[4:10] council.
[4:23] Um, by the way, like I just attempted
and um, when you're speaking tonight, if
[4:28] you could actually if you do speak, just
remember to turn your microphones on. Um
[4:33] first part of this is uh for the village
of council uh village of Battavia
[4:38] council August 10th 2020 public hearing
zoning um
[4:44] zoning amendment and go ahead. Do you
want to take the role for the zoning
[4:48] amendment?
>> Mr. Owens.
[4:51] » Yes.
>> Mr. Zagar
[4:54] » here.
>> Mr. Dorsy
[4:56] » here.
>> Mr. Smith
[4:58] » here.
>> Mr. Stton
[5:00] » here.
>> And Mr. Wilson
[5:02] » present.
>> And what I'm going to do is I'm we're
[5:04] going to actually say the pledge of
allegiance for now and in also the the
[5:08] council meeting is everybody can rise
currently face towards the flags and so
[5:12] we can have the pledge of allegiance and
Mr. Wilson, can you lead us in that,
[5:17] please?
[5:24] » To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[5:29] stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[5:34] for all.
>> Thank you, Mr. Wilson.
[5:38] » And also thank you to all the veterans
in this room. and thank you for all our
[5:42] active duty and retired uh for
everything you've done for our country.
[5:46] God bless you,
>> Chip.
[5:50] » Good evening.
[5:55] » So, this is a public hearing for a text
amendment to our zoning code. Uh it has
[5:59] to deal with the planned unit
development uh final development plans
[6:03] and the final authorization for the
acceptance or denial of that. uh
[6:09] previously and under the current code,
the final determining
[6:14] uh entity is the planning and zoning
commission. Uh with the update to the
[6:19] zoning code, it will fall back on to
council. So there'll be an extra step
[6:25] and the final development plan with the
final approval being by council.
[6:30] And that's pretty much it in nutshell.
Does council have any questions?
[6:37] Council,
we have any questions?
[6:45] » Okay.
Any questions from the public or
[6:49] statements from the public?
[7:00] » Can I take the Can I take that to her?
[7:24] If I if I wanted to find out where these
documents are to read them to see what
[7:30] the actual text amendments are, where do
I go, Chip, to find that
[7:36] They're chapter 1132 under the zoning
code. Um it's all under planned unit
[7:43] development.
So it's the whole chapter on planned
[7:46] unit development was revised.
>> There'll be new amendments added to the
[7:49] existing book and then the others will
go away.
[7:52] » Correct.
>> Yes. This this will supersede those. But
[7:56] of course the zoning in effect at the
time is the zoning that has to be
[8:00] honored. So this is going forward. Any
[8:09] other any other questions from the
audience?
[8:17] » I don't think I need a mic loud enough.
>> But it
[8:25] » No, it's it's overall it's just a
standard review process. We're just
[8:29] adding that last step to it.
[8:37] The whole purpose of this was to put the
control on particularly on planned unit
[8:43] developments because they are so large
and impactful onto council and take it
[8:49] out of the committee's hands.
[9:02] There are no other public uh comments.
We'll close the public hearing 1905.
[9:10] Is there any discussions by council?
[9:19] That being said, uh we need a council
vote to approve the text amendment for
[9:23] chapter 1132 plan unit development final
development plan uh approval process.
[9:30] Um Mr. Owens,
>> yes.
[9:35] » Miss Zagar,
>> yes.
[9:37] » Mr. Dorsy,
>> yes.
[9:39] » Mr. Smith,
>> yes.
[9:41] » Mr. Stton,
>> yes.
[9:43] » Mr. Wilson,
>> yes.
[9:46] » It's approved.
We will adjourn the meeting. Is there a
[9:51] motion to adjurnn?
>> Some move.
[9:54] » Second.
>> Owens.
[9:58] All in favor?
>> I.
[10:00] » All opposed.
1906.
[10:13] » All righty.
This is the call to the order to the
[10:18] Betavia Village Council. This is the
agenda for the regular council meeting
[10:21] Monday, August 10th, 2026.
We have already done the pledge. Um, can
[10:28] you do roll call, please, sir?
>> Mr. Owens
[10:33] » here.
>> Mrs. Zagar
[10:35] » here.
>> Mr. Dorsy
[10:37] » here.
>> Mr. Smith
[10:38] » here.
>> Mr. Stton
[10:40] » here.
>> And Mr. Wilson
[10:42] » here.
Time is 7:07.
[10:46] » Thank you, sir. The agenda item that was
uh the commendation, the they're not
[10:51] here, so um might have to wait till the
next council meeting.
[10:57] So, we'll move right on to the public
comments. We actually we have uh two uh
[11:02] public comments are public particip
excuse me participation during this
[11:07] meeting is welcome and and conducted in
the ordinance with the Ohio law
[11:11] including Ohio revised code 2917.12.
All attendees are expected to engage
[11:17] respectively and avoid any conduct that
disrupts or interferes with the orderly
[11:22] conduct of the meeting. Individuals
wishing to speak should follow the
[11:26] established procedures and be recognized
before uh addressed by the body or the
[11:31] council. Failure to comply with uh may
result in removal or ensure the meeting
[11:36] u proceedings in an orderly manner.
Persons wishing to make comments will be
[11:40] limited to three minutes each. There
will be a limit of 30 minutes total uh
[11:45] minutes for the public comments. First
person is Mr. Gallagher.
[12:06] It may be timed out. All right. How's
that?
[12:09] » All right. Chuck Gallagher, Claremont
County Airport.
[12:12] Uh, first of all, the website, some
nice, pretty pictures. Uh,
[12:17] fundamentally, I can't
[12:28] It is useful.
[12:47] I like
[13:07] comments on the index policy.
[13:22] in the past.
[13:43] 49.
[14:09] I guess we're all familiar.
[14:15] 2018
[14:26] I think your annexation policy.
[14:52] I was there last week
[15:10] by the end of next year.
[15:16] Also,
also for the county
[15:22] right across the street
650.
[15:36] » Hey, uh, Chuck.
>> Thank you,
[15:38] » Chuck. When's the So, when's your, uh,
growth plan meetings? When do they
[15:43] normally happen?
>> I'll let you know.
[15:46] » Okay.
>> Okay.
[15:52] » Okay.
>> Thank you.
[15:55] » Thank you, sir.
[15:59] Mr. Condo,
let's do a change out on the microphone.
[16:04] Thank you, sir.
[16:08] » Two. We'll see how it goes. Um, so first
of all, I just want to thank Wayne and
[16:13] his crew for always being awesome. I put
a bunch of brush out and I came home the
[16:19] next day to a uh empty road, so they
must have swept it up and everything.
[16:24] So, uh, continue to be impressed by the
service that I get from the public um,
[16:29] employees here. So, appreciate that.
>> Thank you.
[16:32] » Um, ironically, also want to talk about
the website. So, I've been up here a
[16:37] couple times this year. I think if I
remember right, I think of February is
[16:40] the first time I came up.
[clears throat] Just letting you guys
[16:43] know where the accessibility for the
website stood. Um, you know, I come from
[16:46] a expert opinion on this. This has been
my career for 25 plus years. Um, I'm not
[16:52] looking to get any extra work. I'm not
doing any consulting work. So, I'm just
[16:55] recommending uh that you guys spend some
effort here, but it won't be with me or
[16:58] at least if it if it is, you're not
going to pay me any money. I'm willing
[17:01] to give some of my time if that's what
it takes.
[17:05] Um, I was excited to see that we had a
new website. Uh, I was less excited to
[17:09] see that it actually scores worse on the
accessibility uh standard. So, it's
[17:13] actually a 42 now out of out of a 100.
Um, I realized that if you don't know
[17:19] the standard, it's hard to meet it. So,
what I asked for tonight is just engage
[17:25] some expert somewhere to please help.
Um, I turn reduce motion on on my
[17:30] browser and I'm with a video that moves
at the very first thing I see on the
[17:34] website. That should not happen. I get
sick of motion,
[17:40] right? So, the importance of a website
today is just as important as this
[17:44] physical building. You have more people
walking through the front door of the
[17:46] website than you do of this building.
Everybody that needs to have access to
[17:51] the website, it needs to work for them,
right? This is table stakes in 2026. So
[17:56] please, whatever you do, whoever you
engage, find somebody knows what they're
[18:00] doing and please improve it and I'm
willing to to meet or talk offline if I
[18:05] can be of help there. No cost. Okay. Um
these are basic basic things.
[18:10] Secondarily, I was going to mention what
actually Chuck happened to mention is
[18:13] there's no documents on there. It's just
not it's just not acceptable. It wasn't
[18:17] ready to go live apparently. Um, it
should have been it should have been
[18:21] delayed until those documents were up
there because I I remember earlier this
[18:25] year there was a resolution passed that
the agenda would be posted to the
[18:28] website prior to the meeting. You didn't
meet that and you knew ahead of time,
[18:34] right? I don't think this is a surprise
to anybody. So, please spend the time.
[18:38] It's important. More people are going to
visit the website than walk through that
[18:41] front door. Thank you.
[18:46] » Thanks, sir.
[18:52] fiscal sir.
>> Good evening, village residents and
[18:57] council. Um, do we have a approval for
the amendments for June 13, 2026?
[19:06] » Make a motion to approve the minutes.
[19:11] » Okay. And that's
[19:18] Can she speak?
>> Absolutely.
[19:20] » Well, hold. Do you want to wait till my
my part?
[19:24] » No, no, no. [laughter]
>> Because you were the historical
[19:28] president. You're the historical
president. So, whatever you want to do,
[19:32] you would since you're the historical
president.
[19:35] » Absolutely.
>> We'll pause.
[19:42] regular complaint.
[19:46] » Uh my name is Kelly Wright. I'm uh the
president of the Claremont County
[19:51] Historical Society. We're new residents
here uh in the building. And I just
[19:55] wanted to invite everybody here on
council and the audience to mark your
[20:00] calendars for a couple of dates. The
first is Sunday, September 20th. Um, we
[20:06] are participating in the Ohio Open Doors
program. That is a program offered
[20:12] through the state historic preservation
office. We are trying to get the state
[20:17] to pay attention to some of our lovely
real estate here in the village. And if
[20:22] we get our foot in the door with this
program, we have an opportunity to bring
[20:26] historic preservation specialists who
normally if you had to pay out of pocket
[20:30] to get people like that to come down and
look at your house, your property, and
[20:33] say, "Hey, what do I do with this?" or I
have this substrate, what it would be uh
[20:38] just ridiculously expensive, but we're
we're trying to get our foot in the door
[20:42] so we can bring those experts down at
other occasions who would make their
[20:46] services available free to village
residents. Um that program will be from
[20:51] uh 2:00 to 4 on that Sunday. We will
have the armory open. We will give a
[20:56] presentation of our
newly refurbished space in here that
[21:01] we're working very hard on. and um we
will offer refreshments and that program
[21:06] is paid for by the Ohio State Historic
Preservation Office. Uh on October 3rd,
[21:12] we are lucky enough to have uh the
Ukrainian violinist Dr. Andre Isakov,
[21:17] who is a professor of violin at Ohio
State University. He's going to play a
[21:23] program for us. I do not have the entire
program yet, but the folk piece that he
[21:27] has chosen um for his performance at
7:30 on the night of October 3rd is
[21:33] Yankee Doodle. Um he's also asked if we
have a piano here, and I was very happy
[21:38] to say yes, we actually do have a very
nice Baldwin piano here. So, I believe
[21:44] he's bringing a pianist with him as
well. And uh we're going to have him
[21:48] evaluate our uh historic violin made
here in Claremont County while he's down
[21:51] here. Um, I also wanted to mention as a
an aside that um I concur with the
[21:57] gentleman's comments uh earlier uh about
the friendliness and helpfulness of the
[22:02] officials and staff of this village.
I've lived here for 26 years.
[22:08] They haven't always been friendly. They
always haven't always been open-minded.
[22:12] This is the friendliest climate that I
have seen, the most helpful climate that
[22:16] I've seen in this village. And it fills
me with a tremendous amount of hope. um
[22:19] not just as a resident but as a property
owner here. And um on the subject of
[22:25] accessibility
um I teach online and in person and I
[22:31] have to have 100% compliance in my
courses on accessibility. I would be
[22:36] happy to work with you and see if we
could make use of some of the resources
[22:40] with University of Cincinnati to make
sure that we're in compliance on our
[22:45] website here uh because they are a
juggernaut of this process. Uh but I've
[22:50] been I've been making my courses
compliant for two decades before it was
[22:55] mandated. Okay. So, I understand what
you're saying. I believe in it. It's
[23:00] possible. It's a pain in the ass. It
>> is a total pain in the ass.
[23:06] But I'll help you on My name's Kelly
again. I will help you on it because I
[23:09] do fundamentally believe in it and it's
just it's hard to find the resources to
[23:14] do it unless you really really work at
it. So anyway, that's that's my
[23:20] stickick. That was more than two
minutes. I apologize, but anyway, I just
[23:23] wanted everybody to put that.
>> Hi, Kelly. I just wanted to thank you
[23:26] guys for putting on the um the
[clears throat] performance that we had
[23:30] a couple weeks ago for the Fourth of
July with the orchestra here, the
[23:34] community orchestra from women.
>> It was fun, wasn't it?
[23:36] » It was really nice and uh we had there
was a great crowd here and um I just
[23:40] really appreciate you guys getting that
organized.
[23:42] » Thank you. That is a 40 piece band and
the two people I talked to to schedule
[23:46] that met in high school band at
Williamsburg High School when they were
[23:50] teenagers and they've been married 70
years and they're still playing
[23:53] together.
Thank you.
[23:55] » Anyway, thank you
[23:59] » again. Sorry you wouldn't wait for my
part, Kelly.
[24:04] » Sorry, you're good. Yeah, I'm kidding
you. But thank you. And I just wanted to
[24:08] say like I said uh today to the
historical society. Welcome again. And
[24:13] again, it's it's our honor to have you
here and I just wanted to say thank you.
[24:18] » So, just let you know. God bless you.
>> Okay.
[24:24] All right. Um, I got a motion for Mr.
Owens and a second. Was that Mr. Wilson?
[24:30] » Yes.
>> Okay. By roll. Mr. Owens.
[24:33] » Yes.
>> Mr. Wilson.
[24:35] » Yes.
>> Mr. Stton.
[24:38] » Yes.
>> Mr. Smith.
[24:39] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dorsey.
[24:42] » Abstain. I wasn't here.
>> And uh, Mr. Zagar.
[24:46] » Abstain.
>> Perfect. Now on to the July 2026 bank
[24:51] reconciliation. Uh, do I have a motion
to approve the July 2026 bank
[24:56] reconciliation?
>> I'd like to motion to approve the 2026
[25:01] uh July 2026 bank reconciliation.
>> And do we have a second?
[25:07] » Okay. And by roll, Mr. Smith?
>> Yes.
[25:11] » Mr. Wilson?
>> Yes.
[25:13] » Mr. Stton?
>> Yes.
[25:14] » Mr. Dorsey?
>> Yes.
[25:16] » Mrs. Zagar?
>> Yes.
[25:18] » And Mr. Owens?
>> Yes.
[25:21] All right.
We [clears throat] also have uh new
[25:25] business resolution 36 uh 363-26.
Uh the resolution is the authorize the
[25:32] purchase of uh the assembly of the
street department costing authorization
[25:39] of uh the village administrator and
fiscal officer to obtain financing for
[25:44] the assembly and execute all documents
related to the purchase and financing of
[25:50] that assembly with the chassis.
[25:57] Do I have a motion to approve 36 363-26?
>> Any questions?
[26:03] » Or if there's any questions, I did
negotiate the interest rate down. I will
[26:08] throw that out there down to 5 a.5%. So,
and it'll be similar to the one that was
[26:13] in 2022.
[26:19] » And do I have a second?
>> I'll second.
[26:23] » Okay. And by roll, Mr. Wilson.
>> Yes.
[26:27] » Mr. Owens,
>> yes.
[26:30] » Mrs. Zagar,
>> yes.
[26:32] » Mr. Dorsy,
>> yes.
[26:34] » Mr. Smith,
>> yes.
[26:36] » And Mr. Stton,
>> yes.
[26:38] » Thank you.
All right. Um, proclamation number
[26:44] 0001-2026.
[26:47] Mr. Stton, did you want to read this
again?
[26:53] » Okay. Would you like me to read it?
>> Or do we need to read it?
[26:59] » Okay.
[27:10] » The short form, right?
>> Yeah. I'm just going to read the
[27:14] statement.
>> Yeah. Um proclamation number 001 uh-2026
[27:21] the proclamation expressing the policy
goals of the village of the Betavia
[27:26] um regarding development tax abatements
and exations and coordination uh with
[27:32] local taxing authorities
and you see you can you can actually
[27:37] everybody has a copy you can read it
verbatim as as uh as you can read
[27:41] through that
and I'll just add a little bit on Um,
[27:46] this is pretty much what council has
been stating since January of their
[27:52] their goals and their different views on
annexation compared to the previous
[27:57] council and it encompasses that as much.
We can always explore the type one
[28:02] annexation at a later date. But um, the
type one is very very difficult because
[28:08] of changes in the law and we haven't
done it in over 10 years. I believe Mr.
[28:12] Moore
>> at least at least 10 years.
[28:21] I'm just going to go ahead and read the
um I'd like to read the end. Be it uh
[28:24] further proclaimed that the village
clerk is directed to transmit copies of
[28:28] the proclamation to the Bavia local
schools uh direct um district uh board
[28:34] of education, the central joint fire EMS
uh board uh the Betavia trustees, the
[28:40] Claremont County Board of Commissioners,
Claremont County Port Authority and
[28:44] other um interested governmental
entities as evidence of the uh village
[28:49] uh commitment to COP uh cooperative I'll
read that and cooperative planning,
[28:55] responsible economic development, and
physically sustainable growth.
[29:01] Sir,
>> do we have a motion to approve
[29:03] proclamation 0001-2026?
[29:10] » And a second.
>> Second.
[29:13] » Okay. By roll, Mr. Wilson?
>> Yes.
[29:16] » Mr. Dorsey?
>> Yes.
[29:17] » Mr. Owens?
>> Yes.
[29:19] » Mrs. Zagar?
>> Yes.
[29:21] » Mr. Smith? Yes.
>> And Mr. Stton.
[29:24] » Yes.
[29:27] » Excellent.
Old business. Second reading. Uh just
[29:31] the village of Betavia ordinance
1574-26.
[29:34] This is the ordinance creating rules and
guidelines for the operation of underse
[29:39] low-speed and utility vehicles within
the village of Betavia, Ohio. And that's
[29:43] for Harvest Meadows and Streamside.
[29:51] Okay. And then uh Chief Williams,
>> Chief Williams, you'd like to step
[29:57] forward and give your report, Chief.
>> Thank you.
[30:09] » Mayor, council, uh this is your July
2026
[30:13] uh council report. Uh there was only one
event uh for the police department uh
[30:18] which was the America 250 event. um
which was a huge success and we did not
[30:24] have any interactions or police actions
during that event.
[30:28] » That's awesome.
>> Uh the numbers for the month, we had 268
[30:31] calls for service. There are 57 traffic
stops, 13 citations, 44 written
[30:37] warnings, 14 crash reports, three
arrests, two warrants served, 20
[30:43] incident reports, three offense reports.
There were 36 public records requests.
[30:48] There were 13 mutual aid requests and
there were 155 blockheads.
[30:55] Does council have any questions?
I I just have a quick comment that I
[31:00] love that that we're not like a a speed
trap that people are going through. I
[31:07] love the fact that there are 44 written
warnings and only out of the uh traffic
[31:11] stops, you know. I just want to make
that I like that.
[31:18] Well, thank you, sir.
[31:29] Yeah, our jobs are trying to uh to
change people's outlook on speeding, not
[31:35] necessarily to make them spend money out
their pockets. So, if uh writing written
[31:40] warnings will help, then we'll write
written warnings. So,
[31:45] » any other
>> any other questions?
[31:48] » Any other questions for Chief?
>> Thank you.
[31:51] » And thank you for everything you and
your department does for the village.
[31:55] Thank you, Chief.
[31:58] » Mr. Moore.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, in the last month,
[32:02] my office was quite busy with matters
relating to the village. Um, some of
[32:07] which people in the audience may have
heard about. Um, I do want to ask
[32:11] council if we could have an executive
session at the end of the meeting
[32:15] pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section
121.22
[32:20] G3. That's to meet with legal counsel to
discuss pending or eminent litigation.
[32:26] U, there's no request for action to be
taken. So, we can do it later rather
[32:30] than have the crowd sit here while we
meet. Um, so I would ask for that later.
[32:35] Uh the only other thing of of note in
the last month that took place was we
[32:39] did have a meeting with the court on the
CRT zoning violation matter. Uh we had
[32:45] previously mediated the case and thought
there was potentially a framework that
[32:49] could be discussed to move forward
toward the possibility of resolving the
[32:52] condition of the property. Um and as is
uh of note in relation to that property,
[32:58] um promises were made and then promises
could not be followed up on and that's
[33:03] not by the village. Therefore, uh we've
asked the court and Judge Brock was kind
[33:08] enough to get us on his schedule and we
are set for trial in November. There
[33:12] will be a trial in November. At that
point, um it will be a request from me
[33:18] as the solicitor for the village uh for
in the event that we are successful
[33:22] final orders with respect to the
condition of the property. There is
[33:26] currently a permanent injunction on the
property. So, it would simply be a
[33:30] matter of uh should we succeed in order
to allow the village to go in and
[33:34] remediate the multitude of vehicles
currently parked on the property. Um
[33:41] those are the things my office took care
of in the last month uh that are a
[33:45] matter of public discussion that are not
attorney client privileged. Thank you.
[33:51] » Any questions for our solicitor?
[33:56] Hearing none. Thank you, sir. Thank you
for all your work. Zoning Administrator
[34:01] Chip.
[34:05] » As far as the zoning goes, uh we have a
total of 200 permits uh registered so
[34:10] far this year. Uh streamside new homes
are at 28 and Harvest Meadows is at 74.
[34:17] We're currently working on 11 active
violations, uh which two are in the
[34:21] court process. um that we currently have
no planning and zoning commission cases
[34:27] scheduled. Um as far as the
administrator side, Maddox Industrial
[34:33] Transformers is sponsoring another music
on Main tomorrow night uh in the Kathy
[34:38] Turner Park right here next to the
building. I did speak with a developer
[34:42] of the Harvest or the uh Riverpoint
Apartments. Um they are going to be
[34:47] starting within the next week marking
where the buildings are going to go and
[34:52] they hope to start moving more dirt to
the site uh soon afterward. Uh he did
[34:58] advise that with the amount of dirt that
they needed to bring in, it may take two
[35:02] to three months to bring it in and move
it where they need to move it.
[35:08] No update on the streamside rental
properties. uh Betavia Schools, they
[35:13] continue to support our commercial
development. Uh the school was happy
[35:17] with the progress on the park that we've
made on Broadway. Uh if you haven't been
[35:21] down there, we did create a full circle
walking path now. Um so you can actually
[35:26] walk around the property without having
to go in the grass or on Clark Street in
[35:30] the back. Um and it's uh few people that
I spoke to out there are u really
[35:36] enjoying it and they like that it's
there. Um,
[35:39] no updates with UC Claremont. Uh, I did
speak with Casey's. Uh, they're moving
[35:44] along on the construction. Uh, they were
ran into some delays with pouring the
[35:50] footers for their canopy. They had hoped
to be open by the end of September. Uh,
[35:55] but it looks like it's probably going to
be mid October before they open. Now,
[35:59] um, still working with the engineering
firm for the final engineering for the
[36:04] foundry sidewalk grant. uh the Herald
Road interchange, that project has been
[36:09] completed.
Um I didn't receive any response back
[36:14] from Norton Signs on when they plan to
start the construction of the sign there
[36:19] at the uh Red Barn property. Um
public works, they started clearing the
[36:26] riverbank area of the the low brush and
everything. It's they've done a great
[36:32] job and went really quick to get that
done to start working on that park
[36:36] project. Um Wayne, I did have one
question for you. You know when they're
[36:40] start supposed to start the paving
project?
[36:44] » Yeah, it's
>> I hadn't heard either. Still waiting on
[36:47] the start date for the pave road paving
project. And that concludes my report.
[36:55] take just in case the people wanted to
know, do you want to say where that
[36:59] paving project is going to be at?
>> Um, yeah. I'm not sure what area it is,
[37:03] but it's up Shelly Drive and up that
area is where most of the roads will be
[37:07] done. There are some spots in a couple
of other roadways that are deteriorated
[37:12] that are also going to be fixed during
that paving project.
[37:15] » Okay. Thank you.
I I also have uh so I just want to make
[37:20] a comment. So on Herald the Herald Road,
uh boy, we need to do something there,
[37:27] you know, as far as the the people
trying to leave uh on Herald Road and
[37:31] get on the 32 or uh we need like a turn
lane. We need something needs to be done
[37:36] there. Uh especially even trying to slow
down if you're going uh westbound on 32
[37:42] towards Herald Road, trying to turn
right, there's no turn lane there. and
[37:46] uh something needs to be done there to
uh h how do we how do we get the ball
[37:51] rolling on that because that's uh public
safety. And so the original plan was
[37:57] after this improvement was made to look
at grant funding through the Ohio
[38:03] Department safety grant to do an
acceleration and deceleration lane on
[38:08] both sides of 32.
[38:13] Is there anything we can do to speed
that process up? I mean, do we u It is
[38:19] pretty dangerous up there. I' i've
driven up to both neighborhoods. Uh but
[38:23] especially um that one it is scary to uh
get off the highway there, especially
[38:29] during traffic time. Um so I also have a
concern about um what we're doing to
[38:36] make that better or how we can maybe
expedite that.
[38:45] Yeah, I have a question. It was already
brought up by the public about the
[38:50] agenda not being posted online in the
and the previous minutes. I understand
[38:57] the discussion this past week that was
supposed to be taking place. is could we
[39:02] get a timeline on when we're going to
get into a routine of putting the
[39:08] information up there for the public?
[39:13] » Yeah, I spoke with uh John today um
about that and they are they have a
[39:20] bunch of line items that they're still
working on to finish up on the website
[39:23] and that's part of it. Um, he did get
the mid or the agenda
[39:30] on Friday that I sent him, but that
portion of the website,
[39:36] I don't know if he didn't have it
completed or or what, but it didn't get
[39:41] put up there. That's why I sent Mr.
Gallagher the uh
[39:45] agenda today.
>> Yeah. And and that's also another thing
[39:48] of when the uh the motion was approved
back earlier in the year, January or
[39:54] February.
Um I know there was discussion of
[39:58] setting up a time frame for the agenda
to be completed, not just for the
[40:03] public's benefit, but for council's
benefit so that we have time with it.
[40:08] Could we get it up by w by noon on
Wednesday of the week before the meeting
[40:13] so council has at least a day and a half
to look it over and recommend any
[40:19] changes before it gets posted for the
public. Please
[40:27] well and I apologize to everybody for
the agenda. I was not I again the agenda
[40:36] it falls on me when the agenda does not
get um put onto the website. Um but I
[40:42] thought and again I might be wrong. I
thought the agendas went out to the
[40:46] council on Wednesdays.
Did they go not go out to the wind? You
[40:50] might want to because I thought they
did. I'm sorry. I might be wrong on
[40:53] that.
[40:56] » Yeah, I sent it out on Wednesday. I try
to start it right with you on Monday. So
[41:02] I don't um
I mean I can go back and look at the
[41:06] emails and send them out again uh to
show everybody the time stamp, but I try
[41:10] to get it out.
>> That's not the situation. It wasn't
[41:12] complete yet.
>> There was still a very preliminary
[41:16] agenda at that point.
>> Gotcha.
[41:19] Yeah. A lot of times, like I said, I
apologize. We'll try to get the um get
[41:23] this done, especially with the website.
It's so still in its infancy. I just
[41:30] remember it's what just last year we
just started to do have our own website
[41:35] um as of last year. So we are it's it's
still moving forward but again I'll make
[41:41] sure that that agenda gets on there for
the next meeting. Definitely. Uh Scott,
[41:47] are you okay if I just give a small
update about um the website and uh there
[41:52] there's a small committee that's been
working on that?
[41:54] » Yes. Um and uh this was um uh topic of
conversation at our last meeting to make
[42:03] sure that these things were up. Um so uh
correct uh I'm sorry that that did not
[42:07] happen. Um however uh couple of things
to look forward to. There will be a form
[42:12] on the website in the near future. Um
we'll have um a notification system uh
[42:18] with like email and text message that
businesses and residents can sign up
[42:23] for. Um that way when we get the minutes
done, we can email them to you. Um and
[42:30] uh any other pertinent information that
needs to be sent uh to let businesses
[42:34] know maybe there's, you know, something
going on in the park or whatever. So,
[42:38] um, that should be happening in the next
week to have those forms up hopefully by
[42:42] the next at least the next, uh, council
meeting. So, um, you know, there's lots
[42:47] of exciting things happen. We're trying
to make things more available and, you
[42:50] know, show up on your phone for you. Um,
it just takes a little bit of time to
[42:55] get everything up and going. So, uh,
thanks for your patience.
[43:00] Thank you. Thank you, council.
Okay,
[43:06] this is my part. Um just a couple
announcements and I need council's help
[43:11] with this. Um September 26th is a yard
ta sale um for this year the yard sale.
[43:16] Is there a time and date you want to do
that for?
[43:22] Any any dates? We usually did it after
>> third weekend.
[43:27] » Third weekend
>> right after
[43:29] » unless you wanted to change it. I don't
I know we talked about doing it the day
[43:32] of fun fair. We never want to do that.
>> We never want to do that.
[43:37] Correct.
>> So, we'll What date is that? So, the
[43:42] third
[43:46] » I'd have to look that up. I'm sorry.
[43:51] » 18th. Thank you. Is that all right with
council making it the 18th?
[43:56] » Sure.
>> Which is on a Friday. Thank you.
[44:03] Yeah, that's a 20
27th, isn't it, Sherry?
[44:09] » Yeah, I think it's 27th or 28th.
>> Um, next item up for bid Halloween
[44:16] trick-or- treat. I remember once I did a
early and I had my patus handed to me
[44:23] for that one. Um, sorry. I didn't mean
to say petucas for those who didn't want
[44:29] to hear that. Um, so do you want to make
it from 6:00 to 8
[44:34] again on the 31st?
>> Yes.
[44:39] » I just want to make sure
>> 6 to8 is that all
[44:45] that
>> you will be haunted.
[44:47] » I know. I know. Great time to be
haunted. October.
[44:50] » Has a township set a time. Same thing.
The 31st, right?
[44:55] » 31st.
>> Yeah.
[44:56] » Okay. Perfect. Thank you.
>> So, the 31st is everybody from 6:00 to
[45:00] 8.
>> Yeah.
[45:03] » Okay.
Christmas Eve in the village.
[45:08] » Any ideas when you would like to What
was our What was our date for the
[45:12] Christmas last year?
[45:18] » First Friday. Do you want to keep it the
first Friday in uh No, wait a minute.
[45:23] Williamsburg.
Does anyone know when Williamsburgg's
[45:28] because it usually that was a conflict?
>> And I don't want to be on the same
[45:33] schedule as Williamsburg this time. I'd
like to be separate from them if that's
[45:37] » we don't have to decide right this
second.
[45:39] » No, we don't.
>> We could look into that. Look into that
[45:42] and make sure that that date works.
>> May not have set the date.
[45:45] » They might not have. And that's just
something that maybe the next council
[45:49] meeting if we or you can just send in or
text in what you what dates you were
[45:53] looking at.
>> That's all right with you.
[46:05] Christmas in the village.
>> I don't
[46:12] » Okay.
>> Yeah, I'm gonna have to check to see
[46:15] what date.
>> Okay, I'll check with that.
[46:22] Okay.
>> Yeah, I think they said it was December
[46:25] 5th. I think it's a Saturday.
>> December 5th. And evidently, um,
[46:32] Bruce has already scheduled some of the
stuff for that.
[46:36] » Okay,
>> there you go. I think it's going to be
[46:39] September 5th then.
>> December,
[46:42] » I'm going to see December 5th.
Uh, times
[46:50] » that
>> we had it from four
[46:54] to eight.
[46:59] Right. If I remember, people showed up a
lot earlier.
[47:06] » Five to nine. Is that all right with the
council?
[47:10] » Okay.
>> All other concerns or considerations
[47:15] from the village council.
I just like to if nobody's gone by the
[47:20] work along the river and seen what the
village is clearing out down there and
[47:25] the views that you're starting to get of
the of the river and you can see where
[47:31] the walk's going to be. It's really
going to be a beautiful place down there
[47:34] when it gets finished. And if you get an
opportunity, you really should walk or
[47:38] drive down there and take a look at it.
And again, I just to to um say just a
[47:47] little bit more about that. Just as a
reminder, this is something that has
[47:52] been always in the mind of having
something else to attract more people
[47:57] and something for our for our residents
to do, especially in a continuation of
[48:03] our main street. So, that project will
be at least 2,000 feet long, and I call
[48:10] it a rivercape because that's what it's
going to be. The uh media that's going
[48:15] to be put down as a we don't know as of
yet if it's what hard surface wise, but
[48:23] still in in the uh infancy of that
thought, there will be places to sit.
[48:30] There will be overlooks and kind of like
Sycamore Park Park, we could even do
[48:35] something that um we can use for
picnicking. So, our residents and and
[48:40] alike would like to come down to the
village and uh actually see our
[48:45] riverscape because there's not a lot of
villages around that have a rivercape.
[48:51] we were very very lucky even though
we've been comparisons to some to some
[48:55] other areas or communities but now we
have our own riverscape um and I think
[49:01] it's a very exciting time where again
uh for our residents to be able to take
[49:08] advantage of that at some point in time
and have that uh riverscape available to
[49:13] them. Take your families there and make
sure you see the riverscape because it
[49:17] is beautiful. Anything else from the
council?
[49:24] » Go ahead.
>> So when that riverwalk is done, that's
[49:27] going to be a like a boardwalk, right?
It's is it
[49:32] » like is it a wooden boardwalk? No. Or is
it a path?
[49:35] » It would be more like a path.
>> Okay.
[49:37] » It'll be more like a path. Now again,
the media is that's going to go down the
[49:41] surfacing.
I don't know if it's going to be black
[49:44] topped like we just did at our other
park over here or it's going to be a
[49:48] concrete path. I think I'm not an
engineer and I don't know what goes best
[49:53] right next to our river,
>> but probably black top.
[49:57] » Black top.
>> Okay, so there you go. Probably black
[50:00] top, sir.
>> And do you Wayne, do you have any
[50:04] how long or how wide typically paths
like that are? No wide.
[50:10] » Yeah.
[50:14] Well, like Mr. Stton said, I mean, thank
you to your department for all your work
[50:19] doing that. And it used to be we never
were able to see that that that
[50:24] riverscape. Never going down that way,
but now you can. But thank you for all
[50:28] your hard work. Anyone else
[50:36] get to hear me again? Sorry.
uh committee meetings and reports.
[50:41] Monday, September 7th, the office will
be closed for happy Labor Day. Gosh,
[50:46] it's gone so fast. Tuesday, September
8th, 4:30 p.m. financing planning
[50:52] committee meeting. Monday, September
14th is our regular council meeting.
[50:56] Tuesday, September 15th at 7 o'clock, a
planning and zoning, and a second
[51:00] council meeting if needed. And just as a
reminder um um what our historical
[51:07] society president said this doesn't put
it on your calendar October 3rd of
[51:11] violin the violin program in 7:30 here
at the armory in December September 20th
[51:17] 2 to 4 um and what was that again I said
historical
[51:21] » Ohio open doors
>> Ohio open doors very exciting and again
[51:25] thank you for all your hard work
[51:30] » God bless you Um, executive session.
>> Mr. Mayor, if I might, from the cemetery
[51:37] board meeting, just so everyone's aware,
the Sex has resigned his position. That
[51:42] was a temporary appointment made in
2008. Um, he's now resigned from. Uh, so
[51:48] if you know of anybody who's interested
in a part-time job to work as a cemetery
[51:52] section, that position is available and
I believe it has been posted in the
[51:55] lobby out there. Um, we are working
toward a temporary appointment so that
[52:01] there's no gap in service and I'm sure
that will be taken care of
[52:04] appropriately. I'd also like to ask on
behalf of the the cemetery board that we
[52:09] publish their meeting dates on our
website and also through our agenda so
[52:13] that that information is more publicly
available to people who would like to
[52:17] participate or at least know when those
meetings are going to be.
[52:24] » Thank you, sir.
>> Sure. Um, one I just like to add in, uh,
[52:29] August 24th is a second meeting if
needed if needed. So, just let you know
[52:34] I did did not have that down.
>> Okay. Executive session. Well, any other
[52:40] comments?
>> Yes. Before we go into executive
[52:42] session, I'd like to explore the
possibility that there'd be more than
[52:48] one executive session tonight. Uh, one
concerning personnel and the other one
[52:53] concerning internet. uh security
um in the appropriate language to look
[53:00] at both of those.
>> That would be an executive session
[53:04] pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section
121G1
[53:08] to discuss matters relating to personnel
personnel training.
[53:17] And how about the internet because of
the security nature of it?
[53:23] » That would be Ohio Revised Code section
121G5
[53:30] which has to do with and that's top my
head. I may have to supplement that one.
[53:34] Uh that's matters relating to public
safety andor uh the safety in general of
[53:39] the village and internet security does
relate to safety.
[53:47] But I will I will supplement that uh
just shortly. We don't normally get to
[53:51] five. And again, meeting with council is
G3 pending and eminent litigation.
[53:59] Do I have a motion to enter into
executive session
[54:03] » and we need to delineate why we're going
in. So this would be um
[54:09] let's just do it by number. Ohio
pursuant to Ohio revised code section
[54:13] 121G1
to discuss matters relating to
[54:16] personnel. We will leave come back go
back out come back in because three
[54:21] different reasons three different
executive sessions.
[54:25] » So the first is a personnel.
>> Yes.
[54:27] » Okay. So is there a need for
administrator or a fiscal officer to be
[54:31] there?
>> I don't believe so.
[54:34] » Okay. Very good.
>> All right. By roll
[54:39] » I need a motion first.
[54:44] Okay. By roll, Mr. Wilson,
>> yes.
[54:47] » Mr. Stton,
>> yes.
[54:48] » Mr. Smith,
>> yes.
[54:50] » Mr. Dorsey,
>> yes.
[54:52] » Mrs. Zagar,
>> yes.
[54:54] » And uh Mr. Owens,
>> yes.
[54:57] » Time is 7:51.
>> Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We
[55:02] shall return shortly.
[55:25] Maybe
[55:32] I'm not awake that early.
[55:37] I'm still
[1:24:23] Welcome back, council. Are we ready?
>> Motion to return to regular session.
[1:24:30] Do I have a motion?
>> I'll I'll make that motion.
[1:24:33] » Okay. And a second. Mr. Wilson.
>> Okay. And by roll, Mr. Smith?
[1:24:39] » Yes.
>> Mr. Wilson?
[1:24:40] » Yes.
>> Mr. Stton?
[1:24:43] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dorsey?
[1:24:44] » Yes.
>> Mrs. Zagar?
[1:24:46] » Yes.
>> And Mr. Owens?
[1:24:48] » Yes.
>> Time back is 8:21.
[1:24:51] » And we have a little bit of an
interlude. I'm going to let the mayor
[1:24:54] take over. You got to turn that on,
though. Yes sir.
[1:24:56] » So um before um before in the agenda I
had a uh accommodation and the uh person
[1:25:05] is here currently if that's if it's all
right with the council. Can I give this
[1:25:08] accommodation to someone a citizen that
has gone above and beyond um what we ask
[1:25:15] of our citizenship
um typically um Mr. Stamper, can you
[1:25:20] meet me up here up front?
[1:25:42] I just um
some there's an an event that happened
[1:25:46] here. Stand stand right here towards the
audience. There was um
[1:25:51] this young man who's standing next to
me. I just want to read this for him um
[1:25:55] because this is about him and this is a
this is a mayor's accommodation for
[1:26:00] outstanding sum citizenship presented to
Brian Stamper in recognition of the
[1:26:06] extraordinary compassion initiative and
selfless actions during a wellness check
[1:26:11] and led by a discovery of an elderly
woman in urgent need of assistance. your
[1:26:16] quick thinking and immediate uh
contacting emergency services and re and
[1:26:20] uh remaining to help demonstrates
exceptional concern for the well-being
[1:26:24] of another person. Thank you for doing
that. Your willingness uh to act without
[1:26:29] hesitation exemplifies the highest
standards I do say again highest
[1:26:34] standards of citizenship, compassion and
service to others. Your actions serve as
[1:26:39] an inspiration to others and reflect the
values that strengthen every community,
[1:26:44] even the village of Bavia or the
community you're from. The village of
[1:26:47] Battavia is honored to recognize your
outstanding character and extends this
[1:26:51] sincere appreciation of your exemplary
conduct. And this is signed with the
[1:26:56] seal of the village of Bavia presented
on this 10th day, August 2026 by the
[1:27:01] mayor and council um mayor Scott Runk
and the entire council. I just want to
[1:27:07] I'd like to you just to just to give a a
brief statement on what you did that
[1:27:12] day. I mean, this just says a little
bit. Can you just tell us what you did
[1:27:15] to help that to help that woman? Go
ahead. This is Mr. Champer.
[1:27:20] » Well, I'm a maintenance man at Amanda
Acres in Amelia and one of my tenants
[1:27:27] had water coming through her kitchen.
And so I investigated
[1:27:35] and I seen the water was coming from the
apartment next to her. And so I went
[1:27:42] knocked on her door.
I noticed her screen door was locked.
[1:27:50] I knew she had to be in there.
>> Yes, sir.
[1:27:53] » So I called my boss. She said, "Well, do
call the sheriff. Do a wellness check."
[1:28:00] and we found her in the bathtub.
>> She was in there for three days
[1:28:07] » and she's How is she doing now?
>> She's doing good now.
[1:28:11] » Yeah.
>> But again, for your exemplary service to
[1:28:14] the community, I just wanted to just
extend this to you and this is your
[1:28:17] award and I just thank you for being
here tonight and uh God bless you for
[1:28:21] everything you've done for the
community.
[1:28:23] » Thank you.
>> God bless you. It's an honor.
[1:28:25] » Thank you.
>> God bless you. God bless you. Thank you
[1:28:28] ladies and gentlemen. [applause] Thank
you, sir.
[1:28:31] Thank you for that recognition moment.
[1:28:48] » This one's G3, right?
>> We're actually going to go out of order
[1:28:51] having said that. Okay. G5. Uh, if I
may, mayor, I did hear back, uh,
[1:28:57] Williamsburg is planning on doing their
December event the first Friday, first
[1:29:02] weekend in December. I wrote back and
said, "Well, we may have already, uh,
[1:29:06] rented the horse here." And the response
was, "Oh, well,
[1:29:11] so
it'll it'll be a battle of the
[1:29:15] villages." Gosh,
>> and let's let's teach those people in
[1:29:18] Berg a lesson.
>> Oh gosh.
[1:29:19] » And if you listen to me next week,
you're going to hear me say, "Let's
[1:29:21] teach the people in Betavia a lesson. Uh
you can just chalk it up to a lawyer
[1:29:25] talking out of oh just making a
statement.
[1:29:29] » Thank you sir.
[1:29:34] » So
>> exactly. So at this point I would ask
[1:29:36] for executive session. I said it was
five. It is G6
[1:29:41] 121.22 G6. That's to discuss details
relative to security arrangements and
[1:29:47] emergency response protocols for a
public body or public office. if the
[1:29:52] disclosure of matters could reasonably
be expected to jeopardize security of
[1:29:56] the public body. Uh this is to discuss
um the internet and uh cyber security
[1:30:02] for the village.
>> Do we have a motion to enter into
[1:30:05] executive session pursuant to 121.22
G6?
[1:30:11] » So move second.
>> Okay. And uh by role Mr. Dorsey.
[1:30:16] » Yes.
>> And Mr. Stton.
[1:30:18] » Yes.
>> Uh Mr. Smith,
[1:30:21] » yes.
>> Mr. Wilson,
[1:30:22] » yes.
>> Mrs. Zagar,
[1:30:24] » yes.
>> And Mr. Owens,
[1:30:25] » yes.
>> Timeout is 8:26.
[1:30:28] » Do we need to have uh either the fiscal
officer or the administrator in this
[1:30:32] one?
>> Okay, thank you. So, if Chip and Sorry,
[1:30:38] you stay here. We'll be right back.
[1:49:27] Welcome back, council. Uh, do I have a
motion to enter back into regular
[1:49:31] session?
>> So moved.
[1:49:33] » Second.
>> Okay. And by role, Mr. Owens?
[1:49:36] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dorsy?
[1:49:38] » Yes.
>> Mrs. Zagar?
[1:49:40] » Yes.
>> Mr. Smith?
[1:49:41] » Yes.
>> Mr. Stton?
[1:49:43] » Yes.
>> And Mr. Wilson.
[1:49:45] » Yes.
>> 8:46.
[1:49:47] » At this time, council, I would ask for a
motion to go to executive session to
[1:49:50] discuss pending uh or eminent legal
matters with council pursuant to Ohio
[1:49:55] Revised Code section 12122 G3.
>> And so move.
[1:50:02] » Okay. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[1:50:04] » All right. Uh by role, Mr. Dorsey.
>> Yes.
[1:50:08] » Mr. Smith,
>> yes.
[1:50:10] » Mr. Stton,
>> yes.
[1:50:12] » Mr. Wilson,
>> yes.
[1:50:14] » Mrs. Zagar.
>> Yes.
[1:50:16] » And Mr. Owens.
>> Yes.
[1:50:18] » Time is 8:46.
>> Is it all right for our uh fiscal
[1:50:21] officer and our administrator to come
into this meeting?
[1:50:25] » Um
actually no.
[1:50:29] » Okay. You're good.
>> Um no.
[1:50:32] » Okay. Thank you, sir.
[3:00:48] Council,
[3:00:58] » welcome back. Council,
>> mayor.
[3:01:01] » Thanks, sir.
>> Mr. Moore.
[3:01:02] » Yes, sir.
>> Do I have a motion to enter back into
[3:01:06] regular session?
[3:01:10] » Second.
>> Is that Mr. Stton on the first one?
[3:01:14] » No,
>> Mr. Wilson. And then Mr. Smith. Correct.
[3:01:19] » Yes. Yes.
>> All right. By roll. Mr. Wilson.
[3:01:24] » Yes.
>> Mr. Smith.
[3:01:26] » Yes.
>> Mr. Stton?
[3:01:27] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dorsey?
[3:01:29] » Yes.
>> Mrs. Zagar?
[3:01:31] » Yes.
>> And Mr. Owens?
[3:01:34] » Yes.
>> All right. Time is 9:58.
[3:01:38] » Any any further uh questions or comments
from the council at all?
[3:01:44] » Okay. Motion to adjurnn.
>> So moved. Second.
[3:01:49] » All in favor?
>> I
[3:01:52] » I
>> 958.
[3:01:56] » Thank you, council.