[0:02] It sounds like it. Yeah.
>> Holy crap. That's a lot.
[0:07] » What are they going to do?
>> They run around every town
[0:13] » tax increase.
>> What are they?
[0:19] » Yes.
>> What was it? What's going
[0:23] » Why are they Why are they asking for it?
>> It's a renewal [snorts] on So they're at
[0:27] 7 and half%.
>> Oh, it's a half%. It's just renewal.
[0:30] » It's all new. Okay. It's not new tax.
>> No, it's not new tax. Just renewal on
[0:34] » Okay.
>> on a half%.
[0:36] » Why didn't they have that in the paper
when they told about different meetings?
[0:40] » Wait, didn't they?
>> No, they didn't say it wasn't renewal.
[0:45] » Yeah. Call me order
[0:51] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[0:57] stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[1:02] for all.
>> Mayor Numa
[1:05] » here.
>> Bob
[1:07] » here.
>> Paul
[1:08] » here.
>> Hudson
[1:09] » here.
>> Nicholls
[1:10] » here.
>> Miller
[1:11] » here.
>> Wie
[1:13] » here.
>> Maintenance of the previous meeting were
[1:16] res approved.
>> So approved. This also report
[1:25] » sorry um 1,779,28967
[1:31] in all funds 377,380
[1:35] 12 in the general.
>> All right, bills are read. Motion was
[1:40] made by move. Seconded by
>> second
[1:46] bill is red.
>> Yes.
[1:49] » Paul,
>> yes. Hudson. Yes.
[1:51] » Miller.
>> Yes.
[1:52] » Walty.
>> Yes.
[1:56] » Okay. We were supposed to have Jen
Sutherland on.
[2:03] » She said ask the agenda. I apologize.
>> All right. Committee reports.
[2:11] » Am I the only one there?
>> Yes.
[2:14] » Okay. um the the park celebration ad hoc
committee met and we actually have added
[2:20] uh the 250th USA anniversary to the
title if that makes any difference for
[2:25] us but the committee [clears throat]
wants to try to combine those two events
[2:29] for celebration. The biggest issue um
and you can go through the minutes at
[2:35] your at your whenever you get an
opportunity. biggest issue is we had
[2:39] originally planned August 8th as the
date and the all glaze county fair moved
[2:45] I think they [clears throat] moved a
week ahead or a week anyways the last
[2:50] day of the fair next year it's going to
be all the state so we can't do all the
[2:54] same so we looked at dates moving
forward and then we ran into the Allen
[2:59] County Fair and the Mercer County Fair
and Lions Club so then we went the other
[3:03] direction and uh and the committee
put out July 25th. We wanted to discuss
[3:10] it with Chief Mer uh before we finalized
that because he had done all the
[3:15] original research to come up with the
August 8th date and in discussion with
[3:20] with Chief. I think we decided that that
was okay. Is that correct? Yeah. So,
[3:26] we're proposing the July 25th date as
the date for the celebration now instead
[3:31] of the August 8th date. Um is that a
Saturday?
[3:36] It's a Saturday.
Um,
[3:41] so we're moving forward. We have a a
proposed timeline. Um, I don't think I
[3:47] included that in the minutes. Um, I need
to get that for you, but we have a
[3:52] proposed timeline with activities. uh
Jen Sutherland. I I'm not sure why she
[3:56] was coming here today, but we did uh
talk with her about having the uh
[4:02] pediatric research cancer research walk
that they normally do annually in
[4:07] October having that as kind of one of
the morning kickoff events and she
[4:12] called me back after this meeting and
had talked to the rest of her committee
[4:16] and they've decided that whatever date
we decide they will do they will move
[4:20] their walk to that date as part of our
event. So, uh, that'll be a nice thing
[4:26] to do. Um, and then the only other thing
was the, uh, and I already talked to
[4:32] Aaron a little bit about it. Uh, Marilyn
Shaw from the Mitchippi Garden Club
[4:37] wanted to know if as part of the
renovations
[4:41] to the park if there was any
consideration to place any large
[4:46] planters, permanent planters that the
Menipi Club could plant flowers in. So,
[4:52] I've said something to Aaron and we'll
let the park committee and Aaron run
[4:56] with that and and report back what they
think we can and can do, can or cannot
[5:01] do.
That's um
[5:06] and then um I don't know did I
I we did establish and I know we haven't
[5:13] talked a lot about this. There is going
to be a committee about uh making
[5:17] [clears throat] the walking path a
memorial to all of the killed killed in
[5:22] action uh veterans that are from
Waynefield. Uh and uh the foundation,
[5:30] the Waynefield Mission Area Foundation
set up a fund for that and we now have
[5:34] $5,000 in that fund. And so we're moving
forward with that and and I still don't
[5:40] have an official committee, but I have
people working with me uh to try to get
[5:45] that moving forward. And as part of
that, um it was suggested that maybe we
[5:49] do a guided tour on the day of the
dedication. in that uh as part of that
[5:55] guided tour, we use golf carts because
the the the thought is that there'll
[6:00] probably be some elderly, handicapped,
maybe disabled individuals who will want
[6:04] to do that but won't be able to walk the
path. And again, I mentioned that to
[6:09] Erin. Um and I'll let Aaron decide how
he wants to handle that if he wants to
[6:14] handle that. But I don't think there's
going to be a problem.
[6:17] » I thought you guys talked about uh where
the benches would be. there would be
[6:21] like a something noticed about each
person for each war.
[6:25] » Yeah, absolutely. That's exactly what
we're doing. Uh that's the plan. Um but
[6:30] it'll be obviously spaced out along the
walking path. Uh and then um as part of
[6:37] that um we're talking about giving um if
we had the money setting up some kind of
[6:47] um I want to say scholarship but a um
what's the word I want Nathan a gift not
[6:54] a gift a prize a prize of u some
monetary prize
[7:01] and send a prompt to the kids in the
high school and try to get name new
[7:06] names for the walking path from the
students that would
[7:11] honor what that what the new focus is of
the path and then whoever gets chosen by
[7:16] a committee then maybe they would get
some kind of prize. What I did when I
[7:22] had a uh
festival night one night at my school, I
[7:27] got uh different things donated like
massages or maybe instead of a monetary,
[7:33] we can get something like that.
>> Yeah. I I just don't know what high
[7:37] school kids high school kids will want.
>> Yeah.
[7:40] » Money. [laughter] Maybe a pizza place.
>> Yeah. But it's a thought and that's not
[7:46] a definite that's just a a
[clears throat] thought that's holding
[7:48] up or something. You guys have any
questions for me about what's happening
[7:52] with that?
>> Lisa, on the one of the walk passes as
[7:55] far as doing the the stations,
[clears throat]
[7:58] is the hope and goal to have that done
for the dedication?
[8:04] » And we need to talk about whether or not
you guys will be able to maybe put those
[8:09] pads down or what we need to do to get
those pads done. I since we now have
[8:15] $5,000, I did talk to Aaron about
possibly ordering the benches at the
[8:20] same [clears throat] time that the
village would order the benches so that
[8:23] they could be delivered and we could
share whatever shipping costs or
[8:27] whatever and maybe save a little bit of
money toward the the memorial that way.
[8:33] » So, are the names going to go on the
benches?
[8:35] » No names. There'll be a bench and
there'll be a a stand with a bronze
[8:41] plaque that says like World War II. Here
are the There's like five people. These
[8:48] are the five individuals that died
during World War II that were killed in
[8:53] action or were residents or
from Waitfield. So, and that'll happen
[9:00] for all of the uh the conflicts. I know
World War I, World War II, the Korean
[9:06] War, the Vietnam War, and then the Af
Afghanistan war. Those are the people
[9:12] that we have at this point. Uh there was
some discussion about um the
[9:18] revolutionary war, the civil civil war.
I think [clears throat] it was civil
[9:22] war, but the individual they talked
about actually wasn't killed in action.
[9:27] He just served and then came back and
died. So, it doesn't meet the criteria.
[9:35] » Thank you. Any other questions?
>> I know it's early and a lot of this
[9:39] stuff, I'm sure, is going to be donated,
but do we have a way of tracking how
[9:44] much things want to cost?
>> Right. We're we're currently um what
[9:48] we're looking at right now is trying to
come up with a budget. The Wesville Gian
[9:53] Area Foundation and that's in the
minutes and I apologize. Wait area
[9:57] Foundation which is a 501c
uh set up two funds for us to accept
[10:04] donations. One for the park dedication
and we currently have $1,000 in that
[10:10] fund. We received a $1,000 donation from
the Mitchnick Garden Club. And then the
[10:15] KIA memorial, the killed in action
memorial. We received a $5,000 donation
[10:21] from the foundation itself to kickstart
that fund. Uh and so those all of the
[10:29] money will go to the foundation.
>> None of it will come through council. It
[10:33] will all go to the 501c. any donations
that we receive are taxdeductible
[10:39] because they're going through a 501c.
Um, and then any monies that spent that
[10:45] are spent I will will have to be they've
got me named currently as the person who
[10:51] would contact uh Roger Sanders who's the
treasurer for the WG Foundation uh and
[10:58] say this is what we have here's the
invoices. Here's the bills and then he
[11:03] will pay. I'm not touching any money.
>> We're not touching any money. It's going
[11:07] all through the foundation and any money
that comes out will come out for that.
[11:13] Um, their rule is they do not pay
individuals. They only pay companies.
[11:17] So, if I, as an individual, go and buy
$500 worth of stamps, then that's my
[11:22] donation because they won't pay me
personally back. They would buy those
[11:26] stamps, but they won't pay me to buy
them. So, that keeps it clean and keeps
[11:31] their audit clean. Oh, it sounds like
you're definitely on track.
[11:35] » Yeah. So, um
we'll [clears throat] definitely have an
[11:39] accounting of all the money and what
went and what happened and that sort of
[11:44] thing.
>> Thank you.
[11:49] Um Mayor Lima.
>> Yes. The reason um Jen Sutherland wanted
[11:53] to come was because she wanted to have
the um the gazebo on Saturday, October
[11:59] 11th at 9:00 a.m. for the cancer walk
they normally do. And uh she was hoping
[12:04] she'd get the uh fee wave as she did
last year as well. So everybody knows
[12:09] that's what she was coming for.
[12:15] » You guys want to do it or not?
I make a motion we wave the fee for the
[12:20] cancer research walk on October 11th.
>> Yes.
[12:33] » Fox.
>> Yep.
[12:34] » Paul,
>> yes.
[12:34] » Hudson,
>> yes.
[12:35] » Nichol,
>> yes.
[12:36] » Miller,
>> yes.
[12:38] » Yes.
>> Okay. Any other committee reports?
[12:43] All right.
I had to restart the Facebook live.
[12:48] We're having some technical issues. It's
being recorded. So, if it doesn't go all
[12:52] the way through. Um, I'll upload the
whole meeting in its entirety later
[12:56] because we are recording it separately.
Council has my report and I will just
[13:00] add that when I was in Africa, there
were no major issues occurring while I
[13:04] was gone. I was in regular contact with
the sheriff's office during my time
[13:07] away. I'll also mention that I received
several tips while I was gone about some
[13:11] drug and criminal activity that have
been on ongoing. I'm currently working
[13:15] with the appropriate task forces to
address some of those issues. There was
[13:19] one drug seizure that took place in the
village while I was away uh which I had
[13:23] been involved with prior to leaving for
Africa. No criminal charges have been
[13:26] filed yet. The investigation continues.
Lastly, I want to let council know that
[13:30] the construction company, Hoenberg
Construction, that is doing the East
[13:33] Wall Canada Street project has been
doing very good work, has been very good
[13:37] to work with from a police department
perspective. Um, I assisted with some
[13:41] traffic control for most of the day
today and they were very aware of giving
[13:44] priority access to the traffic while
still getting their work completed. I
[13:48] found the crew to be very friendly and
professional. Not something I could
[13:51] necessarily say about other contractors
we've had in the village on prior street
[13:55] projects. So they they've been very good
to work with from that perspective.
[14:06] » Any questions for
[14:12] you report? Um you you all have my
report. I'm just going to touch on a
[14:17] couple things. Um Nathan's point, the
contractors we're working with, there's
[14:22] only been a couple things and one of
them was there was a water line that was
[14:25] not on the map and we were digging in a
catch basin or they were digging in a
[14:29] catch basin and if it's not on the map,
you don't know it and it did break. Um
[14:32] there was no blow to very low water
pressure on certain amounts
[14:36] [clears throat] of town when that
happened cuz we had to go get part cuz
[14:39] they didn't have what was needed on nor
did we cuz that's an odd size pipe size.
[14:44] But we got it done plus hydrants and
everything is is good to go from there.
[14:47] Um, we have put up some speed note signs
and alleys and some children at play
[14:53] signs and alleys. I think that has
helped a little bit. When you have big
[14:58] construction pieces going down these
alleys, if they're going 15, it looks
[15:01] like they're going 15.
They and I said something to them. They
[15:06] and I believe they have slowed down a
little bit. Um, but all in all, to
[15:10] Nathan's point, they have been very good
work with. We do have a list of all the
[15:15] houses that as we tie in the water mains
that we'll be able to call when there's
[15:19] a schedule outage and let them folks
know that hey today this is the time
[15:24] frame that you'll potentially be out of
water pressure on water. [clears throat]
[15:29] Um
that being said today they did tie into
[15:33] the main that was run on West Punk
Street that was getting through the
[15:39] intersection and I asked Nathan if he
could make himself available. He did.
[15:42] Just having the lights up there makes a
big difference. They brought in portable
[15:47] stop lights.
>> That helped. We shut our stop lights
[15:49] off, so there was a confusion between
the two. And Nathan, we were both up
[15:53] there about the same amount of time.
There was not really any issues. You
[15:56] went and talked to semiis before they
got to where they thought they could
[15:59] turn and wasn't going to be able to
turn. And I don't think any feedback you
[16:03] got from them or was hateful.
>> No, there were just a couple residents
[16:06] that didn't understand the concept of
the stop lights. So, I had to explain
[16:09] that explain that to them. Yeah.
Um, so they do have a majority of the
[16:14] storm in I'd say about 60% of the storm.
The reason I went to the water line is
[16:18] because where
the rest of the storm goes is digging
[16:22] around the old water man and we don't
want to have to do that on count of the
[16:28] issues it could pose. Um, so they'll go
through run the water line, get it
[16:32] pressure tested, go tested and then have
that good to go. all the water lines up
[16:37] and then they will the services and then
they'll go back and finish a storm. That
[16:41] way if they dig into the old old water
line they don't worry about because it
[16:45] was a storm you have to have elevation.
>> Otherwise you'd have to knock pieces of
[16:50] old water man out bring the fittings in
just to get it around then you're just
[16:53] going to bury them and lose them. So
that's kind of rhyme and reason why
[16:57] they're doing what they're doing.
Um the other thing I want to touch base
[17:01] I did meet with the sheriff and Eric
Preston which is administrator for the
[17:06] commissioners today
on the marks tower um that has got
[17:11] traction. They've got some stuff some
feedback from the county or from state
[17:15] level. So, we sat down and looked at the
property in length today and
[17:20] [clears throat] she's going to go ahead
and draft some language up for the how
[17:24] we donate it and ingress egress, things
like that. So, I'm hoping she thought
[17:30] she'd have it back to me by September.
That way, we can send it off to our
[17:35] solicitor, have it here for you guys in
maybe September or October council
[17:41] meeting. Um, that being said, they do
realize that there is a cohort that has
[17:46] to be crossed that they would be the
ones doing that. There should be no
[17:51] money out of the village's pocket for
them to do what they're doing. The way
[17:54] it sounds is once this [clears throat]
is all in and done. The state level
[18:00] gives them money to maintain that.
>> So, they keep talking about
[18:04] » the Mark's radio tower out the lagoons.
>> Yeah, we're back. It's been a minute
[18:10] since we've we talked about that. But
that was on there and in the state. So
[18:14] look for, you know, that language coming
back maybe as early as next month's
[18:18] meeting. If not, it'll be an October
meeting just to get a start on things
[18:22] because they have to have a company come
in and do site evaluation. They'll know
[18:26] they, you know, they'll give language of
that. They can come in and work on that
[18:29] stuff, drill and whatever they need to
do for the site evaluation because the
[18:33] site evaluation has to be approved
before it goes to the next level of
[18:37] state. So it's just it's just a domino
effect.
[18:41] » So we're what maybe a year or two out.
>> In a perfect world, the hope was it
[18:46] would be up and operational by 26.
>> Okay.
[18:50] » They're perfect world. So [laughter]
>> it would be 27. Um the sheriff is very
[18:58] the sheriff is very eager to get it for
law enforcement and fire EMS just for
[19:03] reasons we all know that
>> we talked about in the past of having
[19:07] issues with it not having service. So
>> now the access to this be through our
[19:12] lagoons
>> what's that
[19:14] » the access to for them?
>> Yep. Yep. So any familiar with the
[19:18] lagoons, there's a road from
[clears throat and cough]
[19:20] Waynefield or lane to Wshield Road all
the way back there where you turn right,
[19:24] you go to by the lagoon, you keep going
straight, there's a culvert there and
[19:28] basically they pull that all the way
back to the wooded area.
[19:33] » Would we be if
[clears throat] if we get the money and
[19:38] if we put in the new storm all the way
out to Mitch dipping, would we be
[19:43] crossing that?
>> Correct.
[19:44] » Okay.
>> And I talked to them about that today.
[19:46] there is a a waterway swale out there
that we would go across. And I told her
[19:50] that I would have to talk with Andrew
Palmer, who's the county engineer, and
[19:54] let him know that, you know,
>> it'd have to go for a 500 foot.
[19:59] » There's a lot of water coming through
there. Typical rain with us running that
[20:04] 36 in through there. If and when the
funding comes through, that will have to
[20:08] be addressed. But that would be on our
dime if theirs is already in to fix and
[20:12] replace at that point. But there'll be
something that he can do in the meantime
[20:17] so we didn't have to fix everything
>> when that storm.
[20:20] » Well, they're not going to they put in
that road. They won't block that swell.
[20:24] They'll have
>> No, they'll have to put culverts of some
[20:26] sort.
>> Yeah. Okay.
[20:33] » That's all I have.
Any question for
[20:39] Okay. Mayor's court report there were
793 was deposited in the general fund.
[20:44] Mayor's court head count for the month
of July.
[20:49] Trick or treat is October 31st, I think.
Is that what we got?
[20:53] » Uh the 30th is what we discussed.
>> Okay. 31st to Friday.
[20:58] » Yeah, the 30th. The 30th would be a
Thursday. Uh that Friday there's a
[21:02] football game, so I don't think you
probably want to do that.
[21:06] Okay.
from 6:00 to 7:30. Correct, Mayor?
[21:09] » Yeah.
>> So, you're going to Thursday night again
[21:12] then?
>> Thursday, October 30th from 6:00 to
[21:14] 7:30. I will put something out on social
media tomorrow. Um, so everybody knows.
[21:20] We we've gotten several inquiries asking
so people can adjust their schedules,
[21:24] take off work, etc. Um, okay.
[21:31] » All right. Any old business?
[21:36] New business.
Get resolution 25-8-1.
[21:44] The resolution
accepting the amount and rates as
[21:48] determined by the budget commission and
authorizing the necessary tax levies and
[21:53] certifying them to the court county
auditor at the declared emergency. Can I
[21:57] get a motion to declare emergency?
>> This is what we do every year, Sarah.
[22:01] » Yes.
>> Yeah.
[22:02] » Yep.
Make a motion we declare an emergency to
[22:05] adopt resolution 25-8-1.
[22:09] » Yes. Second.
>> Yes.
[22:14] » B.
>> Yes.
[22:15] » Ball.
>> Yes.
[22:17] » Yes.
>> Nickel.
[22:18] » Yes. Miller.
>> Yes.
[22:19] » W.
>> Yes.
[22:21] » Get a motion. First motion to adopt
resolution 25-8-1.
[22:26] Then
>> make a motion we adopt the resolution
[22:28] 25-8-1.
Yes. Second. Second.
[22:33] Block.
>> Yes.
[22:34] » Ball.
>> Yes.
[22:35] » Hudson,
>> yes.
[22:36] » Nicholls, yes. Miller,
>> yes.
[22:38] » Walt,
>> yes.
[22:40] » Okay. Resolution 25-8-2, the resolution
accepting and adopting the 2026
[22:47] alternate plan of distribution of local
government fund and local government
[22:52] revenue assistant funds for the Always
County of Ohio as writed by the Always
[22:57] County Budget Commission. Any declared
emergency? Can I get a motion to declare
[23:01] emergency?
>> I make a motion to declare emergency to
[23:04] adopt resolution 25-8-2.
>> Yes.
[23:11] » B.
>> Yep.
[23:13] » Ball.
>> Yes.
[23:13] » Hudson.
>> Yes.
[23:14] » Nicholls.
>> Yes.
[23:15] » Miller.
>> Yes.
[23:17] » Yes.
>> First motion to adopt resolution 25-8-2.
[23:22] So move. Second.
>> Second.
[23:28] Fox,
>> yep.
[23:29] » Ball, yes.
>> Hudson,
[23:30] » yes.
>> Nicholls,
[23:32] » yes.
>> Miller,
[23:33] » yes.
>> Walt,
[23:34] » yes. Okay. Any other new business?
>> Mayor, um if I could add one small
[23:39] thing, I forgot to add my police report
because it just came up earlier today.
[23:43] Um so council is aware um the Wayneville
Goan homecoming parade Wayneville Ocean
[23:48] School's homecoming parade is slated to
be on Thursday September the 18th at
[23:54] 6:30 p.m. Um we're still waiting on the
permit request. That's my fault. I
[24:00] forgot to send it to the school. But
they are going to run the parade route
[24:04] um tenatively
uh from the park to the school. It's not
[24:08] going to go from the school into the
construction zone and back obviously.
[24:12] So, I talked I spoke with the organizer
of the parade and asked if it would be
[24:15] possible to do the lineup at the park
given all the space we have. Um, parents
[24:20] could drop their kids on the north end
of the park and then the lineup would
[24:23] start at the like the Veterans Memorial
and work its way back. They like that
[24:27] idea. So, once I get the final
paperwork, it'll go through me and Aaron
[24:31] and um I think the mayor um and then
it'll be pushed out on social media and
[24:36] there'll be a one call from the school
sent out. Um, but the parade will be the
[24:40] 18th at 6:30 p.m. and should run from
the park entrance to the school and then
[24:46] after that they will do the power
football game and and everything at the
[24:49] school.
>> And I'm hoping I'm hoping this can be
[24:54] the route that we use going forward.
>> I think it would be nice.
[24:58] » I hope so. Um,
>> we'll see.
[25:02] Well, with all the new stuff at the
park, too, that would be really nice if
[25:05] we could do that in a minute, depending
where it needs to stand at.
[25:08] » Exactly. Exactly. Right. So, that that's
the hope. But, uh, for this year, that's
[25:12] the plan. And we did that we did this
parade route one other time when there
[25:16] was a street project going on. It worked
out well. Um, I tried to get them to do
[25:20] that going forward and they said, "No,
we want to go back to the old route."
[25:23] So, uh, so we'll see. But, uh, they have
a new person that's in charge of the
[25:27] parade now compared to when we did the
last time. So, um, so we'll see how it
[25:32] goes, but, um, it should should work out
well.
[25:35] » What's the month again?
>> Uh, September the 18th.
[25:39] Thank you.
>> Yep.
[25:42] » Anything else?
>> All right. I get a motion to
[25:46] » I make a motion.
Second.
[25:52] » Yep.
>> Paul, yes.
[25:54] » Yes.
>> Yep.
[25:57] » Miller.
>> Yes.
[25:58] » Waly,
>> yes.
[26:03] Guilty taking the