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Athens CIty Council - August 2, 2021
A
A
A
It
will
be
followed
by
an
executive
committee
session,
at
which
point
we
will
come
back
and
convene
open
the
doors
again
and
then
adjourn
for
the
evening
so
a
long
evening,
a
full
evening
ahead
of
us
and
we're
looking
forward
to
the
conversation
and
discussion.
A
B
Waiting
for
the
migration
to
end
here,
I'd
like
to
call
the
transportation
committee
to
order.
We
just
have
two
items
to
discuss
tonight
in
committee
and
then
these
items
will
later
be
brought
up
again
in
our
city
council
meeting
proper
as
a
first
reading.
B
So
we'll
read
the
proposed
ordinances,
that's
listed
here
and
then
I'll
open
it
up
for
any
questions
or
comments
from
members
of
the
transportation
committee
and
after
they've
had
their
say.
Then
I
will
open
it
up
to
other
members
of
council
and
after
they
have
their
say
than
to
city
officials
and
to
anyone
in
the
in
the
audience.
Who
may
have
something
pertinent
to
say
about
it.
B
The
mayor
and
service
safety
director
shall
implement
the
following:
a
close
to
vehicular
traffic
union
street
in
the
city
of
athens
from
court
to
college
on
sunday
august,
22nd
2021
from
10
a.m,
to
8
p.m.
For
ohio
university
involvement,
fair
b
band
parking
on
union
street
from
court
to
college
in
the
city
of
athens
on
sunday
august,
22nd,
2021
from
7am
to
9pm
for
said
event,
see
vending
spaces
will
remain
open
and
accessible
for
city
licensed
vendors
throughout
the
event
and
then
section
two,
the
the
usual
emergency
health
and
safety.
So
on
so
on.
B
C
I'm
in
support
of
supporting
the
university
for
this
initiative-
and
I
know
we've
tried
to
get
our
closures
all
together
in
one
ordinance
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
but
I
I
think
we
all
for
saw
that
these
kinds
of
things
would
happen.
So
I'm
in
support.
B
Not
necessarily
members
of
of
council
any
any
comments,
suggestions,
alterations.
E
To
this
I'll,
be
brief,
I'm
you
know,
as
councilmember
crowl
indicated,
that
you
know
that
we
do
try
to
put
forward
a
full
slate
for
council
to
approve,
with
all
events,
you
know,
and
we
may
have
overlooked
reaching
out
to
the
department
that
puts
this
on
each
year,
but
in
following
years
moving
into
2022,
we
will
make
sure
we
are
able
to
contact
all
event,
coordinators
or
event.
G
A
The
is
there
I'm
not
sure
if
there's
somebody
from
ohio
university
from
the
student
services
is
there
anybody
here
representing
the
university
that
wishes
to
speak
on
the
proposed
ordinance.
We
just
wanted
to
make
sure
because
they
said
somebody
was
going
to
be
here
representing
the
university
okay.
Thank
you.
B
City
service
safety
director-
do
you
have
anything
to
add?
Is
there
any
issues
with
this.
B
Fifty
thousand
dollars
is
struck
out
and
substituted
with
eighty
one
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
to
street
fund
2021
tc
500
to
include
crack
ceiling,
233
000
to
apr
income
tax
fund,
273
tc
500
for
paving
slash
parking
lot;
construction
at
west
state
park
and
281
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
to
street
rehabilitation
fund
572
transaction
code
500
to
include
restoration
of
the
east
state
street
concrete
medium
median
near
bob
evans
and
increasing
the
total
appropriations
by
set
amount.
B
B
Let
me
stand
corrected
on
that.
It's
596
000
as
follows:
81
500
to
street
fund
220
transaction
code;
500
230
3000
to
apr
income
tax
fund,
273
transaction
code,
500
for
paving
parking
lot;
construction
at
west
state
park
and
two
hundred
eighty
one
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
from
street
real
rehabilitation
fund,
572
transaction
code,
500
percent,
paving
and
repairs;
and
then
section
three.
This
ordinance
shall
go
in
full
force
upon
earliest
committed
by
law,
so
I'll
open
it
up
to
the
committee.
Any
any
comments.
D
Yes,
thank
you.
I
I
personally
just
I
really
like
to
see
some
of
our
our
funds
getting
diverted
to
help.
Repaving
the
west
state
street
ball
field
parks.
D
All
of
that
it's
fallen
into
a
considerable
state
of
disrepair
just
because
it's
been
a
while,
since
it's
been
looked
at
and
with
the
number
of
people
that
have
been
going
there,
parking
for
games
and
having
to
pull
onto
the
grass,
and
so
I
think
this
is
a
really
really
great
use
of
our
funds
to
be
actually
revitalizing
a
small
part
of
the
west
side,
which
I
know
sometimes
feels
like
it
gets
overlooked.
So
big
fan
thank.
E
C
Thank
you,
member
eisner,
I'll,
just
put
in
a
plug.
A
group
of
local
citizens
have
been
bringing
up
the
issue
of
other
recreational
activities
in
the
city
of
athens,
in
particular
the
soccer
community,
and
so
they
have
approached
me
as
a
interested
council
member
to
discuss
seeing
some
of
these
funds
going
towards
other
facilities,
and
I
and
I'm
not
saying
this
doesn't
deserve
to
be
done
at
the
west
state
street
parks
as
member
ziff
has
supported,
but
I
do
think
in
the
coming
years.
C
I
Thank
you,
member
eisner,
with
regard
to
the
paving
at
west
state
street
ballpark.
Can
you
share
if
you
know
if
this
is
repaving
and
expansion
or
is
just
just
repaving,
and
if
and
I
see
the
mayor
nodding
so
maybe
he
could
elaborate
and
just
maybe
talk
a
little
bit
about
about
more
about
the
expansion.
What
brought
this
on
and
how
many
more
spots
it'll
provide
that
sort
of
thing.
Thank
you.
E
Well,
let
me
tell
you
a
story:
no,
this
past
summer
my
daughters
were
both
on
the
sandlot
softball
team
playing
and
it's
the
first
time.
I've
really
had
the
ability
to
or
the
opportunity
rather
to
observe
the
parking
that
takes
place
when
sandlot
is
in
full
stride
and
with
the
girls
softball
down
there
as
well,
and
one
of
the
things
I
noticed
right
away
is
that
there
was
an
awful
lot
of
parking
on
the
grass
itself,
and
so
it
would
be
to
answer
your
question.
E
It
will
be
repaving
the
existing
parking
and
expanding
to
create
roughly
80
more
parking
spaces
down
there,
because
it
is
desperately
needed.
Otherwise,
like
I
said,
we'd
have
to
figure
out
some
other
plan
and
I
don't
think
the
other
any
other
plan
to
protect
the
grass
spaces
would
necessarily
work
other
than
to
create
more
parking,
which
is,
is
needed
down
there
at
west
state
street
ball
fields.
E
And
if
I
may
real
quick
to
to
comment
on
member
crowl's
mentioned
absolutely,
you
know
we're
not
a
one
sport
town
and
there
are
a
lot
of
users
to
include
pickleball
and
tennis
and
other
things.
So
absolutely
that
we're
tracking
that
there
needs
to
be
improvements
to
a
number
of
our
recreation
spaces
in
the
city
of
athens
and
that's
been
my
tenant.
Since
I
became
mayor,
it
will
continue
to
be
something
that
I
charge
forward
to
where
we're
looking
at
other
spaces.
E
But
members
medley
that
and
there
will
be
also
a
conversation,
I'm
sure
about
vault
base
or
ball
field,
one
and
twos
dugouts
that
are
in
desperate
need
of
rehabbing
and
bringing
up
to
the
condition
that
they
should
be
in.
I
J
F
E
E
You
know,
with
the
west
union,
designing
that's
going
on
and
hopefully
being
able
to
have
a
connector
that
connects
harold
drive
between
west
union
and
west
state
street
that
when
it's
being
designed,
we
are
looking
at.
You
know
multi-modal
transportation
to
get
through
to
include
sidewalks,
because
we
know
there's
a
lot
of
young
individuals
who,
while
using
the
ball
fields,
will
also
frequent
one
of
our
classic
restaurants
on
west
union
and
to
create
a
safe
passage
for
that
as
well
as
cycling.
E
So
we
will
be
looking
at
more
of
a
active
transportation,
complete
street
design
on
that,
but
not
so
much
for
this
parking
plan
right.
F
H
Stop
sure
just
a
this
whole
chair
thing,
all
right
annual
paving
typically
is
a
is,
is
a
maintenance
and
repair
of
existing,
and
so
you
know
it's
something
that
we've
done
for
decades
now,
where
we'll
put
a
significant
amount
of
money
in
an
annual
basis
on
repaving
crack
ceiling
oftentimes,
if
there's,
if
there's
curb
or
storm
infrastructure
that
needs
repaired
in
its
existing
condition
to
get
back
to
a
viable
state,
that's
really
what
we
do
with
that
annual
paving.
There
are
no
grant
funds
that
go
into
annual
payment.
H
One
of
the
benefits
of
having
a
street
rehab
fund,
specifically
as
an
additional
levy
on
top
of
our
normal
income
tax,
is
that
you
know
we
get
a
sizable
amount
of
money
for
a
city
this
this
size
to
be
able
to
go
and
do
those
annual
repairs
and
because
we
don't
have
grants
associated
with
it.
H
There's
a
lot
of
flexibility
with
that,
and
so
we'll
use
those
on
any
given
given
year
to
do
those
those
rehabs
that
we
need
to
do
that
come
up
kind
of
through
the
year
and
as
we
evaluate
both
pavement
curb
sidewalk
and
infrastructure
conditions.
Over
time,
we
tend
to
modify
existing
streets
to
be
more
complete
in
accordance
with
the
the
complete
speed
streets
initiative
as
part
of
other
capital
improvements
projects,
in
many
cases
when
we
have
external
funding
for
it.
H
So
if
you
look
at
richland
avenue
and
improvements
on
richmond
avenue,
really
over
the
last
10
years,
starting
with
the
roundabout
2010
all
the
way
up
through
the
present
day,
you
can
kind
of
see
with
time
we've
added
bike
lanes.
We've
added,
you
know
wider
sidewalks,
we've
added,
we,
you
know,
did
a
great
separation
here
with
this
most
recent
project.
So
those
tend
to
be
the
times
that
we
do
the
complete
streets
initiatives
like
the
big
complete
streets
initiative,
the
simpson
project,
for
instance.
H
H
My
guess
is
that
concrete,
additional
probation,
I
don't
have
all
the
details
on
that
one
I'll
have
to
get
it
without
eat,
safe
median
is,
is,
is
probably
due
to
a
bid
coming
in
higher
than
what
we
initially
thought,
but
by
and
large
you
know
we
really
go
after
those
complete
streets
initiatives
as
part
of
some
of
these
other
projects.
Thank.
A
Just
a
comment
and
a
question
there:
there
was
one
time
and
andy
you
would
be
our
director
stone.
You
would
be
here
and
know
about
it
was
paving
the
bike
lane
on
north
congress
did
that
go
in
as
part
of
was
that
kind
of.
Oh,
we
see
an
opportunity
here.
H
Yeah,
that
was
a
that
was
a
low-hanging
fruit
situation,
where
we
basically
made
the
determination
we
didn't
need
two
driving
lanes
on
north
congress.
Any
longer
was
an
area
identified.
F
H
In
the
city,
a
map
of
good
and
bad
cycling,
thoroughfares
in
the
city
of
athens,
and
it
had
been
identified
as
a
bad
one.
And
so
we
recognized
that
we
didn't
need
two
lanes
of
drive
traffic.
You
know
because
volumes
weren't
what
they
used
to
be
on
that
street,
and
so
we
got
rid
of
one
lane
and
then
restriped
after
after
annual
paving
to
be
able
to
put
in
a.
G
A
And
I've
got
one
other
question
and
this
is
in
response
to
council
member
falls,
which
I
think
is
really
valid
comment
about
the
taking
a
look
at
the
west
state
street
and
the
design
of
that
before
the
paving
starts
tonight's,
the
first
reading
of
that
ordinance.
So
my
question
to
administration
is
before
that
comes
back
for
the
second
reading.
Do
you
think
there'll
be
time,
then,
for
the
review
that
council
member
fall
has
asked
about
sure.
E
We
we
can
look
into
that.
You
know
for
the
design
for
drainage
in
that
area.
You
know
the
interesting
thing
and
we've
had
this
conversation
in
the
past
is
that
in
observing
the
number
of
cars
that
are
parking
on
the
grass,
I
see
that
as
more
of
a
risk
when
it
comes
to
or
wellhead
protection,
as
opposed
to
asphalt
parking
spaces
to
where
any
random
dripping
from
someone's
engine
or
potentially
gas
tank
is
going
on
to
the
asphalt
service,
but
we'll
certainly
look
into
proper
drainage
down
there.
It's
it's
interesting.
E
The
drainage
that
currently
exists.
There
is
a
drainage,
ditch
that
runs
through
the
park
near
the
existing
parking
area,
but
we
can
look
at
at
other
ways
of
protecting
the
protection
area.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
C
Thank
you.
I
wanted
to
appreciate
member
mccary's
bringing
up
the
complete
streets,
because
I
know
you
weren't
on
council
at
that
time,
and
I
was-
and
I
was
involved
in
that
initiative,
and
I
wasn't
thinking
about
complete
streets
for
this
project.
So
I
really
appreciate
you
bringing
that
to
mind.
It
is
true,
as
as
mr
stone
and
the
mayor
have
said,
is
that
we
do
tend
to
look
at
accessibility
issues,
safety
issues,
bicycle
infrastructure
and
so
for
a
parking
lot.
There's
there's
fewer
of
those
but
they're.
C
D
Thank
you.
I
just
had
a
question
about
the
restoration
of
the
east
state
street,
concrete
media
and
bob
near
bob
evans.
Is
that
referring
to
the
like
the
flower
bed
area
and
the
center
there
is
it?
Is
it
like
a
redesign
or
is
it
just
sort
of
revitalizing.
E
G
D
D
Think
I
think
that's
just
just
to
add
on
to
that.
I
think
that's
a
very
nice
thing
for
us
to
invest
something
into
with
the
number
of
people
visiting
athens
coming
from
places
like
columbus.
That's
their
first
view
of
the
city
of
athens,
and
ideally
we
don't
want
to
welcome
to
our
overall,
quite
beautiful
city
with
look
here's
our
crumbling
stuff.
So
it's
definitely
a
great
use
of
that
as
well.
So
thank
you,
mr.
B
E
I
I
would
just
like
to
to
make
sure
it's
real
clear
to
anyone
who's
watching
tonight,
the
the
parking
for
west
state
street
park,
the
parking
will
come
out
of
273,
which
is
out
of
recreation,
and
everything
else
that
we
were
just
talking
about,
will
be
220
out
of
street.
K
First
time,
I've
done
this
for
a
long
time,
rob
delac,
124
morris
avenue
in
the
city
here
in
athens,
I'm
not
representing
any
particular
groups
or
anything
right
now.
K
I
thanks
for
the
discussion
about
complete
streets
in
particular,
and,
if
remember
mccarry,
for
bringing
that
up,
you
hit,
I
think
most
of
the
points,
but
I
would
like
to
add
just
a
little
in
that
I
always
keep
an
eye
on
what
the
city
is
doing
with
the
paving
and
I
review
every
street-
that's
proposed
and
see
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
maybe
remind
city
staff
if
needed
that
there
might
be
an
opportunity
to
sort
that
low-hanging
fruit,
like
andy
stone,
mentioned
to
maybe
put
a
bike
lane
in
where
the
comprehensive
plan
like
ped
plan
shows
there
should
be
one
and
there
isn't
currently
and
maybe
to
add
it
during
the
paving
process.
K
So
I've
been
keeping
an
eye
on
that
for
several
years
now
and
I
checked
this
year
and
there
were
no
opportunities
with
the
paving
that's
proposed
to
do
that.
So
there
has
been
in
the
past.
One
was
west
union
street
a
few
years
ago
was
repaved
and
I
had
suggested
that
should
be
bike
lanes
put
on
that
which
is
what
was
in
the
plan.
K
They
decided
not
to
do
that,
because
there
was
a
plan
to
repave
rebuild
the
entire
street,
which
is
going
to
happen.
I
think
next
year
now
so
they
put
that
off
for
that
reason,
but
they
do
seem
to
be
considering
those
ideas
and
but
I
like
to
keep
an
eye
on
that
myself
being
an
advocate
for
complete
streets
here
in
the
city
in
active
transportation.
K
I'm
a
little
concerned
about
the
addition
of
new
paving,
I
sort
of
think,
and
I
the
mayor,
did
address
the
idea
that
maybe,
if
we
use
grass
there
may
be
concerns
as
well,
but
I
think
using
flux
space
with
grass
instead
of
more
impervious
surface
might
be
a
better
option,
but
also
you
know.
I
do
think
it's
important
that
we
consider
carefully.
Adding
new
pavement
in
the
wellhead
area
like
like
member
fall.
K
Has
suggested-
and
I
wonder
also
if
the
parks
and
recreation
advisory
board
has
reviewed
that
proposal
and
if
they've
provided
any
feedback
on
that
I've
heard
from
one
member
that
this
was
happening,
but
I
don't
know
if
that
was
something
that
the
board
actually
reviewed
and
provided
advice
to
the
city
on.
Does
anyone
know
mayor
pastor?
Do
you
know
if.
K
It
would
seem
like
that
would
make
sense
to
hear
what
the
parks
and
recreation
citizen
advisory
board
had
to
say
about
that,
and
I
don't
know
if
they
made
an
official
any
official
decision
or
input
to
the
city
about
that
proposal
to
add
parking.
But
I
think
that
would
be
important
to
consider
as
well.
If
it
hasn't
been
considered,
is
what
that
committee
thinks
should
happen
here.
K
B
There's
no
other
bullet
points
to
to
consider.
So
with
that
I'll
say,
the
transportation
committee
is
adjourned.
C
C
We
would
like
to
appropriate
five
thousand
dollars
from
the
athens
arts
parks
and
recreation
fund
270
for
the
shade
tree
commission.
These
are
for
some,
both
the
planting
and
the
maintenance
of
trees
down
at
the
west
state
street
ball
field.
So
this
will
be
a
chance
to
enhance
that
area.
With
the
other
improvements
going
on,
there
are
two
locations
actually
that
the
shade
tree
commission
has
recommended
planting
some
trees,
not
only
down
at
the
west
state
street
ball
fields,
but
also
on
carroll
lane.
C
I
I
I
E
I
Updated
correct,
thank
you.
Member
fall,
I'm
also
seeing
on
the
map
expected
future
construction
area.
I
wondered
if
you
had
any,
and
I
know
that's
not
something
we're
voting
on
tonight.
I
wonder
if
that
was
something
else
for
the
future
or
no.
C
C
B
B
E
G
C
Okay,
seeing
no
other
comments.
We
will
move
on
to
the
next
item
under
appropriations,
which
is
that
our
treasurer's
scanner
has
gone
to
put
so
we
will
be
appropriating
or
we
recommend
appropriating
from
the
general
fund,
four
hundred
dollars
to
the
treasurer's
office
for
a
new
scanner
committee,
any
questions
about
the
treasurer's
scanner,
other
members
of
council,
okay,
seeing
none
going
on
to
transfers
our
garbage
fund
is
struggling.
C
C
So
the
discussion
item
tonight
is
a
transfer
of
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
the
general
fund
to
the
garbage
fund.
Before
I
ask
for
any
committee
input,
I
don't
know
if
the
mayor
has
any
additional
information,
I
don't
know
if
mr
riggs
was
able
to
join
us
tonight
or.
C
Thank
you,
mayor
I'll,
remind
the
public
that
the
big
bellies
are
the
solar
powered
trash
and
recycling
receptacles
that
are
in
the
downtown
area,
26
pairs.
I
believe
I.
C
C
One
of
the
advantages
to
having
the
big
bellies
is
they
actually
have
a
compactor
that
is
run
through
solar
power
so
that
they're
very
sustainable
devices.
What
that
compacting
means
is
that
you
can
have
fewer
pickups
of
the
actual
trash
and
recycling
or,
I
think,
just
the
trash.
Maybe
that
has
the
compaction,
but
our
contract
with
hrc
has
them
pick
up
every
day.
C
So
it
doesn't
work
perfectly
well
with
the
way
that
that
that
that
we
have
our
receptacles
in
the
downtown
area,
and
we
looked
at
it
over
a
long
term,
not
having
that
fifty
thousand
plus
dollar
rental
fee
annually.
There
are,
as
the
mayor
said,
some
costs
that
we're
going
to
have
to
absorb
we're
going
to
need
to
buy
our
own
receptacles,
and
we
are
going
to
need
to
pay
this
fee.
C
E
Do
thank
you.
You
explained
that
very
well.
You
know
the
the
other
thing
that's
worth
noting
about
us
using
big
belly
uptown
is.
It
gave
us
real
data,
it
showed
what
would
it
look
like
with
having
both
a
refuse
side,
as
well
as
the
recycling
side,
and
we
were
averaging
between
35
and
40
percent
diversion,
otherwise
everything
would
have
gone
to
landfill
with
the
recycling
side.
E
So
when
we
do
replace
them,
we
will
continue
with
a
dual
trash
can
system
to
where
it's
side
side-by-side
landfill
versus
recycling,
because
I,
like,
I
believe,
a
lot
of
people
have
really
gotten
used
to
and
have
been
clearly
using
it
since
we
are
diverting
40
that
would
have
otherwise
gone
to
the
landfill.
E
So
we've
learned
a
lot
with
the
big
belly
system,
but
at
this
point
we
find
that
it's
more
cost
effective
for
us
to
use
a
dual
system
in
the
uptown,
and
we
also
believe
that,
without
savings
we
may
be
able
to,
you
know,
have
some
other
things
be
able
to
to
possibly
hire
an
individual
seasonally
or
maybe
a
full-time,
a
part-time
individual,
to
go
and
kind
of
monitor
any
other
litter.
E
C
Thank
you
mayor.
I
believe
yes,
members.
B
L
B
B
H
F
H
Coming
into
the
garbage
fund
is
not
keeping
pace
with
the
amount
of
expenditures
going
to
advent
talking
recycling,
so
it
doesn't
change
their
contract.
But
if
you
look
at
what
we
brought
into
the
city
versus
what
we
committed
when
we
recommitted
to
athens
talking
recycling
contract
a
year
ago,
we
haven't
brought
in
enough
paid
for
the
contract.
H
So
it's
not
good
practice
to
subsidize
a
proprietary
fund
with
a
general
fund,
but
in
this
particular
instance
you
can't
just
instantly
go
out
and
raise
the
rates
and
get
all
the
money
you
need
to
be
able
to
pay
it
back.
So
so
this
is
it's
about
half
and
half
what
these?
What
what
this
particular
emergency,
emergency
or
or
or
subsidization
is,
is
going
to.
B
Is
this
coveted
related
in
any
way
I
mean
loss
of
revenues
and
so
on,
causing
an
impact,
possibly
okay?
You
know.
H
Possibly,
I've
done
a
deep
dive.
I
know
that
that
david
riggs
has
he's,
got
some
recommendations
on
what
rates
need
to
be
in
order
to
keep
pace
with
the
costs
associated
with
the
athens
hocking
recycling
contract
right.
B
H
It
could
be
that
there's
less
straight
pairs
at
this
point
I
mean
I
I've
been
gone
for
17
months,
so
when
I
remember
oh.
H
I
think
we
were,
we
thought
we
were
close
on
the
math.
In
the
meantime,
it's
possible
that
there's
been
a
decrease
in
in
users
and
the
amount
that
has
been
paid
into
the
fund
didn't
keep
pace
with
the
amount
that
that
we
committed
to
athens
hockey,
recycling
and.
B
H
H
Bellies
were
they,
the
initial
thought
was
because
they
compacted
that
we
would
partially
pay
for
the
cost
associated
with
renting
them
by
not
having
to
make
as
many
runs
in
the
uptown
area.
And
you
know
every
time
they
make
a
run
in
the
uptown
area,
there's
a
cost
that
happens,
hiking
recycling
charges
to
the
city,
and
so
we
thought
you
know
it's
compacted.
They
won't
have
to
make
as
many
runs
and
so
therefore,
they'll
help
pay
for
themselves.
G
H
That
didn't
happen.
They
still
had
to
make
as
many
runs,
because
people
put
stuff
in
there
and
compacting
got
full
and
they
had
they
had
to
run
every
day
anyway,
to
the
mayor's
point
about
diverting
and
recycling.
It
absolutely
encourage
people
to
do
that
because
both
receptacles
were
present,
so
that
was
one
benefit
while
they
were
there
and
then
the
other
benefit
was
they
quit
being
locations
for
second
story
and
third
story
apartments
to
bring
their
bagged
trash
down
to
the
street.
G
H
Into
the
open
street
receptacles
because
you
can
fit
them
into
the
into
the
thing
there
so
when
we
go
with
the
the
new
ones,
that's
you
know,
obviously
something
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
so.
There
were
a
lot
of
benefits
from
them,
but
it
just
didn't
pan
out
financially
the
way
that
that
that
we
wanted
to
or
that
we
were
hoping
from
the
beginning.
E
Director
stone's
point
that
you
know
I
have
yet
to
see
a
lazy
boy
chair
hanging
out
of
one
of
the
big
bellies
because
he
couldn't
physically
shove,
one
in
which
was
happening
in
our
former
open
top
round
trash
cans.
Ironing
boards,
too,.
C
Okay,
any
other
comments
about
the
transfer
from
the
general
fund
for
garbage.
Okay.
Thank
you.
Yes,
yes,
member
grace.
M
Just
that
going
forward
with
discussion
about
rates
well,
I
I'm
certainly
going
to
be
interested
to
know
sort
of
like
where
the
change
came
from,
because
the
increase
was
not
that
long
ago
and
we
felt
that
we
were
doing
the
best.
We
could
to
calculate
what
the
rates
needed
to
be
like.
But
we
did
know
that
we
were
working
on
a
really
narrow
margin,
because
we
discussed
various
rate
increase
amounts
when
we
went
with
a
new
contract.
M
But
I
I
would
like
to
see
details
like
if,
especially
if
it's
a
loss
of
customers,
things
like
that,
just
because
I
think
it's
important,
that
we
know
why
we
need
to
make
changes
after
a
relatively
short
time
on
that
bond.
C
C
Okay.
Moving
on
the
last
item
on
finance
and
personnel,
tonight
is
a
racial
equity
training,
and
I'm
going
to
turn
this
over
to
the
mayor
here
in
just
a
second
to
get
into
the
nitty-gritty,
because
he's
been
working
very
hard
on
this,
but
this
is
from
the
national
league
of
cities,
and
the
city
has
received
a
quote
to
do
a
race,
equity
and
leadership,
training
for
all
city
staff-
and
this
is
pretty
extensive.
But
if
the
mayor
wouldn't
mind
speaking
to
it
a
little
bit
more
man.
E
I
I
would
love
to
thank
you,
member
crowl.
I
don't
have
the
actual
details
for
all
the
training,
but
I
I
have
been
working
on
this
for
a
long
time,
so
I
have
committed
some
to
memory.
E
The
I've
been
working
with
the
national
league
of
cities,
race,
equity
and
leadership
council,
which,
by
the
way
I
serve
on
that
council
for
the
national
league
of
cities,
but
with
ron
lucas
hr,
director
ron
lucas
and
I
reached
out
roughly
six
almost
seven
months
ago
to
see
what
kinds
of
training
the
nlc's
real
program
can
do
for
the
city
of
athens.
E
There
would
be
a
city
employee-wide
survey,
which
will
be
the
data
from
that
will
be
informative
to
real,
to
where
real
can
somewhat
customize
a
for
training
platform
and
that
training
would
be
the
real
100
which
I've
been
through
before
I
know,
council
some
council
members
have
also
been
through
the
nlc's
real
training
that
would
be
for
all
city
employees
followed
a
a
month
or
two
later
by
the
real
200
training,
which
is
a
higher
level,
training
of
racial
equity
and
systemic
racism.
E
And
then
all
city
staff
are
all
city,
leadership
will
go
through,
and
council
is
invited
as
well
to
go
through
the
real
300
training,
which
is
the
highest
level
of
the
training
that
nlc
provides.
And
then
we
will
also
have
you
know
three,
possibly
four
individuals
going
through
real
400,
which
is
a
train,
the
trainer
product
that
the
that
nlc
provides,
which
will
be
great
because
then
we
will
have
individuals
who
will
be
able
to
continue
that
training
as
we
move
forward.
E
There
will
also
be
a
fair
amount
of
data
analysis
coming
from
the
national
league
of
cities
real
program
when
it
comes
to
the
survey
and
looking
at
areas
that
need
to
be
targeted
for
specific
training.
Like
I
mentioned,
they
do
have
the
ability
to
customize
the
training
modules
to
fit
your
community
and
the
results
of
that
survey.
So
this
is
there's
a
big
movement.
It
will.
The
rails
quote,
I
believe
you
have
it
in
in
the
ordinance
was
approximately
a
hundred
and
one
hundred
and
two
thousand
dollars.
E
C
Thank
you
mayor.
I
also
want
to
thank
member
grace
and
and
all
council
members
for
moving
this
forward.
As
the
mayor
said,
this
is
something
that
that
we
would
like
to
move
on
as
quickly
as
possible.
It
has
taken
some
time
as
the
mayor
outlined
he's
been
in
touch
with
the
nlc
for
many
months,
but
we're
hoping
to
suspend
the
rules
and
do
this
approve
this
rather
quickly
later
on
this
evening.
A
E
They'll
be
consulting,
they
won't
be
coming
to
athens,
but
they
will
be
consulting
with
us
and
as
well
as
the
racial
equity
coalition
here
in
athens,
to
have
community
forums
and
open
dialogue
about
systemic
racism.
E
M
G
M
Athens
for
taking
this
step
just
and
and
for
for
requiring
it
of
all
our
city
employees.
I
think
it's
very
valuable
and
I
appreciate
the
administration's
work
with
nlc
to
develop
this
for
the
city
and
wholeheartedly
support
moving
forward
with
this
and
look
forward
to
participating
in
as
many
levels
of
the
training.
As
I
am
able
to.
Thank
me.
D
Thank
you
mcgraw.
I
just
wanted
to
echo,
remember
grace
on
that
to
say
how
exciting
about
this
possibility
and
and
how,
especially
with
the
idea
of
it
being
a
mandatory
thing
for
people
who
work
here
in
the
city,
I
think
it's
extremely
important
for
people
to
to
garner
a
better
understanding
of
systematic
racism
that
we
experience
in
this
country,
and
this
is
just
one
small,
excellent,
not
so
small,
one
fairly
large,
excellent
step
that
we
can
take
here
in
the
city
of
athens
to
make
it
a
better
place
for
all
of
us.
F
You
I
also
appreciate
the
speed
with
which
we
are
trying
to
move
this
forward,
because
I
recognize
that
there
have
been
voices
in
the
community
that
have
been
calling
for
this
kind
of
action
for
some
time,
and
I
appreciate
the
point
that
there's
some
survey
pieces
to
this.
That
will
help
guide
and
customize
the
training.
I'm
wondering
if
the
mayor
or
or
perhaps,
council
member
grace
can
speak
to
any
kind
of
midway
or
post
sort
of
experience.
F
Survey
that
could
let
us
know
how
employees
are
responding
to
this
experience
and
if
there's
any,
even
noticeable
measurable
change
in
implicit
bias
or
anything
like
that.
E
E
It
makes
more
sense
to
have
the
eyes
of
the
racial
equity
coalition
looking
at
this
document
and
making
edits
whether
it's
again
striking
a
question
because
it
doesn't
fit
with
our
community
or
adding
questions
that
are
missing
in
the
national
league
of
cities.
So
that's
absolutely
fine,
you
can
you
can
change
the
survey
as
you
see
fit
and
they'll
still
compile
that
data
and
give
us
a
report
once
that
survey
is
completed
by
all
city
employees.
E
F
Thank
you,
I
think
I'll
just
one
comment,
and
that
is
just
about
whatever
we
can
do
to
encourage
supervisors
to
provide
time
and
space.
For
this
to
happen.
I'm
assuming
this
is
on
the
clock
kind
of
training.
That's
part
of
the
job
expectations
it.
E
E
I
believe
it's
a
five-week
training
and
it's
twice
a
week
when
they
are
meeting
with
faculty
from
ohio
university,
going
through
again
a
history
of
systemic
racism
through
the
lens
of
law
enforcement,
the
judicial
system,
the
health
care
system
and
I'm
probably
missing
something
there.
Certainly
the
history
of
systemic
racism,
and
that
too,
is
it's
going
to
take
some
time
for
them
to
go
through
that
training,
but
they
are
all
going
through
that
training,
which
is,
is
vitally
important
as
well.
So
it
will
take
time
to
get
everyone
through,
but
thank
you.
M
Grace
mr
mayor
for
bringing
up
the
history
of
racism,
of
course,
that
our
apd
officers,
as
well
as
oupd
officers,
they're
all
going
through
that
class,
and
actually
I
just
met
with
the
chiefs
today
and
discussing
that,
and
it
it's
a
fantastic
class.
M
It
is
truly
about
the
entire
systems
upon
which
so
much
of
our
community
is
built,
and
it's
valuable
to
recognize
that
we're
all
a
part
of
the
system
and
and
therefore
we
all
need
to
learn
and
do
better.
And
so
I
think
it's
really
good
for
our
police
officers
to
be
having
this
training
that
was
provided
just
for
them
initially,
so
that
they
were
the
only
ones
in
the
space.
But
I
think
it's
good
for
them
to
recognize
as
as
well
as
everyone
else
that
that.
G
G
M
Have
completed
four
weeks
of
the
history
of
racism
course,
and
I
I
think
it's
a
really
wonderful
course
for
for
the
law
enforcement.
C
Thank
you,
member
grace,
so
just
to
remind
everyone.
This
is
an
appropriation
from
the
general
fund
that
we
are
recommending
allowing
the
mayor
to
authorize
entering
into
this
agreement
with
national
league
of
cities
in
the
amount
of
of
approximately
six
hundred
and
dollars
any
additional
comments
or
questions
about
racial
equity
training.
A
M
Thank
you,
president
nicely
and
welcome
back
to
in
person
this
realization
that
council
was
in
council
chambers
tonight
like
hit
me
over
and
over
throughout
the
day
I
was
like.
I
have
to
remember,
to
go
to
council,
it's
not
just
upstairs
so,
but
it
is
nice
to
see
everyone
in
person
and
we
do
have
a
few
items
on
the
agenda
for
this
evening.
M
The
first
item
is
a
firehouse
subs
public
safety
foundation
grant
recipient
and
a
council
has
to
authorize
our
fire
department
to
accept
the
grant
that
they
have
been
awarded,
which,
of
course,
we
certainly
want
to
do
and
my
drive
is
not
loading
the
ordinance.
Unfortunately,
do
you
have
it.
Thank
you.
M
So
the
our
fire
department
was
awarded
a
grant
for
fifteen
thousand
seven
hundred
and
ninety
dollars
to
be
used
for
the
direct
purchase
of
eight
sets
of
water
rescue
gear.
It
includes
rescue,
suits,
pfds
helmets,
shoes,
gloves
bags
and
accessories,
so
this
ordinance
simply
authorizes
our
fire
department
to
accept
the
equipment
that
is
being
purchased
with
the
grant
funds.
M
Are
there
any
comments
or
questions
related
to
that?
I
am
always
thrilled
when
our
city
departments
are
able
to
prepare
grant
funding
for
whether
for
street
projects
or
safety
equipment
for
our
fire
department
and
my
next
next
item
on
the
agenda.
If
there
are
no
questions
about
the
grant,
funding
is
schaefer
street
storm
line
tunnel.
M
There's
folks
who
live
on
the
west
side
may
may
have
noticed.
There's
there's
a
bit
of
an
issue
on
shaffer
street,
and
this
is
actually
a
fairly
significant
issue
in
that
it's
it's
going
to
be
a
costly
repair.
We
have
to
repair
the
stormline
tunnel
and
some
of
the
the
sewer
lines
under
there
and
then,
of
course,
repair
the
street
back
on
top
of
the
repair.
M
So
the
ordinance
for
consideration
today
will
be
to
transfer
400
000
to
the
sewer
fund
maintenance
and
an
additional
200
000
to
the
street
fund.
So
the
total
estimate
for
repair
on
this
project
is
a
six
hundred
thousand
dollar
cost
for
maintaining
our
vital
infrastructure
on
on
that,
and
it's
currently
blocked
off
as
there's
a
kind
of
a
bit
of
a
sinkhole
in
the
middle
of
shaffer
street,
and
this
is
from
west
state
street
to
bayern.
M
I
wonder
the
same
and
the
mayor
is
nodding,
yes,
because
it's
certainly
not
far
down
the
line
and
yeah,
unfortunately
again
as
as
individuals
who
spend
some
time
on
the
west
side.
That
was
an
ongoing
problem
at
that
intersection,
and
I
believe
this
is
an
extension
of
that
same
problem
that
hopefully
we
know
the
extent
of
it
now.
I
H
H
Or
a
tunnel
down
there
that
drains
a
significant
portion
of
the
west
side
of
the
city
and
it
goes
down
and
and
it's
kind
of
screwy
the
way
that
it
was
it
was
aligned
down
there.
H
A
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
fact
that
there
are
railroad
tracks
there
wherever
that
went
through,
and
so
the
way
that
it
designed
at
the
lowest
point
is
not
how
you
would
typically
have
built
it,
but
it's
just
the
way
that
it
got
built
because
there
were
railroad
attacks
there
for
130
years,
and
that
was
like
an
impassable
barrier.
H
So
it's
quite
the
piece
of
infrastructure
underneath
the
road
in
that
area,
it's
pretty
complicated
and
then
the
the
potential
for
a
major
sinkhole
is
there
with
some
of
what
my
guys
refer
to
as
toad
stranglers
happening
more
frequently,
the
very
intense
rain
events
that
could
cause
a
you
know
something
to
give
way
and
there's
a
few
tunnels
in
the
city
that
I
lose
sleep
about.
That's
one
of
them.
You
know
another
one.
H
You
know,
underneath
underneath
several
buildings
on
court
street,
there's
one
that
run
under
a
couple
houses
on
the
west
or
the
east
side
that
that
you
know
they're
they're,
very.
M
J
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
this
is
part
of
the
resiliency
program
that
we've
been
doing
with
climate
change
and
our
emergency
declaration
of
climate
change.
We
will
probably
be
looking
at
much
more
high
frequency,
high
intensity,
rain
events,
so
it
may
prove
us
to
kind
of
think
ahead
and
maybe
look
at
a
resiliency
budget
sort
of
thing
in
looking
at
the
ones
that
keep
you
up
at
night,
because
I
think
that
those
sort
of
issues
are
going
to
be
coming
more
and
more
and
we
want
to
get
ahead
of
them
instead
of
behind.
D
Thank
you,
member
grace,
I
just
had
one
question
and
it
was
do
we
know,
or
is
there
even
a
way
for
us
to
know
if
this
is
isolated
on
that
tunnel
to
that
specific
spot,
or
is
there
a
possibility
of
that
similar
issue
carrying
on
down
that
tunnel
or.
H
There
is
a
possibility
that
there
are
other
locations
until
this
particular
location.
There's
a
more
significant
change
in
grade.
We
do
have
camera
footage
of
where
the
bottom
of
the
tunnel
has
come
out.
Basically-
and
you
know,
the
water
is
traveling,
underneath
it
and
coming
back
in
further
down
on
down.
So
I
think
in
this
instance
it's
isolated
to
that
block,
but
that's
not
to
say
that.
D
J
M
M
Some
work
to
be
done
on
two
of
the
dugouts
at
the
west
state
ball
field,
and
what
I
understand
is
that
we
need
to
address
some
drainage
issues
over
there,
as
well
as
improving
shade,
and
this
has
has
not
gone
out
to
bid.
So
the
ordinance
is
to
advertise
and
accept
bids
where
necessary
and
or
possibly
use
our
cooperative
purchasing
program
for
construction
of
dugouts
for
fields,
one
and
two
at
the
west
state
ball
fields
and
for
an
expenditure
of
up
to
65
000
for
these
dugouts.
J
Fall
when
westfield
all
those
fields
got
built
that
there
wasn't
a
huge
amount
of
communication.
This
was
before
you
were
mayor
with
the
city
about
what
was
going
on
down
there.
Building
wise.
There
was
a
lot
of
concern
that
some
of
the
building
that
happened
is
not
flood
plain
proof.
You
know,
having
dugouts
with
fencing
and
stuff
is
not
necessarily
good
for
flow
through.
J
So
I
I
would
like
to
remind
people
that
that
is
also
not
only
our
wellhead
protection
area
and
our
single
source
aquifer,
but
it's
also
a
large
area
of
floodplain
and
so
looking
at
that
they
need.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
the
floodplain
regulations
and
the
process
that
we
have
as
a
city
we
go
through
that,
so
that
we
make
sure
that
it
remains
a
safe
facility
for
the
city,
even
when
it's
not
being
used
in
terms
of
flooding.
So
thank
you.
E
E
Those
shade
sails,
and
so
they
would
not
look
like
the
dugouts
that
you
see
elsewhere
within
west
state
street
park,
where
you
have
the
cinder
block
walls.
All
the
way
around
these
would
be
open
for
you
know.
So
if
there
was
a
flood
event,
it's
just
going
to
flow
right
through
and
around
it.
So
it
really
wouldn't
be
that
dissimilar
from
what
you
see
is
the
dugouts
down
there
currently
other
than
making
sure
we're
providing
shade
for
our
youth
who
are
using
those
fields
extensively
during
the
summer.
So
thank
you.
M
A
J
Welcome
to
everybody.
Thank
you.
It's
it's
entertaining
that
one
of
the
first
things
we
talk
about
when
we
come
back
is
what
the
people
in
columbus
are
doing
in
order
to
make
things
that
are
not
sustainable,
not
even
more
sustainable.
J
This
is
a
resolution
right
now.
There
is
a
house
bill
282
and
a
senate
bill
171
that
are
in
conference
committee,
not
conference
committees
in
committees
in
the
house
and
the
senate
in
columbus.
That
will
purport
to
make
brine
water
from
fracking
processes,
a
commodity,
brine,
motter
from
fracking
processes.
Right
now
is
a
waste
element
from
the
process
of
fracking.
J
It
has
all
sorts
of
heavy
metals
radiation,
caustic
materials.
We
don't
know
because
it's
a
secret.
The
idea
behind
this
is
that,
as
we
go
towards
renewable
energy
and
moving
towards
sustainability
and
getting
towards
net
zero
energy
use,
fracking
and
natural
gas
drilling
is
having
a
harder
time
making
ends
meet.
One
of
the
biggest
problems
they
have
is
getting
rid
of
the
tremendous
amounts
of
waste
that
they
generate.
J
J
I
will
read
the
resolution
in
council
in
the
council
meeting
because
it
will
give
it
more
heft,
but
basically
it
says
that
we
don't
want
it.
It's
dangerous.
J
B
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
support
this
resolution.
110
percent
house
bill
282
and
senate
bill
171
are
absolutely
the
most
asinine
stupidest
most
I
I.
B
B
It's
I
I've
worked
in
the
oil
and
gas
industry
as
a
as
a
young
man,
I've
drilled
oil
wells
gas
wells
from
louisiana
to
offshore
new
jersey,
there's
simply
no
safe
way
to
dispose
of
this
of
the
waste
that
comes
out
of
a
oil
gas.
Well,
it's
I
I've
given
testimony
lawsuits
about
what
happens
when
a
oh,
just,
a
small
stripper.
Well
that
you
see
around
the
county
has
an
accident
and
brine
starts
pouring
out,
and
it
goes
into
a
neighboring
piece
of
property
and
the
damage
that
that
brine
does
to
the
land.
B
The
the
amount
of
salt
alone
and
we're
just
talking
salt
table
salt
is,
what's
in
there
potassium
or
sodium
chloride.
It
amounts
to
hundreds
of
thousands
of
parts
per
million
of
the
amount
of
sodium.
I
mean
that's,
it's
completely
toxic
to
all
forms
of
life
and
it
damaged
the
property
beyond
repair.
The
only
the
only
solution
that
that
that
poor
person
had
was
take
the
top
soil
off
and
put
down
new.
B
You
know
what
do
you
do
with
the
contaminated
topsoil?
Where
does
it
go?
I
mean
it
just
snowballs.
It
just
keeps
going
on
and
on
so
now
the
idea
is
well,
it
will
pass
a
law
and
we'll
say
that
that
which
is
bad
and
unhealthy
and
poisonous
it's
no
longer
bad,
unhealthy
or
poisonous,
because
we've
made
a
law
that
says
it
isn't
and
therefore
there's
no
problem.
Now
I
can
make
money
selling
this
stuff.
B
B
Saying
passing
a
law
saying
the
earth
is
flat:
doesn't
make
the
earth
flat
it's
still
round?
Okay,
passing
a
law
that
says
this
is
safe,
does
not
make
it
safe,
it's
still
unsafe
and
if
something
this
stupid
actually
gets
passed
into
law
which,
knowing
the
state
legislature,
I
have
no
doubt
it
will
pass.
I
I
think
we
should
look
at
at
ordinances
before
were
preempted
and
they
will
they'll
get
around
to
it.
You
can
be
sure
of
that
or
they'll
say:
oh
well.
B
We
don't
want
athens,
county
or
athens
city
to
pass
an
ordinance
to
say
that
they
can't
sell
that
stuff
in
their
within
the
city.
Limits
we'll
have
to
pass
another
law,
but
before
they
do
that,
we
can
do
something
so
anyway,
sorry
to
get
on
a
soapbox
on
this,
but
I
this
this
just
pisses
me
off,
I'm
sorry
it
just
does
I
I.
I
can't
tolerate
stupidity.
I
I
really
can't
I'm
not
tolerant
of
it.
B
J
D
Zep,
thank
you.
Remember
fall.
I
just
I'm
not
gonna,
fully
echo
everything
that
member
eisner
has
already
said,
but
thank
you
for
being
on
your
soapbox.
I
I
I
would
encourage
you
to
not
apologize
for
being
passionate
about
topics
that
have
such
a
drastic
and
important
impact
on
our
society
and
on
our
town.
So
thank
you
for
caring,
so
much.
I
think.
D
A
A
A
A
The
next
item
of
business
is
disposition
of
minutes,
and
these
are
for
the
regular
session
held
on
june
7th
special
session
june
14th
and
regular
session
held
on
june
21st.
If
I
could
have
a
motion
for
approval
council
member
fall
a
second
from
council
member
crowl
for
approval
of
these
minutes.
All
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
B
A
Control
next
item
is
to
let
council
members-
and
they
have
been
apprised
of
this,
but
also
to
enter
for
the
record
that
the
that
the
law
director,
the
mayor
and
myself
as
president
of
council
have
each
received
a
letter
from
an
athens
citizen,
mr
john
spaforth,
and
he
has
detailed
for
us
the
difficulty
that
he
has
encountered
because
of
a
runoff
situation
that
he
says
has
happened
on
his
residence
on
brown
avenue,
and
so
his
request
is
that
we
enter
these.
A
A
A
They've
also
this
year
upgraded
the
finance
payroll
and
tax
software,
no
small
task,
and
then,
in
addition
to
that
processed
business
and
residential
accounts,
as
well
as
withholding
accounts.
So
thank
you
to
the
auditor's
office
and
the
staff
for
all
the
hard
work
you
do
day
in
day
out
and
we
we
don't
often
say
it,
but
we
know
we're
always
calling
you
on
the
phone
for
information,
so
you're,
always
on
call
and
providing
that
we
thank
you.
So.
L
L
We
pay
out
three
million
dollars
in
medical
claims
for
the
city,
there's
just
a
lot
of
things
that
go
on
a
lot
of
that
we're
in
the
reports
from
the
different
employees
in
my
office,
and
I
just
it's
just
to
let
you
know
those
are
our
jobs,
but
I
feel
like
we
do
a
very
important
job
for
the
city
and
managing
the
money.
We
do
it
well
and
thank
you
for
acknowledging
that.
E
I
have
several
items
which
is
typical
when
council
goes
away
on
recess
and
then
comes
back
first,
I
want
to
start
with
what
is
clear
to
everyone
that
the
the
service
safety
director
has
arrived
back
stateside
safely.
So
I'm
glad
that
you
are
back
andy
stone
and
also
want
to
mention
that
chief
tom
pyle
has
done
a
stellar
job
of
serving
as
the
the
acting
service
safety
director.
So
please,
when
you
have
a
moment
to
reach
out
to
chief
pyle,
you
know
if
you're
so
kind,
to
tell
him
thank
you
for
all.
E
The
second
thing
I
mean,
I'm
sure
the
viewing
audience
may
have
noticed
this.
Oh,
maybe
not
sitting
in
front
of
me.
We
we
did
receive
an
award
from
the
american
council
of
engineering
companies,
and
this
is
an
award
on
honor
award
for
the
richland
avenue
bridge
overcoats
run.
So
this
is
the
the
bridge
that
is
in
the
proximity
of
stop
cop
drive,
stop
and
cop
drive
through,
as
well
as
the
laundry
mat
so
again
recognizing
some
of
the
detail,
work
and
the
bridge
design.
E
You
know
we're
we
are
in
a
difficult
time
with
the
covet
19
and
the
delta
variant,
and
I've
been
in
communication,
often
with
the
athens
city,
county
health
department
of
late,
most
notably,
was
last
weekend
and
talking
with
dr
dick
gaskell,
whom
informed
me
that
we
did
have
five
new
cases
within
a
24-hour
period
of
time
to
where
we've
not
seen
that
in
quite
some
time.
Certainly,
we've
seen
higher
case
numbers
come
in
on
a
daily
basis
than
this.
E
However,
we
have
not
had
many
positive
cases
at
all
prior
to
this
number
coming
in,
as
he
indicated
to
me,
maybe
once
or
twice
every
couple
weeks.
There
might
be
a
case
that
comes
in
the
the
other
thing
to
share
with
council.
E
Is
we
receive
the
data
from
our
viral
load
sampling,
which
looks
at
the
the
viral
gene
pairs
that
show
up
in
our
wastewater
treatment
plant
and
that
too
we
were
seeing
extremely
low
numbers
for
many
months,
because
we
had
so
few
cases
in
athens,
county
and
most
notably
here
in
the
city
of
athens.
However,
we
did
receive
data
from
the
lab
that
indicated
it
had
jumped
up
to
over
100
000
pairs,
which
is
is
alarming.
E
E
Certainly,
it
could
have
been
due
to
increase
in
people
being
here
during
ohio
brew
week,
but
now,
with
these
five
cases
showing
up
as
of
sunday,
I
think
the
latency
kind
of
lines
itself
up
with
now
us
having
these
five
new
cases
and
potentially
more
I'm
sharing
that
all
with
council,
because
one
of
the
things
in
my
conversation
with
dr
dick
gaskell
and
certainly
tracking
what
the
center
for
disease
controls
is
recommending
at
this
point
in
time,
and
that
is
for
people
who
are
not
only
unvaccinated
but
also
vaccinated
individuals
with
this
delta
variant
for
them
to
be
wearing
recommending
that
you
wear
face
coverings.
E
Much
like
we
are
right
now,
when
you
are
entering
into
businesses
open
to
the
public,
or
what
I
will
likely
do
is
what
I
will
be
doing.
Is
starting
to
have
require
people
coming
into
the
city,
building
to
to
use
the
utility
billing
or
coming
to
meet
with
myself
or
with
director
stone
going
to
be
requiring
face
covering?
E
So
all
that
said,
this
is
something
that
I
would
certainly
like
to
bring
up
in
committee
next
week,
so
just
giving
you
a
preamble
going
into
what
I
think
we
really
need
to
do
to
keep
our
community
safe.
J
I'd
like
to
point
out
how
important
that
grant
we
got
for
that
monitoring
and
the
viral
load
people
said
to
me:
it
was
a
silly
project.
J
E
Thank
you,
council
member
fall.
I
would
also
like
to
share
with
council
in
the
viewing
audience
tonight
that
in
on
july
14th
or
thereabouts,
director,
terry
moore
of
the
arts,
parks
and
recreation.
E
Provided
me
with
her
resignation,
wanting
to
retire
and
and
move
on
to
something
else,
council
is
also
well
aware
that
we
saw
or
experienced
a
large
number
of
of
our
lifeguard
staff
at
the
city
pool
quit
mid-season,
which
was
atypical
in
looking
into
things.
E
It
was
found
that
there
were
some
communication
irregularities,
and
so
therefore,
I
have
put
director
moore
on
paid
administrative
leave
until
the
end
of
her
tenure
with
the
city,
which
is
the
13th
of
august,
which
is
when,
in
her
resignation,
letter
the
we
do
have,
since
he
does
such
a
great
job,
serving
as
the
acting.
E
So
there's
a
good
place
that
you
can
see
him
is
down
at
the
community
center.
He
will
be
going
down
helping
at
the
community
center
in
the
mornings.
He
will
stop
in
and
check
in
with
our
staff.
That
is
there,
which
will
be
of
great
assistance
to
our
our
employees,
who
work
in
the
department
of
arts,
parks
and
recreation.
I
If
you
don't
mind
absolutely
thank
you
so
see
former
city
state
director
pyle,
you
said
we'll
be
the
interim
director.
I
I
know
we
all
chuckled,
so
I
made
the
assumption
and
what
I
wanted
to
to
clarify
and
and
just
assure
people
is,
are
what
are
staffing
levels
looking
at
other
programs
that
involve
health
and
safety.
I
I
know
there
was
a
shortage
of
lifeguards,
not
just
in
athens,
but
my
concern
then
reached
beyond
the
pool
when,
when
can
when,
when
looking
at
arts
parks
and
rec
programming,
so
are
we
do,
we
feel
like
we
have
adequate
staff
for
other
programs
that
would
involve
health
and
safety
issues
such
as
child
care,
child
watch
and
that
sort
of
thing.
E
We
do,
and
but
we
have
had
to
modify
so
we'll
I'll,
just
stick
with
the
pool
for
right
now,
because
that's
I
think,
what's
the
most
forward-facing
that
people
are
seeing
is
that
we
have
had
to
modify
the
hours
in
which
the
pool
is
open.
E
So
that's
one
way
to
at
least
accommodate
the
lifeguards
that
we
do
have
on
staff
at
this
point
in
time,
and
just
since
we're
on
camera,
I
might
as
well
throw
this
out
there
that
we
are
still
if
someone
is
interested
in
serving
as
a
lifeguard
for
the
city.
We
do
have
vacancies
looking
for
more
lifeguards,
so
hopefully
that
helps.
G
E
To
share
with
council
john
golzi
john
has
served
steadfast
and
done
a
great
job
of
serving
on
the
board
of
zoning
appeals
for
26
years.
I
believe,
and
he
has
stepped
down.
So
I
just
want
to
give
a
big
thank
you
to
john
goelsey,
if
again,
council,
if
you
feel
compelled
please
reach
out
to
john
and
thank
him
for
his
service,
that's
a
long
time
to
be
serving
on
such
an
important
board
for
the
city
of
athens.
E
The
indicators
that
I
have
at
least
the
the
intel
that
I've
gathered
from
some
of
the
bar
owners
in
the
uptown
area
said
that
things
were
went
smoothly
lightly
attended,
and
I
think
it's
largely
because
there
wasn't
a
big
push
to
inform
the
public
that
this
was
happening,
but
for
the
remainder
of
the
of
august,
or
at
least
until
the
week
before,
move
in
the
the
dora
will
still
be
active
again
on
on
thursday,
friday,
saturdays
and
sundays.
E
Senator
sherrod
brown
did
offer
open
up
the
opportunity
for
people
to
apply
or
submit
their
request,
and
I
just
found
out
friday
that
senator
brown
did
deem
the
armory
something
that
he
wanted
to
see
move
forward
with
a
total
of
46
programs
that
will
now
go
before
the
senate.
Appropriations
subcommittee
on
interior
environment
related
agencies
to
the
amount
of
two
million
three
hundred
and
sixty
three
thousand
dollars,
which
would
be
wonderful
for
the
armory.
Again.
E
Any
any
request
like
this
that
that
does
move
forward.
It's
likely
that
that
revenue
would
not
be
seen
until
sometime
late
in
2022..
E
It
still
has
a
long
journey
in
front
of
it,
but
I
did
want
to
at
least
announce
that
to
council
and
anyone
viewing
that
that
this
is
was
wonderful
news
to
me,
and
I
think
council
knows
how
long
I've
been
working
on
the
armory
and
trying
to
find
that
secret
sauce
to
get
that
that
project
fully
up
and
going
to,
even
speaking
about
the
possibility
of
using
our
american
rescue
plan
dollars
to
help
stimulate
the
armory,
which
I
I
may
still
do,
council.
E
The
very
last
thing
and
director
stone
wanted
to
speak
to
this,
and
that
is
the
number
of
of
personnel
hirings
of
vacancies
that
we
currently
have
councils.
Aware
that
we
were
doing
the
best
that
we
could
under
the
the
situation
that
we're
under
with
the
pandemic
and
having
to
really
watch
our
budget
closely.
E
H
The
good
news
is,
we
saved
a
bunch
of
money
during
the
pandemic,
which
is
which
is
good,
given
the
potential
shortfalls
from
the
modifications
to
the
state
income
tax
collections,
as
well
as
a
decrease
in
employees
at
ohio
university,
which
is
our
largest
employer
by
a
factor
of
10
that
really
drives
the
income
tax.
But
the
bad
news
is
I've
worked
in
the
city
for
18
years
and
I
have
never
seen
so
many
vacancies,
both
in
number
and
in
percentages
of
the
authorized
positions
that
this
council
has
authorized
on
the
books.
H
So
myself,
along
with
the
hr
director
and
and
his
assistant,
are
working
very
hard
to
move
through
the
process
and
get
get
folks
hired
and
get
people
in
to
be
able
to
extend
the
services
that
we
need
to
extend
to
the
citizens.
What
we
are
seeing
from
applicants
is
is
is
concerning
and
that
there
just
aren't
the
number
of
applicants
that
that
historically
have
applied
for
positions
with
the
city.
In
the
you
know.
When
I
first
started
for
the
city,
you
know
a
job
with
the
city
was
light.
H
Gold
and
and
people
came,
and
they
never
left
that.
Just
isn't
the
case
today,
there's
been
quite
a
few
resignations,
like
people
have
just
said,
you
know
not
because
out
of
duress,
but
just
said
yeah,
I'm
gonna
do
something
else
as
well
as
it's
just
normal
attrition
that
that
has
occurred
over
time,
and
so
I
I
am
I'm
concerned
on.
H
One
thing
that
we
may
be
doing
in
the
in
the
coming
weeks
is
coming
to
private,
probably
the
finance
of
personnel
committee,
with
some
modifications
to
particular
authorized
positions
that
we
maybe
just
can't
fill
because
the
the
credential
isn't
out
there
and
maybe,
instead
of
having
you
know
this
many
credentials.
That
is
slotted
here,
we'll
go
ahead
and
you
know
move
that
position
here
to
match
the
you
know
to
a
different
slide.
So
I'll
try
to
do
it
all
at
once.
H
So
we're
not
independently
coming
with
a
bunch
of
different
changes
to
the
to
the
staffing
ordinance
over
time,
but
I
would
appreciate
help
from
this
body
when
the
time
comes
to
be
able
to
make
those
modifications.
Just
so
we
can
get
some
folks
in
the
door
and
you
know
increase
the
level
of
services,
because
the
staff
that
remain
are
absolutely
doing
double
duty
so
that
that's
all
I
have
to
say
about
vacancies.
Thank
you.
A
A
So
the
ordinance
for
second
reading
is
8621,
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
enter
into
an
agreement
to
provide
initial
funding
for
creating
a
remote
work
system
for
the
city
of
athens
with
sunday
creek
horizons,
a
consulting
firm.
This
is
introduced
by
council
member
fall
and
I'll
pause
for
a
moment.
If
no
questions
or
comments,
we'll
move
on
to
our
ordinances
for
first
reading
8721
is
an
ordinance
closing
a
portion
of
union
street
on
sunday
august
22
2021
for
ohio,
university's
involvement,
fair
and
declaring
an
emergency.
B
A
B
M
A
Okay,
thank
you.
If
no
comments
or
questions
we'll
move
on
to
90
21,
this
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
service
safety
director
to
accept
bids
where
necessary
and
enter
into
contract
for
stormline
tunnel
replacement
and
street
restoration
between
west
state
street
and
bayern
and
declaring
an
emergency
introduced
by
council
member
grace.
M
Thank
you,
president
nicely
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
suspend
the
rules.
Second
and
the
reason
being
the
the
reason
being
we
we
need
to
authorize
our
service
safety
director
to
move
forward
with
this
project
as
quickly
as
possible,
due
to
the
extent
of
of
the
damage
and
and
the
risk
for
further
damage
is
great.
B
M
Council
members,
thank
you
president
nicely.
Just
briefly,
I
will
read
the
pertinent
sections
of
the
ordinance
section
one.
The
service
safety
director
is
hereby
authorized
to
advertise
and
accept
bids
where
necessary
and
enter
into
contract
with
the
lowest
and
best
bidder
for
stormline
tunnel
replacement
and
street
restoration
between
west
state
and
bayern,
which
is
project
number
344.
M
and
section
2.
The
2021
appropriation
ordinance
140
20
is
hereby
amended
by
appropriating
the
unappropriate
from
the
unappropriated
balance.
The
following
sums:
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
the
sewer
maintenance
fund,
which
is
fund
750.636
transaction
code,
600
for
transfer
and
200
000
to
street
fund
220
transaction
code,
500
for
street
restoration
and
increasing
the
total
appropriations
by
set
amount.
A
A
second
from
council
member
fall
okay
and
we
have
the
motion
and
second,
any
additional
comments
or
questions
at
this
time.
If
not
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed,
nay,
emotion,
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved.
M
Thank
you,
president
nicely
and
again
we
just
discussed
this
among
some
of
the
other
improvements
planned
for
the
west
state
street
park,
and
the
mayor
indicated
that
these
would
not
be
concrete
block
dugouts,
but
rather
sort
of
cantilevered
shade,
and
I
would
love
to
see
some
renderings
or
projections
of
what
this
would
look
like.
M
But
that's
this
is
to
authorize
sixty
five
thousand
dollars
in
expenditures
for
improvements
to
the
dugout
for
fields.
One
and
two
okay,.
A
M
M
Thank
you
president
nicely,
and
this
goes
back
to
discussion
from
much
longer
than
an
hour
ago,
this,
our
engineering
and
public
works
department
needs
a
new
dump
truck,
and
so
the
service
safety
director
through
this
ordinance,
is
authorized
to
advertise
and
accept
bids
for
the
purchase
of
a
dump
truck
and
that
the
appropriation
ordinance
would
be
amended
to
appropriate
from
the
unappropriated
balance.
The
sum
of
sixty
thousand
dollars
to
the
street
fund
and
is
authorized
to
expend
up
to
seventy
thousand
seven
hundred
forty
seven
dollars
for
the
purchase
of
the
dump
truck.
H
Of
the
four
four-wheel
drive
ones
that
we
use
the
smaller
ones
that
do
the
so
nice
controlling
hills
and
then
also
in
the
summertime.
We
use
it
for
asphalt
and
you
know
stone
and
such.
A
C
There
are
a
number
of
items
here
that
were
just
previously
discussed
and
then
one
that
previously
discussed
as
in
an
hour
ago
and
then
another
item
that
was
discussed
some
time
ago
at
council
and
I'll
go
ahead
and
read
section
one
here:
the
2021
appropriation
ordinance
140-20
is
hereby
amended
by
appropriating
from
the
unappropriated
balance
the
following
sums:
one
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
general
fund
for
transfer
four
hundred
dollars
to
general
fund
treasurer
for
purchase
of
a
scanner,
five
thousand
dollars
to
recreation
fund,
270
to
plant
trees
at
the
west
state
street
park
and
the
pocket
park
in
oakmont
off
carroll,
road
and
then.
C
Finally,
the
last
item,
which
was
discussed
previously
at
council
and
recently
approved
by
the
interim
director
of
arts
parks
and
recreation,
is
eight
thousand
dollars
to
the
community
center
fund
271,
which
is
the
balance
necessary
for
the
purchase
of
an
inflatable
movie
screen,
and
then
this
would
be
increasing.
The
total
appropriations
by
said
amounts.
C
This
purchase
of
the
inflatable
movie
screen
is
something
that
arts
parks
and
recreation
has
been
working
on
for
some
time
program.
Specialist
aaron
helms
has
put
this
together
and,
as
I
said,
is
recently
approved
and
it's
part
of
this
appropriation
and
then
finally,
just
a
transfer
from
the
general
fund
to
the
garbage
fund
of
that
amount
of
150
thousand
dollars.
L
L
I
didn't
think
we
were
appropriating
money
for
this
movie
screen,
but
just
to
be
clear,
the
cost
will
be
split
between
the
community
center
and
recreation
and
the
total
cost
is
about
fifteen
thousand
dollars.
So
just
want
to
clarify
that.
L
But
yes,
if
council
wouldn't
mind,
I
think
they
need
to.
I
don't
know.
A
L
C
One
that's
yeah
saudi
arachtom.
At
our
last
meeting
I
was
also
under
the
impression
that
the
fifteen
thousand
dollars
was
already
in
had
already
been
appropriated.
So
this
my
concern
tonight,
president
knightley,
is
that
the
150
000
to
the
general
fund
for
the
garbage.
We
had
asked
for
more
information
from
director
riggs
on
exactly
the
accounting
there,
and
if
we
go
ahead
and
do
emergency
passage
of
this
entire
appropriation
ordinance
now,
that
also
goes
through
without
any
additional
information.
A
A
C
Thank
you,
president
nicely
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
for
zero.
Ninety
four
twenty
one.
G
G
C
Thank
you,
president.
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
zero.
Ninety
four
twenty
one!
Second
thank
you!
Member
fall.
We've
discussed
this
at
length
tonight,
I'll
just
go
ahead
and
read
section
two:
the
2021
appropriation
ordinance
140-20
is
hereby
amended
by
appropriating
from
the
unappropriated
balance
the
sum
of
ninety
one
thousand
six
hundred
fifty
four
dollars
to
general
fund
for
real
training.
C
A
J
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
read
the
resolution,
whereas
ohio
bill
house
bill,
282
and
senate
bill,
171
proposed
to
classify
radioactive
oil
and
gas
brine
as
a
quote
commodity
unquote,
and
would
authorize
concentrations
of
up
to
two
twenty
thousand
picocuries
per
liter
of
radium,
two,
two
six
and
up
to
twenty
five
hundred
picocarries
per
liter
of
radium,
two
two
eight
to
be
sold
sprayed
onto
ohio's,
public
thoroughfares
for
de-icing
and
snow
control,
whereas
these
concentrations
of
radium-228
and
radium-226
are
dangerous.
J
If
the
person
knows
or
has
reason
to
know
that
the
water
may
be
ingested
or
by
used
by
another
person,
there
are
no
exemptions
for
the
commercial
use
of
brine
in
this
section.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
by
the
council
of
the
city
of
athens,
section
1
and
athens
council,
athens
city
council
hereby
opposes
house
bill.
282
and
senate
bill
171,
pending
in
the
general
assembly,
to
establish
conditions
and
requirements
for
the
sale
of
brine
from
oil
and
gas
operations
as
a
commodity
and
to
exempt
that
commodity
from
requirements
otherwise
applicable
to
blind
section.
J
Section
4
athens
city
council
will
recommend
changes
to
the
athens
city
code
that
will
prohibit
the
use
of
radioactive
oil
and
gas
brine
on
city
streets,
parking,
lots
and
sidewalks,
and
the
city
wellhead
protection
area
to
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
the
citizens
of
athens.
I
sent
out
two
sections
of
code
this
afternoon
to
council.
One
is
the
wellhead
protection
plan
and
the
other
is
our
natural
resources,
chapter
47,
which
does
have
some
brine
information
and
bands
in
it.
Those
will
be
reviewed
by
council
and
recommendations
will
come
forward
and
section
five.
J
J
A
A
C
Thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to.
You
know
thank
member
fall
for
this,
and-
and
I
agree
with
member
reisner's
comments
earlier
for
any
folks
in
athens
who
worked
on
the
athens
community
bill
of
rights,
richard
mcginn
may
rest
in
peace
and
all
those
other
very
hard
workers.
C
This
is
following
on
off
on
to
that
work,
and-
and
they
did
our
title
97
under
an
initiative
petition,
does
include
a
an
unlawful
area
of
using
brine
or
other
materials
into
any
of
the
land
era
or
waters
within
the
city
of
athens
or
its
jurisdiction.
So
we
will
be
building
on
that
or
member.
Following
voting
on
that,
and
I
appreciate
the
work.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
All
right,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
resolution
passes
unanimously.
Thank
you.
Thanks
for
your
work,
we
now
have
announcements
and
other
business.
We
will
be
having
a
committee
meeting.
We
will
be
having
committee
meetings
next
week
and
so
committee
chairs,
if
you
can
get
the
you,
will
have
needed
information
from
city
administration
and
to
get
the
agenda
items
ready
for
our
clerk
of
council
debbie
walker
by
wednesday.
A
We
have
need
of
passing
several
motions,
one
of
which
is
the
accepting
the
june
2021
financial
reports.
If
I.
G
A
G
A
A
Bless
you
and
but
we
always
want
to
offer
that
opportunity
and
we
always
welcome
folks
to
come
and
speak
to
us
and
we
have
had
very
valuable
comments
in
the
past.
So
thank
you
all.
The
citizens
of
athens,
the
next
step
that
we're
going
to
do
is
enter
into
executive
session
and
we
do
this.
We've
got
a
couple
of
new
council
members,
and
so
we
do
it
in
an
and
it's
not
an
odd
way,
but
it's
a
way
that
robert's
rules
of
order
and
our
law
director
have
helped
us
establish
the
standard.
A
So
what
we
do
is
we
we
make
a
motion
and
we
do
a
roll
call
and
then
we
will.
We
will
pause
for
five
minutes,
because
I
believe
we
have
a
member
of
the
press
here
who
may
want
to
as
we
just
before
we
go
into
executive
session.
He
might
have
some
questions
of
council
members,
so
we'll
give
him
a
few
minutes
to
do
that.
A
J
A
motion
I
move,
that
we
move
into
executive
session
for
collective
bargaining
with
all
members
of
council
present,
the
clerk,
the
law
director,
the
auditor
surface
safety
director,
andy
stone,
welcome
back
and
the
mayor.
Thank.
A
You,
okay
and
so
I'll
start
the
roll
call
vote
and
we'll
start
in
the
end.
Councilmember
smedley,
aye,
reisner,
aye,
crowl
aye
fall
aye,
grace
aye,
zib,
aye
and
mccary
okay,
so
it
is
906
and
why
don't
we
say:
9
11.,
we'll
give
you
five
minutes
for
the
press
to.