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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council
<br />Monday, April 21, 2025
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<br />What I've handed out tonight is, I asked the Ohio Public Works Commission, could you give me
<br />a printout of all the projects that have been funded over the 38-year life of this program in the
<br />communities in my District? So, I was able to get those for all the communities and I have handed
<br />Mayfield Village's out to the Council Members. In the Village of Mayfield, you've received about
<br />$5 million out of this program over its history. $1.7 million in grants, $2.6 million in 0% interest
<br />loans, and that is the SCIP program, and under the LTIP program, which is Local Transportation
<br />Improvement Program, you received $411,000 for that particular program.
<br />So, what we really want to encourage is a continuation of this program, because it certainly helps
<br />communities, many of them small, many of them not possibly being able to afford the cost of the
<br />infrastructure needed, but it's the State of Ohio assisting with these projects and all that. We're
<br />hopeful that the voters will understand this, that this is a program that has been around. As I said,
<br />I think it's one of the best ideas Ohio ever had. It is a partnership between State Government and
<br />Local Government in terms of helping a lot of Local Governments address critical infrastructure
<br />needs. The State Construction Improvement Program is not limited to just roads and bridges. It
<br />includes water lines, sewer lines, wastewater treatment facilities, any type of solid waste disposal
<br />type of facilities and all that, whereas the LTIP program is reserved for roads and bridges.
<br />So, I would encourage everyone to, because it's a normally light turnout that we're probably going
<br />to see on May 6th. A lot of people aren't aware that there is an Election Day, and we really need
<br />this to be reauthorized, because if it's not, the program will expire on July 1st of this particular
<br />summer. So, we would certainly encourage all of our local officials in all of our communities to
<br />remind their residents that your particular community has benefited from this program. These are
<br />dollars that the State of Ohio has made available for the infrastructure projects that I have listed
<br />here, and that over the history of this program have benefited the Village of Mayfield.
<br />Because there's been a lot of other discussion in the news, I'll point out that there's nothing in this
<br />Issue that involves bonds for a football stadium in a western suburb of Cleveland. This is not
<br />involved with that. This is local infrastructure. These are projects that you folks decide and apply
<br />for that you need help on funding to get these done. I'd encourage your support. I'd be happy to
<br />answer any questions.
<br />The other thing, obviously, the Legislature, or at least the House side has passed the House budget.
<br />I've never voted against a budget bill in all the time I've been in office, but I had to vote against
<br />this one because I think some of the policies regarding funding our public education, taking the
<br />libraries off of a proven funding formula that has benefited them and many other issues.
<br />Thank you, and I'd be happy to answer any questions. If not, I would certainly urge you to tell
<br />everyone, make sure you vote on May the 6th and make sure you vote for State Issue 2. One other
<br />thing people may say, well, where's State Issue 1? Why is there just State Issue 2? Well, the
<br />legislature last year decided that since we had so many Issue 1's floating around the last few years,
<br />and people would say, do I vote yes for this one, or is this the one I vote no on? Actually, we
<br />imitate what some other States have done now. State Issues will now be consecutively numbered,
<br />so State Issue 2 is on this year. Obviously, the next State Issue, whenever that appears on the
<br />ballot, will be State Issue 3, and obviously local issues will have to kind of get behind on that. I
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