he was ready when you were
thank you uh welcome to Tuesday October
11th Bexley city council meeting uh as
always
thoughts are with the people of Ukraine
and tonight I have a special message for
you and you and you and you and you and
you
maybe you that is
thank you for your service to our city
we appreciate that great promise to me
yeah I did Point past yeah
yeah
I missed I skipped a couple people Mr
mcpeek will you give us the roll call
please
um
oh yes here
here Mr Markham here
here
president
anywhere we need one more
Ms Robinson sorry it all threw me off
sorry I didn't I removed the name plate
so that's kind of my fault
Miss Robinson is absent and
we make a motion to
to uh excuse her absence as she is
doing her mom gig yep I I will second
that uh all in favor say aye aye opposed
same sign please join me in the Pledge
of Allegiance
for which it stands foreign
thank you
all right tonight we have I believe no
special guests in presentations and also
no ordinance resolutions with visiting
presenters we can get onto
public comments do we have any speaker
slips
we do we have one speaker slip all right
thank you uh Mr Dolan
oh I'm sorry it is relative to an
ordinance oh would you like for the poll
worker Ordinance do you like which one
is it the poll worker ordinance
uh and if I may Mr President Mr Dolan
brought us this concept so and I know
that it's later on on the agenda so I
didn't know if we wanted to give him the
privilege of that especially the best no
that's fine go ahead
yes do and tell us your name and your
address please thank you it's a pleasure
to be here my name is Jason dolman I
live at 654 Indian Mountain Road in
Columbus
um here to speak in favor of ordinance
38-22 which is the poll worker
protection ordinance uh just by way of
background I'm a former Bexley resident
moved here about 25 years I'm a retired
attorney now and in my prior life as an
attorney
I was a both a criminal prosecutor and a
civil prosecutor and also as the Bexley
Mayor's Court magistrate for a number of
years
um so um
I'm here to speak in favor of this
ordinance and to sort of update you on a
couple of things that you may not be
aware of uh I was the initial drafter of
this ordinance and originally submitted
it to uh uh the Upper Arlington uh city
council uh no disrespect to Bexley but I
just happened to know somebody who was
on city council there and uh they
considered it and passed it fairly
promptly
um
after that uh I've sent it out to a
couple of other municipalities uh in
central Ohio and they have it at least
one or two have it under consideration
um last night uh the city of Columbus
passed a virtually identical
uh ordinance to the one that you have
before you
um and it was passed as an emergency
which I think is a very good idea and I
know that you have it on as an emergency
as well
um
one of the speakers who spoke last night
was Anton white who is the director of
the Franklin County Board of Elections
and impressed upon the Columbus city
council members uh how important this
was this ordinance was of course
Columbus has
somewhere in the area of 5 000 election
workers I think city-wide Bexley of
course doesn't have that many but it
doesn't diminish the importance of this
to uh to the city of Bexley
so um anyway I just wanted to bring
those two points to your attention uh
one that Columbus has passed it already
as an emergency and two that the
director of the County Board of
Elections was strongly in supportive and
felt it was important uh and spoke about
as we've all heard in the news some of
the terrible things that have gone on in
terms of threats to election workers and
certainly all of you as elected
officials know how important uh those
workers are in terms of you know
furthering our democracy
and making free and democratic
government uh available to all of us
so uh uh I wanted to uh
stop by tonight uh and just give you
some of that background and uh
answer any questions that you might have
uh I understand this off for a second
reading tonight
any questions yes just a real quick
comment thank you so much for bringing
this to to us I don't think I even
realized that this was something that
was that was necessary and
um and I really appreciate that so thank
you so much and thank you for spending
so much time on it
to make it happen uh My Hope and I'm
sure the hope of people in the city of
Columbus is that once it's passed uh you
don't hear from it again which means in
many instances that it's working there's
a real power of these laws of course
this is a criminal statute or criminal
ordinance but the real power and the
real effectiveness of any criminal
statute of criminal ordinance is
deterrence and we hope that
as these stories have picked up in the
Press about these uh by these ordinances
being passed uh that people who might
have been inclined to harass or annoy or
intimidate election workers uh think
twice about it and decide not to do so
so I think right here
um I like councilwoman Bible did not
know that this was an issue either and
uh we had our first reading in our last
meeting I really appreciate you taking
the time to be here tonight and for all
the due diligence that you've put into
other communities as well as ours
um never be afraid to get over to Bexley
first
um but really appreciate you as a
resident of 25 years and and bringing
this to be put in front of us tonight
and explaining a little bit more
um about what this ordinance is all
about we really appreciate that thank
you very much
thank you thank you thank you
we'll move on to the president's report
and speaking of Elections I was made
aware today there actually is a very
very important election coming up
and that is uh
student council elections
here I'm back so I'm going to cover the
name of the candidate that way but I
received this on my mailbox we don't
give them any you know extra unfair
publicity or whatever says don't blow it
vote for so and so for uh student
council and I have to say I spent my day
before I got home working with college
students who also work as uh they work
for elected officials they work for
elections I had one student after
another today one was very enthusiastic
working for a Democrat candidate one was
very enthusiastic working for a
republican candidate uh I thank all of
you tonight for your service here and I
think we all more than maybe most
appreciate the young people and that you
know that next generation of of uh
students and kids that are working uh
and to uh in a democratic government
system that we have and supporting that
so it's exciting I was happy to get the
the student council thing there and it
also comes with a lollipop that I'll
probably enjoy at some point today too
move on to the City attorney report
I have no report tonight other than to
thank mayor Kessler for his service
thank you Mr Fishel it is noted and
appreciated
and the auditor's report
um the only report I have is that we've
received the notice
um from the Ohio Division of liquor
control
um where we have a local business that's
looking to let's see I think it renew
their liquor license so custom areas we
have an opportunity to request a hearing
or
um we do not request a hearing so
nonetheless since it's a renewal I would
recommend that we do not request a
hearing for kitties
cakes Cafe okay and so if you if you do
have some concerns about that you would
like a hearing please uh let us know
talk to me or Mr McPeak uh we'll work on
that great thank you
time for the administrative update Mr
Mayor will you take us through the
administrative update thank you Mr
President
um first up we have Mr Bayshore with the
service department update good evening
mayor and city council
um
I think Ben's going to bring up my
report
there we go um I don't have anything to
add to my report tonight but more than
happy to answer any questions anybody
might have tonight
question here not so much a question
Andy as to just kind of the reminder to
the community everybody's talking about
leaves those beautiful changing leaves
are starting to fall so that's October
24th correct that we're gonna start
leave leaf removal yes ma'am all right
send a reminder to residents to the
extent possible please keep those leaves
out of the street and uh up behind the
curb
yes please
either for our crews but uh better for
our water quality as I was reminded by a
high school student today in an email
asking what we were doing to help ensure
better water quality in our Creek
and as we know lots of leaves in the
creek through our storm sewer
uh is bad for waterboarding so
Mr Marcelino quick question will there
be anything in the uh in the upcoming
um Bexley Communication in regards to
keeping the leaves on the Tron
yes so we we routinely put that on the
blast with an image
okay it's to where it goes I'm just
thinking just as I like it might help so
make it simple
that's no problem
with an arrow
if you want it done make it obvious
we're gonna we're gonna put it on a tag
and we're gonna attach it to recycling
bins and then we're just that's a joke
okay sorry about that Miss sod
did you have something further sorry
okay
anybody else
thank you very much Mr Bayshore thank
you
finance department uh Mr Hale I don't
see a written report uh Beach or
anything you wanna
bring to our attention
I have no report mayor Mr Mayor
that's a nice shirt you're wearing
though
it's Bexley service department they gave
it to me
they really appreciate all the work we
do for them well public service and
you're a public servant so I think it's
appropriate yep that's right questions
for the future
all right thanks Beecher appreciate it
thank you
uh Chief Lewis is here in the room with
us this evening
uh chief
anything good evening sir nothing
additional ad okay
here to answer any questions though any
questions for the chief yes ma'am
Chief can you share with us some of the
feedback that you have gotten from our
business owners regarding
um uh the police checks
so I will say without sounding um too
braggadocious the feedback has been
extremely overwhelmingly positive
um as recent as this morning I got a
call from a business owner who asked me
to stop by after I made a visit to his
business and it asked that I really help
him in evaluating some safety I'm
looking for a potential renter that may
be looking at his property looking at
some best practices as to a potential
future tenant so um it's the the
dividend is paying for us in the
interaction as well as just
understanding their needs being on the
lookout for specific things that I'm
being able to have a direct
communication and sharing
concerns proactive and reactive it
really has been very positive so the
officers have what I I liked I walked
into a business and before I even
introduce myself they showed me four
other business cards for my officers
that had been in there and so I was very
excited to see that it's being received
so well not only externally by other
businesses but the officers have
embraced this
um different approach as well
oh right here
I saw a card on the cash register and I
said oh my
it's something was something wrong and
they should know this really young
Viking again he was so polite he was
done I mean she went on and on and on
with Rodney Johnson so that had to come
in and she just went on and on and on
how wonderful he was and that they were
just checking in and so thank you thank
you for that feedback
Chief I'm going to uh do a update on the
citizens Police Academy my experience
there and I just want to say that I am
just really loving that experience and I
really really learning a lot it's it's a
really fantastic program this week was
uh the first aid
um class and you know I I just was
saying to my neighbors I was talking
about you know like all the things that
we think of police officers and fighting
crime and you know and all this stuff
and then to spend that class talking
with officers about first aid and CPR
applying tourniquets and to know like
all the different things that we expect
of our police officers and all of the
services that they bring to us it's
really very very impressive uh you know
what it what it takes to be a police
officer and I I asked a lot of questions
so you know as they did things I would
say like how often have you had to do
CPR how often have you to do a
tourniquet and you know uh in years and
years of service there were a handful of
times you know and uh it wasn't a lot
but it was some and and to me that is
even more stressful it would sound more
stressful is that over a period of 10
years you might have to do it four times
and who knows when always being ready
for that and so I just want to say uh it
really deepens the appreciation of that
that experience and those services that
we we get here in the community it's
it's really great
too much
and not to be Debbie Downer on this note
but um in your report you did mention
car theft and so I was wondering if you
could just highlight what our residents
can do
um
to help decrease that from happening
yeah there are some basic things as just
locking their doors
um the number of vehicles that we are
seeing that are left unlock unsecured
valuables in there those are what we
call Opportunity crimes of opportunity
and it's
um impacting those numbers but I think
that Kia and a few of the other
manufacturers are trying to do some
anti-theft components to those vehicles
but you know I don't know if there is a
maybe more comprehensive approach to the
old arm bars that you would put through
the steering wheels and trying to really
Target and canvas those owners to
petition to utilize those locking
devices to help and deterring some of
that
any questions
thank you Chief yes
uh Mr Price recreation parks update
yes sir uh the only thing I would add to
my written report is we have started
um the construction on Commonwealth East
so that Athletic Field is under
construction and hopefully done be done
in the next two to three weeks
other than that I can answer any
questions
any questions for Mike yes
sorry I I did look first before I said
that
um Mike I would love to hear more on
what you're doing with the Middle School
um student committee
um you're working to get feedback from
them for more
um offerings of middle school and I'm
assuming up activities uh that park and
rec could put on with their advisory so
if you could explain a little bit more
about that I think this is great and
it's been something that the community's
been talking about for a while so good
job on getting this up and running well
up and running is probably a little uh
um too positive spin on it at this point
but we we are uh we were excited I was
excited to be a part of the Middle
School's big table event last week uh
and something that we have been talking
about internally as a as a department is
how we can better connect with
specifically Middle School age but High
School age as well and uh at our staff
Retreat
um back in September one of the things
that came out of that was discussion
about how we can develop essentially a
sounding board or a committee within the
middle school student group to provide
us with sort of direct feedback or ideas
of interest that they they have as a as
a group and so
um the big table was maybe a step in the
direction of starting to have some of
those conversations with the leadership
there with the student council as well
as the students and we have followed up
with their leadership to begin sort of
formulating this committee uh with again
the goal of of having direct
conversation with the students on a
regular basis about things that we can
maybe do to provide services and
opportunities for students that is of
interest to them so we're hoping this
blossoms into something bigger that we
we had been discussing over the last
month or so and it's just I think the
next natural step in getting to that
point that I think will be will be an
improvement for our services to the
middle school age population
Mike who are you working with directly
at the middle school are you working
with Mr Shapiro or no no well Mr
security was not a part of
um uh of this group miss nakasako and
miss uh Zeeman I believe are the
um
uh is the staff that's in charge of
their student council and so that's sort
of a natural starting point for us
um not that the group that we would work
with would ultimately just be the
student council but that uh they're an
organized group of students that can
help us hopefully facilitate a committee
of of kids that are interested in
getting involved
great
so do you want to tell them the work
their working title for their uh their
student organization or a slash club
Zone was it display Zone I can't
remember
those kids Caps or no caps I can't
remember
all right any other questions for Mr
Price uh Matt are there still tickets
available for the Halloween Bash
great question there are still tickets
available for Halloween bash we are we
are tentatively setting next Friday as
the um as the deadline because we do
have to work with Caterers uh and the
drink vendors to make sure we have
enough food and drink for all those uh
registered so we're taking registration
through the end of next week uh the 21st
um we are we have we are almost at 100
which is awesome
um you know we're thinking we're going
to end up closer to 150 we will probably
cap it at around 175 if we didn't get
that number uh to have 100 this early uh
generally speaking registration for
things like this sort of happened in the
last week or so so we're expecting we'll
see a big push so if you're interested
we encourage people to register as soon
as they possibly can
in his Bible
um yes those tickets are going fast so
everybody needs to get them okay
um also Michael tell me about the 25
kiddos who are on the wait list for
basketball thoughts about them getting
on
yeah so you know we are as we do with
all of our wait lists
um we are evaluating all of our options
uh to get as many kids in as possible
you know there's a lot of factors that
we have to look into uh and it varies
depending on the type of program the
type of class with with say a
uh chess class for example you know
we're obviously keenly aware of our you
know ratio of kids to instructors to
make sure that we end up having a good
experience for all the kids in there so
we're aware of that uh or coach Chris
class for example those are some of the
things we we look at for a basketball
Class A basketball program or youth
sports program some of the the factors
that sort of dictate what we can or
can't do
um is the gem space
um or if flag football would be the the
field space at the football field uh how
many kids we want to have on each team
that's really important to us not to put
too many kids on a team making it
difficult for coaches to get enough
playing time for all the kids all right
rule of thumb for us is we try not to
have more than half of the number of
kids that play at a time sitting on the
bench in other words basketball has five
kids generally uh playing in our older
age group so we don't want to have any
more than sevens of two on the bench is
a goal we'll go as much as eight but we
don't we'd prefer not to you
um
a number of coaches is always a factor
in terms of how many kids we can get in
uh and and in this case uh I think we'll
be able to get a lot of those kids in as
we sort of work through how many coaches
we have what our schedule looks like but
there are some limitations frankly on
just gym space
um and how many teams we can have so
we're going to continue to work on that
um and we will communicate with those on
the waitlist as soon as we hear we will
I would also continue to encourage
people if they want to register if the
program the age that their child is in
is in a weight list we still encourage
them to get on the waitlist so that we
have a way to communicate with them and
understand their desire to get in the
program as savots open up
thanks Michael
I was asking for a friend
any other questions
all right
thank you Mike the mayor one last thing
I will stick around for the ordinance
3922 which is appropriation so if
there's any questions okay
thanks Mike appreciate it
all right a couple things to highlight
in my update
uh first off
uh okay yes sorry my handwriting is so
Crystal Clear uh the uh budget process I
want to give you guys an update that
um
I had planned on circulating a draft
budget uh the first one I submitted Matt
McPeak just gave it to gabash and just
said no way no how just kidding that
didn't happen I'm joking
um it does exist uh it's very drafty
um and uh there is a lot of work still
being put into it so I did not feel
comfortable giving you guys a half-baked
uh draft budget
um
easy Mr Klingler yes drafty exactly so
uh we will I will try to circulate that
to you prior to the next meeting
hopefully next week
um and then we will have a first reading
with uh the budget in hand
um feel free to ask me any questions you
might have I've been meeting with some
of you trying to get around to everybody
about the just follow-up from our
pre-budget meeting
um with some of the items you talked
about and where we were with that so I'm
gonna wrap those up
I got everything Incorporated in the
budget there's a lot of Concepts it's a
very exciting budget it's a very
balanced budget but I want to make sure
that it's it's um you know as coherent
as it can be for that first first
reading which is to say very coherent
um
a couple things to highlight of course
there is the Halloween bash coming up
trick-or-treat is Monday October 31st 5
37. we had a couple typos out there and
some of uh some of the Publications
around town we're not given the right
times but those have been repaired and
everything is looking good Columbus
marathon is coming through Bexley on
Sunday uh so get up at six o'clock and
cheer people on
um our alley the future projects we have
at least two alleys that we think are
going to be submitted to applications to
that which is really exciting we had
office hours uh I believe last week that
I think went really well uh feet on the
street update
this yesterday was our second feed on
the street uh day so this is week two
out of four
um we've had a couple hiccups with our
vendor in terms of properly labeling
things and making sure that they're
communicating with residents in terms of
what's been found and tagged in those
carts Elizabeth has been on top of that
so if you hear any concerns please
forward them to her
um
so we have two more weeks of the program
the good news is uh in this process
there have been some pretty like blatant
recycling issues that have surfaced and
so it has really been helpful to be able
to let people know like hey this you
know it's great that you put all your
cycling for example in clear bags but
that really messes up the entire system
so uh that's really important to be able
to share that information with people in
real time and and give them specific
examples to help them because in turn
that means that the recycling that we're
putting to our vendor actually gets
recycled so uh if you have any questions
about that feel free to let me know
we've had residents with questions we've
been trying to keep on top of all those
and keep them informed about the the
program and what's going on with that
um we've talked a lot about the status
of the mixed income housing project at
Livingston and Cassidy but I realize a
lot of those conversations have been um
just verbal narrative conversations so I
put out a statement
um up here you can read through it feel
free to take a look at it we'll be
posting something similar to the website
just about what the status is what the
upcoming process is that for residents
who have questions about our concerns
about it
um just so that we can kind of sequester
what we have talked about into a written
statement so that's out there as you
receive questions from residents
um
let me know and we can add more detail
to this also we just launched a question
corner at our on our Bexley blast last
Friday where residents can ask a
question and we will post the answer to
the website and post answers that have
like broad Community appeal to the
upcoming future blasts that's not really
related to this necessarily but it's
we're trying to think of ways to answer
questions that people have
um Sometimes some things lend themselves
more to proactive statements than others
but having like a question and answer
opportunity is something we just added
to more specifically and
programmatically added to the blast so
please encourage people to use that if
um if you want to take a look at what it
looks like
it's on our website at
now I'm gonna
I'll send you the address the word that
maybe we can just search questions and
see if that works
um
nope nope nope we'll get that out there
for you
um the dog park fencing is up and it's
almost completed so there you can see it
under construction what it looks like
starting to take some shape the uh
our our forest Crews have taken some of
the trees I don't think necessarily that
we're on site there were some trees that
were cut down inside that were dead and
so some there are some dead
uh logs here that have been stacked into
sort of like
horses for dogs to uh what's the word
agility right so a natural agility
course so that's going to be a component
we'll see how popular it is and how well
it works it's totally removable but I
want to I want to uh
praise our crews and coming up with kind
of a creative fun Riff on the natural
dog park concept
we've had a couple calls at least two
calls about the dog park complaining
that we have cut down trees in order to
make it happen I want to be really clear
about this we did cut down trees the
trees that we cut down were dead or
severely compromised we didn't go down
cutting down healthy trees in fact the
whole concept was to leave healthy trees
um to help provide shade and to provide
additional uptake of any you know rain
and runoff so uh no healthy trees were
harmed I am told from our tree crews in
the making of the dog park and in fact a
lot of invasive honeysuckle was also
removed as part of that project so we'll
continue to keep keep an eye on that as
that shapes up
uh Miss sod and I were both this morning
at csg's launch of their
I'm gonna I'm gonna forget the name of
Jess do you remember the name of what
they launched
Dave the girl
I'm gonna describe it because I the
program maybe I missed was the um
students all at CSG each got a folding
chair to decorate uh with an item that
they
uh cared about and we had racial justice
issues a lot of environmental chairs you
can see some chairs about Ukraine one of
my personal favorites share toys
think that's an important concept for
all of us
stand up for yourself read a book
so I they're out right now on the tree
line
at Broad and Drexel that's what those
are uh I think I encourage you to take a
walk around and look at them they are
really fun to look at and very creative
so it's a fun project and
that concludes my recurrent report but
we have some questions I just wanted to
mention the whole idea of the chair in a
customer and I'm not sure who it is okay
thank you councilwoman Bible I think
this is important so inspired by Shirley
Chris home quotation and in recognition
of the International Day of the girl CSG
is hosting this installation so she was
very passionate and Shirley came up with
this quote if they don't give you a seat
at the table bring a folding chair
and so this is uh What uh inspired all
every single CSG
um student to
um
show their passion for
um social awareness in these chairs I
love that quote
well done
also if you just Google Livingston
on our
on our website it'll come right up
the the questions oh the statement
the update yes the update is on the
front page and you can go back there's a
question Corner that I think we launched
in the blast and there's a page to it
but I think it might not have been
activated
um our Communications staff has been out
for a couple days so
I'll get you that link when it's up
I'm just thinking I'm looking at all
these chairs I'm just thinking if this
is a sign of the future I can't wait to
get old these are really cool as well
that great
yes plenty
mayor what kind of feedback are you
hearing from residents about your street
on the feet program I know it's on the
street sorry maybe I got that I know
it's only week two so maybe the it's too
early for people the the hero in the
room Natalie is taking a lot of those
phone calls um I am told and I have
there's been a lot of excellent
information provided to people that call
but I'm told that we're getting some
people actually calling and saying this
is great that you're doing it we have
gotten those calls and we've gotten
other calls saying this is horrible that
you're doing it it's uh you know it's a
um you know I don't want to be told how
to recycle
um I I don't want to I don't want to put
words in people's mouths that they're
not saying but I'm hearing
foreign
so
um you know Elizabeth has been staying
on top of those and making sure that any
issues that we are having are being
resolved at us as Natalie
um and other staff members
yeah thank you
anything else
all right
thank you Mr President
for as always yours thank you I also
want to thank uh Mr Fishel for his
service before I conclude my report and
someone remembered for her service as
well
oh sorry I I didn't mean to forget
Natalie
yeah thanks to uh all of you
Mr official will you take us through the
next part of that all right consent
agenda we have the meeting minutes from
September 27 2022 and resolution 7-22
accepting the amounts and rates is
determined by the budget commission and
authorizing the necessary tax leverage
and certifying them to the county
auditor as introduced by Ms lamke on
this part of the agenda we uh allow
speaking with no speaker slip required I
believe we have somebody who would like
to speak on the consent agenda
go ahead and approach
please state your name and address and
uh tell us what's on your mind my name
is Cherie lamendola and I live at 70
South Cassidy and I more have a question
about resolution 722 it just came to my
attention
um
and how it relates to Ally of the future
um residents have been interested in it
but they want to make sure it doesn't
raise their taxes is there any
connection between resolution 722 and
alley of the future like
is are any of those levees going to be
tied towards the funds that go towards
that I'll lead the future so I will turn
I will let you go ahead and answer that
sure so resolution 722 is a kind of a
it's a
uh it's a it's a resolution it's
required by state law just to certify
the amounts of tax levy the amount that
tax Liberties are raising uh for the
city and it it's kind of a formality but
having said that
um
we have a Street sidewalk an alley Levy
some of those funds that are talked
about in this Levy will be used for out
of the future but that's part of our
normal budget and there's no it's part
of our normal standard operational
infrastructure replenishment with the
alleys so there's not an anticipation
that there would be any increase in the
need for funding as part of that program
thank you for the clarification thank
you Cherie thank you
any other comments or questions from the
audience
any comments or questions from City
Council
I will take a motion to approve
and make a motion to approve the consent
agenda
motion to approve by Mr Klingler so back
in the second by Mr Marcelino and then
there are you okay Mr McPeak will you
call the rule
I will uh Mr Markham yes Mr Klingler yes
Miss sod yes Mr Marcelino yes it's
Fievel yes Miss lamke yes and Miss
Robinson
resolution passes
all right on to third readings we have a
third reading of ordinance 35-22 to
amend section 1060 in order to require
Recycling services to be provided a
commercial institutional and
multi-family properties within the city
of Bexley introduced by Ms Bible
this one is so exciting
um
uh
talked about it we've mentioned that
this is going to
provide for some of our businesses and
some of our apartment buildings and some
of our institutions recycling
um
organized by the city
um
with certain payments that that we have
uh negotiated
um with Rumpke is there anything that
um Mr Kessler would like to add to that
and do we have anything that we need to
do to this one tonight yeah we need to
table this I think we do need to table
it table it so we so the romkey did give
us some quotes that kind of helped us
formulate this but we do need to do an
RFP to um make sure that we have the
price pricing model to plug into the
ordinance
um so we are we started drafting that
RFP we need to circulate it so until
that's completed we need to put it on
the table
okay
so already before we
before we put this on the table would
anyone like to comment on it
I have a I have a comment
I am for it
all right then I would make a motion to
table
um ordinance uh 35 22. second for
recycling all right all those uh who
died who does that you do that you do
that
who does that yeah
can we can we roll call that all in
favor say aye aye all opposed same sign
tabled technically you can roll call
anything now there's something you
probably shouldn't send any member can
say no I wanna I remember I asked for a
voice we're learning tonight Robert's
Rules baby hey you know what
thank you for the service that you do
when you educate us like I only did
something yeah
and please move us on all right we are
under a third reading of ordinance 36-22
authorizing the mayor and auditor to
sign a consent and hold harmless
agreement on behalf of the city of
Bexley with the city but the Bexley City
Schools regarding improvements made upon
and within the city-owned right-of-way
adjacent to Stanwood Avenue introduced
by Mr Klingler of the anticipation
okay yes you guys have seen it we saw it
last meeting
um but also don't lie
at the end you're going to be sanctioned
for this all that
I thought it is what it was and now
we're gonna pull it up for gaslighting
okay so if you if you can I'll try to
zoom in on this that traffic cone stands
for a plaque location
and this other Circle stands for a more
horizontal location
this is the design of the horizontally
mounted donor recognition plaque
and this is the design of the vertically
mounted that would be where the cone is
uh recognition plaque
what's the dimensions on that
um it is 40 inches high
it is at the top at the highest uh 36
inches wide okay
it's good stacks
yep any uh questions or comments on this
ordinance 36-22
any comments or questions
from the audience on 36-22
do you have some action on this Mr
Klingler
um make a motion to pass pass ordinance
36-22
motion to adopt ordinance 36-22 Mr
Klingler
second there's a second by Ms lamkey
Mr McPeak go ahead and give us the roll
call Miss feibel
yes Mr Marcelino yes Mr Klingler yes
Assad yes Miss lamp key yes Mr Markham
yes Miss Robinson
ordinance passes thank you Mr official
all right now to secular readings we
have a second reading of ordinance 37-22
authorizing the city of Bexley to submit
a Morsi attributable funds roadway
Improvement project applications to
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
for consideration for funding within the
transportation Improvement program and
to declare an emergency MS lamke
thank you this ordinance authorizes the
city to submit an application to Morp C
for consideration of funding
specifically with respect to the
Livingston project mayor are there any
highlights that you want to go over that
uh want to emphasize
um
yeah I mean pull this up I was just
double checking some correspondence on
this one
um it's a fairly straightforward
um
authorization to apply for the funding
um we I presented this along with the
city of Columbus at an attributable
funding committee meeting at Morp City a
week ago and uh it's that's just a
committee of the cities that have
applied
um
and it seems very competitive with the
other applications that have been filed
we will know in the coming weeks and
months as they sort of look through the
different applications that they filed
whether or not it's something that's
been accepted
um if there have been any changes made
what would need to be modified and as we
work on that we're also needing to work
on what sort of a cost share Arrangement
would exist with Columbus so there's a
whole lot more to be hammered through as
part of this this is simply filing the
application it's consistent with the
Livingston Avenue plan it calls for
additional pedestrian Crossings it calls
for medians it calls for the wide
multi-use path on both sides of the
street which allows for better bike and
pedestrian interface with the street and
a tree line which is wider with
pedestrians and cyclists more removed
from the street
now I'm double checking
suspension and adoption question
um I think that we might be able to go
to the next one right if
if the legislation has to be in effect
by the 29th and it's got the emergency
language
uh so it is does have emergency language
and I'm yeah I think our meeting's the
25th okay we should be in good shape
then okay
sounds good thanks any questions or
comments on ordinance 37-22
all right onward okay we are on to
Second reading of ordinance 38-22 to
revise the Baxley codified ordinances
for the protection of poll workers and
to declare an emergency introduced by Mr
Marcelino yeah we uh heard about this a
little bit earlier from Mr Dolan
um as you heard UA has passed this law
the city of Columbus last night I was
actually interviewed last week
um about this by NBC4 I just sent her on
that story
um so people are watching this is a
trend that's uh getting some momentum
and again it's important to note that
these this is a nonpartisan uh ordinance
just to protect every single vote in the
state no matter what that vote is and uh
you know I think that we can all agree
as elected officials here that uh the
poll workers are probably the most
important part to the Democratic process
and making sure that everything's valid
and that they feel safe in doing so
um and so again that's where I stand but
I'm happy to accept any questions before
we have a third reading I know I
promised it I will get a list of certain
instances around the country that have
taken place just to give you an idea as
to what we're looking at when we talk
about poll worker harassment and
intimidation
Etc I know there's one kind of a scary
one out of Northeast Ohio but I'll get a
list before the third reading
thank you Sam any questions or comments
on 38-22
yes Miss lamke
um the first is a comment the second is
a question
um Sam on the second whereas
it's got a new section that says
harassment of an elected official I
think that just needs some tweaking
right it's really election official so
um
oh sorry yeah
um and I didn't read you know that term
throughout to make sure it was
consistent that would be one and then my
second question was on
part G the uh punishment for violating
this it calls for mandatory uh
imprisonment but there's no fine aspect
do you know why that is
I assume it's so that people take it
more seriously and they respect the the
process but have you considered adding a
fine component to it correct I I would
assume that that would be something that
the uh that the
I don't
I guess my answer is that I don't know I
don't know what would be appropriate in
that sense my my guess is that there's
some form of Statewide restitution that
could be applied in the center
essentially and this would just be uh
kind of adding some strength to the
Statewide uh legislation that's in place
but the long and shortness that I don't
uh mayor I'll take a comment in regards
to a fine if you have an idea
um I would ask the City attorney to
clarify if I am saying this correctly
but we have a we do have a schedule for
first year misdemeanors
so I think that it would point back to
the schedule for first of my screen
first degree demeanor penalties and I'm
trying to pull that up here that's right
so so what the reason the language is in
here the way it is is because to make it
clear that there is no discretion if you
found guilty you will be
serving at least three days in jail plus
whatever or other
um penalty that lawfully can be imposed
by our magistrate under our ordinances
maybe at the next reading we could
consider if a clause needs to be added
to be consistent with what you just said
maybe okay okay thanks
any more questions
let's see here um hold on where I cannot
allow you to come up at this time sorry
I am going to uh Grant Ms lamke the uh
Richard Sharp award for legislative
proofreading that was good catch
the same thing yeah
Mr Fishel please move us on
um all right we are on to First readings
we have a first reading of resolution
8-22 authorizing the city of Bexley to
submit an Ohio Department of Natural
Resources forestry division Urban canopy
respiration Grant application for twenty
five thousand dollars introduced by Ms
lamke
thank you so much this resolution
authorizes the city to submit a Grant
application we all love Grant
applications for twenty five thousand
dollars uh mayor could you maybe give us
a little bit of background on this
please
yes so
um we became aware of a grand
possibility through natural resources
forestry division of the Ohio Department
of sorry the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources
um for urban canopy restoration uh it's
a it's a grant that requires a 50 50
match
um you'll note that we do have funding
in our 2022 budget for our annual Urban
canopy restoration program which we
always just call our our tree planting
or tree replacement program
um so this is just a way for us to get
additional funding I encouraged our
department to apply for it and they have
done so it requires a resolution that
authorizes us to submit for that Grant
um probably because there is a match
required and again that match is already
factored into our budget and in fact
this would just reduce the amount of
money we need in our budget for this
year
um so
that is what this is
I believe
does anyone recall
okay it so it would need to be adopted
by October 14th which is so this is a
suspension adoption uh request today yes
the whole project
or
the total amount so it would so we are
already planning on a project which is
up to fifty thousand dollars this would
just give us a few percent off on it so
it's it's incorporating our budget
um we do receive
some Grant dollars typically from the
Community Foundation for this as well so
it's just like doubling down on grant
money
it's really great I love that our
Administration
um right
kudos to the service department we had
some employees who'd never done this
before so it was a good opportunity for
them to
Flex
those
muscles and for Natalie for helping out
as well
Mr President
yes the section two needs to be modified
if it's got to be although resolutions
are not subjected subject to
we're fine you're right because the
resolution
okay and the resolution a resolution is
not subject to referendum anyway I don't
think but yeah we're fine never mind
um you said 88 trees of unique varieties
uh
the size of the trees are they one inch
saplings oh Matt um I believe we
typically plant two to three inch
caliber Industries okay I mean yeah yeah
and they come with so it's the the cost
is is not obviously we you can go to
Oakland and purchase the tree for 150
bucks but it's the warranty tree and it
includes installation
570 bucks per tree and then we get half
of that off is a really good price for a
tree yeah I mean especially over two to
three inches
if it does not make it which does happen
as we've seen certain situations that
Ryan and her family will the that's
right whoever wins the bid for the trees
will come and replace them that's a good
point okay thanks excellent
all right any more questions about this
and you have some action Miss lampkey
yes I moved to suspend the three reading
requirement for resolution 8-22
second
uh motion to set suspend by Ms lamke
second by Mr Klingler any comments on
the suspension
any comments on the suspension from the
eyes
Mr McPeak
Mr Marcelino
yes Mr Markham yes Assad yes Miss feibel
yes Miss Robinson Mr Klingler yes Miss
lamkey yes suspension passes I like
Kathy Robinson in the middle there good
and another action Ms lamke I motion to
adopt resolution 8-22 motion to adopt by
Ms lamke second second by Mr Klingler
any questions over the um
resolution
any ques any comments over the
resolution
Mr McPeak go the same way Mr Marcelino
yes Mr Markham yes Assad yes it's
Fireball yes Miss Robinson Mr Klingler
yes Miss Liam key yes
ordinance resolution I'm sorry yes
resolution passes all right
and and for working to secure grant
money for the city thank you for your
service to this city Mr Mayor
it was fun all right first reading of
ordinance 39-22 to authorize a
supplemental appropriation to Jeffrey
preschool and Recreation programs for
the calendar year 2022 introduced by Ms
lamke
thank you uh Mike is still on
um this ordinance is to appropriate some
additional funds that were needed for
um our Jeffrey preschool salary and
wages as well as to fund the
recreational program Professionals for
the remainder of the Year Mike would you
be able to walk us through how you came
to the figures noted in in the ordinance
please
yeah sure
um obviously as we I think we talked uh
earlier in the year uh teacher costs
have gone up
um as I have salary costs in in general
um fire department
um so we knew there was a chance we
might have to come back at the end of
the year and ask for money uh we are now
through our first sort of full year of
our fall expenses
um in September and so we got a pretty
good sense at the end of September of
what our expenses for selling wages
would be through the rest of the school
year
uh we sort of extrapolated that out
um and and looked at what our remaining
balance and salary wages was and
recognized that we would be uh in the
neighbor I think it was closer and
neighborhood of
um 25
000 uh in the in the red
um because we don't want to have to come
back a second time and ask we put a
little additional in there just to make
sure we didn't miscalculate anything and
um so we had we rounded it up to thirty
thousand dollars uh I will point out
that we have received and may continue
to receive some financial support
through okra Ohio Child Care Resource I
can't remember the other R Association
um that will help offset some of these
additional wage costs
um which is good and you'll see that
sort of hitting in our 2022 Revenue side
um and potentially in our 2023 Revenue
side as well
um but the reality is we have to have an
appropriation from Council in order to
make up that that shortfall in our
salary wages for teachers the other
thing on here is
um our professionals account this is
something that we frankly regularly at
the end of the year uh because we've
we've tended to
um outperform registration and
programming options uh and therefore we
need additional money to cover our this
is this is money that covers our
instructor costs for like a coach Chris
type of a class uh and it is uh directly
tied to revenue our instructor-based
programming is a 75-25 split 75 goes
instructors 25 goes back to the
department to cover our operational
costs for those programs uh so when we
have to ask for additional money in Rec
program
um in Rec program professionals it is
generally offset by Revenue in Rec
programs which is also indicated in this
ordinance
great thank you
any questions from Council
all right Mr Marcelino there's mention
of uh covid funds financial support to
help offset the cost of these wages and
uh and I just was scared to see you know
is
how much was given towards this I guess
as a whole if you know those statistics
um
it's so we have received
uh somewhere in the neighborhood of 100
and uh
fifty thousand dollars over three
different
um phases as they're called du okra for
preschool specific
um the way that whole process has worked
is it's basically like hey estimate what
you think you're gonna need or what your
expenses are going to be and what you'd
be eligible for we'll send you a check
and you have to reconcile that after the
fact so in some cases we may have to
give some of that money back depending
on how much we end up ultimately using
um which will I think mayor and I
discussed will be reflected in probably
our 2023 budget as a potential
um appropriation for refunds but I think
our preschool uh through their three
phases which actually incorporates 2020
through what will ultimately be uh this
phase three goes through uh June of
2023. uh so I I don't necessarily know
on this last one which is the biggest of
the three checks which will be around
120 000 I believe I don't know how much
will ultimately end up
um retaining uh but again it can be used
for offset of of salary costs for
daycare programs now that's specific to
uh preschool we also
um have received uh financial support
for our before and after here so this is
those are all three licensed daycare
programs with different facilities one
day near Jeffrey one being at Montrose
and one being at Maryland
um so that's not obviously a part of
this ordinance but we will also and it's
reflective will be reflective on our rec
fund budget Revenue uh for end of year
2022 so they'll be revenue for those
before and after care programs as well
thank you
in case any of that just got missed Mike
What's the total of those three sources
currently
we will receive will be
we're in the neighborhood of 750 to 800
000 uh total I want to be clear that may
not be the total of what will ultimately
hold on to if that makes sense because
some of it will have to reconcile after
effect they basically send the check on
the front end and we reconcile it at the
end of the period and determine what we
actually spent or was eligible to spend
on and I have to give we'll have to give
whatever Back based on that their
requirements
so that's an additional 750 800 000 of
assistance that will show up we'll be
talking about that a little bit more as
part of our register process but um we
were just we were just acknowledging the
work of another department and get into
grant and Mike I just want to give kudos
to you and your employees as they have
uh worked on securing those funds thank
you excellent work
thank you service and Kate swindler are
the ones that really put the work in on
that so but I appreciate it thank you
all right any more questions
best official
all right now we have a reading a first
reading of ordinance 40-22 to amend 2022
pay rates for part-time dispatchers and
retro actively applies said pay rates in
order to be consistent with increases
negotiated as part of the dispatcher's
collective bargaining agreements
effective January 1st 2022 introduced by
Ms lamke
thank you um
mayor or Mr official do you want to
maybe go through some of the nuances of
this
yes so it came to our attention
um
recently and I I I guess this was known
but I didn't I was not aware of this and
I don't think uh future was either or
Matt for that matter or Mark
um that the pay was flat in our pay
ordinance for our part-time dispatchers
um I guess the reasoning for that was
that our
uh contract had not yet been finalized
and so they didn't know what the final
rate would be and then we were supposed
to have gone back I had not been aware
that we had had a flat rate in the
ordinance and so the dispatchers
um came to us uh with the concern that
they had been told that it would be
adjusted after the union rate was
negotiated so part-time dispatchers
aren't subject to Union negotiated rate
full-time par but historically we have
tracked those increases in those rates
to our part-time dispatchers as well
because
you know those those are competitive
with other cities and other places where
they might be working so this would
bring their rate up I believe it was a
four percent contract increase is that
right
um from the flat rate that had built
been built into our part-time ordinance
that is the same increase that every
other employee in the city got with the
exception of uh other Union negotiated
contracts which had a different increase
but our non-union and our other
dispatcher had that four percent
increase so
um
it would also make it uh retroactive for
employees who are still employed with
the city in that capacity
um and I think we actually have to add
that language so we might need a minor
Amendment yeah I sent I sent that
probably yesterday so okay
yeah yesterday so uh will do you want us
to show that and that can be our the
version red or how do you want to do
that
okay let me find that why don't we ask
any questions while I'm looking at that
that's cool
any questions from Council what's our
estimated cost
um that is a great question
uh I need to get that for you okay I
don't have that up at my fingertips
it's I can tell you I can give you a
rough estimate here in a little bit
because I have a similar uh source of
information that'll help me let you know
that here in a second
any other questions or comments while
we're here yes part-time dispatchers
uh we have
three
no we have more than that oh
I've met two I think or plus maybe a
little more
okay
we have
two three five part-time dispatchers
and
um year to date
the cost of this would be two thousand
dollars okay um so it'll be a little bit
more on that 2600 maybe okay
it's it's I mean it's we don't
yes so they don't work a ton of hours so
that's why it's and it's a four percent
increase so it's not a huge impact
fair enough any uh any more questions
comments
do you have the mark official version
here which uh right here okay
I should say with my uh too late
please take note and we will correct it
on the agenda too so it's just good all
right
foreign
I think we have some action on the table
in our ordinances so uh
one of you guys has to do something for
that reader because he read it well he
can just make him it's already been read
three times so he could just make the
motion all right Shout It Out Matt I
make a motion to remove ordinance 14-22
from the table
I'll second that
all in favor say aye aye
aye all post same sign
all right go to it Mr Clinton thank you
uh mayor do you have the proposed is
that the right one proposed amended okay
great
so I think we circulated that after the
last council meeting or during the last
council meeting and it
we just would I like we're like sorry
because I had to launch into it no go um
go ahead you did you signing out to
everyone it's designed to make the
logical flow of the ordinance a little
more streamlined so it talks about roof
mounted solar panels and then ground
mounted
and provision for additional review and
the instance that
um
staff teams that you know there's
something unusual or it doesn't easily
conform with the guidelines that can get
kicked over to ARB
and what was the what was the change of
the input that these app recommended for
this
that bzap recommended it was it was some
verbiage issues from Bob B Hall it was
nothing I don't remember was anything
substantial okay I think most no change
in the process or anything no no they
talked about Verge but then they kicked
the ARB that recommended we actually
made the more substantial
recommendations such as right the
additional review provision was the big
one that we kind of did
that are arrived at a discussion yeah
that's how to cure some of their uh
issues that they had with it we also um
we also put a height restriction on
ground mounted just before it had to do
with accessory structures which was the
recommendation
of Soul smart
um but our accessory structures can get
up to 20 feet at night so
um this capsum at 10 feet
Miss sod questions
yes so I printed this off earlier today
and it looks like I got an old version
from our website so
um
the original version
yes
I didn't see the other one yet this is
the first time I'm seeing the proposed
post which looks a little different
right it was set around at the end of
last meeting to everybody
that was email right during the right
before the meeting ended even
okay my apologies I can still go on with
my questions yep please
um so
right now in the new ordinance we have
the height limit for accessory
structures as 10 feet on the solar
panels can we go to that
yes
so the question I have on that just
coming from residence is um
how high can our fences be in Bexley is
it six feet
six feet okay so then the question is
do we have to keep that ground mounted
solar panels shall not EX 10 feet or
could that be six feet due to making
that line up with our fences and just a
question sure sure so I think the the
thought with that
um as it was discussed
um
and Matt I don't if you have anything
out of this or you want to handle it's
fine it's in my recollection we did 10
feet from Soul smart the the
recommendation they actually wanted us
to just match accessory structures which
would get us like to 19 or 20. but the
um the eve height for a garage accessory
structure is 10 beeps though it's
similar to what you would face with an
excess restructure near your property
um which is different from obviously
defense height
is there any reason why we could not
make it the same as the fence height or
you're just saying that was the
recommendation
um you can certainly reduce it and I'm
trying to pull up the previous 1266
which you probably have right in front
of you the existing restriction I think
that the tolerant can get the more
viable they are in general because
there's less of an issue potentially
with shade and
um
obstructions the current height Max is
six feet uh but you know the one of the
recommendations we had from industry
experts was if we can get it a little
bit taller
that would be really great they
recommended obviously that full height
of an accessory structure this was a
viewed as a
compromise in that it can't exceed what
an eve would be in a similar setback so
those conditions happen all the time on
adjacent uh properties and it wouldn't
exceed that height
that's the logic you guys can do
whatever you want so
just thinking you know this ordinance
the goal of this is
we foresee a lot of solar panels coming
to the community so bringing this back
to the city
um just like garages would make the
efficiency happening so I I guess that's
just something that I'm thinking
I would rather kind of start with the
six feet and then if we want to come
back and change it rather than
um this takes off and then neighbors are
wondering why aesthetically
um we didn't
you know love thy neighbor with putting
that in place to
make this work for the whole
so just to clarify the the existing is
six feet this changes it increases it to
10 feet
and your comment is that you've had
residents Express concern over that is
that what you're saying that that's too
high the question question and I believe
didn't this come up with ARB
and I
I can't source that but maybe there was
some discussion there as well
um
it may have I'm not sure what
do you remember that just a thought it's
been a pit since we've spoken about it
yeah they had issues with the
um the height limit for an accessory
structure
so they didn't want an 18 you know as
tall as a garage can be but I don't
remember specifically at six feet I'm
asking for that
so I I think
um what was just brought up to me was
how high the fences could be and Merrick
Hessler you helped me out with that that
it's
six feet side yard right so yeah the
maximum without a variance is six feet
uh except for in areas that about
commercial properties where you can go
up to eight but I think the key is
that's at the property line so this is a
higher height but it's at a setback
which would be similar to other
structures that could be up to 20 feet
so it's you know it's it was viewed as a
compromised situation where you could
still maybe get more efficiency out of a
little bit more height and not be
dissimilar to other analogous situations
um I don't think it's a hill that I
would personally die on but I do want to
point out that like you know our Our
Hope here is that we're providing for a
reasonable path to viability where we're
available
we also haven't seen ground mounted
solar and baxi before that's not to say
it couldn't happen or wouldn't happen
um typically those happen in larger
sites where there's you know because it
does take up site site so it would
usually happen in a property with a
larger yard where people have the yard
to use for that sort of use yeah just uh
can you clarify what what you just said
that like colloquialism there what
ground do you not want to die and what
what is true the hell to Dion is like if
you were like I'm gonna vote against
this because of 10 feet I'd be like well
guys if you also feel that way let's
make it six because I think it's a
greater the greater good
um you know
as we talked this morning we measure
everything in polar bear units so how
many polar bear units is 10 feet versus
six I don't know but I think um baby
polar bears I I think it's an I think
it's important to provide resonant
flexibility I think 10 feet is a very
reasonable standard because it's similar
to other massing that can occur right
there at that same property line
um but you guys have to decide
ultimately what you think makes the best
sense from the city Mr Marcelino my
question uh still goes back to procedure
on this so and just so I understand in
the existing ordinance uh a neighbor was
standing who's not happy with their
neighbors solar panel proposition
they get to appeal to where
they wouldn't appeal
no appeal rights whatsoever okay
now currently
same proposition under a new ordinance
they're not happy what takes place I'm
sorry
well no the previous
they could speak to it they can speak to
an ARB meaning right but I don't think
they have any appeal rights and under
unless it's a variance or of a
non-conforming structure
and under this one that it just
completely removes that step
under the one that's proposed
a window roof
if it's not allowed by right
or installations
but in Sam's case what we're talking
about here is an applicant comes in as
long as it conforms with this it's just
going to go through the administrative
Department here yes it will be approved
so there wouldn't really even be a
hearing or any anything for for
neighbors or anything like that it would
be like an addition onto a house exactly
exactly
Sam did you have a follow-up no I I
think it's fair I I tend to then just
thinking about it through through Jazz's
lens there and the neighbors are
concerned uh the 10 feet concerns me I
understand that it might be better for a
solar but in terms of thinking about a
structure four feet over a fence
it's it's just concerning to me I'll
just state that what I do with it I
don't know I think about basketball hoop
there's a lamp key
um I I was just gonna say I I think I
overlooked the proposed amendments
because I I since I wasn't at the last
meeting I think I didn't see that that
was on the agenda
um and I wonder if folks would
be willing to
um
table this again and
maybe have a final discussion at the
next one just so that I could look at
those amendments and I apologize I if
there was an email I just didn't see it
or if it was on the agenda when I hit
refresh I didn't see it just till now
um unless people feel strongly or if
there's an urgent reason that we need to
take action on this tonight would folks
be okay to table it once more
that's that's Mr Klingler and Mr Kessler
dealer sir
yeah okay yes yeah I'm I'm completely
fine no rush
all right guys some Upper Arlington got
their soul smart designation before we
did and that you can build it 20 feet
high in Upper Arlington but that's okay
no I think I'm sorry
off topic all right we're still passing
this around for uh would you recommend
that we look
at upper Arlington's past oh probably
it's not super analogous they don't have
architecture review
um in there but
you certainly are welcome to because
their their code is more permissive than
what we're talking about but uh there
are other examples of that as well and
they're examples of less permissive
codes so
I would I want you guys to be very
comfortable
questions still more questions still
more concerns yes Miss Todd
um so we mentioned staff throughout the
ordinance
and current the currently the way the
procedure works is that we would go to
ARB so we know directly the process
there we mentioned staff throughout the
ordinance so
with this passing of the ordinance
it would be our current design column
that would be considered the staff
that would be put in place
instead of the ARB am I correct in
saying that right so staff would be or
ultimately it's our Zone an officer and
our zoning officer appoints a design
reviewer who is the staff for that
project
and it might also help to we can attach
the draft there are drafts design
guidelines that have been provided to
ARB so we could attach those those need
to be adopted in order for them to be
effectual under the ordinance but um you
can kind of see what's being talked
about it essentially takes this and
flushes it out with additional
illustrations
and then I I did ask
um if we could get numbers on how many
of these because obviously we're putting
this in place because of the volume so I
wanted to just kind of know how many of
these have gone in front of ARB yep and
um
I didn't have to
and we did get a year that did I not
send that to you I don't think so we s
but I could have missed it
I uh I it looks like I
sent it to somebody but anyway
um we in two years we've issued seven
solar panel permits
and all of the permits that have been
approved if you like look at what you
see out there would they are conforming
to what we're talking about here so
we're not we're now mounted are you
talking about we've never received a
grandma oh okay but the roof line we
haven't
there are not uh
that I can think of there are not panel
installations out there that don't
conform with what this is talking about
oh
Jess are you good
um with I guess just another question on
this
um with the approval of this ordinance
um are we gonna have like a good vendor
in place of who we would recommend
as solar panel companies
licensed contractors but we don't
recommend those contractors
no no
not a good idea the only reason I'm not
asking that is just in meeting with
neighbors who have solar panel installed
they have mentioned to me in their
process and they've mentioned that they
hire the company
um then they've let it all go to you
know ARB and their company to handle
um
and they were just really hands off they
just wanted the solar panels and the uh
residents that I've stopped at
aesthetically they look great and
neighbors are all happy with those
properties so I was just with this being
taken from ARB
to the city staff
just want to make sure uh with approval
of this that if this gets more volume as
more of these are out in the community
getting installed that we've done our
due diligence here that's all so and I
think
um if I may Mr President I think the
real challenge that we've heard from
applicants who have been more involved
in the process
and from the installers who complained
about the process is that it's much more
laborious in other communities it takes
a lot longer it's unnecessarily
elongated because often
um
and I want to be very respectful to ARB
in this but I've set it to ARB it
becomes a
philosophical debate on whether or not
solar panels exists at all and
applicants are pulled into that in
property owners and we've had a lot of
very upset Property Owners about our
process so I don't want to paint a
picture that our current system is
hunky-dory because it's not this is uh
this is designed to cure an issue which
is the outcome from applications tends
to be consistent with what's already in
our ordinance
um so there's these hoops that people
are jumping through
um and the the application might come in
not comply with the ordinance that
exists today but by the time it gets to
the process it does and this simply
streams streamlines the process it's not
that complicated it's about you know
overall configuration compatibility
uh hiding of the infrastructure height
limitations height above Peak all that
stuff that's all outlined that's all
those results so when you say it looks
good that's that's good because it
complies with what we're talking about
here and our former ordinance
this is a third reading any comments
questions from the audience
it it looks like it is going to be
tabled but will allow comments and
questions it's a third reading it's
being discussed so Constance Lewis 663
you Claire
um
I am of the
um
thought that I would not like to look at
my neighbor's fence and see four feet
above that fence
this solar panel if it can be on an
accessory structure then why not have
the accessory structure and have it
placed on there
um this looks like it's the wave of the
future and so I'm not opposed to solar
panels but I do think it should be
um
taken into account the beauty of our
city and the architectural value of the
properties so I would like to
keep
keep we don't have any ground mounted
solar at this point but this would be a
first and and I would like I think it's
more important to start small and then
increase if there's no problem but I
would rather go baby steps than just
jump into it and say okay 10 feet
thank you thank you
a more comment question from the
audience
it sounds like miss lamke you have a
green light to make a motion here yes I
motion to table
ordinance 14-22 motion to table by Ms
lamke seconded by Assad all in favor say
aye aye all opposed same sign
it has been re-tabled and we are going
to move into the committee reports
I believe right
that's what my that's what I'm reading
says but mine's printed up and we will
start with uh MS lamkey
um
quick report the mayor mentioned at our
meeting
on October 25th we're going to have the
first reading of the budget if you
haven't already had a chance to meet
with him and to discuss your assigned
areas please do that as soon as you can
um I also had a chance to attend a big
table discussion with the mayor and some
other folks at our Public Library last
week the focus was on building a Kinder
and and better Bexley and I found it to
be really helpful and a lot of good came
out of that and I was also really
impressed that Bexley is always open to
having that kind of conversation and
then finally October's breast cancer
awareness month if anyone is
around on Thursday night I will be at
the Bexley high school gym
um in support of the Bali for the Cure
all the money raised goes to the Susan G
Komen Foundation and a very special
thank you to Sam Marcelino for uh having
his firm be one of our main lead
sponsors at that event so thank you Sam
for prioritizing Women's Health
and that leads into Mr marcelina's
committee report I don't sound very
healthy so I will encourage all of you
to get vaccinations as necessary as you
see fit for the flu and covid this is
neither of those it's more of a bad day
outside but what are you going to do we
have a board of health meeting coming up
on October 18
2022 here at City Hall at 5 30. uh all
are welcome at that and uh outside of
that I have nothing further thank you Mr
Klingler nothing to report
is sod
last Thursday uh the mayor I think
touched on this a little bit but I had
the opportunity to go to govern 2.0
um by the city of Columbus and it was a
diversity equity and inclusion
initiative and training and I want to
mention it to my fellow council members
because it was
so worth the day and the time
um while there we got to go through
psychology of inclusion at work which I
think at some point would be great to
share with this group and I know mayor
Kessler and I said okay we will be
taking that back to our uh households of
teenagers as well but um there's six
core needs they went over biceps it's
belonging Improvement Choice equality
predictability and significance it was
very interesting to talk about why and
how we rank those and how we work with
people on that there was also a panel it
was amazing to sit right in front of of
Mayor Ginther mayor Bibb from Cleveland
Mayor
uh pureval who's our mayor of Cincinnati
they were all on a panel together
talking about leading cities and it was
really impactful took a lot away from
that
um we also got to hear from
um a policy and Justice panel and a
practical allyship panel so fellow
council members there'll be more of
these coming up
um the city of Columbus is definitely
putting financing behind this initiative
we all said two years ago that we were
going to keep our training up and make
sure we continue to do that and I can
tell you it was so much better in person
than on Zoom so I encourage everyone
when you see this come over Natalie did
a nice job of getting that out that it
is well worth your time and uh time away
from work so I'll also make sure that I
remind you guys because I think the
mayor took a lot away from that as well
so just wanted to share that
um it was mentioned Columbus marathon
this Sunday get out and support our
Runners we have a lot of 43209 runners
in that
uh Harvest Fest is coming up Friday
October 21st from 6 to 8. look forward
to seeing everyone out there
um get your tickets to the adult
Halloween bash this is for me as well I
need to get on there and get get Adam
and Ice tickets
um
and this morning was awesome starting
the day at day of the girl at zsg was
really impactful and it was great to see
that work so good job to all of the uh
amazing students over there at CSG
uh strategic committees anybody have a
report for a strategic Committee just
checking if not we'll move on to Lori
and Fievel you do have a president okay
yes uh Ms Robinson and I met and we
reviewed the current status of our draft
strategic Plan update and I'm hoping to
have the drafts in front of you guys as
we're going through our budget process
um in the next four weeks that's my hope
excellent and then through that process
we'll have additional public engagement
as well so just wanted to give you that
update thank you
misfied
um yes uh
Segway from CSG
um I have asked president Markham if it
is okay
um for Ms seal from CSG to come visit
with cap with uh Council on the 8th of
November and I'm hoping Natalie will put
that down um he said yes to that so
that's very exciting I'm glad that all
of you got to to many of you have
already met her but I think it would be
nice to have all of you
um meet up again I mentioned yesterday
um I think I texted that that I had been
in Gahanna yesterday last night I spoke
in front of uh their Council about the
source of income legislation that all of
us passed
um two years ago two years ago in in
September recall that source of income
legislation makes it uh it prohibits
landlords from
from discriminating against individuals
who have some sort of a source of income
such as a voucher or some the vet vets
have that or or you might be child
support something other than the money
that comes out of your own pocket
um
so they are looking into that I do
believe they have the votes to pass it
they will not pass it I don't think
unanimous unanimously like we did
um and I spent a lot of time bragging
about our our wonderful our wonderful
community and I was very proud to
represent Bexley and and to be able to
share that we had done that and I also
want you all to know that we get kudos
on this front time and time again from
warpsee for one
um for being the first in central Ohio
the seventh in our state and we and if
Gahanna passes theirs next week which I
think they will they will become the
seventh in central Ohio and um
I always joke that everybody wants to be
like the cool kids but we do we do
um make an impact in in our region so I
am I'm really I'm really proud of the
work that we we did on that
um I saw
Jesus walking with his uh oops tags
um it was really fun to see an actual
person a seat on the street guy and it
was really fun he said some of our
recycling pickups are a little too early
for them to catch so
I don't know but we need to talk about
that one
um and then real quick because I always
do this with you
um what sector is the second largest
contributor to human made greenhouse gas
Admissions and is a leading cause of
deforestation water and air pollution
and biodiversity loss is it a
fossil fuels B animal agriculture or
true or C transportation
Transportation yeah animal agriculture
it's very appropriate since we're
talking about Harvest Fest and tonight
of the second night of Sukkot and what
percentage of food is wasted globally
every year guesses
25 18 a third a third
end of report
it reached the point in the agenda for
public comments
but you guys are gonna have to decide
who goes first
all right
he knows the rule
Constance Lewis 663 you clear I just
want to
um I'm happy to announce that at the
October South Bexley neighborhood
association meeting we voted to purchase
two new park benches for Havenwood Park
so this should complete the
um Eleanor's plan for four benches one
in each corner so good news
and damir is going to keep me updated on
how to do that thank you thank you
of silos
on Lewis 663 you Claire I have a
statement two questions uh the statement
is of itself is last night they first
came knocking on our door the gal said
her car broke down she needed some money
for gas she's got her kids in the car
etc etc and of course my heart thought
well should I help her out but
figured you know what not a good idea we
sent her away we called the Bexley
police they already knew about it I
don't know what they did or didn't do
whether they went to get her or help or
whatever the case might be but all of
you should be aware and the people of
this community should be aware there are
people knocking on doors asking for
whatever it would be a good idea not to
open the door
second question
um
in regards to the protection of the poll
workers
is there a difference in the penalty of
somebody harassing a poll worker versus
harming a poll worker I'm not for either
by the way but I was just curious that's
in the that's in the ordinance
I have to look at the ordinance I didn't
have it but it's just a thought
generally generally I don't think so
right well I think so there is I mean if
you actually harm right basically strike
somebody there's a whole different you
know just curious and there could also
be harassment from you know that there
could be different penalties depending
upon where the harassment occurs I
believe
um
I guess as maybe the mayor could answer
or Matt McPhee could answer and you
talked about the budget and it's related
um
is in that budget or in bexley's budget
does it is there a reference ever to
what bexley's long-term debt is
and I mean I've never anybody talked
about it and you know at one time it was
a lot because of the sewers that were
done in 2011 and I was just curious if
someone hasn't answered that question
well I you know in short
I've got the number but I'll I I can
email it to you because I don't want to
start
um picking the numbers off the top of my
head but we can get you the long-term
debt number
um but you know we have had discussions
over the past probably three or four
months really around our debt levels and
forecasting long-term debt and planning
um what are that debt capacity will be
for the you know the upcoming years so
in short we are in the midst of having
those types of discussions and that
there will be some
um discussions around debt planning
um related to I don't know if we're
going to tuck it into the budget this is
my first journey um with the budget but
um nonetheless it's on our radar so back
to you then and to supplement if I may
yeah what theater said is that um we so
we're going to do a five-year like
forecast where debt is implicit to that
but generally speaking there's kind of
two major sources of debt one is opwc
Ohio Public Works commission zero
interest debt that gets applied to
Enterprise funds like the water fund
sewer fund and Road and Alley fund
general fund debt so like for example
General funded that exists is
um our Police Station construction our
pool construction
um the the Brennan Administration issued
a little bit of general fund debt on
some Street projects
um that is the Lion's Share of that
rolls off in the next six years
so we don't have a whole lot of
long-term General funding and the only
reason I ask is and as you know we've
attended many Council meetings I think
it was back maybe in 2011 or 2012 uh
they had I think it was 40 million
dollars was allotted for the sewer uh
repairs and update or whatever the case
you might be and I just was curious is
there any debt left of that
or has it been paid off well that's a
that that 40 million dollars was a
40-year project I understand so we
didn't borrow anything against it
um we've been going on that as your the
years have gone on we have been applying
um we have applied some opwc debt to it
but there wasn't a 40 million debt
issued for example okay
um so and this sort of stuff we could
like I know we have Matt has these
schedules I have these schedules we have
2.7 million dollars in sewer debt total
um all of that is zero interest all of
it's applied against opwc projects and
they they vary from
uh five years left four years left on
the big Main Street storm sewer
um to you know some that have a little
bit more time than that or in a lot more
time than that so yeah it's it's it's
that's a really happy to sit down and we
could talk through it with you and
explain kind of where where that all
stands I think one thing to highlight if
I may since the question was asked
um Monique and I went over recently the
interest rates on our debt
obviously not the zero interest rates
but the interest rates that had interest
rates
um they are the largest one is two and a
half percent interest rate
um on a general fund note that has five
years left uh in general those interest
rates are you know there's a 1.7 rate a
3.1 uh for a pretty small note
so those are those are still low
interest way lower than the market
obviously and we're getting to the point
now where you can get like a CD that
outperforms those interest rates so it's
an interesting analysis we talk about
early payment or not just curious thank
you very much
good question those interest rates
looking better every month now right
all right at this time I uh
move to uh
I've done this for a while moved to uh
adjourn to Executive session to consider
the appointment employment dismissal
discipline promotion demotion or
compensation of a public employer
official or the investigation of charges
or complaints against a Public Employee
official licensee or regulated
individual unless the employee official
licensee or regulated individual
requests a public hearing by division
she wanted section
121.22 of the revised code and to
consider the purchase of property of
both real and personal tangible or
intangible or considered the sale of
property either real or personal by
competitive bid if disclosure the
information would give a competitive
advantage to The Other Side by division
G2 section 121.22 of the revised code
please someone second that second all in
favor say aye
hi all opposed same sign
oh it has to be a Voice vote thank you
yep Mr Olympic I need a Voice vote on
that sorry
Mr Markham yes Miss Robinson Mr
Marcelino yes Miss fiebel yes miss Lamb
key yes Mr Klingler yes and Mossad yes
all right you wouldn't mind retiring
with me to the bank
you're kidding right
are you back
or motion to uh motion to move out of
executive session
uh all in favor
wait seconds
I second seconded by Ms lamkey now we
can say all in favor all in favor say
aye aye aye all opposed same sign and
can I get a motion to adjourn so moved
second seconded all in favor say aye aye
oppose same sign
good night