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City staff added an item to the meeting agenda for a professional services agreement with Graybar Electric Company for Main Street lighting upgrades; the city manager said the contract is for $990,421 and will be paid from previously approved NATO project funds. The commission approved the manager’s recommendations by voice vote.

City staff also presented several contracts and amendments: a construction manager at-risk contract amendment with Broombra Construction for the West Dayton police station (a guaranteed maximum price not to exceed $8,300,000), an award of contract to LJ DeWeese for Wayne Avenue traffic calming for $373,306 covering the stretch from Fifth Street to U.S. 35, and a service agreement with IGS Energy for the city’s first utility-scale solar array to power the Miami water treatment facility.

Meg Maloney of the city’s sustainability office described the solar project as \"the city of Dayton's first solar array, that will be powering our Miami water treatment facility.\" She said a feasibility study identified a 4–6 megawatt range; the city settled on a 5-megawatt array sited on roughly 20–30 acres. Maloney said the array is estimated to offset about 38 percent of the facility’s energy load and to produce the equivalent of powering 781 homes for a year. Using tax credits and negotiated terms, staff estimate the project will save the city about $4,000,000 over the lifetime of the project and reach payback in an estimated three to five years.

Maloney and staff said the solar project also improves resiliency for a critical drinking-water facility by helping ensure continued pumping after extreme weather damage. Commissioners expressed broad support for the project and for the suite of manager recommendations; several thanked staff for pursuing both environmental and fiscal benefits.

Clerk-read items later in the meeting included a first reading of ordinance No. 32141-25 to vacate Hickory Street from the Western Tenuous to Alberta Street, and resolution No. 6851-25 authorizing acceptance of a $165,675 aggregate grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the city. The clerk recorded no registered public speakers on the city manager’s agenda items.

The commission moved and seconded approval of the city manager’s recommendations; the mayor called for the voice vote, and the motion passed with all members voting aye.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Dayton City Commission Meeting 3-5-25","oneSentenceSummary","The Dayton City Commission approved the city manager’s recommendations by voice vote, adding a $990,421 lighting contract for Main Street and approving multiple service contracts including a 5 MW solar array project intended to save the city an estimated $4 million over the project lifetime.","taxTitle","Dayton City Council, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio","taxId",68964,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6285493,"New independent accountability auditor reports drop in citizen police complaints, outlines 2025 audit plan",569,146860,716120,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2571545-a5548b532196dcb5c5b5d240b23cfafd&start=146&end=716","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2571545-a5548b532196dcb5c5b5d240b23cfafd/thumbnail_146860.jpg","/articles/6285493/Ohio/New-independent-accountability-auditor-reports-drop-in-citizen-police-complaints-outlines-2025-audit-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6285493-4747d5c129eec41af0ac91b10d7a6920/orig.mp4?Expires=1771137400&Signature=oXMqBt8~dvcT6E8WJ3f5F~cB3oNBwUOwQYp21UsPnGt9zYQ48Mq50SyHpLmXs7cajRxJEafhhQMAxgry4jjKhmXJQfFPPQ0RwoSTZBdXKc6B4MxUl~RvESAexar6xIPWiw7~LPo7gDPFjkWYWLxC84ceJKPqbgT8pg3AuWlhnd5Rg7pTb~VmQefA31qLZFxSu66WZom8uutYGO02GZBij1160Da~iGSX4uwS7AOHja9iwqm07bB6aaj~OwVrYECY4ajK7RRlgIjMDNZQubjMHk86LOuPYLHkYdWIwbp~Jb6yvEAbbw-UNqa8RS8tka81AjKmSsxuzFUa9yeARmqYPQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jasmine Jones, the city’s Independent Accountability Auditor, told the Dayton City Commission that citizen-generated complaints about the Dayton Police Department decreased between 2021 and 2024 and that the office will expand auditing in 2025.

\"This report is pursuant to the agreement and the ordinance establishing this position,\" Jones said as she opened a semiannual presentation covering the IAA’s work in 2024. Jones said the office reviewed two complaint types: quick-resolution \"complaint receipts\" and longer citizen complaints that require a fuller supervisory investigation.

Jones reported there were 92 originating events in 2024 and 185 specific alleged complaints drawn from those events. She said the office’s review shows a 43.25 percent decline in citizen-generated complaints from 2021 to 2024. Examining outcomes for 2024 citizen complaints, Jones said 67 percent were unfounded, 22 percent were exonerated, 4 percent were not sustained and 7 percent were sustained.

Of the six sustained complaints, Jones said they arose from four separate events and involved allegations against six officers: three policy violations, two lack-of-service findings and one for discourtesy and disrespect. She said most sustained investigations resulted in training memos and one resulted in an oral reprimand. Jones noted the city policy requires administrative investigations be concluded within 90 days and said her office will review timeliness during audits.

Jones described an office reorganization after the departure of the initial IAA, Brister Moore, and said the city retained a three-person team from the law firm Frost Brown Todd to \"create more capacity, more diversity in perspective, and the ability to really begin to shape\" the office’s work. She named two new team members, Miss Bagley and Miss Birgit, who she said will take lead roles in investigations and auditing; Jones said she will focus on reporting, analysis and Community Appeals Board involvement.

Jones outlined 2025 plans to expand auditing to cover intake through disposition, increase participation in DPD investigations by sitting in on interviews, complete a full audit of all 2024 complaint receipts, and provide more robust analysis in future reports. \"That concludes my report and I'm happy to answer any questions,\" she said.

Commissioners praised the presentation and asked for follow-up on several items raised in prior reports, including public access to the complaint process and whether outreach channels (such as the mediation center) remain effective. Jones said she has begun observing CAB hearings, meeting with DPD and HRC staff, and will study whether complaint intake materials or templates could make the appeals board’s review clearer.","Jasmine Jones, Dayton’s new Independent Accountability Auditor, presented the office’s first semiannual report covering 2024 activity, reporting a decline in citizen-generated complaints and outlining a three-person team and expanded auditing for 2025.","actionData","errors"]

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