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and we have everybody is everybody
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seven we're here are you ready all right
welcome Council welcome attendees uh Mr
Mayor Mr fishal Mr Harvey so glad to see
all of you happy 1 of December
um I am ready to remind you that we are
here for the good of Bexley and hope
that all of you remember this all you as
you always do roll call please Miss V
here Mr Sharp here M Lamy here M
Robinson here markam here sad here Mr
Kingler here all right everybody please
stand for the pledge
Al to the flag un States America to the
rep one nation under God indivisible
liberty and justice for
all all
right no presentations no special guests
am I correct am I missing anything or
anyone um I do not think so so we will
move on to um item number five on our
agenda which is public comments we love
hearing from the public we love when our
attendees share information with us um
if you do have something to share with
us we would ask that you would use the
icon at the bottom of your Zoom to raise
your hand please make sure that you give
us your name and that you give us your
address
also are there anyone is there anyone in
attendance who would like to speak on
any subject that is not on the
agenda I don't see any hands raised
councel so we will move on to the
president's report um I only want to
remind Council and um and everyone else
in attendance that um we are hoping that
uh there is only one uh December meeting
left um for us and that is indeed next
week so that we can um spend time with
our families and our very covid safe
situations um during the holidays so um
that's all I have just a quick reminder
Council also you should you should know
that um I did um save I think it's the
fifth and the sixth for our diversity
training um with Kathleen nty um
suggested actually by Monika Williams
who is um who is online it looks like so
hey Monika thank you so much we're
looking forward to um some training with
her in January so got that name from her
and we're really excited with that I'm
going to move on to our city attorney's
report um Mr official do you have
anything to share with us just real
quick to let everyone know we have our
third meeting with the uh fop tomorrow
uh negotiating a essor collect a
bargaining agreement with police the
police officers and sergeants I'm
keeping my fingers crossed that we might
be able to resolve things although a
final agreement probably I'm sure will
not come to council until January so
sorry beer that means a little back pay
potentially so um that is all all right
thank you so much Mr official um we are
going to move on then from there to item
number eight which is our um consent
agenda
there was a bit of concern um about um
the council calendar we the the the the
not revised amended version um was uh
the one that was not revised was on
there and um I did have couple eyes uh
look at the um the revised agenda so
when a council member said ah this isn't
right I will let you know that the
correct the correct calendar is on for
2021 now with that November date that we
amended last time around so um with that
I'm going to turn the consent agenda
over to our City attorney Mr official
please all right on the consent agenda
we have the minutes of the 11720 city
council meeting um the minutes of the
November 10th public meeting November 12
2020 and amended resolution 13-20 to
establish the official meeting dates of
Bexley City Council for the 2021
calendar year it was introduced by
President f are there any questions by
Council about the consent
agenda any questions from the attendees
about the consent
agenda see none um is there a motion on
the consent agenda I'll make a motion to
approve the consent agenda thank you Mr
Kingler is there a second I'll second
thank you Miss sad um Mr uh Harvey
please
miss yes Miss VI yes Mr Klingler yes Mr
Marco
yes yes Miss Robinson yes Miss Lamy
yes pass all right consent agenda passes
we will move on to administrative
updates um we will do um the finance
department update first Mr hail or um Mr
hery no report really no report Mr
hail I don't think
so okay
um we will move on to the chief for the
police department
update
Mr uh Chief Reinhardt uh nothing beyond
my report ma'am all right I faed to ask
Council if they had any questions for
the finance department update or for the
chief all right um if we can move on to
the recreation department um director
update um I think Mike price is is he
not with us tonight that's correct he's
um he is he is uh assisting with um gift
card in Holiday giving over at the
Mansion this this evening cards for
canes yeah there you go cards for canes
tonight to do cards for canes all right
and by canes we mean candy canes um all
right and uh okay then we will move on
to our def diservice Department Mr
bashore I have nothing else to add to my
written report tonight all right thank
you Mr
bore any questions for Mr
bashore I do want to point out to
council if you haven't checked it out
check out the new sidewalk on Clifton uh
running west of Drexel it's looking
pretty good thanks to Andy and the
contractors on working on
that that is very exciting all right um
Mr
Mayor all right thank you uh first off I
have uh the residential sewer program
FAQ based upon the questions that we had
received um via email and just follow up
from our uh public meeting on that uh I
guess about a month ago at this point um
but you can see that attached I'm not
going to read through them all um and I
attempted to answer all the questions we
received uh and as we if we receive
other questions we'll update that and
we'll we'll get this finalized this week
and up on our website uh but those
pertain to our proposed uh grant program
Grant and Loan program for uh
residential sewer
remediation also attached to the agenda
is uh my update I do want to highlight a
couple quick things first off
um draw your attention
to our increase in h covid cases we have
uh experienced 120 new cases since our
last council meeting um that's uh a 50%
increase over um where we were before so
that's a pretty amazing increase in just
two weeks uh we're not dissimilar to the
rest of Franklin County but we're
certainly not insulated from it um just
a reminder to the community that I don't
have a new message to bring to you just
the old message which is put on your
mask um and when you're interacting with
people from outside of your household
just exercise Extreme Caution and um
when you're interacting with folks uh
assume that you are communicable and
that they are as well
um we've all read about the Surge and
hospitalizations throughout the country
that's something we are absolutely
concerned about here in Franklin County
um and and obviously U the the toll that
it's taken on people's health and
livelihood
um we talked a little bit about the
event that's happened in the Mansion
it's not too late to get involved in
giving Tuesday and darn there's some
information on that here um and I also
wanted to give you all an update on
where we are with our cares act
dispersement so the numbers on this on
the report show you what we have
dispersed internally based upon eligible
cares act expenses through the end of
September 2020 what we're projecting
total through the end of the year what
we've dispersed to darn for residential
household impact grants what we're
projecting through the end of the year
um and we'll be talking about this later
this evening but we've received an
additional approximately
$59,000 in further cares act funding so
that brings our total up to around 1
Point uh F 1.5 million sorry 1
million one
56 or something sorry I don't know how
to do numbers like that large I guess
turns out okay that's
scary budget 1.56 um we have received
three rfps on our Livingston Plan update
um from nbbj o omm and mksk so we're
going to be working with Columbus to
coordinate selection of those um don't
ask me for specifics because I have not
yet read through them or analyzed them
for that uh bike Plan update we had a
steering committee last week we'll be
having another public Workshop before
coming uh to council with a uh proposal
so here's some of the stuff I've been up
to that's what some deer were up to on
Caroline and uh here's a photo of
Thanksgiving meals being handed out at
the Bexley police department so I want
to thank the the PD for that that was a
great program um and definitely reached
a lot of households in need so thank you
and that ends my report any questions
from
Council Monique is lamb hey mayor with
Co numbers Rising so drastically um is
it possible to maybe get another testing
drivethru set up at St Charles or
somewhere else similar between now and
the end of the year yeah we're actually
in the process of uh lining one up we've
been trying to find a date that works as
you could imagine everyone's pretty busy
uh with sites throughout the county but
we are Elizabeth Elman is working on
that
on great thank you thanks Monique missad
you have a question Jessica yes I would
just ask that if we do that that we um
pair that with flu
vaccinations which I think they're doing
a lot now but that those are distributed
amongs the covid testing and as they
were at our event earlier also had the
flu vaccine and and that's a great
that's a great Point
Jess great that's great I didn't realize
that that's wonderful all right anybody
else have questions for the
all right doesn't look like it um all
right we can move on to third
readings all
righty uh sorry getting there where
where did it go uh
oh M I
have too many windows open on my
computer let's see if I can find it
there it is sorry all right third
reading amended ordinance 52-20
authorizing Appropriations for the
calendar year beginning January 1st 2021
to confirm the appointment of Mark
fishell as City attorney to authorize a
2020 transfer to the of the general fund
to the Capital Improvements fund of
$200,000 and to authorize a 2020
transfer to the budget stability fund of
$100,000 introduced by Mr Markham Mr
Markham sir thank you I think we have
some
revisions to over
tonight
yes over nothing near
1.56 million or
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whatever or 1, 560,000 which is the
number I kept on grasping for but for
some reason just couldn't get out keep
those numbers nice and low yeah
exactly it's uh so the uh the the
changes are are highlighted here in
bullet points under the December 2020
revision B3 but as per our last meeting
somebody had noted that there was a big
drop in the mayor and City Hall
Department that was a miscommunication
where we had because we have not filled
the front desk operations position does
not mean that it is not um needed and
missed especially once we open back up
our doors but um that's continued to be
a uh a a hotly requested position among
City Hall staff so that's uh included
back in the budget um we've increased
the City attorney retainer to
72,000 um that represents an
approximately 10% increase it's been a
couple years since it's been increased
and the hourly rate uh inferred with
that is $133 an hour um I guess Mark's
worth it but that's uh that's what
that's at are you guys worth I mean yeah
you're worth it reduceed police pension
transfer by 20,000 so our police pension
is carrying a balance it doesn't need to
um so that brings that down a little bit
in order to add in this new line item in
the police department which is a
community programming line item the
intent behind that line item is to help
uh you know the police department's been
coming up with really good ideas in the
over the past months for uh new
community programs Community policeing
initiatives I want to encourage that I
want them to have funding available to
fund programs like that so it's just a
line item to assist uh with programming
that they that they arrive at and
execute over 2021 increased sewer
Improvement uh by 30,000 that covers so
this is within the sewer fund sewer
improvements line item which is like our
big Capital project every year this is
covering the flow monitoring that we're
in we're installing um that's one of the
things we've talked about as part of our
sewer project is to put flow meters in
permanently so that we're constantly
measuring flow and learning from that
that's that's what that is for and then
Andy I think there was maybe something
else in that 30,000 am I am I missing
something
mayor it was uh three flow monitors and
two level meters yeah that was
that's y level meters okay and then um
the what appears to be a very big ticket
item is as a reminder this is the or or
maybe not a reminder but uh this is the
Loan program for the sewer remediation
Loan program there's an ordinance
tonight that we'll have a first reading
um the appropriation of 500,000 would be
based upon if that ordinance is passed
um it would authorize or it would it
would allow up to 500,000 of loans those
would be repayable over a 10year period
so that's not a net expenditure long
term but it is uh something to
appropriate within the budget in order
to allow that program to exist and and
to occur so those are the changes in the
budget and then though you'll see them
throughout as you you know scroll
through uh and look at uh the individ
ual pages in
departments any questions on that so I
still had a question about the um City
attorney uh retainer I guess maybe a
clarification because um you have it
listed as a retainer and and I believe
Mr official had uh informed me that
that's not technically a
retainer is that a
budgeted basically a budgeted not salary
but payment is that the case
um do you want to yeah I mean it's it's
certainly not a retainer it's a it's a
budgeted payment of once a month the
reason it's referred to as a retainer is
BEC I think it's historically even pre
predating me is that it's a flat amount
regardless of the number of hours
although there is a cap and an
arrangement if I go over the cap um
which has happened a couple of times not
a lot um so it is a payment regardless
of the number of hours put in in the
particular month for the most part and
have we historically I can't remember
have we historically have we gone over
that before there were a couple of well
a few times so the going over it's
capped at 45 hours per month um so I've
gone over a couple times this year um in
which case um there's an hourly rate
that applies um although one time once
this year I went over because a law
clerk works so I charged a lower hourly
rate I mean for frankly this this this
was put in after the uh stuff that went
on a couple years ago with the former
council member that was taken up an
awful lot of time and so mayor and I
discussed what might be fair and that's
so it's all I would say it's happened
two or three times in the last two years
okay just to just to clarify I was uh
curious about that and also just to
clarify you said a monthly payment but
monthly payments that add up to $72,000
not a $72,000 monthly payment that's
true right that is true although that
might be a little
expensive I'm not even worth that does
anybody have any questions any more
questions concerning the items that are
listed under December 1st bullet
pointed Bill I'm wondering if you would
spoil us all
um Monique and I were having questions
about um today and we have have been on
the phone with Bill about um the
$100,000 budget stability fund and just
remind us all if you don't mind how that
works
historically what happens just just give
us a real quick like I mean two minutes
worth on that if you don't mind and I'm
sorry to call you on the carpet without
telling you that I was going to do this
but I know that I know that we talked
about it and it's something I think good
for all of us to review and good for um
some of our freshman council members to
to hear to hear so sure as part of the
budget ordinance in addition to passing
the budget there are two or three items
in there including the $100,000 transfer
from the in the 2020 budget from the
budget from our general fund into the
budget stability fund we do that
and the mayor and I have talked about
the best way to do that and we sort of
leave it in there so that each year
first of all it's a reminder to us to
transfer that money assuming we have it
but the idea is we want to build a
budget stability fund up this is the way
to do it if we got to this point and
said Gee we have 300,000 we might decide
to transfer more if we found out that
like next year is a bad year for example
we might not transfer any but that's why
it's in here we so we transfer the money
each year uh we just put it in this
budget uh ordinance to make it easy to
remember okay I I I think I think that's
great does anybody have anything to add
on that one it's it's just a rainy day
fund but we call it it's the budget
stability fund or the bidget stabil
sometimes we call the bidget stability
fund but the um um the the the key here
is that we are anticipating that we're
going to have a surplus uh this year so
we're going to have um largely due to
cares act and workers comp
refunds and also our income tax
exceeding our projections um so far so
with that with that Surplus we are
socking some away to the budget
stability fund where it's you know a
rainy day fund for catastrophic fiscal
emergency is when that would kick in and
then the 200,000 into the Capital
Improvements fund for you know future
investment in the city but in in all
reality we will probably have much more
than the $300,000 Surplus indicated by
those two transfers at the end of the
year I see that Miss Robinson has her
hand up Mr um Markham has his hand up
and and Mr Sharp has his hand up uh Jen
question just a clarification I know
you've said this like three times but my
brain is a little slow today the budget
stability fund and the rainy day fund
are the same fund or they are they are
exact same they are the same fund it's
all the budget fund I think for a long
time it was just referred to as a rainy
day fund but it is the budget stability
fund and that money goes in there and
can only come out uh there there the
ordinance has specific actions that have
to take place before money can be spent
from that fund it's its
nickname too many names thank you right
no it's good it's good it's good uh Mr
markom you're next sir
try and just also a uh refresher I think
you can correct me if I'm wrong but our
uh contributions to that have
been uh like there there I think there
there are some years that we have not
made that contribution and there are
some years that we I think actually made
two contributions uh if I'm not corre if
I'm not
incorrect the last few correct uh that
that's correct try uh a few years ago we
actually budgeted an item in there for
for a long time when this was started
for a little bit of History I think it
was
$600,000 several years ago and then and
then councils over time set it at a
million dollars and it stayed at a
million dollars well our expenses grow
our risk factors grow and again a few
years ago Council decided we ought to
put more in there I'm guessing I think
at one time the talk was it ought to be
around $2 and A5 million do so let's
continue to put money in there until we
get to $2.5 million if we put 100,000
it's like a million6 in there now I
think so you know if we takes us 10
years to get to$ two and half million
dollar somebody might then say we got to
make it three but that's that's the
logic behind it that's what I thought I
remembered and and so I guess what I'm
saying here is this is actually
something that historically Council has
really had an active voice in uh
deciding what they would like to do or
not do and I I'm pretty sure we touched
on this at the uh uh strategy uh Retreat
this year but it's definitely something
you know to to keep in mind and at this
point to see in the budget and to kind
of uh keep that as part of your toolbox
or part of what you're you're uh
thinking and your vision for the the
city thank you Troy um I think that Mr
Sharp was next Mr Sharp Richard yeah uh
two items the first is is real quick um
in my copy of the current budget it
lists 300,000 just under the capital
transfer line there's no
budgeted uh budget stability fund
transfer for this year is that
correct as my understanding we put
300,000 into the into the capital fund
and
$100,000 into the
F okay I'm I'm looking on at the mayor's
um document I'm not looking at the
actual appropriation ordinance so it may
be right in one and wrong in the other
the other thing is to add on to the
discussion um the budget stability fund
was created in
1999 originally 600,000 like the auditor
said and um compliments of yours truly
the amount was increased um by Council
um in 2015 to 1.1 million the less
that's the minimum balance that we work
towards and um upon recommendation of
the auditor Council May determine that a
fiscal emergency exists requiring a
transfer of all or a portion of the
funds to the general fund to pay the
necessary expenses as uh the city so um
Council has that
discretion whenever is a fiscal
emergency and then at that point in
future years um subject to the budget
constraints um the the goal is to work
it back up to that 1.1 million
again thank you Mr Sharp anything else
that's all thank thank you thank you I
think Mr Clinger had his hand up next
Matt yeah I just had one question is
there a maximum um allowable balance
that we can have in the budget stability
fund or can we just keep putting money
in
there I don't think there I think we can
keep putting it in but I'm not sure Mr
Harvey do you want to answer that we
there is no restriction right now on how
much is in
there
when when we talk to
our uh
investment advisor firms like Moody and
stuff when we do our
um refinancing and our bond issues they
believe sort of their Unwritten rule is
that the city ought to have most cities
our size ought to have in the range of
20% as reserves and that counts excess
cash it counts things like our Capital
fund that counts things like this budget
stability so overall that's sort of when
they when they rate US and their ratings
help us borrow money at lower rates the
higher rating that's one of the things
they look at so it makes good Financial
sense for the city to have that money
there hopefully we'll never use it but
it's there in case we have you know
another pandemic or God forbid something
worse
okay Miss
lamkey Bill what would what would 20% be
well I guess it kind of depends on how
you look at that our our uh general fund
is features on the line but I think it's
about 14 million So 20% of that would be
2.8 million that is
correct look at the general fund that we
need 2.8 million but that's not just the
budget stability fund that's the budget
stability fund and other funds that we
have that we have that we could spend
for or true emergencies the capital fund
that the mayor referred to earlier is
one of those funds we put money in there
to spend on Capital if we have an
emergency we might not buy you know a
new sewer truck we would fix the pothole
on Main Street or
whatever yeah the capital fund is a
really good um resource
for um res Reserve Reserve funds and in
case you do come up to a a crunch that
isn't really necessarily an emergency
since we enacted a budget stability fund
we we have weathered the Great Recession
we have you know we had the do com bust
I mean we've never hit a fiscal
emergency so it's not to say that we
won't it's just not the only place to
put Reserve cash we obviously have our
balance on the general fund itself and
then the capital fund and so I think
sometimes a little bit too much
attention gets drawn to the rainy day
fund um and not looking at the whole
picture which includes other sources of
Reserve great thank you um and then my
second question was if you can keep
scrolling down bill I think the reason
that I got confused today was if you go
to page two of the mayor's go to the
next
page okay and stop right there where it
says under other financing uses Capital
expenditures transfer to budget
stability if we pass this today or at
the next meeting for the $100,000 then I
should expect to see $100,000 in the
column that says 2020 budget
right correct yeah it would it would end
up being an actual whenever this is
finalized it would be 2020 actual beer
looks at he pulls in the actual numbers
and it would show up there great thank
you so much yep and the same I think is
also probably true of the capital
fund
transfer uh it'll be finalized based
upon whatever it ends up being that is
correct that's correct sounds good makes
sense are there any more questions on on
the budget in general or um any of the
new items as
well looks like um Matt I think you
still have your hand up I apologize no
please don't apologize I just want to
make sure um but Mr Markham has his hand
up
newly and I want to follow up ask Mr
Harvey
currently I think you're implying maybe
or maybe you are saying this we we do
hit that 20%
threshold uh with our Capital reserves
and our budget stability is would that
be fair to
say uh Troy I can't tell you exactly
we're reasonably close um but I we're an
exceedence of it okay we're in
exceedence Mr Sher
yeah for for everyone if you look at the
bottom of the the summary of of our um
financial statements uh it lists a
budget stability Reserve account of 1.5
and total unencumbered reserves a 3.7
that does not include the um the capital
funds so we're way over the two and
a. 583 million
whatever um percentage that you want to
get
to plus um this also is not reflecting
that the cares act
appropriation um is going to come into
this into the general fund and as will
the BWC money so that's not in this
budget so we're going to see an
additional our total unencumbered
reserves whenever we clear out the end
of the
year beer had projected at 3.7
53 I think here that will end up being a
bigger number that'll probably be
something in the in the high
Force so we'll be ending we'll be going
into 2021 with a better picture than
you're seeing right
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now um Mr Markham um I don't know if you
want to lead us through um more budget
conversation I I'm sure we want to open
conversation up to um those who are
joining us um in attendance at some but
I I I I would defer to you yeah I
believe uh this is that time we open it
up for any and all questions especially
from our attendees all right um so is
there anybody that's joining us tonight
that has any questions about um the
budget um simply strike your um your
icon that raises your hand and um please
share your name and your
address Council I'm not seeing any hands
Mr
Markham TR you're you're muted Troy oh
there you are yeah I keep uh muting and
unmuting and uh my dogs keep coming and
going so it's hard to figure out where I
should be I think at this time uh I
would throw out there um to
that if uh if uh there are those out
there who would prefer to take another
week as we will be meeting next week um
I think that is fine and I would uh I
would uh respect and hear that if there
are none that would prefer to wait
another week um I would be prepared to
uh move to adopt this at this
point I am more than um prepared to go
ahead and and and vote on this um
tonight I don't know how other people
feel um I'm really excited that um
during the upheaval of a covid pandemic
we have managed to um pair down be
careful um and still put money away for
if if there is ever a Rainier day than
what we have today financially at least
um but again I too will
um will will we wait if someone suggests
that they're they're ready they're not
ready to to vote on it Mr
Sharp you have your hand raised I
personally um since we just got the
mayor's detail update would prefer to
have um the additional time until the
next meeting to just double check cross
reference numbers to the ordinance and
and
whatnot okay um Miss you have your hand
up and so does Miss
Robinson um I was just going to say um
that I I would be happy to vote on it
tonight but given Mr Sharp's comment
that maybe um another week would would
be helpful I will certainly respect that
and um and and and can hold off um I
like President Fel am very pleased at
this budget not only seems to be very
reasonable but it seems to be much
healthier than probably other
municipalities would have thought that a
CO filled here would bring us I'm also
encouraged by the mayor's comments that
we are still expecting additional cares
and BWC money so what we have in front
of us here is actually going to be even
healthier and better off at the
beginning of next year we are so lucky
because we don't know what
2021 is going to bring us but it's a
long way of saying if folks would like
to vote tonight I could do that but if
other folks um would like to wait I'm
I'm fine to do that as well M Robinson
you had your hand up thank you Miss Miss
lampy Chen I would just like to um say
that if if we can and given that we do
have another week um if we could take
one more week just to uh go over I know
for me I don't know if the the other
newbies on Council feel the same way but
I want to make sure that I understand
fully everything that we uh have
discussed and to take an extra week to
really make sure that we have the time
to do that I think would be really smart
um and and I know I would be very
appreciative so my Thanks Jen think Mr
Harvey has something to add folks I I'm
fine with that I'm sure the mayor is too
I will offer if any of you as you go
through these details over the next week
or so have
questions uh there is no question it's
too mundane or minute if you want to
give me a call or call beer feel free to
do that um I will also make a comment um
as a couple of you have alluded we don't
know what 2021 is going to look like and
while we have a very um solid budget in
place my guess is there will be some
expenses next year that we don't
anticipate uh I know there was some
deferred work this year I think mayor's
talked about that so so some of that
stuff might come up next year so I think
we have a very strong budget I'm very
comfortable with it let's hope it's this
good I hope we say the same thing next
but I want to offer it if anybody has
any questions feel free to give us a
call I know several of us have met with
um Mr hervey or have been on the phone
with him or I remember I think my first
maybe it was my second year he I think
he spent an hour and a half with me and
and he's really good and making you
leave still feeling very smart so so um
please take advantage he he kind of gets
geeked out about stuff like this so it's
it's it's great um Mr Kesler did you
have something no I thought you did same
same offer
any questions let me know all right um I
know that Troy had mentioned that if
there was any even one of us who didn't
want to move forward on on voting that
he was he was gonna have a different
kind of action so Mr Markham do you have
some action on this third reading I
listen to the people laui and I just
do we knew you would at this time I uh
moved to table amended ordinance 5220
second by Mr Sharp all right thank you
voice vote all those in favor hi hi hi
those the PO team sign all right our
budget is tabled for another day thank
you thank you Mr Markham for walking us
through that so carefully we appreciate
it and um thank you everybody else for
contributing um Mr fishal okay third
reading of amended ordinance 12-20
designating June designating June 19th
annually as juneth in recognition of
June 19th 1865 commemorating the end of
slavery in the United
States introduced by Miss
Robinson you're ontic
pause yes we uh we are here at the third
reading of um an ordinance well what
began as an ordinance and is now a
resolution and before we move on to some
action on it I did I just have a quick
little statement that I'd like to say um
I've been um in communication with Brian
Drury and Mona Williams um who are two
wonderful members of our community I
believe Mana is on the line so thank you
for being here in support um about this
particular um resolution and just to
State what we all know and we've all
been experiencing that this year we find
ourselves in the midst of an a
nationwide Reckoning and with the
passing of this resolu ution uh I really
believe that this allows our city to
claim a space to recognize the entirety
of our American history um and to affirm
the experiences of faith and struggle
and perseverance of our brothers and
sisters in our city and Beyond and I'm
really really proud to be um to have
gone through this process with so many
members of the community and um I am
excited about the possibility of passing
this on uh or passing this uh this
resolution today
um before we get to um an amendment that
we alluded to at the last meeting and um
hopefully we can actually pull up the uh
the resolution this time I know there
was some confusion last time um there
are several groups that um from outside
our city that are um very much
interested in working with us on um kind
of the space that this resolution will
allow and that is Capitol University
thank you Brian Drury for being such a
hard worker and a champion of of making
those connections um for our community
but also the Columbus Coalition of of
communities for diversity equity and
inclusion which is a coalition of 14
different um school systems and um
really having an interest in um helping
us create a a day of recognition that is
Meaningful and um allows us to really
celebrate and
and and examine that shared history that
we have and I'm just very much excited
about that so um the first order of
business would be to and this looks like
it's already
been now I please correct me because I
believe that we didn't actually amend
this last time to the new
title am I correct in that
memory you know I I thought that we had
okay but we can
certainly um carefully look back into
our minutes um to see what our minutes
suggest um quickly and and um I can ask
uh maybe
someone uh to look for us on that one um
while I um see if there's any questions
or comments that anyone in um
any of the council members have
concerning um this resolution is there
anyone who would like to share looks
like Richard Sharp might um have
something Richard I was just gonna say
we didn't um amend it um because there
was concern about the proper wording
that needed to be word smithing that
needed to be done okay minutes say we do
yes the minutes say that we the minutes
did not minutes say uh we voted to amend
resolution for 1220 pass 7 to Zer to be
placed under the consent
agenda uh I don't think you got the
minutes there next page
Ben yep keep going there you go right
there at the
top because I don't think we I don't
ever remember having a conversation
about putting that on
we can what was that go down go back
that that was for the um calendar
resolution next meeting is what it says
no it says two different things oh
Madame President yes the the reference
that bill is referring to on the top of
the next page is relating to 13-20 the
calendar
amend yeah
1220 right but above it it says
13 it's just an in the minutes because
because it refers to November 23rd being
what was changed what was amended so
it's just it's it's an error we do
indeed need to um amend this and is the
title accurate um now Miss
Robinson yes that is the amended um so
the action would be then I
move to approve the amendments to
resolution uh
1220 all right there there's a motion on
the table to approve the Amendments for
um resolution
1220 is there a second second by Mr
Markham thank you Mr Markham is there
any conversation about the um
amendment to this just a title change a
tweak anyone in attendance have any
questions about the change the tweet we
to our
title um could we please vote Mr oh we
have a first and a second I apologize
yes Mr hary please
vote Yes M Robinson yes Lamy yes M Fel
yes Mr Markham
yes yes Mr Kingler
yes okay so it is now currently
amended miss Robin I'm going to pass it
back to you please do you have further
action yes so the next course of action
would be that I move to approve amended
resolution number
1220 second by Mr markh we have a first
by Miss um Robinson and a second by Mr
Markham um any conversation about
amended resolution number 1220 from
Council Miss
Lamy um I just wanted to say special
thank you to councilwoman Robinson for
taking the time um lots of time lots of
hours to meet with members of our
community to hear them out um and to
come up with um a great solution to uh
recognizing um historical events and
things that needed to be recognized in
this fashion so my hats off to you Miss
Robinson thank you same here Miss
Robinson way to go um Jessica sad missad
yes I wanted to um just speak upon what
Miss Lampley just said to Miss Robinson
um this started in a in a different form
and she's been very patient and has done
a lot of due diligence for all of us and
has represented us all well all seven of
us on this and I'm super proud um that
we'll be voting on this tonight so great
job to Miss Robinson she worked really
hard and she needs to be recognized for
that so thank you
right Council if there's no one else I'm
going to um ask the attendees if anyone
um in attendance has anything to add
council no one
else um attendees again if you have
would like to comment please just raise
your hand tell us your name and your
address I don't I don't see anyone
raising their hand so I am going to um
pass it on to Mr Harvey Miss Robinson
yes Mar yes B yes Miss sad yes ly yes
lingler yes sure
yes all
right nice job all right guys um we are
moving on I believe we're to a second
reading all right we have a second
reading of ordinance 31-20 to establish
the salary for the office of Bexley
auditor for the years 202 through to
2022 through 202 25 introduced by Mr
Markham all right Mr Markham we are
ready for the Troy Markham show this all
the second readings are basically you so
I hope you're energized it's like
murder's row here yeah um so let's take
a look at this auditor salary ordinance
31-20 we introduced it last week uh it
is a modest bump to the auditor salary
and uh I would uh we I think we heard a
little bit from Mr Harvey uh
and and I know you had some questions
that he answered about his duties as
auditor is very valuable service to the
city it is an elected office um uh is uh
definitely an office that we uh try to
uh attract uh experience talented people
such as Mr Harvey and compensate them
appropriately the uh the last time the
salary was adjusted I believe we had was
2002 um who's got control of the
uh nobody who's at the Hound
there Alexander he it's uh coming up one
second I talk talk you click there we
go um
and and so uh uh I believe we said that
currently the auditor salary is $25,000
a year this would be uh a bump up again
not to the existing the current auditor
but the next term which would be elected
uh in the fall of this year 2021 next
year 2021 uh and would uh take office in
January 2022 did I get that right yes
you
did that kind of matches hard for me too
um so this would be for the uh the
future auditor uh the next term and uh
these numbers are just uh presented to
you now for your discussion and
consideration further questions uh
comments uh whatever you feel uh we
would like to talk about here thead has
her hand in the uh raised and so does
Miss Lam Miss
s yes um I had the opportunity to um sit
down with Mr Harvey last week and go he
gave me as um president fible said more
than an
than the time that I could have asked
for on a lot of things in the city I got
a lot of history and and where everyone
kind of stands with um different
packages and payroll and it helped me
tremendously and through that education
I've been able to take some time to look
around Ohio and the reason I sent out to
council tonight if you get a chance
after or during to look up um the 2018
an article that I sent from whiteall it
kind of shows um as um Mr official
pointed out that was from 2018 but a lot
of um Council and Auditors and attorneys
they all took increases that year and so
it was just um something to kind of look
at since White Hall is right here next
door and the increases that their
auditor and attorney um council
president um Council are taking in in
2020 effective 2020 so a question that I
have it does seem that our city Auditors
um pay currently and package seems lower
um than most City Auditors that we
um are in the city of Columbus with so
with that being said structurally bill
um or mayor Kessler can you answer for
me do most cities have a city auditor
Finance director like Beecher and an
assistant Finance director like Jessica
or do some cities just have when I'm
looking at those salaries are we looking
at just um a bill Harvey that
encompasses those other two
roles that's a question to ask but in my
research I think auditor specifically is
a really d a tough um position to find a
comp for because every city has such a
very different Arrangement so for
example white Hall's auditor Bill
correct me because you is a full-time
position that's it's essentially like
there their their Finance director
actually beer used to be at at whiteall
so maybe he could explain that as well
but it's just it's every Situation's a
little bit different and um Bill what
are what are do you are there similar
part-time auditor positions that I've
never looked yeah well I I tried to look
when Troy was asking me some questions
about it before I wasn't what I found
was what the charter review commission
had found or committee had found 10
years ago which is many cities you know
have a finance director appointed by
Council not an auditor so it's uh
Columbus does have an auditor that's a
full-time position White Halls is a
full-time position so our model of
part-time auditor with paid full-time
Finance directors uh I I personally was
not finding a an an analog within
Central Ohio for
that and I don't know if you mark no one
no like Reynoldsburg is full-time as
well yeah but again they also have much
larger offices than we do I can tell you
both in White Hall and Reynoldsburg have
many more employees working in those
offices than we do
right mad anything else that's it just
um when we're looking at that just
something to consider that that model
our model doesn't line up when you're
looking at salaries of City Auditors
with every city definitely not Apples to
Apples you're
right Miss lamkey do you have a question
or comment I do um I I had a chance to
to speak to Mr Harvey um a little more
in depth about
um the the city auditor position um and
it seems to me that the city auditor
position completes the circle of checks
and balances for our city um obviously
he checks city council he also checks
the mayor he checks our finance uh
director um and if we value checks and
balances that's something for us to
consider when I did speak to Mr Harvey
earlier I asked him about what kind of
experience in training um and past
skills would make for a good future City
attorney um that's aside from the fact
that this person has to be a Beckley
resident and actually wants to run and
wants to be an elected official we have
in the Pro in the past um sometimes not
had anybody who wants to run for City
auditor so the thing that could
distinguish someone actually could be a
salary that is attractive but also their
skills and Bill would you mind repeating
for other council members Maybe what you
shared with me about the type of
experience that a good City attorney or
city auditor would need to
have sure I think obviously you need a
finance background um you need comfort
with a fairly large budget I mean we
spend General funds 14 or 15 million
dollar and there several million dollars
in the other fund somebody's got to
oversee that you need some management
experience uh as Jessica mentioned and
as you all know there's a a department
that um you have to oversee and manage
um I think you need um you need a person
strong enough to stand up to the other
elected officials to make sure that not
that anybody necessarily spends money
incorrectly but you have to be able to
say no that's not a legitimate expense
uh or whatever you need to be able to
communicate
and
I I think those are the
highlights and I think we all know how
blessed we are um with our current
current auditor and how uh we would hope
that if he chooses not to run that
someone uh will be able
to not only um do the finances and and
make sure that he covers all of all of
that but but he's been a real godsend in
in um teaching us
about Municipal finance and it's really
it's really really important um to have
someone that that Council can reely on
in that in that regard too Monique your
hand is still up do you have another
question oh I was just gonna emphasize
one last Point um per ordinance this
does not go into effect until
2022 so today's Financial picture uh
would might be might very well be
different from what happens in 2022
that's all yep thank you so much um does
anybody have anything further um to
ask um anybody in attendance have
anything anything to ask about
this um then I'm gonna ask um Mr Markham
if he's ready to move on yes absolutely
and just let it be said that we do abuse
Bill Harvey but that's how we show our
appreciation for him I told you he gets
gigged out when we do that so he likes
it he likes to teach us oh yeah
sure all right all right ordinance
second reading ordinance 56-20 to
appropriate
$22,000 from the street fund to pay
opers for the remainder of 2020 and to
reduce appropriation for opers from the
general fund by
$22,000 introduced by Mr Markham Troy
yep I have nothing more toh say about
this I
think anybody else have anything to say
about this one
questions comments I'm sorry question
comments on the from the
attendees nope what do you think about
this one troy I like consent agenda I
like it too moving on okay moving on to
ordinance 57-20 to appropriate $155,000
from the street fund 03- 380 to pay
operating expenses for the remainder of
2020 and to reduce appropriation for
fuel from the general fund
01320 by 15,00
Mr marham continuing my minimalist
approach any questions on
this anybody have any questions I
believe this is the one that Mr bashore
suggested that we need to suspend and
adopt I listen to the people yeah that
is that is correct yeah Andy um is in
need of operating expense
funding um he's offsetting that with uh
uh cutting fuel expenses in the general
fund um so if if we could do a
suspension adoption I know that would be
appreciated by our street screw okay any
questions on from the attendees on this
um ordinance or on the suspension of the
ordinance any from
Council because if not we're GNA move
right through this if we
can H Richard
Sharp you're muted sir
I'm sorry I just want to make sure that
that additional need is reflected in the
budget that we'll be considering next
um um next next
week um I believe I asked Andy about
that I'll just I'll double check that
though Richard thanks for the reminder
thank you good suggestion Richard all
right Troy action on the suspension I
move that we suspend the three reading
rule for ordinance 57-20 at this time
second have first from Mr Markham a
second from Miss sad Mr Harvey Mr Sharp
yes sad yes harkham yes ly yes Robinson
yes Mr
fingler yes this Bible yes passes okay
okay further action on this um suspended
uh ordinance Mr Markham at this time I
move that we adopt ordinance
57-20 okay we have a first Miss sad Miss
sad has a second thank you Mr
Harvey you want to ask for comments I
sort of
did was that my name I'm sorry
yes Mr Markham yes m f yes Mr Kingler
yes Robinson yes push the button too
soon miss lampy yes Miss yes okay motion
passes all right we are now on to a
second reading of resolution 14-20
confirming the mayor's appointments of
members to the Bexley Community
Improvement Corporation introduced by
Miss sad we're gonna give Troy a
breather and missad Jessica yes Q missad
that's what we do here right Troy put me
in the middle um break it break it up
for you a little bit so this is the
resolution for the
cic um confirming the appointments for
Todd Freeman and Heidi mccab and this
would be for their terms to they're
currently on the cic so this would be to
renew their terms until December 30th of
2023
um we read this resolution 1420 at our
our last meeting and um many of you had
mentioned that you would like to be a
part of the next cic meeting um I
emailed you tonight if you would like to
join us um please respond to me and uh
would love to have you as a part of that
it's next Monday at six o'clock and um I
can make sure that you're on there and
you can meet um Todd and Heidi and see
and the rest of cic and see the
wonderful um members of the community
that serve and uh what a great job they
do so I welcome you to be a part of that
and um I think that's it what a great
idea for us to um actually see them in
action um rather than making them come
to our meetings that's uh and with zoom
you know what Silver Linings um it looks
like Mr Sharp has his uh hand in the air
Richard yeah I was just making sure the
end of the world wasn't going to be
December 31st 2023 since the term isn't
going technically to the end of the
year oh Mr Sharp such
hilarity uh so
December 30th I'm sorry I read wrong
30th wait I don't I don't Am I Wrong was
there December 31st uh yeah there was
then not an odd number of years ending
in three did
I no mad it's not you you did everything
right that was my bad it's typo it's a
typo it's h it's it's June that is June
30th that's right see you casted on the
other no yeah exactly on the other side
of it for seven years I've been putting
June 31st and finally caught myself and
screwed up December so isn't this just a
typo that so that is a just a typo that
can be keeps just changed in the final
version okay it does have to be probably
could be consent agenda yeah I think
this could be consent agenda does anyone
have
any issues with it being consent
agenda right anybody in attendance we
have any questions on this piece of
legislation can we make our uh group
meeting to the cic on December 31st
2023 sure that date exists right yeah
that's a real Jessica is it okay if we
put that on consent agenda yes and a
note to Debbie who's listening I have I
have made the change it is now updated
the active ordinances thank you good
catch Richard all right all right Miss
if it's okay we're gonna move
on all right so we are moving on to
ordinance
54-20 to establish pay rates for
full-time non-bargaining unit employees
and officials of the city of Bexley
effective as of January 1st 2021 Mr
Markham yeah all right uh now I had my
break there we can uh talk about the
full-time pay ordinance um I know that
we had
some uh I know Richard had maybe asked
some questions about this uh of uh beer
is that is that true Richard's got his
hand up too so I will uh I'll turn it
over to them for right now all right
yeah I I had just um
asked um to double check whether it
matched the percentage increases from
last year's and um I think a new
schedule was uh submitted by email um to
Council on November 18th for Bill
Harvey and beer and um I just have a
couple minor questions that I've uh
emailed Bill and beer about on other
minor issues but other than that the
schedule looks fine
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all right does anybody else have any
comments or questions
or I think it can we draw there's a
proposed amendment in front of us Troy
is it okay if we draw attention to a
couple of the changes in here yeah
absolutely and beer Bill I'm gonna need
your help because there a couple that
I'm aware but there might be more um the
first one
is
that
um there was SE go to so to go to
section four I think this is new right
uh that deals with the fact that there
is an additional pay period in
2020 and had we
properly uh budgeted uh earlier in 2020
we would have or sorry back in 2019 we
didn't catch the fact that the final pay
period um which is December essentially
December 31st would hit in January 1st
and then gets kicked to the fourth so
needed to be in our 20 uh 2020 budget so
it authorizes that additional pay period
in 20120 based upon hourly
wages um and includes all non-bargaining
unit employees all other employees it's
not an issue because they are hourly
they explicitly hourly pay employees do
you want to anything to add to that um
any questions on that I think you nailed
that um it was actually I guess I would
technically say there was actually 27
pay periods in
2021 except for the first one hits
January 1 a banking holiday and it's
always been our practice to pay a day in
advance so in order to get W2s and
everything to match up we basically had
to move that pay period to
2020 if that makes
sense did that make sense okay came out
the same everyone's kind of nodding so
uh section six is uh A New Concept I got
to give Bill Harvey credit for coming up
with this idea and doing a good job of
keeping it on the radar um and it is a a
$500 Hazard pay one time um due to just
the additional pressure on our staff
from uh working with the covid-19
conditions um I think this is pretty
important because we uh we haven't had
the luxury of all of our staff working
remotely like some other organizations
have there's always been um
physical uh facility and place here at
the city in every single Department
because of just the unique demand that's
put on a service-based organization like
a city um there are other cities in
central Ohio that shut down service
departments for weeks on end we didn't
do that we we kept going we kept rolling
and we kept on making sure that we were
meeting the essential needs of the
community throughout our rec department
quickly retooled and has been literally
at the front line helping out um with uh
child uh support needs um helping
augment um frankly needs that couldn't
be met by the school district during uh
during this time because of some of the
concerns with covid-19 so we very much
have had Frontline workers and the
concept behind this is taking um some of
that cares Act money and providing that
additional Hazard pay uh one time to
employees um here before the end of the
year anything to add to that bill I
think it's important to note that that
is coming out of our cares act money it
is
not City money it's coming in from an
outside
Source right any questions about
that um and the other one is that in the
future just to avoid any sort of
questions about pay periods and versus
uh and number of pay periods each year
which by the way only happens every 13
years so the future we will have to
remember that this is an issue because
every 11 years 11 years uh we're we just
changed police chief and police captain
to their hourly rate as opposed to their
annual salary because that was one of
the things that made it a little harder
for us to to to make the appropriate
adjustment without making sure it was
explicitly in the ordinance so we'll try
to remember that in the
future couple additional comments and I
guess you guys when you think about
section nine says these s Provisions
will take effect January 1 that's some
of them but some of are going to take
effect sooner than that so we need to
make sure that is worded
correctly
because good point is going to take
effect this year and secondly section
five you have the finance director
authorized I'd prefer that say the
auditor and then I can authorize the
finance director ra
than
suggestion um so does that then don't we
need to amend this yeah if this is a
proposed amend it anyway okay I think
what we might best do is is update the
proposed amended with the changes the
bill just raised and then bring that
back to council for an amendment at its
third reading at the next
meeting yeah because there's no Russ
right and then we can have it yeah so so
two things I think first of all the um
um well the the the effect of section
whatever the effect of thing I don't
think language I don't think that well I
guess it does have to be changed
slightly because that to be effective on
January 1st 20121 just while I'm
thinking of it Ben some language could
be in section n that this ordinance
shall uh well isn't it redundant with
Section
11 what you talking about well section
11 says um emergency
and that is Section I was talking from
section 11 oh sorry I'm saying is
section N9 redundant with uh section
11 yes but what nine probably can get be
be eliminated right and then we can fix
11 which will become 10 right okay okay
I'm I don't I thought I had language
just to suggest while I was thinking of
it but I really don't
sorry but I'm correct some things have
to be effective yeah we need we need to
make it effective upon upon s signature
emergency all that works but then the
language in section soon to be section
10 needs to say effective uh upon
January 1st 2020 or
earlier if applicable or something like
that that's a good point I didn't think
of that all right uh ladies and
gentlemen are there any questions about
this do we need to do any further action
on this one
Mr Markham do you have anything further
on this
one um I think uh what I'm hearing is uh
no further action and we will plan to uh
make amendments these amendments next
time perfect is there anybody in
attendance that has any questions about
this pie of
legislation okay so then with Mr
markham's permission we'll move forward
please okay oh I'm
sorry we are on second reading of
ordinance 55- 20 to establish rates for
part-time and Casual employees of the
city of Bexley effective as of January
1st 2021 Mr merham and then again the
same thing uh rates for the part-time
and Casual employees do we have any
changes uh we're looking at for this one
Mr
Mayor not that I'm aware of but it's uh
beater or Bill no changes
okay questions Council on this one
questions from the US
attendance Mr Markham is it okay if we
move on let's move on right okay we are
now on to ordinance 58-20 to establish
the water and sewer rates charged by the
city of Bexley Mr
Markham uh yeah and so these are the
water and sewage rates that we get uh
charged from the city of Columbus and we
uh we pass them through as part of our
service to our community um Mr Mayor do
we have some change es to this
today no um as as I was seeing this in
the agenda I was remembering that we
talked about making some changes so uh
Council should look for an amended
version of this um we discussed a couple
a couple things at our recent meeting
about the fact that we have over year
over the years we've done a direct pass
through of the increase of Columbus's
sewer and water rate so if it's been
three years 3% we've done 3% if it's
been done been 5% we've been done 5%
however our internal expenses have not
always increased at the same rate as
Columbus's have and that's especially
true back five plus years ago when we
were seeing really high rates increases
in water and sewer because of that we're
collecting more um we're covering more
than our costs with water and sewer
rates which is okay because we do have
long-term capital needs but on the other
hand um we also felt that in light of
economic conditions this might be a a
good year to take a pause on any
increases in our water and sewer rates
to Residents we can certainly do that
and still have it actuar work out just
fine um to pay our obligations to the
city of Columbus and our own internal
obligations so a recommendation was that
we were going to have a a pause on any
increases in our water and sewer rates
for
2021 that's not reflected in the in the
originally drafted ordinance so that
would be an amendment so we will look
for that to be amended next time around
and um we will amend it and um and and
then vote on it um I think I see Mr
Sharp's hand up and Mr Harvey also has a
comment Mr
Sharp uh yes um this um came up when I
was researching last year's rates um
just to verify for tonight that we got
the correct amount if we were passing on
that increase um but last year's
ordinance referred to a one water
Capital fee
5.6% on the combined water and ser bill
that's the uh and the um 1.5 sewer
Capital fee that was the amounts that
were um added to the bills um as part of
our Capital Improvement fund balancing
for the water and sewer departments a
couple years ago that Steve Kai
introduced and I just wanted beater to
double check that that allocation which
changed last year was accur accurately
reflected in our water and
sewer Revenue amounts and if we are not
changing the rate then those amounts
would need to be adjusted anyways
because they're based on what we charg
the
residents that if that doesn't make
sense feature contact me okay and Mr
Harvey's gonna check in with be sure
about that um Mr Harvey you uh you add a
comment I guess I was just going to ask
Council if they had any thoughts on what
the mayor suggested um I think it makes
a lot of sense to do that but you have
input I'd be interested in hearing
it I I think I am in support of
it yeah and I think we talked about it
um a little bit in pre-council and um we
thought it's on a great um
Troy yeah I think it's especially timely
this year um you know every little bit
helps and to be able to offer residents
a little break in the water sewage uh uh
amounts that they'd be paying a break in
the increase uh is you know still
something that probably everybody can
appreciate a little
bit um couple thoughts or questions
first of all if we're not going to
increase this do we need an ordinance or
can't last year's ordinance just
continue in effect I have to read last
year's I don't know right that's a
question second of all if we do amend
this the date's wrong it should be
January 1st
2021 which I just noticed usually I'm
the one who makes those mistakes so I
notice this one and the third thing is I
just want to make sure I'm understanding
this so are we we're saying that we can
afford to the city can afford to absorb
this 3% % increase and pay for it today
and essentially going forward right
because next year if say Columbus
increases by 3% the plan isn't to say oh
we're going to increase by 6% in 2022
yeah so and I'm I'm happy to maybe a
good way to handle this is to go into
the weeds at the next meeting a little
bit more yeah okay I just want to make
sure I brought that question up so you
know it wasn't you know because another
way of doing this is just saying we're
going to wave the 3% this year but but
anyway you you guys are on it so that's
fine he loves I know he to do that
anyway sorry counil that I encourage
Mark asked for it it was Mark who asked
for it I just want to make sure that
next year we aren't looking at saying a
6% so many more power points coming your
way all right I just wanted to raise
those three things so the date needs to
be changed we need to check to make sure
that we indeed do need an ordinance yeah
we can still do one we don't if it's
drafted the same way as this then it's
on or after so right so it should be
fine so we need to check that last last
year's ordinance and we need to ask fure
to answer the questions that Mr Sharp
has put forward okay um Mr Sharp your
hand is in the air sir do you have a
question yeah I have last year's
ordinance in front of me it it says
honor after January 1st 2020 um for both
of those and it said um then section
four had said all existing ordinances
are repealed as and as far as they may
be inconsistent with provisions of this
ordinance so the way I read it unless we
actually vote to change it it stays the
same withdraw this yeah Richard does
that have a reference to the capital
rate yes it has a reference because the
capital rate allocation was changed last
year and so so um that's codified in
section
104.0 6 B3 and 06
B4 so it shouldn't be a
problem right yeah so it's possible
again don't have to decide right now
it's possible that this can just simply
be withdrawn pursuant to the new rule
that Council passed earlier this year
right then we will then we will do some
pow wowing about that and bring back um
the official answer as so right now it
sounds like it can go um but we will
have everyone check that out Mark but
when am I going to talk then if we uh
when if we withdraw this well you can
make the motion to withdraw it you'll
have to do the
withdrawing and then public comments any
questions Council about this before we
ask Mr Markham if he's ready to move on
and any questions from the attendees on
this
one Mr markam are you ready for us to
move on let's move on we're doing well
move on all right first reading of
ordinance 60-20 to create the Beckley
residential sewer remediation Loan
program introduced by Mr
Markham yeah so uh sewer remediations
and all the news you guys have probably
been hearing about it and here is the
Loan program that we talked about last
time uh and I will let uh the mayor talk
us through this uh what we're what we're
looking at here
so the uh thank you Troy the intent of
this ordinance is to capture what was
discussed at our uh at our workshop with
residents a month or so ago um talks
about eligibility talks about the
requirement for down payment in order to
take advantage of the Loan program the
maximum amount being
15,000 um that the interest rate and
additional loan terms or conditions are
established by the auditor um that the
interest rate is based upon the rate at
which this the City could secure a
10-year non- tax revenue Bond so it's
essentially a pass through
expense um and that it's
accessible um that uh appropriation
funding is basically funding is subject
to the limitations of appropriation so
if there's not money appropriated for
the program then we obviously cannot
provide any
loans um and it authorizes the auditor
to pursue Bond financing but obviously
Council would ultimately need to uh pass
approval of additional any any new Bond
financing for the Loan program so it's
fairly straightforward um I'm sure there
will be questions uh and maybe you know
I wouldn't be surprised if we're
tweaking this and amending it prior to
passage uh my my anticipation would be
that this is something we have three
readings to think through and that once
we have finalized this program we can
pass this and pass the grant program at
the same time so that we would that
that's the time at which we'd remove the
uh the grant program from the table and
pass
it any
questions Council any questions on this
one um ATT 10 days any
questions Mr Markham is it okay if we
move
on let's move
on okay moving to First reading of
ordinance 61 1-20 to appropriate
$559,000 from the Corona virus fund for
the purpose of paying eligible expenses
related to co to the covid-19 pandemic
Mr mkam this is the stuff we really love
this is uh more money this is well this
is basically me giving the city $59,000
I think not necessarily me but this is
more money from the cares act that uh
for our use in the
city really exciting that that that we
have this um and we will put it to good
use I think Mr Harvey has some um
comment or question we definitely need
to suspend an adopt this so we can wait
till next week yeah yeah so we do want
to suspend and adopt we do want to wait
till next week because the $59,000
number is from the top of beacher's head
uh just after he got at the off the
treadmill from the gym so we need to
finalize the number and uh it'll
probably be it'll probably be a little
bit different because I think these
these distributions haven't been
straight up you you know flat they've
been like kind of funky numbers so I'm
sure it'll be slightly tweaked and then
we'll look for a suspension adoption
next meeting which is crazy because it
has to be spent or accounted for by
December 31st
right December 30th or December 32nd one
of those one those one of those how how
do you count to your math I think I was
sick the day that they went over like
the calendar days at school because
everyone seems to know this like in and
I do not
30 days have September April June and
November all the rest have 31 except
February which has four and 24 I only
bre I totally did not get that bringing
those things up we're not t We're not
gonna get done early Troy are you okay
if we move on with this I Council or
attendees does anyone have any questions
or
concerns I don't see any Mr Marco yep
let's move on all right we got some
tabled ordinances yeah any action on any
tabled ordinances I don't know let's
first ask uh I think Mr Sharp has one Mr
Sharp do you have any action on the
ordinance uh 2720 no the may as the
mayor indicated um earlier with the uh
remediation Loan program um we're going
to keep this tabled until
um we approve that other program so that
they're approved in
Tandem and and I know thank you Mr Sharp
and I know it comes as a surprise that
Mr Markham has something maybe I I don't
think he has anything to say about this
one but but but let's hear from him I
think we hold on yeah I think we
actually do have something to say about
this um only that uh I I believe we're
in danger of running out the clock on
this uh is that true Mr fishal and Mr
Kesler introduce running out the clock
on what 10 it's been on the docket for
almost a year so it was introduced but
it wasn't tabled it's it's it's close to
being a year since tabled but it's a
year from the tbling correct not from
the introduction introduction right
that's correct we're fine uh we're I
think we're anticipating to vote on this
at the next meeting or asking for a vote
at the next meeting so that would still
keep us comfortably because
you are having this looked at by the
utilities themselves just making sure
they have a chance to look at it all
right great and then I will finally step
down as service chair at that point all
right so I speaking of which I believe
that we can move on to service
environmental committee
um old business new business or report
um Mr
Sharp give me a second here try I pull
up my
notes sorry about
that um old business um we have an
update on the residential food waste
recycling participation um esac
committee has been working hard to go
door too and sign up new get new people
interested in the program 29 new homes
were added this past month 229 this year
representing a 19% increase bringing the
total participation to
1420
households I think that's all for old
business new business the esac um
committee has developed a monthly
online school age student independent
study challenge with a separate program
for four different age range groups and
I was wondering if Council would be open
to inviting and recognizing at either
the next meeting for the first meeting
in
January the four age group winners for
the programs inaugural first three
months um in September October and
November which could be up to uh 12
people invite them to the zoom to be uh
recognized at the beginning of the
meeting um so laurian if you can during
your pre-council meeting see if there's
a meeting that might be appropriate to
add that to I appreciate it absolutely
thank you
Mr and I will be sending out after this
meeting an email to council that will
include esac updates and some links that
Council might be interested in including
lizz's blog update that residents can
also check out at Green becky. org blog
and I thank Elizabeth for all her work
in that area and that's all for my
report
tonight thank you I appreciate it um all
right let's see who is next on our
agenda would be I can't pull up my
agenda uh Finance Troy do you have
um old business new business or a report
sir I hearby silence myself for the rest
of the
meeting H we love you we'd love to hear
from you safety and health M Robinson
hey just two quick things um one I
wanted to um just give recognition or
draw attention I should say to the mini
Point seta sale that the citizens Police
Academy alumni
association um a fundraiser um if you
make a $5 donation and Supply a name and
address you too can have a point seta
delivered to a friend for the holiday um
this showed up um along with Sergeant
overly at my house today thank you Lee
Nathans um and it is really nice um this
is one of those programs that um our
Police Department is trying to do to be
more engaged with the community and to
really live that community policing um
philosophy and it was really nice to
have a chance to chat with Sergeant
overly today I see Monique also has her
flowers or her pointsetta is that a
flower or a plant I'm not sure um and
any case um they are extending the that
um sale through the December the 4th and
check out the blast or uh the city
website um and uh you can click the link
to um uh order your flowers and last but
certainly not least with the uh numbers
going up in Bexley 116 cases over for
the last 14 days certainly gives I think
everybody pause please wear your masks
wear your masks socially distance
yourself and um you know be safe please
be please be safe and uh that's it not
as much as Troy
but you know a girl can try thanks
thanks Jen um we are to zoning and
development and that would be Jessica
sad yes um just wanted to update Council
uh tomorrow night is a beap meeting at 6
pm and our very I think Matt and Jessica
Kingler will be on there so Matt excited
to to hear from
you um and then like I already had
mentioned the cic meeting um will be
next Monday so please get your responses
to me if you'd like to be included on
that Mr Robinson already reached out and
then lastly um wanted to remind
everybody of the Beckley holiday hop um
it's going to be a little bit different
this year um it starts December six and
it's going to be virtual but it is a
great way and one of the things we can
do is as leaders in the community and to
remind our friends as well to support
local businesses that's uh something
that we can make a difference in keeping
these businesses in our community which
is super important so I hope that
everyone can join me and um participate
in the virtual holiday hop from noon to
4
um again did I say December
6 that's it all right thanks Miss sad so
much uh we'll move on to Mr Kingler with
Recreation and Parks committee
sir nothing to report this evening thank
you thank you Mr Kingler um Judiciary
and strategic committee Miss
lankey uh yes I had two brief things um
obviously with the holidays and the end
of the year coming up I wanted to
encourage any uh small business owners
or small businesses who are interested
in applying uh for the covid-19 business
grant program assistance um through the
city of Bexley to reach out to the uh
Bexley Area Chamber of Commerce or to
find that information um perhaps through
the city website or to reach out to me
and I can get you the link um it's a
great program and hopefully can provide
some needed assistance um the second
thing I was going to mention is today is
giving Tuesday um and it's it it's great
but I don't want giving to be limited to
one day uh with the holidays coming up
uh please encourage um your families
your neighbors your friends to be
generous and compassionate and to show
some Grace in our community whether it's
donating to the Bexley Community
Foundation donating to darn donating a
$5 Point mini pointsetta um to someone
who might just need a smile on their
face uh and finally there's a great new
group in Bexley called lights up in
Bexley you're going to notice that uh
there are many many more holiday lights
and um and decorative yards going about
and I think it's our community's way of
indicating that uh they want something
to look forward to something to be
excited about so if we can all show some
Grace and compassion and generosity for
the next four to five weeks uh I'm sure
that everyone would benefit and a report
thank you Miss Lamy I appreciate those
words um so we are to item 20 on our
agenda which is public comments once
again there's an opportunity for
attendees to share their thoughts with
Council because we love to hear from you
um again we like you to keep it to five
minutes raise your hand give us your
name and your
address all right I do not see anything
from the attendees um
Mr Mr Kessler you have yes one one quick
reminder was on my update but the
virtual Christmas tree lighting is on
December 6th I left the time blank
because I think we might make it a
little bit later since we can virtually
light up safely in the darkness so uh
sounded so anyway I hope you'll join us
we'll get the info out on the blast and
uh also uh Thursday evening is the bmpa
and Bexley town hall meeting at 7 pm
so wonderful keep an eye out for that
anybody have motion to
adjourn I'll make a motion we adjourn
thank you Mr Kingler is there a second
I'll second missad thank you missad all
those in favor signify by saying I I I
those
opposed all right guys
7:39 have a good evening