[0:00] All would rise, call the meeting to
order.
[0:15] Everybody will pledge allegiance.
Pledge allegiance.
[0:21] » to the flag
of the United States of America and to
[0:24] the republic
for which it stands, one nation under
[0:28] God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[0:35] Let's go and take the roll.
[0:41] » Layman
>> Yes.
[0:42] » Odek
>> Yes.
[0:43] » Cassidy
>> Yes.
[0:45] » Baker
>> Yes.
[0:46] » Prime
>> Yes.
[0:47] » Mendoza
>> Here.
[0:48] » Guerinzi
>> Yes.
[0:50] » [clears throat]
[0:53] » Minutes of the previous meeting.
[0:59] » I'll move to approve the previous
meeting minutes.
[1:02] » Second.
[1:06] » Motion by Mendoza
seconded by Baker.
[1:12] » Layman
>> Yes.
[1:13] » Odek
>> Yes.
[1:14] » Cassidy
>> Yes.
[1:16] » Baker
>> Yes.
[1:17] » Prime
>> Yes.
[1:18] » Mendoza
>> Yes.
[1:19] » Guerinzi
>> Yes.
[1:20] » [clears throat]
[1:25] » Passed.
Communication
[1:28] » I have none.
[1:32] » Report on committees. Finance Committee
>> [snorts]
[1:36] » The Finance Committee met this evening
at 5:30 p.m.
[1:40] We reviewed the July financial reports
and all funds at the end of the month
[1:44] reflect a 24.3 million dollar balance of
which 5.6 million is encumbered leaving
[1:50] an uncommitted balance of 18.7 million.
We were notified that the financial
[1:57] audit for 2025 has been completed
in draft form. There are no findings or
[2:02] adjustments.
The finance director let us know that he
[2:08] has just completed a copier and printer
needs review and a new lease agreement
[2:13] will follow.
He's anticipating savings through that
[2:17] process.
>> [clears throat and cough]
[2:19] » The committee requested an update of
capital projects
[2:23] that have been completed
and those which are in process and will
[2:28] need to move into the new budget year.
The mayor announced that they were
[2:33] looking at subrogation related to
related to the street sweeper loss.
[2:38] And
the next finance committee meeting will
[2:42] be held on Tuesday, September 15th at
5:30 p.m. in council chambers.
[2:51] » Thank you.
Public Affairs Committee.
[2:55] » Latino Fest will take place this
Saturday, August 22nd from 2:00 to 11:00
[3:00] p.m. downtown Fostoria
featuring food, music, entertainment,
[3:05] and family-friendly activities
celebrating Fostoria's Latino heritage
[3:10] and culture.
Thank you. That is all.
[3:13] » Thank you.
Law and Ordinance Committee.
[3:16] » The committee met this evening. It was
reported that the committee's previous
[3:21] recommendation
to distinguish extended duration events
[3:25] for the online permit application has
been implemented.
[3:29] We reviewed Fostoria's ward boundaries
to determine whether redistricting is
[3:34] warranted.
The assessment used official 2020 US
[3:39] Census block level
population data generated through Dave's
[3:44] redistricting app with the methodology
and applicable legal requirements
[3:48] confirmed by the legal the League of
Women Voters of Ohio.
[3:52] Fostoria's current ward boundaries were
established following the 2000 federal
[3:56] census
and adopted by ordinance 2002-50.
[4:03] The 2020 census shows a 19.16%
[4:08] total population deviation significantly
exceeding the generally recognized 10%
[4:14] benchmark.
The committee finds reapportionment
[4:18] legally appropriate to better equalize
representation.
[4:22] The committee recommends that council
adopt a revised ward by ordinance before
[4:28] the next municipal ward election cycle
and will proceed with the necessary next
[4:33] steps to develop and bring forward a
proposed revised map ward map for
[4:38] council consideration.
The committee will meet again on
[4:42] Tuesday, September
>> 15th.
[4:45] » 15th at 5:15 p.m. Thank you. That is
all.
[4:49] » Thank you.
Report of officers, Mr. Mayor.
[4:55] » I have nothing to report. Thank you.
[5:03] » Safety Service Director.
>> Um nothing too crazy to report. I just
[5:08] wanted to touch base and let everybody
know our website has been up live for
[5:12] about two months now and um seems a lot
more user-friendly than the old one.
[5:17] We've been able to push out mass
notifications that are implemented along
[5:21] with the website um so people don't have
to scroll through Facebook or social
[5:25] media to see what's going on in the city
um and we also have a newsflash section
[5:29] which we've been working with community
members and organizations to keep
[5:33] everybody updated on events going on in
town.
[5:36] Um and [snorts] then one other thing I
wanted to touch base on was the American
[5:40] Forestry grant. Um I know we have a
couple of ordinance coming up um for
[5:44] review for that tonight. Uh we were
under a benchmark review uh started on
[5:50] May 5th and we did just pass that. Um
when the federal government was kind of
[5:55] on a pause there for a little bit, we
stopped spending as much money.
[5:59] So, I've been having to have monthly
progress meetings with the uh grantee
[6:05] and um
the grant tour administrator and we have
[6:09] passed all five benchmarks and just a
put into kind of space about how we've
[6:16] how much we've been doing. We have spent
about $375,000
[6:19] on hazard tree removals just since May
5th of this year. Um so, that's trees
[6:25] that were dead, needed to be removed,
and posed a very high risk for falling,
[6:29] landing on houses, cars, people,
anything like that. So, um that's all
[6:33] going very well and we will keep working
through that grant till the end of next
[6:36] year.
That is all. Thank you.
[6:39] » Thank you.
Director of Law.
[6:43] » Thank you. I have no report tonight, but
we probably could do a motion to excuse
[6:48] President Shaver perhaps during
miscellaneous if you guys are so
[6:51] inclined.
Thank you.
[7:02] » Did I hear a second a motion?
>> Pardon me?
[7:05] » We should probably do that during
miscellaneous.
[7:08] We should probably do that during
miscellaneous.
[7:10] » Okay.
[7:19] Director of Finance.
>> Thank you. Uh just have the two pieces
[7:23] of legislation
um
[7:26] for this evening. Both are to do with
the urban community forest grant fund.
[7:31] Uh the first one is
uh just really to correct the line item
[7:36] description for appropriations that have
already been made. We're not asking for
[7:40] for additional appropriations there.
Uh I would ask that we waive three
[7:44] readings on that. And then the second
one is asking for appropriations for the
[7:50] for that urban forestry grant fund to
continue the tree removal service and
[7:55] maintenance that we have been doing.
Um and again, we these expenses will be
[8:00] reimbursable through the American
forest grant. Well, we just need to
[8:05] spend the money up front, so we're just
asking for those appropriations to be
[8:09] able to do that. And also asking that we
waive the three readings for that.
[8:15] That's all I had. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[8:19] Okay, public.
[8:26] You're on the list, Ms. Tyson.
>> Yes, Deb Tyson.
[8:31] Um
I just want to say that a lot of people
[8:37] do not know that it is easy to contact
any one of you.
[8:43] Um some people don't like the phone,
okay? But there's email, and as Maddie
[8:51] had said, there's the website. Uh you
can all be found there. Um the other
[8:57] thing is, I know we have a console
convos coming up in September. I do not
[9:02] know when,
but I do know that that can be a helpful
[9:07] place for people to start learning.
And I I'm just one about positivity.
[9:15] If you have questions, even if you don't
want to agree, we can all agree to
[9:20] disagree.
But
[9:23] we get along better if we
take it one at a time or in a smaller
[9:32] group, and not just put it all out
there.
[9:37] And that's all I have.
>> Very much.
[9:49] » Good evening, everyone.
Thank you for allowing me this platform.
[9:52] Um
>> Did you sign your name?
[9:54] » I did.
>> Provide your address. Great.
[9:56] » Okay.
>> I did.
[9:58] Um my name is David Ziegler.
I'm a lifelong resident of Seneca
[10:02] County.
Uh and I'm running as an independent uh
[10:05] for county commissioner this year.
Um
[10:09] I live in Eden Township with my wife,
Judy, where I've been a a township
[10:13] trustee uh
going on my ninth year right now.
[10:17] And uh
I guess basically I wanted to come out
[10:21] today to uh
one of two things. I'm running as an
[10:26] independent. People ask me this all the
time. Dave, why are you running as an
[10:29] independent? Why not a Republican? Why
not a Democrat? The answer is real
[10:33] simple. I am an independent. Um
I have always supported the best person
[10:38] for the position, no matter what party
they were affiliated with. Uh the second
[10:43] uh
part to that being an independent is I
[10:47] do not believe that uh
or I I I believe that party partisan
[10:53] politics does not belong at our local
government level. We need to get things
[10:57] done, and the infighting that that it
creates and the divisiveness, it's not
[11:01] good.
Um
[11:05] Also, I I wanted to also uh
[11:10] let everybody know
that I'm here tonight obviously to
[11:12] introduce myself to the to people of
Fostoria. I have I don't have a lot of
[11:16] contacts over here. I appreciate the
opportunity
[11:20] to talk to the voters of Fostoria, and I
want to ask them for their support. And
[11:25] so that when I am elected,
voters of Fostoria will have someone
[11:29] that they they can count on to be there
for them, to help them to become a more
[11:34] productive community both socially and
financially. Um, I appreciate your time.
[11:40] Thank you very much.
>> Thank you, Mr. Ziegler.
[11:50] What do you else wants to take the
podium?
[11:58] » Ready for old business?
>> Yep.
[12:02] Please.
>> An ordinance enacting new section 145.10
[12:08] of chapter 145 of the codified
ordinances of the city of Foster, Ohio
[12:12] entitled regulation of special events
within city limits and declaring
[12:17] emergency to exist.
>> That will be the second reading of that
[12:22] ordinance.
[12:25] New business.
[12:30] » An ordinance adopting and amending
ordinance number 2025-83
[12:34] permanent 2026 appropriations by
transferring appropriations in the urban
[12:40] community forest grant fund and
declaring emergency to exist.
[12:45] » Move to suspend the three reading rule
on three separate occasions.
[12:49] » Second.
[12:55] » Layman.
>> Yes.
[12:57] » Podek.
>> Yes.
[12:57] » Cassidy.
>> Yes.
[12:59] » Baker.
>> Yes.
[13:00] » Kind.
>> Yes.
[13:01] » Mendoza.
>> Kearnsy.
[13:03] » Yes.
>> [snorts]
[13:05] » If I might ask, who seconded?
>> Ryan.
[13:10] » Ryan.
>> Okay.
[13:20] » To adopt.
>> Second.
[13:30] » Lemon? Yes. Podolak?
>> Yes.
[13:32] » Cassidy?
>> Yes.
[13:34] » Baker?
>> Yes.
[13:35] » Grime?
>> Yes.
[13:36] » Mendoza?
>> Yes.
[13:37] » Guernsey?
>> Yes.
[13:39] » [snorts]
>> Motion carried.
[13:42] That will become
ordinance number 2026
[13:49] -59.
2026
[13:53] -59.
[13:57] » [snorts]
>> An ordinance adopting and amending
[14:00] ordinance number 2025-83
permanent 2026 appropriations by
[14:06] appropriating from unappropriated funds
in the urban community forest grant fund
[14:10] and declaring emergency to exist.
>> Move to suspend the three reading rule
[14:16] on three separate occasions.
>> Second.
[14:23] » Okay, motion by Lemon, second by Grime.
[14:32] Clerk, if you'll take the roll.
>> Lemon?
[14:34] » Yes.
>> Podolak?
[14:36] » Yes.
>> Cassidy?
[14:37] » Yes.
>> Baker?
[14:38] » Yes.
>> Grime?
[14:39] » Yes.
>> Mendoza?
[14:40] » Yes.
>> Guernsey?
[14:41] » Yes.
>> [snorts]
[14:44] » Move to adopt.
>> Second.
[14:49] » Got a motion to adopt by
>> Grime.
[14:54] » Grime.
>> Grime.
[14:56] » Second by Baker.
>> Second by Baker.
[15:02] Clerk, if you'll take the roll call.
>> Lemon?
[15:05] » Yes.
>> Podolak?
[15:07] » Yes.
>> Cassidy?
[15:08] » Yes.
>> Baker?
[15:09] » Yes.
>> Grime?
[15:10] » Yes.
>> Mendoza?
[15:11] » Yes.
>> Guernsey?
[15:12] » Yes.
>> [snorts]
[15:14] » Motion carried and that will become
ordinance number 2026-60.
[15:21] 2026-60.
[15:27] And that concludes
[15:32] our new business as well.
Is there any need for executive session?
[15:41] Going to miscellaneous.
>> I'd like to move to excuse Council
[15:46] President Shaver.
>> Second.
[15:53] » Uh
[15:56] Moved by Mendoza, second by
Grimes.
[16:06] Clerk, will take the roll.
>> Lemon?
[16:08] » Yes.
>> [ __ ]
[16:09] » Yes.
>> Cassidy?
[16:11] » Yes.
>> Baker?
[16:12] » Yes.
>> Grimes?
[16:13] » Yes.
>> Mendoza?
[16:14] » Yes.
>> Kearnsy?
[16:14] » Yes.
>> Motion carried.
[16:24] Any other miscellaneous?
[16:29] » Move to adjourn.
>> Second.
[16:33] » We've got motion to adjourn by Grimes
>> [ __ ]
[16:37] » or [ __ ] I'm sorry.
>> [ __ ] and [ __ ] and Baker.
[16:43] » Seconded by Baker.
>> Mhm.
[16:47] » Clerk, will take the roll call.
>> Lemon?
[16:50] » Yes.
>> [ __ ]
[16:51] » Yes.
>> Cassidy?
[16:52] » Yes.
>> Baker?
[16:53] » Yes.
>> Grimes?
[16:54] » Yes.
>> Mendoza?
[16:55] » Yes.
>> Kearnsy?
[16:55] » Yes.
[16:58] » Okay, motion carried.
Meeting is adjourned at
[17:04] 6:20