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Athens City Council - October 4, 2021
A
Good
evening
and
welcome
to
athens
city
council,
it's
monday
october
4th
at
7
pm
we're
in
regular
session
tonight,
so
we'll
have
our
full
business
meeting
and
then
shortly
after
that,
we
will
adjourn
for
an
executive
session
and
we
will
allow
time
for
professor
suttas's
students
to
be
able
to
ask
questions
immediately
after
the
business
meeting
so
welcome.
Our
first
item
of
business
is
to
establish
a
quorum,
and
all
members
of
council
are
present
tonight.
A
a
motion
for
approval,
and
do
I
have
a
second
second?
Okay,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay.
Thank
you.
The
minutes
have
been
approved.
Next
item
is
communications.
I
have
two
items
tonight.
One
is
a
notice
from
the
ohio
division
of
liquor
control
and
this
is
for
an
application
for
a
permit
for
a
restaurant
called
boozy
bubbles.
Llc
18
south
court
street.
They
have
applied
for
a
d3
liquor
license
which
would
allow
them
to
serve
until
one
am,
and
if
council
would
want
to
make
comment
on
this,
they
would
need
our.
A
A
We
do
have
a
software
program
called
c-click
fix
it's
a
downloadable,
app
on
your
phone,
and
it
makes
it
wonderful
to
report
those
kind
of
items,
but
right
now
we
need
a
little
bit
more
immediate
kind
of
response
when
people
see
graffiti
much
less.
The
only
way
for
us
to
move
forward
with
it
really
is
to
try
and
see
it
when
it's
happening,
and
so
we're
asking
people
if
they
do
see
graffiti
to
and
especially
if
they
see
somebody
doing
that
to
report
to
the
police
department
immediately.
A
And
so
that
would
be
very
helpful
to
to
the
police
and
to
the
city
administration
as
we're
trying
to
get
a
little
bit
better
control
in
that
situation
with
the
graffiti.
So
thank
you.
Are
there
communications
from
other
council
members
tonight,
any
okay?
If
no
items
then
we'll
move
on
to
reports
and
communications
from
other
elected
officials,
law
director,
eliason,
okay-
and
I
don't
see-
oh
auditor
heck
you're
here-
do
you
have
no
report?
Okay,
thank
you
and
mayor
patterson.
B
B
One
of
them
is
at
the
wastewater
treatment
plant,
the
other
three,
which
are
our
recent
additions.
When
I
say
recent,
they
went
live
in
august
here
in
athens
and
we
received
a
cbg
coronavirus
grant
to
get
those
as
councils
authorized
me
to
do
that,
and
those
are
at
the
richland
avenue
roundabout
at
the
depot
lift
station
the
lift
station,
not
the
roundabout,
rather
not
at
the
roundabout
and
then
the
third
one
is
what
we
call
the
library
sampling
site.
B
Spikes
and
increases
will
certainly
alert
those
neighborhoods
to
be
take
extra
precautions
in
your
neighborhoods,
because
that
means
that
it's
coming
from
that
quadrant
of
the
city.
So,
unfortunately,
starting
with
the
bad
news
now
onto
the
good
news
items
to
share
with
council,
we
have
finally
got
the
green
paint
for
the
ev
charging
stations
in
the
parking
garage.
The
floor.
Deck
has
been
painted
and
then
we'll
go
and
put
the
white
markings
to
delineate
the
stalls.
The
parking
stalls
up
there
so
finally
been
waiting
quite
a
while
for
that,
but
that's
positive,
that's
moving
forward.
B
Another
update
for
council
is
that
myself
city,
planner,
paul
logue
and
the
service
safety
director
andy
stone
who's
sitting
right
next
to
me,
we
have
been
engaging
with
the
reimagine
appalachia
and
the
marshall
plan
for
middle
america,
and
we
brought
forward
early
on
to
this
group.
When
I
say
early
on
about
three
months
ago,
we
were
working
with
them
because
they
were
looking
for
projects
to
where
collectively
this
group
can
come
together
and
kind
of
help,
brainstorm
some
possibilities
for
environmental
projects
or
alternative
energy
projects.
B
What
we
brought
forward
was
the
hawking
river
and
the
problems
that
we
have
with
safety
by
the
white
mill
falls
where
the
the
as
everyone
is
well
aware,
where
the
the
dam
failed
in
the
mid
1970s
after
the
rerouting
of
the
hawking
river.
So
it's
it's
been
a
really
interesting
process
to
go
through
with
this
group
to
where,
today
we
had
ken
woodward
who's,
the
chief
for
the
huntington
district
of
the
corps
of
engineers,
we're
in
the
huntington
district,
and
that
was
wonderful
to
see.
B
Rajcik,
who
is
the
campus
rabbi
at
the
shabbat
student
center
at
ohio
university,
and
it
was
basically
a
letter
thanking
the
city
for
being
helpful
in
getting
the
sukkah
up
on
court
street,
which
some
of
you
may
have
noticed
that
the
tent
was
out
on
court
street.
So
it's
just
a
thank
you
letter
for
making
that
a
reality
and
the
final
update
I
have
for
council
and
bear
with
me
council,
because
I'm
going
to
read
this
to
you.
This
is
extremely
important.
B
B
But
I
would
contend
that
the
coronavirus
did
throw
a
serious
wrench
in
the
process
of
getting
the
full
count,
because
his
council
may
or
may
not
be
aware
that
our
population,
by
estimated
growth
in
2019,
was
24
840
plus
people
in
the
city
of
athens.
So
we'll
continue
to
to
see
whether
or
not
it
would
be
in
our
best
interest
to
put
forward
a
challenge
with
the
census
count.
But
at
this
point
we
did
grow.
A
C
Adopt
0-121.
Second,
thank
you.
Member
fall.
This
is
as
discussed
at
committee
and
the
first
two
readings
approving
the
mayor's
ability
to
hire
his
choice
for
the
new
director
of
arts
parks
and
recreation
at
a
slightly
higher
rate
than
he
can
do
on
his
own,
so
he
can
do
25
percent
and
we
are
approving
34
percent
through
the
assigned
pay
grade.
Thank
you,
president.
Nicely.
Okay,.
D
Thank
you,
president
nicely.
I
appreciate
the
additional
information
that
was
provided
to
council
last
week
or
two
weeks
ago
was
just
curious
if
there
was
any
additional
information
that
administration
would
like
to
provide.
That
would
give
us
some
context
for
the
reasoning
for
this
particular
request.
B
I
believe,
as
you
have
the
full
curriculum
vitae
for
that
individual
hopefully
recognize
that
this
individual
is
immensely
qualified
for
this
position
and
is
worthy
of
a
pay
increase
of
two
thousand
dollars
a
year.
More
than
what
I
am
authorized
to
pay
at
that
34
percent
council
has
the
authority
to
go
from
25.1
percent
up
to
50,
so
this
is
asking
to
go
11
further
into
the
pay
grade.
Nine
percent,
then
that
I
am
authorized
to
provide.
D
And
just
one
additional
comment,
I
will
say
the
person
sounds
like
a
great
fit
and
I
think
my
main
concern
is
the
financial
struggles
that
this
particular
apartment
has
and
how
much
we've
had
to
move
into
this
department
to
cover
things
such
as
payroll,
and
so
that
would
be
one
consideration
as
I
make
my
book
tonight.
Thank
you.
B
E
Thank
you
brother.
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up.
I
had
made
comments
a
few
weeks
ago
when
we
first
saw
earth
for
the
second
reading
of
this
saying
that
I
personally
had
some
reservations
about
the
candidate,
just
not
having
that
strong
of
an
arts
background
in
an
arts
park
and
recreation
department.
That
being
said,
I
really
appreciated
all
the
information
that
you
forwarded
to
us
administrators
and
I
think
they
are
absolutely
very,
very
well
qualified
to
be
running
this
department.
E
I
think
they
say
to
themselves
that
they're
gonna
have
to
play
some
catch
up
and
have
to
work
on
on
the
world
of
arts,
but
you
know
it's
hard
to
find
the
exact
perfect.
You
know
in
a
perfect
world
candidate
anywhere
in
the
world
for
any
kind
of
reasonable
amount
of
money.
So
I
think
I
wish
them
the
best.
I
think
they're
going
to
do
a
really
great
job,
and
I
appreciate
you
finding
a
strong
candidate
for
us.
Thank
you.
A
B
D
A
Ordinance
is
now
for
second
reading.
I
will
read
the
title
and
I
don't
believe
that
there
are
any
suspensions
tonight.
I'll
read
the
title
pause
briefly
see
if
there
are
any
comments
or
questions
and
then
I'll
move
on
to
the
reading
of
the
next
ones.
The
first
one
is
ordinance
101
21.
This
is
an
ordinance
amending
the
2021
appropriation
ordinance
introduced
by
council
member
crowl,
any
comments
or
questions.
A
If
none
the
next
one
is
ordinance
1021.
This
is
an
ordinance
amending
ordinance,
80,
20.,
athens,
city
code,
title
1,
general
provisions,
chapter
1.03
code
fees,
established
solid
waste
recycling
and
optional
composting
rates
and
declaring
an
emergency.
This
is
introduced
by
all
members
of
council
have
no
comments
or
questions
we'll
move
on
okay
to
103.21.
F
A
Okay,
but
we
would
have
had
a
total
of
three
readings
by
the
time
it
gets
there,
so
the
public
would
have
had
time
to
review
and
comment.
Thank
you.
Thanks
for
the
update,
I
appreciate
that
105
21
is
our
next
one.
This
is
an
ordinance
amending
ordinance,
93
21,
the
2021
appropriation
ordinance
and
authorizing
the
auditor
to
make
an
interfund
transfer,
and
this
is
introduced
by
councilmember
crowl
and
if
no
comments
or
questions
we'll
move
on
to
106.21.
A
G
Thank
you
president
nicely,
and
this
ordinance
does
exactly
what
it
says.
It
authorizes
the
service
safety
director
or,
and
the
city
administration,
to
dispose
of
a
mower
that
the
recreation
department
no
longer
needs
and
the
disposal
is
going
to
happen
via
trade-in,
and
this
is
a
zero-turn
mower
that
was
purchased.
A
Okay,
thank
you
any
comments
or
questions
all
right.
None
109
21
is
our
next
ordinance
and
this
authorizes
the
service
safety
director
to
enter
into
a
master
equity,
lease
agreement,
amendment
to
said
agreement,
a
maintenance
agreement
and
a
government
credit
application
with
enterprise
fleet
management,
and
this
is
introduced
by
council
member
crowl.
C
A
E
Thank
you,
president
eisely.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
city
administration
for
putting
this
project
together.
I
know
a
lot
of
work
went
into
sorting
out
all
these
details
and
I
think,
based
on
the
presentation
we
had
from
them
and
all
the
information
you
provided
us.
It
seems
like
a
really
really
great
step
for
us
to
take
with
our
fleet
vehicles,
with
the
potential
and
vaping
cost
savings
and
energy
efficiency
and
the
possibility
of
having
a
more
green
fleet.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
again
for
putting
in
the
time
on
this.
A
C
Thank
you,
president
nicely
I'll
go
ahead
and
read
section
one
of
this
ordinance.
The
2021
appropriation
ordinance
140
20
is
hereby
amended
by
appropriating
from
the
unappropriated
balance.
The
following
sums:
150
000
to
american
rescue
plan
act
fund
286
for
transfer
one
hundred,
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
american
rescue
plan
act
fund
for
transfer
thirty
five
thousand
dollars
to
the
american
rescue
plan
act
fund
as
per
ordinance.
Eighty
six,
twenty
one
to
create
a
remote
work
system.
A
Okay,
thank
you
councilmember
crowl,
and
do
we
have
any
comments
or
questions
seeing
none
we'll
move
on
to
ordinance,
111
21.
This
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
enter
into
or
to
extend
the
agreement
of
the
board
of
athens
county
commissioners
for
the
purpose
of
obtaining
the
services
of
the
public
defender's
office
through
december
31st
2022
introduced
by
council
member
crowl.
C
A
This
is
an
ordinance
providing
for
the
issuance
of
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
notes
by
the
city
of
athens,
ohio
in
anticipation
of
the
issuance
of
bonds
for
the
purpose
of
renewing
notes
previously
issued
for
the
purpose
of
paying
part
of
the
cost
of
acquiring
a
new
fire
truck
and
related
equipment
and
declaring
an
emergency
introduced
by
council.
Councilmember
crowell.
C
F
I
think
this
body
already
passed
that
information
in
a
previous
session.
It
was
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
this
year,
of
which
fifty
thousand
dollars
will
be
provided
by
ohio,
university
and
two
thousand
dollars
by
the
city
of
athens
paying
down
on
the
note-
and
this
is
the
reissuance
of
the
of
the
of
the
note
after
after
that
was
done.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
we'll
now
move
on
to
announcements
and
other
business,
and
we
will
be
having
a
committee
meeting
next
week
and
so
any
committee
chairpersons
who
have
agenda
items
or
if
administration
does
that
they
need
to
bring
forward
such
as
the
amendment
that
director
stone
mentioned
earlier.
We
could
have
that
information
by
wednesday.
That
would
be
helpful,
so
we
can
get
it
published
in
time.
A
H
H
Rob
de
lac,
who
is
here
actually
tonight,
who
has
a
lot
of
experience
and
stuff,
will
also
be
moved
up
from
his
all
alternate
position
to
a
full
position,
and
then
ben
lachmann
will
take
that
alternate
position.
They're
all
very,
very
well
qualified
for
the
work
that
they
have
to
do
on
this
particular
board,
and
I
think
that
this
particular
board
has
some
of
the
largest
challenges
and
thank
you
very
much
to
all
the
people
who
will
be
doing
this.
I
move
that
we
accept
the
candidate
says
presented.
D
H
A
D
H
A
Mayor
for
getting
all
the
bio,
the
information
and
the
resumes
so
we're
well
versed
on
their
background
too,
and
it
helps
us
yeah,
but
thank
you
all
right.
Any
other
comments,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay.
The
motion
carries.
Thank
you
for
your
service,
mr
delock
and
others,
mr
sauber
and
mr
lachmann.
We'll
look
forward
to
working
with
you
last
item
before
we
go
into
executive
session
is
an
opportunity
for
citizens
to
speak
on
legislative
items
and
city
services
that
were
not
covered
on
the
agenda
tonight.
A
A
Seeing
none
we
will
move
into
executive
session.
What
we'll
do
very
briefly
just
to
explain
it,
and
some
of
you
have
likely
seen
this
before.
I
know
professor
suttas
has
been
through
it
many
times
before.
We
do
a
motion
to
go
into
executive
session
and
we
explain
the
purpose
for
which
we're
going
into
executive
session
and
we
do
a
roll
call
vote
and
immediately
after
we
do
that,
we
will
break
for
15
minutes
to
allow
the
students
time
for
questions,
and
then
we
will
shut
the
doors
after
the
executive
session
is
over
and
adjourned.
A
G
A
A
Okay,
so
chris
falls
seconded
okay
and
for
roll
call.
Member
smedley,
sorry
reisner,
crowell,
hi
paul
grace,
hi,
zip,
mccarry,
hi,
okay,
thank
you.
It
is.
I
have
on
my
on
that
clock
there
that
at
7
29,
so
let's
say
at
7
30
at
7,
40
7
45.
We
will
close
the
doors
so
students
you
have
until
7
45
to
talk
with
people.