and progress
thank you
good evening everybody I would like to
call this meeting to order welcome you
all to the Tuesday February 7th meeting
of city council here in Bexley I would
love to extend a special welcome to all
our visitors out here uh in the gallery
I'd also like to thank all my friends up
here
for your service to our city
Mr mcpeek how are you doing this week uh
supersonic how are you I'm doing pretty
good who you got in the Super Bowl
um
who's playing again it's Kansas City and
Philadelphia
Tom Brady is not playing
I think I'm gonna go for Philadelphia
Philadelphia yeah how about you uh I I
think I'm gonna go with Kansas City and
I'm going to take the under on this one
oh yeah oh you sounds for entertainment
for entertainment purposes only for just
on the for entertainment purposes only
products we're not placing best it's a
little bit like that yeah
I'll tell you what why don't we see
who's here you call the order for it
sounds great
um Bible I'm here Klingler present
lampkey here Marcelino yes Markham here
Robinson here and sod please rise and
join me for the Pledge of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
Republic of which stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty
justice for all
we're at the point for presentations and
special guests and uh
is that what do we have that going on
here are we with presenters or with
presenters right all right well
he's not really a guest anyway so we'll
make him sit here for a little bit
longer how about uh any speaker slips
for us Mr McPeak no speaker's lips all
right there is no president's report
tonight I'll take it straight to the
City attorney
no report this evening all right we're
moving along getting it right back to
the auditor Mr McPeak I did do a auditor
report this month and um what I will
simply say is there's no need
necessarily to pull it up at this point
but what you'll find in the agenda is
the honors report and over the past
probably three or four months I've been
working with Beecher and the mayor
to just take a look at purchases over
five thousand dollars and just make sure
that those purchase I randomly pick a
handful of purchases or expenditures
that come through and then I ask
um the mayor and others just hey give me
some details around it help me
understand how this went through the
procurement process so
um in this case um the three that we
picked one was tied was 28 thousand
dollars tied to the Havenwood project
another one was tied to a recycling
program and it was actually a grant that
we were simply using Grant Monies to to
fund and another one was for Star
Electric trick tied to Alley lights and
other types of supplies so you know in
this case nothing that you guys need to
be aware of but I wanted to make sure
the council knew that there is this
process going on every month where we're
looking at
um purchases over five thousand dollars
and as we all would have expected there
are no concerns with the process but
it's just part of what
um an auditor should be doing thank you
you're welcome comments are questions
for the auditor yes MS lamke
I just wanted to thank auditor mcpeek
for for kind of bringing that to us and
for starting it we discussed it a couple
weeks ago and I think it really is a
good example of checks and balances so
continuing to spot check expenses that
exceed uh or equal to five thousand
dollars I think will be very helpful for
me so I appreciate you following up on
an idea that you brought forward
any other comments or questions for the
auditor
you know I'm going to throw my uh
appreciation for you on top of that as
well I just really appreciate the uh
energy and the the Insight that you have
brought to that position and I just want
to say that uh uh for those of you who
have not dealt a lot with Matt McPeak
that he is like really doing a lot of
work behind the scenes and constantly uh
checking things uh putting in really a
lot of extra effort into the job and it
makes me feel really good about being
part of the city government I just want
to say that on to the administrative
update Mr Mayor
um first up we have Mike price at back
nothing to add to the written report but
happy to answer any questions
any questions for Mike
yep
um sorry sorry I I heard I heard uh I
heard the Texas Hold'em fundraiser was a
great success I just maybe wanted to um
you know maybe mayor mcpeek could audit
the results of of the winners of that
yeah yeah no you'll need no you'll need
to talk with the Bexley Community
Foundation because it was their event
but I'm sure they'd be happy to open
their books for you
like if
any other questions for Mike
right I was going to somehow dog him on
that but you need to turn your
microphone on Mr Mayor
um uh Mr Bayshore is unfortunately ill
uh today and cannot be with us but I am
happy to
uh answer uh any questions that you
might have to the best of my ability
about the service director report
any thoughts
Bueller going once all right
um I do I do have a question in regards
to it's it's not so much service or it
could be but the infrastructure I saw in
the newspaper that city of Columbus got
12 million dollars for Livingston Avenue
I think specifically between Nationwide
Children's and driving Park is that do
we know is that going to tie in to kind
of our side of the tracks if you will
so we we have a uh if you remember Alex
we passed that resolution in support of
the attributable funds request I believe
that we were the top ranked project
um I'm not sure that it's publicly been
awarded yet
um but that's a I think we're in good
shape for that so that that is I don't
think that's part of the 12 million
you're talking about okay they mentioned
maybe it was one of the projects in the
paper the article in the paper
highlighted they said between Nation
children children's and driving park it
might have been yeah it was a part of
the 809 or something that the federal
government allocated for infrastructure
improvements
yeah this is part I don't this is
through the intuitable funds process we
replied for it this summer
um we had a
uh sort of a scoring meeting about a
month or two at morpsey and we're the
top scored project and they're
finalizing all that okay great I think
we're in good shape it's possible that
something was applied for earlier it's
gonna be that like got awarded
okay
um Mr Klinger having sat on that joint
Livingston Avenue uh project for a while
I will say that even though this project
is from
Alum Creek to James there was a lot of
discussion from that committee about at
some point trying to brighten up or
improve
driving perk which was to the West so it
could be that maybe that's the next step
but there was a lot of thought as to
trying to continue the good work that we
are going to see on Livingston we're
already seeing some but lots more to
come and then to extend it to the west
and Driving Park
foreign
service all right Mr Hale
is with us this evening
excuse me
can you hear me
try again yep
um
by the end of February
I'm sorry if I'm sounding
um
we're having that audio problem that we
sometimes have I think
I doubt I don't think it's on your end
necessarily
but I heard you saying something about
January and February
but I should have
uh January three numbers by next meeting
okay gotcha next meeting January numbers
[Laughter]
that's what I'm here for here all night
uh any we're going to give you the
benefit of the doubt on that one I think
any questions for Beecher
thank you so much preacher appreciate it
have a good night
thank you mayor thank you
and
deputy chief Goff is with us this
evening uh while Chief Lewis is out of
town
for the police department update
I am concerned that maybe we have that
incoming audio issue that we sometimes
have so
DC goth are you with us
there he is how's it going good how are
you doing oh no yeah yeah we we're
having some audio issues it's not you
it's us
it's not you it's me we'll try to see if
any any questions for uh DC Goff
I'll take them
yes
um not so much a question just wanted to
say congratulations to
um
can solver who officer Kim solver it
sounds like we hired from inside for the
bomb detection canine position I'm
excited to meet the little German
shorthair pointer yeah I think we all
are right um that's coming on board and
I wanted to just say congrats and thanks
to detective Briley for some great work
that he's done recently so if you could
send that on that would be great from
Council
thank you uh Ms Bible does the dog come
with the name or does Bexley get to name
it Doug's name is Bexley obviously
that's right
he'll choose a good name yeah
I think that's what you said is that
good yes
two for two all right any uh Jen
oh we're pushing our pushing our luck
back in the day before covid when uh we
were I was doing a ton of ride-alongs
and I did a ride along with officer
Fleming and he talked for the entire
time about how excited he was at some
point to do to have a canine
um if I have a dog and have that be part
of our our
um police force so that was three years
ago so I'm just really excited I just
want to say how excited I am that you
know our our
um Administration listens to the
officers about what they're excited
about and what can be good for the
department and I think this is just a
really great addition and I vote for
Bexley being the name of the dog
duly noted Bexley go to Bexley
find something anything else
uh Matt yeah I just wanted to come in
and
um W sheep goth if you could pass this
along to Chief Lewis um I've really
noticed an uh uptick in the uh social
media postings especially on LinkedIn
and various Outlets it's awesome I see
it on there probably once every other
once every couple days and um really
appreciate the reach out uh from the
police department on social media it's
good
thank you
all right thank you so much uh deputy
chief Goff have a great evening thanks
for joining us tonight thank you thank
you good night thank you
I just need to restart this computer
every now and then or something
get those updates yeah right
control delete okay
um
my written report is uh in front of you
all
we've had a very very super busy couple
weeks actually super busy start to the
year as you can imagine a lot of the
work that we've been doing is focused on
our Parks projects
um
I do have some information in there just
to draw your attention to regarding
um some of the machinations uh
specifically with the outdoor reading
room with the library and Toronto met so
please take a look at that we did
receive the environmental surveys back
from the nine properties that had not
been formally tested at Ferndale
Mayfield
um those all came back contaminated at a
similar level to the eight that we had
tested before
so we will be sending some similar
letters to both the tenants just
notifying them of the issue and and how
to keep an eye out for it as well as the
landlords relative to our nuisance sites
ordinance and proceeding with that and I
can get more specific with timeline if
any of you guys have questions Trinity
apartment site site right next to us is
for sale Capital announced that this
week they've been preparing that for a
while
um it's interesting so that that
apartment complex was formerly housing
for uh mature students at the Seminary
and has transitioned over the past
several years it's actually currently a
CMHA voucher subsidized project with
students that go to Columbus State
single parents step kids uh don't
currently have employment so it's
actually currently the most vibrant
affordable housing project in the city
so something to be aware of
um as the Redevelopment occurs we
currently incentivize lower cost housing
units on Main Street at a higher level
than Standard Market rate housing but I
think that we might want to hone that
language a little bit with some of some
of what Columbus has been doing has been
really great and I think Jan and I spoke
about maybe talking about that at our
strategic Retreat coming up
um or someone in a nice book maybe it
wasn't you and it was yeah
I talked to a lot of people sorry I talk
too much
um
patriotic's back when we get the final
version of that we will be circulating
and just discussing next steps with
Council and then I can't go to uh an
upcoming Franklin County Public Health
seminar that's detailed here I think on
page three so if any of you guys have an
interest in that feel free to register
or we can register for you actually and
we did have some proactive communication
from the post office recently which is
great I want to commend Natalie for
being really on top of it as we receive
uh complaints she passes them along both
to management as well as our federal
representatives and we had a regional
representative reach out to us and say
first off explain some of the issues
that have with Staffing and they are now
fully staffed they've been doing a lot
of training and they're hoping to have
regular service restored I will insert a
dose of skepticism and say that we've
heard this before but it is still good
to hear and Natalie great work on this
so thank you very much
um
and uh
some highlight photos one thing I want
to highlight hold on first off just want
to remind you guys Jeffrey Woods
Festival is coming up
um
machellaria received an Auditor's award
from the county otter for weights and
measures so you can go to Michelle Aria
knowing full well that when you purchase
a uh it's called The Hammer they've got
this Hammer of Thor stake which is
intense it will be weighed accurately
and fairly so there you go
um our alley the future Workshop was
held last week it was a hoot and we're
going to be refining that plan and I'll
be giving you guys more details once
Elena has a refined plan our Mayors and
Managers Association meeting was at East
Market last week and if you were
impressed with each market before you
were going to be so impressed with 2.0
it's amazing what they're working on
Columbus Brewing Company opens later
this month and it is sweet so not to
sell it too hard I cannot sell it too
hard there's going to be a local Cantina
there's going to be another restaurant
uh that's really cool looking owned by
the same owners local container who
coincidentally just moved to Bexley and
uh some other cool uses in there so
and then we uh I think I mentioned in my
five things four things Friday last last
week that Izzy Carlton who's the Bexley
senior junior senior has been pitching
uh storm drain tags now we do have some
tags on some of our storm drains but
they're not consistent so a kind of a
branded tag that would kind of reminds
people that leaves go to the creek and
there's that's not good for the fish and
so we were working with her and she was
she did a fantastic job pitching
um you could see Andy Bayshore Eric
ashler and Sam
um you know uh it's it's tough to pitch
service guys sometimes and they she did
a great job held her own uh and then we
did celebrate Catholic schools week uh
last week at St Charles and it was great
to have our finest in attendance
um
with a really excellent
series of remarks from a rear Admiral
who came into book so you look kind of
priests like in that photo thank you
yeah well you notice my beautiful red
sweater that's on brand for St Charles
that's not a typical color I just wanted
to call attention to that
very comfortable all right that's all I
have to say any questions
oh one one other thing real quickly Mike
might have had it in his update
um so as you know we've been kind of
exploring active spaces for year of the
parks we've won some we lost some some
of our ideas have fallen flat
but in in a desperate last ditch 11th
Hour attempt to try to figure out a way
to get some sort of skate park
infrastructure in the city
we were doing a kind of punchless walk
through Schneider Park a couple weeks
ago and walking past an area of
um next to the trail kind of between the
fields and the and just as you go north
of the fields I guess there's an
apartment complex there's a trail
there's about a hundred foot swath of of
space it's quite it's 100 feet 80 feet
deep
150 feet long
um so pretty long pretty large space uh
improved with a very small very old
dilapidated playground that doesn't
really get any use and then just kind of
not improved at all and we started to
Envision could this be a place where we
could kind of have like a skate course
where you could have like a couple
things of interest maybe for both bikes
and skateboards and Mike went recently
to a wreck
um for wreck conference and there were
some interesting skate and bike circuits
or playgrounds that are not quite skate
parks but they're sort of like really
fun interactive playgrounds for bikes
and skateboards and so we're exploring
the space we had a great meeting with
skate enthusiasts who have been reaching
out to us for years about it uh and
we're going to be proceeding with uh
looking for a design company just to
kind of see if it is as realistic as it
seems like it might be so we're
exploring that right now that's part of
our year of the parks the skate did
people use the the word dude a lot
during the meeting no we prohibit dude
and we're not saying skatepark it's
Escape playground
they said slay they said slay a lot that
would slay
mm-hmm
okay any questions
here's a question yes Jess
um for the year of the parks are we
still moving forward with a beach
volleyball sand corpse
I have I've had a lot of people very
excited about that I am also very
excited about that okay
do we continue conversation we have we
have been working on due diligence for
it we've done a lot of work figured out
what it does to our equipment in the
pool how much space it takes up what it
would require to put in place next to
the pool it seems like that space we had
looked at next the pool is not going to
work and in fact this afternoon
uh there was kind of a come to the Jesus
meeting where Rec staff really explained
to me why uh it's just not going to work
so uh I am emotionally dealing with that
right now and uh we're gonna we're gonna
move on and figure out our next best
step there's some really exciting
concepts for that same exact space okay
and who knows there could be sand
volleyball
in our future okay did I say that well
Mike
yes you sure did uh I would reiterate
that the rec staff is also interested in
finding a way to make sand volleyball
work
um it takes up almost all of our
additional space on the bottom of the
hill when we put the footprint out so on
the battle on the back side of the pool
so there's concerns about the impact of
losing that space
for the facility for programming that
goes on in the space so
we are still interested in finding a way
to accommodate the sand volleyball now
the the space and location is sort of up
in the air again so we're going to
continue to look at it we're listening
to our experts and we're figuring it out
and I have had the opportunity to drive
by Grand views a lot lately
um as I'm heading that way over to the
new schools and I uh would love to be
continue to be a part of those
conversations
um and then my other question is can you
share with us the address of the capital
building that
um
we've been discussing I don't have the
address of that building that they're
putting up for sale I will get you the
address and it is it is the apartments
right next door right here
those brick apartments right next to
City Hall and I mean one of the reasons
so just
I think we talked about it years ago but
one of the reasons that we
held on to Bexley Square shopping center
is because it has access to the light
and any future development down there
would also probably want access to light
and so it gives us an opportunity to
participate and help out with that
development in a positive way so but I
will get you the actual
legal address
Natalie is taking care of it
anything else
just a thought
um
I noticed that pickleball is the fastest
growing American sport right now is
there any thought to put in an extra
pickleball court or two instead of if
San volleyball doesn't work
yeah there has been some discussion in
general we're keeping an eye on that
we're also having we've had some
conversations with capital if there's
any partnership opportunities there as
well
um so we are keeping an eye on that I'm
also investing heavily in pickleball so
if you're no um
yeah I we're gonna keep an eye because
we are we are saying that that is being
used a ton and we're running out of
space even in the four course that we
have we're also going to continue to
look at you know what other
opportunities there are on that on those
grounds whether it's just to the
just to the west of it or how we utilize
our tennis courts and and also what's
going on with capital so there's some
potential there
lots of addresses roughly 2180 East Main
um the uh but and also we're looking at
I mean there's gonna be a lot of ping
pong in Bexley you guys might find in
some of our projects so there's
definitely room for a ping pong table or
two in the space that we're looking for
the sand volleyball you take what you
can
so everyone should maybe we can get a
sponsor for a year the parks branded
ping pong paddles
get those out there
yeah
the mustard matcha mustard yeah maybe
raffle graphical earnings could maybe
fund it the raffle fund of the Bexley
Community Foundation
anything else
sorry Mr President if I droned on for
too long that's
good good uh conversation there
um I think we are on to ordinances with
visiting presenters and Mr Fishel I
think you jump in here all right so we
have a resolution 1-23 to amend the
Jeffrey Mansion alcohol policy framework
introduced by Ms sod on 124-23
yes so
um
we are on to our second uh reading of
this Mike price is here tonight to
present
um to us more on this resolution
so I'm going to let Mr Price take it
from here thanks Jess yeah first of all
thanks for having me it's nice to be
here I'm glad we don't have you by Zoom
tonight Mike I appreciate inviting me to
visit
um but I want to take uh uh Council a
little bit through the process for the
recommendations for these amendments to
the alcohol framework
um a little history the alcohol
framework was originally passed I think
in 2012 when we added alcohol to Jeffrey
Mansion prior to that we didn't have
alcohol was not permitted for private
rentals 2019 it was amended uh to
account for the new space as part of the
expansion and create rules and
regulations around the Carriage Court
space recognizing at the time that we
are taking a space from 120 to 175
participants
um we're also moving that activity to
the north end of the building which is
closer to Residence in the area uh than
where it is in the what we call the
Jeffrey house the original space and so
in that process we had a lot of public
workshops uh And discussing how to best
set policy up around the new space
alcohol framework was a piece of that
um
we were very as we were in 2012 I think
we were very sort of cautious in our
approach to setting rules and policies
uh with the idea that we wanted to
really get a good sense of what was
going on how that use pattern worked
um what worked what didn't work
um and adjust from there as we did
frankly in 2012. we're now here two
years past uh two years of experience
with the new space we started sorting I
think it was more like March of 2021 so
nearly two years of experience in the
new space and we've gained a lot of
knowledge and understanding how the
space was used we have a lot of
information about rental patterns and
issues frankly which where there were
none of
um and as a result of that it made sense
to reevaluate the framework with the
idea of of expanding opportunity for
Access frankly for our community and for
the Greater Columbus area there are some
smaller pieces of this framework that we
need to that we're recommending
adjustments to and we'll get into that
but the bigger pieces are it really is
about access
um and making sure that our residents
and their families and friends and the
Greater Columbus area have a little more
access than what we currently have
um so taking you through
um just a quick uh sort of update um
the Jeffrey Mansion Carriage Court from
2122 rental history had 39 paid rentals
over 50 total events 17 of which were
alcohol
um so we average about eight and a half
in the first two years eight and a half
alcohol events uh per year
um we're currently approved based on the
policy to have 24. two alcohol events a
month
24 for the year
um
uh so we you can you know right away you
can tell there's obviously
um space for growth Within uh within the
policy
um and so we want to part of this is
addressing uh reducing some of those
limited limiting factors that allow us
to maximize our our access
um
uh during the first two years in the
over 50 events in the new space we did
not have one single reported issue
um during that time we had one reported
issue of Amplified music outside it
happened to be involved with a Jeffrey
house uh rental and it was you know a
group that wasn't following existing
policy about not having Amplified music
outside and it was addressed um but it
didn't involve The Carriage Court space
um in terms of going through the there's
more there's four essentially four
within this resolution four recommended
changes to the framework one is to
create an exemption on the end time for
the alcohol events on holidays second
one is to remove the Bexley resident
requirement for Carriage Court alcohol
event rentals the third one is remove
the limitation on the number of monthly
Carriage Court alcohol event rentals and
the fourth one is to modify security
provisions to allow for security staff
to cover events when uh vaccine police
officers are not available and provide
more flexibility for rec staff and
determining which alcohol events
actually should require security so real
quick I'll go into those just to give
you an idea of the the thought process
this has all been approved I think we
we've mentioned this before this all has
been approved by the rec board at our I
think it was our January meeting
um and but I'll go through really
quickly the thought process on this
exemption to end time for events held on
holidays currently uh the framework uh
says alcohol events have to finish by 11
30 on weekends and 11 o'clock on
weekdays this past year New Year's Eve
fell on a Saturday uh so we couldn't
theoretically have a New Year's rental
that went till midnight
um so that's that's the area in which I
expect that to have the biggest impact
but that's uh you know a minimal number
of events in which it'll it'll probably
impact the the rentals but to have the
flexibility sort of make sense in that
situation
um
uh we again we don't anticipate this
having a huge impact on the number of
rentals or a lot of events going past 11
30 but having that flexibility just
makes sense
um remove any questions on them I guess
the first one as to the rationale yes
who determines the exemption
it would mean that holidays and in
general would not be held to the 11 30
at the time so it's okay so it's not a
case-by-case basis it's just no it would
yeah now
we've had we had discussions about in
all likelihood and the internal policy
would be that those events would have to
end by one o'clock and we wouldn't go
past that but this gives us the
flexibility
like what are their holidays like are
you thinking about I mean New Year's is
obvious but what has come up
that's the main one um you know you
could make an argument for some of the
uh you know like Memorial Day
um Labor Day as being you know an event
that goes on a Sunday maybe it goes a
little bit later
honestly that's the one that's that's
the one that we're really focusing on
um in which it makes sense and in which
going past 11 30 is sort of primary to
the event that they're having and that
one obviously goes to midnight or past
midnight like how many other events like
go to midnight or past midnight
currently no alcohol events do because
they're not allowed to yeah the event
doesn't at all is that what you're
saying correct I see correct uh in terms
of you know non-alco events we have the
the high school graduation party goes to
two o'clock I think actually okay
um but right now we we don't have the
ability to have them go any later in 11
30.
all right and
moving on to the next to the next moving
uh the Bexley resident requirement
um currently alcohol Reynolds of the
Carriage Court space are limited of
extra resin only so this is removing
that
um limitation we estimate that over half
of our alcohol rentals uh in the
Carriage Court have actually been done
by Bexley residents on behalf of
non-residents so we we're fully aware
that non-meds are getting access now
oftentimes that may be a family member
that doesn't live in Bexley
um obviously they're generally close
connections but we know that you know
we're having non-residents that are
using the space and obviously uh it's
it's an amenity for our residents to
have access to be able to do that
um
uh based on our rental history capacity
for rental space for Bexley residents
has not been reached so one of the other
reasons to have that
that rule in place was to ensure that
our residents had access to this amenity
that you know both private and and
public dollars were spent on on building
and uh as we talked about earlier there
there is still capacity for rentals and
so the idea of opening up to
non-non-residents were not at this point
concerned that will limit access for our
residents to the space
um
uh our experience with the alcohol
Reynolds does not show any you know
there's no difference in terms of the
impact to the space that we've seen from
residents and non-residents obviously on
the Jeffrey house we allow non-residents
to rent it for alcohol events so we've
got a lot of experience with residents
and non-residents alike running the
space and there's no discernible
difference in terms of the impact on the
facility uh it's being cared for fairly
well by all all users of the space
um uh and obviously you know this
restriction greatly impacts our ability
to maximize the facility uh you go from
whatever 1.1 1.2 million people in
Greater Columbus area down to 14 000 in
Bexley uh you really limit our our
capacity for
um maximizing the space and generating
revenue and providing opportunities Sam
yeah thank you very much uh can there be
an audit performed perhaps on that after
about a year the one thing is that I I
understand tend to agree with you that
we want to open it up to the Greater
Community outside of Bexley however that
being said I don't want back to the
residents being shut out necessarily so
is there if we do this can we almost get
a promise to perform an audit at around
the same time end of next year as to who
used it and where they came from just so
we're making sure that our residents
have access yeah happy doing audit I
also say so you're aware we will have
internal policies that aren't going to
the framework level but have it allows
residents to rent it further out than
non-residents so they'll have first
access to rent mental as well so there
will be policies in place that help
protect that as well but yes I'm happy
to announce it after
thank you sure
any questions on that
all right the um limitation on the
number of monthly alcohol rentals um
with over 50 Carriage Court rentals we
have not first of all we haven't
experienced any reported issues or
concerns so that's good
um many of our rentals are seasonal in
nature so by having two per month we
lose a lot of flexibility we have a lot
of months that will get maxed out sort
of your your wedding season and months
that don't have any events and so the
idea that we could even come close
hitting our 24 becomes really difficult
uh recognize that January and February
are very light on rentals regardless
um so that restriction is has been
really difficult
um it's also as a result of that it's
limited access for our residents because
uh any any month in which we reached our
Max is a month that our resident lose
lose opportunities to use the space
um over the past two years we estimated
that between uh the resident requirement
and the two events per month Max that
we've lost out on 33 rentals all right
that's that's the number that we're we
you know we we try to track as best we
can there's no way to know for sure
whether they would follow through with
that rental
um and that's you know obviously
understanding that we haven't really
spent time promoting the space outside
of our community because it's limited to
our residents so
um you know you yeah I I feel very
confident that we would see a pretty
decent amount of growth if uh especially
if the non-resident access were to be
expanded and we started to promote in in
areas in which non-residents would hear
about the space
yes do you guys have a plan for that
kind of promotion outside of Bexley is
there any framework existing to to do
that
yeah I can't say that we have a fully uh
developed plan but we have ideas and
areas in which we would promote uh
outside
going back to your point of
um residents can book it farther out
than non-residents what is that duration
or time frame do you have you or is that
yeah we are we're we're looking at
adjusting it all together in terms of
what we're seeing in in terms of how far
out people are booking right now we're
working off a year we're looking at
expanding that in general to maybe two
years for residents and uh potentially
18 months for non-residents but we
haven't finalized that but there will be
there will be a distinction between when
residents have access versus
non-residents okay
so pretty is that pretty common like
that's two years like a lead time for
booking events well that's what that's
what we're seeing more of now uh
historically we've only been out a year
so um we're looking at adjusting that
based on what we're seeing which is a
lot of people booking even even outside
of that
planners I guess planners
yeah
like
a couple of questions my first was why
unlimited versus say like doubling it
conservatively from like 24 to 48.
um that that's an approach as well I
think we had conversations about that at
Rec board if we wanted to still put a
limit on it we could I guess uh
from my perspective we haven't had
issues right so um we haven't we haven't
run into issues
um at the space we haven't had issues
with how the space is being treated or
the impact on the facility
um it has not impacted our programming
internally and we haven't received
negative feedback from the neighborhood
right so
um we could take a another step sort of
in that approach and and you know not
have unlimited and have like to your
point maybe it's 48 and it doesn't
matter how many are in each month but
it's 48 for the years you know we can
have discussion if that makes sense to
do that I guess I would just say at this
point we haven't had issues that would
say hey maybe we should still sort of
slow walk this forward
thank you um my next question was if we
go unlimited what kinds of additional
demands and responsibilities and burdens
is that going to place on staff whether
it's communication organizing monitoring
acting as the go-between yeah that's a
great question I appreciate that
question
um you know we are we're lucky that we
hired a event coordinator uh when we
opened this space
um uh Lauren Miller does a fantastic job
with it
um obviously her uh workload would
increase uh we you know we feel like
she's got the capacity to do that
um we have to see how to what level that
happens right to whether we go from you
know eight and a half alcohol events a
year to 30.
um and you know whether or not we need
to think about a you know potentially a
part-time position that maybe Works
underneath her to help facilitate some
of that
um uh those are things that we've
discussed internally understanding that
there may be a large increase to the
uh to the demand on her time
um so we'll have to keep a close eye on
that I I will say the the finances of
that if we saw that sort of increase
would obviously pencil out pretty well
um given that this is uh you know the
rental space is uh from a financial
standpoint does does well relative to
the costs associated with each one of
those events uh but yeah that'll be
something that we'll have to keep an eye
on
um you know we'll have to look at her
position in general about where that
fits
um uh and whether or not we need to add
additional support for what's that mean
Mike pencil out well
well uh so you know we like like a a
program that we run this is one of the
reasons we were really intentional about
our rental policies to focus on weekends
and not encroach on weekdays but if you
look like at a yoga program our our net
positive on a yoga program is very our
margins are very minimal right it's 25
of the costs of the program comes back
to the the department
uh a rental at the building
um
May cost uh the renter and our our fees
and our preferred caters might equate to
three to four thousand dollars in a a
given event
um our expense on that is
much lower I mean obviously there's wear
and tear on the building there's a lot
of other things but our direct costs
associated with running that event
Lauren's time uh maintenance staff being
there uh there's much uh there's a much
bigger um
margin on that than there are a bunch of
the other programs and offerings that we
have and so the idea that if we if we
add a whole bunch of rentals
um uh we would be able to afford uh some
of the additional support that might be
needed to
take care of that and you know and I I
think the way Monique is asking that
question is like maybe you could even
ask it another way which is you know two
events per month and this is seasonal so
if we've got like May and June you know
and what number if you're asking us to
say unlimited are you comfortable with
having unlimited is that going to jump
from two to six could it jump from 2 to
20 are there like is there a number
where you would say like whoa hold on
maybe this is problematic
well I guess the first thing I would say
to that in terms of the timing of
adjusting to that is we're talking about
events that happen a year or two years
out right so sure so we will have the
ability to sort of gauge what's going on
without understanding without it
happening the next day right so
um you know if we're seeing huge jumps
and we're recognizing that 2024 is going
to see twice as many events or three
times as many events and we need to
adjust we'll have a little bit of lead
time to be able to accomplish that so
that's one of the things that makes me
feel more comfortable with it
um yeah I mean
we will need we will constantly be
adjusting to the information we're
getting and if we're seeing issues based
on the amount of of events that are
going on in there then we can adjust
that now there are other fail safes so
to speak in terms of the way we operate
we're not doing multiple events at the
same time we're limiting it to Friday
Saturday Sunday so there are other sort
of things in place that don't change as
a result of this that will limit
um how much is going on in that building
we generally have not had more than one
event even in a day right we've sort of
taken the the approach and those are
other ways to even expand further right
would be to say we're going to have a
block time in the morning and a block
time in the afternoon now we can get two
events in on a Saturday instead of one
we've we've so there's some things in
place that sort of can we can sort of
still ease into it regardless of what
the changes to this policy
um allow us to do Jen
how often over the course of the last
two years have there been multiple
rentals on a weekend like where you are
booked that for that Friday Saturday and
Sunday or just even twice
so in the Jeffrey house it would happen
fairly regularly it does happen fairly
regularly we we took a slower approach
to it with this base in part because we
had a limited number of events anyway
right
um and a limited demand as a result of
some of these restrictions but also
understanding that you know the cost for
the Jeffrey houses is much more I'm
sorry for the carriage score is much
more expensive than Jeffrey house with
those costs become a different
expectation from the end user uh and so
we've been a little more careful about
trying to butt up events next to each
other and then end up with you know
people that didn't have a good
experience right
um so it really has not been in
I'd have to double check on this but I
don't know that we have had any
back-to-back same-day events in the
carriage what about even in like an
event on Friday and then an event on
Saturday have there there have been
there have been examples of those uh not
a lot uh you know obviously Saturday is
our biggest day sure Sunday is is
structured in a way
um that is allows for an hourly rental
and allows uh this was an intentional
thing during the process was to make
sure that you know we talked we talked
about how the the cost of this space on
a Saturday is is not insignificant and
uh Sunday we've we have an hourly rate
that allows for smaller events to happen
um so when it does happen usually it's a
bigger event on a Saturday and a smaller
event on a Sunday uh when it happens but
it that doesn't even happen a lot either
great thing just because of the way it's
structured and how people use the space
any other questions on that
all right the last one is uh modify
security uh provisions and um
I want to be clear on this one too from
the get-go obviously Safety and Security
for for our community our neighborhood
for the facility is still obviously
going to be Paramount there are a couple
things that we've run into a couple
issues we've run into as it relates to
uh the way that policy is written and
how it impacts rentals uh the current
language of the policy uh states that
has to be a police officer what we have
found over the last couple years
um is a couple issues that that's caused
is it in terms of our process the renter
is made aware that they have to have an
officer they go to the Bexley Police
Department that's where they start it
goes through them uh Bexley police if
they can fill the position or fill the
event does if they can't they kick it on
to Franklin County who then provides uh
police officers now that all happens
with the renter talking with them
separately from us okay but they
understand that that's a responsibility
um and we obviously follow up to make
sure they have officers lined up and
everything's set to go
um what we have found is uh oftentimes
it's been difficult uh for a myriad of
reasons that uh to get a Bexley police
officer to cover the event so a lot of
events have been kicked over to Franklin
County Franklin County has a policy that
requires for these events that they will
always send to officers those costs are
all passed along to the renter
um so when they send two officers I
think their latest uh which is just an
increase is 65 dollars per hour per
officer uh that cost I think our
backseat officers at 55 right now I'd
have to double check that but
um that cost goes from 55 an hour for a
renter uh to a hundred and thirty
dollars an hour for a renter and that's
happening a lot and it's creating a a
significant cost impact on our renters
uh that is a
we've gotten a lot of negative feedback
and or uh has prevented renders from
even wanting to move forward with events
or where they'll call us and they'll
back out of events
um so that's one of the issues that
we've been dealing with right because of
the way that it's written the other
issue that we deal with because of the
rate that's written it doesn't provide
for any flexibility
um for our staff is that any alcohol
event has to have a police officer
um which makes sense sounds all well and
good until you have a shower with 25
people uh and it's a wedding shower baby
shower and they want to have a toast of
champagne
um and they go well I have to spend
another you know 100 bucks times three
hours or four hours I spent another four
or five hundred dollars on an event it
just doesn't make sense for us to either
have it there or to have a toast of
champagne and we don't have the
flexibility to say yeah that you know it
sort of doesn't make sense that alcohol
should drive the officer in this
situation
um and so allowing us allowing our
administrative staff to have some
flexibility to identify those events
that would require officers based on the
type of event the expectation of alcohol
consumption as opposed to just saying if
there's alcohol we have to have an
officer uh is something else that we're
asking for within the context of that
now in terms of the
um uh police officer we want to also
take that language off and say security
understanding that if the Bexley police
officers can't fill it that we can also
look at a private security firm to fill
it as opposed to going to the county and
spending uh you know two times as much
Plus on rentals
um so those are the changes that we're
looking at from a security standpoint
Sam yes thank you very much uh in terms
of security obviously there's varying
levels uh are you going to have
preferred vendors that you accept as
security people or can they just put
somebody in a black shirt that says
security call them security save some
money I just want to make sure we're
protecting the facility as a whole yep
we would um our expectation twofold is a
we would still go through back CPD they
would have first right of refusals that
would be our primary for any security
needs would still go through vaccinepd
in the event that they couldn't we would
contract with a private security firm
that we work with and that we set up
expectations we work to try to have the
same you know a handful of people that
are coming out so they're not new to the
facility and understand expectations so
we we will be responsible for making
sure that they go through a preferred
vendor for that perfect thank you
so with that I guess I'll open up any
questions
um obviously the resolution reflects
there's there's four different sections
of the resolution
um there is a I don't think it's
on the agenda but there is a version of
a markup version of the actual framework
which shows where those changes occur
um but that's that's the the rationale
for the recommendations to change to the
framework
thanks Mike comments or questions uh Mr
Klingler I I know we received an email
from a resident who was
um completely in favor of this which I
appreciated have you heard anything
otherwise for many neighbors I know we
as Council haven't got anything at least
I haven't
um to the group but have you I have not
um I I think I probably received a
similar email with the same email from
the resident that you you're you guys
received
um I other than the resident that was
here
um at the last meeting just asked a
question about it I I met with her
afterwards just to update her on kind of
what was going on
um she didn't indicate any concerns at
that point she just she said we haven't
had any problems but she received the
notice and so just had just want to know
what it was all about
um no I haven't I haven't received any
we we went through our process sent out
letters to 500 you know 500 foot radius
I I'm aware that some of at least I know
that that letter got out because I know
some residents in the area that received
it I assume they all got it
um I haven't I have not received any
calls concerns at this point at all
that's good and it's reassuring to know
that you guys are managing the process
so well not over burdening yourselves
and you will in the future
um appreciate that thanks
it
was not really a question more out of
the comment
um all of you know all of you know where
I live
so you know that I am probably one of
the three closest residents did we
mention
um the only time that I
note
anything going on at the Mansion is when
your heart apart
I've never had
I don't even know that there's an event
going on
there are and you don't
hear anything having issues with it
um ironically
um my mother is also a close resident
and enough that she got he said hey what
is this what what's what's going on and
I explain the whole thing because they
just do everything right there so just
tell them to have that but you know um I
think that
um Mike and the mayor will will recall
that when we were starting to create
this framework for the carriage house we
did have a family he was like
contributed to making that
happened and they were super super
disappointed with how conservative
um the right department and the city
and those of you who were on council
with me remember that
that we really were actually pretty
excited that the policy was tip-toeing
us into the use of this facility
um and
they did and
you know I I think in our in our hearts
we knew that that was gonna it wouldn't
we would have a positive outcome but in
our head we were saying yeah let's just
be careful so thank you for being
careful and thank you for bringing this
back to us and I think that there will
be much like the the resident who who
wrote to all of us there will be a lot
of residents who have been thrilled
okay I would also point out to one of
your comments I think during I think
this happened during the time mayor
correct me if I'm wrong
um I think when we first started this at
the time we had parking that was
permitted on both sides of uh Parkview
uh which we did change as we sort of saw
the impact of having parking on both
sides so we now only have parking on the
park side along that stretch which I
think has helped with the the impact of
parking on the street and and the
congestion that that might cause so yeah
ready
um are there any more questions from
Council
or
yeah we're still we're still in the
middle of the questions okay
Mike I had two more questions the first
was do we maybe need to take out
um the closet says the annual event
limitation does not include community
events blah blah blah since we'd
effectively be
making it unlimited
I'm looking at page two of the framework
yeah that would make sense okay and then
my next question is more for attorney
fischerel I know ordinances go into
effect 30 days
after unless it's emergency language is
the same true with resolutions
yes it does
scream yeah
Mike should we should we yes yes Mike do
you do you have any 30 days unless we
have emergency language in it yeah and
as a follow-up to that is there any
reason that we would want this to maybe
go into effect sooner than 30 days
I would assume
it might
exactly but go ahead but since these
rentals are happening out in the future
we could still rent we could still rent
in well let's say it passes we could
rent in October three events uh and
approved that in February before this
rule has changed understanding that it
won't impact us until October that's
correct so because of that I don't think
there would be a reason to need to go to
emergency
how to follow up on what lorian is
saying there because I just remember in
2019 you know there was we really took a
lot of time thinking about this and
discussing it uh we were very cautious
as you say and there were people on both
sides of the issue that felt you know
there were a lot of concerns and
everything and I just think for me
the the most reassuring thing is that
now we've gone through this period of
you know what three years or whatever uh
and seeing you know that there there
haven't been problems with this uh I
feel you know
uh asking questions tonight the same way
I feel you know super comfortable that
we're really uh putting safeguards in
here but also uh loosening up this
policy enough to allow you know really
maximum participation from the community
which I think is maybe uh you know a big
concern of ours right we want we want
people to be able to use this property
and and the asset that it is in the city
so uh thanks for coming and presenting
this
um and for giving us that information
and I think likewise we could think
about loosening up the alcohol policy at
the fibo residence too because as you
say no no problems at either of those
any other questions comments yes yeah I
just wanted to make um a quick comment
on resolution 1-2-3 since I've been a
part of this with Mike as the chair of
Rec board
um or of recreation so you did a great
job due diligence as you always you have
transparency and reaching out to the
community so I wanted to commend you and
uh park and rec on that wanted to remind
Council that this has gone in front of
our rec board a handful of times and the
record just approved everything as Mike
spoke to earlier in that January meeting
a lot of the questions that came up
tonight from Council
um I think you guys should feel good
about were similar to what the rec board
brought up were questions that they had
as well when they came to the conclusion
on what they wanted to have presented to
us tonight so great conversations Mike
thank you so much for bullet pointing
everything up here for the people who
are here tonight and people who will
want to view this in the future because
I think that transparency is key I was
not an elected official when this came
in front of council last time in 2019
but I was running and I remember this
coming up during my campaign and Troy
and lorian thank you so much for
speaking to that because I do remember a
couple different conversations on both
sides but I think like anything when
something's new people it just knew so
there's different opinions but now I
think you guys did a great job of being
conservative and um and recapping what
was and what is and how we could better
utilize a facility that is beneficial to
our community as well to our park and
rec and financially beneficial to the
city so great job I also wanted to just
commend you on getting the Letters Out
to the 500 feet I wanted to remind
Council that that goes way above and
beyond I I believe it's standard to do
200 for residential 300 for commercial
and I just really appreciate making sure
that that has been out there that this
is going through three readings so it's
giving the community the opportunity to
give feedback and again transparency and
get an opportunity to speak to it if you
want you've done a really great job so
thank you
thanks Mike a reminder that this is a
second reading so have the third reading
two weeks from tonight and of course
public still invited to provide
commentary up until then and that
evening as well
that's official I think you can move us
all right we are on to the consent
agenda which is the 2020 124 2023
minutes of City Council
any comment or question on the consent
agenda
comment or question from the audience on
the consent agenda
I will make a motion to adopt the
consent agenda can I get a second please
second second by Mr Klingler Mr mcpeek
Mr Marcelino yes Mr Markham yes Assad
yes Miss feibel yes Miss Robinson yes Mr
Klingler yes and Miss lamke yes consent
agenda passes Mr Fishel all right we
have no third readings but we're rapidly
moving to that in that direction
um we have several second readings uh
first we have a ordinance 1-23 to
appropriate 61 924 to pay school Revenue
sharing based on 2021 payroll taxes
collected from tenants of Bexley Gateway
that was introduced by Ms lamkey
thank you as previously stated this will
simply reopen the purchase order to
appropriate that money
mayor do you have anything to add to
that
no well synopsized only that we received
the income in the form of income taxes
and it's Our obligation to pay half of
it to the school district
and there's only one more year remaining
on that on that statutory obligation
excellent comments or questions
would anyone be opposed to putting this
on the consent agenda a next meeting
all right there you go Natalie
all right so I guess we're moving to a
second reading of ordinance 2-23 to
appropriate 441 220 from the road and
Ali Ali fund and to pay for the
uncompleted portion of the 2022 Drexel
Avenue and granite and Avenue
Improvement project introduced by Ms
lamke
thank you at our last meeting the mayor
went over a little more in depth about
this project
um mayor do you have anything to add to
this one tonight
no it's just reappropriating uh
previously appropriated funds
any questions from Council
is anyone opposed to putting this on the
consent agenda at our next meeting
all right Natalie you can add that one
Mr Klingler
um we uh agreed to put ordinance 123 on
the consent agenda for next time do you
have any objection I do not okay
okay on the second reading of ordinance
3-23 to establish a special fund
designated the North Columbia and South
Remington Road improvements fund to
record all revenue and expenses
associated with the North Columbia and
South Remington Road Project to
appropriate four million 969 075 from
this fund to pay for the cost of the
project that was introduced by Ms Lemke
thank you with the last meeting I think
the mayor referenced that this does
include water and maybe some sewer as
well mayor do you want to clarify that
yes this is so this is a water line
replacement there will be a little bit
of sewer work associated with it and
also Street resurfacing through South
Remington Road between Maine and
Livingston as well as North Columbia and
North of Broad Street
um yes just primarily so that President
Markham can look at us over his front
lawn at a nicely
finished Street just kidding well it is
true though right the application
precedes presidency it's a joke bad joke
I'm sorry about that
um water lines as you know many of us
like the alcohol policy in excess of 100
years old and uh they routinely break
when they get that old and they need
replacement so it's part of our
infrastructure replacement program it's
a a combination Grant and zero interest
loan project
the great thing about this
um this resources if we spend less than
that
4.969075 Engineers estimate then uh it
increases our grant percentage
effectively so we have less that we're
borrowing so
I'm not saying that's going to happen
I'm saying that's an if sometimes it
does happen we'll see this will also I
think one another exciting piece of this
it's a little bit in addition to being
our standard project it will also be
assisting uh with the Commonwealth Park
Columbia interface that's uh due for
later this year
awesome thank you for that additional
detail any questions from Council
as we like to say this is always this is
a good deal isn't it it's a good one
good deal for us it has to do with Road
improvements but it's not this ordinance
can I you want to wait till the end or
can I ask you now
uh Drexel do we have any when is that
going to start back up again as soon as
you pass ordinance 223 right above it
that it'll kick off then so that means
what are we going to start construction
is what I'm getting at the it's the
spring uh once the concrete plants open
back up so March April yeah all right
effective
okay no questions how do folks feel
about putting this on the consent agenda
next meeting anyone opposed to that
any objections to the consent agenda
item
all right Natalie another one for you
all right we are moving on to a second
reading of ordinance 4-23 to amend
section 262.02 C3 holidays introduced by
Ms Lemke
thank you um you may recall that not too
long ago Council passed the prior
ordinance giving some discretion for the
mayor to give our employees up to four
hours of additional time off uh
immediately proceeding or following a
holiday due to some dates for I believe
this past calendar year upcoming
calendar year he felt it necessary to
maybe give a little more flexibility and
to allow him to give quote additional
time rather than
tying it to those holidays mayor do you
want to add anything to that synopsize
it beautifully the two holidays in
question New Year's Eve and Christmas
Eve that depending on where they fall on
the on the week might not make sense to
provide that full day off in in addition
to some extra time off so
okay things and it also brings it align
with what our Union uh arrangements are
any questions from Council
are we okay with putting this one on the
consent agenda
yep okay special we're going to make you
eat those words about the third reading
Natalie that's four
four all right thank you
all right so now we are on to a first
reading of ordinance
5-23 to certify assessments for the
repair of sanitary sewer lines where the
work was not done by the owner after
being ordered by the city in accordance
with Bexley code Bexley code section
1490.15 b4a or Bexley code section 14
92.04 B1 and it was necessary to do the
work and assess the owner MS lamke
thank you as you know from time to time
Council has to pass these ordinances
regarding certain assessments
this one's a relatively short list of
Assessments uh and I think going forward
at least for the second and third
reading it's possible that some of these
may change or get modified or maybe get
dropped off if they are paid mayor is
that correct yes
I'm just checking I think we're off here
are we off 5 23 isn't that a first
reading yeah but it's a first reading we
we are going to the zoning because it's
not being introduced is gonna have a
different number okay so it bumped this
one down to five okay
and got it
um
so I actually it's it's funny I was so
focused on the structuring of this one
table here that I didn't really read the
title
um Mr Fishel we'll need to modify this
title because it's not actually
it's not section one's not accurate it
the this is our sewer Loan program so
the property wasn't ordered to do
anything it was part of our sewer line I
was wondering that when I when I read it
we just section section two that is
accurate but section one that is not
accurate so section one Natalie it was
legit it was my bad no my bad I didn't
read that part I was just focused on the
numbers making sure they were accurate
you know we don't want to assess people
the wrong numbers so okay that part's
good um section one just needs a little
bit different verbiage section two is
appropriate section two has to do with
code enforcement violations
um and you can see there's a string of
them uh where where work was done after
after uh being ordered and nothing
happened so it will be assessed section
one of the verbiage will change the the
numbers are the same these are two
properties that have participated in our
sewer loan remediation program
um
and voluntarily of their own will and
volition
any questions from Council sounds like
well we'll make some amendments uh at
the next one okay
okay
oops all right
um and then we are did we have do we
have questions or comments on that one
if not I think we're at table ordinances
we have action on tabled ordinances
tonight
just a quick update to let you know that
thanks to lots of Staff participation I
want to especially thank Natalie for
becoming a whiz at bidding and RFP
requirements uh we are very close to
actually publicizing that RFP for
ordinance 3522 okay
excellent
what else Mr Marcelino in regards to
um the tabled ordinance here uh 4822 I
did want to take it off the table but
mayor I don't see the version that we
discussed it with the increased
penalties and I noticed that but I was
hoping it would update but
so great so we had a we had a great do
you want to synopsize the conference
call Sam and I'll just say that I I was
waiting to hear feedback from the board
of Health's attorney first before we
okay I'm fine with waiting until the
next meeting
um let's let's take it off the table to
discuss okay yeah let's take it off the
table for a moment um in general I do
plan to place this back on the table
then until we hear back uh but I plan on
taking it right back off of the next
meeting we had a great meeting with the
uh well motion to take it off motion to
uh yeah motion to bring uh 48 22 off the
table by Mr Marcelino second seconded by
Ms fiebel all in favor say aye
aye I'll pose the same sign now
just to go over a few things in regards
to what's encapsulated with it again
many communities around central Ohio
have passed these they've actually
passed a flavor bin a while back so we
were still in the Forefront of that but
there's still that allows for mint
products and some other things including
Menthol products that we want to get rid
of my concern was that it still didn't
seem very strong underneath the penalty
section if I'm a retailer and I'm a
nefarious retailer and I want to violate
this ordinance and sell to minors uh 500
doesn't seem like a big barrier to me
and so I wanted to increase our
penalties to not only include now a ban
upon mint and uh or the remaining flavor
products but also a stronger penalty for
retailers that violate our ordinance and
turn into more of a three-strike system
with increased Financial penalties as
well we've met with them we proposed
them they seem on board for as strong as
we want to go so I also don't want to go
too far to where we completely
remove any interest from retailers to
sell what they're allowed to but I just
want to make sure we're as strict as we
can be here and so I think we have that
proposed I believe I'll just throw it
out there the recommendation on my part
is a one thousand dollar fine the first
time the second violation will include a
uh 36 month ban on selling plus twenty
five hundred dollars of a fine
um and then finally you will just be
your your license will be removed I look
at this is that a license
um is not a right uh and for for them
it's something that uh that they must
follow our rules upon and I just of
course blanked on the word that I want
to use but that's where we'll be at so
that'll get you thinking about it look
for the updated one once the mayor
clarifies and we'll go from there yeah I
just want to clarify what you said I I
think you said a 36 month ban sorry for
30 day band in a 36 month period right
yes brother thank you
comments or questions and it is your
intent to introduce these amendments uh
once somebody tells me or not violating
the Constitution I'm good to go I will
be happy to do so
alone
we can work it out this side uh Mr
Marcelino the language that you've come
up with where were you inspired with
those fines
uh bank accounts I'm looking at those
numbers and I just don't see them as
barriers and again I'm just thinking
about if you're a person that's going to
sell to a minor
you might be able to make 500 up by you
know within one weekend of the Middle
School finding out that you'll sell to a
minor so you have to make it somewhere
where it actually hurts them and in my
opinion I actually wanted to go bigger
but I was pulled back a little bit just
added to make sure that I don't
completely you know scare away a
potential uh business partner of the
Chamber of Commerce because of a mistake
but a mistake should be more than just a
slap on the rest of my opinion so just
just to clarify then like these are
these are these aren't based on another
legislation that you found these are
your own these are an increase upon what
was presented upon other communities uh
again I think they were in I think it
was 750 and like 1500 and then they had
another level and then finally a band
and I just think
by the time we're talking free
violations in three years we're just
talking about somebody not taking the
appropriate steps
um and so I just don't know why we
should continue to have to uh put up
with that when it's very clear this is
detrimental to teach children in our
community Sorry Miss sun and then second
question and thank you for doing your
due diligence on this is um the
retailers that you spoke to
were who oh the retail I I don't speak
to retailers I'm just looking here as a
whole I don't I mean this is what we
want to promulgate to an extent so their
feedback to me if whether my fines are
too high you don't have to worry about
as long as you don't violate it
shouldn't be an issue so the fines are
sorry I misunderstood I thought yeah no
no I spoke with a Franklin County Board
of Health and they basically said that I
consider you know when I theoretically
if I'm proposing this or we as a council
can set it as high as low or high or low
as we want great
Jen I have to say um I was thrilled two
years ago when we passed the original
ordinance and this just is it makes it
that much stronger it it shows how
important we think this issue is and I
am incredibly grateful that you took a
harder look and you said okay the
atmosphere is right and the time is
right and we're going to do this so
thanks for looking at it and I'm excited
to to support you in this
um one thing can you go down to section
three currently section three says it's
going to be implemented the earliest
period Allowed by law
does doesn't make sense to have a longer
period
um because this is I mean again it's
still illegal but but doesn't make the
sense to have a longer period or do we
talk about that I thought we did too
all right
I thought we'd there was some in there
too but I can't remember okay okay
was it yeah it was it was January 20
yeah January 1st 2024. well they're just
allowing them time to sell off to it
legally you know to them
Matt you gotta turn your microphone on
stop leaning back like that
uh any more questions comments
Sam you gotta do something with us uh I
moved to place ordinance
48 22 Back upon the table until we get
clearance from legal counsel for the
Frank County Board of Health second
to place it back on the table seconded
by Mr Klingler
um we just we can say I right all in
favor say aye I I'll post same sign
thank you
any uh no more action on table
ordinances uh we are at committee
reports
first up tonight Jessica Saad
thank you
um just wanted to remind
um everyone what mayor Kessler spoke to
earlier that coming up on March 6th we
will have a year of the parks Community
Workshop this will allow the community
to come together at City Hall and
discuss Commonwealth Park Community this
is from 6 to 7 30. it's a three-part
Workshop it will also discuss Columbia
projects design Commonwealth Park
Arboretum and pond update and also an
update on the Commonwealth Park master
plan which was approved back in 2018. so
I hope to be there and I hope to see
some of my council members there as well
thank you Miss fiebel service
[Music]
last week was closet cleaning week at
our house and
um yes I do repurpose all of my all of
my Wares
and
anyway
um but uh
it's very interesting because
repurposing is not Recycling and do you
know about how much
um how much clothing
um is recycled actually
um is only like one percent of all the
clothing
um the fashion industry is uh causes
deforestation
um because land is cleared for grazing
animals that produce leather wool and
other products
um deforestation and over grazing can
cause these uh soil degradation
um with this habit loss and pollution
from production in the fashion industry
also causes loss of biodiversity
um one of the one of the facts I found
really interesting is
how many liters of water
do you think it takes to make a pair of
jeans
one pair
five
three thousand seven hundred and eighty
one liters of water to make one pair of
jeans for the production of the cotton
to delivery of the finished garment to
the store textile manufacturing uses 20
percent of the world's clean water each
you've never know what a leader is
all right that was for you Sam okay he
probably doesn't wear jeans
very slanty
you got some work for us tonight in the
finance committee
um mayor do we have some uh purchase
orders to approve
do we have per do we have uh
we have two do we know do we have the
details on this
not on me were they
oh well we talked about it on Friday we
did yeah we definitely did give me one
moment you agreed to it give me one
moment I will be right back
we talked about that
and Billy Joel
how about if we uh let's move to safety
and health committee say Marcelino
yeah thank you very much I hope there's
a soundtrack tonight as well and that
there's not tonight is a pretty
straightforward uh we did Welcome the
new officer Christopher for iorio I have
confirmed with the chief that there will
be an event that takes place to formally
welcome him to the city as opposed to
being downtown
um for the more General
um
uh event uh secondary it's not really my
place but I have a platform so I will
bring attention to it uh there's been a
heinous act at bagson Middle School
um there will be a Bexley Board of
Education meeting taking place uh
tomorrow night 6 p.m right here I will
not be here because I don't have a
middle schooler so I want to make sure
there's as much room for uh the Middle
School parents that need to be here or
any other parent to be here but you can
also watch online on YouTube uh you know
after just passing the anti-Semitism
ordinance there it's it's quite
disturbing to see that this just
continues to uh to replicate itself
um I was first called a in third
grade and third grade is in my opinion
excusable to an extent that's a true kid
they hear it at home they hear it
somewhere else and they just repeat it
regurgitate it but by the time we get to
Middle School
um that's racism that's an adult in my
opinion I know it's a child but it
really is somebody that should know what
they're doing and what they're they're
intending to cause
um I find it disgusting and I won't pass
judgment before the board does its job
because that's not my role but certainly
I think that Bexley should be watching
tomorrow so 6 p.m right here
thank you thank you Sam thank you Sam
back to finance
I think
yes sorry I was
um we do have two motions
um
one is
and I might need some help interpreting
this
I'll start with this one it's easier
um there is a uh invoice for our
prosecutor through Mayor's Court that
was received
um at the end of December after purchase
orders had closed actually was probably
received in January um and before the
new ones had opened up so we have like a
10-day period maybe seven day period ten
day period at the beginning of the year
where the budget hasn't yet been added
in the system but we haven't created
purchase orders so we need a council
motion to approve the payment of uh this
is a
seven thousand dollar uh invoice
um it actually looks like it's two
months so it's thirty five hundred and
thirty five hundred seven thousand
dollar invoice
a distinct record should say to him to
ditmer Wagner and Steele LLC
motion to approve
I just I want to make sure that anybody
have any questions on that Mr Klingler I
wasn't what is it for uh Jake uh
prosecution
through uh I believe Mayor's Court I
don't see the mayor's court price yeah
it's JJ have you ever met JJ no it's not
JJ that's not JJ it's okay because he's
the Municipal Court president you know
what it is actually you're right Ray
malarski down here that makes a lot more
sense because our major prosecutor isn't
that expensive so okay that's the
release okay I didn't fully understand
that is malarsky and they have uh
they've changed their letterhead on
their invoices it turns out but
yeah so we have a monthly contract for
prosecution of cases that go downtown
uh any other comments questions for on
the end on that invoice
a motion to approve the um the
prosecutor invoice second seconded by Mr
Klingler uh all in favor say aye aye all
opposed same sign
all right and we have another one I
believe
this other one is to Columbus asphalt um
it is part of our 2022 Street project
um we had it it's a 753 000 project we
had already paid at 728 000 is 25
155.95 ordinary uh ordinance uh invoice
uh came in
uh it looks like late December early
January
it has been signed off by our city
engineer so it is you know it's
authorized and part of that project
so that's closing it out it's retainage
or it looks like it is the final payment
on the project yep
comments or questions anybody want to
see that paperwork or yeah you're
welcome to it's great pass it down um
most likely that one actually
um there was
a period of time where we had to close
our 2022 POS is that what happened with
this one because yeah so we did close
them December
16th issue
so then before that they had to First be
closed down totally
then we had to wait to make sure the
system recognized that funds were
available before reopening the POS for
carry forward and so there was about
like a week-long period where invoices
were coming in that's one of them where
we had no PO for it so just needs
Council action it's it's a formality
the money was allocated for 2022 it's
being spent from 2022 dollars
motion to approve that invoice
that do you needed it you need a couple
minutes there
no I can I'll ask you after the meeting
it's fine can anyone else
sorry go ahead second second by Mr
Klingler all in favor say aye aye aye
all opposed same sign
all right
um
still on finance it's all ahead all
right
um
over to strategic Ms Robinson hey all uh
just a reminder next Wednesday February
the 15th at uh from nine to noon at the
Historical uh Center Cottage will be our
strategic Retreat please please please
take a second I've had a conversation
with several of you about things that
you'd like to discuss please take a
minute before
um if you could before this weekend to
jump on that spreadsheet that I sent out
the 2023 brexit legislative goals
concept cheat and add to it
um the mayor and I will be meeting on
Friday to finalize the agenda so I want
to make sure that we're touching on all
the things that are important uh to you
guys that we wanted to discuss for the
upcoming year I do want to let you know
that in honor of Black History Month we
will be having our breakfast catered by
what the waffle if you haven't had what
oh yeah wow you are in a for yes well
what the waffle is not only a black
owned business but it is a woman who
hires girls who are just about to be
aging out of the foster care system so
it is delicious breakfast and for a
great cause so I'll be passing around a
menu if anybody has any specific dietary
needs and they want to to earmark
something that they want specifically
you can let me know but we will have
that I will be at the cottage from 8 30
on for anybody who wants to eat before
we actually start talking or we can all
just talk with our mouths full I do not
judge
um so that's it and we'll see you next
next Wednesday
way to go strategic committee
here's here's to you Mrs Robinson good
job
well done
Matt klingler's owning a couple things
is there a budget on that
food is there a number of Walkers
friends with the finance chair so we're
good okay totally good yeah all right
um the only thing I have uh Matt's gonna
be there early now yeah uh
there's an ARB meeting coming up
Thursday what is this Thursday that's
all I have thank you excellent we are at
the portion of our meeting for public
comments we have some uh people sitting
out here in the public anybody want to
come up to the podium and speak we're
ready to hear you
if
of course we have a member of the public
who is apparently the mayor who wants to
speak here yeah I just wanted to thank
councilman Marcelino for elevating and
bringing to light um
just the the act of racism that occurred
at the school I've been hesitant to know
how to talk about it until the board of
education has looked into it and
gotten uh the full scope of what's going
on and and answered for it
um but I just want to reiterate what you
said which is there is absolutely no
place for racism in our community every
single child of Bexley should feel
welcome and embraced by our community
and
um my heart goes out to all those who
are impacted by it and I think that um I
I am hopeful that the school district
will take it as seriously as they say
that they are it's not our part or place
to meddle and School District business
um but we we also view that as something
that's incredibly serious and that we
are deeply concerned by so I just want
to reiterate that thank you and I think
we're we're United which is great we're
United and though we don't stand for any
of that none of that we won't stand for
it here and uh that's the kind of
community that this is
any other comments or questions yes Miss
saw as a mother to a sixth grader and an
eighth grader at Bexley middle school I
just really appreciate you saying what
you said tonight Sam it definitely
brought up dialogue in our household
right away that that is unacceptable my
kids said it's unacceptable
um they'll share that with their friends
it's unacceptable we don't stand for it
and it's it's not okay to be here in our
community so thank you for mentioning
that I agree with mayor Kessler I think
our school board will do the right thing
tomorrow night but I think it's really
important to highlight that there's no
place for it in the 43209
anyone want to make a motion to adjourn
motion to adjourn so moved by Mr
Klingler anybody win a second that
second by Miss Bible all in favor say
aye
aye all opposed same sign for return
thank you everyone thank you