Sep 09, 2026 Sustainability Advisory Board

[I. Call to Order ]

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LIKE TO THE. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. CAN STAFF PLEASE READ ROLL CALL MR. MR. KOTCHEN HERE. MISS KOPPELMAN HERE, MR. BURAK HERE. MISS GRIFFITH HERE. COUNCIL

[III. Action of Minutes: August 12, 2026 Meeting Minutes]

WE'LL DEFINITELY ADD MISS KOPPELMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER CORRECTIONS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. MR. SCHUMACHER. YES. MR. BARNES. YES, MISS. GALLO. YES. MR. COACHMAN. YES. MISS. KOPPELMAN. YES, MISS. MISS. YES, MISS GRIFFITH. OH, I'M SORRY, NOT MISS GRIFFITH. IT'S ONLY. YEAH. ONLY VOTING MEMBERS. SORRY. I KNOW THAT'S OKAY, BUT YOU CAN

[IV. Additions or Corrections to Agenda ]

[ VI. Business]

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IT'S A LINK. YEAH. SO YOU CAN SEE REAL TIME. SO IF YOU'RE UP AT 3 A.M. AND YOU CAN'T FALL ASLEEP, YOU GO TO THAT WEBSITE AND YOU'LL SEE IF IT'S GENERATING ENERGY, IT WON'T BE DOING A WHOLE LOT THEN, BUT I'LL IS THAT FULL LIST OF QUICK, REAL QUICK, JUST BACKGROUND FOR BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE BOARD. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO OFFSET SOME CARBON FOOTPRINT AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE KIND OF GOTTEN TO THE GENESIS OF WHY THAT GOT PUT INTO MOTION.

THE PROJECT WAS PUT IN, BUT IT WAS GREAT THAT IT WAS. THE BOARD HAS AT TIMES TALKED ABOUT WHAT COULD THE CITY DO IN TERMS OF IS THERE ARE THERE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GENERATE MORE ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR AND DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS THE OFFSET INFORMATION THAT DAVID SHARED WITH US IS FOR THAT BUILDING SPECIFIC. AND SO EVEN GETTING INTO SOME MORE DETAIL TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH OF THE TOTAL ENERGY USE BY THE CITY IS BEING OFFSET BY SOLAR.

SO FOOD FOR THOUGHT INFORMATION, JUST WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DIG OUT. SO THANK YOU. ANY THOSE NUMBERS ARE UP TO DATE. CORRECT. THOSE ARE UP TO 20 BASICALLY 2025. SO THE LAST THAT WE HAVE FULL YEAR AND AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTED LIFESPAN OF THE PANELS? I HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK. I THOUGHT IT WAS IT. I BELIEVE IT'S 20 YEARS IN MY HEAD. YEAH. IS THAT 2025. I THINK YEAH.

IT'S AT LEAST 20 YEARS. WE HAD THIS SOLAR COMPANY THAT INSTALLED IT COME OUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED THEM LIKE, WHAT'S THE LONGEVITY? IS THERE ANY MAINTENANCE WE SHOULD BE DOING TO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING ANY? AND THE ANSWER WAS NO, THERE'S, THERE'S NO MAINTENANCE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, WITHSTAND HAIL. THEY WILL BASICALLY LAST FOREVER AFTER 20 YEARS. THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL START SEEING A LITTLE DEGRADATION IN THE AMOUNT OF, I GUESS, EFFICIENCY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, FOR HOW THEY'RE CONVERTING SOLAR INTO ELECTRICITY. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF WORKING AT 100% EFFICIENT EFFICIENCY, YOU'LL START GOING LIKE 99, THE 98 AND THE 9590, BUT THEY'LL LAST BEYOND 20 YEARS. THERE'S NO REASON TO THINK THEY WON'T. THEY JUST WON'T GENERATE AS MUCH ELECTRICITY. SO I REMEMBER, YEAH, 20 YEARS WAS WHEN THEY'RE KIND OF AT THEIR PEAK. AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY'LL KEEP WORKING, BUT JUST NOT TO THE SAME EXTENT. SO. GREAT, GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SOLAR? AND THEN CHAIR, DID YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THE SECRETARY? OH YES, PLEASE. WE HAVE A OPEN POSITION FOR SECRETARY OF THE BOARD. I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS. SEEING NO OTHERS, I WILL NOMINATE MR. JEFFREY, THE SECRETARY. COULD I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. MR. SCHUMACHER. YES. MR. BARNES. YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR. KUSHNER, I GUESS SO. RECUSAL. PROPER RESPONSE, MISS. YES. MR. BURAK. YES. GREAT. WE HAVE A NEW SECRETARY. GREAT. I'M GONNA GET YOU LITTLE STENO PAD. FEEL HONORED AND SPECIAL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY BACKYARDS, INVASIVE TRADE IN PROGRAMS. SO AS YOU REMEMBER, TT COMMUNITY BACKYARDS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. WE CONTRACT WITH THEM TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM HERE IN NEW ALBANY, AND YOU CAN GET A REBATE ON NATIVE TREE NATIVE PLANT, RAIN BARREL COMPOST BIN OR A. I MISSED THE LAST ONE. RAIN BARREL PLANT COMPOST BIN. I THINK THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. YEAH. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE INVASIVE PROGRAM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NEXT. SO TO DATE WE HAVE 12 REBATES THAT HAVE BEEN CLAIMED. WE HAVE 11 THAT ARE REMAINING. THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 2300. AND WE HAVE OF THE THAT WE HAVE IN THE PROGRAM, THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE REMAINING IS A LITTLE OVER 1200. SO ONE THING TO REMEMBER WITH THAT ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, I'M JUMPING AHEAD TO THE INVASIVE BECAUSE IT'S UP THERE. LET ME PAUSE FOR A MINUTE. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

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YEP. YEAH, I GOT MINE. YEAH. IT'S FAIRLY EASY. YEAH. AND AGAIN, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS NOT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BOARD IN TERMS OF SOMETHING WE'VE DONE. THIS IS A CITY ENGAGED AND IT'S PART OF THE. CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH SOIL WATER IN TERMS OF OUR WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT. IS THAT CORRECT. CORRECT FRAMING OF THAT? YES, I BELIEVE IT'S PART OF YES. I'LL JUST SAY YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COMMUNITY BACKYARDS? IF NOT, WE'LL JUMP TO THE INVASIVES. SO FOR THE INVASIVES TRADE IN PROGRAM, WE DO HAVE A CHART UP THERE. SO THIS ONE I WAS GOING TO SAY FOR THE REBATES ARE UP TO $500. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYBODY WHO APPLIES GETS $500. AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IS KIND OF AN ODD AMOUNT. IT'S NOT A $50 $500 INCREMENTS, BUT WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE HAD TEN PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. AND WE HAVE, I'M SORRY, WE HAVE TEN THAT HAVE APPLIED. AND THEN WE HAVE HAD FIVE THAT HAVE, I BELIEVE, SUBMITTED AND BEEN APPROVED, AND THAT WE HAVE A TOTAL OF. 21 COMPLETELY AVAILABLE. AND THEN THE REMAINING SPOTS IS SIX. SO IF THAT DIDN'T CONFUSE YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID. SO LET'S JUST START IT THIS WAY. THE REMAINING SPOTS IS SIX. SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO HAVE AN INVASIVE SPECIES TREE, THEY CAN CHOP IT DOWN AND THEN GO TO THE WEBSITE FIRST AND LEARN THE PROCESS, CHOP IT DOWN AND GET A REBATE FOR THAT. PLANTING NATIVE. WE HAVE 21 TOTAL SPOTS AVAILABLE IN THE PROGRAM. SO WHEN WE CONTRACTED WITH FRANKLIN SORRELL, WE WANTED 21 SPOTS. WE'VE HAD FIVE THAT HAVE BEEN APPRORORORORORORL TEN THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.

SO THEY'RE IN PROCESS, THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BETTER THAN READING THE LEFT TO RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PROGRAM? THAT'S GREAT. CASEY, SOMETHING YOU'VE ALWAYS ASKED. SO THE AVERAGE THIS YEAR IS 349. I THINK WE WERE AT 330 AND CHANGE LAST YEAR. SO. AND THEN I, I, I JUST FOR MY OWN INFORMATION, DOUBLE CHECKED, I, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT PLAIN TOWNSHIP JOINED US IN, IN BEING INVOLVED WITH THE PROCESS, BEING PART OF THE PROGRAM.

RATHER THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY BODY YET. BUT SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY IN THE TOWNSHIP, NEIGHBORS PUSH THEM TO THE TOWNSHIP TO WORK WITH THIS PROGRAM. I THINK THERE'S AT $100. OH. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DO THE MIC OVER THERE TO MR. MAYOR, WHO'S THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM UPDATE.

YEAH. SO ON AUGUST 18TH, CITY COUNCIL HEARD LEGISLATION REGARDING THE THREE BID PROPOSALS FROM THE CONSORTIUM. SO THE FIRST ONE WAS THE TRASH COLLECTION AND PROCESSING. THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE YARD WASTE AND JUST RECYCLING COLLECTION. SO COUNCIL APPROVED THAT TO AWARD THE BID TO RUMPKE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE SECOND ONE WAS THE RECYCLING PROCESSING COUNCIL ALSO PASSED THAT LEGISLATION TO AWARD THE BID TO RUMPKE, ALSO FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, AND ALSO TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES ON BEHALF OF US RESIDENTS. THE THIRD ONE WAS THE CURBSIDE FOOD WASTE COLLECTION BID PROPOSAL, SO COUNCIL DID NOT PASS THAT LEGISLATION DURING THE PRESENTATION. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS WATCHED THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WE PRESENTED THE HISTORY OF THE COMPOSTING AND THE DATA WE HAD COLLECTED, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF COMPOST WE'RE GETTING AT OUR DROP OFF LOCATIONS, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION RATES AT WINDSOR. SO BASED ON CURRENT PARTICIPATION RATES AND THE DATA THAT WE HAVE TODAY, COUNCIL HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ADOPTING A COMMUNITY WIDE COMPOSTING PROGRAM AND PAYING FOR THAT. THEY DID, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ALTERNATIVES. WE KNOW THAT THE COMPOST EXCHANGE AND THEY WERE BOTH WATCHING THAT MEETING. THEY HAVE ALSO BOTH BEEN IN CONTACT WITH US. AND SO WE ARE WELL, I SHOULD SAY THAT WHAT WE HAVE TALKED TO THEM AND THE COMPOST EXCHANGE ARE TALKING AS WE SPEAK ABOUT THOSE ALTERNATIVES. SO POTENTIALLY MORE TO COME FROM THAT. BUT

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ANY PREVIEW ON WHAT MIGHT BE SOME OTHER OPTIONS OR WHERE IT MIGHT GO NEXT? SO COUNCIL MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF BASICALLY DOING A REBATE. SO WHERE RESIDENTS WOULD PAY DIRECTLY, BUT MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF REBATE PROGRAM. SO I KNOW THAT'S GETTING EXPLORED. IF YOU RECALL, SWACO HAD OFFERED A GRANT IF THE CITY HAD ADOPTED THE COMMUNITY WIDE, SO THE COMPOST EXCHANGE AND SWACO, I BELIEVE, ARE DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, HOW THAT COULD LOOK TO, YOU KNOW, SET UP A MEANINGFUL PROGRAM? SO THAT'S AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT COULD BE IN STORE. I KNOW THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S BEING EXPLORED CURRENTLY BETWEEN THOSE PARTIES. DEBATING IF I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING OR NOT. I'M JUST I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHERE MY SURVEY WAS LOOKING FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE 300 000 ICE SKATING RINK, BECAUSE I NEVER SAID IF I WOULD USE THAT OR NOT. I JUST I'M VERY UPSET THAT THEY SO QUICKLY APPROVED THAT AND THEN QUICKLY DISPROVED THE COMPOSTING BASED ON THE COST VERSUS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. AND I, FOR ONE, WILL NOT BE USING THE ICE SKATING RINK. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL USE IT FOR THE FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN. BUT THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. THAT REALLY DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH ME. YEAH. AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION. I THINK THE, THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT WAS THE TEST. THE PILOT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AND OFFERED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR COUNCIL.

OBVIOUSLY YOU WERE THERE, CHARLES. YOU HEARD THE DISCUSSION. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS RAISED ABOUT A SIX ZERO VOTE OR NO VOTE. AND YES, THOSE ARE RARE. THE REASON THEY'RE RARE IS BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHEN ITEMS DON'T HAVE ANY SUPPORT, THEY DON'T GET BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. AND THEREFORE THERE'S NO DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL. WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE RECORD WITH THE FEEDBACK, EVEN THOUGH IT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH SUPPORT. SO THAT, I THINK, IS AN IMPORTANT I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S RARE THAT IT GOES THAT WAY. IT'S RARE BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY ARE DISCOURAGED FROM EVEN BEING BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC FORUM. I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. AND THEN YOU COULD GET COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEDBACK ON THEM IN A PUBLIC FORUM. WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR OBVIOUSLY DO NOT AGREE WITH IT, AND WHETHER I AGREE WITH IT OR DON'T AGREE WITH, THERE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE SURE HAVE THEIR VIEWS HEARD. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE A POSSIBLE REBATE PROGRAM. I MEAN, TO ME, THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD FROM THE BEGINNING WAS WE WERE PAYING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT GOING TO BE USING THE PROGRAM, AND IT WAS I MEAN, I THINK THERE WERE SOME FLAWS IN THAT SYSTEM. SO IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO STILL ALLOW AS MANY PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SIGN UP AND TO BE REBATING OR PAYING FOR THEIR SERVICE, TO ME, THAT MIGHT BE A NICE COMPROMISE. AT LEAST GET US STARTED. AND THEN MAYBE WE GET TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION WHERE WE CAN RELOOK AT A CITY WIDE PROGRAM.

BUT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS FOR COMPOST EXCHANGE, IF THAT'S FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE FOR THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY HAVE A LIMITED PROGRAM ALREADY IN NEW ALBANY WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP TO HAVE THEIR SERVICE. SO I ASSUME IT WOULD JUST BE AN EXTENSIVE EXTENSION OF THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I DON'T KNOW. TO ME, THAT SEEMS LIKE THE NEXT MOST SENSIBLE PATH FORWARD. HOPEFULLY. I PROBABLY DIDN'T LIVE HERE WHEN THE CITY STARTED RECYCLING. HOW DID THAT WORK? DO WE PAY PER HOUSE FOR RECYCLING? DOES THE CITY PAY FOR PER HOUSE FOR RECYCLING, FOR PROCESSING FOR ALL HOUSEHOLDS? CORRECT. YEAH. SO THE CITY PAYS FOR THE PROCESSING COSTS. THE COLLECTION FEES, THOUGH, ARE PAID BY RESIDENTS FROM THEIR MONTHLY BILL. OKAY. WHETHER DO YOU PAY? I'VE USED IT SINCE I GOT HERE. DO YOU PAY THAT FEE

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I DO FEEL PERSONALLY LIKE COMPOSTING IS THE NEXT RECYCLING IN TEN YEARS.

EVERYONE WILL BE DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY GOOD AND EASY THING TO DO THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT WHAT PETE SAID, AND I HOPE THAT THERE CAN BE KIND OF SOME STEPS TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO BE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE PLACE WE NEED TO, TO BE. AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, I FORGET WHAT THE DOLLAR IT WAS LIKE, WHAT, $20 PER HOUSEHOLD IF YOU JUST SIGN UP, AS YOU KNOW, ON YOUR OWN VERSUS THE TWO, WHATEVER, AS PART OF THE CONSORTIUM, MAYBE THERE'S SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR A CITY LIKE OURS THAT CAN PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BECAUSE IT'S I THINK THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CHICKEN AND EGG WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AREN'T USING IT BECAUSE IT ISN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED. IS IT BECAUSE IT'S HARD? IS IT BECAUSE IT TAKES EFFORT? I WOULD HAVE TO THINK THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD DO IT IF THEY JUST DRAG IT OUT TO THEIR CURB WITH THEIR TRASH AND RECYCLING ANYWAY, THEN IF THEY HAVE TO PUT IT ON THEIR CAR AND TAKE IT SOMEWHERE. SO I DON'T KNOW. I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN WORK WITH COUNCIL TO, TO FIND SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE IN BETWEEN AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY GETTING SOME UPDATES ON THAT. YEAH, THE POINT WAS MADE TO COUNCIL THAT THAT'S WHERE WE WERE WITH RECYCLING BEFORE WE STARTED DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO SOMEHOW WE GOT LED DOWN THE ROAD THAT WAY AND WE'LL KEEP AT IT. KEEP AT IT. I AGREE IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE. AND I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF NOT EVERYBODY PARTICIPATED AND IT WAS MORE OF A JUST EACH NEIGHBORHOOD DID IT. SO I THINK, IS IT THE COMPOST EXCHANGE WE WENT WITH OR THE $2? IS THAT THE GROUP THAT WAS THE $2 COMPOST EXCHANGE THAT PROVIDED THE LOW BID? YEAH. I THINK IF YOU GET FIVE PEOPLE LIKE THROUGH THEIR PROGRAM, IF YOU GET FIVE PEOPLE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE LIKE A LITTLE COHORT OF COMPOST PEOPLE, THEN IT'S LIKE 5 TO $10 A MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD. AND SO LIKE, THEN IF YOU ALL PUT IT IN LIKE A CONJOINED SPOT, LIKE AT THE START OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN IT LIKE LOWERS THE PRICE A LOT. SO THAT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT OPTION THAT WE COULD REIMBURSE THEM FOR OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE IT LESS ALL OR NOTHING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. THANK YOU. GREAT. THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE WORK PLAN. SO THIS IS A COMPILATION OF WHAT YOU ALL VOTED ON LAST TIME. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT E HAVE YOUR CORE ACTIVITIES WHICH IS NO SURPRISE. THIS PRETTY MUCH STAYS THE SAME. THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS THE LAST THE LAST BULLET POINT THERE WHERE IT'S TABLE AT TWO OR MORE FARMERS MARKETS, MAILINGS OR WASTE COLLECTION EVENTS. SO BASICALLY YOU GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT MORE AT EVENTS. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED FROM THIS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR TO 2020 26 TO 2027. FOR THE ONGOING PROGRAMS CONTINUE THE STUDENT LEADERS AND SUSTAINABILITY GRANT. KEEP IMPLEMENTING THE GREEN GUARDIANS AND GROW THAT PROGRAM. THERE WAS A CLEANUP DAY EVENT WITH EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK FOR COMMERCIAL COMPOST PROGRAM

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THESE DO KIND OF OVERLAP WITH ONE ANOTHER A LITTLE BIT.

IMPROVE THE CITY'S WEB PAGE. SO UPGRADE IT TO INCLUDE THE PER HOUSEHOLD TRACKING OF WASTE AND WASTE DIVERSION EFFORTS. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A REALLY COOL DASHBOARD REGARDING OUR FOOD WASTE DROP OFF LOCATIONS. SO IT WOULD BE EXPANDING THAT THAT TYPE OF DASHBOARD. THE SACRED WOODS AND NATURE PRESERVE, ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT MORE ON GETTING THEM OUT TO THOSE NATURAL AREAS AND HAVING THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE, ALL THE LITTLE CRITTERS DO.

AND THEY'RE NOT ALL BAD, RIGHT? AND ANSWER ANY OF THEIR QUESTIONS. ALSO ENGAGE MORE.

SEE THE MID-OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE AIR QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM THAT HROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ATTEND THE MORE. SEE SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY AND OTHER TRAININGS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARISE AND YOU SEE FIT. INVESTIGATE OTHER SUSTAINABILITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY TO DETERMINE THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. RESEARCH, COMMERCIAL FOOD WASTE, COMPOST SUCCESS STORIES. FIND EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLANS, AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR SUCH A PLAN HERE IN NEW ALBANY. RESEARCH FEASIBILITY OF RECYCLING A RECYCLING CONVENIENCE CENTER. IF IT IS FEASIBLE, THEN PROCEED. RESEARCH THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMPOST FACILITY IN NEW ALBANY AGAIN. IF FEASIBLE, IDENTIFY WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND DO REVIEW OF THE CURRENT DROP OFF USE PLACEMENT FOR THE FOOD WASTE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, ARE WE.

DO WE NEED AS MANY BINS CONTAINERS AT THOSE FOOD WASTE LOCATIONS? DO WE NEED MORE THAN THERE THEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE SO WE. WE GET UPDATED ON HOW MUCH IS GATHERED FROM EACH LOCATION BY WEIGHT AND BY VOLUME. START A TREE PLAN, RESEARCH COMMERCIAL FOOD WASTE, COMPOST SUCCESS STORIES WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONE. OKAY, SO THAT IS ANY OF THESE JUMP OUT AT YOU THAT YOU WANT TO KIND OF EXPAND ON OR ASK QUESTIONS ON? ANY COMMENTS? IT'S A GOOD LIST. YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE BUSY NEXT YEAR. GREAT JOB TODAY FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. SO AGAIN, YEAH, THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE PRIORITY THAT WE DID LAST, LAST MEETING WITH THE STICKERS. AND SO IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE'LL FORMALIZE THIS INTO THAT FINAL DOCUMENT THAT WE AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE GROUP. AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR. AND THEN TO GO ALONG. OH GO AHEAD. OH NO. I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND IF IF YOU KNOW NOW THAT WE ALL KNOW THIS, IF YOU SEE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS LIKE A CLEANUP DAY POSSIBILITY. IF YOU SEE ANY IDEAS ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES. WE ONLY KNOW WHAT WE KNOW. AND YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS IF YOU SEE WAYS OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING NEW COMES UP IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO, TO LEARN THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU AND THEN KIND OF MOVE THAT FORWARD. IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, I PUT THIS ON EACH YEAR IN FRONT OF ON YOUR CHAIRS. SO IT'S THE 2026 BUDGET, THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR CHAIR HAS THE 2026 NUMBERS. THE ONE ON THE SCREEN HAS THE JUST THE 2027 NUMBERS. THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF SPACE CONSTRAINTS ON, ON THE SCREEN THERE. IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I. OKAY, SORRY, I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT NEW ARE UNDER THE GREEN GUARDIAN SLASH TABLE SWAG. SO HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE T SHIRTS, THE LIP BALM AND THE SUNGLASSES THAT ARE MADE OUT OF RECYCLED PLASTIC. WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING TOILET DIE, WHICH IS A CHECK FOR LEAKY TOILET AT HOME. PENCIL IS MADE FROM RECYCLED NEWSPAPERS, WHICH YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT, KIDS ABSOLUTELY LOVE THOSE. AND JAR OPENER IS MADE FROM RECYCLED TIRES. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE UP

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FOR THE TABLE. YES, YES. DEPENDING ON TABLE PLACEMENTS AT THE MARKET. ALSO, THAT CAN OH, SORRY. NO NO NO. AGAIN, ASSUMING THAT THE GREEN GUARDIAN TABLES. THEY ALSO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR BOARD AND JUST WHATEVER. YES WE DO HAVE WE HAVE A HANDOUT REGARDING THE BOARD ON THERE. WE HAVE THE THE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE 2025 2026 PROGRESS REPORT AND WORK PLAN THAT'S AVAILABLE WHEN WE TABLE. WE ALSO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HOT CARDS, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BACKYARDS PROGRAM AND THE INVASIVE TREE REMOVAL PROGRAM.

I THINK WE HAVE 1 OR 2 OTHER THINGS THERE, LIKE I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON RIGHT NOW, BUT YEAH, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE, LET US KNOW IF THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER, LET ME KNOW. SO BECAUSE THIS IS THE, THE BUDGET. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A MOTION TONIGHT TO, TO PASS IT OR TO RECOMMEND COUNCIL ADOPT IT SO YOU GUYS CAN. YES, I THINK WE CAN. I MEAN, WE HAVE UP UNTIL OCTOBER TO DO IT. I JUST I GUESS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL ASK FOR. SO NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS. IF WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON OR WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING MONEY FROM THE CITY TO SPEND MONEY ON.

SO PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO DIGEST THIS AND LET'S GET SOME QUESTIONS ON THE TABLE. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO I DON'T WANT TO RUBBER STAMP THIS THEN. YEAH, I'LL BE SITTING WITH A ANOTHER EGG IN MY FACE SITUATION. THE THE 1500 $0 FOR CURBSIDE WASTE COLLECTION. IS THAT DELETED SOMEWHERE IN HERE? UNDER 2027 CURBSIDE WASTE COLLECTION PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S THERE. IT'S IT'S A YES THAT'S UP THERE FOR 14,997. THAT NUMBER COMES FROM THE PILOT PROGRAM. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? IT SAYS 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET. SO ARE WE CONTINUING THAT PROGRAM. SO WE PUT IT IN HERE. WE WANTED TO GET YOUR DISCUSSION AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. SO THIS WOULD THIS WOULD HAVE A CONTINUATION OF THE WINDSOR PILOT PROGRAM.

SO BASED ON CURRENT COSTS AND PARTICIPATION RATES, THAT IS WHAT WE WERE BUDGETING. AGAIN IT'S UP TO. SO WE JUST TOOK THE EXISTING YEAR'S BUDGET, ADDED SOME BACKGROUND GROWTH ON THERE.

WE PRESENT THIS TO YOU WITH THE CAVEAT OF, AGAIN, WHAT I SAID. THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GET DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS. AND AGAIN, YEAH, NOVEMBER I THINK IS THE BUDGET MEETING FOR COUNCIL. SO DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO ACT ON THIS TONIGHT. WE CAN CERTAINLY AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, YOU GUYS, WE COULD PUT THIS ON THE OCTOBER MEETING AGENDA. IF YOU WANT TO ABSORB THIS AND FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US AS STAFF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IN THE MEANTIME, IF I MAY, I'LL JUMP IN ON THIS. SO INVOLVED IN MAKING A PRE MEETING TO TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, THE FEELING WAS WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING AROUND COMPOSTING, AROUND RESIDENTIAL PICKUP. AND SO AS, AS MR. MAYOR EXPLAINED, IF THE CITY CAME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEN WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY WANT TO PULL THIS OFF BY THE TIME WE GET TO NOVEMBER PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL. IN LIEU OF THAT HAPPENING, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS ON HERE. JUST IN THIS SITUATION, I WOULD RAISE MY OWN KIND OF COMMENT THAT I THINK WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM ORIGINALLY WHEN WE DID THIS, AND YOU GUYS CAN FACT CHECK ME IF YOU HAVE NOTES DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE PRESENTED THIS THAT THIS WOULD BE A TWO YEAR PILOT. AND THE REASON THAT IT ONLY BECAME A ONE YEAR PILOT WAS WE SAID, OH, WELL, THIS ONE'S GOING TO COME UP AGAINST THE CONSORTIUM VOTE.

SO THERE'S NO REASON TO MAKE IT A TWO YEAR PILOT AND THEN HAVE TO HAVE IT BE KIND OF

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THIS YEAR IN THE IN THE. THE PILOT ENDED IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE IT ON TO THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THAT 7000 COVERS AND ACTUALLY MORE THAN COVERS FROM SEPTEMBER TO THE END OF THE YEAR. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? SO THE 2025 BUDGET WAS FUNDED SEPTEMBER 20TH, FUNDED FOR ESSENTIALLY 9 TO 10 MONTHS OF THE 26 CALENDAR YEAR. SO IN THIS YEAR, 26, WE ACTUALLY OVERESTIMATED. AS DAVE MENTIONED, WHILE THERE ARE 7000 BUDGETED THIS YEAR, WE SPENT LIKE 3000 OF THAT OR MAYBE EVEN LESS FOR THAT OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OF THIS SERVICE OF THIS YEAR. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL PROPOSED 140,000, YOU'LL SEE THAT'S ALMOST 2000 HIGHER THAN THE 2026 BUDGET. A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE CURBSIDE FOOD WASTE COLLECTION PILOT PROGRAM WAS WAS LARGELY FINANCED OR BUDGETED IN THE 2025 YEAR. OKAY. AND THAT 14, NINE, 97 IS A FULL YEAR'S WORTH OF PILOT PROGRAM, CORRECT. WITH GROWTH BUILT IN FOR WINDSOR.

OKAY. AND AND ADVERTISEMENT OR EDUCATION IS BUILT INTO THAT NUMBER AS WELL. YES. I BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S FOR PROMOTING THE PROGRAM AND PAYING FOR THE THE PARTICIPANTS. YEAH. I THINK IN 26 THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, IT WAS A LOWER NUMBER BECAUSE WE KNEW THE CONSORTIUM WAS COMING UP.

AND SO THE BUDGET REFLECTS THAT UNKNOWN. YEAH. SO THE, THE 2027 PROPOSED NUMBER IS ASSUMING THAT WE DO A YEAR OR TWO OF WINDSOR AND EDUCATE A LITTLE BIT. IT DOESN'T REFLECT ANY OTHER LIKE POTENTIAL REIMBURSEMENTS OR ANYTHING. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE IN DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. NO, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. AND I, I, FRANKLY, I, I, I TOOK THE LEAD THINKING THAT THERE WAS NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN A MONTH. YEAH. ON, ON THIS SIDE OF IT. PLUS THE CITY WAS ALREADY ENGAGED IN DOING IT. SO THIS WAS AGAIN, IF STAFF CAME UP WITH SOMETHING, THE CITY SIDE AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT THEN. OKAY. YEAH. THE WAY WE ALWAYS SORT OF START WITH, WITH BUDGETING IS YOU START WITH THE STATUS QUO. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BUDGET REFLECTS HERE. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. THE I WASN'T INVOLVED, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WINDSOR WAS CHOSEN FOR THIS AND IS IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE, ARE THERE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WE COULD TRY THIS IN? DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? TOTALLY. I BELIEVE THERE

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THEN DENSITY AND EASE OF PICKUP FOR THE PILOT, RIGHT. CENTRALLY LOCATED TO NEW ALBANY. YEAH.

I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE. SO. I GUESS AS FAR AS THE REST OF OUR BUDGET, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN COULD WE LOOK AT THE SLIDES ABOUT THE OUR PRIORITIES ONE MORE TIME? JUST TRYING TO THINK OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE FUNDING THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR BY. THE. A LOT OF THIS IS FOOTWORK FOR STAFF, A LOT OF A LOT OF THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE FINDING EXAMPLES. WE'RE DOING RESEARCH THAT'S NOT. THERE'S NOT A TON OF SPEND NECESSARILY. THE ONE THING THAT WE IN A SMALLER GROUP HAD KIND OF ASKED ABOUT WAS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE TREE PLAN, WOULD WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE WANTING TO DO, YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND TRY AND SPEND SOME MONEY? BUT THE REALITY IS, IS WITH THE TIMING OF THINGS, I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME RESEARCH AND THEN AN RFP WOULD BE GOING OUT. AND SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT MORE OF A BUDGET FOR 2028 IN TERMS OF THAT STUDY WORK BEING DONE. AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT DONE SOONER. BUT I GUESS THE REALITY OF UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHAT THE SCOPE OF THAT WOULD, WOULD NEED TO BE, BUT KEEP LOOKING. I DON'T WANT TO I DIDN'T MEAN TO SHUT THE DOOR ON THE CONVERSATION. YEAH, I HAD THE SAME CHALLENGE AS LIKE, OH, IS THERE SOMETHING WE COULD SPEND MONEY ON? IT'S LIKE I WASN'T FINDING ANYTHING OTHER THAN LIKE ONE THING THAT'S NOT ON HERE. SORRY. NO, NO, THE PACKET DID WE THOSE MOVED OVER TO THE PUBLIC CORRECT BUDGET AND NOT OUT OF OUR BUDGET.

CORRECT. OKAY. THANKS. AND WE DID. PETE. I'M SURE YOU SAW LIKE EARTH DAY OR ARBOR DAY PUMP THAT UP QUITE A BIT TO GIVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THINGS THAT WE COULD DO. I DON'T, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL SPEND $5,000, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL KIND OF IDEAS TO COME OUT FROM THAT. YEAH, I NOTICED THAT. YEAH. AND I GUESS I GUESS I WAS THINKING LIKE, IF WE DID, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT SWICKARD WOODS, MAYBE THAT'S ANOTHER PAGE. IF WE DID AN EVENT THERE. THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE SOME MONEY, BUT I GUESS YOU COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE MONEY FROM THE EARTH DAY TO ARBOR DAY BUDGET ITEM BUDGET LINE THERE. AS FAR AS ENGAGING WITH APARTMENT SENIOR LIVING FOLKS, I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT IS THAT LOOK LIKE OR WHAT EXPENSES MIGHT BE INVOLVED THERE. SO IT'S TEAMING UP WITH SWECO AND ENCOURAGING APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND SENIOR LIVING COMPLEXES TO RECYCLE. AND SO WALK THEM THROUGH WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED, WHAT ARE THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE TO THE PARTICULAR COMPLEX? AND SWECO HAS A PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN PAY FOR A SIX MONTH OF RECYCLING HAULING IF THE COMPLEX AGREES TO DO IT FOR A YEAR. SO THEY REALLY, REALLY DOES HAVE SOME FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, SENIOR LIVING COMPLEXES TO ADOPT RECYCLING. THEY ALSO PROVIDE FREE SIGNS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

THEY'LL GO AND THEY'LL TALK WITH THE RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT IS RECYCLABLE, WHAT'S NOT RECYCLABLE, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. ALL THAT. AND IT'S, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM LAST MEETING, THAT 76% OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE LANDFILL COULD HAVE BEEN RECYCLED OR COMPOSTED.

SO YEAH, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PAID FOR BY SWECO MORE THAN BY THE CITY. MAKES SENSE. OKAY.

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WE HAVEN'T HAD A SECOND EVENT YET. SO AS MR. MAYOR SAID, IT'S LIKE WE'D LIKE TO, I'D RATHER GO AND BUDGET STATUS QUO RATHER THAN SAYING, WE DON'T KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO THAT'S A $57,000 PRICE TAG THAT COULD BE CUT IN HALF. IF WE FOUND THAT THE FALL EVENT ISN'T AS WORTHWHILE AS WE THOUGHT. OKAY. AND AGAIN, WE WON'T KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY, UNTIL IT HAPPENS, BUT IT'LL HAPPEN BEFORE WE GET TO BUDGET APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL. ANYBODY? ANYBODY? SO I THINK WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT AND THEN SURE, DISCUSS IT AND APPROVE IT FOR THE OCTOBER MEETING. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. PUT A MOTION IN THE ON THE OCTOBER MEETING.

YES. OKAY. I MEAN, I GUESS ALONG WITH THAT IS TAKE THE TIME TO JUST GO BACK THROUGH THESE PRIORITIES BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT I WHAT I HATE TO HAVE FOR THE BOARD TO HAPPEN IS THAT WE SPEND THE TIME GOING THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF AND EVERYONE DID SOME GREAT WORK AND STAFF DID GREAT WORK PULLING IT TOGETHER. AND THEN WE GET MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND LIKE, OH, I WISH WE WOULD HAVE DONE. SO IT'S JUST GOOD TO SCRUB THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON IS THIS, I'M INTERPRETING THIS AS THIS, AND SO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER THREW THE IDEA OUT OR WHOEVER PUT IT TOGETHER, EVERYONE'S KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE WRAPPED THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER. SO I THINK THAT IS. EVERYTHING ON THE BUSINESS. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND NO OTHER BUSINESS. I WILL NOW POLL MEMBERS FOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFE HAS ANY. WE DO HAVE OTHER BUSINESS. OH, WE HAVE OTHER

[VII. Other Business ]

RIGHT. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR FALL WASTE COLLECTION EVENT. THAT'S GOING TO BE OCTOBER 10TH.

WE DO NEED VOLUNTEERS. I SEE EVERYBODY'S HAND IS RAISED TO VOLUNTEER AT THAT EVENT. BUT SERIOUSLY, WE PROBABLY NEED ABOUT 15 VOLUNTEERS. PART OF THAT IS WE'RE INCLUDING THE TWO EXTRA THINGS OF COLLECTIONS OF TEXTILES OLD TORN, BEAT UP CLOTHES THAT CANNOT BE DONATED.

AND THEN IF FOLKS HAVE FURNITURE TO BE DONATED, DON'T BRING THE FURNITURE. JUST BRING YOURSELF AND JOSEPH'S COAT WILL BE THERE TO TAKE YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER AND SCHEDULE A PICKUP. BUT THE BIG NEWS THAT STEVE IS, IS SAYING THAT THERE'S A BREAKING NEWS. THIS AFTERNOON, WE LEARNED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPOUND WILL NOT BE SO THAT MEANS WE HOLD THE COLLECTION EVENT UP AT PUBLIC SERVICE LIKE WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. THAT'S A 7800 BILHEIMER ROAD FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, WHO HAVE THINGS TO BRING IN, YOU'LL USE THE WALNUT ROAD ENTRANCE, BUT YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE TO TUNE IN TO NEXT MONTH'S. IN CASE THERE'S EVEN MORE BREAKING NEWS, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE. I CAN'T HANDLE TOO MUCH BREAKING NEWS, RIGHT? BUT AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE, THE MATERIALS THAT WILL BE COLLECTED, IT'S 8 A.M. TO NOON. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE WHOLE THING, THAT'S OKAY. BUT WE REALLY DO NEED VOLUNTEERS, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SHOW LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE A DRESS REHEARSAL THAT MORNING, SO I CANNOT WAIT. SO THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING. IS THAT WHAT I'M. AWESOME. YEAH, IT CAN BE THERE TOO. SO THIS GROUP STEMS OR THIS EVENT STEMS FROM THIS GROUP. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH STILL HOLDING THE PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES. FROM THE STAFF LOGISTICS STANDPOINT, WE FEEL IT'S MUCH EASIER TO IMPLEMENT. WE HAVE A BIG PLAN. WE KNOW WE'VE PUT OUT A FEW COMMUNICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT BEING AT THE WALTON OFFICES, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR KIND OF ONE MONTH PRIOR BIG PUSH FOR THE EVENT. SO THE TIMING HAS WORKED OUT JUST RIGHT. AND YEAH, WE JOKE IT'S BREAKING NEWS BECAUSE WE LITERALLY JUST KIND OF CAME TO THIS REALIZATION LIKE SIX HOURS AGO. SO YOU GUYS TRULY FIRST TO HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S GOOD ON THIS GROUP. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'LL DO THE CLICKER AGAIN. DON'T TWO CLICKERS, TWO CLICKERS. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE ON THE BOARD IS AWARE, BUT THE CITY DOES USE VICNET AS A SIGN UP PORTAL. THE EVENT IS ON VICNET. SO I SIGNED UP. SO YEAH,

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[VIII. Poll Members for Comment ]

FANTASTIC. I WILL THEN MAKE A MOTION TO IN THE MEETING AT 725 SECOND. MR. SCHUMACHER YES. MR. BARNES YES. MISS GALLO. YES. MR.

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