this is correct
I think I was recording it oh you know
what all right
ladies and gentlemen uh welcome to the
Tuesday June 28th Bexley uh city council
meeting as always like to uh State our
Unity with the people of Ukraine
you know I didn't want to spend every
every Tuesday council meeting talking
about
talking about Ukraine
uh when Russia invaded Ukraine in
February I didn't want to keep opening
Council meeting's talking about it June
and July I'd rather talk about something
positive
but uh those people in Ukraine didn't do
anything to deserve what's happened to
them
you know they're going to their jobs
they're watching their kids and thinking
about their future they're doing all the
things that we're doing
and then suddenly soldiers and tanks
poured across the borders and bombed
their towns
uh destroyed their homes
they chased a lot of people across the
borders and they made them desperate and
depended on Strangers for their lives
they're no longer able to feed their own
children they no longer had a place for
their families
they're helpless
as their husbands and Sons and brothers
went to war with whatever meager weapons
they could find
and they waited in fear not knowing
their Fates as they ran
they ran and they left their
grandfathers and grandmothers helpless
behind because they were too old and too
uh
not physically capable of fleeing with
them
the elderly have been raped beaten and
slaughtered
because they lack the capacity to flee
the areas the country has been destroyed
by Superior Firepower the power plants
have been destroyed leaving the country
without energy to function nuclear power
plants have been threatened leaving fear
in the form of mass nuclear devastation
their farms and crops have been
destroyed or stolen
and this week we get information that
the war the effects of the war have
reached Sudan
or poverty and famine now rage across
the land and as Russia siphons off the
food and resources of Ukraine the people
of Sudan now starve to death
we're reminded that a Devastation the
death
the fear and destruction of War aren't
suffered by soldiers and they aren't
suffered by oligarchs and leaders the
pain and suffering is felt by the
nation's poor people
spelled by its mothers and children
and the Innocents are left to run and be
traumatized and starve and die
the doctors and nurses must work to
treat injured and dead
around the clock and deal with the
emotional damage
and the threat to their own lives and
this has been happening every day
since February 24.
over 115 days tens a thousands dead
so I don't want to do this every Tuesday
I don't want to I don't want to bring
this up every Tuesday
but
those people in Ukraine and now Sudan
are suffering they're being killed and
they're watching their kids be killed
and traumatized
people of Sudan are starving their kids
are starving to death in front of them
so I will keep doing this I will keep
mentioning it every Tuesday
and I keep opening the meetings this way
uh and in part it's because
to you know our kids are safe and
healthy and our homes are intact
and I think we owe it to these people to
think about them for 60 seconds every
two weeks and pray for deliverance from
this assault I think we owe it to just
acknowledge this
is brutality
Mr McPeak will you call the roll
this fiebel here Mr Klingler here Ms
lamke
Mr Marcelino here Mr Markham here
Miss Robinson here and massage
here please join me for the Pledge of
Allegiance
congratulations
and to the Republic for which it stands
one nation under God indivisible with
liberty and justice for all
right I know we have some presentations
and special guests and I think we have
the mayor hovering in The Ether around
us to introduce a first one is that the
case
hovering in the ether is a little uh
dire way of put in it but yeah
um so I want to thank uh Patrick King
for joining us this evening for uh
putting his name forward for the board
of zoning and planning
I know Patrick's with you with us
tonight so Patrick if you want to come
to the dice
um
Patrick's resume is attached you might
have to refresh your agenda
my favorite thing on his resume is his
uh has been a member of the Ohio
government Finance Officers Association
everyone's smiling I can tell
um but uh no Patrick has a real deep
bench of experience he has a master's in
public administration I'm really excited
to see what he brings to Visa
let him know Mr may your your audio is
not not unfortunately
um that's great that's bad so you can
not hear me at all
we can hear like everywhere other words
you see yeah it's it's you're garbly
man that's bad all right
well
um
every third word okay I might have to
double mask and come on in there with
you guys so anyway Patrick
welcome though uh Mr King
would you like to I'm gonna
I'm gonna Shuffle and dance a little bit
here and just say uh could you could you
uh tell us a little bit about your
background and experience and kind of
what brings you here and well
um
my relevant background is that I uh work
with local governments school districts
and cities on their uh financings of all
shapes and sizes and
um have an appreciation and an
understanding for local government and
the importance of folks serving on
committees like the board of learning
and planning so I appreciate the
opportunity and look forward to this
adventure that is the board of zenith
if you start speaking in every other
word is still it's okay I hear it it's
going to freak me out
I think Patrick covered it pretty well
so uh um what I was trying to say before
was that you have a broad depth of
experience and yes
um really impressive background and uh
it was
it's been great to see you being active
in the community and look forward to
having you serve on Visa I appreciate it
thanks for the opportunity yes thank you
for your service do we have any comments
or questions here yes odd Assad yes I
just wanted to say thank you for your
service
um we all among you're amongst all
people who ran for elections like you
did for school board and when you do
that and go through the process we all
have nothing but respect for your time
so I'm really glad to see you uh taking
on this leadership role in the city you
will be no doubt awesome at it so thank
you
um and look forward to seeing what great
things you do thank you thank you
yes it's Bible I'm just thrilled that
you continued to serve well thank you
and and and that I know runs deep in
your family and I am thrilled that
you're willing to share your expertise
um in so many ways and I am I'm grateful
and we will be a better City before it
oh thank you thank you thank you thank
you yeah
I appreciate that
anyone else
thank you
[Laughter]
um and then I think do we do we just do
a regular reading of this yeah so this
will be the third reading of resolution
5-22 confirming the mayor's appointments
of members to the Architectural Review
Board the board of zoning appeals and
planning the recreation parks board the
tree and public gardens commission the
Board of Health the Civil Service
Commission and the commit community
reinvestment housing Area Housing
Council that was introduced by Ms
Robinson
no this was the second reading according
to this I apologize so we could have
done it later but it was here now so now
we did a second reading
I thought it was the third it's the
second but uh was hoping that we could
get a suspension adoption so that this
goes into effect
um
you know coming into the the term
renewals
sure so um the action on this would be
to suspend a three reading rule for
resolution 522.
second
we have a motion by Mr Robinson the
second by Miss pipe was that correct to
to suspend the three reading rule
Mr mCP oh yes Mr mcpick go ahead
um Miss Bible
Mr Markham yes Miss Robinson yes Mr
Klingler yes Mr Marcelino yes Mossad yes
and miss lamke
suspension passes may I before you make
an emotion so understood doesn't have
the emergency language so nobody can sit
for for no no none of the members who
would be new appointee who none of the
members on here could sit for 30 days
[Music]
ah Jesus
I forgot it's a resolution I think
you're right you're right it's just
ordinances that are subject to
referendum never mind
just testing you everyone's passed
congratulations
so I I motion that we accept resolution
uh 522.
second motion to adopt by Ms Robinson
and seconded by Miss Bible
um any questions or comments from City
Council
any questions or comments from anyone in
the audience
Mr mcpeek please
Mr Marcelino yes Mr Klingler yes Miss
sod yes Mr Robinson yes Ms fiebel yes
Miss lamke
Mr Markham yes motion passes thank you
[Music]
second presentation uh we have here is
Alex Silverman Alex Silverman uh
approached me this last summer at a
community event and he had this just
great idea
enthusiastic he explained this event
which he'll explain to you guys
when I got done explaining to me I was
like wow that sounds
it's kind of crazy I was like
kind of crazy to do this and Ben Kessler
came up and he said I think we're doing
this hi all right well Mr sorrow would
you tell us a little bit about smoke and
fire I made I made a logo for everybody
I redid the logo
um so background for me I've been in the
culinary world for 25 years now
um started doing barbecue with smoker
Joe's ribs back when I was a kid and uh
we did festivals and Rib circuits for 15
years
um
then when covet hit you know a lot of
the events started being canceled for
safety precautions so I really wanted to
think of an event that we could utilize
Schneider part for in Bexley and um what
better than doing our own barbecue and
and Jazz Festival
um we already do jazz in the park and
they were they were gracious enough to
let us kind of piggyback onto their
um program thank you Lori for helping
with that
um but basically we partnered with and
he's here to Brad Hobbs um he's a
managing partner for Old Town Partners
which is a conglomerate that runs the
pecan pennies The Walrus Ducks Donuts
Old Town Tavern and a couple other ones
I'm not remembering off top of my head
but he's he's the professional
restaurateur and um he sponsored the the
barbecue festival so
um with that we have
um 10 teams that are kind of going to do
a modified
um barbecue competition they're going to
produce food
um for 300 samples
um and we're going to have an area at
the park for the barbecue competition
we're going to have a judge panel of six
celebrity judges
and then through uh the excellent
mathematicians that work in Bexley High
School we're going to figure out a
winner for the festival and they were
going to get a
custom designed heavyweight championship
belt that we're going to be able to
bring in voted city council it's going
to be six pounds six pounds of solid
gold
and you're going to be able to wear it
around your waist if you would like or
around your shoulder however you see fit
to wear your belt and then we also
partnered with specialty gas house and
they are going to give us a large green
egg for the grand prize and then we're
working with local businesses around
Bexley and Old Town East to do gift
baskets for second and third place and
I'm working with tonic Studios to work
on a t-shirt
um so all the participants will be able
to have a t-shirt we're going to have
this logo on the front chest and then we
have sponsors on the back
um
I do want to say that you know on top of
having events which I love and I love
that we can do a lot of them in Bexley
uh Schneider Park is really a great
location in South Bexley that I think
because of the timing has not really had
the the sun shown on it as much as we as
we can so I I kind of want to blend in
that as part of the event too because
it's such a beautiful location and
there's work being done all along that
Allen Creek path that I think residents
are not aware of um so what better
opportunity than to have a nicer film
like this and show off uh what we've
done so any questions in regards that I
can answer for the event
this fight I just can't begin to say
thank you thank you thank you for
bringing this a fabulous idea to our
community we um as someone who has been
doing a lot of planning the fun in
Bexley for about 11 years now uh you
know it's it's so exciting you know jazz
in the park came to us because a
resident decided that that would be a
cool thing to do and now you're bringing
this to us and you know the Labor Day
um uh Brewfest came to us because you
know a resident said hey you know and so
of course uh Ben and Mike Price and my
team we we have these fabulous people
that want to support you so you need to
make sure that you lean on Bexley as
celebration of events I promise I will
come to a Wednesday meeting eventually
you you they're always at nine o'clock
they're always at nine o'clock-ish don't
show up on time because yeah I always
text Tracy like a half an hour after it
starts like I forgot she's like I'll
fill you in it's no worries it's no
worries but please know that you're
always always welcome thank you
and I love you know any help I could do
with events well we are grateful and I
also love the fact I mean there are
members of us on on on Council who
fought really hard to make something of
Schneider Park and the fact that you
also realize the beauty of it and are
going to help us show it off to the
community and to prove that what we
decided we wanted to do with that area
was was good in proper so thank you and
I want to say before I close I just want
to thank again to Brad Hobbs who came to
the meeting
um I'm not going to speak too much for
him but we met at Bravo
uh he was serving his famous pecan
pennies chicken wings next to me while I
was serving Mad Greek and Pizza Plus and
we found out that he moved into Bexley
during
the the blip we'll call it and so this
is a good opportunity for him to kind of
bring his expertise to pexy too so I'm
super happy to have amazing partners and
he's welcome to join you here at the
poem
come on up and give him his flowers
please also
introduce yourself to everybody and uh I
have had your wings recently with that
really delicious mustard sauce yes
I wasn't going to mention that yeah but
that is true yeah well hi nice to meet
everyone my name is Brad Hobbs we did we
moved into Bexley
um a month after the country shut down
so we didn't get to meet anyone and
um you know we're we've always been a
big part of our community uh mostly
through food
and we have the Old Town Tavern in Old
Town East that was our first walrus and
pecan pennies downtown we most recently
opened the Woodbury category corner from
Grant hospital and then we are partners
of Duck Donuts and so we just kind of
want to even though none of those
businesses are technically in Bexley
they're all very close and very easy to
get to and from and we just want to you
know to be a bigger part of this
community and let people know that we
want to help with these events that we
want to sponsor and we want to you know
we want to do you know grad parties and
sponsor football teams and soccer teams
and things like that so just wanted to
introduce ourselves all right
it's a goal of ours we'd like to get
back you know with food and so we love
having partners that bring in food and
yeah Donuts
that's one of those places so anytime
you want to come back and maybe bring
samples yeah no problem we can
definitely do it I think whether you've
noticed or not I think Colin Castor
who's also a Bexley resident is going to
sponsor the uh the other side of the
beverage side of it with uh seven son
and kitty Foss that should be a really
really fun aspect of it too we're gonna
have it'll be barbecue Focus I think
because of the theme but we're going to
be very kid-friendly
um and also
um other finger food from our other
restaurants we're very cognizant of the
fact that a lot of the events get bogged
down where the food trucks kind of just
get hit and they can't get through them
we've been in a couple where you're
waiting in line for 45 minutes so if
there's any concern with that we're
going to be prepared to try to serve a
thousand people or more our food is not
going to be something where you order it
and then we cook it and then we put it
together it's going to be you know our
wings are are hot held you order them
we're going to give them to you pretzels
that are hot however to give them to you
pulled pork sandwiches that maybe we put
the meat on and Bun and give it to you
so it should be things that are executed
very quickly and so
um you know I'm sure the first one will
be a little challenging but I think
we'll be able to handle the volume we do
about a thousand people at the
restaurant so miss sad yes Kool-Aid
pickles Kool-Aid pickles that a request
okay we can put that we're gonna be
there for the kids I was like my kids
love those kool-aids yeah yeah they're
fun we just did a rainbow version of
them for Pride which was really cool all
the different colors so yeah
a comment and then a question for Alex
uh well welcome and thank you I love all
those restaurants as well that's awesome
I didn't realize that she lived in
Bexley that makes me enough I love it
welcome here that's great and then Alex
uh what can we do
um for this event in terms of marketing
in terms of do you need are you still
looking for people to donate to those
gift bags what can we as a community do
to help you uh finish out this great
event well we are always taking
donations effects
um but what I'm working with
um Sam on a flyer
um I know I have some local businesses
that want to help distribute Flyers
um I know that's think it's a plus Brad
Rocco won't be able to compete he wanted
to but he's out of town so he wants to
put the Flyers on the pizza boxes oh
that's a great idea other than that you
know I think we got good press I think
you know we have really amazing fans
coming so right now I'm just going to be
working and solidifying the teams I'll
probably do one more advertisement round
I have 15 teams so far and I'm hard
capping into 10 just to kind of keep it
small
um this year because we don't really
know what it's going to look like and uh
I'm working with uh like on the
logistics we have a meeting I think on
the books now for the
12th so we're going to kind of go over
the location figure out how everyone's
going to set up but other than that uh
we're on track
let's just help get the word up yeah I
mean words
how did this might be all sidebar but no
I'll side guard that one
and you are still accepting applications
for the teams right now right so I'm
planning to do another round over the
holiday weekend of recruiting but I am
probably going to cut it off in the
second week of July okay because I want
to start making phone calls and locking
the teams in I've also committed to
doing the Ohio egg Fest for
um rock since he gave me a really good
discount on that RJ so that's July 30th
so it's kind of and he's going to come
and set up a tent
and have his grill there and hang out
and talk to people because he's a pretty
cool guy
um so he's going to have like the
championship tent he'll bring a pop-up
tent put the championship belt the large
green egg the two gift baskets and he'll
hang out and chat with people so if
people have any kind of Grill fireplace
any kind of questions like that you'll
be able to answer and and it'll help him
out but he wants to be part of uh this
event as well would you would you
describe the event as you know sort of
competitive
is it going to be competitive very
competitive Alex
well I can't speak since I'm moderating
it but I do know that you know 10th
place will definitely have a special
place in my art yeah it needs to just
get used to oh
you know
I'm ready Jen you I gotta you gotta have
another question first of all thank you
both of you
um I'll repeat what everybody says about
your restaurants I did not know you
lived in Bexley until right now amazing
welcome to the neighborhood and Alex
thank you so much for organizing this
while we're all here remind us of the
date and time so it's August 28th that's
Sunday
um 3 P.M to 7 30 p.m at Schneider Park
which is something something Village
Park
it's Snyder Park we all know where that
is well the funny thing is there's two
different groups
don't look it up on Google
Charles Street entrance yes
and mayor Kessler if you want to be put
over the top we gotta talk I know how to
get it all right I'll I'll I'll hit you
up I do want to say that when we first
started talking about this it all
evolved very quickly but it was a smoke
it was a smoke competition I'm gonna my
my contribution was adding fire to it
and I just want you to know I'm bringing
the heat Alex
so sounds dangerous get ready team
Kessler is ready to win but then when
the belt on display here is the only
time you'll be able to physically have
them shooting for second place I don't
want first I'm going for a second
I think it's gonna be exciting I think I
think it's gonna be real good and we
have great Partners I mean we're really
lucky to have you know people like Brad
and Colin and Rob to be able to sponsor
it oh and I forgot let me add on
Marcella Ria's also sponsored it you
know Philip good point clearing am I
mispronouncing it Clary thank you he
donated and he's going to sponsor the
meat so the teams even get
reimbursements for me Elite budget which
is really rare compared to most barbecue
competitions you have to finance the
Whole Foods yourself so marchellaria is
also partnered with us so that's a
really awesome
you do it right now as well
[Laughter]
smoke bacon on top of the donuts
everything's better all right we're
going to do a little business that goes
along with this too right now uh and by
the way Alex also has other credentials
he's PTO uh what are you
former PTO
part
he's doing he's doing a lot of stuff
here in Bexley we have ordinance
22-22 all right this is a third reading
of ordinance Dash 22-22 to amend section
12 20.
do we have to amend oh well let me
finish to amend section 1226.19a to
allow alcohol at specific community
events conditional upon approval by city
council introduced by Mr Markham one of
the things we want to do as part of this
as Alex as you both mentioned was
Seventh Son Brewery we're going to have
them there with with some trucks to
provide some alcohol
22-22 would uh enable uh city council to
Grant temporary uh ability to serve
alcohol at some of these jazz in the
park events in the uh in the Parks
we do have some amendments coming now
that come from the uh Rec board
correct and also some uh there was a
clerical error where I think we
referenced 1226 it's actually section
1062.07
um interestingly uh you brought up
especially Gas House their big green aim
Festival was the Genesis of the initial
portion of this ordinance that allowed
alcohol serving at Jeffrey Park so uh
it's really cool to see the continued
investment
um the change from the rec board that
was suggested is that the rec board
remained the deciding body for Jeffrey
Park and that Council would then approve
by Voice vote not Parks outside of
Jeffrey or Commonwealth because
currently Jeffrey and Commonwealth of
the two parks that are overseen uh by
the rec board in our code
so this would extend only to Schneider
and um
Havenwood Park then correct what is how
it reads right now or or yeah pocket
parts I mean there's some yeah there's
some sort of something we're not
thinking of uh there's you know
pump house is is technically Columbus
corporate limit so and this would just
be a a temporary Voice vote by Council
for an event in the park
um and it would be obviously prove
vendor that sort of thing
um very regulated any uh
um any questions about what we have here
what were the amendment or the the
ordinance as it is
Mr President could we just ask Mr Price
if he has anything else to comment huh
is he here he is with us
can you hear me okay
it's gonna be a long night here on the
zoo you're breaking up there Mike are
you which part are you at Mike are you
allowed to be there have you have you
gotten a Voice vote
no I have not yet but I am only
consuming water so I don't think it's a
problem try turning off your video and
that might help your audio yeah let's
give it a shot
was that any better
Maybe
you want to add no
that was better I think anything you
want to add to that conversation
um no nothing uh
nothing I want to add you were breaking
up on my end as well I mean the record
has uh reviewed it and and I appreciate
uh mayor making some of the adjustments
for the records request and I think
they're pretty comfortable with the
amended version
Chief if you picked a good night to be
here in person I guess so yeah
uh thank you Mike
uh any more any more questions about the
ordinance or the amendment uh if not I'm
making a motion to amend the ordinance
as noted
second
Ed by Mr Klingler
um
do we have comment on Amendment
any comments or questions from City
Council
on the amendment
any comments or questions from the
audience on the amendment
Mr mcpeek Please Mr Klingler yes Miss
Bible yes Mr Marcelino yes Miss lamke
Miss Robinson yes Mr Markham yes facade
yes Amendment passes and that passes at
this time I've uh moved to adopt
ordinance 22-22 second that's also a
second by Mr Klingler any comments or
questions from City Council
any comments or questions or shows of
support from the audience for this woman
for this ordinance
we'll take that as an endorsement from
the entire audience
uh Mr McPeak
Mr marcellino yes Miss Robinson yes Mr
Klingler yes Mr Markham yes Ms fiebel
yes Miss lamke masad yes Amendment
passes uh that's the motion pass motion
pass for them ordinance passes sorry
just to be ordinance passes thanks
between us we'll get it yeah
uh at this time we reached a point where
we have uh public comments speaker slip
required any speaker slips there Mr
McPeak no speaker slips all right and uh
president's report I have just a couple
brief things and the first thing is by
the way thank you to all our guests
thank you Mr King thank you guys uh
you're you're free I'm gonna stay but I
get out while they're getting good this
is where it gets a little more boring
well the president's report yeah I I
neglected at the um the the roll call to
uh motion to uh excuse Monique lamke she
did notify me that she had a prior
engagement tonight uh could I get a all
in favor uh an i
hi hi all opposed same sign
thank you would you please note that
money flame Keys absence or tardiness
tonight is excused I know she was still
uh trying to be here uh so we'll see uh
if that happens see how quickly we we
move along today I brought a little
photo
can you click my photo it looked a
little stretched to me I don't know if
it comes out very well
but uh joint yeah it was uh look at that
look how good we look
first joint meeting between the Bexley
Community Foundation and city council uh
last week we really uh had a great time
with them I just spent a little time uh
introducing ourselves really uh we did
also present them with this really uh
amazing fantastic beautiful plaque uh
that I encourage you to get a look at if
you're ever over at VCF uh really nice
um just wanted to mention how much fun
that was and how grateful we are that
they had us over and uh it was it was
really nice to do that uh the only other
things I want to mention in the
president's report obviously are July
break is coming up after this we will
not meet July we will we do have a group
of council members who will be in the
July 4th parade so if if you're out
there wave at us we'll throw you some
candy I'll look forward to that that's
all I have for the president's report go
the City attorney please okay you do not
don't say this out loud just think in
your head you're going to repeat what
I'm going to say Ms sod and Mr Klingler
think in your head you were going to
repeat what I'm going to say don't say
it out loud I make a motion too or I
move something you don't motion
something thank you it's okay anyway so
really what I want to talk about is the
appeal that you guys folks are going to
hear from the bzap decision regarding 81
North Drexel relating to the placement
of a swimming pool or the denial of the
variance or the placement of the
swimming pool
Mr Klingler will be leading Us in that
hearing with the assistance and myself
and Ms Cunningham of course and
um so the hearing you know I think
everybody here has been through one of
these hearings right yeah everybody has
so it's gonna oh no I'm sorry Sam I
apologize so yeah we could you know
again it's it's yeah we'll we'll figure
it you know so again it's gonna
the the hearing will be an opportunity
for the appellant who was denied the and
their representatives who were denied
the um variants at 81 North Drexel to
make their case as you will recall and
Samuel will learn is that we have
streamlined that process so there's not
going to be any new testimony there is
going to be limited I believe it's 20
minutes for the appellant to say their
piece
um and they also can submit briefs into
you
um written arguments as can anybody
opposed to it
um well frankly anybody who supports it
or as opposed to it who's within the
standing group of people which are the
homeowners who are within 200 yards 300
yards
whatever it was for bizap
um and so the notices will go out to all
of them the challenge here potential
challenge I should say is the scheduling
of this hearing so the um or city
ordinance
1226.19 is my I think is what it is says
that you have to have a hearing within
30 days unless you're on recess but only
if the notice of appeal is received
during recess so the notice of appeal
was received a couple weeks or last week
late last week so the clock is running
so but there are two things number one
is I intend to reach out to the
appellants representative and see if
they will waive that 30-day requirement
and perhaps wait until August to do the
hearing if not so especially since it
involves a swimming pool they may not
want to I don't know then at least four
of you will hopefully be available and
again if not though there is a fallback
in the language that says for any other
good cause it can go past their 30 days
so for some reason we can't do this then
within the 30 days then we I still think
we'll be okay so I'm going to reach out
to him hopefully no not hopefully this
week and figure out if that's going to
be an issue and if it is we'll we'll
have to start sending around a doodle
poll or whatever because the other thing
is we have to give notice to everybody
at least 15 days who has is entitled to
notice at least 15 days in advance of
the day of the hearing so we can't you
know wait until June 14th July 14th
instead of for July 15th or whatever so
um so we really do need to know by next
Tuesday if it's going to be sometime in
July frankly so I will work on that
sorry for the sarcasm thank you Mr
official it's not sarcasm actually is
that the end of your report that is the
end of my report all right Auditor's
report I know you got some graphs and
yeah everything this is exciting stuff
uh we're back to the auditor's report so
just remain calm and uh we will we'll
cover it um appropriately and don't
leave Matt
um
um so just a couple quick updates
um so you know we we are
um very fortunate that we've identified
a um
Finance person that's going to be
joining the organization in mid-july so
I greatly appreciate the support that
Council gave to bringing that person on
board but related to that we also had
lots of questions around the HR
functions within the city
um so tied to that we've created a
laundry list of different types of HR
activities that occur within an
organization much like the city of
Bexley and I'm going to work with the
mayor and and others to just go through
and really understand how that work is
being done today we're Loosely working
to schedule some time in mid-july to
just walk through that so if anybody in
the council wishes to be part of those
conversations just reach out to me
independently and make sure that you're
involved with those those discussions as
we just gain a better understanding of
the HR
functionality within the city
um I guess any any questions as we talk
through
um again just the onboarding of that
resource which again very grateful um as
well as just the assessment of the HR
functionality within the city
the next area here then is just moving
into
um these snapshots of of the the
finances of the city and the you know
this this slide is really not intended
we're not going to go through it because
Beecher does a great job of walking
through the city's financials but um I
will just call out on the right
um that is essentially the accumulation
of all of our cash balances and our
investments so you know as you can see
here we continue to have a strong cash
balance north of 23 million dollars we
tend to focus a lot on the finances of
the city um through you know tax
collections at all and the um uh the
general fund but our cash balances
remain strong and particularly during
this tax collection season
um our balances grow
um next slide so you know what um we've
talked about is just really my goal of
walking through these additional funds
that we have within the city
um we have historically spent a lot of
time focused on the general fund but the
reality is there are
um you know 15 plus other funds that
support the operations of the city and
it's important to me that um you know
from a fiduciary responsibility we all
have visibility to this stuff
um so I'm going to just briefly touch
base on these other funds if you have
questions certainly reach out to me but
I'm not going to go through it in
extensive detail
um but you know the very first one is
the recreation fund
um so obviously this is the one that
rolls up through Mr Price's organization
and
um you know we have a budget and I'm
looking at this
um you know just south of two million
dollars a year as you can see we have
expenses that exceed that so what that
means is that the revenue generating
activities within the rec department
whether those are programming
um
um you know before and after care or the
summer
um those revenues currently don't cover
the expenses associated with that and
that's a known thing that we talk
through in our budget process and that's
funded through our general fund
um but you know at a high level we
continue to operate um year to date as
we would have expected
um and you know this this group is is
performing as we would have expected and
you know within that organization today
we've got about 370 000 worth of cash
that's part of that that total that we
just referenced
um the next fund is something a little
bit strange but this is our bond
retirement fund so as referenced in the
previous slide we've got
um what is it I will say north of 25
million dollars worth of various
different bonds and debt obligations
through the city and what this fund
serves as is essentially the payment
um how those payments for those Debt
Service obligations are captured so on
an annual basis I think we have just a
worth of two million dollars in in
payment obligations all of those will
continue to just fund through this
account and they are again funded
through the general fund but this serves
as a standalone fund
um that essentially covers our our debt
obligations
any questions on these two funds
Ben and Mr Mayor anything that you'd
like to add
okay very very small point which is just
with the bond retirement fund
some of the revenue is from other funds
not just all General funds okay some of
that Bond work is coming from other
through different like Tiff and some
other stuff like that okay thank you
and then the next and final slide is
um
probably our largest fund and I'm being
sarcastic it's our special assessment's
fun and it's about thirty thousand
dollars right now
um but you know this right now it simply
collects
um assessments that are made for
sidewalk repair and then really the only
expenses that are associated with it are
tied to
um you know if we have uh properties
that fall into disrepair we will use
this fund to
um to send resources in and you know
correct that that to eliminate that
eyesore but this is just a relatively
small special assessment fund where the
funding primarily comes through sidewalk
repairs
and then the final fund here is our
water services department so this is
again a fairly large organization a
standalone budget
um where we collect Revenue
um tied to the the Water Services of the
city as well as a small amount for
um I think tap fees but um you know
these monies are used to both pay the
city of Columbus for Contract Services
um and then I've got it broken out here
where monies are also used to cover
salaries of the department as well as
certain infrastructure expenses as well
as certain amounts for Bond payments so
um you know we have about 1.8 million
dollars that sit within this
organization or this entity as well
um so
you know again
um no no concerns with these fund
balances they continue to be performing
as we would expected through the budget
um but again the primary goal is to just
give you situational awareness of these
stand-alone funds uh on a monthly basis
and we'll continue to walk through the
other funds throughout the the balance
of the year
any questions
okay oh I'm sorry go ahead and this is
just saying it out loud to remind me and
also remind you I've also been working a
little bit on HR stuff so we should make
sure we put our heads together and not
duplicate
um I have some definite thoughts and
I'll make sure as we head down that path
um that we stay aligned okay perfect
that is an impressive update
it's full of information I'm really
enjoying the educational aspect he's so
much fun Auditor's report it's just you
know charts different colors it's just
you know is there anything that
um sort of like obviously uh on the
radar to look for or be concerned about
as we see interest rates Rise
um
you know I mean it's it's a fair comment
I mean we will continue and we're
working on essentially
um looking at the future improvements
that we need to make for the city
um so that is something that we've
started and really looking at our
existing uh debt obligations which are
our fixed rates so you know the reality
is we are locked in at very attractive
rates
um and in many cases we don't I don't
think we have interest obligations on
these um so you know we're in a really
good spot so you know I think the
um very difficult thing to forecast is
really what is it going to look like in
the future what we do know is that we
will continue to have a need to invest
in the infrastructure so you know as we
are making those decisions we'll
certainly just evaluate the overall cost
and um you know the related interest
charges to it
thank you yeah
uh Mr Mayor then take us through your
administrative updates
thank you
thank you Mr Markham
um
Mr Hale is with us feature do you have
any updates from the finance department
I have no update Mr Mayor
all right
any questions for Beecher
thank you Beecher uh Mr Bayshore
service department update
hi mayor hi city council
um I have my report uh
can you hear me okay
yeah we're having some we're having some
audio issues with some things breaking
up
um I think what you said is you have
your written report here and you have
nothing to add to that is that correct
that's correct and be happy to answer
any questions mayor you sound everybody
sounds fine on my end just an FYI
of course not really sure what you said
but that's cool
any questions from Mr Bayshore and I'll
try to interpret what he says
it's not you Andy it's us just so you
know we're giving you a thumbs up on our
end here
uh Andy we know that you guys have a ton
of work to do prepping for the Fourth of
July we've seen the cruise out painting
the stars and getting ready so thank you
for all that work uh whereas we're
probably more excited for the the fun
part of it than you are but thank you
for all the uh time you put into it
no problem
thanks Andy appreciate it thank you
Chief Goff
no audio issues over here
yeah just like the uh
Andy and his crew were working hard
we're also working very hard to get this
parade to make sure it's a success and
we will be adding the community
relations vehicle in the parade this
year so we're excited and we'll have
little toddlers throwing candy from that
vehicle as well
um couple my own but um
I do want to add two
uh regarding the fireworks I know this
was it the last uh
Council
crew that worked on the LA on the band
was it was it you that's what I said
really appreciate the uh keeping that
current events that was participated in
a few of those
gross injuries over the past years and I
know that could go bad so
um other than that most of these are
just
um
this updates on on that and then the
golf cart
requirements which I guess we've been
getting a few complaints so I wanted to
we'll be sending notifications to the
current golf cart owners to go over
those again so they'll know so they'll
make sure they obey all the laws and
things that they've agreed upon when
they
are roaming around in their golf carts
but we just don't want anybody to get
hurt
I can just foresee a horrible accident
um unless they get some of these things
taken care of so other than that I don't
have anything else same Marcelino looks
like he wants to confess to something
will there be a grace period uh before
that parade
we are all about Spirit of the law we
don't do a lot of enforcement just a lot
of Education we do a little education
yikes I think
one thing to highlight especially with
this is the uh you do need a driver's
license to operate you do there needs to
be no more passengers than there are
seat belts right so seats essentially
that's the bigger one and they do the
seat belts have to be buckled
yes okay and especially for the safety I
mean the child's safety seat I did
and did witness so it had to be like a
two or two year old on
on the golf cart just sitting on there
and it was you know 25 mile an hour
vehicle that's yep something's gonna
happen
but yeah I mean this is just it doesn't
happen often but it does happen so and
then within Bexley another thing I think
to highlight is Drexel is not
permissible for golf carts correct uh
Broad Street is an obviously miles per
hour so yeah so it needs to be 25 miles
that's I guess technically true that's a
good point now that we've marked that 25
at the CSG area and the commercial
District you could do the little Powell
turn
onto Drexel it's always Liverpool so I
mean I just would I think I got a call
from a resident this week about seeing a
bunch of teenagers on a golf cart
Crossing Drexel and Broad and you know
it's just something to be aware of as
we're talking to our community that I
think in this instance they're rushing
through a red light
um as light was turning red a T-bone
accident at Drexel and Brad with a golf
cart would be tragic right so just think
about like that that's the sort of stuff
that we're as these are becoming more
common we're not we don't want to be
downers but we do want to remind people
what the law is and just to be really
careful and it's a lot of fun but it it
could be dangerous so
thank you yes I think it's great for the
reminder I know myself as a golf cart
owner um but I came into it as a city
um official so all of this was presented
to me as I was buying the golf cart and
Sergeant overly and I went over
everything together so but since then I
will say that I have had many friends
who are residents that don't know all of
this so I feel like I have had to update
them and so any thing that we can do to
get the information out of it I mean a
reminder is always good so that's our
intent our intense not to come down with
a hammer our attention just a reminder
so thank you thank you any anything else
for the chief
thank you sir thank you
Mr Price
we've been having
otherwise if we can't
can you hear me at all
a little bit is there anything you want
in particular and I'll try to do my best
nothing to add to my written report I
could answer any questions
thanks for Mike and me
I think we're good Mike thank you for
the team all the work we've been doing
to try to get the Lifeguard situation
stabilized you guys have been a lot of
time and work into that so we look
forward to seeing that continue to
come do together thank you
all right thanks Mike
go team
okay
um Natalie would you mind snagging this
off the printer I just printed out just
so I can take any notes if I need to
um not not a whole lot to update you
guys on other than um
uh the police chief search update I
guess that's a big thing so um we are
down to four finalist candidates
um
the uh town hall and the final candidate
interview sessions are going to be June
6th for the town hall I believe
sorry July 6th one of the months it
starts with a J not January
um and uh so the interviews there will
be some Community meetings interviews
July 6 July 7th I understand it's July
4th week we worked really hard to make
sure that we could get everyone all of
our candidates at the same time and that
was challenging and we didn't want to
put it too far out in the future uh
because we want to strike when the
iron's hot uh with people who are
available
and some of them and other some other
parallel processes so
um
there is more information to come about
these candidates
um I really want to thank those who are
enter on the interview committee uh it
was a a long uh initial round of
interviews
and it was really productive and really
really helpful for me to have additional
perspectives and I look forward to the
community input as well on that we'll be
putting something out in the blast on
Friday about this along with a survey if
anyone has any questions they want to
ask for the town hall we'll be taking
questions in advance
um so look out for that
uh Trail will also be put in the blast
information the fireworks reminder to
people I don't think people necessarily
know that fireworks aren't allowed in
Bexley so make sure that people are
aware of that
um
Trail Town assessment on the ninth we're
going to be doing a community-based
assessment where we're going to have
cyclists come to City Hall we're gonna
go to the bike path and kind of look at
the interface between the bike path and
our city look for ways to improve
signage
um amenities
um in general getting people from the
trails into the cart of Main Street in
Bexley so that's an interactive process
I think uh following that at 10 A.M
there's going to be some lunch at
Brassica just kind of chat about what
people have seen
I had some info about this out of the
future contest last week or last meeting
I kept that in there
um
and I wanted to show you a photo of it
looks rough but you should go check it
out
we're getting more space cleared at the
dog park and getting ready to put the
fence in
um
we think actually we're some of it's
going to be mulch but we have some good
area that will do well with grass we
think so it's going to be a combination
of the two
uh the kindness Park is coming together
next to the Drexel Theater
and our mosquito
experiment is underway so this looks
like something out of like Back to the
Future like it's definitely
it's like a thermos with a flame it's
pretty cool so uh that is underway and
you might see some of these
especially some of these yellow
uh sort of signs out on people's yards
those are little that's a type of trap
so keep an eye out for those any
questions uh so a quick question in
regards to those traps
um are do they tell you before you drop
them off I think you signed up but I
don't know are they gonna like alert you
are they just gonna put them in your
yard they were supposed to have emailed
you information
um I'm not going to get you in touch
with the organizer I guess you haven't
heard anything some of the they're
different groups so some groups have
those traps and others don't
so it depends what group you're in thank
you
hopefully you're not in the group that
has no treatment whatsoever
[Laughter]
joke but then laugh nervously as I say
that
um
any other questions
all right guys
[Music]
all right Mr Fishel all right
all right
we have the consent agenda on the
consent agenda we have the meeting
minutes of 6 14 22 we have
ordinance 21-22 to unappropriate 75 000
from the pool management account
14-550-51190 and to remove seventy five
thousand dollars from the swimming pool
fund concession stand Revenue line item
introduced by Ms lamkey as well as well
a couple more ordinance 23-22 to repeal
Section
452.21 skateboards and roller skates
prohibited in parking lots that was
introduced by Mr Marcelino and
resolution 4-22 to adopt the tax budget
for calendar year 2023 attached tier 2
is exhibit a introduced by Ms lamkey
thank you uh any questions or comments
on the consent agenda
uh if uh no one in the audience so
just a note for the record uh I will
take a motion to adopt at this time I
make a motion too no you can ask
motion oh we can't I make a motion to
pass the consent agenda
see
sorry I wrote it down
[Laughter]
motion by Mr Klingler and seconded by I
missed the whole thing Mr Marcelino
thank you Mr mcpeek Miss Bible
Mr Markham yes Miss Robinson yes masad
yes Mr Marcelino yes Miss lamke
and Mr Klingler yes
consent agenda passes all right we have
no third readings we are on to Second
reading of ordinance 25-22 to amend
section
262.02 C3 to include Christmas Eve and
New Year's Eve as holidays and to
authorize the mayor to Grant up to four
additional hours of time off immediately
preceding holidays for non-bargaining
unit employees introduced by Ms lamke
under Mrs lamke is not here so I'm going
to
lean on the mayor a little bit to let us
know
what yeah so the mark and I worked on
some changes some proposed amended
ordinance
um that would
there's a little bit of a markup here on
Section F that would provide up to four
additional hours of well actually the
title change too so I just think it's
important to point that out here's
markers the title changed as well yes
thank you
four hours either before or after
holidays so an example of this just came
up uh Fourth of July
uh we really encourage our staff to work
in this instance on the Friday leading
up to the date we want to make sure all
the barricades are out and the phone
calls that are coming in are answered
then Mondays the fourth we're off
Tuesday morning obviously a lot of
people are up pretty late watching
fireworks or doing whatever else so
we're gonna we're talking about City
Hall is closed for the morning on the
5th which makes sense so
um this would also provide either either
before or after the holiday just based
on kind of what makes sense
that's up to four hours per holiday as
correct any questions about uh
we're looking at here
we can amend it or it could be amended
to the next meeting it doesn't we don't
we don't need to suspend it you don't
need anything like that
I think it's fine not to we can wait for
Monique all right if no questions or
comments we can move on can you correct
the spelling of my last name on that
um document please well let's see if
that originated with me and I probably
cut and paste it
when you cut and paste from an incorrect
spelling it continues to be incorrect I
apologize funny how it works that way
you only noted I think we should see if
he hangs around a little bit first
before we
all right we have a second reading from
ordinance 26-22 to amend chapter 1476
unsafe buildings to amend Provisions for
unsafe sites introduced by Matt Klingler
thanks Mr Fishel
um the second reading this are there any
questions from Council regarding this
mayor you mentioned something last time
when we presented this about something
in the warehouses that might Maybe
there was something in there you said oh
that's not right I thought
I didn't know if I need to corrected oh
yeah you caught something that's correct
technically
this second recital is uh in is not is
no longer correct because there is now
something about unsafe sites this is
just tweaking it so
in the printed version we could um
we could get rid of that second recital
okay
in fact I I had a version of it
does that I believe we've decided
there's a clerical
just change the recital whereas is or
not don't require amendments
I just remember you saying something
about it
thank you
[Music]
hey um
for the questions or comments thanks for
spelling my name correctly and Mr
McPeek's name is spelling directly on
this one
uh if not I think
no no action on this right I think no I
think there is isn't there isn't this
one suspended and adopted you would ask
about mayor yeah it would be it would be
nice if you guys were comfortable with
that I like I really would like to get
the letters sent out to Property Owners
I think we've been waiting on this
language to be
um attorney approved
to be clear the previous language was
attorney approved now this one's double
attorney approved and let's let's see if
Mr Klingler makes a motion
well I'll move to
suspend and adopt oh or suspend the
three reading rule for ordinance 26-22
I'll second that
Mr Ricky
Miss lamke Miss Bible yes Mr Marcelino
yes Mr Klingler yes Miss Robinson yes Mr
Markham yes and Mossad yes
suspension passes
I make a motion to approve ordinance
26-22. I'll second that
Mr mcpig sorry
oh
a comment questions Mr rank Peak Please
Mr Marcelino yes Mr Markham yes Mr
Klingler yes Mossad Miss lamke Miss
Robinson yes and Miss Bible yes
ordinance passes thank you okay now we
have a second reading of ordinance 27-22
to authorize appropriations of two
hundred thousand dollars from the
general fund into the grants account in
order to accommodate additional
Appropriations for the grant
reimbursement expenditures expenditures
line item and the state capital Grant
line item of the grants account for the
purpose of funding additional Grant
programs based upon recently awarded
grants introduced by Ms lamke man we're
not English Majors when it comes to
titles
can you help us out a little bit on this
one too
any activity since the last time looking
at the English major critique I was
thinking through a better way to title
that it's we're good
um
okay this is combined I was just double
checking some more information okay so
yeah this this as we discussed before we
have additional Grants awarded it such
as the dog park Grant which which we
don't have currently adequate
appropriation in order to move forward
with it
um and the state capital fund we had
estimated 250 000 we received 350 which
is awesome so this allows us to move
forward with that the funding from the
state and also additional grants uh to
be received
through the remainder of the year if
we're really good we might have to come
back for even more because we have more
grants coming but this based on what I
know of this looks like it might get us
through the year with money that's been
awarded
and all of these are non- all of these
are 100 grants that we're referring to
excellent any questions or comments on
uh
or and it's 27-22.
and uh nothing we need to be concerned
about at this point right well I would I
think this is another one where if we
can get this passed before August it
would be good to be able to open up the
Appropriations for some of these
projects this is our last chance for
that yes
all right in that case
um
I moved to suspend the three reading
rule for our Nets 27-22 second
motion by Me seconded by Mr Klingler Mr
mcpeek Mr Marcelino yes Miss Bible yes
Mr Klingler yes Miss lamke Assad yes Mr
Markham yes and Miss Robinson yes all
right uh now move to adopt ordinance
27-22
second second by Mr Klingler any
comments or questions
extended to the audience Mr mCP miss
lamke Mr Markham yes Ms fibel yes masad
yes Miss Robinson yes Mr Marcelino yes
and Mr cleanler yes ordinance passes
thank you
well there are no first readings
I don't know is if anything's going on
on tabled ordinances or not I think we
have some activity
um Jen Robinson I think you have some
activity we do have some activity and I
would like to make a motion to remove
ordinance 2022 from the table
second second by Mr Marcelino all in
favor say aye aye aye all opposed same
sign
please proceed
um Mr Kessler mayor Kessler I believe we
had
um a group that was looking at some
items here if you could bring us up to
speed on what was discussed and
hopefully we can then have some further
action on this tonight yeah so the uh
section 1254.12 changed here on six
second sorry section two of the
ordinance does uh impact our zoning
codes so therefore
per our zoning code we're required to
seek uh feedback from the bzap bzap
voted to recommend uh the language that
you see in front of you at their last
meeting so we are good to go on that
piece and you are now free to decide
whether or not to adopt The Joint living
staff new plan and codify the design
standards within our zoning code
all right another really great
presentation uh the last meeting
fantastic it's exciting to see I love
seeing all those drawings and and
everything it really makes it exciting
any comments or questions for Ms
Robinson or the mayor on the Livingston
Avenue plan
yes Miss fiebel I just I'm so excited to
see this happening it's really
um I know it's something that the mayor
has had his eyes on for
over 10 years
right I mean it's we've been and and I
was lucky enough to be part of some of
the conversations with um
with the city of Columbus and and the
way our team was able to convince
Columbus to work with us it was it was a
great feat and then there were a lot of
you know citizens that really worked
hard
um on this to share their thoughts and
so this was really uh really
is going to be and I know it's going to
be of true success story and a real team
effort
um but um
wonderful leadership on on mayor
Kessler's part so thank you
I want to Echo that I just this is
something like as you just said this is
this is hard to do this is really really
hard to do uh to to get the city of
Columbus on board
um a lot of work a lot of consideration
a lot of time and and skill to bring in
um all those experts are bringing the
community and it's just it's something
that is just so worthwhile
um you know
two weeks ago they were here presenting
this and as I said I mean it looks
fantastic to see those drawings and to
see this area now that we have some
vision for uh not just to to beautify it
but really with safety in mind safety in
mind and and uh as someone who has lived
in that area now for you know 20 plus
years and my kids have grown up in that
area and they've gotten their driver's
license in that area and I I just I'm so
pleased to see
to see this happen I really really am it
is just one of those things that again
as you mentioned
the Genesis of this was so long ago and
it when I joined city council you know
you were talking about that and and I
conveyed you know such enthusiasm to to
be a part of this and to support this
and uh it really makes me feel very very
proud to be a member of the city council
and a part of the city uh when we do
stuff like this so thank you for for
doing this very very
hard difficult thing that I think is
very very important and I'll also extend
uh thanks to Jen Robinson and also
Monique lampke for uh for the role and
and taking part in this
well thank you for that I will say as I
said last time I feel like I snuck in
the last six months I I really feel like
there were so many more people who did
such great work on this
um I'm I too am very excited about it
and just being in the room all these
meetings have been happening over the
last six months and seeing how this
group works together having worked for
the city of Columbus for a while and now
sitting on Bexley city council I don't
think this kind of synergy exists always
and it's really really exciting to see I
think it speaks to the city that we are
and I'm so excited for the people who
live on Livingston who have said I now
get to use my front yard their property
size has in essence doubled because you
know this is is something that's going
to happen so Monique I tip my hat to
Monique and the mayor and everybody who
came before me uh working in this this
area and with that if there are no other
comments I uh move to adopt ordinance 22
22.
I will second that motion to adopt and
uh seconded by Ms sod uh Mr Finney you
know
we're good
we're good to go for comments right
comments right yeah third reading
comments from anyone yeah I do I do have
some comments Mr President real quickly
thank you for the very kind things you
guys said I I believe that uh first off
it's it is hard to get to have had this
planning process happen what is harder
yet is still to come which is to see it
to see it through to fruition and I
think that's that is this is such a
necessary piece to that but that's what
I am now looking forward to uh eagerly
and I'm glad that you guys have
supported us through this I think
lorianne my memory might be fuzzy but I
think you sat with me at city Columbus
city hall probably five years ago as we
were sort of evangelizing this some more
and I remember we were trying to explain
to Columbus what we're hoping to
accomplish and you know they had
multiple department heads there and they
were sort of it was a different process
they've never done before and what I
what I would like to uh who I would like
to thank is is the residents of Bexley
and Columbus because the Tipping Point
happened tragically just because of the
uptick in accidents
um and damage to property and thank God
no lives but the uh as that sort of
trend continued to emerge and we were
asking for this and residents latched on
to that they really pushed over the edge
to the point where we got to the point
where Columbus started to see and feel
and hear what we were already living
with and seeing and feeling and hearing
more more immediately so they came to
the table in a big way
um they didn't have to do that you know
they they uh mayor Ginther encouraged
bold thinking
um he encouraged uh setting aside some
assumptions and and trying to really
think outside of the box and find
meaningful Solutions Monique lampke
encouraged short-term Solutions not just
long-term Solutions residents encouraged
meaningful Solutions not just lipstick
and that's probably not a good saying
and then here we are and uh what we have
in front of us I think is a very
meaningful actionable document and I'm
I'm I am proud of our community uh for
coming together around this so thank you
for all of you for your support uh in
advance of hopefully the passage of this
of this ordinance Revolution Let's see
what happens Mr mcpeek call the roll
I mean that's exciting here all right uh
Miss libel or fievels
enthusiastically yes
uh Miss Robinson
Mr Klingler yes uh Miss lynamke uh Mr
Marcelino yes Mr Markham yes and this
side yes ordinance passes
I think that's all the action we have on
tabled ordinances for tonight
correct me if I'm wrong
and we will move into committee reports
Mr Klingler is first nothing to record
thank you Ms sod
I am just reporting that I will miss all
of you next uh Monday for the Fourth of
July I will be in Orlando for
showstoppers watching my tiny dancer
some other Bexley I dance moms and dads
as she uh takes the stage for the
showstoppers competition so wish Layla a
lot of luck uh she's very brave up there
on on stage
um but I will miss all of you and being
in my favorite place for the Fourth of
July I haven't missed in 13 years so
yeah
enjoy I'm happy to give anybody any swag
if you guys need anything I have a whole
article Fourth of July swag so let me
know
strategic committee Ms Robinson you've
you've got a lot going on tonight so
much going on but I too will be missing
the Fourth of July for the first time in
14 years it's these artistic children
that we have who are forcing us to drive
all over the country but uh no I will
miss you all for sure on the fourth of
July um but the porch is always open so
you know where you can rest your feet if
you need to
um before we go and talk about
um an upcoming ordinance that we will be
considering when we come back from break
I do just want to give everybody a quick
update on our Juneteenth celebration
which we had on uh Friday June 17th at
the library it was first of all the most
adorable drum line I know I sent some
video around they were just so precious
the event itself was we are thrilled we
are actually so thrilled with the event
that um Ben Heckman who was there has
convinced us to have it at the library
every year and I think it was the The
General consensus of our committee that
it was the perfect place for what we
were doing and we look forward to
continuing that partnership but I do
also just want to say
um the drum line that we brought in was
from Afrocentric which is a partnership
that we've been trying to build for a
couple years and you know people have
asked why Juneteenth why Bexley and I am
a firm believer in reaching out and
building Community it's why I ran for
Council in the first place and when the
families came dropping their wonderful
children off who were third fourth and
fifth graders by the way the families
came
and stayed and for their kids to
participate and then they stayed and
they
took they ate food they visited our
vendors they double dutched which was
one of the more fun events of the
evening and on the way out they thanked
us they thanked us for inviting them
into our city
um they've wanted to come for a while
haven't always had a reason to and now
they feel comfortable coming to our city
and you know people ask why why
Juneteenth why Bexley and I tell you
that is exactly why Juneteenth white
Bexley it was probably the most
rewarding thing that I have heard as a
council member to know that we have
we've extended an invitation to people
who don't normally come into our city
and they came and they loved it and we
all joined hands and sang We Shall
Overcome at the end of the event and it
was really really wonderful and very
meaningful and we look so forward to
continuing this tradition and to
continually making Bexley a place where
everybody feels comfortable to come into
our city and to celebrate and to be
exactly who they are because we are a
city of people who welcome other people
in and I just really I've been trying to
figure out how I wanted to say that but
I thought it was really important to
communicate that not just to council but
to also anybody who's listening and we
are committed to doing this every year
and it will grow and it will be
something that this city can really
really be proud of so thank you to all
of your for all of your support I know I
saw the lovely Marcelino family there
and I know we trust me I know that we
have we're all running an 18 000
different directions but knowing that we
have the support of this group is just
such a wonderful a wonderful thing
um Now to turn completely in another
Direction
um can you click on this noise ordinance
um the mayor and I have been discussing
this a little bit um our noise ordinance
which we we still haven't filled in when
it was originally adopted but it was
definitely in need of some tweaking and
some updating yes
it was actually yes the city was founded
and the next day are noise ordinance was
was uh was established
um I encourage everybody over the break
once you've taken a substantial amount
of downtime to just kind of peek through
this it does
um bring some things kind of up to date
um also
um kind of Narrows the the window in
which we can be out in in our yards and
making noise in a number of different
ways
um so I just encourage everybody to take
a minute mayor did you want to say
anything more specifically about this
well if you're gonna invite me to yeah
so we if some of you might recall uh we
had a council member about four or five
years ago I think tried to work on the
noise ordinance it's been a known issue
that our noise ordinance doesn't really
serve our community in some situations
it's difficult for the police to enforce
pretty much until it hits like 11
o'clock you know and there are instances
where you could imagine a school night
you've got some loud parting going on
next door and your teenager has an exam
the next morning this is not a specific
example but you know or you've got a
two-year-old trying to sleep where that
just doesn't cut it so I get a lot of
complaints from Neighbors about noise
issues
um
you know there is some value in having a
somewhat fuzzy code where we're not like
just trying to do everything by the
letter of the law with decibels and some
of that stuff so this continues to not
take a super technical stance it takes
but it does tweak some hours
it does a couple other things because
the other thing we get complaints about
as contractors working on the weekend
and an examiner or noise ordinance we
enforce the contractors working on the
weekend issue
but it's it's not well written today the
way it's written today uh basically if
Troy wants to remodel his bathroom
technically he's breaking the law as a
homeowner on a weekend working inside of
his house
which yes so so Troy's been using that
one uh for years but it's it's nonsense
so this um distinguishes between home
home uh occupant work and contractor
commercial work it distinguishes between
um the Kid Next Door mowing your lawn
for you on the weekend and somebody who
is a Commercial contractor who
ostensibly has much larger ladder
equipment and you know a big truck and
all that stuff so Mr Fishel has yet to
or I have sent this to you I can't
remember okay so um
and then a fourth tier to this is uh I
was I was working on as you guys know
we've been talking about small engine
bands and or and or somehow encouraging
not small engines being used so this
also adds an interesting kind of concept
and I just want you guys to think
through this it's not a band whatsoever
but it does provide Provisions that if
you're a Commercial contractor or
landscape contractor and you're using
all electric equipment all you know
battery operated electric equipment you
have access to expanded work hours
because
theoretically you're using quieter
equipment as well so you can do some
weekend work between what is it I think
we said nine to five
uh or and you I think you have a little
bit longer leash during the weekdays as
well the thought being that a you're
you're less you're less disruptive in
the first place
and be um it's a way to help kind of
nudge contractors in that direction
without forcing them uh so that that's
in here as a concept it's an idea
um I I did write this at 30 000 feet of
altitude so you know you might want to
read it pretty carefully
sort of thing I do when I'm on a plane
uh so
something to think about as the
scientist here there's nothing
theoretical about whether it's quieter
or not those uh electric is uh so much
more pleasant to hear than the right the
small cylinder um I knew uh and we we
have time here that we can throw stuff
out if we want to but I know Mr Fishel
we also need to be cognizant of how we
provide feedback or if people provide
feedback before the next meeting right
yeah I mean it's fine for people to
provide feedback or thoughts to
Jen Ms Robinson I would say that but
there shouldn't be a bunch of back and
forth about it that
or any back and forth about it
send me your thoughts and I'll forward
them on there can be a fourth but no
back is what you're saying
no discussion or debating and if there's
anything that like you're aware of from
from your own experience for people
complaining to you
with our noise ordinance uh keep that in
your mind like are we addressing that
and this does
have some different hours I think it
talks about weekday hours for noise like
after nine o'clock it's no it's not cool
and it shortens the weekend to 10 as
opposed to 11 for like loud loud noise
and I think my perspective on it is if
you if someone is calling the police and
complaining on you you haven't done a
very good job of bringing your neighbors
on board with the the noise that you're
creating next door so
uh
I I you know but I don't I don't know
it's reasonable and one of the things
too the reason that kind of we have it
this way and Ms Robinson has got this
here for us right now and my experience
this is one of those things that the
more input we can have and the more I
think the better and uh I would even
encourage you to take the July Holidays
and maybe you know do some digging
around with your neighbors and and you
know get some get some feedback on on
that to to bring to to the discussion
any more comments or questions while
we're here I did forget to mention that
this does strike out reference to
phonograph equipment and steam films so
that is no longer
all right is no longer good we're gonna
move on and and looking like Meryl
Streep over here because she's joining
us out of Africa
very funny service and environmental
committee
you've had your Lion Share of laughs
already today
all right so it's happy Fourth of July
it's happy Council month off but it it's
also happy
plastic free July
okay and I have a question for you to
think about as I proceed okay I want you
to ask yourself how much plastic did you
ingest
last week
think about that one ingest last week
okay
well it's very exciting I don't think
that it I don't know that any of you did
the Eco challenge that happened earlier
um in the year
but it was a lot of fun
it concentrated on the 17 sustainable so
an overarching 17 sustainable goals by
the United Nations
um and it was for all of us
who have decided we are going to be
forever Learners because you know there
was no course in learning how to become
council members and we are forever
learners
it was a really great opportunity to
learn a whole lot about who I was
you know as a person who wants very much
to be green
and Elizabeth ellman our queen of green
is chairing this
Echo challenge it makes us a team team
Bexley competes against all kinds of
other individuals well guess what
there's a new Plastics one and I have
already sent you the registration I just
sent it two minutes ago so it will take
you five minutes every day and you will
learn something and you will share it
with your
your spouse is your significant others
your kids and and they will learn
something and I would encourage you to
please put it out on your social media
or email it to your to your friends and
get them involved because it's I know
I've got some serious competitive people
so it's got a Competitive Edge it also
has a learning Edge so please do it and
let's learn as much as we can especially
as Leaders we should be doing this we
are putting a ban on single-use Plastics
we should know more about Plastics we
should know that we ingest plastic
because cups like these have plastic on
the inside so other coffee cups do as
well we ingest particles of plastic
um when we are drinking from water
bottles
we are ingesting plastic when we eat
fish because believe it or not when we
wash
uh uh synthetics
it melts into our washing
machine water it goes to which goes
eventually to the ocean which eventually
goes into the fish which
so tell me how much did you ingest last
week how much plastic do you think you
ingested last week 10 pounds
a credit card worth of plastic they're
so good you just have to know that these
stay with me
a credit card worth well I will have to
give Elizabeth credit for this one she
guided me through this because she
really does want us as Leaders to
to sign on for this Eco challenge so so
please it's a really good for us to know
this information especially when we as
bexleyites want to be a community that
is ahead of the game when it comes to
sustainability so so do me a favor and
do it okay do yourselves a favor do our
world a favor because guess what guys
there is no Planet B
so thank you thank you Lori and I'm
going to ask you to pass that credit
card around so that we can see for
ourselves
just experience that well he just goes
on and on it's like a hyena just oh he's
got all the laughs
[Laughter]
Sam Marcelino is batting cleanup tonight
I don't know how I can do that uh you
know it's real I feel like I'm about to
strike out after that presentation I as
safety and health committee uh chair I
would say Don't eat plastic
um so I share this sentiment with uh
with Miss Bible that so uh it is Fourth
of July as we discussed everybody please
stay safe as you heard from Chief Kopp
earlier uh they they have a history of
injuries with fireworks so don't use
them they're not that cool they're not
that fun there will be plenty of
fireworks for you at the Bexley
celebration uh you know on the fourth
there uh also apparently you need to get
uh for those of you I just heard and I
learned this for a friend but uh you
have to get seat belts on your uh golf
carts so make sure you have those
because uh that's a health risk as well
so
you can order them on Amazon there you
go well everybody have a safe fourth
okay now I am hearing that we have an
update from the finance committee that
Mr Kessler will bring to us specifically
for Monique I want you all to know
because you we're not meeting again
until August July 29th is the main event
and the pizza and Ice Cream festival
and Monique lampke is going to be
pulling that off
and and I think even even more important
for you to know is that I believe lorian
and Mike Price and I are all out of town
that day so it's basically like a
Monique amputee takeover of the main
event if you would like to join her in
the craziness then I think you should uh
there's there's ice cream pizza hello
it's so hard for me to see pizza and ice
cream and not be there for that so yeah
July 29th pizza and Ice Cream festival
do you believe there is going to be an
ice cream eating a contest oh my gosh I
might just fly back just for that
item 22 we invite public comments no
speaker slip required it's encourage
them none at this time and I'm 23. I
would like to
um
motion to enter executive session
pursuant to 22 3.03
a to consider the appointment employment
dismissal discipline promotion demotion
or compensation of a Public Employee or
official or the investigation of charges
or complaints against a Public Employee
or official
may I get a second I motion to Second it
is a motion to second from saying words
that only no
and we need a voice to vote right yeah
we need to call the roll yeah
Mr Marcelino
yes Miss Bible yes masad
yes Mr Markham yes Mr cleanler yes and
Miss Robinson yes
gotta turn that
to Mayor Kessler
I think he has some updates for us
it feels great
everybody
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move to come out of executive session
yeah
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exit executive session by Mr Klingler
second
inside
motion Twitter second
time
yeah Detroit
Board of control
is there a border control we're good