The Vandalia City Council held its regular meeting on Monday, November 18, 2024, beginning at 7:00 PM. Council approved routine items, introduced new staff, authorized a five-year VMware licensing agreement, proceeded with the 2025 budget, adopted a supplemental 2024 emergency appropriation, and approved the October 2024 bills. A council member was excused, and the meeting moved into executive session at the end.
All right, seven o'clock, so let's go ahead and get started with the uh council meeting for November 18th. We'll begin with the uh Pledge of Allegiance, followed by the uh a moment of reflection. I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I'd like to mix it up a little bit, so I did the moment of reflection seconds, so we'll do that now. All right, thank you. No more mistakes. All right, council. You've had an opportunity to review the council budget workshop meeting minutes of October 21st along with the county, the council study session minutes of October 21st, the council meeting minutes of October 21st, and the council study session minutes of November 4th. Are there any comments or corrections? All right, being none, they stand approved. Um we have no communication petitions or awards, but we do have two introductions this evening, and at this time I'll turn it over to our city manager, Mr. Sweeterman. Thank you, Your Honor. We do have uh, as you said, two introductions today. And first, we'll start with the introduction of Sarah Moyer. So, Sarah, if you could please stand. Uh, we'd like to welcome Sarah to our team. She joined our parks and recreation team on October the 23rd. She will be responsible for programs and special events, uh, and she brings a wealth of experience uh to us. She is a graduate of Ohio State University with a bachelor of science degree in health and rehabilitation services, uh and she had served as a recreation manager uh for youth enrichment at the Washington Township Rec Plex. Outside of work, Sarah serves as a youth soccer coach for the Ohio Galaxy Soccer Club, and she currently resides in Kettering, Ohio. Sarah, welcome to Van Dale. We'd also like to uh introduce a uh employee who has some tenure with the city of Vandalia but recently uh joined us with the new position. So, Deborah, if you could please stand. Deborah joined the Vandalia Police Division in 2012 as a public service public safety specialist. She has uh prior experience as a dispatcher in Hollywood, Florida, as well as uh Hamilton County uh Ohio Communications Center. Uh, during her tenure with the Vandalia Police Department, she has served as a civilian training officer and has had several supplemental duties in the record section. She graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts and Criminology degree and completed her masters of public administration in 2018. She was selected and promoted to the support services manager position on November 1st, where she will oversee and supervise the communications center and the records section. She has completed her emergency medical dispatch and instructor certification and is currently studying to become the EMD manager. Deborah has been a great asset to the police department and the city of Vandalia and will continue to serve uh in her new role as a support services manager. Deborah and her son reside in Inglewood, Ohio. We we congratulate her on her most recent promotion. All right, we have no public hearing, and that brings us to comments from interested citizens. So if someone would like to make a comment, please come to the podium, state your name and address for the record. In accordance with ordinance 8401, time limitation on speaking. No person shall be uh able to speak longer than five minutes on the same matter until every member desiring to speak has had an opportunity to do so. Anyone wishing to make a comment shall wait uh for recognition from me before beginning to speak, and all comments need to be addressed to me. This is an opportunity for you to make statements. It's not a time or place for question and answer or debate or dialogue. Comments that amount to a personal tax of any kind will not be permitted. Only the speaker recognized to speak shall be shall have the floor. So please be respectful and refrain from talking amongst yourselves while someone else is speaking. So if anyone would like to make a comment, please come to the podium. All right, being none, we'll move on to the city manager's report. Mr. Sweeterman. Thank you, Your Honor. Just a quick couple of quick items this evening. First, just remind everyone that the city offices will be closed on Thursday, November 28th and Friday, the 29th for the Thanksgiving holiday.