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[5:34] » Welcome to the regular council meeting for Tuesday, July 14th. I'd like to call

[5:40] the meeting to order. Can I get a roll call, please?

[5:43] » Mayor Sers, >> present.

[5:45] » Mr. Fogle, >> yes.

[5:46] » Mr. Todd >> here. [clears throat]

[5:48] » Miss Gregory >> here. [music]

[5:50] » Miss Mets >> here.

[5:51] » Miss Richardson >> here.

[5:52] » Dr. Francis >> here.

[5:53] » Here.

[5:57] » All right. St. If you'd like to stand for the pledge of allegiance.

[6:03] » I pledge allegiance >> to the flag of the United States of

[6:06] America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God,

[6:12] indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[6:17] You guys remain standing in the invitation. [clears throat]

[6:21] » Dear heavenly father, we thank you for allowing us to gather here this evening.

[6:25] We ask you to make your presence one of calming and clarity as we weigh the

[6:31] consequences and benefits of our decisions here. We ask you to make this

[6:35] day as you make all others an opportunity for a new start so that we

[6:39] may better serve each other and exhibit your love and compassion in your holy

[6:43] name. Amen. >> Amen.

[6:46] All right. Next, we have the swearing in of the new police officer.

[6:52] » Thank you, Mayor, Council, and Mr. Hankleman, for allowing me to hire our

[6:56] newest officer for the West Milton Police Division. We welcome police uh to

[7:00] the police division, Zachary Thomas Stevens. Step up here with me, Zach.

[7:05] Officer Stevens is a Wayne High School graduate and later attended Miami

[7:09] University where he excelled as a baseball player for both schools.

[7:12] Officer Stevens is a second generation West Melton police officer following in

[7:16] the footsteps of his father, Lieutenant Jason Stevens, who has been with the

[7:21] police division for nearly 20 years. Officer Stevens most recently worked for

[7:25] the Miami County Sheriff's Department as a corrections officer before leaving to

[7:29] attend the police academy. And officer Stevens attended Sinclair Community

[7:33] College Police Academy, graduating with a silver medal for academics in June of

[7:39] this year. Is that correct? So, >> he took the state required exam to

[7:45] receive his peace officer certification on Friday, July the 3rd, and could not

[7:49] wait to call me that he had passed that. Officer Stevens brings with him taser

[7:55] certification, CPR certification, crisis intervention. His experience with the

[8:00] Miami County Sheriff's Office will help him in greater understand law

[8:03] enforcement as a whole and working with the Miami County. And all this will help

[8:07] in the next 12 weeks as he trains with a seasoned officer during his field

[8:10] training phase. Please help me in joining officer Zachary Stevens to the

[8:15] West Motton Police Division. [applause]

[8:23] If you come down please step up here.

[8:28] That's his uh girlfriend. You have to make the step.

[8:34] [laughter] Just check. After today, he'll be more

[8:39] readily available financially.

[8:44] » Raise your right hand and repeat after me.

[8:46] » I, Zachary Thomas Stevens, >> I, Zachary Thomas Stevens,

[8:50] » being dy sworn according to law. Being duly sworn according to law,

[8:54] » say that I will support the Constitution of the United States.

[8:57] » Say that I will support the Constitution of the United States,

[8:59] » the Constitution of the State of Ohio, >> the Constitution of the State of Ohio,

[9:03] » the charter and codified ordinances of the municipality of West.

[9:08] » The charter and codified ordinances of the municipality of West Milton, Ohio.

[9:13] and that I will faithfully, honestly, and partially

[9:17] » And that I will faithfully, honestly, and impartially

[9:20] » discharge the duties as police officer of the municipality of West Milton.

[9:27] » discharge the duties as police officer of the municipality of West Milton.

[9:31] » in Miami County, Ohio, during my continuous office in Miami County, Ohio

[9:37] during my continuous office. Thank you. >> [applause]

[9:47] [applause] >> reach in there.

[10:05] » Anything you'd like to say? >> No.

[10:08] » Thank you for the option. >> Okay. [laughter]

[10:11] » [applause]

[10:21] » That was not even close.

[10:26] » Talk about the two minutes. The two minutes.

[10:31] » All right. So, moving on. We'll just be doing regular city business. So, if I

[10:35] can give you guys a couple minutes if you want to stay, if you want to go.

[10:40] We do a lot of fun stuff. My dad work.

[10:45] » I love how many people showed up. >> That is awesome.

[10:59] Yeah.

[11:09] » Good guy. >> Hey guys, they said

[11:12] Mr. Green. >> Mr. Green.

[11:15] » Mr. Green. Mr. Green. They said you guys could go.

[11:22] [laughter]

[11:27] » He's our comedian. You can come up here now, Dan. You don't have to sit all the

[11:31] way back there. [laughter]

[11:33] » You can come up here now.

[11:40] [laughter]

[11:46] » We are too. >> Oh, I I get it.

[11:49] » Yeah. Yeah. Those are supposed to be the cheap seats back there.

[11:55] » Ready? Okay. All right, the next item is the consent

[12:00] agenda. This consent agenda agenda includes items that require only a

[12:05] single motion to pass all of the items within the consent agenda. Tonight we

[12:10] have the minutes from the workshop on June 23rd, the minutes from the regular

[12:16] meeting June 9th, and the monthly reports.

[12:19] Are there any questions on the consent agenda? And if not, do I have a motion

[12:23] on the consent agenda? I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from the

[12:27] village council workshop on June 23rd, 26 and the minutes from the village

[12:32] council meeting on June 9th, 2026. >> Second.

[12:36] » Uh, roll call, please. >> Mr. [clears throat] Fogle.

[12:40] » Uh, yes. >> Mr. Todd.

[12:42] » Yes. >> Miss Gregory.

[12:43] » Yes. >> Miss Mets.

[12:45] » Yes. >> Miss Richardson.

[12:46] » Yes. >> Dr. Francis.

[12:47] » Yes. >> Mayor S.

[12:48] » Yes.

[12:52] We can I can apologize for not having it done.

[12:56] » Okay. Next, we Is there any u public comment on tonight's agenda?

[13:06] » All right. We also um as part of the call to order, we did not excuse anyone

[13:11] from previous meetings. So, within the minutes, I believe there were ex uh

[13:16] people that were excused from previous meetings. Just Casey.

[13:20] » I believe it was Casey at the which meeting?

[13:23] » The workshop. >> The workshop. So,

[13:25] » do we have any motions? >> I'll make a motion that we excuse Miss

[13:28] M. >> Second that meeting.

[13:30] » I'll second that. Roll >> call.

[13:32] » Mr. Fogle? >> Yes.

[13:34] » Mr. Todd? >> Yes.

[13:35] » Miss Gregory? >> Yes.

[13:36] » Miss Mets? >> Miss Richardson?

[13:39] » Yes. >> Dr. Francis?

[13:40] » Yes. Mr. >> Sers? Yes.

[13:43] » All right. Now, we'll have the public comment. I see none. So, moving on to

[13:49] old business, a second reading of CM-26-43.

[13:58] » It's an ordinance amending section 76.04A,

[14:01] parking prohibitions of the code of ordinances for the municipality of West

[14:04] Milton, Ohio.

[14:08] » Um, all right. Any motions? >> Make a motion we adopt CM-26-43.

[14:15] » Second. >> Roll call.

[14:18] Mr. Fogle. >> Yes.

[14:19] » Mr. Todd, >> yes.

[14:20] » Miss Gregory, >> yes.

[14:21] » Miss Mets, >> yes.

[14:23] » Miss Richardson, >> yes.

[14:24] » Dr. Francis, >> yes.

[14:25] » Solders, >> yes. All right. New business. Next is

[14:30] CM-26-47.

[14:34] » It's a resolution to support the nomination of a census track to be

[14:38] designated as a federal opportunity zone 2.0. Whereas the state of Ohio

[14:42] Department of Development in partnership with Ohio Governor Mark DeWine launched

[14:46] an online form allowing investors, economic development professionals, and

[14:50] governmental officials to nominate census tracks for consideration federal

[14:55] opportunity zone 2.0 program and whereas opportunity zone commences on January

[15:01] 1st, 2027 and expires on December 31st, 2036.

[15:06] applicable program guidelines and benefits are managed at the federal

[15:10] government level with residents, businesses, and investors. And whereas

[15:14] opportunity zones are census tracks that are that serve as an economic

[15:17] development tool to encourage investment in economically distressed communities

[15:21] with long-term investments made to job creation, infrastructure, residential

[15:26] real estate redevelopment, business, and industrial development, and contribute

[15:30] to overall community and economic health. And whereas the municipality of

[15:34] West Milton residents would greatly benefit from this vitalization program

[15:37] that will help create positive gener generational impact.

[15:42] » And and whereas the municipality of West Milton

[15:44] » will complete the online nomination form for census tract 3910934500

[15:53] West Milton Rural and request formal support for this nomination from elected

[15:57] leaders throughout Ohio. Now therefore be it resolved by the council of the

[16:01] village of West Milton, Ohio. As section one, council supports the application to

[16:05] the Ohio Department of Development and the governor of the state of Ohio for

[16:09] opportunity zone 2.0 as described above and supports the village manager in the

[16:14] application process. Section two, this resolution shall take effect and be in

[16:18] full force upon passage.

[16:23] » Can I just make a quick comment on that? So, um, as you'll see within the packet,

[16:28] I I do, uh, have a staff report. Um, but I think it's important for the

[16:32] opportunity zone 2.0 program, um, for people to understand in the public, uh,

[16:37] there are only a number a certain number of census tracks in the state of Ohio,

[16:41] uh, that qualify. Uh, not only do they qualify, uh, but the governor is going

[16:46] to select a certain number of them. Um, not all of them. We, as Ohio, have more

[16:51] that qualify than will be selected. Um the opportunity zone 2.0 program is an

[16:57] expansion of the opportunity zone 1.0 program. Not a super creative name, but

[17:03] um within the 2025 one big beautiful bill, uh the federal government uh made

[17:07] this program permanent throughout the country. Uh so as part of that, uh this

[17:13] is just a financial opportunity uh for a census district within our community. Uh

[17:18] the census district for our community is pretty much everything west of the

[17:23] river. Um, so downtown, uh, it's a pretty large census track that goes to

[17:28] the west side of that river. So, it would allow, uh, an investor to make an

[17:31] investment into West Milton and have tax benefits through the federal government.

[17:36] Um, again, we are not, uh, guaranteed to get that, uh, but it is, uh, a process

[17:41] and a, um, a hope that we would get that designation, giving us a benefit to be

[17:46] able to utilize that uh, for anyone that would want to make an investment in our

[17:49] community. And sir, I think it would be very beneficial with retail strategies

[17:54] that that would what we're trying to do with revitalizing downtown that that

[17:58] would help our u case in putting in for this. Is that

[18:02] » absolutely and in the opportunity zone 1.0 program, a lot of developers found

[18:07] those census tracks and made developments in those census tracks

[18:11] explicitly. So again, it gives us somewhat of a marketing tool where we

[18:15] have an opportunity for someone that maybe a different community doesn't. So

[18:19] even those that we're not outright reaching out to, they may reach out to

[18:23] us and we may have a different opportunity because of that designation.

[18:26] » Nice. >> So when we talk about like investors and

[18:29] developers, is that residential and commercial and industrial?

[18:33] » Yes, there's no uh I don't believe there's any limitations on the type of

[18:37] development. Um really the to not get too uh detailed but um the opportunity

[18:44] zone generally it's about capital gains and how you can defer that development

[18:48] or that investment uh for up to five or 10 years and the percentages. There's a

[18:52] calculation. I don't believe there's anything there that would limit the type

[18:56] of development. >> That's great.

[18:59] » That's awesome. Thank you. >> Mhm.

[19:01] » All right. Do we have any motions for >> Go ahead and make a motion that we

[19:06] accept CM-26-47. >> Second.

[19:09] » Roll call. [clears throat] >> Mr. Fogle?

[19:11] » Yes. >> Mr. Todd?

[19:12] » Yes. >> Miss Gregory?

[19:14] » Yes. >> Miss Mets?

[19:15] » Yes. >> Miss Richardson?

[19:16] » Yes. >> Dr. Francis?

[19:17] » Yes. >> Mayor Sat?

[19:18] » Yes. >> All right. Next, we have CM-26-48.

[19:25] » It's a resolution to appoint members to the Miami Valley Regional Planning

[19:28] Commission, the MVRPC. Whereas the Miami Valley Regional

[19:32] Planning Commission, known as the MVRPC, requires that the municipality of West

[19:36] Milton have delegates for their technical advisory commission and their

[19:39] executive board. And whereas the municipality currently has previous

[19:43] village manager D. Jeffrey Sheridan and previous mayor Scott Hurst as

[19:47] representatives, both of which no longer represent the municipality. And whereas

[19:51] the village council wishes to remove D. Jeffrey Sherid Sheridan and Scott Hurst

[19:55] as representatives. And whereas the village council wishes to appoint Jeremy

[19:59] Sauders as the elected official representative with Kyle Hingleman as

[20:03] the board alternate for the MVRPC board of directors. And whereas the village

[20:08] council wishes to appoint Ben Haron as the TAC delegate and Kyle Hinklelman as

[20:13] the alternate TAC delegate for the technical advisory committee. Now

[20:17] therefore be it resolved by the council of the village of West Melton, Ohio that

[20:21] section one D. Jeffrey Sheridan and Scott Hurst are hereby removed as

[20:25] representatives for the municipality of West Milton with the Miami Valley

[20:28] Regional Planning Commission. Section two, Mayor Jeremy Sauders is hereby

[20:32] appointed to be the primary representative and Kyle Hingleman,

[20:36] village manager, is appointed to be the board alternate for the MVRPC board of

[20:40] directors. Section 3, Ben Herren, service director, is hereby appointed to

[20:44] be the primary representative, and Kyle Hinkleman, village manager, is appointed

[20:48] to be the alternate delegate for the technical advisory committee. Section

[20:52] four, this resolution shall take effect and be in full force upon passage.

[20:56] » Kyle, can you explain that? >> Certainly. So, the Miami Valley Regional

[21:01] Planning Commission, if you are not familiar, is the regional planning body

[21:04] that almost all jurisdictions in our area are members of. We are a member.

[21:09] We've been a member for many years. Uh, every year we appoint people to that

[21:14] board or we are supposed to appoint delegates to that board. Um, there are

[21:18] two boards. the uh board of directors or executive body is elected officials and

[21:24] usually there's an alternate uh that kind of goes to most of the meetings but

[21:28] the elected official certainly has a right to uh this the village had uh our

[21:33] previous mayor and previous uh municipal manager. Uh so we have replaced them

[21:37] with our current mayor and current municipal manager. Um the TAC or the

[21:42] technical advisory committee is a body is a subcommittee of that group and what

[21:46] they do is they review uh roadway applications, funding applications

[21:51] dealing with uh public works. Uh so what we've requested is to have Ben uh as our

[21:57] service director and um very knowledgeable person when it comes to

[22:01] our roadways uh kind of be our primary person and then if he's unable to

[22:04] attend, I will certainly cover the gap if necessary. Right.

[22:09] » Thank you. All right. Any more discussion on

[22:13] » Thank you for getting that cleared up and doing that. We appreciate that.

[22:18] » Any motions? >> A [clears throat] motion we approve

[22:21] resolution C-26-48. >> Second.

[22:24] » Roll call. >> Mr. Fogle?

[22:26] » Yes. >> Mr. Todd?

[22:28] » Yes. >> Miss Gregory?

[22:29] » Yes. >> Miss Meds?

[22:30] » Yes. >> M. Richardson?

[22:31] » Yes. >> Dr. Francis?

[22:32] » Yes. >> Mayor Sers?

[22:34] » Yes. >> Next is the village manager report. Good

[22:39] evening. Let's see. Good evening. I think it's on. I think we're good. Uh

[22:43] I'm excited to be here. Uh so thank you for everyone that I've met. I've uh I've

[22:47] been uh very very lucky to have a lot of people come into my office over the last

[22:52] couple weeks. Uh it's been uh overwhelming honestly with uh whether

[22:56] it's residents or businesses um just coming to talk. I've had a great

[23:00] experience with that. Um I'm also so thankful for the staff that we we have

[23:05] here. Um, I think as I learn every day, uh, this community is blessed to have,

[23:09] uh, such a great group of people that are willing to put their time and effort

[23:13] to make this community better. So, um, I'm very excited about that. Uh, what

[23:18] I'd like to do, uh, at every meeting is kind of give you kind of a recap of some

[23:22] of the things that are going on in the village, let the public know. Um, if

[23:25] there's any questions that the public has about anything that I bring up, I'd

[23:29] love for you to stop in my office. Um, feel free to give me a call. We can

[23:32] definitely talk about it. Um, first thing to say, uh, obviously you'll see

[23:36] there's been a couple changes to the meeting, uh, kind of just the way that

[23:40] we do that. Um, we're posting village, uh, agendas, uh, to the website. Um,

[23:45] we're posting as many links as we can to our Facebook to get people to be able to

[23:49] hopefully watch this meeting tonight. Uh, as well as understand the materials

[23:53] that are going to be on this meeting for your consideration. Uh, the goal with

[23:57] all of this is to be as transparent as we can. Uh, so if there's a way that we

[24:00] can do that better, uh, please just let us know. Uh and we certainly believe

[24:04] strongly in that making sure that people understand what we're we're trying to

[24:08] achieve at these meetings. A couple things just in terms of projects just to

[24:12] cover so you're aware. Um we have a state route uh 571 pedestrian

[24:17] improvement project which is a really long name for that thing that's going on

[24:22] in 571 that connects us to the hill uh that's on the right side of the road as

[24:26] you drive down the road. Um, so that project uh is an expanded um pedestrian

[24:32] pathway, whether that's bikes, walking, we'll figure out golf carts when we get

[24:38] there. Um, you know, all of that is occurring. It is on schedule and on

[24:43] budget right now. So, uh, the schedule is to be completed by 9:30. Uh, so

[24:48] hopefully, uh, here by the end of September, uh, we will have a road back

[24:52] without giant orange cones. Uh, but, um, that is the schedule right now. We are

[24:56] on schedule for that. Uh we're also working on a sanitary sewer trunk main

[25:00] replacement project. Uh so that one isn't quite as visible uh to most

[25:05] people, but it is a really important project to the village where we are um

[25:10] working to replace uh the um trunk line that goes from the wastewater treatment

[25:16] plant north about 3,200 ft of it. Um it's being replaced as well as um 15 man

[25:23] holes that are part of that. Uh, so I believe we're on schedule for that. When

[25:28] is it completed, Ben? >> They So they started the lining today.

[25:32] Okay. Um or this week. So I would say another couple weeks probably on the

[25:37] lining and then reclamation. >> Yep. So we're we're well on schedule. Uh

[25:41] we'll be done this year. Uh that's going to be a great program for us. And a lot

[25:45] of just uh as you'll understand um as we try to go through some of these other

[25:49] projects as we move forward. A lot of what I understand some of the challenges

[25:53] that we have is the infiltration that occurs in these pipes. So every time we

[25:57] do a project hopefully it makes us a little more efficient and our pipes

[26:00] don't leak as much uh which allows us to have a reduction in what we call ini and

[26:05] that helps us get lower waste which is what we really want. So that's a great

[26:10] project for us. Um we're also looking at some other projects here at the end of

[26:14] the year which will probably set us up for next year like the Hask and Hamilton

[26:18] roadway improvement project. Um, if anyone has ever driven down Haske uh at

[26:24] 700 a.m. or 3:00, uh, there's some impacts to that. It's it's a little

[26:29] scary when you try to make a left turn. Um, and so we're looking at that, trying

[26:33] to understand some of those improvements in that area. Um, no, nothing planned as

[26:38] of now. We're just kind of looking at that. That is very likely to become a

[26:41] project though, uh, in 2027. Uh, and then I just wanted to throw out um, two

[26:46] other things really quickly. the village service center um renovations began as

[26:50] you are well aware you approved renovations for the service center um

[26:55] that is started on Monday uh so we believe that should be done before the

[26:59] winter um and so we're excited about that our service guys are certainly

[27:03] excited about that and then finally uh Stillwater Crossing the only update I

[27:07] can really give you on uh the development is um we are trying to

[27:11] schedule a meeting with the developer uh unfortunately he has been in Florida uh

[27:15] and had some some other things go. Um, so I've yet to have a chance to meet

[27:19] with him, but I am going to be scheduling time to discuss the project

[27:24] and I will make sure to update you as I can every month. Um, my goal with all

[27:29] this as well on any of these projects, we're going to put together a project

[27:32] page on our website uh so the public can see kind of where we're at in timelines,

[27:37] budgets, all of those things. Again, our goal is to make sure people understand

[27:41] all the great things that we're doing in this community and we are certainly

[27:44] doing a whole heck of a lot of them. So, um, additional to that, just so you guys

[27:48] are all aware, um, the village is working through our health insurance

[27:52] right now. So, unfortunately, uh, as I would imagine most businesses that are

[27:57] seeing that the rates are are not as lovely as we'd like them to be. Um, so

[28:01] we're probably going to bring you back um, some information about that as that

[28:05] comes forward. But then I want to finish with the good news. Um, the village has

[28:08] so many great things. If you were part of this village on the 4th of July, you

[28:12] saw it. You saw all the people come together um and put together from the 5K

[28:17] to the parade to the carnival to the fireworks. It was an absolutely

[28:22] wonderful day in this community. We celebrated the 250th uh anniversary of

[28:27] our country and I think we definitely did it proud. Uh it was an absolutely

[28:30] wonderful uh event. I know there were some concerns about fireworks, which I

[28:35] think it's important to remind people the village doesn't put the fireworks

[28:38] off, but um that was a a decision that was made um by the people that were in

[28:44] charge to do it a little bit early. Uh very similar to what Anglewood did and

[28:48] Troy did. Uh it was a safety concern and and uh we certainly support that

[28:52] decision that they made. Um I know it was beautiful and everybody enjoyed it.

[28:56] So um I'm very glad. Um, last but not least, um, the fire department waffles

[29:01] on Friday has begun. So, if you do not get those waffles on Friday, you're

[29:06] missing out because they're pretty stinking good. Um, so that's all that I

[29:10] have for you, mayor. Uh, if there's any other questions that, uh,

[29:15] [clears throat] council has of me, I'd be more than happy to address any

[29:17] questions from you guys. >> Yes.

[29:20] » I'd be right if I didn't have a couple. >> Sure. [laughter]

[29:23] So, when you talk to Ron and Jason, Still Water Crossings, could you um see

[29:29] they have said before that every few months they're going to come to a

[29:33] workshop. if they could come to our workshop either in July or August to

[29:38] give us an update and uh the rest of the public an update. Uh and please ask them

[29:44] about the high grass and weeds cuz I'm sorry I drive that every day on the way

[29:50] to work on the way home from work and it's a terrible look coming into our

[29:54] village. I'm sorry. It's just it's not good. Uh both sides

[29:58] » certainly. >> Yep. Um and I know coming up in August

[30:03] time frame I believe uh the finance committee is going to be meeting uh

[30:07] three members from council along with all the department heads. I didn't know

[30:11] if we are targeting a time frame uh for that and who from council might be

[30:18] interested in doing it. Uh I know that uh I would think that uh uh Mr. Francis

[30:25] over there would be a good uh good candidate.

[30:29] [laughter] Yeah, >> I would I would pick him also.

[30:32] » I I would I would like to be involved this year if uh everyone else on council

[30:37] was fine with that. I wasn't last year on it unless anybody has any objections.

[30:41] » So, >> I mean, I'd also like to be on it, but

[30:43] I'm okay if you want to. >> Rock, paper, scissors. [laughter]

[30:47] » I yield. You go ahead. >> Yeah.

[30:50] » So, we're only allowed to have three. >> Correct. Um, and u I know that that's

[30:54] coming up uh in the near term. So I just thought I'd throw it out there.

[30:59] » October, sir. >> Oh, I thought it was August.

[31:01] » Yeah. So what the time? Actually, I uh had a good conversation with Jill today

[31:05] about our timeline for budgets. Um I will admit to you that I am still trying

[31:10] to fully understand where we bring money in and how we spend money. Um but

[31:15] understanding the budget timeline, we are working to keep what roughly what

[31:19] you said. So, we're going to be meeting with our department heads here at the

[31:22] end of July, early August to talk through a preliminary kind of setup for

[31:27] that. Um, you're going to get a little bit of a different budget process this

[31:30] year. I really believe strongly in a budget book that has a narrative and

[31:34] explains why we're doing what we're doing. Um, so you can understand some of

[31:39] that, which takes a little bit more leg work, but I think it helps in terms of

[31:42] our transparency with the public and how we're trying to achieve um, you know,

[31:46] our goals. Uh, so we're going to do a little bit more setup. So that's going

[31:49] to take us probably at the beginning or middle of July here in the next two

[31:53] weeks. Um we're going to get then everything set up with kind of the

[31:57] general process. So probably by August workshop is when we're going to have our

[32:02] first kind of first conversation about that and then we will have to after that

[32:06] meet with the committee uh to talk through everything to get it prepared

[32:10] for September. The long and the short of it is we will have it done so we adopt

[32:14] it in December which requires us to have it on the agenda in November.

[32:19] » Yes, sir. Sounds great. >> Okay.

[32:21] » And the last thing is the Founders Park. Any updates with Founders Park and um

[32:27] where things stand with that? >> You go for it. You got anything?

[32:31] » Yeah. >> Yeah. So, we're surveying it because the

[32:33] property pins were can't find them. I even sent Tim Schwarzber out when he

[32:39] couldn't find them. I knew they weren't there. So, uh, we're having it surveyed.

[32:43] Um, manager HKLman, uh, asked me to go out for pricing. So, we're going to get

[32:48] some survey work done. They'll reset the pins, and then after that, um, we're

[32:53] pretty much ready to go on everything. The parking area in the back is I marked

[32:57] that out. Our crews for now are going to just dig that, put in gravel, and then,

[33:02] um, we'll have to look at, uh, the the fence contractor. He's ready to go. And

[33:08] then we'll we've already got it set the shade structure to go in. Um I think

[33:13] we're probably going to put it in a flat area. So it still leaves us the rest of

[33:17] the park to grade in the future. That's going to be a large project and fairly

[33:23] expensive because of the trees that were there and that sort of thing. So at

[33:27] least we will have some tables, some shade, and uh then we can start working

[33:31] on the rest as we go. >> Sounds good. And I will say, and I think

[33:36] I've I've spoken to most of council, I mean, my goal is to provide to you um a

[33:41] park plan, something that shows kind of what we've got in our parks, kind of

[33:45] goes along with that facilities plan concept, shows each of our parks, what

[33:49] amenities we have, and then shows, you know, priorities in each of those parks

[33:52] or projects that we have. So, we can talk through those and make sure we

[33:56] understand um kind of the impacts of whatever we're we're doing in each of

[33:59] those. So, you can also understand the timelines like as you asked.

[34:02] » Sounds great. >> Yep. Thanks. That's all I have. Any

[34:06] [cough and clears throat] more council comments?

[34:10] All right. Any motions for adjournment? Motion.

[34:13] » Second. >> All in favor? Hi. Hi.

[34:18] » What?

West Milton Council Meeting 07/14/2026

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