City of London City Council · 2026-05-21

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London City Council meeting

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volume. Did you pull it up, Chris?

>> Please report if you don't have

>> I got one. Yeah.

>> Okay. Let's keep that real good. Frank,

how you doing? Rush, but doing okay.

Why does it do that?

>> It doesn't go off. It stays on

yours.

>> I know. Like I'm sure you don't want all

your conversations being recorded,

>> especially the ones out there.

>> Take care of the student

talk. They don't they don't

scared to touch it.

>> I know.

I'm too scared to touch it.

Now, where are you off to?

We just mentioned

we expected you to be here.

What is this?

>> You went home.

>> Oh, get it.

>> Yeah.

>> Okay. I'm still full of nerves. My

13-year-old wants to go down the street.

Seniors X7.

>> Yeah.

>> I got all my stuff and sit at this table

before I leave. I put my keys over so I

don't forget anything.

>> All my thoughts were together, but not

my stuff.

You have 10.

>> I figured we might be missing the pad

with the parade.

>> Where's she at?

>> Probably the senior parade that's going

>> Oh, that's hoping they would just bring

it down this way so we could take an

adjournment for minutes or something.

>> Where do you take it to? It's going to

park at

>> park at

>> go back to school

>> and then it will back up around Garfield

>> not many houses off that way but

>> it's a lot of space they can park

that time

>> I think it's mostly larger

my grandson he'll be a junior next year

now

my granddaughter should be a freshman

both get high school remember you used

to pick them up out of the elementary

but he she started one of them went in

the morning she went noon and then I

picked them both up after school

now he can drive thank

>> good evening everyone welcome to London

City Council meeting

as we get started I'll ask everyone to

stand for the pledge of allegiance and

join me in a moment of silence

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.

Thank you.

I'll be acting as the council president.

I'll be playing the role tonight. I've

done that a few times as council

president. President Peter's daughter is

a senior, so he's at the senior parade

this evening.

Madam clerk, roll call, please.

here.

>> Present.

>> Forget about this. Let's start over.

Councilwoman Jackman

>> present.

>> Councilman Hayes

>> present.

>> Councilman Eids

>> here.

>> Councilman hit

>> here.

>> Councilwoman Trainer,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Boyd,

>> here.

>> Councilman Stall,

>> present.

Has everybody [clears throat] had a

chance to review the minutes from May

7th?

Are there any additions or corrections

to the minutes?

Hearing none, by voice vote, all accept

all in favor of accepting the minutes.

Pardon me. I

>> and opposed.

[clears throat] Thank you.

We do have a scheduled public hearing

tonight. I'll accept a motion to exit

our meeting and enter into a public

hearing as it pertains to resolution

13326,

which is to add property to the London

Gateway Community Authority.

>> Make a motion to enter into ex public

hearing.

>> Second.

>> All right, we have a motion second. All

in favor?

Councilwoman Trainer,

>> yes.

>> Councilwoman Jackman,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Stall,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Hit,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Eids,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Boyd,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Hayes,

>> yes.

>> Okay. As a reminder, when we have a

public hearing, you do not have to sign

in. Uh we do ask everybody that wants to

speak on this matter to come up to the

microphone, make sure it's working,

speak into the microphone so we can have

this public hearing. As the person or

the group who is um trying to do this,

Mr. Gross, would you like to go first,

please?

>> Excuse me.

>> Do you need me to read the legislation

or no?

Go ahead and read it.

>> Resolution number 133-26

sponsored by Shannon Trainer. a

resolution determining the sufficiency

of the application to add certain

parcels of real property to the London

Gateway Community Authority District to

amend the petition for establishment of

the the London Gateway Community

Authority as a new community authority

under chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised

Code to set a date for a public hearing

which is today

and declaring an emergency as I believe

that states. Okay, very good. Mr. Gross,

please proceed. Okay, thank you. Um I

really don't have much to offer on this.

You're all familiar with the um new

community authority. This is a self-help

mechanism to make sure ensure that the

residents that come into this new

development are helping to pay for the

infrastructure that that they bring on

to the city. In addition to that, when

this is uh hopefully adopted, the safety

services get a a percentage of that

fundra. So, it seems to be pretty

straightforward. I believe today's the

third reading and hope tonight. Fourth

reading. Okay,

>> it's actually the fourth reading. We had

to bump it back one for our legal

requirements.

>> Any questions for me?

>> Mr. Boyd, you're new to this. Do you

know what a new community authority is?

>> Yes, I've been digging on into it. And

so, you know, pretty much this is just

attaching what we previously had with

the other properties and extending it

onto new ones that are coming in. So,

all good.

And does anyone else have any M any

questions for Mr. Gross at this time?

We can always call them back up if uh if

anybody has questions they raised that

need to be answered. Is there anybody in

the audience that would like to address

the new community authority or this uh

[clears throat] this resolution 13326?

If so, step on up to the microphone.

All right. Well, hearing or having no

one that wants to speak on this, I'll

accept a motion to exit the public

hearing, enter back into our regular

council meeting.

Make a motion to exit public hearing.

Enter back into regular city council

meeting.

>> Second.

>> Councilman Hayes.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Boyd.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Eids.

>> Yes.

>> Councilwoman Jackman.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman hit.

>> Yes.

>> Councilwoman Trainer.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Stall.

>> Yes.

>> All right. Moving on to communications

and announcements. I'm not aware of any

announcements that I was supposed to

read. I do have one thing I'm going to

bring up and that is I'm asking council

members to formulate your questions that

you may have as I expect to have an exe

executive session at the next council

meeting uh to discuss the public

officials pay. Uh we'll we'll do that

before it goes to finance. So this next

meeting will be before our next finance

meeting. We can if you have any

questions at that time that maybe you

want asked of any of the public

officials, you know, we can formulate

that and we can share that with them so

we can get answers back later. It will

be up to the finance committee from that

point on, I believe, to bring

legislation forward which then can be

discussed in council meetings. So, I'm

just giving everybody a heads up that

that's what I expect to do at the next

meeting. Thank you. All right, we'll

move on to audience concerns.

We have one person signed up for

audience concerns tonight. Mr. Anthony,

would you like to step up here, please?

Please state your name and your address.

Remember, you have five minutes to

address council.

>> Thank you. Raymond Anthony, 521 Eaton.

Um, I've read through a lot of the

resolutions that are on tonight's docket

and there's a couple questions I have

about some of them. And the first one is

resolution 132-26,

which basically says a resolution

reviewing job descriptions. The street

department is in need of revising

several drop job descriptions.

I was hoping that the public safety

director would have been here because he

could probably have answered most of my

questions. So I will ask the sponsor if

they know what the question I'm going to

ask and that is on page four of the this

document. Can someone tell me the

difference between a street maintenance

worker number two and a street

maintenance worker number one?

>> [clears throat]

>> I never know if we're here to answer

questions specifically.

>> I do not know offhand the difference in

those two categories of street

maintenance workers. Kenna, do you

happen to know that?

Well, I don't think it tells in this

document what it doesn't specify the

difference between the job description

between a worker two and a worker one.

And that's what I was trying to find

out. Is that basically

>> I would just email the public safety

director on this then and see if he can

>> is it basically years of experience or

or does it not say that or

>> I don't think

>> I was starting to kind of see the same

thing that I was going to have some of

the same question on you know things

that seem to mesh between the several

different department employees and so

>> that one I'm sure but thank you for

questioning. Yeah. Moving on. Next one

is resolution 134-26.

A resolution authorizing the safety

service director to advertise for an RFQ

for NCA and TIF advisors.

Uh Greg, if you can't answer this, I can

always email the public safety director.

Uh I'm assuming that we don't have these

now.

And if we don't um

are they going to get paid and if so

where is the money going to come from

for these advisors?

>> Okay fair questions and I think I'm

familiar enough to answer this. So um

when we first set up the tiffs and the

NCAs uh there was a discussion we had um

Bradley Payne was that what is that his

name? Yeah, Bradley Payne advisers, they

came in, they gave a presentation, said

they would help manage this because I

believe there at that point there was 19

different zones or 19 different economic

districts. Each one of those have a

different start point, end point,

different things in those and that each

one of those would generate money. this

group, Bradley Paint Advisor, said they

would come in, that they would help us

manage that, help us keep track of that,

help us make sure everything gets paid.

It's really helping the auditor's office

probably as much as anything, and maybe

even the county auditor, and that they

can get paid from those funds, from the

TIFF funds. Uh, so we may have to accept

some of the cost out of our TIFF funds.

I'm not 100% sure about that. and maybe

the developer has to um maybe he

contributes and through out those tiff

funds also. So we're not paying for

that, it will be paid for out of the

money that it generates.

>> Okay. Thank you.

>> And the re the reason we have to do the

request for qualifications is even

though there's only a few of these

groups in Ohio, uh we can't just go hire

them as we'd like to. We at least have

to make sure they're qualified to do the

job. And because just second and because

they are um a professional organization,

we don't have to bid that out

necessarily that we can hire them. Mr.

Gross.

>> Yeah. And I you're 100% right. And I do

think

that there was a specific dollar amount

coming from the developers.

>> Right. That's what I thought. But I I

thought there might be some sharing

mechanism in there.

I hope not.

>> I think it comes from the developers

portion up to a certain level. So, you

know that it's not $200,000.

>> All right. Thank you. Uh, next

resolution 135-26,

a resolution authorizing the

advertisement for bids for personal

property no longer needed for city

purposes. And I noticed that there are

two

uh vehicles that they would like to uh

get rid of. The one in question that I

have is a 2008 Navastar Workstar 74 7400

dump truck.

Mileage 35,649

miles. Now, I realize that is 18 years

old, but if you take 18 years into

35,649

miles, that's only an average of 1,890

miles per year. So, my question is,

why are we getting rid of this if it's

got such low miles on it, even though

age has got 18, but the miles are low?

And I have not personally inspected this

vehicle. Um, and I'd be quite happy to

reach out to Bill Long and follow up

with you, but it's my understanding

there are some other issues with the

truck. I'm not certain exactly what

those are, but you've got a valid

question, and I'd be happy to reach out

to him and and get a specific answer for

you.

>> All right. Thank you.

Um,

resolution 136-26,

a resolution authorizing the safety

service director to advertise for bids

and enter into a contract. Section one,

the safety service director is hereby

authorized to advertise for bids and

enter into contract not to exceed

$225,000.

Mr. void. Can you tell me how this

number came to the forefront?

>> We have been looking at what the cost

would be for having the entire parking

lot that's down on Park Avenue right now

resurfaced. The rest will be a diagram

that I don't know, Chris, will we be

able to pull that picture up that we

were sent from Landon tonight?

>> I don't have that.

>> I'll try to email that over to you

before we get to it. But um it will show

the extension of the parking lot because

one of the big things that we were

looking into is with the new pickle ball

courts, you're actually shutting off

getting to the skate parks within any

kind of easy manner without going all

the way around to the other walkway. And

so having a parking lot that goes down

the backside also and extending the

current one will add 55 spots I think it

is and comes to 225 is the quote that

landing gave us. He is saying it should

be a good amount lower but I'm not going

to give any

>> Is he the only bidder or it says here

you're going to get bid.

>> They're going to get bids. Yep. We're

going to be able to put it out for bid.

So the city or

>> whoever is in charge of this has

allocated no more than 225,000

for this project.

>> Yes.

>> Okay.

>> I don't have an HDMI cable.

>> No worries. I'll send the picture over

to you if you would like Mr. Den for

>> Yeah. Thank you.

>> Uh last one. Ordinance 139-26.

an ordinance amending section 3.01

A4 of the city policy and procedure

manual. Under section one, it gives the

following job titles who which basically

means that these people that are listed

are going to be have to live or I should

say reside within the county or the

adjacent county. And I noticed that the

next to last one is a sanitation

superintendent. Will that one be deleted

from the um following job titles

>> once the department is Yeah.

>> Okay. Thank you. That's all I have.

Thank you.

>> Thank you, Mr. Anthony.

Anybody that was late that wanted to

speak, we'll give you the opportunity if

you want to come up now.

All right. Thank you very much.

Moving on to committee reports.

Um, where do we want to start? Let's

start with Rich. You're the chairman.

And then I'll have you assign whoever

you want to read after you.

>> Okay.

>> We had a public safety committee meeting

on May 12th. Called the order or called

the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. All

three committee members were present.

Uh, we had a motion to approve the April

14th minutes. All three committee

members approved them. Uh fire and EMS

report was given by Chief Eids. Uh Mr.

Hit will give that momentarily.

Uh police report was given by uh safety

service director Mr. Saltzman and Mr.

Stall will give that report to council

momentarily.

Uh safety service director had no new

matters to bring up. We had nothing as

far as new business and we had nothing

as far as old business. We did have a

public comment from Councilman Boyd who

attended. Uh he was uh had some

questions regarding city curfew. Uh and

Mr. Saltzman answered those questions

from Mr. Boyd I think to his his

understanding. Um we adjourned at 6:15

and next public safety committee meeting

will be June 9th, 2026 in the conference

room at 6 pm.

Do you have anybody else to share your

reports with?

>> Uh, Mr. Hit and Mr. Stall.

>> Go ahead, Mr. Hit.

>> Okay. I'll I attended the safety

committee meeting and I'll go through

the report that the fire chief

submitted.

Uh, as far as EMS training, they

performed

PHTLS refresher, which is prehosp trauma

life support.

And as far as fire training, they had

hose movement and new part-time

orientation.

They also hosted student ride time for

tolls and grant paramedic class.

They attended the fair haven touch a

truck. They attended the Mother's Day

event. [snorts] They attended the life

career fair at London Middle School.

They completed a hose testing. And they

hosted uh station tours and steam

events. They part participated in the

volleyball match against the Madison

County Tigers, which understand Tigers

won

>> as they always do.

>> As they always do.

Okay. And some statistics.

Last year at this time there were,04

runs,

which is an average of 7.6 runs per day.

This year they had, 2016 runs, which is

7.7 runs per day. So that's up a small

amount.

>> And the other person in your committee,

Rich, that's Mr. Stall.

>> London Police Division Public Safety

Committee briefing May 12, 2026. LPD

participated in the Steam event at city

hall, engaging with local second grade

students and providing educational

hands-on interaction with public safety

personnel and equipment. Officers

participated in the Fair Haven Tetra

Truck event, providing preschool

children the opportunity to interact

with officers and explore police

equipment. Department members

participated in a community volleyball

event alongside LFD against the Madison

County Tigers. Personnel attended the

life fair career event at Mattis at

London Middle School speaking with

students about careers in law

enforcement.

Officers participated in the senior fair

at the Madison County Senior Center

connecting with senior residents

providing public safety resources and

community support. The department has

concluded accepting applications. Upon

approval of of the eligibility list by

the Civil Service Commission, an

applicant processing and background

investigation will begin.

K9 Cento successfully completed his

annual state of Ohio police K9

certificate ensuring continued operation

readiness and compliance with state

standards. Thank you.

>> Thank you, Mr. Stall. We'll move on to

the service committee.

>> Yeah, I uh attended the public service

committee meeting this past or May 12th

and uh

Miss Jackman will give the streets

department report and Mr. Boyd will give

the um parks and recreation report.

Uh

let me see. Uh we did as far as old

business, we talked about uh bringing

forward the

uh parking lot expansion at Park Avenue

and then also the street equipment that

the street department wants to sell.

Uh Mr. Boyd brought up uh dust

mitigation

issues that were brought up at the last

council meeting and Mr. Gross attended

and uh went through several things

related to that. uh one was that that uh

as EPA jurisdictional issue that uh if

legislation was to be passed that would

be difficult to enforce.

Um

he also explained that there's a

schedule

uh that the that is in place to address

the um dust mitigation and mud on the uh

streets.

Uh Mr. Mr. Boyd also brought up uh

utility repair or utility companies

coming in and um the repair work that

might need to be done after that if they

leave something incomplete.

And uh the city mayor and street or

safety service director responded saying

that they've had pretty good response

time as far as those companies coming

back and doing the repair work that

needs to be done.

Also, Mr. Gross attended and he

explained that the street from London

Landing will soon be coming through at

the bowling alley and the mayor

requested that that could be delayed

uh until school is out and Mr. Cros

explained that that could be

accommodated.

Uh our next public service committee

meeting is June 9th at 5:00 in the

meeting room next door.

Mr. Boyd, you can go next.

>> All right, let's go on ahead and knock

out the parks and recreation from public

service committee. So, the courts are up

and ready at the pickle ball and so

being used on a daily basis. Looking at

finding someone to hold a clinic for

those new to the sport leagues to start

later this summer. Uh, we didn't get the

grant for getting the covers that we

were hoping for out there, but we are

getting the grants for replacing the

existing fencing around the courts and

ball diamond. Oh, they're waiting for

the estimate to apply for it. Deadline

is July 1st. Uh, if you're looking for

something this summer to get into, adult

sports league, slow pitch softball is

$400 and beginning June 7th for the

co-ed league. Men's league is June 4th

that it starts and deadline to register

is May 24th.

Sand volleyball 125 bucks co-ed and

goes in the afternoons beginning July

12th, Sunday afternoons. All that's

online, so if you're curious for that,

you can go on there and look. Pool opens

May 23rd. So hopefully everybody's ready

to get on that diving board. I know I

am. And the hope boxes have been moved

if anyone has been looking for them.

First movie night is going to be coming

up June 12th with the goat.

We got new park signage also is the last

piece that they had for us.

That was deep

that was donated by the Madison Health

Collaboration we had. So if you're out

there, check that on out. That is all.

Councilwoman Jackman, I believe your

part's next.

>> I have the street department report and

as usual, the street department did

quite a few varied activities. Um, they

looked at a parking lot for parks and

wreck, repaired a trash truck, replaced

three lights downtown, started street

sweeping,

>> repaired curbs on Wood Street and

Lafayette Street, repaired arms on a

trash truck, met with Columbia Gas at

Center and Madison for a gas man

replacement,

um,

inspected cement at multiple locations,

changed a couple of traffic lights,

helped with the church dinner, mowed

city property, picked up and planted 12

trees and those were planted at Cowing

Park, replaced signs around town,

repaired the ditch on Midway Street, two

rental trash trucks were in for service,

moved the hope boxes at the parks, put

up some signs at the parks, reported

lights to Ohio Edison, called in some

oops tickets, met with the Boring

Company about cleanup and repairs.

replaced a sidewalk panel on Center

Street. Uh I guess it was damaged from a

project. Removed three trees from

Cowling Park, cleaned curbs around town,

um met with a contractor about sewer on

Center Street, lost some tin off of the

open pole barn roof, ordered and picked

up a new electric box for South Main

Street, met with a couple of places that

had water in their basement. They did

some pothole patching. Um, also some

pothole patching in an alley. Looked at

road gradings, talked to the contractor

about start times on High Street,

delivered trash cans, ran a camera in

the pool drain, picked up dead animals,

and mowed the ditches.

All right. There's a big difference when

it was handwritten and kind of hard to

follow and when it's typewritten and she

can follow it all. That's great. Hey, I

do have a concern to for the committees

that aren't my committees. Um, in the

past um

street department over the winter time

when they're waiting for snow, they go

around and they can find the street

lights which aren't working and they

call those into Ohio Edison as a group.

And I know the police department's had

that responsibility in the past. There

are a number of street lights that

probably haven't been reported. Ohio

Edison doesn't even know and maybe if

you guys bring those up at the

committees maybe somebody will do that.

>> I think on his list I think he contacted

Ohio Edison about several lights

>> on

it.

>> Okay. Okay. I heard you say oops,

>> but that's different.

>> Yes.

>> All right. Very good. Next we'll move on

to the finance committee. Shannon.

>> So for the month of April, gross revenue

was $1,716,728.17.

Expenses were 1,595,48161.

These are good figures for the year to

date. Uh gross revenue was $8,173,8427.

expenses were 10,10,000

200 293 and 36. Um most of that being

accounted for with the police building.

Uh I have notes here that says all the

bond bond money has been expended

at this point in time. Um also there uh

were some notes from the auditor. Police

compensation is running a little bit

high uh mostly due to the short staffing

and we had to pay some uh overtime.

The tax department uh

both general and fire funds were down

approximately 15% which is probably just

a market reset from the nearly 30%

increase for both of those areas in

March. um probably due to early filers.

Um still not a whole lot of traffic on

the eile site this year.

Let's see. Old business. Um

we've got um a review of elected

official salaries coming up for

executive session. I believe soon. We um

attended city logic's training on

Wednesday of last week. regarding the

sidewalk scan.

Um, other matters that are were

discussed on new business are coming up

uh in new business.

That's all.

>> All right. Thank you very much.

Moving on to city officials report. We

have a city official with us tonight. Do

you have a report you'd like to give?

>> I have nothing.

>> All right. So, I'm going to I'll share

just a little information. I don't know

who has it and who doesn't at this

point. The reading uh for sanitation

took place this morning at 11:30. Um

Miss Hy was there

and

um I think Mr. Boyd had been there and

had left, but I was there. There was

there were actually three companies that

were represented in the room, but only

one company submitted a bid. So there is

a single bid from Rumkey and if we if

you just want to know basically what the

number is from what I believe to be

correct the monthly rate for a

residential user is set in their bid

right now at $20.75

per month. Uh that would include if I

get this correct um

yard waste and uh one bulk item per

pickup I believe. So that's all to be

that's all to be determined. There's

nothing more to come before us tonight.

Mr. Saltzman has to go through and make

sure that all the specs were met and

that um I believe if they were all met,

he's we're going to move forward and

he'll enter into a contract uh to enter

into a contract with Rumkey is what I

believe. Mr. Hayes, did you have

something?

>> Uh basically same thing that you just

gave is what I was let privy to today.

Um, I'm kind of shocked we didn't get

some other bids from the other

companies. I don't know what happened

there. One company did ask for more

time, but because the legal aspects of

it, couldn't give them more time.

Right. So, I just wanted to share that

so people know that the bid opening did

take place. All right. With no other

city official reports, we're going to

move on to old business. We move on to

the third reading of resolution 12926.

I'll accept a motion to read by title

and number.

>> Some moved.

>> Second.

>> Resolution 129-26

sponsored by Shannon Trainer. A

resolution amending resolution 179-25

establishing a blanket and super blanket

purchase order amount limit as required

by OC5705.41D3.

So this was another product of the

audit. um requesting a an increase in

the um blanket purchase order amount to

$50,000.

>> And we do have the audit here. Is there

anything to clarify on that?

to establish this legislation as

something that's never been done within

the city. It was a recommendation from

our audit. It was a citation on our

audit from 2024.

And so that's just cleaning that up. Um,

this particular piece is amending and

removing the super blanket verbiage on

that legislation and that was a

recommendation from our municipal

adviserss.

>> All right. Any questions

for Auditor Colmes about this?

>> Okay. This is our third reading. What

are council's wishes?

>> I'd move to adopt.

Second.

>> Councilman Eids.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Hayes.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Hit.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Stall.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Boyd.

>> Yes.

>> Councilwoman Jackman.

>> Yes.

>> Councilwoman Trainer.

>> Yes.

[clears throat]

>> All right. 129 S20, pardon me, 129-26

has been adopted by this council.

Moving on. Resolution 13226,

a motion to read by title one number.

>> So moved. Second.

>> Resolution 132-26

sponsored by Lisa Jackman. A resolution

revising job descriptions.

>> This was basically just a housekeeping

issue to make these um to update these

so they're relevant to the current

situation.

And I had just a couple pieces on this

one that we were still kind of going

over and looking into.

>> Yeah, I don't have is that okay? And so

one of the pieces that we had discussed

in public service, I believe it was, was

that the CDL requirement was being based

off of having air brakes on our

superintendent's trucks that we were

talking about. And it actually comes

down to the CDL requirement goes off of

a 26,000 lb limit with a trailer. If the

trailer alone is 10,000 lb, then that

would require the CDL. I find that a

little tough because having a 2004 F-150

with a full trailer of scrap comes up to

about 23,000 lb. So, I feel that's not

too difficult of number for us to really

go over. uh equipment purchase, job site

preparation, and ensuring job site

materials are there and in place. That's

another one that might require actually

having something that does weigh over

this limit and might require that CDL.

Um looking into the weight of the

current vehicle is kind of the biggest

thing that I think is best for the next

motion, which is, you know, us seeing

that gives us the ability to actually

understand what is able to be towed and

used at for this position.

At this time, I would like to make a

motion to strike the street department

superintendent from all changes in

ordinance

13226.

All right. So, we have a motion on the

table very specifically. It states to

strike the st superintendent from this.

Is that correct?

>> Yes. [clears throat] And this would not

put anyone's job in danger at all

because all correct paperwork is already

filed. This is purely to make sure that

we aren't taking this away and then all

of a sudden saying, "Okay, we actually

need to put something back in place or

possibly have him help with certain

items." I think it's good to have it as

a safety around. They have their safety

precautions with filing the forms needed

to say, "Hey, he doesn't need that CDL

right now." And so hopefully we can take

that. The other part is the herbicide.

>> Okay, Mr. Boy, hold on. Hold on a

minute. In order in order to move this

discussion along, I'm going to second

that so that we can have discussion. So,

I will second that motion to amend.

>> Councilman hit.

>> Well, let's open this discussion now

that we have a second. Are you talking

about striking

street superintendent

>> just any

>> be able to obtain? That's the is that

the job description you're talking

about?

>> And just kind of move it to the keep

with the must possess because really he

has the paperwork already needed for

allowing or kind of saying hey that's

not needed right now. So he's okay.

Anyway, the herbicide applicators

license is the other large piece I was

looking into and hoping to ask how many

street department workers we do have

licensed with this at the moment. That

would be a big one for hey mosquito

populations, grass deterrence along the

street sides and other items that I

think is good to keep in place.

Can I just point out that when the the

the the language that we're being asked

to modify here does not remove the

requirement for either a CDL or an

herbicide applicator's license, it

removes the requirement that you

prepossess the CDL or the herb herbicide

applicator's requirement. you can still

be required to acquire and maintain it

in order to keep your job, but this

allows the um safety service director to

expand um the potential field of

candidates by um uh requiring a CDL

after the fact instead of before the

fact. If it's still needed for the job,

it's still needed for the job.

>> And that was Yeah. kind of the part that

we're taking away the ordinance law

would have.

>> No, no, it's not. It's this it's it's

saying that you still must be able to

get a CDL that's that's clearly in here

>> and that's where we went over kind of

dates or requirement times and so there

isn't really any set and so giving that

power to him to be able to do that when

one of the things that generally comes

to me and caused an issue is the fact

that when it came to describing the CDL

requirement to us that wasn't being

described correctly to us in the first

place and so to give away that power of

letting him have That choice is yes.

What I would like to

>> Okay, Mr. Boyd, we're going to cut you

off for a minute here to see if anybody

else has any discussion points about

this before we vote on the amendment.

Um, Miss Jackman, Mr. Hayes, do you have

any discussion points? Mr. Hit.

>> Yeah. Uh, my understanding was it just

was to open up additional options for

hiring was how it was explained. Um,

that's kind of my understanding of it.

I absolutely agree with what Shannon and

Andy have said. It's been discussed

multiple times by the safety service

director that he does want to open up

the candidate pool

to more so he could hire the best

candidate. And it will say in there that

they must be able to

earn and maintain the CDL if needed and

or the herbicide applicator's license.

But he could still hire one of them

without those as long as they were able

to get and maintain such licensing if

the need would arise.

>> And I've said that's fine for street

worker one, street worker two, foreman

position and the assistant super. You

haven't been recognized. Please stand

down for a moment.

>> Mr. Stall, did you have anything to add?

>> No.

>> All right. So, I have a comment then.

I'm going to let you I'll let you make

your last comments here in a minute, Mr.

Boyd. Okay. So, um, I kind of agree that

I think it's a shame that we would maybe

possibly lower the standards of what our

superintendent needs, but I also think

that there's a management right that we

have to consider that he needs to be

able to hire somebody moving forward.

And I agree with everybody else here

that says the ability to obtain um,

instead of possess. So that means

possess upfront before they would even

be considered. But this means that they

must be able to obtain and and maintain

that lensure which is going to be

dependent upon the safety service

director at that point if he wants to

pursue that. And he's made the point

that you know even though right now our

superintendent does not have a CDL, it's

management's right to wave that right

also. So that's the point that I want to

bring. And Mr. Boyd, I'm going to give

you about a minute to summarize your

comments before we go to a vote.

>> I think that Yep. just hey taking this

power away from us and hey what we have

put in place and allowing it. One of the

bigger things also is it's not just that

it's when comments have come up about

being able to furnish the CDL license

for our employees. Uh I'm waiting for an

answer on that one also from Monday when

I had questioned if it is actually a

true comment that we are not able to

help furnish this because we do not have

the current requirements met by our

street department superintendent. And so

that was one I asked on Monday. I

haven't heard anything back yet. And so

those are items that if we can't train

them then how are we going to say that

we will possibly offer it? And that's my

concern.

>> All right. Thank you. We have a motion

and a second on the table. We'll now

take a vote on the motion and the second

if this is going to be um to go through.

Madame clerk,

>> Councilman Hit,

>> no.

>> Councilman Hayes,

>> no.

>> Councilman Stall,

>> no.

>> Councilwoman Trainer,

>> no.

>> Councilman Boyd,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Eids,

>> no.

>> Councilwoman Jackman,

>> no.

All right, [clears throat] the amendment

as proposed has failed.

So, we're back to 13226. Is there any

further discussion about 13226

hearing? None. It is the third reading.

What are council's wishes?

>> I'll move to accept.

>> Second. Oh, move to adopt.

>> Yes.

>> We'll have that as a motion to adopt and

a second by who?

>> I would like to make a motion to adopt,

please.

>> Mr. Stall, seconded. Okay.

>> Councilman Stall?

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Hayes?

>> Yes.

>> Councilwoman Trainer?

>> Yes.

>> Councilwoman Jackman?

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Boyd?

>> No.

>> Councilman Eids?

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Hit? Yes.

>> All right. 132-26 has been adopted by

this council. Moving on. Resolution

13326.

A motion to read by title and number.

>> So moved.

>> Second.

>> Resolution number 133-26

sponsored by Shannon Trainer. A

resolution determining the sufficiency

of the application to add certain

parcels of real property to the London

Gateway Community Authority District. to

amend the petition for the establishment

of the London Gateway Community

Authority as a new community authority

under chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised

Code to set a date for a public hearing

on the application as required by law

and declaring an emergency.

All right, so there weren't a whole lot

of questions about this. I think we've

had some questions in the past. just

remind everybody this is a resolution

um that is a um a companion resolution

that has to be passed by the board of

the London Gateway Community Authority

to add certain parcels specifically

those parcels identified as the Madison

Reserve Project um to add some

some number of houses that I'm not

remembering at the moment um and and to

modify the petition to accommodate that

um that change. Um, and again, the uh

Gateway Community Authority is a uh

structure that would allow the um the

specific taxing structure of those

properties to pay for the infrastructure

of the residential area.

>> I believe that was 255 houses. 245.

Okay, thank you. 245. Um

and along that it it looks like we have

a document that that has went through

your board.

>> It has not. It's waiting for approval

here.

>> All right. But it is a even though we

give the approval, it has to be approved

by your board also.

Um are there any other questions um at

this time either um about this for

council members or maybe if you have any

additional questions for Mr. Gross at

this time?

Make a motion to adopt.

>> Second.

>> Councilman Eids,

>> yes.

>> Councilwoman Jackman,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Boyd,

>> yes.

>> Councilwoman Trainer,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Hayes,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Stall,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Hit,

>> yes. [clears throat]

133-26 has been adopted by this council.

Thank you very much. Moving on to

resolution 134-26.

Motion to read by title number, please.

>> So moved.

>> Second.

>> Resolution 134-26

sponsored by Greg Eids, a resolution

authorizing the safety service director

to advertise for an RFQ for NCA and TIFF

advisors.

So, as we discussed earlier in the

public comments portion of this, uh,

this would allow us to, um, get a public

advisor involved in this. Adding this

land is another piece that they're going

to have to help manage um, as that money

comes in that it will all have to be

managed. And as Mr. Gross pointed out,

we negotiated uh, a percentage of 20% of

the money through the through that NCA

uh, does come to the city to help pay

for safety forces. Just to let everybody

know, I had a pretty long discussion

with Mr. Saltzman today. This is kind of

new information for him. And we're not

real sure how that's going to work out

just yet. But when you have the money

that's coming in to help pay for the

services, we're going to have to extend,

right, with all these houses, uh, we're

going to, you know, possibly have to buy

hire more firemen, buy more equipment,

and if this money can go towards that,

uh, that's what our hope was to begin

with. So that is part of this uh this

addition to this land will do the same

thing as the original NCA.

So this this is

is this the third reading on this I

believe.

>> Okay. So this is the third reading which

will allow us to advertise uh for a uh

request for qualifications for for NCA

and TIFF actually municipal advisors. I

move.

>> Yep. Motion tool. Second

>> motion to adopt by Shannon.

>> Councilwoman Jackman,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Hit,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Eids,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Boyd,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Stall,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Hayes,

>> yes.

>> Councilwoman Trainer,

>> yes.

>> All right. 134-26 has been adopted by

this council. Moving on to new business.

Resolution 13526. Motion to read by

title number.

>> So moved.

>> Second.

>> Resolution 135-26

sponsored by Lisa Jackman. A resolution

authorizing the advertisement for bids

for personal property no longer needed

for city purposes.

As we discussed earlier, I will reach

out to Mr. along and get some

clarification on the low mileage on the

2008 Navastar Workstar 7400 dump truck

um before our next meeting.

>> And yes, thank you very much for

bringing that up because 34,000 mi is

pretty low for a truck that you think

would be in the 100,200 by now. So,

thank you much. [clears throat]

>> True. And I believe that the money that

we have already approved to buy another

dump truck was was actually earmarked

because we're replacing it was mentioned

we're replacing a 2008. So I think that

was the intent that this piece of

equipment gets gets replaced and then

this would be sold as an excess.

So, is it your wish to leave this on

then at this point since we're going to

get further information?

Okay, I believe we'll leave that on.

Moving on to 136-26.

Motion to read by title number.

>> So, moved.

>> Second.

>> Resolution 136-26,

sponsored by Thomas Boyd. a resolution

authorizing a safety service director to

advertise for bids and enter into

contract

>> for so this is yes for the parking lot

at Park Avenue and getting the current

one resurfaced restriped so we can

actually have some parking spots down

there and not whoever shows up first

gets to start the line and we're going

to extend it out in sort of a V fashion

I'll try to hopefully toss something up

online kind of putting that out there to

really give a good heads up for it but

it's going to give a great extension to

what we currently have and offer 55 at

least spots extra for now, but gives us

more space for later on.

>> Does this have the emergency order on

it?

>> It does.

>> So, just uh before we move on to that,

um moving on or asking Mr. Pardon me,

Mr. Anthony asked the question. Uh there

was an email that we received from the

recreation director. Uh we don't we're

not determining how this is being paid

for yet, but there may be some money or

there should be some money in the parks

and playground fund that is part of the

impact fees that these new houses pay.

So it goes into the fund and may that

may be what's used for here. Um this

will all come before finance I believe

next meeting, but this is just allowing

the safety service director to get bids

at this point.

>> Correct.

>> All right. Go ahead.

Make a motion to bypass the three

reading rule on it.

>> Second.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Hayes.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman hit.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Eids.

>> Yes.

>> Councilman Stall.

>> Yes.

>> Councilwoman Jackman.

>> Yes.

>> Councilwoman Trainer.

>> Yes.

>> Motion to adopt. Second.

Councilwoman Jackman,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Stall,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Hint,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Eids,

>> yes.

>> Councilwoman Trainer,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Hayes,

>> yes.

>> Councilman Boyd,

>> yes.

All right.

13626 has been suspended and then

adopted by this council. Moving on to

13726. Motion to read my title number.

>> So moved.

>> Second.

>> Resolution 137-26.

SP sponsored by Andrew Hit. A resolution

giving the chief of police the authority

to sell a primary duty weapon upon

retirement, disability or death.

Uh, so this basically as it states, but

it [clears throat] reduces the amount of

years to 10 years instead of 25 years

and would allow the officer to purchase

their weapon at a dollar

um, at retirement after 10 years.

So this I'm sorry. This would only allow

the chief of police the authority for an

officer to well for the chief of police

to sell a service revolver to that

officer. Is that right? After 10 years.

Okay. [snorts]

>> Is there any emergency request on this

or anything?

>> No, there's not. I'll just leave it on.

>> All right.

What are council's wishes? Are we going

to leave this on for now since there's

no emergency measure or

>> Yeah. As long as everyone's okay with

that. I don't know if we need a vote or

not, but

>> nope. We can leave it on. If we don't

take action, it's automatically left on.

So 13726 will be left on. Moving on.

That was 137. 13826. Motion to read by

title and number.

>> So moved.

>> Second.

>> 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 the

chief of police. They just

honor people for what they've had and

probably usually give them the same

hatback.

And we can leave it on first also with

the other one.

>> This is the same deal. It reduces the

number of years to 10 years and also

that equipment uh becomes obsolete after

that time period. So that's kind of the

thinking for

the helmet

uh could be given to the retiring

um fire staff.

>> Turnout gear is 10 years. That's the

life of it. at 10 years say decommission

it and cut it up.

[clears throat]

>> All right, we'll leave that on till the

next reading. Also, moving on to 139-26.

Motion to read with title and number.

>> So moved.

>> Second.

>> Ordinance 139-26

sponsored by Shannon Trainer. An

ordinance amending section 3.0A4

of the city policy and procedure manual.

Okay. So, this section, um,

the way it reads, oh, sorry, let me turn

my mic on to see [snorts] if All right.

[clears throat] So, the way that section

reads right now is, um,

that there are quote certain other

positions that are subject to residency

restrictions to the county or contiguous

county, but it doesn't define what quote

certain other positions are. So, the

purpose of this resolution is to define

quote certain positions, those having

the residency requirement to include the

police chief, police captain, police k9

officer, police detective, fire chief,

parks and recreation director, street

superintendent, assistant street

superintendent, street foreman, street

maintenance worker one, street

maintenance worker two, sanitation

superintendent. Again, if there is a

sanitation superintendent and and the

reason for these specific jobs is

because in the event of an emergency or

a disaster, these u specific persons are

going to need to be able uh to respond

within I think the thought was, you

know, an hour or so and requiring them

to live within the county or a

contiguous county would allow that to be

satisfied.

>> Right. And at one point I think they

tried to put a mileage limitation on but

um I think that's kind of been overruled

at the state level. So it's a county and

the contiguous county to that.

>> There is no no rush on this. This is

just cleaning up policies and

procedures.

>> All right, we'll leave that on because

we might strike one of these before we

get to the third reading.

>> [snorts]

>> We'll have to see.

>> All right, we're going to move on to

140-26.

Motion read by title and number.

>> So moved. Second.

>> Ordinance 140-26, sponsored by Shannon

Trainer. An ordinance authorizing all

actions necessary to affect the

governmental national gas aggregation

program with opt out provisions pursuant

to section 4929.26

26 Ohio Revised Code directing the

Madison County Board of Elections to sub

submit a ballot question to the electors

of the city of London and declare an

emergency.

>> So um with utility prices going uh

skyhigh, we are already on an electric

aggregation program. That aggregation

program that we did have before

expired. we had to um kind of rush to

get onto a new aggregation program in

order to keep our um our electricity

rates as low as possible. Um even though

they did increase substantially, they

increased to a lesser degree than they

would have without the benefit of

aggregation. And for reasons beyond me,

um the when the utility when the

electricity aggregation program was

passed some years ago, uh why they did

not include natural gas aggregation, um

maybe it was the rates didn't warrant

it. I don't know. Uh but all I know is I

saw my gas bill effectively double this

past winter, especially with the um long

extended periods of cold that we had.

And we are not currently engaged in any

um natural gas aggregation program which

allows the the point of an aggregation

program is it allows a broker to sell

the city's services as a bundle and

broker for a better rate for all

residents that elect to stay in the

program. There is you're automatically

signed up but under this program you can

opt out or choose to terminate your

involvement at any point in time and

feel free if you want to pay the higher

rate um depending on the the the

contract that we get. that may be the

better idea for your particular

household. I can tell you that as a

small business owner for the theater,

our our gas rate is high enough and our

house is big enough that we will always

opt for the aggregation if we can. Um

just because you know the more the

marrier the the more uh customers we

have the lower the price. Um so this um

does have a declaration of emergency but

I do think we can still go three

readings on it. So, um, we'll leave it

on for second reading to allow that to,

uh, ferment here just a little bit.

>> Right. This has a requirement that would

have to be

to the board of elections, I believe, 90

days prior to the November 3rd election.

So, we have some time to get this done.

It does bring a question that I don't

know that we asked and maybe you know

the answer to, Shannon. Uh, are we

required to have a public hearing on

this before?

>> I I believe so.

She didn't put a sticky note on it. So I

don't know.

>> Uh

we did for the electricity aggregation

one and when it was initially imposed

not to choose an aggregator but when the

choice to aggregate did require a public

hearing. So we should probably get

moving on that one too.

>> This is to put it on the ballot, right?

>> Yes.

>> Yes.

>> Right. we have to approve to put it on

the ballot, but we I think we may be

required to have a public hearing. I'm

not 100% sure. We need to find that out.

>> We can do Jul um June 18th or July 2nd.

And I seriously doubt anybody be here

for the July 2nd one.

>> Let's do that one then.

>> Okay. [laughter]

>> Kidding.

>> So, yeah,

>> a question from the galley. the June

18th won't get it won't be giving me the

30 days but so we'll have to do July 2nd

anyway or

>> Mi Mr. Anthony had a comment I believe

>> um

am I correct to assume that this has to

go on a ballot for November?

>> Yes, General. Mhm. Then why wasn't the

electric one put on a ballot so that so

the residents could could vote on that?

>> We were already in an aggregation

program. We were just choosing a

different aggregator. It it did it did

go on for a ballot. It did have a public

hearing when we chose to aggregate. I

wasn't I wasn't on council.

>> It went on

>> years ago, right?

>> Three and a half years ago, right?

>> And we just continued with the same

company for the next three years.

>> Uh we came we we stayed with the same

program I think. Did we choose a

different We actually we kept the same

company as a supplier. I think our

broker changed. That was all.

>> Okay.

>> But initially it was like five years ago

>> and I think once it's passed you can

unless you go back to ballot you stay on

it.

>> It's you can choose different suppliers

because the contract comes up.

>> Okay.

>> Of course I'm not an expert at this so

I'm but I think we've got this right at

this point.

>> Working on it. All right. So, we'll see

if we can get that question answered,

make sure that we have to and get it on

for a public hearing as soon as we

legally can do that. That'll be

published in time so we know.

>> July 2nd.

>> Y.

>> Okay. Well, that's what we'll shoot for.

Please note that in the minutes.

All right. Um, is there any other new

business?

So, this will not be new business

tonight. Uh, we will try to put this on

the agenda for next meeting. And that is

we kind of forgot about ordering or

getting our sound equipment straightened

out. And these speakers are due to very

soon. Uh, they're not ours. They're the

record department and they take those to

the pool, I believe. Um, however, I'm

going to give you a quick update. Peters

and I, President Peters and I, uh,

discussed this yesterday because we

needed some clarification on what

exactly we need to get and don't get.

Um, this is going to be brought up at

the next meeting before finance because

we can do the first reading, take it to

finance, and as long as it gets

sponsored. We'd already have one reading

out of the way, it doesn't delay it

anymore. Um, so we will have some more

information. We're going to ask that the

uh this be put on the agenda. Um, but I

will tell you that President Peters, I

believe, signed a purchase order with

you or he signed something I I believe u

to to order two new speakers, which was

like $1,200 total. And he could take

that, I believe, right out of our our

budget for council. So, we should have

speakers here before we have to do

everything else. But, uh, I just want to

let everybody know that that would be

coming up. I also think we might want to

consider the re rechargeable

microphones. Uh maybe we need to add

that. Okay, we're going to start with

round table. Let's start with Lisa.

>> I just want to remind everyone that

school is out. The kids will be playing

on the sidewalks and riding their bikes.

>> You know, Rich, you're going to go last.

>> Okay.

>> I just want you to know that now.

>> That's all right. because I I hate to

follow you. You always you always make

us look bad.

Andy,

>> I'll try not to make you look bad.

Pretty sure I can do that. Uh the public

service committee meeting is June 9th in

the meeting room next door at 5:00.

And uh I won't steal Rich's thunder.

>> All right, Shannon.

>> Uh congratulations graduates of 2026.

Um, job well done. Also, the uh fun time

of the year, summer rehearsals have

started for the um Arts Council Summer

Musical. It is the Adams Family Musical

this year. Um, if you're not familiar

with the show, as I wasn't, it is full

of all kinds of uh really fun rhythms,

lots and lots of rumbas and sambas and

dances and bosanovas. Um, lots of

earworms. So, I've been kind of tapping

my toe all day. So, hope to see you

there this summertime.

>> Tommy,

>> uh, thank you for everyone coming in,

giving your time to sit in here with us

and listen to our fun things going on

and for the extra comments, for helping

us have eyes on things that, hey, might

have gotten looked over there. Uh,

special thank you, yes, again, to Mr.

Gross for coming into our public service

committee after placing dust fugitives

on Facebook there. It was nice to have

him come in seeing some trimming done

around that property and can't wait to

keep talking about hey what other

deterrents might be available. 200

residents are having basement issues it

sounds like and we know have been and

that's one that is in the wind right now

that I think we should kind of keep our

eyes open on. Lots of that is going into

storm water that is intruding into sewer

systems and causing these backups and so

we might see something coming our way

with that. Otherwise, yes, it is

summertime for myself as well as a

teacher and so be safe to all the kids

out there, but can't wait to start

digging into some other items and

putting time in back here in the city.

Congrats to seniors and our eighth

graders today that went through

graduations. Thank you much. Thank you,

John.

>> I too would like to congratulate all the

young men and women that's graduating

this week and I wish them God's speed in

their life's journey.

All right, you're not up just yet. I've

got a couple items also. Um I see Mr.

Campana in the audience and um I just

we've talked about this a little bit. I

just want to let you know at sometime in

the near future I expect to have an X or

a presentation from Mr. Campana, we've

discussed and we discussed it a couple

years ago about redistricting our wards.

Our wards are

illegal to say the least because of the

size of some of the wards compared to

the others. There is a formula for that.

We started to address this a couple

years ago. It didn't go anywhere and I

just thought having a fresh set of eyes

would be great. I'm hoping that Mr.

Campanic comes and gives a presentation.

It'll be council's decision on what we

do, but at least it's a fresh set of

eyes to say you've got too many people

in this ward and maybe we can make some

adjustments to this and he'll explain

some more information that he's learned

here in the future. So, there's that.

Um, also, uh, this is, uh, a shameless

plug for the Lions Club. The Lions

summer bash will be on June 6th at

Cowling Park from 11 to 3. We will have

hamburgers and hot dogs donated

graciously by Blueestar uh, Farms. Uh we

have family games, a bounce house, face

painting, balloon animals. We have a

duck race that cost a few bucks, but

it's kind of fun to do. And uh we invite

anybody and everybody to come out on

again June 6, Saturday, June 6 from 11

to 3 at Calling Park. Mr. Hayes, I'd

like you to bring this home, please. All

right, sir. Thank you. I want to thank

everybody for coming out tonight. Um and

to Mr. Campana. Uh, I've been kind of

researching this. Um,

I don't have any numbers, but I'm

looking at at least u seven wards. I

think we have to add two wards on maybe.

And so,

but we'll when we get there, we'll we'll

talk.

Um,

I thank all of our city employees for

jobs well done. uh safety service

meeting will be June 9th, 6 pm next

door. I want to thank all of our seniors

uh this year. Uh I got to meet a lot of

our seniors. Uh my wife's a member of

the Republican Women's Club and they

give out scholarships and I'll tell you

what, I've met some wonderful kids the

last couple weeks when we presented

these. Um I don't think the country is

in bad shape. I think, you know,

especially our London students, uh,

we're on the right track and they're

doing a great job. So, we wish them well

and pray for them. Godspeed as Mr. Stall

said.

Okay, coming up this weekend, we have

Memorial Day. And I know it's barbecues,

it's beer drinking, and it's all the fun

and everything,

but the real reason is for all those men

and women who died, didn't come home.

Um, I just had a a friend of mine who

was killed in Vietnam.

He took out 30ome North Vietnamese

soldiers before they got him. He saved

his his group of men. They all got back.

He didn't. He won the Congressional

Medal of Honor and they they just had a

bio on him.

But

take some time this weekend, remember

our our service people. We're in a bad

time right now. Um, but

thank God we got people that will serve

and put on the uniform and do what they

do and they do it really well. I'm very

proud of our military right now. So pray

for them and I just ask the Lord to

watch over the city of London, keep us

all safe, keep us all well, and give us

a glorious Memorial Day weekend. Even if

we have a little bit of rain, that won't

hurt. Uh thank you very much. God bless.

>> Motion to adjourn.

>> So you are journ

>> Good call, Mr. E. You know he did.