The Vandalia City Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at 7:00 PM. During the session, the Council swore in a new firefighter/paramedic/inspector, introduced four additional new full-time employees, received an update on the Castle Road (Johnson Station) Bridge replacement project, approved a three-year cybersecurity services agreement, and adopted an emergency ordinance regarding individual assessments. All routine consent items were approved without comment.
The Tuesday, January 16, 2024, City of Vandaya Council meeting is now called to order. We'll start with a moment of reflection, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Please stand for the pledge. And to the Republic. Liberty and justice for all. All right, Council, you've had an opportunity to review the study session minutes and the council meeting minutes of December 4th, along with the council study session minutes and the council meeting minutes of December 18th. And finally, the special council meeting minutes of December 21st. Are there any comments or corrections? Being none, they stand approved. And that brings us to communications petitions and awards. And Mr. Went has several introductions, and I'll turn it over to him. Thank you very much, Your Honor, for the opportunity to introduce some of our new employees. There is a swear-in today for firefighter paramedic inspector Cody Teagarden. With your permission, what I'll do is I'll go through all of our new employees and introduce them, and then I'll ask Mr. Teagarden and his wife to come up for his uh ceremonial oath of office. Um, first I have Mr. Cody Teagarden. Please just go ahead and stand up, Cody. Thank you. Uh Cody lives in Troy, graduated from Ansonia and Miami Valley CTC. He's been on the department, Vandalia's department, uh, as a part-timer on and off since 2016. He's a lieutenant at the Bethel Township of Miami County, or was. I guess I didn't ask if you still were. Yes. Okay, and uh has been on the Englewood department, and so really excited to have him join the full-time ranks, and we'll do your swear in in just a moment, sir. Thank you. Uh next I've got up here uh the man in the back corner, Tyler Severance, who's a full-time parks maintenance technician. Uh Tyler is a 2022 Butler High School graduate. He's working on his associates of applied science and business management. Uh he was quite the ball player in high school, and so uh has a very strong back. A lot of guys, they uh they like having Tyler on uh on their crew, uh, is the feedback that I've gotten. And I and I've witnessed in the parks in the summer. So Tyler worked for us part-time, he's done some work at the Rose Music Center, and of course, has worked at done some work at St. Christopher's Catholic Church as well. And so welcome aboard, Tyler. And he's off to already to a good start. Uh and you can go ahead and sit down. Thank you, sir. Uh in the back row, we've got Mr. Daniel Griffith, uh, who's from Troy as well. He's got a bachelor's of science from Clark Summit University. He joined our ranks as a full-time uh public works technician. Uh, earlier this month, he was a laborer at Troy before that. Uh he's got a lot of experience working for himself, doing carpentry, doing plumbing, um, working as a laborer, and so we're glad to have him on board. And uh I'll say, man, I I could have sat with you, I could have sat with you all day during your interview. I feel like you got a lot of really good stories uh that are there, and so Dan, welcome aboard. Tyler Jackson is a Vandalia resident. Uh he lives right across the way from Castle Hills Pool there. Um, sorry, I don't think anyone's gonna follow you home.