City Commission

February 18, 2025 TO: Mayor/Commissioners FROM: Madison Reed Legislative Aide SUBJECT: Draft Minutes of the February 12, 2025, Dayton City Commission Meeting CITY COMMISSION MEETING On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 6:03 p.m., the Dayton City Commission met for the State of the City at The Salvation Army Dayton Kroc Center. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Mims called the meeting to order. INVOCATION Commissioner Turner-Sloss gave the invocation. COLOR GUARD Meadowdale JROTC led the Color Guard. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Mims led the public in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Roll call was taken, and Mayor Mims, Commissioners Joseph, Shaw, Fairchild, and Turner-Sloss were present. The Clerk of the Commission, Ms. Regina Blackshear, was also present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Shaw made a motion to approve the minutes from the February 5, 2025, meeting. Commissioner Fairchild seconded the motion. The previous meeting minutes were unanimously approved. STATE OF THE CITY Ms. Regina Blackshear stated that the sole purpose of the meeting was to present the annual State of the City address, highlighting past accomplishments and future initiatives. Mr. Darius Beckham introduced the State of the City as a conversation between Ms. Fran Robinson and the Mayor, Jeffery Mims. SPECIAL PERFORMANCE A special performance was given by Dayton’s first-ever Poet Laureate, Sierra Leone. She read a piece written by Langston Hughes in 1945. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Mims closed with a message of love and peace for all and hatred for none before adjourning the meeting at 6:56 p.m.