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WE'RE PUSHING SOUND, AND WE ARE LIVE ON CAMERA. MAYOR, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO THE NEW ALBANY COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.AND WE'LL HAVE THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT AFTER THIS AGENDA. BUT WITH THAT, I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND WITH CITY COUNCIL AND RECITE OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. FORT MASON, THE ROLL, PLEASE. AND IF COUNCIL WILL TURN ON THEIR MICROPHONES. MAYOR SPALDING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRESKE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK IS TRAVELING AND IS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
KISS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHOW HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTON. YES. SORRY, I STUMBLED ON IT, BUT YES. GOT A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. IT'S A SPECIAL DAY. ALL CHOKED UP. I HAVE SIX PRESENT FOR THE JANUARY 6TH, 2025 ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALL RIGHT. AND I MOVE THAT. WE EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DIRK. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST ITEM ON
[4. SWEARING IN]
TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR.I DO WANT TO FINISH THE ROLL CALL. VOTE ON THE EXCUSE. MY APOLOGIES. YES, MAYOR. SPALDING? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. SIX YES. VOTES. YOU VOTED FOR ME. YEAH. I'M DOING 2020. WE'RE ON A GREAT START. JUST, JUST. I'LL GIVE HIM THE AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ME. OKAY, GOOD. I SAW SHE WAS PRESENT, SO I THOUGHT I'D ADD THAT IN. WE'RE A LITTLE RUSTY.
WHO? GOOD TO HAVE TWO WEEKS. WELCOME BACK. SORRY ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER EXCUSE. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, WE CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE SUCCESSFULLY REELECTED AS COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. KISSEL AND WILTROUT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SWEAR THEM IN TO THEIR NEW OFFICES. SO IF EVERYONE WANTS TO GO DOWN FRONT, WE'LL JUST PASS THESE OUT AND TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE. THERE'S NO ONE BACK HERE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS, THE THE MICROPHONES BEHIND YOU SO THAT IT MAKES THE RECORD THAT HANDHELD? NO. THE HANDHELD. SHOULD HELP TO. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU PLEASE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM. SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF OHIO AND THE STATE OF OHIO, AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS THEREOF. OBEY THE LAWS THEREOF. FURTHERMORE, I WILL UPHOLD AND ENFORCE.
FURTHERMORE, I WILL UPHOLD AND ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW ALBANY CHARTER AND ORDINANCES AND CHARTER, AND WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF NEW ALBANY COUNCIL MEMBER, THE DUTIES OF COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS. NICE JOB. I THINK. OKAY. OKAY. TURN YOUR PHONES AROUND. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU GOT FAMILY MEMBERS? YEAH.
YEAH. COME ON UP HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU. SIT DOWN. THANK YOU. OOPS.
BREAD PUDDING. COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING IN, IF YOU WILL SIGN THE COPY AND
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PASS IT DOWN TO ME. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. YOU ALSO CAN SIGN THE COPY OR TAKE THEM HOME.YEAH. DOES IT NEED TO BE IN ANY COLOR? NOPE. NO REQUIREMENT. AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE GOT A CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. YES. YES. NOW, YOU ASK US TO DO THAT.
WHAT'S THAT? SO NOW YOU ASK US. CAN I. THANK YOU? ALL RIGHT. WOULD ANYONE FROM COUNCIL OR
[5. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA]
STAFF LIKE TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL AGENDA? I'VE[6. DISCUSS AND ADOPT RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR COUNCIL]
RECEIVED NO REQUESTS. DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR COUNCIL.I KNOW THERE WAS A REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING RULE TWO.
MEETINGS OF COUNCIL. THE PROPOSAL WAS TO MAKE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS. SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE INSERTED THE WORD NEW INTO THE RULES. AND I THINK THE THE SUGGESTION IS THAT THAT BE REMOVED. AND THEN ALSO UNDER C SO COUNCIL RULE TWO C COUNCIL OR CANCEL OR RESCHEDULE MEETINGS WHEN NECESSARY. I MADE THAT CHANGE. IT JUST SEEMED ODD THAT YOU COULD RESCHEDULE, BUT YOU COULDN'T CANCEL WHEN. WE CERTAINLY DO DO THAT. I CAN QUICKLY REVIEW THE REST. MOSTLY MY SUGGESTIONS LIKE ON PAGE TWO, ITEM H. I ADDED THAT WE NEED FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. AS YOU RECALL, THAT CAME UP THIS LAST YEAR, AND FOR MY OWN MEMORY, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO ADD IN HERE. SO AND I DO CITE THE CHARTER WHERE THAT'S APPROPRIATE. IF YOU GO TO PAGE FOUR I'M SORRY, PAGE FIVE, ITEM J I JUST FOR SAKE OF ITEM I TALKS ABOUT PROPOSED LEGISLATION. SO IN J WE TALK ABOUT ADOPTED LEGISLATION JUST DOING THE RIGHT THING TO DO. RULE SIX WAS THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT I PROPOSED. WE HAD A SENTENCE UNDER RULE SIX B THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION. THERE WAS ONE SENTENCE DESPITE IT BEING IN THAT SECTION. IT JUST IT ADDRESSED NON AGENDA ITEMS, BUT IT SEEMED APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THAT ELSEWHERE SINCE IT WAS UNDER THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION. SO WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK LANGUAGE THAT ALMOST ENTIRELY MIRRORS PUBLIC HEARING FOR LEGISLATION, BUT RETITLED IT FOR NON-LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AND BROADENED THE GERMANE TOPIC TO CITY GOVERNMENT. AND DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THAT'S FINE. JUST SEEM TO BE NOTICEABLY MISSING. AND AFTER THAT, ALL I DID WAS REWORK THE NUMBERS AND YOU'RE GOOD. THAT'S GREAT. SO THIS RULE SEVEN IS THE EFFECTIVELY THE REPLACEMENT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING OF THAT SENTENCE SIX. YEAH. WE WOULD STRIKE THE LINE ABOUT FOR MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA. RIGHT AT THE END OF THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION SECTION. AND WE REPLACE THAT WITH RULE SEVEN A MORE WIDE. YEAH. AND IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME RULE. OH, AND I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT I UPPED IT TO THREE MINUTES SINCE TWO SEEM SHORT AND NO ONE'S ACTUALLY DOING THAT. I THINK THAT YOU HAD EMAILED US ABOUT THAT AND YOU HAD COMMENTED, YES, THOSE ARE ALL YOUR COUNCIL RULE CHANGES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CLERK REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGES? WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO PUT FORTH A MOTION TO MAKE THE CHANGES OFFICIAL? I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE PROPOSED CHANGES AS OUTLINED IN THE COUNCIL AMENDMENTS BY COURT. MASON SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. WELCH. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. KISS. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. AND THAT'S ALL SIX. I HAVE SIX YES. VOTES. TWO NOT. ASK ME AGAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING? I GOT TO VOTE TWICE. WHEN DID YOU GET HERE? AND IT'S NOT RECORDING. I'M RIGHT HERE.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THERE. COUNCILMEMBER RICE, DO YOU AGREE TO. YES, YES I DO. THANKS FOR ASKING. THAT IS SIX YES VOTES TO AMEND THE COUNCIL RULES AS SUBMITTED. I WILL GET YOU CLEAN COPIES. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT ITEM. APPOINT OR REAPPOINT THE
[7. APPOINT OR RE-APPOINT PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE]
PRESIDENT PRO TEM. FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM SERVES AS THE LEAD COUNCIL MEMBER AND FILLS IN IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR. SO OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT POSITION.NOT THAT I TEND TO MISS TOO MANY MEETINGS, BUT FROM TIME TO TIME THAT DOES OCCUR. BUT WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN OR OFFER
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SUPPORT TO ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM? AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THAT A TWO YEAR OR ONE YEAR APPOINTMENT, TWO YEAR, TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT, I MOVE TO APPOINT CASEY KISSED AS PRESIDENT PRO TEM FOR THE UPCOMING FOR THE UPCOMING TWO YEAR TERM. SECOND, AND I HAVE TO CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER. SEE THAT'S. RIGHT. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY MY NAME. DO ALL THE MOTIONS. COUNCIL. YES, COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES, MAYOR. SPALDING.YES. COUNCILMEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. YES, EVERYBODY.
THAT'S EVERYBODY. SIX. YES. VOTES TO POINT TO THE POINT. ADOPT COUNCILMEMBER KISS AS THE
[8. APPOINT OR RE-APPOINT ACTING MAYOR]
PRESIDENT PRO TEM FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THERE YOU GO. GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT. ITEM EIGHT APPOINT OR REAPPOINT ACTING MAYOR. I DON'T BELIEVE UNDER THE DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT UNDER THE CHARTER, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE PRO TEM OR IT'S UNDER THE CHARTER THAT WE APPOINT, OR AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THE LONGEST SERVING COUNCIL MEMBER AS ACTING MAYOR, THE LONGEST SERVING COUNCIL. THAT WOULD BE ME. DO THEY GET A HAT? ALL RIGHT, THEN, PER THE CHARTER AND THE REQUIREMENT TO APPOINT THE LONGEST STANDING COUNCIL MEMBER AS ACTING MAYOR, I WOULD MOVE TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES SECOND. BADGE OF HONOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER. RICE. YES. SIX YES. VOTES TO ACKNOWLEDGE. COUNCILMEMBER. FELLOWS AS ACTING MAYOR. YEAH. NO. ITEM NINE APPOINT OR REAPPOINT SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS. I DO
[9. APPOINT OR RE-APPOINT SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON(S)]
NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ACTIVE SUBCOMMITTEES RIGHT NOW. OR DO WE? WE DO. WE HAVE ONE. WE DO ONE. BUT WE'VE NEVER DONE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE. WE'VE NEVER DONE IT AS PART OF THIS COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE. WE DO. I MEAN, YEAH, SO IT'S JUST THE SUBCOMMITTEE. YEAH. ANY ANY INTEREST IN ANYONE CHANGING OR SUBCOMMITTEE STILL? YEAH, IT'S FOR NOW. IT'LL CONTINUE TO ANYBODY AND CHAIR, I THINK MATT'S CURRENT CHAIR PRESIDENT PRO TEM. SO YOUR NEXT AT THE FIRST SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, YOU'LL HAVE TO APPOINT REAPPOINT THE CHAIRS. RIGHT.YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ, YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MYSELF, JEFF FELLOWS AND MARLENE BRISK TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE. GRANTS SUBCOMMITTEE? SORRY. OKAY. WORKS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FALLOWS. YES. SIX YES. VOTES TO REAPPOINT COUNCIL MEMBERS. SHOW AND BRISK. AND. WAIT. THERE WE GO. AS THE COMMUNITY GRANTS SUBCOMMITTEE.
[10. APPOINT OR RE-APPOINT LIAISONS TO BOARDS/COMMISSIONS/ DEPARTMENTS]
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS TO APPOINT OR REAPPOINT LIAISONS TO BOARD AND COMMISSIONS. ANY INTEREST IN ANY CHANGES TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS? I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF AS FAR AS A CHANGE WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CONTINUING ON AS A NEED FOR THE CIC. SO AS PRO TEM, I WOULD LIKE TO DESIGNATE MATT SHULL AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CIC. AS THE MAYOR, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING, OR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE REAPPOINTMENTS DO WE HAVE TO REAPPOINT ME? SO WE JUMP TO CIC? YOU CAN'T HURT OH, HERE REAPPOINT ME MAYOR? YEAH, WE'LL JUST DO IT. JUST REAPPOINT ME? YEAH, LET'S. LET'S JUST DO THE FIRST MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO WE'RE REAPPOINTING COUNCILMAN. NO, NO.WELL, I'M DESIGNATING COUNCILMEMBER AS THE CIC REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PRO TEM POSITION. RIGHT. GOTCHA. NOW. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION DESIGNATE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY OR DESIGNEE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KISS. YES. MAYOR.
SPALDING. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.
SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. YES. SIX YES. VOTES TO MAKE. COUNCILMEMBER SHULL THE PRO TEM DESIGNEE. AND IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN ANY OTHER BOARDS AND LIAISONS SWITCHING SEATS OR EVERYONE FINE WITH THERE? DO YOU NEED TO DO YOU HAVE TO DO WELL, YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO OTHER CHANGES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER CHANGES, I WOULD MOVE TO REAPPOINT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO THEIR CURRENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING MARLENE
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BRISK AS THE MAYOR'S DESIGNEE TO THE CIC. SECOND COUNCILMEMBER. I'M SORRY. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.KISS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. YES. YES. YES. YES. VOTES TO REAPPOINT THE REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THEIR EXISTING BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND OTHER
[11. DETERMINE DATE AND TIME OF REGULAR MEETINGS FOR 2026 ]
ORGANIZATIONS. ALL RIGHT. DETERMINED DATE AND TIME OF REGULAR MEETINGS. I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE CONTINUE WITH TRADITION THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6:30 P.M. HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. YEAH. MAYOR. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.
KISS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. YES. YES. VOTES TO KEEP FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS AT 630 AND OTHER
[12. OTHER BUSINESS]
BUSINESS. CONFIRM THE CLERK OF COUNCIL AS THE DESIGNEE FOR SUNSHINE LAW TRAINING. UNTIL THAT LAW CHANGES SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. YOU CAN DO THAT BY CONSENSUS IF YOU WANT. BY CONSENSUS. THERE YOU GO. AND IN ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ORGANIZATION. ALL RIGHT. THEN I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. SECOND, AND WE ARE JOINING THE ORGANIZATIONAL* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.