[0:08] [clears throat]
[0:09] >> Now 7:00 p.m. time 4 the April 21st
[0:15] at the Red Oak City Council meeting.
[0:17] Uh it is now in order.
[0:19] Uh
[0:20] will you stand for the Pledge of
[0:22] Allegiance?
[0:27] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[0:30] of the United States of America
[0:32] and to the republic for which it stands,
[0:35] one nation under God, indivisible, with
[0:38] liberty and justice for all.
[0:44] Madam clerk, may I have roll call,
[0:45] please? Yes, Mayor Stevens. Here.
[0:48] Anderson? Here. Henderson? Here. Last
[0:51] three?
[0:52] Stubbs? Here. Thomas? Present. Tinker?
[0:55] Here. Willis? I'm here. I'd like to
[0:58] thank all of you for attending, and
[1:02] let's get together and get rolling on
[1:04] this. We'll go to uh consideration of
[1:07] the minutes.
[1:08] Motion to approve the minutes of the
[1:09] April 7th
[1:11] Council meeting, please.
[1:13] Is there a motion?
[1:17] I'll so move.
[1:19] I second.
[1:21] Anderson? Yes. Henderson? Yes. Last
[1:24] three? Yes. Stubbs? Yes. Thomas? Yes.
[1:27] Tinker? Yes. Willis? Yes.
[1:31] Uh since we have nothing on the consent
[1:34] agenda,
[1:35] a motion to move 45, please.
[1:38] Motion to move 45. Second.
[1:41] Anderson?
[1:42] >> Yes. Henderson? Yes. Last three? Yes.
[1:45] Stubbs? Yes. Thomas? Yes. Tinker? Yes.
[1:48] Willis? Yes. Thank you. Under section 4,
[1:51] consideration of petitions,
[1:54] uh communications, and proposed
[1:56] legislation,
[1:57] uh Mr. Doyle, can you start off with
[1:59] resolution 2026-028?
[2:02] Resolution number 2026-028,
[2:05] a resolution authorizing the mayor to
[2:07] enter into a contract with Insight
[2:09] Advisory Group for grant writing and
[2:11] consultation services for an amount not
[2:13] to exceed $36,000 in the current
[2:15] emergency.
[2:17] Councilman Tinker?
[2:21] Motion to suspend rules.
[2:24] I'll second that.
[2:26] Anderson? Yes. Henderson? Yes. Lasree?
[2:29] Yes. Stubbs? Yes. Thomas? Yes. Tinker?
[2:32] Yes. Willis? Yes.
[2:35] Uh motion to adopt.
[2:37] I'll second the adopt.
[2:39] Anderson? Yes. Henderson? Yes. Lasree?
[2:42] >> Yes. Stubbs?
[2:43] >> Yes. Thomas? Yes. Tinker? Yes, Mr.
[2:45] Councilman. Willis?
[2:47] Yes. Comment, Mr. Tinker? Yeah, I I
[2:50] actually have some reservation with
[2:53] you know, this um resolution already
[2:55] because
[2:56] you know, we formed a committee last year and we
[2:59] chose Insight um
[3:02] I think we expected a lot more from
[3:04] Insight in terms of
[3:07] uh providing us with um
[3:10] possible grants out there and it seems
[3:12] like that all we received
[3:15] was help with grants that we would
[3:17] normally apply for without them.
[3:20] And so, you know, I said yes only
[3:22] because we do need a grant writer.
[3:26] Um but they didn't meet the expectation
[3:28] that I think the committee that selected
[3:31] them
[3:32] um set for them. So, that was my only
[3:34] reservation why
[3:35] I kind of hesitated because I I I think
[3:38] they should bring in us grants that are
[3:40] out there
[3:41] for us to apply for. It seems like one
[3:43] of our council members bring up more
[3:45] grants
[3:46] that are out there that Insight should
[3:47] be bringing to us.
[3:50] That's the end of my comment.
[3:52] Thank you very much, Mr. Tinker. Uh
[3:55] I'm going to leave that alone. We'll
[3:57] move on to resolution number 2026-029,
[4:01] please, Mr. Doyle.
[4:02] Resolution number 2026-029,
[4:04] a resolution authorizing the city of
[4:06] Bedford Heights to participate in the
[4:08] Ohio Department of Transportation
[4:10] >> [clears throat]
[4:10] >> cooperative purchasing program for the
[4:12] purchase of sodium chloride for the
[4:14] 2026-2027
[4:15] winter season and declaring emergency.
[4:18] All right, I will make the motion to
[4:19] suspend the rules.
[4:21] Second.
[4:23] Anderson? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Lastree?
[4:26] >> Yes. Stubbs?
[4:27] >> Yes. Thomas? Yes. Tinker? Yes. Willis?
[4:31] Yes.
[4:33] For adoption?
[4:36] Second the adoption.
[4:37] Anderson?
[4:38] >> Yes. Anderson? Yes. Lastree? Yes.
[4:41] Stubbs? Yes. Thomas? Yes.
[4:44] >> Tinker? Yes. Willis? Yes, with comment.
[4:47] My comment is thank council
[4:49] for allowing us to keep this program
[4:51] going.
[4:52] Thank our public works department that
[4:53] one heck of a job keeping our roads
[4:55] salted in the winter, and now we're
[4:56] prepared for the next onslaught that
[4:58] goes on. Thank you. On to ordinance
[5:01] 2026-
[5:03] 030,
[5:04] Mr. Doyle. Ordinance number 2026-030,
[5:08] an ordinance repealing ordinance number
[5:10] 2023-073,
[5:13] which directed the amendment of the
[5:14] comprehensive pay ordinance to establish
[5:16] the compensation for mayor/safety
[5:18] director to include the combined
[5:20] salaries currently paid separately for
[5:21] the position of mayor and the position
[5:23] of safety director since the duties of
[5:25] the safety director were assigned to the
[5:26] mayor pursuant to Bedford Heights
[5:28] Charter Section 8.04 and declaring an
[5:30] emergency.
[5:32] Councilwoman tennis? Motion to suspend
[5:34] the rules. Second.
[5:36] Anderson? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Lastree?
[5:40] >> Yes. Stubbs? Yes. Thomas? Yes. Tinker?
[5:43] No. Willis? Yes.
[5:46] Motion for adoption. Second. Anderson?
[5:49] >> Yes. Anderson? Yes, with a comment.
[5:52] Ashley?
[5:53] >> Yes. Stubbs? Yes. Thomas?
[5:56] >> Yes.
[5:56] >> Tinker? Yes, with a comment.
[5:58] >> Willis? Yes.
[6:02] Councilwoman Anderson, your comment?
[6:04] Thank you, Council President.
[6:07] So, I was unsure and I I had some
[6:10] questions that I felt like the law
[6:12] department did not answer for me um
[6:15] for me to say yes to this. However,
[6:19] recently um
[6:21] they provided us a legal analyst um
[6:25] and it's important to me that the
[6:27] decisions that we make are grounded in
[6:29] our charter and are within our legal
[6:32] authority as a home rule city. While not
[6:35] every decision is universally supported,
[6:38] our responsibility is to ensure we act
[6:40] lawfully and transparently on the behalf
[6:43] of our residents.
[6:44] So, the clarification that the law
[6:46] department did provide helped confirm
[6:48] that we're moving forward appropriately
[6:50] and above board.
[6:54] So, thank you.
[6:57] Councilman Tinker, your comment? Yeah,
[6:59] um I I did not get that clarification
[7:01] and if I it came in the email, I missed
[7:03] it. Um could you please send it because
[7:06] you know, the last time when we approved
[7:08] the pay ordinance, I actually mentioned
[7:10] that
[7:11] the
[7:12] it should be listed as mayor of safety
[7:14] director
[7:15] and when it was just listed as safety
[7:17] director and this is actually confirming
[7:20] what I
[7:21] mentioned that it should be listed it
[7:22] should have been listed as mayor of
[7:24] safety director as it stated here.
[7:27] I don't believe that you can change
[7:30] an elected official's pay in charter.
[7:33] And this is exactly what this is doing.
[7:35] So, I would like to see that
[7:38] clarification um that
[7:40] says that it's to
[7:43] change elected official pay in term. It
[7:46] was my understanding that
[7:48] elected officials can only get
[7:52] raise or pay, whatever you want to call
[7:54] it,
[7:55] in the year of the election.
[7:59] So, that's the end of my comment. Thank
[8:00] you, Mr. You know what, Mr. Ticker, we
[8:02] got to go on this because we did vote
[8:04] this. Mr. Doyle, would you please
[8:05] address some of those things with that
[8:07] memo that was sent out and what the
[8:10] legal findings were on this? Sure. Um
[8:13] and I I might have done one logistic
[8:15] thing before I do that and if I
[8:17] misunderstood you, then I apologize. So,
[8:20] this ordinance tonight on the mayor /
[8:23] safety director comment, that
[8:26] it's the way this is working is it's
[8:28] called an ordinance repealing 2023-73,
[8:32] which directed and then everything after
[8:33] that is what 2023
[8:35] -73 was titled. So, that's why I'm
[8:38] sticking with that.
[8:39] >> [clears throat]
[8:39] >> Um
[8:41] But, so on the on the issue that I
[8:43] understand has been
[8:44] um
[8:45] in front of this council for many
[8:47] months, since before my involvement, we took a deep dive into that
[8:51] over the last 2 weeks.
[8:53] The
[8:55] I mentioned on the record at the last
[8:56] meeting that it is it is true that the
[8:58] Ohio Constitution and the Ohio Revised
[9:01] Code contain provisions that restrict
[9:04] the ability to adjust a public or
[9:07] municipal officers' compensation
[9:10] during your term.
[9:12] Um
[9:13] the question then
[9:14] becomes
[9:16] the extent to which that can be modified
[9:18] by home rule,
[9:20] um
[9:20] which means a further question in that
[9:23] as to whether what you're doing is is an
[9:25] act of local self-government. Um we took
[9:29] our dive into this. The case law in Ohio
[9:31] is very clear. Ohio courts have ruled
[9:35] repeatedly that um setting
[9:38] compensation for public officers, public
[9:41] officials, municipal employees, so on
[9:42] and so forth is an act of local
[9:44] self-government. So, the way Ohio courts
[9:46] treat this analysis and there if your
[9:48] charter reserves home rule and your
[9:50] charter direct
[9:51] addresses the issue directly, you have
[9:54] the ability to deviate from the Ohio
[9:56] Constitution and the Ohio Revised Code,
[9:58] I think it's 731.
[10:01] And in our look into it, the our revised
[10:05] charter does allow
[10:07] >> [clears throat]
[10:07] >> council to amend any municipal officer
[10:11] employees
[10:13] non-union
[10:15] compensation at at any time by council
[10:17] vote. So,
[10:19] it was
[10:21] pretty clean
[10:22] analysis and it's
[10:25] certainly good to be
[10:27] to your point, Councilman Henderson,
[10:28] looking at these things and concerned
[10:30] about them, but
[10:32] I have no doubt that the way the city's
[10:34] been doing it has been fine about home
[10:37] rule
[10:38] and about exercising home rule too.
[10:42] I mean, I do have a I do have a question
[10:44] now. Does that mean council in both
[10:47] themselves a raise for home rule?
[10:52] Yeah.
[10:56] So, that was not part of the I
[10:58] understand that. I was just I make it
[11:00] Yes, you might understand it, but the
[11:02] residents don't understand it. That's
[11:04] what I'm explaining to you.
[11:06] That did not happen. We did uncover
[11:08] something that was wrong, we corrected
[11:10] it, we will be moving on from that.
[11:12] All right, no further comment, that is
[11:14] now a dead issue. We'll move on to
[11:16] consideration of ordinance
[11:18] reports of officer reports and
[11:20] commissions. Mayor Stevens.
[11:23] I'll give you 30 seconds. Yeah, we want
[11:25] a production.
[11:26] Yeah. Yes, go ahead. You're good. No,
[11:29] you're fine. You're on. Mayor.
[11:31] Thank you. Good evening everyone. Good
[11:33] evening.
[11:36] The Arbor Day celebration is tomorrow
[11:40] when we will have a joint effort with
[11:42] the middle schools and um
[11:46] to celebrate the Arbor Day Earth Day
[11:49] will be tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. at Fun
[11:51] Town
[11:52] and if you'd like to join us at 1:00
[11:54] you're welcome to do that.
[11:56] So that's an annual thing that we do
[11:58] every year
[11:59] and
[12:01] we'll be out there to celebrate
[12:03] and speaking of that
[12:05] also as you know we had some
[12:08] terrible weather that came across
[12:10] and
[12:13] it hit it hit all of us home, cars and
[12:16] you name it. So the what I did some of
[12:21] you probably received a all calls to for
[12:25] warn you on the different scam things
[12:27] that's taking place.
[12:30] Making sure that you
[12:33] are on your toes pertaining to how
[12:36] slick these
[12:38] vendors or companies can be to come in
[12:41] and do your work for you. So it's it's
[12:43] very important that you are aware of
[12:45] those scam
[12:48] items or ways of acting from these
[12:50] vendors.
[12:54] The pay the
[12:56] produce produce schools was this past
[12:59] Saturday.
[13:00] Our Channel 5 was outside there and
[13:03] filming
[13:05] the produce distribution. It was a great
[13:07] time, great opportunity and
[13:11] it was just to be able to highlight some
[13:14] of the positive things that
[13:16] Deffer Heights had gone through and just
[13:19] to
[13:20] showcase some of those highlighted
[13:22] areas.
[13:24] The
[13:26] to add to the to to that devastating
[13:29] storm, Darnell Brewer, our state rep,
[13:32] District 22, had uh
[13:36] met with me and and we he generated a
[13:40] memo or a letter to Governor DeWine
[13:43] uh to let him know of all the damages
[13:46] and the things that took place in the uh
[13:49] in the actual
[13:51] uh cities that he represent.
[13:53] And um hopefully we will get a response
[13:56] from Governor DeWine and to talk about
[13:59] the different
[14:00] communities who experienced extensive
[14:03] flooding damage,
[14:05] um just
[14:06] you name it. Prop- property damage, uh
[14:10] personal issu- you know, damages that took place. So, uh
[14:15] hopefully that we can we will hear from
[14:17] Governor DeWine to help uh support our
[14:20] residents in the things that has
[14:21] happened this last
[14:23] uh storm.
[14:25] Also, in April, April is the child abuse
[14:30] prevention month. I don't know if you're
[14:32] aware of that or not, but it is.
[14:34] And in honor of child abuse prevention
[14:37] month, this month is a chance to raise
[14:39] awareness about how children face abuse,
[14:43] how to prevent it, and how to access
[14:45] support.
[14:47] I don't know if you had a chance to come
[14:49] across the front part of our um
[14:53] city hall and you had a bunch of
[14:55] pinwheels going on and you have a sign
[14:57] in the front there.
[14:59] And the blue pinwheels symbolize hope
[15:02] and positivity,
[15:04] representing the possibilities that
[15:07] children can experience positive while
[15:10] shining in the sunlight as the wind
[15:13] blows.
[15:15] Our children are greatest resource
[15:19] and source of sunlight
[15:21] and hope, and they depend on us to
[15:24] create an environment where they can
[15:26] grow without fear.
[15:29] This month let's
[15:31] Why don't we let
[15:34] recommit ourselves
[15:36] to being attentive neighbors, support
[15:39] friends, and strong advocates of
[15:42] families.
[15:44] A single act of care can change the
[15:46] course
[15:48] of a child's life.
[15:50] Let's make sure that every child in this
[15:53] city knows
[15:54] they are seen,
[15:56] they are protected,
[15:57] and they matters.
[16:00] So, that matters a great deal
[16:03] in recognizing
[16:04] the uh
[16:07] child abuse prevention month. AND WE DO
[16:14] WE WE DO HAVE A A representative
[16:18] for Canopy, uh which is a organization
[16:22] that
[16:23] uh
[16:24] support
[16:26] the child abuse prevention month to
[16:29] give a little bit more detail. So, I
[16:30] would like that uh after you I do have a
[16:32] proclamation here
[16:34] uh that I'd like to present to Canopy's.
[16:37] So, if you'd like to come up, please.
[16:44] » [applause]
[16:49] » This is a proclamation just to say thank you and
[16:53] you're a part of There's other cities
[16:55] that's a part of this and we wanted to
[16:57] show our
[16:58] >> [snorts]
[16:58] >> support to the organization that you
[17:01] have. Okay? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
[17:04] >> [applause]
[17:06] >> JUST IN case some folks don't know what
[17:08] Canopy does, we provide uh
[17:10] after a child discloses that they may be
[17:12] abused, we do the forensic interview. Um
[17:15] what we do is bring all the people that
[17:17] may have an interest in this case in one
[17:19] room. They can watch the forensic
[17:21] interview, but what it does is reduces
[17:23] the amount of times the child has to
[17:25] repeat what happened to them, reduce
[17:27] their trauma, and it also increases the
[17:30] prosecution rate.
[17:31] So, we are working feverishly to support
[17:35] children and families in our community
[17:37] so that they can feel safe and be healed
[17:40] in a way to reduce trauma.
[17:43] So, we thank you. So, I on behalf of
[17:46] Canopy and the families that we serve,
[17:49] we thank you.
[17:51] >> [applause]
[17:57] » NO, I'D LIKE TO SAY WE THANK YOU
[18:00] for getting involved in getting this and
[18:02] bringing this up. And Mayor, I also
[18:04] thank you for highlighting
[18:06] that that commission and that group out
[18:08] there and what we're doing to try and
[18:09] show the leadership and staying ahead
[18:11] and try to protect our young residents
[18:13] of the city. Thank you very much.
[18:16] >> [applause]
[18:20] » For item two, the Safety Committee,
[18:22] Chairman Anderson, please. Yeah, thank
[18:25] you, Mr. President.
[18:28] Um
[18:30] for those of you that uh
[18:33] were at our meeting, we we did have a
[18:35] meeting on the 16th
[18:38] uh at 5:00 um
[18:40] and we
[18:41] uh mainly emphasized our camera and um
[18:45] we had a real good meeting on that and
[18:47] minutes will be forthcoming and any
[18:49] information will be uh disseminated um
[18:53] at that time and also to our to our um
[18:57] our people uh in the audience
[19:00] uh they had opportunity to uh view those minutes as well uh they're
[19:05] on the website.
[19:07] Um
[19:07] >> [clears throat]
[19:09] >> also speaking of safety
[19:11] um
[19:13] earlier today our our chief, Chief
[19:15] Leopard, uh mentioned that um smoke
[19:18] detectors are available. And now it's
[19:21] kind of like a downside in so far as uh
[19:24] having individuals uh ask for
[19:27] so we can provide us with a number.
[19:29] Anybody interested, uh you can uh take it down and again it may be it will
[19:35] be on the on the website as well if you
[19:37] if you're interested in smoke detectors.
[19:40] And that's 786
[19:42] 3251.
[19:44] And this was this number was provided to
[19:46] us uh by our our our fire chief.
[19:49] Um
[19:51] also our um
[19:53] uh
[19:54] chief of police um
[19:56] advised us today that he is entertaining
[19:59] uh conversations
[20:01] uh with North Randall
[20:03] uh in so far as uh our dispatch services
[20:07] and and and that that availability uh to
[20:10] them. And he also is in contact with the
[20:13] city of Euclid
[20:15] regarding jail cell services and our uh
[20:18] abilities to uh help out uh within that
[20:21] regard with with our jail.
[20:25] And um
[20:31] that's pretty much it. I just want to
[20:33] mention that uh like many of you uh
[20:36] there have been a lot a lot of damage as
[20:38] a result of this hail storm that we had.
[20:41] So um hopefully you'll be in in touch with
[20:45] uh uh your insurance companies and um
[20:48] other other uh individuals that may
[20:52] contact you or you contact them and um
[20:55] we also have mentioned that
[20:57] and a caveat to you is to be careful uh
[21:00] who you talk to and um give as much
[21:03] information as you feel is safe with
[21:07] personal
[21:08] information as you know with your your identity
[21:14] in so far as things like social security
[21:16] numbers and things like that that you
[21:17] normally would
[21:19] disseminate to anybody that that also applies to to
[21:24] your vendors that you that you contact
[21:28] on regarding that.
[21:30] And
[21:31] that's pretty much all I have. Thank you
[21:33] very much.
[21:35] Councilman Anderson I have no report.
[21:38] I have no question.
[21:40] Any other report? I didn't say anything.
[21:42] Oh, I'm sorry. It was asked basically in
[21:44] my report. All right. Thank you very
[21:46] much.
[21:47] On to Finance Committee Chairwoman
[21:49] Thompson, please.
[21:52] Our next Finance Committee meeting is
[21:54] next week on Tuesday, April 28th at 5:30
[21:57] p.m.
[21:59] That's the end of my report.
[22:01] We're ready. Thank you for that.
[22:04] On to Community Life Chairwoman Lasting,
[22:06] please. Good evening, everyone.
[22:09] I'm just so glad to see you all tonight.
[22:13] I'm happy to say that there's some
[22:15] activity going on in the community
[22:16] center and
[22:18] it's looking very lively now that the
[22:20] summer is coming about and I'm excited
[22:22] about that.
[22:24] We're taking We're still taking softball
[22:26] and baseball registrations. That was
[22:28] announced earlier today.
[22:30] And the youth engagement is starting on
[22:32] the 27th. And these are primary students
[22:36] up until the age of eight between the up
[22:39] until eighth grade, I believe. But you
[22:42] want If you want to get more information
[22:43] about the youth engagement, you need to
[22:44] go to the civic center and talk to them
[22:47] to see what's going on with the youth
[22:49] engagement because they're trying to
[22:51] engage our youth and get them more
[22:53] involved in finding out about themselves
[22:56] and about things going on in the
[22:57] community. [music]
[22:59] The seniors have a bid whist class on
[23:01] the 29th. If you would like to learn how
[23:04] to play Bid Whist. We're going to start
[23:05] playing Bid Whist on the 29th of
[23:08] April, the 29th of July, the 30th of
[23:11] September, and again on the 30th of
[23:13] December.
[23:15] Summer camp Summer camp registration is
[23:17] open and for interviews and for staff it
[23:20] is it is ongoing. So, if you know
[23:22] someone who's interested in being a part
[23:24] of our summer camp this year, please
[23:26] have them come and register over at the
[23:28] community center.
[23:33] We are scheduling a meeting for the
[23:35] community life
[23:38] committee
[23:39] for Monday the 27th or we're looking at
[23:42] 30th April the 30th.
[23:44] We have I have to speak with the
[23:46] director to make sure the days are good
[23:48] with him. So, that concludes my report
[23:51] for this evening.
[23:52] Thank you very much, Chairwoman.
[23:55] On to public service water reclamation.
[23:58] I will fill out I'd like to thank
[24:01] for approving the [clears throat] salt
[24:03] program and staying ahead of the
[24:05] ballgame on that. I would like to also
[24:08] thank our directors, both Nate and Eric
[24:11] King, for the
[24:13] wonderful job that they have done in
[24:15] recovering after that hail storm,
[24:17] getting our streets clean, keeping that
[24:19] I did notice the end of the week that I
[24:21] drove through some of our neighboring
[24:22] cities that are to us and there's still
[24:25] trails of things down the street and
[24:27] things like that. They have done a huge
[24:30] job in taking care of that and also Nate
[24:33] assessing what's been going on with the
[24:35] those storm sewers and filling those
[24:37] things and keeping the the water flowing
[24:40] on that.
[24:41] So, GREAT JOB AND
[24:42] >> [applause]
[24:47] » I THINK THE CITIZENS YOU SEE THEY THEY
[24:49] appreciate the job that you've done and
[24:51] thank you again so much. That is the end
[24:53] of my report. We're on to economic and
[24:55] community development, Councilman
[24:57] Tucker. Yes, um our meeting on April the
[24:59] 7th 7th, I announced that the city has
[25:02] an opportunity to to apply for
[25:05] a $200,000 supplemental community grant.
[25:10] I also announced that we were having a
[25:13] public hearing on April the 14th.
[25:15] We did have that hearing. David Bell and
[25:17] I were the only two that showed up.
[25:19] So, we're going to go ahead and apply
[25:22] for the grant to fix the Laurel Road.
[25:26] That's the main item.
[25:29] All right, thank you very much, Chairman
[25:31] Tucker.
[25:32] On to
[25:34] planning commission, Mr. Stevens. Thank
[25:36] you.
[25:37] The next planning commission meeting is
[25:39] set for May 12th
[25:41] at 5:00 p.m. if
[25:44] we have applicants. Thank you. All
[25:46] right, thank you very much. Building and
[25:48] housing committee, Chairwoman Thomas,
[25:50] please. Thank you, Council President.
[25:52] Our next building and housing committee
[25:54] meeting is also next week on Wednesday,
[25:56] April 29th at 5:30 p.m.
[26:00] End of my report. All right, thank you
[26:02] again.
[26:04] Infrastructure, Councilwoman Peterson.
[26:06] Thank you, Mr. Councilwoman Peterson.
[26:08] Thank you.
[26:09] The bid is for this year's sidewalk
[26:11] program will be open this Friday. If
[26:13] possible, we will bring forward for
[26:15] council's consideration at the May 5th
[26:17] meeting.
[26:18] I will reach out to Don Blue to see if
[26:21] he wants us to have a meeting prior to
[26:24] that May 5th Oh, May 5th.
[26:26] The day we're voting. So, May 6th is
[26:29] going to be
[26:30] brought forward on May 6th.
[26:33] The Metal Lane pavement repair project
[26:36] is tentatively scheduled to begin the
[26:38] week of May 4th.
[26:40] Prior to construction, there will be a
[26:42] message board installed. A project sign
[26:45] will be placed. Door hangers will be
[26:47] delivered to each affected home, and the will be posted on the city's
[26:51] website. and we are also working with
[26:54] our technology director regarding
[26:56] an QR code.
[26:58] We're also working on establishing start
[27:00] dates for Holly Lane and Vicky Lane
[27:02] resiliency project.
[27:05] And I um constantly crusade at
[27:07] infrastructure and capital improvement.
[27:11] Dabney is also working with David Bell
[27:14] on the application for a rural road.
[27:17] End of report.
[27:19] Thank you very much.
[27:20] Councilwoman
[27:22] legislative education committee.
[27:25] >> [clears throat]
[27:25] >> Thank you, Councilman Bell.
[27:27] Um good evening everybody. We have a
[27:29] meeting scheduled for May 7th at 5:30 at
[27:32] the mayor's office.
[27:34] She agreed. Thank you. I will see you at
[27:36] 5:30.
[27:37] Uh Council cable TV and IT committee,
[27:41] that is myself. I will say this much uh
[27:45] I don't know if you've noticed, but we
[27:46] do have a couple of cameras rolling
[27:48] that'll be in there. So with this,
[27:50] Council meeting is being recorded. It
[27:52] was should be available by the end of
[27:54] the week on the city's website
[27:57] and also on VHTV. So hopefully we'll
[28:00] have that done. Those things that we're
[28:02] looking at. I'll also
[28:04] bring out that IT director is working on
[28:09] restructuring the city's website. So
[28:11] hopefully I don't know if he'll have
[28:13] that in time when these new videos will
[28:15] break, but if not, you'll have two
[28:16] surprises that'll be coming up.
[28:18] Also he's working on making sure that
[28:20] our website and our things are going on
[28:22] and we will be fully ADA compliant as
[28:26] per the Department of Justice. At the
[28:28] end of that, that is the end of my
[28:29] report. Thank you all and we are on to
[28:35] Committee reports. Thank you, Councilman
[28:37] Bell.
[28:37] >> do. Thank you.
[28:39] I just wanted to take an opportunity now
[28:41] to welcome one of our newest members of
[28:44] Council, our assistant clerk of Council,
[28:46] Ayanna Green.
[28:47] WELCOME, AYANNA.
[28:52] AND
[28:53] OUR SOCIAL SERVICES SECRETARY, SO SHE'S
[28:55] playing two hats, two roles. Um so,
[28:59] thank you for joining us and you will
[29:01] um see her smiling face
[29:04] here at all of our Council meetings,
[29:05] trainings, so welcome. Um I also wanted
[29:08] to take the opportunity to acknowledge
[29:10] the remaining April birthday, which is
[29:12] Renee Cole, that is our Mayor's
[29:14] Administrative Assistant, and her
[29:16] birthday is Sunday,
[29:18] April the 26th.
[29:21] I also wanted to mention that our next
[29:23] Council meeting has been rescheduled
[29:25] from Tuesday to Wednesday, May the 6th,
[29:29] due to the primary election that is
[29:31] taking place on Tuesday, May the 5th. Um
[29:34] I hope that everyone, if you haven't had
[29:36] already had an opportunity to vote
[29:37] early, then you actually then you get
[29:39] out and you you vote. It's a very very important election, as they all
[29:43] are, but um
[29:45] I would encourage you all just to vote.
[29:48] Um we will be meeting in person at 7:00
[29:51] p.m. on May the 6th, beginning uh and
[29:54] our Council Caucus meeting will begin at
[29:57] 6:00 p.m.
[29:59] End of my reports. Thank you very much,
[30:02] Councilwoman Times.
[30:03] Uh on to
[30:05] unfinished business,
[30:07] uh we looked at we have a couple of
[30:08] items that we had open. Uh
[30:11] there was a question one of these was
[30:13] raised and discussed
[30:15] during our Caucus meeting, which was a
[30:17] cybersecurity
[30:18] situation, which I think that uh Mr.
[30:20] Doyle did address and you're working
[30:22] with that. Yep, we received a request
[30:24] from Councilwoman Henderson today and
[30:26] we'll uh get to work on it.
[30:29] Thank
[30:31] Uh also, [clears throat] this feedback
[30:32] resident seminars, Councilwoman
[30:34] Henderson again, do you have any more
[30:35] you'd like to share or we're still
[30:38] Well, I I
[30:39] made the connection with um David Bell
[30:42] and he is working he's going to reach
[30:44] out to Q Bank. He has he actually has a
[30:47] meeting scheduled with Q Bank to talk
[30:49] about the different seminars they
[30:51] have available for our city.
[30:54] Okay, thank you and the last piece is
[30:57] the you brought up is the cable TV
[31:00] committee name. We will be scheduling a
[31:02] cable TV committee meeting in the first
[31:05] half of
[31:06] month of May, excuse me, to address that
[31:09] and we'll get that in the will come out
[31:10] of committee. On to section 8 and any
[31:13] new business.
[31:15] Yeah, I have something to add.
[31:16] Councilman Harris? Yeah, I
[31:19] like to mention that
[31:22] one of our police cars was damaged with
[31:24] a water testing water damage that the
[31:27] chief just mentioned this evening to so
[31:30] I want to put that on the record.
[31:32] And that's the end of my report.
[31:34] All right, or comments I should You got
[31:36] it. Thank you. Any other
[31:38] new business? So
[31:41] Excuse me, Councilwoman Harris.
[31:44] I know that we're going to be scheduling
[31:45] a meeting for the change cable TV
[31:48] committee name.
[31:49] However, I wanted to share with the
[31:52] >> [clears throat]
[31:52] >> community also why I'm bringing this up.
[31:55] The term cable committee reflects the
[31:57] earlier communication structure
[32:00] primarily focused on cable television
[32:02] and today communication responsibilities
[32:06] include live streaming, website
[32:08] accessibility and updates, digital
[32:10] communication with residents, cyber
[32:12] security awareness, internal technology
[32:15] system, long-term infrastructure and
[32:18] modern modernization. So I just wanted
[32:21] to share before I
[32:23] served on council, I worked in
[32:25] approximately seven years in information
[32:27] technology roles.
[32:29] Help desk analyst, testing analyst,
[32:32] business system analyst, business system
[32:35] right business system analyst and I work
[32:37] with project managers, developers,
[32:39] testers, end users, and so on. So, um,
[32:43] me just requesting to have the name
[32:45] change is just bigger than having the
[32:47] name change. It's I have a vision, I
[32:49] have a
[32:50] background, I have interest in our
[32:52] technology. So, I I am looking forward
[32:55] to having that meeting.
[32:57] I'm looking forward to scheduling a
[32:59] meeting with you as quickly as possible.
[33:00] We'll have that definitely set in stone
[33:02] by the end of the week.
[33:07] Any other?
[33:09] Miscellaneous.
[33:15] Seeing none, all right. We've come to
[33:18] the portion of our meeting
[33:21] where we are open to comments from the
[33:23] public, and this time the floor is open
[33:26] for comments from the public. If you'd
[33:28] like to
[33:30] come forward, please address any
[33:31] comments that you have to myself, and I
[33:34] need you to go by
[33:35] your name,
[33:37] just the street that you live on. You
[33:39] will have two topics with a total of 3
[33:41] minutes. That's right. No,
[33:44] two topics,
[33:45] 3 minutes.
[33:46] You can do 2 minutes on one and one on
[33:48] the other, or break it up however you
[33:49] like.
[33:51] >> [laughter]
[33:52] >> I appreciate YOU COMING.
[33:58] GOOD EVENING TO
[33:59] THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, and residents.
[34:02] And I'm going to give you some wonderful
[34:05] information. First of all, my name is
[34:08] Terry Hon, that's important.
[34:10] And I live at 5680 Columbia Drive.
[34:15] And my quick Am I starting now?
[34:18] >> [laughter]
[34:21] » This is in support of what the mayor uh
[34:23] said earlier about the hail damage that
[34:26] we had.
[34:28] And of course, me being the mouthpiece
[34:30] of everything,
[34:32] I started bugging him. I was bugging
[34:36] our representative Ruth as well.
[34:39] And so these are what I'm saying in
[34:42] support of what the mayor said, but I
[34:43] took it a step further. I came in last
[34:46] week and I gave it to the woman.
[34:49] Okay, I want to ask the mayor as a
[34:52] resident, what help do we get from the
[34:55] city of Bedford Heights because this is
[34:57] a disaster and we're almost as bad as
[35:00] East Palestine
[35:02] in Ohio which happened about two or
[35:04] three years ago.
[35:06] Okay, we need help understanding the
[35:09] declaration pages of our policies
[35:12] because they are rather confusing and do
[35:15] we at this point wait for the governor
[35:19] to deem this a disaster site or do we
[35:23] come to the city and ask for them to
[35:27] give us some assistance and direction as
[35:29] to how handle our policies. Now, I was
[35:32] at a meeting last night
[35:35] with the Democratic Club and that many
[35:38] questions came up. So what I wanted to
[35:40] do, if I could walk for just a minute.
[35:45] » [laughter]
[35:47] >> Okay,
[35:48] what I have here
[35:51] I just want to ask uh because most
[35:54] people do not take time to look at their
[35:56] declaration page. They look at
[35:58] their deductible deductible deductible
[36:05] Okay, thank you.
[36:06] And then I'm giving this
[36:08] to Council President, the mayor
[36:11] and the law director.
[36:14] So excuse me for just one second.
[36:16] Let me say I'd like to walk up here.
[36:20] Okay, here you go. Here you go. This is
[36:22] it. Now
[36:24] what I I to say
[36:26] while I'm walking back, and this is very
[36:28] important and this is serious. When we
[36:31] think of deductions, most of us think of
[36:33] $1,500, a thousand, maybe even 500
[36:37] depending on the car. But when you have
[36:39] a deductible where a
[36:41] company, State Farm, has changed the
[36:45] cost of your house, the average house
[36:47] that you did average over 30 seconds,
[36:51] is running $240,000
[36:53] in this city.
[36:55] They made my house
[36:58] 400 and 800 400
[37:02] 486,000
[37:05] to repair and replace it.
[37:08] Now, what house in Bedford Heights would
[37:11] it cost to replace it that kind of
[37:13] money, over $400,000?
[37:16] That is on my declaration page. That's
[37:18] why I'm saying we need help. That means
[37:21] you're going to come out of pocket for
[37:22] $4,800.
[37:24] Thank you. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
[37:30] GOOD JOB.
[37:34] OKAY,
[37:35] I JUST NEED YOUR NAME. YOU don't have to
[37:37] give the address, just the street. Stacy
[37:40] Guy.
[37:41] Um on behalf of my mom again. So, I want
[37:45] to know what the update is from the last
[37:48] time I spoke to you guys about these
[37:49] trees with the person behind her.
[37:52] Because it's been past 30 days from the
[37:54] citation.
[37:55] So, supposedly we're going to take them
[37:57] to court. I haven't heard any updates.
[37:59] I've asked for updates.
[38:01] I'm not letting up until this is taken
[38:03] care of cuz my mom's safety is
[38:05] everything.
[38:06] So, I want to know where is it now? Are
[38:08] we taking him to court, the resident
[38:11] with these trees that have fell on my
[38:12] mom's house?
[38:14] I spoke to you guys at the meeting not
[38:16] last one, but the one before that.
[38:21] Those trees that would be under a
[38:23] building department I will tell you this
[38:25] much. I'm going to have Mr.
[38:27] David Bell I spoke to David Yeah, real
[38:29] quick. We do have her scheduled to go to
[38:32] court. I believe it's
[38:33] May 5th. But she is scheduled. Call my
[38:37] office. I'll give you the exact date.
[38:38] That's all right. Is that Thank you.
[38:40] >> May 5th will work. Okay, that works for
[38:42] me.
[38:45] Anyone else at this time? Please.
[38:51] Cynthia Johnson, White Pine.
[38:54] Just one quick
[38:56] clarification about Insight.
[39:00] Um,
[39:01] you said they applied for things that we
[39:03] didn't meet the criteria for.
[39:06] I did not say that. I know you didn't,
[39:08] but you said in your speech
[39:10] >> [laughter]
[39:10] >> the mayor said
[39:12] that there were things that we did. So
[39:15] they took time
[39:17] in applying for things that they knew
[39:19] No, it was more so that
[39:22] what the directors, some of the
[39:23] directors had um
[39:26] uh
[39:28] Okay.
[39:28] gave the information to Insight.
[39:31] And did not possibly know some of the
[39:35] time at time periods would
[39:37] uh they were asking for without giving
[39:40] that information to Insight. It wasn't
[39:42] Insight doing it.
[39:44] Okay. Okay. Yeah. Okay, thank you.
[39:49] Is there anyone else?
[39:53] Okay, I will take that as a no at this
[39:55] moment. I will ask for a motion of
[39:57] adjournment, please.
[39:59] So moved.
[40:02] Anderson Yes. Anderson Yes. Last three
[40:05] Yes. Stovall Yes. Thomas Yes. Kinder
[40:08] Yes. Willis
[40:10] Yes.
[40:11] Thank you all for attending. Have a good
[40:13] night, everyone.
[40:24] » Mhm.