City Council Regular Meeting

COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 1. Call to Order: Pres. of Council: Today is April 25, 2024, and this is our regularly scheduled 7:00 p.m. Council meeting. 2. Opening Prayer: Rev. Daniel Doty, First Congregational Church, Tallmadge. Pledge of Allegiance: Mayor Kilway lead the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Roll Call: Mr. Bollas, Mr. Bozic, Mrs. Epstein, Mrs. Gutman, Mr. Pavlik, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rubino – present. 4. Correcting and Adopting the 4-11-24 Council Minutes. Mr. Pavlik moved to approve the 4-11-24 Council meeting minutes. Seconded Mrs. Gutman. Roll Call: Mr. Bozic, Mrs. Epstein, Mrs. Gutman, Mr. Pavlik, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rubino, Mr. Bollas – unanimous. The minutes from the 4-11-24 Council meeting were approved by a vote of 7-0. 5. Financial Reports: None. 6. Public Hearings: None. 7. Community Input: Pres. of Council: This is the point in the meeting where anyone can address Council on any item that is not on the agenda. Is there anyone who would like to address Council? Hearing none, we will move onto Item 8. 8. Agenda Additions: 9. Reports of Administrative Officers: a. Mayor/Director of Economic Development: o Thank you very much. These have been a busy couple of weeks. I did just finish up my “After Hours with the Mayor.” I had several people come in. Some good conversation and some good input from our community and that is what it is all about. o I just want to remind everybody about the Tallmadge Little League Parade. It is this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Step-off is at 5:00 p.m. from Our Lady of Victory Church. o Working on economic development in the City with inSITE. We met with several businesses in the last 2 weeks. inSITE will be at the next CIC meeting which is going to be next Tuesday. o Per request from the last Council meeting, I did contact Dave O’Neil from the Summit Emergency Communications Center to put together a tour for the Council members and I realized we could only do 3 Council members at a time. He would like to know what time of day works the best so he can shoot out some dates. So, if you guys could all get to me and let me know what time of day works best so we can get this schedule so you guys can have a look at it. o I was invited to the wheelchair basketball banquet because they had just won the State Championship and I did present them with a proclamation and some individual achievement awards. They are working on getting them to Council for the next Council meeting as well. So, we will get a resolution ready for that and we are looking at May 9th at this point in time. o We did host the 3rd Grade classes at City Hall this week. They were here on Tuesday and Wednesday. 200 kids. We were letting them learn about what all goes on at City Hall and City government. When we didn’t have them, the Historical Society had them and so they had a couple of busy days as we did as well. o We are actively working on the next Tallmadge Circular Newsletter. It will be out in July. o Working on planning the Memorial Day Parade. This is the 156 th consecutive Memorial Day celebration and it is the longest running one in the State of Ohio. So, again Council will customarily walk with the Administration in the parade so all of you can be in attendance, that would be great. o Also, we are working on the Circle Fest and Light Parade. 1  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 o Planning & Zoning meets on May 2nd and the State of the City address; we did have it edited and it was put up on the City’s YouTube site and it went live tonight at 6:00 p.m. So, it is available for everyone to see. Any questions? Mr. Pavlik: What is the date of the Circle Fest? Mayor: The Circle Fest is August 10th. Pres. of Council: I have a question regarding our Dir. of Administration. Do we have an exact date of his arrival? Mayor: Yes, we do. Pres. of Council: What is that? Mayor: May 13th. In just a couple of weeks. Pres. of Council: Do we have a determination as to . . . I know we have kept the two positions kind of lumped together on the agenda, I didn’t know what the intentions were of the Administration for the Dir. of Safety and Dir. of Administration. Mayor: He will be taking on some of the Dir. of Safety roles as I will. That will be kind of split between the two of us. Pres. of Council: Is that going to require any kind of changes to our grid because of that? Mayor: No. Mr. Bollas: I just wanted to say thank you to the Mayor and Justin and Mr. Rorar and Jessica and Parks and Rec just for . . . I got word today that Wi-fi is available at Maca Pool in the park and I know that that is something I have been asking about for a few years and I understand with Covid and the backlog of hardware and whatnot and the installation, it was just a huge achievement that I saw today and I have to say thank you and that is great for the City. Mayor: You are welcome. Great to everyone involved. I was not really involved; it was 99% Justin. He did all the work and Mr. Rorar; he is the one who made sure that it got done. b. Director of Administration/Director of Safety: c. Director of Public Service: Good evening. o I really don’t have any report this time. Next meeting I am going to be asking Council to approve a change order for the Elton Avenue stormwater job. So, you guys know anything over 10% over the contract amount, I have to come back to Council for. That job was $47,000. There are 2 change orders. One was the catch basin it was sized for a 44” pipe and it needed to be a 60” pipe so they had to change that and that cost me $4,298 and so I was under that threshold however the surprise was the gas line and making those changes cost me an additional $13,122 and so I will be coming to Council to ask for $17,943.54 on a change order for that project. o Just to give you a ballpark figure, there are road plates out there that the contractor had to rent because he doesn’t use that many and the barricades cost us an extra $2,500 because of the unknown gas line. That was a known gas line, but we didn’t know what it was doing until we got to it. All the drawings and everybody assumed the gas line went straight, well it did, but then it nose-dived, and it nose-dived right where we had to take the pipe so that was the issue with that gas line. At the next meeting I will be bringing that. o Also, I believe Councilman Rubino last meeting asked about membership discounts for Summer Camp and we looked at that. We offer resident discounts. We are probably going to stick with that because you can get a one-month membership and sign your kids up for 9 weeks of summer camp and get the discount. Mr. Rubino: I was talking more about priority registration for members; not discounts. Dir. of Pub. Service: Not discounts; I apologize. So, you would like to see priority for membership. Mr. Rubino: Well, yeah, if you are a member of the Rec and you can do it how you 2  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 Mr. Rubino (Cont’d.) please, even if that means the recurring contracted members getting first dibs at getting some of those perks of the Rec Center as loyal members. Dir. of Pub. Service: Let me swing back to you on that at the next meeting. Let me see if I can come up with a better answer. I misunderstood; I apologize. Mr. Rubino: That’s OK. Dir. of Pub. Service: Councilman Bozic, you asked for Summer Camp improvements. It was a challenge I think to get more kids involved. We took a look at that and at the end of the day it really comes down to staffing. Each staff member can only have 6 to 7 kids because of a safety issue. To get more kids involved, you have to get more staff involved, which goes back to the budget, and we would have to ask for more money. To get more kids involved, you have to get more staff involved. So, the only way you can get more staff is I have to get it at budget time. Mrs. Gutman: Does the increased revenue from the extra children offset the cost of the staff members though? Dir. of Pub. Service: Not that . . . we are not making that much of it, so no. Mrs. Gutman: Do we lose money on it? Dir. of Pub. Service: No. We are breaking even. We probably need to look at raising the rates to tell you the truth, but that still . . . I mean we are not going to raise it by much. Mrs. Gutman: If we could put that on the agenda for the budget season to look at budgeting that in and how that all balances out I am in definite agreement that if we could get more kids it seems like a service that so many families need and want and it would be good to provide it if we could. Dir. of Pub. Service: Sure. Absolutely. Mr. Rubino: I agree. There has been a lot of interest in that. Mayor: Another key factor that Jessica Simons had said when you add more kinds, once you get to a certain point you have to add another bus to transport them and they do go to different places constantly so by adding another bus that really increases their cost and then it could just price people out of it completely in order for us to recoup the cost on 2 busses as opposed to just 1 bus. So, there is a delicate balance there that we have to figure out. Dir. of Pub. Service: All doable, but we just need to talk about it at the budget meeting. Again, field trips are important. I mean let’s keep in mind it is 2024 and the kids’ phones are probably more exciting than playing kickball and dodge ball at the park and so you have to keep the field trips relevant. You have got to get them out of there once in a while and still keep them going and if you want to get more kids, it is going to cost more money. Pres. of Council: So, I think in the last meeting when I asked the question about the Summer Camp I had kind of challenged you guys to think outside the box and part of that would be considering options for transportation and overcoming those obstacles whether it be you know half day camps or something. There are a multitude of options out there. Considering that we have a full-time staff member now, that that is their sole responsibility during the summer, which should be something that they should easily be able to come up with is a new format of our Summer Camp program. So, if that means you know Monday is this age group and it is Group A out of that age group, and they go on this field trip and Tuesday it is this group that goes on the field trip. There are so many options out there and we are getting stuck in our silo of this is how we have always done it, and this is the way that it has always been. When I brought that up at the last meeting was, break that down. Think of something that is completely different and how do we provide that service because it is a service to more kids and to say that it is a . . . more staff would be required. Dir. of Pub. Service: That’s a fact. Pres. of Council: That is a fact; yes but . . . Dir. of Pub. Service: So, it comes down to money. Budget time, we . . . 3  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 Pres. of Council: When we get it, but for years even when I worked at the Rec Center it was what is the percentage that we want to re-coop. What is the cost recovery? There is no cost recovery model that we have within the Parks and Rec Department. We may say that we want to break even, want to break even, but I don’t think that we really know. So, I just challenge the Administration to . . . Dir. of Pub. Service: When we look at that challenge and it comes back down to safety. I mean we did look at that challenge over the last month since you asked us to do that, and it came back down to needing more staff and you get more kids; you need more staff. I mean it is a safety issue. So, it is pretty simple. Mrs. Gutman: Mr. Rorar, with all due respect, and you know I respect you a great deal, we had this conversation last year as well and I feel like the request and the concerns are, and I think there is frustration here, that it is not being fully considered and so you know if it does take more action on our part something that we can do for you, if it is budgetary because we are saying that it is a valuable service that we are hearing from our residents regularly that this is something that they request. I would like to see it happening with Adam on this Mr. Bozic, that we can be creative whether that is bringing entertainment to the Rec or rotating it or however that case may be, I know the kids want to be entertained and the parents just want them to be safe and so I think we can make this happen and I hope that we aren’t here again next summer having the same conversation. Dir. of Pub. Service: I hope we’re not either. Like I said, we did look at it and we need more than “x”. You know you guys give us “x” for the Summer Camp and that is what you are getting. You want more out of that, then we need more money. Mrs. Gutman: Give us the number. Dir. of Pub. Service: We will get it for you; next budget. Pres. of Council: Alright. Thank you. d. Director of Finance: Excused. e. Director of Law: Thank you. o I just wanted to report that we did have a very nice Self Defense Class training that was offered by Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich and co-sponsored by myself and Summit County Councilperson Christine Higham. It was very educational and great skills were taught and if any of our residents missed that the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office is moving throughout the whole of Summit County to different communities to host them once a month so people can look for that. It is a free program. Again, great information for people. o We are also hosting our Drug Take Back Day. It is this Saturday, April 27th. It is at the Tallmadge Police Department and all people have to do is pull in. They don’t even have to get out of their car, and they can drop off any unused or unwanted over the counter or prescription medications that they need to dispose of. That is running from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We do this semi-annually in conjunction with the DEA and we always collect quite a lot of people’s unwanted medications. It helps keep it out of our storm water system which is great and keeps it out of the hands of people that don’t need it and it gets disposed of properly so we encourage everyone to take advantage of that and if they can’t come during that time we do also offer a drop-box inside the Police Department but you do have to get out and put that in the lobby of the Police Department. Thank you. End of report. Pres. of Council: Any question for the Dir. of Law? Hearing none, moving on to our reports of standing committees Council of the Whole. We will start with our Planning & Zoning Committee with Councilwoman Gutman. 4  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 10. Reports of Standing Committees of Council of the Whole: a. PLANNING AND ZONING Mary Gutman, Chair Jessica Epstein, Vice Chair The Planning & Zoning Committee deals with land use, zoning, conditional uses, planning, economic and community development, and public property. Mrs. Gutman: I call the Planning & Zoning Committee to order. We have no legislation before us this evening. Does anyone have anything for the Planning & Zoning Committee? Pres. of Council: I have some questions for the Administration. I know that we will be discussing this in the near future, but this has been something that has been talked about on social media and I have taken a few phone calls as well. If the Administration can discuss anything related to the planned development between Overdale and Smith Drive? Dir. of Law: That item is on the agenda for Planning & Zoning, and it is a subdivision that is being proposed. I believe there are approximately 20 houses in the subdivision that is being proposed. It is already zoned accordingly so actually the process is that it goes to a preliminary plat approval and then a final plat approval and Council does not take action on that because it already has the appropriate underlying zoning. Then what happens is eventually Council does get an ordinance. If it were to be approved for preliminary and then final plat when it comes to the dedication of the streets and the acceptance of the bonds is when Council would see an ordinance on that matter, but the public is welcome to attend the meeting for the Planning & Zoning Commission which is next Thursday at 7:00 p.m. here in Council chambers. Pres. of Council: Alright. Thank you. Can you describe what studies or documentation is submitted with a site plan like that? Dir. of Law: So, it is a plat process. So, they have to submit the preliminary plat and that shows where utilities are going to be, locations, lot size, setbacks, all the lots and where the roadways will be and all those things and all those plans are available to the public as well and they can take a look at that. I believe there is a link through our website on the agenda item and then where they can come into Planning & Zoning Department, and they can ask questions there and I know that they have assisted other people that have come in and asked questions about that. Pres. of Council: Are they required in our Planning & Zoning Code to provide soil sample tests, traffic studies . . . Dir. of Law: So, they have to comply with what is required in the Code that includes typically concerns with utilities, soil and water, if there is any movement over an acre you have to comply with all the Summit County Soil and Water gets involved and their water engineering has to be reviewed by our engineer and the Fire Department looks at it for Fire Code regulations, the Police Department, the Street Department and internally everybody that has a role in it takes a look at it. Pres. of Council: Thank you. That is good information to have. I think that a lot of the questions that I know that I have been fielding have been related to the different types of studies that are required for a development. Dir. of Law: Well, again because this is already zoned this way, there is not like conditions that are put upon it, it is just what the Code requires, and it has to meet all those requirements. Mrs. Gutman: Any further for Planning & Zoning? Hearing none, I will close committee. i. Additional Items: None. 5  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 b. FINANCE Donald Pavlik, Chair Jonathon Bollas, Vice Chair The Finance Committee deals with budget, appropriations, reappropriations, bonds, franchises, investments, and expenditures. i. First Readings of Ordinances and Resolutions. A. Ord. 2024-36–Exhibit A – Exhibit A. Tracked – Amending Ord. 109- 2021 rates, charges, and fees for the Zoning Department and providing for immediate enactment. Sponsor: Dir. of Pub. Service Rorar. Mr. Pavlik: I call the Finance Committee to order. We have Ord. 2024-36 at 1st Reading. The ordinance was read into the record. Mr. Rorar, do you have any comments? Dir. of Pub. Service: Yes, so the sign permits; that is a cleanup from the last time. That was changed and we just never updated the fees so those no longer exist; the temporary and the limited duration; those are zero. There is no cost for them. The Natural Landscape Permit . . . so we never set a fee for that permit and that is why we are coming in here for tonight and then the last one on the second page is the Certificate of Design Compliance and no such thing exists. That is actually the Certificate of Appropriateness. We are just cleaning that up as well. Mr. Pavlik: Does Council have any questions on this? Mr. Rorar, you are looking for 1 st Reading adoption? Dir. of Pub. Service: It doesn’t matter. I mean, no. It can go 3 readings, but thank you. Mr. Pavlik: With that, we will go to the next Council meeting for 2 nd Reading on that ordinance. B. Ord. 2024-37 – Authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise For bids and the Mayor to enter into contract for miscellaneous repairs And remodeling of Fire Station 1 at 85 W. Overdale Drive and providing For immediate enactment. Sponsor: Dir. of Pub. Service Rorar. Mr. Pavlik: Next we have Ord. 2024-37. The ordinance was read into the record. Mr. Rorar, do you have anything on this? Dir. of Pub. Service: So, this is pretty much a facelift for Station 1. Remove and replace is what it is. So, where the old tile is at, it is being ripped up and having new tile put down and where the old carpet is at, it is being ripped up and putting new carpet down. The walls are being painted and I think 5 of the windows are being replaced. So, there is no addition. There is nothing new being added. I believe there is one hallway that is being put back. I believe the hallway was removed at some point and now we are putting it back. Mr. Pavlik: Thank you. Council, do you have any questions? Mr. Bollas: Yes, just a question. I see here just in the first WHEREAS statement you are talking about painting, replacing the flooring, the windows and doors and cabinets, countertops. Is there . . . I toured the facility and I understand that it has been through a lot of different repairs. Was there like a larger list or like was it evaluated as these are the top priorities for like that budgeted number and now, I don’t have that number off the top of my head, but . . . Dir. of Pub. Service: $130,000 was budgeted. Mr. Bollas: OK, $130,000 so out of the list for the year these were at the top. Dir. of Pub. Service: Yes. So, pretty much 90% of that station will have that face lift. Mr. Bollas: OK. Mr. Pavlik: In the ordinance in Section 1. It states that Fire Station 1 of the City in accordance with Plans and specifications now on file in the office of the Dir. of Pub. Service. 6  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 Mr. Pavlik (Cont’d.) When I asked to see those plans there was nothing. Dir. of Pub. Service: So, this can go 3 readings and I should have that spec done by the 3rd Reading. Mr. Pavlik: Are there any other questions from Council? Pres. of Council: This is probably more so a comment than it is a question, but Mayor Kilway, I know you and I have had some conversations about just kind of the future of the City and the development and things of that nature and different areas of the City that could be developed for City use and I am just curious if that is something that maybe we need to take a look at. I know it is only $130,000 and obviously that is a lot cheaper than it would be to build a new fire station and I an not suggesting that that is what we need to do, but I believe that there is probably other repairs or remodeling that is going to need to happen to Fire Station No. 1 beyond this? Is that a fair assessment? Mayor: This is what it takes to make Fire Station 1 more livable because yes, the firemen do live there 24 hours a day and this is to help get it up to acceptable standards. We are evaluating all of the facilities but as you know, that takes a long time. It could be 5 or 10 years anything would change, so we need to make sure that this fire station is appropriate for people to be living there for 24 hours a day and that is what this facelift will achieve. Pres. of Council: So, when you say living there; does that . . . it has been some time . . . Mayor: They are living there 24 hours a day, so they eat, sleep and . . . Pres. of Council: Right, but is there within the living quarters, how many spaces are there for the people that are currently on duty to go rest in a bunk or whatnot? Mayor: There are like individual rooms for each firefighter that is on duty. Pres. of Council: So, we have an adequate amount of living quarters for the total number of firemen or firewoman that are on staff at any given time? Mayor: Yes. Pres. of Council: OK. Mr. Pavlik: Any more questions from Council? Hearing none, I will move that to 2 nd Reading, and I will close committee. ii. Additional Items: None. c. PERSONNEL Jonathon Bollas, Chair Donald Pavlik, Vice Chair The Personnel Committee deals with personnel, labor relations, insurance claims, Rules of Council and State Statutes. Mr. Bollas: I call the Personnel Committee to order. We have no legislation before us this evening. Is there anything for the Personnel Committee? Hearing none, I will close committee. i. Additional Items: None. d. SAFETY Nicholas Rubino, Chair Ted Roy, Vice Chair The Safety Committee deals with disaster services, communications, fire, and paramedics, police and health. Mr. Rubino: I call the Safety Committee to order. We have no legislation before us this evening. Is there anything for the Safety Committee? Pres. of Council: In light of the recent fires that we have had in the City, it got me thinking about . . . I know we have Sandy who is our Fire Prevention Education person. Do we go 7  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 Pres. of Council (Cont’d.) into the schools and teach the students about fire safety and fire escape plans and those sorts of things at a younger age and them maybe the Middle School age or High School to say hey here is what you do if you have a grease fire and those sorts of things. Mayor: Firefighter Sandy does a great job with her fire education. She has several programs that she goes and puts on throughout the City, within the schools, within senior citizen communities, and I am going to be going with her next week I believe on some of them as well. She does a great job getting that word out. So, she does have a lot of different programs that she has for many different age groups. Pres. of Council: OK, so she is physically going into the schools and teaching these courses. Mayor: Yes. Pres. of Council: Because that is contradictory to what I have heard whether they have been permitted into the schools due to lack of time based on . . . you know obviously they have the curriculum they have to meet and things like that. So, maybe you could connect with Steve Wood and just make sure that is being allotted or that they be given a 30-minute training session or something like that. I think it is important to do. I think that it would . . . it may not solve all of the safety problems, but if it can save one, I think that is worth it. So, I just think that . . . Mayor: These fires; they are accidents. They are not done on purpose. Nobody does them on purpose. Pres. of Council: No, I’m not saying they are done on purpose. I am just saying . . . Mayor: And everybody did the appropriate thing. They all had training at some point in time and everybody did get out of the house for both of the incidents. Pres. of Council: Maybe you misunderstood what I was saying. I am not saying anybody did anything wrong or . . . Mayor: I’m not misunderstanding. I’m just saying that her training through the years because she has been doing this for years . . . her training through the years has obviously helped at some point in time because these people knew what to do. Mrs. Epstein: I, as someone who has children in Tallmadge Public Schools, in Christian schools, both of my children know Firefighter Sandy by first name. She has come into both of their schools, and they adore her. She has done a great job. Thank you. Pres. of Council: I am not saying firefighter Sandy is not doing a great job because I know she is doing a great job. I am just saying in recent history, recent past, that perhaps the schools have not permitted her in due to a lack of time based on the importance of curriculum and things like that that they are being forced to do on a normal basis. Mayor: I will circle back around with Mr. Wood and make sure that she is you know being allotted her time in order to go in. Pres. of Council: Thank you. Mayor: I’m sure she does have that already scheduled in. Pres. of Council: Thank you. Mr. Rubino: Are there any other questions for the Safety Committee? Hearing none, I will close the Safety Committee. i. Additional Items: None. e. COMMUNITY ISSUES Ted Roy, Chair Mary Gutman, Vice Chair 8  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 The Community Issues Committee deals with Parks and Recreation, civic affairs, and liaison between Council and the Recreation Board and intergovernmental affairs. Mr. Roy: I call the Community Issues Committee to order. We have no legislation before us this evening. Are there any questions for Community Issues? Hearing none, I will close committee. i. Additional Items: None. f. PUBLIC SERVICE Jessica Epstein, Chair Nicholas Rubino, Vice Chair The Public Service Committee deals with streets, highways, sidewalks, buildings, and improvements: water, sewer, electricity, gas, energy resources, recycling, waste, and trash. Mrs. Epstein: I call the Public Service Committee to order. We have no legislation before us this evening. Are there any questions or comments regarding Public Service? Mr. Bollas: I have sent to Council . . . one, I just want to say thank you to Mr. Rorar and the Service Department. They conducted an intersection study at East Avenue and Community Road and the study unfortunately determined that a traffic signal was not warranted at this time, but again just acknowledging that the study did take place at that intersection. There was a discovery made in terms of speeding at that specific location and that has been escalated to the Police Department for further study. Thank you. Dir. of Pub. Service: You’re welcome. Mr. Pavlik: Mr. Rorar, on the East Avenue Corridor Expansion, what is the length of that? Where does it start and where does it end? Dir. of Pub. Service: So, it is two phases. Phase 1 goes from the Portage County line to Munroe and then Phase 2 goes from Munroe to Community Road. Mr. Bozic: I have a question related to that question that was just asked. I saw a few people who had asked questions related to underground utilities and whether or not that was feasible or possible to do it within our City. Is that something that we have looked at down East Avenue? Dir. of Pub. Service: Pretty much everything stays as is. It will be all overhead lines at that location. Now, the rest of the utilities are underground. But the overhead lines will stay the same. Mr. Bozic: I know in our new developments everything is underground. Is that something that was looked at when we planned this? Dir. of Pub. Service: Yeah, so when we got the money through ODOT they looked at all of that and you know you get all the players involved like First Energy and all of the utility companies and can they do that and I don’t know why or what the reasoning is but they kept it as is. Mr. Bozic: OK. Is that something that we can circle back with them and just ask the question and find out what that cost is? Dir. of Pub. Service: That is always the case. So, we have already been awarded that money and so I don’t think we are going to get any more. Mrs. Epstein: Is there anything else? Hearing none, I will close committee. i. Additional Items: None. 11. Reports of Special Committees: a. Council Operations Committee 9  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. April 25, 2024 Mr. Bollas: Thank you. Just two quick updates. I put a copy of the viewership stats in front of everyone tonight and right now the only correction I want to make is the last meeting the views were up to 120. The report on your desk says 70. Lastly, the microphones are still on order for the upgrade here in Council chambers. That’s it. i. Additional Items: Mr. Pavlik: I will note that I attended the Cost Containment Committee meeting and that was held here two Monday’s ago at 9:00 a.m. and everything was up to par and Mr. Rine gave a good presentation and so I thank the Mayor for running that. Mr. Bollas: I have one question before we close. The CIC meeting that is next Tuesday, is there typically, on average, is there always a set agenda or is that just a meeting for kind of brainstorming and looking at overall community development, economic development or is the meeting brought together with a specific agenda? Mayor: There is a specific agenda. Most of it is to go over the Treasurer’s report and budget items and then we are having Catey from inSITE doing a presentation to the CIC so yes, there is an agenda on that. Mr. Pavlik: I can confirm being on that board for the last 10+ years that there is always a set agenda. 12. Announcements: None. 13. Adjournment: Mr. Pavlik moved to adjourn. Seconded Mr. Bollas. Roll Call: Mrs. Epstein, Mrs. Gutman, Mr. Pavlik, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rubino, Mr. Bollas, Mr. Bozic – unanimous. The Council meeting of 4-25-24 adjourned at 7:41 p.m. sb Adopted: ___________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________ Susan E. Burton, Clerk of Council Adam M. Bozic – President of Council 10