[0:00] car shield or something. Your car
warranty.
[0:06] » Lori, are you good?
>> All right, we will call the council
[0:09] meeting to order. Please rise for prayer
allegiance.
[0:12] Our
Father, who art in heaven, be thy name,
[0:18] thy kingdom, thy will be done on earth
as in heaven. Give us this day our daily
[0:24] bread, and forgive us our trespasses as
we forgive those who trespass against
[0:29] us. Lead us into temptation, but deliver
us from evil. is the kingdom power and
[0:36] the glory force
[0:42] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[0:46] stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:52] for all.
[0:58] » All right, good evening everybody.
We're going to start tonight with item
[1:03] D, uh, Hope Services, the Henry County
Board of Developmental Disabilities
[1:08] presentation of a proclamation during
March as developmental disability month.
[1:14] Mr. Mayor, I'll kick to you.
>> All right. Thank you. Um, I have a
[1:18] proclamation I would like to read.
Whereas 2026 developmental disabilities
[1:25] awareness month proclamation, hope
services as Henry Countyy's board of
[1:30] developmental disabilities has served
citizens with developmental disabilities
[1:36] for over 50 years and developmental
disabilities are conditions which affect
[1:41] millions of Americans and families. We
recognize that Hope Services serves
[1:46] approximately 400 county citizens with
disabilities and individuals with
[1:52] developmental disabilities, their
families, friends, neighbors, and
[1:57] co-workers. Encourage everyone to focus
on the abilities of all people.
[2:02] The most effective way to increase this
awareness is through everyone's active
[2:06] participation in community activities
and the openness to learn and to
[2:12] acknowledge each individual's
contribution.
[2:15] We encourage all citizens to support
opportunities for people with
[2:19] disabilities that include full access to
education, housing, employment, and
[2:24] recreational activities. Now therefore,
I, Joe, by the rookie, mayor of city
[2:31] Napoleon, do hereby proclaim March 2026
as developmental disability awareness
[2:38] month and recognize that our communities
are stronger when everyone participates.
[2:43] Take time to get to know someone with a
disability. recognize ability at work
[2:49] and see what he or she has to offer and
give full support towards enabling
[2:53] people with developmental disabilities
to live productive lives and achieve
[2:58] their potential.
Thank you. Would you like to come up?
[3:10] While they're making their way up, I
would like to just add a little bit
[3:13] here. Um,
since I became mayor, I've been asked um
[3:18] for the Special Olympics. They've asked
me to lead their torch walk. Um, a
[3:23] couple other things. And then um about a
year and a half ago, I was asked to
[3:27] throw the first pitch out for a um
Special Olympic softball game. And um I
[3:33] was honored to be able to do that. And
after doing that um they were short a
[3:37] coach and then they asked me if I would
coach first base and I did. and I had
[3:42] probably the most fun I could I have had
in a long time. And then since then I
[3:47] would been asked to be um on the uh
Special Olympics golf team. So I have a
[3:52] partner that plays golf that's a special
uh Olympic athlete and him and I
[3:58] practice together. We've worked really
hard. Um we won our regional um that was
[4:03] in Finley and then we went to uh state
in Columbus and um we came in fourth
[4:09] place and I'm looking forward to doing
that again this year. That's just one of
[4:13] » He made you look really good, didn't he?
>> You know, and he taught me a lot where,
[4:18] you know, I hit a bad shot and, you
know, I may have said something I
[4:22] probably shouldn't have, but he's like,
"Joe, it's okay that, you know, we all
[4:26] hit bad shots." I'm thinking and put me
in, you know, my thoughts in
[4:30] perspective.
>> So, I'll let you two talk about
[4:33] » Thank you, Jeff. Can I ask you to sign
this, please?
[4:36] » Sure.
>> While I chat at you a little bit,
[4:38] Christina is gonna make sure these make
it around the table. It's just a small
[4:42] fact sheet on hope.
>> Introduce yourselves.
[4:44] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[4:45] » My name is Don McBride and I work with
infants and toddlers at Hope. I have
[4:49] been with the Hope program for 42 years.
All of young children all six and under.
[4:55] So infants and toddlers aren't my thing.
A lot of people are saying what do you
[4:59] do with infants and toddlers? Lots. Our
babies come to us sometimes with medical
[5:05] diagnosises.
It may be that they are missing a limb,
[5:09] maybe down syndrome, maybe yes, we do
have uh alcohol and drug addicted babies
[5:16] in Henry County. It might have that. It
could be young parents that are at risk.
[5:21] Many of our kids come with, we don't
know the medical reason, but they're
[5:24] behind on language. Communication is
probably the number one reason that kids
[5:29] are referred right now. We also work
with kids with motor delays. Sometimes
[5:34] those tough to parent kids
we don't know what's going on, but they
[5:38] are fussy, maybe they gag, maybe they
just do some different things. We can
[5:45] often show families, caregivers,
um, strategies to use with them to make
[5:50] life just a little easier. All the kids
have to qualify with some kind of
[5:54] developmental life. So, we serve that.
Hope serves from birth through
[5:58] adulthood. Lots of different services.
So, if they come in early intervention,
[6:03] we help work to preschool. The goal is
we start with kids at risk with delays
[6:08] and hopefully we are good at what we do.
The kids do well and we can just narrow
[6:12] that focus and not as many people will
need services all their life. And if
[6:17] they do, we have people that will
provide those services. Christina is
[6:21] involved with the adult program. This is
Christina Clark. She's going to tell you
[6:25] a little bit about what she does at
Hope.
[6:29] I'm the receptionist for Hope Services,
the morning receptionist.
[6:33] I
involved with voices of hope that stand
[6:39] for
[6:42] » I'm really bad at that
selfy group standing up for yourself and
[6:48] speaking the for rights and
responsibility for other people. Um I'm
[6:53] involved with the hope foundation
which a
[7:00] group that what if your waiverss don't
cover something you can go to that
[7:06] um
special Olympics
[7:11] housing
>> I I have a provider um easy living
[7:17] » and you have a roommate a couple
roommates?
[7:19] » Yep.
>> Two of them. and her provider just comes
[7:22] in um provides assistance only where she
needs it. So Christina does a lot with
[7:28] hope. Joe talked about Special Olympics.
That was a perfect segue. Special
[7:33] Olympics has so many programs. We have
all kinds of video game programs. We
[7:40] have all your major sports. There's
horseback riding. There's tons of stuff
[7:44] that individuals can choose to do.
Individuals, you see them around our
[7:49] community. I hope at least um working,
playing, recreating, touring arts is a
[7:56] big deal right now. People are liking
that art and crafting things and so we
[8:00] have a lot of individuals that take part
in that as well. Do you have any
[8:04] questions about hope
at all? Everybody kind of familiar a
[8:10] little bit?
>> How can people get involved if they want
[8:13] to help with something?
>> Yeah, we're always looking for
[8:16] volunteers or just helpful hands. We do
fundraisers, lots of fundraisers. So if
[8:21] you see that, if you support us in
fundraisers, that's terrific. We can use
[8:25] volunteers for Special Olympics, other
programs as well. Um, sometimes we just
[8:30] need simple things. We'll put it out on
Facebook. Anybody have One of them was
[8:34] yarn. Anybody have some yarn? Anybody
have some? So we try to do that.
[8:39] » Right now, Voices of Hope is doing a
fundraiser.
[8:43] You can buy a March DD awareness month
magnet for $5.
[8:49] » Yeah, just call the office and we have
those available. We'd love to share them
[8:52] with you.
>> Thank you for letting us come tonight.
[8:56] We appreciate your work.
[9:05] » Thank you.
[9:15] All right,
[9:19] that was going to be hard at top, but
we'll move to item uh our manual
[9:23] presentation. Chief, do you want to kick
us off there?
[9:26] » Uh, sure. Can we have here uh Ben
Williams uh
[9:33] and Nikki Ferguson from the man unit?
Um, I'm going to go ahead and and let
[9:38] you uh speak for a couple of seconds
here on on what we're talking about here
[9:42] and what our request is.
>> Sure.
[9:44] » And then these folks will be able to
kind of give you a little bit of
[9:50] background on what this project is and
and uh what Nikki does in in her role at
[9:56] the man unit and and how important this
uh like I say this request really is.
[10:02] So, thank you. is the the one Ohio fund.
Is that that's correct? So, um there is
[10:08] a settlement out there that goes through
the one Ohio fund. Currently, the city
[10:12] of Napoleon has the fund that's been
there for a period of time. Not quite
[10:18] sure how often that payouts are made,
but uh it's not it's not um it's not
[10:25] regular, but we do have money there. Um
Chief brought this to my attention. This
[10:30] is something that can only be used for
um drug addiction education and we
[10:36] haven't had a a proper use for it
previous to this until um Chief Le
[10:41] brought to my attention the man unit and
uh Nikki Ferguson's role with them. Um
[10:46] they spent a little bit of time with me
a week or so ago to um explain some of
[10:51] the work that she does, the important
work that she does across uh five
[10:55] counties, six counties. And um I think
that uh after you hear what they have to
[11:01] say, uh it may be in your interest to um
use that money that sits in that fund to
[11:08] help um finance this position to
continue. So I'm sure they can explain a
[11:14] lot better than I can, but that's the
that's the meat of it. So hi, welcome
[11:18] back, Ben. Welcome back.
>> Thank you for having us. Thank you for
[11:21] your time. Uh we just appreciate any
support that you might guys might give
[11:24] us. We're a sixcount drug task force
like the chief mentioned. Um in 2024 we
[11:30] started this liaison position for
substance abuse and mental health. I'll
[11:33] let Nikki talk. Um but that previously
was funded through a federal co-op grant
[11:38] and unfortunately that's not being
renewed. So we're trying to be proactive
[11:40] to keep this position going because it's
so successful. Um it it really impacts
[11:45] your community, the six county community
and I'll turn it over to Nikki. But uh
[11:49] any help and support we really
appreciate.
[11:52] » Hi Nikki.
>> Hi. Good evening.
[11:55] As he said, my position was started in
November of 2024. It was developed so
[11:59] that I would respond to overdoses, both
fatal and non-fatal. If it's a fatal
[12:03] overdose, my goal is to connect the
family members to grief support services
[12:07] specific to the type of grief that they
are going through. If it is a non-fatal
[12:11] overdose, my goal is to connect that
person to treatment and services. I also
[12:15] take referrals from police departments.
So, it's it's been developed as the
[12:20] position has gone on and we really
realized we it doesn't have to be at
[12:23] that crisis point until we step in. So,
we take referrals and we just actually
[12:27] last week received a QR code where
anybody in the community can make
[12:31] referrals if they have somebody whether
it's a family member, friend, neighbor
[12:34] that they know is in need of treatment
for mental health and substance use
[12:38] disorder. Um, I've also been had the
fortune to work with uh Chief Bowen and
[12:42] Napoleon Fire Department to develop a
leave behind program. Uh we only have
[12:46] that in two of our counties right now,
Napoleon and Defiance. But both uh
[12:50] Napoleon and Defiance City Fire
Department stepped up. And what that
[12:54] entails is if you have somebody who
overdoses and they sign off against
[12:57] medical advice, they don't want to go to
the hospital, the fire department can
[13:00] leave them with Nlloxxone, Narcan. Um
and then also they will leave them with
[13:05] a resource card and my business card so
that they have the ability to maybe if
[13:09] they're not ready right then to reach
out for services, they have the ability
[13:12] to reach out in the future. Um, we do a
lot of education within the schools. Um,
[13:17] and then I work quite a bit with the
health department here in Henry County.
[13:20] Uh, I had the fortune to work for Henry
County Sheriff's Office before I went to
[13:23] the man unit. So, I was already familiar
with the work that Henry County Health
[13:27] Department was doing. Um, really what's
unfortunate is we do have the smallest
[13:32] in our fourount area, the smallest
population here in Henry County, but we
[13:35] have the second highest number of
overdoses. Um, I think that they have
[13:39] really taken a very proactive step at
the health department and I know Chief
[13:43] Le and Chief Bowen are very active in
those meetings as well as far as the
[13:47] Narcan boxes that they have and making
that available to the public. So, uh, I
[13:51] actually sat down in a meeting with them
today to see how we can expand the Leap
[13:54] Behind program from just Napoleon Fire
Department to the rest of the fire
[13:58] departments in Henry County as well. Um,
but I'm open if any of you have any
[14:02] questions or um, so I can further
explain kind of what we're doing.
[14:08] So Nikki, these uh one Ohio funds, could
you speak specifically on where those
[14:12] funds would be going towards?
>> Yeah, I'll take over that. Sure. So
[14:16] basically, um her position was funded
through grants through the federal
[14:20] grants and unfortunately those aren't
getting renewed. So all the monies that
[14:23] we receive from local governments, like
I said, we're six county task force. So
[14:26] we're going to all the local governments
within our jurisdiction and trying to
[14:30] get support for that position. and all
that money that we do coupe will go to
[14:35] earmark for her for the future longevity
of her position. There are some future
[14:39] grants that we're hoping for. The one
Ohio Foundation has some other grants
[14:42] that we've applied for. Uh but currently
we haven't heard any news on any funding
[14:46] in the future, but we're definitely it's
promising, but for right now we're just
[14:51] trying to be proactive and any monies we
do come into. We're going to earmark it
[14:54] for the future and also continue to
improve her position and we're looking
[14:59] to even expand it just because of how
successful it is and and the need is
[15:03] it's it's hard for one person to you
know combat the whole sixcount area. So
[15:08] it's a lot for her and so we're trying
to expand that. So yeah,
[15:12] » thanks Ben. if I could tag in. Um,
one of the things about this money is
[15:17] it's very niche on what you can use it
for. So, I can't just use it for
[15:24] anything. We get it as a settlement. And
um, you know, I could put up a billboard
[15:30] with it.
What's a billboard? It's an
[15:34] advertisement. Nikki's getting out
there. She is out there
[15:38] in the, you know, in the dirt. she's out
there taking care of people and
[15:42] otherwise this money is going to sit
there and it's not going to do anything
[15:46] for us. Uh we turn this over uh like the
other uh members of the man unit are uh
[15:54] also in turn doing the same thing uh
we're ask or they're asking us to do as
[15:59] well. And uh like I say, we're going to
get actually get some use out of this
[16:04] money. And that's uh that's why I felt
it was so important to bring it to you
[16:07] and and see if we could get this uh
money freed up for that.
[16:12] » Thanks, Chief.
>> Lori, can you talk about kind of next
[16:17] steps from here?
>> Um
[16:20] well, our finance director would have
been helpful.
[16:24] Um there is, I believe, uh in the in the
probably $33,000 in that account at this
[16:32] time. Um, I believe Chief and I
discussed that um, we would not
[16:38] necessarily ask for all of that, but
good portion of that. Maybe leave 3,000
[16:43] there for something that may arise in
the future. Like I said, we don't know
[16:47] that there won't be more added to that
in the future. Um,
[16:53] » the uh, it's possible annually there
would be small amounts. Just depends on
[17:00] the government,
>> right? And so the other counties have
[17:04] all pitched in a certain amount ranging
from
[17:10] 20 to 30,000. So we would be in that
with right within that range. So I guess
[17:15] tonight we would ask for you to
um approve to have the money from the um
[17:22] one of Ohio settlement fund for the city
of Napoleon to be uh donated to the man
[17:29] unit for the specific use.
[17:36] Laura, you don't have that information
in front of you. Do you specific?
[17:39] » I can add that in two 2024 we received
15,000.
[17:44] In 2025, we received 11,000.
We do have a total of 33,000.
[17:51] » Okay.
[17:57] » Any other questions or comments?
My question is, how many families or
[18:03] individuals has this program helped?
>> That's a great question. We just started
[18:08] tracking our data with a a system called
Cordata last October. So, we're still
[18:13] trying to backfill data from November of
2024, but so far we show that we have
[18:19] helped 92 individuals. That doesn't say
necessarily how many families it has
[18:24] helped. And I wish that I had the number
for how many talks we've done, but I've
[18:28] been able to do talks within schools and
communities. Judge Pepper Firestone has
[18:32] approached and wants to do some
community education on some of the
[18:36] over-the-counter drugs that we're
seeing, things like and how those are
[18:40] affecting negatively in our communities.
So, it's hard to put an exact number on
[18:43] that, but I can give you more specific
if that's something you're interested
[18:46] in. It's something I could certainly
send over um just from what we have
[18:49] compiled so far.
[18:55] Thank you.
>> Like Chief said, we're pretty limited in
[18:58] what it can be used for. However, I
would I I say that this is a great um
[19:05] administration of the funds to put them
in the hands of someone who knows
[19:08] exactly what needs are out there and can
use them specifically for that.
[19:14] » Remind me, Chief, did we use part of
this fund to fund DARE previously?
[19:19] » No. What happens with with DARE and the
lead program is we budget for that and
[19:27] then uh the four county ads board
reimburses uses what we spend on that.
[19:31] » Okay,
[19:36] » that's great.
[19:40] » Questions or comments?
>> Thank you for what you do.
[19:45] » Yes,
>> really appreciate it.
[19:46] » Thank you.
[19:49] » All right. If there are no other
questions or comments, can um is there
[19:53] interest in making a motion to make a
donation from the one Ohio settlement
[19:58] fund to the man unit?
>> A motion.
[20:02] » Second.
>> And please call the role.
[20:05] » Ross,
>> yes.
[20:06] » Dr. J,
>> yes.
[20:07] » Tom,
>> yes.
[20:08] » Meredith,
>> yes.
[20:09] » Victor,
>> yes.
[20:11] » Jordan,
>> yes.
[20:12] » Yes.
>> All right.
[20:14] » Nikki Ben, thank you both. We really
appreciate it.
[20:17] » Thank you, Chief L.
[20:24] All right, that will bring us to item F,
approval of minutes
[20:29] uh from the February 16th, 2026 Raven
Council meeting. In the absence of any
[20:32] objections or corrections, the minutes
shall stand approved.
[20:39] All right, I'm hearing none. Those will
stand approved. Item G, citizen
[20:43] communication. If anyone is in
attendance tonight that would like to
[20:46] address council on any matters outside
of the agenda topics, now would be the
[20:50] time to do so.
[20:55] Right. Also hearing none. Item H reports
from council committees. H1, the finance
[20:59] and budget committee did not meet on
February 23rd, 2026 due to lack of
[21:03] agenda items. H2, the safety and human
resource committee along with the
[21:08] townships met on February 23rd, 2026 at
7 pm and discussed Mr. McBride.
[21:14] » We reviewed the EMS costs and revenues
and we are recommending approval for the
[21:18] 2026 contracts for EMS and fire.
>> Thank you, sir.
[21:23] H3, the technology and communications
committee did not meet earlier this
[21:27] evening due to lack of agenda items. and
H4, the safety and human resource
[21:32] committee met earlier this evening and
discussed
[21:36] » wastewater treatment plant assistant
superintendent position and pay scale
[21:40] adjustment. We do have a recommendation
for that and we also have a
[21:43] recommendation for the electrical
department electrical construction
[21:46] maintenance inspector position and pay
scale increase there as well.
[21:50] » Thank you again.
All right, we will jump to item J,
[21:54] introduction of new ordinances and
resolutions. There are none this
[21:56] evening. Item K is second reading. There
are also none this evening. Item L,
[22:02] third reading of ordinances and
resolutions. L1 is ordinance number
[22:06] 003-26
and ordinance adding section 925.89
[22:11] and amending section 925.99
of the city of Ohio codified ordinances
[22:17] as they relate to the rules for disposal
at the city's yard waste collection site
[22:21] and declaring an emergency.
>> Motion.
[22:26] » Second.
>> Thank you. Thank you, Council President.
[22:29] This is just third read to approve our
yard waste site rules uh just in time
[22:34] for the spring season.
>> Thank you, ma'am.
[22:40] Questions or comments from council? I
know this has been discussed at length
[22:42] the last couple meetings, but anything
else to add.
[22:50] All right, hearing none. And please call
the role.
[22:53] » Ross,
>> yes.
[22:54] » Dr. Dave,
>> yes.
[22:55] » Tom,
>> yes.
[22:56] » Meredith,
>> yes.
[22:58] Yes.
>> Jordan,
[22:59] » yes.
>> Britney,
[23:00] » yes.
>> All right, that will pass on third read
[23:02] under emergency
item L2, resolution number 060A-25,
[23:10] a resolution authorizing the city
manager to execute any and all documents
[23:14] necessary to sell approximately 0.876
876 acres of land, more or less a
[23:21] portion of parcel number 41-129332.0040
[23:29] located within and owned by the city of
Nepal, Ohio, and declaring an emergency.
[23:36] » Second.
>> Thank you, Lori.
[23:38] » Thank you, Council President. This is
our final read to approve the um
[23:43] marketing and sale of the property that
we discussed the last several meetings.
[23:49] Uh this is the parcel to the south of
the Fred Girkin or west of Fred Fred
[23:56] Gerken property. Um it's had a history
going from uh the CIC to now being sold
[24:03] out right by the city. Um
I can answer questions. Chad Luffs is
[24:08] here also to answer questions about the
property specific. Um
[24:14] the former law director Billy Harmon
said that this was the the best way and
[24:19] the most efficient and inexpensive way
for us to um you know be able to sell
[24:24] the land that we don't have a use for.
[24:31] » Any questions from council?
[24:37] hearing none. And please call the role.
>> Ross,
[24:40] » yes.
>> Dr. D,
[24:41] » yes.
>> Tom,
[24:42] » yes.
>> Meredith,
[24:43] » yes.
>> Victor,
[24:44] » yes.
>> Jordan,
[24:45] » yes.
>> Yes.
[24:47] » All right. That has also passed on third
read with emergency.
[24:58] All right. Item
M1,
[25:02] discussion or action. uh 2026 fire EMS
contracts with Freedom, Harrison,
[25:08] Napoleon Townships, and Henry County
South joint ambulance district in the
[25:12] village of Florida. Um Gloria, if you
want to take that.
[25:16] » Sure. Thank you, Council President. This
was from the safety and human resources
[25:20] meeting that took place last Monday
while some of us were in Washington DC.
[25:25] I see that Chief Bowen is here. So,
would you mind coming up to give an
[25:29] update of um
>> Yeah. So, we just presented them with
[25:31] 2025's cost. same thing we do every
year. Um we tried to do this earlier so
[25:36] we weren't up against the deadline
because those do expire April one. Um
[25:39] but we will uh have to ask for a
suspension to get those through by then
[25:43] as we'll only have two meetings before
um or we'll only have one meeting after
[25:47] legislation's drawn. So we'll need
suspension on that. But other than that
[25:51] there were no questions other than um
call volume questions you know where are
[25:55] we going that kind of stuff. But nothing
on the financial side
[25:59] um I did get a request Sunday afternoon
Harrison Township to come to their
[26:03] meeting tomorrow night and just kind of
go through because they had a couple
[26:06] members that weren't there. So, I'll go
do that. But there's I see no revol from
[26:10] any of the townships that they won't
sign. So,
[26:14] » thanks J.
[26:18] » Any questions or comments?
[26:24] » If not, I would entertain a motion to
direct our law director to draft
[26:28] legislation, please. So moved.
>> Thank you. And please call the RO.
[26:34] » Ross,
>> yes.
[26:35] » Dr. Dave,
>> yes.
[26:36] » Tom,
>> yes.
[26:37] » Meredith,
>> yes.
[26:38] » Victor,
>> yes.
[26:39] » Jordan,
>> yes.
[26:40] » Britney,
>> yes.
[26:42] » All right. Item M2, discussion or action
requesting approval of plans and bid
[26:47] documents for the industrial drive
payment pavement replacement project.
[26:54] » Thank you. I'm going to go ahead and
turn this over to Chad Loves to to uh
[26:58] give you a further explanation on this
project.
[27:01] » Hey Chad,
>> evening.
[27:04] Uh we are requesting approval of the
plans and bid documents. Uh this is one
[27:09] of the streets that we were intending to
include in our miscellaneous uh 2026
[27:14] miscellaneous streets project. However,
because it is a different type of
[27:21] project than what we normally do, we put
it as its own set of plans. As
[27:26] everyone's aware, in the area of
Industrial Drive and American Road, all
[27:32] those streets are concrete.
A portion of Industrial Drive north of
[27:37] the intersection has never been
replaced. It's the portion that is
[27:42] directly west of the truck scales at the
old TA truck stop there. Uh for we're
[27:50] proposing to replace 345 ft. This is the
last remaining section of the asphalt
[27:56] pavement that was built when uh that
used to be an intersection and 24 went
[28:03] around. It's very thin asphalt pavement.
We have ruts in the middle of the road
[28:08] that are about 6 in deep. Uh so we're
proposing to remove 345 ft of asphalt
[28:14] pavement, leave the curb in, uh get that
out of there, and then install concrete
[28:19] pavement to match what's in the
intersection and what's on American Road
[28:24] and Industrial Drive. Um we have
$500,000 in the budget for our
[28:29] miscellaneous streets project. of that
uh amount. The engineers estimate for
[28:36] this project is $270,000.
That will still leave us money uh to do
[28:41] our paving project this year. That's why
we're also waiting to put that project
[28:46] out. We will wait and see where the bids
come in, what monies we have left in
[28:52] that fund before we put the
miscellaneous asphalt paving project
[28:57] out.
But tonight, we're just asking for
[28:59] approval of the plans and specifications
so we can advertise this project for
[29:03] bids.
>> Thanks, Chad.
[29:08] » All right. Any questions from council?
[29:15] » Do we have a motion to approve?
>> Motion.
[29:19] » Second. Thank you. And please call the
RO.
[29:21] » Ross,
>> yes.
[29:22] » Dr.
>> Yes.
[29:24] » Tom,
>> yes.
[29:25] » Yes.
Yes.
[29:28] » Yes.
>> Britney,
[29:28] » yes.
>> All right, that has been approved. Item
[29:32] M3, discussion or action award of the
North Harmony Drive replacement
[29:37] projects. Lori,
>> thank you, Council President. This um
[29:41] Chad Loves can also speak to this. This
is the um project that has been put off
[29:46] and put off because of the expense of
it. And I'm so very thankful that he was
[29:50] able to uh reconfigure and um replan and
and make it affordable. And so now it
[29:57] will be going forward with your
approval.
[30:01] » Sure.
>> Um just to expand a little bit on what
[30:05] the city manager said there. We had
designed this project about six or seven
[30:09] years ago. We submitted it in the budget
every year. Most of the time, I don't
[30:15] believe that project made it to those
sitting in this room. It was cut out by
[30:20] the city managers at that time. The
original budget for this project was
[30:24] going to be about $565,000.
Uh after the success we had in the Twin
[30:30] Oaks area last year, we decided to take
another look at this project and attack
[30:35] it in a similar fashion where the old
concrete streets were removed, the curbs
[30:40] left in place, and asphalt installed. Uh
our estimate for the project was
[30:46] $275,000.
Uh last week we opened four bids on the
[30:52] project. The low bid uh on the project
was Ward Construction Company out of
[30:57] Lipstick, Ohio. Their bid was 257,720.
[31:03] And we're just asking council to award
this project to Ward Construction
[31:07] Company in the amount of $257,720,000
[31:13] so we can work on getting North Harmony
and the concrete block of Indiana place.
[31:21] » Thanks, Chef.
[31:25] questions.
>> Have we used Ward before?
[31:28] » Yes. Ward is actually the company that
did the work in Twin Oaks last year.
[31:33] » Um they've done a few other projects in
town, but that's the most recent and I
[31:38] don't doubt that's why they were a
little bit on this. They they kind of
[31:42] got it down to a science.
>> Great. Thank you.
[31:48] » Any other questions?
[31:54] If not, can we have a motion to award
the bid to award construction company in
[31:57] the amount of $257,720,
please?
[32:02] » Second.
>> Thank you. And please call the role.
[32:05] » Ross,
>> yes.
[32:06] » Dr. Dave,
>> yes.
[32:07] » Tom,
>> yes.
[32:08] » Meredith,
>> yes.
[32:09] » Victor,
>> yes.
[32:10] » Jordan,
>> yes.
[32:11] » Britney,
>> yes.
[32:13] » All right, that has been approved.
And item M4, discussion or action,
[32:19] approval of a new liquor permit for
Hawks Pizza and Drive-Thru at 402 East
[32:24] Washington Street.
>> Lori, you want to take that one?
[32:28] » Sure. Chad, do you know more about this,
too? This kind of just came to my
[32:32] attention yesterday.
>> Oh, okay. Chief, I know typically to to
[32:38] read
>> Yeah, I was notified of the uh the
[32:41] permit and uh reviewed any of our
records from there. We have no problem
[32:46] That's typically the
>> typically the the action that we take.
[32:50] » Yeah. No action from council is a signal
of approval
[32:53] » and they will just go ahead and approve
it at the state level if we don't have
[32:57] any objection. If we take no action,
they will just go through it.
[33:02] » Okay.
>> What what is what is changing with their
[33:04] permit that they need a new one?
>> Just a
[33:07] new that's why guard there. But okay.
Yeah. It's just how the paperwork comes
[33:12] through. We get these every so often.
>> Okay.
[33:16] Thanks, Chief.
Any questions or comments before we move
[33:20] on there?
[33:25] » Hearing none.
We'll go around the table, Lori. I'll
[33:29] start with you.
>> All right. I uh welcome to Tony. It's
[33:34] nice to sit by you tonight.
Uh and um we had a great trip in DC this
[33:40] past week and uh I think we it was very
productive. We've got some good messages
[33:44] across to our legislators and already
starting to see some fruits from that.
[33:48] So hopefully we'll have more to talk to
you about soon. That's all I have.
[33:54] » Tony, anything to add?
>> Thank you, Lori, for that. Very kind.
[33:58] Other than that, I don't have anything.
>> All right, Meredith,
[34:02] » I've got nothing. Welcome, Tony.
>> Tom, same.
[34:07] » Dr. Dave,
>> good to have you on board, sir.
[34:12] Same thing. Welcome, Tony. And Lori kind
of took what I was going to say about
[34:16] our trip. Um, yeah, I think it was very
successful this year. We we got to um
[34:23] speak to three or four different
legislators and um it wasn't just about
[34:29] the power and um the AMP projects and
things like that. We got to talk to them
[34:34] about a few different things that um
will definitely affect the city of
[34:39] Napoleon. So, it's a good trip.
>> Yeah, I I think we do a great job of
[34:44] kind of piggybacking on the uh American
Public Power Association conference and
[34:49] um we take designated time to speak to
our legislators about Napoleon topics
[34:54] and um they were all very welcoming and
receptive this year. So, that was a a
[35:01] great sign. Um we typically go with
three or four topics in hand. Our topics
[35:06] this year were looking for funding for
the water line uh under the river. Um
[35:11] help with our railroad crossings in
town. We've obviously put a ton of money
[35:15] to our roads in town and to still have
uh speed traps going over railroads is
[35:20] is difficult. So um looking for some
assistance there. And then the the last
[35:25] topic we talked about was just help with
our police facility. Um it's obviously
[35:29] in need of a ton of help and updating.
So looking for funding for those and uh
[35:35] like Lori said, I think we'll have
promising results to share in the coming
[35:39] future. So
Britney,
[35:43] » you're welcome.
[35:46] » Jordan,
>> I guess I have to say welcome to Tony.
[35:51] » Pleasure meeting you, Tony.
>> Lori,
[35:53] » welcome Tony.
And I will just ask for uh a motion to
[35:59] go into executive session to consider
the appointment, employment, or
[36:03] compensation of a public employee or
official. Please
[36:07] motion.
>> Second.
[36:09] » Thank you. And please call the RO.
>> Ross,
[36:12] » yes.
>> Yes.
[36:13] » Tom,
>> yes.
[36:15] » Yes.
>> Victor,
[36:16] » yes.
>> Jordan,
[36:17] » yes.
>> Yes.
[36:18] » All right. Uh we'll start with just
elected officials, then bring you guys
[36:22] in shortly.
[36:30] All right. Can we have a motion come out
of executive session to concern the
[36:33] appointment, employment, or compensation
of a public employee or official,
[36:37] please?
>> Motion.
[36:40] » Second.
>> Thank you. And please call the RO.
[36:43] » Ross,
>> yes.
[36:43] » Dr. Dave,
>> yes.
[36:45] » Tom,
>> yes.
[36:46] » Yes.
>> Victor,
[36:47] » yes.
>> Jordan,
[36:48] » yes.
>> Yes.
[36:50] » All right. No action taken there. Uh
item O, approve payment of bills. In the
[36:55] absence of any objections or
corrections, the payment of bills shall
[36:58] stand approved.
[37:01] Hearing none, they will stand approved.
Do we have a motion to adjurnn?
[37:07] » Second.
>> And please call.
[37:10] » Yes. Dr. Dave,
>> yes.
[37:12] » Tom,
>> yes.
[37:13] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[37:15] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[37:17] » All right, we are adjourned. Thank you
everybody.