Board of Trustees - Regular Meeting

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. This is the Union Township Board of Trustees regular agenda meeting for December 9th, 2025 at 6 p.m. Mr. Campbell, please let the record show that all trustees are present. [snorts] Mr. Campbell, is there any correspondence tonight?

Yes, sir. I have one. It's a liquor permit. It's a new permit for and I apologize before I do it, but it's T A Q R I A New N U VO Leon L E O N LLC. Um 834 State Route 125, Union Township, Ohio 45245. So the police department has no objections at this time. They are in uh compliance with the zoning. Um that concludes the correspondence. All right. Thank you, Mr. Campbell. Thank you.

Uh proclamations and special presentations. Special presentation. Uh John Becker and Joe Dills, Union Township Board of Trustees. Well, Mr. Chairman, come on down. Got something for you. Okay.

Surprise. Okay. So, Vice Chairman Dills and I would like to give you this plaque as our appreciation of being the chairman for another term. And uh we thank you Thank you guys.

We are the month of December. Mike, as you wake, make your way back up here. The uh So, Mike's been the chairman, I'm sorry, Mr. Log's been the chairman for 12 months, and being a member or being vice chair is a lot easier than being the actual chairman. You have to conduct the cadence of the meeting. You have to absolutely pay attention to everything, keep everyone on point, keep everyone on timeline, strictness, and all that. So, uh it's it's very difficult and challenging and and you've done a solid job, Mr. Lo. Appreciate you very much. And this is your second time being chairman. Correct.

That's correct. Yeah. Thank you. Because you you both uh I earned your trust. So, thank you. That means a lot to me.

So, well well done, sir. And just a just a token of our appreciation. So, thanks, Mike. Appreciate you, sir. Uh, thank you. Thank you both. Really do. [applause] It, you know, frankly, I think it demonstrates a board that's able to work together well. Um, and in a large busy township like ours, we don't always have easy decisions that are just simple, black and white, and everyone can be yes, yes, yes on. Uh, and so it's it's great to have great people to be able to work work together with on on all those hard issues and continue move the township forward. So, thank you both, gentlemen. Really appreciate that. Thank you. Thanks.

Um, moving on, we have the Union Township Road Reservicing progress reports and presentation. Yep. Thank you, Mr. Lo. Um, Mr. McCormack, can you load that presentation? [snorts]

We'll give him just a second to load that. Just got a couple of slides here. Uh so I wanted to give the board an update on our uh progress report here and to kind of kind of set the stage a little bit for a public hearing that we have this evening for the first of two public hearings for a proposed resolution on a license uh plate fee increase of $5 pursuant to OC 45504181 to provide revenue specifically for the repair, maintenance, and construction of township roads. Can you go ahead and next slide? So this uh is kind of a snapshot of kind of what we've done in the last uh uh five or six years here. Uh so you can see in 2020 and we have we show about 2% of our road miles paved each year. That was about 2.45 lane miles you know and then the board has demonstrated an increase you know each year thereafter. 21 we were able to pave 3.72 lane miles. 22 4.34 lane miles and uh 23 about 5.38 lane miles. So in 24 that was really a banner year. There was uh some significant uh COVID monies uh associated with that. Um in 2024 ARPA ARPA funds which had an deobligation date on them. We were able to do 9.05 lane miles in 24. So we made significant headway. And then in 25 uh 7.43 landmines. So you can see here in the last two years kind of held serve on that with an increasing amount each year. And what does that mean from a maintenance expense? So we have limited limited funding that really provides and uh contributes to our road program. And traditionally [clears throat] we have been uh fund 23 permissive tax which is plate fees essentially distributions from the state and then additional fees on that. And so each year, you know, those revenues, you know, in 2020, uh, we collected about 390, I'm going to round up 394,

$395,000. 21, 424,000, 22, 419, 23, 418, 24,42 around 425. Then year to date, we've collected about 361,000, but we've got some distributions that are still coming, and we've received distributions, and the fiscal office can attest to that monthly. So, we think we're going to be right around, you know, that $4004$425,000 mark. And so, so with that, um, you know, we have committed, you know, to to advance, uh, to address significant failures to try to to try to dig our way out of a hole here, um, over the last several years, uh, funding over and and in excess of the permissive tax amount. And I think this graph does a really nice job of showing you kind of the flatline of our permissive tax collections, total paving projects, and then the excess spend, which is alternative revenue sources, which have been funded primarily the excess has been primarily funded through carryover balances from the permissive fund plus uh in addition TIFF uh funding, ARPA funding, and then or a combination thereof. And so, so I think this tells a story that um, you know, and just for the board's, you know, in the public's consumption, it costs us and and we we go through the county's uh, uh, shared services pavement program, we actually have been able to significantly stretch our program through that and get additional roads for the budgeted dollar amounts, but it they tell us to plan for about $200,000 to pave to repave one lane mile of roads. and we have about 133 lane miles. So, so with that, you know, wanted to go to the next slide here. I think there's there's several stages to an asphalt life cycle. So, you have brand new streets, right? That's the first stage. You have um that's in great condition, minimal wear and tear. Stage two, you see some small cracks, maybe some crack sealing, seal coating, you know, maybe there's uh fog seal,

cape seal, stuff like that that you could do to prolong the pavement life. Minor repairs are where you get more significant cracking, small potholes, maybe you mill out a small base repair here and there. More significant interventions would be a stage four where you're literally um either milling and filling as we like to say or milling and filling significant portions on sort of a patchwork basis which we do have to do that from time to time. And then uh stage five, which really the asphalt has reached the end of its life cycle where it needs to be replaced. And then you often when you get into a road like that, you have to go in and incur significant expenses on full depth base repairs before you can even overlay with, you know, the finished course. So what causes this? Well, really it's oxidation, water, uh wear and tear, traffic patterns. uh can have to do with the initial installation methodology. Some of our streets are newer, they have curbon gutter, they have under drains, they have sump drains, uh where the sumps go into the storm sewers. Uh older streets, they don't have sump drains. So all that moisture, you have one of the things we've observed, Mr. Taylor and I have observed over our many years working together, you know, areas where there's excessive tree canopy over the road causes the roadway to hold more moisture. It seems like those areas wear more quickly than others, but and some of that is just oxidation. It's part of the reason why the roads look black when they're new, and when they're old, they look grayish white. It's it's everything's oxidizing. You know, it's like anything else. So, if we were to repave, go ahead and go to the next slide, Mark. So, if we were to repave, you know, between seven and eight miles annually, that puts us in a 16 to 19 year paving cycle, which would be on par with uh what I would say surrounding peer adjoining communities with similar populations, development patterns, and

infrastructure and usage of Miami Township and Claremont County and Anderson Township in Hamilton. And so, looking at that, you know, in 2025, we did 7.43 43 land miles at a cost of a million47200 [snorts] which we were able to achieve a significant savings through the county's repavement program. I think Mr. Taylor can attest outside the county were the largest resurfacing program member in that program. Is that correct, Mr. Taylor? Yep. So, so, so by buying in bulk, we can do more. And uh you know, just for reference, Anderson has about 123 lane miles. [snorts] They resurfaced eight last year and their estimated cost was around 2.2 million. Miami was around 2.03 million and they have 160 lane miles and they resurfaced nine lane a little over nine lane miles. So there both of those communities are on a blended 16-year pavement replacement cycle. Some of the other county or other townships kind of to our east are more rural. They have fewer roads, different roadway construction methodologies. Obviously, their budgets uh are a little bit smaller than ours and they kind of go all over the map on whether they pay more or less and and all of that. So, what we have before us is, you know, in order to sustain our progress, and I think this graph kind of lays it out and again, we have to budget based on go back to the go back to the prior slide, Mark. We have to budget uh 200,000 a lane mile based on the estimation that the county engineer provides us with. Now, last year, we were able to get a more s basically a much lower price per lane mile because of the partnership on that. Uh, in order to be on a 17-year paving cycle, the real cycle is about a million560. That's based upon a $200,000 per lane mile. Uh, 15 years, a million7, 20 years is a million3, 25 is around a million, and 30 years is around $800,000. So, at the end of the day, you know, we're burning reserves trying to

catch up here. So, so there's really two options. Um, you know, you have plate fees or you have dedicated millage. Uh, you know, in Ohio, uh, the assessed value is 35% of the market value. A mill, you know, a mill in Union Township, uh, generates approximately $35 per 100,000 in market appraised value. You know, gross appraised values are close to 4.5 billion in the township. So, do the math. uh roughly one mil road dedicated road levy would generate between around a million five and a million six annually but in the significant portion and this is a hot topic in the state of Ohio right now it's only shouldered by the property tax owners obviously that's a significant concern it's also a fixed sum levy so it's subject to a reduction factor just like other levies are plate fees uh you know we have an estimated 55,000 to 56,000 registered vehicles in the township we would estimate the additional $5 plate fee could generate, you know, on the low end 275,000 annually, which would go straight back into fund 23 to help us offset that and to allow us to continually make progress on the road program. And um you know, just for reference, everybody knows wants to know what would a 1m levy cost. You know, for a $200,000 home, you're looking at around $70 a year. Uh $400,000 home, you're looking at about $140 a year. So, you know, compare that to a typical household with two and a half vehicles. let's just say three vehicles, $15 a year for the plate for the plate fee. Um, full disclosure, uh, I live in a community that has a road levy. You know, I pay about 70 bucks, you know, it's a reduct reduced levy, pay about 70 bucks for it, and I, you know, they resurface our roads every 15 years. And, um, I think that one complaint in that where uh, I've worked here almost n I think off and on 19 years, the roads are a significant concern for people. And I feel like

we're making progress and here's an opportunity for us, you know, to continue that with a modest fee, user fee increase that everybody pays, everybody with a vehicle pays. And uh, you know, just wanted to present this for the board's consideration. Kind of here's a snapshot here kind of what what these two things are. And this is just distilling it down very simply. These are really your your two options. Otherwise, you're burning reserves. And uh but I think you know we're hopeful in 26 we've got a pretty aggressive even with uh we've got a couple of big capital projects so we scale back our our our investment uh related you know you have to upgrade your CAD center 911 and public safety is of the utmost important importance. Infrastructure and security is of the utmost importance. And we have to do more than just roads. We have to you know fund our police department. We have to fund our 911 center. We have to fund our fire departments. We have to fund other things. we have to continually improve parks. So, you sort of pivot and we hope that through the county's paving partnership that we've been able to and you'll see a resolution tonight to advance that for 26, which you know, by and large has been very positive. Um, we'll be able to hopefully achieve more bang for our buck again this year as we have previously. So, that's really all I have. Uh, I know we got a lot on the agenda tonight. I wanted to be brief, but I wanted to update the board and um, happy to answer any questions you might have. Trusty Dills, any questions?

Mr. Wright, well done. I mean, that was very simple. Elementary student could understand. So, well done. Very descriptive, very informative. So, we have a difficult decision to make tonight. So, good job. Appreciate you, Justin. Yeah, very nice presentation. Thanks, sir.

Thank you, Mr. Right. Personal actions, there are none. Uh, public comments. We have public comment cards at the back uh table corner there available for anyone that wants to speak. I do have some public comment cards have been turned in here. Um and I and I see listed out is for zoning case tonight for the public hearing and also the license plate uh uh levying permissive motor vehicle tax fee uh the public hearing. So, um it's important that if you want to speak on those two issues that you speak during that public hearing portion. Uh you're more than welcome to come up now for public comment, but we're going to ask you to come up um as proponent or opponent during public hearing for those specific times. And that's the legal requirement of the public hearing that opens. So, if there's anyone uh that has a comment for public comment that just wants to come up and speak, uh if you've either turned in your card or have not, you're more than welcome to come up now. So, I see a zoning case. I see one for Beachwood Road, which I'm assuming is

zoning case. Jared Bergus also for the zoning case. Jar, is that for the zoning case? Oh. Oh, I guess he was standing up. Um yeah, I see summer uh billkea. Is that for the zoning case? Okay. Jane, zoning case, license, motor vehicle license. Okay. Um I see a gentleman. Are you want to come up for public comment now or for this? Okay. Okay. All right. You don't have to fill that out right now if you don't want.

We we'll just we'll just swear you when you come up when you Yeah. You don't need to fill that out. We just I know it's it's it's the rules of uh of uh keep this a clean operation and transparent and accountable and sometimes that can be a little confusing what's public comment versus public hearing but uh not not seeing any public comment further for tonight gentlemen we're going to move forward with the agenda for department reports and everyone that turned in a card that we'll hear you during public hearing. Yes ma'am. some that were printed off at the back of the room.

Uh they are going to get presented up here, but if you want physical copies, too. I got another physical copy and we can make physical copy. We can Yeah. and we can definitely make sure make them available to you as a digital copy. It's a public record, so you're absolutely welcome to have it. Yeah. All right. U move forward department reports. Uh fire and emergency medical services, Chief Austin Clemens.

Thank you, Mr. Lug. With [clears throat] this being the final, uh trustee meeting of 2025, I just want to take a quick moment to just kind of thank um thank the board, thank the fiscal office, and and the administrator, Mr. Right. Uh and more importantly, thank the men and women of the department. We've had a a significant or an excellent year, and I appreciate all the support shown by shown by everybody. Uh in the month of November, we responded to 141 fire and service calls, 596 EMS details. We had patient contact with 527 patients and transported 425 patients to local hospitals. We completed 1,386 hours of training, handled 12 public education details, hosted an EMT for ride time with a total of 10 hours, completed one life safety inspection and one inspection in conjunction with the Claremont County Building Department. And that concludes my report.

Thank you, Chief Jesse Dills. Uh, Chief Clemens, uh, great job on your first year. Um, are I think you are forgetting something that event that happened this week where you had, um, Absolutely. But I'll let you explain what happened this past week at the Wawa gas station grand opening. I mean, if you like to have those honors, sir. I know Chief Chief Reese like to hear those. Yeah, I appreciate you bringing that up, Mr. D. As as many saw, the Waw Wa recently opened in the township and Wawa was kind enough to invite both the police department as well as the fire department to attend and there was a friendly competition there

of uh hogy building competition between the two departments. Uh it was how many hogies one could build as a team. Uh I think it was a two two minutes how many hogies you could build. Um and uh I don't Chief Reese, I don't know if you have any recollection of the I don't have any comments. I think it was 22 for the fire department and 16 for the police department. Oh, thank you, Mr. Right. Yeah, it sound that sounds right. Uh yeah, but we, you know, we we like to win with humility. So, I appreciate you bringing it up. You demonstrated [clears throat] great teamwork, effort, communication, everything that great leader uh great skills. I appreciate that. Well, well done. You represented us well.

Thank you. That's all I got. Chairman, thanks. Trusty Becker. Uh, no. I I got nothing. All right. Police [clears throat] Department Chief Anthony Reese.

Thank you, Mr. Logan. In the month of November, the communications center handled 4,922 calls for service for police and fire and EMS and 5,7 total calls. Our records department processed 464 juvenile and adult related documents for court. We processed three rule 16s for the prosecutor's office, issued one vendor permit, handled 139 records requests, and redacted 59 videos pertain to body cameras. In the area of public affairs, uh we graduated our 20th Citizen Police Academy back in early November. Um again that program considers to be continues to be very popular and we had another really good class of civilians come through there. In the operations uh bureau, the patrol division, we took 336 incident reports, 145 crash reports, made 511 traffic stops, issued 207 citations, 369 written warnings, made 54 criminal arrests, 89 traffic arrests, and served 81 warrants. In the area of training, our officers attended 136 hours of training in the month of November. And that that concludes my report. Thank you.

Thank you, Chief Trusty Dills. Um, sorry for both Chiefs. Do you either one of you have uh current staffing uh openings? Firefighter, police department? Police department has no openings, sir. Good to go. Okay, we're currently full. Great, great, great. Uh, Chief Ree, same thing. Great, great year. No complaints at all. Top-notch. Well done. So, appreciate you, sir. Thank you. Trusty Baker.

Yeah, Chief. Um, free on the call out reports. There was another interesting item. This is a I guess a second incident, but the third time this uh same establishment. So, it's an attempted ATM jackpotting occurred at the Sherfax Credit Union in Ivy Point. I'm I'm curious. Is there a billboard out on the expressway says come rob us or something? I mean, they seem to [snorts] be targeted a lot lately. The um there was I guess two unknown suspects I guess were caught on camera. They didn't get away with any money. The uh the car I guess license plate were identified. I guess the flock cameras were involved in this. They were um apprehended in Indiana. multiple suspects identified and they were of a um or at least there was one in custody of a Venezuelan nationality. Is this an illegal alien again?

Uh I'm not sure on on his immigration status, sir. Okay. What What can you tell us about what happened here and what's going on with Sheriffax and why are they such a target?

Well, I I can't tell you a whole lot because that's an ongoing investigation right now. that that is definitely a growing trend we're seeing all across the country are these uh these uh jackpotting is what they're calling them these incidents at these ATMs. Fortunately, I think Sheriffax did a really good job of learning their lesson after the first offense. They modified their security. Uh it was able to catch it and I think thwart this this most recent attempt. Um, the only thing I can tell you right now is that we were able in another jurisdiction in another state able to identify a suspect vehicle and we do have charges on at least one suspect and I'm pretty confident that we'll we'll identify the other two before we're done. So, but the investigation is ongoing. All right. Great.

Yeah. Another detail in here that there's I guess tamper sensoring on these ATM. I don't know anything about it. I'm just learning this for the first time reading this. And um I guess when it was illegally or or unauthorized opening of it, it automatically shut down. So it became inoperable and they and they locked it locked itself down so they couldn't get anything. Is that does that sound accurate? Yeah, they share increased their security measures. So I'm pretty sure that that was the reason they weren't successful. All right. Good. All right. Thank you, Chief. Yeah. Service department, Mr. Matthew Taylor.

Thank you, Mr. Lo. and the cemetery division. From November 1st through the 30th, nine burials were performed generating $5,975. 14 resident crayes were purchased for $9,800. Two non-resident crayes were purchased generating $3,400. Three colarium ditches were purchased uh generating $5,200. Uh the total amount generated for the period was 24,843. In the parks division, uh staff installed the Christmas lights at the civic center and uh they continued to do seasonal cleanup and maintenance and the landscape areas and other township properties. in the road division. Uh staff repaired a total of nine for 80 potholes on six township roads. And the road department staff uh also m or you know performed maintenance and outfitted the trucks for the upcoming snow season and township roads were treated uh for snow and icy conditions on December 2nd. And that concludes my report. But uh I also wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Thank you, Mr. Taylor. Trusty Dills. Mr. Taylor, great job for the winter storm that we had. Good job. Appreciate it, sir. Thank you. Trusty Becker. Uh no.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Planning zoning. Mr. Mark McCormick. Thank you. For the month of November, in terms of enforcement inspections, we had 51 inspections, four complaints, three unfounded complaints, one warning citation, uh 11 cases resolved. We had 378 illegal signs removed, and um eight violations for the monthly total, 12 reinsspections, and two nuisances filed. In terms of permit activity for November, we had two commercial permits, one change of use, nine signs, two single family dwellings, one addition, two accessory structures, seven uh pools or fence permits, 24 permits for the month, a revenue of $6,875 for the planning and zoning department, and then we also took in $825 for the fire department revenue. Um, and that concludes [clears throat] my report. One other thing I was going to add is we are still trying to encourage people to apply for the zoning board because we do have at least two vacancies and we would potentially have up to three. And so, um, we are trying to get the word out. And, um, if if anyone knows of a resident who's interested, um, certainly please encourage them to apply. you can have them contact me or there's also a spot on the website um on the lower leftand corner that one can click on and get the information they need.

Thank you Mr. McCorm. Trusty Dills good report. Thank you sir. [laughter] Uh nothing for Mr. McCorm but I did think of a comment um Mr. Taylor though. So, regarding last week's snow event, I I guess what was unusual is I heard no complaints at all from anybody. And usually Next Doors lit up with them. At least they were last year. I hacked your next door account. Was that what it was? Yeah. [laughter] No, no, I I it was all it was all compliments and um you know, so yeah, your your team just did did a fabulous job. Just wanted to pass that on.

Thank you. That's all I have to share. Thanks. Um all right moving forward of administration Mr. Corey right thank you Mr. Logan I'll be brief um you know a lot of items we're just working through uh you know after uh kind of the last two months of the year you kind of work through you trying to just keep uh blocking and tackling throughout you know 1231 and uh hit the ground running in uh 2026. Um, just a couple of update updates. Our access control system upgrades continues. That is a ton that that is a ton of work. Uh, commend L uh, Chief Ree for loaning us Lieutenant Blankenship and his expertise and, uh, from a security perspective, an organizational perspective, and Brandon's work, Brandon Miller's work on on that because that is a big big project. Um, and so that is a much needed project that will continue. And I I know that we've had some initial discussions on the CAD upgrades as well and we're prepared to, you know, start advancing those in 26. Uh we are waiting on the state of Ohio to release the uh township to secure the EV chargers. I know we've talked about that. It seems like that's hurry up and wait on that. I think there's one more document that they have to look at from an environmental perspective. It is what it is. Uh so we're almost there. Uh service garage renovations continue. Uh furniture's been delivered. There's uh just waiting on some odds and ends to come in and uh Matt's crews are essentially I think sort of functioning mostly out of there now uh from a snow and ice perspective and uh all things seem to be going well in that regard. As I mentioned to the board at the last meeting, our OPWC applications for the slide I think for the slide repairs scored fairly well. The old 74 project Elmont did score very well. So, I will advise the board when we receive official confirmation from OPWC on that

funding. Um, we are just a little note because I get asked about this from time to time with the recent improvements to Cleer Park. We get asked about pedestrian, you know, pedestrian access and we are studying pedestrian accessibility improvements along uh someside kind of from Clatty, Virginia all the way down to uh Marita to kind of enhance uh connectivity in that and with the goal of basically having concept level stuff to submit for OKI grants or systemic safety grants and all of that. So, so really that's about loading the cannon for uh future, you know, funding opportunities to enhance pedestrian, you know, walkability so more neighborhoods can can get to the park without having to get in their car and drive. Uh we did submit the safe routes to school grant application, so I'll advise the board on that when I hear more. Uh the fire department is in the process of implementing all the legislation and initiatives that the board passed uh last uh meeting. Uh we um do have uh a couple of new tiff districts that are proposed. and that's really for the board's consideration. Uh we've notified the school district. Um we're still working through uh the acquisition process on the Clipper Lane excess land with ODOT. Uh that continues to be a little bit of a grind, but uh I think we'll get there at some point. Just a point of clarification for the board. So the public hearing tonight is on proposed resolution 202572. Just a little bit of housekeeping. We do assign our resolution numbers just from an organizational perspective so we can track them as they come in. That's not for adoption tonight. That is for information only. You have to have two public hearings before the board can act on them. The second public hearing is scheduled noticed and scheduled for a special meeting to occur on 12:15 uh Monday 12:15, December 15th at 6 p.m. So, and that's been noticed. It's on our EMC signs every day. Um, I uh do have a motion for the board to consider a ratification of collective bargaining

modifications and a new contract for two of the three uh divisions within the Union Township Police Officers Association, specifically Sergeant Patrol divisions. Um, I have a motion for the board to complete the process of transferring, maintenance, and reporting obligations for the iconic uh, Huey helicopter memorial that we've been working with chapter 649 to asssure that that continues to remain uh, as they continue to age and their membership declines both on a local and national level. They're very concerned about making sure that the torch is passed. And obviously we've been here since 1811 and we're conducting maintenance now and it's a pretty flaw seamless process to do that. Uh the board will need to establish their 2026 reorganizational meeting. Um and there's an item on the agenda for that. Um I do need to request that the board table resolution 202573 which is a tiff extension with West Claremont. really it's just a housekeeping issue with the district that uh we just need to a little bit more time to work through a couple of items and uh we may bring that back before the end of the year or early next year but I would just request to table that at this time. Uh 20 202574 is for a tax increment financing district associated with the Marian senior development tiff. 202575 is our road resurfacing uh reauthorization. Um you know and that I kind of put a note in there about CAD and access control being priorities for the upcoming uh fiscal year. uh 202576 is for the adoption of a Union Township reasonable accommodations policy which is a a compliance item from a 2022 a late 2022 settlement with housing opportunities made equal in regards to a longunning land use and enforcement case in Mount Carmel. And then we have two year-end fiscal uh resolutions. One for the amended permanent appropriations. That's a housekeeping item. Basically, the appropriations have to match the

fund amounts that are expended for the year. [clears throat]

the finance office, Mr. Campbell's office, Cindy White, Shelley Cobb do a great job on that housekeeping item and I appreciate their support on that. And then also so we can keep the uh keep the trains running in 2026, we have our 2026 annual uh permanent appropriation, which again we adjust if not quarterly, periodically throughout the year. So this will get us off and running so we can issue p purchase orders uh upon the start of calendar year 2026. Couple other things. I wanted to thank uh Mr. Taylor and Miss R for their work on the road program update. Did a great job putting together a easy to understand presentation and kind of gathering facts. You know, because I have to organize my distracted thoughts from time to time and I think they did a great job with that and I appreciate their support in that regard. And you know to echo Chief Clemens's u comments at the end of you know his his report I want to thank the board for the opportunity uh to continue to lead you know a great township a great organization we have great department heads we have great employees we have the best employees and I'd like to thank you know everyone here for another great year 2025 being in the books uh in service to the residents and stakeholders here of the township. So with that, wish everybody a merry Christmas and happy new year.

Thank you, Mr. Right. Trusty Dills, Mr. Wright, great report and uh I didn't realize thank you, Miss R, for putting that together and Miss Taylor for all those all the data there. I didn't realize you two did that. Thank you. The uh Mr. Great. I think we had a fantastic year uh with you at the helm and uh um you know we the board's temperature for for the township is we want development but we want smart development. You know um this is not Hamilton County and I don't want it to ever be Hamilton County. There's a reason why I don't live there and so I want to preserve what green space we have left. Uh we don't need to what's that old saying? uh you know, pay paradise and put up a parking lot. We don't have to do that everywhere and uh but when we do have development, we want to be smart and develop that's needed and so he's done a good job at that and uh that's the direction that we've kind of guided him to and great job of that Mr. Wright. You do a great job at navigating that and so uh appreciate you being our administrator and and leading this township. So, thank you, sir.

Yeah, Trusty Becker. Okay. All right, with that, gentlemen, we'll keep us moving tonight. We enter the public hearing uh for the Union Township Resolution 2025-72 resolution leving permissive motor vehicle license tax of $5 for student to high revised code section 45504.181 to provide revenue for repair, maintenance, and construction of township roads. Um, Mr. Right. So what's the structural format for this?

So basically I mean I can just give a recap on the resolution. The resolution is fairly straightforward. It has been appropriately noticed um in accordance with provisions of revised code 45504181. Uh the resolution is very straightforward. Page and a half very short for a legislation. Uh basically levies a $5 additional $5 plate fee uh pursuant to 454181. And I think I hit on this in my road program update presentation, trying to be as efficient as possible, generate, you know, in the low end around 20 uh two $275,000 a year that we'll dump straight back into the road program to kind of offset the reserves that uh we have been burning through and hope that we continue to achieve cost savings through our partnership with Claremont County to do the road resurfacing program. So that's really all we have procedurally. We will need a motion to open the public hearing and a motion to close the public hearing. And then there's no action on the resolution this evening. And as I indicated, there'll be a second special meeting on December 15th, Monday, at 6:00 p.m. because of the statutory requirements to review have both hearings in a certain time period. Okay. So,

all right. Do we have that motion to open resolution 2025-72? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Lug. Yes. The public uh hearing is open at 6:41 p.m. Okay. Um so we've we've heard we've heard the resolution. It's been publicized for everyone's availability to to receive and read. Um [snorts] I've got uh Joanne Germer here. Would you like to come on up, Joanne? And it's a public hearing, so I do have to I only have one question.

I I have to It's a public hearing, so I have to swear you in for the record. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So, I help you, God. Yes, I do. Great. And And can you give your name and your full address for the record, please? And my Jo I'm Joanne Drummer and I live at 4680 Tealtown Road. Is that what you need? That's I mean it's I'm fine either way, but there might be someone somewhere that won't be happy if I don't do that right. So I have only one question as far as these license plate taxes. Does that include the business automobiles also or are they exempt from that? Because if they are that's not fair to the residential people registered in the township. Every plate. Yeah.

Pardon? Every plate that is registered in the township. Okay, that's only I wanted to know. Thank you. Just a point of clarification, the the Department of Taxation has an extended implementation uh process on this. So, the effective date would be 1 one of 2027 if adopted because I guess and I I didn't really realize this, but if you really think about it, I guess I could drive to Cleveland and renew my plates at a BMV there if I needed to for, you know, where I live. I mean, you can renew your plates pretty much anywhere, right? So they have to get that out. So I you ask what township you live in for your plates anyway.

You know there's probably what I don't even know how many BMBBs there are in Ohio. I mean there 300 400 500 of them. I don't know. I mean they're everywhere. So So they have to So it's a it's a the Department of Taxation sets a like a delayed fuse on the implementation of that. They need time to implement it to get it out to all the BMVs. But yeah, it would be all the plates registered in the township. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Uh Tom Irwin.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So off you go. All right. Please give your name for name for the record and address, please.

My name is Tom Irwin and I live at 455 Vine Garden Drive. Um, actually the road report covered a lot of thoughts or potential questions I have. So I appreciate that. Um, [snorts] and this may be harping on specific wording. What in the this revised code proposal, it refers to vehicles on public roads in the unincorporated territory of the township. I I'm just kind of curious what what's considered an unincorporated territory. Does you want to answer. So the township by Yeah. The township by itself is unincorporated. Okay.

And then when they talk about unincorporated versus incorporated areas, they're talking about villages and cities, municipalities basically. So our territory is all unincorporated. Okay. Um we're not a city, right? Well,

that's just the way to think of it. For some reason, I got hung up on that wording and it just kind of got stuck in my head. the um and I'm starting to kind of understand just even in listening tonight how things maybe go from the state down to the township level, but um since I guess around July of 2019, you know, Governor Dwine had increased the gas tax where um that was supposed to bring in additional revenue for infrastructure and you know, roads, bridges, etc. And then um I think in 2020 they also added the additional registration fees for hybrid and electric vehicles. With all that additional funding coming in at the state level, how how does that maybe or does it trickle down to a township?

We we we receive a small portion of gas tax revenues. Mr. Campbell, what is the is that fund two or three? I don't remember which one that is. Three. Three. So we do have a fund three. We received uh a few thousand dollar. Is it uh what around 660ish,000? 6 well year to date 631,000. 63. Yeah. So that funds and then there's two is the smaller one. What was that? Is that um that's motor vehicle license.

Motor vehicle Yeah. license. So there's two is motor vehicle license, three is gas tax. So, we received around $600,000 in the gas tax uh revenues, but that also helps pay for the the, you know, the maintenance of that, plus, you know, we have staff, we have equipment to maintain the roads and all of that. And so, so, traditionally, the township has plowed 23, which is where the license plate fees come into. And that's the 20 that's the um the 20 is that the 25 20 23 permissive test.

Yeah, that's that's the that's what we get back from the state. So, like on the EVs, that's extra. You know, we don't really see that or whatever. And then, um, we're really limited to what the gas tax collections are plus um, whatever plate fees we levy. That's what we generate. So, giving you an example, fund two is our motor vehicle license fund. We've collected 61,000 years. 61,000. So, it's not a lot in that. No. So,

considering Yeah. Like even the gas tax alone when they first were increasing it, the projection was that they'd make almost a billion dollars a year, you know, or in revenue, you know, towards, you know, the infrastructure, etc. And I mean, obviously bridges and things are extremely expensive. But um yeah, I just was kind of curious because it without without really the a broader understanding I I was thinking, you know, why they would need the additional $5 tax if Whoops. Excuse me. If you're bringing in, you know, billions of dollars, you know, well, at the state level, but again, I just wanted to understand how it gets down.

The short answer is it doesn't trickle down. [laughter] I'm getting that impression. Yeah, [clears throat] [cough] those are the only questions I had. So, thank you very much. Thank you. And and I I apologize. I had that 60,000 number in my head. That was the fun, too. Sorry. Got it. So, all right. Is anyone else here to speak for the public hearing on the license plate levy? Okay. I'll have a motion to close. So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills? Yes. Mr. Becker? Yes. Mr. Log? Yes.

The public hearing is closed at 6:48 p.m. Moving forward. Public hearing item Union Township zoning case 3-25-Zulu. Mr. McCormick, if you could do a intro for us on this zoning case and then we'll have a motion open the public hearing. We'll hear from the applicant proponents opponents and uh we'll see where we go from there uh to take board comments.

Okay. Uh case 325-Z applicants Marian Development Group site location. There are two address properties 4662 Beachwood Road and 4676 Beachwood Road. One's vacant, one is actually a home that someone lives in. Two different owners. Um charter commercial for 4662 and the Brew Bakers are at 47 4676. Parcel numbers correspond. Um left side goes with the left address and owner. Right side goes with the right side owner and um address total combined uh acreage is around 4.58 and the the U existing zoning is R2 proposed to be uh reszoned to planned development. Uh this slide here shows the subject properties. 32 is to the south. Um old old Beachwood Road is u just to the southwest of the property. request to to establish a 118 unit assisted living facility. Uh this is the zoning of the property which is R2. Uh surrounded to the south east and northeast R2 and then to the west and northwest is R1. Uh this is the site from the oblique imagery. that includes the house to the north that I'm only able to select one parcel at a time so you can kind of get an idea of what it looks like in a little more threedimensional view. Um this area is not specifically within a focus area. Uh so there are no specific recommendations regarding land use patterns and policy for this area. Uh the proposed project is considered an institutional type of use more so than multif family because um you know this is assisted living. So this is not apartments. Um the tenure uh of the people [clears throat] living in there

from what I understand would be roughly two to three years because a lot of times what happens is they transition to a fully assisted living facility at some point. Um this is about 5 to 800 feet depending on where how you measure uh north of the Mount Carmel business focus area and so uh from that standpoint and it's not the proposed use is not out of line with what the uses are in those areas but it is not with necessarily it's not within that area it's just to the north. Um indicated in here as well some information from the comp plan in terms of the aging population on page two. This is the site um with some topography overlay including the again the parcel to the north is included in this application. On pages three and four indicated the article six six uh sections from the zoning resolution that are applicable for plan development applications for your consideration. The um I'll pause here. For the background, the property has been zoned single family detach R2 residential since the township map was um initiated in late 1950s. Proposed development uh is what you see here on the slide and um it's a 29,820 ft uh footprint for that 818 unit for assisted senior living facility. Overall peak height of the building uh was uh intended to be 55 feet 2 in. All proposed units would be uh studio and one-bedroom units. The amenities are listed there in the staff report on page five. All the setbacks uh requirements would be met with the closest setback being the 23 foot 5 in front western setback from the new proposed increased road rideway for Beachwood Road. So, it's they're proposing to increase the road right of way. Um, and in so doing, the setback is in some ways larger than

it appears to be. Um, and that and from their original proposal, but it is higher than what was originally proposed. Um, here's the overlay of the site with the landscaping plan that was proposed. Um, review the the development. um more or less indicates that the plan results in positive redevelopment would would result in positive redevelopment of the site approximately a 40 million $45 million project um with the brick face and fiber cement lap sighting. Um adequate uh landscaping screening plans have been provided. [snorts] Um we did suggest make some suggestions that the applicant has incorporated for the most part and are still um proposing a burm if the project would move forward along Beachwood. There's single access point which would have to be approved by the county engineers office. There are 60 total parking spaces and I think a third of the people that actually live here are expected to have a vehicles. The remaining spots are for the workers and for the visitors. There's approximately right at 2. space proposed and monument signage would be proposed for the site. Uh zoning recommendation or zoning commission met on November 19th of uh last last month and voted unanimously to approve the applicant's request to the board of trustees. However, they took all of the recommended modifications that are at the end of this report and they also added two others. those two specifically being uh and I will quote to maintain harmony with the surrounding housing the maximum height of the building shall be 35 feet and traditional pitch roofing shall be used instead of proposed flat roof. Um and so all of those things listed later in the staff report um were recommended plus those two things. Uh, real quickly, this is the slides. The sites on the right on Beachwood. Sites on the right here. Looking across the road on Beachwood. Uh, looking northeast

the property from Ride ofway across the street. Looking north along Beachwood at the site on the right. Looking north at the site on the right. Looking northwest at west neighboring property. Cross Beachwood. Looking south along existing rideway of Beachwood. Looking southwest at neighboring west neighboring property and looking south at property from rideway. This is within the site. Northwest from within the site. Southwest from within the site. Uh south neighboring property line towards Tecumpsa. looking east towards the proposed parking lot location and east towards the proposed building location and then southeast at proposed rear parking lot location and north at proposed access and parking location. Already went over these uh staff comments and had uh added the two that I mentioned from the zoning commission. Um, in terms of the action required in accordance with article 6 sections 680 to 687, uh, board of trustes roles either to enter a motion to recommend approval, approval [snorts] with some modifications or denial of the applicant's request to reszone of the subject property as submitted andor with any further modifications as deemed appropriate. I did receive one written comment and I did forward that to you and I believe that person was unable to make the zoning commission meeting in November, but she is here tonight. Um, and with that said, um, do you have any questions for me?

Thank you, Mr. McCormack. Just trusty Dills. Mr. McCormick, good job. The, uh, want to make sure I correctly zoning approved 35 [snorts] foot uh, but the proposal tonight we're looking at is 55 ft high. Is that correct? So, yes, the 35 ft um number was recommended or required

and it's part of the zoning commission motion. Um I can tell you from speaking with the applicant because we did follow up with them that they're they're going to speak here in a moment and they're going to indicate that they are for the project to work. They need the 55 ft is what they're saying. Okay. Okay. Then uh ballpark. Uh, how many people were opposed or for this project at the zoning meeting?

Um, at the zoning meeting, I don't recall the exact number of people, but we probably had about 15 people here, maybe a couple more. um most people that that spoke um which is not a typical were had concerns or were against the project. We had one gentleman other than the applicant speak from the from the community and and I wouldn't know I don't know that he's necessarily he indicated that he was for the project but he was he spoke more along those lines. here are meetings typically for the

what was the main trustes what was the main focus 100% against it or they were they for it with modifications like what was the main temperature I think there were there were main concerns were the height compo prepare in comparison with what's around it and then um concern with access and traffic on beachwood was another big one thank you Mr. That's all I got, sir. Trusty Becker, I don't have anything. Sharon. Okay. Gentlemen, at this time, I ask a motion to open uh the public hearing for case 3-25- Zulu. So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker.

Yes. Mr. Log. Yes. The public hearing is open at 6:58 p.m. Okay. I'd like to ask the applicants come up. I'll swear in for the record. You swear. Tell the truth, the whole truth, not the truth. So, I hope you got it. I do. Please state your name and address for the record, please.

Sure. It's Cliff Ashber with Dinsmore and Schol 255 East Fifth Street, Sweet 1900 Cincinnati. Um, thank you all. Thank you trustees. Uh, I'd like to introduce our team very quickly. Jared Burgess with the Marian Group is here. He's going to be available for questions and Billa with Kimley Horn is also here. Um I want to run through these slides uh as quickly as I can. I also want to give you a fair amount of information about how we got to where we are. Um and one other thing I just want to mention before we start. Um Mr. McCormack and Mr. right, have both been very very good to work with, very transparent with us. Uh we understand the concerns that the community has raised. We we did have a neighborhood meeting before the zoning commission. Uh those several residents appeared. Uh residents on Tecumsa, as you might imagine, had concerns about the difference between the height of their homes and the height of the building. Um, and that was again expressed at the zoning commission and I expect that tonight it will be expressed again. Um, and that's totally I totally understandable. I want to provide for you all tonight an understanding of why the building is [snorts] the way it is, why it has been designed the way it's been designed, what our client has done to try to mitigate that difference in the height between the surrounding buildings and [cough] why while we appreciate the zoning commission's recommendation of approval as to the use, we cannot accept the conditions that were placed uh on the proposal. by the zoning commission. So, um, first even before we get to a slide, I'll just tell you a little bit about Marian Development Group is a Louisville

based company, Louisville, Kentucky based company. They have been in residential construction, uh, multifamily and now into assisted living. Um, they call the assisted living communities that they create Vivivera. Uh Vivivera is a name you you may hear tonight, especially if you speak with Jared. And the first Vivivera location was in Columbus, Indiana. That building uh was designed in anticipation of what residents might need and in conjunction with an operator that Miriam was working with. The second location was built in Jeffersonville, Indiana. That [snorts] building looks different than the one that was built in Columbus, Columbus, Indiana. uh because during the operation of the Columbus facility, Marian and its operating partner learned a little bit about how best to uh work with their residents, how best to work with operations in order to provide a high quality product.

Since Jeffersonville has opened, um they've again refined the design and that's the design that we're showing to you tonight. So, I just want you to understand this design was not the back of a cocktail napkin. Wouldn't this building look cool? Uh, this has really come about after years and years of experience and and frankly two other buildings that they realized while they were very proud of them, they could be improved. So, if you would go to the first slide, um, we've looked at this before. This is the subject property and the surrounding area. Obviously, you've got a mix of residential uh directly adjoining the property. To the south along to Kumsa, you have single family homes. Um those are primarily singlestory single family homes. To the north, um you have some town homes. And even beyond that, you have some larger uh multifamily developments. Those are two to two to three stories. If you'll go to the next slide, please. This is the Bivera Somerside building. So it is four stories. The 55 foot height uh 55 ft 2 in is to the tallest parapit. Um so that's not a consistent height across the entirety of the building that that is to that peak. Um this building is if you want to think about it, it's kind of two wings. The center of the building is the reception area. It's where the dining uh facilities are. It's where most of the common facilities that serve the residents that live there are located as well as offices and and things like that. And those common areas carry up from first floor to second floor you might have smaller common areas. Third floor um smaller common areas. I'll go through a few of those amenities. If you would go ahead and advance the slide. So

just so we all kind of understand what it is we're talking about when I talk about assisted living, you can think of the stages of uh living as independent. So you're either in a home or an apartment completely taking care of yourself. You have nobody coming to assist. Um on the other end of the spectrum, you have skilled nursing. So that is somebody who probably needs a lot of help during the day. Um may need help getting, you know, multiple people to help them get out of bed, that sort of thing. This bridge time is assisted living. So this is somebody who can most of the time take care of themselves but needs assistance with dressing, needs assistance with medical reminders, things like that. So and what what it's it is a transitional period. Uh and what Marian has found along with their operating partner garden is that the health outcomes for people in assisted living are actually better than people who go straight from independent to skilled nursing. And a lot of that comes from the programming that's provided to the residents uh and their ability to socialize and be together um in a nursing situation. And I know my my father spent the last couple years of his life in a nursing home. It can be very isolating. Uh and it is not always an environment where people are feeling good and moving forward as much as they are. It's just it can be very isolating. So um some of the things that are provided in assisted living as you can see here you've got the the normal assistance that you see there medication set up. Uh obviously meals are cooked. One thing that I believe Mr. McCormack mentioned is these are not multif family units. These are uh more more or less rooms. So they're either onebedroom spaces or they are studio spaces. Each

of these spaces has a kitchenet in it which is a microwave and a small refrigerator, but they do not actually cook in their personal space. They go and eat together. Um [snorts] there's ongoing health monitoring. Obviously, all of the living spaces uh are completely ADA compliant and accessible along with uh lots of opportunities for residents should there be an issue to uh pull a string, let somebody out in the common area know that they need assistance. And then there's a lot, as I mentioned before, social wellness, educational, and recreational activities. Um I've toured the Jeffersonville facility a couple of times. Their big event every year is a trunk or treat that they put on for the community and it is beloved by the residents and the community in which uh it is located. If we go to the next slide, please. So these are photos of the living spaces. As I mentioned before, they they look very much like either a studio apartment or a one-bedroom apartment [clears throat] with the exception of the kitchenet as opposed to a kitchen. So it's it's more of a institutional use, less of um this is compelling stuff. Um less of a uh an independent living operation. If you go to the next slide. So these are some of the amenities. These photos are from the Jeffersonville location. Uh as the photo on the left there is the reception area uh and kind of a gathering place um within the the first floor. photo on the right is the library that's up on the fourth floor [snorts] of that location. Um, if you go ahead and advance the slide. One other thing that they have, they have a dedicated um hair salon where they and and they they also have a um a canteen. They also have a medical

facility that's on the premises. Those are not staffed 24 hours a day, but they do bring in health professionals who can see people as as needed. In the in the case of the salon, of course, there there are people who are rotating through there and uh providing those services for residents. And then one thing that's key when we're talking about traffic especially is the transportation that's provided. um most residents and I think you all can probably imagine the number of people who qualify to to need assisted living um who also drive that the overlap of that is relatively small. So some people do show up uh with the vehicle. Some people, a very limited number of people will continue to use that vehicle. And and what Marian has found as people live there longer, they like the camaraderie of getting on the van and going uh to outings with the group. If you go to the next slide. So, um, as I mentioned before, there are some folks behind me who live in the area, um, who will probably be very happy with the conditions that the zoning commission placed on the project. Um, we have, obviously, we've not been able to reach complete agreement. Um but we had tried through this process through talking with them during the neighborhood meeting and then hearing from the zoning commission to do what could be done um on the site understanding that we can't really chop the building in half. Um this was the original uh landscape plan. One thing I'll mention is this has since been augmented. So the plant material that you see there uh will remain. But if you'll go and advance. Um we did incorporate especially along the southern boundary a significant burm. So that plant material now instead

of being at grade would be on a I think it's on the plan is a 4 and a half foot uh burm that runs basically the entire length of the site uh between the building and those residences on Tecumpsa. We also took Mr. McCormack's suggestion about scooting the building to the east in order to provide more space uh adjacent to Beachwood. You go ahead to the next slide. So um one area where and I've said it before we we just have you know hopefully a respectful disagreement with the zoning commission's recommendation is looking at your plan development regulation. The zoning commission focused on a statement of intent uh which was to allow for developments that are harmonious with the surrounding properties and that is a perfectly laudable and legitimate statement of intent. However, when you look at the plan development regulation itself, so that okay, what do we think as a community matches what's around you have some objective requirements and I think when you look at any of those objective requirements, the proposal really compares favorably. So, uh the snip on the left is actually from the plan. You can see the setback data. So the west parking setback the requirements 5 feet we're providing almost five times that. The northern landscape buffer area we're we're meeting that on the west it's 10 feet we're providing 23 and a half. On the south it's 20 feet we're providing nearly 55 ft plus that birming and landscaping that I spoke about. And then on the east we've got a 20 foot requirement of 55 feet um that we're providing there in landscaping. In addition when you look at just the some

some highlighted sections of the plan development uh code section 684.3 the requirement is 10% landscaping. Uh we're providing about 50% [snorts] landscaping. out. I recognize that the definition of landscaping includes areas that are heavily landscaped where there's a lot of focused plant material and open space, but still that's a significant uh distinction between um the requirement and what we're providing. 687.9 you've got a requirement the maximum building coverage is 35%. The proposed building coverage here is only 17%. So, you know, it is a more compact building, although it is uh taller than you might expect. And then, and I think this is important, the maximum building height, it says 75 ft. The proposal is 56 feet or 55 and change. Um I I believe that the zoning commission looked at this and said, "We're going to compare this building to existing buildings." I think it is appropriate and would be legitimate for the board here to look at the regulation itself uh and look at the measures that we have attempted to include um relative to the regulation and relative to the overall site and find that on balance this is an appropriate use and an appropriate design. Um, as I mentioned before that the design of the building is very intentional. Um, and that is why we've and and Mr. McCormack and Mr. Wright have both, as I said, they've both been very transparent and said, "Look, you guys were at the zoning commission. You know what the result was? Uh, do you have any response

to that?" And unfortunately our response unfortunately or fortunately um our response is more explanation uh and and hope and and [clears throat] I hope that you all will look at uh the good of the entire community the need to provide more opportunities uh for people to age in place um and uh frankly look at the development compared to the regulation as it exists. Um, I'm happy to take any questions. Jared Burgess with Marian is here. Billa, he's with Kimley Horn. If you have specific plan questions, I'm going to ask Bill to answer those because he's going to be more qualified uh to do so than I am. But thank you all.

Thank you. All right. I'll trust you. Mr. Ashurner, uh, yes. Do you live here in Cincinnati? No. Oh, which which part of town you live in? No, I lived in Louisville, Kentucky. Oh, I appreciate you making the trip up here. Thank you. Thank you. The uh um so I'm going to hear your other two guys as well. Um probably be prepared um for all three of you or one of you to come back up after you hear the proponents that are against your case. So then maybe you can

answer the resident's questions and all that stuff as well. Um, so I do have a handful of questions I want to ask, but you all might answer them with the other other two gentlemen, [clears throat] but I would just say sorry to swore you in after the residents speak most likely against your case most likely. Uh, just I'd like, you know, you probably just come back up and, you know, we'll have some have you respond and answer their questions if you could as well. So that's all I have. Trust. Hey, thank you. Okay. Thank you very much. Do you want either of your other applicants come up or you wait? That's fine. We can we can move to proponents and then opponents. Are there any proponents of this case?

Proponents. Okay. Opponents. Um ma'am with the orange scarf. I saw your hand shoot right up. [clears throat] Question for you. I gota swear you. Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to help you God? Yes, I do. Great. Thank you. Please share your name for the record and your address. My name is Jane Pierman. Um, I've been a Union Township resident for 11 years. I live on Tacca Drive. And to be fair, I live at the very last property that this development would touch. I'm only looking at probably 30 feet of this in my backyard.

Okay? As opposed to my neighbors who would have the whole backyard. [clears throat] Um, I sent you all a letter because I couldn't be here for the zoning commission meeting because my granddaughter made six in the United States on the volleyball team for Mesa Jr. I was busy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Oh, awesome.

So, I have a few comments. I'm just going to work off the um the department report from Mr. McCormick. Number one, 80 acres. 80 acres in that area have no tall buildings. It's on the report. Okay. Number one. Number two. Um although the proposed project is considered to be more of an institutional use than multif family, it is similar in nature, not out of character. I'm sorry. I think an institution is very much out of character with residential properties. The Beachwood Villa Apartments on Beachwood Avenue Road right down the road are about two and a quarter, two and a half stories. Their their first floor is partly underground. So, they're probably 27 28 feet tall. That's the tallest building in the area there. Um, for the record, as far as aging and place, I retired under Ohio Public Employees Retirement, which I think you probably all will retire under. And I make too much income to qualify for this building. If I wanted to retire and move to my backyard, I would not be able to do so. It's it's a lowinccome $50,000 maximum income resident rate. I don't know if you all were aware of that. Um is to the 20 foot buffer. I don't know where you live, but um I don't think 20 feet from anything is enough of a buffer. [clears throat] Um I I really think that's [snorts] a boo boo. Um then we get into single family detach. Okay. Um we talked about that these residents would probably turn over every two to three years. Do you realize what a transient population that would be moving in and out every two or three years. New new tenants in, new tenants out. Just a thought. Um 118 units. Um I think this is interesting. We only have 60 parking places, but all the

residents are permitted to bring a vehicle. Are we not allowing for that? And what about on a holiday if all the kids want to come and see the grandmas? You got 118 families wanting to come and visit the relatives and there is going to be available maybe 30 spots because the staff gets the first 25 or 30 spots. That's that doesn't seem adequate to me for that size building. Um under the staff review and analysis um Mark wrote something to the effect that a refu a review of the proposed development indicates the plan results in a positive redevelopment of a site. Um I would disagree with that. But I don't think it's I don't think it's in our best interest to have a commercial building in our residential area. Um, okay. We got 1.99 acres of open space out of the 4 acre lot, which means 2 acres of imperous surface. I don't know if anybody looked at a topographical map yet, but Tecumsa and um properties to the east of this development are definitely lower level. I mean, I get water in my yard like ankle deep every rain. Big rains is really ugly. I don't think anybody looked at the top topography of this yet, but supposedly we're going to store all that impervious rainwater collection underground under this building. Um, I find that hard to believe that that would be possible. Maybe I don't know. Um, it doesn't this this plan does not meet all the requirements of the plan development application requirements of the PD district plan. And I want to suggest to you that why don't we stick to our plan? That's not what it's for. I'm embarrassed to tell you when I was in college at UC, we took a bus trip. my planning and development class took a

bus trip out to Mount Caramel before you actually called us Union Township and we were told this is what not to do. We had a strip club on um old 74. We we have took a bus trip through there. Well, I mean, you know, I'm like 19

19 years old and that's what they were telling us. This is this is what happens when you don't plan your development in your community. And um I don't I don't want us to go back to that. I lived in Hamilton County up until 11 years ago and I worked for Crosby Township. When they broke away from Hamilton County, I was the township administrator and we rewrote a zoning code specific to Crosby Township and they they made huge buffers. They have a lot of industry out there. Very concerned about buffer zones. So, you don't have a house next to a beer drive-thru next to a four-story um senior living place. You know, you you buffer them and you and you do it in zones. And that's that's what you wrote that for. And I really think it would be in the best interest of this township to stick to that. And I thank you for listening to me.

Yeah, please go ahead. Uh, Mr. Pierman, the uh, thank you for coming up. Uh, and so I'm betting that a lot of the other residents will have the same concerns you just brought up. Absolutely. Um, is there any way if you were in our position that you would approve this if it was a ranch? Absolutely. If it if it was lowle. Okay.

Absolutely. Oh, you know what I didn't bring up to you was the safety. 40 miles an hour on Beachwood Road. Try to come out of Tecumpsa Lane at five o'clock on a on a weekday when all the um the big factories and facilities open up down on Broadwell Road. They close and the shifts change. I mean, we can wait 5 10 minutes to get out of the drive. And I can tell you, I don't know if you're allowed to put that map back up, but this the view to the north and the south on Beachwood. Blind curve in either direction. So, so Miss Pier, by the way, this goes for all the residents as well. I'm going to ask you the same question. If you were in our shoes, what would you do? So, uh, are you are you a are you a hard no? Hell no, we don't want it. Or B, we want it. However, here's what we want. You know, like the high level and and and the buffer zones and all that. So, so um so my question would be

I'm a hard no. If you look, that's [clears throat] all driveway around the back and where it faces Tecumpsa. There's like an inlet in the building where they're going to have their dumpster right up against the back of my neighbor's property is the dumpster. So, what once or twice a week we're going to hear the big thing come and empty a dumpster. I mean, it's it's a nice piece of property. I think you could probably put four or five family homes there, but I just think this is a really poor use for that little piece of property. Thank you, Trusty. Uh, you good, Trusty Becker? I have no questions. Okay, Miss Pierman, hey, thank you very much and I think um that your your history and your experience there as you shared with us has been prior township administrator shows.

So, thank you for sharing that and other residents coming up. Um you're always more than welcome to share what you want to come up and share during public hearing. Um but if you agree with a lot of the sentiment or the specifics that she just identified, I've been making notes. I think he's been making notes. He's been making notes. So you can hear that we're hearing your voice. Um and and well would you want it in your backyard? Think about it. I I've got my own stories of that and that's part of the reason why I'm little taxpayers. We've been voting you in. I hear you. We appreciate it. Thank you very much, Miss Pierman.

Let's see here. Bill. Oh, hold on. I'll save that. Who else we got here? I'm sorry. I got mixed up. Uh who else wanted wanted to speak on the um Yes sir. Please in the back.

You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. I hope you got it. I do. All right. Please state your name and record for the address, please.

Hi, my name is Rick Meyer. I live on 473 Tacoma Drive. I'm at the end of the street along with Jane. I have a lot of the same concerns that she has. Mine are the waterhed as well because like she said when it rains on our street it's like a small river in our backyard already and they're proposing a a water retention under the ground for all this water to go somewhere. Every business I've ever seen has always had to have a water retention pond to hold this water. Like Jane said with the topographical math too, there's a natural running creek behind that building or behind us as well that they're going to be changing to where they're going to propose to put this building. So, and then from the top of our street to the end of the street where we're at is a probably good 10 to 15 foot drop. So, they're at they're talking about putting a 4ft BM and put landscaping there. That building's still going to overtower all of our houses at the end of the street no matter what you put in there. Well, it's always going to be over us. So, that's our biggest concern is that and you know, just like Jane said, the dumpster behind us and everything else. There's just it's we've never had that in the past. I don't understand why we want to reszone it to have a building like this when it could be housing versus a five fourstory building that's just out of place. That's But Jane, she covered most of the topics, so I don't want to go back over the same things over and over. So that's just my feeling. I'm a hard no on it as well. So yeah, I just don't see it working there.

Thank you, Mr. Meer. Trusty deals or Thank you, Mr. Mayer. Really appreciate it. Thank you. Uh anyone else that's an opponent? Any more opponents? No one that wants to speak. But are you here as an opponent? I just want to visualize. All right. Okay. All right. All right. Thank you. Um, before you close, can I ask? Yeah, please. Since no one else I'm surprised. I thought we were going to have another [snorts] hour long of public comments on this. Um, raise your hand if you're against this development.

Okay. Okay. Fair enough. Okay. All right. Just Yes, ma'am. Got it. Okay. Okay. Um All right. So, we've heard uh the applicant proponents, opponents, and we'd like to bring the applicant back up. You've heard now some of the comments from the residents. Um yes, Mr. Chairman, and and uh other trustees. If it's okay with you, I'm going to run through a couple of the points that I heard and then I'd like Bill Skea to get up and talk specifically about drainage. Yep. That's what we'd like like for you to do. Thank you.

I can attempt it, but it won't go well.

So, um the first thing um Miss Pier and and the comments that we heard were comments that we have heard uh already. And um Miss Miss Beerman mentioned uh this is low income. So, this is an affordable assisted living facility. Uh, it is being financed, excuse me, financed uh hopefully in conjunction with the Ohio Housing Finance Agency. Um, it will be available to people who make the 60% uh of the area median income. Um, yes, there are people who will not qualify to live here because they have too much retirement income. Um, but when you think about what 60% of the area median income means, that means that there's a midpoint and you basically are saying to a third of the people, you can't, you know, you're you're out. Um, I think that allowing for services that are very high quality services in a very high quality building, allowing that to be available for more people is probably better. Uh this property is also in what's called a qualified census tract. Uh which means that 50% of the households in this census tract are at 60% of AMI. Um I don't expect that that qualification is going to survive 2026. So that's part of the reason that we're we're here before you tonight uh is because of the urgency of having that um being able to develop in a qualified census track that does affect financing for the program.

Mr. Asher, I'll save you some time. The income has zero effect on me. My mother who is the greatest woman in the world would qualify for yours and um lowincome housing for a 30 year old compared to those of 70 plus year old I think is night and day. So yeah, personally my vote has nothing to do with the low income of senior citizens. Um yeah, so just for what it's worth, I think that's the least of your worries. Okay. I think the height, the buffer, the the drainage, but as far as me, low income has nothing to do with because a senior citizen again, low income. My mother would qualify and uh and so anybody that's against my mother can, you know, right? So so for for what it's worth. So low income at zero. Yeah. Don't worry about low income.

Okay. I just I just wanted to explain that. Um, when it comes to parking, uh, I I did not bring this because this wasn't brought up as a really prominent issue, but, um, we did, Marian, um, conducted a parking study at the Columbus, Indiana location, uh, looking at parking counts every hour over the course of several days. Um, the most I think the the most cars that were in the lot at any given time is 42. So we're at well below the 60 threshold. It is mostly people who are working there who are utilizing the parking and the busiest time is around the time where you have the morning shift and the evening shift overlapping. So um we we feel very confident that the 60 uh figure will accommodate uh the need for the use. Now um I'm going to ask Bill to come up um and explain drainage. Then I'll I'll wrap up.

Thanks, Bill. No worries. Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth of the truth. Sorry for Yes. Please state your name for the record and your address. Billa, 7965 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio.

Thanks. So, I wanted to piggy back off of Cliff here and speak a little bit on drainage, what's happening on site. So, for us to develop our property, we are going to have to pursue permit from Claremont County. Claremont County publishes a water management and sediment control manual which stipulates a critical storm method for which we're going to have to detain runoff on site. The point of our design is to improve the site. And what the critical storm method is going to allow for us to do it will force us to do is in proposed conditions, we're actually going to have to restrict what's releasing from our site at the most downstream point. We're have to restrict that back to a more restrictive storm here event existing condition. So what that means is let's say for example during the 100-year storm event the critical storm method might say hey in proposed conditions you actually have to hold that back to what's happening here today for the one-year storm event. So we're going to be improving upon existing conditions with what's most likely going to be an underground uh storm water chamber system for which we're going to work with Claremont County for the permit for that. then it's going to handle quantity for that critical storm [snorts] regulation and quality for the Ohio EPA requirements. Happy to answer any questions on that. I know I got a little technical there. Apologies, but happy to dig in.

You're great at presenting on it. Thank you, Trusty Dills. Trusty Becker. All right. Yeah, I'm probably with you. I think that if you're just talking about like what's what's the most significant item here, it's probably the height and harmony of the community. Yeah, not to do with the uh LMI and not to do with the Yeah, if this was general, I would [clears throat] Yeah. But uh a senior citizen that doesn't make much money that that doesn't or it's just that doesn't bother me. So institutional. Yeah. Okay.

So, uh just last uh just last couple of comments. Um first and foremost, again, I I appreciate the work of your staff. I appreciate every [snorts] public comment. I know those are heartfelt. Uh and I want I I hope that if um there are opportunities uh for us to work together for Marian uh to work in union um that this has been a positive experience for everybody no matter what how the vote comes out. I hope the vote comes out one way. Most of the people in the room hope it comes out the other way. Uh and I I acknowledge that. Um, I think you all have an a a choice to make and that choice is between do we want to have do we want to look at things from a broader community standpoint and say we need to have more opportunities for people to age in place and uh we understand that that may cause concern um and disappointment for a few people on primarily on Tecumpsa. I think that's who you heard from tonight. or do we think that um we really should make development match the area that it's currently in um or or closely tied to the area that it's currently in. Um I think that you should look at the the totality of it. I think you should look at the totality of the plan compared to the regulation, not just compared to what surrounds it. um and that you should make a decision that provides more opportunity and more investment to the community. Um I think that the your plan 2030 supports that. I [snorts] think the uh zoning code supports that when you look at the plan development requirements, the objective requirements that anybody can see. Um, and so I would ask that you overturn uh the zoning commission's recommendation on those two

conditions that you approve the use in uh the form that we presented to you. Thank you all very much. Becker, did you have anything else? I I got a few questions for Yeah. Yes, please. Yeah. Okay. Um, how how long ago was the first one that you developed in Indiana? How long ago was that? Ballpark. Just ballpark. Five years. Yeah. About six years ago, my question was going to be what happens because right now there's always demographic shifts.

Uh what happens when there's no longer a high demand for assisted living and how do you redevelop what you build now? So what you need now probably won't be high demand in 20 years from now. Um because obviously the baby boomer generation is the the largest. Um so what what happens in 20ish 30 years from now when these single, you know, one unititunit apartments, I'll call them, um, are no longer needed and there's not as much high demand. How do you, how do you repurpose it?

Uh, that's a, you know, that's a good question and it requires, I have to say, a lot of speculation. Um, this building is purpose-built, right? So, [snorts] as I talked to you at the very beginning of this proposal, um, the building was has been designed and built as an assisted living facility. It does not have many of the facilities in it that you would expect in independent living. Um how any building is repurposed in the future, uh I think I mean I hate to say it, but is is sort of a an issue for the people in the future. I mean, I've I've worked with Marian. One of the biggest, actually, most fun projects that I was ever able to work on was with Marian uh in Louisville. They repurposed a an old cotton mill uh that had started life as a cotton mill. Uh at the time that Marian purchased it, it was basically storage. It was actually storage for service members uh who were going overseas. So, they had huge pallets that were wrapped in plastic. Um, they turned that into one of the nicest loft style apartment communities in Louisville. Um, I doubt at the time that the cotton mill was constructed or even when it was repurposed into a warehouse that anybody thought that it was going to become multif family. So, I'm that's the answer I've got for the ones that you've built in the past. What other development have you seen [snorts] show up around the surrounding area or if any at all or none?

You want to answer that one? Is it okay if Jared comes? Yeah. Yeah. You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. So, hope you got I do.

And please give your name and your address for record. Jared Burgess from Marian Development, 1171 Commonwealth Drive, Louisville, Kentucky, 40299. Um, so [clears throat] our our existing facilities, they're in, you know, if you look at the surrounding areas, they're they're they're different areas, right? Columbus, Indiana is more of a more of an urban setting. Um, by Vera, Jeffersonville has a diverse number of uses around it. single family homes, um commercial uses, right? Um we have a site under construction now over in Corine Township on the other side of Cincinnati. Um, so in terms of of of spurring other growth, I I would say, you know, it's what whatever was in place prior to our vibraria facilities being built. Um, we we continue to see that that same development pattern. Um, meaning we're not we're not disturbing or um heavily influencing the development. that's that's currently existing. Are are we seeing Walmarts being built next door? No, but um I don't know if we're if I answered your question there, but

I got it. I got it. I understand. I understand. And then uh uh Okay, just just a few. So, I'm guessing you can tell me if I'm wrong, but I assume I'm right. Uh the reason why you can't go with what zoning recommended was simply because the number of units just just the dollars and cents won't won't make sense. that basically they approved you for 33. Is that correct? 35 foot and you all need 55. I assume the reason why is dollars and cents just not not enough rooms. Is is that correct?

That that is a factor. And and along with that um when you when you talk about removing units, we we would we would have to drastically reduce our the programming and the the amenities and things of that nature we're offering throughout the building. Um, and that's that's that's not something we want to do for our future residents. Is [clears throat] there any height that you can make other than 55 feet work? So, they said they said 35, you're saying 55. Is there a meet in the middle at all? You know, we want to be good partners, good neighbors, right? Um, but that height is [clears throat] what what we would need to move forward.

Okay. Your floor heights are 12 feet, right? Our floor height we we actually have from in internally in the building floor to ceiling we have 10 feet on the first floor and the upper three floors are 9 ft. Okay. So that that additional footage you see to get to 55 would be the infrastructure and the mechanicals between the floors and then of course the parapit at the top. [snorts] Can you go Can you go below ground? We We cannot.

Okay. All right. Um, what about Okay. Can you can you flip the site at all uh to cuz uh Miss Pierman brought it up, the 20 foot buffer that's close to her and her neighbor's house. Uh, can you flip the site at all so there's an increased like residential? Are you able to flip it at all to where it's a little bit more? I And I by the way I I wrote down don't worry I saw I saw your graph 5T to 24 feet. 10 feet is our requirement. 23 20 to 54 20 to 55. However, on hers is 20 ft and you are I believe you are utilizing that 20 foot uh zoning. I I think um maybe I'm [clears throat] incorrect on that but

Miss Pierman might have misread the plan. We there there is a 20 foot requirement in that area. That is the where you see the landscaping actually on that plan. Um, but the the distance is the 55 ft. So to the curb line from the property line is 55 ft. I see the Is that right? Yeah. To the building. Yeah. Sorry. All right. Are you So the the buffer zone looks like it's landscaping. If if in the event I because I I don't live here. I don't live there in that Mount Carmel Beachwood area. So, this does not affect me personally on a day-to-day basis at all, right? It's all about them.

In the event we were to approve it in the event, hypothetical, can we let them pick the buffer? Whether it's a tall fence, tall white fence, whether it's hill mounds, whether it be a buffer zone of a nommo zone, whatever it is they want, if if they I mean, can they pick what they want? Uh, as far as the buffer of what's in between y'all's property and theirs, I I I mean, I I wouldn't anything against that. I would just I I just want to clarify your question. Yeah. Uh if the or let me if they get one spoke buffering would have to be worked through administrative staff. That's right. We don't end up with five different buffers.

No, no, no, no, no, no. Just one. Okay. So, they they they rally the troops and they get one person to be their spokesperson. They contact our administration team and they agree on we want a 10-ft tall white fence. We want we want hill mountains. We want we wanted no, you know, no mozzone. Basically, just natural, you know, trees and grass landscape and whatever. Um what or trees, whatever. I don't care. It's just it's just whatever they want. Would you all be okay with that being the buffer fence line if you will? Uh you know, certainly within reason. So, if the menu is fencing, Burming, landscaping, or a combination of those three, I think that that's something that that Marian can agree to.

Okay. Um, you know, obviously if they come back and want a 25 foot wall, that's something different. And I assume these these lights are are, you know, night lights, correct? that they propose is uh the there would be have to be a phototric plan and they would have to have a half foot candle at the um property lines that abut the residential properties which is no different than in that scenario neighbor to neighbor what you would see on typical property. Okay.

Yeah. And we we I should have clarified this at the beginning. the I think there were seven conditions uh that were listed in the recommendation other than the additional two uh that the zoning commission put on. We're fine with all those conditions. Okay. As they as they existed in the staff report when we went to the zoning commission. You think that's all the questions I have for Trusty Becker?

Yeah. So, do [snorts] you intend to when you're excavating um how much of the grading are you going to be doing on on the property? Are you going to, you know, level everything and start from a flat surface or are you going to leave as much of the vegetation trees that you can or what's what's the plan with that? So right now we are proposing um full disturbance of the sites but I believe it was mentioned during the uh previous hearing some potential no disturb with I believe a five foot proximity around the outside of the property. We may be able to make that work but right now we are showing um full disturbance up to the property line. So how we envision this finishing out would be a consistent finished elevation for the building footprint and then tying out to existing grades on either side and we have quite a bit of grade to make up.

Okay. Yes. cuz I I did a a drive by and uh I didn't get out of I didn't get out and walk the property, but I really couldn't tell. Um I guess how how nice it looks or or if it does uh in terms of what's back there now, but um you know, it's a lot you just couldn't see a lot from the street. Uh that's my only question. Okay. [clears throat] Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you, gentlemen. At this time, I'll take a motion to close the public hearing. So moved. Second roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Lo. Yes. Uh, the public hearing is closed at 7:45 p.m.

All right. Open it to board comments. Um, he for you ask questions. Um, but I may go uh over this way. Uh, see he's been writing notes. Do you want to go speak? This gentleman's mind. Well, if it's okay. Um, I thought you were digesting info stuff.

No, I I do. I do actually. But so, Mr. Becker, uh, and I say this with respect, this is your your demographic a little bit more than mine and Mr. Loes. Uh, and then, uh, by the way, um, our sincere condolences on your mother. Uh, Mr. Mr. Becker's mother passed away just recently. And uh uh so um and I know you visited her almost every day, right? When she was in Milford some haven for [snorts] the last three years. Yeah, she was wasn't she almost 100 years old? 102. 102. 104. 104. I'm sorry. As well.

Incredible. So So you're you and and I say this just with respect. It's just factual. Your mother lived in a similar facility kind of. So I I actually am very I want to hear your perspective on this and and sure and your uh your thoughts and obviously Mount Carmel development senior living. So what are your thoughts?

I have two reference points. Um one of which is some haven that that I just mentioned where where she lived her final three years. That's a skilled nursing facility. um what most people think of as a nursing home. And you know, we think of that that facility. It is in a residential area, but it's all one story, has a pitched roof. It um you know, and and it's it's kind of nestled back in there's a lot of acreage back there. It's next to a cemetery on one side. So, it's kind of in a I I would describe it as fairly rural considering it's actually inside the city of city of Milford, but on the edge of it. The more relevant reference point I have is uh prior to her going there as a developer described the an assistant living is more of that halfway or that bridge point and she's lived for six years at a place at the time it was called Elmcraftoft of Florence and while she was there that it sold and became known as Inspirations of Florence. So, yeah, I was out there once a week when when she was in Florence for for for six years. And that's a very nice looking facility. It's um you know, from the street level, it's it's it's uh uh two stories. It's got a pitched roof. I'm looking at right now online. If anybody wants to look it up at Google Maps, it's uh 212 East Main Street in Florence. Um and some Havens, 225 Cleveland Avenue in uh in Milford. if you want to look this up on Google Maps and get get the street view. But, you know, the curb appeal of this facility in Florence is is [clears throat] uh very pleasant and and the inside is uh is equally pleasant. The the facility that we're considering uh the inside, I would say, is similar. Uh the outside curb appeal is is uh dramatically

different though. Uh I do concur with the developers in terms of uh you know parking and traffic because my again my experiences for six years being in there once a week there wasn't a whole lot of traffic you know I I remember there was one resident who had a car maybe more than one I just remember one in particular so and I think the number of units similar in size I could be I could be wrong about that the uh um you know so people coming and going is staff and visitors the the residents not so touch uh you know part of it under lower level was a was their memory care unit as well where they were actually on lockdown. So, um you know I you know what the uh the the zoning commission did in terms of um uh actually their recommendation is makes it more similar to Inspirations of Florence which again has a very nice curb appeal. And when I was first considering this, when this first came to my attention, this this this project, I was skeptical, but on these types of things, I'd like to gather all the information, hear both sides before making a decision. And I've done that uh tonight. Um so, you know, based on so, so I guess I'd say what the zoning commission did. Um, I could have been arm twisted into approving that. I would describe as a lean yes. The developer made it clear as a deal breakaker. So for me, the proposal as proposed and what we're considering this evening to me, I'm I'm going to side with residents. I'm a hard no.

That's all. Chairman. Okay.

Thank you, Trusty Dills. What are your thoughts? Well, um yeah, when you think when you think of the project and the housing stock in Union Township. Um yeah, I likewise can very much picture or imagine uh you know my dad passed three years ago at 93. Uh so I was in and out of a couple different because it was relatively quick but um but just going through the life cycle planning of that with your parents. My mother's 87 and she would totally this would be uh the project or the design or the development itself would be something um that would be like a pleasant solution for low income. Um and so it'd be great to have something like that. I totally understand that. And I hear the uh applicant share that the 35 foot does not work. I'm assuming that that's limited based off of financials. Um we really we can't base the judgment of the zoning decision based off of their financial constraints uh for the project. Um and I do completely recognize the residents belief in the zoning that's in place and

you know that there's R2 and R1 and this PD um changes I'd say that from what would be the height and the harmonization within the community. So when I hear the applicants uh plan uh I mean I think it's definitely something that is in need and that's what you're looking for and that's also why you target the census track low moderate income that gives you better financing. Um that's all great and all. I think that's going away in 2026 you're saying. Um it seems like we're pretty much in an artificial for us timeline. We can't make a decision based off those financial constraints. Um and I I do think that um not hearing that there's any room to give or take. You know, I don't know if applicant had shared if they'd even materially reduce the height to 40 feet um 42 feet if that's something that they're able to do. But it sounds like that it was a no. Um, so I'm just not seeing much much room in this uh equation. Uh, and as applicant said, you know, want Marion to work in Union Township. I think it'd be great to have him work somewhere in Union Township and we look at the whole broader community um, in that type of position. Just to me, it does not seem that this site actually works for that project. Um, I would love it if we have a cotton mill. You know, I mean, we'd love we'd love to work with you in this township and for what projects or properties that may be. Um,

I can definitely see both sides around on this one. Um but uh I'm absolutely um falling in line with with the recommendation with our zoning commission, what the residents, you know, believe that they kind of buy into when they move here. I'll hear your thoughts. Well, whenever uh whenever we have a case that comes up, if it's simple, I'll spend about 30 seconds on it. You know, for example, we we voted on uh when Chase Bank moved and they wanted like a little bit of a signage variance. I looked at it for about 20 seconds and I'm like, I don't care. It's fine. And uh whenever we have a big case like this, I tr I really spend hours and hours dissecting everything. Um and and so I've done just that on this. Uh I I talked to the owner of the VA building uh on the phone uh last week and uh got his perspective which is um right there on 32 in Beachwood and uh you know and got his perspective and uh uh called a couple residents back there that I knew as well. Got their perspective their perspective. Now the owner didn't care. He was like I don't it doesn't bother me. But but the other two residents that I knew of was kind of in line with you folks as well. Um I will say this um and Mr. Wright he uh he was talking to me and showing me he's like there is a big demand for assisted living. There's a big demand for it guys and uh uh and also I do think we need something reason why I asked the question about what happens when you build what other what comes with it. We Hey, we did a survey and and Mount Carmel I hear

everybody on that Mount Carmel. I don't get on social media very much. That's more of a John Becker thing. But um everybody on the Mount Carmel Facebook page is saying do something Mount Carmel. Do something with Mount Carmel. Um obviously we got the new bar restaurant over there. This is this is in the Mount Carmel area. I consider it. Uh and so we we do need to do some stuff in Mount Carmel. It's got to happen. Uh because the survey we we did conducted came back and said, "Y'all need to do something about Mount Carmel." Um so unless you all want to just go buy all the properties up there and do it ourselves, but uh uh so I appreciate you picking Mount Carmel. Um this is a $45 million investment and you want to dump it right in Union Township and I really appreciate that. Um it is a very pretty build. I would agree it doesn't necessarily fit uh that the neighborhood. Uh, so, so I would say the outside would need to be changed. Um, but the beautiful the building is beautiful, guys. I I like it. Um, I appreciate you guys holding a what I'll call a town hall style meeting as well. Not a lot of folks will come outside of the zoning meetings I'm talking about. Uh, I really respect that. Uh, that that was that was great for you guys to put that on. Um, and then also, you know, for example, I saw the buffer zones. I'm not I don't need to say what directions, but you know, our our limitations are five feet. you're given 24 feet on one side, 10 feet on one side, you're given 23 feet, 20 feet is our requirement, you're given 54 and 20 feet and you're given 55. So you're you're being you're working much more than what our requirements are. Um the fact that you're willing to say, "Hey residents, pick whatever you want around our building." And um basically, as long as it doesn't mess things up, it doesn't, you know, no curveballs, you can pick whatever you want. Uh that is somebody I want to work with. I gotta tell you, um, my suggestion is is um, for the sake of this, I'm going to

be in line with these two. However, you you got me. I like it. And, uh, I wish, uh, I wish that's why I asked, can you build it a little bit further down? Can you can you do anything else? I I I guess pick pick a different spot in our township, but there's only so much dirt left in our township. So, but um, um, I I I mean, you guys are friends. you guys appreciate everything you the town hall and and willing to work with them as far as the buffers and letting them pick the the landscape or the fencing. Uh that's what I want in the business when they come in here is to be neighbors. So, um, gentlemen, I'm going to ask you, and you can just give me a head nod because we already closed open session. Is would you like me to table this

and you all go back to the drawing board, or would you like, if we vote it down, we vote it down, it is what it is, and we move on. [snorts] Sure. Sure, chairman. Yeah. What's up? Thank you. Yeah, I I'll be brief. Well, I mean, my we already closed public comments, but basically, would you like me to table this because you've already done all the requirements coming up here and see if you can't go back to the drawing board and and redo your drawings. [clears throat] Or or or or we vote on it right now. He can answer a question. Yeah, we request a table if if you'd be willing to do that.

Okay. Okay. Um no, no problem. That's all. So, so my suggestion is is uh you're going to have to redo the outside design. It's got to look more friendly with with the neighborhood and you're going to have to lower your building. Um that's all there is to it. Build lower into the ground or figure it out like Mr. Becker said with his mother and do do two stories. Um or else it's it's not going to pass. Just so you know. So that that's my temperature. I mean we're open. We can talk about whatever you want. This is open discussion. So my temperature and you you can read the room and look this is this is their home. They they live here and both of you don't live in Cincinnati. Uh so I've got to do an act on on the residents and vote on their behalf. And I think first off of course they don't want you all to build in that beautiful forest that they have in their backyard. Of course they don't want you to. But you're going to have to level it down. And and I think also if you agree with their buffer of whatever is between their property and yours um and and change a can you change the outside to just for example like Mr. Rebecca was talking about a little more neighborhood appealing because if this is on the corner of 32 in Beachwood whatever but you're you are smack dab in the middle of all those residents and so it does look like an apartment building style in the middle of all these residential homes. So that's that's my thoughts. So if you think you can go back to the drawing board great. Um

yeah, go ahead. My parting comment is, you know, we we've talked about the affordability piece and and the financing. Um this this is a pending application at the state agency as we speak. Okay. Um and with the expiring uh qualified census tract, you know, it's 2025 you're qualified, 2026 is projected to be eliminated. Um, this is essentially this is it. It it it happens now or you know t tableabling's we I appreciate that. Okay. Um, but where we're at now is it if it happens I I wish there was another alternative. But for us to proceed,

we would need um approval this evening without that um this project. It's okay. I get it. I get it, guys. So yeah. Yeah. you you all have been great. I really appreciate you very much. The uh um Yeah, it's going to have to be lowered unfortunately. Sorry, guys. Appreciate your consideration. No problem. No problem, guys. Yeah, Mr. Chairman, that's all I got. So, well, sorry. So, we talked about tableabling and then voluntarily can't he needs he needs it. Needs it this year. He doesn't want to. So it won't take Yeah. Okay. All right. So no need to do either of those.

Yeah. Okay. Um Yeah. Can I make another comment? I definitely want to hear. Yeah. What what I'm looking at on on my computer is the u inspirations of Florence and I I just want to show it to my two colleagues and anybody can look this up on Google Maps. Again, it's 212 East Main Street. What I want you guys to see is, I guess, the the difference in comparison, you know, the the curb appeal of that facility versus what we're considering this evening. And that's in a commercial area. It's next to a post office. There's a church across the street and it's kind of in the middle of Florence. Will you pull the outside the old portion of it? Outside drawing up.

No, no, no. Just just the outside of what it was going to potentially look like. Yeah. Yeah. Right there. So, so that that looks more like an echelon to me. Um, and what Mr. Becker shown is more like in my opinion what looks like more like a condo style. Um, which I see. So, okay. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Becker. That's all. Chairman, it's And let me let me hear that timet correctly. It's January 1st, 2020. January 1st, 2026. The whatever the census track goes away for you. That's correct.

Okay. I just want to understand that more because I again I'm thinking of more broad for the community and I know the LMI census track and if there's again I think you're hearing we like your project. We just don't believe that it fits in that site right now. And I'm eternally optimistic. And so I'm thinking of what are a couple other pieces of acreage that would be a better fit for that project that would still get you in the LMI that would be um in that area. So I know that's a lot to to to say when it's December 9th, but I do have an idea or two. Um so I really do appreciate you guys as the applicants on on this and the quality of the proposal. Utah definitely needs additional senior housing. Um, and we definitely welcome you to a more suitable location. So, at this time, I'll ask for the motion to deny because we can just do that because we are not subjected to Robert's rules. It's it's it's based off of our uh reorg meeting rules at the beginning of the year. So, uh, do we have that motion?

So, moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker? Yes. Mr. Lo? Yes. Motion carries. Thank you, gentlemen. Appreciate gentlemen. Thank you for your your attention and details through it. Thank you. All right. Do you need five minutes for recess? Actually, yes. Mr. G, too. I will you make a motion. Yeah. Uh gentlemen entertain a motion to take a uh short recess. Second. A second. Yeah. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes.

Mr. Log. Yes. Take a short recess at 8:06 p.m.

have a motion to return from recess. So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. and Mr. Logan. Yes. We'll return from recess at 8:15 p.m. Okay, great. Gentlemen, we'll move on old business. Uh seeing none, uh new business item alpha consent agenda items one is approval of minutes. Uh one alpha November 18th, 2025 regular meeting minutes. One, Bravo, November 18th, 2025 zoning meeting minutes. Item two is approval of payments as prepared by Mr. Campbell, fiscal officer. Item three, approval of monthly finance reports prepared by Mr. Campbell, fiscal officer. Do we have a motion to approve the consent agenda? So move. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes.

Mr. Becker? Yes. Mr. Lo? Yes. Motion carries. Item Bravo motion agenda item one, approval of purchase orders. U do we have a motion to approve the purchase orders? And we'll uh let Mr. Wright introduce those. Introduce them first. Just Just go ahead. Motion. So move second. Mr. Wright, will you sure introduce

uh first two I have to the Union Township Community Proven Corporations. One is for economic development funding for acquisition of 414574 the amount of 525,000. Second is economic development funding for 4404 road the amount of $182,700. Third is to brick and miscellaneous fees [snorts] 29,000. The fourth is super station 50 repairs in the [snorts] amount of $46,000. I believe that work. [snorts]

And then the last one is to the Claremont County Treasurer for our 2026 road resurfacing program in the amount of $725,000. Gentlemen, we have any questions? All right. I get so used to discussions for purchase orders that I'd like to have you introduce them there. Roll call. Mr. Campbell. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Lo. Yes. Motion carries.

Item two, collective bargaining agreement ratification. Uh this we're seeking a motion to approve the general terms and set within the sign of agreement to modify the collective baring agreement between Union Township Police Association Patrol Officers and Union Township Police Association Sergeants Divisions and the Board of Trustees. Union Township effective date 1 November 2025 through October 1, 2028 with the wages approved and stated there in effective March 11th, 2029. Further authorizing the board to ratify and execute the final contract documents once all agreed modifications are incorporated therein. So approved on ratification shall specifically exclude any contract provisions or modifications for the Union Township Police Association Communications Dispatchers Clerks Division. Do we have that motion to approve?

So moved. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Log. Yes. Motion carries. Item three. Motion to accept maintenance and reporting uh Veterans Memorial Park helicopter. This is a motion to authorize the township administrator to execute any and all documentation required by the United States Department of the Army as to finalize the transfer of the Huey helicopter located at Veterans Park Memorial to uh Union Township for Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 640 and authorizing the continuing maintenance and reporting requirement associated there with subject to the issuance of the periodic purchase orders is approved by the board and further authorizing the display of the equipment as Veterans Memorial Park for continuing period of time. Do you have that motion to approve? So moved. Second. No discussion.

Uh just just just want to make sure. So uh says um to transfer the helicopter. Mr. Are we moving it? No, no, no. We're not moving it. What we're doing is is chapter 649 has the agreement with the Department of the Army to place the helicopter there. Okay. So that dates back to the original placement of that. as they age out, they're trying to preserve the helicopter and the legacy. And they want to make sure that somebody's there some that an entity, a responsible entity is there to continue the tradition and the maintenance and the reporting. There are reporting requirements and all that associated with the equipment loan. It's a it's an equipment, basically government first equipment.

Yeah. So So what that is is, you know, they approached us and said, you know, you got you guys are already doing maintenance. can you guys step in and take on the reporting of this as we you know as our membership declines and you know gets consolidated and all those things. So you know it really costs us no more to do this other than a little bit of staff time to go out and take pictures once a year you know send something into the department of the army maybe conduct some maintenance which Matt is already routinely doing. I think we refurbished we painted this year correct [snorts] which we're permitted to do. So, um, it's just really just a paperwork thing. Good deal. The Department of the Army wants us to vote on that. Just want to make sure I was just going to get the work transfer clear.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's transferring the paperwork. Paperwork transferring the unit. All good. All right. Uh, roll call. Mr. Dills? Yes. Mr. Becker? Yes. Mr. Logan? Yes. Motion carries. I am for Union Township Christmas Tree Dropoff Program. Motion to establish Union Township Christmas tree drop off program run January 1, 2026 through January 31st, 2026. The designated drop off area is behind the service garage at 4312 Gleny Woodlands Road. Do we have that motion to approve? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Log. Yes. Motion carries.

Item five, 2026 board trustees reorganization meeting date and time. Motion to establish the 2026 Union Township Board of Trustees Reorganization Meeting for Friday, January 2nd, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Is that the date and time that we want, gentlemen? Friday at 4 p.m. January 2nd. On the issues, you okay, Mr. Mayor, do you care? No, I'm I can make it any I can make any day and time work. Doesn't matter to me. I've got a conflict later. It's installation at lodge. That inspection at lodge at 6. You want to do I'm going to go to that

where this that's a normal business day for us. Right. So you can't be here. I I can be here at 4, but I can't do six. Can't do earlier. No, that's what I'm saying. Do I think do we want to do earlier? I can do January 1st or not January 1. It's New Year's Day. But I know but it's Yeah. earlier during the day. Yeah. Early Friday. 910? I don't know. Pick a time. What do you want to do? What do you want to do? Do at 9:00 am. 10 a.m. If you guys are fine with four, I'm good with four. Go with four. All right. I just I I haven't seen the date and time yet, so I wanted to make sure it was a good date for everybody. All right. Sounds good. All right. So, we're stick with four o'clock. Stick with four. All right.

Roll call. You have that motion. I might know on this one now. All right. do it. [laughter] So, make sure your schedules are all lined, you know. Okay, Mr. Dills, yes. Mr. Becker, yes. Mr. Lo, yes. Motion carries. Thank you, guys. Thank you.

I'm Charlie. Legislation agenda. You know, that's funny. That's the stuff. That's the very nature there for the public to hear the fact that we're not allowed to talk township business to each other. And so sometimes you get these weird, haven't they talked like, well, no, because that would be violating their sunshine rules. So you get to have is you get to see the sausage get made sometimes. Uh item Charlie legislation agenda resolution 2025-73 Union Township TIFF districts. We're going to table this one. That was the request to table it. Okay. So don't even we don't even see a motion to table. So you do want a motion. Okay. A motion to strike it from the agenda. Modify the agenda.

Okay. uh requesting a motion to um remove resolution 2025-73 from the agenda tonight. So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Lo. Yes. Motion carries. We may want to table the next one too. Considering Yeah. Okay. Um item two uh requests motion to um remove resolution 2025-74 from uh the agenda tonight. So move. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker? Yes. Mr. Lo? Yes.

Motion carries. Item three, resolution 2025-75, Union Township 2026, road resurfacing uh declaration uh adopt resolution 2025-75 declaring intent to complete resurfacing of certain township maintained roads within Union Township during calendar year 2026 without petition pursuant to higher revised code section 5571.15 and authorizing township administrator to enter into execute agreements and all other documentation with Claremont County Board of Commissioners as required and furtherance thereof. Do we have that motion to approve? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Lo. Yes. Motion carries.

Uh item four, resolution 2025-76, resolution adopting Union Township reasonable accommodation policy. This is a motion to adopt resolution 2025-76 adopting Union Township reasonable accommodation policy in compliance with federal fair housing act and all other applicable state and federal laws as per an executed settlement agreement between new township and house opportunities made equal. Do we have that motion to approve gentlemen? So moved. Second roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Bucker? Yes. Mr. Log?

Yes. Motion carries. Item five, resolution 2025-77, amended FY2025, permanent appropriations resolutions, adopting amendment 25, permanent appropriation resolutions for calendar year 25 for Union Township. Do we have that motion to approve? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Lo. Yes. Motion carries. Item six, resolution 2025-78 FY26 appropriations resolution. [clears throat] Uh says uh approving the calendar year 2026 permanent appropriation resolutions for Union Township. Do we have that motion to approve? So yes. [snorts] Second again. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Lo.

Yes. I do that never carries. It's getting late. Mr. Becker. I know. All right, gentlemen. Uh that concludes the agenda there to up to comments from board members. Uh Trusty Dills. um offer you time for some comments. I'm just looking forward to hearing about Mr. Becker's eating out arrangements and if he any sausage at all or whatever's going on over there. The uh No, great great year. Uh merry Christmas to everyone. Um [snorts] I I don't have much. That's it. So nothing good to go. Uh Trusty Becker. So uh [sighs] yeah, to continue my um my course in CheapKate 101. I've been waiting all month for this. [laughter]

Get to give the public an update on where I've been eating since the last meeting. So, at the last meeting, it was Chairman Low was laughing at me for uh if I was laughing at you considering Thanksgiving dinner at Arby's. I don't think it was just him. I don't know if it was Aras was a Thanksgiving dinner at Arby's or it was a steak dinner out at Arby's. Dinner for two. Oh jeez. Arby's Thanksgiving dinner was $11.68. [snorts] You really ate Thanksgiving dinner at Arby's? Well, no, but it was a couple of turkey sandwiches. They were pretty good. Do you want me to invite you to my Thanksgiving next year, Mr. Booker?

I'm always open to invitations. Now, we had a really nice Thanksgiving, but uh we talked about the deep fried deep [snorts] whatever it was. Yeah, I had couple couple of those. They were good. Uh Long John Silvers dinner for two. 14.99. That was a BOGO. That was a nice salmon uh platter with the two sides and uh buy one get one. Got got a All right. White Castle dinner for two $107. You really ate at Whitey's? I get carry out. Yes. I like this little The last time I ate at Whiteies was like college days at like 2 a.m.

I I understand. Hey, I like patronizing Union Township businesses. I keep everybody afloat around here. Wawa dinner for two. $12.92. Dinner at a gas station. Waffle was good. Carry out. They're They're great, aren't they? Yeah. Yeah. I haven't had a chance to eat it this one yet, but Yeah. My wife [snorts] had a had a pizza and and I had a uh I think it was called a half a hogy or half a sub and a bowl of chili or something. And then my favorite standby every week. Gold Star Chili. Dinner for two, $9.80.

What episode of NC are you on from the library? I don't know. So, I want to say maybe season 12. I'm not sure about that. And [snorts] and so, uh, yeah, with that, I also just want to wish everybody a merry Christmas. That concludes my remarks. Thank you.

Um, well, yeah, I think it's been a great great 2025. Um and and I'm honestly I'm kind of reminded of that just as I get through the resolutions. Uh Mr. Wright and the whole team. Uh I'm seeing you know 78 resolutions. Um I feel like that's about one of the higher numbers I've seen at the end of the year. So uh what what what do you recall Corey? Oh jeez. Am I am I right or wrong? 78's kind of You're right. You're getting up there. Is that a lot? That's a lot. Yeah, you're getting up there. I mean, you're sometimes in the 50s. I would say 50 is about average.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You're, you know, it could even be the high 40s, but but yeah. So, 78 just kind of um I'd say that that'd be a little bit of a metric there to the amount of turning and burning that that that you and the team have been doing. Um, so thank you for the incredible efforts with that to move things forward for the township. Um, you know, I know that, um, it's definitely a often sometimes a thankless role. Um, but the community is just well served by all of you from Chief Clemens, Chief Ree, Corey, uh, uh, Matt Matt Taylor, Mark McCormack, uh, you guys. Um, thank you for for what you've done throughout the year and Lisa R. Thank you for that. So, um, I I saw something with Thanksgiving that caught my eye. I wanted to ask our fire department about um, do we ever respond have you responded to turkey fryer like fires? uh you know surprisingly that's a that's a popular thing that we see on social media and departments that are you know promoting the safetiness of those uh

I don't recall any uh recent years of of any issues with turkey fire so I guess the the outreach programs are working and people are using those in a safe manner.

Okay, that's great. I wanted to get your true perspective on that. If that was just kind of like a cool trending thing to do uh with fire department say, "Hey, let's let's catch ourselves on fire with the turkey fire so we can show people what not to do." Um or like the pros and cons of it. But if if you want to dawn a suit [snorts] and and dip a frozen turkey in a grease fire and later we can serve it to Mr. Becker or you know, [laughter] no to totally your totally your call. [laughter] Sorry, that just came to me there. Totally totally your call. We could have deserved it. We could we could [laughter] have things we could have Thanksgiving dinner here next year. So, if you want to plan something around that, I don't know. Um but uh yeah, just just uh you know, holidays are are great for for a lot of reasons and also sad for a lot of reasons, too. So, uh, if anyone's feeling, you know, feeling that, um, feeling the pain at the holidays or loneliness, um, you know, uh, just know that you're you're not alone. And, you know, it's my fa my faith and belief that if anyone you're missing, I believe you're going to see them again one day and you just keep that in mind. So, uh, with that, gentlemen, I'll continue us move us forward here. Um upcoming events, Union Township Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Monday, December 15, 2025 at 6 p.m. purpose of which is to hold a second hearing and take action regarding the adoption of the proposed Union Township Resolution 25-72 levying additional annual license tax amount $5 upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads and highways and unincorporated territory of the township for any unauthorized purpose as permitted pursuant to section 454.181 of the higher revised code the proposed effective date for the collection of such additional license taxes January 1st 2027

Mr. Yeah, we actually vote on it that day too. Correct. Is that correct? December 9th. 15th is the notice includes the public hearing and possible action and possible action and that is the only item that we are talking about that I believe that's it on the agenda. We're not allowed to even talk because it's special meeting. It's only we can talk about it's only we can

no and great great port to clarify that it's not just notice of the title of it but that a that action is actually anticipated. Right. Um again, um and and just additionally with that, it's a user's fee at the end of the day. You know, tax is is the title, but it's a user fee. So, uh the Union Township Zoning Commission scheduled for meeting for December 17th, 2025 has been cancelled due to a lack of cases received. Next scheduled meeting is scheduled for January 28th, 2026 7 p.m. If cases are received for consideration, I think we're going to get busier as interest rates start to go down in the coming year. So, uh, and as, uh, energy prices, uh, continue to drop. So, I think that that's all great things. Union Township Board of Zoning Appeals scheduled meeting for Thursday, January 8th, 2026 at 7 p.m. has been cancelled due to lack of cases received. Uh, the Union Township Board of Trustes reorg meeting will occur on Friday, January 2nd, 2025 at 4 p.m. Union Township government offices will be closed on Thursday, December 25th, 2025 in observance of Christmas Day and Thursday, January 1st, 2026 in observance of New Year's Day. wish everyone in Union Township a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Please consider utilizing the Union Township retail post office and

Mr. the 26. Okay. Friday whatever. I'm sorry. Friday. Yeah. January 20. Okay. The migration. Yeah. I had a where you had organizational meeting. I had a 2025. I'm sorry. Oh, I didn't catch that.

Well, yeah, I got that wrong then, too. January 2nd, 2026 at 4 p.m. Thank you. new year [snorts] turn of the new year. Uh gentlemen will enter executive session. Uh entertain a motion to enter into executive session pursuit to higher revised code 121.22 golf as follows item one to confer with attorney for public body concerning disputes involving in the public body that are the subject of a pending or imminent court action pursuant to higher revised code section 121.22 golf 3. Item two, preparing for conducting, reviewing, negotiations, and bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions that are employment to our code section 121.22 Golf 4. Do we have that motion? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Gills. Yes. Mr. Becker.

Yes. Mr. Lo. Yes. We're into executive session at 8:36 p.m. Thank you.

All right, gentlemen. At this time, I'll entertain a motion to return from executive session with no action taken. So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills? Yes. Mr. Becker? Yes. Mr. Log? Yes. Uh, we're out of executive session with no action taken at 9:11 p.m. Entertain a motion to adjourn. So move. Second. Roll call. Mr. Dills. Yes. Mr. Becker. Yes. Mr. Log. Yes. We're journed at 9:11 p.m. Thank you.