[0:00] i guess we should get going

[0:02] good evening

[0:04] welcome to the uh december 6th meeting

[0:07] of bedford city council you would please

[0:09] rise and join me in the pledge of

[0:11] allegiance

[0:13] i pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:15] united states of america

[0:17] and to the republic for which it stands

[0:20] one nation under god

[0:23] indivisible with liberty

[0:46] you can have a motion to excuse

[0:48] councilwoman mizak from the meeting

[0:51] tonight

[0:52] by genus second by sphinx

[0:56] saunders yes coach yes spanx yes

[1:00] yes blue party yes

[1:06] and council you have the minutes of the

[1:09] work session of november 15 2021

[1:14] any corrections to that

[1:18] seeing none and a motion for acceptance

[1:21] a

[1:22] geneticist second by blue hardy

[1:38] of

[1:39] november 15 2021

[1:41] any corrections to that

[1:44] seeing none motion for acceptance

[1:46] by

[1:49] saunders second by asbury

[1:52] call the roll please saunders yes cochi

[1:55] yes sphinx yes to nudists yes flu party

[1:59] yes hansbury abstain

[2:03] and under old business ordinance number

[2:05] 9914-21

[2:10] okay

[2:12] being an ordinance to make

[2:13] appropriations from current expenses and

[2:16] expenditures of the city of bedford

[2:18] during the year 2022 and declaring an

[2:21] emergency you can have a motion for

[2:23] suspension nice pink second by blue

[2:25] hardy call the roll please

[2:28] saunders yes

[2:30] yes space yes

[2:32] yes blue party yes

[2:35] yes promotion for third and final

[2:38] by asbury second by saunders

[2:41] um

[2:43] yes this is our annual appropriation

[2:45] measure for 2022.

[2:48] we've trimmed the budget as much as we

[2:50] can we've had final negotiations with

[2:52] our unions that are included within this

[2:54] and uh at this point in time i and we've

[2:57] had jennifer working on this

[2:58] continuously with me

[3:00] and done a great job on this so i asked

[3:03] council this evening to pass this

[3:04] appropriation measure for 2022.

[3:09] thank you

[3:11] and jennifer our assistant director is

[3:13] here with us tonight

[3:14] thanks for your work on this soon

[3:17] it's done

[3:18] do you want to mention what our budget's

[3:20] going to be for next year

[3:29] the general fund will have a

[3:31] appropriation measure of 18 million 33

[3:34] 730

[3:36] the overall budget will be 39 million

[3:39] 348 720

[3:43] thank you

[3:45] and i think that says a lot uh and i

[3:47] think i mentioned it last time we talked

[3:48] about this that

[3:50] our budget is 39 million dollars which

[3:52] is a lot of money

[3:54] but

[3:55] a few years back it was 42 million

[3:58] dollars

[3:59] so what that

[4:00] shows us is that

[4:02] the administration and the department

[4:04] heads

[4:05] along with the assistance of council has

[4:07] trimmed back the budget

[4:09] we actually are operating

[4:12] at a high efficiency for less money than

[4:14] we did just a few years ago and i think

[4:16] that's a testament

[4:18] to our administration that uh sitting up

[4:20] here into our department heads and the

[4:22] employees for uh

[4:24] doing their part

[4:25] to lower their budget and keeping in

[4:28] line with

[4:29] running the city as efficiently as

[4:31] possible so good job though everybody

[4:35] and call the roll please

[4:37] saunders

[4:39] yes cochi yes spanx yes nudist yes blue

[4:43] party yes hansberry yes

[4:47] ordnance number 9915-21

[4:52] which authorizes the city manager to

[4:54] purchase a john deere 1200a bunker and

[4:57] field break for the parks and recreation

[5:00] department and declaring an emergency

[5:03] motion for suspension nice pink second

[5:06] by blue hardy i'll roll please

[5:09] saunders

[5:10] yes cochi spanx yes

[5:13] yes blue party yes

[5:17] for third and final

[5:18] asbury second by saunders

[5:21] uh mike

[5:22] thank you mayor this is a piece of

[5:24] equipment um

[5:25] for our ball fields we've typically used

[5:29] a john deere gator equipment

[5:32] that is

[5:34] up there in age

[5:35] obviously showing it signs it's been uh

[5:38] parks and recreation department has put

[5:40] this proposal in

[5:42] over the last three budget cycles we

[5:45] have kind of pushed it by to the wayside

[5:48] we're looking at it now and it's

[5:50] something that we can fund um and we

[5:52] wanted to try to get this through by the

[5:54] end of the year as we can

[5:57] anticipate based on the vendor that

[5:59] these prices will go up

[6:01] um it will need to

[6:03] amend this piece as the original quote

[6:07] that came in that we shared with console

[6:09] um

[6:10] was about 35

[6:13] less than what the current one is

[6:16] so i wanted to mention that but our

[6:17] recommendation is to

[6:20] move forward with this purchase

[6:22] through this vendor and

[6:24] get the piece of equipment for the

[6:25] department

[6:30] yeah i would like to

[6:33] amend the uh

[6:35] dollar amount

[6:38] big increase of some thirty dollars uh

[6:40] up to fourteen thousand four hundred

[6:42] twenty four

[6:44] and eighty cents

[6:46] motion to amend as such by the asbury

[6:49] second by saunders

[6:50] call the roll please saunders yes cochi

[6:54] spakes yes nudists yes blue party yes

[6:57] ashbury yes

[7:02] the roll for the third and final

[7:04] saunders

[7:06] yes cochi yes spanx yes

[7:09] yes blue party yes

[7:13] and we do have a presentation tonight

[7:16] as you know it's

[7:18] one of my favorite things to do is

[7:19] presentations and

[7:22] proclamations

[7:23] this is always a good one

[7:27] throughout the year

[7:29] on fridays

[7:31] people at city hall are allowed to

[7:33] dress down dress in jeans

[7:36] and they they put a dollar in the

[7:38] kitty or

[7:40] more if they wish but uh

[7:44] about every six months we do this

[7:46] and the the proceeds from that dress

[7:49] down day goes through meals on wheels so

[7:52] i could ask diana to please join me up

[7:54] front

[8:05] oh

[8:07] [Laughter]

[8:14] diana is the

[8:16] executive director i don't know your

[8:18] formal title but uh

[8:20] she's our boss on meals on wheels

[8:24] but i like to present you with this

[8:26] check for one thousand dollars

[8:29] that the employees have chipped in and

[8:32] donate to you i need to do this yes

[8:36] this is good now what

[8:39] i do have to ask you to come in tomorrow

[8:41] is this

[8:42] really official

[8:47] the check will be processed in the

[8:48] morning

[8:50] but this is a token and i can vote them

[8:52] out there so you can see frank and get

[8:54] that amount as well

[8:56] okay

[8:59] yeah um

[9:01] hi everyone

[9:03] [Music]

[9:05] you know

[9:07] a thousand dollars is a lot of money and

[9:11] a thousand dollars is very small no

[9:12] longer

[9:13] um

[9:15] we have

[9:18] over 100

[9:20] people that live in our neighborhood

[9:23] that we cater to

[9:24] bring them a hot meal every day

[9:27] monday through friday and this year

[9:30] because of

[9:32] a little more generous donations

[9:35] we've been able to extend that to six

[9:38] days a week

[9:39] so

[9:40] i never could understand that you

[9:42] weren't hungry on saturday or sunday

[9:45] you know like your hunger stops on

[9:47] friday

[9:48] um

[9:49] but

[9:50] we were able to do it this year and

[9:52] that's

[9:53] uh we've been able to expand in a lot of

[9:56] different ways because of the generosity

[9:58] of our neighbors

[10:01] and the

[10:02] terrific work

[10:04] we have that

[10:06] it gets your hands dirty kind of work

[10:10] sticky in our case

[10:12] from

[10:14] a couple of our council people behind me

[10:18] that

[10:19] show up every week

[10:22] no fanfare

[10:24] nobody gets out and claps for them but

[10:25] they think they came because they care

[10:28] about our people

[10:30] and that's a particularly have to

[10:32] mention

[10:34] vic on flew party where

[10:36] we have literally

[10:39] taken it over his time

[10:42] he thought he was gonna work one day a

[10:43] week and it's now closer to four

[10:48] and

[10:49] the mayor and

[10:52] his wife

[10:53] marilyn

[10:54] work every wednesday afternoon well end

[10:57] of the day on wednesday

[11:00] you're done by noon though which is kind

[11:02] of an executive kind of hours

[11:06] compared to things

[11:08] and sandy

[11:10] sandy spanx has gone above and beyond

[11:12] the call of duty

[11:14] she has endured

[11:17] she and bob his illness for this last

[11:20] year

[11:20] and still they've come

[11:23] they come often twice sometimes three

[11:26] times a week

[11:28] because we're always looking for

[11:29] volunteers

[11:31] i hope you hear that that's the plug

[11:35] we don't pay anybody much except for

[11:37] tremendous amount of satisfaction

[11:40] which is pretty cool and there's one

[11:42] other person back here responsible for

[11:44] more than a thousand dollars

[11:46] and uh that's mr cambosi

[11:49] who um

[11:50] last summer

[11:52] was it last summer or seemed even

[11:54] farther than that anyway he held my hand

[11:58] through uh my first

[12:01] grant

[12:02] i had never done that before

[12:05] and

[12:07] he was a good task master

[12:10] we got the grant that we got four more

[12:13] that

[12:15] came from outside the area

[12:17] so it really helped to have

[12:20] that kind of help you can't you can't

[12:22] buy that

[12:24] and so we want to thank you yes

[12:26] absolutely for the money

[12:28] but also

[12:30] for being the kind of leaders

[12:33] that we want

[12:34] that we are happy to vote for

[12:36] and that we are going to take advantage

[12:38] of as long as we can

[12:41] thank you

[12:43] okay yes

[12:47] [Applause]

[12:59] can i also say it's her birthday

[13:02] tomorrow happy birthday

[13:06] in 75

[13:08] all right

[13:12] [Applause]

[13:22] [Music]

[13:31] and many more

[13:33] [Applause]

[13:37] we do get paid for this every time we

[13:39] see uh

[13:40] one of the people smile when we hand

[13:42] them their food so

[13:44] to help we do get that

[13:46] it's worth more than than any pay we can

[13:49] get

[13:51] thank you for doing all

[14:00] that mr city manager reports

[14:04] thank you mayor

[14:06] a few items real quick um our leave

[14:08] collection is still um continuing

[14:12] i know that there was something out

[14:13] there

[14:14] we made it through town uh

[14:16] three times already we're going through

[14:17] a fourth weather permitting um again get

[14:20] those to the the tree line try not to

[14:23] get them in the street and our staff

[14:25] will come around and collect those

[14:28] um a friendly reminder that this

[14:29] saturday we're going to be having the

[14:31] christmas investment falls event um

[14:33] that'll be downtown in the historic

[14:35] district

[14:36] and i also want to mention that we will

[14:39] be having our shop with a cop event

[14:41] and i want to thank you know all the

[14:43] volunteers

[14:45] all of the officers and all of the

[14:49] very very generous donations that we've

[14:51] received from individuals that we

[14:53] received from businesses we had some

[14:54] substantial

[14:56] donations um that'll allow us to help

[14:59] take the children and then also we will

[15:01] bring them back and have a pizza party

[15:03] with them afterwards so um really really

[15:06] appreciate it and i want to just uh

[15:09] commend our department normally we work

[15:12] with a number of different

[15:13] departments and

[15:16] they

[15:17] weren't going to do it this year

[15:19] however our department felt the need

[15:21] that we should

[15:23] and they decided to organize that on

[15:24] their own and they're doing it for

[15:27] bedford children so

[15:29] um

[15:30] chief stumpful and our guys over there

[15:31] are doing a great job and thank you to

[15:33] everybody that's donated honestly it's

[15:36] it was a lot of money that came in it

[15:38] really um it's impressive and it's

[15:41] appreciated

[15:42] uh

[15:45] we do this a couple times a year where

[15:46] we send out our auxiliaries

[15:48] as well as our officers we make note of

[15:52] various light poles that are out

[15:54] with first energy as you know regardless

[15:56] if they're on or off we're paying for

[15:58] those polls

[15:59] we did send in our most recent report

[16:03] first energy is aware of that there were

[16:05] about 130

[16:07] that were out city wide

[16:10] some of those are marked with the with

[16:12] the caution tape um and obviously when

[16:14] those repairs are made we've requested

[16:16] that first energy remove that tape but

[16:18] if you're wondering why that that is why

[16:20] that tape is on some of those polls

[16:23] and we'll monitor that after the first

[16:24] of the year and and check on what

[16:26] progress

[16:28] they've made to our

[16:30] through our rep

[16:32] i also wanted to acknowledge that

[16:35] it seemed like there was a little bit of

[16:36] an improvement

[16:38] in some of the issues with the trains

[16:41] over the last few months

[16:43] which i remember we've had the train

[16:44] stoppage

[16:45] city council passed legislation

[16:48] and we sent that information

[16:51] the ordinance

[16:53] letters information to all the

[16:55] appropriate parties and it did seem to

[16:57] improve

[16:58] although two weeks ago there was an

[17:00] incident where there was a train stop

[17:02] for a substantial amount of time

[17:05] actually it was almost five hours i

[17:07] believe based on the reports

[17:09] blocking those tracks we had another

[17:12] incident last week both

[17:14] both times we responded we documented

[17:17] accordingly

[17:18] and the line has been billed accordingly

[17:21] with that civil penalty based on the

[17:24] ordinance so we are working to try to to

[17:26] try to resolve that

[17:29] and obviously after that that billing

[17:32] and that civil penalty goes out um we

[17:35] anticipate communication from the rail

[17:37] lines um

[17:39] and obviously that's not what we wanted

[17:41] to get to but we cannot have them

[17:43] you know stopping at those crossings for

[17:46] that amount of time so

[17:48] i just wanted to share that that we're

[17:49] aware of it we have a

[17:51] policy in place as far as how we respond

[17:54] how we document it it's actually helpful

[17:56] that we have our cameras in our vehicles

[17:59] now because we've documented through

[18:01] those uh videos

[18:03] and that references the amount of time

[18:05] so there's video evidence of how long

[18:07] they've been stopped we don't sit there

[18:08] for five hours actually the ordinance

[18:10] states that it's longer than five

[18:12] minutes so we just basically verify that

[18:14] um with the cameras

[18:16] and then we move forward and we it's

[18:18] documented and then we issued a

[18:20] civil penalty so

[18:22] we're trying to resolve that issue we

[18:24] know it's a concern and i just wanted to

[18:26] share with the public that working and

[18:28] we'll continue to keep trying to address

[18:30] that

[18:31] uh end of report

[18:33] thank you

[18:34] law director mr montello oh report i

[18:36] would like to thank mrs mo to all the

[18:38] volunteers for meals on wheels and wish

[18:41] you all the help and a

[18:42] safe and healthy

[18:44] holiday

[18:46] thank you

[18:48] finance director mr gambozzi yes i'd

[18:50] like to thank diana too and the council

[18:52] and everyone who

[18:54] helps with that meals at wheels it's a

[18:55] great cause and i know we've done it for

[18:57] 30 years now help contribute towards

[19:00] that as employees to your cause and it's

[19:02] been well worth it great job that you do

[19:05] it's fantastic that you help that many

[19:07] people every week

[19:09] thank you

[19:11] tonight we also have on our agenda first

[19:13] actually it's the fixed asset policy uh

[19:16] jennifer's been busy uh updating the

[19:18] policies that we have with our auditors

[19:21] and we'll be putting that on the first

[19:24] reading tonight is not passing that

[19:28] and also the

[19:30] tax department we've been working on the

[19:33] water discounts

[19:35] and we have a couple people that still

[19:37] haven't filed yet that were on our list

[19:39] last year so

[19:40] be aware of that the discount program is

[19:43] still

[19:45] there that we do get your applications

[19:48] in on time you can get those discounts

[19:49] going

[19:50] for you in the current year of 2022.

[19:54] that's all i have this evening

[19:58] thank you

[20:00] mr saunders

[20:02] two council meetings in a row i get to

[20:04] be first

[20:07] but

[20:08] that's that's good for me

[20:13] we have a house on columbus road it's

[20:15] between drinks auto and shopping center

[20:19] as you remember uh we've complained

[20:22] about the fact that they filled their

[20:23] tree lawn up almost every week with

[20:25] rubbish

[20:26] now they just don't take their cans back

[20:28] in

[20:29] they sit out there all week

[20:32] and they've got numerous cans

[20:34] so we need to get a hold of that

[20:37] landlord and get them to start adhering

[20:40] to

[20:41] some of the policies that we have here

[20:44] because columbus road is a fairly busy

[20:47] road and it's somewhat of an entrance

[20:49] way through the city and it it just

[20:52] doesn't look good to have those camps

[20:54] numerous cans sitting out there

[20:56] all week long

[20:58] uh

[20:59] the other thing is

[21:00] uh later we'll be passing ordinances on

[21:04] condemning houses

[21:06] uh

[21:07] one of much is in my ward 65 talbot

[21:11] this one has been long overdue it's been

[21:14] nothing but an eyesore it's a shame

[21:17] that uh

[21:19] every time we get to this point

[21:21] something happens and we end up almost

[21:24] starting over again but we will be

[21:27] formally condemning that house so the

[21:29] neighbors off of talbot and berwin area

[21:33] we're working on it it's just taking a

[21:35] while

[21:37] and

[21:38] i want to say i'll see you all on

[21:41] saturday in downtown bedford for

[21:43] christmas in bedford falls that's always

[21:45] a great event

[21:47] and hopefully

[21:49] we will get a good turnout and

[21:52] i know the weather's supposed to be

[21:53] really nice on friday i don't know about

[21:55] saturday

[21:56] but uh hopefully it stays put with that

[21:59] too

[22:00] uh another issue that we're having is on

[22:04] the upper end the logan by blaine

[22:06] we have i think it's the duplexes the

[22:09] new people that have moved in over there

[22:11] they parked their car on the street

[22:13] basically in front of beauty's place

[22:16] and there's some days where two three

[22:18] days they haven't moved

[22:20] so we may want to put some special

[22:23] attention over there

[22:24] that uh they're not allowed to park

[22:26] overnight in that area there's

[22:30] two cars specifically that seem to be

[22:32] parked there all the time

[22:35] and

[22:36] we need to

[22:39] that's a dangerous intersection to begin

[22:41] with

[22:42] and you come around the corner and

[22:44] there's the park cars all the time

[22:46] and one other quick note uh

[22:50] i know there's been on social media talk

[22:52] about sewer rate increases

[22:56] and uh bedford's increasing their rates

[22:58] four percent

[23:00] just want everybody to know that if

[23:02] you've got regional sewer good luck

[23:04] because theirs is going at the 18

[23:06] percent summit counties raising their 16

[23:10] and this is for the next several years

[23:13] for theirs so

[23:14] a four percent we're trying to keep it

[23:16] to a minimum uh

[23:19] and unfortunately as you are well aware

[23:22] costs have gone up everywhere

[23:24] so uh we aren't raising the water rate

[23:27] this year but uh the sword rate has to

[23:30] go up so

[23:32] it's only a few

[23:35] a little bit of money but i know if

[23:37] you're on a fixed income a little bit of

[23:39] money it can be a lot of money but uh

[23:42] we have to maintain the system

[23:44] and uh

[23:46] if be thankful you're not in some of

[23:47] these other surrounding areas because

[23:50] they're getting huge increases

[23:52] thank you

[23:56] uh this is speaks

[23:58] good evening

[24:00] thank you for your compliments and

[24:02] everything and just uh i always boast

[24:05] about what a great group

[24:07] meals on wheels we're like a family

[24:09] up there we get each other's backs

[24:12] we always have each other's backs

[24:13] someone needs a sub or something

[24:15] and i wish i could wish me and bob could

[24:18] do five days a week instead of three but

[24:20] uh eventually maybe we'll get there it's

[24:23] so rewarding you get to know the people

[24:24] we do

[24:25] through different routes so we're

[24:28] we've seen people different people those

[24:31] three days monday thursday and friday

[24:33] and you just get to know them and they

[24:35] they're waiting at the door for you and

[24:37] they're so happy and so sometimes you do

[24:39] sit there and chat with them a little

[24:41] bit then you got to remember you have

[24:42] somebody that's waiting for their bill

[24:44] behind them and so it's just very

[24:47] rewarding and just such a great team up

[24:49] there and i don't think they knew what

[24:51] he was getting into and i was like hey

[24:53] dick you ought to do this when he got

[24:55] home uh council and we depend on him he

[24:57] gives all the he's our heavy lifter at

[24:59] mills of wills he's uh

[25:01] that

[25:03] mike uh the last meeting we had spoken

[25:06] about uh creswell i see one of my

[25:08] congressional residents out there um and

[25:11] you said you were gonna find out about

[25:12] me about when we had the water main

[25:13] breaks we of course we had a guest

[25:16] flying out there and stuff um

[25:19] they did come back out i had called you

[25:21] because they had filled in the hole with

[25:24] the gravel and stuff and i called mike

[25:26] because my car kind of went in a little

[25:28] bit

[25:29] um i saw they did get out there and fix

[25:31] that did you check in you said you was

[25:33] going to check in for me to see are they

[25:36] once the last time because i know it's

[25:37] been a long time that

[25:39] that thing has been completely redone

[25:40] yeah i don't have the exact year when

[25:42] that water line was completely redone

[25:44] but i actually met with

[25:46] our superintendent from the water

[25:48] department and i'll have a detailed

[25:50] report on

[25:52] a number of different things that we've

[25:55] that we put together from this year from

[25:57] hydrant replacements to how many breaks

[25:59] we've had

[26:01] to a capital program as far as where we

[26:03] need to focus on line replacements

[26:06] so there are some areas of town

[26:07] obviously that that is one area of town

[26:10] that we're looking at there's another

[26:12] area of town up on the hill that we're

[26:14] looking at um it seems that on occasions

[26:17] where we've had some of our most recent

[26:19] breaks it's been on

[26:20] in those areas

[26:22] so we also have a inquiry out to

[26:25] cleveland water as far as you know

[26:27] pressure increases and things like that

[26:29] when they adjust those so there's a lot

[26:31] more data that we have to put together

[26:33] but we are looking at that area um as

[26:36] far as when i don't have the exact year

[26:37] when that was um how old that is but

[26:40] once i get all of that additional

[26:42] information that is going to be included

[26:44] okay we appreciate it thank you

[26:46] i know it's been we've had a lot this

[26:48] summer that is over there because

[26:50] they're still at the end of the street

[26:51] is still kind of the one

[26:54] hole that was at the time before this

[26:56] one it's starting to sink a little bit

[26:58] too so i know the guys with the weather

[27:00] getting

[27:01] you know bad

[27:02] i'll have that that information will be

[27:04] in

[27:07] i just appreciate all the residents

[27:09] being so

[27:10] patient about that kind of thing and

[27:12] understanding so they've had a lot deal

[27:15] with a lot on that street this year

[27:17] um

[27:18] very interesting uh article in

[27:21] yesterday's paper in the plain dealer

[27:23] uh about the uh everywhere we go we

[27:26] leave a trail of trash here's what we

[27:28] can do to help so this of course says uh

[27:31] bob come running in with this article

[27:32] because he never telling him about

[27:34] picking up the trash have been for years

[27:36] and years and it says

[27:38] someone called me and said there's

[27:39] nothing you can do to stop litter bugs

[27:41] but she can undo their actions by

[27:43] picking up litter

[27:45] uh

[27:46] says a climate activist there's just a

[27:48] very good article in there just talking

[27:50] about yeah and i have people just the

[27:52] other day saying well why are you you

[27:54] know why are you picking up trash why

[27:55] are you still picking up trash after all

[27:57] these years and i was like well you know

[27:59] someone's got to do it and it feels like

[28:01] it's my community i care

[28:03] and it's just the thing to do i know

[28:06] it's not everybody's thing to do if it's

[28:08] not

[28:08] and i've seen more and more people

[28:10] getting out picking up

[28:12] mike i do have the information on those

[28:14] recyclable bags i know we've discussed

[28:17] in those in the city and using those in

[28:19] our trash cans the biodegradable bags

[28:22] it's a great company

[28:24] very inexpensive

[28:26] i know the residents that i've given

[28:28] them out to have enjoyed doing that

[28:30] so um see trash pick it up please

[28:34] if that's your thing

[28:36] in the report

[28:37] thank you

[28:39] mr genus

[28:42] thank you

[28:43] well i i just have to say that

[28:46] meals on wheels is absolutely a

[28:48] wonderful organization and it's it's

[28:51] just

[28:52] really touching

[28:56] we have lived in a place where

[28:59] we've been able to

[29:01] take food for granted for uh

[29:06] for me most of my lifetime but now

[29:08] things are changing in the world

[29:10] and

[29:12] talk of food security and food

[29:15] sovereignty or big issues now that we'll

[29:19] be hearing more and more of as time goes

[29:21] on and i just want to thank

[29:23] china of course and all the volunteers

[29:26] but but also the city of bedford that

[29:28] has done quite a bit to you know do what

[29:30] they can to feed uh feed the people in

[29:32] our community and uh the local churches

[29:35] too it's a big deal it's uh food is

[29:37] something we take for granted and it's

[29:39] unfortunate because i can tell you it's

[29:41] not easy to make it and

[29:46] we don't

[29:47] recognize how difficult it is not only

[29:50] to make food but

[29:51] how

[29:53] precarious

[29:54] the

[29:56] supplies are and how it comes from the

[29:59] supply lines which we're beginning to

[30:02] become more and more aware of and i just

[30:04] think the meal center also is just a

[30:06] wonderful organization so that's the end

[30:08] of my report thank you

[30:10] thank you mr fluherty

[30:12] thank you mayor

[30:13] um mike you said they're coming back out

[30:15] for the collection of one more time at

[30:17] least in the years they started last

[30:19] week on the fourth pass

[30:26] to be able to go through pretty quick

[30:27] and not everybody has a mouse so

[30:29] that will help clear up for the winter

[30:31] here because things are changing also

[30:34] it's uh

[30:35] see everybody going to see everybody not

[30:37] the uh

[30:38] um

[30:39] petra falls this saturday uh another

[30:42] great event here in the city

[30:43] uh for every year past few years and uh

[30:47] hopefully the weather holds off

[30:49] and

[30:51] the meals on wheels i also want to thank

[30:53] don guy and his uh

[30:55] husband there he does a lot of work with

[30:57] us too he doesn't get enough credit he

[30:59] does a lot so i want to say thanks to

[31:02] you guys you helped us all out too so

[31:04] appreciate you

[31:06] um

[31:07] i'm now a new member of the lions uh

[31:10] what's it called alliance club

[31:11] that's the live stream alliance club so

[31:14] i am now official lion

[31:16] so whatever that means but

[31:18] you start out as like a conference yeah

[31:20] i guess

[31:22] uh i get actually sworn in tomorrow i

[31:24] think it is

[31:25] so uh

[31:26] sam pardons i'm one of the youngest guys

[31:28] in the club that's the same part

[31:33] so but anyhow it's another organization

[31:35] that does a lot for the community so

[31:37] in the report

[31:39] thank you

[31:40] mr esri

[31:43] good evening everybody um please excuse

[31:45] my voice i'm i'm trying to finally get

[31:48] back to myself after having that nasty

[31:50] virus that's going around

[31:52] so

[31:53] i want to thank the service department

[31:55] for the job that they did down on the

[31:56] square

[31:57] the lights are fantastic i didn't get a

[32:00] chance to go in person to the tree

[32:01] lighting because i was under the weather

[32:03] uh but we got out this saturday and was

[32:05] able to take the grandson down there and

[32:07] he was just in awe i had a blast running

[32:10] around and

[32:11] we got some really good pictures and

[32:13] some videos so service department thank

[32:15] you you did a fantastic job as always

[32:18] um

[32:19] christmas and bad footballs was

[32:20] mentioned i just want to mention some of

[32:22] the things that are actually happening

[32:23] uh from noon to three santa and mrs

[32:25] claus will be there bring the kids down

[32:28] um they're gonna have crafts for the

[32:30] kids i actually got a picture was posted

[32:32] uh bet for downtown alliance

[32:35] um they're doing their make and take

[32:37] craft table at 661 broadway that's right

[32:40] next to the broadway cycle ring the old

[32:43] saw city dance studio so bring your kids

[32:46] down there they can make their own

[32:47] crafts and take them with them

[32:49] they're going to have an ice sculpture

[32:52] dj's going to be down there the bedford

[32:54] historical society will also be open

[32:56] from noon to three with some uh

[32:59] with some people selling their wares uh

[33:01] the dental house also across the street

[33:03] will be open from noon to three

[33:05] and it sounds like they're gonna be

[33:08] decorated for christmas back in 1876 so

[33:12] that should be kind of cool if you got a

[33:13] chance to uh to stop down there at the

[33:15] dunham house

[33:17] um there's going to be some some local

[33:19] businesses with deals

[33:21] it's still kind of uh you know you got a

[33:23] couple weeks left to do your christmas

[33:24] shopping hopefully we can do some

[33:28] in person

[33:30] downtown area we've got some nice local

[33:33] specialized shops that

[33:37] that would really love your business

[33:39] this year it's been a tough year all

[33:40] around for everybody so if we can shop

[33:42] local and shop small and give these

[33:45] people some business that's that's a

[33:46] great thing

[33:48] um

[33:49] bda bedford duncan alliance also has

[33:52] gnomes on their own so what they did was

[33:54] they hit 10 different gnomes in 10

[33:56] different store windows downtown and if

[33:59] you go and find at least five of them

[34:01] and you email your entry into

[34:04] uh

[34:05] i didn't write down the address but it's

[34:07] uh the email for the bedford downtown

[34:09] alliance um you'll be entered to uh win

[34:13] a 24-inch uh hd smart fire tv

[34:17] so go down there check out the gnomes i

[34:19] guess if you can get all 10 of them you

[34:20] get an extra chance so good luck there

[34:23] um de pompe's is having their ugly

[34:25] christmas sweater contest on saturday 11

[34:29] 7 p.m so if you got an ugly sweater go

[34:32] check them out you might win a prize

[34:34] um

[34:35] mike there was uh had some residents

[34:38] concerned about a large pole that was

[34:41] put up on lamson uh near east

[34:45] east grace

[34:46] so we're under the understanding that

[34:48] that's that's first energy's pulled

[34:51] and they're going to be using it there's

[34:52] some kind of a signal up on top of it

[34:54] and what happens i guess is when the it

[34:57] transmits signals other switching to the

[34:59] switching yard which should help reduce

[35:01] the impact during power outages

[35:03] something like that correct yes correct

[35:05] so um i believe that is the only one

[35:08] that's going up in bedford um it's part

[35:10] of a federal mandate that first energy

[35:13] is under they're going to be going up up

[35:16] around

[35:17] all over the area

[35:20] they're large what it does is

[35:22] um first energy part of this mandate

[35:25] they're really working to upgrade their

[35:27] their grid all together and how it

[35:30] communicates

[35:31] councilman mentioned

[35:33] that

[35:34] these switching yards when there's a

[35:35] power outage these things these towers

[35:38] communicate with one another they'll

[35:40] open and close switches where if there's

[35:43] a power outages by them utilizing this

[35:48] technology they can reduce the amount of

[35:51] individuals impacted by a power outage

[35:54] and thus they can get

[35:56] they can get power turned back on

[35:57] quicker

[35:58] it is first energy's pull it is their

[36:00] right to install those um i believe what

[36:04] i found out the next closest one is

[36:07] um on walton road

[36:09] right near along the hills city hall

[36:12] there's one put up there

[36:15] they're just starting to go around it

[36:17] it's a tall pool it's a tall

[36:19] and at first

[36:20] i was concerned there's been a lot of

[36:22] discussion over the previous years about

[36:24] small cell towers going up

[36:29] to communicate you know everything we

[36:31] live our lives on these

[36:33] and data and everything is data driven

[36:35] and especially when it comes to vehicles

[36:38] a lot of these vehicles the self-driving

[36:40] vehicles they're all going to rely on

[36:42] data which is a huge push to start

[36:45] installing all of these small cell

[36:47] towers around at the time i thought

[36:50] that this was one of them

[36:52] and we have very specific ordinances

[36:55] law director montello worked with a

[36:57] number of other law directors throughout

[37:00] northeast ohio

[37:01] on drafting this small small cell tower

[37:04] legislation

[37:06] to prohibit in certain areas

[37:09] you know they gotta they gotta

[37:11] submit applications so there's a lot

[37:13] that goes into that i was concerned that

[37:15] it was that

[37:16] but it wasn't our rep got back to us

[37:18] right away um they're permitted to do it

[37:20] i believe that's the only one going up

[37:22] in town

[37:23] i'm waiting for them to verify that

[37:25] but it ultimately is

[37:28] i forget the term they use but it's uh

[37:31] on

[37:34] i'm sorry i don't have it off the top of

[37:36] my head but there's a term and it's um

[37:38] it's basically new technology that

[37:40] they're using to limit the amount of

[37:42] people impacted by power outages and

[37:44] these towers will communicate with one

[37:46] another

[37:47] sorry for that long drawn out

[37:49] but if you see it it's huge it's huge

[37:53] uh one other thing real quick um the the

[37:56] shop with a cop program i've been

[37:58] involved with it for the past three

[38:00] years

[38:01] can't really do with it this year uh but

[38:03] it it's a great event and the kids and

[38:06] the families really enjoy it so i'm glad

[38:09] they're getting back to in person this

[38:10] year and

[38:11] the pizza party afterwards um to tie

[38:14] into that

[38:15] magna wine boutique downtown bedford

[38:18] this uh for the rest of this week up

[38:19] till

[38:20] the 11th is

[38:23] accepting toys for the the uh

[38:26] oh my gosh

[38:27] toys for tots program

[38:29] so they're accepting any uh new

[38:33] unwrapped toys you'll be

[38:36] if you bring down a new unwrapped toy to

[38:39] magna wine boutique this week you'll be

[38:41] entered into a raffle

[38:44] and items collect will be uh donated to

[38:46] choice for tots so i just wanted to

[38:48] mention that um has there been any word

[38:50] about this in car show i had a lot of

[38:52] people ask me now yeah i actually asked

[38:55] our building commissioner last about a

[38:57] week and a half ago actually he was

[38:59] reaching out to the owner and one of the

[39:01] contractors but i have not connected

[39:02] with family members i'll share that

[39:06] there's a lot of people interested so

[39:08] other than that and a report thank you

[39:10] thank

[39:12] you um

[39:14] i don't have much to add so we're going

[39:16] to get right on to business

[39:21] for december 9922-21

[39:26] which is an ordinance adopting the city

[39:28] of bedford fixed ass asset capital asset

[39:31] policy to conform with the requirements

[39:33] of the ohio vice code

[39:36] clarify procedures and declaring an

[39:38] emergency

[39:39] motion for

[39:40] suspension saunders second by asbury

[39:45] saunders yes coaching yes space yes

[39:48] mutis yes blue party yes hansberry yes

[39:52] vote for third and final

[39:54] think second by blue army

[39:57] um frankly i'll address that

[39:59] uh had jennifer work on this and update

[40:02] the policy we've uh

[40:04] worked on this in regards to what gfoa

[40:06] recommends it's your government finance

[40:08] officers association

[40:10] and also with our

[40:12] approval of basically the auditor's

[40:14] office and so forth we've looked at our

[40:16] thresholds of what we record for fixed

[40:19] assets versus what we do for insurance

[40:21] we still record insurance levels at a

[40:23] lot lower level but we're going to raise

[40:25] our minimums for financial reporting

[40:27] from 2500 per asset to 5 000 and we're

[40:31] also going to be looking at the new

[40:33] aggregation rules and

[40:35] of accounting that we have abide by and

[40:38] that will be when we buy things in

[40:40] aggregate such as like 10 computers at a

[40:42] time

[40:43] those if they exceed 10 000

[40:46] and

[40:47] we will then be booking those as assets

[40:49] as well there's a couple other rules and

[40:51] regulation changes in here and years and

[40:52] things like that but what we'd like the

[40:54] council to do is approve this so that we

[40:56] could put that into effect for a 2022 21

[40:59] with a retro

[41:01] and we'll have it for this year as well

[41:02] as for next year

[41:04] and

[41:09] saunders yes

[41:11] cochi yes spanx yes

[41:14] yes flute party yes yes furry yes thank

[41:16] you

[41:18] report is number

[41:21] 9923-21

[41:23] an ordinance declaring the property and

[41:25] structure located at 32 maple del maple

[41:28] dale avenue a nuisance and therefore

[41:31] condemning the property ordering action

[41:33] and declaring an emergency

[41:36] i have a motion for suspension i spin

[41:39] second by clue already

[41:40] call the roll please

[41:43] saunders yes coaching yes spanx yes

[41:46] yes blue party yes yes

[41:50] third and final by asberry second by

[41:52] saunders

[41:54] uh mike

[41:55] i might address this in the next yeah

[41:58] i'll touch on all three there's three

[42:00] properties as

[42:03] councilman saunders mentioned earlier

[42:05] that we've been trying to

[42:06] uh work with property owners or in some

[42:09] cases they've been abandoned

[42:12] we

[42:13] usually partner with the land bank where

[42:15] we can

[42:16] one of these properties the land bank

[42:18] did have on their radar and they were

[42:20] working with us to try to

[42:22] address it and get it cleaned up

[42:25] we start looking at obviously if there's

[42:26] tax issues that's where they really can

[42:28] help

[42:29] we've gotten really no movement from the

[42:32] property owners or

[42:35] individuals only owning the home

[42:38] or

[42:39] in control of the home if it's in

[42:42] a trust or whatnot so this is actually

[42:46] actually our first step that we take it

[42:48] allows us to then communicate with the

[42:52] property owner and try to further push

[42:54] this along to try to get these

[42:55] properties cleaned up

[42:57] in some cases they've been abandoned

[43:00] two of these

[43:01] are

[43:02] one of them we can't locate the owner

[43:05] as of right now though they're not all

[43:07] of them are not occupied

[43:11] thank you

[43:14] call the rule please saunders yes cochi

[43:17] yes spanx yes

[43:19] yes blue party yes raspberry yes

[43:24] number 99 9924-21

[43:28] declaring the property and structure

[43:30] located at 65 talbot drive a nuisance

[43:33] and therefore condemning the property

[43:35] ordering action and declaring an

[43:37] emergency

[43:38] motion for suspension saunders second by

[43:41] asbury

[43:42] call the roll please saunders yes

[43:44] coaching spanx yes nudist yes

[43:48] yes yes yes

[43:50] vote for third and final

[43:52] like flew hardy second by sphinx

[43:55] um again mike explained these

[43:58] please call the world

[44:00] saunders yes cochi yes spanx yes

[44:04] yes blue party yes ashbury yes

[44:10] and ordinance number 9925-21

[44:14] declaring the property structure located

[44:16] at 132 green crop road a nuisance and

[44:19] therefore condemning the property

[44:21] ordering action and declaring an

[44:23] emergency

[44:25] motion for suspension

[44:27] speak second by

[44:29] party call the rule please saunders yes

[44:33] yes space yes

[44:39] motion for third and final

[44:41] saunders second by asbury

[44:44] uh again mike explained this with the

[44:46] other ones

[44:47] first step in uh possibly condemning

[44:51] these properties so

[44:53] call the roll please saunders yes cochi

[44:56] yes spanx yes

[44:58] yes too party yes hansbury yes

[45:03] ordinance number 9926-21

[45:07] amending ordinance number 9894-20

[45:11] making additional appropriations for

[45:13] current expenditures of the city during

[45:15] the year 2021

[45:17] and declaring an emergency

[45:19] motion for suspension

[45:21] i think second by blue hardy call the

[45:24] roll please

[45:25] saunders

[45:26] yes coaching yes space yes

[45:31] the party yes yes

[45:33] yes

[45:34] for third final

[45:36] especially second by saunders

[45:39] uh frank yes this ordinance uh as you

[45:42] know we update our answers all the time

[45:44] uh we've been able to i'll just go over

[45:46] a few areas that are highlighted here

[45:48] real quick the regards to our recreation

[45:50] environment we did some construction

[45:51] this year to improve the building so

[45:53] we'll be adding 30 000 but we're also

[45:55] going to take that from the payroll area

[45:57] that's not needed this year so we'll be

[46:00] balancing the budget there

[46:02] the

[46:02] mini court had hospitalization claims we

[46:05] have to add 50 000 to those claims some

[46:07] major ones this year

[46:09] we have grants that we're getting from

[46:11] cdbg from our steel funds we have more

[46:14] donations and grants from our eagles our

[46:18] federal task forces for fire for police

[46:22] we've had quite a few of those we're

[46:23] adding those to the budget

[46:25] we had a lot of overtime and fire this

[46:27] year that we're going to be adding 110

[46:29] 000 in the budget as well as for

[46:32] police another 45 000 in their overtime

[46:36] we also had some projects working on the

[46:39] broadway engineering as we start off

[46:41] we'll be increasing the budget there 50

[46:43] 000 to

[46:44] come

[46:46] to handle some of the engineering fees

[46:48] same thing on our streets program about

[46:50] 61 000 we're going to need on the

[46:53] between union

[46:55] ellenwood and our road program i'm going

[46:58] to be adding that to the budget for what

[47:00] we're finalizing with our programs

[47:03] and we have finalization or health our

[47:05] health insurance for the city employees

[47:07] we do need another 100

[47:09] in regards to claims for their families

[47:11] and dependents

[47:13] and uh at this point i'm asked council

[47:15] to approve this ordinance

[47:17] this evening

[47:20] thank you

[47:22] clerk call the roll please saunders yes

[47:25] coaching yes space yes nudist yes blue

[47:28] party yes yes

[47:30] yes

[47:32] orders number 9927-21

[47:36] authorizing the city manager to enter

[47:38] into a contract between the city of

[47:40] bedford and the firefighters local 1683

[47:44] international association of

[47:45] firefighters

[47:47] adopting the terms of the attached

[47:48] tentative agreement and ordering

[47:50] ordering them into effect and declaring

[47:52] an emergency

[47:54] motion for suspension like flu hardy

[47:56] second by genetics

[47:59] call the rule please

[48:01] saunders yes coaching yes spanx yes

[48:05] yes blue party yes asberry yes

[48:08] almost for third and final my saunders

[48:11] by asbury

[48:12] mike

[48:14] thank you mayor uh this is the um

[48:17] last of our three union

[48:20] contracts that we are

[48:23] finalizing the first two obviously

[48:25] police

[48:26] and afscme

[48:27] the firefighters recently

[48:30] we

[48:30] mutually came to an agreement and they

[48:32] voted and accepted that

[48:34] our recommendation is that the city

[48:36] council passed uh this this evening

[48:39] it mirrors the last

[48:41] the first two contracts

[48:43] as far as health care

[48:45] changes

[48:46] moving to an eight percent of the

[48:50] premium costs

[48:52] and then obviously there's

[48:54] it matches the

[48:56] wage increase over the next three years

[48:58] which is six and a half percent

[49:00] two percent retroactive

[49:03] this year

[49:04] uh two and a half percent next year and

[49:06] two percent in 2023. um i believe it's a

[49:09] fair

[49:10] contract and we recommend

[49:13] approving

[49:14] thank you

[49:17] sanders

[49:18] yes coachy yes space yes gennudis yes

[49:22] blue party yes raspberry yes

[49:28] gorgeous number 99 28-21

[49:34] again

[49:36] it's uh an ordinance accepting the

[49:39] dedication of hubble circle and hubble

[49:42] way extensions and declaring an

[49:44] emergency a motion for suspension

[49:47] by asbury second by saunders call the

[49:49] roll please saunders yes coaching space

[49:53] yes blue party yes yes yes motion for

[49:58] third and final

[50:00] flew hardy second by sphinx

[50:02] uh mike

[50:05] uh these next two are

[50:08] developing developments that have been

[50:10] in the works we've

[50:11] put these streets in they had to be

[50:13] constructed per

[50:14] um

[50:16] city specs

[50:17] which they have then our engineer

[50:19] inspected them when they went in

[50:22] obviously we maintain them we plow them

[50:24] we patch them we have to file this

[50:27] through

[50:28] cuyahoga county and they request as

[50:30] being dedicated that there's

[50:32] councilmatic action on that so that's

[50:34] why this is here

[50:36] thank you call the rule please saunders

[50:39] yes cochi yes spakes yes nudist yes blue

[50:43] party yes ashbury yes

[50:46] orders number 9929-21

[50:50] accepting uh

[50:53] the dedication of bell court

[50:55] the bell cord extension and declaring an

[50:57] emergency

[50:58] motion forward suspension

[51:00] saunders second by asbury

[51:03] saunders yes cochi yes space yes yes the

[51:08] party yes yes yes

[51:11] for third and final

[51:14] i flew already seconded by sphinx

[51:17] um

[51:19] same same reason yes that's before

[51:22] something we need for the county

[51:24] um

[51:25] call the rule please saunders yes

[51:28] coaching yes spanx yes nudist yes blue

[51:32] party

[51:33] raspberry

[51:34] yes according number 9930-21

[51:40] authorizing a contract with a

[51:42] cutie

[51:44] vct for a new server a new server video

[51:47] capture system

[51:49] for surveillance and video management

[51:51] software for the municipal complex and

[51:53] declaring an emergency

[51:56] motion for suspension

[51:58] a sphinx second by genetics

[52:00] call the roll please

[52:02] senders yes kochi yes spanx yes

[52:06] yes blue party yes yes yes

[52:09] third and final by saunders sector by

[52:11] asbury

[52:13] uh mike

[52:14] thank you mayor and we have the

[52:16] assistant and city in the municipal

[52:18] complex already

[52:20] obviously this is a necessary upgrade to

[52:22] that system with a new server as this

[52:25] references

[52:27] thank you call the rule please saunders

[52:30] yes

[52:38] it comes to that portion of the meeting

[52:40] for the hearing of citizens

[52:42] if you wish to speak please come forward

[52:45] state your name your address

[52:47] and your comments

[53:09] saunders yes cochi yes space yes yes

[53:14] yes

[53:18] thank you all for coming

Bedford City Council - December 6, 2021

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