[00:00:03]
[Call to Order ]
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.TAMMY, WHEN YOU GET TO YOUR SEAT, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? ROLL CALL, MR. OMAR. PRESIDENT. ANDERSON. HERE, HERE.
HERE. HERE. FOR US HERE, MISS KELLY, HOW MANY SETS OF MINUTES DO WE HAVE?
[Approval of Minutes]
JUST 1 OR 2. WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES. SET OF MINUTES TO APPROVE.DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON.
YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, FOLKS,
[Presentation: Visit Grove City Quarterly Report ]
AND WE ARE GOING TO CALL TO THE PULPIT THE FOLKS FROM VISIT GROVE CITY TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR WONDERFUL WORK.GOOD. MICROPHONE. IS IT ON? I DON'T THINK IT'S ON.
I DON'T REMEMBER. THERE WE GO. PUSH A BUTTON.
IT WORKED. OKAY. OH. OUR PRESENTATIONS. NOT ZOOMED IN A LITTLE TOO BIG.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO SHRINK DOWN THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S MASSIVE.
WELL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. I AM AMANDA DAVIS, DIRECTOR OF VISIT GROVE CITY.
AND WITH ME TONIGHT IS THERESA BRECKENRIDGE, COMMUNICATIONS AND SALES MANAGER.
AND WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE. SO WE APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY BUSY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING TIME FOR US TONIGHT SO WE CAN POP AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
HOPEFULLY IT'S SMALLER THAN THE FIRST. THANKS, STEPHEN.
AND ON OUR NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL UPDATE.
WE CAME IN OVER OUR EXPENSES. Q2 BUT THAT IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR OUR CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU BECAUSE OUR CONTRACTS, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, COME IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR THAN WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR INCOME AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY. SO COLLABORATIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
WE HAVE MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES IN INVESTING IN OUR PARTNER EVENTS THIS YEAR.
AS I'VE TOLD YOU, LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE HAD COMMITTED TO SEVERAL SPONSORSHIPS FOR PARTNERS.
NOW YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL RESULT. WHAT YOU SEE IS ACTUAL EXPENSE HERE.
SO FAR, $550. WE STILL HAVE A LOT COMING TOWARDS THE ARTS IN THE ALLEY COMING UP.
AND THEN FOR GROVE CITY TOWN CENTER. SO FAR, WE'VE COME IN AT $11,335 FOR THE YEAR AND SUPPORTING THE WINE AND ARTS FESTIVAL, AND NOT JUST THROUGH DIRECT SPONSORSHIP, THROUGH BRINGING IN CONTENT CREATORS.
WE MADE ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE CONTENT CREATOR VILLAGE WITH A VIP AREA RIGHT AT THE TICKET BOOTH, WHERE WE BROUGHT IN SEVEN DIFFERENT CONTENT CREATORS FROM ALL THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OHIO AND BEYOND THAT WERE MOSTLY FOOD AND LIFESTYLE CONTENT CREATORS ACROSS TIKTOK, INSTAGRAM, AND SOME FACEBOOK AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT WAY TO CREATE CONTENT TO USE NEXT YEAR, AND ALSO TO CREATE A BUZZ ABOUT THE WONDERFUL EVENTS THAT HAPPEN HERE IN GROVE CITY SO THAT WE CAN GET ON MORE PEOPLE'S RADAR. OUR RIGHT BOOKING TOOL, WHICH IS OUR LODGING LANDING PAGES THAT WE'VE CREATED TO GO ALONG WITH OUR EVENTS AND ALSO JUST DIRECTLY BOOKING THROUGH VISIT GROVE CITY.COM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE STARTING TO TALLY UP NOW AND THE ABILITY TO SHOW THE ROOM INVESTMENT.
SO 750 558 AND LODGING BOOK JUST FOR GROVE CITY CARD FEST, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL EVENT PUT ON BY CARD COLLECTOR TO ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN CENTER. AND THEN OVERALL, SINCE WE LAUNCHED THIS TOOL JUST IN THIS PAST YEAR, OVER $5,000 BOOKED THROUGH THAT TOOL AS WELL.
BRIGHTER TRAVEL IS OUR PASSPORT BOOKING TOOL WHERE WE CAN CREATE DIFFERENT THEMED PASSPORTS LIKE OUR TRAIL PROGRAMS. THE SUGAR RUSH TRAIL IS A TRAIL THAT WE LAUNCHED THIS YEAR WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COFFEE,
[00:05:02]
SWEETS, TREATS, AND YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF CHECK INS AND THE TOTAL SPEND ESTIMATION ON THAT, AS WELL AS THE MOTHER'S DAY WALK PASSPORT, WHICH WE DID IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR FRIENDS AT GROVE CITY TOWN CENTER FOR THEIR MOTHER'S DAY WALK EVENT.BUT 79 PASSPORTS WERE REGISTERED, 42 COMPLETED, 669 TOTAL CHECK INS.
I'M GOING TO TAG OVER TO TERESA SO SHE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT OUR ADS AND PROMOTIONS.
SO AGAIN, I'M TERESA BRECKENRIDGE WITH SALES AND COMMUNICATIONS, OUR PROGRAM ADS AND PROMOTIONS.
QUARTER TWO FOR US WITH MAGAZINES LIKE OHIO MAGAZINE, THE OHIO TRAVEL GUIDE, EXPERIENCE, COLUMBUS, OUR VISITOR GUIDE, AND OHIO HAS IT. THAT'S A BUS TOUR MAGAZINE I'M ON THEIR BOARD WITH.
WE HAVE CLOSE TO $2,000 INVESTED THERE. OUR DIGITAL MARKETING.
IT'S A BIGGER ONE WITH 16,000 PLUS. AND THAT'S OUR DIGITAL.
THAT'S WITH OHIO TRAVEL AND OUR NEWSLETTER, OUR DISPLAY ADS, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
PART OF MY OHIO FUND.COM. WE SPONSOR DIFFERENT THINGS WITH TOURISM OHIO, OHIO MAGAZINE.
SO THAT MARKETING COST IS AT THAT 16000 PLUS FOR THAT OUR WEBSITE, OF COURSE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
WE DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT LAUNCHED IN MAY, IT'S BRAND NEW.
SO IF YOU'VE NOT SEEN IT YET, PLEASE GO VISIT US AT VISIT GROVE CITY.COM.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED. SO FAR ALREADY 27000 VISITORS AND THAT WEBSITE IS NAVIGATED TO WITH A NEW PARTNER, TEMPEST. AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT DOING WEBSITES FOR CVBS LIKE US, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THEM.
OUR VISITOR GUIDE SO FAR IN 2026, 27,000 GUIDES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
THOSE RIGHT OFF THE PRINT GO TO ALL OF OUR 18 LODGING PARTNERS BOXES.
GO RIGHT OUT TO THEM. WE DELIVER THEM PERSONALLY, AND THEN FROM THERE, OUR REACH IS OUTSIDE OF GROVE CITY, UNLESS IT'S FOR VISITOR KITS, REUNIONS, OR NEW RESIDENTS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US AT TRAVEL PAVILIONS THAT YOU STOP AT REST AREAS WITH.
SO OUR OUR VISITOR GUIDES ARE OUT IN THE MASSES OUTSIDE OF GROVE CITY.
THE COUPON BOOK WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE GETTING READY TO, WITH THOSE COUPON BOOKS, PRINT AN ADDITIONAL 4500 BECAUSE OF THE WORLD'S SOFTBALL GAME COMING TO THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND THEY WERE SPONSORING PART OF THAT TOURNAMENT HERE IN GROVE CITY.
SO THOSE WILL GO INTO 4000 PLUS BAGS OF VISITORS, OUR PROGRAM SALES.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OUR SPACES THAT WE RENT OUT WITH.
IF WE CAN LAND A BUS GROUP OR A REUNION. BUT WITH THOSE GROUPS THIS YEAR, JUST THIS SUMMER ALONE, WE'VE HAD AN IMPACT WITH OUR SONS OF AMERICAN LEGION.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT CAME TO FRUITION IN MAY.
SO THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT YOU CAN SEE OF 206 ROOMS FOR THAT WEEKEND, $48,000. AND THEN OUR ARMY SECURITY AGENCY, THOSE WERE VETERANS THAT CAME IN FROM THE VIETNAM WAR.
THEY WANTED TO JUST HOST A GET TOGETHER. AND THAT IMPACT WAS OVER 7000 SOMETHING FOR A WEEKEND, 29 ROOMS. THE SONS OF AMERICAN LEGION WERE AT THE JURY.
THE OTHER WERE AT OUR COMFORT SUITES. AND THEN DURING THE COLUMBUS AIR SHOW, WE HAD A BOOTH THERE, BUT WE ALSO HAD A LAST MINUTE REQUEST TO HELP WEST VIRGINIA.
FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY FLIGHT SCHOOL. SO THEY NEEDED SOME OF THEIR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO COME AND SAY, HEY, WHERE CAN WE STAY? SO THEY STAYED AT OUR LA QUINTA.
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT AGAIN, JUST SOMETHING WITH THE SONS OF AMERICAN LEGION.
IT'S A SIMPLE BREAKDOWN. THE LODGING FOR THOSE ROOMS, 27000, PLUS ADDITIONAL LODGING FOR SOME HIGHER UPS THAT CAME IN ANOTHER CLOSE TO 1500. THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT OUR AMERICAN LEGION FRIENDS OVER ON MCDOWELL.
THEY HELPED WITH THOSE GROUPS THAT CAME THROUGH.
SO THAT'S AN ESTIMATED SPEND THERE. AND THEN JUST THE LOCAL SPEND.
WHEN YOU THINK OF TRANSPORTATION, GAS, EVERYTHING ELSE POTENTIALLY UP TO 7500.
SO FOR THAT ONE GROUP AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $48,000.
[00:10:07]
OVER TO HERE. SO WE REALLY WORK CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THESE WERE SUCCESSFUL.THANK YOU TERESA. THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL.
OVER TWO YEARS IN THE PLANNING FOR THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION CONFERENCE.
SO NEXT SLIDE FOR US IS TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGHLIGHT TOURISM ECONOMICS WEBSITE IMPACT CALCULATOR TOOL HAS BEEN LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE NOW FOR ALMOST 11 MONTHS. SO THIS IS 11 MONTHS WORTH OF DATA.
WE CAN SEE THAT FROM THE 150,000 VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE.
WE'VE TRACKED 2260 IN THE MARKET, WHO HAVE THEN SPENT $530,000 DIRECTLY AT OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE, RETAIL, RECREATION, TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING PARTNERS.
IT'S REALLY A UNIQUE TOOL, AND I WANTED TO PUT SOME SCREENSHOTS IN HERE FOR YOU GUYS.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR REPORTS, JUST SOME OF THAT DIRECT DATA THAT WE GET FROM THAT TOOL.
SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT BREAKDOWN.
AND IT SUPPORTS SIX JOBS RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE MORE VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE, MORE PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THERE ARE TO SEE AND DO IN GROVE CITY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK EVEN MORE OF THAT SPENDING IN MARKET.
SO THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL FOR US TO KNOW BECAUSE WITH PRINT MARKETING, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF INSIGHT, RIGHT? IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S PART OF THE FUNNEL.
IT'S THE AWARENESS PHASE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT US AND BE IN THOSE PRINT PUBLICATIONS, BUT THERE'S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TANGIBLE, ANALYTICAL DATA THAT WE CAN USE TO BE INTELLIGENT AND STRATEGIC AND SHIFT AND PIVOT AND KNOW WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACES. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND AS TERESA MENTIONED WITH THE GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES, WE ARE SPONSORING THAT EVENT THIS YEAR.
WE'RE PROVIDING NOT ONLY THE COUPON BOOKS FOR THEM, BUT WE'RE PROVIDING 1000 WELCOME BAGS FOR THEM.
THEY HAD 1000 MORE REGISTRANTS THIS YEAR THAN THEY EXPECTED.
SO THEY CAME IN AT 4500. AND WHEN WE WERE STRATEGICALLY MEETING, TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY NEEDED AND HOW WE COULD HELP, THEY SAID, WE NEED 1000 MORE BAGS. COULD YOU GUYS PROVIDE THEM FOR US? AND WE SAID, WELL, WE'LL PROVIDE THE BAGS, WE'LL BE THE BAG SPONSOR, BUT CAN WE INCLUDE OUR COUPON BOOKS AND OUR VISITOR GUIDES? AND THEY WERE LIKE, OF COURSE. SO NOW ALL OF THE PLAYERS COMING IN ARE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO GROVE CITY INFORMATION. AND THANKS TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WE'RE WORKING ON HAVING A STATION SET UP AT FRIAR PARK FOR THE FOUR DAYS THAT THEY WILL BE PLAYING IN GROVE CITY. IT WAS INITIALLY JUST TWO, BUT NOW WE'RE UP TO FOUR.
AFTER THE DAMAGE AT BERLINER DURING THE STORMS LAST WEEK, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME THEM.
WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM.
SO THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT OF POTENTIAL WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND AS WE TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT BEFORE, WHEN WE'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAD COMMITTED $65,000 TO THE CITY'S GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STRUCTURED THIS YEAR, AND IT DIDN'T QUITE PAN OUT. I THINK THE WAY WE ALL HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST FOLD THAT BACK INTO OUR BUDGET.
SO WE COMMITTED IT TO CREATING NOT NECESSARILY A GRANT PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE THAT COVERED.
SO WE'RE DOING SPONSORSHIPS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO DRAW VISITORS INTO GROVE CITY, ESPECIALLY TO OUR HOTELS. SO FAR, WE'VE DONE $5,000 TO THE GROVE CITY ALUMNI TOURNAMENT.
WE DID SOME EXCHANGES WITH THEM FOR COVERAGE ON THEIR WEBSITE.
A BANNER AT THE PARK, OF COURSE, AND WE HAD A LANDING PAGE FOR FOLKS COMING IN TO BE ABLE TO BOOK DIRECTLY THROUGH US TO GO FOR THEIR ROOMS. WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY END UP BOOKING ANY ROOMS, WHICH IS GREAT, RIGHT? EVEN WHEN IT'S A FAILURE, IT'S A SUCCESS BECAUSE IT TELLS US WHAT WE THOUGHT WE ALREADY KNEW, WHICH IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT STAYING OVERNIGHT IN HOTELS.
WHEN THEY COME, THEY'RE STAYING WITH FAMILY, THEY'VE GOT OTHER ARRANGEMENTS. SO WE'LL KEEP TRYING THOUGH. THERE'S THERE'S NO REASON WHY THEY CAN'T CHANGE THEIR MIND AND STAY IN SOME OF OUR HOTELS OVER HERE, WHICH IS THE COLUMBUS, OHIO ASSOCIATION. THEY'RE HOSTING A VOLLEYBALL ACTUALLY, LAST WEEKEND THEY HOSTED A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT IN HILLIARD, BUT THEY HAD SEVERAL ROOMS IN GROVE CITY. THEY WERE CONNECTED WITH A LOT OF OUR OWNERSHIP AT OUR HOTELS.
SO THEY KNOW GROVE CITY IS A PRIME SPOT TO STAY.
SO WE WERE EXCITED TO WELCOME THEM. BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE STILL HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THE TOTAL $65,000 THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, SPORTS, TOURNAMENTS, THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO DRAW FOLKS IN, ESPECIALLY AGAIN, TO STAY OVERNIGHT IN OUR HOTELS THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THROUGH THOSE SPONSORSHIPS AND TALKING ABOUT OUR LODGING PARTNERS.
OF COURSE, YOU ALL KNOW, BUT MAYBE OUR GUESTS BEHIND US, GROVE CITY IS HOME TO 18 LODGING PARTNERS, WHICH EQUALS OUT TO 1590 8598 HOTEL MOTEL ROOMS. SO OUR TEAM SUPPORTS GROVE CITY LODGING PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND CHALLENGES.
[00:15:01]
THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT TO US. THEY'RE ROBUST, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PROPERTIES THAT CAN BE CATEGORIZED FROM ECONOMY TO MID SCALE, UPPER MID-SCALE AND UPSCALE. SO A THIRD OF GROVE CITY'S ROOMS, 524 FALL INTO THAT ECONOMIC MIDSCALE AND THE CATEGORY, AND THEN 25%, THE 395 LEFT OVER ARE CONSIDERED UPSCALE.SO FROM CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS TO TRUCKERS AND LOGISTICS, THREE DAY DRIVER INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT WE SEE, THE SPORTS TEAMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT, CORPORATE CONTRACTS, GROVE CITY HOTEL MOTELS HOST PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AND OUR TEAM SUPPORTS TO TRY TO FILL IN THOSE GAPS WHEN WE WANT TO TRY TO ENHANCE OUR VISITOR STAY AND THE MARKETING THAT GOES TOWARD THAT.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY NEXT MONTH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BILLBOARD ON 71 NORTH COMING FROM ORIENT EXIT, COMING INTO GROVE CITY FOR SIX MONTHS. THAT WILL LITERALLY SAY 18 HOTELS LODGING, EXIT 100 GROVE CITY, OHIO. SO THAT IS GOING UP NEXT MONTH AND THEY ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT FROM US.
NEXT, OUR RUBY AWARDS A STAFF OF THREE WITH OUR FABULOUS BOARD.
WE, WE GO, GO, GO. SO IT'S EXCITING SOMETIMES TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE RECOGNIZED.
AND LAST YEAR, WE WERE HAPPY TO ACTUALLY WIN TWO RUBIES AND TWO CITATIONS OF EXCELLENCE.
SO IT'S COMING UP AGAIN IN OCTOBER. WE JUST SUBMITTED SOME OF OUR RUBY.
APPLICATIONS. THEY HAD THE MOST EVER SUBMITTED, BUT LAST YEAR IT WASN'T SOMETHING WE HIGHLIGHTED.
WE HAD A PR PRESS RELEASE OUT. BUT WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING TOO.
SO WE LOOK TO SEE MORE OF THOSE WHEN WE COME HOME WITH THEM IN OCTOBER.
WE SURE HOPE SO. SO WHAT'S NEXT? I MENTIONED TO YOU OUR GRANT, NOT GRANT.
SEE, I'M USING THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY. OUR SPONSORSHIP. IT'S NOT A PROGRAM, BUT SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR FUNDING LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HELP WITH OUR EXPERTISE IN MARKETING AND OUR ABILITY TO BUY DOWN CONTRACT PRICES. BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT EXPENSE IN MARKETING, WE'RE ABLE TO DO CO OPS AND BRING OTHERS INTO THE FOLD AND LET THEM BENEFIT FROM THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE IN MARKETING, BUT ALSO OFFER THESE KINDS OF SPONSORSHIPS.
AND THEN THEY HAVE OVER $1 MILLION ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT IMPACT FROM THAT EVENT.
SO I THINK WE COULD GET CREATIVE. AND YOU HAVE YOUR GRANT PROGRAM, WE CAN EITHER PUT OUR FUNDS INTO YOUR GRANT PROGRAM NEXT YEAR, OR WE COULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH THE SPONSORSHIP AND FORMALIZE IT AS A PROGRAM.
BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL AND REWARDING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR THAT TO HELP OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS THAT WANT TO BRING THEIR DOLLARS TO GROVE CITY AND BRING THEIR TEAMS TO GROVE CITY. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE HOSTED SO MANY CONTENT CREATORS.
AS I SAID BEFORE, AT WINE AND ARTS, WE'LL BE BRINGING MORE TO ARTS IN THE ALLEY.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER AND TO DRAW IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, TO SHARE THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH ARTS IN THE ALLEY AND TO CREATE BUZZ AND TO GENERATE MORE PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE FOR THE FUTURE TO PROMOTE THAT EVENT.
AND THERESA ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUR BILLBOARD, SO I THINK I'M DONE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS UPDATE.
IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE ALL THE FUN THAT YOU'RE HAVING.
MARKETING GROVE CITY IN GROVE CITY AND OUTSIDE OF GROVE CITY.
TWO THINGS. WHAT IS THE DATE OF THE GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES THAT STARTS IN TWO WEEKS? I WAS GOING TO SAY I HAVE THE LOGO IN HERE, WHICH HAS THE.
I HAS THE DATES ON IT, I BELIEVE HERE, WHICH I CAN'T SEE.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T DOESN'T. DID SOMEBODY GOOGLE IT BEHIND ME? IT'S AT THE END. IT'S AT THE. YEAH, IT'S I THINK IT'S THE LAST WEEKEND OF THIS MONTH.
THANK YOU. I'M NOT. WHEN IS IT DO NUMBERS, SO I APOLOGIZE.
THEY THEY GET ALL TRANSPOSED IN MY. FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH.
OKAY. AND SECOND OF ALL, DO I. DID I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT THE SONS OF AMERICAN LEGION ARE COMING BACK IN A COUPLE OF YEARS? WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TWO YEARS. THEY'RE HAVING A NATIONAL CONFERENCE DOWNTOWN IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO THERE'S OVERFLOW ROOM CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY PICK UP THERE.
YES. SO WE'RE IN DISCUSSION AGAIN WITH THAT. I KNOW WHEN THEY VISITED OUR RESTAURANT FACILITY, THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT THEY HAD SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN GROVE CITY THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO COME BACK IN TWO YEARS. SO KUDOS TO MAKING THAT EXPERIENCE WELL RECEIVED BY
[00:20:03]
THEM. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. OF COURSE, THE BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR THAT WE DID FOR THE PLUM RUN WINERY AND THE BREWERY, THAT WAS A SUCCESS. WE THOUGHT MAYBE 20 PEOPLE, THEY HAD 40.SOME PEOPLE SHOW UP. SO WE HAD. BUT AGAIN, WE GOT CREATIVE.
AND A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. GREAT WORK.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE GREAT THINGS.
ORDINANCE C 3826. ORDINANCE C 3926 RESOLUTION CR2926 RESOLUTION CR3026 UNDER SAFETY ORDINANCE C 3426 UNDER SERVICE ORDINANCE C 3526 UNDER FINANCE ORDINANCE C 4026 RESOLUTION CR3126 UNDER PARKS ORDINANCE C 3626 UNDER ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE C, C30C3726 AND RESOLUTION CR3236.
THE CHAIRS ARE OKAY WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DIRECTLY INTO LANDS WITH CHAIRMAN.
[Ordinance C-33-26 Authorize the Annexation of 0.190+ acres of city-owned property located east of State Route 104 from Jackson Township to the City of Grove City. Second reading and public hearing. ]
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE ITEMS UNDER LANDS ARE AS FOLLOWS.ORDINANCE C33-26. AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE ANNEXATION OF 1.19 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT STATE ROUTE 104 IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP TO GROVE CITY.
THIS IS THE. FIRST READING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? YES, SIR. IF I MAY JUST BRIEFLY, MR. HALINGA, THIS IS THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE ACQUIRED FROM APPALACHIA, OHIO. THIS WILL ENABLE US TO PUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN FROM HAWTHORNE PARKWAY TO GET ACROSS STATE ROUTE 104, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, HOPEFULLY CONNECT THE BIKE PATH ALONG THERE.
BUT WORKING ON THE BIKE PATH PART, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE NORMALLY WHEN WE BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY, THE MOMENT WE PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND, WE'RE GOOD.
AND THAT COUNTS FOR WHEN WE START THIS ONE. BECAUSE IT'S A STATE ROUTE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO ANNEX IT BEFORE WE CAN PUT THE SHOVEL IN THE GROUND, AND WE NEED TO DO THAT QUICKLY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME MONEY FROM THE DEVELOPER THAT WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THEM.
SO. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? IF IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE ANNEXATION OF .19 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS OF THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED EAST OF STATE ROUTE 104 FROM JACKSON TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ANDERSON. YES. YES. BARRY. YES. YES. YES.
YES. YES. OKAY. ORDINANCE PASSES. THE SECOND ORDINANCE IS C 3826.
[Ordinance C-38-26 Approve the rezoning of 3815 Grove City Road from C-2 (Retail Commercial) & PSO (Professional Services Offices) to C-2. First reading.]
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF 3815 GROVE CITY ROAD FROM SEA TO RETAIL, COMMERCIAL AND A PSO.PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OFFERED TO C TWO. THIS IS A REZONING.
SO THERE'S A 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD. SO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND PROPERTY OWNERS CAN BE CONTACTED AS TO THEIR, THEIR FEELINGS ON THE ANNEXATION. SO THIS ORDINANCE HAS ITS FIRST READING IN THE SECOND READING WILL BE SEPTEMBER THE 21ST. AND BECAUSE THAT AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING TWO ORDINANCES, WHICH IS ORDINANCE C
[Ordinance C-39-26 Approve a Special Use Permit for Automotive Repair Services for Rieser Brothers Auto Body located at 3815 Grove City Road. First reading. ]
3926, AN ORDINANCE TO IMPROVE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICES FOR REISER BROTHERS AUTO BODY, LOCATED AT 3815 GROVE CITY ROAD. THIS IS ITS FIRST READING AND THE SECOND READING TO.COORDINATED WITH THE. WITH THE PRIOR ORDINANCE WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST OF 2026, AND THEN THE NEXT RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE ADDITION OF RIZER BROTHERS AUTO BODY,
[Resolution CR-29-26 Approve the Development Plan for the Addition to Rieser Brothers Auto Body located at 3815 Grove City Road. ]
LOCATED AT 3815 GROVE CITY ROAD. AS THE REQUEST OF THE PETITIONER SO THAT THEY CAN ASK ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WHAT THEY FEEL.I MOVE THAT IT BE POSTPONED TO. 92126 SECOND.
YES. BARRY. YES, YES. YES. YES. YES. ANDERSON.
YES. OKAY. AND THE LAST ITEM UNDER LANDS IS RESOLUTION CR30-26, A RESOLUTION TO
[Resolution CR-30-26 Request an Updated Housing Analysis for the City of Grove City to evaluate housing needs, housing affordability, residential growth and future development trends.]
[00:25:03]
REQUEST AN UPDATED HOUSING ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE HOUSING NEEDS.HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS.
CALL FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. ODINGA. THIS RESOLUTION IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD IN MY OPINION.
WE ARE REQUESTING A UPDATED HOUSING ANALYSIS.
THE LAST TIME A HOUSING ANALYSIS WAS DONE HERE IN GROVE CITY WAS IN 2019.
DURING CAUCUS WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT WE DID APPROVE A $70,000 LINE ITEM IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
SO I THINK THE NEED IS THERE. OKAY. THIS JUST REINFORCES IT THAT WE'RE TOGETHER WITH IT.
OKAY. SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AND PASS A RESOLUTION TO REQUEST AN UPDATED HOUSING ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE HOUSING NEEDS, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND RESIDENTIAL GROWTH FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS.
SECOND. BARRY. YES. HOLT. YES. YES. YES. YES.
ANDERSON. YES. YES. MR. PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNDER LANDS THIS EVENING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. UNDER SAFETY, CHAIRMAN BURROWS.
[Ordinance C-34-26 Amend various sections of Chapter 351 of the Codified Ordinances regarding Parking and the Parking of Recreational Vehicles. Second reading and public hearing. ]
YES. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 3426 IS TO AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 351 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES REGARDING PARKING AND PARKING OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.THIS IS THE SECOND READING. I WOULD ASK DIRECTOR TIFFORD IF YOU COULD COME UP AND SPEAK TO THIS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PRESIDENT. MARY. THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT WOULD DO THREE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL. MIKE. FIRST OF ALL, IT WOULD ADD.
IT WOULD ADD PROHIBITION FOR PARKING ON STREETS WHERE THE CURB IS PAINTED YELLOW.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT MEANS A NO PARKING AREA, BUT IT'S NOT CODIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD CLARIFY THAT. AND ALSO WERE SIGNS THAT RESTRICT PARKING TO SAY TWO HOURS AND IN CARS PARKED FOR 6 OR 8 OR OVERNIGHT, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO ENFORCE THAT, THAT THOSE CHANGES REQUESTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST TO TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE.
IF YOU WERE DOING WORK AT A AT A HOME IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, YOU WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO PARK YOUR TRUCK AND YOUR TRAILER THERE TO UNLOAD EQUIPMENT TO DO THE WORK. AND THEN THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE YOU WOULD LOAD YOUR TRAILER BACK UP AND MOVE IT AND NOT BE THERE LONGER THAN IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THE WORK.
THE THIRD THING IT DOES IS JUST REQUIRES A TRAFFIC CONE.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO PARK YOUR TRAILER ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET FOR ILLEGALLY PARK YOUR TRAILER ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, THAT YOU WOULD PLACE A YELLOW OR FLUORESCENT TRAFFIC CONE BEHIND THE TRAILER ON THE TRAFFIC SIDE FOR SAFETY.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO, I HAVE ONE ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION. HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES OR CAMPERS PARKED IN DRIVEWAYS OF RESIDENTS? YEAH. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE LEGAL TO HAVE THOSE USED TO.
THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS OR ONE EXCEPTION. IF SOMEONE'S PARKING, SAY WE GET THE CALL ALL THE TIME.
SOMEONE WANTS TO PARK THEIR MOTOR HOME AND ON THE STREET TO LOAD OR UNLOAD.
THEY CAN CALL THE POLICE CHIEF AND HE CAN ALLOW AN EXTENSION OF THE PARK THERE.
AND ARE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO PARK RECREATIONAL VEHICLES IN THEIR DRIVEWAY? THEY CAN FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO. AS LONG AS IT'S AS LONG AS IT'S MOBILE.
YES. IT'S NOT INOPERABLE AND IT HAS TO HAVE CURRENT TAGS IS CORRECT.
THAT'S ONE CONDITION OF INOPERABLE. YES, MA'AM.
ALL RIGHT. JUST DOUBLE CHECKING BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING.
I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. HOLT. YES. YES.
YES. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. BARRY. YES.
[Ordinance C-35-26 Authorize the Dedication and Acceptance of 5.10+ acres to become a Street in the public right-of-way and rename the street “Tournament Way.” Second reading and public hearing. ]
[00:30:07]
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE ITEM UNDER SERVICE THIS EVENING IS ORDINANCE C 3526, AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE DEDICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF 5.10 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES TO BECOME A STREET IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND RENAME THE STREET TOURNAMENT WAY.ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH. JUST VERY BRIEFLY, THIS IS A WEIRD QUIRK OF OHIO LAW, WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY DEDICATING LAND THAT WE OWN TO OURSELVES, AND THEN WE'RE ACCEPTING THE LAND THAT WE'RE DEDICATING TO OURSELVES IN ORDER TO CREATE THE STREET AND THEN RENAME IT.
SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST A HOUSEKEEPING MEASURE TO GET THIS DONE.
THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
MR.. YES. YES. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES.
YES. YES. THAT IS ALL UNDER SERVICE THIS EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT, MR. STURM, YOU'VE GOT SOME FINANCE ITEMS TO SPEND.
[Ordinance C-40-26 Appropriate $40,511.71 from the General Fund for the Town Center Bourbon Festival. First reading. ]
I DO THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YEP. UNDER FINANCE TONIGHT WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 4026, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE $40,511.71 FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE TOWN CENTER BOURBON FESTIVAL. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS FIRST READING AND SECOND READING WILL BE IN A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 7TH.[Resolution CR-31-26 Authorize the City Administrator to seek financial assistance from the State Capital Improvement Program/Local Transportation Improvement Program for funding the Quail Creek Blvd. Extension Project. ]
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE FUNDING OF THE QUAIL CREEK BOULEVARD EXTENSION PROJECT.AND I BELIEVE OUR PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR IS GOING TO SPEAK ON THAT.
GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW. I KNOW THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING BEING HELD THIS WEDNESDAY.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I'M SHANNON HAMMOND, SERVICE DIRECTOR.
AS THE RESOLUTION STATES IN ITS TITLE. THIS WOULD ALLOW OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION, TOTALING ABOUT $5 MILLION OF A $6.69 MILLION PROJECT FOR THE ROUNDABOUT AND EXTENSION OF QUAIL CREEK BOULEVARD TO THE WEST.
SO THE PROJECT WILL. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE APPLICATION IN BY THE 28TH OF AUGUST, AND THEN WE WILL FIND OUT PROBABLY IN ABOUT DECEMBER OR SO IF THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, AS YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE DOWN THERE, OPENING UP ALL OF THE LAND TO THE WEST FOR INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL PURPOSES. AND THERE IS A MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 IN THIS ROOM TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE PUBLIC.
OKAY. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTION HAS HAD A READING AND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING, AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. BRUCE.
YES. YES YES YES YES YES, YES. MR. PRESIDENT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING UNDER FINANCE. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN ANDERSON.
[Ordinance C-36-26 Repeal Ordinance C-22-25, an ordinance to require no further investment of staff time or finance resources at the Brookpark Middle School location outside of required utility bills or contractual obligations without the approval of City Council and to require the City Administrator to engage in negotiations to terminate or renegotiate the Brookpark Lease Agreement with Southwestern City Schools to the mutual benefit of all parties. Second reading and public hearing.]
PARKS COMMITTEE, THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 36.26. THIS ORDINANCE IS TO REPEAL ORDINANCE C. 2225, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRED NO FURTHER INVESTMENT OF STAFF TIME OR FINANCIAL RESOURCES AT BROOK PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCATION OUTSIDE OF REQUIRED UTILITY BILLS, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL AND REQUIRING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS TO TERMINATE OR RENEGOTIATE THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THIS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO 92126 AND ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO SEE IF, VERSUS REPEALING, MAYBE THERE ARE SOME CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS WE CAN MAKE TO THAT ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.
SECOND. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.
YES. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE.
[Ordinance C-37-26 Provide for the submission to the electors of the City of Grove City, Ohio at the General Election to be held on November 03, 2026 the Initiative Amendments to the Grove City Charter to add a new Article titled Community Consent Amendment. Second reading and public hearing. ]
MR. HOLT, WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 3726 AND I BELIEVE MR. STEPHEN SMITH WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. COULD YOU READ THE TITLE?[00:35:04]
YOU NEED TO. TAMMY IS TELLING ME THAT YOU NEED TO FINISH READING THE TITLE FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF GROVE CITY, OHIO AT THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026.THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU SIR. AS I MENTIONED IN CAUCUS, AND I THINK SOME OF YOU HEARD AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU POSTPONE THIS AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO SEPTEMBER 3RD FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, I THINK SINCE WE WERE HERE LAST, A LOT HAS HAPPENED.
I HAD PREVIOUSLY RENDERED AN OPINION THAT BASED ON HOW MANY SIGNATURES THEY NEEDED, WHICH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS CERTIFIED, I AGREED WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE. THEY ARE GOOD.
THE SUPREME COURT'S GOT THIS CASE IN FRONT OF HIM RIGHT NOW ON AN ACCELERATED ELECTION SCHEDULE, WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A DECISION HERE SHORTLY.
BUT SECONDLY, AND I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY LAST, IT WASN'T LAST FRIDAY, IT WAS THE FRIDAY BEFORE MISTER OMAR AND I MET WITH THE GROUP FROM PROGRESS GROVE CITY TO DISCUSS THIS.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ESPECIALLY REGARDING WHAT THIS AMENDMENT COVERS, WHAT IT DOESN'T COVER. I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION UPON THAT.
AND I THINK IT WAS THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN TO KIND OF DISCUSS THIS, TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF MIDDLE GROUND OR COMPROMISE. I WILL TELL YOU, I, BEFORE THE MEETING, DID NOT THINK IT WAS GOING TO GO VERY WELL AND IT WAS GOING TO BE A WASTE OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVEN'T SOLVED THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS. WE GOT A DRAFT BACK THE LAST WEEK AND IT ADDRESSED SOME OF THE ISSUES.
I THINK IT ALSO CREATED SOME NEW ISSUES. AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE, I KNOW THAT IF ANYONE READ THE PROGRESS GROVE CITY FACEBOOK GROUP TODAY, THEY PUT AN ARTICLE OUT ABOUT PROTECT SHOOT, I'M SORRY, I'M ADDING ALL THE WORDS TOGETHER IN MY HEAD, THE PROTECT GROVE CITY. THEY DID PUT AN ARTICLE ON THERE AND I THINK IT WAS TITLED, YOU KNOW, CAN PROTECT GROVE CITY AND THE CITY REACHED A COMPROMISE.
I AM MAKING ABSOLUTELY NO PROMISES WHATSOEVER ON THIS.
HOWEVER, MR. CHURCH, WHO IS SITTING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, DID SEND MR. OMAR AND I A NEW DRAFT OF AN AMENDMENT AT. I THINK IT WAS 415 TODAY, WHICH I'VE BEEN SCROLLING THROUGH ON MY PHONE AS WE SIT HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I SAID, I THINK THERE'S SOME WORK TO BE DONE.
LIKE I SAID, DO I THINK WE CAN COMPROMISE? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
AND FRANKLY, AS A LAWYER, I DON'T GET TO DECIDE THAT ANYWAY.
I MEAN, MOST OF THE TIME WHAT I DO IS POINT TO IT AND SAY, THIS IS WHY THIS DOESN'T WORK, AND THEN CAN YOU FIND A WAY TO FIX IT? I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TALK THROUGH THIS AND FIGURE OUT IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS OR NOT. BUT WE HAVE TO ACT BY SEPTEMBER 4TH.
THAT IS THE DROP DEAD DATE BY STATE LAW. THEREFORE, IF WE SET A SPECIAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, WE CAN ACT IN TIME TO MEET THE DEADLINE. I THINK ONE OF TWO THINGS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE THINK COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER, WE WOULD. LET ME BACK UP. RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY WAY THIS ISN'T GETTING VOTED ON ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IS IF PROGRESS PROTECT GROWS CITY.
I GOT IT RIGHT THAT TIME WITHDRAWALS IT AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD WITH THEM AND MR. OMAR, THEY WERE AMENABLE TO THAT AS LONG AS THERE WAS SOMETHING TO REPLACE IT.
AND THE, SOME THINGS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THEORETICALLY, IF A DEAL CAN BE CUT OR A COMPROMISE CAN BE CUT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE WOULD ADD A PIECE OF LEGISLATION ON THE THIRD IN WHICH COUNCIL WOULD INITIATE IT TO THE BALLOT, AND THEN PRESUMABLY ONCE COUNCIL DID THAT PROTECT GROVE CITY WITH WOULD WITHDRAW THIS, WHICH THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO.
AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
[00:40:03]
I KNOW THAT FOR THE NEXT I CAN'T DO MATH. WHAT IS IT, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS THAT I HAVE A FEELING I'M GOING TO BE SPENDING EVEN MORE TIME IN HIGH DENSITY SLASH DATA CENTER WORLD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE TO ACT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 4TH, WE WOULD LIKE TO OR I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE TAKE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT SHAKES OUT AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT EITHER THERE'S A COMPROMISE, NO COMPROMISE, OR HOW THINGS GO.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MR. OMAR, DID I MISS ANYTHING THERE, SIR? I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY SPOT ON. I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED IN CAUCUS.
YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION THAT MR. SMITH HAD MENTIONED WAS A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION.
I THINK WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS OCCUR, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE FELT THE NEED TO ORGANIZE, PEOPLE FELT THE NEED TO GATHER SIGNATURES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S A CALLING TO BE HEARD. I THINK IT'S A CALLING TO REBUILD TRUST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AS COUNCIL, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT WE HAVE MADE THE EFFORT TO PASS A MORATORIUM.
WE HAVE CREATED A TASK FORCE THAT INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
AND I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT I AGREE WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE BALLOT ISSUE.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A CALL TO ALL SIT AT THE TABLE AND HAVE THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, EVEN IF IT TAKES MONTHS AND WEEKS. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE MONTHS AND WEEKS, BUT WE SHOULD BE OKAY WITH SITTING AT THE TABLE AND TALKING ABOUT THE HARD THINGS AND HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO REACH SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT OR SOME SORT OF COMMON GROUND. RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ALL CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S ALL I WANT TO ADD TONIGHT. OKAY, SO I NEED A SECOND TO POSTPONE ORDINANCE C 37.
I NEED A YOU NEED A MOTION FIRST, SIR. OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
THERE YOU GO. I'M SORRY. SECOND IS THERE IS DISCUSSION STILL TAKING PLACE? NO, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THEN WE NEED TO. THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION.
IT'S HAPPENED. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO POSTPONE TO SEPTEMBER.
NOW WE HAVE DISCUSSION. THIRD AND SEPTEMBER 3RD.
6 OR 7 I DON'T. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY THING ON THE AGENDA THAT OUT LATER.
WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT LATER. ACCORDING TO TAMMY ANDERSON. YES YES YES YES YES YES YES.
AND IF I MAY, MR. HOLT THE SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION OBVIOUSLY IS THE COUNCIL'S POSITION ON THE
[Resolution CR-32-26 Oppose the proposed “Community Consent Amendment” to the Charter of the City of Grove City, Ohio, due to the Impact it will have on Churches, Parks, Business, and Residential Development in the City and the Ability of the City to provide Essential Services and Amenities to our Residents. ]
COMMUNITY CONSENT AGENDA. OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE ONE, WE SHOULD POSTPONE BOTH BECAUSE THEY DO GO TOGETHER.AND FRANKLY, IT'S NOT FAIR TO TALK ABOUT ONE AND NOT THE OTHER.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT RESOLUTION CR 3226 BE POSTPONED AS WELL TO SEPTEMBER 3RD.
SECOND. YES. BARRY. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.
ANDERSON. YES. A POINT OF ORDER. IT WAS ADVERTISED THAT THERE WOULD BE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
SO I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE DISCUSSION NOW, BUT IN FAIRNESS TO ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP ON A SHEET, WE DID PUBLICIZE THIS AS A PUBLIC HEARING PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
EVERYBODY SIGNED UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS. EVERYBODY'S ON NEW BUSINESS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
YOU TURN IT BACK OVER TO ME AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
MR. BERRY, BACK TO YOU. NOW WE'RE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
[Call for New Business]
SO THE FIRST NOW I'LL OPEN THIS UP. ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THAT SEPTEMBER 3RD, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.IF NOT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SPEAK TONIGHT FOR WHOMEVER SIGNED UP.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE LIST FROM THE TOP HERE.
JUST JEFF BUSKIRK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT OR WAIT, SIR? I'LL SPEAK BRIEFLY. OKAY. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AT THE PODIUM.
JEFF BHASKER I GOT IT. THANK YOU SIR. JEFF BUSKIRK 4557 CLAYBURN DRIVE.
GROVE CITY, OHIO. MR. SMITH, MR. OMAR, I'M. THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION.
I JUST HEARD I FIND THAT POSITIVE AND HOPEFUL.
I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT DUE TO THE RISK OF ENTANGLEMENT.
[00:45:01]
WHEN I WAS LEGAL COUNSEL FOR MR. PEZZUTI, AS YOU REFER TO HIM OR JIM RUSSELL.HE IS MR. PRESIDING. YEAH. THAT WAS ALWAYS AN ISSUE AT ALL.
BETS. THE CONCERN OF BEING ENCIRCLED BY THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
AND ONCE YOU BECOME ENCIRCLED, IT CREATES A LOT OF ISSUES FOR THE CITY.
YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE SURROUNDING LAND, YOU LOSE REVENUE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT THAT CONTINUES TO GO ON AROUND YOU, WHICH I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S ULTIMATELY LIKELY TO HAPPEN IF THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT WERE TO PASS.
THEY DEVELOPERS WOULD LOOK ELSEWHERE. THEY WOULD LOOK FOR COLUMBUS OR MAYBE A COMMERCIAL POINT TO ANNEX THAT 900 ACRES ON 104. AND IT WOULD BE VERY EASY FOR THEM TO HOP ACROSS 104.
SO EVENTUALLY, ULTIMATELY, THE OUTCOME WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD BE ENCIRCLED.
AND OUR 2050 PLAN WOULD ESSENTIALLY GO OUT THE DOOR.
SO I HOPE THIS GETS RESOLVED. I HOPE COMPROMISE IS REACHED.
I'M SURE THE PARTIES HAVE BROUGHT IT HAD GOOD INTENTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. KIRK. MR. LAWS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW? I WOULD, ALL RIGHT.
YOUR ADDRESS AND NAME AT THE PODIUM. ALL RIGHT.
MY NAME IS JAMES GREGORY LAWS. 184 EAST GAY STREET, COLUMBUS, OHIO.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME AND SPEAK TONIGHT. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
I THINK WITH THE RESTRICTIONS AND THE PENALTIES THAT WILL BE IMPOSED, IT WILL INHIBIT GROWTH, NOT JUST TO NEW BUSINESS COMING IN, BUT TO OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES.
WITH THAT STIFLED GROWTH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOLS, OUR PARKS AND REC, OUR SAFETY DIVISION, BECAUSE THOSE TAXES WILL BE TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTED.
GROVE CITY HAS ALREADY STOPPED THE DATA CENTER SUBJECT WITH THE MORATORIUM AND THE TASK FORCE.
I ASK YOU TO LET THE TASK FORCE DO ITS WORK. WE'VE APPOINTED THEM TO DO THAT.
THAT'S SPEAKING TO DEVELOPERS OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREG. MR. FUNK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? STEVE, IF YOU GIVE YOUR, YOU KNOW, THE ROUTINE, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER 70 YEARS. I'VE HAD A BUSINESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
AND THE REASON I'M HERE IS JUST BECAUSE OF MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN WERE ALL RAISED HERE.
THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. THIS IS MY HOME, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I FIRST, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE STRONG FEELINGS ON BOTH SIDES.
AND I KNOW THAT WE MAY DISAGREE ON A FEW THINGS, BUT STILL WE'RE NEIGHBORS AND WE GOT TO GET ALONG.
MY CONCERN IS WITH THE AMENDMENT ITSELF, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO SIGN THIS PETITION.
I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT. THE AMENDMENT IS FAR BEYOND DATA CENTERS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT DATA CENTERS. MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE THREE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED.
[00:50:07]
ONE IS IT TAKES 50 ACRES 200MW OF ELECTRICITY OR HALF A MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY.AND THE BIG ONE THAT STICKS WITH ME IS 50 ACRES.
YOU KNOW, IF WE STOP THAT, WE WE WOULD, IN MY OPINION WOULD HAVE SOME PROBLEMS. THERE'S, THERE'S, FOR INSTANCE, THE PINNACLE DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
OR MOST LIKELY I SHOULD SAY WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A LOT DEEPER THAN THAT.
THIS HAS BEEN PUT INTO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 12 MONTH MORATORIUM ON THIS, AS WE ALL KNOW.
AND AS GREG SAID, AND I, AND I SORT OF AGREE WITH THAT IS LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TELLING YOU, YOU ASK FOR A DATA CENTER, KNOW, FOR A DATA CENTER.
I'M JUST SAYING AT THIS TIME, UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION AND REALLY, TRULY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, LET THEM DO THEIR JOB AND COME BACK TO THE CITIZENS OF GROVE CITY, AND LET US TELL THEM WHAT THEY THINK. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JUST LETTING ME EXPLAIN HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. STEVE. NEXT ON DECK. MISS CONRAD.
SEAN, ARE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE? OH, THERE YOU ARE. AND YOUR ADDRESS AND NAME IS NORMAL.
GOOD EVENING, SEAN CONRAD, 5188 WINTER CREEK DRIVE IN GROVE CITY.
I'M JUST HERE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT OUR BOARD AND OUR TEAM HAS TAKEN THIS VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. WE TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR STEWARDSHIP TO THE TRUST THAT OUR MEMBERS PUT IN US VERY SERIOUSLY.
OUR BOARD WILL MEET TOMORROW MORNING AT 730 AND WILL ESTABLISH OUR FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS MATTER, AND WE WILL MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AT THAT TIME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEAN. MICHAEL FARNSWORTH.
COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO ADD TO YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, SIR.
MICHAEL FARNSWORTH 2890 AND A BALL COURT OR CITY.
I JUST WANT TO ADD TO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT THAT ONCE PASSED. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IS HOW THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER TAX BURDEN ON, ON ALL OUR CURRENT CITY RESIDENTS IF WE DELAY PROJECTS, IF WE DRIVE AWAY GOOD COMPANIES THAT COULD COME INTO GROVE CITY, AND IT'S GOING TO STRANGLE THE FUTURE OF REVENUE GROWTH FOR GROVE CITY.
WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF FLAT NOW, SO WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.
SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SAID, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE AWAY GOOD COMPANIES. LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
LOOK AT TOKYO. LOOK AT MOUNT CARMEL. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT OHIO HEALTH.
LOOK AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. WHAT WE'VE DONE.
AND WITH THIS AMENDMENT THAT'S GOING TO CURTAIL A LOT OF THOSE FUTURE GROWTH GOING GOING FORWARD.
WE ALREADY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE. WE HAVE A STRONG P, E, D AND ZONING PROCESS.
WE HAVE A GOOD COUNCIL. WE HAVE A GOOD PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A GOOD PLANNING COMMISSION THAT GOES THROUGH AND LOOKS AT ALL THESE THINGS INDIVIDUALLY.
SO WITH THAT, I SAY LET'S VOTE NO ON THIS GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU MICHAEL. NEXT ON OUR LIST IS MARK. RAMA.
RAMA. RAMA. RAMA. RAMA. OKAY. SORRY, SIR. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AT THE PODIUM.
MARK ROMANEK 3167 MCKINNEY ROAD. I AM NOT A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF JUST FOUR YEARS, BUT I PICKED WE PICKED BECAUSE OUR SON LIVES IN THE AREA OUTSIDE OF GROVE CITY. BUT WE PICKED GROVE CITY TO BE HERE, SO I'M GLAD ALL THE BUSINESSES HAVE DONE THEIR THING AND THAT'S ALL GOOD.
BUT I'M GOING TO SAY I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT GROVE CITY.
I DO NOT WANT A DATA CENTER JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM ME.
THAT'S PLAIN AND SIMPLE. AND HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. THE KEY SIGNATURES ARE IN.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
EVERYBODY CAN WISH THAT IT WAS, AND WE SHOULD DO IT THIS WAY OR THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EITHER THE COMPROMISE VERSION OR OR THE VERSION THAT THE PETITION SIGNED. SO ME, I'M SPEAKING, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SAW IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'VE PUT VIDEOS OUT, LITTLE QUICK VIDEOS ABOUT MY OPINION ON THE CC AYE THOSE VIDEOS HAVE GOTTEN THOUSANDS OF HITS.
I'M JUST SURPRISED MY LITTLE THREE MINUTE THING GETS THESE HITS.
[00:55:01]
SO I THINK I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY FEEL.I DON'T CARE WHAT BUSINESS. CAN'T BE BUILT OR WHAT FUTURE BUSINESS SOMEBODY'S SAYING CAN'T BE BUILT, I CAN VOTE. ON NOVEMBER 4TH TO ALLOW DATA CENTERS OR NOT BY THE ONE OF THESE TWO KEY THINGS.
I'M GOING TO DO THAT. I'M GOING TO BE. YES, I'M GOING TO BE SAYING YES ALL ALONG.
I'M GOING TO BE AT THE POLLS SAYING YES. SO WHAT EVERYONE HAS HERE COUNCIL WHAT I ESPECIALLY SEE TONIGHT, WHICH I LIKE, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE.
WELL, LET'S FIX THAT. LET'S GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD BECAUSE A CCA IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOVEMBER 4TH.
AND THE MAJORITY OF US, I FEEL THE MAJORITY. I WOULD PUT MONEY ON IT.
WE ONLY NEED ONE. MORE THAN 50% WILL VOTE TO HAVE THAT SAY.
SO. A DATA CENTER COMES INTO THE TOWN, DOESN'T COME INTO THE TOWN.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS JEN BELT.
GEN 5266. KINGLET COURT ORIENT 43146. I WAS PLANNING A THREE MINUTE SPEECH TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO USE MY TIME JUST TO SIMPLY THANK MR. SMITH AND MR. OMAR FOR INVITING US TO THE TABLE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU.
THANK YOU, MISS BELL. MR. JACOB BLOCK. THANK YOU.
JACOB BLOCK, 3500 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD, GROVE CITY.
GOOD EVENING. I'M JACOB BLOCK. I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF AMERICAN NITRILE.
TODAY WE EMPLOY 300 PEOPLE JUST A MILE DOWN THE ROAD HERE SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD.
I'M HERE TONIGHT, NOT JUST AS A BUSINESS OWNER, BUT AS SOMEONE DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE FUTURE OF GROVE CITY IN THE STATE OF OHIO DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, OUR COUNTRY FACED A TERRIFYING REALITY THAT WE WERE ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN NATIONS FOR OUR CRITICAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. WHEN CHINA HOARDED PPE, AMERICANS SUFFERED, AND WE MADE A DECISION THEN TO FIX THIS MASSIVE NATIONAL VULNERABILITY.
SINCE 2021, WE HAVE INVESTED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT HERE IN GROVE CITY.
WE ARE NOW ROLLING OUT ACROSS ALL OF WALMART'S 5000 STORES.
IN ADDITION TO SUPPLYING THE COUNTRY'S VETERANS AT THE VA, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER, TSA AGENTS AND OUR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STOCKPILES.
THAT BRINGS ME TO THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. I WILL LEAVE THE COMPLEX LEGALESE TO MR. SMITH AND THE OTHER COUNSEL THAT'S WEIGHED IN.
THEY HAVE. THE COUNSEL WE'VE SPOKE TO HAS MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THE LEGISLATION, AS WRITTEN IS LEGALLY FLAWED, LIKELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND IT EXPOSES THE CITY TO MASSIVE FINANCIAL LIABILITY.
THE CITIZENS OF GROVE CITY, I FEEL, ARE BEING DUPED.
BY SWEEPING UP CRITICAL COMMUNITY ANCHORS LIKE THE LOCAL HOSPITALS AND MAJOR MANUFACTURERS LIKE US, YOU'RE PUTTING OUR OPERATIONS IN THE DIRECT CROSSHAIRS.
IF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES, STANDARD ROUTINE BUSINESS DECISIONS WILL BECOME POLITICAL CIRCUS ACTS.
I HAVE TO ASK, DO WE REALLY WANT MORE POLITICAL ADS? IF WE DECIDE TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL AN ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION LINE TO MEET OUR CUSTOMERS NEEDS OR A NATIONAL HEALTH CRISIS, WE WOULD BE FORCED TO TRIGGER A CITYWIDE REFERENDUM.
WE WOULD BE FORCED TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE PUBLIC'S PERMISSION.
IN FACT, A MERE 10% INCREASE IN OUR WATER SUPPLY WOULD WOULD MANDATE ANOTHER PUBLIC VOTE.
WE WOULD BE FORCED TO FULLY FUND THESE ELECTIONS AS A COMPANY, WHICH WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO.
SIR, YOU'VE GOT TO. YOU'RE AT YOUR TIME LIMIT.
IF YOU WOULD HAND YOUR. IF YOU HAVE YOUR TESTIMONY, YOU CAN HAND IT TO MISS KELLY.
[01:00:01]
THANK YOU FOR COMING. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR NEW BUSINESS.MAYOR'S REPORT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AS PART OF MY REPORT
[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments]
CLARIFICATION, MR. SMITH, THE THE MECHANICS OF MAKING THE SEPTEMBER 4TH DATE FOR THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. YES, SIR.THE COUNCIL IS BEING REQUESTED, I THINK, THROUGH SOME OF THE FACEBOOK POSTINGS AND OTHER POSTINGS, TO COME UP WITH AN ORDINANCE OR ANOTHER CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE AS BURDENSOME AS THIS.
BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY. THEY CANNOT TAKE THE PETITION THAT'S BEEN FILED AND AND THE PETITION THAT WAS CIRCULATED AND ALTER THAT PETITION. IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? AS FAR AS I KNOW. YES, SIR. THERE'S THERE ARE TWO PATHS TO GET A CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT, AS LAID OUT IN OUR CHARTER AND IN THE OHIO CONSTITUTION.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO AVENUES TO GET ON THE BALLOT, SIR.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU, MR. BARRETT. FROM OUR REPORT STANDPOINT SATURDAY IS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT AT THE TOWN CENTER PARK CALLED BACK TO SCHOOL. I THINK THAT WAS THE TITLE OF IT.
SOMETHING CLOSE TO THAT. BUT A LOT OF SUPER ACTIVE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS AND EXHIBITORS THAT SHARED SOME OF THE WARES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT AND VERY EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SITUATION IN ITSELF BECAUSE KIDS GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE STUFF GOING ON AND THEY CALLED THE SYMPHONY.
WE WERE, WE HAD TO CANCEL THE PURPLE HEART CEREMONY THAT WAS PLANNED FOR AUGUST THE 8TH.
AND THAT DOES NOT LESSEN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT EVENT.
AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO PUT IT TOGETHER.
AND THE PARK WAS IN GREAT SHAPE. ALL THE TREES WERE MARKED.
WE HAD A THE FLAGS LIT FOR TWO DAYS, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
SO GREAT EVENT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CANCEL THE ACTUAL RECOGNITION.
OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UP THERE IN FORCE.
HOW MANY DAYS? FOR LAST WEEK. IT'S GOING TO BE THREE THIS WEEK.
FOUR LAST WEEK AND THREE THIS WEEK. SO PARTNERSHIPS IN GREATER CENTRAL OHIO REALLY PAY OFF.
I WANT TO SHARE ONE ARTICLE WAS IN BUSINESS FIRST.
I THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND IT'S TITLED WHY DID TRADER JOE'S PICK POLARIS? WE ALWAYS GET THIS, PARTICULARLY ON THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHY IS IT GROCERY GETTING A BETTER RESTAURANT? WHY ISN'T SHE DOING THIS AND DOING THAT? WELL, I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST READ SOME OF THE EXCERPTS FROM THIS PARTICULAR TRADER JOE'S ARTICLE, BECAUSE THEY POINT OUT THAT PICKERINGTON WAS PASSED OVER BECAUSE THEY HAD ONLY 72,000 PEOPLE WITHIN THREE MILES.
GROVE CITY WAS PASSED OVER BECAUSE THE POPULATION OF AROUND 45,000, WHICH IS OUR CITY LIMITS 160,000 PEOPLE WITHIN FIVE MILES IS NOT ENOUGH. AND SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF DISCERNING TO THINK THAT WE DO ALL THIS WORK.
WE TRY TO ATTRACT THE RIGHT BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH. BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE NUMBERS, POPULATION INCOME, COME INTO PLAY AND MAKE THE DECISION FOR THE COMPANY.
[01:05:03]
THANK YOU MAYOR. MISTER, YOU JUST ONE THING, IF I MAY ASK THE LAW DIRECTOR, STEPHEN SMITH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THE CHARTER AMENDMENT TONIGHT.ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, STEPHEN, WAS THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT WERE NECESSARY.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE SUPREME COURT AND THE DISCUSSION WITH THOSE SIGNATURES AND HOW IT MAY AFFECT OUR DECISION TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. YES. SO HOW THE LAW WORKS IS ALMOST EVERYONE'S CHARTER HOURS INCLUDED IS HOURS.
REFERENCES. SECTION NINE OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION, WHICH IS WHERE THE CHARTER PROVISIONS COME FROM.
AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT SECTION.
BOTH OUR CHARTER AND SECTION NINE OF THE CONSTITUTION.
NEITHER ONE OF THEM CONTAIN ANY LANGUAGE OTHER THAN 10% OF THE ELECTORS.
SO THERE HAS BEEN A DEBATE FOR YEARS AS TO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES IT MEAN 10% OF THE ELECTORS WHO LIVE IN GROVE CITY? AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE HAVE 40,000 PEOPLE. SO THAT'S A BIG NUMBER, 10%, OR IS IT 10% THAT VOTED IN THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION? NOT MY PHONE. HERS. AND THAT IS A PROVISION THAT IS SET FORTH IN SECTION 14 OF THE CONSTITUTION.
NOW, ABOUT I WANT TO SAY 30 YEARS AGO, THE SUPREME COURT MADE A MESS OF THIS IN OHIO.
THEY DECIDED A CASE CALLED HUEBNER, WHERE THE FIRST TIME THE SUPREME COURT HEARD IT, THEY SAID, OH, IT'S 10% OF THE ELECTORS. SO THAT'S 10% OF YOUR RESIDENTS.
THIS IS THEM SAYING, OH, WAIT A SECOND, WE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN.
WE MAY NOT HAVE GOT THE RIGHT ANSWER. THEY SWITCHED THEIR OPINION TO A FOUR THREE DECISION.
IT WAS FOUR THREE THE FIRST TIME IT WAS FOUR THREE THE SECOND TIME AND SAID, WELL, IT'S 10% OF THOSE WHO VOTED, BECAUSE IF YOU TALK ABOUT SECTION NINE, YOU ALSO HAVE TO INCORPORATE SECTION 14.
NOW, SINCE THEN, THE COURTS HAVE REALLY KIND OF BEEN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ALL OVER THE BOARD, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE WHAT I WOULD THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK WHO HAVE DEALT WITH THIS, AT LEAST IN MY PROFESSION, SAY IT'S 10% OF THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED IN THE LAST ELECTION OR LAST GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION, WHICH FOR US WAS TWO YEARS AGO. AND THE SUPREME COURT'S LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THAT THE ACTION WAS FILED ON AUGUST 6TH, AND THEY ASKED FOR AN EXPEDITED HEARING. RIGHT NOW, THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED BY THE PETITIONERS, WHICH ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CIRCULATED THE CHARTER AMENDMENT. AND THEN IT WASN'T PUT ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE THEY DETERMINED THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH SIGNATURES, BECAUSE THEY WENT WITH THE 10% OF THE ELECTORS. THE CITY OR SO THEY HAVE FILED THEIR BRIEF.
THERE WAS AN AMICUS BRIEF FILED TODAY BY FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK DANN, WHO SAID THAT THE PETITIONERS WHO CIRCULATED THE PETITION WERE CORRECT AND THAT THE CITY WAS WRONG. THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IS GETTING INVOLVED ON THE SIDE OF THE CITIES TO ARGUE IT'S A HOME RULE ISSUE.
CHUCK'S MOUTHING SOMETHING TO ME THAT I FORGOT.
CITY OF TRENTON. IT'S THE CITY OF TRENTON. SORRY.
IT'S IN CINCINNATI. AND IT'S AN INTERESTING CASE BECAUSE, HONESTLY, THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME CHARTER LANGUAGE THAT WE DO AND FRANKLY, THE SAME CHARTER LANGUAGE THAT MOST COMMUNITIES DO.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY A WEIRD ISSUE THAT WAS PRETTY CLEAR.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WHEN THE SUPREME COURT KIND OF REVERSED ITSELF, WENT FOR 3 TO 4 THREE, IT KIND OF CREATED A MESS. AND THERE'S ONLY ONE JUSTICE WHO WAS ON THE COURT AT THE TIME WHO IS STILL ON THE SUPREME COURT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE SUPREME COURT'S GOING TO DO.
IT'S IT'S A JUMP BALL. I KNOW THAT EVERYONE WANTS THEM TO BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF AN IMPORTANT DAY, BUT WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING AND SEEING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
YEAH. AND JUST FROM A HISTORICAL APPROACH, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST INITIATIVE PETITION, I THINK, EVER ON THE BALLOT FOR THE CITY OF GROVE CITY.
SO THANK YOU, CHIEF. YOU'RE HERE. SO, KEVIN, CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD? YOU'RE GOING TO. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, ABOUT LICENSE PLATE READERS IN GENERAL, AND SPECIFICALLY THE FLOCK PROGRAM, AND I'VE ASKED CHIEF TO COME OVER AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, GIVE A GIVE A PRESENTATION ON HOW WE USE IT, HOW WE ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT BEING MISUSED.
I HAVE JUST A QUICK WRITTEN STATEMENT AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF TONIGHT.
[01:10:01]
CHIEF SCOTT IS GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE GROVE CITY DIVISION, THE POLICE'S USE OF FLOCK TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS AS ONE OF THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO OUR OFFICERS TO HELP PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.THE PRESENTATION WILL EXPLAIN WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY DOES AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WHAT IT DOES NOT, AS WELL AS HOW IT'S USED AND THE VALUE IT PROVIDES TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS.
I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES ARE BUILT INTO OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, AND OTHER FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE USE. ACCESS IS LIMITED TO LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.
AUTHORIZED USERS RECEIVING REQUIRED TRAINING.
SEARCHES ARE LOGGED AND AUDITING PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE.
UNAUTHORIZED USE IS SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINE AND POTENTIAL CRIMINAL CHARGES.
THESE SAFEGUARDS ARE IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY USED RESPONSIBLY, APPROPRIATELY AND IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE TRUST OUR COMMUNITY PLACES IN US. I'VE ALSO HAD THE EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER BURROWS, THE CHAIR OF OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE, REGARDING THIS PROGRAM, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME THEY INVESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS THE THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS RAISED THROUGHOUT THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
THAT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT IS IMPORTANT AS WE EVALUATE PUBLIC SAFETY TOOLS AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE BALANCING THEIR BENEFITS WITH APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AS YOU'LL HEAR, FLOC IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE INVESTIGATIVE LEADS AND ASSIST OUR OFFICERS IN SITUATIONS RANGING FROM STOLEN VEHICLES AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS TO LOCATING MISSING OR ENDANGERED INDIVIDUALS.
IT DOES NOT REPLACE GOOD POLICE WORK OR OFFICER JUDGMENT.
WITH THAT SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF. CHIEF. THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR. I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR TEAFORD AND OLIVIA FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
SO DURING THE PRESENTATION, THERE WILL BE SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, THIS PRESENTATION ALSO ENDS WITH A QUOTE FROM SIR ROBERT PEEL.
AND I WANT TO START WITH ONE FROM SIR ROBERT PEEL ALSO.
SO HE WROTE THESE PRINCIPLES IN 1829, AND THEY ARE STILL TRUE TO THIS DAY.
AND WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THE PUBLIC ASKING QUESTIONS, AS HE WROTE ALMOST 200 YEARS AGO, THE ABILITY OF THE POLICE TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES IS DEPENDENT UPON PUBLIC APPROVAL OF POLICE EXISTENCE, ACTIONS, BEHAVIOR, AND THE ABILITY OF THE POLICE TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC RESPECT.
SO THAT IS CRITICAL, AND I THINK THE CONSTITUENTS FOR ASKING QUESTIONS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD LICENSE PLATE READERS IN GROVE CITY FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND RECENTLY THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR USAGE.
AND FLOCK HAS RESPONDED PROFESSIONALLY, AND THEY HAVE MADE THINGS EASIER FOR US TO FIND CONCERNS IN OUR AUDITING PROCESS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'RE CATCHING WORD OF MISCONDUCT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT I SEE THAT AS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE MISUSE IS IN GROVE CITY IS GOING TO GET YOU FIRED.
YOU'RE GETTING SEPARATED. IT'S FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES ONLY, AND IT'S IN OUR POLICY.
IF YOU DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, YOU'RE LYING.
SO I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS TOOL CAN DO FOR US.
SO GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION HERE, IT DOES OBVIOUSLY GIVE US LEADS.
SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS RIGHT HERE IN THIS CHAMBERS AND WE SAY WE WANT EVERYONE TO GO TO A POST AND LOOK FOR THE, THE, THE OFFENDER THAT JUST DID THIS CRIME, THERE'S STILL HUMAN ERROR IN THAT.
THERE'S STILL PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE DISTRACTED BY THEIR PHONE. THEY'RE UP HERE AT BROADWAY, AT HOME, JUST LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE, NOT PAYING ATTENTION. THEY CAN GET LICENSE PLATES WRONG. THEY CAN GET COLOR WRONG. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS SUCH AN ASSET FOR US TO GENERATE LEADS AND ACCURATE LEADS.
AND THIS TECHNOLOGY CAN GIVE US A PHOTO AND GIVE US A LEAD TO.
FOLLOW UP ON. SO SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES THAT WE'VE USED IN CORRECTIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE WORK IS JUST THAT VERY THING. GO TO A FIXED POST, LOOK FOR AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS VEHICLE.
[01:15:03]
THIS TECHNOLOGY DOES IT FOR US AND IT DOES IT FOR US IN A FRACTION OF THE COST.IT IS NOT USED FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. IT DOES NOT WATCH FOR RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE STORY THAT I'LL SHARE THAT WE'RE KIND OF ON TWO SLIDES HERE, BUT YEAH, GO TO THE NEXT.
HOW WE USE THEM. YEAH. SO WE, WE USE, WE USE THEM AND IT WILL ALERT US TO WANTED INDIVIDUALS, STOLEN VEHICLES MISSING PEOPLE. IT GENERATES LEADS AFTER A CRIME OCCURS.
SO WE USE THAT FOR, FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS LISTED THERE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OBVIOUSLY CRIMINALS DON'T STAY IN ONE LOCATION.
THEY WILL LEAVE AREAS TO GO COMMIT CRIMES ELSEWHERE.
THEY WERE UP AT ONE OF OUR PARKS. THEY WAS CALLED BY A CITIZEN OF SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR.
THEY IDENTIFIED THESE PEOPLE AS WANTED INDIVIDUALS.
THEY THE OFFICERS TRIED TO GET THEM OUT OF THE CAR.
THE PERSON BACKED OVER THEM AND FORTUNATELY, THE OFFICER DID NOT HIT THE POLE THAT WAS NEARBY.
OTHERWISE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC MORE SEVERE CRASH.
THE THIRD OFFICER ENGAGED THEM IN A PURSUIT DUE TO THE CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THEY WERE APPREHENDED. AND BECAUSE THEY HAD ADVANCED NOTICE, THEY WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE A RESPONSE TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL FLIGHT OR DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT TALKS ABOUT THE ACCESS.
SINCE WE'VE HAD THE PROGRAM, WE HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE.
WE HAVE A AUDIT PROCESS. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, FLOC HAS EVEN IMPROVED THAT PROCESS SO THAT NOW IF THERE'S AN OFFICER THAT'S LOOKING FOR THE SAME VEHICLE OR SAME SET OF SEARCH CRITERIA, IT FLAGS IT AND ALERTS US AND LETS US KNOW THAT COULD BE FOR LEGITIMATE REASONS, BECAUSE THE PERSON IS CONTINUING IN A COURSE OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT, OR IT COULD BE FOR MISUSE, AND WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO AUDIT THAT. SO FLOC HAS BEEN GREAT, AND OUR POLICY IN OUR INSPECTIONS HAVE GONE WELL.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED NEW AUTOMATED TICKETS OR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS ANOTHER BIG ONE.
NEXT SLIDE. CURRENTLY THE RETENTION PERIOD IS 30 DAYS.
FLOC IS HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND PLANS TO MAYBE CHANGE THAT TO SEVEN DAYS.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES CRIMES AREN'T REPORTED QUICKLY ENOUGH TO US.
I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE SOME SOMETIMES VICTIMS BLAME THEMSELVES OR WAIT A WHILE TO REPORT.
AND WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
TO ME, IF IF MISCONDUCT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, ARBITRARILY REDUCING IT TO SEVEN DAYS MIGHT NOT MAKE THE MOST SENSE. NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COST.
WE HAVE 32 FIXED LOCATIONS AND ONE THAT'S FLEXIBLE.
WE HAVE FOR YEARS UTILIZED LPRS AND VIDEO CAMERAS.
AND WE'RE AS WE'RE RESPONDING, WE'RE USING THE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT NOT CATCH AS WE'RE RESPONDING RAPIDLY TO A SCENE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE'S A FEW EXAMPLES.
THERE'S MANY EXAMPLES, BUT THESE WERE JUST EARMARKED TO SHARE.
WE DID HAVE A BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT AND WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE FROM OUT OF THE AREA.
SO THIS PERSON CAME FROM KENTUCKY. WE WERE NOTIFIED ON FLOCK CAMERAS THAT HE WAS IN OUR AREA.
[01:20:03]
HE WAS ON A WATCH LIST THAT THEY WERE SUSPECTING THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO HIS OLD BANK ROBBING DAYS.AND OUR OFFICERS, OUR PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS, RESPONDED IN THE AREA WHERE HE WAS SEEN AS WAIT OUTSIDE OF A LOCAL BANK THERE AND VERIFY THAT A ROBBERY HAD JUST TAKEN PLACE AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
WE'VE HAD THE ROBBERY INVOLVING FEDEX DRIVERS, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO READ THIS STUFF TO YOU, BUT JUST WORKING WELL WITH OTHER AGENCIES, SOME INFORMATION IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN THE OFFICERS WERE RAN OVER, WE OF COURSE, NOTIFIED SURROUNDING AGENCIES AND LET THEM KNOW.
BUT SOMETIMES SIMPLE THEFTS THEY IMPACT MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES.
WE DON'T ALWAYS COMMUNICATE THAT, BUT THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL DO THAT FOR US.
SO WE PUT INTO OUR SYSTEM THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING TO OUR YMCA AND OTHER LOCATIONS AND COMMITTING THEFTS FROM LOCKERS WHILE PEOPLE WERE WORKING OUT, AND HILLIARD WAS ALERTED THAT THEY WERE IN THEIR AREA AND THEY WENT AND MADE AN APPREHENSION.
SO THAT WORKED OUT WELL. WE'VE RECOVERED MULTIPLE MISSING PEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE.
THERE'S ONE EXAMPLE OF SUCH. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN ONE OF THE KEY THINGS I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO FOCUS IN ON TO IS SIR ROBERT PEEL SAID THAT IN PART, THE BASIC MISSION FOR WHICH THE POLICE EXIST IS TO PREVENT CRIME AND DISORDER.
SO WE HAD A STOLEN VEHICLE THAT CAME INTO GROVE CITY FROM ANOTHER SUBURB.
WE WERE NOTIFIED, WE RESPONDED, WE FLOODED THE AREA AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S AN MOS.
THEY FLED FROM US BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE HAD THAT THAT NIGHT.
WE CHOSE NOT TO TO PURSUE IT. AND IT LEFT GROVE CITY.
A HOMEOWNER CAME OUT TO CONFRONT THEM, DID NOT LEAVE HIS GARAGE, BUT CHASED HIM OFF.
AND DURING THAT THERE WAS A SHOT FIRED. SO THIS TECHNOLOGY ALERTS US.
AND AS IT MAKES IT ABLE FOR US TO TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS.
THE IF WE CAN PREVENT CRIME FROM HAPPENING, IT'S SAFER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S SAFER FOR THE OFFICERS, IT'S SAFER FOR THE SUSPECT.
AND IT'S BETTER FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IF WE CAN PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AT ALL.
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT. OUR GOING BACK TO THE PUBLIC TRUST.
I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO TRUST THE DIVISION OF POLICE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, IF YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY.
BUT WE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
SO THERE ARE OTHER WAYS FOR THEM TO DO BAD THINGS.
AND THIS TECHNOLOGY HELPED US CATCH THEM. AND THEY'RE NO LONGER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO IF YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE, THE RIGHT POLICIES, THE RIGHT SUPERVISION, THE RIGHT INSPECTIONS HAPPENING, AND YOU'RE WILLING TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, WHICH WE ARE.
AND WE RECENTLY JUST ELECTED TO PUT OURSELVES THROUGH.
WE'VE BEEN CERTIFIED SINCE 2003, WHICH IS A NATIONAL ACCREDITATION.
WE JUST RECEIVED LAST WEEK A STATE ACCREDITATION ALSO.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT US TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT POLICIES IN PLACE TO PROTECT YOUR, CONSTITUENTS. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THOSE BODIES THAT ARE HELPING US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST PRACTICES, BUT ALSO IT COMES TO MAKING SURE OUR PUBLIC KNOW THAT.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHIEF. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. AND THIS THIS UPDATES REALLY GOOD.
AND I'M HOPING WE GET IT UP ONLINE. THERE'S A THUMBS UP BACK THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. MISS. WE ASK QUESTIONS.
YEAH. FIRST AND FOREMOST, DIRECTOR AND CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR TIFFORD AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FLOCK CAMERAS AND FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 3 OR 4 MONTHS, AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THE NEWS AND I THINK IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO, AS YOU MENTIONED, TRUST AND PRIVACY.
[01:25:01]
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES UNDERSTANDING THE HOW DATA IS ACCESSED OR USED AND THE PRESENTATION HAS BEEN A GREAT OVERVIEW ON. AGAIN, THERE'S GOT TO HAVE A CASE NUMBER OR AN ID NUMBER.AND IS THAT CORRECT? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WHEN YOU ASKED IN ORDER TO DO AN INQUIRY, YOU HAVE TO.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE UPDATES TOO, BECAUSE BEFORE IT WAS YOU COULD DO IT AFTER THE FACT.
SO IF YOU'RE RESPONDING TO A CALL THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO A QUICK SEARCH AND THEN GO BACK IN AND PUT A REPORT NUMBER IN, NOW IT IS AUTOMATIC. YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT IN.
AND SO THERE'S ANOTHER BALANCING, RIGHT CHECKS AND BALANCE SYSTEM.
BECAUSE IF SOMEONE ENTERS A FALSE CALL AND THEY LIE, THEN THAT'S GROUNDS FOR SEPARATION RIGHT THERE.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU AUDIT. IT'S A QUARTERLY AUDIT.
OUR LIEUTENANT IN INVESTIGATIONS DOES THAT. AND THERE'S A REPORT THAT WE DO EVERY QUARTER ON IT.
OKAY. AND THEN WHEN SOMEBODY IS, IF FOR SOME REASON SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO AND THEY'RE TERMINATED, EMPLOYMENT IS TERMINATED. AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY A FELONY FOR.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW THEY USE IT. SO FOR FOR THIS IT'S NOT WRITTEN INTO STATE CODE FOR LIKE A LEADS VIOLATION, WHICH IS WHEN THEY USE LICENSE PLATE INFORMATION THAT'S ACTUALLY CODIFIED IN.
SO THERE ARE POTENTIAL CRIMINAL CHARGES OUT OF IT AS WELL.
BUT IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT IN THE R C THAT TECHNOLOGY.
OKAY. AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BESIDES LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHO USE FLOCK FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, LIKE LIKE HOME DEPOT OR BIG COMMERCIAL PARKING BUSINESS PARKING LOTS.
AND HOW DO THEY IF THAT'S TRUE, DO THEY HOW DO THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT? YES. THAT'S YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON IT, BUT WHAT STARTED THIS WAS THEY WANTED TO HAVE THESE OPTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS. IT WAS STARTED IN COMMUNITIES.
SO JUST TO ALERT THE POLICE THAT BAD PEOPLE WERE COMING INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN IT GREW.
AND WHEN THEY SAW THE CAPABILITY OF IT. BUT OUR FIRST ONE WAS AT PARKWAY CENTER NORTH.
AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO GROVE CITY. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST CAMERA THAT WE HAD.
AND THAT OPTION IS AVAILABLE TO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.
FANTASTIC. AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT HOW LONG THE DATA IS RETAINED.
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S 30 DAYS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT SEVEN DAYS.
FOR EXAMPLE MY HOUSEHOLD HAD A VEHICLE BREAK IN ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN OUR, IN OUR, MY RIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY AND BROKE THE WINDOW, TOOK A BUNCH OF TOOLS RIGHT OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAR EVER WILL GET TRACKED ANYWHERE, BUT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, CHECKING CARS, TRYING TO FIND OBVIOUSLY THINGS INSIDE CARS.
AND OF COURSE OURS WAS LOCKED, BUT IT GOT BROKEN INTO AND JUST BUSTED THE WINDOW.
BUT I THINK AGAIN, SOMEONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, MAYBE NOT DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT HAPPENED.
AND THEY MAY WAIT MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME, 30 DAYS.
AND THEN WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU GUYS.
YEAH. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, YEAH. BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU CHIEF. GO AHEAD. IF I CAN. THANK YOU, CHIEF.
AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIEFFER. IT'S INTERESTING.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS SYSTEM EXISTED, EVEN THOUGH I'VE LIVED HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT ACTUALLY DETECTED A STOLEN TRAILER OR RIGHT OFF HERE OFF OF 62.
AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PROCEDURE. I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
THE OFFICERS APPREHENDED THE INDIVIDUALS AND WAITED THERE UNTIL THE SECOND PATROL CAR CAME.
AND THE THIRD ONE CAME. SO ALL THE PROCEDURES WERE HANDLED.
[01:30:03]
AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THEY HANDLED THAT SITUATION, AND NO ONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WAS A STOLEN TRAILER WITHOUT FLOCK.AND THAT'S JUST A REAL LIFE, REAL LIFE STORY.
SO I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS SYSTEM. ACTUALLY, I'M SURPRISED IT ONLY LASTS 30 DAYS.
I WOULD THINK THAT 60 DAYS WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM WITH US.
THANK YOU. YEAH. THERE'S THERE'S, WE JUST TOUCHED ON JUST A FEW AND I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY DETECTIVES AND OFFICERS THAT ARE LIKE, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL THEM THIS STORY? IT IS VERY EFFECTIVE AT SATURATING AN AREA, PREVENTING CRIME AND PREVENTING THINGS FROM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT HAVE TAKEN PEOPLE OUT OF STOLEN CARS AND DONE IT SAFELY, WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DANGERS TO THE PUBLIC. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EARLY WARNING.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND THANK YOU, MR. TIFFORD, FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS HOW OFTEN DO YOU ADD ADDITIONAL CAMERAS IN THE COMMUNITY? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME BEFORE COUNCIL? YES, IT'S AN ANNUAL CONTRACT, SO WE'LL BE COMING BEFORE YOU.
THE FIRST TWO YEARS WE HAD THE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE.
THANK YOU. YEAH. THANKS, CHIEF. THANKS, MR. MAYOR.
OKAY, THANKS. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS? HE KNOWS HE HAS A TIME LIMIT. IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING. I WILL BE VERY BRIEF.
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON INQUIRED IN THE DIRECTION OF MR. BOZZO, JUST TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE CELL TOWER SITUATION IN GROVE CITY.
THERE ARE TWO NEW CELL TOWERS IN IN THE IN GROVE CITY.
THE ONE BEHIND WALMART. IT WENT ONLINE AT THE END OF JULY.
THERE'S ONE THAT'S JUST ON GROVE CITY ROAD JUST SOUTH OF OF GROVE CITY ROAD, JUST PAST HOLT.
I THINK THAT WILL COME ONLINE EITHER INTO THIS MONTH, BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO. MYSELF AND ACTUALLY REPRESENTATIVE SIEGRIST MET WITH THE PROVIDERS.
AT THE DIRECTION OF OF THE MAYOR. AND CHUCK, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO, TO, TO KIND OF SATURATE THAT CONVERSATION, HAD CONVERSATIONS. AND REALLY, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, NO MATTER WHAT WE'VE DONE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THE LEGISLATION THAT HIRED THE TOWER COMPANY. THEIR MARKETING LOCATIONS FOR IT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE REALLY KIND OF AT THE MERCY OF THE PROVIDERS.
SO WE MET WITH AT&T ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO ON THE FIRST NET SIDE OF THINGS.
SO I'VE SUBMITTED A COUPLE SURVEYS NOTING SPOTS THAT WE HAVE ISSUE WITH.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE'RE YOU KNOW, I'M SURE AS REPRESENTATIVE SEGERS WOULD SAY, WE'RE KIND OF WE'RE KIND OF HAMSTRUNG A LITTLE BIT WITH WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF WHAT THE PROVIDERS WANT TO SPEND.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. I'VE GOT A QUICK ONE, THE ONE BY WALMART.
WHO ARE THE PROVIDERS CURRENTLY UTILIZING IT, IF ANY? CURRENTLY IT'S AT&T TO MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL APPROACH IS, IS ONCE ONE PROVIDER STANDS UP, IF IT'S IF IT'S A MUTUALLY OWNED SITE OR TOWER, IN THIS CASE, ARCADIA OWNS THAT TOWER. THEY WILL SOLICIT OTHER PROVIDERS.
AND SINCE ALL THE LEGWORK HAS BEEN DONE THAT PROCESS CAME THROUGH OUR COUNCIL AND I THINK IT TOOK ABOUT NINE MONTHS FROM START TO FINISH ONCE IT WAS APPROVED HERE, THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL OTHER APPROVALS AND I THINK EVEN AGENCY OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND SO FORTH.
THERE'S A THERE'S A BIG PROCESS TO THAT. SO BUT ONCE THAT SITE STANDS UP, THEN, THEN SO VERIZON OR WHATEVER, THEY WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE OTHER PROVIDERS AND USUALLY GO ALONG WITH THAT.
[01:35:01]
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. THANKS.THANKS. I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK COUNCIL AND SUPPORT WHAT TODD'S DOING.
THIS WAS REALLY RELEVANT TO ME WHEN WE WERE UP IN BURLINGTON LAST WEEK.
WE HAD NO CELL SERVICE. ABSOLUTELY NONE. AND I CARRY TWO CELL PHONES.
ONE IS VERIZON, ONE'S T-MOBILE AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM.
SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING HERE AND WHAT THAT WILL DO FOR OUR FUTURE, SHOULD WE HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THAT? IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO JUST TO MAKE IT REAL, THAT'S SOMETIMES IN THAT SITUATION, IT GETS REAL, REAL QUICK. SO THANKS, TODD. THANKS, MIKE. ALL RIGHTY.
CAN I MAKE A REQUEST FOR A DEPARTMENT UPDATE? CURIOUS. CURIOUS FROM MR. HAMMONDS ABOUT THE BRIDGE OVER HOOVER AND TIMING.
I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME SCHOOL AGED PARENTS, AND THEN, AS WELL AS JUST ADDITIONAL BUSINESS COMMUTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE JUST WAITING AND HOPING. SEND OUT AN EMAIL TODAY AT LIKE 2:00.
YES, I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE BRIDGE WILL HAVE TWO WAY TRAFFIC TOMORROW AT 2:00, AND THE SUP WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS. THEY HAVE TO DO THE SECURITY FENCING AND FINISH THE PATH ITSELF, OF COURSE.
SO BUT AS OF TOMORROW, 2:00, IF THEY CAN GET THE PERMANENT STRIPING DOWN, THEY WILL.
WONDERFUL. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BARRY. YEAH. CLOSING COMMENTS, MISS BURROWS.
JUST A COUPLE REMINDERS ABOUT WEDNESDAY. THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH, WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS.
WE HAVE THE SECOND MEETING OF THE DATA CENTER TASK FORCE IN THIS BUILDING, ALONG WITH THE ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE QUAIL CREEK ROUNDABOUT PROJECT. SO THOSE ARE CAN'T GO TO BOTH OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO BE HERE ON WEDNESDAY.
SO YEAH. AND PLEASE CALL US AND DON'T GO OUT AND CONFRONT ANYONE.
CHIEF. NOPE. THIS IS NOT YOUR TIME, SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU, THOUGH.
THIS IS TRUE. SO JUST AGAIN, SEE SOMETHING. SAY SOMETHING.
THANK YOU, MR. BERRY. YEAH. JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HELPED OUT WITH THE, THE STORM CLEANUP AND JUST JUST THAT WHOLE MESS THIS PAST WEEK.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT DID THAT. AGAIN, THE TWO MEETINGS THIS WEEK, THE PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THE QUAIL CREEK, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S IN THE HOW WAS IT WRITTEN PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE.
SO THIS IS THESE ARE THE TYPES OF MEETINGS THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE THINGS ARE GOING, GET INVOLVED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. I KNOW, I HEAR, I HEAR SOME PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY, WELL, IT'S A, IT'S A DONE DEAL. NOT AT THIS PHASE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX DOWN THERE ON HOOVER AND HOLTON.
THAT WAS A PRELIMINARY DESIGN TYPE OF YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY TYPE PRESENTATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, NOTHING, NOTHING IS NECESSARILY DONE JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A MEETING ABOUT IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, GETTING INVOLVED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, BOTH THE MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAY ARE GOING TO BE RECORDED. SO IF YOU CAN'T MAKE BOTH, WHICH YOU CAN'T BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN WATCH THE OTHER ONE ONLINE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO STAY INVOLVED AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S PARTICIPATION.
THANKS, MR. O'MARA. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR. GROVE CITY.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO COMMENT AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE MARKETING US YOUR BRANDING. YOU'RE TELLING THE GROVE CITY STORY AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE ONE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.
NO, I WAS NOT SINGING, NOR WAS I PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT.
I SEE BRIANNA ROSS, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, HERE TONIGHT. JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IN PARKS AND RECREATION. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THIS SUMMER. IT WAS A LOT TO DO, AND I JUST LOVED BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATING. BUT AS I, AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE ARE A COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS.
WE'LL CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AT THE TASK FORCE MEETING THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY. BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. MISS ANDERSON, THANK YOU TO VISIT GROVE CITY AS WELL FOR COMING IN AND PROVIDING SUCH A VALUABLE INSIGHT FOR THIS QUARTER.
[01:40:05]
AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND ALL OF OUR SAFETY AND GUIDELINES WHEN IT COMES TO BUSSES AND CROSSWALKS AND SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT ZONES.SO THANK YOU SIR. YES. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT SPOKE TONIGHT RESPECTFULLY.
AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR EVERYONE'S EVERYONE'S OPINION.
AND IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE VISIT GROVE CITY ANNUAL MEETING AT THE FOOD COOPERATIVE.
I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT THE FOOD COOPERATIVE DID.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THERE. THE THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE IS JUST A SORT OF A PERSONAL THING. WE'VE GOT I'M A CAR GUY. THERE'S A CAR SHOW AT BYERS, WEATHER PERMITTING, AND ALL OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SHOW THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 3, GO TO BOTH THE HALF GOES TO THE FOOD COOPERATIVE AND HALF GOES TO HONOR FLIGHT. AND LAST YEAR, WE RAISED OVER 2200 BUCKS.
SO BYERS IS A GOOD CORPORATE PARTNER, AND THEY PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
SO 100% OF EVERYTHING THAT WE RAISE THERE GOES TO THOSE TWO GREAT GREAT CHARITIES.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME REALLY NICE CARS, IT'S FREE.
SO JUST COME OVER AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. RANDY DITTO ON ALL THAT STUFF REALLY.
SO IN YOUR LAST, I WOULD JUST SAY IT WAS A GOOD TIME AT THE BOURBON FEST.
I REALLY ENJOY THAT EVENT. AND WE'LL BE TAKING CARE OF THEIR APPROPRIATION NEXT MEETING.
THEIR NEXT EVENT IS THE MISTLETOE MARKET. SO THAT'S THE NEXT BIG THING FOR THOSE GUYS.
SO WE'LL BE SEEING THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THE MUSIC WAS INTERESTING AT THE BOURBON FEST.
THEY HAD DIFFERENT BANDS, LIVE BANDS USING THE STAGE.
VERY NICE. AND THEN I CONTINUE TO THINK THAT WE SHOULD USE THAT STAGE EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH BANDS AND COME AND HAVING PEOPLE COME DOWNTOWN AND LISTEN TO SOME SOME VERY POPULAR BANDS, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO WITH THAT STAGE ON EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT. AND I'M JUST A REAL PROPONENT OF THAT AND BE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
SO THANKS. YOU ALWAYS LOVE THE BOURBON FESTIVAL, DON'T YOU? SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR SHOWING UP AT THE FIVE CANINE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
IT WAS RAINING, BUT SUNNY 95, HAD US DANCING CLEAR THROUGH THE WHOLE NIGHT, WHICH WAS KIND OF FUN.
WE'RE WET, BUT OBVIOUSLY I WANTED TO LET BILL KNOW THAT THE FLUORESCENT PAINT DOES WORK ON THE SHIRTS, SO HATS OFF TO HIS COMPANY FOR FOR DOING THAT.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD REFLECT, BUT THEY DID.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 7TH. AND OF COURSE,
WE'VE GOT SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT FROM THE CHAIRS ON SOME OTHER MEETINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.