[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:07] CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN THIS EVENING BY STANDING SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN PLEASE REMAIN 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. ROLL CALL. ZACH BORDNER HERE. STEPHEN WOLF HERE. DONALD BURGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. KELSEY TACKETT HERE. MARK REAMS AND CATHY YOUNG HERE. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. FIRST IS THE [APPROVAL OF MINUTES: September 14, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes. September 28, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes. ] SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. MR. COUNCILMAN YOUNG MADE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NEXT IS THE SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. AGAIN, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 28TH MEETING. MINUTES. SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG HAS MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [PROCLAMATION: Manufacturing Month ] AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NEXT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION. THIS IS FOR MANUFACTURING MONTH. AND WE HAVE A MEMBER, CHRIS FRANK. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE MY WAY DOWN AND GRAB A MICROPHONE. SO JUST GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT. WELCOME HERE TONIGHT. GOOD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. THIS IS A JOINT PROCLAMATION. SO IT'LL BE BY THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY. EVENTUALLY, THE MARYSVILLE EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION. RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2026 AS MANUFACTURING MONTH. WHEREAS, UNION COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ARE RECOGNIZED AS A HUB OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN OHIO, WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS INCLUDING HONDA SCOTTSMIRACLE-GRO, NESTLE, PARKER, HANNIFIN SELECT SIRES, CONTINENTAL, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC WIRING SYSTEMS, FRANK'S WOOD PRODUCTS LLC, AND NUMEROUS SMALL AND MID-SIZED MANUFACTURERS. AND WHEREAS, UNION COUNTY MANUFACTURERS REPRESENT DIVERSE INDUSTRIES INCLUDING AUTOMOTIVE, AGRICULTURAL, FOOD PRODUCTION, PLASTICS, LOGISTICS, ROBOTICS, CONSUMER PRODUCTS, AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, CONTRIBUTING TO A STRONG AND DIVERSE LOCAL ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS MANUFACTURING PROVIDES THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN UNION COUNTY, OFFERING REWARDING CAREERS THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES, STRENGTHEN OUR WORKFORCE, AND ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS LOCAL MANUFACTURERS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, AUTOMATION, AND EMERGING INDUSTRIES, WHILE LOCAL SCHOOLS. CAREER TECHNICAL PROGRAMS, COLLEGES, AND WORKFORCE PARTNERS HELP DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF MANUFACTURING TALENT AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING MANUFACTURING THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE UNION COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION WILL HOST CRAFTED AND UNION COUNTY ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2026 AT MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, BRINGING TOGETHER LOCAL MANUFACTURERS AND MORE THAN 800 STUDENTS TO SHOWCASE MODERN MANUFACTURING CAREERS, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. AND WHEREAS, MANUFACTURING MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOCAL MANUFACTURERS, HIGHLIGHT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SKILLED WORKERS AND INNOVATORS. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY, MARYSVILLE, EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2026 AS MANUFACTURING MONTH IN MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS, EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND IMPORTANCE OF OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CAREERS AND MANUFACTURING, AND SUPPORT THE CONTINUED AND CONTINUED GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF THIS VITAL INDUSTRY. THANK YOU [00:05:05] SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE WELCOME. THANK YOU. YEAH. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK ERIC FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND REPRESENT MANUFACTURING IN MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE I SHOULDN'T ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS, BUT HAS ANYBODY HERE NOT EVER HEARD OF FRANKIE'S WOOD PRODUCTS? AND IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF YOU DIDN'T, BECAUSE I RUN INTO THAT ALL THE TIME. SO. BUT WE ARE BASICALLY A FAMILY, FOURTH GENERATION MANUFACTURING BUSINESS. WE ACTUALLY CAME HERE IN 1968. MY DAD AND MY STEP GRANDFATHER STARTED THE COMPANY. WE CAME DOWN FROM AKRON, OHIO. MY DAD WAS A PACKAGING DESIGNER FOR GOODYEAR IN AKRON, AND HE CAME DOWN TO MARYSVILLE TO SUPPLY PACKAGING FOR THE GOODYEAR MARYSVILLE TIRE PLANT. AND ACTUALLY, THEY PRODUCED CONVEYOR BELT. AND BASICALLY IT'S CONTINENTAL RUBBER TODAY. BUT WE ARE A FOURTH GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESS, LIKE I SAID. AND BY GOD'S GRACE, IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS ON FAMILY BUSINESSES, NOT MAKING IT TO, YOU KNOW, BEYOND TWO GENERATIONS, THE STATISTICS ARE PRETTY HIGH. BUT WE ARE LIKE I SAID, WE STARTED IN 1968. I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. WE MOVED DOWN HERE AS A FAMILY. WE PICKED UP BUSINESS WITH. AT THAT TIME IT WAS DENISON HYDRAULICS, WHICH TODAY IS PARKER HANNIFIN AND THEN AP GLASS. WEWITH THEM,SS SH MAIN STREET, AND WE JUST CONTINUED TO GROW. AND IN 1983, UPON MY GRADUATION FROM OHIO STATE, I. I BECAME INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS. MY BROTHER KEVIN, GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL THAT YEAR. HE STARTED INTO THE BUSINESS. AND THEN A COUPLE YEARS LATER, MY SISTER, SHE, SHE CAME ON BOARD AS WELL. AND THEN JUST THREE YEARS AGO, MY NEPHEW KEVIN'S SON GARRETT, HE LEFT A HIGH PAYING JOB AT ORACLE, TOOK A HUGE PAY CUT AND CAME TO WORK FOR US AT FRANKIE'S. AND HE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF SALES AND MARKETING. BUT WE'VE JUST CONTINUED TO GROW AND WE OUTGREW OUR OUR FACILITY ON NORTH MAIN STREET. AND BASICALLY WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF MARYSVILLE. AND THEN IN 1995, WE MOVED TO OUR CURRENT LOCATION ON COLLINS AVENUE. AND THAT'S WHY I SAY WHEN I MENTIONED FRANKIE'S WOOD PRODUCTS, PEOPLE GO, WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED? I SAID, WELL, WE'RE LOCATED NEXT DOOR TO NESTLE, AND THAT'S ALL I NEED TO DO. AND INEVITABLY THEY ALL GO, OH, YOUR, YOUR PLACE IS THAT OLD PLANT. AND THEN THEY CATCH THEMSELVES AND THEY START APOLOGIZING. AND I SAY, NO, IT IS OLD. IT WAS BUILT IN 1950S AND IT'S OLD AND, BUT IT'S KIND OF NOSTALGIC. SO YEAH. AND IT WAS SIEMENS FORMERLY. SO BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN. THAT'S BEEN OUR HOME BASE TODAY. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40 ASSOCIATES. WE'VE ADDED TEN PRODUCTION PEOPLE WITHIN THE THE PAST THREE MONTHS. SO WE ARE EXPERIENCING RAPID GROWTH. OUR SALES PROJECTIONS FOR THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO BE $10.1 MILLION AS A 12% INCREASE OVER 2025, 25% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, 2024, AND OUR ANNUAL SALES PROJECTIONS FOR 2027 IS GOING TO BE $12.7 MILLION. AND A LOT OF IT IS AI DRIVEN. WE USED TO DO HIGH VOLUME PALLET BUSINESS. WE USED TO DO A LOT OF BUSINESS FOR SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO, GE AND BUCYRUS, BUT WE'VE BECOME MUCH MORE SPECIALIZED AND WE GET INTO A LOT OF HIGH TECH SPECIALTY DESIGN, PACKAGING. MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE SPECIALTY SHOCK PALLETS THAT WE PRODUCE THAT THEY PUT $1 MILLION UNITS ON. SO SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO OUR FAMILY. I WAS HERE, LIKE I SAID, MOVED HERE IN 1968. I'VE SEEN THINGS AND NEW MARYSVILLE IN A WAY THAT PROBABLY MOST OF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT. AND IT KIND OF GIVES MY AGE AWAY AS WELL. BUT WE ARE BLESSED. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE HAD, THE SUPPORT WE'VE HAD FROM NOT JUST GOVERNMENT, BUT CITY AND COUNTY. AND WE'RE HERE TO SAY IT IS HOME. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, WE MET OUR JUNIORS IN OHIO STATE, AND SHE WAS FROM THE CITY. AND I BROUGHT HER TO MARYSVILLE LITERALLY ON A OVER AN HOUR DRIVE AROUND MARYSVILLE, JUST TRYING TO SELL HER ON MARYSVILLE, OHIO. AND SHE'S DEAD QUIET. SHE'S NOT SAYING A WORD. AND AS WE'RE DRIVING BACK, SHE JUST LEANS OVER. WE'RE HALFWAY ALMOST. AND SHE'S LIKE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, BOY. SO WE END UP LIVING IN THE HARD ROAD, [00:10:04] SMOKEY ROAD AREA AND POWELL AND 199596. SHE'S I'M READY TO MOVE TO THE COUNTRY. WELL. COUNTRY TO ME WAS IN TOWN. MARYSVILLE. I GREW UP IN THE CORNER OF THIRD MAPLE STREET. SHE GOES, NO, I WANT LAND, I WANT WOODS. AND THEN I SAID, WELL, THERE ARE THESE THINGS CALLED SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND WATER SOFTENERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE MOVED WE'VE RAISED FOUR KIDS TO ADULT AGE. WE'RE IN OUR SECOND ROUND OF PARENTING. I GOT A 14 YEAR OLD AND WE WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING. IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT SMALL ANYMORE, BUT A LOT OF THE THE PEOPLE, THE FRIENDLINESS, IT'S STILL HERE, IT'S STILL THERE. I CAN'T GO SOMEWHERE AND KNOW PEOPLE ANYMORE LIKE I USED TO, BUT EVEN HERE, I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE. MISTER STOLTE AND A FEW OF YOU. BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. AND AGAIN, A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. ON BEHALF OF OUR COMPANY AND THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY IN UNION COUNTY, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT INDUSTRY, WE WOULDN'T BE IN BUSINESS EITHER. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING SO LONG. THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF EXTRA SENTENCES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. FRANK, FOR BEING HERE. AND JUST TO NOTE THAT YOUR COMPANY IS ONE OF 40 MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES IN UNION COUNTY, WHICH IS OVER 8000 WORKERS. BUT EVEN HERE IN MARYSVILLE, MANUFACTURING REPRESENTS ABOUT 21% OF OUR WORKFORCE. THEREFORE, UNION COUNTY IS VERY PROUD TO MAKE WITH AND WORK WITH THEIR HANDS AND MAKE THINGS, WHICH IS SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADD TODAY'S PROCLAMATION TO TODAY'S MEETING. MINUTES. SO MOVED. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE MINUTES. NEXT [ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT] ON TONIGHT'S MEETING ORDER IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HUNTER AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. TONIGHT I'M GOING TO START WITH I'M VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF CORBIN BONSALL AS OUR NEXT PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. HIS POSITION IS STARTING TODAY, BUT THIS DOES REQUIRE A VOICE VOTE FROM CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. AND YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COMMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE. AND IF IF I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF YOUR ROLE NOW BY THE WAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I, I ALREADY TOLD HIM THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, AS WELL AS CONTINUING WORKING WITH STAFF HERE FROM MARYSVILLE. LOVE, MARYSVILLE. LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING WHAT I CAN AND, AND BEING A VOICE FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THANKS. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. AND WE HEAR GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU. AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN THERE'S A TRAFFIC BARRIER IN THE WAY ON NORTH MAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY CALL YOU AND YOU WILL BE OUT THERE AND YOU'LL MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY FOR US. SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, BUT NO GOOD THINGS ARE IN STORE AND GLAD TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOU STEPPING INTO THAT. SO APPRECIATE THE WORK. THREE MORE QUICK THINGS. THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. TODAY WAS A 2.5 HOUR BUDGET RETREAT. WE MADE IT THROUGH OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND STAFFING. WE STILL HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 2.5 HOURS WAS NOT ENOUGH, BUT REALLY GREAT PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU TO ALL. WE'LL GET THE CAPITAL BUDGET DISCUSSION SCHEDULED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT REALLY DOES HELP HELP GIVE US HEALTHY FEEDBACK AS WE WORK ON FINALIZING THE FIRST READING, WHICH WILL BE A PROPOSED 2027 BUDGET BEFORE YOU AT THE OCTOBER 26TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND ITEM TO NOTE LAST WEEK WAS A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MARYSVILLE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ABOUT 50 PEOPLE TURNED UP AT THE MIC FOR A REALLY HEALTHY DISCUSSION, WITH THE VISION PLAN BEING THE BASIS OF OUR COMP PLAN. THE VISION PLAN IS SOME VERY SPECIFIC AREAS OF FOCUS FOR INVESTMENT. IT'S ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF MARYSVILLE AND HOW TO MAINTAIN WHAT THE COMMUNITY LOVES, AND THEN GROW AND THEN CONTINUE GROWING AS WE ARE IN A VERY THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC WAY. SO WITH THAT, THIS IS ALSO TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION HOW FAR OUT THE COMMUNITY CAN GROW AND WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS IN THE WAY OF UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. IT WAS EXTREMELY ENGAGING, BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THE ENGAGEMENT WILL CONTINUE ONLINE, AND THERE IS AN ONLINE SURVEY WHERE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN CAN LOOK AT THE CHARACTER AREAS, THE MAPS, AND ENGAGE IN THEIR THOUGHTS. THAT IS AT W WW.PLANNING-NEXT.COM. WE WILL GET THIS ON OUR FRONT PAGE SLASH MARYSVILLE SLASH DASH COMMUNITY DASH SURVEY. AND WE'LL WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT ON THE FRONT AND GET THAT OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY. TO MAKE IT EASY TO CLICK ON. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S ON OUR SOCIAL [00:15:05] MEDIA PAGE, TOO. I BET IT MIGHT SHOW UP IN THE MARYSVILLE JOURNAL TRIBUNE. THAT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL. THERE WILL ALSO BE TAKE HOME KITS FOR STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, A CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SOME PEOPLE HERE ARE PART OF THAT, AND THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU HANG OUT WITH, WHETHER THAT'S YOUR QUILTING CLUB, YOUR BOOK CLUB, LIONS CLUB, KIWANIS, WHATEVER. WE'D LOVE TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN LASTLY, SIR, WE HAVE THE LAST WEEK, OUR COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION BUREAU OF THE FIRE DIVISION PROVIDED FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION TO 2441 STUDENTS. THE FOCUS WAS ON THE SAFE CHARGING AND DISPOSAL OF LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A FIRE SAFETY PLAN. SO THIS WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH LOCAL STUDENTS. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE STOP, DROP AND ROLL HAS BEEN INCREASED. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS. CHIEF BURNS. IT'S NOW STOP, DROP, COVER YOUR FACE AND ROLL. YOU HAVE TO ADD THAT LITTLE EXTRA. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, I BELIEVE, MAKING SURE YOU'RE NOT INHALING SMOKE. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK OUR FIRE DIVISION, THE STAFF, THE TIME SPENT WITH OUR SCHOOLS. THAT IS A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. SO NOW I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ENGINEER FOR A FEW ITEMS OF NOTE. GOOD EVENING, ULTA FIBER CURRENTLY HAS CREWS CONTINUING WORK ON MILFORD ESTATES. A NEW CREW IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THIS WEEK FOLLOWING A PRE-CON WITH THE CITY. LOCATES HAVE BEEN CALLED IN FOR GREENWOOD COLONY AND ADENA POINT AND THAT WORK SHOULD BEGIN SOON. GRANTED, THEY GET UTILITIES LOCATED. THE 2026 PAVING PROGRAM PAVING IS COMPLETE. WE'RE FINALIZING A PUNCH LIST. CONTRACTOR WILL BEGIN MAKING THOSE CORRECTIONS OVER THE. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. REJUVENATION IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK AND STRIPING WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY AFTER THAT, AND THEN EAST FIFTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS. CONNECTION AT WALNUT STREET IS COMPLETE. CONDUIT. INSTALLATION CONTINUES BEHIND THE STORM INSTALLATION. HOLD ON. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM. SO I SAW IT THROUGH THE WINDOW SEVERAL. SEVERAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE LIGHT POLES ARE GETTING POURED TODAY. AND THEN CREWS ARE WORKING TO COMPLETE WORK ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND PREPARATION FOR THE CURB. SO YEAH, THAT FIRST PICTURE IS A PICTURE OF THE ELECTRIC CONDUIT BEING INSTALLED FOR THE LIGHT POLES. SECOND PICTURE IS THE STORM WATER STRUCTURES. THIRD IS THE 12 INCH STORM LINE THAT IS BEING INSTALLED AT WALNUT AND FIFTH. AND THEN WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE DEMOLITION CREW REMOVING CURB AND APPROACH FOR STORMWATER OR YEAH, STORM STORM WORK. HERE IS THE NEW WATER QUALITY STRUCTURE INSTALLED AT OAK AND FIFTH. AND THEN LASTLY, A PICTURE OF THE EIGHT INCH UNDERDRAINS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING INSTALLED ON THE SOUTH SIDE. WE ARE PUTTING STUBS IN FOR ALL THE HOMES TO CONNECT THE SUMP PUMPS. IF THERE'S AN EXISTING SUMP PUMP TO CONNECT TO. IF NOT, WE'RE PUTTING A STUB. SO IF THE HOMEOWNER WERE TO GET A SUMP PUMP IN THE FUTURE, THEY COULD CONNECT TO IT STILL. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROJECT UPDATES OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. I'LL I'LL HAVE TO SAY, IS THAT HOW WONDERFUL IT'S GOING TO BE TO HAVE STORM DRAINS ON EAST FIFTH STREET TO RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT LIVE ON EAST FIFTH STREET? THERE'S A LOT OF STANDING WATER, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER TIME. A LOT OF ICE BUILD UP, AND THEN ALSO TO HAVE YOUR STORM DRAIN ACTUALLY FLOW INTO AN ACTUAL PIPE AND NOT JUST OUT TO THE STREET IS A BLESSING. AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE REASON WHY MY HOME, IT MY STORM DRAIN FLOWS OUT TO THE CURB, BUT WHEN IT'S COLD, IT FILLS UP WITH ICE AND IT BACKFLOW. IT WILL BE FROZEN. SO I EITHER HAVE TO GO OUT THERE EVERY NIGHT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A PICKAX AND LIKE, GO INTO MY PIPE AND TRY TO BUST OUT THE ICE. OR THE LAST THREE WINTERS, I'VE HAD TO PUT A SEPARATE DRAIN ON MY SUMP PUMP AND JUST PUMP IT OUT INTO THE BACKYARD UNTIL MY PIPE IS UNTHAWED ENOUGH TO KEEP MY BASEMENT FROM FLOODING WITH WATER. SO BECAUSE ON EAST FIFTH STREET, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE'RE IN A DROUGHT OR NOT, THERE'S ALWAYS WATER THAT'S BEING PUMPED OUT OF MY OUT, OUT OF MY BASEMENT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A BLESSING THAT I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE. AND TO OTHER RESIDENTS WHO I KNOW PUMP THEIR WATER JUST INTO THEIR YARDS, AS THOSE RESIDENTS [00:20:06] EITHER WANT TO CONNECT OR NEW OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES DO CONNECT, IT'S GOING TO BE A BLESSING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STANDING WATER AND SOME SOME HOMEOWNERS BACKYARDS RIGHT NOW. SO. THANK YOU. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATES AND DEFINITELY A LOT GOING ON. NICE TO SEE THE PROGRESS. THANK YOU. LASTLY, WE HAD OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY ENGINEER ATTEND THE IT'S MIDWEST CONFERENCE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. SO I DID WANT TO JUST RELAY SOME COOL INFORMATION THAT HE FOUND AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT INFORMATION FOR THE CITY, OUSTER IS A LIDAR DETECTION SYSTEM, AND THEY PROVIDED A DEMONSTRATION RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN DUBLIN. WHAT THEY SHOWED, WHICH WAS A VERY COOL DEMONSTRATION. AND IT WAS IRONIC THAT IT HAPPENED THAT MORNING. SO DUBLIN DEMONSTRATED THAT MORNING OF THE CONFERENCE OF A NEAR MISS AT ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS, THE OUSTER LIDAR DETECTION SYSTEM WAS ABLE TO CREATE A 3D MODEL OF THE CARS AND SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A NEAR MISS OF THREE FEET FROM THE CARS. SO IT WAS A SUPER COOL DEMONSTRATION. AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S IMPORTANT. AND WITH THAT, WE WE DID END UP PURCHASING A COUPLE OF THEM THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING AT CHARLES COLEMAN'S AND WATKINS. ON ON DELAWARE. AND BECAUSE OF. THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE LOOPS CURRENTLY. THAT IS THE ONLY INTERSECTION WHERE WE STILL HAVE LOOPS. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE UPDATING TO CENTRAX MOBILITY, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED ON. ONCE WE UPDATE THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS SYSTEM. SO IT'S A REALLY COOL SYSTEM. I'M GLAD HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE DEMONSTRATION AND SEE THE BENEFITS OF IT, THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AND HOPEFULLY PREVENT NEAR MISSES AND IN THE FUTURE. AND IF I MAY ADD, JAMIE, THANK YOU THAT FOR THAT. AND AS A CITY OF MOBILITY, INNOVATION, BEING A LEADER AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS WORKS WITH OUR AND EDUCATING OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU SIR. IT'S A CAMERA SYSTEM. IT USES LIDAR, JUST LIKE HOW I THINK TESLA USES LIDAR. SO IT'S A SYSTEM THAT IT IT CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE THE SIGNALS BASED OFF. IF IT DETECTS CARS IN THE LANES. IT'S BASICALLY IT'S A SMART SYSTEM THAT IS UTILIZED AT ALL THE INTERSECTIONS TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC FLOW, CAN HELP MONITOR NEAR MISSES AND HOW TO PREVENT NEAR MISSES, STUFF LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. I'M PRETTY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. A LIDAR IS LIGHT RADAR. IT'S A DEVICE THAT SHOOTS OUT ALL THESE BEAMS OF LIGHT. AND THEN IT ESSENTIALLY GIVES A 3D MAPPING OF ALL OF THE SURFACES THAT IT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH. AND THEN THAT CHANGES EVERY MILLISECOND. SO YOU SEE THINGS IN MOTION MAPPED IN 3D. SO ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN TRACK OBJECTS. IT IS ONE OF THE FEATURES THEY USE. YES. AND AUTOMOTIVE FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING. THERE'S RADARS, THERE'S CAMERAS, LIGHT HOURS. BUT GREAT TO SEE THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYED IN A WAY IN WHICH WE, WE CAN SAVE POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES. SO GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM ADMINISTRATION? NO THANK [REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL] YOU. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE [REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT] ANYTHING. OKAY. REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MR. PHILLIPS. MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I DO HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES HERE, BUT BEFORE THAT, THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE PROCLAMATION. YOU KNOW, UNION COUNTY, MARYSVILLE, ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR FARMING AND GROWING THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURING CAME ALONG. AND GLENN IRWIN, WHO WAS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME, THAT THAT THAT HONDA LOCATED HERE BACK IN 1979, OPENED THEIR FIRST PLANT, USED TO HAVE A SAYING HE USED TO SAY, ALLEN TOWNSHIP AND I LIKE TO SAY UNION COUNTY OR MARYSVILLE AS WELL. WE KNOW HOW TO GROW CORN, BEANS AND CARS. AND THAT REALLY IS IN OUR DNA. IT'S IN THE MIDWEST DNA AS WELL. BUT IT'S A SAYING THAT GLENN IRWIN USED TO SAY ALL THE TIME. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS HIS MANUFACTURING MONTH. I HAVE A COUPLE OF MANUFACTURING UPDATES. FIRST, WE HAVE THE CRAFTON UNION COUNTY KIND OF GAVE YOU AN UPDATE, KIND OF AN UPDATE HERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO ABOUT THIS. BUT THE EXCITING NEWS IS [00:25:02] WE HAVE WE HAVE TO RECRUIT COMPANIES TO BE PART OF THIS. THIS IS KIND OF A REVERSE JOB FAIR. SO IT HAS A COMPANY HAS 15 MINUTES TO, TO HAVE A CLASSROOM OF STUDENTS WHO ARE EITHER SENIORS OR SOPHOMORES, AND THEY HAVE TO SHOW WHY THESE STUDENTS SHOULD WORK AT THEIR PLACE. SO IT'S KIND OF A REVERSE JOB FAIR. SO WE AND THEY GO AROUND TO DIFFERENT EACH OF THE COMPANIES, THERE'S TEN OF THEM PARTICIPATING. WE HAVE 800 STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTY THAT ALL COME IN SENIORS AND SOPHOMORES. AND AGAIN, A REVERSE JOB FAIR IN A SENSE. AND THOSE COMPANIES HAVE TO PROVE WHY THESE STUDENTS SHOULD WORK AT THEIR FACILITIES AND THEIR COMPANIES. AND THAT WILL GO FROM 730 TO 230 AT MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE DAY ON OCTOBER 29TH. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT. WE HAVE PLOT WORK WITH, WHICH IS OUR NEWEST JAPANESE COMPANY ACTUALLY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING THERE AS WELL. BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT EXCITING THING THAT WE PUT ON EVERY YEAR JUST TO GET STUDENTS AND COMPANIES EXCITED ABOUT CAREER PATHS IN MANUFACTURING. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. MCKENZIE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT FOLLOWING DAY ON OCTOBER 30TH, YOU'RE INVITED. WE WILL HAVE A BUSINESS IMPACT BREAKFAST FOCUSED ON MANUFACTURING MONTH. WE ARE WE'RE GOING WE'RE TAKING OCTOBER THE MANUFACTURING OUT WITH A BANG HERE BECAUSE IT'S THE LAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS OF THE YEAR. BUT ON OCTOBER 30TH WE'LL HOST A A SESSION. WE'LL HAVE RYAN AUGSBURGER, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF OMA, WHICH IS THE OHIO MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, PLUS LOCAL MANUFACTURERS AND PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURING. AND WE WILL HAVE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PARKER HANNIFIN CONFIRMED. WE ALSO HAVE PLOT WORK CONFIRMED AS WELL. AND WE'LL HAVE A THIRD. AND THERE'LL BE A LOCAL SMALL MANUFACTURERS KIND OF PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT MANUFACTURING, WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM. SO WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND SEE THAT SESSION. THERE WILL BE A BREAKFAST PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO ATTEND AS WELL, AND THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SEE. UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MR. REEVES? SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU DO THAT. SO GOOD. ALL GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PHILLIPS. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS HEARING OF CITIZENS. THIS IS THE TIME IN OUR MEETING WHERE WE INVITE CITIZENS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. DID I SKIP AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA? SORRY ABOUT [PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT] THIS. MY APOLOGIES. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT, WHICH WOULD BE COUNCILMAN WOLFF. YES, IT'S VERY BRIEF UPDATE. WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH. SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY THE 20TH. I KNEW I WAS I KNEW I WAS SKIPPING YOUR ITEM FOR A REASON. SO IT WAS JUST INSTINCT, I SUPPOSE. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, FOR POINTING THAT [HEARING OF CITIZENS] OUT. THANK YOU, MR. WOLFF. APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA FOR REAL THIS TIME IS HEARING OF CITIZENS. SO THIS IS THE TIME IN OUR OUR COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE INVITE CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL TO APPROACH THE PODIUM, WHERE THEY WILL BE GIVEN UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THIS IS NOT MEANT FOR A BACK AND FORTH DIALOG OR A Q AND A, IT IS MEANT TO FOR YOU TO CONVEY YOUR CONCERNS PUBLICLY AND COMMUNICATE TO COUNCIL. KEEP IN MIND ALSO, IT IS NOT FOR ITEMS IN PENDING LEGISLATION. SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD INVITE ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE PODIUM. AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SURE. DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT HERE OR THERE? EITHER PODIUM WILL WORK. JUST SPEAK INTO THE. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. THANK YOU. I'M ROBERT CEMENTS. MY ADDRESS IS 18046 TIMBER LANE, MARYSVILLE, OHIO. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL, CITY ADMINISTRATION STAFF AND LOCAL RESIDENTS. I AM A LONG TERM MARYSVILLE RESIDENT. MY CAREER INCLUDED TEACHING HISTORY WITHIN MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS FOR 35 YEARS AND COACHING FOR 30 YEARS. I FOUND IT THOROUGHLY REWARDING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT HISTORY AND THE REASONS WE HAVE FOR STUDYING HISTORY ROUTINELY. I SPEAK WITH PRIOR STUDENTS AND ENJOY HEARING HOW THEY USED KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM MY CLASSES OR ANYONE ELSE'S. TONIGHT, I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE SMART COALITION, AND I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME HISTORY. OHIO HISTORY AS WELL AS LOCAL HISTORY. FIRST, I COMMEND YOU ON YOUR PROCLAMATION. YOU COULDN'T HAVE CHOSEN A BETTER LOCAL INDUSTRY. BEING FRANKIE'S WOOD PRODUCTS. CHRIS FRANK. I GRADUATED WITH MY WIFE AND I'M A GOOD FRIEND OF KEVIN, FRANKIE, AND THE FRANKIE FAMILY, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR SELECTING THEM TO RECEIVE YOUR HONOR. THIS EVENING, I STAND BEFORE YOU. [00:30:01] STEVE STOLTZ HERE, SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. IT'S LIKE BEING WITH JESUS, BUT I'M GOING TO DO THE BEST I CAN. TODAY. WHEN WE SPEAK OF HISTORY, WE KNOW THAT TODAY'S COLUMBUS DAY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY. WE ALSO KNOW IT'S FATHER'S DAY, NATIONAL FREETHOUGHT DAY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DAYS TIED INTO OCTOBER 12TH. THE SMART COALITION HAS PROPOSED A CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 BALLOT. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE SMART COALITION. VERY GOOD PEOPLE, VERY CARING PEOPLE WHO ENJOY AND HONOR THE MARYSVILLE CITY AND THE UNION COUNTY AREA. SO IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ME, I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN. IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT YOUR PAPER, I'LL CALL YOU OUT JUST AS I WOULD IN CLASS. DONALD. ANYWAY, 1911 ROBERT CROSSER, WHILE AN OHIO HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE SPONSORED A BILL THAT CREATED THE PROCESS OF REFERENDUMS IN OHIO CROSSERS BILL WAS PASSED. HE LATER WENT ON TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE US CONGRESS, AND WAS CURRENTLY THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER SERVING IN OUR U.S. CONGRESS IN OHIO. CROSSER WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS STANCE ON BATTLING POLITICAL CORRUPTION. AN EXCERPT FROM CRAWFORD'S PUBLISHED NEWSPAPER ARTICLE INCLUDES, QUOTE, THE BILL GIVES THE PEOPLE OF CITIES AND VILLAGES THE POWER TO ENACT LAWS DESIRED BY THEM, AND ALSO TO DEMAND THE SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONABLE ORDINANCES AND OTHER MEASURES FOR THEIR OWN APPROVAL OR VETO, UNQUOTE. ONE ELEMENT OF THE REFERENDUM PROCESS IS THE SIGNATURES HAVE TO BE COLLECTED ON A PETITION, SO THAT ORDINANCE OR MEASURES CAN BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR THE ELECTORATE TO VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE OF MEASURE. SINCE 1913, THE REQUIRED SIGNATURE PERCENTAGE HAS BEEN AT 10% OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT VOTED IN THE LAST GOVERNOR'S ELECTION. THAT PERCENTAGE SOMEHOW MYSTERIOUSLY CHANGED IN 2025. I'LL GET TO THAT IN A BIT. NOW. FAST FORWARD TO 2022 IN MARYSVILLE, AN ANNEXATION OF 263 ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF MARYSVILLE OCCURRED. THIS WAS ANNEXED VIA AN ORDINANCE PASSED 5 TO 2 BY CITY COUNCIL. THIS ANNEXATION WAS PRIMARILY FOR THE STILLWATER FARMS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. SOME CONCERNED AREA RESIDENTS CIRCULATED A REFERENDUM. A REFERENDUM PETITION FOR THAT ORDINANCE. THREE OF THREE OF THE PEOPLE ON COUNCIL SIGNED THAT REFERENDUM PETITION, AND TWO OF THEM TRAVELED TO PUBLIC SIGNING SITES IN ORDER TO DO THE SIGNING. THIS SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE CALL A REFERENDUM. ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023, THE VOTERS OF MARYSVILLE REJECTED THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION ORDINANCE 63% TO 37% MARGIN. THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE. SOMETHING ELSE WAS ALSO LEARNED IN THAT 2020 2022 REFERENDUM. THERE'S A STEP IN THE REFERENDUM PROCESS WHERE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ORDINANCE MUST BE FILED WITH THE CITY PRIOR FOR COLLECTING SIGNATURES. THE CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS OBTAINED FROM THE CITY ITSELF. MR. SIMMONS, I WOULD JUST YOU ARE OUT OF TIME. I, I DO BELIEVE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE READING FROM SOMETHING. I WOULD ASK THAT AT THIS POINT. JUST PLEASE SEND THAT INFORMATION TO OUR CLERK OF COUNCIL SO THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND IT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT WE DO NEED TO LIMIT TIME TO FIVE MINUTES. SURE. RULES COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK FOR CITIZENS. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL THIS EVENING? [39-26] OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES 39-26. THIRD READING VOTE TO AUTHORIZE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE MURPHY EPSON CONTRACT THROUGH THE END OF 2026 ADMINISTRATION. NO NEW INFORMATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS. COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. SO MOVED. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. PACKAGE. YES. MR. REAMS YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BURGER YES. SEVEN YES. [41-26] LEGISLATION PASSES. 41-26 THIRD READING VOTE TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S [00:35:04] RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS TO PART 11 ZONING CODE TO SECTION 11. 21.18 UPTOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO SECTION 11. 21.21 UPTOWN TRANSITIONAL DISTRICT AND TO THE APPENDIX. GLOSSARY OF TERMS. BY AMENDING THE DEFINITION FOR MEETING FACILITY ADMINISTRATION. NO NEW INFORMATION. COUNCIL. IF NO COUNCIL COMMENTS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MRS. PACKAGE. YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. [42-26] SEVEN YES. LEGISLATION PASSES 42-26 SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE HIRING OF THREE FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. OKAY, CITIZENS, THIS IS SECOND READING. SO AT THIS TIME, WE INVITE CITIZENS WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS REGARDING 42-26 TO. YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM. ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WITH COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE. I WILL. I WANT TO MAKE AN INQUIRY. JUST. MR. LUTZ, PERHAPS YOU COULD SHED LIGHT ON THIS SO WE. OR PERHAPS YOU, CHIEF BURNS, BUT IN 2025, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT TO PURSUE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE HIRING OF SIX FIREFIGHTERS. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT GRANT STARTED AT A LARGE PORTION, FEDERAL DOLLARS, A SMALLER PORTION, LOCAL DOLLARS, AND THEN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. SO 2027 WOULD BE AN EVEN LARGER PORTION, LOCAL DOLLARS, LESSER PORTION FEDERAL. AND THEN I THINK THE THIRD YEAR IN IT MORE SO BECAME THE BURDEN OF THE LOCAL ENTITY TO PAY FOR THAT. THE FEDERAL DOLLARS WOULD REDUCE. WE DID NOT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DID NOT. WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. WE DID. I THINK THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE SCOPE. AT ONE POINT, PERHAPS THAT GRANT CHANGED TO A 50% FUNDING MECHANISM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAD. WE, AS COUNCIL, HAD APPROVED IN THE 2025 TIME FRAME TO PURSUE THAT GRANT, WHAT IT MEANT IN TERMS OF DOLLARS THAT WE WERE COMMITTED TO SPENDING A YEAR AGO WHEN WE OR YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN WE MADE THAT PROPOSAL VERSUS KIND OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SPEND. AND THEN REALLY WHAT WE'RE SPENDING, WHAT, WHAT THIS YIELDS IN TERMS OF US HAVING TO UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, FUNDS NOW TO, TO HIRE THREE NEW FIREFIGHTERS. AND I, PERHAPS YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE ON THIS A BIT FURTHER. YES. SO IN 2025, THE, THE STATE WE APPLIED AS A CITY TO THE SAFER GRANT FOR SIX TOTAL FIREFIGHTERS YEARS, ONE AND TWO. SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 2025. 2026 WAS A 75% FEDERAL, 25% LOCAL IN 2027, WHICH IS THE YEAR WE'RE CURRENTLY BUDGETING FOR. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 35% FEDERAL, 65% LOCAL, WITH 100% OF THE SIX FIREFIGHTERS BEING COVERED IN 2028. AND YOU ARE CORRECT, PRIOR TO 2025 APPLICATION, THE GRANT WOULD FUND UP TO 100%, ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE THERE WAS STILL A SCHEDULE WHERE IT WHERE IT WENT DOWN. OR WAS IT? NO, IT WAS 100% FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME WITH A CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THAT'S WHEN THAT CHANGED. I SEE. OKAY, SO SO YOU WERE CORRECT AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A CHANGE. SO OKAY. BUT BASICALLY, YES, IF WE HAD WON THE GRANT GOING INTO THE 2027 BUDGET CYCLE, WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR 65% OF SIX FIREFIGHTERS. OKAY. UNDERSTAND? OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. I KNOW THERE WERE NUMBERS TO THIS, AND THERE WAS A TIME THERE WAS A GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR. IT CHANGED. WE WERE IN A LONG WAITING GAME TO HEAR BACK. AND I THINK THAT WAS WHEN DOGE HAPPENED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AND THEN DOGE SEEMED TO COME TO AN END. SO YES, THANK YOU FOR ELABORATING ON THAT A BIT FURTHER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE WILL. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2026. NEXT IS 43-26. SECOND [43-26 ] [00:40:01] READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND CHAPTER 925 WASTEWATER RATES. CHAPTER 931 WATER RATES AND TO ENACT CHAPTER 933 UTILITY CAPACITY BOARD ADMINISTRATION. WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY. OKAY, CITIZENS, THIS IS SECOND READING. SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS, THIS ORDINANCE. OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL. ANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WISHING TO COMMENT OR HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE AT THIS TIME? PLEASE SPEAK. I WILL SAY THAT WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM A CITIZEN AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL. MISS KRAMER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. APPRECIATE IT. SO I THINK AND WHAT I HAD HEARD AND WHAT I'VE I GUESS THE NATURE OF THAT, JUST FOR SAKE OF, YOU KNOW, ENSURING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND REALLY MY COMMENTS AND THE CONTEXT BEHIND, BUT JUST KIND OF THIS WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ESTABLISHES SOME LEVEL OF GOVERNANCE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE DEPLOYING THE USE OF OUR RESOURCES. I GUESS AT A GRAND SCALE, THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY MEANS, HOW UTILITIES CAN BE ALLOCATED, AND THAT THERE CAN BE SOME ASSURANCE OF REALLY THAT THERE'S ECONOMIC VIABILITY, THERE'S THAT WE'RE NOT KIND OF MAKING DECISIONS WITH A SHORT SIGHTED TYPE OF APPROACH, WHICH I I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT THAT HASN'T THAT WASN'T DONE OR THAT CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT THIS BOARD. BUT WHAT IS STATED IN THIS ORDINANCE IS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME OBJECTIVE CRITERIA PUT FORWARD, AND THAT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD. AND I THINK THAT JUST THE SOME MAYBE SOME CONCERN ABOUT PERHAPS THAT OBJECTIVE CRITERIA SHOULD BE PART OF THIS ORDINANCE IN AND OF ITSELF, PERHAPS EVEN TABLING THIS ORDINANCE, I, I HOLD THE OPINION THAT I, I FEEL, YOU KNOW, IT'S STATED SOMEWHAT CLEARLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS BOARD WOULD BE THE ONES TO DEVELOP THAT OBJECTIVE CRITERIA. AND I WOULD SAY THAT IF THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH THAT BEING PART OF THE ORDINANCE OR NOT, I'M STILL IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS ALONG SO THAT THAT BOARD CAN ENGAGE AND THAT THAT BOARD CAN INVITE, YOU KNOW, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOURSELF. MISS KRAMER, I'M GOING TO POINT TO YOU, BUT CERTAINLY GOOD MINDS CONTRIBUTING TO GOOD SETS OF CRITERIA, I THINK CAN ULTIMATELY YIELD WHAT THE GOAL IS HERE OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND I BELIEVE THAT MY MY OPINION WOULD BE, YES, WE MOVE FORWARD FROM TONIGHT. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO PROCEED IN THE TIME IN WHICH THESE READINGS ARE PUT BEFORE US. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ADD, MR. PRESIDENT? YES, SIR. I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT THAT DECISION RESTS REALLY WITH ONE PERSON. NONE OF US REALLY HERE OFFICIALLY HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY. AND I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR LIMITED RESOURCES, THAT THE BEST DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND OUR UTILITIES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING, HAVING. YOU KNOW, THAT PERSON HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION, KNOWING WHERE COUNCIL STANDS ON THESE THINGS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE REQUESTS COME IN AND IT'S A VERY SHORT TURNAROUND THAT WE HAVE TO REPLY BACK TO, TO LET THE A PROSPECTIVE COMPANY KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE UTILITIES. SO I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR THE PERSON ULTIMATELY WITHIN THE CITY WHO'S GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND RELAY IT ON. I THINK IT IT PROTECTS US BOTH. AND WHAT IS KEY. THANK YOU, MR. RAINES. WHAT IS KEY FOR ME IS JUST THE IN THIS ORDINANCE, IT LISTS THE WORD OBJECTIVE CRITERIA, WHICH MEANS. AND I REALIZE THAT THERE WOULD BE A COMPOSITION OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR TO TO WORK THROUGH THAT CRITERIA. BUT AT THE END, THE GOAL IS OBJECTIVE CRITERIA SUCH THAT IT WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO A POLITICIZATION OF, YOU KNOW, A PARTICULAR COMPANY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE USING, ESTABLISHING AND USING OBJECTIVE CRITERIA. SO I SEE GOOD THINGS. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2026. 44-26 [44-26] [00:45:11] SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE CURRY FARMS SECTIONS ONE AND TWO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS, THIS IS SECOND READING. AT THIS TIME, WE INVITE CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE. COUNCIL. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE ON [45-26 ] OCTOBER 26TH, 2026. 45-26 SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE JEROME VILLAGE EVER SAW RUN NEIGHBORHOOD SECTION EIGHT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. FURTHER. ALL RIGHT. CITIZENS, ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. MOVING ON TO COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2026. 46-26 SECOND [46-26] READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF SERVICES, WITH PLANNING NEXT FOR THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADMINISTRATION. NO NEW INFORMATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, CITIZENS, THIS IS SECOND READING. ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SEEING NONE, COUNCIL. ANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WISHING TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM? I WILL SAY THAT THE. WE DID HAVE SOME. PERHAPS THIS ISN'T QUITE RELATED TO THIS, BUT IT IS THAT WE HAD. WE'VE HAD A SESSION LAST WEEK AND I THINK IT WAS OF GOOD VALUE TO ENGAGE OUR CITIZENS IN THIS PROCESS. AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE WE LAND, BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S GOING TO BE GUIDING OUR FUTURE. SO THANK YOU. I'LL USE THIS MOMENT JUST TO THANK YOU FOR CITIZENS AGAIN, SOME SOME ARE HERE THIS EVENING HAD COME OUT AND JUST CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. I KNOW THAT YOU SACRIFICED YOUR TIME AND THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2026. 47-26. FIRST READING [47-26] INTRODUCTION TO APPROVE THE 10TH AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT OF THE MARYSVILLE JEROME TOWNSHIP JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AUTHORIZING THE INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY WITHIN SAID DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE HUNTINGTON BANK JEROME VILLAGE AMENDMENT. AND I DO HAVE A MAP THAT I'LL PULL UP. MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS AN ADDITION TO THE. JED. SO BACK, I THINK ORIGINALLY. 19 THE CITY ENTERED INTO A CTA, WHICH IS STANDS FOR COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT BASICALLY SET UP AN AREA TO CREATE A JED, A JOINT JED OR A JOINT EFFORT. IF WE DID INDIVIDUAL JED, YOU'D HAVE MULTIPLE JED. SO EVERY PROPERTY WOULD BE ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL. JED AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD FOR EVERY PROPERTY. SO WE DECIDED TO DO A CTA. AND THEN EVERY TIME A NEW PROPERTY ADDS ON OR DESIRES HAVE WATER AND SEWER, IT TRIGGERS THEIR NEED TO JOIN INTO JED, WHICH ALLOWS US TO COLLECT INCOME TAX. WE HAVE HUNTINGTON BANK, WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT JEROME VILLAGE. THIS IS PART OF AN OVERALL PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT NRI NATIONWIDE REALTY HAS DONE DOWN IN JEROME TOWNSHIP. THIS ADDITION WOULD ADD HUNTINGTON BANK TO THE JED. SO WE COULD ACTUALLY COLLECT INCOME TAX. THEY THEN PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA. SO THAT IS THE CONCEPT. SO EVERY TIME WE HAVE A NEW PROPERTY THAT'S ADDED OR WANTS WATER AND SEWER, WE ADD THEM TO THE JED. WE COLLECT INCOME TAX. IT GOES INTO AN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. AND THAT'S DIVIDED UP FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENSES PLUS MONIES GOING TO THE CITY AND THE TOWNSHIP. SO THAT KIND OF IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE TO TAKE BACK, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE HOW WE GOT HERE. AND IT'S BEEN OVER TIME. I THINK IT TOOK US NINE YEARS TO NEGOTIATE GETTING INTO THE ORIGINAL JED. BUT WE FINALLY HAVE ONE. AND THIS IS A, THIS IS A WIN FOR US TO GET MORE TAX DOLLARS INTO A POT THAT ACTUALLY CAN SUPPORT FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. AND I WILL SAY THIS IS PART OF JEROME VILLAGE, WHICH IS A PLANNED COMMUNITY, A DIFFERENT FROM SOME OTHER AREAS OF THE TOWNSHIP THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST. THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. I DO APPRECIATE JUST THE EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT A JET IS. AND REALLY IT'S WE SAY US, BUT JEROME TOWNSHIP AS WELL IS COLLECT IS ABLE TO NOW LEVERAGE AND UTILIZE AN INCOME TAX TO ENSURE THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS SUPPORTING THE TOWNSHIP AND REALLY THE BURDEN OF SERVICES NOW THAT THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT, THOSE BUILDINGS, THE ROADS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THAT THAT THAT BURDEN OF THAT THEY WOULD PUT ON REALLY THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY. SO I APPRECIATE THE [00:50:02] EXPLANATION. AND BY THE WAY, JUST TO ADD THAT 60% OF MONEY GOES INTO INFRASTRUCTURE, 20% GOES TO THE CITY, 20% GOES TO THE TOWNSHIP, THE CITY IS COMMITTED ITS FUNDS TO GO INTO THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM AROUND THE TOWNSHIP. SO IT'S IT'S A HUGE WIN FOR JEROME TOWNSHIP AS WELL AS THE CITY. OKAY. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING [48-26 ] ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2020 SIX, 48-26 FIRST READING INTRODUCTION TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO TO PROVIDE AMENDMENTS TO TRAFFIC. MARYSVILLE CITY CODE, SECTIONS 301.02 THROUGH THREE. 71.12 TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES. TO PROVIDE FOR CODIFICATION. TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY. TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ADMINISTRATION. I CAN SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THIS. THE NEXT TWO. THE NEXT TWO ORDINANCES ARE REALLY KIND OF HOUSEKEEPING ORDINANCES. THE ORC HAS THE LEGISLATION AMENDS THE ORC AND BOTH THE TRAFFIC AND CRIMINAL CODES. EVERY YEAR OUR OUR COMPANY THAT WE THAT SERVICES, SERVICES US AND GIVES US OUR MUNI CODE AND UPDATES. IT DOES THIS ANNUALLY. SO THESE ARE ALL AMENDMENTS TO OUR TRAFFIC CODE PROVISIONS SO THAT THEY MIRROR THE THE STATE ORC PROVISIONS. AND THEN THE NEXT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT CONTAINS AMENDMENTS TO OUR CRIMINAL CODE SO THAT OUR CRIMINAL CODE MIRRORS THE STATE OF OUR STATE. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. MR. AND IF YOU'VE IF YOU'VE READ THIS, THERE'S QUITE A BIT. AND I HAD I HAD JOKED WITH CHIEF BROOKS, SAID, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON ALL OF THESE? AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, YEAH, I AM GOING TO. AND THEN I KIND OF SAID, ARE YOU SERIOUS? AND HE SAID, IT'S. IT'S FUNNY UNTIL IT ISN'T RIGHT. BUT NO COUNCIL SHOULD READ ALL THE SECTIONS. THAT WAS VERY CLEVER. YOU DID. YEAH. WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS NUMBER THROUGH THAT. I WAS HOPING REALLY TO HEAR ALL THE ZEROS AND ONES IN THAT. BUT NO, IT'S IT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, JUST ENSURING CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAWS THAT REALLY GOVERN US. SO ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. OKAY. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2020. 649-26 FIRST READING [49-26] INTRODUCTION TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO TO PROVIDE AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL OFFENSES. MARYSVILLE CITY CODE, SECTIONS 513.01 THROUGH 545.18 TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES. TO PROVIDE FOR CODIFICATION. TO TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY. TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ADMINISTRATION. TIM. SORRY, MR. AZINGER, THIS IS THE SECOND ORDINANCE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE THESE ARE CHANGES TO THE CRIMINAL CODE. SO THAT THAT OUR PROVISIONS THEN MIRROR THE ORC PROVISIONS THE COMPARABLE ORC PROVISIONS. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2026. [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION: ] NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION. MISS SHARP THIS EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME YOU'VE GIVEN TODAY TO CITY BUSINESS. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. WE'LL START WITH YOU. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON FRIDAY TO THE FFA LUNCHEON WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BORDNER, AND IT WAS IT WAS NICE BECAUSE I WAS SITTING BY THIS LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS JUST REALLY QUIET. AND ONCE I GOT HER TALKING, SHE WAS JUST GOING. BUT I MEAN, IT, IT WAS THERE TO MINGLE WITH THE STUDENTS SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE. BE, I'M ASSUMING, BESIDES, YOU KNOW, CATTLE AND RABBITS AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY DO. BUT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN REAMS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL OF STAFF WHO PREPARED EVERYTHING FOR THE BUDGET TODAY. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK ON THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THE DETAIL AND THE ANSWERING OF QUESTIONS. WHEN WE GET DOWN INTO THE FINE DETAILS OF IT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSIONS THERE. AND JUST WANT TO REITERATE IN CASE SOMEBODY TUNED IN AND MISSED IT BEFORE. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO THE 2040 PLAN LAST WEEK, AND IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT, I KNOW THAT THE LINK IS SHARED ON OUR FACEBOOK. AND AS OUR CITY MANAGER MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'LL BE UP ON OUR WEBSITE, HOPEFULLY. SO PLEASE [00:55:04] GO GIVE YOUR INPUT. NOW IS YOUR TIME. AND BEFORE WE ARE BACK HERE NEXT TIME, OCTOBER 24TH IS SCARY VILLE, WHICH IS REALLY FUN TO BRING YOUR KIDS UPTOWN FOR A LITTLE TRICK OR TREAT THROUGH THE UPTOWN BUSINESSES. AND WHILE YOU ARE UP THERE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU STOP INTO THE BUSINESSES, CHECK OUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE SPEND SOME OF YOUR MONEY STARTING SOME EARLY HOLIDAY SHOPPING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BORDNER. YEAH. AS COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG ALLUDED TO, I WANT TO THANK FIRST COUNCIL PRESIDENT HUNTER AND VICE PRESIDENT BERGER FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE FFA LUNCHEON ON ON FRIDAY, AND WHICH AFFORDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND. IT WAS IT'S SUCH A SMALL WORLD. IT ALMOST MADE ME FEEL OLD, I. I RAN IN, I SHOOK HANDS WITH A WITH A WITH A YOUNG JUNIOR WHO I USED TO WORK WITH HIS DAD, AND I REMEMBER HIM FROM WHEN HE WAS IN LIKE SECOND OR THIRD GRADE AT AT TRINITY WHEN I WAS WHEN I PICK UP MY KIDS AND I SEE HIM AND NOW HE'S A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO TIME TIME'S FLYING BY. SO IT WAS GOOD TO INTERACT WITH THE STUDENTS. IT WAS GOOD TO KIND OF HEAR THEIR STORY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR FUTURE LOOKS LIKE IN THE MOMENT. BUT ALSO WAS IT WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE COMP PLAN MEETING LAST WEEK OVER AT THE AMEX. SO I APPRECIATE STAFF AND PLANNING NEXT AND ALL THE ALL WHO ATTENDED. IT'S TRULY YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED AND PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING LAST WEEK, PLEASE ATTEND OR PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEYS. THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY. OWN IT. SO IF YOU WANT YOU WANT YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD, YOU'VE YOU'VE GOT TO DO THE SURVEY AND GET INVOLVED. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO JUST THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WOLFF. I HAVE NOTHING FOR TONIGHT. COUNCILMAN BURGER, I JUST WANTED TO SAY FIRST THANK YOU TO MISS SHARP AND THE TEAM FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE THE THE BUDGET PROPOSAL I THINK I MEAN, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME, I THINK, IN MY TIME OF HAVING ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS IN ONE ROOM SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR BUDGETS AND WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM. SO IT WAS A GOOD REFRESH AND IT'S GOOD, HOPEFULLY, TO SET IN THE FUTURE AFTER WE'RE ALL LONG AND GONE TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. AND I THINK IT GIVES MORE TRANSPARENCY TO THE OVERALL BUDGET, WHICH IS ALSO ALWAYS GOOD. THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, NOT I GUESS, TWO MORE THINGS. ONE THING IS IT'S SO REFRESHING TO BE UP HERE KNOWING THAT I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF WHO NOW SUPPORT THE SAME CAUSES THAT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO CARED ABOUT. I NO LONGER HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT WHO'S ADVOCATING FOR THE UPTOWN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS PACKAGE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE, SUPPORTING THOSE, SUPPORTING THOSE CAUSES, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WITH ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS UP HERE SITTING BESIDE ME, THE TALENT THAT EACH AND ONE ONE OF YOU HAVE TO THIS COMMUNITY TO BENEFIT, WHY WE LIVE HERE AND TO, AND TO CONTINUE TO DO YOUR PART TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. IT'S REFRESHING TO TO KNOW THE TALENT THAT'S IN THIS ROOM. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS DEMOCRACY IS PARTICIPATION. IT'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. IT'S NOT JUST AT THE BALLOT BOX OR IT'S NOT SIGNING A PETITION, BUT IT'S TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. I THINK IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, WHERE EVERYBODY IS MOVING TOWARDS SILOS AND AND MESSAGING BOARDS, WE FORGET THAT DEMOCRACY WILL NOT SUSTAIN ITSELF IF WE BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT IS US VERSUS THEM. WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD. AND WHAT THE INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICA THAT WE ONCE VALUED, WE'RE WATCHING THEM CRUMBLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, AND WE'RE ALL WONDERING WHY OR HOW DO WE STOP IT? OR IS LIFE JUST GOING TO BE THIS DARK PLACE FOR A MOMENT OF TIME? BUT PEOPLE FORGET THAT GOVERNMENT IS NOT CRUMBLING AND THE PILLARS DON'T HAVE TO COME DOWN. YOU HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE DISCUSSION FROM THE VERY FIRST MOMENT TO THE VERY END. SO ON TOP OF WHAT EVERYBODY HAS ALWAYS SAID, THE 2040 PLAN IS OUT THERE. IT'S A WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED AND TO UNDERSTAND AND EDUCATE. THAT'S THE OTHER PART ABOUT DEMOCRACY THAT WE TEND TO FORGET. IT'S IT'S THE ABILITY FOR RESIDENTS TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF OUR EVER CHANGING FUTURE. SO I HOPE AND ENCOURAGE THAT PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN [01:00:08] DEMOCRACY AT ALL LEVELS OF DEMOCRACY, NOT JUST WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BURGER. I JUST HAD A FEW THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO. ONE, WE HAD A CITIZEN THIS EVENING SPEAK ABOUT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT. SO I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REDUCING THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED SIGNATURES. I THINK HE HAD CITED SOME HISTORY BEHIND THE THE CHANGES IN THOSE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES. THE PIECE THAT I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE IS THE. IT ENABLES SIGNATURES TO BE COLLECTED PRIOR TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, PROVIDING A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO THE PETITION FILING COMMITTEE. SO I THINK THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT OR READ AN ARTICLE POSTED THE OTHER WEEK ABOUT THIS AND JUST THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS. I, I, I PERSONALLY, I LEAN TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS. AND IT IS I SEE A LOT OF SIGNS AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE A VOTE YES ON THIS. I JUST I HAVE A STRONG HESITATION WITH JUST A. WHAT SEEMINGLY COMES ACROSS AS A REDUCTION IN, IN THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE OVERALL PROCESS. TO ME, I DON'T SEE THAT AS A PART. THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. ANYONE WHO'S COMMENDING OR SORRY, ANYONE WHO'S PUTTING TIME AND EFFORT, I COMMEND THEM IN, IN THE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. JUST THAT PARTICULAR PIECE I'M I'M IN DISAGREEMENT WITH. AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE ON THE RECORD. THE ONE ITEM THAT I WE HEARD ABOUT THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA THE OTHER WEEK, MYSELF AND OUR CITY MANAGER, KIM SHARPE, WE WERE ABLE TO HOST MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THE NATIONAL BUSINESS HONOR SOCIETY. AND WE. WE WERE APPROACHED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND ASKED IF WE WOULD VOLUNTEER PART OF OUR EARLY, LATE MORNING, EARLY AFTERNOON TIME TO TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES, WHAT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT DOES. AND WE HAD THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS MOSTLY FILLED WITH STUDENTS JUNIOR, SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND WE HAD ASKED THEM TO HOLD A MOCK CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE HAD ASKED FOR SEVEN VOLUNTEERS TO FILL THE SEATS UP HERE. AND I HAD OR KIM TOOK THE ROLE OF ADMINISTRATION. SHE WAS ALL IN ONE CITY MANAGER, POLICE CHIEF, UNION, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LEGAL. AND THEN I TOOK THE ROLE OF ANGRY CITIZENS WITH ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS. AND WE HAD THE STUDENTS DEBATE E-BIKE LEGISLATION, SOMETHING THAT WE HAD JUST RECENTLY GONE THROUGH. AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING. AND THEY TOOK THEIR POSITIONS. THEY VOTED SOMEWHAT HOW WE TOLD THEM TO DO, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO REALLY TEACH A LESSON OUT OF THIS. AND AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE ASKED REALLY HOW, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, HOW DO YOU TRULY FEEL? SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE THAT TOO. IT'S INTERESTING SEEING A PERSPECTIVE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT E-BIKES AND, YOU KNOW, CO ZONING OR NOT TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CODE THAT REALLY IMPACTS THEIR LIVES, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. POST THAT MEETING. I, ONE OF THE STUDENTS HAD COME, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE STUDENT. SHE SAT RIGHT HERE AND SHE CAME AND TALKED TO ME, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HER EXPERIENCE AND SAID HER LAST NAME WAS CLARRIDGE. AND COME TO FIND OUT, IT WAS SHE LOOKED FAMILIAR. CHAD CLAIRE JUST DAUGHTER. SO HE'S OUR PARKS DIRECTOR. AND I TOLD CHAD ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE HAD SAID THAT AFTER HER EXPERIENCE, SHE'S GONE TO COLLEGE, BUT SHE'S A BIT UNDECIDED WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO. BUT AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE, SHE'S CONSIDERING PERHAPS AN EDUCATION DOWN THE LINE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT THAT EXPERIENCE LED TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, GET THE GEARS TURNING AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF HOW COULD THE HOW COULD I BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEDAY PART OF THIS. AND IT WAS JUST A VERY REWARDING TIME AND EXPERIENCE. SO GREAT THINGS. I GOT AN INVITATION THEN TO THE NATIONAL BUSINESS HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION CEREMONY, AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND GO TO THAT WHEN? SOMETIME IN HERE IN NOVEMBER. SO THANK YOU TO THE MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FOR BRINGING THE STUDENTS HERE, AND GLAD TO BE PART OF THAT. I KNOW YOU WERE AS WELL, MISS SHARP. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN TO CORBIN BONSALL, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND LOOK FORWARD TO JUST YOU WORKING IN THAT NEW ROLE, AND I'M VERY GLAD FOR YOU. AND JUST, I THINK, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, JUST VERY GLAD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AND THAT YOU STEPPED INTO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. AND WITH THAT, WE [Additional Item] [01:05:03] HAVE POTENTIAL TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. AND THAT WILL REQUIRE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL. WHO IS THE SECOND, MR. BURGER? THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, MR. REAMES YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFE. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS YES. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.