAL COMMENTS. I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER COMMENTS PROBABLY MADE, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY RIGHT NOW? NOT AT THIS POINT. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY RIGHT NOW? OKAY. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. NOW, THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE WE HEAR HEARING 
          [HEARING OF CITIZENS]
OF CITIZENS. SO ANY CITIZEN HAS UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT NOT RELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. BUT ALSO, IF YOU WERE CALLED AND YOU WERE APPOINTED TO A BOARD AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXIT THE ROOM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO THAT. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK YOU HAVE TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. YOU'RE WELCOME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP HERE, SIR? YEAH. AS JERRY SAID EARLIER, MY NAME IS JOHN GORE, AND WE JUST RECENTLY RETURNED BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ALL TOOK GOOD CARE OF THIS CITY. 
          IT LOOKS IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT I REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE STREET DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THOSE IDIOTS THAT DROVE TO COLUMBUS ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO SEE THE BLUE JACKETS PLAY, BECAUSE I HAD TOO MUCH MONEY TIED UP IN TICKETS NOT TO. AND ON THE WAY BACK, ONCE WE GOT INTO THIS AREA, THE STREETS WERE FANTASTIC. AND YOU GUYS DID. AND PLEASE PASS ON TO THE CREW. WHAT A GREAT JOB I THINK YOU DID WITH THE CITY STREETS. IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT HEAVY SNOW WE HAD, MY REAL PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT IS TO IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK HANK FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. I LOOK UP AT COUNCIL AND, YOU KNOW, I BASICALLY KNOW THREE OF YOU, WHICH I ALWAYS SAID THAT THE THAT A MANAGER COUNCIL FORM OF GOVERNMENT WOULD WORK BETTER WHEN THERE WAS A TURNOVER ON COUNCIL. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THAT'S HAPPENED. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO SEE AND TO HEAR. BUT SOME OF YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHEN HANK CAME ON COUNCIL. WHAT WHAT THE CITY WAS FACING FINANCIALLY AND BACK IN THE DAY. 
          AND MARK SHAKING HIS HEAD. YES. BECAUSE HE DOES KNOW BECAUSE MARK'S AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK AT, I MEAN, TALKING ABOUT PLOWING SNOW, EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BACK IN THE EARLY 2000 HAD TO PLOW SNOW BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY OVERTIME. SO A COUPLE MAILBOXES WERE TAKEN OUT BY, I WON'T MENTION THE MAYOR'S NAME, BUT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF MAILBOXES TAKEN OUT. WHATEVER. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO DO TO STREETS. SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAY. AND HANK WAS A BIG PART OF THAT. AS YOU ALL THAT HAVE WORKED WITH HANK KNOW THAT HE LIKES TO RUB THAT NICKEL AND SEE IF HE CAN TURN IT INTO TWO, AND HE'S DONE. HE WAS THE GUY THAT CAME IN, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE ASKED, AND I THINK IT WAS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS RIGHT WHEN I WHETHER I WAS PRESIDENT, I THINK I WAS PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL. AND HE ASKED IF HE COULD SERVE ON FINANCE COMMITTEE. AND THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT HE ONE OF THE REASONS HE RAN IS HE REALLY WANTED TO BE A PART OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. AND IF YOU LOOK AGAIN AROUND YOU, THESE FACILITIES WEREN'T HERE. THE THE POLICE BUILDING AND COURT BUILDING WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME. WE DIDN'T HAVE PARTNERS PARK, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT STUFF. AND WITH THE HARD WORK OF THE COUNCIL AND THE HARD WORK OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND AND THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ■WERE VERY INTERESTED IN SUCCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I GOT YELLED AT ABOUT BY CITIZENS WAS THE BIG NAME OF MEMORIAL HEALTH BECAUSE IT WAS TOO BIG ON TOP OF THE PAVILION, AND I TOLD THEM I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT THEIR NAME UP THERE IF THEY GAVE ME A HALF $1 MILLION LIKE MEMORIAL HEALTH DID. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, HANK, BECAUSE YOU MADE ME A BETTER COUNCIL MEMBER. YOU MADE ME A BETTER MAYOR, AND YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, SOMETIMES TO THE POINT YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY WITH THEM. BUT YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE. YOU ALWAYS HAD GOOD REASON FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. YOU ALWAYS CAME. YOU. YOU ALWAYS CAME WITH SOLUTIONS. AND I THINK THAT'S A 
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FRUSTRATION THAT I HAVE NOW IN THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE MY REAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. 
          AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY OF THEM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SOLUTIONS, I GUESS. AND THAT'S AND HERE I GO AGAIN. MY WIFE TOLD ME I COULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO ME IF YOU IF YOU'RE NOT WALKING IN THOSE SHOES, FOLKS AT LEAST COME IN AND RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, I'LL HELP. WHAT CAN I DO? AND HANK DID. AND HANK, I THANK YOU. YOU'VE BECOME A FRIEND. YOU, THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND I, I GET I JUST WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY. THANK YOU. NOW, MOST PEOPLE I'M ONE OF THE THREE THAT KNOW FORMER MAYOR GORE. THOSE WORDS COME FROM THE HEART BECAUSE IF HE DIDN'T LIKE IT, HE WOULD TELL YOU SO. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE. PLANNING COMMISSION 
          [PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT]
REPORT, MR. HOYNE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD ONE AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS TO HEAR AN APPLICATION FOR MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS COOK'S POINT PUD, THAT WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS WITH A VOTE OF SIX YESES AND ZERO NOS. 
          MOST OF THOSE AMENDMENTS HAD TO DO WITH PERMITTED USES IN THAT DISTRICT. AND JUST AS A HEADS UP, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT PLANS TO COME FORWARD TO COUNCIL AT THE SECOND COUNCIL READING OR SECOND COUNCIL MEETING IN JANUARY. SO YOU GUYS WILL BE HEARING MORE DETAILS ON THAT TOWARDS THE END OF JANUARY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. DESIGN REVIEW 
          [DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPORT]
BOARD REPORT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAD THREE ITEMS AT THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEETING IN DECEMBER. THE FIRST ONE WAS AN OLD ACTUALLY ALL THREE WERE OLD BUSINESS. THE FIRST ONE HAD TO DO WITH AN EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR AN APPLICATION FOR AN EXTERIOR PLAN FOR A PROPOSED DOOR REPLACEMENT WITH A WINDOW LOCATED AT 602 WEST FOURTH STREET IN THE VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT THAT WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS WITH A VOTE OF SIX YESES, ZERO NOS. THE SECOND ITEM WAS AN EXTERIOR AND LANDSCAPE PLAN APPROVAL FOR AN APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED MONUMENT SIGN FOR FOUNDRY 33, LOCATED ON WATKINS ROAD IN THE MARYSVILLE EAST SECTION ONE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED, ACTUALLY, THAT WAS TABLED. SEVEN YESES. ZERO KNOWS THE APPLICANT WAS NOT AT THE MEETING, SO THEY TABLED THAT. THE THIRD ITEM, AND PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING ITEM, IS AN EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR AN APPLICATION FOR AN EXTERIOR PLAN AND LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR A PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 32 SEVEN NORTH MAIN STREET, KNOWN AS THE WANDERING LIGHT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS IS THE CONNECT REAL ESTATE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT JUST RIGHT UP IN THE UPTOWN. THAT WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS WITH A VOTE OF SIX YESES AND ZERO NO'S. THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER HORNE RELATED TO THOSE TOPICS? HEARING NONE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. RESOLUTION A ONE 
          [Res. A]
READING ONLY TO OBJECT TO THE RENEWAL OF THE LIQUOR PERMIT FOR SLUSHED UP LLC DOING BUSINESS AS SLUSHED UP LOCATED AT 116 NORTH MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE, OHIO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OHIO REVISED CODE, SECTION 43 03. 271B, AND TO REQUEST A HEARING WITH THE DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ADMINISTRATION. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE LAW DIRECTOR AND THE POLICE CHIEF A LITTLE BIT ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. I'LL LET THE POLICE CHIEF START. OKAY. JUST KEEPS ROLLING DOWN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. SO IN EARLY NOVEMBER, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL. ALL PERMIT HOLDERS, ALL C AND D PERMIT HOLDERS IN THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAVE TO RENEW THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE IN 2026, FEBRUARY 1ST OF 2026. THEY ASK AT THAT TIME IF THERE IS ANY ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WE HAD ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT REQUIRED RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL AND ALSO A LETTER FROM OUR LAW DIRECTOR. WE'VE BEEN TRACKING SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAD WITH THIS PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENT OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO. SO WE PUT TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION AND 
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SPOKE WITH TIM AND DECIDED TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION FORTH TO COUNCIL TO OBJECT TO TO THEIR RENEWAL. WHILE I WAS DOING THE RESEARCH AND LOOKING THROUGH THIS, THERE ARE SOME IRREGULARITIES OR SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR LIQUOR PERMIT TO BEGIN WITH. SO THERE IS SOME WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL TO TRY TO SORT THROUGH THAT, THAT IT MAY NOT BE OPERATING ON A, ON A VALID OR AT LEAST NOT IN THE WAY IT SHOULD BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE JUST WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS ON ANYTHING OR INTO ANY INVESTIGATIVE THINGS. 
          I GUESS THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE IS IN TWO 2023, WE HAD TWO CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THAT ESTABLISHMENT. ONE WAS A POCKET DIAL 911 AND THE OTHER ONE WAS A FOUND WALLET. REPORTEDLY AROUND EARLY 2024, MID TO 2024. THE MANAGEMENT OR LEADERSHIP OF THAT ESTABLISHMENT CHANGED HANDS FROM AUGUST 1ST OF 2024 TO JULY 31ST OF 2025, WHICH IS 12 MONTHS. WE HAD 36 CALLS FOR SERVICE, INCLUDING SOME CALLS WITH INVOLVING SOME WEAPONS, INTOXICATION, PUBLIC URINATION, ETC. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORTH TO TODAY TO TO RAISE AN OBJECTION TO TO THEIR RENEWAL. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THE, THE ORDINANCE CITES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT THAT CITES THE, THE, THE MANY CALLS TO SERVICE AT THE LOCATION, AND WE HAVE TO GIVE SPECIFIC GROUNDS IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT, YOU KNOW, MEETS THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT THAT OR THAT THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN MET. YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS IT GIVES IT IT FORMALIZES OUR COUNCIL'S OBJECTION. AND AND IN THIS OBJECTION, COUNCIL IS REQUESTING A HEARING. SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THIS RESOLUTION HAS PASSED, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE LIQUOR RENEWAL PERMIT IS GOING TO BE DENIED. WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GIVES THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE A HEARING IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF LIQUOR CONTROL. AND AND WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT IT BE HELD IN MARYSVILLE. THAT'S THAT'S PER STATUTE. WE CAN DO THAT. SO I'LL KEEP COUNCIL NOTIFIED AS TO WHEN THE HEARING IS. AND AND I DON'T KNOW, REALLY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIME FRAME IS, BUT I, I HOPE THAT THEY'LL THEY'LL BE A HEARING AND PROBABLY BE EARLY IN THE, IN THE YEAR, YOU KNOW AND AND I'LL GET WITH CHIEF BROOKS AND WE'LL HAVE OUR EVIDENCE PREPARED AND WE'LL GO TO THE HEARING. SO. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER OF THOSE GENTLEMEN HEARING? NONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY CITIZENS? NOW? NOW, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY? IS THERE A MOTION SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. OKAY. ROLL CALL, MR. BURGER. YES, MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REAMS. YES, MISS KRAMER? YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. 
          MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURBY. YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES ORDINANCE A THIRD READING VOTE 
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TO AMEND CHAPTER 1320 VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE CODIFIED ORDINANCES. AND I HAVE A PRESENTATION TO PULL UP. WHERE'S YOURS, MR. HOYNE? THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AS MCKENZIE MENTIONED, THIS IS A THIRD READING REGARDING THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION. AND WE DO HAVE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT WE WANT TO BRING FORTH. HOWEVER, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE AMENDMENT, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE, I'M JUST GOING TO PROVIDE JUST A QUICK REFRESH OF HOW WE GOT HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO AT THE NOVEMBER 10TH COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS ALSO THIRD READING AND STAFF CAME FORTH WITH A PROPOSED AMENDMENT JUST IN ONE SMALL SECTION IN THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION CODE. AND THAT AMENDMENT HERE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER, AFTER WE PROPOSE THE AMENDMENT, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON SHOULD THAT VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION, IF IT CHANGES OWNERSHIP, SHOULD THE VACANT BUILDING TIMELINE REVERT BACK TO ZERO OR SHOULD IT CONTINUE ON? WELL, WE TABLED THIS LEGISLATION AT THAT MEETING AND THEN AT THE DECEMBER PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE MEETING ON DECEMBER 1ST, WE PROPOSED A COUPLE OPTIONS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE. THE FIRST OPTION WAS JUST TO KEEP IT AS IS IN THE PLANS, WHERE IT CONTINUES ON AFTER IT TRANSFERS OWNERSHIP. THAT'S OPTION ONE. OPTION TWO WAS STAFF'S 
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PREFERRED OPTION, AND IT WAS ALSO UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE. 
          THAT OPTION REVERTS THE TIMELINE. IT KIND OF RESETS THAT TIMELINE BACK TO YEAR ONE FOR THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION. AND THEN ALSO IN THE UNDERLYING PORTION HERE WE TOUCHED ON THERE WAS ANOTHER TOPIC WE TALKED ABOUT ON NOVEMBER IN NOVEMBER COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT WHAT IF IT TRANSFERS MULTIPLE HANDS. THIS THIS I GUESS VERBIAGE OR WORDING UNDERLINED HERE TALKS ABOUT A SINGLE TRANSFER. SO IF IT CONTINUES TO TRANSFER, IT WILL NO LONGER REVERT BACK TO ZERO. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO AMEND THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION CODE WITH OPTION TWO WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SERVICE AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. HUANG I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT. SO THIS ZONING AMENDMENT DOES NOT TALK ABOUT THE EXEMPTIONS OR THE CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. THIS IS THAT'S I THINK ALREADY IN THE ZONING CODE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE AS WE DISCUSS THIS. THERE'S ALSO CONSIDERATION OF EXEMPTIONS. SO THERE'S STILL A PROCESS THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH TO SAY FOR EXAMPLE WE'VE GOT A WE WANT TO DO AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE PROJECT. I WANT TO SEEK AN EXEMPTION FROM THIS BECAUSE I HAVE AN ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. I THINK THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD HAD LAST TIME WAS WE DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO STRUCTURES, TO, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY AND WHATNOT. THE EXEMPTION PROCESS IS STILL THERE. THIS IS A FURTHER MODIFICATION OF THE VACANT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING FEE TAXED, YOU KNOW, COUPLED WITH THE EXEMPTION. SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE A VERY STRONG SET OF STANDARDS BETWEEN THIS AND THAT TO ACCOMPLISH. I THINK THE THE GOAL THAT WE HAD SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH. SO, YEAH. YEAH. SO THE AMENDMENT WOULD JUST BE THIS WORDING RIGHT HERE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY. NO. 
          I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. AND I APPRECIATE MR. HUANG AND THE AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS. AND LIKE MR. HUNTER SAID, WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WANT TO DETER PEOPLE FROM INVESTING IN OUR UPTOWN. WE WANT WE WANT PEOPLE TO OR MAKING INVESTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THIS KIND OF SATISFIES THAT DISCUSSION POINT. OKAY. I MOVE TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION AS PRESENTED. OPTION TWO ROLL CALL, MR. HUNTER. YES. MR. REAMES YES. MISS KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BERBEE YES. MR. BURGER YES. AMENDMENT PASSES. SO THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS NOW IN SECOND READING. IS THERE ANY CITIZENS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? HEARING NONE. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING ROLL CALL. MR. REAMES. YES, MISS KRAMER? YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BERBEE YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. 
          WAIVING THIRD PASSES. MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MISS KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURR YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER 
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YES. MR. REAMES LEGISLATION PASSES ORDINANCE BE. TO AMEND ORDINANCE ZERO 12 2025. 
          ANNUAL COMPENSATION FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES 2026 ADMINISTRATION NOTHING FURTHER. 
          COUNCIL. MR. PRESIDENT YES, JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT THE IDEA THAT YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME IN BETWEEN MIDDLE GROUND. YOU KNOW IT. DOES ANYONE HAVE AN A PROPOSAL OF A WAY TO HANDLE THIS OR A SUGGESTION TO RECONSIDER OUR LAST AMENDMENT? DID WE COME UP WITH I THINK THAT WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK BASED ON. A PERSPECTIVE THAT I OFFERED, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE THE UNIONS WERE. OR WERE ABLE TO TO SUPPORT THAT 
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PROPOSAL. BUT I, I DO THINK I'M GOING TO REITERATE THAT. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO. TAKE A DIVE INTO OUR. JUST PAYROLL POLICY AS A, AS A WHOLE, AND I WILL REINFORCE. MY WANTING TO HAVE OR EXPECTATION TO HAVE A WORKING GROUP EVALUATE THIS IN THE COMING MONTHS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION AS AMENDED. 
          ROLL CALL. MR. BORDNER. NO. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURBY YES. MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. 
          MR. REAMES YES. MISS. KRAMER YES. LEGISLATION PASSES ORDINANCE C, THIRD READING VOTE 
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TO AMEND PART NINE STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. 
          CODIFIED ORDINANCES. ADMINISTRATION. JEREMY'S GOT A BRIEF UPDATE ON THIS, I THINK, AM I CORRECT? YEAH. YEP. I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS. SO AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCILMAN BURBY ASKED ABOUT OUR FAT OILS AND GREASES PROGRAM. SO WHAT THAT IS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, INDUSTRIAL USERS ARE WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE IN THE WASTEWATER SURCHARGE. THOSE ARE WHAT WE CALL LARGE MANUFACTURERS OR FACILITIES WITH HEAVY AND OR SPECIALIZED WASTEWATER. SO THEY DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PERMITTING PROCESS, AS I DESCRIBED AT THE LAST MEETING, AS IT RELATES TO COMMERCIAL USERS, THESE ARE FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS OR BUSINESSES THAT PRODUCE FAT, OILS AND GREASES THAT CAN CLOG THE SANITARY SYSTEM. SO FOG DOESN'T NECESSARILY POLLUTE THE WASTEWATER IN A CHEMICAL SENSE. 
          IT REALLY JUST CAUSES BACKFLOWS FOR THERE OR BLOCKAGES, OVERFLOWS AND MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OR THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE CONNECTING INTO THE SYSTEM. THE OTHER QUESTION YOU HAD MENTIONED WAS WHETHER OUR TIER FOUR RATE COVERS OUR COST. SO I DID RUN SOME QUICK NUMBERS IN THE CURRENT TIER FOUR AT 290 DOES COVER JUST OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS. SO THE INCREASES IN TIER FOUR WILL HELP PAY BACK FOR SOME OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT THAT THE WATER DIVISION HAS GONE UNDER. AND THEN THE THE FINAL ITEM I GUESS I'D LIKE TO BRING TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCILWOMAN KRAMER REGARDING SECTION 930 .11, AND THAT HAD TO DEAL WITH THE GROUNDWATER WELL RESTRICTIONS. SO AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE FELT THAT THAT IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE CALLED IT GROUNDWATER WELL AND PRIVATE WATER SYSTEMS TO ENCOMPASS A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST WELLS, IF THAT'S THE CASE. AND THEN AS WELL, COUNCILMAN KRAMER THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD ADD SOME TEXT IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, ONE WELL. OR IF YOU DO INSTALL PRIVATE SYSTEM THAT THAT PROPERTY THAT IT'S ON IN THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO USE THAT SPECIFIC PRIVATE WATER SYSTEM. SO IN SUMMARY, THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT. THERE WAS ONE LITTLE TYPO WHERE IT SAID HIS INSTEAD OF THIS. SO THAT'S INCORPORATED IN INTO THE DOCUMENT AS WELL. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN KRAMER TO SEE IF, SEE IF I MISSED ANYTHING. BUT THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE GIST OKAY. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUMMARY. AND THIS BASICALLY THIS AMENDMENT ENCOMPASSES THE THE PRIVATE WATER SYSTEMS RATHER THAN ONLY WELLS BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THEY ARE. PRIVATE WATER SYSTEMS ARE DEFINED IN THE OHIO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND WELLS ARE PART OF A GROUP OF FEATURES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY THAT COMMON, BUT THEN WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR LANGUAGE MOVING FORWARD, CONSISTENT WITH THAT AGENCY AND THEIR PERMITTING PROCESS, AND HOW THEIR FORM IS SET UP. AND SINCE WE WOULD BE WORKING CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY MOVING FORWARD, THAT WOULD HELP HELP MAKE THIS MORE CONSISTENT. 
          SO THAT'S JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHY THESE THESE AMENDMENTS ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? HEARING? NONE. WOULD SOMEONE WANT TO DO A 
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MOTION TO AMEND? I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. KIRBY. YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REAMES YES. MISS. KRAMER YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. AMENDMENT PASSES NOW THAT THE LEGISLATION HAS BEEN AMENDED. IT'S BACK TO SECOND READING. IS THERE ANY CITIZENS? HEARING? NONE. I MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING ROLL CALL, MR. BURBY. YES, MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REAMES. YES. MISS KRAMER. 
          YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. SEVEN. YES. THIRD READING WAIVED. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO PASS THE AMENDED LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MR. BURGER. YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REAMES. YES. 
          MISS KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BURPEE YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION 
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PASSES. ORDINANCE D SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE TO AUTHORIZE END OF YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR MULTIPLE FUNDS AND MODIFY THE 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          ADMINISTRATION. I BELIEVE BRAD HAS SOME UPDATES FOR YOU THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR OH, JUST STAY RIGHT HERE. HELLO? HELLO. OKAY. IF I TURN THAT ON. SO WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS MY PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO WHAT YOU SAW AT THE FIRST MEETING. SO SINCE THAT TIME, A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE THE POS. SO NO MORE MONEY CAN BE ENCUMBERED FROM THE 2025 BUDGET. EVEN IF THERE WERE APPROPRIATIONS LEFT AND STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH AND MADE THE FINAL NON PAYROLL EXPENDITURES WHICH HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE SYSTEM, WE STILL HAVE ONE PAYROLL LEFT, BUT PAYROLL IS PRETTY EASY TO PREDICT. SO WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE EVERYTHING BALANCE THE WAY IT NEEDS TO. GOING INTO YEAR END. THE SUPPLEMENTALS ARE IN A TOTAL SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE IN THE 535 FUND, WHICH IS IN THE BOTTOM THIRD OF THE PAGE, ON THE FRONT OF PAGES ONE THROUGH FOUR, THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND LINE ITEM TRANSFER, WE HAVE $8 MILLION BEING TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE OPERATING FUND, AND THAT'LL BE GOING INTO THE CAPITAL FUND. THAT'S JUST TO COVER ENCUMBRANCES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THAT FUND FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING AND OR PLANNED FOR THAT WERE INITIALLY PLANNED FOR 2025, BUT ARE GOING TO CARRY FORWARD INTO 2026. OTHERWISE, THE TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. 
          AND WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTALS ON. BUT TO EMPHASIZE A FEW, A LOT OF THESE HAVE TO DO WITH INCREASES IN HEALTH INSURANCE, PRIMARILY DUE TO LIFE EVENTS. SO THIS COULD BE MARRIAGE, IT COULD BE HAVING A CHILD, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. OR IT COULD BE A PERSON WHO LEFT EMPLOYMENT THAT WAS, SAY, NOT TAKING OUR INSURANCE, BUT NOW THEY'RE TAKING FAMILY. SO WENT THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 
          AND AS I'VE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES BEFORE, WE SEEM TO RARELY SEE THAT GO THE OTHER DIRECTION. 
          SO GENERALLY JUST GOES UP. WE DID HAVE SOME OTHER ITEMS AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THE GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE THE OTHERS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE SELF-EXPLANATORY. YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET FOR 2025 AT THE COUNTY WASN'T APPROVED UNTIL AFTER WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND THAT'S THE SAME WAY THIS YEAR. WE DID ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. WE TALKED ABOUT UTILIZING MURPHY EPSON TO 
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ENHANCE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CITIZENS. SO THAT AMOUNT IS IN THERE. WE DID MAKE A TRANSITION IN THE HR DEPARTMENT, SO THERE WERE SOME COST RELATED TO THAT IN TERMS OF HIRING A NEW EMPLOYEE AND TAKING THEIR EXPERIENCE AND INTO CONSIDERATION. WE DID HAVE SOME LEGAL ADVERTISING INCREASES. JUST A LOT OF NOTICES SENT OUT IN 2025. AND THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE THINGS TO SEND OUT WHEN TAKING INTO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THEM. WE DID HAVE SOME INCREASE IN TYLER TECH. WE WERE WE WERE GOING THROUGH TRANSITION IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SO FOR SOME UPGRADES AND SO FORTH. DIDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW THE TOTAL COST FOR THOSE PROJECTS. BUT THEN WE DID. SO NOT ONLY DO WE NOW KNOW THE AMOUNT GOING IN AND TO FINISH OUT 2025, BUT WE CERTAINLY KNOW THE AMOUNT IN 2026. AND THAT, OF COURSE, WAS ALREADY IN THE 2026 BUDGET. I'M SKIPPING THE LIFE EVENTS ONES. AND THEN THE TRANSFER THAT'S THERE'S SOME OF THAT GOING TO CAPITAL. WE DISCUSSED THAT SOME OF THAT GOING TO THE STATE ROUTE 31 FUND, SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO. BIG PART OF THAT 2 MILLION OF THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE MOVING TO THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND FROM THE LAND SALE. SO THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT COMES FROM FOR THE MOST PART. AND THEN FINALLY ADVANCES OF 100,000. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MOVE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SHEET. THAT'S A COMPLETELY UNINTENTIONALLY CHRISTMASSY WITH RED AND GREEN. I WANT YOU TO JUST LOOK AT THAT FIRST LINE UP THERE, THE 2024 ENDING FUND BALANCE, THEN 2025 PROJECTED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES GETTING OVER TO 2025 PROJECTED FUND BALANCE. IF YOU RECALL TO WHEN WE PASSED THE BUDGET, THAT NUMBER WAS AT 7.2 MILLION. NOW IT'S AT 8 MILLION. SO WHAT I EXPECTED TO HAPPEN HAPPENED WHERE WE DIDN'T EXPEND AS MUCH AS WE HAD BUDGETED AND OR EVEN OR WE JUST DIDN'T ENCUMBER THOSE FUNDS AGAIN. SO POS ARE CLOSED. SO THAT BROUGHT THE 2026 ENDING FUND BALANCE UP TO 7.8 MILLION. 
          EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THIS SHEET IS INCLUDED IN THIS. THESE ARE NOT ADDED. THESE ARE ENCOMPASSING. SO EVEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 9.296 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTALS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE STILL ENDING 800,000 AHEAD OF WHERE I EXPECTED. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE INITIALLY DID THE BUDGET. AND OF COURSE SEE THAT CARRIED FORWARD TO 2026 BECAUSE OF COURSE THERE'S NO CHANGES MADE TO 2026 BUDGET BECAUSE YOU JUST APPROVED THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          SO ALL OF THIS WAS ACCOUNTED FOR AGAIN THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE'RE NOW JUST KNOW WHAT THE FINAL AMOUNTS ARE AND ARE ASKING YOU TO MOVE THOSE SUPPLEMENT THOSE MONIES INTO THESE LINE ITEMS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE NO NEGATIVE FUND BALANCES AND LINE ITEMS AT THE END OF 2025, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AN AUDIT VIOLATION. SO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. WE JUST NEED TO ADMINISTRATIVELY MOVE THEM OR SUPPLEMENT THOSE FUNDS. WHAT COMES BELOW THAT FOR THE NEXT THREE PAGES WITH SOME BURNT ORANGE ARE WHERE WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM ONE LINE ITEM OBJECT TO ANOTHER. SO AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, IF I NEED TO MOVE MONIES FROM A 53 TO A 54, I NEED TO COME TO COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR LEGAL LEVEL OF CONTROL. THAT'S WHERE YOU APPROPRIATE. IF I HAVE TO MOVE MONIES IN BETWEEN 50 TWOS, 5354, I CAN ASK SANDY TO DO THAT. SHE'S STILL HERE. SHE'S STILL THERE. SO SHE GETS TO DO THAT. 
          I WENT AHEAD AND LEFT. THE ONES THAT ARE ON HERE, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T NEED TO APPROVE, BUT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE ONES THAT ARE NOT IN BURNT ORANGE. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I CAN JUST TRANSFER WITHIN THE LINE ITEMS. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF IT THAT WE'RE JUST MOVING FROM PART TIME EMPLOYEES TO EMPLOYEES, OR MAYBE SICK LEAVE PAYOUT TO EVEN SOME MEDICAL INSURANCE, JUST WHEREVER WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK. WE DID. AND THEN THE BURNT ORANGE ONES ARE INTERFUND TRANSFERS. SO THESE DO NOT CROSS FUNDS. ALL THESE ARE WITHIN THE FUNDS. BUT WE'RE MOVING SAY FROM AGAIN MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO TECHNICAL SERVICES OR OTHER EXPENSES TO PAYROLL. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BURNT ORANGE. 
          SO I NEED YOUR APPROVAL TO MAKE THOSE TRANSFERS AGAIN THAT ARE THAT COLOR. AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON THERE, LIKE I SAID, IS REALLY JUST A AN ILLUSTRATION OF HOW WE MADE THIS ALL WORK. I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, TOO, THAT SOME OF THESE SUPPLEMENTAL LINE ITEMS I PROBABLY COULD HAVE FOUND ENOUGH LINE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT BEING FULLY EXPENDED TO MOVE INTO THESE LINE ITEMS AND NOT DO A SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSFER OR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST. HOWEVER, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF LINE ITEMS. SO IN OTHER WORDS, I MAY HAVE BEEN TAKING FROM 6 
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OR 7 LINE ITEMS TO JUST MAKE THIS ONE LINE. I'M NOT BEING NEGATIVE. AND THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS A LOT OF EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT. ALL THESE HAVE TO BE ENTERED IN MANUALLY, INDIVIDUALLY, SO QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S JUST EASIER FOR ME TO COME TO YOU AND ASK FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ON THAT LINE ITEM. AGAIN, A GOOD EXAMPLE BEING, YOU KNOW, THE 14,000 IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I GUARANTEE YOU I COULD HAVE FOUND $14,000 IN VARIOUS LINE ITEMS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER THAT. BUT ASKING FOR SUPPLEMENTAL IS MUCH EASIER. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE ALL INCLUDED IN HERE. SO EVERY SINGLE FUND ENDS THE YEAR POSITIVE. AND UTILIZING THAT BEGINNING FUND BALANCE WITH THE BUDGET THAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED SHOWS THAT THE ENDING FUND BALANCE OF EVERYTHING IN 2026 IS POSITIVE. SO IT ALL ALIGNS WITH THE BUDGET THAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED. SO THIS EVENING, I WOULD BE ASKING YOU TO AMEND THE PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW, AMEND THE ORDINANCE, WHICH OF COURSE, I WON'T SPEAK FOR TIM, BUT MAKES IT GO BACK TO SECOND READING, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY WHERE WE'RE AT PUBLIC HEARING. WHAT DOES A WAIVER OF THE THIRD READING NEED TO BE DONE? AGAIN, THAT PART I WASN'T SURE ABOUT. NO. I'M SORRY. NO, WE DON'T NEED AN EMERGENCY. BUT WE YEAH, WE WOULD NEED IF YOU WANT TO PASS IT TONIGHT, YOU HAVE TO WAIT. YES, YES. AND WE WOULD NEED TO PASS THESE TONIGHT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR. AND THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE 1231, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE BALANCE SHEET GETS, GETS PRINTED. AND THAT'S WHAT THE AUDITORS WILL UTILIZE MOVING FORWARD. WE DID GO OVER THIS AND SLIGHTLY MORE DETAIL, BUT NOT MUCH MORE HONESTLY IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WE DIDN'T ASK FOR FINANCE COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL OR ANYTHING, BUT WANTED TO GO OVER IT AS PART OF THE NOVEMBER FINANCIALS AS WELL. BUT THEY THEY DID HEAR ABOUT THIS IN THERE. IS THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC? HEARING, NOT SEEING ANYBODY RUN TO THE PODIUM? COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU. MIND IF I DO? I KNOW 20, 25, 24, 25 HAS BEEN A YEAR WITH A LOT OF MISINFORMATION, CONFUSING INFORMATION ABOUT THE TIFF. YEAH. AND A OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. SURE. BUT LOOKING AT THE 25 BUDGET, YOU DO HAVE A LINE ITEM. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST MAYBE FOR JUST A SECOND, EXPLAIN AS TO HOW WE WERE ABLE TO NOW REFUND OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, IN EXCESS OF $2.5 MILLION. BACK TO THE SCHOOL. OH, OKAY. SO YEAH. SO AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF FOR EDIFICATION FOR EVERYBODY THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING AS WELL. ALL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL TIF MONIES ARE COLLECTED INTO THE SEWER FUND, THE 535 FUND AND ANY ALL OF OUR COMMERCIAL TIFS ARE COLLECTED IN THE 247 FUND. AND THEN OUR, YOU KNOW, ANY CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE UTILIZED OR THAT UTILIZE THOSE MONIES, WE ACTUALLY TRANSFER INTO THE 44. OH, LET'S SEE HERE. YEAH, THE 441 FUND. AND THAT'S WHERE THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IS MADE OUT OF. IT'S A BIT MORE COMPLICATED, BUT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES I'D LIKE TO KEEP ALL IN THE FOUR HUNDREDS. SO WE DID SEE I DON'T HAVE MY MONTH END REPORT UP. I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 3 TO 4% INCREASE IN THE COLLECTIONS ON THE TIF. SO WE WERE ABLE TO OBVIOUSLY PAY MORE MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF THAT. AND THEREFORE THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST. SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE 535 PAYMENT TO SCHOOL, THAT WAS A $90,000 SUPPLEMENTAL I'M REQUESTING. 
          AND IN THE 247, THE PAYMENT TO SCHOOL IS 255,000. SO BASICALLY ROUGHLY $345,000 MORE WAS COLLECTED THAN I ESTIMATED. AND THAT THAT IS MONEY THAT WENT TO THE SCHOOLS. YEAH. AND SO AND A LOT OF THAT ALSO HAD TO DO WITH THAT. WE HAD A FIXED AMOUNT WHEN WE HAD THE TIFF GOING WAY BACK WHEN WE BUILT THE WASTEWATER. YEAH. SINCE THEN, YEAH, WE ARE CAPPED OFF. AND THEN ANYTHING THAT THE SCHOOL HAS TO ASK IN ADDITION, IS GOING DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN ONE OF OUR TIF AREAS. SO I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. YEAH, THAT WE WE ARE BASICALLY WE CAN EXPECT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS WE USED TO. YEAH. BUT ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT IS COMING IN IS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO THE SCHOOL. AND I THINK THE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT. YES. YEAH. AND I THINK OF THE LAST AT LEAST THREE, FOUR YEARS WHEN WE'VE 
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BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT FILTERED OUT AND GET THAT MONEY BACK TO THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY COLLECT WHAT WE DESERVE. AND THEN THE REST GOES BACK TO THE SCHOOL. CORRECT? YEAH. AND WITH ANY LUCK, I'LL BE BACK TO THIS GROUP IN DECEMBER OF 2026 ASKING FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL ON THOSE LINE ITEMS AGAIN. HOPEFULLY IT ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN EXPECTED. 
          SO. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? I HAD THE BENEFIT OF SEEING THIS IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE THIS. SO I THINK I'M OKAY. OKAY, I'LL WITH THAT. THAT BEING SAID, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO. WAIVE THE THIRD READING OF MEN. I'M SORRY. AMEND. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY I CAN'T I CAN'T YEAH IT'S OKAY. AMEND AMEND THE LEGISLATION. THANK YOU SIR. ROLL CALL MR. HUNTER. YES, MR. REAMES? YES, MISS KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURPEE. 
          YES. MR. BERGER. YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION AMENDED. NOW, THIS LEGISLATION HAS ALSO AMENDED, WHICH MEANS IT GOES BACK TO SECOND READING. SO IS THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU SURE? MOVING ON. IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE THIRD READING? MR. PRESIDENT, WE WAIVE THIRD READING ON DECEMBER 1ST. OKAY. I MOVED TO PASS THE LEGISLATION AS AMENDED. 
          OKAY. OH. THERE SHOULD BE A EMERGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS DONE OR NO APPROPRIATIONS ARE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO PURCHASE APPLAUSE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO MR. WILLIAMS, SO, SO. SO ROLL CALL TO PASS THE ADMINISTRATION, PASS THE LEGISLATION. MR. REAMES YES, MISS KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURBY YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK 
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YOU. ORDINANCE E IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TOPIC. PASS A BUDGET TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 1,335,000, 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, RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND APPRENTICES THERETO. THREE CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, WIDENING, OPENING, IMPROVING, RESURFACING AND PAVEMENT PAVING VARIOUS STREETS, ROADS, CURBS AND SIDEWALKS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO, AND FOR 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. MR. LUTZ WOULD HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS AS WELL. YES. SO ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE USED TO HAVE TWO. NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE SHORT TERM BONDS THAT ARE RENEWED EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE 3.335 MILLION THAT WILL BE NEED TO BE RETIRED. WHAT WE GENERALLY DO IS ISSUE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT COVERS A PORTION OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE PAID OFF, AND THEN SUPPLEMENT THE REST WITH DEBT SERVICE FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AS WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE WOULD BE WE WILL BE USING 2 MILLION OF THE MONEYS COLLECTED FROM THE SALE OF INNOVATION PARK PROPERTY TO PAY DOWN THIS DEBT. SO TAKE 2 MILLION OFF THAT AMOUNT. IT IS 1.335 MILLION AND THAT IS THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO THERE WILL THERE'S ALWAYS OTHER SMALLER COSTS WITH ISSUING DEBT AND SO FORTH, BANK FEES AND WHATNOT. BUT THOSE ARE RELATIVELY SMALL. SO THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE ACTUALLY ISSUED IN BONDS. AND REALLY AGAIN, HAVE TO MAKE CLEAR AND YOU KNOW, MARK AND HANK IN PARTICULAR CAN SPEAK TO THIS OVER THE YEARS. I MEAN, WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS PAYING DOWN THE SHORT TERM DEBTS, UTILIZING, FOR THE MOST PART, THE SALES OF LAND IN INNOVATION PARK. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE WHEN I STARTED, BUT THEY WERE CERTAINLY MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HIGHER THAN THIS 1.335. SO I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY AMAZING JOB ON THE BEHALF OF COUNCIL, TO DEDICATE THOSE FUNDS TO PAYING DOWN THIS DEBT AND LIKE TO BELIEVE. WHO 
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KNOWS, MAYBE EVEN NEXT YEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE WILL BE ABLE TO BE DONE. SO. THANK YOU COUNCIL. I GUESS MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL JUST FOR CLARITY. WE HAD THE BOND. AS MR. LUTZ SAID, IT WAS 3.335. AND I KNOW YOU HEARD MR. LUTZ EARLIER SAY WE HAD PUT SOME MONEY IN A CAPITAL RAISE. 
          EXCUSE ME? THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND. SO THAT WAS ROUGHLY TWO ISH MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER. WELL, AND THEN ANOTHER 2 MILLION WAS APPLIED TO THIS BOND TO PAY DOWN DEBT. NOW WE'RE REISSUING IT AT A LESSER VALUE. SO OVERALL GOOD THING THEN THERE'S SOME RESIDUAL THAT'S PUT FORTH IN ANOTHER, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH WHICH YEAH. THE CAPITAL FUND FOR FUTURE PROJECTS POTENTIALLY UPTOWN THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. SO JUST A LITTLE HISTORY BEHIND THIS, THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. MR. BERG, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER YOU WANT TO ADD, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. WELL, THANKS FOR EVERYONE'S DUE DILIGENCE. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 12TH, 2025. CITY 
          [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
MANAGER THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR JUST A REALLY GOOD 2025. I WANTED TO WELCOME KELSEY, WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. SHE'LL BE ARRIVING AND IN JANUARY TO TAKE TAKE HER SEAT AS WELL AS AS AS KATHY YOUNG WILL BE. I'M KIND OF SHOCKED. KATHY'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE. 
          BUT I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR FOR YOUR WORK AND AND WORKING WITH OUR ADMINISTRATION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU AS WELL, A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND AND SAFE TRAVELS IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OVER THE HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. SO I ALWAYS GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT SINCE IT'S YOUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I'LL LET YOU TAKE THE LEAD. IF YOU WANTED TO START. OKAY. AND I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TONIGHT. I'VE HAD A SHORT TIME ON COUNCIL ABOUT 11 MONTHS, SO I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO FIT FOUR YEARS INTO ONE, AS I'VE SHARED WITH MANY OF YOU. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I ACCOMPLISHED THAT, BUT I GUESS TO BE SHORT ONE. 
          ONE THING THAT HAS GUIDED ME THROUGHOUT MY TIME ON COUNCIL, AND I SPOKE THESE WORDS TO YOU ALL BEFORE I WAS EVEN ON COUNCIL WHEN I PRESENTED THE OAKDALE CEMETERY NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. AND ONE THING THAT HAS REALLY STUCK WITH ME IS COMMENTS IN THE DEDICATION SPEECH. AND I THINK JUST TO CLOSE OUT MY TIME, I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE THOSE ALL WITH YOU AGAIN, THEY HAVE DONE WELL FOR THEY HAVE PLANNED NOT FOR THE PRESENT ONLY, BUT FOR THE FUTURE. THEY HAVE PLANNED AS THOUGH THEY HAVE FELT THAT THEY WERE THE REPRESENTATIVES, NOT MERELY OF THE PRESENT CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE, BUT OF THE GENERATIONS THAT WERE TO COME AFTER, AS THOUGH THEY WOULD MERIT THE APPROVAL AND GRATITUDE OF THE THOUSANDS WHO, AFTER THEY AND YOU HAVE BEEN GATHERED TO YOUR FATHERS, SHALL LOOK UPON THEIR WORK. SO JUST TRULY FEEL LIKE AS WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS, WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, OR EVEN 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO, THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THESE DECISIONS, THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, WERE THINKING HUNDREDS OF YEARS AHEAD, AND HERE WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL LEARNED A LOT DURING MY TIME HERE. AND I WILL CONTINUE NOT TO BE A STRANGER AROUND HERE, AND I WISH YOU ALL VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. REAMES. I THINK I'LL JUST START BY WISHING EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ADVANCE. AND YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO THANK JULIE AND HANK FOR THEIR TIME ON SERVICE. JULIE. I MEAN, I WAS SUPER IMPRESSED. YOU KNOW, YOU JUMPED IN AND YOU LEARNED SUPER FAST. I, I DO THINK YOU CAUGHT UP ON FOUR YEARS IN THAT 11 MONTHS. SO YOU DID A GREAT JOB. AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND AND DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS, WHICH SUCH A SHORT 
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PERIOD OF TIME IS YOU DID A GREAT JOB. AND HANK, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          AND AND LIKE JOHN SAID, THE FINANCIAL SIDE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT STRENGTH. AND, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU SURE? YEAH. I'LL JUST STICK WITH SOME OF THE THE MESSAGING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, COUNCILWOMAN CRAMER. AND IT IS BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW YOU MORE. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE CERTAINLY EXERCISED YOU KNOW, YOUR DUE GIVING DUE DILIGENCE TO ANY PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT COMES BEFORE YOU. MY OBSERVATIONS HAVE HAVE BEEN THAT YOU'RE VERY THOROUGH AND YOUR INTERESTS ARE THAT OF THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN IT. SO I JUST AM GLAD TO HAVE HAD YOU JOIN US FOR THAT 11 MONTHS. AND ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND MOVING ON TO COUNCILMAN BURBY, IN 2021, I DECIDED TO PUT MY NAME IN THE HAT TO RUN FOR COUNCIL AND LO AND BEHOLD, I FOUND MYSELF GOING DOOR TO DOOR SEEING THIS TALL GUY ALSO HANGING FLIERS ON DOORS BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE. I WAS TRYING TO ESSENTIALLY KNOCK SOMEONE OFF TO GET A SEAT IN THE AT LARGE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL SEAT. AND I HAD, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE IT, BUT THAT REALLY SHAKES THINGS UP. IT REALLY MAKES, YOU KNOW, THE THREE THAT ARE ON THERE, IT WAS YOURSELF J.R. ROUSH AND MARK YOU KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND START YOU KNOW GETTING YOUR YOU KNOW TALKING TO RESIDENTS AND TELL THEM HEY THERE'S AN ELECTION COMING UP. 
          BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE CITY YOU KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE TOP OF THEIR MINDS. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS IT WAS A AN AWESOME THING TO LEARN THAT PROCESS. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I SENSED THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR NAME AT THAT TIME. I WAS NEWER TO THE TO THE POLITICAL SCENE IN THIS COMMUNITY. BUT I KNEW THAT YOUR NAME RESONATED WELL WITH SO MANY THAT THAT I HAD INTERACTED WITH. AND THAT FIRST KIND OF MASS EXPOSURE I HAD HAD TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, IN THE TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO THEN SERVE ON PLANNING COMMISSION AND NOW ON COUNCIL, I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW EVEN MORE MYSELF OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CITY. AND WHAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU, YES, A STEWARD OF OUR FINANCES AND I THINK SOMEONE PUT IT GOOD. YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD RUB TWO NICKELS OR A NICKEL TOGETHER, YOU'D MAKE IT INTO TWO. BUT WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED IS THAT YOU SHOW DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT AREN'T SO APPARENT TO SO MANY. YOU'RE OFTEN BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU'RE SOLICITING FUNDING SOURCES FOR CHARITABLE, YOU KNOW, ACTS. AND YOU'RE YOU'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS CLUB, WHICH I'M IMPRESSED WITH, WHICH IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE KIWANIS CLUB AND WHAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TO SOCIETY OR JUST THIS LOCAL AREA, YOU SHOULD READ UP ON IT BECAUSE IT IS SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME AMAZING THINGS, BUT JUST YOU HAVE BEEN A ROLE MODEL, I THINK, FOR SO MANY OF US IN THE CITY, AND TO HEAR THE STORIES ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, I KNOW YOU, YOU DON'T TELL ME YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME TO BOAST. YOU'VE TOLD ME THINGS THAT YOU'VE ENJOYED. SOMETIMES YOU FIND HUMOR AND WHATNOT IN CERTAIN THINGS AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU FIND JOY. SO IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SEE THAT. AND JUST TO TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF JUST LEAD A COMMUNITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE AND HONORED TO BE HAVE SERVED WITH YOU. MR. PURDY. THANK YOU. MY COMMENTS. I'LL GO DOWN TO MR. BOYD. I WANT TO ECHO MY OTHER COLLEAGUES FIRST. MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. COUNCILWOMAN KRAMER, IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE JOY SERVING UP HERE WITH YOU FOR THE LAST 11 MONTHS. I THINK THEY HIT IT ON THE HEAD. YOU'VE PROBABLY ACCOMPLISHED FOUR YEARS WORTH OF WORK IN YOUR SHORT TIME, SO YOU'RE DEFINITELY THOROUGH. AS MR. HUNTER ALLUDED TO, AND YOU'LL BE MISSED. SO GOOD LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT HERE KEEPING US HONEST MOVING FORWARD. MR. BURBY, I'VE SINCERELY APPRECIATED YOUR. YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR GUIDANCE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF MY SHORT LIFE UP HERE ON COUNCIL. I CAME IN AND I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH YOU ON FINANCE COMMITTEE AS A MEMBER, AND THEN WAS APPOINTED TO COMMITTEE CHAIR. AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOU SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT. AS YOU'VE HEARD MANY FOLKS TO COMMENT ABOUT ABOUT YOUR, YOUR, 
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YOUR FOCUS ON ON FINANCIAL. SO I HOPE THAT I CAN CARRY THE TORCH AND, AND MAKE YOU PROUD MOVING FORWARD. BUT I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT GRANDKIDS YOU WANT TO GET GET TO, YOU'VE GOT PLANES TO FLY. AND I JUST I JUST HOPE THE, THE REST OF YOUR TIME IS, IS FILLED WITH PURE JOY BECAUSE YOU, YOU GENUINELY DESERVE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YEP. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'LL ALSO GO AHEAD AND WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL. I KNOW THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE IS IN A BETTER SPOT BECAUSE OF IT, AND THE RESIDENTS DON'T SEE IT EVERY DAY. BUT I KNOW THE WORK AND DEDICATION THAT BOTH OF YOU PUT IN GOES UNNOTICED. BUT I KNOW PRESIDENT BERGER MADE A GREAT CHOICE WHEN HE CHOSE TO ADD YOU ON COUNCIL. JULIE, I APPRECIATE THE, YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS WE'VE HAD GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM COLUMBUS, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES, DATA CENTERS, WATER, WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEN I APPRECIATE THE LAST TWO YEARS HERE WITH YOU, HANK, SITTING BESIDE ME. I KNOW I'LL MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT IF I EVER HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT FINANCES. I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT ANSWER THERE, AND I KNOW BOTH OF YOU WILL STILL BE AROUND IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AND STAY INVOLVED WITH THE CITY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. THANK YOU. YOU WANT YOU WANT TO DO NEXT. OKAY. WELL OKAY. WELL THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE NICE COMPLIMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD. ZACH ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY, HOW DO YOU LEAVE? AND AND TO ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY FOR ME, IT'S MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. YEAH. 16 YEARS AGO, THE CITY WAS IN NEED OF PAVING, AND EVERYBODY SEEMS TO CRINGE WHEN I SAY THE WORD PAVING BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS ONE THING THAT'S HIGH ON MY LIST OF PRIORITIES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DID RUN ON SAFETY SERVICES. THAT WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT WE ALWAYS THAT WE WERE IN NEED OF AT THE TIME. AND I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT. SO WHEN OUR. 
          WHEN, WHEN OUR INCOME TAX WAS ASKED TO GO FROM 1 TO 1.5%, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW ALONG AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TWO GOALS CONTINUE TO BE MET. AND I THINK OVER TIME, AS THE CITY HAS GROWN, WHEN I STARTED, ABOUT 72 MILES OF ROADS TO MAINTAIN, WE ARE NOW IN EXCESS OF 110 MILES OF ROADS. YEAH, I YOU YOU KIND OF TOOK MY THUNDER ON THE SNOW REMOVAL. YEAH. BECAUSE OF THE 13 TRUCKS THAT WE HAD 24 HOURS LATER, ONLY SEVEN TRUCKS WERE STILL OPERABLE. SO OVER THE YEARS WE WE HAVE MADE SERIOUS INVESTMENTS. WE NOW HAVE A BUILDING WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY KEEP THE ESPECIALLY THE, THE STREET TRUCKS INSIDE. WE OWN THAT BUILDING WE BOUGHT IT FROM ODOT, AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. THE OTHER THE OTHER THING IS WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU WHEN WE STARTED. YEAH, WE WE GOT A JUST A BINDER. YEAH. FOR COUNCIL NOW THAT EVERYTHING GOES ELECTRONICALLY. YEAH. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR MACKENZIE TO SEND A COUNCIL PACKET THAT'S IN EXCESS OF 300 PAGES. AND WE GET IT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR COUNCIL ON MONDAY, MONDAY NIGHT. SO IT. IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY ENJOY AND IT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT JUST PAR FOR THE COURSE. 
          YEAH. BUT AND THE OTHER THING THAT I ASKED HER THE OTHER DAY AND SHE WAS ONLY ABLE TO FIND IT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. YEAH. BUT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, BETWEEN RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. YEAH, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 80 PER YEAR. YEAH. SO 80 TIMES OUT OF THE NIGHT WE HAD 3 OR 4 OF THEM. AND SO IF YOU GET 80 PER YEAR AND YOU MULTIPLY THE TIMES 16. YEAH. YOU GET YOU GET SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 1250 TIMES THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A 
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DECISION. IF I LOOK BACK, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LOWLIGHTS? THAT'S THAT'S A PERSONAL THING. BUT JUST THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO BE READY, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN IN THE VOTE THAT YOU, THAT YOU THAT YOU SET OUT. AND BUT I WAS I WAS AMAZED AT THE AS TO THE NUMBER OF VOTES OVER TIME THAT WE HAVE DONE. 2021 WAS, FOR ME A VERY PERSONAL YEAR BECAUSE MY SPOUSE PASSED AWAY BECAUSE OF LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE. YEAH, BUT MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MANY OF THE CITIZENS RALLIED BEHIND ME, AND THEY REALLY UPLIFTED ME ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. SO IT'S NOT JUST WORK. YEAH, IT IS BUILDING A COMMUNITY, HAVING A COMMUNITY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT OVER THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE DONE, WE MENTIONED THIS BUILDING, WE MENTIONED THE POLICE COURT BUILDING, WE MENTIONED THE FIRE BUILDING THAT WE BUILT, DECKER STADIUM OR BECKER FIREHOUSE. YEAH. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS THAT CITIZENS CAN FIND A QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN MARYSVILLE. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S BEEN THE MOST ENJOYABLE PART OF BEING ON COUNCIL. I YES, I IN A WAY WILL REGRET IT, BUT I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF ALL THE THINGS THAT TOGETHER, EACH OF US, THROUGH OUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND MAKE MARYSVILLE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. SO MY WORDS ARE WRITTEN. SO AS WE GATHER, AS WE GATHER TONIGHT FOR OUR LAST MEETING OF 2025, WE RECOGNIZE DECEMBER INVITES YOU TO PAUSE AND REFLECT. IT MARKS THE CLOSE OF ANOTHER YEAR, A YEAR FILLED WITH CHALLENGES. WE HAVE FACED PROGRESS. WE HAVE MADE, LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. BUT DECEMBER IS NOT ONLY ABOUT ENDING ENDINGS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT BEGINNINGS. REMINDING US EVERY EVERY CONCLUSION OPENS A DOOR TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES. AS WE TURN THE PAGE INTO THE YEAR AHEAD, WE CARRY FORWARD THE SPIRIT OF RESILIENCE, INNOVATION AND UNITY THAT DEFINES MARYSVILLE. THIS DECEMBER, MARYSVILLE CELEBRATES HER 206TH CHRISTMAS, SHOWCASING MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES OF FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS AND LEADERS SHAPING THE STORY OF OUR CITY. WHEN WE WALK THROUGH UPTOWN AND SEE WINDOW DISPLAYS, WE ARE REMINDED OF THE CARRIAGES THAT ONCE CARRIED PEOPLE THROUGH THE SAME STREETS ON THE NIGHT WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD, WITH HEAVY SNOWFLAKES FALLING FROM THE SKIES AND THE TREES GLISTENING WHITE IN THE DAYLIGHT, WE FEEL THE NOSTALGIA OF MARISOL'S PAST. 
          WE ARE INVITED TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT WOULD OUR ANCESTORS THINK OF US TODAY? I BELIEVE THEY WOULD SEE A COMMUNITY THAT HONORS THEIR LEGACY WITH PRIDE, AND CONTINUES TO BUILD A FUTURE FILLED WITH HOPE. THIS EVENING, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMAN JULIE KRAMER, WHO STEPPED FORWARD TO FULFILL THE FINAL YEAR OF ANOTHER TERM. HER WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, HER THOUGHTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND HER DEDICATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF MARYSVILLE HAVE STRENGTHENED THIS COUNCIL AND ENHANCED THIS COMMUNITY. YOU ARE A FRIEND, AND AND YOU HAVE A HEART OF GOLD. AND YOU ARE. AND I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE ALSO MARK THE CONCLUSION OF HANK OF COUNCILMAN HANK BARBEE'S SERVICE TO COUNCIL. HANK HAS GIVEN 16 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP WHILE CONTINUING TO OPERATE HIS FAMILY BUSINESS SINCE THE 1970S. 
          BEYOND HIS VISIBLE WORK, AS SCOTT HAS MENTIONED, HANK HAS PLAYED A QUIET BUT POWERFUL ROLE IN COUNTLESS CHARITIES AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. 
          AND HIS SERVICE AS KWAN. THE KWANZAA. I ALWAYS, I'VE ALWAYS. KIWANIS HAS GIVEN HOPE TO CHILDREN AND SHOW THEM A PATH TO MEANINGFUL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. HANK'S LEGACY IS ONE OF HUMILITY, GENEROSITY, AND STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO MARYSVILLE. THANK YOU FOR FOR NOMINATING ME FOR THE ROLE TO BE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, AND FOR THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE 
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GRATEFUL. THE STRENGTH OF MARYSVILLE IS FOUND IN IN YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND IT'S FOUND IN EVERYDAY ACTS OF OUR PEOPLE, THE TEACHERS WHO INSPIRE OUR CHILDREN, THE BUSINESS, THE BUSINESSES WHO INVEST IN OUR FUTURE, AND THE FAITH COMMUNITIES THAT LIFT US UP, AND THE FAMILIES WHO GIVE THIS CITY A HEART. TOGETHER, WE HAVE CELEBRATED MILESTONES, SUPPORTED ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF NEED, AND BUILT A FOUNDATION OF TRUST AND CONNECTION THAT WILL CARRY US FORWARD. TONIGHT, LET US EMBRACE DECEMBER NOT JUST AS THE END OF A CALENDAR, BUT AS THE BEGINNING OF A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO EACH OTHER, TO OUR CITY, AND TO THE VALUES THAT MAKE MARYSVILLE A PLACE WE CAN BE PROUD TO CALL HOME. THANK YOU. AND MAY THE COMING YEAR BE ONE OF GROWTH, CONNECTION AND HOPE FOR US ALL. ON BEHALF OF THIS COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATION AND CITY, LET ME EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN JULIE KRAMER AND COUNCILMAN HANK BURBY FOR THEIR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. AND AS YOUR MAYOR, I, DONALD BERGER, WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS. YOU HAVE ALL BEEN A FRIEND AND I OWE EVERYTHING I AM TO THIS COMMUNITY WITH LOVE. 
          I PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT AND HOPEFUL HOLIDAY SEASON. THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AND TO CONSIDER THE SALE OF PROPERTY, AND TO CONSIDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, RESPECTING REQUESTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND TO DISCUSS EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR I. I'LL WAIT. ROLL, ROLL CALL. MISS CRAMER. YES, MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURBY YES. MR. BERGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REAMES YES.
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