[0:00] [gavel]
[0:03] We call the Englewood City Council
meeting for September 8th, 2026 to
order. Please stand for the Pledge of
Allegiance.
[0:09] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[0:11] of the United States of America,
[0:13] and to the Republic for which it
stands,
[0:16] one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
[0:20] [chair scraping]
[0:22] Will the clerk please call the roll?
[0:24] Mayor Magrill?
[0:25] Here.
[0:26] Mr. Dardy?
[0:27] Here.
[0:28] Mr. Goff?
[0:29] Here.
[0:30] Mr. Haney?
[0:31] Here.
[0:32] Mr. Hillsman?
[0:33] Here.
[0:34] Mr. Rarick?
[0:35] Mrs. Reepman?
[0:36] Here.
[0:38] Do I have a motion to excuse
Councilman Rarick?
[0:41] I moved that we excuse Council member
Rarick.
[0:43] I'll second that.
[0:45] Any objections?
[0:46] Call for the roll.
[0:47] Motion and second to excuse Mr.
Rarick from the meeting.
[0:50] Mr. Goff?
[0:51] Yes.
[0:52] Ms. Magrill?
[0:53] Yes.
[0:54] Mr. Haney?
[0:54] Yes.
[0:55] Mrs. Reepman?
[0:57] Yes.
[0:57] Mr. Hillsman?
[0:58] Yes.
[0:59] Mr. Dardy?
[1:00] Yes.
[1:01] Motion approved.
[1:02] [chair scraping]
[1:04] You have before you the minutes from
the minutes from the regular meeting
and executive session for August 20,
20 August 25th.
[1:09] Are there any corrections or
additions?
[1:12] No?
[1:13] Stand as written.
[1:14] Thank you.
[1:15] All right.
[1:18] At this point in time, we'll open it
up for visitors communications.
[1:21] And we have two proclamations tonight
to give out, so.
[1:24] Coming down to give us out and please
bear with me. I mean, do no
disrespect if I mispronounce a name,
forgive me.
[1:30] [laughter]
[1:31] [paper rustling]
[1:34] Ma'am, for the audience just have to
open it.
[1:37] [paper rustling]
[1:38] Who's coming up to uh, to claim the
proclamation for each one?
[1:43] [inaudible]
[1:44] Right, this will be the first one is
the 13 to 14.
[1:47] That's me.
[1:49] Thank you.
[1:50] [applause]
[1:52] [camera shutter]
[1:53] Whereas Englewood Little League
provides opportunities for youth in
our community to participate in an
outstanding athletic league with a
history of great success
[2:01] and the Englewood ALL Junior Boys 13
to 14 All-Star team had a memorable
and successful 2026 season.
[2:10] And whereas the team competed in the
Little League District Tournament
play on June 28th
[2:15] through July 1st, with first state in
North Ridge and went on to become
2026 District 8 Tournament Champions.
[2:23] Whereas as District Gate Champions,
the Englewood Little League Junior
Boys All-Star team earned a berth
[2:28] to the Little League State Tournament
held in Mason Ohio.
[2:30] where they competed July 10th through
the 18th, triumphed over Astabula and
Shelby
[2:35] to earn the State of Ohio
Championship.
[2:38] And whereas, the 2026 State of Ohio
Junior Champions, the EL Junior Boys
[2:43] All-Star team earned a berth to the
Little League Regional Tournament
held in Midland Michigan
[2:48] where they competed for the Great
Lakes Region title against Nebraska
and Missouri,
[2:53] where their season ended after
exhibiting exceptional play.
[2:57] And whereas the team was comprised of
13 players and their manager and
coaches
[3:01] representing Englewood Little League,
with character, courage and loyalty.
[3:06] Pierre Bradley,
[3:07] Tanner Bowman,
[3:08] Levi Buzzard,
[3:09] Tanner Craig,
[3:10] Noah Engle,
[3:12] Sultan Faraj,
[3:14] Landon Hill,
[3:15] Colton Mezger,
[3:17] Carter Schmidt,
[3:18] Conor Smith,
[3:20] Ashton Trimble,
[3:21] Colin Tuny,
[3:23] Rider White,
[3:24] Manager Rob Schmidt,
[3:26] Coach Ryan Mezger, and Coach Josh
Buzzard.
[3:29] Now, therefore, I Kathy Magrill,
Mayor of the City of Englewood,
[3:33] do hereby proclaim a great honor and
recognition upon the three coaches
and 13 players
[3:37] of the Junior's Englewood Little
League All-Star team
[3:41] for their successful 2026 season on
behalf of myself and the citizens of
Englewood.
[3:46] [applause]
[3:53] We have extra copies of the
proclamation.
[3:55] If anybody wants to take one with
them when you leave tonight.
[3:58] Can we get the players to come up and
stand by the coach and get a picture
of them?
[4:01] Sure.
[4:04] Boys.
[4:04] [laughter]
[4:06] [camera shutter]
[4:09] [camera shutter]
[4:11] [laughter]
[4:15] You want me to bite us?
[4:16] Does it matter?
[4:18] Okay.
[4:18] Better picture, boys.
[4:21] [camera shutter]
[4:23] You guys did all the work, I'll let
you hold this up for the picture.
[4:26] You guys just made us look good.
[4:28] [laughter]
[4:30] Okay.
[4:31] Okay.
[4:32] [camera shutter]
[4:34] [camera shutter]
[4:37] [camera shutters]
[4:42] Let me grab one real quick. I want
the parents to make sure they had
opportunity to do that for sure.
[4:46] Congratulations, guys.
[4:47] Excellent job.
[4:48] Well done.
[4:50] Thanks.
[4:51] Thank you guys.
[4:52] [applause]
[5:00] And now the 9 to 10 minors, boys.
[5:01] [laughter]
[5:03] [paper rustling]
[5:05] [inaudible]
[5:08] Whereas Englewood Little League
provides
[5:09] opportunities for youth in our
community
[5:12] to participate in an outstanding
athletic league
[5:14] with a history of great success.
[5:16] And the AL 910 minor boys
[5:18] all-star team had a memorable and
[5:20] successful 2026 season.
[5:23] And whereas the team competed in
Little League
[5:25] district tournament play
[5:26] on June 29th through July 6th,
[5:28] winning over First Staton and
Fairborn,
[5:31] and went on to become 2026 District 8
[5:33] tournament champions.
[5:35] And whereas District 8 champions,
[5:37] the Englewood Little League 910 boys
[5:40] all-star team earned a berth to the
Little League
[5:43] State Tournament held in Loveland,
Ohio,
[5:45] where they competed against teams
from all over the
[5:48] state of Ohio, where their season
came to an end.
[5:50] And whereas the team was comprised of
14 players
[5:53] and their manager and coaches,
[5:55] representing Englewood Little League
with
[5:57] character, courage, and loyalty.
[5:59] Miles Baker,
[6:00] Jackson Carver,
[6:02] McKinley Clark,
[6:03] Malik Farah,
[6:05] Calvin Franklin,
[6:06] Marcus Honda,
[6:08] Alex Fair,
[6:09] Adrian Ridgeway,
[6:11] Tatum Robinson,
[6:12] Elliot Rudd Miller,
[6:14] Braden Shirley,
[6:15] Bo Tuni,
[6:17] Weston Welch,
[6:18] Sawyer White,
[6:20] manager Ian Ridgeway,
[6:21] coach Roxanne Shirley, and Scott
Welch.
[6:25] Now therefore, I Kathy McGrell, mayor
[6:28] of the city of Englewood, Ohio,
[6:29] do hereby proclaim great honor
[6:31] and recognition
[6:32] upon the three coaches and 14 players
[6:34] of 910 Englewood Little League
[6:36] all-star team
[6:38] for their successful 2026 season
[6:40] on behalf of myself and the citizens
of
[6:42] Englewood, Ohio.
[6:43] [applause]
[6:56] [laughter]
[7:19] All right.
[7:20] [applause]
[7:29] [laughter]
[7:31] finish?
[7:33] Thank you. Thank you.
[7:35] We love for you to stay, you're
welcome to go
[7:37] if you'd like to, we understand.
[7:40] At this time we will open it for
visitors comments.
[7:42] Is there anyone here that would like
to speak to
[7:44] council for anything that is not
currently on the agenda?
[7:49] Mr. Hughes, please come on up.
[7:54] [beeping]
[7:55] We do have a five-minute time limit.
[7:57] Uh, I'll try to be quick.
[7:58] [laughter]
[8:09] All right, good evening.
[8:10] I'm Eric Hughes, I'm the
superintendent here
[8:12] at Northmont.
[8:13] Um, it's it's an honor to be here
tonight.
[8:15] Uh, look forward to working and
meeting
[8:17] each of you.
[8:18] There's several of you that I I have
met.
[8:20] Uh, a lot of you guys I have not.
[8:22] but what I wanted to speak on tonight
was
[8:24] um our facilities.
[8:26] So we have a community forum coming
up on
[8:28] September 23rd
[8:29] at 6:30 p.m. in the middle school
gym.
[8:33] Um, so I just wanted to give a little
bit of back
[8:36] story with that.
[8:37] So we built our first two buildings
in 2014 and 15
[8:40] with the collapse in the high school.
[8:42] Um, and that was a partnership
between the
[8:44] schools and our local
[8:45] taxpayers and the state through our
Ohio
[8:47] Facilities Construction Commission.
[8:50] Uh, they've come back to us again to
complete the
[8:52] next phase of our project.
[8:54] And have said, probably about the
last five or
[8:57] six years that, hey,
[8:58] funding is available.
[8:59] Um, we just need you to go through
some processes
[9:01] and see if you're
[9:02] interested in in having that that
opportunity.
[9:07] Um, hasn't been the right timing,
[9:09] uh, with everything with COVID, with
property
[9:11] taxes, with needing operational
levies,
[9:13] it just quite hasn't quite made
sense.
[9:16] Uh, but this, this last year they
came to us
[9:18] again and said,
[9:19] if you defer again, you're going to
go
[9:21] to the bottom of our list.
[9:22] And we don't know when your number
will be
[9:24] called again.
[9:25] So we felt like instead of us making
a decision,
[9:27] um, to pass
[9:29] and and pass up that money, it it
just makes sense
[9:31] to be able to come and and see what
the
[9:33] community would like to do.
[9:35] So the the way they're wanting to
fund it would
[9:37] be 53% local
[9:39] and 47% state.
[9:40] So it's almost a 50/50 split, uh, for
for
[9:43] buildings again.
[9:45] Um, prior to COVID, we had some
community forums
[9:47] where we we talked
[9:48] to people about what were their
interests,
[9:50] what would they like, some survey
data.
[9:53] And that time it kind of showed a 6-8
middle
[9:55] school and then one or
[9:56] two uh 2 through 5 buildings.
[9:58] So that's what we're exploring.
[10:00] Uh, we're going to have three forums.
The first
[10:02] one is, like I said,
[10:03] September 23rd at 6:30 at the middle
school.
[10:06] gym. Uh we'd love for everybody to be
there.
[10:08] We're gonna have another one
November. I believe it's November
18th,
[10:11] and then we'll have a final one in
February.
[10:14] Um, and then what will happen is the
board will make a decision at the end
of the year on
[10:19] do we proceed with exploring this
option for a new building.
[10:25] You know, it would take a bond body
for November of 27.
[10:28] Uh, but we're not we're not there
yet.
[10:29] So we're kind of in the feedback and
information gathering stage,
[10:34] but want everybody to be able to be
as informed as we can.
[10:38] Um and want as many people to to be
able to come to that form as
possible.
[10:42] So, like I said, we look forward to
having you there.
[10:44] Um, I know I'm I'm going around to
all the city council meetings, I've
met with all the mayors.
[10:49] Um, and have a couple legislators I'm
meeting with this week
[10:52] to try to get as many people there as
possible,
[10:54] to get as much feedback as we can.
[10:57] I think if you've been in our two
through five buildings or if you've
been in the middle school,
[11:02] Uh, the newest one was 1969, I
believe, is the newest one.
[11:06] And I think the oldest is maybe 1963.
[11:10] Um, there's not central air in most
of them.
[11:13] So this last couple weeks, we have,
it's been a little taxing.
[11:16] We have window units in most of our
classrooms or all
[11:18] of our classrooms that don't have
central air.
[11:21] Uh the gyms do not have air
conditioning, the cafeterias don't
have air conditioning.
[11:25] Um, there's a lot, there's multiple
things that we're looking at.
[11:28] One is safety and security.
[11:30] Um, when you walk in the clubs or you
walk in the high school as a visitor,
[11:34] There's a vestibule, you're buzzed
into the office,
[11:37] um and then you're there in the
office.
[11:38] When you walk in any of our
elementary buildings or the middle
school,
[11:42] Um, the office is around the corner.
[11:43] So we open that door and you just
have access to the building.
[11:46] And in today's day and age, safety of
our students, safety of our staff,
it's a big priority.
[11:52] Um, equitable access for all of our
learners, whether it's gifted,
disadvantaged,
[11:56] um, students with disabilities.
[11:59] Uh, one of the things for me is Union
and the middle school both have two
stories.
[12:04] There's not an elevator in either of
those buildings.
[12:06] So if a student or a staff member or
a student or a staff member or a
parent needs to get up to that second
floor,
[12:10] you don't really have a good access
to get upstairs.
[12:14] Um, and then what are the learning
standards that we have today,
[12:18] uh, especially with middle school
with career exploration and
[12:21] having to have opportunities that you
would kind of have at your career
center.
[12:27] Um, you know, what do those classroom
spaces look like today
[12:29] with what we're, what we're looking
for education-wise.
[12:32] So again, uh, we'd love to have
everybody there, uh, to try to get as
much feedback as we can.
[12:38] We'll have a survey that'll go out
afterwards.
[12:40] We're going to try to stream and
maybe post the meeting after as well
[12:45] for anybody that can't attend, but
we'd love for everybody to be there.
[12:48] So, thank you.
[12:51] Thank you.
[12:52] Is there anyone else that would like
to speak to the council for anything
not on the agenda?
[12:56] Okay, if not,
[12:57] We will close our visitors and
communications portion and move on to
ordinances and resolutions.
[13:03] Will the clerk please read Resolution
22-26?
[13:07] Resolution 22-26 authorizing the city
manager to execute a contract
[13:11] with DWA Recreation to design and
install
[13:14] a shelter structure over the existing
entertainment pad at Centennial Park.
[13:21] Do I have a motion?
[13:24] Mr. Gov?
[13:25] Move for adoption of Resolution
26-26.
[13:30] Thank you.
[13:31] 22-26.
[13:33] Is there a second?
[13:35] Uh, can we discuss it more after the
second?
[13:38] I'll second it.
[13:40] Okay, now at this point,
[13:41] I'll open up for discussion and
questions.
[13:44] Can you give us a little background
on this, Mr. Manager?
[13:47] Yeah, so um, in the 2026 CIP plan,
there was $70,000,
[13:51] um, budgeted for playground and park
improvements.
[13:57] Um, typically that is um used for
playground replacement or
enhancements.
[14:03] Um, staff has determined that there
was not a need for that improvement
this year.
[14:07] Um, so that money was, so staff
looked at additional ways
[14:11] that that money could be used to
enhance our existing parks.
[14:17] Um, so Mr. Cruz from the Heck Center,
who as you know, is involved in the
festival every year.
[14:24] A reoccurring request has been some
type of shelter or shade
[14:28] over the entertainment pad at
Centennial Park.
[14:32] Um, so that was explored through a
couple different means.
[14:36] One we're looking at like sales,
sunshail sun, sun sales,
[14:42] uh to provide some shaded area.
[14:46] The concern with that was the ongoing
expense of replacing that and the
wear and tear on those products.
[14:50] So then they looked at a shelter
structure,
[14:52] um, and got a couple different
quotes, trying to be as cost
effective and still
[14:57] within our range of capital funds,
[15:01] and the one that's proposed is kind
of the middle of the road.
[15:05] um, it's a uh structure, a steel
structure that would be 30 by 30.
[15:10] The existing pad is 24, roughly
24x24.
[15:13] so it's a little larger, and we'd
provide a little more shade on the
outskirts of the of the pad.
[15:18] Um, but it's 8ft at the back and then
slopes up to 16ft at the front.
[15:23] and the the plan was that that would
be installed in such a way that it
[15:27] would provide that shaded area for
any of the entertainers that are
[15:29] performing at the park.
[15:32] Um, would also allow us to expand the
amount of events we do there with
[15:36] because there are some some vendors
and performers that have just uh
[15:39] decided not to participate in events
at the park because there's not
[15:42] shade or there's not a way to cover
their equipment and stuff should
[15:45] there be inclement weather.
[15:47] Um, so this was the proposal.
[15:49] The picture that you have in front of
you is predominantly what it would
[15:51] look like. The only thing that staff
would still decide upon would be the
[15:54] final color of the roof structure.
[15:56] So that's not necessarily what the
color of the roof structure would
[15:59] look like.
[16:01] Uh we have a bunch of different
options, that would be something
[16:03] complimentary to the existing shelter
that's that's nearby.
[16:07] Um, but that's the overall, that's
what it would look like upon
[16:09] installation if we choose to go that
route.
[16:12] Yeah, I I like the idea and I think
it it makes sense with the bands and
[16:15] all, but I don't I don't love the
design and as far as location.
[16:18] I think we should maybe take a little
time and and explore looking at the
[16:21] whole park as an entertainment venue.
[16:25] Uh, it seems like it's kind of pushed
over to one side on the current pad.
[16:28] Maybe we can open it up for that can
accommodate larger audiences in the
[16:31] future.
[16:33] Yep, I mean, yep.
[16:35] That's completely up to council,
that's a a route you want to go.
[16:38] I mean this this was just a uh way to
get the this the structure that
[16:41] provide the shade for the existing
area, but if we want to look at
[16:45] expanding it
[16:48] to something more extensive.
[16:50] That's always an option.
[16:53] I also am for having something.
[16:57] I don't like this, there's a pole
right in the middle.
[16:59] If this is meant for entertainment,
there's a pole right in the middle
[17:03] of them performing.
[17:07] Um, and it would, if we chose to look
at doing something different
[17:10] with Centennial Park as a whole, that
still aligns with our strategic plan,
[17:14] which um one of the areas was more
community events.
[17:20] Um, we did a movie in the park this
summer.
[17:23] So I mean if we want to continue to,
you know, offer different things.
[17:28] Um, to the community, it might be
good to just look at the park as a
[17:31] whole and not just this one thing for
um, the Fine Arts Festival.
[17:36] But I'm not opposed to to something,
I just don't like this.
[17:41] I think I probably concur. I I like
the idea of a shaded spot.
[17:43] I'm not sure I'm nailed with the
design.
[17:47] And I'd rather we and I know you say
maybe we have explored other options
[17:50] that might be a little more
expensive,
[17:52] but and we take a bigger look at the
big picture to see.
[17:54] And I agree, I think we probably need
the the shade, I just cover, I just.
[17:59] And that will predominantly just
cover the concrete pad itself,
[18:02] nothing for the or guests or anything
like that.
[18:06] kind of like the phrase, something
like that.
[18:09] Where the phrase is covered, but
everybody sits outside.
[18:11] Mhm.
[18:12] Yeah, this would just provide the
coverage over the existing concrete
[18:15] pad.
[18:18] with the pole thing and importantly
on that, you can get some sort of eve
[18:21] on it to to do that.
[18:23] If you, if we don't do this, what
happens to the money then?
[18:27] We just don't spend it.
[18:29] We just keep it and hold on to it.
[18:31] Yeah, there's there isn't a, I mean,
there isn't a, I mean, there is not a
time sensitive it would
[18:34] be used for that because I'm still
concerned about the wall.
[18:38] And using the money for that instead
of.
[18:41] It's it has nothing to do with the
wall.
[18:43] Yeah, I get that.
[18:44] But I'm saying if we don't use the
money for that.
[18:46] I get it, that has nothing.
[18:47] So the the money the money that is in
that is allocated in the CIP and
[18:51] the and this year's budget
[18:52] either has to be incumbered by the
end of the calendar year.
[18:55] the fiscal year or it just goes back
into general fund.
[19:00] So yeah, I mean it's there's and
there's not a it's not like it's a
[19:03] we have to spend it or lose it like a
situation.
[19:07] And I think we had, I thought Della
had told us that there's a fund on
[19:10] Main Street, correct?
[19:14] There's a, well, if you're referring,
yeah, there's a TIF fund uh that has
[19:17] some remaining funds in it uh that
was used for the the road for the
[19:21] the wall stabilization project.
[19:26] That fund is coming to the end of its
of its collection period, so that
[19:30] that money is limited and not
growing.
[19:33] This is 2026 and maybe 27.
[19:37] I think we have one more payment in
27, but uh there's roughly
[19:39] $350,000 left in that fund.
[19:43] that we could use towards whatever we
need to do with the wall.
[19:46] Yes, because that's that's limited to
a specific section of of Main Street.
[19:50] Those funds have to be reinvested in
that area of the TIF.
[19:55] Not to change the subject from this,
but the wall could be discussed after
[19:58] this real quick because I don't want
to in.
[20:00] Okay.
[20:02] Any other questions or.
[20:04] comments on it's on.
[20:05] Sir, can we table this until we maybe
come up with a better.
[20:08] We have to vote. We had a first and
second, so we'll have to vote.
[20:11] Okay.
[20:13] So call for the vote at this point?
[20:14] Are we voting on this design right
now?
[20:16] You vote on everything as this is
written.
[20:18] If you don't like it then it's a no.
[20:21] Call for the vote.
[20:22] Motion and second to adopt resolution
22-26,
[20:25] Centennial Park shelter structure.
[20:28] Ms. McGrail? No.
[20:30] Mr. Haney? No.
[20:31] Mrs. Repman? No.
[20:33] Mr. Hillsman? No.
[20:35] Mr. Darty? No.
[20:36] Mr. Goff? No. Not approved.
[20:41] All right.
[20:42] City manager's report.
[20:43] Thank you.
[20:45] Um, a few things from uh, you should
have in front of you,
[20:48] but also just for the public's uh,
knowledge, a reminder that this
[20:51] Saturday is the third annual
Parkinson's awareness walk
[20:54] at Centennial Park.
[20:55] It begins at 9:30 with a walk
beginning at 10:30.
[20:58] The event will include a one-mile
walk, information booths, exercise
[21:03] demonstrations, raffle and door
prizes, and food trucks.
[21:05] All proceeds from the event will be
used to support local Parkinson's
[21:09] disease programs.
[21:10] Uh, Kroger Health will be hosting a
flu shot clinic at the Earl Heck
[21:14] Center this Friday, September the
11th from 10:00 to 11:30.
[21:16] They will also be offering vaccines
for pneumonia, RSV, shingles,
[21:19] Tdap, COVID, and hepatitis A and B.
[21:24] Appointments are required and can be
made by calling the Heck Center.
[21:28] And as of today, there are still
appointments available.
[21:31] Uh, the splash pad at Centennial Park
is now closed for the season and will
[21:35] reopen on Memorial Day weekend 2027.
[21:37] Uh, we received nine applications for
the Director of Service
[21:41] uh position vacancy.
[21:43] And that process is now closed
[21:45] and we will begin the screening
process for those uh applications.
[21:47] Our annual street resurfacing program
is well underway and the contractor
[21:51] anticipates finishing this year's
paving by week's end, weather
permitting.
[21:55] Uh, we have administered the first of
three mosquito foggings at both Dawn
[22:00] Ward Field and Carl Woods,
[22:03] located at the south end of
Centennial Park.
[22:06] There will be two additional ones,
uh, they're about three weeks apart.
[22:09] So we will schedule those and uh,
give public notice to those as before
those
[22:12] are administered.
[22:16] Uh, September 2nd, the Planning
Commission held their meeting. Uh,
the board approved
[22:20] a variance requests for Chick-fil-A
at 1095 South Main Street.
[22:23] The next step will be a submission of
building permits, which will undergo
[22:27] review by civil, city civil and
traffic engineering.
[22:29] Uh, the planning Commission also
reviewed the downtown master plan and
recommended
[22:33] adoption of the plan to City Council
at your next meeting
[22:35] on September 22nd.
[22:37] And there was also a conditional use
uh on South Walnut Street that was
[22:40] denied by the planning Commission.
[22:43] Uh, the US 40 and State route 48
storm sewer improvements phase one
[22:46] project was scheduled to begin this
week.
[22:49] Uh, we did not see the contractor
today, so we hope they will be here
[22:51] later this week.
[22:54] Um, as I communicated to Council
previously, our rescue 98 truck uh
was is out of
[22:58] service for some minor repairs and
preventive maintenance.
[23:02] Uh we hope to have it back by the end
of this week, and we want to thank
our
[23:06] partners, the City of Trotwood for
the City of Trotwood for the use of
Reserve fire engine that we are
[23:09] using to fill in for rescue 98.
[23:15] Uh Finance staff is busy working on
the 2027 operating and capital
improvement
[23:18] budgets, as well as the initial
kickoff of the new finance software
that you
[23:21] approved at your last meeting.
[23:23] Uh we've completed the implementation
of the Doc access to our web page,
which
[23:26] complies with the Americans with
Disabilities Act and provides for
[23:30] transcribed, searchable and
translated documents on the city's
website.
[23:34] And as we continue to grow the
website, those will automatically
become
[23:37] compliant through the Doc access.
[23:40] And then finally, we are currently
working on the relaunch of a printed
[23:43] newsletter that we anticipate being
delivered to residents twice a year
[23:46] with a fall winner edition being
mailed to residents by early October.
[23:50] And just a quick shout out to Marla
who has handled both the Doc access
program
[23:53] but is also um coordinating the the
newsletter coming up here soon.
[23:57] So thank you to Marla for that.
[24:02] And that's all I have.
[24:03] If you have any questions for me.
[24:08] Mayor's report, uh, really other than
we have a first responders breakfast
this coming
[24:12] Sunday for police and fire, we're
gonna have our apparatus there for
pictures with
[24:15] the kids. Other than that,
[24:17] that's nothing new.
[24:18] Boards and commissions, I know we
just talked about planning
commission,
[24:20] anything you want to add to that?
[24:22] Nope.
[24:23] No at all.
[24:24] All right.
[24:26] Strategic plan.
[24:27] I think the city manager covered it.
[24:30] Old business, so just be have we
gotten any progress on any more
[24:33] quotes on that or
[24:35] So we are still waiting a quote from
[24:38] So ground systems, uh, who is our
contractor for um our landscaping
[24:41] maintenance at Maine and 70.
[24:47] Um, they were contacted in addition
to the one individual who gave us
[24:51] the original conceptual drawings.
[24:54] Uh, they have some concerns about
just updating it, so we are waiting
on their
[24:57] updates.
[24:59] Um, he originally said
[25:02] he was hoping that by the end of this
week we would have something back
from them. Um,
[25:07] but ground systems did their their
proposal would be a very costly fix.
[25:13] So the question is,
[25:14] Was it the big the big rocks?
[25:16] Yeah, that's that's re-establishing
some uh tiered um
[25:21] tiered structures on there with some
additional landscaping uh to to
separate the the the um stone.
[25:28] Um, so we will we're waiting their
proposal, um, but
[25:33] But it's not that big.
[25:35] It will it will exceed what is in the
on that is definitely
[25:38] definitely uh going to be a concern.
[25:42] Is that our only
[25:44] it's looking like we had two other
requests that they have not responded
to.
[25:49] it's a very challenging area.
[25:51] So I the other two landscapers that
were contacted did not feel that they
had the ability to address the issue.
[25:59] that like the the rock shelves are
kind of the looking like the only
option we're going to have.
[26:05] That is the opinion of the one one
vendor, yes,
[26:08] to to not, um, to not, uh,
[26:12] destabilize the actual project that
we did, which was the stabilization
of of the limestone behind the um,
[26:19] to work around that without kind of
going backwards and and creating more
of a problem, so
[26:24] Not as easy as just throwing plants
up there.
[26:29] And then the other issue is their
ability to maintain it long term.
[26:33] That was that's the big challenge.
[26:36] up there and get a fire truck to
water them. just I don't see that
[26:39] don't see that working too well.
[26:41] What about like if you drive south,
you drive south, you see like the
mountains and stuff like that and
they got like
[26:47] it's not chain link fence but it's
fence but it's fence that's over top
of the natural rock
[26:51] and it kind of blends in to stop many
kind of blends in to stop many kind
of rock slides or anything like that.
[26:56] No, just just an idea. I mean it's an
idea.
[26:58] Well, that's that we're we're dating
ourselves here, but that is what was
there back in
[27:02] I couldn't remember.
[27:04] I remember before.
[27:05] It was a I call it chicken wire
looking fence with rocks that were in
both there and at Main and Wingard.
[27:13] So that that was what was there
previously.
[27:14] That was replaced probably in the
late 90s, early 2000s with the
updates and then
[27:23] school was done for a while. missed
all that.
[27:28] So, yes, we hopefully by the end of
the end of the week or early next
week, we'll have something to bring
back to council for discussion.
[27:40] Under new business, we have a liquor
permit request for 7437 Salem for OM
Oil.
[27:47] And then liquor permit requests for
842 Union Boulevard, Union Food and
Gas.
[27:53] I move that we table both liquor
permits.
[27:56] And Mr. Hillsman.
[28:00] Call for the vote.
[28:01] Motion and second to table the liquor
permit requests. Mr. Goff?
[28:14] I already know the button's on before
you turn.
[28:23] Motion and second to adjourn. Mrs.
Reitman?
[28:35] Meeting adjourned. Thank you.