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Athens City Council - August 16, 2021
A
A
A
B
I
will
try
to
be
brief.
I
have
a
few
things
I
shared
these
with
council
last
at
the
last
council
regular
session
and
that
being
the
2020
return
on
investment
report
for
the
city
of
athens
from
the
buckeye
hills
regional
council.
B
Hopefully,
council
had
a
chance
to
look
at
that,
but
the
bottom
line
for
the
city
of
athens
is
that
for
every
dollar
that
we
pay
in
our
our
dues
to
be
a
member
of
buckeye
hills,
we
had
a
236.81
return
on
investment
per
dollar,
which
is
outstanding,
and
that
amounts
to
a
total
of
790
thousand
120
dollars
in
funding
coming
in
from
various
grants
and
projects
that
buckeye
hills
help
the
city
of
athens
with.
B
B
It
could
be
anywhere
from
98
thousand
dollars,
plus
almost
99
000
to
141
000
that
the
city
would
be
receiving
again.
That's
that's
predicated
upon
several
things.
Yet
to
happen,
but
they
want
to
get
that
out
there
and
that
would
be
monies
available
for
treatment.
B
That's
part
of
that
settlement
agreement,
the
other
three
items
that
I
have
quickly
council
is
that
councilmember
crowl.
Thank
you
for
updating
me
on
the
the
question
that
was
raised
of
the
vending
meter
vending
spaces,
and
I
think
I
gave
you
a
summary.
I
know
I
gave
you
a
summary
explaining
the
fact
that
within
the
city
now
in
the
uptown
area,
we
have
three
zones.
B
When
it
comes
to
metered
parking,
the
dollar
zone,
the
75
cent
zone
and
the
50
cent
zone,
we
do
have,
I
believe,
it's
five
spaces
that
are
available
on
armory
drive
or
armory
avenue
next
to
the
armory
next
to
in
between
the
armory
and
the
the
masonic
temple
and
those
are
in
the
50
cent
zone.
But
again
it's
very
few.
The
the
lion's
share
of
the
meter
of
the
vending
spaces
that
are
available
for
vendors
are
in
the
dollar
zone.
B
The
one
dollar
parking
meter
zone
and
therefore
the
question
that
was
being
raised
is:
why
did
it
go
from
150
a
month
to
200
a
month?
And
if
you
do
the
math
on
that,
it's
it's
still
lower
than
even
a
year's
worth
of
the
75
cent
zone
rate.
If
you
were
to
think
of
it.
That
way,
so
remember
carl.
Thank
you
for
for
alerting
that
issue
to
me.
B
B
I
know
that
captain
harvey
did
come
up
with
some
several
suggestions
for
changes
that
they
had
in
their
plan
and
thankfully
they
took
that
to
heart
and
they
will
make
some
adjustments.
But
if
council
would
like
to
see
the
comments
that
captain
harvey
brought
forward
as
they
pertained
to
central
avenue,
the
athens
middle
school
west
state
east
elementary
morrison,
gordon
school,
I
yeah.
B
So
I
can
share
that
with
council
in
terms
of
what
the
content
is
in
that
email,
with
the
conversation
that
they
had,
he
did
share
that
with
andy
stone
director
stone
as
well.
The
last
item
for
council
is,
I
received
a
letter
from
john
spaworth
and
it
was
about
the
arts
in
our
community
and
requesting
that.
I
look
into
working
with
the
ohio
arts
council
and
applying
for
funding,
but
also
mr
spa
forth
was
asking
that
we
possibly
form
a
new
arts
commission
here
in
the
city
of
athens.
B
We
do
have
the
the
athens
metropolitan
arts
commission.
B
It
does
exist
and
has
for
many
years
and
during
my
tenure
anyway,
there
have
been
a
number
of
art
projects,
everything
ranging
from
the
art
bench,
overlooking
the
the
hope,
preserve
or
whatever
you
want
to
call
it
by
devils
or
by
little
fish
to
the
athens
photographic
project,
art
that
is
on
the
side
of
the
parking
garage
and
a
multitude
of
murals,
a
poet
laureate
that
rose
to
become
the
ohio
state,
poet,
laureate
and
carrie,
gunther
seymour,
of
course.
A
C
So,
thank
you.
My
name
is
jason
jolly
and
I'm
a
faculty
member
at
the
voynich
school
and
I'm
going
to
try
to
take
my
glasses
off.
So
I
can
see
with
them
not
fogging
up.
C
We
received
some
money
through
the
u.s
economic
development
administration
to
assist
communities
in
the
appalachian
region,
who
had
seen
considerable
distress
due
to
the
covet
19
pandemic,
and
we
reached
out
to
mayor
patterson,
because
we
knew
that
the
city
of
athens
and
athens
county
had
seen
considerable
challenges
due
to
declining
student
enrollments
as
a
result
of
cover
fewer
students
being
on
campus
etc.
Mayor
patterson
introduced
us
to
the
coveted
roundtable
that
he
put
together
and
we
spoke
about
our
ability
to
help
the
the
community
with
these.
C
Some
of
these
challenges
and
out
of
that
emerged,
a
few
projects
and
one
of
them
was
assisting
athens
county
as
well
as
the
city
of
athens
in
examining
what
we
were
calling
a
remote
working
scorecard
and
our
intent
was
to
look
at.
What's
the
prospect
for
attracting
attracting
remote
workers
to
relocate
to
non-metropolitan
cities
like
athens,
as
well
as
non-metropolitan
counties
like
athens
county
and
develop
a
scorecard
about
some
of
these
attraction
factors?
C
This
project
really
went
well
beyond
that
by
the
time
we
got
to
this
point
and
we
have
really
moved
beyond
just
a
scorecard
to
a
white
paper
looking
at
what
are
some
of
the
economic
development
impacts
of
remote
work.
What
are
some
of
the
factors
that
can
attract
remote
workers
to
a
community
and
how
might
a
community
capitalize
on
those
for
economic
development
opportunities?
C
My
colleague
brent
lane,
who
is
an
executive
in
residence
with
us
here
at
the
voynich
school,
really
led
this
effort,
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
him
and
let
him
go
through
the
presentation,
we'll
try
to
keep
it
at
10
minutes,
but
please
feel
free
to
interrupt
us.
If
you
get
to
you
know
one
two
minutes
remaining
and
we
can
pick
up
the
pace
happy
to
distribute
an
electronic
copy
of
this
to
anyone
who
would
like
to
see
it.
I
have
some
cards
and
I
also
brought
a
few
hardcovers.
So
thank
you.
E
But
whatever
time
you've
got,
thank
you
very
much
for
it.
I
think
only
in
academia
is
a
big
deal
to
move
from
a
score
card
to
a
white
paper,
but
I
think
there
are
some
significant
findings
from
the
work
that
we've
done
so
far.
Let
me
one
caveat
the
use
of
the
term
athens
is
in
part
both
a
reference
to
the
county
or
the
city.
Somewhat
interchangeably.
Most
of
the
data
sources
we
rely
on
are
going
to
be
athens
county
based,
so
I
know
there
may
be
some
confusion.
E
We
just
use
the
term
somewhat
broadly
and
hope
you
hope
you
can
help
us
wind
our
way
through
the
use
of
that.
First
of
all,
let's
start
with
the
findings
of
this
work.
Most
important
thing
to
recognize
is
that
remote
work
say
unlike
working
from
home,
which
is
a
different
form
of
activity.
Remote
work
is
much
more
akin
to
commuting
the
way
we
would
do
physically
in
a
car
or
some
other
mode,
but
doing
it
digitally.
So
you
have
an
employer
in
one
location
that
you
used
to
go
to
their
physical
location.
E
E
If
we
ever
get
there,
we
expect
to
see
a
decline
in
remote
work,
but
not
a
return
to
what
it
was
before.
There
will
continue
to
be
more
remote
working
going
on
in
the
u.s
and
the
world
economy
than
there
was
before,
and
that's
significant
because
remote
working
decouples,
where
we
live
from,
where
we
work,
and
that
enables
people
who
want
to
live
somewhere
other
than
near
where
they
work
to
choose
their
preferences
and
for
a
lot
of
americans
that
preference
is
a
non-metro
location.
E
E
Athens
by
our
preliminary
assessment,
is
well
positioned
for
people
seeking
those
sort
of
locations
we'll
go
into
a
number
of
those
factors.
However,
the
economic
impacts
of
what
has
been
the
most
visible
form
of
remote
work
support
payment
of
incentives
to
get
people
to
move
to
your
area.
It's
actually
rather
minimal
good
news.
Is
there
a
number
of
other
benefits
that
provide
substantial
economic
benefits
to
your
community
to
your
citizens
from
remote
work
that
we
got
into,
which
is
why,
as
jason
pointed
out,
the
study
broadened
quite
a
bit
summation.
E
Let
me
substantiate
a
few
things
that
I
said
and
the
findings.
First
of
all,
one
of
the
sources
of
information
is
the
gallup
poll
the
gallup
poll
gallup
has
been
polling
people
about
where
they
live
versus
where
they'd
like
to
live
before
covet.
They
found
that
about
39
percent
of
americans
who
did
not
live
in
a
non-metro
area,
would
like
to
move
there
if
they
were
able
to
do
so,
they
weren't
able
to
do
so
because
of
their
place
of
employment.
E
That
was
only
strengthened
during
covet.
They
updated
that
poll
just
like
late
last
year
and
found
that
the
share
of
americans,
who
would
prefer
a
non-metro,
which
means
a
small
town
or
rural
or
small
city
for
that
matter,
is
48
of
the
population
much
higher
than
the
actual
distribution
of
people
who
live
in
those
areas.
Today,
again,
that
is
a
preference
been
largely
thwarted
by
the
necessity
of
commuting
to
your
place
of
work.
E
We
looked
at.
We
looked
at
a
number
of
sources
of
information
on
what
is
still
a
fairly
new
field,
which
is
remote
work
to
identify
what
are
the
factors
that
attract
remote
workers
and
what
we
found.
There
were
two
characteristic
factors,
the
ones
that
were
required
and
the
ones
that
were
highly
desired,
so
the
prerequisites
and
the
motivations
here
we
looked
at.
We
ended
up
with
10
primary
factors.
The
top
three
are
in
blue
internet
access,
like
any
other
form
of
essential
infrastructure,
is
a
requirement
to
support
and
attract
remote
work.
E
E
E
Now,
we've
handled
child
care
somewhat
extemporaneously
during
the
pandemic,
and
many
people
made
a
lot
of
sacrifices.
A
lot
of
people
dropped
out
of
the
workforce
that
will
have
to
be
codified
in
ways
that
support
child
care
needs
of
remote
workers.
Remote
work
is
not
a
substitute
for
child
care.
The
other
factors
on
here
are
also
quite
important.
They
can
be
quite
different,
important
to
different
segments
cost
of
living.
Generally,
people
are
looking
to
move
out
of
a
high
cost
area
into
a
lower
cost
area.
E
We
all
are
remote
working
in
one
way
or
another
at
a
variety
of
spaces,
so
your
remote
working
infrastructure,
the
physical
part,
is
both
formal
structured
areas
like
co-working
spaces
in
informal
areas,
your
kitchen
table
coffee
shops,
we've
all
experienced
that
that's
a
very
important
part
of
the
infrastructure
for
remote
work.
Attractions
like
outdoor
recreation
are
important,
particularly
to
some
of
the
younger
generation
of
remote
workers,
who
are
probably
the
largest
part
of
the
remote
working
population.
E
For
similar
reasons,
professional
education,
the
ability
to
advance
professionally
while
staying
in
place,
is
key
to
this
workforce,
they're
attracted
to
a
community.
They
want
to
remain
in
that
community,
but
they
are
still
quite
often
early
in
their
professional
trajectory.
They
need
professional
education
source.
Many
cases
the
work
working
remotely
does
not
obviate
the
need
to
show
up
at
the
office
and
the
further
away
your
office
is
the
more
important
travel
access
is
particularly
air
travel.
E
Political
alignment
showed
up
quite
interesting,
particularly
in
younger
generation
of
remote
workers.
They
want
to
live
where
they
feel
comfortable
from
a
political
standpoint,
regardless
what
that
orientation
is-
and,
lastly
is
financial
incentives-
and
I
say
last
because
that's
been
the
first
thing
people
have
been
talking
about
because
of
some
of
the
prominent
examples.
You've
heard
of
truth
is
we
don't
know
where
the
financial
incentives
for
remote
workers
won,
though
they
were
two?
Are
they
successful
three?
Do
they
matter
when
they
succeed,
so
we
tried
to
address
that
in
our
work
in
this
project.
E
E
E
You
may
find
homes
in
this
area
sometimes
terribly
expensive,
but
from
an
external
perspective,
you're
well
below
the
median
cost
on
housing
and
on
cost
of
living
and
all
child
care.
You
have
tremendous
outdoor
recreation
assets
and
you
have
wonderful,
professional
education
resources
right
here
in
the
county.
Those
are
all
strong
positives
for
you,
things
that
are
far
less
certain.
E
I'm
sure
you
had
a
lot
of
discussions
about
internet
access.
We
have
a
lot
of
them
in
our
business
and
in
our
own
home
about
who
has
good
access.
You
never
get
the
same
answer
twice.
Reality
is
whoever
moves
here
from
elsewhere
is
probably
moving
from
a
more
urbanized
area
to
here
and
whatever
your
level
of
internet
access
today
may
be
less
than
or
perceived
to
be
less
than
what
they're
used
to.
So,
I
would
say:
that's
still
an
uncertain
quality
in
terms
of
its
attractiveness.
E
Remote
workspaces,
I
think,
is
something
that
you've
had
a
substantial
amount
of
today,
but
not
as
much
as
you
would
need-
and
I
say
that
might
be
because
we
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
do
a
thorough
inventory
of
what
sort
of
remote
spaces
exist.
Today
I
can,
I
can
certainly
encourage
you
that
more
would
be
better
and
I
think,
particularly
on
the
formalized
side
of
things.
Remote
working
on
co-working
spaces
have
proved
particularly
persuasive
for
the
younger
cohort
of
remote
workers.
E
Those
who
aren't
already
accustomed
to
working
in
a
call
an
office
space
and
are
relieved
not
having
to
go.
There
are
still
looking
for
opportunities
where
they
can
can
co-work
and
interact
with
others.
Political
alignment,
I
think,
is
completely
uncertain
and
obviously
you
could
change
your
political
affinity
anywhere
within
any
given
county.
Certainly
that's
true
here
in
athens,
the
two
that
might
be
negatives,
one
that
I
would
say
is
probably
certainly
a
negative.
Is
air
travel?
E
Yes,
we
could
go
to
columbus
and
we
can
in
one
flight
or
perhaps
two
get
anywhere
in
the
world,
but
still
got
to
get
to
columbus,
and
some
people
will
perceive
that
as
the
negative
for
others.
It
will
be
irrelevant,
perhaps
not
a
concern
of
theirs
and
the
last
is
financial
incentives,
and
I
put
it
last
because
we
frankly
don't
know
whether
financial
incentives
work
much
less.
Are
they
necessary
and
even
less?
Are
they
desirable?
E
So,
let's
speak
about
financial
incentives
for
a
minute
what
we
did
learn
a
lot
of
the
discussion
about
remote
work
has
been
prompted
by
high
profile
examples
of
programs.
Certainly,
west
virginia
is
one
that
shaped
a
lot
of
people's
thinking
on
this
question,
so
we
looked
at
10
programs
that
have
at
least
some
operating
experience.
E
What
we
found
is
that
in
general,
they're,
expensive
and
they're
small,
they
get
a
lot
of
press.
Look
at
the
right
hand,
column
here.
This
is
what
they're
budgeted
to
achieve
most
of
them
double
digit
at
most.
If
they
succeed,
this
is
what
they're
aspiring
to
attract,
and
we
looked
at
the
economic
impact
of
success.
E
E
You
don't
get
new
supplier
purchasing,
you
don't
get
new
building
construction.
What
you
get
is
the
benefit
of
their
spending
of
their
own
income,
which
is
a
rather
small
part
in
terms
of
economic
impact.
So
you're,
seeing
even
in
success
of
recruiting
outside
workers
to
move
here
rather
small
impact.
E
Fortunately,
when
we,
when
we
recognize
the
limited
impact
of
attracting,
and
particularly
in
sending
remote
workers,
we
look
for
other
opportunities
where
remote
work
would
benefit
athens
and
there
are
a
number
of
them,
and
I
want
to
illustrate
a
few
ways
in
which
that's
true.
First
of
all,
you
have
a
workforce
in
athens,
county
of
about
people
who
live
here
who
are
employed,
some
22
thousand
people,
half
of
them
out
commute
to
another
county.
E
The
main
reason
people
are
resistant
to
go
back
to
work
in
the
office.
In
addition
to
health
concerns,
is
we
hate
commuting
and
commuting
is
a
big
reality
for
a
lot
of
your
citizens.
Remote
work
helps
limit
commuting
requirements,
and
that
has
two
things
one.
It
continues
to
import
income
that
they
work
earn
outside
your
county
into
athens,
but
it
reduces
the
amount
of
spending
they
do
outside
of
athens.
A
lot
of
what
we
spend
is
near
where
we
work
when
we
work
outside
of
athens.
E
We
spend
outside
athletes
retail
leakage
as
a
result,
but
the
main
benefit
is
if,
to
the
extent
athens
citizens
digitally
commute
rather
than
visit
a
commute.
Do
they
simply
remote
work?
It's
a
tremendous
savings,
cost
literal
dollars,
perhaps
more
importantly
in
time,
and
is
also
reduction
in
all
the
negative,
unsustainable
travel,
behaviors
and
environmental
effects
that
travel
in
highway
and
vehicle
travel
requires.
E
The
average
commute
out
commuter
in
athens,
county
commutes
50
miles
a
day
if
they
replace
that
with
digital
commuting
as
a
remote
worker,
they'll
save
2
500
a
year.
More
importantly,
they'll
save
250
hours
a
year.
That's
six
weeks,
work
weeks,
that's
the
great
savings
you
can
provide
to
your
citizens
through
remote
work,
but
the
folks
who
are
already
here
the
ability
to
remote
work
also
expands
the
world
of
employers
for
whom
you
might
work
no
longer
limited
to
who's
nearby
or
who's
within
a
commuting
distance.
E
In
theory,
you
could
work
for
anyone
in
the
world.
What
that
does
is
greatly
broadens
the
employment
opportunities
will
enable
people
who
want
to
live
here
to
continue
to
live
here.
Graduates
from
your
schools,
whether
it's
high
school
or
college,
could
choose
to
live
here
while
still
entering
the
professional
work
environment,
people
who
want
to
grow
their
career
from
their
entry
job
to
the
next
level.
E
In
their
trajectory
could
remain
here
by
working
remotely,
it's
also
going
to
greatly
increase
your
labor
force
participation
because
it
is
more
accessible
to
new
entrants
and
for
people
who
have
difficulty
either
by
schedule
or
transportation
requirements
and
are
limited
in
their
working.
So
remote
work
is
a
tremendous
benefit
for
your
current
citizens.
E
The
result
of
all
these
things
is
going
to
increase
upward
mobility
in
athens,
upward
mobility,
financial
weapon
mobility
is
a
concern
nationally.
It's
been
in
decline,
the
more
employment
opportunities
people
have
the
greater
the
opportunity
for
upward
mobility
without
having
to
leave
the
results
going
to
be
a
more
diversified
economy,
a
richer
skill
base
within
your
population,
and
I
think
one
of
the
most
important
things
is
it's
going
to
help.
You
retain
the
critical
element
of
your
prime
working
age
population,
the
population
that
doesn't
just
start
work.
E
They
start
jobs,
they
start
families,
they
start
businesses
retaining
that
population
through
remote
work.
By
allowing
people
to
develop
professionally
without
having
to
leave
this
community,
I
think
helps
sustain
the
community's
vitality
long
term.
So
what
we
have
is
a
portfolio
of
economic
options
to
capitalize
on
remote
work.
It's
not
just
using
incentives,
it's
allowing
people
who
are
already
remote
working
to
continue
to
do
so
and
helping
those
who
are
not
currently
remote
working
perhaps
convert
their
work
life
into
one
that
incorporates
more
remote
work.
E
It's
also
going
to
provide
a
basis
for
people
who
want
to
invest
in
their
skills,
job
training,
professional
education
to
do
so
without
having
to
leave
the
community.
They
can
upskill
and
remain
in
this
community,
finding
employment
opportunities
through
remote
work,
and
that's
also
going
to
help
you
retain
them.
Some
of
those
graduates
from
the
schools,
people
who
otherwise
would
be
forced
to
depart.
E
In
terms
of
attracting
outside
remote
workers,
you
have
you
have
a
real
advantage:
that's
repatriating
people
who
already
came
from
athens
in
one
way
or
another
would
like
to
return
and
we'll
be
enabled
to
do
so
by
the
abilities
of
real
work
and
the
last
of
it
is
incentivized.
I
can
close
really
with
this
taxonomy.
It
just
points
out
that
most
of
the
strategies
available
to
you
are
birds
in
hand.
There
are
people
who
are
already
here
who
would
benefit
from
remote
working
activity
to
the
support
in
your
economic
development
efforts.
A
F
Thank
you,
mr
lane,
mr
jolly
for
being
here
tonight
and
presenting
your
full
reports
very
comprehensive.
I
really
appreciate
the
work
that
you
all
have
done.
As
I
mentioned
in
an
email
today
with
this
mixture
of
athens
city
and
county,
I
would
love
the
commissioners
to
you,
know,
see
this
information
as
well
and
have
a
lot
of
of
a
collaboration
on
on
moving
forward
on
initiatives
around
this
remote
work.
F
G
You
I
graduated
from
ohio
university
14
years
ago,
and
many
of
the
alumni
I
graduated
with
indicate
that
they
are
envious
of
my
having
retained
work
here
and
life.
They
want
to
move
back.
So
I'm
curious
in
your
research.
Did
you
find
great
examples
of
the
kind
of
support
people
need
when
they
are
thinking
about?
How
do
I
find
a
home?
How
do
I
find
that
remote
job?
Have
you
come
across
some
good
strategies
for
helping
them
feel
they
don't
have
to
make
all
those
huge
life
decisions
without
support?
No
okay,
okay,.
A
That's
great
well,
to
the
extent
that
there
are
ways
that
also
council
member
grace
is
chair
of
the
athens,
affordable,
housing,
commission,
and
so
maybe
there
are
some
ways
in
which
we
can
figure
out
a
partnership.
I
noticed
that
one
of
the
programs
offered
at
one
of
the
lower
scale
ones
offered
free
or
reduced
income
or
reduced
loan
payments
for
a
first-time
house
purchase.
So
something
like
that-
and
I
certainly
identify
with
and
think
that-
that's
wonderful
to
hear
the
news
of
you
know
retaining
athens
get
graduates,
reconnecting
them
repatriating
them.
A
A
J
I
A
I
A
F
I
Again,
this
was
discussed
in
committee
and
read
for
the
first
time
had
discussion.
Then
there
are
several
sections
which
refers
to
the
various
amendment
to
the
to
the
budget
mainly
increases
in
order
to
do
the
paving
and
repairs
which
are
absolutely
necessary
for
the
city
as
both
for
health
and
safety
and
just
for
convenience.
A
I
A
K
I
Yes,
yes,
councilman
reisner.
I
just
want
to
make
clear
that
in
accepting
or
getting
permission
to
accept
this
grant,
we
are
not
making
an
appropriation
at
this
time
for
the
purchase
of
anything.
This
is
just
simply
bringing
the
money.
In
later,
we
will
appropriate
with
a
separate
ordinance.
Is
that
correct.
K
It's
my
understanding
that
the
it
has
we
receive
the
equipment
as
the
grant,
because
I
believe
they
applied
for
this
specific
equipment,
and
I
I
believe
from
reading
communications
from
our
our
fire
chief,
that
the
this
is
the
amount,
but
once
we
accept
it,
we
receive
the
equipment.
Is
that.
K
Okay,
so
do
we
have
to
do
an
appropriation
for
the
purchase
at
some
point?
Okay,
I
think
yes,
so
there
have
been
multiple
paths
explored
apparently
and
yeah,
so
we
will
need
to
make
the
appropriation
for
the
equipment-
okay,
but
the
money
is
grant
funded.
So
it's
still
good
news,
but.
H
A
As
we
approve
the
ordinance
yeah,
okay,
okay,
any
other
questions
all
right,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed,
nay,
emotion,
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved.
Ordinance.
91
21
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
service
safety
director
to
enter
into
contract
for
the
construction
of
dugouts
for
fields
number
one
and
two
at
the
west
state
park,
project
number
341,
introduced
by
council
member
grace.
K
Thank
you,
and
this
is
the
ordinance
that
basically
does
what
the
title
says.
It
authorizes
the
service
safety
director
to
enter
into
a
contract
for
the
construction
of
dugouts
for
two
of
the
fields
out
at
the
west
state
ballpark,
and
the
director
is
authorized
to
expend
up
to
sixty
five
thousand
dollars
for
this
project.
Okay,.
I
Or
comments
I'm
just
council
member
tonight,
okay,
the
way
I
understand
it
is
we're
going
to
appropriate
65
up
to
65
000
for
the
type
of
dugouts
that
we've
pictures
were
sent
or
a
link
was
sent
from
the
service
safety
director,
which
to
me
looks
like
they're
tense.
Okay,
I'm
not
trying
to
put
anything
down.
I
I
know
this
type
of
material
is
used
in
construction.
I
think
there's
airports
in
abu
dhabi
in
riyadh
that
are
built
on
this
type
of
stuff.
I
A
H
A
The
question
let's
and
we've
hear
that
and
I
think
we
have
some
responses-
council,
member
fall
and
then
if
the
mayor
once
has
some
additional
information
or
comments.
J
Yes,
last
last
time
we
did
bring
this
up
too
is
is
that
there
is
concerns
about
flooding
in
that
area,
and
so
having
cinder
block
is
not
going
to
necessarily
pass
our
flooding.
J
B
You,
president
councilmember,
we
looked
at
a
lot
of
different
options
for
this.
You
know
when
you
look
at
field
one
and
field
two,
and
I
would
encourage
you
to
go
down
and
take
a
look
at
field.
One
and
field
two.
The
way
both
field,
one
and
field
two
are
oriented.
Is
that
the
the
viewability
of
the
fields?
If
you
were
to
have
a
cinderblock
building
there
or
structure
it
also
obstructs
the
view
of
parents
wanting
to
watch
their
kids
play
the
company
that
that
I
sent
the
image
to
all
of
council.
B
This
is
what
they
do.
They
make
shade
sales
for
baseball
fields
for
softball
fields
whatever
and
the
most
critical
thing
that's
of
need
on
field
one
and
field
two
forever
and
a
day
has
been
a
shaded
area
for
the
teams
to
sit
the
design.
I
showed
you
also
provides
shade
for
the
scorekeeper
who
the
current
fields
down
there
don't
have
anything
like
that.
The
person
is
basically
sitting
in
the
open
air
with
no
overhead
shade
other
than
maybe
an
umbrella
that
they
bring
with
them
or
something
these.
B
The
other
thing
is,
as
councilmember
fall
just
indicated.
You
know
in
a
high
water
event,
it's
just
going
to
flow
right
over
and
around
this,
as
opposed
to
having
any
other
concrete
structure,
cinder
block
structure
obstructing
it.
B
B
Well,
they
still
haven't
gone
all
the
way
down,
nor
do
I
think,
they're
actually
going
to
return
to
what
they
were
in
2019,
but
all
the
same,
you
know
the
sake
of
argument,
the
in
looking
at
this
and
again
providing
viewability
floodability,
and
you
know
you
know
a
level
of
shelter
for
the
elements
you
know
we'll
this.
We
feel
that
this
will
work
just
fine
having
the
cantilevered
system
with
the
sun.
F
Councilmember
carl
mayor
patterson.
F
I
don't
want
to
put
ideas
into
anybody's
mind,
but
fabric
is
easier
to
to
damage
right
or
intentionally
or
unintentionally
than
cinder
block.
Has
that
been
is
taking
it
down.
Part
of
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
don't
want
to
leave
it
up
during
seasons
when
there's
nobody
down
there
and
somebody
might
come
by
and
decide
to
damage
it
or
no.
B
No,
the
plan
is
that
you
know
taking
them
down,
will
extend
the
life
of
these
to
include
it's
not
uncommon
for
athens
to
have
heavy
snow
events
from
time
to
time,
especially
in
the
era
of
climate
change,
and
to
take
them
down.
It's
going
to
extend
their
life
from
not
having
to
sustain
the
weight
of
even
moderately
wet
snow.
You
know
which
is
going
to
cause
sag
and
so
on
so
forth.
So
take
them
down
is
to
preserve
the
lifespan
of
the
sage
shale.
B
A
I
I
A
K
Thank
you,
and
this
ordinance
authorizes
our
service
safety
director
to
advertise
and
accept
bids
where
necessary
and
enter
into
a
contract
with
the
lowest
and
best
bidder,
or
to
use
the
city's
cooperative
purchasing
program
for
the
purchase
of
a
dump
truck
for
engineering
and
public
works,
and
the
appropriation
is
to
expend
up
to
60
000
or
the
appropriation
is
to
move
sixty
thousand
dollars
from
the
unappropriated
balance.
And
then
the
service
safety
director
is
authorized
to
expend
up
to
seventy
thousand
seven
hundred
and
forty
seven
dollars
for
the
purchase
of
the
dump
truck.
H
A
F
F
A
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
for
zero.
Ninety
three:
twenty
one.
In
order
to
do
this
expeditiously,
the
auditor's
office
has
asked
for
this
to
be
pushed
through.
H
F
F
A
K
The
reason
for
the
suspension
is
that
I
believe
that
it
is
critical
that
we
put
this
in
place
as
soon
as
possible.
Okay,.
A
K
Thank
you
president
nicely.
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
that
we
adopt
ordinance
96-21.
Second,
thank
you.
This
ordinance
I'll
go
ahead
and
read
through
the
whereases
and
then
just
sort
of
explain
how
this
changes
the
current
masking
ordinance
that
is
in
place,
whereas
on
july,
27
2021,
the
centers
for
disease
control
recommended
that
fully
vaccinated
people
wear
a
mask
in
public
indoor
settings
in
areas
of
substantial
or
high
transmission
and
whereas
on
august,
10
2021,
the
center
for
disease
control
reported
thirty.
K
We
are
putting
that
back
in
place
and
asking
that
everyone
just
to
be
as
safe
as
we
possibly
can
resume
wearing
a
mask
if
you're
in
a
public
space,
even
if
you
have
been
vaccinated
and
the
other
change
that
was
made,
because
I
am
trying
to
be
as
mindful
as
possible
of
what
the
research
tells
us
and
the
people
that
have
a
good
handle
on
that
are
at
the
cdc,
we're
removing
the
requirement
to
mask
when
waiting
outside
to
enter
a
space.
So
the
requirements
are
for
when
people
are
inside
in
public
spaces.
K
So
that's
the
portion
that
is
removed
from
our
existing
ordinance
is
when
people
are
outside
waiting
to
enter
the
place
of
business
or
waiting
to
enter
a
city
building
now
I
would
certainly
encourage
anyone
who
is
waiting
in
line,
and
there
are
people
around
them,
whether
you're
inside
or
outside.
It's
a
good
idea
to
wear
a
mask.
K
This
delta
variant
is
highly
highly
contagious
and
can
be
spread
with
just
a
few
moments
of
interaction
or
contact
with
someone
who
is
contagious,
and
so
my
personal
recommendation
would
be,
if
you're
around
people
in
a
public
space
to
wear
a
mask.
A
And
you
are
putting
also
inserting
that
this
would
be,
in
effect
until
february,
28th,.
K
A
J
Great
thank
you.
I
would
like
to
point
out.
We
can
do
this
because
we
have
local
control.
Thank
you
very
much
because
places
that
you
don't
have
local
control.
You
have
a
lot
more
people
dying,
it's
a
mask.
Please
wear
it!
There
are
people
in
this
area
right
now
who
have
children
who
cannot
get
a
vaccination,
yet
we
need
all
to
take
care
of
the
kids.
L
You
president,
I
just
had
a
just
one
question
about
with
some
of
the
wording
saying
here
that,
while
inside
a
place
of
business
within
the
areas
of
the
business
that
are
accessible
to
and
intended
for
the
use
of
the
public,
how
does
that
apply?
L
Necessarily
too
excuse
me
too,
like
in
a
restaurant,
if
people
are
sitting
at
tables,
does
that
mean
that
I
mean?
Would
someone's
table
not
be
considered
like
a
public
space.
K
K
F
Thank
you
president
nicely.
I
just
appreciate,
remember
grace's,
work
on
this
and
and
basing
this
on
the
on
the
on
the
science
on
the
data.
This
is
a
public
health
decision.
This
is
not
a
decision
based
on
anything
but
trying
to
keep
everyone
safe
and
healthy.
F
As
pointed
out,
not
everyone
can
get
vaccinated,
but
my
point
here
really
is
that
I
highly
recommend
that
you
do
get
vaccinated,
so
I
believe
the
numbers
that
I
looked
at
yesterday
or
early
this
morning
showed
about
44
of
athens.
County
residents
are
vaccinated,
so
we
have
this.
This
issue
will
be
ongoing
and
and
and
masks
will
be
necessary
to
keep
us
healthy
and
and
to
comply
with
the
guidance
of
the
cdc.
So
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
that
this
is
a
public
health
decision.
This
is
about
people's
lives.
Thank
you.
B
I
first
off
just
want
to
thank
councilmember
grace
from
working
with
me
on
this
to
get
this
to
move
forward.
You
know
when
we
look
around
the
athens
community
right
now.
The
athens
city
school
district
is
going
to
require
face
coverings.
Ohio
university
is
requiring
face
coverings
when
inside
this
makes
our
entire
community
in
alignment
with
each
other.
B
B
This
basically
war
effort
that
we're
in
right
now
to
deal
with
the
delta
variant
in
particular,
get
the
vaccine
and
wear
a
face
covering
over
your
face
when
you're
entering
into
a
place
of
business
that
is
open
to
the
public,
because
it
is
the
the
only
way
we're
going
to
be
able
to
reduce
the
amount
of
spread.
That's
coming
from
the
delta
variant
and
talking
with
dr
dick
gaskell
today
he's
certainly
seeing
an
increase
in
cases
here
in
athens
and
athens
county.
B
We
know
that
we
are
going
to
have
k
through
12
students
who
are
going
to
be
back
in
the
classrooms
together,
we're
going
to
certainly
have
ohio
university
students
and
hawking
college
students
that
are
going
to
be
back
in
classes
again,
and
you
know,
as
I've
often
said,
to
people.
I
love
the
fact
that,
though
you
students
are
coming
back,
we've
missed
them
over
the
summer,
I'm
just
not
a
big
fan
of
what
they
might
be
bringing
back
with
them,
and
that
holds
true
with
anybody.
B
Anybody
when
you're
out
and
about
so
again
I
applaud
council
for
taking
this
up.
I
hope
that
you
do
vote
in
the
affirmative
with
suspending
the
rules
on
this
and
getting
it
in
place
to
where
I
can
sign
this
and
and
start
moving
on
it
tomorrow.
We
have
face
masks
cases
of
them
in
the
front
of
the
city.
Building
that
I
have
offered
to
businesses
that
need
face
coverings
for
people
coming
in.
B
We've
got
more
of
the
posters
that
we'll
read
double
down
our
efforts
and
make
sure
we
get
those
posters
back
out
to
anyone
who
may
have
thought
hey.
I
think
we're
through
this:
let's
take
this
poster
down
it's
time
to
put
those
posters
back
up
again,
reminding
people
to
cover
up
when
you're
entering
into
a
business
that's
open
to
the
public.
B
I
also
want
to
give
applause
to
businesses
that
have
taken
an
even
further
step
and
requiring
proof
of
vaccination
before
entering
into
that
establishment,
and
we
have
several
of
those
businesses
here
in
the
city
of
athens
because
they
have
been
so
hard
struck
during
the
pandemic
and
losing
revenue
that
they
don't
want
to.
Have
that
happen
again.
Nor
do
they
want
to
shut
down
being
forced
to
shut
down.
So
thank
you,
council,
for
taking
this
out
sure.
L
Thank
you
president.
I
just
wanted
to
say
one
thing
as
someone
who
is
very
entrenched
in
the
service
industry
in
town,
most
of
my
friends
are
in
the
service
industry
in
town,
and
I
know
that
this
ordinance
will
make
a
ton
of
them
feel
safer
going
to
work.
I
know
it'll
make
me
feel
safer
going
to
work.
Everyone
I
work
with
will
feel
safer
going
to
work,
and
none
of
us
want
to
close
down
again.
That's
awful,
that's
a
huge
loss
of
revenue
and
jobs,
and
we
don't
want
to
go
through
that
so
yeah.
L
A
A
A
I
I
A
Thank
you
for
the
explanation.
Do
we
have
any
comments
or
questions
all
right,
seeing
none
we'll
move
on
to
98-21.
This
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
all
actions
necessary
to
accept
a
southeast
ohio
public
energy
council,
a
sopek
community
grant
and
directing
said
grant
to
hapcap.
This
is
introduced
by
councilmember
crowell.
F
F
The
city
would
like
to
accept
and
direct
it
to
hapcap
for
the
purchase
of
an
electric
bus,
so
we're
all
very
excited
about
this
potential,
and
this
is
the
simply
the
first
reading
of
this
opportunity.
Thank
you.
A
F
Thank
you,
president
nisely.
The
ordnance
9921,
as
discussed
during
committee,
simply
has
one
item
and
that
is
to
appropriate
from
the
unappropriated
balance
the
sum
of
35
000
to
street
fund
220,
to
purchase
road
salt
and
to
increase
the
total
appropriations
by
that.
B
F
At
the
committee
meeting
I
was
requested
to
provide
some
additional
information
about
the
annual
purchase
of
road
salt
and
our
wonderful
interim
director
of
epw.
It
was
very
quick
to
respond
in
the
calendar
year.
2020
the
city
used
167
tons
of
salt
in
2019.
F
Now,
looking
at
this,
I
wonder
if
that's
a
typo
in
2019,
the
city
used
1571
tons
of
salt
I'll
have
to
double
check
on
that.
I'm
not
sure
those
two
are
very
different
numbers,
but
we
did
have
a
very
heavy
and
s
snow
and
ice
control
season
in
2021.
F
A
G
A
Okay,
all
right
any
other
comments
or
questions,
if
not
we'll
move
on
to
a
resolution
for
first
reading,
this
is
r1221
a
resolution
accepting
the
amounts
and
rates
is
determined
by
the
budget
commission
and
authorizing
the
necessary
tax
levies
and
certifying
them
to
the
county
auditor.
This
is
introduced
by
council
member
crowl.
Thank.
F
F
The
mills
for
the
athens
township
in
the
canaan
township,
due
to
the
city
for
taking
care
of
the
portions
of
those
townships
that
are
in
the
city
of
athens
in
terms
of
their
roadways,
and
so
this
is
a
continuation
of
the
2.6
mill
tax
rate
for
athens
township
and
the
2.4
mill
rate
for
canaan
township.
Thank
you,
president.
Thank.
A
F
Sorry,
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
adopt
resolution.
Twelve,
no.
A
We
need
to
have
three
readings
on
it,
because
it's
not
a
one
reading
resolution,
but
thank
you
for
asking
and
we
still
have
a
little
bit
of
time
to
get
this
okay
and
clarified
all
right
announcements
and
other
business.
We
will
be
having
committee
meetings
next
week
and
so,
if
committee
chairs
have
agenda
items
to
bring
forward,
if
they
could
let
our
clicker
council
debbie
walker,
know
by
wednesday,
so
we
can
get
the
agenda
drafted
in
time.
That
would
be
helpful
and
do
we
have
any
other
announcements
from
council
members
or
the
mayor?
A
A
Okay,
if
not
what
we'll
do
is
we
will
enter
into
executive
session?
No,
oh
we're
canceled,
oh
we're,
not
having
executive
session
tonight.
Thank
you
very
much.
I'm
glad.
I'm
glad
somebody
told
me.