[0:10] Members and public servants united by our shared love for the city and all who come, who call it home. We ask for guidance as we deliberate on the matters before us grant this council the wisdom to see the long term needs of our city. The courage to make difficult choices and humility to listen to all voices. Strengthen the bonds of our community. Help us to bridge divides foster mutual respect and work together to build a safe prosperous and welcoming environment for every resident.

[0:39] Let our decisions today reflect our commitment to equity, progress, and the common good.

[0:45] Mayor, personal face, give us the strength to act honestly and well in all matters before us.

[0:52] Thank you for the privilege of serving our community, amen.

[0:56] Thank you, Mr. Berkheimer.

[0:58] Thank you, Mr. Best.

[1:01] I'm Paul Margaret, the Mayor of Lakeside Park.

[1:04] To my immediate left is our city clerk treasure Teresa Brock to my right is our city attorney, Mr. Greg Voss

[1:13] Mrs. Brock, would you please read roll?

[1:16] George best here. I'm wait here. Harry and Damon here Tom Burnheimer. Here. Dennis Lameware here. David Wooder here

[1:25] All their president accounted for first item on the agenda is the adoption of the agenda is everyone received a copy

[1:35] I will entertain a motion to adopt the agenda as presented.

[1:40] So moved.

[1:41] Thank you, Mr. Wade.

[1:42] Is there a second?

[1:43] Second.

[1:43] Thank you, Mr. Burnheimer.

[1:45] Is there any discussion?

[1:47] Hearing none.

[1:48] All in favor of adopting the agenda as presented.

[1:51] Please say aye.

[1:52] Aye.

[1:53] Any opposed?

[1:55] It is unanimous.

[1:57] Next is the approval of the minutes of July 13, 2006.

[2:02] Next, 2026 minutes, everyone is to be provided with a copy of those.

[2:09] I'll entertain a motion to adopt the minutes as presented.

[2:14] I'll make a motion to adopt the minutes as presented.

[2:16] Thank you, Mrs. Thaiman.

[2:18] Second, please.

[2:19] Second, by Mr. Landware.

[2:22] Is there any discussion, corrections or additions?

[2:27] questions? Hearing no discussion. All in favor of adopting the meeting minutes of July

[2:34] 13th as submitted. Please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Once again, the vote is unanimous.

[2:43] Next up on the agenda is citizens addressing councils? Are anyone who would like to address?

[2:50] Yes, sir. Did you sign in? Yes, sir.

[2:52] Okay, if you proceed over to the podium, Mr. Shields.

[3:04] Yes, and seeing you yesterday at the swimming pool.

[3:07] Yes, yes, can everybody hear me, okay?

[3:11] Yeah, perfect, thank you.

[3:13] I know we all have busy afternoons

[3:16] and there's other things we'd rather be doing

[3:17] and I apologize for my entire for how I'm dressed.

[3:21] I am coming to you all because I have run

[3:25] into a predicament that I think other people have ran into in the city and where I live

[3:32] on holiday lane right next to Vandier and I'm sure this is a common issue that comes up

[3:36] from time to time each year is you know I have a shed or detached structures however you

[3:44] want to call them apparently are not allowed in Lakeside Park.

[3:51] I'm struggling with understanding

[3:53] how it's being applied when my neighbor across the street on holiday lane has

[3:59] one right next to their house. I've got on Van Deer and he has one and you

[4:04] connect and you get to talk as my wife and kids. We like to take walks. We get to

[4:08] talk to them and there's no problem that they have theirs. I go down Applewood and

[4:13] talk to the people back there and there's two sheds back there and there's no

[4:17] problem. I have close friends from high school that have just recently moved in

[4:21] Arcadia and themselves and their neighbors that brought up to their backyard have three good

[4:28] out turkey foot. You can see him if you just look left if you're going towards Edgewood.

[4:33] Not only are they detached, but there's two of them right next to each other side by side.

[4:40] I have a secular point of view when I say I don't have a garage and we have a nice basement

[4:46] that we'd like to finish and it's not practical for me to finish a basement that's going to

[4:52] smell like gasoline and W2 oil and you know the lawnmower when you get done

[4:59] cutment you know I have to love this thing up 12 basement steps you know I've

[5:04] left it up because physically I just can't do it anymore 16 years in the

[5:09] Air Force physically shoulder and back it's it's too much and yes hindsight 2020

[5:17] maybe when we first bought that house I could have considered that but I was

[5:20] 26 and so very spry and I've left it up and I've come to the point now where my annual

[5:26] bonus in December I'll be right in the nice check to remove the lane against my house

[5:31] for the fees which that's my cross to bear but I don't understand how these are all over

[5:39] the city and yet within my own neighborhood and yet I'm the one who's getting these letters

[5:48] every month. And I have a pretty good idea of what's going on. I keep that to myself

[5:54] I respect. But I do think it's for the greater good. I mean I've rent through all

[6:01] the ordinances and trying to, being a financial analyst and trying to read through legal documents

[6:06] is a lot for me. But Crescent Spring, Crescue Hills, Fort Mitchell, Villa Hills, Edgewood, Park Hills,

[6:17] Even where I grew up in Fort Thomas, they all allow for these things.

[6:20] You know, I look at our ordinances and it says, yeah, you can have a gazebo.

[6:25] Great.

[6:26] Go look at my backyard.

[6:27] Where?

[6:27] What house out of practical use to space?

[6:29] I got an in-ground pool if I wanted to.

[6:31] I can have a basketball court, but the fact that I can't get 56 square feet, so I don't

[6:38] have to love things out of my basement, it's just, it's crazy to me.

[6:43] And just, I just don't understand it.

[6:46] and I feel like there's a personal vendetta against me

[6:50] in my family and it's come to the point now

[6:53] where we have financial strife that I have to deal with.

[6:57] You know, that our bonus,

[6:57] that goes to kids' tuition of blessed sacrament,

[7:01] it goes to our vacation, it goes to our retirement fund,

[7:03] and other projects you wanna do in the house.

[7:05] We haven't been able to put a deck on our back edition

[7:08] because of these things.

[7:11] Yet I go and I talk to the guy who's got his right next

[7:14] to the house just like I moved mine after I went to my hearing. They said that's been

[7:18] our workaround. I did that. I put it detached and I spent another you know thousand dollars

[7:24] on gravel and leveling it back out and yet on the only one still get bothered by this.

[7:30] And I can confirm that because I went and I actually knocked on people's doors and asked

[7:34] them politely. And I don't want to give address is I think if anybody drives around and

[7:38] really has a keen eye to it, they'll be able to see it.

[7:41] And I just don't understand how we're the only city.

[7:47] I mean, as far as I'm concerned, because I went from the cities

[7:50] and touch Lakeside Park to the adjacent,

[7:52] any further out your country.

[7:54] So it just makes sense.

[7:55] You're allowed to have these things.

[7:56] Why were the only ones?

[7:58] I mean, I don't think it's a resale value.

[8:00] I mean, I compared it to numbers.

[8:02] Looking at what the resale value is for a house

[8:05] and lakeside park are comparative.

[8:07] and it's not like we're winning, you know, winning anything there. And I think, you know,

[8:14] specifically to our neighborhood, I mean, there's family members in there that would like to put

[8:18] the dishes such as mine on the back of it. We love where we live. I don't want to move. That's

[8:23] paid off. I bought my grand, my wife's grandparents house forever matter. I don't want to go anywhere,

[8:30] But I physically cannot sit here and justify why I have to watch everybody else, not everybody else, but other people who have put these things in pass, I mean the person right next door to me, in my address is on it, you'll better see it.

[8:47] And I'm sure everybody in this, there's about the detached garage over there on Holiday Lane in the carport.

[8:52] there's a shadow right there. There's there's playhouses that are detached structures.

[8:59] I mail Corey Sharp down and zoning an ordinance and I said what constitutes a

[9:05] playhouse? I'm curious. Maybe I'll convert it over. No response. I'm just I don't

[9:13] understand why I'm going to be cutting a chat for 3,500 bucks give or take in

[9:20] December for this grievance when I seem like other people seem to be doing

[9:27] just fine. And I get a chest, you know, old, cool chest look at this. We have a blank slate.

[9:33] You guys can set the rules on what constitutes where it needs to be. Does it

[9:38] blend with the house? You know, does it have to have the same matching color as

[9:42] the exterior? I mean, that's just a blank slate. I just think this is an archaic

[9:47] thing that I think has come up enough after talking to many people in the city. And I just don't get it.

[9:54] And now I'll come to a point where it's become a financial burden for me. And I just don't get it.

[10:02] That's really all I have to say is I would like for everybody to take this back and to amend it.

[10:07] And if that's the thing, I don't know how all this works, but I just know that my family

[10:15] and I were just trying to make our property and the people around us better and live

[10:20] the best life we can, and I don't see why I breathe our city ordinances, and it's like if

[10:29] I wanted to go spend 150,000 on a pool and get the permits and do all that, no one's going

[10:35] to question it.

[10:36] If I wanted to put a basketball court, again, I'm repeating myself, but I asked for 56-square

[10:42] feet for a long note or a radiator pressure washer in my kids' bikes and my mic, and

[10:47] then some lawn care tools, minimal stuff, that I'm not allowed to have it, and nobody's

[10:53] allowed to have it, yet I see other people enjoying that privilege of having it.

[10:58] And if I had a garage, you know, I could see the argument, I think if anybody were to

[11:04] come over to our neighborhood and had passed two kids and go look at what the

[11:09] garages are over there. Where are you going to put all that stuff especially with

[11:13] people driving? I mean the worth the garages to be on our addition, my

[11:17] life and I's car can't go in there. It's limited space and people have more stuff

[11:22] now in 2026 and they did in 1956 when the house was built.

[11:30] You know the American

[11:36] And now people have, you know, there's a TV in every room, kids have more stuff and is minimalistic as we try to be knowing that we don't have the grand space that some other people have.

[11:49] Paul, I'm asking for his 56 square feet to be able to cut my own grass, you know, take pride in my own property.

[12:00] And I haven't been able to do that effectively because I've had to pay fees and then I stop paying them and now I'm going to write pretty nice check, come December whenever when I get my bonus to remove the lean on our house.

[12:15] Because of 56 square feet and I really think this is something that should genuinely be addressed and look that.

[12:23] And again, I don't have a bunch of people here to talk to it.

[12:28] But I know I have made my rounds in my life when I walk all the time to talk to everybody in our neighborhood, give or take, five or six.

[12:36] That all agree.

[12:38] Anybody in lookout farm, anybody across the street.

[12:41] I mean, my family grew up here, so we'd have friends and family who live.

[12:46] Behind Lakeside Park, we've talked to.

[12:48] And it's always been the same thing.

[12:50] As long as it's done tastefully.

[12:53] And now we have this blank canvas where you can set the guidelines.

[12:56] And I'm willing to take mine down, meet the guidelines so I can have it.

[13:03] I just don't see why this is still something like, I feel like it's plenty that I'm up

[13:06] here and I'm wasting your time, but I can't sit here and not have the conversation.

[13:12] So that's all I have.

[13:13] I thank you all for your time.

[13:14] I do appreciate it.

[13:16] Thank you.

[13:17] any

[13:22] other residents wish to address council.

[13:30] Thank you. Next is the mayor's report.

[13:37] After consultation with our police chief, I send out a letter to all our residents last

[13:43] week that we have email addresses for about the growing problem of e-bikes and scooters.

[13:53] While the police have tried to educate the children about how to operate these vehicles and

[13:59] the rules of the road, problems have persisted and doesn't show any sign of slowing down.

[14:10] Therefore, if riders are observed operating these vehicles in an unsafe manner, the riders

[14:18] may be escorted home by our police officers and if necessary the e-bikes may be

[14:26] impounded temporarily. The letter also addressed growing concerns about

[14:33] vandalism and mischief mischief perpetrated by a very minority of our young

[14:39] residents. Most people are unaware of the fact that we do have a curfew for

[14:45] everyone under the age of 18. If it's a school night, they have to be in by 10 o'clock. If it's a

[14:53] The non-school night you have to be in by 11 o'clock.

[14:58] Our police department-

[15:00] Unforce this informally. If it comes to a point that it's necessary, parents will be cited for these curfew violations.

[15:13] Along with my first comments about the e-bikes and scooters, council member Bernheimer passed along an article that appeared in the USA today last Friday about young e-bikes and e-scooter riders or injuries.

[15:31] injuries rising.

[15:35] Of those that are injured on this, one third suffered head and neck injuries.

[15:41] At 7% children and adolescents involve traumatic brain injuries. This is why I have been talking

[15:50] about this for quite a while. I provided a copy of this article to all the council members

[15:57] here and we can put it off. This is something that is very serious and needs to be addressed.

[16:06] Next point, our city receives funds from the National Opioid Settlement. There have been

[16:13] several settlements. The amount that we receive isn't really enough to prepare a program for

[16:22] assistance and those funds are restricted to that. Therefore, we've joined with Kent and

[16:28] county and other cities to create the Kenton County Law Enforcement Navigator Program.

[16:34] These navigators step in to offer assistance that the legal and law enforcement systems

[16:40] cannot effectively deal with.

[16:43] I've shared the quarterly report with our council members of that 27 of the 517 cases last

[16:54] last quarter originated in our police jurisdiction of Lakeside Park in Crestville Hills.

[17:01] These navigators help with emotional support, emotional crises, drug crises, and other

[17:13] items that are just outside the purview of regular law enforcement, and they have been

[17:19] very successful.

[17:22] You'll hear more details in the Recreation Report, but as you take a look around the Council

[17:29] Chambers tonight, we will be having a special presentation this week by Lakeside Park resident

[17:37] Lawrence Goodridge here at the city building.

[17:40] The hours do vary, the event celebrates visual displays concerning our country's heritage

[17:46] and the 250th anniversary, focusing on the Old West and World War II.

[17:53] This event is free, it's fun, I repeat free and educational.

[18:01] Please stop up to visit Mr. Goodridge and this display.

[18:07] I'd also like to publicly welcome our ninth grandchild, Alfred Freddie Lewis

[18:14] Mark Raff, who was born last Wednesday, August 5th, to her son Peter Mark Raff and his wife,

[18:20] down in Louisville. We're happy to report that all are doing well. And if anyone from Plantation

[18:26] Kentucky is viewing this, please vote for him to relax in the city council down there. And finally,

[18:36] The next mayor's group meeting will be held in City Hall's mayor this coming Saturday.

[18:43] That will include the mayor's report.

[18:46] Does anyone have any questions?

[18:48] I have two questions, Mayor.

[18:49] Yes, sir.

[18:50] I'm assuming we can talk about Mr. Shields issue later in old business to business.

[18:56] Is that the appropriate time?

[18:58] Yes, we can.

[18:59] Okay, and secondly, it seems like this e-bike issue has just been going on for quite a few months.

[19:07] I know you guys probably talked about it, the mayor's meeting for the last six, nine months.

[19:12] Is any city coming up with legislation or guidelines because I've talked to a couple of people.

[19:19] I think it's going to take a death, unfortunately, as some little kid before something happens.

[19:24] I mean, is there any?

[19:26] I understand that the city of Fort Thomas

[19:29] has had a first reading of an ordinance.

[19:33] And Canton County, the mayors have been talking about it

[19:37] and we have asked PDS, because PDS is funded

[19:41] by all of our cities to come up with some type

[19:45] of a prototype ordinance, restricting

[19:49] or creating some kind of educational requirement to use them. If there are other power vehicles

[20:03] such as on lace, the weave runners, the weave runners, you cannot use them if you're underage

[20:15] and you have to have training so we are waiting and that's one of the items that I'm going

[20:22] to be bringing up this coming Saturday to see where we are, PBS has not been overly helpful

[20:32] so far on that but I haven't had any kind of committee information or anything else but it

[20:44] is something I am looking at what Fort Thomas is drafted and I agree I don't

[20:53] want to wait for a serious accident to happen here in our city. I would

[21:00] venture to say every one of us is seeing outrageous you know examples of these

[21:05] kids just blowing through stop signs and going too fast and it's just crazy

[21:13] That is what pushed me to have the conversation with the chief about enforcing the operation

[21:22] laws that we have on the books right now.

[21:26] And we'll do our best.

[21:28] I figure something was in the works.

[21:29] I just good to hear that there's steps for you to make.

[21:34] I'm mayor.

[21:35] Yes, sir.

[21:36] On those, would head gear be a requirement where the police would be involved?

[21:41] I

[21:44] know the helmets are required for bikes, and I believe it's also for scooters.

[21:51] Captain, do you know off the top of your head,

[21:58] or one of the electric scooters?

[22:02] All under the same law as bicycle.

[22:06] So they have a follow-up, same road rules and the bike's

[22:09] right with traffic.

[22:12] The technical is supposed to be off the sidewalks.

[22:14] These firm signals have lights and the right and the right

[22:17] and things like that.

[22:19] So that's the fine line we have with the V-vices.

[22:22] What do you do if you force them out?

[22:24] My way.

[22:25] And when you put them in the rain, your situation is the right.

[22:29] It's kind of a fine line or educating them, stopping the behavior, but there's just more and more coming out.

[22:38] I think the headgear, I believe that helmets are required for anyone.

[22:44] I think that would get the attention and it's quite, it's usual you don't see headgear.

[22:49] So that will get the attention of the parents maybe, of the guardians and definitely of the children.

[22:54] and they don't want to be escorted home by the police.

[23:02] I sadly have to excuse me, report that the deputy clerk

[23:07] of L's Mayor's son was killed over the weekend in an e-bike accident.

[23:14] He was a adult child.

[23:15] I don't know the details, but I just found out about that today.

[23:19] So yes, it is.

[23:21] It is a real serious.

[23:22] Yeah, it's awful, and it has to come to that.

[23:24] If I may, one of the reasons I shared the USA Today article, one of the reasons I shared

[23:30] the USA Today article with the mayor was because it does talk about the states and the

[23:34] cities across the country trying to deal with this and some of them have come up with legislation

[23:39] and others are waiting to come up with something.

[23:42] And I knew he was working on it with the appropriate people in the city.

[23:46] So I think it's critically important, particularly now that we've gotten to the point where we

[23:51] We know of a death that occurred, it's unfortunate that it takes that, but maybe that would help drive this legislation.

[24:02] Thank you.

[24:03] Any other comments or questions?

[24:08] Thank you.

[24:09] Moving on to the City Attorney's report.

[24:13] I have some reading to do.

[24:15] I'll do it in summary if possible.

[24:16] We'll at least have ordinance number 8, 2026, an ordinance approved in the Kent and County Planning Commission recommendation to approve the proposed text amendment relating to replacement of freestanding garages in non-conforming freestanding or attached permanent storage buildings with specific conditions and requirements subject to the specific building requirement to the current Kent and County zoning regulations applicable to the city of Lake South Park and Tucking.

[24:45] Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City of Lakeside Park Kentucky as follows.

[24:50] Section 1 that the requirements of chapter 100 of the Kentucky Revile Statute, having

[24:55] been followed, those zoning regulations prepared by PDS of Kent County for a zoning text amendment

[25:03] are hereby adopted and approved as the text of those zoning regulations by the Lakeside

[25:08] Park Kentucky City Council, this text of zoning regulations adopted and approved here

[25:14] in being attached, marked as Exhibit A, and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set out.

[25:21] The text of these zoning regulations was prepared by PDFs of Kent County and its staff in

[25:26] accordance with provisions required by CARES, chapter 100, and its staff in accordance

[25:32] section 2. The option of the zoning text amendment herein shall have no effect

[25:37] Okay, on the current Kent and County subdivision regulations.

[25:42] And that is your first or second reading, excuse me.

[25:47] Thank you.

[25:48] At this time, I'll entertain a motion to adopt ordinance number 08-2026.

[25:57] I'll leave it be adopted.

[25:59] Boardman, so we can open the discussion before we adopt it.

[26:02] No, and we have to adopt a motion in the second.

[26:06] Sorry.

[26:09] Is there a second I will second that okay. Thank you, Mr. Wolfer. Now, is there any discussion on ordinance 08-206?

[26:22] Someday, I'll learn the rules. I do have a couple things to add to this.

[26:27] If the mayor's request I attended the

[26:30] Ken County Planning Commission public hearing on this particular subject to represent him and self in the city

[26:39] The committee had approved the amendment while offering two suggestions for possible changes.

[26:46] One of which they reported us before the meeting that suggested we remove the reference

[26:50] to the building's constructed prior 1994 and the reason being, is that the records going

[26:55] back that far going always exist and they were afraid to cause confusion and possible delays.

[27:02] The other recommendation that they had was they had a problem with some of the language in it where the provision of the code and architecturally and aesthetically compatible, compatible with the dwelling on a lot, they thought it would be confusing and open to this different interpretation, depending on who went to to make that determination.

[27:28] So, to satisfy this request, I'm suggesting that we change the language to conforming to

[27:34] the existing house style and construction, and I made that suggestion at the meeting,

[27:38] and they agreed that that was probably a more appropriate language.

[27:42] So it's my recommendation, and I make a motion that we remove the reference to 1994, and

[27:47] that we change the language from architecturally and aesthetically compatible to conforming to

[27:53] the existing house style and construction.

[27:55] Okay, we have a motion to amend the ordinance.

[28:01] Is there a second?

[28:03] I'll second that.

[28:05] Thank you, Mrs. Thayman.

[28:07] Is there any discussion on the amendment only?

[28:12] If they remove the 1994, is it replaced with just any garage?

[28:20] Is it just...

[28:22] I understand the reasoning for not having the records.

[28:26] But what would be the, if it's existing, it's existing, that was their assumption.

[28:37] In fact, they thought that that was the language that was put in there by mistake.

[28:42] They thought it was left from an older version of the ordinance, which is why they thought

[28:46] it was confusing and suggested it's removed.

[28:50] And I guess what I'm confused at it, if it's removed, then what does the ordinance say?

[28:59] It just doesn't have a reference to the year because the reference to 1994 is unenforceable.

[29:08] It would be any structure.

[29:10] Any structure.

[29:11] Okay, that's what I'm getting at.

[29:13] Okay, so it's a date.

[29:14] Okay, any structure.

[29:15] for clarification. Okay.

[29:16] I thought it was any structure as of 2026 if this amendment is adopted.

[29:23] Yes. This is a non-conforming issue.

[29:27] Okay. Structure.

[29:30] Is there any other discussion on the amendment proposed by Mr. Barnheimer?

[29:39] Hearing nothing and no further.

[29:42] We'll have to vote on the amendment.

[29:46] This is for us, would you please read, roll, Tom Burnheimer.

[29:52] Yes.

[29:53] Dennis Laneware.

[29:55] Yes.

[29:55] George Vest.

[29:57] Yes.

[29:57] Marian Thaman.

[30:00] Yes, and Dave Bluffer. Yes. So ordinance 082026 is amended to remove the 1994 and to make it the existing house style and content. Is there any discussion about the ordinance and adopting the ordinance as amended?

[30:29] hearing

[30:34] none. I'll take a roll call vote on adopting ordinance 08 2026 as amended.

[30:44] Dave Wilfer? Yes. Brian Wheat? Yes. Mary Ann Famon? Yes. George Bess? Yes. Dennis

[30:51] Lamware? Yes. Tom Burmheimer? Yes. Thank you. Vote as 6-0, ordinance 08 2026 as adopted as

[31:03] As amended, ordinance number nine, DASH, 2026, an ordinance of the City of Lakeside Park, Kentucky.

[31:12] I'm mandating, excuse me, chapter 40, motor vehicle regulations,

[31:17] article two, parking, section 40.250, title streets with no parking.

[31:22] Now, therefore, we're named by the City of Lakeside Park County, Kentucky,

[31:27] the chapter 40 title, motor vehicle regulation,

[31:30] Parking, section 40 to 50 title streets with no parking be amended as follows.

[31:40] Cahill Court will change from the intersection with Hudson will be deleted and it will be

[31:47] the entire extent of Cahill.

[31:51] Del away, circle within five feet to the end of the cul-de-sac and or circle.

[31:57] Evergreen is converted from Avenue to Court and it will be parking on the entire

[32:06] extent of Evergreen Court. Gilmore Avenue entire this is added both sides

[32:15] and tire extent. Hudson Avenue north no parking for the first 230 feet on a

[32:22] north side starting at the intersection of Dixie Highway Traveling West. Hudson

[32:27] an avenue on both sides. There will be no parking on both sides west of its intersection

[32:32] with Evergreen Drive. Those are the streets that have been changed. The rest remain the

[32:38] same and that is your first green. Thank you.

[32:44] Ordnance number 10, 2026. And ordnance of

[32:49] the City of Lake South Park in Kentucky. Adding to chapter 30, garbage collection section

[32:54] Section 30.13, Title Property Owners, Waste Management, Financial

[32:59] Obligation.

[33:00] Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City of Lakes,

[33:02] South Park, Kent McKenna, Kentucky.

[33:04] The Chapter 30 Title Garbage Collection adds a Section 30.13,

[33:10] Title Property Owners, Waste Management, Financial Obligation.

[33:14] As follows, Section 1, new section under it will be

[33:19] entered 30.013 title property owner waste management section to the city council

[33:26] determines that the payment of municipal waste collection fees shall be

[33:30] mandatory for all owners of residential real estate within the jurisdiction of

[33:34] the city Blake side park except for multi-family apartment complexes,

[33:39] commercial or business properties and any unoccupied parcel of land and all

[33:44] churches which are excluded from the provisions of this section. This is

[33:48] the first three.

[33:50] Thank you, Mr. Ross.

[33:53] Ordnance number 11, 2026, in ordnance of the City of Lake

[33:56] South Park in Kent and County, Kentucky, providing for the

[33:59] assessment of all real estate and personal property, which

[34:02] is in the corporate limits of the city of Lake South Park, that

[34:05] are subject to taxation for city purposes by the use of the

[34:09] annual county assessment thereof by the property valuation

[34:13] administrator of Kent and County, and levying and add the

[34:17] tax there on for the city purposes during the fiscal year which begins July 1st, 2026.

[34:23] At the rate of 0.24 dollars for each 100 assessed of a real property and at the rate of $1.481

[34:32] for each 100 so assessed of personal property and at the rate of 27.69 cents per 100 so assessed

[34:42] of motor vehicle and water craft property providing for the payment and collection of such taxes.

[34:48] Any penalties and interest there on and describing the purposes for which such taxes so collected

[34:53] shall be appropriated and used.

[34:55] Now therefore be it ordained by the City of Lakeside Park in Kentucky.

[35:00] The real estate and personal property will be assessed and we will use the PVA.

[35:09] section two there's hereby levied on all real and personal point two four

[35:15] dollars for each 100 assessed of real estate point one four or one dollar point

[35:23] four eight one dollars for each one hundred dollars on personal and 27.69

[35:29] cents per hundred of value for motor vehicle and watercraft property section

[35:34] Section 3, the taxes levied shall be due in payable on the 31st day of December, 2026.

[35:41] The shall be the length went after that date, and thereafter shall be added a penalty of 10 percent plus interest there on a 3 to 12 percent per annum from the first day of January 2027 until paid plus the cost of collecting court costs and attorney fees.

[35:58] The tax bill generated by the City of Lakeside Park in Kentucky shall include taxes

[36:02] 11 here under and the current waste garbage and trash collection charges

[36:08] levy as a supplemental tax percent to KRS 82.095. City property taxes may be paid

[36:16] at the Lakeside Park City building or mailed to the city at 9 buttermilk

[36:20] Pike Lakeside Park in Kentucky 4017. If paying by mail and you wish a receipt

[36:26] and close a self-addressed stamped envelope.

[36:30] Further, the mail must be post marked on or before December 31, 2026,

[36:34] to avoid the link with penalties and interests.

[36:38] Section 4, in order to secure the payment of the advalorem taxes,

[36:42] hereby levied and assessed, and all penalties,

[36:44] interest fees, commission charges, and other expenses, including court costs,

[36:48] and attorney fees incurred by a reason of any delinquency in the payment.

[36:51] The City of Lakes Up Park has a lien therefore

[36:54] or upon the property upon which taxes are here by the levied and assessed and such

[37:00] lean has priority over all other obligations and liabilities for which the property is

[37:05] liable except state and county taxes which have equal priority. Section 4 of the taxes

[37:11] levied and collected pursuant to the terms hereof should be deposit in the general fund and

[37:16] appropriated use for the general operating expenses of the city for the fiscal year beginning

[37:21] in July 1st, 2026, that is your first reading.

[37:25] Thank you.

[37:26] And that is all of the legislation on a little bit

[37:29] that has any questions to me.

[37:31] But I can pass the floor back to you.

[37:35] Thank you, Mr. Boss.

[37:37] Next on the agenda, city clerk treasures report.

[37:41] Well, I don't have as much as Mr. Boss, but.

[37:44] You created what I had.

[37:48] We're now set up for the auditors

[37:50] First to come the first week of September.

[37:53] We are also looking for an intern to work a couple of hours a week scanning some documents.

[38:00] Anyone's interested, please contact me at the office of 859-3416670,

[38:06] or you can email me at city clerk at lakesideparkky.gov.

[38:11] The last thing I have is some residents may not be aware that we use a delivery system for emails.

[38:19] It's called MailChimp to send out messages to residents that are things like newsletter emergency notifications and such

[38:27] We have a population of a little over 2800 residents, but we only have 300 residents that are signed up for this program

[38:35] I'd like to see that number go up and I encourage everyone to try and sign up. You can do it by going online

[38:41] Or you can contact me and I'll put you in the system and that's all I have

[38:46] Thank you, does anyone have any questions for Mrs. Brockman?

[38:52] Thank you.

[38:53] Next, our committee reports, fire an EMS chief.

[39:05] Good evening, everyone.

[39:08] For the month of July, there were total 23 runs, Felix at part 15 of those for the, I say

[39:15] We had every meeting bread and butter, EMS calls.

[39:21] On the public service, the new program,

[39:25] Categorize, and the Senate can explain this

[39:26] the last time.

[39:27] Categorize is non-emergency runs.

[39:30] Some of them as public service runs.

[39:34] And that four under public service runs

[39:37] is referring to, we've had four false alarms,

[39:42] for false alarm, fire alarm, not a manual methodist.

[39:47] They had burnt some spaghetti the first time,

[39:51] which that's not false alarm.

[39:53] One fire, the one false alarm.

[39:56] But then it took about three weeks, I guess,

[39:59] for the air is clear, because we kept getting called back

[40:02] here for the same detector.

[40:04] Finally, they replaced that detector in wave and back,

[40:07] or so.

[40:09] So we get a positive situation, another gas leak on the ground, if you could care of that.

[40:17] And the one that says fire that was an ooey will burn on highway, not far from here.

[40:27] That was ordered to be taken care of.

[40:32] Is it?

[40:34] Does anyone have any questions for Chief Chancellor?

[40:37] No, thank you.

[40:38] I have one observation.

[40:40] I thought it was interesting that lakeside parts response time is less than the response time

[40:45] at Fort Mitchell.

[40:47] Well, but there are a lot of calls for Fort Mitchell.

[40:52] I see what you mean.

[40:53] Yeah, but if you have fewer calls when you do the math, then every time you're going to go down.

[41:01] Forget my observation.

[41:04] Forget it.

[41:05] Yeah.

[41:06] The four Mitchell's figure too.

[41:09] They have figured it would go in some way.

[41:11] Okay.

[41:12] Thank you.

[41:13] Thank you.

[41:14] Public works.

[41:17] That would be me.

[41:19] Yeah.

[41:20] Public works.

[41:21] Well.

[41:22] First off is the Crescue Hills Lakeside Park sidewalk down there across from Caron Drive.

[41:29] The state is still kicking back and forth how to finalize these plans.

[41:33] So hopefully next spring we can get this sidewalk.

[41:35] finish and leave that that that side of I guess it's the east side of Dixie Highway.

[41:42] Then next is Belmont. Belmont you know is the surfacing the research scene and re you know just

[41:50] fixing everything on that street is planned for like next summer fall. It is in the final design

[41:55] stages is to make sure and compass all the special areas and different areas to get it all done

[42:01] and I'll figure it out before we set it out for the bid,

[42:04] but it is on schedule.

[42:05] The joint crack ceiling is complete

[42:08] except for North and South Ashbrook,

[42:10] which will be done when it's cooler.

[42:12] Hopefully that's the fall.

[42:14] And the speed sign is currently on Locus.

[42:20] And we've had plenty of people say

[42:22] that it's been a really good thing

[42:24] and helpful with the speed sign

[42:25] and made people aware that we have agreed

[42:27] the state is decided as a committee, I'll get the word out, that we are buying a second speed sign.

[42:35] And it's a cost of $2,950 and Mr. Greer is ordering, is in the process of ordering that, if he hasn't already.

[42:44] The next thing would be the benches.

[42:47] The benches that we had talked about for here outside the city building on buttermilk and down by Lakeside Methodist.

[42:56] Presbyterian.

[42:57] Presbyterian, that's why I get them all confused.

[43:00] Presbyterian, those are on order and hopefully we can get those in before the winter sets in.

[43:06] The other thing is, Mr. Greer did some research and was found, Mr. McQuarry Powerwashing Company

[43:15] that was able to address the graffiti that was at the intersection of Marlowe and Penwood

[43:23] and successfully has renewed that.

[43:26] What do you call it?

[43:30] I can't even think of the word remove.

[43:32] I'm sorry, one of my words.

[43:33] But it was a cost of $500 for that

[43:38] to know what to do that.

[43:42] I think that's everything.

[43:48] That is it.

[43:48] Unless anybody else has anything to add.

[43:51] All right.

[43:51] Thank you.

[43:52] Does anyone have any questions for Mrs. Stamman?

[43:57] Thank you.

[43:59] Thank you.

[44:01] Next up, police authority.

[44:03] Mr. White.

[44:04] The police authority board met on July 20th.

[44:07] It was mostly standard business.

[44:09] You have copies of the minutes in your package.

[44:12] Highlighting a couple of things though.

[44:14] Officers last month.

[44:15] Officers Henderson and Holman completed training courses.

[44:18] is the chief attended the FBI National Academy Conference.

[44:25] And importantly, Petroman Bush received

[44:27] the Trilogy Award from the FBI Law Enforcement

[44:32] Executive Development Association.

[44:34] This is a big deal.

[44:35] This is a feather in his cap and also

[44:37] a feather in the cap of the department.

[44:39] So really big deal on that one.

[44:42] And then also the department also

[44:47] about two new cruisers, keeping with the standard cadence of replacing two cruisers every

[44:53] year so we don't get stopped replacing a bunch of this lead all at once so.

[45:00] We're placing two, two cruisers. Captain, mayor, anything that I missed? Not that I can pick up. Thank you. Does anyone have any questions regarding police authority?

[45:15] Thank you.

[45:18] Next, mining and development services. Any report? No, the PDF council did not move last month. Thank you, Mr. Ray.

[45:27] Thank you Mayor. I will head on the highlights for the month of July. Everybody has a packet

[45:34] supplied by Mr. Broke. For the month of July, we had total incoming revenue of about

[45:44] just 510,000. Almost half of it was the insurance premiums, the occupational license fees.

[45:51] And we also had a good chunk of interest earn,

[45:56] getting a nice return on our investments there.

[46:01] As far as the expense side, we had just,

[46:04] besides our normal expenses to run the city,

[46:07] we did make our quarterly payments for the fire in AMS,

[46:10] as well as our quarterly payment for the police,

[46:13] those total $334,000.

[46:16] So for the month, we had total expenses of about $414,000,

[46:20] leaving us with a net loss of about 300,000, which is not uncommon for this time of year.

[46:28] I did come in and reviewed all the profit and lost detail.

[46:33] Again, everything looked reasonable, properly recorded, no issues there whatsoever.

[46:39] I reviewed all the bank wrecks, all of them were reconciled to the penny as usual.

[46:45] And you do have in your packet a copy of the balance sheet which is a snapshot of the financial condition of the city as of July 31st showing that we have about 4.9 million in total checking and savings.

[47:01] So the city is in great shape and in earning a nice return on our funds.

[47:06] and then lastly as part of a follow up to our auditors they requested that review all the credit card charges for the month.

[47:15] I did that and again everything looked reasonable and it all looked like it was city related expenses so no issues there.

[47:24] So that's my report.

[47:26] work, destroy anything they had?

[47:28] Yes, sir.

[47:29] I didn't want to have any questions from Mr. Wolford.

[47:34] Hearing none, thank you very much.

[47:38] Next up, the municipal government laid

[47:41] north in Kentucky.

[47:42] I did never report you.

[47:44] I believe we are meeting on Friday.

[47:46] We are meeting on Friday, yes.

[47:48] Thank you.

[47:49] Yeah, for you.

[47:51] I'll send you the summary of it.

[47:56] Thank you.

[47:57] I think that's a good recommendation.

[48:00] First of all, last month, unfortunately, due to very minimal RSVPs, we canceled the

[48:09] under-summer girl out in ice cream social.

[48:13] However, as the mayor had alluded to earlier, is that we are having the America 250th Historical

[48:19] Display here at the city building and it's looking very intriguing right now.

[48:24] It is like he said Lawrence Goodridge, he will be here, the hours are Tuesday and Thursday it's from 12 to 4 and then Wednesday and Friday will be 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

[48:38] So it is free and here in the city office and the council chambers and I hope that people take advantage of attending.

[48:48] It is now time, it's mum's sale time, and I don't know if everybody realizes, but we

[48:53] support it through, we have an adoptive troop that we do in conjunction with Villa Hills

[48:58] in Crescent Springs, and this is our fundraiser for adoptive troop.

[49:02] Liddy Baker is the big for-runner and primary person in this, but the mum's sale starts now

[49:09] and it goes until September, Friday, September 11th at 4 p.m.

[49:14] And then the mums will be delivered,

[49:17] you can pick up your mums here at the city building

[49:19] on Tuesday, just September the 15th from one to five.

[49:25] And if anybody's ever seen these mums,

[49:27] they are beautiful and they're gorgeous and they last.

[49:30] You hate to see them get for any frost on them in the winter.

[49:34] They're really good and the pricing is right.

[49:36] there's two sizes eight and 10 inch and they're just beautiful. So there is a

[49:40] flyer that will be in an order form that will be on the website tomorrow and I

[49:48] think that's all about that. If there's questions I don't see Libby's number on

[49:52] that flyer but if you have questions I think it's actually on the back.

[50:04] Yeah it's

[50:06] And that was all about that.

[50:09] Also, there is the home and garden show that's going on in Sharonville on August 21st to the 23rd.

[50:17] And we have free tickets for first come, first serve here at the city building.

[50:25] And I wanted to say thank you, I did get a couple volunteers for light up lakeside that will be on December the 6th.

[50:32] I'm looking at and talking to different people and trying to get us to get our first meeting together that second week in September, and I'm going to run some dates fast and everybody.

[50:42] Also, trunk retreat will be October 3rd, 24th from, no, I forget, 4 to, no, it's 3 to 5 30, 3 to 5, 3 30 to 5, I'm sorry, 3 30 to 5 at the Emanuel Methodist Church.

[50:58] And if there's anybody interested in any volunteers, contact Kelly there at the church.

[51:04] And I think that's all that I have on the recreation and recreation.

[51:10] Thank you very much.

[51:12] Is the city going to participate in truck retreat?

[51:15] We have gotten some donations of candy that we are going to donate and probably provide some waters.

[51:22] any volunteers that she'll welcome any volunteers at my house. But that is

[51:27] what we're doing. Oh and there's also a touch of truck with that event. It's

[51:31] always been very well received.

[51:38] It is the other questions or comments? I would

[51:41] just add yeah those moms get great reviews. Everybody talk to you said they're

[51:47] just some of the best. So if we could just maybe spread the word because they are

[51:52] beautiful and they go to a great cost our troops so if we get spread to more spread the word on that the

[51:59] more we sell the more donations we can make our troops. I thought the other thing that was on the

[52:06] recreation is volunteers if you have your high school kids or kids that need to get service hours

[52:12] we can have some ideas from here if they want to contact the city building and we might be able to

[52:17] find some things way for them to get their public service

[52:22] and they will get the proper paperwork to go along like that.

[52:30] Well, thank you.

[52:32] Next is there any old business hearing done?

[52:38] New business.

[52:40] Mayor, this was probably actually under old business.

[52:42] I remember talking about Sheds 12 years ago.

[52:47] I know we've looked at it,

[52:49] and I think we just tailored it for whatever reasons, I don't know if I'm the

[52:55] other one that hears about shits. I know the reasoning behind shits and

[53:03] above-ground swimming pools, but I just remember working on that was when Diane

[53:09] St. Andrews here and we just couldn't settle on something that had uniformity

[53:15] that all the council at the time are the mayor agreed to so I for one and

[53:23] up for looking at this issue and seeing if it's something we want to

[53:29] consider throwing it up to other council members I agree with you Dave I think

[53:36] we have to be like it'll be you know have to be something really spelled out I

[53:41] guess so that it's like stay on concrete so I don't know but just very well spelled

[53:45] out to look good in the city and it won't take away from the beauty of the city.

[53:50] It kind of goes along with like the touch garage like you have to have the room. I don't

[53:54] know that it gets complicated there and I want to even suggest but I think we should

[53:58] look at it. I personally agree with you.

[54:06] This has been something that has been brought up many times since I was elected to council

[54:14] on 2005. One thing that I wanted to clarify for Mr. Shields is that there are people that

[54:24] have them. They were grandfathered in when the zoning laws changed.

[54:34] You are not being

[54:35] singled out. There have been many other people who have been given the notices that their

[54:41] Sheds are not allowed when they put the mom or they had contacted pds beforehand at told that they were not allowed

[54:52] There is one other that is actively in the process

[54:59] That the shed was ordered to be removed

[55:03] Council has not

[55:07] Chosen

[55:08] to allow sheds, the last time this was brought up was one we brought the, the, the Z-21,

[55:19] zoning ordinances and the entire revamping. And when that came up for a vote, I specifically

[55:29] did bring that issue off that council was not in favor of changing it at that time

[55:38] because that is it has been a hot topic so if council wants to look into it that

[55:48] is the program council as

[55:52] you know I do not have a vote on zoning issues but

[55:58] one there is an ordinance on the table we do seek to enforce them equally as we

[56:06] can. People are not being singled out. Part of the problem is we don't always get

[56:16] complaints and the sheds are not always visible from the street.

[56:28] That's my take on

[56:29] it right now. Well I think it never hurts to go back and review

[56:33] certain ordinances when they seem to be problematic doesn't guarantee that

[56:38] there'll be anything changed in them but it doesn't hurt to take a look at them

[56:41] and see if there's some leeway, some modernization that can take place to make

[56:46] them 50 current circumstances.

[56:50] Did you volunteer Dave? I'm a copy of the organ. I

[56:56] remember looking at so many different cities and their various ordinances

[57:03] and there's just so many variables on it.

[57:07] I just think we got overwhelmed, if I remember 12 or 14 years ago.

[57:14] But if we can, like you said, we can start with a clean slate.

[57:18] I mean, I, you know, the only other thing I'm thinking right now is whether we should wait

[57:23] for the new council to come in the first of the year, I don't know if there might be different votes.

[57:33] But before the election versus after the election, so I don't know if that should factor

[57:38] it into it.

[57:39] I mean, it's going to probably take a couple of months, three months to do some research

[57:43] and come up with something that's workable.

[57:49] I think, you know, I feel like I've heard about it quite a bit, so it should be something

[57:55] that is addressed.

[57:56] And like you said, Tom, you know, we might keep it the same, maybe that's one of the beautiful

[58:01] things about lakeside that we are different than other surrounding cities, but we also have

[58:07] to be conscious of our residents' needs.

[58:15] So if you think it's going to take months, I mean, I don't know how much hope I would

[58:19] be, but I'd be more than willing to look at it and help and get it even if it is to do some

[58:24] of the footwork and then let the new council even review it and they want to add or take or

[58:29] could get the ball roll and I guess maybe yeah I wouldn't mind working on

[58:35] that or starting the process okay thank you

[58:46] I know, but I think you see it, I could ever well.

[58:51] Thank you.

[58:54] Thank you.

[58:55] Thank you.

[58:59] Is there any other business hearing

[59:04] none?

[59:05] Are there any comments from councilor?

[59:08] The only thing that I would say is

[59:10] many of our schools start next week.

[59:14] Please be conscious of children and school zones

[59:19] and slow down particularly when you are approaching

[59:23] the school zones.

[59:25] And if you see a bus that is stopped with their

[59:27] flashers and that sign out, please stop your vehicle.

[59:32] I don't care how many lanes there are.

[59:35] Be safe and keep our children safe.

[59:42] I'd love to know what the schools think about all these scooters that are going to show up.

[59:49] I'd probably know what to do about them either.

[59:52] Yeah, no.

[59:53] I'd also like to say congratulations to all the folks who have gone.

[1:00:06] Thank you. We appreciate that. I know the department and the leadership works very hard. The police authority board is very supportive and very appreciative of all their hard work. Thank you captain.

[1:00:30] If there is nothing else, I believe there's one final motion to be made.

[1:00:34] Grapple, I will make that motion to adjourn.

[1:00:37] Thank you, Graham Paul.

[1:00:40] That's our second.

[1:00:41] Second.

[1:00:42] Thank you, Mr. Bernheimer.

[1:00:44] Is there any discussion that hearing done?

[1:00:46] You all in favor of adjourning, please say,

[1:00:48] fully, fully.

[1:00:49] Aye.

[1:00:51] Is there anyone opposed?

[1:00:53] It is unanimous.

[1:00:55] We are going to be a conclusion.

[1:00:57] We are open.

[1:00:59] All right.

[1:00:59] Thank you very much.

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