[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

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