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Athens City Council - May 24, 2021
A
B
C
You
thank
you.
Acting
president
member
fall
or
as
many
many
people
in
the
community
are
aware.
The
cdc
recently,
I
believe,
on
on
may
13th
released
modified
guidelines
and
recommendations
regarding
mask
wearing,
and
so
with
that
in
mind,
it
is,
I
believe,
appropriate
to
amend
our
local
mask
order,
and
so
what
the
changes
that
I'm
bringing
forward
here
tonight
to
to
talk
about
are
very
straightforward
and
we're
proposing
to
add
a,
whereas,
which
is
that,
whereas
on
may
13th,
the
centers
for
disease
control
stated
that-
and
this
is
a
quote
fully.
C
A
C
E
C
Okay,
I
think
it's
important
to
note-
and
it
is
it's
stated
in
the
language,
from
the
cdc
that
not
only
can
local
laws
require
mask
wearing
in
in
situations
different
than
the
cdc,
but
also
local
businesses.
So
if
there
are
businesses
who
business
owners,
business
managers
that
make
the
choice
to
continue
to
requiring
to
require
mass
brain,
they
they
have
the
option
of
doing
that,
and-
and
that
is
that
is
a
an
option
that
is
available
to
them.
F
F
F
Why
are
somebody
to
show
their
vaccination
card
or
is
there
any
you
know?
Is
there?
Are
there
any
sticky
situations
where
somebody
says
I'm
vaccinated
and
there's
an
argument
and
they
can't
prove
you
know
what
I
mean.
Are
we
going
down
that
road,
or
are
we
just
letting
things
kind
of
happen?
The
way
they're
gonna
happen.
C
So
I
I
think
my
take
is
that
for
businesses-
and
I
I
also
had
a
conversation
with
some
individuals
from
a
local
business
who
who
want
to
continue
having
their
customers
mask.
That.
Probably
the
easier
thing
is
just
to
say:
we
require
all
customers
to
be
masked
rather
than
and
making
that
their
business
policy
rather
than
saying.
F
F
Having
said
that,
however,
I'm
also
I
don't
know
what
the
percentage
of
our
community
that
is
fully
vaccinated,
and
I
would
recommend
to
the
public
that
we
ease
into
this
or
eat
out
of
this
and
into
the
new
reality.
I'm
not
in
a
hurry
to
you
know
to
to
go
back
just
the
way
things
were,
and
I
would
hope
that
the
community
also
realizes
that
there
is
still
a
risk
out
there
and
we're
not
out
of
the
woods
yet,
and
we
should
still
continue
to
be
careful.
Thank
you.
Member
grace.
B
Other
council
members
I'd
like
to
follow
up
with
what
sam
says
for
for
some
people
in
our
community
masking
is
saving
their
life
because
they
may
be
immune
compromised,
maybe
going
under
chemotherapy
and
those
sort
of
things.
So
by
continuing
to
mask
you
are
protecting
other,
more
vulnerable
people
and
also
people
who
are
younger
than
we
can
give
vaccinations
to
so
I'm
fully
vaccinated.
What
makes
me
even
more
excited
was
when
my
kids
were
fully
vaccinated
and
that
made
it
much
more
free
breathing
for
everybody
so
get
that
vaccine.
Please,
mayor.
E
E
In
terms
of
those
having
completed,
we
are
at
35.74
percent
and
anybody
can
get
this
information
from
the
ohio
department
of
health
in
terms
of
first
dosed
administration,
we're
looking
at
a
little
more
than
39
percent
of
the
county
population
for
the
state
of
ohio.
It's
44.31
that
are
one
dose,
and
then
there
are
it's
38.84
for
completely
vaccinated
in
the
state
of
ohio.
E
G
E
H
C
H
H
A
B
F
I
believe
everyone
is
aware
that
during
the
early
days
of
the
pandemic,
we
ordinance
that
asked
the
city
administration
to
review
hiring
for
positions
with
city
council,
and
we
are
at
a
position
now
where
the
city
is
would
like
to.
City
administration
would
like
to
move
forward
in
a
more
efficient
with
filling
positions
that
are
currently
in
the
2021
staffing
ordinance.
So
this
is
not
creating
new
positions
and
and
hiring
for
those.
It
is
filling
many
of
the
positions
that
have
been
left
unfilled.
F
After
discussion
with
the
law
director,
there
actually
is
a
resolution.
Not
an
ordinance
illusion
does
not
need
to
be
rescinded.
It
can
be
removed
by
a
simple
motion
seventh
meeting.
So
if
there's
any
discussion
about
a
seventh
removal
of
the
freeze
resolution
passed
by
city
council,
does
anyone
like
to
chime
in
on
this.
F
D
Member
eisner,
I
just
want
to
say
I
think
it's
about
time.
We
we
did
this,
there's
a
lot
of
projects
and
and
just
simple
maintenance.
That's
we're
falling
behind
on
I
mean
I
can
see
it
driving
around
even
my
neighborhood,
simply
because
we
don't
have
the
personnel
to
do
those
jobs
and
the
personnel
that
we
do
have
are
stretched
to
the
as
thin
as
we
can
make
them
and
they're
starting
to
burn
out.
D
A
I
I
would
agree
with
member
eisner
and
appreciate
that
we
had
this
in
place
for
when
we
needed
it
and
every
time
that
I
recall
positions
being
brought
forward,
they
were
all
essential.
They
were
all
needed,
and
so
there
was
never
any
question
even
when
we
did
have
this
in
place
but
yeah.
I
agree.
We've
come
to
the
a
point
where
we
can
go
ahead
and
remove
this
and
just
appreciate
that
collaboration
during
that
time
in
need.
B
Remember
fall.
Thank
you.
I
first
like
to
say
thank
you
to
all
the
employees
who've
been
pulling
through
when
people
have
had
to
retire
or
for
whatever
reasons,
because
a
lot
of
people
worked
really
super
hard
over
the
last
year,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
employees
done
that
for
the
city,
they're
true
public
servants,
and
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
mayor
and
the
administration,
because
this
is
really
hard.
B
You
know,
just
like
the
the
when
paul
was
mayor,
we
were
going
through
similar
sort
of
economic
meltdowns
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
we
were.
We
didn't,
lay
off
people
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
this
is
the
same
thing,
with
careful
management
and
stewardship
of
our
money,
respecting
the
idea
that
we
pay
a
living
wage
and
union
wages
for
our
our
employees
and
our
contracts,
because
that's
who
we
are
and
the
careful
management
and
I'd
I'd
like
to
say.
Thank
you.
F
F
F
F
So
this
is
a
discussion
and
you
may
want
to
move
directly
to
auditor
hacked.
She
did
note
that
that
the
auditor's
office
has
talked
with
the
hr
director,
and
the
auditor
would
continue
to
work
with
the
hr
director
council
is
agreeable
to
the
reorganization,
but
this
would
also
not
only
require
changes
to
the
staffing
ordinance
and
pay
grades,
but
a
change
in
city
code.
A
D
J
It's
the
current
staff.
We
have
two
people
in
the
tax
department
that
would
still
be
two
people,
but
instead
of
having
one
person
as
the
administrator
and
the
other
person
as
an
assistant,
we
would
like
to
put
them
at
the
same,
be
more
like
two
at
tax
administrators.
As
you
said,
we
can
change
the
titles
and
things
like
that.
But,
as
you
know,
we
have
one
payroll
administrator
for
the
city.
J
J
Things
have
changed
over
the
years
in
tax,
the
state
laws
have
changed,
and
I
I'd
like
to
try
this.
I
really
would,
and
the
thing
is,
if,
if
council
is
okay
with
this,
and
if
you
have
any
other
questions
anytime
as
we
go
along,
but
our
tax
administration
administrator
position
is
vacant
right
now,
as
of
last
week,
so
we'd
like
to
move
this
along,
but
I
would
like
two
people
doing
tax
work,
I'd
like
them
to
share
more
of
the
same
duties
which
some
of
them,
as
you
know,
we
are
pretty
heady.
J
You
know,
according
to
the
laws
working
with
the
state
making
sure
our
tax
code
is
in
line
with
changes,
and
things
like
that.
I'd
like
for
both
people
in
there
to
have
that.
So
to
do
that,
I'd
like
to
bring
the
current
assistant
up
and
then
we
would
not
have
just
the
one
tax
administrator
and
because
that
position
now
would
be
sharing
duties.
J
J
I
J
But
if
you
give
someone
additional
duties
and
responsibilities
like
that,
then
you
know
their
their
pay
grade
should
go
up
at
least
one
level
and
so
and
then,
because
of
the
tax
administrator
we
have
position
would
be
sharing
some
of
those
responsibilities.
That
position,
could
you
know,
go
down
a
level
so.
I
C
C
C
J
We
already,
yes,
we
are
sorry
to
interrupt,
but
we
already
tried
to
do
some
of
that
and
spread
the
duties
out
so
that
there
was
a
a
little
more
learning
on
each
side.
You
know
say:
for
example,
we
have
delinquent
taxpayers;
well,
sometimes
they're
business
taxpayers,
sometimes
their
residents.
You
know
people
who
live
or
work
here
and
have
to
pay
their
own
taxes.
J
So
if,
if
we
need
both
people
to
understand
how
to
process
delinquencies,
which
there's
a
legal
process,
how
often
we
send
letters
and
if
they
don't
pay
the
process
for
either
turning
the
accounts
over
to
the
state
attorney
general,
which
has
a
collection
process
or
the
law
director's
office?
Who
has
been
helping
us
with
that
for
years?
J
And
so
there's
a
lot
of
steps
and
it
just
I
I'll
to
be
honest,
a
lot
of
what
brought
this
on
is
our
software
upgrade
that
we
went
through
last
fall.
We
finished
in
november,
I
think
for
tax,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
we
can
do
on
there.
We,
you
know
the
letters
can
we
can
produce
automatically
and
things
like
that,
and
it
just
makes
it
easier
and
it
would
yeah.
I
had
that
same
reservations
there.
I
really
really
do
that.
C
J
J
Yes,
there
does,
and
we
did
do
a
schedule
like
that.
I
don't
know
february,
maybe
and
tried
to
mix
up
the
duties
and
on
both
sides
and
so
that
one
person
would
do
say
delinquencies
for
businesses
and
take
it
through
the
whole
process.
Law,
director
and
everything
and
the
other
person
would
do
the
other
types
of
delinquencies
and
and
go
through
the
whole
process.
So
that's
just
one
example
of
things
that
we
do.
Oh
yeah.
J
J
It
also
a
fair
amount
of
the
work
in
my
office
is
pretty
routine,
where
you
do
the
same
thing:
every
two
weeks
there's
a
payroll
process.
You
know,
and
every
tuesday
and
friday
other
processes,
you
know
vouchers
and
it's
a
little
bit
the
same
in
tax,
and
so
I
I
think
that
our
the
employees
will
be
happier
if
they
have
some
additional
things
to
do,
but
they're
not
taking
over
the
whole
load
of
of
everything.
C
J
We
have
lists
of
things.
We've
already
tried
to
share
on
on
that
kind
of
thing:
tax
time
who
who
answers
the
phone
calls
who
deals
with
the
people
that
show
up
in
our
office,
which
of
course,
there
weren't
too
many
this
year.
But
there
were
some
and-
and
you
know
things
like
that,
so
they
both
know
have
the
same
information
to
give
someone,
whether
it's
in
person
or
over
the
phone
and
stuff
like
that.
F
F
F
F
I
was
out
recently
there
are,
I
believe,
13
trails
which
are
getting
close
to
30
miles
in
length.
You
can
have
a
wonderful
time
as
a
podesta
as
a
walker,
or
certainly
on
a
bicycle
out
at
the
bailey's
trail
system,
a
quick
synopsis
of
the
item
for
today's
meeting
and
then
I
believe
we
have
the
executive
director
of
vorka
here
today
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
mayor
here
in
a
minute
to
introduce
ms
powers.
F
Basically,
the
orca
is
moving
into
a
membership
structure
and
they
are
looking
for
members
at
the
municipal
level
to
pay
a
one-year
membership
fee
of
90
000,
which
was
the
original
amount
that
we
had
agreed
to
in
our
ordinance
to
support
the
bailey's
trail
system.
If
the
county
also
met
those
due
levels
at
the
same
level
as
the
city,
and
so
the
city
administration
is
now
looking
for
council
to
authorize
the
mayor
to
pay
this
city
membership
fee
for
for
one
year.
I
can
turn
this
over
to
the
mayor
for
more
information.
E
G
Okay,
so
this
is
actually
a
picture
of
the
bailey's
trail
system,
yep
and
sam's
right.
We've
got
26
miles
on
the
ground.
Five
under
construction
right
now,
by
the
end
of
summer,
early
fall
we'll
have
31
complete,
so
the
bailey's
trail
system
project
was
really
born
of
need
in
the
area
as
we're
all
familiar
with.
G
Athens
county
is
the
poorest
in
the
ohio,
which
is
also
refer
for
or
trackable
in
the
childhood
poverty
rate
for
the
county,
largely
dependent
on
one
major
employer
like
much
of
the
region
and
historically
we've
we've
been
underinvested
in
for
decades,
so
leadership
within
athens
county,
including
the
city.
You
know
realizes
that
trails
can
be
used
to
activate
communities
and
stimulate
growth.
So
that's
really
the
the
birth
of
the
bailey's
trail
system
project
on
the
athens
unit
of
the
wayne
national
forest,
which
is
over
9000
acres
of
property.
G
Here
so
just
to
highlight
the
the
trail
system.
It
will
be
the
longest
contiguous
trail
system,
east
of
the
mississippi
river,
but
definitely
the
largest
in
the
state.
It's
purpose-built.
Most
mountain
biking
trails
are
adapted
extractionist
roads,
mainly
so
these
were
designed
by
professional
trail
designers.
Some
of
the
top
in
the
country,
and
then
they
are
also
professionally
built
by
machine
which
helps
with
the
overall
maintenance
and
sustainability
of
the
trail
system,
we're
in
a
prime
location
here
in
southeast
ohio
pre-pandemic.
G
G
G
So
if
you
look
over
here
on
your
right
really,
the
bailey's
trail
system
project
is
why
orca
exists
and
it
really
was
an
opportunity
where
in
developing
and
utilizing
our
asset
with
the
wayne
national
forest
land
managers,
local
government
and
the
community
kind
of
came
together.
We
realized
that
we
really
needed
an
entity
to
advance
this
project
and
make
sure
that
it
becomes
a
reality
which
was
the
birth
of
the
outdoor
recreation
council
of
appalachia.
G
We
are
a
council
of
governments,
we
have
six
members,
so
those
are
the
athens
city,
athens,
county
village,
of
chancey,
village
of
buchdall
york,
city
of
nelsonville
york.
Township,
did
I
say
all
six,
I
think
so,
and
so
our
mission
as
you'll
see
here
is
larger
than
just
the
bailey's
trail
system,
as
is
our
vision,
and
we
really
see
the
the
opportunity
here
to
expand
recreation
opportunities
throughout
the
appalachian
region
and
how
that
could
be
a
strategy
for
economic
diversification
and
our
values
which
are
listed
here.
G
Community
quality
of
life,
sustainability,
innovation,
inclusivity
and
shared
stewardship
really
advance
everything
that
we're
trying
to
do
and
that
I'll
just
attract
your
attention
down
here.
To
these
wheels,
if
you
can
see
my
cursor,
so
what
I
was
talking
about,
we
are
a
local.
We
are
council
of
governments
consisting
of
six
individual
members.
G
G
If
we
didn't
have
ohio's
premier
mountain
biking
destination
in
our
backyard
is
really
all
about
enabling
the
private
sector
to
build
local
wealth.
So
we're
seeing
airbnbs
take
off
we're,
seeing
people
getting
new
jobs,
we're
seeing
cafes
open
and
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
increased
activity
and
real
estate
in
the
area
as
well
as
community
members
excited
been
out
there
using
the
trails
on
this
public
land
that
they
hadn't
used
previously.
G
So
this
is,
this
is
not
just
a
trail
project.
This
is
an
asset
based
economic
development
and
diversification
through
a
value
chain
approach.
So,
while
we're
starting
with
the
bailey's
trail
system
that
proactive
asset
based
development,
we
realize
that
we
need
a
system
of
governance
so
that
we
can
maintain
and
manage
the
draily's
trail
system
that
we're
going
to
have
to
market
this
bailey's
trail
system
and
that
we
feel
a
regional
marketing
strategy
would
be
more
effective
for
southeast
ohio
as
general.
G
And
this
is
just
kind
of
a
slider
I
create
to
highlight
some
of
the
benefits
to
the
trail
system.
While
these
trails
are
not
adjacent
to
the
city
of
athens,
they
will
be
connected
by
the
bikeway
one
day
and
they'll
continue
to
provide
a
lot
of
programming
opportunities
that
we
feel
will
be
valuable
for
everyone
in
our
community
orca's
work
in
general.
G
A
lot
of
it
is
spent
chasing
funding
to
get
this
trail
system
built.
So,
while
we've
moved
away
from
the
pay
for
success
model
as
a
way
to
develop
the
trail
system,
the
council
of
governments
is
actively
using
every
tool
in
our
toolkit
really
to
secure
investment
from
the
state
of
ohio
to
complete
the
trail
system.
G
I
think
they're
really
excited
and
encouraged
by
the
fact
that
you
know
people
in
appalachian,
ohio,
specifically
the
poorest
county
and
the
state,
have
done
a
lot
to
advance
this
project
since
2017
and
since
it's
in
shep's
inception
in
2015
to
to
realize
the
the
benefits
that
it
brings
and
to
be
intentional
and
making
sure
that
we
are
equitable
and
dispersing.
Those
benefits
so
below
here
are
some
other
grants
that
we'll
be
going
for
the
community
project
request
since
divers
left
and
steve's
not
running.
It's
not
looking
good
for
that
one.
G
G
We
have
been
beginning
to
engage
other
counties
in
this
work
and
what
we
see
is
outdoor
recreation's
value
to
the
region.
So
that's
exciting.
Hopefully,
we
continue
to
grow
on
kind
of
all
those
buckets,
so
we
have
a
lot
of
grant
pending
grants,
spending
and
then
we're
working
to
advance
an
impact
investment
with
the
athens
county
foundation
and
a
few
others
we're
working
to
develop
the
site
plan
for
the
the
booktail
trailhead
and
then
again
doing
that
scaling
regionally.
Just
leaving
you
guys
here
with
a
list
of
some
of
the
awards.
G
The
projects
received
to
date-
and
I
can
send
this
out
because
these
are
live
links
and
you
guys
can
feel
free
to
check
those
out,
but
that
those
are
just
a
few
slides
that
I
had
prepared
today
and
I'm
happy
to
go
in
depth
and
answer
questions
about
any
aspect
of
this.
I
know
that
was
a
lot
to
throw
at
you
really
quickly
but
I'll
happy
to
take
any
questions.
B
B
The
economic
development
council
is
another
one,
so
this
is
not
that
different
than
those
sort
of
of
commitments,
and
we
also
require
a
certain
type
of
reporting
from
those
different
entities,
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
those
similar
sort
of
reporting
and
presentation
and
sort
of
processes
are
also
in
and
put
into
any
sort
of
contract
that
we
that
we
write.
Thank
you.
I
Thanks
member
crown
director
powers
so
the
last
time
we
talked
about
investing
as
a
city
into
the
baileys,
it
was
under
that
pay
for
success
model.
Is
that
correct,
where
there
yeah
okay?
So
at
that
time
there
was
concern
about
committing
to
long-term
investment
and
without
fully
knowing
what
our
financial
standing
would
be
as
a
city
into
the
future.
I
B
That
that's
been
set
as
precedence
because
for
a
while
the
economic
development
council
also
paid
per
year
with
with
more
reporting
requirements
during
those
one-year
increments
and
then
after
some
things
were
settled
and
and
stuff.
Then
it
went
to
three
years
back
to
three
years,
so
it's
kind
of,
I
guess
I
think
it's
kind
of
like
a
trial,
run
right.
I
Thank
you
for
that,
and
just
then
my
other
question
is
just
financially
as
a
city.
I
assume
this
is
something
we
can
afford,
even
even
though
we
are
coming
out
of
the
pandemic
and
still
sort
of
you
know,
figuring
out
our
finances
with
that
impact.
So
I
see
the
mayor
has
his
hand
up
to
let
him
chime
in.
E
Just
as
a
reminder
where,
under
the
pay
for
success
model,
if
we
were
going
to
go
down
the
20-year
path
of
paying
90
000
in
lockstep
with
the
county,
our
share
would
have
come
from
the
transient
guest
tax
before
it
enters
into
the
general
fund.
Or
you
know
that's.
Basically,
the
mechanism
was
through
the
transient
guest
tax.
E
I've
had
a
with
one
of
our
larger
hotel
owners
locally,
actually
too,
and
that
they
are
seeing.
You
know,
kind
of
a
an
uptick.
I
shouldn't
say
a
tick
they're,
seeing
a
lot
more
people
coming
and
staying
and
heads
and
beds,
which
is
a
good
sign
as
well,
that
that
we
will
start
to
see
some
growth
in
our
own
transient
gas
tax
and-
and
so
that's
basically,
where
this
money
would
come
from
again.
It
wouldn't
come
from
taxpayer
dollars
here
in
the
city
of
athens.
I
Got
it?
Thank
you
and
one
last
comment.
I
have
experienced
the
baileys
personally
fully
appreciate
everything
that
it's
trying
to
do
and
what
it
could
potentially
be
for
our
region,
and
so
I
mean
I'm
in
support
of
f,
financially
supporting
the
baileys
so
long
as
it
fits
within
the
city's
budget,
and
I
appreciate
everyone's
presentation
tonight.
D
G
D
G
D
D
E
Mayor
no,
I
again
I
would
say
that
much
like
the
existing
ordinance.
It
says
that
the
county
and
the
city
were
to
be
in
this
together
that
we
would
be
paying
for
20
years
councilmember
eisner.
This
instead
is
a
membership
that
it'll
be
started
one
year
and
if
it
gets
to
the
point
where
it
it
could
extend
beyond
one
year
to
to
three
years,
you
know
again,
it
would
come
from
the
transient
guest
tax,
which
we
anticipate,
seeing
further
growth
in
the
transient
guest
tax,
as
that
comes
in.
D
E
Now,
if
the
county
can
only
pay
year
to
year,
we
may
be
paying
year
to
year
for
quite
some
time
that
is
unknown
by
me
anyway,
and
I
can
certainly
find
out
as
to
whether
the
county
can
do
longer
term
memberships,
or
they
have
to
do
them
year
to
year.
Again,
I
don't
know
if
jesse
powers
has
an
answer
to
that
question
or
not.
G
F
E
F
E
C
Thank
you,
member
carl,
and
thank
you,
miss
powers
for
that
presentation
and
and
for
packing
a
whole
lot
of
information
and
quickly.
I
really
appreciate
that,
and
I
personally
am
much
more
comfortable
with
this
ask
of
the
city,
because
it
it
only
for
sure,
commits
us
to
the
financial
obligation
for
one
year
and
and
also
is
we.
We
know
it
will
be
ninety
thousand
dollars.
C
E
E
F
B
I
think
it's
important
with
the
spirit
of
what
happened
with
the
pay-to-play
plan,
because
people
are
very
uncomfortable
with
that
sort
of
model.
I
think
that
now
we
see
a
lot
more
benefit
accruing
to
the
to
us
as
a
region
and
a
city
and
fulfilling
those
missions
and
values
that
have
been
established.
I
think
the
orca
model
came
out
of
that
whole
discussion
is
so
much
more
powerful
for
our
region,
as
opposed
to
some
of
the
models
that
were
presented
to
us
by
like
quantified
adventures.
So
I
am
I.
B
I
think
that
this
is
a
really
good
process.
I
think
that
going
forward
with
a
one
year
program
is
a
smart
idea
to
see
and
then
building
on
that
and
our
our
kind
of
regional
partners
going
forward
with
that.
So
I
I
appreciate
all
the
work.
That's
been
done
with
this
and
going
forward
from
from
what
happened
a
couple
years
ago.
So
thank
you.
J
J
We
used
to
put
more
of
it
in
there
and
then
use
it
for
whatever
projects
we
wanted,
but
really
we're
required
to
put
the
other
half
into
the
general
fund,
which
is
what
we
do
now
and
now
we
pay
the
edc.
Out
of
that
also
now
going
back
to
2019
our
transient
guest
tax
revenue
for
that
year
was
425,
000
or
so,
and
so
half
of
that
for
the
accbb
was
about
215,
000
and
that
same
amount
for
us.
J
But
if
you
also
look
at
the
things
that
have
popped
up
on
that
west
end
of
logan
and
where
everybody
goes
to
get
their
groceries,
etc,
etc,
walmart
kroger's
all
of
that
stuff
is
down
there
and
other
things
like
the
antique
shop-
and
you
know
even
goodwill,
dairy
queen,
all
of
that
stuff
is
has
popped
up
in
logan
within
their
city
limits.
So
we
would
expect
that
athens
would
enjoy
some
of
those
benefits
that
wouldn't
really
be
able
to
be
built.
You
know
out
where
these
trail
heads
are.
J
You
know
such
as
a
strip
mall
or
anything
like
that,
so
so
anyway,
I
think
that's.
I
can't
really
speak
for
other
people,
but
that
was
the
discussion
before
when
we
were
considering
the
other
pay-to-play,
the
20-year
commitment,
and
so
yes
and
the
payments
will
be
made
yearly,
just
as
it
is
with
the
edc
and
not
all
at
once.
B
I
want
I
want
to
pop
in
that
you
can
take
the
city
bus
out
to
chancey
now,
and
you
put
your
bicycle
on
it,
so
you
could
actually
go
from
columbus
via
go
bus,
get
down
here
and
get
on
the
city
bus
and
go
ride
your
bike
without
having
a
car
we're
like
super
accessible-
and
this
is
you
know,
the
tourism
aspects
of
this
is
is
large,
so
we
do
have.
I
mean
we
have
a
bus
and
we
can
get
people
there
and
that's
awesome
because
that's
also
a
lot
more
sustainable.
F
Thank
you,
member
fall
and,
as
director
powers
mentioned,
there
also
are
plans
for
a
bikeway
spur
to
chansey
from
the
existing
bikeway
there's
a
bridge
to
build
and
a
lot
of
things
to
do,
but
you
one
day
will
be
able
to
get
on
your
bicycle
on
sunnyside
drive
and
ride
it
to
chancey
very
safely
and
that's
super
exciting.
So
it's
also
great
obviously
for
the
for
the
community
of
chansey.
F
The
athens
bicycle
club
has
started
a
re-cycle
donation
of
bicycles
to
to
many
people
in
chancey,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
things
happening,
and
I
think
it's
terrific
and
I'll.
Just
note
too,
if
you,
if
you
are
a
new
york
times
reader,
the
bailey's
trail
system
was
just
featured
three
days
ago
in
the
new
york
times.
In
fact,
our
ohio
universities,
head
coach
of
field
hockey
was
pictured
prominently
riding
her
bike
in
bailey's.
F
E
E
You
know
it's
in
some
ways:
it's
showing
that
athens
and
athens
county
you
know
is
willing
to
invest
into
this
trail
system
and
showing
that
that
we
see
the
value
of
what
the
full
built
out
trail
88
miles,
we're
seeing
it
now
with
just
the
26
miles
of
trail
that
we'll
we'll
see
it
as
it
continues
to
grow.
So
just
another
way
to
think
about.
It
is
almost
as
a
I
want
to.
F
G
G
Yeah
one
day
soon,
I
should
have
an
office
yeah
yeah.
No,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
your
support
and
I
think
you
guys
you
you
get
it
and
we're.
I'm
really
excited
to
advance
this
conversation
at
the
state
level.
It's
I
feel,
like
we've
got
this
unique
opportunity
where
our
local
government,
you
know,
leading
our
citizens
proactively,
is
really
ready
to
change
economic
opportunities
here
for
the
better.
So
you
know,
thank
you
guys,
all
for
your
leadership
and
support.
F
F
Any
questions
on
that
appropriation
transfer.
Okay.
Moving
on
there
is
a
need
in
council
chambers
for
new
laptops.
The
current
laptops
that
we
have
were
by
were
purchased
used
in
2015.
They
are
chrome
books
and
mr
thompson
has
found
a
good
deal
for
new
laptops.
They
have
three
thousand
dollars,
but
they
would
be
able
to
replace
the
computers
with
a
total
of
approximately
five
thousand
dollars.
So
they're
looking
for
a
two
thousand
dollar
appropriation
to
purchase
new
laptops.
F
F
F
F
F
F
B
Thank
you
now
we're
going
into
a
special
session.
Thank
you
establishing
a
quorum.
All
members
are
present.
We
are
doing
just
special
sessions,
have
certain
rules.
We
don't
do
communications
or
anything
like
that.
We
read
through
this
the
ordinances
that
are
up
for
whatever
reading
they
are
right.
Now
we
have
several
ordinances
for
second
reading.
B
F
B
J
Thank
you:
a
loan
payment.
We
last
year
we
took
on
a
new
water
loan,
but
we
didn't
know
the
payments.
This
happens
sometimes,
where
we
don't
know,
we
don't
know
what
our
payment
is
going
to
be.
They
said
it,
and
so
it
wasn't
in
the
budget.
So
this
new
loan
that
is
starting
our
we're
starting
payments
this
year.
J
We
need
sixty
thousand
dollars
to
make
that
payment
july
first,
and
so
we
had
already
appropriated
money
in
the
water
fund
to
transfer
we're
already
spending
about
a
hundred
ninety
seven
thousand
two
hundred
thousand
on
water
owda
payments.
So
we
thought
we
were
getting
ahead
of
the
game
a
little
bit
and
appropriating
and
transferring
now
from
the
water
fund
to
the
water
debt
fund
or
our
january
1st
payment,
because
that
money
is
pulled
from
our
account
the
night
before
and
we
won't
have
the
budget
in
place
january,
1st,
etcetera,
etcetera.
J
J
J
G
B
B
So
thank
you
and
68-21
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
enter
into
a
sub-recipient
contract
with
universe,
ohio
university,
authorizing
the
expenditure
to
implement
a
wastewater
based,
coveted
surveillance
program
and
declaring
an
emergency.
This
is
introduced
by
council
member
grace.
Thank
you.
B
B
C
C
The
reason
for
the
suspension
is
that
we
would
like
this
change
to
go
into
effect
as
quickly
as
possible,
as
the
cdc
did
did
not
give
us
a
month
or
any
sort
of
heads
up
before
for
changing
their
guidelines.
So,
but
we
would
like
to
respond
and
reflect
their
their
guideline
changes
as
quickly
as
possible,
and
so
that
would
mean
adopting
the
ordinance
tonight
at
our
first
opportunity.
C
B
C
B
B
C
Grace
I
I
agree
from
a
perspective
of
how
viral
transmission
works
and
how
wonderfully
effective
the
vaccines
are.
This.
This
absolutely
follows
the
the
science
that
we
have
on
covet
19
and
that
fully
vaccinated
individuals
do
not
necessarily
need
to
be
masked,
but
those
who
who
are
not
fully
vaccinated
should
continue
to
mask
great.
Thank
you.