Mayor· 2024-01-01 to 2027-12-31
Richard Herbst
Vandalia
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 22
- Total speaking time
- 1:18:15
- Avg per meeting
- 3:33
- Segments
- 1828
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Top issues during term (6)(General)
City Manager Removal Process
Changes could affect severance and salary-payment exposure during a manager removal, and litigation risk from the deleted no-review clause.
Dayton International Airport ring road right-of-way acquisition
The holdout owner is asking four times the appraised value; if the case goes to court, a judge could set the price.
Regulating data centers before one arrives
A nine-month pause could delay some commercial development and the tax revenue it would bring.
city manager departure
Taxpayers could end up covering transition costs like an interim manager or a search for a replacement, but the source doesn’t say whether there’s a severance package.
city lawsuit
If the city wins, cleanup or redevelopment could protect nearby property values; if not, taxpayers may keep absorbing the cost of a blighted site.
property purchase
Taxpayer money paid for the building, and future costs or returns depend on what the city does with it next.
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while Herbst was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Voting record (2)(General)
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