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welcome everyone to our March 11th 2025
beex city council
meeting thank you um Welcome to our
meeting spring has definitely sprung it
was a beautiful day today in Bexley um
Mr P would you please call the role M
Marcelina present Mr
Hurley Miss fible I'm here miss s here
miss lamkey here Mr
Markham here and Mr s here Council uh
council member Hurley let us know that
he was not able to join us this evening
at this time I will move to excuse his
absence is there a second second second
by Mr Marcelino all in favor say I hi hi
anyone opposed please join me for the
pledge of
Al aliance to the flag of the United
States of America to the repic for which
it stands Nation God indivisible liberty
and justice for
all you're on the other
side um I was remiss in asking if
there's anyone in the audience who would
like to turn in a speaker slip at this
time if you have not already please do
so uh Mr mCP do we have any speaker
slips for agenda item number four no
speaker slips all right um I do not have
a president's report this evening Mr
City attorney over to
you no report this evening right Mr
auditor uh no report right uh mayor do
you want to take us through your
administrative updates please hello
you have my update in writing I'm happy
to answer your
questions hearing
none oh
Alex is there a timeline on the
80s
uh well I'm waiting for Mike price to
get his act together and Order they've
been ordered they're coming from Canada
tariff free maybe uh I would say it's
going to be couple months for the rest
of them to be installed haven't gotten
the yeah to be inst with electric and
all that yeah thank you yep the
questions all
right the chief is not able to make it
this evening uh he has a very important
personal
obligation um so he is excused uh but
his update is also in front of you um
and I wanted to call attention to two
things first off uh he I did ask him a
little bit about the Livingston Avenue
um Ohio State Highway Patrol uh
enforcement that's been occurring and
that that is not something that believe
it or not it's not something we had
asked for uh we have asked for in the
past this is not due to that this time
um it's a it's a project that they have
um in conjunction with some federal
agents and some overall like local
enforcement as well as drug enforcement
they're doing in a variety of different
areas of Columbus but it's been great to
see we don't have statistics on it other
than that we're we're seeing people
getting pulled over for traffic
violation
which we know is important for
Livingston so that's been rewarding and
we have reached out to thank them for
that action also the chief uh said he
had a great uh meeting with the
councilman Markham and he has much more
detail there in his update and I could
try to answer questions on his behalf if
you have any or refer them
on yes Jess when did check in on the
T-Mobile and AT&T broadband carrier
testing that's ongoing
uh so that's yeah we've been um I think
Mike actually might be well suited to
say say how that's going because you're
one of our guinea pigs I believe with
one of those services and that's
relative to our city cell phone service
um as opposed to Verizon which is our
current carrier how's it
going uh I can
say with Verizon sorry I can't hear you
you're dropping out you're dropping can
you hear me now um I was saying with
Verizon uh in the Mansion my service was
very hit Miss uh it seems to be better
with T-Mobile um that building is
probably not the best case study for uh
cellular service in certain areas but it
does seem to be or some better yeah
right yeah exactly oh
yeah other
questions all right moving on to Mr or
sorry Mr Price cor Department yeah the
only thing I just highlight is the um uh
Jeffrey Woods Festival just a big thank
you to the Community Foundation who
sponsored that event um yard Barbers
Russell Tree Experts Lowe's Johnson's
ice cream troop 166 uh for all of their
volunteers they've been a part of that
since the beginning it was a great great
day we appreciate all the support uh it
was a expanded event with Earth and
Arbor Day and um was really just an
overall a great day thank you to the
service uh staff uh service department
Ron G as well uh they do a lot of the
heavy lifting for that event mayor as
well um it was again a nice event and uh
we have some April syrup to show for it
so it good happy to answer any other
questions
Miss um I saw where the AED programs are
going up I wanted to ask about the dog
park and where are they being located in
Jeffrey
Park so the one at Jeffrey Park will be
near the tennis court pickleball courts
um we do not have one slated uh by the
dog park although we do have one slated
for Schneider Park so it'll be further
at the South End by the field by the
playground in that area um and then we
will have one at Commonwealth as well as
one at um Park View in Maine and the um
kindness park at Drexel plus the one
that's at uh Cassidy and Main Street
which is there currently an operational
focuses High population areas or
athletic athletic aerobic exercise areas
which I know dogs can sometimes lead to
that but
questions for
Mike
Clinger um provided you some updates on
the commercial projects we have going on
the one I couldn't fit on there was uh
wardrobe therapy they're going in next
to uh Cafe Istanbul building so they're
they're on the Bap agenda for this month
to um change the exterior of that
building do some minor changes and some
uh renovation to it they're currently U
renovating the inside of it
we're putting up a West
shingle
yeah next to CFE next to Cafe EST yeah
Dean wentz's old building yeah next to
Cafe estol yeah that' be good
um
Ward yeah so you can go go get your
wardrobe redone
Troy yep I could use that therapy myself
but
um yeah and nothing nothing further to
add any questions for Matt yeah thanks
um okay real quickly before I wrap up
Madam president i' Li I'm G be very fast
though I do want to draw your attention
I realize you all have these books and
you're probably like why do I have these
books Jeff Speck is our Earth month
keynote speaker he's also kicking off
our commercial design guidelines project
um in April I think I wrote down the
date wrong in my update I think it's
April 23rd that
Wednesday April 23rd the location is
still being just set where he's speaking
but he's also doing a walkability on
it as like a first step for commercial
design guidelines update and mor state
of the region is next Friday I know it's
spring break for many of us but if you
are you like to attend we still have
seats and I want to offer them to
council make sure you guys build board
Commission members so please let us know
and then also uh in the third page we've
just started more uh sort of
intentionally tracking State House
action so there's kind of synopsis of
wow what's going on Senate Bill 104 is a
big hot one right now and I think I'm
testifying tomorrow on
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it if anyone wants to come
along what time was that it's at 2:30 is
the hearing yeah can you tell us what
like what's that what's that all about
like what's the rationale behind that I
mean I know I know but I mean I
speculate I don't I is there some sort
of an interest group of a certain type
of landlord I would imagine yeah perhaps
nationally organized how how um
obviously we do like how many other
communities have regulations a lot of
communities have some type of Regulation
um they just vary a lot and that's kind
of the point that oml is making is like
you know different solutions work for
different communities yeah I know that
Columbus which does have regulation is
looking at or maybe already has I
haven't tracked it really closely
looking at more rigorous uh controls on
shortterm rentals just because of like a
lot of issues they've been having with
neighborhoods and with like losing
access to actual permanent housing for
people that's been a big
problem is this a um I know you know
we're constantly like
looking at these sort of things coming
from the state like in terms of home
rule like Mark is this like a valid rule
defense kind of thing as well or I I I I
mean I think it's violates the provision
of the Constitution regarding home rule
as you as everyone in this room knows
that has been eroded a lot because of
what the Ohio Supreme Court has had to
say on it so we'll we'll see but um I
truth be told I need to look at it more
closely but I do think Ben is right that
it's probably a nation National push um
to get rid of the local regulations and
you know it's the same rationale is
going to be used for the uh as they use
for the plastic B bag bands that
businesses need to know one rule and one
statute or one law to follow not 73
different ones throughout the state
which again I think violates home rule
and if you don't mind I'm sorry I know
I'm dominating this is there is there an
update to that as well that the plastic
bag I know the actions have been going
on with that the court of appeal it's in
the it's in the fourth district court of
appeals and we're awaiting a decision
okay thank you and I'm cautiously
optimistic about the outcome even though
we lost at the Common Police Court level
I have one more comment for the mayor
just whenever I don't want to keep
talking which is just this is
uncredited but I'm just in love with
this photo of Grant Archer and if you
haven't seen it does that look like a
work of art or what I hope we can get a
print of that
made I I have a I did not take that I
did not no I think I know who took it
what's that I think so but I don't know
for sure yeah it's it doesn't it look
like
you're oh I think it's yeah just a open
open exposure gives you that like
beautiful like
oh you think it's a filter I don't know
it's
pretty I think should further down I do
want to say that that is a no Zoom photo
there at Schneider of of a deer that was
just standing right next to the
trail still not as good as the photo of
Grant though sorry sorry sorry yes that
is a better
photo it's poetic um also attached are
the is as that RFP for the commercial
design guidelines process to so you guys
can see that has some timelines on there
as well as a copy of that testimony and
that concludes my report
which that was good that was pretty good
all right uh Mr fishal moving over to
you for consent
agenda okay on the consent agenda we
have the meeting minutes from February
25th
2025 council is there discussion on the
consent
agenda right seeing none I'm move to
adopt the consent agenda can I please
have a second second second by Mr
Marcelino any comments from the public
Mr mCP would you please call the rule
Miss Fel yes Mr Silverman yes Mr Markham
yes Mr Marcelino yes missad yes Miss
Lamy yes consent agenda
passes all right we are now moving on
since there's no third readings we are
moving on to Second readings a second
reading of ordinance 072 5 to create
chapter 1473 maintenance of elevators
requiring landlords who rent residential
units with access to an operational
passenger elevator to keep the elevator
maintained and operational for the
duration of the rental term introduced
by Mr
mercelina I have nothing to add but have
it answer any
questions any questions for Mr
Marcelino Mr Marcelino I had one for you
um the enforcement section um
A3 that says that if a tenant's residing
in a building where an elevator is
inoperable for more than seven days they
may seek a rent abatement or termination
of the lease um how how' you come up
with the seven days I think seven
consecutive days I didn't object to it I
didn't come up with it but I'll tell you
I have no problem with that certainly I
think it would be within attendant
rights to put their money into some form
of escrow or ask for some type of uh
relief if there was was not an elevator
that was necessary for their enjoyment
of their property um and I think that
those are just generally
uh I think rights of a tenant tenants
rights to any building I mean they have
to have an elevator that works um and I
think that that's for somebody they can
seek it also doesn't say they will get
um or that they will uh be released but
they can seek rent abatement or
termination of the lease without penalty
and this will hopefully help them
strength just cous seven is a reasonable
amount of time to to wait wanted to ask
if there was background on that so oh
I'm sorry I was just going to say
reasonable is going to be tough and I
will say reasonable is tough because
this is I was talking to somebody who's
an elevator Tech um the other day and
part of the reason he got into being an
elevator Tech later in life is because
of how few there are around the city of
Columbus and in the state of Ohio so
reasonable will certainly be something
that will have to be um I guess
somewhat open to interpretation in the
future but um I think it at least sets a
standard that that way we don't have
landlords just sitting on it and not
doing anythingk you Mr Silverman you had
your hand up yeah I think this might be
a question for Mr Clinger but do we have
anything currently in Code Enforcement
involving elevators but this would be a
a new area of scope and would it add any
kind of hardship on Code Enforcement I
know I've seen similar similar areas of
the building that's been handled well
you know it wouldn't add any hardship it
would in fact uh help bolster um our
code enforcement so' be it's a good
thing
awesome I want to CH in one thing too
and again this is I you know the mayor
and I had this conversation I am
perfectly fine with the language that
you got were just asking about the
enforceability of that you know there's
landlord tenant law that really applies
and and the Le terms will will have say
so but I have no problem adding this to
the ordinance in the e in an effort to
give a potential another tool to a
tenant who is in that situation so you I
just want people to understand that that
is kind of an add-on but landlord tenant
law is going to come first okay any
other questions from
Council um Mr M PE we we don't have any
speaker slips at all right so I won't
ask you each time correct no speaker
slips today uh Mr Marceline could we
move this one to the consent agenda or
would you rather keep it off because
there's no real rush on it for any
reason that I see I would rather keep it
off especially without councilman Hurley
here tonight too okay fine thanks all
right thank you well we will move
on moving on to a second reading of
resolution 0125 to support the ongoing
investment in the repair and replacement
of sewer infrastructure and to support
the planned refresh of the city's sewer
study and Sewer Plan introduced by Miss
sad thank you Mr official um this has to
do with the 2025 2026 comprehensive
sewer study that's planned in two phases
with the first phase planned for 2025
and already approved in our 2025 budget
the current scope specifies a phase one
study cost of 500,000 with a phase two
cost of an estimated $676,000
um the 2025 2026 plan study is expected
to yield higher quality and more
reliable data necessary to better plan
future improvements and to provide an
updated budget for the ensuing
decades with the approval of this city
council supports the ongoing
investigation of the investment in the
city sanitary and storm sewer systems in
order to ensure the installation of
system repairs and improvements that
reduce the negative impacts from
flooding and provide a higher quality of
service to our residents city council
would support the board of control in
awarding the 2025 2026 sewers study
update
contract any questions on this thank you
I know we had a very extensive
presentation at our last meeting um
those are in addition to separate
meetings that we've had on sewer studies
um I did want to share with Council that
uh the board of control recently met and
went ahead and approved that portion of
Burgess and Nel's proposal as it relates
to flow monitoring given that we wanted
to capture and uh data from the spring
the weather's changing we're going to
start seeing some activity there so we
have um gone ahead and approved that
portion of um of The Proposal any any
questions on this one wanted to just
elaborate on the materials that um the
city's done a nice job of adding to our
agenda today and I know from the last
council meeting there's been a few more
things that have been added like the
water sewer Capital Fe presentation the
request for proposals for
sewer um Board of control as president
lamkey was just talking
about good job mayor
so slide deck of the sewer study so
we've got um a lot of materials that I
would highly recommend all council
members review before a third
reading and I think at the next meeting
Megan Meyer and Andy bashore will be
here so they'll be third reading the
case Council has uh still some
additional questions um anything further
on this one don't have any speaker slips
so we will move on to First readings all
right first reading of ordinance 08-25
to approve
reappropriations
mad I thought the title seemed okay
where I to approve
reappropriations of $10,000 for public
AED units and to appropriate $25,000 for
the increased premium upon renewal of
the city's liability insurance Insurance
introduced by Miss sad thank you Mr
official so this addresses um the
reappropriation of the 10,000 which um
kudos to president Lamy for getting that
in our budget in
2023 good job um and this speaks to the
fact that I believe we had not spent the
10,000 um so this gets added on to the
25 that we are
appropriating it's pretty
straightforward we just talked about the
park and wreck where they're putting
those aads and this will cover that it's
exciting good job Lee
Nathans any questions from
Council right I'm seeing none we don't
have any speaker slip so we will move on
to the next
ordinance okay next reading next is a
first reading of ordinance
9-25 to approve the collective
bargaining agreement between the
Fraternal Order police of hire labor
Council e Inc and the City of Bexley
introduced by Miss sad this ordinance
has everything to do with the radio
dispatchers so um this speaks to lining
up with our fop contract of the January
1st 2025 is when it will be uh effective
to December 31st
2027 and then you will see attached is
actually the uh agreement
and anything in red Mr official I
believe are the
new either we're taking something away
or we are adding something exactly right
so I would just say to council to pay
attention to the fop and olc access to
the city's email system the fop and olc
training and release time the grievance
procedure and wages are some of the
changes that you'll see to our radio
dispatchers thank you Miss sad any
questions from
Council so if I if I may so
traditionally and this year this time is
no different we negotiate there's a
technically a separate Collective
burgain Agreement covering our one
animal control officer it used to be
combin in one now it's two different
agreements so this ordinance will be
amended to include the Animal control
officer agreement which CH the changes
will be virtually identical um there
might be one variation about vacation
leave that's not a big deal but um and
so that'll be amended hopefully by the
second reading we're waiting back to
waiting to hear back from the fop on
whether the Animal control officer voted
in favor of this since she's a bargain
unit of one so you'll see that as well
great we will keep an eye on
that um Miss Right Moving On to table
ordinances Miss sod do we have any
action on ordinance 6-25 or are we
leaving that since Mr hurly's not here
we're going to leave it on the table
since uh Mr Hurley's not here and wait
for him to join us on that okay
um any additional speaker
slips all right moving on to committee
reports president just just so council's
aware for ordinance
0625 um it will become a little bit more
of a timely issue as we go along because
we're going to need to start um
coordinating with contractors for the
streets projects so so prepared to disc
too long the table it'll kind of become
ineffectual for this year or difficult
we're good to have it before the next
council meeting should be fine okay
thank you sound good um Mr Markham over
to you for safety and sorry one second
you had were you trying to motion to me
about the ordinance and suspension at
the next meeting
potentially 100%
yes Mr markam I'm sorry did you have a
report this evening no report uh Mr
Silverman service and environmental no
report missad
Finance just a reminder April 5th is um
the Bexley education's biggest
fundraiser of the Year Bravo takes place
from 7 to 11 at St Charles Commons end
of
report can April we 2th yeah Saturday
April 5th can we get that on the City
calendar mayor please thank you Mr
Hurley is not with us and did not
provide me with the report uh Miss fible
for Recreation and Parks no
uh Mr Marcelino zoning and development I
did not have anything to add thanks all
right Council uh with that um I will
move to adjourn can I please get a
second second second by Mr Marcelino all
in favor say I I anyone opposed