[0:02] call upon lead us in prayer and bless if
you would like please stand bow your
[0:07] head
heavenly and merciful father
[0:11] we ask you to be with us this evening
father we ask you to bless the youth and
[0:15] all of our people that came to be here
with us Lord Father give us the guidance
[0:21] give us the will give us the restitute
to do your will ask this in your
[0:26] precious son's name amen
[0:32] to the flag
of the republic for which it stands. One
[0:38] nation under God, indivisible, liberty
and justice for all.
[0:49] » Call the
regular council meeting Monday, November
[0:52] 10th, 1.5 to order, please.
>> Mayor Harris,
[0:56] » present. Councilman Connell
>> present.
[0:58] » Councilman Cunningham.
Councilman Keer is absent. Councilman
[1:04] Steed
>> here.
[1:05] » Councilwoman Holloway
>> here.
[1:07] » Councilman Rockio
>> here.
[1:09] » Councilman Johnzac.
>> I just uh want to let you know that
[1:15] Councilman Peter Jesse's uh mother is in
great condition this evening and like
[1:21] for you all to keep her in your prayers
her and Jesse family. Okay. Let's do the
[1:26] introdu or the
mayor's awards and proclamation.
[1:40] This is our initial class of 2025 26.
We're youth council. Uh we've already
[1:47] had one meeting. Great group of kids.
They're our future leaders. I would hope
[1:53] I hope we don't change your minds after.
But I'd like to for you all to stand and
[2:00] be recognized this evening.
[2:08] Credit to Councilwoman Holloway who's
leading the group, but uh we're
[2:13] expecting some good things working on
leadership and community projects and
[2:17] what have you. Uh they want to be
involved and they will involve. So thank
[2:20] you all very much.
[2:33] Okay. Uh, November 1st. If I can have
the trash squad where the trash squad
[2:37] come up, please
[2:41] up here.
[2:51] November 1st is uh extra mile day and
every year we try to honor a group here
[3:00] in the city who's gone the extra mile to
help this community.
[3:05] This group right here has done a
tremendous job and really just secrecy
[3:13] of the Facebook.
But Brandy had sent me photos of all the
[3:20] things that you've collected throughout
the community and I can't tell you how
[3:26] important that is for us. You know, our
public works together, great group of
[3:30] employees that do the best they can, but
they can't do everything that you guys
[3:35] do. You know, we've been asked what
makes our community so special. It's
[3:41] groups like this.
You know, it's groups that work together
[3:45] to not credit to make their community
better, cleaner, and stronger. We really
[3:51] appreciate all the work you've done. But
we'd like to honor you with proclamation
[3:57] this evening. I'll just go ahead and
read one. You guys can come.
[4:03] Okay. It says, "Certificate of
recognition recognition of my
[4:08] celebration of extra mile day. We honor
you squad for going the extra mile
[4:15] will should go above and beyond. Greatly
appreciate. Thank you for making our
[4:20] community more beautiful place to live.
>> Thank you,
[4:35] » little brother.
[4:45] open.
[4:49] » Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you guys. Really
[4:52] appreciate
[5:08] » Did you want to say anything? Uh, no. I
I mean I'm very grateful for this
[5:13] recognition and I would just say that
I'm totally blown away by the love that
[5:18] we've gotten from our community for it.
We wouldn't be able to do it without
[5:22] people volunteering to come and help do
heavy lifting to plan literal mountain
[5:28] um and to pick up the stuff that we
collect. So uh very grateful for all the
[5:33] support that we've gotten. And if you're
interested in picking up trash, don't
[5:36] worry.
[5:39] Don't throw it off the wind.
[laughter]
[5:44] » You guys are awesome.
[5:53] » Like to recognize
[5:57] scouts.
[6:04] » Okay. So recognize
each
[6:47] You guys
[6:54] over here.
[7:00] Pick up your trash.
[7:24] Okay, we'll move on to the comments.
>> No one signed up to speak.
[7:28] » No one signed up all night. Got off
easy.
[7:34] » Okay, I'll have a entertain a motion to
approve the minutes of October 4th, 125
[7:40] council meeting. Motion
>> and 21
[7:43] 125 motion
John
[7:48] » any questions on a motion seeing none
all in favor signify by stating I
[7:52] » opposed
finance committee report
[7:58] » Mr. ladies and gentlemen, the finance
committee met on a Friday, November the
[8:02] 7th at 10:00 a.m. in council chambers.
We had five resolutions presented to us
[8:09] in one ordinance. There was a lot of
discussion on the resolutions as well as
[8:14] the ordinance, but all of them passed to
move on to come to council.
[8:20] We have six five resolutions and one
ordinance the council to vote on.
[8:27] Uh first up we have three invoices for
um your review and approval. First one
[8:34] is for student maintenance. It's for
payout number one for the Marlin Heights
[8:38] project in the amount of $128,3152.
[8:45] Second is also for student maintenance.
It's payout number two for the Merlin
[8:49] Heights project in the amount of
$54,238.33.
[8:54] And the last one is PMV architect. It's
their final invoice for the Stravaji
[9:00] pool project in the amount of 4500.
And then last month we had um we
[9:07] received our sales tax which was just a
little bit over a million dollars. I
[9:12] thought it would be up a little bit
more, but it was only about 2% more than
[9:15] last year at the same time. So our total
deposits were $3,877,000.
[9:23] We transferred 100,000 to the to the
transit bank account because we're
[9:28] trying to keep them completely separate
now for it's a requirement for FTA. Our
[9:33] dispersements were just over 2.4
million. So our ending um cash balance
[9:39] for general fund is just a little over
5.8 million.
[9:44] » I entertain a motion to approve client
committee report financial report made
[9:49] by council Cunningham. Any questions on
motion? None. All in favor, seek comment
[9:54] stating I
>> oppos.
[9:59] » Number one is the second reading of
ordinance number 2261 adopting the
[10:03] zoning map amendment of certain parcels
located along county road two.
[10:09] » A motion for approval.
>> Motion.
[10:11] » Motion made by council. Any questions on
the motion? Being none. All in favor
[10:16] signify by stating IO.
So pass. Number two is a second reading
[10:21] of ordinance number 2262 to amend the
traffic control map to extend the length
[10:25] of the no parking zone along the
southwest side of the 300 block of Fair
[10:29] View Street by an additional 51 ft
beginning at the north edge of the
[10:33] driveway apron of the garage facing
Fairview Street which is associated with
[10:37] the property at 207 Owing Street.
>> A motion for approval.
[10:42] » So moved by council. Any questions on
the motion? See none. All those in favor
[10:46] signify by stating I
>> opposed. So
[10:50] » number three, second reading of
ordinance number 2263 modifying
[10:54] ordinance 1313 as amended establishing
new minimum and maximum salary levels of
[10:59] specific non-union municipal employees
within specific departments of the city
[11:03] of Won general fund and adding
eliminating certain positions
[11:13] also. Yes. In favor of the ordinance and
other.
[11:17] » Councilman Steed,
>> yes.
[11:20] » Councilwoman Holloway,
>> Councilman Rockio,
[11:24] » yes.
>> Councilman Johnac,
[11:26] » yes.
>> Councilman Connell,
[11:28] » yes.
>> Councilman Cunningham,
[11:31] » yes.
[11:37] Reflect
six.
[11:42] Okay, moving on to new business.
[11:48] Number one is a resolution authorizing
the same manager to allocate $9,586
[11:54] of the West Virginia opioid settlement
funds to the Weon Police Department to
[11:58] purchase DUI simulation goggles for use
in training of local students and
[12:03] community organizations regarding the
effects and resolving dangers of driving
[12:06] while on drugs.
[12:10] First
second question on the motion being
[12:14] none. All those in favor signify by
stating I opposed.
[12:19] » Number two is a resolution to authorize
a contribution to the Brook Hancock
[12:22] County Veterans Memorial Park, Inc. in
the amount in the amount of $5,000.
[12:27] » A motion for approval.
>> Motion for discussion
[12:30] » by Councilman Digan. Discussion.
Would anyone be
[12:37] obtained by raising that amount? Because
the the amount that it takes us to
[12:44] contribute to that property, it's a vast
amount.
[12:50] I would like to see at least another
$2,000
[12:55] for it. That's per year.
>> So, you're asking to amend
[13:01] » amend this one.
Yes.
[13:03] » $7,000.
>> $7,000.
[13:05] » Okay. A motion to amend the resolution
from 5,000 to 7,000.
[13:12] » Questions on the motion.
Being none. Those in favor sign I.
[13:18] » I.
>> Okay. Going to go back to the original
[13:20] resolution approval of the authorized
contribution for Campco County Veteran
[13:26] Memorial Park in the amount of $7,000. A
motion for approval.
[13:30] » So move. Motion made by council follow.
Any questions on the motion? See none.
[13:35] All those in favor signify by saying I
>> pass.
[13:41] » Number [clears throat] three is a
resolution authorize a prospective
[13:44] retention pay and incentive for eligible
city employees.
[13:56] Favor.
[13:59] So
[14:03] » number four is a resolution to updating
purchasing procedures for the city of
[14:09] Warton.
[14:17] » Favor saying I
[14:22] » Okay. And this next one will be a roll
call vote. A resolution to authorize
[14:27] revisions to the 2025 2026 fiscal year
general fund budget.
[14:34] » Motion
about that question on motion.
[14:40] None.
>> Councilman Johnac here. Hi.
[14:43] » Councilman Connell.
>> Yes.
[14:45] » Councilman Cunningham.
>> Yes. Councilman Steed.
[14:48] » Yes.
>> Councilwoman Holloway. Yes.
[14:50] » Councilman Rockio.
>> Yes.
[14:54] approved by 60.
>> Number six is an ordinance to amend the
[14:59] traffic control map ordinance number 214
to establish a disability parking space
[15:04] at 4305 Well Street.
[15:10] for a motion. None. All in favor signify
by saying I.
[15:17] » Number seven is an ordinance to amend
the traffic control map ordinance number
[15:20] 214 to establish stop signs on Wells
Street at the intersections of Sycamore
[15:25] Street and Edgewood Avenue.
>> Motion.
[15:31] Any questions on motion? None. All those
in favor say public saying I
[15:36] » oppos. So
>> number eight's an ordinance adopting a
[15:40] text amendment of the unified
development ordinance article 12.13 sign
[15:45] regulation section F outdoor advertising
billboards.
[15:50] » A motion for approval.
>> Pardon me.
[15:54] » Motion
made by Councilwoman Holloway. Any
[15:58] questions on the motion? Seeing none in
favor signify by stating I
[16:03] » I opposed.
>> Number nine is an ordinance to amend
[16:08] article 131.04 police department minimum
work week in the codified ordinances of
[16:13] the city of Weon
approval.
[16:23] I can't get a word
[laughter]
[16:26] » since you're retired now.
>> Any questions on their motion?
[16:31] [laughter]
>> Being none. All those in favor signify
[16:34] by saying I
[16:38] will [clears throat] move on to Portland
reports.
[16:43] » Happy to report that the city has
absolutely lose zero pending cases.
[16:50] » What do we need?
>> That's [laughter]
[16:52] What's your favorite?
[16:58] » Yeah, [laughter]
[17:01] [clears throat]
Diana.
[17:04] » Uh, nothing further to report.
>> Probably for I didn't see Allan. Is
[17:10] Allen out there?
>> He is out there somewhere.
[17:13] » Alan,
[17:17] we're doing a good job. [laughter]
[17:20] They rat it too.
[17:24] » Hey, thanks everyone.
[17:29] » Uh,
yeah, she got quite a bit below, but
[17:34] doesn't sound like much. We're preparing
for we have 20 Christmas events trying
[17:40] to put Christmas all over town. We've
got one tree all the way up
[17:46] but not decorated fully.
Uh, I've got 90% of our snow plow trucks
[17:53] prepared for any upcoming snow events.
The ADA current ramp
[18:00] installed as we speak and it seems to be
going pretty well so far. The new
[18:04] company that we're dealing with seem to
be doing a nice job.
[18:10] Questions?
Are you guys involved in any of the uh
[18:15] the water breaks that we had for
patching any of those spots?
[18:20] » Uh we built from time to time when they
requested
[18:24] we're running out of time. That was
another thing I was going to mention.
[18:28] We're trying to get as much patching
done as we can. If there's something
[18:32] specific
can make sure we can help.
[18:38] Thanks.
[18:42] » Just pass it along
all of us. We appreciate all the work
[18:47] that's been done, you know, around the
community. I get comments and trash a
[18:52] big part of that as well about the
cleanliness of the city and seeing your
[18:56] guys out working and girls out working
all the time keep clean and the work you
[19:02] guys do on the trees and everything.
It's much appreciated.
[19:08] We appreciate hear
[19:16] planning development.
[19:22] » All right. Seats. I just announced we
had no ball seats.
[19:35] » Evening. How is it?
[laughter]
[19:39] » Thank you. Thank you for asking
resolutions and ordinances. I don't
[19:44] really have a whole lot beyond my report
tonight. Just uh working on day-to-day
[19:51] projects and initiatives moving forward
with Mayor and Deian and Brandy.
[20:01] Thanks, Mark.
[20:07] Nick,
[20:12] it's all clean.
[20:18] » How are you guys? [laughter]
[20:21] » Uh, not much really been going on. A lot
of inspections. We're getting closer to
[20:26] opening up the express for
um the salon and financial planner.
[20:35] financial planner. We're at the new park
drive. We pass day of occupancy now
[20:39] salon. We're waiting on just a couple
more things up over there. We can do
[20:46] sign initiative going well. Um
the signs that were on the 22 coming
[20:52] into town and the ones on the screen
we're going to go up on Wednesday and
[20:56] take down. They have to take tools with
us because the way they built the signs
[21:00] and the rest of the signs that are still
hanging are going to be removed and the
[21:05] will be coming.
[21:08] What's up?
[21:12] Anything else? Any questions? Nick, if I
can see you after the council meeting,
[21:16] please talk about
[21:33] other than what I reported. The only
thing extra is I've had a couple
[21:36] questions about county road fire
station. It is at the point where we are
[21:41] working on many split HBAC units which
are technically air conditioning. So
[21:46] hopefully we don't need them. Does have
a boiler in the building, but we're
[21:50] waiting on Bigfoot um flooring to to do
the upstairs, but everything else is
[21:54] pretty well done there ready to go.
Other than that, finally, we're leaving
[22:00] Sunday. We're going to Columbus. We're
supposed to bring our new fire truck
[22:04] back Monday.
>> Oh boy. Oh boy. Now, it will be four to
[22:08] five weeks after that to get everything.
It's going to go to our basket is the
[22:13] name of it or our sales place with
mounting equipment on it. And then after
[22:17] that, right in the middle of all the
snow, it should go right service.
[22:21] » Nice. Perfect. That's probably man.
>> Yeah.
[22:25] » Years and years and years.
>> Well, it'll be in We could take it to
[22:31] day.
[22:34] come get it till after the first.
>> We're closing on that Friday.
[22:38] » Okay. Um in with that.
>> Yeah.
[22:42] » I'll need a check by Friday.
>> The um representative from West Banko
[22:48] was reaching out to them to get their
wiring instruction.
[22:50] » Oh, that's even better.
>> Yeah.
[22:52] » Then I won't have to have
>> because I thought he was going to want
[22:55] us to do and he said, "Do you mind if I
reach out to him?" I said, "Feel free."
[22:59] » Yeah. They'd rather wire the phone. long
a check I can bring.
[23:03] » Yeah, I I talked to Dean and Mike today
started opening fire.
[23:08] » Okay.
>> Yeah, we want to set up a workshop.
[23:11] » Yeah, as we said, we wanted to get
through the salary
[23:14] now that we so let's set up a workshop.
Did want to ask you uh one of your
[23:19] firefighters was hospitalized.
>> Yeah, he he's out now. Um he had a
[23:24] cardiac issue with that. We had the fire
on Sycamore the other day.
[23:30] never had any trouble but prior to but
he did have he's back out he's back to
[23:35] work so he's going to be off a little
bit
[23:39] he did have cardiac
>> but in the future if you let me know
[23:43] somebody has been hospital
[23:48] » thank you
>> who was this
[23:55] » but he was down there today and I talked
to him he's feeling better. He's not
[23:59] back. He's going to go to Mio or
anything and then part of the act.
[24:05] » Okay.
>> Yeah. Very very important. Please let
[24:08] please let the mayor know.
>> Yeah.
[24:09] » Thank you.
[24:24] » We had 61 671 call service. uh 64
citations,
[24:31] six felonies, 41 misdemeanor arrests. Uh
we're still taking applications, and we
[24:36] still haven't got the speed stat.
I'll check with them again tomorrow to
[24:41] see where it's at. It's coming in, but
as soon as it's come in, I got the list.
[24:46] So, I think we
>> Well, we're late bloomers, so uh we have
[24:53] two, but we have several applications
out. We normally if we need to extend it
[24:58] a month it's not a problem. Um we may
need to do that but we normally get
[25:04] several in the last couple weeks.
>> Thank you.
[25:07] » Any questions chief?
[25:12] » Yeah.
>> Um just uh there's been you know
[25:16] challenges with the government shutdown
with food food resources for hot meals
[25:20] and food pantries. Uh there is a section
on the city of Won's website that will
[25:26] allow um our residents to view uh
resources in Brooken Hancock counties
[25:32] for hot meals and food pantries. Also,
I'd like to really do a shout out to a
[25:38] couple businesses that have uh went and
uh shown their community spirit in the
[25:43] city of Beiron. And because Easy Fresh
Meals, 303 Beastro, the Wear High School
[25:48] students, and Foranti Brothers are the
four that I have seen um in our
[25:52] community showing how weird comes
together during times of need. So, I
[25:57] just I wanted to to mention them. And um
congratulations to the Special Olympics
[26:01] Hancock County uh five versus five flag
football team. They won gold this season
[26:06] with one of their athletes uh receiving
gold in the football field. So
[26:11] congratulations to them. We have the
community uh Thanksgiving dinner coming
[26:15] up on the 29th at the Weird Senior
Center from 11:00 a.m. to 2 pm. All are
[26:20] welcome to uh come volunteer or eat. The
food is very good cooked by
[26:27] um the city has launched this to to food
drive. We will be collecting until
[26:32] Friday, December 5th. uh toys will be
going to the Salvation Army and the
[26:36] non-p perishable food items will be
going to the BHFRN to uh stock their
[26:41] blessing boxes as well as um they also
give bags out to so to please uh bring
[26:48] non-perishable uh food items and toys to
either the municipal building in the
[26:54] lobby, the fire headquarters or Gilson
Avenue fire station, the Millsoft
[26:59] Community Center or Mary Here Library.
Um, so like we said, Christmas is in the
[27:05] air and we are getting pumped and ready
to go to face the cold on and uh, well,
[27:12] we'll say slightly face the gold.
Getting excited, but anyways. So, we
[27:16] have the gingerbread house decorating
contest, the magical cutest pet photo
[27:20] contest, which the deadlines enter those
are Friday, November 14th. Right now, we
[27:25] have 22 adorable Christmas pets that are
ready for uh, votes or you can still
[27:30] enter. And then we have 16 entries as of
just about an hour ago for the
[27:34] gingerbread out fund. So we're excited
about those. Um Christmas on Main
[27:38] Street, November 22nd from 1 to 7.
Please join us as uh we bring in the
[27:43] Christmas season in the Ohio Valley.
Then the following uh Saturday is the
[27:47] Crystal Crate at 6 PM. And then um
Salvation Army will be starting their
[27:52] kettle bell cettle bell campaign on uh
the 15th of November. We encourage our
[27:58] community and uh to go out and to sign
up for to ring the bell. It's the
[28:04] Salvation Army's biggest financial
campaign and they definitely can use the
[28:08] help this year. And then last but not
least, thank you to Councilman
[28:11] Cunningham, John, Zach, and Codle for
your service and all other veterans. Uh
[28:16] tomorrow is Veterans Day. Um you know,
thank you to all who have served our
[28:20] country to give us freedom that we so
enjoy today. Thank you.
[28:26] » Thank you. Thank you,
>> Kevin.
[28:33] » Good evening all. How's everybody?
>> Hey, uh first of all, like to thank you
[28:38] all for passing through the uh the the
raises for everybody.
[28:45] » Pardon me.
>> About
[28:49] there's enough in front of other
>> I like it the way it is.
[28:52] » You like it? Thank you. Yes. Um actually
uh I have nothing else uh to add on to.
[28:58] Um like everything's going good.
Ridership's up on the regular route
[29:03] express route and unfortunately the
demand is down. So utilizing that driver
[29:08] as a regular route and express driver.
So things are looking up.
[29:11] » Well sir, you've done an amazing job.
>> I'm trying. Thank you.
[29:15] » Yes.
>> Appreciate questions.
[29:17] » Any questions?
>> Appreciate it. Thank you.
[29:21] » Keep up the good work.
>> Appreciate it.
[29:23] Mr. Masterton, utilities director.
[29:36] » Councilman Jones, I guess you were
making reference to public works
[29:41] assistance that they provided us out on
street.
[29:44] » Yes, I was.
>> We had a major problem on Gregory Street
[29:48] at the intersection of Karen Way and
Gregory Street. the apartment complex
[29:53] there, the duplex could be their uh
sewer service lines. Both of them seem
[29:58] to have come to the end of their service
life under the street. uh in making that
[30:04] repair, our crews at Santore making that
repair took up an inordinately large
[30:09] amount of uh asphalt
that we were scratching my head on how
[30:17] we would replace that asphalt uh and
have it look professional. Thanks to
[30:23] Allan and his group at public works,
they brought their u their spreader box
[30:28] down uh and as well as their paving crew
and actually made the street look better
[30:34] after we were done with the repair than
it looked before. [clears throat]
[30:39] » I wanted to give credit to them because
they did a fantastic job.
[30:42] » Deserve it.
>> We appreciate it. Uh other than that we
[30:46] we have m uh we have achieved a
milestone at our wart and water
[30:52] treatment plant this past um two weeks.
Within the past two weeks all the filter
[30:58] meeting we have uh four uh a gallery a
filter gallery containing four filter
[31:04] beds roughly about the size of this
room. Uh each of them uh they're filled
[31:11] with various levels of uh stone, sand
and then granular activated carbon
[31:19] called gak. Uh all four filter beds were
completely removed. All the old media
[31:26] was disposed of. All the old carbon was
disposed of and all new media has been
[31:33] replaced in the entire fil filter
gallery. All four filter beds are now
[31:38] back in service filtering water and with
brand new uh charcoal filters on top of
[31:46] them. So, it's uh really a major
milestone. The old filters are now new
[31:52] and we're going to be during this
construction hopefully by June we'll
[31:57] have four new additional filter beds
giving us an 8 million gallon a day
[32:03] facility.
That's all I have.
[32:06] Thank you.
>> I do. But what you if there's
[32:10] » We're not done.
>> I'm sorry, sir.
[32:13] » So,
>> my my apologies. Okay. So,
[32:16] » almost made it out. [clears throat]
>> So, last year we had a major catastrophe
[32:22] with our our lines. So, do we have
are we sure that the lines that we have
[32:30] in place at this point are good to go
for this year?
[32:37] I wish I could say there's a 100%
guarantee that we won't have the same
[32:41] winter we had last year. It was an
exceedingly bad winter. I will say this,
[32:47] we're in a far better position with new
pumps, new filters, new mechanisms at
[32:52] the water treatment plant to continue to
provide water service
[32:56] throughout the community. Even if we
have a higher than ordinary instance of
[33:01] line breaks, we're in a better position
now than we were last year to provide
[33:06] water for them. So the lines that we've
had that were not in the proper place in
[33:12] the previous years, have they been
adjusted and fixed to where they're
[33:17] below the frost line where they will not
be harmed?
[33:20] » That will be done in a five-year process
as ordered by the public service
[33:25] commission.
>> Okay. Thrasher Engineering has been
[33:28] procured by the Won Area Water Board.
They have been hired to do a complete
[33:34] assessment and by January or I'm sorry,
July of 2026.
[33:41] A application will be submitted to the
Jobs and Infrastructure Council
[33:46] downstate. Uh hopefully we get some
funding and that will start that'll kick
[33:51] off a five-year uh replacement program
for all of the lines that cast iron and
[33:58] galvanized lines that we have in the
city.
[34:00] » Okay. Thank you, sir. Do you have do you
have an action plan?
[34:06] » I mean I I mean they can't be without
water for two weeks. I mean are you
[34:10] going to
>> We always have an action plan. We had an
[34:12] action plan last year as well. No one
was out of water. There was a diminished
[34:18] flow.
No one was out of water. There was a
[34:21] diminished flow.
>> Back at AutoZone, I think, right?
[34:25] » They they were there was actually
there's family with families with two
[34:28] weeks worth of no water.
>> We we had 109 cases that we reported of
[34:36] low pressure, low volume, but never
anyone out of water for multiple days.
[34:41] That's part of the PSC report.
>> Never out. There was individuals up
[34:45] there that had literally dripping water.
If that's a flow, it's a flow.
[34:50] » But what I'm saying is that they they've
had little babies in that house.
[34:54] » Little flow like that is not flow. But I
mean, if it was 24 hours from the town
[34:59] that way,
>> nothing like that was ever recorded or
[35:02] ever documented by us.
>> Like we we stand ready to to address any
[35:09] problems as we have in the past. We will
stand ready. We didn't quit last year.
[35:14] We won't quit this year.
>> And we appreciate that.
[35:17] » I had a question. You have a plan
maintenance system.
[35:20] » Like when spring comes, we're going to
go into so many streets like last time.
[35:25] You had that five streets the previous
spring and summer.
[35:28] » Yes.
>> That you replace the water lines.
[35:30] » How many streets did you get this spring
and summer?
[35:36] » I believe there were six streets. I
don't I can't recall them right now, but
[35:40] I believe there were six streets
starting in the north end and
[35:44] culminating all the way through the
south end of town.
[35:49] » Six streets. Yes.
>> I could I can get you the specifics on
[35:53] that.
>> Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome.
[35:55] » Cody,
[36:03] » he's important me to be quick.
I will be I'm not going to you know you
[36:08] got a report for me so I'm not going to
mention that but two things I want to
[36:10] make note of. Uh first of all the
veterans day ceremony tomorrow will be
[36:15] indoors at the weird mil community
center in the weird room. We'll have
[36:19] both the main street doors and the main
entrance doors open. So whichever uh is
[36:24] more convenient for those who are coming
they can use whatever entrance is best
[36:28] for them. Please, if you have somebody
that's coming to the Veterans Day
[36:32] ceremony, if they want to use, they have
poor mobility and need to use an
[36:36] elevator, they need to come in through
the parking lot back. It's the only way
[36:39] they'll be able to get in. Um, and also
our veterans clothing drive. It's an
[36:45] annual event. We've been doing it for
about eight years, I think, now. And,
[36:50] um, that'll that started on Sunday.
It'll run through the 13th, which is
[36:55] Thursday, I think.
>> Yeah.
[36:58] » Yeah. And uh you lose track after a
while. And and then there'll be a a free
[37:03] veterans clothing shop at the US
Community Center on the 15th and the
[37:07] 16th. That's Saturday and Sunday between
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. And uh it's,
[37:13] you know, it's just the least we could
do for people who have given so much
[37:17] sacrifice for for the freedoms that we
enjoy. I I echo Deian. Thanking you guys
[37:22] for your service and any veteran that
has helped to maintain the liberty we
[37:27] enjoy.
[37:32] » Anybody else from the library
[37:44] between the library and the community
center? I spend a lot of time.
[37:48] » So, okay. Um, got a few things to cover.
First, thanks to the trash squad. If
[37:54] they're they're not here, tell them
thanks. The guy those guys do a great
[37:57] job. Hey, I congratulate the the youth
council. You guys are uh you're up to
[38:03] up. Now you're seeing how it really
works. Okay, this is how it works and
[38:06] you're going to get you're going to get
your chance to to go for it as well. But
[38:10] thanks for coming. Thanks. You have any
parents here? You know, thanks parents
[38:13] for bringing your your children and and
uh we're looking forward to uh working
[38:18] with you guys. Um just kind of running
through things.
[38:22] I'm beginning. We had the city uh the
city equipment auction occurred um right
[38:28] at the Thursday after the last council
meeting. You know, I meant to ask Helen
[38:32] what we netted on that, but we did
pretty good.
[38:34] » 85,000.
>> 85,000. That's pretty good. Um so um so
[38:39] that's uh that was pretty productive uh
pretty productive morning. Two hours net
[38:45] 85. That's not bad. Um otherwise uh
let's see. We have uh Form Energy is
[38:50] moving along well, progressing on
construction. They've shipped products.
[38:54] They employ uh they're employing uh 400
now and I think there's 20 jobs that are
[38:59] still open. Um let's see, we moved some
larger trees on Marlin Heights Road
[39:04] threatened to block Marlin Heights Road
and luckily we got to that before those
[39:08] crazy winds that uh uh that weekend. So,
um you know, it was uh it was luckily we
[39:15] caught those early on and got to them.
uh had an excellent cleanup event on
[39:19] 12th Street. Uh was there was a stream
along 12 Street and had a great crew
[39:25] working there and got a lot of garbage
bags full of stuff. Then next year I'm
[39:29] going to make it a challenge. We're
going to weigh what whatever we pull
[39:32] back in. We're going to bring it back
and we're going to weigh. So, but it was
[39:35] uh boy, it was amazing how much garbage
was out there, you know, and stuff
[39:39] hiding in the weeds and whatnot. But we
appreciate uh uh that effort as well
[39:44] very much so. Park Drive project is
ongoing. say we got some occupancy
[39:48] permits up there. Um so that's good to
hear. Uh again talking we did have the
[39:54] first the first meeting with with the
Wen youth council. I thought it went
[39:58] pretty well. What you guys think? Pretty
good. The pizza was good too. So that
[40:04] » so there's there's 14, right?
>> 14. Wow. That's great. That's that's
[40:09] great. Um, so you guys are going to
learn about government council and I
[40:13] think it's great that you guys are
learning about what happens on the on
[40:16] the city level. Um, no disrespect to
people in Charleston or Washington. But
[40:22] we're the we are like the city the city
is we are like the boots on the ground.
[40:27] Whenever a citizen needs the help,
they're calling the city building.
[40:31] They're not calling Charleston or
Washington. So, so this uh it's going to
[40:35] be a great experience for you and um and
uh I wish you all the luck. So, um other
[40:41] other than that, we're working on a new
round of opioid claims against the PBM.
[40:46] Vince and I are working diligently on
that. We're trying to gather. So, it's
[40:49] we're in the information gathering
stage. Um let's see. Uh had a long
[40:55] meeting, the mayor and I had a long
meeting with the secretary of state and
[40:58] his staff. Uh came to town. We toured
the lot of miscommunications building uh
[41:04] um and also had we went a great meal at
uh at Yanni's uh Secretary Warner and we
[41:11] had a a really he was with the EDA
incidentally and uh had a lot of a lot
[41:16] of talk about some oncoming projects and
the kind of help that we may need with
[41:21] some uh some of the dilapidated
properties. He was uh very interested in
[41:26] what we had to say. I thought it was a
great meeting. I really appreciate uh
[41:29] Secretary of State Warner being here
with his staff. Uh we were working on
[41:34] submitted a slew of unclaimed property
claims. Uh that was uh we given notice
[41:39] of those by the state treasur's office
and um those were in the name of the
[41:45] city of Weirden. I want to say there was
at least 20. Uh some were for maybe a
[41:50] couple hundred bucks and some are maybe
in the thousands. So So that's like uh I
[41:54] don't I guess I call that free money. I
mean, it's a pretty simple application
[41:57] process and um so we're looking forward
to getting that money in. Um uh let's
[42:03] see, gee, we're working I'm working with
the secret state I'm working with the
[42:07] secretary of state's office with regard
to getting red rider or red sinclair in
[42:12] exchange on the state board of public
works meeting agenda. They uh the public
[42:17] works state public works has to approve
those kind of things. I don't anticipate
[42:21] any problems. It's just a matter of
getting on their meeting agenda. Um,
[42:26] uh, let's see.
Okay. Did that, um, okay, hey, weather's
[42:32] changed, but inspections are still doing
their work, especially with the sign
[42:35] initiative. Uh, as you, as Allan
indicated, public works is getting is
[42:39] getting their equipment ready for snow.
Um, and, um, so we're going to be ready
[42:45] to go with that. um went to Bridgeport
uh with Diana for the state auditor's
[42:50] training covering a lot of different
issues, budgeting, um ethics, open
[42:56] meeting act, etc., etc. We had, as you
well know, we had two uh we had a work
[43:00] special council meeting and a workshop.
Had a was a good meeting with the
[43:04] traffic commission. A lot of good ideas
out there with regard to what we can do
[43:08] about speeding and um so we're going to
be addressing that. Deianne mentioned a
[43:13] slew of Christmas events. you have the
Saturday before Thanksgiving, Saturday
[43:17] after Thanksgiving, a lot of uh holiday
meals and things like that. Um we have
[43:23] all of that's on on the city's website
in case anybody's wondering the days and
[43:27] the times and that uh and that. So, um
keep th keep those all in mind. And last
[43:33] but not least, uh in honor of of
Veterans Day, uh oh no, I almost forgot.
[43:38] I almost forgot one thing. We are We
were voted this second best place to
[43:42] retire by the US News and World Report.
Pretty good.
[43:48] It's pretty good. It's pretty good. And
just in case you're wondering, here's
[43:53] how they came up with it. They came up
with a bunch of different standards. Uh
[43:57] quality of life index, that's things
like crime and and believe it or not,
[44:02] weather, environmental risks, uh value
index, our home prices for what you get
[44:07] are pretty good here. uh general cost of
living in the city with retail, fuels,
[44:11] food, etc., etc., healthc care quality
index. Believe it or not, we're we're
[44:16] really close. We not only do we have WB
Medicine in town now, we have UPMC as an
[44:22] urgent care. Um Alageney Health Network,
it's always very close. Last we forget
[44:27] Cleveland Clinic is is one of is like
worldrenowned for healthcare and they're
[44:31] they're very close as well. Um so we
have we scored very strongly in that. uh
[44:38] uh retiring taxes index. Well, we have
uh um low property taxes. Uh so that's
[44:44] good. We have a decent sales tax rate as
well. Uh senior population migration
[44:50] sort of looking at um the 55 plus
population and the 55 plus movers to the
[44:57] state. And part of that, I think what is
driving some of that is that you have
[45:01] people that are in uh uh uh grandparent
mode that want to come back because we
[45:07] have young families that are able to
stay here more often now because we're
[45:11] starting to accumulate some jobs and
getting some interest that way. So, uh
[45:15] otherwise the job market just said the
current job market is becoming pretty
[45:19] strong. Um and not not everybody that
retires completely leaves the uh
[45:25] completely leaves the work the
workforce. So, uh, those are all
[45:28] interesting things that, uh, that that
are used to raid, used to raid us. This
[45:33] is not something that we bought and paid
for. This came out of nowhere. I don't
[45:37] know. I still can't figure out who did
it.
[45:41] So, you know, people say, "Oh, hell,
they, you know, they just they just paid
[45:45] some service to come up with that." But
this is nothing we knew about. So glad,
[45:49] you know, I was I was proud to hear
about it. And, uh, I think we're still
[45:54] on the move. We're still moving up. Last
but now, last but not least, uh I'm
[45:58] going to I'm going to take a second and
I want you guys you guys to appreciate
[46:02] the importance of Veterans Day. And um
this was President Reagan's proclamation
[46:09] in 1986. You guys weren't born in 1986.
But uh President Reagan was a was a
[46:16] great speaker. And uh here's how it
goes. It's not too long. Veterans Day
[46:20] gives all Americans a special
opportunity to pay tribute to all those
[46:24] men and women who throughout our history
have left their homes and their loved
[46:27] ones to serve their country. Their
willingness to give freely and
[46:30] unselfishly of themselves, even their
lives in defense of our de democratic
[46:36] principles has given our great country
the security we enjoy today. From Valley
[46:40] Forge to Vietnam, uh through war and
peace, valiant patriotic Americans have
[46:44] answered the call, serving with honor
and fidelity. Thank you, Tim, Brown, and
[46:51] Chris. Going on, on a special day, our
hearts and thoughts turn to all the
[46:55] nation's veterans. Let us reflect on the
great achievements of those whose
[46:59] sacrifices preserve our freedom and our
way of life. With a spirit of pride and
[47:03] great gratitude, let us recall their
heroic accomplishments and thank them
[47:07] for their unselfish devotion to duty. Uh
they are indeed worthy of the solemn
[47:11] tribute of a grateful nation. I invite
all Americans to join me, President
[47:15] Reagan, in observing Veterans Day
through uh appropriate ceremonies,
[47:19] activities, and commer commemorations on
November 11th. In order that we pay
[47:24] fitting homage to those men and women
who have proudly served in our armed
[47:28] forces, the Congress has provided that
November 11th each year shall be set
[47:32] aside as a legal public holiday to honor
America's veterans.
[47:37] President Reagan, September 23rd, 1986.
That kind of says it all. So, thank you
[47:43] veterans. Appreciate it.
[48:07] First of all, these young people right
here are going to change that. So, it's
[48:12] not just a place to retire, okay? It's a
place to come back, grow, raise a
[48:16] family. My understanding get a
Chick-fil-A.
[48:24] » [laughter]
[48:27] » Uh but it you know we're the governing
body. So city of Weirden they look at us
[48:34] the governing body and the employees but
it it's a lot more than that. It's the
[48:38] people in this community you know it's
uh friend who's here from the chamber of
[48:42] commerce the work that they do with
small business Anthony Clemens with the
[48:46] business development corporation working
on bigger projects. The trash squad
[48:52] Karen and Cindy working as they do up at
Mar Heights Park. It's a lot of people
[48:58] that are taking they're taking things
that are near and dear to their heart
[49:04] and making a better community and we
appreciate everything that everyone does
[49:09] in this community because we can't do it
on our own. We'll face the criticism.
[49:14] We'll take the complaints. We signed up
for that. But all the work that is done
[49:18] by the people of this community make
this community better. Deian mentioned
[49:23] about the Thanksgiving dinner, the
Christmas dinner. You know, these are
[49:27] people senior shutins, okay, that are
many of them alone on those holidays and
[49:33] now have meals that and good meals that
I don't cook. I would make that.
[49:39] [laughter]
But it's people like that. It's like
[49:43] people like all of you that make this
community better and make this type of
[49:49] designation.
so important to me and to all of us up
[49:54] here sitting up here. So, we want to
thank all of you for the work that you
[49:58] do and help that you give this community
to make this a better place to live. So,
[50:03] council in communications
I do Johnson today is if none of you
[50:11] know [clears throat] the 250th
anniversary
[50:18] of the United States Marine Corp. Any
[50:29] of you that know about the Marine Corps,
we were born in a bar [laughter] the Ton
[50:36] Tavern, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
November 10th, 1775.
[50:41] All right. There's a lot of beautiful
men and women that have decided to join
[50:47] our core since then.
and it's the birthday of their beautiful
[50:53] lives. So when you go home tonight, give
them a great celebration, whether it's a
[51:00] crystal light,
corors light, or anything else that goes
[51:05] along with it.
>> Give him a big old cheers. All right.
[51:10] It's a great day for the core. Separate
and have a great night.
[51:15] » Mr. Mayor if I'm paying like to
recognize and thank Hancock County
[51:19] Commissioner Erin Czech for attending
our meeting this evening.
[51:23] » Yep.
>> Such a pleasure to have you here.
[51:26] » Thank you.
[51:32] » Motion motion made to any question
by stating I
[51:40] pray.
>> You will please stand by your heads.
[51:44] Dear heavenly father,
father, you have heard our people. You
[51:49] heard them reach out. Father, you as the
great healer. We ask you to lay a
[51:54] healing hand on those who could not
attend with us that are sick and are
[51:58] down. Please heal them. Father, you look
at your young children here today, the
[52:03] future leaders of this country. Father,
please bless them. You guide hide them
[52:07] and direct them the way you would have
them lead. We ask this in your precious
[52:11] son's name. Amen. Amen.
[52:19] As you can see,
they're all very faithful.
[52:24] » I hope they are.
>> They're very, very grateful.
[52:30] Take care.
>> You wor