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thank you so much Winnie Winkle for
calling the June 25th 2024 Beckley city
council meeting to order with such
Gusto um if there's anyone in our
audience who has a speaker slip to hand
in if you could please submit it at this
time to either Miss V or auditor mCP
and council tonight uh council member
fibel is unable to join us I move to
excuse her absence could I please have a
second second second by Miss sod all in
favor say I I anyone
opposed all right now we do roll call Mr
fish turning it over to
you oh sorry you're back Mr MC I am
thank you thank you so much thank you
uh Mr
Marcelino pres Mr Hurley here miss sad
here miss Lamy here Mr Markham here and
Mr sber here thank you please join me
for the Pledge of Allegiance i al
we are now to public comments regarding
items that are not on the agenda Mr mCP
do we have any speaker slips for this no
speaker slips all right we are on to our
special guests uh I'm going to have
council member Silverman uh introduced
our first
guest thank you council president I'm
honored to introduce Lieutenant Colonel
John Russ of the council tonight John is
an Emeritus board member member of Ohio
State Army Roc alumni society and is
active in other military initiatives
throughout Columbus such as the central
Ohio Veterans Consortium and the
OverWatch partnership John also serves
as Lieutenant Colonel and strategic
intelligence officer in the Army Reserve
assigned as a Detachment Commander
within the military intelligence
Readiness command John graduated from
the Ohio State University and was
commissioned as a military intelligence
officer with a branch detailed to field
artillery through the Ohio State
University army RC program
John John served on active duty in the
US Army from 2004 to 2009 with
assignments in the 1001st combat
Aviation Brigade and the first brigade
combat team of the 101st Airborne
Division Air Assault including two
deployments to Iraq in 2005 and 2007
John rejoined the US Army Reserve in
2012 and has served in Ser several
leadership and staff assignments at the
company and field grade level in
addition to all that John is an active
Bexley resident heavily involved in
community and the cassingham elementary
school where his sons Evan and Parker
attend please let me introduce
Lieutenant Colonel John
rust you hit the green button hit the
green
button I might not need it it might be
too loud I've never been accused of
being too quiet so um first of all I
want to thank the Bexley city council
the mayor residents and others um
present for the opportunity to discuss
the hopetown Heroes program today thanks
Alex for the uh the quick introduction
as he said Lieutenant Colonel Army
Reserves I've served for about 24 years
at this point uh more importantly I've
been a Bexley resident for eight years
as he said have two kids here uh coach
the third fourth grade boys lacrosse
team coach you know sons playing
football everything so um again for the
purpose of this program kind of good
connection between some of those folks
that are in the military that are as
part of this program and then being
resident Backle so um what I'm going to
do today is walk through some specifics
of the Hometown Heroes Banner program um
I'll walk through some key components
using this one pager that Alex has
provided and then I can feeli as best I
can any questions to represent the
committee that isn't here today um one
of which Alex is also present and then
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Spiker um who
if you have not met him is the uh
commander of the Capital University RC
and also the Ohio State um army RC as
well and he's at Fort Knox um doing
duties today so he cannot be present so
um again just kind of directing to the
banner we'll start in the top left I'll
just again go over a couple key
components to the program from a mission
perspective again the the idea behind
the banner and there's a lot of other um
towns you know within Ohio Nationwide
that that do this uh I was actually just
driving up to sand dusi this last
weekend I noticed a couple Tales I went
through that had him and said hey kind
of kind of timely uh but a tribute for
the Bexley Community to recognize Bexley
Conn connected veterans and again we'll
we'll get into what connected means
because we want to be as inclusive as
possible with that um and then the idea
again is that we'll display these on
Main Street during the month of November
kind of tying into Veterans
Day from a branches perspective if you
kind of Orient yourself to the right
side of the banner um again all branches
included so I kind of I forgot this
actually when I did a veterans
presentation at cassingham uh last
Veterans Day but space force is in there
now so the six branches listed Army Navy
Marine Corps Coast Guard Air Force
Reserve space force um and we'll get
into this as well a little bit but also
what we call the service components so
someone that's serving on active duty
that's doing it full-time someone that
may be doing National Guard or reserves
which is what I do kind of doing it
parttime so anybody that has any of
those service connections um is included
in the
program um a little bit on the policy
guidelines and there there's a lot of
words here but I'll I'll hit a couple
highlights um and then I may just kind
of leave it for questions outside of
that for anything that gets real
specific because there's a lot of words
here um again recognizing and honoring
Bexley residents and immediate family
members who have served or currently
serving the Armed Forces um the banner
will include their name rank branch of
service and a photo um applications are
due by Friday August 23rd that's what
we're going with right now again with
being new to the program again we'll
kind of see on volume we may open it up
later but that's that's the plan as of
now I know Alex had kind of just updated
me that we're planning to put an
announcement out in the Beckle blast I
believe coming up end of this week um
and start to push out you know via other
kind of of advertising Communications
mediums um bleeding up to that point um
and again the the Hometown Heroes Banner
program is led by members of the capital
and Bexley Community again including
myself and and Alex Silverman in
Partnership again with the university
and and some others from a financial
management
perspective program eligibility um if
you look it kind of along the right the
three key components there um
eligibility again active retired honored
alleg disch charged of the six branches
again including the service components
the the guard and the reserves and
active duty and this is where we get
into a little bit about about being
connected to Bexley in addition to you
know those that are here so one a
current or former city of Bexley
resident two a graduate of Bexley high
school three a graduate of the Capitol
University rooc again not just a
graduate of capital but a graduate of
the RC program or four a veteran who
Works within the Bexley City Limits but
doesn't live in Bexley so that's we talk
a little bit about being connected um
and again so I know you know personally
some veterans that work um within the
city schools I know some veterans
obviously work within the the police
department so um but again being
inclusive of of anybody that works kind
of with in Bexley City
Limits uh proof of Eligibility
perspective honorable discharge or
retirement documentation redacting you
know obviously pii that can't be
included a lot of times that's put on
something that's called DD214 you're
provided one when you leave active duty
I was given one when I left active duty
most people have that but again some
family members may not so there may be
things like uh redacted they call it
leave leaves and earning statements
redacted military orders from their time
that they were in the military or
redacted military ID which they kind of
frown upon um but some may provide that
but again some type of thing that can
substantiate their service um that they
can be able to submit to validate that
um in addition to proof of rency a copy
of utility bill a redacted copy of a
driver's license School transcript Etc I
mean we'll kind of work with them on
something they can do to substantiate
obviously we're not trying to be um you
know too restrictive with it we've got
to have something again to helps them
meet the criteria because I think
especially as we move forward this long
term we hope that the volume will be
large enough that we'll have to you know
look at and say hey are we really
meeting the you know the spirit of what
we're looking for to recognize this um
and then in addition to a service
photo um so again thanks for the
opportunity to speak today about the
hometown um Heroes Banner program can
open it up to to any specific questions
I can I can try to answer at this
point Lieutenant Carl thank you so much
for for your service and for being here
tonight I did have one question of
clarification when it says active is
that active duty or could that include
reservists yes yes when we say active it
can be someone that's serving on active
duty or someone that's in acly actively
serving reservist National Guard or
again it could be somebody that's
retired so pretty much anyone that has a
service connection um EX accepted into
the program I think just likely the the
verification of their service will
probably be different based on what they
did great thank you so much did you have
a question Miss yeah I just wanted to
say thank you to John for bringing this
to our attention um you know I have a
baseball family and we travel through a
lot of small towns and I've seen banners
like this through my uh trips through
Mansfield Circleville Westerville and
I've always wondered like you know like
why don't have it here it be great to
here so thank you for champing that um
also wanted to just you know tell John's
great guy I'm not surprised he brought
them
but two sons that are great kids and
one's a really good friend of my Hudson
my youngest um so little Evan but um
wanted to just uh thank you for coming
tonight and and um championing this do
you think um moving forward that the
banners that are put up this year will
be reused for future or where do you
kind of see the program with um the
ReUse of the nominations
yeah so that was the idea talking about
that before because again some of this
will evolve as we
go had been to keep all the banners and
so the cap University RC program store
those between years for
us really wants to keep it afterward
that them in addition to that there's a
I think s by 11
kind for the veteran if they want to do
that because again we would prefer to to
keep all of them but again we
IDE
to and then I wanted to say the amazing
thing about coming into council chambers
is I didn't know all of that about you
and your resume so thank
you parent but what's behind the parent
um just like I say in Bexley homes once
behind the door unique door so um thank
you for your service and thanks for
bringing this to
our thank thank you all for your support
thank you so much any other any other
questions
yes um so I already clarified this Alex
I just want to say it out loud so this
does include like we have a former
resident who has passed postum service
exactly that's also they also eligible
yeah so that's that's the idea and again
I'm was kind of telling Alex uh yes
Aster so I mean I think now I was
telling him you know hopefully at the
point we get to the point where the
volume's higher and we get to a point
where you know we're running out of
polls to hang things on I think at that
point we may need to look at things like
do we do postumus do we allow it to be
you know non-residents of Bexley that
work here um but again we want to be as
inclusive as possible for as long as we
can be but again I could see some things
like that evolving over time but right
now yes postumus allow as well and we'll
make sure we clarify that on the the
documentation that goes
out I think there'll be plenty I think
the other thing I've I've heard too from
some of the other towns and I we talked
about some of the planning for this is a
lot of times towns if they get start to
get to more of them a lot of times
they're dual-sided but you can go to the
point where it's only one side of
doubling the amount you can do but again
I I really hope we get to that point but
I don't for see us probably not having a
problem on volume but we'll we'll see
how it
goes great thank you again so much thank
you for coming tonight thank you so much
appreciate it thank
you all right moving on mayor I'm going
to turn it over to you to announce our
next guest thank you Madame President um
our next guest is Christina panovska did
I get your last name correct Christina
okay if you want to come up to the
podium um herisa is being proferred as a
appointee to the Architectural Review
Board uh she is an architect by trade
that works in The Firm grad design um a
Maryland Mard mom I think yes of two two
there we go and if you want to just talk
a little bit more about your background
and sure counc has any questions would
be awesome um
I have an undergrad uh at Columbia in
architecture um I receive a masters in
architecture at the nton School of
Architecture Ohio State um I've been
working uh in architecture for the past
18 years at various firms around town
including um grad Architects um ACO
Associates um Myers architecture um I do
some volunteer work mainly for the
Maryland PTO and um a few of Girl Scouts
uh troops around town um but Mo most
recently I was um on the facility
planning committee for the not the
committee but part of the overall uh
Team for the Maryland ma um Maryland
school um and so it's it's kind of
brought a lot of uh attention to the
community and uh what it all holds and
it's beautiful
so I'm happy to uh answer any
questions any questions
thank you thank you for being here
tonight um next up we have Andrew winkl
proposed appointee to the tax incentive
Review Committee uh and also Mor oral
appoint of the board of tax review
Andrew if you want to join us at the
podium um Andrew was a for more for more
Board of tax review member brief
Stans correct and if if Council doesn't
know anything about the board of tax
review let me educate you it is the
least meeting of any of our boards or
commissions it assembles in the instance
that there is a tax appeal to a
typically income tax issue in Bexley if
it were to happen but I think that is
very few and far between so sometimes
I'm almost embarrassed to ask people to
participate because I'm like that's not
you know you might not meet but if you
do it might be really exciting so Andrew
actually wanted to be back on the board
of tax review previously had a conflict
professionally and taking a job I think
one thing that's very fun about Andrew
in addition to being a long time beex
resident you are the City attorney for
the City of Westerville that's correct
not mistaken so um we are uh we are
blessed to have your interest in these
these two these two committees boards um
anything you want to add your
background well as a nearly lifelong
Bexley resident and a self-proclaimed
tax nerve when I saw the board of tax
review in the tax andc of review Council
come up for
vacancies my eyes lit up um you and you
alone my
friend well they're they're creations of
Statute and they're required for all
municipalities to have but they serve
important roles and while they might not
meet that often when they do meet they
do important things in terms of ensuring
that Municipal income taxation is
collected efficiently and fairly and
then with the turer tax and Sen of
review Council ensuring that tiffs cras
Enterprise zones are achieving their
desire.com so again may not turn many
people on but it turns me on so thank
you for your consideration tonight first
time that's been said in here that's
awesome I'd be happy to answer any
questions that Council may
have any
question what what's been your most
exciting um meeting in Westerville as
the City attorney well so I started in
February um okay and there's been a lot
of exciting issues um it's you know as
City attorney official knows every day
it's something different um so it could
be a First Amendment issue it could be a
zoning issue it could be adult use
cannabis which has been big uh for
Westerville City Council recently
figuring out how they want to approach
it um but the most important
meeting probably privileged so their
most exciting meeting probably
privileged So yeah thank you
well thank you so much for being here
and for bring for bringing bexley's
younger residents here oh wait who else
has questions I was just I was just
gonna thank him for being a tax nerd
because somebody that avoids it at all
cost I need people like you in our
community that embrace it so thank you
it is my
[Laughter]
pleasure great well thank you again so
much thank you so much
Charlie flower here I think we might
have gotten an email that he could
not Charlie fler might not be able to
join us but I'll we'll Circle back to
that um Stephen
Calhoun um works for the Sweedish
company of anyone who uh we have as a
nominee with the Hershey's company is
doing design work but many other gigs
before that and you may also know Steve
if you have not noticed the um you're
still running the marathon with the
backpack and the flag and that's me
honoring our veterans in that way so if
if you want to just talk a little bit
more about your professional background
and any questions we might have mine
will be focused on marathon and
endurance but they might have some
questions
on uh my name is Steve calun I'm um 23e
resident of Bexley um moved to Dallas
for a couple years but decided that
Bexley was so much better so we moved
back um I've been a retail designer for
35 years um and and most of my
interaction with architecture has come
through that world so the worlds of in
um architecture and Retail design are
are very dovetailed um I used to draw
Plans by hand on a board so so I
certainly have a lot of experience in
that World um let's see what else I have
two kids uh I served on the mantous PTO
for a while
um both my kids graduated from Bexley
High School
um yeah and I do the marathon as as
mayor kler said I've run the marathon
this will be the 16th year and I've done
it as a a um fundraiser for different
veterans organizations um I never did
serve but I wanted to and when I wanted
to I was too old so I decided there was
something else I could do so I I raise
money to do that every year so I was
going to bring uh stuff as well from my
company but it wasn't sure if that was
considered a bribe or not so there may
or may not be bowls around next time
Council
meets um does anyone have any questions
questions for Steve I have one um what
would you like to accomplish uh on
ARB I would this is going to sound
really canned I would like to make
Bexley a better looking place
pure and simple I think there's there's
a lot of opportunity to help improve our
community from a visual standpoint and
from an architectural standpoint and I
would like to
contribute all right thank you so much
sure thank you counc anyone else anyone
else Matt Matt who does you do strength
training with backpack weights I think
you guys should prare we actually see
each other phone numbers we see each
other occasionally at the gym yes we do
we may not he may not recognize being oh
you have regular clothes on that's why
we got that tank top RI okay now I got
exactly on our Ruck sacks I'm gonna
guess that I
do we we we'll talk afterwards we talk
afterwards we may have to have a rock
off at some point yeah should yes yes
thank you Steve I appreciate
it um I believe Charlie is not here I
don't so I we I can talk tell you a
little bit about his background but um
he might be maybe making a little later
so let's see yeah maybe when we get to
that one gonna say is there ever been a
better name for an appointment here in
Charlie flower for the tree and public
gardens
commission he is he is uh well just in
case if if uh he doesn't show up he has
been shadowing the tree commission for
several months he's a research
ecologist with the US Forest Service and
has a very excellent background for tree
commission he's done some work helping
us out I think with the Jeffrey Park
plan correct you can you talk a little
bit about the experience you've had with
Charlie yeah he he um he was a contact
for us uh regarding the Woodland
management plan we're actually currently
in the process of continuing to work
with him on finalizing Woodland
management plan so he's been a valuable
resource from that
perspective and if if you go to the US
Forestry website and you look up his his
uh background his
um his research highlights include
Advanced Technologies to help detect
elusive
phytoplasmas exchange of genetic
research findings questions advances
trees Improvement and
restoration and genetic information Ash
informs treatments of emerald ash bore
among other topics so I think he is well
qualified um and to to serve in Dre
commission well great well thank you so
much we'll give give them a little bit
more time um for our special guest you
are certainly welcome to stay for the
rest of our city council meeting uh we'd
love to have you but you're also free to
exit and you could always get back part
of your evening we will leave that to
you um moving on to the president's
report um council is thank you so much
council is getting ready to have its uh
July recess uh our next meeting is going
to be August
13th uh tomorrow night the Bexley
Bloomers are having a summer garden
event at Jeffrey Mansion from 5: to 700
p.m. if anyone would like to go do some
gardening and enjoy some mocktails with
Bexley Bloomers uh you certainly could
uh celebrity celebrity Bloomers are
going to be Schoolboard president
Victoria powers and Brian Drury with the
Chamber of Commerce um and also we've
got July 4th coming up mayor you're
probably going to cover July 4th in your
mayor's report right I probably cover it
with a plum if you'd like okay sounds
great um and that is all that I have for
the president's report uh Mr City
attorney I have no report to see all
right welcome back to our city auditor
it's great to be back I'm so sorry I I
lost over you earlier any report this
evening um no I'll just just a couple
quick things one um want to thank the
team that put together the land use uh
Commission meeting last Friday um I
thought that was an exceptional meeting
um I think there were some great
insights out of it and again I think it
was a really good forum for open
conversation so um thank you to the
group that put that together um and then
um just to give the council an update um
during the month uh later this month and
into July we'll be getting a couple of
our audits back from our financial um
audit firm so we will be going through
those reviews I'll be sharing those with
Council once completed um but um expect
that to be um available to you when you
return in in August back to
sessions great thank you so much um
administrative updates mayor over to you
thank you very much um sorry I'm open
we're starting with Mike Price who has
been on a long needed respit just right
back into the office Mike do you have an
update for us
um just a couple quick highlights from
from the update um I know uh there was
some communication that went out
regarding the the pool and some some um
I don't have your upd Mike I
think
okay okay cool I will soon so give so
quick quick update on the pool first of
all um pool memberships uh we have uh
3,640 sold uh to date which is five more
than the total from last year so pool
memberships are doing really well this
year um we have uh it's been a great
pool season um there have been as there
are from time to time some issues that
have come up so just to update Council
on some communication that went out uh
we have struggled a little bit with some
vandalism in the boys restroom um and
some Behavior with some of the youth
that have been coming to the pool so we
are encouraging parents to have
conversations with their kids about uh
their behavior in the facility um we've
also had just a little bit of uh
difficulty uh
with uh with people following the rules
and then um being respectful when they
get redirected so we've encouraged
people just to be aware of you know the
guards are there to keep people safe uh
to make it a fun but safe environment
for all uh and so any support that uh
parents and families when you're there
can give the guards uh will make that
work a lot easier and a lot more
successful so um uh just obviously happy
to answer any questions about about that
but again you know as we've been running
the pool for a long time you know these
sort of issues do come up from time to
time we just want to try to stay on top
of with communication
um uh other than that uh thank you all
for that that attended the um volunteer
appreciation event um which I don't
think I've given a report since that
occurred on the the day before the pool
opening we had about 250 in attendance
and uh thank you mayor Kesler and uh
councilman Silman for uh cooking for 250
people people it was a great event and a
great opportunity to really recognize
and thank the many many volunteers it
takes to do uh the work that we do and
we really appreciate all their work
other than that Fourth of July
preparations are well underway if you're
looking for a nice 5K run you can wear a
backpack with weights in it if you want
uh uh the morning of the 4th meet us
over at Jeffrey Mansion um but happy to
any answer any other
questions um I when I was reading the
update about the pool there was
mentioned about the staff have we seen
any setbacks in Staffing with lifeguards
since the summer started and how has the
um supervisor coverage been handling the
unruliness for some of the patrons so we
have
not my understanding uh we haven't had
seen any sort of you know loss of Staff
as a result I think there's been some
frustration from staff you know when
they're trying to address something with
an adult and they're getting pushed back
it's ort of puts them in a tough
position you know we have some younger
staff I mean generally most of the pool
staff is high school college H kids um
so there's a little bit of a dynamic
there that that can be frustrating um
but you know they you know they have a
process for writing up patrons uh when
there's any issues that they're you know
that they can confirm and so they go
through that process write them up to
the extent that they have to and there's
a you know steps that can can occur if
if uh the behavior continues or if
something major occurs in which which we
have to remove someone from the facility
but we haven't got to that point at this
at this
point um Mike with the with us doing and
kind of reminding people who are here
tonight or people who are listening in
we changed our um pool membership two
individual memberships being more
Equitable to the community and allowing
um for people to as the mayor and I
spoke about if we have teenager they can
purchase their own individual maybe it's
not a family membership that you is
ideal for your family anymore so with
that I think comes some individuals
coming to the pool and the family's not
there um you know adults uh being
removed and then more pressure probably
being put on to our lifeguards who are
also children um young children uh
College age and high school students are
we um just something to think about and
explore supporting maybe um more tenure
at the pool um that we could budget for
um for our summer programming so that
there's additional um adult you know um
supervision do we need a CO to pool
management who's over there right now
would that help just because again our
lifeguards are there to to you know do a
certain job and task and responsibility
just food for thought is not something
you have to answer right now more
Staffing adult Staffing um just
something to to ponder I would be in
support of that
um no I appreciate the thought and it's
obviously something we can continue to
evaluate uh you know again uh you know
it's not unheard of for us to have
issues that come up at the pool we deal
with it on a caseby casee basis and this
was just an effort to try to communicate
and have uh contined Buy in from the
residents and and you know make them
aware of some of the issues uh I think
your point about the fact that we
probably have more sort of middle school
or high school age uh that have
memberships that wouldn't have had it in
the past as their families get older
because of the change in the the um the
membership process there's probably
something to that uh I don't think we're
at a point you know we're pretty good on
Staffing in terms of our staffing levels
uh so I don't I don't think we want to
change that Dynamic at this point but
it's I I appreciate the thoughts and
something we can continue to look at
yeah just keep us posted and maybe we
can revisit it after the season but I
want that experience of what we did
which is a positive thing the numbers
and to have kids biking over to the pool
is amazing um on their own that feels
like summer but to make sure that our
our lifeguards are feel supported as
well and that we Contin to just improve
um so keep us posted I appreciate it
thank
you okay um we are moving on to Megan
Meyer development and administration
thank you um so I'll start at the bottom
of the report actually um because I'm
sure that there's been a little bit of a
buzz at least there was at City Hall
today as some of the major trees at 2200
did come down along Main Street um so I
do just want to reiterate that both
director Rose and myself are meeting
very regularly with Continental um and
so far we think they've been doing a
pretty good job at keeping the immediate
residents and adjacent business owners
um aware of items and then we've taken
it upon ourselves to let the general
public know when things like this will
be happening so just want to continue to
reiterate that if there are any issues
or concerns or you feel like you're out
of the loop on what's coming next please
let either herself or myself know um and
we'll keep that line of communication
open um in the next few weeks you can
expect to see quite a bit of traffic on
the site those buildings will likely be
down within the month um and you'll also
see some temporary daytime um Work Week
closures to the north sidewalk um from
Park viiew to college so keep aware of
that um of course there will be
appropriate signage and we'll put that
information in the blast to let people
know but you know that's a popular um
drag as people come from Park View to go
to the Main Street businesses so if
there are any concerns let us know um
other than that I just just want to give
a big shout out to everybody who
assisted with the boards and commissions
workshop on Friday um it was I think
really useful for land use as well as a
sustainability action plan all the
feedback was wonderful um big shout out
to Natalie who helped with a lot of the
logistics also um to Payton one of our
summer interns she was instrumental in
helping to put that exercise together
and then of course to all the volunteers
on those boards and commissions um with
that we'll take any questions questions
for Megan
Monique Megan I had a quick question
about the Linkus reference in your
report um says that there's some
engagement opportunities coming for the
summer more information um do you know
where that is in terms of
timeline yes um so essentially right now
um they have asked for a late summer
public meeting and we've requested that
the city plays a pretty large hand in
helping to host that so it would likely
be here at City Hall we don't have an
exact date I would throw August out
there but that's subject to change um
and some of that ties to really zeroing
in on some of the specifics um before we
open it back up to the public to make
sure that the plan is very clearly
defined and communicated so there's a
little more work to do we are meeting
bi-weekly with um Kota as well as their
representatives kimley horn um and it's
it's really getting into the weeds and
the det details and so for that meeting
we need to be able to come back up out
of the weeds great thank
you
Jess Megan Meyer I wanted to say a huge
way to go congratulations on the boards
and commission workshop on Friday I was
super impressed I think it reinvigorated
all of our committees and our boards and
I think that um it helped people
understand your new role you know face
Toof face with you brought connectivity
business acumen reminded people of what
their roles are and empowered and
engaged them for a successful year ahead
so you knocked it out of the ballpark
I'm super proud of you keep shining and
we are very lucky as I've said and I'll
continue to say to have you in your role
here in the city so great work thank you
100% right I would also like to get a
really uh bubbly enthusiastic uh thanks
to Megan for that as well and also just
and Sam for coming for that and just
also to tell you I I just really
impressed how well that process has been
structured the different phases that
we've gone through uh you know when we
all met like a year or so ago the first
time you meet for these things in my
brain I always think well this can't
work you know like it's just a room full
of us yelling at each other you know for
a while but I just I've been really
really impressed you know the splitting
into the sectional and the small
groups and the work being done in them
and then having them report during that
that was so you know it was mind-blowing
you know because even though we kind of
had all been meeting and and talking
about it to just see like like all the
great ideas that come out it's it's it's
just really really impressive and then
the continuation of that at that at that
workshop with everybody then at the
tables kind of you know evaluating those
ideas and and and I can't wait to to see
like sort of the next phase of like you
know where we get that data and go from
there and it's just been one of the most
exciting projects that I've worked on
here City councils and and I know that
you're putting in like tons of work on
this thing so I just want you to know
what really shows and the quality of it
is really fantastic I think and that
says a lot because Troy's been around a
long
time had brown hair when I
started question from
Megan okay
I I I don't want to over piggy back I
don't want your head to like not be able
to go through the door on the way out
but you did a fantastic job and to piggy
back off of what Troy
said kudos to those who attended our
board and commission members as well
they spent they gave a lot of their time
and it was well worth it because like
coming out of that meeting I think we
had better Clarity over the land
strategy kind of draft Concepts we had
new Concepts that we didn't have before
really good new Concepts and so I think
that you know those sorts of activities
and exercises pay dividends it's awesome
Alex I feel I feel I have to mention I
wasn't able to attend the uh meeting
that morning but I did Circle back for
another meeting she held the same day so
not only did she do the board and Zoning
she also did the mural Festival meeting
at the end of that day and you could
tell that she had put in a full days
work within the first four hours um and
I I've been part of I've been lucky to
be part of the mural Fest planning since
the beginning and I just want to say I'm
super excited to see where we're at now
I see that it's starting to go towards
some of the boards to review um and I'm
excited once everyone sees what what
she's been working on with this group I
think it's gonna be very exciting
addition to the city and I can't wait
for people to check it out and also no
small tasks to ride herd over that group
on Friday as well uh manage them it
reminded me some of the really good
teachers that I've seen with in some of
the really tough
classrooms Mr bashore yes sir um really
don't have anything to add to my report
um this week and next week it's pretty
much all hands- on Deck getting ready
for the fourth and hopefully we have
some good weather and everything goes
good and then we're GNA start kicking
off additional pavings mid July is that
right yes
sir keep an eye out on that what what
was paved last month was or early I
can't remember whatever month recently
was actually our 2023 projects that have
been delayed
so any questions for Andy Jess my
favorite time of year when the stars go
up on the streets and I get uh the
privilege of having the parade route
come close to the house so I got to see
a lot of um stars going up today on
South Dawson um just again Rel to you
know our service department great job
it's always they're always so welcoming
and so Eng engaging in the community as
they're doing this but if you could add
me to the list next year while I'm still
serving I really want to paint one of
those Stars if I can
so that would be a fun auction item I
love it I bet people would actually pay
I love it um but again you know from
trimming tree branches after storms to
all the things it just feels like
community and it feels like Bexley when
they're out there doing that so send
that back to the service department a
big huge thanks and it's just fun to
watch that go up July is right around
the corner it's here Mr
s hey Andy I know I mentioned earlier um
I think we're all experiencing the the
heat of the summer um is there anything
that your staff would need in regards to
mitigating some of this heat as they're
working and getting ready to set up I'm
just concerned with the amount of time
spent in that weather right now is is
draining so anything that we could help
with please let us know we'll do um
right now we're good uh we got a bunch
of coolers and some Gatorade and we have
an ice machine in the shop but it's been
hard on them here the last week or so
it's been pretty
brutal all right um moving on to my
update uh we have some little events
coming up on the fourth of
July and you might have seen this really
cool poster out starting to make its way
out out around town but um prade courses
at 9:30 a.m. uh we are finalizing that
lineup it's very
close super close um there is is that is
that video um up for the
parade what's it how would I
it oh the got you the
blast um hold on I'm going see see if I
can pull this up for you
guys right so okay hold on wait for
it see if I can new share this over
here hi everyone and welcome to the
Bexley 4th of July parade we're so glad
you'll be joining us this year and you
may know beex parade is a pretty big
deal with tons of floats Vans vehicles
and of course celebrity guests to make
sure the go smoothly we want to have a
few rules of the road so we need
everybody to keep in mind so if you'll
bear with me been FR I'll cover the
basics in just a few short minutes so
without further Ado here's what you need
to know anyway how to get to the staging
area on Delmar Drive I will I will leave
the rest of that for you guys to see
uh it
is pretty we have not done that before
it was pretty hilarious so uh great work
from um Natalie who's been helping steer
up the parade Megan and I think is did
Nick help with the video too or I'm just
throwing you guys are all you're just
crushing it everybody's crushing it good
job so um and put that video together
and uh just having you know just having
some of those extra special touches and
it's super fun and hopefully the message
across and there's no gaps in the parade
it's going to be amazing perhaps uh it
will be amazing no matter what the gaps
is the perhaps part um and then of
course our evening activities uh kick
off at 6 PM we have two bands dogs carry
tails and the big rock and blues band I
think both are Bexley based bands um and
then fireworks of course kick off at 10m
we would still love to have volunteers
um we do have the council uh golf cart
calade I believe near the front of the
parade and um I will be if it goes to
plan are we feeling
optimistic underway I will be in a mini
float uh we will be converting our EV
bike into a float of the Drexel medians
so I will be on a
median so uh I shouldn't have spoiled
that
but I was thinking about having my a
cherry Blom on my helmet but there will
also be some cherry trees on there for
sure excellent
question stop it stop it it's not funny
hurt my feelings um uh we have ride the
bus with mayor Ben July 13 I will be
joined by Cod CEO and we will be doing
learning how to ride public transit in
central Ohio going downtown and back in
one of their electric buses so sign up
for that will be happening soon I would
love to have you guys join um on a
Saturday morning ride the Kota bus
together um and don't forget National
Night Out is August 6th and of course
patonia is coming through Bexley on
August 3 August 3 um it's hard to know
whether to ride or cheer you know you're
right I might do a little bit of both
see uh the uh couple other things I've
highlighted in this
report um we will be starting onboarding
with Matt Kingler on Monday uh so
looking forward to that um we are making
some progress on our expansion of our
public e charging
infrastructure um we've had great
conversations with uh Park mobile app
and different vendors um and we're
looking just to remind you at some on
Street spaces on Drexel North of Maine
some spaces on Cassidy north of Maine
and then some spaces in the Schneider
Park parking lot and in the Jeffrey
tennis court parking lot um so that's
progressing um the Giant Eagle
remodeling is advancing I just want you
to know that I think I think this fact
is true uh but it might not be but I
think it's the first time we've had the
sale of liquor like as in what would be
the way to say that bottles of liquor a
knowledged yeah we know of in Bexley
since probably before the prohibition I
would think we're trying to think of
other places unless we we might not
understand flicker loss post 19 whatever
but I think that's true um commercial
design guidelines planning along too uh
this is going to be replacing our Main
Street design guidelines as you know
it's on our budget for this year um and
staff has been doing a great job of
planning through that I did have the
privilege of uh throwing out an opening
pitch at the Clippers game that form is
impeccable I'm sure you guys appreciate
that um loved pedal for pancakes I know
more of that to come I also want to
introduce you
to this nesting
malard that if you look closely you will
see in this photo this is
Mard duck sitting on a nest in the
island of the Commonwealth pond
in the geographic District of Maryland
so there is a Maryland
Mard sit on a nest in Commonwealth it's
pretty fun it was my Father's Day
breakfast and uh the juneth flag
continues to fly over City Hall that was
a great event thanks for all who
organized that yesterday we took the
delivery of our special or events golf
cart slash
general purpose golf cart it carries six
passengers um right Mike okay that's a
little hard to tell here's six
passengers and uh it'll be used by wck
and by the police department and by City
staff in general um both for events but
also for General activities Andy doesn't
know this yet but I do plan on driving
every street with him in some of our
service for and and stting to do some
punchless tours via golf
cart yeah it's exciting
and our main event was awesome on Friday
it was hot but uh we had thanks to
Capital they put a yeah they put the fan
out the Mis fan out we had some
sprinklers running and we actually had a
pretty good crowd and uh it was a great
movie um jazz in the park got
rescheduled because it was raining a
little in the afternoon our sound guy
was not excited about putting his
equipment out in that those conditions
so we have a rain date for the end of
August yes okay 25th but uh we'll have
another jazz in the park even before
that just standard scheduled so that's
my report I'm happy to answer any
questions yes
TR uh I was pleased and excited to see
the uh Chief and Deputy gol deputy chief
GF uh riding the golf cart down Main
Street this afternoon as I went to the
grocery store I gave him a gave him a
big wave and a thumbs up uh the EV
stations um can you refresh my memory do
we do we charge the people for the shoes
or how is that yeah so we'll most likely
we'll be using a park mobile app so like
Park seabus is a park mobile app where
stations will have a Zone and you'll
need to pay to park at those stations
okay um less likely would be that we
would have a networked charger where
you're paying for but yeah they will not
be free Chargers okay and this charger
is going to transition over to that as
well um the wisdom of doing it via
parking metering is that the equipment
cost is much lower um than ones that
have like a Cellular Connection and all
that and it's a lot easier for us to
affordably deploy them and they're the
equipment we have found to be pretty
reliable um as opposed to the network
Chargers which have a lot more downtime
okay I I also uh it appeared as though
Andy's crew was painting stars
along asor that mound in South Beckley
yeah they got you know
they they're feeling ambitious they
wanted to paint some more
stars there that is correct um Andy
asked should I paint over that with
black paint and I suggested no it will
confuse people
but that is true that the route is
staying as it was last year it's going
down Mountain oh it is going down
Mountain it's not coming down Aster okay
that was a a mistake oh okay I got lots
of I got lots of text this week
do you I mean we could paint over
them I think we yeah I just I just I
have had people ask me so I thought oh I
didn't know if it we were switching back
or not or or not
okay so yeah we'll talk about that a
little bit more all right well thank you
for that
clarification yeah he was checking to
see if people were noticing you know
where the stars yes Jess so this after
afternoon I had um a group of teens at
the house and they said Mrs sad what
else they're playing the pickle ball
courts like every night or every late
evening not late evening later evening
and um it's great because it's a safe
place to go it's somewhere un you know
uh what I found in Beckley 14 and up
they want to go to unplanned
recreational places where they are
welcome and they can do safe you know
great things right and that's good for
all of us
and I saidwell have you guys checked out
the pond oh yeah at Commonwealth and I
just got a picture they're up there
checking out the pond and the question
remains when will it be stocked because
we would like to go fishing so I'm gonna
bring this up tonight and um I have an
answer for you and that would be great
if you have an answer but another great
place for our youth to go and um stay
out of trouble and do something
positive yeah in stand up trouble Parts
key course but uh as I'm pulling this up
they literally went to check it out
which is great
wonderful wonderful so
uh I'm G pull some up
here but uh if you look
closely these are our these are probably
FunFest goldfish uh I've heard there are
three
but I've only seen two so
um but the real answer is Mike Mike
Price and I are on I mean this they're
stocked those goldfish are G big and
they are fishable but Mike Price and I
have not yet to come up with the final
plan on that but so stay tuned still
we're still troubleshooting or
finalizing the FI training stuff so if
you want any working committee you're
not gonna have to do tacos on the front
line I have a group that would love to
talk to you so just keep me posted all
right it's good to know any other
questions maybe Chipotle here at City
Hall but they're ready to talk to you
thank you madam president that concludes
my report all right thank you mayor um
Mr official over to you for consent
agenda sure on the consent agenda is the
meeting minutes from June 11 2024 and
resolution 03- 24 accepting the amounts
and rates is determined by the budget
commission and authorizing the necessary
tax levies that was introduced by
missad yes so this um resolution
straightforward we moved it to consent
agenda to um move forward on getting
this passed and making this an action
item tonight so if there are any
questions we will take them now any
questions or comments from
Council any comments from the audience
given that it's a consent agenda no
speaker slip required right I move to
adopt the consent agenda could I please
have a second second second by Mr
Marcelino um Mr MC would you please call
the role Mr
Silverman yes Mr Markham yes Mr Hurley
yes Mr Marcelino yes missad yes Miss
Lany yes consent agenda passes great
thank
you I read this and then somebody
because I I I'll abbreviate it
appropriately okay so then there
somebody needs to make a motion to
consider the appointment
employment appointment or employment of
a Public Employee or
official pursuant to
12122 G1 of the Ohio Revised Code I move
to enter into executive session for the
reason just stated could I please have a
second second second by Mr Marcelino Mr
mCP would you please call the role Miss
Lamy yes Mr Hurley yes Mr
Markham oh sorry Mr Marcelino yes Mr
Silverman yes and missad yes all right
thank you we will adjourn into executive
session and uh be back
after
e
e e
okay we are back on I move to come out
of executive session can I please please
have a
second second by Mr
Hurley post all in favor say I I I
anyone opposed all right Mr official
back to you all right we have a third
reading of resolution
0424 confirming the mayor's appointments
of members to the Architectural Review
Board the board of zoning appeals and
planning the Recreation and Parks Board
the tree and public gardens commission
the Board of Health the board of tax
review the Civil Service Commission the
citizen review board the tax incentive
Review Committee and the environmental
sustainability advisory committee
introduced by Mr
Hurley uh thank you all well this is the
third reading and I think the intention
is to amend and vote on this tonight um
would the appropriate thing be to just
go ahead and um move the
amendment Mr Mayor do you want to speak
to it a little more I'd like to quickly
speak to the amendment which has it has
some additional names some of whom you
met this evening this was posted to our
website on last last week at some point
later in last week um there is a
proposal that we also add emergency
language to it just so that it's fully
in effect uh for July 1 term starts
um other than that I think you've met
everyone except for Charlie flower who
you know is Charlie flower PhD botanist
large Dr flower
uh he's a great guy he's very busy doing
doing tree
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stuff all
right all right so so Council the
proposed amended resolution is on uh is
on the screen it's also on our website
any questions or comments regarding that
before I ask Mr Hurley for
Action okay Mr Hurley I move that we
amend resolution
0424 pursuant to what has been presented
right motion to amend by Mr Hurley is
there a
second I will second um any comments or
questions from Council on the
amendment Mr MC peek Mr
Silverman yes Miss sad yes Miss lampy
yes Miss Turley yes Mr Marceline
yes Mr Markham yes Amendment
passes in the case I when am I moving
the vote correct I move I I move that we
approve amended resolution
0424 right motion to approve by Mr
Hurley is there a second second by Mr
Silverman um is there any comments or
questions from Council on this motion
okay given that this is a third reading
any comments from our
audience am on
up Constance Lewis 663 Clair uh since I
can't see all of the
names is um Mr flowers an alternate or
is
he he is an alternate okay thank you so
much okay um Mr MC Peak would you please
call role on the motion to adopt yes
Miss Lamy yes missad yes Mr Markham yes
Mr Silverman yes Mr Marcelino yes Mr
Hurley yes Amendment amended or
resolution
passes okay now we move on to a third
reading of ordinance 16-24 to amend
chapter 474 4.02 J to add protective
helmet requirements in instances of
persons under 16 years of age to wear a
protective
helmet while operating an electric
bicycle skateboard Scooter Roller Skates
hoverboard or similar vehicle in any
City street alley park recreational path
or sidewalk introduced by Mr
Hurley thank you um so this is the third
reading I am not going to ask that we
vote on this tonight I do have um a
minor amendment that I talked about at
the second reading I'd like to um
propose and then we're still working on
or I'm still working on on some language
as it relates to passengers I think
there's a lot of interest uh Council and
among folks I've talked to who are
supportive of this and trying to address
that um you know I talked to president
lamkey about should we move this just as
a as a writer focused Amendment and deal
with passengers later I think it
probably makes more sense to get get
this uh have this be a comprehensive
ordinance that touches on both ridership
and or riding and passengers uh and by
usage so um with that I guess I'll
with that if anyone has any questions be
happy to answer them and then I'll make
that motion to amend the you have
Amendment up there uh as discussed um
we're just adding some different types
of vehicles I am I removing this
language of other similar vehicle um in
conversations with attorney official it
I think that's probably just that
catchall language can always be a little
you know can open the door to unintended
consequences so I just really want to be
explicit about the vehicles and you see
um that that's in there Danny I have a
suggestion um I do see on the website
the final proposed amendment and it's
it's that what might be helpful at least
for for me is if there was a proposed
amendment in full okay that incorporated
what language you're trying to amend um
that that would be helpful for for me um
sorry when I clicked on it I thought it
was the whole no um a whole uh ordinance
Mr
Silverman um upon reviewing I've been
working on some a similar ordinance
really involving pedestrians and
cyclists and vehicles on roadways I
would make a request to admin this to 18
I've seen some few other large cities
and they have 18 as their um age and I
feel like if we're going to do it and
update it we should include it to be in
the
Adolescent as I was doing my research
I'm not opposed to that as I was doing
my research I did notice that Columbus
when they updated their helmet orance
few years ago they did move it up to 18
as well so um this is I'm going to move
to put this on the table after we adopt
this amendment so there will be another
round of changes and happy to take a
look at that and if there's support on
Council I have no objection to that I
think the logic when this was written
and a lot of the helmet ordinances or
under 16 is really just because um
the assumptions most kids once they at
age 16 are driving a car not riding a
bike but I have no objection to that Mr
Hurley do you by chance have um a draft
that has your final proposed amendments
in it so that it's all in full so that
Mr uh the mayor could pull that up um so
that if you were going to propose to
adopt or uh amend it we see the full
writing yes I could put that together
very quickly if
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um doing I
mean
yeah but while he's doing that can I I
just want to throw two things out there
and again neither of these have anything
to do with the you know I I don't have
any problem with the proposed amendment
from a legal standpoint at all one is
does it make sense think about this
between now and August if we're going to
do this 18 does it make sense to do the
bicycle Helm at the same time as
18 I don't know some throw that out was
Food For Thought second of all and this
is really like a preview of maybe things
to come and I've work been working with
Alex Alex and the chief and the mayor a
little bit on trying to rate do some
something what figure out what we can do
regarding people in the roadway and you
know and so at some point if and this is
a big if
so let let me back up under the Ohio
Revis code pedestrians are not supposed
to be walking in the roadway if there's
a sidewalk available a kept sidewalk
everybody walks in the road runs in the
road people don't get ticketed it for at
all but an issue has come up regarding
some of these other
conveyances and should we figure out a
way to regulate that we probably well
I'm thinking out loud I'm thinking
before I'm talking before I'm thinking I
don't think this is going to be an issue
ignore that second part but the first
part it's again just a question
was yeah isn't there isn't there
one oh you're oh it's oh I'm sorry
ignore everything I said
I had some concerns with their similar
vehicle because it's just too vague how
you GNA enforce that yeah thank you Mr
Mayor if for doing that Mr Hurley does
that yeah accurately reflect the
proposed amendment that uh you'd like us
to consider tonight uh yeah I in the
draft I had shared I had not
contemplated change in the age um I I
have no objection to that if I guess no
one else on Council has any objection we
can make that part of the amendment Mr
Mr Marcelino can I ask why we wouldn't
try to vote on this tonight I just know
that we're about to go on break a lot of
kids ride their bikes during the
summer
well yeah you
know two thoughts on that the first is
you know we already have have a law on
the books that speaks to helmet usage
for bicycles the goal of this was just
to make sure we're covering both all the
other you know vehicles that kids are
cruising around on and also all the
places where they may theoretically be
riding you know city park is obviously
looking ahead to the skate park um you
know I I think having a comprehensive
ordinance that deals with helmet usage
both for Riders of bikes and other
vehicles as well as for passengers you
know I think taking that time and
getting that right is is appropriate so
my preference would be to just lay on
the table and come back in August and
have the entire package ready to go um I
guess I I see your point but in my mind
we already have a laot in the books now
this is just really a trying to
harmonize it with how kids are
functionally moving about our city okay
yeah um just to Sam's Point this does
encompass though something different
than our current ordinance right because
we're dealing with not just the bike but
other elements so the only thing I would
say to Sam's Point is it is that time of
year it's season we're in season we're
going to be July Fourth of July it's not
a bad time to and then moving forward I
think you're it's I think we're going to
be tasked with a little bit more as far
as writers I think that's going to take
a little bit more time where this is
yeah this is uh passengers this is
pretty straightforward and I think it
would
be you know of our due diligence with
July 4th coming up and a very busy July
I just see all of these things right
outside my house on
my yeah they're going to miraculously
wear helmets um but something I I
wouldn't mind passing tonight as well
just to consider it
but
I I think Mr Hurley I think you and I
previously talked about maybe having an
educational yeah I I think um I think
through our different social media
channels through the blast I I think
there're C are a lot of ways we can we
can promote this so it's a good
question um I was just asking Mr fishell
that uh based on what I'm hearing from
some folks on Council um if we amend
this tonight and if we pass it as
amended tonight would there be anything
that would prevent us from further
amending an existing ordinance in August
and he said no
you just have another ordinance you
would just have to you could either go
then the third the three readings or
suspend and adopt it when you're
amending it in in August right you can
always amend it and again keep in mind
that D doesn't have emergency language
which means even if it's pass tonight
it's not effective for 30 days that
doesn't mean there wouldn't be an
educational piece
that frankly the educational piece will
probably be very similar to the
enforcement piece which is reminding
people that me to put their helmet on
yeah
not to overw Smith this but you're
adding electric bike skateboard Scooter
Roller Skate and roller blades to
Bicycle right that whole
line yes yes so you're calling out
electric bike in addition to
bike are you gon to run into an issue
where someone says I'm on electric
skateboard not a skateboard I'm on an
electric scooter not a scooter so you're
calling it out sorry the mayor the
I am going to sound even less articulate
than I already
did by suggesting that I'm okay with
similar vehicle and the reason I say
that is because it is not it initially
when this was introduced it was a
criminal violation my concern was from a
criminal violation standpoint
specificity is
important this is not considered a
criminal violation as paragraph three if
you go down says so I'm okay keeping
similar vehicle I apologize
Danny why I think that's sorry can I yes
I wanted to say why I thought that was
really important too just as you think
about this is that you know the a one
wheel is not mentioned it here you know
like a there are there are electric
unicycles you know like there's I mean
people have there all sorts of vehicles
out there that are being used and we
can't even imagine what's going to be
out there next week you know so like I
think having this class of sort of
personal Mobility device scoped out a
little bit and then giving police the
ability to be like you know this is
pretty similar to a uh this hoverboard
for example like it's good yeah I guess
my point is you're calling out bike and
electric bike right and then I
understand what you're saying typ
typologically like wait a second you're
not calling electric scooter or electric
skateboard right omitting it
because so your suggest we should strike
electric bicycle just to make it
clear or electrical equivalence thereof
no if we have or similar we're okay with
that but I think Sam might Marcelino
thank you I think I think yeah that's a
really good point and I think that maybe
if you get rid of electrical bicycle and
just put bicycle because that's
encompassed by
bicycle um as it still can be powered
without the electric aspect of it that
would cover it feel more comfortable
with that than I do or a similar vehicle
um and I understand there's no criminal
portion to it but that that leaves a lot
of discretion that I don't necessarily
feel comfortable with so then I would
say I don't want to vote on it tonight
so if we take out the or similar vehicle
so I mean maybe we just do need to wait
I mean but we this is something that
obviously impacts US during the summer
time
so I'd like to get a move on it okay can
I just I got a um a text message just
now from the
grammar Barry and could you put a comma
after what was it
Natalie oh
really I did not get the same
text grammar
ogre all right uh Mr Silverman
so uh yeah I think the point is to be
flexible enough that when the next sort
of exciting iteration of a device that's
similar in nature to the ones listed
here is released to the market that
police can still say hey you need to
wear a helmet yeah you know this this
law was passed in beex 2010 and at the
time bicycles and maybe the occasional
Razor scooter were about the only things
you saw saw so I I originally put the
similar vehicle piece in try to avoid us
having to update this in 10 years
because some crazy new self-balancing
unicycle or
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something Mark Mr Markham just one more
edit and shame on Mark fishal for not
getting this but on the person's head do
need to be possessive and maybe and
maybe am not even not even needed
because where else would you wear a
helmet is would be my
question I did have another question
for section two do you need to add that
clause on a city street alley park
recreational path or
sidewalk
okay all right Mr Hurley you've had lots
of input tonight what would you like to
do
um I think given uh that they're still
interest in Madam president you you
you're very interested in the passenger
piece as am I um I certainly see you
know the
urgency um but just because things are
so much influx I I don't know if I'd
want to amend this on the flying vote on
tonight I think I'd rather just a lot of
feedback a lot of you know I'm not
sensing any opposition but I think I'd
like to just get the language right okay
other piece in so
um right yeah so um so not a in tonight
and uh yeah yeah i' say let's hold off
on amending um I think I probably need
to move to put it on the table right I
I'd like to do that I just want to get
the language right um and I still would
like to bring that passenger piece in um
but uh I I you know I can work with the
mayor on some advocacy in the near term
because I would I think the awareness
piece is important and yeah okay um so
let me hear your motion I move to lay
ordinance 16-24 on the table all right
motion to table by Mr Hurley is there a
second second second by Mr Marcelino
there's no discussion on a motion to
table Mr
mCP Mr Marcelino yeah Mr silveran yes Mr
yes Mr Hurley yes Miss lampy yes Miss
sad yes motion is
tabled okay we're on the second reading
then uh second reading of ordinance
17-24 uh to authorize the mayor to
execute an access easement between the
city of Bexley and CAG Bexley Apartments
LLC in order to provide procross access
to and from the Bexley City Hall site
partial number 02 0-
00825 and the adjacent properly property
to the West at 2200 East Main Street
parcel number 020
d350 introduced by Mr
Marcelino uh for those of you in the
room I ask that you go on a visual uh
field trip with me and look right across
there and you'll see the property that
we are referencing that we are that
connects here to the City Hall site I
don't have anything to add from our
discussion from the last time I would
open it up to the mayor to see if
there's been any further discussion
between the parties as to what this
would entail yes so there was a c
meeting um where this uh easement was
discussed um and we do have an executive
session later in this meeting to have an
update on those those discussions so
there has been continued discussion but
we're not we do not have a agreed upon
exhibit thank you
much I
just Mr Hurley timeline question for the
mayor because I've been part of the cic
discussions as said Sam and Jess um do
you anticipate that easement being
finalized when we come back in August to
vote on this or will we have to end up
laying this on the table for a bit till
that agree oh yeah no I would I would
anticipate it being finalized in August
I think there's also a chance that the
developer going to ask us for a special
meeting to have a third reading so
special what special meeting to have a
third reading oh I think I've mentioned
it the last council meeting that just
they might get gets finalized okay thank
you um Mr mCP are there any speaker
slips on this
coordinates no speaker slips all right
thank
you what did
you earn me millions of dollars
um all right how about a first reading I
can do that we have a first reading of
ordinance 1824 to establish the
full-time position of child care
administrator with the pay range of $4
48,4 24 to $682 190 introduced by Miss
FAL who's not here she's not here this
evening but I'm going to turn this over
to uh Mr
Price um to to walk us through this
thank you um so this uh ordinance is uh
uh to clean up an existing classified
seasonal position uh that does um
childcare administrative work um it is
it was it started as a seasonal position
uh but as we have added additional
programming uh daycare child care
programming with the addition of uh
before and after care um our Soo program
as well as expansion of the size of
those programs uh we have also added the
duties of administrative work related to
the Jeffrey Mansion preschool it has now
become a yearr round position uh 40-hour
week position which would make it
eligible to be a full-time um in status
so we want to uh correct that clean that
up uh to reflect how that position is
currently
operating thank you Mr Price uh I've
asked the mayor to uh look to see if we
have the job description uh and attach
it as exhibit a so that we see what
Duties are included there
um any comments or questions from
Council
um were you able to find
itach okay we will track that down at
least for the second reading you can do
that okay sounds good Mr mCP do we have
any speaker slips no speaker slips all
right moving on all right first reading
of ordinance 19 -24 to amend section
262.50 use of sick leave and to amend
section 262.50
as defined immediate immediate family
would be mother father brother sister
child current spouse grandparent
grandchild current mother-in-law current
father-in-law current sister-in-law
current brother-in-law current
daughter-in-law current son-in-law legal
guardian other person who stands in the
place of a parent what it does not uh
Define is domestic partner so the
amendment is to add domestic partner
what is the definition of a domestic
partner would be that they have a
relationship defined as individuals who
share a regular and permanent residents
have a committed personal relationship
can demonstrate Financial Independence
and are not related by blood and are not
legally married or in another domestic
partnership so um it's a very Equitable
um amendment to um our current ordinance
19-24 stay with me as we go into section
two in section two um what we're looking
at is simply taking in how an employee
accumulates um their compensator
compensatory time cons yes there we go
from um it has currently been 24 hours
and it will go to 40
hours these Provisions in section one
and in section two would be retroactive
to January 1st
2024 thank you missad uh Mr Marcelina
you had your hand up yeah just thinking
about because we're trying to Define
this um you know many people now live
with
their whatever you whatever you title it
live with their person prior to
engagement or marriage in a home would
this Encompass them as well like a
boyfriend girlfriend and is there any
kind of definition on that time frame
I'm just thinking about cost of the city
potentially and how wide this could
spread I have an idea as to what
domestic partner means and how it can be
used but just in case just thinking yeah
so I and I can I can pull that up and
obviously we are we are blessed with
having a uh HR attorney as our City
attorney
so that's helpful um so we do define
domestic partner in section one as an
individual who shares a regular and
permanent residence has a committed
personal relationship can demonstrate
Financial
interdependence
um so and I the way I look at this So
currently this is and just to be clear
this is only for the purposes of sick
Leed just confined just to that you know
if your current brother-in-law or
daughter-in-law or
son-in-law um father-in-law
mother-in-law grandparent grandchild
there are all these different
relationships that are defined allow you
basically to take care of a member of
your family so in that narrowly defined
kind of series of circumstances we feel
that it's not not really it's not going
to cost us anything I mean it it will
potentially dig into productivity but
also if if you're in a situation where
you're in a relationship like this with
an individual um you know you are you're
going to be less productive anyway
because you're worried about that person
in a situation when you need to take
sick leave and so I think it's it's a
very reasonable um compassionate
approach to this and I don't know Mark
if you have anything to add to that well
I mean I think I think Mr marcelino's
point is well taken and that's always
been the concern you know this this used
to be a much more
common approach to things before
uh samesex marriage became legal um and
a lot of a lot of jurisdictions got rid
of it but I think I think domestic
partner reflects a reality in our
society and I'm very comfortable with
this definition it's as tight as we
reasonably can be without you know to
make sure somebody's not taking
advantage of us I mean if we get if we
get a signed affidavit three different
signed affidavits in the in a year from
the same person with different D we're
going to call them on it so and that
gives us the authority to say now thank
you Mr Hurley um and two thoughts one
kind of building on Sam's line of
questioning um where would a fiance fall
in all of this with spouse domestic
partner a fiance would if if a fiance if
you're committed relationship some
Financial inter interdependence and
you're living with each other and you're
not otherwise legally married a fiance
would fall could fall into this for sure
okay but not if if it's a if it's a
fiance and you're not living together
yeah you gotta get married to get that
okay get that SI reason to get married
right
there like you said this children any
any other questions go ahead
Mr I don't know if this is being driven
by a situation with one of our employees
or if this is just Good Housekeeping but
I mean I'm I would not be opposed to
suspending and passing this just to get
it on the books I think it's very
straightforward but I'll just leave that
would there be any issue with timing if
we let it go to three readings or
because this is
retroactive there's a typo there it
should that should just mean section one
because there's this used to be a
combined ordinance of
multiples okay any other questions or
comments from
Council why are we increasing from 24 to
40 That's the yeah was about to get
there okay sorry yeah um this is a
request of our HR um we currently have
opwc
employees
are asks me I've got the Mark has
infected me with
his as me employees are uh receive 40
hours of comp time accumul accumulation
so this is where someone has worked more
than the 40 hours they are eligible for
overtime entally or comp time and
they've chosen to take comp time um ask
me can accumulate up to 40 hours of comp
time our fop members can accumulate up
to 80 hours of half time and here to
four our non-union employees
can do 24 hours so hr's like this is
kind of really a pain to administer
frankly and there's no cost to us of
allowing additional because otherwise we
have to actually pay them out so like
they can still do comp time but it they
hit that Max and they having more
consistency more consistent easier
process the other op the other option
that we could do is kind of kick um ask
me to 80 and nonunions to 80 and then
it's a 100%
uniform I felt like you know that we
could wait till the asme next contract
negotiation maybe it's good question I
clear actually it costs us probably less
to do this than it currently costs us
the 24 hours in terms of financial
costs any other comments or questions
from
Council right Mr mCP um any speaker
slips on this one no speaker slips all
right um I don't think we have any
action on tabled
ordinances okay moving on to committee
reports uh Finance
missad
yes right so um a very successful pedal
for
pancakes um over a hundred participants
came out and it was just a really great
morning for a great fundraiser which is
you know raising money for cancer
research and um that expansion from um
just you know adult cancer research with
OSU to um really putting a focus on
pediatric cancer was uh was great so I
want to do a huge thank you to the
service department um and the mayor the
mayor goes above and beyond and we don't
always see that because he doesn't
always share that but I got to see it
firsthand so thank you so much for
making that super successful event um to
um Council U president um Monique lampy
here for coming out and participating
and helping um make it a great morning
to uh Mr Marcelino for helping out to Mr
Silverman for uh anything you hand to
him he's ready to just step in and and
do um and laurianne is not here right
now but she did um did a lot as well so
um great great job by uh you know team
leadership patan and what they did and
to these amazing young ladies who came
out and uh were volunteering thank you
so much they had a lot of fun and
stepped in and uh got a hand out medals
to uh to these kids so what's neat about
ped for pancakes Beckley is Trisha gader
one of our North Bexley residents
actually championed this um years ago
and it's still going we were one of the
first in central Ohio to do it and now
patania is branding it as you see here
they've changed the arrows for as um
Suzanne krai came and talked to us about
they're uh branding this more and so
other communities are using Bexley to U
mirror to have pedal for pancake um you
know rides in their communities so
that's very exciting to be the model for
that so thanks to all of you for being
leaders and coming out and showing that
leadership and to our future young
leaders here um for
participating and then I wanted to you
madam president I just I didn't see Jess
writing in the event and she's wearing a
metal is that appropriate
showing kind of illegal sounds illegal
participation
participation um the bexy Education
Foundation held their first retreat in
seven years um last week and it was very
successful and did similar to what um
the city had just done with Megan's
leadership and it was just reminding
people of their roles what the mission
is um what the next four years looks
like and revisit revisiting that as far
as leadership and um what the education
the foundation plans to do in the next
few years so good job um to them and to
Pam Glascow for leading that
initiative and then lastly I'm going to
do a quick report from The JCC
here it
is
um The JCC had their Open golf
fundraiser yesterday at the Columbus
Country Club 120 golfers
participated and end of
report hang on I think the mayor's
trying to find one yeah you find it
okay so when we talk about the service
department and all they do um for our
city and stepping in to all these
community events they were amazing at
all the help that they provided to make
this a very successful event and in
their um time of setting up for the
event they rescued a kitten on
Delmar and uh they're all just wonderful
people and so they asked if I wanted to
take the kitten home and I said it's a
lovely kitten but I'm GNA let you guys
keep it and they they took the kitten
home so they are now taking care of the
kitten I love but there was a picture we
can we can come back around to it I can
end of report but but thank you to our
service department for going above and
beyond and that is one lucky kitten I
think it should be named Beckley um as
you could see it was that it was not g
to do well in life look how little it is
and it's little eye wish shut but these
guys don't just save trees that have
gone down in the community they save
kittens that's I love that photo and we
also love this photo one person you did
not mention in all that was yourself so
there she is our council member side
what's
that we have that one too where she's
biting the metal congratulations Jess it
was a wonderful joy to see you leading
that effort so job well
done that's right I love it um I don't
think we have a report from U Miss
fibble so Mr Silverman service and
environmental right we are killing it Mr
Marcelino for zoning and
development Bap meets this week uh on
June 27th
2024 at uh 6:30 no six o'clock sorry six
o'clock here should be fun um July 1 you
have cic and land use uh 6:30 starting
at for cic and 7:30 for land use I hope
you guys can make it I don't know if I
will I forget what I'm doing on the 1
but might be Fourth of July related um I
want to thank uh Jen Robinson for juneth
and I want to thank Danny and Alex the
mayor and everybody who can make it out
to celebrate that um it was awesome Jen
did a great job brought so much energy
to that event I remember talking to Jen
about that event several years ago when
she wanted to start celebrating juneth
and just and its fledgling status and
she has just helped build that event to
such an amazing thing we had the group
The Harmony group um a trio of uh of
singers there that sing gospel for us I
was kind of Blown Away just watching
Everybody sing and and jam out to it it
was really awesome to see so just
congratulations to Jen Robinson and
everybody that helped plan that event I
know there were others that assisted
with it
um but either way it was just an awesome
event and um if you couldn't make it
this year I strongly recommend attending
whatever she hopefully Cooks up for us
next year including her delicious food
that she brought out there to uh to give
to those that attended so Bravo Jen
Robinson as always and a report here's
to you Mrs Robinson in case you are
listening who could you
to all right over to Mr Hurley for um
strategic and health yeah um as as
mentioned cic and land use on July 1st
uh we had the special cic meeting last
week where we talked on other things
about uh got an update on the easement
that we're also going to hear about here
in executive session uh Board of Health
meets July 16th um one of the things
going back to the helmet ordinance
discussion is I'm I'm going to chat with
Board of Health about to get their
thoughts on um Outreach and awareness
activities obviously these are public
health experts who work in this space
and I've been keeping them in the loop
on this ordinance so hopefully they have
some wisdom they can impart on us and we
can even and have a partnership with
rein County Public Health to do some
Outreach as well since injury prevention
is a major component of Public Health uh
lastly I would just Echo Sam's comment
on the juneth event last week I took the
boys to it and it was just really cool
um the kids loved it they were having a
blast um my oldest had just finished
t-ball practice so he was a little tired
but my my little one Hugo was just
dancing up a storm and he thought it was
really neat and that may have been all
the sweet Jenny bakes Goods they they
ate but uh love that we do those kinds
of things um in our community and it was
really impactful so and Report great
thank you so much U Mr Markham for
safety Beckley Historical Society added
their newest board member uh Linda Hodge
this last week if you know Linda you
know what a great uh addition that is to
to their group um and uh come around
July 4th on the uh lawn over here and
I'll be selling ice cream for him you
can stop by sounds great thank you so
much uh Mr fishal all right so I'm going
to read the abbreviated version but
legally appropriated ver appropriate
version of a motion that someone needs
to make to go into executive session for
two reasons one is to consider the
purchase of property both real
personable personal T tangible or
intangible or to consider the sale of
property by competitive bid if
disclosure of the information would give
a competitive advantage to the other
side as authorized by 12122 G2 of the
revised code and to conference with the
public body's attorney concerning
pending or imminent Court action as
authorized by
12122 G3 of the revised code I move to
go into executive session for the
purposes just stated could I please have
a second second second by Mr Marcelino
Mr mcke would you please call the role
Mr Markham yes Mr Silverman
Miss lampy yes Mr Hurley yes Miss sad
yes Mr Marcelino yes
right we will let you know when we're
back from
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all right uh Council we are back I move
to uh go out of executive session could
IE have a second secondy second by Mr
Hurley all in favor say I I anyone
opposed no all right we are uh to public
comments any comments from our public
come on
up constant Le 663 you CLA um this might
not be the appropriate time to say but
in talking and listening to what you
talked about with uh councilman Hurley's
helmet ordinance uh how would that
pertain to the bicyclers that go through
uh our city on the parade route you know
those oldtime bicycles would they have
to wear a helmet as well don't just just
curious something something to think
about something to think about thank you
I don't think they're under 18 though
just to discuss not to try to no you're
right you're right but they did have
that younger fellow and I don't know how
his age is fair
enough yeah I know thank you Miss Lewis
appreciate
it Mr Hurley something to think
about all right Council our next meeting
is August 13th enjoy your well-deserved
July recess with that I am adjourning um
or actually I should move to adjourn can
I please get a second second second by
Mr Marcelino all in favor say