[0:01] He's here and ready.
>> Are you ready?
[0:07] » Meetings called to order. Uh let's stand
for the
[0:13] » to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for it
[0:18] stands nation.
[0:29] Call the roll please. Boil
>> here
[0:34] » Foster
>> here.
[0:36] » Vincent,
[0:40] » ner
>> here.
[0:41] » Perry
>> Stacy Vincent asked that we excuse her
[0:47] tonight. And just for a point of order,
when we have um work sessions, it's not
[0:53] necessary to be excused, but since we're
always making these special uh council
[1:00] meetings,
>> I'll make a motion to excuse Stacy.
[1:03] Anybody? Thank you, Amanda.
>> All right. Can you call the role,
[1:07] please?
>> Boil,
[1:10] » yes.
>> Bilski,
[1:11] » yes.
>> Foster,
[1:12] » yes.
>> Yes.
[1:16] » Yes. Thank you. Uh, next is a motion to
approve purchase of a 2026
[1:22] four-wheel drive dualhe
doesn't make sense wheel Dodge Ram 3,500
[1:30] Chuck Cassie from Montro
CJDR at a cost not to exceed $48,965.
[1:40] That bid was under the state
[1:44] program. Do I have a motion, please?
I'll make that motion. Thank you, Kim.
[1:48] » Thank you, Chad.
>> Okay. Um
[1:54] or you want to talk to this?
>> Um 2026 budget included the replacement
[1:59] of our 2016 um flatbed. Um this is a
chassis only. There will be some other
[2:06] items purchased, a snow plow to go on
it, uh roughly $9,500. But I do want to
[2:12] make a point that years ago we started
um using aluminum flatbeds and the
[2:17] service department, this will be the
third time around. Um we initially had
[2:22] it installed by uh a contractor. The
second chassis that came around, we
[2:26] reinstalled the flatbed on it. We will
be doing the same this time around,
[2:31] which probably saves us close to about
$10,000 on that. So, um we've been
[2:36] setting up for repurposing certain
things and equipment along the way. But
[2:40] this 10-year-old vehicle is one that's,
you know, these trucks work pretty hard
[2:44] clearing snow, pulling equipment around.
Um, we have a 10-year cycle on our
[2:48] smaller equipment.
>> Question.
[2:53] » Sure.
So, uh, won't clearly won't be in time
[2:56] for this year, but, um, apparently
there's a a plow that some of the
[3:00] municipalities have where when it gets
to the driveways, it goes out and clears
[3:04] the drive. So, drive so that you it
doesn't because the aprons, especially
[3:08] in the circles, as you know, it's
backbreaking. That is the worst part of
[3:13] anyone's shoveling. So, I know that uh
few municipalities have them, and I
[3:18] don't know if that's, you know, in the
cards for orange, but it'd be pretty
[3:21] cool if it were. We don't. A lot of them
they're known as um wing plows in a lot
[3:26] of uh municipalities. I would say more
along the lines of townships and stuff
[3:31] like that, but they're dangerous on curb
streets. They more used in a burn
[3:35] atmosphere instead of a curb streets and
the short narrow areas like the
[3:40] mailboxes. And when you're talking about
a culde-sac, there's really no room to
[3:44] push that back. And what now we're um
obviously struggling with uh residential
[3:49] snowplow contractors piling up snow at
the end of the aprons. Uh again, I think
[3:54] we talked about this before, front
loading garages and developments.
[3:58] There's no place to push snow. So they
drag it out, they push it at the aprons.
[4:02] And so, um, on that point, I know we
have, uh, been having some complaints
[4:06] about, uh, mailbox and we've been out
clearing those with, uh, actually using
[4:12] the skidster that was just purchased for
the trail removal along with other
[4:16] equipment. So, um, you know, to ease
our, uh, to help our residents out and
[4:21] try and clear out as much as we can.
>> Well, and I do appreciate those efforts.
[4:26] you know, as I was one of the people
that didn't get mail for two days
[4:29] because they he couldn't get close
enough and that was that was that. So, I
[4:34] do appreciate that you guys made that
effort and you cleaned it up really
[4:37] well. It was a it was a lot. I mean, a
lot for you your guys to handle
[4:42] made.
>> Great. Are there any other questions
[4:45] regarding the uh
>> chassis or is that a cab that includes a
[4:48] cab?
[4:53] » Cab and chassis.
[5:00] And it'll take a while to build, right?
>> Great question. The lead time is 3 to 6
[5:05] months of what we've been told from the
dealerships.
[5:07] » That's not bad.
>> Any other questions?
[5:12] Anna, will you call the role?
>> Oil?
[5:15] » Yes.
>> Bilski?
[5:17] » Yes.
>> Foster?
[5:18] » Yes.
>> Kurland?
[5:19] » Yes.
>> Ner?
[5:20] » Yes.
>> Perry?
[5:22] » Yes. Thanks. Uh, next is a motion to
approve the purchase of a 2026 Ford
[5:27] Interceptor 3.3 L hybrid from Montrose
Ford at a cost not to exceed $47,119.
[5:36] That was also that bid was under the
state Ohio cooperative purchasing
[5:41] program. Do I have a motion, please?
[5:48] » Okay.
>> Same scenario. for replacing a
[5:51] 10-year-old vehicle that's used by the
service department. In this scenario
[5:55] though, this uh the Dodge Durango will
be going to the building department
[6:00] being repurposed where we will be
disposing uh once this all the equipment
[6:05] comes in. Um we'll be getting rid of a
2017
[6:10] Dodge Charger, which was a repurposed
police department that we've had nothing
[6:14] but problems with. um big motors. This
is more economical for the building
[6:19] department and you know they don't drive
them much um you know just typically
[6:25] here and there for inspection purpose.
So it will be repurposed to the building
[6:29] department.
[6:32] » Any questions?
[6:37] » Boil.
>> Yes.
[6:38] » Ilski.
>> Yes.
[6:39] » Foster.
>> Yes.
[6:41] » Kurland.
>> Yes.
[6:43] » Perry.
>> Yes. Thanks. Next is a motion to declare
[6:47] one
[6:51] » le message center model AF-3500
[6:57] slash 33350 as surplus to be disposed of
at the mayor's discretion. I'll make a
[7:05] motion. Is there a second?
>> Second.
[7:08] » Thank you. Is that you, Jim?
Great. Uh any Go ahead. Do you want to
[7:15] talk about this one too? This is the
>> I certainly will. This is obviously um
[7:20] council approved uh the new message
center which has been installed. Um Anna
[7:25] is having uh quite some time I think um
playing with it and getting used to it
[7:30] and stuff like that. There's a lot of uh
things there. But um yes, we are
[7:35] requesting permission to surplus that
old unit. U more than likely we will
[7:39] fish around with gov deals. Um I'm not
quite sure what the value of it is. I
[7:44] know the companies that we uh quoted for
the replacement of that sign are not
[7:48] interested. They said there's not very
big market on these, especially when
[7:53] they started getting into that uh time
frame, that age. Um you might find
[7:58] somebody that's looking to buy it just
for parts only. So
[8:02] that's what we're looking for,
permission to uh surplus
[8:06] » previously with the purchase.
>> Is that the one out? Are we talking I
[8:09] mean I when I saw it, I had no idea what
it was. So sign out in front.
[8:12] » Yeah. How long was it the previous one
there?
[8:14] » 10 10 years.
>> No kidding. Wow.
[8:17] » It's roughly about the time frame 10
years. Most of these will warranty
[8:20] they'll guarantee the parts for them for
10 years. A lot of the warranties are 5
[8:24] years, but um you know the LEDs they
start losing their power, you start
[8:28] having problems and they won't support
them, which is one of the reasons. And
[8:31] we changed the millimeter sizing so it's
much more clear.
[8:40] All right, Anna, will you call the role?
>> Bill,
[8:44] » yes.
>> Billski,
[8:45] » yes.
>> Foster,
[8:46] » yes.
>> Erland,
[8:48] » yes.
>> Ner,
[8:49] » yes.
>> Perry,
[8:50] » yes. Thanks. Can I have a motion to
approve the special counsel minute
[8:54] meeting minutes of January 7th, please?
>> So moved.
[8:58] » Second.
>> Thank you.
[9:01] Um, anybody notice anything that needs
tweaking?
[9:05] » May I make a comment? So, I've seen a
lot of minutes. These are fantastic
[9:08] minutes. Very well done. They're they're
they're not overwhelming. They're not
[9:13] like a verbatim quote of what happened,
but they're Yeah, I know. But it's it's
[9:16] it takes a lot of work to do this. And I
I when I saw it, I read through it, I'm
[9:20] like, "Wow, these are really well done."
And
[9:23] » I don't know that anybody's really
taking uh you know, inventory of
[9:26] everybody else that does minutes, but
for what it's worth, these are really
[9:29] well done.
>> Anna does a great job. That's great to
[9:32] hear.
Thank you.
[9:36] Okay. Any other
[9:39] » oil?
>> Yes.
[9:40] » Bilski?
>> Yes.
[9:41] » Foster?
>> Yes.
[9:43] » Kurland?
>> Yes.
[9:44] » Allner.
>> Perry.
[9:46] » Yes.
>> Next is a motion to approve the council
[9:48] minute meeting minutes of January 14th.
Please.
[9:52] » So moved.
>> Second.
[9:55] » Thank you, Ryan. Okay. Anybody knows
anything that needs fixing?
[10:01] And I you can call the role.
Yes.
[10:04] » Bilski.
>> Yes.
[10:06] » Foster.
>> Hurland.
[10:09] » Yes.
>> Ner.
[10:10] » Yes.
>> Harry.
[10:11] » Yes. Thanks. Next is audience comments
regarding agenda items.
[10:18] Anyone in the audience?
Okay. Don't be shy though. Um, old
[10:26] business, we have none. And our new
business. First is consideration of
[10:31] ordinance 2026-2,
an ordinance authorizing all actions
[10:36] necessary to accept Ohio public energy
council NOPEC
[10:42] energized community grants and declaring
an emergency. This is on for first
[10:47] reading, but administration is
requesting that we suspend the rules.
[10:52] I'll make a motion to suspend the rules.
>> Thank you, Amanda. And Anna, will you
[10:58] call the role for suspension?
>> Yes.
[11:01] » Bilski,
>> yes.
[11:02] » Foster,
>> yes.
[11:04] » Kurland,
>> yes.
[11:05] » Ner,
>> yes.
[11:06] » Harry,
>> yes. Thank you. And uh next, can I have
[11:10] a motion to adopt ordinance 2026-2,
please?
[11:15] » A motion.
>> Thank you, Amanda. I'll second it.
[11:18] » And
[11:21] um who'd like to speak to this?
[11:26] » She does.
last time for the night. Um, this is
[11:30] just uh doing clerical work for cleaning
up. Um,
[11:34] as uh previous or you know, present
council people uh members have noted
[11:40] before, we get um being a NOC community,
we get money through a grant. It's known
[11:46] as the NEC grant. Um it's money that's
awarded to us for doing energy
[11:51] conservation measures. Uh typically
we've done things in the past with LED
[11:57] lighting with HVAC stuff, the doors here
in the council chamber years ago and
[12:02] stuff. This year we were awarded $9,85.
This is to clean up. It's a requirement
[12:08] to get the NOC grant and then we'll
determine what that project is. I have a
[12:13] couple in mind that I'll be discussing
with the mayor and um moving forward
[12:18] with that.
[12:22] here.
[12:25] » Questions?
[12:31] » Boil.
>> Bilski.
[12:33] » Yes.
>> Foster.
[12:34] » Yes.
>> Kurland.
[12:35] » Yes.
>> Alner.
[12:36] » Yes.
>> Perry.
[12:38] » Yes. Okay. Next is ordinance 2026-3.
An ordinance approving the map of
[12:45] survey, consolidation, vacation, and
dedication for a portion of Orange Place
[12:50] and parcel D and blocks of A, B, and C.
This is on for first reading.
[12:58] » Yeah, this is a cleanup that when when
the village approved Orange Place go
[13:04] into that.
>> Oh, excuse me. Can you please
[13:08] » um when the village approved uh the
installation of Orange Place um the uh
[13:13] the the design of the roadway had to be
changed from the time of the initial
[13:18] dedication
um some time ago and then the creation
[13:23] of a u
roadway or you know private drive where
[13:29] old Pinerest used to be. What this is
doing is cleaning up and and
[13:35] making the legal descriptions for the
roadway and the private property the
[13:41] same as has been constructed. Um, this
is something that's been on um the
[13:46] engineers uh uh docket for for years and
we're finally the problem is you have to
[13:53] get all of the signatures of the private
property owners to go along with it and
[13:57] that's been you know
the uh Pinerest folks are out then
[14:03] square miles in and square miles out and
now Tangers in so we're now squared away
[14:08] with them and this is now ready to
proceed. So, it's really just uh um
[14:14] matching up the the legal description
with what's actually out there on the
[14:18] road.
>> Great. We're going to refer this to
[14:21] planning and zoning and the
maybe are next month.
[14:29] » Next, ordinance 2026-4,
an ordinance amending section 1144.04
[14:35] 4 of charter
1144
[14:40] amendments and exceptions to clarify the
procedures for proposed amendments to
[14:45] the zoning code of Orange Village. This
is on for first reading. And again,
[14:50] we're going to send this to planning and
zoning.
[14:53] » And this is also a clean up um of
getting rid of some language that back
[15:00] when the charter was adopted. Um there
were some sections that were repealed by
[15:06] implication. Um this amendment picks up
the practice that's mandated by the
[15:13] charter. Um, and it gets rid of the
reference to the code section that's
[15:18] been I think
1144. I don't have it in front of me,
[15:22] but 02 or 03 that's been that was
repealed by implication of the charter
[15:27] because it provided for a different
procedure. This lays out exactly the
[15:31] procedure that changes to the zoning
code. Um, and it just synchronizes what
[15:36] our code provides with what the charter
requires. So, it's really most, you
[15:41] know, this is what we've been doing for
a while and Bob Mclofflin was tired of
[15:46] not having the the chapter of the code
section match up with what the charter
[15:50] provides. So, this does that
[15:55] » procedural rather than substantive.
>> Have questions about it or anything yet?
[16:00] Okay. Uh, next then is audience comments
relating to matters which advance the
[16:05] good of the village.
[16:12] Uh, we will skip comments by the mayor.
>> President's report. I have no report
[16:20] tonight except for we should all wave to
Jud. He's watching.
[16:26] » Feel better, Jud. Yeah, he's at home.
Doing well, he says.
[16:33] » Move on to
the council people. Let's Jim, you're
[16:38] first tonight.
>> All right. Um I will be brief. Um
[16:43] a couple of things. One, uh I am again
reiterating my super level of excitement
[16:48] for the uh commencement of the charter
review and I know some of the members of
[16:53] the committee are here and I um I know
that they're already doing their work
[16:56] and I I believe the first meeting is
Monday. Um so uh I'm excited and looking
[17:03] forward to it. Um, second one. Um,
Steve, you may have seen this. It's it's
[17:09] come across some of the law, municipal
lawyer things, but there is, um, growing
[17:14] dissatisfaction with the data centers
around the state of Ohio. And, um, some
[17:20] communities are already putting in place
moratoriums on them. And, you know, I
[17:25] know we don't have a ton of open space,
but um, there is open space and there
[17:29] are potentials. And I did some uh some
basic research. There's already some
[17:34] data centers around us. There's two in
Garfield, I think, one in over by Lander
[17:38] Haven. Um and they're becoming drains on
on the local communities and their their
[17:43] use of the grid. So, it's just something
to be paying attention to. Um I I I
[17:47] don't recall which city it was, but but
one community has already put in place a
[17:51] moratorum on any data center. So, it's
just something to be aware of. Um and
[17:55] the last thing is I know that there's
been some movement on the new Song
[17:58] property. Um, I believe that the matter
is already uh somebody is already moving
[18:03] forward with it and so I know some of
the neighbors have expressed some
[18:06] interest in what's going on and I
believe that there was supposed to be a
[18:10] meeting yesterday that was cancelled for
some purposes but I know it'll be
[18:14] rescheduled. So, um, just pay attention
because it is coming up. That's it.
[18:19] Thank you.
[18:22] » One thing.
>> Yeah.
[18:24] » Who do I Cargill Salt who who should I
talk to about? All right. I'll send you
[18:28] an email.
[18:32] » Ryan, you're
>> um I would just make a comment that keep
[18:39] in mind our active orange uh little uh
physical wellness session is going to be
[18:45] uh the 14th here in uh in Village Hall.
And then the following weekend on the
[18:52] 21st, we will be having a financial
wellness session uh here also at Village
[18:57] Hall. So that's all I have for today.
>> Thank you, Ryan. All right, moving on to
[19:04] Jeff.
>> I just want to say thank you to the
[19:08] crew, the road crew over the last couple
of weeks. I wasn't here. I was away, but
[19:12] you guys do a spectacular job. And I had
a friend come visit and they're like,
[19:15] "Why are your streets cleaner than
ours?" So Bob, I just want to give you a
[19:19] a great work.
>> I'd like to tag on to that. I had three
[19:23] Morland Hills residents all tell me that
why why can't Morland Hills clean their
[19:30] streets like Orange does [laughter]
[19:35] [applause]
[19:37] » I heard from somebody
>> from Solen. So it's the neighbors are
[19:40] not they're not happy with their local
government, but we are. So [laughter]
[19:44] » that does a walkway.
It's really cool.
[19:47] » Yeah. [laughter]
[clears throat]
[19:50] » Nothing.
>> No. No more. Okay. Then Amanda,
[19:55] » just wanted to because Jud wasn't here
to say it, tell everyone that this
[19:58] Friday is computer flags and household
hazardous waste collection.
[20:03] » Thank you for saying that.
>> Also, and want to tag on with what Jim
[20:07] said. I'm also excited for the charter
review. I think it's going be really
[20:09] interesting. It is this Monday um at 7
PM and it's in the council chambers and
[20:15] anyone's welcome to come even though you
wouldn't not everyone can vote only the
[20:18] people on the um charter review
committee but other people if they
[20:21] wanted to listen in or give some
pointers are welcome to be there
[20:27] » oh stay warm stay safe
[20:35] I'll I'll remind them all right and next
is Kim and please
[20:40] Everybody remember talking in your
microphone. You have to be very close.
[20:45] » Yeah. Uh so I'm just not going to repeat
everything that everyone else has said,
[20:50] but Bob, your team has been doing a
great job. Um paper shredding is coming
[20:54] up and it's only uh it's every other
month in orange. It's not too far away
[20:58] when it's not us, but it's extra
convenient when it's right here. So um I
[21:02] know I've been finding
20 years old documents in my basement.
[21:07] It's a good time to get rid of them. you
don't need them anymore. Um, so that is
[21:10] on the 20th from 9 to noon or until the
truck is full. So, you know, go early.
[21:15] Um, don't forget that glasses are still
being collected outside uh in a box over
[21:21] there. And um my last report is is that
the um the uh clinic, the medical clinic
[21:27] in Guatemala is um excited for their
next shipment. They've already gotten
[21:32] 2,000 pairs of glasses and hearing aids.
Um but they actually need more. So, uh,
[21:37] please, as you're cleaning out your
closets when you're stuck inside and
[21:40] have nothing better to do, find those
old pairs of glasses and, uh, please
[21:44] give them. And then on June 4th at 6:00
pm, and I am going to, uh, figure out
[21:50] some way to do a sign up. I'll talk with
Anna about that, but mark your
[21:53] calendars. June 4th at 6 PM, um, along
with, uh, Mr. Foster, Councilman Foster,
[22:01] um, and our wonderful police department.
We are having a training for, uh, a
[22:06] safety training, anti- rape, you know,
what to do, especially really aimed at
[22:10] like girls who are like seniors in high
school and, you know, college age.
[22:17] Huh.
[22:24] » Yeah. So, it's it's it's rape prevention
and safety. And it's just something that
[22:28] we all, you know, if you're a parent,
you've got a girl, you you you want your
[22:31] girls to be safe. We want all of our
kids to be safe. Uh so, um just mark
[22:36] your calendars and uh look out for I'll,
as I said, I'll talk with Anna about
[22:40] getting some kind of a sign up way for
people to sign up because we are limited
[22:44] in spots to about 20 and then um if more
people want it, we'll look into having a
[22:50] second time that we offer at a different
day. Um, so if your daughter's coming
[22:55] back and she's away at school right now,
sign her up. It's a good thing for her
[22:59] to do when she comes back. Um, if she's
going, you know, she's a senior in high
[23:03] school, it's a good thing for her to do
and you can tell her she'll have just
[23:05] graduated and get that on her on her
list for safety. So June 4th, that is
[23:11] it. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Okay. Next, we we need a
[23:16] motion to enter into executive session
for the purpose of discussing the
[23:20] appointment, compensation,
and discipline of village employees and
[23:25] to also discuss our union negotiations.
I'll make that motion.
[23:29] » Thank you, Tim.
>> Second it.
[23:31] » Thank you, Amanda. And we will not be
taking any action. So, see you all next
[23:36] week.
>> All right.