Sep 03, 2024 City Council

[Call to Order]

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AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT'S NOT THEIR JOB. ARE WE READY? GROVE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AMEN. 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.

RIGHT. MAY I HAVE MISS KELLY CALL THE ROLL? MISS BURROUGHS HERE. ANDERSON. HERE. HERE.

[Approval of Minutes]

YES. OUCH! YES. YES. GARY. YES YES. ALL RIGHT. AND GOOD EVENIN, EVERYONE. WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA, SO WE'RE GOING TO ROLL RIGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING. AND I'M GOING TO READ THE AGENDA, WHICH UNDER LANDS THIS EVENING WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 3024 C 3124.

AND RESOLUTION C R 2524. UNDER FINANCE WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 3324 C 3424 AND RESOLUTION C R 3624.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS BY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, THIS AGENDA IS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS

[Ordinance C-30-24 Accept the Plat of Farmstead, Phase 11. Second reading and public hearing ]

GOOD EVENING. THE FIRST ORDINANCE UNDER LANCE THIS EVENING IS ORDINANCE C 3024. TO ACCEPT THE PLAT OF FARMSTEAD PHASE 11. THIS IS SUBDIVISION CONTAINING LOTS 357 THROUGH 376IN INCLUSIVE, AND RESERVE Q AND I DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP THIS EVENING TO SPEAK TO THIS. JEREMY VANNOSTRAND VICE CLOSE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

250 WEST. JEREMY VANNOSTRAND KECK, 250 WEST OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, WORTHINGTON. I'M THE SURVEYOR OF RECORD FOR THE PLAT. BASICALLY JUST HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ORDINANCE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED.

SECOND. ANDERSON. YES HAWK. YES. YES. GARY. YES. YOU. YES. YES ALL RIGHT. THE SECOND ORDINANCE

[Ordinance C-31-24 Accept the Plat of Farmstead, Subarea H - Phase 4. Second reading and public hearing. ]

YES. GARY. YES. PUGH. YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES. THE THIRD ITEM UNDER LANDS THIS

[Resolution CR-25-24 Approve the Development Plan for the Harris Property located north of State Route 665 and west of Borror Road.]

THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS READING AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE PETITIONER, I MOVE THAT IT

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ANDERSON. YES. SIEGRIST. YES.

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE? YES. I'M SORRY. I JUST GOT A TEXT AT THE LIVE STREAM. WAS DOWN ON FOR THE

[Ordinance C-33-24 Appropriate $10,712,737.88 from various funds for the Current Expense of the Columbus Street Improvement Project. First reading.]

THANK YOU. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 3324 TO APPROPRIATE $10,712,737.88 FROM VARIOUS FUNDS FOR THE CURRENT EXPENSE OF THE COLUMBUS STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THIS IS THE FIRST READING. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS FIRST READING. THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024, ORDINANCE C 3424

[Ordinance C-34-24 Authorize the City Administrator to enter into an Agreement with OARnet - VMware ELA for operating the City's virtual environment. First reading.]

[Resolution CR-36-24 Declare eligibility and designate banking institutions to receive active and interim funds of the CIty. ]

AND, MR. TURNER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT THIS IS FOR OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OF OUR PRIMARY SUPPLIERS. THANK YOU. THE THIS REPLACES THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED IN 2019, WHICH GAVE US AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH BANKS UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. SO THIS ALLOWS US FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO ENTER INTO BANKING AGREEMENTS WITH ANY BANK WITHIN CITY LIMITS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. CURRENTLY WITH HEARTLAND BANK FOR OUR DEPOSITS AND WE WILL BE SIGNING A NEW MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THEM IN THE NEXT IN THE COMING WEEKS. GOING FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 THROUGH 29. NOW, THAT DOES NOT PREVENT US FROM CHANGING BANKS WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD. IF WE FEEL THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THERE'S NO ONE ON DISCUSS FROM THE PUBLIC. SO I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. TURNER. AND THIS RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. I DO HAVE QUESTION.

HEARTLAND BANK RECENTLY SOLD, THEY ARE MERGING WITH A BANK FROM INDIANA. I THINK IT'S CALLED GERMAN AMERICAN BANK, AND IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THE PRESS RELEASES STATE THAT IT WILL MAKE BOTH BANKS STRONGER, STRONGER. THEY'LL HAVE BETTER SERVICES AND BE A MORE ABLE TO GROW. THEY SAY THE HEARTLAND BRAND WILL REMAIN, WILL RECEIVE THE RECEIVE THE SAME SERVICES.

AND I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT FROM HEARTLAND TOMORROW. IT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR IT'S A GROVE CITY BANK KIND OF DESIGNATION OR ANYTHING OR. BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, NO, I YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. WHEN, WHEN, WHEN BANKS MERGE, SOMETIMES ONE GETS WASHED AWAY. BUT IN THIS CASE, THEY SAY THAT HEARTLAND WILL RETAIN ITS IMAGE AND SO WE'LL, GERMAN AMERICAN BANK OF. AND YOU MENTIONED THE AGREEMENT. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND LATER IF YOU'D LIKE. ANYWAY, IN THE AGREEMENT. RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK THANK YOU, MR. HOLT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND ITS PUBLIC HEARING, AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. MR. HOLT. YES. GARY? YES. YOU. YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES.

YES. YES. THAT'S ALL. I HAVE IT ON. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA THIS EVENING. AND IF THERE IS ANY NEW BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO. EVERYONE IS AVOIDING EYE CONTACT, SO I BELIEVE WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE OUT THERE. AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE MAYOR'S

[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments ]

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BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES. CIGARETTES. YES YES. HOLT. YES THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A FEW MORE COMMENTS. WE, ADMINISTRATION MET WITH, PERSONNEL FROM THE TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, TALKING ABOUT TIPS AND, AS I THINK YOU'RE ALL AWARE, BECAUSE OF THE EMAIL I SENT TO YOU OR GAVE TO YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO RECAST THEIR LEVIES. THAT WAS, I UNDERSTAND, REJECTED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. AND WILL NOT BE ON THE BALLOT. SO WE TALKED A GOOD DEAL ABOUT, IF THEY'RE GOING TO RECAST, HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? AND HOW CAN WE HELP? THE OTHER SUBJECT, OF COURSE, WAS TIFS IN GENERAL. AND WE WENT DOWN THROUGH EVERY TIF AND, REMINDED THE TOWNSHIP AS TO HOW THEY'RE STRUCTURED. AND EACH ONE OF THEM ARE STRUCTURED IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FASHION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HARRIS TIFF AND THE, THE POINT THAT OF COURSE, THEY'RE MAKING IS THAT, TODAY THEY'RE RECEIVING $3,600 IN TAXES UNDER THE TIF. THEY WILL STILL RECEIVE 4 MILLION OR NOT. STILL, THEY'LL RECEIVE 4 MILLION, BUT THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING AS MUCH AS WHAT THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR IF THERE WAS NO TIF, SO THEY TALK ABOUT THE 2 MILLION, WHATEVER IT WAS DIFFERENCE. BUT OUR QUICK REMINDER WAS YOU HAD $3,600 AND YOU GOT 4 MILLION, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GIVING AWAY? BUT IT WAS A GOOD MEETING, VERY I THINK, INSIGHTFUL TO ALL OF US IN THEIR THEIR THINKING, OUR THINKING AND SO FORTH. I WAS GOING TO WRITE THEM A LETTER, BUT, FOUND OUT IT GETS VERY, VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MISTER BOZO, WHEN DOING HIS HIS MATH, GAVE FURTHER CLARITY AS TO IF THAT BALLOT ISSUE WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH, WAS THE MATH EXACTLY RIGHT? AND WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOME DIFFERENCES IN WHAT THEY ARE PROJECTING AND WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING. SO, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO ALL THAT THROUGH A LETTER, BUT, AGAIN, A VERY, VERY USEFUL CONVERSATION, I HEARD SOME OF YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DRONE SHOW FROM, SATURDAY NIGHT, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT IT WAS, YOU COULD SEE IT FROM BROADWAY. IT WAS AMAZING HOW THAT CAST ONTO ALL THE WAY OVER HERE TO BROADWAY. BUT WE THANK THE, JACK AND HIS FOLKS FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. AND, A VERY, VERY ENTERTAINING, WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE OHIO SIDE SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THAT, ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS BEING AWARDED A COMMENDATION MEDAL. HIS NAME IS, PAUL COLEMAN. AND THERE'S A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AND PROBABLY ONCE THAT'S AWARDED, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAIL. BUT IT WAS INVOLVED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE THAT I THINK THE TERMS USED IN BOTH PLACES, THE PERSON WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, WE ARE PLANNING A MEETING FRIDAY, HERE AT CITY HALL TO TALK ABOUT THE CIP FOR 2025. WE HOST HOSTED TOSO DOWN IN OUR LOWER LEVEL LAST WEEK AN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BIOSCIENCE GROUP, WHICH IS OUT OF JAPAN, INFORMED US THAT THEY'RE MOVING THEIR SAN FRANCISCO HEADQUARTERS TO GROVE CITY, OHIO, WHICH IS A REAL KUDO. AND, THEY'RE GOING TO SEND ME A LITTLE LETTER THAT LETS US KNOW THAT THAT THEY'RE MAKING THAT MOVE. SAN FRANCISCO, GROVE CITY, YOU KNOW, ALSO ON THE SAME LINES, WE HOSTED WELSPUN, WHICH IS A COMPANY OVER ON GANTZ ROAD ALSO. AND THEY INFORMED US, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUBLICITY ABOUT IT, THAT THERE WILL BE CHANGING THE INTERNAL OPERATION OF THEIR BUILDING TO DO MANUFACTURING, AND IT'S GOING TO ADD ABOUT 70 JOBS, SO THAT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION. ALSO IN 1991,

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I THINK WE'RE PRETTY WELL SOLD OUT OF SPONSORS. WE STILL HAVE SOME OPENINGS ON SOME TEAMS, 3.0 AND 3.5. IF ANY OF YOU ARE IN THAT CATEGORY. 4.5 AND FIVES ARE FILLED UP. SO THAT'S THAT'S A POINT THAT'S ON SEPTEMBER THE 14TH. ON FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY AT 630, WE'RE GOING TO BE UNVEILING A MONUMENT FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HISTORICAL CONNECTION. DOWN TO GRANT FARMSTEAD, IT'S OUT. IT'S OVER THERE, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT AT THE END OF PARK STREET. BUT, THAT'S PART OF THE, HISTORICAL DOOR. JACK. YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE NAME IS, IT'S A IT'S A PROGRAM THAT HAS A HISTORICAL CONNECTION PUT TOGETHER THAT HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AND SO FORTH. AND I THINK THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT. BUT BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MAYOR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO SAY HOW MANY PERSONNEL ARE COMING IN OR WHAT ALSO INDICATE THE SHIFT OF WORKFORCE. I MEAN, NOT REALLY. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY BY DESIGN, BUT I DON'T IT'S GOING TO GO UP HERE. BUT HOW MANY? I DO NOT KNOW. THANK YOU MAYOR. IF ANYONE NEEDS A TEAM, NEEDS A PERSON WHO'S NEVER, EVER PLAYED PICKLEBALL BEFORE. I'LL KEEP MY PHONE ON. AND THAT WAY THEY CAN TRACK ME DOWN BETWEEN NOW AND THE TOURNAMENT. THAT'D BE LIKE YOU THOUGHT I'D VOLUNTEER. THAT'D BE A 0.05. YEAH TOUCHE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. MISTER BOZO. I JUST ONE ITEM, AS COUNCIL KNOWS, EVERY FOUR YEARS, THE ADMINISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT ABOVE $100,000.

PRESENTLY, WE'RE, HAVE ADVERTISING OUT FOR OUR ENGINEERING. WE POSTED THAT ON AUGUST 9TH. THOSE, PROPOSALS ARE DUE BACK TO US ON FRIDAY, SO WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT. AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE LEGAL, CONTRACT WHICH IS ALSO ABOVE 100,000. SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT 45 DAYS, WE'LL HAVE BOTH OF THOSE TO COUNCIL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISTER SMITH. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS KELL.

I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM, MR. HURLEY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE TWO ITEMS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ABOUT THE LIVE STREAM, I WAS MENTIONING THIS EARLIER TODAY. TODAY IS A SUPER TUESDAY FOR THAT. OUR STREAMING COMPANY, MEETINGS THAT WERE CANCELED YESTERDAY GET MOVED TO THIS, THIS NIGHT, AS WELL AS THE MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY NIGHTS, I WILL TALK TO THEM IN THE PAST WHEN THAT'S HAPPENED, WE'VE RECEIVED COMPENSATION FOR THE FACT THAT THEY MISSED THE LIVE STREAM. WE WILL STILL HAVE THE STREAM OF OUR MEE BE POSTED UNTE MORNING. THE SECOND ITEM, MR. BOZO ASKED ME TO SPEAK ABOUT IS, ON THE 16TH MEETING, IN SEPTEMBER, YOU'LL SEE AN ORDINANCE FOR AXON. AXON IS THE IS A COMPANY THAT WE'VE ENGAGED WITH, IT REALLY GOES BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN CHIEF FAMBRO WAS HERE, AND, MR. TEDFORD WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW WE HANDLED DIGITAL ASSETS IN THE POLICE DIVISION. BODY CAMERAS, CRUISER CAMERAS. DIGITAL ASSETS AS WELL.

AND THEN THE STORAGE OF THOSE THINGS. OUR CRUISER VIDEO SYSTEMS ARE AT END OF LIFE, WE RECEIVED NOTICE IN JULY THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER IN ARE NO LONGER UNDER SUPPORT AS WELL. SO WE'VE KIND OF WE KNEW THAT WAS COMING. SO WE WE'VE PLANNED FOR THAT A LITTLE BIT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT ASSET. SO THE CRUISER VIDEO SYSTEMS, THEN WE ARE IN YEAR FOUR THIS YEAR OF OUR BODY CAMERA SYSTEMS, WE'RE USING A COMPANY CALLED

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AXON IS THE LEADING PROVIDER OF BODY CAMERAS, CRUISER CAMERAS IN THE COUNTRY. THEIR MARKET SHARE IS ABOUT 45% OF THOSE, TYPE OF INSTALLATIONS. IT'S USED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL AS WELL AS THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO, OR AS WELL AS ACROSS THE STATE.

SO WHEN WE GOT WHEN WE STARTED THAT PROCESS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, LOOKING AT HOW WE HANDLE THINGS FROM A BIGGER PERSPECTIVE. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ENCOUNTER TODAY IS THAT WE'RE SILOED WITH OUR SYSTEM. SO IF SOMETHING OCCURS, SAY THERE'S AN ACCIDENT OR AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURS RIGHT OUT OF HERE, WE WOULD HAVE CRUISER CAMERA IN ONE SYSTEM, WE WOULD HAVE BODY CAMERAS IN ANOTHER, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE DIGITAL ASSETS THAT ARE TAKEN.

AND THEN HOW WE TRANSPORT THAT OR CONVEY THAT TO THE COURT SYSTEM WAS ANOTHER ISSUE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS TRYING TO BRING EVERYTHING UNDER ONE UMBRELLA. AND SO, IN DOING THAT, WE'VE NEGOTIATED WITH AXON. THEY ARE STATE THEY'RE ON STATE TERM PRICING. SO THAT PRICING IS GUARANTEED. AND IT'S BEEN BID OUT ACROSS THE STATE. IT'S A IT'S A MECHANISM THAT WE USE QUITE FRANKLY, OR QUITE FREQUENTLY TO, TO ALLEVIATE HAVING TO BID THINGS CONSTANTLY.

SO, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPY WITH THAT PRICE. THAT'S ALWAYS A STARTING POINT FOR ME. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS NEGOTIATE BETTE, BETTER COST FROM THAT. AND SO, OVER A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A DIFFERENCE. WHEN WE WHEN WE FACTOR OUT THESE SYSTEMS THAT WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THAT WILL NO LONGER NEED BECAUSE OF MOVING TO ONE, IF IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $22,000 A YEAR. SO THE INCREASE IS THAT. BUT WE'RE WE'RE GAINING THE ABILITY FOR UNLIMITED CLOUD BASED STORAGE WHERE STANDARDS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WE'RE GAINING WITH THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT IN AT FOR A FIRST READING. AND ON THE 16TH, I HAVE A PRO FORMA THAT I PUT, I GAVE MR. BOZO. I'M SURE THAT HE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU AS WELL, THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF HOW WE GOT TO THAT. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AND I CAN COME AND KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THAT, IT'S FOR US. THIS IS A BIG THING. IT'S A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT, IT'S ABOUT 1.5 MILLION OVER THAT FIVE YEARS. SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING TO BAT AN EYE ABOUT. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT SO THAT YOU. WHEN YOU SEE THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. AND I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THAT IF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE. THANK YOU. QUESTION FOR TOM. YES, I'M SURE YOU'RE WITH THE COLUMBUS, SECURITY ISSUE. YES, SIR. CAN YOU. AS MUCH AS THEY ARE WILLING TO DIVULGE AT THIS POINT. YES. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, CAN YOU CONTRAST AND COMPARE OUR POSITION TO THEM? I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION PROBABLY 3 OR 4 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH ALONE. AND, THERE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I NEVER LIKE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT WE DO. I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ONE ON ONE. BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF, I DON'T WANT TO PAINT A TARGET. THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THERE, BUT WITH RESPECT TO THAT, I, I WOULD FIRST THANK THE MAYOR AND CHUCK AND THE COUNCIL, PREVIOUS COUNCILS, YOU KNOW, I'M AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, I WILL FINISH MY 31ST YEAR HERE, AND I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO ALWAYS HAVE HAD THE SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCIL AND OUR POSITION TODAY IS NOT THERE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR APPROVAL OF BUDGETS THAT THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I'M LOOKING AT MY BUDGET ALREADY FOR THIS YEAR. I'VE DONE MY FIRST ROUND PROJECTIONS AND, WITHOUT PERSONNEL AND THE AXON PROJECT, MY BUDGET IS UP ABOUT 6%. AND THAT'S TYPICAL OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD. NOT TO DIVERGE THERE, BUT WITH RESPECT. EXCUSE ME? WITH RESPECT TO THE OUR POSITION, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS AN UPGRADE TO OUR, OUR FIREWALLS, WE USE THE LEADING BRAND OF FIREWALL IN THE INDUSTRY, WE DID AN UPGRADE OF

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AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT YOU ASKED AND SOME QUESTIONS THAT, THAT, THAT WHEN I LOOKED AT HOW WE ANSWERED THAT, I, I LOOKED AT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. AND SO I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN A MANTRA IN TERMS OF HOW I LIVE MY LIFE, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND DOING A CONSTANT EVALUATION OF WHERE YOU STAND. I WILL NEVER STAND UP HERE AND SAY, WE'VE GOT IT FIGURED OUT, NO PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY AND THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT WE NOW SEE IN THAT SEGMENT, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF STORIES LIKE COLUMBUS OR CLEVELAND OR DELAWARE OR SOME OF THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THOSE KINDS OF, OF INCIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MATTER OF TIME. AND PART OF WHAT IS UNDER OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE OR WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR RESILIENCY PLAN, A BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS, OUR RECOVERY PLAN, ALL THOSE THINGS IN PLACE AND DO TABLETOP EXERCISES. EXCUSE ME AGAINST THOSE TO TEST THOSE TO HOW WE CAN BE IN A GOO, POSITIVE SPOT, YOU KNOW? NO MATTER HOW MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT THAT PROTECT OUR PERIMETER AND PROTECT OUR, OUR USERS. ONE WRONG CLICK AND THOSE CAN BE UNDONE. AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY NOT A FAN OF THE TRAINING THAT YOU GET ON OR THE TESTING YOU GET ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND THAT IF YOU FAIL, YOU GO BACK THROUGH REMEDIAL TRAINING. BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT. SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING IS ONE OF THE, THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT IF WE CAN IMPROVE UPON THAT WILL PROTECT US EVEN MORE. 88% OF INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR IN THAT, LIKE CYBER SECURITY INCIDENTS, CAN BE TRACED DIRECTLY BACK TO SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING OR THE LACK OF SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING. WE DO AT ONE, ONE TIME A YEAR NOW, AFTER THIS CURRENT INCIDENT WITH COLUMBUS, I SPOKE TO CHUCK AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A SECOND ONE IN PERSON. SO I WOULD LIKE AT SOME POINT TO MAYBE GARNER A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR TIME TO KIND OF RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS WELL, BECAUSE AS, AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS, YOU WILL BE IN AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT GET DIRECTLY TARGETED AS A RESULT OF YOUR POSITION IN, IN THE GOVERNMENT, THE MAYOR, MIKE, AND MYSELF WILL MAKE THAT LIST AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO CONSTANTLY LOOK AT AND CONSTANTLY SAY, CAN WE DO BETTER? HOW CAN WE BE BETTER? HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE BETTER EDUCATE OUR USER BASE, OUR OUR ASSOCIATES? SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IT'S A IT'S A CONSTANT CONVERSATION ON A MONTHLY BASIS. WE SIT DOWN AND WE, WE RELAY TO,

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BUT WE HAVE GENERAL CONVERSATIONS. BUT HOW THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED, I THINK, IS SOMETHING THAT ANY ORGANIZATION CAN LEARN FROM AND LEARN WHAT NOT TO DO MAYBE, OR WHAT WHAT THEY DID RIGHT, WHAT THEY DIDN'T DID. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A GROUP THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH, WE'RE GOING TO TABLETOP THAT THAT THAT INCIDENT FROM THE OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE, NOT KNOWING THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS, MR. CASTLE? THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SO JUST A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON. ONE IS THE BIG SPLASH.

SO IT IS NOW CLOSED, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON IT. WE HAD OVER 3500 RESIDENT PASSES AND ALMOST 400 NON RESIDENT PASSES. AND THEN THE BIG NUMBER I THINK IS WHERE WE IT'S CALLED A PASS HOLDER. CHECK IN WITH GUEST PASS. SO WE HAD OVER 36,000 VISITS TO THE BIG SPLASH POOL THIS YEAR. AND EXACTLY 100 DAYS. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A HIGH AVERAGE PER DAY.

I'VE BEEN AROUND POOLS SINCE 1992, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE HAD VERY FEW INCIDENTS AND THOSE THAT WE DID HAVE, WE WERE PREPARED TO HANDLE, OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM TOOK OVER OPERATIONS THIS YEAR, WITH JOE, HEIDI AND JOE ASBURY. BUT OUR ENTIRE SERVICE TEAM WOULD, WOULD RESPOND TOGETHER AS A TEAM, COMMUNICATE VERY WELL WHENEVER SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WE WOULD BE DOWN JUST FROM EXPERIENCE, DOWN FOR DAYS ON. IT WAS A MATTER OF HOURS. SO IT WAS REALLY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND SEE THEM WORK TOGETHER LIKE THAT, THE POOL, THE INCOME FOR THE POOL WAS UP $41,000 THIS YEAR, BUT THE POOL IS A SERVICE AND IT'S A COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO WE DON'T EVER EXPECT TO MAKE MONEY FROM POOL OPERATIONS THROUGH THAT.

SO, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THE BIG SPLASH. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIG SPLASH? OKAY, SO MY FIRST DAY HERE, JUNE 10TH, WE HAD PROSE CONSULTING IN FOR A WORK SESSION

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OVERALL. THEY ALSO WILL, WHICH I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN, DIVE INTO THE OPERATIONS OF IT. SO THIS IS THE DIRECT COST. THE INDIRECT COST AS, AS WELL AS, WHAT TYPE OF REVENUE WE COULD EXPECT FROM THE, FROM THE FACILITY SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT FROM AN OPERATION STANDPOINT ANNUALLY, WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE OR WHAT REVENUE MIGHT COME IN FROM THE OPERATIONS. SO THE, THE BIG OUTSTANDING THING IS THEY'RE READY TO MEET IN OCTOBER. SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT, TO COUNCIL AND SEE IF THERE WAS A DATE THAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO MEET ON AND TIME.

RIGHT. SO AS WE DISCUSSED IN CAUCUS, WE ARE ASPIRING TO OCTOBER THE SEVENTH AND YOU'LL JUST KEEP US POSTED IF THAT GETS FINALIZED. BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME THEN TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC. ONCE WE HAVE THAT COMMITMENT MADE AND BUBBLE, I THINK THAT BY CONSENSUS IN CAUCUS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PIGGYBACK THAT ON THAT REGULAR MEETING. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM TOMORROW AND THEN FOLLOW UP. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. SO MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM WITH THE REPORT? ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO CLOSING COMMENTS, STARTING WITH MR. DO I HAVE NOTHING AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU, MR. BARRY JUST A GREAT JOB ON THE SATURDAY'S EVENTS. AND BELLA, THANK YOU. NOTHING FOR ME. NOTHING. ALL RIGHT, MISS BURROWS, I JUST WANTED TO THANK, MR. CASTLE AND. SORRY. AND MR. HURLEY ONCE AGAIN FOR THE INSIGHTFUL INFORMATION. AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER THIS YEAR, I JUST. I LOVE TO LEARN AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHARED WAS JUST SO PROFESSIONAL. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH BOTH OF YOU AND MAKING OUR CITY BETTER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ANDERSON. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AS WELL TO JACK AND THE ENTIRE PARKS AND REC TEAM. THE DRONE SHOW WAS FANTASTIC. I TOOK MY FAMILY OVER THERE. I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU COULD SEE IT FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. SO IT'S NEAT TO HEAR THAT YOU COULD SEE IT FROM BROADWAY. BUT YES, GREAT JOB. THE MOVIE SEEMED WELL ATTENDED AND PEOPLE WERE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE FULL, I ALSO LEARNED THAT THE PICKLEBALL COURT LIGHTS DO GO OFF RIGHT AT 10:00 AT NIGHT, NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WERE LETTING OUR KIDS PLAY LATE AT THE PLAYGROUND, BUT THE LIGHTS GO OUT, BUT THANK YOU. IT WAS A REALLY FUN COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE THAT NIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SIGRIST. I MISS THE DRONE SHOW. I WAS SO BUMMED. I HAD A CONFLICT, BUT I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR, LIKE, THE ZERO POLLUTION OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT COMPARED TO OTHER FESTIVITIES. I LIKE THAT. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE. BOY, AMERICAN NITRO GOT THEIR PAINTING UP LIKE RIGHT NOW, DIDN'T THEY? HOLY COW, I THINK IT WAS. THE WAS WET AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. IT LOOKS GOOD. LOOKS GOOD. YEAH, BOY, EXCITING NEWS ON TOAST. SO, MISS FITZPATRICK, WHEN WILL THE KIND OF ONE WAY START? BEST ESTIMATE ON COLUMBUS STREET. THAT'S A LOADED QUESTION. OH OKAY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T I THOUGHT, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH AWARDING CONTRACT AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL IMPLEMENT THAT. WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE PHASES AND WHAT THE DISTANCES ARE, THE SOONEST THAT IT COULD HAPPEN WOULD BE OCTOBER, SO WANT TO COMMIT TO ANY SORT OF TIMELINE. AND SO WE HAVE THE CONTRACTOR ON BOARD AND THEY GIVE US THEIR SCHEDULE. OH THANK YOU. SO DIDN'T MEAN TO BE LOADED. JUST KIND OF THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE IT I APPRECIATE THAT, SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE STUFF ON HOLTON ROAD. JUST LOOKING SO GOOD, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS OUT TO JACK, IN SOME REALLY QUICK FOLLOW UP FROM OUR FIRST FINANCE MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT, THE GARDENS RENOVATION, THE GARDENS, TENNIS COURTS, AND, AT LEAST COULD WE GET SOME PICKLEBALL LINES? AND HE SAW THROUGH THAT, AND I HAD A PERSON TELL ME ON LABOR DAY MORNING AS OUR COURTS WERE SLAMMED AT 530, STARTING AT 5:30 A.M. AT, AT WINDSOR AND BEULAH, THAT THEY DROVE AROUND AND FOUND THE GANTZ COURT AND WERE ABLE TO USE IT AROUND 9:00.

AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE. AND THEY BROUGHT THEIR OWN NETS. AND

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