[0:01] Did you guys just hear a little?
>> Yeah.
[0:08] » Okay. It is 6 o'clock and I'd like to
call the August 10th, 2026 city of
[0:14] Geneva City Council meeting to order.
Uh, can I have a roll call, please?
[0:19] » Bravo
>> here.
[0:20] » Rose
>> here.
[0:22] » Michael
>> here.
[0:27] » Here.
>> Okay. Please stand for the pledge of
[0:30] allegiance followed by a prayer by
pastor Elijah Fowler from the new life
[0:33] assembly of
the flag of the United States of America
[0:40] and to the republic for which it stands.
One nation under God, indivisible with
[0:46] liberty and justice for all.
[0:50] » Father God, we thank you for today and
uh just the the great summer you've
[0:54] given us. Um we're thankful for uh this
great city that we live in. I pray for
[0:58] this um elected officials that we have
here. I just pray that you will help
[1:03] them to make good decisions for us and
and help us help them to be wise on
[1:07] their decisions. Um and just bless them
in their their servantthood serving the
[1:12] city. And we pray for the um emergency,
the police, fire department, and
[1:17] ambulance services around. We just pray
that you'll protect them and keep them
[1:21] safe as they they risk their lives for
us in Jesus name.
[1:25] Thank you.
[1:30] » Okay, first up is the approval of
minutes from our regular council meeting
[1:33] at July 13, 2026. Uh were there any
issues or corrections from the minutes?
[1:40] Okay, seeing none, can I have a motion
to approve the minutes?
[1:44] » So move.
>> Roll call, please.
[1:49] » Rose,
[1:52] » yes. Yes.
>> Sh. Yes.
[1:57] » Yes.
[2:07] » Okay. Today we have a presentation. Um
really looking forward to this one by uh
[2:12] Mr. Randy Nullles from the North Coast
Rockets Ultmobile Group. So floor is
[2:17] yours, sir.
>> Good evening everyone. It's an honor to
[2:21] be here. Um, I dress tonight as a
likeness of arols, not related at all.
[2:29] And, uh, I'll give you a little bit of a
history here. Uh, Ashabula, my mom and
[2:35] her twin brother were born there. My
grandpa was the principal of Ashabula
[2:40] High. So, I've got a little connection
here with you guys. Um, a while ago I
[2:44] was driving through town and I know that
this is the birthplace of Arolas and uh
[2:52] I looked up the location and saw that
the historical marker was leaning and
[2:57] the brick work was falling apart and I
thought I wonder if our group can help
[3:04] and restore this. And so we've decided
that we will restore this and we got the
[3:09] okay from the state and from the city
and from the current owners of the
[3:14] property uh Shane and Sarah Butler. And
uh so we've removed some of the brick
[3:21] work. Now tonight we're going to take
the sign to get it repainted and
[3:25] restored possibly. Um we don't know yet.
We're going to see what we find. the
[3:30] pole is in bad shape and I've got a
contact in Columbus to get a new pole if
[3:34] we need it. And so we're doing that and
then working with Shane and Sarah uh for
[3:40] the grape jamboree we've decided to have
an allmobile show on the birthplace
[3:48] property
and that'll be on this Saturday we're
[3:51] hoping. And at this time I'd like to
introduce our president. Uh this is
[3:56] Wayne Ardo, the president of the North
Coast Rockets. Hello. Thank for coming
[4:00] everybody. Um just briefly we just want
to say uh really looking forward to uh
[4:06] being a part of uh the restoration of
the sign out here and also uh taking uh
[4:13] participating in the great jamie as
well. Um we're Osmobile lovers. A lot of
[4:19] us have uh a lot of years of uh having a
a likeness for just one type of car and
[4:26] one type only and that will be mobiles.
And uh our group is currently boast a
[4:32] membership of uh close to 240 members
right now. Those are dues paying
[4:37] members. Uh we've been in existence now
we're just going into our fifth year and
[4:42] we're associated with the club of
America. were an an affiliated chapter
[4:48] and in that short period of time we've
grown to be I believe the second or
[4:54] third largest chapter in the United
States. So uh there's a ton of uh ton of
[5:00] uh u
that's the word I'm looking for. There's
[5:05] just a a a ton of excitement and we've
got a lot of people that are really into
[5:10] these cars and we've also are
participating in uh sponsoring uh a car
[5:18] at the Aro Museum in Lancing, Michigan.
So, uh we're heavily involved with uh
[5:24] just trying to keep the name alive and
keep the cars alive. So, um, that's
[5:30] about all I got for you. And, uh, if you
got any questions, uh, feel free to
[5:35] reach out to us. But, uh, we're going to
be removing the sign tonight like Randy
[5:39] said. And, uh, I am a painter by trade.
Joe is works in the auto body
[5:46] profession. And between the two of us,
we're going to restore this the
[5:50] historical marker and get it reerected.
So, uh, thank you so much for your time.
[5:56] Also, if you have any thoughts or help
needed in the future, we're here for
[6:01] you.
>> Any questions?
[6:08] » I think it's super.
>> I'll use the word super.
[6:14] » That's an 88.
>> But, uh, yeah, I'm a car enthusiast
[6:19] myself and, uh, it's great that you guys
have come back to do this.
[6:26] I've always thought we should advertise
it more
[6:31] place, but
it's always led towards grapes instead
[6:35] of old mobilebiles. I'm glad you guys
came. Thank you.
[6:40] » Thank you for taking the initiative to
to fix that.
[6:42] » Real briefly, the one of the very first
Old Club of America National meets was
[6:48] actually held here in Geneva. That would
have been in the early to mid70s.
[6:55] So there's a little connection there as
well. So I don't know if anybody here
[7:00] now remembers that, but
>> I can remember it.
[7:05] » Say it.
>> He was he was
[7:08] » if anybody has an old mobile and wants
to join our group, you're welcome.
[7:12] It would be nice to get that information
about, you know, hey, the first one, um,
[7:17] just as something to put up on a on a
site around here, you know.
[7:20] » Okay. And, um, we have the, uh, I know
little talked about the sign being
[7:27] refurbished. Um, I don't know if they'd
be interested in that at all, knowing
[7:31] more about that. You want, Mr.
>> Yeah, thank you, Mr. Baker. Yeah, we um,
[7:37] and I know Randy and I had had a brief
discussion about this as well. In fact,
[7:41] our recctor is here, uh, Vikings and
staff.
[7:44] » Uh, we've been working on this project.
I think a lot of the the locals know
[7:49] that we had signs around town, uh,
acknowledging Ariold's Virginia as
[7:54] Ariold's birthplace. Those signs got old
to the point where they were actually
[7:59] taken down. So, uh, we've we've
undertaken a process, a project where
[8:05] we're having them see signs, uh,
replicated and and where it is now, the
[8:12] the sign manufacturer that we're working
with had an automobile on on the the
[8:19] design, but it wasn't historically
accurate. And that's kind of where we
[8:23] left at where I know uh the members of
this group can definitely help us and
[8:29] assure that we have the appropriate
vehicle on on our signs acknowledging
[8:35] our adults
and just making his birth choice. So
[8:40] that's kind of where that's at at this
point. So it's actually not far from
[8:44] from finish
as far as production goes.
[8:48] » Yeah. And and what would that vehicle
be? I guess my question
[8:52] » mobile
1902 I believe curve dash.
[8:57] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[8:59] » And I Mr. President also I know I've
seen uh pictures of of Mr. Rolls
[9:06] driving some of these. Was it a curved
dash?
[9:09] » It was a curved dash. It was 1905. They
look very similar.
[9:14] » Yes.
>> That's the curved dash.
[9:15] » I got you. Okay. Okay, that's great.
>> Thank you guys. So, thank you so much.
[9:21] » It's great to know that we have, you
know, where to go to as well. So, who
[9:26] the experts are with respect to the
history of
[9:31] I will just say one more final thing. A
while back when we were talking about
[9:35] the signs, I I know our local media uh
covered this uh discussion and I
[9:43] received a phone call from a gentleman
who identified himself as being married
[9:48] to the granddaughter of Ari.
Uh and I know I just I shared that
[9:54] briefly with with our visitors tonight
and we had a wonderful discussion. They
[9:57] as well said they you know they would be
more than willing to assist us. And I
[10:02] but I also said that you know it turns
out that he wasn't actually married to
[10:06] Ario's granddaughter. We you know you
know I guess the joke was on me but um
[10:11] but we had a great discussion and and
people take take note of this and and
[10:15] there's a lot of interest. So
>> we're excited to be a part of it.
[10:21] » Thank you so much.
>> Very good.
[10:24] » Thanks so much for having us.
>> Thank you.
[10:28] » All right.
Well, that brings us to our first
[10:31] citizens portion. If there are any
citizens who would like to address
[10:34] council, uh, please stand and state your
name and address.
[10:41] » Hi, my name is Cor. This is my wife,
Lisa. We just opened a year ago in um in
[10:48] June, Cam Cycle at 147 West Street.
>> We're caddy corner to um Circle K. We're
[10:56] in the all-white building. It used to be
DD Automotive. Um,
[11:02] we have had multiple multiple runins
with we are right across the street from
[11:08] the park that's next to Capos Pizza and
there are a bunch of I guess you would
[11:13] call them now residents that are the
homeless that live over there.
[11:19] Um, this is a problem and I and I don't
think I'm bringing up any issue that has
[11:25] probably not already been recognized by
anybody here. I, you know, like I I
[11:30] don't want to be tipping a dead horse,
but um, my wife now carries around Mace
[11:37] with her pepper spray.
We've had Max, which I'm sure you're all
[11:44] familiar with, come flying over on his
motorcycle onto our property,
[11:49] threatening my wife, calling her um
referring to her as for which
[11:55] we've had to call the police on and have
them show up. Um, this last I believe it
[12:02] was Thursday night at 11:44 in the
evening because we have cameras around
[12:07] the building, we have a homeless guy
that I'm not sure what his name is, but
[12:12] I'm sure we've all seen him and he walks
the dog around here with him. He has a
[12:16] pitbull that he walks with him around
the city. Most of the time he's
[12:20] shirtless. Well, at 11:44 at night, he
showed up on our camera and he had his
[12:27] dog sit up on the bench of our picnic
table and sitting out on our property
[12:32] next to our shop as he decided to
urinate on the end of the picnic table
[12:38] » was not the first guy,
>> the dog or the man.
[12:43] » No, [clears throat] the man
the human whipped it out. No, it's not
[12:49] not just clarify.
>> Right. So,
[12:57] we have Tim, which we've never had
firsthand an issue with him, but Tim
[13:04] quite frequently stands around and has
arguments with himself. Um,
[13:10] you know, I I've spoken to the police
with the officers and they know Tim and
[13:15] they know Tim is probably quote unquote
not a threat, but with someone that
[13:21] talks to themselves, you know, never
know when it's going to turn on us.
[13:27] We bought broad brought our business
here. We are
[13:32] » we are in our eighth year of business.
We decided to go out into the public and
[13:37] you know what? Honestly, I'm really
having second thoughts about it. I mean,
[13:40] it we ran our shop out of the back of
our house. We built onto the back of our
[13:45] house
or and had our business established
[13:49] there. Um, now I brought this to and we
had the officers come down and discuss
[13:56] this with us.
Then it goes to and I guess this is
[14:01] because it goes to a prosecutor and they
go and it it was officer Keeler that
[14:07] came out and spoke with us. Then it goes
to a prosecutor and the prosecutor
[14:11] decides what they want to do. But the
fact of the matter is
[14:16] what's what's realistically and it's
been explained to me is going to happen
[14:20] is they'll issue a ticket. They'll he'll
have to go to court.
[14:25] » [clears throat]
>> We now have to go to court as a witness.
[14:30] He'll get a ticket. He will go to jail
and then he'll be turned right back out
[14:36] on the street. So where is the solution
in this? Where is the
[14:42] we bring our business here and now we
are victims to the homeless people that
[14:49] are allowed to live in the park that
allowed to roam around the city. What
[14:54] happened in the old days of the western
movies when the sheriff walks up to the
[14:58] edge of town and says, "You know what?
That's it. Don't come back."
[15:04] What What are we doing about getting rid
of these homeless people? They They
[15:09] serve no purpose. They're not paying
taxes. They're living free.
[15:17] I one of the things that the one of the
officers had explained to my wife was
[15:22] it's not as bad as Astra Gila.
You know what? I don't care how bad it
[15:28] is in Astra.
I'm concerned with us and us where we
[15:34] all have businesses, where we pay taxes,
where we earn our keep to be here.
[15:41] And now we have to be afraid.
We have to get our things where it's a
[15:48] public urinal. Come on. We we we need to
do better than that.
[15:54] Something needs to happen here.
>> So, I just wanted to bring this to the
[15:58] city council and that's what I advised.
That's
[16:02] » what your last name is.
>> My name is Craig McKim.
[16:06] C I
[16:13] just wanted
[16:19] » we don't have any sort of
>> I mean I guess
[16:26] » yeah I mean at this point there's yeah I
mean it comes up every every meeting and
[16:32] we're a discussion about it but we have
no statement
[16:39] I got a couple pictures today on my
phone.
[16:44] » Oh, I I know it seems to be getting I
mean
[16:51] » taking up a parking spot in the middle
of the road,
[16:54] » if I may.
>> So, so what we have done, we have
[16:57] increased a little bit of the foot
patrol around downtown area and trying
[17:01] to move them along. We have just had Max
and Tim in jail. They stayed for a
[17:07] couple weeks. They went through their
court date. They got released out on the
[17:10] street. The gentleman you're talking
about, the dog, we don't know what that
[17:13] is. Did you call us when that happened?
>> Yes. Oh, yeah. And Officer Keeler has
[17:18] the videos that we had recorded on our
cameras. It's all been submitted to him.
[17:25] He has submitted a report. I believe the
report was turned in last Friday.
[17:31] No, I hadn't seen that one yet then. But
uh yes, I mean it's not like we're
[17:35] ignoring the problem, but there's only
so much we can do. We have affected
[17:38] arrests when we could, but I mean
unfortunately that's the just the cycle
[17:43] right now.
>> And and I guess the issue is I I know
[17:48] the police can do so much. What is the
solution to the problem? because they do
[17:54] they go through their process the fines
the jail and exactly what you say turned
[18:00] back out of the street. What has
changed? Nothing. A homeless person
[18:04] doesn't have, you know, a couple
hundred. Well, they didn't have it in
[18:09] the first place and they had a nice
place to sleep for a couple nights. What
[18:13] is the punishment there?
>> But again, I agree with you. I think
[18:17] homelessness is complex. A, right? Every
situation could be different with each
[18:20] of those people.
addiction, employment, a combination of
[18:25] all those. So, I agree. I would hate to
put a broad brush on just a person's
[18:29] situation out there because we don't
know,
[18:31] » but I agree with you. I think from my
standpoint, how can we look at is there
[18:34] anything else that other communities are
doing, right? Is there any other
[18:37] research we could do or have an
ordinance they don't allow them in
[18:41] communities?
>> An ordinance ordinance where they're
[18:43] banned, they're not allowed in the
community.
[18:45] » Yeah.
>> So, so as a result of that ordinance
[18:48] though, I think like what are those
mechanisms like them out? So when
[18:51] Kanyard when they have homeless
personnel there that return the city
[18:54] they then in fact l the police vehicles
and remove them from the community
[18:58] » to where
>> to like the one individually they take
[19:00] her back to like Ashville Township where
she resides at. So if she's walking on
[19:03] Route 20 they find her in the community
because she's been abandoned.
[19:06] » Correct. But if they live here where do
you
[19:08] » don't live here they're homeless.
>> If they're living in the park if they're
[19:13] sleeping in that park night after night
they're not residents. They're not
[19:18] paying taxes.
Exactly what you're saying.
[19:22] Just like the old days of the western
city say your limits and you're done.
[19:28] » Yeah.
>> Chief, what are what are the the legally
[19:30] like when does it become loitering? What
what
[19:34] » when ordinance when an ordinance says
when an ordinance says it's loitering?
[19:39] » Pardon me.
>> When an ordinance says it's loitering.
[19:43] » Two individuals.
where either of the one
[19:50] the other two one is facing a charge
which has gone to the county
[19:54] prosecutor's office that's pending so I
don't know what's going to happen to
[19:58] that but a felony is a serious event the
other spent 12 days in jail entered the
[20:04] plea he had been in the hospital
uh in war psychiatric hospital when he
[20:11] was released
hospital in the sheriff's department
[20:16] back to Geneva. Unfortunately,
he's here again and he did spend we have
[20:22] a 12day limit on the jail. He did spend
12 days. He's facing more jail if he
[20:29] continues to do what he has done
[20:34] at the park and all that. He could be
picked up again. We can't just pick him
[20:38] up and take them elsewhere and drop them
off of the county line. That's not how
[20:42] it works. You can't do that. That may be
the old days with the sheriff
[20:46] department, but it doesn't work
nowadays.
[20:49] » The point made is we're not ignoring it.
>> The city's doing what we can do. They
[20:55] have spent time in jail. They will get
released. They may spend more time in
[20:59] jail because they're going to get the
suspended part of the sentence that was
[21:06] suspended plus more time. And we only
have a 12 day limit on our jail time.
[21:13] account and one individual is facing
county time and will probably get county
[21:18] guidance. Both these two of these both
these individuals have real serious
[21:24] mental problems.
City doesn't can't deal with those who
[21:30] have those mental problems. There's not
anything we can't hospitalize them. We
[21:34] can't, you know, take care of them or
send them elsewhere. And they have been
[21:39] there, but they do get out.
>> Yeah.
[21:43] I mean, this isn't going to be resolved
overnight, but the point to be made is
[21:47] the city's ignoring it by any means.
It's unfortunate what you're going
[21:51] through, but we're dealing with it.
Chief Camper and these police officers
[21:55] are doing the best they can and I feel
prosecutor's offices and I would
[22:00] certainly encourage us maybe to look
into what other communities do. I mean,
[22:03] this is not an issue that's going away
and we do want to address it. How you do
[22:08] that humanely and you know legally and
and effectively. I I'd like to see what
[22:16] other communities do. I think that would
be a good good thing for us to do. Maybe
[22:22] » Yeah. I Mr. Pascal, I'm just curious.
Uh, in a case where a law enforcement
[22:28] official would would take an individual
and take this from jail back to Geneva,
[22:35] are they required to take this person to
an address or can they be taken to the
[22:40] pavilion?
[22:43] » Says, "I live in Geneva." He doesn't
care where he gets dropped off and then
[22:48] sheriff's department just drop them off.
[22:52] » Is that what you're going to say?
>> Yeah, basically that's where it is. We
[22:55] it's called courtesy rides like attack
like we've talked about in the past
[23:00] where he has been psychiatric inst uh
mentally mentally instituted for a
[23:06] little bit and as soon as he was
released he got a ride either uh because
[23:11] he does have income. He Ubered up here
one time and even the other time he got
[23:16] the county line and the sheriff uh
deputy drove him back to to the city. I
[23:21] mean when we can't like uh Mr. passible
and said we can't remove people from
[23:26] here to those to the to just outside
that those days are gone because we're
[23:30] liable at that point in time if he got
dropped off and something were to happen
[23:34] at that point in time. We can't do that.
>> I I can understand where
[23:43] you decided to come to Geneva.
>> Yeah.
[23:48] » Building was great. It's as clean as
this floor, right?
[23:51] » And uh for him to have to deal with it
or any merchant in town and and the I I
[23:58] watched the other day with with one of
our guys sleeping on a a bench and
[24:04] they're very intimidating. I I watched
people head to the hardware store,
[24:10] stop for a second, look at it, turn
around, go the other way.
[24:14] You know, we work too hard to try and
get business. So, I agree. Hopefully we
[24:19] can come up with something that right,
you know, a solution or a way to to help
[24:24] with this.
[24:28] » I mean, is it
>> Yeah, there's an influx. There's
[24:29] probably five or six at least.
>> Is it something for like a safety
[24:33] committee?
>> I I think so. I think John is the chair
[24:36] of that. I mean, we could have a safety
committee meeting at least saying set a
[24:40] date and then say, "Hey, let's try to
all look at some solutions or ideas.
[24:44] They may work, they may not, but let's
try to at least continue to think
[24:47] because obviously our law enforcement's
doing what they can. Our city's trying.
[24:51] I know that all several of these guys
have been offered help, right? They're
[24:54] not taking it, but we don't want
something to happen to your business
[24:57] again or you or anyone else.
>> Right.
[25:09] » Just advised people to just keep calling
you though, right?
[25:12] » Yeah, absolutely. Yes. And then as far
as the uh the man with the dog, we're in
[25:16] the process of trying to identify him
now.
[25:19] » So,
>> okay. Say it again.
[25:20] » We're in the process of trying to
identify him.
[25:22] » Okay. I think they have him identified.
They thought initially that it was a guy
[25:27] named Hener, but they went to his house.
He was not there. And then Officer
[25:31] Keeler came over.
>> Yeah. And he I showed him the guy and he
[25:37] went down the street. He did make
contact with him.
[25:40] » So, he does know who he who it is. And
he did file a report that should have
[25:45] been turned in by this last Friday.
>> It should have been returned. He said
[25:51] Friday.
>> This this last Friday the report should
[25:53] have been turned in I think because that
was the end of his shift and I was down
[25:58] » and that was Friday morning I think or
Friday or Thursday night. He wasn't here
[26:01] Friday.
>> Okay.
[26:03] » He comes back tonight.
>> Okay. It was he was working second
[26:06] shift.
>> Yes. And that's it was at the end of
[26:09] that. Um
[26:13] he it it they they told me because I was
back down there on Friday, I believe.
[26:20] » Maybe I was there on Thursday. I'm going
to get my days mixed up. How many times
[26:24] interactions? Um they said there should
be some sort of um decision hopefully
[26:32] made by this Monday meeting today is is
what was explained to me from dispatch
[26:37] was okay
>> the day that I went down there through
[26:39] talk through the glass.
>> Okay.
[26:41] » Okay.
>> So evidently that um it's in process.
[26:45] » Yes sir.
>> All right. Thank you Mr. I mean we we do
[26:49] take it seriously. We I mean it is a
complex problem. I would like to refer
[26:54] that to the safety committee. Um, we'll
keep doing our what we can from a law
[26:58] enforcement standpoint and a legal
standpoint and we will, you know, look
[27:02] at other other avenues as well to get
them to see what help is out there. And
[27:07] so, you know, I would like to refer that
to your your safety committee and we can
[27:11] set up a time to start looking at that.
[clears throat]
[27:14] » John, myself, and Brad, I believe.
>> Yeah. Thank you.
[27:17] » Yeah. Thank you. We really I mean, we
hear you. We take it seriously. we all
[27:21] work, you know, the new businesses
coming down there and, you know, it it's
[27:25] it it takes away from that and and so
we're trying.
[27:28] » Yeah. And and our business, you know,
going out from being in our house doing
[27:34] public is substantially grown and you
know, we're getting foot traffic and so
[27:39] there's a lot of good things going on,
right? But no, no one wants to go into
[27:44] work and dread going into work because
you have to deal with an issue like this
[27:48] that's so not related to all the other
issues of what you're
[27:53] exactly extracurricular activities,
right? Thank you for coming in and we
[27:58] and we will
>> we'll do our best.
[28:00] » Thank you. I'll be back next month,
please. All right. Please do. No,
[28:04] please. We will. All right.
>> Yes. Um any other residents?
[28:10] I'm trying to make my public if I can
touch on that previous issue. Shardan
[28:15] had identical problem. I believe they
criminalize sleeping in a public park
[28:20] and just in public and that solve their
issue. So that might be something they
[28:23] want to look into.
All right. All right. Member council,
[28:28] thank you for the opportunity to speak
again. My name is Joe Capell and I
[28:31] reside at 170 Green Ridge.
I'm here to address city's prohibition
[28:35] on commercial trailers and residential
properties and the shockingly
[28:38] inconsistent way that ordinance appears
to be enforced. Several obvious
[28:42] commercial trailers complete with logos
and graphics are currently stored in
[28:45] residential properties within the city.
At least two of them remain plainly
[28:48] visible from South Broadway for more
than a year. Yet a review western county
[28:51] court record shows no related case
against those property owners.
[28:55] Concession truck operates within the
city's also regularly stored in
[28:57] residence on Centennial.
In glaring contrast, last week I
[29:02] received a certified letter from zoning
warning I would face criminal charges,
[29:05] including the possibility of
incarceration if my 12x 8 foot
[29:09] concession trailer remains in my
residence beyond the 1 to 2 hour period
[29:13] zoning says I'm allowed loading or
unloading.
[29:17] I have complied with zoning's prior
direction not to store the trailer at my
[29:20] residence. This year has been there only
twice for less than 48 hours each time.
[29:24] Yet the latest warning accused me
attempting certain event that ordinance.
[29:29] Meanwhile, I commercial trailers are
parked [clears throat] in other
[29:31] residential properties for months or
years without apparent enforcement. That
[29:35] disparity should concern everyone here.
As council may remember, I previously
[29:39] appeared regarding anonymous letter
concerning my property. Given the
[29:42] circumstances, I strongly suspect the
same individuals responsible for a
[29:45] complaint about my trailer. Even more
pointant is the fact there's been a
[29:48] commercial trailer in residence
literally across the street from me. I'm
[29:52] guessing no complaints have been made
about it, which even further
[29:54] delegitimizes any complaints made
against me. If so, this demonstrates how
[29:58] a selectively enforced orbits can be
weaponized by one disgruntled person
[30:02] pursue their ridiculous personal
grievances. I'm not presently blaming
[30:06] zoning for responding to a complaint.
But once the city is aware that material
[30:10] similar conditions exist elsewhere,
condition continuing to threaten one
[30:14] resident with criminal prosecution.
[clears throat]
[30:16] While the same conduct is openly
permitted at other properties is
[30:19] impossible to justify. The trailer issue
is by far not the only occurrence of my
[30:23] being warned for alleged issues that are
commonly permitted in numerous other
[30:26] residences. Packet I provided contains
photographs of my trailer, dated
[30:31] photographs of other commercial trailers
going back more than a year and property
[30:34] records for those locations showing
their zone residential. I do want to be
[30:38] clear. I am not asking the city to site
those residents. Answer to unequal
[30:43] enforcement is not to punish everyone
equally. Best answer is to fix an
[30:47] unnecessarily broad ordinance. Geneva's
own zoning policies already recognize
[30:52] residential and limited commercial use
can coexist. City permits homebased
[30:56] businesses, allows certain accessory
structures to support them and permits
[31:00] recreational vehicles to be stored in
residential properties. A clean,
[31:03] registered commercial trailer of
reasonable size does not become harmful
[31:07] merely because it purpose is commercial
rather than recreational. I'm asking
[31:11] council take steps to permit one
commercial trailer per residential
[31:14] property subject to appropriate limits
on size condition setbacks screening
[31:19] registration and nuisance concerns that
would regulate actual impacts safety
[31:24] appearance traffic and neighborhood
conditions rather than imposing absolute
[31:28] prohibition based solely on
classification. I ask council to place
[31:31] his proposal on upcoming agenda referred
to promptly review and consider a
[31:35] temporary moratorum on enforcement
except for an actual health or safety
[31:39] issue exists while the amendment is
considered. Packet I provide also
[31:43] contains proposed ordinance language and
structure for council review and
[31:46] convenience. No resident should face
criminal prosecution because one person
[31:50] discovered that inconsistently enforced
ordinance can be used as a weapon. The
[31:54] answer is clear standards, reasonable
regulation, and equal enforcement. Thank
[31:58] you.
[32:01] 173,
[32:05] » please.
>> Uh, Phyllis, in the ordinance updates or
[32:08] the zoning updates that we did, um, was
this altered as at all?
[32:14] » I know that there were so many changes.
What again would a viable place I'm just
[32:19] thinking like the planning commission
which deals with kind of setbacks and
[32:22] things like that and they are the ones
who kind of led right the zoning updates
[32:27] with the zoning inspector.
Would that be a viable place for them to
[32:32] consider any for them to review this
language? So you have the planning
[32:36] commission which is dealing with this
citizens on and council votes. Perhaps
[32:41] they could be an effective place to just
take up the question. I don't know very
[32:45] what you're about to
>> Mr. President.
[32:50] So there that was a lot. Um you
presented a lot in in your in your
[32:55] statement. I'm hearing a couple things.
I'm hearing um you know
[33:00] inconsistencies in the ordinance and I'm
also hearing inconsistencies in
[33:04] enforcement. Yes. So to me those are two
very different things. So I think we
[33:08] have to look at those you know
separately. To Mr. Herb's point you know
[33:12] I think the evaluating looking at the
current ordinance and you know what the
[33:17] requirements are under our current
zoning is something that you know needs
[33:21] to be needs to be looked at with respect
to what you're bringing to the table. Um
[33:26] but also again you know your statement
that you know the enforcement has not
[33:31] been consistent you know is something
that can be addressed as well. I don't
[33:36] know that to be I mean I'm listening to
you I've heard what you had to say that
[33:39] is definitely something that I can look
into. Um on the other aspect though of
[33:44] the actual ordinance or ordinances
itself the code or codes again that's
[33:49] something that would have to
say no commercial trailers or residences
[33:54] I'm sorry
>> it says no commercial trailers or
[33:56] residences that part's pretty clear
inconsistency there
[34:08] » is the code that you're looking
[34:14] or the one that's
>> I believe I believed
[34:21] so
>> yeah maybe it was addressed we'll look
[34:25] into that
>> Mr. President, again, just one final
[34:30] point on I think you use the the phrase
selective enforcement. Yes,
[34:34] » when it comes to zoning, you know, our
our objective is to be as fair as
[34:40] possible all at all times, evaluate
every situation and, you know, be as
[34:44] fair as possible. Um there, you know, we
are out there. We're there there are
[34:50] things that that we identify that have
not been reported to us. There are
[34:54] things that are reported to us that we
go and follow up on. Sometimes there
[34:58] might be confusion with with with that.
You know, we have often times people
[35:03] want to know why aren't you coming out?
How did you know about this? Well,
[35:07] again, it could be through just general
observation or it could be, you know,
[35:12] somebody called a complaint.
So
[35:17] it selective enforcement, you know,
might it might appear that way
[35:21] sometimes, but again, I just want to
reassure that that our objective at all
[35:26] times when it comes to zoning is to be,
you know, fair and
[35:33] thank you.
Any other citizens?
[35:40] » Okay, seeing none, we will move on to
our city manager report. Mr. Rette.
[35:43] » Okay. Thank you, Mr. president. Just a
couple items tonight, but all importance
[35:47] nonetheless.
Starting off with uh our sweetscape
[35:51] phase 2, the storm water improvement
project, which which let's face it, you
[35:56] know, we all know this as the depot
project that was supposed to start, you
[35:59] know, a month and a half ago. Um I'm
going to reiterate, you know, the reason
[36:04] for the delay in this project, which is
now we're seeing movement, and I've got
[36:08] great, you know, great deal on this
tonight, but this was all about supply
[36:12] issues. It was it was about the the
inability of our contractor to get these
[36:16] concreted structures that are necessary
for the storm water portion of this
[36:21] project, which is what they're tackling
first. So, we now know that those those
[36:25] structures are on site and the
contractor is is is they're they're
[36:30] ready to get started. I've I've updated
our website with the latest schedule
[36:35] and, you know, the the the actual
construction is ready to start. I know
[36:38] the contractors also delivered notices
to local businesses in the area uh to
[36:43] give them a heads up about this project.
Everybody's concern and and rightfully
[36:51] so has to do with the timing on this
project.
[36:56] what we know and what the contractor is
looking at at this point. And I think
[37:00] last month I talked about acceleration
which is uh where they're looking at an
[37:05] accelerated work schedule.
They're not going to be working four day
[37:10] weeks. We're looking at kind of 5 10
week 10 hour day weeks and again
[37:17] Saturdays if necessary to get this
project done. The contractor in their
[37:21] note to the local business has stated
that
[37:25] they need 26 days of course weather you
know of course weathering but 26 days to
[37:31] get this project done. They are still
looking at the end of August to get this
[37:37] project completed and and that's the
latest. That's where we're at on that
[37:42] with respect to the conclusion of the
project, anticipated conclusion. It's
[37:46] not much different from the very
beginning, but they had built the time
[37:50] in that initial [music] schedule knowing
that their supply was still
[37:55] questionable. So, how did we lose all
this time? And we're still, you know,
[37:59] pretty close to, you know, the I think
the original conclusion or ending date
[38:05] was scheduled for the 21st of August.
It's now 31st. Again, it's because they
[38:09] were building time. Not certain as to
when they were going to get their
[38:13] materials. Those are on site. So, the
project is getting started. Um, and just
[38:18] to remind everybody about this, it's
this is an upgrade to the storm water
[38:22] infrastructure along EOS Creek and Uh
the default parking lot is is the main
[38:28] focus of this of this beautifification
project. Uh as they're going to
[38:33] completely restruct the parking lot with
uh the creation or the construction of a
[38:38] bio swale that will run east to west
along along the road separating the
[38:43] parking area from the road
trees. I think it's going to be a really
[38:47] a really nice inclusion. Uh new curving
landscaping you know again all of this
[38:53] and of course there's there's a new is
being funded with this phase that's
[38:56] going to be actually put next door over
here at the new pocket park. But all of
[39:00] this is funded uh both with the
Appalachin Community Grant funding that
[39:05] we were awarded as well as this as well
as CDBG funding through the county uh
[39:11] for the storm water portion. So it's a
big deal. It's a big project. Uh they're
[39:15] jumping on it. Again, you know, they see
it as as a 26 day project. Should be
[39:20] done at the end of the month.
Again, I never definitives that should
[39:25] be um if by chance there's anything uh
that would all that that would deviate
[39:30] from the schedule that we will of course
notify the public and make sure
[39:34] everybody's aware of that. But our
target right now is make sure it's it's
[39:37] done well before the great jamboree so
it does not impact uh their operations
[39:42] for for that major event. Uh also the
the launch street water line replacement
[39:48] this also funded by by the OPWC funding.
Uh this has also been a long project.
[39:55] It's been a long schedule. I know Mr.
Santiago can tell you a lot of you know
[39:59] a lot of things that went down on this
project and I see he's here with us
[40:02] tonight. Um there's uh there they're
actually very close to the final phase
[40:08] of this project though milling today and
and Mr. Santiago can probably give us
[40:13] more more update on that when the actual
paving should start and that should be
[40:16] finished by the end of this week. Is
that correct?
[40:19] » Correct. They are currently on schedule.
Um they were down a truck. I grabbed one
[40:24] of ours and stepped in to help keep the
milling moving. Um so we were running
[40:28] some milling this morning. Um they they
paddled through the storm this morning.
[40:32] They finished all the road. They started
they began working on base repair um
[40:37] through um which will be whole width of
the road for a certain length of time
[40:42] where the base there's non-existent.
It's all claying up through the road.
[40:46] So, they'll be going through doing a
bunch of base work there in two
[40:49] different sections on each section of
Long Street. Um, that's taking place.
[40:54] They started working on some of it
today. All day tomorrow they'll be
[40:57] working on that as well with uh
everything. Fingers crossed. Uh, we know
[41:02] how paving goes around here. So, fingers
crossed Wednesday they're laying
[41:06] asphalt. So, that's that's their game
plan for um that is to lay asphalt
[41:12] Wednesday and be ready to go. So,
>> right. I I know the contractor also went
[41:16] around and distributed notices to public
flyers and let them know there is there
[41:22] is of course disruption in that area. Uh
there are no parking and sections of
[41:28] Long Street.
>> Yeah, we did address a lot of the um
[41:30] complaints and issues that did come up
by citizens um with their lawns and
[41:35] their properties and such. Everything
was gone through walked through uh quite
[41:39] honestly the next morning after that um
after the last meeting last Yeah. last
[41:44] council meeting we had and everything
was addressed and attended to and
[41:47] everything like that um to then continue
moving forward with this. So um all the
[41:52] citizens are aware, they're notified,
they're all excited because they're
[41:55] getting a new road. So um everybody's
happy to see the end of this project
[41:59] come through. So
and again aside from the new road and
[42:04] the fact that it's almost done, the uh
the upgrade of that water infrastructure
[42:09] is is critical for our system, our water
distriution system. So it's that also
[42:14] was a very very important project for us
this year. So good. Thank you for your
[42:18] for your
um [clears throat] also what we on
[42:23] tonight's agenda is uh the the a bid for
the 2026 street pavement repair program.
[42:30] Uh back on the 23rd of July, we had a
bid opening for our project for our
[42:34] street paving project where the opinion
of probable construction cost for this
[42:38] bid is $700,000.
Uh on the 23rd we received four bids.
[42:44] The low bid uh coming from Ronak
Paving at 632,794.
[42:52] Uh that again was a low bid and uh
having reviewed having had their their
[42:58] bid package reviewed by our engineer
they concluded that you know they met
[43:01] all the bid specifications and have the
experience uh to do the job and and that
[43:07] that is our recommendation tonight. Uh
Just again on the agenda that at that
[43:12] point in the meeting uh you know it's my
my recommendation of council to
[43:17] authorize
uh the manager myself to enter to that
[43:21] agreement to accept our bid so we can
enter into that agreement. Uh just for
[43:26] the sake of of record again their low
bid was 6327 the high bid was 7627.
[43:34] So quite a difference there between low
and high bid. Excellent news for [music]
[43:38] the city because a low bid, we might be
able to get some additional work in with
[43:42] the difference uh under the opinion of
probable construction cost. So, uh the
[43:48] work here on this with with an approved
bid is uh to get that moving as soon as
[43:53] possible so we can get we can get moving
on on our rotating project.
[44:00] Also, I mentioned back in June that our
application through the state capital
[44:05] budget uh process was approved. Well, we
did get final. We finally got it took a
[44:10] while. We finally got official
notification from the state uh through
[44:14] SB450, the capital budget community
project, Geneva Recreation Center, which
[44:20] is what we submitted, was in fact
approved approved in the amount of
[44:24] $196,250,
which is half of what the opinion
[44:29] probably construction cost was of 3925
392,500.
[44:36] This is huge for us because
funding to to try to upgrade the rec
[44:42] center for for a long time and and
there's so many and again you know we
[44:46] have our rec director here and I know
Mikey can tell you all about I don't
[44:50] think she's thrilled in fact I'll turn
I'll turn it over to her in a second but
[44:54] but what this money that will enable us
to do is to to replace the floor and if
[45:01] you've been in there you've seen how bad
how poor that gymnasium floor is paint
[45:04] the walls do tuck point. Um I think I if
I didn't mention replace or repair
[45:10] replace the roof and these are major
improvements. Um you know handicap
[45:15] accessibil accessible uh door openers on
the on the outside of the building.
[45:20] We've had it you know we've had uh ours
has been inoperable and and one of the
[45:25] main reasons why that's remained
inoperable for so long is because of the
[45:29] cost. You know it was over $7,000 to to
replace that. that you see that help
[45:34] open the door. So, this is enabling us
to fund that all those pro all those
[45:39] improvements and I know Mikey's been
such a strong advocate over the years
[45:44] and um and I know this is going to go a
long way to help our w program and Mikey
[45:50] if there's anything you wanted to add to
that.
[45:52] » No, just that uh the last time it was
painted inside was in 2003.
[45:58] Um so it was definitely well overdue. um
the gym floor there. I don't I can't
[46:04] remember the last time that we redid
that floor even by just taking the um
[46:10] surface off and painting it. Um so it'll
be nice to get that all done. It'll be
[46:16] nice to have no more dead spots. Um
nothing like playing basketball. The
[46:20] ball just kind of goes dead because you
know wrong spot. Um so it's going to be
[46:25] a huge improvement um with the handicap
bathrooms and everything else that's
[46:29] going on. That'll be nice. Be more
accessible for everybody to be able to
[46:33] come in. Um, and of course the roof, you
want to make sure that roof is solid.
[46:37] That building's over 100 almost 100
years old. So, it's it's seen better
[46:42] days and it definitely needs a new roof.
So, that'll be good for us.
[46:47] » Yeah. So, we're very excited about that.
And I would just add there is no local
[46:52] maps requirement for this program, which
is great news. What I mean what that
[46:56] means is even though we we have an
opinion of probable construction cost
[47:01] prepared by by our engineers. So the
better the bids the less money that we
[47:06] have to contribute to get this work
done. So you know if we if we have bids
[47:11] that come in well under our our probable
construction cost that's just that much
[47:16] less money that we have to contribute to
the project. So but nonetheless it's
[47:20] it's definitely necessary and needed and
has been for a long time. We're very
[47:25] fortunate to receive these funds. Um,
finally, I I mentioned uh earlier in our
[47:30] work session tonight uh that it was my
intent to include a quote um that
[47:38] speaking of of improvements, you know,
the the roof at the old fieldhouse at
[47:42] Memorial Field has long been needed to
be replaced. Uh we've patched it over
[47:47] the years, but it now is at a point
where it drastic drastically needs to be
[47:52] replaced. Uh and again, is an effort
that I know Mikey spent a lot of time
[47:56] and did a lot of the the leg work on
this as well. Um
[48:01] we not that long, a few years back, we
put federal money into this building to
[48:05] upgrade the restrooms which are very
very nice. Uh the problem is there was
[48:10] no additional funding put into the rest
of the building. So if we don't replace
[48:14] this roof, uh there was a chance that we
could lose this building. So that's
[48:18] where we're at. Uh we did an extensive
review. We received quotes. We did an
[48:23] extensive review and I I did present to
council tonight. Incidentally, this was
[48:28] a a budgeted project. We had this budget
at I believe Tracy 125,000
[48:35] » and we had bids come in the the two
lower bids came in very very close
[48:40] together. Um right around $72,800,
you know, you know, over $40,000 under
[48:47] what we had what we had budgeted. Um, so
through our review, we kind of broke
[48:53] down some of the specifics between each
of these bids. I mean, really, there was
[48:56] a $15 difference between these bids, but
one one included 5-in gutters versus the
[49:02] other bid that was 7in commercial
gutters. And additionally, there was a
[49:07] 15-year uh manufacturer's warranty
versus a 20-year manufacturer warranty.
[49:12] So, both of those those better uh items
were included in the lower lower bid.
[49:19] So, it it was will be my recommendation
to council to accept the bid of
[49:26] building technicians corporation to
remove and replace the roof at the old
[49:31] fieldhouse at the Oregon field and the
council is is wanting to add that to the
[49:37] agenda. Uh again that is the the
recommendation that that we was the best
[49:42] the lowest best
[49:47] » I said
>> I said bid uh thank you yeah that that
[49:52] was a mistake I I want to emphasize
quote
[49:56] quote yeah we we we saw quotes for this
not
[50:02] and and yeah and a lot of research we
made sure that what we had in front of
[50:06] us was we were able to compare apples
with apples. So that's where a lot of
[50:18] um on your first thing the uh phase two
I know right now I've been approached by
[50:23] a couple uh businesses [music]
>> because of the parking issue.
[50:30] » Yes. Um, is there a way to limit the
parking
[50:35] behind the businesses on South Broadway
uh and have the construction people be
[50:41] somewhere else right now? Because
they're taking up like behind honeybees
[50:45] and behind the BFW, behind the uh
businesses on the west side. Um they're
[50:53] just there's very little parking for uh
patrons of of any of the businesses in
[51:02] there that park behind right now because
of the number of construction people
[51:07] that are parking there. Um I don't know
if anything would be done, but they've
[51:12] got like big dumpsters and all kinds of
stuff taking up three, four parking
[51:17] spaces. Mr. President,
>> Mr. Baker, I I can look into that. I
[51:22] know one of the things that we made sure
we worked very closely with the
[51:26] contractor was to ensure that they left
open
[51:30] portions of the of the project that's
you know that's not being that they're
[51:33] not working on right now. They're
leaving that open so people can park
[51:35] there. That that was a big thing that
we've emphasized heavily. Um so there is
[51:42] parking where initially there wasn't
going to be. Um I could talk to the
[51:45] project manager and share your concern
about where the employees are.
[51:50] Like I said, I've had a couple
businesses contact me saying, "I can't
[51:54] even park behind my own business."
>> And that's part of the Appalachian.
[51:59] » No, it's what's going on. It's actually
what's going on right now with the uh um
[52:05] phase one where where they're doing
painting on the building.
[52:11] » So, yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah, that's part
of I apologize. That was ongoing right
[52:16] now. And so when this happens, all I can
>> part one that is
[52:22] Yeah. I can just imagine that it's going
to exasperate the problem if if we don't
[52:28] take care of it now.
>> And just to be clear, Mr. Baker is
[52:32] referring to the facade program, which
is also part of the Appalachin Community
[52:35] grant that we received and all the
funding included, which all has to be
[52:40] spent before the end of October of 2026,
uh was 23 2.6 million after investment
[52:49] downtown. So that's the side, but I
likewise we'll we'll talk to the
[52:53] project.
Appreciate that. Thank you. Any other
[52:57] questions? All right. So before uh
proceeding to um items for consideration
[53:03] of council, I would like to ask for a
motion to um add resolution number 3683,
[53:09] which is the uh the fieldhouse
resolution to tonight's agenda. Can I
[53:14] please have a
and the roll call on that.
[53:18] » Travis,
>> yes.
[53:20] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[53:22] » Rose,
>> yes.
[53:23] » Baker,
>> yes.
[53:25] » Yes.
>> We'll have that at the end. All right.
[53:32] First up is ordinance number 3418, an
ordinance determining council intent to
[53:37] proceed with improving the streets in
the city of Geneva by supplying street
[53:41] lighting and to levy assessments for
such lighting and declaring an
[53:46] emergency. Uh, can I have a motion to
wave the role three?
[53:53] » Speaking of street lights, yes.
How we doing our LED lights?
[54:02] Yes. Um the Mr. Rose question regarding
the LED lights has to do with the
[54:08] gardener with the ongoing neverending
partner project.
[54:12] » Y um we have been and we we have been in
regular communication with uh with First
[54:19] Energy to get them again. It's just it's
it's a slow process. I think we've
[54:24] completed five of 11 phases. Uh we keep
getting told the same thing that it's in
[54:29] planning. It's in planning. So,
it's
[54:34] How long ago was the last phase
completed?
[54:38] I would say at the beginning of the
year.
[54:43] » Uh, well, being out and about, I will
say there has been a white bucket truck,
[54:47] the the light truck um from the
Illuminate Company that's been buzzing
[54:51] around here lately. Um, it was referred
to at one point on Facebook as the
[54:56] unmarked ambulance driving around
creepily, but they have been out. I've
[55:01] been noticing them more and more here
lately catching different street lights.
[55:04] I don't think they're any in a row. I It
seems sporadic, but they are. I have
[55:09] seen Illuminate Company adjusting
lights. We're working on lights. So,
[55:13] » I don't want this anymore.
>> But does any anybody know why they're
[55:19] digging around?
>> Oh. Yes. Yes.
[55:24] » So Dale brought it up um the last
council meeting. Um they've been doing a
[55:28] pole inspection. So what they're doing
is they go around, they augur in, they
[55:32] check for rotting the, you know, the
quality and the structure of the pole
[55:37] and they have to do an entire evaluation
of the city It's