City Council - Regular Meeting

It's Tuesday, August 18th, it's 6.33pm and I declare the meeting open. Teresa, do you want to make an appeal? Mayor Tiffany Hollis? Brian Green? Yes. Donny Barano? Yes. Matthew Huggins? Yes. Faye Cook? Yes. Jeff Barr? Yes. Nicole Schuch? Yes. If everyone can stand up for tonight's invocation. Councilor Cook?

Yes. We thank you for this moment in which we can meet each other. You say that where two are united in your name, there are also two.

And we thank you for that.

We thank you, Lord, for everything you have blessed us with, this city, the inhabitants of the city and our state. We pray that you bless us in everything we do, in the decisions we make. In your name we pray. the flag of the United States of America.

Well, the first point in the order of the day is the approval of the order of the day itself. Does anyone want to present a motion? Propongo di approvare l'ordine del giorno come scritto.

Oggi una mozione.

Siete tutti i favori. Qualcuno è con tre. Il prossimo punto riguarda approvazione dei verbali. Teresa, erano tutti presenti per tutte e tre le sedute. Tu eri assente il 21 e il 23. Quindi se vuoi astenerti possiamo trattarli separatamente. Kyle, tu eri assente il 4. Quindi dobbiamo trattarli tutti individualmente. Il 4 e voi.

Tutti per questo.

Era la seduta speciale.

Possiamo comunque farlo.

You can try them all in the block if you want. I'm just saying that if you want to abstain, I can appeal separately. No, we can simply propose the approval of the verbals of July 21, 23 July, 4 August. Are you all in favor of the block approval?

None against.

Now let's move on to the comments of the citizens on issues not in the order of law. You have received some requests in the intervention itself. I received a request from Phil Baker. He says, chronometer me.

Chronometer.

My name is Phil Baker. I live on the 428th floor of Juntown Utica Road, Juntown Ohio, 4333... I am here this evening because of the reluctance of the municipal council to collaborate with Monroe Township on the sharing of revenues for properties previously in the municipality that are annexed to the city. When this happens, Monroe Township loses the ability to recover any revenue from future developments without an agreement with the city of Johnstown. Participating in the recent municipal meetings, the administrators have repeated several times that, contrary to what was stated by the city, they contacted you via e-mail to organize a meeting to discuss such an agreement. Will the municipality hold a meeting on Wednesday, August 26 at 6 p.m.? I ask and urge you to participate in that meeting and be present. 47 seconds. Open to questions or comments. Silence please. I want you to understand that, with the future development and the annexations, more territory is subtracted from Monroe Township and more calls are received. Because of such projects, sooner or later they will lose the ability to respond to all requests for the city of Johnstown and the annexed properties. And I don't want this to happen.

I have every intention of collaborating with Brow Township.

Well, go ahead. We have money to invest.

So at what price?

Well, it's coming. And when will it happen? I understand that the new property on the other side of the road, compared to me, has been annexed. They weren't included in that agreement, so they're not receiving any funding for this.

That property was just annexed two meetings ago, so there were no agreements at all.

It's still a work in progress. You will cut out the municipality.

Actually, tonight is our day-to-day meeting. There is an agreement on infrastructural development that will also have a role in all this and we have maintained an open communication with the municipality and we have every intention to continue to do so. I think there is a lot of misinformation around.

We were at two of the meetings and they asked us to participate in one of them.

Well, they will have a special meeting on August 26th. They said that that evening there is no agricultural market, so everyone should be able to participate.

Please.

This was all for the drafts.

The next point at dawn are the council reports. The design revision committee met on August 11th. Do you have any updates about Teresa? It wasn't a long meeting. An approval for a teaching center or for an activity. They sent back a request for an extension of a room in their house. They simply didn't have all the papers in order, so it will come back. Okay, that's all. Also the planning and the zoning are together.

We are not together.

When did you meet? It was canceled. There were no questions. I met them all. You are for this. The financial committee met this evening. Mr. Bayer has an update.

Yes, we talked a lot about many different things.

Matt is working on some things. Mr. Delaney is working on some things. So we hope to have presentations to give you in the coming months. We have started the budget process that starts in October. So we are ready to respect the times with the budget. So we won't have to keep a second one. A report from the directors.

The John Town Police Officer Foundation has generously donated to the department a die, spare cushions and a watch. This donation has saved the city almost $ 2,000, providing an important piece of life-saving equipment for the agents and the community. There was also a $ 9,051 grant for bulletproof jackets, which will be used to replace the fallen jackets. And for agent Winols, our new arrival, And we are currently conducting investigations on the previous 5 candidates to cover the vacant place created by the retirement of Sergeant Cooper Ryder. I also wanted to point out that I was the recipient of a little less, I think, of $ 4,000 for a GEGE subsidy on the 10,000 requested. So I started the process with that subsidy. And if someone has ever been part of a federal subsidy, he knows that it is not easy. There are many administrative tasks to do. So I just wanted to inform you about it. This is all I have.

Great. Anyone else for the car? Great job today too. Thank you.

This brings us to the legislation.

Ordinance 11-2026, an ordinance that modifies section 921.06 of the codified ordinances of John Town, Ohio, in order to establish the tariffs for water, cement and the capacity debited by the city of John Town. Originally introduced on July 23 and sent back on August 4, what is the will of the council?

We will do that on August 30. I think we will have to continue sending before we do the workshop.

So that meeting, wait, we know it, that meeting is on August 30th at 4 p.m.

So it's right.

Is there any other day next week where we can do it or even in the rest of this... Next week. Also for the rest of this week or next week.

I think I can go. Five and a half. Five and a half.

My thought is that we have to move quickly on this. You know... It's the only point in the order of the day.

I know that different things have been discussed.

It was that one. That one about the water game area. There was something else.

If we have to discuss, like, if we have different discussions on... Can you proceed to increases? Well, yes, that and also ask for all the information you want, so we can try to get everything we need to have an excellent discussion. So, whether it's numbers, how they got to these numbers, any questions you have or information you want to see, ask it in advance, so you will have it, you will receive it. I think it's a productive way to keep the station.

There were also the NCA. We had some interest in potentials. I know that every day we wait for this from the day we try it it takes 30 days to become effective so I think the time is essential because from the date we will try it we will have to wait 30 days There is enough time for someone to move forward, maybe external users, to exploit that growth that we are trying to manage without harming the contributors, I think we have to decide it quickly.

Yes, I agree. Just tell everyone to make the announcement.

Well, they know. It's not a secret, but... Do you need a motion?

No, we can stay. Oh, that's the next one, we can let them stay.

They've already been sent back. You can just leave them in suspense. Let's move on to Order 13-2026, which authorizes the actions necessary to maintain the status of the John Town Community Improvement Corporation, known as CILS, including the submission to the City Manager or the Financial Directorate of the Powers to maintain such status, the writing of a Regulatory Code, the definition of the Council structure and the emergency declaration originally introduced on 4 August. The public hearing and the vote will be held tonight. The reason for the emergency is that we are approaching the expiration date. If we do not proceed as an emergency, it will expire before the approval. So if we approve it tonight, it will come into force immediately. Any public comment on this hearing? What is the will of the Council? Does anyone have any questions or comments?

I propose to approve Order 13.026

We continue with the resolution 2027. A resolution that authorizes the City Manager to stipulate a development agreement of infrastructure and the appointment of the capacity of public services with the John Town Land Company. I just want to be clear, especially for those listening, that this is a resolution and the agreement is still in the process of elaboration. It is a work in progress. To make sure that whatever it is, this will be, I can't think of the word, amended. It is possible. It is a dynamic document. And clauses have been added to ensure that such a revision is included. Any questions or comments? Propongo di approvare la risoluzione 2026-37 così come scritta. Delibera 2026-38. Delibera per approvare il contratto di lavoro e nominare Terry Emery come nostro City Manager. Comments from the public? Your advice.

Someone.

I propose to approve Deliverance 2638.

Cahill. Nicole Schuh. Matthew Hagen. Donny Barat. Brian Greene. Sindaco. Two things. Oh yes, two things. Mr Sheridan, thank you very much for being our interim manager. He did a fabulous job. It was a very difficult task and he did an extraordinary job.

And it was not a decision made.

Mr Emery, would you like to come here and say something?

Mayor, members of the council, thank you. I'm excited for this opportunity and for the challenges we have in front of us. I understand them, I understand their importance, so I'm really excited. I'm excited to work with the staff, to get to know them a little bit and really build the culture we have here and continue to work on this culture and make it as good as possible. I would like to introduce all my wives behind me. My wife Lori, who, you know, supports me in all these things and in everything else.

The most important part.

That's all. Lori and I, to be honest, you know, when I decided to separate myself from Marysville, she told me, you know, you'll stop working. You know, right? And so this opportunity came and I'm absolutely really excited to be part of this community and the potential of what it can become. The thing that probably struck me more than any other is when I met many of you the passion that you all have for this community. I understand how important it is. So give me some time to get to know people and we will do a lot of good things in the coming years. So thank you very much.

And thanks to the Management Advisory Group for all the work they've done to get us here. It's not an easy task. It's been a long process, but we appreciate the help. Now let's move on to the introduction of the bill 15 2026 an order to amend the John Town Community Reinvestment Area number 4 adding about 169 or 84 acres to that area. This is just the introduction. Jamie would you like to say something about it?

I'm Jamie McNaught of John Town & Company LLC. The idea, the concept here to amend the existing CRA is to base ourselves on what we have always worked on. For the planned development, there was already a CRA in force before the development reached Johnstown. That planned development has been expanded to incorporate the growth of the area. As the development grows, the sequence of events, now that the land is attached to the city, we are simply extending the coverage of the CEA on it, so that all the land enjoys the same competitive advantage. So this does not propose any agreement with end users at the moment. It gives only the city the option to negotiate to reduce risks in future agreements.

Any questions for tonight? Uh, let's move on to other questions. Uh, sir?

Um, yes, I've already spoken to Yass, I think I've already mentioned him. I want to ask you, Jamie, Yass, have you already spoken about an amendment to the NCA?

Yes and no.

Him? A copy of what I've written.

I'll ask. No, the only thing he told me is that an amendment proposal is coming and these are all the details I know. Um, and we have not yet examined the amendment proposal. So the NCA, um, yes, I don't know what the next steps are.

I just wanted to raise the issue among other activities. I have already spoken to IAS and I wanted to update everyone in case there were misunderstandings or anything else. Um. While we were proceeding with the NCA, we approved it, which in my opinion is the right thing to do, some questions about the NCA were raised for the current people who could be younger or did not need to be part of the NCA because they already have the water. So I would like to give an amendment for the NCA I know I gave a copy to the mayor if I also provided to Y7, our legal director, a copy to have an opinion about it. I asked him to contact me. He said it seemed fine to him. I thought I could, you know, make some things a little simpler. But if the rest of the council is fine, we would like to present it next week as a reading or order to amend the

We can all have one.

I didn't want to send it because I didn't want you to have a meeting via email.

If it has to be presented as an order, it will be submitted to us in the next package and it will have to go through... Two, it has to go through.

I guess so.

I want to say, I can talk to Yas. I will send an email to Yas and I will tell them to spread it to everyone once the changes have been made. I would also like him to talk to Jamie to make sure that it is not something that can explode and cause problems. I think it's very eco for the city, very eco for the Josh Townland Company, very eco for all the subjects involved and offers a certain protection for those small lots attached to the city or subjects to change of zoning.

Let's make sure that Yass is sure that everyone receives a copy before our work session. So we can decide.

I'll probably send him an email tonight about it. And without having seen it, I cannot comment on a conceptual level, based only on what I have heard. And between our last conversation and this one, I think we generally agree on the concept. And what I still don't know is that we will have to confirm with the legal advisor and with IAS if it should go to the council or to the council of administration of the NCA to modify the statute or if there is something else, I wouldn't know.

When I talked about it for the first time with IaaS, I think it should be done by order. I mean, it's something we can ask, but since the NCA itself has been approved as an order, the amendment to the NCA should be done in the same way.

Okay, I got it. Yes, we would be happy to provide feedback also from the point of view of the NCA Council and the John Town Land Company in the short term.

Only, I will collect some more information from our financial meeting on the tool for the balance of KillerGov.com, the software, just to touch on some points related to finance. The cost-result is much lower than I initially thought. We provide a cost of just under 13,000 a year for that software, with an implementation cost of 6,000. So Doni asked a good question about WAN, if it is the correct abbreviation, on how well they work with it and which customers they have about it. I mentioned that Palo actually uses it and even received a prize for presenting their budget in 2025 using this system. So I think we're on the right track to, you know, maybe bring it in advice, get just a little more information, maybe have them do a demo for everyone here, have everyone's opinion and move on.

Yes, you know, the school starts tomorrow, so I hope everyone has a fantastic, fun and safe year. Greetings to the students of the last year for the last few days. I have one, so it was difficult. And also, this Friday there is the football game. Match at home against Vermilion, ready for a bit of football for the Big Red band.

Sir, I had something in mind, but I don't remember, but just a reminder, the farmers market is tomorrow from 6.30 p.m.

The fighting group is dealing with the assembly and disassembly, so our fighters will be there tomorrow. We have done some research on how we can develop an entire land and disseminate information in a more concise way.

We will have to make our new website operational next month. I'm working on the transition. So they are working on the transfer of content.

So at some point I will have a place where to start putting something together, because I know that, as for the work started last night, there are many people who did not know what it was. And I also ask myself, and this is a thought that you might have had to raise in your services, but when something like this happens, it would be necessary to publish it somewhere. On the 30, 60, 62, from seven years on, I don't know when, for the next two weeks, there will be jobs. I don't know.

Ask the state to be efficient.

Well, I'm not asking the state to do it.

There are posters everywhere that say it, there are digital signals on both ends. I didn't tell them.

I think they're being neglected.

There are also SMS notices. I would say that SMS notices are working. I receive them. I promote them, I honestly tell people, I copy the link and I give it to them saying, here, sign up for the notices.

Maybe I should make fewer people sign up so that...

I mean, the warnings are excellent. I mean, I want to make some thanks. The warnings work. I receive them and I talk to more people about it. Well, people have to sign up physically if you have citizens who want to, then we could simply use the QR code. Could you? Or how do I do it? I just go to the page, to the link, it opens directly, they click on it. Just for fun. I wonder if we could make some signs, maybe put them around, maybe by our agents, in all the activities.

It's what I was thinking about, waiting in the reception area.

Police station, just for fun. It would be great. We have asked for some activities to do it, so even those who do not live here could receive them, you know, like the people who work in the construction sites, right? I agree.

Counselor Cook, would you like something from our government page, along with that of the police department, so that we can send notices and use Facebook as an option to present them to the public?

Any information that can be spread from the point of view of the city on the country.

Even the poster, at least in some countries, would have been posted with this information. Yes, especially this one.

I don't want to say too much information, I'm never bad. Make these things circulate. Over-communication.

I'm not saying what we're doing. It's just that there are a lot of things that are...

Teresa, how many people are registered via SMS?

About 800. Yes, we have to do better.

It is difficult to say even where they come from, I mean, because anyone can register, someone who crosses the cities could be in the city, but yes, I would like to promote it more, so simply yes.

Yes, we will have to work to double the amount probably within this spring. I would say that we can double that number within the spring. I think it would be a result. There are two groups.

There will be more. There is the one for emergencies and then the one for traffic.

At the time of registration, they choose who prefer the best. Thank you very much.

Do you all receive advice?

Yes.

This is really useful. Ah, and I signed it as spam.

I'll send it back to you. I know someone else in my house receives them.

You are fantastic.

All my things have already been said before. Yes, we go back to school this week. So pay attention to the children on the street. Be very careful and go support the autumn sports.

Well, for me too, it was a return to school and I would just like to say that we have many roadblocks. This is in line with what you said. This morning I talked to the superintendent. Let's really try to communicate as much as possible with the school district to make sure that everyone is aligned on all paths of the genre. We can improve communication between us. So it is definitely on our radar and it is a maximum priority to ensure that we manage the imminent closure of Mink well. There is a lot of meat on the fire, but it is certainly on our radar and we will work on it. And that's all I have. Mr. Sheridan, do you have anything to say? Nothing else. Mr. Dan. I hoped to stay under 30 minutes, but we overcame them in a short time, but uh ... Technically, I didn't start talking. So you did it to update. Go ahead. Two minutes. I support the motion. All in favor? Excellent.