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Athens City Council - January 3, 2022
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The
next
item
of
business
will
be
taken
care
of
in
two
motions.
One
is
the
selection
of
the
president
pro
tem.
These
positions
are
usually
decided
on
by
or
by
seniority
they
have
been
in
the
past
and
so
council
member
reisner
is
our
longest
serving
council
member
and
has
agreed
to
act
as
president
pro
tem.
If
I
could
have
a
motion
for
his
selection
as
that,
so.
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Okay
by
council
members-
frank
a
second
second
by
council
members,
if
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed,
nay,
and
thank
you
very
much
council
member
eisner.
Whenever
the
need
arises.
The
next
motion
will
be
for
an
acting
pro
tem
position
and
that
would
go
to
the
next
senior
members
and
council
members.
Grace
and
crowl
have
both
served
the
longest
time
and
council
member
next
longest
time
and
council
member
grace
has
agreed
to
fill
this
position.
So
if
we
could
have
a
motion
for
appointing
her
as
acting
pro
tem.
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By
council,
member
as
if
in
a
second
second
council
members
bialnes
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
motion
carries
and
thank
you
councilmember
grace
next
is
a
designation
of
lisa
eliason
as
our
parliamentarian,
and
did
I
hear
lisa's
that
you're
saying
that
you're,
the
first
woman
law
director
in
the
city
city
of
athens-
and
we
are
very
fortunate
to
have
you
and
I
know,
100
years,
and
I
know
that
you
have
worked
at
the
city
for
a
long
time.
Also
right.
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Next,
we
do
have
some
communications
that
have
occurred
while
we
were
away
these
last
few
weeks
in
december,
the
first
of
which
is
a
letter
from
john
spaforth
who
has
written
to
the
council
before
with
concerns
of
runoff
on
the
property
at
seven
brown
avenue,
and
he
writes
to
us
this
time
to
let
us
know
that
he
has
sold
this
property
and
let
the
new
owner
be
aware
of
the
situation
there.
So
I
did
want
to
record
that
we
have
received
that
communication.
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The
next
items
are
from
the
division
of
liquor,
control
out
of
the
department
of
commerce,
and
there
are
three
notices.
One
is
a
name
change
from
ca,
gold
limited.
It
was
doing
business
as
dale's
bp
on
50
north
court
and
the
name
changes
to
parmar
oil
company,
and
so
that
that
is
just
a
name
change
going
through.
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D
Now
the
city
also
filed
a
complaint
and
motion
for
injunctive
relief
and
the
common
police
court
combined
the
two:
the
motion
for
injunctive
relief,
complaint
and
motion
along
with
the
appeal
and
right
now,
the
stage
we're
in
is
deciding
what
additional
evidence
will
be
allowed
by
the
court
and
we
have
a
telephone.
Actually,
we
have
an
in-person
conference
and
about
two
weeks
so
briefs
have
not
been
written
yet
and
again.
At
this
point,
the
drive-in
drive
through
there
at
7
50
east
state
does
not
have
a
zoning
permit
for
such
a
business.
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The
last
item
for
communication
is
from
two
places
is
from
the
ohio
municipal
league,
that
reported
a
few
weeks
ago
on
december
17th.
The
legislation
that
has
been
proposed
house
bill
512,
and
this
is
the
public
safety
pension,
modernization
act
and
they
are
requesting
that
the
rates
for
cities
and
villages
paying
into
retirement
comp
contributions
for
ohio,
police
and
firefighters
be
increased
to
26.5
percent
for
both
police
and
fire.
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Then,
several
days
later,
we
had
a
request
from
our
auditor
kathy
hecht,
who
said
she
respectfully
respectfully
requests
that
city
council
members
consider
a
resolution
to
be
sent
to
our
ohio
representatives
regarding
this
employer
contribution
and
knowing
that
some
council
members
are
brand
new.
I
will
forward
this
email
and
the
ohio
municipal
league
and
then
suggest
that
if
council
members
are
interested,
what
we
can
do
is
discuss
it
at
committee
next
week
with
a
little
bit
more
information
and
time
for
reading
and
then
consider
whether
or
not
we'd
want
to
issue
a
resolution
opposing
it.
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D
So
good
evening,
everyone
we
have
four
new
members
of
council.
While
we
really
have
two
but
two
that
are
recent
members.
Every
year.
On
the
first
meeting
in
january,
I
give
an
annual
report
of
business,
we're
we
are
a
statutory
city
and
we
are
bound
by
the
ohio,
revised
code
and
the
ohio
revised
code
requires
me
on
the
first
meeting
in
january
to
give
a
report
of
what
my
office
has
been
doing
for
the
last
year.
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So
my
office
is
the
office
of
the
law,
director
and
city
prosecutor
and
by
law.
I
am
obligated
to
also
prosecute
misdemeanor
cases.
We
have
a
lot,
I'm
going
to
tell
you
we
have.
Oh.
Last
year
we
had
19,
oh
700,
1763
cases
would
be
impossible
for
me
to
do
my
duties
as
law
director
and
also
to
prosecute
all
those
cases.
So
the
app
and
city
code
and
the
ohio
revised
code.
Both
allow
me
to
appoint
prosecutors
and
in
our
office
we
have
three
full-time
prosecutors.
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Our
office
is
obligated
under
the
high
revised
code
to
prosecute
that
case.
We
do
a
wide
variety
of
cases.
So,
in
addition
to
prosecuting
for
the
athens
city
police,
we
prosecute
for
the
admins
county
sheriff
the
ohio
state,
highway
patrol
ohio
department
of
liquor,
control,
various
state
agencies
and
ohio
university
police.
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Now
the
ohio
revised
code
also
says
that
we
do
get
some
additional
compensation
and
that
comes
from
the
board
of
county
commissioners
and
I'll.
Tell
you
about
that
in
just
a
moment
how
much
we
received
from
them,
so
the
misdemeanor
cases
are
prosecuted
in
municipal
courts
and
in
2021
there
were
7
350
criminal
traffic
and
ovi
cases
filed
in
athens
county
municipal
court.
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D
So,
on
page
two,
I
have
this
broken
down
by
defendants,
who
had
an
attorney
who
did
not
have
an
attorney
and
we
had
some
carryover,
but
we
prosecuted
1763
cases.
Page
three
tells
you
all
the
additional
services
our
prosecutors
perform,
and
one
note
is
at
the
bottom
of
page
three.
We
collected
our
office
collected
21,
265
dollars
and
61
cents
in
restitution
for
victims.
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Our
chief
city
prosecutor,
she's,
available
day
or
night
to
give
advice
to
law
enforcement
and
she's
also
provided
training
to
the
athens
city
police.
Some
of
my
duties
are
outlined
on
page
four
things
that
I
did.
I
think
that
probably
one
of
the
most
significant
accomplishments
this
year
was
that
I,
along
with
many
other
people,
including
member
grace
our
church
of
council
debbie
walker.
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D
Some
of
the
other
interesting
things
I
did
this
year
well,
I
always
meet
with
the
prosecutors
weekly
to
discuss
the
cases
I
review
ordinances
resolutions
I
administer
oaths.
I
review
contracts,
agreements
bonds,
I
meet
with
outside
counsel.
We
have
such
for
civil
matters
involving
the
city
I
meet
with
the
boards
and
commissions.
I've
provided
training.
D
What
I
do
for
the
city
school
district
is
I'm
in
a
situation
where
a
private
citizen
can
test
the
valuation
of
their
property.
The
city
school
district
obviously
has
an
interest
in
that
and
if
property
value
were
lowered,
so
when
there's
a
complaint,
I've
for
many
years
decades,
maybe
file
counter
complaints
on
behalf
of
the
athens
city,
school
district.
D
Page
5
talks
about
what
cases
we
have
pending
and
I
guess
I
could
try
to
knock
on
wood.
But
we
completed
one
case
in
2021.
There
were
three
cases
filed
in
2021
and
pending
at
the
end
of
2021,
two
were
board
of
zoning
appeals
cases,
and
then
one
was
the
complaint
and
motion
for
injunctive
relief.
The
city
filed
appendix
a
just
gives
you
a
general
idea
of
the
kinds
of
cases.
A
lot
of
people
will
come
into
court
and
not
get
attorney
representation.
D
That
was
1085
and,
as
I
said
before,
there
were
some
carryover
cases,
but
you
know
our
office
prosecutes
everything
from
a
speed
or
disorderly
conduct,
all
the
way
up
to
domestic
violence,
which
is
the
most
serious
operating
under
the
influence
in
vehicular
manslaughter.
So
it's
a
wide
variety
of
cases
and.
D
Sometimes
we
could
have
a
conversation
about
domestic
violence
and
a
lot
of
times
a
victim
will
come
in
and
after
the
charge
has
been
filed,
request
to
have
a
case
dismissed,
and
it
takes
quite
a
bit
of
time
for
our
prosecutors
to
work
with
the
victim.
There
are
victim
advocates
available
and
there
just
isn't
a
diversion
program.
Thank
you.
It's
probably
domestic
violence
is
probably
the
area
that
we
are
always
that
we
lose
sleep
over
if
we
have
a
domestic
violence
case
where
we're
worried
about
the
victim.
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B
C
C
That
survey
will
now
go
to
the
combination,
task
force,
racial
equity
coalition,
and
they
will
be
looking
at
the
items
on
the
questionnaire.
I
have
some
details
to
share
with
that
group
as
they
start
to
go
through
information
that
came
from
nlc
on
the
items.
There's
two
different
groupings
of
items
in
there
there's
foundational
items
and
those
are
items
that
cannot
be
changed.
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Otherwise
it'll
lose
the
reliability
and
validity
of
the
survey
itself
and
then
there
is
the
opportunity
to
modify
some
of
the
questions
that
are
secondary,
questions
that
are
in
that
survey
and
to
add
questions
so
more
to
come
on
that.
But
you
know
the
long
path
will
continue
to
be
long
very
long,
but
it
was
good
to
finally
get
that
survey
from
nlc
and
have
things
moving
forward
so
more
to
come
on
the
assessment
and
training
for
the
city,
employees
for
the
city
of
athens
when
it
comes
to
race,
equity,.
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A
Our
first
one
is
a
motion
to
accept
the
november
2021
financial
reports.
If
I
could
have
a
motion
for
approval
so
boo
by
council
members,
if
in
a
second
second
okay,
council
member
mccary,
all
right
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
I
oppose
nay,
the
motion
carries
and
the
reports
have
been
accepted.
The
next
one
is
a
report
to
a
motion
to
accept
the
november
2021
credit
card
transactions,
and
if
we
can.
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A
Your
help,
maybe
even
a
finger
in
the
air.
Okay,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
I
oppose
nay,
the
motion
carries
the
next.
One
is
a
confirmation
of
the
mayor's
appointment
to
the
city
county
health
board
and
dr
carl
ortman
has
agreed
to
serve
on
the
board
for
us
if
I
could
have
a
moment,
councilmember
swank.
E
I've
lived
in
athens
for
43
years,
and
I've
had
two
doctors.
First
one
was
dr
john
ortman
and
the
second
one
is
carl,
dr
carl
ortman.
This
is
an
outstanding
choice
and
that
compliment
the
mayor
on
bringing
him
forward.
As
a
member
of
the
the
city
county,
health
board,
excellent
choice,
good
all
right.
B
F
A
Another
announcement
that
we
have
is
that
next
week
we
will
be
having
committees,
and
I
think
we've
started
with
a
fair
list
already
and
council
committee
chairs.
If
you
could
let
our
clerk
of
council
debbie
walker,
please
know
by
wednesday
any
items
that
you
might
have
for
the
agenda
and
then
we'll
work
towards
getting
any
necessary
documents
on
the
google
drive
so
that
people
can
read
ahead
of
time
any
other
announcements
from
folks,
council,
members
or
elected
officials.
A
Okay,
all
right,
we
always
have
an
opportunity
for
citizens
to
speak
on
legislative
items
and
city
services
not
covered
on
the
agenda.
Is
there
anyone
wishing
to
speak
tonight?
No,
no!
Okay,
all
right!
Thank
you
with
that.
Then
I'll
accept
a
motion
to
adjourn
so
moved
by
council
member
mccary
seconded
by
council
members.
If
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed,
nay
motion
carries
and
we
are
adjourned
at
7
33
pm.
Thank
you.