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Thank you, sir.

for those. you who are turn tuning in

live on YouTube,

we are in executive session at this

moment and we'll return to city council

meeting shortly.

>> Did he have you guys sign in? Whoever

was speaking

For those who are watching on YouTube,

council is currently in executive

session and we return shortly.

All right.

Thank you, council. I would entertain a

motion to exit um

our

>> motion to exit.

>> Motion to exit

>> uh to

out of executive session and back into

regular city council meeting.

>> So moved.

>> Second.

Councilwoman Jackman,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Hayes,

>> yes.

>> Councilwoman Trainer,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Boyd,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Stall,

>> yes.

>> Okay. Thank you very much.

>> All righty.

We have no public hearings tonight.

uh minutes

from their last meeting. Has everybody

had chance to read those? Go over them.

Uh if there any questions, comments, or

concerns,

all those in favor of approving the

minutes from our last council meeting, I

>> I

>> I

>> Okay, thank you.

And

okay,

we have a speaker for tonight. Uh,

Savannah Andrews.

Would you like to come forward there and

give us your name and your address?

>> Good evening, council. Um, Savannah

Andrews, 516 Parkway Drive, Mary'sville,

Ohio. Um, so I am happy to be here. Um,

thanks for letting me speak tonight.

I've not yet met many of you. I've met a

few of you. Um, so I uh started at the

county in uh December for the executive

director of economic development

position. I took over for David Kell who

left earlier in in 2025. Um, so I'm

still getting up to speed. Um, excited

to to be in London and Madison County.

So, um, a little bit of background on

me. Before recently coming here, I

worked in Mary'sville and Union County

for their economic development, um,

team. So, I that's how I got to know

Madison County and um the Columbus

region and I knew u my predecessor David

Kell and I don't know who knew Sean

Hughes before then, but I know Sean from

my kind of um time in um the Columbus

region. So, um wanted to offer, you

know, I'm available if you want to kind

of talk about economic development

either for the county or or for the

city. Um and it makes sense. I've had a

lot of conversations with um Mayor

Clawser who's uh on CIC board and um and

just been in a loted and we're on the

chamber board together. So, and then

also Councilwoman Trainer who's on the

land bank. Um so, appreciate that. Um

but anyway, so here tonight I'm

specifically going to talk about

opportunity zones. Um but before I get

started, any questions or anything? No.

Okay.

Uh so are y'all familiar with the um

opportunity zones that was approved back

in 2017 as part of the tax cuts um and

jobs act.

So, this was a um basically it's a

federal designation

um for certain census tracks and it

basically allows for investors to get

bigger, you know, a bigger bang for

their buck in investment dollars through

capital gains. Um so it has to do with

investing in properties for over a

longterm period and those gains have

basically capital tax deferment. So, um,

it's different than a lot of other

economic development programs that you

may be familiar with. It's not it's not

like TIFFs or CRAAS or anything like

that. It's not, um, because capital

gains tax isn't a local tax. Um, it's

all kind of at the federal tax form, um,

federal tax level. Uh, it's not

something that has to go through a

formal approval process through the

local jurisdiction, which in this case

would be London. Um but it is something

that um because it is a federal

designation they still would like to see

support from the local kind of community

in this. So um originally there was the

the opportunity zone that was passed in

2017. It was a temporary measure and in

um 2025

it was reapproved as another as part of

the big beautiful bill to permanently

instill that in um in the tax code. So,

and then every 10 years they'll like

with the census, they'll re-evaluate the

census tracks to make sure that the um

target of um making the low to income

census tracks kind of um targeted

towards that investment so it'll keep

that up every 10 years. Um also with a

couple of changes as part of the the

kind of 2.0 O designation is it enhanced

a rural communities kind of benefit for

investors benefiting in or using the tax

credit in a rural community in London um

the way that the federal designates it

London counts as a a rural tax area. So

um if moving through the process uh this

census tract was designated as an

eligible area then it would draw

investors who really want to invest in

rural communities because this would be

designated as such. Um and then also

there are fewer zones nationally. So

investors that are familiar with this

tax credit and use it and have seen

benefit um you know it'll really kind of

focus in on on the areas where it's

approved.

So the presentation that you have the

next slide. So in Madison County there's

only one census track that's eligible

for um for this opportunity zone and

it's the one mostly in the downtown area

that you can see highlighted there. Um

the federal uh they designate it through

uh percent in poverty and then area

immediate income. So those are metrics

that opportunity zones have to hit in

order to be um kind of designated as

such.

The next slide just talks about some of

the um benefits that communities have

seen through the first kind of 1.0 O

designation um where there's been a

hundred billion dollars of direct

investment throughout the country in the

opportunity zones um

and then increase in property tax values

job creation that kind of stuff. So

where this is right now, so not every

eligible opportunity zone is going to be

selected for this. Only I believe um 25%

of eligible opportunity zones are going

to move to the kind of final area where

it's actually designated as such. So

with the new uh 2.0 O designation um it

kind of goes from the top down. So

because it's a federal program they look

to the state which looks to the locals.

So really it starts here in the local

part of the community. So

really what that means for you is that

um

part of showing that you're in support

of a kind of the investment of that area

is just you know kind of saying that

there's a letter of support that the um

London wants to this council wants to

write to say hey we would love to have

our census track designated as an

opportunity zone. Um, and then I can

work with um the mayor and others to

pull together support that really just

shows how the um how the work that y'all

are doing is already kind of putting

together um an an argument for

investment that's already being made.

You know, there's there's been so much

work done already um in London. Um

there's a CRA that um in the the

Westwood Collective has done. And so

there's already some momentum with kind

of especially in that CRA area

designated area or that CRA eligible

area. Um and so it would be pulling

documents that you guys already have

been creating. I know you're we're

you're working on your comp plan. Um, if

you've made zoning changes recently that

kind of speak to some of this, that

would show supporting evidence that,

hey, London is a great community to

invest in and you would be um you would

get a lot more by investing your dollars

here.

So,

that's a lot. Any questions so far?

Do you think a letter of um support is

the same as passing maybe a resolution

of of some kind that would um be a maybe

more formal act to show that kind of a

support?

>> That would be great too.

>> Okay. We'll see if we can't come up with

something that is

nominal but that you can point to.

>> Okay. Yeah. Um and so as far as the

process and because it isn't um it's a

federal

designation

um one Columbus and the the region

they're putting together a consulting

team to really advocate for the

communities that have eligible census

tracks in the Columbus region. So, um,

so they'll help put together some of the

stats on why the Columbus region is a

great investment and then we'll put

together some of the information on why

London specifically is uh, a good place

to have that uh, designation. Part of it

is because of the emphasis on rural and

because there's only one census tract

eligible in Madison County and because

Columbus region really wants every

county to have an eligible census track,

there's a high likelihood that that the

census track will be selected. um which

is which is great because again really

it's just a a lightning rod for

investment um and investors that are

familiar with using this type of of

credit. Um,

so I guess there's um a formal ask would

be yeah a resolution or letter of

support just kind of getting a

temperature check and then if the if

council is okay with it then I can work

with um the the city and gathering some

of that information and really putting a

um kind of a package together to it's

almost like lobbying just basically just

showing the state while London is a good

uh census track for this type of credit

and then the state would then kind of

put that up to the federal. So then the

federal would be the final um selector

of of which census tracks are are going

to be considered for the um designation.

So, if one were to draft a proposed

resolution, maybe making it kind of a

resolution of a declaration of support

or something like that, would one

address it to the Ohio Department of

Development, to the governor's office,

to the Census Bureau? Who who would be

the targeted eyeballs for this

particular resolution if it were

drafted?

>> I will get the information back to you.

I believe it would be the state, but let

me double check.

>> Okay.

And then my information is on the back

of the presentation.

And then part of the there is a little

bit of sense of urgency because there's

a deadline

for the federal um because the federal

designation has to be in by September

and so all there are some other dates

kind of backed in from that. So the

there's a 30-day turnaround from June

June 10th which is when the state kind

of opens up their portal. And so there

will be just different questions you

know some of it will be demographic

um some of it will be you know actually

looking for dollars you know how much

have you had invested in that specific

census tract and what you know just

really showing that there's um there's

already been momentum towards investment

in that area and then this would just

kind of catapult that investment into a

higher um

percentage of likelihood for investment

in the future.

Okay, great. Well, if you have any

questions, let me know and then I'll let

you know about the uh who the official

kind of letter should be to. Thank you.

>> Thank you, Savannah. Appreciate that.

Okay, we have uh no public hearings

tonight. Uh we'll go into

old business.

Get a motion to read by

>> Okay. I don't have a report.

>> Okay. I'm sorry.

Yeah, I got one here now.

Okay, I'll start off. Safety committee

will be this coming Tuesday evening at 6

pm in the conference room.

>> Okay,

Tommy,

>> nothing tonight.

And do you have anything?

>> Uh, finance committee meets on Monday,

June 8th at 5:30 in the conference room.

Public service committee is right before

public safety committee Tuesday. So it

will be at five o'clock.

Thank you very much.

City official reports, your honor.

>> Thank you, sir. I want to thank everyone

for coming out. I I want to thank

Savannah and Amy for coming out tonight.

Um when they brought this to us, we're

very we were very excited about it. We

think the opportunity zone is going to

be a great thing for the community. Um,

I look forward to working with both of

you guys on this project and being able

to help with the development that's

already going on and especially in the

LMI areas as well as the downtown area.

So, I think this is just another great

tool to put in our tool belts with all

the other tools that we have to help

revitalize downtown in those areas.

>> Um, I do want to start off by welcom

welcoming Vivian Drake. So, Miss Drake

is our new intern for the summer through

Morpsy, which is a Mid Ohio Planning

Commission uh through the summer intern

program.

She will attend the Ohio State

University in the fall and she's from

Mount Sterling. So, Miss Drake is a

policy major and she's going to be

helping us in many different aspects. Um

really focusing on marketing and

communications, events, helping us with

events and some social media. So we do

look do look forward to her joining our

team which she joined this week. Um

school is out and summer has began and I

want to start off by thanking all the

school staffs and administration for

another great year. London city schools

will see some change for the 2627 school

year um with the superintendent,

assistant superintendent and high school

principal are vacating their positions.

I want to thank those who are departing

for their commitment to the community as

well as the kids. And I look forward to

continuing the strong partnership

between the city and the school as the

new leadership takes over.

The new police department building is

coming along. We can continue to meet

weekly and keep up on progress daily.

Um they are continuing the interior

work. If you guys saw, there's a new

pole out there. So, a new electric pole.

So, we got the electric put in. Um,

still looking to have it completed by

the end of July.

On Thursday, May 21st, we conducted the

sanitation bid opening for service. At

our pre-bid meeting, we did have

multiple biders show up to get

information, but only one submitted an

actual bid. So, Rumpky came in as the

loan bidder on May 21st.

After review of the bid by the law

director and the administration, we have

formally accepted the bid. We will now

meet with Rumpky to coordinate a

transition plan. I know the main

question that I've been getting is,

well, how much is it? So, uh, the

residential trash pickup is $20.75

and that's for a three-year contract and

then a possible two more under the

city's discretion.

We have conducted our first chief's exam

for the police chief position with three

candidates. The three candidates took

the first portion of their test this

past weekend um for that job. They all

really did a fantastic job and so now

they'll be meeting Steve will be meeting

and myself with civil service to begin

the next portion of the testing process.

We are continuing to monitor and go

through the governmental process of

people not mowing their properties.

I literally just copy and pasted this

from every year about this time. So, we

we're having we're working with

contractors to get some of the

properties mowed on behalf of the city.

If anyone has a property they would like

to report um please reach out to

administrative office. that is if you

have a property you'd like to report for

high grass or for junk in the yard or

trash in the yard or whatever, um please

just reach out to the administrative

office. We'd be the fastest one to be

able to get it on the list, but the

easiest thing to do is pick up your yard

and mow your grass.

Three city council members did attend

the training for City Logic who

performed the sidewalk grading. I

continue to look forward for furthering

the conversations with city council on

how we will move forward with that.

Liam Guz has resigned as member of the

board of zoning appeals as he has moved

out of town. I do want to thank him for

his service. He was a great member on

BZA brought a lot of expertise to the

board. So I'll now be looking for a new

member for the board of zoning appeals.

If anyone is interested or if you guys

have a suggestion, please email me pet

peeclawserlondon ohio.gov.

I have come up with a list of some of

the local events coming up this summer.

So I just want to run through those.

People have been asking London fireworks

to celebrate 250 years of independence

will be led off at London High School on

July 3rd at dark which is usually around

10:00 p.m. The next day on the 4th be

hosting the or Independence Day parade

with it starting at 11:00 a.m. The

parade route will be from Park Avenue

and head south on Main Street to First

Street. This is a huge parade. Last year

we had over 65 entries. right now, a

month before, we already have 30. And so

I think it's going to be a gigantic

parade. So we look forward to this year

being even bigger and better. If you'd

like to participate, you can find the

application on my Facebook page. We'll

be putting it out on the city of

London's Facebook page and also at

london ohio.gov.

The London Lion Lions Club is hosting

their summer bash this Saturday, I

believe June 6 at Calling Park. I

believe it's 11 to 3. That's what the

application said. London Strawberry

Festival will be held in downtown London

Thursday, June 25th through Saturday the

27th.

The London Cobras will be in on that

day. On the 27th, uh be around the

courthouse. They'll make their way into

town via Route 40 to 38, I believe. Um

we're finalizing all the route. We're

finalizing their route um hopefully

within the next week. Summer movie in

the park series for the city of London

will begin Friday, June 12th, starting

at 6 PM with goat being showed at dusk.

This is the big community event with f

with food, um multiple bounce houses,

face painting, magic show,

uh

petting zoos, all kinds of things. So,

that'll start on at 6 pm on Friday, June

12th. Don't forget the fair is coming up

July 11th through the 18th.

July 17th, 18th, and 19th, Madison

County Arts Council be be presenting the

Adams Family Musical in the London High

School Auditorium. Then our second movie

in the park is July 24th with Mario

Galaxy.

The 20 July 25th, the high school

football boosters be having their night

at the races here in City Hall. And I

know it's seems far out, but the Rhythm

and Ribfest will be Friday, August 7th

and Saturday the 8th. So, I probably did

miss some things, but please check our

community events calendar at

londono.gov.

If you have any event that's taking

place, please reach out to the

administration and we'll be able to get

that on added to the calendar for you.

Now, on to the fun fact, which is the

number 10. That is the number of innings

London High School baseball team played

last week to secure their second

district championship with a two to one

victory. Um such a huge win. I want to

congratulate those young men for that

and going backto back um winning

district championships. But I do want to

give a special shout out to the senior

Devin Hammond. So, I don't know if you

saw this in the bottom of the 10th

inning, um, after Harley being held to

only one run on two hits, he came

entered the game with two outs, two

runners on,

and he got the final out, securing the

Red Raiders win, and that was his final

game as a Red Raider because he left

this past Monday to join the United

States Army. So, it was kind of a cool

story to go in and and make the last out

and then turn around a couple days later

and go serve our country.

After this, they weren't done and they

went and played New Philadelphia in the

regional semiis yesterday. Played a

great game, ended up winning three to

nothing. And then today, they did play I

don't want to I Bishop Wat

Bishop Wat. But they lost today five to

nothing. Um, I do want to congratulate

all the student athletes for their hard

work and dedication to the team and

community.

Uh, this is, I believe, the farthest

that they've gone in the modern era. I

know I had some old school guys reach

out to me and say, "Well, we did the

class doublea and so back in the day,

um, which was a lot different than what

it is now with with the division." So,

but they made it super far. in the

modern era. This is the farthest they've

ever made. And I just want to want to

thank them for the excitement that they

brought to the community and just

congratulate them on an awesome season.

That's all I have.

>> Thank you, Mr. Salsman. You have

anything?

>> Uh, not much to add. I will say I

attended the middle Ohio Water and Sewer

District meeting this past Tuesday here

at city hall. Um and two issues were

addressed of um so with the flooding

last week uh East High Street we had

some issues of um an overflowing

uh sanitary sewer that was overflowing

leaving product going into our to our

storm water um that we were able to

address with them. I I think two

concerns one it was happening they're

they're going to address that. The other

is product left behind. So we were to

deal with that in a meeting on Tuesday

and and by Wednesday actually by Tuesday

afternoon I think it was cleaned up. Uh

there was another so going into Windsor

there is a uh there was um a patch that

was made I think last Thursday and by

Friday it already started caving in. Um

so I started getting reports Saturday uh

had communicated I was here with the

test for civil service so I went out

there and checked it. They were able to

get somebody out there that day for

temporary repair. So at least it's been

filled in. Um, there's cones up, but

there was concerns of safety. They

addressed them. I I will say I

appreciate they addressed them quickly.

The question is why that happened. So,

they had patched it literally the day

before. There's something going on. So,

they're they're looking into that. Um, I

I will say that Tom Taylor had addressed

uh in long detail them with the INI. So,

you know, we're we're having water

infiltrate the system and cause a lot of

problems in many parts of the city. Uh,

and they he did discuss a plan moving

forward. It's going to take time. Um, it

has, you know, it's been a problem over

years. It's going to take time to

investigate, but they've already uh put

out an RFP or an RFQ looking for a firm

to do the study, figure out where it's

going, and and it'll be a multiplestep

process, but they've started moving

forward. And speaking of moving forward,

um, they did announce that they made a

counter offer or an offer to an

individual for the new executive

director position, and they expect that

to be coming in the next month. So, Tom

Taylor had stepped down. They used him

temporarily. He he'll be replaced by a

new director hopefully by within the

next 30 days, I think. So,

>> I have nothing.

>> Any questions for Mr. Saltzman?

>> Kenna, do you have anything?

>> I have nothing.

>> Okay. Thank you, Mr.

>> If I could I was just going to say thank

you very much for kind of giving us that

update because that is good to hear

that. Yeah, they're putting in the work

kind of tracing where those issues are

coming from. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay, we'll move right along. Under old

business,

resolution 135-26,

sponsored by Lisa Jackman. Can I get a

motion to read by title and number?

>> So moved.

>> Resolution 135-26

sponsored by Lisa Jackman. a resolution

authorizing the advertisement for bids

for personal property no longer needed

for city purposes.

Um, Mr. Anthony is not here tonight, but

at the last meeting, he had a question

about the the dump truck that didn't

have high mileage but was being disposed

of. Um, Steve and I have both talked

with Bill about that and he said that

there are a quite a few other issues

with that truck. Um, the power steering

has been replaced at least once, maybe

twice, and it still doesn't steer quite

right. Um, there's a lot of rust on the

floor, and it just had quite a few other

issues. Um, even though it didn't drive

a lot of miles, it has had a lot of use.

Is there any way to get a mechanic kind

of just run down on the thing?

run down.

>> You have to be more specific

>> just to kind of give an overall kind of

hey tuneup or kind of check up say hey

what kind of conditions it it's actually

in for us cuz yeah 35,000 that should be

probably a 300,000 mi truck that we got

out of that thing. Well, keep in mind

this truck isn't like so I I realize

people think they go that long, but this

a dump truck. It pushes a plow. That's a

lot different on the trucks itself. I

don't know what the hours are on it. Um,

you know, if council wishes, we have one

of our mechans take a look at it, we can

do it. But

yep, that's all. Yeah, I was hoping we

could kind of check out is Yep. have one

of them do a little review for us.

Thank you.

What are council's wishes on this? You

want to leave it on another reading?

>> Okay.

Okay. We'll move right along. Resolution

137-26

sponsored by Andy Hit.

Motion to read by title number.

>> So moved.

>> Resolution 137-26

sponsored by Andrew Hit. A resolution

giving the chief of police the authority

to sell a primary duty weapon upon

retirement, disability, or death.

>> I think I can answer this for Andy. It's

uh just basically what it says. after a

officer retires, uh, he can purchase

that weapon that he's carried. Uh, if he

wants to upon retirement or disability

or if there would be a death, if the

family would want to purchase it, they

could.

I think we should go ahead and leave

this on. Also

>> resolution 138-26

sponsored by John Stall. Motion to read

by title number.

>> So moved.

>> Resolution 138-26

sponsored by John Stall. A resolution

giving the fire chief the authority to

gift a surplus helmet and badge upon

retirement, disability, or death.

This is pretty much the same as 137.

Leave it on.

Okay. I know that most of that equipment

after 10 years, uh, it's pretty well

done for. So, go ahead and leave that

on. Also,

ordinance 139-26

sponsored by Shannon Trainer. Motion to

read by title number.

>> So moved.

>> Ordinance 139-26

sponsored by Shannon Trainer. An

ordinance amending section 3.01

A4 of the city policy and procedure

manual.

So, the current policy and procedure

manual identifies quote certain

positions as having a residency

requirement, but nowhere in that manual

does it say what those certain positions

are. So this uh resolution would

identify those positions as um police

chief, police police captain, police

canine officer, detective, fire chief,

parks and rec director, street

superintendent, assistant street

superintendent, street foreman, street

maintenance worker one and two,

sanitation superintendent. Um there are

job descriptions forthcoming on some of

those positions and then obviously this

amendment would be or this resolution

would be later amended once um some of

those departments are no longer

departments.

>> We'll leave this on also.

>> Yes.

Ordinance.

>> Ordinance 140-26.

Motion to read by title and number.

>> So moved.

>> Ordinance 140-26 sponsored by Shannon

Trainer.

An ordinance authorizing all actions

necessary to affect a government

governmental natural gas aggregate

program with optout provisions pursuant

to section 4929.26.

26 Ohio Revised Code directing the

Madison County Board of Elections to

submit a ballot question to the electors

of the city of London and declare an

emergency.

So this is the counterpart to the um to

the you um electricity aggregation um

that we modified the actually I think we

ended up keeping the supplier but our

our current contract was up earlier

or uh I guess it was last fall um is for

some um I'm assuming natural gas prices

weren't an issue when the decision to go

into an electric aggregation program um

was made

well before my time. But um if anybody

has noticed that um utility prices were

very volatile this past um winter season

and we are not presently on a gas

aggregation program which means we are

all subject to paying whatever the

market rate is by allowing the city to

aggregate um allows a broker to sell the

city services as a package deal for a

brokered rate which is um typically a

much much discounted rate. Um so this is

only the choice to to become a an

aggregate uh program for natural gas

aggregation. Not not who the supplier

would be, not who what the rate would be

or anything like that. This is very um

kind of step one fundamentals. Um it

does need to pass u council and then it

needs to go to board election where it

would ultimately be submitted as a

ballot issue.

>> Okay. leave us on and be a public

hearing on this uh resolution on July

16th. And

>> did we find an answer on get an answer

to that though? Was it confirmed that it

needs a public hearing?

>> I thought that was up for question last

time.

>> I thought we decided it was.

>> Okay. I couldn't remember off top of my

head right now. Yes.

>> I I know the electric aggregation

program did have to have a public

hearing. So,

>> perfect. Yes. July 16th.

>> 16th. So, you'll have to do all that

paperwork getting that notice out and

all that

plenty of time.

>> Okay.

>> I had the public hearing down as July.

Is that not true?

>> Hold on.

>> Let me look.

Let's see.

>> July 2.

>> July 2. Okay,

that's my fault.

>> I stay incorrected.

>> Did you call?

>> But are you are you having a council

meeting?

>> I guess I should turn on my mic. if we

were going to do it the second or the

16th because it was a holiday week.

>> Maybe that's where my question was. If

we were going to do

>> I don't think we have the luxury of time

on this one. If it's got to get to the

ballot, it's got to get by sometime in

August.

>> Yes.

>> So So we'll have a council meeting on

the 2nd of July.

>> Okay.

>> I don't know.

Mayor, do you have anything to add?

Are we okay with the second?

>> Yeah, I was I was looking at something

just requires

the two weeks

at least

get over it.

Okay.

>> Okay. We'll move right along to new

business. Resolution 14126

sponsored by Greg Eats. Motion to read

by title and number.

>> So moved.

>> Resolution 141-26

sponsored by Greg Eids. A resolution

increasing appropriations. The city

council would like to upgrade the

current sound system that is used for

their meetings.

>> Mr. Trainer, would you like to take a

shot at that one?

>> Well, I was going to see if I know how

much he was asking for.

>> Okay.

>> 21,000. There it is.

Uh, yeah. So, I think there the speakers

that are usually here are no longer. Um,

and I think just uh

to address issues of sound quality into

the future, the request uh for an

appropriation increase in the amount of

$21,000

for the purpose of improving the sound

system.

That'll be coming up at finance Monday

evening.

>> Uh yeah.

>> Okay.

Of course, we'll leave that on.

>> Okay. We'll move right along. Round

table.

Lisa.

Well, I would just like to give a shout

out to the student athletes at London

High School who will be leaving tomorrow

morning at 8:00 to go compete in the

state track meet um at Jesse Owens

Memorial Stadium. And there are quite a

few records being broken and these kids

have had a great season. Um, and if

you'd like to cheer them on as they

leave tomorrow at the high school at 8

am.

>> Shannon,

>> uh, thank you, Savannah, for producing

or, uh, cluing us into London's

forthcoming opportunity opportunity. Um,

that's really exciting news,

>> Tommy.

Uh thank you to administration and

street department Steve uh getting

through that rain, having roads blocked

off, everything else that was coming

through. Uh yeah, thank you also for

checking in on the issues that were

popping up unfortunately. So thank you

for everybody coming on in and checking

in.

That's all.

>> John, I too would like to thank all the

red programs this spring. They've done a

lot very well in all of them. And also

if anybody has time, they're tearing up

the track and the field. It's kind of

fascinating to see what it looks like

from the beginning again. So that's all

I have. Thank you.

I want to thank all my council members

tonight and thank you for bearing with

me. It's only the second time I've

done this, so it's a little

nerve-wracking.

U I'd like to thank all of our city

employees for well jobs well done. Uh

I've heard different amounts of rain.

I've heard anywhere from uh six uh to 8

ines of rain we had during the course of

the last couple of weeks. That's a lot

of rain. That's a lot to fall at one

time. Uh things are going to happen, but

um sounds like city did a good job and

we we thank you very much. Want to thank

everybody for coming out tonight. Uh

Savannah, thank you for your input here

today. Um, it was good to talk with you

this morning. Uh, appreciate you very

much. You doing a good job. Um, I want

to commend all the athletes at London

High School. You know, our football team

is 28 and two out of the last 30 games

if my memory serves me correctly. Um,

baseball team's excelling. Track team.

Uh, we had a fairly good basketball team

this year. Um, so those kids uh need to

be recognized and support our student

athletes. Uh, go Big Red.

Um, I have a niece that broke a state uh

record in track. She goes to Watkins

Memorial. Uh, I can't remember the time,

but she beat it by quite a bit. And so

she's in state record books. Um, and

shout out to her. Um,

anybody else got anything?

If not, I'll take a motion to adjourn.

>> So moved.

>> We are adjourned. Thank you.

So they were saying they need something