City Council - Regular Meeting

all right I'd like to call the Louisville City Council meeting on Monday July 6 to order we will start with our public eating hearings with ordinance number 26-31 being an ordinance amending part 11 planning and zoning of the codified ordinances of the city of Louisville is anyone here to speak on ordinance number 26-31 okay moving on to ordinance number 26-33

Being an ordinance authorizing and directing the finance director to execute a contract with a regional council of governments for the purpose of administration and collection of municipal income tax in the city of Louisville.

Is anyone here to speak on ordinance number 26-33? Okay, ordinance number 26-34.

Being an ordinance accepting the amended final plot for Aspire at Orchard Park townhomes number two, located within the corporate limits of the city of Louisville, Ohio.

Is anyone here to speak on ordinance number 26-34? Okay. We'll call this meeting to order, and I'll ask for an approval of the July 6, 2026 meeting agenda.

I'll make that motion, Mayor.

Second.

Let's go ahead and vote.

Street?

Yes.

Algiantic? Yes. Godone? Yes. McAllister-Atkins? Yes.

Please bow your heads for a moment of silent prayer. Amen. Please stand for 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.

Roll call.

Street.

Here.

Aljanthe.

Here.

Godown.

Here.

Johnston.

McAllister-Atkins here please let the record reflect that councilmember Johnston is excused from meeting this evening we do have a certificate of an open meeting and I'll ask for approval of minutes from the June 15th 2026 special meeting goal setting I make the motion that we approve the meeting the minutes from there whatever meeting for the goal setting second okay let's go ahead and vote

Street?

Yes.

Algianthic? Yes. Godone? Yes. McAllister-Atkins? Yes.

Okay, then next up is the minutes for the June 15th Regular Scheduled Council Meeting. approvals or did we have all three of those can we do all three in one or do they have to be you you can do all three okay well I'll ask for approval for the remaining the June 15th regular scheduled council meeting as well as the June 16th special council meeting yes I'll make that motion yes yes yes yes noted noted for next time person with advisors so you can come on up I believe is the microphone hooked on the podium okay floors yours Oh

I was actually sitting in the municipal building at 5.50. I was like, this is a great place. Right in demand that he brought me here. Yeah, I'm with OHM Advisors. It's nice to meet everybody. I'm going to give you a quick history of the firm or a quick rundown. I know you've got a busy schedule tonight. OHM Advisors is a multidisciplinary engineering firm. Our mission is advancing communities. And our niche is really stacking federal, and state funding, working with the administration and the capital improvement plan, mirroring the two so we can expand your dollar from $1 to $10,000. Really get the projects going. OHM is a firm of over 800. Right now, we have experts in all kinds of fields. I would be your main point of contact, but we have traffic people, bridges, parks, planning, corridor studies, you name it, anything municipal-related, infrastructure. We have experts in the field that I can hook you up with. I've worked with the city of Massillon before, with the city of Canton several times. I'm very familiar with SCATS, the District 19 OPWC, and the District 4 ODOT. I'm very familiar with all their funding sources and all the people that are involved. So it's easy to hit the street funding.

we should say that the firm was selected through a qualifications based selection process and was selected by an evaluation committee of city staff and they certainly came out on top and we're looking forward to working with them

okay next up is ordinance number 26-31 being an ordinance amending part 11 planning and zoning of the codified ordinances of the city of Louisville I'll make the motion that we bring ordinance 26-31 to the table for its second reading

Mayor, this is the ordinance, second reading of the ordinance that amends Part 11, playing and zoning, to streamline and simplify the process for designating minor subdivisions.

We talked about this before. Is there any additional questions, comments, concerns?

I don't think so, Mayor.

Let's go ahead and vote.

Street?

Yes.

Al Jantzik? Yes. Goddard? Yes. McAllister-Atkins? Yes.

Okay, let's move to ordinance number 26-33.

Being an ordinance authorizing and directing the finance director to execute a contract with regional council of governments for the purpose of administration and collection of municipal income tax in the city of Louisville.

I'll make a motion that we bring ordinance 26-33 to the table for its second reading by emergency.

Second.

Uh, Mayor, this is the ordinance that will allow us to transition the administration of our income tax to the RETA program.

And you had indicated that it's a contract or a timeline, so why do we have the emergency requested?

Correct. The emergency is to meet their timeline so that this can be implemented by 2027.

Right, yeah. We wanted to get it implemented as soon as possible so that we have a little bit of overlap with Rita coming on before Lori retires to kind of help ease that hump a little bit. And they can't start doing some of their data extractions to make sure everything is ready to go and balances are whole until the agreement is signed, and the agreement can't be signed until this goes on. Okay.

And again, Rita, a lot of local communities use it. We'll see a cost savings to the city.

Yeah, that's really what this comes down to for me. We'll still have Teresa with us, as we discussed before, so people can still come into City Hall and get that personal service if they want it face-to-face. They can also do that through Rita. They can call Rita. This will give them... online filing, a more streamlined online payment and payment plan structure. Rita does a really good job keeping all of their technology up to date, things like that, improving all the time. So it will really keep us on sort of the cutting edge and all of that at a cost to the taxpayers that is less than what it costs to replace that position.

Great. Thank you.

Oh, again, we certainly appreciate you having experience with this coming from Rittman. It certainly helps.

That installed there, yeah. Yeah, it does help.

Okay.

Let's go ahead and vote.

Street?

Yes.

Algierser? Yes. Goodone?

Yes.

McAllister-Atkins? Yes.

Okay, I'll make a motion that we suspend the rules and adopt ordinance number 26-33 by emergency.

Second.

Let's go ahead and vote.

Street. Yes. Yes.

Yes.

McAllister Atkins.

Yes.

Okay.

Let's move to ordinance number 26 dash 34.

Being an ordinance accepting the amended final plot for aspire at orchard park town homes. Number two, located within the corporate limits of the city of Louisville, Ohio.

I'll make the motion that we bring ordinance number 26 dash 34 to the table for its second reading.

Second.

All right, Mayor, this amends the final plot to Orchard Park Townhomes No. 2. This is the area or the townhomes that are located just north of Peach Avenue. And really the difference is that the current builder, D.R. Horton, intends to build slightly smaller townhomes than what was originally planned by K. Hovany and Homes. That's the difference or what the amendment is about. We're asking for it by emergency with it. The developer asked for it by emergency, and we're asking for it by emergency. It's well understood what the need for housing in Stark County is. So we're hoping not to delay the amendment so that we can get started on the construction, or they can get started on the construction of those homes.

And it's still single family. It's still owner-occupied. Yes.

Dave, I appreciate what you did for me today, going over the prints and also showing me some of the designs that D.R. Horton has that they're going to be putting in place over there. It looks like it's going to be a nice development and some needed housing for our community.

Okay. Let's go ahead and vote.

Street?

Yes.

Al Janser? Yes. Godone? Yes. McAllister-Atkins? Yes.

Make a motion to spend, suspend the rules and adopt ordinance number 26 dash 34 by emergency.

Second, let's go ahead and vote street. Yes. Yes.

Yes.

McAllister Atkins. Yes.

All right. That brings us to ordinance number 26 dash 37.

Being an ordinance authorizing the city manager to provide a notice of award and enter into a contract along with executing all necessary documents.

the 2026 road paving project with barbicus paving llc i'll make a motion that we bring ordinance 2637 to the table for its first reading i'll second all right mary this is the 2026 paving program after a bidding process it was delayed a little bit because we were revamping the bid documents uh barbicus paving is who was determined to be the lowest and best bidder. And we are asking this one by emergency so that we don't run into any weather-related issues with a little bit of a late start. And of course, getting on their schedule is gonna probably not happen right away.

Have we used them before, Andy?

This is the first time that we've used them. I know that they're familiar. Was it you or Corey who was aware of them doing other work?

Yeah, they've done work up towards Summit County where I live in the Talmadge-Akron area. I'm familiar with them from that.

I did see that they were in Stark County also in the recent past. At least on their website, it shows that they have done some stuff in Stark. I don't really have any.

background on them other than that though they've done good work from what you've seen yeah and then just ask that when we have the dates that we have everything posted with the roads that are getting done it'd be nice to have that list sure list out there when when we know yes okay let's go ahead and vote Street yes yes yes McAllister Atkins yes Okay, I'll make a motion. We suspend the rules and consider ordinance number 26-37 on a second reading. Second. Go ahead and read it again, or after we vote.

Street?

Yes.

Aljantzic? Yes. Godone? Yes. McAllister-Atkins? Yes.

Okay, now we can read it again.

Being an ordinance authorizing the city manager to provide a notice of award... and enter into a contract along with executing all necessary documents for the 2026 road paving project with barbacus paving llc now i'll make the motion we bring orders number 26-37 to the table for a second reading second okay no further questions you can go ahead and go street yes al jantzic yes godone yes mcallister-atkins yes

That was a close one.

Okay, now we have Resolution 26-38.

Being a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with the Stark County Board of Commissioners for the purpose of amending the Community Development Block Grant Program Agreement.

I'll make the motion we bring Resolution 26-38 to the table.

Second.

Mayor, this is simply... authorizes a new agreement with the county so that we, despite not having been eligible in the past, that we remain eligible for community development block grant funds.

Okay.

You are closely with the county commissioners on this, right, Andy?

It's really with the regional planning.

Oh, regional planning.

We just don't want to limit our potential for funding, even though, again, historically we've not received any.

And that's due to income and things like that. Correct.

this is if you'll remember we did not get much public money or money and those funds were based on the same formula um with this grant is so that's why we didn't get much yeah okay let's go ahead and vote street yes al janser yes godone yes mcallister atkins yes okay next up is ordinance number 26-39

being an ordinance authorizing the city manager to enter into an amended contract of Hammond construction change order number 16 for the city of Louisville fire emergency medical services facility project original contract authorized by ordinances number 2415 and 2439 I'll make a motion that we bring ordinance number 2639 to the table for its first reading second

i know this probably feels like a blast from the past but this is the last change order for this building and it's actually a reduction for funds that they didn't use related to their their fees and their bond we were waiting on this and one other final thing that we needed to receive from them before we could close the contract and once we do that that remaining money will become available for the city hall project And so we're asking for it by emergency for that purpose to get the contract closed to free up those funds.

We will gladly take their money back quicker.

Our money back.

Yes.

Something we don't see too often. Right. All right.

Let's go ahead and vote.

Street?

Yes.

Aljancic? Yes. Cadone? Yes. McAllister-Atkins?

Yes.

Make a motion we suspend the rules. Consider ordinance number 26-39.

by emergency second let's go ahead vote Street yes yes yes McAllister Atkins yes I'll make the motion that we bring ordinance number dash 26-39 to the table for its second reading second

further comments or questions being an ordinance authorizing the city manager to enter into an amended contract with Hammond construction change order number 16 for the city of Louisville fire emergency medical services facility project original contract authorized by ordinances number 2415 and 2439 what guy did still okay yes yes yes yes okay next up is ordinance number 26-40 to enter into a purchase agreement with Miller builders for the acquisition of a salt dome building

I'll make the motion we bring ordinance number 26-40 to the table for its first reading second

Mayor, so I think all of council is familiar with the salt shed that exists behind the police department. It has a concrete foundation and then a metal structure that holds the canvas-style roof. So the structure is in poor repair. It's, we think, roughly 25 years old, but the structure is in need of replacement, as is the vinyl that was at one point struck by a truck that was dumping salt in the shed and tore it. But at any rate, this ordinance will authorize a purchase agreement with Miller Builders, who was secured through Sourcewell, which is a cooperative that satisfies the state competitive bidding requirement. So this will authorize a contract for $99,461 to replace both the structure and the vinyl over the salt dome.

Like at the same place?

Same place. Everything will be the same. It'll just be a new frame and new vinyl or canvas.

What's the expected lifespan?

That's a good question.

Yeah, I think it depends on what you're using it for. Obviously, if you're using it for a salon film, they're going to take a lot more beating. The one that was there originally was galvanized, but When they inspected it, they said that they only galvanized the outside of the pipe. So once it started eating the welds away and getting inside of it, it just sped things up and just kind of brought it from the inside out. So, I mean, I'd say 25 years on a salt dome like that is probably doing pretty good. I think that the fact that the concrete and stuff is still in great shape is obviously...

So the new one, this would be the same galvanization issue maybe?

No, the new one is supposed to be inside and outside. The different processes come out.

Great. So way longer than 25 years is what you're saying. Yeah.

I'm pretty sure I was on council when that went in the first time.

We think it was in the early 2000s. Jim McBath was a service director at the time. We think it was in the early 2000s.

Because a lot of that was done in-house, if I remember right. Yes. Yes, it was.

It's just nice to know where to point the finger. Nobody who is currently here was in any part of that. Concrete's all up, so good job. There we go. There we go. Okay. Let's go ahead and vote.

Street?

Yes.

Aljanza? Yes. Gadone? Yes. McAllister-Atkins? Yes. Yes.

All right, I'll make a motion that we suspend the rules and consider ordinance number 26 dash 40 by emergency.

Second, let's go ahead and vote street.

Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes. All right.

Can you read it again?

Being an ordinance authorizing the city manager to enter into a purchase agreement with Miller builders for the acquisition of a salt zone building. I'll make the motion we bring ordinance 26-40 to the table for its second reading second Street yes yes yes McAllister Atkins yes okay moving on to ordinance 26-41 Being in ordinance, making appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures of the city of Louisville, Stark County, state of Ohio, for the year beginning January 1, 2026.

I'll make the motion to bring ordinance 26-41 to the table for its first reading.

Second. Second.

All right, Mayor, this ordinance does a couple of things. First, it adds $5,010 in revenue to the general fund that came from two e-bike, I believe one was a donation, one was a grant, but money that we receive for e-bikes, and then it appropriates that same money in the police budget. It also transfers $720,000 from the general fund to the capital fund. 622,000 of that is for the city hall building and it's that amount because what it does is bring the cash balance of the general fund down to the reserve. This doesn't take into consideration the end of year balance. It's just from a cash flow perspective, it keeps that reserve in the general fund and then $98,000 also transferred to the capital fund if you'll remember there were some when the baseball fields were put in there were some issues related to the contract language and things that we were purchasing versus the the contractor and so some of that has to be paid for so that's what some of this money is for and then there were also some expenses related to the CONCESSION STANDS SLASH RESTROOMS THAT WEREN'T ACCOUNTED FOR WHEN THE ESTIMATE FOR IT TO BE PUT IN WAS DONE. SO THESE FUNDS, THIS $98,000 COVERS ALL OF THOSE UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES AND ISSUES STANDING FROM THE COMPLETION OF THE BALL FIELDS WITH THE CONTRACTOR. THEN, I THOUGHT I WAS DONE, BUT I'M NOT. It takes that $720,000 that I just explained and $221,000 that we received from the Rotary through the Louisville Community Foundation and appropriates it as revenue. And the capital fund and then appropriates it for spending on those two issues as well as the Amphitheater that the rotary has has funded so the amphitheater money will be added to the money that already exists and we should be Going out to bid here very shortly for that project For the amphitheater So we are waiting for the final bid package, which again, we should have this week. Once we receive that, we have roughly 30 days or five weeks or so of advertising. Well, 30 days of advertising, but probably a week before we can get it out. Once the bids are received, we'll select the lowest and best pretty quickly. And then following that, we're told it should be about a 90-day build. So we're still hoping to have it done early. by the fall is still the goal. I mean that's of course subject to everything going right, but that's the goal. And I should back up, obviously the Rotary wanted to have this done considerably sooner, But when we started receiving that state and federal grant money, it then involved all the rules and requirements that we have to satisfy the processes that we have to. And that, of course, slows things down.

So definitely up and running for all of next summer.

There's absolutely no reason to think that it won't be. I'll say that.

any other questions let's go ahead and vote Street yes yes yes yes make a motion we suspend the rules consider ordinance number 26-41 by emergency let's go ahead and vote Street yes yes yes yes can you read it again

being an ordinance making appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures of the city of Louisville, Stark County, state of Ohio, for the year beginning January 1st, 2026.

I'll make a motion that we bring Ordinance 2641 to the table for the second reading.

I'll second that. Let's go ahead and vote.

Street?

Yes.

Al Jantzik? Yes. Gadone? Yes. McAllister-Atkins?

Yes. Next up is ordinance number 26-42.

Being an ordinance amending chapter 192, income tax, effective January 1, 2016, of the codified ordinances of the city of Louisville.

I'll make a motion to bring ordinance 26-42 to the table for its first reading.

Second.

I should point out first this does not change our income tax structure at all. What it does is updates the language in the ordinance to reflect what it will need to be as we transition to Rita and then it also adds a provision that automatically kind of incorporates any state law changes that we would be required to adapt to in the future.

now is the 2016 do we have to go back a certain number of years is that a typo do we have to go back like 10 years for no so there was a a large change in state tax code in 20 well 15 that was effective in 2016. so chapter 191 of our ordinances is actually the tax the previous tax code that existed through december 31st 2015. we only need to change here going forward in 192.

Okay.

And it's, I can read all 60 pages if you want. Took me all week to read. I don't need to hear it again. It's mostly changing tax, most of it is changing tax commissioner and tax administrator, just as more blanket language for whoever's in the district.

I read it twice.

I can throw in some jokes. Always does.

Always does. Okay. Let's go ahead and vote.

Street.

Yes.

Algianser. Yes. Godone. Yes. McAllister-Atkin. Yes. Okay.

Next up is ordinance number 26-43.

Being an ordinance authorizing the city manager to enter into a contract with Horn and King Architects for architectural services for the Louisville City Hall new construction project. Okay.

Make the motion we bring ordinance 26-43 to the table for its first reading.

Second.

All right, Mayor. So since the scope of the contract has changed relative to the renovation of the existing city hall, we are doing a new contract with the architects. The estimated cost at this time is not 4.4%. million two four million four hundred twenty thousand dollars it's slightly less than that it'll be just under four million uh four hundred thousand dollars so consistent with what the estimates to renovate city hall were but i think it's also important to point out the contingency funds that were in the renovation portion of the cut or the funds that were contingency in the contract for renovation I think it's fair to say those likely would have been used if not more based on what they found when they got under construction with new construction It's less likely, not that they won't get used, but it's less likely that those contingency funds would be used because there's a lot less question marks, and there's just over $400,000 in contingency funds in this contract. So I guess all I'm saying is ideally we will come in below $4 million in a perfect world, but that is, in fact, the estimate currently for the construction of a new city hall.

We sure have a lot better shot now anyway, right?

Definitely, yeah. And if you'll remember, that was a consistent warning with the architects that once renovation on that building began and you're in it, you're in it, there's no turning back, it's entirely possible that things could have been discovered that would have, you know, upped the price. So yeah, a lot less question marks with new construction, certainly. Right on.

does this include the parking lot include everything it's it's the entire the entire package

I know this has been discussed before, but I think it's worth repeating that the city has been planning for this for years. So this isn't like pulling money out of the air.

Yes, it goes back over a decade that previous councils have attempted to address the issues that we're working to address now. Yes.

And if people have questions about why this is needed, they can reach out to you.

Absolutely. We'll be happy to provide them with information.

Thank you. And there was previous renderings, I think, I don't know if it was six years ago, eight years ago now, on a much larger scale of a city hall. And it had a lot of different components to it and mixed use. yes this is just this is just the city government central functions there's nothing extra there are no bells or whistles or extras correct yeah but you know the exterior Is going to be done in such a way that it will complement the historic downtown corridor I Mean, I just think I think it's positive when people were coming through town, you know, they see see a new fire station You see, you know, if you're coming up nickel plate the library, you know the you would see you know a City Hall building that would you know, not not be imposing, but reflect the, you know, the neighbors around it. And, you know, going back to, I mean, when were the fastest-growing community in Stark County according the article in the rep last week I mean that's those are the kind of things I think that we want to attract people and people would see and they'd see momentum happening in the right direction agreed mayor and not in and not to mention the current liabilities that we have in our current City Hall do you mind outlining some of those the

So the way it was explained to me is there are some public buildings that are not ADA compliant, but somebody who was either wheelchair-bound or relied on other means for mobility could still navigate the building. That is not the case with ours. I think many of the council members have seen some of what we do with the city hall. If someone were to apply for an open position at City Hall and they happen to be wheelchair bound, we would not be able to accommodate them. It's that bad. There's no other way to describe it. We are the furthest thing that you could be from being handicap accessible. And that is probably one of the most important things that we need to fix. And we could fix it in this building, but you saw what the cost was. That was one of the drivers, is the fact that that building actually exists on four different elevations, and you would have to make accommodations between each of those elevations for wheelchair access.

And some of those restrooms are like three foot wide.

If you know, it's yes, it's

Yeah, none of the restrooms meet the ADA requirements. But to your point, one of them is literally you walk in forward and you walk out backward. It's that small.

And you have asbestos issues they got into.

There are asbestos issues. As you know, there's flooding issues in the basement.

Yes, which could bring mold.

The architects did raise the concern about mold in the basement. The HVAC system... The mechanical systems are in very poor repair and failing, the electrical systems. If we were to have moved forward with the renovation of City Hall, it literally would have been stripped down to the bare bones and everything would have been replaced. running our city so I think it's important that it is code and it's functional and safe for everybody and that's that's the other part is the security factor somebody anybody could walk into City Hall and access quite frankly every part of the building and if somebody was I guess savvy enough they could enter City Hall not leave and be there overnight and unless we swept the entire building every night we would we would never know that So I think we do have an obligation, first, to ensure that we have those protections in place for our employees, and then secondly, that we have those protections in place for the information that exists at City Hall.

Plus we'll be on Main Street. We're not going to be hidden behind our downtown anymore, which I think is a...

I think it'll be an asset. It should be an asset.

Absolutely.

Agreed. Okay. Thank you. All right.

Let's go ahead and vote.

Street?

Yes.

Algiantic? Yes. Godone?

Yes.

McAllister-Atkins? Yes.

And Andy, do you mind explaining just real quick why we're requesting this or why it's requested by emergency as well?

Essentially, it's so that we can continue to move forward at any delays in times, risk, cost, escalation. And we're actually, you know, the contract already exists. A contract already exists with the architects. This is just changing the terms of it a little bit to accommodate the new building versus the renovation. So I think one of our biggest interests is to, again, control the cost as much as we can to potentially get it underway before the winter.

Yeah, because you could potentially have at least another 45 days.

Well, what will happen at this point, assuming this passes, we are prepared to go out to – uh to to do what's called a request for qualifications to ultimately hire a construction manager at risk and then that that company that firm will work side by side with the architects in the interest of keeping costs down with their expertise and knowledge about materials and the availability of materials and things like that so that that of course is a little bit of a process but we'll start that here very quickly

as quickly as possible there's several more steps to take and we don't want to just sit and wait and last thing before I make a motion here I just wanted to double-check you know the few things that we had come back with like you know there's no need for a mayor's office and things like that if they already address that or will they address that when it goes out before it goes out this this cost does incorporate the modifications of the changes that were requested so

I'm sorry to say that the mayor's office does not exist in the most recent rendering.

The mayor's office is not needed, does not exist.

In the other side of the building, that airlock area is also, the size was also reduced. Okay. All right.

So it's a smaller footprint than what was originally. Correct.

I should point out that this, you know, ultimately we'll get a guaranteed maximum price. These numbers are the engineer's estimate. If in the end it comes in at, some you know outrageous price this contract only binds us to the architectural work there will be several steps for a council will have the or be in a position to continue the process or stop the process in the unlikely event something would cause it to need to stop I'll make a motion we suspend the rules to consider ordinance number 26 dash 43 by emergency

I'll make the motion to bring that ordinance number 26.

Just a minute.

We have to vote on the suspension of the rules.

In just a moment, you're ready. Street? Yes. Algiansic? Yes. Godone? Yes. McAllister-Atkins? Yes.

All right. Can you read it again, please? Yes.

being an ordinance authorizing the city manager to enter into a contract with Horn and King architects for architectural services for the Louisville City Hall new construction project well then I'll make the motion that we bring ordinance number 26-40 through the table for its second reading second any further discussion okay let's go ahead and vote Street yes Al Jancic yes Godone yes McAllister-Atkins yes

All right, that brings us to new business. Nothing like a thin agenda right after the 4th of July.

New business. We would, Mayor, if you would be so kind, we'd like to recognize two employees for their accomplishments. The first is Assistant Fire Chief Hinkle, and Chief Bordner will read his citations.

Okay. Uh, this certificate is where assistant chief Hinkle has recently completed 12 week program of the NFPA 10 21 fire officer three and four certifications online through the Cleveland state university. This is in conjunction with what he has previously done of officer one and two that he had this, which will help assistant chief Hinkle to acquire his fire credentialing certification. The Ohio fire credentialing certification is completed through the Ohio fire chiefs association and the Ohio fire emergency foundations. to where they have identified the need to further enhance the professionalism of the chief fire officers through the state of Ohio to the establishment of the Uniform Credentialing Program. So this was a 12-week program that was pretty easy for Assistant Chief Hinkle. At least I think so. He does not. He wrote numerous, numerous papers on this process. He's done very, very well with it, and I congratulate him for this.

The next is Finance Director Matt Bupp. If you'd come to the center, please.

Is Matt a fireman now?

In a continuing effort to bring the highest level of financial responsibility to the city of Louisville, Finance Director Matt Buff earned the Certified Public Funds Investment Management credential after successfully completing a comprehensive investment training program that meets the standards established by the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada.

Wow. And Canada.

I'm not going to lose you to the Canadians now.

They already got booted out of the World Cup.

the page for sitting manager report just a few things mayor the documents from the impact group you should have from the email last week if you want to review them and and let us know if it in fact captures what you intended it to capture and then and you can let me know throughout the week if it if it does and We can bring them back at the next meeting for formal adoption.

Can I get copies of them, or do I have to?

Yes, we'll give you copies. Thank you. We'll give you copies. As a matter of fact, I'll give them to you tonight. And if you just let us know that it does or doesn't capture what you intended, and then if it does, we'll bring them back for formal adoption. And then also, to make sure that the public is fully aware, the mayor and I talked about providing a statement to the public regarding... city hall building so you have that same thing if you can let me know if you feel that captures the reasons why you're moving forward with the new city hall well then we'll make that available to the public or publish that great yeah okay and that is all i have okay any questions for any oh no that's all i have okay um chief thank you thank you mayor

The only thing I got is Friday, July 3rd, was the busiest day that I've had, or we, the department has had, that I've known of. We had 17 runs in a 24-hour period. So that's extremely busy. We've had EMS calls to accidents, to everything.

Is it holiday-related? No.

None of it is related to 4th of July-type firework incidents. Even on 4th of July, we only had three runs. nothing related to fireworks but Friday July 3rd for some reason was really crazy and it wasn't just Louisville Osberg was busy the Michellin was busy Camp Township was busy we were pulling ambulances out of quad which is down on the other side of Camp South it was a crazy day for us I commend the ladies and gentlemen that ran that day and and they worked hard for their money other than that that is that is all I have okay All right, Dane.

Mayor, Council, I really don't have anything. I just want to thank you again for Council for passing the minor subdivision requirements tonight. I think it will streamline the process and make it more efficient for our citizens with regards to the process timely as far as time and times they don't have to do extra steps. I anticipate that we're going to bring some additional amendments to the major subdivision, which deals with in the process of developing some new legislation for that, just to clean up with regards to these development inspections and when they're required and all these different steps that I think will be helpful down the road.

Well, you certainly make it easy to pass, Dave, because you're always there with the information that I'm looking for, and I appreciate that. I appreciate that.

Okay.

Daryl? Yeah, just a couple quick things. Just pointing out the guys in the service department have been working hard lately setting up for events. I think a lot of them have gone well from what I've heard. I know the fire department's done a lot with the fireworks and things for Chamber Fest. We heard it all went pretty well. So thank you to them. Well, I'm excited. I don't know that I get to say it at the time when we're at goal setting, but I appreciate you guys letting me give it my all. and what we see that needs to happen in the future. So thank you for that. But yeah, otherwise, I don't really have anything else to report. Thank you. Thanks, Darrell.

as i was hearing booms i thought oh the police the police department must be busy okay no news is good news yeah yeah all right matt

Yeah, just a couple quick things. First of all, as far as the transition to Rita goes, I want to thank Council for working with me on that and City Manager and everybody else. And I also wanted to thank Lori for being a very important part of this process. She's been extremely helpful. She has a really good relationship with our current income tax software vendor to make sure that that data is shared with Rita and everything. So she's been invaluable. So I want to say thank you to her. Also, just real briefly, the Rittman officer who was tragically killed in the line of duty last night. I knew him. He was a really, really good guy, and it's just always sad. So thoughts and prayers with his family and the victims of that as well.

That's awful. That's terrible.

The only thing I'd like to mention is I thought we had a great goal-setting session. I was glad to see it come back. I appreciate the teamwork that we have here, like you can't believe. I've been to a lot of goal-setting sessions. We've had a lot of good productive ones over the years, but this one was really, really done well.

just appreciate the teamwork the department heads andy and tiffany the way it was put together was fantastic yes very productive great information thank you yes okay i echo that as well um and i'll entertain a motion to move into executive session for the purpose to consider the appointment employment dismissal discipline promotion devotion or compensation of a public

I'll make that motion.

Second.

Let's go ahead and vote.

Street.

Yes.

Algiersa. Yes. Cadone. Yes. McAllister-Akin. Yes.

And no action to follow. Hope to see everybody at second Friday.

It's going to be a fun one.

It will. It will. Who do you want to stay?

Yeah.

Amen.