YOU HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED. YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK HOME. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 3RD, [I. Call to Order] [00:00:07] 2025. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. KIRKPATRICK. HERE. MR. ALLEN. HERE. MS. CHESS. HERE. MR. FRITZSCHE. HERE. MR. MCCUBBINS. HERE. MS. REASTER. HERE. MS. STANTON. HERE. THANK YOU JULIE. WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE 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. IF AT ALL, PLEASE SILENCE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. OKAY OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 20TH, [IV. Minutes – Consider approval of the minutes of the October 20, 2025, Regular Meeting.] 2025 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS 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 OCTOBER 20TH, 2020 REGULAR MEETING ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. OKAY OUR FIRST ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS, WHICH IS A FIRST READING. [ V. New Business] IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 27-25 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 27-25, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING PAY SCHEDULES FOR NON-BARGAINING UNIT, ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 27-24. OKAY. WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 27-25 FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 28-25 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 28-25, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE PAY GRADE ALLOCATION LIST FOR CERTAIN NON-BARGAINING POSITIONS, RE-GRADING POSITIONS, CREATING A NEW POSITION. WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 28-25 FOR NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025. NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 29-25 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY, SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. ORDINANCE 29-25, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET, ADOPT APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES, AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MONIES OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 29-25 ALSO FOR NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025. NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 30-25 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY, SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED_ ORDINANCE 30-25, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE FAIRBORN TRAFFIC CODE TO ESTABLISH NEW STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS, REVISED TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, UPDATE PARKING RESTRICTIONS, PROHIBIT CERTAIN TURN MOVEMENTS, AND REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT ALONG A PORTION OF BROAD STREET. THANK YOU. WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 30-25 ALSO FOR NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025. AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS, ALL OF THESE ORDINANCE THAT ARE FIRST READINGS. IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR IDEAS AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS, PLEASE COME BACK FOR THAT NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025 COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 56-25 BY TITLE ONLY? SECOND WHOEVER YOU WANT. OKAY [LAUGHTER]. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? RESOLUTION 56-25, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OHIO BUILDING DEMOLITION AND SITE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM AND CERTIFY CERTAIN PROPERTIES AS SLUM AND OR BLIGHT FOR PURPOSES OF GRANT COMPLIANCE. LESLIE ADKINS, DEVELOPMENT MANAGER PRESENTING. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT RELEASED THEIR GUIDELINES ON THE DEMOLITION AND SITE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ON OCTOBER 16TH OF THIS YEAR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO HELP TEAR DOWN UNSAFE, VACANT AND BLIGHTED BUILDINGS TO PREPARE THE SITES FOR FUTURE USE. [00:05:08] BECAUSE THESE GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO COUNTIES, EXCUSE ME, GREENE COUNTY WILL BE THE LEAD ENTITY AND THEREFORE WILL ADMINISTER THE GRANT. GREENE COUNTY RECEIVED $230,000 IN GRANT FUNDS FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED FROM PRIOR GRANTS WHERE THEY RECEIVED $500,000. WE RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS GRANT ON OCTOBER 17TH AND WITH APPLICATIONS DUE TO GREENE COUNTY BY NOVEMBER 7TH. THIS IS A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND TIME, AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO PROPERTIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE YEAR LONG DEMOLITION PROCESS AND ARE READY FOR THE DEMOLITION. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FIRST HOUSE, THIS HAS BEEN VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. HAS DELINQUENT TAXES AND HAS MULTIPLE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR CODE VIOLATIONS. THE SECOND PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS HOUSE ALSO HAS BEEN VACANT DUE TO THE OWNER PASSING SIGNIFICANT DELINQUENT TAXES AND MULTIPLE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR CODE VIOLATIONS, WITH BOTH PROPERTIES BEING VACANT. THE CITY HAS BEEN MAINTAINING THESE THESE YARDS FOR SINCE THE VACANCY. ALTHOUGH THIS GRANT IS NOT GUARANTEED IF WE DO RECEIVE FUNDING, THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR THESE DEMOLITIONS WILL GO TO FUTURE DEMOLITIONS, THEREBY THEREBY CONTINUING THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS SLUM AND BLIGHTED STRUCTURES. IF NOT FUNDED, THE CITY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEMOLITION OF BOTH STRUCTURES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE APPLICATION FOR SLUM AND BLIGHT CERTIFICATION, AND FOR THIS AND FUTURE PROJECTS FOR THIS GRANT PERIOD. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN FRITZSCHE. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS LESLIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE NONE, THANK YOU LESLIE. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THOSE BLIGHTED PROPERTIES. OKAY? THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T HAVE HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HOW DO WE I MEAN, JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF DEMOLISHING THESE HOMES, WHY CAN'T WE REVITALIZE THESE HOMES AND PUT LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN THESE HOMES AND SAVE THEM? I MEAN, IS THERE IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN EVEN START TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AM I ASKING THE WRONG PERSON SHOULD BE ASKING YOU THAT QUESTION? I THINK A LOT OF THESE HOMES ARE PAST THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN BE AFFORDABLY REACTIVE WE DON'T OWN THESE HOMES EITHER SO WE DON'T OWN THESE HOMES EITHER AND THANKS, MAYOR. SO I DON'T WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE CONTROL OF THEM, SO WE COULDN'T TURN AROUND THESE PROPERTIES AND THEN SPEND MONEY ON REHAB. IT'S NOT ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR CDBG PROGRAM. OKAY. AS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE. I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES FOR THIS, WITH THE GRANT BEING DUE ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER. I THINK THIS WAS TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. MAYBE THERE'S A BIGGER DISCUSSION, BUT ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'D HAVE TO CONSIDER IS WHAT RIGHT DO WE HAVE TO THE PROPERTY AND TO ABATE THE NUISANCE? OKAY. SO THAT'S THE BIG THING HERE. SO THOSE WOULD BE SOME FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WE COULD HAVE. RIGHT OKAY, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE CITIZENS WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND WONDERING HOW COULD WE, YOU KNOW, SAVE THEM, THE HOMES AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF. AND A LOT OF IT IS YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN THE PAST. WE'VE WORKED WITH SOME OTHER FOLKS TO DO THAT. IN THESE PARTICULAR CASES, THEY'RE SO FAR GONE. RIGHT. THAT THEY JUST CAN'T BE FEASIBLY AND ECONOMICALLY SALVAGED TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO WE COULD WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT THOUGH. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE THANK YOU. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, LESLIE THANK YOU. THANKS BUT THEY GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD COST MORE TO FIX THEM UP THAN THEY'RE WORTH. THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS WE COULD BE DOING FOR HOMELESSNESS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER ISSUES SO. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 56-25? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MS. REASTER. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MS. CHESS. YES. MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MS. STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. RESOLUTION 56-25 IS DULY ADOPTED. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR NEW BUSINESS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS. WE'LL OPEN THEM. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD. PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES. [00:10:02] SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER COMMENTS. [VII. City Manager Comments] GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL SEVERAL THINGS TONIGHT IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD. WE HAVE SEVERAL MILESTONE WINNERS THIS EVENING OR RECIPIENTS. NONE OF THEM COULD BE WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO NOTE JASON NUNN AND OUR ENGINEERING DIVISION HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 20 YEARS. LISA ETCHISON IN VICTIM WITNESS ADVOCATE OVER THE COURSE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR TEN YEARS AND WITH ONE YEAR, JILLIAN HUGHES OVER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE WISH THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING. BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE THREE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS FOR THIS YEAR, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO. ALL THREE OF THEM ARE MAJOR PARTS OF WHAT MAKE THE CITY OPERATE. AND SO THANKS TO THEM AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THEM, PLEASE SAY CONGRATULATIONS WHEN YOU SEE THEM AND THANKS. SO ONE OTHER ITEM. PENNY WANTED ME TO DISCUSS AGAIN. CITY BOARDS AND COMMITTEE VACANCIES. THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE START TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO SERVE ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, AND SO WE ALWAYS COME UP SHORT ON SOME OF THEM. AND SO I PROMISED PENNY THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT WERE THE ONES THAT WE STILL ARE SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR. SO THE BOARD OF ADJUDICATION, THERE IS ONE SLOT OPEN FOR A THREE YEAR TERM BOARD OF TAX APPEALS THERE'S ONE THREE YEAR TERM AND ONE UNEXPIRED TERM. SO WE NEED TWO FOLKS THERE. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WE HAVE ONE FIVE YEAR TERM THAT'S OPEN COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA HOUSING COUNCIL. THERE ARE FOUR SLOTS ON THAT BOARD AND EACH ONE OF THOSE BOARDS HAS A THREE YEAR TERM. MAYOR'S BEAUTIFICATION THERE ARE THREE SLOTS OPEN ON THAT. AND THEN ALSO TWO UNEXPIRED TERMS. PARKS AND REC BOARD FIVE THREE YEAR TERMS AND FOUR UNEXPIRED TERMS. PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD HAS ONE THREE YEAR TERM AVAILABLE. AND THEN PLANNING BOARD HAS TWO FOLKS THIS YEAR WHO ARE LEAVING THEIR TERM LIMITED. SO THERE'S TWO THREE YEAR SPOTS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IF YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE TO APPLY FOR ANY OF THOSE BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS PLEASE CONTACT EITHER EMILY GAY THROUGH FACEBOOK PAGE OR INSTAGRAM, OR YOU CAN CALL THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE (937) 754-3030. OTHER ITEMS. VETERANS DAY IS COMING UP. THE VETERANS DAY MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY WILL BE AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE FAIRBORN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON BROAD CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED THAT DAY. PUBLIC SAFETY WILL HAVE THEIR NORMAL HOURS. SO CONGRATULATIONS OUR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC CHRIS SHERLOCK RETIRED AT THE END OF OCTOBER. CHRIS WAS A LIEUTENANT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SERVED 29 YEARS TO THE CITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS. HE DID A GREAT JOB FOR US AND HE'LL BE MISSED. WE ALSO PROMOTED FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC ZACH PITSTICK A WEEK AGO MONDAY TO A LIEUTENANT SPOT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM AT THAT SAME OR THE SAME DAY, WE ALSO SWORE IN TWO NEW POLICE OFFICERS, TRISTAN COLLINS AND NICHOLAS JARMAN. AND THEN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR LATER, WE SWORE IN THREE NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS, LILY WATKINS, STANLEY EASTERLING AND BRITTANY ANGLE. WE ALSO WELCOME THREE NEW FIRE RECRUITS COLTON RYAN, TYLER ALEXANDER AND TARYN WALSH. THOSE FOLKS ARE ALL IN THE PARAMEDIC PROGRAM. SO TO BE AN EMPLOYEE IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE TO BE A CERTIFIED STATE LEVEL TWO FIREFIGHTER AND A PARAMEDIC. MOST OF THESE FOLKS ARE ALREADY LEVEL TWO FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR EMT BASICS, BUT THEY'RE IN THEIR THIRD, FOURTH, OR FIFTH SEMESTER OF PARAMEDIC TRAINING. AND AS SOON AS THEY GRADUATE AND TEST, THEY'LL BECOME FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. AS FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS TO THE CITY. AND SO WE'RE PLEASED THAT THOSE THREE FOLKS JOINED US AS RECRUITS. BUT WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND THE NEW FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE CITY. AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING, YOUR HONOR. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. OKAY WE WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS STARTING WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. [VIII. Council Comments] OKAY. HELLO, EVERYBODY. I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MIKE HAS ALREADY SAID. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MILESTONE RECIPIENTS. AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN BE WITH US FOR ANOTHER 35, 40, 50 YEARS [LAUGHTER]. THAT WAS FUNNY. ALL RIGHT, SO AS WE CLOSE OUR HBCU MONTH WITH HBCU STANDS FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CONGRATULATED ME ON BEING THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT MY ALMA MATER IN DALLAS, TEXAS, FOR THEIR CONVOCATION AND ALSO WAS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF A LEADERSHIP AWARD DURING THAT SAME TIME FRAME WHEN I WAS IN DALLAS. [00:15:02] SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CARDS. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. IT WAS A IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME, A GOOD EXPERIENCE. AND TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GRADUATES OF HBCUS, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL. ALSO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT JUST FOR A BRIEF 30S ABOUT HUNGER. WE KNOW THAT IN SOME PARTS OF FAIRBORN WE FACE FOOD DESERT WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE FRESH FOOD. THAT IS NO HEALTHY AND AND WE REALLY I LOOK, I MEAN, I'M A PERSON. I DO LOOK AT COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR US ARE TALKING ABOUT, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND ONE OF THEM RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE'RE FACED WITH THIS DIFFICULTY IN AMERICA, IS HUNGER. PEOPLE ARE MAKING, HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO BUY GAS TO GO TO WORK IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR FEED THEIR FAMILY. AND THAT IS A REAL BIG PROBLEM RIGHT NOW. AND WE HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES. SO I'M REALLY IMPRESSED BY HOW THE COMMUNITY THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY, INSTAGRAM AND ALL SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS ARE REALLY LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GET FOOD FROM AND HOW THEY CAN FEED THEIR FAMILIES. AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL. AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON FURLOUGH, THEY'RE STILL SUFFERING. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM LOSING THEIR HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE UNBIASED, AND BIASED RHETORIC AND ALL THE ARGUMENTS ABOUT NOTHING ONLINE IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STARVING AND SUFFERING OUT THERE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON THAT THAN WE ARE ANYTHING ELSE, LIKE HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I REALLY WISH THAT WE WOULD DO THAT. WE ARE FAIRBORN OHIO, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, WE ARE PEOPLE WHO HELP ONE ANOTHER AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THOSE OF YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT TALK, ALL THIS EMPTY RHETORIC, SOMETIMES THEY NEVER COME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND NEVER SUBMIT ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS AND NEVER DO ANYTHING BUT HAVE EMPTY RHETORIC THAT HAS AS MANY BEANS. SO FIND YOURSELF HELPING SOMEBODY FIND YOURSELF BEING POSITIVE. FIND YOURSELF, IF NOT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD AND HEALTHCARE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA. AND IT'S REAL. SO I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN DO THAT. AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN RESOLVE WHATEVER MINDING ISSUES THAT WE MAY HAVE THAT IS NOT REALLY NOTHING COMPARED TO THE BIGGER PROBLEM. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS. IT'S WONDERFUL TO REACH THOSE THOSE SIGNIFICANT DAYS IN YOUR IN YOUR JOURNEY. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE LITTLE TYKES CHRISTMAS SHOP THAT WILL BE OPENING UP. I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO START THE FIRST FRIDAY IN DECEMBER, AND IT'LL BE EVERY FRIDAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS. THEY'LL BE IN A NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEWS ON THAT ONE ON THE HOURS AND THE DAYS OF OPERATION FOR OUR LITTLE ONES. SECONDLY, AS MIKE HAS ALREADY ALLUDED TO, VETERAN'S DAY IS COMING UP. SO A QUICK HISTORY ON THAT IS THIS INITIALLY WAS DESIGNATED AS ARMISTICE DAY, AND THAT WAS TO SIGNIFY THE TREATY SIGNED IN WORLD WAR ONE. A YEAR LATER, IT WAS MADE OFFICIAL AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY AS ARMISTICE DAY, BUT AFTER WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR THEY CHANGED IT TO VETERAN'S DAY. SO THAT WAY IT HONORED ALL VETERANS, LIVING OR DECEASED. IT DIDN'T MATTER, JUST ALL VETERANS. LESS THAN 1% OF THE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES EVER SERVES OR HAS SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. SO THAT'S A VERY SMALL PORTION OF PEOPLE WILLING TO MAKE SUCH A GREAT SACRIFICE FOR YOUR COUNTRY. SO IF YOU SEE A VET, THANK THEM. THIS IS THE DAY THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO THANK THOSE VETERANS FOR WHAT THEY GAVE. AND LASTLY, I WILL JUST TOUCH JUST A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT SYLVIA WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE HUNGER. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAS REALLY HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT AREA. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE IF ANYONE OUT THERE HAS IT IN THEIR HEART TO MAKE A DONATION TO OUR FISH FOOD PANTRY. FOOD IF YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD OR GO BUY FOOD TO DONATE TO THERE, DOLLARS GO A LOT LONGER THAN FOOD, SO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE THEM ACTUAL CURRENCY, THEY CAN GET MORE OUT OF THAT CURRENCY THAN YOU CAN WITH THE DOLLAR. SO MY ASKING MY POINT IS TO JUST PLEASE DONATE, HELP KEEP THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE AND [00:20:08] ARE HUNGRY THANK YOU THAT'S ALL I HAVE, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THEM GOT SOME EXTRA VACATION TIME. THAT WAS ALWAYS MY. YOU KNOW? THAT WAS ALWAYS WHAT MATTERED TO ME TO HIT THOSE NICE FIVE AND TEN YEAR NUMBERS. THANKS FOR BRINGING UP THE BOARDS. AND THANKS TO PENNY FOR ENCOURAGING YOU TO DO THAT. SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAD UP THERE ABOUT THE OPENINGS HAVE WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY APPLICATIONS FOR ANY OF THAT? SO WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME. BUT IN GENERAL, WE ALWAYS SEE CERTAIN COMMITTEES THAT GO UNDERSTAFFED OR UNDER. JUST TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY OF FOLKS WHO WANT TO BE ON THE PLANNING BOARD OR THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. BUT IT'S SOME OF THE WHERE WE HAVE MASSIVE VACANCIES, LIKE ON THE HOUSING COUNCIL. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE LAST TIME THAT BOARD WAS FULLY STAFFED BY RESIDENTS. SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE OPEN. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME APPLICATIONS YES. OKAY IF THEY WERE MORE CURIOUS ABOUT IT, ARE THEY JUST ABLE COULD THEY JUST CALL IN TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND TALK TO PENNY ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS? YEAH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TALK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM INFORMATION ON THOSE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE. SO. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE. AND I HAD I HAD ONE OF THE FOLKS I SAT WITH AT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE LEADERSHIP GRADUATION THAT SPECIFICALLY NAMED A BOARD SHE WANTED TO BE ON WHICH IS ONE OF THE BOARDS THAT HAS ONE OF THE LARGER VACANCIES. SO THAT WAS GREAT TO HEAR. SO, YES ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY ANY INTEREST AT ALL, PLEASE CONTACT EITHER EMILY THROUGH THE WEBSITE, THROUGH FACEBOOK PAGE OR (937) 754-3030. THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE STAFF. AWESOME THANKS AND THAT MAKES ME REMEMBER THEN ABOUT. SO THANKS TO THE FOLKS THAT SIGNED UP FOR AND TOOK THE LEADERSHIP CLASS. THAT AT LEAST I CAN SAY WHEN I TOOK IT, I FOUND IT VERY VALUABLE. THAT AND JUST SERVING ON BOARDS TO GET KIND OF A FOOT INTO THE CITY AND TO UNDERSTAND IT AND TO CONTRIBUTE SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEP I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS. ALSO SO THIS PAST WEEK, THE CITIZEN ACADEMY HAD THEIR GRADUATION. I DIDN'T ATTEND THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR GOING THROUGH THAT. IT'S FROM WHAT I HEAR, IT'S A GREAT, A GREAT THING TO GO DO. IT GIVES YOU A REALLY GOOD INSIGHT ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CITY AND HOW THE HOW IT WORKS. I ACTUALLY TRIED TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE CLASSES ABOUT 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS DURING COVID AND IT KEPT ON GETTING CANCELED. SO IN LIEU, I DID YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE THE RUMOR HAS IT PODCAST, I BELIEVE THAT'S STILL AROUND. THAT WAS ALSO A GREAT THING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DIDN'T IF YOU COULDN'T MAKE THE TIME COMMITMENT. BUT I DO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF THEY DO THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AGAIN. I WOULD JUMP ON THAT IF YOU CAN. AGAIN, I HEAR IT'S A GREAT THING. AND THEN ALSO ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW, SO DON'T FORGET TO GO VOTE. THAT'S ALL I GOT [LAUGHTER]. THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL. I WAS I WAS NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TONIGHT. I WAS I WAS JUST GOING TO PASS [LAUGHTER]. I WAS JUST I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY PASS. YOU KNOW, I AND I WAS, I WAS, I WAS SET, I WAS SET UP WITH EVEN WHEN THE MAYOR SAYS WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL COMMENTS I WAS SET UP. I WAS LIKE, I'M PASSING TONIGHT [LAUGHTER]. SORRY MAYOR. SORRY [LAUGHTER]. SORRY, MAYOR [LAUGHTER]. I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU WORKING IN OUR IN OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS. FIVE YEARS. AND I'M ALWAYS KIND TO THE ONE YEAR PERSON THAT PERSON IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO KIND OF RIDE THIS GIRAFFE THAT HE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED HERE. THE NEW HIRES IS IT'S GREAT TO HEAR OUR NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS I KNOW AT THE CHIEFS BOTH CHIEFS STRUGGLE WITH THAT WITH TRYING TO FIND TALENT TO COME TO THE CITY AND WORK. [00:25:09] SO I COMMEND THEM FOR CONTINUING TO BEAT THE DRUM AND PULL IN SOME TALENT. I KNOW CHIEF WILLIAMS TALKS ABOUT THE PARAMEDICS. I MEAN, GETTING PARAMEDICS ON HIS STAFF. SO THAT'S A HUGE WIN WHEN HE'S ABLE TO GET THREE OF THEM. SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FOLKS WHO COMPLETED THE LEADERSHIP, THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING. I THINK IT'S AWESOME THAT YOU GET A AN IDEA OF HOW OUR CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND TO THAT POINT, I WILL SAY THAT WITH ALL THE VACANCIES ON THESE BOARDS, THERE'S ROOM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO PLEASE, SIR, PLEASE, MA'AM, CONSIDER STEPPING IN AND JOINING ONE OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, AND THAT'S FOR ANY CITIZEN. HONESTLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPLETE THAT LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN ORDER TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK YOU'RE WELL POSITIONED TO UNDERSTAND THINGS A LITTLE BIT CLEARER, HAVING COMPLETED THAT I DO WANT TO COMMENT ON THE FOOD PANTRY THE FAIRBORN FISH FOOD PANTRY, WE HAVE AN AWESOME WE HAVE A GEM IN OUR CITY. THEY'RE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND SERVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND THE NEED IS JUST GROWING. WHEN I SPOKE TO JANE THE OTHER DAY. THE NEED IS GROWING. THEY'RE SEEING AN INCREASE. SO PLEASE, SIR, PLEASE, MA'AM. CONSIDER THAT. AND WE'RE HEADING INTO, I THINK, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FAVORITE PARTS OF THE YEAR FOR ME. AND THAT'S THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. SO AS WE MOVE INTO THAT, I KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN THE NOISE AND THE DISTRACTIONS OF WHATEVER IS GOING ACROSS THE AIRWAVES AND ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. ALL I ASK IS THAT WE HONOR THIS SEASON BY TAKING CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES BEING KIND AND THEN REACHING OUT TO THAT PERSON YOU HAVEN'T TALKED TO IN A MINUTE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, THANKS. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. ALL RIGHT AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS FOR CHOOSING TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF FAIRBORN. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU. WHETHER IT'S ONE YEAR OR 20 YEARS OR 30 YEARS, OR, AS SYLVIA [LAUGHTER] SAID, 50, 60, 80, 200 YEARS. I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF SHAKING THE HANDS OF OUR FAIRBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT, NEW OFFICERS AND THE PROMOTIONS AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO SERVE THE CITIZENS AND THE RECRUITS AS WELL. YOU'RE IMPORTANT TOO. CITIZENS ACADEMY GRADUATION WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT FROM THOSE WHO HAD ATTENDED AND BEING PARTICIPANTS AND WANTING TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED NOW THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW THE CITY RUNS. IT'S IT IS A BIG BEAST. IT IS A BUSINESS AND IT IS IT'S MASSIVE. AND ANYTIME YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AND LEARN AND UNDERSTAND VERSUS MAKING ASSUMPTIONS, IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN AND THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED AS OBVIOUSLY WE LIVE NEXT TO THE BIGGEST EMPLOYER IN THE STATE, BUT IT ALSO HAS A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. THOSE THAT THRIVE ON THE LUNCHES AND DINNERS THAT THESE EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT OFTEN FREQUENT. AND SO THEY'RE SEEING A GREAT IMPACT, TOO. SO IF YOU'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO NOT BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY A FURLOUGH, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU IF IT'S ONLY ONCE A WEEK, GO VISIT A LOCAL RESTAURANT, GRAB LUNCH, GRAB DINNER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, EVEN IF IT'S TAKEOUT, BECAUSE THIS IS IMPACTING A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT US IN SMALL BUSINESSES, SUPPORT US. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND THE TRUNK OR TREAT. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED AND YOU DID NOT RECOGNIZE ME, FEAR NOT [LAUGHTER]. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I WAS MRS. ROPER [LAUGHTER]. I DID HAVE MY SHAG RUG AND MY LITTLE CURTAIN. AND I GAVE OUT ALMOST 1200 PIECES OF CANDY. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. THE KIDS WERE AMAZING. THEY WERE SUPER POLITE AND RESPECTFUL. ONE KID ACTUALLY DID TRICKS FOR HIS TREAT. SO THAT WAS COOL. IT WAS JUST IT WAS REALLY, REALLY AWESOME. AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR EVENTS LIKE THAT. [00:30:03] IT WAS IT WAS JUST AWESOME. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OBVIOUSLY TOMORROW'S ELECTION DAY. THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT BALLOTS. WELL, MAYBE NOT A LOT, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL IMPORTANT BALLOTS ON THERE. AND OBVIOUSLY YOUR CITY COUNCIL. SO I WILL NEVER TELL YOU HOW TO VOTE. I'LL TELL YOU WHY I WOULD VOTE THE WAY THAT I DO. AND THEN I ASK THAT YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE YOUR LOCAL AND STATE ELECTIONS CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, IMPACT YOU A LOT GREATER THAN A NATIONAL ELECTION. SO PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND GET OUT THERE AND VOTE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY USUAL LIST OF COMMENTS HERE. ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR MILESTONE WINNERS, AS HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID. 20 YEARS, TEN YEARS, ONE YEAR. PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE TO WORK FOR THE CITY CHOOSE FOR A REASON. AND WE ARE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN WHAT THEY DO FOR THE CITY. IT'S BEEN MENTIONED QUITE A BIT ALREADY ABOUT THE CITY BOARDS. WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. SOMETIMES PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW CAN THEY GET INVOLVED AND THEY DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T KNOW, CONTACT THE CITY. JUST LIKE WAS SAID EARLIER. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT ARE POSSIBLE. I'M A LITTLE PARTIAL TO THE MAYOR'S BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT OFFICIALLY A MEMBER OF THAT. BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON THAT. THAT'S A FUN COMMITTEE. THEY GET TO DO SOME FUN THINGS IN TOWN. SO ANYWAY, LOOK AT THOSE COMMITTEE OPPORTUNITIES AND PLEASE CONSIDER THOSE. I ALSO WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT THE THE FAIRBORN CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, THE GRADUATION LAST WEEK. WE GOT TO SIT WITH SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GRADUATING AND TALKED TO THEM. AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT THE CITY STAFF PUT IN TO MAKING THAT EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM VIABLE AND IMPORTANT TO THEM. THEY ALL TOLD ME THEY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE HOW THE CITY RUNS, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, HOW THEY WORK. SO ANYBODY WHO'S CONSIDERING EVEN IN THE FUTURE, GETTING INVOLVED IN OTHER WAYS CONSIDER GOING THROUGH THAT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. IT IS TIME WELL SPENT. WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT VETERANS DAY COMING UP. RODNEY MENTIONED THAT 1% OF OUR CITIZENS ARE FORMER MILITARY. WE HAVE SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOUR OF US ARE VETERANS. I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE COMMITMENT OF VETERANS IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND THE OTHERS CERTAINLY SUPPORT OUR VETERANS. SO FAIRBORN IS A MILITARY TOWN. WE GOT ONE OF THE BIGGEST BASES IN THE WORLD, LITERALLY RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM US. SO IF YOU KNOW VETERANS, PLEASE THANK THEM AND CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. NOT AN ISSUE, BUT AN EVENT COMING UP. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUTS ON THE ANNUAL PRAYER BREAKFAST. IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH. HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU EARLY RISERS. BE THERE ABOUT 7:00 A.M. FOR BREAKFAST. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A SCHEDULE PLANNED ON SPEAKERS. AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE KIND OF WHAT CLINT SAID ABOUT WHAT THANKSGIVING IS ABOUT IS BEING AWARE OF ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE HAVE, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO DON'T HAVE AS MUCH. HERE'S A CHANCE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE'VE ALL RECEIVED. SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. FISH PANTRY HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND IT SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT. BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN. I WAS AT THE FISH PANTRY LAST WEEK HELPING WITH THE CHRISTMAS FAMILY REGISTRATION AND THE LINE OF CARS TO RECEIVE FOOD WENT OUT ONTO THUNDERBIRD ROAD. OUR FISH PANTRY DOES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF GOOD WORK FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU CAN HELP IN ANY WAY AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WHETHER IT'S A FEW DOLLARS OR DROPPING OFF SOME CANNED GOODS OR OTHER FOOD ITEMS EVEN IF YOU CAN JUST DROP OFF PAPER BAGS, THEY HAND OUT FOOD AND PAPER BAGS. SO THAT'S THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE FISH PANTRY. THEY DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO ALSO COMMENT THAT IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY, OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, EMILY, HAS REALLY WORKED HARD THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO TALK TO STAFF, TO MEET WITH STAFF. WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN IN TOWN HERE, CHUCK STOUT, WHO HAS PUT ON SEVERAL ASK OR EXCUSE ME, BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYOR, EVENTS WHERE YOU CAN COME. [00:35:01] AND WE'VE HAD GOOD TURNOUTS FOR THOSE. THE NEXT ONE IS DECEMBER THE 9TH AT THE SENIOR CENTER. SO IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO THOSE EVENTS. AND I WILL ADD MY LAST COMMENT IS TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY. PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE. WE'VE GOT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, SAFETY LEVIES. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COUNCIL. PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE. OUR COUNTRY IS A COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS ITS CITIZENS TO CHOOSE THEIR LEADERSHIP. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN SOME OTHER COUNTRIES WITH MY MILITARY BACKGROUND AND MY PEACE CORPS INVOLVEMENT, AND NOT EVERY COUNTRY ALLOWS CITIZENS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO CHOOSE WHO REPRESENT US. AND THAT'S WHAT VOTING IS ABOUT IN THIS COUNTRY. YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO PICK PEOPLE TO REPRESENT YOU. SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR BUSINESS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. CHESS. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MS. REASTER. YES. STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.