[5:08] All right, I'd like to call the

[5:10] Louisville City Council uh meeting on

[5:12] Monday, July 6th to order. We will start

[5:14] with our public eating hearings uh with

[5:17] ordinance number 26-31.

[5:20] >> Being an ordinance amending part 11,

[5:23] planning and zoning of the codified

[5:24] ordinances of the city of Lewisville.

[5:27] >> Is anyone here to speak on ordinance

[5:29] number 26-31?

[5:33] Okay, moving on to ordinance number

[5:35] 26-33

[5:37] >> being an ordinance authorizing and

[5:39] directing the finance director to

[5:40] execute a contract with a regional

[5:42] council of governments for the purpose

[5:44] of administration and collection of

[5:46] municipal income tax in the city of

[5:48] Louisisville.

[5:49] >> Is anyone here to speak on ordinance

[5:50] number 26-33?

[5:54] » Okay. Ordinance number 26-34

[5:57] >> being an ordinance accepting the amended

[5:59] final plot for Aspire at Orchard Park

[6:02] Town Homes number two located within the

[6:04] corporate limits of the city of

[6:05] Lewisville, Ohio.

[6:08] Is anyone here to speak on ordinance

[6:09] number 26-34?

[6:14] Okay, we'll call this meeting to order

[6:16] and I'll ask for an approval of the July

[6:19] 6, 2026 meeting agenda.

[6:21] >> I'll make that motion. Mayor,

[6:23] >> second. Let's go ahead and vote.

[6:25] >> Street,

[6:26] >> yes.

[6:26] >> Al Jansik,

[6:27] >> yes.

[6:28] >> Gdone,

[6:29] >> yes.

[6:29] >> Mallister Atkins,

[6:30] >> yes.

[6:32] >> Please bow your heads for a moment of

[6:33] silent prayer.

[6:39] » Amen. Please stand for the pledge of

[6:40] allegiance.

[6:44] I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[6:47] United States of America and to the

[6:50] republic for which it stands, one nation

[6:53] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[6:57] justice for all.

[7:02] » Roll call.

[7:03] >> Street

[7:04] >> here.

[7:04] >> Aljans

[7:05] >> here.

[7:06] >> Gdone

[7:06] >> here.

[7:07] >> Johnston Mallister Atkins

[7:09] >> here. Please let the record reflect that

[7:12] council member Johnston is excused uh

[7:14] from the meeting this evening. Um we do

[7:16] have a certificate of an open meeting

[7:19] and I'll ask for approval of the minutes

[7:22] from the June 15, 2026 special meeting

[7:26] uh goal setting.

[7:28] >> I make the motion that we approve the

[7:29] meeting the minutes from the whatever

[7:32] meeting for goal setting.

[7:35] >> Uh second here.

[7:36] >> Okay, let's go ahead and vote.

[7:39] >> Street. Yes.

[7:40] >> Aljanthic.

[7:41] >> Yes.

[7:41] >> Gdone.

[7:42] >> Yes.

[7:42] >> Mallister Atkins.

[7:44] >> Yes.

[7:46] >> Okay. Then next up, the minutes for the

[7:48] June 15th regularly scheduled council

[7:50] meeting.

[7:51] >> Any approvals or

[7:53] >> did did we approve all three of those or

[7:55] are we doing them?

[7:56] >> Can we do all three in one or do they

[7:58] have to be

[7:59] >> You you can do all three.

[8:00] >> Okay. Well, I'll ask for approval for

[8:02] the remaining uh the June 15th regular

[8:05] scheduled council meeting as well as the

[8:07] June 16th special council meeting. Goal

[8:09] setting.

[8:10] >> Yes. I'll make that motion. Mayor

[8:11] >> second.

[8:13] >> We'll go ahead and vote.

[8:15] >> Street.

[8:15] >> Yes.

[8:16] >> Al Jans.

[8:16] >> Yes.

[8:17] >> Gdome.

[8:18] >> Yes.

[8:18] >> Mallister Atkins.

[8:19] >> Yes.

[8:21] >> That noted noted for next time. Uh

[8:24] persons preparing for council. Uh we

[8:27] have Mason, senior project engineer with

[8:30] OM advisors. Um so you can come on up. I

[8:34] believe you can. Is the microphone

[8:36] hooked on the podium?

[8:42] Okay.

[8:44] >> Floor is yours.

[8:44] >> Well, hello. My name is Jason. First, I

[8:48] want to say this is a great time. I was

[8:51] actually

[8:53] building 550.

[8:59] Yeah, I'm with Advisors. It's nice to

[9:01] meet everybody. I'm going to give you a

[9:03] quick history of the firm or quick run

[9:05] down. I know you got a busy schedule

[9:07] tonight.

[9:08] Advisor is a multi-disiplinary

[9:10] engineering firm. Our mission is

[9:12] advancing communities and our niche is

[9:15] really stacking federal and state

[9:17] funding working with the administration

[9:20] and the capital improvement plan

[9:21] marrying the two so we can expand

[9:30] a firm over 800 right now. We have

[9:32] experts in all kinds of fields. I would

[9:35] be your main point of contact. But we

[9:36] have traffic people, bridges, parks,

[9:38] planning, corridor studies, you name it.

[9:40] Anything municipal related

[9:41] infrastructure, we have expert

[9:46] help.

[9:49] I've worked with the city of Massland

[9:50] before the city of several times. I'm

[9:53] very familiar with SCW

[10:02] involved. So it's

[10:04] hit the street.

[10:06] If you have any questions, I'd be happy

[10:07] to answer that.

[10:13] » We're certainly happy to have you.

[10:14] >> Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

[10:15] >> We we should say that the firm was

[10:18] selected through a a qualificationsbased

[10:21] selection process um and was selected by

[10:24] an evaluation committee of of city staff

[10:27] and they they certainly came out on top

[10:29] and we're looking forward to working

[10:31] with them. And I personally have a lot

[10:33] of experience with

[10:35] zoning.

[10:38] Any way I can help, just give us a call.

[10:40] >> Perfect.

[10:42] >> Thank you.

[10:42] very much.

[10:46] » Okay. Next up is ordinance number 26-31

[10:50] >> being an ordinance amending part 11,

[10:52] planning and zoning of the codified

[10:53] ordinances of the city of Lewisville.

[10:56] I'll make a motion that um we bring

[10:58] ordinance 26-31 to the table for its

[11:01] second reading.

[11:03] >> Second.

[11:04] >> Mayor, this is the ordinance second

[11:06] reading of the ordinance uh that amends

[11:08] part 11 planning and zoning uh to

[11:11] streamline and simplify the process for

[11:14] designating minor subdivisions.

[11:19] » Know we talked about this before. Is

[11:21] there any any additional questions,

[11:23] comments, concerns? I don't think so.

[11:27] >> Let's go ahead and vote.

[11:29] >> Street.

[11:29] >> Yes.

[11:30] >> Al Janac,

[11:30] >> yes.

[11:31] >> Gdone,

[11:32] >> yes.

[11:32] >> Mallister Atkins,

[11:33] >> yes.

[11:35] >> Okay, let's move to ordinance number

[11:38] 26-33.

[11:40] >> Seeing an ordinance authorizing and

[11:42] directing the finance director to

[11:44] execute a contract with regional council

[11:46] of governments for the purpose of

[11:48] administration and collection of

[11:49] municipal income tax in the city of

[11:51] Lewisville. I'll make a motion that we

[11:53] bring ordinance 2633 to the table for

[11:56] its second reading by emergency.

[11:59] >> Second.

[12:01] >> Uh, mayor, this is the ordinance that

[12:03] will allow us to transition the

[12:05] administration of our income tax to the

[12:09] Rita program.

[12:11] >> And you had indicated that it's a

[12:13] contract or a timelines though. Why do

[12:15] we have the emergency requested?

[12:17] >> Correct. the the emergency is to meet

[12:18] their their timeline so that this can be

[12:20] implemented by 2027,

[12:23] >> right? Yeah. We wanted to get it

[12:24] implemented as soon as possible so that

[12:25] we have a little bit of overlap with

[12:27] Rita coming on before Lori retires to

[12:30] kind of help, you know, ease that that

[12:33] hump a little bit. And um they can't

[12:36] start doing some of their their data

[12:38] extractions to make sure everything is

[12:40] ready to go and and balances are whole

[12:42] until uh the agreement is signed.

[12:44] agreement can't be signed until this

[12:46] goes into

[12:48] >> Okay.

[12:50] >> And again, Rita, a lot of local

[12:51] communities use it. It'll we'll see a

[12:54] cost savings. Um

[12:55] >> yeah, that that's really that's really

[12:57] what this comes down to for me. Um we'll

[12:59] still have Teresa with us as we

[13:01] discussed before. So people can still

[13:02] come into city hall and get that that

[13:04] personal service. Uh if they want it

[13:06] face to face, they can also do that

[13:08] through Rita. They can call Rita.

[13:11] This will give them, you know, online

[13:13] filing, a more streamlined online

[13:15] payment and payment plan structure. Rita

[13:19] does a really good job keeping all of

[13:20] their uh technology up to date, things

[13:23] like that, improving all the time. So,

[13:25] it'll really keep us on sort of the the

[13:26] cutting edge and all that at a a cost to

[13:29] the taxpayers that is less than what it

[13:32] costs to replace that position.

[13:34] >> Great. Thank you. Well, again, Matt, we

[13:37] certainly appreciate you having

[13:39] experience with this coming from Ripman

[13:40] where you certainly had that installed

[13:42] there. Yeah. Yeah, it does help.

[13:45] >> Okay, let's go ahead and vote.

[13:47] >> Street,

[13:48] >> yes.

[13:49] >> Aljanser,

[13:49] >> yes.

[13:50] >> Gdome,

[13:51] >> yes.

[13:51] >> Mallister,

[13:52] >> yes.

[13:54] >> Okay, I'll make a motion that we suspend

[13:55] the rules and adopt ordinance number

[13:57] 26-33 by emergency.

[13:59] >> Second.

[14:01] >> Let's go ahead and vote.

[14:03] >> Street,

[14:04] >> yes. Aljansk.

[14:06] >> Yes.

[14:06] >> Gdone.

[14:07] >> Yes.

[14:07] >> Mallister Atkins.

[14:09] >> Yes.

[14:10] >> Okay. Let's move to ordinance number

[14:12] 26-34.

[14:16] » Being an ordinance accepting the amended

[14:17] final plat for Aspire at Orchard Park

[14:20] Town Homes number two located within the

[14:22] corporate limits of the city of

[14:23] Louisisville, Ohio.

[14:26] >> I'll make the motion that we bring

[14:27] ordinance number 26-34 to the table for

[14:30] its second reading.

[14:32] >> Second.

[14:34] All right, mayor. This uh amends the

[14:36] final plot to Orchard Park Town Homes

[14:38] number two. This is uh the area or the

[14:41] town homes that are located just north

[14:43] of Peach Avenue. Uh and really the

[14:46] difference is that the current builder,

[14:48] Dr. Horton, intends to build slightly

[14:51] smaller town homes than what was

[14:53] originally planned by K. Hovanian Homes.

[14:56] That's the difference or what the

[14:57] amendment is about.

[14:59] >> We're asking for it by emergency. Well,

[15:00] the the developer asked for it by

[15:02] emergency and we're asking for it by

[15:04] emergency. It's well understood what the

[15:06] need for housing in Stark County is. Uh

[15:08] so we're hoping not to delay the

[15:10] amendment so that we can get started on

[15:11] the construction or they can get started

[15:14] on the construction of those homes.

[15:16] >> And it's still single family. It's still

[15:18] owner occupied.

[15:19] >> Yes.

[15:21] Dave, I appreciate what you did for me

[15:23] today, going over the um the prints and

[15:27] uh also showing me some of the uh

[15:30] designs that um Dr. Horton has that

[15:33] they're going to be put in place over

[15:34] there. It looks like it's going to be a

[15:37] nice development and some needed housing

[15:39] for our community.

[15:42] >> Okay, let's go ahead and vote.

[15:45] >> Stre

[15:46] >> Al Janser,

[15:47] >> yes.

[15:47] >> Gdone,

[15:48] >> yes. Mallister Atkins.

[15:50] >> Yes.

[15:51] >> Make a motion to suspend the rules and

[15:53] adopt ordinance number 26-34 by

[15:56] emergency.

[15:57] >> Second.

[16:00] >> Let's go ahead and vote.

[16:01] >> Street.

[16:02] >> Yes.

[16:02] >> Al Jansk.

[16:03] >> Yes.

[16:04] >> Gdone.

[16:05] >> Yes.

[16:05] >> Mallister Atkins.

[16:06] >> Yes.

[16:08] >> All right. That brings us to ordinance

[16:10] number 26-37.

[16:13] being an ordinance authorizing the city

[16:14] manager to provide a notice of award and

[16:16] enter into a contract along with

[16:18] executing all necessary documents for

[16:21] the 2026 road paving project with Barbus

[16:24] Paving LLC.

[16:26] >> I'll make a motion that we bring

[16:28] ordinance 2637 to the table for its

[16:30] first reading.

[16:32] >> I'll second.

[16:34] This is the 2026 paving program after a bidding process that was delayed a

[16:39] little bit because we were revamping the

[16:40] bid documents. Uh Barbus Paving is who

[16:44] uh was determined to be the lowest and

[16:46] best bidder and we are asking this one

[16:49] by emergency so that we don't run into

[16:52] any weather related issues with with a

[16:55] little bit of a late start and of course

[16:57] getting on their schedule is going to

[16:59] probably not happen right away.

[17:01] >> Have Have we used them before, Andy?

[17:03] >> This is the first time um that we've

[17:05] used them. Uh I know that they're

[17:07] familiar. Um, is it was it you or Corey

[17:10] who was aware of them doing other work?

[17:12] >> Yeah, they've done work up towards

[17:14] Summit County where I live in the town

[17:16] of Jack area. I'm familiar with them

[17:18] from that.

[17:19] >> I did see that they were in Stark County

[17:21] also in the recent past. At least on

[17:22] their website, it shows that they have

[17:24] done some stuff in Stark, but I don't

[17:27] really have any

[17:29] background on them other than that

[17:30] though. They've done good work from what

[17:32] you've seen.

[17:32] >> Yeah, from what we've seen other

[17:37] » Okay. Okay. And

[17:38] >> then just ask that when we have the

[17:41] dates that we have everything posted

[17:43] with the roads that are getting done.

[17:45] It'd be nice to have that list.

[17:46] >> Sure.

[17:47] >> List out there when when we know.

[17:49] >> Okay.

[17:49] >> Yes.

[17:50] >> Okay. Let's go ahead and vote.

[17:52] >> Street.

[17:53] >> Yes.

[17:54] >> Al Jans.

[17:54] >> Yes.

[17:55] >> Gdone.

[17:56] >> Yes.

[17:56] >> Mallister Atkins.

[17:58] >> Yes.

[17:59] >> Okay. I'll make a motion we suspend the

[18:02] rules and consider ordinance number

[18:05] 26-37

[18:08] on a second reading.

[18:10] >> Second.

[18:12] >> Go ahead and read it again or after we

[18:15] vote.

[18:16] >> Street.

[18:17] >> Yes.

[18:17] >> Al Janth,

[18:18] >> yes.

[18:19] >> Gdone,

[18:19] >> yes.

[18:20] >> Mallister Atkins,

[18:21] >> yes.

[18:22] >> Okay, now we can read it again. being an

[18:24] ordinance authorizing the city manager

[18:26] to provide a notice of award and enter

[18:28] into a contract along with executing all

[18:30] necessary documents for the 2026 road

[18:33] paving project with Barbus Paving LLC.

[18:42] » I'll make the motion we bring ordinance

[18:43] number 26-37 to the table for it second

[18:45] reading.

[18:46] >> Second.

[18:47] >> Okay,

[18:49] no further questions we can go ahead and

[18:51] vote. Street.

[18:53] >> Yes.

[18:54] >> Al Jansek,

[18:54] >> yes.

[18:55] >> Gdone,

[18:56] >> yes.

[18:56] >> Mallister Atkins,

[18:57] >> yes.

[18:58] >> That was a close one.

[19:03] » Uh, okay. Uh, now we have resolution uh

[19:07] 26-38

[19:09] >> being a resolution authorizing the city

[19:10] manager to enter into an agreement with

[19:12] the Stark County Board of Commissioners

[19:14] for the purpose of amending the count

[19:16] community development block grant

[19:17] program agreement.

[19:20] I'll make the motion we bring resolution

[19:22] 26-38 to the table.

[19:24] >> Second.

[19:26] >> Mayor, this simply um authorizes a new

[19:29] agreement with the county uh so that we

[19:32] despite not having been eligible in the

[19:34] past that we remain eligible for uh

[19:37] community development block grant funds.

[19:40] >> Okay.

[19:44] » You work closely with the county

[19:46] commissioners on this, right, Andy?

[19:49] really with the uh regional planning.

[19:51] >> Yeah, regional planning

[19:52] >> and they tell us that these continually

[19:55] change they may have some more options.

[19:58] >> We just don't want to limit our

[20:00] >> potential for funding even though again

[20:02] historically we've not received many.

[20:04] >> Okay.

[20:05] >> And that's that's due to income.

[20:07] >> Yes. It's correct.

[20:09] >> Things like that. So

[20:10] >> it's it's and and this is if you'll remember we did not

[20:16] get much money art money and and those

[20:19] funds were based on the same formula um

[20:23] with this grant is that's why we didn't

[20:25] answer much.

[20:27] >> Okay.

[20:28] >> Let's go ahead and vote.

[20:30] >> Street

[20:31] >> yes.

[20:31] >> Aljansk

[20:32] >> yes.

[20:32] >> Gdon

[20:33] >> yes.

[20:34] >> Mallister

[20:35] >> yes.

[20:36] >> Okay. Next up is ordinance number 26-39

[20:41] >> being an ordinance authorizing the city

[20:42] manager to enter into an amended

[20:44] contract with Hammond Construction.

[20:46] Change order number 16 for the city of

[20:49] Lewisville Fire Emergency Medical

[20:51] Services Facility Project. Original

[20:53] contract authorized by ordinances number

[20:55] 2415 and 2439.

[20:58] >> I'll make a motion that we bring

[21:00] ordinance number 2639 to the table for

[21:02] its first reading.

[21:04] >> Second.

[21:05] I know this probably feels like a blast

[21:07] from the past, but this is the last

[21:09] change order for this building, and it's

[21:11] actually a reduction for uh funds that

[21:15] they didn't use related to their their

[21:17] fees in their bond. Um, we were waiting

[21:20] on this and one other final thing uh

[21:23] that we needed to receive from them

[21:25] before we could close the contract. And

[21:27] once we do that, that remaining money

[21:28] will become available for the city hall

[21:30] project.

[21:32] And so, we're asking for it for an uh by

[21:35] emergency for that purpose to get the

[21:37] contract closed to free up those funds.

[21:40] >> We will gladly take their money back

[21:42] quicker. Our money back.

[21:44] >> Yes. Yeah.

[21:45] >> Something we don't see too often.

[21:46] >> Great.

[21:47] >> Yep. All right. Let's go ahead and vote.

[21:52] >> Street.

[21:52] >> Yes.

[21:53] >> Al Jans.

[21:53] >> Yes.

[21:54] >> Gdone.

[21:55] >> Yes.

[21:55] >> Mallister.

[21:56] >> Yes.

[21:57] >> Make a motion we suspend the rules to

[21:59] consider ordinance number 26-39

[22:02] by emergency. Second.

[22:06] >> Let's go ahead and vote.

[22:07] >> Street.

[22:08] >> Yes.

[22:08] >> Al Janek,

[22:09] >> yes.

[22:10] >> Gdone,

[22:10] >> yes.

[22:11] >> Mallister Atkins,

[22:12] >> yes.

[22:14] >> Two, three.

[22:16] >> I'll make the motion that we bring

[22:18] ordinance number D uh 26-39 to the table

[22:21] for its second reading.

[22:23] >> Second.

[22:26] >> Okay.

[22:27] >> Further comments or questions?

[22:28] >> I don't have any further or questions.

[22:30] >> We can go ahead and vote. Would would

[22:32] you like that read again for second

[22:33] reading?

[22:34] >> Yes.

[22:35] >> Being an ordinance authorizing the city

[22:36] manager to enter into an amended

[22:38] contract with Hammond Construction

[22:40] change order number 16 for the city of

[22:42] Lewisville Fire Emergency Medical

[22:44] Services Facility Project original

[22:46] contract authorized by ordinances number

[22:48] 2415 and 2439.

[22:52] >> Okay. Is is what guy did still okay?

[22:54] Yes.

[22:54] >> Okay. So now

[22:56] >> now we can

[22:57] >> street.

[22:58] >> Yes.

[22:58] >> Aljanthic.

[22:59] >> Yes.

[22:59] >> Gdome.

[23:00] >> Yes. Mallister Atkins.

[23:02] >> Yes.

[23:04] >> Okay. Next up is ordinance number 26-40.

[23:11] » Being an ordinance authorizing the city

[23:13] manager to enter into a purchase

[23:14] agreement with Miller Builders for the

[23:16] acquisition of a Salt Dome building.

[23:20] >> I'll make the motion we bring ordinance

[23:21] number 26-40 to the table for its first

[23:25] reading.

[23:26] >> Second.

[23:29] Okay,

[23:30] >> mayor. Uh, so I think all of council is

[23:32] familiar with the salt shed that exists

[23:34] behind the police department. It has a

[23:37] concrete foundation and then a metal

[23:39] structure that holds the um the canvas

[23:42] style roof. So the the structure is in poor repair. It's we think roughly 25

[23:48] years old, but the structure is in need

[23:50] of replacement, as is the the vinyl. It

[23:53] was at one point struck by a truck that

[23:55] was dumping salt in the in the shed and

[23:57] tore it. Uh but at any rate, this um

[24:01] ordinance will authorize a purchase

[24:02] agreement with uh Miller Builders who

[24:06] was um secured through Sourcewell, which

[24:09] is a cooperative that satisfies the

[24:11] state competitive bidding requirement.

[24:13] Uh so this will authorize a contract for

[24:16] $99,461

[24:19] to replace both the the structure and

[24:22] the vinyl over the salt dome.

[24:25] >> So like at the same place,

[24:26] >> same place. It'll everything will be the

[24:28] same. It'll just be a new frame and new

[24:30] vinyl or canvas.

[24:33] >> What's the expected lifespan?

[24:36] >> That's a good question. Um,

[24:38] >> yeah, I think it depends on what you're

[24:39] using it for. Obviously, these you're

[24:41] using it for a long, they're going to

[24:43] take a lot more beating. The one that

[24:45] was there originally was galvanized, but

[24:48] when they inspected it, they said that

[24:49] they only galvanized it the outside of

[24:51] the pipe. So, once it started eating the

[24:54] welds away and getting inside of it,

[24:56] sped things up and just kind of brought

[24:59] it from the inside out. So I I mean I'd

[25:02] say 25 years on a salt film like that is

[25:05] probably doing pretty good. I think that

[25:06] the fact the concrete and stuff still in

[25:08] great shape is obviously

[25:11] >> so the new one this would be the same

[25:12] galvanization issue maybe or

[25:14] >> the No, the new one is supposed to be

[25:17] inside and outside the different

[25:18] processes.

[25:20] >> Great.

[25:22] >> Yeah.

[25:24] So way longer than 25 years is what

[25:26] you're saying.

[25:27] >> Yeah. I mean,

[25:29] >> yeah,

[25:29] >> I'm pretty sure I was on council when

[25:30] that went in the first time.

[25:32] >> We We think it was in the early two Jim

[25:34] McBth was a service director at the

[25:35] time. We think it was in the early 2000s

[25:37] >> because a lot of that was done in house

[25:38] if I remember right.

[25:39] >> Yes. Yes, it was.

[25:41] >> Just nice to know where to point the

[25:42] finger.

[25:44] >> Nobody who is currently here was any

[25:46] talk. So

[25:48] >> the concrete's held up. So good job.

[25:49] >> There we

[25:51] go.

[25:52] Okay, let's go ahead and vote.

[25:55] >> Street,

[25:55] >> yes.

[25:56] >> Aljansk,

[25:56] >> yes.

[25:57] >> Gdome,

[25:58] >> yes.

[25:58] >> Mallister Aken,

[25:59] >> yes.

[26:00] >> All right, I'll make a motion that we

[26:02] suspend the rules and consider ordinance

[26:04] number 26-40

[26:06] by emergency.

[26:07] >> Second.

[26:09] >> Let's go ahead and vote.

[26:12] >> Street,

[26:12] >> yes.

[26:13] >> Aljansk,

[26:14] >> yes.

[26:14] >> Gdone,

[26:15] >> yes.

[26:15] >> Mallister,

[26:16] >> yes.

[26:17] >> All right. Can you read it again? being

[26:19] an ordinance authorizing the city

[26:21] manager to enter into a purchase

[26:23] agreement with Miller Builders for the

[26:25] acquisition of a salt zone building.

[26:27] >> I'll make the motion we bring ordinance

[26:29] 26-40 to the table for its second

[26:31] reading.

[26:32] >> Second

[26:36] » Street,

[26:36] >> yes.

[26:37] >> Al Jans,

[26:38] >> yes.

[26:38] >> Gdone,

[26:39] >> yes.

[26:39] >> Mallister Atkins,

[26:40] >> yes. Okay,

[26:45] moving on to ordinance 26-41

[26:49] >> being an ordin ordinance making

[26:51] appropriations for current expenses and

[26:53] other expenditures of the city of

[26:55] Louisisville, Stark County, state of

[26:56] Ohio for the year beginning January 1st,

[26:59] 2026.

[27:02] » I'll make the motion we bring ordinance

[27:04] 26-41 to the table for its first

[27:06] reading.

[27:07] >> Second. Second.

[27:10] >> All right, mayor. This uh ordinance does

[27:12] a couple of things. Uh first, it adds uh

[27:14] $5,010 in revenue to the general fund uh

[27:18] that came from two ebike um I believe

[27:20] one was a donation, one was a grant, but

[27:23] money that we received for ebikes and

[27:25] then it appropriates that some same

[27:27] money in the police budget. It also

[27:30] transfers $720,000 from the general fund

[27:33] to the capital fund. uh 622,000 of that

[27:37] is for the city hall building and it's

[27:39] that amount because what it does is

[27:42] bring the um cash balance of the general

[27:45] fund down to the reserve. This doesn't

[27:47] take into consideration the end of year

[27:48] balance. It's just from a cash flow

[27:50] perspective. It keeps that reserve in

[27:53] the general fund. And then $98,000

[27:57] also transferred to the capital fund.

[27:59] Um, if you'll remember, there were some

[28:02] when the baseball fields were put in,

[28:04] there were some issues related to the

[28:05] contract language and things that we

[28:07] were purchasing versus the um the

[28:11] contractor. And so, um, some of that has

[28:14] to be paid for. So, that's what some of

[28:16] this money is for. And then there were

[28:18] also some expenses related to the um

[28:21] concession standrestrooms

[28:24] that weren't accounted for when the when

[28:26] the um estimate for it to be put in um

[28:29] was done. So these uh funds, this

[28:32] $98,000

[28:34] um covers all of those unanticipated

[28:36] expenses and uh issues stemming from the

[28:40] completion of the the ball fields with

[28:42] the the contractor.

[28:44] >> Okay.

[28:45] >> Then

[28:47] thought I was done, but I'm not. Um, it

[28:50] takes that $720,000 that I just

[28:54] explained and $221,000

[28:57] that we received from the Rotary through

[29:01] the Lewisville Community Foundation and

[29:03] appropriates it as revenue

[29:06] um in the capital fund and then

[29:07] appropriates it for spending on those

[29:10] two issues as well as the amphitheater

[29:14] that the Rotary has has funded. So the

[29:17] amphitheater money will be added to the

[29:19] money that already exists and we should

[29:21] be going out to bid here very shortly

[29:24] for that project. Great.

[29:26] >> What is do we know the timeline for the

[29:29] amphitheater?

[29:30] >> So we are waiting for the final big pack

[29:33] bid package um which again we should

[29:37] have this week. Once we receive that, we

[29:41] have roughly 30 days or five five weeks

[29:43] or so of adver well 30 days of

[29:45] advertising, but probably a week before

[29:47] we can get it out. Once the uh bids are

[29:51] received, we'll select the lowest and

[29:53] best pretty quickly and then following

[29:55] that, we're told it should be about a

[29:57] 90day build. So, we're still hoping to

[29:59] have it done by by the fall.

[30:02] >> Okay.

[30:03] >> Um is is still the the goal. I mean,

[30:05] that's of course subject to everything

[30:06] going

[30:07] >> right, but that's that's that's the

[30:09] goal.

[30:09] >> Okay.

[30:10] >> And and I should back up. Obviously, the

[30:12] Rotary wanted to have this done

[30:14] >> considerably sooner,

[30:16] but when we started receiving that state

[30:18] and federal grant money, uh it then

[30:22] involved all the the rules and and

[30:25] requirements that we have to to satisfy

[30:27] the um the processes that we have to and

[30:31] that of course slows things down.

[30:34] So definitely up and running for all of

[30:36] you this summer. So

[30:37] >> there's absolutely no reason to think

[30:38] that it won't be.

[30:39] >> Nice. All right,

[30:41] >> I'll say that.

[30:42] >> It's fair.

[30:44] >> Any other questions? That's all I have.

[30:48] >> Let's go ahead and vote.

[30:50] >> Street.

[30:50] >> Yes.

[30:51] >> Aljansk,

[30:52] >> yes.

[30:52] >> Gdone,

[30:53] >> yes.

[30:53] >> Mallister Atkins,

[30:55] >> yes.

[30:56] >> Make a motion we suspend the rules to

[30:57] consider ordinance number 26-41

[31:01] by emergency. Second.

[31:03] >> Let's go ahead and vote.

[31:05] >> Street.

[31:06] >> Yes.

[31:06] >> Alans,

[31:07] >> yes.

[31:12] >> Can you read it again?

[31:13] >> Being an ordinance making appropriations

[31:16] for current expenses and other

[31:17] expenditures of the city of Lewisville,

[31:19] Stark County, state of Ohio for the year

[31:22] beginning January 1st, 2026.

[31:25] >> I'll make a motion that we bring

[31:26] ordinance 2641 to the table for the

[31:29] second reading. I'll second that.

[31:34] >> Let's go ahead and vote.

[31:35] >> Street,

[31:36] >> yes.

[31:36] >> Al Janser,

[31:37] >> yes.

[31:38] >> Gdone,

[31:38] >> yes.

[31:39] >> Mallister Atkins,

[31:40] >> yes.

[31:42] >> Okay.

[31:44] Next up is ordinance number 26-42

[31:47] >> being an ordinance amending chapter 192

[31:50] income tax effective January 1st, 2016

[31:53] of the codified ordinances of the city

[31:55] of Lewisville.

[31:56] I'll make a motion we bring ordinance

[31:58] 26-42 to the table for its first

[32:00] reading.

[32:02] >> Second.

[32:04] >> Uh I should point out first this does

[32:05] not change our income tax structure at

[32:07] all. What it does is updates the

[32:09] language in the ordinance uh to reflect

[32:12] what it will need to be as we transition

[32:14] to Rita. And then it also adds a

[32:16] provision that automatically kind of

[32:18] incorporates any state law changes that

[32:21] we would be required to uh to adapt to

[32:24] in the future.

[32:27] Now, is the 2016 do we have to go back a

[32:31] certain number of years? Is that a typo?

[32:33] Do we have to go back like 10 years for

[32:36] >> No. So, there was a a a large change in

[32:39] state tax code in 20 well 15 that was

[32:42] effective in 2016. So, chapter 191 of

[32:46] our ordinances is actually the tax the

[32:49] previous tax code that existed through

[32:52] December 31st, 2015. We only need to

[32:54] change

[32:55] here going forward in 192.

[32:57] >> Okay.

[32:59] >> And it's uh uh I can read all 60 pages

[33:03] if you want, but

[33:04] >> took me all weekend.

[33:06] >> It's mostly uh changing tag. Most of it

[33:09] is changing tax commissioner to tax

[33:10] administrator just as more blanket

[33:12] language for whoever.

[33:16] » Yeah,

[33:17] >> I was hoping for cliff notes.

[33:19] >> Yeah.

[33:19] I read it twice.

[33:20] >> I can throw in some jokes.

[33:22] >> Always does. always does. Okay, let's go

[33:26] ahead and vote.

[33:27] >> Street,

[33:28] >> yes.

[33:28] >> Al Janser,

[33:29] >> yes.

[33:29] >> Gdone,

[33:30] >> yes.

[33:30] >> Mallister Atkin,

[33:31] >> yes.

[33:33] >> Okay, next up is ordinance number 26-43

[33:38] >> being an ordinance authorizing the city

[33:40] manager to enter into a contract with

[33:42] Horn and King Architects for

[33:43] architectural services for the

[33:45] Lewisville City Hall new construction

[33:47] project.

[33:48] >> Make the motion we bring ordinance 26-43

[33:50] to the table for its first reading.

[33:53] Second.

[33:55] >> All right, mayor. So, since the scope of

[33:57] the contract has changed um relative to

[34:00] the renovation of the existing city

[34:02] hall, uh we are doing a new contract

[34:05] with the architects. The estimated cost

[34:09] at this time is not 4.4

[34:14] million24,420,000.

[34:18] It's slightly less than that. it'll be

[34:19] just under4 million uh $400,000. So,

[34:24] consistent with what the estimates to

[34:26] renovate city hall were. But I I think

[34:28] it's also important to point out uh the contingency funds that were in the

[34:33] renovation portion of the um

[34:38] uh or the funds that were contingency in

[34:42] the contract for renovation. I think

[34:45] it's fair to say those likely would have

[34:48] been used if not more based on what they

[34:51] found when they got under construction.

[34:53] With new construction, um it's less

[34:57] likely, not that they won't get used,

[34:59] but it's less likely that those

[35:01] contingency funds would be used because

[35:02] there's a lot less question marks and

[35:04] there's over just over $400,000 in

[35:07] contingency funds in this contract. So I

[35:10] guess all I'm saying is ideally we will

[35:12] come in uh below 4 million um in in in a perfect world. Um but that is in

[35:20] fact the estimate currently for the

[35:22] construction of a new city hall.

[35:24] >> We sure have a lot better shot now

[35:25] anyway. Right.

[35:26] >> Definitely. Yeah. Yeah. I I and and and

[35:30] if you'll remember, that was a

[35:31] consistent warning with the architects

[35:34] that once renovation on that building

[35:36] began and and you're you're in it.

[35:39] There's no turning

[35:40] back. Um it's entirely possible that

[35:43] things could have been discovered that

[35:45] would have u you know up the price. So

[35:49] yeah, a lot less question marks with new

[35:51] construction. Certainly.

[35:53] >> Right on. Um, does this this price

[35:56] include the parking lot, include

[35:58] everything?

[35:59] >> It's it's it's the entire the entire

[36:01] package, correct?

[36:02] >> Entire pick.

[36:03] >> Okay.

[36:04] >> I know this has been discussed before,

[36:07] but I I think it's worth repeating that

[36:09] the city has been planning for this for

[36:11] years, so this isn't like pulling money

[36:14] out of the air. Yes, it it it goes it

[36:17] goes back over a decade that um previous

[36:20] councils have attempted to address uh

[36:23] the issues that we're we're working to

[36:25] address now. Yes.

[36:27] >> And if people have questions about why

[36:28] this is needed, they can reach out to

[36:30] you.

[36:31] >> Absolutely. We'll be happy to happy to

[36:33] provide them with information.

[36:34] >> Thank you. And there was previous

[36:37] renderings I think I don't know if it

[36:39] was six years ago, eight years ago now

[36:41] that on a much larger scale of of a city

[36:44] hall and it had a lot of different

[36:46] components to it and mixed use and I

[36:48] >> Yes.

[36:49] >> This is just this is just the city

[36:53] government essential functions. There's

[36:55] nothing extra.

[36:56] >> No, there are no bells or whistles or

[36:58] extras. Correct. Yeah. But the, you

[37:00] know, the exterior um is is going to be

[37:03] done in in such a way that it will

[37:05] complement the historic downtown

[37:07] corridor.

[37:09] >> That'll be nice. Yeah,

[37:11] >> I mean I just think I think it's

[37:12] positive when people are coming through

[37:14] town, you know, they see you see see a

[37:16] new fire station, you see, you know, if

[37:18] you're coming up Nickel Plate, the the

[37:19] library, you know, the you would see,

[37:23] you know, a city hall building that

[37:24] would,

[37:25] >> you know, not not be imposing, but

[37:27] reflect the, you know, the neighbors

[37:30] around it and, you know, going back to,

[37:33] I mean, when we're the fastest growing

[37:35] community in Stark County, according to

[37:37] the article in the Rep um last week, I I

[37:40] mean, that's those are the kind of

[37:41] things I think that we want to attract

[37:43] people and people would see and they'd

[37:45] see

[37:46] >> momentum happen in the right direction.

[37:48] >> Agreed, Mayor.

[37:49] >> And not and not to mention the

[37:52] current liabilities that we have in our

[37:55] current city hall. Do you mind outlining

[37:59] some of those? The so so the way it was

[38:02] explained to me is there are there are

[38:04] some public buildings that are not ADA

[38:07] compliant, but somebody who was either

[38:09] wheelchair bound or relied on um other means to to for mobility could

[38:16] still navigate the the building. Uh that

[38:19] is not the case with ours. I I think

[38:21] many of the council members have seen

[38:23] some of what we deal with at city hall.

[38:25] If someone were to apply uh for an open

[38:30] position at city hall and they happen to

[38:33] be wheelchair bound, uh we would not be

[38:37] able to accommodate them. Um it's it's that bad. Uh it's um

[38:44] it's it's bad. There's no other way to

[38:45] describe it. We are the furthest thing

[38:46] that you could be from uh being

[38:49] handicapped accessible. And and that is

[38:52] probably one of the most important

[38:54] things that we we need to fix. And we

[38:56] could fix it in this building, but you

[38:59] saw what the cost was. That was one of

[39:01] the drivers is the fact that that

[39:04] building actually exists on four

[39:05] different elevations and you would have

[39:08] to make accommodations between each of

[39:10] those elevations for wheelchair access.

[39:13] >> Yes.

[39:13] >> And some of those restrooms are like

[39:15] three foot wide

[39:17] >> if Yeah. It's Yes. It's

[39:21] Yeah, none of the restrooms meet the ADA

[39:23] requirements. Um, but to your point, one

[39:26] of them is literally you you walk in

[39:30] forward and you walk out backward. It's that small.

[39:33] >> Then you have you and you have asbestous

[39:36] issues they got into.

[39:37] >> Yes, there are asbestous issues. As you

[39:39] know, there's flooding issues in the

[39:40] basement.

[39:41] >> Yes. Which could bring mold.

[39:43] >> They the architects did raise the

[39:44] concern about uh about mold in the

[39:46] basement. Um the HVAC system is failing.

[39:52] >> Yeah. The mechanical systems are are in

[39:55] very poor repair and failing. The

[39:57] electrical systems if if we were to have

[40:00] moved forward with the renovation of

[40:03] city hall. It literally would have been

[40:05] stripped down to the to the bare bones

[40:07] and and everything would have been

[40:08] replaced.

[40:11] >> And this is the building that houses the

[40:13] people that are running our city. So, I

[40:15] think it's important that it is up to

[40:16] code and it's, you know, functional and

[40:19] safe for everybody.

[40:19] >> And that's that's the other part um is the security factor. Somebody anybody

[40:25] could walk into city hall and access

[40:28] quite frankly every part of the

[40:30] building. And if somebody was, I guess,

[40:32] savvy enough, they could enter city

[40:33] hall, not leave and and and be there

[40:36] overnight. And unless we swept the

[40:39] entire building every night, we would we

[40:41] would never know that.

[40:42] >> Um, so I think we do have application.

[40:45] Uh first to ensure that we have those

[40:47] protections in place for our employees

[40:50] and then secondly that we have those

[40:52] protections in place for the information

[40:53] that exists at city hall.

[40:57] >> Plus, we'll be on Main Street. We're not

[40:58] going to be hidden behind our downtown

[41:00] anymore, which I think is a

[41:01] >> I think it' be it'll be an asset. It

[41:04] should be an asset.

[41:05] >> Absolutely.

[41:06] >> Agreed.

[41:07] >> Okay.

[41:08] >> Thank you.

[41:09] >> All right. Let's go ahead and vote.

[41:12] >> Street.

[41:13] >> Yes. Al Jansik.

[41:14] >> Yes.

[41:14] >> Gdone.

[41:15] >> Yes.

[41:16] >> Mallister.

[41:17] >> Yes.

[41:18] >> And

[41:20] Andy, do you mind explaining just real

[41:21] quick why we're requesting this or why

[41:23] it's requested by emergency as well?

[41:25] >> Uh essentially it's so that we can uh

[41:28] continue to move forward at you know any delays in times, risk, cost

[41:31] escalation. And we're actually you know

[41:34] the contract already exists. A a

[41:36] contract already exists with the with

[41:38] the architects. This is just changing

[41:40] the terms of it a little bit to

[41:42] accommodate the new building versus the

[41:43] renovation. So, uh, our I I think one of

[41:46] our biggest interest is to again control

[41:49] the cost as much as we can to

[41:51] potentially get it under um under

[41:55] underway before before the winter.

[41:58] >> Yeah. Because you could you could

[41:59] potentially have at least another 45

[42:01] days, right? you know

[42:02] >> well what what'll happen at this point

[42:03] assuming this passes uh we are prepared

[42:07] to go out to uh to to do what's called a

[42:11] request for qualifications to ultimately

[42:14] hire a construction manager at risk and

[42:16] then that that company that firm will

[42:18] work side by side with the architects in

[42:21] the interest of keeping costs down with

[42:23] their expertise and knowledge about

[42:24] materials and the availability of

[42:26] materials and things like that. So that of course is a little bit of a

[42:30] process but we'll start that here very

[42:32] quickly

[42:34] and then again the engineering will be

[42:38] done within a couple of months and we we

[42:42] obviously need to get it going as

[42:43] quickly as possible.

[42:45] >> Okay,

[42:45] >> there's several more steps to take and

[42:47] we we don't want to just sit and wait.

[42:50] And last thing before I make a motion

[42:53] here, I just wanted to double check, you

[42:55] know, the few things that we had come

[42:57] back with like uh you know, there's no

[43:00] need for a mayor's office and things

[43:01] like that. Have they already addressed

[43:04] that or will they address that when it

[43:06] goes out before it goes out to bid?

[43:07] >> This this cost does incorporate the

[43:10] modifications or the changes that were

[43:12] requested. So, I'm sorry to say that the

[43:14] mayor's office does not exist in the

[43:16] most recent rendering.

[43:17] >> The mayor's office is not needed. Does

[43:18] not exist. Sounds great. the other side

[43:21] of the building that airlock area is

[43:23] also uh the size was also reduced.

[43:25] >> Okay. All right.

[43:26] >> So, it's a smaller footprint than what

[43:29] was originally

[43:30] >> correct here.

[43:31] >> I should point out that this,

[43:33] >> you know, ultimately we'll get a

[43:35] guaranteed maximum price. These numbers

[43:37] are the engineers estimate. If in the

[43:39] end it comes in at some, you know,

[43:42] outrageous price, this contract only

[43:44] binds us to the architectural work.

[43:47] There will be several steps where

[43:48] council will have the um or be in a

[43:51] position to continue the process or stop

[43:53] the process if in the unlikely event

[43:55] something would would cause it to need

[43:57] to stop.

[43:59] >> Good to know.

[44:00] >> I'll make a motion we suspend the rules

[44:02] to consider ordinance number 26-43

[44:05] by emergency.

[44:07] >> Second.

[44:10] » I'll make the motion when you bring

[44:12] ordinance number

[44:15] three.

[44:17] Just a minute.

[44:19] >> Oh, we have to vote on the suspension of

[44:21] the rules, right?

[44:22] >> Just a moment. You're ready. Okay.

[44:24] Street.

[44:25] >> Yes.

[44:25] >> Aljansk.

[44:26] >> Yes.

[44:26] >> Gdone.

[44:27] >> Yes.

[44:27] >> And Aken?

[44:29] >> Yes.

[44:29] >> All right. Can you read it again,

[44:30] please?

[44:31] >> Yes. Being an ordinance authorizing the

[44:33] city manager to enter into a contract

[44:35] with Horn and King Architects for

[44:37] architectural services for the

[44:39] Lewisville City Hall new construction

[44:41] project. Well, now I'll make the motion

[44:42] that we bring ordinance number 26-43 to

[44:45] the table for its second reading.

[44:48] >> Second.

[44:49] >> Any further discussion?

[44:52] >> Okay, let's go ahead and vote.

[44:54] >> Street,

[44:55] >> yes.

[44:55] >> Al Jans,

[44:56] >> yes.

[44:57] >> Gdone,

[44:57] >> yes.

[44:58] >> Mallister Atkins,

[44:59] >> yes.

[45:00] >> All right, that brings us to new

[45:03] business.

[45:04] >> Fine.

[45:06] >> Nothing like a thin agenda right after

[45:08] the 4th of July,

[45:09] >> right?

[45:10] >> New business. We would, mayor, if you

[45:13] would be so kind, we'd like to recognize

[45:14] two employees for their accomplishments.

[45:17] The first is assistant fire chief Hinkle

[45:19] and Chief Border will read his citation.

[45:40] Okay. Uh, this certificate is where

[45:42] Assistant Chief Henle has recently

[45:43] completed 12week program of the NFPA

[45:46] 1021 fire officer 3 and four

[45:49] certifications online through the

[45:51] Cleveland State University. This is in

[45:53] conjunction with what he has previously

[45:54] done of officer 1 and two that he had.

[45:57] this which will help assistant chief hle

[45:59] to acquire his fire credentiing

[46:01] certification.

[46:03] The Ohio fire credentiing certification

[46:05] is completed through the Ohio Fire

[46:06] Chiefs Association and the Ohio Fire

[46:09] Emergency Foundations to where they have

[46:11] identified the need to further enhance

[46:12] the professionalism of the chief fire

[46:14] officers through the state of Ohio to

[46:16] the establishment of the uniform

[46:17] credentiing program. So this was a

[46:20] 12-week program that was pretty easy for

[46:22] assistant chief Hinkle, at least I think

[46:24] so. He does not. He wrote numerous papers on this on this process.

[46:28] He done very very well with it and I

[46:31] congratulate him for this.

[46:42] » The next is finance director Matt Bup.

[46:45] If you come to the center,

[46:47] >> please.

[46:52] » Is Matt a fireman then?

[46:58] In a continuing effort to bring the

[47:00] highest level of financial

[47:02] responsibility to the city of

[47:03] Lewisville, finance director Matt Bup

[47:06] earned the certified public funds

[47:08] investment management credential after

[47:10] successfully completing a comprehensive

[47:13] investment training program that meets

[47:15] the standards established by the

[47:18] Association of Public Treasures of the

[47:20] United States and Canada.

[47:23] Wow,

[47:25] that's

[47:47] » not going to lose you to the Canadians

[47:49] now, are they?

[47:51] already got booted out of the World

[47:52] Cup, so

[47:58] on to page four, city manager report. Uh

[48:02] just a few things, mayor. Um the

[48:05] documents from the impact group, you

[48:07] should have from the email last week. Uh

[48:10] if you want to review them, uh and and

[48:13] let us know if it in fact captures what

[48:15] you intended it to capture. And then uh

[48:18] and you can let me know throughout the

[48:20] week if it if it does, we can bring them

[48:22] back at the next meeting for for

[48:24] >> Can I get copies of them or do I have to

[48:28] >> Oh, that's Yeah, we Yes, we'll give you

[48:29] copies. I

[48:30] >> Thank you.

[48:30] >> We'll give you copies. Matter of fact,

[48:32] I'll give them to you tonight.

[48:35] >> And if you just let us know that it it

[48:36] does or doesn't capture what you

[48:38] intended and then if it does, we'll

[48:39] bring them back for formal adoption. And

[48:42] then also

[48:44] uh to make sure the the public is fully

[48:45] aware, the mayor and I talked about pro

[48:48] providing a statement to the public

[48:49] regarding the city hall building. So you

[48:51] have that same thing. If you can uh let

[48:54] me know if you feel that captures the

[48:56] reasons why you're moving forward with

[48:58] the new city hall, well then we'll we'll

[49:00] make that available to the public or

[49:02] publish that.

[49:02] >> Great.

[49:03] >> Yeah.

[49:03] >> Okay.

[49:05] And that is all I have.

[49:09] >> Okay. Any questions for Amy?

[49:12] >> Oh, no. That's all I have. Mayor.

[49:14] >> Okay.

[49:16] Um, Chief,

[49:17] >> thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Um, the

[49:19] only thing I got is is Friday, July 3rd

[49:23] was the busiest day that I've had or we

[49:27] the department has had that I've known

[49:28] of. We had 17 runs back

[49:30] >> in a 24-h hour period.

[49:32] >> Um, so that's that's extremely busy. Um,

[49:35] we've had EMS calls to accidents to to

[49:38] everything. So,

[49:39] >> is it holiday related?

[49:41] >> No, none of it is related to Fourth of

[49:43] July type firework incidents. Even on

[49:45] Fourth of July, we only had three runs.

[49:47] >> Uh, nothing related to fireworks. But

[49:50] Friday, July 3rd, for some reason, was

[49:51] really crazy. And it wasn't just

[49:54] Lewisville. Osberg was busy. New

[49:56] Michelle was busy. Camp Township was

[49:58] busy. We were pulling ambulances out of

[50:00] Quad, which is down on the other side of Camp South. So,

[50:04] >> wow.

[50:04] >> Um, it was it was a crazy day for us. I

[50:07] commend the ladies and gentlemen that

[50:09] ran that day and and they worked hard

[50:10] for their money.

[50:13] >> So other than that, that is that is all

[50:15] I have.

[50:16] >> Okay.

[50:16] >> Wow.

[50:18] >> All right, Dave.

[50:19] >> Mayor, council, I really don't have

[50:20] anything. I just wanted to thank you

[50:21] again for council for passing the minor

[50:24] subision requirements to make. I think

[50:27] it it will streamline the process and

[50:29] make it more efficient for our citizens

[50:32] with regards to the process timely as

[50:35] far as

[50:37] to do extra steps. I anticipate that

[50:40] we're going to bring some additional

[50:42] amendments to the major subdivision

[50:44] which deals with development rules and

[50:46] stuff. Uh clean we're in the process of

[50:48] developing some new legislation for that

[50:51] just to clean up with regards to these

[50:54] develop.

[51:03] Well, you certainly make it easy to

[51:05] pass, Dave, because you're you're always

[51:06] there with the information that I'm

[51:08] looking for, and I appreciate that.

[51:09] >> I appreciate that.

[51:12] >> Okay, Darl.

[51:14] >> Yeah, just uh couple quick things. Just

[51:17] pointing out the the guys in the service

[51:19] department have been working hard lately

[51:20] setting up for events. I think a lot of

[51:22] them have gone well from what I've

[51:23] heard. I know that the fire department's

[51:26] done a lot with the fireworks and things

[51:27] for chamber. From everything we heard

[51:29] it, it all went pretty well. So, um,

[51:32] thank you to them. Well, I'm excited.

[51:34] Um, I don't know that I got to say it at

[51:36] the time when we were at goal setting,

[51:37] but I appreciate you guys letting me

[51:40] give

[51:41] and speak to you about what's going on

[51:43] in the public works department and what

[51:45] we see that needs to happen moving

[51:47] forward. So, thank you for that. But,

[51:50] yeah, otherwise I don't really have

[51:51] anything else to report.

[51:53] >> Thanks,

[51:55] Rie.

[51:56] >> Don't have anything else.

[51:58] >> Fourth of July, you don't have anything.

[52:00] Wow.

[52:00] >> I was good.

[52:01] >> Wow.

[52:02] >> Okay.

[52:03] >> Apparently, we gave it all to

[52:04] >> Ro.

[52:08] As I was hearing booms, I thought, "Oh,

[52:09] the police the police department must be

[52:11] busy."

[52:12] >> Okay.

[52:13] >> No news is good news for police

[52:14] department.

[52:15] >> Yeah.

[52:16] >> All right, Matt.

[52:17] >> Um, yeah, just a couple quick things.

[52:19] First of all, uh, as far as the

[52:21] transition to Rita goes, I want to thank

[52:23] council for working with me on that and city manager and everybody else. And

[52:27] I also wanted to um thank Lori uh for

[52:32] being a a very important part of this

[52:34] process. She's been extremely helpful.

[52:36] She has a really good relationship with

[52:38] um our current uh income tax software

[52:41] vendor to make sure that that data is

[52:43] shared with Rita and everything. So

[52:44] she's been uh invaluable. So I want to

[52:47] say thank you to her. Uh also just real

[52:50] briefly um the the Ritman officer uh who

[52:54] was tragically

[52:56] killed in the line of duty last night. I

[52:58] knew him. Uh he was a really really good

[53:01] guy and it's it's just always sad. So

[53:03] thoughts thoughts and prayers with his

[53:05] family and and the victims of that as

[53:08] well.

[53:10] >> That's terrible.

[53:18] » Anything else?

[53:21] >> Uh yeah. The only thing I'd like to

[53:22] mention is I I thought we had a great

[53:26] goal setting session. I was glad to see

[53:28] it come back. I appreciate the teamwork

[53:33] that we have here like you can't

[53:35] believe. I've been to a lot of goal

[53:37] setting sessions. We've had a lot of

[53:38] good productive ones over the years, but

[53:41] this one was really, really done well.

[53:44] Um I just appreciate the teamwork, the

[53:47] department heads, Andy and Tiffany. The

[53:50] way it was put together was fantastic.

[53:53] >> Yes. A lot of great information.

[53:55] >> Thank you.

[53:56] >> Yes.

[53:58] >> Okay. I echo that as well. Um and I'll

[54:02] entertain a motion to move into

[54:05] executive session for the purpose to

[54:07] consider the appointment, employment,

[54:08] dismissal, discipline, promotion to

[54:10] motion, or compensation of a public.

[54:13] >> I'll make that motion. Mayor

[54:16] >> second.

[54:18] Go ahead and vote.

[54:20] >> Street,

[54:21] >> yes.

[54:21] >> Alexander,

[54:22] >> yes.

[54:23] >> Gdon,

[54:23] >> yes.

[54:24] >> Mallister,

[54:25] >> yes.

[54:26] >> And no, no action to follow. Um, hope to

[54:30] see everybody at second Friday.

[54:32] >> This is going to be a fun one.

[54:33] >> It will. And who? Who do you want to

[54:35] stay?

[54:36] >> Take our time in executive session. I

[54:38] want to go out.

[54:43] Everybody else should be good.

Louisville City Council Meeting 07/06/2026

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