City Council - Regular Meeting

Nice, excellent source. Ashland source. No, I think it is planning commission. They steal everything. They nailed down. They're taking away. Yeah.

And the X ray, you know. Carl, do you remember that trick we used to do? You'd take like a paper clip, a rubber band, and I think it was a button, and somehow you could wind it in the paper clip.

You'd stick it in an envelope. If somebody opened up the envelope, the thing would fly out. Very nice.

I don't think I recall that.

I did most of the main things you've been doing. Yeah. That's good. Hello.

Are your top highest paid five players on their salary this year? Or not with the team?

Oh, they got rid of everybody. Salary cap helps. At least you don't have to start running back. Thank you. Just for whatever reasons. The fill brush I guess is better. Carl, how's your Packers looking this year?

I haven't paid a whole lot of attention to anything yet. I've been too busy.

Our star running back is gonna start the season on the commissioner's list because of domestic violence with his now ex-girlfriend. blown out acl last year other than that everything's fine where's that green bay i don't know what's wrong with oh i know what's wrong with the browns browns are always good at browns yep i was so excited at first who knew the highlight was going to be the tim couch years

I was sitting in the stadium freezing. I had a friend of mine.

I was not a Browns fan, but my college roommate was. So I got tickets through the newspaper I was working at and drove up there. I had no idea what it was going to be like weather-wise. It was going to be cold. It was going to be that cold.

Yeah, it was. And everyone was so happy about it. I did not like that. It's like, I want to be able to play. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, yeah, you've got a long story. I got started. Madison. We're in the brand.

Good evening. It is now 620, and I'm going to go ahead and start the Public Affairs Committee meeting. Take roll. Councilwoman Meyer?

Present.

Councilwoman Weiss? Present. Okay, thank you. I'm going to ask Ms. Ackerman to step forward. Director Ackerman, we're going to go over the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report, or CAPA report. And she can go ahead and explain and answer any questions that anyone may have. Does everyone have a copy of the report? It should be in your packets. Adrienne, I'm going to turn it over to you.

Okay. So the CAPER is our yearly report for HUD. This is reporting on 2025, which was July 1st of 2025 through June 30th of 2026. I did get a couple of questions, so I will address those just with everyone. So in the CRR 5, of course, it shows that we expended $446,000 of CDBG money, which was very low. year over year considering. However, 1.3 million of our CDBG money was towards the Glessner project. So as of today, we actually have a current grant balance of $320,000 because we have spent the majority of that $1.3 million towards that project to date. So that number was just a little bit delayed just due to we didn't get our HUD money until December. So that delayed all of our programs, all of our expenditures. So construction didn't start in time to get a bill in before this happened. So that does make that look a little bit off, but it's really, we're flush. We have less money than we've had in a long time, unfortunately. The goals that are listed there, those are from the five-year plan. So we're only reporting one year of the five years in that section. So those will seem low, but that's in comparison to the five-year plan. Some of those programs we haven't realized yet. There were some changes in HUD rules that went effective this year. So that changes how those programs have to run as well. So we kind of have to start over with some of those. Let's see. There are a few other goals that do need to be reviewed. I did make a note. There were some oddities in one of the paragraphs in the report. I think that was because I created the narratives in Word. And when I copied them, for some reason, it put some symbols in there. If anybody saw those, I have taken those out. And I also noted that our labor hours did not save in the very last section on the CR 58. I did report labor hours towards the Glessner project. That was 2,249. I have added that now, it's just not on your draft. So that's how many hours we had towards that construction project in 2025. No major surprises. Most of our home money, of course, is allocated to two developments, Mosaic and Turtle Creek. So obviously, there's a lot of money sitting there right now waiting on those to come to fruition. So if there are any questions, I'm happy to answer them.

I'll open up to any questions. Any of the committee members have any questions first? Okay, anyone on city council? Councilman Falquette.

Well, thanks for addressing my questions about goals. And because it's a five-year plan, would we expect those goals to be linear, 20% per year, or would we expect those goals to be like year three, the thing's going to be done and bam, it's going to be right there?

Yeah, not necessarily that it's going to happen over time, like the housing unit's constructed goal, but we really can't do one of those projects every year just due to the scale that they are so that's probably all going to be realized at the same time since both of these projects if they go will likely be constructed at the same time okay thank you anyone else have any questions yes miss councilwoman weiss yes

So the Westin neighborhood, and I see that you have that the percentage of currently it's at 67 percent and only five point only five percent.

That was what was expended in 25. So we spent we've spent over a million since July 1st. We've drawn over a million towards that project. So 26 will look probably higher than it should be.

That's what I thought, but I thought, let me clarify that again. Also, I wanted to ask on the West End project, is that totally completed? Are all of the funds allocated to everyone or is there still an ability for some of that?

We did allocate some 26 funds that obviously we don't have quite yet. We're just now getting to a point where HUD's reviewing the CAPER. Hopefully we'll have them before December this year. But there is some 2026 money that'll go towards that project. Other than that, that's what we've got. Thanks. Thank you. Is there any other questions? And just a quick update on that, they should be paving this week, so hopefully it'll be open soon. Any other questions?

All right, seeing no questions, I'm going to go ahead and end the Public Affairs Committee meeting at 625.

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Okay.

Thank you.

Good evening, everybody. It's 6.30, and we're opening the Municipality and Public Utilities Committee meeting. Would you like to come up?

All right. Thank you, Councilman. This is Bill 26.157, and it's to apply for a grant to install the south well line phase two that feeds our water treatment plant. So our water treatment plant gets water from two sources, namely the Clear Fork Reservoir surface runoff and wells. And we have north wells near Deer Park and we have south wells closer towards Lexington. Last year we constructed phase one of this project and that's shown on the handout here and that's in blue. That's where we fed a new line to Broom and Schinkel one and Broom and Schinkel two wells closer into Lexington. Phase two is what we're speaking of tonight and what we're considering. So that's the red line on the document. It's about 3000 feet of a 14 inch ductile iron pipe that will replace a 90 to a 100 year old well line that's currently still in existence. phase one was extremely beneficial after that was constructed the water treatment plant realized a much larger flow from broom and shingle wells because what was happening is water was being pumped out of the holes in the pipe into the ground some of the water and then the remaining was getting to the plant. We suspect that same issue, that same concern to be rectified with this project for the phase two. So very old line needs replaced. And we are looking at a $500,000 grant from OPWC. We would apply for that funding source in about a month. And typically every year we receive one grant from OPWC. So I anticipate the city being awarded. And then I would come back to city council and ask for a vote to construct the water line, the well line. The total cost is 1.4 million, 500,000 from OPWC, and we would spend 900,000 out of our water fund out of next year's budget. Construction has to happen after July of next year. We can't start earlier than that because of the state fiscal year. So we'll start in July of 2027, and the project would be completed about March of 2028. This well line will come from Trish Well by the Clear Fork Reservoir and then Wiles Well. Wiles Well is kind of off the beaten path in the woods. You probably wouldn't recognize it, but both of these wells provide a significant amount of water for our treatment plant. So appreciate your consideration for this project and this application.

And again, the age of the last one we did, what was the age of the last one?

90 years. And the age of the proposed is? Well, it'll be brand new, and it'll last 75 to 100 years. How old is the one we're proposing here?

90 years as well, yes. So they're both the same age? Yeah. So the expectation of the seepage of water is similar?

To be completely gone. Okay. That'll be a completely watertight well line.

Any questions?

The red line looks as though we will be crossing or can you explain to, it looks as though it's close to private property. Are we, will there be interference in any of the residents, you know, will it interfere in any way with their driveways or their own water source or anything like that?

The water line will run within public right of way along Owens road, and then it will cross over 97 that we will have to bore under that road to minimize any closure. Um, and then it'll go to Trish and while as well, there will be some drive aprons that may need replaced.

If I can interrupt, I think that's Lexington spring with mill, not 97.

or ontario like lexington ontario i'm sorry yes thank you no problem sorry go ahead so um we there will be some disruption to the drive entrances but we would of course coordinate with the residents and make sure that they get their drive apron poured back um yep and what's the length of this three thousand feet 14 inch diameter. Do you have a question?

You said you're on to write for a grant.

Yes.

What's the probability of getting it? It's high.

Yeah. We've since 1986, it's state issue two. It's Ohio public works commission and the city has received a grant every year.

Okay. I just wanted there, if you didn't get it, what else was the other alternative? Okay.

Ms. Robinson.

Thank you, Councilman Miranda. Mr. Bianchi, if I recall, I think in the past we did something. This will be all new piping then, correct? Yes. Okay. If I recall, I thought we did something in the past where we had like a lining that put in the pipes and it actually sealed it and it was more cost effective. But this will be all new piping replaced.

That's correct. And you're thinking of sanitary sewers. That's what it was. Yep.

Okay. Thank you.

Mm-hmm. Councilman Diaz. Thank you, Chair.

Mr. Bianchi, worst case scenario, what would happen if we weren't given the grant?

We would consider, I'd speak to the administration to see if there's funds available in the 2027 budget to fully construct the project locally. Or we could wait until 2028 and apply again. There's that option as well.

Any additional questions? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I do appreciate you. And with that, we conclude the utilities.

Do we have one more? There's 159 Diaz. He'll pick it up in a minute.

Okay, it is 6.40 p.m., and we will open the Streets Committee. We'll do a roll call first. Councilwoman Daly?

Here.

Councilwoman Mounts?

Here. Thank you.

We're going to discuss, with the assistance of our engineer, Bill 26-156, which is involving the design of a 3,000-long, 11-foot-wide concrete trail along Trimble and Marion Avenue to Millsboro Road. Okay, thank you.

I think that's where I got the 3000 foot from and I'm sitting here thinking, oh, no, I'll check that. I'll check the line length. So this project is to continue the vision of extending a walking path, a separate trail. from the roadway. So a refuge trail essentially for pedestrians from the B&O Trail all the way to the downtown. And this particular piece will fill the gap along Trimble Road between Marion and and Millsboro. So of course the Connector has been constructed, the Trimble Road Trail from Cook to Marion has been constructed, and also the Millsboro Road Trail to the Arts Center has been constructed. So one of the reasons, just to go back, why we've done it this way, kind of the leapfrog, is that when we go to try to get a grant for something like this, Those grant holders, those agencies like to see things to fill the gap rather than just to extend. So that's kind of our hopes here is that when we go for grant money to build this, it'll look like a very viable project, just simply we're closing the gap on projects that the city has invested in over many years. So Millsboro, excuse me, this trail will be more of the same, 11 foot wide concrete trail along the east side of Trimble Road and will be constructed very similar to how the others were constructed in the past. This particular bill is for engineering only. And after the plans are fully designed, and completed, and we've got approvals with ODOT, we will come back to city council and ask for authorization to build the project via a grant and also local funds. So on the document that you have, you'll see a summary, of course, the trail location, and then some specifics about cost of design and then potentially construction. Again, this bill is only for design, but I did want to include construction on the documents so that you're prepared of what we're looking at for a total project cost. So appreciate your consideration to authorize us to enter into a contract for engineering services.

Are there any questions from the committee members? Councilman Miranda.

Okay, so our initial consideration would be to enter a contract that would be for the 175. That's correct. Is any of that applied under the total project cost? Yes. Separate entities. Separate, that's correct.

Councilwoman Davis-Weiss?

Just a quick question. So when we're saying permissive sales tax, that is $120,000, what would that look like? What is...

So, well, the design is $175,000, the first part, and that'll be paid for at a permissible sales tax. And that's the sales tax that was approved by the voters in the late 1980s. And it's a portion of Richland County sales tax that they share to municipalities, villages, townships for roads and bridges and projects like this along county highways within a city. Trimble Road is a county highway. Cook Road is a county highway, Marion Avenue. So these types of roadways are eligible for permissive sales tax. We get about $560,000 a year in revenue.

Are there any questions from Council at large? Thank you, Mr. Bianchi. It is 6.44 p.m. and that will conclude the streets committee.

While we're waiting for 6.50 for the public hearing, if you wish to speak in council during public comment period, there is a sign-up sheet in the back of the room back over there. So if you plan on speaking during public comment, please sign up. Thank you.

Thank you.

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Everyone's afraid to talk. Well, Maya gave birth to 13. And I took the 85 .

song or something Okay, I've got 650 or darn close enough. We'll call this public hearing for rezone number 566. I'm sure most are aware, but this is the old CenturyLink or whatever last known phone company you want to use. I think it was about, what, three or four phone companies, titles that were in that building, starting at United and Sprint and CenturyLink. But anyway, this is a rezone. The public hearing for that, turning it into veterans housing. First of all, is there anybody from the public here that would like to make a comment about that? That's what this time period is for. Carl. Yeah, if Carl and Brady, if you, I don't know if you're, just Carl. Okay. You kind of want to give us a little recap about it, Carl? The floor is yours.

Well, when we formed the foundation after Grant passed, you know, we got a document that was pretty much kind of his guidance document on where he wanted his philanthropy to go. And one of them was veteran housing. Another one was big community projects. And really the third bucket was individual assistance. And we looked at this building as it has sat empty for multiple years that we thought that this would be a great project to bring two of those buckets together with veterans housing and also a big community impact. also preserving what I would say is a nice historic landmark building for the community. So we started bantering this around with our foundation committee and everybody was totally on board with it. And we approached Bright Speed and worked with them. They worked with us. There was another entity that was involved. They're not involved, but interested in purchasing the business. And they wanted to make store and lockets out of the building. And so Bright Speed wanted to be a community partner as well. And they chose us to work with us and sold us the property. Thus, we went into some design development with Garmin Miller, an architect firm out of Minster, Ohio. They have offices in Columbus and Cleveland, and we've been working with them for well over a year now, and we're getting very close to our design development. And we'll have 61 housing units, and there will also be some companion units Sources there as well. We'll have a gym facility for them. We're going to have some medical services facilities in there for them. We're going to put a hair salon and barber in. We'll have a small theater. There will be plenty of common area for the tenants to gather and mingle. There will be a restaurant in the facility that will not only service the people at the building, but also be open to general public. The building is totally 120,000 square feet. So there was a lot of space that we were trying to fill up in the bottom. So we looked at it and there was enough space to put a nice event center in that could house up to or handle up to 500 people. We're going to redo our ADA entrances into the back of the facility. And we're also working with Historical Preservation Society, going after some tax credits that ensures that we maintain the integrity of the structure and the building and the appearance. Not only that, but that is the property as well. The only thing really from the outside that you might see a difference on, if you looked close, is we want to put up a covered parking portion in the back for the residents so that they have sheltered parking. Total project cost is going to be somewhere in between $26 and $30 million. We don't have a... 100% guarantee, but we're very, very hopeful and that we are going to be able to partner with Area Agency on Aging. And it's our intent to bring them in and manage the facility. and we will help them maintain the facility and after we are going to run we are going to finance a big portion portion of this so we don't eat into all of our funds out of the gate and it'll be about a 10-year payoff and after that is paid off we're going to deed it to area agency and that's our plans

Council have any questions for Mr. Miller?

Hi, Mr. Miller. Thank you for giving us this is some good information here. I know you said the agreement with the area agency is tentative at this point. Would it be your hope that they would have someone on site, or has that been discussed? Would they have somebody on site to manage the facility?

Yeah, they will have some of their employees on site managing the facility. We are actually going to have a... A meeting with their board on September 10th. We've had, Brady and I have had many conversations with Duana and certain members of her staff already. That will also give them the opportunity to expand some of the services right now that they're restricted to because of sizes and facilities. So they are looking forward to being able to expand some of their current services and programs that they have right now. Okay.

How many units do you anticipate you will be able to build out?

There will be 61. 61?

Okay. I'm not sure if I missed that or not. And then will these be, they'll be strictly for veterans or?

Veterans and seniors.

Veterans and seniors. So 55 and older?

Correct.

Okay. Okay.

Okay. Mr. Miranda.

First of all, thank you very much for what you're doing. That's very admirable and very good for the community. Along with the area, is there going to be medical services for the folks there? I mean, what kind of stage of senior living? Is it just older? If they need medical, then they have to go somewhere else? Or will that be someplace they can continue on living? Sure.

This is independent living, so it's not assisted living. So it's going to be minor medical services that I think the area agency is going to work with some local service providers and coming in and maybe coming in certain times of the week, certain days. If some of the residents are having some minor health issues, that they can come down to a clinic and get checked out and receive that care and service there.

Ms. Davis-Weiss.

I first was going to say just thank you. And it's a privilege to have your family doing this. I've worked in the past with trying to assist veterans and finding places to stay. And sometimes that's a very difficult thing as they're aging. So I look forward to this. I also wanted the event space that you're saying that would house about 500 people. I'm always suggesting that there's multi-generational space when these builds take place, when we're doing senior citizens. So there's a lot of things that you have taking place here that I just want to COMPLIMENT YOU ON. I LIKE THE MEDICAL, THE SALON, THE BARBERSHOP, THE SPACE, THE EVENT SPACE THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THIS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING.

NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU.

NEW SPEAKER DID I SEE MR. DIAZ?

NEW SPEAKER MR. MILLER, THANK YOU. THIS IS HUGE. I READ THE WRITTEN SOURCE ARTICLE BEFORE COMING TO COUNCIL. SO A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS I HAD WERE ANSWERED. IT ILLUSTRATED WAY MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAN I ever imagine. My initial question was, Councilwoman Meyer did ask that, and that was if there were any supports available, housing managers, stuff like that. One other question I had was, with vets who are under the age of 60, would that qualify them as well if they're not a senior?

Yeah, veteran would be taken at any age.

Okay, cool. But otherwise, I think it's very exciting. So thank you so much.

Thanks.

Ms. Mount.

Thank you. Are these units, like all or a percentage of them, going to be ADA compliant? Or how many veterans is it like for one person each unit? Or is there a possibility of a couple living there? What does that look like?

Sure. By code, we have to have a minimum of four that are totally ADA compliant. So there's four that will be totally ADA compliant. All the other ones will have some ADA functionality to them in the bathrooms, grab rails, things like that. There is a mix. Primarily, most of them are one bedroom, but a lot of them, there are several two bedrooms, but a lot of the one bedrooms have a study that could be converted into a second bedroom if needed.

Thank you. And also another question. What would the screening process be? And maybe this is something that is up to the Area Agency and AG. How would that look? How would people be chosen if they would fit in? If there is somebody with a criminal background, would that preclude them or would they be allowed if they meet the other criteria?

So that's going to be totally up to the Area Agency on Aging because that's outside of my wheelhouse, and I don't know how all the voucher systems work and things like that, but I do know that there is going to be a mix of options. tenants in there, some that will have certain different types of vouchers, possibly. There might be some tenants in there that don't qualify for a voucher. That might be a market rate, but that's going to be totally up to the area agency to manage and run that program.

Did I say Ms. Davis-Wiesentz? That was my question. Okay. Mrs. Meyer.

Thank you. You had mentioned you're planning to do like a carport or garage. Will that essentially be the only kind of outdoor dust, debris, anything like that that would affect any neighbors that are close by? I mean, would that just the building of that, would that be the only exterior changes that you would be making?

We've got some maintenance to do to the outside of the building, some concrete repair. The parking lot needs totally redone. So that's all coming out. A lot of curb work. There is an excess of parking space that we will take out and then convert over into green space and more park-like setting outside for the tenants. Yes. Yes.

Do you plan to do any sort of fence or anything around the backside or anything that you might be taking the parking lot out?

Not at this time, no.

Mr. Falkett?

Thank you. I've got a statement and then questions for Adrian. I wanted to thank you for doing this. This is a wonderful thing. I know the building's been empty a long time. I'm glad somebody came up with something better than store and lockets. Nothing against store and lockets, but not on Lexington Avenue, please. Um, for Adrian in the back, this went to city planning. Yes. And did they vote on it? And how'd that turn out?

It did go to planning commission, uh, and it was approved or voted on to, uh, make a recommendation for approval to city council.

Thank you. Ms. Robertson.

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. Millard, again, echoing many, what have many said up here, thank you for the investment in our city and our veterans and our low-income families and just the county in general. What you and your foundation, your family's done is just left a legacy and I love it. I just also want to ask a couple questions because obviously when you, it's great, again, not to see the storage units going up. We got enough of those. And I know housing was something that was big on my list. And it's great to see a lot of these buildings go up, but what tends to happen is 10, 15, 20 years later, they're dilapidated or something's happened. Is there any type of, And maybe you can't answer this yet because it's kind of down the road. But is there other things in place like for legacy costs or will the Area Agency on Aging clearly probably seek some grant funding or things like that? Or, you know, is there HUD monies? I don't know. That's out of my wheelhouse. But anything on that, I'm just curious. Sure.

Yeah, so our agreement structure that we're going to be doing with the area agency is they're going to be responsible for pretty much the maintenance on the inside of the building, the cleaning and things like that. But the Mallory Foundation has committed in perpetuity to maintain the major problems, the roofs, you know, the windows, the HVAC, the air conditioning, those types of things.

Thank you, and that was my biggest concern because those can be the high-dollar items. So thank you, and thank you again.

We'll be employing. We'll have an employee on our staff that will be stationed there at the building also that will address those items as they come up. If a heating or cooling zoning thing goes awry, we'll have somebody on site to be able to manage that.

Thank you. I'm very excited for this. Thank you.

Mr. Falkett, you had to follow up.

Yes. Back to Adrienne. On the zoning classification, I see industrial district as the current where it's written up in the paperwork. And then it says office someplace else.

It is office services currently.

That's what it is. And we're going to B2.

B2, yes, which is adjacent to other B2 zoning in the area. It won't create anything spot zoning or anything like that.

Perfect. All right. Thank you.

Any other questions?

Yeah.

Ms. Mount?

I just was remiss earlier in saying thank you for the consideration that the foundation is giving to the community and the needs of the community and all you're doing to assist with those needs. It's greatly appreciated.

Did I see Miss Daly?

Thank you for the work that Mill Iron is doing, the foundation, and carrying on the legacy of your dad. I heard him speak once, and it was inspiring to how he started and what he had been doing in the community. And I did meet him once, so it was an honor. So what the affordability would be like for these veterans or seniors? Do you have any idea? Like, would they... Like get help from Metro or something like that?

Yeah, their area agency will manage that, but they will help, you know, depending on their income level, what type of assistance that they would be eligible for and be able to help them, assist them with the right programs to get them into the facility.

Because I see a lot of them are not able sometimes to afford it. So that would be so helpful. Thank you.

Mrs. Meyer.

I hear questions and then I think of something else. Again, thank you as well. I was remiss in not thanking you for doing this project. You said you were meeting with the area agency on the 10th? Yes, they're full board, the full board. So you might have some of these other kind of questions that we have raised this evening. There might be some of that discussion talked about. In that meeting, would it would it be possible to. potentially have someone join us at our next meeting to discuss, maybe we could get a couple of the other questions that had cropped up answered by someone from the agency on agent, area agency on agent.

And what detail, I guess, are you looking at?

Well, I guess like Councilwoman Daly had asked about like, or Councilwoman, someone had asked about like the qualifications or what they would be looking for as far as the specific criteria that they, a person would need to meet to yeah i think that they would be more apt to answer those questions rather than myself sure sure i just wondered if i didn't know if that would be something that we could maybe do get someone from there a representative from there um here that could potentially come up with some of those other answers sure okay thank you so much any uh council mayor

I just want to add my thanks on, I think this is a really exciting project. I think it might be the only post I have made on my Facebook page that was pretty much universally liked. That's very rare. So congratulations. And a lot of you probably don't know, but Carl is responsible for bringing me to town. He was chairman of the chamber when I came here and And his dad is he was just an amazing man. And so when the announcement was made that they were setting up the foundation, I knew that was going to mean just tremendously transformational things in the community. And I don't think any of us could have expected your first major project here, but I think it's fantastic. Really excited. And I just want to say thanks for all you're doing, not just this, but you know, There's a lot of projects happening in the community right now that have the Miller name attached. And, you know, that having that funding is really making a difference in our community. And I was just going to add maybe to Councilwoman Meyer's suggestion. Once they get some of those details, maybe we can schedule an Economic Development Committee meeting and ask someone to come and address Council with some of those details, if that would make sense.

Any other questions, comments? I guess in closing, I'd like to thank you, Carl, for coming. I think it's a great project the foundation is doing. And having known your dad, I'm sure he would be proud of this project.

So thank you. Well, thank all of you and thank you for all of your support behind this. Appreciate that very much.

Thanks. Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, at 7-11, we'd like to call this session of Mansfield City Caucus meeting to order. With that, are there any commit reports, Mr. Diaz?

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A FEW COMMUNITY UPDATES LEADING UP TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. BEGINNING WITH THIS FRIDAY, EVERY MONTH IS THE FIRST FRIDAY EVENT, SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE HAVING SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING ROSETTO EVENT CENTER, 101 T COMPANY, THE EVERGREEN BOOK SHOP, WHICH IS PART OF THE LIBRARY, CROSSROADS CITY CENTER, AND BASICALLY A DIFFERENT ONE DOWNTOWN. This Saturday at 7, the Brickyard and the Renaissance Theater is collaborating for a concert called At Last, an evening with Etta James featuring her very own Connie. It will be at 7 p.m. Also Saturday, the Mainfield Speedway, which they're really creating a lot of events every weekend, which is a great thing. They're hosting the Mainfield Speedway's Rust Bowl Nationals. I think there's maybe a two-night. The first night is going to be Saturday. um and also just wanted to conclude with monday um is the 2026 labor day parade which is hosted by the mid ohio area clc uh the lineup is 8 30 at the five-way light on park avenue and uh the walk off towards the carousel will be at 10 a.m and then on the carousel along with the laborers they um they give free hot dogs and rides to the public so please come out to that and that concludes my community updates

Are there any other committee reports or community updates from anybody? Okay. Moving on. Mayor, you have anything?

I do have a few things. So first of all, I do want to let everyone know that our goal is not to make everyone mad with traffic right now. I know because I've been caught in it too. There's a lot of projects happening and, So I thought I asked Bob for some timing updates. And so let's start with the shortest one. Obviously, today we've had Diamond Street closed at third. That cuts off our particular north northbound traffic. That is for the water main replacement project. They have been in there all day today. They will be in there again in the morning. They the plan is to open it tomorrow afternoon. Of course, you know, you never know. But they have been doing really good work. They've been working all along Third Street. So that one is very short lived. There will be they will be working up Third Street, though, further kind of connecting over to Mulberry. So there will be some closures over the next few weeks there on and off. But they do not have to dig up Main Street. I want to make sure you all understand that. That was preplanned. That water main's there waiting to tap in. So Glessner and Mulberry has been closed for quite a while. A lot of just construction delays there. They're actually going to open that for about six weeks. And then they'll close it again mid to late October. So that's going to reopen on Friday. They will have a three week closure in October, but there's a lot of shortage of concrete and getting that work done. So thanks to Bob for getting them to just they're just going to leave the site for a little bit and then come back when everything is ready to go. And then Park Avenue and Walnut is closed this week and next week. And that is by First Energy. They're doing some work sort of tangentially related to Main Street, but it does need to be fully closed for that. So that will reopen on Saturday, September 12th. So short, medium, and more long-term. And then finally, yeah, we are still on task and on track for finishing the end of October for Main Street. So that's really good news. Just wanted to say thanks to the NAACP for hosting the community conversation last week at the Greater Mitchell Chapel. Had a lot of lively conversation, but good feedback and feedback. We're working through some of that. We will be doing another one of those. So when dates get scheduled, I'll let people know. But I did want to give a shout out to Pastor O'Neill for hosting us. In case anyone missed it, in the latest round of OFA funding, Woda Cooper, was funded for about 70 low-income housing units across the city. If you don't remember, these are going to be single houses and duplexes. So this is not one big facility like some of the other ones we've had. They will be located throughout the city. They're finalizing locations right now. As soon as I have those, they are working in cooperation with the land bank. I will certainly pass them along to council. But I do think this is a good thing. Single family houses, most likely stick build as well, which is encouraging, not a prefab situation. So lots to come on that. They have to get their final application in in December. But if everything stays on track, we might be seeing construction about a year from now. And last but not least, it is budget time. And so we're right in the midst of all our department head meetings. So just wanted to give council an update that we're working diligently to get things to you in late October. So thanks. Good.

Director Andrews?

Last week we completed dedications for Prospect Park and Fox Glen. Those were well attended and projects that's been on the books for about 18 months or so. This Friday at Liberty at 11 o'clock, we'll have our America 250 Heritage Tree Ceremony. Shelby was recipient for the county, and Liberty Park will be the place for the swamp oak to be planted for the city of Mansfield. Both the city of Mansfield and Richland County are community ones, and we each got a tree. So ours is coming this Friday. Also, we had two new aerators and fountains installed at North Lake this week. We originally had one there and it kept breaking down. So we went with an Ohio company that this is what their specialty is. It's designed to aerate the water to help reduce the algae bloom, but also oxygenate the water so that the fish and the wildlife that are in there have a better chance of survival when we have these heats and things like that. They also have LEDs so we can theme them at different times of the year as well. So we want to do something, make it unique and bring back the fountains. So you'll see those. If you swing by tonight, you'll see the nice blue colors and things of that nature. 40 of our staff members just completed work zone safety training that was provided by ODOT. And that's something that we're trying to do is get as much training to our employees so they're doing things safely and they're doing them correctly as well. We're also having a gas line safety seminar that's being put on by Columbia Gas that will be working with our staff that are excavating around gas lines, the protocol and safety around that as well. So those are the things that we've been working on, and we'll have more stuff at the next meeting as well.

Thank you. Director Porch. Thank you, Mr. President. For the fire department, all lieutenants, captains, and assistant chiefs this month will be attending fire instructor school. They will all be certified. This cost will be covered by FEMA, which is important to note that the city funds will not have to cover the training of this. For Mansfield Police, we'll be hiring three new officers. These officers will be certified, so once hired, they will immediately start within the field training program. They will be hired on September 14th at 1 o'clock in City Council Chambers. If you can attend, please attend. That's all I have, sir. Okay.

Director Converse?

Thank you, Mr. President. I have some updates on some financial stats for you. At the end of July, our benchmark would be 58% of the year having passed, and income tax revenue for withholding, which is the largest driver of income tax receipts. That was at 60% of the budget. So that's good. Overall, individual receipts and business taxes are rebounding. So we're at 63% of the budget overall at the end of July. So that's good news. General fund revenue at the end of July is at 64% of the budget. That's also great news. And then the water fund is rebounding, is at the benchmark at 58% at the end of July. Commercial accounts are still down compared to where they should be, but it is making a comeback. And sewer revenue is at 63%. So overall, city revenue is looking pretty good. And all of the city departments are at expenditures below the benchmark. So from a financial standpoint, everything looks fantastic right now.

Good. Good.

Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy Director Corley.

Thank you, Mr. President. Both civil and criminal divisions of the Law and Drug Office are functioning well. And beyond that, no further updates.

Thank you. With that, we shall proceed with legislation. We will start with Bill 26-149. And that would be Ms. Mount.

Thank you, Mr. President. Bill 26149 is the rezone petition for the old phone company building, as was discussed in the public hearing. And I would want to also note that we're planning on holding it out to four readings at this point, which will give us some time to get more answers and possibly an economic development meeting before the final vote.

Any questions, discussion on 26149? Mr. Falkett?

Yes. One, just for opening in the header paragraph, it's incorrectly noted I-1 Industrial District. That should be, I move that that be stricken and replaced with OS Office Service. Second.

Second.

Okay, it's been regularly moved and seconded. Which paragraph are you at?

The opening paragraph, very top opening paragraph. It's the fourth line halfway in.

Yeah, it did say that. Madden corrected it the other day.

So this is correct.

Yeah, what it says right now is correct.

Section one at the bottom is correct. Did you correct it before the meeting? yes well then it has been correct and it's already handled yes thank you very much then my second question mayor on that is this one was set up for one read one pass one vote everything tonight um if you're changing it for readings is that an impact for somebody that seems like a big change that was also corrected i submitted the legislation with full reads

It got sent down to me from the law director's office with a vote, and I got the correction from the law director's office early this morning that it was full reads. I updated that on the website and everything.

Is there any timing issue with that, Adrian, from a zoning perspective?

I think there's just a few questions and maybe, you know, we can always change that. And then in two weeks we can move it up to, to vote if so needed. It doesn't mean that that's a hard and fast rule that we have to wait until October the 20th to, to pass it. Ms. Robertson.

Thank you, Mr. President. Does anyone know, I know they talked about going for some historical tax credits. If we hold on this, does anyone know if that's going to impact them at all?

Mr. Falkett?

I'm on historic preservation, and they have not approached us with any paperwork. Doesn't mean that they have to, but normally they would go through historic preservation.

Okay. Unless I hear a motion that we change that, I think we'd at least keep it as it is for now. And then in two weeks, if we change it or in four weeks, we wish to change it, we can do so, but.

So as it is not on our forms, because we don't have the corrected forms, that's part of the problem with what Mr. Fouquet was stating. And then mine's the same way. It's showing a boat and it's showing industrial. And so it was the first one.

On what I have here in front of me, it's been corrected. So for what you receive from now on will be the correct form.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Yeah, those on the committee that were talking about it, They all were notified, and I passed out the correct thing. Instead of printing this out another fourth time, I just let them know. The committee members. Yeah.

Did anyone tell them that?

Tell who?

The Bill Irons?

Bill Irons Foundation.

I guess that's my question. Cause we normally vote on it the same night for reasons. Um, and it looked like it was here. So that was my assumption. I mean, I'm not, I don't know that it's holding anything up, but I do. I am concerned if it waits a long time, because I think that does, I think they're planning to get moving on. And I guess that's all I'm saying, Mr. Miranda.

Based upon the statements from the mayor, thank you, Mr. President, based upon the statements of the mayor, is there, because I was under the assumption we were voting tonight on it, and I would be fearful of somebody who's embarking on this project of this nature that's substantial to the community that we're not voting. Is there a reason we can't vote tonight on it?

There is no reason why we can't. It's up to the will of council. If you make a motion and a second and an approved, then that's the way it is. Mrs. Meyer.

I had a list of concerns from one of my constituents who lives adjacent to this property, and not all of those concerns were answered. Some of those were questions that were, that Mr. Malliron said would be left up to the Area Agency on Aging. That was the reason that I had asked for, to see if someone from, a representative from there could be here at the next, potentially be here at the next meeting to maybe answer some of those other questions.

Ms. Robertson.

Thank you, Mr. President. I see the list here. I know many of them were answered, many were not. I guess the question for us really is, is some of these, it's not unanswered yet. And again, the Area Agency of Aging may not have an answer because this is just starting. And I have a concern. The only concern I have is a $26 to $30 million project Are we holding it up because and we may not actually get those answers. I mean, to me, that's the only concern I have. And of course, we don't have anyone here. And so they could have been thinking that it was going for a vote. So they went ahead and left.

Mr. Miranda. Mr. President, thank you. I would like to put a motion on the floor based upon the facts that the Mill Iron Foundation is the one putting the request for the rezoning and not the Area Agency of Aging. They're just going to be a managing entity to this. But the Mill Iron Foundation is the one putting together, as you said, a $26 to $30 million project for our community. I would like to put a motion on the floor that we move this to vote this evening. Second.

It's been regularly moved and seconded that we waive further readings on Bill 26-149 and bring it up for a vote tonight during council. And the motion should be before you. And I have a six yes and two no. So the motion does carry. So we will be voting on it this evening. OK. Moving on to Bill 26-150. Thank you, Mr. President.

In reference to this bill, it's for the approval and support of the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report, which Director Adrian Ackerman went over and declaring an emergency.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-150?

Mr. President.

Mr. Falkett.

At this point, I think we have to do it in council. I'll request that vote where I'm allowed to abstain due to a conflict.

We'll do it during council. Any other questions on 26-150? 26-151, Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. 151, if you don't mind, 152 are both fund transfers. It's over the middle of the year. There's some funds left in a couple of things that would allow the sewer department to buy a dump truck. They're also getting a snow plow package on it. And altogether, it's $175,000 for a dump truck with a snow plow. It'll be used for both streets and the sewer department. And so 151 and 152 are related. And when you get done with questions, I would like to move both of those forward for vote tonight, I guess, in two separate motions.

Second.

Is there any other questions, discussion on 26-151 and 26-152?

Can I just make a clarification? It actually will be two dump trucks. So the sewer department will be getting one for the 125. The streets department has already some money to allocate towards this in their non-personnel, but they're running very, very low in personnel this year just because of some staffing things there. So we were asking to move 50 so they could also get a... a dump truck, and that one will have the plow package. Actually, they both will get the plow package. Sorry.

Okay. With that, Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-151 waive all further readings and be allowed on the floor for vote at council tonight.

Second. Second.

Then regularly move and second it, and we wave further readings of Bill 26-151 and bring it forward for a final vote in council this evening. Council should have the motion before you. Motion passes 8-0.

Mr. President, 26-152, I move that that bill be waived of all further readings and be allowed on the floor tonight in council for final passage vote.

Second.

Been regularly moved and seconded. We waive further readings of bill 26 dash one 52 and bring it forward for a final vote this evening in council. Motion passes eight to zero. Okay, moving on. Bill 26-153, Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I believe this 153 and 154 is another pair of fund transfers to allow the purchase of PPE for the fire department. 153 is for 10,139 and 154 is for 3,900. There's some different funds involved. That's why there's two separate motions. And I would also like to move these ahead at the appropriate time.

Is there any questions discussion on one 53 and while we're at one 54, both. Okay. Hearing none. Mr. Falkett. Thank you, Mr. President.

I move that bill 26, one 53 be allowed on the floor for final passage later tonight at council and that we wave off further readings.

Second.

been regularly moved in the second and we weigh further readings of bill 26-153 and bring it forward to council this evening for a final vote motion is before you motion passes 8-0 so we will be voting on that one as well

Mr. President, I move that bill 26, one 54 also, uh, wave all further readings and be moved forward for a final vote during council tonight.

Second been regularly moved in second in that we wave further readings of bill 26 dash one 54, bring it forward for a final vote this evening during council motion passes eight to zero. So we will be voting on that one. Also, moving on to Bill 26-155, Mr. Miranda. Thank you, Mr. President.

Vote 26-155, authorizing the Public Works Director to advertise for bids and enter into contracts for certain yearly needs of the city and declaring an emergency.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-155? Okay. Hearing none, Bill 26-156, Mr. Diaz.

Thank you, Mr. President. Bill 26-156 is authorizing the Public Works Director to enter into a contract to purchase an AG4075R compact utility tractor contract with 72, is that inch? Yes. Blair Moore from AG Pro 2000 for the street department. An amount to not exceed $78,916 in declaring an emergency. Is there any discussion on Bill 26-156?

Mr. Falkett?

This was brought up at the Board of Control meeting, and the flare mower is something that allows them to reach in and around guardrails. The current mower is 1990, maybe 1, 2, 3. So it's old, worn out, and it's time to get replaced. That was the story at Board of Control.

Okay. Thanks for the info. Hearing nothing else on 156, moving on to Bill 26-157. Mr. Miranda.

Thank you, Mr. President. 26-157, authorizing the Public Works Director to submit an application for funding for the Southwell Line Replacement Project Phase 2.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-157? No. Okay. Hearing none, moving on to Bill 26-158. Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. This is a correction. Apparently, we have multiple ordinances for the exact same thing, and we're undoing one of them.

Okay. Is there any questions, discussion on 26-158? Okay. Okay. 26-159, Mr. Diaz. Thank you, Mr. President.

As discussed in the committee meeting, Bill 26-159 is authorizing public works director to enter into a contract or contracts for engineering services relating to the Chumbo Road Trail from Marion Avenue to Millsboro.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-159? Mr. Diaz?

Thank you, Mr. President. Yes, I'd like to make a motion to dispense of any further readings and move forward for consideration tonight. Second.

Been regularly moved and seconded. We waive further readings of Bill 26-159 and bring it forward for a final vote this evening. Motion passes eight to zero. That concludes legislation. Is there anything else further to come before caucus this evening?

Mr. President?

Yes.

Going back to piece 156, that all does say flare mower, but it should be a flail with an L, not an R. I don't know if that is, if we should just amend that to be correct. I mean, I also don't know that it holds us up from purchasing it either, but.

Ms. Mount.

I'm willing to make the motion to amend 26-156 to state SMU two-inch flail mower, replacing that letter. Second.

Okay, we're in regular move in the second, and we amend bill 26-156 to read flail mower.

Sorry about that.

When he said it, I was like, wait, I thought it was Flint.

Well, it's been nice. They sent the picture.

Hang tight while the clerk types the motion.

How do you spell it the way it's supposed to be?

F-L-N-E-I-L. That's how they do spell it. No flair. Flair sounded good, though.

Everybody should have the motion before you.

It's still there. What? On the second, on down the first one's been changed, but then, or disregard. It's shown that you're changing. It's okay, Howard.

Yeah, I have to amend the correct layer to flail.

Are we all flare, flaying? Okay, motion passes eight to zero. All right. It's been changed to flail. That concludes legislation. Is there anything further to come before caucus this evening?

Move to close.

Second. Second.

Been regularly moved and seconded. We adjourn, close caucus. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, same. With that, everybody please stand. I'll call this session of Mansfield City Council to order. Please stand for the pledge and remain standing for the prayer.

Let's bow for the prayer. Father in heaven, thank you for giving us this day and the time we have had to discuss the matters before us that benefit and affect our community. Please grant us wisdom as we proceed through the meeting and make decisions on these matters. Please also protect those that serve and protect us in the city. In your name, amen.

Amen. Okay, the clerk will now call the roll.

Mr. Miranda?

Present.

Mrs. Meyer? Present. Mrs. Davis-Weiss? Present. Mrs. Daly?

Here.

Mr. Diaz?

Here.

Ms. Mount? Here. Ms. Robertson? Here. Mr. Falkwet?

Here.

President Scott?

Here. Okay. Unless there is an objection, the reading of the journal and correspondence will be dispensed with. Hearing no objection, we will proceed. Do we have anyone signed up for public comment? OK. Ms. Butler, if you wish to come up to the microphone there. And as we do, when you get there, please state your name and address. And we limit public comment to three minutes. So you may proceed.

Micaiah Butler. I'm staying with my dad at the moment, so I'm currently homeless. Okay. Proceed. I'm 23. I was invited by Aurelio. I have been through a lot, and I've been wanting to help my community out. I have a lot of medical issues. I've been in and out of the hospital my whole life and I just want to try to help my community out by any chance I can. One thing that I love to do is I love history and I love to look at the history of Mansfield. There's a lot of buildings that are part of history. Um, Lately, I've been taking care of my dad and it's hard because I can't really find a job with all my medical issues. He right now has cancer and I'm trying my best. One of my big things I always wanted to do was try to be like a Miss Ohio contestant. But it's hard to do that with not able to have enough money to be one of them. I always wanted to help the community and that's one way I can. One of my best people is Aurelio. He's shown me so much and I haven't given up because of him.

Is that all? Okay. Well, thank you for coming. We appreciate your comments. So, thank you. Are there any committee reports?

Okay.

Mayor?

Director's on down? Okay.

We will now proceed with legislation. Ms. Staley.

Monday. Thank you, Mr. President. Monday deadline. I move with respect to Bill 26155 that the rule requiring legislation be submitted by Monday at 4 p.m. be suspended and that Bill 26155 be allowed on the floor this evening. Second.

Been regularly moved and seconded. Council should have the motion before you. Motion passes eight to zero. Ms. Daly, suspension of the rules.

Suspension of the rules. I move with respect to all bills that come before council this evening that rule requiring reading on three different days be suspended and that each bill be read one time by title only. Second.

It's been regularly moved and seconded. Council should have the motion. Motion passes eight to zero. Moving on to legislation and bill 26 dash one 49. Ms. Mount.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that bill 26 dash one 49 be read and placed up on the floor for discussion.

Second been regularly moved in second and the clerk shall read bill 26 dash one 49.

amending the zoning district's map of the City of Mansfield, Ohio, Ordinance Number 04-208 to rezone three parcels known as Richland County Permanent Parcel Numbers 028-90-900-07-001 028-90-900-07-002 and 028-90-900-07-003 located at and around 665 Lexington Avenue, Mansfield, Ohio from zoning classification OS office services classification to zoning classification B2 general business district classification and declaring an emergency.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-149? Ms. Robertson.

Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to state that I know there was a list of concerns on this, and I don't think that anyone's trying to take those lightly at all. I just feel that given the situation, you know, by moving it forward was the right thing to do tonight, and I appreciate everyone's work on this and thoughts, and I think that these are questions, too, that we can still work on to get some answers to as we move forward because there's some really good questions in here, and I've highlighted several of them.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, MR. DIAZ?

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN ROBERTSON, AND THIS IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WANTING FOR A VERY LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY in a building that's been unused for quite some time, I still would have liked to have gotten more information after the September 10th meeting, just so that we had some more questions answered. But overall, that doesn't deter from the fact that I 500% support this project.

Any other questions, discussion on 149? Okay, hearing none, Ms. Mount.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-149 be placed upon the floor for final consideration. Second.

And regularly moved and seconded, Council shall cast their vote for final passage of Bill 26-149. Thank you. Bill passes 8-0. Bill 26-150, Ms. Robertson.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move in respect to Bill 26-150 that it be placed upon the floor for final passage. Oh, be placed upon the floor for consideration, sorry.

Can I have a second? Second. Second. It's been regularly moved and seconded. The clerk shall read Bill 26-150.

Expressing approval and support for the City of Mansfield's Office of Permitting and Development in completion of the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report, CAPER, for program year 2025, July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026, and declaring an emergency.

Is there any discussion? At this time, Mr. Falkett.

I'll make a motion that I be allowed to abstain.

Second.

Been regularly moved and seconded that Mr. Falkett be allowed to abstain in the voting on this piece of legislation. The motion passes eight to zero. So, Mr. Falkett, you are allowed to abstain. With that, Ms. Robertson.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move in respect to Bill 26-150 that be placed on the floor now for final consideration. Second.

Been regularly moved and seconded. Council shall cast a vote for final passage of Bill 26-150. After all that.

All right, redo.

Redo, redo. Thank you, Mr. Falkett. Okay, we have seven yes and one abstention from Mr. Falkett. Thank you. Moving on to Bill 26-151. Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-151 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion.

Second. Been regularly moved and seconded. Clerk shall read Bill 26-151.

Transferring appropriations in the amount of $125,000 within the sewer fund number 503 for the purpose of purchasing a dump truck.

Is there any further discussion on Bill 26-151? Hearing none, Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-151 be placed upon the floor for final passage.

Second. Been regularly moved and seconded. Council shall cast their vote for final passage of Bill 26-151. Bill passes eight to zero. Bill 26-152, Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-152 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion.

Second. And the clerk shall read Bill 26-152.

transferring appropriations in the amount of $50,000 within the Street Maintenance and Repair Fund number 202 for the purpose of purchasing a dump truck and declaring an emergency.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-152? Hearing none, Mr. Falkett. Thank you, Mr. President.

I move that Bill 26-152 be placed upon the floor for final passage.

Second. And regularly moved and seconded. Council, shall I cast our vote for final passage of Bill 26-152? Bill passes 8-0. Bill 26-153, Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-153 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion.

Seconded.

Been regularly moved and seconded. Clerk shall read Bill 26-153.

Appropriating $10,139 from the Unappropriated Capital Equipment Fund No. 422 to the Fire Department Operations 422.16.01 Capital Outlay Classification for the purpose of purchasing equipment and additional personal protective equipment.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-153? Hearing none, Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-153 be placed upon the floor for final passage.

Second. And we moved and seconded. Council shall cast their vote for final passage of Bill 26-153. Bill passes 8-0. Bill 26-154, Mr. Falkett. Thank you, Mr. President.

I move that Bill 26-154 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion.

Second.

Been regularly moving the second. And the clerk shall read Bill 26-154.

Transferring appropriations in the amount of $3,900 within the Safety Service Fund, number 214, for the purpose of purchasing equipment and additional personal protective equipment.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-154? Hearing none, Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-154 be placed upon the floor for final passage.

Second.

And regularly moved and seconded, Council shall cast their vote for final passage of Bill 26-154. Bill passes 8-0. Bill 26-155, Mr. Miranda. Thank you, Mr. President.

I move that Bill 26-155 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion.

Second.

And moving second, the clerk shall read Bill 26-155.

Authorizing the Public Works Director to advertise for bids and enter into contracts for certain yearly needs of the city and declaring an emergency.

Is there any discussion, question on Bill 26-155? Hearing none, Mr. Miranda.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-155 be placed on the floor for final passage.

Second.

And regularly moved and seconded, Council shall cast their vote for final passage of Bill 26-155. Bill passes 8-0. Bill 26-156, Mr. Diaz.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-156 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion. Second.

Then, Fred, we move the second, and the clerk shall read Bill 26-156.

Authorizing the public works director to enter into a contract to purchase, according to state contract, OHSTS515, an AG4075R compact utility tractor contract with 72-inch flail mower... from AG Pro 2000 of 2000 West Country 54, Tiffin, Ohio 44883 for the street department in an amount not to exceed $78,916.69 and declaring an emergency. Is there any discussion on Bill 26-156? Hearing none, Mr. Diaz?

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-156 be placed upon a floor for consideration.

Second.

Any regular movement? Seconded. Council shall cast their vote for final passage of Bill 26-156. Bill passes 8-0. Moving on to Bill 26-157, Mr. Miranda.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-157 be placed on the floor, be read upon the floor for discussion.

Second.

Been regularly moved and seconded. The clerk shall read Bill 26-157.

Authorizing the Public Works Director to submit an application for funding the Southwell Line Replacement Project Phase 2.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-157? Hearing none, Mr. Miranda.

Thank you, Mr. President. Oh, I'm sorry, Ms. Mount, I'm sorry.

I just wanted to say thank you to Mr. Bianchi and the Engineering Office for all the work you're doing to coordinate these infrastructure repairs that are desperately needed. So thank you, and please pass it along to your staff.

Any other questions, discussion? Okay, hearing none, Mr. Miranda.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-157 be placed upon the floor for final passage.

Second.

Been regularly moved and seconded. Council shall cast their vote for final passage of Bill 26-157. Bill passes 8-0. Bill 26-158, Mr. Falkett. Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-158 be read and placed on the floor for discussion.

Second.

And regularly moved and seconded, the clerk shall read Bill 26-158.

Repealing Resolution No. 26-098, reducing appropriations in the Parks and Recreation Fund No. 236 by $45,000 due to the passage of Resolution No. 26-144, Whereas both ordinances reference the same source of revenue and the financial award received from NOPEC is considered a new source member community grant and should be tracked in the grant fund number 224 and declaring an emergency.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-158? Hearing none, Mr. Falkett.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-158 be placed upon the floor for final passage.

Second. Been regularly moved and seconded. Council shall cast their vote for final passage of Bill 26-158. Bill passes 8-0. Bill 26-159, Mr. Diaz.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-159 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion.

Second.

Then we're going to move to second. The clerk shall read Bill 26-159.

Authorizing the Public Works Director to enter into a contract or contracts for engineering services relating to the Trimble Road Trail from Marion Avenue to Millsboro Road.

Is there any discussion on Bill 26-159?

Hearing none, Mr. Diaz. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-159 be placed upon the floor for consideration. Second.

The regular move is second. Council shall cast their vote for final passage of Bill 26-159. Bill passes 8-0. Is there anything further to come before council this evening? Move to close.

Second.

And we're going to move to second. We close. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, same. We are adjourned.