The Dayton City Commission met on September 23, 2026, at 9:34 AM EDT. The meeting included presentations on water department partnerships and bond issuance, approval of multiple emergency bond ordinances, and public testimony on transparency, surveillance, local supply chains, and property ownership. All legislation passed unanimously, and the commission moved into executive session to discuss personnel.
The Dayton City Commission meeting will now come to order. Would you all please rise for the indication and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance? This morning, the invocation will be given by Commissioner Chris Shaw. Dear God, in these trying times, help us to reach those in need. Bless this commission with vision to lead and the ability to make a difference. Amen. One nation under INDIS. Liberty and Justice Raw. All right. Ms. McClendon, may we please have a roll call this morning? Mayor Turner Sloss. Aye. Commissioner Joseph. Aye. Shaw. Aye. Aye. Beckham. May I have a motion to approve the minutes of the September 16th, 2026 meeting? So moved, John. Second the motion, Your Honor. It has been properly moved and seconded to approve the minutes of the September the 16th, 2026 meeting. All in favor say aye. All opposed say no. Any abstentions? Ms. McClendon, are there any communications or petitions this morning? There are none, Your Honor. Ms. McClendon, are there any additions, additions, deletions or comments to the calendar this morning? I have none, Your Honor. Mr. Parlet, are there any additions, deletions, or comments to the calendar this morning? Uh Your Honor, I have no additions or deletions, but I do have a few uh lengthy comments to make on calendar items as well as two presentations on calendar items. Okay. So uh first uh comment from me uh relative to calendar item A2, uh contract with uh Dayton Energy Collaborative. It's 103,000 dollars, uh 100,000 for repairs and three thousand dollars to the Dayton Energy Collaborative for staff time and developing this program. This funding was received from AES as part of uh public PUCO uh rate case settlement. Majority of AES settlement dollars, 3.3 million dollars has been sub-awarded to Dayton Home Repair Network partners already uh who primarily serve low to moderate income homeowners, as you're aware. Uh this funding is to pilot a program uh to improve tenant conditions by supporting home repairs and energy efficiency projects for 10 renter occupied homes. These eligible homes have been selected after several months of community outreach and are owned by small local landlords, those of who own fewer than 10 units, rent to families, or live locally. Home repairs will be up to $10,000 each and will be carried out by licensed contractors paid directly by the Dayton Energy Collaborative. Projects will focus on repairs that make homes more energy efficient to lower tenant utility bills, or projects that address health and safety issues that impact tenants and prevent the home from being weatherized. Most selected homes will be weatherized by Miami Valley Community Action Partnership, uh leveraging additional non-city funding. Landlords and tenants will be required to attend a training on rights and responsibilities, home maintenance, and will develop a communication agreement. So I thought that would be a particular interest uh to this body. Uh additionally, uh uh quite costly agreement in A6, uh 1.4 million dollar agreement with proficient information technologies, otherwise known as PyTech. Uh, you're probably more familiar with hearing that. Um the 2023 agreement was a three-year monetization project, not a permanent operating agreement for the new BPD records management software.