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All right, seven o'clock.

So the Monday, September 15th, 2025, City of Andeea council meeting is now called to order.

We'll begin with a moment of reflection, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.

Please stand for the pledge.

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 liberty and justice for all.

All right, Council, we have no minutes to approve, nor do we have any communications, petitions, and awards.

We also do not have a public hearing.

So that brings us to comments from interested citizens.

So at this time, I'd like to welcome any comments from any interested citizen.

And as you come to the podium, please clearly state your name and address for the record.

We further ask that you speak to council and uh etiquette in a form of communicating with respect to all others.

And as a courtesy, please try to stay on topic with your statements while you address council.

And this is a reminder, this is not a forum for debate or arguments.

And in an effort to keep citizens, give each citizen the opportunity to express their thoughts and concerns.

We ask that you keep your comments as brief as possible and limit to five minutes.

So at that time, I'd like to bring up Miss McDonald, our county commissioner.

She has some comments for us tonight.

Good evening, Mayor and Council and citizens.

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to come out and to say hello and to let you know that we are alive and well and open doors for each and every one of you for any way that we can support you.

I'm here today because this is a part of my year-long tour to get through all the municipalities just to say hello and to let everyone know that I am there in the office.

Um I can appreciate the long relationship that we've had from the city of Trotwood to where we are here today.

And I simply want to uh again bring you greetings from my office and to share some documents with you that I think are are gonna be useful.

This is the 2025 State of the County Impact Report, and we're working on our strategic plan for next year, and we'll be bringing those around or getting those around to you as well.

Um I often tell the different mayors and and councils that I've talked to since I've become a commissioner that I understand what this work is, and we've not had people at the commission level who have been mayors in the past, but I know the struggles, the challenges, the decisions, working with dollars and staff and really working hard to give your community a sense of uh lifestyle that they want.

And uh being at the commission, I want to make sure that my ear is open to what's important to you and what it is that you want me to support for you.

And it really does matter again, having been a mayor and sat in your seat before and a council member and sat in your seats.

I do know the level of concern that people have, especially during these very challenging, difficult times sometimes for for uh uh mayors and councils, but in the end, we're gonna all get through this together by working together.

And I want you to know, and mayor, you know this, you always have my ear.

Amber, you know I am always here for you all for anything and everything that I can do to support you.

So um after 19 years in the city of Trotwood, I am on to another career path, and and it's absolutely exciting, but I couldn't have done it without the relationships that I've had.

I've had relationships here for a very long time, as well as from the relationships that I've had as being the mayor of the city of Trotwood, Ohio from COVID 19 to a tornado, those are very, very challenging times, and those are the times that you all were right there with us and supported us and helped us to get ourselves back up on our feet.

And I'm hoping the best still for Trotwood, but I'm very much so enjoying having this new opportunity.

So do you have any questions for me?

I think we all certainly agree and uh appreciate everything you did for the citizens of Trotwood while you were mayor, because I mean you did so much with economic development and just the revitalization that you did for Trotwood was just unbelievable.

So it was noticed, and we we certainly appreciate it.

Thank you.

And it couldn't have done it without the friends and relationships that have really helped to build our community.

Commissioner McDonald, we would love to see the county refund edge.

Um it was a tool that we used.

Uh not frequently, but yes uh it was a valuable tool, and uh when it was cut from the county's budget, I think it affected uh the municipalities and certainly in our area.

Absolutely.

We do understand, and we have discussed those challenges that have gone with you know the changes that we're dealing with there at the butt with the budget.

Um this year we had gotten uh we've taken a million dollars of that to give to the food bank, and I know that you know, while these are very challenging times, we are still here to help businesses.

So it may not be edge, it may not be called that at uh in in the future.

I'm not sure, but we will be here to help in terms of economic development.

None of us can do this alone.

Uh, it's just really wondering how things are going to pan out with the changes that we have in place right now, and nobody knows what those are right now.

But I do appreciate what you're saying, and I will communicate that too.

Thank you.

All right, good.

Comments.

Okay, great, Mayor.

Thank you so much.

And I will share these uh pieces of information.

Um, I'm sure you all know that we have the human services levy that's coming on, uh, and I'll share information with that to you as well.

All right.

Okay, thank you.