City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening. We're going to open our meeting tonight at 6:23 p.m. We're now going to do the pledge of allegiance. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands nationy and justice for all time. Okay. Roll call. Mayor Basiada here. Director of lawm

present. Director of finance Frank here. Councilman at large Elliot here. Councilwoman at large Kelly here. Councilman at large Castanzo present. W Councilman Curiosis here. W two. Councilman Kelly present. W three. Councilman Snitzky present. W four Councilman Mororrow here. Director of public service and property is Fida here. Building commissioner Grassi. Engineer Gerson present. I'm going to move to excuse Director Grassi from this evening's meeting. Do I have a second? Could stands a second. All in favor? Yay.

Okay. Now, we're going to go to the re uh hold on. I have to make a motion to amend tonight's agenda to add ordinance number 10-2026 uh and wave the 24-hour rule as an emergency. Do I have a second? Elliot second. Excuse me. One second. Okay. Uh, I'm going to move ordinance number 10 is going to go as item 8D and moving resolution uh 2 to 26 to 8E just so everybody's aware. Do I have a second? Elliot second. All in favor? President. Yes.

Excuse me. Um, I will be abstaining from reading and disposal of minutes. I was absent the last meeting. Okay. Thank you. Okay. We now go to the reading and disposal of the minutes. Councilman Snitzky. Yes. And along those lines, we need to amend the minutes uh in the first um first paragraph where it says roll call. Um they note that Stacy was here and I wasn't. So, we need to amend the minutes to show that Stacy was absent and I was here. Can I get a second on that? K has a second. Um, roll call, please. All in favor? Yay. Yay.

Yay. Also, it council president called it was just noted to me that it says January 28th, not January 27th at the very top of the minutes. So, that should they also be amended to say January 28th. I'm sorry, January 22nd. Can I get a second on that, please? Curio has a second. Roll call, please. All in favor? Yay. And now I would like to make a motion having read the council minute council amended minutes for the meeting of January 27, 2026. I find no additional errors or omissions and therefore I move that they be approved.

Cure has a second. Um, roll call, please. All in favor? Yeah. Okay. We have no resolution of the combination this evening. We now go to reports of committees. Planning, zoning, and economic development. Councilman Snitzky. Planning, zoning, and economic development. All previous minutes are on file. The next meeting is February 24th. Thank you. Uh, public works council prom Castanzo. Thank you, Mr. President. We last met tonight. Meeting minutes are pending. My next meeting is Tuesday, March 10th. Thank you. Community services council person Kelly. Thank you, Mr. President. Excuse me. Our last meeting was this evening. The minutes are pending and our next meeting is March 10th.

Thank you. We now go to police and uh fire with Councilman Elliot. Thank you, Mr. President. Last meeting was held this evening. The minutes are on file with the clerk. Next meeting will be held on March the 10th. Thank you. Uh we now go to parks and recreation with council tomorrow. Thank you, Mr. President. Our last meeting was on January 27th. Meeting minutes have been submitted and our next meeting will be on February 24th. Thank you. We now go to rules, orances, and ethics with Councilman Kelly. Thank you, Mr. President. Last meeting was held on January 27th. Minutes are on file with the clerk. Next meeting is February 24th.

Thank you. Uh finance, civil service, and personnel last met this evening. Minutes are pending. Uh next meeting is February 24th. We have no appointments or confirmations this evening. We have no communications, petitions, or claims. Council open to the audience on legislation only. Hearing none, we now go to the reading of uh before we start. Um if anybody has any discussion on any of these ordinance, let me know before the reading. And if anybody wants a roll call, let me know before the reading. If anybody wants a roll call. Okay. We now go to the uh reading of ordinance number 5-2026. Mr. President Council Prom Castanzo,

I move to suspend the rules under the charter and read ordinance 5-2026 by title only for its first and final reading.

Brian Kelly for second. All in favor? Yay. An ordinance authorizing the purchase of diesel fuel through the Ohio Department of Administrative Services bid number SRC 0000001 9533 naming Gutman Energy Incorporated as a supplier and pricing under the state of Ohio fuel consortium contract authorizing the renewal of the diesel fuel contract commencing January 1st, 2026 through September 30th, 2027. 7 at an amount not to exceed 96,000 and declaring an emergency. Is there a further motion? Mr. President,

Council Prom Castanzo, I move to appro approve the emergency clause in section 4 of ordinance 5-2026. Brian Kelly for second. All in favor? Yay. Is there a further motion? Mr. President, Council Prom Castanzo, I move to pass ordinance 5-2026 as an emergency measure. Brian Kelly for second. All in favor? Yay. Ordinance number 5-2026 has passed. We now go to the first reading of amended ordinance number 8-2026. Mr. President, Council Person Kelly,

I move to suspend the rules of our charter and read ordinance amended ordinance number 08-2026 by title only for its first and final reading.

Mar second. All in favor? an ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into a memorandum of understanding between the city of seven hills and Meyer stores limited partnership for the purchase and installation of an emergency generator and Meyers gas station number 321 located at 7701 Broadview Road 7 Hills Ohio appropriating an amount lesser than I 50% of the generator's costs are number two 25,000 of the municip municipal generator contribution and declaring an emergency. Is there further motion? Mr. President, council person Kelly.

I move to approve the emergency clause found in section three of amended ordinance 8-2026. Second. All in favor? Yay. Is there a further motion? Mr. President, Council Person Kelly, I move to pass ordinance amended ordinance number 8-2026 as an emergency measure.

More second. All in favor? or amended ordinance number 8-20226 has passed. We now go to the first reading of ordinance number 9-2026. An ordinance to amend sections 373.17 electric bicycles and con as contained in chapter 373 bicycles and motorcycles of part three traffic code of the codified ordinances of the city of 7 Hills, Ohio to put in place stricter guidelines for the use and operation of electric bicycles. We now go to the first reading of ordinance number 10-2026. Mr. President. Councilman Elliot,

I move that we suspend the rules under the charter and read ordinance number 10-2026 by title only for its first and final reading. Second a motion. All in favor? Yay. An ordinance establishing the city of seven hills authority to accept and deposit cannabis related revenue distributed by the state of Ohio including but not limited to distributions from the host community cannabis fund and directing that such revenue be credited to the city's general fund and declaring an emergency. Is there a further motion? Mr. President Elliot, I move that we approve the emergency clause found in the last section of ordinance 10-2026. Second the motion. All in favor?

Is there a further motion? Mr. President, Councilman, I move that we pass ordinance 10-2026 as an emergency measure. Second the motion. All in favor? Ordinance number 10-20226 has passed. We now go to the first reading of resolution number 2-2026. Mr. President Council Prom Castanza. I move that we suspend rules under the charter and read resolution 02-2026 by title only for its first and final reading. Elliot second. All in favor? Yay.

A resolution approving the lot consolidation of land owned by Meyer Stores Limited Partnership pursuant to 7 Hills ordinance number 933.02 2 and fronting on Broadview Road permanent parcel numbers 552 23094 and declaring an emergency. Is there a further motion? Mr. President, council prom Castanzo, I move to approve the emergency clause in section 3 of resolution 02-2026. Elliot second. All in favor? Yay. Is there a further motion? Mr. President Prom Castanza, I move to adopt resolution 2-2026 as an emergency measure. Elliot second. All in favor?

Resolution number 2-2026 has been adopted. Council open to the audience. Reports and communications from the mayor safety director. Mr. President, mayor Pia.

Thank you. Um I'd like to uh thank council on the passage of ordinance 8206. This is uh the emergency generator at Meyer for our city vehicles in the event of emergency or power loss. I want to acknowledge the Councilman Martin planted this scene a bit ago. And I want to acknowledge Eric Moore, our law director, and his team uh who's worked this out with Meyer and all the minutia to make this happen. So, thank you, Director Moore. Um, also our next rules meetings in two weeks. Uh, as you see on the agenda, ordinance nine is, um, a proposal to change our electric bicycles. I know some of you have had opinions on what should or shouldn't be in there. So, we had that's why we have three readings sometimes when we're changing a law. So, I'd like uh any uh discussion on what we'd like to amend, change um to ordinance 9 to happen in uh Councilman Kelly's rules committee at our next meeting. Um further, um it's the administration's intent to bring to a rules meeting at the next meeting or an ordinance to ban short-term rentals. So, I'd also like to have any uh start any robust uh discussion, opinions, uh feedback from council because council at the end of the day is the body that makes the laws. So, u uh discussion on amending electric bicycles ordinance nine and begin discussion on a ride ban on short-term rentals in the city of Seven Hills. Uh this concludes my communication for this evening. Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you. Um, do any of the directors have any uh reports they want to make? I know all yours are on file. Does anybody have any reports? Hearing none. We're going to go to miscellaneous comments uh from council. Uh, council person Kelly, I have none this evening. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Snitzky. Happy Valentine's Day to everybody, Councilman Mororrow, the one you're with. Happy Valentine's Day. That's all. Thanks, Councilman Elliot. I have nothing this evening. Thank you. Thank you. Council uh Councilman Kelly, nothing this evening. Council prom Castanzo. Nothing further.

And I just want to thank uh the uh committee uh public works committee for putting the uh the resolution on for the next meeting for the uh first energy. I think it's very important for our community. And that's all I have this evening. Uh I'm going to move to adjourn at 6:37 p.m. Do I have a second? Elliot second. All in favor? Yay. Yay. Meeting adjourned.

It went good. Oh, yeah. Here. What' you think? How'd it go? Good. It'll take a couple meetings to get used to