City Council - Regular Meeting

All right. Would you please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance? I pledge algiance 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. All right. All right. Thank you all for being here this evening. Jody, could you call the role, please? Jay Dennis here. K. Dennis here. Elliot here. Harold here. Holland here. Musgrave here. Odicio

here. Okay. Uh, I can tell by the crowd that not everyone is here to see us this evening. Uh, and we have a swearing in. So, Mr. Mayor, if you could take the the lead.

Good evening. I just want to thank everybody for coming here tonight to celebrate two very significant accomplishments here. Firstly, she

one year probationary period. So, uh, we just like to have you come a forward, please, Vicki, and bring your family members if they'd like to come. There we go. So, it is my honor as your fire chief to introduce Bowling Green's newest firefighter, Vick Vicky Bilus. Uh, Vicki, passing your one-year probationary term is no small accomplishment. This past year has demanded long hours, intense training, personal sacrifice, and a level of dedication that not everyone is capable of giving. Uh you met every challenge head-on and you did it with determination and heart. Uh watching you grow this past year has been nothing short of inspiring. Your enthusiasm, your willingness to learn, and the pride you take in your work speak volumes about the kind of firefighter and the kind of person you are. Your commitment to this community and to your fellow firefighters has already made a lasting impact. uh you've shown ownership, responsibility, and a genuine des uh desire to serve. Uh this profession will bring moments of satisfaction that are unlike anything else. There will be times when your actions change the course of someone's life. Moments when you are the steady hand in someone's darkest hour. Uh those moments stay with you and they remind you um why you chose this calling. But with this calling also come sacrifice and those sacrifices are not yours alone. Vicki, look to your family. Um because they serve alongside you in their own way. They will feel the missed birthdays, the holidays spent apart, the late night calls, and the long stretches of worry. Uh their support is part of what makes your service possible, and we honor them as well tonight. So, thank you. So, Vicki, it is my privilege to be the first to congratulate you on successfully completing your promotionary period. You have earned your place in the department, and we're proud to welcome you into the Bowling Green Fire Division family. So, congratulations. Now, if you'd like to step forward, please.

Ready? Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Vicky Beus, I Vicky Barus, do solemnly swear Do solemnly swear to do my duty to do my duty as firefighter for the city of Bowling Green as firefighter for the city of Bowling Green. To the best of my ability to the best of my ability. I will support the Constitution of the United States. I will support the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the State of Ohio. The Constitution of the State of Ohio and the laws and ordinances of the city of the laws and ordinances of the city of Bowling Green. I will protect I will protect safeguard and preserve safeguard and preserve life, health, and property life, health, and property against fire and other perils

against fire and other perils. and faithfully discharge the duties and faithfully discharge the duties of the position to which I am appointed. of the position to which I am appointed. Congratulations. Thank you for your service. It's okay. Nobody's watching.

Congratulations. So, the second reason we're here is for another accomplishment here at Bowling Green Fire, and that's for firefighter paramedic Mike Brown and to his promotion as uh fire lieutenant. So, please Mike, come forward with your family. So, it is a privilege to stand here as we recognize an important milestone in the career of Lieutenant Mike Brown. A promotion in the fire service is never handed out lightly. It represents years of dedication, countless hours of training, and moments, some difficult and some defining, that shapes a firefighter into a leader. From the early days in the department, Mike stood out. Not because he was the loudest voice in the room, but because he was at the steady one in the room. The person who showed up early, stayed late, and made sure the job was done right. The person who checked out checked on others after a tough call. The person who didn't just talk about teamwork, but lived it. Leadership in our line of work is personal. It's built on trust, on shared experiences, and on the quiet confidence that when things get difficult, the person beside you will not hesitate. Lieutenant Brown has shown that kind of reliability time and time again. Whether guiding newer firefighters, taking the initiative on the fire ground, or offering support during the everyday challenges of the job, he has consistently demonstrated the qualities we hope to see in every new officer. Be but beyond the uniform, the responsibilities, there is a person. Those who know Mike know his sense of humor, his humility, and his ability to bring calm to a stressful situation. They know the pride that he takes in his work and the pride that he takes in the

people around him. and they know what this uh what this promotion is. And they know that this promotion is not just a recognition of skills, but of character. Today, as Mike steps into this new role, we celebrate not only what he has accomplished, but what he will continue to bring to this department. We trust his judgment. We respect his leadership, and we look forward to seeing the positive impact that he will have on the next generation of firefighter. Thank you, Mike. Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Michael Brown, I, Michael Brown, do solemnly swear do solemnly swear to do my duty as fire lieutenant to do my duty as fire lieutenant

for the city of Bowling Green for the city of Bowling Green. Best of my ability to the best of my ability. I will support the Constitution of the United States. I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Ohio, the Constitution of the State of Ohio, and the laws and ordinances of the city of Bowling Green. and the laws and ordinances of the city. I will protect, safeguard, and preserve I will protect, safeguard, and preserve life, health, and property life, health, and property against fire and other perils against fire, and other perils and faithfully discharge the duties and faithfully discharge the duties of the position to which I am appointed. To the position of which

Congratulations, Michael. Thank you for your service. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. Uh thank you for your commitment to service and your continuing service uh to the citizens of Bowling Green. So we're very thankful to have both of you,

Mr. President. Yep. I would like to add uh my appreciation for the the fire forces coming out to support the their colleagues. Very impressive.

And just so you all know, you're welcome to stay for the entire meeting. Don't feel you need to run off. They laugh just a little too loud. Oh well. Couldn't entice them. I'm sure they have important things to do.

Okay. Um, the minutes from our meeting on April 6th were distributed for you to review prior to this evening. Are there any additions or corrections to the minutes? Hearing none, do I have a motion to approve? I'll move second. Properly moved and seconded. All in favor say I. I. I. Oppos. Same sign. Correspondence. Do we have any correspondence, Jody?

We do. Noting for the record, the financial budget summary report for the month of March was received and distributed to council prior to this evening's meeting. And that is everything for tonight. Okay. Uh that brings us to lobby visitations. Do we have anyone signed up for lobby visitations? Is we do Lindsay Joe Durham Douglas? Sorry it. If you could give us your name and address for the record, please.

Hi, Lindsay Joe Douglas. I live at 1082 Fairview Avenue. I'm here tonight as chair of the Human Relations Commission. I wanted to take uh I wanted to thank everyone for taking the time to attend the multiffaith breakfast la uh last week. I'd like to thank Jerry Anderson for acting as our master of ceremonies. I'd like to thank the mayor and Dr. Robbie Krovy for attending and speaking at the event. I'd also like to thank So and Amal Shaheen with Southside 6 for providing the food, Grounds for Thought for providing the coffee and tea and deputy chief Adam Scaff for generously providing the books that were given to everyone. I'd like to thank the parks and rec uh department for the use of the veterans building and the fellow members of HRC for planning the event. Uh we thank everyone for coming and look forward to next year's. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. Yes, I'd like to add uh Lindsay Joe uh you you steered the HRC through it was it was not a small amount of work. It took a number of different planning meetings because it hadn't been held for a while. So, it was like starting up a car uh that had been on the side for a while. So, a lot of work put into it. I just want everybody to realize it was it didn't run automatically. It it took took work. Thank you. Thank you very much. Cararissa Busousel. If you could state your name and address, please.

Yes. My name is Carissa Buisel. I live at 1066 Fairview Avenue here in town. Um I wanted to bring to the council's attention a domestic violence issue. I know that there are certain statistics that come with low-income housing and HUD uh housing, but it seems to have increased over the last few years and I know that many uh institutions like BGSU and the cocoon and even our own police force have felt that they have their hands tied and I feel that it's important to bring awareness to this as a community because uh me personally as a survivor of domestic violence, I came to BG and became a BGSU student with me and my two children to start a better life and to try to get away from the stigmas and things that come with lower income housing and to rebuild a life. And I know that many others have felt that way as well. I understand that in order to have a case, you need to have a willing victim, but I feel that we as a community need to better support victims so that they are willing to come forward in the first place and feel like they are going to be helped instead of feeling like they have to continue fighting. And that was all I wanted to bring to the council's attention today. Thank you.

All right. Thank you very much. Rose drain. Good evening. I'm Rose Drain. and I live at 228 East Court Street and I am here on behalf of BG uh Save Our Neighborhood Groups uh climate action team um to invite everyone here this evening to see me after the council meeting if you would like to plant a red bud in your yard or a black tupelo tree. And the tupelo is one of the um most lovely shade trees, canopy trees um that is native to the area um providing splendid um fall color and also um uh it's a good tree for um native for insects uh to find they make homes in the bark, you know, they eat they lay eggs on the leaves. Um the red bud is also a native tree and currently around the city it's uh doing its gorgeous blooming. Um so um I hope that uh you'll take advantage of the fact that um this generous donation from David and Leslie Newandorf of the trees. Um a number of volunteers from the climate action team uh helped bag put the individual trees in their little baggies. Uh Jim Evans cut um lots of these pipes that'll protect the trees and uh Jackie Nathan and I uh did some

this afternoon, too. I don't know how he managed to do 50 of them on his own, but she and I had a vigorous hour making these. So anyway, they're in a box in the uh foyer and I will be standing there hoping to find homes for trees after council meeting. Thank you. Thank you very much. Nathan Mullenberg.

Hi there. I'm Nathan Mullenberg. I live at 1110 Sparrow Lane. And the reason I'm here today is about the Northwest Ohio showdown that occurred on April 11th at the fairgrounds. Um, this event was a bunch of trucks doing burnouts and shaking homes with loud music. And my concern is the air quality. So, what I have for you all are are air quality measurements that I took at my home. Can I pass this out? Sure. Okay. Thank you. And I will explain these once I get

it to Jody there. Thank you.

So, as you can see on the chart there, um those colors represent the quality of the air. Green being good, yellow being not so great, all the way to the dark purple. Now, the EPA guidelines for air quality, 300 to 500 is hazardous. We were over four times that amount in Quail Hollow. It hit 2,184. There's a picture at the back page that it looks like it's washed out because my printer didn't print it correctly. It's because it was not visible outside. Now, the burnout pit was 300 ft from the closest home. And granted, it was a bad case of wind for us. It came our way in uh the Quail Hollow Estates, but plenty of people live around the fairgrounds. So, if the wind was different, other folks would have gotten hit with it. Um, and as you can see, the worst of it was around 6 p.m. Um, cooking time essentially, no grilling to be had. There were complaints on Facebook from others in our community who said that, uh, their kids' lungs were burning. Um, it personally came into my basement. If I walked into my basement, I could smell tire smoke. If I got near my windows, I could smell tire smoke. It was just a bad situation all around. I don't think this represents our city well. So, that's really all I had.

All right. Well, thank you for the information. Yep. Did Excuse me. Yes. Did are you aware of anybody that contacted the police about this? I I don't believe anybody did. I mean, it was a joke with my father about calling the fire department that something was on fire, but um you know, it was an event that was in town and I'm not sure what we could do with it if we called the the police, you know, even the non-emergency line. Do you know? So, it was a scheduled event. It was a scheduled event. Uh Northwest Ohio showdown. Apparently, Mi turned them down because of the effects of it.

Um the noise was another issue. um just subsonic shaking of my home. I had to take the wreath off of my door because it was shaking so badly. And that's saying something considering I lived, you know, there during the tractor poles and we're quite used to that. Uh this was the worst I have experienced in 15 years of living in that home. Even with the tractor poles, even with the tractor poles,

I have never had smoke to the point I couldn't see across the street. Even with the tractor poles, it was horrific. So again, I just wanted to call attention to that if there's anything the city can do to prevent functions like this in the future. Um I can tell you the the attendees were driving quite unsafeely through town. Um I had one do a burnout in front of me in uh on Post Street just because groups of them turning turning in front of people almost causing an accident down by the big boy. Um it was and that was just one trip to Meyer. So it was not a good day for us in town. Um, and like I said, that my biggest concern is that smell came into my home in my basement and near my windows. Um, thankfully I had enough air purifiers running that, you know, I wasn't concerned about my health, but what's my other option? Leave. You know, that that amount of air pollution is insane and it's just not safe. Like I said, 300 to 500 is hazardous by the EPA and we are at 2184 and I monitor the monitor the air quality 24 hours a day, seven days a week and it's published for anyone to view. Um, so I did export that that amount of data and you know for you all to see just to see how bad it really was for us.

And how how is this information gathered? I use a uh air quality monitor from Air IQ or IQ Air I believe. I'm sorry. It's an outdoor uh monitor that um does uh particulate matter. So PM1, PM 2.5, and PM10. And I also collect um carbon dioxide and particle counts along with just various other um weather metrics. Mr. President,

yeah. Um, seeing as how the the fairgrounds is not inside the city, I'd be very interested in what options we do have available to us. Is that something that you can check into and get back with us on? Well, I think even if it is held at the fairgrounds, it's a private event and if the air quality in our neighborhoods is being affected in this way, it would be a nuisance regardless. But the various options at our disposal might be different if it's outside the city. That's why I'd like to have just options and recommendations. Sure. Yes, I appreciate that. We'll consider that and let you know.

And I I do have other photos of that because like I said, those pictures do not do it justice. It It almost looks like my printer was out of toner. So, it I do have other other photos of that if anyone would like to see them. Yes. If this uh and hopefully it will not happen again. If it does happen again, would you please call me? Absolutely. Not that I I I want to be able to experience it. Gotcha. I don't want to be able to experience it, but if it's there, I want to know about it.

Yeah. Yeah. Hope I mean, I think they had this last year potentially, but I either we got unlucky with the wind this year or it wasn't as bad. But um I mean, you can see the burnout pit right off of Haskins Road. is right by the horse barn and it's like I said it's less than 300 ft from home and this stuff was just rolling all through the quail hollow estates. It was it was real bad. All right. Yeah. If you uh all of our email addresses are up on the city site. Okay. So, if you want to put an email together and uh include some of those photos and just send them to all of us. Absolutely. I really appreciate that. I appreciate your time. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? Jody, do we have anyone else? No, that's everyone. Sorry. Okay. All right. That brings us to the introduction of new legislation. Mr. President, go ahead. have an ordinance enacting and adopting the 2026s-18 supplement to the code of ordinances for the city of Bowling Green, Ohio. And this is from council committee as a whole. Okay. Mr. President, Miss Dennis,

I have an ordinance creating section 124 of the codified ordinances of the city of Bowling Green concerning short-term rentals. Mr. President, Miss Elliot, I have an ordinance from Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee, ordinance amending and adopting certain sections of chapter 150 of the codified ordinances of the city of Bowling Green, Ohio, regarding zoning code.

Okay. And then I have three ordinances from finance. I have an ordinance providing supplemental and/or amending appropriations for the current expenses and other expenditures of the city of Bowling Green, Ohio during the fiscal year beginning January 1st, 2026 and ending December 31st, 2026. I have an ordinance amending and adopting chapter 33 of the codified ordinances of the city of Bowling Green, Ohio regarding employment policies. And I have an ordinance resolution authorizing participation in the ODOT road salt contracts award in 2026. And that will bring us to official reports for this evening, starting with the mayor. Mr. Mayor,

thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Good evening, councel. I wanted to take advantage of the occasion to share with you um my appreciation for our safety services. um you know, we it it's I think often we take their their service for granted and so I think having the visual effect of seeing that entire shift lined up here today supporting um their peers as they um officially or exit the probation area period in the in the uh case of one of the um paramedics or firefighters this evening or accept promotion in the division I think is a um a good reminder of the uh of the excellence that we have in this community in that department. Um I know that you share um the the like I do the priority of public safety in this community and I just feel um grateful and um really blessed for um the men and women that are in these departments that provide this service to our community on a um daily basis. And so I just wanted to take a moment and share um my appreciation for the work that they do. Um that concludes my report and subject to any questions that you may have.

Does anyone have any questions for the mayor? Okay, brings us to municipal administrator Miss Tredder.

Good evening. As you are likely aware, our emergency notification for the city is connected with the Wood County Emergency Management Agency and they have launched a new platform called Everbridge that is live as of today. Now, this is the replacement for Code Red, which was taken offline some time back. And for folks to participate in Everbridge, they do need a new signup. a previous sign up cannot transport over. So with the EMA, we are encouraging people to get signed up for those notifications. We recognize people may be a little hesitant. We know that the first time out when there was a tornado warning, people received multiple calls. The EMA has apologized. There was a glitch in the system. Um we hope that doesn't scare people away from getting those um important notifications about what's going on in our community. and our communications folks have been working with the EMA to get trained so that they can have Bowling Green specific messaging that goes out. There's geo fencing involved so they can target specific bowling green areas. I'm going to pause there to see if you have any questions about that because fortunately I have Amanda right next to me uh who could answer any questions about that before we move on.

Any questions about Everbridge? So, uh, Lori, if if we got those repeated messages, does that mean we're signed up? No, that was a different push out of information that they used a available phone calls for because it was a life-threatening situation. Uh, that is a different system that's used in that case. So, you still need to sign up. Thank you for that clarification. people do still need to go on and it allows you I believe Amanda to set your preferences for the types of notifications you get what kind of uh information you would get from the city and from the EMA as well is that on the city website or

it is it's on the city website social media or not quite yet on the city website again it was just today but it will be there we will put it out there as well all right thank you uh we will move on to our next item which is our city engineer Brad Hullman. We are heading into construction season. So we asked Brad to come at this opportune time to update us and provide information to council. Brad, thank you.

Good evening. Um yeah, like Lori said, I wanted to go over some projects that we have uh on the docket for uh construction this summer. and then also I'll finish with projects that we are currently under design with and will be future construction projects. Uh so the first project is the south main paving project. Um it started well started a couple years ago with the waterline project. Um then went into a paving project. Um so the uh road was paved last fall. Um and then uh the traffic signal poles have gone up um for both the intersection and uh at Napoleon and South Main and also the two pedestrian hybrid beacon crossings. Um those are currently um up but they still need to get uh programmed and activated that should be done here soon. Um and then one thing I wanted to bring up regarding the asphalt. Uh last fall when uh the surface course was getting paved, um the testing came back the day after the surface course was put down and the uh there's a few sections of asphalt where the tested high in air vvoids. So the material was out of spec. Um it was too late in the season to address it last fall with the colder weather. So we knew we were going to have to address it this spring. Um, so we're actually going to be walking out with the contractor here this week, identifying those deficient areas and then um re uh redoing and repaving those milling and repaving those sections. So when you see the asphalt getting milled up um no one's crying more than me. Um but uh we will get those areas addressed. It's it's uh at no cost to the city. It's deficient material. Um it's just simply asphalt that uh was just a bad mix coming out of the plant. And uh so we'll get that addressed and

uh we'll get South Main finished here. I promise. Um the next project is uh the Brim Road. Yeah. Oh, I noticed some of the paving with holes in it already. Is that the reason for the holes?

Yeah, that's a good reason. Um, so the high air voids basically, um, especially over this winter is that hard freeze. I think water got down into the pavement and then, uh, that hard freeze really just causes that kind of to pop. Um, so I think with the mix that's actually two spec, we shouldn't see that issue. Um, so yeah, that will be one of the areas that we'll be u milling out. They're looking to do it starting next week. So, um, yeah, we'll hopefully get that addressed. Thank you. Yep. You said that was no cost to the city, correct?

Yes. That it's, uh, it's not under warranty yet because the project's not complete. So, once the project is complete, uh, we have the one-year warranty period. This is simply just deficient product. Um, so that'll be replaced at the contractor's cost.

Any other questions on South Main? Okay. Uh the Brimroad shared use path project is a project we've been talking about for probably five or six years now. Um this is a shared use path that'll go from the Bowling Green High School um up to Kogan's Crossing. So it'll head from the high school, it'll head north to Vanamp uh kind of cross country to Van Camp, head west towards Brim. So it'll go in front of the Wick County Humane Society. at Brim Road. It'll turn south and go to Christopher and tie into the sidewalk that exists down there. And then uh from there, it'll go to the north um up Brim to uh Bishop Road uh up by Kogan's Crossing. So, it'll kind of link a few h different housing developments um into the school, which will be very nice when it's complete. That job will start uh right after school gets out. So, it'll be the first part of June and it'll be completed by the end of September. Uh we also have a 2026 paving program. It's our residential paving program. Um it's about a million-doll project. Um this will start after the 4th of July is what the contractor is anticipating right now. Um the streets that'll get paved under this uh project are Buttonwood from Sand Ridge to Worooster. Uh Grove from Sand Ridge to Rrook Wooster. Uh Rudolph from Gypsy to Sand Ridge. That's that little triangle section that uh there was two projects that kind of took care of the gypsy and the sand ridge. So now we're doing the Rudolph uh section on this. Um we're also doing Ordway from Maple to Maine and then Adams from Maple to Grove. So it'll be a it's a nice project. Um and that'll start like I said in uh right after the 4th of July. Uh the village pump station. Uh a few years ago we did the water lines in the village with the paving and the curbs. Um we're also going to replace the

sanitary sewer pump station. Um so that'll be just west of the new high school property. Um it's a pump station. Uh we'll do a new wet well, new pumps. Um and uh re replace that pump station. Um that'll start sometime this summer. Uh we also have a sidewalk project on Kat. Um it's from Connat from Cedar to Winter Garden. Um it'll be on the south side of the road. So that project is currently out for bid. We open bids for that uh a week from Thursday. Um projects that we have under design that uh will be future construction. Uh the Crim uh Scott Hamilton shared use path. This is a shared use path going from Crim Elementary heading east kind of cross country to Mercer Road. Um this will be um funded by the safe routes to schools money. Um this is kind of our phase one. Uh we're currently acquiring right away for that. Now this is a 2027 construction year. So next year uh phase two will take it from Mercer to uh Carter Park and tie basically the school into the Carter Park. Uh we currently don't have funding for phase two yet, but we are getting it to sign just to have it ready. Uh we also have a pedestrian hybrid beacon project um at Gypsy Lane and the Slippery Elm Trail. Um there's it's a very busy intersection with users of the Slippery Elm Trail crossing Gypsy Lane. Um so this will provide a safe crossing for uh pedestrians trying to get from one side of Gypsy to the other. Um the drawings for this project are complete and we will putting it out for bid here soon. Uh we're also working on the Brim and Bishop roundabout. Um that's another project we've been talking about for a while. Um the survey has been completed by the engineer and they're just getting started on uh kind of selecting uh we're working with them to select the right uh

geometric shape and footprint of the roundabout to see how much rightaway we'll need to acquire for this project. Um this will also be paving Brim Road from Poe uh up to the corporation limits up by uh Kogan's Crossing. And then the last project is a waterline replacement project. Uh we're just getting started with this. We selected the consultant. Um this is on South College from uh Napoleon to Worster. There's currently a 6-in water line. We're going to replace it with an 8in water line and then do a full paving project after that. So that'll likely be a 2027 uh project as well. That's all I have unless there's any questions.

Does anyone have any further questions? Okay, thank you very much. Do you have anything else, Lord? Uh, City Attorney Brown is not here this evening, but we can try to answer any questions that you might have for him. Does anyone have any questions related to the city attorney? Did he send a report? Pardon? Did he send a report? No report. He said, "Okay, that was his report. That was his report. Okay. Well, thank you very much. Uh, that brings us to public infrastructure director, Mr. Okonnell.

Good evening. Uh, no report unless you have questions.

Does anyone have any questions for Mr. Okonnell this evening? Okay. Hearing none. Council committee reports. I guess I'll start by saying that uh prior to tonight's meeting uh we had a finance uh committee meeting at 6:30. Uh the purpose of what which was to uh receive an update on the city's finances during the first quarter of 2026 and uh that's what we did. Any other council committee reports? Okay, brings us to the reading of legislation.

Legislation for first reading. Ordinance 9349 for first reading. Ordinance enacting and adopting the 2026 S18 supplement to the code of ordinances for the city of Bowling Green, Ohio. Mr. President, Mr. Herald. I move that we uh suspend the rules and give ordinance 9349 its second and third readings. Second. Properly moved and seconded. Jody K. Dennis. Yes. Elliot. Yes. Harold. Yes. Hollen. Yes. Musgrave. Yes. Odicio. Yes. J. Dennis. Yes.

Okay. The rules are suspended for ordinance 9349. Ordinance 9349 for second and third readings. Ordinance enacting and adopting the 2026 S18 supplement to the code of ordinances for the city of Bowling Green, Ohio. Mr. President, Mr. Herald, I move that we adopt ordinance 9349. Second. Properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. Jody Elliot, yes. Harold, yes. Holland, yes. Musgrave, yes. Odicio, yes. Jay Dennis, yes. K. Dennis, yes.

Okay. Uh, ordinance 9349 is adopted. Ordinance 9350 for first reading. Ordinance providing supplemental and/or amending appropriations for the current expenses and other expenditures of the city of Bowling Green, Ohio during the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2026. Uh I move that we suspend the rules and give ordinance 9350 its second and third readings. Second. Properly moved and seconded. Jody Harold, yes. Holland, yes. Musgrave, yes.

Odoricio, yes. Shay Dennis, yes. K. Dennis, yes. Elliot, yes. Okay. The rules are suspended for ordinance 9350. Ordinance 9350 for second and third readings. ordinance providing supplemental and/or amending appropriations for the current expenses and other expenditures of the city of Bowling Green, Ohio during the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2026. All right. I move that we adopt ordinance 9350. Second.

Properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Jody Holland. Yes. Musgrave. Yes. Odicio. Yes. Jay Dennis. Yes. K. Dennis. Yes. Elliot. Yes. Harold. Yes. All right. Ordinance 9350 is adopted.

Ordinance 9351 for first reading. Ordinance amending and adopting chapter 33 of the codified ordinances of the city of Bowling Green, Ohio regarding employment policies. Ordinance 9352 for first reading. Ordinance authorizing participation in the ODOT road salt contracts awarded 26. I move that we suspend the rules and give ordinance 9352 its second and third readings. Second properly moved and seconded. Jody Musgrave, yes. Odicio, yes. Jay Dennis, yes. K. Dennis, yes.

Elliot, yes. Harold, yes. Holland, yes. The rules are suspended for ordinance 9352. Ordinance 9352 for second and third readings. Ordinance authorizing participation in the ODOT road salt contracts awarded in 2026. All right. I move that we adopt the emergency clause for ordinance 9352. Second. Properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Jody Odicio? Yes. Jay Dennis? Yes. K. Dennis, yes. Elliot, yes. Harold, yes. Holland, yes. Musgrave,

yes. All right. The emergency clause is adopted for ordinance 9352. I now would like to move that we adopt ordinance 9352. Second. Properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Jody. J. Dennis. Yes. K. Dennis, yes. Elliot, yes. Harold, yes. Holland, yes. Musgrave, yes. Odicio, yes. Okay. Ordinance 9352 is adopted. Mr. President, Mr. Harold,

uh, it's a question for Jody. Do you want us to stick around for a minute afterwards to sign it? Sure, that would be great. Thank you. Ordinance 9353 for first reading. Ordinance creating section 124 of the codified ordinances of the city concerning short-term rentals. Ordinance 9354 for first reading. Ordinance amending and adopting certain sections of chapter 150 of the codified ordinances of the city and green Ohio regarding zoning code. Mr. President. Miss Elliot,

we need to schedule the required public hearing for ordinance 9354. It will be June 1st at 6:30. June 1st at 6:30. Okay. Thank you very much.

Legislation for second reading. Resolution 3905 for second reading. Resolution authorizing the municipal administrator to give consent, enter into contracts, and execute appropriate documents for Ohio Department of Transportation ODOT for project ID number 114710. Ordinance 9348 for second reading. Ordinance authorizing the development of a solar generation project and authorizing the utilities director to negotiate and enter into required agreements for the project. Legislation for third reading. Resolution 3904 for third reading. Resolution authorizing the city attorney to petition the board of county commissioners of Wood County, Ohio to change township lines.

Mr. President, Miss Elliot, I move to adopt resolution 3904. Second. Properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. Jody K. Dennis, yes. Elliot, yes. Harold, yes. Holland, yes. Musgrave, yes. Odicio, yes. Jay Dennis, yes. Okay. Resolution 3904 is adopted.

Ordinance 9346 for third reading. Ordinance amending and adopting chapter 155 of the codified ordinances of the city of Bowling Green, Ohio, regarding community reinvestment areas. Mr. President, Miss Elliott, I move to adopt ordinance 9346. Second. Properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Uh, Mr. President, Mr. Dennis,

at our last meeting, I brought up the idea of removing the owner occupancy requirement from this ordinance. Uh to that end, there was a version sent out to members of council on either Friday or Saturday evening that contained seven edits that would accomplish that. I would move to amend ordinance 9346. Um I suppose by substitution second. Okay. Properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion on this? Uh Mr. President. Yep.

I've been on council a very very long time and uh I've watched many many council meetings and I want to take a moment to to point out that sometimes we we take council members, fellow council members for granted. Uh, and I think it appropriate for me to point out that what Jeff did by looking at the legislation and thinking it through and critically looking at ways to improve it is a really good example of uh council member that that has contributed significantly and uh it's a good model. I also again from my perspective want to point out that we have several new members on council and anyone that's uh that's seen the council members in action knows that there is a bit of a learning curve for every council member. Some uh take a longer time than others to traverse the learning curve, but for Kathleen to advocate for making changes regarding uh short-term rentals and and uh and uh having the the revenue from it more appropriately done. to advocate that. And it is April, so Kathleen's been on council. First,

she did she and and Caitlyn both came to council meetings prior to coming on council, which is very commendable. and then to get on council and with within three and a half months to take what was a very key item uh and bring it to the point where it's at legislation. I think that's that's worthy of pointing out that there's just two examples of council members that are very seriously doing their job. And I I think it should be pointed out that we sometimes take uh council members for granted and should be uh commended.

Thank you, Bill. I agree. But now you make it sound like the rest of us are slackers. Well, I did think about that, but uh there's plenty of opportunity in the future to point out others. Okay. I don't take any of you for granted. Yeah. Well, thank you. Who's taking council members for granted around here? I don't know. Uh somebody said it. I don't remember who. So uh I don't remember where exactly we were were we about to amend by substitute. It was motion made and seconded discussion. So at some point maybe we'll have a vote on it.

Okay. So uh Jody I believe we are having a vote to amend ordinance 9346 by substitution. Yes. Harold, yes. Holland, yes. Musgrave, yes. Odicio, yes. Jay Dennis, yes. K. Dennis, yes. Elliot, yes. Okay. So, ordinance 9346 is amended. By substitution. By substitution. Thank you.

So, now we have to adopt. Correct. Does anyone want to make a motion to do that? It's been made and seconded and okay, just discussion and vote. All right. Uh then Jody, give me a a roll call uh to adopt ordinance 9346. Holland, yes. Musgrave, yes. Odicio, yes. Jay Dennis, yes. K. Dennis, yes. Elliot, yes. Harold, yes. Okay. Ordinance 9346 is adopted as amended by substitution.

Ordinance 9347 for third reading. Ordinance authorizing the utilities director to sign an agreement with Bowling Green State University for exterior painting of the Carter Park water tower and declaring an emergency. Mr. President, this does. I I make a motion to adopt the um emergency declaration for ordinance 9346 47 sorry for 9347 second

properly moved and seconded. Any discussion on this? I will say that the reason for the emergency clause is uh through no fault of our own. I believe it has to do with ODOT um kind of giving us a very small window to operate here. So, uh, Jody Musgrave, yes. Odicio, yes. Jay Dennis, yes. K. Dennis, yes. Elliot, yes. Harold, yes. Holland, yes. The emergency clause is adopted for ordinance 9347. Mr. President, Miss Dennis, I move that we adopt ordinance 9347. Second.

Properly moved and seconded. Any other discussion? Hearing none. Jody Odicio, yes. Jay Dennis, yes. K. Dennis, yes. Elliot, yes. Harold, yes. Holland, yes. Musgrave, yes. Okay. Ordinance 9347 is adopted. Is there any other business to come before councel this evening? Hearing none. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? So move. Second. Properly moved and seconded. All in favor say I. I. Opposed same sign. We are adjourned. Thank you very much.