gonna gavel a little bit
here all
right everybody Welcome to the Tuesday
October 10th meeting of Beckley city
council as always I thank all of you for
your service to our city Mr MC PE oh
doing a little work there looks like yes
sir all right well uh go ahead and call
the order okay uh Miss
sad here Miss Robinson here Mr Markham
here Mr Marcelino Mr Kingler here miss
lampy here and Miss Bible I'm here Mr
Marcelino has asked us to excuse his
absence he had a work commitment so I
would move to make that absence excused
second is at work Mr all in favor say I
I I'll oppose same sign please rise and
join me for the Pledge of Allegiance I
pledge aliance to the flag the United
States of America and to the republ for
it stands one nation God indivisible
withy andice
all all right we got some really really
great special guests uh tonight uh got a
big show Big Show show yeah we have a
another president here with us and if
you would approach the podium president
Dave Kaufman Capitol University telling
us about
yes and president cofman I I wonder do
you actually know why we asked you to
join us this evening you might be on the
spot a little bit okay is it a dunk tank
if you can if you can push the button
for the mic now it's on there you go
well we were um we were gathered around
our celebrations and events uh team
meeting about a month ago and thinking
about
our summer of activities and we were
kind of halfway through the season and
baguer and blur eyed as we were thinking
about what was going on and we just
thought like we were just kind of ausing
about what a gift it has been over the
years to use capitals lawn and and to
have the use of the campus for our
community so many community events that
it has become in a scant decade like it
or not sort of a de facto town center
right it's the it's the place where we
have our fourth of July celebrations
it's where we show movies on the big
Silver Screen that has a little bit of a
line in it that drives me crazy on the
projector um it's uh it's it's been
hosting it's hosted the the kosher
Barbecue Festival Labor Day block party
uh coai Science Festival just countless
community events and we now have an
entire generation of Bexley children who
have grown up uh under the stars and
capitals lawn enjoying all sorts of
shenanigans so
um ultimately we were just kind of
overwhelmed with gratitude really and we
thought what better way to show it than
by making you slep into our council
chambers so that we can we can thank you
fully and and comprehensively and not
with any sort of proclamation or a key
to the city but just with our words and
to say uh thank you thank you for
everything you have done and and
provided to us with that gift that's
right that's what it
is thanks Ben
here we
go is a bottle of our maple syrup which
I'm getting almost running out of so
this is like
very thank you for your partnership
really appreciate and I don't know any
do we do we have questions or comments
yes Mrs fible I happen to be the chair
of the committee for uh Bexley
celebrations and events and I too would
like to thank you thank you thank you um
um for always uh supplying someone on
our uh committee uh that's vivacious and
fabulous and willing to uh call anybody
on their Capital phone um yes that the
the capital family has been very good to
us and I am I am so grateful you have
helped us to to create some amazing
shared Community Memories the kids I
know that started on the lawn uh we're
always so cute and playing jumping in
the you know on the on the bounce houses
are now
teenagers um and want to hang with us
still so I I am ever so grateful and on
behalf of all those generations of kids
thank you thank you so much for opening
your space to us so that we can plan
great fun things thank you well well
you're welcome and I tell you we're as a
university we're proud to be part of the
of the community here and um I've been
here now three years years and just
appreciate how how I've been welcome and
you can plan on that to continue you we
I I think the the more tightly we
integrate the university with Bexley the
better for all of us and to be honest
with you Main Street here I think really
differentiates us as a small private
university not many have that so so
we're proud to be part of the community
and and just um look forward to Growing
the relationship as we go forward and so
so thank you and mayor I appreciate that
thanks man I tell me when you're making
pancakes I'll join you
Jen Robinson I just want to just um add
one quick thing um and in support of our
one Beckley project um The Fabulous Mr
Kaufman and his wife hosted a table at
our gathering they were one of the first
people to step up I heard a great time
was had at your table we we so thank you
very much for doing that so not only
they are they a great neighbor Capitol
University and you in particular but
supporting the work that we're doing
here in in the city to really be a truly
welcoming and um engaged uh Community we
thank you for your support well thanks
You' appreciate it Mike do you have a
question if if I could also add I want
to uh also recognize and thank capital
for the support from from Don freeze
erab era MC man and Jason uh hell who
have been huge supporters and and really
it doesn't it doesn't work without
without all their efforts so we really
appreciate the time that they put into
it as well they take so much pride in
the grounds and you know and how it
looks and that I'm real proud of them so
so sure what I was walking into and and
the people there have just been um just
still has just been a super team and and
I'm real proud of them so so thank you
appreciate your
comments Mr Kingler a little bit of a
different angle but um Dave was kind
enough to uh join the land use strategy
commission for about an hour and a half
a couple weeks ago and I just want to
thank you for um giving your time to
that commission and um commend you on
your vision uh your leadership and um
your ability to partner with uh
Community stakeholders and we really
appreciate that and we look forward to
the future uh working with you and um
Matt we we mentioned when we get
together there we have actually have a
task force at the at the board level and
some of my my cabinet really looking at
you know University our SES have to look
at the real estate and look at all our
assets and anything we do there we want
to do in Partnership so part of that
meeting was just looking for um who
would be you know good to um include in
the University resour is looking at this
to just to make sure we're holding hands
as we go down to you know to anything to
come out of that so appreciate
appreciate being invited I know what I
know what J's saying ice
rink um you say ice
rink but when we're talking about the uh
the events and the and the new things
that you've been welcoming to partner
with I'm thinking uh tasta Bexley you
know now is there at Capital yeah pedal
for pancakes with Team Bexley pelaton it
went over so well this year that they're
bringing it back to Capital and there's
a handful of events that did not take
place at Capital in the past that
because of your leadership are there so
good the vegan food festival um and I
look forward to continued partnership
with some of the athletic facilities and
other ideas that I'm sure um we have
some opportunities with yeah count
yeah president Copan I have a I have a
very serious question for you and uh
remember you're under
oath how many articles of purple
clothing do you want oh my gosh that's
um it grows
weekly so and and I you gotta like
purple right yeah there we go it's not a
bad thing Troy getting there thank you
for joining us tonight thank
you next up we have our newest edition
here come on up
Emily Buckley hi there welcome thank you
this is fun isn't it it is so fun yeah
yeah yeah we do that you're gonna come
every every two weeks right I'm I've
already added it to my calendar yeah
yeah Mr President I asked Emily to join
us she is our new HR coordinator as you
know uh she has hit the ground running I
believe what was your start date it's a
blur um I will December 12th yeah there
you go yeah good job I knew I knew it
was September trivia it was council
president
trivia but asked Emily to come in and
just give you guys a shout say hello and
and talk a little bit about what she's
doing yeah so um it's nice to meet all
of you um like the mayor said I've been
here for almost a month and um in my
first few weeks I've had an opportunity
to um meet with uh leadership um across
the city as well as um folks that are
currently doing um HR work um that is
decentralized right so um not just
because we haven't had an HR person in
the city doesn't mean HR work hasn't
been happening um over years and years
and years and so um as we think about
the rest of
2023 um what I'll really be focusing on
is setting up um kind of some key
processes and procedures um working with
um leadership and administrative
assistance to um get some of those
processes shorted up um as as well as
having an eye on some of our key risk
mitigation um and compliance things so
as you think about fun topics like
Family Medical Leave Act and workers
compensation um those things are
currently um happening in the city but
we'll work to um sort of centralize um
and standardize those processes across
the city um as we look into
2024 um we will um hopefully be
implementing some um standardized ized
um performance feedback opportunities
for employees so um I think all
employees um have the right to receive
feedback about their performance um on a
regular basis and so some of that's
happening um in some Pockets um in other
Pockets will work to implement that um
and I've also been uh working with the
mayor on potentially thinking through
some HR systems um to help with some of
those processes like benefits enrollment
um employee information that sort of
thing to sort of bring some of our
processes um kind of up to speed with um
what you might see um in other cities
other organizations that sort of thing
so um I've been really pleased to um
join the city um I'm a Beckley resident
uh myself and so I've seen firsthand
what wonderful people work for our city
um and it's really energizing to me this
opportunity to be able to um provide a
positive impact on somebody's employment
um experience because I know um a lot of
these folks help make Bexley uh the
great place it is so um happy to be here
and happy to partner with
everybody it is the tragedy of the night
that Sam marcelin is
absent I'm so sorry but I'm sure you
will yeah be interacting other questions
comments are you keeping file folders on
City Council Members too I might I might
start all right well thank you very much
thank you for joining us and thank you
for joining the city we really
appreciate you thanks
Emily our next guest Natalie
Richards Alter Ego as part of our uh
everyone author Series so excited to
have you here thank you thank you so it
was funny I was thinking about this this
morning I'm like how odd I do this a lot
I do a lot of public speaking but doing
it with Council that's not my role here
so I feel really odd and I was thinking
about it do you want me to talk about my
background just a teeny bit yeah okay so
I get two questions pretty frequently in
the city when people find out I'm a
writer the first thing is wait you write
books yes I've written nine of them my
10th comes out in November a couple of
New York Times bestsellers which is
super exciting are you pulling up a
website wow I mean we just my publicist
totally redid this and it looks great
there's a video wow I don't know
anything about this video cool so I
don't have that book that is my book
that comes out in November but I was
thinking about it because I grew up
really close to Bexley but also a world
apart so if I had told little Natalie
that I would be in front of council one
day because I work for the mayor and
support council members she at the
tender age of I don't know very young
had seen zorne Weaver's aliens and
probably would have suspected
extraterrestrial
involvement or a really complicated lie
which is kind of what I do for a living
on this side so that's cool um but if I
had told her I would be a writer that
would not have surprised her when I was
young things weren't always ideal in my
home so I think books were the automatic
get out of jail card always for
everything they still are and there's
that amazing feeling you get I think all
of you probably have had with an
incredible book that you can't put down
it's right in the pit of your tummy and
it's keeping you up too late I knew from
a young age I wanted to give that to
other people so that is the closest
thing to Magic I know and that's what I
try to do and that's it so my I guess I
should tell you my hold
on this is my most recent book yes it's
under Richards that's the other thing a
lot of people say wait a minute oh the
other question I get a lot is where do
you find time to write and honestly I
have no idea somehow I make it happen
yes nor does anyone they're just like
you did finish that book I'm like
believe it or not I actually did um so
for found dead is my most recent book
this was actually inspired by the
abandoned Eastland Mall which is a very
creepy area yeah it is right so if you
drive past it on 70 I've thought for a
long time this should be one of my books
well it is now so that was very fun um
it's a cooler version of Le Flynn but
I've written a lot of really scary books
like be careful I might murder you in a
book is true but I wanted to do
something really different I had a lot
of because I'm kind of goofy and
ridiculous when I speak
and there were a lot of younger siblings
that would come up and say can I have a
book and I'm like you're nine no but
then I thought why not I loved Goonies I
want to write something like this for
them so I did and that is my book that
comes out in November it's my first
middle grade it's 15 secrets to survival
and I'm really really excited because we
got a very cool review that uh from
school library Journal that called it a
teamwork oriented update of Hatchet
which is basically like calling me the
Willy Wonka of chocolate so that's great
I'll take it but yeah that's me and of
course I also support the mayor which I
will go back and do in just a
moment not yet though not
yet should we I'm in you say you haven't
seen this video should we like World
premere it right now let's do
it I don't know if the audio is going to
come through oh no he's the
cutest
there's a lot of main going on right
now I'm sure it's saying like in a world
where
moose have 15 secrets so so Natalie I
don't know why you're sitting down
because you're not excused yet yeah
we're not we're not
done um does anybody have comments or
questions yes Miss Robinson okay so I
remember when I found out from um
president Markham that you wrote books
and you know being a murder mystery girl
myself I picked one up and I read it two
Christmases ago when we were in Hawking
Hills and you became the author I don't
know if this is going to make you happy
or not but that you became the author
that got literally everyone in the
extended Mormon family my maid name is
Mormon um through Co When anybody get Co
we that's exactly what I want to
do all of them you are fantastic do you
know you're in the most recent one Jen I
am you're in the
acknowledgements yes and a certain
former president and current president
are also mashed up in a news report in
for found dead that's right are you
trying to get us to buy the books I
captured you both in that moment yeah I
know right so thank you I mean seriously
it is how you are able to write even a
paragraph with all the work you do here
we all know we know what you do for the
city and for the mayor and for all of us
and you're a miracle worker in the fact
that you can actually do stuff like this
on top of it is really inspiring so
congratulations thank you yes Miss lampy
so Natalie a year ago council member
Robinson gave me one of your books I
didn't realize that Natalie Richards was
Natalie water um and I think the realize
the night I got that I think I texted
you and said oh my God I'm reading your
book but I'm like I'm like Jen I tore
through that book and it was suspenseful
was about the The Strangers getting in
the car together from the airport total
strangers not going to give it away um
but I think that you are not only so
talented you are one of the most
empathetic smartest people that that I
have the pleasure of working with for
the city you keep us in line you make it
all run smooth the trains run on time
and we we would be so lost without you
so thanks for all your awesomeness thank
you so much GES for
cled Natalie I follow your career very
close closely you do and uh yes I think
people would be surprised how much Vexy
shows up in your books especially if you
are paying attention read what you hide
yeah that's the one and I do want to
Echo that uh uh you are just this
fantastic part of all of our lives and
not just because you do such a fantastic
job here but like yes to have a just a
fantastically talented author and uh my
little book club friend as well I we
just appreciate you is it's just so
great everything that you do for us and
these books we can't wait to keep uh
raing them thank you so much and yes I
am on November 7th I'm at Bexley public
library and if you have younger kids
anyone from the age of like 8 to 12 even
seven is probably fine 7 to 12 I would
love to see them it would be really fun
this will be my first event with younger
kids so I'm excited all right you're not
excused yet because you're getting that
photos wait I haveen Mr President I
haven't given my accolades oh W I'm
sorry um then please try to not remember
all the things I've done wrong this week
and find things you are a miracle worker
I think it's been really well stated so
I I don't have a ton to add other than
that I'm the mess that you're constantly
cleaning up so thank you for
that um I think that uh when uh when I
was interviewing you for the position uh
I was aware that you were an author and
I was intrigued by that and I was I I I
thought I don't know that I'm goingon to
have her very long because she's
recently A New York Times bestselling
author and now you're twice New York
Times bestselling author I believe about
to be a Thrice New York Times best
sellen author I'm sure from your lips to
yours and so we would love to have you
stay for as long as you want uh you have
been such a gift to to our operations to
the city thanks um to me personally and
uh well professionally personally that
is they're they're intertwined so thank
you for everything that you do on a
day-to-day basis and we're so honored
and pleased to be able to celebrate you
on our author series thank you yeah and
I want to close by saying most of the
guests that we have here we say please
do not feel like you have to stay for
the rest of the meeting and we can't
totally have to stay I totally am gonna
stay I did want to say really quickly
though you really I am so so lucky to
work with all of you and I remember a
while ago when you and I were talking
Ben and I were talking about like I was
fairly new in the role and he asked how
I was handling counsil and all of that
and I'm like this is my favorite part
it's so neat seeing what you do for the
community every day I feel so lucky to
be a part of it in some small way so
thank you I appreciate it at 10:00 tell
us it's your favorite part maybe a
little
less there
now
all right moving on we are at ordinances
with special guests which we do not have
tonight and then we have public comments
do we have a speaker slip it looks like
maybe one has come in we have one but
that is tied to ordinance 3023 all right
and 3040 you can hold that then until
the appropriate time we move on to the
president's report just want to say that
we're reaching the uh end of the year
here I'm counting down my last meeting
says council president and as much as
I've enjoyed it I have to tell you that
sadly I do feel like the two years of
this presidential term I've seen the
world become a much worse place full of
violence and
cruelty shortly after I became president
we saw uh Russia invade Ukraine and
still uh looking at the violence in that
in that region uh that is is still
happening right now this weekend of
course we all saw the attack in the Gaza
Strip I've learned to live with war and
with tyranny with death and senseless
violence but as I become an old man if
you will what I cannot live with is the
cruelty and the terrorization to
children and to the
elderly to the moms and dads around the
world who get up each day and go to work
and try and feed and take care of their
families that must experience this
Terror and senseless
obscenity now in the aftermath we're
starting to hear the of justification
somehow and
scapegoating let's be
clear there's room for sensible
political discourse and disagreement in
the Middle East but there's no
justification for the horrible actions
that we saw this
weekend it's terrorism carried out by
men who have no
Humanity when Jen Robinson Stacy grman
and I wrote the resolution to condemn
anti-Semitism at the beginning of this
year that was was passed unanimously by
this Council we had no idea of the
violence that was ahead this year in
Israel Stacy certainly had no idea that
her husband's cousin would be pulled out
of a car as he tried to escape the
attack and executed in the
street her family's shock and grief are
echoed by us and the nation as we've
witnessed the videos of atrocities over
the past few
days and we know that as bad as this has
been it will get
worse it will actually get
worse it will get worse for the
frightened families and children of both
Israel and Palestine there will be more
killing there will be more fear and it
will be born mainly by the Innocents and
the folks who live decent lives
powerless and frightened in the grip of
horrible men who have never done
anything constructive in their lives
with the power that they
have although there's very little we can
do in the Middle East during this time
it's important that we as a City stand
up to continue to cry hatred and
violence in the name of religion and
nationalism it's important that we don't
back down in the use of our
power and our voices to stick up for
those ideas
we must add our voices to the side of
decency and
mercy and condemn the messages of hate
and violence and
fear as little as we can
do we must do it we must do it as many
times as
necessary tonight I'm calling on this
city council to reaffirm the resolution
12-22 against anti-em ISM in the face of
these new atrocities and the
anti-semitic rhetoric and actions that
they are certain to inspire in our
country and around the world in the next
few
weeks at this time I move to reaffirm
our resolution
12-22 and state once again that we as
leaders and we as a
community condemn the language of
hate the use of violence and the spread
of fear against decent people political
oppression racism intolerance and
terrorism here and everywhere that
decent people strive strive to live work
and raise their families in peace can I
get a second
second second by Miss fible Mr mCP would
you call the
role
um missad yes Miss Rob Robinson yes Miss
fible yes Mr Markham yes Miss Lamy yes
and Mr Kingler yes thank you on to the
City attorney
report well I don't well I do have one
legal thing to mention I'll mention that
real quick I I mentioned a couple weeks
ago that there was some legislation
being considered by the state to maybe
allow virtual meetings it's only it
would only apply to non-elected bodies
so out of luck um actually what I really
wanted thought about saying it's not an
attorney city attorney's report is to
Echo some of the things that Troy said
and I appreciate what you said I mean
again I understand there's a lot of
people here everybody in this room is an
ally but I happen to be the only Jewish
person here and what I really want to
say is how much I appreciate everybody
in this community Jewish or otherwise in
being so supportive I mean again you
know we we we kind of forget when we
live in Bexley I think that we're very
fortunate in that regard um and but at
the same time it you know it it it's got
to be everybody speaking up and you know
I you know there are a couple of things
I just want to mention when it comes to
so I really appreciate I know mayor
Kessler Mo'Nique and maybe others too I
was not there because I had a work thing
but attending the um the the uh rally
vigil for Israel last night um it is
frustrating to me a lot Troy mention
this that it feels like we can't do much
but there are a couple of things that I
think we can do are to help and you know
for those of you on social media and
you've seen the pictures of people who
have been kidnapped you know there's a
six four-month old six-month old baby
among them circulate those pictures I
mean people need to be reminded and we
can't forget um I mean you know somebody
made a comment online or you know in a
post it's it's the largest
anti-semitic atrocities since Hitler so
you know and you you know I I I will
also say that and also one other thing
in terms of not sharing apparently there
are there are plans and maybe it's
already been launched for uh the
terrorists to put out you know videos of
the um hostages please don't circulate
those um let's be careful about that um
the recommendation I also had is to be
careful that about your kids seeing
those things I haven't looked at them I
don't know if they're out there yet I
don't know that I want to see them but I
also want to say one other thing
too and I'm not suggesting this is a
moral equivalent or anything like that
but every little bit helps and um you
know so as we go through our da daily
lives and think about things that we
should say or should not say um and
comparing things like Co masks to the
yellow star I mean that's not anywhere
near what happened in Israel I'm not
suggesting it is but those little things
also matter because they build on this
and that and the next thing and you know
again I know understand I pay more
attention to it as a Jewish person but
again we need we need all your help so
thank you so far and appreciate it it
means a lot so that's my report thank
you Mark Auditor's
report
sure I wanted to say thank you to um
president Markham and Mark for speaking
up I'm not Jewish but boy I've been
embraced by this
community
um my kids went to
jcz um and I know that this
community is
hurting but I feel it's important for me
as a non-jew to say I am with you we are
all with you um I think it's important
for everyone to keep checking
on Friends families there's so many
people who have ties to Israel here um
people that are still trying to account
for the whereabouts of their loved
ones um but I understand Mark where
you're coming from so I just wanted to
say that that as a someone who doesn't
share that Faith but certainly supports
supports
you
Matt
um I
will simply say I I'll get back to
business um but um I do have an auditor
report I think I shared but I think at
this point in time we'll table it and
move it to the next meeting um so that's
certainly fine
yeah it's not yeah it's not time
sensitive um if you didn't get the link
then I messed something up and I don't
think we need to do it now so we'll
table it for next to the next meeting y
okay all right move on to the
administrative
update thank you Mr President uh Chief
Lewis I'm pulling your written report up
here in a second on the
screen there we
are we have submitted the most recent
Rec information from the police
department here to answer any
questions um this goes along with the
tangent that we were just just having um
I met with um the chief this couple days
ago and it was and it was lovely having
some one-on-one time with you um we
thought we were going to be talking
about noise
but and I shared with him that my
husband Jonathan um who is very very
involved with uh Jewish Columbus um was
planning the event the other night and I
thought it was very sweet that our chief
said well where is it and I said it was
at the Jewish center and he was bummed
that he wouldn't be able to
keep participate and in keeping everyone
safe for a rally like that which melted
my heart a little bit and um but when we
did go um so I wanted to say thank you
for that I also wanted to thank you
because there were a few incidents in
the city this weekend um at our
synagogues people were um yelling out
not very kind things um and uh buddy you
put your guys out there right away guys
and girls I should say men and women out
there right away to you know to make
sure that all of us are safe um all of
us who who may be our Jewish or Jewish
as I
am um so thank you for that and I also
want to um give a a big huge thank you
for your peers from the Columbus um
Police Department we were supposed to
have five officers with us last night
and we had five officers we had FBI
agents and when I went to go walk in the
door at the J C early with my husband
there were I somewhere between 25 and 30
officers on bikes that just descended
upon us and I can't tell you how it it
it made me tear up and they said um that
they themselves said we're going we need
to be there it wasn't a command we're
going and there was something really
special about that and when I walked out
the door to see Bob
holdren there also warmed my heart so I
thank you I I I I you know the Jewish
Community is such an amazing fa part of
our Fabric and um keeping that fabric
from being torn apart is very important
to all of us so thank you for your
support yes
ma'am Mr Mar go ahead now go ahead I was
just was I was going to say this during
my update but it it it extends directly
into what you just said uh which is that
um you know as a mayor when you see uh
when you see things out in the world you
think of them in the lens of how they
impact the world but you also think of
them in the lens of how do they impact
your your people people in your backyard
the people that you are um charged with
protecting and so um one of the things
that I am proud of of our police force
is the is the dedication that we have
shown to our Jewish Community our our
friends our neighbors our community um
you know we have three synagogues in our
in our in our district we have a cell we
have preschools um and we dedicate
rigorous resources to those the chief
and I met during our weekly meeting this
week and immediately the conversation
went directly to what are we doing what
do we need to do is there anything else
where are we on this and that will
always be front and center um and uh I I
think we had other officers there as
well last night who were again just
there to show our our support not part
of our jurisdiction um but it's where
our heart is and so um I want to
reassure Council and the community that
that's true and I want to call out the
chief because your leadership and
expertise has been so invaluable and
expanding um through um you know
preparation for uh
CommunityWide emergency events through
uh through our training and procurement
of a can9 unit uh bomb sniffing dog um
additional resources for our synagogue
so you have immediately hit the ground
running stepping up on that and I thank
you for that I know that as we have
continued to talk about that is going to
continue to be front and center sir
thank
you I I just think we'd be a little bit
remiss or I would be if uh I didn't
touch on the coffee with a cop uh event
that we had this last week and just how
impressed I was with that I just thought
it was fantastic to come out uh and the
public have a chance to come meet you
and meet so many of the officers and one
of the things I think is really
impressive about that is you going to
where the people are you know coming out
there right on Main Street uh you know
coffee Etc and just so accessible um you
know Sam Marcelino and I were on the the
team that interviewed candidates for the
new police chief and and I I think you
know one of the things that we we talked
about you know when we met you was um
not just uh a willingness to do
community policing but you know an
enthusiasm for it as well and I just I
just want to say like this event totally
echoed you know like what I envisioned
you know having you come in here and do
and I know that Sam also had mentioned
uh when I appointed him as a safety
chair here you know having the community
learn the names of the police officers
you know having them recognize those
police officers know those names and us
as well and so I just think this was a
fantastic event it was just really
really well done I I appreciate uh you
and I appreciate all those officers
coming out and and doing that thank
you um off of what Trey said the cake
pops were a huge hit Because by the time
you know I went to go look for one they
were all gone but it was really engaging
to get the young families over and I
noticed we noticed the little guys that
did not want to let go of those cake
pops um so they got that interaction
with you and the one thing I've Loved
about the interaction you've had with
the community Chief is you always extend
uh them to come to the station to come
for to walk around and to meet you there
and I love that because I think that's
something new to the community I
remember the first time going in to get
my kids bikes um registered with the
city and felt a little intimidating and
you don't make it that way so continue
that good work um and hopefully we can
get more tours over there and then I
know you've discussed that we're going
to have more of these coffee with the
cops throughout the community and go to
where the people are so I know people
have been asking um I know that there's
a lot of interest in having one um on
North Cassidy um at that coffee shop so
continue the good work and it was a huge
success and I look forward to more of
them thank you I um one very humbled and
appreciative you know I think on the
topic of Safety and Security we have
made a very deliberate effort to be
proactive while engaging our Jewish
Community um we've been very deliberate
and very open about um what we've been
doing with our bomb detection program
and and utilizing that as a resource
that is getting a lot of recognition um
I think it's so important to
um to do that but you know and then with
the community policing piece I think
that it's so important to meet people
where they are um I had not planned on
sharing this but I'm going to share
yesterday um yesterday it's about five
o'clock and I'm up talking to um
typically one of the midnight
dispatchers who was working second shift
and so I'm in there talking with her and
in Comes This nine-year-old little boy
with his helmet and his bicycle and he
comes up to the window and he says can I
have a squishy
and it absolutely melted my heart
African-American his name was Muhammad
and I said come on in so he brought his
bike in I took him up to my office he
spent about 15 minutes with him I gave
him a bunch of goodies and um a lot of
things that we've been doing at the
community and it's in that moment that
very I mean he felt so um comfortable
and at ease and just love that that
engagement and so that tells me in that
moment that what we're doing is making a
difference for him to come in with such
confidence um and I remember being that
little boy and having that impact and
what that meant to me and so it was very
touching um and it lets me know that we
are absolutely on the right
track thank you Chief and if you could
bring squishies for us next
time appreciate
it uh next up service department uh Mr
bashore welcome Mr Andy's coming from a
uh traffic Comming meeting next door yes
sir um I do not have anything to add to
my written report tonight um I will say
fingers crossed I'm hoping
Drexel will be bended next week not this
Friday next Friday I'm hoping all the
concrete work will be
done that's what we're shooting
for yeah but other than that yeah I
don't have anything else tonight
any questions for
Andy thank you Andy
um Mr price thank you mayor just a
couple quick highlights from the report
um our community survey for the skate
park is out uh it'll be up for another
week and a half I think through the end
of next week um as of earlier today we
had almost 500 responses which is
wonderful uh so we are actively
U going through the process to engage
the community and work towards uh design
of uh hopefully our community's first uh
permanent skate park in the near future
so please if you have know of anyone
interested in in getting involved uh
have them fill out the survey uh I'd
also point out um uh the other thing I
want to point out is uh the information
on the year end report on the David H
Mass Community pool was presented to the
rec board at the last meeting uh last
Wednesday um and uh you know obviously
there was a big changes with the with
the membership module model of a $50
membership um as we expected just some
quick highlights as we expected you know
the revenue would decrease from previous
year uh based on that model um but we
were pretty close on projection we
projected 318,000 of Revenue we ended up
at
366,000 so uh within 4% um expenses as
we continue to discuss uh for running
the pool uh went up fairly significantly
driven by um staff expenses um and
chemical costs that were pretty
significant increase for this year uh
the staff costs uh as you as you compare
to
2022 um we started to change our hourly
pay for staff in 2022 to address the the
low numbers of Staff but as you also may
remember we were very underst staffed
for that entire summer so the cost in
that year was was lower even though we
were paying roughly the same amount we
are we did in 2023 but the numbers of
Staff we weren't weren't at full staff
pretty much the entire year so uh this
2023 I think gives us a pretty good PR
picture of what those expenses will look
like uh generally going forward um we
have a um a rough um contract for 2024
from from swim safe that is essentially
flat there may be some slight additional
costs associated with some uh swim
lessons adjustments that we might make
but chemical costs and Staffing costs
are essentially flat so that's what the
proposal is in front of us uh going into
next year um as you also see from a me
membership standpoint our goal with the
the $50 membership um did have an impact
we had a fairly significant increase uh
in the number of memberships uh nearly
18% increase in memberships uh we were
within 2.3% of our estimate uh we
estimated 3700 3,720 individual
memberships we had 3,600 35 um
anecdotally the feedback was very
positive um on the membership model of
the $50 membership model obviously we
see it in numbers with an increase in in
participation uh we also saw it although
I don't because of the way we track
membership in the past it's not an easy
number to pull out but we we did feel
like we saw a lot more middle school and
high schoolers engaged in the pool than
we have in previous years um I know
anecdotally conversations that I've had
had um about the number of families that
maybe had memberships in other uh
whether it was JCC whether it was a
country club or otherwise also invested
in our pool that they maybe wouldn't
have done in years past um and so that
was also a nice um option for our
residents so overall I think the goal uh
for the the change in the membership uh
in terms of um making it more accessible
to all of our residents getting more
people involved was uh was met uh
obviously we want to continue to to
engage as many people as possible um uh
you know the the the budget side is
something that we'll continue to discuss
as we go through the budget process and
uh the uh continued um uh general fund
transfer to offset those losses will be
something we'll continue to discuss uh
the only other thing I point out from a
budgetary standpoint we had a large
number of capital items this year which
won't be sort of a typical year typical
year is right around
$33,000 we have had larger items that
needed replaced or fixed uh the slides
got painted which is one of the bigger
ones I think was around a 40 yeah
$49,000 expense which is you know an
expense that we'll see roughly every you
know the pool was built in 2007 so
roughly every you know uh 17 years my
math right uh 16 years 17 years um and a
new um diving board which again has a
much longer lifespan so it's not the
type of um Capital Improvements we're
going to be doing year over year so
anyway with that um the last thing I'll
I'll point out is is we did make the
recommendation we went through a very um
extensive review process on pool
management with swim safe we talked
about this last year about uh you know
some of the areas that we had concerns
about but also recognizing that their
first two years of operations were year
one was in the midst of the height of
coid uh and the impact that had on
operations year two was at the height of
a national shortage in lifeguard staff
um that had a dramatic impact on
operations in in
2022 uh as we talked about 202 3 we
talked about the idea that we felt like
the environment was going to allow us to
get a fair evaluation of their ability
to manage under sort of normal
conditions if you will um and so we
spent a lot of time evaluating um survey
went out to the public uh survey went
out to the staff which again are their
staff not not our staff but it's our
community so it's important to us uh to
understand how their experience was with
swim safe um and also evaluations that
we do as a staff in terms of operational
evaluation
um and uh the feedback was was very good
um from a survey perspective from a
patron survey perspective we had um um a
uh about a 6% increase across the board
in responses our average score was a
four point just about a 4.4 out of five
on the questions that we had every
single question that we asked was an
improvement from uh year over year um uh
so we felt really good about about that
feedback uh we saw similar uh numbers uh
with the guards uh they're uh what I
think is one of the the biggest
indication is especially with the guards
is how many anticipate or plan on coming
back and of the I think 25 respondents I
think there was only one that said they
were not coming back um the vast
majority were coming back I think it was
around 60% were coming back and around
another 30 some percent that just were
UND decided hadn't plan didn't have
their plans set for what they were going
to do the next year which is
understandable so uh with all of that
said we did make the recommendation of
the rec board uh to move forward with a
contract with swim safe for
2024 uh it would have to be contingent
obviously upon City council's approval
of the budget so um that uh the board
unanimously supported that uh and we'll
have that discussion as part of the
budget process here over the next month
so so sorry to be longwinded but any
questions
yes so we we lost roughly or lose but it
was $244,000 is that right 13 318,000
versus 342 with taking the funding model
to the $50
per person membership fee it was
actually we we ended up at 306,000 so we
lost 30 we lost 36,000 that okay we lost
okay the 318 was what we uh we estimated
would be our Revenue yeah no but
regardless I think it was a huge win I
heard so many great things about the new
funding model commend you and Mary
Kesler for coming to us for that um
heard a lot more teenagers a lot a lot
more families that may Belong To The JCC
or may belong to thums Country Club that
got memberships because it was more and
their kids could participate you know in
at the Bexley pool with their friends um
I think it was a huge win so thanks
you uh and just to highlight that you
know that 18% increase in memberships is
huge so especially with all the trending
we've been seeing so great job that was
really it really great to see that
payoff and it bring and it brings it
more
cities yeah makes it more of an amenity
of our community with other cities as as
opposed to more of a cost to yep the
families
sorry I wanted to give a shout out to
Natalie Molen and her hard work this
year with the pool and staying very
engaged with everything to make sure
that we had these results come out in a
positive manner as they're being
reported back to the city and Council so
thank you Natalie for all of your hard
work on
thisk Matt No I um if I'm looking at the
budget correctly from last year that we
set coming into it I think you said that
you would lose $64,000 or 65,000 and you
ended at 67 is that
correct because that's you know what
would be incredible I so let's just say
please continue forecasting that you
know budgeting that accurately going
forward and teach everyone else
including myself how to do that because
that is um impressive no I appreciate I
will iate that was a bit of a shot in
the dark as I said last year because we
were trying to model it off of something
with very little experience so some of
that's a little bit of dumb luck but
thank you I appreciate
it no but like it's the point's well
made I mean like you estimated 3700 and
you had 36 I mean come on that's amazing
like you had nothing to go by so good
work well done just as long as if it
have been way off you'd have been like I
understand why it's way off it's a shot
in the dark but thank you
Monique Mike congrats on a great summer
season uh when you get a chance would
you be willing to um forward to me the
survey results for staff and um the
members for the pool that would be great
um and then I had a quick question um
how did how did the vendor for the snack
bar go and what are your thoughts on who
what that's going to look like maybe
next
summer so we had a meeting with the
owner we've already had our end of
season meeting with the owner um and uh
from a service standpoint things went
fairly well um uh there was a a
situation that came up late in the year
that we addressed with him directly that
we weren't didn't feel great about and
uh we had conversations with him
directly about that and felt good about
the conversations that we had and that
some changes be made to address uh that
specific situation um you know we have
as we always do we have suggestions for
improvements and we've conveyed those uh
I will you know I will also say so two
things I'll say is I I feel very
comfortable moving forward uh with the
the company again this year um I will
also at the same time say um when we
went through the RFP process there are
not a lot of um competitive options
either too so that's a reality that is a
part of that decision- making I say that
only because it's I think important for
everyone to understand um but also at
the same time again I'll reiterate we
feel comfortable moving forward with
them again uh for this next year and and
are going to do uh it was a two-year
contract um I mean there's options to
get out if we we have felt like there
was a need to get out so we'll have a
one year for next year re-evaluate
before extending after that great thank
you yep the cookout crew did threaten to
take over the snack bar so watch out
anything else for
Mike okay thank you
Mike
um
beer I really have no report this
evening however down on the agenda
you'll get to I do have a motion for
expenditure just wanted to explain that
and what it was
um that is a contract we have to provide
what's called our aif annual information
filing um and that's we have to file it
with an organization called the um
municipal or Emma um electronic
Municipal management
association and we hire Squires patent
and bogs to help us with that and we
typically open the purchase order at the
beginning of the year and we just missed
that one um but wanted you know what
that expenditure was and uh so once
that's approved can we go ahead and
indicate what which one that is on our
agenda Mr Mayor that's 19a so while
you're here beer and uh I think we might
if it's okay make make these motions now
instead
um to to to further just kind of state
what what beer just said these are these
are invoices they came in prior to a
purchase order being
created the funds were there they're in
the budget we have the authority to
spend it but you we hadn't opened a
purchase order so this is uh this has to
do with some auditing I believe with
Squire which is your attorney and
there's a similar situation Jeffrey Park
master plan where a PO hadn't been
opened yet um and an invoice came in but
the money's in the budget for it and
it's good that you have to explain that
that means we're not having 20 of them a
week or something like that so we I
think we want to go ahead and open it up
for questions for beer since we got them
here on these items anybody
if not I think we can go ahead and okay
if everyone's good I will uh move to
approve payment of $3,500 to Squire
Paton bogs for the continuing disclosure
as required I'll second
that um comments questions if not uh all
in favor I I I'll post same
sign I move move to approve payment of
$585 to Ohm advisers for the Jeffrey
Park master plan I'll second that as
well comments or
questions all in favor say I I I I'll
oppose same sign thank you beer you're
welcome I was just waiting for Mike to
um to inform everybody I taught him
everything he knows
about I appreciate the help with that
one Speer thank you
okay um for my
update I do want to let you know that
the the uh in addition to the calendar
of things that I've been up
to uh the year the parks projects are
coming along well Commonwealth Park is
the pond is expected to be done by the
end of the
month he's taking his time so we'll see
but I encourage you to stop by and peek
at it it's pretty cool the trie island
is is being constructed right now and so
you get a good feel the scale is now
kind of in place that you can get a good
feel for that it will be done in time
for our first annual Polar Bear Plunge
on boxing day so uh just get ready for
that um I wanna i w to commend Jen
Robinson for her organization of the one
beex Le Gathering the meal the family
style uh community meal we had about 200
people
there so uh Emily perfect did a ton of
work our staff did a lot of work uh our
hosts did a lot of work it was a great
event and so uh thank you but thank you
Jen that was a lot of like I imagine you
I can just picture you have a big
whiteboard and you're sort of like up
late at night like
swapping seats around so that was a big
can I jump in real quick I have to say a
a very very um uh longtime resident of
Bexley came up afterwards it may have
been the best compliment I've ever
received in my entire life and said this
is the best event that bexley's ever
done now I know how great the events
that happen in Bexley are so I'm not
going to believe it for a second but it
was really it was great and I mean
seriously Emily perfect is absolutely
Perfection she was amazing and and Ben
and everybody else who came out to help
out it was amazing and people want to do
it again next year which is really all
you can they want to do it every month
[Laughter]
love you but yeah yeah it was it was
great and we had an officer who was um
there and was at assigned to one of the
tables and um everybody just had a
really great time so thanks yep uh we've
been doing a lot of work on furthering
our bike friendly Beckley plan uh this
map shows you those bike Boulevard
routes as they are coming along um wayf
finding is getting close to completed on
them the way finding that means we're
going to have signs throughout them
telling people people helping helping
casual Riders know where to go visitors
people who maybe don't know the city as
well um find their way through the city
we've also had workshops over the past
week with um residents who live on
cassingham between Maine and fair and on
Roosevelt between Maine and fair um both
places were looking at dedicated bike
lames um for slightly different reasons
cassingham much more focused precisely
on that Corridor connecting the campuses
of montress and cassingham and the
amount of student bike traffic we see
there Roosevelt in response to a request
from um residents along Roosevelt and
adjacent to Roosevelt to calm traffic on
Roosevelt um so it would have the effect
of both narrowing the street and also
providing Safer travel lanes for
cyclists had Mi mixed feedback not not
unexpectedly we're going to do a little
bit more due diligence on the especially
on the Roosevelt one and on cassingham
just different types of doe further due
diligence so we're continuing to advance
those do not expect to see those in the
fall um
we have got a ton of public workshopping
going on right now with a variety of
plans sorry we have a ton of
workshopping going on the Jeffrey Park
master plan was well attended um
well-led uh good job to Mike and the
team land use strategy 2.0 initial
public work shop is scheduled for
November 1st uh here at City Hall um we
will have that followup beex strategic
plan meeting in the 15th it's going to
be a challenge to try to explain people
the difference between a land use
strategy and our strategic plan but
we're going to work on it November
I just confused you see so the land use
strategies of November 1st the Strategic
plan the 15th uh that's exactly you
illustrated my point perfectly what a
setup wow and it's a home run uh skate
park design Mike already covered with
you uh just to want to keep you informed
about the 2200 East Main Street review
process Architectural Review Board will
not hear the case on Thursday instead
they're going to have a design Workshop
uh on Thursday the 12th sorry that's not
right
Wednesday Wednesday the 17th they're not
having it on the 12 they will have it on
Wednesday the 17th um it will be in the
morning that's on the calendar further
up in the in this update uh tree
commission may hear it I'm not sure uh
they're still working on a revised site
plan Bap may hear it I would think Bap
will hear it so I would expect
that Tuesday Tuesday the 17th
Yeah Tuesday the 17th 8:30 to 11:30
there you go see every in a while well
done uh it is it's correct on our
website yeah good so somebody got it
right as Natalie got it right because
she did this part up the front so I was
the one who wrote it incorrectly in the
bottom multitasking into the woods Fest
was great kudos to uh Tim pits the Mei
Fest and all the volunteers who helped
organize that and wrangled volunteers
themselves
um it was it was really beautiful the
way that they lit up uh Jeffrey uh park
at night I think one of the unexpected
hits of it was the silent disco uh so
look for that I hope again next year um
as you can see my table I ended up being
lobbied heavily regarding Senior Center
activities so come back to me if you
ever want to talk about that there's uh
our Jeffrey Park master plan and I
should say also one Beckle event that
occurred last on Sunday was uh dreamtown
author uh from Shaker Heights that was a
really great um session and then
tomorrow night is the big table at the
library
at
6:30 6:30 I get that right uh so that'll
be one Bexley Focus as well and that was
like my favorite shock art from the
uh from the night there on on Drexel it
was also bike and walk to school week
last week so that's me hanging out with
the Louie I guess is the name of their
mascot or not it's it's like it is and
it isn't no but there's a Louie thing
too Mike can you explain that to me okay
thanks so uh that concludes my report
happen you take any questions one
question oh wait I'm sorry one second
Matt one more thing um going back to
2200 East Main the school board is as
you know considering the Tiff uh I will
be sending you guys an update on email
just about where that stands with the
school board because there's been some
modifications to those agreements as
they're moving board um we're waiting
for them to take action before talking
about it further uh with what we have
tabled so I will I will be briefing you
guys on email and that's all I had and
Matt um how's the fishing program going
for the Commonwealth Pond is that strong
strong so the concept the concept is
that uh have we talked about this to
council you and I talked about okay so
so the fishing permit for Commonwealth
Pond is as proposed it's a real thing
which will be Backle youth or really any
youth age 18 and
Below or actually think maybe this is
this a rough draft rough
draft Yeah rough draft can can receive a
fishing license there will be a
something like a couple a day uh given
but they have to go in person themselves
individually to direct Department to
apply for it they have to walk up to the
desk they have to engage with an adult
and uh they will be issued with the the
fishing permit duy and they have to make
their pole out of a stick and string
that they that's right that we provide
them and they have to wear burlap sack
pants basically jump out of a Tom Sawyer
novel vegan vegan they are vegan fish
they're robotic AI fish don't
worry is a rumor that you're planning to
extend the Dora to round the pond too is
that true incompatible incompatible I'm
sorry you get p go ahead Matt you got
something else to say yeah one more
thing I I wanted to uh thank and um
commend the library Brian jury and uh
president Markham and Patty Markham for
the intel on Intel presentation by Betsy
Goldstein she uh she's wonderful very
informative and I would um highly
encourage any Resident and anyone who
lives in Franklin or the surrounding 30
counties um to see the presentation it
was it was well
done City who was also a sponsor in city
of Bexley okay sorry so good job guys go
team Mr F I think you're in charge now
right or at least participating all
right consent agenda the me meeting
minutes from September 26 2023 ordinance
34-23 to establish the position of
administrative and public records
manager and to establish the pay range
at 2726 per hour to 4161 per hour and to
declare an emergency that was introduced
by Miss Lamy and ordinance 3623 to
authorize supplemental Appropriations
for calendar year 2023 also introduced
by m Lamy comments or questions on the
consent agenda that includes from the
audience if not I move to adopt the
consent agenda can I get a second second
second by Mr Kingler uh Mr mCP please
call the rooll Miss Lamy yes Miss sad
yes Miss fible yes Mr Markham yes Miss
Robinson yes Mr Marcelino and Mr Kingler
yes consent agenda
passes all right so we are on to a third
reading of ordinance D30 ordinance 30-23
to amend section 61816 of the Bexley
cified ordinances to authorize the
Animal control officer to designate an
animal as dangerous or vicious pending
the review and adjudication by the
bexley's mayor court of any criminal
charges filed pursuant to the codified
ordinances and to declare an emergency
and that was introduced by Mr Marcelino
Mr Marcelino is absent tonight do we
have someone to handle this he spoke
with me about it do you want to I say
okay um so his uh this is just to to
clarify the difference between this and
3523
3523 uh gets into definition of vicious
animal this is the one that provides for
some controls um pending any Court
adjudication Mr Marcelino would like to
ask Council to vote on it this evening
if possible he will be asking for a
tabling of
3523 fair enough I'm gonna open up
comments or questions to city council
from this Miss
Lamy as I indicated at the uh second
reading I think that this ordinance does
a good job of
balancing
um and prioritizing the safety and
health of not only our residents
especially our smallest residents but uh
our our pets um and coupled with uh a
dog owner's right to do process to allow
any pending charges to work the way
through the system um I think it's
important that we continue to make sure
that um everyone is safe uh while
something's working its way through the
court system so I am in full support of
this I will also share that about two
years ago there was a dog attack um not
too far from my home uh one of uh a
friend's dog got viciously attacked and
um I think had this ordinance been
around then um
it it probably would have helped me
sleep a little bit more at night before
that Mayor's Court outcome resolved the
case so anything we can do to uh
keep safety at the Forefront um
especially after that maybe has been an
incident is extremely important to me so
I intend to support this thank you Miss
lampy other Asad I also will be voting
and support of this ordinance this
evening um I share experiences and
stories of friends and unsafe situations
that could have have been much worse and
as Miss lampy said um this is our it is
our job to keep our residents safe in
this ordinance I believe will help do
that I extend the opportunity for
comment to the
audience please
approach state your name and address
please and address
Council Jim Hughes uh 673 mantros Avenue
uh my question on the uh ordinance was
the declare the an emergency was
that uh giving the Animal control
officer uh authority to declare an
emergency or is it an emergency how let
Mr official sort of Define that legal
language it does not the the reason for
that language is that normally
ordinances take effect 30 days after
they're passed and signed by the mayor
declaring an emergency will allow this
ordinance to take effect immediately
upon signing of the by the mayor uh
assuming you he signs it um so that way
it doesn't have to wait 30 days so the
safety Provisions in the ordinance can
be applied right away and not delayed
doesn't give any authority to the Animal
control officer above what's read in
there there there was another one too
that had the same language declar
emergency and same same situation same
situation exactly right thank
you thank you sir any other further
comment
question um if not then I believe Mr
Marcelino would like for me to make a
motion to adopt ordinance
30-23 second the second by Mr Kingler uh
Mr mCP please um Mr Marcelino Miss
Robinson yes Miss fible yes Miss sod yes
Miss lmy yes Mr Markham yes and Mr
Kingler yes ordinance passes thank
you all right we are now on to a third
reading of ordinance 32-23 to add
section
618 25 animals and unattended Motor
Vehicles in order to protect the Health
and Welfare of animals in unattended
vehicles introduced by Mr Marcelino all
right another one uh Mr Marcelino is
sponsor that I think probably he is okay
with us taking a vote on tonight any
comments or questions on this third
reading from
Council any comments or questions from
the audience on this
ordinance if not uh I moved we adopt
ordinance
32-23 second second by Mr Kingler Mr mCP
please miss yes Miss Fel yes Miss
Robinson yes Mr Marcelino Mr Kingler yes
Miss Lamy yes and Mr Markham yes
ordinance
passes okay we are on to a third reading
of ordinance 33-23 to amend chapter
14560 registration required and to add
chapter 1494 mosquito control treatment
introduced by miss fible it is my
understanding um after talking
to um our attorney just a couple minutes
ago that there is a need to um withdraw
this order
um Mr City attorney would you like to
comment absolutely I mean we were
approached by um representatives of the
mosquito control and other well it's
more they're more than just that um and
provided with some legal arguments and I
looked into it and they're right um we
cannot um this ordinance would violate
state law passage of it I even got the
the department of Ohio Department of
Agriculture representative even reached
out to me today too so not weighing in
on it but just saying hey just want you
to be aware of their arguments so it
needs to it needs to be withdrawn thank
you Mark um with that said I would urge
all of
our um individual homeowners who do have
mosquito treatment to reach out to their
neighbors and let them know when it's
happening because I think that's a
kindness so with that I would like to um
um make a motion to withdraw ordinance
3323 second motion to withdraw the uh
ordinance by Miss fible and second by
Miss sod uh Mr
mCP Miss hod yes Miss Robinson yes Miss
fible yes Mr Markham yes Miss Lamy yes
and Mr Kingler
yes motion to withdraw
passes okay so we are on to order
ordinance 35-23 to amend section 61816
A5 of the Bexley codified ordinances to
amend the definition of vicious animal
and to reorder and amend existing
section 61816 A8 that was introduced by
Mr Marcelino and I know that uh Mr
Marcelino had asked that we consider
tabling this tonight which uh will be my
intention to make that motion before we
do that invite comment or questions from
city
council and I would invite comment or
question from the audience on this if
there are
any if there are none I move to table
ordinance
35-23 at this time second second by uh
miss lampy Mr mCP uh Mr
Marcelino miss lampy Mr Kingler I'm
sorry now I'm just going too fast Miss L
I skipped you
sorry okay Mr Kingler yes Miss sod yes
Miss F yes yes Miss Robinson yes and Mr
Markham yes okay thank you Mr Rick PE it
balanced out at the
end all right third reading of
resolution 6-23 adopting the 2023
recommendations of the Bexley tax and
Center review Council regarding tax
abated properties in the city of Bexley
introduced by Ms lamkey thank you uh as
noted in the resolution this past summer
the Bexley tax incentive review Council
met and recommended that the existing
abatements be continued as provided uh
here any
questions I move to adopt resolution
6-23 I mean technically shouldn't we
give the audience chance oh okay I'm
sorry I apologize sorry motion to adopt
by Miss lamkey second second by Mr
Kingler uh comments or questions from
Council on this and then we invite
comments or questions from the audience
on this as
well if not go ahead Mr
mCP missad that's okay yes Miss Robinson
yes Mr Markham uh yes Mr Marcelino Mr
Kingler yes Miss lampy yes and Miss
Bible
yes resolution passes all right I do not
believe we have action on any tabled
ordinances
unless someone wants to correct me and
if not we can move on to the chair
reports and we will start with Mr
Kingler um thanks president Markham we
do have one
motion to extent um to possibly approve
to extend a variance for 81 North drexal
that we ruled on last
year I move
to I make a motion to adopt approve the
to approve the
extension in front of
you second thought uh we have a motion
by Mr Kingler and a second by Miss fible
and I think maybe we need to stop for a
second do we have comments or questions
any explanation on this yeah why don't I
go ahead and explain it so so under the
under our city ordinances um a Varian a
v approved variance is good for one year
normally this is a BAP function um and
but there are some things that only
Council can approve and some things that
Council can
do and which is what you did in this
situation a year ago Bap denied the
variances Council approved the variances
instead of sending it back down for Bap
to approve the variance which means they
could have approved the one-year
extension you guys which was fine just
the the just made made the decision that
the variances are going to be approved
without any further action of beap um
the law our ordinances allow you to
extend it by one year the request came
in and certainly Kathy Rose didn't seem
to have any concerns with it so that's
why it's before you this evening in an
unusual fashion any further questions
for uh either Mark or Mr Kingler or even
the mayor on
this if not
oh to for the record I clar I would just
make sure that it's clear that Mr
Clinger you were asking for a one-year
extension yes yeah which is the maximum
you can give yeah I just it on I think
you said it I just want to make sure the
record was clear yeah before you one
year all in favor say I I I all oppose
same
sign all right motion passes before can
somebody make sure that Kathy is
informed of this I've been and that way
she can send it out to the requestor
thank you Matt do you have more for your
chair report no we have
an all right thank you all right Miss F
no
report
missad at the Harvest Festival this
Friday um starting at six o'clock
believe it or not it's gonna be 77
degrees right now is what they're saying
in Sunny so it's gonna be a great night
we're not gonna have to worry about the
kids freezing hopefully um the Bexley
Education Foundation um some wonderful
things that they do they recently had a
high school speaker come in and talk
about the full solar eclipse that will
be happening in April so um when you
donate to the Education Foundation these
are wonderful workshops that they bring
to our students
um examples are such as that they have
recently launched a new website so
please go check that out no longer are
the Alum on-one web page and beex
Education Foundation on a separate one
they are now all together in one place
so it's really nice and a lot easier to
follow so check that out
um Jeffrey Mansion public Workshop that
the mayor just was speaking about the
historical preservation of uh Jeffrey
Mansion you know the blueprint for
future generations to come is happening
right now we just had a public workshop
last week it was very well attended and
a lot of great feedback from the
community I would love everyone with a
little bit more um time to put on your
calendar to Mark November 29th is the
next public forum so I would love to see
um Council people there to also give
their feedback and to share with
neighbors and friends that everybody
loves the Mansion um you know they're
all interested in how we can prosper and
preserve and that's what we're doing at
this Workshop so please come and uh Mark
that on your calendars and as the mayor
and Mike both mentioned the skate park
survey is now live so get on there 500
that's a great what what do what do we
usually I would love to say hey I shared
that but a lot of people must be because
of
you I mean like a good survey return for
us would be 250 or 300 um now on our
committee for the skate park is is the
owner of Embassy skatee uh shop in
Clintonville and so it's gone out to the
broader Central Ohio community but still
our 43209 we're in the 200s which is
great okay great so I what's kind of
cool about that is we're raising
awareness we have like 50% of those
results are from outside of Bexley yeah
that's really neat it's great we're
gonna get it right and it's obviously
due right yeah end of report it was
funny I was um sorry along those lines
it got shared at the schools like before
we even knew it got shared we don't have
any idea how it got shared but the
schools were great they got it out and
so like Brew overheard me talking to
somebody about it like within a couple
days of that and brw's like oh yeah I
filled that out yeah I filled that out I
was like
cool which by his civic participation is
not usually
quite let's strike that from the record
but
uh uh Finance Miss
lampy uh I would encourage everyone to
uh maybe reach out to Natalie um to
start setting up your meetings to take
place uh closer to the third week in
October to meet with your um kind of
assigned department heads and the mayor
for your uh I guess your different
committees at the earliest that's right
um it's okay it Mar
okay yeah just uh if you can't put that
on your calendar uh we are
anticipating receiving a draft budget
either by October 24th possibly for
first reading or possibly November 14th
either scenario will leave us plenty of
time plenty of time to um to kind of go
through the budget season so and a
report Miss Robinson strategic
Committee just two quick things um I
know the mayor already mentioned the one
beex of gathering but I did want to just
give a shout out to uh the mayor to our
service staff uh to um Emily and to
everybody for making that such a great
event and also just a reminder that the
not the land use strategy 2.0 but the
Beckley strategic plan meeting reminder
that that will be sometime around
November 15th and as soon as we nail all
that down we'll get information out to
you to share at to to your people it's
on the calendar I said provisionally
just because I hadn't talked to you
about it yet oh so we T November 15th we
we hav advertising you just advertised
it you did it good job we have a comment
or a question here sorry um mayor Kesler
did you get that picture that I sent
over it's on the agenda the folder so I
wanted to recognize a very special guest
tonight taking her time to be here with
us learning more about the community
office hours were uh very eventful
yesterday because I had um a wonderful
young lady here with me she is a um
Beckley junor this year and um she's one
of our foreign exchange students that we
will be welcoming into the community we
get her till June and she's very excited
about being in Bexley and giving back
and we are excited to have her so thank
you for being here tonight and you
stayed all the way to the end which you
should get some sort of award for that I
think we all should
really so you're from Maldova right does
that let's say pickle ball Club malova
you're sure I've just been like Malibu
okay close enough I very close we're
gonna get you one though very close
right Alex do you on
that Sailing Club malova or the yeah
Sailing Club Sailing Club merch by the
way is back online now you can get your
hat so anyone who needs it I'll let you
know how to get it at this time we
invite public comment from the audience
if there are any if there are some
please approach
please State your full name and your
address uh first I want to thank you for
your kind words what have they spoke
about Israel let's be clear um I will
say what was said on the news today this
was a
massacre this is a massacre towards the
state of Israel and to every Jewish
person on the on the face of this earth
right now it's an offense and every
person in this city the city of Columbus
and the United States should be offended
about what happened and should stand for
Israel so I thank you for that I just
want to make that statement the only
good news is that the good Lord above
sent his son Yeshua hamashiach to die
for each of our sins thank you thank you
sir Conant Lewis 663 you CLA I didn't
know you were gonna say that
um I just wanted to say
with all the tragedies going on in the
world today um we're so far away we
don't feel like we have anything we can
do or any control but I just want to
leave you with this um that we do have
some direction and it says if my people
who are called by my name will humble
themselves and pray and seek my face and
turn from their Wicked Ways then I will
hear from heaven and I will forgive
their sin and will hear them heal their
land so we can pray and we can stand
with
people especially in Israel today thank
you thank you Miss Lewis further
comment if not I move to adjourn can I
get a second second all in favor say I I
I pose same sign thank you