Oct 19, 2026 City Council

[I. Call to Order]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR OCTOBER 19TH, 2026.

WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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

MR. DODD. HERE. MR. MCCUBBINS HERE. MR. REASTER.

HERE. MISS STANTON. HERE. MISS CHESS WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

SHE HAD A FAMILY SITUATION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MRS. CHESS ABSENCE? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. MRS CHESS IS DULY EXCUSED FROM THIS EVENING.

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

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. IF WE COULD ALSO PLEASE SILENCE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

[IV. Minutes – Consider approval of the minutes of the October 5, 2026, Regular Council Meeting and the October 12, 2026, Special Council Meeting/Budget Work Session.]

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE OCTOBER 5TH, 2026 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING? OKAY. HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 5TH, 2026 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.

NEXT WE HAVE THE OCTOBER 12TH SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING BUDGET WORK SESSION.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY. HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. DID YOU GET THAT, JULIE? PICK ONE.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY.

THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 12TH SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING BUDGET WORK SESSION ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.

OKAY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ?

[V. New Business]

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

OPPOSED. ORDINANCE 24-26, AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 49-19 AND CHAPTER 116169 ENTERTAINMENT ADMISSION FEE. THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO.

THANK YOU. MIKE. IS THERE A. OH. EXCUSE ME. WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 24-26 FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, 2026. NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 25-26 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY, SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED.

ORDINANCE 25-26, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE REAR OF 2200 COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD TO AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC. PURSUANT TO THE OPTION AND LEASE AGREEMENT PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION 60 POINT OR 60-25. THANK YOU, MIKE. WE'LL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 25-26 FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, 2026. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR NEW BUSINESS. NEXT, WE WILL OPEN CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[VI. Citizens Comments]

PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES.

MARILYN MCCULLY, 2309 MALLORY COURT. TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES AND THANK CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, MANY OF THE STAFF THE FAIRBORN COMMUNITY, THE FAIRBORN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PEOPLE THROUGHOUT GREENE COUNTY WHO SUPPORTED OUR RECENT HILLS FOR HEROES. IT WAS A VERY BIG SUCCESS THIS YEAR.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE. THIS YEAR AND MANY YEARS WITHOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RAISE SOME FUNDS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HELP OUR VETERANS.

AND AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, PRICES HAVE GONE UP. SO IT TAKES A LOT MORE TO HELP OUR VETS TODAY THAN IT USED TO.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT, AN AVERAGE RENT WAS $900 A MONTH.

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BUT WE'RE ALL ALL THERE AND WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY FOR WHAT THEY DO.

AND AGAIN, PARTICULARLY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHO LETS US HOST OUR EVENT DURING HEELS FOR HEROES OR THE CAR SHOW.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT GREATLY BECAUSE THAT HELPS US A LOT IN OUR ENDEAVORS AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE HAVE SOME. SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE'D LIKE TO ISSUE FOR NEXT YEAR. CASSIE LEISTER, BATH TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE.

AN ADDRESS, PLEASE, MA'AM. 750 HERR ROAD. SO WE WERE AT THIS YEAR'S HEELS FOR HEROES HOPING FOR SOME COMPETITION FROM CITY COUNCIL, BUT EVIDENTLY BATH TOWNSHIP IS THE GREATEST IN FAIRBORN BECAUSE WE GOT NO COMPETITION.

CLINT EVEN THREW IT OUT THERE TRYING TO GET US SOME COMPETITION.

SO I'M THROWING IT OUT THERE. YOU HAVE ALMOST A YEAR TO GET READY FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE READY. WE ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE.

BRING IT ON. WE WILL HAVE A TEAM, WON'T WE? COUNCIL.

SORRY. I GOT A SURE. SO WE'RE GOOD. I WAS OUT OF TOWN.

IT WASN'T MY FAULT. IT WAS A RAIN DELAY. OKAY, YOU CAN PENCIL IT IN FOR NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

WELL, I'M UP HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE OTHER ITEM. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND.

BATH TOWNSHIP IS IS DOING ITS ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT AGAIN.

I PERSONALLY CORDIALLY LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO BE A TRUNK.

WE DO HAVE A PRIZE FOR THE BEST TRUNK THIS YEAR.

SO WE WE HOPE TO SEE YOU EACH AND ALL OUT THERE.

WHERE WILL THIS BE? THIS WILL BE AT THE BATH TOWNSHIP PARK.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACES. ARE YOU PUTTING THE CHALLENGE OUT TO THE SCHOOLS? OH, I PLAN ON GOING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL.

OKAY. AND WHAT TIME WILL THAT BE RUNNING? 6 TO 8 ON THURSDAY EVENING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KATHY.

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 THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIS COMMENTS.

[VII. City Manager Comments]

CHAMBERS HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL. I'LL SAVE MOST OF THAT TO THE MAYOR, BUT WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS FROM CITY STAFF WHO HELPED POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

SO THANKS TO OUR STAFF THAT PUT IN THEIR TIME THIS WEEKEND.

CITIZENS ACADEMY IS ENTERING ITS SECOND TO LAST WEEK THIS WEEK.

SO THURSDAY NIGHT HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER FROM 6 TO 8.

FINANCE, TAX, UTILITY, BILLING AND LEGAL WILL BE THE LAST OFFICIAL CLASS.

AND THEN NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT, THE 29TH WILL BE THEIR GRADUATION.

AND WE'LL HAVE PIZZA HERE AT THE CITY BUILDING, I BELIEVE FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF THAT. SO THANKS TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEAR'S ACADEMY, AS WELL AS THE FOLKS WHO HAVE PROVIDED INFORMATION AT EACH ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS.

WE'LL DO A POLICE SWEARING IN IN THIS ROOM ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND AT 9 A.M.

WE'LL BE SWEARING IN SEVERAL NEW OFFICERS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND.

AND THEN FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED TRICK OR TREAT THIS YEAR.

BEGGARS NIGHT IS SATURDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6 TO 8 P.M..

SO SATURDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6 TO 8 P.M.

FOR TRICK OR TREAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAVE EMILY GAY'S LAST DAY WITH US AS OUR SOCIAL AS OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER WAS LAST FRIDAY.

SHE IS ACCEPTING A POSITION WITH THE CITY OF KETTERING FOR THEIR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR POSITION.

AND SO WE WISH HER LUCK AND WE THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE DID WHILE SHE WAS HERE WITH US FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

AND WE ARE CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR HER REPLACEMENT.

SO IF EVERYONE COULD BEAR WITH US, WE WILL BE WORKING TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE AND ALSO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE WE GET A NEW COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER ON BOARD. SO IT MAY TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE LONGER TO RESPOND, BUT WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT.

AND, AND SO THANKS TO JAYLEN WHITE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHO'S IS GOING TO HELP WORK THAT THROUGH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS UNTIL WE HAVE OUR NEW PERSON. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY UPDATES I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING, YOUR HONOR, UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME.

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[VIII. Council Comments]

THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS FRIDAY NIGHT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND WE ENJOYED THE SEEING ALL THE COSTUMES, ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE ONES AND THE, IT AMAZED ME HOW THE FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, REALLY PARTICIPATED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. CLINT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

NO PRESSURE. I SAID I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY PASS, BUT I CAN'T.

NO. I WILL SAY THAT I DID DO JUDGING COSTUME JUDGING FOR THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL OVER ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D EVER DONE COSTUME JUDGING FOR FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT.

AND, AND I, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU FOLKS GO ALL OUT.

THEY GO ALL OUT. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE KIDS, BUT IT'S THE ADULTS.

THE ADULTS HAVE A PROBLEM. I MEAN, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHERE THE THAT'S WHERE IT LIES.

BUT BUT NONETHELESS, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE HOW THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AND PARTICIPATES IN THAT.

AND THANKS TO THE Y FOR OPENING UP THEIR FACILITY AND ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO A LOT OF FUN THERE. I JUST WANT TO PULL A THREAD ON WHAT MARILYN SHARED ABOUT THE HEELS FOR HEROES.

HUGE SUCCESS THIS PAST YEAR. AND WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF, OF, OF A LOT OF, OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ON THIS COUNCIL. A LOT OF OTHER VENDORS AND, AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WE DEPEND ON JAMIE'S TIRE. HE, HE, HE TYPICALLY HELPS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

HE HAS OFFERED US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP A VETERAN BY GOING TO HIS SHOP AND EITHER FIXING THE TIRE AND THEN NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

SO HATS OFF TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT.

WE'VE GOT ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP WITH THE, WITH THE OFC OPERATION FAIRBORN CARES ABILITY TO HELP OTHERS. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER.

AND IT'LL BE AT THE WANDERING GRIFFIN. AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THAT THE WANDERING GRIFFIN WILL GIVE 10% OF THEIR PROCEEDS FOR THAT DAY BACK TO OFC. SO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY JUST FOR VETERANS AND ANYONE.

TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS, TELL YOUR FRIENDS, TELL THE VETERANS THAT YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE, TO THE, TO THE BANK OF OFC AND BE ABLE TO HELP MORE VETERANS.

I THINK SINCE THE, SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS OPERATION FAIRBORN CARES, WE HAVE HELPED WITH NEARLY ABOUT 100, NEARLY $100,000 IN IN SUPPORT BACK TO THOSE VETERANS WHO, WHO ARE JUST FALLEN SHORT. AND IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT TO GET THERE.

IT'S VERY, VERY STRESSFUL WHEN THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL, TRYING TO GET TO WORK, TRYING TO PAY A BILL. EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW STRESSFUL THAT IS.

SO I JUST WANT TO PULL THAT THREAD AND JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK OUT FOR THE FLIERS FOR THE EIGHTH OF THE, 8TH OF NOVEMBER, AND THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

WHAT'S THE TIME FOR THAT? THE TIME IS GOING TO BE FROM 11.

I WANT TO SAY TILL 6 OR 7 WHENEVER THEY CLOSE.

AND THAT'S AT THE WANDERING GRIFFIN. BUT THERE'LL BE A FLIER THAT COMES OUT FOR THAT.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THE CHALLENGE AND CASSIE, YOU PUT IT OUT THERE AND YOU YOU TEED IT UP, WE'RE GOING TO HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK. SO I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.

WE GOT A WHOLE YEAR, 365 DAYS TO FIGURE THIS OUT, BUT WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A FRIENDLY COMPETITION. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, GUYS RUNNING IN HEELS AND AND WOMEN RUNNING IN COMBAT BOOTS.

SO A LOT OF FUN THERE FOR A GOOD CAUSE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS STILL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. I KNOW I MENTIONED THAT AT THE LAST, THE LAST TIME WE MET.

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AND, AND I DON'T THINK THAT I HEARD A STATISTIC LAST ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO THAT SAID ONE THIRD OF THE NEW CANCER DIAGNOSES IS BREAST CANCER.

I'VE NOT HEARD THAT BEFORE. THAT CAME FROM SOMEONE WHO, WHO STRUGGLED WITH WHO FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF BREAST CANCER AND WENT AND DID THEIR RESEARCH. SO JUST A LITTLE TIDBIT FOR, FOR US HERE.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

WE WON'T BE MEETING AGAIN BEFORE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

SO JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT ON NOVEMBER 1ST, WE SET OUR CLOCKS BACK.

AND THAT IS ALSO THE TIME WHERE WE TYPICALLY RECOMMEND YOU CHECK THE BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS AND YOUR CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.

MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR FURNACE CHECKED. CARBON MONOXIDE IS A SILENT KILLER, SO WE'D HATE TO LOSE ANYONE IN OUR CITY FOR THAT.

AND ALSO THE FIRE, THE SMOKE DETECTORS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD A SMOKE DETECTOR, YOU NEED HELP HANGING IT UP, GIVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT A CALL.

THEY HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'LL COME OUT AND HELP. WE'D RATHER HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME OUT AND HELP YOU INSTALL A SMOKE DETECTOR THAN COME OUT AND PUT OUT A FIRE.

SO PLEASE REACH OUT IF YOU NEED ANY HELP. THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. OKAY. JUST A FEW COMMENTS. SEVERAL COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO, AFTER THE PASSING OF DOLLY PARTON, WE DID A PROCLAMATION HONORING ALL THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE.

AND WE RECEIVED A THANK YOU FROM THE DOLLY PARTON ORGANIZATION AND A REMINDER THAT HER DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM CONTINUES. IT DID NOT STOP AT HER PASSING.

SO IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR IT, PLEASE CONTACT A LOCAL LIBRARY OR YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY TO DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF OHIO. IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM PROVIDING BOOKS FOR YOUNG KIDS COMES TO THEIR HOUSE AT NO COST.

SO AGAIN, WE RECEIVED A THANK YOU FOR OUR PROCLAMATION FROM THAT ORGANIZATION.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING. THE DAYTON MEDAL OF HONOR COMMITTEE IS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL DOWN ON THE CORNER OF EDWIN C MOSES IN THIRD STREET.

AND TODAY WAS THE ACTUAL DELIVERY OF THE MEMORIAL AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE OBELISK AND THE GLOBE THAT SITS ON TOP.

WE WERE VERY, VERY HONORED THAT THE EDWIN C MOSES THE TRACK STAR FROM FROM SEVERAL OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS WAS THERE TODAY.

HE LIVES DOWN IN ATLANTA. HE FLEW UP JUST FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE MEMORIAL ITSELF.

SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. THERE WERE ALL THE NEWS CHANNELS WERE THERE.

HE'S A FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL. HE, HE WAS THE SPEAKER TODAY.

BUT IF YOU GET A CHANCE, THE ACTUAL DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL, THEY'VE GOT SOME LANDSCAPING WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW AND SOME FINAL TOUCHES THAT NEED TO GO ON IT. THAT DEDICATION WILL BE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE DAYTON AREA MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL.

IT RECOGNIZES THE 41 MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS FROM THE DAYTON REGION, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, GREENE COUNTY, CLARK COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GET DOWN THERE. IT'S AN OBELISK SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE, OUR MEMORIAL HERE IN FAIRBORN. WE HAVE AN EAGLE ON TOP.

THEY HAVE A HUGE GLOBE, AN EARTH GLOBE OF SOLID GRANITE.

AND THEY TOLD US AS THEY WERE INSTALLING IT, THAT THE GLOBE ITSELF WEIGHS 7,000 POUNDS.

AND THEY WERE BEING REAL CAREFUL THAT IT DIDN'T FALL OFF AND ROLL THROUGH THE CROWD. TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE A BOWLING BALL GOING THROUGH PINS, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GET DOWN THERE.

IT'S ON THE CORNER OF EDWIN C MOSES BOULEVARD AND THIRD STREET.

THE THIRD STREET BRIDGE. SO THAT WAS INSTALLED TODAY.

OUR CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE TO BE ON THE TRASH PICKUP COMMITTEE.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH TRASH IN MY LIFE. WE FILLED THREE HUGE DUMPSTERS FILLED WITH TRASH.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE EVENT WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

WE WERE CONCERNED FRIDAY EVENING WE HAD OFF AND ON RAIN.

WE HAD A GOOD CROWD, BUT NOT A GREAT CROWD. BUT SATURDAY IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HELPING AT THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL, THAT'S THE BUSIEST I'VE EVER SEEN IT.

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I AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, WE HAD THE 3 TO 4 YEAR OLDS JUDGING THEIR COSTUMES.

AND YOU WANT TO SEE CUTE. LOOK AT 3 TO 4 YEAR OLDS IN A HALLOWEEN COSTUME.

IT WAS A TOUGH TIME PICKING A WINNER. AND YOU HAD WHAT, AGE? 0 TO 2. OH, YOU HAD THE YOU HAD THE BABES IN ARMS. YEAH. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST AT THE YMCA.

AND AGAIN, KUDOS TO THE YMCA FOR SPONSORING THAT.

THAT IS A LOT OF FUN. THAT GYMNASIUM AT THE Y IS ABSOLUTELY PACKED WITH KIDS.

AND YES, THERE IS AN ADULT CATEGORY. SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON A COSTUME FOR NEXT YEAR, MAYBE A HEELS FOR HEROES CONTEST COSTUME-LESSIE WOULD BE IN ORDER. BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. SATURDAY, LIKE I SAID, WAS ABSOLUTELY PACKED.

SUNDAY, THE WEATHER WAS VERY NICE. IT WASN'T QUITE AS CROWDED AND WE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT LATER IN THE DAY.

WE THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE BEER GARDEN WAS CLOSED ON SUNDAY.

SO BUT ANYWAY, THE WHOLE FESTIVAL WAS EXTREMELY WELL DONE.

KUDOS TO THE CHAMBER AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED PUT THAT ON.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO IT, PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

IT WAS VERY WELL DONE, VERY WELL ORGANIZED. AND WE HAD HUGE CROWDS.

NOT JUST OF FAIRBORN CITIZENS. I TALKED TO PEOPLE FROM KENTUCKY.

I TALKED TO PEOPLE FROM INDIANA. I DID TALK TO SOME PEOPLE FROM THAT STATE UP NORTH.

THEY ALL CAME DOWN FOR THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. AND AGAIN, KUDOS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND I'LL FINISH TOO, BY ADDING A NOTE ABOUT HEELS FOR HEROES.

MARILYN STARTED THAT PROGRAM A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND IT TARGETS A GROUP OF VETERANS THAT OTHERWISE, AS WE SAID, KIND OF SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.

AND IT IS AN EXTREMELY POPULAR AND WELL ORGANIZED AND IMPORTANT PART OF THE FAIRBORN COMMUNITY.

I WISH OTHER COMMUNITIES WOULD HAVE SIMILAR PROGRAMS. SO KUDOS TO MARILYN AND HER COMMITTEE FOR PUTTING THAT ON.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO BE A SPONSOR THIS YEAR, AND I THINK MOST OF COUNCIL HELPED WITH BEING A SPONSOR, WE HAD A LOT OF OTHER SPONSORS, BUT THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT TRULY BENEFITS THE VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE.

AND I'LL CLOSE WITH A COMMENT THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL.

THERE IS A SUBURB OF TOKYO RIGHT NEXT TO YOKOTA AIR BASE CALLED FUSA, AND THEY HAVE APPROACHED US ABOUT BECOMING A SISTER CITY.

SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE 10TH AT 8:00.

IT'S CALLED BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYOR, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT OUR SISTER CITY PROGRAM.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT SISTER CITIES DO AND HOW THEY FUNCTION, THE LADY WHO COORDINATES FOR THIS REGION OF THE UNITED STATES WORKS OUT OF AN OFFICE IN CINCINNATI.

SHE IS COMING UP FOR THAT MEETING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT SISTER CITY PROGRAM, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT MEETING.

AND THE THE COMMUNITY HAS CERTAINLY INVITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HAVING SISTER CITIES.

SO IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.

WE DO HAVE A NEED TO ADJOURN INTO A EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING OHIO REVISED CODE 121.22 TO CONFERENCE WITH THE CITY SOLICITOR FOR THE PUBLIC BODY CONCERNING DISPUTES INVOLVING THE PUBLIC BODY THAT ARE SUBJECT TO PENDING OR IMMINENT COURT ACTION. AND AFTER WE RETURN FROM THAT, WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION.

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

MR.. MCCUBBINS. YES. MR.. REASTER. YES. MR.. ALLEN.

YES. MR.. DODD YES. MISS STANTON. YES. MR.. KIRKPATRICK.

YES. AND AGAIN, COUNCIL WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION WHEN WE RETURN FROM CITY FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.