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[0:14] We gather to make decisions for our community and may we use only our best skills and judgment, keeping ourselves impartial and neutral as we consider the merits and pitfalls of each matter that is placed before us. And always act in accordance with what is best for our community and our fellow citizens.
[0:45] All right. Welcome, everyone.
[0:52] Miss Bailey, will you please take roll? Yes, um, Mr. Bill's.
[0:58] Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Ringo. Mr. Stover. Mr. Thompson. Mr. Black.
[1:08] I'm here too. Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry.
[1:14] All right, that's all right, optional today.
[1:20] No, I called it.
[1:22] All right, let's get started.
[1:25] We have this sweat half hour tops.
[1:28] Yes.
[1:28] All right.
[1:30] That was a motion to approve a half hour meeting.
[1:35] You can't suck in your own motion.
[1:38] All right.
[1:41] Everybody should have gotten a copy of the minutes
[1:43] It's from the March 18th, 2026 council meeting.
[1:46] Any changes or corrections?
[1:48] Otherwise I'll ask for a motion to approve.
[1:51] Thank you for your corrects.
[1:52] Any discussion?
[1:53] All those in favor?
[1:54] All right.
[1:55] Any opposed?
[1:56] All right, thank you.
[1:58] Up first, please report.
[2:00] Chipotle, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you run.
[2:02] I'm sorry,
[2:06] I didn't mean to make you run.
[2:11] We had 1,262 calls for service for the month of March.
[2:19] So for all calls include, 62% was in Crescent Springs, 38% was in Millahills when you do this
[2:26] hash calls only at 60% in Crescent Springs, and 40% in Millahills.
[2:31] All right, Department of Activity for March was, we had 21 crimes, 17 traffic collisions.
[2:36] We had 53 tickets for citations, we had 163 to hurt E-currency for warnings, 5E call
[2:42] All responses, four cases, three, and that's of course
[2:44] that we did not have any crisis interventions for the one.
[2:48] The map provided here, red bean traffic stop,
[2:50] obviously, green bean criminal, blue bean, the warrants.
[2:54] I don't know why, because I lost there,
[2:56] I apologize, but I need to say that I was
[2:57] a better next time, so I'll work on that.
[3:01] I guess the shock, a 70% of our collision,
[3:03] which was the highest amount, was it for a million years.
[3:07] If there was an area out across, we had a couple, obviously,
[3:09] one of the water, one prospect, one of the
[3:11] a couple different sections of bottom up pipe.
[3:14] But as in that period, it is obviously our major third
[3:17] pair between 1975 and 1975.
[3:21] Criminal investigation reports are to Lucas.
[3:24] Just a couple of notations that I'll point out,
[3:26] he didn't have two different sexual assault reports.
[3:29] Why am I talking to him?
[3:30] Do you know how I'm going to be being investigated?
[3:33] The Todd Exeter is not conducting their interviews
[3:37] in coordination with the target Lucas.
[3:39] I did a fly to the fire, and our liner is at Stil, and they did also about that, that
[3:45] the bi-absorption charge, so that continues to be that scheme.
[3:51] Our training for the month, we focused on chapter 1.4 through 1.6, which covers our vehicle
[3:56] travel stop service to the teachers, three of our officers are in the black, also real
[4:01] viscose particularly, ten indoor tactical close form tactics, course up in Ohio, and it's
[4:09] It's a very leading course, to be honest with you, very
[4:11] actually a great course to be real quick to ask with you.
[4:15] Obviously dealing with room clearing,
[4:17] building clearing, most departments around here
[4:20] aren't necessarily doing it, just because it is cost.
[4:22] Again, one of the wonderful things that we have here,
[4:25] bill of bills, we do offer to expound our training
[4:29] with our officers.
[4:30] The plan is to send everybody to this training
[4:32] over the next couple of years that everybody's
[4:34] on the same level part of that close work time of course.
[4:39] Sort of black also had to do a sheet of training
[4:41] and sort of fully had 13 hours in K-9 training.
[4:45] I speak to you on the K-9 and this was asked
[4:47] to be yesterday and say to me, yes, that is.
[4:49] It's just so it kind of knows the type of picture
[4:52] of the new quite honest opinion.
[4:55] We had to have four Nikon search deployments.
[4:57] He's ready to know my aftermissions,
[5:00] no arrest or charges with the Nikon searchers.
[5:03] 13 hours of training.
[5:05] Did you see the breakdown of his training for the month?
[5:08] Our total hours of overtime.
[5:11] Wait for it to load up here.
[5:12] I'll hold it up.
[5:12] I have just 21.
[5:13] All right.
[5:14] Seven hours was a court.
[5:16] A one hour, four.
[5:17] A federal policy grant.
[5:19] Two in late calls.
[5:20] Three hours of training.
[5:22] And our highest was in eight hours.
[5:24] But the president will be jailed.
[5:25] Land president trucking.
[5:26] The last thing that I will mention is we did hire our 15th officer.
[5:33] He will be insulated to attend the academy next month
[5:36] and may with a slug estimated graduation date to November.
[5:41] After graduation from the Department of Justice Training,
[5:44] he will then go through between 12 or 14 weeks of field training back here.
[5:48] Right now he is just a paid pilot training observer
[5:51] and right along right now until we get him in the academy.
[5:57] That is my report.
[6:05] All right, thank you.
[6:08] The safety committee is welcome.
[6:10] So I apologize for not giving us your basement.
[6:14] It's ready.
[6:15] Is that we're going to be ready for the next week's counseling.
[6:19] But anyway, we are short meeting yesterday and the only additional thing to add is that President
[6:26] that Springs Council, they're someone
[6:30] that can issue with the coronary shorting
[6:34] of Amsterdam and the Frommely present
[6:37] Springs road about lack of sight.
[6:42] So they looked into one of the mirrors
[6:44] but chief said that that's considered a liability issue
[6:48] because they're not super reliable.
[6:51] So there said the engineer is looking
[6:54] at some other options, possibly cutting the strawberry way back to help
[7:02] increase the line of sight.
[7:04] It was actually short answer, and press the point.
[7:09] Oh, okay.
[7:10] Press the point.
[7:11] Oh, right, yeah.
[7:11] Sorry, I apologize.
[7:13] No, no, no.
[7:14] No, no, no.
[7:14] So we are looking left in rural cancer traffic.
[7:17] We were looking at potentially doing like one of those concave mirrors.
[7:20] We spoke to Greg Sketch who is City Engineer for Presence Springs.
[7:24] He stated that it would actually create more reliability on the city because one of those
[7:29] things at that stop sign would come in those mirrors you can't really determine the speed.
[7:33] They're just like if you see looking here, car mirror objects up here close and then, you
[7:36] know, in the rear mirror maybe closer than they appear, it's just one of those they want
[7:40] to be reliability also.
[7:41] What we're looking at is potentially cutting back some of the shrubs there in Greenery
[7:45] I don't know if you have to make another line of seconds.
[7:48] Okay.
[7:48] Sorry.
[7:49] That makes a little more sense.
[7:50] I know that's a wide open structure.
[7:53] Yes.
[7:53] Thanks.
[7:54] So, and that's how light you go.
[7:57] Very short.
[7:58] Thank you.
[7:59] I'll say just real quick.
[8:00] I think Christmas brings something out on their Facebook page
[8:02] about how there's no electric scooters.
[8:04] I don't know about electric bikes.
[8:06] I'm not sure if those are a lot better.
[8:08] I don't know where they are.
[8:08] Yeah.
[8:08] No bikes, no electric bikes.
[8:10] Whether it be electric or gas.
[8:12] Okay.
[8:12] That's where at the park.
[8:14] That's the same thing I've been left that came out today, manpower bikes are allowed, but not the electric for the scooters.
[8:29] Yeah, I've just seen something on Facebook. Okay, thank you. Any safety questions? Okay, Public Works Committee, Mr. Thompson.
[8:38] Thank you.
[8:39] So, starting with college engineering recession, the environmental and sport surveys now
[8:44] in the board.
[8:44] We're actually going to be in progress now.
[8:46] It's a pleasure happening.
[8:49] Enjoying the day.
[8:50] Enjoying the day.
[8:51] Enjoying the day.
[8:52] Enjoying the day.
[8:52] Enjoying the day.
[8:53] Roger Bridge, as the senior years of set up a meeting with KYTC, came to give basically
[8:59] to make it all the cutting, all the funds authorized.
[9:02] Get all that moving forward.
[9:08] We will be able to use that money for a new bridge, but that is to get all written down, so I'll be working on setting that up.
[9:17] Eastland Broadcore, Surray Design Plans and Progress, where we did this build season this year.
[9:24] And then the other big thing is, so we met with City Engineer and City Administrator Crescent Springs.
[9:29] I mean, yes, press the springs to discuss metal wood road.
[9:34] So they're in the opinion that back there in the crossings, they are close enough done
[9:39] now that they want to go ahead there planning to do their part of metal wood.
[9:46] From what they said, there's 13 lots left, three is in purchase, and so once those are purchased
[9:54] just any foundations in the way, and I'll think, you know, the big heavy build materials
[9:59] already shipped in, then that, you know, we're going to have to have the heavy trucks
[10:03] on the road destroying it, so then we can go ahead and plan and fix it.
[10:09] So their initial plan, so they're in a little bit of a situation.
[10:12] Their sections of metalwood have already been replaced relatively recently, so they just
[10:20] need no light.
[10:21] whereas ours are completely shot, the subterge shot,
[10:23] we got it big all over here again.
[10:26] So what we're going to do, and the city engineer actually
[10:30] has done this profit the same thing with some of the city.
[10:32] So the reason we know is we're basically coordinated bit.
[10:36] So where we're going to come together as an entity,
[10:40] bid it out to get our sections, hold up a placement,
[10:45] curves, the whole line that we do,
[10:48] and Crescent Springs to get their piece overlaid, you know, a curve work. They've got some small
[10:53] procedures to subframe the interview, but we'll have it all in the big package of what
[10:58] city is responsible for what. So, like I said, the city here has actually done this several
[11:03] times with the other cities, the e-peppers, so they have the template certificate of this process.
[11:09] So, when, there's 13 locks left to be built on. When would we do our full-gep
[11:15] So the timing, they were originally wanting to do theirs next spring.
[11:24] So it would be the 26th, 27th fiscal year, but built in the 27th, in calendar 27th.
[11:32] I think that's a little same for us.
[11:34] So what we talked to about, and they seemed very able to, was,
[11:38] we're going to build in 27th and bachelor's like first,
[11:41] so we'll get it on the fiscal year 27th.
[11:43] But that's what they're shooting for right now.
[11:46] I just can't imagine if we're doing a full depth replacement,
[11:49] if they still got lots left to be built on at that time,
[11:53] they're going to be able to get equipment.
[11:55] Yeah.
[11:56] And until those foundations are in and stuff,
[11:59] we don't want to do that.
[12:00] So this is what their estimation is.
[12:02] If it needs to be pushed back, then we'll push it.
[12:06] Because I don't want to do a full depth replacement.
[12:09] It's been all that money.
[12:10] and then how will these things transfer?
[12:11] I mean, just to ensure what we've done.
[12:13] So, we're, well, we are getting that coordinated.
[12:16] So, hopefully, if they're right,
[12:18] those all get bought out, then it's 27, 20, 20, 20,
[12:22] 27, and during that bill it sees
[12:23] as we're going to actually get in there
[12:24] and fix this, so we get replaced
[12:26] in getting your change.
[12:28] I had two questions.
[12:29] Yes, for me.
[12:30] So, I was reading this, the part that I could find,
[12:33] I understand, from here on in here.
[12:36] He just did our section, right?
[12:38] He just did the bill.
[12:39] So what he's proposed is he's engineering just our piece.
[12:47] He's not going to the press the spring piece.
[12:49] He is how we're going to be a point on coordinating the bid between the two cities.
[12:55] And really because we're having the more major work done
[12:58] and he needs to really make sure that that gets settled properly.
[13:02] So yeah, he's not, I even asked him to say the exact question.
[13:05] I just want to be sure you're not actually spending time engineering.
[13:08] And Chris brings overlay, because that's their deal.
[13:12] And he's like, no, I'm only doing the bill of bills.
[13:15] So they're not expecting him, too.
[13:17] No, they're there.
[13:19] My other question, and I don't even know how this happened.
[13:24] But so there is a section that has no sidewalk.
[13:28] So there's a house on the corner of Metawood
[13:32] in Buttermilk, the column house.
[13:34] And then the sidewalk stops, and then until you get to the first house on that of you and on that of what it's self, there's a section because I walk there all the time.
[13:46] There's a section here that's no sidewalk so the sidewalk stopped and then you have dirt and grass and it's unlevel and then you have the sidewalk starts.
[13:59] Who's in charge of that?
[14:01] I thought that that was a temporary thing, isn't that that one up at the corner where it's right by the median up at the top, right?
[14:09] The entrance.
[14:11] But that's been there. I mean, we lived here 46 years. It's been there for years.
[14:15] Because why don't we have a conversation with that resident up there several years ago because the trucks were coming in for the construction.
[14:24] And they were just coming on the side of his property at that point in time.
[14:28] they put concrete there. Yes. It didn't tear out the entrance. I'm sorry. The entrance? Yeah, right across by his driveway and that, which looks a lot nicer because it was all red. Yeah, but there's never been a sidewalk there.
[14:43] What whose responsibility is that?
[14:45] I don't know. Is that port? We could have it put in but we have to pay for it to sit. Is that port for our port?
[14:56] If it's an interest of medical environmentalism, it's an interest of medical environmentalism.
[15:00] That's all the right of way. Yeah, so that section of the city was actually built prior to new zoning, okay? When zoning was put in place, maybe one. And at that time, I do not believe subdivision regs required sidewalks are going. And so that property may not have sidewalks. And since that time, we now have that requirement. And if there's a subdivision that's being built in the city that doesn't have sidewalks in it, once it gets like 80% built,
[15:30] or 90% built, one was two, then the property owners were required to put in the sidewalk,
[15:35] but that doesn't hide that problem.
[15:36] Because it was built on their own.
[15:38] Right.
[15:38] So, you know, I think I think it is correct that we wanted to have sidewalk in their area
[15:43] with the city property.
[15:44] It would be a city property.
[15:46] Okay.
[15:47] Well, I'll make it up here.
[15:48] We can discuss it.
[15:51] Yes, I did.
[15:52] I remember that when we went in and basically put concrete over that, because it would just
[15:57] get destroyed.
[15:59] Yeah, that was that was the Collins's property this I don't even know who this belongs to I guess it will
[16:05] I don't know if it belongs to the Collins or if it belongs to the first house on men of you or if they share that
[16:12] Because then you have that house used to be called the Grout House, but it hasn't been the Grout House for a long time
[16:19] It's it kind of sits back in their driveway is there
[16:39] I guess my question is long that same line are we looking to still have the entrance with the I guess we are with the
[16:49] whatever the better wood or that entrance with the median up top.
[16:55] Yeah, I mean, at this point we're not, we haven't got that far as far as design, but I wouldn't keep it.
[17:01] Yeah, I try to keep it with a volcano.
[17:03] Yeah.
[17:03] As long as the fire trucks will get through.
[17:05] Yeah.
[17:05] That was just curious.
[17:06] Yeah.
[17:07] Thank you.
[17:08] But they haven't actually just started.
[17:10] We just settled this last Wednesday, and he rushed me that document so we could prove it.
[17:18] So, we have got the final, we've got the plan, yeah.
[17:21] Okay, thanks.
[17:24] So, with that possible medical project,
[17:26] you may originally have that for us
[17:29] that you would be in 2020, 27, 2028 fiscal year,
[17:34] and we would do the final, at least Valley Trail Space 2,
[17:38] next fiscal year, so we may swap those.
[17:41] Just a depends.
[17:42] We'll see what the timing is,
[17:45] but that was my initial point in that we're gonna do
[17:47] that way, but that may have to adjust.
[17:49] No, when you say switch with Valley Trails,
[17:51] are you talking about Valley Trails instead
[17:53] of being 26, 27, 27, 28, and then this would be 26, 27, okay.
[17:59] And does that depend upon, I guess,
[18:01] Crescent Springs portion of it?
[18:03] Yeah, yeah, a lot of, if Crescent Springs is ready to go,
[18:06] everything's built in notch, and Crescent Springs is ready
[18:09] to go next fiscal, then we'll just go get it with them.
[18:13] Okay.
[18:13] But if not, then we'll,
[18:16] I'm going to do one of those next fiscal year.
[18:18] We'll just see which one comes up.
[18:21] And I'm also kind of sensitive about when the construction starts on the intersection
[18:27] and all the names for them, having major projects on this end.
[18:34] So we'll see.
[18:38] Other than that, the last thing talking about better milk and all problems we had from the lights.
[18:45] So, you know, a few months ago, the city engineer asked KYTC about the life timing around
[18:51] my motor milk by the air state, they did some studies, and they said, they just last
[18:55] week of April, they're going to put in the new timing.
[18:59] So hopefully that will help there.
[19:02] We'll see.
[19:03] I will not make you any more seconds.
[19:06] But I think it's too excited.
[19:07] That's right.
[19:08] But it looks like we're at least going to get hopefully something that will help a little bit.
[19:14] Okay.
[19:15] I think that's all I have to ask questions, if you can ask.
[19:19] Patrick, I was talking on Saturday and he asked the question I couldn't answer him.
[19:23] The bridge.
[19:25] Do we have sidewalks on both sides of the bridge today or just one side?
[19:29] Right out here.
[19:30] Coming down the road.
[19:33] There's nothing coming down the hill.
[19:35] There's nothing coming down.
[19:37] When we're done, we're only going to connect the two pieces that come down the hill.
[19:40] from each side with your from where we're facing the bridge on the right side okay
[19:46] is that the side the walkway is going to go on yes we're going to connect those
[19:49] we're those because most of this side wants to terminate at the road and then
[19:53] you have to go to enter the street cross bridge we're going to connect those two
[19:56] okay so why why are we needing to do all this investigation about property on the
[20:01] other side because we build up well when we build on that bridge we're
[20:07] We're going to encroach on their property.
[20:09] We even know the sidewalk is going to be our property.
[20:11] Yeah, because we're going to have to do equipment to take the bridge out of your place in there.
[20:15] OK, yeah, it's easement, construction easements, and so on.
[20:22] Yes, yes, I was about to do that.
[20:25] So the last thing I did want to do, you all have the metal wood, it fills the deeper
[20:30] presence.
[20:32] Is there any questions on that?
[20:35] And what are you looking to send this out?
[20:37] I was going to make a motion to have this accepted by the council and so they can begin to do something work as well.
[20:45] I'll make that motion because anyone has a question.
[20:50] This is just for design work.
[20:54] I'll second it.
[20:57] All those in favor?
[20:59] All right.
[21:00] Any opposed?
[21:02] All right.
[21:02] Thank you.
[21:03] Thank you very much.
[21:04] Thank
[21:10] you.
[21:11] I'm moving along public work structure.
[21:13] Mr. Yelton.
[21:14] Good evening, everybody.
[21:16] So we've got over Dumfras and Smollettress files up and out of winter and ready for summer
[21:23] work and the street work, et cetera.
[21:25] I call them motion-grabble.
[21:27] I don't know if it's that.
[21:28] Top of that, we've been kind of on our grants, helping the guard club down on the islands.
[21:33] Getting them all prepped.
[21:34] And they're going out of work as well.
[21:36] Actually, it probably took more than we do on the islands.
[21:39] There's a lot of sidewalk inspections that have become on different issues from grades two,
[21:45] just single, et cetera.
[21:48] All the AEDs are in place throughout the city.
[21:51] We got to one up at two of the frames in.
[21:54] One up out of woodland, field three and four.
[21:56] We got one after we set the stand by field one and two.
[22:00] We got one in here, city building, and one in buildings.
[22:04] So there it is, I've been running on the A&Ds.
[22:07] The split scene for the soccer fields has been done.
[22:11] Wayne's outgragging and full force of working on irrigation
[22:15] throughout the city, not just the soccer fields involved
[22:18] with what we start on all the islands as well.
[22:23] The netting and framework we did in house today
[22:28] for field one at frame.
[22:30] So we saved the city $200, so we did that ourselves.
[22:34] That's all done. You want to check it out? Other than that, I reached out to Lucy Bicks for the God I've hit.
[22:40] She's still waiting on some answers, so I told her everything, and then he'd be helpful just to drop me on and move.
[22:46] We'll get you home in a little bit. Other than that, everything's runnest with...
[22:50] Up low where the pirate ship is up there now.
[22:54] Have you heard anything from Civic Club about poker putting down on the ground right now?
[23:00] Any mulch or rubber mulch or something?
[23:03] No, yeah, after a playground area had a lot to talk about.
[23:05] As the last I heard was railroad ties, maybe a donate, and wood chips from tree foxes.
[23:14] Somebody was asking about it at the time.
[23:15] Right.
[23:16] That's up to City Club to pick and choose what they want.
[23:19] The donate will help them.
[23:21] Right here.
[23:22] Monday to Saturday.
[23:23] Great.
[23:23] Okay.
[23:24] Thank
[23:27] you all.
[23:27] Thank you.
[23:28] I don't know if finance committee has said that they do work with us, I think?
[23:33] Yes.
[23:34] So, the finance committee and that last Monday, we used finance rules, asked some questions
[23:39] that we got answered also for its person further clarification.
[23:44] Our main course of our discussion was really preliminary discussion on the budget.
[23:49] This is the same budget that we've all had previously, but we had some general questions
[23:55] talking about the PTO, how that's categorized that as a bill, and then we're
[24:01] also talked about the tax receipts and the actual finance of the budget.
[24:08] You know, one of the things that we, that was in the budget was there was a bill
[24:11] for the Kentucky State House about redirecting payroll tax localities to
[24:19] where someone even though, for example, they worked for the availability in
[24:23] coming to, even though they work from home here,
[24:26] there are taxes then, but there are local taxes
[24:29] within the covenants and not billed bills.
[24:32] That bill, if you're dead,
[24:34] there's kind of, didn't bill anywhere,
[24:36] so that, you know, we have,
[24:38] that creates a $100,000 short plus budget,
[24:41] that we'll, of course, address and we'll talk about
[24:44] what we want to do with that.
[24:46] So we have that discussion
[24:48] and we'll just talk about some various other things,
[24:50] get some questions or further questions on that.
[24:55] We'll adjust the budget to take into consideration that I just want to let you know I arm wrestled,
[25:03] Mayor Washington from Covington over the bill and I won, so you're welcome.
[25:12] And don't tell them I said that though, I see them on Saturday.
[25:16] So, yeah, we will fix that.
[25:17] We have a couple of things, numbers that have come through that we are expecting, change
[25:22] and stuff.
[25:23] So, we'll go over that with the idea that we will talk about it and the first read
[25:27] will be in May.
[25:31] Sorry, just a bit of housekeeping.
[25:35] For the February financials, we did not make a motion to approve last month.
[25:44] So I was hoping we could get a motion. We talked about it. We just need an
[25:47] integration to approve. Yeah, so I was going to make a motion for the federal
[25:50] area in the March financial area. Are you combining them? Yes, because they're both
[25:55] being done. So, you know, go ahead and screw the federal area in March financials and
[25:59] post it website. I'll make that motion. All those in favor? All right.
[26:04] Any opposed? All right. Thank you. Sorry. Thank
[26:11] you.
[26:14] We did not make an echo.
[26:19] Recreation.
[26:20] Recreation, we had a big weekend with the Longhorns Parade up here.
[26:25] If you didn't come by and see the enormous amount of traffic and kids and
[26:29] Mr. Mrs. Red and everybody in the Mr. Real Show,
[26:33] we estimate well over 1,000 people was just
[26:37] crazy up there all weekend.
[26:39] And we were all thanked, counsel was thanked for all the contributions for field six and all the other field five and all the other changes that we've made up there.
[26:49] They were all very grateful for that.
[26:52] Our public works all four of our guys were introduced to the crowd up there and given a big thanks for all the work they did as well.
[26:59] And then a big surprise which you all would be surprised as well since I didn't tell you before was that we.
[27:06] The Buck and the Guys came up with an idea to name the new field after Wayne Slesher.
[27:12] So, the Long Horns bought a sign, Buck and the Guys slid sign up on the backstop, the
[27:22] morning of the parade, and it was covered over and they called Wayne out on the field and
[27:27] introduced the field and it was really cool.
[27:30] That's me.
[27:31] That's really nice.
[27:32] We now have Wayne Slesher Field up there.
[27:34] That's right, that's a great idea.
[27:36] It was a very cool meet event, just we have such parking problems right now.
[27:42] There's just not enough room for all the activity we have going on right here.
[27:47] Messed up to do some check-in figures anywhere, we can get some more slots up there and work
[27:51] with the club.
[27:52] Anyway, lots of activity this past weekend, Saturday Sunday, we're booked up there, friends
[27:58] and Tom or Bill Madonna is packed tonight, baseball, softball, and soccer, so we're in full
[28:05] sleep.
[28:06] All is good.
[28:07] That's great.
[28:08] I don't know if you've heard anything.
[28:11] Do you, is there any more status update on the new program I've read to the club?
[28:16] No, I haven't.
[28:17] I was asked several times about it, and my response was we're just waiting to shuffle the
[28:22] money back and forth.
[28:24] I've not heard anything, and even the sub-citizen members didn't seem to know either.
[28:28] Okay, because I haven't seen anything of sign or anything.
[28:32] Now the city is in receipt of the grand dollars from the foundation, and so at this point
[28:37] there would be up to the club to start providing us.
[28:40] So we do have a fund.
[28:41] Well, that's good.
[28:42] So we have a fund.
[28:43] We have a fund.
[28:43] We have a fund.
[28:44] We have a fund.
[28:46] Okay, so I, but as you know, no activity that on their part of what they're putting up
[28:51] out there, what's playing in her thing.
[28:53] Okay, well, I mean, at least for one second.
[28:55] Well, I will track on it to all that's where
[28:56] you should see what's going on in there.
[28:58] It's just good to do that.
[28:59] At this point, I didn't know we didn't have the money,
[29:01] so that's good.
[29:02] It's a good start.
[29:03] Cool.
[29:04] Thank you.
[29:06] All right, thank you.
[29:07] Any questions from Mr. Ringo on Recreation?
[29:11] Fire authority?
[29:12] Fire authority doesn't meet till this coming Monday at 6 p.m.
[29:16] I will say that the numbers for March
[29:18] were 10% higher than the same time a year ago, so the call is just keep rising every month.
[29:27] The only other thing I'll say that's tentative this time we'll be discussing Monday.
[29:32] We've had an offer from a company for an ambulance that can be delivered to us in September
[29:40] for 20,000 more than we originally had the one that was still waiting another year and a half
[29:45] So, we're going to be discussing, we're starting to have major repair bills on the second unit right now.
[29:53] And, in fact, it was out of service on Saturday.
[30:00] Oh, and top of that, by the way, chief, I want to thank you, and I'll thank chief, well, they provided police vehicles and ambulances and fire trucks and make bread really great. So it's just something.
[30:15] It's just, but anyway, I want to thank you guys for coming out. Thank you for all you did. That's all right. Thank you. I don't think this one rises to the executive's level. It's like a session. See?
[30:29] Oh, oh, huh.
[30:32] But it's-
[30:33] Do we-
[30:34] It has an hour.
[30:36] I mean, I saw, I guess, I saw-
[30:38] I read like everybody else from news reports about Chris
[30:42] Springboat on the funding for Firehouse
[30:44] and how prestigious and close it was.
[30:46] Yeah.
[30:48] Is there anything we need to talk about with that?
[30:50] Or just-
[30:51] No, it's just, I mean, it is what you said, it isn't there.
[30:54] There are two people over there who will vote no on anything
[30:59] you put before, and they usually do. The director will show it.
[31:04] And there was a third
[31:05] that just didn't quite understand what's going on.
[31:11] Clearly nobody, as included, wants
[31:13] to have over time and everything, but there's two options, right? You don't serve the public
[31:19] to a full extent, or you do, and you pay the price. And that was, I mean, that's as simple
[31:25] as the discussion got, but they couldn't quite come through and understand.
[31:28] So it was a tie-breaker vote with the mayor, so it was for it, right?
[31:33] I get what?
[31:33] The only thing that really, well, that bother me because it's fired, but there was just
[31:40] at least in the art, this is just what the article said, so I may be wrong, that there was
[31:44] discussion of that hiring people need to be approved by their appeals.
[31:50] Well, so there was, there was an issue, and if I say it wrong Craig, let me know.
[31:54] We passed an ordinance and we approved the hiring of the aid people with a contingency
[32:02] for adjustments.
[32:05] They wrote the same ordinance, but somebody pulled that language out.
[32:12] Why they pulled it out, nobody seems to know, we caused great confusion among their counsel.
[32:17] But since it wasn't there, then there was a declaration by some people that we were pulling
[32:26] a wool over somebody by hiring a few extra people that we did to keep down on overtime.
[32:32] I mean, right now the way I think the numbers that Craig worked up for us that we had a meeting
[32:36] three weeks ago, so that when you, a full-time person can be hired for about 30,000 less than
[32:45] what it takes in over time to cover that person, full part.
[32:49] So logically, financially, sound physical policy would say that's what you would do when
[32:55] you have the option, right?
[32:58] They just, they're just, I mean, I'm just going to say it, they just don't get it.
[33:03] So anyway, that's why the vote was so close.
[33:07] They're struggling right now, that council's voting.
[33:12] All right, yeah, just like I said, I think I like it anyway.
[33:15] When you have two ordinances that are, everything we do between police and fire should be
[33:19] same.
[33:20] With somebody, we don't know why and who pulled that language out.
[33:23] You change the whole intent, and you just drive people to behave your spirit towards that.
[33:32] All right.
[33:34] To note that you said you needed it.
[33:36] Thank goodness.
[33:37] Hey, I'm just trying to keep on a timeline that I arbitrarily put places to be
[33:43] anymore. I didn't miss it.
[33:48] We would have been finished.
[33:51] All right.
[33:52] No, we don't.
[33:55] Sorry, the city attorney.
[33:56] All right.
[33:56] Never report.
[33:58] There you go.
[34:00] City clerk, are you did Jennifer did anything?
[34:03] Oh yeah.
[34:03] just that shred day is going to be held on May 16th and that will be at the
[34:07] Crescent Springs City building parking lot. And then our citywide yard sale is
[34:12] going to be May 29th and 30th.
[34:15] Alright.
[34:17] Thank you.
[34:17] Is there a time for shred day?
[34:19] Yeah.
[34:19] I believe it's 8 to 11, or if the truck feels up first.
[34:24] So if it fills up first then obviously we would close down sooner than that and
[34:29] I've tried to put that out there for residents because we did have some people
[34:32] that were upset that they showed up later last year and it was already shut down, but talking
[34:38] with Heather it just doesn't make sense financially to have two trucks. So we've decided that
[34:43] once the first truck is filled, that's where we cut it off.
[34:46] All right. Thank you.
[34:47] No problem.
[34:48] Have we been in the phone calls for the citywide yard sale?
[34:51] Yeah.
[34:51] I have people sign it up.
[34:53] Good.
[34:55] All right.
[34:56] Thank you.
[34:56] City Administrator.
[34:57] Mr. Smith.
[34:59] All right.
[35:02] I'm just going to point out if that went pretty quickly.
[35:04] Thank you. Mayor's report, I have one thing. I just want to thank Chief Hall and the police for their help with the procession from
[35:15] was it from St. Joe's, the villa or villa, the St. Joe's on Tuesday.
[35:20] Oh, and came back. Okay. So I'm glad that all went well. So I've heard good things about it. So thank you for helping coordinate.
[35:29] Other than that we can move on to legislation. Please.
[35:34] All right, so we just have one thing.
[35:36] We have the discussion and approval
[35:38] of draft municipal order 2026E.
[35:41] This is a municipal order for the city of Villa Hills
[35:45] and Kenton County, Kentucky declaring surplus property.
[35:49] The item in question is, I mean,
[35:52] I'm 29, it is the white sedan,
[35:56] four cars, that is out there.
[35:58] It's a 2013 model, the service time.
[36:02] motion different.
[36:03] Second.
[36:04] All those in favor?
[36:05] Hi.
[36:06] Any opposed?
[36:07] All right.
[36:08] Thank you.
[36:09] That is the end of legislation.
[36:11] Do we have any old business to discuss?
[36:16] Any new business?
[36:18] There's a quick question for you along with your timeline.
[36:22] But it will be the 250th anniversary of the United States.
[36:26] Are we, is the city doing anything for that?
[36:30] I know we have fire in the hills with the civic club,
[36:32] which will be around that time?
[36:35] I don't know. I mean I'm just asking this.
[36:38] We haven't discussed it as such but it's certainly something that we can take a look at.
[36:44] I mean it might make sense to do something in conjunction with fire in the hills just because we don't do anything separately.
[36:50] Well I know because I was thinking about the parade with the long horns in that.
[36:54] I mean maybe just something like that through the city where people wanted to make floats
[36:59] So, separate their trucks or something, like you can't pull.
[37:03] I'm happy to help with that.
[37:05] They just don't want to be the person you choose.
[37:09] Well, I think that ship has sailed.
[37:12] So, Kathy will be heading up a committee to celebrate.
[37:16] Oh, it's over.
[37:19] That's only because Scott dodged that bullet.
[37:21] That's all I could say.
[37:22] So, look at it.
[37:24] I think it's going to think about that.
[37:25] I don't know who to contact.
[37:26] I guess like you contact the civic club and say is this something you want to be involved?
[37:31] I just thought, I mean it's a,
[37:32] No, I think it's a good idea.
[37:33] It's a great thing to celebrate and I'm just thinking it would be cool to do something like that.
[37:39] I can talk to George at least at the beginning.
[37:41] Okay.
[37:42] I can actually give you my word.
[37:45] Not yet, but thank you.
[37:48] I think it's a good idea to bring up any other new business,
[37:54] any general comments from council
[37:56] and staff?
[37:59] Any public comments?
[38:04] Any need for executive session? No, not this. Not this month, but maybe next month.
[38:10] I think I'm absent.
[38:15] Now it's a floating executive session.
[38:17] We'll probably land on Michael.
[38:21] Do you want to do a adjourn?
[38:26] I'll just take one as a second and one as a more figure than that.
[38:29] All is in favor any post all right. Thank you everyone