City Council - Regular Meeting

Calling to order the Green City Council Organizational Meeting for 2026 on this the January, same year. If you could please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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.

If the clerk of counsel could call the roll, please.

Sure. Mister Noble. Here. Mr. Sveit?

Here.

Mr. DeVitus?

Here.

Mr. Mager?

Here.

Mr. Nugibauer?

Here.

Mr. Humphrey?

Here.

And Mr. Brandenburg? Here. Okay.

So this is a unique meeting for City Council. This is the one scheduled meeting per year that's opened and at least partly presided over by the Mayor. By charter, it's indicated that way because we don't yet have a President of Council that's part of what's on today's agenda. So what's going to happen is, we're going to have our newly elected council members who are also all either current members or former members sworn in. And then I'm going to ask for nominations for President of Council. We'll get a second. We'll close nominations. We'll vote on that. And then I'm going to pass the gavel to the new President to finish the meeting. So at this time, I know that Judge McKenney and we have some honored guests with us today that I want to introduce.

First of all, from the Barberto Municipal Court is Judge Todd McKenney. From the Court of Common Pleas in Green Resident is Judge Christine Crouchey. And from the Ninth District Court of Appeals in Green Resident is Judge Jill Lanzinger. We're very grateful for our judges being here today. It's unusual that you're here. We're glad you're here. And we appreciate giving your time to swore in our new council members. I know that Judge McKinney has to go first and that because he has another commitment and he was going to swear in our new and old council member Chris Humphrey. So if we could take care of that piece of business first.

I, Christopher Humphrey. Christopher Humphrey. Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear.

Of America.

I'll I'll support the constitution of of The United States Of America.

The constitution of the state of

Ohio. The

charter of the city of Green.

The charter of the city of Green.

And all the laws, statutes, and ordinances

and all the laws, statutes, and ordinances and resolutions enacted thereunder and resolutions enacted thereunder

and that I will honestly

and that I will honestly impartially faithfully.

Perform the duties of the office.

Perform the duties of the office.

To which I have been elected.

To which I have been elected.

To the best of my ability.

To the best of my ability.

And understanding.

So help me God.

Thank you, Judge McKinney. Next, we have, Councilman C. J. Mager, who is being sworn in for another term and his chosen judge to swear him in is Christine Croce.

I'm Christopher j Meager.

I'm Christopher j Meager.

Do solemnly swear.

Do solemnly swear.

That I will support the constitution.

I will support the constitution.

Of The United States Of America

Of The United States Of America

The constitution of the state of Ohio

The constitution of of

Ohio The charter of the city of Green

The charter of the city of Green.

And all the laws, statutes, and ordinances

And all laws, statutes, and ordinances.

And resolutions enacted there under

And resolutions enacted thereunder

And that I will honestly

And I will honestly

Impartially Impartially. And faithfully

And faithfully.

Perform the duties of the office

Perform

to the duties of the office. Which I have been elected

To which I have been elected.

The best of my ability and understanding

To the

best of my ability and understanding

So help me, God.

To help me, God.

Thank you, Judge Crouchey. So next, we have both Richard Brandenburg and Jeff Noble, I think who have chosen ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Lanzinger to swear them in.

I think it's up to

you guys if you want to do this together or separately.

Separate. We'll

have Mr. Brandenburg go first. Please

raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Richard Brandenburg

I, Richard Brandenburg

do solemnly swear

do solemnly swear

that I will support the constitution

that I will support the constitution

of The United States Of America

The United States Of America

the constitution of the state of Ohio

the constitution of the state of Ohio

the charter of the city of Green

The charter of the city of Green

and all the laws and

all the laws

statutes

statutes

ordinances

ordinances

and resolutions

and resolutions

and acted thereunder

And acted thereunder.

And that I will honestly

And that I will honestly Impartially Impartially.

And faithfully perform

And faithfully perform

the duties of the office to which I've been elected

The duties of the office to which I've been elected

To the best of my ability

To the best of my ability And understanding And understanding.

So help me God.

So help me God. Congratulations. Thank you.

And now Mr. Noblestein.

Swear

I will support the constitution

that I will support the constitution

of The United States Of America

of The United States Of America

the constitution of the state of Ohio

the of the state of Ohio

the charter of the city of Green

The charter of the city of Green

And all the laws

And all of the laws Statutes Statutes. Ordinances Ordinances.

And resolutions

And

and acted there under.

And acted there under.

And that I will honestly

And that I will honestly

Impartially

Impartially.

And faithfully perform

And faithfully perform

The duties of the office

The duties of the office.

To which I have been elected To

which I have been elected.

To the best of my ability

To the best of my ability.

And understanding

And understanding. Understanding.

So help me, god. So help me, god. Congratulations.

Thank you, Judge Lanziger, and thank you for all of our judges, who by the way are all very well experienced judges who serve this green community at different levels from the municipal court level all the way up to the Court of Appeals, which is the second highest court in the State of Ohio. Thank you for being here. This is going to take us to the election of our Council President. So at this time, I'm going to ask council members for nominations. I want to open nominations for the position of President of Council for the calendar year 2026.

Mayor Juergen, I would like to nominate Justin Speight for President.

I have a nomination for Justin Speight. Do I have a second?

Second.

I have a nomination and a second for Justin Speight to serve as President of Council for 2026. Are there any other nominations? Hearing none, I'm going to close nominations. Not that I'm encouraging this, but is there any discussion? Hearing none, think, clerk, we can proceed to the vote.

Okay. Mr. Noble? Yes. Mr. Brandenburg?

Yes.

Mr. Nujivar?

Yes.

Mr. DeVitus?

Yes.

Mr. Maker?

Yes.

Mr. Spate?

Yes.

And Mr. Humphrey?

Yes.

Okay. Motion carries.

Since the motion is carried, we now have a president of counsel for 2026. I'm going to get out of the way, pass the gavel down to President Spate, and he's going to conclude this council meeting.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and thank you members of council. I appreciate the support and the encouragement for this position. At this time, I would like to move on to the next item of business, which is the election of council vice president. So I motion or I would like to motion to open the council for nominations for vice president. And I would like to make a motion to nominate, Mr. Gerard Neugebauer for Council Vice President. Second. All right. We have a motion and a second. Are there any other nominations? Okay. We will go ahead and close the nominations. And at this point, I would ask the clerk to please call the vote for Mr. Gerard Nuejebauer for council vice president.

Mr. Spate?

Yes.

Mr. Maker?

Yes.

Mr. Noble?

Yes.

Mr. Neugebauer?

Yes.

Mr. DeVitus? Yes. Mr. Humphrey?

Yes.

And Mr. Brandenburg?

Yes.

Okay. Motion carries.

All right. Congratulations, Mr. Neugebauer.

Thank you.

All right. Moving on, the next item on the agenda is the adoption of council rules. We have the council rules that everybody has access to, and I move that we adopt the council rules for 2026. Is there any discussion? I'll second that motion.

Thank

you. And any discussion on the council rules? Okay. Would the clerk please call the roll?

Mr. Spate? Yes. Mr. DeVitus?

Yes.

Mr. Noble?

Yes.

Mr. Maker? Yes. Mr. Neugebauer?

Yes.

Mr. Humphrey?

Yes.

And Mr. Brandenburg? VAN Yes. Okay. Motion carries.

VAN Thank you, ma'am. And at this time, we are ready for adjournment. I make a motion to adjourn our city council meeting. I'll second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Mr. Spate? Yes. Mr. Neundeberauer?

Yes.

Mr. Noble?

Yes.

Mr. DeVitus? Yes. Mr. Maker?

Yes.

Mr. Humphrey?

Yes.

And Mr. Brandenburg?

Yes.

Okay. Motion carries.

All right. And congratulations to our newly sworn in council members. Thank you for everybody for coming out, and we are adjourned.