Jul 05, 2022 City Council

[Call to Order: President Berry]

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IN SESSION. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ONE. REFUGEES. CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR SCHATSKY, PRESIDENT. MR CIGARETTES, PRESIDENT. MR BARRY, PRESIDENT. MR. HOLT PRESENT MRS HELP HERE. NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM

[Approval of Minutes]

BEFORE WE GET STARTED THIS EVENING. DO YOU HAVE ANY THING? ANY BUSINESS BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THEN? I DO NOT KNOW. THANKS. ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. WE HAVE UNDERLAND ZORDON C 42 C 43 C 44.

[Welcome & Reading of Agenda: Pres. Berry]

[Ordinance C-42-22 Accept the Annexation of 6.024j+ acres located at 1189 White Road in Jackson Township to the City of Grove City. Second reading and public hearing.]

[Ordinance C-43-22 Accept the Annexation of 96.694 +_ acres located at 2088 and 2134 London Groveport Road in Jackson Township to the City of Grove City. Second reading and public hearing.]

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. SEE NONE. THIS ORDINANCE HAD A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. MR BARRY? YES YES, YES, SHARKY. YES, YES. YOU VERY MUCH. ORDINANCE SEE 44 22 IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION. OF 6.2

[Ordinance C-44-22 Accept the Annexation of 6.2+^ acres located at 4745 Big Run Road in Jackson Township to the City of Grove City. Second reading and public hearing.]

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OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. THIS ORDINANCE HAD SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO MOVE IT BE APPROVED SECOND. MR HOPE? YES YES, MR SHOCKEY. CIGARETTES YES. YES THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY EVENING.

MR BERRY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SERVICE COMMITTEE. CHAIRMAN HOWARD I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BARRY. I DO IT. YEAH I'M LIKE, PERHAPS THE LIST DOWN AND YOU'LL GET THE BALL ROLLING

[Resolution CR-37-22 Authorize the City Administrator to enter into an Agreement and Cooperate with the Ohio Director of Transportation for the Resurfacing of State Route 665 from I-71 to US-23.]

[Resolution CR-38-22 Accept the Grove City Action Plan to Promote Mental Health and Prevent Substance Use Disorders.]

WE HAD A PRESENTATION AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. UM SO IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE RIGHT AT THE START OF THE MEETING. ON THE YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE POSTING OF LAST COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE BEFORE I OPEN THE FLOOR UP TO ANY QUESTIONS AND ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC TO JUST WALK CLOSE THROUGH THIS STARTED IN FEBRUARY. 3RD OF 2020 WITH THE RESOLUTION TO FORM THE SUBSTANCE ADDICTION AND MENTAL

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THEY'RE HYPOCRITES. UM. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS THE POLICE. UM GROVE CITY, PLEASE.

UM THERE. THERE'S BEEN SAID INTEGRITY, TEAMWORK, RESPECT DUTY IN EXCELLENCE. THE DEFINITION OF THE HYPOCRISY THE PROCESS OF CLAIMING TO HAVE MORAL STANDARDS OR BELIEFS.

WHICH ONE BEHAVIOR IF NOT CONFIRMED, OR MATCH UP. EVIDENT IN THE GROVE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE JUST HEARD THAT GROVE CITY CENTRAL HOLIDAY . I DIDN'T WITH ARRESTED HE WAS A BLACK MAN ARRESTED FOR HAVING UNDERAGE SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A MINOR. AND THIS WOULD BE A I JUST ASK YOU TO ADDRESS THE ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT. DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THE DOCUMENT? WELL SEXUAL ABUSE WITH WHAT THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SO YEAH, THAT IS RELATED TO THE PLAN DOCUMENT ITSELF. WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING IS ACCEPTING THE ACTION PLAN. OKAY? BUT THE HYPOCRISY WAS THAT BEN ROUTINE ONE OF THE GROVE CITY RATHER THAN WASN'T THERE, ONE OF THE GROVE CITY FAMILY MEMBERS WAS NOT DIRECTED. AND COVERED UP IN 2015, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO BE RESTRICTED DOCUMENT, UM ONE QUESTION I HAD REGARDING THE FENTANYL. UM. THE LANGUAGE HAD CHANGED. I WAS CURIOUS WHY THE COUNSELOR WANTED THE COMMUNITY CHANGED THE LANGUAGE, WHICH IS CONTRADICTORY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH SPECIAL OPERATIONS SERGEANT MIKE WEAVER. MY NAME IS BRIAN WEAVER. BECAUSE HE STAYED OVERDOSE INCREASE AND CONTRADICTED. MR STAGE COMMENT. LAST CALIFORNIAN STATEMENT IS NO INCREASE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, DRUG AND ALCOHOL, BUT I'VE HAD SERGEANT STATEMENT THAT THEY'RE WORTH INCREASED SO THAT HYPOCRISY OR CONVECTION THERE SO EITHER MAYOR , I COULD A LIAR OR, UM, SPECIAL OPERATIONS SERGEANT MICHAEL WEAVER DYER'S SO I WANTED TO CONFIRM ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING RETINAL. ON THE LEFT THE LAST PAGE WITH NORTH SAID POISONING ITS PREFERRED LANGUAGE. THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THE OPINION OF THE COMMUNITY. UM SO ANYTHING THAT OVERDOSE IT NOW CONSIDERED POINT AND I WAS WONDERING WHY THE LANGUAGE BEING CHANGED. APPOINTED HIM WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNEW THAT OVERDOSE HAD THAT LANGUAGE. THANK YOU, MR WEAVER. YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU WITH A RESOURCE TO GET AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION FROM MY EMAILS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME? YES.

MY NAME IS SHERRY DOWN AGAIN AND LEAVE IT TO 235 SANDHU AVENUE IN GROVE CITY. I AM A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AND I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. I'M TRYING TO HOLD MY EMOTION. HE TOTALLY A GREAT FALL. UM FOR BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE AND TO MEET ALL THE

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PERSONAL SITUATION. A COUPLE OF THEM THAT REALLY MAKE THIS SOMETHING VERY MEANINGFUL TO NOT ONLY ME BUT TO THE COMMUNITY. ARE POLICE OFFICERS ALREADY DOING ABSOLUTELY AMAZING JOB OF RESPONDING TO THE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. AND SUBSTANCE USE CONCERNS. THEY ARE, UM, TOP OF THE CITY FOR THEIR MEASURES FOR DEESCALATING SITUATIONS. AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A COMMUNITY USING THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO GROW THAT NETWORK BY USING THE FAITH COMMUNITY. OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY ARE FOLKS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH SUBSTANCE USE AND SUBSTANCE RECOVERY AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT THIS COMMUNITY AND THERE'S INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES NEED. AND THE. AND THE PRAISE FOR THEIR EFFORTS AS THEY TRY TO REACH RECOVERY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING OUR CITY THIS IS BENEFIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK. AS PRESIDENT, HELP IF I MAY? YES MR SUNG AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED? WE DO HAVE COPIES OF THE PLAN HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE I WAS PART OF THIS ALSO IS WE HAVE A LOT MORE RESOURCES AND GROUP CITY THAN FRANKLY, I THINK I WAS EVEN AWARE OF TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES. WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE RESOURCES IN HERE, ALONG WITH KIND OF STEPS YOU CAN LOOK AT SO FEEL FREE TO TAKE ONE OF THESE OR REACH OUT TO ANY OF US. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR SUN. ANYONE ELSE? YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS DR MURRAY. CHEF I AM AN OPTOMETRIST AND I PRACTICED ITSELF WEST. I CARE 41 40 HOOVER ROAD GROUP CITY, SCIALFA AND MY GROUP CITY RESIDENT. 22 52 BRIDGE PARK TRAIL. AND I HAVE 22 DAUGHTERS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR PLAN, AND I HOPE THAT IT DOES MOVE FORWARD. I HOPE THAT YOU DO AUTHORIZE THIS COMMITTEE TO MOVE FORWARD IN COLLABORATING EFFORTS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOME SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER. TO GET HELP THAT THEY NEED. I'M ALSO. VICTIM OF SOME THEFT. AS A BUSINESS OWNER.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THAT, AND A LOT OF IT SEEMS TO HAVE STEMMED FROM SOME DRUG ABUSE. AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD ADDICTION PROBLEMS. AND SO I'VE ALSO BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY IN A NONPROFIT START TALKING GROWTH CITY DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM AND HOPING TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS. AND HELPING TO DO MORE WITH PREVENTION. AND THIS COMMITTEE IS PHENOMENAL. IT COLLABORATES EFFORTS WITH THE HOSPITALS WITH ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS WITH ATTORNEYS WITH BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE MYSELF. AND I THINK THAT THE EFFORTS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS PUT FORWARD IS REALLY PHENOMENAL AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR, UH, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I HOPE THAT YOU APPROVE THIS PLAN. THANK YOU, CHRISTI. THANK YOU, DR SHEFF. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? RIGHT THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ATHAT THE AP? YES, YES, YES. YES, YES. ALL RIGHT, AND I WILL TURN THE GAVEL BACK OVER TO PRESIDENT BARRY. HOPE NOT TOO FAR HERE, MR. SPORT HAS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA TONIGHT. SO CHAIRMAN HOME I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE THERE. MM. ORDINANCES CR 45 22

[Ordinance C-45-22 Grant an Exceptional Circumstance for 3985 Broadway to Increase the Maximum Award under the Town Center Commercial Revitalization Grant Program. First reading.]

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[Ordinance C-46-22 Authorize the Purchase of 0.034 acres located at 3895 Broadway and Appropriate $60,000.00 from the General Fund for the Current Expense of Same. First reading.]

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, POTENTIALLY UM. THIS IS THE ALLEYWAY BETWEEN BLUE WELLIES AND CULTIVATE. THAT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN USED AS PUBLIC PROPERTY. THIS WILL BE THE LEGAL ACTION TO FINALIZE IT INTO PUBLIC PROPERTY. MR SMITH, AND HE COMMENTS THAT. VERY BRIEFLY, SIR. THIS IS AN ALLEY THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM IF THEY WALKED BY, IT ALWAYS ASSUMED IT WAS EITHER PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY OR THE CITY OWNED IT. UM WE NEVER HAVE. SO WE'RE JUST FINALIZING THAT MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC ALWAYS CAN GET FROM BROADWAY BACK TO THE PROMENADE.

UM IN THIS WILL ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL. THANK YOU, SIR. HMM. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS FIRST READING. SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE 7 18. LAST CR 39 22 A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR OF

[Resolution CR-39-22 Approve the Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 2023.]

BREATHE.

MR SHOCKEY. IN THEIR COMMENTS. IF I MAY. UH, FOLLOW UP ON MR SHOT. KEYS COMMENTS. ACTUALLY, WE'VE HAD NO INCREASE IN 34 YEARS AND WITHIN THOSE 34 YEARS IN TERMS OF THE VILLAGE. THAT THE CITY OF PUTS ON PROPERTY TAXES WE'VE HAD 13. REDUCTIONS IN TAXES. AND THIS IS THE 16TH YEAR. UH, WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE AT 3.5 MILLS. WHAT'S THAT MEAN TO AN AVERAGE PERSON? LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A $300,000 HOUSE. THE MONEY THAT THE CITY OF GROWTH CITY GETS FROM THE 3.5 MILLS IS $367 A YEAR OR $30 A YEAR. THAT'S WHAT THE CITY GETS THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY TAX, OF COURSE. BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY SO AH, AGAIN. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT THAT MILLAGE WILL STAY THE SAME, AND THAT KNOWLEDGE IS DIVIDED UP BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND, THE POLICE PENSION FUND AND THE BOND RETIREMENT FUNDS. SO AH, AND THE REASON FOR THIS. THIS THIS, UH, ENACTMENT OF THIS DOCUMENT IS THIS IS THEN SENT TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSION. THE BUDGET COMMISSION LOOKS AT OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS. AND THEY GAVE US A FIGURE IN TERMS OF OUR LIMITATION ON APPROPRIATIONS NOW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IF OUR APPROPRIATIONS ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE INCREASE, WE GO BACK TO THEM FOR AMENDMENTS. TO INCREASE OUR AVAILABLE ABILITY TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS. THANK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THANK YOU, MR BOZO. OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS NOBODY SIGNED UP. ALRIGHT. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD IN SECOND. HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVED TO BE APPROVED SECOND. MR SIEGRIST? YES YES, YES, YES, YES. THAT'S ALL FOR ME, MR PERRY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE

[Call for New Business]

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AND WHEN I MET HIS MOM I KEPT RUNNING TOUR IN THE GROCERY STORE, MY WIFE AND SHE SAID, THAT'S THE SECOND BOY I LOST. THE FIRST ONE WAS TO DRUGS. ANDO SELL THAT BAR. HE KEPT TELLING ME TO SELL THAT BAR. SHE SAID. THE ONLY REASON WE EVER GOT IT BECAUSE I HAD A POOL TABLE. THE KIDS WANTED TO PLAY POOL. AND. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S A BIG ONE. MY FRIEND. I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS. I WAS COMING HOME ONE NIGHT AND I'VE SEEN A GUY WALKING. IT'S SAFE FOR ME TO PICK SOMEBODY UP. IT WAS MY OWN NEIGHBOR. HE WAS COMING HOME FROM PLANKS. HE WORKED THERE IN THE BAR AREA. IMAGINE IT'S A RESTAURANT, TOO, BUT WHEN HE TOLD ME SOME OF THE THINGS HE WAS FEELING BECAUSE OF JUST THE ENVIRONMENT. WHAT WAS GOING ON? UM, YOU KNOW, I COUNSELOR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN TROUBLE BEFORE. WE ALL SEEN THINGS TV, ESPECIALLY AND WHEN THIS GUY UM SHARED WITH ME AND THEN THREE WEEKS LATER, HE WAS TWO WEEKS FOUND DEAD IN HIS BATHROOM. IT WAS A WHILE BEFORE THEY RELEASED. IT WAS SUICIDE. THAT BOTHERED ME A LOT. BUT IN CLOSING, I WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT MY SON. GOOD SON. HE GOT HIT BY A CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY AT 55 MILES AN HOUR AGO, I WAS IMPAIRED. AND HE ACTUALLY DROVE RIGHT UP INTO THE DRIVEWAY. MY SON AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. HE'S STILL GOING THROUGH SURGERIES.

ONCE IN JULY HERE, AND, UH I HOPE HE MAKES IT. I MEAN, I SHOULDN'T EVEN SAY THAT. YEAH, I

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHRIS MOORE. PRESIDENT YOU RESIDE AT GATEWAY LAKES CORRECT TOWN ROAD TUNNEL. FIRST OF ALL, I MUST SAY, I'VE BEEN IN REHAB FOR 30. SOME YEARS LIKE I'M A THERAPIST.

BUT I WAS REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH TO PREVENT DIFFERENT ABUSES. SO, BUT THE THING I'M HERE FOR DORA SO I FEEL DOOR SHOULD NOT PASS ON SUNDAYS AS WELL AS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK BECAUSE I JUST DON'T , UM, I'M NOT FOR ALCOHOL DRUGS. ANY OF THAT. AND THESE ARE THE REASONS I'M GIVING. WE LEARNED FROM HISTORY THAT STRESS COUSINS PEOPLE TO TURN TO HABITS FOR COMFORT, AND THEY CAN DO A SHOPPING THEY CAN DO, UM, EATING, BUT SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEIR DRUGS, ALCOHOL PORNOGRAPHY STEALING FROM MURDER. SO WE KNOW THAT THE MORE THAT PEOPLE ARE DRINKING. THERE'S INCREASING VIOLENCE THAT VERBAL, PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE. THERE'S CAR ACCIDENTS IN THIS DIVORCE, SO SOME PEOPLE EVEN DRINKING IN THE MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT. HE SAYS . WHY WOULD YOU WANT THIS? AND GROSS CITY WITH ALL THE COVID THE SICKNESS, THE DEATH, THE JOBLESS PEOPLE AND FOOD SHORTAGES. SO WHEN I LIVED IN FLORIDA HERE YEARS AGO. BEFORE I CAME BACK. ONE OF MY FRIENDS. SHE WAS A CANADIAN INDIAN HERITAGE. SO SHE WORKED TO HELP DECREASE ALCOHOLISM WITH THE INDIANS UP THERE, BUT THEY USE THE CHURCHES AS AN ESSENTIAL TO BRING HOPE TO THE PEOPLE. THEY STOPPED DRINKING STARTED GOING TO WORK. THEY HAD DECREASED SEXUAL VERBAL ABUSE AND PHYSICAL . THE RELATIONSHIPS WERE RESTORED IN THE TOWNS WERE PEACEFUL AND FUNCTIONAL AGAIN. SO WHAT IS GROWTH CITIES ONE YEAR PLAN TO STOP THIS, AND I THINK THE PROMOTION. THIS IS GOOD ALONG THE WAY. WHAT'S THEIR FIVE YEAR VISION? AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT VISIONS WE'RE GOING? AND THEN, UM, ARE THEY BRINGING INPUT WHEN I'M SEEING MORE PEOPLE HERE, SO THIS IS GOOD. I SEE MORE DRINKING, THOUGH, HOWEVER IN THE BARS AND THE RESTAURANTS AND I'VE NOTICED MORE RIGHT ALONG HERE ON BROADWAY AND EVEN A STRING TOWN ROAD, AND SO RECENTLY, I'VE HEARD IT EVEN LILY'S KITCHEN. IT'S ONLY SEVEN IN THE MORNING TILL NOON, AND NOW THEY HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE WITH MANY TAPS AND WHISKEY. ECONOMIC THAT'S BREAKFAST LUNCH. SO CRACKER BARREL AND OTHER ANOTHER RESTAURANT. THEY'RE HAVING IT WITH THEIR BREAKFAST PANCAKES AND, LIKE, ALL RIGHT, AND SO NOW I'VE THERE'S A DIVERSITY MEETING STARTED. AND THEN THIS IS STARTING. SO NOW I'M WONDERING WHAT DIVERSITY CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING TO ADD MORE ACTIVITIES, SO I JUST WANT TO SEE THE THREAD FOR THE BUT WHAT WAY GROWTH IS GOING? SO I'VE LEARNED FROM HISTORY THAT CHURCHES ARE ESSENTIAL. THEN WHY DON'T WE FOCUS ON MORE BETTER LIVING PROPER LOVE, FAITHFULNESS , INTEGRITY, RESPECT AND ONE ANOTHER HAVE SOME DISCIPLINE JUST TO NAME A FEW. AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON GOD IN THE SENSE IN GOD WE TRUST SO GET BACK TO THE BASICS OF GONE FAMILY. SO IT SAYS. WE NEED TO STOP DIVORCE DECREE, SINGLE PARENTING, RAISING OUR KIDS AND THEN KIDS WITHOUT PARENTS, AND IT SAYS, I'M GOING TO SAY NO TO LIQUOR IN GENERAL. BUT EVEN IF I CAN START IT ONE DAY SUNDAY OR NOT LATE AT NIGHT. I WANT TO START SOMEWHERE. I WANT A SAFE COMMUNITY FROM OUR FAMILY FOR THE GRANDKIDS AND THEN, DON'T YOU? I THINK YOU DO BECAUSE I KNOW MY FIRST SOME OF YOU. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE GROWTH CITY LEAD IN OHIO AND THEN AMERICA MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN CRIMES DECREASED WITH CRIME FROM PEOPLE, PROPERTY AND SOCIETY. DECREASED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DECREASED ALCOHOLISM, DECREASED DRUGS. SO WITH THE DOOR ORDINANCES AND PEOPLE DRINKING FROM BAR TO BAR AND WALKING THE STREETS, ONE SOMEONE DRIVES AND KILL SOMEBODY, NONE OF THE BARS OR RESTAURANTS MONITORING THE DRINK, SO NO ONE'S TO BLAME. SO WHEN THE BARTENDER IS GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT MY FAULT. AND WHEN I GREW UP, WE WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY MONITOR THE DRINKS OR DRIVE THEM HOME. SO SOMEHOW WALKING SO I KNOW STAGES. WIFE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE EIGHTIES YOU TOLD ME AND MY MOM AT YOUR THREE MINUTES NOW, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP COMING UP TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU'RE JUST FOR THE RECORD. IT'S CHRIS MORE CORRECT. THANK YOU. MOM, SANDY. FRANCE. MY PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT, FRANCIS? FRANCIS. SANDY WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM IF YOU SAY YOUR NAME YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. IT'S SANDRA FRANCIS 2291 WHITE ROAD. GROW CITY. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I JUST WANT TO SHARE COUPLE OF

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HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER LOST A LOVED ONE? A FRIEND OR A NEIGHBOR TO A DRUNK DRIVER. MY FRIEND FROM GUARDS THAT LIVE HERE IN GROSS CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THERE'S MANY OF THEM DID ROOM BARRED MARY GRAHAM BAR. THEY LOST THEIR GRANDSON 19 YEARS OLD. THERE WERE 333 KIDS AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER. AND I TELL YOU THE TRUTH. IT NOT ONLY KILLED THOSE BOYS THAT IT KILLED THEM. THEY DIED INSIDE. BECAUSE I PRAYED WITH MARY OVER AND OVER AND OVER IT KILLED HER. UNTIL GOD FINALLY TOOK HER HOME BECAUSE SHE MISSED HIM SO MUCH.

IT WAS HER GRANDSON, THE MOTHER. AND FATHER WERE DEVASTATED. AND SO IF YOU PASSED THIS LAW, I JUST ASK YOU YOU KNOW THE HONESTY. IN LOOKING INSIDE YOUR OWN HEART, IF YOU SEE IN THE PAPER THIS ONE IS KILLED AND THIS ONE WAS TAKEN. THAT 15 YEAR OLD IS GONE. THAT FATHER IS GONE. THAT MOTHER IS GONE. BECAUSE OF A DRUNK DRIVER. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU? CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT? BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS IF YOU PASS THEM IS GOING TO BE A REALITY. PEOPLE DRINK AND DRIVE. THEY DON'T CARE. I DON'T CARE WHO DIES. THE JUNIOR WORK. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO VALUE LIFE. BECAUSE ALL LIVES MATTER. THANK YOU, SANDRA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALSO TONIGHT WE HAVE JOHN. UM MY IS THIS SLUSS PLEASE COME ON FORWARD. I CAN'T REALLY READ WHAT YOU WROTE THAT YOU'RE COMING TO TALK ABOUT CHICKEN SCRATCH, OKAY? BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT OBJECTIVE MORALITY, OKAY? YEAH. THREE MINUTES, SIR. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT OBJECTIVE MORALITY IN THE SIMPLEST FORMS. IT'S THE BELIEF THAT MORALITY IS UNIVERSAL, MEANING THAT IT'S NOT UP FOR INTERPRETATION. AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK ALSO AT SUBJECT OF MORALITY SUBJECT OF MORALITY, SAYS THAT OUR MORALS ARE ALL HUMAN MADE. IT CAN VARY FROM ONE PERSON'S PERSON. I'VE SPENT MY LITTLE YEARS 29 YEARS OLD. GOING OUT INTO THE STREETS OF GROSS CITY. GOING OUT ON THE STREETS OF COLUMBUS HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TOTALLY ADDICTED TO DRUGS. PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSUMED BY ALCOHOL. PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSUMED BY ALL THESE VARIOUS AFFLICTIONS THAT WE SEE IN LIFE. IT IS. WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OBJECTIVE MORALITY. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S FROM GOD. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S AN OFFSPRING OF A SOCIO BIOLOGICAL MIRROR DELUSION OF WHAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND AS MORAL THAT'S JUST NOT HOW IT WORKS. SO MY POINT HERE TODAY IS THAT WHEN I HEARD ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN GROUPS CITY WITH, YOU KNOW THE ALCOHOL AND OPEN CONTAINER.

I BELIEVE THAT IS IT JUST KIND OF BROKE MY HEART. BECAUSE I SPENT SO MUCH TIME. EVEN AS A AS A YOUNG PERSON OUT ON THE STREETS AND LITERALLY WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THIS OR NOT CASTING OUT DEMONS AND SPIRITS OF ADDICTION AND PERVERSION IN SUICIDE. SO SEEN THE DETRIMENTAL ASPECTS OF THAT. AND I'M NOT IN TOTALITY AGAINST ALCOHOL. YOU KNOW JESUS TALKS ABOUT WINE AND ITS MEDICINAL E. OKAY, YOU KNOW A LITTLE BUT WHAT I'M NOT OK WITH IS ALLOWING. NO

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SO I BELIEVE THAT HYPOCRISY AND YOU'RE HIDING RECORDS FROM THE PUBLIC OF ASKED FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL REPORT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND STEPHEN SMITH STILL HAVE NOT PART OF THE RECORDS. UM IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANNUAL PLACE REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THE CLANG COMPETITIVE. ALRIGHT INCREASING, WHICH IS HYPOCRISY THAT MAYOR SAID THERE IS NO CRIME INCREASING. BUT MIKE WEAVER SAID THERE'S AND THE AND THE REPORTS PROVED THAT IT IS INCREASING. SO I LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THE DATA INSTEAD OF DELETING IT AT OR COVERING UP THE DATA AND NOT PROVIDING PUBLIC RECORDS. UM AS LIKE. SPOKE ABOUT MIKE BOZO, UM, DO IT IN A BUILDING PERMIT RECORDS.

BUT IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THE DATA TO THE PUBLIC AND LET THE PUBLIC SEE THE DATA YOU GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE USED TO HAVE A TALK CALLED CRIME MAPPING .COM AT THE TOOL THAT I SET UP A GROVE CITY WHEN I WAS IN THE I T DEPARTMENT AND YOU COULD SEE ALL THE CRIMES HAPPEN IN ENGLISH CITY FOREVER BERATING YOU GUYS CANCELED. YOU REMOVE THAT WEBSITE. I BELIEVE IN ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THE INCREASING CLIMATE THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE WEBSITE WAS CRIME MAPPING .COM TIED INTO ALL OF OUR CABBIE. PORTION EVERYTHING YOU STILL NOT WITH PROVIDE PUBLIC RECORDS. WHY THEY MOVED THAT WEBSITE AND WHEN THAT WEBSITE WE CAN MOVE IN ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH INCREASED CHILD TRAFFICKING. EVERY SAW BEN RETAIN HAD SEX RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 14 YEAR OLD AND COVER IT UP IN 2015. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO. THE MR WEAVER HAS BROUGHT UP THIS ISSUE OF HATS AND THINGS SO I THOUGHT COMPELLED, YOU KNOW, HE MENTIONS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND IN THE MILITARY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ESPECIALLY IN THE ARMY. YOU WEAR A HAT WHEN YOU'RE UNDER TASK. THAT GENTLEMAN BACK THERE IS UNDER TASK. HE IS WEARING A HAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, ETIQUETTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. MY UM MY PARENTS INSTILLED THAT AND MAYBE HAVE TO EDUCATE YOU ON WHAT THAT ETIQUETTE IS ABOUT. NO YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO TALK ANYMORE. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. YOU DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. HAVE A SEAT. I'LL RESPOND TO YOUR EMAIL SHIRT. THAT'S NOT TRUE. ANYHOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO MR PAM GATE. MISS MISS PAM GATEWOOD. ALL

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I CAME HERE TO COMMEND GROUP CITY COUNCIL. PERFORMING THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE BEING NEW TO GROPE CITY AND A PARENT. I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT YOUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE. WE ALL KNOW THAT SOME KIDS ARE SUFFERING IN SCHOOL OR AT HOME OR BOTH. SUICIDE RATES HAVE RISEN 34% IN OHIO OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. AND IT HAS BEEN EXASPERATED BY THE PANDEMIC.

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CHILDREN WITH EIGHT OR MORE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OR A SPACE SCORES. HAVE A 51 100% INCREASE IN SUICIDE ATTEMPTS. THINK ABOUT THAT. EIGHT DAYS OF BEING BULLIED IN SCHOOL OR IGNORED OR EIGHT FIGHTS. 5100% INCREASE IN SUICIDE ATTEMPTS. AND WE KNOW THAT THESE EXPERIENCES ARE CALM BATTED BY HOW THE ADULTS RESPOND . AND SO I WANTED TO TAKE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE. IN YOUR RESPONSE. I APPRECIATE BEING GIVEN A SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONVERSATION. SOME CONVERSATIONS CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE HAVE THEM BECAUSE WE ALL WANT A SAFER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS. YOU'RE LETTING THE FAMILIES OF GROWTH CITY KNOW THAT THEIR STORIES MATTER. THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE FOR EVERYONE. I BELIEVE YOU'LL SEE A DECREASE IN SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND VIOLENCE AS THE PROGRAMS ARE IMPLEMENTED BY THIS TASK FORCE.

YOU ARE BRIDGING THE GAP. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS OF THEMSELVES. HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER? HOW CAN WE HELP THOSE THAT ARE STILL STRUGGLING? AND HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO VALUE OUR LIVED EXPERIENCES AND STORIES? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN. RAVEN PADLOCK. WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM IF YOU'D PLEASE RESTATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS MY NAME IS RAVEN TED LOCK AND I LIVE ON CAMBRIDGE COURT. I'M A 15 YEAR OLD STUDENT GROUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL AND I AM TRANSGENDER AND QUEER. UM AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT WHY I'M EXTREMELY THANKFUL THAT THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE IS BEING FORMED. SO I LOVE GOING OUTSIDE AND BEING OUT OF MY HOUSE, BUT I DON'T FEEL SAFE.

EVERY TIME I LEAVE SOMETHING BAD SEEMS TO HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE LAUGHING AS I PASSED BY THEM OR PEOPLE YELLING, AWFUL THINGS THAT NEED FROM THEIR CAR. BUT WHENEVER I GO DOWN TO DOWNTOWN GRIP, CNC EVEN JUST ONE PRIDE FLAG MAKES ME FEEL SO MUCH MORE SAFE. IN THE CITY COUNCIL VOTING TO MAKE THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND NOT JUST FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE, BUT ALSO FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SO MANY MORE GROUPS. AND THEN A LARGE MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT DIVERSITY IS THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE OTHERS QUEER AND THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF SECRET AGENDA TO MAKE EVERYONE. LGBT Q. WHAT PEOPLE LIKE TO THINK THAT SCHOOLS ARE DOING THIS. IN REALITY, NOTHING LGBTQ IS BROUGHT UP IN CLASSES. WHICH SEEMS TO ME TO BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S MADE INTO A TABOO TOPIC. IF A STUDENT MENTIONED MENTIONED BEING QUEER THERE IMMEDIATELY LAUGHED AT MY SCHOOL PUT UP ONE PRIDE POSTER THIS YEAR. IT WAS A RAINBOW HEART THAT SAID, BE PROUD. IT WAS TORN IN HALF BY STUDENTS HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN. IN MY ALMOST 10. YEARS OF BEING IN SCHOOL NEVER BEEN TAUGHT QUEER HISTORY, SO THE RUMORS THAT SCHOOLS ARE GROOMING AND INDOCTRINATING KIDS ARE VERY FALSE. KNOWING THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY WE ARE BEGINNING TO BE MORE ACCEPTING IS EXTREMELY COMFORTING. SO ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM VOTING TO MAKE THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE AND TAKING STEPS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, UM. JAMES WALL, PLEASE COME FORWARD. PLEASE. STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. AND YOUR ADDRESS. HOW MUCH JAMES WAUGH 3 TO 9 TO BEL STONE DRIVE. THANK YOU.

OPPORTUNITY. JUST SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES TONIGHT. RETIRED I'M AT THIS PASTOR. I'M ALSO THE

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MY THOUGHT WAS THAT THESE PERSONS DID NOT REPRESENT EVERYONE IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY.

THEY DID NOT REPRESENT ME. REMEMBER THE FAITH COMMUNITY? I WOULD EXPRESS AGAIN MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO WIDEN THE CIRCLE FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. FOR MY FAVORITE SELECTIVE GOD WELCOMES ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN, INCLUDING LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL , TRANSGENDER AND QUEER PERSONS. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING AND WORKING WITH MANY LGBT Q PERSONS OVER THE YEARS. EVEN ON THE SMALL CONDUCT CONDOMINIUM COMMUNITY WHERE WE LIVE NOW GROUP CITY WE'VE HAD NEIGHBORS DURING THE TIME WE'VE LIVED. THERE HAVE BEEN GAY OR LESBIAN COUPLES. FAMILIES AND MY OBSERVATION IS THAT THEY WANT THE SAME THING FOR THEIR LIVES WITH THEIR FAMILIES. FOR THE COMMUNITY, AS EACH OF US DOES. THEY WANT GOOD SCHOOLS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS SAFE FOR ALL THEY WANT JOBS AND THE GOOD JOBS AND THEY WENT FAITH COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY CAN WORSHIP. JUST TO NAME A FEW.

SO I CELEBRATE. UNIVERSITY OF ALL GOD'S CREATION. INCLUDING THE WAY THAT GOD HAS MADE EACH OF US AND A UNIQUE WAY TO THE PERSONS. WE ARE INCLUDING, OF ALL GOD'S L B T TWO CHILDREN.

THERE'S A PLACE FOR EACH OF US AT THE TABLE, A PLACE FOR EACH OF US IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. YEAH I UNDERSTAND COLOR, RIGHT? OUR NEXT PERSON IS BRIAN. SCAR.

OH I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO TAKE IT, CHAVIN THAT YOU CAN STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUMS THERE. HI GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRIAN SCARPINO. AND I AM NEW HERE. I JUST MOVED THE GROVE CITY IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR AND 3814 BRECK AVENUE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY I DROVE HERE. UM, I COULD WALK, BUT I DIDN'T. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A NEW RESIDENT AS A GAY MAN. UM I WASN'T SURE WHAT TO EXPECT, LEAVING DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS AND MOVING HERE AND THE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION COUNCIL MEANS A LOT EVEN AS WELL SITUATED AT ALL. UM I THINK JUST IF I COULD ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS OF WHO'S HERE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION TONIGHT. TRY TO GET EVERYBODY UP HERE AND TALK, BUT THEY WOULDN'T THANK YOU GUYS. THANKS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR LESST HAS NOT SPOKEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR SAY SOMETHING? YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO PLEASE. IF YOU COME UP STATE, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. I KNOW LIVIA ONY 3 TO 00 LONG RIDGEWAY GROUPS VIDEO, FI. OH, I HAD THIS WHOLE SPEECH PLAN, BUT I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY. UM I'M SORRY THAT THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD AS A TRANSGENDER PERSON. I KNOW THAT'S REALLY VOICES LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE IS A GREAT THING THAT WE HAVE BUILT AND I REALLY WANT TO DO IT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT, UM, AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP HERE, I DEFINITELY FACED DISCRIMINATION BEING A BISEXUAL

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[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments]

AND I DON'T RUN SCORE ANYMORE. HE JUST CALLED MIRRORS COURT. WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL MAGISTRATE THAT RUNS ANYWAY FROM OTHER THINGS THAT ABOUT GROVE CITY. I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE WEEKENDS. THAT I CAN REMEMBER FOR YEARS, PROBABLY SINCE ABOUT 1995 WITH THE FOURTH OF JULY 4TH OF JULY ACTIVITIES, THE FIREWORKS AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE CONGREGATED IN THE SAINT ROCH CITY HAS TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS. WE HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS TO COME. THE TRAFFIC AS IT WAS FLOWING THROUGH, OUR COMMUNITY WAS MAINTAINED EXTREMELY WELL, ALTHOUGH WE ALWAYS MAINTAINED HAVE SOMEBODY WHO SAID WELL, I HAD TO WAIT 10 MINUTES. SURE A COMPLIMENT OR POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLIMENT TO OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT PARKS AND REC AND ALL OF OUR C EMPLOYEES FOR WHAT I THINK IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE WEEKEND AND I SAID NOW THE REASON I MENTIONED 1995 1995 WAS A CELEBRATION OF THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEN LIVING WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS AT THE FIREWORKS CEREMONY DOWN AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WAS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION. THE LIBRARY WAS SHUT DOWN THE SACK WITH STARTED. ACTUALLY THIS MORNING, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT AT THE CORNER OF THE LIBRARY THAT HAD A POWER. CABINET. THEY WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW JUST TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THE THAT THERE WAS A SHUTDOWN TODAY. THAT'S THE REASON AND THEY WILL BE OPEN AGAIN TOMORROW. AH CITY SCENE MAGAZINE, WHICH I THINK COMES OUT. EVERY. TO MY DO YOU KNOW, SHERRY IS TOO MUCH OF THREE MONTHS. I DON'T THINK IT'S MONTHLY. THINGS TOO MUCH ANYWAY . THEY HAVE A DEAL IS CALLED, UH, COLUMBUS BOOZE. AND IT RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING.

BUSINESSES AND OUTSTANDING ACTIVITIES. UH CITY GROWTH CITY HAD 1234567. 10 DIFFERENT RECOGNITION MADE. OF WHAT? UM THE CITY GROWTH CITY IN THEIR BUSINESSES PARTICIPATED IN, FOR INSTANCE, THE BEST OF URBAN CONCERT SERIES IS A GROSS CITY SUMMER SIZZLE CONCERT. THE CENTRAL HIGHEST SUBURBAN ARTS FESTIVAL IS OUR ARSENE ALLEY FESTIVAL, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. SO ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING AS PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED AN AWARD. ARE WE? WE GOT 10 OF THE BEST RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. GOING BACK TO OUR. OPENING DIALOGUE ON OUR. DRUG AND ALCOHOL. PROGRAM. MENTAL HEALTH. WE WILL BE KICKING OFF 988 COMES AVAILABLE. NEXT WEEK, BILL. UH THERE'S GOING TO BE A

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NOTHING ABOUT FITTING ALL NOTHING ABOUT HEROIN OR ANYTHING ELSE. THOSE ARE ON THE ON THE RISE, SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME I LIKE TO HAVE A LAW DIRECTOR. UH EXPLAIN AND DEFINE WHAT MAINTAINING DECORUM IS. BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES ON WHY CAN'T I WEAR A HAT LIKE? CAN'T I JUST STAND UP AND SPEAK ? WE HAVE A DISCIPLINE CALLED MAINTAINING DECORUM, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR MEETINGS WORK. SO SOMETHING TO DO IT AT NIGHT, STEPHEN. BUT SOMETIME MAKE NOTE OF THAT, SO THAT WE DO FIND FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT THE CORNER MEANS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU , MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR BOZO.

NOTHING ADDITIONAL. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BARRY. STEPHEN ANYTHING NECESSARY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE I HAVE A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT PREPARED FOR IT. THE NEXT SLIDES. YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT. YES SIR. THANK YOU, MISS HELEN. ANY BUSINESS FOR THE COUNCIL? NO SIR. THANK YOU. MR PRESIDENT PERMITS NOT THIS TIME. DEPARTMENT HEADS ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE ANY UPDATES OR ANYTHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO COME FORTH AND SAY. THIS IS NEW. ALRIGHT WE WILL START WITH CLOSING COMMENTS AND MR SEEKERS. THANK YOU, MR BERRY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN, SHERRY FOR THIS OUTSTANDING WORK, AND IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE PLAY SOME SMALL PART AND, UM, TO SEE YOU IN ACTION. ON THE CITY TEAM THAT DEVELOPED THIS. THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE WORK. THANK YOU.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER POPULATION AND ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN THAT SPOKE UP TONIGHT FOR MANY WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME SENSITIVITY. TO LOSS OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, AND THESE ARE SOME TOUGH TIMES AND TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK FOR YOURSELF FOR WHAT YOU FEEL PROTECTS YOU. HELPS YOU LEAD A SAFE. UM, PROSPEROUS LIFE. TO CITY LEADERS IS MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM. DURING MY. SESSION I SPOKE ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR 2023. AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO DETAILS, BUT I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO ARREST ASSURED THAT GROVE CITY FINANCES ARE IN FINE ORDER. AND OUR INCOME FROM PROPERTY TAXES, HOTEL BED TAX. BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT CONTINUES TO RISE YEAR ON YEAR AND THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO MORE PROGRAMS AND MORE

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I WILL I. IT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. THAT SHERRY DONEGAN MADE WHEN SHE SPOKE. MM PART OF THIS PROCESS WAS EACH OF US LEARNING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING? AND I THINK THAT BEING PART OF CITY GOVERNMENT GIVES US THAT PLATFORM. TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND MAKE CONNECTIONS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE UTILIZED THIS COMMITTEE TO DO. AND NOW WE'RE READY TO JOIN.

HANDS WITH EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE HAVE BUILT THIS NETWORK WITH THIS POINT IN TIME AND GET TO WORK SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT . THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT . UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE BEING HERE. AND THIS IS, UM THIS IS THE WAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAPPENS. AH! RESPECTFUL. DIALOGUE WITH RESIDENTS. THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE IS JUST NOTHING MAKES ME THAT MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN SEEING A FULL ROOM. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. MR SHOCKEY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR PRESIDENT. ALSO ELECTED TO ECHO THOSE. AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THE LANDS PART OF THE AGENDA. IT'S WONDERFUL THAT YOU HAVE THIS GREAT TURNOUT FOR DIFFERENT PARTS THAT WE DEAL WITH LANDS AND ACQUISITIONS ON THERE. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I WANT TO SAY WHAT A WONDERFUL UM DISPLAY WE HAD WITH THE FIREWORKS ON THERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. UH IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING IN WHAT MADE IT PARTICULARLY WONDERFUL AND KUDOS TO THE CITY. KUDOS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE NEVER HAD AN EASIER TIME GETTING OUT OF GROWTH CITY PARKING LOT AND GETTING ONTO HOOVER AND GETTING EVENTUALLY DOWN IN KINGSTON. IT WAS SO EASY. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU TO THE POLICE AND MR T FURRED AND YOU HAD A GREAT PLAN FOR THAT. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAN. THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE AND NOT MY FAMILY IS TALKING ABOUT IT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AGAIN BECAUSE THAT WAS A GREAT GREAT DISPLAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. SO I WENT TO FIVE FIREWORKS DISPLACE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MARY, YOU MENTIONED RED, WHITE AND BOOM. ON AVERAGE. IT TOOK PEOPLE ABOUT TWO HOURS TO GET HOME, UM TO SOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN UPPER ARLINGTON AND IT TOOK ME AND IT'S BECAUSE I PROBABLY DON'T PEDAL FAST ENOUGH. IT TOOK ME ABOUT 35 MINUTES TO PEDAL FROM DOWNTOWN BACK HERE, BUT IT WAS AMAZING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT I PASSED HONKING AT ME THAT LIVED IN GROSS CITY. THAT WERE THEN ACTUALLY SAID, WE SHOULD HAVE BIKE DOWN TO BUT AS FAR AS THE GROWTH CITY FIREWORKS, GREAT DISPLAY, I MEAN THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IN HOOVER PARK JUST WALK TO THE END OF THE STREET. SO IT WAS. IT WAS NICE, AND I KNOW THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE IN AND IN AND AROUND THE AREA JUST APPRECIATED THAT AS WELL. UM TONIGHT, YOU KNOW IS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS THAT I KNOW I WAS LOOKING AT. EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCILS IS YOU WERE AS EVERYBODY WAS SPEAKING. IT MAKES US VERY PROUD AS INDIVIDUALS. I MEAN, I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GUYS, PEOPLE UP HERE AND WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF PEOPLE COMING FORTH AND TALKING TO US AND TELLING US WHAT YOUR FEELINGS ARE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN IN YOUR LIFE AND HOW WE CAN HELP YOU AND EVERYTHING, AND IT MEANS A LOT TO US. UM 15 YEARS AGO. I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE CAME COME FORTH AND TALKED ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS AND HOW THEY WERE BEING TREATED AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I'M YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR STANDING UP AND COMING FORTH, AND I DON'T MEAN THAT JUST ON THE DIVERSITY SIDE, BUT ON EVERY SIDE OF ISSUES. I MEAN, THERE'S WE CAN EDUCATE EACH OTHER. IF WE'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, AND AS LONG AS WE'RE LISTENING TO EACH OTHER WITH OPEN HEARTS, WE CAN. WE CAN ACTUALLY COME A LONG WAY TO UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER. SO I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. HOPE THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME YOU COME AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OCTOBER AND

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AND AT SEVEN P.M. THAT'S OUR NORMAL MONDAY. SO THANK YOU ALL

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