[00:00:05] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO THE NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026. [1. CALL TO ORDER] I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE THAT'S ABLE TO PLEASE STAND AND RECITE OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I 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. CLERK. MASON. THE ROLL, PLEASE. AND IF COUNCIL WILL TURN ON THE MICROPHONES. MAYOR. SPALDING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHULL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT HERE. SEVEN PRESENT FOR THE FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026 COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE A QUORUM ACTION ON THE MINUTES. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, [4. ACTION ON MINUTES] BOTH FROM OUR JANUARY 20TH, 2026 DATE, FIRST BEING THE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES. ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THOSE PROPOSED MINUTES? I RECEIVED NO NOTES. ALL RIGHT. THEN I WOULD MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION BY CONSENSUS. THAT TAKES US TO THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THOSE PROPOSED MINUTES AFTER DISTRIBUTION, COUNCILMEMBER SHULL AND I WORKED ON A SMALL SECTION OF ONE OF HIS COMMENTS. IT DIDN'T CHANGE THE SUBSTANCE. THE CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL. ALL RIGHT. NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS. I WOULD MOVE FOR ADOPTION BY CONSENSUS. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. WOULD ANYONE FROM STAFF OR COUNCIL LIKE TO RECOMMEND ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REQUESTS. ALL RIGHT. TAKES US TO HEARING AND VISITORS. [6. HEARING OF VISITORS] THIS IS THE TIME DURING THE MEETING WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. WE DO USUALLY ASK FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COMPLETE SPEAKER CARDS SO WE CAN MAKE IT CLEAR IN THE RECORD FOLKS THAT HAVE SHARED THEIR COMMENTS WITH US SO FAR. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS ONE FROM CAROLYN MOTT AND ONE FROM LAWRENCE COHEN. REGARDING ICE AND SNOW. SO I WOULD INVITE MISS MOTT TO COME UP FIRST AND SHARE WITH US YOUR CONCERNS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HOW'S THE FAMILY? OH, GOOD. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S ON. CAROLYN. HI. OH, I SEE. TRY AGAIN. HI. THERE WE GO. THERE WE ARE. ARE YOU READY? YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS CAROLYN MOTT, AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF NEW ALBANY FOR OVER 30 YEARS. NEW ALBANY HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS INTO A PROUD, DIVERSE COMMUNITY. WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT WE CELEBRATE, AND WE RESPECT ALL LIFESTYLES OF OUR RESIDENTS. THE CITY HAS ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB OF THIS. IN THE PAST, IN THE WAKE OF RECENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. TODAY, I'M HERE TO FIND OUT IF OUR CITY HAS A PLAN FOR PROTECTING ITS RESIDENTS FROM THE ONSLAUGHT OF ATTACKS THAT WE'VE SEEN ON OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IS THE CITY GOING TO PROTECT ITS RESIDENTS FROM POORLY TRAINED, OUT OF CONTROL FEDERAL AGENTS TERRORIZING AMERICANS? ARE YOU GOING TO INSIST THAT THEY HAVE JUDICIAL WARRANTS FOR ENTRIES INTO HOMES, BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES AND FOR ANYONE THEY WANT TO DETAIN? WHAT DIRECTION OR POLICIES HAVE BEEN GIVEN, IF ANY, TO OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT? WILL YOU INSIST? THE ANSWER RESIDENTS CALLS IF THEY FEEL THREATENED BY FEDERAL AGENTS AND PROTECT THEM FROM EXCESSIVE FORCE. I BELIEVE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBANY DESERVE TO KNOW THE STANCE OF COUNCIL, AND WHAT KIND OF ACTION WILL OR WILL NOT BE TAKEN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT TO SHARE THOSE CONCERNS. I TRY TO KEEP A QUICK LIST OF A COUPLE OF THE POINTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDRESSED. LET ME JUST START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY, FOR SURE. I KNOW WE HAD A SPEAKER LAST MEETING THAT HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING ICE, AND I JUST WANTED TO START MY COMMENTS BY SAYING THAT AS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE, PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER IT'S BEING SAFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR OUR STREETS GETTING SNOW REMOVED FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL OF THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S A TEAM SPORT. [00:05:02] ALL OF US HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. IT'S NOT JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT'S NOT JUST MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT'S THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, I MEAN, PROVIDING A SAFE COMMUNITY IS A PRIORITY OF ALL OF US UP HERE ON COUNCIL. AND YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THAT ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY. I'M JUST GOING TO DIVERT A LITTLE BIT ON THE TOPIC IN PART BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OR EVEN FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SHARED CONCERNS REGARDING MATTERS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY IMPACT NEW ALBANY. I THINK OF LIKE THE PALESTINIAN ISSUES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE NOT TAKEN STANCES AS A CITY REGARDING THINGS THAT DON'T IMPACT US. NOW, TO YOUR POINT IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT ICE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY COULD TAKE PLACE IN NEW ALBANY? YES. I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT ICE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY COULD TAKE PLACE IN ANY COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS SOME COMMUNITIES KNOW, YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET A HEADS UP THAT THEY'RE COMING INTO TOWN. REGARDING THE QUESTION REGARDING WHAT STANCE THE CITY WOULD TAKE REGARDING EFFORTS BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS IN OUR TOWN. I THINK CHIEF JONES GAVE A GOOD EXPLANATION DURING OUR LAST MEETING. YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO VIEW THAT ONLINE TO SEE HIS RESPONSE. BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO COOPERATE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WITH THESE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES WHERE THEY'RE LAWFULLY BEING CONDUCTED. AND I THINK THERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, RIGHT. IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OVER THE LAST WEEK, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE US, OR THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, THE US MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND OTHER FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS UNDERTOOK SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. 50 INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED. NO ONE WAS HARMED IN THOSE ARRESTS, AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A COORDINATED LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY ACROSS THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES WERE DONE SAFELY AND THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SUBJECT TO ARREST WERE DETAINED. AND I WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS HERE IN NEW ALBANY IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. WE WANT EVERYONE ENGAGED TO BE SAFE. SHOULD RESIDENTS AGAIN, IF ANY RESIDENT HERE BELIEVES THAT THEY'RE BEING THREATENED, THEY SHOULD CALL 911 AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE AWARE OF THAT. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IDENTIFIES THEMSELVES AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, IF THEY AREN'T PROPERLY IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES OR IN AN APPROPRIATE UNIFORM, AND MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR A RESIDENT TO KNOW THAT. AND IF YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING THREATENED THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT AND HAVE OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ENGAGED IN THAT REGARD. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF I MISSED ANYTHING ELSE ON THE LIST HERE. I WROTE DOWN. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING COMES TO MIND AT THE MOMENT. BUT HAVING HEARD WHAT I HAD TO SAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME A CHANCE TO TO RESPOND. ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT IF THIS COMES TO NEW ALBANY, IT HAS BEEN IN THE AREA WE KNOW THAT ICE HAS STAGED BEHIND TARGET. WE WE KNOW THAT HOME DEPOT HAS LET THEM STAGE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN SEEN AT THE LOCAL HOME DEPOT, BUT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. YEAH. AND JUST JUST AS A REMINDER, AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT BOTH TARGET AND THE HOME DEPOT THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE NOT IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. I REALIZE THAT, BUT I THINK WE DO. ANYBODY IN NEW ALBANY WOULD CLAIM THAT THAT'S NEW ALBANY TARGET, YOU KNOW. SO I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF SPLITTING HAIRS. I DON'T I'M NOT CRITICIZING WHAT YOU SAID, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE AWARE THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT OUR, OUR ADMINISTRATION AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THERE TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBANY. ABSOLUTELY. 100%. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT. TELL MICHAEL WE SAID HI. MR. COHEN. HI THERE, LAWRENCE COHEN. WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAD SPEAKERS ON SNOW AND ICE, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SAME THING, BUT I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS GOOD PICTURE OF THE SNOW. SO, FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU FOLLOW THE SOCIAL MEDIA AROUND TOWN, THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT HOW GREAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DID THIS YEAR WITH CLEARING THE SNOW. AND WHILE I AGREE THAT THIS YEAR WAS GREAT, I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 22 YEARS AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE GREAT FOR 22 YEARS. I DID HAVE ONE SLIGHT PROBLEM THIS YEAR. I HAD A TRUCK. [00:10:02] MY NEIGHBOR HAPPENS TO BE A TEACHER IN THE SCHOOL. PARKED HIS TRUCK IN THE STREET. THE THE SNOWPLOW WENT AROUND IT, AND I HAD ABOUT THREE FEET HIGH AND PROBABLY 4 OR 5FT OUT INTO THE STREET OF SNOW IN FRONT OF MY MAILBOX. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE CAN BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT A POTENTIAL POLICY OF NOT STREET PARKING DURING ESPECIALLY BIG SNOWSTORMS. SO THAT WAS A PROBLEM THAT I HAD. BUT I DO WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I MADE A CALL YESTERDAY TO THEM TO ASK IF THEY COULD COME OUT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. HE MOVED HIS TRUCK, AND SO THE SNOW WAS JUST THERE. BY THE TIME I GOT HOME FROM WORK, THE THE STREET HAD BEEN CLEARED, AND I EXPECTED THAT THEY WOULD JUST COME PLOW THE STREET, AND THE THE APRON OF MY DRIVEWAY WOULD HAVE A BUNCH OF SNOW IN IT THAT I'D HAVE TO SHOVEL, AND IT WAS NOT. SO WHATEVER THEY DID, THEY THEY DID A GREAT JOB. AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND IF YOU COULD COMMUNICATE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY DID. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, JUST MAYBE A DISCUSSION ABOUT A POLICY THAT YOU KNOW, STREET PARKING DURING SNOWSTORMS. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN AND SHARING THOSE OBSERVATIONS. I MEAN, I KNOW OUR TEAM WORKED EXTREMELY HARD FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE CALLING FOR SNOW, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TO THAT LEVEL. AND YOU ALWAYS KIND OF WONDER IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT. WELL, YEAH, THEY WERE RIGHT THIS TIME. SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET THE STREETS CLEANED. MY COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THE ICE VERSUS THE SNOW ISSUE. AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THAT ISSUE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY BEING A RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL OF OURS. I KNOW OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM DID A GOOD JOB WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PUT OUT A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, SAID, PLEASE TAKE YOUR VEHICLES OFF THE STREET. IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO EFFECTIVELY CLEAR AND PROVIDE FOR SAFE TRAVEL UNLESS WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT MESSAGE OUT. AND AGAIN, IN THOSE 1 OR 2 PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE FOLKS ARE UNABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MEET THAT CALL, THEN WE'LL TRY TO COME UP AND CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS. BUT CERTAINLY A GOOD OBSERVATION AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT OUT SO THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO, AGAIN, GET THEIR VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE STILL UNDER HEARING OF VISITORS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING A MATTER THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? [7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS] ALL RIGHT, THAT TAKES US TO BOARD AND COMMISSION REPORTS. MISS WILTROUT, I BELIEVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING JUST ENDED. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? JUST FIVE MINUTES AGO. NO WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING THIS PAST YESTERDAY, BUT WE DID TWO WEEKS AGO. SO WE HAD A COUPLE CASES. THE FIRST WAS A FIRE STATION REZONING. WE WAS IT WAS THE REZONING OF THE PROPOSED FIRE STATION FROM LTE TO COMMERCIAL FACILITIES. IT'S A 12.27, 12.72 ACRE BUILDING PARCEL THAT THEY'RE ONLY USING HALF THE ACRES BARN STYLE BUILDING. I WISH THAT I HAD MY RENDERINGS HERE. BUT I DID NOT BRING THEM MUCH LIKE THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT JUST ANTICIPATED HERE WE HAD RESIDENTS COMING OUT TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL. MR. TOBOLOWSKY, SANDRA SOLANO, AND THEY ALL CAME TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PLAN. THANKED US FOR WORKING TOGETHER AS A PARTNERSHIP TO GET THE FIRE STATION TO LOOK AS GREAT AS IT DID. AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE THE PLAN. SO KUDOS. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY PASSED. AND WE LOOKED AT A A POOL SETBACK VARIANCE AT 7108 ARMS COACH. IT WAS A REQUEST FOR A POOL TO BE WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE SETBACK LINE INSTEAD OF 15FT. THERE WERE ORIENTATIONS SET OUT IN THE STAFF PACKET THAT SHOWED THE POOL BEING ABLE TO BE PLACED ON THE LOT WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A VARIANCE. ALTHOUGH IT WOULD HAVE RUN INTO THE STAIRS, IT WASN'T AN IDEAL SITUATION FOR THE HOMEOWNER. BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A WORKABLE SOLUTION, THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT PRECEDENT. AND THE OWNER HAD NOTICED OF THE ZONING AND THE LAYOUT OF THE LAND BEFORE PURCHASING THE LOT. THAT VARIANCE REQUEST DID FAIL. AND THEN THERE WAS A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN EXTENSION FOR THE CRIMSON COFFEE SHOP AND THE CME CREDIT UNION. CRIMSON COFFEE IS VERY GOOD. I'M VERY EXCITED. WHERE'S THIS GOING? IT'S IT WAS ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN SET. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. I BELIEVE IT WAS AN EXTENSION FOR THAT TO BE THERE, THERE THERE WAS A THE ZONING WAS APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO. THEY'VE DONE NOTHING. THE THE RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO START OR EVEN PULL ANY PERMITS. THEY DIDN'T SAY WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION FROM THE PANEL ABOUT THE PROPER REVIEW OF SUCH A REQUEST. [00:15:04] BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO. THERE HAVE BEEN NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN THE, IN THE PROPERTY. AND THEY DID APPROVE AN EXTENDED IT FOR TWO MORE YEARS, I BELIEVE. I DON'T ACTUALLY REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, BUT I THINK IT IS OVER BY WHERE THE GRADERS IS GOING IN VERY CLOSE TO THE HOTEL CREDIT UNION AND A CRIMSON, WHICH COULD BE GOOD BECAUSE IT CAME TO ARB MONTHS AGO, BUT THEY DID EXTEND IT. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER EXTENSION REQUEST. SO THERE WAS THE COURTYARD, HAYNES CREEK, LOT 102 FOR THE MODEL HOME CONDITIONAL USE. THEY ASKED FOR TWO YEARS FOR A PERMIT TO ALLOW A MODEL HOME. AND THE COMMISSION GRANTED TWO YEARS FOR THAT REQUEST. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE UPDATE? IF WE EVER HAVE TIME, I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW WE WANT TO DEAL WITH APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN STAGNANT FOR A LONG TIME. KIND OF HOW WE WHAT WE WANT TO DO ABOUT THAT. MAYBE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN DO. AND YEAH, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. HAVING STAFF COME WITH A PROPOSAL FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. LIKE WHAT'S THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, SO TO SPEAK, ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLAN? YEAH. AND THE APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF REVIEW AND LOOKING AT THE REQUEST FOR MORE TIME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME GUIDANCE WOULD BE HELPFUL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE LOOK FOR LOOK FORWARD TO STAFF'S UPDATE ON THAT. THANK YOU. THERE WAS NODDING OF THE HEAD. ALL RIGHT. PARKS AND TRAILS. THERE WAS NO MEETING ARB. NO MEETING, NO MEETING. SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. NO MEETING. IDEA. IMPLEMENTATION PANEL. NO MEETING. BUT WE HAVE SOUP. NEXT. WELL, I THINK IT'S NEXT TUESDAY. I THINK IT'S A WEEK FROM TODAY. RIGHT? FEBRUARY 10TH. YES. AT THE HEIGHT CENTER, THERE'S THE SUPER SUPPER FROM 6 TO 8, $5. WE'LL GET YOU UNLIMITED SOUP, BREAD. I THINK THERE'S DESSERTS. AND ALL THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE FOOD PANTRY. I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHULL BEFORE OUR MEETING. GET THERE. THE SOUP GOES FAST IN TIMES. THE ATTENDANCE GETS BIGGER EVERY SINGLE YEAR. IT GOES FASTER THAN. SOME GO FASTER THAN. SOME SOUPS GO FASTER THAN OTHERS. YES, YES. ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A SOUP? AND THERE'S STILL. THERE'S PROBABLY STILL TIME, I THINK, IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR SOUP IN JUST BRING YOUR CROCK POT AND FUN LITTLE NAME AND THE RECIPE AND YEAH. HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. IT SHOULD BE REALLY FUN. WHAT'S THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP TO BE A SOUP PROVIDER? WE'LL MAKE IT WORK. BUT YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE A SOUP, JUST LET ME KNOW. FEBRUARY 10TH AT 659. IN 545. ALL RIGHT, LET ME LET ME CHECK MY ROLODEX RECIPES. WHEN I GET HOME, THERE WILL BE RACE DAY REGISTRATIONS. YEAH, EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CEMETERY RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD? YES. THE BOARD MET ACTUALLY YESTERDAY DUE TO THE SNOW EVENT, TO REVIEW AND REWRITE THE HISTORICAL MARKER TEXT AS PART OF THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION HISTORICAL MARKER REAPPLICATION THIS YEAR. THEY WERE GOING TO HEAR FROM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JOLIE ABOUT ROSE RUN TWO, BUT AGAIN, DUE THE RESCHEDULE. SHE'S COMING TO US AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. THE BOARD IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ADDITIONAL WAYS OF TELLING THE STORY OF THOSE BURIED THERE. PROBABLY SIGNAGE WITH A QR CODE KIND OF THING, BUT THEY WANTED ME TO CONVEY THAT. AND THAT'S IT FROM THE CEMETERY BOARD. ALL RIGHT. AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION DID NOT MEET CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATIONS. [8. CORRESPONDENCE/COMMUNICATIONS] I KNOW WE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER. I THINK. MOMMY. YES, MOMMY. YEAH. SO I WILL VOLUNTEER TO CALL HIM BACK TOMORROW TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS HE MAY HAVE AND JUST GET HIS GENERAL OBSERVATIONS FROM HIS VISIT TO OUR COMMUNITY. CERTAINLY SHARE THOSE ON THIS COUNCIL MEETING. NO SURPRISE, BUT STAFF GETS A VARIETY OF THOSE REQUESTS THAT COME IN AS WELL. JUST IN THIS INSTANCE, HAPPENED TO COPY ALL OF US UP HERE ON THAT. I'LL BE UP THERE ON THE 12TH, TOO. YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO PAY HIM A VISIT. YEAH. MAYBE HEAR THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND LESSONS LEARNED. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE OH FOUR 2026. [9. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING] AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE THE IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE EXEMPT 100% OF THAT IMPROVEMENT FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, REQUIRE THE OWNERS OF THOSE PARCELS TO MAKE SERVICE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE APPLICABLE PORTION OF THOSE SERVICE PAYMENTS TO THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE EASTLAND FAIRFIELD CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTERS. TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. EXCUSE ME. ESTABLISH A MUNICIPAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT TAX INCREMENT EQUIVALENT FUND FOR THE DEPOSIT OF THE REMAINDER OF THOSE SERVICE PAYMENTS. [00:20:09] SPECIFY THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT THOSE PARCELS, AND APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF ONE OR MORE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AGREEMENTS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS THE OAK GROVE TWO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT TO INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 101.1 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF JOHNSTOWN ROAD AND NORTH OF WALNUT STREET IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY ANNEXED IN ARIZONA. YEAH. OKAY. THE TIP IS CLASSIFIED AS NONSCHOOL, WHICH MEANS THAT IT WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS OR THE EASTLAND, FAIRFIELD CAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. THE PURPOSE OF THE TIP IS TO CAPTURE THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN LAND AND IMPROVEMENT VALUE TO FUND ELIGIBLE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THE CITY HAS ENTERED INTO A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH PLAIN TOWNSHIP, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE METROPARK AGREEMENT REGARDING THE TOWNSHIP FUNDING. THIS ORDINANCE MAY BE PASSED THIS EVENING. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. NOW, THIS IS SECOND READING. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE OH FOUR 2026? SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OH FOUR 2026. SECOND. MAYOR. SPAULDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. REMEMBER WORLD TRAVEL? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHOLZ. YES. SEVEN YES. VOTES TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 004 2026. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES. WE HAVE NONE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION OH THREE 2026 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE OAK GROVE TWO COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA TO ADD APPROXIMATELY [11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING] 101 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES TO THAT AREA, CONFIRMING THE DESIGNATION OF A HOUSING OFFICER AND THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA, HOUSING COUNCIL AND TAX INCREMENT REVIEW COUNCILS, AND TO EXPAND THE OAK GROVE TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ZONE TO ADD THAT AREA. THANK YOU MAYOR. THE MAP LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR. IT'S THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY. THIS RESOLUTION WILL AMEND THE OAK GROVE TWO COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA TO INCLUDE 101.1 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES, WHICH WERE RECENTLY ANNEXED AND REZONED. THE ACREAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPANSION IS GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF JONESTOWN ROAD AND NORTH OF WALNUT STREET IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA PROGRAM IS A STATUTORY, LOCALLY ADMINISTERED PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM GRANTS LOCAL COMMUNITIES THE ABILITY TO OFFER REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS FOR QUALIFIED PROJECTS. THE CREATION OF THE CRA DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLE THE PROPERTY OWNER TO AN INCENTIVE. THE CITY COUNCIL MUST APPROVE EACH INDIVIDUAL COMPANY CRA AGREEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY WILL UTILIZE THE ESTABLISHED REVENUE. WILL WILL USE THE ESTABLISHED GENERATION REVENUE PER SQUARE FOOT THAT WE USE WITH ALL OF OUR CRA AGREEMENTS. THIS RESOLUTION MAY BE ADOPTED TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R03 2026? SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION. MOVE. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R03 2026. SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. DULL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DULL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FALLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. I HAVE SEVEN YES VOTES TO ADOPT. RESOLUTION R03 2026. RESOLUTION RO FOUR 2026. A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN ALTERNATIVE SELECTION PROCESS AND WAIVING FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ALBANY BETHLEHEM FACILITIES. IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER TO UTILIZE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK DELIVERY METHOD. PROVIDING FOR A TWO STEP COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS CONSISTING OF A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. MR.. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO UTILIZE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, OTHERWISE CMR DELIVERY METHOD FOR THE NEW ALBANY FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS AND TO PROCEED WITH A TWO STEP COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS CONSISTING OF A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, FOLLOWED BY A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THE RESOLUTION WAIVES FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR CONSTRUCTION, AS PERMITTED BY THE CITY'S CHARTER, AND CODIFIED ORDINANCES IN FAVOR OF THIS ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHOD. THE NEW ALBANY FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS CONSIST OF MULTIPLE RELATED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED AT AND ADJACENT TO THE CITY'S PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY. FACILITY. THE PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT, TRAINING FACILITY, PUBLIC RESTROOM FACILITIES, [00:25:06] SITE AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, SERVICE DEPARTMENT, STORAGE FACILITY, AND INTERIOR SPACE BUILDOUT AND RENOVATIONS WITHIN THE CITY'S PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY. DESIGNS FOR THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY UNDER A SEPARATE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT. THE PROJECT INVOLVES MULTIPLE FACILITIES, MULTIPLE DESIGN TEAMS, AND OVERLAPPING CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING, REQUIRING A HIGH LEVEL OF COORDINATION AND COST CONTROL THROUGHOUT BOTH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. BASED ON THE SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT, STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE CMR DELIVERY METHOD IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACH. THIS DELIVERY METHOD ALLOWS THE CITY TO ENGAGE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IN THE DESIGN PROCESS TO PROVIDE VALUABLE PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE COST ESTIMATING, VALUE ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEWS, SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION AMONG DESIGN DISCIPLINES. FOLLOWING THE TWO STEP COMPETITIVE RFQ AND RFP SELECTION PROCESS, STAFF WILL PRESENT TO COUNCIL A SEPARATE CMR CONTRACT AWARD AUTHORIZATION AND THEN AT A LATER STAGE, THE SELECTED CMR FIRM WILL SUBMIT A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE PROJECT. SEPARATE LEGISLATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THE GMP, WHICH IS THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE THE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE CONTRACT. SO I GUESS IN SUMMARY, THIS IS TONIGHT, IF YOU IF YOU WOULD APPROVE THIS, THIS IS TO APPROVE THE PROCESS, NOT THE PRICE AND THE PROCESS OF USING THE CMR DELIVERY METHOD. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON THAT YOU WANT TO USE THIS PROCESS? JUST TIMING. YEAH IT'S A IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THE MAIN REASON IS WITH HAVING THE MULTIPLE FACILITY PROJECTS ALL LOCATED ON THE SAME CAMPUS AND HAVING MULTIPLE DESIGN TEAMS. IT'S BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THE ONE POINT OF CONTACT TO HELP COORDINATE AND FACILITATE ALL THAT CONSTRUCTION ON THE, ON THE, ON THE CAMPUS, TREATING IT MORE LIKE A PROGRAM RATHER THAN SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. AND THEN GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF A FEW OF THESE PROJECTS WE BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM COST CONTROL AND SCHEDULE CONTROL BY HAVING THEM IN EARLY AS A PART OF THE DESIGN. THAT WAS A VERY GOOD ANSWER. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT AREN'T MAYBE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL ENTAIL, JUST A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE BETHLEHEM FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS. WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? ABSOLUTELY. SO IT'S A THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPONENTS INVOLVED. ONE IS A RESTROOM THAT WILL SERVE THE BEAVER HEIMER CAMPUS, LOCATED NEXT TO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THE BASKETBALL COURTS. ANOTHER IS A TRAINING FACILITY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S AN INTERIOR SPACE BUILT OUT WITHIN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COMPLEX. AS STAFF HAS GROWN THERE'S A NEED FOR OFFICE SPACE AND JUST ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR STAFF. AND THEN LAST IS THE STORAGE FACILITY ITSELF. WE'RE LOOKING AT A 12 BAY STORAGE GARAGE TO HOUSE OUR MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT. OKAY. HOW MANY DESIGN FIRMS DO WE HAVE INVOLVED? CURRENTLY WE HAVE. I WOULD SAY WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE DESIGN FIRMS. AND THEN EACH OF THEM HAVE, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR, LIKE, TWO SEPARATE LEAD ARCHITECTS, AND THEN THEY HAVE TWO SEPARATE ENGINEERS WORKING FOR THEM. SO AND DO YOU FORESEE SEPARATE GENERAL CONTRACTORS BEING PERFORMING THE DIFFERENT SCOPES BEING MANAGED BY THE CMR? POTENTIALLY, YES. YEAH. THEY, THEY, THE CMR WOULD CONTROL THE SUBCONTRACTS AND THEY WOULD BID ALL OF THAT OUT TO THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS. BUT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CAPTURE SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE IF SOME OF THE WORK OVERLAPS. AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL WORK WITH THE CMR ON. AS FAR AS PUTTING THOSE SCOPE PACKAGES AND THOSE LIKE THOSE BID PACKAGES TOGETHER YEAH, IDEALLY THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. AND DO WE HAVE INTEREST FROM CMRS THAT HAVE DONE PROJECTS FOR US IN THE PAST? I'M SURE THAT WE DO. YES. SO WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T ADVERTISED THIS FORMALLY YET. IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS TONIGHT, THEN WE'LL WE'LL FORMALLY ADVERTISE THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. [00:30:02] BUT I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE SOME INTEREST FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR THE CITY IN THE PAST, IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT. WE HAD THREE THE LAST TIME WE USED THIS METHOD. THE FIRST, THE FIRST TIME WE USED IT WAS FOR A ROSE RUN ONE PROJECT, AND THEN WE DID A CHANGE ORDER WITH COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO INCLUDE TAYLOR PARK AND THEN ROSE RUN TO WHICH WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THE GMP SHORTLY. OKAY. SO WHEN WE DO BID OUT THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT PIECES OF THIS, ARE THEY GOING TO COME BACK INDIVIDUALLY TO US FOR APPROVAL OR IS IT GOING TO BE ONE PACKAGE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND SO AND IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND SO I ASKED OUR CMR WHO'S WORKING FOR US ON OTHER PROJECTS ABOUT THAT VERY THING. AND IT'S, IT'S WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS THERE. WE COULD DO ONE GMP OR WE COULD COME BACK WITH ALL OF THEM. IT'S HOW WE PUT THAT TOGETHER AND PUT THE PUT THE BID PACKAGES TOGETHER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R04 2026. SEEING. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R04 2026 SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FALLOWS. YES. YES SEVEN. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT. RESOLUTION R04 2026. ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS WE HAVE NONE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. [13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES] REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES. JONI, UPDATE FROM MARCY. NO MEETING. ALL RIGHT, JUST A REMINDER, THE STATE OF THE REGION ADDRESS IS, I THINK, MARCH 20TH. SO I'M SURE THE CLERK WILL HELP COORDINATE THOSE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING. THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THE GUEST SPEAKER TODAY. ACTUALLY, LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY INTERESTING SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AI IN CITIES. OKAY. REGRETTABLY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND, SO HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN GO IN OUR STEAD. ANY UPDATE FROM THE JOINT PARKS? NO MEETING. AND NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS, NO MEETING. AND PLAIN TOWNSHIP. THE TOWNSHIP DID MEET, BUT IT WAS BASICALLY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE APPROVAL AND SOME MINOR POLICY REVISIONS. I SAW THEY POSTED ONLINE TODAY, TOO. THEY HAVE PART OF THEIR TOWNSHIP OFFICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR RENT. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME SPACE. THEY DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT. YEAH, LOOKS LIKE THEY RENOVATED IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LIKE THE OLD MUSIC SCHOOL WAS THERE. I CAN'T RECALL IT WAS. BUT, YEAH, IT COULD BE A NICE SPACE. LITTLE ROOMS. WHAT'S THAT? LOTS OF LITTLE ROOMS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS. [14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS] I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS LAST WEEK IN DC. DESPITE HAVING SOME TRAFFIC SNARLS AND TRAVELING TRAVEL DELAYS IT WAS A GOOD CONFERENCE FOR THE MAYORS THAT COULD MAKE IT NO SURPRISE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES SHUT DOWN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL PROGRAMS AROUND HEALTH CARE AND A NUMBER OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON DATA CENTERS AND THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. ONE OF THE LAST ONES I CAUGHT WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION AROUND ENERGY GENERATION. CERTAINLY AN ISSUE THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE GRAPPLING WITH, NOT JUST IN, IN OHIO. BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR SOME OF THE DIFFERENT GIVE AND TAKE OF COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HOW THEY'RE GRAPPLING WITH THESE ISSUES AS WELL. JUST GLAD TO KNOW WE'RE NOT ALONE. A LOT OF COMMON THEMES SHARED AT THE CONFERENCE. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CLERK OF COUNCIL? TWO MATTERS. WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO LIQUOR PERMIT REQUESTS, WHICH WE NEED TO ADDRESS. THE FIRST ONE WAS REGARD FROM DANCE UNITE FOR A LIQUOR LICENSE FOR PERFORMANCE SPACE. AND I BELIEVE CHIEF JONES HAD COMMENT ON THAT. YES. WE I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY. WE WE WERE ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A DANCE STUDIO OR A DANCE COMPANY OUT WORKING OUT OF THE OLD AETNA BUILDING THAT THEY HAD A BAR UP INSIDE THAT FACILITY. WE'RE NOTIFIED BY LIQUOR CONTROL WHEN SOMEBODY PUTS IN AN APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR PERMIT, AND WE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE THAT THEY HAD APPLIED FOR A LIQUOR PERMIT. [00:35:01] SO WE CONTACTED LIQUOR CONTROL. THEY INDICATED THAT THE THE COMPANY, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A NONPROFIT, WAS WORKING OUT OF A DIFFERENT JURISDICTION. THEY HAD A LIQUOR PERMIT FOR THAT JURISDICTION. THERE HAD BEEN A COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST THEM IN THAT JURISDICTION AND THAT THAT IT APPEARS THAT LIQUOR CONTROL DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD MOVED, BUT IT APPEARS THEY HAD MOVED TO NEW ALBANY. AFTER THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE WE WERE ADVISED THAT THEY HAD A LIQUOR PERMIT DISPLAYED ON THEIR MIRROR. HOWEVER, THAT WAS LIKELY A LIQUOR PERMIT FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION OR ANOTHER CITY ISSUED BY LIQUOR CONTROL. YOU CAN'T TRANSFER YOUR LIQUOR PERMIT FROM ADDRESS TO ADDRESS. SO WE DID A LITTLE BIT MORE INVESTIGATING, AND THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ADVISED US THAT IT IS NOT AN APPROVED USE UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING. AND THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE A OCCUPANCY PERMIT. SO WITH THAT INFORMATION WE THINK THERE'S ENOUGH TO I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE A HEARING TO WITH LIQUOR CONTROL TO DISCUSS THEIR LIQUOR PERMIT APPLICATION. SO WITH THAT INFORMATION, WOULD COUNSEL LIKE ME TO REQUEST A HEARING? YES. DO YOU NEED A MOTION? NO, I THINK I CAN. YEAH. TAKE THAT FROM THE NODS AND THE YESES ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THE OTHER LIQUOR LICENSE REQUEST WAS FROM MELLOW MUSHROOM, WHICH HAS CHANGED HANDS AND APPARENTLY WAS PRIVATELY OWNED AND IS NOW OWNED BY CORPORATE. WERE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? DID YOU WANT A HEARING ON THAT TRANSFER? NO OBJECTION. I WILL LET THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL KNOW. AND AS A FINAL REMINDER, I WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY NEXT WEEK, HOPEFULLY WATCHING OLYMPIC CURLING. AND PLEASE DIRECT ALL REQUESTS AND ANY OF YOUR NEEDS TO DEPUTY CLERK CHRISTINA MADRIGUERA. IF YOU HAVE WHATSAPP, YOU CAN GET TO ME. AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH YOU AND SHARE MY EXCITEMENT. BUT, YEAH, I WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL HAVE ACCESS TO OUTLOOK. SO ARE YOU, LIKE, AN ALTERNATE IN CASE ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS SPRAINS AN ANKLE? OR HOW DOES THIS WORK? IF I HAVE TO LEAVE OUT OF THE STANDS AND RUN IN THAT EMERGENCY, I WILL DO SO FROM RED, WHITE AND BLUE JUST IN CASE. RIGHT. AND THAT IS IT FROM THE CLERK. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR? YES, I HAD FRESH, FRESH OFF THE PRESS. YEP. THANK YOU. IT'S STILL NOT DECEMBER. OH. OKAY. I JUST HANDED YOU A PACKET OF INFORMATION FOR THE DECEMBER 25TH MONTHLY REPORT. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PAGE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT'S IN THERE. THE TOP PAGES, WHAT? YOU'RE USED TO SEEING THE COUNCIL REPORT. VERY POSITIVE YEAR END OF THE YEAR WITH A HIGHER REVENUE. AND ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF OUR EXPENSES WERE SPENT OUT OF THE BUDGET. THE PAGES TWO AND THREE GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF WHAT INCOME TAX TREND ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND IT'S BETTER TO LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS INSTEAD OF LIKE THAT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE INSIDE OF PAGE TWO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT AT THE TOP, IT LETS YOU KNOW THE INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND WAS THE $12 MILLION WITHIN THAT. PAGES FOUR, FIVE. SIX AND SEVEN IS THE HISTORY OF OUR CASH FUND BALANCE FOR EVERY YEAR. AND IT DETAILS OUR CARRYOVER FUND BALANCE. WE WERE RIGHT WITHIN THE ABOUT 62% OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR 65% OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES. BUT THAT'S THAT INCLUDES THE TRANSFERS OUT THAT WE MADE TO CAPITAL AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S PAGE SEVEN OF EIGHT HAS THE 25 ACTIVITY. SO THAT THOSE LAST PERCENTAGES ON SEVEN OF 18 THAT HAS THE YEAR BY YEAR CARRYOVER PERCENTAGES. YES. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR THE MEASUREMENT THAT WE USE WITHIN THE BUDGET. THIS IS JUST TAKING THE PERCENTAGE COMPARED TO TOTAL REVENUES OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES, WHICH FROM ANY GIVEN YEAR, WE COULD CHANGE WHAT WE TRANSFER OUT. SO THAT COULD FLUCTUATE. BUT IT'S STILL A GOOD LOOK. GOOD TO LOOK AT. PAGES EIGHT, NINE, TEN AND 11. I ALSO BLEW THESE UP AND TURNED THEM A LITTLE BIT, SO THEY'RE NOT QUITE AS LITTLE FOR YOUR EYES, [00:40:06] BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I WAS SQUINTING WAY TOO MUCH. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS FAMILIAR TO YOU. IT'S JUST THE FUND BALANCES. BY FUN THE CASH BALANCES THAT WE ENDED THE YEAR AT. SO PAGE. EIGHT REPRESENTS ALL OF THE GENERAL FUNDS THAT WE UTILIZE. PAGE 12 AND 13 IS THE SAME INFORMATION FOR INCOME TAX TREND ANALYSIS, BUT FOR ALL FUNDS. AND THE LAST COUPLE PAGES IS THE TYPICAL INVESTMENT PAGES THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR MONTHLY REPORTS. ONCE YOU HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OR WHENEVER YOU WOULD HAVE THEM. AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON FINALIZING THE 2026 BUDGET DOCUMENT, WHICH WOULD ALSO HAVE THE 25 YEAR END ACTUAL AMOUNTS IN THEM. SO WE'RE STILL SHOWING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AUTHORITY IS I MEAN, AND THIS REPORT IS STILL TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN COLLAPSED. YES. BECAUSE THE THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR AND WHAT WE CONSIDERED AND THAT'S WHAT THE FUND NAME IS IS STILL SEPARATE FROM THE CHARGE. AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S MOVING OVER TO THE EAST, IT'S STILL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE KEEPING IT THAT WAY. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT I NOTICED ONE 217 SAFETY TOWN. AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT WE HAVE A CARRYOVER OF $167,000? IF YOU'RE READING IT, PROBABLY. THAT IS TRUE. AND THAT IS DUE TO THEY DO CHARGE FOR IT AND THE EXPENSES CAME IN DIFFERENTLY. I WILL SAY THAT THE PAYROLL THAT BECAUSE IT NEVER USED TO BE THAT CASE, THE PAYROLL ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR SAFETY TOWN. SO ALL THE TEACHERS, ALL OF THE WORKERS AND WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO BUILD UP IN THAT SAFETY TOWN FUND FOR ANY MAINTENANCE ON SAFETY TOWN. AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THAT HAS BUILT UP BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T I DON'T KNOW OF ANY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS WE'VE HAD WITH THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO GO AHEAD. TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, WE'VE USED THAT TO REPLACE SOME OF THE BUILDINGS AND REPLACE SOME OF THE LITTLE CARS AND BIKES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. REPAVING AS WELL. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. THAT TAKES US TO CITY MANAGER. ANY UPDATE, JOE? NO REPORT. ALL RIGHT. AND CITY ATTORNEY. NO REPORT. ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING SOMETHING THAT WE DID COVER ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. PULL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL COMMENTS? [16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT] I JUST HAVE ONE THING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HERE OR OTHER BUSINESS, BUT IN TRADITION WITH WHAT WE HEARD FROM LARRY TONIGHT I HAD A PHONE CALL FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE OFFICES ON HIGH STREET DOWNTOWN. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON DOWN THERE. AND WITH THE SNOW, IT GOT PRETTY PACKED AND EVERYTHING, AND THERE WAS REALLY NO PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO PARK FOR OTHER THAN EAGLES PIZZA, WHICH HAS A BIG PARKING LOT, MADE ONE PHONE CALL OVER TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING. AND IMMEDIATELY THOSE THINGS WERE TAKEN CARE OF. AND I GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR HOW QUICKLY YOU DID GET THAT SNOW OUT OF THERE, SO THAT THERE WAS PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO PARK BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH A TIGHT AREA ANYWAYS. AND THEN YOU PUT ALL THAT SNOW IN THERE AND THERE'S REALLY NOWHERE TO GO. [00:45:01] AND SO JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY, THANK YOU. AND THAT CAME FROM MOST OF ALL THOSE FOLKS DOWN THERE THAT SAID THAT. SO THANKS A LOT. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL COMMENTS? I REACHED OUT TO JOE AND I WANTED TO SAY ANOTHER THANK YOU, WHICH MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE TO RYAN. I KNOW YOUR HEAD MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE DOOR AFTER THE MEETING TONIGHT. BUT TAYLOR FARM ROCKY FORK, I GUESS, WENT OUT THERE AND PLOWED. AND I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST ABOUT TREATING THAT SO FOLKS HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO EXERCISE. AND SO THEY'RE NOT ON THE ROADS. AND NOT ONLY DID THEY DO THE PATHS, BUT THEY ALSO DID THE BOARDWALKS WITH A BRUSH. SO THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, EVERY TRAIL AT TAYLOR FARM IS PLOWED AND, AND ICE FREE AND SNOW FREE. SO IT'S A GREAT OPTION FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO GO AND STILL UTILIZE THE PARK. SO AGAIN, PART OF THE WHOLE LIFT THAT THE, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR AFFILIATES DID SO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT. IS THAT MAX? THAT IS MAX. THAT IS FRESH SNOW AS IT WAS COMING DOWN ON ON THE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE BLIZZARD. HE HAD THE RUN OF THE CITY. SO HE WAS A VERY HAPPY, HAPPY BOY. HE LIKES IT COLD BETTER THAN THE HOT. HE DOES LIKE THE COLD. WAY BETTER THAN THE HOT. YES. WE PUT HIS CARHARTT ON AND WENT TO WORK. GO TO WORK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, SO I WOULD MOVE THAT. [17. EXECUTIVE SESSION] WE ADJOURN PURSUANT TO NEW ALBANY CHARTER SECTION 4.03 FOR A DISCUSSION AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SECOND. TO THAT WAY, MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. I HAVE SEVEN YES VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 07:18 P.M.. WE WILL TURN OFF THE SOUND, BUT THE CAMERAS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OR YOU'LL GET A PAUSE SCREEN. COUNCIL WILL BE COMING BACK AND RESUME THE REGULAR SESSION BEFORE ADJOURNING. PUSHING SOUND. SOUND IS PUSHED. ALL RIGHT, I MOVE THAT WE RETURN TO THE REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING, HAVING EXITED EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FALLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. SEVEN YES. VOTES TO COME OUT OF AND RESUME THE REGULAR SESSION AT 8:46 P.M.. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN SECOND, AND WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 8:46 P.M.. GOOD NIGHT ALL. GOOD NIGHT. SWAGIT. IF YOU'RE THERE, SAY GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.