[0:06] I now call this city council meeting to [0:08] order. August 17, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. [0:13] Ma'am. [0:14] >> Mayor Lindseay [0:15] >> here. [0:15] >> Councilman Cook [0:17] >> here. [0:17] >> Councilman Bond [0:18] >> here. [0:18] >> Councilwoman Gro present. Councilman [0:21] Wright [0:21] >> here. Council me here. Vice Mayor Cham [0:25] >> here. [0:28] Now we'll do the invocation with Pastor [0:31] Perry. [0:35] Dear heavenly father, we thank you today [0:37] for your loving kindness and for your [0:39] mercy. We thank you for this blessings [0:41] that you have given us today. We pray [0:44] that you would just conduct this help [0:45] the leaders of our community as they [0:48] conduct business tonight. May it be [0:50] something beneficial for our community. [0:52] Give them clarity of thought. Bless each [0:54] one who participates and thank you for [0:56] their leadership. Jesus name we pray. [0:58] Amen. [0:59] >> Amen. [1:02] » To the flag of the United States of [1:05] America and to the republic for which it [1:08] stands, one nation under God, [1:11] indivisible, with liberty and justice [1:14] for all. [1:20] I try to get that. [1:22] >> Uh, need action on regular meeting [1:25] minutes for 8326. [1:28] >> Some moved. [1:29] >> Second. [music] [1:31] >> I have a motion by Vice Mayor Shammy, [1:33] second by Miss Agelston. [1:36] >> Vice Mayor Shammy. [1:39] >> Oh, wait. [1:43] » Yeah. You said Aleston and then Sham. [1:45] >> Yeah. [1:46] >> Sham. [1:47] Eggles. [1:50] » She had I heard both of them at the same [1:54] time, so I picked one. [1:57] >> Mayor Lindseay, [1:58] >> yes. [1:58] >> Councilman Cook, [2:00] >> yes. [2:00] >> Councilman Bond, [2:01] >> yes. [2:02] >> Councilwoman Gro, [2:03] >> uh, abstain. [2:05] >> Councilwoman Wright, [2:06] >> yes. [2:07] >> Councilwoman Egston, [2:08] >> yes. [2:09] >> Vice Mayor Shammy, [2:10] >> yes. [2:13] » Any communications, [2:16] Mr. Hall. [2:18] Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of [2:20] council, members of the public. [2:23] Our departmental reports are attached to [2:25] your council packet. Um, I have most of [2:28] my directors here. If you have any [2:30] questions, [2:32] uh, do you have any questions on any of [2:33] our reports? [2:36] Any questions on any of the reports? [2:38] >> Mr. one. Um, I was looking at the the [2:42] mayor's report and it seems one was from [2:44] June and the other was it just seems [2:47] kind of late. Is there a problem or am I [2:50] missing something which is very [2:52] possible? [2:56] » That's a probably a mistake. [2:59] >> Do what? [2:59] >> That's a mistake. [3:00] >> Oh, okay. It's no biggie really. I just [3:04] >> Well, thank you for pointing that out [3:05] because it was people catch that. So, [3:09] >> okay. [3:11] >> Thanks for pointing that out. [3:13] >> Any other questions? [3:15] from council for the [3:17] manager? [3:19] >> I need a motion to approve the finance [3:21] report. [3:22] >> I moved. [3:23] >> Second. [3:24] >> Motion by Miss Agson, second by Vice [3:26] Mayor Shammy. Any questions? [3:30] >> Ma'am. [3:32] >> Mayor Lindseay. [3:33] >> Yes. [3:33] >> Councilman Cook. [3:34] >> Yes. [3:35] >> Councilman Bond. [3:36] >> Yes. Councilwoman Gro, [3:37] >> yes. [3:38] >> Councilwoman Rice, [3:39] >> yes. [3:39] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [3:41] >> yes. [3:41] >> Vice Mayor Shammy, [3:42] >> yes. [3:43] >> Motion to approve the mayor's uh [3:45] financial court court financials [3:48] moved. [3:49] >> Second. [3:50] >> Motion by Miss Agson. Second by Vice [3:52] Mayor Shammy, any questions, comments, [3:55] concerns? Ma'am, [3:57] >> Mayor Lindseay, [3:58] >> yes. [3:58] >> Counciloman Cook, [3:59] >> yes. [4:00] >> Counciloman Bond, [4:01] >> yes. [4:01] >> Councilwoman Gro, [4:02] >> yes. [4:02] >> Councilwoman Wright, [4:03] >> yes. [4:04] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [4:05] >> yes. Vice Mayor Tammy. [4:06] >> Yes. [4:07] >> Any committee reports. [4:11] » Comments from the members of the public. [4:13] >> I had a couple Excuse me, Mr. Mayor. I [4:15] had a couple discussion topics. [4:17] >> Okay. Go ahead, sir. [4:18] >> Um, so uh this is my first meeting here [4:21] in our uh new meeting hall. Uh coming [4:24] back from my vacation. Uh I did get some [4:27] feedback uh from Mr. Kiko, uh, the [4:30] mayor, a couple of the council members [4:32] about some things that we can do, you [4:34] know, preliminary while we're, you know, [4:37] taking in exactly what the renovations [4:39] and things like that are going to be. [4:41] Um, I know Mr. Kiko uh may have some [4:43] things to add to this, but the AC unit [4:47] wasn't working in the back hall or the [4:49] back of the building. That is the plan [4:51] to do executive sessions back there soon [4:54] as we can. uh this, you know, for those [4:57] who have been over at Heritage Hall, [4:59] typically we would have to ask the [5:00] public uh to leave the building. Um by [5:04] being able to utilize the back room, uh [5:07] the council uh can all go into the back [5:09] room. So, uh we have a dumpster that's [5:12] lined up, uh we have some stuff, uh some [5:15] of the old cushions and things like that we also think is contributing to [5:18] some of the smell that's going on. Those cushions are probably 50, 60 years [5:22] old. Um, I know he uh Mr. Kiko has [5:26] ordered uh some sort of air cleaning [5:29] device that should also kill a lot of [5:32] the bacteria, take the musk and must and [5:34] mold and things like that, the airborne [5:37] allergy type stuff uh to clean the air [5:39] out. Uh we're lining up a commercial [5:42] cleaner. Um this building was vacant for [5:45] a considerable amount of time before we [5:47] came back in. So, we're going to do a [5:48] deep clean of the windows, the walls, [5:51] the carpets, um, and things of that [5:53] nature. Am I missing anything else, Mr. [5:56] Kicko? No, I can just tell you that, uh, [5:59] I've been in this building a lot over [6:00] the last week or two, and I've noticed [6:02] the improvements just from they used to [6:04] set the AC about 80 or so by the papers [6:07] I have up here when they're not here, [6:10] and then drop it to that 72 73°. I think [6:13] that was a lot that contributed to it. [6:15] Now that we we're leaving them at about [6:17] 73 uh 72 73, we I've already noticed in [6:20] the last couple weeks that it's starting [6:22] to get better um as it dehumidifiers or [6:25] dehumidifies. [6:28] Some of the other things too, um we uh [6:31] went ahead and ordered new audiovisisual [6:33] equipment. The sound seems to be one of [6:36] the bigger challenges in here. Um [6:39] uh so I know one of the things that [6:42] we're looking at is some heavy curtains [6:45] to go. We had our IT person come in and [6:48] kind of give us a survey of [6:49] recommendations that should help with [6:51] some of the acoustics with the echo in [6:53] here along with uh better mics uh [6:56] potentially to be able to amplify. We [6:58] may uh even go to like hot mic uh where [7:01] you have like a button that you hit when [7:04] you're about to speak and then that will [7:05] help amplify your voice. [7:07] >> [clears throat] [7:07] >> folks in the public, which I was going [7:09] to ask uh some of the folks in the [7:11] public, how c how is the uh can you hear [7:14] us? Okay. Do you feel okay? So, just letting you know, um you know, we [7:19] realize we're going into budget season. [7:21] Uh so, we're not, you know, looking to, [7:24] you know, sell the farm here or [7:25] anything, you know, spending money on [7:26] this building too high. Uh but we do [7:29] think there's a couple things we need to [7:30] do if we're going to have, you know, [7:32] professional atmosphere for meetings [7:34] like this. Uh the next thing uh that [7:37] came up was a recommendation from Mr. [7:39] Kiko. And this was honestly this was a [7:41] recommendation, not a recommendation [7:43] when I did his appraisal back last [7:45] November, December. Um I asked him, you [7:48] know, some of his goals and objectives [7:50] that he'd like to see done and I had him [7:52] give me, you know, kind of five-year, [7:54] one-year type objectives. One of the [7:57] things that he brought up was the water [7:58] hydraulic study. [8:00] um he's obviously much more intelligent [8:03] in speaking to it, but in layman's [8:05] terms, basically what this would do is [8:07] it would map out our city for for public [8:09] utilities with water. Um one of our [8:12] biggest challenges right now is [8:14] thinking, you know, we're working on our [8:15] comprehensive plan. We're talking about [8:17] the future, what we want, what we don't [8:19] want in town. Uh but the one of the [8:22] things that's most contingent upon any [8:25] sort of development northward is our [8:27] water. Um the elevation in town goes up [8:31] as you head north in town. Um and our [8:34] tower is out on Scarf Road. So the water [8:36] pressure is one of the things that that [8:38] we're concerned with or not necessarily [8:40] concerned, we just don't know. So this [8:42] hydraulic study would be able to give us [8:44] that type of information. It's a could [8:47] probably do it under my 50,000 spending [8:49] cap. But because this is a substantial [8:52] investment, I kind of wanted to talk to [8:55] you all about it before I would, you [8:57] know, spend taxpayer money on a study. [9:00] Um, I do think it would be extremely [9:01] useful. And if I'm missing anything, Mr. [9:04] Kicko, I just want to add that this [9:06] study doesn't just get shelf. This is a [9:08] live document. As in, uh, the minute [9:11] someone comes to us and says, "Hey, I [9:14] want to put a a brewery in, they use a [9:16] lot of water. We're going to use 100,000 [9:18] gallons a day. Where is it going?" So [9:20] this location, we take it to the [9:22] engineer. They plug in all that [9:24] information and it will tell you [9:26] basically it's like Sim City. This docu [9:29] uh they'll be able to tell what will [9:31] happen if they pump at 2:00 a.m. pump at [9:34] 5:00 a.m. pump in the middle of the [9:35] afternoon when everybody's taking a [9:37] shower, that type of thing. It will tell [9:39] anything and everything. If someone ever [9:41] decides they want to build something [9:42] that's three stories, four stories here [9:44] outside of what we already have, it can um you put that in a model and a [9:50] model will tell you what the things you [9:52] need to do a little more accurate than [9:54] just knowing your basic pressures, your [9:56] static pressures at your hydrants and [9:58] stuff like that. You know, we in the [10:00] city can't go around and mimic [10:02] everything that happens in town. So, [10:04] this uh model will do that and then as [10:06] it goes, it never it never dies. it it [10:09] just stays going as long as we keep [10:11] adding to it as we grow or if something [10:13] goes away we can take that away from the [10:15] model and uh keep moving forward with [10:18] it. [10:20] [clears throat] [10:20] >> Any questions on Mr. Bond? [10:22] >> Is this a like a computer program thing [10:26] or is this a service that we pay into or [10:29] >> it's a it's a program. So since there's [10:31] no annual fees, nothing like that to [10:33] maintain. It can be somewhat maintained [10:35] in house, but since we really don't have [10:37] an engineer on staff to input the [10:39] information into it, we will probably go [10:41] to the place where we got it um have it [10:44] built and do that. [10:46] >> So then will there be fees ongoing? Like [10:49] if we do need, hey, can you plug this [10:50] in? Is it like, okay, it's going to be [10:52] 50 bucks every time we ask them to plug [10:54] this data in and give us a reading or [10:56] whatever. [10:57] >> Yes. Yes. No annual fees, but there will [10:59] be a cost to implement this and run the [11:01] model to see what it would do. [11:04] And do we know how much that is? [11:06] >> Um, it ranges. I mean, if you're going [11:07] to put in a m another major development, [11:09] you know, that could be a couple [11:10] thousand dollars. You put in uh just [11:13] building one home, things like that, you [11:14] don't have to do that, right? [11:16] >> But if there's some major industry that [11:17] wants to come in and use utilizes a lot [11:19] of water, then you would want this to be [11:22] able to be put in there. [11:23] >> To put in perspective, the entire cost, [11:25] so I could do it by sections like you [11:28] the the city existing now without the [11:30] developments would be about $25,000. So [11:33] you're looking at about 2500 rooftops, [11:35] $25,000, [11:37] probably looking about $1,000 a rooftop, [11:39] you know, when you add. But if you said, [11:41] and again, I don't want anybody, you [11:43] know, panicstricken or anything, but if [11:45] a Honda plant called up and that was [11:47] something you guys were like, hey, yeah, [11:49] we'd be interested in potentially, you [11:51] know, building this big plant, 500 jobs, [11:54] you know, that'd be something we'd be [11:55] interested in. We would have to pay for [11:57] this study before we would even be able [11:59] to get to the table with some with a [12:01] project like that. [12:02] Um, [12:03] >> and with a model, they can put it right [12:06] in it and not do another study. [12:08] >> Okay, gotcha. [12:09] >> So, it' be a long-term investment, a [12:11] long-term investment strategy. Plus, I [12:13] think our water capital is doing pretty [12:15] well now because of the developments [12:17] with the tap-ins and things like that. [12:18] So, this would be an investment through [12:20] the water department. Uh, and it's again [12:22] kind of getting us come, you know, into [12:24] [clears throat] the future, the, you [12:26] know, the cutting edge. This is what [12:27] other municipalities are utilizing. Um, [12:30] yeah. So that's kind of this I think the [12:34] entire cost if we did our current city [12:37] plus the developments plus anything you [12:40] know potential north that's within the [12:42] city proper uh would be about $56,000. [12:46] So we'd have to do legislation. I would [12:48] like to do it just you know let's you [12:50] know it doesn't really make a lot of [12:52] sense to just do the city and not do [12:54] north of town. So it would be [12:56] potentially upcoming legislation. I just [12:58] wanted to put it out there that we've [13:00] invested some time and resources into [13:02] looking into this and investing in this. [13:04] Um, but that may be, you know, some [13:06] legislation that's coming down the pike [13:08] here. [13:10] The uh on the fees to add say a [13:16] Honda or some manufacturer, could those [13:19] fees be passed off onto that business [13:22] somehow? [13:26] I would say initially no. I mean I don't [13:28] you know unless they're going to put [13:30] some uh pre let's say they had to be [13:32] annexed and you could put in the [13:34] pre-anexation agreement that we're going [13:36] to run a model to make sure you can fit [13:38] within our system and if it does fit [13:41] then it could be charged through you [13:43] know pre-negotiated uh you know fees [13:46] before annexation. Okay, [13:48] >> infrastructure costs things like that. [13:50] >> Okay. Hey, I was just trying to figure [13:53] out if there's some way instead of the [13:55] city paying for it that whoever [13:58] manufacturer or developer wanted to come [14:01] in that we could pass that fee on to [14:03] them to put them into our model. [14:06] >> And if I could just really quick, one of [14:08] the things that could come up with that [14:10] though is, [14:11] you know, something as substantial is [14:13] that we know that we're going to have to [14:15] make an investment in infrastructure for [14:17] water to support something like that. [14:19] But to what scale? Like if we need a [14:21] tower, how big of a tower? Um, so with [14:24] asking, we couldn't even get to the [14:26] pre-anexation agreement because that [14:28] would be one of the the stipulations of [14:30] services, you know, like, hey, I want to [14:33] annex this, you know, parcel of land [14:35] into the city to build this. Our counter [14:39] is, can we support it? And the answer [14:41] is, we can, but we're going to have to [14:45] invest in infrastructure. the model [14:46] tells us how much infrastructure we [14:48] would have to invest in. [14:49] >> Okay. [14:50] >> So that would be kind of how the [14:51] investment piece, you know, would work. [14:53] >> Okay. [14:54] >> So, sorry, [14:55] >> Mrs. R. [14:56] >> Well, that was kind of my question. You [14:57] sort of answered it because we know if [14:59] we need more water, we're going to have [15:01] to put a tower out that way. So, I just [15:04] didn't know if it was redundant to do [15:06] that and then have to put the tower in [15:08] anyway. What does a tower cost for a [15:10] smaller tower like the one on Scarf? [15:13] >> Oh, yeah. The one on the one [15:15] [clears throat] on scarf if you're I [15:16] just heard the per foot. Um you're [15:19] probably close to two mil 2 and a half [15:21] mil for a water tower. Wow. Okay. [15:23] >> Water towers are very expensive. [15:28] » How many gallons does that tower on [15:31] scarf hold? [15:32] >> It holds 1.7 million. Um you usable is [15:35] about a million or a little bit less. [15:38] And if we build a new tower, what would [15:40] size-wise would we have to go? [15:43] Guesstimate [15:44] >> minimum probably 250 probably to 500 [15:48] 500,000. [15:50] >> We have storage underground because we [15:52] have generator backup. So we meet the [15:55] minimum daily required uh storage that [15:58] if everything [clears throat] the tower [16:00] went empty, we could pump the system [16:02] from uh generator back up. Okay. Okay. [16:07] Mr. Halt, anything else? [16:09] >> That concludes the city manager report. [16:11] >> Anybody have any more questions for the [16:13] manager? [16:15] >> No, [16:15] >> I do have one more. It was about the [16:17] carpet. You said you were going to get [16:18] the carpet cleaned in here. [16:20] >> Um I don't know is is do we have wood [16:23] floors under here? [16:24] >> We're very curious to find out. [16:25] >> So I was underneath saw the initial [16:28] plank, but I don't know if there's [16:29] hardwood on top of those. They usually [16:31] go at an angle. Um, the ones underneath [16:34] run this direction with the building. [16:36] Typically, those would run on an angle [16:37] for hardwood and they're not. So, I [16:39] don't know what is really underneath [16:41] this. [16:42] >> Okay. I just It's a big expense. We're [16:44] probably going to have to replace this [16:45] carpet anyways. It's kind of dirty. I [16:47] don't know. Is it cost worthy to wash [16:50] it? That was my thought cuz cleaning [16:52] this is a very big carpet. It's And I [16:55] know a new carpet's going to be [16:56] expensive. Once I get the device in and [17:00] this may not be it, but we we know down [17:02] in the basement there's just old carpet. [17:04] This just laying in the middle where [17:05] everybody's been walking on and it's [17:07] dirty. It's concrete. We're going to get [17:08] that out of here first [17:10] >> and see if that is the I mean [17:12] >> they kept this clean cuz this is where [17:14] everybody occupied. So, [17:15] >> yeah, it's still carpet. [17:17] >> We're going to get the old stuff out, [17:18] the old old dirty stuff out first and [17:21] see. [17:22] >> Okay, good enough. [17:27] Okay. Uh, comments from the members of [17:30] the public. You're up. If anybody like [17:33] to come and say something, [17:42] » Janelle Zimmerman, 219 Apprentice Drive. [17:45] Um, I'd really like to say I was glad to [17:48] hear what you said about the things [17:49] you're going to be doing [17:52] uh to combat all this mustiness and [17:54] stuff. Last meeting I was at, I could [17:57] barely breathe in here. It's slightly [17:59] better tonight, but um that was one [18:02] thing that really concerned me about [18:04] getting this building is the money it's [18:06] going to take to keep it clean and keep [18:10] it, you know, it's a it's huge [18:13] buildings. That's going to just going to [18:15] be a lot. But I was glad to hear that [18:17] you're going to do all those things cuz [18:18] I think that's going to be really [18:20] helpful. Made me feel a lot better. So [18:24] I think that's all I wanted to comment [18:27] on. Oh, did they get that pothole fixed [18:30] out here? [18:31] >> Which pothole? [18:32] >> The one in the [laughter] [18:34] I got the point energy doing a lot of [18:36] work. So there see I sent you a message [18:39] about it about said let us know about [18:42] potholes and if you go down that alley [18:44] if you're not on the right side you [18:46] could lose your car cuz it's like this [18:49] big around and that deep [18:51] >> and so [18:53] I just went out that way last time I I [18:55] come in the other way but [18:56] >> you're talking about the alley here [18:57] >> right the alley here right [18:58] >> okay I'll make a note of it [19:00] >> okay yeah cuz it's not very nice to [19:02] invite people to come and then when they [19:04] leave they fall into that [19:07] But I think that I think that's all. [19:10] Thank you. [19:11] >> Thank you. Speaking of potholes, sir, [19:14] they uh there's an alley between [19:20] Corey and Smith. We've talked about it [19:24] before. I guess that holds back from [19:26] where the gravel was. [19:28] >> In my report, I had stated I would have [19:29] all the alleys, touchup of clay, and [19:32] church done by August 14th. And as you [19:35] know, we've been hit with the monsoons. [19:37] So now we're about we're close [19:39] [clears throat] to two weeks behind on [19:40] when that was supposed to be done. [19:41] >> Okay. Any other members of the public [19:44] like to speak this evening? [19:48] >> Hearing none. Ma'am, [19:53] » we'll go to resolutions. [19:55] [clears throat and cough] [19:57] » We have resolutions. We have three intro [20:00] and four action. Resolution 2026-17R. [20:03] Introduction on 83 of 26 public hearing [20:06] and action tonight. A resolution [20:08] adopting the 2027 to 2031 capital [20:11] improvement program for the city of New [20:13] Car, Ohio. [20:16] >> So move. [20:19] >> Second. [20:20] >> I have a motion by Vice Mayor Sham, [20:22] second by Mrs. Wright. Mr. Hall. [20:25] >> Yes. A summary of this. This is our uh [20:28] proposed capital improvement plan for [20:30] the next five years. [20:32] Um, [20:34] by state law, this has to be done 90 [20:36] days before you approve the budget. So, [20:38] that's why we introduce it now. Um, I [20:42] know talking with some, uh, several of [20:44] the council members and over, you know, [20:47] the course of the last, you know, year, [20:49] we've talked about many different [20:51] capital projects to include this [20:53] building. Um, so I think as we go into [20:56] the budget season, you know, these these [20:58] this is, you know, just proposed numbers [21:00] in the capital improvement plan. Um, but [21:02] you know, make considerations about, you [21:04] know, the pool and, you know, some of [21:06] our other infrastructure in town and [21:08] things like that and we'll hash that [21:10] stuff out when we start doing dollars [21:12] and cents and the budget workshop. [21:14] >> Okay. Any questions for the manager? [21:17] >> Ma'am, [21:19] Councilwoman Egleston? [21:22] >> Yes. [21:23] Vice Mayor Tammy. [21:25] >> Yes. [21:25] >> Mayor Lindseay, [21:26] >> yes. [21:27] >> Councilman Cook, [21:28] >> yes. [21:28] >> Councilman Bond, [21:29] >> yes. [21:30] >> Councilwoman Gro, [21:31] >> yes. [21:31] >> Councilwoman Wright, [21:32] >> yes. [21:42] » Resolution 2026-20R, [21:44] introduction, public hearing, and action [21:46] tonight. A resolution adding an [21:47] authorized signatory for all financial [21:49] accounts of the city of Ukraine. [21:51] >> So move. Motion by Vice Mayor Shammy, [21:54] second by Miss Agelston. [21:56] Sir. [21:57] >> Uh, yes, Mr. Mayor. So, essentially what [21:59] this is is to add Mr. Nichols, our new [22:01] finance director, uh, to be able to sign [22:03] checks on all of our accounts. [22:06] >> And then it's also uh keeping the the [22:09] names that are uh currently on that [22:11] list. [22:13] >> Okay. [22:15] Any other questions, ma'am? Um, Mrs. [22:19] Wright, [22:19] >> I was just going to ask Miss Colleen's [22:21] name. um going to be removed then the [22:23] day she [22:24] >> when when we have to do this again in [22:26] January when she retires then we have to [22:29] do it again to remove her name and [22:31] because they have to go to the bank and [22:32] do all that so they'll have to sign all [22:34] new cards to my understanding [22:36] >> uh without uh Mrs. terrorist on there. [22:40] But until then, she's a signer. [22:43] >> Love her. [22:45] >> Ma'am, [22:45] >> Vice Mayor Shammy. [22:46] >> Yes. [22:47] >> Mayor Lindsay. [22:48] >> Yes. [22:48] >> Councilman Cook. [22:49] >> Yes. [22:49] >> Councilman Bond. [22:50] >> Yes. [22:51] >> Councilwoman Gro. [22:52] >> Yeah. Yes. [22:53] >> Councilwoman Wright. [22:54] >> Yes. [22:54] >> Councilwoman Edston. [22:56] >> Yes. [22:59] » Resolution 2026-21R. [23:02] Introduction public hearing and action [23:03] tonight. a resolution authorizing a [23:05] contract for the purchase of natural [23:07] gas. [23:09] >> Second motion by Miss Agson, second by [23:12] Vice Mayor Shami. Sir, so this summary [23:15] is going to bleed into the next [23:16] resolution. Uh, essentially IGS is our [23:19] energy provider for the city. Um, every [23:22] so many years we have to negotiate our [23:24] rates. Um, what the benefits of being in [23:27] the municipality is we have the ability [23:28] to negotiate and to lock in rates for a [23:31] certain period of time. Now, energy has [23:34] been a very interesting and a little bit [23:37] scary of a situation currently in our [23:39] country right now. Um, and data centers, [23:42] you know, while New Carile, you know, [23:45] the the council approved banning those, [23:47] we share a grid all the way to New York [23:49] City. So, we can't control data centers [23:52] that are going up all over the place in [23:53] Pennsylvania and Ohio and in the [23:55] Northeast. Um, and that has seen, you [23:59] know, a significant impact to energy [24:01] costs. That's where you're starting to [24:02] see, you know, and even the, you know, [24:04] some of the governors who are running [24:06] for the current race right now are [24:07] talking about making the energy [24:09] companies pay, you know, their portion [24:12] to reduce this this raise. So, there is [24:16] actually a reduction in our rates for [24:19] natural gas if you look at the [24:20] legislation, but there is an increase in [24:24] electrical. Um, percentage- wise, you're [24:27] looking at saving about 20% on your gas [24:29] bill, but your electric bill is going to [24:31] go up about 30%. [24:33] Um, one of the things that we negotiated [24:36] with this deal though that we didn't [24:38] have was first off at the trajectory [24:42] that we're going, it looks like energy [24:44] costs are just going to continue to go [24:46] up. So, I wanted to lock it in for 5 [24:48] years to try to control that with the [24:51] caveat put into the contract that we at [24:55] if there's any drastic uh changes where [24:58] it's a reduction in the cost, we can [25:01] renegotiate our contract and freeze [25:03] those rates at that time. So, to me, [25:06] that was the best deal that I could come [25:08] up with negotiating with IGS. So, that's [25:11] again, like I said, first one's for gas, [25:13] second one's for electric. Um, so what [25:16] you got? [25:16] >> Any questions, Mrs. Right? [25:18] >> Uh, yeah. Um, you said we, and I'm [25:20] assuming you mean the city. Is there any [25:22] way that you can put all the citizens in [25:24] that same plan and get an even better [25:26] rate? I mean, I, for one, would like to [25:29] pay a lot less than I do right now. If the citizens in New Carl could [25:33] benefit by that arrangement, that would [25:36] be really nice. [25:39] >> So, for many years, Bethl Township has [25:40] the aggregation, which New Carlau was [25:42] part of. Um, so when you get that letter [25:45] in the mail, there is already an [25:46] aggregation um for residents. And if you [25:50] think that you might have an opportunity [25:51] to lower it than that, lower uh than [25:54] what you um Bezel Township has um [25:57] aggregated for, you can go to the Apples [26:00] to Apples website and search other ones. [26:03] Some have a monthly fee, some have an [26:06] annual fee. Uh some will be cheaper, but [26:08] it's only for a 3-month term. There's [26:11] various ones on there, but the general [26:13] um the one I get at my house is the same [26:15] one everybody here can opt in or opt [26:17] out. Um is the best rate currently [26:21] unless you want to do the tennis ball [26:23] thing of back and forth of uh changing [26:26] agreements and contracts on the apples [26:28] to apples website. So there is other [26:29] options. You just have to go through [26:31] those other suppliers um to do that. So, [26:35] this price will be on there next time we [26:37] look because this wasn't on there when I [26:39] looked not very long ago. [26:40] >> So, the municipality may get a little [26:42] bit lower um price, but they won't [26:45] negotiate that for all the residents. [26:46] They're aggregating on a completely [26:48] different thing. We have water plants, [26:50] wastewater plants, things like that. Um [26:52] but there are some actually cheaper than [26:54] this on the site. Like again, you can do [26:57] the 3 months. [27:00] >> Yeah. And and juggle uh juggling it [27:02] around. [27:02] >> Okay. Thanks. Any other questions, [27:06] comments? Ma'am, [27:07] >> Mayor Lindseay, [27:08] >> yes. [27:09] >> Councilman Cook, [27:10] >> yes. [27:10] >> Councilman Bond, [27:11] >> yes. [27:11] >> Councilwoman Gro, [27:12] >> yes. [27:13] >> Councilwoman Wright, [27:14] >> yes. [27:15] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [27:16] >> yes. [27:16] >> Vice Mayor Shammy, [27:17] >> yes. [27:21] » Resolution 2026-22R, [27:23] introduction, public hearing, and action [27:24] tonight. A resolution authorizing [27:26] contracts for the purchase of [27:28] electricity. So, [27:28] >> move second. [27:30] >> Motion by Vice Mayor Shami, second by [27:32] Miss Agelston. [27:33] Uh, I think the city manager already [27:35] answered uh this one. If there's any [27:38] questions [27:41] hearing none, ma'am. [27:42] >> Vice Mayor Shammy. [27:43] >> Yes. [27:44] >> Mayor Lindseay, [27:44] >> yes. [27:45] >> Councilman Cook, [27:46] >> yes. [27:46] >> Councilman Bond, [27:47] >> yes. [27:48] >> Councilwoman Gro, [27:49] >> yes. [27:49] >> Councilwoman Wright, [27:50] >> yes. [27:51] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [27:52] >> yes. [27:55] » For ordinances, we have two intro and [27:57] seven action. Ordinance 2026-24, [28:00] introduction on 83 of 26, public hearing [28:02] and action tonight. An ordinance [28:04] determining to proceed with the [28:05] improvement of certain public streets [28:07] located within the corporate limits of [28:09] the city of New Carlile, Ohio, and [28:11] within the reserves at Honey Creek [28:12] section one light section one street [28:15] lighting district by lighting them. [28:17] >> So move second. [28:19] >> Motion by Vice Mayor Shammy, second by [28:21] Miss Agelston. Sir. [28:23] >> Okay. So these ordinances are a [28:26] [clears throat] little goofy how the [28:27] state uh has us do these. This is for [28:30] our street light assessments. Basically [28:32] what this is doing is uh establishing uh [28:36] the reserves at Twin Creeks which is the [28:37] Dr. Horton development their street [28:39] light uh assessment. So this is for us [28:42] to proceed. You're going to see almost [28:44] well you it will be identical language [28:47] that's coming up in the next ordinance [28:49] and and that is for us to be able to [28:52] levy those assessments. So, first to [28:54] proceed, if it proceeds, do you want to [28:56] levy against them? And that would [28:58] establish the street light assessments [29:00] for Dr. Horton. [29:03] >> Any questions, comments, [29:05] >> ma'am? [29:07] >> Vice Mayor Shammy? [29:08] >> Yes. [29:08] >> Mayor Lindseay? [29:09] >> Yes. [29:09] >> Councilman Cook, [29:10] >> yes. [29:11] >> Councilman Bond, [29:12] >> yes. [29:12] >> Councilwoman Gro, [29:13] >> yes. [29:13] >> Councilwoman Wright, [29:14] >> yes. [29:15] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [29:16] >> yes. [29:20] Ordinance 2026-25, [29:22] introduction on 83 of 26, public hearing [29:25] and action tonight. An ordinance levying [29:27] assessments for the improvement of [29:29] certain public streets located within [29:30] the corporate limits of the city of New [29:32] Carile, Ohio, and within the reserves at [29:34] Honey Creek section 1 Street lighting [29:36] district by lighting them. [29:37] >> Move. [29:38] >> Motion by Vice Mayor Sammy, second by [29:40] Miss Agelson. And I think the manager's [29:42] already explained this one. Is there any [29:44] questions or comments on it? Hearing [29:47] none. Ma'am, [29:48] >> Vice Mayor Shammy, [29:49] >> yes. [29:50] >> Mayor Lindseay, [29:50] >> yes. [29:51] >> Councilman Cook, [29:52] >> yes. [29:52] >> Councilman Bond, [29:53] >> yes. [29:54] >> Councilwoman Grove, [29:55] >> yes. [clears throat] [29:55] >> Councilwoman Wright, [29:56] >> yes. [29:56] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [29:58] >> yes. [30:00] >> Ordinance 2026-26. [30:03] Ordinance introduction on 83 of 26, [30:06] public hearing and action tonight. An [30:08] ordinance determining to proceed with [30:09] the improvement of certain public [30:10] streets located within the corporate [30:12] limits of the city of New Carile, Ohio [30:14] by lighting them. Sir second. [30:16] >> Motion by Vice Mayor Shami, second by [30:18] Miss Agson. Sir. [30:20] >> Okay. Yeah. So, pretty much like uh the [30:23] one before. So, we're establishing uh [30:26] Dr. Horton. Now, we're talking about our [30:28] existing street light assessments. [30:31] So, uh this would be to proceed with the [30:34] street light assessments for the first [30:36] for the rest of the city. The second [30:38] would be to let [30:42] » him for Arbor House. [30:44] >> Questions, comments? [30:46] >> Ma'am, [30:48] >> Vice Mayor Shammy, [30:49] >> yes. [30:49] >> Mayor Lindseay, [30:50] >> yes. [30:50] >> Councilman Cook, [30:51] >> yes. [30:52] >> Councilman Bond, [30:53] >> yes. [30:53] >> Councilwoman Grove, [30:54] >> yes. [30:55] >> Councilwoman Wright, [30:56] >> yes. [30:56] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [30:57] >> yes. [31:00] >> Ordinance 2026-27, [31:02] introduction on 83 of 26, public hearing [31:05] and action tonight. an ordinance levying [31:07] assessments for the improvement of [31:08] certain public public streets located [31:11] within the corporate limits of the city [31:12] of New Carile, Ohio by lighting them. So [31:14] moved. [31:16] >> Second. [31:16] >> Motion by Miss Agson, second by Vice [31:18] Mayor Shammy. [31:23] I believe the manager's already [31:24] explained this one, but I do have a [31:26] question for the manager. [31:28] When will these uh for the [31:33] city be able to pay these in advance [31:36] instead of having to put on their taxes? [31:40] >> Is there a date that we can do that [31:44] street? [31:45] >> You mean for the street light [31:46] assessments? [31:47] >> Yes. Uh so that was removed from this uh [31:51] from that legislation this year per the [31:54] request of u uh [31:56] >> so the taxes in [31:59] >> yes [31:59] >> okay [32:00] >> because I guess too few people uh [32:02] utilize that option and it always caused [32:04] more of a administrative headache. [32:06] >> Okay, makes sense. [clears throat] [32:09] Any other questions, comments, concerns? [32:11] Ma'am, [32:12] >> Mayor Lindseay, [32:13] >> yes. [32:13] >> Councilman Cook, [32:14] >> yes. [32:15] >> Councilman Bond, [32:16] >> yes. Councilwoman Gro, [32:17] >> yes. [32:18] >> Councilwoman Wright, [32:19] >> yes. [32:19] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [32:20] >> yes. [32:21] >> Vice Mayor Shammy, [32:22] >> yes. [32:24] >> Ordinance 2026-28, [32:27] introduction on 83 of 26, public hearing [32:29] and action tonight, an ordinance [32:31] certifying to the Clark County Auditor [32:33] and authorizing placement on the tax [32:35] duplicate of certain unpaid weed and [32:37] grass cutting assessments for the [32:39] collection for collection with real [32:40] estate taxes. [32:42] >> So move second. Motion by Miss Aerson, [32:45] second by Vice Mayor Shimmy. Sir, [32:48] >> uh, so yes, Mr. Mayor, I got some more [32:50] housekeeping. Uh, this is our weed and [32:52] grass abatement balance. [32:55] >> Okay. Any comments, questions? Mrs. Ray, [32:58] >> is this for the whole last year or is [33:00] this for a different amount of time? [33:04] >> It's for all the last year. This I mean [33:06] this current growing season. [33:07] >> The current this current year. Okay. [33:09] It runs from July of 2025, I'm sorry, [33:13] August of 2025 through July. [33:16] >> Okay. So, yeah, a year then that's good. [33:18] Um, I'm concerned how [33:31] high those are. And is that from us [33:34] cutting for these people? And that's [33:36] what that is. [33:39] I I hope people understand how much it [33:41] costs them. [33:43] You know, I just that it worries me that [33:45] people don't realize this all goes onto [33:47] your taxes if you don't mow your own [33:49] grass. I guess that's all I [33:53] >> You've had this problem for multiple [33:55] years. [33:55] >> I know we have and and I just hope that [33:58] people are aware that's [34:00] >> Any other questions, comments, concerns? [34:02] >> Ma'am, [34:03] >> Mayor Lindseay, [34:04] >> yes. [34:04] >> Councilman Cook, [34:05] >> yes. [34:06] >> Councilman Bond, [34:07] >> yes. Councilwoman Gro, [34:08] >> yes. [34:09] >> Councilwoman Wright, [34:10] >> yes. [34:10] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [34:11] >> yes. [34:12] >> Vice Mayor Shammy, [34:13] >> yes. [34:15] >> Ordinance 2026-29, [34:17] introduction on A326, public hearing and [34:20] action tonight, an ordinance certifying [34:22] to the Clark County Auditor and [34:23] authorizing placement on tax duplicate [34:25] certain delinquent [clears throat] [34:26] utility accounts for collection with [34:28] real estate taxes. [34:30] >> Move. Second. [34:31] >> Motion by Miss Aglesen, seconded by Vice [34:33] Mayor Shammy. Sir, [34:35] >> so again, more housekeeping. Now we're [34:37] talking to utility account balances. [34:41] >> Ma'am, [34:41] >> another question. Um, do we not just [34:44] turn their water off when it gets to a [34:46] certain point? At what point do we turn [34:48] their water off? [34:50] >> Uh, once they're delinquent. [34:52] >> Well, um, that can't be a monthly bill. [34:57] I I don't know. However, $5,000 would be [35:00] a, [35:00] >> you know, m Miss Harris. [35:03] >> We do have a limit for the shut offs. [35:05] The normal, a lot of these are either a [35:08] water leak, an abandoned um house. It [35:11] could be they're just unpaid and they're [35:13] in transition, somebody left. So, these [35:16] are just uncollected and they are shut [35:18] off. So, these are [35:19] >> they are shut off. They're not [35:22] >> That's really big. I didn't realize a [35:24] water bill could get that large. That's [35:26] really big. Any [35:29] other comments, questions, concerns, [35:33] ma'am? [35:34] >> Mayor Lindseay, [35:35] >> yes. [35:36] >> Councilman Cook, [35:36] >> yes. [35:37] >> Councilman Bond, [35:38] >> yes. [35:38] >> Councilwoman Grow, [35:39] >> yes. [35:40] >> Councilwoman Wright, [35:41] >> yes. [35:41] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [35:43] >> yes. [35:43] >> Vice Mayor Shammy, [35:44] >> yes. [35:47] [clears throat] [35:47] >> Ordinance 2026-31E, [35:49] introduction, public hearing, and action [35:51] tonight. an ordinance amending chapter [35:53] 276 of the codified ordinance of the [35:55] city of New Carile, Ohio for the purpose [35:57] of establishing a comprehensive plan [35:59] steering commission and declaring it an [36:01] emergency. [36:06] » Got a motion. Do I have a second? [36:08] >> Second. [36:10] >> Motion by Vice Mayor Shammy, second by [36:12] Mrs. Wright. Sir, [36:14] >> so I attempted to watch our previous [36:17] council meeting, but our audio wasn't [36:19] working. Uh so forgive me uh for those [36:23] who've already heard about this. Um Mr. [36:25] Moore uh I believe along with Mr. Kiko [36:28] talked to you all about this. Uh this [36:30] was one of my initial objectives upon [36:33] getting hired back a year and a half ago [36:35] at this point. Um is we need to have a [36:38] comprehensive plan. The city is rapidly [36:40] growing right now. Uh we're very [36:42] attractive to a lot of other investors [36:45] and developers. Um we've gone through a [36:48] series of moratoriums through the spring [36:50] and the early summer of establishing the [36:53] things we do not want in this town. Um [36:56] at this point uh we have compiled a [37:00] draft of a comprehensive plan. Uh we ran [37:04] a community survey with uh a couple [37:07] hundred responses. [37:09] Um now the next phase is what I believe [37:12] will be the best most prudent thing is [37:14] to encourage a team of people from the [37:16] public to go through our data to go [37:19] through our drafted plan and to provide [37:22] you all with feedback. Uh the way I [37:24] envision this working is very similar to [37:27] when I served on the city charter [37:28] commission uh 5 years ago. [cough] [37:32] [clears throat] This would be a [37:33] strategic team that would meet regularly [37:36] uh most likely by by month uh twice a [37:40] month and um at certain periods in time [37:43] I would recommend that they do joint [37:45] sessions to give updates of of where [37:48] they're at through the comprehensive [37:50] plan uh town hall style meetings where [37:53] members of the public would be able to [37:55] ask questions you know from both the [37:58] council and the steering committee along [38:00] with the administration. [38:02] Um me and Mr. Moore primarily would be [38:04] there to facilitate and answer questions [38:06] to the team. Um I think one of the [38:10] things that would work best is to have [38:11] five primaries and two alternates. Um so [38:15] then you'd have a couple people on [38:16] standby so you wouldn't have to worry [38:18] about quorum issues as much. Uh I think [38:21] there was a question about if a member [38:24] is serving on another board [38:27] um can they also serve on the steering [38:29] committee? I'll let the law director uh [38:32] speak deeper into it if you would like. [38:34] Uh but it it is my understanding that [38:37] they can uh this is a a short uh [38:41] strategic team. Um it's not a chartered [38:44] sanctioned board. These are not we would [38:46] not be accepting applications of city [38:48] employees or any of you all as elected [38:51] officials. Um so that's my spiel on [38:56] >> comments, questions, concerns. This is [38:59] right. [38:59] >> Just one. Um, I don't know that five [39:02] people is enough to give a a good, [39:06] you know, there's some people that know [39:07] a lot about this. Some people know a lot [39:09] about this. Some people have great ideas [39:11] about in general stuff. I was thinking [39:14] seven would be a more appropriate [39:15] number. That's all. [39:18] >> Okay. Mr. [39:21] I'd like to hear the law director's [39:25] comments on other people serving on [39:29] >> Yeah. Uh, so there's a charter [39:30] restriction on planning board members [39:33] and BZA members serving on other city [39:36] offices, but long-standing Ohio Supreme [39:40] Court case law uh basically has ruled [39:43] that these types of advisory only type [39:48] boards uh that are temporary aren't [39:50] considered public offices. So they don't [39:53] resolve there's no uh conflict there. [39:56] there's no issue because they don't [39:58] exercise any authority. They can't spend [40:01] money. They can't make binding [40:03] decisions, anything like that. It's [40:05] simply just to gather information and [40:07] provide recommendations. [40:10] So, because of that, it's not an issue. [40:12] And a lot of other municipalities um [40:15] have similar charter restrictions and [40:18] they form similar commissions with [40:20] members of BZA and planning board [40:23] serving. And sometimes they'll [40:24] specifically even say that, you know, [40:27] one member has to be from BZA, one [40:30] member from the planning board. So they [40:32] structure it that way. I don't see any [40:33] issues. [40:38] Anybody else? Mr. Bond, you thinking [40:41] something? Okay, [40:44] >> ma'am. [40:45] >> Councilwoman Egleston? [40:46] >> Yes. [40:47] >> Vice Mayor Shammy? [40:48] >> Yes. [40:48] >> Mayor Lindseay? [40:49] >> Yes. [40:49] >> Councilman Cook, [40:50] >> yes. [40:51] >> Councilman Bond, [40:52] >> yes. Counciloman Gro, [40:53] >> yes. [40:54] >> Councilman Ray, [40:55] >> no. [41:00] » Ordinance 2026-32, [41:02] introduction tonight, public hearing and [41:04] action on 9826, an ordin ordinance [41:07] authorizing city-owned personal property [41:09] which is not needed for public use or is [41:12] obsolete or unfit for the use for which [41:14] it is acquired and that has no value to [41:17] be discarded or salvaged. [41:22] This is just for reading. [41:25] >> And other business, additional city [41:27] business, the first day of school for [41:28] Dumpsa is August 19th. City offices will [41:31] be closed September 7th for Labor Day. [41:33] And on August 31st is the joint board um [41:36] meeting with Bethl Township. Meal starts [41:38] at 6:00. Meeting starts at 6:30. Open [41:41] for discussion on city related business. [41:47] If C council saw the uh transportation [41:50] year and review annual report that I [41:53] placed at all your tables, this is the [41:55] report from the transportation [41:57] coordination committee in Springfield [42:00] for Clark County that Mr. Ko and I [42:03] attend. Mr. Hall attended uh the last [42:06] one with us. It's just what they've been [42:09] doing in the last year. [42:12] When they do anything that involves us, [42:16] Mr. Kitco [42:18] has us. That's council knows about it. [42:21] Like when he gets grants and stuff, they [42:23] usually come from there. Anybody else [42:25] have anything else? [42:29] » Mr. Cook, [42:32] >> how are we doing on the uh liquor [42:35] petitions? [42:36] >> They've been turned in. To my knowledge, [42:38] >> we received a response today. So, uh, [42:42] all petitions for Carl one and five will [42:46] be on the ballot. Uh, for Carl 4, [42:51] uh, only one petition will be on the [42:53] ballot. They didn't there there weren't [42:54] enough ballot signatures. The only issue [42:57] that'll go on the ballot is Sunday [42:59] sales, which um, there won't be anything [43:02] to sell uh, for that because that only [43:05] required 50 signatures. But basically, [43:08] Carl Ford didn't get enough signatures. [43:10] The other ones are good. [clears throat] [43:14] » All right, next question. How do we [43:16] stand on the mural? [43:19] >> It's not city business. That's private. [43:26] Any other questions? [43:30] Council good. Administration good. [43:34] I entertain a motion to adjurnn. [43:36] >> Move to adjourn. Second. Motion by Miss [43:40] Agelston, second by vice vers. We're [43:43] journed. [43:46] >> Oh, we need [43:50] » We don't know the call. [43:52] >> Go ahead. [43:53] >> Mayor Lindsay, [43:54] >> yes. [43:55] >> Councilman Cook, [43:56] >> yes. [43:56] >> Councilman Bond, [43:57] >> yes. [43:58] >> Councilman Gro, [43:59] >> yes. [43:59] >> Councilwoman Wright, [44:00] >> yes. [44:00] >> Councilwoman Egleston, [44:02] >> yes. [clears throat] [44:02] >> Vice Mayor Shammy, [44:04] >> yes.