[0:01] We [clears throat] would invite all who care to to join us for the recitation of

[0:05] the Lord's prayer followed by a moment of silence.

[0:09] Our Father, who art in heaven, be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done

[0:16] on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us

[0:22] our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. and lead us not

[0:27] into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the

[0:32] power, and the glory forever. Amen.

[1:16] It's now 7:00. Shall we say the council is called to order? Please join me in

[1:20] the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United

[1:26] States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under

[1:32] God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[1:37] » Seated, please.

[1:41] [clears throat] >> Call please. Mr. C.

[1:43] » Mr. Rob here. Mr. Roberts >> here.

[1:46] » Mr. Reese >> here.

[1:47] » Mr. Martin >> present.

[1:48] » Mr. McG here. >> I'll entertain a motion to dispense the

[1:53] reading of a journal from August the 3rd, 2026.

[1:56] » Second. We have a motion by Mr. Roberts and a

[2:01] second by Mr. Martin to dispense with the reading of the journal from August

[2:04] the 3rd, 2026. Discussion. >> Roll call, please.

[2:09] » Mr. Rob, >> yay.

[2:11] » Mr. Roberts, >> Mr. Reese,

[2:13] » yay. >> Mr. Martin,

[2:15] » yay. >> Mr.

[2:16] » That motion passes. And now comes the time for public comment. I see no one in

[2:22] the gallery for any public comment. Does anyone have any public comment to read

[2:25] from any emails received? Someone desires for public comment.

[2:29] Hearing none. Seeing none, let's move forward then to reports from standing

[2:33] and special committees. Uh this evening we do have a report from the committee

[2:37] the whole meeting and councilman will that report.

[2:42] » Thank you mayor. Committee whole met August the 11th at 3:30

[2:47] and we discussed basically the utilities and streets committee information as

[2:51] well as finance and personnel. The first item we want to discuss is the

[2:55] wastewater treatment project. Dewatering project, wastewater treatment plan, I

[3:00] should say. The engineering is revising a project scope to reduce the overall

[3:04] cost of the project. The last probable cost estimate was $3 million. We're

[3:08] expected to have a new project design for the engineer in the next couple of

[3:12] weeks. As part of the anticipated project

[3:15] schedule, construction should be 100% complete by 2028.

[3:20] Additional items related to that. We need to establish revenue stream to pay

[3:24] for the project. We desire to use acceptance and grease deliveries to pay

[3:27] for the note and we'll be discussing legislation tonight. on that. It's going

[3:32] to basically talk about the grease receiving a rate of 12 cents per gallon

[3:36] where it states the grease shall be identified as leftover liquid oil or

[3:40] congealed animal fragment from food preparation, drying, deep frying and

[3:45] cooking waste soil that is gener from a restaurant or school and such as

[3:49] identified and declared by the superintendent water treatment plant.

[3:53] Next item, road salt update. ODOT is a saving assisting the political

[3:58] subdivisions with salt purchases. Cost per ton is $92 and the city requested

[4:03] 800 tons and of course with that we might need to be picking up the salt the

[4:07] Belleville ODOT post um which would be about 88 loads that need to be picked

[4:12] up. Next [clears throat] item is the

[4:14] electric fund discussion. The electric system is not insured and

[4:20] it's not feasible. And so we need to we need to maintain a $4.5 million minimum

[4:25] balance. The balance is dropping below from the desired $4.5 million balance at

[4:31] about 200,000 less per year. Other [clears throat] items upcoming

[4:36] electric 5-year capital projects are pretty expensive with such as the 15 KV

[4:41] switch gear station project which could be in the millions. the light plant

[4:45] facility/sm smoke stack ventilation project also in the millions the George

[4:50] substation upgrade low millions and then amps debt which still stands at 138

[4:58] 38,000 plus couple of solutions [clears throat] to

[5:03] tackle all these is to raise rates the recover payment of $200,000 net

[5:08] reduction to the fund balance um the tough solution is possibly a deep review

[5:13] into the general expenses. The electric fund supports a general fund with 11.2%

[5:19] of the revenues in 2025 as an example. It supports a general fund with $350,000

[5:26] in administrative cost.

[5:33] Um other utility department rates and project funding. the water rate

[5:37] adjustment reminded remember we did a 13% increase effective July 1st of 2026

[5:43] and then we've got the huge water service line replacement project which

[5:48] engineers estimated about $10 million in that that project starts next year in

[5:53] 2027.

[5:56] Um as far as finance and personal we have nothing to brief at this time. Any

[6:01] questions? >> Thank you Mr. GL, are there any uh

[6:05] comments or questions for this from GL regard his report?

[6:09] » Mr. Mark, >> uh just one thing to add. Um

[6:14] [clears throat] there is a uh a grant that we're looking at getting for the

[6:17] fire department. Uh and so there's a potential where we may have to have an

[6:21] emergency meeting uh to approve that. So just

[6:28] thank you. Any other comments or questions?

[6:38] Move [clears throat] forward then to the safety committee. Councilman Roberts.

[6:42] » Thanks, sir. We did meet on August 5th and uh the hazmat

[6:49] attended the LEPC meeting and that that group is looking to they like to provide

[6:55] training on battery and energy storage systems. So Tesla batter and solar

[7:02] batteries. We like to try to get that training here since we have our our

[7:08] battery best our best system out there with our solar field. It' be a really

[7:12] good place to have that training. So, uh we'll try to try to see if we can get

[7:16] that to that training to come here. We just have other parts come here and have

[7:20] that training. mutual aid. We received one mutual aid

[7:24] from Madison received one from Shiloh, provided six to Plymouth,

[7:30] provided one to Franklin, and provided one mutually to Crescent.

[7:36] Final inspection on the new engine will be done on 31st of August, and from

[7:40] there it will be sent to the dealer for uplifting. They received some donations

[7:44] to assist in the cost of some of the new equipment that will be installed. Hydro

[7:49] flushing is taking place. should be finished that week. So the week of the

[7:54] 5th of August. Um and then flow test be would be taking place over the next few

[8:00] weeks. So that should be going on currently right now. Calls or up over

[8:05] 100 100 calls for the same time last year.

[8:10] And uh inspections are ongoing as usual. CPR classes begin on uh on the 1st and

[8:16] 15th of every month. and uh large businesses on as needed basis and the

[8:24] chief attended the Ohio Fire Chief's Conference July 13th and 16th. So there

[8:30] was some funding he got from that. So that was a that was a fully funded

[8:36] conference for him covered the uh the hotel stay and everything. So that and

[8:42] he said it's very beneficial. So he was uh he was grateful for the funding so he

[8:46] could do that. We have discussion about um ebikes. Um the

[8:54] there's seems like it's getting out of control.

[8:57] The kids are riding not paying attention to the to the uh the laws of the roads.

[9:03] So, we're going to have some more we'll have more more discussions about that

[9:08] and try some possible solutions maybe some

[9:12] education at least for that. But there'll be more talks for talks to

[9:17] come.

[9:20] Councilman Roberts, are there any comments or questions for Mr. Roberts in

[9:24] regard to this report? Mr. Rob [clears throat] on the subject

[9:29] um brought to my attention that there's a group of juveniles that frequent the

[9:35] um Black Forks Commons area and the particularly the pavilion down there and

[9:42] do um some vandalism with those close to the left. black rubber marks all over

[9:49] the floor down there and and

[9:54] through the splash pad and all that. So, we actually

[10:01] I'll say a little more about that in my report as well.

[10:05] Any other comments or questions? Thank you, Councilman Roberts.

[10:09] Appreciate that. We move on to reports of city officials

[10:14] in my mayor's report. Since our last council meeting, I have been occupied

[10:18] with typical mayoral duties and delights. I attended and participated in

[10:24] several meetings, the board of health staff meeting, planning commission

[10:27] meeting, safety committee meeting, committee of the whole of course. Uh

[10:32] last Wednesday spent about five hours with Congressman Bob Lada as he visited

[10:37] a few businesses here in Shelby. Want to thank Mr. Jeff Parton, our economic

[10:42] development manager for lining up those site visits and um I met by Zoom with my

[10:49] fellow board members of the community action commission of Erie Hiron and

[10:54] Richland County. uh did meet uh as alluded to here uh uh

[11:01] with the uh issue of um ebikes and all motorized forms of

[11:08] transportation. Uh met with the traffic commission this

[11:12] morning and uh one of the main topics was how to deal with the increasing

[11:17] number of bicycles and ebikes and micro mobility and personal conveyance

[11:24] devices. How's that for a mouthful? I covered all this the scooters and

[11:29] skateboards and all that kind of stuff. I want to thank Chief Combmes. He's put

[11:33] a a ton of work into this. We want to approach it uh from a data driven

[11:40] standpoint. Um [snorts]

[11:44] we have two areas of concern of course with the downtown business district and

[11:48] [clears throat] the city as a whole. Um discussion is ongoing

[11:54] uh laid some things out before the traffic commission, maybe some signage

[11:59] coming up and so forth. Once that has come as a recommendation, the next step

[12:04] will be the safety committee. And u we want to, you know, take a look at our

[12:08] policies and and u crafting uh an ordinance that will meet with the modern

[12:16] uh demands of today with all these devices. So I think all of us have heard

[12:22] uh from from constituents. Uh chief is well aware of those and uh it's really

[12:28] put together uh probably should get in front of all of you right now. It's all

[12:33] draft form. We're still working on it, but there will be uh there's plan plans

[12:38] for uh legislation coming before council here, but it's going to take a little

[12:42] while because we're going to do it and do it right. I will say I think in this

[12:47] uh executive briefing prepared by Chief Combmes, I think this final uh paragraph

[12:54] here on page one uh kind of captures where we we want [snorts] to go. Uh the

[13:00] proposed approach would preserve lawful bicycle and ebike transportation,

[13:05] establish reasonable operating areas for lower speed devices,

[13:11] protect pedestrians in designated areas, prohibit unsafe behavior, and provide

[13:19] clearer rules for devices such as the one wheels, electric skateboards, and

[13:24] electric unicycles that do not fit neatly with a traditional bicycle

[13:29] classifications. Um, I think that kind of puts it in a

[13:34] nutshell. We want to try to avoid motor vehicle collisions with these all these

[13:41] different devices. So, um, again, chief is uh doing a great job of bringing this

[13:48] to a point and again the next stop will be the safety committee. So, if you have

[13:52] any suggestions, if you've heard things, seen things, have some things

[13:55] documented, uh, please pass those along to Chief Commes. He's kind of heading

[13:59] this initiative up or heading up this initiative. That's better initiative.

[14:05] So, that's kind of where we're at on that, but we are moving forward with

[14:09] with some some policies and procedures, legislation.

[14:14] Um just uh just a reminder to uh take a

[14:20] look at the state statutes concerning motor vehicles. Um some of those

[14:25] do fall under classification of motorcycles due to the output um of of

[14:32] the motor. So um not all of them are being ridden legally. I see quite a few

[14:38] of them on the street with um young people. Um definitely too young to be

[14:45] driving um operating what would be classified as a motorcycle.

[14:54] We're with you 100%. And another piece of this would be

[14:58] educating our officers to identifying some of them may look like an ebike.

[15:02] It's not anybody supposed to be labels on as I understand. So, it's it's a it's

[15:06] kind of bit it's a little complicated uh because these are just have just emerged

[15:11] so quickly on the market and some pretending to be ebikes and they're not.

[15:15] » Well, this is this came out from the state um years ago with anticipation

[15:21] that >> that we may run into something like this

[15:24] in the future. >> Yes. And those uh those are referenced

[15:27] in in the in the legislation. So, thank you. It's a foreign police. I'm sure

[15:32] you're well aware of all that stuff. Okay. All right, gentlemen. That's all I

[15:37] have. Any questions or comments? Other than that,

[15:40] » we'll turn our attention to Mr. Brian Crown, director of finance.

[15:44] » Thank you, sir. Our accounting software switch over is

[15:50] we are live on the new system. We are learning somewhat painfully. Um, but uh

[15:56] as with all software conversions, um, that's really kind of taken the most of

[16:01] the last couple weeks. But I do want to thank everybody um throughout the city

[16:06] because the you know department heads and such are going to really have to

[16:11] change how they do things as well. Um but a special thank you to the staff at

[16:16] city hall. We we've picked up payroll from ADP um as part of this. We're doing

[16:21] it in house now. Um so that was another big hurdle that we mixed in right with

[16:26] everything else. So, um, but everybody really really stepped up to to get that

[16:33] to happen. We had some hiccups on that first payroll, but I think everything's

[16:37] been fixed for, uh, the next one. So, we are off and running and it will be a

[16:45] lot of a lot of training in the near future to make sure everybody's up to

[16:50] speed on that. All I have s >> Thank you. Any comments or questions for

[16:55] Mr. K? I may say I think from my observation

[17:00] that uh Miss Amber Cubet gets an a double plus for all the work that she's

[17:06] done on this. So much behind the scenes and extra hours she's put into this

[17:11] trying to get this rolled out as smoothly as possible and still even

[17:14] today met with the superintendent. Uh so so you know if you see Amber just make

[17:21] sure you thank her in in the future I think Mr. transment standpoint. This is

[17:26] really going to be a great Mr. Dice also writes out requisition and so forth.

[17:34] This is going to be so much smoother and better and faster and more efficient.

[17:37] So, but just it's enough to apply like this for a while. But, uh, so yeah, Miss

[17:43] Amber doing a great job going out. All righty.

[17:49] But, uh, Mr. Thank you, mayor. Uh my apologies for my

[17:53] absence last couple meetings. It will be avoided. I think everything is in order.

[17:58] Nothing to report. >> Thank you, sir.

[18:03] Comments, questions for Mr. Mr. G, project coordinator. Thank you,

[18:08] Mayor. Um crews have started on the curb rake portion of the paving project. So,

[18:13] I imagine those have those tomorrow. Uh the asphalt contractors ready to start

[18:19] right away. So they'll have about 3 4 days worth of work and then come back

[18:23] and adjust all the casting. So it's not a very big project. Shouldn't take long.

[18:27] So uh also the contractor started on our west main and south long project. Um

[18:34] they're having they're doing the water main portion of it right now. They're

[18:39] their structures for the drainage. They can't

[18:43] get until the end of September. So, they're going to come back, then they

[18:47] get the water part done, then come back in September and get that uh portion

[18:51] completed. So, I'll do all done before the snowflies and get good time for

[18:57] asphalt. Um, you were handed out today a part of my zoning part.

[19:04] There is an uh plan commission will hold a public hearing on 8:25 and 4:30

[19:10] concerning a cell tower rise cell tower right between the fire department and

[19:16] the justice center. I believe it's not what it says on the

[19:20] air, but that's okay. We know where it's at. Um so they will uh hold that hearing

[19:26] right there for planning commission meeting Tuesday. Also, you're giving out

[19:30] a thing which it's on the next uh piece of agenda here. The Historic

[19:36] Preservation Commission did move to recommend the council that the mausoleum

[19:42] be removed from the local landmarks list. I handed you out a copy of that

[19:47] legislation that deals with that and highlighted that commission may

[19:50] recommend that council remove that landmark from the landmarks list and no

[19:54] longer meet the criteria of this chapter.

[20:00] That's all I have. Any comments or questions for Mr. Gard

[20:08] we may say a word about the CSX crossings that you know we really don't

[20:12] have much control. I don't know we've been in contact with with CSX but you

[20:16] got any on that? >> So what they've done is especially

[20:20] across Gamble they've already completed the main street crossing. So they're

[20:25] replacing all the rail. The rails I don't know remember the

[20:29] length of it, but it's starting at the um north end of Main Street crossing and

[20:34] CSX. They're that whole piece of rail goes

[20:38] all the way through Gamble and all the way through Smiley. So when they lay

[20:42] that in, they do not want to join in the in the crossing. So for protect

[20:49] that particular one, they have to cross close both of them down. They're

[20:53] replacing of the rail. So they'll lay those in, redo the whole crossings, and

[20:58] then open things back up. So that's the reason why they're doing both of them at

[21:01] the same time. They started they're starting out, I think, this week out on

[21:06] the north side of town street and

[21:14] » street on the west. >> So they will be moving in town and it's

[21:19] going to be a pain, but it is what it is.

[21:24] Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. And the timing is kind of rough for school starting. You

[21:28] know, there are a number of folks that drive both State Street and West. So

[21:33] hopefully that'll be completed as soon as possible, but we do not have any

[21:38] control over that other than to communicate with them, let them know our

[21:42] desires. So hopefully that'll be done quick.

[21:47] All right. Any other comments or questions?

[21:51] All right, look forward to new business. Uh, as Mr. you guys alluded to, there's

[21:55] a letter of recommendation uh from the Shelby Historic Preservation

[22:00] Commission concerning the Oakland Cemetery Moselum

[22:04] and to take action upon that.

[22:14] Mayor, I move that we formally remove the Oakland Mausoleum located within

[22:19] Oakland Cemetery uh from the city of Shel's historic global landmark

[22:23] laboratory. Second,

[22:29] » we have a motion by Mr. Martin and a second by Mr. Roberts that we formally

[22:36] remove the Ontario Moselum from the local historic landmark inventory here

[22:41] in the city of Shelby. approval. Understood.

[22:46] » Okay. Discussed, Mr. Rob. >> Um,

[22:51] under section D here said the commission may recommend council remove the

[22:54] landmarks list properties that no longer meet the

[22:58] criteria of the chapter. How exactly does this no longer meet the criteria of

[23:04] the historical comm? Um, you know, they labeled that out in

[23:11] this They've had to remove two of the main

[23:14] towers. Um the other two were scheduled to be removed just because they

[23:19] deteriorated so bad that they have to come down. Um and then at that point

[23:23] there's really nothing left of the significance. They just want they've got

[23:29] a project to do something to get those crips covered up and protect those who

[23:34] are resting in hope for peace and so forth.

[23:38] What is the plan going forward? Then as far as the crips are concerned,

[23:43] » they have a um a plan to basically build a building on top of that

[23:49] and with some different features. Uh they've been working with Chris Rand

[23:54] local historian to do some things on the inside to make that keep the history of

[23:59] the building alive inside of there. So I would the listening to the comm historic

[24:07] preservation commission and some of the local historians and the cemetery

[24:10] committee has done a fine job I think of trying to preserve that history.

[24:17] I've been I've been following this um for quite a while and and I know the

[24:22] reason I'm asking these questions is so people have an understanding why and

[24:27] where

[24:32] » it is interesting to note for the record that while they

[24:37] do uh recommend that we remove the the

[24:42] mausoleum um they

[24:46] are against the whole barn enclosure. Um, so I just like to point that out.

[24:52] But, um, how how does this, if anything, affect, uh, our ability to get grants to

[24:59] help out with the project itself?

[25:05] » Um, as a reminder, um, Don Gates had brought the cemetery issue up a few

[25:10] years ago about the situation it was in. There was one board member that was on

[25:15] the board at the time, John Hancock. He was a president, the only board member.

[25:19] And so there were some issues with the cemetery. And so myself, Mr. Ensman, Mr.

[25:23] Trump from who volunteered, I don't know, three years ago to join that

[25:27] board. And um since then, um we've, you know, adjusted the rates for different

[25:34] things dealing with the cemetery. We've um paved the $245,000

[25:40] in paving. You know, we've fixed some flooding issues in the northwest corner

[25:48] of the cemetery, but of course, the biggest issue is the mausoleum as Joe

[25:51] was talking about over the years. You know, we had a lot of water damage and

[25:56] it just really ate the exterior of the structure away. And so John Edmond, he's

[26:04] he's you know taken the lead in um you know getting a design for the exterior,

[26:09] you know, so you can talk about it in a moment. Um but he's put a lot of time in

[26:15] into this and we've worked with the historical commission, Christina Drain

[26:19] and others, you know, to really come up with the best um the best design that we

[26:25] could come up with. We ran like last year we went to the Miller Foundation

[26:30] and time for $130,000 grant. We received it. Okay. So, that's very helpful. The

[26:36] community raised approximately $5,000 as well. Um,

[26:42] you know, we've had some other other folks jump in and, you know, give some

[26:47] money to the cause. So, I think we're sitting at 160,000ish right now, you

[26:51] know, to be able to do this. And so um if you have me John or Brian we can

[26:57] answer more in depth questions if you have any

[27:03] one thing to add that to that might speak to council Martin's point um this

[27:09] is an enclosure so you talk about getting grants if someone would want to

[27:14] do the project of a complete renovation and wanted them to work towards

[27:19] you know getting raising the money and doing that project it would be possible

[27:23] you just take build it off. Um just the the funds were not available. Uh we

[27:28] couldn't couldn't raise that kind of money for the time being. So it's being

[27:33] preserved and hopefully someday that would be a possibility.

[27:38] » I guess that's my concern that you know so we're putting this enclosure over

[27:43] there which I completely that's fine. But if we did want to or somebody wanted

[27:50] to get grants to do a restoration of what is underneath,

[27:58] not having it as a historic landmark would be a negative against those

[28:03] grants. Correct.

[28:08] » It is still listed on the national

[28:14] opportunities at that point. There is a there is a $5,000 grant. We

[28:20] didn't meet the deadline. Um we just had not reported fully on that when

[28:25] Christina D brought it to our attention. So Christina is going to be, you know,

[28:30] for this next round. She's going to be applying for that as well as we're going

[28:35] to revisit some other opportunities, you know, that we went with last year that

[28:40] we did not, you know, we weren't part of receiving any of those funds. Um but

[28:46] whatever monies we have left over from from our project um we are going to hand

[28:51] off to Christina drain for her to you know develop the inside of the structure

[28:58] to possibly you know contain like a like a probably like a little museum like

[29:04] what we have right outside the doors here in the hallways. Um um

[29:18] I guess my point is is it not a little premature to

[29:23] take it off of our local registry at this juncture. We really don't know

[29:28] because we don't cross we don't know if this this over structure is going to be

[29:34] more a long-term solution or a temporary solution. And we won't know that until

[29:40] you know kind of the chips fall where they may. Is it premature to remove it

[29:46] from the local designation? >> I guess question.

[29:51] » Yeah, I I understand Mr. Martin's concern. You know,

[29:55] I think we should go with the historical commission's recommendation at this time

[30:00] and just move forward. Some of the other things they're looking at, we still

[30:04] there's 240 crypts, 220 are filled. So, if we can get the building looking nice

[30:11] and the internal structure the um but we still have 20 openings if anybody in the

[30:18] future would like to be buried there um where the four towers are being removed

[30:23] the two already removed you can see the the area of the pads where the two

[30:27] towers on the east side used to be Christina Dr come up with the idea of

[30:31] possibly you know incorporating an area within each tower where there's room to

[30:36] place urns you know to further you know in case might be placed in there

[30:51] still

[30:55] as well.

[31:03] Any further discussion? >> Just [clears throat] I mean we begin

[31:08] through here I guess I was asking Why the recommendations and the key

[31:14] reasons for recommendations are severe structural deterioration, water damage,

[31:18] public safety concerns, loss of

[31:23] architectural integrity. I mean,

[31:29] there's nothing that says that we have to do it. I mean, there's no reason. But

[31:33] by taking this off of the registry, >> local

[31:37] » the local registry, there's no I mean it doesn't help or hinder it in

[31:45] any way. Correct.

[31:50] » I guess just in being in some of the meetings I think it's the idea if you

[31:56] have something on the local registry should be local registry worthy and they

[31:59] don't feel that in this present condition it's local registry worthy.

[32:05] It's it's like a guy that looked at the hammer, the hatchet that George

[32:11] Washington chucked on the cherry tree and had the museum. They said, "That's

[32:15] the hammer." I'm sorry. That is the hatchet that George Washington used to

[32:19] chuck out the cherry tree. He said, "Yes, sir. That's the hammer." Three

[32:22] handles and two new heads, but that's that is that is that is a hatchet. So,

[32:27] uh, what we have out there is not the original,

[32:33] you know, for for good reason. And I just don't think it has local registry

[32:37] this national registry original roots. I think it still opens up the idea for

[32:43] grants. But I think historicity is trying to be maintained by closing it,

[32:47] protecting it, uh being able to do some things. I saw rendition of what could be

[32:51] done on the inside, protecting the history of that mausoleum. So I I do

[32:56] that's kind of why they're moving forward with this that it's no longer

[33:00] really something that they should be championing at this point.

[33:04] » Are we opening up that proverbial can of worms by taking it off and then the to

[33:09] the national and says hang on a second you know if they took it off the local

[33:14] registry should we can they look at that and say go ahead and try to take it off

[33:18] of the national registry. Is that something that can happen too? And then

[33:21] that thing just sitting there not on any registry at all

[33:27] first. >> My guess is in its condition and this

[33:32] when the nationals come around if they ever do anything they're going to take

[33:34] it off. >> So I mean this doesn't meet any of the

[33:39] criteria right >> that's on our ordinance anymore.

[33:48] Once tonight, once we take this off the

[33:52] registry, the next step, Mr. Ensman's got to get the county to approve some

[33:58] the engineering design. Once it's approved, then our our builder can set a

[34:04] date to build that. We want to get that done as quickly as possible before we go

[34:08] back into the winter cycle. Once we get the builder to decide when he's going to

[34:13] do it, Joe Lyens locally, he's going to take the west towers down for free like

[34:17] he did the east to house and saved us a lot of money. When the west towers are

[34:21] down, essentially the only thing left of the exterior of that entire building,

[34:26] the roof's going to be gone, the four towers are going to be gone. Only the

[34:29] north and south side walls are going to be there. And they're in bad shape, too.

[34:33] Um, but we decided to leave those in place. So, the structure, Mr.

[34:39] has, you know, seen the design through, you know, it's going to cover everything

[34:44] and make sure that the 220 folks that are tuned in there are protected in the

[34:49] next, you know, winter cycle. You know, it's our belief that if if it goes

[34:54] through another winter cycle, um those towels could fall down. You know, um Bob

[34:59] Dean originally a couple years ago, you know, he had some safety concerns with

[35:04] the exterior property of that structure and We spent $3,000, I believe, to put a

[35:12] fence, a safety fence around us so children, you know, wouldn't go up to it

[35:15] and, you know, get cloer by falling off, you know, the tops of those towers. And

[35:20] so, you know, as soon as Joe Legs was ready, we took those that safety fencing

[35:24] down and he took down those two towers. But now the west towers are in really

[35:29] bad shape. And so, we do not want to see that. It's like, well, we need, you

[35:33] know, to make sure, you know, we comply with what the historical commission

[35:37] would like to do. So, Mr. can go and get those engineering um approvals done so

[35:43] we can start the construction. >> Well, I I

[35:49] I have to side with the the historic commission on this. Um

[35:55] reason being um to build the building um as it stands

[36:01] right now um they would have to go against their guidelines to approve the

[36:07] structure that needs to be built there to protect that building. Um so removing

[36:14] that removes them from that process and allows that to continue which is going

[36:20] to be very helpful um to continue the project. It's something that has to be

[36:26] done. It's going to be done sooner or later or the whole thing is going to be

[36:30] on the ground and then we have a huge problem. So removing it from their

[36:35] responsibility I think is a very responsible for thing for them to do.

[36:41] what it has to be done. >> All right. So, connecting the dots, the

[36:47] historical commission is a barrier at this time to actually putting up the

[36:51] whole Bomb Brook building and this is a way for us to take it out of their

[36:55] purview. So, they're no longer a barrier to what actually needs done. So, we've

[37:01] been dancing around this, making it sound like it was the historical

[37:06] commission's idea, but let's just call brass tax and brass tax. The historical

[37:12] commission doesn't want the pullbar building. And so, if we don't remove it

[37:15] from their purview, then they're not going to approve the pullbar building

[37:20] and then it will have to be appealed to us and it will come back to us and the

[37:23] whole thing. So, all right. Now that we got that cleared up,

[37:28] » that's they know at the last commission meeting they had a timeline and said

[37:32] they didn't approve it. It was automatically approved. They took no

[37:36] action during that. So it's automatically approved and then they

[37:40] said we're just going to make motion to send this to council. So it's because it

[37:45] doesn't meet the criteria and and so forth. So, they actually worked with the

[37:50] cemetery board on somewhat of a design for the building to go over just to to

[37:56] try to make it something, but it's not what it was. So,

[38:01] » we we've been working very closely with the historical commission on this. Um,

[38:07] letting them all know where we're at, what we need to do. So, we appreciate

[38:10] the help of the historical commission. One of the things I do want to say, if

[38:15] you go out there and look from the east side, inside um the west towers started

[38:22] falling in I don't know 5 10 years ago and and it somehow connected to the roof

[38:27] at all and they built this kind of structure of beams on top of beams all

[38:31] the way up from the floor to the ceiling you know supporting this um our concern

[38:36] is if it goes through one more winter cycle and everything caves in and it

[38:40] cracks those crifts open like Mr. Rob said, "We're going to we're going to be

[38:45] dealing with something bigger." So, we're our number one goal, I mean,

[38:49] Mr. Cone and Mr. Edmond all along has been to see this through to make sure

[38:54] that that we protect those crypts. That's the number one goal here. And so,

[38:58] I we think we've come up with a the best with the money we've raised, the best um

[39:05] design we could with the money we raised.

[39:09] Thank you. Any further discussion?

[39:14] Roll call on the motion to formally remove Mr.

[39:19] » Mr. Rob. >> Yay.

[39:20] » Mr. Roberts. >> Yay.

[39:22] » Mr. Reese, >> yay.

[39:23] » Mr. Martin, >> yay.

[39:24] » Mr. Yay. >> That motion passes. Ladies and

[39:27] gentlemen, any other new business to be brought before council this evening?

[39:33] Any unfinished business before council? Let's move forward with legislation. Mr.

[39:41] Orders number eight, 2026. Transfer appropriations for the year 2026 and

[39:46] declaring an emergency. >> That rules are requiring that orders be

[39:51] two separate occasions be suspended. >> Second,

[39:56] we have a motion by Mr. Roberts, a second by Mr. Martin that the rule

[40:00] requiring an preceptation be suspended. Discussion, Mr.

[40:06] Uh my agenda says for the year 2025. Is that correct?

[40:14] » Uh no that was uh error on the agenda but the ordinance does say

[40:21] » thank you for >> you're looking for an evil eye award.

[40:27] We'll give it to you. >> No just avoid some confusion. I'm just

[40:35] all right. In ter discussion on the motion to suspend

[40:40] roll, please >> Mr. Rob.

[40:42] » Yay. >> Mr. Roberts,

[40:44] » Mr. Reese, >> yay.

[40:45] » Mr. Martin, >> that motion passes.

[40:50] » Passes the ordinance. >> Second.

[40:53] » We have a motion on Mr. Robinson, a second by Mr. Martin for the passage of

[40:56] ordinance number 8, 2026. Discussion. Mr.

[41:02] » Thanks, sir. Uh most of this is just housekeeping. We're we're getting to

[41:06] that part of the the year where some lines are starting to uh run a little

[41:11] low. Um and so we're pling them with other lines. A couple of the the major

[41:16] things the fire department needs to do a software conversion. I think it's 12 or

[41:22] 13 grand. Wasn't on the the uh wasn't on the the agenda appropriations.

[41:31] And so that came up and chemicals were just a lot higher than they were last

[41:36] year with the Blackboard Commons and prices just going up and a few other

[41:42] administrative stuff to move around. Nothing too surprising with this.

[41:47] » Thank you. Any further discussion? Roll call. [clears throat]

[41:52] » Mr. Rob, >> yay.

[41:54] » Mr. Roberts, yay. >> Mr. Reese,

[41:56] » yay. >> Mr. Martin, yay.

[41:58] » Mr. Clark, >> yay.

[41:59] » That motion passes.

[42:05] Orders number 9, 2026 amending section 1044.09

[42:11] set receiving rate and eched chapter 104 sewer charges of the codified ordinances

[42:17] of the city of Shelby, Ohio. For three second

[42:23] motion by Mr. Roberts and second by Mr. for the passage of ordinance number 900

[42:28] I'm sorry first reading rather of ordinance number 9 2026 discussion

[42:38] » no call please >> Mr. Rob

[42:40] » yay >> Mr. Roberts

[42:41] » y >> Mr. Reese

[42:43] » yay >> Mr. Martin

[42:44] » yay >> Mr. You're welcome.

[42:45] » Yeah. >> 29 2026 passes first reading.

[42:50] Nothing for miscellaneous business. Is there any miscellaneous business to be

[42:54] brought before council this?

[42:58] » Mr. Mark mayor council adjournment. >> Second.

[43:02] » Have a motion by Mr. Martin and second by Mr. Mclofflin for adjournment. Roll

[43:07] call please. >> Mr. Rob.

[43:08] » Yay. >> Mr. Roberts.

[43:10] » Yay. >> Mr. Reese.

[43:11] » Yay. >> Mr. Martin.

[43:13] » Yay. >> Mr. W. Yay.

[43:15] » That motion passes. Council adjourn to 7:42. Thank you, gentlemen.

Shelby City Council 8/17/2026

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