200 South Hamilton Road

Gahanna, Ohio 43230

City of Gahanna

Meeting Minutes

City Council - Special

Merisa K. Bowers, President

Trenton I. Weaver, Vice President

Jamille Jones

Nancy R. McGregor

Kaylee Padova

Stephen A. Renner

Michael Schnetzer

Jeremy A. VanMeter, Clerk of Council

Monday, June 2, 2025

6:00 PM

City Hall, Council Chambers

CALL TO ORDER: Roll Call

Gahanna City Council met in Special Session on Monday, June 2, 2025, in

Council Chambers. President of Council Merisa K. Bowers called the meeting

to order at 6:03 p.m. The agenda was published on May 30, 2025.

Clerk VanMeter confirmed that Councilmember McGregor would be arriving

late to the meeting.

5 -

Present

Absent

Kaylee Padova, Stephen A. Renner, Michael Schnetzer, Trenton I. Weaver,

and Merisa K. Bowers

2 - Jamille Jones, and Nancy R. McGregor

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

A motion was made by Renner, seconded by Weaver, to go into Executive

Session under authority of Section 5.40(g) of the Council Rules of Procedure

to consider confidential information related to the marketing plans, specific

business strategy, production techniques, trade secrets, or personal financial

statements of an applicant for economic development assistance, or to

negotiations with other political subdivisions respecting requests for

economic development assistance, provided that both of the following

conditions apply:

(1) The information is directly related to a request for economic development

assistance that is to be provided or administered under any provision of

Chapter 715, 725, 1724 or 1728 or sections 701.07, 3735.67 to 3735.70, 5709.40

to 5709.43, 5709.61 to 5709.69, 5709.73 to 5709.75, or 5709.77 to 5709.81 of

the Revised Code.

(2) A unanimous quorum of the public body determines, by a roll call vote,

that the executive session is necessary to protect the interests of the

applicant or the possible investment or expenditure of public funds to be

made in connection with the economic development project.

President Bowers asked for the administration to provide comment on the

conditions having been met for the underlying motion's criteria. Mayor Jadwin

provided an explanation regarding the need to discuss economic development

assistance and attested to the need for confidentiality.

The motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Padova, Renner, Schnetzer, Weaver and Bowers

2 - Jones and McGregor

Yes:

Absent:

President Bowers announced that Council would meet in Executive Session

in the Committee Room. Council was joined by Mayor Jadwin, City Attorney

Tamilarasan, Director of Economic Development Jeff Gottke, Director of

Planning Michael Blackford, Senior Director of Operations Kevin Schultz,

Nate Green of the Montrose Group, Jodelle Carder of the Gahanna

Community Improvement Corporation, and representatives of the potential

developer.

Council rose to report to Executive Session at 6:06 p.m.

Councilmember McGregor arrived and joined the Executive session at 6:16

p.m.

Council rose to report from Executive Session at 7:05 p.m. with no further

action.

ADJOURNMENT: