Old Business
Motion to approve March minutes – Joe, 2nd Tom Q.
Treasurer’s Report: $4,566.10 currently in the bank
Initiatives committee – we drafted a bunch of initiatives. The attorney has them currently to get them written up with official legal language.
Once we have them finalized, the entire group will get a chance to review them. There’s some back and forth with the attorney, and so far, it is very well received. We should see a response and some costs in the next couple of weeks.
The city has a meeting tonight. They’re talking about raising water and sewer rates. There’s also a new zoning code that is not yet complete.
Haydee Sadler was at the meeting tonight. The storm sewer rate is going from $3 to $4 per billing period. For commercial buildings, it’ll be based on acreage. There will be different rates whether it’s land or a parking lot. We’ll keep watching these and keep everyone informed as best as we can. They want to build some new water plants and do other improvements. Jim Staschiak said a year ago to expect our water rates to increase because of the new water meters that were installed.
The city wants to build a new water plant, so they’ll steadily increase our rates. The current equipment is considered out of date, so they want to replace it. Federal and state entities change the rules on treatment, so some of the equipment doesn’t meet those new standards. These get reevaluated every 10 years. Fostoria’s water rates went up too, and their reason is that it’s from the EPA.
Tom Miller Legislation Report:
House Republicans had some confusion in leadership, so there are now two groups of Republicans. The environment is more to stop proposed legislation rather than to get things passed.
He introduced the idea to the Ohio Apartment Association to introduce criminal charges for when tenants intentionally destroy property. Kentucky passed similar legislation a few years ago. Unfortunately, it may be a couple of years before that actually moves forward.
Property and income tax reform are going on. Part of the issue is addressing the value of the property. The state wants to reduce property valuations, but they can’t do that because it’s up to each county to handle that.
House Bill 50 – housing qualifications bill. This would allow the courts to issue a declaration that an individual is good to go. We’re not sure exactly what this means. Locally, other villages and cities are putting pressure on landlords to take people who have evictions or need Section 8. In Dayton, they worked it in that if the landlord is covered by liability insurance, they don’t have to take Section 8.
All over the US there’s talk of “tenants bill of rights” being composed. Tom goes more into detail in these at the Tuesday lunches; if you aren’t getting those emails of where they’re meeting each week, let us know. There’s always great conversation about a variety of topics.
Motion to adjourn: Sue, 2nd Jamie
Upcoming Election Info:
4th ward – Jim Slough’s petition was negated due to invalid signatures. Three guys are running as write-ins; whoever wins the primary will continue to be a write-in on the ballot in November. Two people filed to be independent candidates for the ballot in the November election.
Guest speaker: Kraig Kutschbach (3rd ward council candidate, against Beth Warnecke)
He’s not running because things are broken. We have a good foundation put together, and he can contribute to the team to make it better. He’s a lifelong Findlay resident and has owned Centurion Technologies for 25 years (energy and power management). We need to prioritize energy for the next generation for Findlay to remain relevant. His workforce is in Findlay, and those relationships are important. He is personally invested in the area.
His platform is:
- Consistency
- Commitment
- Community
These make up Stewardship. His commitment is to be a good steward of our resources, including human, natural, financial, and taxpayers.
We need to be consistent in our decision-making process. We need to constantly seek input from all community stakeholders before committing to action and be able to clearly articulate the resources needed for those actions.
The council must invite and welcome involvement from all county organizations and the taxpayer base. They MUST be heard and included in the process. Those relationships are important and will enhance our city’s appeal to additional businesses.
He’s been an entrepreneur for 40+ years, and we need more consistency to solve the worker challenge that our community faces.
With better stewardship of our resources, we can build better sustainability in our city and county. This will happen with consistency. He has always been and always will be conservative.
Guest speaker: Haydee Sadler (mayoral candidate, against Christina Muryn)
She’s lived in Findlay since she was 11 years old (37 years ago). Last year, she ran for state central committee and has not been able to get a seat.
She’s here to be the voice for the people. She has been directly involved with the Strategic Planning Committee process. They collected information, and what was put out was not what was collected.
Top-down government is affecting the workers, the tenants, the property owners, etc. She’s been attending city council meetings for the past year and multiple other city planning-related meetings. She writes about a lot of this on her Facebook page.
She also has a website HaydeeSadler.net where she writes blog posts. She has a 7-point platform on her website. One of those points is property rights and eminent domain. The more she gets involved, the more she sees how they’re trying to screw over the little man. What matters to the people matters to her. She’s here to serve our community in the highest capacity that she’s able.
She worked downtown for 2 different title companies for 13 years. She was on the front lines of when they were widening CR 236. She’s currently a financial administrator for her church. She is following the money and what the city is doing with it.
She’s been writing about Smart Cities that are globalist companies. A lot of the city’s infrastructure is coming from globalist companies. The goal of these companies is ultimately to suppress people.
She’s friends with Mayor Muryn and voted for her, but now sees that Mayor Muryn is following a democratic socialist agenda. Don’t confuse Haydee with Mayor Muryn because they do go to the same church and are both “conservative Christians.” Haydee’s platform is very different. She’s writing about what our “republican” local government doing – pushing the democratic, climate change, Build Back Better agenda.
We need to better vet the companies that are doing the work and hooking up our smart meters. The groundwork is being laid for everything to be a “smart” 15-minute city. Haydee is here to get us back to our constitutional rights and freedom, including medical freedom, property rights, etc.
She is running because she cares about family and freedom. She cares about her voice and people who are being silenced.
Truth and transparency are her #1 objective. The city keeps declaring a state of emergency to pass things through without letting the public know. Pause, slow things down, and let the public catch up. Get the people involved.
Q&A / Discussion
In 2022, 86.3% of the legislation passed was under the emergency rule. So far in 2023, we’re already over 80%. There’s no time period for people to comment, and you can’t referendum those; we can’t overturn what they do.
What is MetroNet? It’s an Internet service provider, but it’s more for corporations (hospital, UF, etc.) and infrastructure than for residents.
Marathon made a commitment to Verizon Wireless to do this same thing.
Technology is moving fast, but we don’t have to always have the latest thing.
For the water system, it was “suddenly” outdated. There didn’t seem to be a process that they followed, for example where they need to get bids from different 3 contractors. They have an agenda and use people’s friends, just like with the housing study.
The federal government can have a big influence on even our town. Our local mayor can have impact in Columbus and up the chain to Washington DC.
In Fostoria, there were zoning issues and people were being specifically targeted by the administration. Is there a way to reign in that targeting by the local government? If my grass is high, suddenly I’m a criminal.
Haydee was there during the farm animal discussion, trying to pass an ordinance to micromanage properties with animals. There are so many unlawful ordinances right now, and she’s trying to get us away from that. How do we fight back and deregulate? It will start with our property and move to our bodies etc. We need to take a stand and hold the line, and then make plans to move forward.
Zoning: When you ask for a variance, they state that you can’t use any other zoning decisions that have been granted or not granted as justification for your own zoning variance. This is in conflict with our basic laws; judges look at case law all the time, making decisions based on previous decisions. Why are they not held to the same standards? They pick the winners and losers. That needs to be fixed – consistency is key.
Mayor Muryn is pushing annexation. Haydee’s thoughts: they’re trying to get to 50k people to be metropolitan instead of micropolitan. Nobody knows better than the people in those neighborhoods; a mayor should not strong-arm the people to become annexed if they don’t want to. It should be left up to the people. Once you’re metropolitan, the government gets more power. At that level, they can implement land banks with less regulation.
Kraig: Detroit just took ground and bulldozed entire areas of the city. Toledo started doing the same thing in the ghettos neighborhood. A group from Findlay wanted to take over 2 city blocks and add solar power to serve the neighborhood. The land bank would not give them that land; the mayor and utilities said no because they were crossing property lines. They wanted to serve the disadvantaged people with electricity, and the city is moving forward with the land banks.
Hancock County is still trying to have land banks, but it hasn’t worked yet. The city wants to implement the Catalytic Plan where they want to put the $40M park.
60ish of the counties in Ohio have land banks. 40 of those have lawsuits underway to fight against abuse of power in the land banks. Both Kraig and Haydee are not in favor of land banks; they’re the beginning of the end.
Mayor Muryn wants to take 2000 properties along the flood zone (link). This is part of the Catalytic Plan – 300 low-income housing units just north of the bridge. The updated FEMA flood maps have not yet been released because that would change values.
The city has a financial surplus and yet they raised property taxes and want to raise it more. Taxes raised an average of 26%, some as high as 33%+.
Who initiates the emergency for legislation? It’s the mayor. Council is often left in the dark of what’s going on. For example, the STRICT center went $1.4M over budget, and that all came out of the city’s money rather than private dollars. They lied about it to get it on the books. Everything was buried way in the depth of the notes.
Who’s backing the mayor to make all this happen? It’s a holdover from the Mihalik administration and the Alliance. Muryn was put into the office to continue the work when Mihalik left.
Robert Sprague has filed papers to become the governor of Ohio. Do not let Husted and Mihalik get into the governor. Mihalik has aspirations of being Lt Governor, as does Muryn.
Kraig is self-funded in his campaign, and he is not taking donations. He has had 3 young adults knocking on doors for him and have gotten almost 200 people to support him.
Haydee’s campaign fund is Conservatives for Haydee Sadler. You can find info on her website HaydeeSadler.net.
Here’s a map of the wards of Findlay: https://www.findlayohio.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/2680/636694442543630000
Muryn’s administration has goals to get people Covid vaccinated, wearing masks, etc. Haydee is the opposite of that and it all about freedom. The liberal government is telling cities how to implement their policies – vaccination, transgender, socialism, etc. Muryn is getting indoctrinated by the liberals. It’s all about implementing the globalist plan.
The government came out with a $700B fund to implement the Green New Deal in local communities.
Holly Frische is the only city council member who asks questions and stands up for freedom. Everyone else is “yes men.”
Haydee is getting yard signs tomorrow.
Haydee’s dad is a pastor – Juan Salinas of the Church of the Living God. She attends New Life Assembly of God. She has a ministry to reach out to people in the community. She is a Christian conservative and fully supports the Constitution. We need to get back to our base and our foundation.
Haydee has a meet & greet at her house (220 Defiance Ave) on Saturday, April 15, from 1-4pm. She’s having a town hall on Tuesday, April 18, from 7-8:30 at the Moose Lodge.
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