City Council - Regular Meeting

All right. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It is 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 10th, 2026. We are at the Twinsburg Government Center, and I'm going to call the council meeting to session. Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, I'm here. Mrs. Mrs. Lavy, here. Mr. Castillo, here. Mr. Fury, here. Mr. Bonacci, here. Mrs. Walker, Mr. Post, here. All right. Uh, please join Mr. fury who will lead the imitation of the pledge of allegiance this evening.

Father, we seek your guidance for the businesses that is before us in planning for the future of the city of Twinsburg. Give us vision and guide us to make decisions that are not self- serving but for the betterment of our community so that we can continue to move in a positive direction. Amen. Amen. 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. Right. Thank you, Mr. Fury.

At this time, I'd like to move on to uh approval of the minutes. Has everybody had a chance to review the minutes from the regular council meeting on January 27th, 2026? I have, and I'd like to make a motion that we accept the minutes as submitted. All right, Mr. Mr. Fury makes a motion and Mr. Post seconds. Any discussion? Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mr. Bell, abstain. All right. So, the approval of the minutes passes 6 to zero. Are there any any awards and presentations this evening? Yes, we do. Mayor.

Yes, Chief. Um, dog. I saw him. Puppy. There he is. There he is. It's the first time I've seen him without a vest. I'm telling you, stay right here. You can pet him now. He's nice. Ready?

Yeah. Well, thank you all for being here. Just going to say a couple quick uh quick words about uh E as we all know. So, ever since I've known, ever since he came to the department, I knew one of his goals was to become a K9 officer and he knew he had to wait, you know, by his time. Uh but the opportunity finally presented itself in 2014. Correct. 2014 it presented itself. He was given the opportunity. Um, long story short, at that time he' taken over a program and, you know, it's it's amazing the transformation the program went through. Uh, the the the dog itself, the way it was run, it was it was evident that this was the right guy for the job. So, fast forward a couple years, 2017, uh, Yasa was retiring and, uh, Caesar is the new K9 and he was named as as the continuing handler. So, it since 2017, this man has dedicated himself wholeheartedly to not only the uh department and his service as a K9, but the K9 program in general. As you've seen recently, our K9 program is expanding with Benny. Uh we just uh went through legislation tonight to add another dog, and he's a huge part of that. It's invaluable what he's offered to the new handlers, uh incorporating him into the group, the continued training, uh you know, just just everything. So, you know, in in typical E fashion, he gave me about a uh 10 12 page full color, you know, report with charts and graphs all about canine program and use and and everything. I'm not going to go through all that with you, but uh one of the things that jumped out to me was it looks like you've had over 130 deployments. Pretty impressive. It's not just, you know, our K9 program doesn't doesn't just serve Twinsburg. We're available for mutual aid surrounding communities [clears throat] as they are to us. So, a nice chunk of those are are us assisting other agencies which is we can offer to do that. So, I'll wrap this up.

Tonight's uh you know, bittersweet I'm sure for E. Um I'm sure for Caesar as well. You know, canines want to work. They miss it when they're not at work. I'm sure it's going to be a big adjustment, but uh the time has come. He's dedicated what over eight years of service to the department. And uh you know, tonight's the retirement for NIT. So, at least one honor. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay. I do better with two legs than one. All right. So, we have a little presentation for you tonight. It says certificate of appreciation. This certificate is presented to officer Emil in Carcion for his outstanding work as K9 handler for both K9 Yaso and K9 Caesar from late 2014 through today. The Twinsburg Police Department along with the administration and city council commends you for your dedication and commitment to the department's K9 program and the city of Twinsburg. The Twinsburg Police Department's K9 program would not be the success it is today without you. and we sincerely thank you so much for um doing what you've done for the last 14 years with our K9 group and um you know continuing this on and we uh we wish you know Caesar a good retirement and uh you know and and I guess you'll you'll take him home and uh it'll be all yours. So uh then you've got protection at home too I guess. So that should be good for you. If I can shake your hand, I will. If he if I don't want to say, no, wait.

See, he's fine. Okay. All right. Good. And there you go. I want I'll present that to you. [clears throat] It's his party. He can talk if he wants. You can't tell me who's

good. Thank you. Thanks so much. Thanks very much. Bye, Caesar. Cedar doesn't like to clap. [laughter] Told you I needed this one staring you down. He has he has bid into a few mayors. I know. All right. Do Do we have any other um awards or presentations this evening? Throw in. Okay. We're going to take two minutes. If anybody wants to leave, feel free. We're not going to be offended. And so we'll take 2 minutes and then we'll be back.

We are back. It is now 7:38 p.m. We're going to resume the meeting. Uh Shannon, do we have any audience participation this evening? We do. First we have Jonah Pashette. Good evening, sir. How are you? I am well. Good afternoon, council, mayor, everybody else. Uh Jonah Pashette, 11146 Heritage Tribe. It's kind of hard to follow Caesar, so I'll be brief post. I apologize if I steal your entire report. So know what I assumed you would. The environmental commission at our first meeting, I got a lot of notes.

2026 and uh it was a very productive meeting as usual. We talked about our upcoming Earth Day Arbor Day event, April 25th [snorts] uh at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Twinsburg Community Center. Hope to see all of you there. It's a it's looking to be a great event this year as it was last year. We also talked about our Good Neighbor Award, the second year we're doing this. Uh thank you to Mark for getting the the form live. I know many of you have shared it, posted. Uh we are accepting nominations till the end of this month. Uh so please continue to share. Consider nominating your constituent if you haven't yet already. Um and then aside from that, we discussed touring the wastewater treatment plant again. Uh I brought up to our commission. We have all seen it at this point, seen the great work Nate does. And so what's the purpose of touring what what is our why? Uh we realize that the why is education. Really understanding why and and what Nate is doing there. all the great and wonderful things. And so our goal is to tour it this time again. We're we're setting a date with Nate, but this time bring a larger group, larger audience. Uh he's done big tours. He loves doing big tours. Um so we're setting that up and we'll we'll sort of advertise that so more community members could come really see the great work uh that he's doing with the wastewater treatment plant. And again, it was a really productive meeting. And [snorts] I think that's all. If I missed anything, Councilman Post.

Yep. The only thing I got is uh March 21st is the salamander festival from 12 to 3 uh from the garden club and the garden club has a plant sale on May 2nd. Mark your calendars. There we go. Well, [clears throat] thank you, council. And then they're going to have a bigger truck for the shred day this year. Correct. So [clears throat] this year it's not we're not going to do two days. We're going to do one day, but a bigger truck. Bigger truck. Yes. That was all my notes. Thank you, Council. All right. Thanks, gentlemen. Who's next, Jenny? Next we have Colleen Rubin. Good evening. Good evening.

Colleen Rubin, 2259 Sandalwood Drive. Members of council, mayor, and the residents of Twinsburg. I listened carefully to the mayor's February report. It covered salt, sidewalks, dogs, and Easter eggs. The mayor was also asked about a recent settlement regarding a discrimination of three police officers and he stated the officer didn't think the city responded fast enough to records request. The city and the officers came to an agreement and quote that is over now. End quote. What the mayor did not cover is the most serious legal issue the city is facing right now. This is not over. As the city administration would like you to believe, it is not over. A federal civil rights case under section 1983 is coming and the city's own settlement agreement explicitly allows such a case to proceed. This admission is not accidental. This admission is to make this settlement affordable. The facts are Olivia Barloc settlement does not bar a federal 1983 suit. It preserves it. The record settlement preserves a 1983 action. These words were negotiated, reviewed by lawyers, and approved by the city and signed. And yet, the mayor's report to council and the public were told only that the case was settled because it was more costly to keep it settled than to fight. No mention of preserve federal claim. No mention of constitution constitutional liability. This is not over. This is not transparency. This is strategic silence. Based on what has been uncovered, the city is staring at potential liability

for retaliation for protected speech and petitioning activity, abuse of process, misuse of investigations, denial and delay of public records as a total of punishment, selective enforcement, and unequal treatment. And most importantly, in a landmark case from the United States Supreme Court, Monell versus New York Department of Social Services whereby the city itself, not just individuals, can be held liable for the violation of civil rights. The city can be made to compensate the agreed parties if the evidence shows a pattern of using power to unlawfully punish critics and suppress scrutiny. What is the financial liability exposure tied to a 1983 Monell case? Even before trial, defending a civil rights case is extremely expensive. Cities routinely spend $250 to $500,000 in legal fees just getting through motions, discovery, depositions, experts, and summary judgement. If the case goes to trial, the costs escalate quickly. It is not unusual for a city to spend 750,000 to well over 1 million to defend a Monell case through verdict. And that is before damages are paid. On top of that, under a 1983 civil rights violation, the city can be responsible not just for damages, but also for the plaintiff's attorney's fees and costs if they prevail. That alone can rival the city's own defense cost. Cities often resolve these cases through settlement because it caps financial exposure. It avoids adverse

findings about city practices. It avoids sworn testimony from leadership at trial. It prevents public airing of document handling and credibility issues given the facts. Here are the facts. And I'll speak more to these another day. Early termination before peer review of polygraph examination. This was when the mayor stated as fact that the polygraph showed deception. In fact, this was never true for expert witnesses under oath during deposition. conflicting expert opinions, missing and selectively produced peer reviews for polygraphs, sworn testimony that such peer reviews did not exist, and later disclosures by the law director of said documents. After one and a half years of saying no such thing exist, they appeared only a month ago. This is the exact type of case that becomes very expensive, very risky for a municipality. This is why transparency, credibility, and correcting course early matters. This isn't political. This is about real legal and financial exposure tied to how the process in the city is handled. And here's the part that council time really needs to think about. I'm done.

Would you like to hear what you need to think about? Please wrap up. In the mayor's own words in his February mayoral talk, the city can move fast, [clears throat and cough] coordinate agencies, deploy drones, and mobilize resources whenever it needs. So when records are delayed, timelines are botched or processes suddenly become too complicated, that is not incapacity. That is a choice. You can't claim competence only when it is convenient. Council has a responsibility here not to make things go away, not to manage optics. Thank you, Mrs. Rubin. I appreciate it.

I want you to know the most expensive words in government are always the same. We didn't think it would come to this. You have wasted over a million dollars of taxpayer money. Are you going to go to two and three? Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Rubin. Thank you, Bill. Why don't you have the police come and get me? You were afraid of me before, Mrs. Urban I Mrs. Urban. Thank you. Mrs. Collins. Anybody else this evening? There is none. Thank you. All right. Moving on to council communications and committee reports this evening. Uh Mr. Post. Good evening, sir.

Uh Jonah pretty much stole my uh thunder. Uh and I'm totally okay with that. Uh the parks and recck commission is going to be meeting. Oh my gosh. Parks and Recck is going to be meeting on February 26th at 6:30. Uh, school board relations, I believe, uh, we have a date of March 12th uh, uh, for that. And, uh, the next environmental commission meeting is, uh, here at March 3rd at 7 o'clock. That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Post. Mr. Paci, good evening, sir.

Good evening. Since our last meeting, I attended the architectural review board meeting that was on Thursday. At that meeting there were two cases scheduled only one of which was heard. Uh the uh party involved in one of the cases was not present. So the board did not move forward with that request. But uh case number 260102 for 28 2086 Meadowwood Drive. It's a facade change uh changing the color of stone on that house. Uh the architectural review board voted to approve that change contingent upon the HOA approval. Uh that hasn't has yet to be received. Basically, this house is one of the homes that caught fire and uh the construction and other things are are kind of have things backwards. Um, also would like to thank Dennis and his team for the clear roads and all the good work they did and to thank Rebecca for a prompt response to questions that residents had. So, I appreciate you. Thank you. That concludes my report.

Thank you, sir. Mr. Fury, good evening.

Hi. Good evening. And thank you. Uh, the uh finance committee, the finance committee will meet on February 24th at 6:30 tentatively. Christina, do we need more time than that? Okay. Thank you. Uh there was a U CIC meeting on Thursday the 29th. We talked about the downtown uh development. We talked about uh uh an election of officers uh the Aurora parals as well as the facade improvement grants that we're working on with the res with the buildings around the square. Uh the next CIC meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 12th at 4 p.m. That's all I have this evening. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Fury. Uh, good evening. It's it's good to be back with you this evening. I apologize for missing the meeting in January. Mrs. Lavy, you did a wonderful job running that meeting. Thank you for stepping in in my absence. I appreciate it. The public works meeting scheduled for this evening was canceled due to lack of agenda items. Um, the next meeting of the public works committee will be on Tuesday, April 14th at 6 p.m. here in council chambers. Mr. Fury mentioned the next meeting of the finance committee will be on Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30 p.m. here in chambers. And the next meeting of the safety committee will be on Tuesday, March 10th at 6 PM here in Chambers. Mrs. Collins sent out an email the other day. We have several boards and commissions that have available. Um, we have not gotten I don't think the a full slate of people that have applied. Mrs. Collins, is that a fair statement?

That's correct.

Okay. So, one one suggestion that I've talked with a couple of you about is potentially extending the timeline for this. um we already have posted them for long enough so we have fulfilled our obligation in terms of you know public um advertising these I'm suggesting maybe we extend them for 30 days that would then give an an additional 30 days that still gives us time to interview the people and as long as we are appointing them no later than the March 24th meeting we would still be within the charter and you know we're all good. Anybody have a problem with that discussion about that alternative? I thank you. 30 days sounds longer than I would think it would be necessary. We haven't we we've been out there for 30 days already and have

60 excuse me. Why don't we do 14 days and see how that goes? Then we can extend it further because if it's challenging sometimes to get all the interviews put together and then decide and get this going and it's sometimes it's a rush at the last minute with an emergency. I'd rather give us some additional time instead of just arbitrary going a month out. Sure. Because those terms are going to expire. Okay. Uh that's fair. So Okay. Any other I just have a quick question. Yeah, we currently are advertising it through applications due March 9th. Is that correct? No,

I believe you might be looking at one of the there's different advertisements out there. The one advertisement for the full term the fullterm ones are um end on I believe it is the 13th at 4:30. the vacancies from people that have stepped down from boards or commissions, those go through the March two different there's a planning commission resignation that's a that's separate than the normal ones. Yeah. And we're still looking for in ARB also. Yes. Um so Okay. Yeah. And it's 60 days for the full vacancies which we started advertising in December and then the vacancies are 30 days. Perfect. Okay. [clears throat]

Mr. I have a a question. Perhaps this is best for our law director. In the application setup on the city's website, it requires an it appears to require an affirmative check to the interested board or commission parties pursuing. Uh would council have the flexibility should we have a number of applicants for one board that would put us over that board's capacity but still a vacancy on another board? Would we be able to apply that application that was not selected for a vacant board to to a person? I hope we've done that. We've done that. We've done that before. Yes. As long as the person is willing, of course. Standard procedure. Okay.

Yeah. We will tell them where to go. Okay. I would not advise that approach, Mr. Post. Thank you. So, you're saying if we have 10 for one board and we're shy on another one. Okay. Ask the resident. they wouldn't mind serving on the Okay. Yeah. Okay. Any other discussion? So, if what I'm hearing is that we're okay maybe to extend, we'll go 14 days to start. Okay. So, that said, I would like to make a motion to extend the application period for the fullterm boards and commission openings an additional 14 days. May I have a second? Second. Mrs. Labby seconds. [clears throat] Any other discussion? All right. Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mrs. Labby, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Bonacci. Yes. Mrs. Walker, yes.

Mr. Post, yes. All right. So, Shannon, please extend those by 14 days. Um, yes. Uh, can you send an uh let us know specifically which boards have had no applicants versus the ones that are have the least potential. So, we actually know which ones to specifically target a little further. I can give an update to what I sent out on Friday. There's only there's been saying has like Right. I got that email. Okay. Yeah, I can do that. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. That's nothing else for me this evening. Mrs. Lavyby, good evening.

Good evening. Thank you. Um um I also attended the CIC meeting on January 29th. Um like Bill said, the next meeting will be March 12th, 4 to 5:00 in the afternoon. Last night, I attended the Jedi meeting with Dr. Walker. Several Black History Month activities will be attended by the group, including programs at the library, which is tomorrow, the Unity Church on the 21st at 2 p.m., and Twinsburg High School's Black History program on the evening of February 25th. Our next meeting is March 9th at 6:00. The next planning meeting will be next Tuesday, February 17th at 6:30. And the next finance meeting will be 20 February 24th at 6:30. Um, I also wanted to give a shout out to Christina Conway and her crew for the Otter of State Award with distinction for their 2024 audit. And I wanted to just um give a little quote from Keith Faber, the audit, the auditor of state. and his quote was, "By keeping accurate financial records, governing bodies demonstrate their commitment to efficient, effective, and transparent service." And that we appreciate. So, thank you very much, Mrs. Connley.

Thank you, Mrs. Labby. Mrs. Walker, good evening.

Good evening. I also attended the special committee for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion uh on yesterday. We had a great turnout of people. Uh Mrs. Latty was there and uh we just had a great time talking to the people asking them exactly what they wanted and uh they want to talk to the high school uh superintendent, you know, regarding this special committee because they want the schools to be a part of this Jedi committee also. And then uh the historical society contacted me. They want to have this same group of people to come to the historical society. They will show us around all the antique things that they have in in the barn. And I'm sure I [clears throat] have people out here who knows how to uh who knows what's in the barn. So, uh we're trying to work on that uh you know during this month and um that's all I have. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Walker. Mr. Castillo, good evening sir.

Good evening. [snorts] Thank you. Uh since our last board meeting uh I had the opportunity to attend the uh building and zoning of appeals. Uh this was the rescheduled meeting due to the weather. We met on February 5th and the board reviewed an appeal 01-2026. The request involved a rear setback variance on Chamberlain Trail. The homeowner requested a six-foot variance from the section. Um it was approved by the uh board unanimously and was asked to uh extend a waiver for the 30 days. So uh at this time I'd like to ask um for a motion to wave the 30-day waiting period on BCA appeal number 012026.

I would make a motion. Thank you Mrs. Lbby. Okay. Mrs. Lavyby seconds. Is there any discussion on this item? Shannon, will you please call the Just for clarification, Mr. Mr. Bonacci then made the motion. Oh, not Mr. Castillo because you said that Mrs. Labby. Oh, so it was Mr. Bach. Mr. Castillo, were you making the motion? I was making the motion. Okay. So then Mrs. Lobby. Mrs. Lavy seconded. Thank you. Okay. All right. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Labby, yes. Mr. Bacci, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Bellen,

yes. All right, we will let the uh happily applicant know and she'll be really excited about that for her sun room. All right, the regular uh scheduled meeting in February has been uh cancelled. No items on the agenda for this month and our next meeting will be March 23rd. Uh Mr. Bell had already mentioned that the public works committee was uh cancelled or postponed this evening and no other committees that I serve on at this time met since our last council meeting. Uh tonight, I'd just like to take an opportunity to put a community highlight out there. Um, I had the opportunity to go to a few of the community meal programs that some of our churches put together and found that it's a an interesting unique take on community. It's not just for people who are in need, but just building a community overall. Um, and it was fun to volunteer and see kids who were in high school and then, you know, my age running around cleaning up and bringing out food and stuff like that. So, it was very interesting. I'd encourage everybody to kind of attend that if you can. there's one every month uh that comes up and I believe they serve between 120 to 200 meals each Sunday. So it shows that there is a need here in our community. Um the other thing I was encouraged I was able to meet with uh the United Methodist Church and I toured their food pantry and their clothing ministry and that was kind of interesting to me too how that operates. But again, a lot of great works happening in our community here. Um I just wanted to highlight those two groups in particular.

Is that in the townships? No, that's here right off of 91. Okay. Behind the uh [clears throat] G right by post.

And then I just wanted to also about our community. We have so many great things that are taking place. I would be remiss if I didn't just highlight a few if I if I could. Perfect. Uh tomorrow for our seniors, I'll be calling bingo at the senior center. So come on out. Uh it's a fun time. I call it a spirited time because the seniors give me a good ribbing when I'm there. Uh but we'll have some Valentine's Day treats and we start at 12:30. Um I'd also like to highlight and this was not necessarily because we have people here from the historical society, but um the historical society on February 12th is hosting the great grandson of President Garfield and at 7 p.m. they're going to have a chat with him. So I think that's kind of unique and exciting for our community. Uh and likewise uh tomorrow I think something's important that's happening at the community center as well. It's a the scam. What is it? Be scams smart. And it's a program to kind of help our residents avoid hitting and opening attachments that they shouldn't. So, anyhow, lots of great activities happening. Encourage everybody to go to my twinsburg.com for more events. Uh, it's heavily populated with lots of things to do here. So, thank you.

Thank you, sir. Mr. Mayor, good evening. Good evening. Thank you. Um, yeah, just two items I'll add. Uh, number one, you know that Rebecca and I love to go to businesses. We visit businesses and you know ribbon cutings and we had another ribbon cutting last week that I'm proud to say uh of a building that's been vacant. I'm sorry I start over.

Okay. Rebecca Ziggler and I we like to uh go around and visit our community businesses as well as go to ribbon cutings and we had a ribbon cutting last week and I'm proud to say that it was a building that had been vacant for about a decade here. So, we had um Rafa Orthodontics open up and that was on Monday, February 2nd. Uh the city and the chamber celebrated the ribbon cutting for Rafa Orthodontics, a new specialty dental practice in Twinsburg that focuses on treatments like root canals, etc. Um fun fact about the name Rafa in Hebrew, it means to heal or to restore. Um, reflecting on the practice's mission of compassion, patient focused care, the business is owned and led by Dr. Jane Ra Rachel James, a board-certified orthodontist. She cares for patients of all ages, including pediatrics. Uh, the project reinvested in a building, as I said, uh, that been vacant for, uh, more than a a decade, which is the old Donado pizza shop, as everybody knows, on Willox Drive. So, we went there. They did a a beautiful it's a beautiful facility and I think that uh it's going to be a nice addition to our community. The the doctor there herself is the most gracious very nice person that I've met uh and when in one of our businesses and and we have a lot of those here but she really was a nice woman and welcomed us with open arms. So it was nice to go there and Rebecca and I had uh and she had some really good treats there too. So it was it was a nice uh nice little afternoon.

Want you to get a cavity so you can get it.

I know. No, this was food. So, and that could go too. Um, okay. So, what I wanted to mention though and and uh Councilman Labby almost uh Councilwoman Labby touched on a little bit, but we got two proclam two uh certificates this week from the state um audit auditor of state uh an award with distinction and one was presented to um to Christina uh to the city of Twinsburg, Christina Conway, finance director. Um this award is presented for excellence in financial reporting related to your annual comprehensive financial report and compliance with applicable laws for the fiscal year ended 2024. Your exemplary exemplary reporting serves as the standard for a clean accountable government representing the highest level of service to Ohioans and it's signed by our uh auditor of state Keith Farber. So, um, Christina, I just want to thank you and your staff for everything that you do because, you know, these awards, I mean, it's really a distinction what she does there and and what the staff is doing and, uh, we should be all really proud of her and and that group there. So, if we can, let's give them the next one. Another um award that was presented and um this is to an outside group but I I wanted uh to read this also was presented to from the same office uh Keith Harbor. The auditor the Ohio auditor of state award presented to the Twinsburg Community Improvement Corporation. This award is presented for excellence in financial reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and compliance with the applicable laws for the fiscal year ended 2024. The citizens you represent are well served by your effective and accountable financial practices. And although this is not a a city uh group, but um our [clears throat] Christina Ziggler, she sits as the executive director. And uh I just want to give a shout out to Christina and all that she does with

that group and and what they do for the community. Um so a good shout out to Christine and the CIC board as well. So if we could give her a nice round of applause. Both these ladies are doing a great job for us and I I truly appreciate their work each and every day. And that's all I have tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Um you have any department head reports this evening, sir? What did I say? I just said I thought Mrs. Lavyby was the sec was the treasurer of the CIC, so she should get as well as her birthday last weekend. So, Oh, well, you brought it to us, not to her. [laughter] Sorry. Do you have any department head reports this evening? Um, we do. Christina,

Miss Conway, good evening.

Good evening. Excuse [clears throat] me. I have two tax related items, which are everybody's favorite things. Um just a heads up uh this morning uh roughly 2900 non- filer mailings went out from Rita. So we had about 2900 non filers within the city of Twinsburg. Um it's kind of like a compliance notice just saying hey you didn't file taxes for 2024. Um you know they give them a certain amount of time to make good on that. Um, information on that can be found at Rita's website, which is Rita Ohio.com, and Mark and I will work to get something put on the city's website about that. Um, we participate in two programs. The non-filer program is every year, and then the subpoena program is every other year. So, people who are non-filers and habitual non-filers get a subpoena from uh prosecutor's office just saying, "You have until this date to bring in all of your information, Arita. Otherwise, you might face a judgment lean from the city. So, that's every other year. Um, the other thing that I wanted to touch on, I know there's some talk out in the community. At the school board's finance committee meeting in January, it was brought up about the school board seeking a school district income tax. Um, I'm not thoroughly um aware of all the intricacies of that, but it is separate from your city income tax and your property tax. Um, the school is looking, it is a levy levy based, so it will go out to a vote of the residents. It's only for those who are residents in the Twinsburg school district. Um, it's based on where you live. It's the same procedures as when you file your Ohio income tax return as when you'd fi file your school income tax return. And the school is looking for a 1.25% earn income tax levy. So on your income within the city of Twinsburg, if that passes, a resident will in essence be paying 3.25%. So I know that's they're looking for

ways to help alleviate some of that property tax burden. And with all the changes that are coming at the state level to property tax, this may be a more common occurrence for school districts. Thank you, Mrs. Conley. All right, on to I'm sorry, Rebecca. Christina, do you have do you have a report? Okay, I have to correct myself. You hear my turn? Yeah, it's on. She um I did say earlier that that CIC uh certificate was for Rebecca Ziggler, not Christina again. She only she got one. She and Rebecca gets one as well. So, I did want to correct that. I made my mistake. Thank you. Thank you, mayor. All right. On to legislation this evening. Resolution 20265,

a resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract for inspection services with Quality Control Inspections Incorporated and declaring an emergency. At this time, I would like to make a motion to adopt resolution 20265 as an emergency. May I have a second? A second. Mrs. Walker seconds. Any discussion? Shannon, please call the RO. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Bac, yes. All right. Resolution 202605 passes 7 to zero as an emergency. Resolution 20260, a resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into a license agreement for underground sewer pipe crossings with Wheeling and Lake Area Railroad Company and declaring an emergency.

This time I'd like to make a motion to adopt resolution 20265 as an emergency. May I have a second? Second. Mr. Castillo seconds. Any discussion? Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mrs. Labby. Yes. Mr. Fury. Yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Resolution 2022605 passes 70 as an emergency. Resolution 202610. A resolution authorizing the mayor to execute the cost reimbursement agreement with Twinsburg Township for the Liberty multi-purpose trail, crosswalks, and beacons and declaring an emergency. This now stands on its second reading. Resolution 202611,

a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute the maintenance agreement with Summit County for the Liberty multi-purpose trail and declaring an emergency. now stands on its second reading. Resolution 202612, a resolution expressing the intent of the city of Twinsburg in 2026 to sell by internet auction personal property, including motor vehicles and other property referenced in revised code 721.15, which are no longer needed for public use or are obsolete or unfit for the use of for which they were acquired and declaring an emergency. This now stands on its second reading. Resolution 202614, a resol a resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into a memorandum of understanding with Tinker Creek Wershed Partners Incorporated and declaring an emergency. It's

now stands on its second reading. Resolution 202616, a resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract with the legal defenders office of Summit County, Ohio to provide for represent representation for indigent defendants and declaring an emergency. This now stands on its first reading. Resolution 202617, a resolution authorizing the transfer of ownership of police department K9 Caesar to officer Y and Carcino and Carcel. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and place resolution 202617 on its third and final reading. May I have a second? I'll second. Mr. Fury second. Reason for the suspension of the three reading rules is to transfer can take place upon retirement. Any further discussion on the suspension of the three ridding rules? No. Shannon, please call the role.

Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mrs. Lavyby, yes. Mrs. Walker. Yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. All right. Okay. Suspension of the three reading rule passes 70. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to adopt resolution 202617 as an emergency. May I have a second? I will second. Mrs. Lavyby seconds. Any further discussion? Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mrs. Labby, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Resolution 202617 passes 70 as an emergency. Resolution 202618,

a resolution authorizing the city to enter into an agreement with Excel K9 services for the purchase and training of new K9 of a new K9 using one Ohio o opioid funds and declaring an emergency. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and place resolution 202618 on its third and final reading. May I have a second? A second. Mr. Fury second. Reason for the suspension of the three reading rule is so agreements can be entered into as soon as possible. Any further discussion on the suspension of the three reading rule? Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Cury, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. [clears throat] Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. All right. Suspension of the three reading rule passes 70. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to adopt resolution 20 2618 as an emergency. May I have a second?

Second. Mrs. Walker seconds. Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen. Yes. Mrs. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Resolution 20 2618 passes 70 as an emergency. Resolution 202619, a resolution authorizing the city to enter into an agreement with Hall Public Safety for the purchase of a K9 vehicle insert using one Ohio opioid funds and declaring an emergency. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and place resolution 202619 on its third and final reading. May I have a second? Second. Mr. Castillo seconds. The reason for the suspension of the three ridding rule is so that it can be ready for the new K9. Any further discussion on the suspension of the three reading rule?

No. Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mr. Post, Mr. Post, Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Post, yes. All right. The suspension of the three reading rule passes 70. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to adopt resolution 202619 as an emergency. May I have a second? Second. Mr. Castello seconds. Sham, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Pac, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Resolution 202619 passes 70 as an emergency. Ordinance 202620,

an ordinance accepting the bid of parent Asphalt Company for the 2026 road improvement project and declaring an emergency. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and place ordinance 202620 on its third and final reading. May I have a second? A second. Mr. Fury second. Reason for the suspension of the three reading rule is to enter the contracts and review drawings and material before the start of construction. Any further discussion on the suspension of the three reading rule? Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Felen, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Uh, substantial the three reading rule passes 70. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to adopt ordinance 202620 as an emergency. May I have a second? Second. Mr. Castillo seconds. Any further discussion? No.

Shannon, please call the RO. Mr. Bellen, [clears throat] yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Ordinance 2026 2020 passes 70 as an emergency. Resolution 202621, a resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with animal control services with Summit County, Ohio. This now stand on on its first reading. Resolution 202622, a resolution establishing fees and rates for Glenn Eagles Golf Course and declaring an emergency. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and place resolution 202622 on its third and final reading. May I have a second? A second.

Mr. Fury second. The reason for the suspension of the three reading rules to get the rates in place before the upcoming season golf seat. Any further discussion on the suspension of the three reading rule? Shannon, please call the RO. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Bonacci. Yes. Suspension of the three written rule passes 70. This time I' like to make a motion to adopt resolution 202622 as an emergency. May I have a second? Have a second. Mr. Fury seconds. Any further discussion? Mr. Please [clears throat] call the role. Mr. Bellen. Yes. Mr. Fury. Yes. Mr. Bonacci. Yes. Mrs. Walker. Yes. Mr. Castillo. Yes. Mr. Post.

Yes. Mrs. Le Mrs. Lavyby. Yes. All right. Resolution 202622 passes 70 as an emergency. Ordinance 202623, an ordinance amending the current year appropriations as established in ordinance 115 2025, the appropriation ordinance for the city of Twinsburg for the year 2026 to accommodate a transfer from the general revenue fund to the golf course fund and declaring an emergency. All right. At this time, I would like to make a motion to suspend the rules and place ordinance 2026 23 on its third and final reading. May I have a second? Second. Second,

Mr. Post seconds. [clears throat] The reason for the suspension of the three reading rule is to make a transfer as soon as possible. I did want to just point out that yes, Mrs. Collins read it correctly. This is the golf course fund, not the fitness center fund. I'm not sure. I I I've seen a couple different versions. It's supposed to be the golf course. So, correct. in the body of the legislation has the correct account. I don't know if residents have an older Okay. Um, any further discussion on the suspension of the three reading rule? No. Shannon, please call the RO. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes.

All right. Suspension of the three reading rule passes 70. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to adopt ordinance 202623 as an emergency. May I have a second? A second. Mr. Mr. Fury seconds. Any discussion? Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Ordinance 2026 23 passes 70 as an emergency. Ordinance 2026 24, an ordinance amending section 149 of the codified ordinances of the city of Twinsburg regarding fees and deposits to include the fees for emergency medical services and ambulance transport. This now stands on its first reading. Ordinance 202625,

an ordinance repealing chapter 731 of the city's administrative code regarding ambulance sub subsidation. This now stands on its first reading. Resolution 202626, a resolution authorizing the city to both apply for and accept the energizing community program grant administered through the Northeast Ohio [clears throat] Public Energy Council and declaring an emergency. This now stands on its first reading. Resolution 2026 27. A resolution adopting an updated local landmark list. This now stands on its first reading. Ordinance 202628, an ordinance amending section 1125.02 C3 of the codified ordinances of the city of Twinsburg to correct a terminology error.

At this time, I'd like to make a motion to send ordinance 202628 to the planning commission for review and report. May I have a second? A second. Mr. Fury second. Any discussion? Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mrs. Lavyby, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. All right. The motion to send that back to the planning commission passes 7 to zero. Yes, sir. With your permission, can I ask the clerk a question, please? Um, with resolution 202610 and 11, those were red, correct? That is correct.

They were, but they were marked. Yeah, I was going to say, unless I misunderstood, they were marked for passage tonight, but [snorts] in the body of the uh of the the notes that we have over here, they said that we were going to go to a third reading. I I hold on one second. On the pres the president. Yeah, that's the purpose of my question. I just want to double check because the the box says we're going um I I saw that. Yeah, I don't know what you call this, but the the spreadsheet for the the legislation that I received [clears throat] said 210. So, I just want to make sure we're not missing a a uh a a a date. Date. Yeah,

I'm just trying to pull the actual piece of legislation. Which which two pieces? 10. Uh 10 and 11. So 10 is the cost reimbursement agreement with the with Twinsburg Township for Liberty Trail Cross and the reimbursement and then 11 is the maintenance agree with the county. So would the process be to make a motion to Oh no, we just we just make a motion to pass to pass them on. No, someone would have to make a motion to suspend the three reading rule. I'm saying but we've already addressed them on the agenda. We read it. We read it. take action on it, we'd have to read it again.

Well, someone would have I what my notes here are saying is that it's only Tonight's the second reading, right? So, someone would just have to make a motion right now starting with 10 to say I you know, I'm going to move to suspend the three reading rule for resolution number 2026. Do we need a motion to reconsider since we've read them or we No, because you're just reading them by title. So, I've always taken the opinion that, you know, as long as we do it within the council meeting that you want to do it. Go ahead. Is that correct? Before we move forward, I just want to make sure I'm not My my list is from February 6th, so maybe something changed. I I had the same list, but when I looked at again the speaker notes, it said that we were going to go to a third reading. So I ah is that what okay

I'm trying to verify the legislation request but I don't see [clears throat] one I don't have the legislation request in front of you but I saw in the notes that we were going to a third reading. Gotcha. Okay. Well let's if but it doesn't matter. Why don't we go through the rest of the stuff we Well I was going to say if we could just take a minute or two pause here for a second. What would be what would be the what would be the downside of just take addressing it and get them and moving them on? None, frankly, because I do know that it is a it is a project that is pending. All right, I'll I'll just go ahead and I'll make the motion and they're they're part and parcel from what I understand. You know, we have the maintenance of this new trail that's going to be installed on Liberty

and you know, we're going to enter into agreement to accept responsibility for that. And we also have that the township's going to reimburse us for the cost to put in uh I believe it's two different crosswalks and the beacons associated there with. So, all in all, you know, a pretty positive project that we can put together. Just as a point of order, am I since they are both resolutions? Am I just making a motion to adopt them as resolutions? No, you still need to suspend the three reading rules since they're both on the second reading. So, what we're going to need is one motion to suspend the three reading rule for each of them. And then after that task, but do them individually, right? So,

um motion to suspend the three reading rule for resolution 202610. second vote, then motion to pass because now it's actionable. And then after you're done with that, move on and do the same exact process again. So at this time, I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rule for resolution 202610. Suspend the rules and put on its third and final reading. May I have a second? A second. Uh Mr. Fury, second. What's the matter? Um [clears throat] Shannon, please call the RO. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Yes.

All right. So, the suspension of the three reading rule passes 70. At this point, I'd like to make a motion to adopt resolution 2026 10 as an emergency. May I have a second? Second. Mr. Castillo seconds. Any discussion? Further discussion. Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mr. Post, Mr. Fury. Mr. Fury, yes. Thank you. All right. Resolution 202610 passes 70 as an emergency. At this time, I would like to make a motion to suspend the rules on resolution 202611. Um to suspend the three reading rules. May I have a second? That was sick. Mrs. Lavy seconds. Any discussion?

Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bellen, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. All right. Suspension of the three reading rule passes 70. At this time, I'd like to make a motion to adopt resolution 20261 [snorts] as an emergency. May I have a second? Second. Mr. Castillo seconds. Any further discussion? Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bell, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes. Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. Mrs. Levy, yes. All right. Resolution 20261 passes 70 as emergency. Thank you for bearing with us on that one.

All right. Um, let's see. I think now that takes us to unfinished business, new business, and miscellaneous. Mr. Castillo, good evening. Good evening. [clears throat] No further items for me. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Walker. I have nothing to report again. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Labby. Nothing further for me. Thank you. Thank you. Nothing further for me this evening, Mr. Sherry. Mark, could you put that up for me? Thanks. So Mark put together this beautiful rendering of Stanley Stein out in the meadows. I just thought this was fantastic and [clears throat] I wanted to talk about Stanley for a few minutes. Yeah, I I knew him well.

I met Stanley Stein in like 99 2000 when I was just on the park and Rex. I didn't become a council until 2003. And he was just one of the most This is when Liberty Park there were no baseball fields out there. There was nothing. We were just bought the land. We took three years to figure out what we were going to do with it. But Stanley Stein was the naturalist. Now, no other city we could find around here has a naturalist. And he was just such a wealth of information. And it's it's not identical, but there was this guy when I was little on TV called Yel Gibbons. He was like the naturalist. He teach you how to eat anything out there. Stanley could do that. He did that. He could tell me what we could eat in the woods and do all kinds of cool things. I I I loved watching Stanley. He worked at the Stonehouse out on uh Liberty Road and through the years he maintained that meadow and he cut that meadow with like a 40inch John Deere. I mean, it was just a regular lawn mower. He'd be out there for hours and stuff, but he he knew everything about that. We had we had EPA brown bats and Stanley was on top of that. He showed me where the uh dinosaur bones were and and we you know before we had established trails. You could just go back there. He showed me where the waterfalls were and stuff with my son when Michael was four and five and he's going to be 29 next week. But uh one of my favorite memories with Stanley is the the salamander crossing. was supposed to say that

the and and every year so at Vernal pools again I knowledge that he imparted go out to the vernal pools in April and at a certain temperature you'd get a phone call you get on the list to come out and and uh meet them in the parking lot and you walk like threequarters of a mile back in the middle of nowhere with flashlights and it's little kids and parents and rubber boots and stuff and it was really cool and the salamanders actually crossed the path So it was uh he was just a wonderful guy and uh I uh really appreciated him and what he did for the city. Uh he also worked on uh the sustainability and the invasive plants and things like [clears throat] that that we talked about and uh and Mark, you did a fantastic uh rendering of that and really appreciate you putting that together. Um, but uh, Stanley was a great guy and I'll miss him and and better for him and really great memories, especially when we were a little

younger. Younger. [laughter] I was little. Our kids were little. Yes, that's what I meant. So, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Fair. Mr. Bac,

uh, tonight I'd like like to recognize uh, Mr. Thomas Davis, Senior. Mr. Dr. Thomas Davis Senior moved to Twinsburg Ward 1 in 1972 and he and his late wife Janice became involved in youth sports and I'm told that together they coached little league baseball for over 20 years in our community and his wife took over one of the boys teams and won the championship. he stopped coaching and then for a half dozen more years he umpireed from behind the plate. There's a lot of people that were battered by his actions in our community. So on January 30th, unfortunately he passed away and he joined his wife Jan and their son Todd. Those roots in Ward One continue on. Their daughter Kathy bought a house there. Her daughter lives in Twinsburg with her kids. four generations of one family, but really somebody that was involved in our community and maybe um uh I hope this moment adds comfort to her family and to his family and friends. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. Mr. Post. Uh yeah, not too much. I just want to uh say that uh keep my dog Ella in your thoughts. She was 19 years old, passed away this week. So, it was it was a tough week. She passed away laying on my chest while we cuddled her and um 19 years she had a good run so we have a lot of good memories but it was a tough week. So what kind of dog was she David little bejan? Yeah 19. So she had a good run. It was her time and um you know just want to cheers to Ella. That's all I got. Thank you. Thank you. Mayor Scapini. I have nothing further tonight. Thank you Mr. Visanna. Nothing further. Thank you, Miss Conway.

Nothing further. Mrs. Collins, nothing. All right. We have no absent members to excuse this evening. At this point, I will make a motion to enter into an executive session 12122 G4, preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment. and six details relative to the security arrangements and emergency response protocols for a public body or a public office if disclosure of the matters discussed could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the security of the public body or public office. May I have a second? Second. Mr. Castillo seconds. Any discussion? Shannon, please call the role. Mr. Bell, yes. Mr. Castillo, yes. Mrs. Walker, yes.

Mr. Post, yes. Mr. Bonacci, yes. Mrs. Lavy, yes. Mr. Fury, yes. All right, the motion passes 70. We will now enter into an executive session. No further business will be uh discussed this evening. Thank you.