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- Motion to excuse President Smith due to a work obligation: Moved by Councilwoman Reynolds; seconded. Vote: Reynolds — Aye; Crawford — Aye; Probst — Aye; Walker — Aye; Cerise — Aye; Mayor Urschel — Aye. Outcome: Approved.

- Approval of minutes from the May 8, 2025 meeting: Motion by Councilman Walker; second by Councilman Crawford. Vote: Unanimous among members present. Outcome: Approved.

- Ordinance 2025-1111: Amend sections 260.20(b) and 260.21 of Chapter 260 (personnel of the administrative code) to update standards concerning retiree hires and related personnel provisions. Motion to approve moved by Councilman Reynolds; seconded. Vote: Unanimous among members present. Outcome: Adopted.

- Ordinance 2025-12: Repeal the miscellaneous fee table in City Code Part 2, Appendix A (city fee schedule) and consolidate public-records fees under the city public-records policy. Motion to approve moved by Councilman Probst; seconded. Vote: Unanimous among members present. Outcome: Adopted.

- Resolution 2025-026 (amended): Amend the City of Xenia Public Records Policy. Council untabled the resolution, then adopted an amendment narrowing the definition of \"journalist\" (excluding those whose only medium is personal social-media content creation), and then approved the amended resolution. Motions and votes on the untable, the amendment, and final approval were all passed unanimously among members present. Outcome: Adopted (amended).

- Ordinance 2025-13 (emergency appropriations): Additional appropriations for FY2025 (generator, Market District intersection work, contractor refunds, utility billing chargebacks). Motion by Councilman Probst; second by Councilman Crawford. Vote: Unanimous among members present. Outcome: Adopted (emergency).

- Resolution 2025-027: Approve final plat and authorize execution of the subdivider's agreement with D.R. Horton - Indiana LLC for Grandstone Trace Subdivision, Section 2 (46 single-family lots on ~13.6 acres; extension of Carousel Drive and Sierra Trail; utilities and bike-path extension). Motion to approve moved by Councilman Probst; seconded by Councilman Reynolds. Vote: Unanimous among members present. Outcome: Approved.

- Resolution 2025-028: Authorize purchase of a generator for the City Administration Building from Ohio Cat through Sourcewell. Motion by Councilman Reynolds; second by Councilman Crawford. Vote: Unanimous among members present. Outcome: Approved.

Several procedural motions (such as motions to open/close public hearings, to untable items, and to move items to legislative review or committee) are recorded in the official minutes. Where the transcript did not specify numeric roll-call counts beyond the read-aloud \"Aye\" responses, the article lists the named \"Aye\" votes as presented in the council roll-call.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Meeting 05/22/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Summary of formal motions and recorded votes at the May 22 Xenia City Council meeting, including approvals of minutes, multiple ordinances and resolutions, and final plat approval for Grandstone Trace Section 2.","taxTitle","Xenia, Greene County, Ohio","taxId",70554,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544758,"Xenia approves emergency appropriations, authorizes purchase of new City Administration Building generator",1195,1557000,2752000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3452771-fb12bc0092ddffc466034b460274b5d2&start=1557&end=2752","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3452771-fb12bc0092ddffc466034b460274b5d2/thumbnail_1557000.jpg","/articles/6544758/Xenia/Greene-County/Ohio/Xenia-approves-emergency-appropriations-authorizes-purchase-of-new-City-Administration-Building-generator","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544758-c09e541b0e5970b624201de4a9432b2f/orig.mp4?Expires=1773435493&Signature=mKMMr5CG-Jp4wPK3rGwSCUkhPeZLHTQCebitCSkpwSqNCC5F1s39SLjvDWVXf9UCO6bCQ19mgPLjpsdAw6oo5dlKr1-dq9lEoJJZbdOCREv9~Ptnjf8ZgB1kGJ~NVHB98HBdZ7gTrLI0F8oSz5jPlWzMpc0V7iFWSuqW9uua~JC-ESfofPyrP5gyCiy-6sdRTiH1Dk1a02TJjcZjq5Yoq1K0jUVqo1s~JQnJNOVv-LSaS6r8mFVKRAZE-UN1R59TFjOEMABv5sgXiY~KqdBk8wFXuz9a5aJot31HYE6n3h~IQ~2y0Zk6bQ3WVkltNr4c3Y5sth3g-4QZXz~3LoxLxg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Xenia City Council on May 22 approved an emergency ordinance adding appropriations for fiscal-year 2025 and authorized staff to purchase an upsized backup generator for the City Administration Building.

Finance Director (name not specified) told the council the city is requesting additional appropriations to cover several items: roughly $197,358 tied to the Administration Building generator purchase (spread across general capital, water, sewer, sanitation and storm funds, with the general capital share roughly $39,000), an additional $250,390 to add intersection work to the Market District infrastructure Phase 1 (with $55,130 allocated to stormwater funds and the remainder from the general capital fund), refunds to contractors (amounts not specified in the meeting), and approximately $350,000 in transfers to cover utility-billing chargebacks across the four utility funds.

Council approved the emergency ordinance (Ordinance 2025-13) on a unanimous roll-call vote.

Separately, the council authorized purchase of a Caterpillar generator through Ohio Cat using the Sourcewell cooperative-purchasing program (Resolution 2025-028). City staff said an initial $250,000 had been budgeted for the generator but higher-than-expected equipment and installation costs, including corral and mounting work, required additional appropriations. Staff recommended a Caterpillar unit sized to meet computed peak loads; if approved, fabrication has a lead time of about nine months and installation and testing could delay full service until next spring. The packet notes a 12-month warranty on the unit; staff also reported a trade-in allowance for the existing generator of about $55,000 as an offset.

Councilors asking questions received explanations that the current generator is undersized and intended only to support basic life-safety functions (exit lighting, minimal systems), and that recent frequent outages have made an upsized unit more urgent for continuity of operations and emergency-operations capability. The city manager and finance director described the upgrade as necessary to operate the building’s server room, support customer-facing services during outages and provide space for an emergency operations center.

Both the supplemental-appropriation ordinance and the resolution authorizing the generator purchase passed on unanimous roll-call votes among members present.","Council approved emergency appropriations to cover an upsized generator for the City Administration Building, Market District intersection work, utility billing chargebacks and contractor refunds, and authorized purchase of a Caterpillar generator through Sourcewell. The measures passed unanimously.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544762,"Xenia narrows definition of \"journalist\" as council amends public-records policy",776,880000,1656000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3452771-fb12bc0092ddffc466034b460274b5d2&start=880&end=1656","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3452771-fb12bc0092ddffc466034b460274b5d2/thumbnail_880000.jpg","/articles/6544762/Xenia/Greene-County/Ohio/Xenia-narrows-definition-of-journalist-as-council-amends-public-records-policy","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544762-857907b8db2b6c590c388d73cfeb6a5e/orig.mp4?Expires=1773435493&Signature=iImyb3S2~2ljqybVktyJsuJxbQA1IwBStv7CgJKvxi6ZG57qsmRrvMHjzr634T0IQiiEffGxf7wHOzdNrFThZODhOTLqZgi7-EwgDUIA2MTB75bWYfd2-wqOBy4huG2vxgRyUmfwMOU-B-xLMEtCHCihO6bvq3uVlQGMy8bk40EaIY9tl5Z92BnkNEfvplfZLXv5oi4IGXDgVGSG87GRE~4eTUfJbDtZ9pQqwhrIIf2aP7sQFSyPsz3TFWv9lt4XtyVxMPRezfb2VAP-MJXQtHDY2~Bk2a-i9guiamAhm36PvOTatMzYsgNPLpaj9B7xOtLtr~3WfWkYZDPPKYBoQg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Xenia City Council voted unanimously on May 22 to adopt an amended public-records policy that tightens the local definition of \"journalist\" and limits who may access certain sensitive records.

Council members debated language the law director said was intended to protect designated public-service workers and utility customers from disclosure of home addresses, family information and other sensitive details. The council moved first to untable the resolution and then to amend the definition; both the amendment and the final amended resolution passed on unanimous roll-call votes.

City Law Director (name not specified) told the council that state law and case law have not kept pace with changes in technology and that the city needed to clarify who qualifies as a journalist for access to records. The law director said some categories of information (for example, home addresses for designated public-service workers, schedules, and certain utility account details) are treated differently and that the definition of journalist affects who may obtain those records.

The council adopted amended language that excludes from the definition of journalist \"individuals or organizations whose only medium is personal content creation on social media or social media sites.\" Councilman Probst moved the amendment; Councilwoman Sarris seconded. After discussion, the amendment passed on a roll-call vote of council members present.

Councilwoman Cerise then moved approval of the amended resolution; the motion was seconded and the final vote to approve the amended public-records policy was unanimous.

The council did not change the city's underlying list of categories for which journalists may receive additional access; rather, the change narrows which requesters qualify as journalists. The law director emphasized she would still assert discretion in cases where requesters claim journalist status but appear to be personal-content creators, citing public-safety and privacy concerns.

Next steps noted by staff include updating the city's public-records procedures to reflect the amended definition and continued internal review of how the change will be implemented for records requests.

Votes and formal motions related to this item are recorded in the meeting minutes.","The Xenia City Council amended its public-records policy to exclude \"personal content creation on social media\" from the definition of journalist, citing privacy and safety concerns for public-safety workers and utility customers. The amendment passed unanimously after debate and an amendment vote.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Xenia City Council, May 22, 2025

Xenia approves emergency appropriations, authorizes purchase of new City Administration Building generator

Xenia narrows definition of "journalist" as council amends public-records policy