[0:00] Okay, thank you. I'll call this meeting to order. I'd like to welcome everyone

[0:04] to [clears throat] the January 13, 2026 regular scheduled Portf City Council

[0:09] meeting at Portland City Hall and Meinda Hartlo Chambers. Please stand for the

[0:13] pledge of allegiance and moment of silence reflection for those protecting

[0:17] us for America. I aliance

[0:21] » to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it

[0:26] stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

[0:32] for all.

[0:40] » Thank you. You may be seated. >> Will the clerk please call the role?

[0:45] » Beth Gman, >> present. Richard Morgan

[0:48] » present. >> Avery Robinson.

[0:52] » Kathy King here. Pat Hovus here. Jerry Trollley

[0:56] » here. >> Thank you. Um council, you previously

[0:59] received the December 23rd, 2025 regular meeting minutes and the January 7, 2026

[1:05] special meeting minutes. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes?

[1:09] » Madam President, make a [snorts] motion that we approve both minutes.

[1:13] » Thank you. Do I have a second and a second? Thank you, Miss Hoves. I have a

[1:17] motion by Mr. Troy, second by Miss Hoves to approve the December 23, 2025 regular

[1:23] meeting minutes and the January 7th, 2026 special meeting minutes. All in

[1:27] favor say I. >> Oppose the same sign. Thank you. Motion

[1:31] carries and the minutes are hereby adopted and approved. So chair notes

[1:36] certification has been made regarding the compliances with the rules and

[1:40] notifications of this meeting. guest presentation this evening. We have fire

[1:46] chief Brian Gutman. Would you like to stand?

[1:50] » Are you ready for it now? >> Yes.

[1:52] » All right. You're right. To

[1:57] uh I want to start off first by saying thank you council for having me tonight.

[2:01] There have been a lot of questions and comments throughout the community on

[2:05] this upcoming levy and uh a lot of concerns. So, what I want to do tonight

[2:10] is just kind of clear the air and give you guys like the journey, so to speak,

[2:14] of your fire department, where we were when the last levy was put in place, why

[2:18] things changed, and the reasons for the funding that um we're requesting going

[2:23] into the future. So, to start, we're going to have to rewind all the way back

[2:27] to 2006. The levy that just ended last fall was

[2:32] initiated that year that put in place within the city of Port Clinton a

[2:37] private EMS agency that covered all medical calls. I'm going to refer those

[2:42] as EMS, emergency medical services. Uh the levy was able to pay for that and

[2:48] also pay for what at the time was a volunteer department. We had a part-time

[2:53] chief and then we were staffed by holy volunteers. That's the only responders

[2:58] that we have within Port Clinton. Now, I want to define what a volunteer is in

[3:03] Port Clinton. It is not somebody who does this freely. This is a paid on call

[3:08] position. So, from 2006 up to present day, the volunteers of the department

[3:14] will actually when toned out during emergency leave their job, leave their

[3:20] sleep, leave their family, come to the fire station and help mitigate that

[3:23] emergency. They will get paid to do so. Usually the rates around $20 an hour,

[3:28] give or take, depending on the department. Um, so I wanted to clear the

[3:33] air on that that they are not they're considered paid on call volunteers.

[3:38] Since that's so much to say, I'd like to just simply refer to them as volunteers

[3:41] for the duration of the evening, if that's okay. So again, back in 2006, the

[3:46] 1.9 mill levy was put in place. It gave the fire department $240,000 per year to

[3:52] operate. Back then, that was sustainable. back then that paid for the

[3:56] private EMS that covered medical calls and that paid for the volunteer services

[4:00] that would come in to take care of the fire calls. Again, I want to define what

[4:05] fire calls are as I'm going to be referring to this quite often throughout

[4:09] the um tonight. A fire call is not a structure fire. Structure fire falls

[4:15] within the term fire call, but back in 2006, there were about 130 fire calls

[4:21] that year. There were not 130 structure fires that year. A fire call can

[4:26] encompass structure fires, motor vehicle accidents with injury, motor vehicle

[4:31] accidents with spills, elevator enttrapments at hotels, somebody's smoke

[4:35] detector simply beeping. Anybody that deems it an emergency and calls 911 and

[4:40] asks for the fire department is considered a fire call. So, just so we

[4:44] don't have any more confusion going for it, I'm going to refer to fire calls,

[4:47] which encompasses all of those um previous and more. Pretty [snorts] much

[4:52] we go there whenever the cops can't figure stuff out. So, [clears throat]

[4:57] uh that was what was set in place in 2006 and that seemed to have worked up

[5:02] until 2018. That was the year that we had our

[5:06] catalyst and we came across a crossroads that we had to make a decision.

[5:11] The private EMS agency that was covering all of our EMS calls in the area wanted

[5:16] to increase their annual rate by 600%. We could not cover that under the

[5:22] current levy. It was not possible. We were going to have to double what we

[5:26] were asking the community to pay for services. So, we took it upon ourselves

[5:31] to transition into a full-time what's called combination fire department,

[5:37] which mean that we paid personnel to sit at station 24 hours a day. This is a

[5:42] full-time job. They would be there 24 hours a day and respond to emergency.

[5:48] They were responding to our EMS calls at that time. we still had volunteers, thus

[5:55] making it what's called the combination department because that had full-time

[5:58] and volunteers. Um, so that was the model that we were

[6:03] looking into. The options at that time was to go to the community, double the

[6:07] levy that we were asking for at the time from based on 2006

[6:12] or simply continue with the funding that we currently had with that levy and just

[6:17] transition over into that model. we decided to not go to the community and

[6:22] we made that transition over to that full-time comm um fire department. We

[6:27] were able to hire six personnel and we were able to do this because they work

[6:32] 24 hours a day which is the is the norm within the fire service and the EMS

[6:37] service. 24 hours on, 48 hours off. That way you're only paying benefits to six

[6:42] personnel. If you use the eight hour model you're going to have to hire about

[6:45] 12 people. If you use four on, four off, you're hiring

[6:50] eight people. So, the most cost-effective way was to do the 24-hour

[6:54] model that most fire departments utilize.

[6:58] And that's that's a direction we took. Um, that first year we got uh our eyes

[7:04] opened up. We didn't realize that in 2018, the last year that the private EMS

[7:08] agency covered EMS calls in the area, they called Danberry Fire Department for

[7:13] mutual aid 127 times. We had to call a neighboring department

[7:18] because we couldn't cover calls in our area 127 times. So in 2019 when we

[7:24] became a full-time position, we had our volunteers working a lot to cover these

[7:29] EMS calls because you figure volume grows every year. We're probably looking

[7:33] at 130 to 135 times that year that our volunteers had to come in and cover EMS

[7:39] calls because we were already out on another EMS call. On top of that, our

[7:43] volunteers were also covering at that time 150 fire calls. So now our

[7:49] volunteers are asked to pretty much respond every single day. So a

[7:54] transition was made in 2020 to bring in six more full-time personnel. The reason

[8:01] this worked was because Kataba Township and McGrder Hospital asked for help.

[8:05] They needed help with EMS and McGrder needed help with inner facility

[8:08] transports. Through the contracts with the townships and with the local

[8:12] hospital, we were able to hire on a whole another group of six personnel

[8:16] full-time to help cover those areas. The benefit to the community of Port Clinton

[8:22] was that gave us two responding ambulances. We now had two fully staffed

[8:27] ambulances in our area to respond to those calls. Whereas before we'd have to

[8:33] call mutual aid or we have to wait for volunteers to come on onto the station,

[8:37] grab a truck and get in get uh out to cover that EMS call.

[8:44] So that led to run volume of 1,200 calls a day. We were covering 1,200 calls a

[8:52] day with those six individuals um with a department that was used to

[8:57] only covering 150. So it was it was an eye- openening experience for us but we

[9:02] made it work. So 2024 we had to make some changes. We

[9:09] were we were coming after um the city for extra funding. We had to pull from

[9:13] the general fund because we could not we could no longer operate within our

[9:17] means. Run volume kept increasing and we just could not operate uh within the

[9:23] means. our equipment kept becoming more and more outdated and with us relying on

[9:28] that levy that was passed off of 2006 era. We had nothing left over to update

[9:35] the equipment and I've come to you multiple times about all of our needs

[9:38] and towards the end I will refresh everybody with what our constant needs

[9:42] are. [snorts] [clears throat]

[9:44] So our staff members made some changes. I felt it silly that our full-time

[9:50] members were only EMS certified. They were that way for six years. So they all

[9:55] cross trainined into fire. They all work for a fire department. I felt that they

[9:58] should be fire trained as well. So all of our full-timers and part-timers made

[10:01] the switch over to become fire and EMS trained. So now your responders are

[10:05] cross trained. When you dial 911, your full-time personnel can either go in the

[10:10] ambulance if it's a medical call or they can go on the engine. So if your house

[10:14] is burning, you can have an engine there in about four minutes. Standard model

[10:17] for volunteers usually about 14 minutes. So that helped out with community jobs.

[10:21] [clears throat] Another change we made in 2024 was all of our full-timers took

[10:26] a 15% pay cut. Every one of them. [snorts] Everybody

[10:31] knows the cost of living nowadays. We're hurting just to get groceries. And in

[10:35] 2024, June of 2020, they took a 15% pay cut so we could try try to continue to

[10:40] operate within our budget. They've not had a raise since. So, they've been

[10:45] continuing on with this 15% pay cut. That is a drastic pay cut. Anybody knows

[10:49] numbers? We also dissolve the administrative

[10:52] assistant position because we just again can't afford it. We're still based off

[10:57] of a levy that pays $240,000. That $240,000 doesn't that pays for two

[11:02] full-time wages. The other four four wages plus uh the chief plus the

[11:09] volunteer fire department and all the cost for the paid on call volunteers

[11:13] plus utilities plus equipment costs. We just couldn't afford it.

[11:19] So, one thing that did help alleviate the pain of all all that, we were able

[11:23] to bring $800,000 in from federal funding and grant money through the last

[11:27] three and a half years. That has been the big band-aid that have that has kept

[11:31] us from bleeding out. It's just but the um if anybody has paid attention to the

[11:35] news, all that grant funding is dissolved. It's not out there anymore.

[11:38] So, we have no stream for federal funding and the state funding you can

[11:43] only measure in tens of thousands. So, that's not going to be enough to help us

[11:46] with our current situation. So,

[11:51] I want uh thanks to Mayor Mike Snder, we actually have a couple examples. Um I

[11:56] have Eric over here that's going to bring up the cost of living changes.

[12:00] When you reflect back on 2006 when the original levy was passed into this past

[12:05] year, he's going to site some examples on just how much um pricing has changed

[12:11] over the last 20 years. You know, it's interesting to see uh pound of ground

[12:15] beef went from about 2.72 uh to 5.94 over double. Uh you know, if we take a

[12:22] look at e coffee, I mean, it's astronomical now. It was 79 cents per

[12:26] pound. Today, it's 359. If you look at a dozen eggs, and this varies a little

[12:30] bit, but it was about a buck 60. You know, we're paying about $6. Now, if you

[12:36] know, for those of us that like a pepperoni pizza, it was about 10 bucks.

[12:38] Now, it's about 19. So, almost double. Uh look at minimum wage. It went from

[12:43] $685 to $11. Now I think the uh the interesting one for us uh and I think

[12:48] this is probably a stripped down model, but an F154

[12:52] truck was about 196. It's now 398. So I mean in that amount of time prices went

[12:59] up astronomically and thanks to CO it's probably worse than it probably should.

[13:04] So the reason that we did our well Mike did his homework on that and gave that

[13:09] over to us is you have to put that into perspective of the levy that we've been

[13:13] surviving off of for 20 years. Everything around us has skyrocketed

[13:17] almost doubled in price for the examples that Eric gave. You don't think fire

[13:21] engine hasn't doubled in price since then? The fire hose, turnout gear,

[13:24] literally everything that we need to keep us ourselves safe. And we have not

[13:29] gone a dime more in 20 years. And that's put us into a very unique situation

[13:34] because now we're we're working with that outdated

[13:39] equipment that should have been replaced five or six years ago. Now we're we're

[13:43] mandated to do more with less. So that brings us to what's coming up to the

[13:48] ballot in May. And I actually reached out because I wanted to see if there

[13:52] were more options than just continuing with what we're doing.

[13:57] So, if we go back to that original model

[14:00] back in 2006 where we hired a private EMS agency to come to town and we revert

[14:05] back to a fully volunteer department, the cost to run that fire department to

[14:11] cover the fire calls only is $250,000. That's a part-time chief. All

[14:18] volunteers, who again, remember, are paid on call. That'll pay for fuel.

[14:22] They'll pay for utilities, and they'll pay for the day-to-day equipment. There

[14:26] will be no capital investment at that price though. We still would not be able

[14:30] to afford a fire truck and ambulance and all of our outdated equipment including

[14:35] radio communications. That covers fire calls which is as of 2025 200 calls a

[14:41] year. The EMS portion is what was interesting.

[14:46] I reached out to multiple EMS agencies. The the best quote I got was from

[14:50] Sunduski County EMS. They're right down the road. They cover the west end of the

[14:53] county. They cover south of us in Fremont. They could cover EMS for the

[14:58] city of Port Clinton. And I know a lot of you know that we cover townships.

[15:02] This quote was just for the city of Port Clinton. Was going to cost $900,000 a

[15:07] year. So you add those two numbers together

[15:10] and we're at $1.15 million a year to operate off of that base model from

[15:15] 2006. Gives us one ambulance with two EMTs. They're not they're not cross and

[15:21] fire. They're all they're only EMTs and that gives you volunteer fire with a

[15:26] part-time chief. So, if you have any questions and you have to go to the fire

[15:29] department, you're probably not going to get anybody because it's not going to be

[15:32] staffed. Now, on top of that, every time somebody

[15:37] dials 911 and an ambulance serves them, they're going to receive a full medical

[15:41] bill. Currently, we soft bill. You bill your a your insurance, we wave the rest.

[15:46] You do not see a bill from us. this model, you're not only paying 1.15

[15:51] million a year, you have to um pay a medical bill that goes back to Sundeski

[15:56] County EMS. It doesn't go to our fire department. So, that's a big um topic as

[16:02] as to why option we there's option A right there versus what I'm going to

[16:06] talk about here with option B. Option A also dissolves all the contracts with

[16:10] the townships. So, all that extra funding that we get from Portage Bay,

[16:14] Kataba, Mcuter Hospital, all goes away, has all EMS coverage. So all that extra

[16:19] funding is gone. So we can't look to uh for any help from our neighboring

[16:23] townships. [snorts] So remember that number $1.15 million

[16:28] because I know that the levy that we're putting on in May is about $300,000 shy

[16:32] of that. Uh current setup is to continue what we're doing. This levy that comes

[16:38] in is going to be able to pay for that full-time squad. It's going to be able

[16:42] to pay for all the services that you have been receiving for seven years. And

[16:46] more importantly, it's going to pay to upgrade all the equipment that we sorely

[16:52] need. We We've had no funding for seven years. We've been cut at even right at

[16:57] right at even. And even as you as you know with your voting, you've had to

[17:01] help us out some years as well. This is going to allow us to grow for capital

[17:05] expenses. As of this year, we have one truck out of 12 that's less than 15

[17:11] years old. One truck. Your fire engines are 20 years old and 30 years old.

[17:17] That's that's what's protecting the city with with any kind of structure fire. 20

[17:21] years old and 30 years old. If this levy passes and I go to order a truck January

[17:28] 1st of 2027, that truck doesn't arrive till 2030.

[17:33] We are on a three-year wait list for ambulances and engines. I don't want to

[17:37] wait till one of our trucks breaks down to make that choice to now go to the

[17:41] community, now get the funding, and now we have to wait three more years for

[17:45] that engine to show up. So, I feel like we're in that position now where we need

[17:49] to start planning for these expenses.

[17:54] With regards to uh the station, that's an old Toledo Edison building. Wasn't

[17:59] made for a fire department, but we're making do. We've got some very handy

[18:03] workers. We were able to carve out five bedrooms for there. So, we can staff

[18:06] everybody there, but we can't fix the roof. We can't fix the aging um parking

[18:11] lot. We can't fix the paint, the walls that need painted, the flooring that

[18:15] needs redone, and all the plumbing. There are days where our guys don't have

[18:19] hot water. There are days where our guys only have scalding hot water. Plumbing

[18:24] needs fixed, but we can't afford to fix that. Um and the most important portion

[18:28] of our station is all of our gear is exposed to our trucks. Our gear sits out

[18:32] in the bay, and they are not covered. There's no ventilation system in place.

[18:36] So, they just absorb all the carcinogens from the diesel exhaust of our engines.

[18:40] So, we need funding to be able to safeguard all this prop um PPE is what

[18:46] we call protective personal equipment that our guys wear because right now

[18:50] they're just putting on cancer when they wear their gear. As opposed to our

[18:54] equipment, we're unable [clears throat] to maintain our annual testing

[18:56] requirements for ladders, hoses, pumps, air packs. We just hope that they they

[19:00] work. Um, our staff are currently sharing and renting turnout gear. We

[19:06] can't afford to buy brand new gear size to our members. We have to rent it and

[19:10] we have people that have to share. Radio communications are outdated. Our

[19:14] radios last I saw purchased was about eight years ago and those were purchased

[19:18] used that night. That's the radios that we're using now. Our personnel are

[19:22] taking upon themselves to buying their own radios.

[19:25] So um in conclusion uh our job is inherently dangerous profession. Our

[19:31] members are routinely called upon to enter burning structures to protect the

[19:36] lives and preserve the property within our community. We operate on active

[19:40] roadways and adverse weather conditions typically snow, rain, sleep, all the

[19:45] things that cause the car accident or out in outside of heart attacks.

[19:50] Firefighters struck on the roadway is the number two reason for deaths in our

[19:54] industry. >> [snorts]

[19:55] » who [clears throat] are out there performing those extrications and

[19:58] providing critical patient care. Nonetheless,

[20:01] our work is carried out amid amid amidst chronic sleep deprivation and repeated

[20:06] exposure to traumatic incidents that leave lasting effects. Despite these

[20:10] challenges, our personnel continue to perform their duties using outdated

[20:14] equipment. This funding request is intended to bring the department into

[20:17] compliance with modern safety and operational standards before a

[20:22] catastrophic equipment failure occurs. potentially resulting in emergency

[20:26] expenditures, serious injury, or loss of life. Council, I really appreciate your

[20:33] time. I know I was very long-winded there, but with all the questions and

[20:36] concerns I have been seeing online and in person and the phone calls I've been

[20:40] receiving, I wanted to put out there just the journey that we have been going

[20:43] through and hopefully clear some of the air. Uh, if you have any questions for

[20:48] me, I am at your disposal right now. >> Yes, Jerry.

[20:53] » Okay. I' I've got a few. Okay. First, uh the federal grants. Do you see any

[21:00] in the near future coming through? >> I can't find there. They come up and and

[21:05] leave at this time. The highest level grant I've I've seen and am applying for

[21:09] is $15,000. >> Our BWC stuff we cycle through every

[21:15] three years, right? >> We just utilized one in fall for that

[21:19] out. Gave all of our personnel brand new gloves, brand new hoods. But as for AFG

[21:25] grants, the stuff that we can buy, trucks, our our big capital

[21:29] expenditures, I haven't seen anything since 2024.

[21:33] » Okay. Um [clears throat] maybe this will go hand in hand. When do

[21:38] you think the NFPA is going to get involved in your situation with the

[21:42] equipment that's about to say it and die?

[21:47] » NFBA to my knowledge will not get involved. What will happen will be when

[21:53] an engine failure occurs or an injury occurs and that piece of equipment is

[21:57] not within compliance, the lawyer will site NFPA standards.

[22:01] » Okay? >> That's how NFPA gets involved.

[22:04] » Okay. The situation we're we're in now, and I'm saying we're because we're all

[22:08] one, fire department, the city, we're all we're all family.

[22:12] » Um is the situation we're in now with you guys. Is that affecting the

[22:17] homeowners insuranceances? And when we start upgrading things, I would think

[22:23] that would lower homeowners insurance. >> So, uh, what you're talking about is

[22:27] ISO. We just went through our ISO rating early 2024 and we were at an ISO 44X,

[22:36] which is excellent for our area up until 2024. And then we moved to an ISO ISO

[22:41] rating 55X. Uh the reason for that we got hit with we had no records of pump

[22:48] testing, no records of ladder testing. Um they were just weren't weren't done.

[22:53] And as we've talked about here, the uh amount of volunteer firefighters

[22:59] are just decreasing nationwide. We also show that we just couldn't bring the

[23:03] mandatory limit to our calls just because of the decrease in in volunteer

[23:08] firefighters. 2018 we had 41 volunteers and we are now at 15.

[23:13] » Wow. >> So we just the manpower just wasn't

[23:16] there. So because of all those circumstances um we did drop from a four

[23:22] ISO 44X to an ISO 55X which does affect homeowner insurance.

[23:26] » Exactly. Um, okay. One one other question, Chief. Are and I was on the

[23:33] committee with you and a few others in this meeting and my my my concern was

[23:38] getting this out to the public uh performing arts center, invite, you

[23:44] know, the whole town. Any plans to do something like that?

[23:49] The public needs to hear what you just said. It's fantastic that we're doing it

[23:54] that you told us, >> but you know,

[23:58] » I would like to introduce you to Eric Shinsky and Chris Enoch. They are

[24:01] actually part of a committee that's taking lead on pretty much what we're

[24:04] calling information overload. >> We plan on swapping the public. So just

[24:09] so they can make an informed opinion come

[24:13] » online presence, getting outdoor, having open houses, being at events.

[24:18] » We do have a marketing plan. Uh it it is down on paper. Um we just have to enact

[24:24] that plan. Uh and it is kind of a blitzkrieak if you would of getting out

[24:28] to the public uh utilizing the social media uh utilizing the PAC things of

[24:33] that nature. But I think too, you know, um one-on-one discussions as well too. I

[24:37] I I think we know some of those individuals in the community that we

[24:40] need to have those conversations with >> that don't understand. It's not that

[24:43] they don't care about the issue, but >> they don't understand what the issue is.

[24:47] And so they may be giving some information that's not quite right. So

[24:50] that is our plan. >> Okay. You you know you can come to us

[24:54] individually as a call. You know we'll do anything we can to help you guys. I

[24:59] don't understand no records of host testing and I used to host test and

[25:05] » pump test and I know we fill out paperwork for all that.

[25:09] » Okay that's passed and we're paying for the pass.

[25:12] » We're updated on host testing, ladder testing, pump testing. Okay.

[25:15] » That's CVA flow testing. We're updated on all of that. That's part of the

[25:18] funding that we had to come to the general fund board to to receive to pay

[25:21] for all those services, but we are completely updated as an agency on all

[25:25] all fronts. >> Thank you very much.

[25:28] » Yep. Appreciate it. >> I have a question. First of all, echo

[25:30] what he said. More information is better because I went from wondering why I

[25:33] needed this to how you survived without it. So, what you said made a lot of

[25:37] sense. I do have a couple questions though.

[25:39] » Yes, Um I do think that I understand why you call them paid volunteers but that

[25:45] is such a confusing term. You know volunteers by definition are not paid.

[25:50] So I people you may want to explain that a

[25:54] thousand times but you know now may because people don't understand that

[25:57] » the problem we have is in our service that certification is actually called

[26:01] the volunteer firefighter certification. >> So we're kind of stuck with that label.

[26:07] Um, which is why I think I within my first sentence I tried to get that

[26:10] explanation right out front. >> Yeah.

[26:13] » Okay. So, right now you have you have two full-time uh EMS things. They're

[26:17] there all the time. >> Actually, we have two full

[26:22] EM fire EMS um squads. Okay. >> Because all of our personnel are cross

[26:27] trainined now to both firefighters, EMTs. Okay.

[26:30] » We actually have five on station. >> So, if I call 911 and and I'm having a

[26:34] heart attack, you'll send one. If Kathy calls and she's having a heart attack,

[26:38] you could still send another one. >> If Carmen calls, then we have to farm it

[26:42] out to a third one, right? >> Not necessarily.

[26:44] » And that we actually have enough ENTs in our community that that gets toned out

[26:49] and we have multiple members, these two included, that will drop what they're

[26:54] doing and respond just as a volunteer firefighter. They will come and then

[26:58] instead of jumping on the fire engine to go take care of the fire call, they jump

[27:01] on the ambulance to take care of the EMS [clears throat] call.

[27:03] » Okay. And you point once said you had 1,200 calls per day. You didn't mean

[27:07] » no per year. Okay. You said >> did I say can you

[27:11] » can you please [laughter]

[27:15] grant funding's going out in the room. >> I'm sorry to keep bugging that. Okay.

[27:19] » I appreciate you catching that. >> This um the levy that you're working on

[27:24] now brings 240,000 a year. >> No, that's what we just ended.

[27:27] » Yeah, that's what just ended, right? Yes. And and that's

[27:30] » Yeah. And so you're drawing on the general fund to make up the difference.

[27:33] » Uh depends on the year. Some years we get by, other years we just need the

[27:38] equipment. And I don't know how much. I think it was about 200,000 last year

[27:41] that we had to >> I mean there's no way $240,000 can cover

[27:45] fire department. >> No, it covers it covers the wages of two

[27:48] full-time, right? >> Which leaves four others plus cheap plus

[27:50] utilities. Yeah. I don't have to go down that road again.

[27:53] » Okay. Um, this you said if we went back to the old model, which I agree is not

[27:58] as good. It would cost 1.15 million [snorts]

[28:03] » and that's for one ambulance, >> right?

[28:05] » For two EMTs that are not crosschained, of which you guys will get build every

[28:09] time. >> Like I said, I think that's much worse

[28:11] scenario. >> Now, you've got me all weird because

[28:13] like 1,200 a day. >> So, that also means there's no capital

[28:19] spending. Like that is just the base operating costs. And then how much is

[28:23] this new levy going to bring in? >> You'll have to talk to Gabe about that.

[28:28] » 600 643ish.

[28:31] » Oh, I thought it was 8. >> It is 8.

[28:33] » Oh, 840. 840. 840. >> So about 840. So that 350,000 up on the

[28:38] things. I mean, it still isn't many fire engines. I don't know how much one cost,

[28:41] but it's a lot. I know that. >> Um, okay. And

[28:49] I think that's it. Okay. Thank you. It was it was very good what you said. I I

[28:53] appreciate the information. >> Hi.

[28:57] » She you said right now you service the

[29:02] townships plus Port Clinton. Correct. With the squad.

[29:05] » Yes. EMS. >> Should you have to go? No. The the first

[29:11] thing you had said going with Sunduski County.

[29:15] » Oh, private EMS. I I cited Susan County because I I have

[29:19] » Would they also service? >> That's between them townships.

[29:22] » Okay. >> Yep. That would be between them and

[29:24] » so they would have the townships would then have to

[29:27] » negotiate. Okay. Thank you. >> Um I just had like one question. Um with

[29:34] this levy passed, will our first responders be able to get their 15% pay

[29:39] cut back? >> We would have to look at the funding for

[29:41] that. Yeah, that would be nice. Yeah, it was I was so proud of them.

[29:46] » Yeah, that's amazing. >> We had to come together as a group and

[29:48] just have that conversation. That's a tough [music] conversation.

[29:52] » But it was a sacrifice they made to continue services.

[30:00] » Thank you. >> Okay.

[30:03] » You better.

[30:07] » Thank you. Thank you for coming. >> You are you are all wonderful today.

[30:12] We got to make them sweat so they can not for our training tonight.

[30:16] » That's fine. >> Thank you for having us. I appreciate

[30:19] it.

[30:28] » Absolutely. Yeah.

[30:32] » I can I can scan it to you. I I deleted it. I didn't need to save it.

[30:35] » I got it. Okay.

[30:43] Do you have any public comment? >> Okay, we want the executive officer

[30:49] reports. Um, I'd like to start by welcome

[30:53] Carmen Dap is a third council person. So, um, council, you should have

[31:00] received an email. Your ethics form are due. Um, I believe it's a $35 filing

[31:07] fee. If you miss the deadline date, it is $10 a day. So,

[31:13] » yeah. Um, also, um, you have to take public records. All

[31:19] elected officials have to take a public records training and that can be done

[31:22] online or through the attorney general's office or they have some live if you'd

[31:28] like to go to that, but you have to do it one time during your term. So if you

[31:32] were just newly elected again again you have to do it every time. So um there

[31:38] are there's a new ordinance in the resolution ordinance 1-26

[31:44] um is not going to be assigned to the committee and Mr. Bo has asked that it

[31:49] be passed on it first reading. It was um the ordinance is from the motion for Q

[31:55] from the last meeting that Mr. Robinson made. Um it is time sensitive. He has

[32:00] just asked that it be passed this evening. Resolution 26-2

[32:05] is no committee and can go to full three readings.

[32:09] That is all I have this evening. We'll have the mayor's report.

[32:13] » Thank you, Madam President. Good evening, council. Mr. Morgan, I know I

[32:16] pick on you a lot. It's all done with the the best of you. I don't know if

[32:19] anybody else in this room picked up on this that the last person to show up

[32:22] before the meeting starts was the first one to get an ethic ethics report put

[32:26] in. [laughter] Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations.

[32:29] council. Uh if you are not aware, there are two new festivals and events coming

[32:33] into the the community this year. Uh the Pirate Fest, which is going to take

[32:37] place on Waterworks Park the 24th to the 26th of July, and the Great Lakes

[32:42] Rockabilly Road Trip, which is going to take place primarily on private

[32:46] property, uh the parking lot where the old Great Scott Community Market used to

[32:51] be. Uh we had a meeting with that organization earlier today. It's it's

[32:55] going to be a wonderful thing that will take place on on August 1st. So mark

[32:58] your calendars for those two events. Uh as the municipality within the county,

[33:04] like all other villages in the county, all other townships in the county, we

[33:09] have two appointees to the uh regional planning commission. That regional

[33:13] planning commission meets on the third Tuesday of of every month in the

[33:17] basement of the courthouse at 5:00 p.m. I want to thank uh Jeff Morgan for his

[33:22] time, long long time serving on that committee. He is unable to to continue.

[33:27] Uh I was also the other person on that committee and uh I want to welcome the

[33:31] two new appointees to to that board. Uh Todd Bickley who's our zoning inspector

[33:36] and then our very own Avery Robinson has agreed to to sit on that post. So I want

[33:41] to thank both of those gentlemen for uh for taking on that task. Uh council, I

[33:47] know it's kind of strange. It's very very early in the calendar year, but I

[33:50] want to talk a little bit about the Fourth of July festivities. Uh earlier

[33:53] today, I signed a piece of paper that basically scared the heck out of me

[33:58] because we're going to have $20,000 worth of fireworks this year. We just

[34:01] need to raise the money for that. I put some feelers out to a couple of uh

[34:05] organizations. Um I have every confidence that uh we will make that

[34:09] goal. I'll come up with some crazy fundraising opportunity later on. Uh it

[34:13] may involve uh Miss Daff's hair. Um [laughter]

[34:17] but uh but we'll we'll see what we'll see what happens there.

[34:20] » Won't be yours. [laughter] Um, for anyone that is interested, that

[34:24] that goes to the folks in this room and those watching on the interweb here at

[34:28] 6:00 p.m. this coming Thursday, uh, we're having a Fourth of July

[34:33] celebration committee meeting at the Alikart after hours. Um, unless you

[34:38] know, if you'd like to get involved, please feel free to stop by. It's open.

[34:42] Each event that takes place on the 4th of July from the the the 5K in the

[34:46] morning to the fireworks is put on by a different individual or groups of

[34:51] individuals and we all kind of come together. So we'd love to have

[34:54] additional ideas. Uh so if anyone's available again 6 p.m. Allocart this

[34:58] Thursday. Quick update on the uh forwardlooking infrastructure project.

[35:02] If you haven't been down Lake Shore Drive, they are moving at the speed of

[35:04] light. Um it is amazing to see how how well that is progressing down there now

[35:09] that I've just said it. you know, knockwood jinx. Everyone in this

[35:15] community is wondering when the heck is the belowground stuff going to happen.

[35:18] And as you may recall, uh September, we submitted all the paperwork to the five

[35:23] funding entities. Then the government shut down. Well, I am very pleased to

[35:27] report that all funding sources have for the most part and I feel confident given

[35:33] us the green light to go ahead. Now, they are all reviewing our bid

[35:37] documents. You know, it's it's this this process has been incredibly eye opening

[35:41] to me and the red tape is certainly out there. You know, the federal government

[35:46] has to make sure that their funding sources are represented properly and

[35:49] they can't interfere with the state funding sources and this agency has to

[35:53] make sure that this agency doesn't get hot built. It's it's just insane. But we

[35:57] are and I I've been saying this for years, but that bright light at the end

[36:01] of the tunnel is is there and and we're hoping uh we're hoping to to to get

[36:06] there very very quickly. We are dealing with a logistical issue with the

[36:10] railroads going underneath the railroads with our water and sewer lines, but

[36:14] everyone involved from special projects coordinator to our engineer uh company

[36:19] Kleinfeller thinks that we can work that out. But it is it is an uphill battle

[36:23] right now with the with the railroads. And finally tonight, I I would like to

[36:27] welcome two new members. Uh I know you all have have met them, but the the

[36:31] community, M. Daft, Carmen Daft, obviously the uh W three councilwoman,

[36:37] and then Aaron Taylor, who is behind the camera. You can't see him. Um he is our

[36:41] new city treasur. I want to thank our our former city treasurer, Joe Brener,

[36:46] for his years of service. He chose not to run. Uh that left nobody chose to run

[36:50] for it. uh that left a vacancy in that spot and by state law it fell on my

[36:55] shoulders to try to find somebody and thankfully uh didn't take too much

[36:59] convincing but but uh Mr. Taylor stepped up and and I appreciate that and he's

[37:04] going to give his first report here in a few minutes. So with that, Madam

[37:07] President, unless anyone has any questions,

[37:10] that concludes my report this evening. >> Okay, the auditor is not with us. The

[37:16] treasur I'd like to welcome Mr. Taylor worked with you before. Thank you.

[37:20] » It's full circle. Um, do you have a report this evening?

[37:24] » Uh, yes. Uh, we have a few numbers in. Uh, for our short-term rental

[37:29] registrations, year-to- date revenue, we're at $2,100.

[37:34] And then for our local taxes, bed tax, uh, year-to date we're at $1,4566.

[37:42] And we have not collected any dock tax yet this year, which does make sense

[37:48] considering the weather. >> Thank you. Law directors

[37:53] » and he's funny. Look at that. [laughter] >> Law director.

[37:57] » Thank you, Madam President. Um I don't have anything specific to report

[38:01] tonight. Um, I know that I've spoken with several different council members

[38:06] um and with administration and we are looking this year um to fixing up some

[38:13] of our old outdated ordinances and hopefully moving forward with some other

[38:17] issues that have been looming um so we can get the city back on the right

[38:22] track. Um that's all I have today madam president and due to a time limit may I

[38:26] be excused? >> Yes. Thank you. [laughter]

[38:29] » Thank you. >> You too. That's all right.

[38:32] » Wait a minute. [laughter]

[38:36] » She asked first. >> Safety service director, Mr. Sams.

[38:42] » Um, couple things I I I think I mentioned before and it hasn't gotten

[38:47] any better. The salt shortage is getting to be a real real crunch. There's no

[38:52] salt available at this point. Um, and I just need to be, you'll probably

[38:59] be hearing some concerns from some of your constituents that why my the roads

[39:04] are are icy and that type of thing. We're in Northern Ohio. It's January.

[39:11] Uh, the street crew will do all they can to plow the snow as best they can.

[39:16] They're going to be very limited in where they put salt. They're going to do

[39:18] the emergency routes, Fulton Street, Sixth Street, Perry Street, but the side

[39:24] streets quite frankly may not get sold. Maybe the intersections, but it just

[39:31] implore people to keep, you know, take it easy, take

[39:35] your time or do the best we can. The closest salt that I will locate is in

[39:41] Nashville and it's a little over $100 a ton. And I don't have a clue what it

[39:45] cost to haul it up there. It's ridiculous to even think about it, but

[39:48] that there it's just a situation that we're in. And we're not unique. A lot of

[39:54] municipalities are dealing with the same thing, but there's there's not going to

[39:58] be uh the roads aren't going to be black pavement by 3 hours after the snow stops

[40:02] falling. So, keep that in mind. They're using brine. They're doing whatever they

[40:06] can. They're trying to keep them plowed as best they can, but uh it's going to

[40:10] be a challenge. Um the the I've been involved with the weekly updates from a

[40:17] couple of the engineering firms as as the mayor mentioned. Uh we are

[40:21] progressing. Trust me that the time that I've been here we're we're making

[40:25] progress. Um but it's it there's there's always there's obstacles, there's hoops

[40:31] to jump through, and uh you should be very very blessed to have Doug Ner on

[40:36] board as a special project coordinator. Um I I just sit back and and I've

[40:42] learned a lot just in the couple months being here as far as what's involved. So

[40:47] we are making progress. Um we'll get we'll get tearing the streets up and

[40:52] people can get excited about that. But at least there's a reason because

[40:55] there's something going back in. Uh get back to street guys. They they were set

[41:00] up for plowing snow this past week. They they did switch over. There were some

[41:04] leaves to pick up. As far as I know, the leaves have been picked up. If there's

[41:10] isolated somewhere, they they'll probably get them, but there's a little

[41:14] bit of ordeal to switch over the equipment from plowing snow to picking

[41:17] up leaves. And their credit, they they did that because the leaf pickup was

[41:21] kind of u put back a little bit with the snow, the early snow that we had. So, u

[41:27] uh credit to the street department for getting that taken care of. And that's

[41:32] that's really as much as I have. Does anybody have any questions for me?

[41:36] Jerry? >> Yeah. Um, Mr. S, what happened with

[41:40] Salt? I mean, why question two,

[41:44] » right? Question, too. I'm sorry. >> I thought we were in a contract. Uh,

[41:49] » to my Well, I guess you you said it. We were in a contract.

[41:54] » Oh, nothing. >> Evidently, it's come about that that

[41:57] contract didn't get >> taken care of. Okay.

[42:02] » Uh the salt manufacturer, our salt comes from Detroit up that way. I don't know

[42:07] why they don't bring it from Cleveland, but they're just shut down completely.

[42:11] They're not send nobody's getting any salt. So, what we have is what we got.

[42:16] » Okay. >> And uh you know, we we've got things

[42:20] we've got more parking lot out here to salt. There's and so there's there's uh

[42:27] um there's lots of issues involved and we've had more snow,

[42:30] » right? >> I think maybe the salt was based on last

[42:33] year and this is a much different winter than

[42:37] last year. So it it's just it's and I really don't

[42:42] know. I mean you can buy it's 14 if you can find it. It's about $140 a ton.

[42:48] There's about five ton on a truckload. So,

[42:51] » like I said before, that's like $700 on a truckload of the soul.

[42:55] » So, they're going to be very, very judicious. They'll keep the streets as

[42:58] safe as they can, but every street's not going to be black pavement. Um, there's

[43:04] going to be snow. There's going to be ice

[43:05] » on on on the roads. >> Understandable. How about the beach?

[43:09] What was going on there today? Everything's clear and the snow, the

[43:12] sand up against the wall, the brick wall because that when New Year's Eve, if you

[43:18] recall, there's pretty good wind blowing and that was bringing that that sand

[43:22] kind of the fence the the walls there. It stopped the snow,

[43:26] » right? >> Well, with that sand that's up there

[43:28] just gives it a ramp to go up over top and go out into into Perry Street. So,

[43:32] they're cleaning the sand off. Hopefully, that that'll stop the snow

[43:36] from coming across. Um, can you also reiterate why we haven't been able to

[43:40] get out? I know it's a headache every year about the rock that's exposed along

[43:46] the beach. You know, people are asking about it. Look, the water's way out. Why

[43:51] aren't they I've heard this multiple times.

[43:54] » 100% cost. >> Okay.

[43:56] » And feasibility. I mean, >> Right. Right. It's It's my understanding

[44:01] that that's where Perry Street used to be. Is that right?

[44:04] » Oh, no. That's they the the old Perry Street they dumped it there.

[44:08] » Okay. >> Right.

[44:09] » And it's it's it's not just a thing. You take a dozer out and scrape the top foot

[44:14] off and it's all pure sand. The rock goes all the way all the way down.

[44:18] » You and I understand that. But you know, you always hear about it.

[44:21] » Well, if somebody has a concern, have them give me a call. Right.

[44:24] » I'll talk to people. >> They usually hang up on me, but that's

[44:27] all right. >> Thanks, sir. That's all.

[44:31] » Yeah. My question and I'm sorry to interrupt you. No, you're good.

[44:34] » Yeah. Um I've never heard of such thing as a salt shortage. I mean, we have

[44:39] » we have tons and tons of salt, you know, in these huge I know we don't. Did

[44:44] someone just decide not to mine them anymore? I mean, you go to Cleveland,

[44:47] you can drive cars through there. There's huge

[44:50] » I've never companies have at this point stopped producing and transporting soul

[44:56] » and we don't know why. >> And it happens from time to time.

[44:59] » Yeah, it's not the first time I've heard about it.

[45:01] » It's odd, you know. Have you would this? In my previous life, I lived in a

[45:05] district where instead of salt, they used uh stones a lot.

[45:09] » Sure. >> It was a rural district much more than

[45:11] this one. >> You plug up the storm drains and the

[45:14] pumps for the storm drains. >> Yeah. I'm not saying it's a good idea.

[45:16] You >> Well, it's a great idea. In the rural

[45:18] areas, it's it's it's makes a world of sense, but here you get in the catch

[45:23] goes in the catch masons into the storm drains and the pumps and that type of

[45:27] thing. It'd chew them up. >> Yeah, makes sense. So it it's but it

[45:30] yeah it's a it's it's it's done. It's there's nothing wrong with it but not

[45:35] not in a an area like what we have here storm drain.

[45:39] » Yeah. Because where I live with all rural. Okay. Thank you.

[45:44] » Um what about >> Can we be excused now? [laughter]

[45:47] » No.

[45:51] » Principal smoke. >> You tried. Um this is finance. Um, the

[45:57] only thing I have to say tonight is I'm sorry to lose Jerry from my committee,

[46:00] but I'm really happy they

[46:05] [laughter] >> environment public works, Mr. Jolie.

[46:08] » Nothing tonight. >> Thank you.

[46:12] Economic and community development. >> Thank you, Madam President. We have a

[46:15] meeting tomorrow night at 6 PM. publicly provided.

[46:20] » Yes. >> All of our

[46:24] » Okay. Move on to correspondence. On the correspondence, we have the December 25

[46:29] 2025 financial report provided by Mr. Bo.

[46:32] » Madam President. Yes. I move we accept the December 2025 financial report

[46:36] provided by Mr. Bo. >> Thank you. Do I have a second?

[46:39] » Thank you, Mr. Any discussion? We have a motion by Mr. Second amendment

[46:44] to Troy to accept the December 2025 financial report.

[46:49] Would the clerk please call the RO Morgan?

[46:53] » Yes. >> Avery Robinson?

[46:55] » Yes. >> Advis. Yes.

[46:56] » Jerry Trollley. >> Yes.

[46:57] » Beth Gilman. >> Yes.

[46:58] » Herman. >> Yes.

[47:00] » And yes. >> Thank you. Vote [clears throat] of 70.

[47:04] This council wish to take any further action to correspond.

[47:08] » Madam President, we accept the correspondence as presented.

[47:11] » Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Second. Okay, I have a motion by Mrs.

[47:16] Gilman, second by Mr. Tulie to accept the correspondence as stated. All in

[47:20] favor say I. >> I.

[47:21] » Oppose the same sign. Thank you. Motion carries and the correspondence hereby

[47:25] accepted. We'll move on to readings of ordinances and resolution. We quickly

[47:30] read by title and sum railing ordinance 36-25.

[47:34] Ordinance number 36-25, an ordinance authorizing and directing the director

[47:39] of safety and service to prepare and submit applications as may be required

[47:43] for planning, design, or construction of the water meter replacement

[47:47] improvements, water and sanitary sewer infrastructure improvements, Lakeshore

[47:52] Drive, State Route 163 reventment improvements, Brooklyn Street Sanitary

[47:57] pump station rehabilitation improvements, Perry Monroe Harrison

[48:01] improvements, lost Elevated water tank base

[48:05] improvements. Wastewater treatment plant pump and heat air exchange unit

[48:10] improvements. Laurel Avenue reconstruction sanitary sewer and storm

[48:14] sewer improvements. Lead service line improve inventory and lead service line

[48:18] replacement infrastructure improvements to the Ohio Water Development Authority,

[48:22] OWDA, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, OP OPA, Ohio Department of

[48:29] Development O, excuse me, OOD, Community Development Block Grant, CDBG, Water

[48:36] Pollution Control Loan Fund, WPCLF, Water Supply Revolving Loan Account,

[48:41] WSRLA, Ohio Public Works Commission, OPWC, AA Department of Transportation,

[48:47] State Infrastructure Bank, SIB, and any other funding sources or programs that

[48:51] become available and to execute application documents for the funding

[48:55] sources as required to execute contracts for planning, design, and construction

[48:59] phases and declaring an emergency. >> Thank you. Does council wish take any

[49:02] action to ordinance 36-2? >> Madam President, Mr. Trollley,

[49:07] » like to make a motion that we retain the emergency clause and ordinance 3625.

[49:12] » Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Second.

[49:16] Mr. Robinson. Any discussion? We have a motion by Mr. Troy, second by

[49:22] Mr. Robinson to retain the emergency clauses to ordinance 36-25. Would the

[49:27] clerk please call the role? >> Herman Daft.

[49:30] » Yes. >> Kathy Kane.

[49:31] » Yes. >> Jolley,

[49:32] » yes. >> Beth Gilman,

[49:34] » yes. >> Richard Morgan,

[49:35] » yes. >> Pat Hobus,

[49:36] » yes. >> Avery Robinson,

[49:37] » yes. >> Thank you. Motion carries 7. The

[49:40] emergency fund can be retained as ordinance 36-2.

[49:44] Council wish to take any further action as to ordinance 36-25.

[49:48] » Madam President, >> Mr. Trollley,

[49:49] » make a motion that we adopt ordinance 36-25.

[49:53] » Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Second.

[49:54] » Thank you, Mr. Robson. Any discussion? Okay. Have a motion by Mr. Trollley,

[49:59] second by Mr. Robinson to adopt ordinance number 36-25.

[50:05] Please call the RO. >> Kathy King,

[50:07] » yes. >> Jerry Tolley, yes.

[50:09] » Beth Gilman, >> yes.

[50:10] » Carmen Daff, yes. >> Richard Morgan,

[50:12] » yes. Pat Holdus. >> Yes.

[50:14] » Apr. >> Thank you. Motion carried by 70

[50:18] ordinance 36-25 hereby adopted. Move on to second readings.

[50:23] Please read by title and summary only. Resolution 26-1.

[50:28] Ordinance number 26-1, a resolution pursuant to section 5705.19I

[50:34] of the Ohio Revice Code, submitting to the electors of the city of the city the

[50:39] question of a new 3.9 mil property tax levy for the purpose of providing and

[50:44] maintaining fire and EMS apparatus, the fire station, emergency equipment,

[50:48] emergency vehicles, supplies and incidentals, communication, capital

[50:53] improvements, and for the payment of full-time, part-time, and paid volunteer

[50:56] personnel wages. benefits and employer contributions required by section 7.2.34

[51:02] of the Ohio Defiance Code and declaring an emergency. [cough and clears throat]

[51:06] Council wish to take any action as to resolution 26-1.

[51:10] Seeing none, resolution 26-1 will be moved to its third reading at the next

[51:14] regularly scheduled council meeting on January 27th, 2026. We move on to first

[51:19] readings. Would the clerk please read it by title and summary only

[51:24] 1-26

[51:35] I'm sorry. Okay. Ordinance 1-26, an ordinance authorizing and directing the

[51:41] director of safety and service to advertise for requests for

[51:44] qualifications and in a contract for planning services to implement the city

[51:48] of Portland active transportation infrastructure investment program grant

[51:52] award and declaring an emergency. >> Thank you. This council is taking action

[51:56] as to ordinance 1-26. >> Madam President,

[52:00] » Mr. like to make a motion that we wave the

[52:03] three required readings of ordinance 1-26.

[52:06] » Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Thank you, Mr. Robinson. Any discussion?

[52:12] I have a motion by Mr. Troy, seconded by Mr. Robinson to wave three required

[52:16] readings as to ordinance 1-26. The clerk, please call the role. Kovus,

[52:21] » yes. >> Amber Robinson,

[52:22] » yes. >> Richard Morgan,

[52:24] » yes. >> Beth Gilman,

[52:26] » yes. >> Carmen Daff,

[52:27] » yes. >> Kathy King,

[52:28] » yes. Yes. Cherry trolley. >> Yes.

[52:30] » Thank you. Motion carries by a vote of seven zero. The three required readings

[52:35] are hereby wave. Does council take any further action as to ordinance 1-26?

[52:40] » Madam President, >> Mr. Trollley,

[52:41] » I make a motion that we retain the emergency clause and ordinance 1-26.

[52:46] » Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Second.

[52:48] » Thank you, Mr. Robinson. Any discussion? >> Have a motion by Mr. Trollley, second by

[52:53] Mr. Robinson to retain the emergency clause as to ordinance 1-26.

[52:58] The clerk, please call the role. >> Permanent Daff,

[53:00] » yes. >> Kathy King, yes.

[53:02] » Beth Gilman, >> yes.

[53:03] » Pat Hobus, >> yes.

[53:04] » Terry Tolley, >> yes.

[53:05] » Avery Robinson, >> yes.

[53:06] » Richard Morgan, >> yes.

[53:09] » Thank you. Motion carries by vote 70. The emergency clause is hereby retained

[53:13] as to ordinance 1-26. Does council wish to take any further action as to

[53:18] ordinance 1-26? >> Madam present.

[53:20] » Mr. to make a motion to adopt ordinance

[53:23] 1-26. >> Thank you. Do I have a second?

[53:27] » Any discussion? >> Yes, madam president.

[53:33] » I either have a brain fart or what is this doing this ordinance? I'm I'm

[53:38] confused by it. >> Going up to

[53:44] » the active transportation plan that that we've had other motions and ordinances

[53:48] on >> the bike. The bike Yes,

[53:50] » thank you. >> You said that to the beginning. Okay.

[53:54] Transportation nothing for Okay. By path. All right. Thank you. That's all

[53:58] the question. Okay. >> Okay. Yes. Because I do remember that

[54:01] definitely. >> Okay. [laughter] Okay. Thank you. Thank

[54:07] » I have a motion by Mr. Troy and seconded by Mr. Robinson to adopt ordinance 1-26.

[54:13] Would the clerk please call the role? >> Kathy King.

[54:15] » Yes. >> Richard Morgan.

[54:17] » Definitely. Yes. Beth Gilman, >> yes.

[54:20] » April Robinson, >> yes.

[54:22] » Orman D, >> yes.

[54:24] » Pat, yes. Cherry Trolling, >> yes.

[54:26] » Thank you. Motion carries 70. Ordinance 1-26 is hereby adopted. Will the clerk

[54:31] please read by title as summary? Resolution 26-2.

[54:35] » Resolution 26-2, a resolution authorizing the sale of personal

[54:39] property by internet auction. >> This council wish action as to

[54:44] resolution 26-2. Seeing none, resolution 26-2 will move

[54:51] to a second reading of the next regular scheduled council meeting on January

[54:54] 27th, 2026. Move on to business from the floor. Um council, before you uh is a

[55:02] draft of the proposed 2026 um rules of council. Um the changes that

[55:12] I'm suggesting are highlighted in red, although Mr. Morgan didn't get that one,

[55:17] so we'll make sure that you do. Um, uh, one of the changes would be to move

[55:24] from 12 meetings, committee meetings a year to a minimum of six. That's on page

[55:31] five and also mentioned on page 10. And then

[55:38] instead of four committees, we'll go down to three committees which would

[55:42] combine safety services with public works. Um and then that and that's an A

[55:48] and then B. It just combines the two terms.

[55:53] That is the only suggestions I have. If council could just take those and review

[55:59] them. If you have any questions or any other suggestions, just let me know.

[56:03] then possibly they could be voted on at the next meeting. [clears throat] So

[56:07] that would be appreciated. So I'm moving to business room four, Mr. Morgan.

[56:13] » Because I always get to go first. >> Yes.

[56:16] » Special. First of all, one thing I just want to point out the Lakeshore Drive. I

[56:21] know there was a lot of discussion about that sky was falling or going to block

[56:26] off the lake. And I haven't heard a lot of people say good about it, but I've

[56:30] heard no one complain about it, which I think is good. And I have heard a few

[56:34] people say good. I went by there and it looks great and you can see the lake

[56:38] from my truck, but also from your car, you can see it. So I think it's it was a

[56:42] win-win in all things. You know, what happened is people got together and

[56:45] talked about it and actually process worked. Imagine that. So that's how

[56:49] » Thank you, Mr. Robinson. >> Thank you, Mr. Trollley.

[56:54] » Just uh welcome to the council. I wasn't here for your

[56:58] first meeting. Welcome. And that's all I have.

[57:01] » Thank you, M. >> Um, again, welcome and Aaron.

[57:06] » Oh, yes. [laughter]

[57:10] » Thank you, Mr. Only thing I would like to tell the

[57:13] mayor is I will not be shaving my head. [laughter]

[57:18] » You would like me to help you in some other way,

[57:22] » Will you shave Jerry's head? [laughter]

[57:26] Well, I think we should nominate Erin. So, um, welcome. [laughter]

[57:32] » And, uh, because the mayor mentioned the 4th of July, I just want to give a shout

[57:35] out to Halloween. [laughter]

[57:41] » Trick-or- treat's a sore subject. [laughter]

[57:45] » Welcome, Aaron. Welcome Carmen. Look forward to working with both of you.

[57:49] Nothing to >> Thank you. Seeing no further business, I

[57:52] entertain a motion to adjourn. I'll make a motion that this August.

[57:59] » Do I have a second? >> Thank you, Mrs. King. I have a motion by

[58:03] Mr. Troy, second by M. King to adjurnn. All in favor say I. Oppose at the same

[58:08] time sign. Thank you. >> Thanks for that, Jerry.

January 13, 2026, City of Port Clinton Council Meeting

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