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Athens City Council - February 7, 2022
A
Good
evening
and
welcome
to
athens
city
council,
it's
monday
february,
7
2022,
it
is
701
pm
and
our
sound
system
is
working
and
if
you
all
could
do
a
favor
for
me,
if
you
would
make
sure
to
double
check
your
phones
just
to
make
sure
they're
on
mute,
that'll
help
us
so
that
they
don't
ding
with
text
messages
or
something
during
the
meeting.
That'll
be
grand.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
it.
A
A
I
have
a
motion
by
council
member
ziff,
a
second
by
council
member
eisner,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
all
opposed
day.
The
motion
carries
and
the
minutes
are
approved.
Next
we
have
communications.
We
do
have
one
item.
Some
of
you
are
familiar
with
the
sidewalk
accessibility
ad
hoc
committee
that
was
created
by
a
an
ordinance
last
year
by
our
former
council
member
arian
smedley,
and
this
accessibility
committee
will
be
meeting
next
week
february,
16th
at
2
30
in
the
afternoon
in
city
hall,
and
so
we
thank
everyone
who's
volunteered
to
serve
on
that
committee.
A
A
C
Thank
you
I
I
know
many
of
you
already,
but
for
those
of
you
that
don't
know
me,
I
just
want
to
come
tonight
and
kind
of
introduce
myself.
I
am
josh
thomas,
my
wife
jessica
and
I
own
brennan's
down
the
street.
We
have
been
in
athens,
we
basically
own
brennan
since
2000,
but
we've
run
it
since
97.
C
So
we've
been
about
25
years
here
in
athens,
so
most
things
athens
were
up
to
speed
on
and
again
last
year
around
this
time,
steve
steve
mentioned
that
the
treasurer
position
might
become
available
in
just
over
months
of
talking
about
it
and
this
and
that
we
finally
got
the
job
done.
Miriam
mcclure
had
put
in
her
resignation,
I
believe,
on
january
4th,
and
then
they
swore
me
in
I
think
on
the
5th
or
the
6th.
So
it's
been
a
smooth
transition.
C
So
far,
marianne
has
been
more
than
gracious
with
her
time
has
been
helping
me
through
through
the
process.
The
report
that
I've
submitted
to
you
is
kind
of
a
collaboration
of
the
two
of
us.
She's
worked
me
through.
You
know
how
everything
goes
and
how
how
everything
works,
and
we
got
that
that
done
and
so
that
kind
of
sums
up
her
time
there
in
2021
and
again
I
really
want
to
say
a
lot
of
thanks
to
the
auditor's
office
as
well.
Everybody.
C
There
has
been
more
than
helpful
in
anything
that
I've
needed
so
far,
but
again
still
a
learning
process,
we're
still
kind
of
going
through
some
things
and
I'm
picking
up
as
I
go.
So
you
have
the
report
in
front
of
you
there
that's
what
I
hope
to
submit
every
month.
You
know
so.
You'll
have
the
the
accounts,
the
balances
and
then
the
interest
summary.
Also
in
there
too.
If
you
have
any
questions,
always
feel
free
to
email
me
or
ask.
A
D
A
C
That
is
last
year,
so
it
was
helpful.
Three
of
those
cds
came
due
in
november,
and
she
just
we
rolled
those
back
over
into
one
year.
They
will
come
to
again
this
november
as
well.
A
Okay,
good
good
good
to
know
all
right.
Well,
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here,
of
course,
thank
you
all
right.
Other
reports
from
other
elected
officials,
law
director,
eliason,
no
mayor,
patterson,
nothing,
sir
okay
and
auditor
hect.
I
believe
we
have
your
report
that
you
had
submitted
to
us
today
too.
I.
E
Did
I
mailed
that
early
in
the
past,
I've
done
these
end
of
the
year
reports
from
my
office
and
last
year
besides
covet,
I
was
recovering
from
surgery
right
now
and
I
don't
even
hardly
remember
last
january
february,
but
so
I
thought
I'd
get
back
on
it
because
I
think
it's
a
really
good
exercise
if
you've
had
any
time.
Maybe
not.
I
just
sent
this
late
this
afternoon
to
look
over
some
of
this
stuff.
E
I
think
it's
a
good
exercise
for
people
in
my
office
and
probably
everybody
even
personally,
to
look
back
on
the
year
at
things,
you've
accomplished
and-
and
things
like
that,
so
I've
been
doing
this
for
a
long
time
and
I
usually
present
it
to
council.
I
sent
you
a
summary:
they
there's
five
people
that
work
under
me.
E
They
each
had
a
full
page
report,
so
I
narrowed
it
down
to
like
six
bullet
points,
but
I'm
not
going
to
read
all
of
them
even
that
for
tonight
that
I,
the
six
that
I
put
in
your
report,
I'm
starting
out
with
payroll.
Another
thing
that
people
usually
ask
for
is
who
are
the
highest
paid
employees
in
the
city
and
we've
run
those
every
year
for
many
years.
F
E
34
were
police
and
fire
employees,
and
although
there
is
one
other
office
holder
that
would
have
been
in
there,
but
he
was
a
military
lead
last
year,
so
but
anyway,
the
highest
paid
employees
are
listed
in
that.
If
anybody
has
any
other
questions
or
wants
more
the
list
to
be
long
or
anything
like
that,
just
let
me
know
so
anyway,
I'm
gonna
start
with
payroll,
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
the
things
I
picked
out
are
the
numbers
it
just
astonishes
me
after
18
years
and
and
looking
at
this
stuff
every
day.
E
How
much
goes
on
in
the
city
and
how
much
money
comes
and
goes
so
anyway.
Just
out
of
curiosity
and
I've
watched,
these
numbers
go
up.
An
average
payroll
for
the
city
is
approximately
434
000,
that's
every
two
weeks,
gross
payroll
for
2021
was
11
million,
721
thousand
and
206
dollars.
E
Deductions
totaled
three
million
six
hundred
and
three
thousand
eight
hundred
fifty
four
dollars.
It's
just
that's:
just
payroll
special
pays
our
process
for
all
employees,
including
longevity
holiday
and
comp
time
buyouts.
Longevity
checks
in
2021,
totaled,
118,
183
dollars,
holiday
checks,
total
133,
996
dollars.
E
If
anybody
has
any
questions
you
can,
let
me
know,
but
those
are
basically
for
employees
who
work
holidays
or
not.
They
don't
really
get
holidays
throughout
the
year,
so
they
get
a
payout
of
all
the
holidays
for
the
year.
E
You
know
they
just
get
scheduled
as
their
schedule,
police
and
fire,
and
so
they
get
those
extra
checks.
Longevity
checks
include
our
people.
Who've
been
here
for
a
long
time.
City
did
away
with
longevity.
It
was
an
effort
to
keep
employees,
but
it
became
very,
very
expensive,
and
so
the
amounts
were
rolled
into
people's
pay,
and
then
we
stopped
adding
it
on
several.
Several
years
ago
we
do
pension
reports
to
first
police
and
fire
monthly
for
all
employees.
E
E
Of
course
they
pay
athens
tax
too,
but
along
with
dental
envision,
enrollment
and
bill
payment,
it
accounts
payable
and
really
everybody
should
know.
Sarah,
if
you
work
for
the
city
she's
our
payroll
person.
So
if
you
have
any
issues
with
your
pay
she's
the
person
to
call
in
my
office
accounts
payable
is
heather.
She
pays
all
our
bills
and
records
all
our
revenue,
so
vouchers
are
what
are
submitted
for
a
check.
E
E
2465
actual
checks
were
issued
for
a
total
of
eleven
million
nine
hundred
and
seven
thousand
three
hundred
and
eighty-five
thousand
dollars.
Now
our
budget
is
much
higher
than
that
and
we
spend
a
lot
more
than
that.
But,
as
you
know,
all
of
our
loan
payments
are
paid
with
efts
electronic
funds
transfers
and
we
pay
lots
of
other
bills
that
way
too,
so
not
all
of
the
things
that
we
pay
for
get
an
actual
check
written
for
them.
E
Let's
see,
we
track
uniform
purchases
for
160,
plus
employees
and
report
quarterly.
To
payroll
they
get
taxed
on
uniform
purchases
that
can
be
worn
in
their
everyday
life.
So
so,
as
you
can
imagine,
most
of
police
and
fire
uniforms
are
not
taxable
maintenance
workers
most
of
theirs.
Is
we
don't
tax
safety
equipment
either?
E
So
then
there's
the
posting
of
the
revenue.
So
all
the
revenue
received
by
53
by
all
the
departments
into
53
different
funds-
totaled
45
million
873
710
dollars,
so
45
million
dollars
in
revenue
we
had
last
year-
and
that
includes
interest,
earned
on
bank
accounts
and
tax
payments
and
really
all
the
revenue
that
comes
in
so
then
we
go
the
deputy
auditor.
E
We
paid
off
two
loans,
the
pumper
truck
and
the
sanitary
sewer
improvements,
so
that
was
nice,
but
yeah.
It's
a
lot
of
money
that
we
have
in
lowe's
and
still
we're
no
we're
near
our
limit.
There
is
a
debt
limit
imposed
on
municipalities
and
other
public
anal
entities,
and
this
would
be
council
stuff.
We
processed
153
fund
appropriations,
aside
from
the
original
budget,
23
interfund
transfers
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
pay.
E
Ebs
is
our
our
carrier,
our
administrator
for
that
52
payments
were
made
that's
one
a
week
and
we
review
and
make
sure
that
claims
that
we're
paying
are
for
people
who
are
still
actually
employed
by
us.
The
total
of
that
was
three
million
seven
hundred
and
three
thousand
a
hundred
and
forty
dollars,
so
the
medical
payments
are
expensive
and
also
on
the
sheet,
as
you
can
see,
475
000
of
that
were
prescription
claims.
E
12
payments
were
made
to
ebs
for
admin
fees.
I
just
think
it's
good
for
council
to
see
some
of
these
actual
numbers.
Besides,
just
what
we
put
in
those
account
lines
on
our
reports,
565
831
dollars,
or
what
we
paid
them
to
administer
our
medical
plan,
and
then
I
had
to
go
ahead
and
throw
this
one
in.
We
had
a
very
successful
2020
audit,
again
no
management
letter
and
we
did
a
prescription
audit.
Last
year
we
used
to
be
on
a
regular
schedule
for
that
we
lost
the
people.
E
Who
would
do
that
for
us
and
we've
been
trying
to
find
someone
else
so
last
year
we
just
had
them.
Do
the
prescription
audit
and
this,
but
this
coming
year,
they're
going
to
do
our
medical
fund
audit
for
us
so
I'll
report
on
that
when
those
results
come
back
income
tax.
You
know
it's
been
a
crazy
year
for
that
they
process,
2
220
returns,
open
435,
new
taxpayer
accounts
and
process
965
withholding
account
reconciliations.
E
The
withholding
accounts
are
our
bread
and
butter.
Really
that's
where
we
get
most
of
our
tax
revenue
that
are
paid
by
businesses
for
the
employees.
E
They
worked
really
hard.
Last
year.
Letters
calls
emails
to
delinquent
filers
you'd,
be
surprised
how
many
people
will
ignore
our
letters
from
the
tax
department,
sometimes
even
the
letters
from
the
law
director's
office,
and
they
help
us
a
lot
with
these
once
we
get
too
far
down.
E
You
know
the
line,
we're
not
getting
any
responses
so
crystal
helped,
collect
271
delinquent
withholding
accounts
and
the
business
and
97
business
and
resident
accounts
for
a
total
of
368
delinquent
accounts
that
are
now
current
and
sixty
one
thousand
seven
hundred
ninety
four
dollars
in
past
due
taxes
collected
for
the
year
crystal's
also
worked
with
robert
payne
at
ou
throughout
the
second
half
of
21.
E
In
an
effort
to
streamline
the
anticipated
refund
request,
we'll
be
receiving
for
the
2021
tax
year,
we
had
70
of
them
come
in
already,
there's
a
hundred
of
them
sitting
there
waiting
for
the
approval
through
their
finance
office-
and
probably
you
know
not
at
all,
so
the
refunds
will
be
really
tough
this
year,
but
I
think
the
thing
to
move
forward.
It's
not
a
one-time
thing
that,
after
this
point
starting
this
year,
people
who
aren't
working
full-time
in
the
city
and
don't
live
in
the
city
will
not.
They
won't
be
withholding
their
taxes
anymore.
E
So
we
won't
have
be
getting
that
money
in
the
first
place
to
refund
it,
so
that
will
reduce
our
tax
revenue
moving
forward
and
they're
also
really
good
about
tracking
the
excel
spreadsheet.
We
have
for
new
businesses
within
the
city
limits
to
make
sure
that
they
are
on
board
and
realize
that
we
have
a
local
tax,
etc,
etc.
We
get
a
lot
of
help
from
the
code
office
for
for
that
they
report
anytime.
E
They
get
a
new
business
information
about
that
and,
finally,
our
new
tax
person
tanya
is
doing-
and
these
are
some
things
that
you
know
they're
just
so
many
extra
little
things
that
and
it's
not
just
my
office
that
we
have
to
do,
but
she
secures
our
daily
backup
tapes.
E
Tanya
also
helped
review
the
business
questionnaires
set
up
new
accounts
and
she's
kind
of
proud
of
what
she
did
and
how
much
she's
learned
there's
quite
a
bit
more
that
she's
still
working
on
and
she
did
a
lot
of
the
posting
of
deposits.
So
we
get
ach
deposits,
we
get
tax
payments
through
the
ohio
business
gateway
and
then
people
mail
in
tax
returns
with
checks
all
the
time
so
anyway.
My
final
comment,
then,
is
that
our
total
income
tax
revenue
for
2021
was
16
million,
seven
hundred
and
nineteen
thousand
one
hundred
and
forty
two
dollars.
E
So
once
you
have
any
questions,
I
think
that's
a
lot
of
information,
maybe
more
than
you
want
to
know
about
my
office.
But
you
know
the
council
operates,
is
in
charge
of
the
budget
and
appropriating
money,
and
I
think
you
need
to
know
how
much
we
bring
in
and
how
much
it
costs
for
a
lot
of
the
services
that
we
provide
even
to
our
own
employees.
E
G
Couple
when
you
mention
the
refunds,
I
detected
a
little
bit
of
consternation
in
your
voice.
Do
we
have
any
idea
how
big
that
total
refund
is
going
to
be.
E
No,
no,
we
don't.
We
have
a
little
bit
of
an
idea
of
an
average,
but
I
hate
to
put
it
out
there,
because
we
don't
really
know
about
a
week
ago
they
had
like
90
or
95
refunds
and
now
they've
sent
70
over,
because
all
that
has
to
be
done
securely
and
and
there's
another
hundred
sitting
there.
So
it's
there
were
a
lot
of
people
like
four
to
six
hundred
at
least
who
did
not
work
on
campus
or
at
least
didn't
full-time
last
year.
E
So
my
my
thought
is:
if
they're
going
to
bother
filing
for
a
refund,
you
know
it's
not
going
to
be.
You
know
a
minimal
amount
of
money.
They're
going
to
you
know
it's,
you
know
if
they
didn't
work
on
campus
full-time,
it's
not
like
they
missed
a
day
a
month.
You
know
it
was
days
every
week
that
they
missed
and
it's
going
to
add
up,
and
so
so
I
don't
know,
but
we've
had
a
good
working
relationship
with
our
person
at
ou
and
he
helped
us.
We
we
set
up
a
form.
E
He
has
a
process
for
people,
you
know,
because
employees
there
are
calling
his
office
to
ask
questions
already.
We
have.
I
have
a
draft
of
an
email
that
we're
going
to
send
out
to
the
accountants
to
let
them
know
what
the
requirements
are
when
you
work
in
the
city
and
and
out
kind
of
thing,
and
so
you
know
we'll
see
how
it
goes,
but
no,
I
really
don't
have
any
idea
and
that's
just
one
operation.
H
E
You
know
there's
plenty
of
other
ones
around
if
you
think
about
it,
where
people
did
not
work
in
in
the
city
limits
and
when
you
think
about
there's
so
there's
quite
a
few
people
who
work
in
the
city
and
live
in
the
city.
There's
a
lot
that
don't
I
mean
in
my
office,
I'm
the
only
one
that
lives
in
the
city
out
of
six
of
us
and
it
was
the
same
way
in
the
law
director's
office.
But
there's
you
know
been
some
changes
over
there.
E
So
I
don't
know
you
know
what
that
is,
but
I
think
people
would
be
surprised
how
far
some
people
drive
into
the
city
lisa
and
I
both
have
someone
who
drives
from
they
each
drive
from
mcconnellsville
good
hour
every
day
to
work
here
so
yeah.
I
really
don't
know
what
it's
going
to
be,
but
yeah
it's
kind
of
worrisome
and
and
the
thing
is
once
the
worrisome
for
us
now-
processing
the
refunds
plus
the
revenue
amount.
E
But
then,
then,
we'll
know
how
much
revenue
we're
not
going
to
be
collecting
moving
forward
because
they're
not
they're
not
going
to
withhold
their
on
people
as
a
full
full-time
in
in
the
city.
If
they
know
they
aren't
going
to
work
here.
You
know
if
they've
set
up
some
kind
of
hybrid
or
work
from
home
schedule
that
makes
sense
yeah.
It.
G
Does
second
question's
a
little
easier
on
the
first
sheet
that
you
sent
us
the
top
wage
earners?
If
I
read
this
correctly,
the
fifth
column
fourth
column
deals
with
hours
and
I
assume
that's.
The
number
of
hours
worked
in
the
entire
year.
If
someone
were
to
work
40
hours
a
week,
52
weeks
a
year,
including
paid
vacation
so
on
and
so
forth,
they
would
work
2080
hours.
G
E
Yeah
yeah,
I
mean
that's
what
it
is
they
they
work.
They
it
depends
so
the
first
one
fire
department
they
work,
24
24.96
as
opposed
to
20
80.,
but
yeah.
So
any
hours
over
their
number
of
hours
is
overtime,
pay,
so
they
they
don't
they
don't
necessarily
work.
They
might
work
more
than
24.96
just
like
we
have
people
right
now.
E
B
J
A
And
it's
critical
for
us
in
our
operations
thanks
all
right,
we'll
now
move
on
to
ordinances
for
second
reading
and
for
those
of
you
attending
for
the
first
time,
council
requires
three
readings
of
an
ordinance,
and
so
many
of
these
we
have
no
readings.
We
have
no
ordinances
for
third
reading
tonight.
A
122
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
unneeded
or
obsolete
municipal
personal
property
to
be
sold
by
internet
auction
and
is
introduced
by
council
member
crowl
any
comments
or
questions
from
council
administration,
elected
officials
or
our
audience.
Okay,
not
we'll
move
on
to
ordinance
222.
This
is
an
ordinance
amending
nathan
city
code,
title
17,
municipal
income,
tax,
chapter
17.01
in
general,
section
17.01.0
purposes
of
tax
rate
that
is
introduced
by
councilmember
crowl.
A
Any
questions
or
comments
from
our
council
members,
administration,
elected
officials
or
our
audience.
Okay,
322
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
execute
a
housing
revolving
loan
fund
administration
agreement
with
the
state
of
ohio
development
services
agency
and
declaring
an
emergency
and
is
introduced
by
council
councilmember
crowl.
Any
questions
or
comments.
A
A
G
When
we
spoke
to
this
last
time,
the
issue
was
brought
up
of
possibly
looking.
This
is
a
question
from
the
mayor
so
rather
than
rambling,
on
notifying
right
off
the
bat
and
the
possibility
of
looking
at
the
mill
street
thing.
Do
we
have
any
feedback
on
that?
If
that's
a
possibility
or
we're
still
waiting
for
an
answer,
perhaps.
A
B
A
H
Two
spaces
in
the
ordinance
as
the
the
ordinance
yeah
reads
that
section
one
having
satisfactorily
met
the
regulations
blah
blah
blah.
Oh,
so
it's
actually
three
because
I
see
it
there.
Yes,
thank
you,
so
it
will
be
in
three
locations.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
It's
section
one
section
two
and
section
three,
so
this.
A
A
D
H
Yeah,
thank
you
for
for
raising
the
issue
and
our
clerk
and
law
director
looked
into
it.
So
thank
you.
A
L
A
Okay,
ordinance,
13
22
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
service
safety
director
to
execute
an
intra-county
mutual
aid
agreement
between
the
city
of
athens
and
the
athens
county
sheriff's
office,
and
this
is
introduced
by
council
member
mccary
any
questions
or
comments,
if
not
we'll
move
on
to
ordinance
14
22.
This
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
purchasing
of
softening
salt
for
the
water
treatment
plant
and
is
introduced
by
council
member
mccary
any
questions
or
comments.
A
G
Our
last
meeting
on
the
18th,
we
have
discovered
that
the
for
lack
of
a
better
term
prefab
restroom
that
we
were
going
to
purchase
is
not
going
to
work
and
is
no
longer
available
or
will
not
be
available.
G
Okay.
This
was
brought
up
at
the
arts
park
and
recreation
committee
meeting
the
advisory
board
meeting.
Excuse
me
I'm
just
looking
for
the
date
here
on
the
20th
and
therefore
I
wonder,
should
we
proceed
with
this
until
we
get
a
better
idea,
should
we
need
to
amend
the
quarter
million
dollars?
Maybe
the
mayor
has
some
additional
information.
A
Okay,
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thanks
for
the
update,
if
no
other
questions
or
comments
we'll
move
on
to
ordinance
1622..
This
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
service
safety
director
to
enter
into
a
contract
with
business
system
solutions,
inc
known
as
bssi
for
information
technology
network
management
services
and
is
introduced
by
council
member
mccary.
A
Do
you
have
any
questions
or
comments
from
council
members,
administration,
elected
officials
or
our
audience?
Okay,
not
ordinance.
1722
is
an
ordinance
amending
ordinance
8421
to
increase
the
authorized
expenditure
for
structural
repairs
to
the
athens
fire
department
headquarters,
project
343,
and
this
is
introduced
by
council
member
mccary,
any
questions
or
comments.
A
A
G
A
G
A
Away,
thank
you
for
checking
on
that,
and
we
might
also
remind
people
that
this
is
for
the
construction
design.
It's
certainly
at
the
preliminary
stage,
but
we
are
soliciting
public
inc
comments
through
our
survey
form
on
the
city
website
and
then
the
other
item
is
is
that
we've
had
one
public
hearing.
We
will
have
an
additional
public
hearing
in
march
and
we
will
have
a
third
reading
for
this
as
well.
A
L
That
section
one
the
council
of
the
city
of
athens,
finds
and
determines
that
it
is
in
the
best
interest
of
the
city
to
accept
the
nec
grant
for
2022
and
does
hereby
authorize
the
mayor
to
accept
the
nec
grant
funds.
We
will
be
seeing
later
today
in
the
appropriation
ordinance
how
this
money
will
be.
This
grant
will
be
used.
Thank
you.
President
isaac.
A
L
Thank
you,
president
nisly
we'll
go
ahead
and
go
through
these
items.
This
is
this
appropriation.
L
The
nopec
grant
award
previously
discussed
fifty
thousand
three
hundred
dollars
to
the
street
fund
for
a
loan
payment,
nine
thousand
three
hundred
one
and
twenty
cents
to
the
cdbg
fund
for
transfer
and
I'll,
be
discussing
the
transfer
here
in
just
a
second
of
the
individual
amounts
and
100
000
to
the
tif
fund.
This
is
a
payment
for
from
the
tax
incremental
financing
fund
for
a
payment
to
the
athens
city,
schools
and
nineteen
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
to
the
internal
service.
I
t
fund.
L
This
is
to
cover
medical
fund
appropriation
for
an
open
it
position
in
the
staffing
ordinance
and
finally,
the
last
bit
of
this
appropriation
ordinance
is
the
transfers,
and
this
is
for
the
administrative
amounts
for
the
different
offices,
different
departments
in
the
city
that
administer
the
cdbg
fund.
L
D
Stillness,
yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Member
crowd.
I
spoke
with
chief
pyle
today
for
some
time
and
he
gave
me
his
orientation
so
that
I
get
a
sense
of
you
know
how
things
work
and
he
showed
me
a
server
which
is
15
years
old
and
my
understanding
from
that
conversation
was
that
it
was
not
35
000.
He
needed,
but
more
like
50
000
to
pay
for
the
server.
So
I'd
appreciate
if
we
could
confirm
that
number
I
might
have
misunderstood,
but
I
I
think
it's
worth
discussing
again:
it's
15
years
old.
D
A
K
K
A
L
L
There
are
a
few
pay
rate
things
included
in
this
in
this
amended
ordinance,
including
for
the
the
pool
manager
at
the
city
pool.
L
As
well
as
a
cemetery
position
in
lands
and
building
lands
and
buildings,
the
departments
that
are
impacted
here
are
engineering
and
public
works,
recreation
in
the
community
center
sanitation
and
the
code
department,
our
chief
information
officer
in
the
city
of
athens
that
position
being
removed
and
then
at
the
end
of
the
document
city
council,
will
see
that
there
are
additions
of
these
positions
to
the
pay
grade.
Bands
after
having
gone
through
the
process
by
the
hr
director
lucas
so
section.
One
of
this
ordinance
reads:
the
2022
staffing
levels
and
pay
grades
authorized
by
ordinance.
L
A
M
Before
I
read
all
of
section
one.
I
just
wanna
make
the
proviso
that
this
list
is
more
or
less
placeholders
for
the
for
events.
An
event
can
be
cancelled
and
that
placeholder
will
still
be
opened
so
to
be
a
possibility
of
another
event
slipping
in.
So
as
it
were,
I
will
read
section
one.
M
The
the
service
safety
director
is
hereby
authorized
to
close
streets
and
the
uptown
area
for
special
events
during
the
2022
calendar
year
to
change,
requested
dates
or
cancel
events
and
implement
the
following:
a
close
designated
streets
to
vehicular
traffic
in
the
city
of
athens,
no
earlier
than
6
a.m,
and
no
later
than
midnight
and
maintain
cross
traffic
wherever
practicable
for
the
following
events:
ohio
university,
international
street
festival
april
9,
2022,
ohio
university
heritage,
college
osteopathic,
medicine,
memorial,
service
april
15,
2022,
athens,
county
convention,
the
visitor
bureau,
taste
of
athens,
county
food
festival
may
14
2022
the
plains.
M
Lions
club
cruise
ends
june
10
2022
july
29,
2022
september
9,
2022,
athens,
brick
criterion
june
17
2022
through
june
18
2022
ohio
brew
week.
First
call
july,
8th,
2022,
ohio
brew
week
last
call
7
16
july.
The
16th
2022
ohio
health
bounty
on
the
bricks
august
6th
2022,
athens,
arts
and
music
festival
august
13,
2022,
ohio
university
welcome
weekend
student,
fair
august,
21st,
2022,
joint
police
advisory
council,
barbecue
october
5th,
2022.
A
If
none
from
council
members,
administration,
elected
officials
or
our
audience,
we
will
move
on
to
2322.
This
is
an
ordinance
suspending
the
enforcement
of
athens
city
code,
title
13,
general
offenses,
chapter
13.04,
offenses
against
public
peace,
section
13.04.10,
unnecessary
noise
in
a
designated
area
and
is
introduced
by
councilmember
reisner.
M
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Read
this
be
it
ordained
by
the
council
of
the
city
of
athens,
ohio,
section,
one:
the
enforcement
of
athens
city
code,
title
13,
general
offenses,
chapter
13.04,
offenses
against
public
peace,
section,
thirteen,
zero
four
point:
one
zero
unnecessary
noise
is
hereby
suspended
until
midnight
for
the
following
events:
athens,
brick
criterium,
athens,
county
convention
and
visitors,
bureau,
taste
of
athens,
county
food
festival,
ohio
brew
week;
first
call
ohio
brew
week.
Last
call
athens,
arts
and
music
festival
halloween
weekend.
M
Allow
me
to
read
this:
be
it
ordained
by
the
council
of
the
city
of
athens,
ohio,
section
1,
the
ordinance
of
athens
city
code,
11.04,
vending
peddling
and
soliciting
is
hereby
suspended
from
8
am
to
11
pm
to
allow
vending
in
the
destiny
to
street
closure
areas
at
such
times
in
areas
determined
appropriate
by
the
administration
for
the
following
events:
ohio
university,
international
street
festival,
athens,
county
convention,
visitor
bureau,
taste
of
athens,
county
food
festival,
athens,
brick
criterium,
ohio
brew
week.
First
call
ohio
brew
week
last
call
athens,
arts
and
music
festival
halloween
weekend
section.
M
M
M
Those
vendors
currently
holding
a
license
to
vent
on
east
union
street
shall
be
allowed
to
continue
to
operate
at
a
time
and
location
determined
by
the
service
safety
director
and
the
event
organizer
for
all
other
vendors
per
trailer.
A
fee
of
25
dollars
paid
to
the
city
of
athens
code
office
and
a
food
license
permit
from
the
athens
city.
County
health
department
shall
be
required
and
any
additional
administrative
rules
and
regulations,
as
may
be
established
by
the
service
safety
director.
A
O
O
I
was
fortunate
to
consult
with
our
clerk
and
our
law
director
to
confirm
that
this
is
something
that
can
be
updated
through
definitions
in
this
ordinance,
I
will
read
the
highlighted
piece
specifically
that
race
includes
traits
historically
associated
with
race,
including,
but
not
limited,
to,
hair,
textures
and
protective
and
cultural
hair.
Styles.
O
O
There
will
need
to
be
an
educational
component
to
this
piece
so
that
the
letter
of
the
law
isn't
the
only
thing
we're
worried
about
offering
protection,
but
that
we're
actually
informing
people
about
how
the
implicit
biases
we
sometimes
carry
will
cause
us
to
deem
one's
hairstyle
as
unprofessional
or
inappropriate.
O
This
sort
of
grievance
would
be
taken
to
our
athens
community
relations
commission,
and
I
think
my
only
question
this
evening
was
about
any
past
experiences.
Perhaps
our
law,
director
or
others
might
be
able
to
share
about
how
discrimination
claims
are
processed
through
that
commission
or
if
there
have
been
anti-discrimination
claims
that
they've
worked
on
in
the
recent
past.
O
Then
I
guess
my
question
would
be:
can
we
speculate
it?
What
would
actually
happen
if
someone
felt
they
were
discriminated
based
against
based
on
their
hair
and
we
were
notified
and
we
shared
that
complaint
with
their
community
relations
commission.
Any
thoughts.
P
Only
that
they
could
investigate
and
get
more
information.
P
A
Any
other
questions
or
comments
from
council
members
or
yes,
we
just
wait
just
a
second
we'll
take
council
members,
first
administration
and
other
elected
officials
and
then
the
audience
members,
and
so
do
you?
Okay,
you
want.
D
I
I
really
appreciate
this
and
I
told
you
that
I
I'm
glad
that
you're
doing
this.
I've
said
that
in
the
past
my
hesitation
or
my
concern
with
these
not
hesitation.
My
concern
with
this
kind
of
issue
is
enforcement,
and
I
think
you're,
alluding
to
that,
and
you
know
what
happens
if
a
complaint
comes
up.
What
what's
the
process?
G
Yes,
when
this
was
first
brought
to
our
attention,
but
two
weeks
ago,
I
believe
we
had
that
week
off.
So
it's
been
two
weeks.
G
I
think
I
don't
mean
to
speak
for
anyone
on
council,
but
but
I
think
council
was
pretty
much
unanimous
in
the
belief
that
discrimination
in
any
form
is
well
really
just
doesn't
have
any
place
in
this
world
and
certainly
doesn't
have
any
place
in
athens
ohio,
but
because
this
was
something
new
to
me
decided
to
do
some
research
as
to
the
hows,
the
whys,
and
all
of
that,
and
out
of
that
came
some
questions.
Does
this
pertain
to
all
races.
O
G
Great
and
where
does
it
pertain,
in
other
words,
are
educational
institutions
such
as
ohio
university
and
the
athens
city
schools
affected
by
this?
What
about
those
in
the
health
care
and
hospital
fields,
businesses
or
industries?
In
particular,
I
use
the
term
industries
that
have
certain
osha
standards
and
then,
of
course,
food
service
and
food
safety
in
those
four
areas,
and
I'm
sure
there
are
many
many
many
more.
If
we
were
to
adopt
this
in
our
three
readings,
would
it
apply
to
all
of
those.
O
It's
my
understanding
that
it
does,
but
that
it
doesn't
place
any
blanket
rules
or
restrictions
on
businesses,
for
example
that
have
a
safety
regulation
that
requires
some
sort
of
specific
guidelines
for
what
kind
of
hairstyles
or
protective
hair
nets
must
be
worn.
So
this
would
not
override
any
of
those
safety
procedures
that
a
business
would
be
responsible
for
putting
in
place.
Okay.
G
G
And
then
I
guess
the
follow-up
to
that
is
if
it
were
deemed
that
there
was
discrimination
documented.
What
are
the
sanctions?
What
are
the
penalties
and
the
reason
I
ask
that
in
doing
the
research,
this
kind
of
goes
back.
What
doesn't
kind
of
back?
It
goes
back
to
a
case
in
alabama
in
2013,
where
someone
was
offered
a
job
in
customer
service,
but
they
were
informed
that
their
dreadlocks
violated
the
company's
grooming
policy
and
the
job
offer
was
retracted.
G
The
individual
took
it
to
the
southern
district
of
alabama,
and
the
case
was
just
the
claim
was
dismissed.
It
was
appealed
to
the
11th
circuit
court
of
appeals
in
2016.,
and
it
too
was
the
the
original
thing
was
upheld.
Stating
that
quote
title
vii
protects
persons
in
covered
categories
with
respect
to
immutable
characteristics,
but
not
their
cultural
practices.
G
G
So
I
throw
this
out
for
your
consideration
in
the
ohio
house
at
this
point
in
time
there
is
a
bill
house
bill,
535
that
is
almost
identical
to
this,
rather
than
individual
cities,
columbus,
athens,
your
hometown,
volvolen,
my
hometown
of
akron,
enacted
this
legislation.
G
L
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
research
member
swank
I'll
just
say
that
that
I
see
no
reason
not
to
move
forward
on
this
member
mccary
in
the
city
of
athens.
L
Sometimes
we
have
to
step
forward
and
and
be
a
leader
in
the
state
and
not
wait,
certainly
for
the
state
to
to
do
things
that
we're
not
sure
exactly
what
they're
going
to
do,
and
I
think
that
we
can,
you
know,
stand
up
for
for
our
rights
for
home
rule
and
and
to
to
passing
ordinances
like
this
and
making
a
statement
if,
if
nothing
else
about
our
values,
so
I
would
encourage
this
to
remain
on
the
consideration.
Thank
you,
president
isaac.
Thank
you.
D
Again,
okay:
go
ahead.
I
agree
with
I
underst.
I
really
appreciate
what
you
did
member
swank.
I
do
think
that
though,
sometimes
it
takes
as
with
state
laws,
a
number
of
states
will,
for
example,
with
lgbt
marriage,
for
example,
or
you
know,
marriage
equality-
it
wasn't
until
a
lot
of
states
did
it
that
the
federal
government
came
through
and
I
think
to
a
certain
extent,
we
can
see
this
in
a
in
the
state
of
ohio.
A
O
Think,
okay,
I
better
ask
the
question
of
if
we
do
have
comparable
kinds
of
discrimination
that
we
can
point
to
specific
sanctions,
as
it
was
put.
Is
there
something
close
to
this
that
we
could
look
to
for
any
sense
of
what
could
be
done
after
say,
an
investigation
determined
that
discrimination
did
happen?
I
guess
that's
a
question
for
our
law
director.
P
J
Jordan
pays
all
61
franklin,
I'm
not
representing
group
I'd
like
to
speak
in
support
of
this
ordinance.
I
think
it's
really
a
great
step
to
help
athens
to
be
as
as
inclusive
as
possible.
I
think
commenting
on
something
said
earlier.
J
I
don't
really
have
that
much
faith
in
the
ohio
state
legislature
to
pass
nondiscrimination
ordinances
at
this
point
or
non-discrimination
laws,
and
I
think
if
it
ends
up
being
redundant,
I
don't
see
an
issue,
but
I
think
it
would
be
a
really
great
step,
as
was
also
brought
up
to
be
one
of
the
cities
in
ohio
to
like
start
pressuring
them
like
hey.
We
want
this,
do
it
and
then
also
just
provide
those
protections
as
soon
as
possible.
I
don't
see
a
reason
to
wait.
A
Q
Hi,
my
name
is
jordan
schmidt.
I
live
at
39,
east
carpenter
and
I
don't
represent
a
group.
You
mentioned
that
there
may
be
like
specific
types
of
education
measures
included
in
this
legislation,
and
I
was
just
wondering
like
what
types
of
measures
that
would
include
and
if
that
would
be
implemented
towards
specific
law
enforcement
and
specific
and
law
enforcement
officers
to
kind
of
diminish
that
implicit
bias
that
you
mentioned
included
in
the
legislation
and
what
education
would
take
place.
O
Thank
you.
That's
a
great
question.
I'm
happy
to
respond
to
you
so
this
would.
These
educational
needs
are
not
specified
in
the
legislation,
but
I
meant
to
make
the
point
that
this
legislation
won't
be
effective
without
additional
complimentary
educational
methods.
I
actually
think
that
this
these
kinds
of
methods
will
align
very
closely
with
our
city's
anti-racism
work,
including
the
racial
equity
and
leadership
training
that
all
city
employees
will
be
going
through.
O
O
So
there's
a
blend
of
awareness
spreading,
but
also
the
kind
of
implicit
biases
that
we'll
be
educating
on
through
the
real
work
and
then
I
think
proactively
engaging
our
our
athens
community
relations
commission,
which
would
be
responsible
for
investigating
any
claims
of
discrimination
getting
them
to
leverage
their
strengths.
For
some
educational
initiatives,
I
believe,
would
be
important
too.
Q
A
H
and
whereas
on
february,
4th
2022.
According
to
data
from
the
cdc
athens
county,
was
experiencing
a
high
transmission
of
covet
19.,
be
it
ordained
by
the
council
of
the
city
of
athens,
ohio
and
the
additional
language
to
amend
the
previous
mask
ordinance.
The
language
inserted
says
effective
through
may
31st
2022.
H
H
I
I
tend
to
watch
the
data
and
recommendations
from
from
the
experts
and
professionals
in
this
area
closely
and
I've
been
continuing
to
watch
our
local
case
numbers
and
I
receive
emails
on
a
nearly
daily
basis,
alerting
me
to
cases
in
in
my
kids,
schools
and
so,
but
on
the
other
hand,
our
our
daily
count
numbers
are
declining
and
at
the
moment
it
looks
like
a
fairly
rapid
drop
in
in
cases.
H
So
I
want
to
proceed
with
introducing
this
extension
of
the
mask
ordinance,
but
I
want
to
state
that
we
can
all
continue
to
watch
the
situation.
This
is
the
first
read
of
this
and
I
think
that
it's
wise
to
give
ourselves
the
time
and
the
flexibility
to
have
this
in
place
so
that
the
the
existing
mask
order
continues,
but
we
can
re-evaluate
at
second
read
and
and
have
new
data,
but
I
think
I
try
to
watch
what's
happening
here
locally
in
in
athens
city,
athens,
county.
H
H
We
we
saw
coming
for
a
little
from
from
overseas
before
it
got
here
and
started
impacting
our
local
numbers,
and
so
I
will
be
continuing
to
monitor
the
data
from
researchers
around
the
world,
and
I
I
think
this
gives
us
some
some
time
to
to
keep
an
eye
on
things
and
really
consider
the
best
options
for
protecting
the
health
and
safety
of
the
residents
of
athens.
D
Yes,
thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
I've
spoken
to
some
business
owners
in
the
community
and,
as
I
mentioned,
I
spoke
with
chief
pyle
today
about
the
challenges
of
the
ordinance
and
I
feel
very
strongly
about
wearing
masks
and
I
feel
very
strongly
about
getting
vaccinated
and
whatever
we
can
do
is
a
public
health
measure.
D
D
D
You
know
arrest
somebody
or
take
somebody
out
of
their
business
because
they
don't
want
that
all
over
social
media
to
hurt
their
business,
so
we're
kind
of
stuck
in
a
difficult
spot,
and
I
was
all
about
continuing
the
mandate
until
I
started
talking
to
people
about
the
reality
of
it,
and
so
I'm
I'm
hesitant
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
Okay,.
A
Thank
you
and
okay
councilmember
swank
yeah.
G
Two
points:
if
we
were
to
talk
about
this
in
two
weeks,
and
we
did
not
want
the
current
mask
ordinance
to
expire
and
create
a
seven
day
window,
we
would
need
to
suspend
the
rules.
So
is
that
what
you're
that's?
The
first
question
is
that
what
you're
asking
let's
review
it
in
two
weeks,
if
we
think
we
need
to
then
we'll
vote,
to
suspend
the
rules
and
therefore
we
don't
have
a
lapse
in
coverage.
H
G
A
M
Big
deal,
we
have
a
special
session
to
argue
this
thing
out
and
give
it
a
full
month.
I
think
trying
to
make
a
decision
in
the
middle
of
february
is
too
soon,
and
I
have
to
agree
with
my
my
colleague
here.
I
I'm
beginning
to
think
that,
with
the
decline
in
cases,
we
need
to
look
more
at
what
the
date
is
telling
us
to
do
than
rather
than
what
we
feel
we
should
do.
M
There
could
be
a
big
difference.
There
I
mean
one
is
politically
expedient.
The
other
is
grounded
in
reality
and
scientific
data,
so
I
prefer
to
go
with
the
data
and
the
only
way
I
want
to
get
the
data
is
to
use
as
much
time
as
I
can
get
to
see
how
what
the
trends
are.
It
may
happen
that,
in
the
middle
of
the
third
week
of
february,
our
decline
may
suddenly
shoot
up.
We
don't
know,
I
mean
if
that
happens,
then.
M
L
Thank
you,
president
nicely.
I
I'm
I'm
for
the
extension
as
written,
knowing
that
we
have
the
ability
to
rescind
that
at
any
time,
at
any
time,
I've
been
able
to
do
a
little
bit
of
traveling,
not
very
much
outside
of
our
community
and
I'm
really
proud
of
athens.
L
L
Remember
to
be
honest,
that
that
those
who
care
about
it,
I'm
looking
at
an
audience
that
cares
about
it
and-
and
you
know,
walking
down
the
streets
of
athens-
is
much
more
comfortable
than
being
in
a
community
in
west
virginia,
where
my
son
plays
soccer
on
the
weekends
and
it's
night
and
day
I
mean
there's
no
right.
D
L
And
and-
and
I
agree
with
you-
that
there
are
different
things
going
on,
but
I
think
having
this
council
support
legally
the
wearing
of
masks.
If
that
makes
one
other
person
wear
the
mask
in
the
streets,
then
that's
a
good
thing
in
my
you
know
in
my
mind,
I
can't
wait
to
get
to
the
day
where
we
are
not
wearing
these
masks
anymore,
and
there
is
music
at
casa
and
there's
music
at
the
union
and
there's
music
in
the
streets
and
we're
all
out
having
a
normal
life
again.
L
But
I
understand
the
importance
and-
and
you
know
you
want
to
talk
about
data-
I
believe
that
member
grace
has
it
right
in
this.
This
ordinance,
49.25
percent
of
the
population,
is
vaccinated
against
coba
19..
L
L
You
know
for
those
people
who
are
particularly
more
susceptible
to
to
having
very
serious,
you
know,
reactions
to
to
to
getting
covet
19
so
and
again,
yeah
our
numbers
are
going
down,
but
they
were
the
highest
that
they
have.
You
know
you
know.
I
remember
when
the
sign
on
court
street
said
577
and
I
was
freaking
out
right,
it's
like
oh,
my
god,
and
then
it
went
to
3
000.
Something
and
just
like
you
know,
yeah
it's
gone
down
now.
I
don't
know
what
it
is
now
it
had
gone
down
a
thousand.
L
Maybe
it's
the
mayor
probably
knows,
but
I'm
you
know
I.
I
think
we
should
continue
to
be
a
careful
community,
a
community
that
shows
that
we
care
about
one
another
and
care
about
those
who
who
who
who
you
know
may
be
immunocompromised
and
if
we
can
get
rid
of
this
thing
in
march
or
whenever
I'm
all
for
it.
But
let's
let
the
cdc
and
the
data
advise
us
in
that.
I'm
not
a
scientist,
but
I
appreciate
the
masks.
I
don't
want
to
wear
it,
but
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
Member
grace.
Thank.
B
You
president
isaac
just
to
tack
on
a
little
bit
as
someone
who
is,
I
think,
heading
into
the
into
the
minority
of
people
who
has
not
had
covid.
I
still
have
not
had
it
and
also
is
a
high-risk
person.
I
have
asthma
and
I
have
chronic
bronchitis.
I
personally
love
having
these
things
on
people's
faces.
B
It
makes
me
feel
safer
when
I'm
at
work
makes
me
feel
safer
when
I'm
in
stores
so
yeah
we
can
always
get
rid
of
if
we
need
to,
but
like
member
crowd,
was
just
saying
a
lot
of
the
data.
What
is
it?
49.2
percent?
That's
slightly
depressing
for
our
vaccination
rates,
in
my
opinion,
less
than
half
that's
very
frustrating,
but
perhaps
for
now.
B
We
should
indeed
keep
these
things
on
our
faces
as
frustrating
as
they
can
be
with
our
glasses,
fogging
up
and
not
being
able
to
hear
if
somebody
says
whole
or
oat
milk
when
it
work.
But
it's
hard
to
tell
a
lot
of
people
are
getting
the
wrong
milks,
but
it's
a
real
problem
that
people
deal
with,
but
yeah
might
as
well
keep
these
things
on.
For
now
it's
not
hard
to
get
rid
of
if
we
need
to.
R
G
The
second
part
of
this
is
that
of
that
is
this.
If
that
were
to
happen,
and
we
have
taken
the
mask
ordinance
away,
I
think
it's
going
to
be
much
more
difficult
to
put
it
back
on
than
to
see
the
numbers
go
down
in
the
middle
of
march
middle
of
april,
take
it
off
and
ben.
I
think
you
may
have
jinxed
yourself
with
that
statement,
but
you
haven't
gotten
it
yet.
G
L
You
president,
just
one
final
we're
talking
about
data,
I
want
to
commend
ohio
university
faculty
staff
and
students.
I
believe
that
the
vaccination
rate
is
about
92
for
the
ohio
university
community,
so
we
may
see
things
happen
when
we
return
from
spring
break,
but
that
is
the
population
that
deserves
the
most
applause
for
having
done
what
they
can
do
to
protect
the
community.
So
thank
you.
Yeah,
amen,.
A
Okay,
all
right
mayor,
patterson,.
K
Just
a
couple
of
comments
for
council,
you
know
in
terms
of
of
whatever
council
decides
and
if
you
know
you
decide
to,
let
it
sunset
to
have
council
act.
Just
as
a
reminder.
You
know,
council-
and
I
was
so
proud
of
council
in
2020
for
within
less
than
14
days,
push
forward
the
ordinance
that
exists
today
and
you
were
on
recess.
K
So
I
have
every
conference
in
the
world
that,
if
need
be,
that
council
can
act
quickly
and
and
reinstate
if
we
find
that
the
tower
this
goes
that
it
is
allowed
to
sunset,
and
then
we
find
that
we
have
to
to
reenact
an
ordinance.
You
know
keep
that
in
mind
that
that
is
a
possibility
and
the
council
did
act
very
very
quickly
over
the
summer
of
2020..
K
K
January
24th.
Our
highest
number
was
3486.
K
Today,
positive
cases
this
is
countywide
we're
at
1682,
and
if
this
trend
continues,
you
know
another
two
weeks
we
could
see
a
continual
drop.
The
one
thing
I
hope
everyone's
cognizant
of
is
that
there
will
be
a
very
special
event
this
sunday,
and
so
you
could
see
an
interesting
increase
in
cases,
because
I
have
every
conference
in
the
world
that
that
cincinnati
is
going
to
do
well
this
coming
sunday.
So.
J
Jordan
pays
all
61
franklin.
I
think
council
should
go
ahead
with
extending
this
ordinance.
I
think
councilmember
swank
brings
up
a
really
good
point
of
there
being
a
lot
of
folks
who
don't
want
to
wear
the
masks,
but
have
enough
respect
for
the
law
where
they
will,
and
I
think
that
we
should
be
using
everything
we
can
to
like
in
the
multi-faceted
fight
against
kovid,
to
prevent
more
people
from
dying
in
the
us
alone.
J
There
have
been,
we
passed,
900
000
deaths
recently,
which
is
more
than
every
international
war
that
the
country
has
ever
had
that,
and
I
wouldn't
be
surprised
if
we
got
past
a
million
soon.
I
think
that
we
should
be
doing
everything
to
protect
our
residents.
T
Sorry,
my
name
is
taylor
mondragon.
I
live
at
36,
south
court.
I
don't
represent
any
kind
of
group,
but
I
did
want
to
call
back
something
that
council
member
spelledness
touched
on
earlier.
A
big
issue
that
we
have
seen
in
this
pandemic
is
the
danger
many
public
workers
have
been
put
in
for
enforcing
these
mask
mandates.
Do
you
have
any
plans
to
help
them
stay
safe
if
this
does
pass?
If
people
are
upset
about
this
being
extended
past
when
it
was
supposed
to?
T
H
I
guess,
in
response
to
different
comments
regarding
enforcement,
I
think
it's
important
to
know
that
this
ordinance
as
written
is
absolutely
enforceable
and
that
businesses
who
wish
to
have
some
backup
and
support
in
enforcing
the
ordinance
at
their
site
absolutely
should
contact
the
athens
police
department
and
request.
Support
in
individuals
can
be
issued
citations
for
failure
to
comply
with
the
mask
order,
but
they
would
have
to
still
be
present
when
the
police
arrive
and
continue
to
refuse
to
either
leave
or
put
on
the
mask,
but
but
also
as
was
raised
there.
F
I'm
robert
delack,
I
live
on
morris
avenue
in
the
city
of
athens.
I
just
want
to
have
a
couple
little
points.
Mayor
talked
about
the
numbers
currently
over
1600
current
cases.
That's
what
half
of
what
it
was.
We
were
at
eight
in
august
eight
cases,
so
we
were
that
low
thought
we
were
winning.
I
thought.
Maybe
it
was
done
and
we
hit
an
all-time
record
here
again,
so
I
I
think
it
would
be
premature
to
try
and
not
pass
this
at
this
point.
I
think
it
should
be
renewed.
F
I
think
that
makes
sense
here
in
this
situation,
because
we
don't
know
it's
going
to
be
around
the
corner,
so
that
one
thing
I
wanted
to
say,
the
other
thing
is
about
the
unenforceability.
Potentially
of
this
there's
been
a
lot
of
criticism
about
that
that
the
police
department
isn't
enforcing
it,
it
can't
be
enforced
or
businesses
don't
want
to
enforce
it,
but
we
have
lots
of
laws
in
the
books
that
are
very
difficult
to
enforce.
F
Speed
limits.
How
many
speed
limit
tickets
are
tickets
are
issued
in
this
town
and
how
many
people
are
speeding.
I've
asked
the
police
to
look
at
speeding
on
my
street.
They
came
out
twice
and
sat
there
in,
for
maybe
45
minutes
an
hour
each
time
and
that's
all
they
did
just
check
the
box.
Okay,
yeah.
We
answered
this
guy's
question.
You
know
they
didn't
issue
a
single
citation.
Nothing
so
is
enforcing
our
speed
limit,
something
that's
not
done
effectively
here.
Absolutely
it's
not
effective.
F
People
are
speeding
all
over
the
place
in
the
city,
but
we
still
have
that
law
and
there's
a
reason
to
have
it,
because
it
does
help
reduce
speeds
and
again,
with
this
this
law
it
is
making
it
a
better
place
to
be
right
now,
as
as
councilman
crawl
said,
that
it
is
a
safer
place
to
be,
and
that's
my
take
as
well
that
you
go
out
in
athens,
you
can
pick
and
choose
which
businesses
is
one
thing
and
some
are
very
careful.
F
Others
are
not,
but
then
you
know
you
don't
have
to
to
go
to
those
businesses
that
aren't
as
safe
or
man.
You
know
holding
the
mandate
to
the
customers,
but
that
the
odds
up
to
a
personal
decision.
So
I
think
that
the
ma
the
mask
ordinance
is
being
helpful.
It's
not,
as
you
know,
it's
not
perfect,
but
there
isn't
really
much
that
is,
and
so
I
think
we
should
continue
with
this.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
All
right,
thank
you
for
the
discussion,
good
comments
and
questions
for
this
first
reading
and
we'll
return
at
our
next
business
meeting
two
weeks
from
tonight
for
the
second
reading.
A
O
A
B
A
The
next
item
is
the
two
motions
one
to
reappoint
a
member
and
then
also
some
new
appointments
for
the
commission
on
disabilities
council
member
mccary.
O
Thank
you.
Yes,
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
here
for
some
new
appointments,
starting
with
four
individuals:
allison
hughes
for
the
disabilities
commission
expiring
12
of
23,
joe
brumfield,
expiring,
12
of
24,
michael
rodriguez,
expiring,
12
of
23
and
tiffany
beals,
expiring,
12
of
24,
with
an
additional
suggestion
that
we
reappoint
jw
smith
to
the
commission
on
disabilities
for
second
term
expiring,
12
of
24.,
okay,.
A
B
A
A
second
from
council
members,
if
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
motion
carries
and
those
appointments
and
the
one
reappointment
have
been
made,
and
we
thank
them
for
their
service.
A
B
Thank
you,
president
eisley.
I
would
like
to
move
that
we
move
the
alternates
on
the
shade
tree:
commission,
nancy
walker
and
james
dyer
to
full
members
moving
them
from
to
be
regular,
full
voting
members.
Their
current
terms,
expire
in
march
of
2024.
A
Second,
okay,
second,
by
councilmember,
swank,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
I
I
oppose
nay,
the
motion
carries
and
we
thank
them
for
their
service
to
the
shaytri
commission.
They're
doing
some
important
work
within
the
city,
all
our
commissions
are,
we
have
19
of
them.
They
all
do
a
good
job.
A
Our
last
section
before
we
adjourn,
is
an
opportunity
for
citizens
to
speak
on
legislative
items
and
city
services
that
were
not
covered
on
the
agenda,
and
citizens
have
an
three
minutes
to
speak
and
we
don't
necessarily
offer
it's
not
a
section
where
we
offer
discussion
back
and
forth,
or
questions
or
comments
like
we
had
when
we
were
discussing
our
ordinances.
But
it
is
an
opportunity
for
citizens
to
raise
issues.
So
I
believe
we
have
somebody
in
the
crowd.
R
R
At
the
same
time,
many
long
neglected,
sidewalks,
especially
on
the
west
side,
remain
unsafe
year
round,
not
only
when
it
snows,
nearly
80
percent
of
housing
stock
is
made
up
of
rental
properties.
Every
rental
lease
includes
the
implied
covenant
that
the
landlord
obey
all
applicable
laws
that
includes
our
city
housing
code,
which
establishes
landlords
property
maintenance
responsibilities.
R
No
owner
or
operator
of
any
premises
shall
maintain
or
permit
to
be
maintained
at
or
on
the
exterior
property
areas
of
such
premises.
Any
condition
which
deteriorates
or
debases
the
appearance
of
the
neighborhood
adversely
alters
the
appearance
and
general
character
of
the
neighborhood
creates
a
fire
safety
or
health
hazard
or,
as
a
public
nuisance,
now.
Clearly,
there's
no
way
for
a
landlord
to
meet
those
requirements.
R
If
they're
not
clearing
the
sidewalks
of
ice
and
snow,
but
here's
the
problem,
our
housing
code
doesn't
say
anything
specifically
about
clearing
sidewalks
of
snow
and
ice
instead,
title
ix
of
the
city
code
does
that
it
says
someone
is
responsible
and
someone
will
be
fined
if
they
don't
do
it,
but
it
doesn't
clearly
say
who
that
someone
is
instead
title
ix,
says
snow
and
ice.
Removal
is
the
responsibility
of
the
quote:
the
owner,
occupant
or
person
having
the
care
of
the
property.
R
End
quote
this
phrasing
couldn't
be
more
ambiguous,
so
who
gets
fined
for
non-compliance,
the
landlord,
the
property
manager
or
the
tenant
again,
there's
no
way
a
landlord
can
comply
with
the
housing
codes,
egress
safety
and
nuisance
requirements
unless
they
also
maintain
sidewalks
and
every
lease
contains
the
implied
covenant
that
the
landlord
obey
all
applicable
laws.
Thus,
not
only
is
clearing
sidewalks
the
landlord's
responsibility.
D
G
Question
please
not
of
the
witness
he's
talking
about
sidewalks.
We
have
on
the
16th
of
next
week
at
2
30,
a
ad
hoc
committee
to
review
pedestrian
accessibility,
which
I
assume
includes
sidewalks
at
that
ad
hoc
committee.
Will
they
be
taking
testimony
and
I'm
asking
this
for
informational
purposes,
since
we
have
a
large
group.
A
Here
today
sure
I
think
at
the
first
to
answer
your
question.
Good
question:
councilmember
swank,
we
do
at
this
first
meeting
just
have
some
basic
information
to
go
over
the
ordinance
and
some
of
the
earlier
plans
that
the
city
had
and
how
often
the
group
will
meet
whether
or
not
they
want
to
elect
a
chair.
So
there
are
some
of
those
basic
frameworks,
but
I
think
beyond
that,
then
there
is
that
committee
that
will
be
working
and
we
will
be
you
know,
making
that
public.
A
It's
a
public
meeting,
and
so
there
may
well
be
opportunity
later
on
to
address
that
and,
as
you
say,
the
possibility
for
testimony
that
will
be
up
for
the
group,
the
ad
hoc
advisory
committee
to
decide-
and
you-
and
you
do
have
two
of
the
members
here
tonight
so
council
member
solvay
spielness-
is
going
to
serve
on
that
and
then
mr
rob
de
lac
is
also
going
to
be
serving
on
that.
So
this
is
a
perfect
opportunity
if
you
wanted
to
engage
in
some
conversation.
A
But
thanks
for
the
comments,
yes
is
there
any
now
we're
not
going
to
open
it
up
for
discussion.
I
just
answered
council
member
swanks,
but
do
we
have
other
members
here
tonight
who
wish
to
make
comments
and
want
the
opportunity
for
the
three
minutes?
Okay,
if
you
will
come
on
up,
let's
take
the
young
lady
in
the
back
and
I
will
set
the
timer
for
three
minutes
and
what
it
does
is
there's
a
little
light.
I
should
have
explained
a
little
bit
better.
A
S
My
name
is
maggie
allen.
I
live
at
240
east
state
street,
and
I'm
also
here
tonight
with
united
athens
county
tenants.
You
know
we
just
had
to
talk
about
sidewalks,
but
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
more
about
that,
thanks
to
title
nine,
letting
the
waters
in
the
way
that
reese
just
described,
many
local
landlords
are
now
claiming
that
individual
leases
are
what
determine
who's
responsible
for
clearing
sidewalks
of
snow
and
ice.
Not
only
is
that
false,
if
it
were
true,
we'd
never
have
sidewalks,
because
enforcement
would
be
impossible.
S
And
finally,
since
title
ix
doesn't
say
who
gets
fined
the
city
is
just
issuing
empty
threats,
the
city
doesn't
appear
to
be
finding
anyone,
there's
no
enforcement
and
we're
just
left
with
sidewalks
that
are
dangerous
for
everyone
and
accessible
to
people
with
disabilities,
and
that
increase
our
use
of
automobiles
to
correct
this
situation.
Council
just
needs
to
replace
the
needlessly
ambiguous
portions
of
code
with
clear
language
that
reaffirms.
Sidewalk.
Maintenance
is
the
landlord's
responsibility.
S
That
is
the
only
thing
consistent
with
our
existing
housing
code.
It
is
the
only
thing
that
will
make
enforcement
possible.
It's
the
only
thing
that
will
give
us
sidewalks
that
are
safe
for
everyone
more
accessible
to
people
with
disabilities
and
that
reduce
our
city's
carbon
footprint
by
making
foot
travel
more
viable.
H
A
A
J
Jordan
pays
all
61
franklin.
I
think
athens
should
amend
its
criminal
code
to
officially
decriminalize
marijuana
and
all
other
minor
drug
possessions.
J
The
war
on
drugs
has
torn
apart
dozens
of
families
and
disproportionately
affects
people
of
color
due
to
racist
enforcement,
and
I
think
we
need
more
addiction.
Centers
in
safe
injection,
centers
and
less
prisons,
for
that
currently,
folks
are
dying
in
record
numbers
from
drug
overdoses
and
criminalization
has
not
and
will
not
save
them.
The
state
of
oregon
and
the
city
of
toronto
have
decriminalized
possession.
I
think
aspen
should
follow.
J
A
N
Damon
crane
hudson
avenue,
also
with
united
athens
county
tenants.
I
appreciate
the
heightened
concern
for
the
issue
of
enforcement,
as
it
relates
to
a
multitude
of
ordinances
the
council
has
or
may
pass
in
the
future.
I
did
want
to
add
some
thoughts
on
that,
because
I
think
it
is
really
an
important
issue.
It
seems
to
me
that
there
has
been
a
growing
pattern
of
the
city,
administration
and
law
office
simply
refusing
to
abide
by
city
code.
N
The
administration
refuses
to
regulate
towing
operators
and
enforce
towing
fee
caps,
as
required
by
code.
The
code
is
clear,
but
the
city
service
safety
director
just
says
he
has
no
intention
of
following
it.
The
administration
refused
to
consult
the
arts,
parks
and
recreation
advisory
board
in
the
hiring
process
of
the
new
apr
director
is
required
by
code.
The
mayor
said
he
thought
the
requirement
was
contradictory,
so
I
ignored
it
despite
the
city
receiving
hundreds
of
complaints,
of
violation
of
the
mass
mandate.
As
I
understand
it,
it
has
never
really
been
enforced
either.
N
She
would
continue
to
defy
city
policy
now,
just
imagine
if,
instead
of
saying
no
hud,
the
rental
ad
in
question
had
said
no
disabled
people,
no
women,
no
racial
minorities,
no
seniors
or
no
military
veterans,
and
you
don't
have
to
imagine
because,
in
effect,
that's
what
the
ad
did
say.
Eighty-Two
percent
of
local
voucher
recipients
are
disabled
people.
Eighty
percent
are
women
and
voucher
recipients
nationally
or
disproportionately
people
of
color
military
veterans
and
the
elderly.
Therefore,
source
of
income
discrimination
is
racial
discrimination.
N
It
is
gender
discrimination.
It
is
discrimination
against
disabled
people
against
military
veterans
against
the
elderly.
It's
discrimination
against
members
of
all
those
protected
classes,
as
well
as
discrimination
against
the
protected
class
of
voucher
holders.
Earlier
tonight,
council
member
mccary
introduced
an
ordinance
that
would
ban
discrimination
based
on
hair,
texture
and
style.
Why?
Because
hair
discrimination
isn't
just
hair
discrimination,
it's
a
means
of
racial
discrimination.
N
A
I
Hi,
my
name
is
molly
fanuc
and
I
live
at
48,
east
green
drive
and
I'm
also
here
with
united
athens
county
tenants
to
speak
about
the
enforcement
of
the
city's
anti-discrimination
ordinance.
If
we
care
about
ending
housing
discrimination,
we
can't
just
pass
anti-discrimination
laws.
We've
got
to
also
enforce
them.
To
do
that,
we
need
the
city
law
director
to
actually
operate
as
an
attorney
for
the
city.
I
But
instead
eliason
publicly
announced
that
she
would
not
enforce
the
ban
in
the
instance
of
an
incredibly
clear
violation
and
to
no
one's
surprise
that
emboldened
landlords,
many
of
whom
are
now
proudly
proclaiming
their
violation
of
city
policy
on
social
media
in
light
of
the
law
director's
recent
actions
to
undermine
the
city's
anti-discrimination
ordinance.
In
light
of
the
more
flagrant
violations
of
the
ordinance
that
the
director's
actions
have
inspired,
and
in
light
of
the
larger
pattern
of
the
city,
administration
and
law
office
arbitrarily
ignoring
duties
prescribed
to
them
by
law.
I
Thus,
we
urge
council
to
pass
a
resolution
directing
the
law
director
to
begin
filing
charges
against
landlords
who
violate
the
city's
anti-discrimination
ordinance,
while
the
idea
of
council
directing
the
law
director
to
do
what
is
already
her
job
may
sound
strange.
The
athens
city
code
makes
it
clear
that
this
is
in
fact
a
power
that
council
possesses
and
an
option
that
council
may
exercise
specifically
section
3.03.27
states
when
required
to
do
so
by
resolution
of
the
council.
The
law
director
of
the
director
of
law
shall
prosecute
or
defend
on
behalf
of
the
city.
I
All
complaints
suits
and
controversies,
in
which
the
city
is
a
party
and
such
other
suits
matters
and
controversies,
as
he
is
by
resolution
or
ordinance
directed.
The
prosecute
end
quote:
if
council
cannot
see
that
the
legislation
it
passed
is
enforced.
There
is
no
point
in
council
passing
legislation
so
once
more,
we
urge
you
to
take
a
stand
by
passing
the
resolution
we've
suggested.
Thank
you.