[I.	Call to Order]
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          JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. KIRKPATRICK? HERE. MR. ALLEN? HERE. MISS CHESS? HERE. MR. FRITZSCHE? HERE. MR. MCCUBBINS? HERE. MISS REASTER? HERE. 
          MR. 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 YOU WOULD PLEASE SILENCE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES. 
          [IV.	Minutes – Consider approval of the minutes of the November 3, 2025, Council Work Session and the November 3, 2025, Regular Meeting.]
OKAY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF
THE NOVEMBER 3RD COUNCIL WORK SESSION. 
          ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          THE MINUTES OF THE, EXCUSE ME, THE NOVEMBER 3RD COUNCIL WORK SESSION ARE APPROVED AS
WRITTEN. 
          NEXT, WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 3RD 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 NOVEMBER 3RD REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ARE APPROVED AS
WRITTEN. 
          OKAY. WE DO HAVE A PIECE OF PRESCHEDULED BUSINESS. 
          [V.	Prescheduled]
I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO JOIN ME. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ. 
          ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT BEING ON COUNCIL HERE IS WE GET TO DO PROCLAMATIONS EVERY ONCE
IN A WHILE, AND THIS IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL PROCLAMATION. 
          BUT I'M GOING TO ASK A YOUNG LADY IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE COME UP HERE ALONG WITH HER
MOTHER, KRISTEN. PLEASE COME UP HERE. THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
ONE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY STANDS OUT. 
          AND TONIGHT, WE HAVE A YOUNG LADY HERE WHO HAS DONE SOME OUTSTANDING THINGS FOR THE
COMMUNITY. 
          SO LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION TO EXPLAIN IT ALL. 
          WHEREAS KRISTEN HILDEBRECHT ACHIEVED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT UPON COMPLETION OF HER EAGLE
SCOUT PROJECT BENEFITING FAIRBORN MERCER SMITH HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1799, AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF HER EAGLE SCOUT BOARD OF
REVIEW ON NOVEMBER THE 9TH, 2025. AND WHEREAS, KRISTEN HILDEBRECHT HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF FAIRBORN TROOP 72 SINCE MARCH
OF 2019, WHERE SHE SERVED AS THE SENIOR PATROL LEADER FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS,
FOLLOWED BY A TEN YEAR AS ASSISTANT SENIOR PATROL LEADER AND TROOP GUIDE. 
          AND WHEREAS, KRISTEN HILDEBRECHT, THROUGH HER SCOUTING AMERICA JOURNEY,
SERVED AS A YOUNG PILLAR OF OUR FAIRBORN COMMUNITY THROUGH SCOUTING FOR FOOD THAT REPLENISH SHELVES AT THE FAIRBORN FISH PANTRY,
SHE SERVED THANKSGIVING DINNERS AT THE FAIRBORN SENIOR CENTER. 
          SHE MARCHED IN THE FAIRBORN 4TH OF JULY PARADES,
AND SHE CLEANED DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN AND RONA PARKS. 
          SMILING. YEAH. AND WHEREAS KRISTEN HILDEBRECHT HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE JUNIOR AIR
FORCE ROTC AT FAIRBORN HIGH SCHOOL SINCE 2022, WHERE SHE EXCELLED AS A LEADER AND EARNED THE MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA JUNIOR ROTC AWARD. 
          THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT. 
          THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812,
NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE ROTC MEDAL AND ACHIEVED THE RANK OF CADET SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT. AND WHEREAS, KRISTINE HILDEBRECHT HAS EARNED 25 MERIT BADGES,
WAS SELECTED TO THE ORDER OF THE ARROW, AND WAS A 2023 OUTSTANDING YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR SCOUTING AMERICA IN
TECUMSEH, COUNCIL. AND WHEREAS KRISTINE HILDEBRECHT IS THE FIRST FEMALE OF A FAIRBORN SCOUT TROOP TO
HAVE EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DANIEL R. KIRKPATRICK,
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, DECLARE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH AS KRISTEN HILDEBRECHT EAGLE SCOUT DAY IN THE GREAT CITY OF FAIRBORN. 
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[APPLAUSE]. 
          YOU GET A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          I'D SAY WHEN MY BROTHER WAS IN BOY SCOUTS, I ENJOYED ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT BOY
SCOUTS HAD. 
          I MEAN, THEY HAD CAMPING THEY HAD DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES,
LIKE MERIT BADGES. 
          SADLY, I COULDN'T DO THEM BECAUSE I WASN'T A SCOUT YET. 
          I WOULD GO TO MEETINGS WITH MY BROTHER, AND I WOULD BE LIKE,
I WAS ONE OF THE SCOUTS. 
          NO, I WASN'T. THANKFULLY, ON THE NEWS. THEY ALLOWED GIRLS INTO BOY SCOUTS AND I'M LIKE,
MOM, I WANT TO JOIN. SO THANKFULLY I GOT TO JOIN. I BECAME A WEBELOS 1 AND THEN A WEBELOS 2, AND THEN I CROSSED OVER TO BECOME A BOY SCOUT. 
          AT THE VERY, IN THE VERY BEGINNING, I WAS EXPECTING TO BE RESPECTED. 
          THAT DIDN'T REALLY COME VERY WELL FOR ME. I HAD TO LEARN THAT NO MATTER WHAT, IF YOU'RE A FEMALE, IF YOU'RE A MALE,
EVERYONE'S TOGETHER. 
          AND EVEN WHEN I BECAME A SENIOR PATROL LEADER,
I BASICALLY, I UNIFIED THE TROOP. I MADE SURE EVERYONE WAS INVOLVED. 
          AND EVEN IF ONE PERSON FELT LIKE THEY WASN'T REALLY INVOLVED,
I WANTED TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND MADE SURE THEY WERE. 
          AND SADLY, I HAD TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SENIOR PATROL LEADER TO BECOME A TROOP GUIDE
BECAUSE I WAS WORKING ON MY EAGLE PROJECT. OH MY GOD, IT TOOK SO LONG TO FIGURE OUT A PROJECT. 
          THANKFULLY, I HAD SOME HELP FROM THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE AND MR. KIRKPATRICK TO FIGURE OUT AN EAGLE PROJECT TO BUILD TWO BENCHES FOR THE MERCER SMITH HOUSE
HERE IN FAIRBORN. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO BUILD BENCH,
BUT THANKFULLY I ASKED AROUND AND MY LEADERS HELPED ME OUT. AND NOW I KNOW. 
          NOW I KNOW HOW TO BUILD A BENCH. FROM THAT EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING HOW TO BUILD A BENCH, TO PULLING EVERYONE TOGETHER TO HELP ME WITH MY EAGLE
PROJECT. 
          I UNDERSTOOD WHY AN EAGLE PROJECT IS SO HARD TO DO. 
          IT INVOLVES A LOT OF HARD WORK, A LOT OF HARD WORK. 
          AND IN THE END, WHEN I GOT TO MY BOARD OF REVIEW,
I WAS VERY SCARED THAT I WASN'T GOING TO BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT. 
          THANKFULLY, AS MY MOM, AS A CHEERLEADER. FOR SIX MONTHS STRAIGHT,
SHE HAS BEEN UP MY BUTT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AN EAGLE PROJECT. 
          AND SHE'S LIKE, COME ON. FORGET ABOUT THE, FORGET ABOUT THE BOARD OF REVIEW. 
          YOU HAVE THE EAGLE RANK. NO MATTER WHAT. OH,
GOD, I WAS SCARED, BUT I WENT IN IT CONFIDENT FOR TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT. I WAS MAKING SURE THAT I WAS AT LEAST MAKING SURE
I HAD 
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GOOD VIBES, VERY CONFIDENT. AND WHEN I GOT TO IT,
I'M LIKE, OKAY HOW CAN I ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN THE VERY END? I'M LIKE,
OKAY, THIS WASN'T THAT HARD. 
          I WAS GETTING MYSELF OVERWHELMED OVER NOTHING. 
          BUT STANDING HERE FOUND OUT THAT I WAS THE FIRST FEMALE IN FAIRBORN TO GET EAGLE SCOUT, WHICH I STILL CANNOT WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT. 
          IT STILL SURPRISES ME. AND TO SUM IT UP, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING TO HELPING ME OUT,
TO BEING BEHIND ME. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL MY MENTORS THAT I'VE LOOKED UP TO THROUGHOUT ALL THE YEARS
OF SCOUTING, JROTC AND IN MY LIFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. 
          ALL I CAN SAY IS I'M PROUD. I NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO DO ANY OF THIS STUFF WHEN I WAS A
KID. 
          THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT FOR GIRLS TO GET INTO THE BOY SCOUTS,
SO FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, I THINK IS AN ACHIEVEMENT ALL ITSELF. I'M JUST VERY PROUD. 
          THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY IS I'M JUST VERY PROUD. 
          THERE WILL BE AN EAGLE SCOUT, COURT OF HONOR. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THE TROOPS PICKED A DATE YET FOR THAT,
BUT WE'LL LET FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR YOUTH IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN,
AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR YOUTH CAN ACHIEVE. 
          AND I TOLD CHRISTIAN, SOMEDAY I EXPECT TO SEE HER SITTING UP HERE,
SO WE'LL SEE. 
          OH, NO. OH. NO. IS HE SERIOUS? YEAH, I THINK WE LOST A FEW FOLKS THERE. ALL RIGHT,
LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR OLD BUSINESS. 
          [VI.	Old Business]
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 27-25 FOR THE SECOND 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. 
          ROBERT MCCLURE, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR PRESENTING. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS ONE THAT WE DO ANNUALLY. 
          IT'S THE NON-UNION PAY SCHEDULE UPDATE, AND IT COINCIDES WITH ALL OF THE CONTRACT
BARGAINING UNIT AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE. AND IT'S A 3% INCREASE. 
          AND THE CURRENT PAY SCHEDULE IS GET ADOPTED. AND WE ALSO HAVE TO REPEAL THE OLD ONE. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR COMING TO YOU TONIGHT. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 27-25. 
          IT'S A PAY SCHEDULE COLA ADJUSTMENTS FOR NON-UNION EMPLOYEES,
AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 27-24. 
          OKAY, BEFORE WE COME TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS ORDINANCE 27-25 REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL COME BACK TO
COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN PRITCHETT. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO QUESTIONS ROBIN,
THANK YOU, NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. NONE FOR ME. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANKS, ROBIN. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. AS WE MENTIONED,
THIS IS JUST AN ANNUAL THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 
          OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE READ ON THREE
SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND ORDINANCE 27-25 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY? 
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SO MOVED. SECOND. SHALL WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MISS CHESS? YES. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MISS REASTER? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. ORDINANCE 27-25 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING PAY SCHEDULES FOR
NON-BARGAINING UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 27-24. 
          THANK YOU. MIKE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 27-25? SO MOVED. SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL JULIE. 
          MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MISS REASTER? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MISS CHESS? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YAY. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. ORDINANCE 27-25 IS DULY ADOPTED. 
          IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ ORDINANCE 28-25 FOR THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY. 
          SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 28-25, AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE PAY GRADE ALLOCATION LIST FOR CERTAIN
NON-BARGAINING POSITIONS, RE-GRADING POSITIONS, CREATING A NEW POSITION. 
          ROBIN MCCLURE, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR PRESENTING. 
          WELCOME AGAIN. THANKS. THIS IS ONE THAT WE TAKE,
WE BRING POSITIONS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS TO YOU GUYS WHEN WE NEED TO REGRADE POSITIONS BASED ON UPGRADED QUALIFICATIONS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE
POSITION OR IF JOB DUTIES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. 
          SO WHENEVER THERE'S A PAY GRADE ALLOCATION LIST CHANGE,
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. 
          TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LABORATORY TECHNICIAN. WE HAD A CURRENT,
WE HAVE A CURRENT LABORATORY ANALYST POSITION, AND IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS EVERYTHING CHANGES. 
          THIS POSITION IS AT OUR WATER RECLAMATION CENTER,
AND IT WAS REEVALUATED WITH OUR POINT FACTOR SYSTEM. 
          AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT SHOULD BE REGRADED FROM 1137 TO 1140. 
          AND THIS THIS RECLASSIFICATION WILL SUPPORT RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND ALIGN WITH THE WATER
RECLAMATION CENTER'S OVERALL SUCCESSION PLAN AS WELL. 
          IN ADDITION, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE VICTIM WITNESS DIVISION. 
          THE ENTIRE DIVISION IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. 
          OVER THE PAST YEAR FAIRBORN MUNICIPAL COURT ADDED A SECOND JUDGE TO BETTER MANAGE ITS
GROWING CASELOAD. 
          THE CHANGE HAS CREATED A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR VICTIM ADVOCATES TO BE PRESENT IN THREE
COURTROOMS DURING CRIMINAL HEARINGS. 
          AS THAT CASELOAD IS INCREASED, THE TIME AFFORDED 42. 
          THE CURRENT STAFF TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE VICTIMS HAS DECREASED. 
          SO THIS RECLASSIFICATION WILL SUPPORT RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND ALIGN WITH THE VICTIM
WITNESS DIVISION OVER THEIR SUCCESSION PLAN. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THE VICTIM WITNESS COORDINATOR. 
          THIS POSITION HAS BEEN UPDATED AND HAS BEEN RESCORED FROM 1139 TO 1142 TO REMAIN
COMPETITIVE AND SUPPORT RECRUITMENT AND SUCCESSION PLANNING WITHIN THE DIVISION. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO ADD SO BOTH THE LABORATORY POSITION AND THE VICTIM WITNESS POSITION,
CURRENTLY BOTH OF THEIR THOSE ROLES, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THEM FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SO IT WAS TIME TO UPGRADE THESE,
BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TIME TO RECRUIT FOR NEW LEADERS, AT THAT POINT THEY WILL NEED TO BE AT THIS LEVEL. 
          SECOND IS CREATING A NEW POSITION CALLED A DEPUTY COORDINATOR VICTIM WITNESS. 
          THIS IS ALL PART OF THE SUCCESSION PLAN OF VICTIM WITNESS IS HAVING SOMEONE WHO'S SECOND
IN COMMAND THERE. 
          THIS WAS ALSO SCORED AND EVALUATED WITH THE POINT VECTOR SYSTEM AND PLACED AT A PAY GRADE
OF 1138, AND THAT WILL ASSIST WITH CONTINUITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE DIVISION.
LASTLY, THE VICTIM WITNESS ADVOCATE. THIS JOB DESCRIPTION REFLECTS CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES,
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND IT WAS ALSO SCORED AND UPGRADED FROM 1132 TO 1136 TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH THE, WITHIN THE DIVISION STRUCTURE AND SUPPORT THEIR
FUTURE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. 
          THESE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD AND APPROVED ON OCTOBER 17TH AND
29TH RESPECTIVELY. 
          AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 28-25. 
          THANK YOU ROBIN. ORDINANCE 28-25 ALSO REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING,
SO WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 28-25. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME BACK TO
COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. NO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT,
THAT'S REALLY. 
          IT TAKES A LOT, YOU KNOW, TO STAY IN A POSITION FOR THAT LONG AND NOT,
YOU KNOW, LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, REVISE TALKING ABOUT PAY GRADE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THAT. APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ROBIN, YOU SAID ALL FOUR OF THESE POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED. 
          ARE ANY OF THEM VACANT? THE NEW POSITION, THE DEPUTY ONE IS VACANT. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE IS YEAH FULL. HOW OFTEN DO WE GO THROUGH AND RECLASSIFY AND REGRADE
POSITIONS? 
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IS IT JUST ON A DEMAND OR. IT'S BASED ON NEED AND SUCCESSION TIME. 
          I MEAN, WHENEVER THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF A TURNOVER OR SOME KIND OF NEXT,
YOU KNOW, LIKE HONESTLY ANY POSITION THAT COMES OPEN, IF THERE'S NEW QUALIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE
THERE, LIKE EVEN I CAN SPEAK ON THIS ONE. THIS WAS THIS IS INTERESTING TO ME. 
          SO, LIKE AND IT'S ONE OF OUR BARGAINING UNIT AGREEMENTS. 
          SO IT ISN'T EVEN SOMETHING WE CAN MESS WITH. BUT THE EQUIPMENT MECHANICS,
RIGHT. 
          THEY'RE NOW WORKING ON ELECTRONIC VEHICLES, RIGHT? ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THEY'VE NEVER HAD TO
DO THAT BEFORE. 
          IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SKILL SET. IT'S ADDITIONAL,
YOU KNOW, AND THAT HAPPENS WITHIN ALL KINDS OF POSITIONS IN THE CITY, SO. THANK YOU. SURE. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANKS. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ROBIN,
I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE THE THE BUILT IN SUCCESSION PLANNING. I'M A HUGE ADVOCATE OF SUCCESSION PLANNING AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
POSITION OURSELVES FOR THE EVENT THAT THE LEADER STEPS OUT AND WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, SO ALL GOOD. THANK YOU. YEAH,
I WOULD AGREE WITH CLINT'S COMMENTS ON THE SUCCESSION PLAN. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SEE US BUILDING THAT IN AND CONTINUING TO GROW OUR PEOPLE FROM WITHIN. 
          SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANKS, ROBIN. A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THESE AND IT'S VERY OBVIOUS
THIS ONE TOOK QUITE A BIT. 
          SO THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE
READ ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND ORDINANCE 28-25 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MISS CHESS? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MISS REASTER? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. ORDINANCE 28-25. AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE PAY GRADE ALLOCATION
LIST FOR CERTAIN NON-BARGAINING POSITIONS, RE-GRADING POSITIONS AND CREATING A NEW POSITION. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2825. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MISS REASTER? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MISS CHESS? YES. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. ORDINANCE 28-25 IS DULY ADOPTED. 
          NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 29-25 FOR THE SECOND 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. CO-PRESENTING MICHAEL GEBHART, CITY MANAGER,
AND HILLARY BROWNING, FINANCE DIRECTOR. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU'LL SEE ME JUST FOR A SECOND. 
          THE BULK OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE DONE BY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR,
SO. 
          AGAIN, ORDINANCE 29-25, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED CITY BUDGET FOR 2026. 
          SO TONIGHT WE'RE PRESENTING THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE 2026 ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. 
          THIS ORDINANCE SETS THE MAXIMUM SPENDING LEVELS FOR EACH FUND AND DEPARTMENT NEXT YEAR,
AND IT AUTHORIZES THE PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO KEEP THE CITY OPERATING EFFECTIVELY IN 2026. 
          THIS IS THE FINAL STEP IN THE BUDGET PROCESS,
AND THAT ENSURES ALL PLANNED SPENDING IS TRANSPARENT, BALANCED AND ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL'S GOALS. THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS MORE THAN A FINANCIAL
DOCUMENT. 
          IT'S THE CITY'S OPERATIONAL ROADMAP. IT INCLUDES OUR BEGINNING CASH BALANCES,
REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR 2026, OPERATIONAL AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS,
AND OUR PROJECTED ENDING BALANCES. 
          IT ENSURES THAT COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND HOW RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED,
AND HOW THOSE DECISIONS SUPPORT THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF THE CITY. 
          SO HERE'S THE TIMELINE FOR THE BUDGET. WORK ON THE BUDGET BEGAN IN MARCH DURING COUNCIL'S
ANNUAL GOAL SETTING WORK SESSION. 
          DURING THE RETREAT FROM MAY THROUGH JULY, STAFF REFINED PERSONAL PROJECTIONS,
UPDATED REVENUE FORECASTS, AND DEVELOPED THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE 2026 CIP,
OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN AUGUST. 
          IN SEPTEMBER, DEPARTMENTS WORKED WITH FINANCE TO FINALIZE THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS. 
          THE ANNUAL WORK SESSION WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 13TH AND TONIGHT ORDINANCE 29-25 COMES FORWARD
FOR APPROVAL FOLLOWING THE REQUIRED READINGS AND PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. 
          AGAIN, YOUR CITY COUNCIL GOALS FOR 2026. THESE THE BUDGET ALIGNS WITH THOSE. 
          THEY INCLUDE PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY, ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE,
BUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST, SUPPORTING ECONOMIC GROWTH, RETAINING AND DEVELOPING OUR WORKFORCE,
AND PROMOTING LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. 
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THAT, IN A NUTSHELL, IS WHAT DRIVES WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE THIS EVENING. 
          AND SO, I AM GOING TO TURN THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR,
HILARY BROWNING. 
          THANK YOU MIKE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SO I'M GOING TO COVER THE NUMBERS SIDE OF THIS PRESENTATION. 
          TODAY, WE ARE SEEKING AUTHORITY FOR A $101,684,846 APPROPRIATION FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS. SOME OF OUR TOP HIGHLIGHTS HERE IS A GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION AMOUNT OF ABOUT 24
MILLION. 
          FIRE FOR 10.1 MILLION. POLICE FOR 10.3 MILLION. 
          OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND STREET DEPARTMENTS FOR 8. 
          CAPITAL FOR 8. WATER FOR 5.3. SEWER FOR 6.9. SANITATION FOR 4.4. 
          GARAGE FOR 2. AND OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS OUT OF OUR DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS 11.4
MILLION. 
          ALL OF OUR OTHER FUNDS, WE HAVE MANY, WE HAVE ABOUT 70 TOTAL FUNDS. 
          BUT OUR SMALLER FUNDS ARE ALL AGGREGATED HERE,
ABOUT 10.8 MILLION, FOR A TOTAL OF 101,684,846. 
          WE ARE CALLING FOR A USE OF CASH RESERVE OF ABOUT 3 MILLION. 
          BUT OF THAT 3 MILLION, 2.4 IS FROM THREE MP PROCEEDS. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE HERE THAT WE TOOK THOSE PFAS PROCEEDS HERE IN THIS FISCAL
YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2025. WE'RE SAVING THEM. WE'VE INVESTED THEM. 
          WE'RE HOLDING ON TO THEM BECAUSE OUR BONDS DO NOT BECOME MATURE UNTIL FEBRUARY. 
          YOU CAN'T PREPAY BONDS, SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE BOND MATURITY COME INTO PLAY,
AND THAT IS IN FEBRUARY. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE THAT USE OF CASH RESERVE. BUT IT'S TRULY CASH THAT WE'VE SAVED THIS YEAR FOR
A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE. 
          SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT TO PRESENT YOU HERE WITH A VERY BALANCED BUDGET. 
          THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT JUST SHOWS THAT MOVEMENT,
THE MOVEMENT FROM THE GENERAL FUND VIA TRANSFER TO DEBT SERVICE, OF THAT $2.4 MILLION SHOWING THAT $3 MILLION USE OF CASH RESERVE. 
          FAIRBORN MAJOR SOURCES OF REVENUE INCLUDE INCOME TAX,
CHARGES FOR SERVICES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES, SUCH AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND, STATE HIGH AND,
STATE AND LOCAL HIGHWAY PROCEEDS PERMISSIVE TAXES AS WELL AS PROPERTY TAXES. AND THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE THINGS. 
          THE MAJORITY OF OUR INCOME TAXES ARE SUPPORTING A GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE,
SUCH AS THE GENERAL FUND, POLICE, FIRE AND CAPITAL. AND OUR PROPERTY TAX PROCEEDS ARE MOSTLY SUPPORTING OUR POLICE
AND FIRE FUNDS THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TAX LEVIES, AS WELL AS A SMALL INSIDE MILLAGE TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OVERALL, WE ARE EXPECTING REVENUES TO BE ABOUT FLAT IN 2026 WITH OUR CURRENT 2025 PICTURE. 
          WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY HUGE ECONOMIC SHIFTS IN THE HORIZON. 
          SO THIS IS A VERY FLAT REVENUE FORECAST. IN TERMS OF OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET. 
          THIS IS JUST A PIE THAT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR FUNDS. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE CAN'T MOVE BUDGET. 
          WE CAN'T MOVE CASH BETWEEN THESE FUNDS. WE ARE BOUND TO THESE LITTLE PIE BOUNDARIES SHOULD
WE NEED TO MOVE THEM, WE HAVE TO SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO DO SO. IN TERMS OF OUR POSITION COUNTS. 
          JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THEM. IN THE GENERAL FUND,
WE HAVE 85 POSITIONS. 
          IN FIRE AND EMS, THEY HAVE TWO FUNDS. THEY HAVE 63.5 BUDGETED POSITIONS. 
          STREETS BETWEEN THEIR TWO FUNDS, THEY HAVE 12 POSITIONS. 
          POLICE AT 76, COURTS AT 10, WATER AT 16, SEWER AT 17,
SANITATION AT 5, GARAGE HAS TWO FUNDS, BETWEEN THEM THERE'S 8 POSITIONS. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HAS 5. 
          AND ALL OTHER FUNDS, THERE'S NUMEROUS OTHER SMALL GRANT FUNDS THAT MIGHT HAVE,
YOU KNOW, 0.5 OF AN FTE OR 0.25 FTE. 
          WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL OF THOSE GRANT FUNDS, IT IS SIX FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS. 
          AND FOR THIS BUDGET, WE HAVE 303.5 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS. 
          WHEN WE MADE THE BUDGET AND WORKED THROUGH THE NUMBERS IN OCTOBER,
WE HAD 279 FILLED POSITIONS. 
          FIRE AND POLICE HAVE SINCE FILLED SOME, SO THERE'S BEEN SOME UPDATES THERE. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS WHEN WE MADE THE BUDGET. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY TOP LINE THEY ARE AS PRESENTED IN OUR PRIOR SLIDES,
BUT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATION EXACT AS YOU SEE IT IN YOUR LEGISLATION TODAY. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR EXPENSE TYPES, OUR THREE MAJOR TYPES OF EXPENSES ARE OPERATING,
DEBT SERVICE AND CAPITAL OUTLAY. 
          THE PROPORTION IS 75% OPERATING EXPENSE TO 11% CAPITAL AND 14% DEBT SERVICE. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO REDUCE THAT DEBT SERVICE NUMBER SO THAT WE
CAN INCREASE OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY. 
          2026 BUDGET PROVISIONS FOR A LARGE PAY DOWN AND REFUNDING BOND,
WHICH WILL ACTUALLY HAVE ITS FIRST READING TODAY. 
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SO WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE GREAT PROGRESS HERE. AND WE'LL BRING THIS SLIDE BACK IN THE FUTURE
FISCAL YEAR. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, THERE'S MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN IT. 
          I WON'T HIT EVERYONE, BUT THESE ARE ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT LIMITS IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          IN THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL. THOSE ARE TRANSFERS OUT THAT WE MAKE TO SUPPORT OTHER OPERATING
FUNDS, WHETHER IT BE POLICE, FIRE, CAPITAL PROJECTS,
DEBT SERVICE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSFERS OUT THAT THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTS OTHER PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS
IN, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IN TERMS OF OUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK,
AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT $3 MILLION USE OF CASH RESERVE IN 2026, THAT REDUCES IN 2027. AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE REDUCED OUR DEBT. 
          WHEN WE REDUCE OUR DEBT, WE REDUCE THOSE ANNUAL PAYMENTS. 
          AND SO THE EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED TO BE LOWER. 
          BUT WE WILL START TO KIND OF GROW INTO SOME DEFICIT SPENDING THROUGH THE YEARS. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR. I THINK THAT BREAK EVEN YEARS
KIND OF 2029, WHEN WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH CASH IS BEING USED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND WHETHER
IT'S EXPENSES OR REVENUES REALLY LOOKING AT THE FULL PICTURE. 
          THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE KIND OF PICTORIAL. 
          AND YOU CAN AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT BREAK POINT THERE IN 2029 WHERE THINGS START TO KIND
OF GO DOWN A PRECIPICE. 
          SO WE NEVER WANT TO GET TO THAT POINT. SO AS WE GET CLOSER,
WE CAN START TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT FOR NOW, 2026 AND 2027 AND EVEN 2028 LOOK STRONG. 
          ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE ECONOMY, THOUGH. WE ARE,
YOU KNOW, WE ARE HEAVILY RELIANT ON INCOME TAX, WHICH IS A VERY REVENUE SOURCE THAT'S VERY DRIVEN BY LOCAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. 
          WITH THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE 29-25. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. BOTH YOU AND MIKE. 
          OKAY. ORDINANCE 29-25 ALSO REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 29 DASH 25. 
          PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD,
WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 29-25. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE READ ON THREE
SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND ORDINANCE 29-25 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MISS REASTER? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MISS CHESS? YES. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. 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. THANK YOU MIKE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 29-25? I FORGOT THE COMMENTS. OH, I'M SORRY WE DID FORGET TO DO THAT. 
          YES. SO LET'S COME BACK TO COMMENTS FROM I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY,
BUT. 
          FOLLOWING MY SCRIPT HERE. THAT'S AWESOME. ALL RIGHT,
CLINT, YOU'RE UP. 
          NO, I DO ACTUALLY, I DO ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMENT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT PREPARING THE BUDGET,
YOU KNOW, WE START IN MARCH, AND IT TAKES ALL THAT TIME, NO DOUBT. AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT. 
          AND I DO ALSO APPRECIATE THE, THE EFFORT TO YOU KNOW,
FOCUS ON DEBT SERVICE REDUCTION. 
          I THINK THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          AS A COUNCIL WE'VE GOT ONE THING WE GOT TO GET RIGHT. 
          AND THAT IS PASS A BALANCED BUDGET. SO I THINK MIKE'S ALREADY OUTLINED HOW LONG IT TAKES
AND THE RIGOR THAT GOES INTO THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO WANT TO CALL OUT SPECIFICALLY THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR SUPPORT IN
IN REALLY TRYING TO SLIM DOWN AND TAKE SOME SACRIFICES FOR THIS THIS PARTICULAR YEAR BECAUSE
WE HAVE A TARGET TO, TO REDUCE THE DEBT. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 
          I MEAN THIS IS A FULL BODY WORK. AND I WANT TO CALL OUT EVERYONE POLICE,
FIRE, ENGINEERING, PUBLIC WORKS, THE COURTS, LEGAL, FINANCE, HR PARKS AND REC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          CAN'T FORGET YOU. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT TAKES A LOT TO BRING THIS TOGETHER AND PRESENT
IT AS A BALANCED BUDGET 
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THAT WE CAN KNOW THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH 2026 AND STILL HAVE SOME SET ASIDE FOR EMERGENCIES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MAY POP UP. 
          SO GREAT WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY BREAK THIS
DOWN INTO LAYMAN'S TERMS, BECAUSE FINANCE IS IT'S A VERY BIG AND CUMBERSOME THING,
ESPECIALLY WITH A BUDGET AS LARGE AS A CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU AS THE DIRECTOR FOR DOING THAT. I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY. 
          I APPRECIATE THE OPEN CHECKBOOK. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER PIE
CHARTS FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY LIKE THEM. 
          AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, FOR THE SECOND TIME TONIGHT,
I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT CLINT SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE WE MAKE GOOD USE OF OUR TAXPAYERS
MONEYS, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS IN THAT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I ECHO EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES JUST SAID. 
          YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND ALSO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HILLARY,
REMIND ME I KNOW WE CAN'T BE AT ZERO ON THE DEBT SERVICE PERCENTAGE, BUT OPTIMALLY, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE US TO BE? YOU KNOW, I THINK A GOOD NUMBER IS PROBABLY BETWEEN 10 AND 12%. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT BY THE FUNDS. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WHERE I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE TOO MUCH DEBT SERVICE IS ON THE WATER SIDE. 
          WE WANT TO SEE THAT, WE WANT TO SEE MORE LONG TERM DEBT INSTRUMENTS INSTEAD OF THE SHORT
DEBT INSTRUMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ISSUING, BECAUSE THEY COST MORE AND THEY HAVE HIGHER INTEREST RATES. 
          AND BECAUSE YOU DO EITHER HAVE TO ROLL THEM OR PAY THEM OFF ANNUALLY. 
          WE HAVE A SMALL UTILITY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
YOU KNOW, REVENUE IS GOING TO BE SMALLER. 
          SO IN ORDER FOR US TO PAY OFF A LARGE PROJECT OVER TIME,
WE REALLY WANT TO SPREAD THOSE PAYMENTS OUT. 
          UTILITIES SPECIFICALLY CAN CARRY DEBT SERVICE FOR 40 YEARS. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT LIFESPAN,
BECAUSE WHEN WE BUILD SOMETHING AS EXPENSIVE AS A WATER TOWER THAT IS GOING TO LAST A GENERATION, WE WANT TO SPREAD IT OUT OVER THE GENERATION. 
          SO I WOULD SAY IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT NOT ISSUING THE DEBT. 
          IT'S ABOUT BEING, YOU KNOW, MORE SAVVY ABOUT THE DEBT THAT WE ISSUE WITH THE REVENUE THAT
WE HAVE. 
          AND CHOOSING THAT RIGHT DEBT INSTRUMENT FOR THE PROJECT. 
          BOTH LIKE THE LIFESPAN OF THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO THE FUNDING SOURCE OF THE PROJECT. 
          I THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW,
WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON WITH REGARD TO DEBT SERVICE. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE INVEST IN IS GOING TO IS GOING TO
REALLY LAST. 
          WHEN WE ISSUE DEBT, WHEN WE ISSUE A SECURITY THAT'S MEANT TO BE TEN,
15, 20, 30 YEARS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT FULL LIFESPAN OUT OF THAT THING. 
          YES. THANK YOU. I TOO WILL ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY SAID ABOUT KUDOS TO EVERYONE FOR PUTTING
THIS BUDGET TOGETHER. 
          AND I'M REMINDED EVERY YEAR WHEN I GO THROUGH IT LINE BY LINE,
AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS, REALIZE WHY I DIDN'T BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, NOT TO BE REPETITIVE,
BUT I WILL BE. 
          SO I WAS JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK ON THIS. 
          LOOKING FOR THE EXTRA MONEY TO OFFSET YOUR YEAR TWO ATTENTION TO THE DEBT,
WHICH IS WONDERFUL. 
          AND WHAT MARY SAID I TOTALLY AGREE WITH. I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT THE WORK SESSION WHERE
THIS WAS EXPLAINED AND HOW IT WAS PRESENTED. 
          IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, MY APOLOGIES TO COUNCIL FOR MISSING COUNCIL
COMMENTS. 
          I EVEN MADE A WHOLE SERIES OF NOTES HERE TO ASK YOU. 
          SO FIRST OF ALL, THE PFAS FUNDING, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. 
          I ALSO WANT TO ADD MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE PIE CHARTS. 
          YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT PIE CHARTS. I'M OLD SCHOOL. 
          TO ME, IT'S JUST MUCH EASIER. EXPLAINS HOW THINGS WORK. 
          IT. EVERY TIME I HEAR THESE NUMBERS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FTES,
THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT THE CITY HAS TO MAKE THIS FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY RUN, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO THANKS TO YOU. 
          THANKS TO ALL OF THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          I KNOW THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT GETS DONE OVERNIGHT. 
          A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THIS, AND I'M ALSO VERY GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE DEBT SERVICE,
HOW WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THAT DOWN. 
          THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE
READ ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND ORDINANCE 29-25 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. SHALL WE PLEASE? WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. 
          OKAY, WELL, I WAS COMING BACK JUST FOLLOWING THE SCRIPT. OKAY,
SO MIKE IS GOING TO READ IT AGAIN. 
          OKAY. MIKE. ORDINANCE 25. 29-25, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET,
ADOPT APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES, 
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AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MONIES OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN,
OHIO, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. NOW, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 29? PARDON? SHE WAS JUST LAUGHING. IT'S GOOD. NO. 
          I'M GOOD. I THOUGHT YOU WERE STOPPING ME AGAIN. 
          OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE? SO MOVED. SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MISS CHESS? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MISS REASTER? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. ORDINANCE 29-25 IS DULY ADOPTED. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ALONG HERE. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ ORDINANCE 30-25 FOR THE
SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 30-25, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF 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. 
          MANUEL JACOBS, CITY ENGINEER, PRESENTING. GOOD EVENING,
MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. TODAY I'M PLAYING THE PART OF DOUG BONEY WHO WAS UNABLE TO
GIVE THIS PRESENTATION. 
          SO I'M HERE TO GO OVER OUR ANNUAL TRAFFIC CODE UPDATES. 
          AS MIKE JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS TO GO THROUGH. 
          IT'S ABOUT SIX TOTAL. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE AND GOING THROUGH IT. 
          I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR FIRST ITEM OF THE EVENING,
IT'S NEW INTERSECTIONS. 
          AS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT EXPANDS AND GROWS WITHIN THE CITY,
NEW INTERSECTIONS AND NEW ROADWAYS ARE INSTALLED. 
          TRAFFIC CONTROL NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED AT THESE INTERSECTIONS. 
          WHEREVER, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY INSTALL AND WHICHEVER TRAFFIC CONTROL APPROPRIATELY IS
DETERMINED, WHETHER IT'S A YIELD SIGN OR A STOP SIGN FOR THESE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES TO BE
ENFORCEABLE BY LAW, WE NEED TO HAVE LAW IN PLACE SPECIFYING AND DICTATING WHERE THESE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
ARE. 
          SO THIS LEGISLATION FOR NEW INTERSECTIONS WOULD COME INTO PLACE FOR HILLSIDE MEADOWS
SUBDIVISION. 
          PHASE 1 JUST WAS COMPLETED HERE. LITERALLY, THEY FINISHED THE SURFACE FOR IT LAST WEEK. 
          SO WE HAVE INTERSECTIONS AT THAT SUBDIVISION. 
          WE HAVE YIELD SIGNS AND STOP SIGNS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR LIST OF
ENFORCEABLE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. 
          SO THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO INCLUDE. 
          AND THAT'S IT FOR NEW INTERSECTIONS. SO MOVING ON,
I HAVE TWO TRAFFIC CONTROL CHANGES. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS AT PAT LANE AND DIANA LANE EAST. 
          RECENTLY, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REQUEST TO CHANGE A YIELD SIGN AT THIS
INTERSECTION TO STOP SIGNS. 
          WHENEVER A REQUEST OF THIS NATURE COMES TO US,
DOUG WILL GO OUT TO THE FIELD AND HE WILL PERFORM A FORMAL WARRANT REVIEW. 
          WE HAVE A SPECIFIED PROCESS WHICH DICTATES AND DETERMINES,
YOU KNOW, EVALUATES THE INTERSECTION AND TELLS US WHETHER A YIELD SIGN IS NECESSARY OR WHETHER WE NEED TO ESCALATE IT TO A STOP SIGN. 
          GENERALLY, A LOT OF THESE REQUESTS COME FROM A PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SAFETY TO
THE INTERSECTION, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, MORE SAFETY TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT A LOT OF THE TIMES THESE REQUESTS COME IN AND WE EVALUATE THEM,
AND NO YIELD SIGNS ARE STILL THE APPROPRIATE OPTION. 
          HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE, ONCE THE ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED IT DID SHOW THAT A STOP SIGN WAS
APPROPRIATE FOR THIS INTERSECTION. 
          IT HAS POOR SIGHT DISTANCE AND HAS AN IRREGULAR GEOMETRIC OR TO THE MAIN FACTOR THAT
SUPPORTED THIS CHANGE. 
          AND JUST TO KIND OF HELP YOU VISUALIZE WHERE WE ARE,
THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF PADDLING AND DIANA LANE EAST. 
          YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE YIELD SIGNS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING TO JUST CHANGE THOSE INTO STOP SIGNS. 
          SO IN ORDER TO DO SO, WE WILL NEED TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO HAVE THE STOP SIGNS
BEING INCLUDED. 
          NOW I HAVE ONE MORE TRAFFIC CONTROL CHANGE, AND THIS IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED,
BUT TRY TO KEEP UP WITH ME. 
          LAST YEAR, GREENE COUNTY ENGINEERING PERFORMED A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY AT THE INTERSECTION
OF COLONEL GLENN HIGHWAY AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD/RAVENWOOD. 
          THIS IS PART OF ONE OF THEIR EFFORTS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR INTERSECTIONS. 
          GREEN COUNTY IS DOING A GREAT EFFORT IN TRYING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT ALL THE INTERSECTIONS
THAT THEY MANAGE. 
          WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THIS TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY WAS TO PROHIBIT THE
RIGHT TURN ON RED ON SOUTHBOUND COLONEL GLENN. 
          SO HERE'S WHERE IT GETS TRICKY. THIS INTERSECTION IS ACTUALLY SHARED BY MULTIPLE
JURISDICTIONS. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PART OF IT. BATH TOWNSHIP,
GREENE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OTHER. 
          SO WE HAD INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITH GREENE COUNTY,
AND WE ESSENTIALLY DETERMINED THAT BECAUSE THE RIGHT TURN LANE IS ON FAIRBORN, 
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IT SHOULD FALL ON US TO EMPLOY JURISDICTION AND BE ABLE TO PUT THIS RESTRICTION IN PLACE. 
          SO THIS REQUEST WAS FORMALLY REQUESTED BY GREENE COUNTY. 
          WE EVALUATED AND DISCUSSED IT INTERNALLY AND EVERYONE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF IT. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY THAT TOOK PLACE,
ODOT IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST. 
          SO EVERYONE'S PRETTY MUCH ON BOARD WITH THIS CHANGE. 
          AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE VISUAL OF WHY WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS HERE THESE
ARE THE CITY LIMITS. 
          HERE'S CONOR LENNON UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, THE YELLOW IS BATH TOWNSHIP,
AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE IN THE TOP. 
          HERE'S THE SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE. SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE MAKING THE INITIATIVE TO PUT
THE RESTRICTION ON THE RIGHT TURN LANE AND ELIMINATING THE NO TURN AND PUTTING A NO TURN ON RED. 
          I MISSED THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE AMENDED LANGUAGE,
BUT THIS WOULD BE AN INCLUSION INTO AN ALREADY EXISTING CODIFIED ORDINANCES FOR NO TURN ON RED. MOVING ALONG HERE, WE HAVE A PARKING REVISION OF WHITTIER AVENUE,
AND THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          CURRENTLY, PARKING ON WHITTIER BETWEEN CENTRAL AND MAPLE IS RESTRICTED FROM 7:30 TO 4 P.M. 
          ON WEEKDAYS. THIS IS TO MAINTAIN A SAFE ROUTE FOR BUSSING TO GO TO THE BAKER MIDDLE
SCHOOL, BUT OBVIOUSLY BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. 
          IN FACT, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ALREADY WAS DEMOLISHED AS PART OF THE DEMOLITION PLANS HERE A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. 
          SO THIS RESTRICTION IS NO LONGER NECESSARY. SO THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD REMOVAL OF
THE RESTRICTION AMENDING THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO NOT HAVE THAT SCHOOL ZONE IN PLACE. GETTING TO THE END HERE,
WE GOT TWO MORE TO GO. 
          THIS IS A LEFT TURN PROHIBITION AT EASTBOUND SPRUCE AND BROAD STREET. 
          NOW, THIS CAME TO BE BECAUSE OF THE BROAD STREET PHASE TWO PROJECT. 
          AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY,
WE INSTALLED A NEW MEDIAN ON BROAD STREET, WHICH RESTRICTS OR ESSENTIALLY CREATES A HAZARD ON EASTBOUND SPRUCE MOTORISTS TO TURN
LEFT. 
          WE WANTED TO BASICALLY DO A BETTER JOB OF CONTROLLING WHERE VEHICLES COME AND GO ON BROAD
STREET. 
          AND SO AS PART OF THE PROJECT, WE INSTALL A NO LEFT TURN SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION. 
          BUT IN ORDER FOR THIS NO LEFT TURN SIGN TO BE ACTUALLY ENFORCED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT WE NEED
TO ACTUALLY ADD IT TO THE LIST OF CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO MAKE IT PERMANENTLY ENFORCEABLE. AND HERE'S THE INTERSECTION OF SPRUCE DRIVE AND BROAD STREET. 
          HERE'S THE NO LEFT TURN SIGN INCLUDED. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL WE GOT FOR THIS ONE. 
          NOW LAST. OH, AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED FOR THIS CHANGE. 
          NOW, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT'S THE BROAD STREET BROAD STREET SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION. 
          SO WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION AT BROAD STREET. 
          THIS IS CURRENTLY PHASE THREE FROM CENTRAL TO SAND HILL. 
          THIS PROJECT INCLUDES SAFETY ENHANCEMENT NOT JUST FOR MOTORISTS,
BUT FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, INCLUDING THE MULTI-USE PATH. IT INCLUDES RAPID REFLECTING FLASHING BEACONS,
PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND A DEDICATED BIKE LANE. 
          SO WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMIT, THE SPEED LIMIT IS 35 MILES AN HOUR FROM CENTRAL TO
VANDERBILT AND 45 MILES AN HOUR FROM VANDERBILT TO SAND HILL. 
          NOW, AS THE PROJECT WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED, WE LOOKED AT WHERE EVERYTHING IS FALLING IN
TERMS OF CROSSWALKS, AND THE SUGGESTION CAME THAT IN AN EFFORT TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AT THAT CROSSWALK,
WHICH CURRENTLY WOULD BE 45 MILES AN HOUR. 
          WE FELT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY MAKE A GOOD IDEA TO ACTUALLY START THAT REDUCTION FROM 45 MILES
AN HOUR TO 35 MILES AN HOUR, AS TRAFFIC IS COMING INTO THE CITY, BY MOVING IT A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM WHERE IT
CURRENTLY STANDS. 
          SO WE'RE BASICALLY MOVING THAT REDUCTION FROM VANDERBILT,
WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS A LITTLE FURTHER BACK TO SAND HILL ROAD. 
          SO THIS CHANGE WILL INCREASE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVEWAY ACCESS ALONG THE SEGMENT
ABROAD. 
          HERE IS A STREET MAP THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE PROPOSED CHANGE. 
          SO AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, BROAD STREET, AS YOU'RE COMING SOUTH TOWARDS THE CITY,
IT'S ACTUALLY 45 MILES AN HOUR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO VANDERBILT. 
          ALL WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO CHANGE THIS SECTION HERE,
TO INCREASE THE BUFFER AS WE GO FROM 45 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR FOR THE REST OF THE, FOR THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR. SO THE PROPOSED REVISIONS AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL WE'RE
LOOKING TO DO. 
          SUMMARY OF THE CODE UPDATES. I DID NOT HAVE THE NO TURN ON RED ON THE LIST,
BUT THIS IS A SUMMARY OF ALL THE CHANGES THAT I AM PROPOSING. 
          ALL OF THESE WERE DISCUSSED AND EVALUATED BY THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          THEY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, MIKE, SENATE, WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK IN ADDITION TO THE TECHNICAL
EVALUATION THAT DOUG AND OUR STAFF PRESENTS. 
          EVERYONE IS SUPPORTIVE OF THESE CHANGES. THEY HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY REVIEWED,
AND AS SUCH, I PROPOSE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 30-25. 
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THANK YOU. BEFORE WE COME TO COUNCIL, ORDINANCE 30-25 ALSO REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 30-25. PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 30-25,
AND WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS. 
          OH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY SAFETY IS ALWAYS PRIORITY. 
          AND I THINK ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND BROAD STREET,
THAT WAS A VERY GOOD IDEA. 
          SO, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. WELL, IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT IN ORC OR ORDINANCES THAT REQUIRE VEHICLES TO
COME TO A STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS WHEN THEY'RE WAITING TO ENTER INTO THE CROSSWALK? YES. YES. I MEAN, I THINK FROM A TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSPECTIVE,
YOU GENERALLY WILL HAVE A CROSSWALK AND WILL HAVE STOP BAR EMPLOYEES. 
          SO IT REALLY DEPENDS TO THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC CONTROL WE HAVE IN PLACE. 
          BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE STOP SIGN SHOULD INDICATE A FULL STOP FOR THE VEHICLE,
AT WHICH POINT THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK IN ALL DIRECTIONS, WHETHER THERE'S ANY VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS,
YEAH. 
          SO FOR THIS CROSSWALK AT VANDERBILT THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED,
IS IT GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THE. 
          YES. YEAH. IT WILL HAVE THE FLASHING BEACONS. 
          IT'S CONSIDERED A MID-BLOCK CROSSING. IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION BUT IT'S AN ON SIGNALIZED
INTERSECTION. SO IT WILL HAVE IT WILL HAVE STRIPING AND IT WILL HAVE THE TRAFFIC YIELD THE YIELD SIGNS INDICATING THAT THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD AS IN AN EFFORT
TO PROMOTE VISIBILITY. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MANUEL. MANUEL,
THANK YOU FOR THE HEADS. 
          AND SO, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY ANYTHING THAT GOES OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON THE CHANGES OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ANY UPDATES? I DON'T KNOW. DON'T THINK WE GENERALLY PROVIDE NOTICES. 
          ONCE THE ORDINANCE GOES INTO EFFECT, WE'LL START MAKING CHANGES ON THE SIGNS THAT ARE
APPROPRIATE AND WE'LL START IMPLEMENTING THE REDUCTIONS. 
          OR WE MIGHT EMPLOY THE TRAFFIC SIGNS. WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVE THE BENEFIT TO AN EXTENT THAT
THE CURRENT TRAFFIC REDUCTION IS TAKING PLACE WITHIN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE THAT ALREADY IS UNDER SPEED REDUCTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE BECAUSE IT IS A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. 
          SO THIS WOULD REALLY ONLY IMPACT ONCE THE PROJECT IS FINISHED AND THE ROAD IS FULLY
REOPENED, THAT IT'LL JUST STAY 35 MILES AN HOUR INSTEAD OF GOING BACK UP TO 45. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU MANUEL. 
          LOTS OF CHANGES. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, WHEN YOU MAKE THESE CHANGES ABOUT LETTING THE
PUBLIC KNOW THAT THEY'RE COMING. 
          I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO KNOW THAT. SO,
YEAH, AND A LOT OF THESE CHANGES COME DIRECTLY FROM REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          SO WE GENERALLY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK WE EVALUATE AND WHAT WE THINK
NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED. 
          WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE CHANGES. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE READ ON
THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND ORDINANCE 30-25 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MISS CHESS? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MISS REASTER? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. 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 TERM MOVEMENTS, AND REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT ALONG A PORTION OF BROAD STREET. 
          THANK YOU MIKE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 30-25? SO MOVED. SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL JULIE. 
          MR. ALLEN? YES. MISS REASTER? YES. MISS CHESS? YES. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. ORDINANCE 30-25 IS DULY ADOPTED. 
          NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 31-25 BY TITLE
ONLY DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 
          [VII.	New Business]
SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 31-25. MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET OF
THE CITY OF FAIRBORN STATE OF OHIO, AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST,
2025, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 
          HILARY BROWNING, FINANCE DIRECTOR, PRESENTING. 
          GOOD EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO PIVOT TO THIS CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. 
          AND OVERALL, THE KIND OF THEME HERE TODAY FOR 2025 IS JUST WE'RE DOING SOME ROUTINE
CLEANUP. 
          [00:55:03]
AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR,
WE HAVE A LOT OF BUDGET AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS IN THE PLACES WHERE WE WANT OR NEED IT TO BE. AND SO THE THEME HERE ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL IS JUST TRYING TO GET ALL THE PIECES
AND PARTS IN THE PLACES WHERE WE, WE NEED TO BE. AND THEN JUST MAKING SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          WE'RE SEEKING A 7,100 INCREASE TO CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET. 
          BECAUSE THE OHIO REVISED CODE HAS INCREASED THE MINIMUM PAY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS,
AND WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT. 
          SO $7,100 IS WHAT WE'RE SEEKING. WE'RE SEEKING 14,000 FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          THEY'VE HAD SOME HEALTH INSURANCE CHANGE. AND JUST FOR CONTEXT,
YOU KNOW, A FAMILY PLAN CAN COST AS MUCH AS $27,000 A YEAR PER EMPLOYEE IF THEY OPT INTO A FAMILY PLAN. SO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD A WAIVER BEFORE THEY WERE ON A SINGLE
FAMILY PLAN, THAT CAN REALLY IMPACT BUDGETS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THE COURT SIDE. 
          ON FINANCE SIDE, WE HAVE A NEED FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING BECAUSE WE HAVE A PLANNED EMPLOYEE
ABSENCE IN ONE, IN A CRITICAL FUNCTION FOR WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE ANY BACKFILL WE WILL UTILIZE WAGE SAVINGS
IN ONE OF OUR DIVISIONS TO COVER IT. 
          PERSONNEL, WHICH IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT,
HAS A NET CHANGE OF -$5,000. 
          WE'VE REDUCED THEIR PERSONNEL BUDGET BY 10,000,
BUT WE'RE SEEKING AN INCREASE OF 5,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. 
          HR WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE ONE MORNING,
WHICH IS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND SO THEY'D LIKE THAT TO MAKE THAT GO LIVE BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          ENGINEERING NEEDS 2,300 BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON BROAD STREET PHASE THREE,
AND THEY HAVE A NEED FOR IT FOR OVERTIME. 
          BUILDING INSPECTION HAS ONE POSITION THAT IS VACANT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF BUDGET ON THE LINE THERE. WE'D LIKE TO UTILIZE THAT TO COVER THE,
YOU KNOW, THE OVERAGES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          PLANT MAINTENANCE HAS A PROJECTED SHORTFALL IN THEIR OVERTIME AND IN PART TIME SEASONAL
WAGES OF 15,000. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE IN OUR BUREAU OF WORKERS COMPENSATION PREMIUM. 
          WE'RE SHORT ABOUT $38,000 ACROSS THE CITY. WE DO HAVE TO PRORATE OUR PREMIUM ACROSS ALL OF
OUR FUNDS WHERE WE HAVE STAFF 14,007 30 IS THE GENERAL FUND SHARE IN FIRE. WE'RE SEEKING AN ADJUSTMENT TO BASICALLY MOVE IT
FROM FIRE OPERATION WAGES TO FIRE ADMINISTRATION WAGES, WHERE WE HAVE A HEALTH INSURANCE OVER A PROJECTED OVERAGE,
AND WE NEED AN INCREASE OF $4,600 FOR FIRE SHARE OF THE BWC PREMIUM. ON THE STREET SIDE. AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT BWC PREMIUM INCREASE $965. 
          WE ALSO HAVE $7,600 TO INCREASE WAGES AND EDUCATION CERTIFICATION,
PAY FOR OUR AFSCME EMPLOYEES, AND $9,800 FOR STREET SIGNS AND SIGNALS. LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING HERE INCREASE FOR WAGES, EDUCATION, TERMINAL PAY, HEALTH INSURANCE. AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY,
WE'RE SEEING SOME PRETTY LARGE INCREASES ON ELECTRICITY SIDE. 
          SO WE ARE SEEKING $4,000 JUST FOR ELECTRICITY TO CLEAR THE END OF THE YEAR ON THE HIGHWAY
SIDE. 
          JUST TINY $63 INCREASE AND THAT'S THEIR BWC PREMIUM. 
          ON THE POLICE SIDE, WE HAVE A NET DECREASE OF 119,342. 
          AND AGAIN, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY SUFFERED WITH VACANCIES THIS YEAR. 
          AND THE NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, THEY HAVE TRIED SO VERY HARD. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THIS MUCH EXCESS BUDGET WE WOULD NEED,
WE WOULD NEED TO KIND OF CALL, CALL IT BACK A LITTLE BIT, OR ELSE WE RUN THE RISK OF OUR BUDGET VARIANCE BEING TOO HIGH
AND GETTING AN AUDIT FINDING FOR THAT. 
          WE ARE, WE'RE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE FOR 65,825. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD A NON-INJURY ACCIDENT WITH ONE OF OUR PATROL CARS. 
          IT IS 100% INSURED, BUT WE ARE TRANSITIONING FROM FORDS TO DODGES. 
          AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE THE TOTAL THAT OF THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE DODGE. 
          WE'LL GET ABOUT $35,000 IN OFFSETTING REVENUE. 
          CREDIT FOR THE FORD. WE HAVE ABOUT 6100 IN POLICE ADMINISTRATION WAGE SURPLUS,
OFFSET BY A NEED IN POLICE DISPATCH FOR ADDITIONAL BUDGET FOR BOTH WAGES, EDUCATION INCENTIVE AND THEIR PENSION,
AND THEN A NET REDUCTION IN POLICE PATROL BY 191,000. 
          IN THE INDIGENT ALCOHOL FUND. WE HAVE A NEED TO INCREASE THEIR WAGES BECAUSE IT'S IN
SHORTFALL. 
          IN SANITATION, THEY HAVE A CERTIFICATION AND EDUCATION PAY,
AS WELL AS AN INCREASE FOR THE BWC PREMIUM. 
          IN GARAGES. THE SAME IT'S CERTIFICATION EDUCATION PAY FOR OUR AFSCME EMPLOYEES AND THE BWC
PREMIUM INCREASE. 
          IN IT IT IS FOR WAGES DUE TO A PROJECTED SHORTFALL. 
          AND THEN IN THE JEFFERSON HEALTH PLAN RESERVE FUND. 
          OOPS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. IN THE JEFFERSON HEALTH PLAN RESERVE FUND,
WE'RE SEEKING A DEPENDENT AUDIT. 
          [01:00:01]
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR SELF HEALTH INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYONE ON OUR HEALTH PLAN OUGHT TO BE THERE. 
          THE AUDIT IS GOING TO COST $12,376. WE'RE HOPING BY ENCUMBERING IT THIS FISCAL YEAR,
IT CAN IMMEDIATELY START NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS FOR JEFFERSON HEALTH PLAN. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR IT IN THAT JEFFERSON HEALTH PLAN FUND. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE SEEKING A CHANGE ON OUR TRANSFER AUTHORIZATION. 
          TRANSFERS ARE INDIVIDUALLY AUTHORIZED BY APPROPRIATION. 
          AND SO ANY TIME WE WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE WITH THE TRANSFER,
WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO ASK FOR A CHANGE. 
          SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS REDUCE OUR WATER ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT FEE TRANSFER,
WHICH IS A FEE FEE REVENUES THAT WE GENERATE IN UTILITY BILLING. THERE'S A FEE THAT'S COLLECTED. IT'S A $5 ADMINISTRATION FEE. 
          AND THAT ACTUALLY ENDS UP MOST OF IT ENDS UP GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND TO OFFSET THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS BORNE BY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FOUR UTILITY BILLING STAFF,
MYSELF, THE CITY MANAGER, HUMAN RESOURCES, ETC. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE SEEKING TO DEFER THIS TO THE FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND ACTUALLY MOVE IT TO
WATER DEBT SERVICE. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO RIGHT THE SHIP HERE ON THE DEBT SERVICE. 
          WE MADE CORRECTIONS EARLIER IN THE FISCAL YEAR,
AND NOW WE NEED TO PUT THE CASH INTO THE FUND. 
          AND SO WE'RE SEEKING THIS END OF YEAR CORRECTION ON TRANSFERS. 
          WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 31-25. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          THANK YOU. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN PRITCHARD. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU HILLARY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE ALL THE DETAIL AND GOING THROUGH THIS. 
          AND I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, I HAVE LOTS OF DETAIL, LOTS OF THINGS,
LOTS OF MOVING PARTS. 
          SO I'VE. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SAME HERE. 
          NO QUESTIONS. THANKS, HILLARY. SO MANY FUNDS. 
          SO MANY, SO MANY FUNDS. I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WE WON'T COME BACK IN DECEMBER. 
          BECAUSE OF THE TIMING. THIS YEAR WE HAVE A 27TH PAY,
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE AS MANY CORRECTIONS IN NOVEMBER IN ADVANCE OF THAT 27TH PAY AS POSSIBLE. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. A LOT OF WORK OBVIOUSLY WENT INTO THIS. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 31-25 DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MISS REASTER? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MISS CHESS? YES, MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. ORDINANCE 31-25 IS DULY ADOPTED. 
          OKAY. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 32-25. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 32-25 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 32-25, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS. 
          THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,611,792, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF VARIOUS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THANK YOU MIKE. OKAY. WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 32-25 FOR
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ ORDINANCE 33-25 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY
TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 33-25, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS IN THE
MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $2,488,208, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF VARIOUS MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM PROJECTS. 
          THANK YOU MIKE. WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 33-25 ALSO FOR DECEMBER 1ST,
2025. 
          IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ ORDINANCE 34-25 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. 
          AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 34-25, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS AND CREATING NEW
CHAPTER 1136 OF THE FAIRBORN CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES. 
          THANK YOU. WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 20. 
          EXCUSE ME. 34-25 ALSO FOR DECEMBER 1ST, 2025. 
          OKAY. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS. AND OUR FIRST RESOLUTION INVOLVES A TOPIC THAT
I'M INVOLVED IN. 
          SO I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF. AND OUR DEPUTY MAYOR WILL BE READING THAT RESOLUTION. 
          THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTION 57-25, A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING NATIONAL WILDLIFE CERTIFICATION FOR THE CITY OF FAIRBORN
AND ITS PARKS. 
          [01:05:08]
MIKE GEBHART. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THIS WILL BE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR RESOLUTION 57-25,
WHICH IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE CERTIFICATION FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT BACK ON THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION OVERVIEW,
THEY'RE AMERICA'S LARGEST WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION, AND THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM THAT CITIES AND TOWNS CAN APPLY TO BE A
PART OF. 
          AND SO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS IT AUTHORIZES OR ACKNOWLEDGES CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR
ENTRY INTO THAT PROGRAM. ESSENTIALLY, THERE'S VERY LITTLE COST TO THE CITY TO DO THIS OTHER THAN
THE SIGNS THAT GO IN THE PARKS. 
          AND SO EACH PARK THAT WOULD BE NOMINATED FOR THIS DESIGNATION,
IT'S ABOUT A $65 SIGN. 
          AND SO THERE'S BUDGET IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO HANDLE THIS REQUEST. 
          AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM FROM CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE
APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THIS FOR THE PARKS. 
          AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I OBVIOUSLY DID THAT WAY OUT OF ORDER. 
          AND SO MY APOLOGIES. JULIE, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NEXT? WE NEED A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 57-25. OKAY. 
          SO IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 57-25 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          OPPOSED? RESOLUTION 57-25. RESOLUTION SUPPORTING NATIONAL WILDLIFE CERTIFICATION FOR THE
CITY OF FAIRBORN AND ITS PARKS. 
          MIKE GEBHART, CITY MANAGER, ALREADY PRESENTED. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS. 
          AND WE WILL START WITH COUNCILMAN. FRITZSCHE. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MIKE. NOW I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ENHANCEMENT FOR THE PARK. 
          SO THANK YOU MARK. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          NO QUESTIONS FOR ME. MIKE. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION,
BUT IT'S FOR HIM. 
          SHOULD I HAVE RECUSED MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD? LIKE, WHY DID DAN RECUSE HIMSELF? YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY A MEMBER,
ARE YOU? YOU'RE NOT A BOARD MEMBER. OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE. 
          OH, I'LL DEFER TO. HE'S A BOARD MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION. 
          I'LL DEFER TO LEGAL COUNSEL. ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD. 
          I'M NOT A CHAIR ANYMORE, BUT I GO TO THE MEETINGS. 
          I'D SAY EQUIVALENT TO DAN. I WAS THE CHAIR. HE WAS THE VICE CHAIR. 
          AND NOW WE'VE TURNED THAT OVER TO. BUT WE WILL GO WHEN WE CAN TO THE MEETING. 
          YEAH. THERE'S NO NEED TO RECUSE YOURSELF. THE MAYOR JUST LIKES TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS ON
THAT, SO. OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. BUT I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. 
          IT'S GREAT THAT IT KIND OF STARTED FROM THE ROTARY CLUB HAVING AN INITIATIVE TO DO
POLLINATORS, AND SO WE ROLLED THAT INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD. 
          AND SO NOW IT'S BECOME A LARGE THING WHERE IT'LL BE THE CITY AND THE SCHOOLS HOPEFULLY GET
INVOLVED AND WRIGHT STATE AND LIKE A BIG COMMUNITY THING. 
          SO I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. AWESOME. WELL I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          AND SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 57-25. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MISS CHESS? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MISS REASTER? YES. RESOLUTION 57-25 IS DULY ADOPTED. THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE DOWN TO HERE NOW. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ RESOLUTION 58-25 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. 
          OPPOSED? RESOLUTION 58-25. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH RIGHT
OF WAY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE BROAD STREET PHASE 4 PROJECT. MANUEL JACOBS, CITY ENGINEER PRESENTING. 
          HELLO AGAIN. YEP. RESOLUTION 58-25 FOR BROAD STREET PHASE 4 RIGHT OF WAY APPROPRIATIONS. 
          LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. AND JUST TO, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BROAD STREET FOR YEARS AT THIS
POINT. 
          BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH A PHASE BROAD
STREET PROJECTS. 
          IT'S PRIMARILY A ROAD DIET IN THE CORE SECTIONS OF THE CITY. 
          WE ARE DOING UPGRADES TO STORM AND SANITARY SYSTEM. 
          WE ARE DOING NEW CURB SIDEWALK DRIVE APPROACHES. 
          [01:10:02]
WE ARE INSTALLING NEW WATER LINE AND WE'RE FINISHING THE PROJECTS WITH PAVEMENT
RESURFACING. 
          NOW AS PART OF THE PROJECT. BECAUSE WE ARE FEDERALLY AND STATE FUNDED,
WE HAVE RIGOROUS RIGHT OF WAY GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO MEET ANYTIME A PROJECT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS IN EITHER POTENTIALLY IMPACTING OR NEEDS TO IMPACT A PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          THAT PROPERTY OWNER NEEDS TO BE MONETARILY COMPENSATED FOR THAT INTRUSION,
EVEN IF IT'S JUST SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THE EDGE OF THE SIDEWALK IS AT THE PROPERTY LINE AND WE'RE REPLACING THE SIDEWALK, AND IN DOING SO,
WE WILL DAMAGE HIS GRASS. 
          THEY NEED TO BE PAID FOR THAT, AND WE NEED TO HAVE LEGAL ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY FOR US
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT REPLACEMENT, MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT AND RESTORE THE PROPERTY. 
          SO WE'RE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS, THESE EASEMENTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOME OF
THE PROPERTY OWNER. 
          SO, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENTS,
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT, THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING FOR THIS PROJECT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE RUN INTO AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WITH ONE OF THE PROPERTY
OWNERS. 
          WE HAVE, IN ADDITION TO OUR DESIGN TEAM, WE HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION TEAM WORKING
FOR US THAT NEGOTIATES IN OUR BEHALF AND IN THE BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO FIND A FAIR MARKET VALUE DEAL FOR THESE EASEMENTS. SO THEIR TEAM ARE THE ONES WORKING OR TRYING
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THESE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE PROJECT THAT IS INDICATED TO US OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT HE IS THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY, AND BECAUSE THEY'RE SELLING IT, THERE SEEM TO SHOW NO INTEREST IN WANTING TO GO THROUGH
THIS PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE TRIED TO INDICATE AND EXPLAIN TO HIM THE NATURE OF WHAT THE TEMPORARY EASEMENT IS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, THE LACK OF IMPACT,
SO TO SPEAK. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE THIS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CERTIFY AND MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEY'RE JUST KEEP SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE SELLING IT. 
          WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO IT. SO OUR TEAM WENT AND SAID,
ALL RIGHT, WELL, CAN WE SPEAK WITH THE POTENTIAL NEW BUYER SO WE CAN AT LEAST GET THE HEAD START IN NEGOTIATING WITH THEM? AND THEY SAID,
NO, THEY DON'T WANT TO DIVULGE WHO THEY'RE SELLING IT TO. 
          SO THEY'RE JUST NOT BEING VERY COMMUNICATIVE. 
          ULTIMATELY AS OF LAST WEEK, THEY TRIED COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AGAIN AND THEY INDICATED
THAT THEY SOLD IT, EXCEPT WE HAVE NO RECORD OF THE SALE ANYWHERE. 
          IT HASN'T BEEN RECORDED IN THE COUNTY AND IT HASN'T SHOWN UP ANYWHERE. SO WE REALLY ARE
EXHAUSTING ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN ORDER FOR US TO MEET THE RIGHT OF WAY CERTIFICATION DEADLINES,
WE WOULD NEED TO BEGIN THE PROCESS FOR RIGHT OF WAY APPROPRIATION FOR THIS PROPERTY HERE NOW. SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN WHICH WE, I COME TO YOU ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO START
THE PROCESS, IN WHICH CASE THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BE NOTIFIED THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. 
          AND THEN ON THE NEXT COUNCIL LOCATION, HOPEFULLY IF A AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN REACHED,
THEN WE WOULD START THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS IN EARNEST. 
          SO LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS IS REALLY A LAST RESORT. 
          WE ONLY USE IT WHEN OWNERS DO NOT RESPOND, CAN BE REACHED OR CAN COME TO A MUTUAL
AGREEMENT. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS PROPERTY. THE APPROPRIATION WOULD THEN BE FILED
WITH THE COURT, AND A FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE EASEMENT IS PUT INTO ESCROW. 
          THE CITY AND OWNERS WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS. ULTIMATELY,
WE WANT TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. 
          THIS REALLY IS YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT REALLY IN THE INTEREST OF TAKING ANY PROPERTY. 
          AND I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THIS IS JUST FOR A TEMPORARY EASEMENT. 
          WE ARE NOT TAKING PROPERTY. WE JUST NEED ACCESS TO THE EDGE AND BORDER OF THE PROPERTY IN
ORDER FOR US TO DO OUR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THAT MAY IMPACT THAT PROPERTY. SO WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO GRADING AND RESTORATION ONCE THE
PROJECT IS COMPLETED. 
          THE ADDRESS IN QUESTION IS 440 NORTH BROAD STREET. 
          IT'S THE KFC. AND THEN HERE IS A PLOT PLAN OF THE SITE. 
          YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY LINE IS RIGHT HERE BY THE EDGE OF THE
SIDEWALK. 
          WE'RE DOING IMPROVEMENTS AND DOING NEW DRIVE APPROACHES BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE CURB LINE AND DRAINAGE. 
          THAT DRIVE APPROACH WILL HAVE TO BE RESTORED. 
          THAT KFC CURRENTLY HAS A DRAINAGE, DRAIN TILE RIGHT THERE AT THE ENTRANCE,
SO WE WOULD BE REPLACING IT. 
          SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON OUR PLAN, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PUSHING A LITTLE MORE INTO
THEIR PROPERTY. 
          THAT IS WHY WE HAVE IT'S ABOUT 1200 SQUARE FEET OF PROPERTY THAT WE ESSENTIALLY NEED
ACCESS TO IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, DO THIS DRIVE APPROACH AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEIR PROPERTY IS NOT DAMAGED. 
          THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THIS TEMPORARY EASEMENT IS ABOUT $680. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST LITERALLY LOOKING TO GET THIS ACCESS,
PAY THEM THIS MONEY AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROJECT. 
          HOWEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN UNRESPONSIVE AND UNCOMMUNICATIVE AND UNFORTUNATELY I NEED TO START
TAKING THESE STEPS, SO. RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 58-25. 
          [01:15:02]
AND IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          THANK YOU. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. 
          YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          SO I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS WITH THAT. THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANKS, MANUEL. YEAH,
THANKS FOR YOUR DILIGENCE. 
          YES. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU,
MANUEL. 
          YEAH. NO QUESTIONS. MANUEL. THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO BACK? I THINK ONE SLIDE. OKAY. MAYBE TWO. OKAY. SO THE MONEY GOES TO,
HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS FLOW. 
          SO THE MONEY GOES INTO ESCROW AND THEN, SO YOU DON'T COME TO A RESOLUTION,
WE GO AHEAD AND DO THIS. 
          WE PUT THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY PAY. YES. 
          IF WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT OR WHAT WE ESTIMATE THAT AGREEMENT WOULD BE. 
          SO, YES. GOES INTO ESCROW AND THEN IT SITS THERE UNTIL THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED,
AND. 
          WE WOULD, SO NO, IT WOULD. THE WAY IT WOULD WORK IS THE FIRST STEP OF ANY KIND OF RIGHT OF
WAY OR EASEMENT ESTABLISHMENT IS WE WOULD DO WHAT OUR TEAM WOULD DO, A VALUE ANALYSIS. WE ESSENTIALLY DICTATE WHAT THE EXTENT OF THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE. 
          WE LOOK AT SIMILAR PROPERTIES WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. 
          WE PUT A MONETARY VALUE TO THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW,
WHETHER IT'S PAVEMENT, WHETHER IT'S GRASS, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING THE EXTENT OF IT, AND WE CREATE THIS VA OR VALUE ANALYSIS OF THE
COST OF IT. 
          SO THAT IS THE STARTING POINT. AS A HOME, AS A PROPERTY OWNER,
THEY CAN COME BACK TO US AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALSO GOING TO IMPACT MY BUSINESS AND I THINK YOU SHOULD PAY US
MORE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE NEGOTIATION IS FOR. IF THEY'RE UNWILLING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF
NEGOTIATING WITH US WHAT THE EASEMENT SHOULD COST WE GO OFF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE, WHICH WAS DETERMINED IT'S THE $680. 
          IT'S BASICALLY PUT IN AN ESCROW SAYING, WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING THIS TO YOU. 
          AND AT THAT POINT, IF AN AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED,
A THIRD PARTY WILL, YOU KNOW, USUALLY TAKE FROM THAT ESCROW. 
          IF IT'S MORE, IF IT NEEDS TO BE LESS, THEY'LL ESSENTIALLY DICTATE IT FOR US FROM A LEGAL
STANDPOINT. 
          OKAY. SO I GUESS I GET LOST AT THE ESCROW. SO I GET THAT IT GOES INTO ESCROW,
BUT THEN SO IT JUST GETS PAID TO THEM WHETHER THEY AGREE OR NOT. 
          YES. OKAY. WELL, YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THE THIRD PARTY WOULD GO TO ESSENTIALLY AT THAT POINT. 
          IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND MIKE, FEEL FREE TO STEP IN HERE IF I'M GETTING LOST HERE AS
FAR AS EMINENT DOMAIN. 
          YEAH. SO WHAT MANUEL I'M SAYING IS. WHAT MANUEL IS SAYING IS CORRECT. 
          THEY DEPOSIT THE FUNDS INTO ESCROW. OKAY. AND THEN YOU TRY TO REACH AN AGREEMENT. 
          IF YOU CAN'T REACH AN AGREEMENT THEN THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS THE ABILITY TO CONTEST. 
          CONTEST THAT. THEN THAT'S WHEN IT WILL GO TO COURT AND ACTUALLY BE LITIGATED. 
          SURE. BUT SINCE THIS IS A ROADWAY PROJECT, IT CAN BE DONE WHAT'S CALLED A QUICK TAKE. 
          SO JUST ONCE THE MONEY IS DEPOSITED INTO THE ESCROW,
YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. 
          AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET IT RESOLVED WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH LITIGATION,
BUT THAT'S BASICALLY HOW IT WORKS. 
          OKAY. AND THEN EITHER THEY AGREE TO WHAT THE WHAT THE AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE OR IT'LL BE
LITIGATED AND THEN THE FAIR MARKET VALUE BE DETERMINED BY A JURY. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. 
          GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. THANKS. OKAY. LOTS OF QUESTIONS. 
          UNFORTUNATE THAT IT CAME TO THIS. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS RESOLVED AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. 
          YEAH. THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO GO ON. OKAY. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 58-25? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. YES. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MISS REASTER? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. RESOLUTION 58-25 IS DULY ADOPTED. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR RESOLUTIONS. NOW WE WILL OPEN CITIZENS COMMENTS. 
          [VIII.	Citizens Comments]
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES. 
          OH, HERE WE GO. 
          SORRY, I FORGOT MY CANE. I'M A LITTLE WOBBLY. 
          KAREN COMBS, 2138 WARBLER LANE. I WANTED TO COME HERE THIS EVENING TO CONGRATULATE
COUNCILWOMAN SYLVIA CHESS ON RECEIVING AN ALUMNI AWARD FROM HER ALMA MATER,
PAUL QUINN COLLEGE. 
          I WANTED TO DO THAT UNTIL I LISTENED TO HER CONVOCATION SPEECH IN DALLAS. 
          IT FILLED ME WITH SHOCK AND DISMAY, AND I'M PRETTY CYNICAL,
SO THAT TAKES A LOT. 
          [01:20:01]
APPARENTLY, MISS CHESS TRAVELED A THOUSAND MILES TO SLANDER OUR TOWN,
ATTACK CERTAIN CITIZENS, AND EVEN TO ATTACK A BELOVED CHARITY. SHE WANTS TO REWRITE OUR HISTORY TO PROMOTE HERSELF. 
          NOT ON MY WATCH. I HAVE A FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT HERE,
SO I'M GOING TO URGE PEOPLE TO GO TO CITIZENS FOR FAIRBORN FUTURE ON FACEBOOK. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO JOIN. IT'S FREE TO READ AND COMMENT. 
          AND BY TOMORROW MORNING, WE'RE BEGINNING A MULTI-SERIES SECTION OF ARTICLES IN WHICH WE'RE
GOING TO PRESENT HER SPEECH AND DISSECT HER OWN WORDS AND THEN ADD OUR RESEARCH AND OPINION. THERE WERE THREE SPECIFIC THINGS I WANTED TO BRING
TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TONIGHT. 
          AGAIN, I HAVE TO SPEAK QUICKLY. MISS CHESS, YOU,
SHE CLAIMED TO OWN THE FIRST BLACK BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN. 
          THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A SHOCK TO MR. ALLEN AS HE OWNED THE INSIDE SCOOP. 
          IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SHOCK TO ME AS MY BEST FRIEND IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE,
WHO I GREW UP VERY CLOSELY HERE WITH HER AND IT WAS NAMED ANDREA FOY IS NAMED ANDREA FOY. SHE'S NOT A HALLOWEEN STORE. 
          FOY. SHE'S ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF A VERY WELL RESPECTED AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY. 
          HER FATHER OWNED A DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN BUSINESS. 
          HE MADE A CUSTOM LUGGAGE AND DID UPHOLSTERY. HE WAS RATHER LOCALLY KNOWN BECAUSE HE MADE
THIS CUSTOM LUGGAGE FOR THE MILITARY. 
          HE COULD LINE IT WITH BULLETPROOF LINING, X RAY PROOF LINING,
SECRET COMPARTMENTS, WHATEVER THE MILITARY NEEDED. 
          SHE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE ME ADDS DATING BACK AS FAR AS 1980 FROM HIS MAIN STREET BUSINESS
40 YEARS BEFORE YOU WERE HERE. THE FIRST PART OF THE ARTICLE SERIES IS GOING TO BE A TRIBUTE TO THE REAL
BLACK BUSINESS PIONEERS OF FAIRBORN, INCLUDING MR. ALONZO FOY, WHO SADLY HAS PASSED. 
          IT WAS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO KNOW HIM. THE SECOND THING THAT CAUGHT MY EAR WAS AT A
CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT A METHODIST COLLEGE, YOU SAID THIS, QUOTE, I JOINED THE BOARD OF THE FAIRBORN LIONS CLUB TO PUT MYSELF IN
PLACES THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME DON'T WANT TO BE, SO I COULD LEARN WHAT THE ENEMY WAS TALKING ABOUT SO I COULD FIGURE
IT OUT AND STRATEGIZE. 
          I THINK MR. ALLEN AND MISS REASTER CAN ATTEST THAT THE LIONS CLUB IS,
IN FACT, AN INTERNATIONAL CHARITY THAT IS IN OVER 200 COUNTRIES AND CELEBRATES DIVERSITY. OUR FAIRBORN PRESIDENT APPEARED IN THEIR INTERNATIONAL DIVERSITY
VIDEO. 
          THEY DO GOOD WORKS, AND THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR,
OF COURSE, THEIR EYEGLASSES PROGRAM, BUT ALSO DO BLOOD DRIVES AND LITTER PICKUP AND ASSIST THE NEEDY. TO STATE THAT THESE ARE YOUR ENEMY AND THAT YOU NEED TO INFILTRATE AND SPY ON
THEM SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU. 
          WELL, I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF TRUE RACISM AND HATE. 
          AND FINALLY, MISS CHESS GOES TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PRESENT FAIRBORN AS A TOWN RIFE WITH
WHITE SUPREMACIST PROUD BOYS AND PEOPLE WHO, QUOTE, PUT WHITE SHEETS OVER THE LIGHTS AND HAVE THREE HOLES IN THEM. 
          WE NEED TO HOLD COUNCILWOMAN CHESS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE REMARKS,
BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
          YOU'VE HAD AMPLE EVIDENCE THAT THE TRUTH AND MRS CHESS ARE TOTAL STRANGERS,
AND THAT SHE IS WILLING TO SABOTAGE THE VERY TOWN THAT ELECTED HER TO SERVE AND IT'S A DISGRACE. AGAIN,
HEAD OVER TO CITIZENS FOR FAIRBORN FUTURE ON FACEBOOK IN THE MORNING AND READ ALL THE DETAILS. THE TRUTH MATTERS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OH,
YEAH. 
          HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? WELL THANK YOU, MAYOR,
COUNCIL. 
          CITY MANAGER. JULIE. MY TIME STARTED. OKAY. JEEZ. 
          SORRY. JIMMY BAKER, 427 GRANT STREET. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP AFTER KAREN CLARK'S REMARK,
OR KAREN COMBS REMARKS. 
          NO ONE CAN IMAGINE THE LEVEL OF PURE NASTINESS I FACED DURING THE COUNCIL ELECTIONS. 
          INCREDIBLY MUCH OF IT CAME FROM CURRENT FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          ADAM FRITZSCHE, GOOD JOB TRYING TO MEASURE MY SIGNS. 
          SORRY YOU FAILED AT THAT. YOU REALLY OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED THE WAY YOU ACTED IN THAT CHURCH
UP THERE. 
          YOU DID, YOU DID. DON'T JUST. LET'S JUST STOP RIGHT HERE,
OKAY? WITH YOU. PERFECTLY LEGAL SIGNS. MAYOR KIRKPATRICK. 
          YOU WENT AROUND FAIRBORN TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE FOR ME. 
          YOUR DAUGHTER CHIMED IN ALL THE WAY FROM TEXAS. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. BUT ANYWAY, TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE FOR ME,
IT WAS PRETTY IRONIC SINCE YOU, 
          [01:25:04]
LET'S SEE HERE. I LOST MY PLACE, BUT I GOT TO GET DOWN TO MISS CHESS. 
          OH, NOW I'M NO. NOW I'M KNOWN AS A DISRUPTER. 
          BUT ANYWAY. BUT HANDS DOWN, THE WORST LIE I EVER TOLD ABOUT ME WAS MISS CHESS CALLING ME A
PROUD BOY TO INFLUENCE, TO HER AUDIENCE IN DALLAS. YOU WERE REFERRING TO ME,
RIGHT? WERE YOU REFERRING TO ME? I GOT THE VIDEO. I'VE DOWNLOADED IT,
I HAVE IT. 
          NO. NO COMMENT. OKAY. THERE WERE FOUR OTHER CANDIDATES. 
          BUT ANYWAY, I THINK WE CAN EASILY RULE OUT, YOU KNOW,
MR. ALLEN AND THE OTHER TWO LADIES THAT WERE RUNNING. 
          SO ANYWAY, YOU'RE A GOOD SPEAKER. YOU'RE A GOOD SPEAKER. 
          YOU DON'T KNOW ME PERSONALLY, MISS CHESS. I HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH ANY HATE GROUP,
PERIOD. 
          SO I DEMAND A FULL AND PUBLIC APOLOGY. YOU CAN OFFER HERE TONIGHT,
OR I'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS WITH MY ATTORNEY. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO OFFER ME AN APOLOGY FOR WHAT YOU SAID ONE NIGHT IN DALLAS? COUNCIL WILL MAKE COMMENTS WHEN IT'S COUNCIL'S TURN TO COMMENT. 
          OKAY. CAN YOU STOP MY TIME? IF SHE'S GOING TO COMMENT,
I WANT MY TIME TO STOP. 
          ARE YOU FINISHED, MR. BAKER? I'M FINISHED. THANK YOU. 
          YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD,
WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMENTS AND WE'LL COME BACK TO OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          [IX.	City Manager Comments]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JUST A FEW THINGS THIS EVENING. THE UPCOMING CHAMBER OF
PRAYER BREAKFAST IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH, BEGINNING AT 7:30 A.M. THAT WILL BE AT THE FAIRBORN SENIOR CENTER THAT'S
CO-HOSTED BY THE ROTARY. 
          THE GOVERNMENT CENTER WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY THE 27TH AND FRIDAY THE 28TH IN
OBSERVANCE OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE ON THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULES FOR THOSE DAYS. 
          THE HOMETOWN HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING WILL BE ON FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 5TH, BEGINNING AT 5 P.M. 
          WE WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS AT BATH TOWNSHIP. THEY DONATED THE TREE THIS YEAR. 
          THAT'S DOWNTOWN. COMING UP ON THIS WEDNESDAY AT 2:00 WILL BE THE DEDICATION RIBBON CUTTING
AND TOURS OF THE NEW GREEN COUNTY JEAN FISHER JUSTICE CENTER. THAT IS AT 2295 GREENWAY BOULEVARD IN XENIA. 
          AND AGAIN, RIBBON CUTTING AT TWO. AND THEN THEY'LL BE DOING SOME TOURS OF THE NEW FACILITY
AND YOU CAN CHECK THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW LEGENDS OF FAIRBORN
HONOREES, AS WELL AS OUR FIRST FAIRBORN BASED FEMALE EAGLE SCOUT,
KRISTEN HILDEBRECHT, WHO WAS HERE THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOUS. FIRE MARSHAL SHANNON FRITZ, WHO'S BEEN WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS OUR FIRE
MARSHAL, IS MOVING ON TO A DIFFERENT CAREER PATH. AND SO ON THURSDAY,
THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY FOR HIM OR A GET TOGETHER FOR HIM. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK SHANNON FOR ALL THAT HE'S DONE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND TO COUNCILMAN FRITZSCHE, I KNOW THIS IS YOUR LAST OFFICIAL MEETING OR FULL MEETING. 
          AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 
          YOU'RE THE QUIET ONE, BUT YOU ALWAYS PROVIDED ME WITH VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO CITY ISSUES,
AND I ENJOYED OUR CONVERSATION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE,
YOUR HONOR. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL COMMENTS,
AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN. 
          [X.	Council Comments]
CHESS. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE, AND THEY ARE. I DON'T KNOW WHY,
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NATIONAL DAYS. NATIONAL MONTHS. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NATIONAL WAS THAT I LOST MY NOTES HERE. WELL, PROSTATE CANCER, I BELIEVE,
IS NOT A CANCER AWARENESS FOR THIS MONTH. AND I THINK FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH CANCER OF ANY KIND,
YOU KNOW KUDOS TO YOU FOR, FOR, FOR ENDURING ALL THE PAIN AND THINGS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. IT'S NOT PRETTY. 
          PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EFFECTS OF CANCER,
WHAT IT DOES TO THE INDIVIDUAL AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILY AS AND DECIDED MENTIONING THE COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH DEALING WITH SUCH DISEASES LIKE THAT. 
          ALSO, WE WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HELPED OUT DURING THE FURLOUGH AND ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO HELPED PEOPLE GET FED AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE FOOD BANK AND ALL THAT. BECAUSE REALLY, FAIRBORN STEPPED UP WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO
FEEDING FAIRBORN. 
          [01:30:02]
AND I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. SO KUDOS TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY JUMPED IN TO
HELP OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED WHENEVER THERE'S A PROBLEM, WHETHER WHAT THIS MEANT, WHAT THE PROBLEM IS,
WHETHER IT'S HOMELESSNESS, HUNGER, IF YOU ADDRESS IT, IF YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, IF YOU ADDRESS IT. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN PLAY A PART OF. 
          IF SOMETHING IS GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU ADDRESS IT. 
          IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL CAN BE A PART OF. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE
A WONDERFUL EVENING. 
          YEAH. TONIGHT I WANT TO FOCUS 100% OF MY COMMENTS ON THE FAIRBORN FISH. 
          AND THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT RESONATES WITH ME PERSONALLY, AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN FAIRBORN AND WHO GREW UP ON
THE NOT SO FORTUNATE SIDE OR SILVER SPOON IN MY MOUTH, IF YOU WILL. SO I TAKE IT TO HEART WHEN THE FOOD BANKS GET BUSY AND THEY START GETTING
THEIR THINGS DEPLETED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE. 
          I'VE EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. 
          I REACHED OUT TO OUR CITY MANAGER, AND A LOT OF A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WENT ON IN THE
BACKGROUND WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT COULD WE AS A CITY, DO TO HELP THAT PARTICULAR FOOD BANK? AND I DID THIS BECAUSE I SEEN THE STATE OF OHIO
DONATED 25 MILLION, WITH 7 MILLION SPECIFICALLY GOING TO FOOD BANKS. 
          COUNTIES WERE DONATING MONIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE FOOD BANKS HAD ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED
PEOPLE. 
          BUT UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THIS PESKY LITTLE THING CALLED ORC,
OHIO REVISED CODE, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES. 
          SO, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO,
MAYBE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER DIFFERENT AVENUES OF WHERE THE CITY CAN SUPPORT, BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST GOALS AS A COUNCIL IS THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS
OF OUR CITY. 
          AND PART OF THAT SAFETY INCLUDES HUNGER. SO I WOULD JUST URGE YOU TO PLEASE,
IF YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR HEART, TO DONATE MONEY, NAVIGATE TO FISHFAIRBORN.ORG. 
          THEY HAVE A BUTTON ON THERE WHERE YOU CAN DONATE,
OR YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME AND GIVE BACK TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS I WAS SHARED WITH US
IN THE WORK SESSIONS, I THINK. SO I'LL MENTION NOW AS FAR AS THAT,
THAT THE CITY COULDN'T. 
          BUT THEN YOU SAID THAT THE CITY IS CONSTANTLY WITHIN THE RANKS RAISING MONEY TO HELP
FOLKS, ADOPT A FAMILY. SO CITY STAFF DOES ADOPT A FAMILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          WE HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDRAISERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THEN AT THE HOLIDAY TIMES,
WE DONATE THAT MONEY TO CHARITY SO THAT IT CAN HELP PROVIDE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS AND GIFTS FOR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO WE HAD $2,000,
ADDITIONALLY, THAT WE CONTRIBUTED TO FAIRBORN FISH, ALONG WITH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, CONNECTED FAIRBORN FISH WITH THE FIFTH THIRD FOUNDATION,
WHICH IS PART OF FIFTH THIRD BANK, AND THEY'RE ASSISTING THEM WITH A POSSIBLE GRANT FOR ADDITIONAL PURCHASES. 
          AND SO WE REALLY DID WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          WE JUST WERE NOT LEGALLY COULDN'T DO IT. AND WE WERE ALSO PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE GREEN
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WHO ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTH FAIRBORN FISH AND XENIA FISH. 
          SO YEAH, SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THE CITY SCRAMBLE TO,
YOU KNOW, THAT THE LAW SAID NO THIS WAY. 
          BUT THEN PEOPLE FOUND OTHER WAYS AROUND IT. SO THAT WAS GREAT. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT DONATION THAT WAS MADE WAS NOT TAXPAYER MONEY. 
          THAT WAS EMPLOYEES HOLDING FUNDRAISERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS,
SO. 
          YEAH. AND THEN SINCE WE PASSED THE BUDGET TONIGHT,
I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS THERE'S ALWAYS THE PART OF THE PROCESS IS THAT THERE'S A WORK SESSION A MONTH OR SO PRIOR,
TWO MONTHS THAT TRADITIONALLY WE HOLD AT SPARK, AND IT'S LIKE ALL THE WORK SESSIONS, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE SPACE IN THAT ONE. 
          SO IF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF NUMBERS WENT BY THE SCREEN REALLY FAST TONIGHT. 
          BUT THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, THAT BUDGET WORK SESSION HAPPENED AND THERE'S A MEETING
MINUTES WITH A LOT MORE DETAIL AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN I GUESS I WILL ALSO I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE AT THE START OF THE DECEMBER
MEETING, ADAM, BUT I'D LIKE TO AGREE WITH WHAT MIKE SAID. 
          ADAM AND I ARE NOT IN LOVE WITH THE PUBLIC SPEAKING PART OF THIS JOB PERHAPS,
BUT I ALWAYS, LIKE I TELL EVERYONE. YEAH, BUT LIKE, WHEN I HAVE MY ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS,
I ALWAYS GET LIKE, REALLY GOOD PERSPECTIVE AND INPUT FOR YOU FROM YOU. 
          SO IT'S BEEN REALLY VALUABLE TO ME TO HAVE YOU AS A COWORKER UP HERE. 
          [01:35:03]
THANKS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SO AS IT'S MENTIONED YEAH,
THIS IS MY LAST MEETING UP HERE. 
          FULL MEETING. SO DEFINITELY MY LAST COUNCIL COMMENTS. 
          BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL. 
          YOU KNOW, GETTING TO KNOW YOU ALL GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE OF THE CITY,
YOU KNOW, WORK FOR THE CITY YOU KNOW, GETTING EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE OTHER VIEWPOINTS COMING TOGETHER AND
MAKING THIS THING WORK. 
          IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. YEAH. SO I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BEEN UP HERE. 
          AND YEAH. SO I, I GENERALLY AM THE QUIET ONE KIND OF HOLD MY TONGUE FOR THE MOST TIME. 
          MOST, MOST TIME UP HERE FOR MY OWN BENEFIT, MAYBE. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, FOR MY LAST OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SAY SOMETHING,
I WILL COMMENT. 
          I TYPICALLY WOULDN'T MAKE A REPLY TO YOU, BUT,
MR. BAKER, YES, I DID CHECK YOUR SIGN. WELL, I DIDN'T PHYSICALLY CHECK IT. 
          ACTUALLY. IT WAS. IT LOOKED CLOSE. I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN APOLOGY. 
          NO I'M NOT. OH, NO NO NO NO I'M NOT. LET ME. COUNCIL SPEAK. 
          CITY COUNCIL. I'M SPEAKING. PLEASE. I AM, I AM NOT APOLOGIZING. 
          I'M TELLING YOU. YEAH. LOOK CLOSE. I ASKED THE OFFICIAL ABOUT IT AND HE SAID,
YEAH, I WAS DEFINITELY NOT THE FIRST AND I DEFINITELY WASN'T GOING TO BE THE LAST THAT ASKED. BUT WHEN THE FIRST PERSON DID ASK ABOUT IT,
HE DID GO MEASURE IT. 
          HE TOLD ME IT WAS EXACTLY 100FT AND THAT WAS THAT. 
          SO YEAH, I DID. I DID ASK, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ALL THERE WAS TO IT,
SO. 
          I DON'T EVEN KNOW. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. MR. BAKER,
WHEN COUNCIL SPEAKS, WE ASK THAT PEOPLE DON'T INTERRUPT. 
          WE DID NOT INTERRUPT WHEN YOU SPOKE. THANK YOU. 
          BUT THAT WAS IT. I JUST I APPRECIATE IT. SO I'M DONE. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. ONE. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK ADAM FOR HIS SERVICE TO THIS TO
THIS COUNCIL, TO THIS BOARD, TO ADAM YOU KNOW, AS ALREADY MENTIONED,
HE. 
          AND HE'LL TELL YOU HE DOESN'T SAY A LOT. BUT BUT I RESPECT HIM. 
          I RESPECT THE WAY HE THINKS. WE ALL SERVE AND WE BRING A CERTAIN GIFT OR TALENT. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE AND BE OURSELVES AND SHARE. 
          WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, WHICH IS FINE. 
          BUT BUT WE ARE OPEN TO OPINIONS AND VIEWS. AND,
ADAM, YOU HAVE SERVED ADMIRABLY. 
          IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SERVE NEXT TO YOU OVER THE PAST YEAR. 
          HE DID MENTION AT THE BEGINNING. HE SAYS, CLINT,
I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. 
          HE DID NOT. OKAY. I ACTUALLY. BUT I'M GOING TO MISS HIM AS WELL. 
          HE'S TRULY A CHAMPION FOR ME. I WILL LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE EAGLE SCOUT. 
          CHRISTIAN. SHE'S THE FIRST FEMALE EAGLE SCOUT IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. 
          AND SITTING THERE, STANDING THERE AND WATCHING HER SHARE HER STORY, SHE IS ABOUT AS EXCITED AS. I MEAN, I COULD HAVE WENT OUT AND DONE A CARTWHEEL BACK
HANDSPRING AFTER HEARING HER. 
          I MEAN, SHE IS ABSOLUTELY A GEM. SHE IS GOING TO WEAR THE EAGLE BADGE,
THE EAGLE GRADE, THE EAGLE RANK PROUDLY. SHE WILL REPRESENT US EXTREMELY WELL. 
          SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU, MAYOR AND GUIDING HER AND MENTORING HER AND THEN ALL OF HER OTHER
MENTORS. 
          AND THEN SHE WAS, WHICH WAS REALLY VERY TOUCHING. 
          SHE WAS VERY KIND ABOUT MENTIONING HER MOM, WHO HELPED HER AS SHE SAID,
PUT THE BOOT IN THE BUTT. 
          BUT IT WAS IT WAS HER MOM WHO HELPED ENCOURAGE HER. 
          AND NOW SHE'S GOT SOMETHING THAT NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE AWAY FROM HER. 
          AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE AWAY FROM HER. 
          AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER. AND IN ALL SHE'S DOING. 
          THE LEGENDS OF FAIRBORN TRUE LEGENDS OF FAIRBORN ALL RECOGNIZED. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM,
BUT IT'S ALREADY POSTED OUT THERE. 
          [01:40:05]
GREAT WORK ON FOR ALL OF THEM. CONGRATULATIONS ON TO THE CITY IN PASSING THE FIRE AND
POLICE LEVIES. 
          YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT SPEAKS OF OF CITIZENS BEING CONFIDENT OF WHAT OUR POLICE AND FIRE DO
DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          THEY ARE TRULY THE PUBLIC SERVANTS IN MY EYE. 
          AND AND WHAT THEY DO. THEY ARE AT THE DOORSTEP OF OUR CITIZENS EVERY DAY,
AND THEY ARE ENGAGED WITH THEM. AND I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY DO. 
          THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BOTH OF THOSE ROLES. 
          THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BRIAN DODD FOR BEING ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL. YOU GET ALL OF THIS? BUT I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUES,
MARY REASTER AND RODNEY MCCUBBINS, FOR BEING REELECTED. 
          FANTASTIC. I APPRECIATE, SERVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE WITH YOU,
WITH YOU BOTH. 
          AND LASTLY THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND A FEW WORDS COME TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF THANKSGIVING,
AND, AND IT ISN'T ALWAYS DINNER AND DESSERT AND FOOTBALL AND RELAXATION. I THINK IT'S FAMILY AND GRATITUDE. 
          AND I ALSO THINK OF OPPORTUNITY AND SHARING,
REACHING OUT AND ENCOURAGING. 
          THAT'S WHAT THIS SEASON IS ABOUT. WE WENT THROUGH 2025 AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAVE
BEEN SAID DONE. 
          WE JUST WENT THROUGH A A SHUTDOWN, WHICH PEOPLE STRUGGLED. 
          SO, I JUST ASK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE,
FOR US TO REACH OUT AND FOR US TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. SEVERAL OF US HAD THE. I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT,
SO I'M GOING TO SKIP AHEAD. 
          SEVERAL OF US HAD THE PLEASURE ON THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH TO
ATTEND A BEAUTIFUL VETERANS DAY SERVICE. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, I'VE SAID IT A MILLION TIMES,
I'LL SAY IT A MILLION MORE. 
          THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL THE US ARMED FORCES. 
          THANK YOU. NOT ONLY TO YOU, BUT TO YOUR FAMILY FOR ALL OF YOUR SACRIFICES. 
          WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. 
          SO THANK YOU. AGAIN, JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE LEGENDS OF FAIRBORN AN INCREDIBLE LIST OF
LEGENDS, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY. NOW ADAM IS DEFINITELY THE QUIET ONE. 
          THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU. 
          DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HIM. HE'S AN INCREDIBLY SMART AND BRILLIANT MAN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. 
          IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS WILL BRING. 
          I DID JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, KIND OF AS A FOLLOW UP TO KAREN'S STATEMENT. 
          I HEAR THE FRUSTRATION IN THE DISAPPOINTMENT AND THE STATEMENTS MADE BY A PEER FEEL LIKE A
BETRAYAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I SHARE IN THAT CONCERN. I AM GENUINELY DISHEARTENED BY THE
MISREPRESENTATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HOWEVER, MY COLLEAGUE HAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EXPRESS HERSELF. 
          I AM ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MY WORDS AND MY ACTIONS. 
          AND THIS STATEMENT CONFIRMS THAT ALTHOUGH I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE CHARACTERIZATION OF OUR
COMMUNITY OR WHAT I FEEL ARE MISREPRESENTATION OF FACTS, I DO SUPPORT THAT FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST,
THANKSGIVING. 
          WHETHER YOU STAY NEAR YOU TRAVEL FAR. I WISH YOU SAFE BLESSINGS AND MAY YOU HAVE MORE
MEMORIES THAN AND BLESSINGS THAN YOU CAN COUNT. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SEVERAL THINGS TO COVER. FIRST, I'LL START OFF WITH TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIAN,
OUR EAGLE SCOUT. 
          I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO WORK WITH HER ON SOME PROJECTS. 
          I WAS HER MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          THAT YOUNG LADY IS VERY, VERY SHARP AND WILL GO FAR. 
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SHE'S VERY ENERGETIC. SHE'S VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND YOU HEARD IN THE PROCLAMATION. IT'S NOT JUST THE THE SCOUTING THING SHE DID,
BUT ROTC, OTHER COMMUNITY THINGS. AND THE REALLY THING THAT STRIKES ME IS WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE IN FAIRBORN JUST LIKE KRISTEN. 
          SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED. 
          OUR HIGH SCHOOL. THE BAND DOES FANTASTIC. WE'VE GOT GREAT ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS,
PRIVATELY SCOUTING, CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS, OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR OUR YOUTH,
AND OUR YOUTH ARE STEPPING UP TO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE THINGS. 
          SO KUDOS TO KRISTEN. THERE'S A SAYING ONCE AN EAGLE,
ALWAYS AN EAGLE. 
          AND FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE SHE CAN SAY TO EVERYBODY SHE IS AN EAGLE SCOUT. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AND ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN FAIRBORN WHO ARE DOING SO MANY
OUTSTANDING THINGS. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK ADAM. THANK YOU FOR 4 YEARS,
I'VE ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THE LAST TWO YEARS TO WORK WITH YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE QUIET ONE, BUT YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S THINKING IN THE BACKGROUND AND FREQUENTLY
COMES UP WITH THINGS THAT THE REST OF US GO. 
          WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          BRIAN, WELCOME. WE'LL BE JOINING WITH, YOU ARE YOU JOINING WITH US AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON
DECEMBER THE 1ST. 
          THE LEGENDS OF FAIRBORN. THAT PROGRAM STARTED SIX YEARS AGO IN FAIRBORN. 
          IT'S A WAY TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE HISTORY OF
THIS GREAT COMMUNITY. 
          AND IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THAT EVENT ON SUNDAY,
YOU HEARD THAT SEVERAL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE DECEASED. 
          THOSE ARE PEOPLE FROM THE HISTORY OF FAIRBORN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE. 
          WE ARE ALREADY COLLECTING APPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE CONSIDERED IN 2026. 
          THE LEGENDS OF FORMS CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE SENIOR CENTER. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET A STACK OF THEM HERE ALSO. 
          BUT THAT'S A PROGRAM. LIKE WE SAID, WE STARTED SIX YEARS AGO TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY AND IN THE HISTORY OF FAIRBORN. AND IT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE PROGRAM THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL DOES. 
          THEY DO A WONDERFUL PROGRAM WITH THEIR HALL OF HONOR RECOGNIZING GRADUATES,
FACULTY AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD DISTINGUISHED CAREERS. 
          HONOR FLIGHT REUNION. HONOR FLIGHT, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF IT,
IS A PROGRAM THAT STARTED IN THIS AREA A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. 
          IT HAS SPREAD NATIONALLY. THERE ARE HONOR FLIGHT CHAPTERS ALL OVER. 
          THE DAYTON CHAPTER IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND IS THE OLDEST. 
          WE WERE THE FIRST. WE HAD THE REUNION EVENT YESTERDAY. 
          IT WAS SO BIG AND SO MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED IT. 
          THEY HAD TO HAVE TWO SETTINGS OR SITTINGS AT THE GREENE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN THEIR BIG
HALL THERE. 
          WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE VETERANS WHO HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY NOW TO GO
TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SEE THE MEMORIALS THAT MANY COULD NOT HAVE SEEN WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM BEING IN
PLACE. 
          SO KUDOS TO ALL OF THOSE VETERANS WHO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THAT AND WILL BE
ATTENDING IT IN THE FUTURE. 
          ONE OF MY PET ISSUES AND COUNCIL KNOWS ABOUT THIS IS THE ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PROGRAMS THAT WE
HAVE IN FAIRBORN. 
          IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING OUR COMMUNITY CLEANER. IT'S BEEN ONE OF MY GOALS THAT FAIRBORN BE
THE GREENEST CITY IN GREENE COUNTY. 
          WE GOT A WAYS TO GO BECAUSE WE DID AN ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY CLEANUP THIS LAST SATURDAY. 
          ON THE GARLAND EXTENSION FROM MARCHMONT UP TO TREBEIN. 
          AND IT WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE. WE PICKED UP ABOUT TEN HUGE BAGS OF TRASH ALONG WITH A BOX
SPRING A CAT SCRATCHING POST. 
          AND I HAVE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH COUNCILMAN ALLEN HERE. 
          AT THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL, WHILE WE WERE PICKING UP TRASH,
I FOUND A $10 BILL, AND THIS TIME THAT $10 BILL. AS I WAS PICKING UP TRASH ON GARLAND THERE WAS LAYING BESIDE THE ROAD A $20
BILL. 
          I THINK THAT'S MINE. SO CLINT WANTS TO CLAIM IT,
BUT AS SOON AS HE CAN GIVE ME THE SERIAL NUMBER ON IT. 
          IS ANDREW JACKSON ON IT? ANDREW JACKSON, BUT I WANT TO KNOW THE SERIAL NUMBER. 
          I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY. WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF MONETARY FINES THERE
ARE. 
          MY POINT IS, WE DON'T WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PROGRAMS IF PEOPLE WOULD
JUST NOT LITTER IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          FOUR HOURS AFTER WE COMPLETED THAT ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY ON SATURDAY I DROVE THE ROUTE. 
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THERE WAS ALREADY A BEER CAN, A GLASS FROM A FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT AND SOME OTHER TRASH ON
THAT SAME STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. WITHIN FOUR HOURS OF US CLEANING IT UP,
PEOPLE WERE ALREADY THROWING TRASH ON THAT. 
          FAIRBORN CITIZENS, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. 
          I'M ASKING ALL FAIRBORN CITIZENS, QUIT THROWING TRASH OUT OF YOUR CARS BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE THAT TRASH IS COMING FROM. 
          THAT BOX SPRING DIDN'T JUST WALK UP THERE. SOMEONE THREW THAT BESIDE THE ROAD. 
          WE CAN DO BETTER. SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, CLINT. 
          NEXT TIME, WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF MONETARY ISSUES THERE ARE WITH THE ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY. 
          BUT WE CAN DO BETTER WITH THAT. I WANT TO ADD TO THE COMMENTS ABOUT FISH. 
          WE ARE SO FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE JANE AND BILL DAWLEY AND THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE THAT
MAKES UP THE FISH VOLUNTEERS. 
          THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AN ABSOLUTE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT. I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY WHILE THEY WERE DOING FOOD
GIVEAWAYS FOR VETERANS, MILITARY VETERANS, IN ACTIVE DUTY. THEY SAW OVER 40 DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAME THROUGH AND
PICKED UP MUCH NEEDED FOOD AND CLEANING SUPPLIES. SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO OUR CITIZENS,
IF YOU CAN JUST DROP OFF A CAN, A CAN OF FOOD OR SOMETHING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT THEY CAN REALLY BENEFIT FROM ARE PAPER BAGS. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT THERE AND WATCHED THEM AS THEY'RE PROVIDING FOOD TO PEOPLE,
THEY GIVE FOOD OUT IN PAPER BAGS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY WIFE AND I DO IS WHENEVER WE SHOP AT KROGER THE COMMISSARY ON
BASE OR ANY PLACE ELSE, WE ALWAYS ASK FOR PAPER BAGS AND WE SAVE THOSE BAGS AND THEY CAN REALLY USE THEM. 
          I TOOK A BIG STACK OVER THERE A WEEK AGO AND THEY SAID THE TIMING WAS PERFECT BECAUSE
THEY'RE RUNNING LOW. 
          SO EVEN IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO DONATE FOOD, IF YOU GET FOOD FROM A GROCERY STORE,
WHATEVER GET IT IN A PAPER BAG, SAVE THOSE BAGS AND DROP THEM OFF AT THE FISH PANTRY. 
          THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THAT. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. CHUCK STOUT, WHO'S SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. 
          CHUCK, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS HAS BEEN COORDINATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS TO
MEET WITH MYSELF AS THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE DOING ANOTHER EVENT ON DECEMBER THE 9TH AT THE SENIOR CENTER. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE A BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYOR. ANYBODY CAN COME TO THOSE. 
          WE WANT YOU TO COME AND BRING QUESTIONS. COMMENTS? I WANT TO THANK CHUCK PUBLICLY FOR SETTING THAT UP. 
          THAT'LL BE ANOTHER BREAKFAST AT THE SENIOR CENTER AGAIN,
DECEMBER 9TH AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING. 
          IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT, THAT MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR OUR CITIZENS TO TALK TO THE FOLKS
THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE AND ASK QUESTIONS. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT, CONCERN THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE WAY TO COME. 
          TALK TO ANY OF US AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO. IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER,
WE'LL TRY TO GET YOU AN ANSWER. 
          THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS ABOUT VOTING. 
          VOTING IS A PRIVILEGE THAT NOT EVERY HUMAN BEING IN THIS WORLD HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          I'VE HAD IN MY MILITARY CAREER. AND, AND WHEN I WAS IN THE PEACE CORPS,
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 
          NOT EVERY COUNTRY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US LIKE WE DO IN
THIS COUNTRY. 
          AND THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I TAKE VERY,
VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME IF I ENDORSE CERTAIN PEOPLE,
THAT IS MY RIGHT. 
          EVEN AS THE MAYOR, TO SAY, HERE'S WHO I SUPPORT. 
          AND I TAKE THAT ENDORSEMENT AND I TAKE THAT VOTING RIGHT VERY,
VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          I VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST JOB,
AND I ENDORSE THE PEOPLE WHO I THINK ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST JOB. 
          AND THAT IS MY RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER ABOUT
HOW SOMETHING MY DAUGHTER, WHO LIVES IN TEXAS, SAID SHE'S AN ADULT. SHE CAN SAY WHATEVER SHE WANTS. 
          THAT IS HER RIGHT TO DO THAT. BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY HERE ANYTIME YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE, VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO YOU BELIEVE ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST JOB. 
          AND THAT'S A RIGHT THAT WE AS AMERICAN CITIZENS HAVE THAT I TAKE VERY,
VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          SO, WITH THAT NOTE IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAYOR,
I GOT ONE. 
          GO BACK. I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS MENTIONED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN MENTIONED. 
          I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT. THAT WARREN BROWN WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE OHIO. 
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HALL OF FAME. VETERANS HALL OF FAME, SO. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. HE WAS A FAIRBORN CITIZEN. 
          YEAH. AND I WENT BACK AND RESEARCHED THIS. I THINK IN THE HISTORY OF THAT PROGRAM,
WE'VE ONLY HAD SEVEN FAIRBORN CITIZENS RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THE OHIO VETERANS HALL OF FAME. AND THAT IS TRULY AN HONOR FOR US. 
          IT IS. SO THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US OF THAT. 
          GOOD CALL. OKAY. IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS,
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MISS REASTER? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MISS CHESS? YES. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MISS STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS EVENING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.