[0:00] All
right, go ahead and open up with a word
[0:03] of prayer then. Heavenly Father, thank
you so very much for the opportunity
[0:07] you've given us together to serve our
community and to work to make it a
[0:11] better place for all of us. We'd ask you
that you'd give us wisdom and
[0:15] discernment as we make decisions that
are before us. We'd ask you that you'd
[0:18] give us in your blessing hand as we
would again work to improve the
[0:23] community for all of us. Pray that you
give us a spirit of unity, draw us
[0:27] together. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
Amen. All right, go ahead and do a roll
[0:32] call. Chris here.
Flo here. Betty here. Josh here. Kristen
[0:40] is absent. Um, she's not able to make it
tonight. Again, a motion to excuse.
[0:48] Thank you, Josh. And you said Betty.
Second. All right. All in favor? All
[0:53] oppose? Same sign. Motion carries.
going right on. Um been a little bit of
[1:02] a hectic stretch to say the least and um
we've had a number of volunteers that
[1:08] we're very grateful for. Uh they came
in, they volunteered their time. Um many
[1:13] of them day after day after day and
we're very grateful for them. This isn't
[1:16] a complete list. As a matter of fact, um
I uh I didn't even get my own wife on
[1:21] here who spent some time down here. um
was down here for a day helping with
[1:26] stuff uh in the utility position, but we
had Stephanie Geb, I hope I said that
[1:30] last name right, guide. Thank you so
much, Stephanie Guy. Uh Renee Spencer,
[1:35] Chris Bender, you were down here a
bunch. And then Mike and Alyssa, um
[1:40] Eikleberry um were down here and they
volunteered their time and I think even
[1:44] their mulch in in helping to work up uh
the area outside to make that look a
[1:49] whole lot better than what it has. And
that's not a complete list. there have
[1:52] been a lot of folks that have
volunteered their time to come down and
[1:54] help uh and keep the train on the tracks
and we're so very grateful for that. Um
[1:59] so I want to make sure that we um would
uh would recognize them uh the way that
[2:05] we need to, the way that they deserve to
be. So heartfelt thank you to everybody
[2:09] who volunteered. And if I left your name
off the list and you're watching the
[2:13] recording later, please forgive me. Um
again, not a complete list. A bunch of
[2:17] hands helped and we're very grateful for
each one. Um, our phone systems are up
[2:21] and running. We're grateful for that.
Um, we had oh, I'd say less it was less
[2:26] than $1,000 in that. 974 I think is the
number and uh we got those um up and
[2:32] running. We're we're happy about that.
Um and so just as a quick update there,
[2:37] we did get those transferred. Uh the
landlines that needed to stay in place
[2:40] with the security systems and all that,
uh those obviously stayed intact.
[2:44] nothing was touched there, but we do now
have a much more reliable, robust phone
[2:48] system. We're grateful for that. We do
have a new utility clerk. Uh Ashley
[2:52] Krebs came on board and uh she's been uh
taken to it very very well and we're
[2:57] grateful for that. Um
Dr. Vney and Frink um have agreed uh to
[3:03] come on or to send us a proposal rather
that we can get before council um to act
[3:08] as our fiscal officer. Um I think that
would be a wonderful thing for us to
[3:12] entertain. I don't have a proposal from
that. They're pulling it together now.
[3:16] Um but uh as soon as I have that
council, it'll be in your inbox. Um so I
[3:21] think that's about what I have for the
moment on that. I don't think I'm
[3:26] missing anything. Um but I do want to
take public comments and we have a few
[3:30] folks here. One uh did indeed register.
That would be the Kelly's.
[3:36] So grateful grateful for you folks being
here. Hi. Um, and so we'll just go ahead
[3:42] and give you the floor. Um, council has
the web form you guys submitted, so
[3:46] they're a little bit aware of what's
going on, but why don't you walk us and
[3:49] council through it?
[3:53] We come over about a year ago and about
Yes. cleaned out.
[4:01] We have a estimate. Awesome. We got
another one this year. The guy just
[4:05] came. Um, there was supposed to be an
ement paper we brought last year.
[4:11] I would imagine we have it in a binder
somewhere. I hope.
[4:16] We can't find out here. I don't know.
I'll give it to my neighbor guy who
[4:21] stays up all night playing music.
[4:28] So, I mean, it's we're getting with the
recent range on that.
[4:36] Yeah. I hear you there. We've had a
bunch of it. Um
[4:40] $4,550 looks like even. And am I reading
that handwriting right? Yeah. Okay. All
[4:45] right.
[4:49] 800 yards repaired. Okay. Hopefully, it
won't be repaired, but that'd be great.
[4:56] As wet as it is though. Yeah, you could
see it happening. Well, I mean we can
[5:00] wait till it's dry. Well, fair enough.
Fair enough. Volcano live on top of the
[5:06] hill.
We'll have a barn that's in the flood
[5:10] zone.
[5:16] Is that
the trailer park or Yeah, it's it's
[5:21] down. Yeah, kind of. It's
down. Yeah, it gets cleared out through
[5:26] your front yard and everything. Yeah,
this is basically it's the storm sewers
[5:31] in town. That's the same one that
somebody else was talking about that
[5:35] runs through their yard. No, they
brought it up about a year ago, wasn't
[5:40] it? Yeah. This is a different
[5:44] Yeah. And and I'd have to go through the
minutes, but I believe council approved
[5:48] to cover was it half the cost or we we
didn't hear the decision? Oh, we had
[5:54] left here and yeah. Yeah, we didn't have
we didn't when we left last monthly that
[5:59] was it. Well, how about hopefully
council can get your decision maybe. But
[6:05] yeah,
[6:10] it's mainly the one part is like
100%. And then we
[6:16] split. Well, it's got it's got the
picture on the
[6:21] back assessment through the picture.
Yeah. Okay. Part of like 25% of where it
[6:29] connects. Say there's here is 100% town.
Here is the uh runoff from the hill
[6:37] rainfall or whatever. And then it goes
into one single line which is what we
[6:42] paid part of on that. Plus our line we
paid full on that one. So, we're just
[6:46] asking for the the main line from you
guys and then 3/4
[6:53] of the rest of it. So, what's the to is
the total dollar amount what's on that
[6:58] sheet that you're asking for? No. No,
it's a percentage of correct. Okay. And
[7:04] that would be when he did it. I'm sorry.
When the key did it, we paid like 25% of
[7:09] what connected for the straight line's
in and then the straight line. Okay. So
[7:15] you're asking us to cover the 75 the
bound to cover the 75%.
[7:20] Correct. Okay. Got it. Of this. Well,
the
[7:25] 750. Can I just Yeah. Yeah.
You can speak to it in terms of dollars.
[7:32] Yes. So here is where the town that's
all the runoff in the sewer, right? Or
[7:39] not the sewer, but the storm. This is
100%.
[7:42] So that would be like 750 I believe it
was. So this is where we have to cover.
[7:50] Okay. This is this what comes down
through your yard. This is they both
[7:55] come down through our yard.
Where is Wood Street? That's what I was
[8:01] That's
No, no, I know that. But I'm trying to
[8:04] understand where this is because you say
the pipe. Is this the pond? Yes. So the
[8:09] pond's here. Okay. the phone pole when
you got me. This is the the V on our
[8:14] side. Gotcha.
Okay. The phone pole I thought was the
[8:17] phone pole on Wood Street. So that's why
messed up. So this is the culvert pipe.
[8:21] This is Dr's pond. Yep. Okay. So this is
what the town storm. Yep. This is the
[8:27] storm. So there's no And then this is
75%. So then this is yours. This is the
[8:32] town. Correct. 75% of this should be the
town. Okay. And that and this is on both
[8:37] sides of the driveway. Okay. And what
what's the number on that? Oh, it would
[8:45] be and plus there's haul off
fee because the dirt has to go
[8:50] somewhere. So this is the hauloff fee,
1,500 and it's 750 per
[8:57] section. 750 per section. Okay. So, so
2250 for all three sections and then
[9:06] 1,500 for the haul off, which we don't
know where to haul it
[9:09] off. And then this is if we repair the
yard if it's
[9:16] damaged. So potentially this could come
off and
[9:21] potentially who knows where this is
going to go. I think do you understand
[9:25] that you guys?
But I think the mayor had said something
[9:31] about it was a fellow town by the water
treatment plan about getting
[9:39] I was going to say as far as the water
by the water tower itself. Yeah. Do you
[9:44] remember saying that? Well, I remember
looking at options. Yeah, we wanted to
[9:47] looking at a number of options. What
What about hauling the dirt off? Find
[9:51] somebody that wants to fill dirt.
[9:55] I mean, yeah. I mean, we could we could
try to advertise that an option. Yeah,
[10:01] it it would be an option potentially.
So, they're still going to charge you.
[10:06] Yeah.
See, they're still going to have a whole
[10:09] office fee probably no matter what. But
maybe depends on who wants the fill
[10:14] dirt. True. If they got a dump truck, it
could be
[10:18] abuse. Could be somebody that sells
field dirt, you know.
[10:34] And there was a second quote.
There was two. Yeah. Two quotes handed
[10:38] in in March with the copy of the ement.
And the other fellow was way higher. We
[10:44] didn't go back to him to get the second
year. We just had the lowest bit.
[10:55] and we've used him before
[11:04] so and WT McKe would not quote
it have any way to remove the D
[11:17] cell which I
[11:29] understand would have to be an actual
decision tonight, would they? I mean, I
[11:34] suppose not. I just I I would feel some
level of personal onus on this. Uh
[11:40] because at the end of the day, it means
in all likelihood I'm the guy that
[11:43] dropped the ball on it. uh because they
were here and we did talk about it and I
[11:48] thought we made a decision, but I'm I'm
clearly I don't have that right. So, if
[11:53] if we're going to table it and we don't
want to make a decision tonight, um
[11:58] that's obviously up to you guys, but I I
would want to make sure that um we do a
[12:03] good job I do a good job at making sure
you folks aren't left in in the waiting
[12:07] zone that long again. So, we could go
back in the paperwork maybe and see.
[12:13] Yeah. and and maybe Seth, Leah, or Joan,
I know you guys are online. Uh any
[12:17] thoughts from any of
[12:22] you, you can they can hear us, right?
Should be able to, right?
[12:30] Oh, Joan, you're muted.
[12:34] Of course she is.
[12:37] So, uh, Mayor, I have not seen any of
the documentation that came in. Um,
[12:44] since since I started on April 14th, um,
I didn't see anything with any of the
[12:49] packets. So, um, as far as comments, um,
and I can't see the documentation from
[12:55] here, but maybe Seth might have some
questions.
[13:00] Yeah, I'm happy to review the
documentation. Um, regarding cost for
[13:04] the fill dirt. Um, again, not a legal
opinion here, but I know some civil
[13:10] engineers and some developers will
oftenimes take dirt from one project and
[13:15] spread it somewhere else on the property
and regrade um that portion of the
[13:19] property to kind of dispel that haul
cost as well. So, they'll keep it, you
[13:23] know, somewhere else on the property
until it's either a able to be hauled
[13:27] away or spread back out um on that
property because then it's not really
[13:33] going anywhere. It's staying where it
came from, just on point
[13:38] B. But that's more of an engineering uh
issue than it is a legal issue.
[13:45] Now, we don't have an issue with that.
But the last time we had to cost out of
[13:50] our pocket to get a yard rake to get all
the stone out of that dirt, and we're
[13:56] quite frankly, we don't have the time
and we don't want to spend the money on
[14:00] another yard rake to get all the stone
out. I don't we could we could dump it
[14:04] under our maple tree as long as somebody
removes the rock from it.
[14:09] Okay. Mayor Mayor, I just had a
question. Is this something that our
[14:14] street department guys can do or is this
I again I can't see the documents that
[14:20] you guys are looking at or exactly
specifically how it's being proposed,
[14:24] but is this something that we have the
equipment and the staff to do?
[14:30] Ron and Mike could speak into
that. I let I don't think we have a big
[14:38] enough to get down in there and get it.
We just got just the one dump truck say
[14:43] because he he knows more of the area and
he's seen it. I haven't seen So you
[14:46] would say no. Do you know what big Mike
has?
[14:51] I'm just wondering I'm also thinking of
that's part Clinton Township along with
[14:58] trade. Yeah. And I'm just curious as if
Clinton Township wouldn't take that dirt
[15:03] and haul along Cemetery Road where
they've been dumping out there. Anyway,
[15:08] so I mean I I think as far as council,
if this has been over a year, we
[15:13] probably need to do something on it. I
guess um I'm not sure how
[15:18] to move forward. So without having all
that Yeah. I just want to be super
[15:23] clear, Kelly. the the 2250 I I just want
to write down 100%, 25%, like I just
[15:30] want to know just on this sheet which
like so this this 2250 you're asking
[15:37] cover what percentage of that? 75%
of 1500 and 750 on the
[15:46] straightaway. The part that comes into
the V 100% of it because 75% of that
[15:54] rain is coming through our creek. It's
not from down the hill or whatnot. It's
[15:59] coming from the storm sewers and it's a
massive amount and we get junk and
[16:06] debris and everything else that comes
down through.
[16:10] Yeah. So, so the 1500 is 75% is the ask,
correct? And then the unit price of 750,
[16:17] which would come out for a total on this
sheet to 2250 if I'm reading that right.
[16:22] That minus 750 of that 750 is ours.
Okay. So, so 75% minus 750. So, 1500
[16:30] plus,500. So, 1500
100%. We're not 100%. 750 100% the 1500
[16:39] 75% of the 1500 and then 75% of 750 for
the straightaway
[16:50] that's come on
up when you
[16:55] maybe we could just do the math real
quick the 1500 needs to be put on hold
[17:00] well
[17:03] that's So yeah, this is Wood
Street legs.
[17:10] That's 100%. Okay. So what is what is
that? What is Okay. So we got 750. Okay.
[17:17] Now this is supposed to be another 750.
Okay. So that's 75% of that. Okay.
[17:30] Okay. Okay. This is ours. This is out of
the question. Okay. This 75%.
[17:37] So, okay. Do you guys
[17:42] do you guys deal with the township? We
talked to them. I don't know what we And
[17:48] this would
[17:54] be% 24.
Yes.
[17:58] So, so 3237
is is the ask assuming that we need that
[18:05] correct,
right? If you are wanting to do
[18:11] the yard that I don't know what the
rental cost is for a rate or whatnot or
[18:17] the time and labor to do it. So, that is
an option. Okay. But this includes the
[18:22] the the haul up here. No, it does not.
How much? This includes the haulup right
[18:26] here. That includes Okay. So the number
3237 covers all. Okay. Well, 75. Okay.
[18:43] Read those numbers and I'll make a
motion. Okay. So, uh,
[18:51] $3,237 is the ask of a total that that
Yeah, that would be it. That's
[18:56] everything. And they're and the Kelly's
are taking care of 750. They are taken
[19:01] care
of. The the total bill is
[19:09] 45 $1313.
[19:17] So
[Music]
[19:19] I would move that we
pursue this contract with Big Mike's but
[19:25] also investigating whether the Clinton
Township will take the soil away at a
[19:31] reduced cost or something for them
because I know they take soil. So Okay.
[19:38] Okay. That's my motion. All right. I'll
second it. Thank you, Chris. All in
[19:45] favor?
All opposed.
[19:48] All right.
[20:01] Uh, Mayor Martin, can you just read back
what that motion was so I can write that
[20:07] down correctly? Absolutely. Uh the
motion was to pursue the contract um for
[20:14] Big Mike's which would include a
dispersement of payment uh to the
[20:18] Kelly's in the amount of $3,237
uh leaving them to come up with a
[20:25] remainder of
$4,500 of the
[20:29] $4,550. Um and then um that as a part of
that prior to um entering into uh this
[20:37] contractor disperse some funds that we
connect with uh Clinton Township to see
[20:41] if they would be willing uh to haul off
the dirt uh either for free or at a
[20:46] reduced rate given their uh habit of
doing that in the past.
[20:51] So sure we can read back the recording.
That's the great thing about having
[20:56] recordings.
Um, all
[21:04] right. And I will make a continue copy
of this.
[21:09] Sweet. All right. I will hold on to it
and uh we'll we'll go from there. Okay.
[21:15] Excellent. Thank you guys so much. And
and honestly, I'm sorry about that. I'm
[21:20] sure that ultimately was my bad. So,
thank you for your patience.
[21:29] Okay. Anybody else uh that is here would
like to address
[21:35] council. All right. We'll go ahead and
roll forward then. Um
[21:42] that that is why like I said was here a
year ago. I've heard some different
[21:47] things and I tell the people keep coming
back to the council meetings. If you're
[21:52] not satisfied, come back again. present
your problem again. I mean, I I I get
[21:57] it, but I also understand that they were
here. They went through the proper
[22:00] channels then and in this case, I think
I probably just dropped the ball on it.
[22:05] Well, that's what I'm saying. It
happens.
[22:08] I'm human. Yeah. So, come back, you
know, and Sure. Sure. But they were kind
[22:13] about it both times, so they appreciate
that. So, they're good people. No doubt.
[22:17] All right. Um, have you uh council had
time to review the uh council meeting
[22:23] minutes uh from April the 21st, 2025?
Move to approve. All right. Can I get a
[22:30] second on that? Second it. Thank you.
All in favor? All oppose? Same sign.
[22:37] Motion carries.
Okay.
[22:42] Um Ron, police and administrative
report. Anything to share?
[22:48] just got great clean up on Monday and so
far we're good as far as the street.
[22:56] Awesome. Awesome. And then you were
sharing something uh with me on a fire
[23:01] hydrant. We want to go ahead and
Yeah. Well, unless you had something
[23:07] else on the police side.
[23:11] We have a fire hydrant on 226. It's off
to the side of Sweet Haven that the fire
[23:17] hydrant is not working
properly. So, we got prices for a repair
[23:23] kit for the hydrant and prices for a new
hydrant. The prices for a repair kit for
[23:31] the hydrant was
[23:34] $3,97569. That was the new hydrant.
[23:39] $3,97569. And then for just the repair
parts, $3,915.13.
[23:46] Get a new one. Yeah. One way or another,
we have to remove the hydrant and put it
[23:51] back on there. So, yeah, I just thinking
that probably the best bet is go new and
[23:56] everything's new on it. And we have
another new hydrant instead of another
[24:00] repaired hydrant. Right.
So,
[24:05] go for it. I don't know. We have a map
of the hole on there's 90 something.
[24:09] They just flushed them. So they 90ome.
Just curious. It's like 96 or 98. Well,
[24:16] you know, just looking ahead at cost of
replacing if you have 100 hybrids, you
[24:22] know. I'm just thinking that's all.
Okay. Yeah, they just flushed them. So,
[24:28] we've got a pretty good idea on how many
they twisted. Okay.
[24:33] And the other thing was just Kimble had
complained that the alley it's
[24:45] um looking at the Eagle's Nest Eagle's
Nest
[24:49] Lane that the
alley they had problems with the alley
[24:54] and they thought the alley was sinking
in and they had asked for gravel to be
[24:58] dumped. was supposed to be forward to
everybody, but the alley itself looks
[25:03] like it's
fine. I don't know if they've got a new
[25:07] driver or a bigger truck, but they're
going off the alley and into the right
[25:12] away with the truck, and it's Where is
it? Where's that at? Eagle Nest Lane.
[25:17] Where's that? It's a very small alley
going out towards Sweet Haven. It's the
[25:22] back
road. Okay.
[25:25] Oh, Nick Nick used to have a property on
the corner there and they to down. It
[25:30] was where the house burnt down.
That's on people's nest. Oh, anyways,
[25:36] they wanted to put more gravel onto the
alley, but I think what they were
[25:41] wanting is gravel into this rideway,
which we can put gravel into that right
[25:46] away, but the best thing would be to put
some gravel as a footer in there and
[25:49] then put some asphalt on top of it. But
I don't know, like I say, if it's a new
[25:54] driver or a bigger truck, why all of a
sudden they're have problems getting I
[25:59] know they're trying to get around the
corner of that
[26:02] building. They're probably afraid
they're going to hit
[26:05] it. It seems like they're always
changing drivers. I was going to say
[26:10] who's building
[26:14] this propert.
[26:18] Well, I guess my question is, is it too
close to the alley? I just didn't know
[26:22] how. It's probably been there for 90ome
years.
[26:29] Okay then. Definitely been there a
while.
[26:36] It's like the one
that's back here behind the firehouse.
[26:40] That gray and maroon building that looks
like Ohio State Colors that's right on
[26:44] the alley. It's been there forever.
Okay. We've got a couple of them and
[26:49] we're starting to find more and more
with people selling their houses where
[26:54] the neighbors buildings over on their
property a little and then they're
[26:57] having disputes on well I want you to
buy that piece of property and
[27:01] understood.
[27:05] Okay. So that is in the rightway where
they're going over there. Do you want us
[27:09] to do that or do you want us to tell
them see what the deal is with tell them
[27:14] learn to drive or because they're It's
about the same time they sent that
[27:19] letter that they put a note on one of
our big cans down at the sewer plant
[27:23] saying that they weren't dumping the can
because it was too heavy. And it's the
[27:26] can that comes off of our separator that
keeps the big regular big wheeled trash
[27:32] can. And so when I called her, the
manager down there, they said, "No, it's
[27:36] a new driver. I'll take care of it." And
they did. They're dumping it now. and
[27:40] she apologized and okay but this may be
the same deal with a new driver and he's
[27:46] afraid to hit the corner of that
building he's not familiar with the
[27:48] truck and that's why he's getting way
over there but we can do something if
[27:52] you want something to make that alley
wider I I would say let's start with
[27:56] asking the question did the truck size
change and is the driver new um we've
[28:01] been using Kimble for quite some time if
this hasn't been an issue to
[28:05] date if the truck size didn't change
then we got a driver issue so Why don't
[28:10] we start by asking that? Okay. I recall
the same lady that I called about.
[28:19] That's it. All right. Do that need
action on the uh or you're just going to
[28:25] do it. That doesn't need a motion or
anything to just do it.
[28:30] Don't need a vote. Oh, okay. That's what
I was asking. So,
[28:35] better to get the new one. Get the new
one. I'll second that. All right. All in
[28:41] favor? I. All oppose. Same sign. All
right. Motion carries. And thank you,
[28:46] Josh.
I seen the email for the uh link for the
[28:52] Oh, yeah. lines and I came in, I got the
book, and I was looking in there because
[28:56] I didn't remember the name of that
place, Arcadia, because I was going to
[28:59] call them because they originally said
they were going to set us up with a
[29:02] link. And I called Jed and said, "I'm
going to call Arcadia." and he said,
[29:07] "Well, you didn't see the email
apparently, but that you took care of
[29:11] it." Said Josh Benson took care of it.
Thank you, Josh. No problem.
[29:17] Happy to help.
Good stuff. Thank you. Um, moving
[29:23] forward there, school property, great
news there. Uh, spent a good amount of
[29:27] time on the phone with Nate Shinderwolf,
uh, superintendent for T local schools,
[29:31] and, um, we're going to be getting back
a contract from them. um by the end of
[29:36] this month and uh everything is uh
smooth sailing on that front. So, uh
[29:42] waiting to get that done, but got just a
few discussion points that uh he wants
[29:46] to have with me surrounding that and
then then they're going to get us up and
[29:50] over that we can get to our solicitor um
and get before you guys. So, uh that's
[29:55] moving uh right along and excited uh
about that. Uh the next one is the solar
[30:00] array discussion. Um I want to be
careful about what I say there, but I
[30:04] will just say that uh we're in
negotiations with them uh to come up
[30:07] with an arrangement that I think would
be mutually beneficial both for um the
[30:12] solar company and also share. So um I
think we're nearing uh a close to those
[30:18] negotiations. Steph, you can correct me
if I'm wrong, but I think we're making
[30:20] good headway there.
And I back Yeah, I agree. I sent over a
[30:25] uh basically a red line with our
proposals um back to them. So, we'll see
[30:30] what they say. Excellent. Betty, you
were backing me up. On the school
[30:35] property. Yes, ma'am. We do not have a
place to hide for tornadoes or anything.
[30:41] Couldn't a school be used for that
somehow? Unfortunately, not. Um by the
[30:47] time that discussions were open uh with
the school and school board um on the
[30:52] property and trees and potential
involvement in the property um my
[30:56] understanding and and I may not get this
exactly right, but my understanding is
[31:00] that brownfield dollars were already at
play uh where the school was concerned
[31:04] and um the village would not have been
able to show enough um fiscal
[31:09] wherewithal to bring those buildings up
to code. uh which means that they'll be
[31:13] donating the property um to the to the
village of Shre um I think there's a
[31:18] dollar amount involved Nate mentioned5
or $10 something like that but um
[31:22] they'll be essentially donating to the
village of Shre um but it will be green
[31:26] grass ready to go um ready to build so
the the unfortunately the buildings will
[31:32] have to come down uh that's beyond our
control so but um down the road um with
[31:38] the plan that we we have um that may be
something that could be in the works. I
[31:43] don't know. Um we're we're obviously
just at a 30,000 foot view with that as
[31:47] you know. Um so potentially. Yeah. Um
but you're right. There is a need that
[31:52] that we have in Sharie for that. So be
wonderful to be able to address that
[31:56] somehow. Um so and I don't know if Shre
Community uh church uh has I know they
[32:03] have a basement. I don't know if they
ever opened that up for that. We might
[32:07] be able to reach out to them. Have they
ever done that to your Nand drawn during
[32:10] Yeah, I I I don't know that they would,
but they offered the church for safety
[32:16] if something would happen at the school
as far as if mass shooting or anything
[32:20] like that, but I don't know about any
kind of tornado shelter. And yeah, and
[32:24] that's obviously not something that
would be on them to do, but I do know
[32:26] they have the facilities in in the short
term, but um I I don't attend the
[32:31] church. Don't want to speak for them.
I'm just thinking out out loud, I guess,
[32:34] and maybe that'll get me in trouble. But
um yeah, there is a definite need. So,
[32:40] okay. Um All right. Ryan, any update on
the irriation project? Not since you and
[32:46] I last met with Okay. engineering
associates when we were discussed in the
[32:50] building and so forth. Yep. And we did
get council decision over to them on
[32:55] that. So, I if you haven't heard
anything, I haven't heard anything. So,
[32:59] okay. Um and then uh the Herald Miller
Park, we're going to have to call
[33:03] council a special cow meeting at some
point uh to discuss that. Um there is a
[33:08] fair amount of paperwork and application
that needs to go into that 300,000. Uh
[33:12] and we'll need council to make a
decision on what we want to do in
[33:17] relation to that funding. um and and
whether or not we want to uh try to
[33:22] figure out a way that given it's in a
flood zone, we want to try to put the
[33:26] money into the Herald Miller Park or uh
do we want to go back to the state and
[33:30] petition that they allow us to move it
up to the school property um and utilize
[33:35] the funding there. Um so just a bug in
your ear um in relation to that. Um and
[33:41] then one of our items down the road is
uh in our agenda is going to be to try
[33:45] to set a date for that um special
council meeting and then we'll also
[33:49] discuss discuss committees uh in in that
meeting as well and try to get some
[33:54] active committees going uh which would
be good. So um Jill, am I missing
[33:58] anything on the Herald Miller Park
there? Yeah, we just have a deadline to
[34:04] spend that money by um I believe it's
July or August of 2026.
[34:10] Um so I think it is uh something that's
critical that we need to get it
[34:15] addressed fairly quickly. Um as I have
shared with you and some of the other
[34:22] council members that uh we had
originally uh had the Army Corps of
[34:27] Engineers out. We did a sitewalk of the
Sharief Creek. They were originally
[34:32] going to do a study and try to mitigate
uh some flooding um or the flooding uh
[34:39] within the the Tree Creek corridor. Um
but I think we have that opportunity has
[34:48] passed. Therefore,
uh I make a recommendation to the board
[34:53] that um we not utilize $300,000 in a
flood plane. I do not see FEMA giving us
[35:01] uh a green light to build anything in a
flood plane. We would have to
[35:06] uh we'd have to get a lot of permits. We
would have to go through a lot of red
[35:10] tape to put 300,000 into a flood plane.
And I'm just recommending it to council
[35:16] not to do that. uh to uh perhaps um take
that money, look at how we could apply
[35:23] it to the school property after the
demolition is completed. Uh whether we
[35:30] start enhancing playgrounds for the
children, enhancing uh any of the
[35:36] existing ball fields that would be left.
Um and that's just going to be up to
[35:41] council and the committees to sit down
and take a hard look at that. But, um, I
[35:46] encourage,
um, everyone, um, that serves on the
[35:50] park and Rex committee, um, maybe we
could get together, uh, at a special
[35:56] meeting and take a really hard look at
this to make sure that we're utilizing
[36:00] that $300,000
um, to the fullest extent and apply it
[36:06] to a project that we can have completed
by uh,
[36:11] July, August of 2026.
Um, so, uh, we need to get to work on it
[36:18] and we need to get to work on it quick
because if we, uh, if we don't, you
[36:23] know, have that, we might be able to
request an extension. Um, and that's
[36:27] that's a very good possibility. Um, the
state's typically really really good
[36:32] about um, working with small communities
uh, for extensions. they don't like to
[36:38] do it and um so if we can avoid going to
the state and asking for an extension uh
[36:44] I I highly recommend that. Um but I also
feel that um um you know it's prudent
[36:52] that we we get to work uh as a uh
committees um the parks committee and
[36:58] you and figure out what we're going to
do with that 300,000.
[37:03] Okay.
All right. But we can we can use it
[37:07] other places. We don't have to use it at
the Herald Miller Park. Correct. We
[37:12] would have to go back to the and ask
them to approve a change of scope. Um
[37:17] even if it's to use it up at the school
property. So there would be a process to
[37:21] that.
[37:25] It'd be nice if they would grant you the
extension because you don't know how
[37:29] fast the buildings are going to come
down. Uh, I know they I know their plan
[37:34] was pretty quick, but I mean, look at
the high school. It's down, but the
[37:38] cleanup's taking Exactly. Good old time.
It's fair. It's fair. I mean, not
[37:44] necessarily saying they could close her
down here in a couple weeks and
[37:51] anything's possible.
I guess you that'll be determined what
[37:57] they do there. Yeah.
Okay.
[38:02] All right. Um, then moving forward to
new business, I would say uh, uh, PO's
[38:09] 17552 through
17556. Um, if I could get a motion to
[38:14] accept those.
[38:30] Yes.
[39:04] They'd be all the way in the very back,
Chris. So, you start with the very last
[39:08] page and work your way forwards. Yeah,
that's where I went.
[39:40] I'll pass
around and then I'll put back in the
[39:43] book.
[40:01] didn't cost that much.
[40:34] What have to be done for the charger off
that much for turn signal?
[40:40] the turn signal. That's a lot of work.
The whole column, everything is torn
[40:45] apart. That's not like the old school
like, you know, it's the lever. Okay.
[40:50] Everything. That's why I was wondering
if was the lever or what was the signal
[40:54] itself was the biggest part of it. The
high dollar part.
[41:02] I figured that's what it was, but not
sure. And then some of them are like a
[41:08] half moon shape where they take part of
the throttle apart, put it in. That one
[41:12] goes around the actual wheel nuts. They
had to pull the airbag in the steering
[41:16] wheel or take that one out, slide it
over, and put everything back on and
[41:21] reset the airbag.
Okay. And yeah, I went as long as I
[41:26] could, kept bumping, bumping it. It kind
of
[41:32] just it wasn't as obvious to that day
that day, but at night time you can
[41:37] really tell
[Laughter]
[41:43] when. But it's the turn
signal, the high beams, and the
[41:48] windshield
washer washer fluid and brighter all on
[41:53] that one. I think
[42:02] And it rained a day after I was hit and
my ring and I had to pull the fuse to
[42:06] the wipers to get the wipers to shut
off.
[42:13] Make a motion on that one. I make a
motion to pass. All right. Thank you.
[42:19] Chris, can I get a second?
Go ahead.
[42:23] We'll give it the full.
All in favor?
[42:28] All oppose. Same sign.
Mayor Martin, if if I may, when you are
[42:34] accepting those motions, if you could
call out who made the motion just so we
[42:38] can pick it up on the recording. Sure.
Thank you.
[42:45] All right. Um, March and April 2025
expenses, revenue, fund reports for
[42:50] review.
Um, we've got down Leo on this. Lee, did
[42:55] you have some comments on those?
[43:00] Um, not really on the ex I mean, I guess
some of you are new and you might not
[43:04] have seen these before. So, um, just
kind of an overview on the financials
[43:09] themselves.
Um, this is normally what we give every
[43:14] month after the reconciliation is
complete. A fund report, a revenue,
[43:18] expense.
Um you can see on the fund report like
[43:23] what the current balance is as of April
30th and then that encumbered amount is
[43:29] current purchase orders that are open.
Um so then that available balance is
[43:33] what is left after those purchase orders
if everything was to be paid on those.
[43:39] Um, the big thing to look at on your
revenue expense is you can see there's a
[43:44] percentage column on both of those that
kind of show you where you're at at that
[43:49] point in time. Um, as to what percentage
of the revenue you've collected versus
[43:54] what percentage of the expenses that
you've collected. Um, I haven't done a
[43:58] deep dive into this
um, just trying to get everything caught
[44:03] up.
But basic well on a basic overview
[44:07] everything right now looks to be pretty
well off. Um there's nothing alarming
[44:14] sticking out here. Um fund balances are
relatively at a good spot um without
[44:21] taking a deeper dive into it which I
plan to do here in the near future.
[44:39] All
right, sounds good then. And Seth, I
[44:43] need a motion. Oh, I'm sorry. I Sorry,
mayor. So, Leah, basically just for just
[44:49] general
uh for council, we have three new
[44:55] council members.
[44:59] Um, in looking at the revenues and
expense statements,
[45:05] um, there's there's been, um, there's
there's been, uh, a lot of, uh,
[45:11] speculation, one might say, uh, within
the community that, uh, we've heard
[45:17] things like bank we're going, we're
bankrupt. Is that a true statement?
[45:23] That is not.
Thank you. Um the village at this point
[45:28] in time it's in good standings.
Thank you. And we are within budget. We
[45:35] are not over budget and we are not
expending. We are not spending outside
[45:40] of our budget limits. Is that correct?
That is correct. We are actually at this
[45:46] point in time through the end of April
we are under budget.
[45:51] Thank you Mayor Martin. I would like
that um uh just reiterated uh in our
[46:00] minutes that we are under
budget, that we are not bankrupt and
[46:05] that the village is operating smoothly
financially and this comes from um our
[46:11] accounting firm uh Barney and Frink. Um
and uh I I think current council should
[46:18] be very pleased um for where we're at
and what we've come through over here
[46:23] the past couple months and um how we are
being fiscally responsible as uh as the
[46:29] leadership that um uh that the community
is relying on and um I'm very proud of
[46:36] your leadership. very proud of seeing
what's happening with our budget and the
[46:40] decisions that are being made and this
council and the council moving forward
[46:44] should be very proud of of this
accomplishment.
[46:51] Yeah, I I think I would echo that. I've
I've heard some rumblings um here and
[46:56] there of of people saying that we're
going under, we have gone under, we're
[47:00] bankrupt, and it's it's just utter
nonsense. I I would really like to think
[47:04] somebody would just reach out and and
ask. Uh but people seem much more
[47:08] willing to type on keyboards than they
are to ask questions. And I think that's
[47:12] a crime shame. Um so uh for for those
and and for the record, I would say
[47:18] absolutely the the case. We're we're not
in bad shape right now. I'm not saying
[47:22] we don't have some high hills to climb
in the coming years. We certainly do,
[47:26] but we're certainly aware of those and
uh are working extremely hard uh to try
[47:31] to make sure that we're navigating those
waters the absolute best we can. So, um
[47:36] very grateful for everybody who has a
hand in that.
[47:41] All right. Uh Steph, do I need a motion
on the bank
[47:45] reconciliations and expense um expense
revenue fund reports?
[47:51] Maybe a motion to accept the bills and
pay the bills.
[47:55] All right, I'll take one of those. A
motion to accept the bills, pay the
[47:58] bills. A motion to accept the bills, pay
the bills. Thank you, Josh, for making
[48:02] that motion. Betty, thank you for
seconding. All in favor? All oppose?
[48:07] Same sign.
Carries. That takes us down to the
[48:12] current uh loans and liabilities for the
village of Shreve. Uh Joan, I I had to
[48:18] ask you to kind of pull some of this
together. Um, we we have uh saved a
[48:24] contract that was entered into but not
officially signed before I took office.
[48:29] I don't think we've we've incurred um
any I mean we've gotten a lot of grants
[48:34] but but the village certainly has debts
um and some loans that are out there and
[48:39] I'd asked you to kind of for the new
council members pull some of those
[48:42] things together. Did Did you have a
chance to do that? I did. I just uh
[48:47] unfortunately I didn't have my file with
me. So, I'm just and Leah helped me pull
[48:53] this together, but we ran um the numbers
and I think the new council members um
[48:58] need to be aware of this that um prior
uh to uh
[49:08] 2024. Right now, the village has over
[49:14] $560ome,000 in
loans and we are paying on that. And I
[49:20] um also uh you think it's really
important that we get that information
[49:23] out there into the public. Um these were
loans for various projects um that um we
[49:31] kind of want to do a little bit of a
deeper dive into uh and and get that
[49:36] published on the website uh for
transparency. Um I do know that um these
[49:43] are not related to any grants that we
wrote and submitted and got funded for
[49:48] in 2024. Uh all grants that were
submitted in 2024 were 100% funded. So,
[49:57] um I think uh just for transparency, we
will uh do a little bit of a deeper dive
[50:02] and get this published on our website so
the community knows that u right now the
[50:08] village has that amount of money out in
loans. Uh and um I assume that they're
[50:14] for water projects over the years um and
but we are paying on them and as you
[50:20] just heard our budget um is handling
those loans. But I also think moving
[50:26] forward before council considers taking
on any more loans or at least this
[50:31] council um that we uh we look at our
funding um going forward and instead of
[50:39] just taking out loans to take out loans
that we keep continuing to look at grant
[50:44] funds to fund uh projects and work hard
with our state representatives
[50:51] um and legislators on trying to leverage
more grant money.
[50:58] Absolutely. Thank you uh for making us
aware of that. That's good. I I really
[51:04] would like to see that deep dive as to
how long these loans have been on the
[51:07] records and on the books and nothing's
been done about it by prior councils and
[51:12] mayors. Time to figure it out. Yeah.
Some of them have been there for for
[51:17] some time, I know. So, yeah. Um and and
so we'll we'll get that up and we'll get
[51:23] it both for council and then also for
the public. But um you know and and just
[51:27] to address that, I think Joan, you made
an excellent point in that that there
[51:31] are at times grants that come in that
have matching fund requirements. Um and
[51:37] and for us, the $2.5 plus million that
was brought in last year was brought in
[51:43] fully funded. Uh the village didn't have
to shell out one plug nickel um for
[51:48] those grant programs. save um you know
the the time that we we paid you for
[51:53] which was a pittance compared to what we
got. So all right um I spoke with a
[51:58] gentleman a couple of weeks ago maybe
not even that long uh from Julian and
[52:02] Groo um they are the folks that have
handled our audits um at the village for
[52:07] quite some time um good fella and um
they're they're excited to jump in and
[52:13] uh and complete the audit. um they have
uh what is it called? A an agreed upon
[52:18] procedures um audit which is what we had
last time um and what we had the time
[52:23] before that according to the guy that I
talked to. Um this is an agreed upon
[52:28] procedures and abbreviated um and Leah,
I'm going to I'm going to relay what I
[52:32] believe I understood the guy to say, but
if you if if in your experience you want
[52:36] to correct me or clarify, please do. Um
you have my blessing to do so. Um an
[52:41] agreed upon procedures audit is more
abbreviated. Um they don't write an
[52:45] opinion on uh the uh the financial
condition of the village. Um they're not
[52:51] doing as deep a dive. Um the agreed upon
procedures is something that the state
[52:56] auditor's office puts out. Um he told me
that we still qualify um for the agreed
[53:01] upon procedures abbreviated, but he said
that if we would like to go with a full
[53:07] audit um and kind of have them do a deep
dive into everything um within the
[53:12] financials of the village that that we
could certainly do that. Uh they haven't
[53:16] on their end submitted the paperwork to
the state. Um which means that if we
[53:19] would like them to do a full audit
rather than agreed upon procedures that
[53:23] we can ask them to do that and they'll
do that. Um, now the amount for the full
[53:27] audit is $11,000. I'm speaking in rough
numbers. Um, and the agreed upon
[53:31] procedures, which is abbreviated, is
roughly $9,000. So there's there's a
[53:36] little bit over 3,000 or right around
$3,000 um in additional cost for the,
[53:42] you know, between the agreed upon
abbreviated procedures and the full
[53:45] audit. Um, I would really love us to see
uh to see us um go ahead and get a full
[53:51] audit and just show everybody around. we
don't have anything to hide whatsoever.
[53:57] Um get the full audit done. Um we're
going to have to have that done in two
[54:00] years anyways. Um you only get an agreed
upon procedures audit um three times and
[54:05] then the fourth is mandated by the state
uh to be a full audit. So that's coming
[54:09] our way anyways. Um and uh I I would
like to recommend it's not my decision
[54:14] to make, but I would like to recommend
that we just get a full audit done. You
[54:17] said it's coming up in a couple years,
but if we have it done now, we don't
[54:20] have to have do it in two years. We'll
have to have it done every two years
[54:23] anyways. Uh the state allows us to get
three abbreviated or agreed upon
[54:28] procedure audits done in a row and then
after that we have to have a full audit.
[54:32] Um so the the next audit that we're
going to have anyways will be a full
[54:37] audit. Does that make sense? But this we
don't have to have it yet, right? We
[54:43] don't have to have a full audit. We're
going to get an an agreed upon
[54:46] procedures audit at the very least
anyways. So we're on the hook for the
[54:50] 9,000 to get that audit done regardless.
Um, if we want to get a full audit done,
[54:54] it's an additional $3,000.
And Mayor Martin, if I could make a
[55:00] recommendation c to council, considering
that we've had now two fiscal officers
[55:06] and with new staff coming in, I I highly
recommend to council to just spend the
[55:14] $3,000 and pay for a full audit. Not
that we think that, you know, anything
[55:19] that, you know, has been done wrong, but
I think for a new fiscal officer coming
[55:24] in that they would just want to know,
have that peace of mind that um, you
[55:30] know, everything's good uh, moving
forward. And Leah, I don't know if you
[55:34] have an opinion on that, but feel free
to chime in on on your thoughts as well.
[55:40] I think if you did pull on it and made
it public, maybe it would squatch some
[55:45] of the
Oh
[55:48] I think I think I think all we can
do is be transparent.
[55:54] Jeff, you made a motion to go with a
motion to go. Chris, you seconded it.
[55:59] All in favor? All oppose. Same sign. All
right, I'll give him a call and say give
[56:04] us the rundown. Big fella. That was
probably weird, but All right. Yeah,
[56:09] he's we're going to give the full audit.
All right. Ordinance uh number two
[56:15] um-2025. Um this is an ordinance
authorizing the mayor to enter into
[56:20] contract um to transfer easement or
other possessorary uh interest over
[56:25] certain sewage and water lines located
under parcel numbers 20-00706.0000
[56:31] 000 uh comma
[56:36] 20-00706002 comma
[56:41] 20-2007
06005. Say that three times fast some.
[56:47] All right. Um whereas a dispute exists
with respect to who owns uh an 8 in
[56:53] sewer line and the water lines that
services partial numbers 20. Uh I
[56:59] already read it. aware of those three.
Uh whereas at least one property owner
[57:04] believes the village must maintain the
said lines whereas nothing is currently
[57:08] on record indicating the village owns
possesses an interest in or otherwise
[57:11] has a responsibility for the maintenance
of said lines whereas the property
[57:14] owners have expressed an interest in
transferring their interest in said
[57:17] lines to the village whereas the village
is willing to accept control and
[57:21] responsibility over these lines because
such benefits uh the general uh health
[57:25] and welfare of the village. Now
therefore be it ordained by the council
[57:29] of the village of Shre Wayne Ohio uh as
follows section one the council hereby
[57:34] authorizes the mayor to negotiate and
enter into a contract with the necessary
[57:38] property owners to obtain full control
of an 8 in sewer line and the water line
[57:42] services parcel numbers uh no payments
are authorized for the acquisition of
[57:47] said lines. The village will then be
responsible for the maintenance of said
[57:50] lines. Section two uh that this
resolution is in the best interest of
[57:54] the village of Shreve and its residents.
Section three uh that the four said
[57:59] recitals are rendered to the findings of
this council are hereby incorporated
[58:03] into this resolution. Section four that
this council hereby finds and determines
[58:08] that all formal actions relative to the
adoption of this resolution were taken
[58:11] in an open meeting of this council and
that all deliver uh deliberations of
[58:16] this council which resulted in formal
action were taken in meetings open to
[58:19] the public in full compliance with the
applicable legal requirements including
[58:23] section 121.22 two of the Ohio Revised
Code section five. This resolution is
[58:28] hereby declared to be an emergency
measure necessary for the immediate
[58:31] preservation of public peace, health,
safety, and welfare of the village
[58:34] residents for the immediate
implementation of these rules. Provided
[58:37] this council resolution receives the
affirmative vote of its members elected
[58:41] or appointed council, it shall take
effect and be enforced immediately upon
[58:45] its passage. Okay. So, I'll I'll jump
into this one a little bit.
[58:51] um the Walters property. Um I've done a
deep dive into this. I've I've been
[58:57] looking at it for some time, looked at
it again. Um I do think that whether
[59:03] right or wrong, um that those um
homeowners were promised um certain
[59:09] things, or led to believe certain things
by the administration of the time. Um,
[59:13] and I I think that from my conversations
with Habitat on which I'm a board
[59:19] member, um, that they would not bring in
um, a several housing developments like
[59:27] that or several housing lots and then
connect them um, without something being
[59:31] considered a main. Um, and so, uh,
essentially what we have is that sewer
[59:36] line, um, on that property runs down. um
one property owner is subject to the
[59:42] other. If there's an issue here and this
person uh has an a backup and a flood,
[59:47] they have no way to force them to mess
with that 8 inch line to get it fixed.
[59:52] They're just on the hook. Um there were
parts that were bought um at Shreve
[59:57] Hardware for that. We have record of it
in minutes um both I believe on the
[1:00:02] waterboard at the time and within
council um where that language was used.
[1:00:06] It looks like an easement was started um
by the previous administration and never
[1:00:10] finished. Um whether right or wrong um
from a legal standpoint, I think that um
[1:00:16] it would be in the best interest for uh
council to just let us take care of take
[1:00:24] control of and take care of that 8 inch
line. That would be that would be my
[1:00:29] thought. So one question before just to
lay this out. Does that 8 inch line go
[1:00:35] underneath their
houses? Just because if something goes
[1:00:39] wrong and we and say it's under their
basement, we would be you well the
[1:00:45] village would be responsible for tearing
up their basement and replacing the
[1:00:48] concrete or anything. So they have they
would have laterals that go through the
[1:00:54] 8 in. That is my understanding. Yes. Who
would have that information? Well,
[1:01:00] there's no information. Yeah, we're
going to have to go down do some What's
[1:01:03] that? Her water lines run under her. The
water Yeah, the water lines do. I know.
[1:01:07] But um Well, those are the water lines
that her water lines that go into the
[1:01:11] house. The two outside. The two in what
you're talking about. Yeah. But I was
[1:01:16] just I was just laying it out before you
made a decision that if they are if that
[1:01:20] 8 inch is under those houses. I don't
believe that's the case. Ron, is that
[1:01:24] under their house to your knowledge? Not
that I know, but I think it's right. Can
[1:01:28] we confirm that before we I I would I
would absolutely take a motion with that
[1:01:32] as a caveat. Yeah.
Go ahead. Sorry. On the legal side, one
[1:01:38] thing we can do is um there's another
place where it's kind of similar where
[1:01:43] there's a water line
um being moved by that. There's an
[1:01:48] existing water line roughly 5 to 10 feet
away from an ingground pool. and another
[1:01:55] client just recently
maybe is
[1:01:59] considering acquiring that line. And
so a term that was discussed was
[1:02:06] potentially
um you know making the personal and real
[1:02:12] property of the property owner the
property owner's responsibility and the
[1:02:16] line the municipality's decision uh
responsibility. So, something we could
[1:02:20] do here is say, "Look, we'll go in and
we'll fix that line that's running under
[1:02:24] your house, but we're only responsible
for the line. We're not responsible for
[1:02:28] your house." And we can kind of carve it
up a little bit language-wise to, you
[1:02:34] know, make sure we don't destroy their
house, but that the village is also not
[1:02:38] absorbing and a cost that maybe the
taxpayers don't want to bear.
[1:02:44] I I think that they already did the line
under their house because they had their
[1:02:51] basement torn up and new line put
in. So they're talking about That's not
[1:02:56] the line we're talking outside. Right.
That's not the line we're talking about
[1:02:59] right now. They're right.
This is the main line more or less
[1:03:04] getting it out there. So
right there two different stories that I
[1:03:09] got. That's way before I was in this
area. One
[1:03:13] was is that there's supposed to have
been there's two houses, but there were
[1:03:20] supposed to have been
four. And one story they they got the
[1:03:26] homeowners got was is that the reason
they did it and didn't do the lines out
[1:03:31] to the main like this was
because the
[1:03:37] mains was not low enough and there
wasn't enough drop. Okay.
[1:03:43] I'm not sure how there's not enough drop
since they're on the hill. And then the
[1:03:46] other story I got was because it was
Habitat and they were going to put in
[1:03:50] the extra houses and there was already
two
[1:03:53] there. They
ran a plastic line from that house down
[1:04:00] to the main down here. That way it saved
habitat money because they only had to
[1:04:05] pay one tap fee. So Bruce said that's
good idea. You only have to pay one tap
[1:04:09] fee instead of each habitat house having
to pay its own separate tap fee all the
[1:04:14] way down. Yeah. plastic. Is that a 8
inch line? Do you believe it's sticks?
[1:04:20] So the the 8 inch line we're talking
about, is that
[1:04:24] a carbon? Is it? I do believe it's
plastic. I I cannot state it for a fact.
[1:04:31] But one way or
another with prior administrator
[1:04:35] administration agreeing on that, I I do
agree to probably should take care of
[1:04:40] it. Other than the reason the two
councils before were so scared of it is
[1:04:45] because the material it was made out of
they were afraid of breaking it right or
[1:04:48] when they come up to jet they jet from
the bottom they might blow sewage into
[1:04:53] this house trying to jet up to this
house since it's all in that all on the
[1:04:59] same light. Okay. I'm under the the
right assumption from what I've been
[1:05:06] told. Isn't there a clean out at the
Walters house? There is there's a clean
[1:05:11] out there's a clean out for from their
line out to that line on the side of
[1:05:17] their house. It's right out front by
their steps. That clean out only is for
[1:05:21] here to here in the driveway. Yeah. I
thought that was the
[1:05:27] water little miniature hide right there.
Oh, okay. Because I was told it was in
[1:05:31] the flower bed, but I wasn't told which
exactly flower bed it was in. And we
[1:05:35] have we have we have jetted that, but we
just turned the jeter way down. So, we
[1:05:39] got Yeah, that's what I just heard. I
Yeah, I mean, and and you know, the the
[1:05:46] administration that I talked to at
Habitat, um the the individual that was
[1:05:51] there at the time is not who is there
now, but uh they said that would fly in
[1:05:55] the face of absolutely everything that
they stand for, operate by, and to to
[1:06:00] run it like that to save a couple of
bucks. I mean, you know, they they have
[1:06:04] these projects fully funded. I can't see
Habitat doing that. Um, so I I think we
[1:06:10] just handle it and take care of it. I
think it's low risk and I think it's us
[1:06:13] doing the right thing by a citizen. I
agree and I like Seth's, you know,
[1:06:17] little piece in there to protect us.
Yeah, I like Seth's piece in it to
[1:06:21] protect us. I also think that it might
be a good idea to just maybe ask
[1:06:24] engineering associates to shore up um
some of those things. Um, ask some of
[1:06:28] those questions, make sure that we're
thinking of it all the right way. Um,
[1:06:32] and and uh given that as a caveat, can I
get the motion to accept the ordinance?
[1:06:36] Actually, it would be to suspend the
rules.
[1:06:39] Suspend the rules. All right. Thank you,
Chris, for that motion. Can I get a
[1:06:43] second? Thank you, Betty. All in favor?
All oppose? Same sign. All right. Um,
[1:06:48] then I would entertain a motion uh to
accept um or to pass um ordinance number
[1:06:54] 2-2025
um with the caveat that's been mentioned
[1:06:59] uh by Seth and um the review by uh
engineering associates.
[1:07:05] Thank you very much.
a motion to accept with uh ordinance
[1:07:11] 2-2025 with uh sess revisions and
engineer. Sounds good. Thank you, Josh,
[1:07:18] for that um motion. Can I get a second?
I'll second it. Thank you. All in favor
[1:07:23] say I. I. All oppose. Same sign.
Motion carries. A couple of quick
[1:07:29] matters um that we've already kind of
discussed. We knew we would have to
[1:07:32] circle back with some resolutions and
here they are in front of you.
[1:07:35] Resolution uh
8-2025 authorizing uh the participation
[1:07:40] in the ODOT road salt contracts awarded
in 2025. Um this is what we had
[1:07:45] discussed before. We tap on a few extra
loads. I invited it was four that right
[1:07:49] uh four additional loads and so um we we
want to make sure we're not in a
[1:07:54] position where um we don't have salt for
our streets. So um this was something we
[1:07:59] had discussed already um but I would
need a motion to uh accept it. Motion to
[1:08:05] accept. Thank you, buddy. Can I get a
second on that?
[1:08:10] Thank you, Chris. All in favor say I.
All oppose. Same sign.
[1:08:15] All right. Motion carries. Resolution
9-2025. Same story here. Uh this was
[1:08:22] discussed um last meeting. Um we just
have a resolution kind of firming
[1:08:26] everything up. Uh that would be a
resolution authorizing the mayor to
[1:08:29] enter into the contract with Valley
Spray Service LLC for mosquito control
[1:08:34] program 2025. Um so I would like to
move. All right. Excellent, Jeff. Thank
[1:08:40] you. Can I get a second on that? I'll
second. Thank you, Josh. All in favor
[1:08:45] say I. I. All oppose, same sign. All
right. Motion carries. Okay. Um the
[1:08:52] spring cleanup um would be on June 30th.
Uh we do have that posted online um and
[1:08:58] we've shared that out to our Facebook
page as well just to try to get the
[1:09:01] community up to speed on that. Um so
we've we've done that. Um we do have
[1:09:06] several letters um from uh Kimble that
have gone out to residents or will
[1:09:12] potentially. Um we're looking into that,
but um we have a couple of residents who
[1:09:16] are using Rumkey rather than Kimble. Um
Kimble is stating that that that is in
[1:09:21] violation of the contract we have with
them. Um, I've spoken with Seth about it
[1:09:25] and uh, we're we're looking into into
the contract and that piece of it. Uh,
[1:09:29] but we certainly want to make sure that
we're not in breach of contract with
[1:09:32] Kimble. So, just to keeping council up
to speed on that. Now, is it okay in the
[1:09:40] trailer park? I don't know offhand which
addresses were there um, were were using
[1:09:46] it. I don't believe it was the entire
trailer court. I don't believe. Um Joan,
[1:09:51] you spoke with Kimble when they were
here. Is that right? Yeah. Um there are
[1:09:56] about five addresses. Um and uh I don't
have those with me, but I know we're
[1:10:03] getting ready to write the letters and
send out the letters with a copy of the
[1:10:07] contract.
[1:10:12] All right, there we go.
All right. Um, we've had a couple of
[1:10:18] public records replace that I'm just
going to bring into council and I'm
[1:10:22] going to read them real quick so that we
have them on record. Um, we're going to
[1:10:26] be working to get these um, completed,
compiled, and done um, here within the
[1:10:30] next two to three weeks as we're able to
do so with the heavy workload we have
[1:10:34] elsewhere. Um, but we'll we'll certainly
make them a priority. One of them comes
[1:10:38] from Linder Dear Village Hall. I'm
writing to formally request access to
[1:10:41] public records pursuant to the Ohio
Public Records Act, Ohio Revised Code
[1:10:45] section 149.43. Specifically, I'm
requesting the following. All records of
[1:10:49] resignations submitted to the village of
Shri or possessed during the years of
[1:10:53] 2024 and 2025. A copy of the projected
budget for 2025 is submitted to council.
[1:10:58] Uh all letters of interest, resumes
submitted to council to fill the vacant
[1:11:02] council seats of Heidi Gar, Matt, um
Laramore, and uh Tracy Pollson, I think.
[1:11:11] It'd be Brad Latam or not. But anyways,
sorry it just kind of threw me. Uh
[1:11:15] documents or resumes submitted for the
solicitor position, the utilities clerk
[1:11:18] in the original resume submitted for the
grant writer position. Um and then just
[1:11:22] please call me at um when these copies
are ready to be picked up, Village Hall.
[1:11:27] And um there you go. So sincerely. All
right. Um the next one comes from an
[1:11:32] anonymous. The email account is
svhs
[1:11:39] fftpccyahoo.com. Dear village hall, I am
I know that's a mouthful, right? Did I
[1:11:43] kill somebody over the phone? Uh, dear
Jo, I am writing to formally request
[1:11:46] access to public records pursuant Ohio
public records act Ohio Revised Code
[1:11:50] section 149-43. Specifically, I'm
requesting and following all records or
[1:11:54] reservations submitted or processed
during the years 2024 and 25. um
[1:11:58] including but not limited to any
documentation related to Paul Shears uh
[1:12:02] and members of the city council think
they mean village council um employment
[1:12:07] records for Joan Zimmerly including a
detailed breakdown of her work hours
[1:12:10] from the beginning of her employment a
day-by-day summary of her projects uh
[1:12:14] she worked on during her tenure a copy
of all records reflecting her hours uh
[1:12:18] since her return as interim fiscal
officer I would prefer to receive the
[1:12:23] records in electronic format if
available please conser confirm receipt
[1:12:26] of this request advise any clarification
or additional information that is needed
[1:12:30] to facilitate the search. Thank you for
your attention this matter. All right.
[1:12:33] So, those we are working on. I'd say
within the next two, three weeks, we'll
[1:12:37] certainly have those. Um, and we'll go
from there. Uh, council members that are
[1:12:42] new. Um, we have set up some emails for
you and before you leave, we'd love to
[1:12:46] be able to get those on your devices,
get your password and all that so that
[1:12:49] we can start communicating at a very
high level with you. So before we're
[1:12:53] we're done and out of here, um after the
meeting, if you'd like to stick around
[1:12:56] for just about five or so minutes, uh we
can get you up and running. Um all
[1:13:01] right, uh servants uh uh line inventory
link was posted online. Uh we covered
[1:13:06] that earlier. Um and then we need to set
a special meeting date uh to assign new
[1:13:11] committee members and then to get some
things up active and running. So um if
[1:13:17] we pull that up here in the next couple
of weeks, what does that look like? I
[1:13:21] mean, we're coming up on Memorial Day,
so I would assume at that point we're
[1:13:24] into maybe the first second week of
June. Um, and our regular council
[1:13:28] meeting, I believe, is on June the 23rd,
if I'm not mistaken. So,
[1:13:36] uh, does does a day work for council?
Um, actually third day be the 16th.
[1:13:42] Third third Monday would be the 16th.
Thank
[1:13:44] you. I've clearly been working way too
long. All
[1:13:47] right. So, first second week, uh, does
does, uh, anything work there for you
[1:13:53] folks? Somebody want to toss out a day?
Wednesdays are typically bad for me.
[1:14:00] With my upcoming travels, I'm just
hoping we do it before the fourth of
[1:14:03] June. Before the 4th of June, correct?
Um, so can we shoot tenatively for the
[1:14:08] second, which is a Monday, and do it do
it at 7 p.m.? Does that work? Works
[1:14:14] right. All right. Um then we'll get that
we'll work to get that posted um and go
[1:14:19] that
route. Get that posted on the website
[1:14:23] and then also on social media as well.
All right, that gives us that and then
[1:14:29] from there we're coming down the end of
the
[1:14:34] old trail here. All right.
[1:14:40] Yard sales the first weekend of June.
Yes. I think. Well, yes. Seventh. Yeah,
[1:14:47] the seventh. Softball tournament. So,
June 9th.
[1:14:54] All right. I don't know if that matters.
What? They're having a softball
[1:14:57] tournament June 9th. Oh, are they?
Girls. I guess that's just an FYI. All
[1:15:02] they've asked for us for two barricades.
So, we'll have two barricades up there
[1:15:06] for you.
[1:15:14] It's more of a notice for me since my
[1:15:21] Yes. I'd like to move to enter into
executive
[1:15:23] session pursuant to Ohio Revised Code
section
[1:15:28] 121-22 G1 to consider the discipline and
order dismissal of an employee in
[1:15:32] matters that are required to be kept
confidential by law.
[1:15:39] So, we
could start executive sesh. I would like
[1:15:44] to make a motion that we hire Allen Sans
as part-time police officer.
[1:15:51] Well, I think that would be a separate
matter. Um, he's chief police. I Yeah, I
[1:15:58] think think he is he's chief police
there. So, but he could still work part
[1:16:03] time here.
[1:16:07] Yeah. Well, I I'll uh I'll happily
discuss that with you um afterwards. We
[1:16:12] could even cover that here in a few
minutes if you wanted to. Um the motion
[1:16:16] that's on it on the table before us. Um
and then any invitations into that as
[1:16:21] well. Is the solicitor included into
that? Yeah.
[1:16:26] Then then uh I guess we would do a roll
call vote on going into executive Seth.
[1:16:31] Is that correct? I just want to clarify
that the motion is to and I'll get the
[1:16:36] language up
[1:16:40] here. Was it council president that made
that motion? It was. Okay. So, council
[1:16:46] president moved to enter into executive
session pursuant to Reise Code section
[1:16:50] 121.22G1 to consider the discipline and
or dismissal of an employee in matters
[1:16:54] that required to be kept confidential by
law. And he therefore invited the to the
[1:16:58] executive session all members of
council. the mayor may the village
[1:17:02] solicitor andor assistant solicitor and
the acting fiscal officer and did we
[1:17:07] want to invite uh Miss Hayrick as well
due to her uh firm's
[1:17:15] future possibility of being the fiscal
officer I would say so we're discussing
[1:17:20] fiscal matters go for um okay so then I
I would and I would take a roll call
[1:17:26] vote on that
[1:17:29] yes sir
All right, great. Then I would need a
[1:17:32] second.
Second. Thank you, Chris. Flo, how do
[1:17:37] you vote?
Yes. All right. Betty, yes. Jeff, yes.
[1:17:43] All right. U then we will enter into
executive session. Uh we'll cease
[1:17:48] recording and we'll clear the room.
[1:17:57] Yes, we'll come outside.
and it comes