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Athens City Council - April 26, 2021
B
C
Thank
you,
councilmember
grace
yeah.
I
know
this
is
a
wonderful
opportunity
for
council
to
hear
from
power
clean
fuels,
ohio.
We
have
been
a
recognized
city
in
the
state
of
ohio
for
for
quite
some
time.
I'm
not
mistaken
we're
one
of
the
first
cities
in
the
first
tranche
of
cities
that
were
recognized
in
our
efforts
to
reduce
our
carbon
footprint
as
a
community,
and
this
includes
everything
from
the
the
the
solar
fee
that
the
citizens
voted
by
76
to
have
put
on
the
ballot.
C
The
carbon
fee,
rather
as
well
as
our
installation
of
solar
on
municipal
structures,
most
notably
the
the
water
treatment
plant,
and
also
clearing
the
path
for
our
residents
to
be
able
to
put
solar
on
their
homes
as
well.
And
then
with
today's
discussion
from
andrew
and
brandon.
Is
that
we've
been
pretty
successful
and
continue
to
be
so,
and
I
would
like
to
continue
down
the
path
of
expanding
our
eevee
or
electric
vehicle
fleet,
where
the
code
office,
as
you're
well
aware,
has
three
nissan
leafs.
D
The
idea
is
that
we
want
it
to
be
both
economical
and
environmental
in
nature.
So
we
don't
want
to
break
the
budget
while
we're
you
know
while
pushing
this
forward,
but
also
we
want
to
be
good
stewards
of
taxpayer
money
so
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
brandon
jones
and
andrew
conley,
and
we'll
have
a
brief
presentation
for
you
all.
Thank
you.
E
E
Our
goal
is
to
not
do
this
in
a
vacuum
and
to
work
in
partnership
with
you
all
and
core
stakeholders,
both
within
the
operations
of
the
city,
as
well
as
with
with
council
in
the
community,
make
any
recommendations
we
make
take
place
in
coordination
and
not
in
a
vacuum.
So
brandon
jones
is
on
our
staff.
He's
joining
me.
We're
gonna
tag
team.
This
and
I
believe
brandon's
gonna
share
his
screen,
so
we
can
just
show
as
well
as
tell
a
little
bit
today.
In
the
time
we.
E
Have
great
so
obviously
we
are
doing
a
fleet
electrification
analysis,
and
so,
if
we
just
jump
forward
here,
we
want
to
briefly
introduce
ourselves
as
clean
fuels,
ohio
and
say
a
couple
more
words
about
power,
clean
future
ohio.
So
clean
fuels,
ohio.
We
are
a
501c3
non-profit,
we're
headquartered
in
columbus,
but
serving
the
entire
state.
E
So
many
of
you
and
as
mayor
patterson
said,
have
heard
about
power
clean
future
ohio.
It's
really
an
initiative
focused
on
local
communities,
leading
the
way
in
carbon
reduction
and
climate
goals,
and,
as
mayor
patterson
said,
athens
was
one
of
the
first
leading
communities
and
really
these
you
can
see
all
the
the
communities
right
now.
They're
they're
12
right
now
who
have
joined,
focusing
on
multiple
areas,
transportation,
just
being
one
of
those
areas,
but
we
are
a
resource
free
resource
for
the
any
city
or
leading
community.
That's
focusing
on
transportation.
E
So
if
we
jump
to
the
next
slide,
we
are
here
to
provide
a
free,
ev
assessment
for
the
fleet
itself.
And
so
what
we
want
to
do
is
just
ground
council
members
on
a
little
bit
of
context
of
why
evs
matter
and
why
it's
pressing
for
communities
to
look
at
this
right
now.
So
the
main
reason
is
that
we're
seeing
a
huge
growth
in
the
electric
vehicle
market,
driven
by
a
number
of
factors,
these
four
being
the
the
biggest
ones.
E
Over
the
past
decade,
we've
seen
an
87
percent
drop
in
the
cost
of
lithium
ion
batteries,
and
what
this
really
means
is
that
we
most
analysts
are
projecting
that
evs
will
get
to
price
parity
with
conventional
vehicles
within
this
decade,
and
so,
when
that
happens,
jump
into
the
next
slide.
Analysts
are
really
projecting
a
significant
uptake
in
new
vehicle
purchase
being
electric.
E
So
by
you
know.
Today
we
sit
here
with
2.7
percent
of
new
vehicle
sales
as
evs,
but
by
the
end
of
the
decade,
as
these
factors
come
into
play,
analysts
are
projecting
that
somewhere
between
a
quarter
and
a
third
of
new
vehicle
sales
will
be
evs,
and
so
now
is
the
time
to
really
get
out
in
front
of
this
to
plan
for
that
adoption
curve
for
a
fleet,
as
well
as
communities
plan
for
their
resident
motorists
to
be
adopting
those
technologies.
E
F
So
this
gives
you
just
a
breakdown
of
the
steps
we
we
follow
in
our
analysis
of
electrification
for
fleets
and
shows
you
where
we
are
at
right
now.
So
these
first
two
steps
that
we've
completed
is
gathering
and
assessing
data
on
the
city's
fleet
inventory,
as
well
as
its
fuel
usage
and
mileage
data,
and
using
that
data
to
establish
some
key
performance
indicators
and
goals
for
the
city
in
terms
of
electrification
that
meet
the
city's
needs
and
and
budget.
F
F
So
there
were
two
types
of
of
data
that
we
were
really
looking
at
for
the
fleet.
One
was
inventory,
data
consists
of
things
like
make
model
year
mileage
for
the
vehicles,
and
we
had
inventory
data
on
111
vehicles
with
the
city
of
athens
fleet
and
then
the
second
type
is
fuel
usage
data
which
includes
both
fuel
use
and
cost,
and
we
determined
that
we
had
86
fleet
vehicles
in
total
that
had
complete,
inventory
and
fuel
use
data.
F
F
So
just
wanted
to
give
one
quick
example
here
of
the
types
of
insights
and
conclusions
we
can
draw
just
at
this
stage
of
the
analysis
from
the
key
performance
indicators
that
we've
come
up
with
so
on
this
next
slide.
Here
we
see
on
the
left,
is
the
vehicles
by
department
again
this
time
represented
in
percentages
and
on
the
right?
Is
the
fuel
use
by
department
also
represented
in
percentages,
and
this
just
shows
us
something
that
maybe
on?
F
F
So
again,
these
are
just
two
of
those
key
performance
indicators
that
we're
looking
at
this
table
here
represents
the
range
of
key
performance
indicators
regarding
mileage
and
fuel.
Use
and
cost
won't
go
into
all
of
them,
but
we're
just
highlighting
here
the
two
that
were
represented
on
the
previous
screen.
F
Just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
the
range
of
indicators
that
were
looking
at
and
comparing
and
we
have
established
these
key
performance
indicators
for
the
fleet
as
a
whole,
broken
down
by
department,
as
you
can
see
in
this
chart,
but
we've
also
done
it
for
each
department
broken
down
by
vehicle
even
further
as
well.
So
that
gives
you
a
scope
of
of
that
initial
analysis.
F
Now
I
want
to
give
you
so
that's
what
we've
done
to
date
and
we
want
to
do
a
little
bit
of
a
preview
of
where
we're
going
as
well
and
and
just
to
preface
it
the
examples
that
I'll
be
showing
on
these
next
slides
the
the
charts
and
figures.
These
are
examples
from
previous
analyses
that
we've
done
so.
The
data
represented
on
these
slides
is
not
referring
to
the
city
of
athens
fleet,
as
as
the
previous
data
was
so
just
just
to
clear
up
that.
F
So
the
next
step
is
going
to
be
where
we
are
actually
looking
at.
What
available
options
are
there
for
electric
vehicles
that
match
the
the
model
and
and
class
of
vehicles
that
athens
has
in
its
fleet
and
what
we're
looking
for
in
assessing
what
these
one-to-one
replacements
would
be
is
which
of
these
electric
vehicles
are
going
to
make
sense
based
on
the
operations,
the
drive
and
duty
cycle
of
the
athens
fleet
vehicles
and
what's
also
going
to
make
sense
in
terms
of
cost.
F
That's
going
to
be
key
which,
which
replacements
are
going
to
bring
bring
savings
over
the
total
life
span,
and
one
thing
to
consider
there,
too,
is
that
there
are
certain
models
of
electric
vehicles
that
are
eligible
for
federal
tax
credits.
One
example
here
is:
is
the
nissan
leaf,
so
that's
something
that
is
going
to
factor
into
that
as
well.
F
F
We,
while
we
won't
be
offering
one-to-one
replacements
for
heavier
duty
vehicles
and
that's
mostly
because
they
are
not
appearing
as
as
cost-effective
options
right
now,
based
on
the
high
up
front
capital
cost.
What
we
will
be
doing
is
saying:
okay,
based
on
the
operations
and
and
cost
of
the
current
heavy
duty
vehicles
in
the
fleet.
What
would
the
city
of
athens
need
to
look
for
in
the
heavier
duty
ev
market
to
know
that
it
might
start
to
make
sense?
So
what?
What
are
the
key
criteria
to
look
at
say?
F
You
know
heavy
duty
vehicles
in
for
evs
that
still
doesn't
make
sense
versus.
When
are
you
going
to
know
that
it
is
going
to
start
to
make
sense?
So
that's
something
we're
going
to
offer
and
additionally,
we
will
offer
some
planning
recommendations
for
charging
station
installation
based
on
based
on
the
needs
of
the
fleet,
depending
on
how
many
electric
vehicles
will
be
there
and
additions
will
be
made.
What
are
the
needs
for
charging
stations
and
what
would
be
the
cost
not
only
for
installation,
but
also
for
maintenance
and
operation
of
those?
F
F
We
will
be
evaluating
the
one
replacement
options
for
the
vehicles
that
we
are
focusing
on
in
the
analysis
and
develop
some
some
recommendations
based
on
that
analysis,
and
we
will
be
presenting
some
some
draft
results
from
that
to
solicit
feedback
from
key
city
stakeholders
and
and
a
working
group
that
andrew
will
convene
and
after
receiving
feedback
on
those
initial
results.
We
will
make
our
revisions
and
present
our
final
results
in
three-part
form.
G
First,
I
would
just
like
to
thank
you
for
doing
this.
I
think
it's
rather
remarkable
that
you
provide
this
kind
of
analysis
to
communities
for
free.
I
don't
quite
know
what
your
business
model
is,
but
that's
just
really
generous
of
you.
You
said
one
thing
that
I'm
not
sure
that
I
completely
understood
in
your
analysis
of
the
fleet
and
and
the
fact
that
you
identified
53
cars.
Did
you
say
those
were
all
new
cars
or
would
we
be
getting
rid
of
the
older
cars
and
replacing
them
with
electric
cars.
F
Those
are
all
vehicles
that
were
purchased
new,
so
they
may
be
vehicles,
you've
had
for
a
decade,
but
they
at
the
time
that
they
were
acquired.
They
were
new
meaning.
You
know
they
had
a
mileage
of
zero.
It
basically
just
helped
us
assess
the
annual
mileage,
because
we
could
say
you
started
at
zero
and
your
final
mileage
is
this
and
we
can
average
that
out.
H
H
E
Yes
is
the
short
answer:
two
quick
things:
there
there's
a
lot
of
what
fleets
call
productive
idling
of
fleet
vehicles
so
like
police
cruisers
need
to
be
essentially
keyed
on
to
have
all
their
calm
lights
and
emergency
equipment,
more
specialty
pieces
of
equipment
that
are
actually
doing
street
maintenance
and
repair
and
other
types
of
specialty
services
are
keyed
on.
So
you
see
that
take
down
the
overall
average
and
some
fleets
that
have
telematics
devices.
You
can
really
get
into
that
and
actually
find
out.
E
What's
productive,
idling
versus
someone
just
sat
there
for
an
hour
ate
their
sandwich
in
the
car
in
their
air
conditioning.
So
there
is
some
non-productive
idling,
but
you
do
see
that
average
pretty
low
for
most
municipalities,
because
it's
low
speed,
city
driving,
plus
all
this
productive,
idling,
okay,
appreciate
it.
I
J
Fall.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
mention
that
we
do
have
a
clean
fleets
committee
that
jeff
reisner
chairs,
so
there
needs
to
be
some
kind
of
communication
with
that
and
I'd
like
to
say
this
fits
right
into
the
climate
crisis,
emergency
declaration
that
we
did
last
year
and
other
things
that
are
going
to
be
going
forward
for
this
year
with
establishing
goals
and
objectives
for
the
city
to
become
net
neutral
and
carbon
free
as
soon
as
possible.
So
thank
you
very
much.
E
Yeah
we'll
be
able
to
work
pretty
quickly
from
here,
but
our
goal
is
then
to
vet
everything
through
the
relevant
committees
to
make
sure
it's
in
line
with
budgets
and
operational
realities
that
we're
not
doing
it
in
a
vacuum.
So
we
should
be
able
to
turn
around
a
draft
analysis
in
the
next
couple
weeks
and
have
that
begin
to
be
vetted
through.
E
E
B
I
just
I
was
wondering
I
know
some
of
the
vehicles
in
that
list
probably
had
significant
change
in
usage
during
2020.,
though
the
one
I'm
most
familiar
with
is
the
municipal
court
vehicle
they.
They
use
that
for
taking
people
to
do
community
service
work
which
then,
during
the
pandemic,
completely
changed
how
that
happened.
So
I'm
sure
that
vehicle
was
hardly
used
in
2020
as
opposed
to
other
years,
so
I
just
wondered
how
how
that's
taken
into
account
for
planning
and
yeah
chicky?
Did
you
have
a
you
got
that
yeah.
D
I
was,
I
was
going
to
add
that
when
we
were
doing
this
analysis,
I
don't
want
to
I'll
reserve
time
for
it
for
brandon,
because
I
know
he's
got
a
much
deeper
response
to
this.
But
what
we
saw
for
2020
compared
to
2019
and
2018,
was
kind
of
a
wash
that
there
were
some
departments
and
vehicles
that
we
saw
a
much
lower
usage.
D
But
we
also
saw
some
departments
and
vehicles
with
a
much
higher
usage
because
we
pivoted
on
you
know
how
many
people
were
allowed
in
a
vehicle
at
one
time.
So
where
we
were
taking
one
vehicle
with
two
or
three
people
to
a
job
site.
We
now
have
two
or
three
vehicles
with
one
person
each
going
to
a
job
site
and
that
we
saw
we
noticed
a
higher
usage
and
with
those
ones
and
then
I'll
I'll
pass
it
over
to
brandon.
F
Yeah,
no,
I
that
that
was
that
mostly
covers
it,
that
it's
we
we
looked
at
compared
the
2020
to
2018
and
2019,
so
we
kind
of
have
separate.
We
separated
out
the
results
and
also
have
a
combined
one
so
that
we
can
take
feedback
such
as
this
to
say:
okay,
you
know
now
that
we
know
this
about.
You
know
municipal
court,
specifically,
we
can
take
that
into
account
when
we're
looking
at
that
vehicle,
but
maybe
for
most
of
the
other
departments.
F
Maybe
it
makes
sense
to
look
at
the
average
over
the
three
years.
If
there
wasn't
much
of
a
change,
so
we
kind
of
have
those
separate
data
sets.
So
we
can
take
that
that
feedback
and
insight
you
know
from
those
who
know
what
the
vehicles
are
actually
doing.
So
we
can
say:
okay,
given
that
we've
got
the
data
we
need
and
we
can
either
expand
it
or
focus
it
as
needed.
Based
on
that
insight,.
B
C
C
C
You're
correct.
I
mean
that's
it's
because
of
the
slow
driving
in
the
city.
We
don't
take
them
long.
Distance
drives
anywhere,
especially
not
during
the
pandemic.
We
didn't
so
last
year
might
even
see
an
increase
in
in
idle
times,
but
then
again,
maybe
not
because
we
weren't
doing
a
whole
lot
in
2020.
C
F
F
G
B
D
D
The
next
step
for
the
city
is
to
stand
up
these
these
committees
and
start
putting
our
heads
together
and
soliciting
feedback
on
the
initial
information
that
we've
gotten,
and
that
includes
department,
heads
and
labor
supervisors
and
people
that
really
are
on
the
ground
with
how
they
use
their
fleet
and
how
they
use
the
vehicles
to
get
work
done.
What
we
want
to
do
is
provide
value
for
them,
provide
efficiency
for
them
and
not
hamstring
them
by
providing
something
that
they're
not
going
to
be
able
to
use
effectively
in
the
field.
D
So
it's
a
it's
a
collaboration.
It
really
is-
and
this
is
something
that's
been
ongoing
for
a
while.
I
do
want
to
mention
you
know:
we've
had
the
green
fleet
previously
early
on
with
it
with
the
adoption.
So
this
is
something
that,
as
a
continuance
of
those
early
initiatives,
it
really
is
building
on
that
foundation.
B
Thank
you.
Next
up
is
the
wastewater,
remote
site,
telemetry
improvements.
This
is
project
number
339,
and
this
is
a
the
the
telemetry
equipment
that
monitors
our
our
20.
Remote
wastewater
sites
is
currently
old
equipment
that
we
are
unable
to
get
replacement
parts
for
anymore,
and
things
like
that.
B
B
J
I'd
like
to
point
out
once
again
how
our
people,
our
workers,
are
so
good
at
being
able
to
jury
rig
and
make
these
systems
continue
on,
even
if
they
have
a
hard
time
getting
parts
and
tools
and
things,
and
I
think
that
that
is
the
real
testament
to
their
their
work
for
the
city,
and
I
really
appreciate
that
they
go
up.
You
know
above
and
beyond.
So
thank
you.
J
B
K
B
Well,
when
I
spoke
with
our
engineering
director
today,
she
did
mention
that
this
was
something
that
we
have
used,
some
of
the
zero
percent
loans
for
the
engineering
design
and
had,
I
believe,
considered
seeking
further
loan
funding
for
this,
but
because
there
are
local
dollars
available,
believe
that
that
was
was
the
direction
but
mentioned
that
it
is
possible
that
the
auditor
and
our
service
safety
director
might
might
decide
that
we
should
go
with
the
loan
for
this
project.
Would
you
like
to
comment?
Auditors?
Thank
you
sure.
L
B
C
B
A
H
Thank
you,
president
eisley.
We
have
a
number
of
items
on
our
agenda
tonight.
The
first
are
vacant
positions.
The
city
administration
has
brought
forward
some
vacant
positions
for
council
to
review.
I'll
briefly
describe
these,
and
then
I
see
that
we
have
hr
director
lucas
on
the
call,
so
we
can
turn
it
over
to
him.
If
we
have
any
additional
questions,
the
vacant
positions
include
a
code
inspector.
H
H
These
would
be
external
hires.
There
is
a
request
for
a
epw
project
assistant
to
replace
an
employee
who
is
departing
from
opposite
from
that
position.
There
is
request
for
a
maintenance
technician
for
the
streets
department.
That
also
would
be
an
external
hire,
and
then
the
city
has
also
requested
that
we
start
the
process
of
hiring
a
water
treatment
plant
manager.
I
Remember
crowl,
so
I'm
assuming
all
of
these
are
existing
positions
that
are
just
not
filled
currently
and
we're.
Okay,
that's
correct
that,
and
I
assume
these
have
all
been
determined
to
be
essential
positions
that
we
need
right
now
and
I
see
nods
from
there
and
I
assumed
as
much,
but
I
figured
we
would
just
clarify
that.
Thank
you.
C
These
are,
these
are
critical
positions.
You
know,
we've
been
extremely
extremely
frugal
with
individuals
who
have
left
the
city
or
have
retired
in
not
filling
those,
but
at
this
point
in
time
we
do
need
to
start
filling
some
of
these.
The
critical
they're
all
critical,
but
also
please
make
note
of
the
water
treatment
plant
manager.
We
need
to
have
a
manager
in
place
down
there.
We
have
coverage,
but
we
need
to
move
on
these
again.
These
are
already
budgeted
for
within
the
staffing
ordinance.
So
this
none
of
these
are
new
positions.
H
H
H
H
I
H
Thank
you,
and
the
next
item
is
we'll-
be
appropriating
29
191.96
to
the
cares
act
fund
so
that
we
can
transfer
that
remaining
balance
to
the
general
fund
for
public
safety
payroll.
So
this
was
an
amount
that
was
not
used,
and
now
we
can
put
it
back
in
the
cares
act
fund
to
go
to
the
general
fund
to
use
for
public
safety
payroll.
H
Again,
that's
755.637
for
that
payroll
associated
with
the
environmental
coordinator
position
and
moving
on
to
my
last
item
under
appropriations,
the
city
and
has
a
municipal,
separate
storm
sewer
system
permit
called
an
ms4
permit
and
as
part
of
that
permit,
we,
the
city,
works
with
the
athens
soil,
water
conservation,
district
and
the
soil.
Water
conservation
district
works
with
the
university
because
the
city
and
the
university
have
a
have
a
combined
storm
water
management
plan
and
the
soil.
Water
conservation
district
does
a
lot
of
education
and
outreach.
H
They
do
a
river
sweep,
they
do
rain
barrel
workshops
and
rain
garden
workshops,
and
we
would
like
to
appropriate
four
thousand
dollars
to
the
storm
water
fund.
So
the
athens,
soil
and
water
conservation
district
can
continue
their
public
education
and
outreach,
which,
as
I
mentioned,
is
a
part
of
our
permit.
H
G
L
There
I
got
you,
this
cares.
Money
is
from
last
year.
This
is
some
that
was
left
over
that
wasn't
used
that
we
had
appropriated
for
this
grant.
We
didn't
quite
need
all
of
it,
and
so
that
money
has
to
be
moved
out
of.
That
cares.
Act
fund
account
line
and
we
can't
really
spend
it
this
year
anyway.
So
the
service
safety
director
will
have
to
upgrade
update
our
spreadsheet
that
we
turn
over
to
the
county
that
they
turn
into.
L
G
C
C
H
Yes,
thank
you,
member
fall.
Thank
you
for
that
mayor.
I'll
also
mention
that
the
art
outside
the
box,
which
is
the
artwork
that
we
have
put
on
our
switching
units,
the
large
silver
boxes,
that
most
of
our
intersections,
is
also
a
terrific
program,
and
we
have
local
artists
who
submit
designs
and
and
they're,
certainly
eye-catching,
and
everybody
has
their
favorites
and
anyway,
I'm
very
supportive
of
that.
A
H
Okay.
Moving
on
to
the
last
item
for
finance
and
personnel
tonight,
the
county
sewer
line
extension
loan
payment,
we're
pleased
to
report
that
the
auditor
has
reported
that
the
county
has
provided
partial
payment
for
the
sewer
line,
tap
fees
that
will
be
part
of
that
county,
that
county
sewer
extension.
H
So
if
we
get
this
one
off,
get
it
off
the
books,
we
will
be
in
in
a
good
position.
So
that's
the
recommendation
from
the
mayor's
office
and
the
auditor's
office
and
again
that's
a
partial
payment
and
we
should
have
more
money
coming
from
the
county
in
the
future
from
those
capacity
fees,
those
tap
fees.
A
J
Great,
thank
you
just
one
agenda
item
and
thank
you
for
getting
the
micro
grant
up
and
running
again.
Thank
you,
which
is
a
title.
A
right-of-way
license
for
the
university
of
ohio
on
factory
street
seven
factory
street.
They
would
like
to
put
a
transit.
Stop,
has
been
okayed
by
all
city
departments
and
signed
off.
So
thank
you.
G
J
G
G
One
is
a
transportation
improvement
district
grant
that
they're
hoping
to
get.
If
so,
they
would
get
a
maximum
of
250
000.
That
would
be
used
to
offset
the
the
overall
cost
of
the
stimson
avenue
construction
project,
and
so
they
really
want
to
do
that
to
lower
the
cost
for
the
city
and
the
taxpayers.
For
that
then
there's
another
one
that
would
be
for
the
ohio
public
works,
grant
application
program.
G
They
tried
to
get
one
of
these
last
year
and
we're
not
awarded
it's
very
competitive.
However
they're
going
to
go
again
for
it,
it
provides
a
maximum
of
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
the
goal
for
this
year's
application
would
be
to
improve
lighting
and
make
some
other
infrastructure
and
safety
improvements
to
the
west
side.
Neighborhood
of
athens.
G
Again,
it's
competitive,
there's
not
a
guarantee.
They
tried
it
with
the
same
goal
last
year,
but
they're
going
to
try
again
and
they
think
they
have
figured
out
ways
they
being.
I
got
this
information
from
city
engineer
and
director
of
public
works
jessica
edine.
They
have
figured
out
some
some
changes
to
make
that
they
hope
will
further
strengthen
their
application
for
this
year's
competition
that
is
due
in
early
september.
So
we've
got
time
on
that
one,
but
the
third
one
we
will
have
to
deal
with
more
quickly.
It
is
a
small
cities
program
application.
G
These
can
be
big
applications.
This
could
be
a
seven
figure
kind
of
award
if
they
got
it,
they
haven't
that
they
being
again
the
department
of
public
works
and
engineering
department.
They
haven't
decided
for
certain
what
to
apply
for
this
year.
They're
finalizing
their
discussions
about
you
know
what
to
make
the
goal,
but
the
deadline
to
apply
is
june.
15Th
excuse
me
june
15th,
so
we
will
have
to
suspend
the
rules
on
this
one
in
order
to
give
them
permission
to
apply
for
that
competition
before
we
begin
our
june
recess.
G
A
Thank
you
councilmember
claude
felder.
Well
now
we
have
one
item
under
committee
of
the
whole,
and
this
is
proposed
by
the
ohio
municipal
league
and
also
with
recommendations
from
auditor
hecht
and
also
our
tax
administrator
tina
timberman,
that
we
consider
passing
a
resolution
that
would
oppose
this
substitute
house
bill
157
and
briefly
what
this
house
bill.
157
is
currently
in
the
ohio
house,
ways
and
mean
commit
means
committee
and
what
it
would
do
is
repeal
section
29
of
house
bill
197.
A
The
significance
for
the
city
is
that
the
that
section
29
of
house
bill
197,
which
is
in
currently
in
effect,
allows
the
employer
withholding
and
liability
for
the
employee
to
be
taxable
for
the
city
where
the
principal
place
of
work
is
located,
and
so
this
has
been
an
extremely
important
tool
for
the
different
municipalities
in
ohio
us
included
during
the
covid.
When
people
have
been
room.
A
L
L
Don't
live
in
the
city
limits,
but
because
they
work
here
they
do
pay
income
taxes
and
to
the
city,
and
so
one
of
the
biggest
and
most
confusing
part
is
that
they
want
to
make
this
retroactive
to
january
of
2020,
which
means
all
of
those
people
who
started
working
from
home
last
march
through
all
of
last
year.
Who've
all
filed
their
taxes
and
just
done.
Everything
else
would
have
to
be
issued
refunds
for
last
year
and
through
this
year,
we're
almost
halfway
through
this
year.
L
So
it's
it's
pretty
chaotic
and
as
far
as
the
employers,
issues
for
them
are
a
single
business
such
as
the
city
might
say,
but
even
anything
smaller
has
employees
working
from
different
areas
in
the
county,
and
so
we
do
have
taxable
entities
within
the
county
and
people
who
might
live
out.
I
I
have
someone
in
my
office
that
lives
in
morgan
county.
L
J
I
L
L
A
When
you
figure
these
are
all
good
questions
and
comments,
and
when
you
figure
that
the
university
was
many
of
the
employees,
there
were
working
remote
this
past
year
and
that's
our
community's
largest
employer
and
the
other
comment
that
council
member
fall
made
about.
You
know
our
income
tax
and,
like
many
other
most
of
the
other
municipalities
in
ohio,
that
income
tax
is
an
incredible
amount
of
money
for
us
for
our.
A
This
is
just
a
ballpark
that
I
keep
in
my
figure
that
I
keep
in
my
head
and
ca
auditor.
That
can
correct
me
if
I
I'm
wrong,
but
for
our
general
revenue
fund,
I
think
close
to
80
of
our
general
revenue
fund
is
from
income
tax
and
then
80
percent
of
that
money
then
goes
out
to
our
salary
and
fringe
for
our
city
employees.
A
C
I
do
just
real
quick.
You
know
this
is.
This
is
a
pretty
serious
issue
that
the
ohio
mayor's
alliance
is
certainly
digging
into.
I
think
the
comment
was
about
bigger
cities,
maybe
not
being
as
impacted
as
one
like
ours.
It's
you
know.
If
you
stop
and
think
about
cities
like
cincinnati
or
dayton,
where
there's
a
lot
of
employees
that
come
over
from
kentucky
you're,
you
are
a
border
city
and
so
that
and
likely
individuals
coming
from
again
taxing
municipalities.