[0:58] 6 o' we will go ahead and get the meeting started. Miss Murdoch, if you

[1:01] would the role, please. >> Mr. Susa,

[1:03] » here. >> Mr. Cordray,

[1:04] » here. Mr. Rosie, >> here. And if everyone would stand for

[1:07] the pledge, please. >> [clears throat]

[1:10] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[1:15] republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[1:22] justice for all.

[1:28] » I make a motion to approve of the clerk's journal and accept the audio

[1:32] video recording as the official minutes of the August 19th board of trustees

[1:36] regular meeting. >> Second,

[1:37] » Mr. Tusa >> abstain.

[1:40] » Mr. Cordre. >> Yes.

[1:41] » Mr. Rosie. >> Yes.

[1:44] » And I will make a motion to approve of the bills as presented to the board.

[1:47] » Second. >> Mr. Susa.

[1:49] » Yes. >> Mr. Cordre.

[1:50] » Yes. >> Mr. Rosie.

[1:51] » Yes.

[2:12] » [clears throat]

[2:21] » All right, with that, I will open the floor to our first public comment

[2:24] section at 6:01 p.m.

[2:32] Good evening, Brad Turner. 1391 kind like Lane House. Um, I want to I'm not

[2:39] trying to uh go to mom and then not like the answer I got and go to dad. Um, but

[2:44] I kind of feel like that's what I've been doing a little bit, but um that's

[2:47] not my intent. Um Tom and I, fellow board member attended

[2:52] the regional planning meeting and kind of brought up our light issue.

[2:59] Although there is a regulation that does say that you're supposed to have a

[3:02] street light at the corner, there was some vagueness about well how far are

[3:06] those houses from the corner because that street kind of comes in quarter

[3:10] ways before the houses. So maybe there was maybe there wasn't in the plan but

[3:15] you know without having the plan you can't tell whether they're supposed to

[3:17] have on there and we don't have enforcement authority but nobody seems

[3:20] to have enforcement authority. So, I think it's kind of I've reached the end

[3:24] of having any luck that I could maybe hold the builder accountable unless

[3:28] there's actually a map that shows yes, there was supposed to be a street light

[3:32] at the corner of Quellin and Plumstead. That's what I've been trying to locate.

[3:38] I understand all the responses that I've gotten and I I appreciate your multiple

[3:43] responses, Jeff, and folks on with on the lighting area team. Um, we know

[3:50] we've already got a quot cost us about 10 grand or thereabouts to put it in and

[3:54] we really think the builder and developer should be responsible versus

[3:57] the homeowners association. So that's kind of

[4:01] don't expect the township to do that's not your problem. It's not your issue.

[4:05] The township had that map that showed the lighting district. There was

[4:08] supposed to be street light there. Then I could try to hold somebody accountable

[4:11] for it. But nobody's got enforcement authority anyway. So they say

[4:15] construction bonds but then they say the construction bonds are only for streets

[4:18] and sidewalks and not street lights. I don't know. That just kind of went in

[4:22] here. And I also would like to thank uh Chief Short for a little discussion

[4:27] before the meeting. We've had a number of residents express concerns about

[4:32] ebikes and e scooters and other things. We've had seen them rain

[4:39] faster than they probably should be. We've seen them going up and down the

[4:42] BMS in our common areas causing potentially some property damage. Made

[4:47] it attempt to get the place out. They they were gone before the police

[4:51] got there. But Tom, myself, and several other homeowners before we got

[4:56] additional information from the chief, we're asking them and telling them not

[5:01] to do that. And the chief advised us that what we should do is call and try

[5:05] to extract ourselves from the situation. So we will if we have it again and we

[5:11] call again hopefully they will be able to obviously there are other emergencies

[5:14] and things that take precedence. So we understand that for getting information

[5:19] from you and kind of the rules and regulations and we disseminate that

[5:22] attemp

[5:27] or electronic communication to all that doesn't mean they'll read it or respond

[5:31] to it but thank you for

[5:34] » I have a question. Is there a minimum age for ebike operation? So, as I

[5:39] explained to them, it depends on the class of ebike. So, there's different

[5:42] classes of ebikes and depending on what class it is, it depends on what

[5:45] regulation it falls under. So, there's some that yes, you some require a

[5:49] motorcycle endorsement. Um, some you need to be like a moped endorsement and

[5:53] there's some that are just like a bicycle. [snorts]

[5:55] » Well, I was going to bring that up because they sound like the mopeds of

[5:58] the 2020s. I grew up in the moped era. And for the for the lighting issue, I

[6:04] mean, Jeff, Ben, any >> odd situation, but uh any due diligence

[6:10] we can do to investigate if we had the lighting plan or Ben, do you have any

[6:14] thoughts or ever brain into something like this?

[6:17] » I'm new to this fact pattern, not attending all the um trustees meetings,

[6:22] but I'm happy to look into it. Sounds like you want a street light at the end

[6:26] of your subdivision that you think was part of the original approval.

[6:32] I don't know whether it was part of the original approval, but the regulations

[6:35] state at every intersection within a subdivision, there should be a street

[6:39] light. Now, the problem is is is that deemed outside of the subdivision or

[6:45] not? That is the main entry on Zor Road and we've had residents complain they

[6:50] drive by it because there's no light there to see it at night.

[6:54] » Um, Plumstead entrance. It would make sense to us that there should be one

[6:58] there, but it seems to be a little gray area according to the the regional plan.

[7:03] » And what you're you're citing to is Warren County subdivision regulations.

[7:07] » Yeah. Um I [snorts] can't think of a way in which

[7:12] I mean all the township really can do generally speaking is it can assist with

[7:17] lighting districts. And it sounds like you already perhaps have a lighting

[7:19] district for it. >> We have two actually.

[7:22] » Okay. Yeah, >> I'm not sure they're really set up quite

[7:24] right because I think some people are paying for lights on the other side and

[7:27] maybe they shouldn't be. But >> well, just don't tell the other people.

[7:30] It's fine. But I'm kidding. >> But it might be one. [laughter]

[7:34] » Yeah. Um but short of that thus far, that's all I can think of. You know, if

[7:40] you want, we can if >> try to do some if we find a light plan

[7:45] and there was supposed to be a light there and there's not. Is this a then a

[7:48] civil issue between HOA and builder or is there to the comments he made about

[7:53] enforcability? What would be enforcability?

[7:55] » We we don't and Brad and Moder both have a good understanding of it. Warren

[8:00] County subdivision regulations state uh that a light shall be installed at each

[8:06] intersection. And I Brad has a good point about you know definition of that.

[8:11] Um, the confusing uh early uh language or advice that Brad received from the RP

[8:18] one RPC staff member that was very confusing was, "Hey, lighting districts

[8:23] are a township mechanism. Get with them." Well, lighting districts are, but

[8:28] we cannot enforce county subdivision regulations. Not that we don't know how

[8:32] to, not that we don't have this appetite for it. We're not legally able to. and

[8:39] the uh the hammer that a county has with their subregs are to um uh not fully

[8:46] relinquish or keep part of the contractor's bond. How you hold a

[8:50] subdivision developers fee to the fire is you retain some of the b a

[8:53] performance bond and you make them perform all of the infrastructure. Well,

[8:58] sometime five plus years ago, the county released all of that [clears throat]

[9:01] bond. So now there's no mechanism to en enforce that. So, um, unfortunately, the

[9:08] county released the bond and I don't know if the RPC staff have a full

[9:12] understanding of how to, uh, get with their own other departments to enforce

[9:17] subdivision regulations. And so, the best remedy, um, that, uh, Brad and I

[9:23] have talked about is for his uh, HOA, either one or both lighting districts,

[9:30] to uh, they would have to pay Duke the $10,000 Brad referenced. Duke will

[9:35] install the pole and so they would pay the capital upfront and then the ongoing

[9:39] monthly electric charges. This board can revise one or both

[9:44] lighting districts. And it's not a lot. The the monthly charge might be $15

[9:49] perhaps for a light per month. Then that would be um put on each of the owners.

[9:54] That would be the 12 15 bucks would be broken down put on their lighting

[9:58] district for each parcel. So, um, yeah, it it's unfortunate that the subdivision

[10:03] rags evidently uh were not in force. >> Okay.

[10:07] » And part of the problem too will be, let's say that they do the Warren County

[10:10] subdivision equivalent of [snorts] like a Hamilton Township zoning code

[10:14] violation. Will you sue them or whatever, the the party in interest that

[10:18] now is going to be responsible for it will be the subdivision itself because

[10:21] the biller is since surely I think it's built out and is relinquished.

[10:25] » It's ownership >> control relinquished in September.

[10:28] » Oh yeah. No pressure there. So, you know, if they could convince the while

[10:33] the builder is still involved to put up the light, um that the only party that

[10:39] could do that would be the Warren County Regional Planning Commission.

[10:42] » It's not something that we could do. >> Thank you for the additional

[10:47] » No problem. >> Thanks, Brad.

[10:49] » Thank you. >> Anyone else for public comment?

[10:56] All right, we'll close the floor to public comment at 6:10 and moving into

[11:00] the new business portion of the meeting. We have a couple resolutions tonight.

[11:03] One pretty standard one, a little bit of oneoff. Uh first one we have is the

[11:07] typical uh private sale of unneeded or unfit use for property that happens to

[11:11] be a total vehicle in our impound lot. That's not our responsibility.

[11:15] Gentlemen, no thoughts or questions on this. I take it.

[11:19] We'll make a motion to approve resolution number 26-0902A,

[11:25] a resolution authorizing private sale of unneeded and unfit for use property in

[11:30] the police department. >> Second,

[11:32] » Mr. Rozy. >> Yes,

[11:33] » Mr. Susa. >> Yes.

[11:34] » Mr. Cordre, >> yes.

[11:37] » Second item we have is a uh a fleet vehicle purchase uh cruiser in the

[11:42] police department. request to increase appropriations for this transaction

[11:46] involves uh Chief Short was going to downsize the fleet uh marginally trading

[11:52] in a number of our older vehicles that are higher mileage uh credit towards

[11:56] this vehicle overall. Chief Short, you mind walking us through this just real

[12:00] briefly? >> Yeah. So, the plan is as we see is to

[12:04] turn in trade in two uh Ford Explorers that are 2021s uh that have been

[12:09] decommissioned. We're no longer in service. We have two 2021 Taho that

[12:14] their warranties expired. If you remember, the 2021 Taho were the ones

[12:17] we've had all the trouble with. Um they've all pretty much I think every

[12:20] vehicle we've had either had the top end of the motor replaced or the whole

[12:23] engine replaced. Uh these two vehicles we continue to have issues with. They're

[12:27] out of warranty and uh I think those are the best two to trade in. That will

[12:31] leave us with one spare vehicle on staff. Uh looking historically with a

[12:36] couple exception of a couple one-offs, one spare is plenty. Uh, so I feel like

[12:40] downsizing the fleet at this time makes sense and with the trade in values that

[12:43] they're willing to give us, it really reduces the cost of that new car.

[12:49] » Just high level that for the record that what Q was speaking to there. So, uh,

[12:54] we're getting about $44,000 in tradein for these four vehicles. Uh, the

[12:58] difference between that and the contract purchase price on the the new vehicle

[13:02] with the dealer uh is about 11,000. It's 10,916.

[13:07] Then it's about another 22,000 $23,000 approximately in wrapping

[13:12] and the other equipment, lights and racks and things like that that end up

[13:16] in the cruiser. Uh so this is a request uh to appropriate may not quite get to

[13:22] the total amount, but to increase appropriations in the police district

[13:25] fund fund 2081 for $35,000 uh for this year and do it as an

[13:30] emergency so we can get this going. Gentlemen, you have any thoughts or

[13:33] questions on this one? >> No. Thanks. I appreciate you downsizing

[13:37] the fleet marginally and getting rid of vehicles that we're spending a lot of

[13:40] money on maintenance on. I appreciate it.

[13:43] That I will make a motion to approve resolution number 26-0902B,

[13:49] a resolution approving an increase in township appropriations in the police

[13:53] district fund fund 2081 to reconcile budgets for the calendar year 2026 and

[13:59] declaring an emergency. >> Second.

[14:00] » Second. >> Sorry. [laughter]

[14:03] We can switch it up this time. I don't even know why that

[14:06] » Mr. CJ all year. >> Mr. Rozie.

[14:09] » Yes. >> Mr. Susa.

[14:11] » Yes. >> All right. Next item we have has to do

[14:17] with uh motion >> some aesus remediation and then demo and

[14:22] cleanup of the site of the house next door that we've acquired adjacent to

[14:25] this property earlier this year. Uh it's a motion authorizing Mr. Wright to enter

[14:30] in [clears throat] contracts for some of that work. I'm going to let Jeff speak

[14:33] to this in a little more detail. he is aware of uh the bids we've received and

[14:38] the scope of the work and things like that. Probably best suited to speak to

[14:40] it. >> I appreciate that, Mark. Yes. Uh we've

[14:43] talked uh here in these public meetings in the past. A few months ago, we had an

[14:47] opportunity to purchase the vacant home next to this building. That's going to

[14:51] allow us to have one central campus over the years to to uh where the residents

[14:57] can come to conduct business with all the different departments. Uh we plan on

[15:01] on October 30th having a fire training exercise. We will be doing a uh control

[15:07] training burning of that uh building because the home was built in the mid

[15:12] 1950s as you would expect. Uh there's a little bit of asbestous in the kitchen

[15:17] and in the uh the attic. So uh to comply with the law, we have to have a um

[15:24] certified company remove all the asbestous. they'll appropriately dispose

[15:29] of it at the right place, get us a uh chain of custody showing that we've done

[15:33] it correctly. So, Miss Murdoch and I reached out to several Cincinnati area

[15:39] um as as bestus abatement companies as well as demo companies and uh one of the

[15:45] companies we reached out to is nonresponsive. It appears there's only a

[15:49] handful of companies that do this now and they all have plenty of business and

[15:52] and our um uh building is not that large. So, it's it wasn't that big of a

[15:58] job for some. So, we ended up the the most responsive uh quote we received was

[16:03] from Envirro Works in the amount of $17,300

[16:07] for the environmental remediation and disposal of that. Um, it's also going to

[16:13] be necessary so that we do not have an eyesore here on State Route 48. The week

[16:18] after the fire department does their fire training, it's necessary to have

[16:22] all of the debris as well as the uh footer foundation and all of the uh

[16:28] basement walls removed. So, we also reached out to three companies for that.

[16:33] Again, a third company was not responsive. We received a one quote back

[16:37] that was over $40,000. Um, OORRO, which is pretty well-known

[16:42] company here in greater Cincinnati, they had the most responsive bid at 38,900

[16:48] to fully remove uh the the home after the fire is completed and all of the

[16:55] items I mentioned. It's necessary to remove all of those because we have a uh

[17:00] plan in in several years to have a civic center and community space there for our

[17:06] residents. it's necessary to remove all of the existing structure. Uh when AOR

[17:12] completes their work, then our public works is going to save us some money.

[17:17] They will import some appropriate fill material so it can be compacted and then

[17:21] we'll seed and straw it. That way it'll be nice grass space for the next several

[17:25] years that we will maintain. So we did go out and get some bids. Couldn't get

[17:29] as many back as we hoped, but this is a couple thousand dollars less than the

[17:33] other responder. And I think there's a small uh

[17:38] auxiliary structure we would describe it as out building on the property. The

[17:41] public works is going to deal with the demo and scrapping of that.

[17:43] » Yeah, I appreciate that they'll save us some money and do that in house as well.

[17:46] » Get Jeff over there swinging a sledgehammer that day.

[17:49] » Some part of our wellness program. >> Yeah.

[17:52] » Thank you, Mr. Right. >> You guys have any thoughts or questions

[17:55] on this one? >> No. Nope.

[17:56] » That makes sense. That's good. >> Who all Chief JW? Who all is going to

[18:00] help participate in the uh or get to participate in the live burn training

[18:03] when you guys do that? uh I got you wrong.

[18:07] » We uh we're actually coordinated with our live fire instructor class. So we

[18:12] will have 15 instructors from a couple different departments that are getting

[18:15] their their job performance requirements for for the instructor part of it. Um so

[18:19] we're tying that in. Um and then we've invited uh uh Salem Marorrow and South

[18:25] Lebanon fire departments to come and burn with us as well.

[18:29] » Yeah. Thank you. Oh yeah. I've done a round. You gentlemen want to jump in the

[18:35] next round. >> I'll get out to this one. I'll do it.

[18:38] [laughter] >> Sure. What it's all about.

[18:40] » All right. With that, I'll make a motion to approve uh or authorize township

[18:44] administrator to enter in a contract with Envirro Works and Overwork.

[18:49] » Second. >> Mr. Susa.

[18:52] » Yes. >> Mr. Cordre.

[18:53] » Yes. >> Mr. Rosie.

[18:54] » Yes. >> Last motion is a standard just a update

[18:59] to the township roster as presented. And I think we had one cemetery.

[19:03] » Oh, I'm sorry. I apologize. Check one. Skip. [clears throat]

[19:06] » Make a motion to approve sale of cemetery deed as presented to the board.

[19:10] » Second. >> Mr. Susa.

[19:12] » Yes. >> Mr. Cordre.

[19:13] » Yes. >> Mr. Rosie.

[19:14] » Yes.

[19:18] Got ahead of myself there. [clears throat]

[19:23] » Then the next item, last motion is update to the township roster as

[19:26] presented. We have a uh person off rolling in the police department. I'm

[19:32] assuming no conversation needed for that one. I will make a motion to amend the

[19:35] Hamilton Township roster as presented. Second.

[19:38] » Mr. Cordre. >> Yes.

[19:39] » Mr. Rosie. >> Yes.

[19:40] » Mr. Susa. >> Yes.

[19:44] With that, I will open the floor again to public comment for our second public

[19:47] comment section at 6:19 p.m.

[19:55] All right. No one race enough to make public comments. We'll close the floor

[19:59] to public comment at 6:19 p.m. [clears throat] Miss Elliot, no report,

[20:03] right? Next meeting. All right. Thank you, Mr. Wright. Administrator's report.

[20:08] » Yeah, we have several positive items to share with the community. Uh start with

[20:12] police department. Yesterday was the 33rd anniversary of the Hamilton

[20:16] Township Police Department. So, I appreciate that Chief Short uh has begun

[20:20] what we think is going to be an annual event here. uh he invited all former and

[20:25] retired officers and chiefs that had worked for Hamilton Township and we had

[20:29] close to 10 of them attend a lunch yesterday was with the current staff

[20:33] that we have uh two former retired chiefs from the department and about

[20:38] eight officers attended. So it was a nice way I got to meet all of them. I I

[20:42] got some historical perspective about the history of the department of

[20:46] township that I wasn't aware of. So it's a really good way for uh us to have kind

[20:49] of an alumni association. So, they were really appreciative to get a break bread

[20:54] and and meet some of the new folks and and some of their former co-workers. So,

[20:58] I appreciated that. Um, our fire and rescue department set a record in August

[21:03] with 341 total runs. That's an all-time high for one month in the history of the

[21:08] fire department. I'm I'm not encouraging Chief JW to break that record anytime

[21:12] soon. And I want to congratulate Chief JW. He just completed his master's

[21:18] degree and that's a huge achievement and I'm really grateful that he's here and

[21:22] and does his lifelong learner for Hamilton Township. Um want to remind the

[21:28] community that we have Hamilton Township Residence Day um on this Friday,

[21:33] September 4th. Residents who attend the show at Homeramama, that's at the

[21:37] Estates at Booth Farms on Kazette Day on Murdoch Road will receive a discounted

[21:41] admission when they buy their ticket at the gate that day. And then Friday,

[21:45] September the 11th is first responders day at home. Veterans, safety personnel,

[21:51] school teachers, nurses, um, can all receive halfp price tickets on Friday,

[21:56] September the 11th. Uh, Nicole Early has organized another litter pickup event

[22:01] for Mounts Park on Friday, September the 11th. [clears throat]

[22:05] She's doing that in conjunction with Kings High School because that's King's

[22:08] National Day of Giving volunteering event. Also on Friday, September 11th at

[22:14] Little Miami High School, they're continuing their continuing their

[22:17] tradition. Their home football game that night is first responders uh ceremony

[22:22] they do. And so Chief Short and Chief JW are going to deliver the game bowl on

[22:27] the field before the game that night. Uh Station 76 has some weak areas of

[22:31] asphalt that are failing and so our public works department is going to make

[22:36] those full depth repairs. Uh probably not this week. It'll probably maybe

[22:40] starting Friday or next week. Um, and that's going to save the fire department

[22:44] and the township several thousand dollar by performing the asphalt full death

[22:49] repair inhouse. >> No warranty.

[22:52] [clears throat] >> It's already expired.

[22:56] » Okay. >> It's like seven years old.

[22:58] » Is it that old? >> Been here around

[23:00] » been there that long? >> Six, seven years it's been in service.

[23:05] » Still six, seven years. It should have lasted longer than that. I didn't like

[23:08] driven them constantly. >> Pretty heavy truck.

[23:13] [laughter] >> How much does a ladder truck weigh?

[23:16] » 28,000 lb. >> 8,000 lb.

[23:18] » Um, and then I'm I'm going to end our report on uh something that's really

[23:24] positive to share. Uh, we recently received a heartfelt email from a

[23:29] resident. Um, and she sent in a few photos. Um the the resident wanted to

[23:34] make sure that we knew how much she and her husband appreciated um a couple

[23:39] weeks ago. Uh one of our crews from public works was doing some uh tree

[23:44] removal and some other repairs after the storm that we had that week and uh she

[23:50] part of her note is that Chris and John uh came to the neighborhood. They

[23:55] removed a large branch from their road and her husband and and she were

[23:59] grateful for their hard work. But what she really wanted to highlight was that

[24:04] um their children, some other neighborhood kids came out, wanted to

[24:08] know what John and Chris were doing. So John and Chris stopped, showed the kids

[24:12] the equipment, and you can see by this photo, the kids were just enamored with

[24:16] the work. And I know that um a lot of public works departments are great and

[24:21] that they have technical skills, they work safely, they're responsible. So,

[24:25] while our public works uh gentlemen have all those attributes, I think that we

[24:30] have the most rare one in the state because our guys also are incredibly

[24:34] proud and they're incredibly hospitable to our residents. They just don't give

[24:38] good customer service. They are hospitable. So, I think that's pretty

[24:43] cool when we receive that level of feedback. My hope is that one of those

[24:47] boys or girls in that photo 10, 12 years wants to come and work in the public

[24:51] work. So that's a challenge I have to those kids, but really proud of those

[24:55] gentlemen and that's a sign of how they go above and beyond big big hearts.

[25:00] » I'll piggyback on Jeff's comments for a second just to give a shout out to the

[25:03] guys and to John specifically, but as you guys see that photo, uh John is in

[25:09] early preparation seasonally. He's a Mr. Santa Claus around the holidays. So he

[25:14] was the right guy to run into this group of kids. He loves entertaining kids. I'm

[25:18] shocked in the heat that he doesn't maybe let the beard grow in a little

[25:21] later closer to Christmas, but uh John is ready at any time if he needs to dawn

[25:25] Santa. He does that a lot of times uh to go visit sick children and things like

[25:29] that as well. So shout out to really are salt of the earth great guys and uh

[25:34] appreciate like Jeff said their hospital.

[25:36] » He's the Easter Bunny too. >> Yeah, he right. If you come to a lot of

[25:39] township events and there's someone cheerfully dancing around in a costume

[25:42] entering entertaining kids, it's a good chance it's Don or John.

[25:48] Don too. Sometimes Don's just a character. Thanks. [laughter]

[25:54] » Thanks. >> All right. With that, trustee comments.

[25:56] Mr. Rozie. >> Uh, really don't have a whole lot other

[26:01] than I don't like to toot my horn, but we're particularly proud of what we're

[26:05] doing this year. And if you aren't doing anything on Sunday night at 9:00, you

[26:09] might want to turn on channel 12 and watch what's probably going to be the

[26:13] biggest fireworks show in the country outside of DC and uh Macy's on the 4th

[26:19] of July. And it's a 50-year tradition that my family's been involved with.

[26:24] It's one of the reasons I moved to Hamilton Township because our facility

[26:27] is just up in Wilmington. And uh there's been a group of people that have been

[26:32] working all week out in this heat to make this thing happen. And if you would

[26:37] feel like braving the crowd, head down to the river, the serpentine wall at

[26:41] 9:00 on Sunday night or turn on channel 12.

[26:44] » I was asking Mr. Rozie earlier to those in attendance, how many times larger is

[26:49] the scale of this year's show versus the usual versus the anniversary?

[26:53] » It's three times the size. It's big. I've had 20 to 30 people working since

[27:00] last Thursday and we have four days to go. So, well, good luck.

[27:06] » Thanks, Darl. >> How do you top the EBM fireworks?

[27:10] » Sorry, Darl. [laughter] >> Hey, you know, it's one of those rare

[27:13] occasions. I appreciate today. >> They did.

[27:16] » They did. They won five out of their last seven, surprisingly. But no, I just

[27:20] wanted to just um kind of piggy back Mark just I'm so appreciative of the

[27:24] staff and public works and everybody. I mean, time and again, we just see

[27:27] examples of how our our employees engage the community and it's just it's just

[27:33] great to see. It's a culture that we've built and um all have embraced. So, I'm

[27:36] just really proud of everybody and how they do that and I know it means a lot

[27:40] to the residents. So, just wanted to share my thank you with that. Um other

[27:44] than that, I'll just give a shout out. I know um Nicole's been partnering with

[27:48] Lil Miami Schools um the primary school in particular with regards to movie

[27:52] night. That's going to be on the 18th from 7:00 to 10:00. Traditionally, we've

[27:55] had that in the park, but we're partnering with the PTO this time. So,

[27:59] Mil Primary on the 18th from 7 to 10. And that's all I have. I want to

[28:04] congratulate Chief JW on getting his master's degree. Valuable for you and

[28:09] and assist to the the fire department. So, congrats. Then, I'm just going to

[28:13] speak briefly to a couple road projects that are uh going on that I've seen some

[28:18] chatter online, maybe a little misinformation, or I've had a handful of

[28:21] folks reach out to me. Um, and these are one is related to the new Aldi's. New

[28:26] Aldi's opened up a couple weeks ago, by the way. If you've not been out, get out

[28:30] and check it out. But right now, the only access to Aldi's is on Grandon

[28:33] Road. There's a full access. There is going to be a right in right out access

[28:38] on 48. Um, in recent weeks, they were doing some work there in utilities to

[28:42] prep for that. And they have now restricted some lane access there.

[28:46] yesterday or it'll be on and off, but they are now getting ready to pour and

[28:50] complete the rightin route act right in right out access at Audi's for a second

[28:54] point to get in and out of there. So, if you're seeing the cones on 48 wondering

[28:58] what's going on, that's going to be shortterm, but it's for the second uh

[29:02] Audi's access location. The other one I want to touch on briefly is have seen

[29:06] some stuff on social media and a number of folks have reached out. Hey, what's

[29:10] going on on the south side of Grandon between Truck Base and I think it's uh

[29:15] Davis Fabercraft is a business there, but there's a strip of land there.

[29:18] There's a parcel and there's some work going on clearing there and things like

[29:22] that. I some folks reach out. I think we're concerned that it was an expansion

[29:25] of truck base. It is not. That is related to the new road that the tiff

[29:29] was talked about and approved recently for road construction there. So today,

[29:33] if you can picture, if you go on the town center west of 48, which is the

[29:38] intersection at the late at the new Kroger, if you go over, you have a Chase

[29:42] Bank and an auto service place to the south and the road kind of terminates.

[29:46] Pebble Lane will be a new road that will pick up there. It'll go west and then

[29:50] make a 90° turn to the north and will come out to Grandon Road. Um, and then

[29:55] ultimately development driven. will be another road there years in the future

[29:58] that connects to those roads and goes to 22 and three. But the current work

[30:02] you're seeing on Grandon Road is preparing that area and site for new

[30:07] public street that will be a township road in the future when it's done. And

[30:11] the first development on that is going to be in the northern part of that road

[30:15] close to the intersection of Pebble and Granite is going to be some commercial

[30:19] um flex space structures and a storage facility. And then down the road,

[30:24] there's an apartment development approved that'll likely get started in

[30:28] the next year or two and a little additional housing uh phase that'll

[30:32] connect to that new street. But no expansion of any existing businesses

[30:36] there in the Grandon area. That is for new public road. Um that is all I've

[30:41] got. We have an executive session tonight. Uh don't expect anything coming

[30:46] out of this. Ben, can I state the nature of what

[30:50] people get concerned sometimes when they see sale of property? Can I just speak

[30:53] briefly to what we're that what we're discussing in this so no one's freaking

[30:58] out about the sale of property? >> Um,

[31:00] » is that appropriate? >> That's up to the board on how it wants

[31:03] to proceed in that regard. >> You could have a problem.

[31:06] » I mean, I haven't had much conversation, so I don't know about

[31:09] » this is just discussing our our lease on the cell phone tower next.

[31:12] » I had a couple people ask me if we were selling property or building or buying

[31:16] property. We're nothing crazy. Our lease matures on this cell phone tower ground

[31:20] lease in a couple years and we have some options presented to us. So, we're going

[31:24] to speak about that. But if you want to hang around afterwards, more than

[31:27] welcome, but I don't expect any action or further commentary on it. Uh, with

[31:31] that, I will make a motion to adjourn and enter into executive session at 6:31

[31:37] p.m. in accordance with OC121.22 22 section G subsection 2 to discuss uh

[31:44] and consider the sale of property if premature disclosure of information

[31:48] would give an unfair competitive or bargaining advantage to a person who

[31:52] personal private interest is adverse to the general public interest. Second,

[31:56] » Mr. Susan, >> yes.

[31:58] » Mr. Cordre, >> yes.

[31:59] » Mr. Rosie, >> yes.

[32:02] All right, folks. Thank you.

Hamilton Township Trustees 9/2/26

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