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Athens City Council December 9, 2019
A
B
Good
evening
and
welcome
to
Evans
City
Council,
it's
Monday
December,
9th
2019
at
7
p.m.
and
tonight
it's
a
little
bit
different
format,
we're
going
to
start
out
off
with
our
finance
and
Personnel
Committee,
so
you
might
notice
those
are
the
these.
Are
the
finance
and
Personnel
Committee
members
up
here
with
councilmember
Reisner
acting
as
chair?
After
that
we
will
be
having
a
special
session
and
that's
a
little
bit
different
than
our
ordinary
business
session.
B
So
we
don't
have
communications,
we
don't
have
reports,
we
also
don't
amend
the
agenda
and
we
do
not
have
that
opportunity
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
where
citizens
have
the
opportunity
to
speak
for
three
minutes
on
any
other
subject
that
we've
not
covered
during
the
night.
So
it's
a
little
bit
abbreviated.
It
is
exactly
what
it
says
that
its
title,
it's
special
primarily
for
the
reading
of
ordinances,
but
we'll
lead
off
with
a
finance
and
Personnel
Committee
with
Czech
consul
member
reisender.
Thank
you
thank.
C
C
May
may
I
continue
Thanks.
Thank
you
as
I
understand.
This
is
a
grant
or
loan
alone
that
allows
the
for
the
regionalization
of
some
of
our
city
utilities,
in
particular
water
and
sewer.
It
is
a
loan
at
zero
interest
over
40
years,
which
would
allow
for
a
large
sum
to
be
to
be
borrowed
or
actually
a
bonds
issued,
and
then
we
could
expand
our
utilities
outward.
If
the
mayor
wants
to
expound
on
that
a
little
bit.
D
It's
a
reasonable
regionalization.
The
purpose
of
this
would
be
for
things
such
as
the
50
sewer
corridor,
but
also
on
our
end
as
well
as
county,
but
also
some
of
our
other
sewer
assets
in
the
city.
Okay,
it
is
again,
as
you
said,
this
is
what's
really
important.
Is
it's
zero
percent
Interest
over
the
course
of
40
years?
B
As
I
understand,
this
is
similar
to
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
financing
formula
that
we
did
when
we
did
the
improvements
for
that
similar
to
it,
with
the
zoo,
with
some
of
it
being
zero
interest
and
what
I
think
that
our
purpose
tonight
is
discussing
it.
So
it
gives
the
city
authorization
to
apply
for
the
application
to
turn
in
an
application
in
February.
It
does
okay.
E
D
E
D
C
Never
call
any
questions:
oh
okay,
this
is
something
I've
been
kind
of
dreading,
but
it's
got
to
be
done.
The
topic
of
Athens
community
television
I've
been
involved
with
some
meetings
with
the
director
of
Athens
community
television
and
the
city
service,
Safety
Director,
and
the
mayor.
Looking
at
our
revenue
stream
from
the.
C
D
D
C
D
It's
basically
not
renewing
the
contract:
okay,
okay,
again,
which
we've
been
talking
with
the
director
for
a
CTV
and
engaging
to
which
he
recognized
that
revenues
were
falling
or
the
franchise
fee
was
dropping
over
the
course
of
several
years,
but
also
looking
at
behaviors
of
those
who
come
in
and
use
that
particular
asset
and
more
and
more
people
are
using
this
to
create
your
own
programming.
Yes,
so.
F
Council
pretty
my
Butler.
Thank
you.
I
just
would
like
to
acknowledge
on
the
record
the
years
of
service
and
artistic
creativity.
That's
been
generated
from
that
office,
which
has
been
valuable
and
I
know
a
lot
of
community
members
along
the
way
of
benefited
from
that
have
been
entertained
by
it
have
been
sparked
interest
through
that
process
and
I
would
concur
that
with
access
to
a
smartphone
and
the
internet,
whether
the
platforms
might
be
social,
media,
etc,
etc.
Youtube
there's
an
opportunity
for
creativity
there
that
I
might
not
need
the
same.
F
B
Before
we
begin
our
first
item
of
business,
what
I
would
like
to
do?
We
have
an
unusual
set
of
circumstances,
unforeseen
circumstances
where
our
Clerk
of
counsel
is
not
to
able
to
be
with
us
here
tonight
and
the
documents
the
ordinances
that
are
passed
tonight
need
to
be
signed
by
the
clerk
of
counsel,
or
in
this
case
tonight
it
will
be
an
acting
Clerk
of
counsel.
So,
if
I
could
have
a
motion,
I
think
councilmember
Butler
has
agreed
to
serve
as
Acting
Clerk
of
counsel.
A
A
B
And
you
might
notice
council
member
Costas
has
excused
himself
so
that
there
won't
be
any
conflict
of
interest
with
a
discussion
of
the
Bailey's.
Well,
we
have
that
so
our
first
item
of
business
establishing
the
quorum
all
members
of
council
are
here
council
member
Butler
will
return
after
this.
The
reading
some
vertical
cuts.
B
Us,
yes,
excuse
me
you're
here,
yeah
thank
good
as
we
know,
okay,
and
so
our
first
ordinance
for
third
reading
is
1
1019,
and
this
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
enter
into
an
agreement
to
provide
financial
support
from
the
city's
transient
to
guests
tax
to
the
outdoor
recreation,
Council
of
Appalachia,
known
as
worka
for
funding
the
Bailey's
trail
system,
along
with
other
educational
activities
and
is
introduced
by
councilmember
Reisner.
Thank.
C
You,
madam
president,
before
I,
make
any
motions.
I
just
want
to
say
that
of
all
the
ordinances
and
resolutions
that
I
have
seen
in
my
seven
years,
eleven
months
and
nine
days
of
being
a
member
of
council
I've
never
had
anything
quite
like
this
when
come
in
before
me,
with
the
the
amount
of
public
interest
and
participate
participation
and
just
the
interests
in
a
piece
of
legislation.
I
mean
we've
had
other
controversies
before,
but
nothing
quite
like
this.
B
G
Right
well,
as
some
of
you
suspect,
I
may
have
been
opposed
to
this
initially
and
initially,
my
position
has
been
all
along
I.
Think
it's
a
great
idea,
I
think
it's
wonderful
I
hope
it
brings
prosperity
to
Athens
and
to
Chauncey
and
our
communities
and
our
counties,
because
we
certainly
need
something
like
this.
My
concern
has
been
all
through
this
entire
process.
G
G
Possible
or
possibility
I
think
it's
worth
trying
to
plant
this
tree,
in
other
words,
planting
the
seeds
for
this
tree
and
even
if
we
take
a
loss
for
a
little
while
I
think
it'll
be
worth
it
in
the
long
run
at
least
I
hope.
So
so
I
too
have
been
absolutely
impressed
by
the
fact
that
we've
had
so
many
people
come
forth
and
give
their
support,
and
we've
had
some
really
good
statements
and
points
made
by
people
and
not
just
the
normal
trail
rider,
but
some
business
people
who
have
come
forth
and
said
yes.
G
This
is
why
we
are
willing
to
locate
in
Athens
County,
because
we
want
some
things
to
happen
here
and
I
really
like
to
hear
that
kind
of
input.
So
again,
I
think
it's
it's
a
process
that
disturbs
me
because
I
know:
I
have
the
reputation
of
being
a
kind
of
conservative,
old
cheapskate
on
council,
but
I
I
think
it's
it's
worthwhile
and
I
I
support
it.
Thank
You.
H
I
think
what
councilmember
Magee
said
has
has
a
lot
of
worth.
I,
too,
have
been
very
cynical
of
this
process.
We
do
do
other
investments
with
in
the
whole
county.
We
do
the
tourism
and
we
do
the
EDC,
the
economic
development
council.
So
the
idea
of
our
the
city
of
in
putting
money
into
an
investment
like
this
is
really
not
that
big
of
a
stretch
for
a
lot
of
people,
because
they
understand
and
the
economic
development
of
it
if
models
are
correct,
can
be
very
large.
H
I
have
more
of
an
issue
with
some
of
the
the
leadership
that
has
gone
on
in
the
past,
with
this
I
think
that
we
need
to
identify
areas
that
the
city
can
do
better
in
with
providing
liaison
and
being
able
to
follow
a
long
term
project
like
this
you've
been
working
on
long
term
projects
for
two
years.
It
comes
to
council
and
all
of
a
sudden,
we
have
to
become
you
know,
specialists
in
models,
and
you
know
pay
pay-as-you-go
or
pay
for
success.
H
Or
this
you
know,
land
trust
versus
a
recreational
trust,
and
so
people
I
think
we
need
to
figure
out
ways
to
liaison
so
that
those
sort
of
issues
and
information
that
counsel
needs
and
the
questions
that
we
need
to
answer
are
more
readily
available
because
we've
been
brought
along
through
the
process
and
I
think
that
has
something
to
do
with
our
liaison.
The
other
thing
I
think
we
need
to
think
about
going
forward
to
our
new
session.
H
H
You
know
accountability,
those
sort
of
things
when
we
worked
on
the
right-of-way
piece
that
the
Andy
stone
was
working
on
for
a
long
time
that
came
to
council
and
it
was
like
none
of
the
things
that
counsel
usually
requires
when
we
do
things
like
that-
and
this
is
a
similar
situation
where
the
council
doesn't
sign
content
and
contracts
for
20
years.
You
know
we
do
it
for
the
water
treatment
center,
but
the
water
treatment
is
in
the
city,
so
we
get
the
physical
manifestations
of
it.
H
So
I
think
that
what
has
been
put
forward
as
amendments
helped
to
go
and
make
me
more
assured
of
the
leadership.
That's
going
to
go
forward
with
this.
The
leadership
of
Debbie
Phillips
is
essential,
and
that
Orca
is
has
the
chairperson
with
page
I
lost
I.
Think
that
that's
a
good
team
to
go
forward
with
with
this,
we
need
to
have
everything,
ready
and
everything
all
set
up,
because
if
this
is
supposed
to
be
a
you
know
a
model
of
private.
H
I
I
Who
are
a
lot
more
involved
in
these
kinds
of
developments
than
I
myself
have
been,
and
I
and
I
have
been
convinced
by
professor
professor
Julie
Paxton
and
Susan
Turano
and
Debbie
Philips
and
Don
McCarthy,
and
so
many
people
who
have
come
forward
to
help
me
understand
this
project
better.
We
had
a
very
nice
tour
last
week
out
at
the
trails
themselves
and
hearing
the
people
actually
on
the
trails.
Developing
the
trails
talk
about
the
way
that
they
develop
them
and
the
users
we've
been
talking
about.
I
Coming
from
all
over
to
improve
the
Chauncey
Park
and
the
plans
for
improving
that
park,
space
so
I
think
are
really
exciting
for
the
city
of
Chauncey,
as
well
as
the
the
mind
remediation
the
mind,
the
things
that
needs
to
be
done
to
the
old
mind
that
still
has
the
tipple
there
and
some
outbuildings
and
then,
of
course,
bringing
in
the
the
bike
way
to
Chauncey.
All
of
these
things
together.
I'm
excited
to
be
a
part
of
it,
so
I'm
in
full
support.
F
F
D
Know
when
this
came
forward
with
quantified
ventures
and
the
way
National
Forest
u.s.
Forest
Service,
it
I
believe
it
was
in
Baker
Center
somewhere
on
campus
to
me,
I
was
fascinated
from
the
very
beginning
and
looking
at
what
could
be
a
great
opportunity,
not
just
for
outdoor
recreation,
but
for
economic
development
in
the
city
of
Athens,
the
county
of
Athens
and
beyond,
and
I
want
to
remind
council
that
Orca
is
not
just
about
the
Bailey
trail
system.
Orca
is
all
outdoor
recreation.
D
B
You
want,
if
anybody
wants
to
you,
could
feel
free
to,
although
I
see
a
nearly
full
house.
Once
again,
is
this
as
I'll
take
as
a
show
of
support?
Okay,
okay!
Well,
it's
nice
to
have
you
all
here
and
part
of
the
process
and
to
have
received
your
emails
and
your
comments
and
conversations
that
we've
had
with
people.
It's
been
very
helpful:
okay,
Wow
all
right,
so
we
have
a
motion
and
second
for
approval
of
ordinance,
110
19.
That.
F
C
A
C
E
B
H
B
Right
any
comments
or
questions
from
the
administration
or
the
audience.
Okay,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay
motion
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved.
Ordinance.
120
719
is
an
ordinance
repealing
athens
city
code,
title
seven
traffic
code,
chapter
7.06,
tow
truck
regulations
and
amending
to
remove
chapter
7.05
parking
regulations,
section.
Seven
point:
zero:
five
point:
three:
two
through
seven
point:
zero:
five
point:
three:
five
and
seven
point:
zero:
nine
point:
nine,
nine,
nine
t1
and
to
penalties
introduced
by
councilmember
consus
nicely.
A
B
B
C
Really
don't
agree,
we've
talked
argued
and
argued
about
this
backwards
and
forwards,
and
right
left
and
center.
We've
heard
different
people
talk
about
it
and
all
keeps
coming
back
down
the
same
thing.
So
if
we
delay
it
until
next
year,
I
don't
see
what
new
information
could
possibly
change
anything.
The
idea
of
preemption
will
still
be
there.
The
idea
that
the
state
of
Ohio
and
P
and
the
PUCO
regulates
towing,
not
the
city,
will
still
be
there.
C
That's
not
going
to
change,
there's
not
going
to
be
any
major
court
decisions
from
the
Supreme
Court
any
time
soon,
so
the
city
still
stays
in
violation
of
the
law
is
written.
So
if
we
could
pass
this
and
if
by
some
miracle
the
courts
were
to
decide,
hey
guess
what
you
can
regulate
it
all
you
want,
we
can
always
go
back
and
change
it.
I,
just
I,
just
don't
see
the
need
a
table,
let's
just
be.
E
Thank
You
president
nicely
and
and
of
course
I'm
in
greed
in
agreeance,
with
both
member
Reisner,
and
this
is
mostly
because
this
this
code
hasn't
been
sight
touch
since
2003
we've
known
about
this
for
over
10
months,
and
also
at
this
point
we
have
a
recommendation
from
art
from
our
law
director
and
from
Keith
Pyle,
who
said
that
this
isn't
something
that
he
really
wants
to
get
into
with
regulation.
This
has
to
deal
between
the
private
property
owner
and
the
towing
companies.
A
E
Don't
like
the
the
idea
that
these
small
business
owners
are
being
painted
in
a
bad
light.
I
can
definitely
agree
that
this
is
a
service
that
nobody
likes
to
have
done
to
them.
But
if
we
didn't
exist,
I
would
hate
to
see
the
city
having
to
own
and
maintain
their
own
towing
vehicles
and
employ
somebody
to
do
this
job
that
that
is
done
efficiently
and
cost-effectively
by
small
business
owners
in
our
city.
J
J
So
I
I
feel
like
when
we
have
a
city
code
that
can't
be
enforced
as
it
currently
stands,
because
it
is
in
violation
of
the
Ohio
statute,
then
I,
just
I
I
think
we
its.
It
may
be
an
issue
that
that
we
could
try
try
to
have
some
creative
meetings.
Gatherings
approaches
on
as
far
as
ways
to
to
better
communicate
the
parking
regulations
or
communicate
the
the
challenges,
but
I,
hey
I,
understand
that
it
it's
it's
a
complex
issue
that
people
who
are
directly
impacted
by
it
are
on
both
sides
can
feel
very
strongly
about.
J
G
G
Can
get
a
court
decision
on
that
issue?
So
if,
if
that
gentleman's
car
is
told
in
the
future-
and
he
wants
to
say
well,
the
city
of
Athens
has
this
lesser
rate.
It
doesn't
matter
that
we
had
a
lesser
rate
at
one
point
in
time.
We
no
longer
have
it
so
that
we're
giving
up
any
possibility
that
this
could
be
challenged.
Okay,
that's
called
moot
and
the
courts
use
it.
The
courts
use
it
to
knock
stuff
out.
G
So
if
the
city
of
Athens,
regardless
of
what
we
do,
whether
we
raise
the
rates,
whether
we
keep
them
the
same
or
whatever
so
long
as
we
have
something
it
gives
a
student
or
a
person
the
right
to
challenge
it
in
court
once
it's
removed,
then
you
no
longer
have
that
right
to
challenge
that
issue
in
court.
So
you
have
to
understand
a
preemption
means
that
basically,
that
you're
giving
up
that
right.
G
K
Happen,
yeah
and
cats
applaud
rector
lives,
oh
yes
places.
So
there
have
been
two
court
cases
and
one
was
a
student
versus
the
tow
company,
the
first
one
that
one
was
settled,
so
we
don't
know
how
that
one
turned
out
at
all.
There
was
a
second
case,
a
recent
case.
Where
was
I,
don't
know,
I
said
student,
a
citizen
suit,
the
tow
company
and
the
tow
company
did
not
appear.
K
Person
who
sued
damages
for
the
tow
from
the
tow
company
but
did
not
award
a
lesser
amount
of
the
tow
charge.
That
was
part
of
the
suit.
So
mr.
McGee
is
right,
I
mean
they're
half
his
court
cases
and
in
that
case
of
the
judge,
warned
the
amount
for
the
damage
the
vehicle
but
didn't
order.
The
tophi
returned
so.
G
J
J
K
Highlighted
I
would
agree
that
it
hasn't
been
I
decided
to
that
point,
but
only
that
there
have
been
two
taupe
two
cases
and
again
I
know.
In
case
we
were
just
discussing,
the
amount
was
still
e
amount
that
was
owed,
and
so
the
taupe
company
did
not
appear
and
did
not
in
any
way
challenge
anything.
The
judgment
was
issued
against,
though,
maybe.
E
Yes,
yeah,
and
this
is
just
for
additional
clarification.
This
is.
This
is
only
three
in
regards
to
if
you
were
parking
on
private
property,
where
the
private
property
is
signed
by
a
towing
company.
That
is
where
this
this
rate
would
apply.
So
if
you
were
to
have
your
vehicle
towed
from
a
public
right-of-way,
it
would
automatically
be
the
charge,
is
one
hundred
and
twenty
nine
dollars.
E
F
You
president
Isley,
regarding
the
motion
to
table
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
I
appreciate
customer
fall,
bringing
this
to
our
attention.
A
number
of
us
attended
student
government
student
council
meeting,
in
which
this
particular
topic
was
a
major
concern.
This
was
a
few
months
ago,
I
believe
when
we
were
in
attendance
at
that
and
having
said
that,
we
do
have
roughly
20,000
students
in
our
community,
many
of
which
of
either
wrapping
up
a
semester
or
taking
break
for
the
semester.
F
A
B
All
those
and
so
we'll
call
for
the
vote,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
I
think
I'm
gonna
ask
for
a
show
of
hands
if
you're
in
favor
of
tabling,
please
raise
your
hand
one
two
three
four
five
and
opposed
okay,
so
five,
two
okay,
so
it
has
been
tabled.
That
means,
unless
there
is
a
miraculous
decision
by
next
week's
session,
it
will
probably
be
it's
that
this
ordinance
is
gone.
It's.
H
B
C
C
L
C
B
B
A
B
That's
exciting
El
Cid.
We
now
have
several
ordinances
for
second
reading
and
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge,
I'm,
not
aware
of
any
of
these
that
need
to
be
suspended,
so
I'll
be
reading
the
title,
pausing
briefly
to
see
if
there
any
additional
comments
or
questions
and
then
moving
on
to
reading
the
titles
of
the
next.
B
The
next
one
ordinance
130
19
is
an
ordinance
to
make
appropriations
for
current
expenses
and
other
expenditures
of
a
city
of
Athens
Ohio
during
the
fiscal
year,
ending
December
31st
2020
and
is
introduced
by
the
Finance
and
Personnel
Committee
ordinance.
131
19
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
2020
staffing
levels
and
non-union
compensation,
repealing
all
ordinances,
inconsistent
therewith
and
declaring
an
emergency
introduced
by
the
finance
and
Personnel
Committee.
J
F
K
J
J
This
amendment
does
three
things
generally,
the
most
significant
and
and
the
my
motivation,
and
for
offering
this
amendment
is
to
provide
paid
parental
leave
to
all
full-time
non-union
employees
of
the
city
who
have
worked
for
the
city
for
a
period
of
at
least
12
months.
So
this
is
for
how
long
the
leave
is
240
hours
or
six
six
weeks,
I
don't
have
of
paid
parental
leave
and
I
can
read
the
section
and
it
is
print.
J
A
leaf
of
up
to
a
maximum
of
240
hours
will
be
granted
to
parents
who
are
eligible
full-time
employees
for
a
single
event,
birth
or
adoption
single
or
multiple
children.
Excluding
adoption
of
a
spouse's
children.
Any
employee
granted
leave
under
this
section
shall
continue
to
be
covered
under
the
cities,
group,
health,
life
and
AD&D
insurance.
A
J
Parent
shall
be
entitled
to
receive
his
or
her
full
salary
for
up
to
a
maximum
of
240
hours
of
parental
leave
to
receive
the
full
leave.
All
240
hours
must
be
used
within
10
weeks
of
the
qualifying
birth
or
adoption,
and
at
least
160
hours
must
be
taken
consecutively.
Remaining
80
hours
may
be
taken
on
a
part-time
schedule,
with
the
approval
of
the
employees.
Immediate
supervisor
employees
who
are
on
parental
leave
are
not
required
to
use
any
accrued.
Sick
leave,
vacation
time
or
compensatory
time
prior
to
taking
parental
leave.
J
Fmla
leave
will
taking
concurrent
with
parental
leave.
Any
paid
holidays
that
occurred
during
parental
leave
will
not
count
against
the
allowed
parental
leave
time
and
for
the
purposes
of
this
section,
parents
shall
mean
an
employee
who
resides
in
the
same
household
as
the
child
and
is
a
biological
parent
of
the
child,
a
domestic
partner
of
the
biological
parent,
an
adoptive
parent
or
a
domestic
partner
of
an
adoptive
parent
to
be
eligible
for
parental
leave.
Under
this
section,
employees
must
be
eligible
for
FMLA.
J
B
H
I
commend
Councilwoman
Grace,
because
this
is
something
that
we've
needed
to
do
for
quite
a
while
I
think
it's
especially
relevant
because,
as
a
city,
we've
tried
to
be
very
cognizant.
The
fact
that
in
many
places
the
people
who
do
not
have
a
union
tend
to
get
overlooked
in
in
a
lot
of
places
where,
in
a
lot
of
situations
and
a
lot
of
situations,
they've
been
traditionally
the
traditional
female
role
of
administrative
secretaries
and
those
sort
of
things,
and
they
are
just
as
important.
They
make
everything
run
smoothly.
H
I
L
Specifically
right,
there
is
a
process
for
that
on
the
forms
and
proof
that
they
actually
live
in
the
same
household,
and
it's
not
just
a
you
know
a
girlfriend/boyfriend
thing,
so
we
do
have
a
process
for
that,
and
there
is
a
definition
that
she
said
within
our
medical
provision
provide
medical
coverage.
Okay,.
F
J
G
Much
just
I
would
I'd
like
to
thank
Councilwoman,
grace,
I'm
I.
Think
it's
a
wonderful
idea
and
it's
time
is
come
I.
Do
have
a
question,
though,
in
regards
to
non-union
employees,
I
mean
it
was
mentioned
that
some
of
the
secretaries
may
be
classified
as
non-union.
Employees
I
just
wondered
if
you
could
tell
us
what
does
that
term
non-union
employees
really
cover
in
in
the
city,
employment?
It
would
seem
to
me
that
would
be
management,
primarily
oh
I'm,
not
sure
who
the
other
people
on
the
categories
would
be
well.
D
G
A
D
L
G
C
G
B
A
H
B
D
Certainly
appreciate
this
amendment,
no
don't
like
no,
my
faculty
confidence
when
I
was
faculty
to
high
university
I
was
back
in
2006
I
believe
it
was
for
2007.
Remember
trying
to
grapple
with
this
particular
issue
when
it
came
to
faculty
staff
administration
for
our
University
and
I
really
appreciate
you,
you
amending
or
hopefully
expect
to
amend,
to
bring
this
in
I
think
this
is
highly
appropriate.
L
I
have
talked
to
Metro
Grace
about
this.
She
did
contact
me
about
doing
this,
and
I
did
some
research
on
my
own
I,
put
the
questions
on
my
listserv
and
did
some
research
and
she's
correct
I
have
the
universities
eligibility
we
had
discussion
about
whether
they
should
be
made
to
use
their
time
or
not.
The
university
doesn't
I
will
say
that
at
least
3/4
of
the
other
government
entities
that
I
heard
back
from
do
not
provide
any
paid
family
leave.
That's
not
saying
that
we
can't
or
shouldn't
do
it.
L
My
only
real
question
remaining
in
this
I
did
make
a
suggestion.
That's
probably
not
gonna
happen
either,
but
some
of
them
that
do
like
Franklin
County
only
pays
for
two
weeks
of
parental
leave
at
full
salary.
Some
of
them
pay
for
six
weeks
at
a
reduced
rate,
60
or
70%,
but
yeah
I
think
guys
feel
pretty
strongly
about
paying
that.
So
my
one
little
sticking
point
here
is:
why
would
the
holidays
be
excluded
from
the
paid
leave?
L
A
L
L
J
J
L
J
As
Auditor
heck
said
this,
this
is
an
issue
that
I
feel
very
strongly
about.
I,
absolutely
believe
that
hate
parental
leave
is,
is
the
right
thing
to
do
and
I
think
it
is
the
right
way
to
support
our
employees.
It
is
the
right
way
to
attract
and
retain
employees,
and
it's
absolutely
in
the
best
interest
from
a
public
health
perspective.
J
A
J
A
J
B
Ferdinand's
133
19
as
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
service
Safety
Director
to
enter
into
contract
with
the
employee
benefits
service
center
to
serve
as
the
city's
third-party
health
insurance
administrator
known
as
a
CPA
and
declaring
an
emergency
and
is
introduced
by
councilmember
Reisner
ordinance.
130
419
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
a
stoploss
medical
insurance
contract
at
declaring
an
emergency
and
is
introduced
by
council
member
reisender
ordinance.
130
519
is
an
ordinance
amending
ordinance,
120
717,
reallocated
revenues
from
the
city
income
tax
and
declaring
an
emergency
introduced
by
the
Finance
and
Personnel
Committee
ordinance.
B
137
19
is
an
ordinance
amending
athens
city
code,
title
49
management,
administration
and
control.
The
use
of
public
rights-of-way
chapter
49
point:
zero,
3
application
procedures,
section
49,
point
0
3.0
to
be
certificate
of
registration
application
introduced
by
councilmember
faul
ordinance.
138
19
is
an
ordinance
amending
athens
city
code.
B
Title
1
general
provisions
to
include
fees
for
use
of
the
city's
public
rights-of-way
introduced
by
councilmember,
fall
ordinance,
139
19
as
an
ordinance
authorizing
construction
and
construction
area
engineering
services
for
the
Kimes
reservoir
project,
which
is
number
324
introduced
by
councilmember
butler
ordinance,
140
19
as
an
ordinance
amending
athens
city
code,
titles,
9
and
13
relating
to
firearms
and
declaring
an
emergency
introduced
by
councilmember.
Grace,
ordinance,
141
and
19
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
disposable
disposal
of
an
Athens
Transit
bus
no
longer
needed
for
a
municipal
purpose
introduced
by
council
member
Butler
ordinance.
B
142
19
is
an
ordinance
declaring
certain
Police
Department
firearms,
no
longer
needed
for
a
municipal
purpose
introduced
by
council
member
Butler
ordinance.
143
19
is
an
ordinance
to
increase
sewer
rates,
amending
athens
city
code,
title
1,
general
provisions,
chapter
1,
point
0,
3
code
fees,
established
sections,
5.0
4.08
sewer
rates
and
declaring
an
emergency
and
councilmember
Reisner.
Did
you
have
some
additional.
C
Information
and
that
information
I
wanted
to
share
with
Council
I.
Had
the
orange
city
engineer,
Bob
Headley,
to
run
some
figures
for
me.
Last
week
we
had
the
the
ordinance
with
the
attachment
that
showed
the
fee
schedule
and
that
fee
schedule
so
that
across
the
board,
8%
rate
increase
for
all
customers,
regardless
of
the
usage.
C
If
you
look
at
the
chart,
you'll
see
that
those
who
use
greater
than
15,000
gallons
amounts
to
see
192
had
50
around
300.
Other
users
would
then
have
to
pay
the
difference
in
order
for
the
engineering
department
to
reach
that
goal
of
about
145,000
dollars
of
additional
income,
so
they
can
do
their
deferred
maintenance
and
get
other
equipment,
and
you
can
see
those
rates
would
jump
up
rather
significantly.
C
We
have
one
more
session
coming
up.
If
counsel
or
any
member
of
council
feels
a
amendment
is
necessary,
we
can
discuss
it.
Then
another
option
could
be.
We
could
table
until
next
year
to
discuss
it
more
or
we
could
pass
the
the
ordinance
as
it's
written
now,
but
I
just
want
everyone
to
have
an
alternative
view.
Member
Grayson.
J
C
H
G
D
We
didn't
today
briefly
chat
about
the
possibility
of
a
new
category,
but,
as
was
mentioned,
it's
gonna
be
there
will
be
challenges
with
trying
to
figure
that
out
under
billing,
but
to
create
a
an
ultra-low
user
category
and
have
a
lesser
percentage.
But
again
we
needed
we'd
have
to
do
our
homework
between
now
and
next
Monday
to
figure
that
out.
If
we
were
to
go
down
that
road
at
this
point
in
time,
I
would
really
request.
Couple
knock
table
this,
because
we
do
need
to
move
forward
in
one
fashion
or
another,
and
because.
D
B
D
Possibly
move
it
could
possibly
be
a
less
than
2,000,
okay
users
and
again
what
that
percentage
would
be,
I
mean
whatever
it
is
anytime,
you
see
an
increase
they're
both
gonna
have
to
increase.
So
council
just
needs
to
know
that
as
well
mm-hmm,
but
we
again
it
was
just
a
conversation
we
had
today.
So
it's
certainly
you
know
we're
not
sitting
on
our
hands
in
the
city.
Building
right,
you
know
so
we're.
H
B
D
B
B
That's
why
I
was
asking
thank
you
all
right,
so
that's
been
bred
for
the
first
time
we
now
will
be
moving
into
executive
session
and
a
very
brief
explanation
we'll
be
having
that
motion.
The
roll
call
vote.
I
think
everybody
here
has
been
through
this
process
before.
But
let
me
describe
it
briefly,
we'll
do
that.
A
B
That
motion
and
the
second
and
vote
for
executive
session
we
will,
before
we
go
into
executive
session,
knowing
that
there
are
some
members
of
the
press
here
and
and
the
city
citizens
who
might
have
questions
it's
8
14
now
15.
Will
that
allow
five
minutes
for
people
to
ask
questions
so
we
will
actually
then
close
the
doors
at
8:20
after
we're
finished
with
executive
session.
We
take
a
motion
to
come
out
of
executive
session.
We
do
open
the
doors
again.