The dates and city commission meeting will 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 Joseph.

Thank you, ma'am.

Dear Lord, thank you for your many blessings.

Give us the strength and humility to touch the dying, the poor, the lonely, and the unwanted, according to our graces.

Let us work to lift all together.

Amen.

Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

And to the Republic for which we stand nation under God.

May we please have a roll call this morning?

Mayor Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Beckham.

May we please have a motion to excuse the uh absence of Commissioner Beckham?

So moved.

Second the motion.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

It has been properly moved and seconded to excuse the absence of Commissioner Beckham.

May I have a motion to approve the minutes of the March 4th, 2026 meeting, please?

So moved, yeah.

Second your motion.

It has been properly moved and seconded to approve the minutes of the March 4th, 2026 meeting.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Ms.

Blackshare, are there any communications or petitions this morning?

I have none, Your Honor.

Thank you, Ms.

Blackshare.

And from my understanding, we have one presentation this morning.

I'll like to call to the podium, Ms.

Jasmine.

Excuse me.

Yes, Ms.

Jasmine Jones for the semi-annual independent accountability audit report.

Good morning, Ms.

Jones.

Good morning.

Thanks, Steve.

Ms.

Mayor, Commissioners, good morning.

This is the first semi-annual report of the Independent Accountability Auditor of 2026, and we will be reporting on the activities and data from the second half of 2025.

So in review, the uh duties of the independent accountability auditor include reviewing um police misconduct complaints, auditing the citizen complaint process and the discipline process, producing reports, and providing recommendations to training procedure and um policy.

We also sit in on the community appeals board hearings.

Oh, sorry.

We also sit in, can you hear me better?

Sorry.

We also sit in on the community appeals board hearings, and we work with the policy review committee of the police department.

So before we um review some of the citizen complaints, I just want to give a refresher of the two different types of citizen-generated complaints.

So first you have a complaint receipt, and that is a complaint that can be resolved relatively quickly.

Um so it could be something that um is very easy to work out with the complainant, or it is a complaint that really isn't for the police department, such as a complaint against a neighbor.

Um and then you have a citizen complaint, and that's something that requires more than a cursory investigation, and we will be focusing more on the citizen complaints.

So before we look at this second half of the year, I just want to provide data for the entire year of 2025.

Um looking just at the citizen complaints, there were a total of 30 originating events and 116 specific alleged complaints.

And just to break that down for everyone, there could be one incident, so one traffic stop where there are multiple complaints within the one traffic stop, and it could be against one officer, multiple officers.

So looking at the data from 2021 to 2025, you can see that overall there has been a de a decrease in the number of complaints received.

Um there was an increase from 2024 to 2025, but I just want to point out that the most important thing here is that most of these complaints, at least for 2025, were unfounded or the officer was found to be exonerated.

Only three percent of these complaints were sustained.

So even though that number may seem high, most of those complaints were not sustained.

So looking at the second half of the year, there were 18 originating events and 64 specific alleged complaints, and those are the two numbers that we'll be looking at for the rest of the reports.

Um so when there's an investigation, there are four different types of dispositions.

One is exonerated, and that is when the there's evidence to show that the act did take place, but it was justified lawful or proper.

It's unfounded if there is no evidence that the act actually occurred or not sustained where there is not enough evidence to either prove or disprove the allegations.

So looking at the specific alleged complaints for the second half of the year, here's a breakdown of the dispositions.

So an example of an unfounded complaint.

Someone can say a police officer slammed my car door.

And when we were reviewing the body worn camera footage, we can see that at no time did the police officer even touch that person's door.

So 58% of these complaints are similar in that nature.

Then you have 34 of the complaints that were exonerated.

So the act occurred, but it was justified.

3%, as I said, were sustained.

And I just want to point out that there was one where there was no finding.

But we worked with the PSB to request that all uh complaints do have a finding, even if they're referred to mediation.

So we also took the time to review the unfounded complaints just to ensure that they actually were unfounded.

Um there were 37 specific alleged complaints that were determined to be unfounded by the police department.

Um and they originated from 12 different events.

Um the complaints were alleged against 20 officers, and there is a list on the board of all the different types of allegations.

In our review, we determined that 32 out of the 37 were unfounded.

Three were determined to be exonerated, so the act did occur, but it was justified.

And two of the complaints are under review, and the only reason that they're under review is because the video files where we were having trouble accessing them.

So it has nothing to do with whether or not um the acts actually occurred.

We also reviewed the sustained complaints, and um the three percent actually equals to two of the specific alleged complaints being sustained.

Um both complaints were alleged against two different officers from two different events.

In review of both of these complaints, um, we were able to see that the investigations into both complaints did take place within the um allotted time from the policy, which is less than 90 days.

Um and we reviewed the discipline that was issued and we determined that the issue the discipline in both cases was appropriate.

And now for some reports.

So looking at the hours of time or the hours spent by the IAA last year, um, we tried to balance our time with the investigations, with reports, with working with staff on different um matters.

Um here you will see that nine percent of our time was spent in training and onboarding, and that's simply because of the transition of this department um earlier in last year.

We also received reports of critical incidents.

Um, and in the second half of last year, we received two reports of officer-involved shootings, one in July, one in December.

There were a total of three uh critical incidents that were reported in all of last year.

We also reviewed the investigation timelines for the citizen complaints, and as mentioned, um these investigations should take place in less than 90 days unless there is a request for an extension.

So most of them, 17 did take place within 90 days, and the one that did not, there was a proper request for an extension and it was granted.

And that was due to uh a question that required legal.

Um also in our last report, there was one investigation that took 144 days, and we did look into that, and we realized that the reason was there was a transition in someone's role, so it got lost in somebody's inbox.

Um, but that was addressed.

And lastly, we do not have any formal recommendations at this time.

However, we are working with staff on some of the action items that were presented in our last report.

Um we do want to take the time to acknowledge uh the collaboration between the professional standards bureau and the mediation center staff on improving the citizen letter process to ensure that these letters are being delivered in a timely and organized manner.

Um we are also continuing to look at the this process to see if there's any other areas of improvement.

Um we are also analyzing um the um we're still analyzing the discourtesy and disrespect complaints um just to see if there are areas that we can improve the application of um de-escalation techniques and interactions that do not involve use of force to see if there's areas that we could possibly improve policy procedure or technique.

And that concludes our report.

If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them.

Thank you, Ms.

Jones.

Commissioner.

Commissioner Fairchild, do you have any questions or comments?

No, thank you for the update, and I appreciate it.

I was curious if there is a trend in terms of the we can see the trend that of the complaints coming down.

And so there's a question about, you know, at one time we were doing a very good job of making it more accessible.

Have we gotten away from those practices or is there another explanation for why those complaints have come down?

And then um secondly the 3% was sustained.

I assume that was for the last six months of um last year.

Do we know what it was for the whole year and how that um how that looks over the the period over like a three-year period?

I can provide that report of what that looks like.

Um I do I can tell you that most of the time it is low.

It's a very low number.

Right.

Okay.

Thank you.

Commissioner Shellman.

I'm good.

Thanks for the report.

Appreciate it.

Thank you.

Commissioner Joseph?

I'm very excited.

I always love to hear from you.

This is a great second report from you all.

Uh, you've done a great job.

Uh actually before I start to address uh Commissioner's concern, I can assure you that uh we have not slacked off on our efforts to outreach uh or to reach out.

Uh we've done a good job.

We've made it even more accessible.

We've worked internally to make sure that our the internal stakeholders are communicating well to make sure that no complaint is dropped.

Uh she mentioned a moment ago they improved uh citizen letter process.

There are some difficulties with getting them out in a timely manner with the information that was contained and they've worked hard to sort of patch that up.

So uh those efforts to r to do uh appropriate outreach and communication have continued and gotten better.

So that's why I'm very excited to see that slope downwards still when we put this process into place, that's exactly what we hoped would happen, and it is that uh we made it the process more acceptable, more accessible, made it easier for folks to complain.

Uh and still the numbers are coming down.

So I'm really happy.

I want to thank uh police and mediation center, uh folks on the cab, uh everyone has worked together very well to to do this very vital work, and I'm thrilled to see that that it's coming down like it has.

I want to congratulate you so far on your work.

I can tell you that uh the way you've done it and the way you're reporting out is in line with the vision of myself and Brandon McLean, my co-chair of the committee that put this into place.

Uh and my my goal is that within a year or two now, uh you and your colleagues will be comfortable even more comfortable with the process and able to uh maybe even start to predict where things might go wrong or cases that might be particularly problematic so we can head them off.

Uh I I've told CAV many times that my hope is that we do so well that we put them out of business that no cases end up being coming to CAB because we're doing such a good job before that.

So uh I think this is an excellent report.

I'm very happy with your progress.

Uh, as we get better over the next couple of years, I'd like to see uh uh and I'm not even sure how to measure that actually, but I'd like to see maybe just with the number of cases coming to CAB uh for the right reasons.

You know, I maybe I'd like to see a decrease of those.

But that's for the future.

For now, you're doing a great job, and I really appreciate your efforts.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Jones, for being here this morning.

Um a number of my questions you've already answered, but I would like to pull on that thread just a little bit.

Commissioner Joseph, you mentioned that there has been some improvements made and you all have identified where uh again there may be a gap in services in terms of the uh the correspondence getting out in a timely manner.

What are some of those remedies and how you were able to uh make those improvements?

So you go ahead.

Do you do you want to take action?

Do you know those do you if you have more detail you can do?

I don't know offhand exactly what the change is.

Uh I may add uh something here.

Um I think the involvement of the mediation center and them being the intake one of the main intake resources has been extremely helpful.

Um so that was a change twenty three-ish uh I think twenty-two maybe.

Um but that that has definitely improved the chain of communication and the flow of a complaint to a resolution.

Okay.

And just just to add to that, so the letters were coming from the police department, um, but now there is going to be the mediation will work with every single investigation to be like a second check to make sure those things are happening.

Okay.

Thank you.

And how how are they lodged?

Like is there are there how are they internally lodged, these complaints?

What's the process?

How can someone make a complaint?

Yes.

And they lodged this so there you can do it online.

You can go you can go in person.

You can call there are a variety ways of of um of uh making a complaint.

Okay.

And there is a an internal case log that keeps everything a record electronically.

Okay.

And then they I would assume a complaint can receive a hard copy of that complaint itself or is it also sent to them electronically what's the record of receipt is what I'm asking on how that complaint is found.

You send them a letter to acknowledge the complaint.

After sometimes there's a call even right away it it it definitely depends because some complaints are made in person so it's not a formal complaint but every single complaint is treated as a complaint.

So it's it's a different process if someone uses the portal versus there's an interaction in person and they say I want to speak to a supervisor.

Okay.

So it it is a little bit different each time.

Okay.

Thank you.

And then um if you would could you go back to one of the slides where you uh listed listed a number of the some of the complaints I mean one it really highlighted like the level of um courtesy professionalism.

Yes here please thank you.

Thank you very much for highlighting this particular uh chart and mentioning in the towel end of your briefing that there is additional um reviews that are being done in terms of how to prove improve the level of services whether it is de escalation tactics or training so that was one of my questions so I really appreciate you speaking to that.

And then the other piece that I wanted to ask is you mentioned that there was one complaint that got lost in the shelf or whatever have you and you said that has been mitigated.

What are those practices to mitigate that particular case that was lost in a shuffle.

So now that the mediation center is involved there that's a second line of control.

All right thank you Ms.

Jones appreciate your presentation this morning Ms.

Blackshire are there any additions deletions or comments to the calendar this morning?

I have none Your Honor.

Thank you.

Mr.

Parlay are there excuse me any additions, deletions or comments to the calendar this morning?

Your Honor I have no additions or deletions nor do I have comments to the calendar however I would like to provide a little bit of contextual information relative to concerns from the community about some enforcement action we've taken in the last couple of weeks to a property address 21 through 29 West Street here in Dayton that has affected consequentially some tenants of that property and I'd like to ask Director of planning neighborhoods and development Mr.

Steve Gondel to provide you with some factual information relative to the timeline of our interactions.

Thank you for bringing that forward Mr.

Pollet I appreciate it.

Good morning sir.

Good morning mayor commissioners Deputy City Manager Clerk Steve Gondel, Director of Planning Neighbors and Development So thank you uh for having uh me today to talk uh just a little bit about this whole process and what has occurred around the life safety efforts and the structural deficiencies of this property at 21-29 West First Street.

I want to thank you know this is an effort that involves uh the fire department, my department, which also includes our our news and abatement team, our building services division, the city manager's office, civil engineering out of public works, as well as our partners at the downtown data partnership.

So everything kind of started back on uh February 12th when fire responded to the uh structure uh for a fire that when they got there it was extinguished but as they were in the structure they realized there was significant structural deficiencies in there that alerted them uh to get a kind of second opinion from my group and so um we were um brought in um on on the 19th uh we went in with uh like I mentioned our uh one of our building inspectors our staff from our news statement team as well as our chief building official um to look at the issues and noted that uh there was uh concrete falling electrical hazards um and you know the biggest issue was that building was still being used for a parking garage and as cars are moving in there there was uh concrete falling and there was exposed rebar.

Um on the 20th of February we went and we started to notify the businesses again through the help of the CMO office and our partners at downtown Dayton partnership uh understanding what we believe to be uh considerable concerns with the integrity of the building we are trying to then kind of get ahead of what we knew was coming what would be the the forced vacation and so um asked the downtown partnership to work with the businesses to find temporary space um while we worked with the owner of the building to um kind of understand how they were going to go about addressing these issues.

And so um asked the downtown partnership to work with the businesses to find temporary space um while we worked with the owner of the building to um kind of understand how they were going to go about addressing these issues.

Uh Monday on February 23rd, uh we had a public nuisance order was officially posted on the building as well as sent to the owner, Paul Hutchins, uh, via certified mail.

Uh on Wednesday, the 25th of February, we met with the property owner who decided to retain uh Shell and Meyer, a structural engineering firm here in Dayton uh to assess and develop uh repair plans for the structure so that it could reopen.

On Tuesday, March 3rd, uh temporary barricades were erected to block off the entire parking garage for safety, understanding that that was the most critical issue that was causing the deterioration as cars were moving through there.

Um on the 4th of March, I received a voicemail from the owner indicating uh his willingness to work with us and the tenants to both uh move promptly on the survey, the assessment of the building as well as immediate repairs.

Like so we're kind of asking him concurrently, like it's gonna come back with needs.

He he understood there's needs.

So it's like working aligning up your contractors to get ready to start um with that.

Uh and then on March 6th, Friday that we met, the city met with the owner of Rabbit Hole Books, discussed management of the process, um, as well as trying uh arranging a meeting with the salon owner uh as well.

But again, we're encouraging the owner of the structure to communicate with the tenants uh because our process requires us to work with the owner, uh, but we are in a side pattern uh supporting the tenants through our means with the partnership and the city manager's office.

So what are we um doing?

So um, you know, there's what the big thing we're working is with the owner to manage the communications with his tenants uh to convey um everything that he's doing to get them reopened.

And so we're looking at some, you know, uh immediate things, and and so we do believe that the bookstore probably has the the soonest return to operations.

Um the owner was working with civil engineering to get a scaffolding permit.

Uh there is loose bricks falling off the front of the building.

So not only do we have an uh uh internal structural issue, there is masonry issues on the front.

And so by erecting that scaffolding, that would allow the bookstore to resume operations.

Unfortunately for the salon, the structural issues associated with it are so severe that that that delay is going to be much longer, which is why they've been working closely with DDP on alternate spaces.

So and that's going to take pretty significant repairs of the structure internally before they would be able to allow to return.

And so one of the things that we're working on is just trying to keep the communication as much as we can with all the partners.

You know, on my end, with all of our colleagues here at the city, but with the owner, the tenants, DDP, um, so that everybody's on the same page as to actions being taken.

Again, he did complete the structural engineering survey.

Uh I believe we he well, that survey would go to the owner.

So the owner will receive that.

That will be submitted with his application for repair.

Um but the owner's been in great great with us with communicating.

So once that returns, he will have a clear idea of what he needs to tackle first, second, third, so on.

So just gonna kind of continue to keep those lines of communications open with everybody and working with the owner to get those repairs underway immediately.

So with that, I will pause my remarks and take any questions you all might have.

Thank you.

I appreciate the the um high level review.

Commissioner Fairchild.

Yeah, no, thank you for the update, and I'm sure many citizens will be glad to um see the steps that have been taken.

Um I just kind of a broader question.

We had the wind damage to the what is it, the um 40 North Main building.

Now we've had this building.

Are there and we know center city, you know, has to be protected.

Are there where are we in building inspections that we know the the qual, you know, are there other existing issues in other buildings around downtown?

It's a great question.

So actually, we had our downtown team do a sweep of downtown buildings back in August.

And so we have compiled, and again, first step is outreach to the owners, notifying them that there are issues with their structure, varying degrees.

Uh, please call meet with us to start that path.

So we we try to go through communications first of let's talk about what we see how you can go about remitting it.

But um that sweep did there were a number of structures that were picked up in that in that sweep of varying degrees of structural uh deterioration or deficiency.

And so um I'm really grateful for my team that's been doing that.

I unfortunately there have been a number of there are a number of structures downtown that have been kind of neglected, and so we're um moving on really trying to work with those owners to make those improvements and uh again, we want to get to them before we have to get to these emergency vacations.

So we we want to make sure other building owners act upon our offer to work with us ahead so we don't get to this point.

Was this building identified in that August suite this building has been identified over time if you might recall a car went through the front we we had to actually take emergency actions a year or two ago to remove a sign that was falling again that the owner neglected to respond to and life safety we went and uh used one of our contracts to remove that it has been um there have been issues with this structure prior to this with notifications from our team about the conditions.

Great thank you thank you for and thank you for that deeper thank you understanding thanks for the that's the question that I had I was just trying to make sure that you're out in front of it sounds like you are so thanks for the report.

Thank you Commissioner Commissioner Joseph I think I just want to say that I've gotten a number of emails and questions about this I appreciate you going through this and I hope folks listening understand better what the process is thank you Steve thank you.

No thank you I echo my uh colleagues uh comments you're right on point um and from my understanding to your point that there has been some some longstanding concerns with the building and I really appreciate the level of commitment that you and your staff have provided in terms of making sure that communications is in fact um executed to the fullest extent so again kudos to you and your staff and I hope that we can continue on that path and so just for my understanding and everyone else's at this juncture the owner Mr Hutchins has reported or has um submitted the report the structure engineering report or are we still in limbo for that report and then once we have the stamp the engineering stamp then he we will be issued for the permitting is that correct so uh he has uh he has retained uh the firm they've done the assessment they have not drafted a report but they've I believe they've communicated with the owner the concerns um that report will be submitted with the applic the the building application so um because he he has uh paid for that we don't have access to we can't get that until he brings that to the uh with his application but he has been good he's been forthcoming with communicating the feedback from the engineering firm about hey although it's not done there they are agreeing that it's this this and this and so he'll he'll submit that with the application for the masonry repair how he's going to go about the internal structural repair to address the exposed rebar um you know I I I think and I can't speak for the owner but I imagine his goal will be is how to reopen the businesses while realizing that reopening the parking garage is probably going to be either long term or maybe abandoned because of the the sheer nature of bringing that back up I don't know how he's gonna approach that but I do believe that he is trying to make the initial efforts to support the businesses returning to operations.

Okay thank you and one last question and thank you Commissioner for posing the question in terms of like if there was any prior concerns whatever have you in the level of detail or the the process in which the city has their assessments for the sweeps in downtown dating businesses.

So with that was what does that look like?

Are there correspondence is it a physical assessment and then are there any uh provisions in place meaning are there resources a level of support that can assist the local businesses in the downtown area doing this sweep.

Uh so I could probably provide it to city manager's office in terms of from the sweep what was the outcomes they were all very they're a little bit different not all of them were uh requiring legal orders or whatnot but um kind of breaking down which properties were identified um and you know kind of the next steps that we took and then from there depending on the the the situation of the building the ownership structure whether there are resources available or not uh for that it would just I think it's a it's a building by building issue and and you know for some of them we're seeing there's stuff already underway right so um we don't have to worry about center city anymore I mean because that's another that's a project that's underway um some other ones that are currently being addressed but uh and I would say we did get some some of them to kind of finally come to us to start the dialogue around okay what I need to do but I'll give that full uh accounting to the city manager's office to dispersed to the commission.

Thank you sir I really appreciate it.

Thank you Mr.

Parlette for bringing that forward.

Okay thank you all thank you Mr.

Gondel uh your honor that's all I have this morning Ms.

Uh Miss Blackshare, are there any citizens that are registered to speak this morning on calendar items?

There are none, Your Honor.

Thank you.

Commissioners, are there any comments on the city manager's recommendations this morning, Commissioner Fairchild?

Do you have any comments?

Commissioner Shaw.

No, no.

All right.

None.

May I have a motion to approve the city manager's recommendations?

Mayor, I move that we adopt the city manager's recommendations.

Second.

It has been properly moved and seconded to approve the city manager's recommendations.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Legislation, Ms.

Black Share.

First reading resolution number 6922-26.

Authorizing the real properties located at eight addresses in the city of Dayton, Ohio, for the acceptance of electric vehicle EV chargers.

Second reading ordinance number 32179-26 to vacate the alley south of St.

Charles Avenue from 20 feet east of the alley east of Orange Street to Crichton Avenue.

Mayor Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Ordinance number 32179-26 has passed with four votes in favor.

Thank you, Miss Black Chair.

Second reading resolution number 6920-26.

Authorizing the city manager or her designee to apply for, accept, and execute a state and tribal assistance grant administered by the United States Environmental Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, on behalf of the City of Dayton for upgrades to the Dayton Water Quality Laboratory Project in the amount not to exceed four million dollars.

Mayor Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Fairchild.

Aye.

Resolution number 690-26 has been adopted with four votes in favor.

Thank you, Ms.

Blackchair.

Second reading, resolution number six nine two one-two six.

Honorarily naming Madison Street between First Street and Third Street as Amy C.

Walbridge Way for a two-year period.

Mayor Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Commissioners Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Fairchild.

Aye.

Resolution number 6921-26 has been adopted with four votes in favor.

That concludes the legislation, Your Honor.

Thank you, Ms.

Blackshare.

Ms.

Blackshare, are there any citizens that are registered to speak?

Your Honor, three citizens have registered to speak.

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To the audience in attendance, please be mindful.

This is a business meeting, and we kindly request that during this portion of the meeting, you refrain from any hand clapping, finger snapping, and conversations that will prevent the city commission from hearing the speaker's comments.

My name is Darell Lee, 1903, Easter Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45403, apartment 19.

They just blackmailing um black and white, the kids and the parents.

I'm trying to get them home when the case was gone.

And by law, criminals get a second chance.

What I have did in the state of Ohio to prove not um to prove that I'm not a good father.

And if criminals can prove to the judges and probation and parole, so why the rail can prove um to the agency of Montgomery County Children's Services that I'm a good father?

Um I want to know that.

Why is they blackmailing saying that all we're gonna wait to the kids disproven um evidence in my right hand evidence in my left hand prove that my girls you know want a dad or mom?

Just think about it.

If y'all was in my shoes, what would you guys do?

Or um even if I mean you weren't in my shoes, what would you do to um get your children or I mean you would try your best?

I mean, just like a criminal if a criminal wanna try to stay out of jail, or the um state get paid for criminals to get um housed in prisons, so my kids basically getting paid the state want to get paid for money.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon over my hand.

I'm not rich.

All the lawyers are attained to or provide um they wanted $10,000 or more.

I'm just wondering why the state, um, no one you guys can go um invest yourself.

Ask the caseworkers uh about the Ray Lee or ask to see his kids, um the real Darriel Lee and Darriana Lee.

Ask to see them, I ask them do they want to see their dad or father?

So if they kids say, Oh, I want to see dad, they stopping that because I'm trying my best to tell my kids I'm not lying, not to get them home.

Our father who are in heaven, and plus we all God's children.

So just think about God provide these children for me.

I'm not a criminal, our father who are in heaven, how to obey our name, our kingdom come, that will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespass and forgive those who trespass against us, believe us in not in temptation, but deliver us from evil, for God is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.

But can we just talk about criminals get a second chance?

Thank you, Mr.

Lee.

Yusuf Al Zayn.

Good morning, Mayor, Commissioner, Deputy City Manager, Yusuf Al Zayn, 4906, Amberwood Drive, Dayton, Ohio.

Uh Dayton's name carries global significance because of the peace accord that was signed in 1995.

It was created because Dayton became a place willing to call for peace.

Today the world is once again witnessing immense human suffering, wars in regions including Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Ukraine, to name a few.

Continue to take the lives of innocent civilians, families are losing loved ones, children are growing amid violence, and the human cost of war continues to rise.

Recent reports circulating have raised troubling questions about whether fragments of a weapon used in a deadly strike on a girls' school in Iran may include components manufactured in the Dayton region.

Investigation are still verifying the details, but the conversation itself raises an important moral question for our community.

How does Dayton wish to be remembered?

As a city commit connected to the machinery of war, or as a city where name became synonymous for peace.

The concern from the commission was raised that such resolution may have little impact.

But Dayton's legacy was never about authority, it was about moral readership.

If Dayton does not raise its voice during moments of global crisis, the story of Dayton as a city of peace risks becoming little more than historic symbolism.

However, if Dayton issues a communique, encouraging dialogue and inviting warning parties to pursue negotiations, the city would be honoring the spirit that once helped bring peace to Bosnia, one of the worst ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Europe.

Dayton's history gives this community a responsibility as well as a legacy.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Al Zayn.

Good morning, everybody.

Good morning, Mr.

Watzenza.

Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim brothers and sisters.

Name and address for the records.

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

Your name and address for the record.

My name is Kimaru Watenza.

I live at 1200 West Grand Avenue, Dayton, Ohio.

Thank you.

Fourth Amendment to our Constitution says that the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.

When I was here last, um, I brought this up and I asked uh what is the Dayton police's plan to um um protect its uh people from rogue ice agents, and that's the best I can describe them.

And um he said that the supremacy cause uh did not allow uh Dayton police to um to protect us, and that is simply not true.

The supremacy uh clause essentially states that federal law supersedes state laws if there's a conflict.

There is no conflict.

Um federal law um 18 USC 1201 is uh a law against kidnapping.

State law, Ohio revised code 2901.01 um is the stat Ohio statute against kidnapping.

There is no conflict.

Therefore, um my question is what is the Dayton police's plan to protect the people of Dayton from lawless ice agents?

And if you were listening, it uh the Fourth Amendment does not say citizens, it says people.

So all of us should be protected, and the police should be directed to formulate a plan if they have not already done so.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Watzenza.

Mayor, that concludes the speakers.

Thank you, Ms.

Black Chair.

Mr.

Pallett, do you have any closing comments?

I have none, Your Honor.

Okay.

Thank you.

Uh Commissioner Beck um excuse me.

Commissioner Fairchild.

Thank you.

Um just a couple of comments to thank you for the citizens who came and spoke, and um Mr.

Elzine, I was thinking of your comments and um I saw those reports circulating, and I'm mindful that we have Right Passion Air Force Base in our community and many um businesses that work um with right pat.

Um so certainly um we are gonna have roles into our uh common defense.

But I think as any lethal weapon um is the responsibility of the user that really needs to be examined.

And I think when an administration changes the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, um, it suggests that that's an administration that has taken a different view of how to responsibly use lethal force um, quite frankly, in the nation and beyond.

And so I think there's a a place for us to continue to lift our voice to say what kind of nation we want to be and um and to hold the administration accountable for the actions it takes in the international um international environment, particularly around issues of war.

And so we look forward.

I think this commission has spoken consistently about um advocating for peace and for bringing parties together and using diplomacy, and I think that's consistent with who we want to be.

Um it may be time to look to issue.

I think one of the conversations we've had is can we have a broad statement that we make that we can use because it's it's really hard, particularly given the pace of this administration to stay on top of all of the um all of the international actions that um go against the the values that we advocate for.

So thank you for raising your questions.

Um Mr.

Wattenza, um I've asked the law department to give us some guidance on what we can and cannot do.

I'll um circle back around to see when that guidance might be coming around some of the very issues that you've raised.

So thank you for continuing to be uh a voice for those issues.

Um I have some some general comments.

Um I want to start with one that I need to be very careful how I say this.

We are all familiar with Charlie Sims, who is an active developer in our community.

His father, who's also named Charles Sims, um, passed away um a week ago.

And he um reading through his obituary, um, not only was he a home builder, he was active in his church.

Um he was a member of Oakwood City Council, and then he was also a county commissioner.

And as a county commissioner, he helped to form the RTA.

So I asked that we take a moment of silence for uh Charles Sims.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'd also like to recognize uh Deputy Police Chief Eric Henderson for his selection to leadership Ohio.

That's a great opportunity for him, but also a recognition of the hard work that he provides and um the leadership he's already provided and gives him opportunity to uh make a broader impact with his leadership, and we're um very glad for that.

Um I want to check with my colleagues.

Do any of you have the legal clinic at Fairview in your comments?

Nope.

Okay.

Uh Hillview Neighborhood Association will be having a free legal um clinic this Saturday from 10 to noon, and you can um just show up at Fairview Nine Methodist Church if you have questions and they'll be glad to listen to you and um give you some advice on whether um your issues have merit and how best to proceed.

Um this Saturday is Civic Saturday, a new initiative focused on fighting community isolation.

You can meet other members of your local community to foster civic power and hear from some of your local leaders.

The meeting will be held in the Eichelberger Forum at the downtown Dayton Library on uh third street, and that's from 10 to noon as well.

And then um my favorite time of year, Marsh Madness is right around the corner next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Dayton will be the epicenter of um college basketball, and it will also be St.

Patrick's Day, so quite a lively day for down around UD.

Um, but we encourage people to come out for March Madness and finally want to uh congratulate the Rice State Raiders who punched their ticket last night and they will be dancing.

So all right.

Thank you.

I apologize, excuse me, Commissioner Shaw didn't mean this up on you, but I uh skipped over Ms.

Black Share.

That's why I was struggling with the black share in the back of them.

So Ms.

Black Show, do you have any closing comments?

I do this morning.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

There is a work session immediately after the commission meeting in the PRC on the Citizens Assembly.

Thank you.

That is all I have.

Thank you.

Commissioner Shaw.

Well, thank you for your comments, Commissioner, and I too looking forward to uh the report out about uh how we would deal with ICE or uh any of those agencies that come in here and do damage.

I would um I'm glad that you put that forward and I do look forward to reporting that out to the community on well what we would do um ahead of time before they would actually uh arrive.

Um I also want to share a quick opportunity for anyone who may be job searching.

Uh the Dayton Business Journal is hosting the Dayton Works job fair on Thursday, March 19th from 10 to noon at the Dayton Convention Center.

And it's open to the public.

Uh if you are someone you know is currently looking for a job, this could be a great chance for uh to connect with local employers.

And for questions, email Paige Turkleson at Pete Turkleson at Bizjournals.com.

Um that's all I have.

Thanks.

All right, thank you, Commissioner.

Commissioner Gelstell.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh two things today.

First, I want to relay the the very good news and thank city staff for their work in cleaning up a huge illegal dumping site at 3800 Germantown.

Uh we got 3,000 scrap tires and a bunch of debris.

We've gotten tons of complaints about it.

We've seen it there, it's been huge eyesore, and I want to thank staff for their work.

I also want to uh thank the state.

We got help from a state grant to help us do the cleanup.

Uh there are barriers up.

Uh we have cameras up, so if people start dumping it, we're going to catch them.

So thank you, everybody.

Thank you, Mr.

Barlett.

Please relay our thanks to the staff.

Uh second, uh want to mention that Lyndon Heights neighborhood and surrounding neighbors are having a Highland Park cleanup this Saturday, uh, March 14th at 9 o'clock.

Uh Highland Park is beautiful park.

Uh people sometimes don't respect it much.

Uh so we're doing a uh cleanup pickup, uh spruce up, get ready for spring.

And I will say that I know that uh there will be at least 25 or 30 enthusiastic Carroll High School track team students there helping pick up.

So if you uh are able to make it, be uh you're gonna be in good company.

There's gonna be some energetic and strong young people already working to help you clean it up.

So uh that's Highland Park Highland Park on March 14th this Saturday at night.

So thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Commissioner.

I just have a couple of comments this morning.

I would like to again thank uh my colleagues for their their comments and thank you, Commissioner, for raising Commissioner Fairchild for raising a number of uh of points in regards to our commitment.

Um I think it's safe to say that we are definitely all there and we want to uphold our role in in peace and the leadership we roll the role that we play in the region and just so happen.

Commissioner Joseph and I had a very high level conversation about that and what the next steps are.

So again, and I look forward to the recommendations because uh myself, matter of fact, all of us, uh Commissioner Fairchild, Commissioner Joseph.

I know we sent a number over of best practices to um address the concerns and we actually have a call, a state call coming up next week in regards to like what are some of the best practices and how in fact we can um prepare ourselves for in fact uh the federal enforcement agency for coming in our community and making sure that the people in our in our area and our communities are in fact protected.

So thank you for that.

Um, and I look forward to those recommendations coming before us.

And I know that the law department, many other staff members are working on that.

Um thank you, Ms.

Jones, for the the report this morning, as well as Mr.

Gondo and staff for that high-level review of where we are in terms of the the concerns for 21 through 29 was uh believe it's first street.

Okay.

I have that's correct.

Address correct.

Thank you, Mr.

Parlett.

Thank you to all of the citizens, Mr.

Lee, Mr.

Alzane, and Mr.

Watenza for being here this morning for raising your concerns and your comments.

Um I did not mention last week, and I really want to acknowledge the work of uh the staff of uh Roosevelt Elementary.

They had a wonderful Black History program.

I was back in February to 28.

Um it was phenomenal.

They cover poetry, uh they covered um the Divine Nine, the fraternity sororities, they highlighted a number of um uh individuals in the area locally that that paved the way and that were very um trailblazers, if you will, in the dates and communities.

So kudos to the staff, the faculty, and the the volunteers for the Roosevelt Elementary Black History Program.

The other thing that I didn't mention last week as well is that there were a number of events that took place again to Commissioner Fairchild's Point and Westwood, and that was MBRPC and Westwood Wright uh CDC.

They held an environmental justice training, and it is the Academy for Thriving Communities, and they're talking to just what you were speaking to, Commissioner Joseph, in terms of the illegal dumping and really problem solving and litter contamination and other local environmental and public health issues.

So it was well attended.

Myself and Commissioner Fairchild were there, and they have a series of Saturday sessions that will be taking place.

Um a very, very interesting program, and they are offering a thousand dollars stipend.

So you can even already uh note that the room was full and that there are a number of individuals who are are fully engaged, and so we look forward to continuing to support that initiative with MVRPC and Westwood Wright.

Um see if I have a I have one more comment very briefly.

Life guards, the lifeguard certification class will begin on Monday, March 9th, uh and it will continue through March 14th at the Northwest Recreation Center, located at 1600 Princeton Drive.

The class is free for participants who agree to work for the recreation department after becoming certified.

A pre-skill swim assessment is required prior to enrollment.

For additional information, please visit the recreation department Facebook page or call 937-333-332.

And with no further business to come before the Commission this morning, uh this meeting is now adjourned.