8/6/2026 Council Work Session

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[0:00] We're live.

[0:03] » Good evening and welcome to the August 6th, 2026 Council Work Session.

[0:09] First, we have Council Clerk, Mr. Beresford.

[0:13] » Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Council. In front of you, there's a motion to

[0:16] appoint Dale Perry to serve on the Chehalem Volunteer Firefighter Dependent

[0:20] Fund Board. We had a recent vacancy on that board, and he has

[0:24] decided to step up. That's all I have. >> I have a question for that.

[0:30] How many How many applications did we get

[0:33] [clears throat] for that? Because I know Mr. Beresford served on many boards and

[0:36] Council. >> We've had zero applications, and that's

[0:39] been open for a couple of months now. >> Okay. So, we did post it for a couple

[0:43] months, and we had zero applications. >> Okay.

[0:47] Thank you. Mr. Zippler.

[0:50] » Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Council. Before you tonight is ordinance

[0:54] authorizing purchase of real property improvements located at

[0:59] 5721 Chehalem Road.

[1:03] This is

[1:07] 2.6 acres. Sorry. Um

[1:11] the city is interested in purchasing this property for public safety

[1:16] initiatives, including perhaps second fire station eventually.

[1:22] With a number number of qualifiers in here, but that's the intent from city

[1:25] staff. The ordinance is up for its first

[1:29] reading tonight. There's not a request to suspend the required two readings. Um

[1:33] it is drafted as a request to purchase the

[1:36] by emergency, so a second reading on August 20th.

[1:41] Um it will we will request that it be adopted by emergency.

[1:46] The seller has agreed to wait until full Council approval before it can

[1:54] Any questions on that? >> So, we would be free to have the closing

[1:57] any any time after that point. >> There's a short closing required

[2:00] thereafter. Though the

[2:02] seller did agree to hold it until then.

[2:08] » Thank you. Is this It's not currently part of the

[2:11] city, correct? >> I do not believe it is currently within

[2:15] the city, though it is contiguous to. >> Okay. Well, now my only question is

[2:19] since we redid our zoning, um

[2:24] can we bring it in as a municipal use just to

[2:29] or whatever that zoning change was? I can't remember.

[2:31] » Yeah, public institutional. >> Yeah, we'll bring it in as public

[2:34] institutional with the with the direction that we wish to put a

[2:39] fire station or at least we've expressed interest in putting the

[2:44] second fire station.

[2:49] » Anything else?

[2:53] » Thank you. >> Thank you.

[2:55] Mr. Nichols. >> Thank you, Mayor Perry. Uh in front of

[2:58] you, you should see the updated uh Trenton Veterans Memorial

[3:04] uh imagery. It is It places it in front of the city building by the street.

[3:10] Uh I wasn't sure. I I think that was the feedback from council back then. If not,

[3:15] we can modify the image and have it closer to the city building.

[3:19] Um but we've been waiting on this and I

[3:22] wanted to get it in front of you all.

[3:27] » I think the the discussion was previously was to have it more toward

[3:31] the northwest corner

[3:34] » Okay. >> grassy area.

[3:36] » Right, off the street.

[3:40] » It looks nice there in the front, but I'm afraid a car would come up Edgewood

[3:43] Drive and drive through it. >> [laughter]

[3:47] » By the police department. >> Yes.

[3:53] » I I think that's a good idea, too, because I don't think there's much

[3:56] parking in the front, if I'm correct. >> Yeah. Yeah.

[4:00] » One of the things with the previous location was that we would have veterans

[4:04] having to walk up the hill >> I know.

[4:06] » to get to the memorial. So, I want to make it as accessible as possible.

[4:10] » Yeah. >> Perfect. I can take that feedback and

[4:13] and make those adjustments. >> But, it would cost

[4:15] » Additionally, I did want to note the back wall change some. It was a

[4:20] » brick >> wall, and the feedback from Dodge was

[4:24] that brick wall was more so because it was going to be built in a hill, whereas

[4:29] it's not being built on the on the hillside here. So, it would provide a

[4:35] much cleaner look from that perspective with having the white, and then you

[4:39] should see two black pillars on either side of the of that back wall, and those

[4:45] act as kind of the support mechanism for the wings, if you will.

[4:50] » Okay. Um does that add cost? >> Uh a little bit, yes, but

[4:54] negligible. >> Okay.

[4:57] » Um So,

[5:00] I will reach back out, and we'll make further

[5:03] modifications, and we'll bring something back to council.

[5:06] Uh I've got some notes on city projects as it relates to uh Trenton Square.

[5:13] The parking lot is scheduled for the first week of August. The block masons

[5:18] are installing interior walls, and exterior brick, exterior concrete column

[5:23] pours are next week. We're still on track to be all dried in

[5:27] by early September. And we are moving forward on basin

[5:31] number three. As it relates to the collector roads,

[5:35] curb is installed, basin intermediate asphalt's installed, electric and gas

[5:39] conduits are installed. Duke's on site pulling the electrical service

[5:45] uh for the development. The electric is installed and the transformer has been

[5:49] set at the city building. Gas is

[5:52] Gas install is scheduled to begin in October. You should see street lights

[5:57] being installed going down Edgewood Drive.

[6:01] Uh, city sidewalks and the ADA ramps grading is being done

[6:07] for those and we hope to see sidewalk installation begin next week.

[6:12] Uh, as it relates to the offsite improvements, we've been told that the

[6:16] traffic light poles have been delivered and should be installed in the coming

[6:21] weeks. Once those are installed, stop bars will follow the traffic light and

[6:25] temporary paint on Edgewood Drive going north.

[6:28] So, we're getting closer to those items. Uh,

[6:32] as it relates to the splash pad, we did receive the $50,000 ODNR grant

[6:36] reimbursement. Uh, one little interesting thing to note

[6:40] is that 1 million gallons of water have been used in roughly the month that it's

[6:44] been open. Uh, with the elevated water tower, we're

[6:47] at 155 ft high. It's the last pedestal pour and the concrete dome has been

[6:53] poured with the tank structure to follow.

[6:57] Uh, the local paving, we had the bid opening and that will be going to

[7:02] council at the August 20th meeting, the ordinance for that. The urban paving

[7:08] project, the contractor has started the base repairs, which you'll

[7:12] you'll see the cutouts throughout State Street, uh, doing the base base repairs

[7:18] and the ADA upgrades at this point. Uh, the OPWC waterline project is scheduled

[7:24] for next week for a bid opening and then the intent is to bring that to council.

[7:30] Uh, the EV charging station project is scheduled for the end of August for a

[7:35] bid opening and then we'll bring it to council.

[7:38] As it relates to, uh, the baby box project, the $16,000

[7:42] invoice for the baby box itself was processed, and we're conducting work to

[7:48] investigate what it would take to get the north wall for construction and

[7:53] implementation of said baby box. That's all I have for project updates.

[8:02] I do have a request to go into executive session for conference with an attorney

[8:06] for the public body concerning disputes involving the public body that are

[8:09] subject of pending or imminent court action and to consider confidential

[8:13] information that is directly related to a request for economic development

[8:16] assistance under any provision identified in the

[8:19] Ohio Revised Code 121.22 subsection G8 or that involves public

[8:24] infrastructure improvements or the extension of utility services that are

[8:27] directly related to an economic development project

[8:30] as necessary to protect the interest of the applicant or the possible investment

[8:34] or expenditure of public funds to be made in connection with the economic

[8:36] development project and to confer with legal counsel.

[8:40] » Thank you. Any questions or comments from council?

[8:43] » No. >> All right. Seeing none, I'll entertain a

[8:46] motion we go into executive session for the reasons stated.

[8:49] » So moved. >> Second.

[8:52] » Councilman Rohr and Councilman Nichols. >> Rohr, aye.

[8:55] » Mr. Rohr? >> Yeah.

[8:56] » Mr. Nichols? >> Yeah.

[8:57] » Vice Mayor Draucher? >> Yeah.

[8:59] » Ms. Montgomery? >> Yeah.

[9:00] » Mr. Profit? >> Yeah.

[9:01] » Ms. Butts? >> Yeah.

[9:02] » Mayor Berry? >> Yeah. We are going into executive

[9:05] session at 6:39 p.m. No other business will be conducted.

[9:10] We will return from executive session at 7:30 p.m.