Dec 19, 2023 City Council

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TO CHECK THAT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. UM GOOD

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AMERICA TO THREE PUBLIC, WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. ALRIGHT WITH THE ROLL CALL CLERK MASON, THE ROLE PLEASE. AND IF COUNCIL WHAT CHINA AND THEIR MICROPHONES AND THEIR HOLIDAY LIGHTS, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER. AND THE CHAIRS , LIGHTS ACTUALLY PLUGGING ALRIGHT. THE MAYOR SPOTTING IS ABSENT AND HIS REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED DUE TO TRAVEL COUNCIL MEMBER OF RISK. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. JUST IN THE PODIUM HERE. HERE OKAY. NOW HERE, THE MICROPHONE. IF IT'S NOT ALREADY ANDREW LIGHTS. COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER FELONS ITS REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED DUE TO ILLNESS. COUNCIL MEMBER KISS COUNCIL MEMBER SHAWN HERE COUNCIL MEMBER WILL TRAVEL HERE I HAVE FIVE PRESENT FOR DECEMBER 1920 23 REGULAR MEETING. I MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE MAYOR SPAULDING AND CHIP FELLAS SECOND. THAT'S YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELL? YES YES, REMEMBER DEREK? YES YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WELL, TROUT? YES YES, MOST TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M SORRY, MAYOR SPAULDING AND COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING. OKAY APOLOGIZE AND LITTLE BIT OF A MEDICAL PROBLEM. BUT I AM HERE AND READY TO GO. DID WE DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OKAY OKAY. AND WE DID THE ROLE. OKAY ACTION

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PATTY, WOULD YOU BE OUT OF HONOR US WITH APPROACHING THE PODIUM AND GIVING US YOUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT HEALTHY NEW ALBANY. GIVE US AN UPDATE.

THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM COUNCIL MEMBER RISK AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. I AM A 19, YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, PARENT OF A CHILD IN NEW ALBANY SCHOOLS AND A HUGE FAN OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO SERVED IN MY DAY JOB AS A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, BUT VOLUNTEER MY TIME WITH HELPING NEW ALBANY RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND UM, IN WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER STEFAN OFF. WE HAVE HAD HEALTHY NEW ALBANY HAVE REALLY BEEN LOOKING AT A STRATEGIC PLAN INTO THE FUTURE. AND AS YOU KNOW, HEALTHY NEW ALBANY EXISTS BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT AND CREATE AUGMENT A CULTURE OF HEALTH AND THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO BE THE ONLY TO BE THE HEALTHIEST COMMUNITY. IT'S CERTAINLY IN OHIO AND THE UNITED STATES BY MAKING IT OBVIOUS THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IS ALLOWING YOU TO BE YOUR BEST POSITIVE SELF. AND UM, THAT HISTORY WITH HELPING WALL MONEY HAS EVOLVED INTO FOR LANES OF STRATEGY AROUND NATURE, NORRISH MOVEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE AROUND HEALTH. AND AS WE LOOK AT THAT FUTURE WE ARE BUILT ON THE SHOULDERS OF FILL HEIGHT. WHO I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHO CREATED THE NEW ALBANY WALKING CLASSIC AND WE'RE COMING UP ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW ALBANY WALKING CLASSIC. FOR THE LONGEST TIME PROCEEDS FROM THE CLASSIC CLASSIC FUNDED HELPING THE NOMINEE. AND BETWEEN A

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BUT WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT OUR FUTURE LOOKS LIKE , UM, I HAVE WITH ME THIS EVENING. OUR CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANGELA DOUGLAS, BUT SHE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SHE'S STEPPING DOWN AND I WAS HELPING ROMNEY LOOKS INTO THE FUTURE AND HOW WE CAN REALLY GROW OUR MOST POPULAR ACTIVITIES IN PARTICULAR . UM THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE. WE HAVE THE FARMER'S MARKET, WHICH HAS OVER 1000 PEOPLE A WEEK. AND WE HAVE THE FOOD PANTRY, WHICH SERVICED OVER 1200 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE GREATER INVOLVEMENT AREA, PRIMARILY THROUGH FAMILIES CONNECTED THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO GROW THE FOOD PANTRY INTO A BIGGER SPACE. WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THE SPACE THAT WE ARE GIVEN BY THE SCHOOLS , AND THEN WE NEED TO WANT VERY MUCH TO FURTHER DEVELOP OUR NATURE PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. TAYLOR FARM PARK AND SO THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND THROUGH THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JOE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO HELP LAUNCH A LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY PLAN INTO THE FUTURE. AND PART OF THAT HAS BEEN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RENT HOLIDAY THAT WAS TABLED AT YOUR LAST MEETING. AND SO I AM HERE TO REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE THREE YEAR RENT HOLIDAY, WHICH WILL ALLOW HELPING ALL OF YOUTUBE, UM, RECRUIT A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FINALIZED PLANS FOR BOTH THE FOOD PANTRY AND FOR TAYLOR FARM PARK. SO WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, PATTY. UM I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I THINK DIRECTLY AFTER AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON WE DECIDED TO TABLE THE MOTION. DID I GUESS IF YOU COULD SHARE WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I GUESS MORE SPECIFIC. THAT THREE YEAR HOLIDAY. I THINK THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS AS THREE YEARS VERSUS YEAR VERSUS TWO. SO I GUESS IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDED AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND, UH, YOU KNOW HOW THE THREE YEAR HOLIDAY PLAYS INTO THAT. SO UM, AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING DISCUSSION, WE TALKED THROUGH THE IDEA THAT OF THOSE FOUR LANES, NATURE, NOURISHING MOVEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE. UM WE NEED TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE AND WHAT WILL NOT NOT UM. WE HAVE NOT PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED ANY CHANGES YET. SO WOULD PREFER NOT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT AWARE, BUT WE WILL BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

AND, UM THE IDEA OF THE RENT HOLIDAY. HMM. ANY RENT HOLIDAY WOULD BE MORE THAN GENEROUS, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. BUT WHAT IT WOULD DO WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE THE CASH THAT WE ARE OTHERWISE PAYING ON THAT RENT TOO. RECRUITING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO HELP WINNOW DOWN OUR PROGRAMMING AND BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE LANES THAT WE ARE IN. AND THE LANES THAT WE ARE NOT IN. AND, UM, WE WANT TO DO THAT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING THE SENIOR PROGRAMS WHICH OCCUR IN THE SPACE AND HEALTHY NEW ALBANY.

THIS PAST YEAR, UM, WITHOUT COMPENSATION FROM THE CITY, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE GOOD FAITH IN THE PARTNERSHIP. AND SO PART OF THAT IS COVERING THAT MOVING FORWARD. THAT RECRUITMENT AND THEN DEVELOPING THE NATURE OF PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORTING A LONGER TERM CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AROUND TAYLOR FARMS, THE JOINTLY WITH THE CITY AS WELL AS A LONGER TERM CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE FOOD PANTRY. WHICH THOSE CAMPAIGNS WOULD LAST MORE THAN ONE YEAR. WHICH IS WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR THREE YEARS. I THINK WE HAVE PART OF WHAT WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHERE THE THREE COMES INTO PLAY, AS OPPOSED TO, AS OPPOSED TO POSTING YEAR TO YEAR. WHAT DO YOU FEEL THAT THREE YEARS GIVES YOU IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU SEE YOURSELF THREE YEARS FROM NOW? SO UM, I THINK THREE YEARS FROM NOW WE WILL BE VERY CLEARLY SUSTAINABLE AND VERY DEFINED LANES. UM VERY MUCH VERY MUCH NATURE. PROBABLY LESS MOVEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE. UM AS WE LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE THE MOST PARTICIPANTS IN AND WHERE WE HAVE FINANCIAL VIABILITY. THE REASON WE ARE LOOKING AT THREE YEARS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION.

SO THAT WILL TAKE 6 TO 9 MONTHS TO GET SOMEONE HERE AND ON BOARD AND THEN TO LAUNCH AND COMPLETE A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN WILL TAKE AN ADDITIONAL AT LEAST 18 MONTHS. MORE LIKE 2 TO 3 YEARS, BUT WE

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CONNECTIONS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HOST PHYSICALLY IN THE FACILITY BUT IS RUN BY YOU AS THE CITY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT. YEP ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY THANK YOU. PATTI. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TO TALK TO US THIS EVENING. UM AND WE WILL MOVE ON. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON A MATTER THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA? OKAY SAYING NO. ONE WE WILL MOVE ON TO GORDON COMMISSION REPORTS AND BY THE WAY MHM. PATTY

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[7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]

WHICH WAS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO CONSTRUCT SIX NEWTOWN HOMES ALONG RICHARDS RICHMOND SQUARED, LOCATED GENERALLY NORTH OF MAIN STREET, SOUTH OF MCDONALD'S LEG IN WEST OF COSMIC DRIVE. THIS IS THE FINAL PHASE OF RICHMOND SQUARE, AND IT WAS APPROVED 70 WITH CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. JENNIFER APPRECIATE THAT MUCH. I'LL AGREE THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING, UM, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, MASHAL, I'M JUST GOING TO APOLOGIZE. I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY RIGHT EYE THIS EVENING, SO NOT READING WELL, AND I'M A LITTLE LATE. AND IF I HOPE, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE GRACE. I APOLOGIZE. I MET YES, APPEALS REPORT, OKAY? SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. CASEY THERE WAS NO MEETING. OKAY IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL. I HAVE A BUNCH OF NOTES ABOUT THAT ONE TO REPORT YOU WANNA YOU WANNA GO FIRST? NOW JUST ADD IN, BUT SURE, SURE, WE TALKED. THERE WAS A DEBRIEF ON THE DIWALI CELEBRATION. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE MET SINCE THEN, UM, TALKED ABOUT THE 700 ATTENDANCE ON AND WE'RE, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING DIWALI AND THE EVENTS OF 2024. LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. UM THE WE'RE THINKING OF MOVING IT EARLIER, UM, GIVEN TO WALLY FALLS EARLIER. UM SO WE'RE THINKING OCTOBER 26 WOULD BE THE NEXT DATE. THIS WOULD PUSH THE FIREWORKS BACK A LITTLE LATER, WHICH COULD BE GOOD. UM AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR Q ONE EVENT, WHICH WILL BE EIGHT SUPER SUPPER. UM WHICH I'M GOING TO SAY THIS ON THE PUBLIC RECORD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNCIL SOUP. WE THINK SO KIND OF A JOKE . IT'S KIND OF ADJUST, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE A GOOD SOUP AND BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND UM, THAT WOULD BE ON FEBRUARY 7TH. AT THE HEART CENTER. UM AND THEN WE SPENT A LONG TIME TALKING ABOUT THE WOMEN OF NEW ALBANY PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN MARCH. CORRECT? YES YES. THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH IS LOOKING AT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE VENUE YET. SO WE DON'T HAVE A FOR SURE. DAY WEEKDAY EVENING. YES SO IT TALKS ABOUT CONCEPTUAL, UM ABOUT SORT OF LECTURE DISCUSSION FORMAT, UM, AT A EVENT TO BE OR THE DIRT CENTRAL TO BE DETERMINED. HOPEFULLY WITH FOOD. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND THAT IS GOING TO BE LAUNCHING AROUND THE SUPER SUPPER. I DON'T MISS ANYTHING. THANK YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVED THAT THE SORT OF SOFT CONCEPT, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE WOMEN'S THING WAS, WHO ARE THE WOMEN OF NEW ALBANY WHO ARE KIND OF WHERE WE LANDED IN TERMS OF THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT STORIES AND EXPERIENCES IN ALBANY, AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION AND A SPEAKER AND SOME DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE TABLES

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LET'S SEE NEXT WOULD BE CERTAIN MATERIAL RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD UNTIL YOU KNOW, MEETING ON THE CEMETERY BOARD AND NO MEETING ON THE PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION. OKAY OKAY. TOOK MY NEXT ONE. OKAY CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO UPDATE COUNSELING AND OF CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATIONS. AFFECTING COUNCIL THIS EVENING. NOTHING

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SEPTEMBER 26TH, THE 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD THAT IS REQUIRED HAS LAPSED AND COUNCIL IS ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS OR AGAINST THIS EVENING. OKAY THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON ORDINANCE? 106 2023. OKAY HEARING DONE. WE WILL AH, LET'S SEE. WE OPENED THIS TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY SO WE WILL OPEN THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ORDINANCE. OKAY SING. THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING TO THE PUBLIC. UH ANYBODY FROM COUNCIL CHANGED THEIR MINDS. THAT'S CHANCE. OKAY THEN I MOVED TO ADOPT WHO ORDINANCE 0106 2023 2ND. AND WHICH EAR. SIX COUNCIL MEMBER BRISCOE. YES WELL, CHILD MEMBER DARK, YES, YES. YES, POSTER THAT COORDINATES SO ONE OF 6 2023. OKAY MOVING ON TOWARDS ITS SCOPE . 107 2023 AN ORDINANCE TO AMENT EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY STATE OF OHIO DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST 2023 STUNTS. THANK YOU. THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES FINAL APPROPRIATION AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2023 BUDGET. THE PURPOSE IS TO ELIMINATE NEGATIVE ACCOUNT BALANCES AND ENSURE THE APPROPRIATIONS FOLLOW THE HEART REVISED CODE REQUIREMENTS. UM SECTION ONE OF THE ORDINANCE, DETAILS THE APPROPRIATION AMENDMENTS AND ARE ALSO INCLUDED . THE AMENDMENTS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS WITH THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT. AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED IN DETAIL THOSE AMENDMENTS AT THE DECEMBER 5TH MEETING TO ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AND INDICATED IN BLUE ON THE ATTACHED THE FIRST ONE BEING A DECREASE THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER OUT THAT PARTICULAR TRANSFER OUT WAS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION AND WE DECIDED WITH THE, UM WITH THE CREATION AND OF THE VILLAGE CENTER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, AND WE RE ALLOCATED THAT TRANSFER IN 2024, SO WE DID NOT NEED THAT TRANSFER. HERE IN 23. AND THEN THE SECOND ADJUSTMENTS SINCE THE FIRST READING WAS WE DID INCREASE. I HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE BUILDERS, ESCROW ACTIVITY FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT LENDERS CONTAINED UM INTO 29, WHICH IS IT'S DIRECTED BY

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COUNCIL MEMBER, CHARLOTTE COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK COUNCIL MEMBER CAST MEMBER BRISK. YES WELL, CHILD. YES SPOKE STOOD UP POSITION. I'M SORRY ORDINANCE ONE OF 7 2023. OKAY MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE. OH, WANNA WAIT 2023 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 181 INCOME TAX IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, OHIO, IS CODIFIED ORDINANCES, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND AGAIN, MISS STATS. ARE YOU PRESENTING? I AM. THANK YOU. THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE AMENDS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 181 IN THE INCOME TAX OF CODIFY ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE OR MODIFY EXISTING LANGUAGE AS REQUIRED BY THE HOUSE BILL 33 THAT WAS PASSED THIS SUMMER VIA SPECIFIC CHANGES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHMENT AND HAVE REPLACED THE PREVIOUS ATTACHMENT. FOR THAT NEW ALBANESE, TAX ADMINISTRATOR. UM THE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, RITA HAS PROVIDED THIS MODEL LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS THE UPDATES, WHICH WERE INCLUDED AS AN EXHIBIT FOR THE FIRST READING. THE LEGISLATION HAS BEEN AMENDED FOR THE SECOND READING TO REPLACE THE ATTACHMENT TO INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF NEW ARMANI CODE TO BE AMENDED, AS INDICATED BY YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN ATTACHMENT TO KNOW US SOME LANGUAGE REPORTED BY THE HOUSE. BILL 33 PERTAINED TO AMENDMENTS THAT THE CITY HAD PREVIOUSLY INCORPORATED . UM AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY RELATED TO AGE REQUIREMENTS AND SOME OF THE NET PROFIT NET PROFIT ALLOCATIONS. UPDATES MADE WITHIN THE ATTACHMENT INCLUDE LANGUAGE RELATED TO NET PROFIT ALLOCATION FOR REMOTE WORKERS. NET PROFIT FILING EXTENSION DUE DATE CORRESPONDENCE, LATE FILING PENALTY AND MUNICIPAL NET PROFIT TAX STATE FILING OPT IN AGAIN INCLUDED IN EXHIBIT A. THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES EMERGENCY LANGUAGE AS REFERENCE TO WAIVE THE 30 DAYS. REFERENDUM PERIOD AND TO, UM MAKE EFFECTIVE BEFORE 1231 SO THE WAIVER WOULD MAKE IT EFFECTIVE TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. I WILL OPEN THIS TO A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT ON ORDINANCE 0108 2023. OKAY I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT 0108 GORDON. IT'S 0108 2023. COUNCIL MEMBER BRUSQUE YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK? YES YES, YES. YES FOLKS ORDINANCE OVER 108 2023. OKAY INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

[10. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES]

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IN 22 AND 23. THE COLLECTIONS WERE 2.1 MILLION AND 3.0 MILLION RESPECTIVELY. UM THESE COLLECTIONS REPRESENT AMOUNTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTING THE REVENUE TO NEW ALBANY, PLAYING LOCAL SCHOOLS. THE EASTLAND JBS DM PLAYING TOWNSHIP FOR FIRING AND MASS. SO THIS PARTICULAR TIFF AGREEMENT IS NOT SET. UM WITH THE COUNTY AS A NON SCHOOL TIFF, SO THEY DON'T PROVIDE THAT, UH, REVENUE DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO SHARE THAT REVENUE OF SCHOOLS. UM ON THE BUILDING, ONLY WE KEEP THE MONEY FOR THE LAND IN ORDER TO FINANCE PROJECTS. UM SO WE HAVE SEPARATE AGREEMENTS FOR THOSE IN 2018.

THE BLACK LICK TIP ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE LIST OF POTENTIAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE PILOT PAYMENTS UPON REVIEW OF THE AMENDED LIST OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRESS PROJECTS . THE STAFF RECOMMENDS AMENDING THE ORDINANCE TO EXTEND FOR A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS, EFFECTIVELY ADJUSTING THAT LAST YEAR OF THE TIFF TO 2049. NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PLANE. NOBODY PLAYING LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT EASTLAND JOINT VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WITHIN THE 14 DAY REQUIREMENT, AS SET FORTH BY THE O R. C THE EXTENSION OF THE TIP WOULD ALLOW NEW ALBANY SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE RECEIVING PILOT PAYMENTS AND THE AMOUNT THEY WOULD RECEIVE IF NOT FOR THE EXEMPTION AND WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT OTHER PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS. IN ORDER FOR THE LEGISLATION TO MEET THE TIMING CRITERIA AS SET FORTH IN THE O. R C THE ORDINANCE INCLUDE

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YEAH SO AND SO IS THIS. THIS IS A THIS IS A TAX EXEMPTION. THIS IS IT'S CONSIDERED AN EXEMPTION, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY DIVERT, UM, THE INCOME. ARE BASICALLY THEY STILL CHARGE THE ENTITIES, OWEN F WOULD STILL PAY AMOUNTS EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE PAY FOR EXEMPTION, BUT IT'S CALLED A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. SO TECHNICALLY, THEY'RE STILL PAYING TAXES. UM, BUT IT'S JUST BEING DIVERTED TO US IN THE SCHOOLS SO THERE ARE ARE THEY PAYING AS MUCH TAXES AS THEY WOULD WITHOUT THIS, BUT JUST WE ARE COLLECTING THE MONEY. WHERE? YEAH THEY'RE THEY'RE THIS DIVERTS THE MONEY THAT THEY PAY FOR TAXES, TOO. NEW ALBANY IN THE SCHOOL SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE LABOR, SEVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO TO THE COUNTY OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT HAVE MILLAGE THAT, UM OUR DISTRICT RECEIVED SO WE WOULD RECEIVE THOSE PARTS AND THE THIS HOUSE BUILT. 33 IS THE LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWED FOR THAT FUNDING MECHANISM TO HAPPEN . YES OKAY. ARE THERE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES? SORRY. YOU'RE WORKING TO CLARIFY THAT. I TAKE THAT BACK HOUSE BILL 33 ALLOWED FOR THE EXTENSION, THE EXTENT TO MAKE IT A 30 YEAR BUT TO ADD 30 YEARS TO AN ALREADY EXISTING UM, COORDINATES. TIP AREA, OKAY, SO THEY COULD DO 30 YEARS, BUT WE'RE JUST DOING 20 CORRECT. AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, JOE AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT JUST THINKING LOOKING AT THE IMPROVEMENTS KNOWING THAT THERE'S FIVE YEARS LEFT, UM DETERMINING, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATING WHAT THE COLLECTIONS WE THINK MIGHT BE AND DETERMINING HOW MUCH DEBT WE COULD POTENTIALLY ISSUE AND GENERALLY WE ISSUE 20 TO 25 YEARS. BOND, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE DO IT. OKAY. YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE, UM, SEEN AS YOU KNOW, JUST TAKING IT BECAUSE WE COULD TAKE IT. OKAY? UM. I GUESS, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION FOR THE CITY LEVERAGES THIS EMERGENCY.

THIS TIMING. I UNDERSTAND IT'S IMPORTANT THIS WITHIN THE EMERGENCY CRITERIA FOR LEGISLATION. YES, THANK YOU. AND YOUR BILLABLES FOR THE DAY. UM I'LL PASS THE QUESTION OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL IS THIS THE ONLY TIP THAT FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY WITH IN OUR KETCHUP WINDOW? YES SO WE DID DO A REVIEW OF ALL OF OUR COMMERCIAL TIFFS. AND UM, IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT OUR FUNDS WHERE WE RECEIVE THE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT OUR FUNDS AND THE BUDGET AND LOOK AT OUR TOP FUNDS, THERE IS, UM, ANOTHER FUND ON OUR BOOKS THAT RECEIVES MORE THAN THAT. IT'S THE OAK GROVE TO TIFF. BUT HOW WE HAVE THOSE ORDINANCES ADOPTED. THIS APPLIES . TO ORDINANCE VERSUS THE OVERALL. AREAS SO, UM. IT MIGHT BE CALLED THE SAME THING, AND WE RECEIVE IT ONTO THE SAME FUND, BUT THE COUNTY ACTUALLY RECORDS IT IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. SO THE VERY FIRST DISTRICT FOR OKRA TO THE TOTAL COLLECTIONS AND THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY EVEN WHAT THE CITY RECEIVES. IT INCLUDES ALL OF THE COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING WITH THE SCHOOL RECEIVES WHAT ANYBODY ELSE WOULD RECEIVE, UM WAS ONLY 1.2 MILLION. AND SO THAT WAS I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN THIS COMING YEAR. THE OTHER ONE THAT WE EVALUATED WAS VILLAGE CENTER. AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE MIGHT TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE ARE ALL THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION. UM REFERS TO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THINGS RESIDENTIAL. THERE IS SIMILAR LEGISLATION, BUT THERE'S NO AH, WINDOW. THAT IT CAN BE DONE

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YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT THE LEGISLATION IN THAT CALENDAR YEAR. AND IF YOU DON'T YOU CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE. YOU MISS THE WINDOW UNLESS THEY HAVE OTHER LEGISLATION THAT COMES DOWN THE ROAD. THEORETICALLY IF IN THE CALENDAR YEAR BY JUNE WE'VE GOT 1.5. WE COULD ALREADY GO AHEAD AND WE WILL. NO UM WELL, NO. ESTIMATED AMOUNTS WHEN THAT ONCE THEY RELEASE THE TAX BILLS BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW TAX BILLS WORK. UM YOU KNOW, GENERALLY IT'S TWO BILLS YOU PAY IN JANUARY AND JULY, UM BUT WE CAN GO ON AND PULL THE VALUES OF THE TOTAL PAYMENTS. UH TO SEE PROJECT I CAN LOOK AS AND AS THEY RELEASED THE BILLS TO SEE WHAT I THINK WILL BE GETTING SO WE CAN WORK ON THAT. AS SOON AS WE CAN. ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, AND BETHANY MENTIONED THIS EARLIER THAT WE THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THE NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT REMAIN WITHIN THAT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT TIP DISTRICT. WHAT'S WITH REGARD TO US? 62 WE TALKED FOR YEARS ABOUT FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION OF 62 AND CENTRAL COLLEGE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SHUTTLE STOPS OF FOR THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM THAT DROP PEOPLE OFF HAVE A COVERED PLACE TO DROP PEOPLE OFF AND PICK PEOPLE UP. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT REMAIN OUTSTANDING. THAT COULD BE USED TO THAT COULD UTILIZE THIS FUND SO WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY, UM, MAKE THIS A REGULAR PRACTICE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CAPTURING FUNDS. WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE JUSTIFICATION FOR IT, UH, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THEN THE OTHER FACTOR IS THE WELL BEING OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TOWNSHIP SO THIS WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT EITHER OF THOSE ENTITIES.

SO JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, IF WE EVER DID DO THIS AND REALIZE WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH SOME PROJECTS THAT MADE SENSE THAT QUALIFIED UNDER THE TIFF TO USE THE FUNDS. WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE FUNDS? YOU CAN TERMINATE IT? YOU HAVE A CHARMING THAT YOU WOULD TERMINATE EARLY. OKAY I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THOUGH, JOE, UM THAT AREA THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT CENTRAL COLLEGE KITZMILLER, UM 62. I MEAN, THAT'S DEFINITELY AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO RELOOK AT. IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AS FAR AS WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT WHOLE SECTION. UM THANK YOU ONCE CALLED IT. YOU SHARE WITH ME THE TRIANGLE AREA, SO I THINK FOR THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. OKAY THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER THAN I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SET THIS MATTER FOR SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING DID ADOPT HIS EMERGENCY AGENCY BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY. YEP OH, APOLOGIZE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT I COULD GO OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL? THEN RIGHT, SO WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ORDINANCE. NO NO. WE CAN MOVE TO ADOPT HIS EMERGENCY WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARING. GO FROM THERE. OKAY ALL RIGHT, WELL WITH IF THERE IS NO MORE QUESTIONS, THEN WOULD ANYBODY WANT LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ORDINANCE? DON'T MOVE TO ADAPT 0109 2023 SECONDS. COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK YES. TROUT COUNCIL MEMBER SHOP. YES YES, REMEMBER DEREK? YES YES, PHONE STOOD AT 109 2023. OKAY MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE 01 1020 23. FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY BY AMENDMENT BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP TO REZONE 12.737 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND, LOCATED TO THE NORTH, WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE INTERSECTION OF NEW ALBANY CONDIT ROAD IN NEW ALBANY ROAD EAST FROM INFILL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TYPE UD TO LIMITED GENERAL EMPLOYMENT LG FOR AN AREA TO BE KNOWN AS THE NORTH CITY. BUSINESS AND ZONING DISTRICT. AS REQUESTED BY THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY LLC CARE OF AARON UNDERHILL, ESQUIRE AND MR MAYOR IS PRESENTING. IS NOT OKAY . HAVE MR MAYOR MISS CHRISTIE WAS YOU PRESENT, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU. UM, SO THE MAP SHOWS THE 12.737 CLUSTER MINUS SPEAKER

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ADDITIONALLY CONTAINS A FEW IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS LEARNED FROM THE CORNERSTONE REZONING REGARDING THE GAS EASEMENTS AND TRAIL ALONG THE CREEK TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE. BROCCOLI FART BLACK LIKE ACCORD REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION ON NOVEMBER 16TH 2023 BY A VOTE OF 9 TO 0. THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE REZONING APPLICATION BY A VOTE 5 TO 0 AT THEIR DECEMBER 4TH 2023 MEETING. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP. THIS REZONING MATCHES THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN USE RECOMMENDATION. ERIN UNDERHILL IS HERE TONIGHT, ANTHONY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OTHERWISE THIS ORDINANCE MAY BE SET FOR SECOND READING ON JANUARY 2ND. OKAY ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MR ANDRIY HOLD? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD LOANS? OKAY, I'LL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? OKAY THIS ONE RUN STRAIGHT TO SECOND READING SECOND READING, SO I'M NOT GOING TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY OKAY. NOW WE'RE ON SO MM HMM. TO MOVE ON AND HAVE NOTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL. NO QUESTIONS. THEN WE WILL SET THE MATTER FOR SECOND READING OF PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR JANUARY 2ND COUNCIL MEETING. YEP. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION ARE 54 2023 A

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GOOD LOOKING FORWARD RESOLUTION ARE 56 2023, A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO WITHDRAW THE PROPOSED BALLOT QUESTION OF WHETHER THE SALE OF BEER AND INTOXICATING LIQUOR SHALL BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HAMLET THAT SUGAR RUN AS SET FORTH AN ORDINANCE 81 2023 MASON, SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO. AS A REMINDER IN AUGUST OF 2023 COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE 0 79 2023, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE HAMLET AT SUGAR RUN COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, AS YOU WILL RECALL THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GET ADDITIONAL LIQUOR LICENSES.

COUNCIL ALSO ADOPTED ORDINANCE 0 81 2023, REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SUBMIT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE SALE OF BEER INTOXICATING LIQUOR WOULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HAMLET OF SUGAR RUN. ORDINATES 0 81 2023 WAS SUBMITTED TO FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 14 AND BALLOT LANGUAGE WAS FINALIZED IN NOVEMBER. 17 AFTER SUBMISSION OF THE ORDINANCE, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS RESPONDED, INDICATING THAT THE AREA CONTAINING THE HAMLET AT SUGAR RUN CED, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY DRY. IT'S RATHER MOSTLY WET THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT SUBMITS THAT THE WET STATUS OF THE AREA CONTAINING THE SUGAR AND CED MEANS THAT THE BALLOT QUESTION IS NO LONGER NECESSARY. THE APPLICANTS REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION AND RESCIND SECTION ONE OF ORDINANCE 0 81 2023, WHICH IS THE BALLOT QUESTION, AND WE WOULD SEND THE ORDINANCE ON THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. TO WITHDRAW THE BALLOT QUESTION. WE HAVE TO DO THIS BY DECEMBER 20 AT FOUR PM, WHICH IS TOMORROW? WE BELIEVE SO THAT IT DOESN'T SHOW UP ON THE MARCH 1920 24 BALLOTS SHOULD COUNSEL GO THAT DIRECTION STAFF DOES NOT TAKE A POSITION ON THIS RESOLUTION. MR TEMBEC HOLD FROM BORIS FIRM IS HERE TO ANSWER COUNSEL'S QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS ANYTHING THAT YOU

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[13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]

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THERE SHOULD BE THREE PHASES. THIS NEXT PHASE WILL BE 100% FUNDED THROUGH A FEDERAL GRANT IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE SCOPE AND, UM, PROCEED WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS. UM MORRISSEY HAS LAUNCHED ITS DRIVE INVESTMENT PORTAL. THIS WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORTED ON THIS SO THERE IT'S A RESOURCE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON GRANTS THROUGH VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND NONPROFIT ENTITIES. ALSO THEY REPORTED THAT THEIR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FUNCTION HAS REDUCED ITS WAITING TIME FOR HOME WEATHERIZATION AND HOME REPAIR.

BY ABOUT THE THIRD. THEY HAD 300 FAMILIES AND THEY'RE WAITING QUEUE FOR WEATHERIZATION PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN REDUCED BY A THIRD AND THEY HOPE TO GET THAT. REDUCED EVEN FURTHER NEXT YEAR. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HAS SOME VERY POSITIVE IMPACTS ON POOR NEIGHBORHOODS IN IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA. THEY ARE KICKING OFF THEIR ANGEL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

THEY HAVE OPENED THE PROCESS FOR APPLICATIONS. UM ALSO ON JANUARY 31ST NEW ALL NEW ALBANY WILL BE HOSTING MORE FC'S NORTHEAST REGIONAL AREA MEETING, SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM THE NORTHEAST AREA OF THE MARKET. SEE UH, BODY OR MEMBERSHIP AND THAT WILL BE HELD AT BELIEVE IT SAID. THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION ON MARCH 15TH. THEY WILL BE HOSTING THE ANNUAL STATE OF THE REGION EVENT, WHICH WILL BE AT THE DOWNTOWN HILTON ON HIGH STREET AND THAT WILL BE FROM 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT WE CAN START TO SEE IF, UM COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO ATTEND AND HOW MANY. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEMPT WILL PROBABLY START TO RAMP THAT UP RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. AND THEN, UM, HE'S ALSO INVOLVED IN A REGIONAL WATER STUDY TO ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP A, UH REGIONAL PLAN FOR WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES IN THE AREAS AROUND THE GREATER COLUMBUS SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE LICKING COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE, AND THE IDEA IS TO COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED PLAN FOR THE PROVISION OF WATER AND SERVICE SERVICES. UM, FINALLY. THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS UNDER REVIEW. THE DRAFT OF THE PLAN IS DUE BY FEBRUARY, THERE'LL BE AN OPEN HOUSE ON MARCH 19TH, AND THEY EXPECT ADOPTION IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR. THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IT'S IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FEDERAL OR STATE GRANTS. YOU NEED TO BE LISTED ON THIS METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN . AND IN ORDER TO BE ON THE PLAN, YOU HAVE TO MOVE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT ARE THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE FIND MORE FSI RELATIVE. TO COMPLETE STREETS THAT WOULD INCLUDE CYCLING AND PEDESTRIANS. AND SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND WHEN PROJECTS ARE RATED FOR CONSIDERATION ON THIS, UM UM LIST OF APPROVED PROJECTS. I THINK THAT'S IT. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO JOINT PARKS AND RECREATION COUNCIL NEVER SHOWED YOU DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE MEETING. OKAY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES PLAYING LOCAL SCHOOLS, MR. KISSED AND UPDATES.

THERE WAS A MEETING ON DECEMBER 11TH FAIRLY SHORT MEETING. UM SEAN SENATE BILL 288, WHICH IS KNOWN AS ERIN'S LAW. AH WHICH IS SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION. THEY'RE GOING TO ROLL OUT SOME PROGRAMMING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THAT THEY SENT SOME NOTIFICATIONS OUTPUT. PARENTS AND YOU CAN OPT OUT SO CHOOSE, BUT SO THAT'LL BE COMING. AH PROBABLY FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR. THEY TOUCHED ON THE STUDENT BELONGINGS WERE VERY TOUCHING ON A WHILE BACK. THEY SENT SURVEYS OUT TO EVERY STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THINK THEY HAD AROUND 88% RESPONSE RATE. GRADES ACROSS ALL GRADES FIRST THROUGH 12. SO YOU KNOW THE DATA. UH, OVERALL,

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UM THE WEBSITE FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT DISTRICT. APPLE'S WEBSITE. YEAH, COMPLETELY REVAMPED. UM AND THE LAST SIGHTING BUSINESS, IT WAS FILLED ARROWS. LAST COUNCIL MEETING. UM HE SERVED FOR EIGHT YEARS AND, UH AH WILL BE REPLACED COMING HERE, BUT THAT WAS. FAIRLY SHORT MEETING AS FAR AS SCHOOL BOARD. YES. OKAY THANK YOU. COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO PLAIN TOWNSHIP COUNCIL MEMBER JERK. A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. UH, TO REPORT ON ONE ANATOMY EATING, BUT ON THIS PAST SATURDAY, THEY HAD WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA. WHERE THE BOY SCOUTS AND A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING MEMBERS, SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM COUNCIL HERE, ASSISTED IN PLACING WREATHS ON THE GRAVES OF ALL THE VETERANS AT THE BIG BOARD CEMETERY. IT'S THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THAT. AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE PAY FOR PART OF THE COST ALONG WITH THE TOWNSHIP SO THAT EVERY VETERAN HAS A READ AND IT WAS BETTER ATTENDED THIS YEAR AS THE SECOND TIME AROUND, AND IT WENT VERY WELL. THE THERE WERE TWO REGULAR MEETINGS FOR THE TOWNSHIP. ONE WAS TO REVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS A THINK WELL DONE OVERVIEW OF THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN. THEY BASICALLY BROKE THE STRATEGIC PLAN APPLIED PRIMARY AREAS OF SAVING LIVES PROTECTING PROPERTY PREPARING FOR GROWTH. WORKING EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY. AND TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS AND ALL THOSE AREAS SOME OF THE KEY INDICATORS THAT THEY LOOK AT OBVIOUSLY BEYOND NUMBERS OF RUNS HIS RESPONSE TIME AND THEY BREAK THAT INTO THREE CATEGORIES. ONE IS THE MEASURE OF THE FIRST TIME IS WHEN A CALL COMES IN AND WHEN TO DISPATCH YOUR HANDS IT OFF TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SECOND MEASURE IS FROM THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES THAT TO THE TIME THE TRUCK IS OUTDOOR, THAT'S THEIR TURNOUT TIMES AND THEN AT REST IS TRAVELED TO THE LOCATION, THE ONLY ELEMENT THAT IS TOTALLY WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THE TURNOUT TIME FROM THE TIME THEY GET THE CALL, SO THE TRUCKS OUT THE DOOR WHEN THEY'RE ON THE ROAD. DIRECT THE MERCY OF TRAFFIC AND SOME OTHER CONDITIONS AND HOW LONG THEY GET THE CALL IN. GENERALLY, THEY RUN VERY WELL TO NORMAL STANDARDS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF AREAS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THEIR AREA THAT ARE HARDER TO REACH, AND THEY RUN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER IN TERMS OF RESPONSE TIME, MAINLY BECAUSE BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC TIME INTERNAL TIME. AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE THEY MAY NEED AN ADDITIONAL LOCATION TO BE A LITTLE RESPOND AND GET THAT DOWN TO ACCEPTABLE LEVEL. THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT VOLUME INCREASES GMT CALLS TO ASSISTED LIVING HAS SKYROCKETED FOR THEM IN 2020.

THEY HAD 125 CALLS IN 2022. THEY HAD 340 BUCKS CALLS SO ESSENTIALLY THE ADDITION OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND THERE WILLINGNESS TO QUICKLY AND, UH QUICKLY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPOSED TO HANDLING SOME THINGS INTERNALLY HAS PUT INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO ALL IN ALL A GOOD PLAN AND WELL ATTENDED AT THEIR NORMAL MEETING , WHICH OCCURRED RIGHT AFTER THAT. THEY APPROVED A NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO SWAY CO. TWO THIS WACO BOARD RON GROSSMAN, WHO'S THE FISCAL OFFICER FROM JACKSON TOWNSHIP. THE TOWNSHIPS ALL GET TOGETHER AND THEY SELECT ONE REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT'S THE PERSON THAT WAS SELECTED FOR THIS WEEK OVERBOARD. UM CEMETERY HAS HAD A MASTER PLAN. IT'S PRIMARILY BEEN A LANDSCAPING PLAN, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT COLLABORATION AND ASH GARDEN THAT THEY WOULD PUT DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO OH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THAT CAN DO MORE MASTER PLAN AS WELL AS A BUILDING PLAN AND MAGIC MANAGED BUILDING PROJECTS. SHOULD THEY GO FORWARD WITH THIS? AS OPPOSED TO THE LANDSCAPING FROM THERE USING THEY'VE USED BEFORE. IS

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THE INTERNS THAT FLIGHT SET IT ON FIRE, INCLUDING MATTRESSES, WHICH IS AN E P A VIOLATION. AND THE DEBRIS CONTINUE TO BE ACCUMULATED, AND THEY'RE NOW FACING ACTION TO CLEAN IT UP AND HAVE A CALLED HEART CARTED AWAY, BUT IT'S DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE. SORT OF INTERESTING.

FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THAT. AND THAT IS IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST GOING BACK TO READ ACROSS AMERICA JUST BRIEFLY. THE BOY SCOUTS. THAT KIND OF RAN THE SHOW. MHM. FANTASTIC JOB. YES. I THINK THERE WERE 580, WHICH I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED THAT. THAT'S HOW MANY VETERANS ARE BURIED AT MAPLEWOOD. THEY READ EVERY VETERAN'S NAME. THEY RANG THE BELL. THEY PLAYED TAPS WHEN IT WAS DONE. UH SO VERY WELL ORGANIZED IN A REALLY COOL THAT WE WANTED. I THINK 600 COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE DOING THIS SO IT DOES CITIZEN PART THROUGH IS THERE IS A AROUND DO WE KNOW IF IT IS IT JUST AROUND THE HOLIDAYS? THIS WEATHER CHOOSING THIS TIME OF YEAR THIS STATE COMPANY NEW ENGLAND NORTHEAST AREA WHO STARTED THIS AND I'M REMISS I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAME, BUT ESSENTIALLY, THEY PRODUCE ALL OF THESE WREATHS THAT GO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THEY DID A TIME AND VETERANS. AND THE COST OF THE REEFS IS VERY MINIMAL. IT'S BASICALLY THE COST THAT TAKES THEM TO PRODUCE THEM AND SHIP THEM OUT. AND THEY DO IT BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR MISSION. IT'S NOT THEIR ONLY BUSINESS, BUT IT'S ONE THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN THIS TIME. I DO THINK THE TIMING IS RELATED ON THE HOLIDAYS. YEAH SURE. THEY'RE NOT PRESENTING HUNG AROUND A LITTLE BIT AFTERWARDS AND TALK TO A FAMILY WHO HAD A SON THERE, AND IT'S A LONG TIME OPENING GRADUATE. UH, AND IN TEARS, VERY APPRECIATIVE, GONE AROUND, AND SO IT THERE WERE A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS THERE OF FOLKS THAT RELATIVES BARRIER THAT YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL. IT IS GREAT AND CURIOUS , SIGNIFICANT FAMILY MEMBER COME TO THE TWO OR THREE DAYS LATER AND COMMENTED THAT THEY WENT ON SUNDAY. THIS WAS DONE SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY THEY WERE TAKING A WREATH TO THEIR FATHER'S GRAVE WHO WAS A VETERAN, AND THERE WAS A WREATH THERE AND THEN SHE WORKED AROUND. AND THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. YEAH WAS, IT MEANS A LOT TO LOT TO HER MIDDLE OF THE CITY DID THAT I THINK YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE PICTURE THERE. THE NEW ALBANY BASEBALL TEAM CAME OUT AND HELPED, WHICH WAS WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL TO, UM IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE TEAM OUT THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING AS WELL. AND TWO FIRE TRUCKS. CREWS WERE OUT THERE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR YEAH, THAT'S SHOWING FROM THE CITY WAS GREAT. I THINK THE TIME FROM PLAIN TOWNSHIP WAS WAS REALLY GREAT TO, I THINK, UM, TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE AND THE LARD CARRIED A LOT OF THE HAPPY LIFE TO GETTING THIS OFF, AND SHE DONE WHAT SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED FOR A GREAT EVENT.

REALLY GOOD HOT CHOCOLATE FROM DUNCAN, PUT THAT PLUG. STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT SO GOOD. SO GOOD ANYWAYS. SORRY LITTLE OFF. THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS

[14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]

THERE'S BEEN SOME INFLATION'S SINCE 1997. AND I THINK COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER BRINGING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, WHETHER YOU WANT IT TO BE A HARD NUMBER OR WHETHER YOU WANT IT TO BE A LITTLE SQUISHY. ER UH, THAT WE HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT'S USED FOR STAFF THAT BASICALLY SAYS NO MORE THAN THE MOST RECENT OHIO ETHICS COMMISSION RULING, ALTHOUGH HAVING A HARD NUMBER IS A LITTLE EASIER TO EVALUATE. SO THINK ABOUT THAT, UM, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT SOME MORE.

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[17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]