Council - Regular Meeting

Um, this is the residential driveway. What are we going to do with that? I think we're still a holding pattern. Correct. Yeah. I mean, I can't remember how long you extended planning commission's ability to provide a recommendation. So, so I wouldn't recommend voting in the chance that it passed prior to you having a recommendation if you're still within that period. Suppose the only thing you could do would be to make a motion in the negative to disapprove the ordinance. Um, but I typically don't recommend doing that. So, skip it. Just don't even bring it up this week. I mean, it's up to you. Anybody object to that? Yeah, I'd like to wait for a recommendation.

55. I think I'm going to speak. Um, this is the recreational vehicle ordinance. Um, I am coming to the conclusion that I had one individual in favor of it, one individual opposed to it that I could think of, even though we've gone months of trying to get public feedback. Um, I talked to the law director and asked him what options are for taking this off of the agenda. If we table it, we would also have to table 64 because they're related. And then there would be an asterisk on our agenda um saying that those two ordinances were tabled indefinitely until we brought them back. Right. Correct.

So the other option is we take these out to the floor. It looks like we would use second and third reading and then my recommendation to the rest of council would be to vote no in the negative on both of these and dispose of them that way. Um unless anyone objects to that approach or if someone feels strongly in keeping it on here and discussing it, we could do that. I like your second I like option two second third reading vote no if you got the no votes and dispose of it at this time we can bring it back up if it because I have I have gotten both

yes you know pros and cons on it myself and I just didn't pass them on because this was in holding and and and I've you know anticipated we'd get more feedback than I've gotten virtually nothing. I spoke to [clears throat] one resident who was really really mad about it because he is RV owner and then when I explained what it actually was he was like oh that's fine I don't care right because there was some confusion I think

because of the section we were amending it it's not the whole thing so the whole language isn't in there so he thought that we were taking something [clears throat] away from him I said oh you have RVs they're parked in the right place on your you know you're not doing anything wrong they're per the ordinances he's like yeah I'm like okay well then this doesn't affect you right and he was like okay he was really mad about it until he learned about the whole thing is. So, I think it causes more confusion. And then the police department has said that they're not really, you know, enforcing if if you're doing like we like we intend for this to do, just doing maintenance, then it's already not a problem. So, I think it would uh be fine if we kind of swept them under the rug. I think it's an issue that's looking to be solved.

Yeah, I've had only one resident. They're against it. Okay. But nothing else. Okay. If nobody objects, I'm going to go second and third reading on both of these tonight and you can vote the way you wish. Do you want to talk to 73?

Mr. Mayor would love to speak to 73. So, this is a rollover of our one-year bond anticipation note that we issued last year for Highland Valley View Intersection Improvements, Ledge Road, State Route 8, and Highland Intersection Design Engineering Work. Plan to put it uh to market in early January along with a later burdens here. Uh number 81. So we can combine the two together and save on cost of issuance. 81 is for the service center complex. So you can do a second read and third read in December or you could pass it tonight if you wish. We're planning to put 120,000 down towards principal. When when does 81 need to be done?

Uh it could go three reads if the third read would be I think our meeting January 9th. I think it's the 8th. Eth I think so. 8th. Okay. January 8th. Uh yeah, January 8th. Yeah, that's still Yeah, we plan to go to market uh following Wednesday. So, uh, with both of them combined, I was going to say I would recommend both of them simultaneously so that we save money. Well, this one. Oh, yeah. Yeah, true. Yeah. Cancel a meeting or something. Yeah. They don't have to be passed, right?

Together. But I mean, you could do two, three on this one and one, two, three on the next one. Or two on this one, one on the next one, and then pass them both in December. It just allows for us to start, you know, getting all the paperwork ready and everything we need to do before we go to market. We are at the the finish line for the the new service center. So, um we do anticipate seeing some movement here within the next 30 days. So, they're going to do the site work now before the weather changes and so it's not a big sloppy mess in the spring. So [snorts] having that in place would be helpful but not absolutely necessary but the reassurance that you know we're moving in that direction. We're getting um [clears throat and cough] from ODOT on all those projects and other road projects, right? We're getting help from ODOT.

ODOT andor another source, right, Joey? Uh so OPWC was part of Ledge Road. Uh ODOT funding was part of um Highland Valley View. Okay. That's one of those projects where we have to have the money and then they give us the money back or we have to put up all the money. Uh so for Valley View Highland uh we actually have make the payment uh at the time the job sells or bids and then so John's already done that a while back and we square up with O do at the end of the project if there's any pluses or minuses that was just our our share just our million dollars or so that we wrote that check for correct [snorts]

should we do this one second read and the other one. Well, we could do the other one at first and second and then time them together. Okay. Yeah. I'm just suggesting Yeah, that'd be good. And pass them in December. So, second and this one. Sure. Um 74. Oh, I'm sorry. Were there any other questions on 73? Okay. 74. 74 is a tough I'll hand that one to director again.

Yeah. Second read on this. Uh I did after the first reading and deliver uh the ordinances to the school districts. U so that's taken care of. Haven't heard anything back from them. We're keeping both of them whole. Uh but we still have to make them aware that it's on uh our agenda. You could do a two three here. I was going to say our obligation is just to inform them, right? Yeah. When did you provide the notice? The day after this meeting. Yeah. I mean, technically the 14th day after you provide the notice would be your earliest vote eligibility. So, we should probably just do second on this.

You're past that. Yeah, we're past. Oh, okay. You're at or past? Yeah. Okay. [clears throat] What's your pleasure on it? Do second and third.

Do second. 66 M again. Oh boy. Get a drink of water. So this is uh second read. Uh this is the culmination of the last two to three months of finance committee meetings. It's our annual appropriation for next year. So you could do second read or you could do two and three. Nothing's really going to change. Mhm. I think typically we do three reads on this, right? I'd like to hold it. Okay, that's fine. Copy that. Uh 77.

This one that Chief Povich, so this is the simplex system. We replaced the fire alarm in the building. This was like the second half of that, the jail control, all that. Um I don't know. We don't sell at auction. So it's in there, too. If we put it up and it doesn't sell, we're going to um Since you're putting this on auction, are you looking for one, two, three? Just to get a list, that'd be great. Whatever's fine. Okay. Anyone object to that, Chris? That's good for 78. Mr. Kotti,

yeah, I can speak to this. Um, this piggybacks a little bit off of what John was describing for 73 here tonight. Route 8, Highland intersection. Uh this legislation is uh simply for us to uh begin to draw the plans for uh the Route 8 Island intersection project. I think you guys at this point are familiar with what it entails. Adding turn lanes on Highland Road uh at the Route 8 intersection. Uh replacing the traffic signal, adding a turn lane on South Bedford Road where it intersects with Highland because we all know that's often a problem. uh upgrade the traffic signal there and build a new sidewalk on South Bedford in front of the high school where there's a gap, a no sidewalk gap and we would ask for one, two, three this evening so we can move forward.

How many favor? Okay. Did you want to ask that? Is it is um design or consultation services typically something we do bids for or because it's we contract through the it's because of the So ODOT recently rolled out a conflict process which requires projects the city's involved in that are utilizing federal funding um to go through a bid type process under the revised code. So that's what we followed here. That's why you see that language about a third party owner's representative, city representative that reviewed the Well, you're only one bid from CVE that came in, right? Okay, cool.

This is the first time you are seeing that though. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Good catch. [clears throat] Um any questions on 78? Um this isn't directly related to 78, but I did want to bring up um did you guys look more at the traffic patterns with the lights on South? Did you change those up? You'll notice the lights back on flash. Did you notice that or no? We kind of avoid that [laughter] intersection. There's been a lot of experimentation. Joe and I have talked a couple times about it. Um, we're back to where we were.

So, and it's going to have to stay that way until this project comes through. You know, there's just no [clears throat] that traffic and not create a safety hazard either way. And the volume of traffic on South Bford pales in comparison to what's coming down road. I mean, in no time we were backing it up past the bridge and further, you know, it's just I don't have the answer. The answer is we can't do anything right now. Okay. I just wanted to follow up and see where you were on that as long as time. Honestly, it's still

quicker on average for somebody to make a left turn off South Bedford onto Highland Road than it is to wait for the cycle. But mentally, I think people think I'm You know, I can't get out. I can't get out. They honestly do. The average is quicker to get out. Yeah. Than it is to wait for the cycle, but it backs up traffic. Okay. Um I think we were on 78. I'm assuming no questions. Everyone okay with one, two, three?

And 79. Demolition to the BP. So, I'll kick this one off and hand it off to Director [snorts] Gdetti, but essentially the location, famously known as the BP, that was formerly at the top of Highland Road. Uh, we've been going around and around them for quite some time. I get this question from a lot of folks that live in town and and quite frankly, I've had enough of it. We've been basically putting them on notice that we've had enough with that building looking the way it does and we're trying to deal with that. So, I'll I'll hand that off to Mr. Gdaddy.

Yeah. As you can see from exhibit A [clears throat] that's attached to the legislation that's been going on for some time. Um the city has a code section that basically says that there's an abandoned service station gas station uh that's abandoned for more than 60 days. It's a nuisance and the city can either require it to be brought into use or raise it. Um so we proceeded with a demolition route. uh 7-Eleven had filed litigation seeking an injunction that resulted in a settlement agreement which we spent a lot of time working on. The settlement agreement effectively had three phases. Phase one had about four requirements that they had to comply with. They promptly [clears throat] did not comply with those four requirements within the allotted 30 days. We then provided a notice of default to 711 providing them 14 days to cure the to cure the default. They failed to meet that timeline. So now we're basically back moving forward with the demolition process again.

Okay. Um any time restraints on this? We need to move. That's what I thought. [laughter] Anybody object to [cough] Let's do it. All right. Ordinance 80. Sure does. This one's somewhat self-explanatory, but I'll let the chief speak to it. That's axon incar cameras. They're part of the capital plan. They were actually for next year. The invoices are going to come in until next year, but at the end of the year, they're offering like 15% savings on if we go this year. So, but again, it won't be the bill won't come in until next year. So, we're just saving money if we can.

Yeah. So, I'm assuming we want to do that right away to get that. Okay. One, two, three. and 81. 81 we touched on uh a little bit. We are looking to go to market as the mayor said uh looking to break ground here soon. And um another note though, we're planning to pay 25%ish in cash towards this project over the life of the project. So this would be the borrowed portion. Should be another dollar or another zero there. Just say I'll take one. [laughter] Got a discount.

Yeah, we have been putting away cash for this project and also don't forget we got some federal dollars contributed to this as well. So um again we anticipate state too. No. Okay. But we anticipate movement here very very soon. Okay. So, you were going to do one two on this. Yeah. Yeah. Thank Does that work? Potentially pass it next month. Yeah, that works good. Okay. I wanted to make sure we weren't putting you guys in a binding. No, no, that's good. Good timing.

Okay. Um, anyone have anything else to discuss? I thought we'd need more time. Due to the shortcomings in Bath Township about two weeks ago, I collaborated with another city council representative from another jurisdiction. We talked about it. We discussed that something needs to be done. So, I have contacted Mr. Gdetti, Chief Akapovich, Jeff Garvis, and the mayor. And I will continue to work on this project. Um, Mr. Hoover and I talked about it, and he sent me some information from the city of Hudson who already has statutes in in in place for that. And I understand there's some other people in this room that are also interested in this and I would gladly take any input that they would have at this time or at any time during this process. But it's it's something uh that it's a phrase that I've taken off of uh Chief Yakapovich for quite some time now. Let's be proactive and not reactive.

What are you talking about? [laughter] Talking about legislation. [clears throat] That would be nice about short-term rentals having legislation governing restricting guidelines for short-term rentals. Okay. Like VBO and Airbnb. There is a Airbnb rental in that township that resulted in a shots fired situation. Mr. It was it went it got worse than that. Well, there's one I I'm not mistaken. someone has died out of that situation now of the nine that were shot. [snorts]

So, this is something you you're planning to try to introduce next. I I would like if possible that we can collaborate in the next four weeks and uh have something to be able to pres present to council for at least a first reading by the next uh council meeting. Okay. Anyone have anything else? I just I was worried 15 minutes would be too little, but we probably could have fit it in. I guess you got

13 minutes to talk amongst yourselves. Anybody that has any input on that, the quicker you get it to me, the quicker I can put it all together, collaborate, question you or you question me if you

Good evening. It is November 13th, 2025. It is 7:30 p.m. Mr. Hoover, will you please call the role? Mr. B here. Mr. Fur here. Mr. Finley here. Mr. Garvis, here. Mr. Ventura here. I ask Chaplain O'Brien to lead us in the imocation. Please stand.

In honor of Veterans Day, which was this past Tuesday, I would like to give the implication that we give it the opening of all our American Legion meetings throughout the world. Almighty God, Father of all mankind and judge over nations, we pray thee to guide our work in this meeting and in all our days, send thy peace to our nation and to all nations. Hasten the fulfillment of thy promise of peace that shall have no end. We pray for those who serve the people and guard the public welfare that by thy blessing they may be enabled to discharge their duties honestly and well. We pray for our comrades that by thy help they may observe the strictest justice, keep a light the fires of freedom, strive earnestly for the spirit of democracy, and preserve untarnished our loyalty to our country and to thee. And finally, oh God of mercy, we ask thy blessing for and comfort for those comrades who are suffering mental and physical disability. Cheer them and bring them thy blessing of health and happiness. Amen. And now our mayor will lead us in our 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. [cough and clears throat]

Thank you, Chaplain O'Brien, and happy Veterans Day. And thank you for your service and for all those who have served. I'm kind of jumping ahead to my report here, but I want to thank all those who have served our country and show my gratitude to our my family, friends, and constituents for for all you've done for our country. Thank you. Okay. Uh, next up is approval of minutes. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to [clears throat] approve the minutes of the Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 regular council meeting. Second. All in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. Next is public comments. We have one signed up today. Miss Partallozi, if you come to the stand, give your name and address and you have five minutes. Ma'am, hi. Or less.

It'll be less. Hopefully less. Karen Barloi 1377 Bridgewood. I had a Bergshshire and Shephardd's street lights been out for months. They replaced it about a month ago and now my whole house is lit up. Vinnie's seen it. The whole house is lit up. The whole yard's lit up. I have trees and I have a fence now. It's up against that. If you go past that, go on the other side. It's I have pictures, but it's it's on my extra garage. It's on the side of my house. It's in my yard. It goes to the end of my yard. I I I need something done. I can't. Did this problem get rectified last time? I remember we were working on There was one That was the one on Driftwood. So, this is another light. This is the light on Shephard Road.

So, a different light is now Yes. I There's three lights there. three lights in that corner and I get bombarded and this one is a when I did it I came out and I saw just lights on my driveway if I didn't have the trees there it'd be all light so block some of it and my fence the lights goes up to my fence and on the other side it's nice and shadowy but it's on my house it's on my sun room it's on my my external uh other extra driveway I mean garage it shoots into my backyard it's it's you can play football you can play night football there. If the house wasn't there, the whole yard would be lit up. I'll have our service director get on that right away and we'll we'll work on that. He's been told about it already.

I'm pretty sure we did reach out to Ohio. So, I think it's an Ohio Edison owned. It's one of their polls. Yes. He he did Mr. Wilson and I have had contact and he did tell me that he did shoot an email to them uh with the last contact we had on that subject and he's yet to get a response. They're trying. I just haven't heard anything. That's they're trying though. But it's just it's like I said, drive by my house, Jeff, right? You know where my house is, you know. Just get out, you know. Well, for forward that email to me and then maybe I'll I'll someone to and just just tell me what I what else I need to do because this is this is unacceptable because it's we're at their mercy, but I'll try.

That's all I ask you guys to do. And if you guys can't do it, I'll start writing letters to every congressman, senator. I don't really care. I even go to Rita. [laughter] The regional income tax is not going to help Rita who summit county governments. Okay, that's I'm talking about that. You know that I understand.

Okay. And one more thing, the speeding on Shepherd Road is unacceptable. 50 60 miles an hour. And I have there's there's two streets that go this way. There's Driftwood and Birkshshire. Then there's the church and there's the school. There's nothing trying to stop people from going 50 60 all day long. The one on Birkshshire that's been there for over six years. The little 35. The one on Crow has been there for over six years. There's nothing when all that stuff is going in and out of where I'm at. That's our number one complaint. But we'll move a sign over there, gather some data, and the chief will put it in our details. So, we'll start working on it. Uh further north, Shepard just

that's way up by ledge and it's been over for like a year, which is great. That's one way. Well, you the other side's Twinsburg anyway. So, but I mean past Laurel it's right every day daily we have somebody on Ledge Road at Ledge View that are running speed and just watching traffic. I I I I see there are people passing and they're passing by the side streets that come in which is even worse if you have like specific times a day or specific 5:36 37 I mean it well I mean it's the people coming in back and forth to work they they take but if you see like at the like between 5:30 and 6 or a certain vehicle or someone is really excessive that helps us too to to deal with that.

It's happening though I'm telling you. It's It's just out of control and it's been there for since 2014. It just getting worse and worse and worse. So, I [snorts] appreciate a tough complaint, but we'll work out on that problem. I appreciate that. I mean, you know, appreciate uh trying to get an answer from them. But let me know if I can do I need to do something else because I'll go hire. I will, you know, I'll, you know, I'll do something because it's like, it's like Christmas. It's like, you know, but I appreciate your time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your service, Karen. Anytime. Yes. Thank you. [clears throat] Okay. Moving into pending your new legislation. We start with ordinance number 55.

Oh, I'm sorry. I skipped correspondence. Do we have any correspondence? We're going to pass on that. I didn't know if Mr. Do we have any correspondence, sir? No, sir. I have not. It's like I just knew that. You knew that. I did not. You know, you you you threw it all up there, Mr. driver. [laughter] I just wanted to make sure we didn't pass that report. I I did skip it. I would like to offer ordinance. No, we're going to skip that one. [laughter] I would uh now like to offer ordinance number 552025 for it second and third reading. Second. Title only.

All in favor? I opposed. an ordinance amending section 1171.12 of the codified ordinances of the city of Macedonia relative to recreational vehicle parking in residential districts. This is your legislation, sir.

I I um discussed this in work session. My recommendation to councel is that we vote no on this tonight. Um, as we discussed in work session earlier this evening, I've uh heard from maybe one person who was in favor of this and one person who has repeatedly informed me that they're opposed to this. Um, for that reason, I'd like to take this uh off of the agenda by voting no on it as well as the next ordinance 64. And if this issue should come before council again in the future and we want to revisit it, we always can start from scratch and do just that. Thank you. Any further discussion? Hearing none. What is your pleasure?

I would move that we pass and post uh ordinance 55. You don't want to pass it. I want to offer it to pass it. Yes. We're going to vote no on my offer. Those who wish to will vote no. Yeah. Exactly. Correct. So, yes, you're it's okay. I would like to move to pass and post ordinance 55205 [clears throat] and post the same according to law. Second. Second. All in favor? Opposed? Nay. Ordinance 55 fails. Ordinance number 64. I'd like to offer ordinance 64, 2022 for its second and third reading by title only. Second. All in favor? I. Opposed.

An ordinance amending section 351.19 of the codified ordinances of the city of Macedonia relative to recreational vehicle parking and residential districts. I I think we need to back up. I only heard one eye on that. All All those in favor? Second for I I Okay, thank you. I I I know I have bad allergies right now, but I want to make sure we Okay. U and you already discussed any further discussion on this one. I would recommend the same vote of no on this ordinance. Anything further? What is your pleasure? I move to pass and post according to law. Ordinance 64, 2025. Second. All in favor? Opposed? Nay.

Ordinance 64 fails. Ordinance number 73. I move to offer ordinance number 73 2025 for its second reading by title only. It's only second reading. Second. We don't need a second. That's what she get. And then I get We [laughter] don't need a second. Don't talk to me. God. Okay. I don't think we do. We do. Okay. Not first reading. Oh, only on first. Okay. Thanks for the clarification. Unless unless you ask CC. [laughter]

Are we getting a history lesson right now? Now to muck it up. Do we need a vote on that? Okay. An emergency ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes in anticipation of the issuance of bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $2,600,000 for the purpose of retiring outstanding bond anticipation notes issued in 2025 for various purposes. Director of Ars.

Thank you, mayor. Uh, as discussed in caucus, this is a rollover of a one-year bond anticipation note that was issued last year, and the proceeds were used for Highland Valley Intersection, Ledge Road, and State Road 8, and Highland intersection design engineering. We're applying 120,000 in principle. I can't hear you if you don't pull it down. I want to make sure because we've had people tell us that, but I I'm not going to make you repeat all that. Okay, next time. I got a few more here. Thank you. Okay, moving on to orders number 74.

Yes. I offer ordinance number 74 2025 for a second and third reading by title only. Second. All in favor? Opposed? An emergency ordinance declaring improvements to certain parcels of real property would be a public purpose. Describing the public improvements to be made which directly benefit such parcels, requiring the owner of the improvements on such parcels to make service payments in lie of taxes, establishing a holiday and municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund for the deposit of such service payments pursuant to Ohio revised code section 509 5709.40 5709.42 and 5709.43.

Director Varys. Thank you, mayor. This uh continues our tax increment financing program uh when it's beneficial for the city to capture tax dollars to make public infrastructure improvements in the area. Thank you. Any further discussion hearing? None. What is your pleasure? Yes. I offer ordinance 742025 uh to be adopted and posted according to law. Second. All in favor? I opposed. Ordinance 74 carries. Ordinance number 76. Yes. I I'll [clears throat] offer ordinance 76 2025 for its second reading.

Second. An ordinance providing for the 2026 annual appropriations for the city of Macedonia, Ohio. Director vs. Thank you, mayor. This is our uh 2026 annual budget. appreciate all the [clears throat] prior meetings we've had with the finance committee. Uh first reading was October 23rd. Second reading will be tonight and hopefully passage in December. It's always good to hit the ground running uh with a full annual appropriation uh as the year starts. So appreciate all the hard work everybody has put into it. Thank you. Resolution 77. Yes. I offer resolution 77205 for it first, second, and third reading by title only.

Second. All in favor? I opposed. Resolution authorizing the disposition of certain municipal property by the city of Macedonia in accordance with city of Macedonia codified ordinance section 121.05 and Ohio Revised Code section 721.15. Chief Yakapovich. Thank you, Mayor. This is our jail simplex jail door control system. It was replaced earlier this year. We'll see if we can get it sold on auction. If not, we would like to just dispose of it. Thank you. Any further discussion? Hearing none. What is your pleasure? I offer res uh resolution [clears throat] 772025 to adopt and post the same according to law. Second.

All in favor? I opposed. Resolution 77 carries. Ordinance number 78. I move to offer ordinance number 78 [clears throat] 2025 for its first, second, and third reading by title only. Second. All in favor? I opposed. An ordinance authorizing directing [clears throat] the mayor to enter into a contract for design consultant services with Sugar Valley Engineering LTD for the Highland Road State Road out intersection project P number 121067. Uh, Director Gelotti. Yes. Uh this piece of legislation allows us to begin to prepare the drawings for this intersection project that includes all of the various improvements that we discussed in the work session.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Just so people know in case they don't listen to the work session, it's improvements at Route 8 at Highland and [clears throat] at South Bedford. Um then we'll be adding lanes to Highland and adding a turning lane South Bedford and adding [snorts] uh sidewalks just right. You didn't catch that. That's correct. Thank you. Thank you. Anything further? What is your pleasure? I move to adopt ordinance number uh 78 2025 and post same according to law. Second. All in favor? I opposed. Ordinance 78 [clears throat] carries. Ordinance number 79. I'd like to offer ordinance 79 2025 for its first, second, and third reading by title. Second.

All in favor? I opposed. an ordinance for the demolition of a dangerous building located at 316 East Highland Road in the city of Macedonia, Ohio, and causing the cost of demolition to be certified for placement on the tax duplicate. So, this is the old BP at the top of Highland Road. I often times get asked about this property. What's going on with it? What's the city doing? This is where we're at today with this. Uh I I'm going to kick this over to um our director of law here in a moment, but essentially, we work on these things. I can only work within the limits of the law, but I can tell you that this eyesore I've had enough of and we're we're at this point now to move it towards demolition. But I will hand that off to Director Gadetti.

Yeah. And this is something where the city's attempted to work with the property owner slash um tenant for really a number of years despite the city's code stating that it's banned for more than 60 days. Then we can move forward. if it's not brought into use, we can move forward and essentially demolish it. That hasn't really resulted in anything fruitful occurring. Um, when we did try to move forward with demolition uh the first time around, some litigation was filed by 71 that resulted in the settlement agreement like we discussed in work session which basically was not fulfilled resulting that terminating. So, now we're back into the demolition process and this is basically for council to reauthorize the city to proceed with that. Um, I would anticipate that's going to generate litigation again. Um, but this is really just the next step.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Hearing none. What is your pleasure? I would move that we pass and post according to law ordinance 792025. Second. All in favor? I opposed. Ordinance 79 carries. Ordinance number 80. I offer ordinance 80 2025 for its first, second, and third reading by title only. Second. All in favor? I opposed. An ordinance authorizing the purchase of Axon cameras, licenses, and related products and services for the city of Macedonia Police Department. Chief Yakapovich.

Thank you, Mayor. These are Axon incar cameras. So, they'll integrate with the body cameras we had previously purchased. Uh, this will actually It's in our capital plan and we won't be building till next year, but there's a significant savings to please bring the order in now. Thank you. Any further discussion? Hearing none, what is your pleasure? I ask that we adopt and post the same according to law ordinance number uh 80 [clears throat] 2025. Second. All in favor?

I opposed. Ordinance 80 carries. Ordinance number 81. I move [clears throat] to offer ordinance number 81 2025 for its first and second uh reading by title only. Second. All in favor? I opposed. An [clears throat] emergency ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes in anticipation of issuance of bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $13,400,000 for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring, constructing, furnishing, and equipping a new service center together with all necessary pertinances and related improvements. I'll start with the financial peace director Varys.

Thank you, mayor. This, as uh we discussed, is the borrowed portion of the new service center complex. We will be also applying about 25,000, I'm sorry, 25% of the total price in uh in cash payments towards the project.

Thank you. And not to go too deep into detail here, but we've talked about this building for quite some time. Uh this is not a want, this is a need. Uh I will have a video in the next uh council meeting that I'm going to display for everyone so you can see the condition of the buildings that we have. It's not conducive at this point to put more money into these buildings. They're they're at the point of of of of [clears throat] term life. So the reason we're building this building is going to be for more efficiency centralizing the staff all in one location. Currently the there's five locations roughly that uh service operates out of and that's just not going to be a good operation for efficiency. um when we talk about serving a community, if we centralize it into that location, and one thing I talked about again in the community focused um interview that I had was we could have our entire year salt at one place at one time. Right now, if we run out of salt, we're at the mercy of these folks to bring us more salt. And guess what? When we're out of salt, everyone else is out of salt. So, we're we're waiting for them and hoping that they bring it to us. If we could put all that salt in there and start to see that we're running a little bit low. If we had a [clears throat] bad winter where we're using a lot of it, Director Wilson, you've experienced that. Um, we could start to order that well in advance so that we're not fighting everyone else to get salt as well. Again, all this is to serve the community to make it more efficient. And it's it's not a want. It's definitely a need. And when I display the video, you will see that if anyone, council, administration, residents want to see the condition of these buildings, I'd be happy to walk you through them. It's not worth putting any more money into them. That's why we're doing what we're doing. I've heard from some people on election day that they felt this was a bad idea. I invite all of you if you think this is a bad idea, call me up. I'll take my time. I'll do it after hours, before whatever you want to do. I'll walk you through these buildings and you'll understand why we're doing what we're doing. It's it's a necessity. We have to do this. It's at that point. It's the safety of our employees. It's the efficiency of everything we do. I promise everyone when it's done and and and all all done and said, it's going to be a wonderful thing that's going to improve our processes and no one's going

to deny that. It's only going to make us better. So, understand that, please. Any other motions or legislative actions? Hearing none, I'll go into the mayor's report. I apologize if I'm a little horse today. I've been fighting a little bug this week. But I want to thank everyone for uh passing issue 38. It was a very critical thing for this community to support our safety services. So, for those of you that voted for that, I thank you for that and and understand those that didn't that this is a necessity. It's something that's very, very important to this community. I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. It's coming up here very soon. Uh I mentioned Veterans Day earlier, so I'll conclude [clears throat] with No, I won't. Uh the mayor's court report for September was $51,432. October was $48,9.31. And now I'll conclude with please don't drive distracted. put the phones down [clears throat] and drive your car. Thank you. Committee reports.

Um, Parks and Recck Commission is not meeting for November. Um, so we won't be back again until January 21st. Uh, it's 6:00 upstairs in the end of report. The [snorts] cemetery commission is meeting December uh 10th for the last time this year and we are rolling off of the commission uh as a city until 2027. Thank you. The Jed board is supposed to meet at uh on December 10th also I believe. No 8th 18th 8th 8th 8th No, we're in the process. I don't remember what the date was we scheduled. I thought she gave me the 10th. Hang on.

I'll tell you right now. I got Wednesday the 10th. I have is Monday December 8th. December 8th at 6 PM in council chambers here. Okay. [snorts] Okay. Time to be determined. Oh, you got 6 p.m. You nailed that because she did not have a time. 6 p.m. Yep. Just put Any other committee reports? Okay. Department reports. Director Wilson. [clears throat]

Thank you, Mayor. Um, so far we've uh collected about a thousand cubic [clears throat] yards of leaves, right around 50 uh truckloads. Um, our new system is uh still working great and um really the next two weeks that's that's prime time. Uh we're supposed to have nice weather, so we are going to hit it hard. Um, and I told the guys, try to, you know, get this done before Thanksgiving and not work overtime over Thanksgiving break and and let them enjoy their time [clears throat and cough] with their families. Um, so yeah, we're really going to try to hit it hard the next couple weeks. Um, and work some overtime if we have to. Um, doing some work in the manor house. We have a basement uh waterproofing job coming up. Um, and then I'm also getting quotes and looking uh some structural repairs on the back porch. Um in the last 30 days, we completed uh 383 work orders. Um that's just all together everything that we do. Just shows um how many different things that we do, how many facets of the department there are. And um the guys have reported we're about halfway through Christmas lights. So um I think that's pretty good. And I'm glad the weather is looking decent. So, end of report.

Thank you, Director Gelatia. Yeah, thanks, Mayor. Just update on a few projects. Uh, the new paved trail at Longwood Park is complete. Most of you guys are there for the ribbon cutting, so you've seen it, so that's a good thing. Uh, Highland Valley View Intersection, work continues over there uh with ODOT's crew. Uh, they're installing uh storm sewer pipes and catch basins uh through the end of this month. Then they'll suspend for the winter and they'll resume next spring. uh for the rest of that project. And the storm sewer replacement in the tree lawn in front of the Aldi grocery store is now scheduled to begin on November 20 uh November 24th. End of report.

Thank you, Director Eken Dorf.

Thank you, Mayor. Uh to piggyback on uh what Joe [clears throat] said about the trail uh grand opening, just want to thank everybody who uh was in it in [snorts] attendance. Uh we're looking forward to um adding the uh final touches um in terms of signage and benches and um everything else um in the spring, but it was great to have everyone on hand. Uh we are currently uh near the end of our anniversary week at the rec center uh that we've had this week. Uh the building turned 25 this year, so we thought it was right that we celebrate. Um each day had a different theme to it. Uh it's been great to uh see all the old pictures from when the ground was broken um and um look at actual um hard photographs uh which you don't really see anymore these days. So um if you haven't uh come by and see uh the uh display right in the entrance of the rec center. Finally, Winterfest December 5th 5:30 to 8 at Longwood Park. uh that is going to involve the tree lighting, pictures with uh Santa and Mrs. Claus, as well as some other fun outdoor activities and of course fireworks to end the night. Just a reminder that this is this is a uh Nordonia Hills residents and their guests event. Um as well as school district employees and guests under the age of 18 will need a parent and or guardian. End of report.

Thank you. And also patrons of the rec center, right? Yes, that's the 5th. Correct. December 5th, correct? That's a Friday. Director Varys. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, some residents must be listening to my monthly report because I'm going to have to increase the appropriations for refunds being paid out this year in December. So, um, again, we're still processing them and you can still file if you have an extension from Rita. Yeah. Thank you. And the report. Never would have anticipated that report. [laughter] Thank you. That's great. Director Collins. Thank you, [clears throat] Mayor. Uh 27 help desk tickets. Just want to wish everyone a happy holidays. Thank you.

Thank you. Uh Assistant Commissioner Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Really, one thing to report is uh we had a a good construction meeting with PY Homes as they're well known know that uh they're moving right along with the new subdivision over there. The streets are in. you're going to start seeing some homes going up uh shortly after the holiday. The model home is scheduled to to start. Uh we kind of basically went over the permit process as as well as what needs to be submitted uh along with the idea of we want PY standards to be in line with Macedonia standards as far as the the homes. So, we had a pretty good production meeting and and got a lot of things cleared up, Nino and I. And um it was um it was uh very helpful as well as to learn the new processes that they're going to be doing to be able to keep ahead of the the project. So, and then I'll note is that all the other projects are moving forward. So, um, there ones all the major ones that everybody sees to in the city, the ones the obvious ones, and we're keeping on top of everything and we'll let you know if anything major happens.

And while we're on the building department, I'll also add, um, it's kind of service related, too. But you cannot put your leaves in the road.

If you put your leaves in the road, the building department's going to visit you. Uh we had a a potential snowstorm coming and I know that on a Sunday we had our commissioner go out because had that stuff stayed in the road and it snowed, the mess that that would have made would have been unbelievable. You cannot put your leaves in the road. I I can't stress that enough. It it's so dangerous. It makes it slippery. Uh there's so many things you can clog things. You could flood people's homes. I mean, I can go on and on and on about do not put your leaves in the road. I I'm begging everyone, put them on your tree lawn. We have a new system in place. Our service department is kicking butt. They are going very, very quickly through these leaves. It's not going to kill your grass. And if it does get a little brown, the green will come back. This is Ohio. We have a lot of moisture. It's a crazy thing here in Ohio. I promise you, it'll come back. But we are getting there more quickly than we ever have before. Am I wrong?

You're not wrong. So, don't put your leaves in the road. You cannot do that. That's a big deal. So, stop doing that. Thank you. Uh, Director Smith. Thank you, Mayor. [laughter] Wow, that's ominous. Amazing. Um, our um breast cancer collection this year was $445, a little less than last year, but um we have continued to um collect and contribute um to a very worthy cause. Um HR is preparing for open enrollment for our insurance and also finishing up and closing out 2025. End of report.

Thank you, Chief Ripley.

Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to take this time to recognize the fact that on October 24th, fire medic Dave Morris's wife passed away from injuries in a car crash in the state of West Virginia. Um that she was a vital member of the fire department family. The services were local and we had numerous fire departments contact us. Uh you may have seen units from Northfield Village, Twinsburg, Brexville, Stowe, the Valley Fire District. I'm probably missing some. Many others called and offered so that our staff could go and and pay their respects. The support from the fire service, the support from our community has been immense to the family. They're very appreciative. And on a side note, Dave is healing and will be coming home within the week. End of report. here. [snorts]

Thank you, Chief Yakapovich. Thank you, Mayor. [clears throat] First, I'd like to thank uh Paul Turlowski of House of Mouse Racing and Walmart for their generous generous donations to Shop with a Cop. Uh we're still taking donations. If anybody is interested, they can find information on how to donate at the Macedonia Police Department and City of Macedonia, Ohio Facebook page. End the report. Thank you, Director Gdetti. Report, sir. Any unfinished business? New business. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? So moved. Second. All in favor? I opposed. We are journ. Have a nice