August 17th, 2026. Time is 700 p.m.
Please stand. Tonight's opening prayer
will be delivered by Father Nick Papius
of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox
Church. And remain standing for the
Pledge of Allegiance.
>> Let us pray.
Almighty God, Lord Jesus Christ, our
help and refuge,
source of all wisdom and pillar of
strength,
you who in your inexpressable love
visited mankind and bestowed your
blessing upon all those who entreated
you. We know, oh master, that without
you, we are powerless. We firmly believe
that apart from you, we can do nothing.
We pray to you at this time and we ask
if you send down your grace upon this
assembly and upon the members here
present and enable them to complete the
tasks which they are about to undertake.
For your servants here have chosen
putting their strength putting their
trust in your strength to gather and
work for the good of this city of North
K. Bless them and all their
undertakings.
protect them against all evil influence
and bestow upon them all those who work
here your peace, your love, your
concord, and your justice.
Grant to your servants abundant mercy
and direct their steps to every good
work. Help them to accomplish these
tasks faithfully and diligently so that
the completion of their work may be
proved to be helpful to ourselves and to
others and that they may be striving to
bring glory to your name. For you are
the God of mercy, compassion, and love
for mankind. And to you we give all
glory and praise together with your
beginningless father and your all holy
good and lifegreating spirit now and
forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
>> Amen.
To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
» Mr. Call the role.
>> Member Pont
>> here. Member Wyrick here.
>> Member Matheni
>> here. Member Mlester
>> here.
>> Member Pratt here.
>> Member Stock
>> here. Second present.
>> I will make a motion to approve as
presented the minutes from the July 6th,
2026 council meeting. Can I get a
second?
>> Second.
>> All in favor?
>> Opposed? Motion carries.
At this time, council invites Uplift
North Canton to the floor to speak on
the organization's community service
efforts. Go.
Thank you.
I appreciate the opportunity to to speak
tonight.
Catherine thought it might be wise to
introduce you to what we've been working
with for the last few months. And it is
called Uplift North Canton. And I just
want to read for you the mission
statement that we have for the
organization. Uplift North camp exists
to bring people together through
service, compassion, and volunteerism to
beautify our city, support our
neighbors, and strengthen our
community's pride.
2026 is the inaugural year year for this
event. Um, uh, Saturday, September 12th
is is when this event is actually going
to happen, which I'll explain here in
just a moment, but we're hoping it's
going to become an annual event that's
going to take place every year in
different areas of our city.
So, Uplift North Canton is a community
project that's aimed at improving our
neighborhoods in bringing together our
community in faith and in service to one
another. Neighbors helping neighbors
thing. Uh, this initiative is a
collaboration between the North Canton
Ministerial Ors,
the city of North Canton, uh, the school
system as well as a few of the other
organizations in town. And uh it
represents our commitment to make an
impact upon the community to better the
community and to bring us together and
closer working in a more close
relationship.
What it is is we're focusing on a group
of our neighbors to provide them with
outdoor home repairs and improvements at
no cost to the homeowner.
And that's going to be things like
weeding and mulching, cleaning out
gutters, uh trimming bushes, uh yard
cleanup, uh first story gutter cleaning,
power washing their homes, that type of
thing we're going to be doing. And
throughout this project, we want to
bring people together through service
and compassion and volunteerism,
supporting our neighbors, and in as a
result also bringing along the community
pride.
And this organization started when the
North Kent Ministerial Association
observed the work of other organizations
in other cities that were having an
impact on improving their neighborhoods
and their cities. And we're talking
things like Impact Masselon and Impact
Canton and First Serve Akan that we look
to as examples of things that can be
done here. And Impact Masson is one has
existed the longest in in this uh this
area. Um, Impact Masselon and First
Serve Akran are both led by church
groups. First, uh, if you look at impact
mass, they're led by the Masslin
Association of uh, churches and then the
first serve Akran is led by the uh,
first community church in Hudson.
Now, impact Canton is a little bit
different. there led by the community
building partnership whose CEO is Kathy
Katazar Perry who had been the longtime
mayor of Masselon and probably seemingly
took that idea over to Canton because
they had their first event this summer
already in improving some areas in
Canton.
But Uplift North Canton is kind of a
hybrid between those two. It's actually
uh been proposed originally by the North
Canton Ministerial Association to the
city of North Canton. We had a meeting
with the mayor and with the city
administrator and a few others in the
city and we came up with an enthusiastic
support from the city and decided to
collaborate on this effort to bring
everybody together in working towards
the goal of of
improving the city but also improving
relationships of the neighbors within
this city.
So a steering committee was established
and consisted of members of the
ministerial association, some of the
administration of the city of North
Canton, some members of the North Canton
city school system and worked to develop
the details and structure of the project
and some members of the steering
committee you may already know.
Katherine Lonar is on the steering
committee. Michael Elkins is on a
steering committee. Uh Kyra Baker from
the mayor's office is on the steering
committee as well as um the assistance
athletics director uh at the high school
and the care uh team family support
specialist at the high school is also
part of that steering committee as well
as five members of the ministerial
association uh making up that group.
So to get us off the ground we thought
why reinvent the wheel. So we went and
enlisted the the help of the former
longtime director of impact mass. He had
done it for quite a few years and he
also consulted for impact canc and he
helped us develop some of the groundwork
of the of the program that we need and
of course we came in working on about
half the length of time that they
normally require. So we were kind of
pushing our way through it.
Now, neighborhoods are chosen in areas
where residents we feel can benefit the
most from the exterior home repairs and
yard cleanup and volunteer work uh in
the city. And Uplift North Canton met
with the city uh or and city officials.
They gave us some input. They gave us
recommendations. Uh we solicited the
residents of an area that they pointed
us towards and uh sent them letters
ahead of time. the mayor sent a letter
of of support and then we moved door to
door and talked to everybody on the
street. Um the areas that were selected
basically we felt would were appropriate
because they might have a number of
elderly or disabled people on the
street. Uh they may have people on fixed
income, single family or single parent
households and thought they would be the
best to benefit from what we could do
for them as volunteers.
So, uh, once that neighborhood is
selected, every resident on the street
is asked to participate. We aren't just
picking one or two houses. We ask
everybody on the street, would you like
to participate? And we have received
this year about 25% participation of
actually a little over 25% participation
of the homes, homeowners that we uh
invited to participate. Now, we did
exclude rental homes. Uh, we were only
looking for folks who actually owned the
homes they lived in. So, uh, this year
we selected a neighborhood in Ward One.
Remember McCleaster's, uh, home
territory there, and we're going to be
actually working on two different
streets that are about two blocks apart.
They're very close to each other. So, we
solicited the interest of those
residents and uh, have met with them to
determine exactly what they need done in
their home. And one of the people
working with, we're going to be
rebuilding a set of stairs up to their
front door for a person who's blind. We
had another person who came out and
said, "I'm really not interested. I'd
really do a lot more work outside, but
I've got neuropathy in both legs and
feet and I really can't get outside and
do the work that I should be doing." And
he finally said, "You know, I could use
some help." And so, we're going to be
working on his yard doing some bush
trimming and some mulching and things
like that. We've got some new folks just
moved into the neighborhood. They're
looking for some help getting getting
kind of started what's going on there.
So, there's a lot of different reasons
and and different types of things we're
doing in those areas.
But I really want to make a point that
this is strictly a volunteer
organization. No one gets paid. Nobody
there's no money that's going to be
profiting from this. Everything that
comes into donations for this is going
back out in projects. And
we are actually getting donations from
different areas, different uh groups in
the city right now. We have gotten some
corporate sponsorship. We've gotten
churches that have kicked in some money.
We've got some individuals that have
contributed to that also. But there's
also some of the areas that are going to
be contributing materials. They're going
to be contributing services. They're
going to be contributing uh employees
possibly to help us do the work that we
need to do in town. And it's really just
boils back down to we're just a bunch of
neighbors trying to help each other,
help our neighbors in the community. And
again, we really anticipate kind of an
annual event uh affecting different
areas of our community going to go
around to each year and find a new area
to work on.
the whole city's going to benefit in the
long run. So, we look forward to to
really uh working together to make
Uplift North Canton a success, starting
small this year to make sure we can be
successful before we spread it out after
that. But we really want to make a
lasting impact for everyone in the city.
That's that in a nutshell. Christina has
volunteered to help work. So, again, if
you have any questions about anything,
I'll be glad to answer them now or you
can see me or Katherine or Michael. Uh
we do meet weekly. has been been working
quite a bit over the last few months to
get this up and off the ground. So,
>> thank you so much.
>> Great. Thank you.
>> Very much.
>> I love it.
>> Looking forward to help. So, it's nice
to be able to help your viewers out.
>> Where would we go to donate or sign up
to help?
>> Good question. Just going to answer.
There is a Facebook page since this is
called uplift Northampton on Facebook.
and go there and it gives you a link
takes you directly to to the
registration forms for volunteers or to
a donation portal where you can go
through and donate towards that also.
Maybe Robert caught that.
[laughter]
The main thing is we are looking at the
churches for the most part provide a lot
of the manpower that we need, but we
can't always provide all of the
materials. And so again, we are looking
for the community businesses to help
kick in on that side of it and things
too. So it is going to be a really
communitywide event. It's not just this
little group or that little group. It's
really, you know, people getting a lot
of folks from different areas coming
together to do the work. Do
>> you have anything you want to add,
Catherine?
>> Just that this is the first year, so
it's the inaugural year. We don't know
what to expect. We know like uh Reverend
Cop said, Massa's been doing it for a
decade and they had the whole entire
Massland football team comes out. Um
they have huge sponsorship from like
Bernards and Lowe's and Home Depot. We
don't have all that yet, but we're
hoping the first year will get it
started and the momentum will catch on.
Um and like you said, that's Glad's
going to say direct people to the
website. you can donate right through
there. Um, and uh, you know, we've
gotten, like you said, a few sponsors,
few donations. Hopefully, we'll get
more. I think the goal is if you do
volunteer, you'll get a shirt. Probably
going with the bright orange, right? So,
we'll know who the workers are. You show
[clears throat] them the back of your
shirt. So, if you're looking for it, the
leader shirts, you know,
>> they wouldn't wear theirs tonight. I
don't know why.
>> I wore mine to the Main Street Festival.
So,
>> with the Main Street Festival,
>> we'll see how it goes first year. And
you know, some people have said, you
know, um there will be people, oh, why
not my area or my area? We'll get there.
We just had to start somewhere. So, we
picked a place to start and then we'll
refine it as we go along. We really love
that North Canton is this kind of
community. We do care about each other.
Neighbors do want to help neighbors and
we love the name. We want to uplift the
community, you know, and that's the
mission. So,
>> and we've got a lot of people talking to
each other in the neighborhoods, too.
>> Yeah.
>> Like,
they can use some help because we know
beyond stuck at this house. So a lot of
them helping direct each other to the
ones who really need that.
>> Donations are on Facebook or volunteers
sign up on Facebook also.
>> Yes. Excellent.
>> And if you have a group that would like
to volunteer, just give us a count and
you can they can sign up that morning.
Um fill out the waiverss and we can tr
that. But we only need about 50 to 60
people to actually pull this off this
year. I think Masson did 26 homes this
past year. Wow.
did about 15.
>> We're not at that level yet, but
you have this in the back of your mind.
» There we go.
>> That's right.
>> Thank you.
Thank you.
» Next on the agenda is recognition of the
public. We do not have anyone that is
signed up. So we will move on to old
business.
Mr. not read. Please read the title of
ordinance 16206.
>> An ordinance repealing chapter 1139
industrial district regulations and
amending various provisions of chapter
1137 business district regulations of
the codified ordinances of the city of
North Kane to update, modify, and
clarify the regulations governing the
city's business district.
So this is the ordinance that in our
last meeting we amended to remove the
neighborhood business. The other
provisions still stand. Is there
anything that administration would like
to add? Are there questions from
councel?
Seeing none hearing none, I will make a
motion to adopt the second reading of
ordinance 16 2026. I get a second.
All in favor?
>> I
motion carries.
Will you please read the title of
resolution 322026?
A resolution in support of accepting the
2026 parks, recreation, and open spaces
master plan.
>> Okay. This is parks and recreation
council. Why? This is yours.
>> All right. So, this is the third reading
for the pros plan. There were some
additional edits requested after the
second reading and those edits were made
and the edited version was sent to Liam,
sent by Liam to all of us on August
18th. And so I think we are in a good
place now and I will go ahead and make a
motion to adopt the third read.
>> Second. All in favor?
>> I oppose. Motion carries.
Mr. Ros, will you please read the title
of ordinance 392026?
>> An ordinance establishing chapter 149
parks and recreation advisory board of
the codified ordinances of the city of
North can thereby establishing the parks
and recreation advisory board for the
city of North and also [clears throat]
parks and recreation. Miss Lry.
>> All right. So, we discussed this last
week in both committee and council. This
is kind of reestablishing a parks and
recreation advisory board which we used
to have several years ago. Um seems like
everyone felt good and excited to um
kind of solicit citizen feedback in this
way and engage them in the process as we
begin to implement um some of the items
in the pros plan. Anything to add
>> registration? No. Do do have a question.
So
>> we're going to take applications online.
When is that going to go up?
>> After this passes and this is a
legitimate Yeah. Ford will put it on,
right?
>> After the 30 days.
>> Passes and put it up right away. And
then yeah, start vetting people's names.
So be thinking of people. Council has
two, mayor has three.
>> I just had a quick question follow up on
that. I had some citizens reach out to
me asking more about it and I had a
little difficulty explaining what they'd
be doing. So could you elaborate just a
little bit so we can educate people who
might be interested better?
>> Sure. So um five member advisory board
there are additional eyes and ears uh
within the city uh regarding parks and
recreation needs. So they too will get a
copy of the pros plan. I work with the
administration very closely in terms of
setting priorities for the plan. Um, you
know, helping guide the administration
um in the implementation of of a plan.
So, it really is u it's an inclusive
position if you will um advisory only
you know um but again it's it's helping
the city meet the needs of uh parks and
recreation here in the city of Kansas.
Would they be like helping out in cases
where we're doing things like
fundraising and whatever for projects?
Should that be the nature of it?
>> Well, the grand writing would come from
the administration where you would see
um advisory board members is in public
facing like events like Main Street
festival or winter festival. Anytime
there's a public event or as the parks
and recreation department continues to
grow, there might be special special
events. There might be, I don't know,
maybe an art show comes to North Camp
and so the park direct board members
would participate um perhaps in the
planning of that and of course have a
presence um at in our type of
>> kind of a liazison of sorts.
>> Exactly. Lazison is a good word um
between the administration and city
council.
>> Absolutely.
>> Okay. Thank you.
Is there a motion to adopt the second
meeting of ordinance 392026?
>> Motion.
>> I get a second.
>> Second.
>> All in favor?
>> I
motion carries.
Okay. Moving into new business. I need a
motion and a second to suspend council
rule 23 to allow for consideration of
resolution 41 2026 without committee
report.
You have a motion to
second.
All
>> in favor?
>> Motion carries.
Mr. Will you please read the title of
resolution 412026?
>> A resolution authorizing the mayor of
the city of North Canton to provide the
information and documentation necessary
to apply for funding assistance through
the Moskinum Wershed Conservancy
District's connecting communities grant
program and declaring a statement to be
an emergency.
like the idea that it is a grant and
administration or parks like to
elaborate a little bit on this.
>> Sure. This is a grant uh from the
Mosskum watershed conservation district.
Funds I believe are generated through
revenues of oil and gas. Um the
application in in this particular um
grant application is for Rotary Park. Um
when you read through the master plan,
you look at some of the recommendations
for Rotary Park. Um there's
recommendations for additional
amenities. And so one of the things that
we'd like to do is create a
perimeter trail around the property
boundary of Rotary Park and making a
connection to Lois Avenue u providing
access um to those residents into a
public park walking path which would
total around 3,000 linear feet. Um so
one point I think 1.76 loops would be a
mile. um but also connects really nicely
to Apple Growth as well. Um so we are
requesting $40,000 from the Mskeum um
wershed conservancy for this particular
project.
This would be a 2027 project. The
application is due September 1 with
notification going out to recipients in
November. Um so again, we'd probably
implement this project in 2027.
What would the total project cost us?
>> So, the total project would cost us uh
roughly $50,000. Uh so, $10,000 uh that
we'd be on the hook for. There is a
requirement for a 10% match of the
$40,000. Um but I also like to budget a
little bit of a contingency for things
that just happen to occur during
construction projects. Um those things
happen. Um, not only are we looking at
uh the trail around Rotary Park, but um
the city also was notified earlier this
year of a $50,000 grant award from the
state of Ohio, which we were looking at
expanding parking, which if you're going
to invite people to the park, you need
more parking. So, we will certainly um
firm here shortly to develop that plan
as well. So, Mr. or to answer your
question, both projects, um the parking
lot project, the trail project, roughly
$100,000 of that, um the goal is to have
90,000 of that funded through grants.
>> Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
» Any [clears throat] other questions?
>> Okay, so tight timeline. You said
September 1st.
>> Yes, sir. And all we need is the
approved resolution to apply for the
grant and we'll submit it tomorrow.
Everything else is ready to go.
>> Okay.
>> All right. So, can I get a motion to
adopt the first reading of resolution
41206?
» Second. All in favor?
>> I
motion carries. So, because of that
timeline, I will make a motion to
suspend the rules of council requiring
three readings. May I get a second?
>> Second.
>> All in favor? I
>> opposed. Motion carries. And can I get a
motion to adopt resolution 412026 under
suspension of the rules?
>> I get a second.
>> All in favor?
>> Opposed?
All right. Moving along. We are now
recognition of the public for the second
half. Those being topics under city
authority.
The drop. Can you please read the
preamble?
At this time, members of the public who
have signed up to address city council
will be called to do so. Each speaker
will be given five minutes. Speakers
shall be called in the order they signed
up. During this section, comments shall
be limited to items reasonably under the
city's authority. The rules for speaking
and the speaker's time will appear on
the screens. After you finished
speaking, please remain at the podium to
answer questions from the officials at
the day.
>> We have one individual signed up, Mr.
Patterson. Podium is yours.
>> Sure.
Everybody
at Patterson 1754 Street Falls
going to be a hard act to follow
and schedule a walk on the 12th of
September at 8:00 in the morning across
the street.
Like I said, it's going to be a tough
act to follow, but um we'll be there and
see what we can do. But there will be a
second one on the 27th
uh which is a Sunday morning at 8:00.
that when we'll be at Eastworks Park,
we'll get together and at that time also
yesterday was we met over at the ball
fields over on the east side and had
eight people. It was a great turnout. Uh
Jeff invited uh
the ball. Did I pronounce that right?
Yeah.
>> Uh they came out, had a good time
and yeah, had a nice group, nice walk.
uh could have done without the wind but
u but it was 62 degrees
um with that
first
>> there were nine including Henry though
>> yes Henry was there
our retired stenographer brought her dog
so there were nine thank you
>> thank you very much thank Let's
move into department reports. Mayor
Stroy, will you please lead us off?
>> All right. Yeah. Uh, thank you all for
coming. Let's see. So, City Hall is
still under construction. Um,
we uh swore in uh Oliver Kurd as a
full-time uh firefighter and EMT just
before this meeting at 3 at uh 6:30.
And um school I want to talk about
school. So all the schools are back in
as of today. Um please look at the
crosswalks. Pay attention. Learn the bus
rules. I already saw somebody pass a bus
which is very frustrating on the
two-lane road. Um don't do that. So pay
attention. Watch out for kids. Um
I don't have a lot. Uh oh. Okay. Doug
and Heritage Society out if I didn't uh
follow up on this. So, three panels were
installed today. One at city hall, uh
one in front of the old porter school,
and one in front of Doug's house. So,
there's a new phase to the Heritage
Trail. So, uh maybe at one of the
community walks, we can we can do uh
maybe not the whole thing because it
goes pretty far out, but uh the bulk of
it. And I'm sure Doug will be doing some local tours and talking points
again. U so that is pretty much all I
have and uh thanks for coming.
Thank you.
>> Um just a few things. Busy busy time
today. Yes, back to school and uh like
we talked with Chief Kemp, you know,
it's first always like this first day,
first week, traffic patterns and getting
used to the new flow and all that. So
we're working on that. Always working on
that. Um couple trees down. Big one went
down over on Alberta today. Another big one went down over at
Dogwood. So these winds and that. So
parks crews and street crews,
everybody's been working hard on that.
Um congratulations to our parttime
firefighter we swore in Oliver Kurt.
He's been with us part time, came on
full-time. Great kid, young man. You
guys met him. Just a couple other things
coming out this uh weekend in your
mailboxes will be the the next
newsletter that we work hard on. And so
it should be out either Friday or
Saturday. So be looking for that next
newsletter. Um, also we've been getting
a lot of calls on Halloween. When is our trick-or- treat?
Soon as we know, we'll post it. It's I
don't want to say what's going to be. It
was most likely going to be this year
because it fell on Halloween. We go with
what the county does. And why would they
not do it on Saturday? I don't know
though. I don't think they're going to
say Sunday. But um we will let people
know. We don't know yet. You'll know as
soon as we do.
>> Um that's all I have. Just thanks Steve
for coming talking about Uplift. You've
given so much of your time. There's been
a whole group of people, but he's really
been leading it all. and thank you for
coming and presenting tonight. That's
all.
>> Uh just two brief construction updates.
So, as Mayor Stroya said, yes, City Hall
is still under construction. Um wanted
to talk just a little bit about how
that's going as well as the fire
station. So, um we're excited that we're
going to have improved and more
functional spaces for our safety forces.
Um police department renovations going
well. Like all renovations, not going as
fast as any of us would like. I think
especially our officers, we appreciate
them being willing to put up with the um
invasion of their space, but I think the
results will be well worth it. It it is
going very well. A lot of uh important
transformative changes already on that
first floor of the building. Uh building
a new conference room in the lobby right
now. Uh that's one of the more visible
improvements. But as Chief Kemp could
attest, there's a lot of uh great stuff
going on behind the walls of the police
department as well. Uh similar story
with the fire station. That's um I I'll
knock on this wood. That's going very
smoothly so far. Uh everything's on
schedule. Uh foundations are in for the
building. A lot of the subsurface work
involving utility connections, electric,
um waters, and so forth is going in. So,
I know you've seen some changes
[clears throat] on the site, but a lot
of the work has been below the surface.
I think in the next couple weeks, you'll
start to see more visible changes. And
the hope is to get um you know, a lot of
the building fundamentally put together
before the weather turns and so the
contractors can start to focus on on the
inside. We're still looking at July,
late July, early August next year for a
completion date. So, um that was what I
had.
Thank you very much.
>> Just one comment. Um, regarding Dogwood
Pool, we are working with a local
company out of Cleveland to schedule a
time to come in and and not only scan
the floor and the walls of of the pool,
but also do the pressure checks on all
of the the plumbing within the pool
itself. That will help us understand um
where we might have some issues with the
pool. Um, and if there's anything under
the floor of that pool that that shows
is the void, then the next step would
likely be uh GPR, ground penetrating
radar. So, one step at a time. The pool
will be closing here in a few weeks. Um,
so we'll get on top of that as soon as
we can.
>> Do you know how much we plan on
budgeting for the pool next year?
>> Catherine, do you recall what we put in
the budget for next year? I think it was
the same as this year that we have
>> in maintenance. Maintenance. Yes. Yeah.
We're just operations and maintenance.
Nothing new.
>> Nothing new. And that Okay. And then we plan on inspecting it after the Y
>> exits out like we did last year.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. Good. Thanks.
>> Do you know what the relationship is Y
for next year as far as the
50 40?
>> That's what it is currently. We have a
contract renewal that will be coming up
and then we'll we'll set that.
» Do we have any other people who would be
able to come in and do what the Y has
done?
>> I mean, they're community partners.
There are outside organizations that do
pool management, but
>> I mean, we could look at them. We don't
know what they would charge us.
>> Okay. Are we happy with that agreement
with the Y?
I mean, there's always feedback, but I
think
>> for the most part,
>> right?
>> Okay.
>> There's there's not going to be a lot of
interest in somebody that has a limited
lifespan on something. So, it's
>> we're kind of in a difficult spot, but
>> thanks.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Director of Law.
Okay, we started with budget meeting
last minute
with you guys.
looking forward to it. This is online
[clears throat]
budget
for transparency that
information is invaluable. How many
hours put into loading up that
information?
>> Yeah. So, it's uh
after budget season
few weeks into that um once I kind of
set it, create it, set it, I don't have
to do as much usually throughout the
year, but November, December.
>> Yeah.
Like I said, the rest of the year,
we appreciate the work.
» And Jim, I've I've asked a few people
and I've been told a couple different
answers. Is there any way we could put
some discretionary on these in each
board?
You know, we have capital operating. So
like something comes up then we we know
we have some
>> so we don't so by law we don't we don't
budget that we have fun so you know we
have a general general fund we have
funds we don't have anything
per se um like you could put together
like each year like one or two or four
specific amount capital getting
allocated but like we don't that's not
how the budget is kind Can you and it's
probably difficult because we've always
you know we haven't set the tax on we do
what's needed for the city department
>> but could you give us some type of
figure how much you gave you each ward
in the past year
>> talking capital.
>> Yeah because we get asked that question.
Yeah, but maybe do some thinking and see
figure out what what went where I could
probably get something together.
>> Okay. Because you know we know what
we're doing. Well, we did this. This is
supposed to be done
>> operations. I couldn't really know
ambulance,
>> right? You can't you can't do that
>> terms of
find something for
>> Okay. Well, thank you so much,
» Mr.
No report tonight.
>> Okay,
>> let's start on this end and just work
our way down.
>> Okay. Um,
yeah, I'd like to congratulate Oliver
Kurt again. He's not here, but I
remember when we swore him in part-time
in March.
>> Really nice young gentleman. Um, so I'm
excited he went full-time with us. So,
congrats to him. Um, I just, you know,
it is back to school season. A lot of us
here either have kids or grandkids in
our school system. So, in one way or
another, we're all going through it like
everybody else in town. Um, and you
know, I have twins at the high school. I
went through the brand new carline
pattern this morning. And I have faith
that it will work its way out and get
better. But I want to thank our our
police department. They were there. Um,
I saw at least three officers helping
out. Um, I know our fire department has
assisted with some drone picture taking
that's going to maybe assist with
observing some traffic patterns and so I
think we have great safety services here
assisting with all that. [clears throat]
Um,
so we'll look forward to that. Um,
our city services have been really busy
in W 2 where I live. Um, we've got the
Weber and Ninth um, water project going
on and I mean there's a lot of trucks
over there so you see a lot of cones. I
mean, where I live, I hit that project
first and then I keep going west on
Seventh and then I hit our brand new
Seventh Street widening project. So,
more cones. Um, I don't know who's out
there resetting those cones on a daily
basis, but that's like a part-time job
in itself. Um, and so, you know, but
that and then you add in the the middle
school project and all the things that W
2, this kind of looks a little bit like
a war zone right now, but it's all good
things leading to better things. So, um,
I pack my patients every time I leave
the house and I think we'll get there.
Um, so thank you for everyone working on
those projects. Um, and like you said, a
lot of tree damage, a lot of storm
damage. We've had some crazy storms in
the past week or so and I know that
we're out really fast and really quick.
I know you're very responsive,
Catherine, when any of us see something
and we text. I mean, it seems like it
they're on it pretty fast. So, I wanted
to thank those folks as well.
>> Yeah. And then um the the question that
came up about the pool contract. I you
know Katherine also has solicited
feedback from me. I'm a very vocal
person as most know about Dogwood pool
and access and all things and I really
appreciate having a chance for input on
something like that. And we had some
really good conversations. So I'm
hopeful that that will work out well and
um we'll see even a better season yet
next year. So that's my update.
>> Mr. War.
>> Well, I want to thank everyone to come
out tonight. It's good to see some new
faces and stuff out here. Um, thanks to
the uplift uh people that was really a
great thing. Um, the uh swearing in of
the uh fire officer was a great thing.
Uh, ward 4 has been kind of quiet in the
last week. Um, I think uh Dominic had
sent some things in over and I gave Liam
a couple other roads uh to look at, but
other than that don't really have a
report tonight.
» All right. Um, so I guess let's just
start with there were three parks and
recreation items on the agenda tonight
and after I don't know years of not
having a whole lot that feels really
good. It's something we've been building
toward and so having a parks
administrator and a pros plan and
forming an advisory board and hearing
that we've got, you know, multiple
grants that we're seeking, it's I don't
know, it feels really good and I'm
really proud of the work that we've all
come together to do to kind of move
parks and recreation forward and, you
know, prioritize them a bit more here.
And then Reverend Cop, as everyone else
has said, thank you so much for the work
that you're doing with Uplift. Um I'm
really excited for the 12th and just to,
you know, finally have a way to kind of
address some of these things. So I know
obviously we can't hit the entire
community, but to be able to start
somewhere, it's it's a pretty big deal.
So thank you.
>> Mr. All right. Got a couple things here.
Uh I wanted to throw in there as well
the conversation about the um about
school being back in session. So drive
safely, drive slowly and later points
and see you guys talk about it as well.
Um also wanted to remind about the ward
one meeting. So for those of you who
live in Ward One, it'll be September
15th at 6 p.m. over the Baldwin. We have
talked about that in the past. And
again, who this is for, this is for
folks who live in Ward One. Uh it's not
for the entire city and there's no
agenda, no speech, no nothing. It's just
simply a sharing of thoughts, concerns,
ideas. Um just a way to come in and have
a conversation outside of a council
meeting. Um then lastly, I just want to
touch on uplift. And so, uh again,
Pastor Cop, you know, I really
appreciate you coming in here. I
appreciate the conversations we've had
about it. I'm blessed that uh Katherine
invited me to sign a letter, too. And we
got some folks over in W1 who decided to
sign up. So, I'm looking forward to the
12th. It is my wife's birthday, so I did
tell her I'm going to be gone in the
morning, but we'll be back for uh cake
and dinner later. So, looking forward to
it.
Mr.
>> Yeah,
it touching
on park. Mr.
Do you think that we will have lighting
in that parking lot? Always feel like
it's kind of a dark over there
>> something where you are.
>> It's the first time he of a tire for
lighting over there.
>> I'm I'm just thinking as it changes.
>> Yeah. Yeah. As it changes as we add
amenities, something we can look at.
>> I like the idea that we're looking to
expand it because I feel like it's kind
of isolated and I think that will open
it up. So I think that's I think it's a
good idea.
Stop sign on Weber and we also had a
tree blocking the entire road on Alberta
this morning. Stop sign was everything
falling down. Also like to thank
Catherine for handling those many issues
that popped up. Um and appreciate
everything that went into getting this
coordinated.
some sidewalk concerns on Seventh
Street. I know we got construction and
I'm totally mindful of that. Not going
to be difficult. I just think that it's
important that um the people that are
walking to mainly students whatot have a
way to safely do that. Um as as well as
anyone attending the football games.
So, I guess I know that it's a school
project, but I thought maybe between you
guys, administration, and the school,
maybe they could talk about moving back
the construction fence that's on the
other side of the sidewalk. I don't know
how much material is there, dirt wise,
what have you, but I think that it would
be it would be a safer way to go if
that's at all possible. Um I I know
things are happening fast there. It may
not, you know, be that long on the other
side. I know they're working on both
sides right now. So I'm mindful of that.
But there's some concerns I've got is we
do have a lot of cars. As Holly said, we
do have a lot of uh new drivers. I think
it would be important.
I think you're working together. I hope
we can figure something out with that.
What
>> I was just say, you know, I I would add
in with that request as well. I I made
that same request when that fence first
went up. That was back when I was
dropping my daughter off uh at school in
the morning. You know, just seeing kids
walking the street. I'm like, man, it's
not a matter if it's a matter of get now
closed. But I was told things have
changed.
So,
>> well, now that we've passed both sides,
>> yeah,
>> might be more important. Um,
also wanted to thank the street
department for catching
many potholes on lift. Um,
and the civic center here obviously uh
grass is back to growing like crazy and
the civic center and the parks building
on way. I thought they looked amazing.
They edged them nice. Um, I just wanted
to shout out whoever was [clears throat]
behind that because those little things
do add and I appreciate their their
efforts. Uh, as far as the parks plan,
um, I'm glad that we were able to move
that along with
discussion um, over the many meetings. I
am thankful that the administration will
uh
take all of our input seriously and
importance to each matter. Just wanted
to say thanks to the group that made the
Mr. All right. Thank you.
[clears throat] Thanks to everybody
for speaking as always. I'd also like to
congratulate firefighter
in joining an incredible uh safety team
as he knows we know so long and healthy
career here. Um want to also take a
moment to public opinion
recently seeking out uh the one-on-one
discussion with me. I'm not going to say
exactly what it was about, but it was an
important and sensitive issue and it's
that exact type of community based
policing that you and Mr. advisor, the
entire police department employee. So,
thank you for taking that time. I really
appreciated that. Um, I am also very pleased that after extremely
significant discussion that spread out
over multiple meetings that allowed for
feedback from everyone that we are
moving forward with the pros plan and
I'm excited that Mr. Elkins will have an
opportunity to execute. So, there's
ideas that I'm sure he has. Um, also
like to thank Mr. Elkins and Miss Karina
for full updates. Um, [clears throat] I
had some residents asking me quite
specifically about the amount of water
leakage that was happening and the cost
that may be associated with that and so
I appreciate the action that's now being
taken to look very extensively at that.
So, thank you. And then finally, u to
Pastor Cove and I both Canton, thank
you. Um, I think we all kind of know
that government can provide a hand up,
but sometimes it takes a communitydriven
um, private sector organization such as
yours to help unite citizens and
neighborhoods. So, thank you very much
for that work. Um, I was in the process
of signing up on Facebook for the 12th.
I'll get that figured out once we get
done here, but I plan on seeing you and
hopefully for a long time to come. Thank
you.
» Okay.
construction going on hall, police
department, fire station, library. Hear
that there's even more construction
going to go on even at the Y.
Construction going on Main Street. And
now we have Uplift.
And
what a great name.
And it's not small at any means.
neighbors helping neighbors and creating
this kind of community is
[clears throat]
that's why we're here and I appreciate
everything that you've done. I know that
it has taken many years and it's just
getting off the ground but that's the
biggest lift. Once the momentum starts I
see this growing tremendously in our
community like it has others surrounding
here. So thank you for that. That is
what I have next final call for new
business.
Seeing none, we move into executive
session. We'll make a motion to enter
into an executive session for the
purpose of discussing the purchase or
sale of property as permitted by OC21.22
G2. Can I get a second?
» Not member.
>> Yes.
>> Member or yes.
>> Member Wyrick.
>> Yes.
>> Member Mini.
>> Yes.
>> Member McCleaster.
>> Yes.
>> Member Pratt. Yes.
>> Member Stark. Yes,
>> seven favor zero opposed. That motion
passed. And we have two topics for
executive session. So I will also make a
motion to enter into an executive
session for the purpose of discussing
with our attorney for the public body
concerning disputes involving the public
body that are subject of pending court
action as permitted by OC 121.2
G3.
>> Can I get a second?
>> Second roll call vote, please. Member
Herp.
>> Yes.
Member
>> Wy Matheni.
>> Yes.
>> Member Pratt.
>> Member Stock.
>> Yes.
>> Seven in favor. Zero opposed. Okay.
[clears throat]
» Administration, the director of finance,
the director of law, the clerk of
council, and the mayor.
motion to adjourn executive session.
>> Second.
>> All in favor?
>> I
out of executive session. Let the record
reflect no action was taken.
All right. Moving on to meetings
calendar August 31st committee of the
whole next Monday and then we are not
going to have a meeting on September 7th
that is a holiday
>> questions about the meetings calendar
seeing none I'll make a motion to
adjurnn. William Sus.