[3:54] Mhm.
[4:25] » I'd like to call this meeting to order.
Would you please rise for the Pledge of
[4:28] Allegiance?
[5:03] Uh welcome to tonight's meeting. It is
6:30 and we are staying at this time
[5:08] from now on. No no time change creating
this. So uh clerk, if we would please
[5:13] call the roll.
>> Bustos?
[5:15] » Here.
>> Henning?
[5:16] » Here.
>> Gorman?
[5:17] » Here.
>> McDowell?
[5:18] » Here.
>> Kelly?
[5:19] » Here.
>> York?
[5:20] » Here.
>> Farmer?
[5:21] » Here.
>> Uh first on the agenda we have the
[5:24] clerk's report.
>> Okay, first you have before you the
[5:26] Council work session minutes of August
20th, 2026.
[5:29] » I'll move for approval.
[5:32] » Have a motion to approve by Mr. Gorman
and a second by Mr. Henning.
[5:36] Any discussion?
Uh all in favor?
[5:39] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[5:41] The motion passes.
>> And then you also have before you the
[5:44] meeting Council meeting minutes of
August 20th, 2026.
[5:48] » I'll move for approval.
>> Second.
[5:51] » Have a motion to approve the minutes by
Mr. Gorman with a second by Ms. Kelly.
[5:55] Uh any discussion?
All in favor?
[5:58] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[6:02] Uh motion passes.
Looks like we have a few old business
[6:06] items here tonight. So, Clerk, if you'd
read the first one.
[6:08] » Ordinance 008-26-11,
an ordinance certifying charges for
[6:13] grass weed cutting for 2026-2027
to the Montgomery County Auditor for
[6:18] collection with real estate taxes and
enactment as an emergency.
[6:21] » I'll move for an emergency.
>> Second.
[6:24] » We have a motion to move for emergency
by Mr. Gorman with a second by Ms.
[6:28] Kelly. Uh Clerk, if you would please
call the roll.
[6:30] » Bustos?
>> Yes.
[6:31] » Henning?
>> Yes.
[6:32] » Gorman?
>> Yes.
[6:33] » McDowell?
>> Yes.
[6:34] » Kelly?
>> Yes.
[6:35] » York?
>> Yes.
[6:36] » Farmer?
>> Yes.
[6:38] » I'll move for approval of the motion.
>> Second.
[6:41] » We have a motion to approve the
ordinance by Mr. Henning with a second
[6:45] by Mr. Gorman.
Any discussion?
[6:50] All in favor?
>> Aye.
[6:51] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[6:53] Uh
ordinance passes.
[6:55] Next, please.
>> Ordinance 008-26-12,
[6:59] an ordinance certifying unpaid charges
for nuisance assessments for 2026-2027
[7:05] to the Montgomery County Auditor for the
collection with real estate taxes and
[7:08] enactment as an emergency.
>> I'll move for approval of the emergency.
[7:12] » Second.
>> We have a motion to approve the
[7:14] emergency by Mr. Henning with a second
by Ms. Kelly. Roll call, please.
[7:19] » Bustos?
>> Yes.
[7:20] » Henning?
>> Yes.
[7:21] » Gorman?
>> Yes.
[7:22] » McDowell?
>> Yes.
[7:23] » Kelly?
>> Yes.
[7:24] » York?
>> Yes.
[7:25] » Farmer?
>> Yes.
[7:27] » I'll move for the motion. Approval of
the motion, excuse me.
[7:31] » Second.
>> Okay, we have a motion to approve by Mr.
[7:35] Gorman with a second by Mr. York. Uh any
discussion?
[7:40] All in favor?
>> Aye.
[7:42] » Aye. Opposed?
Ordinance passes.
[7:47] Next one, please.
>> Ordinance 008-26-13,
[7:51] an ordinance to maintain lighting
assessments and enactment as an
[7:54] emergency.
>> Move for approval of emergency.
[7:56] » Second.
>> Motion to approve the emergency by Mr.
[8:00] Henning with a second by Ms. Kelly. Roll
call, please.
[8:03] » Bustos?
>> Yes.
[8:04] » Henning?
>> Yes.
[8:05] » Gorman?
>> Yes.
[8:05] » McDowell?
>> Yes.
[8:07] » Kelly?
>> Yes.
[8:08] » York?
>> Yes.
[8:08] » Farmer?
>> Yes.
[8:10] » Move for approval
for the motion.
[8:14] » Second.
>> Have a motion to approve by Ms. Kelly
[8:17] with a second by Mr. Gorman. Any
discussion?
[8:20] All in favor?
>> Aye.
[8:22] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[8:24] Ordinance passes.
Next one, please.
[8:27] » Ordinance 008-26-14,
an ordinance to impose assessments upon
[8:32] owners of real property in arrears for
payment of fees for waste hauling and
[8:36] disposal services for 2026-2027,
and enactment as an emergency.
[8:41] » Move for the emergency.
>> Second.
[8:44] » Have a motion for the emergency by Mr.
Henning with a second by Mr. Gorman.
[8:48] Roll call, please.
>> Bustos?
[8:49] » Yes.
>> Henning?
[8:50] » Yes.
>> Gorman?
[8:51] » Yes.
>> McDowell?
[8:52] » Yes.
>> Kelly?
[8:53] » Yes.
>> York?
[8:54] » Yes.
>> Farmer?
[8:55] » Yes.
>> I'll motion for the approval of the
[8:58] motion.
>> I'll move for the approval.
[9:00] » Second.
>> Have a motion to approve the ordinance
[9:03] by Mr. Gorman with a second by Ms.
Kelly. Any discussion?
[9:08] All in favor?
>> Aye.
[9:09] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[9:11] Ordinance passes. And one more.
>> One more. Ordinance 008-26-15,
[9:18] an ordinance authorizing the submission
of the 2026-2027
[9:22] North Clayton Community Authority charge
assessments to the Montgomery County
[9:25] Auditor and enactment as an emergency.
>> Move for approval of the emergency.
[9:29] » Second.
>> Have a motion to approve the emergency
[9:33] by Mr. Henning with a second by Ms.
McDowell. Roll call, please.
[9:38] » Bustos?
>> Yes.
[9:39] » Henning?
>> Yes.
[9:39] » Gorman?
>> Yes.
[9:40] » McDowell?
>> Yes.
[9:41] » Kelly?
>> Yes.
[9:42] » York?
>> Yes.
[9:43] » And Farmer?
>> Yes.
[9:45] » I'll move for approval of the motion.
>> Second.
[9:49] » I have a motion to approve the ordinance
by Mr. Gorman with a second by Mr.
[9:52] Henning. Any discussion?
>> The only thing I'd say real quick,
[9:55] Mayor, is we've flown by these last five
as stated last week by all of us when
[9:59] Council and the city manager, this is
over $100,000 in fees not paid to
[10:05] Clayton. So, everything that we just
read will now be sent to the county
[10:10] auditor's office to be assessed to the
property taxes. Over $100,000 for a city
[10:15] of our size is a tremendous impact to
the budget. So, you know, it Yes, um
[10:20] and these homeowners have got the bills
and they have chosen not to pay them.
[10:24] So, we are sending them down so we can
seek um collection of payment. So, um
[10:29] thank you to the city manager and to the
law director and Kevin, our finance
[10:33] director, who organized these for us
every single year so we can recoup some
[10:37] of the money that we have had to pay um
up front for the residents.
[10:43] » And I would like to add that all these
are emergency to give residents uh every
[10:47] last moment to be able to pay this
without it having to be assessed against
[10:50] their taxes. So,
um with that, uh is there a motion to
[10:55] approve?
>> We did that.
[10:57] » I'll move for approval.
>> That's right. Sorry, I did ask that. All
[11:00] right, I got to keep track. All right,
all in favor?
[11:03] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[11:05] Uh the ordinance passes.
Looks like we have three new business
[11:09] items and I'm excited to say none of
them are emergencies.
[11:13] » [laughter]
>> So, Clerk, if you would please read the
[11:15] first one.
>> Resolution R09-26-50.
[11:19] A resolution authorizing the city
manager to execute a cooperative
[11:23] agreement with the city of Brookville to
use the city of Clayton street sweeper
[11:27] at specified times during the years
2027, 2020, excuse me, 2028 and 2029.
[11:35] » I'll move for approval.
>> Second.
[11:38] » Have a motion to approve by Mr. Henning
with a second by Ms. Kelly. Is there any
[11:42] discussion?
>> Would you like to have a staff report on
[11:45] that?
>> I I'd like to ask a question.
[11:48] » Please go ahead.
>> I deal with it
[11:51] identification.
It it says
[11:55] injury death that occurs during the use
of the street seats street street
[12:00] sweeper
by Brookville within the city of
[12:02] Brookville.
Now, I'm sure that at some point in time
[12:07] this street street sweeper has got to
move outside the city of Brookville.
[12:11] I I mean, even here in Clayton, all the
roads going in at the city line.
[12:15] So, you got to turn around and I know
they
[12:18] probably have a zero turn radius.
>> I believe they may be um to transport it
[12:23] from one community to another that they
actually uh put it on a bigger vehicle
[12:29] and transport it that way. They don't
necessarily Okay.
[12:33] » But, when they're using it, they go
outside of the city of Brookville then.
[12:37] And it says within the city of
Brookville.
[12:41] » Law Director, do you see an issue with
it?
[12:43] » Well, I think that
it's close
[12:49] Yeah, I think it's meant to delineate
between the actions in the city of
[12:54] Clayton versus the actions in the city
of Brookville. So, you know, they
[12:58] probably do turn around
at the end of the street, but you know,
[13:03] it's meant to indicate
that's
[13:06] » Or somebody at the end of the street
where they're turning around and the
[13:09] Clayton is the one that's killed before.
responsible.
[13:15] I don't I don't know if you're sure if
they're turning that way.
[13:18] That's why I asked the question.
[13:22] » They would still I mean, I have to I um
if you read that again, if it's operated
[13:26] by a city of Brookville employee,
then cuz I think it does say and it may
[13:33] say in Brookville, but what does it say
again?
[13:38] » My Brookville within the city of
Brookville.
[13:41] And as a result of negligence of the
city of Brookville employee operating
[13:44] the street sweeper,
if it goes outside the city limits, it
[13:47] comes back on Clayton again.
[13:50] » I think it's interesting though that
while they're operating it within the
[13:54] city of Brookville, and if if they're
operating it extraneously,
[13:59] it's still going to be their use. I
mean, if they're they shouldn't be
[14:03] operating it outside the city of
Brookville.
[14:07] So, they may have to not sweep the sweep
the street 5 ft with
[14:12] within the jurisdiction. That's right.
That's right.
[14:17] I understand. We will take a I mean,
um
[14:20] if you what if
If you want to wait till next time again
[14:25] and has been in there, but I do believe
I agree with um the law director that
[14:29] the intention is that if it's being
operated by a city of Brookville
[14:33] employee, then therefore it the
uh it indemnifies the city for liability
[14:40] in that.
[14:48] » Ms. Kelly.
>> So, do we need a staff report, anyone?
[14:53] Law director?
>> Well, I think as long as you have uh
[14:57] some discussion as to what this is about
and what you're doing, I think that's
[15:03] enough. But, um I think we do need to
have some discussion about what's going
[15:06] on.
>> Well, I think it's great it brings in
[15:09] $175,000
to the city every year. And as Kenny
[15:14] just said, that's a lot of money to the
city of Clayton and
[15:17] it that's better than the street sweeper
sitting out here in the garage for
[15:23] however long time it sits there. I don't
have a clue, but
[15:26] » Yes, and we did look into what the
increased maintenance costs, as well as
[15:30] the replacement broom costs,
took those into account when
[15:35] putting the fees in the contract. So,
they are up from last term's contract.
[15:45] » And it's also great collaboration with
neighboring unit municipality.
[15:51] So,
any other comments or discussion on
[15:53] this?
So, and I trust Jack
[15:58] He wanted or
used to work for us.
[16:02] » Second.
>> We've got a motion to approve by Mr.
[16:05] Henning with a second by Ms. Kelly.
We've had discussion. All in favor.
[16:09] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[16:12] The resolution passes. Clerk the next
one, please.
[16:15] » Resolution R-O-9-2-6-5-1,
a resolution amending and readopting
[16:20] rules of council.
>> I'll move for approval.
[16:24] » Second.
>> And this would be because our council
[16:26] meetings have changed from 7:30 to 6:30
p.m. So, the only rule, if you will,
[16:32] that is being updated
would be that change in time, right, law
[16:36] director and city manager?
>> That is correct.
[16:39] » Cool. Thank you.
All right, noting that only change, is
[16:43] there any other discussion?
All in favor?
[16:46] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[16:49] Resolution passes.
And I guess we got one more.
[16:52] » Resolution R-O-9-2-6-5-2,
a resolution authorizing the city
[16:57] manager to enter into an agreement with
Northmont School District for the
[17:01] provision of school resource officer for
the 2026-2027
[17:04] school year.
>> Move for approval.
[17:06] » Second.
[17:09] » We have a motion to approve by Ms. Kelly
with a second by Mr. Henning. Any
[17:14] discussion? Looks like we have the
police chief here prepared to chat about
[17:18] it. If you'd like to say a few words,
that'd be great.
[17:22] » Yeah, absolutely. Evening Council and
evening Mayor. This is the routine MOU
[17:27] that gets issued every year with a new
contract for the SRO.
[17:31] The amounts for
employees go up and that's adjusted in
[17:36] here too
for the school to reimburse the city of
[17:39] Clayton for the SRO's time.
And then there's just other language
[17:43] just for the uniform billing, etc.
So it's it's routine. We do it every
[17:47] year.
>> May I form a motion?
[17:51] » Second.
>> Okay.
[17:53] Thank you, Chief. Got a motion to
approve by Ms. Kelly with a second by
[17:56] Mr. Henning. Any discussion?
>> I see we have Northmont school president
[18:02] and superintendent. I'm sorry, I don't
know your name. We haven't met yet.
[18:06] What's your last name?
>> Hughes.
[18:07] » Superintendent Hughes here. I just would
say, you know, thank you for
[18:12] collaborating with us and Englewood and
Union and other entities for this
[18:16] program.
Obviously, we would all say without a
[18:19] shadow of a doubt, student safety is
very important to us and our our team
[18:24] and all the other neighboring
municipalities do an amazing job. So,
[18:28] thank you.
[18:31] » All right, with regards to the motion,
all in favor?
[18:34] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[18:36] Then the resolution passes.
Next, we've got the visitor comments and
[18:42] I don't have a list.
[18:57] » Did the superintendent have anything he
would like to say this evening to the
[19:00] council?
[19:10] » All right, what I'd like to do with the
list is just go through it if you marked
[19:13] yes, I'll go through that and then I'll
revisit the end to see if anybody who
[19:18] marked no has changed their mind and uh
Ms. Linda Bloom, you're first on the
[19:22] list tonight.
[19:34] » Thank you.
Um I'd like to introduce Mr. Eric Hughes
[19:38] as our new superintendent of schools at
Northmont City Schools. He has hit the
[19:43] ground running. He's doing a great job
and um the transition has been fairly
[19:49] smooth. Um Eric was an assistant
principal years ago at the high school,
[19:54] so he was familiar with Northmont. His
wife is a alum.
[19:59] » Turn that on.
>> Sorry.
[20:01] You'd think I'd know how to do that.
I know how to
[20:05] » Hit it except the bar.
>> This one?
[20:06] » Yep, right there.
>> Thank you.
[20:08] Um so he's very familiar with the
community as a whole. Obviously, he will
[20:14] spend some time in doing his own
introductions, but we want would like
[20:19] for all of you to put September 23rd
at 6:30 p.m. on your calendars. It is
[20:28] the um community forum where we are
going to begin our community
[20:33] conversations around um what to do with
our facilities. Our number has come up
[20:39] again from the state and we if we um
defer again, we might be we go to the
[20:47] bottom of the list this time, so it
could be 10 to 20 years before we get an
[20:52] opportunity for the state to almost pay
half of it. Um so we're starting the
[20:58] conversation to figure out where we're
headed and what kind of buildings we're
[21:02] looking at and um I'm going to let Eric
introduce himself and speak to that, but
[21:08] please put it on your calendars and
come.
[21:12] At the middle school in the in the gym.
[21:17] Thank you.
>> The register Harold had it all figured
[21:19] out this afternoon in the paper if you
read that, Linda.
[21:21] » No, I didn't. I'll have to get a hold of
that.
[21:24] Wonderful.
>> You even made a headline on the front
[21:26] page.
>> We did.
[21:28] Awesome. Eric.
>> Hi, good evening. I'm Eric Hughes as Ms.
[21:32] Bloom said, I'm the new superintendent
and very excited to be back at
[21:36] Northmont. It's been a great It was a
great experience when I was here
[21:39] previously and it's because of the
people that are here in the the
[21:42] community and the culture that we have.
So, very excited to be back. As Ms.
[21:46] Bloom had stated, we did have we're
we're looking at potentially phase two
[21:51] of our master facility plan. Phase one
would have been the Kleps building in
[21:55] 2014 when it opened. Phase two was the
high school and because of that, we're
[22:00] considered a segmented district where
we're building schools periodically. So,
[22:05] the OFCC has come back to us since about
2020 and has said, "Hey, your number is
[22:09] up again. Would you like to go through
this process?" It's never the right
[22:14] time, but what we are discussing is that
if we pass,
[22:18] we're afraid it's going to be a very
long time. So, what we're doing is
[22:21] trying to get the the community's
involvement, get some feedback and
[22:25] information to make a an informed
decision for the board to decide, "Do we
[22:29] want to move forward with this process
or not?" We know
[22:33] bond levies are, you know,
always no no one ever says, "Hey, I
[22:38] would love to pay more taxes." But, we
do know that in order for new buildings
[22:42] to happen, there there would have to be
a bond levy at some point. As Ms. Bloom
[22:47] said, about 50/50 split. The last time
it was 53% locally funded, 47% state
[22:53] funded. That's what they're offering us
again, is that same option.
[22:57] So, again, we are looking we're using
the information we had on those
[23:00] facilities forums prior to COVID and
then using this information to help make
[23:05] a decision about what we need to do. But
yes, 6:30 September 23rd at the middle
[23:10] school gym.
We're hoping to have a have a great
[23:13] turnout. I know Mr. Farmer and I are
going to meet next week and that's one
[23:17] of the things I wanted to discuss with
him as well so that we can
[23:20] we can work on partnering together. So,
all right. Thank you.
[23:26] » I just wanted to add as you think and
talk to people in the community about
[23:31] the possibilities of doing a project
another segment of the project.
[23:37] Just remember safety concerns way back
when when the buildings were built were
[23:44] much different than they are today. So
today when you walk into when you're
[23:48] buzzed into the middle school, you're
standing in a hallway and no one has no
[23:55] one's right there. So safety concerns
have got to be first and foremost on our
[24:01] minds as we look forward to what we do
next.
[24:04] » So that the middle school and all four
elementaries,
[24:08] the office there's not a vestibule like
there is in the collapse or the high
[24:11] school. So you open that door from the
office, you can't see the person. They
[24:15] just come right on in. So it's not a a
super safe and secure.
[24:20] We talk about being
microphone I guess. We we talk about
[24:24] being equitable for all students. Um
Our buildings have two stories. We don't
[24:29] have any elevators. So if a student has
any wheelchair needs or unable to you
[24:35] know make this walk up and down the
steps, you know it becomes um
[24:39] yeah, to me how how do you
how do you provide that education to
[24:43] make sure it's equitable and they have
the same access as other students too.
[24:47] So there's a lot that we're looking at
curriculum wise. There's a lot we're
[24:50] looking at safety security and then
trying to make sure that
[24:54] you know we have equitable education
options for all of our kids. And then
[24:58] the one thing that we've been talking
about is our newest building, I think
[25:01] Northmoor
was opened in 1969.
[25:05] All of the buildings continue to have
maintenance cost, upkeep cost. There is
[25:10] a cost of doing nothing, so we're trying
to be mindful of what those expenses and
[25:14] those costs are as well.
[25:18] » So, come on the 23rd and be ready to be
part of the conversation. Thank you.
[25:23] » Thank you.
>> Thank you for speaking tonight.
[25:28] Uh
look out here Mr. Ron Henderson.
[25:38] » Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
Uh
[25:42] following that I I I that was
beautiful what you guys recommended cuz
[25:46] my granddaughter just graduated from up
there.
[25:49] Okay, but I have some uh
issues that I want to bring to
[25:53] everybody's attention. I assume that
everybody in this room lives in Clayton.
[25:57] Am I correct? Okay.
And I moved to Clayton 26 years ago,
[26:02] okay?
I left Trotwood because what I saw in
[26:07] Trotwood
I'm starting to see a little bit in
[26:11] Clayton.
Okay?
[26:13] The
property business, okay? I'm starting to
[26:18] see
the more and more I ride around
[26:22] grass uncut
property
[26:25] property unkempt
and it's not it it it's getting bad.
[26:31] It's to the point where I don't know if
Vinebrook owns a lot of property in this
[26:36] area
and they don't keep up with that
[26:38] property at all.
Okay?
[26:41] I live on Delores Court
up Hilltop and then you turn off Hilltop
[26:46] to Colleen and the custom built houses
up there.
[26:49] Okay, and on
Hilltop I think it's three Vinebrook
[26:53] houses.
And I mean, it's terrible.
[26:57] I mean
the property upkeep is terrible.
[27:01] You know, I talked to Randy and Darrell
all the time. I I got to get them to
[27:04] come out there in order to make us make
them do anything.
[27:08] You know, it's to the point where
I don't think that I should have to do
[27:14] that, but
that's how Clayton's getting. I mean,
[27:17] the businesses
grass is overgrown. You turn up you go
[27:22] to the corners of the street and you try
to look out
[27:26] the evergreens you you can't see in
order to in order to pull out. You know,
[27:30] people need to stay stay up with their
property.
[27:34] You know.
And then the other part of it is the
[27:39] Frontier thing.
I I I've got Frontier's number, three
[27:43] numbers. Okay, they came into the city
and they tore up everything.
[27:48] You had to call them and tell them that
you got kids playing. They got holes in
[27:52] the street bigger than this desk right
here.
[27:55] And you got to tell them you need to put
something orange around it where the
[27:57] kids won't fall in the holes.
I mean, it I I
[28:01] that's ridiculous. I think that
that's not I won't say it's your
[28:05] responsibility,
but I think that uh the the council
[28:10] should know what's going on with
Frontier.
[28:13] It's pathetic.
It's flat out pathetic. They've dug up
[28:17] my yard and I had to tell them
kept it undug for almost 2 months.
[28:22] It doesn't take too much to run
fiber optics.
[28:26] You know, then they say they're going to
put your property back like uh you had
[28:31] it.
It's nowhere near.
[28:33] They put down grass seed and I have to
tell them how to put down the grass
[28:36] seed, but they won't listen to me cuz I
planted plenty of grasses. I've had
[28:40] about what? 30 or 40 trees cut out
where I live at and I got beautiful
[28:45] grass now.
You know, you you got to tell them
[28:48] they want to put down
topsoil,
[28:52] throw the grass seed on top of the grass
on top of the topsoil, and then put the
[28:57] the hay down.
The seed's never going to get into the
[28:59] ground. You got to scratch the You got
to scratch the ground in order to get
[29:04] seed to grow.
You know, so they've been out there
[29:07] three times. And right now, I got a area
two areas big as that closet door right
[29:12] there.
Nothing's there.
[29:15] And with all the rain we got, man, we I
should have grass busting up through
[29:19] that yard.
You know.
[29:22] And Frontier, Vinebrook.
And the other thing, when the people
[29:28] come out with the grass is grown, it's
hard it's it's up to this table if not
[29:32] higher sometime. And when they cut it,
it's all in the street.
[29:37] I think it should be my opinion it
should be a citation for that.
[29:41] You know, you you I drove through a
uh
[29:44] What was it? Last week.
On Garber Road.
[29:49] I mean, there was so much grass in the
street. All this is going to do is clog
[29:52] up the gutters.
I mean, I know I mean the sewers.
[29:55] I mean, I I think it should be a
citation for that when they just keep
[29:59] the grass in the street like that.
You know, I don't know I don't know if
[30:03] you guys got any recommendations or what
You know, I'm not I I know I'm
[30:07] complaining, but I'm just trying to make
you know, our city more beautiful.
[30:11] That's all I'm doing. You know.
[30:20] Okay.
All right, thank you.
[30:24] » Thank you. Appreciate that.
>> Okay.
[30:31] » All right, uh Ms. Christina
Neckerbocker.
[30:41] » Good evening, Council and Mayor. It's so
nice to be here and thank you for
[30:45] everyone in the audience doing our part
of civic engagement. I'm Christina
[30:49] Knickerbocker and I'm running for
Congress against Mike Turner.
[30:52] And I'm an Air Force veteran and a nurse
practitioner and a mom. I have a
[30:56] 2-year-old and a 5-year-old. And I have
seen a lot in my patients in my
[31:02] community how they're living in a lot of
struggle. They're not able to afford
[31:07] their prescriptions. Uh a lot of
policies have inhibited them from
[31:12] getting the things that they need. And
so I felt very convicted I needed to do
[31:16] something about it and make sure my kids
have leadership that they can look up
[31:20] to. And so throughout my military career
and my civilian career, I have learned
[31:25] we have to step up to the table in order
to meet the need. And I think very much
[31:30] so we need someone willing to stand
against the status quo and corruption
[31:34] with experience not only in our
military, but also as someone that has
[31:39] been a public servant their entire life.
And so as an officer in the United
[31:45] States Air Force, I took care of many
veterans and their families and active
[31:49] duty members that often came home from
war and are still living in the shadow
[31:54] of it without getting their needs met.
And I take care of terminal cancer
[31:59] patients that are working so hard to
fight their cancer, yet they may spend
[32:04] more time fighting to keep their
insurance, to make sure their employer
[32:08] doesn't get rid of them, or potentially
calling the hospital to try to get them
[32:12] to cover the treatment that costs
thousands, tens of thousands of dollars.
[32:16] And so I think many of us have
experiences like that where
[32:21] we simply can't meet the need and our
systems are broken. And so because of
[32:26] that, we need someone to step in and
identify that these policies are hurting
[32:30] people and we need them to become much
more accessible to every person in our
[32:35] community. And in order to do that, we
have to make sure policies
[32:41] um are really written in a way that
legislators know how they actually
[32:46] impact our everyday lives. And I've seen
that. I have seen how often times we
[32:51] have out-of-touch politicians writing
policies that they cannot comprehend how
[32:57] they impact my patients. And how could
we? But they also have to make sure
[33:01] they're listening to the experts. And I
would consider my myself an expert after
[33:07] nearly 20 years in the healthcare
sector, both in the military and in the
[33:10] civilian world. And I'm the one that
takes care of the patient with Medicaid,
[33:15] Medicare, or private insurance. I may be
the one that's calls their employer to
[33:20] say I need them to have accommodations
off work. And yet the policies at the
[33:26] both the state and the federal level are
keeping me from doing my job. And so I'm
[33:31] here to advocate for people not only in
Clayton, but everyone in our district,
[33:36] as well as people across this uh
country. And so I I hope every one of
[33:42] you are um encouraging your neighbors to
look into the upcoming election. This is
[33:47] a very important year to hear from our
neighbors and see, you know, how are you
[33:51] hurting? What can we do to fix it?
Because I really do believe our status
[33:55] quo right now is not working, and we
need leaders to come in with new ideas
[33:59] and fresh perspectives to really rebuild
not only our community, but also our
[34:04] country. So, thank you for having me
tonight.
[34:09] » Thank you, ma'am. Thank you for coming
to Clayton and sharing tonight.
[34:11] Appreciate that.
All right. Um
[34:16] Next person I got here, I'm afraid I
might butcher your last name, Isaiah.
[34:20] Oh, what what what's your last name?
Anyamu?
[34:25] And I'm afraid to say it twice, so
>> [laughter]
[34:28] » please step up to the podium.
[34:35] » Good afternoon, everybody.
Um
[34:38] I do not have much to say today. Um I
would just like to come up here to just
[34:43] say thank you for first off.
Um I want to thank you for uh Mr. Hughes
[34:48] and Ms. Linda for coming out here and
expressing our community forum as
[34:53] they've also enlightened us as students,
cuz I'm a junior at Northmont High
[34:57] School, um to get out there and support
our
[35:00] city and the wonderful cities we have in
this district. Um I also want to thank
[35:05] you for Mr. Paul, uh chief of police, um
for
[35:09] on here it was the the school resource
officer um safety concerns as we talked
[35:15] about earlier are very important in
the lives of our students. Um so I just
[35:21] wanted to say thank you for that and
what we assessed um regarding that.
[35:26] Um Ms. Knickerbocker also did a good job
at talking about civic engagement as
[35:31] this goes out towards Mr. Hughes. We
have great teachers at our school um Mr.
[35:36] Kinc Kincade included who encourage us
to get out in our community and I am a
[35:42] resident of Union, but encourage us to
get out to our community just to be able
[35:46] to understand what's going on and what's
relating around us. So I just want to
[35:49] say thank you to him and thank you to
Mr. Kincade as well just for allowing us
[35:54] to get that opportunity.
Um
[35:58] yeah, I hope to see many of you guys
more um in the future. I plan to work
[36:03] with Mr. Hughes if that is allowed for
um
[36:07] taking the position
for succeeding Kareem Shahady as student
[36:12] board representative. So I just want to
thank everybody for your time and I um
[36:17] have a great afternoon. That's all.
Thank you.
[36:20] » All right, thank you. Thanks for coming
out.
[36:23] All right, uh last but not least, Mr.
Earl Harmon.
[36:38] » Yes, it's time.
Sunday
[36:44] fireworks
going to happen 4:30
[36:49] for the volunteers to help Colin get the
outside ready. I'll be working in the
[36:55] basement
doing hot dogs, getting them ready.
[36:58] Uh
so far we got Kroger's donated all the
[37:02] hot dogs and Myers has given us all the
water and uh
[37:05] uh Miss Tina over there has given us all
the uh
[37:09] silver pieces to wrap the hot dogs in.
So, uh we're rocking and rolling pretty
[37:14] good.
Uh and what I would like to have I got a
[37:18] young man back here who's going to help
us set the outside up. And you as
[37:22] officials, I want you up where you can
be seen. I don't need you in the
[37:26] kitchen.
You got people you need to talk to out
[37:30] here in the crowd, so you talk to them.
We'll take care of the other stuff.
[37:34] My ladies and I will be working in the
kitchen out of sight, but uh we're here
[37:39] we're here for you. And just remember
there's no chairs this year. You got to
[37:43] bring a chair if you want to sit down.
Uh Mr. Willie Williams will be there uh
[37:50] up on the platform at 7:00. He's going
to spin records and teach you how to
[37:54] line dance if you want to dance.
So, that'll go on until 9:00. 9:00 is
[38:00] when the actual fireworks go.
We'll have hot dogs ready by 7:00 and
[38:05] because we're going to start at 4: 30.
We'll have hot dogs ready to go at 7:00.
[38:11] Uh
hot dogs are free, water's free.
[38:15] Everything that we're trying to do is to
present Clayton
[38:20] as a great town to
live, and enjoy and have fun.
[38:26] And it is a great town.
That's Sunday, yes.
[38:30] It starts on Sunday. And
just like to have everybody come and
[38:35] enjoy yourself.
Beautiful fireworks. And of course you
[38:39] get a get a nice hot dog along with it.
So, anyhow,
[38:44] I just wish everybody could come. So,
thank you very much. And like I say, I
[38:49] want you guys up up top.
Don't come down to kitchen. You'll be
[38:53] down there cuz you won't be recognized.
We all know you.
[38:57] » Well, I might come down see what you're
doing with those hot dogs for 2 and 1/2
[39:00] hours, Earl.
[39:03] I mean, maybe I'll bring the chief with
me, too, cuz that's
[39:06] » Yeah, I'll need him.
I need him. But,
[39:09] I say we'll
my group will take care of downstairs. I
[39:14] I need you out there to see the people
and meet the people and things like
[39:18] that. So, anyhow, and heck, come and big
smiles on your face and have fun. Cuz if
[39:23] you don't have fun,
I don't need you.
[39:27] Please, come come with a smile.
Thank you.
[39:32] » All right, thank you, Earl. I know I'm
looking forward to that.
[39:36] Last call for anyone who
would like to speak, but didn't sign up.
[39:40] Anyone? Any takers?
All right. Well, with that, we'll move
[39:45] on to the city manager's report.
>> Good evening, Mayor and Council. So, to
[39:51] follow up with Earl's Sunday Labor Day
Festival and Fireworks, the city offices
[39:57] will be closed in observance of Labor
Day on Monday, September 7th, and trash
[40:01] will be delayed for all routes,
one day throughout the week.
[40:08] I wanted to let you know that the 2025
audited financial report has been
[40:13] completed. It is is on the city's
website for public review. So, you can
[40:18] go out there and check that out.
An update on the State Route 48 Road and
[40:24] Sidewalk Project, it's uh been pushed
back a little bit due to the rain. So,
[40:29] they are expected to begin working
September 14th. However, once we do
[40:35] solidify that date, we will get that out
to you as well as post on our media
[40:40] outlets.
[40:43] The also
the Westbrook Oak Road intersection
[40:48] safety project, uh project fact sheets
and frequently asked questions regarding
[40:53] this proposed safety improvement on
these roads uh were mailed out to
[40:57] residence residences and businesses in
that area.
[41:01] The materials outlined proposed uh
single-lane roundabout, anticipated
[41:05] traffic, and right-of-way impacts,
project schedule, funding, and
[41:09] opportunities for public comment. So,
copies of uh the documents can also be
[41:14] found on our website. And this is
looking out cuz construction is not set
[41:19] to begin until October of 2028.
[41:23] Um that is all I have for you this
evening unless you all have any
[41:27] questions for me.
>> I have a question. Um
[41:31] on Haber and National,
it was grass and now it is all dug back
[41:37] up.
And I'm wondering about that.
[41:40] Additionally, there is a large hole
um on Haber Road. Yes, it has one orange
[41:48] traffic cone in front of it, but it is
as deep as the pipes.
[41:52] So, if somebody falls in there, it's
going to be a significant injury. Um
[41:57] and it's been open for a couple of days
now.
[42:02] Sure why they've they've dug it all back
up, but um they've dug up the whole
[42:06] property again.
So.
[42:11] » I don't want to misspeak. I do know I've
read something of what they are
[42:14] installing,
but again, I do not want to miss speak,
[42:17] but I will look up on that and again
address the large hole on Haber.
[42:26] Any other
>> questions? Um
[42:29] Your report mentioned the community
reinvestment area, the CRA, along 49.
[42:34] And I wanted to ask council members if
they needed any additional information
[42:39] on that before we gave Elaine the go
ahead to go forward on that. I think
[42:44] that'd be a great asset along that
corridor to encourage some commercial
[42:48] business, and I sort of like to get on
with that if we could.
[42:52] » Thank you for bringing that
>> any pushback?
[42:54] So, Elaine, go ahead and and take the
next steps that we need to to do that.
[42:58] » Thank you very much.
[43:05] » Uh anything else?
City manager, is that it?
[43:09] I guess so. Is that Is that all?
>> That is all I had, yes. Thank you.
[43:12] » Thank you.
All right, we're to our council and
[43:15] mayor comments. Mr. York, would you mind
starting us out tonight?
[43:21] » Uh
sure, yeah. Um
[43:23] just want to say uh everyone stay safe
with the heat that we have out there.
[43:27] And then
and then also I hope to see everyone
[43:31] this Sunday at the 4th of July
festivities.
[43:33] » Nope.
>> Sorry. Labor Day. Labor Day. I associate
[43:37] I associate fireworks with 4th of July.
Sorry.
[43:40] Um
And then also wanted to make a comment
[43:43] on the mosquito spraying. Um
there was also, I believe, at the Ward
[43:48] Field uh West Nile virus also detected,
so it is getting around the area. So, um
[43:54] like I said, everyone just stay safe out
there. Thank you.
[43:58] » Uh thank you, Ms. Kelly.
>> Good evening. I wanted to congratulate
[44:03] and welcome Mr. Hughes to North Mont
City Schools, and I've heard that not
[44:09] only tonight, but from Tony Thomas and
his family and the Walkers that he is up
[44:15] and running, literally, and has um
we're excited to have you, and I'm
[44:21] excited to work with you in this
community.
[44:24] Also, too, I think it's very refreshing
for the first time ever have I heard a
[44:29] student, after 14 years, from Mr.
Kincaid's room come up and actually
[44:34] speak.
You did a wonderful job. I appreciate
[44:38] that so much, and I hope you come back
and engage yourself, because
[44:45] you're our future.
So, congratulations for getting up
[44:49] there. I've never seen that happen.
Other than that, everyone come out. This
[44:53] is the best event of the year, in my
opinion, besides breakfast with Santa,
[44:58] of course, but this is such an exciting
event. I've never seen better fireworks,
[45:04] and I've been everywhere. Uh EBN
fireworks are nothing compared to the
[45:09] city of Clayton. So, we have a great
time. We're looking forward to having
[45:13] everyone. Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you, uh Ms. McDowell.
[45:18] » Good evening.
Thank you for coming out tonight. Have a
[45:22] safe Labor Day, and see you at the
fireworks, of course. Stay hydrated.
[45:28] Stay sprayed up.
Uh remember to stay connected with your
[45:31] neighbors to help maintain the safety of
our community. And thank you, as well,
[45:36] Superintendent Mr. Hughes, the student,
and all of you brave people got up and
[45:41] spoke, and you, as well, good luck, Ms.
Christine.
[45:46] Lock her up.
[45:49] » All right. Thank you, uh Mr. Gorman.
>> [clears throat]
[45:53] » Yes, Mayor, I'd like to thank everyone
for coming, and uh wish you all a happy
[45:57] uh Labor Day coming up, and hope to see
you all at the um fireworks on Sunday
[46:02] night. And I heard that um Myers donated
the Coke.
[46:07] And and Kroger's donated something. Did
Did anyone happen to donate the beer?
[46:13] » [laughter]
>> You did, Mr. Gorman. You did.
[46:19] No, but it was but the bar will be open.
>> Okay. Okay. Thank you. And everybody
[46:23] have a nice Labor Day.
[46:26] » All right. Thank you, Mr. Gorman. Mr.
Henning?
[46:28] » Uh
just a few things. Mr. Hughes and Ms.
[46:31] Bloom, thank you for coming here
tonight.
[46:34] We had a conversation last or 2 weeks
ago with
[46:40] Fire Chief Garver about another building
that we own that was built in 1969
[46:46] that is absolutely inadequate for our
fire department, and we are exploring
[46:51] what we can do to make that also better
for them.
[46:55] Um
these buildings are
[46:58] these buildings' life spans have just
exceeded by tens of years, and
[47:05] it's just as you said, the safety
component is not there, but then also
[47:10] the productivity and everything else is
just
[47:13] not what it should be in 2026. So, we
are as a council exploring how we can
[47:18] also improve
the building up front that is the main
[47:22] fire department building. Um same year
as Northmoor. So, I look forward to the
[47:27] September 23rd meeting at the middle
school at 6:30 p.m. And I will be there.
[47:33] Also wanted to thank the bus drivers for
last week and this week with
[47:36] transportation. I have a little one
that's on the buses. It is hot, but
[47:40] they're doing a tremendous job getting
everyone to where they need to be and on
[47:44] time. So, uh to the Northmont students
and CTC students, we hope you have a
[47:50] great school year. Uh Mr. Henderson,
thank you for coming tonight. Um I don't
[47:55] know if you caught our last meeting or
not, but earlier in the meeting we
[48:00] approved um council work session minutes
from our August 20th meeting that went
[48:05] over a presentation by Colin, who's our
development director, in regards to
[48:11] civil penalty enforcements dealing with
nuisance property maintenance and
[48:16] unpermitted business occupancy
enforcement. Uh, this is something that
[48:21] council as a whole, all of us up here
and the law director and city manager
[48:25] are really trying to be proactive with
because everything you said tonight is
[48:30] something we hear from yourself and
others all the time.
[48:34] Um, and
as we passed tonight um the emergencies
[48:39] for grass cutting and other things that
also go unpaid and which is an impact to
[48:43] our budget. So, thank you for bringing
that up. We will look for um future
[48:48] presentations for this. And if you have
a chance, it's on YouTube, you can
[48:52] review um that meeting and if you have
any ideas more than what were presented
[48:57] to us, please let us know because we are
trying to be as proactive as we can with
[49:03] um
having these enforcements done. And
[49:07] finally,
this is something that I know we all um
[49:11] also just agree and send out our prayers
to the student um and individual who was
[49:18] struck on 49
um and also prayers to another uh family
[49:24] member of the Newburg family who is just
such a part of our Northmont community.
[49:30] Um, to these two individuals um and
families, we just want you to know that
[49:35] we're thinking of you, we're praying for
you uh during this extremely tough time.
[49:39] So, that's all I have. Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you, Ms. Bustos.
[49:45] » Good evening. Thank you all for coming
out. Um, superintendent, it is I look
[49:49] forward to working with you.
Um
[49:53] the young man that came up here and
spoke, you were very eloquent. The
[49:57] definitely the first one I've seen as
well, and I hope you come again. Uh Mr.
[50:02] Henderson, I share your feelings. Um and
we are working on it. We've been talking
[50:08] about it a lot. We have passed an
ordinance to at least get
[50:12] um utility vehicles or utility trailers
and things off being parked on the
[50:16] street full of junk, and we are working
um Sometimes it takes a little bit, but
[50:22] we are working to try to get things
cleaned up because we all agree that
[50:27] um a nice-looking city benefits all of
us. So, thank you for coming tonight.
[50:48] » I'm starting to see vehicles parked in
grass like we're in Hillbilly's
[50:52] Hillbilly
>> [laughter]
[50:53] » Billy central, you know what I mean?
It's it's getting crazy, you know. I'm
[50:57] starting to see that a lot, too.
You know.
[51:01] » And I will tell you that part of the
meeting we had uh last our last session,
[51:06] we did talk about yard parking, and that
is something that we're looking at right
[51:11] now.
>> Okay, thank you.
[51:12] » Yeah.
>> And hopefully we can get the holes
[51:14] filled where it won't you won't find
kids in the holes where
[51:18] Frontier is not doing what they need to
be doing, too, so you know, that's
[51:22] that's a big concern of mine.
>> Yes.
[51:24] » got kids playing. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[51:27] And I hope I see everybody Sunday night.
I will be at the fireworks as well, and
[51:32] I don't know what I'm going to be doing
there yet, but I'll be there. Thank you.
[51:37] » All right, thank you.
I just like to start my comments and
[51:41] join in. Obviously, I go last, so any
thunder I might have usually gets
[51:45] stolen, which is fine with me.
Do you want to Mr. Hughes, welcome to
[51:49] Northmont. Look forward to meeting with
you after Labor Day to talk about
[51:53] Clayton and the school system and see
what we can do.
[51:56] Isaiah, thanks for coming out and and
speaking.
[52:00] Feel free to bring some friends with you
next time.
[52:03] Welcome all kinds of engagement with uh
with our our young citizens
[52:08] get their perspective and know what's
important to them.
[52:12] Um
I did in talking with Mr. Knickerbocker
[52:15] earlier before the meeting, she reminded
me about cycling, how much I enjoy that
[52:20] and miss it because of just being pulled
away from it. But because of the
[52:25] accident over on on 49, just please be
careful about where you choose to ride.
[52:30] Uh if you have to take some back roads
and takes you longer, but it's less
[52:34] traveled by vehicles, I I'd encourage
you to do that. Uh just just for
[52:39] safety's sake. It's sometimes it's just
not worth trying to be expedient, you
[52:43] know, if if your life could be at risk.
Um
[52:50] I think last Mr. Anderson is what I'm
joining in with Mr. Henning. Thanks for
[52:54] bringing up those comments and I do hope
you find what you're looking for in the
[52:58] meeting that we the work session we had
on trying to address that. And so that
[53:02] is on our minds.
And uh
[53:07] as as Earl said, look forward to seeing
all of you out for fireworks this Labor
[53:11] Day weekend. Should be a great time. Um
great opportunity for our community
[53:16] involvement and getting to know your
neighbors. So I encourage you to come
[53:19] out for that.
Are there any last comments from
[53:22] council?
>> I'll move for adjournment.
[53:27] » Second.
>> We have a motion to adjourn by Mr.
[53:30] Gorman with a second by Mr. Henning. Any
knows?
[53:34] And make