this is like our College gross if you
run into that group yeah
I warned Jess I was like that may just
like leave and want to hang out with all
of them they're going to be having a
good night
flying out
um good evening ladies and gentlemen
welcome to the December 13th of Bexley
city council meeting
um
it's the end of the year here last
scheduled yeah last scheduled meeting of
city council uh it's been a good year
for us I did tally up productive year
I tallied up all the great things that
we did this year made a little list to
tell everybody about and I left it at
work so uh you know what first of the
year is a good time to talk about what
you did last year right
yeah yeah we'll do it next week's
meeting yeah but I do want to stay uh
give my appreciation for the folks up
here for the time that they put into
serve in the city the time they set
aside to come see the council meetings
prepare for City Council meetings all
the time and effort they put in uh
during their weeks uh and it really
makes it a lot of fun presiding over
this Council and a lot of fun to be a
part of it and makes me very proud
Miami pick how's your day
super duper thank you yeah get something
uh good for lunch
um
not really not particularly not today
thank you
[Music]
all right
how about giving us a uh roll call that
sounds fabulous uh Liam key here Bible
Marcelino here sod here Robinson here
Markham air and cleanler here please uh
rice join for the Pledge of Allegiance I
pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
Republic for which stands on nation
under God indivisible with liberty for
all
a ceramic Peak do we have or not only do
we have any speaker slips for tonight
all right then we do have some
presentations with special guests it's a
special kind of fun night here
um
all right so stay right here
please approach the podium
sorry RJ script and annual volunteer
overboard
Proclamation again
turn on this mic right here
whereas Bexley is fortunate to have
top-notch recreational youth sports
and Patrick Thomas played a vital role
in the success of these programs
and whereas Patrick is a father of three
active boys
it has generously volunteered countless
hours coaching their many sports teams
this year alone Patrick has coached
soccer and flag football it is currently
coaching basketball teams for all three
of his sons
many of you guys at the sixth grade
basketball team
all right watch out
in addition to teaching the fundamentals
of these Sports Patrick also Fosters
important life skills of these players
Latino sportsmanship and a strong
working there and whereas Patrick's
leadership and positivity has made
vaccines use Sports programs stronger
for these reasons and many more Patrick
Vaughn is the recipient of the 2022 Barb
James Griffin volunteer of the Year
award and therefore I Proclaim today
it's December 13 2022 Patrick
I'm going to take a picture here Mr
Price would you mind
cancel photo bomb over here in the
background yeah
thank you
all right
congrats again thank you yeah thank you
all right I just want to acknowledge for
those of you who missed it that the it
was referred to as a photo bomb right
I thought it was good yeah yeah
should we do another Proclamation
should I say it again
hold up what Mr borne it's time for you
to be in the spotlight
foreign
this is kind of a surprise to Chris so
he's like I don't even know what's going
on but um uh we all learned last week
that this week news is uh closing up
production in January of next year and
Chris has been with us as a beat
reporter in Bexley for 10 years nine and
a half years
um and so uh we put together this
Proclamation progress
whereas local news reporting and the
important work journalists do to provide
Vital Information to the public is a
valuable service to communities
and Chris borne has provided the service
to the citizens of Bexley through his
role with this week back sleep for many
years and has been a frequent attendee
at our public meetings workshops and
special events and I should mention
initially started with the city council
Corporation city hall and then moved on
to school board four years ago maybe six
seven
whereas the news at the closure of this
week Bexley the last local news source
in print in our area is a concerning and
noteworthy development and whereas
Chris's role with this week Bexley is
therefore coming to an end we remain
grateful for his work in our community
and wish him all the best in his future
endeavors and therefore I do acknowledge
and honor Chris borney and his Service
as a local news journalist for this week
Bexley to our community thank you yes
foreign
yeah this is kind of weird seeing my
name on the agenda because uh I suppose
did not be part of the story I'm
supposed to be reporting on the story
but I just want to say thank you thank
you all for making me feel welcome and
part of the community for the past nine
and a half years I grew up in the area
and I still live near Bexley so I'll
continue to come to the Bexley library
and I can't guarantee that I'll come to
every campus or any council meeting yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah go watch them all
online yes yeah I'll be coming to the
Drexel so yeah this this is I really
appreciate this thank you so much thank
you
okay
all right
of course
excited
so I just found out from other videos
should we do one more presentation
one more
hello
I'll wait
um when I was writing
the job description for the job which I
currently hold I decided that since I
get paid by the hour then I should come
to more Council meetings and describe to
you what I've done
so
uh this is the report
of everything that I've done this year
as it pertains to my job as a
sustainability programs coordinator
let's be
slide and say next slide okay next slide
so I've done a handful of things which
we'll start off with
um of note this year we did a greenhouse
gas inventory which means that we
measured all of the greenhouse gases
emitted by the city of Bexley the years
that we use data was 2019 because we
started this process at the end of 2021
we didn't feel like 2020 data was
accurate so we use 2019 data and we are
going to be doing this inventory again
next year and then we use that data that
inventory to report for the first time
to the carbon disclosure project which
is where local governments and other
organizations report their greenhouse
gas numbers to a centralized location
and we received a score of
don't be mad at me but we got a D but
it's only because it was the first year
and you can't get higher than I did in
the first year
so that's okay
um we also did
we also did feet on the street
um we audited our food waste recycling
we
that's better we did the food waste
recycling
um program we did a pilot program in a
condominium for the first time we did
sustainable September and the Bexley bag
which has been a project that has been
on our radar since 2019. finally got off
the ground and I think I was supposed to
remember to put one on all of your
chairs but I forgot so I'll leave them
outside for after the meeting
next slide please
uh new and improved things that happened
this year where the Greenback display
websites so we doubled or tripled or
however you want to
do that math the number of people who
visit the websites we also recycled
medicine bottles for the first time
which is not something that Remke does
on a regular basis but we created a
special program for that as well as a
stretch plastic collection we did
styrofoam recycling for the first time
and we did waste at events in a
different way than we had done
previously
um and I applied for and received three
grants this year and have submitted
another Loi and we got funding for all
three that I've applied for thus far so
that was exciting
next slide please
uh things that I do on an ongoing basis
are continuing education work with the
city schools grant writing presentations
press you may or may not have seen my
week monthly column in this week
um so I'll have to find another outlet
for that and support City Hall and other
Adventures that happen around the city
next slide please
okay as it pertains to the projects that
I've been working on in the areas of
waste they are listed there and the
bigger circles are where we are at
currently so you can see how we're
progressing with a single-use plastic
band feet on the streets food waste
education Universal Recycling and
back-end food waste how we can get a
food waste program in Bexley restaurants
next slide please as it relates to
greenhouse gases and inventory
um and sorry in energy we are starting
to see how we can get some additional EV
Chargers not about energy aggregation
program and climate Action Program plan
next slide please and other things are
education and educational program in
Mexico City schools and the bike plan
next slide please
uh next year there are a lot of things I
want to do like the single-use plastic
bag ban uh Universal recycling climate
action plan
zero waste plan refresh Soul smart
designation
energy aggregation BCS sustainability
education those are the priorities and
then other projects are listed at the
bottom
um they're going to be different
timelines for these different projects
but I'm going to get done as much as I
can
next slide please and that is all I have
there any questions
great thank you I would just say uh one
thing I uh love about your role in this
program is when we get calls from other
communities and they say do you have
somebody that could come out to speak to
us about this program that you're doing
I always go yes we do and we have an
ambassador that travels out there with
uh enthusiasm and uh a lot of helpful
knowledge I think we're changing a lot
of Minds helping a lot of other
communities out there like that thank
you so thank you
I I recently Mr President took a phone
call from a Worthington council member
Worthington is talking about creating a
position similar to this
and uh they kept on saying Bexley keeps
coming up as the example Bexley keeps on
coming up with an example how are you
guys doing it how does it work what's
your job description
um and so you've made a huge Splash in
the region uh a lot of times I'll be in
meetings at morpsy or whatever and
people will be like uh you know well
Elizabeth said this Elizabeth did that
and it's like well it's pretty neat so
thank you for all your work and your
contribution
excellent yes
okay I think we can go past eight to
number seven the president's report I
just have a couple things that I just
want to highlight a couple of our
amazing uh Partners here in the
community we have poinsettias up here
provided by Lee Nathans and is that on
behalf of the assistant police uh
Academy or is that just Mr Nathan's
maybe he does a lot he does so much and
uh it's really nice and attractive also
want to mention that I think every year
for the past few years uh city council
elected officials mayor the auditor uh
have made a contribution to darn and we
have done that again this holiday season
and I think it's worth pointing out what
a really great organization that that
group is
they really they know the community well
they take the time to find out the needs
in the community and address them
they're very effective they're very cost
effective they're very they're very
focused tool in terms of helping people
who really need help and they follow up
to make sure that those those people uh
really are helped and so uh really happy
and proud uh to uh to recognize them and
also to uh to make a contribution to
them as well lastly I just want to say
it was not my intent when I started at
the beginning of the year to spend so
much time talking about International
things but it's been kind of a rough
year internationally uh and uh you know
we've talked about uh the Ukraine and uh
the uh the invasion of the Ukraine and
the the the violence has occurred there
we talked a little bit about China uh
the trouble in China uh and recently
also
um in Iran and uh this last week a lot
of news about Iran and just for me after
you reach a certain age and you have a
certain amount of experience and you
have children and everything you see
things like this and it really does uh
strike you deeply to see the young women
in Iran uh being just brutalized uh by
that regime and now
the extension of that authoritarianism
and brutality uh to include now the
parents the older people that will stand
in a non-violent silent protest now
being rounded up and sentenced on the
spot to to death uh I just want to say
like I can't imagine The Bravery you
know of those people and the the fear
for the children and and and just for
such basic human rights and expression
and it makes me very very grateful to
live here in the United States and be a
citizen here and live in Bexley where we
can express ourselves we can't be active
in the community and uh I do during this
holiday season extend uh my thoughts to
all those people in those troubled areas
as well thank you
City attorney Mr President I have a
comment um I just wanted to congratulate
you on your first full year as president
I think you've handled this presidency
with
holding it together I think you've
handled this presidency with a lot of
Grace and dignity and a plum and we we
very much appreciate you being in that
position thank you I appreciate that
you can talk now oh my God okay so I
just just as a reminder I I sent this
around to all council members today and
the mayor uh that the 2300 Livingston
Avenue appeal is continuing through the
court of appeals the appali MS Turner's
brief was filed today or yesterday or
what I'm actually Monday but I got to
you today
um within I think it's 14 days now TCB
and the city have an opportunity and to
file reply briefs I would expect that
oral argument will get set and sometime
in the next 90 days we'll know a date
um probably I'm going to guess April or
May
um and we will also at that time also
know who the three judge panel is it's
going to hear it and as I mentioned in
an email it's open for public view
should anyone so desire so I'll just
keep you up to date on that of course I
believe that is all I have
is that a question coming oh is there
something else I'm supposed to talk
about oh
I thought you were telling me
all right
sounds like we're done Auditor's report
no report this month
I'll turn it over the mayor for the
administrative report thank you Mr
President I believe that Mr Bayshore is
on the internets there he is
thank you
how's it going good mayor um
I don't have anything to happen
you are breaking up a little bit Andy it
might be on our end but uh
nonetheless maybe you want to turn off
your video and just keep keep audio on
maybe that'll help
how about now
yeah you're still you're still breaking
up we had that happen one other time and
I think it was our fault so
uh we will uh
pull up your report here and see if
anyone has any questions for Andy
nobody oh Gloria sorry
Andy uh lorian was asking how many we do
three rounds is the answer is that what
it is
so we are starting to wrap up the second
round I think it'll still be a bit
before we hit all three areas Andy can
you
do you have any estimate on what that
third round might take yeah
um
great that's awesome it's about next
week we'll probably start the third
round and uh it's a lot lighter the as
you guys know a lot of the the big
Windstorm early on tons of leaves came
down all at once so the second round's
gone a lot more quickly so third round
will go more quickly still so yeah
those leaves out yeah right here yes
um is this the second year for the
holiday lights on Main Street in the
mediums and that's a Community
Foundation uh sponsored project it is
yep I love it and it's great to see and
it just makes me feel good and I think a
lot of people in the community so I
think it's just good to kind of point
out that it's newer I feel like it's
been here forever but it's just two
years in the Community Foundation
another great project huge props to uh
Grant and his crew there there if I
don't know if you remember last year
frequently there would be a lot of trees
out like they would just do you remember
that at all okay well it was happening
and they uh over the summer we did some
electrical repairs uh just some
equipment had already kind of uh started
to deteriorate in the median so the only
thing that's taking the medians out now
are people I guess every now and then
we'll cross the street and I
accidentally trip over the wire and pull
them out of the ass so having said that
the failure rate is much lower and uh
it's uh kudos to the team for doing it
um it looks great we do have a outside
crew that wraps those there are really
good at what they do
um and ongoing that's a tiff Tiff
expense the Community Foundation fronted
the uh all the equipment for it
uh Sam uh a quick comment about lighting
as well um I've noticed the past couple
nights I think that the lighting around
cassingham complex has been uh down so
just noting that yeah Andy I sent you a
note on that last night
did you hear that about casting ham
lights yes sir
School complex do you have an idea if
they're getting it fixed I I do know
we'll get back to another one thanks
these aren't the droids
[Laughter]
sorry Andy you are this is not your
fault um
it'd be awesome
okay
Andy thank you so much for joining us
sorry about the connection yes sir
uh all right
next up uh Mr Hale
I do not have a the written report
finalized as Matt and I just haven't had
a chance to review it I can tell you
that things are still good income tax is
again ahead of budget for
um November
and at the As We Stand sit here
currently we're about 3.5 million ahead
of balance as far as what we projected
our our general fund balance would be at
this time of year so
and that's because the mayor forced me
to
reduce income tax estimate by 10 when I
wanted to put it up there but
just kidding that was my idea and I I
turned out to be woefully inaccurate
any question of report
all right chief
good evening how are you doing
I'm good I'm good okay
yeah we're having issues on internet on
our end Chief so uh
unfortunately we're gonna have to you
know what I've got an idea Chief let's
do this I'm gonna why don't you get off
Zoom I'm gonna just call you all right
okay
I think maybe he heard that
can you hear me sir yeah you might want
to get off Zoom though because you could
maybe have some feedback
yeah let me do that now although you
haven't so far that's good
should have done that with Andy sorry
Andy if you're still listening yeah
we're having some uh weird audio issues
on this end
can you hear me okay here you're great
yep
um your written report is up do you have
anything you would like to add to that
nothing to add but here to answer any
questions I want to um command and call
out uh detective Fleming who received an
award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving
that is called out in your report just
wanted to highlight that
yes sir thank you any uh questions for
the chief
okay
cool chief that was uh quick and easy
happy birthday again to Ross and have a
good evening thank you sir you too all
right take care see ya bye
leave Mr Price Is Up
thank you mayor
I can't do it um uh first of all I want
to thank all of all of uh Council and
Rec board and the many volunteers that
that helped us with the pancake
breakfast I apologize that I could not
be there this past weekend but I
appreciate uh all the help it was a
tremendous event it was so exciting to
have that in a new space worked out
really well uh and was just another
opportunity to gather as a community and
so thank you all for your assistance
with that
um other than that uh I guess I would
want to highlight the Jeffrey Mansion
rental report uh just some information
in there uh specifically some of this
some of the discussion happened at the
rec board about the current alcohol
framework and some items within that
framework as we now have sort of two
years under our belt uh roughly two
years under a belt of rentals in the new
Carriage Court space
um some different areas that we are
discussing the board is discussing and
may may make some recommendations for
Council to consider in terms of
adjustments to the alcohol framework
those areas are one is the restriction
on Resident only for alcohol events in
the Carriage Court a little bit of
background on that we've a couple things
I would say about that is obviously we
have a history in the uh what we call
the Jeffrey house or the original uh
Jeffrey space that we rented and similar
with that when we started uh to allow
alcohol I think in 2012 we went through
a slow process and sort of evaluated how
things were going and reevaluated from
year to year and made adjustments based
on what we were seeing and what I can
say is we do not see any difference
between
Bexley residents and non-residents in
terms of the impact of alcohol at the
facility the other thing I would point
out is
of the events that we've had in the
Carriage Court booked by baxi residence
about half of them probably roughly half
of them are booked by Bexley residents
for frankly non-residents to use the
space not something we really have a lot
of control of over but
um and and to date we've not had any
issues uh there haven't been any uh
problems obviously the resident is
ultimately responsible because their
name is on the permit but who's actually
using it for what event is a little more
difficult to control
um but the history is that uh there
really isn't in any discernible
difference between a resident or
non-resident in terms of how they use
the space for alcohol events so uh the
impact for us the Practical impact for
us is that we go from having a clientele
of 14 000 index lead to a much bigger
base in this in the central area so
that's one of the restrictions that we
think has had a significant impact on
not reaching capacity and would would
alter that pretty dramatically
um the limit of two alcohol events per
month is something else that's come up
uh through the first couple years
um specifically uh weddings are very
seasonal so we have months where we have
a lot of demand and some months that we
have less demand so thinking about that
differently either thinking about it as
being 24 events a year as opposed to two
a month gives us a little more
flexibility and improves our chances of
reaching our maximum
um but also frankly looking at whether
we want to expand that com you know uh
to say 36 events or more
um we've had uh a number of events over
the last two years we've had one uh one
complaint over those two years and that
was a result of Amplified music that was
being used by somebody outside not in
compliance with policy but it was a
really minor sort of infraction so our
experience has been that there's been
very limited
frankly no impact negative impact that
we've heard heard from area residents on
the other thing that uh that keeps
coming up is the off-duty police officer
requirement not that we are would be
advocating for not having security of
some some uh standard there but some
issues that we've dealt with is um it's
been more and more difficult last couple
years to get
um uh Bexley police officers to be able
to cover when that doesn't happen uh it
gets kicked to the county county has a
very strict uh requirement for two
officers at any event uh and they're
frankly their cost is even more
expensive so somebody who may be having
an alcohol event uh and spending
whatever three thousand dollars on an
event uh if they're gonna have alcohol
as an officer and then if it goes to the
county they have to have two and they're
spending about 120 bucks an hour for the
two officers additional
um and so for big events it doesn't seem
as big of any a big of a deal but when
you have a much smaller event like a
shower or or something along those
natures and you're having a champagne
toast and all of a sudden you're
spending an extra four or five hundred
dollars on security that in that
instance maybe doesn't make a lot of
sense
um so to persist so there's that issue
then there's the issue that as a
Administration we don't have any
flexibility based on the way the
framework is is is written to say hey
this is a group of 20 people that are
coming to have a you know baby shower is
a bad example but a baby shower uh and
they'd like to have a toast and in order
to have a toast you have to go through
the alcohol process even though you know
having an open bar you're having a glass
of champagne we still sort of have to
require it to go through the alcohol
process and so thinking about having
some flexibility to apply some common
sense from a rental perspective is
something that we'd also probably want
to talk about again a reminder to
council that alcohol framework is passed
at a council level so the board would
only make recommendations and the other
thing that was written into that
framework is a required notice I think
it's a 500 feet feet of uh to the
property line of Jeffrey Mansion so we
would have to notice
um residents before any discussion would
happen at Council level but I just want
to make Council aware of some of the
discussion that happened as part of the
report review at the record level
happy to answer any questions
Mike did you did you are you saying
you're going to come to us with
recommendations on that Resident
non-resident policy or are you
recommending to drop that I'm not sure
what you're saying there
so we are not officially coming to the
to the council at this point uh the rec
board had discussion about it relative
to the uh report that was given the
record didn't take any official action
to recommend anything either
um but I do expect that the January
meeting that they might take official
action to make any sort of recommended
changes that would then come to council
uh in in terms of an ordinance Amendment
essentially
um again in order for that to come in
front of council we have to notify I
think it's 30 days in advance of its
first read I think is the way it's
essentially written but I just want to
give Council just sort of a heads up
about some of the discussion that's
happening
end of report thank you any uh questions
or comments from Mike
all right
thank you Mike
um
second cast sorry
I have a brief report because it's only
been about a week since well exactly
weeks since we met last
um I want to highlight a couple things
first off uh in my report it suggests
that I attended and staffed the pancake
breakfast which Jeffrey mentioned anyone
who was there with me would laugh at the
concept that I staffed it I did eat some
sausages and pass out some pancakes but
uh
it should be one that's true report so I
have somaliates the maple syrup but uh I
just want to extend a congratulations to
rec staff they did a fantastic job it
was a really great event so thank you
Mike and your staff
um
Rebecca Nest uh was the recipient of the
mayor's appreciation award at our annual
holiday party last week so
congratulations to her on our work both
with love your alley as well as the
mosquito pilot program
speaking of alleys we announced last
week that our alley of the future winner
for our project is the alley uh in North
Bexley between Remington
and Stanwood so it's the first block
North of Broad between Broad and
I believe that's Denver
um so some exciting changes come to that
alley we'll be talking a little bit more
about that in detail in the future
charity Newsies had a great Saturday
they collected over eight thousand
dollars at the corner of Drexel in Maine
so it's really good return for them
after having some quiet uh
years during covid
the Montrose Festival the Arts came back
last weekend was like was a total hoot
uh they changed around a little bit and
had all the kids crafts in the gym which
I thought was really successful
and this uh just yesterday we did a
drill at St Charles a full-scale
emergency drill
um with a simulated bomb threat
just to test power interagency
cooperation was working learned a lot
from that it was a really great exercise
I want to recognize officer Grimes who
showed a lot of leadership in helping
prepare that and other office other
staff of the police department
so that is essentially my report other
than there is a super cute photo of Obin
posing at uh the dog park and that great
flattering photo of me and Mark Fishel
at the pancake breakfast
but uh
the service guys when they're doing some
concrete work
created a little bit of a sculpture for
us that is a Bexley service department
sculpture that you see there at the uh
dog park uh right there so happy to take
any questions
excuse me
all right
you're getting a signal from the from
the wings
single-use Plastics Grant
um yes okay we can talk about that
um
I did but then I could get myself in the
mindset so last year
we passed we authorized a 2500 Grant to
help businesses uh with the single-use
plastic space in remember that
it was part of our regulation when we
changed to our phase two
then we held off on any sort of
enforcement because the supply chain
issues so we haven't done anything with
that we are about to go into an
enforcement phase next year and actually
want to have this conversation a little
more holistically because Elizabeth uh
has some recommendations about maybe
um again tweaking that phase two just
because of supply chain issues
but in general our intent was to
going into that
enforcement phase uh administer that
grant program we talked about the
ordinance called for it to be a 2020
one grant program
we we have the capacity within our
budget to create Grant programs it
doesn't necessarily need like a whole
Council buy-in but I want to just make
sure that you guys were comfortable with
extending that and to either it would
actually be next year 20 uh 2020 uh
three but I think actually it's probably
best to talk about that in the context
of also slight tweaks to potential
material guidelines
um so I'm not really looking for a yes
or no I'm just looking for kind of just
giving you guys an update on that let
you know that we never actually
administered the grant
um but our we have received applications
for it as we have started to talk to
businesses about uh really uh starting
to fall through with phase two I feel
like our friends at the state house
would be especially pleased with uh our
uh consideration and I'm sure they would
yes yes
anything else all right thank you thank
you Elizabeth
all right shall I proceed sir do it all
right consent agenda we have the meeting
minutes from December 6 2022 City
Council
uh any questions or comments on the
consent agenda
um
I have
some action on the consent agenda
motion to approve the consent agenda
motion to approve by Mr Klingler do I
have a second second second by miss
fiebel any comments or questions from
Council
any comments or questions from the
audience on the consent agenda
Mr McPeak Miss Robinson
yes Mossad yes Mr Klingler yes Mr
Markham yes Miss lamke yes Mr Marceline
now yes and Mr fibar yes consent agenda
pastas
all right on to third readings we have a
third reading of ordinance 4822 to
create chapter 837 tobacco retail
license and regulations and to remove
chapters
636.16 of the codified ordinances
illegal distribution of cigarettes other
tobacco products or alternate nicotine
products introduced by Mr Marcelino
yes thank you very much um so at this
point I'm actually going to see if
Council will be open to tabling this I
understand that
um the city of Columbus passed theirs
last night
um and and while I appreciate that I
think that uh some people may still have
questions I also have some uh interests
perhaps at strengthening the penalties
or making them more severe over there
some legal questions that I think we
need to work through so you know I know
Bexley likes to be first and out front
of these things but I prefer for Bexley
to be best when we pass this law so I
would ask if Council would consider
tabling this until 2023
um where we can come back and discuss it
comments questions
I think that I think that's awesome
doing it right
is better than doing it first
well we're not right here we're not
first anyway so let's just do it right
first step
ready
any other comments or questions from
Council on this
this is third reading so we would open
it up to the
audience as well
all right Mr Marcelino that you have
do our make the motion I move to table
uh scroll Scrolls ordinance number 48
22. motion to table by Mr Marcelino
second second come by Miss feibel
um
Mr red Peak Mr Markham yes Mr marcellino
yes Miss Bible yes Miss Robinson yes the
slam key yes Miss Todd yes Mr Klingler
motion to table ordinance number 4822
passes
okay under a third reading of resolution
10 22 to schedule the Bexley city
council meeting dates and times for the
year 2023 Minister Markham all right
let's pull these up and take one
one last good look at them
no no no no did not change February 14th
yeah because lorianne didn't want to
spend Valentine's Day with us
that's fine we are
I had so many requests from council
members that wanted to be with lorianne
feibel on Valentine's Day and now this
hurts
all right
and then we have
um
our November 14th
uh so that we don't have election day
then we have November 28th and then we
have the fifth and the 12th and the 19th
on there
we had originally I think thought to
take away the 12th that's an option
right
or did we not
where are we good with Fifth and 12th
we're good with three in a row
yeah
well Street oh it's three if needed so
the other option is to take away the
12th and make uh a week there with the
19th being the second one well we're not
saying each other on Valentine's Day so
we can yeah yeah Mr Marcelino
theoretically then we need to come back
if it was needed we need to come back
like the week between the 25th and the
31st and we could theoretically come
back any night that we needed to after
you know so say we met on the fifth and
say we sat on and met on the 19th and we
had not finished our business we would
be free to meet on any night after the
19th I mean as swirling as that sounds
it's it's it's just a matter of do you
want to schedule three Tuesdays in a row
or do you want to be here December 19th
and and have a break between the fifth
and the 19th
well the the quiet the only question I
throw out is making sure that I'm the I
mean I don't want to be on the 19th but
is making sure that there's enough time
to get whatever needs to be done in the
budget done but I assume it'll get done
because it always does magically yeah
and the other option that we have hard
on it the other option that we have is
if we're here on the the fifth and
things are looking a little shaggy we
can call a meeting for the 12th too
right you could always call meeting for
the 12th if it's not already scheduled
but I don't know it also always cancel a
meeting on the 12th and and and sticks
to the 19th if that two weeks is going
to be necessary you like it as is Miss
uh as is all right concur all right so I
thought there was discussion of moving
March 7th to the 14th
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yeah it was at St Charles break
I thought that's what you said oh it got
changed from this
okay I'm sorry okay
any other comments or questions here
yeah
that's a comment
thank you
uh do we also extend with no speaker so
that the opportunity of the audience to
comment
I know it's fun uh I uh I didn't at this
point do I do I need to move to amend it
because we're not amending that we're at
we're amending the yep you're just yeah
the attached you're fine no just emotion
no proof all right motion to approve
resolution 10-22
second seconded by Mr Klingler
um Mr mcpeek please Mr Robinson yes Miss
feibel Assad yes Mr Klingler yes Mr
Marcelino yes Mr Markham yes Miss lamke
yes resolution passes
okay we are now on to the second
readings we have a second reading of
resolution 12-22 which unequivocally
condemned uh to unequivocally condemn
the recent rise in anti-semitic violence
and harassment targeting Jewish people
and standing in solidarity with those
affected by anti anti-Semitism and for
other purposes introduced by Mr Merck
thank you I got up this morning I
thought I wonder if I should make that
write down some remarks to uh to uh say
about this resolution with the second
reading and then I realized I don't have
to because the front page of the
dispatch uh honest diver uh that's their
their lead story today anti-semitic
rhetoric has been rising in Ohio for
years
uh it's a very eye-opening article it's
well done uh Anti-Defamation uh League
uh provides a lot of a lot of data there
are a lot of quotes and there are some
pretty uh
you know upsetting uh stories in there
this is the worst has been for Jews in
my lifetime the regional director of the
Anti-Defamation League that's pretty
strong statement I mean these are some
people that have been around and seen
some things and to say this is the worst
time uh in their lifetime as as uh
it's a little shocking uh some of the
stats at the end
in 2021 Ohio broke its record for the
highest number of anti-Semitic incidents
since the state began tracking them in
1979. Imagine That
the annual audit reported 50
anti-semitic incidents in Ohio a 16 over
2020 and a 43 increase over the annual
uh average nationally the numbers are
worse than in Ohio believe it or not
the FBI's 2020 hate crime report said 55
percent of reported religious offenses
offenses targeted Jews despite them
being only 2 percent of the population
seven of the last 10 years have included
all-time highs this has been a steady
track upwards
and uh
and I think that's why I feel like this
is the time for this this is important
to do this I think uh what we're seeing
here is an opportunity for elected
officials for leaders all around the
country just to make sure that we make
statements like this
um
and uh and so that I'm I'm happy to uh
to be presenting this I'm not happy to
be presenting it but I think uh I'm
pleased to live in a community like this
where I think uh we need this this is
supported and uh and we can make the
statement very strong
any comments or questions
all right
okay we are now on to First readings we
have a first reading of resolution 11-22
confirming the mayor's appointments of
members to the Bexley Community
Improvement Corporation introduced by Ms
Robinson
uh yep we have some new people to meet
in the new year
um mainly for our cic I see Peter Hale
is on our list of people to meet maybe
we'll have a chance to meet you next
year it'll be lovely
qualification I am super excited for
that
um uh mayor Kessler I'm sure we will be
inviting them to uh the new people
um and that would be Stephanie Bosco and
Mike Simpson who are the new
um nominees we'll be having them come
speak to us sometime in the next uh they
are both confirmed for January 10th oh
amazing so yes we will definitely have
them on the 10th so
foreign
I guess I'm moving on to First reading
I'm sorry yeah first reading of
ordinance 49-22 to adopt residential
design guidelines Mr Klingler by the way
we're one short of 50 if anybody has a
last-minute ordinance
because he'll do it
uh yep thanks Mr Fishel um
this has been um
along our Jewish Journey for Karen Boker
Kathy Rose Bill higher our architecture
review board
um they've all kind of had it handed in
this Karen's not a great uh excellent
job putting this together
I think
um you know it's meant to be a living
document a breathing document
um it'll I would imagine it's going to
be reviewed you know periodically
to uh make changes as as we need to
so this is the first Reading Please feel
free to peruse
um a lot of good stuff in there
I have nothing to add mayor Kessler do
you have anything to add to this that's
just an example on the screen of an
inappropriate Edition in case anybody's
thinking about it
don't think about that
um no I just it's uh as you said it's a
long time in the making
it's novel it's a
it's a concept that I think goes above
and beyond what many communities have so
it's something that we're very proud of
and uh excited to hear more from from
staff about future meetings
I don't think it's anybody's house
comments are questions for Mr Klingler
or the mayor on this
if not I think we can move to the next
item
there is a next item uh at this time
I've moved that we retired to it
executive session to consider the
compensation of a public Public Employee
or official division G1 of section
121.22 of the revised code
second second by Ms lamke uh
Mr McPeak
Miss Robinson
yes Miss feibel
yes Mossad
yes Mr Klingler yes Mr Marcelino yes Mr
Markham yes and Miss lamke yes
huh
this room do you need me to repeat it
motion to exit executive session second
second by Mr Klingler
we can do all in favor we have to voice
all in favor say aye
aye all opposed the same sign thank you
we're back in session I see
we're back in session
[Laughter]
um tabled ordinances I believe we have
some action on table of ordinances
you must be those solar panels
I know no no we're not talking sorry are
we oh no
solar panels
Monique
Monique you got a motion to make here I
was gonna say we haven't seen the sun in
days
okay I motion to remove from the table
ordinance 41-22 second
motion by uh Ms lamke second by Mr
Klingler uh all in favor I I I'll post
same sign all right let's go great
um as everyone knows this reading has
already had um three readings it was
tabled at the last meeting
um mayor it looks like you have maybe a
revised budget attached to the agenda do
you want to go over those highlights
with us
yes I do
one moment please
pull this up
so the the budget is uh well I guess not
everyone has a printout does anyone want
to print out of the budget I know some
people requested it but this one's a
pretty easy one not to get a print out
of because it's very very similar to the
last one the only difference is
um that we have performed a pay study as
council is aware
um and so there are some positions that
are adjusted within the budget those
have already been reflected and past
budgets but it was slightly tweaked in
this budget so
there's a slight change to the overall
payroll and some of the Departments and
then that that's reflected in page two
of the general funds summary
um if you go to
net year cash increase it's a 27 465.
you will notice that
if you'll remember of course from the
top of your head
from the last
budget that number was 21 793
so slight change then
great
um are there any remaining questions
from Council regarding the budget
Mr Marcelino
not a question just more so well I guess
it's a proposal or a concern that I've
just had consistently throughout this
um there's a listed item for an OHV
slash golf cart for the police
department within the budget for thirty
five thousand dollars
I I talked to the chief I understand the
rationale and what the purpose of this
vehicle is I've looked at a lot of osu's
online and I just don't see the cost
being as Extreme as what we're budgeting
for I understand the idea to
overestimate to an extent to make sure
that we don't run over budget but I
don't really think we're going to be in
a a bad place if we need to provide more
money to the police department for that
vehicle
um you know at this time I'd be much
more comfortable with potentially
I don't know if we can modify that
amount
um a few requests that and we just want
to go through that it's okay but modify
it to like twenty thousand dollars and
if he needs more to accomplish this task
come back and Grant that at a later date
it just to me seems like we're giving a
blank check to an item that while may be
valid for our community
isn't necessary at this time and I think
that we have a responsibility to be
considerate of that
and I guess that's my only statement as
a first budget I wasn't sure where to go
from there
and the worst thing that would happen is
we would just simply have to he would
come home come home come home come back
to us and say hey it's going to be X
dollars and we and this is why and
correct
yes so I mean in defense of the chief uh
he's he's deployed one of these before
in a in his previous employment
I think he's building that off of the
Polaris Ranger it's a government spec
vehicle and it has some additional
equipment and it does it does range out
there personally and I've shared this
with him I I think there might be some
better options that aren't as
um
rugged as those for our community but um
I also want to give him the scope to you
know to go for what he's he's wanting
um certainly not an issue to
probably cleaner just to leave it off
the capital budget and then have it if
you want to have a little bit more
oversight of that have it come back as a
new appropriation just understanding
that that's the intent as opposed to or
if you wanted to reduce the number and
if it ends up coming up under that
number we could still report back and
kind of just let you know so either way
would work
yeah I I just I don't know I mean I I
have a golf cart it's nowhere near that
expense and so I'm just I there can be
government specs that I don't understand
I just I that's the only thing that
stands out to me I don't necessarily
want to remove it because I see the
validity in the request for the vehicle
I just can't wrap my mind around uh OHV
the cost we're getting up towards the
cost of a cruiser or or a service
vehicle that we would utilize within the
city
yeah just to be clear and I was the one
who wrote
um OHV on there
uh or sorry golf cart or OHV the
um
the the line he's looking at is these
these Ranger lines and then you would
add to that uh police capacity so you
can see how pretty quickly
they are within the range I'm not sure
if you saw those pricing but this is a
28 000 one it's not even popping up
um yeah there oh I spoke too soon so I
I'm not but I added golf cart because I
wanted to be more flexible and a golf
cart option would be less expensive than
this so I mean we want to have some
flexibility anyways we figure it out
same would you be uh what how's that
sound like if we removed that and it
just came back as a separate uh proposal
something you could kind of that would
be that'd be much more comfortable
within again noting that I am in support
of it I just it concerns me just to
blankly support it
um at that rate
okay
so that Amendment would be reflected in
the ordinance
uh
under the capital budget
it would be
feature this isn't a spreadsheet right
well he's doing that any comment on that
proposal
anybody got any strong thoughts one way
or another
you're turning your button on or you
just
okay
for you
I wouldn't support that I I think that
sounds fine in general
no worries preacher where is the capital
person
well there's that was a different
Capital oh I'm sorry
capitalism there's multiple capitals of
60 000.
yeah it's it's cap improvements fund one
five thirty two
that one so that would be reduced by
um
yeah one five three two three nine seven
I mean one five three one three days
well let's make sure this hold on let me
go I'll just shout out numbers that
message people
I know you're good uh it is specifically
30 you guys said it I was just double
checking the spreadsheet said that 35
000. so Beach or that number would the
police number would go down by thirty
five thousand police number would be 175
100. okay I will
I forgot my cell phone
it's like that I need that for my Duo
but if we just Mark that down then I'll
send out a new copy to be signed
tomorrow okay
okay
is that good does that work
legislatively we need to vote on the
amendment
it would well you have to vote in the
amendment in general so
this number
uh will be I can't edit that off of here
because the spreadsheet
yeah we will amend it as shown uh as
attached actually to the packet with the
exception that we're removing 35 000
from the Capital Improvements fund
appropriation
you could just verbalize that right
what else
comments questions
um
comments questions from the audience
this is our third reading
Let's uh where what do we need to move
on here we need to amend first with all
this right we'll try this or if Mr
Marcelino would like to do the motion to
amend given that it was his idea
yeah you do it yeah I moved to
um a men ordinance 4122 uh to now
reflect the removal of 35
000
associated with a police OHV slash golf
cart
and otherwise amendedish
and to otherwise amend is attached
I'll second that
motion by Mr Marcelino seconded by Mr
Markham uh comments questions on the
amendment
uh comments from the audience on the
amendment Mr McPeak
Miss Robinson
yes Miss feibel Miss sod yes Mr Coyle
yes Mr Marcelino yes Mr Markham yes and
Miss lamkey yes Amendment passes all
right do you get you got something else
you want to do there uh Ms lamkey my
motion to approve amended ordinance it's
41-22 motion to approve by Ms lamke
second seconded by Mr Klingler comments
from City Council good work guys yes
yeah
it hasn't passed yet it's gonna pass
comments from the audience
yeah
all right uh Mr McPeak Mr Markham yes Ms
fiebel yes Mr Klingler yes Miss sod yes
Miss Robinson yes Mr Marcelino yes Miss
Liam key yes amended ordinance now you
can apply
budget
you're not exactly
um
any other tabled ordinances yeah really
you know tense yes are you saying yes to
remove from the table ordinance
47-22 oh yeah I can yep sorry that's
important
I'll second that uh all in favor say aye
aye all opposed to save sign yes okay
um as everyone is aware we have a
proposed amendment to ordinance
47-22 mayor do you want to walk us
through those proposed amendments please
yeah the proposed amendment would
specify that uh the under Section 3
there are several positions listed based
upon a pace study had increases above
and beyond the standard normative cost
of living
um it would specify that those increases
while reflected and exhibited maturity
would be spread out between uh 2023 and
2024.
um also this is a smaller item but
you're also aware that the service
director will no longer be accepting a
car allowance so that was amended out of
this pay ordinance that had previously
had been section four
otherwise it is the same
okay
comments questions
seeing none I motioned to amend
ordinance
47-22 as shown on the screen second
motion to amend by Ms lamke and seconded
by Ms Fable right thank you uh comments
or questions from Council on the
amendment
comments questions from the audience on
Amendment
Mr McPeak
Mr Marcelino yes Miss Robinson yes Miss
fiebel yes uh Mr Markham yes yes Miss
lamke yes and Mr cleanler yes mendent
ordinance passes no oh wait sorry the
ordinance is amended the ordinance is
amended sorry
thank you I now motion to approve
amended ordinance 47-22
second motion to approve by miscellaneck
he's seconded by Mr Klingler comments
questions from Council
comments questions from the audience
Minister Mike Peak
Mr Klingler yes Mr Marcelino yes uh Miss
Robinson yes Miss Bible yes miss Lamb
key yes Mr Markham yes and amended
ordinance passes there you go thank you
uh
we'll be digging into the table
yeah
uh we will move on to committee
assignments and uh
Finance finance committee uh no report
this evening no report from finance
committee but we would like to express
our thanks to uh Finance chair for uh
all the work getting us to the
as a heavy lift and it is well done uh
safety and health committee Mr Marcelino
the holidays are coming up and I hope
that everybody stays healthy and safe
thank you
zoning and development Mr Klingler
uh nothing to report
and we will go to recreation and parks
by Ms Sugg uh Bexley Education
Foundation has announced their date this
year for Bravo it will be later this
year since April 22nd
thank you straight
[Music]
it's going to be an 80s theme
changing it up
um and stay healthy and I highly
recommend the flu shot this season if
you haven't gotten it already
stay in your own way
strategic committee Jen Robinson just
wish everybody a wonderful and safe and
happy holiday season
the only thing standing between us and
being done for the year wait no it's not
yet actually not to go yeah hold on I
just wanted to also say thanks to a
strategic committee for uh some special
work that will be apparent to everybody
in maybe a few minutes
have that on
Baby It's Cold Outside
but you could do just a little bit by
turning your thermostat down for eight
hours
100 degrees wow
Jen Roberts is out of her chair
s
they're
fabulous get a blanket sweater up
let's move past that one hello
the last and uh best part of the agenda
is public Commons the last public
comments of
2022. please be sure to state your name
and address for us Constance lewis663
you clear I just want everybody to know
that last night uh was the third and
final
um three-hour session of the Bexley
Police Department's first
uh rad program rape aggressive defense
program and this is
a picture of what we call the red man oh
man he's all suited up and uh and you
have an opportunity to use all of the
things that you were taught during the
first two three hour sessions
this was officer brilly
officer really and Sergeant Don overly
were the ones that that did it was the
first one there were seven uh females
that were there and we all learned a lot
so I think I think the next one will
probably be in February so any women
that are interested I highly recommend
it
thank you thank you
any more public comments
all right I will take a motion to
adjourn
motion to adjourn motion to adjourn by
Mr Klingler second by Ms sod all in
favor say aye aye same sign
adjourned 2072.