Nov 03, 2025 City Council

THE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I WILL CALL TO ORDER

[CALL TO ORDER]

UM, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? HERE.

MAYOR AROSE GROOMS. HERE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN

[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND WHICH EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OR PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. OSA? YES.

MAYOR AM ROSE GRMS? YES.

I WILL REMIND THE LISTENING PUBLIC THAT WE WILL RECONVENE AT 7:00 PM IN THIS LOCATION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE MEETING.

WE WILL RECONVENE THE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025, REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

[RECONVENE (7 P.M.) ]

UM, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WE HAVE SOME GENTLEMEN HERE THAT WILL LEAD US THIS EVENING.

I PLEDGE AGENTS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

WELL, WE HAVE

[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITION ]

A SPECIAL PRESENTATION THIS EVENING AND WE HAVE, UH, RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL JEFF NOBLE WITH US TODAY.

UH, WE'LL SHARE SOME DETAILS WITH US ABOUT THE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

I AM PASSING THE BATON.

SEAN LOVELL IS THE NEW COMMANDER OF POST 800, AND HE WILL PRESENT THE INVITATION.

UM, UH, THEM OF THEMSELVES AND OF THEIR FAMILIES.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, AND, UH, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THIS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

SO, UM, YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT OUR, UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEK.

UH, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO A LOT OF THINGS, BUT, UH, OUR VETERAN'S DAY, UH, EVENT WILL BE OBVIOUSLY TUESDAY AT, UH, RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THE WEATHER'S GONNA BE LIKE.

UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 34, 35 DEGREES.

SO WE MAY MOVE FROM MEMORIAL PARK TO, OR REMEMBRANCE PARK TO, UH, SALES MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORD GETS OUT.

UM, THAT'LL BE AT 11.

THAT'LL BE AT 11 O'CLOCK.

UH, OUR GUEST SPEAKER, UH, IS GONNA BE STASIA NAQUIN, WHO'S OUR, UH, REPORTER FROM, UH, 10 TV NEWS.

OBVIOUSLY, SHE AIRS ON, UH, EVERY WEEKDAY, 4:00 PM AND THEN 5:00 PM.

UM, SHE GREW UP A NAVY BRAT, UM, IN THE ARMY TOWN.

SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF, UH, A GROWN UP MILITARY KID.

UM, SHE'S DONE A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR, WITH OUR MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

UM, I GUESS SHE'S, UH, FROM, UH, LAWTON, UH, FORT SILL AREA ORIGINALLY, UH, BUT THEN MOVED TO, WENT TO FEW PLACES AND THEN, UH, MOVED, SETTLED HERE IN, UH, COLUMBUS.

UM, SHE'S A LONG, LONGSTANDING SUPPORTER OF THE USO.

UM, SHE VOLUNTEERS AT THE USO OHIO LOUNGE IN, IN JOHN GLENN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

UH, SHE ALSO WAS RECENTLY SELECTED TO BE A BOARD, UH, ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE STOCK HANDS HORSES FOR HEALING IN DELAWARE COUNTY.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, HEARING HER STORY.

YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE, WE FORGET ABOUT THE, THE FAMILIES THAT, UH, ACTUALLY PROBABLY MAYBE SACRIFICE, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN, UH, MAYBE THAT MILITARY MEMBER.

BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HER, UH, THAT SHE, SHE WAS, UH, UM, DEFINITELY WELCOMED THE IDEA OF, UH, OF GIVING THE, UH, UH, BE THE GUEST SPEAKER.

SO, UH, BUT YEAH, AGAIN, THAT'LL BE ON TUESDAY.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL GET THE WORD OUT DEPENDING ON WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE AT.

BUT WE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL IN, IN REMEMBRANCE PARK.

BUT, UH, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE WEATHER'S HAS FOR US.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SUNNY, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER.

SO WITH THE KIDS OUT THERE WITH THE BAND AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEY MIGHT WANNA BRING IT INSIDE.

SO WHAT'S THAT? AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU, UH, TO COME OUT AND, AND JOIN US IN, IN, UH, IN CELEBRATING OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, UH, THAT HAVE, UH, AGAIN, THAT HAVE SACRIFICED,

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UH, SO THIS IS AN OFFICIAL INVITATION.

SO WE'D, UH, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT AND, AND, AND JOIN US AND, AND BE A PART OF THAT, UM, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE HERE TOO, AS WELL.

SO, UH, BUT, UH, THANK YOU.

UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.

SO GREAT.

US TO THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT ALSO.

IT'LL BE A GREAT TIME TO BE TOGETHER.

SO, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SELFLESSNESS THAT YOU HAVE EXPRESSED IN LEADING THIS ENDEAVOR FOR SO MANY YEARS.

AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

AND, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO BE HELPFUL, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE TRUE TO THAT.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON VETERAN'S DAY.

IT'S THE 11TH MONTH.

THE 11TH DAY AT THE 11TH HOUR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, THIS BRINGS

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING AS A THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.

UM, AND IF HOPEFULLY YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN AT THE KIOSK.

IF NOT, WE WILL STILL, UH, BE AVAILABLE TO TAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN? YES, DANIEL HAMILL HAS SIGNED IN.

VERY GOOD WELCOME.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD, AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.

YEAH, THANKS.

AM MAYOR AMMOS GROOMS, UH, DANIEL HAMEL, 5 7 2 5 TRAFALGAR LANE IN ENTRE.

AND WHAT WOULD A CITY COUNCIL MEETING BE WITHOUT SOMEBODY FROM ENTRE SHOWING UP AGAIN? RIGHT, , UM, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME COMMUNICATION WITH THE WID AND OUR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD.

BUT FIRST IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION RECENTLY THAT, UH, SOME DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTING POLITICAL PARTY ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION.

TOMORROW, UH, MANY FEEL THAT THESE PARTY ENDORSEMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES ARE INAPPROPRIATE AND THEY HARM THE INTEGRITY OF OUR LOCAL NONPARTISAN CITY ELECTIONS.

UH, SOMETIMES CANDIDATES SEEKING THESE ENDORSEMENTS, UH, HAVE TO PAY TO BE CONSIDERED AND SIGN A PLEDGE OF LOYALTY TO THE PARTY IF THEY'RE ELECTED.

UM, BASICALLY TELLING US THAT THEY'RE PANDERING TO THE PARTY AND NOT THE INDIVIDUALS.

LOCAL PAR POLITICS ARE ABOUT SERVICE NOT SIDES.

PRINCIPAL CANDIDATES DON'T PANDER.

THEY DON'T PAY TO PLAY.

WE WANT, WE DON'T WANT DIVISIVE PARTISAN POLITICS THAT PLAGUE OUR COUNTRY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL TO INFILTRATE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

DOUBLE IN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVE IN A NON-PARTISAN CAPACITY SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO LISTEN AND TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THEIR CONSTITUENTS BEST NEEDS.

UM, SOME DID TAKE AN ENDORSEMENT, SOME DIDN'T.

I WANT TO THANK MS. CRAM AND I WANNA THANK, UH, KATHY DEROSA.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE WHERE YOU DID THAT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND IT SHOWS YOU OUR, FOR YOUR PARTICULAR WARDS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, WENDY JOHNSON, WHO'S RUNNING FOR WARD TWO.

SO WARDS ONE, TWO, AND FOUR HAVE PRETTY OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES.

UH, SECONDLY, A WEEK AGO ON 10 28, THE CITY SENT OUT AN EMAIL STATING STAFF PLANS TO MEET WITH THE BALANCE RATE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD IN MID-NOVEMBER TO REVIEW DRAFT CODE, OUTLINE AND FINDINGS FROM THE CITY, FROM, I'M SORRY, FROM THE SETBACK STUDY AND LANDSCAPE BUFFERING STUDY GA AND GATHER ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT SAME DAY BOUND TRAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS EMAILED MS. MEGAN OCA, UH, O CALLAHAN, AND, UH, WITH SEVERAL DATES THAT OUR TEAMS COULD MEET.

UH, THEY WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

SO THEY WANTED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE WHEN, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, BALANCE TRADE TEAM ASKED TO SEE THE CODE LANGUAGE IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING.

UH, WE HAVEN'T, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A RESPONSE FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS, IN WHICH CASE, ON A SUNDAY, MEGAN SAID SHE WOULD REACH OUT SOON TO COORDINATE A TIME THAT WORKS BEST FOR ALL.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RUNNING INTO THE HOLIDAYS.

EVERYBODY HAS FULL-TIME JOBS.

UH, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS, AS YOU ALL KNOW.

SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR A REPLY AND GET SOMETHING SET IN STONE SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

AND MR. KEELER, I, UH, MENTIONED ON AUGUST 11TH.

LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I SAID, WE WANNA WORK TOGETHER.

AND YOU SAID, WE ARE.

IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO REACH OUT.

UM, MEGAN, WE'D LIKE YOU TO ANSWER OUR BOARD AND, AND MEET WITH THEM.

LET'S GET A DATE.

WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

UM, WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.

I'M SHOCKED THAT WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING DATA CENTERS ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

I WANNA THANK STU HARRIS AND TR CHARLES KRAN STUBER FOR COMING OUT AGAINST US VEHEMENTLY THIS WEEK.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE CANDIDATES TOMORROW.

GREAT.

I DON'T BELIEVE JENNY RAUS IS HERE.

UM, PERHAPS KENDALL WILL COORDINATE, MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNICATION HAPPENS.

UM, OKAY.

UH, ANY OTHERS? ANYONE ELSE THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? HEARING I A COMMENT THIS EXCUSE BRING US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I HAVE A COMMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED ONLINE.

OH, OKAY.

TIM MYERS, 58 45 GLEN DEVAN COURT, DUBLIN, OHIO 4 3 0 1 6.

THIS IS FROM

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AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2025, I SPOKE TO THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY RELATED TO THE ENVISION DUBLIN FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE CALCULATIONS, CONDITIONS, AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT WENT INTO THE SUMMARY.

AFTER THE MEETING, STAFF FOLLOWED UP WITH ME AND I WAS ABLE TO CLARIFY AGAIN WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

I WAS TOLD BY STAFF THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, AND THAT I WOULD GET A RESPONSE WITHOUT HAVING TO SUBMIT ANOTHER PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS EXPECTED, I HAVE HEARD NOTHING AFTER TWO WEEKS.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST ON JULY 31ST, 2025.

I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS REQUEST IS SO DIFFICULT TO FULFILL.

THEREFORE, I WILL SUBMIT A FORMAL PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AGAIN TOMORROW.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST IT BE COMPLETED IN TWO WEEKS BY NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025.

IF I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING BY THEN, I WILL BE LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO FILE A SUIT UNDER THE PUBLIC RECORDS, ACCESS FORMAL COMPLAINTS WITH THE OHIO COURT OF CLAIMS. VERY GOOD.

ANY OTHERS? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, THIS WILL TAKE US TO THE CONSENT PORTION

[CONSENT AGENDA]

OF OUR AGENDA.

IS THERE A RE A REQUEST TO MOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 20TH REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING? HEARING NONE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE MR. KEELER? YES.

VICE MAYOR AR LUDO? YES.

READING PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCES PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE SECOND

[Ordinance 43-25]

ORDINANCE 43 DASH 25, AMENDING CHAPTERS 51 AND 52, ESTABLISHING USER FEES AND CAPACITY CHARGES FOR THE SANITARY SEWER AND WATER SYSTEMS. THANK YOU.

OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY MATT RUBINO.

OH, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UH, THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE USER FEES FOR THE SANITARY WATER SYSTEM FOR 2026.

UM, THERE WERE NO CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST READING, PUBLIC HEARING STAFF REQUEST APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.

TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE COROLL MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.

DASH 25 ADOPTING THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

ORDINANCE FOUR.

ORDINANCE 44

[Ordinance 44-25 ]

AND THE 2026 THROUGH 2035 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.

GREAT.

AND WE WILL GO BACK TO MATT.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THIS IS THE 2026 OPERATING BUDGET IN 2026 THROUGH 2030 CAPITAL PLAN AS PRESENTED AT, UH, VARIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS.

UH, WE DID PROVIDE FOLLOWUP INFORMATION, UM, AFTER THE MEETING ON OCTOBER 20TH, UH, PROVIDED ADDITIONAL, UH, CONTEXT ON, UH, DECRIMINALIZING THE, UH, PARKING STUDY, UH, THE COST OF SAFETY MODEL FOR POLICE.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE ONE MINOR TECHNICAL CHANGE RELATED TO THE COUNTY, UH, HEALTH CONTRACT.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FINAL CONTRACT, THAT'S ACTUALLY ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA RESOLUTION 54 25, WE WANTED TO ADJUST THE BUDGET TO MATCH THE NOW, UH, KNOWN CONTRACT AMOUNT.

SO THAT'S IN THERE AS WELL.

AND WE ALSO HAD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON OUR APPROACH TO ESTIMATING REVENUE FOR THE BUDGET.

UM, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, I CAN ENTERTAIN THOSE NOW OR HAVE THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER COME ANSWER QUESTIONS.

WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION? I HAVE A COMMENT.

UM, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE MEMO WAS ABOUT THE PARKING TICKETS.

ARE WE TAKING THAT 250,000 OUT OF THE BUDGET? WE'RE GONNA DO THE RFP FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH SOMETHING WOULD COST AND THEN WE'LL PUT SOMETHING SUPPLEMENTALLY IN THE FUTURE? OR IS THAT NUMBER STILL LEFT IN THERE? IT'S STILL IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

CORRECT.

I THINK THE REQUEST WAS TO REMOVE IT LAST TIME.

WHAT THAT WAS GETTING AT IN THE MEMO, WE, WE LEFT IT IN THERE PENDING THIS CONVERSATION.

IF THERE IS A COUNCIL DESIRE TO REMOVE IT, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.

WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED, THERE WAS AN OPTION WHERE WE COULD LEAVE IT IN THERE, BUT BEFORE PROCEEDING AND EXECUTING ON THAT, WE COULD BRING THE SCOPE BACK BECAUSE AT THAT POINT WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WOULD BE.

UM, BUT IF COUNCIL DESIRES TO TAKE IT OUT, THAT'S COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE.

MY CHOICE WOULD BE TO TAKE IT OUT, GET THE RFP, FIGURE OUT IF WE STILL NEED IT, PAY FOR IT, THEN THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION.

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AND I STILL THINK THAT'S THE REQUEST.

AT LEAST THAT WAS MY PERSPECTIVE AND MY OPINION.

OTHER THOUGHTS? I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM LEAVING IT IN AND LETTING YOU, YOU KNOW, VET THE PROCESS A BIT MORE.

COME BACK TO US BEFORE WE SPEND THE MONEY.

SO WE WOULD BE APPROPRIATING IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

LEAVE IT IN THE BUDGET.

BUT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATING, EXCUSE ME.

I HONESTLY HAVE TO, I, I DON'T CARE IF YOU LIVE IN THE BUDGET NOW OR YOU WANNA APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS IN A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

WE DO THAT MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR.

UM, SO I'M COMFORTABLE LEAVING IT, BUT I'M ALSO COMFORTABLE TAKING IT OUT IF THAT'S THE, IF THAT'S WHAT MAJORITY WANTS.

I GUESS MY REASONING BEHIND TAKING IT OUT IS THAT I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF 250,000.

UM, IF IT COMES BACK AND THE RFP SAYS WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO FOR 75, THEN OKAY.

AND THEN WE CAN ADJUST IT AND APPROPRIATELY, I JUST DON'T WANNA GIVE THE IMPRESSION I SUPPORT $250,000 TO THIS TASK.

THAT'S JUST MY REASON FOR TAKING IT OUT.

I GET IT.

I'M OKAY IF WE TAKE IT OUT.

UH, THAT CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE TO ME.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, COST OF POLICING IN SOME DISTRICTS, AND I THINK YOU ALL SAW A EMAIL EXCHANGE TODAY.

SO WE WILL TAKE UP THAT TOPIC, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATION, BUT HOPEFULLY PRIOR TO, UM, SUBSEQUENT BUDGET CONVERSATIONS.

SO WITH THAT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANNA TACK ON TO THAT.

UM, YEAH, I AGREE.

I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE AMOUNT WE'RE SPENDING FOR POLICING NOW.

I THINK THE QUESTION AT HAND IS HOW DO WE PLAN FOR POLICING IN THE FUTURE BASED ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS? SO, UM, IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA NEED AN EXTRA BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED THREE MORE OFFICERS, PERHAPS WITH, UH, METRO CENTER, OR MAYBE WE NEED A SPECIAL GROUP OF NEW OFFICERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPORTS COMPLEX, WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR THAT.

IF THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE THOSE AREAS BECOME ONLINE, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE DO WE FIND THAT MONEY IN OUR BUDGET.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AT THE START OF THE YEAR OR SOMEWHERE EARLIER IN THE YEAR BEFORE BUDGET SEASON, UM, WE, WE HAVE THAT SO WE CAN PLAN FOR IT.

SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER WE NEED IT, IT'S JUST HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THAT ADDITIONAL COST.

MM-HMM .

ANYTHING ELSE? UM, THANK YOU.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE.

UM, I WILL RETURN TO MY CONVERSATION ABOUT REVENUE AND I SAW THE MEMO COMMENT THAT STATES THAT, YOU KNOW, A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH IS TO TAKE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AGGRESSIVE OR CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE I, I STILL AM NOT SURE HOW WE, HOW, HOW WE HAVE, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVEN'T, BUT AS A COUNCIL, HOW WE HAVE DONE THE RIGOR AGAINST THAT REVENUE NUMBER AND SAY THAT IS A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER JUST BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT IS A CONSERVATIVE OR NON-CONSERVATIVE NUMBER.

SO, OKAY.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING, AS I, I MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT WE HOLD ANYTHING UP 'CAUSE WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND I'M VERY, I'M, I'M PLEASED WITH THAT.

THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

I WOULD JUST LIKE, AND I'M ASKING AHEAD OF TIME THAT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE APPLY THE SAME TYPE OF RIGOR AND ANALYSIS THAT WE DO ON THE EXPENSE SIDE TO THE REVENUE SIDE, SUCH AS WE KNOW WHAT WE SEE IN BUSINESS STRENGTH.

WE HAD THIS MANY NEW BUSINESSES COME IN, WE HAD THIS MANY BUSINESSES LEAVE, WE SEE, SEEN THIS GROWTH IN EMPLOYEES.

THAT TYPE OF, JUST PROVIDE THAT BECAUSE I'M, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE JUST TAKING LAST YEAR'S NUMBER AND, AND KEEPING A FLATTER.

I DON'T GET TOO, I I KNOW THERE'S MORE WORK BEHIND IT.

I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND DISCUSS WITH US AT FOR NEXT TIME.

SO I'M, I'M MAKING SIMILAR TO THE SAFETY THING.

I'M MAKING AN EXTRA REQUEST AND I WOULD, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THAT POINT IS TAKEN.

I THINK THERE'LL BE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT FINANCIAL POLICY AND BUDGETARY POLICY IN THE COMMITTEE PROCESS NEXT YEAR BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO BUDGET PRESENTATION.

SO THAT IS A DISCUSSION WE WILL BE TEEING UP, UH, EARLY NEXT YEAR.

GREAT.

AND I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, I'M, I'M NOT SUGGESTING PUBLICLY THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT REVENUE UNDERSTOOD.

I'M JUST SAYING I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THAT SAME LEVEL OF RIGOR AND REVIEW AS WE DO ON THE OTHERS.

AND SO UNDERSTAND.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MUCH.

ANY OTHERS? HEARING NONE, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? SO I BELIEVE WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO AMEND.

RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY.

I THINK I COUNTED FOUR WHO WISH TO AMEND ON THE TWO 50, THE ORDINANCE.

REGARDING THE TWO 50.

UH, MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE $250,000 PER THE DISCUSSION HERE THIS EVENING.

I WILL,

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I'LL SECOND.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES.

MS. OSA? YES.

AND ON THE ORDINANCE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.

25 AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF ORDINANCE 15 DASH 17 COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NON-UNION PERSONNEL.

ORDINANCE 45 DASH

[Ordinance 45-25 ]

OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY JENNIFER TI WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ORDINANCE 45 DASH 2025 WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED ON OCTOBER 20TH AND IS A COMPANION ORDINANCE TO THE OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH YOU JUST PASSED.

NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THE FIRST READING TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND SUBJECT TO ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNSEL MAY HAVE.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVEMENT OF THIS RECOMMENDS, EXCUSE ME, APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT.

UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. REINER? YES.

FIRST READING ORDINANCES.

INTRODUCTION.

[Ordinance 47-25 ]

ORDINANCE 47 DASH 25 TO ESTABLISH APPROPRIATIONS BASED ON THE 2026 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, STATE OF OHIO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

I'LL REDUCE IT.

IN OUR STAFF REPORT, WE'LL GO BACK TO MATT RUBINO.

WELCOME BACK.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

SO THIS IS THE, UH, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR THE 2026 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET, AS WELL AS BUDGETS FOR OTHER FUNDS AS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE.

44 25.

UM, ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY FOR 2026 TOTAL JUST UNDER 280 MILLION.

SO THAT'S 119.5 MILLION FOR THE OPERATING FUNDS.

68.4 MILLION FOR THE 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET.

SO NOT THE ENTIRE FIVE YEAR PLAN, JUST NEXT YEAR'S CAPITAL BUDGET.

AND THEN 92 MILLION, UH, FOR NON-OPERATING FUNDS AND TRANSFERS.

SO THIS IS A TYPICAL, UH, BUDGET APPROPRIATION MEASURE FOR THE CITY.

AGAIN, TOTAL ALL FUNDS OF JUST UNDER 280 MILLION.

UH, THE BUDGETS ARE APPROPRIATED, UH, IN THE ORDINANCE OF THE LEGAL, UM, BUDGET, CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL SERVICES, OTHER CAPITAL AND TRANSFERS IN THAT ONCE ADOPTED ANY REVISION, AS YOU KNOW, TO THE APPROPRIATE BUDGET WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT.

THAT'S WHAT WE USE THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROCESS FOR.

UH, THE APPROPRIATIONS WOULD BE IN EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2026 IN THE PRE TO OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.

THE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY ON FIRST READING INCLUDES THE $250,000 THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED.

SO FOR SECOND READING, WE WOULD PROVIDE AN AMENDED VERSION OF THE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE TO MATCH, UH, THE ORDINANCE, 44 25 THAT WAS JUST APPROVED.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2026 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AT THE NOVEMBER 17TH MEETING, AND I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION? NO.

WE WILL HAVE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THE 17TH, 2025.

PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION RESOLUTION 52 DASH 25, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL MAINTENANCE 2025 PROJECT.

INTRODUCTION,

[Resolution 52-25 ]

I DO THAT.

OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY BRIAN GABLE.

MARCH, 2026 AND BE COMPLETED BY JULY, 2026 WITH A PATH REOPENING FOR THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT IN MAY.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL MAINTENANCE 2025 PROJECT.

THE WORK FOR THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ON MEMORIAL DRIVE, JUST SOUTHWEST OF BERKSHIRE COURT.

THE THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF REPLACING THE DETERIORATED TUNNEL ENTRYWAYS WITH NEW CONCRETE ABUTMENTS AND ASSOCIATED AESTHETIC FEATURES.

FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS FROM THE 2025 THROUGH 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM AS MODIFIED BY ORDINANCE OH FIVE DASH 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.2 MILLION FROM THE PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT IS $950,000.

ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2025, TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.

THE WRITER COMPANY INCORPORATED, EXCUSE ME, SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $762,174 AND 0 CENTS.

CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN

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STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 52 DASH 25, ACCEPTING AS LOW AND BEST THE BID OF THE RYDER COMPANY, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $762,174 AND 0 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.

COUNSEL, QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.

TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE S MAYOR LUDO? YES.

DASH 25 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE CODA BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS IN SAWMILL ROAD, SIDEWALK CONNECTION PROJECT.

[Resolution 53-25]

INTRODUCE IT.

OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BY TINA.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID FOR THE CODE OF BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS AND SAW SAWMILL SIDEWALK CONNECTION PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE BUS STOPS.

UM, AND THE BUS STOPS INCLUDE A CONCRETE PAD, CANOPY STRUCTURE, BENCH COMBINATION, TRASH AND RECYCLE BIN AND TWO BIKE RACKS.

THE PROJECT WAS BASED ON DISCUSSIONS FROM THREE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN 2023 AND 2024 AND THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 26TH, 2024.

ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2025, TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.

THE LOWEST AND BEST BID WAS FROM STRAWS OR PAVING COMPANY AT $465,105 AND 74 CENTS.

APPROXIMATELY 7% UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE PROGRAMMING FOR THE COA BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 2023 TO 2027 CIP.

AND COUNCIL ALSO REQUESTED TO INCLUDE IN THIS PROJECT THE SIDEWALK ALONG SAWMILL TO CREATE A CONNECTION FROM SAWMILL, UM, AND SNO FOR BUS STOP OVER TO THE DUBLIN FOOD PANTRY ACCESS DRIVE.

AND THE UNENCUMBERED 2025 CIP FUND BALANCE IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL THE PROJECT COSTS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ITS RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF STRAWS OR PAVING COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $465,105 AND 74 CENTS.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.

SO THE SNUFFER ROAD ONE, I ASSUME THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE WEST, OKAY.

CORRECT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHERS? SO CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THIS? THESE, WOULD THESE BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR KEEPING THEM CLEAN? I LIKE THE GLASS LOOK.

I CAN IMAGINE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

UM, YEAH.

IS THAT ON US? THE MAINTENANCE WILL BE THE CITY OF DUBLINS BECAUSE WE DON'T MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR RIDERSHIP TO BE CODIS MAINTENANCE.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

HOPEFULLY RIDERSHIP WILL INCREASE.

AS A RESULT OF THESE, THEY'RE REALLY NICE LOOKING.

I, I WAS, UM, NEAR SAW MILL ROAD ON AND SAW AN INDIVIDUAL GET OFF THE BUS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAW MILL ROAD.

AND THERE WAS NO SIDEWALKS, THERE WAS NO FACILITY, THERE WAS JUST A POLE THAT HAD A PICTURE OF A BUS ON THE TOP OF IT, .

AND I THOUGHT THAT'S JUST NOT A VERY DIGNIFIED AND WELCOMING WAY TO, TO DO MASS TRANSIT.

AND I THINK I, I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS WOULD IN, UM, ONE DIGNIFY THE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THAT.

AND, AND TWO MIGHT, UM, INCREASE OUR RIDERSHIP AND MAYBE WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, FOR SURE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE.

OTHER COMMENTS? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. KEELER? YES.

VICE MAYOR O LUDO? YES.

54 DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WITH THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT FOR 2026.

MAYOR AM ROSE GROOMS? YES.

MS. OSA? YES.

RESOLUTION

[Resolution 54-25 ]

OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR VERY OWN MEGAN O' CALLAHAN.

AND THE AMOUNT AS THE CFO MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT AGO, HAS BEEN BUDGETED AS PART OF OUR 2026 OPERATING BUDGET.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH TO CONTINUE PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES FOR 2026.

FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVES AS DUBLIN'S PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, AND THAT INCLUDES THE PORTIONS OF DUBLIN THAT ARE IN UNION COUNTY AND DELAWARE COUNTY.

THE BOARD OF FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH APPROVED A RATE FOR 2026 THAT REFLECTS AN INCREASE OF 3% OVER THAT OF 2025.

AND SO THE CITY'S COST FOR 2026 CONTRACT ARE ESTIMATED AT OVER 513,000, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF JUST OVER $16,000 FROM 2025.

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WE VALUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.

COMMISSIONER MOLA IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE, AND THEIR STAFF'S GREAT TO WORK WITH.

AND THEREFORE WE RECOMMEND, UM, APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. ROSA? YES.

55 DASH 25 AMENDING CHAPTER 33 OF THE DUBLIN CODIFIED ORDINANCES.

MAYOR AROSE ROOMS. OKAY.

RESOLUTION

[Resolution 55-25]

HONOR .

COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.

IN OUR STAFF REPORT, WE'LL GO BACK TO JENNIFER MAGLIE.

WELCOME BACK.

HELLO AGAIN.

IN YOUR PACKET, YOU WILL FIND AN AMENDED CHAPTER 33, WHICH IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THIS AMENDMENT CITED IN THIS REPORT OF COUNSEL UPDATES THE LIST OF POSITIONS TO BE CONSIDERED UN IN UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE AND BRINGS CHAPTER 33 IN ALIGNMENT WITH ORDINANCE 45 DASH 25, THE NON-UNION COMPENSATION PLAN.

THE ATTACHED MEMO OUTLINES THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES AND UPDATES AND SUBJECT TO ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE DORA EXTENSION FOR WNCI MICHIGAN GAME WATCH PARTY APPROVAL.

[OTHER BUSINESS ]

AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM ALLISON LAROY.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

UM, TONIGHT I BRING YOU, UM, A REQUEST FROM A NEW EVENT, UM, ON THE DAY OF THE OHIO STATE MICHIGAN GAME.

UM, WNCI AND URBAN MYERS PINT HOUSE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER WITH, UH, CRAWFORD HOING AS WELL TO PRESENT A NEW EVENT WHERE IT WOULD BE A TAILGATE BEFORE THE GAME STARTING.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA START, I THINK, SIX OR 7:00 AM INSIDE URBAN MYERS.

UM, BUT THEY WILL MOVE OUTSIDE AT 8:00 AM AND THEY'LL HAVE WNCI PEOPLE ON SITE.

UH, THEY'LL BE HAVING GAMES, JUST A PARTY FOR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD BASICALLY.

AND THEY WILL PUT A LARGE SCREEN TV OUTSIDE AND, UM, OUR STAFF IS MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW TO GO OVER THEIR FULL EVENT PERMIT.

UM, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE STARTING AT 8:00 AM THEY'RE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF THE DOOR, UM, ON THIS ONE SATURDAY.

UH, NORMALLY IT WOULD START AT 11, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT TO START AT 8:00 AM THAT MORNING.

AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

BE HARD TO REGULATE IF WE MADE IT A SMALLER AREA ANYWAY.

I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS TOPIC? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.

I JUST HAVE ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION.

SO THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE BOUNDARY OF THE DOOR, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE PORTION THAT'S GONNA BE THE STREET THAT'S GONNA BE CLOSED OFF.

AND, AND I THINK, UM, THE, THE WAY THAT THE STATE HAS, UM, SET UP, DORA, IT REALLY GOES BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT INITIATED IT.

SO I BELIEVE IF I'M CORRECT, YOU COULD JUST SAY IT WAS FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA.

UM, IF COUNCIL SO CHOSE, SO YOU COULD JUST SAY FOR THE ENCLOSED, UM, STREETS THAT WERE CLOSING OFF, OR YOU COULD SAY JUST FOR THE BRIDGE PARK AREA DURING THAT TIME, SO WE CAN MAKE THAT, UM, YEAH, I I THINK I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE CLOSED OFF AREA WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DETAIL, BECAUSE IT MIGHT OPEN THE FLOODGATES TO LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE AREN'T PERMITTED THAT AREN'T COMING THROUGH YOUR OFFICE OR, YEAH.

AND THE ONE THING I WILL WILL COMMENT ON THAT, THAT THAT WOULD CUT OFF SOME OF THE OTHER RETAILERS.

SO I THINK THEY WOULD, UM, IF WE WOULD GO BACK, THEY WOULD ASK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, FIDO IS GONNA BE JUST OUTSIDE THE ROAD CLOSURE.

UM, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD STILL WANNA BE ABLE TO SELL THE ALCOHOL AT FIDO SO THAT THEY'RE NOT FAVORING, UM, ONE BUSINESS IN THE DISTRICT VERSUS ANOTHER.

BUT ARE THEY EVEN OPEN? ARE THEY OPENING AT EIGHT? THAT'S, I GUESS, IS FIDO TYPICALLY WOULD, UM, I DON'T KNOW A FULL LIST OF WHO WOULD BE OPEN, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE PLANNING ON OPENING EARLIER THAN THEY NORMALLY WOULD ON THAT DAY.

UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY ALSO KNOW THAT URBAN MEYER WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO HANDLE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WAY THEY COULD SPREAD OUT IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, WALK OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, I GUESS IT'D

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SO, AND, AND WE COULD, UM, IT, I'M, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT.

WE COULD MAKE IT, UM, JUST BRIDGE PARK AVENUE AND LONG SHORE, WHICH WOULD PRETTY MUCH ENCOMPASS AND WE COULD SAY LONG SHORE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, I JUST, I LIKE THAT IDEA, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO ENFORCE, UM, IF WE, IF THEY THINK THEY'RE LIKE, OH, OKAY, THEN THEY WANNA WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE OR SOMETHING, SO, OKAY.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE COULD LIMIT IT YEAH.

WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK.

SO THE EXTENSION IS FROM EIGHT TO 11 AT 11, IT'LL OPEN UP TO EVERYONE THAT'S IN THE DISTRICT, SO, CORRECT.

IT'S REALLY THE THREE HOURS PRIOR, BUT EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT, ANYWHERE IN DOWNTOWN DUBLIN CAN START AT EIGHT.

SO IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT PERHAPS TO YEAH.

YOU KNOW, MANAGE THAT IF SOMEONE WAS GONNA WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK IT'D BE TOO HARD TO REGULATE.

YEP.

MIGHT BE, UH, CREATING MORE PROBLEMS THAN WE WERE SOLVING.

AGREED.

OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.

UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO EXTEND THE DOOR HOURS ON NOVEMBER 29TH FOR THE ENTIRETY, ENTIRETY OF THE DORA DISTRICT.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. CRA? YES.

MS. OSA? YES.

UM, YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKING AND ENTERING OFFENSES.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE FOURTH QUARTER PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFING AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR OWN CHIEF WELCOME CHIEF.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT OUR FOURTH PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFING FOR 2025.

UM, AS WE START OUR CONVERSATION TONIGHT, I ALWAYS WANNA START WITH CONTEXT FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT GOALS FOR 2025.

AGAIN, THOSE GOALS BEING CRITICAL, INCIDENT PREPAREDNESS AND MAJOR CRIME, UH, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, UH, THEFT, OFFENSE REDUCTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OVERALL TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, AND THEN EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING ISSUES OF SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY CONCERN.

UM, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR METRICS FOR THE YEAR FOR 2025, THESE NUMBERS ARE UP THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.

SO THE FIRST, UM, THREE QUARTERS OF 2025.

AND AGAIN, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING, THESE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME THAT WE ARE.

THIS INFORMATION'S THE SAME THAT WE PRESENT EACH MONTH IN THE CITY MANAGER UPDATE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AS PART OF OUR, UH, COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, FROM A CRITICAL INCIDENT PREPAREDNESS.

UH, IN OCTOBER WE HAD TWO, ONE EVENT RESPONSE AND THEN ONE PREPARATION EXERCISE, UH, THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

UH, ON OCTOBER 1ST, POLICE AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP RESPONDED TO AN OVERTURNED SEMI, A GAS TANKER ON STATE ROUTE 1 61 AT IMAN ROAD.

FORTUNATELY, EVERYONE, UM, WALKED AWAY FROM THAT ACCIDENT WITH ONLY MINOR INJURY.

UM, BUT I WANT TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THE USE OF OUR, UH, DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM TO HELP GET AN AWARENESS OF THAT ACCIDENT AND AN OVERVIEW FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, RESPONDING TO THAT ACCIDENT IN THE SCENE.

AND THEN ALSO AS WE MANAGE THROUGH, UM, THAT INCIDENT AND HAVING THAT, UH, VIEWPOINT TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE RESOURCES TO THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

UH, AND THEN SECOND, UH, IN ON OCTOBER 14TH, DURING OUR POLICE SUPERVISORY MEETING, WHICH OCCURS MONTHLY, WE ASKED THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, UH, TO JOIN US AND CONDUCT A TABLETOP EXERCISE, WHICH INCLUDED AN EVENT SAFETY PLANNING FOR FUTURE RIVERSIDE, UH, CROSSING PARK EVENTS.

AND SO IT WAS A DISCUSSION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT AREA IS SAFE AND THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND SHOULD THERE BE SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED IN THAT LOCATION ON CRIME TRENDS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY TRENDS FOR THE YEAR, YEAR TO DATE FOR 2025, AGAIN, THIS BEING THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, UM, POSITIVELY WE'VE SEEN THE DECREASE IN OVERALL THEFT DEFENSES IN THE COMMUNITY REPORTED TO US, DECREASE IN THEFT FROM VEHICLES, AND A DECREASE IN BREAKING AND ENTERING OFFENSES.

UH, SO FAR THIS YEAR, UM, TRENDS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, WE SAW, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS AND ATTEMPTED THEFTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, UH, COMPARATIVE TO THIS POINT LAST YEAR, UH, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AN INCREASE IN BURGLARY OFFENSES AND AN INCREASE IN CRASH REPORTS.

SO THOSE TRENDS WE'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT EACH OF THOSE TRENDS AND, UH, CONTEXT ON WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE, UH, IN 2025 AND WHAT OUR ACTIVITIES HAVE LOOKED LIKE IN RESPONSE, UH, AS OUR COMMITMENT TO TRAFFIC.

AGAIN, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT, UH, IT FURTHER ON THE TRAFFIC SLIDE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS WE MADE THIS YEAR IN OUR COMMITMENT, AGAIN, TO BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACES AT THE RIGHT TIMES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IMPROVING TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO I KNOW AS WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION, UH, DURING BUDGET, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE BEYOND JUST THE NUMBERS, BUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE COMPARATIVE TO THE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY IMPACTED BY SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUAL METRICS THAT WE TRACK.

AND FROM A BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING OFFENSE REPORTING, UH, THAT'S THE, THE MAP IS INDICATIVE OF THOSE COMBINED NUMBERS.

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AGAIN, ANY NUMBER OF THESE IS MORE THAN WE WOULD WANT TO SEE FOR THE VICTIMS, BUT STILL VERY LOW NUMBERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

EVEN THE BURGLARY TREND THAT WE ARE TRACKING, IT'S A TOTAL OF, UH, 18 REPORTS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, UP TO OCTOBER 1ST.

UM, AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE, UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT BURGLARIES, WE HAD ONLY ONE, UH, FENCE REPORTED, UH, IN OCTOBER AND ONE OFFENSE REPORTED IN SEPTEMBER.

SO, AS WE ARE MOVING INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PREVENTATIVE MEASURES SO WE CAN CONTINUE THAT TREND OF SEEING, UH, LOW ACTIVITIES IN THAT CATEGORY FROM A THEFT FROM VEHICLE, UH, AS WE, UH, CONSIDER WHERE THOSE, UH, EVENTS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR HISTORICALLY, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PLACES THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO, ARE THOSE OPEN SURFACE LOTS WHERE VEHICLES ARE LEFT UNATTENDED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO EMPHASIZE FROM A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE TO REMOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE VEHICLE.

UM, SO IT LESSENS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE WOULD HAVE OFFENSES OCCUR IN THAT AREA AS YOU SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, ON THAT MAP OF AREAS THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO FROM THE REPORTS WE'VE RECEIVED THIS YEAR.

UM, REALLY AS YOU, UH, SEE EAST, IT'S THE DUBLIN CENTER DRIVE, VILLAGE PARKWAY, UM, HARD ROAD AREA THAT, UH, KEEPS OUR ATTENTION, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACES WITH OUR OFFICERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, AGAIN, UH, SPREADING THAT MESSAGE OF PREVENTION AS FAR AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

THE OTHER AREAS IMPACTED ARE SIMILAR IN NATURE AND HOW THEY'RE SET UP.

AGAIN, OPEN, UH, LOTS SURF, UH, WITH VEHICLES THAT ARE LEFT, SOMETIMES UNATTENDED AT THE HOTELS IN THE METRO AREA AND IN THE TUTTLE, UH, AREAS FOR THE HOTELS AS WELL.

AND THEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE, UH, THEFT, AGAIN, THIS IS A CATEGORY WE'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, A AGAIN, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE VEHICLES WE'VE SEEN EITHER ATTEMPTED OR TAKEN ARE WITH THE KEYS ARE WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN WE RECEIVE THOSE REPORTS OR WERE LEFT WITH THE VEHICLE ON THOSE REPORTS.

SO AGAIN, A REMINDER JUST TO REMOVE THE KEYS FROM THE VEHICLE AND TAKE THEM WITH YOU, UH, LESSONS OF LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY MIGHT BE TARGETED AS, UH, A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEFT.

UM, WE'VE SEEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR THAT SH THAT TREND SHIFT, UH, FROM RESIDENTIAL, UH, REPORTS TO MORE COMMERCIAL AREAS IN THE BACK HALF OF THE YEAR.

UH, AND AS A HIGHLIGHT FOR WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE, UH, LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE HAD ONLY ONE REPORT IN OCTOBER OF AN ATTEMPT OR A THEFT OF A VEHICLE.

SO, AGAIN, HOPE TO EMPHASIZE THAT MESSAGE OF PREVENTION AND CONTINUE THAT TREND OF FEW INCIDENTS REPORTED TO US AS WE FINISH OUT THE YEAR ON THOSE SPECIFIC CRIME TRENDS.

UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE FOR THE PUBLIC FROM A BURGLARY PREVENTION AS WE ENTER THE HOLIDAY SEASON, UH, OVER THANKSGIVING AND INTO THE WINTER HOLIDAYS, UH, THAT MAKING SURE THAT YOUR SECURITY SYSTEMS AND YOUR CAMERA SYSTEMS, IF YOU HAVE THOSE ARE, AND EMPLOY THOSE AS PART OF YOUR SECURITY FOR YOUR RESIDENTS ARE ACTIVE, UH, THAT THEY WORK AND THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THEM IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.

UH, THE SIMPLEST METHOD FOR MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE DON'T END UP WITH SOMEONE IN OUR, UM, GARAGE IS TO JUST SHUT THE GARAGE DOOR.

UH, AND SO WE MADE SURE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WITH THE HOA, THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF SHARING THAT MESSAGE, UH, FOR US OVER TIME AND, AND THEN KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON.

AND, AND THE BEST PREVENTION REALLY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO, UM, YOUR NEIGHBORS.

UH, MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IN THEIR ABSENCE THAT YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO AND SHARING THAT WITH THE POLICE WHEN IT'S NECESSARY TO DO SO.

UH, A REMINDER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS WE ENTER THE HOLIDAY SEASON, THAT OUR VACATION HOUSE WATCH PROGRAM IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

IT'S FREE SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS.

UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE GONE FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS, UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE RESIDENTS WHILE YOU'RE AWAY.

UH, AND SO THAT REQUEST CAN BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY TRENDS, AGAIN, OUR OFFICERS, UH, COMMITTED TO AND IN THE RIGHT PLACES AT THE RIGHT TIMES FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

IT'S INTELLIGENCE LED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

WE'VE MADE OVER 8,800 STOPS YEAR TO DATE BY THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, UM, AND ISSUED 1800, UH, SPEEDING CITATIONS.

UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE SPEED WARNING CAMERAS, THEY'VE MOVED TO FOUR NEW LOCATIONS AND ARE MOVING OR HAVE MOVED TO BRIGHT ROAD SELL, MILL DRIVE, GLICK ROAD AND SUMMIT VIEW ROAD.

AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHAT THE SUCCESS IS OF THOSE, UM, UH, RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICULARLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THEN, UH, IN GULF FOUR AND ISSUES OF COMMUNITY CONCERN, WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PAST, POLICE TECHNOLOGY, UM, OUR DRONE IS FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.

HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT RESOURCE AND SHOWCASE THAT RESOURCE DURING THE HOA MEETING, UH, LAST MONDAY.

UH, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A, A A CREDIT TO SERGEANT CLARK, WHO'S BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THAT PROGRAM FOR US.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE A PILOT, UM, AMONG THE, UH, UH, OFFICERS WE HAVE ON OUR STAFF AND A NUMBER OF DRONE, UH, PILOTS NOW, I THINK WE'RE OVER 20, UM, WITH THE AGENCY.

UM, BUT AS WE HAVE PROGRESSED IN THAT PROGRAM, WE'VE HAD 155 FLIGHTS SINCE IT'S LAUNCH IN AUGUST.

UH, AND THEN SERGEANT CLARK HAS DELIVERED A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS OR BEEN ON PANELS, UH, HERE RECENTLY TO HIGHLIGHT OUR DRONE SOURCE RESPONDENT PROGRAM FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES AND OTHER ARENAS, UH, TO SHARE WHAT DUBLIN IS DOING UNIQUELY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY

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ARENA.

UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, UH, WE DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AND HAD SOME, UH, THOUGHTFUL REQUESTS ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, TO, UH, SUPPLY POLICING SERVICES ACROSS DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN DUBLIN.

UH, WE WENT BACK AND COLLECTED SOME INFORMATION, UH, WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER TO ANALYZE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IN ESTIMATING COST FOR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTS.

UH, AND SO PART OF THAT WAS STARTING WITH, THERE WAS A, A, UH, SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE POPULATION LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE CITY.

I WANT TO, I THANK INNOVATION AND ANALYTICS FOR PROVIDING THIS MAP OF WHAT THE POPULATION IN DUBLIN LOOKS LIKE, UH, LAID ACROSS THE POLICE DISTRICTS, UH, ACROSS DUBLIN AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, AND THEN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER, UH, STARTED BY GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE OVER OUR POLICE DISTRICTS.

UH, AND YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT THEY STAY RELATIVELY CONSISTENT IN THOSE POLICE DISTRICTS, BUT THERE'S, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AND, AND MAKE SURE WE'RE TRACKING THAT ACTIVITY OVER TIME.

UH, AND THEN FROM A HEAT MAPPING PERSPECTIVE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE CALLS THAT FOR SERVICE THAT COME FROM OUR COMMUNITY LAID OUT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY ON THIS MAP.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN ABOUT THAT REALLY, UM, BRIGHT SPOT IN THE CENTER THAT IS THE JUSTICE CENTER.

SO ANYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH THE JUSTICE CENTER, UM, IS, IS MARKED THERE AS THAT CALL FOR SERVICE LOCATION.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD SEE THAT INTENSITY OF, UH, OF THAT POINT ON THE MAP.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER, UM, WENT THROUGH AND, AND GATHERED THE TOP FIVE CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, THAT WE RECEIVE, UH, ANNUALLY, UH, AND THEN THE TOP FIVE CRIME OR DISORDER CALLS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BY NUMBER, UH, UH, IN THE LEGEND OF THAT MAP AS WELL.

AND SO, TAKING ALL THAT INFORMATION, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER AND I WENT BACK AFTER OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BUDGET AT THE WORK SESSION AND DURING THE FIRST READING OF THE OPERA, THE PROPOSED 2026 OPERATING BUDGET.

UH, AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE.

SO THOSE CALLS THAT COME IN FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS REQUESTING POLICE RESPONSE AND THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE ENGAGED IN REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THEIR DAY WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT THEN WAS WE CALCULATED THE COST RELATIVE TO THE OVERALL POLICE PERSONNEL BUDGET, UM, TO ESTIMATE ROUGHLY WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE FOR A DENSELY POPULATED MIXED USE AREA LIKE BRIDGE PARK.

AND SO WE, WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THERE AGAINST THE POLICE PERSONNEL BUDGET OVERALL FOR 2025, AND ROUGHLY ESTIMATED THE COST TO BE ABOUT SIX TO 8% OF THE OVERALL PERSONNEL BUDGET.

NOW THAT, UM, REFLECTION REALLY IS INDICATIVE OF THAT VERY PARTICULAR AREA.

AND SO IT GIVES US A STARTING POINT TO CONSIDER WHAT THE COST OF SAFETY LOOKS LIKE IN A PARTICULAR AREA, BUT IT GIVES US MAYBE A TEMPLATE TO LOOK AT OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY AND POTENTIALLY FOR PROJECTED ENVIRONMENTS DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY GOES ON.

SO THE BUSINESSES, THE TRAFFIC, UM, PLANNED EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WOULD ALL BE COMPONENTS OF THINGS WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER.

AND I APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE VERY THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE A STARTING POINT FOR HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE HELPFUL, UH, FROM A POLICING PERSPECTIVE IN PROJECTING OR ESTIMATING WHAT THAT COST MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN FUTURE ENVIRONMENTS IN DUBLIN.

UH, AND THEN THE LAST, UH, PIECE I WANTED TO OFFER.

SO, UH, ON OCTOBER 20TH THROUGH THE 23RD, WE HAD OUR ONSITE VISIT FOR OUR ACCREDITATION PROGRAMS FOR BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FOR N REC.

UM, THIS WILL BE OUR 11TH ASSESSMENT FOR ACCREDITATION FOR THE DUBLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND OUR THIRD ASSESSMENT, UH, FOR THE COMMUNICATION CENTER.

SO WE HAD TWO VISITING ASSESSORS, UH, FROM, UH, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AND FORGIVE ME, UH, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE BURLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH, UH, IRONICALLY HAD A VERY SIMILAR DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM.

UM, SO THERE WAS SOME GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TWO PROGRAMS THEY HAVE, UH, JUST ONE DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER RESOURCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

BUT HE WAS REALLY, UH, THE ASSESSOR WAS REALLY EAGER TO HEAR AND SEE, UH, OURS AND, AND THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES WE HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, OR I'M SORRY, UH, OUR, UM, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS MANAGER, WHITNEY AKER.

THIS WAS HER FIRST, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE US THROUGH THAT ASSESSMENT.

SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND WE HAD A VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE.

WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE DUBLIN CITY STAFF WHO MET WITH THE ASSESSORS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ALSO PROVIDED FEEDBACK AND INPUT.

UH, SO THEY CAN TAKE THAT REPORT BACK TO THE, UH, ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE AND THEN IN MARCH WE SHOULD KNOW WHETHER WE RECEIVED THAT.

ALTHOUGH ALL INDICATIONS ARE, THEY WERE VERY PLEASED WITH HOW WE HAVE CONDUCTED BUSINESS.

AND, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HIGHLIGHTS TO SHARE FOR THAT REPORT FOR THE COMMISSION IN THE FUTURE.

AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

AND IF SO, ARE THERE RESULTS AVAILABLE? WE HAVE TRIED.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL DISCUSSION? I HAVE JUST ONE.

YOU KNOW, WE, UH, THERE, THERE WAS SOME TECHNOLOGY YOU HAD BEEN LOOKING AT ABOUT NOISE DETECTION, PARTICULARLY, UM, IN OUR MIXED USE DISTRICTS.

HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT YET?

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WE HAVE NOT HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PRESENTLY.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SEE IF THAT TECHNOLOGY IS MAYBE MORE APPLICABLE FOR BUSINESSES AND THE NOISE LEVELS THERE BECAUSE IT'S STATIC AND IT'S AN EASIER, SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO, I, I BELIEVE, LEVERAGE THAT RESOURCE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE AND EXAMINE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT EXIST IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, TO SEE WHAT THEIR APPLICATION MIGHT BE IN DUBLIN.

THOSE THAT ARE ATTACHED TO CAMERAS OR THOSE ARE, UM, PARTNERED WITH SOME OTHER RESOURCES TO HELP US FIND THE RIGHT RESOURCE FOR DUBLIN.

UM, BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, LATTANZI WAS ON THE PHONE TODAY, UM, WITH FLOCK TO SEE WHAT TECHNOLOGY THEY MIGHT HAVE AS A, AS A COMPANY WE'VE UTILIZED ALREADY, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF TABER HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, UH, SOME PARTNERS IN, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH STATE IT, UH, IT, IT IS, BUT IT'S OUT ON THE EAST COAST, RHODE ISLAND.

UH, AND THEY HAVE A, A SYSTEM THAT THEY'VE BUILT THEMSELVES.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING OUTTA THE BOX OR OFF THE SHELF.

WE WOULD HAVE TO LEARN FROM, UH, THAT TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE.

IT'S AKIN TO, UH, A SPEED TRAILER, BUT HAS, IS AUGMENTED WITH SOME TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO GATHER INFORMATION ON, ON VEHICLE NOISE.

UM, SO WE'RE STILL EXAMINING THOSE RESOURCES, UM, BUT WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL FIND SOMETHING, UH, THAT WORKS FOR US.

WELL, HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME GREAT ENTREPRENEUR OUT THERE THAT SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER INTO A MARKET.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S STILL ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT THAT, THAT I GET RELATIVE TO POLICING IN THE COMMUNITY IS THE LOUD VEHICLES.

SO YES, I, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

WE'RE STILL WORKING, UH, AND ARE COMMITTED TO IT FOR SURE.

WELL, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, OH, UM, SOMEONE, UH, IF SOME, IF YOU LEAVE YOUR GARAGE DOOR OPEN AND SOMEBODY COMES IN AND STEALS A TENNIS RACKET, THAT'S CONSIDERED BURGLARY, RIGHT? IF THAT GARAGE DOOR IS ATTACHED, OR IF THAT GARAGE IS ATTACHED TO THE HOME, YES, THAT WOULD BE A BURGLARY.

STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

SO BURGLARY IS A REALLY SCARY WORD.

IT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS LEAVING THE GARAGE DOORS OPEN AND SOMETHING JUST MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS 'CAUSE THE NEIGHBOR, THE NEIGHBOR KID BORROWED A HOCKEY STICK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE COST OF SAFETY MODEL ANALYSIS, I THINK IT'S REAL VALUABLE TO SEE WHAT THE COST OF POLICING IS.

UM, BUT AS KATHY MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ALSO NEED TO REALLY BE AWARE OF REVENUE.

AND SO THIS SIX TO 8% OF OVERALL POLICE PERSONNEL BUDGET ALLOCATED TO THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, UM, THE QUESTION OR BRIDGE, BRIDGE PARK RATHER, UM, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO CITY REVENUE? UM, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS EXPECT SORT OF THE, UH, QUID PRO QUO OR, UH, A RETURN OF WHATEVER YOU'RE SPENDING IN POLICING.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, WE'RE GETTING PROPERTY TAX, RIGHT? WHICH ISN'T ENOUGH TO REALLY PAY FOR THE GARBAGE PICKUP AND THE CHIPPER SERVICE.

IT CERTAINLY ISN'T PAYING FOR OUR OFFICERS TO POLICE THOSE AREAS.

WHEREAS THERE MAY BE OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY THAT HA HAVE HIGH CRIME BUT DON'T HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT.

AND I'D BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE REALLY DRILL DOWN ON THOSE AREAS.

UH, IF THERE ARE AREAS IN THE CITY, MAYBE IT'S OUT BY TUTTLE OR, OR SOME OTHER AREA, UM, WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICE REPORTS, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT, I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT.

BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE

[STAFF COMMENTS ]

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I HAVE JUST A FEW UPDATES.

UM, WE HELD OUR FALL NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP MEETING.

WE HAD NEARLY 80 RESIDENTS FROM 40 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION JOIN US FOR A NICE EVENING.

ATTENDEES HEARD UPDATES ON CITY SERVICES, CODE ENFORCEMENT, DOUBLE AND WELLNESS ALLIANCE AND LOCAL TAX INSIGHTS.

THERE WAS ALSO A PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE, INCLUDING A, A POLICE, UH, DRONE DEMONSTRATION IN THE EVENING WRAPPED UP WITH INTERACTIVE ENGAGEMENT STATIONS SO NEIGHBORS COULD CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH STAFF MEMBERS, CITY COUNCIL, AND ALSO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

SO MY THANKS TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, STAFF AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENING FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVERSATION ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 1 61 CORRIDOR GROUP MEETINGS.

WE HELD A SECOND MEETING ON OCTOBER 10TH IN PLAIN CITY.

JAMIE GREEN FACILITATED THAT CONVERSATION ONCE AGAIN, ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR LISTED

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ON THE SCREEN PARTICIPATED AND HAD REPRESENTATION IN THAT DISCUSSION.

THE GROUP WAS PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE LAND USE PLANS FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN, MADISON COUNTY AND DERBY TOWNSHIP.

STAFF FROM EACH OF THOSE ENTITIES WALKED THROUGH OUR LAND USE PLANNING DOCUMENTS FOR THE GROUP'S AWARENESS.

UM, THE GROUP DISCUSSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION AND ALSO POTENTIAL AREAS OF ALIGNMENT.

SO IT WAS A VALUABLE DISCUSSION AND WE ARE PLANNING OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 21ST.

THE STUDY'S FOCUSING ON THE STRETCH OF 1 61 BETWEEN US 42 AND 33.

THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMING YEARS.

AND CURRENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE THAT 1 61 IN ITS CURRENT STATE ALONE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE TRAFFIC VOLUMES THAT WILL BE GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, ODOT S ENGAGED MOR MORSI TO DEVELOP A DRAFT SCOPE FOR A REGIONAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

THIS PLAN WILL LOOK AT WAYS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND NOT JUST RELY ON THE MAIN CORRIDOR.

THE FOCUS OF MORSE'S WORK IS DEVELOPING A NETWORK OF NEW STREETS AND CONNECTIONS TO DISTRIBUTE TRAFFIC, IMPROVE ACCESS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMERCIAL AREAS, AND ALSO REDUCE CONGESTION ON 1 61.

REGIONAL COORDINATION IN THAT EFFORT WILL REMAIN CRITICAL.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE HAVING ROUTINE MEETINGS WITH ALL THE JURISDICTIONS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK ACROSS THE CITY, COUNTY, TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES, UM, SO THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT NEW STREETS, UM, CONNECT AND DEVELOPMENTS ARE ALL CONNECTED, UM, EFFECTIVELY A LOT ACROSS THE CORRIDOR SO THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING MOBILITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION AS WELL AS LONG-TERM GROWTH.

UM, MORSE'S DRAFT, UH, SCOPE FOR THAT WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE PROVIDED TO THE TEAM IN NOVEMBER AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE THROUGHOUT THAT STUDY TO PROVIDE INPUTS FROM THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S PERSPECTIVE WILL STAY INFORMED, UM, AND HELP PARTICIPATE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THAT CORRIDOR.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE EVENING OF GRATITUDE WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 29TH AT THE EXCHANGE THAT WAS RECOGNITION OF ALL OF OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE LEADERS IN OUR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DUBLIN.

WE HELD A GREAT EVENING.

IT WAS FILLED WITH A LOT OF THANKS, UM, AND WE APPRECIATED EVERYBODY'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S VERY NICE, UH, APPRECIATED ALL OF COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR ATTENDING THAT EVENING, AND WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK CHRISTINE NARDIA FOR, UM, AND HER TEAM FOR THEIR WORK IN PLANNING THAT EVENING.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

COMMITTEE REPORTS FINANCE COMMITTEE, MR. KLER, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET ON OCTOBER 21ST TO EVALUATE HOTEL MOTEL, TAX GRANT APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMEND AWARDS.

THIS BRINGS US TO COUNCIL

[COUNCIL REPORTS]

THE COMMITTEE HEARD FROM 27 DIFFERENT APPLICANTS WHO REQUESTED A TOTAL OF $411,788.

THE COMMITTEE'S EVALUATION OF THESE REQUESTS INCLUDED THE RESULTS OF THE SCORING RUBRIC FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THE FORMULA USED FOR SPORTS EVENTS.

THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED GRANT AWARDS TOTALING $253,829, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NOVEMBER 17TH MEETING.

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TABLE.

WE'LL STICK RIGHT DOWN THERE WITH YOU.

ANDY, IF YOU WANNA ROUND TABLE COMMENTS.

I'M GOOD, THANKS.

UM, I'LL BEGIN BY, UH, SAYING THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STAFFER, ALL THE WORK ON THE BUDGET.

IT SEEMS ALMOST ANTI-CLIMATIC TO DO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AFTER ALL OF THE WORK.

UM, IT'S A LOT, UM, AS YOU SAID, $280 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND HOW WE'RE GONNA SPEND IT AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S EVERYBODY IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING US IN THAT DISCUSSION.

UM, AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING THAT TO GREAT USE.

UM, THE EVENING OF GRATITUDE WAS JUST WONDERFUL.

I MEAN, IF, IF YOU WANNA FEEL GOOD, JUST ATTEND THAT EVENT.

IT, IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

SO THANK YOU FOR STAFF FOR DOING THAT.

UM, UM, AND THEN I WOULD JUST, UH, FINALLY SAY AS WE GET READY TO GO TO THE POLLS TOMORROW, I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S AN, IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND IT'S REALLY AN HONOR FOR ANYBODY, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHO GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR ELECTION.

SO I WANNA THANK ALL THE CANDIDATES, UM, FOR RAISING THEIR HAND.

AND, UM, I'LL SEE YOU ALL AT THE POLLS TOMORROW.

OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CITY WHO SHOWED UP AT THAT EVENT, BUT JUST WHO SHOW UP AT ALL OF OUR EVENTS AND FOR OUR CITY.

I JUST WANNA THANK, EVER I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE NIGHT OF GRATITUDE.

I WAS OUT OF TOWN, BUT I WANNA THANK ALL

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AND OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA THANK CHRISTINE AGAIN FOR THE GRATITUDE EVENING.

AND THEN I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU THAT WE DID HAVE A VERY ACTIVE THEATER PROGRAM HERE GOING ON.

THERE'S THREE GREAT PLAYS COMING UP, AND ONE IS THE WITCHES OF NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 7TH, EIGHTH, 14TH, 15TH.

THAT'S GONNA BE FOLLOWED BY SOMETHING YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN MIGHT WANNA SEE.

UH, FROZEN JUNIOR, NOVEMBER 21ST, 22ND, UH, AGES SIX AND UP.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE GREAT ONE, THE CHRISTMAS CAROL STARTING DECEMBER 12TH AND 13TH, 18TH, AND 20TH.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO, WANT TO GET OUT, IT'S CLOSE.

AND WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

SO SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF, REALLY, THAT WE OVERLOOK.

AND, UH, GET OUT AND VOTE.

UH, AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING LIKE A RECORD, UM, YEAH, GO OUT AND VOTE IT.

IT'S, UH, NOT AN EASY THING TO DO TO PUT YOUR NAME ON A BALLOT AND GO OUT AND, AND ASK PEOPLE TO SUPPORT YOU.

AND, UM, SO I THINK ALL OF THE CANDIDATES, THE INCUMBENTS INCLUDED FOR, FOR PUTTING THAT VERY DIFFICULT FOOT FORWARD.

IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.

AND I HOPE EVERYONE WILL EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC DUTY AND GO VOTE AND, UH, LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

'CAUSE IN A LOCAL ELECTION, LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE VOTE COUNTS.