City Council - Special Meeting

Hey, we're about ready to get this show on the road. So, um, if you would please rise 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 for all.

At this time, I'd like to call uh Reverend Dr. Luke Lindon from the Madina United Church of Christ to give us the invocation.

It's an honor to be with you. Uh would you please join your hearts with mine in prayer. Holy one, there's need no need to invoke your presence as you are sovereign over all the earth. Instead, I invoke the fruit of your spirit on the public servants being installed tonight. Lead them away from the bitter fruit and temptations of partisanship. Give them the hearts of servant leaders, minds for the common good, and insight and patience into the plight of the poor. May they have the spirit of camaraderie, compromise, and community in and through all they do. May the tax dollar remain sacred, and may they never violate the public trusts. May this institution thrive here in Madina, and may we be a city on a hill and a light into the nations. Bless our city and may the better angels of our nature be apparent in our streets, in our homes. I pray in your many holy names. You are God, our Christ, our spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Amen. Thank you. At this time, we're going to administer the oaths of office. We have several this evening. We have five. The first one is James A. Shields for mayor. going to be sworn in by the honorable Judith Cross with the Bible being held by Dennis Hanwell.

Ready? I am ready. I I James A. Shields James A. shields being duly sworn being duly sworn swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Ohio and and the Constitution of the State of Ohio the charter and ordinances of the city of Madina Ohio the charter and ordinances of the city of Madina Ohio and will faithfully and will faithfully honestly and impartially honestly and impartially discharge the duties devolving upon me discharge the duties is devolving upon me as mayor for the city of Madina, Madina County, Ohio. as mayor of city of Madina, Madina County, Ohio.

Congratulations. Thank you. [applause] [applause] Next, we have Keith H. Durham, the director of finance, to be sworn in by the honorable Gary F. Warner, the Bible being held by his wife, Diona Durham, along with all the children. [laughter] Make sure they got enough room here.

Okay. Hold it a little higher. Thank you. show their position. There we go. It's official. All right. Please raise your right hand. I, Keith H. Durham, I, Keith H. Durham, being dy sworn being dy sworn swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Constitution of the State of Ohio. The charter and ordinances of the city of Madina, Ohio. the charter and ordinances of the city of Madina, Ohio, and will faithfully, honestly, and impartially

And will faithfully, honestly, and impartially discharge the duties devolving upon me. discharge the duties devolving upon me as director of finance for the city of Madina, Madina County, Ohio. As director of finance for the city of Madina, Madina County, Ohio. Congratulations. [applause] Okay, next we have Chad Simmons, the Ward One Councilman being sworn in by his daughter Quinn Baylor. And the Bible being held by his grandchildren and a Bible being held by his grandchildren. Denny mentioned to me

perfect my hand here. Ready? I Chat L. Simmons. I, Jet L. Simmons, being duly sworn being dy sworn swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States. and the Constitution of the State of Ohio. and the Constitution of the State of Ohio. The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Madina, Ohio. The charter and the ordinances of the city of Madina, Ohio. and will faithfully and will faithfully honestly and impartially honestly and impartially discharge the duties devolving upon me discharge the duties devolving upon me

as ward one councilman for the city of Madina Madina County Ohio as ward one councilman for the city of Madina Madina County Ohio. [applause] [applause]

Okay. At this time, I'd like to call Reggie here, the Ward 3 council woman, who will be sworn in by her husband, Norbert Mans, and a Bible being held by Denny Simpson. [laughter] [clears throat] I, Regina Hair, I, Regina Hair, being duly sworn being duly sworn swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States. swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the charter uh the Constitution of the State of Ohio the Constitution of the State of Ohio. The charter and ordinances of the city of Madina

the charter and ordinances of the city of Madina, Ohio will faithfully, honestly honestly and impartially and impartially discharge the duties discharge the duties devolving upon me devolving upon me as ward 3 councilwoman as w 3 councilwoman for the city of Madina for the city of Madina Madina County Ohio

Madina County Ohio [applause] Our last oath of office would be Edwin Isabella, the atlarge councilman, sworn in by Jessica Smith and a Bible being held by Mother Barbara Isabella, holding his grandfather's service flag. [clears throat] I, Edwin Isabella I, Edwin Isabella, being dually sworn being duly sworn swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States

swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Constitution of the State of Ohio the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Madina, Ohio the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Madina, Ohio. and will faithfully, honestly, and impartially And will faithfully, honestly, and impartially discharge the duties devolving upon me discharge the duties devolving upon me as at large councilmen as at large councilman for the city of Madina for the city of Madina Madina County, Ohio.

Madina County, Ohio. [applause] I don't know, but you're up here now. So, okay. At this time, will the clerk please call the role? Coin here. Dalvo here. Hair here. Isabella here. Simmons here. Simpson

here. The next is confirmation of council appointments. Uh I I would I guess I'll do them unless there's objection. I do the whole group together. Exhibit A together, exhibit B and then president of council prom. Is that everybody okay with that? Yes.

All right. So exhibit A uh appointments by the president of council uh for the finance committee John Coin chair all the other member of council Reggie hair Chad Simmons Natalie Harar Dalvo Ed Isabella and Denny Simpson for special legislation Natalie Harar Dalvo is the chair and Reggie Hair will serve on the committee together with whoever's in the W four position health safety and sanitation Denny Simpson is the chair Reggie Hair and Ed Isabella streets and sidewalks. Ed Isabella will be the chair. Chad Simmons will serve on that. And the Ward 4 representative. Public properties, Reggie Harris, the chair, Natalie Dalvo and Denny Simpson. Water and utilities, Chad Simmons would be the chair. Ed Isabella and Denny Simpson. Emerging technologies, the Ward 4 representative will be the chair and Cadet Simmons and Natalie Dalvo will serve on that committee. Other council appointments by the president, the CIC, the Community Investment Corporation, Reggie here, and Ed Isabella for term expiring 1231-27.

Okay. Motion. Move to approve. Second. Any further discussion? Cler, please call the role. Dalvo, yes. Hair, yes. Isabella, yes. Simmons, yes. Simpson, yes. Coin, yes. Motion passes 6.

Uh, attached uh is council appointments on exhibit B. The council appointments are access commission Chad Simmons for a term expiring 123127. The ward 4 representative for the same term expiring 123127. Archive commission cadet Simmons term expiring 123128. Archive commission Beth Biggins RMR term expiring 123128. Audit committee Reggie Hair term expiring 123127. Planning commission Reggie Hair for a term expiring 123129. EID Energy Special Improvement District Board, Chad Simmons, who's the chair of the Water and Utilities Committee, Fireman's Dependent Board, Cadet [clears throat] Simmons, Madina County Planning Commission, Chad Simmons, he's the full member for a term expiring 123128. And Natalie Dalvo is the alternate for a term expiring 123128. And for the Charter Review Commission, Beth Biggin Ramer, the W one representative, uh, for a term expiring 123130. Phoebe Simpson, the W 2 term expiring 123130. Stacy Baker, W 3, term expiring 123130. Sandra Baker, Ward 4, term expiring 123130. And Norbert Mance, an atlarge representative, for a term expiring 123130.

Move to approve. Second. Any discussion? Clerk, please call the RO. Hair, yes. Isabella, yes. Simmons, yes. Simpson, yes. Coin, yes. Dalvo, yes. Motion passes 6. At this time, I'll entertain a motion for the nomination of the president of council prom. Mr. President, uh, Mr. Simpson, I move that Reggie Hair be elected to President of Council Prom. Mr. President, I second that motion. Are there any other nominations or any discussion on this motion? Hearing none, will the clerk please call the role? Isabella, yes. Simmons, yes. Simpson, yes. Coin, yes. Salvo, yes. Hair,

yes. [laughter] You're allowed. Uh, motion passes 6. Confirmation of mayor director appointments. If there's no objection, I I take them all at once unless somebody who doesn't want to vote for somebody. Are we all good with all of them? Okay. So, confirmation of mayor appointments. At this time, I'd entertain a motion to accept Andrew Dutton as the community development director, Dan Gladish as chief building official, Gregory Huber, director of law for a term expiring 123127, Kimberly Marshall the economic development director, Nino Pakoli, the service director, and Jansen Worley, director of the parks, recreation, cemetery, cemetery, and forestry. Move to approve. Second. Any discussion? Clerk, please call the role. Simmons,

yes. Simpson, yes. Coin, yes. Dalvo, yes. Hair, yes. Isabella, yes. Motion passes 6.

Next, we have confirmation of mayor's appointments. These are all on exhibit C. I'll run through them. Airport commission, Greg Huber as the airport manager. Gary Baker, pilot for Ed Farnham Ham's term for 123127. Uh, Board of Zoning Appeals, Kyle Funk, full member for 123129. Logan Johnson, a full member for 123129. Paul Rosac, full member for 12 a term of 123129. Charter Review Commission, Ashley Powell, 123130. Erica Graffine, 123130. Paul Rose, 123130. Bruce Gold 123130. Community Investment Corporation or the CIC, Jim Shields for a term of 123129. Economic Development Committee, Jim Shields for a term 123129. Julie McNav for a term 123129. Historic Preservation Board, Kevin Hutchinson as a full member for 123129. Planning Commission, Jeremy Sack as a full member for 123129. Nathan Casease as an alternate member for 123129. and Paul Rose as an alternate for Bob Thompson for 123128 records commission Jim Shields 123129 Bob Starer for 123127 recreation center advisory committee Keith Soy for term of 123128 Suzanne Swain 123128 Shade Tree Commission Richard Melzer 123129 and the strategic plan advisory committee Jim Shields for a term of 123129

moved to approve. Second. Any discussion? Will the clerk please call the role? Simpson, yes. Coin, [clears throat] yes. Dalvo, yes. Hair, yes. Isabella, yes. Simmons, yes. Motion passes 6. Next on the agenda is consideration of council rules. At this time, I will entertain a motion for the readoption of section 111.15, the rules of council.

I move that section 111.15, the rules of council, be readdopted. Second, are there any discussion on the rules of council? Every year we go through this because there's a big litany of rules and sometimes we modify them, sometimes not. This seems to been going pretty well over the last, I don't know, since 50 years. So, usually there's not many changes on it, so we usually keep it the same. Uh, will the clerk please call the role on the adoption of the rules of council? Coin, yes. Dalvo, yes. Hair, yes. Isabella, yes. Simmons, yes. Simpson, yes.

Motion passes 6. Uh that it concludes the organizational meeting, but we had to sit tight because there's a special council meeting that we have to run through, but after the special council meeting, there's refreshments in the back. [laughter] And I know we have do we have coffee? And I thought, do we have chocolate milk, too? I thought we'd get chocolate milk, but maybe not. Okay. So, at this uh the meeting is adjourned for the organizational meeting. Uh, at this time I'd like to call the special council meeting of Tuesday, January 6, 2026 to order. Will the clerk please call the role? Hey, wait a minute. Dalvo here. Hair here. Isabella here. Simmons here. Simpson here.

Coin here. Notices, communication, and petitions. We have one. We have a liquor permit. We have a liquor permit not to object to the issuance of a new C1 permit to Marova LLC east to West 837 North Court Street. Move not to object. Move to not object. Second not to object. Any discussion? Will the clerk please call the RO? Hair. Yes. Isabella, yes. Simmons, yes. Simpson, yes. Coin, yes. Valvo, yes.

Motion passes 6. Introduction of ordinances, resolutions. At this time, I'd entertain a motion to suspend the rules requiring three readings on the following ordinances and resolutions. Ordinance 126 and Ordinance 226. Motion to approve. Second. Any discussion on the motion to suspend the rules? Clerk, please call the RO. Isabella, yes. Simmons, yes. Simpson, yes. Coin, yes. Dalvo, yes. Hair, yes.

Motion passes 6. The next two ordinances are talking about the collective bargaining agreement. So, ordinance 126, an ordinance ratifying the collective bargaining agreement between the city of Madina and the Ohio Patrolman's benevolent association for the patrol officers and authorizing the mayor to execute set agreement. Motion to approve. Second discussion. Mayor Shields.

Mr. President, thank you. This is for our patrol officers. The first uh ordinance here, just a couple of the highlights. The um it's a three-year agreement. The first year, 2026, a 4% raise. 2027 is a 4% raise. And in the third year, it's a 3% raise, but 1% of a pension pickup. There's some changes to health insurance so that if the city's share of health insurance increases, it will also increase uh for the patrol officers as well as just uh putting into writing our current practice of 15% deductible or premium contribution from employees for our those involved in the wellness program, 20% otherwise. Um but and the rest is just some minor changes to some contract language. And as we discussed on council, the adoption of these collective bargaining agreements who are the patrolman's, the sergeants, which is currently uh I think in um negotiations and the communication officers with also the teamsters. What we normally do is once we approve them, we have parody throughout the city. So, you know, even though they may have some increases in wages and some pension pickup, you know, some people in the city don't have pension pickup, so they'll go all get 4% raises for three years, right? So, that's kind of how we'll we'll handle that when it comes up. So, everybody, you know, when we hit those issues, is there any further discussion on the adoption of ordinance 126, bro? Mr. Simpson,

I'm going to have to abstain. I I do have a relative that's employed on the police department. Okay. Any other questions? Will the clerk please call the role? [clears throat] Simmons, yes. Simpson, abstain. Coin, yes. Dalvo, yes. Hair, yes. [clears throat] Isabella, yes. Ordinance 126 passes by PA's one abstension. Ordinance 226, an ordinance ratifying a collective bargaining agreement between the city of Madina, Ohio Patrolman's benevolent association for the communication officers and authorizing the mayor to execute set agreement. Motion to approve. Second discussion. Mr. shields.

Uh, thank you, Mr. President. Also, very similar terms, three-year agreement with our dispatch unit communication officers, uh, 4% 2026, 4% in 2027, and then 3% with a 1% additional contribution toward their pension pickup in 2028. Any further discussion? Same as the other one. Will clerk, please call the role. Simpson, yes. Coin, yes. Dalvo, yes. Hair, yes. Isabella, yes. Simmons, yes. Ordinance 226 passes 6.

I think that's it. So, you had an organizational meeting and a council meeting. So, everybody now next the 12th, I think it is, is the next meeting. I expect everybody that's here today to be back then. It's a lot more fun when we have more people [laughter] here. So, I'm glad everybody's going to come back. So, the meeting is adjourned and remember there's refreshments in the back if you would like some. Meeting is adjourned.