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Athens City Council June 23, 2020
A
A
second
at
701
pm
and
we're
in
special
session
and
what
we
will
be
doing
are
reading
some
ordinances
for
third
reading
second
reading,
and
we
also
have
a
resolution
to
pass
tonight.
So
it's
a
little
bit
different
structure.
We
don't
have
a
normal
communications
or
reports
or
announcements,
and
this
is
our
last
meeting
before
the
july
recess
for
council
members,
so
the
next
meeting
will
be
august
3rd.
A
B
A
C
B
B
D
A
Okay,
right
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
the
motion
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved.
Ordinance.
70
20
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
enter
into
a
partnership
agreement
with
the
athens
county
commissioners
as
applicant
and
grantee,
if
funded
for
submission
of
an
application
to
the
office
of
community
development,
ohio
development
services
agency
for
the
program
year,
2020
community
housing
impact
and
preservation
program
known
as
the
chip
program.
This
is
introduced
by
council
member
grace.
E
So
the
ordinance
as
amended
will
read
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
enter
into
a
partnership
agreement
with
the
athens
county
commissioners
as
applicant
and
grantee,
if
funded
for
submission
of
an
application
to
the
office
of
community
development,
ohio
development
services
agency
for
program
year,
2020,
community
housing
impact
and
preservation
program
and
declaring
an
emergency
and
section
one.
The
mayor
is
hereby
authorized
to
enter
into
a
partnership
agreement
with
the
athens
county
commissioners
as
applicants
and
grantee,
if
funded
a
copy
of
which
is
attached
here
to
and
incorporated
herein
by
reference.
E
That
last
phrase
is
an
amendment
for
submission
of
an
application
to
the
office
of
community
development,
ohio
development
services
agency
for
the
fiscal
year,
2020
community
housing
and
impact
preservation,
program
grant
and
section
2
we're
adding
that
this
is
an
emergency
measure.
In
order
to
meet
the
june
24
2020
odsa
grant
application
deadline.
C
E
A
D
A
E
A
E
E
E
A
Okay,
we're
ready
for
the
vote.
Then
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed,
nay
motion
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved,
coordinate,
73
20
is
an
ordinance
amending
ordinance,
139
19
authorizing
construction
and
construction,
engineering
services
and
property
acquisition
for
the
kinds
reservoir
project
number
324,
and
this
is
introduced
by
council
member
grace.
E
A
G
F
F
A
A
A
F
F
A
G
Great,
thank
you
this.
This
particular
one
when
it
was
brought
up
in
in
committee,
talked
about
having
one
of
the
grants
is
for
a
taser,
and
I
must
admit
that
I'm
very
ambivalent
about
this
sort
of
thing,
especially
when
tasers
are
introduced
into
discussion
about
being
non-lethal,
and
we
know
that
that's
not
necessarily
true,
so
I
just
would
like
to
bring
that
up.
G
E
Just
if
to
respond
to
that
briefly,
this,
our
municipal
court
has
a
little
bit
different
setup
than
the
vast
majority
of
municipal
courts
in
the
state
and
that
there
is
no
security
in
terms
of
like
a
secured
entrance,
there's
nowhere
to
put
a
metal
detector
or
anything
and
still
have
the
building
accessible
to
the
public.
So
currently
there
there's
there's
a
one
part-time
officer
who
has
who
does
carry
a
weapon?
E
E
This
particular
issue,
but
this
this
is
not
something
that
the
judge
asked
for
it's
something
that
a
grant
that
the
staff
applied
for
just
because
there
there
is
no
security
for
the
courtroom
in
in
terms
of
of
a
security
entrance.
So
no
one,
no
one
is
searched
or
anything
before
they
enter
the
building
and
sometimes
sometimes
tension
can
get
high
and
they've
had
people
try
to
try
to
flee
and.
E
So
that's
just
for
for
a
little
bit
of
background
relative
to
other
other
court
settings
this.
This
court
does
not
have
any
means
of
screening
individuals
prior
to
their
entrance
into
the
court,
and
and
so
this,
this
sort
of
helps
to
reassure
the
supreme
court
that
they're
doing
something
to
ensure
the
safety
of
court
employees
and
also
other
people
who
are
before
the
court
when
they
they
don't
have
that
security
entrance.
E
F
H
A
Thanks
for
the
comments
and
questions
all
right,
we
have
a
motion
and
second
for
approval
of
this
ordinance.
7820,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
bye,
opposed,
nay
motion
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved.
Ordinance.
79
20
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
payment
of
a
prior
year
expense
and
declaring
an
emergency
introduced
by
council.
Member
crown.
A
Second
seconded
by
councilmember,
smedley,
okay,
and
so
we
have
a
motion
and
second
for
suspending
the
rules.
For
the
reason
given
at
the
beginning
of
all
of
these
readings,
we
are
needing
to
pass
them
to
get
them
taken
care
of
before
recess
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
motion.
The
rules
have
been
suspended.
Council
member
crown.
F
Thank
you,
president
eisley.
This
is
a
prior
year,
expense
over
three
thousand
dollars,
which
is
why
it
needs
an
ordinance,
and
this
ordinance
authorizes
the
auditor
to
expend
five
thousand
three
hundred
and
seventeen
dollars
and
fifty
cents
from
recreation
fund,
270
transaction
code
500
to
complete
the
payment
for
the
new
solar
canopy
personal
device
charging
stations
which,
hopefully,
when
covid
is
over,
we
will
all
get
to
use.
G
A
C
G
A
B
A
B
C
A
B
A
E
E
And
whereas
the
health
policy
institute
of
ohio
reports
that
life
expectancy
for
black
ohioans
is
almost
four
years
below
the
life
expectancy
for
ohioans
as
a
whole.
And
whereas
the
american
public
health
association
has
identified
law
enforcement.
Violence
as
a
public
health
issue.
That
disproportionately
affects
marginalized
groups,
including
people
of
color,
impacting
both
physical
and
mental
health
outcomes.
E
And
whereas
the
impact
of
racism
on
public
health
deserves
action
from
all
levels
of
government,
now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
by
the
council
of
the
city
of
athens,
ohio,
section
1.
The
council
of
the
city
of
athens.
Ohio
does
hereby
declare
racism
to
be
a
public
health
crisis
affecting
our
city
county
and
the
entire
state
section
two.
E
Support
local
state,
regional
and
federal
initiatives
that
advance
efforts
to
dismantle
systemic
racism
and
mitigate
exposure
to
adverse
childhood
experiment.
Experiences
and
trauma
incorporate
educational
efforts
to
addre,
address
and
dismantle
racism
and
to
expand
understanding
of
racism
and
how
racism
affects
individual
and
population
health
and
secure
adequate
resources
to
successfully
accomplish
the
aforementioned
activities.
E
Section
4
athens
city
council
urges
the
ohio
state
legislature
and
governor
dewine
to
act
promptly
to
adopt
senate
concurrent
resolution.
14
declaring
racism,
a
public
health
crisis
in
the
state
of
ohio
and
section
5
clerk
of
council
is
hereby
directed
to
send
a
copy
of
this
resolution
to
governor
dewine
state
senators,
hoagland,
craig
williams,
thomas
antonio
maharath,
shuring,
sykes,
federer
and
yuko
and
ohio
house,
speaker,
householder
and
state
representative
edwards.
H
H
E
H
No
thanks
no
and
I
apologize
for
not
getting
that
feedback
to
you
sooner
and
then
the
other.
I
appreciate
all
the
action
items
that
are
there
as
well,
and
hopefully
our
this
is
more
a
comment.
Our
community
relations
commission
can
find
a
way
to
help
move
this
forward
too,
and
yeah
again
appreciate
your
work.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
E
And
just
a
note,
all
the
senators
that
I
listed
other
than
our
own
senator
hoagland,
I
I
listed
because
they
are
the
sponsors
of
the
senate
resolution
and
I
think
that
it's
nice
for
our
elected
officials
to
hear
from
from
constituents
throughout
the
state
or
throughout,
where
that
they
are
in
support
of
action,
that
they're
working
on.
So
that's
that's
why
I
included
the
long
list
of
senators.
D
A
D
D
E
D
Mayor
patterson,
I
think
this
is
great,
and
so
what
you
just
said
to
me
at
least
gives
me
a
little
better
idea
timeline
as
to
how
to
go
about
forming
this
and
and
council
member
grace.
I
would
love
to
work
with
you
on
pulling
different,
existing
boards
or
commissions
together,
because
I
think
that
would
make
for
the
best
foundation
for
this.
I'm
thinking
of
police
advisory
council
I'm
also
thinking
affordable
housing.
I'm
also
thinking
the
community
relations,
so
we
can
certainly
pull
together.