1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:09,240 started okay we got the sign all right we're going on air here I'd like to uh 2 00:00:06,359 --> 00:00:15,160 welcome everyone to the February 15th senior city council meeting um at this 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:20,400 time we will have an invocation tonight it's going to be led by uh councilman 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:24,680 James Crawford in of our pastor so if you could all please 5 00:00:22,119 --> 00:00:28,679 rise just love this honor just to represent the city and and for all that 6 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:33,719 all of us that are here that that are believers and that we walk by faith and 7 00:00:31,119 --> 00:00:37,640 not by sight I just thank you Lord for this for this for this um for this 8 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:41,520 council meeting tonight I thank you Lord for what you're doing in the city and 9 00:00:39,079 --> 00:00:46,440 how you're working through great initiatives you're working through great 10 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:49,399 a you brought us to a great season and what you're doing for this city and what 11 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:54,680 you're doing for the people is a blessing I ask you Lord that the um that 12 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:59,719 the understanding for all the service providers for the for the management 13 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:03,519 here um that they would be not under not only only understanding but God that 14 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:09,600 they would be highlighted in such a way that they would be peacemakers to their 15 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:13,400 to their respective fields of expertise that they be peacemakers in that that 16 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:18,240 they have knowledge over and that they have responsibilities for I pray for the 17 00:01:15,759 --> 00:01:22,720 counil that we' be unified that we would be understanding and passionate for the 18 00:01:20,479 --> 00:01:27,680 agendas that are yet to come and we are here for such a time as this I pray 19 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:32,360 these things in Jesus name amen amen all right if you could all turn the face of 20 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:38,479 flag I'll lead us in the pledge I pledge Al to the flag of the United States of 21 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:46,399 America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible 22 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:52,280 with liy and justice for all all right thank you very much thank you councilman 23 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:56,240 Crawford at this time we make not we will call the meeting to order and I'll 24 00:01:54,399 --> 00:02:02,640 ask our city clerk for a roll call please mayor counc Reynolds here counc 25 00:02:00,159 --> 00:02:10,119 Crawford here Council C here Council Walker here Council here president Smith 26 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:14,920 here do I have a motion to excuse the mayor Mr President I move to excuse uh 27 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:18,959 mayor will urel second all right thank you we have a motion on the floor in a 28 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:23,959 second to excuse May Ur from tonight's meeting due to some family business uh 29 00:02:21,239 --> 00:02:27,640 any comments or concerns and we'll get a roll call to put that in the record 30 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:33,760 please councilman Reynolds hi councilman Crawford hi councilman Pro hi Council 31 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:38,000 Walker hi counc I president smth I Mo Carri in our agenda our next item is 32 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:44,440 approval of minutes that's from our January 23rd 2025 regular meeting um 33 00:02:42,599 --> 00:02:48,360 I'll take a motion to accept the minutes as written so move thank you move by 34 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:54,280 councilman Reynolds do we have a second I will second seconded by councilwoman s 35 00:02:51,800 --> 00:03:00,280 just beat you by second there do we have any comments concerns or 36 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:05,120 uh transitional changes to the minutes if we're not seeing any we'll get a roll 37 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:11,840 call to accept those Council Rey hi Council propers hi Council Pro hi counc 38 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:17,799 Walker hi counc hi president SM obstain car thank you next in our agenda 39 00:03:15,879 --> 00:03:22,599 is special presentations we have none scheduled for tonight so we will move 40 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:27,440 right into audience comments this is the portion of our meeting that anyone in 41 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:32,439 the audience can address city council keep it in mind it may not be a question 42 00:03:29,879 --> 00:03:37,599 an answer session but an opportunity for a citizen to come forward Express their 43 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:42,439 concerns so if anyone at this time would like to come forward we do ask that you 44 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:46,360 give us your name and address for the record and limit your comments to 3 45 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:56,239 minutes okay all right we're going to move on to Old business our first items 46 00:03:54,400 --> 00:04:01,319 ordinance 20251 tonight this is a public hearing 47 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:08,400 this is a ending the official zoning map of the city of Zena to Res reone the 48 00:04:04,519 --> 00:04:14,560 property at 234 Dayton Avenue from an R2 family residential district in a B3 49 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:20,199 General business district to B3 General bu business district um and at this time 50 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:24,919 we will open the public hearing and I will ask um City staff would you like to 51 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:30,039 give us a report on that yeah just as a reminder uh this uh property at 234 52 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:34,840 Dayton Avenue uh was acquired and and the uh owner is looking to consolidate 53 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:39,840 these parcels and uh in doing so would need to rezone it uh the intention is to 54 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:43,440 uh locate a construction contracting business into the site uh use it as an 55 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,520 office and headquarters for that business and of course in order to 56 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:52,320 accommodate that uh it would all need to be zoned under that B3 designation thank 57 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:56,320 you very much all right at this time does anyone have a question for Mr 58 00:04:54,199 --> 00:05:01,400 marman all right this time we'll open the public hearing ask anyone that they 59 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:07,440 would care to come in speak either in favor or against this amending uh zoning 60 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:12,479 to uh please come forward state your name address for the record limit your 61 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,479 comments to 3 62 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:24,880 minutes all right this time I will close the public hearing this was introduced 63 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:30,440 by councilman proes at the January 23rd 25 meeting would you like to move that 64 00:05:27,759 --> 00:05:34,919 for passage uh so MO thank you move for passage by councilman propes do we have 65 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:42,199 a second second seconded by councilman Ethan Reynolds do we have any questions 66 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:47,560 comments or concerns regarding the resoning all right this time we'll ask 67 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:53,960 for a roll call please Council Reynold hi counc Crawford hi counc hi counc 68 00:05:50,759 --> 00:05:59,440 Walker hi councilwoman I president smth I car thank you next on the agenda is 69 00:05:56,759 --> 00:06:04,759 new business our first item under new business business is ordinance 70 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:09,240 20252 titled an emergency which will provide Appropriations for current 71 00:06:07,039 --> 00:06:14,919 expenses and other expenditures for the city of Zena for fiscal year ending 72 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:19,479 December 35 of 2025 we will declare this as an 73 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:24,280 emergency and we will turn this right over to our city manager for a quick 74 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:30,360 report thank you sir uh the Ohio uniform tax levy law as articulated in orc 75 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:34,639 57538 requires Council to adopt an annual appropriation uh appropriation 76 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:38,960 ordinance honor before April 1st of of the year if not otherwise uh uh 77 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:43,800 previously approved uh this is also required by City Charter section 9.05 A 78 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:47,599 the purpose of the annual appropriation ordinance is to establish the funding 79 00:06:45,319 --> 00:06:51,400 sources and the appropriation necessary to provide all core service to the city 80 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:54,840 for our fiscal year adopting this ordinance is the final step in what has 81 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:59,039 been a long series of financial planning activities dating back to February of 82 00:06:56,759 --> 00:07:03,000 2024 when conversations begin with council's finance and budget committee 83 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:08,000 concerning 2025 projects initiatives and programs the proposed 2025 operating 84 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:11,479 budget uh and capital plan were presented to Council in October of last 85 00:07:09,879 --> 00:07:15,599 year and the required opportunity for public comment on the budget was held on 86 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:19,639 November 14th of 2024 the finance and budget committee met on January 15th of 87 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:23,879 this year to discuss the final version of the budget as some amendments had 88 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:27,479 been made from its uh initial Inception the summary of the budget as a whole the 89 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:31,240 major projects being requested for 2025 were discussed uh with our whole Council 90 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:36,199 and award work session again on January 23rd at this time staff recommends 91 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:42,360 Council act to adopt ordinance 20252 as an emergency uh which will uh 92 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:48,960 appropriate funds totaling 88,2 57,200 for 2025 operations as always we 93 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:53,639 note that this appropriation includes uh as a necessity uh uh transfer and 94 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:58,360 interfund Loan totals that essentially double count some of the uh monies uh 95 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:03,800 this is a necessary accounting function that we have to do uh as a governmental 96 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:07,879 entity in in terms of meeting accounting principles and requirements uh this 97 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:12,879 particular case is part of this budget um $18.5 million in transfers is counted 98 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:17,400 as well as $2.6 million in interfund loans uh so again uh when folks see this 99 00:08:15,919 --> 00:08:22,159 we don't want them to think we're spending $88 million it's obviously uh 100 00:08:20,319 --> 00:08:25,639 substantially less than that so again we're recommending approval of this 101 00:08:23,919 --> 00:08:28,680 after a long process and pretty thorough vetting with Council and our budget 102 00:08:26,919 --> 00:08:33,560 committee um this would set our expenditures for the 103 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:39,880 all right thank you Mr marman any questions for city manager Mr just one 104 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:42,719 question couple comments here uh just to highlight some of the budget I want to 105 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:47,080 thank the city staff for all the work they did obviously you W uh sorry Mr 106 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:50,680 President and the mayor for being a part of the budget committee as we develop 107 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:55,120 the budget uh a lot of Investments are happening uh en Zenia whether it is you 108 00:08:53,200 --> 00:09:01,519 know the 50,000 for recreational programming in the budget uh the 300,000 109 00:08:58,279 --> 00:09:07,600 for uh the new uh swap vehicle 10,000 for the zena food pantry 413,000 for 110 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:11,839 upgrades in our Parks uh a lot of new investment and then uh I would like to 111 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:17,320 ask Mr Duke if you don't mind what is the total investment in the budget for 112 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:22,560 roads yeah so uh there are primarily uh three projects Country Club East church 113 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:26,800 and and sheilon uh in t Road uh the total for those projects is somewhere in 114 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:31,760 the neighborhood of 1.8 million that's just the paving portion so there are 115 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:36,360 other pieces for and gutter and U storm water replacement all those utilities uh 116 00:09:34,079 --> 00:09:41,880 as well on portions of those projects but the paving portion uh on those three 117 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:46,440 projects is about $1.8 million uh and then i' I'd also add that there are uh 118 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:52,640 close to 1.7 million dollar in the budget related to the Market District um 119 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:56,800 for for Paving of Galloway Market King uh the roads on the inner portions of 120 00:09:54,480 --> 00:10:02,360 that uh development those are of course paid for through um C NCA a tiff revenu 121 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:05,880 so not your standard dollars that we would allocate toward roads uh but those 122 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:12,120 are additional Road improvements that are slated to occur this year so uh in 123 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:15,160 total there's about $3.5 million uh in surface improvements in in the budget 124 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:22,320 for 2025 uh about $1.8 million of of those 125 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:26,240 uh are related to those three um roads uh Country Club E Church and and Sheil 126 00:10:24,079 --> 00:10:30,839 and towerer that'll be repaid this year I would just add Mr Reynolds that uh 127 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:35,240 staff did open several bids related to the several of these roadway projects 128 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:40,839 this week I'm very happy to report that the low bids on those primary uh roadway 129 00:10:38,399 --> 00:10:46,519 projects all three of them came in under budget uh so I've asked our public 130 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:50,519 service director to evaluate um options uh for additional roadway that we might 131 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:56,160 look at Paving this year um I think we'll be in the ballpark of probably 132 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:59,519 $300,000 of savings based on those bids so I think we can get another roadway in 133 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:02,839 yet this year so we'll be coming back council at Future meeting to talk about 134 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:06,079 that a little bit more fantastic good all right awesome and again thank you 135 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:11,399 guys for all the work you guys did and working with us as we was thorough 136 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:15,839 review this year so I appreciate you guys and all you guys do for us so thank 137 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:20,079 you all right thank you other questions for uh Mr 138 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:24,639 merman no all right this time I'll seek a motion to approve the 139 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:29,800 Appropriations uh for expenditures for this year I move to adap ordinance 20252 140 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:33,200 as an emergency thank you removed by councilman rolds do we have a second I 141 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:38,680 would like to Second That seconded by Council woman s any 142 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:44,639 questions this time we'll seek a roll call for approval Council Reynolds I 143 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:49,839 Council Crawford I counc Pro I Council Walker I councilwoman I president Smith 144 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:55,560 I motion carries thank you next under new business is resolution 145 00:11:53,040 --> 00:12:02,000 20259 this is authorizing the purchase of 28 portable radios and 12 remote 146 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:08,000 speaker microphones for fire and EMS division and also 29 link layer 147 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:12,880 encryption upgrades for the police division under the current contract with 148 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:17,920 PNR Communications so at this time we'll let Mr marman explain this thank you 149 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,399 thank you Mr President uh for our Public Safety department we're requesting 150 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:24,040 council's approval to continue replacement of our portable radios uh 151 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:27,839 these are carried by firefighters and police officers uh for the execution of 152 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:31,120 their services in the field uh in order to reduce the financial impact of the 153 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:36,480 purchase of this essential equipment we are spreading this replacement process 154 00:12:33,639 --> 00:12:40,079 um over a 5-year period uh these radios are quite costly as individual units and 155 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:43,680 then obviously collectively it's a it's a good chunk uh the first replacement 156 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:48,120 purchase was approved by Council in February of 157 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:53,680 23 uh a little over 36 $136,000 the second phase uh in February 158 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:58,639 of 24 that was close to $150,000 uh the purchase proposed under 159 00:12:55,920 --> 00:13:03,120 this resolution would be uh the third uh of five total purchases uh to bring our 160 00:13:00,959 --> 00:13:07,320 equipment up to date the remaining radios utilized by the divisions were 161 00:13:04,639 --> 00:13:11,680 purchased in 2007 or earlier the new radios being requested have uh both 162 00:13:09,519 --> 00:13:15,560 increased capabilities as well as uh enhanced security measures uh the radios 163 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:19,279 being replaced will also be ruggedized this will help to ensure their longevity 164 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:24,959 with the sometimes uh rigorous physical activity uh that our our employees have 165 00:13:21,399 --> 00:13:28,800 to use the radios in um the request also includes upgrading encryption for 166 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:32,760 existing radios to meet the Ohio multi- agency radio Communication System 167 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:36,160 deadline for encryption implementation uh council's reminded that all agencies 168 00:13:34,399 --> 00:13:41,040 in Green County including Zena Police and Fire EMS divisions are obligated 169 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:45,320 under prior agreements to use that marks platform and thereby the proprietary 170 00:13:43,279 --> 00:13:51,440 radio equipment that comes with that uh Mark system which is Motorola uh for 171 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:57,120 Motorola radios provided by by Motorola Solutions LLC uh the local retailer uh 172 00:13:54,600 --> 00:14:00,680 for Motorola licensed retailer is P&R Communications that is through the 173 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:03,600 purchase with essentially be through uh so we're recommending approval of 174 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:08,480 resolution to authorize uh this as a sole source vendor purchase uh this 175 00:14:05,759 --> 00:14:14,680 would be for the uh uh purchase of 28 apx 6000 XE ruggedized portable radios 176 00:14:11,839 --> 00:14:18,279 12 xe500 remote speaker microphones and 29 link layer encryption upgrades 177 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:23,399 totaling $169536 eight for Motorola Solutions 178 00:14:21,759 --> 00:14:30,440 Incorporated again through P our Communications all right thank you 179 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:33,519 questions for Mr marman regard purchase of these 180 00:14:31,970 --> 00:14:39,360 [Applause] items comments 181 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:43,000 concerns um just a quick question I I know it's in here I know you said it 182 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:50,040 these are being purchased over a period of time what was 5year period 5e period 183 00:14:47,199 --> 00:14:54,519 yeah so did this take in account for the improvements the updates for the for the 184 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:59,360 lad for the later units that are coming on because yeah there there may be 185 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:03,079 subsequent models and upgrades um you know and as we get to the years four and 186 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,959 five um you know again we want to purchase something that's contemporary 187 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:09,399 at that time but all of these are interoperable together they'll operate 188 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:12,920 on the same platform uh but as we suggested um these models will be a 189 00:15:11,079 --> 00:15:17,560 little little more ruggedized and the encryption from a security standpoint 190 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:23,360 will be better very good thank you all right very good any other questions all 191 00:15:20,759 --> 00:15:28,399 right see none we'll go ahead and uh get a roll call to U I'm sorry we need a 192 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,959 motion at this time for uh authorizing the purchase 193 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:40,519 okay move by Council proes yes thank you have a second second second second by 194 00:15:37,199 --> 00:15:43,440 councilman Walker thank you there's no other discussion we'll go ahead and get 195 00:15:42,199 --> 00:15:52,199 a roll call please counc re I Council Crawford I 196 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:57,000 Council Pro I counc Walker I counc ient I motion car great thank you very much 197 00:15:55,079 --> 00:16:02,360 all right this moves to the portion of our meeting for appointed 198 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:08,399 reports we'll start with Mr Duke thank you Mr President uh Council will 199 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:13,600 probably recall that uh a few months ago the auditor of State presented an award 200 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:19,360 uh to the finance department for the uh or to the city for the 201 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:24,240 2023 uh financial report uh received notification earlier this week that we 202 00:16:21,959 --> 00:16:27,480 received um uh an award from the government Finance Officers Association 203 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:31,800 for excellence and and financial reporting and that's an award that that 204 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:37,240 we've received um several times over the last uh many years as well uh but it uh 205 00:16:35,399 --> 00:16:41,519 it's an award that looks at a little bit different set of criteria and standards 206 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:46,399 it's more so focused on formatting and adherence to to gby standards that kind 207 00:16:43,399 --> 00:16:50,440 of thing uh but again it speaks to um the quality of of that report and so 208 00:16:48,839 --> 00:16:56,560 wanted to report back to council that we did receive um that award uh as well 209 00:16:54,120 --> 00:17:02,240 we're diving into our uh 2024 audit uh process and so uh you'll 210 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:07,280 probably be receiving some communication from Auditors requesting uh different 211 00:17:04,439 --> 00:17:12,000 types of of information uh so keep a a lookout for for some of that as we get 212 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:17,720 into that audit and hoping for uh a smooth process as as we had in the uh 213 00:17:14,919 --> 00:17:22,039 2023 AIT so that's all I have to share this evening thank you questions 214 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:28,240 concerns from Mr Duke we know you're ramping up with 215 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:34,000 income tax season MH yes so uh Rita is ready to go I encourage people to to uh 216 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:38,280 file early get that uh those city income taxes done as quickly as possible 217 00:17:35,799 --> 00:17:42,600 they're here to help uh in this building online uh you can give them a phone call 218 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:46,760 and they'll help assist you and help you through the process all right thank you 219 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:51,679 yeah thank you to them I went in this afternoon and just like hey W2 they're 220 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:55,440 like all right we got this in two minutes it was done so they were great 221 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,880 it's a great service to walk in just hand them the stuff and be like hey I 222 00:17:56,799 --> 00:18:04,720 not sure what I'm doing like we got you so great Hassel I love it good for you 223 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:09,640 any other questions all right thank you for the job that you do thank you and 224 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:13,120 your staff we'll move on to uh other appointed official reports we'll go to 225 00:18:11,039 --> 00:18:19,480 the law director I have nothing for you this evening okay great does anyone have 226 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:23,840 a question for Miss fiser at this time all right that moves on to um city 227 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:27,000 manager Mr Mayor what you have for us tonight thank you sir just a couple of 228 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:32,200 items uh first want to remind our public that we uh in honor of president will be 229 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:36,559 closed on Monday uh the 17th uh so if they have business with the city we'd 230 00:18:33,559 --> 00:18:41,159 ask them to plan accordingly um second I want to uh remind Council that as uh 231 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:45,200 required by our city Charter um I need to do a state of the city address and my 232 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:49,440 intent would be to uh incorporate that into your agenda under the city uh City 233 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:52,760 bagers report at your meeting on the 27th um so again I'll coordinate with 234 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:57,440 council president for that did want to give you a heads up on that uh third and 235 00:18:54,720 --> 00:19:02,520 very importantly um we are approaching on uh Saturday the 15th uh national 236 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:06,080 school resource officer appreciation day and one of the things that my staff and 237 00:19:04,039 --> 00:19:10,520 I have dedicated ourselves to this year is taking more time to be intentional in 238 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:13,840 thanking our different work units for the outstanding work that they do so we 239 00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:17,760 want to take an opportunity this evening to recognize and thank our dedicated 240 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:21,640 school resource officers uh these officers do more than ensure uh safety 241 00:19:19,799 --> 00:19:25,919 in our schools they serve as mentors as Role Models as trusted members of our 242 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:30,000 school communities um their commitment to protecting and guiding our students 243 00:19:28,039 --> 00:19:34,120 uh Fosters a secure and supportive learning environment uh in our local 244 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:36,880 schools uh so on behalf of our staff on behalf of the council we just want to 245 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:40,400 extend our deepest appreciation for the service they do uh the positive impact 246 00:19:38,919 --> 00:19:43,640 they make every day in the lives of of kids in our community uh just want to 247 00:19:42,159 --> 00:19:47,640 tell them uh we thank them and it's a job well 248 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:51,760 done um finally I just wanted to uh request from Council that we exercise 249 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:56,600 item 11 uh on your agenda this evening for an executive session um and uh we'll 250 00:19:54,799 --> 00:20:00,640 get to that later all right thank you thank you all right questions for 251 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:09,159 Mar and uh again thank you uh for recognizing our resource officers that I 252 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:14,200 see about the community how many do we have six yeah stop and think there 253 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:17,080 because we've added a couple more um again High School junior high uh we 254 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:21,480 split a couple of the elementaries and then our paral schools as well all right 255 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:26,480 thank you appreciate them for what they do all right if we have nothing else for 256 00:20:23,799 --> 00:20:31,960 Mr maramman uh we are going to go into Council comments and then we will uh 257 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:39,600 need to adjourn into a brief executive session and um but before we do that 258 00:20:36,679 --> 00:20:44,960 is Mr law director can you tell me that will be under General legal advice from 259 00:20:43,039 --> 00:20:50,679 pretty near and dear uh topic for all of us in this room I believe and um that's 260 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:57,200 going to be up for Council consideration um in in a near date your future date um 261 00:20:54,880 --> 00:21:01,799 looking at a lot that's for sale that's basically the the city is looking to um 262 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:06,480 to purchase that will also come up to council consideration as well and we 263 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:09,840 talk briefly about um some of the parks and their 264 00:21:08,679 --> 00:21:13,400 conditions and some of the needs that are there and some of the general 265 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:17,799 funding from the city or from the public side um they're a little behind in their 266 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:23,240 in their fun in their fundraising so with that um that's all I have all right 267 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:29,960 thank you anything for Mr Crawford all right we'll move on to council rolds all 268 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:34,720 right uh xra Matt um in Jan Ary uh we discussed kind of like the main topic 269 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:39,720 was we're focusing on three really strong events for the city of Zena uh 270 00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:43,480 this year um and that was a big one discussion uh talking about Fourth of 271 00:21:41,679 --> 00:21:46,679 July obviously the big one that's coming up though is the Easter egg hunt uh if 272 00:21:45,559 --> 00:21:51,559 you would like to help out with that we're looking for volunteers uh it's 273 00:21:48,799 --> 00:21:56,559 always fun it's a good time a lot of lot a lot of people out there uh so we we're 274 00:21:54,200 --> 00:22:00,480 always in need of help uh I mean Wes you Mr President you got there and you help 275 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:03,720 us out and you put out eggs and you know how much fun it is bringing a helicopter 276 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:07,279 so we're looking to try to do that again this year so do a helicopter drop as 277 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:11,120 well and that is all a lot of volunteers needed for that and and you guys have 278 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:14,440 reached out to organizations y begun to do that process to get them involved and 279 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:18,720 just making sure you ordered the eggs already they were ordered before I took 280 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:25,240 the chairmanship so yes before the EG shortage so no probably it's a good 281 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:30,240 thing it's a plastic eggs thank goodness if they were regular eggs it would 282 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:36,640 bankrupt the city but uh no it's a it's a great time um a 283 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:40,799 lot of fun um and and as we get closer to that you'll give us an update and 284 00:22:38,559 --> 00:22:45,080 you're soliciting baskets as well yeah we're going to solicit baskets as well 285 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:47,600 um so I I talked to the former mayor about that so we can start making those 286 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,760 connections because you know she's no longer here she had all those 287 00:22:48,559 --> 00:22:54,760 connections so kind of starting again it's good to be back on xrex CU I had 288 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:59,360 served as a non council member as xrex so it's good to be uh back with those 289 00:22:56,279 --> 00:23:02,840 folks that I've got to work with before yeah and I I think that's one of our 290 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:09,400 highlighted events of the year is just great time to see kids come out and uh 291 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:14,760 actually get rewarded for fun it's a quick event though those eggs are 292 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:19,960 gobbled up within seconds so yeah all right so we'll move on and to my right 293 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:24,320 I'm going to go to council woman s what do you have for us tonight um I don't 294 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:29,760 have anything really to add I just know that this coming week on Thursday we 295 00:23:27,159 --> 00:23:35,320 have um uh our Arts commission is meeting so that would be exciting yeah 296 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:39,240 that's it all right thank you very much all right councilman Walker do you have 297 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:44,159 any comments for us tonight I don't have anything to add today all right thank 298 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:49,039 you very much councilman propes I have nothing pres great I'd like to thank 299 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:54,440 City staff and Council we've been here since 5:00 tonight we did start at 5: 300 00:23:51,279 --> 00:23:59,360 with a special session on communication um it is a goal of the council this year 301 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:04,880 to uh improve commun communication from City to our residents uh that's our 302 00:24:02,039 --> 00:24:09,279 number one priority and that be through uh just general information about what's 303 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:13,640 happening in the city to education of how our government's funded on a local 304 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:17,320 level so I expect to see some good changes happening with that and 305 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:22,559 appreciate staff's time during that session so at this time I will take a 306 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:27,320 motion uh Council will need to go into executive session uh I'm not sure how 307 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:32,520 long that will be uh I do not expect this when we come out of executive 308 00:24:29,399 --> 00:24:37,399 session to legislate any action so uh we will not take a vote when we come back 309 00:24:34,919 --> 00:24:43,320 uh we will dismiss uh after executive session so I will ask for a motion 310 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:47,840 regarding executive session to discuss General legal advice from our law 311 00:24:45,279 --> 00:24:54,039 director for City Charter 13-03 C do I have that motion sub by 312 00:24:51,919 --> 00:25:00,320 councilman Reynolds do we have a second second seconded by Council s roll call 313 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:06,039 please counc Reynolds hi counc Crawford hi counc Poes hi Council Walker hi counc 314 00:25:04,279 --> 00:25:10,600 hi president Hi all right thank you very much