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Athens City Council - January 24, 2022
A
Our
first
committee
is
that
of
the
whole,
and
what
we
will
have
for
about
the
first
10
minutes
is
the
annual
report
that
has
been
pre-recorded
by
the
athens
city
commission
on
disabilities.
That
will
be
about
a
10-minute
presentation,
so
we
probably
won't
have
much
discussion
other
than
to
thank
them
for
presenting
the
report,
because
I
don't
think
any
disabilities
commission
members
are
here
tonight.
They've
been
yeah.
Okay.
Thank
you.
B
B
We
also
have
committee
meetings,
including
accessibility,
advocacy,
education
and
outreach
communications,
and
then
our
executive
team
needs
as
well.
So
these
are
all
very
different
committees.
They
typically
meet
about
once
a
month,
our
commission
membership-
you
can
see
listed
here.
We
have
diane
buba
who's
with
us
here
today:
rose
davis,
samora,
dower,
claire
geisergum,
carolyn
lewis,
who's
also
here
with
us,
slimata
davey
mcnelly,
which
is
me
cheryl,
brzezinski,
lisa
simpson,
marion
smedley,
he's
the
city
council,
rep,
jw
smith
and
mary
tremblay.
B
B
We
act
as
a
liaison
between
members
of
the
community
and
local
government.
We
respond
to
questions
from
the
public,
local
government
and
community.
We
consult
with
athens
city
officials,
council
and
citizens.
We
inform
the
city
of
grant
opportunities
and
submit
submit
activity,
reports
and
recommendations
to
behalf
of
the
city
council,
which
is
what
we're
doing
tonight.
C
D
You
diane,
we
brought
the
southeast
ohio
center
for
independent
living
social
to
athens,
county
collaborated
with
age-friendly
athens,
to
improve
accessibility,
inclusion
and
public
spaces
recruited,
not
one
new
member
to
the
commission
that
was
lisa
simpson
and
continuing
to
collaborate
with
ohio
university
in
any
ways
that
we
can.
We
met
with
the
mayor's
staffing
about
universal
design,
training
and
ada
coordination
petition,
the
ohio
attorney
general
for
ada
accommodation
for
in-person
virtual
meetings.
Of
course,
as
you
know,
many
of
our
members
have
noted
disabilities
and
with
covet
and
immune
system
so
compromised.
D
B
B
Some
accessibility
committee
highlights
so
even
we
meet
monthly
as
a
full
commission,
but
a
lot
of
our
work
gets
done
in
committees.
Our
committee
chairs,
for
the
accessibility
committee
were
me
davey,
mcnelly
and
noah
tremblay
this
past
year
we
conducted
rock
and
roll
audits.
Like
we
talked
about,
we
even
did
a
live
stream
virtual
uptown
audit,
which
was
pretty
cool
to
do
it,
was
in
real
time
and
shared
on
facebook
live
and
on
the
city
government
channel
as
well.
We
collaborated
on
the
bailey's
trail
system
to
try
and
make
that
more
accessible.
B
C
For
the
advocacy
committee
that
was
chaired
by
sly
mata,
they
reconstituted
the
committee
this
year
and
what
they
focused
on
mainly
was
bringing
in
local
and
regional
content
experts.
So
they
could
learn
more
about
the
issues
related
to
advocacy
and
what
who
might
be
potential
partners
for
the
commission.
D
For
the
education
and
outreach
committee,
I
chaired
that
committee,
along
with
cheryl
brazinski.
We
hosted,
of
course,
the
athena
works
ceremony
by
us
not
being
able
to
do
it
in
person.
We
had
to
be
creative
and
do
it
by
zoom.
The
2021
recipient
is
barbara.
Conover
with
neighbor
works,
america
she's
a
consultant
for
neighbor
works
america
and
the
former
director
of
athens
village,
we've
taped,
wub
radio
programs
with
emily
rota,
and
also
on
conversations
from
silvio
b
and
again
work
with
local
artists.
Luke
hawk
to
create
and
develop
a
new
athena
award
trophy.
D
D
The
communications
committee
co-chaired
by
claire
geisiger
and
aaron
smedley,
we
wrote
monthly
letters
to
the
editor
and
columns
about
covet
19
how
to
fix,
particularly
those
with
disabilities.
We
I'm
managing
aids
inclusion
living
with
a
disability
and
family.
Those
are
some
of
the
topics
we
revamped.
The
commission's
facebook
page
developed,
edited
and
produced
the
virtual
athena
awards
ceremony,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
developed
a
resource
guide
for
what's
available
when
there
are
issues
throughout
the
community
for
people
with
disabilities
and
developed
a
guide
to
accessible
events
to
promote
inclusion
of
people
with
disabilities.
B
B
D
D
C
So,
for
requested
opportunities
we
we
really
enjoy
collaborating
with
people
on
the
city
related
to
planning,
to
make
our
community
more
accessible,
streetscaping,
educating
and
looking
at
the
city,
programs
and
services,
so
we're
hoping
that
that
will
continue
and-
and
it's
really
important
to
have
voices
of
many
people
when
you're
involved
in
decision
making.
So
we
appreciate
the
city's
openness
to
having
us
there
and
the
council's
openness
to
having
us
here,
and
we
support
the
city
to
have
an
ada
coordinator,
slash
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
position.
C
We
think
that
it's
there's
a
lot
of
expertise
that
goes
into
positions
like
this
and
without
having
one.
Each
person
who
works
at
the
city
is
responsible
for
the
for
knowing
the
regulations
and
for
performing
the
duties
that
would
be
fulfilled
by
those
positions
so
having
a
point
person
to
help
educate
the
city
staff
about
this.
What
is
important
so
thank
you.
C
A
We
now
have
council
member
michael
mccary,
who
was
appointed
last
week
to
the
commission,
and
I
believe
next
week,
at
our
business
meeting,
we
will
have
four
new
appointees
to
the
disabilities
commission
so
that
they're
up
at
their
full
slate.
So
they
are
moving
along
and
just
great
work,
any
other
comments
or
questions
from
council
members.
A
If
not,
we
will
proceed.
I
will
move
on
with
one
announcement
that
I
should
have
made
before
we
had
the
disabilities
commission
presentation
that
that
is
that
we
are
going
to
amend
the
agenda
tonight
and
we
are
going
to
add
to
the
finance
and
personnel
committee
pay
grades,
information
that
was
submitted
by
our
the
hr
director
today
and
given
the
the
need
for
moving
forward
in
a
timely
fashion
with
the
personnel
we're
thinking
that
things
are
in
place
now
to
be
able
to
have
that
in
committee
tonight,
so
that
we
could
begin
readings
next
week.
A
E
E
So
to
me,
that
number
is
incredibly
sad
in.
There
is
a
a
positive
in
some
ways
that
the
the
rate
of
growth
and
expansion
in
the
in
the
deaths
due
to
covet
has
not
kept
pace
with
the
rate
of
cases
for
which
I
absolutely
believe
vaccinations
are
are
to
credit,
but
so
with
that
data
and
according
to
the
cdc
again,
we
are
currently
at
52.3
percent
of
the
population.
E
F
Thank
you
yeah.
I
mean
I'm
not
gonna
just
sit
here
and
echo
everything
you
just
said
because
everybody
already
heard
it
but
yeah,
I'm
I'm
in
fairly
firm
agreement
with
you
that
I
think
especially
trying
to
define
when
we
get
rid
of
it.
If
we
would
try
to
use
like
a
when,
there's
been
this
many
new
cases
for
this
many
days
or
weeks,
and
then
it
gets
wildly
confusing
and
out
of
hand
so
going
with
a
date
that
we
can
just
go
by.
F
We
can
either
end
it
beforehand
or
we
can
extend
it
if
we
need
to
definitely
seems
to
make
the
most
sense
to
me,
and
it
definitely
seems
like
the
kind
of
thing
that
we
should
still
have
in
place.
I
know
personally
as
someone
who
works
in
the
service
industry,
I
really
like
being
able
to
have
some
teeth
behind
me.
F
When
I
tell
people
they
have
to
put
a
mask
on
they're
going
to
come
inside
and
I've
had
some
people
say
they
won't,
and
then
I
kindly
ask
them
to
please
leave
and
they
usually
kindly
do,
which
is
good,
but
I
know
it
makes
me
feel
better.
I
know
it
makes
a
lot
of
my
fellow
service
industry.
People
feel
better,
knowing
that
we
have
the
backing
of
some
like
an
entity
like
city
council,
so
yeah
totally
in
support
of
that
poof.
G
Thank
you,
president.
Thank
you
remember
grace.
I
agree
with
member
grayson
and
member
of
zip's
comments.
I
just
had
a
question.
I
don't
know
if
you
have
the
answer
to
it,
I
believe
the
athens
city
county
health
department
has
been
trying
to
you
know.
I
don't
know
if
these
are
officially
established,
dates
or
or
tried
to
sort
of
target
when
we
might
be
able
to
move
beyond
some
of
the
restrictions
we
have,
and
I
believe
that
was
in
march.
G
Do
you
have
any
information
on
when
they
might
be
thinking
about
trying
to
you
know,
move
on
if
things
stay
basically
current
the
way
they're
moving
now
and
we
don't
have
a
new
variant
or
any
other
they
did.
I
believe
they
have
set
dates
in
the
past.
That
they've
had
to
then
set
a
new
date.
So
I'm
just
I'm
not
trying
to
say
anything,
but
I
don't
know
if
you
had
any
information
about
that.
I.
E
I
do
not,
I
don't
know
if
the
city
administration
does,
but
I
read
today
about
a
variant
of
the
omicron
variant,
so
that
is
also
highly
contagious.
So
I
I
kind
of
threw
out
my
hands
and
thought.
Well,
okay,
I'm
gonna
keep
wearing
my
my
mask
but
yeah.
I
I
don't
know
what
the
city
county
health
department's
plans
are
at
this
point.
No,
I'm
sorry!
H
Thank
you.
Yes,
president,
I
think
I've
heard
from
the
community
and
I'm
sure
you
have
too
those
people
say.
Oh
well,
you
know
it
doesn't
have
any
teeth.
You
know
what
do
I
do
if
people
aren't
complying,
it
should
have
some
teeth
and
other
people
who
don't
want
the
mandate
at
all.
But
is
there
any
way
to
add
some
more
teeth
to
this,
or
should
we
not
have
that
discussion.
A
I
H
I
A
reminder
to
everybody:
it
is
a
complaint
based
piece
of
legislation
where
someone
calls
the
police
department
and
says
there's
a
bunch
of
people
in
store
x,
y
or
z
that
are
not
wearing
face
coverings
and
the
police
department
does
go
and
respond,
and
you
know
people
are
fairly
compliant
with
putting
a
mask
on,
but
often
is
the
case.
They'll
get
there
and
whoever
was
being
non-compliant
is
no
longer
there
that
they
left
similar
to
what
council
nor
zip
was
saying.
I
I
don't
know
what
that
would.
Look
like
you
know,
any
change
to
increase
the
penalties
or
anything
would
have
to
I'm
sure,
be
vetted
by
the
law
director
to
see.
Is
this
something
we
can
do
or
not?
But
you
know
just
as
a
reminder
to
council
as
well,
and
anyone
viewing
tonight
is
to
my
understanding.
We
are
the
the
last
statutory
city
in
the
state
of
ohio
to
still
have
a
face
covering
ordinance
and
there
are
a
couple's
charter.
I
J
When
my
two
children,
who
are
now
39
and
35,
were
small,
we
had
a
saying
around
our
house.
The
rules
are
the
rules
and
I
was
always
a
believer.
If
you
have
a
rule
and
you're
not
going
to
enforce
it,
it's
probably
a
bad
rule,
but
as
time
goes
by
and
we
get
older
and
hopefully
get
a
little
bit
wiser
in
this
I
case
of
something
yesterday
that
makes
sense.
I
think
I
look
at
people
who
wear
masks
as
people
who
fall
on
a
continuum.
J
There
are
those
who
have
the
attitude.
You
can't
tell
me
what
to
do
and
they're
not
going
to
put
on
a
mask
if
they
have
to
and
on
the
other
end
of
the
spectrum.
There
are
those
people
who
drive
down
the
street
in
a
car
by
themselves
and
wear
a
mask.
Take
it
extremely
seriously,
I
think.
As
long
as
we
have
a
mask
rule
in
this
town,
there
will
be
those
people
who
have
enough
respect
for
the
law
that
they
will
continue
to
wear
a
mask.
J
Maybe
reluctantly,
but
they'll
still
wear
a
mask
and
I
think
if
we
were
to
take
this
mass
coordinates
and
discard
it,
those
people
who
have
respect
for
the
law,
some
of
them
will
also
take
off
their
masks
and
I
think
the
more
people
we
have
taking
off
our
masks
the
longer
this
thing
is
going
to
hang
around.
Take
that
a
step
further.
I
do
think
we
need
to
put
a
timeline
on
this.
I
think
six
months
would
be
too
long.
I
think
all
of
us
are
hoping
someday.
A
K
From
hazel
61
franklin
avenue
so
more
people
who
I
know
who
have
been
safe
vaccine
and
everything
have
gotten
covered
in
the
past
two
months
since
the
average
omicron
in
the
past
since
the
start
of
the
pandemic,
and
we
know
that
masks
are
among
the
best
ways
to
prevent
spread,
and
I
think
if
we
want
to
keep
people
safe,
it's
a
logical
and
smart
thing
to
do
to
extend
the
mandates,
and
I
really
do
like
feeling
like.
I
can
go
into
a
store
and
not
feel
actively
in
danger,
because
people
are
wearing
masks.
L
Ryan
goodman
97,
south
green
drive
I
reached
out
about
extending
the
mandate.
I
do
want
to
say
that
you
know
I
don't
think
anybody
really
enjoys
wearing
the
mask
a
lot,
but
I
think
that
it's
something
that
we
do
to
step
up
for
one
another
and
to
look
out
for
each
other,
and
I
am
a
student
at
ohio,
university
and
ohio
university,
recently
reaffirmed
its
commitment
to
masking.
L
I
know
that
a
lot
of
students
are
planning
to
travel,
so
I
worry
about
what
they
might
bring
back
with
them
on
when
they
come.
But
I
do
want
to.
I
do
want
to
echo
what
was
just
said
previously.
I
was
walking
with
the
mayor
the
other
day
and
I
said
you
know
I
feel
safe
walking
into
an
establishment
here
in
athens,
making
sure
that
everybody
has
their
mask
on.
I
feel
protected
on
that.
L
F
A
M
M
Jordan
paisel
and
I
have
also
been
in
contact
with
members
of
the
community
who,
in
some
cases,
have
shared
their
personal
experiences
with
discrimination
based
on
hair
style
and
texture
anonymously.
In
other
cases,
they
have
emailed
to
say
that
they
would
support
any
protections,
but
I
would
say
that
this
is
something
that
is
very
personally
impactful
to
a
large
segment
of
our
population,
who
we
often
don't
see
and
often
don't
hear
from,
and
sometimes
that
means
we
have
to
speak
up
for
those
individuals.
M
M
Yes,
we
I
should
mention
that
the
law
director
has
given
some
preliminary
consultation
on
the
approach
to
this,
which
would
be
amending
our
current
language
as
opposed
to
what
you
may
see.
If
you
look
in
the
news
is
a
lot
of
branding
of
this
initiative,
known
as
the
crown
act,
which
can
stand
for
different
things,
but
in
our
situation
the
this
would
be
an
introduction
of
an
amendment
that
would
go
through
three
readings
before
becoming
our
new
practice.
Okay,.
J
I'm
not
an
attorney,
so
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
this,
but
one
suggestion
I
might
make
is
that
before
we
move
this
too
far
down
the
line
that
we
have
a
conversation
with
the
superintendent
of
the
athens
city
schools,
because
there
is
so
much
coming
and
going
ohio
university
students,
volunteers
in
the
community
students
taking
advantage
of
college
credit,
plus
that
I
would
hate
to
have
a
city
ordinance,
a
practice
which
I
think
is
a
good
one.
That
would
be
in
conflict
with
the
code
of
conduct,
rules
and
regulations
of
our
local
school
system.
J
I
think
it
would
put
a
lot
of
people
in
a
very
difficult
situation
and
perhaps
in
conjunction
with
this
council,
assuming
that
this
council
would
add
this
as
an
ordinance
to
our
code.
Perhaps
the
athens
city
schools
might
add
this
to
their
policy
guide
at
the
same
time
for
equality,
enforcement,
equality
of
treatment
and
consistency-
and
I
think
a
conversation
with
dr
gibbs
and
or
dave
hayden,
president
of
the
school
board,
might
be
in
order
before
we
get
this
too
far
down
the
line.
M
Thank
you,
council,
member
swank,
and
I
would
add
that
there
are
some
great
examples
of
the
educational
efforts
that
need
to
accompany
this
kind
of
legislative
change
out
there,
including
the
collaboration
between
the
city
of
columbus
and
ohio
state
university,
not
a
k-12
comparison,
but
in
making
sure
that
that
educational
piece
is
there
recognizing
that
some
people
may
deem
hairstyles
inappropriate
because
they
might
present
a
health
and
safety
concerns
such
as
you're
doing
food
service.
There
are
a
lot
of
educational
points
that
need
to
be
clarified
that
have
been
successfully
clarified
to.
M
K
61
franklin
avenue-
I
think
this
is
really
important.
Black
history
month
is
coming
up
and
as
allies,
especially
as
allies
with
institutional
powers
such
as
yourselves.
I
think
it
is
important
to
do
whatever
we
can
to
make
workplaces
safe
for
black
people,
and
I
think
this
would
be
a
really
great
way
to
do
that.
K
I
Yeah,
I
remember
mccarran
strongly
encourage
you
to
bundle
this
together
with
the
gender
neutral
language
for
all
of
the
city
code
as
well.
If
we're
gonna
be
making
amendments,
I
think
now's
the
time
to
go
through
and
make
a
lot
of
amendments.
You
know,
as
I
was
going
through
and
identifying
you
know
the
service
safety
director
and
his
you
know
appointee
or
designee
or
his
or
her,
and
you
know,
go
through
and
make
those
changes
all
in
one
at
one
time.
I
E
A
All
right,
thanks
for
the
comments
and
suggestions,
all
right,
we'll
move
forward
on
that
next
is
city
and
safety
services,
and
this
is
chaired
by
council
member
mccary
and
joined
by
council
members.
Grace
swank
and
crowl.
So
we'll
give
just
a
moment
for
the
other
council
members
to
adjourn
to
the
other
table.
M
M
N
Good
evening
my
name
is
david
riggs,
and
I
just
wanted
to
be
here
to
answer
mostly
here
to
answer
questions
for
for
anybody
that
that
has
them.
The
the
solid
waste
and
recycling
fund
has
been
in
a
sort
of
a
decline,
and
we
think
we
corrected
that
with
the
last
fee
schedule
adjustments,
although
we
have
not
seen
that
because
we
bill
on
arrears,
we
have
not
seen
that
yet
we
expect
to
have
that
billing
information
available
by
the
end
of
beginning
of
february.
N
We
should
have
some
of
that
information
available,
but
we
think
that
that
actually
has
that
negative
slide
has
been
corrected
and
if
you
recall,
when
we
first
did
this
this
agreement
with
ahrc,
we
wanted
to
try
to
make
a
net
neutral
fund,
so
it
wasn't
increasing
or
decreasing.
We
missed
it
just
a
little
bit.
We
think
we've
made
that
adjustment.
We
should
be
at
a
net
neutral
for
the
most
part
for
this
spot,
so
I'm
available
for
questions.
If
anybody
has
any.
N
N
N
N
M
G
G
G
You
could
pick
it
up
every
other
week,
however,
our
contract
with
our
our
waste
hauler,
they
were
picking
it
up
every
week
and
so
city
council
heard
this
information
and
decided
that
it
was
probably
better
to
own
our
own
containers
not
to
be
paying
that
monthly
fee,
and
so
we
went
through
the
process
now.
I
know
that
there
are
some
expenses
that
came
to
your
your
budget
for
removing
those
and
getting
out
of
that
contract,
etc.
G
N
We
expect
to
see
that,
yes,
we
we
had
to
buy
the
new
containers
and
those
have
all
been
installed.
I
think
you've
seen
them.
I
think
they
look
really
nice
they're,
not
compacting
containers,
but
they
are
solid
waste
and
recycling
containers
that
have
replaced
the
big
belly
containers
that
were
up
there
so
we'll
see
some
decrease
in
the
cost
in
that
fund.
I
actually
have
you
would
allow
me
a
chart
to
pass
this
out.
M
O
So
when
you,
when
you
back
off
the
process
for
for
submitting
a
request
for
proposals
evaluating
those
proposals
and
then
if
we,
if
we
go
in
line
with
what
this
body
did,
the
last
time,
which
is
city
council,
wanted
to
retain
the
authority
of
of
awarding
those,
rather
than
delegating
it
to
the
service
safety
director
to
award
we're
going
to
have
to
prepare
in
order
to
meet
the
timeline.
We're
gonna
have
to
start
letting
that
new
request
for
proposal,
probably
in
the
second
half
of
2022.
O
So
you
know
I.
I
would
recommend
that
your
committee,
or
whatever
working
group,
you
a
science
or
would
would
would
start
working
that
in
in
probably
the
july
august
time
frame
looking
at
if
we
do
want
to
do
changes
with
our
solid
waste
collection
process
and
our
contract,
that
we
stick
that
in
our
request
for
proposals,
so
that
companies
that
bid
for
that
have
time
to
understand
it.
And
then
subsequently,
we
can
prepare
that
request.
For
proposals.
O
M
N
As
you
know,
this
last
contract
we
added
the
composting
services.
Basically
as
a
as
a
super
pilot
program,
we
would
we've
had
some
suggestions
on
how
to
tweak
that
better.
So
we'll
look
at
that
as
well
as
maybe
reviewing
some
of
the
some
of
the
base
allowances
that
we
have
in
the
contract.
Currently
right
now,
like
I
said
it
doesn't
matter
whether
a
resident
picks
up
zero
one
or
two
bags
gets
picked
up
by
the
contractor.
N
N
J
J
That
blue
can
is
the
recycling
container
they're
real
good
neighbors,
because
behind
that
blue
can
each
of
them
has
one
of
those
little
green
cans,
which
is
composting?
Well,
let's
forget
composting
for
a
moment.
Put
it
over
here:
let's
just
look
at
the
trash
cans
and
bag
and
the
blue
recycling
containers
who
pays
the
most
on
a
monthly
basis
for
their
garbage.
D
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
M
Your
consideration,
thank
you,
councilmember
swank.
I
do
believe
that,
from
an
administrative
perspective,
we'll
likely
hear
from
our
colleagues
in
the
administration
about
any
intended
changes
in
the
coming
future.
I
know
that
we'll
have
to
approve
any
changes
in
rates,
but
I
think
you've
highlighted
some
important
issues
today
and
I
think
it
would
be
appropriate
for
us
to
check
back
with
director,
riggs
and
some
time
before
we
get
to
the
opportunity
to
start
looking
for
bids
on
our
service
providers,
and
I
believe
with
that.
We
should
conclude
our
committee
well
wait.
J
J
J
J
J
M
G
Thank
you,
member
mccary.
Thank
you.
Member
swank
appreciate
your
looking
into
this
very
closely,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
we
understand
that
the
composting
program,
the
purpose-
is
not
to
keep
junk
out
of
the
landfill,
but
to
keep
organic
materials
that
create
methane
gases
from
being
produced
in
the
landfill,
which
is
a
very
potent
80
to
100
times
more
potent
greenhouse
gas
than
carbon
dioxide.
So
it
is,
there
are
costs
that
are
associated
with
organic
materials
being
in
the
landfill
that
we
don't
see
there.
G
They
are
impacting
our
environment
that
we
will
pay
for
down
the
road
because
of
what
we're
doing
so,
the
you
know
the
changes
that
are
happening
to
the
earth.
So
it's
not
just
that
we're
trying
to
separate
separate
materials
to
put
less
junk
in
the
landfill,
but
it's
actually
to
try
to
do
our
own
part
to
reduce
those
greenhouse
gases
from
being
created.
So
that's
the
real
purpose
of
the
composting
program,
but
I
appreciate
you
taking.
J
E
Thank
you,
member
mccary,
and
I
just
wanted
to
sort
of
add
on
to
the
conversation
about
the
composting
in
that
remember,
swank
asked
well,
you
know.
People
say
why.
Why
should
I
compost
if
I'm
not
getting
anything
out
of
it?
Well,
why
did
people
begin
recycling
if
they
personally
weren't
getting
anything
out
of
it?
The
the
benefit
is
that
it's
the
right
thing
to
do
environmentally
and
when
we
as
a
city,
introduce
this
option
as
a
program
that
people
could
participate
in.
E
E
I
don't
want
my
compost
back,
I'm
happy
for
someone
to
take
it
away
and
so
make
it
available
for
someone
else
to
use
in
their
garden
and
when
we
initially
added
composting
to
the
contract,
my
preference
was
that
we
added
as
a
flat
fee
for
all
city
residents.
Much
like
recycling
was
done
originally
that
this
is
something
that
is
an
option
available
to
everyone
and
is
encouraged
that
everyone
participate
in
this
option
and
by
sharing
the
cost
across
all
residents
it's
much
lower.
E
There
were
objections
to
that
because
at
the
same
time
we
were
also
needing
to
increase
the
garbage
rates
and
we
were
in
the
midst
of
the
early
stages
of
a
pandemic,
and
so
we
made
it
an
optional
fee.
But
I
think
that
if,
if
we
want
to
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
in
terms
of
protecting
the
environment
from
climate
change,
then
it
needs
to
be
supported
universally
in
order
to
adequately
fund
the
program
and
support
it
for
continuing.
E
I
think
if
it
is
broadly
supported
like
financially
by
the
city,
then
that
provides
opportunities
for
ahrc
to
grow
and
develop
new
beneficial
projects
through
the
composting
program.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
it's
in
my
mind,
it's
similar
to
the
approach
from
several
decades
ago
to
recycling
that
we
we
encourage
people
to
participate
and
make
it
an
option
for
everyone,
because
it's
a
good
thing
to
do
for
everyone
for
the
environment.
M
M
Looking
at
some
inequities
in
terms
of
renters
versus
property
owners
and
garbage
sizes,
I
personally
appreciate
the
conversation
as
a
renter
who
would
be
in
that
situation
is
paying
more,
but
I
also
recognize
that
there
are
a
lot
of
complex
financial
pieces
here,
and
I
appreciate
the
work
of
our
administration
and
we'll
go
ahead
and
with
that
to
close
out
our
city
and
safety
services.
Oh
sorry,
did
you
have
a
comment.
O
As
long
as
I
work
for
the
city
and
I've
worked
here
since
november
2003,
the
option
has
been
in
place
for
owner-occupied
person
to
request
a
lesser
rate.
It's
I
just
want
to
make
a
point
of
clarification
that
it's
not
automatic,
that
if
someone
establishes
a
new
utility
account,
it's
automatically
they're
automatically
charged
at
the
two
can
per
week
charge.
O
If
they're
owner
occupied,
they
may
make
their
request
to
just
have
the
one
can
rate
and
so
council
member
swank
is
absolutely
correct
in
that
that
option
is
not
available
to
a
you
know,
a
non-owner-occupied
person
who
establishes
a
utility
account,
and
there
is
a
disparity
there,
but
it's
not
automatic.
It
doesn't
just
automatically
go
in
place.
O
It
has
to
be
requested
by
a
member,
like
I
said,
it's
been
in
place
for
as
long
as
I've
worked
here
and
so
people
far
before
this
administration
and
this
council
set
this
mode
in
place,
and
so
you
know
right
now.
If
you
wanted
to
this
body,
could
just
remove
that
that
option
to
be
able
to
request
a
lesser
amount
and-
and
that
would
correct
the
disparity
there'd-
probably
be
some
constituents
who
you'll
pay.
That
lesser
amount
who
wouldn't
appreciate
that
necessarily
without
looking
at
it
further.
M
K
Jordan
pays
all
61
franklin,
so
I've
been
a
renter
in
athens
for
three
years
and
I
think
part
of
the
issue
potentially
with
composting
is
lack
of
awareness
because
I
didn't
know
until
earlier
this
year-
well
late,
2021
that
rental
like
because
I'm
renting
I
didn't
know
that
I
had
the
option
for
that.
You
know,
and
then
I
I
learned
about
that.
I
was
like.
Oh
that's
what
you
know.
K
Q
Briefly,
rob
delac
live
on
morris
avenue
here
in
the
city,
I'm
one
of
those
rate
payers
that
got
the
reduction
for
one
can,
and
I
did
it
because
we
don't
even
produce
that
much
trash
in
a
week
we
produce
less
than
that
one
bag.
A
week
when
we
had
four
people
in
the
house.
Now
we
have
two
every
other
week
we
produce
half
that
probably
so
we
produce
almost
no
trash,
and
so
it
makes
sense.
Q
A
All
right-
and
there
was
one
other
excuse
me
if
I
could
make
them
one
other
part
of
the
discussion
earlier
too
was
going
to
uniform
trash
can
sizes,
and
so
I
think
there
was
a
fair
amount
of
support
for
that,
but
there
was
also
a
considerable
expense.
So
if
we
could
still
take
a
look
at
that,
then
that
might
do
something
to
help
with
the
disparities
between
the
cans
too.
In
the
bags
all
right.
I
May
I
request
something
unusual.
I
know
we
have
a
visitor
who's
here.
Mr
ed
newman,
I
do
have
a
question
about
the
the
compost
that's
made,
who
who
is
eligible
for
it?
I
remember
some
years
ago
there
was
conversation
that
those
in
the
compost
program
were
eligible
to
receive
a
certain
amount
of
compost
once
a
year.
I
don't
know
if
you'd
like
to
speak
to
that
at
all,
or
I
apologize
for
putting
you
on
the
spot.
You
know.
R
R
You
know
with
one
just
one
material
so
that
that
could
open
things
up
to
even
a
lot
more
materials
coming
in
so
they're
going
to
have
a
shredder
for
for
food
waste
here
coming
up,
which
should
increase
the
amount
that
they
get,
there's
a
certain
amount
of
cost
in
collecting
and
paying
somebody
to
deal
with
it
and
everything
to
cover
the
cost.
So
that's
that's!
What's
done
with
it
now
I
mean
you
know
the
when
this
was
when
this
was
proposed.
R
It
was
made
into
an
opt-out
system
and
then
right
away,
all
the
landlords
opted
out
and
it
wasn't
pro
it
wasn't
promoted
as
well
as
it
could
have.
You
know
about
the
program
when
it
started,
so
you
know
if
we
would
have
gone
to
that
city-wide
just
like
with
recycling
and
trash
it
would
have
kept
kept
the
cost
down.
So
I
would
love
that
we
could
revisit
that
and
make
put
it
on
par
with
with
the
other
ways
we
charge.
R
You
know
so
in
that
regard,
I
kind
of
put
that
one
on
you
a
little
bit,
because
you
were
involved
with
pushing
that
now.
I
also
applaud
you
for
bringing
up
these
disparities
about
about
charging,
because
you
know
the
more
somebody
generates
in
trash.
You
know
we
should
be.
We
should
be
charging
more
for
that,
instead
of
less
we're,
encouraging
people
to
generate
more
trash
and
not
use
these
progressive
systems
that
we
put
into
place
to
address
that.
R
So,
if
somebody's
composting
and
recycling
sincerely
how
they
make
waste
these
other
systems
that
we
have
in
place,
we
will
bear
the
brunt
of
that
for
for
a
pretty
inexpensive
amount
and
reduce
the
cost
of
this
truck
this
trash,
and
that
was
the
whole
idea.
So
whoever
said
that
in
2000,
you
know
in
those
earlier
days
was
misguided
and
I
would
love
to
see
that
changed.
R
I
mean
there's
other
things
I
could
talk
about
too,
but
you
know
I
mean
if
we
could
get
that
get
on
top
of
that
and
and
get
this
compost
fee
fix.
I
think
we
could
really
improve
our
our
solid
our
solid
waste
fee
structure
and
fairness
and
and
help
reduce
a
lot
of
waste,
and
if
we
want
to
talk
about
returning
some
of
this
to
the
community
that
then,
let's
let's
try
to
figure
that
out.
If
that's
something
we
need,
you
know
we
want
to
do
collectively.
You
know
I
mean
the
world.
R
Is
our
oyster:
let's
make
a
good,
a
good
program
that
that
everybody
can
can
get
behind
and
make
it
our
city
even
more
more
progressive.
I
mean
we're
the
leaders
in
this
pretty
much
in
the
state
of
ohio,
there's
only
one
other
community.
I
know
that
does
curbside
composting
and
that's
on
bexley
and
I
think
we
have
a
better
program.
E
I
just
very,
very
briefly,
want
to
say
a
huge
shout
out
to
the
drivers
and
collectors
of
the
compost,
because
last
week,
when
they
picked
up
my
compost,
they
were
working
really
hard
to
dump
frozen
compost
out
of
the
buckets
and
it
was
cold
and-
and
I
was
really
impressed
at
the
time
that
that
gentleman
took
to
make
sure
he
got
the
buckets
emptied
as
much
as
possible.
So
I
just
didn't
want
the
opportunity
for
a
public
thanks
to
those
workers
to
be
missed.
R
If
we
fix
this
disparity
system
with
our
pricing
will
be
even
better
and
that's
the
model
that
other
people
could
see
that
works
that
can
maybe
get
others
in
an
app
in
ohio.
You
know
to
see
that
how
we
can
progress
into
the
future.
I
mean
that's
that's
good
stuff,
and
you
know
so
when
you're
talking
about
with
these
other
communities.
R
M
F
Just
very
quickly,
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you,
mr
room,
for
coming
up.
Here
I
mean
I,
I
thoroughly
love
and
enjoy
and
relish
the
opportunity
to
get
to
have,
or
at
least
be
a
part
of
a
conversation
with
someone
who's,
so
caring
and
so
knowledgeable
about
their
area
of
expertise.
I
really
appreciate
everything
that
you
and
everybody
all
your
cohorts
do
for
our
community.
So
thank
you
so
much
just
for
being
here
and
for
helping
make
athens
a
better
place.
M
A
G
Okay,
thank
you,
president.
We
have
a
number
of
items
on
our
agenda
tonight,
but
hopefully
we
can
move
through
them.
The
first
item
is
the
public
entities
pool
of
ohio.
This
is
the
ohio.
Revised
code
allows
the
political
subdivisions
to
kind
of
work
together,
and
we
work
with
the
city
of
athens
and
athens
county
on
our
property
and
liability
insurance.
G
This
is
all
our
our
city
property,
all
our
vehicles,
buildings,
all
the
building
contents,
as
well
as
legal
defense,
needs
and
the
claim
payments,
and
this
we're
going
to
get
a
presentation
from
deputy
service
safety
director
cheeky
on
this.
I
believe
he's
going
to
talk
about
premiums
and
our
property
values
and
2021
claims,
etc.
Mr
cheeky,
thank
you
for
being
here.
S
We're
part
of
a
group
called
the
public
entities
pool
of
ohio.
We
call
it
informally
just
pep
or
pep
ohio,
so
if
I
say
pap
or
pep,
that's
what
I
mean
is
public
entities
pool
we're
a
collective.
The
the
group
that
we're
with
is
a
number
of
other
cities,
municipalities,
townships
parks
and
rec
districts.
Villages
did,
I
say,
townships
lots
of
different
groups.
S
I
I
believe,
there's
close
to
600
that
are
part
of
this
entity's
pool
that
we
are
a
part
of,
and
that's
a
good
thing,
because
it
improves
the
services
that
we're
able
to
receive
being
a
part
of
that
group
I'll
skip
over
a
lot
of
this.
Just
it's
it's
in
the
record
for
you
all
to
see
and
understand,
which
is
that
is
established
by
the
ohio,
revised
code
for
municipalities.
S
We
set
a
premium
based
on
what
we
have
so
the
liabilities
that
we
have
the
exposure
that
we
have
for
the
city
that
includes
our
buildings
and
infrastructure,
the
number
of
employees
that
we
have
the
number
of
elected
officials
that
we
have
the
exposures
that
we
might
experience
as
a
result
of
our
cyber
infrastructure,
our
actual
physical
infrastructure,
etc.
So
our
premium
in
2020-
and
this
is
apples
to
apples,
the
closest
that
so
you
can
see
when
we
last
evaluated
this
and
sought
out
alternate
opportunities
for
being
in
an
entity's
pool.
S
We
paid
261
thousand
dollars
and
some
change
under
our
previous
insurance
program
when
we
changed
over
to
pep
in
2021
that
was
reduced
to
250
000
dollars
and
that's
apples
that
was
the
exact
same
stuff
that
we
had
from
one
year
to
the
next.
We
saw
a
reduction
in
a
little
over
ten
thousand
dollars
just
from
changing
programs.
Now
that
sounds
great,
you
know
reducing
the
amount
that
we
pay
out,
but
we
also
have
to
look
very
carefully
at
what
are
we
receiving
in
return?
S
S
You
know,
because
we
map
out
all
of
the
different
infrastructure
that
we
have.
It's
just
part
of
the
standard
package,
so
that's
included
in
there
another
example
would
be
crime
coverage.
So
if
we're
the
victim
of
a
crime
as
opposed
to
an
accident,
you
know-
let's
say,
for
example,
a
car
comes
careening
down.
Second
street
loses
its
brakes,
not
that
this
happened.
Maybe
it
did
and
hit
one
of
her
buildings
and
destroyed
a
truck
as
an
as
an
example.
That's
something
that
would
be
typically
covered
on
any
insurance
program.
S
Now,
if
we
were
the
victim
of
a
specific
crime,
we
had
to
have
an
additional
insurance
coverage
that
we
paid
2
500
for
a
separate,
separate
program.
That's
one
that
we
pulled
out
so
the
savings
that
we
experience
is
even
greater
than
what
is
shown
apples
to
apples
with
our
previous
program
and
the
current
one,
because
we
have
these
other
riders
that
existed,
that
we
had
to
get
additional
coverage
for
to
cover
things
that
we
knew
that
we
needed
to
maintain
a
full
coverage.
S
So
that's
a
lot
of
you
know
just
kind
of
how
the
how
the
nuts
and
bolts
work
our
evaluation.
Just
so
people
understand
kind
of
what
we're
trying.
What
we
cover
is
our
2021
valuation
was,
you
know
almost
6
million
dollars
in
vehicles,
you
think
of
all
the
fire
apparatus
and
police
cars
and
trucks
that
we
have
and
street
sweepers
all
those
things
you
know
it's:
six
million.
S
We
have
additional
heavy
equipment,
that's
stuff
like
backhoes
and
different
diggers,
I'm
going
to
call
them
diggers,
because
my
nephew
calls
them
diggers
that
we
have
and
then
our
property
and
contents
141
million
dollars.
That's
our
wastewater
treatment,
plant
city
buildings,
all
those
pump
stations,
all
the
things
that
people
don't
really
see
that
happens
under
the
ground
that
keeps
everything
moving.
That's
all
part
of
our
overall
infrastructure
and
that
you
know
the
contents
as
well.
The
things
that
we
have
inside
I'll
continue.
I
think
you
all
kind
of
get
the
idea.
S
What
evaluation
was
our
claims
in
2021
this
past
year
over
12
months,
there's
there's
a
few
notable
claims
that
were
made
on
behalf
of
the
city,
meaning
things
that
happened
to
us
that
we
needed
to
file
an
insurance
claim
for
the
two
largest
ones.
And
again,
we
didn't
have
too
many
claims
this
past
year,
which
is
a
which
is
a
good
thing.
S
We've
protected
our
assets,
the
most
notable
is
arts,
west
building
damage
and
a
vehicle
ran
into
the
side
of
the
building,
doing
significant
structural
damage,
and
we
had
a
deductible
for
a
thousand
dollars
on
that
building.
We
we've
been
made
whole
for
a
little
under
forty
five
thousand
dollars
and
unfortunately,
that's
we're
not
quite
complete
with
it
because
of
supply
chain
issues.
So
you'll
see
a
board,
that's
still
up,
because
we
don't
have
a
window
yet,
but
everything
else
is
complete,
so
the
hvac
system
had
to
be
repaired.
S
S
S
S
Additional
activities
and
assessments.
Have
you
know
whenever
you
switch
insurance
programs?
These
these
pools
are
things
that
you
you
have
to
do
that
you're
required
to
do,
there's
other
things
that
you
can,
that
you
can
either
buy
into
or
that
you
get
as
part
of
the
package.
In
this
case
we
got
a
lot
of
really
great
add-on
values
for
changing
into
this
program.
S
Risk
control
assessment
is
something
that
you
have
to
do
so
we
had
a
claims
agent
that
came
that
their
expertise
is
in
risk
assessment
and
they
looked
at
all
of
our
buildings
and
policies
and
procedures
and
and
different
things,
and
they
came
away
with
nine
recommendations
for
the
city
based
on
risk
control.
That's
you
know
how.
B
S
S
Most
most
were
minor
recommendations,
things
that
are
suggestions.
Some
are
things
that
we
really
should
do
so
playground.
Inspections
is
one,
for
example,
where
we're
supposed
to
have
a
certified
playground
inspector,
that's
inspecting
the
parks
on
a
regular
basis
for
safety
things.
Now
that's
a
recommendation.
For
example,
it's
cyber
risk
assessment
was
another
independent
assessment
that
was
provided
by
our
insurance
pool.
They
brought
down
an
individual
that
reviewed
all
of
our
site,
our
cyber
risk
policies
and
procedures.
S
Each
one
of
those
items
has
been
addressed,
but
again
I
can't
stress
enough
how
that
evolves
and
changes,
and
we
need
to
be
very
mindful
of
you
know.
We
have
a
city,
that's
interconnected,
our
city
infrastructures,
to
think
how
our
communications
operate.
How
our
you
know
our
I.t
infrastructure
operates
to
be
able
to
do
things
like
these
presentations,
for
example,.
S
And
then,
finally,
as
far
as
assessments
that
we
we
had
conducted,
we
were
required
to
have
an
independent
building
appraisal.
So
we
had
an
appraiser
from
a
third
party
visit
us
for
about
a
week
and
reviewed
every
piece
of
infrastructure
that
we
had,
including
every
pump
station,
lift
station
the
large
buildings,
the
small
things
that
we
have
every
little
piece
of
you
know
shed
that
we
had
out.
You
know
behind
the
water
treatment
plant,
for
example,
they
they
reviewed
every
single
one
of
those.
S
S
If
there
was
a
catastrophic
event,
even
though
it
was
a
high
cost
to
build.
Originally,
the
risk
for
for
the
deterioration
of
those
buildings
throughout
a
cast
rock
event
is
very,
very
low,
so
they're
reevaluated
for
what
would
be
reasonable,
whereas
we
have
other
infrastructure
that
we
had
severely
underinsured.
S
So,
city
hall
is
an
example
where
it
appreciated
in
value,
because
the
cost
of
replacement
of
a
building
of
this
age
with
this
type
of
history
is
much
more
significant
than
we
had
ensured.
Previously
we
reduced
our
total
insured
value.
That's
what
tiv
stands
for
total
insured
value
by
about
21
million
dollars,
which
will
result
in
additional
savings
in
our
premium
that
we
paid
out
and
that's
again
just
adjusting
and
looking
at
what
we
really
have
insured
and
what
the
values
would
be
for
our
actual
replacement,
which
is
a
good
thing
for
us.
S
S
We
were
part
of
a
program
for
a
very
long
time
that
was
endorsed
by
the
oml
and
several
years
ago.
They
changed
their
recommendation
to
this
program
and
many
thanks
to
our
local
agent
through
this,
which
is
matthews
insurance
and
john
miller
for
suggesting
us,
taking
a
look
at
our
our
insurance
program
that
we
were
in
reevaluating
for
a
better
value
and
better
coverage.
S
We
have
opportunities
for
for
other
little
fun
things
we
get
an
annual
grant
to
be
spent
on
safety
items
each
year
from
the
program.
There
are
additional
law
enforcement
resources
that
we
that
we
have
access
to.
So,
in
addition
to
what
we
subscribe
to
for
our
policies,
we
can
have
different
things
reviewed
by
our
insurance
to
evaluate
risk
and
exposure,
and
it's
really
what
the
point
is
is
to
reduce
our
overall
exposure.
S
G
P
Is
the
value
of
the?
How
do
they
value
the
crime?
I
I
can
think
of
different
scenarios.
Where
say
you
have
a
thief
that
breaks
into
the
garage
and
steals
a
bunch
of
catalytic
converters?
Okay,
that's
one
type,
but
then
you
could
have
another
where
perhaps
a
dishonest
employee
would
somehow
embezzle
several
thousand
dollars
and
that
money
disappears.
P
P
R
S
It's
called
legal
defense
that
would
include
things
like
theft
in
office
outside
crimes
inside
crimes,
a
program
that
I
did
not
mention,
which
is
the
faithful
performance
of
duty,
which
is
a
replacement
for
what
people
traditionally
call
a
bonding,
is
similar
in
nature.
That's
another
thing
that
we're
we're
enmeshed
in
in
this
program
and
I'm
happy
to
provide
all
of
those
individual
categories
and
the
deductibles,
and
most
of
them
are
a
zero
dollar
deductible.
What
we
have
is
a
very,
very
good
insurance
program.
S
H
Yes,
I
don't
have
it
yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
member
eisner.
Well,
thank
you,
andrew.
That
was
very
clear
and
really
appreciate
your
presentation.
I
do
have
a
couple
of
questions.
I
don't
have
the
the
piece
of
paper
in
front
of
me,
but
I
noticed
that
you
were
mentioning
deductibles.
There
was
a
few
of
them
that
had
like
a
fifteen
thousand
dollar
deductible
and
then
a
five
thousand
dollar
coverage.
I
find
that
a
bit
cool.
It
would
be
five
million
dollar
coverage.
H
S
Yeah,
any
of
the
so
a
high
risk
deductible.
Those
are
things
that
you
see
like
five
to
fifteen
thousand
dollars,
nearly
all
of
those
that
I
I
think
that
they're
all
fi
at
least
five
million
dollars
of
coverage
for
those
high
risk
deductibles.
Everything
else
ranges
between
covers
250
000
to
a
million
also,
five
million
dollar
coverages
at
zero
deductible.
M
S
The
pool
was
one
and
again
these
are
recommendations.
We
provide
a
written
response.
Sometimes
it's
a
matter
of
clarification.
So
an
example
from
the
pool
was
a
recommendation
that
we
follow
the
model
aquatic
health
code
that
may
hc,
which
is
a
national
standard.
It's
not
compulsory.
You
know
we're
not
required
by
the
state
of
ohio,
which
is
our
governing
body
for
aquatics.
I
know
a
little
bit
about
aquatics.
S
S
The
monoclock
health
code
generally
outlines
how
often
you
would
test
chemicals,
for
example,
how
much
training
time
you
would
provide
for
staff.
What
that
training
would
look
like,
so
a
modified
health
code
may
say
for
your
zone
coverage
where
you
have
different
lifeguards
that
need
to
be
placed
at
a
certain
distance
to
meet
a
certain
spot
in
place.
It's.
S
S
It's
likely
to
have
have
a
bit
of
an
effect.
In
some
cases
we
may
see
an
increase,
but
in
other
cases
where
we
have
older
vehicles
that
have
less
safety
features
and
equipment,
we
may
see
an
actual
savings.
So
an
example
would
be
you
know
our
police
cruisers,
as
they
have
a
better
rating
for
safety,
because
they're
under
our
insurance
program,
they're
a
high
risk
item
right
because
they're
driving
at
a
higher
speed
on
city
streets,
those
kinds
of
things.
S
G
G
I
believe
the
mayor's
office
has
a
few
ideas
about.
Maybe
how
to
use
this
money,
which
I
I
appreciate.
Are
there
any
questions
about
this
2022
grant
from
the
committee
from
other
members
of
council
public
administration?
You
want
to
comment.
Yes,
please
would
you
like
to
hear
about
some
of
those
possibilities.
I
I
We
all
know
that
now
led
is
way
more
energy
efficient
than
t8
fluorescent
bulbs.
So
what
we'd
like
to
do,
and
I've
tasked
katherine
ann
jordan,
the
director
of
arts
parks
and
rec
to
find
out
what
the
cost
would
be
for
what
was
it
ending
56,
58,
fixtures
and
andy
knows
that,
because
he
counsel
when
he's
in
there
on
the
tournament.
I
I
have
not
gone
that
far
when
I'm
walking
on
the
track
and
counting
them,
but
regardless.
I
think
that
we
have
a
real
opportunity
here
to
see
some
some
great
energy
savings,
at
least
electric
bill
savings
by
switching
over
to
led
lighting,
at
least
the
majority
of
it
in
the
basketball
court,
pickleball
area
of
the
community
center
and
the
walking
track
and
jogging
track.
G
Okay,
moving
on
to
the
next
item
on
our
agenda,
our
appropriations,
so
I
will
go
through
these
and
see
if
there
are
any
questions,
we
need
to
appropriate
65
000
to
the
general
fund,
and
these
are
for
individual
payments
to
the
board
of
elections
in
the
amount
of
twenty
thousand
dollars,
the
auditor's
office,
the
amount
of
twenty
thousand
dollars
and
the
city
county
health
department
in
the
amount
of
twenty
five
thousand
dollars.
That
gives
us
that
total
you
see
on
the
agenda
of
sixty
five
thousand
dollars.
G
J
O
G
O
A
large
amount
of
urgency
with
this
I
have
enough
money
in
the
budget
to
go
ahead
and
move
move
on
this.
However,
I'm
asking
for
council
to
replace
it
basically,
so
you
don't
have
to
suspend
or
anything,
because
we
should
be
able
to
use
the
existing
budget
to
do
it.
It's
just
those
monies
were
marked
for
other
things
when
we
built
the
budget,
so
it
would
be
good
to
have
it
replaced.
G
Next
item
on
the
appropriation
list
is
403
thousand
dollars
to
the
general
fund.
This
is
for
the
loan
repayment
rolling
over
that
loan.
We
have
for
our
ladder
truck
then
there's
three
thousand
dollars
of
interest
there,
so
the
total
being
403
thousand
dollars
the
city
administration
is
recommending
looking
at
paying
off
this
loan
or
recommending
paying
off
this
loan
over
the
next
three
years,
and
so
this
is
just
rolling
over
this
loan.
We
do
have
to
decide
how
much
we
want
to
pay
down
this
loan
in
2022.
G
The
recommendation
from
the
city
administration
is
that
the
city
pays
down
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
get
an
annual
payment
from
a
high
university
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
so
by
using
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
city
of
athens
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
ohio
university
do
that
in
2022
and
2023.
That
would
knock
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
off
of
this
and
then
in
2024,
the
city
of
athens
and
ohio
university.
Would
each
pay
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
knock
this
off
and
get
this
loan
off
our
books?
That's
the
mayor.
I
Yeah,
so
this
come
tomorrow
spot
on.
You
know.
By
doing
it
this
way,
we
will
be
able
to
put
this
note
to
bed
when
we
still
have.
You
know
this
three-year
agreement
with
ohio
university
to
where
this
year,
2023
and
2024
that
they
are
going
to
be
sending
the
city
50
000.
they've
been
doing
it
for
10
years
now.
They
certainly
did
it
for
the
ladder
truck,
which
was
the
first
approach,
and
that
first
five-year
agreement
was
for
250
000.
I
There
was
a
subsequent
five-year
agreement
and
then
this
is
a
three-year
agreement.
So
they've
changed
the
years
the
number
of
years
that
they're
entering
into
this.
So
this
is
just
planning
ahead
for
this
current
three-year
tranche
and
being
able
to
put
this
note
to
bed-
and
this
is
for
the
the
pumper
truck
the
most
recent.
G
Truck
sorry,
yeah,
sorry,
excellent.
Any
questions
from
the
committee
on
this
loan
read
over
other
council
members.
Public
next
item
on
our
list.
Here
is
fifty
thousand
dollar
fifty
thousand
three
hundred
dollars
to
the
street
fund.
This
is
also
for
a
loan
repayment.
This
is
associated
with
university
estates.
It's
actually
two
pieces
of
money,
it's
forty
six
thousand
dollars
in
one
fund
line
and
four
thousand
three
hundred
dollars
and
another
for
that
total
of
fifty
thousand
three
hundred
directly
related
to
university
estates.
O
This
was
a
property
tax
assessment
petition
several
years
ago,
where
the
citizens
requested
this.
We
did
a
project,
took
a
loan
to
do
the
project
and
these
are
paid
by
monies
that
are
taken
into
the
street
fund
by
special
assessment
on
property
taxes.
So
it's
kind
of
a
unique
incidence
instance
in
that
case,.
G
G
Other
members
of
council
public.
Anything
to
add.
Okay.
Next
item
is
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
the
tiff
fund.
This
is
our
tax
incremental
financing
that
the
athens
city,
school
district,
gets
a
piece
of
the
pie.
So
this
is
a
thousand
dollars
that
will
go
to
the
athens
city
schools.
Any
questions
from
the
committee
on
that
item.
Other
members
of
the
council
members
mike
what's.
I
The
revenue
that's
generated
goes
into
the
most
recent
repaving
that
we
we
saw
on
the
sidewalk
improvement
on
the
south
side
of
east
state
street
and
I
believe
40
percent,
of
that
capture,
for
the
increase
in
valuation
of
the
property
is
40,
goes
to
the
school
district.
That's
what
was
negotiated
in
2003
and
then
it
started
realizing
revenue
in
2006
or
seven.
I
believe.
O
This
this
is
the
funds
that
were
used
to
pay
the
debt
on
the
east
state
street
improvements
project
that
widening
state
street,
from
three
lanes
to
five
lanes
in
2002-2003
time
frame
and
at
the
time
the
administration,
the
council
enacted
a
tif
and
struck
an
a
negotiation
with
the
athens
city
school
districts
which
had
to
approve
it
right
such
that
I
believe
it's
45
of
the
revenue
assumed
from
that
tif
goes
to
the
school
district.
The
other
55
goes
to
the
city
to
pay
for
improvements
inside
that
tif
district.
G
Payment,
thank
you.
Good
information
and
the
next
item
last
item
under
appropriations
is
nineteen
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars.
We
need
to
appropriate
to
the
internal
service
for
the
I.t
fund.
This
is
just
an
item
that
we
we
missed
in
the
personnel
ordinance
staffing
ordinance,
which
is
the
medical
costs,
so
the
medical
benefits
for
an
additional
I.t
position
that
is
not
currently
funded,
but
is
in
the
staffing
ordinance
that,
depending
on
how
our
transition
to
our
new
proposed
I.t
structure,
this
position
could
have
the
possibility
of
being
filled.
G
G
P
G
Other
questions,
other
members
of
council
public
anything
to
add
okay,
then
we're
moving
down
to
transfers
so
transfers.
These
are
the
the
the
four
items
that
total
that
appropriation
of
nine
thousand
fingered
one
so
about.
Fourteen
hundred
dollars
to
the
general
fund
for
the
mayor
for
administrative
portions,
of
the
cdbg
grant
2300
to
streets
27
to
water
and
2700
approximately
to
sewer
in
order
to
have
the
administrative
fees
for
those
grants
to
be
in
the
proper
places
that
the
grants
were
actually
connected
to
any
questions
from
committee
members
on
the
cdbg
transfers.
I
G
A
G
A
P
Thank
you,
madam
president,
just
one
bullet
item
transportation
committee
that
covers
a
couple
of
special
events,
requests
ordinances
that
will
come
up.
Essentially,
the
administration
has
put
together
a
list
of
all
the
potential
street
closures
for
this
coming
year.
It's
on
our
disk
drive,
and
I
think
everyone
has
probably
seen
a
copy
of
that,
so
I'm
not
going
to
read
them
all
now.
P
I
will
probably
read
this
first
reading,
but
it
is
an
extensive
list
and
I
I
think
this
procedure
of
getting
everything
done
now
ahead
of
time
before
all
these
things
hit
us,
which
we've
sort
of
done
in
the
past,
is
a
really
good
idea.
So
mr
chicky
would
like
to
get
into
the
the
grass
on
this
and
explain
it
to
us.
S
S
Lastly,
you
may
notice
that
there
aren't
necessarily
streets
associated
within
the
legislation
and
that
is
to
give
a
latitude
if
we
need
to
make
adjustments.
For
example,
there's
an
anticipated
closure
of
a
city
intersection
for
most
of
the
summer
for
construction
raw
university.
We
want
to
be
able
to
be
flexible
to
to
make
movement
around
so
that
we
can
safely
move
traffic
of
people
where
we
need
to
that's
it
in
a
nutshell.
So
if
you
see
it
on
the
list,
it
doesn't
necessarily
mean
it's
going
to
happen
or
not
going
to
happen.
S
A
I
To
add
to
that
and
the
countless
suspension
of
the
rules,
because
someone
came
to
us
late
in
the
game,
this
really
gives
event
organizers
plenty
of
time
to
make
that
judgment
call
as
to
whether
to
host
that
event
or
not.
You
know
as
we're
still
under
the
pandemic,
so
it's
a
great
process
and
just
a
an
educational
moment.
Q
J
I
I
I
mean
it
certainly
is
a
possibility
if
council
wanted
to
cede
that
authority
to
my
office,
the
the
street
closings.
That's
a
council
action
because
council
is
basically
has
the
authority
to
control
the
seats
the
streets
outside
of
a
riot.
You
know
if
they're
or
right,
that's
michael,
so
let's
not
have
one
the
then
there's
also
the
the
noise
ordinance
that
goes
along
with
these,
as
well
as
the
vending
ordinance
again.
I
J
P
E
So
I
I'm
actually
100
with
member
eisner
on
this
particular
issue.
I
believe
it
is
important
for
council
to
maintain
the
authority
of
some
actions
that
we
do
have
and
a
reason
why
this
could
actually
be
important,
that
it
has
multiple
readings
that
are
open
available
to
the
public.
To
come
comment
on
is
because
the
days
that
the
streets
are
closed
and
the
streets
that
are
closed
impact
businesses
and
we
have
some
local
business
owners
who
like
to
have
a
say,
and
sometimes
we've
had
requests
to
close
the
streets.
E
P
F
Remember,
thank
you.
I
was
just
wondering
about
one
event
from
previous
years
spring
to
mind.
I
didn't
know
if
it
would
fall
into
this.
I
feel
like
it
might
be
because
of
the
lions
club
cruises
falling
into
now.
We've
had
several
motorcycle
organizations
or
clubs.
There
was
the
vulcan
writers
one.
I
don't
know
if
we've
reached
out
to
any
of
them
to
see.
If
I
don't
know,
if
that's
the
kind
of
thing
that
would
get
roped
into
this.
S
S
They
have
a
much
larger
calendar
than
we
do
as
far
as
what's
coming
into
the
city,
one
of
the
things
to
council
member
grace's
point
about
the
uptown
businesses.
We
work
very
closely
with
the
uptown
business
association
we
provided
for
them
as
best
as
we
could
ascertain
a
calendar
for
the
year
projected
out,
so
they
had
a
chance
to
look
at
that
and
be
aware
and
provide
input
well
in
advance
of
us
bringing
us
forward
tonight.
A
E
E
O
So
we
established
title
49
several
years
ago
to
get
a
better
handle
on
our
management
of
our
rights
of
women.
There
used
to
be
an
older
mechanism
called
a
revocable
license
for
use
of
the
right
of
way
that
we
basically
took
that
process,
and
we
took
the
process
of
permitting
utilities
which
have
other
authorities
under
the
puco
to
use
public
rights
away
in
ohio
and
roll
them
into
one.
O
You
know
comprehensive
right-of-way
ordinance
in
title
49..
The
special
use
of
the
right-of-way
is
a
is
part
of
the
one-offs
for
not
operation
of
a
system,
so
american
electric
power
doesn't
do
special
use
of
the
right-of-way
permit
every
time
they
put
a
new
pole
somewhere.
However,
if
there's
a
property
owner
who
wants
to
put
a
fence,
that's
inside
the
public
right
away,
then
they
would
have
to
get
especially
used
to
the
right
way.
Permanent.
O
A
couple
of
those
have
come
through
here
recently,
in
most
instances
where
this
is
done
is
when
a
zoning
requirement
requires
a
certain
number
of
parking
spaces
or
if
even
if,
it's
not
a
zoning
requirement.
If
it's
just
in
order
for
a
business
to
operate,
they
they
would
like
to
have
a
certain
number
of
parking
spaces
and
the
right-of-way
goes
several
feet
beyond
the
back
of
the
sidewalk,
which
is
the
case
in
this
particular
instance
on
980
960
state
street.
O
It's
the
case
on
the
coma
trade
one
as
well,
and
that
the
the
plans
basically
call
for
you
know
the
front
of
the
parking
spaces
to
to
come
inside
that
space
from
behind
the
the
sidewalk
and
kind
of
where
they
pull
into
the
parking
space.
So
I
don't
to
answer
your
question.
I
don't
have
a
problem.
I
don't
think
there's
any
safety
issue
with
this.
It
will
be
good
to
see
a
beneficial
reuse
of
these
long
vacant
parcels,
but
you
know
so.
H
G
I
have
no
objections
to
the
use
of
the
right-of-way
and
especially
with
no
safety.
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
when
I
grew
up
here
there
were
no
burritos
and
there
was
no
coffee
shops.
It's
unbelievable
how
the
world
has
changed
and
we
now
have
how
many
coffee
shops
and
how
many
places
to
get
a
burrito,
I'm
not
against.
G
You
know
business
and
new
businesses
and
a
new
tax
base
and
using
properties
that
haven't
been,
but
I
am
just
really
surprised
at
the
number
of
corporations
that
now
provide
these
that
we
didn't
have
in
the
old
days,
but
woolworth's
worked
pretty
well.
The
trish
is
big
boy.
How
far
back
do
people
go?
I
mean
come
on
all
right.
Thank.
E
O
P
E
J
Yes,
we're
saying
back
in
the
days
of
black
and
white
tv,
but
no
seriously.
I
went
out
to
to
piggyback
on
mr
stone's
comments.
I
went
out
and
walked
that
property,
and
the
thing
I
like
about
this
is
that
makes
parking
in
the
right
of
way
legal,
because
right
now
there
is
an
inordinate
amount
of
business
parking
in
the
right-of-way
on
east
state
street.
That
is
not
legal,
which
also
impairs
sight
lines
for
drivers
coming
out
of
the
nine
streets
on
the
far
east
side,
and
it's
a
real
safety
issue.
J
So
to
be
able
to
do
this
in
a
way,
that's
both
legal,
been
reviewed
and
safe
is
very
good.
The
second
part
of
this
is
what
they're
moving
is
if
you've
looked
at
the
drawings
they're
moving
the
business
closer
to
east
state
street,
so
they
don't
have
to
go
in
the
back
and
start
bulldozing
the
hill
and
creating
who
knows
what
kind
of
problems
from
that
so
yeah?
I
would
agree
with
mr
stone
wholeheartedly.
E
Thank
you
for
that
comments,
and
I
well.
I
am
guessing
at
members
if's
thoughts
and
comments.
I
would
say
that
I
love
and
support
our
local
uptown
businesses
and
I,
but
I
think
that
there's
value
in
having
active
businesses
rather
than
vacant
spaces,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
the
the
new
businesses
and
hope
that
that
they
are
successful.
I
I
do
and
I'll
be
brief.
You
know
you
know
for
me
and
looking
at
this
improvement
or
development,
you
know
it's
a
currently.
It's
a
gravel
parking
lot,
which
has
posed
challenges
to
gravel
flowing
into
east
state
street
after
having
repaved
it
in
2019
and
so
that'll
be
a
big
improvement
to
have
a
paved
drive,
and
the
other
thing
is.
This
is
within
the
tif
area
that
we
were
talking
about
earlier
tonight.
O
E
E
That
is
at
least
the
plan
brought
here
by
marietta
memorial,
and
this
is
a
request
to
utilize
the
public
right-of-way
to
establish
parking
and
a
monument
sign
for
the
new
freestanding
hospital
emergency
department
and,
like
the
other,
they
have
completed
the
permit
application
and
provided
schematics.
So
I
found
there's
a
little
bit
harder
to
read
than
than
those
provided
for
east
state
street,
but
it
includes
diagrams
of
the
proposed
site.
Are
there
any
comments
or
questions
related
to
this
right
away?
Use
permit.
F
I
Yeah,
I
don't
know
that
I
don't
know
is
my
answer
that
question.
I
can
easily
find
that
out
for
you
as
to
whether
it'll
be
a
trauma
level
tax,
I
don't
know
I
will
share
with
council.
You
know
in
conversations
with
the
ceo,
mr
cantley,
that
you
know
this
is
going
to
bring
initially
60
new
jobs
into
the
city
of
athens
and
they
do
have
plans
for
a
phase
two
as
it
goes
on,
which
would
be
an
additional
100
plus
employees.
To
that.
So
I
view
this
as
a
real.
I
Great
opportunity
for
the
city
of
athens
as
we
move
forward
so
and
it's
you
know
it's
an
area
of
athens
that
we've
seen
slow
to
develop
on
columbus
road,
so
that'll
also,
hopefully
help
spur,
because
with
something
like
this
of
its
size,
it's
not
inconceivable
to
start
to
see.
Potentially
some
restaurants
go
in.
E
Just
one
minute
just
quickly,
looking
the
marietta
hospital
is
a
level
three
that
does
not,
of
course
mean
that
the
freestanding
emergency
department
in
athens
would
also
be
a
level
three
trauma
center.
But
there
are
the
hospital.
Is
a
level
three
trauma
center.
So
there's
that
much
information
are
there
any
other
questions
from
council
members
or
administration.
H
Member
grace
yes,
yeah,
just
a
couple
things.
First
of
all
I
mean
this
is
a
general
comment,
but
you
know
we're
constantly
reading
about
hospitals
closing
in
rural
areas
all
over
the
country.
I'm
so
surprised
that
we've
gotten
this
much
medical
facilities
concentrated
in
this
small
town.
I
you
know
I
I'm
thrilled.
I
think
I
hope
this
is
going
to
be
a
go
and
it's
going
to
be
really
helpful
to
the
community
in
the
county
and
all
that,
but
I
have
to
admit
I'm
I'm
curious,
but
my
other
comment
is
similar
to
the
last
one.
H
I
H
H
I
I
You
know
so
that
we're
not
seeing
people
have
to
go
from,
say
ainsville
or
chansey
or
any
other
villages
that
are
nearby
and
having
to
go
either
all
the
way
up
north
to
columbus
or
across
the
river
to
parkersburg,
and
so
this
is
you
know.
I
I
think
this
is
wonderful.
Having
you
know,
more
hospitals
here
means
that
we
will
slowly
start
to
be
recognized
as
a
hub
in
which
healthcare
or
stabilization
can
occur
here.
Certainly,
if
someone's
had
a
real,
you
know
something
that
can't
be
managed
here.
I
O
It
was
acquired
back
back
in
1948
when
the
club
show
was
built
as
the
state
highway
through
that
particular
area.
So
many
many
many
businesses
on
columbus
road
have
special
use
of
the
railway
permits
for
signs
or
parking
because
of
the
width
of
the
right-of-way.
Now
I'm
not
advocating
that
the
city
vacate
that
right
away,
you
know,
I
think
it's
good
to
have
that
control
and
the
ability
to
expand
both
utilities
and
and
lanes
in
the
future.
O
However,
it's
almost
impossible,
given
the
the
flood
aspect
of,
what's
going
on
over
there,
for
a
business
to
develop
without
putting
a
sign
or
parking
in
the
right
of
way,
and
so
I
think
it's
an
appropriate
use
in
this
particular
case.
I
can
talk
to
you
for
a
long
time
about
this
partial.
What's
going
on
under
the
ground
there
and
a
couple
of
lawsuits
that
we
we
were
subject
to
because
of
what
was
going
on
on
the
ground
there
and
this
project
is
solving
all
of
those.
So
I'm.
G
Thank
you,
member
grace,
I'm
all
for
this
as
well.
I
believe
this
is
in
the
wellhead
protection
zone
director
stone,
so
that
should
obviously
be
considered
not
that
this
business
is
going
to
do
anything
for
the
wellhead
area.
I
just
thought
I'd
add
to
my
list:
burritos,
coffee
and
healthcare
right.
We
had
sheltering
arms.
That
was
it.
Q
E
K
Paisley
61
franklin
a
brief
question
for
the
mayor,
so
you
gave
you
know,
job
numbers
of
60
and
maybe
100
if
they
expand.
Is
that
like
permanent
full-time
positions
or
is
that
in
just
the
building
process,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
times
when
things
talk
about
bringing
jobs
to
the
area?
It's
just
in
the
building
process.
Yeah.