City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening, and welcome to Green City Council. Today is Tuesday, 05/12/2026. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Would you please rise and join us with for the pledge of allegiance?

And can we please have

the roll call of council members?

Sure. Mister DeVitus. Here. Mister Noble. Here. Mister Spade. Here. Mister Niedzebauer. Here. Mister Humphrey. Here. Mister Brandenburg. Here. Mister Maker.

Here. Okay. K. And the next item

on our agenda is council study sessions. First item is TMP five three four one. This is a approval of the 04/28/2026 council meeting minutes. Motion to approve. Second. We have a

motion and a second. Is there any discussion? Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mister DeVidus? Yes. Mister Nunezhabara? Yes. Mister Noble? Yes. Mister Spate? Yes. Mister Ombrey?

Yes.

Mister Brandenburg? Yes. And mister Maker? Yes. Alright. Motion carries.

Thank you, ma'am. And now we have the recognition of the Green Community Leadership Initiative class five.

Good evening, everyone. Mayor and members of city council, tonight is an exciting night for our class five of the Green Leadership initiative. But let me just kind of explain what they've been through and how this has gone. So this cohort, the fifth class, recently completed the program, a series designed to connect residents and local professionals with the people, services, and decisions that shape our community and encourage meaningful civic involvement. They had six sessions, an opening retreat which focused on city government and history, health and safety day, growth and development day, education and workforce day, quality of life day, and then a closing retreat which really allowed them to reflect back on everything they've learned and figure out is there a place where they feel they wanna fit in and give back.

So as we run along, I will say that now with the fifth class, have 75 residents or business leaders who have completed the program. So pretty impressive. And I'm happy to say that about 30% of those who go through our program actually serve the city in some way. They're on a task force, border commission, or they volunteer with the city. There's a couple of members of city council that both I think were on city council and he went through.

But so there is, you know, it's really kind of successful if people want to plug themselves in to giving back to their community in the civic way. I'm not including all the other nonprofits, which most of them are currently on boards and and serve our community in in nonprofits in other ways. At our last week's final session, the class elected Kyle Moore as our class president, and he's gonna serve as the liaison to the city regarding their class project. And Kyle's been a resident for twelve years, has four children in Green Local Schools, and is active with their youth sports. He's general manager and director of operations for Aspire Energy of Ohio.

He's also a lieutenant colonel in the Ohio Army National Guard. And, Kyle, I was gonna have you come up and share a bit about your experience and the class experience.

Thank

you. An important lesson I learned, if you happen to be sitting in the middle of the room when they ask who's going to be the class leader and everybody goes like this, the preponderance of the fingers will point at you. So I appreciate it. So after about five hours on the fifth day of the fifth month, cohort five, that's a lot of fun. Wrapped up the leadership initiative. My name is Kyle. I'm not going to go through everybody by name because that's going to happen later. But like Val said, some of us were born and raised here in Greene. Some moved not that long ago. Some moved a long time ago.

Some don't live here. They work here. And some just have great community ties. Our time together did consist of the six sessions that Val mentioned. But also, there were some extracurriculars, which included visits to some nonprofits, to the county share training facility, city events, meet up with the mayor, and others. We learned about the history of the city, how the government how we formed the charter, and then how the charter was brought to action. I'm looking around here and seeing a lot of faces that showed up and that's noticed. You know, we were gifted and supported through the whole process by a few folks very consistently. Of course, Valerie, I think organized everything personally or convinced other people to do it. We also had two facilitators.

We had Rocky and Greg. They helped us do things like see our true colors and kept us on schedule maybe. And then of course, Mary Juergen who was there constantly throughout and your guiding hand was noticed all throughout every single session. The there's also a cadre of folks throughout the community that donated their time and efforts to this effort. I thought about bringing out the binder reading each one, but I'd be here too long and I'd probably miss one. But we had people from the county and state level government. We have people from our schools, from our emergency services, from various nonprofits, businesses, volunteer organizations, and others. And all that to say, boy, this community put a lot into us, into us as a cohort. And we did notice that. And we appreciate that.

It's a big commitment from the community to say we're going to do something like this for our cohort and for future cohorts. And so this is our opportunity to say thank you on behalf of the cohort. Thank you for investing in us. It is May, which means there's about 1,000 high schoolers out there and 1,000 different school districts in in the state of Ohio. They're all gonna say something along the lines of graduation is not the end, it's the beginning. And I'm going to, you know, try to live vicariously through that. This is not the end, it's the beginning. We do have a class project. I'm sure we're not the first cohort to that. What I'll say about our project in my industry, we would call this the discovery phase, which means we're still defining our scope.

But I would like to share where we're headed. So we wanted to give our time and our presence to some of the nonprofits that are based here in the city. So fundraising is great. Many of us are engaged in fundraising. That's not the purpose of our project. We want to actually show up and use our hands. We did land on the three, the green good neighbors, Lydia's house, and blessings with a backpack. And so what we're doing now is reaching out to them and getting feedback. What do you need? Right? Because nothing's worse than showing up saying, I'm here to help. And it's not what you need. So we're trying to get feedback from them. Or we are getting feedback from them. Of course, their initial response is we need money.

Of course, they do. But we also want to be able to use our hands. And so I would say directly from Blessing on the Backpack where we're leaning towards is they are moving into a new home, which this group, I'm sure, knows. And again, thank you for allocating that to them. And so, anticipate being helpful in getting them moved into their new permanent home. And then the other two really help with ongoing operations and maintenance that are normal routine operations for them that need they need to do to make their organizations work. So with that, you can look forward to seeing some results from cohort five in the near future. And with that, again, you for investing in us and all of us. And I'll turn the microphone back over to Valerie.

Thank you, Kyle and next on my list was to thank Greg and Rocky and so I don't know if many of you know Greg Meyer is a retired executive who's lived in Green for thirty five plus years and has helped out with all of our cohorts. And so he's been a great addition and help with that. And then we looped Rocky in after he went through the class. So Rocky Wargo, executive director of Camp Oynoa, is also helping out, kinda keeping the day on track and adding a little flair to every day so they don't have to just listen to me, which I'm sure they appreciate. So I also wanna give a big shout out to Wing Weathie and his assistant, Mindy Lawrence, who really helped planning support assistance throughout the program with organizing some of the days.

And, know, Mindy was fabulous in getting us all the things that we needed for the day. So, thank you so much, Frank. Alright. If I can ask the mayor and mister Spate to come down. And those should be alphabetical. So if you wanna pull one of the certificates off the top, they should be in proper order. Alright. At this point, I'm gonna call each of you up individually. And if you wanna get your certificate from the mayor and Justin here, Justin Spate, our president of council, and then pause and get a photo with Isabelle. She'll take the photo, and then you can sit back down.

We'll move through this. So, Rhonda Allen. For those on council, Rhonda is a travel advisor and franchise owner with Dream Vacations. Thank you, Rhonda. Next is Caleb Christopher.

And Caleb is sourcing manager at the JM Smucker Company, and he's actually a graduate of Green High School.

And he's a really good pickleball player. I didn't know that.

He is.

Next is Sean Dockery. Sean is a business development officer with Consumers National Bank right over here in Green and provides guidance and lending solutions to local businesses. Dustin Ivy. Dustin is the founder and CEO of Salt and Light Light Coffee Company, and he also is a licensed real estate agent. And on our last day, brought us coffee.

It was fabulous. And Isabelle Corey. Isabelle, you guys know, she is our communications coordinator for the City of Green. She has not yet told me if she's learned anything new. But I hope she did. Just fun fact, Isabelle was a student municipal rep. The first one we acquired. That's pretty special. Alright. Next is Chrissy Kunznik.

Chrissy is the general manager of the Congress Lake Club where she leads operations and member experiences. She is also already serving on our board, our perks and rec board. Max Littlejohn. Max is a business development manager with Hello Sunray and an active member of the Green Area Chamber of Commerce. He also has joined the drug task force.

Which I failed to mention Dustin is also on the drug task force. Sean Milkovich. Sean is the president and CEO of Cedar Mountain Construction, bringing decades of experience in the construction industry, and he is a resident brain. Kyle Moore. Sheila Presbykour.

Also very familiar, she's our assistant planning director here at the City of Green. So I am sure she learned stuff. She liked the history the best. Right? Betsy Ringer.

Betsy is director of admissions and marketing for Briar Creek and Greenview Senior Living. Joe Saylor. And Joe is director of shared services at four fifteen group focused on integrated technologies, strengthening operations, and improving organizational performance. Next is Ryan Shahi. Brian is the engineer group leader with the Klein Klein Klein Klein Kleiners Group, and he's a registered professional engineer.

He serves on the Green Area Chamber Board of Directors, and he's actually on the executive committee for Green Area Chamber. Dennis Shaw here. And Dennis is the founder and executive director of Broken Chains jail and prison ministry, and he is the director of Lydia's home here in Green. Dennis did serve on our drug task force board for several years. Patrick Smith.

Patrick has spent more than five decades in sales leadership in a number of businesses and is a Green resident and a member of the chamber. Patty Wagner, is owner and founder of Release Yoga here in Green, was unable to attend tonight, so we'll get her her certificate. And last but certainly not least, Anthony Zimbardi. Anthony is president of EZ benefits and a third generation Green resident and he also serves on the board of the Green Community Fund. And can I have a round of applause for the entire?

Thank

Thank you, you. Valerie. I just wanted to make a few comments regarding this class. Fifth class, 75 people now who are a little bit more involved in their community, which was why we started the program. Valerie, correct me, is this like nine years ago we started?

The Green Leadership Initiative, it was tailored largely after the Akron Leadership Program, but tailored to our community. We started this and also started the program that she referenced, the Student Municipal Representative Program. And it's a very similar track where we have sophomores juniors and seniors in high school come sit on all our boards and commissions in the city. So city council, planning and zoning, drug task force, all the various boards. And it's really the same purpose is to get people involved in their community, be knowledgeable of the community, be knowledgeable of the resources and the things that go on in your community.

What's really special about the students is they tend to not be in the adult world, right? So everything happens kind of above them. And we find that when we bring the students in in those programs, then they start talking to their friends about what's happening in the city and they involve their friends. It really has made a difference. And I'm sure to the level that you talk to your friends and neighbors and things.

And so we just have so many more people participating in community, which is really what community is all about. So I want to thank you for taking the time to step up and to do the program and to take on some leadership in our community. I think the philosophy is the community that has the most people involved is really the best community. At least you could understand it if I said it in reverse, that the community with the least people involved is probably the worst community, right? So there's a direct correlation and we appreciate that you're now a part of this community, little bit more involved member. And again, we want to thank you from all of counsel and from the city,

thank you for your participation.

Okay. Thank you, Mr. Nuejebauer. And that concludes our council study sessions. We're going to get into regular council meeting at this point, so you guys are welcome to proceed with your evening. And thank you very much and congratulations.

Relations day. Day, council May. That's true. Okay, the next item

on our agenda is a public report.

We do not have anybody signed in this evening.

Is there anybody that wishes wishes to speak? All right. We'll go to public hearings. We don't have anything. And moving on to the reading of correspondence. Okay.

We have the 05/04/2026 Charter Review Commission agenda. The 05/05/2026 Veterans Advisory Commission meeting agenda. 04/21/2026 Charter Review Commission meeting minutes, the planning department's April 2026 financial summary, and the Summit County Sheriff's April 2026 activity reports, and that is all.

Thank you, ma'am. And let's move on to new legislation.

Alright. We have one. It is 2026 dash zero nine, an ordinance declaring a portion of improvements to a certain parcel of real property owned by SLW Development LLC, doing business as Dunkin' Donuts to be a public purpose exempting 100% of the value of the improvements from real property taxation for thirty years?

That would be referred to the

Planning and Economic Development Committee. That's all. Thank you, ma'am. Okay.

Now is our report of council committees. The first committee to report this evening is finance chaired by Mr. Humphrey. Thank you, Mr. President.

Finance did meet this evening. We had two items of legislative business. The first was a second reading of 2026 r 21. This is a resolution to enter into an investment advisory agreement with US Bank for investment of public funds as required by resolution twenty nineteen r 37 adopted June 1139 and declaring an emergency. We received a report from director Goodrich that the advisor that was at UBS, the prior firm, is now at US Bank that she has been satisfied with his services that he specializes in schools and governments.

As a result of his move, Director Goodrich was able to negotiate on behalf of the city a reduction in fees, from 20 basis points to 18 basis points for money saving for the city. All of the assets that, were held by UBS will now be held by U. S. Bank and he will simply be the advisor at that new entity. The committee decided that it would be appropriate to go ahead with second reading passage. And so at this time, I would move to bypass the three reading rule on twenty twenty six r twenty one.

Second. We have a motion and a second to bypass the three rating rule on 02/2021.

Is there any discussion? Madam clerk, please call the roll. Mister Humphrey? Yes. Mister Neugebauer? Yes. Mister DeVitus? Yes. Mister Noble? Yes. Mister Spade?

Yes.

Mister Brandenburg?

Yes.

And mister Maker?

Yes. Alright. Motion carries. And now I'll make a motion to adopt twenty twenty six r twenty one. Second. We have a

motion and a second to adopt 02/2021. Is there any discussion?

Madam clerk, please call the roll. Mister Humphrey? Yes. Mister Neugebauer? Yes. Mister DeBeatas? Yes. Mister Noble? Yes. Mister Sweet? Yes. Mister Brandenburg? Yes. Mister Maker? Yes. Alright. Twenty twenty six dash r twenty one is adopted 07/00.

The next piece of legislation, we discussed in committee this evening was a second reading of twenty twenty six r 20 '3. This is a resolution authorizing the funds to enable the mayor to grant salary adjustments to the city of Green nonbargaining employees. This is a cost of living adjustment. The total amount in the legislation is $113,100 This is an amount that was budgeted before to match the AFSCME contract that was granted previously and those members of that union have already received their increases and the non bargaining employees of the city will receive a cost of living adjustment if this piece of legislation is approved. This is second reading.

The administration did not request second reading passage and so the committee requests time. And time will be granted. We have no items of oldenary business and we adjourned at 05:13.

Thank you, Mr. Humphrey. Our next committee to report this evening is Environment and

Parks chaired by Mr. Nuchibauer. Thank you, Mr. President. All members are present, myself as chair, President Spayton as Vice Chair, and Clerk DeVitus. We had no items of legislation. We had a brief discussion about improvements being done in Butler Park. I guess specifically, some trail improvements in and around the park to make it safer. We had no old or new business in committee and therefore we did not need. Thank you, Mr. Nugibauer. Next committee, two reports, public safety chaired by Mr. DeVees. Thank you, mister president. Myself, mister Humphrey, and mister Newgebauer were all present for public safety today. We have one item on the agenda.

It was a license item. It's TMP5344, The Bickley Group LLC, DBA Dioxide Grill, d five liquor license transfer, 3717 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44232. We did hold discussion about this in committee, pretty straightforward piece. Basically, license transfer from the former The Ramp Restaurant on Main Street just south of the bridge at Portage Lakes before you cross over into Coventry Township to this new business, which is Bickley Group LLC doing business as Dockside Drill. Pretty straightforward transfer.

It's a D5 level. No issues were brought to us from the Sheriff's Office or anybody else on committee or counsel. Again, that's the former business has been closed for the last couple of years. So we do look forward to this business opening, I believe, very soon. As Mr.

Noble had stated, it's a great addition to have new restaurants in Green, especially on the lakes there. So we open this up for comment from committee or counsel. Nobody had any reservations with this license transfer. So at this time, I'll make a motion or a yeah, motion to not hold a hearing on TMP 5,344. Second.

We have a motion in the second to not hold a hearing on TMP 5,344.

Is there any discussion? Just a clarification. State holds the hearing on these. We do not, but we can request it. And so the motion is that we're not requesting the state have a hearing. Excellent. Alright. I agree.

Thanks for the clarification. Any further discussion? Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. Vitus? Yes. Mr. Humphrey? Yes. Mr. Noble?

Yes.

Mr. Spate? Yes. Mr. Neugebauer?

Yes.

Mr. Brandenburg? Yes. And Mr. Maker?

Yes.

Okay. Motion carries.

That concluded items of business for safety,

and we adjourned. Thank you, mister DeVitus. Next committee to report is Planning Community and Economic Development chaired by mister Noble. Thank you, mister president. Mister Davidis, mister Humphrey, and I

were all present tonight. We did have a number of items of legislation, so we did meet this evening. The first of which, which is on third reading, is item twenty twenty six R16, a resolution approving the dedication plat for Southwood Drive Phase 2 and declaring an emergency. So again, this is a right of way plat for the extension of Southwood Drive on the northern limits of Jacobs Ridge, which will bring a completion to the connection road of Southwood over to Tabs Drive. There's a companion piece of legislation for the roadway construction that's associated with this that's also on our agenda this evening.

There was no real discussion about it other than what it is and what we're trying to accomplish there. So at this point, I'm gonna make a motion to adopt twenty twenty six dash r 16. Second. We have a motion and a second to adopt twenty twenty six r 16. Is there any discussion? Madam clerk, please call the roll.

Mister Humble? Yes. Mister DeVidus? Yes. Mister Spate? Yes. Mister Niedemauer? Yes. Mister Humphrey? Yes. Mister Brandenburg? Yes. And mister Maker? Yes. Okay. Twenty twenty six dash r 16 is adopted seven zero.

The second item of legislation that we had on our agenda is also on third reading, and it is 2026 dash zero seven, an ordinance declaring a portion of improvements to suit certain parcel of real property owned by Halasa Properties LLC doing business as as Akron's finest mulch to be a public purpose, exempting 100% of the value of improvements from real property taxation for thirty years. So this is a standard TIF agreement for Maslin Road for a parcel on the western side of Maslin Road between Steese and Greensburg. I make this right? So again, it's a standard TIF for thirty years. There was very little discussion on this.

And so at this point, I'm going to make a motion to adopt twenty twenty six-seven. Second.

We have a motion and a second to adopt twenty twenty six-seven. Is there any discussion? Madam Clerk, please call

the roll. Mr. Noble. Yes. Mister DeVitus? Yes. Mister Spade?

Yes.

Mister Neeke Bauer? Yes. Mister Humphrey?

Yes.

Mister Brandenburg?

Yes.

And mister Maker?

Yes.

Alright. 202607 is adopted seven zero.

The next item of, of legislation that we discussed is on second reading, and it is item twenty twenty six dash zero eight, an ordinance changing the zoning classification of approximately 31 acres of land located at the Northeast Corner of Greensburg Road in Winning Way from R1 single family residential to PD plan development in accepting the amended conceptual site plan of the proposed Greensburg Meadow planned development. Again, this is a rezoning property and for what a lot of us refer to as the Horse Farm on the East Side Of I-seventy 7 down by the airport. It's 31 acres and the developer is proposing a planned development of around 100 and think we said 101 lots in the area. We do have a public hearing scheduled for this rezoning on Tuesday, 05/26/2026 at 7PM in Council Chambers. And so if you have an interest in this particular rezoning, please consider attending that meeting or emailing your council person about any of your thoughts on it.

Again, since this is on second reading and also we're pending a public hearing, at this point, I'll request time on twenty twenty six-eight. Time will be granted. That concluded the legislation that we discussed. We did have a comment from the public regarding the desire to put a moratorium on storage units within the city. And so we had a variety of conversations on that topic. So that was under old and new business, and we adjourned at 05:56 p. M. Thank you, Mr. Noble. Our next committee to report is rules and personnel, which

I chair. Myself, Mr. McGray, and Mr. Brandenburg were all present. However, we do not have any business to discuss, therefore we did not meet. Next committee is transportation, connectivity, and stormwater chaired by mister Mager. Thank you,

mister president. All members were present, and we didn't meet. First item was discussed was on third reading as twenty twenty six dash r seventeen, a resolution awarding a contract to Extreme Elements LLC for the Arlington Road corridor improvements project, sum 15 dash 3.55 in current emergency. So this is a request or a resolution to award a contract to Extreme Elements. They were the lowest and best bid at $13,543,261.7 That was below the engineer's estimate of $13,886,050.67 We did hear that there is no plans to have any kind of contingency with this award in this piece of legislation because we do have that in our budget for this project.

So this is the third reading for this item.

So at this time, I'll make a motion to approve twenty twenty six R17. Second. We have a motion and a second to adopt twenty twenty six R17. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, please call the roll.

Mister Maker? Yes. Mister Brandenburg? Yes. Mister Navitas? Yes. Mister Noble? Yes. Mister Spate? Yes. Mister Newnenbauer?

Yes.

And mister Humphrey? Yes. K. Twenty twenty six dash r seventeen is adopted 07/00.

Thank you. Next up is on second reading, but second reading passage was requested. And that is twenty twenty six dash r 20. This is a resolution of wearing a contract to Kavanaugh Building Corporation for the Southwood Drive Phase two in the current emergency. As stated, second reading passage has been requested.

The reason for this request is to kinda get a head start on that Southwood extension. This would complete that piece of the road that would connect Tabs And Corporate Parkway Corporate Woods Parkway to Fortuna and Arlington Road. So to get ahead of the Arlington Road project at least as quickly as possible, second reading passage was requested. The lowest and best bid for this project was Cavanaugh Building Corporation with a base bid of $1,227,596. That is also below the engineer's estimate of one million seven hundred and twenty nine thousand five hundred and seven dollars and seventy six cents.

So we're ready to ask to award the contract to Cavanaugh Building Corporation, on second reading passage, in order for us to get started on that project, is estimated to be completed sometime later this fall.

So at this time, I'm gonna make a motion to bypass the three reading rule for twenty twenty six dash r twenty. Second. We have a motion and a second to bypass the three reading rule on 02/2020. Is there

any discussion? Please call the roll. Mister Maker? Yes. Mister Brandenburg?

Yes.

Mister Gavides? Yes. Mister Noble? Yes. Mister Spate?

Yes.

Mister Neugebauer? Yes. And mister Humphrey? Yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. Next up, we're gonna make a motion to approve 2026DashR20. Second.

We have

a motion and a second to approve 02/2020.

Is there any discussion? Madam clerk, please call the roll. Mister Maker?

Yes.

Mister Brandenburg? Yes. Mister Lidus? Yes. Mister Noble?

Yes.

Mister Spade? Yes. Mister Nunejibar?

Yes.

And mister Humphrey? Yes. Okay. 2026 dash bar 20 is adopted, 07/00.

Thank you. And in between discussing these items, we did receive an update for administration, in particular, engineer, city engineer Paul Pickett. The Arlington Road project is going to kick off here shortly. It already had some utility movements. It's expected to be a two year project and expect to see some updates from the administration, in particular from Valley Woolford, as we get more information on construction schedules as well as detours and some other things. So keep an eye out for those. It's gonna be busy season next couple of years and Arlington Road corridor.

And with that, we are adjourned at 06:09. Thank you, mister Mayer. Our final committee to report this evening is intergovernmental and utilities chaired by

mister Brandenburg. Thank you, mister president. All members were present. We met to discuss one item of legislation. That item was twenty twenty six dash r 22, the resolution authorizing the mayor to accept the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council 2026 early access new member grant fund declaring an emergency.

So this legislation will allow the mayor to accept a grant from NOPEC for new members of the electricity aggregation program. So, the grant is $20,000 for energy efficiency or energy infrastructure projects in the city of Greene. Ms. Black Carr provided some additional details as well as discuss some past projects things that the grant funds have been used for from our membership in the gas aggregation program. So this item is on second reading. So at this time, we request time on twenty twenty

six dash r twenty two. Time has been requested. Time will be granted. This was the

only item of legislation for tonight's meeting. No items of holding new business, so we adjourn.

Thank you, mister Brandenburg. After our committee meetings, we did break for executive session to discuss pending litigation, and then came back to finish up our meetings. Next on our council meeting agenda is the mayor's report. Thank you,

mister president. As, councilman Meager pointed out a moment ago, we will be hosting several public meetings regarding the Arlington Road construction project. We'll be hosting a public information open house on June 4 at Reagan Chiropractic on Arlington Road for those in the immediate construction area to hear the project timeline and ask any questions of the project team. We'll be holding additional public meetings for residents in the following developments, Parkview, Briar Creek, St. Edwards, and Spring Hill.

I also want to remind residents, especially those in the project areas to register for text emergency alerts at cityofgreen.org/alerts so that way you will receive the text messages and updates about the project right on your phone. As we get ready for a fun filled summer with family friendly events, I'm pleased to report that we have raised over 39,000 in sponsorships to support that programming from 12 local businesses, including Sarah Auto Park, Twisted Olive, Aqua Ohio, JW Didado, Consumers Bank and the Green Area Chamber of Commerce. Also, last week, the service department held its annual rodeo. This is a great team building opportunity for the service department as we gather to review the winter season. It's also a fun way to provide some training for employees seeking a CDL or to sharpen skills for those that already have a CDL.

The obstacles in the rodeo include navigating cones, mailboxes, trash cans, moving a tire and trying to stop it when you can't see in front of the plow. The winners decided based on point values and the time it takes to maneuver through the obstacle course. The winners advance to an area rodeo in New Franklin. Congratulations to all the winners, and they include first place, Tommy Frank second place, Mike Propps third place, Doug Kissamore. Thank you for our service director Carr who was there on-site, rallied the troops, gave a rousing speech at lunch, and did an overall job encouraging the folks.

I'll have counsel know that I did participate with the CDL chaperone and appropriately and I think you'll be relieved to hear I finished dead last.

But nobody was injured. Nobody was injured. There you go.

No. The cone took it pretty good but nobody was injured. Events coming up, a change of art, a day of wellness, art, and mental health on Saturday, May 16 from ten to one from 10AM to 1PM. New this year will be a strides for hope one mile walk in memory of those lost to suicide and support of reducing the stigma of mental health issues. The walk steps off at 09:30.

There will be more than 18 wellness providers. You can join in the community art project led by our art consultants anytime between ten and one Live music and community drum circle from 10:15 to 11:15. Musical performance by Medicine Your Music from 11:30 to noon and free yoga from 12:15 to 12:45. Of course, Memorial Day is coming up on Monday, May 25. For those interested in marching in the parade this year, registration is available on our website.

The deadline to register to be in the parade is Friday, May 15. The mayor's morning meetup is at the Willowdale Trail. We will be meeting at the Freda Banks Pavilion on the hill at 9AM, then hike the Willowdale Trail about 09:30 on May 29. The Green High School j o j junior ROTC Raider Run is May 30 at Butler Park in Southgate Parks. This is one of my favorite races of the year.

I do everything I can not to get hurt. But what makes it unique is there are obstacles throughout and the kids at the ROTC really bring a lot of energy. So it isn't like any other race this year. If there's one that you want to try for the first time, this is a good one. There's a slippery slide at the end, Goes a long way down a hill. They'll they'll, sud you up with soap and, let you fly down. And, you know, there's not a lot of opportunities for that in the city of Green or anywhere. So check out check out the Green High School Junior ROTC rate to run. Summer kickoff. June is just around the corner.

The Central Park Splash Pad. Can you believe we're talking about the splash pad? Opens May 23. It'll be open daily from 11AM to 7PM. There is free yoga in the park beginning June 3 on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9AM at Central Park.

Our first movie in the park is June 6 at 7PM featuring Wicked for Good. Friday, June 12 is our first summer celebration concert presented by Sarah Auto Park featuring opening at Chris Caslenovo at 05:30PM and headliner the shootouts at 7PM. Food trucks begin serving at five, and that's also in conjunction with adult track night. So if you're, recovered from your injuries at, the Green High School Junior ROTC Raider Run, this is a chance to reinjure yourself on June 20, June 12, for the adult track night. Saturday, June 27 is Green's annual Freedom Fest at Butler Park.

From noon to eleven, there'll be food, family fun, inflatables, children's entertainment, live music, and, of course, some of the best fireworks around. Finally, I attended the Summit County Visitors Bureau's Zenith Award for the destination not to be missed. So the Zenith Awards are kind of like Academy Awards for local destinations that are promoted and visited through the Summit County Visitors Bureau. And for this particular award, there were five nominations. One was the Akron Art Museum, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Stan Ewitt Hall, the Metro Parks Fall Hiking Spree, and number five was MAPS.

And these were the five nominees for the Zenith Award for the one destination in the Akron area, not to be missed. And so you're probably guessing, I wouldn't be saying this if I wasn't proud to announce that MAPS was selected as the number one destination in Summit County as a not to be missed location in that field, which I think is particularly impressive. So congratulations to the folks at MAPS. It's a wonderful experience not just as a museum, but what I find the local volunteers who mostly are veterans who will walk you through and tell you stories about local veterans who have sacrificed immeasurable things and people that are right from our area that have been in every World War is an impressive monument to our people. So again, hats off to Mats.

I encourage you to give

it a visit. Mr. President, that concludes my report. Mr. Mayor, next on our agenda is unfinished business. Is anything coming before counsel? And what about new business?

Hearing none, can I get a motion to adjourn? Move to adjourn. Second.

We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. Neugebauer? Yes. Mr. Maker? Yes. Mr. DeVitus? Yes. Mr. Noble?

Yes.

Spade?

Yes.

Mr. Humphrey? Yes. Mr. Brandenburg?

Yes.

Okay. Motion carries.

Thank you. We are adjourned.