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thank everybody for coming.
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» here.
>> Mr. Cooney

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» here.
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» here.
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» Okay. Thank you. If everybody could
please stand for the pledge of

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allegiance.

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Okay, we have um the swearing in of
recent hire patrolman Donald Paxton and

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the recent promotion of Sergeant Martin.
I sir.

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In my capacity, my capacity

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Americans

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of the city of university together with
congratulations

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of police
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safety there in my capacity my capacity

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so long as I'm
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Okay, on to the next agenda item. We do
have um the minutes for the November 3rd

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meeting. Were there any edits or
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Is there a motion?
>> So move.

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» Is there a second?
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» Miss Ruben, will you call the RO?
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» Hey, seeing as there are none, are there
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» Sure. If you could please state your
name and address and you are um limited

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to five minutes.
You want to come to the microphone?

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Thank you.
>> Yeah. Hi there. Uh Bryce Dawson. Uh my

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address is 351 West 3rd Avenue,
Columbus, Ohio. I'm here on behalf of

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the Workers Justice Committee and SEIU
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Uh first off, I want to thank you for
your time today. Uh I know that this is

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vital uh municipal work that you guys
are doing and I want to thank you for

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taking the time to hear my comment. Uh I
represent SEIU 1199 which represents the

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employees of Belfare JCB. Now, recently
on September 25th, they withdrew

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recognition of the bargaining unit
representing over 300 employees. SEIU

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1199 and Belfare JCB have recognized
this solidarity uh for 25 years of

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bargaining together in full faith. We
received notice 5 days before the end of

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our contract that they would be
withdrawing recognition. And what this

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has led to is a culture of fear among
their employees that they would receive

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retaliation for organizing as a union.
I'm asking you as municipal leaders

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electeds of your community to stand up.
Welfare JCB has employees that not only

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live in University Heights, but also has
clients that live here. And we know that

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the service that they do is essential.
It can be better service when we know

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that their employees feel comfortable
and they feel comfortable with a union.

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Now, we already have two employees that
have resigned because of pressures from

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Belfare Management asking them not to
organize with the union. And I know it's

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small, but as electeds, you can use your
voice to stand up and ask Belfare to

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recognize their union and to recognize
the work that the workers have already

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done. Workers were not given a chance to
descertify their union. Workers were not

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given a chance to voice their opinions.
They were told, "This is what we are

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doing."
I'm asking you to stand up for them, for

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those that might live here, as well as
for those that receive their services

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here. If you have any questions, you can
reach me at 614-2842393

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or at bawsonworkersfirst.org

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and that's the number one ST. Uh, I'll
wait a moment here if you guys have any

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questions, but again, thank you for your
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» Thank you.
>> Thank you. May I address Mr. Dawson?

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» Yes.
>> Thank you, Mr. Dawson. I I have heard

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and I am aware of Belfare
um no longer recognizing the union. I'm

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disappointed by this development. I
don't believe it's legal.

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» Yeah.
>> And I know that the NLRB

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uh no longer has a quorum to meet
because the president of the United

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States required somebody and then
refused to appoint somebody. So, this

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escapes review.
>> Yes, that's correct. Uh now we've lodged

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a complaint but it's likely it will not
be heard for a year and a half at which

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time these employees will not receive
representation

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and will be considered at will.
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This is the reality that over 300
members who two months ago were

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represented by a union who went into
their positions believing it was a union

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position find themselves in.
Well, I'm happy to speak with you

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further about it. I'm reachable at city
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extension 222.
I have your information here. Happy to

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speak with you as well. I'm only in
office for the rest of the year. If you

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organize a pickup before the end of the
year, I'll join you out there.

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» Thank you. Uh we will be at Shaker
Heights uh coming up soon. So,

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» let me know.
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» Thank you. And anything else I can do.
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them at this time.
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» Thank you.
>> Are there any other comments from the

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audience?
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communications from the mayor.
>> Thank you.

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» I want to take this time to publicly
offer my personal thanks to the

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University Heights Fire Department and
police department. Friday at dusk, I was

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in a motor vehicle incident on Silsby
Road. I swerved to avoid a squirrel and

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I struck a parked van. The damage to my
car was significant and the car was not

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drivable. I called 911. The police and
fire departments arrived immediately. It

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is quite humbling to be taken care of by
the safety forces one has been managing

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and taken care of for nearly 8 years.
Wear your seat belts everyone. I was

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wearing mine. No one was injured. Not
even the squirrel I swerve to miss,

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except for my sprained left wrist from
which I am recovering once more. Chief

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Rogers, Chief Perkco, on behalf of my
family and me, thank you. And thank you

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to everyone who heard and inquired about
my well-being. Your care, kindness, and

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empathy are appreciated as always.
Following the end of the longest federal

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government shutdown in US history,
Hunger Network food pantries continued

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to face extraordinary demand as families
recover from weeks without critical

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federal food benefits. The shutdown,
which lasted 43 days, disrupted

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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program or SNAP payments for more than

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190,000 residents in Kyhaga County,
leaving many households dependent on

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emergency food support. Although the
government reopened late Wednesday under

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a bipartisan funding agreement, relief
will not be immediate. Restoration of

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SNAP benefits are underway, but delays
could persist for families who received

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partial payments during the shutdown.
This gap underscores the vital role of

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local communities in bridging the food
security crisis. Last week, Deanna

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Bremer Fischer, Mike Cook, and Aaron
Glowaki

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tooured the Hunger Network and discussed
the city's previously announced

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contribution of $5,000 per Julie
Johnson, Hunger Network CEO and

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University Heights resident. Quote,
"This kind of communitydriven support is

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what keeps our mission alive. The
reopening of the federal government is a

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relief, but the recovery will take time.
Families still face immediate needs and

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our pantries remain in high demand.
We're committed to bridging that gap

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until federal benefits fully resume. I
observed when the federal government

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shut down pause SNAP benefits, the city
of University Heights decided to forego

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our annual civic awards event and
instead donate to local charities

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serving hungry residents. We were
pleased to be able to support the Hunger

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Network. We're all in this together.
Hunger Network is working with emergency

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response partners to mobilize volunteers
and distribute thousands of extra pounds

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of food as demand remains high. The
combination of financial and volunteer

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support is critical to keeping food
flowing during this recovery period. I

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would note that this $5,000 check is in
addition to the donations council

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approved at the last city council
meeting which included to the Greater

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Cleveland Food Bank $10,000 to Cleveland
Kosher food pantry $5,000 to the Heights

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School Foundation Family Resource Center
$5,000. That brings a the total of

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donations made by the city of University
Heights to $25,000.

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Well done.
Once again, this year, the city of

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University Heights is teaming up with
our friends at Minutemen Ohio Comp to

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mail Heinens's gift cards to residents.
$20 gift cards will be mailed to the

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first 75 University Heights residents
who call us at 2162452457,

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beginning at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow,
Tuesday, November 18th. Callers will be

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asked to leave their complete name and
mailing address on the voicemail at the

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number. Here are the small print
details. This offer is goodwill supplies

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last. One card per household, please.
Employees of the city of University

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Heights are not eligible. The city
cannot be held responsible for cards

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lost or damaged in the mail. Please do
not call the main number at city hall.

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Only calls to 216-2452457
will be accepted and only calls at 10:00

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a.m. or after on 1118 2024 or excuse me
11:18 2025. Thank you once again to

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Minutemen Ohio Comm for the annual
generous donation. One more thing these

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are going to you when you leave the
address these are going to University

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Heights addresses. These are intended
for University Heights residents. So,

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uh, so thank you and we will, uh, the
number is set up and come 10:00 a.m.,

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leave your message or leave your text
with all that information.

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Good news out of the sixth circuit court
of appeals in Cincinnati. On Thursday,

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the court upheld the decision of the US
District Court for the Northern District

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of Ohio, granting the city's motion for
summary judgement and dismissing all

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claims brought by Daniel Grand against
the city and its officials in connection

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with his application for a special use
permit to open a house of worship at his

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residence at 2343 Myiramar Boulevard.
Mr. Gran withdrew his request before the

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city planning commission could resolve
his petition. he brought suit 18 months

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later. I will state once again that a
regular prayer group, a minion, 10 or or

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a few more, meeting in the privacy of
one's own home or friend's home is not

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in and of itself a concern of the city.
That alone is not enough to trigger the

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requirement for needing a special use
permit. That is not the same as opening

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a house of worship as Mr. Grand
announced, advertised, and proposed in

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the onset of this matter in February and
March of 2021.

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The court's decision is a victory for
the city and the residents of University

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Heights and for the rule of law. Thank
you. This concludes my report.

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» Thank you. Um at this time, I do not
have a report from city council. Does do

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any other members have a report?
>> Okay, thank you. We're now up to reports

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and communications from the directors um
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» Thank you, Vice Mayor. Um just a brief
uh report. Today we were able to open

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open enrollment for our employees. I
wanted to again thank council for

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approving um our renewal uh on a on a
sooner basis than I believe in the past.

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So, we have a plenty of time for our
employees to review the information and

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um have somebody from our insurance, our
broker is coming in um to answer

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questions. So, trying something a little
different this year. Um and we will be

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um having a another budget committee
meeting next Monday evening um focus on

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service and the police department. Um,
and then I am working on our final

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adjustments for the 2025 budget. I will
have those um at the first meeting in

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December to make adjustments for some of
the additional purchases that have been

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um approved by council since the last
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» Thank you. Are there any questions for
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I don't have any questions, but there's
one thing I left out of my report that I

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intended to have in, and if you would
indulge me, I'd like to make an

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announcement about our audit from last
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» Yeah. Um, city administration learned
last week that the city of University

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Heights has earned another clean audit
for 2024. The independent audit for the

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city's financial statements for the
fiscal year ending in 2024 concluded

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with no material findings, affirming the
city's commitment to transparency,

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accuracy, and sound financial
management. Uh, I thank finance director

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Katie Iconis together with former
finance director Dennis Kennedy, the

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entire team at the finance department
for their continued strong work on

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behalf of the city. I also thank all of
our directors and chiefs and employees

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who faithfully follow the directions
that are given by our finance office to

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ensure that we don't create audit issues
and help us ensure that we have clean

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audits every year as we've had every
year since 2019. Thank you.

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» Thank you. Okay, Department of Law.
>> I have no report this evening, Vice

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Mayor.
>> All right, thank you. Um, police chief.

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All right, thank you. and fire.

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Thank you. Are there any questions for
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All right. Service department.

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» Thank you, Vice Mayor. Um, as uh I've
been reporting at the various uh council

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meetings, we are continuing to uh
collect leaves loose on the tree lawns

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of houses throughout the city. Uh we are
currently working on the east side of

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the city with two to three crews per day
uh and are nearing the completion of our

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fifth pass of leaves leaf collection
throughout the city. Uh we will then

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begin our sixth pass on the west side of
the city and as now with the recent

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weather uh a large number of these have
come down the passes are going to be

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slower as we do things uh going forward.
One of the questions I do get from

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residents uh is when are you going to be
on X Street? And and that unfortunately

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is something that I'm not able to give
an answer for because we we will service

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all households that have leaves out on a
street before we move to the next

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street. So when residents say, "Well,
why don't you have a schedule?" I don't

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want to give a schedule to anyone
without being able to first complete the

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street that I'm on before we move on to
the next street. So if you do get any

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feedback from residents, I just wanted
to say that is why we do not provide a

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schedule. We are faithfully hitting
every street once through the city

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before we return and then hit that
street again. We will continue to do so

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until the uh weather uh prohibits us
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» Thank you, Mr. Pennington. Are there any
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Thank you.
Um building department All

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right. Thank you. Are there any
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Right. Um, housing and community
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Okay. Thank you.
Um, city engineer.

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» Good evening. Um, just wanted to report
that all the streets have been

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resurfaced. So, the project, the street
repair program is coming to a an end. Um

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I noticed on Bush now they do they do
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the stop bars and crosswalks. So just a
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and then grass to grow next spring. So
>> thank you so much.

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» Oh um may I have one other thing?
>> Sure. Um, my other thing is we're going

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to go out to bid on the North Cliff
water main re uh replacement project

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starting this Friday. Um, the project
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and then I'll probably bring it to
council in January for awarding that

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contract.
>> Thank you, Miss Wiser. Did you have a

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question?
>> Uh, no. I have a comment

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» from a resident. Thank you for finishing
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Bushnell. They were quite pleased. Okay,
good. Thank you.

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» Thank you.
Okay. Um, is there a report from

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communications and civic engagement?
>> There's no report.

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» Is there a report from economic
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» There is no report either. Thank you.
>> Okay. We're now up to the agenda. Um,

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agenda letter A. Motion to approve
planning comm planning commission

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recommendation for the de demolition of
existing single family house and site

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plan approval of a new single family
house build at 2648 Whitten Road by Dre

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Homes for Mr. and Mrs. Warren contingent
upon the entry into a developer

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agreement and bond with the city.
>> Good evening everyone. Um, as stated, we

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are seeking the approval from the uh
council as we have received the planning

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commission approval, board of zoning
appeals approval, all required variances

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and special use permits and we have
conditional approval from the

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architectural review board pending a
redraw of agreed upon items for your

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approval.
>> Okay, thank you. Are there any

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questions? I know um Mr. Akira planning.
Uh yes. So I was the uh council

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representative for the planning
commission um when the applicant came

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not just last month but the month
before. So the original uh presentation

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was in October. It was tabled. Uh we
needed some additional information and

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um which centered around the site plan.
Um the applicant uh property abuts uh

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the Shaker Heights property and there
was a fence that was um not on the

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property line but was a few inches
closer into the uh applicant's yard. Um

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but it varied because it was kind of a
there's a jog to the property line that

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had come into question. Um the neighbor
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applicant worked out anou which will get
filed. Um that was part of the

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presentation that was in November. Um so
the planning commission um

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felt comfortable with theou would move
forward with the approval of the um

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demolition of the existing home to build
the new home. Also knowing that board of

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zoning appeals had at that time already
approved the variances um and the

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questions that had come up about the the
fence um with regard to uh lot coverage.

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I felt comfortable since it was already
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it came back to I'm sorry by the board
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the planning commission. Um so this was
approved with the condition of the

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development agreement and posting a
bond. Um other than that it

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pretty straightforward typical to the
types of homes that were being built on

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Whitten by your company. So, nothing out
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» Thank you, Mr. Rock. Do any council
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Okay. Is there a motion?
>> I will make the motion. Oh, Mrs. Sax can

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make it. [laughter]
>> So moved. I'll second. Is there any

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discussion? Miss Ruben, we call the RO.
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» Hey, agenda letter B. Motion authorizing
council to post public notice accepting

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resumes for upcoming vacant council
seat. Um I did speak to um the law

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director. Uh there will be obviously a
vacant council seat um as of January 1st

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and I think um it will make the process
easier to open um the option to send in

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resumeumés now. Um I did go ahead and
speak to the clerks um and Mr. Brian um

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together and um the wording was approved
by the law director. So um this will

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flow easier. It will make the process
smoother and quicker. Um, starting

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January 1st
>> and I believe the deadline is December

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29th.
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» 29th.
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» Thank you.
>> Is there any discussion on this motion?

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» Second.
>> All right. Any discussion?

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» Okay. Miss Ruben, will we call the RO?
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» Hey. Um, agenda letter C. Ordinance
number 2025-45,

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an ordinance replacing ordinance number
2019-23

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that created a property maintenance
grant program administered by the city

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housing and community development
department and establishing and

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codifying that grant program as chapter
1489 of the housing

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uh I don't think that
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» So this um was discussed in committee
and at the last meeting. Um, are there

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any other comments on this? Miss Wiser,
did you want to speak on?

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» Um, we actually approved it in a
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We'd like to thank the vice mayor for
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What we found is with the current cut
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Four people applied. only two were
actually able to get the grant and

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neither one of them followed through.
But we think by raising the uh income

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level, we can actually have more
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This is something where it's a 250
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grant for exterior property repairs if
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be a positive thing es pardon me
especially for those that may be uh

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retired and on limited incomes
um and help them to actually address any

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violations that may exist
and I would move for approval.

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» Thank you, Miss Wiser. Is there a
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» I'll second. Is there any discussion?
>> If I may.

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» Yes, ma'am.
>> Yes. Thank you. Um, I applaud the idea

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that we would move the uh poverty um
standard higher. Um, I appreciate I

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think it's a step in the right
direction. I don't know that 135% is

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enough, but I I'm happy to see that that
the council has looked at this. It's a

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it's a good program, but we need to get
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and um I don't know that the threshold
shouldn't be higher, but uh would not

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want to stop you from raising it at this
point to this figure. I would encourage

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you to review the program again, see
what kind of applicants to get and

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consider raising it even higher in the
future if appropriate. Thank you.

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» Thank you. Um there is a motion and a
second. Miss Ruben, will you call the

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role? Mr. Ir.

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» thank you. Um we are now at um reports
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housing.
>> Uh thank you vice mayor. Building and

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housing met tonight. We continued our
discussion regarding um exterior or

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pardon me sidewalk replacements.
What we are attempting to do is come up

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with a program that would provide some
relief for sidewalks that are raised due

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to city tree roots or city work, sewer
work that may have been done. Um, and in

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discussion, we discussed a number of
different ways this program could be

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configured. Um, we'd like to thank Miss
Davis and uh Mr. Bartley who will be

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doing a little bit more research on some
of the other cities that have similar

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programs. Uh, we also like to thank Mr.
Pennington for his um input as to the

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city of mentors program. And we are
hopeful that at least perhaps by the

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beginning of 2026,
we might actually have this hammered

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into a program that can provide either
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um for the replacement of sidewalk
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Thank you, Miss Visor. Um, community
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» No report, Vice Mayor.
>> Thanks. Economic development.

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» Uh, yes. We had a meeting last Monday on
the 10th. Um, it it's a standing meeting

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on the second Monday of each month, and
what we discussed was the latest draft

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of the comprehensive zoning code. And we
reviewed specifically title one, which

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is some of the the legal terms and
provisions, and title two. We only got

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as far as the general residential
section of title 2. Uh at the next

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meeting, we will discuss that'll be on
December 8th, 6:00 in this room, we'll

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continue our discussion on title 2. Uh
we we started the conversation on

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multifamily, but we ran out of time. So,
we'll we'll continue that conversation

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of multifamily.
um university uh the the university

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district I noticed that had the most
amount of changes between the draft that

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we had originally saw the May 2024 draft
and the latest draft. So we'll look at

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the red lines to see what had changed um
to to get the feedback from the

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committee and then also at the beginning
of the meeting uh we will be uh

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ascertaining information from the
community uh anything that we hear um

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such as in the surveys or town halls
that will be discussed in the beginning

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of each meeting to make sure those
voices are heard. Um the survey had more

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questions than answers and Miss Jackson
will come back at the next meeting with

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additional metrics um so we can evaluate
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and that's about it. Next meeting will
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» Thank you MRA. Um finance. So we did
have a um finance meeting last week.

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We'll have another one on um November
24th. Then there is a doodle poll um

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going out for the second week of
December. Um these are all to review the

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budget. Um I'm not sure if um the budget
will be ready for approval by that

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December the 2nd December meeting, but
um we do have the option to carry it

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over and make temporary um
appropriations. So it could be approved

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in January.
Um we're now up to rec excuse me,

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recreation. No report, Vice Mayor.
>> Thank you. Um, safety.

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» No report, Vice Mayor. Okay.
>> And service and utilities.

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» Thank you, uh, Vice Mayor. The next uh
joint committee of service and utilities

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and building and housing will be on
December 17th at 6 pm. Uh we will

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hopefully have our last meeting on uh uh
the weeds ordinance uh prior to what we

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hope will be a public meeting hearing on
trees, hedges, shrubbery, and weeds in

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the near future. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Miss Saxs. Um and then

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committee of the whole there is no
report. Are there any reports of special

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committees?
Unfinished or miscellaneous business. Is

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there a motion to adjurnn?
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» That was very quick. Is there a second?
>> Second. [laughter]

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» Second by Miss Marshall. Miss Ruben,
we'll call the role.

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» Mr. King.
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[laughter]
>> Yes. Hey,

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» I want to thank everybody for coming.
The meeting is adjourned.