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Dayton City Commission Meeting - February 25, 2026

City Commission — Wednesday, February 25, 2026

BodyDayton, Ohio

SessionCity Commission

DateWednesday, February 25, 2026

StatusFILED

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The dates and city commission meeting would now come to order.

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Would you please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance?

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This morning, the invocation will be given by Commissioner Fairchild.

0:18

Oh gracious one, in this season season of fasting and preparation, ready our spirits to receive you, draw us closer to you, pull your spirit upon us, help us, anticipate your will, and guide us.

0:35

Teach us to know what it means to wait upon the Lord, and may we do so readily.

0:42

We ask these things so that we may create a city that has prosperity for all and uh well-being for all.

0:50

Amen.

0:50

Amen.

0:53

Pledge of the flag of the United States of America.

0:58

And to the Republic for one nation under God and indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

1:10

Ms.

1:10

McClendon, may we please have a roll call this morning?

1:14

Mayor Turner Sloss.

1:15

Aye.

1:16

Commissioners Joseph.

1:17

Aye.

1:17

Shaw.

1:19

Bear Child.

1:20

Aye.

1:20

Beckham.

1:23

May I have a motion to approve the minutes for the February the 18th, 2026 meeting, please?

1:29

So move, Your Honor.

1:30

Second the motion, your Honor.

1:32

It has been properly moved and seconded to approve the minutes February the 18th, 2026.

1:38

All in favor say aye.

1:39

Aye.

1:40

All opposed say no.

1:41

Ms.

1:42

McClendon, are there any communications or petitions this morning?

1:46

There are none, Your Honor.

1:48

All right.

1:48

Thank you, Ms.

1:49

McClendon.

1:49

This morning we have a monthly demolition update.

1:52

I'll call to the podium.

1:53

Mr.

1:54

Steve Gondol, please.

2:08

Good morning, Mayor, Commissioner, Commissioner, City Manager, Clerk.

2:13

Steve Gondel, Director for the Department of Planning, Neighborhoods, and Development, with your uh first update of 2026 for the Dayton Recovery Plan Demolition Strategy.

2:23

Today we're going to talk about the January efforts undertaken by our team.

2:29

So in January, we had uh 13 demolitions, all of them are ARPA.

2:33

And I kind of want to point out that when I was looking at it, I was like, what's not bad, it's not great, but I realized how much snow we had and how much time we lost, and the fact that they still got 13 demolitions done, even probably losing half of the month to the snow effort, uh to the snow incident.

2:48

So pretty pretty good progress to start off the year.

2:52

Um and again, all of those are through the ARPA funded uh demolitions.

2:57

Our piles um we did not uh we ended the month we ended 2025 with 22.

3:04

We also had kind of wrapped up all of our previously approved pile contracts.

3:10

And so what we're doing now is as we're focusing on getting the ARPA demolitions uh completed uh by June, we're actually uh writing new pile contracts that will come before the city manager and and you all for your approval.

3:24

So obviously we have more to do, and staff is gonna be working on um getting those properties onto a new contract for 2026.

3:32

So um no piles removed, but none were added in January, which was good.

3:38

And on that note, here is typically our emergency demolition map, and we had none for the month of January.

3:45

Uh here are our 13 demolitions again in those ARPA-focused areas that we have been working in uh probably for the good portion or at least the latter portion of 2025, remaining up and off of that uh North Main corridor, um, and then also to the uh kind of west and northwest portions of Dayton.

4:09

In January, we added 18 properties to the structural nuisance list.

4:13

Sixteen of those were houses, two of those were commercial properties.

4:16

Ten of those were due to blight, two of those, or I'm sorry, eight of those were due to fire damage.

4:22

So uh structure had some kind of incident, did not elevate to have them be an emergency demo, but we have eight properties now that um to some degree have were affected structurally by a fire.

4:37

Our pipeline um we similar to probably last January, we typically get everything kind of ramped up at the end of the year, January starts off slow, and then we start ramping up going into kind of the first quarter.

4:51

So I was looking back, and um this was not uncommon.

4:53

We had a lot of stuff already kind of pushed through at the end of the year, and then already we'll looking kind of ahead at the February numbers.

5:03

So not too concerned uh for the fact that we did not process anything in January.

5:12

Uh some before and afters uh for January 48 West Hudson, uh 241 Delaware in the Santa Clara neighborhood.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting

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Housing Abandonment███████████████████████23%

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Public Safety██████████10%

Education And Workforce Development█████5%

Parks and Recreation████4%

Community Engagement████4%

Mental Health Awareness███3%

Youth Programs███3%

Summary of Proceedings

Dayton City Commission Meeting - February 25, 2026

The Dayton City Commission met on February 25, 2026, at 10:07 a.m. (ET) with all five commissioners present. The meeting included a demolition update, approval of city manager's recommendations, passage of legislation, and two public comments. Key actions included accepting a $7.75 million federal lead hazard reduction grant and purchasing a property for the employee health clinic expansion.

Consent Calendar

Approval of Minutes: Approved the minutes of the February 18, 2026, meeting (unanimous).
City Manager's Recommendations: Approved as a block (unanimous):
- Item 3: St. Vincent Health, Wellness, and Preventative Care Institute service agreement ($85,000) for firefighter fitness program.
- Item 5: Outdoor Enterprise LLC contract for Miami Wellfield Expansion Phase 2 (base bid plus alternates, total $5.6 million).
- Item 7: Lead hazard reduction and healthy homes grant from HUD ($7,750,000).
- Item 32178-26: Purchase of former children's site property for employee clinic expansion ($2.5 million, funded from claims administration reserves). Commissioner Fairchild recused herself on this item due to a conflict of interest.

Public Comments & Testimony

Rose Loungebury (222 Wonderly Avenue, Oakwood, Ohio) introduced herself as a candidate for Ohio State Representative in the 36th District. She expressed support for strong public schools and opposition to the Universal Ed Choice Voucher Program, and called for state support for local government funding and home rule. She requested a meeting with commissioners.
Peggy DeVoice (1310 Willowdale Avenue, Kettering, Ohio) presented the Tech Lab program, which provides digital skills training for adults with developmental disabilities. She sought partnership with the city on digital equity and inclusion initiatives.

Discussion Items

Monthly Demolition Update: Steve Gondol, Director of Planning, Neighborhoods, and Development, reported 13 ARPA-funded demolitions completed in January 2026 despite significant snowfall. No emergency demolitions occurred. Eighteen properties were added to the structural nuisance list (10 blight, 8 fire damage). The year's demolition targets are approximately: 120 ARPA, 70–75 ODOD, and 60–80 CDBG demolitions. The remaining balance from the 2022 goal of 1,168 demolitions is 334. Commissioners inquired about vegetation management, boarding contracts, and follow-up in specific neighborhoods (Westwood, Oxford, Miami Valley Boulevard). Mr. Gondol committed to provide updates.

Key Outcomes

Resolution 6919-26 (Emergency): Authorized acceptance of a $7,750,000 HUD lead hazard reduction grant. Declared emergency (vote: 5-0); passed second reading (vote: 5-0).
Ordinance 32178-26 (Emergency): Authorized purchase of real estate (parcels R72-00806-001, -002, -003, -009) for employee health clinic expansion. Declared emergency (vote: 4-0-1, with Fairchild abstaining); second reading rolls show 5 ayes, but clerk recorded one abstention; final passage unclear. Ordinance passed.
Resolution 6917-26: Declared intention to vacate an alley south of Xenia Avenue (unanimous).
Resolution 6918-26: Declared intention to vacate Vicksburg Street from Maywood Avenue to Maywood Avenue (unanimous).
Other: Commissioners made announcements about Black History Month events, the Adapt Dayton zoning code survey, library resources, and scholarship deadlines.

Meeting Transcript

The dates and city commission meeting would now come to order. Would you please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance? This morning, the invocation will be given by Commissioner Fairchild. Oh gracious one, in this season season of fasting and preparation, ready our spirits to receive you, draw us closer to you, pull your spirit upon us, help us, anticipate your will, and guide us. Teach us to know what it means to wait upon the Lord, and may we do so readily. We ask these things so that we may create a city that has prosperity for all and uh well-being for all. Amen. Amen. Pledge of the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for one nation under God and indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Ms. McClendon, may we please have a roll call this morning? Mayor Turner Sloss. Aye. Commissioners Joseph. Aye. Shaw. Bear Child. Aye. Beckham. May I have a motion to approve the minutes for the February the 18th, 2026 meeting, please? So move, Your Honor. Second the motion, your Honor. It has been properly moved and seconded to approve the minutes February the 18th, 2026. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Ms. McClendon, are there any communications or petitions this morning? There are none, Your Honor. All right. Thank you, Ms. McClendon. This morning we have a monthly demolition update. I'll call to the podium. Mr. Steve Gondol, please. Good morning, Mayor, Commissioner, Commissioner, City Manager, Clerk. Steve Gondel, Director for the Department of Planning, Neighborhoods, and Development, with your uh first update of 2026 for the Dayton Recovery Plan Demolition Strategy. Today we're going to talk about the January efforts undertaken by our team. So in January, we had uh 13 demolitions, all of them are ARPA. And I kind of want to point out that when I was looking at it, I was like, what's not bad, it's not great, but I realized how much snow we had and how much time we lost, and the fact that they still got 13 demolitions done, even probably losing half of the month to the snow effort, uh to the snow incident. So pretty pretty good progress to start off the year. Um and again, all of those are through the ARPA funded uh demolitions. Our piles um we did not uh we ended the month we ended 2025 with 22. We also had kind of wrapped up all of our previously approved pile contracts. And so what we're doing now is as we're focusing on getting the ARPA demolitions uh completed uh by June, we're actually uh writing new pile contracts that will come before the city manager and and you all for your approval. So obviously we have more to do, and staff is gonna be working on um getting those properties onto a new contract for 2026. So um no piles removed, but none were added in January, which was good. And on that note, here is typically our emergency demolition map, and we had none for the month of January.

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