Mar 17, 2025 City Council

[I. Call to Order]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH 17TH, 2025. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MR. KIRKPATRICK HERE. MR. ALLEN HERE. MR.. CHESS.

MR. FRITZSCHE HERE. MR..

MR. MCCUBBINS HERE. MISS REASTER HERE.

STANTON HERE. THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 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. THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED.

AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TURN OFF ANY PHONES, PAGERS, ETC.. OKAY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SOME MEETING MINUTES.

[IV. Minutes – Consider approval of the minutes of the March 3, 2025, Work Session, the March3, 2025, Regular Meeting.]

SO ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION OF MARCH THE 3RD? OKAY. HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 3RD COUNCIL WORK SESSION ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT WE HAVE THE MARCH 3RD REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY. HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 3RD REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ARE ALSO APPROVED. NEXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE FIVE DASH 25 AND THIS ORDINANCE.

[V. New Business]

JUST ONE SECOND. OKAY.

THIS ORDINANCE. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE FIVE DASH 25 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE FIVE DASH 25 MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, STATE OF OHIO. AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

HILLARY BROWNING, FINANCE DIRECTOR, PRESENTING.

GOOD EVENING. OKAY. TONIGHT WE HAVE.

OKAY. THANKS, JULIE. SORRY, I HAVE CLICKER NERVES.

I DON'T LOVE CLICKERS, SO FORGIVE ME.

TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ORDINANCE 525, WHICH IS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE OHIO REVISED CODE.

PROVISION 570540 TO TO ASK FOR YOUR PERMISSION TO MAKE BUDGETARY TRANSFERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE LEGAL LEVEL OF CONTROL.

SO I HAVE A RECURRING ITEM, WHICH IS THE BOOT AND FOUL WEATHER GEAR PAYMENTS FOR OUR AFSCME MEMBERS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE BUDGETED THESE AS SUPPLIES, BUT THE NEW CONTRACT ACTUALLY HAS THEM AS A PERSONNEL PAYOUT.

THEREFORE, WE ARE ASKING TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM SUPPLIES TO PERSONNEL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS PAYOUT PER OUR UNION CONTRACT.

HERE IS A BREAKOUT OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

STREET. STATE HIGHWAY, CEMETERY, WATER, SEWER AND SANITATION.

JUST NOTING THAT THE STREET AND SANITATION FUNDS.

THERE'S A BIT OF A WONKINESS THERE BECAUSE WE HAD TYPICALLY BUDGETED IT ALL IN STREET, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD EMPLOYEES THAT WERE SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO WE'VE CORRECTED THAT.

PRORATION. SO THERE IS NO NET CHANGE HERE.

I AM ALSO SEEKING A INCREASE FOR OUR BANKING ANALYSIS FEES.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE MYSELF AND SAM BRAUN, WHEN HE WAS INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR, HAVE CHANGED OUR, OUR INTEREST STRATEGY.

SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE DECIDED TO INVEST IN A MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT CALLED A SWEEP FUND. AND IT IS A TYPE OF MUTUAL FUND THAT HAS A VERY HIGH YIELD.

AND TYPICALLY THESE ARE SHORT TERM, HIGH YIELD SECURITIES THAT ARE VERY VERY LOW RISK. WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE THE IDLE CASH AND OUR BANK ACCOUNT.

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SO FAR, WE HAVE ALREADY NETTED $35,000 IN ONE MONTH IN INTEREST ON JUST THIS CHANGE.

SO WE ARE ASKING FOR 12,800 IN BUDGET, WHICH, COMPARED TO THE ONE MONTH OF INTEREST THAT WE'VE GAINED, I THINK IS A GOOD INVESTMENT AND I AM SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT FOR IT AND THE COSTS WILL BE COVERED, OBVIOUSLY, 100% BY OUR NEW REVENUES.

IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE ALSO SEEKING A CHANGE FOR THE CLERK OF COURT BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED A REIMBURSABLE GRANT FROM THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, AND THEN THEY, TOO, ARE GOING TO GET A SLIGHT INCREASE BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR SHARE OF THE REVENUE FROM OUR NEW OUR NEW MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT.

ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO GOING TO INCREASE FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS INCOME TAX.

HUMAN RESOURCES WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL WELLNESS REWARD FROM THE UNITED HEALTHCARE.

SO WE'RE SEEKING A SLIGHT INCREASE THERE OF 11,000.

346 AND AND NO NET, NO INCREASE FOR PLANT MAINTENANCE FOR THE AFSCME AND FOUL WEATHER GEAR PAYMENT FOR FIRE.

WE ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE FOR THE BANKING FEES.

WE DO INVEST OUR MS PROCEEDS WHILE THEY'RE NOT BEING UTILIZED AS IDLE FUNDS.

AND SO THIS IS SOLELY RELATED TO MS REVENUE.

FOR THE POLICE FUND, WE ARE ASKING FOR $2,662 FOR A REFUND FOR A FORMER EMPLOYEE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS AN OVER CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR OPUS FUND.

AND SO WE RECEIVED AN OFFSETTING CHECK IN THE SAME AMOUNT FROM THE PENSION FUND.

WE WILL REDUCE THE STREET FUND BY $1,000.50, NOTING THE CHANGE IN THEIR SUPPLIES BUDGET FOR BOOT AND FOUL WEATHER GEAR.

AND THEN WE ARE SEEKING AN INCREASE OF 7500, WHICH IS A REAPPROPRIATION OF REVENUE RECEIVED FROM SELLING OBSOLETE TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

STATE HIGHWAY FUND WILL HAVE A NO NET INCREASE BECAUSE WE WILL INCREASE PERSONNEL AND DECREASE SUPPLY. SAME IN CEMETERY AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.

THESE ARE ALL FOR BOOT AND FOUL WEATHER.

FOR WATER. WE WILL HAVE A NET $1,200 INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE BANK FEES.

BUT WE WILL DO 10,500 SWAP FOR SUPPLY FOR THE BOOT AND FOUL WEATHER.

SEWER IS THE SAME STORY.

BANK FEES OFFSETTING BY THE SWAP FOR BOOT AND FOUL SANITATION, WE WILL INCREASE THEIR PERSONNEL.

AND THIS CAME FROM STREETS AND WE WILL INCREASE THEIR BANK FEES.

WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE VALLEY GRAIN TIF.

AND THIS IS A REAPPROPRIATION.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FULLY EXPENSE IT LAST YEAR.

THE ENCUMBRANCE GOT CANCELED. WE WILL REALLOCATE.

AND I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 525.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMEMBER PRITCHETT. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. HILARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE READ.

AHEADS. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE THE SHIFT IN THE CHECKING AND BEING ABLE TO COME UP WITH $35,000. AS WE SLEEP, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HOUSEKEEPING.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SECOND CLINT ALLEN'S COMMENTS.

I KNOW, THANK YOU. WELL, I'LL JUST THIRD CLINT ALAN'S COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. I'LL FOURTH THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HILLARY, THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT I KNOW GOES INTO PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOGETHER. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF STAFF TIME SO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT WENT INTO IT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE FIVE DASH 25 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

SO MOVED. SECOND. EITHER OR.

JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MISS REASTER.

YES. MISTER FRITZSCHE.

YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MISTER MCCUBBINS.

YAY! MISS STANTON. YES.

MR. KIRKPATRICK YES. OKAY.

ORDINANCE FIVE DASH 25 IS DULY ADOPTED.

NEXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE SIX, DASH 25.

IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE SIX? DASH 25 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE SIX DASH 20.

THANK YOU. ORDINANCE SIX DASH 25 AMENDING THE CITY OF FAIRBORN.

CODIFIED ORDINANCES REGARDING PART 11 PLANNING AND ZONING CODE.

OKAY, WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE SIX DASH 25 FOR APRIL THE 7TH, 2025. OKAY, NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON.

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SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. RESOLUTION NINE DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE REPLAT TO SPLIT OFF APPROXIMATELY 8.5 ACRES.

IS IT 0.5 OR 5 ACRES? 0.5 HALF ACRE.

THANK YOU. 0.5 ACRES FROM AN EXISTING 4.578 ACRE PARCEL, CREATING TWO LOTS AT 114 8 TO 1 178 KAUFFMAN AVENUE IN THE CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. KATHLEEN RIGGS, CITY PLANNER.

PRESENTING. YES. GOOD EVENING.

SO WHEN NEW LOTS ARE CREATED IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, IT DOES REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

AND SO THIS IS A REPLAT AND WITH THE OWNER BEING SKYWAY PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER AND THEIR PLAN IS TO ACTUALLY JUST BASICALLY SELL THIS EXISTING PARKING LOT TO THE OWNERS OF UNO DOS TRACE, AN EXISTING RESTAURANT THAT ACTUALLY UTILIZES THAT SPACE.

AND SO THIS WILL KIND OF CLEAN UP THIS SITE AND ACTUALLY HAVE THAT PARKING LOT COMBINED WITH THE RESTAURANT. SO JUST TO TAKE A LOOK OF WHERE THIS IS LOCATED.

SO WE ARE LOCATED AT SKYWAY PLAZA.

THERE'S AN EXISTING RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS IN THAT SPACE ALONG WITH PARKING.

SO WE'RE LOCATED KIND OF NOT NECESSARILY GENERALLY DIRECTIONAL TERM, KIND OF, BUT EAST OF KAUFMAN AND NORTH OF GARLAND AND WEST OF IRONWOOD.

SO THIS IS THE HALF ACRE PARCEL THAT'S THAT EXISTING PARKING LOT.

AND JUST COMBINING IT WITH THE RESTAURANT.

IT'S LOCATED IN A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT SURROUNDED BY OTHER COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL USES AND SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL USES.

SO JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THE REPLAT ITSELF, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS APPROXIMATELY SPLITTING OFF THIS HALF ACRE AREA OF PARKING AND COMBINING IT WITH THE EXISTING RESTAURANT.

THE REMAINDER OF THE LOT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY.

IT'S CURRENTLY FOUR AND A HALF ACRES.

IT WILL BE REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES.

I DID RECEIVE ONE EMAIL INQUIRY, JUST WANTING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE AND HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE PROPOSAL.

PLANNING BOARD DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THE NEW WITH COUPLE CONDITIONS THAT THE NEW LOT WILL ACCESS KAUFMAN AND GARLAND THROUGH EXISTING EASEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, AND THEN THESE LOTS WILL ALSO BE RECORDED WITH GREENE COUNTY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. START COUNCIL QUESTIONS OVER THIS WAY.

I HAVE NONE. THANKS, KATHLEEN.

NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU KATHLEEN. NO QUESTIONS KATHLEEN.

THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU.

YEAH. THIS IS A PRETTY SIMPLE RESOLUTION.

SHOULDN'T BE ANY PROBLEMS. OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NINE DASH 25.

SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MISS STANTON.

YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR..

MCCUBBINS. YAY! MISS REASTER.

YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES.

RESOLUTION NINE DASH 25 IS DULY ADOPTED.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS, I HAVE BEEN REMINDED THAT WE FORGOT TO EXCUSE COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. SHE IS OUT OF TOWN FOR A FAMILY EMERGENCY, SO I NEED A MOTION TO EXCUSE HER FROM BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

SO MOVED. MOVE. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. COUNCILMAN CHESS IS EXCUSED FROM THIS EVENING.

OKAY. NEXT WE WILL OPEN UP CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[VI. Citizens Comments]

PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES.

ALLEN CARNEY, 325 EAST SENIOR DRIVE.

HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS I WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ORDINANCE 625 ON THE LAND USE. COM ADOPTION. BUT NUMBER ONE WAS I SENT OUT AN EMAIL WITH ATTACHMENTS AND A DOCUMENT ON THE COLD STORAGE. EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE GOT THAT.

SO JUST READ IT, FILE IT AWAY, BECAUSE YOU MAY NEED TO REFERENCE IN THE FUTURE ONCE IT GETS BUILT.

SO FAIRBORN BEEN SO WARNED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO BRING UP IS I WANT TO URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REALLY LOOK INTO THIS, THE DETAILS OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE.

625. THERE'S A LOT OF NEW REQUIREMENTS AND STUFF IN CHAPTER 1121 THAT ARE EXTREMELY RESTRICTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PROHIBIT THE CREATIVITY OF BUILDING

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I ESTIMATE JUST SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THERE, LIKE 40%. SO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I WAS WANTING TO REMOVE, ALL MINIMUM HOUSE SIZE REQUIREMENTS, THE PREVIOUS 1122 DID NOT HAVE ANY.

SO WHY DO WE NEED THEM NOW? BECAUSE ALL THIS IS GOING TO DO IS RESTRICT THE BUILDING OF ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSES OF SMALLER SIZE, BUT IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE FAIRBORN WANTS TO GO THAT WAY.

WE WANT OUR BIG UPSCALE, AFFLUENT HOUSES AND STUFF, AND KIND OF DON'T WANT THE LOWER CLASS LIKE ME AND MYSELF THAT LIVE IN THE OLDER SECTION OF TOWN. ALSO REMOVE ALL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.

SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY RIDICULOUS, LIKE MINIMUM ROOF PITCH, EIGHT 12 INCH AND 1012 PITCH.

IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE, BUT A LOT OF BUILDINGS THAT FLEXIBILITY DOESN'T. IT GIVES NO FLEXIBILITY.

AGAIN, FOR THE TYPE OF ROOF PITCH FOR THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING.

SO YEAH, IMAGINE AN 812 PITCH ON A ONE STORY RANCH WITH A REQUIREMENT OF HAVING 1012 PITCH GABLES. THAT'S REALLY RIGHT IN THERE.

SO ALSO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ATTACHED TWO CAR GARAGE AGAIN.

THAT MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE TYPE OF BUILDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND ALL THIS ALLUDES TO IS THE TYPICAL COOKIE CUTTER TYPE SUBURBAN SPRAWL HOUSES WE HAVE NOW, AND ALSO THE EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIALS YOU NEED TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION OF OF VINYL SIDING. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT, AGAIN, OF ALL YOUR PUD UPSCALE HOUSES, THEY'RE ALL VINYL SIDING.

SO AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE URBAN EDGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT I LIVE IN. AND I CAN BRING THIS UP LATER.

AGAIN, THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR FOR HAVING 1200 SQUARE FEET IS INAPPROPRIATE.

MOST OF THE HOUSES THERE ARE UNDER 1000FT².

THEY'RE ALL UNIQUE, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE UNDER 800FT².

AND IT'S AMAZING. JUST IMAGINE THERE'S BEEN MANY GENERATIONS GROWING UP IN THOSE RAISING FAMILIES IN THOSE 800 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES.

SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH IT? THEY WEREN'T. THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR URBAN EDGE WAS NOT IN THERE BEFORE.

IT SHOULD BE REMOVED. AND HERE'S A GOOD ONE FOR TANA AND ADAM.

SOLAR PANELS 11 2828 C REQUIREMENTS ON TO.BE BE LOCATED IN THE MOST INCONSPICUOUS LOCATION ON THE ROOF AS TO NOT TO BE SEEN FROM THE ROOF.

NOW THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND IT WAS NEVER CHANGED.

THAT WAS SNUCK IN THERE THE LAST TIME AND CITIZENS HAD NO COMMENT ON THAT.

AND HERE IT IS AGAIN. IT HASN'T BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE BY BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW, IF POSSIBLE IN THERE, LEAVES A TOTALLY SUBJECTIVE DECISION TO THE FAIRBORN BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO REJECT A SOLAR PLAN, AS THEY WILL, SO IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.

SO ANYWAY, I'M I'M URGING THE COUNCIL TO TABLE THE 627 UNTIL THERE'S A THOROUGH REVIEW OF ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE.

BECAUSE CITIZENS DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, THE COMMON CITIZEN DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THESE AT ALL.

OKAY. THE CURRENT COMMITTEE WAS A WAS A BEHIND THE DOORS HAND-PICKED COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH YOUR CONSULTANT WHO MADE ALL THESE DECISIONS.

AND NOW THE CITIZENS LOOK AT IT AND I SEE SOME REAL SERIOUS FLAWS LIKE SAY, INCLUDING PROBABLY RAISING THE COST OF BUILDINGS 40%.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMENTS AND WE'LL

[VII. City Manager Comments]

ROBERT. GOOD EVENING. JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS.

I WANT TO THANK HILLARY FOR HER PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND KATHLEEN AS WELL.

AN ITEM OF INTEREST. IF ANYONE HAS NOTICED, THERE IS THIS GORGEOUS, MASSIVE TWO TON BRONZE EAGLE THAT IS NOW ON TOP OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL.

RIGHT OUT HERE IN FAIRBORN MEMORIAL PARK. IT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.

SO JUST TAKE NOTE IF YOU GET A WALK BY OR DRIVE BY, IT'S WONDERFUL. THE FAIRBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE HOLDING ANOTHER COMMUNITY WALK THAT WILL BE MARCH 20TH FROM 2 TO 3, AND MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL GO DOOR TO DOOR TALKING WITH RESIDENTS IN THE HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND OFFICERS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ADVICE OR CONCERN OF ANY

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THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN OVER

[VIII. Council Comments]

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY TO EVERYONE IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CELEBRATE. IF YOU DO CELEBRATE, PLEASE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.

CALL BUDDY, CALL UBER, CALL SOMEBODY.

BUT DON'T DO THAT. APRIL, BEGINNING IN APRIL AND LASTING THROUGH NOVEMBER, ARE TOOL LENDING.

CLOSET WILL BE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 10 TO 3.

SO IF YOU NEED LAWN EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CAN BORROW FOR FREE JUST GIVE US A CALL AND WE CAN HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT.

ALSO A REMINDER, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS GOES ON SPRING BREAK. SO JUST A REMINDER TO LOOK OUT FOR THE KIDDOS OUT THERE.

WITH SPRING BREAK COMING UP.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS STAFF.

THE NEW LIVE FEED I'M BEING REPORTED BY CITIZENS SAY IT'S WONDERFUL.

IT'S CLEAR YOU CAN HEAR IT.

AND THEY LOVE IT. SO THANK YOU, EMILY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

ANNA. I'LL JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

AND I HAVE NOTHING ELSE.

THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO ADD TONIGHT.

THAT'S ALL. YOU. WAY TO GO, ADAM.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS FOR EVERYBODY COMING OUT.

AL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT AL CARNEY AND AND, AL, I'VE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, YOU KNOW YOU POUR YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO HOW YOU BELIEVE THIS CITY YOUR ENVIRONMENT, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR NEIGHBORS. I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT.

I KNOW THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IT MAY BE OKAY.

HERE COMES AL. BUT FOR ME, IT'S.

HERE COMES AL. AND I KNOW THAT HE'S BRINGING A REAL AND SERIOUS CONCERN.

SO WE WILL TAKE NOTE OF WHAT YOU SHARED.

I WILL I'LL TAKE NOTE OF THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW FAR WE GET.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD AND AND LAYING YOUR CONCERNS ON THE TABLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

FOR THE OTHER FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR IMPROVING OUR OUR FEED AND IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS.

I THINK OUR WEBSITE IS IS MOVING.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE US DO A FEW MORE QUICK SURVEYS, YOU KNOW, OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW, JUST BASICALLY AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING TIME CONSUMING, YOU KNOW, FIVE QUESTIONS.

TEN QUESTIONS. LET'S INCORPORATE AN APP.

LET'S INCORPORATE PROBABLY A SURVEY MONKEY OF SOME SORT JUST TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT CITIZENS WANT AND HOW THEY AND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, SO THAT WHEN WE COME, WHEN WE COME ABOUT AND HAVE TO MAKE THESE, THESE DECISIONS WE ARE TRULY FIGHTING FOR FEEDBACK.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, HAPPY SAINT PATTY'S DAY TO EVERYBODY.

AND THE REMAINDER OF MY COMMENTS I LEAVE TO MY COLLEAGUE.

I WILL KEEP IT SHORT. A LOT OF WHAT I HAD HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, SO I WON'T BE REDUNDANT.

I DO WANT TO SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE GIRL SCOUTS AND THE LEO'S AND BOY SCOUTS AND THE ROTARY.

WHAT? WHAT IS THE ROTARY YOUTH? WELL, WE DON'T LEO'S FOR THE LIONS CLUB, RIGHT? WHATEVER. BUT LONG STORY SHORT, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT KIDS THAT ARE IN GREAT PROGRAMS THAT TEACH THEM LEADERSHIP SKILLS, COMMUNITY SERVICE SKILLS.

AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THOSE GIRLS ON THE, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF THE STORE OR WHATEVER, SELLING THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES OR THE LEO CLUB, WHO HOSTED A FUNDRAISER AT GIOVANNI'S.

SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE IT'S TEACHING THEM VALUABLE SKILLS.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE KIDDOS OUT THERE DOING ALL THE GOOD THINGS.

AND I'M I SENT ALL OF MY GIRL SCOUT COOKIES HOME WITH MY COLLEGE KID THIS WEEKEND SO THAT I DIDN'T EAT THEM, SO.

AND WITH THAT, I. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. A COUPLE COMMENTS.

AL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND WE WILL LOOK INTO WHAT YOUR YOUR STATEMENTS WERE.

WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. I WANT TO TAG ON TO WHAT ROBIN SAID ABOUT MEMORIAL PARK, NOT JUST THE VETERANS MEMORIAL WITH THE NEW EAGLE ON TOP, BUT THE WHOLE PARK ITSELF.

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WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THE SENIORS LIVE IN THE SENIOR APARTMENTS RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

ARE REALLY ANXIOUS TO GET THE PARK FINISHED.

IT TURNS OUT THAT THE ROUTE COMPLETELY AROUND THE PARK IS NOT QUITE A QUARTER MILE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WALK FIVE LAPS TO GET IN ABOUT A MILE.

BUT THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT FOR OUR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PARK.

IT'S RIGHT ON THE OTHER END OF THIS BUILDING. YOU'LL SEE A LARGE VETERANS MEMORIAL AT SIX SITE. AND ON TOP OF IT IS A BRONZE EAGLE THAT JUST GOT INSTALLED LAST WEEK.

A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND MONEY WENT INTO THAT.

AND IT'S REALLY IT ADDS A LOT TO THE ENTIRE PARK.

BUT YOU'LL SEE MORE AND MORE COME WITH THAT.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY CHRISTMAS IN ACTION WILL BE THIS FALL.

THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE PROVIDE HOME REPAIRS TO LOW INCOME SENIORS AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

IT'S ALL DONE IN ONE DAY.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS COMING FROM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE BASE, THE UNIVERSITY.

THE ONE THING WE NEED FOR THIS YEAR ARE HOMES TO WORK ON.

SO IF YOU KNOW A SENIOR OR SOMEONE WITH DISABILITIES WHO MEETS THE GUIDELINES FOR IT THE REPAIRS ARE DONE IN ONE DAY AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO COST TO THE HOMEOWNER.

BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS THEIR HOUSE PAINTED SOME MINOR ROOFING REPAIRS FAUCETS REPLACED LANDSCAPING.

THIS IS A PROGRAM WE STARTED ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, AND WE DO IT EVERY YEAR.

WE DID STOP FOR COVID BUT WE MAKE HOME REPAIRS TO LOW INCOME SENIORS.

AND, AGAIN, FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY, PLEASE LET THE STAFF OVER AT THE SENIOR CENTER KNOW ELLEN IS THE PERSON WHO TRACKS THE APPLICATIONS FOR THAT.

THE NEXT THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THIS LAST FRIDAY AT FAIRBORN HIGH SCHOOL WAS A BIG EVENT WHERE ALL FOUR FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOL STAFF WERE THERE.

THERE WAS A PRESENTATION BY A GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE FOR, GOSH, WELL OVER AN HOUR.

THE GIST OF WHAT HE SAID IS ABOUT PEOPLE BEING KIND TO EACH OTHER.

AND HE WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE CITY SCHOOL STAFF.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT TO ATTEND.

IT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN OUT FOR MAJOR HIP SURGERY.

HE'S ON THE MEND. HE'S DOING MUCH BETTER.

BUT THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT I PARTICULARLY WANT TO MENTION.

TERRY ADKINS AND ROBIN MCCLURE.

ROBIN IS SITTING UP HERE.

THOSE TWO FOLKS FILLED IN AS THE CITY MANAGER.

SO I AM ASKING EVERYBODY, LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG HAND.

IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK ON YOUR PART, AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE APPRECIATED.

AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS WE HAD SOME OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS THIS EVENING IN OUR WORK SESSION. WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

YOU TRAVELED FOR SEVERAL OF YOU A LONG DISTANCE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE LOOKING MORE INTO THAT.

SO AT THIS TIME WE NEED TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR OK 120

[IX. Executive Session]

SO AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MISS REASTER.

YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR..

MCCUBBINS. YAY! MISS STANTON.

YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES.

COUNCIL WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION WHEN WE RETURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.