[0:00] [music]

[0:17] won't give you more than you can.

[0:20] >> Okay. Call this village of Green Hills

[0:23] uh council meeting for August 18th.

[0:26] Order. [clears throat] Um clerk call the

[0:28] role.

[0:30] Halter

[0:31] >> here.

[0:32] >> Favor

[0:33] >> here.

[0:34] >> Borner

[0:34] >> here.

[0:35] >> Walter

[0:36] >> here.

[0:37] >> Moore

[0:38] >> here. And we have a prayer by Maria

[0:41] Walther.

[0:44] [clears throat]

[0:44] >> Oh God, we thank thee for the flag of

[0:46] our country and for all that our flag

[0:49] represents. We thank thee for giving the

[0:51] victory to the brave and the valiant men

[0:53] and women who gave their last measure of

[0:55] strength in order that we may wave over

[0:58] the land of the free and the home of the

[1:00] brave. We thank thee for giving us the

[1:03] ideals of faith and liberty, preserving

[1:05] the sanctity of our homes and freedom of

[1:07] worship. Conscious of our limitations

[1:10] and our deep worldliness, we pray that

[1:14] our flag may bind together and many

[1:17] elements of our own dear country. Grant

[1:20] that this country may remain forever

[1:21] free, union, flying the same flag, one

[1:25] nation under God, with liberty and

[1:27] justice for all. Amen.

[1:29] >> Amen.

[1:31] >> Join me for the pledge of allegiance.

[1:34] I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[1:36] United States of America and to the

[1:39] republic for which it stands. One nation

[1:43] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[1:46] justice for all.

[1:49] >> Mr. Mayor, at this time I have uh a gift

[1:52] um for the uh veterans memorial path for

[1:56] $1,000. Uh do I give it to you or do I

[1:59] give it to Lisa

[2:01] >> to deposit?

[2:03] Are we collecting the money?

[2:05] >> And the me the memo random of that says

[2:08] that we start maybe opening the grounds

[2:11] and the cement for whenever we have the

[2:14] poles and the flags ready and going be

[2:16] near the end.

[2:18] Thank you.

[2:19] >> Okay.

[2:19] >> Thank you. Thank you.

[2:21] >> Thank you.

[2:22] >> Thanks.

[2:24] [clears throat]

[2:28] » All right.

[2:30] We have the minutes of the previous

[2:33] council meeting for July 721.

[2:37] If there are no corrections, minutes

[2:39] stand approved.

[2:42] We have public presentations. Fire Chief

[2:45] Tony Spaith, you have something.

[2:51] » Good evening everyone.

[2:54] >> Hi.

[2:55] >> Uh some notes. Uh these are u statistics

[2:59] from July. Uh in July we answered 28

[3:03] fire runs and 45 EMS runs for a total of

[3:07] 73 runs for the month. Um that was

[3:10] against 21 fire runs and 39 EMS runs

[3:13] last year for a total of 60. So that was

[3:15] 13 more than the same month last year or

[3:18] nearly 22% increase.

[3:21] Out of our EMS details, uh the 45

[3:24] details, we required mutual aid

[3:27] transport four times, uh which is 8.8%.

[3:31] Uh last year we required nine times on

[3:34] 39 runs, which was 23%. So that's a 14%

[3:38] improvement there. Uh two of our EMS

[3:41] transports were made uh during

[3:43] non-staffed hours uh with Force Park

[3:46] when we needed ALS care. Uh we had one

[3:48] transport made by Force Park uh during

[3:51] the day when we had uh a need for

[3:53] additional care and then we had Forest

[3:55] Park made a run for us while we were on

[3:57] another EMS run in the village of Green

[4:00] Hill. So we had two at a time. So that

[4:02] seems to be happening two or three times

[4:04] a month now which I can't explain it but

[4:07] it does seem to be happening. Um

[4:10] [snorts]

[4:11] uh 86.3%

[4:13] of our runs occurred during our staffed

[4:16] hours from 8 to midnight. 13.7% of our

[4:20] runs occurred midnight to08 during uh

[4:22] volunteer staffing time.

[4:25] Uh we made 100% of our runs both during

[4:28] staffed and non-staff time last year or

[4:30] last month and uh we staffed 95.4%

[4:35] of the hours. So that number continues

[4:37] to be a good one. We uh gave mutual aid

[4:43] 12 times and we received mutual aid 15

[4:47] times.

[4:49] We had 16 fires in the village. We went

[4:51] to Forest Park three times, Springfield

[4:54] Township twice, Cole Rain three times,

[4:56] Mount Healthy once, Springdale once, and

[4:58] Woodlon twice.

[5:00] Our EMS uh total response time last year

[5:04] was 5 minutes and 38 seconds. Our total

[5:08] EMS response time this year was 4

[5:10] minutes and 16 seconds for an

[5:12] improvement of a minute and 22 seconds

[5:14] or 24% improvement.

[5:16] Our EMS time uh this year during staffed

[5:20] hours was 3 minutes and 58 seconds

[5:24] against the 538. So a minute 40 better

[5:27] almost 30%.

[5:29] Um, so these are consistent numbers that

[5:32] I've been giving to you

[5:34] throughout [clears throat]

[5:35] um,

[5:37] anniversaries in the firehouse this

[5:39] month. John Stagger, AJ Coley, Jared

[5:42] Dornbush, Austin Clems, Eric Mormon,

[5:44] Brandt Webb, and Julie Sheets.

[5:49] uh year-to- date uh through the end of

[5:51] July, we're at 507 total runs, which is

[5:55] 109 more than last year um through that

[6:00] same time period or 27.3%

[6:04] uh ahead.

[6:07] A couple of uh notes

[6:10] uh regarding um July. Um we had two

[6:14] storm events in July. one on the 17th

[6:17] and then again on the 27th. Uh we didn't

[6:20] have any storm related runs on the 17th,

[6:22] but we did have two on the 27th.

[6:26] Um and then you know so far in August

[6:28] we've had two uh one on the 7th and then

[6:31] again on the 11th on the 7th we had

[6:34] seven storm related details and on the

[6:38] 11th we had five storm related details.

[6:42] And so, um, again, I may have explained

[6:45] this before, but when we have a storm

[6:48] event in the county, we go on what they

[6:49] call a storm plan activation. And so,

[6:51] instead of dispatching every single run,

[6:54] every single tree down, every single

[6:55] wires down, we monitor our computer and

[6:58] they stack the runs. And then we answer

[7:00] them either in the order that they come

[7:03] in or the severity. So a tree down or a

[7:06] wires down might not get answered if we

[7:09] have some sort of fire or an auto

[7:11] accident or something like that. So we prioritize them uh by need uh but

[7:16] then we also you know answer them as

[7:18] they come. And so um the important thing

[7:20] for u you know residents to remember is

[7:24] that um when the fire department comes

[7:26] you know we're not tree surgeons and

[7:28] we're not electricians. So there's not

[7:30] much we can do uh for either of those

[7:33] things. But for an electrical issue, uh

[7:36] we will also notify Duke through our

[7:38] means of communication and we'll cordon

[7:41] off the area and we'll make sure that

[7:43] you know it there's a relative degree of

[7:45] safety there until Duke [clears throat]

[7:46] can come out and deenergize. We do not

[7:49] extinguish fires that involve electric

[7:52] lines because, as you know, water and

[7:54] electric does not mix. Um, with regard

[7:57] to trees down, um, we have chainsaws.

[8:00] We've used a lot of blades this month.

[8:03] And we don't buy the ones that you get

[8:04] at Home Depot. The ones we use are a

[8:06] little bit more expensive. But, um,

[8:08] generally what we do, if we if we can

[8:10] clear a roadway or get it at least open,

[8:13] that's what we'll do. Um, again, if we

[8:16] can do that safely and within a

[8:18] reasonable amount of time, we always try

[8:20] to do that. And then I'll either be

[8:21] texting the mayor or the village manager

[8:23] letting them know that, hey, we we've

[8:25] done this. And so, um, you know, in that

[8:28] regard, we we're out there, um, maybe

[8:31] when the after hours when the service

[8:32] department's there, we can kind of give

[8:33] them a head start and give them a heads

[8:35] up of what's going on.

[8:37] Um, and so that's our approach during a storm. And so, um, as with

[8:42] everything we do, you know, we assess

[8:43] the risk. We need to take care of

[8:45] ourselves first, but if we can safely

[8:47] address specifically wires and trees,

[8:50] that's that's normal.

[8:54] Um, as you know, we are approaching

[8:56] September 1st, uh, which is the

[8:58] anniversary of our part-time program.

[9:02] Um, we're very happy with our progress

[9:04] and results, um, thus far. Um, we're

[9:07] looking forward to the future. Uh, we've

[9:10] grown as an organization. We've learned

[9:11] a lot over the past year, uh, that we

[9:14] will continue apply to only improve and

[9:18] get better. Um again we want to thank uh

[9:21] the community for the support for

[9:23] passing the levy uh the council and the

[9:25] village administration and everybody

[9:27] that came together to to put together uh

[9:30] the system that we have now for delivery

[9:31] of firing EMS in the village which has

[9:34] been very cost effective and as you hear

[9:37] the numbers that I gave you the other

[9:38] month it's been it's been [cough] very [clears throat] good.

[9:42] um are um if there's any questions or anything

[9:48] regarding that, I I'd be free to answer

[9:49] those. Um just a couple of other notes.

[9:52] Um reminder uh that school's back in

[9:55] session, so be careful out there. Um I'm

[9:58] sure the police chief will mention but

[10:00] the Winton Farragutate corridor um you

[10:04] know there's

[10:06] if you if you um [clears throat]

[10:09] think about the staff and the students

[10:11] there's almost 2,000 people a day at 147

[10:14] [cough] Farragate.

[10:16] That's a lot.

[10:18] That's like not quite half of our

[10:21] population. Um and so the traveling in

[10:25] the morning and then when school

[10:26] actually it's it gets as you guys know

[10:28] it gets very very busy out there. So

[10:30] just remind everybody [cough]

[10:32] pay attention put the cell phones away

[10:35] and u let's have a safe school year.

[10:39] Um it's hydrant time so very soon we'll

[10:42] be out there flowing hydrants

[10:44] pumping them and then going back and

[10:46] check to make sure that they're not

[10:47] leaking uh for the winter time. And so,

[10:51] did I just say winter?

[10:54] >> But anyway, we do that. We do that now

[10:56] so when the weather's good, we can make

[10:58] sure that all the hydrants and

[10:59] everything are in good shape for the for

[11:00] the upcoming season.

[11:03] Uh, also wanted to remind everybody that

[11:05] this Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00

[11:07] p.m. is National Night Out at Winton

[11:10] Woods at the Harbor Point.

[11:12] >> Thank you.

[11:12] >> And we will be down there. the police

[11:14] department will be down there and they

[11:16] have a lot of there'll be a lot of

[11:17] agencies down there and a lot of things

[11:19] going on on Thursday evening. So, um if

[11:21] you're available, want to swing down and

[11:23] say hello to us at the Harbor Point for

[11:25] their national night out, that's where

[11:26] we'll be this Thursday.

[11:29] And then uh we did uh the fire

[11:31] department, we did meet last night again

[11:33] and talk about the turkey raffle and

[11:35] there'll be some exciting changes and

[11:37] some things that we're going to do

[11:38] differently this year that uh that

[11:40] information is going to be coming out

[11:42] here uh within the coming weeks as we

[11:45] prepare for our uh important fundraising

[11:48] season. Uh, we just had a uh, as you

[11:51] know, I reported that we spent a little

[11:54] over 40 grand on the ladder truck

[11:57] getting it fixed and we got it back in

[11:59] the generator and it burned up and so

[12:03] it's $15,000 to replace the generator.

[12:07] So, um, nothing we can do about it. Um,

[12:10] we have to get it fixed. That was not a

[12:12] budgeted item, but we're we're going to

[12:15] be just fine. And um we'll go ahead and

[12:17] get that taken care of because again our

[12:20] goal is to keep that keep that specific

[12:22] vehicle going uh for many many more

[12:25] years because to replace it would be you

[12:28] know probably 1.7 $1.8 million which we

[12:32] definitely don't have that much Jack

[12:33] laying around. So um that concludes my

[12:37] report. Any questions or comments for

[12:39] [clears throat]

[12:40] >> Thank you.

[12:41] >> Yes ma'am. I I think I will just use

[12:43] this opportunity to um thank the fire

[12:45] department for everything they did the

[12:48] night of all of the storms. It almost

[12:50] seemed like one continuous storm, didn't

[12:52] it? I mean, it was days and days. In

[12:54] fact, we're all still cleaning up, but

[12:56] >> um thank you for their role. Chief,

[12:59] thanks to your department. I know the

[13:01] one day Ann Ward was on and

[13:03] >> she was everywhere coordinating

[13:06] everything, you know, and we're talking

[13:08] about it. pouring rain, thunder, vicious

[13:10] lightning. They didn't stop and that was

[13:13] truly amazing and and the service

[13:15] department was just incredible. Yeah,

[13:18] >> everybody was soaked anyway. It was

[13:20] quite a quite an effort. So, thanks to

[13:22] everybody.

[13:23] >> We're happy to do it.

[13:24] >> Yeah, the troops really applauded you

[13:27] all did in service department, too.

[13:29] >> It's no different than a snowstorm kind

[13:31] of

[13:31] >> part of what we do, right?

[13:34] >> We appreciate it.

[13:35] >> No, we're we're happy to do it.

[13:37] >> Thank you.

[13:38] >> Okay. Thanks, Tony. Appreciate it.

[13:41] >> Lisa Knack, you got anything?

[13:43] >> I got a little bit.

[13:45] >> Okay.

[13:48] >> Good evening. I do have a short and

[13:50] sweet America 250 related um

[13:53] announcement. The uh registration for

[13:56] the upcoming Harvest Fest America 250

[13:59] parade went live today. And I want to

[14:02] thank Mike Viola. He threw down the

[14:04] first gauntlet. He's already registered

[14:06] [laughter]

[14:07] because I emailed all the folks who had

[14:09] registered for our June parade and

[14:11] within minutes after I'd sent that link,

[14:13] Mike. So all you folks out there in the

[14:16] community with the golf cart, the

[14:18] gauntlet has been thrown down by Mike

[14:19] Viola for the parade. And then I also

[14:22] heard from the Winton Woods band,

[14:24] they're in and uh another uh political

[14:28] candidate who had been registered

[14:30] before. So I was thrilled. So we should

[14:32] see a Facebook post go up soon, too.

[14:35] So that's all I got in terms of America

[14:37] 250.

[14:38] >> Yep.

[14:39] >> Um the uh the check in question, the

[14:41] memo, I'm just clarifying for you. Um we

[14:44] wanted to possibly to see if you can

[14:47] separate just opening the clothes and

[14:49] putting the cement so you be ready

[14:51] whenever we have all the flags. And uh

[14:54] this was a member of the American Legion

[14:56] from Westchester that donated the

[14:58] thousand dollars for that. uh whatever

[15:01] else may you may need that because

[15:04] that's not enough to open the remainder

[15:06] halls and so forth, please make it

[15:08] public. Let us know.

[15:10] >> Okay,

[15:10] >> that would be great. Thank you.

[15:12] >> You're welcome.

[15:15] >> All right. Thanks.

[15:17] >> All right. Anything happening at the

[15:18] library?

[15:22] » We never do anything. So, but I do have

[15:25] something that I'm going to need your

[15:26] all's help with today.

[15:29] It is a very important vote.

[15:32] >> We are naming our delivery trucks

[15:35] >> and there are samples that everybody can

[15:38] take a ballot and

[15:40] fill it out. You can either bring it

[15:42] back or you can give it to me tonight.

[15:44] But

[15:44] >> it's cute.

[15:45] >> Bookie Monster, Bookimus Prime, or Truck

[15:49] Norris. Please vote. [laughter] It's a

[15:52] lot of fun and um it's just one of the

[15:55] cool things we've got going on there.

[15:56] and we've got our little ballot box at

[15:58] the the library. You can also go online

[16:00] and do it. If anybody is watching and

[16:02] would like to go online, you can also

[16:04] vote that way as well. I did want to let

[16:07] everyone know that summer reading was a

[16:09] huge success. We don't have all the

[16:13] numbers sorted completely yet, but we

[16:15] had 32,628

[16:19] youth participate across the county.

[16:22] >> Wow. this summer and that is an 8.79%

[16:26] increase over our participation last

[16:28] year. So,

[16:29] >> we think our camp read was pretty fun

[16:31] and it really helped kids keep reading,

[16:34] keep their brains sharp, work on their

[16:36] literacy skills, all that fun stuff. And

[16:39] you know what? We made it fun so they

[16:41] didn't think about the fact that maybe

[16:43] they were doing good things for their

[16:45] brains as [laughter] well.

[16:48] >> [clears throat]

[16:48] >> Um, I did also want to mention we will

[16:50] be closed all library locations on

[16:52] Monday, September 7th for the holiday,

[16:54] but you can still go online for all of

[16:56] our resources.

[16:58] Also, we don't remember if you guys knew

[17:01] we had our customer appreciation day

[17:03] last year in September, and the library

[17:05] is doing that again this September. So,

[17:08] that's appreciation for all of our

[17:11] customers, and it's just a chance. Each

[17:14] library will have their own day. Ours is

[17:16] going to be on Saturday, September 26th,

[17:19] and we're going to have all kinds of

[17:21] activities from an obstacle course to

[17:24] speed puzzling to an ice cream social,

[17:26] as well as, of course, general

[17:28] refreshments and lovely library things

[17:31] that are unique to that particular

[17:34] endeavor. So, we're going to have a lot

[17:36] of fun on that and we're just you, our

[17:38] customers, are the why and the library

[17:40] is how we do those things. Um, back to

[17:43] school library card is a vast resource

[17:47] for anybody who has students as a

[17:49] teacher as well as anybody else who just

[17:51] wants to, you know, learn something or

[17:52] have some fun. But apparently about

[17:55] 100,000 145,000 students will be going

[17:58] back to school in Hamilton County in the

[18:00] next few weeks. And the library has a

[18:03] lot of resources that can help out with

[18:04] that. Um they can be we have a lot of

[18:08] locations that have a homework help aid

[18:10] that's on site for specific hours.

[18:13] Forest Park and North Central are the

[18:15] two closest for us for that one.

[18:17] However, everyone has access to our

[18:20] homework help now, which is a live tutor

[18:23] chat program that we have access to, and

[18:26] that's available from 2 to 11, 7 days a

[18:28] week. And that will connect anybody from

[18:30] kindergarten to college with specific

[18:32] experts in whatever field you need for

[18:36] homework assistance. And that's

[18:38] connecting them with a live human being

[18:39] through a chat technology rather than,

[18:42] you know, any other, you know, resources

[18:45] or anything. So you can get a wide range

[18:47] there all around the country through the

[18:50] Brainfuse is the company that does that.

[18:52] So those are always available and if you

[18:54] need to come into the library for

[18:56] internet access, we have that too. And

[18:59] then um we also have teacher resources.

[19:01] So we do teacher cards where you can get

[19:03] collections of materials for your

[19:06] classrooms. You can order multiple

[19:08] copies if you need to, you know, have

[19:09] Tom Sawyer or something specific or if

[19:12] you need, you know, 20 books on apples

[19:14] or something like that. we can put these

[19:16] things together. There are um delivery

[19:18] schedules for schools that have six or

[19:20] more teachers. Also, we would love to

[19:22] come and talk. So, any teachers out

[19:24] there who would like to reach out, Amy

[19:26] or I would be more than happy to come

[19:28] out and talk to your classroom and get

[19:30] that schedule set up as well. Um we also

[19:35] have a bunch of programs going on, so I

[19:38] won't hit all of them. I'll just hit a

[19:39] few of them. um Cincinnati Speak Idioms

[19:42] and Culture, which is a Cincinnati

[19:44] Museum Center program. Why do we call it

[19:47] a Big Mac Bridge, other things that um

[19:50] are unique to Cincinnati and how we

[19:52] speak, is going to be on Wednesday,

[19:53] August 26th at 6:30 p.m. Of course, we

[19:57] have our family story times and our

[19:59] youth drawing club that's ongoing. We're

[20:02] going to have a fall plant swap on

[20:04] Saturday, September 12th at 2 p.m. We

[20:07] are also going to have a pop tab

[20:09] bracelet, a craft program for teens on

[20:12] Wednesday, September 16th at 400 p.m. We

[20:15] are going to have, like I said, the

[20:17] obstacle course, the ice cream social,

[20:19] and the speed puzzling program on

[20:21] September 26th, and a lot of other

[20:23] things that if you are curious, you can

[20:25] contact us or if you go online at

[20:27] www.chl.org,

[20:29] or you can check out all of the fun

[20:31] stuff that we have going on. And this is

[20:33] slower than what we do in the summer.

[20:37] >> Any questions?

[20:38] >> Thank you so much for what you do

[20:40] because you make it sound like it's so

[20:42] effortless and I know how hard it is to

[20:45] plan all those things. So, thank you so

[20:46] much for doing that for everybody.

[20:48] >> We're glad to be a part of the community

[20:50] and get to make a difference for

[20:51] everybody.

[20:52] >> All right.

[20:52] >> Thank you.

[20:53] >> Keep up the good work.

[20:55] >> Okay.

[20:58] Now we're

[21:08] [clears throat]

[21:11] » only one vote. Maria

[21:15] » only one.

[21:17] [laughter]

[21:20] » All right. This is an opportunity for

[21:21] residents and non-residents with

[21:23] >> Oh, great. Go ahead.

[21:25] prior permission. We have no public

[21:28] hearings. Um um when recognized, please

[21:32] come forward to the podium. Complete the

[21:33] signin sheet. Verbally indicate if

[21:35] you're a resident of Green Hills. And I

[21:37] see no non-residents here. Um then state

[21:40] your comments. If you have questions,

[21:41] the questions will be recorded and

[21:43] referred to the manager's office for

[21:45] response. This will allow time for

[21:47] thoughtful and thorough consideration to

[21:49] be given to each question. Council

[21:51] meetings are recorded for ease of

[21:52] transcription. Comments are limited to

[21:55] four minutes. Speakers may not yield any

[21:58] uh or all of their time to other

[22:00] speakers.

[22:05] » Okay.

[22:06] >> Good evening again. Um so I have a

[22:08] couple kudos and some concerns. Um, my

[22:12] kudos. Uh, I just want to really

[22:14] acknowledge the incredible job that I

[22:17] think RA Miller did on the um, storm

[22:20] sewers and the curbs, curb cuts that

[22:23] they took care of. U, I have never seen

[22:25] a cleaner street contractor in my life.

[22:28] Uh,

[22:30] Barrett has a

[22:33] big shoes to fill. um in terms of being

[22:36] a being as courteous and professional

[22:38] and as clean as RA Miller was. So, but

[22:42] they the what [snorts] the streets that

[22:43] are done look great. Uh Chroma looks

[22:45] beautiful. Um I also want to thank echo

[22:49] the the u appreciation to the fire

[22:52] department and to the service

[22:54] department. The storm response was

[22:56] amazing. We had a large tree go down

[22:58] across from my house and which blocked

[23:00] Bachmann and the fire department was

[23:02] there within 20 minutes.

[23:04] And um Ivonne made sure that Bartlett

[23:08] also showed up that night, a gentleman

[23:10] from Bartlett who and then they came out

[23:12] the next day and it was such a big tree

[23:13] it took them two days to clear that

[23:15] thing. So um kudos. I it was amazing to

[23:18] see the response for those storms

[23:21] because again they were you had to feel

[23:23] like you were just being hit by waves as

[23:26] quickly as they came on top of each

[23:27] other. And the one concern I have is

[23:31] about the sidewalk grinding.

[23:33] um only because I had a couple squares

[23:37] that were ground in my front of my house

[23:39] and only one right now the aggregate is

[23:42] already starting to come loose. So, um

[23:45] that certainly doesn't help with the

[23:46] life expectancy of that pavement square.

[23:49] So, and I don't know if it's happening

[23:51] other places, but literally I've got

[23:53] aggregate that's that's been kicked up.

[23:55] So,

[23:57] thank you.

[23:59] Great.

[24:01] Monique, you got something?

[24:21] Before

[24:35] my four minutes start, thanks also to

[24:38] the first responders on the storm. I

[24:40] mean, it's been crazy.

[24:42] They've done a great job.

[24:44] >> You had a branch come down in your yard,

[24:46] right?

[24:47] >> Yeah.

[24:51] We've had that tree trimmed many times.

[24:53] It's just

[24:59] » Can't get

[25:02] functional.

[25:09] » This is a test.

[25:11] [laughter]

[25:13] >> Make sure Greg gets a copy, too.

[25:16] >> Thank you. We got a Single page stack.

[25:32] U Mon'nique Mason Halter, Green Hills

[25:34] Residents. Couple of things I'd like to

[25:36] discuss tonight. First, I would like to

[25:38] request um that our law director start

[25:42] reporting every month about Ohio

[25:44] legislation to regulate data centers. I

[25:47] could be wrong, but I don't recall ever

[25:49] hearing any reports about that here. And

[25:51] although I haven't heard any proposals

[25:53] in Hamilton County, we aren't far from

[25:55] other counties that are building data

[25:58] centers. And there are also proposals

[26:00] and there are reportedly still risks to

[26:03] residents who live in communities near

[26:05] them. So I ask the law director to keep

[26:07] us up to date on this. Thanks. Um

[26:10] shifting gears, as I've mentioned at

[26:13] past meetings, there are federal

[26:15] proposals being rushed through that

[26:17] would severely limit the ability of

[26:19] local governments and residents to have

[26:21] a voice in where and how cell towers,

[26:23] antennas, and other wireless sites are

[26:24] built. I've provided you with printed

[26:27] material and ask that you take action.

[26:30] Last month, I sent an email asking that

[26:33] you write to our federal lawmakers about

[26:34] HR2289.

[26:36] If passed, it will take away our voice

[26:38] in local broadband deployment. I also

[26:41] spoke and provided info about the

[26:43] Federal Communications Commission or FCC

[26:46] proposal for a four-fold increase in

[26:48] power limits for wireless devices.

[26:50] Tonight, I've provided an article

[26:52] regarding the continued need for local

[26:55] control over deployment, which now

[26:57] reportedly includes 6G networks. It's on

[27:00] the environmental health sciences

[27:01] website dated July 8th, 2026.

[27:05] US cell tower and cell phone radiation

[27:07] policy fails public health new paper

[27:10] finds. The paper concludes with a set of

[27:12] policy recommendations that can be

[27:14] downloaded and shared. Some excerpts. A

[27:17] new review paper published in Frontiers

[27:20] for Frontiers and Public Health details

[27:23] the outdated policies and gaps in

[27:24] oversight and enforcement that

[27:26] characterize the US regulatory framework

[27:28] for cell towers, cell phones, Wi-Fi, and

[27:31] wireless radiation. In short, the FCC

[27:34] has regulatory authority over cell tower

[27:36] and wireless radiation limits in the US,

[27:38] but lacks in-house expertise on health

[27:42] and states. It differs to other agencies

[27:44] such as the FDA, CDC, NIH, or EPA.

[27:48] However, none of these agencies have

[27:50] reviewed the full body of scientific

[27:51] evidence

[27:53] and have conducted little to no

[27:55] meaningful oversight or health risk

[27:57] evaluation.

[27:59] Um, human exposure limits have not

[28:02] changed since 1996 and protect only

[28:05] short-term heating effects, not

[28:07] long-term

[28:08] health impacts of wireless radiation.

[28:11] The FCC exemplifies regulatory capture

[28:14] through undue industry influence with

[28:17] the decadesl long revolving door between

[28:19] the agency and industry leadership. The

[28:22] US lacks pre-market safety testing

[28:24] postmarket health surveillance

[28:26] compliance audits exposure measurement

[28:29] monitoring programs has no occupational

[28:32] health program in place to monitor moni

[28:34] modern workplace exposure and mitigate

[28:36] risk. The US limits for cell tower

[28:39] radiation are among the highest, most

[28:41] lenient in the world, while many other

[28:43] countries have more robust measuring and

[28:45] oversight programs, as well as specific

[28:48] safeguards for children, such as banning

[28:50] cell towers at schools. Thanks again to

[28:52] council members for adopting a

[28:54] protective local wireless infrastructure

[28:57] ordinance, as well as for writing a

[28:58] letter to [clears throat] the FCC asking

[29:00] that it comply with a 2021 court order

[29:03] to update the RF wireless radiation

[29:05] guidelines.

[29:11] All righty. Thanks.

[29:14] [clears throat]

[29:15] All right. Moving on. Reports of

[29:17] municipal officials. Municipal manager

[29:19] Ivon Coobec.

[29:21] >> Thank you, Mayor. I think I'll start

[29:23] with the Damon Road, Damon Cromwell

[29:26] Springdale Road project that um as you

[29:29] have all probably seen, it's nearing its

[29:32] completion. Um, probably one more day.

[29:35] >> Although I think they'll be coming back

[29:37] with that coating that they put on

[29:39] everything. So, we might see you might

[29:41] see lane markers go down, temporary

[29:43] ones, and then in a little while you'll

[29:45] see more because they'll be putting

[29:46] another coating over it as well.

[29:48] >> Crown one is all finished.

[29:50] >> Oh, okay. Great. Great.

[29:52] >> Um, anyway, it and I do have to agree

[29:55] with RK Miller. I I just haven't seen a

[29:58] contractor that good in a long, long

[30:00] time. So, um, they're amazing and I'm

[30:03] glad the citizens appreciated that. Um,

[30:08] okay, this is a big one. This Friday,

[30:10] your emails, all the emails will have

[30:13] moved over from.org to.gov.

[30:18] So, um, we'll do an announcement

[30:20] probably early next week about that, but

[30:22] note that at that point in time, you can

[30:24] start, um, letting your contacts know to

[30:28] make changes,

[30:31] you know, and and probably by virtue of

[30:33] the fact that you're going to send them

[30:34] maybe just say like, please note, I've

[30:36] got a new email address now, but know

[30:38] that for a couple of months, um, they

[30:40] will automatically come over to you.

[30:42] You'll just help the process a little

[30:44] bit if you can draw [clears throat]

[30:46] people's attention to that. So, it's

[30:48] pretty exciting. Um, the website is to

[30:51] follow soon thereafter. I'm I'm the one

[30:55] still reviewing my pieces of it. Um, but

[30:57] it's it's all very close. It's

[30:59] wonderfully easy to use compared to our

[31:02] previous one. Um, lots of flexibility

[31:05] with it. So, I I think that will be a

[31:07] really terrific

[31:08] >> So, just to be clear, um, so if someone

[31:11] sends us an email that has.org, or

[31:14] there'll be a period of time where it

[31:15] will come through but then the actual

[31:18] full switch over will happen and they

[31:20] have to use.gov Correct. You can't use

[31:22] both,

[31:23] >> right? But it'll be at least two months,

[31:25] maybe three months before that happens.

[31:27] So they'll have a pretty good long time.

[31:29] >> So they'll over that much.

[31:30] >> Yes. Yes.

[31:31] >> So the name would be the same except for

[31:33] the gov.

[31:35] >> That's correct. [clears throat]

[31:36] >> So whatever they were doing before was

[31:37] just replacing or

[31:40] >> correct. Go. Okay.

[31:41] >> Yes. Also, I noticed that it used to be

[31:45] certain amount of people that I had that

[31:47] I would put the name, the first letter

[31:49] or something and it would pop up. It's

[31:51] not popping up. So, I have not been able

[31:53] to respond. Uh, someone said I sent

[31:56] something and I just didn't see it. And

[31:59] then I was going to respond back. I

[32:01] don't see it, but I couldn't put the

[32:03] name of that person in there because it

[32:04] didn't pop up.

[32:05] >> Okay.

[32:06] >> It didn't have Mr. Moore, for example. I

[32:08] could not send something to the mayor

[32:10] because I tried to put the

[32:13] >> uh David Moore, you know, as it was

[32:15] before. It never pop up any inclination

[32:18] for the

[32:19] >> that's um an autofill feature and it

[32:22] might be unique to your machine. There

[32:24] might have been something that got

[32:25] switched,

[32:26] >> but it had it has all the other council

[32:29] members,

[32:31] >> right? No, I'm just saying

[32:32] >> it comes up with all kinds of

[32:34] >> but that autofill sometimes comes

[32:36] through the browser you're using.

[32:38] There's a lot of things that can

[32:40] autofill on your computer. So, but maybe

[32:43] one of us can take a look at it and see.

[32:46] >> Check with one of the freshman at

[32:47] school. [laughter]

[32:49] >> Well, I had a senior.

[32:52] >> No, get the younger ones. They're even

[32:54] better. [laughter]

[32:55] senior work.

[33:00] » Um I had one more question about this as

[33:02] well. Um I had um Vince Welich reached

[33:05] out to me earlier today specifically

[33:06] about this topic asking if um once we

[33:09] switch over to.gov if we're going to

[33:11] have different protocols with if we're

[33:13] going to need to have like receipts of

[33:15] receiving emails in a certain amount of

[33:17] time, um responses in a certain amount

[33:20] of time. Having the.gov gov wouldn't

[33:22] change anything concurrent. Right.

[33:24] All right. Cool. Sure.

[33:26] >> Yeah. Marie, I just checked. Um, all my

[33:29] autofill is working. So, it could be

[33:31] something that just got switched when we

[33:33] set you up on your

[33:34] >> Okay. Well, I tried to send something to

[33:36] Mr. Moore and I could

[33:37] >> I'm saying yours isn't working. I

[33:38] realize that, but I don't think it's a

[33:40] sitewide problem. Okay.

[33:43] >> We We can look at it.

[33:45] >> Okay. All right.

[33:46] >> Great. Um, couple more things. We do get

[33:48] questions about um the Beachwood site

[33:51] and I think I might have mentioned

[33:53] [clears throat] at the last meeting that

[33:54] the school board has approved a contract

[33:56] with Miranda Homes um to construct 39

[33:59] homes on that site. Uh we do now have a

[34:02] date for the planning commission um to

[34:05] have the first public hearing that will

[34:06] be on September 28th at 6:00 p.m. The notices haven't gone out. There's

[34:12] still a lot of data to come and to go

[34:14] out onto the website and Facebook to be

[34:16] sure everybody is well aware of what's

[34:18] going on over on Beachwood site. Um so I

[34:22] thought I'd share that with you tonight.

[34:24] Then we have um we have a park talk

[34:26] coming up this Thursday. This was the

[34:28] rescheduled date for the village

[34:30] arborist. So I suggest you go there,

[34:33] hear that, and then run down to the

[34:35] national night out. How does that sound,

[34:37] Tony? [laughter]

[34:39] Um and then printing class registrations

[34:43] are open as well. We have that on see my

[34:46] legacy um for the registrations and

[34:48] that's that is working out well. I have

[34:50] to say we put the um harvest fest

[34:52] vendors and within like one day we had

[34:55] like six people responding. It it was

[34:58] just amazing. I I love that thing.

[35:01] >> Um so we have to really get used to

[35:02] using that with everything we do. It

[35:04] really works out great. So, um, I think

[35:07] that's everything for now.

[35:08] >> What was the what was the time on the

[35:10] planning commission at 6 o'

[35:12] [clears throat]

[35:14] >> Hey, law director Jeff Forbes. Uh, thank

[35:16] you, Mayor. Um, as requested, I can tell

[35:20] council that just about three weeks ago,

[35:23] House Bill 983 was introduced. It's

[35:26] related to data centers. Um, one of the

[35:29] things it does is it would require uh

[35:31] local elections um to approve certain uh

[35:34] d certain size data centers. Um, there

[35:38] have been at least one or maybe two

[35:40] other bills that have been introduced um

[35:42] since summer um related to data centers.

[35:45] Most of it has to do with

[35:47] [clears throat] concerns about strain on

[35:49] the electric grid, water,

[35:52] um tax subsidies. Um, so I'm happy to

[35:56] continue to report uh on those to

[35:58] council.

[36:00] >> Yep.

[36:01] >> And that's all.

[36:02] >> And for the number of acreage that these

[36:05] places are looking for, I don't think 12

[36:09] acres of open land on Beachwood would suffice for a data center.

[36:16] >> Okay.

[36:18] Clerk of Council Nancy Hopster.

[36:20] >> I don't have anything.

[36:21] >> Okay. Chief of Police Jim Howard.

[36:23] >> Thank you, Mayor. I have a few things to

[36:25] go over. Uh like chief mentioned,

[36:27] tomorrow is the start of a new school

[36:29] year. So it's hard to believe the school

[36:31] year's biased. Um so you will see a lot

[36:36] of congestion down by South Campus,

[36:39] especially Farragut and the entrance way

[36:41] there. Uh we will have the start of this

[36:44] year at least, we have our two SRO's

[36:46] that will be down there. We'll also have

[36:47] the road officer down there to help. So

[36:50] uh we just ask everybody to be patient.

[36:52] Uh, I know we've been doing it down

[36:54] there for a few years now since that

[36:56] school opened, but first couple days are

[36:59] very uh congested and especially the new

[37:02] people not knowing exactly how

[37:04] everything runs through there. So, we

[37:06] appreciate patience once again like

[37:08] Chief said, putting down the cell

[37:10] phones, really paying attention not just

[37:11] in our school zones, whatever

[37:13] jurisdiction you're driving through, uh,

[37:15] because they're going to kids are going

[37:17] to be out and about. So, we just look

[37:19] forward to a great safe year. Uh it's

[37:22] always great, you know, working with

[37:23] even through the summer of Von and I

[37:25] working with Superintendent Denny and

[37:27] Jeremy Day. Uh they're great to work

[37:29] with. So we look forward to a good

[37:30] school year. Uh they are doing a third

[37:33] opening. Uh so a third will go on

[37:36] Wednesday, a third on Thursday, and a

[37:37] third on Friday, and then come Monday,

[37:40] it's a free-for-all. So if you don't if

[37:43] you go through there tomorrow on

[37:45] Thursday or tomorrow or Thursday or

[37:47] Friday and you don't think it's that

[37:48] bad, then that's because they're doing a

[37:50] staggered start. So, which is very

[37:53] beneficial actually for everybody. Uh,

[37:56] I'd like to welcome our newest police

[37:57] officer, Rahm Kafley. He was sworn in by

[38:00] the mayor on July 7th. Uh, so he's been

[38:02] with us a little more than a month now.

[38:05] The ideal thing what I want to do is

[38:06] actually have a ceremonial swearing of

[38:09] in of Rahm and Chris Shipley who's in

[38:11] the police academy right now. Uh, he

[38:14] graduates on September 8th from the

[38:16] academy and will be joining us. look

[38:18] forward to Chris coming on board.

[38:20] Although he graduates September 8th, the

[38:23] state testing isn't until after that and

[38:25] that date hasn't been scheduled yet. So,

[38:27] we don't know the exact date that he

[38:28] will be starting with us, but I'm

[38:30] assuming it'll be middle to late

[38:32] September. He'll be coming on board with

[38:34] us. So, hoping in the month of

[38:36] September's meeting at the very latest

[38:38] October have a ceremonial swearing in

[38:40] both for him and Rahm at the same time.

[38:43] Uh, I'd like to congratulate Stephanie

[38:45] Moan. Today actually is her fifth year

[38:48] serving the department. She's kind of

[38:49] behind the scenes. A lot of people who

[38:51] Stephanie, but she does our property

[38:53] room, all her evidence stuff, uh, which

[38:56] is is a chief one of probably the second

[38:59] most, maybe the first most important

[39:01] thing on a police department, making

[39:03] sure chain of custody and everything

[39:04] else is squared away. She does a great

[39:06] job and uh, today's she's served the

[39:09] village for five years. So, we

[39:10] appreciate her. Uh just three days ago,

[39:13] Officer Lenhof celebrated 10 years with

[39:15] the department. So congratulations to

[39:18] Rob. We appreciate him. He he's coming

[39:20] back to work actually on Thursday uh

[39:23] after the birth of his second child. So

[39:26] we look forward to having Rob back.

[39:30] Uh national night out. Can't thank

[39:32] enough everybody that participated in

[39:34] that and the hands that went in the

[39:36] service department getting all the

[39:37] supplies, getting everything squared

[39:38] away. Appreciate them. uh had a great

[39:41] turnout. Even had a nice uh king's

[39:44] chorus show up. Uh they all came down to

[39:47] it after the flag raising ceremony. That

[39:49] was great. They even broke out in a

[39:51] couple songs and actually showed

[39:53] interest to come to Cooking with the

[39:54] Cops next year. So,

[39:56] >> um yeah. So, that was kind of nice. Uh

[39:59] we had several that were former Green

[40:01] Hill residents that were there in that

[40:03] course and a couple that still reside in

[40:06] Green Hill. So, that was very nice.

[40:10] Uh just a quick reminder on door-to-door

[40:13] solicitors. Uh it's going out in the

[40:15] newsletter, but we did have one about a

[40:17] week ago. Somebody

[40:20] don't exactly know if they were with

[40:22] Spectrum or not, but kind of raised a

[40:24] couple eyebrows to the owner because

[40:26] they were talking about a deal that was

[40:28] too good to be true, which usually if

[40:30] you hear something, if it's too good to

[40:32] be true, it probably is. So, um,

[40:34] thankfully didn't do anything except a

[40:37] couple minor things maybe that if it all

[40:39] happened again, he wouldn't do. Uh, but

[40:41] just make sure you know solicitors have

[40:44] to register with the village.

[40:45] >> They will have a form showing that

[40:47] they're registered with us. Uh, so right

[40:51] out the bat, the first thing if they

[40:53] knock on your door, I'd ask for that.

[40:54] >> And there are no registered vendors

[40:56] right now.

[40:56] >> Right now. Okay, that's good to know

[40:58] because we just went to a call right

[41:00] before I came up here. lieutenant did on

[41:02] a solicitor. So, they're not registered

[41:05] with us, so they shouldn't be doing

[41:06] that. So, uh if you have any ideas or

[41:09] any any, you know, like I said, ask for

[41:11] their for their form, showing them

[41:13] they're registered. Um and don't

[41:16] hesitate to call us. That's what we're

[41:18] here for to check them out and then

[41:20] we'll advise them what they need to do

[41:22] to get registered.

[41:24] Um like to talk about dogs just for a

[41:28] few minutes. uh because in July we had

[41:30] two big dog incidents. Also, I have a

[41:33] flyer in the newsletter that will be

[41:35] going out late this week uh first of

[41:38] next week. And that newsletter kind of

[41:41] and I'll put some in the lobby just

[41:42] talks about is being a dog owner, making

[41:45] sure they're confined, making sure

[41:47] they're on a leash. It has our our

[41:49] ordinance numbers on it. Um protecting

[41:52] them from the weather. So if it's a

[41:54] extreme weather alert out there, whether

[41:56] heat or cold, um there's rules and laws

[41:59] about that, barking dogs and so forth.

[42:01] But our two two cases because a lot of

[42:04] times I hate reading everything on

[42:05] Facebook. Um but two things uh the one

[42:08] on Ireland um in in cliffnotee versions

[42:12] that was an individual walking their

[42:14] small little shioo dog um two people and

[42:18] two dogs running loose went after the

[42:21] dog. Um, one of it really only had a

[42:25] role in causing harm to the dog and

[42:28] eventually killing the dog. Um, there

[42:31] was a a resident that lived one street

[42:33] over that came over that saw what saw

[42:35] that it was occurring. Um, once the two

[42:38] dogs didn't have

[42:41] much action with the small dog that was

[42:43] already injured, that individual stepped

[42:45] in to try to get the injured dog out so

[42:47] they could get it to the hospital. When

[42:49] he did that, one of the dogs attacked

[42:51] him. Not the dog that primarily killed

[42:54] the small dog, the Shih Tzu, but the

[42:56] other one attacked him and gave him nice

[42:59] laceration, stitches, staples in his

[43:01] left hand. Uh he was uh carrying a

[43:05] firearm, so he did discharge three

[43:07] rounds, killing the dog uh who was

[43:11] deceased there at the scene. Uh, white

[43:14] dog was able to get out of there when

[43:16] the three shots were fired at the

[43:17] aggressive at the non-aggressive dog.

[43:20] Well, aggressive towards him, but not

[43:22] towards the small dog. The dog that

[43:24] actually caused death to the small dog

[43:27] scured off once the fire shots were

[43:29] fired. He was no longer a threat to

[43:31] anybody, no longer a threat to him. So,

[43:33] he didn't fire at that dog. That dog

[43:35] went home and we located that dog at the

[43:37] residence. So,

[43:40] um, since then, the dog that attacked

[43:44] the small Shih Tzu has been euthanized

[43:46] at the owner's request. Uh, so

[43:49] ultimately a very tragic situation. You

[43:52] know, basically three dogs that I'm sure

[43:55] the owners love dearly, u deceased. Um,

[44:01] you know, but it just goes to show we

[44:03] just need to make sure our dogs are

[44:04] secured in the backyard. Uh the

[44:07] homeowner was cited on a misdemeanor the

[44:09] fourth degree for his dog causing death

[44:13] to another dog unprovoked. So that's a

[44:15] misdemeanor the fourth degree. Um and it

[44:18] would have went to uh was cited to

[44:21] Hamilton County Court for a dangerous

[44:23] dog, vicious dog uh for a hearing uh for

[44:26] them to make the determination, but the

[44:28] homeowners made the determination even

[44:30] prior to that happening. So it didn't go

[44:32] in front of the judge.

[44:35] Any questions on that case?

[44:37] I tried to get the facts out there as

[44:39] quick as I could, but you hear all

[44:41] different kinds of things on there, but

[44:43] just goes [clears throat] to show you

[44:44] that uh we need to be responsible with

[44:46] our with our dogs and and if you're

[44:48] walking a dog, just being alert.

[44:50] >> Yeah. Maria,

[44:52] >> um I had an encounter on Sunday. Yeah.

[44:54] >> Uh in the morning about 6:30, 7 o'clock,

[44:57] [clears throat] somewhere in there. It

[44:59] didn't prolong itself like dogs were

[45:01] running around. wanted to jump in my

[45:04] backyard, but I had my dog secure. Uh,

[45:08] one was a German Shepherd. Um, the other

[45:11] one was the a husky. Both of them of a

[45:14] grayish color. One had a collar, blue

[45:16] collar. The other one, I don't know with

[45:18] the amount [snorts] of hair around. I

[45:20] don't know if it had a collar or not.

[45:22] Um, that was going around going from my

[45:25] porch going to the side. At first thing

[45:28] in the morning, I was looking for the

[45:29] Sunday paper. This is not the first time

[45:32] that has happened to me. I also had pre

[45:34] previous to that another situation with

[45:37] another dog. They're just running and I don't know how they get out somewhere

[45:42] somehow. Um it's uh it's daunting and

[45:47] that's not the first thing that I want

[45:48] to see on a Sunday morning when I'm

[45:50] looking for the enquire paper. Um so I

[45:54] don't know what is going on. I don't

[45:56] know if you were able to find out where

[45:58] they were from. Several uh neighbors

[46:01] said, "Oh yes, they are usually running

[46:03] and it's on Damon. I don't know where

[46:05] they belong to. Certainly don't want to

[46:08] find them on my face again. So I don't

[46:10] know what to do about it. Can you guide

[46:13] me on

[46:14] >> Call the police."

[46:15] >> Well, I did. I I did, but you know, just

[46:18] they were running around,

[46:19] >> right?

[46:20] >> Yeah.

[46:21] I mean, just we encourage anybody

[46:23] to call us to see a dog running loose. I

[46:25] mean, we can't have dogs running loose

[46:28] and and call us. And I mean, that's our job. And I'll talk about the

[46:32] second case here in a minute, but um

[46:34] call us. Let us find the owners of it.

[46:36] Sometimes we even if you call us and we

[46:38] capture them, we don't know who the

[46:39] owners are, but we take the necessary

[46:41] actions to take them. Uh Cincinnati Care

[46:44] will take them and we'll make sure they

[46:46] get back to the owners uh with a fine if

[46:49] it's sign do a citation. So, you talked

[46:52] to me about this meeting and I didn't

[46:53] know who those owners were before the

[46:55] meeting and I still don't know. But, uh,

[46:58] I'll certainly look into it and see if

[47:00] we can find out who they are, but um,

[47:02] it's just all comes down to being a

[47:05] responsible dog owner. I mean, we all

[47:07] love our dogs. I have two dogs. I love

[47:09] them. Um, but we just need to make sure

[47:12] that we maintain them the proper way.

[47:16] The second case was uh you might have

[47:18] heard about it, you might not have if

[47:20] you don't follow Facebook, but that was

[47:22] a case where we got called early morning

[47:24] hours on Beckford, forget the date, last

[47:28] week sometime. Um referenced a large dog

[47:31] acting aggressive to the residents

[47:33] around Beckford. So we responded there.

[47:36] Sergeant Hullbrook in the park district

[47:38] attempted to catch the dog. A large dog.

[47:41] I don't even know what make model not

[47:46] make but you know [laughter]

[47:47] >> breed I was gonna say brand but breed

[47:50] >> breed

[47:51] >> um you know all what we know is when

[47:53] Sergeant Hallbrook and the and the park

[47:55] rangers who said they've seen that dog

[47:57] in the park before being aggressive

[47:59] towards people uh tried to capture with

[48:02] the a bite pole and everything else uh

[48:04] attacked the bite pole was unable to

[48:07] secure him and he ran off into the woods

[48:10] back into the park district behind

[48:11] Beckford. Um, we got a call from the

[48:14] same homeowner later that evening

[48:16] referenced the same dog on her porch

[48:19] acting aggressive, basically holding her

[48:21] kidnapp in the house. She could not come

[48:23] out. She made the phone call to the

[48:25] police department. Uh, the officer

[48:27] responded. [clears throat] Uh, when the

[48:29] officer arrived, um, he was standing on

[48:32] the driveway, two parked cars in the

[48:34] driveway, standing on the driveway,

[48:35] talking to the homeowner through the

[48:37] window, saying, "He won't let me out.

[48:39] He's very aggressive. He's terrorizing

[48:41] everybody.

[48:43] Um, at this time the officer could see

[48:45] the dog over in between her house and

[48:48] the next house. Uh, at that time the dog

[48:50] could have easily charged I think our

[48:52] officer at that time if he was being

[48:55] vicious, but he didn't. Uh, he walked,

[48:58] ran, walked around the back of the

[49:00] house, came on the side of the opposite

[49:03] side of the driveway that the officer

[49:05] was standing on. Keep in mind, two

[49:07] parked cars are right here. And that dog

[49:09] went in between the two parked cars very

[49:12] quietly and the officer didn't know he

[49:13] was there and then just darted out

[49:15] straight towards the officer. So the

[49:17] officer in defense of himself from being

[49:20] harmed himself fired one round. Um the

[49:22] dog was hit and scured off. Uh the dog

[49:26] ended up being tracked over to Beam

[49:29] Bayham uh to a residence over by Beham

[49:33] where there was an eight-month uh lady

[49:35] that was pregnant. eight months that the

[49:38] dog was aggressive towards. Uh her

[49:41] husband had a firearm on him, threatened

[49:43] him, and he scured off. Um he was kind

[49:46] of lethargic anyway from probably being

[49:48] hit from our officer. Um scured off and

[49:52] went into a breezeway, attached porch

[49:54] kind of a residence. Uh went in there.

[49:58] Uh you could tell from looking in there

[49:59] that he was unfortunately bleeding out.

[50:02] Um, two

[50:04] dog uh wardens went to attempt to secure

[50:08] the dog. The dog still had a little

[50:10] fight in them going after the dog

[50:12] wardens. They tased him. Each one of

[50:13] them tased him. And then by the time

[50:15] they could get him out to their car, he

[50:17] had been deceased. So

[50:21] um

[50:22] thankfully nobody was hurt. Apparently

[50:24] this dog has been kind of a terror uh in

[50:27] the in the area uh for the park district

[50:30] and for us that day. And we received

[50:33] another call, I believe, on another day

[50:34] about the same dog and we're unable to

[50:36] catch it. Um, long story short, found

[50:40] out the homeowner was from Columbus,

[50:41] Ohio. Uh, the dog either was stolen or

[50:46] got loose in January of 2024.

[50:50] >> Wow. So that dog has been on the run or

[50:54] with somebody and let go eventually uh

[50:57] from Columbus Franklin County since uh

[51:00] over two and a half years. So at that

[51:03] time naturally if you if you look at her

[51:05] pictures the dog was beautiful. I'm sure

[51:07] it was a fun family pet. Um and

[51:11] unfortunately looking at the dog the day

[51:13] we had contact with him uh he'd been out

[51:16] there surviving I would say u mang and

[51:21] just could tell wasn't somebody that had

[51:23] been cared somebody had been caring for

[51:26] this dog. So out there fending for

[51:28] himself probably the last couple years

[51:30] maybe rabies uh bringing on the

[51:32] temperament that he had and stuff. So, I

[51:35] just wanted to get that out there to

[51:37] express those two that we had in

[51:38] reference dogs. And uh if you have any

[51:41] questions on those two incidents, I'd be

[51:42] glad to answer anything I can.

[51:47] Uh just a quick snapshot from July, we

[51:50] handled 177 [clears throat] calls for

[51:52] service. Anything from the typical

[51:55] things, the squad runs, we assisted on

[51:57] fire and squad runs 40 times between the

[51:59] two of them. uh assisted our local

[52:02] agencies to the north and south of us 11

[52:04] times. A lot of parking complaints uh 29

[52:09] parking complaints. A lot of those stem

[52:11] from the from the U shopping center and

[52:13] people pulling in the wrong way. Make

[52:15] sure you pull in the correct way. Back

[52:17] out the correct way uh and follow the

[52:20] directional arrows. We did make uh six

[52:23] total arrests during the month of July.

[52:25] Three of them were warrant citation

[52:27] arrest. Three of them were criminal

[52:28] offense arrest. Two of the three were

[52:30] domestic violence arrests and one was a

[52:33] operating vehicle under the influence of

[52:35] alcohol and/or drugs. We issued 25

[52:38] traffic citations. We issued 25 traffic

[52:41] warnings for a total of 75 uh total

[52:44] traffic stops resulting some forcement

[52:47] action. took two auto accident reports

[52:50] and so far this year 2026 to date

[52:54] through July we've taken 66 criminal

[52:57] offense reports and same time frame last

[53:00] year through July we've took 106. So

[53:04] we're down quite a bit on our criminal

[53:06] offense reports. So that's all I have

[53:08] unless you have any questions.

[53:11] >> All right. Thank you, Chief.

[53:13] >> Thank you.

[53:14] >> All right. Mayor's report. I've got uh

[53:19] court receipts, checks,

[53:22] ending bank balance, $53,612.80,

[53:26] checks to be issued state to the state

[53:28] of Ohio, $450,

[53:31] Hamilton County, $18, and the village of

[53:33] Green Hills, $2,264.

[53:37] And um I I too would like to compliment the

[53:43] work the fire department did, the police

[53:45] department, especially the service

[53:47] department. Uh we haven't had a storm

[53:50] that I can recall probably since 2008 or

[53:54] something like that that caused as much

[53:56] tree damage in the community as this

[53:59] storm has. And uh um I think the one on

[54:04] the 11th, I forget. I remember my the

[54:06] first one big one that came through uh

[54:09] was there was more damage on the east

[54:11] side of town u especially in Mon'nique's

[54:15] area Sharon Road it kind of was a path

[54:18] you could follow from Forest Park down

[54:20] through that area Japanica and then into

[54:24] the county park uh there was just a

[54:27] number of trees all down in various

[54:29] directions from that storm

[54:33] that's all I have u moving on to

[54:39] reports of committees finance and audit.

[54:41] Uh anybody filling for

[54:44] >> yes

[54:45] >> Courtney?

[54:46] >> Um so for July 2026 income taxes are up

[54:50] from last July by 11.61%.

[54:54] >> Real estate tax numbers for the second

[54:56] half will not be finalized until

[54:58] September. The first half taxes show an

[55:01] increase from last year in the amount of

[55:04] 5.72%.

[55:06] Um, as of the end of July 2026, the

[55:09] village has um expended 36.88% of its

[55:13] budget versus last year we were at

[55:16] 32.5%.

[55:18] As more of our 2026 projects become

[55:20] complete and paid, those numbers will

[55:22] change upward. Um, and tonight with Greg

[55:25] being out, I'm going to be reading a

[55:26] resolution for making supplemental

[55:28] appropriations and transfers. Um, and I

[55:31] should have written this down. Deb sent

[55:33] me an email with a little recap of that.

[55:36] Um, those changes represent additional

[55:38] unbudgeted expenses that are up and

[55:40] coming or in progress that were not

[55:42] known and therefore not budgeted last

[55:44] November when the 2026 budget was

[55:46] created. So, um, emergency malloise

[55:49] repairs, worn out equipment, etc. Just

[55:51] the normal. Um, and that's all I have

[55:53] for finance.

[55:55] >> Okay. All right. Up next for service and

[55:58] streets.

[55:58] >> Also me. This one's a little shorter.

[56:01] Um, so our quarter 3 meeting is

[56:03] scheduled for August 31st at 10:30 a.m.

[56:06] We currently have a very full agenda. So

[56:09] this should be a productive meeting. I

[56:12] will have the official agenda prepared

[56:14] by the end of this week um to allow prep

[56:16] time um so that we can look over it um

[56:18] or so you can look over it. But if

[56:20] anybody else wants access to that

[56:21] agenda, just let me know and I can send

[56:23] it out. And that is everything I think.

[56:27] >> Yes.

[56:27] >> Okay. All right. Recreation cable

[56:29] television.

[56:31] >> I don't have anything on that. Um well,

[56:33] I could cover both of them at the same

[56:35] time.

[56:35] >> Right. And safety.

[56:36] >> Yeah. We we were scheduled to have our

[56:38] meeting and then the power and sirens

[56:41] went off and uh we had been here for the

[56:43] we thrive meeting which uh is got a lot

[56:46] of good information uh during that but I

[56:49] need to meet with Rachel and reschedu

[56:51] that time. Um I did have one question uh

[56:53] with the generator because I think there

[56:55] was a hiccup with the backup power

[56:57] coming on here. Did that get resolved?

[57:00] Okay, good. That concludes my semi-

[57:04] report.

[57:06] All righty. Okay. Um, community

[57:09] development, Tim Bronner.

[57:11] >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, we did not

[57:13] meet last week as scheduled because of

[57:15] the uh because of the storm. So, we are

[57:18] going to work on getting this

[57:20] rescheduled here in the upcoming weeks.

[57:22] So, we'll get a date set here.

[57:25] >> Intergovernmental Affairs. Same thing.

[57:27] >> The same thing. Um, you asked me about

[57:30] uh September 1st is a Tuesday.

[57:34] I can't do that, but I can do it on a

[57:37] Wednesday if that's okay. Just check it

[57:39] out on the 2nd. I can do that uh on the

[57:43] uh late afternoon.

[57:46] >> We keep having storms. We'll have to not

[57:47] group them all in the same day,

[57:49] >> right? [laughter]

[57:53] And u [clears throat]

[57:55] um you know maybe a lot of people in

[57:57] town didn't realize how long the people

[58:01] on the east side of

[58:03] >> of town were without electric. So I

[58:05] think it was two and a half days.

[58:07] >> Two and a half cooling days

[58:09] >> and [laughter] Right. Yes. Some of our

[58:12] people were without electric. Um, so I

[58:15] think it was 296

[58:18] homes were down and with some people,

[58:23] you know, their neighbor next door had

[58:26] electric

[58:27] >> and everybody that way had electric and

[58:29] everybody this way didn't have electric.

[58:31] >> Wow. Uh, so it was funny how the system

[58:35] worked, but it was caused by uh tree

[58:38] limbs down and taking out a line and it

[58:42] took them a while to get in and fix it,

[58:44] but they finally got there.

[58:46] >> Mayor, I had a friend actually 23 trees

[58:49] down on this property, not all woods or

[58:52] anything.

[58:53] >> Wow.

[58:53] >> But, uh, didn't hit the structure, so

[58:55] insurance won't cover anything. And his

[58:57] first bid was over $100,000.

[58:59] >> Wow. Wow.

[59:02] Yeah.

[59:03] >> Yeah. I hate to think what our tree

[59:05] removal bill is going to be.

[59:07] >> Yes. Yeah. It's going to be big

[59:09] >> here, too.

[59:09] >> We don't even have a total count yet of

[59:11] all the trees.

[59:13] >> Yeah.

[59:13] >> I noticed there's a quite large one

[59:15] behind the community building that's

[59:17] down.

[59:19] >> Yeah.

[59:19] >> There was a big one on Damon by the Loy

[59:21] Center. Oh,

[59:22] >> yeah.

[59:25] >> All right. We have no unfinished

[59:27] business. New business resolution number

[59:29] 2026-R15-SNS

[59:32] authorizing assessments on certain

[59:34] properties in the village of Green

[59:35] Hills. Courtney,

[59:38] sorry, making my way there. Okay. All

[59:41] right. Resolution number 2026 R15,

[59:44] streets and services resolution

[59:46] authorizing assessments on certain

[59:48] properties in the village of Green

[59:50] Hills. Whereas the village has given

[59:52] proper notice to the owners of certain

[59:54] real property and the village of Green

[59:56] Hills regarding the removal of

[59:57] vegetation, reviews, garbage and or

[1:00:00] debris from the properties listed below.

[1:00:02] And whereas the owners of said

[1:00:04] properties did not take action to remedy

[1:00:06] the resolutions,

[1:00:08] remedy the violations and therefore the

[1:00:11] village of Green Hills contracted to

[1:00:13] remove vegetation, refuse garbage and/or

[1:00:16] debris and now seeks to collect set

[1:00:18] expenses by authorizing the placement of

[1:00:20] a lean upon the lands and collected on

[1:00:22] their taxes.

[1:00:24] Now therefore, be it resolved by the

[1:00:26] village of Green Hills, O by the council

[1:00:28] of the village of Green Hills, Ohio,

[1:00:30] section one, that the village hereby

[1:00:33] certifies the cost of such labor

[1:00:35] together with the expenses relative

[1:00:37] there to be filed on the return and

[1:00:39] statement to the Hamilton County

[1:00:41] Commissioners as an assessment against

[1:00:44] the properties listed and placed as a

[1:00:46] lean against the properties by the

[1:00:47] auditor of Hamilton County, Ohio, as

[1:00:50] follows. Parcel number

[1:00:52] 597-000010-000030-

[1:00:57] 0. Address 385 Ingram Road. O owner is

[1:01:02] Robert Con. Cost is $320.91.

[1:01:06] That was the only property. Section two,

[1:01:09] the amounts collected as a result of

[1:01:11] this resolution shall be placed into the

[1:01:13] general fund of the village of Green

[1:01:15] Hills. Section three. This resolution

[1:01:18] shall be effective immediately upon its

[1:01:20] passage passed this 18th day of August

[1:01:24] 2026. I move to pass this.

[1:01:27] >> Second.

[1:01:28] >> Okay. Moved and seconded. Any comments.

[1:01:32] All right. Clerk will pull the council.

[1:01:36] >> Uh favor.

[1:01:38] >> I.

[1:01:40] >> Borner.

[1:01:40] >> I.

[1:01:42] >> Walter.

[1:01:42] >> I.

[1:01:44] >> Halter.

[1:01:44] >> Hi.

[1:01:46] Okay, resolution passes.

[1:01:49] Uh 2026-R15-

[1:01:52] SNS. Next resolution number 2026-R16-F

[1:01:58] amending the 2026 annual appropriations

[1:02:02] according. Resolution number 2026-R16-F

[1:02:07] resolution making supplemental

[1:02:08] appropriations and transfers. Whereas

[1:02:10] the 2026 annual appropriations that were

[1:02:14] adopted on December 16th, 2025 are to be

[1:02:17] amended and whereas the appropriations

[1:02:19] must not exceed total available

[1:02:21] resources of the village per Ohio

[1:02:23] Revised Code section 5705 spot 36A5.

[1:02:29] Therefore, an amendment, an amended

[1:02:31] certificate of estimated resources has

[1:02:33] been requested from the county budget

[1:02:35] commission. Now, therefore, be it

[1:02:37] resolved by the council of the village

[1:02:39] of Green Hills, Ohio, section one. Since

[1:02:42] certain actions are needed in the monies

[1:02:44] [snorts] appropriated so to permit the

[1:02:46] village of Green Hills to meet its

[1:02:48] fiscal obligations for the year 2026,

[1:02:51] the following items of expenditure are

[1:02:53] to supplement the appropriations for

[1:02:55] expenditure for the year 2026.

[1:02:59] GF street lighting 1000 spot13

[1:03:03] appropriation is 45,000 change is 30,000

[1:03:06] total 75,000 [snorts]

[1:03:08] GF community planning 1000 spot 41

[1:03:12] appropriation is 43,000 change 10.4,000

[1:03:15] 4,000 total is 53,400

[1:03:19] GF lands and buildings 1,00 spot 73

[1:03:23] appropriation is 910,000 change is

[1:03:26] 182,000 total is 1,92,000

[1:03:30] GF capital 1 spy 8 appropriation is

[1:03:33] 459,000

[1:03:35] change is 35,000 total is 494,000

[1:03:40] streets 2011 appropriation is 472,000

[1:03:44] Change 25,000 total 497,000.

[1:03:48] Recreation at 2041 appropriation 72,000

[1:03:52] change 25,000 total 97,000 non-voted

[1:03:57] debt service 3901 appropriation is

[1:03:59] 82,000 change 7,900 total 89,900.

[1:04:05] Section two, that the following

[1:04:08] transfers of funds be made from

[1:04:09] previously appropriated monies.

[1:04:16] I don't know what I'm supposed to read

[1:04:16] for that part.

[1:04:18] >> Oh, okay. First, [laughter]

[1:04:20] >> um,

[1:04:21] >> section three. Um, this resolution shall

[1:04:23] take effect and be in full force from

[1:04:25] and after the earliest date allowed by

[1:04:27] law. And I make a motion to pass this.

[1:04:30] >> I second it.

[1:04:32] >> Been moved and seconded. Any comments?

[1:04:36] questions. Okay,

[1:04:38] >> pull the account

[1:04:38] >> about the street lighting. What was

[1:04:41] >> um going?

[1:04:42] >> Well, first our costs went up a little

[1:04:44] bit, but I think a bigger piece of that

[1:04:46] is a um pole that we had fixed from

[1:04:49] actually an accident that goes back to

[1:04:51] January

[1:04:52] um at the parks and unfortunately they

[1:04:56] don't have insurance. So, we are putting

[1:04:57] that bill. Okay.

[1:04:59] >> Thank you.

[1:05:01] >> Okay. Clerk pull the council. Okay.

[1:05:04] Halter

[1:05:05] >> I

[1:05:07] >> favor

[1:05:08] >> I

[1:05:09] >> Borner

[1:05:10] >> I

[1:05:11] >> Walter

[1:05:12] >> I

[1:05:14] >> Okay, resolution

[1:05:16] uh 2026-R16-F

[1:05:19] passes.

[1:05:21] Council members have any comments they

[1:05:23] want to make before we do the municipal

[1:05:26] calendar?

[1:05:28] [cough]

[1:05:32] anything for the calendar or we're still

[1:05:34] we have Courtney's meeting.

[1:05:37] >> Yes. 8:31 at 10:30 for streets and

[1:05:39] services. Um and then also this Friday

[1:05:42] um the 21st at

[1:05:45] 6:00. Um we have our community yoga on

[1:05:48] the commons. Um and I think that that's

[1:05:50] all I got. And the public hearing is the

[1:05:55] public hearing is at

[1:05:56] >> September 28th

[1:05:57] >> 28th 6 o'clock

[1:06:00] >> planning commission.

[1:06:00] >> Yeah. [clears throat]

[1:06:02] >> And we have a park talk this Thursday at

[1:06:04] 6. Um I also mentioned that we have one

[1:06:07] on September 3rd at um I think we had to

[1:06:11] reschedule the uh we have for a storm.

[1:06:14] Imagine that.

[1:06:15] >> Yeah. Um

[1:06:17] on the September 3rd we have for the

[1:06:20] park talk Jessica Miranda. So I I do

[1:06:23] hope people take advantage of that. We

[1:06:24] don't often have a chance to

[1:06:27] have a top dog from a department like

[1:06:29] that and property taxes are important

[1:06:31] [cough and clears throat] to everybody.

[1:06:32] So um

[1:06:36] >> so I would just like to say I think

[1:06:38] community development and laws and rules

[1:06:40] could meet on September 2nd

[1:06:42] >> on the second um at 5:30. Is that okay?

[1:06:46] >> Okay.

[1:06:50] >> So, 5:30 and 6.

[1:06:51] >> Yeah.

[1:06:52] >> Yes.

[1:06:52] >> Okay.

[1:06:59] » Mayor, can I add one thing?

[1:07:01] >> Mhm.

[1:07:01] >> I meant to mention when I mentioned the

[1:07:03] newsletter, um I think a lot of

[1:07:07] information goes out in my newsletter

[1:07:09] every month that I would like more

[1:07:11] people to receive. I think right now I

[1:07:12] have about 200 on the list that get it.

[1:07:14] So if anybody doesn't get it that's

[1:07:16] listening and they would like to get it,

[1:07:18] uh, I send it out through an email

[1:07:20] towards the end of the month, uh, you

[1:07:22] simply send me an email, chief

[1:07:24] greenhillspd.org.

[1:07:25] That's chief greenhillpd.org and I'll

[1:07:28] get you on the list so they get it.

[1:07:30] >> And I know you put your you did a thing

[1:07:33] on ebikes,

[1:07:34] >> correct?

[1:07:34] >> And so that's worth mentioning, too,

[1:07:38] because I I see a lot of questions and

[1:07:39] get a lot of questions about that.

[1:07:41] Correct.

[1:07:42] >> Done a really good summary of

[1:07:46] >> different kinds and what they do and

[1:07:48] shouldn't do. So, thank you for doing

[1:07:50] that. You're welcome. Yeah, we'll try to

[1:07:51] promote that a little bit more.

[1:07:53] >> And it's it's org for now.

[1:07:55] >> For now, it's or

[1:07:58] >> All right, that's it. Meeting a journ.

[1:08:01] Thank you.

Greenhills Village Council Meeting of August 18, 2026

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