The parking lot at the Oakwood Community Center has been a great addition. The parking patterns along Patterson Road have improved resulting in fewer parked vehicles on the street.

City staff has started preparing for the opening of Gardner Pool over Memorial Day weekend.

The City website has information on the different methods in which the City communicates with residents. There are several communication methods such as the bi-monthly Oakwood Scene newsletter, the City website, press releases to the Oakwood Register and Dayton Daily News, Facebook, e-mail distribution, and a telephone notification system called CodeRED.

The City is implementing a new improved service to provide more convenient payment options. Over the next few weeks, the Finance Department will be rolling out a new web-based payment portal to offer online payment options. Information will be available on the City website, including a link to the portal where citizens can sign up for this new service.

Law Director Rob Jacques explained that the City will host two collection boxes to help scouts in the Miami Valley Council conduct a food drive known as “Scouting for Food.” The collection boxes will be available from Monday, March 4 to Friday, March 22, with one box placed in the lobby at City Hall and the other at the Oakwood Community Center.

COUNCIL COMMENTS

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  Councilmember Rob Stephens reported that the annual New Resident Breakfast is at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 16 at the Oakwood Community Center. He encouraged all new residents to attend.
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  Mayor Bill Duncan congratulated the Wright State University men’s and women’s basketball teams. Both teams won their conference championship, and will begin conference tournaments. If they win the first tournament games, they will go to the semi-final game on Monday, March 11 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, followed by the championship game on Tuesday, March 12.

The meeting adjourned at 8:18 p.m.