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Athens City Council - September 19, 2022
A
A
And
welcome
to
Athens
city
council,
it's
Monday
September
19th
at
7
pm
and
tonight
we
are
in
a
regular
business
session.
Our
first
item
of
business
is
establishing
a
quorum
and
all
members
of
council
are
present.
The
next
item
of
business
is
disposition
of
the
minutes
before
the
meeting
held
on
September
6
2022.
If
I
could
have
a
motion
to
approve
those,
please.
A
We
next
have
communications
and
I
did
in
the
past
few
weeks,
receive
a
copy
of
a
brief
letter
addressed
to
Lieutenant
spear
with
the
Athens
Police
Department,
and
just
wanted
to
share
a
few
of
the
details
with
you.
It's
not
often
that
we
get
very.
We
get
positive
comments,
Now
hidden
now
and
again,
but
it's
nice
to
have
this
in
writing
also,
and
it
says
Dear
Lieutenant
spear
this
past
weekend
was
the
one
year
anniversary
of
our
son
being
saved
by
your
actions.
A
A
As
you
reported
to
me
that
person
was
cocked
and
ready
to
go
with
another
punch.
Our
son's
doctor
told
him
that
had
the
punch
happened,
it
likely
would
have
been
fatal
punch
didn't
occur
because
you
were
there
and
you
stopped
the
person.
There's
no
way
I
can
ever
repay
the
debt
and
I
realized
for
you
that
this
was
probably
just
another
day
on
the
job,
but
they
report
that
they
were
asleep
and
not
even
knowing
what
what
had
happened.
He
says,
but
you
were
there
doing
your
job.
We
thank
you.
A
The
Athens
Police
Department
that
put
you
there
I've
known
three
people
that
had
to
bury
a
child
for
each
of
them.
It
was
a
wound
that
never
heals!
So
thank
you
so
much
for
sparing
us
that
pain,
so
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
with
a
community.
I.
Think
that's
that
that's
the
caliber
of
of
employees
that
we
have
here
in
the
city,
and
we
often
see
that
teamwork
and
it's
not
often
that
we
get
to
share
the
comments
publicly.
So.
D
On
Prevention
Week
in
in
the
United
States
of
America-
and
we
are
celebrating
it
here
in
Athens
about
the
city
and
the
university
combined
on
efforts
to
keep
pollution,
particularly
out
of
our
waterways.
D
We
had
climate
and
sustainability
ambassadors,
doing
a
Court
Street
sweep
today
as
well
as
marking
storm
drain
storm
drains
that
the
flow
to
the
Hocking
River,
so
so
nothing
down
the
drain,
but
rain,
and
we
will
be
at
the
alumni
gate
on
Wednesday,
seeing
if
citizens
can
tell
the
difference
between
good
old
Athens,
tap
water
and
bottled
Spring
Water
I'm,
going
to
bet
that
you
can't
tell
the
difference
but
come
on
down
and
prove
me
wrong,
and
there
are
other
events
happening
all
week.
So
thank
you.
Okay,.
E
Thank
you,
president
Eisley,
a
similar
just
a
reminder
or
notification,
people
that
aren't
aware
the
Athens
County
Health
Department
is
having
a
flu
shot
drive
through
tomorrow
from
9
A.M
until
noon
at
the
Athens
County
Fairgrounds,
it's
free
you!
Just
if
you
go
onto
their
website,
you
can
print
off
the
forms
ahead
of
time.
Fill
them
out
just
roll
up
give
them
the
paperwork.
Get
your
flu
shot
easy
peasy.
C
So
one
of
our
members
of
our
sidewalk
committee
reminded
me
to
let
all
of
you
know
that
we're
having
next
week
on
September
27th
at
5,
30
pm
at
Athens
Uncorked,
the
Athens
curbside
conversation
so
come
in
here
about
what
the
Athens
pedestrian
accessibility
committee
is
working
on
chat
with
us
about
what
you
would
like
to
see
with
your
experience,
rolling
or
walking
or
biking
for
that
matter,
but
I
guess
that's
rolling
too.
C
Anybody
that
doesn't
know
where
Athens
on
corked
is
it's
on
14th
Station,
Street
in
Athens
nearby,
so
I
hope
you
come
on
out
and
let
us
know
what
you
think
about
our
sidewalks
because
we're
deep
in
the
middle
of
trying
to
make
a
good
report
on
what
we
need
in
this
community.
Thank
you.
Okay,
thanks.
F
Thank
you,
president
nicely
with
our
councils,
and
our
cities
continue
to
work
with
diversity
and
inclusion.
This
is
also
an
appropriate
time
to
remind
everyone
and
acknowledge
the
start
of
Hispanic
latinx
Heritage
Month,
which
would
have
begin
on
September
15th
and
will
last
until
mid-october
and
we're
also
preparing
to
usher
in
LGBT,
History
Month,
which
happens
during
the
month
of
October,
both
being
great
opportunities
to
educate
yourselves
about
terminology
and
histories.
That
help
explain
why
these
historical
celebration
still
happen
today.
Thanks
very
much.
A
Okay,
we'll
move
on
to
Communications
and
reports
from
other
elected
officials,
and
we
have.
We
usually
go
with
the
law
director's
office
and
tonight
in
law
director
and
license
place.
We
have
our
assistant
law
director,
Jesse
branner,
hilt-fittle
who's
joining
us
and
do
you
have
any
reports
for
us
tonight?
I
do
not
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Auditor
Hecht.
A
H
Again,
I
just
wanted
to
come.
I
haven't
been
here
for
a
few
months,
so
I
want
to
stop
by
and
just
let
everybody
know
we're
still
working.
Obviously
you
all
did
get
your
reports.
If
you
have
any
questions
on
those,
please,
as
I've
always
said,
feel
free
to
email
me
or
call,
and
and
ask
that's
what
I'm
here
for
more
than
anything,
I
really
just
came
because
I
wanted
to
just
give
a
little
credit
where
the
credit
is
due.
H
H
We
we
worked
together
and
kind
of
got
through
the
first
month,
but
I
I
really
want
to
just
give
the
credit
where
it's
due
the
auditor's
office
at
this
point
is
running
so
smoothly
that
my
job
is
very
easy,
so
Kathy,
Leanna,
Woods,
Sarah,
Cherry,
Jessica
covert,
the
newest
hire
are
just
doing
an
amazing
job
as
well
as
Crystal
Welch
and
Tiny
brickles
over
in
the
income
tax
department.
Again,
I
cannot
say
enough
on
their
behalf
to
just
say
what
an
awesome
job
they
do.
They
make
my
life
so
easy.
H
Everything
is
done
so
well
over
there
that
when
I
go
in
to
do
what
I
need
to
do,
it's
just
this
very
smooth
process
at
this
point,
so
I
kind
of
really
want
to
just
come
tonight
to
give
them
the
credit,
especially
I
kind
of
want
to
mention
Jessica
cover,
because
she
has
just
been
working
as
in
you
know:
she's
only
been
there
a
couple
months,
but
she
has
just
been
working
so
hard
to
learn
the
job
and
do
it
so
well
that
it's
it's
just
made
life
a
lot
easier.
So.
A
A
A
nice
segue
into
it
to
reporting
that
with
the
city
council,
members
did
receive
a
copy
of
the
audit
that
was
performed
for
the
city
of
Athens
and
we
came
through
with
an
audit
well
done,
and
the
team
and
all
the
Departments
I
know
the
Departments
and
the
city
are
asked
to
pull
papers
and
show
things
and
kind
of
on
notice,
especially
during
covet.
There
wasn't
a
lot
of
advance
notice,
and
so
we
appreciate
the
efforts
of
everyone
to
get
that
that
report
prepared
and
done
in
a
timely
fashion.
I
I
have
several
items
I'd
like
to
share
one
I
think,
most
importantly
and
utter
heck.
Please
I'm
not,
hopefully
not
taking
the
wind
out
of
your
sales
at
all
or
anything,
but
the
city
for
the
2021
income
tax
filing
there
is
an
extension
of
the
deadline
and
that
deadline
is
Monday.
October
17th,
it's
to
remind
individuals
that
that
deadline
to
file
your
Ohio
city
income
tax
returns
or
this
filing
an
extension
of
deadlines.
I
I
On
the
city's
website
as
a
reminder,
but
that's
good
news
for
everyone,
councilmember
crawl,
you
know
you
and
I
agree
on
a
lot
of
things,
but
I'm
going
to
push
back
a
little
bit.
Our
water
is
much
better
than
any
spring
water
out
there.
So
I'm
just
going
to
share
that
with
you
and
with
the
listening
audience
tonight,
I
have
been
asked
to
sit
on
a
panel
at
the
urban
sustainability
directors
Network
in
Indianapolis
on
October
2nd
through
the
4th.
As
a
keynote
speaker,
it's
a
keynote
panel
talking
about
the
city's
carbon
fee.
I
I
was
just
in
Dayton
last
week
on
a
similar
panel
at
a
different
conference,
but
also
speaking
on
our
carbon
fee,
our
carbon
fee
for
a
city,
the
only
city
in
the
state
of
Ohio
that
has
a
Community
Choice
carbon
fee,
has
has
really
got
a
lot
of
attention.
It's
been
slow,
I
mean
we
passed
it
back
in
2018,
but
it's
now
starting
to
pick
up,
as
everyone
is
starting
to
have
that
conversation
about
decarbonization
and
the
things
that
we
can
be
doing
if
ours
so
I'll,
be
in
Indianapolis.
I
So,
unfortunately,
on
this
city
council,
that
night,
but
I'll
be
doing
good
things.
Trust
me
I
also
want
to
mention
that
we
received
notice
that
the
national
league
of
cities,
race,
equity
and
Leadership
has
created
an
Institute
and
they
are
looking
for
proposals
from
13
cities
Across
the
Nation.
I
We
have
been
doing
so
much
work
in
this
this
space
that
I
have
spoken
with
council
member
Micah
McCary,
as
well
as
our
new
deia
coordinator,
Lacey,
Lacy,
Rogers,
Lacey
and
I
would
be
the
third
it's
a
team
of
three
people:
three
individuals
from
municipality,
so
we're
going
to
be
applying
to
be
one
of
the
charter
groups
to
go
through
this
institute.
I
I
can
share
with
Council
and
possibly
put
this
online
a
truncated
version
as
to
what
the
institute's
description
is,
because
it's
lengthy
and
I'm
not
going
to
read
it
on
council
tonight,
but
that
deadline
for
submission
is
this
Friday
and
we
believe
that
we
have
a
good,
a
good
base
for
putting
that
application
together.
Working
with
council
member
McCary
and
with
Lacey
Rogers,
and
then
selection
announcement
will
take
place
on
October
7th,
so
it'll
be
a
pretty
quick
turnaround.
Like
I
said,
I
think
that
that
we
will
probably
do
well
in
applying
for
that
Institute.
I
The
last
thing
I
want
to
share
with
council
tonight
is
we
have
a
new
intern
working
for
the
mayor's
office
and
he
happens
to
be
here
tonight.
We
have
drew
Longaberger
I
know:
Drew
is
here
he
is
going
to
be
working
on
special
projects
and
we
have
lots
of
them
here
in
the
city
of
Athens.
I
So
he's
going
to
be
working
closely
with
the
deputy
service
safety
director
and
with
my
office
as
we
have
new
programs
and
and
new
initiatives,
so
he's
going
to
have
his
plate
full
because
all
of
our
plates
are
full
in
the
city
Administration
right
now,
so
Drew
welcome
to
the
team
yeah
sure.
Thank
you
present
nicely.
That
concludes
my
reports.
Some
Communications
thank.
B
You-
and
this
is
something
we've
talked
about
a
few
different
times
now
here
in
Council.
It
is
authorizing
the
city
to
create
a
new
Economic
Development
tool,
so
we
have
a
new
tool
in
our
toolkit
for
different
economic
development
projects
and,
as
they
may
come
up
specifically,
possibly
the
Armory,
but
this
would
give
us
some
some
options
as
we
look
towards
Economic
Development
within
our
community.
A
J
Here
I
am
a
student
at
Ohio,
University
and
and
also
an
intern
at
woub,
but
anyway,
I'm
curious.
What
will
this
ordinance?
What
benefit?
What
are
the
the
benefits
of
this
ordinance
to
Athens
Economic
Development.
B
Well,
it
allows
the
city
to
create
an
entity
that
is
the
Athens
Community
Improvement
corporation,
that
has
different
options,
particularly
in
terms
of
financing
projects
and
also
eligibility
for
Grants,
so
Grant
financing
and
also
loan
financing.
There
are
different
options
for
a
corporation
than
a
city
or
other
Municipal
entity,
and
so
that's
one
of
the
primary
benefits
and
I
would
defer
to
our
city
Administration.
If
there
are
other
benefits,
they
would
like
to
highlight.
I
The
other
thing
that
the
cic
has
the
power
to
do,
which
we
certainly
see
as
being
an
advantage
of
having
a
cic,
is
for
the
disposal
of
difficult
to
dispose
of
properties
within
that
the
city
owns
or
properties
that
we've
been
challenged
with
finding
the
right
use
for,
because,
typically
when
we
dispose
of
a
parcel
which
is
under
council's
control
to
dispose
of
the
property,
it
has
to
go
out,
sealed
bid
the
highest
bidder
and
where
we
likely
would
not
know
who
that
is
or
what
the.
I
J
I
I
I
think
maybe
one
way
to
frame
it.
Sorry,
sir
I,
you
know
meeting
I
apologize.
A
J
A
B
B
A
F
Thank
you,
president
nicely
as
discussed
previously,
this
project
includes
upgrades
to
existing
City,
lift
stations
and
installation
of
a
new
Gravity
enforced
Mains
sewer
sections,
and
this
is
an
upgrade
to
a
lift
station
at
Richland,
Richland,
Avenue
and
State
Route
682
yeah
I
think
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
helpful
enhancement
to
our
infrastructure
and
would
encourage
folk
support.
A
K
A
There
was
a
motion,
could
I
have
a
second,
then
please
thank.
F
K
F
Thank
you,
president
Eisley.
This
is
a
very
minor
definition
change
that
has
been
discussed
at
recent
meetings
and
does
not
change
any
of
the
responsibilities
of
The
Advisory
board,
so
I
would
move
that
we
adopt
105
22.
Second,.
G
A
D
Thank
you,
president
Eisley
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
107
22.
Second,
thank
you,
member
Grace,
there's
a
number
of
items
in
section
one
of
this
ordinance
discussed
at
committee
and
at
first
reading,
including
seven
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
for
upgrading
our
code,
twenty
one
thousand
seven
hundred
dollars
for
reimbursement
of
Ohio
history,
connection,
Grant,
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
the
Sewer
debt
fund
to
pay
our
sewer
debt
payment
and
two
thousand
one
hundred
and
seventy
dollars
to
the
sanitation
fund,
which
is
the
receipt
of
our
litter
Grant.
Thank
you,
president.
D
L
A
We'll
now
have
ordinances
for
second
reading,
and
these
three
readings
of
ordinances
are
required
by
the
Ohio
Revised
Code
and
we
work
them
in
reverse
order.
So
you
may
have
noticed
we
had
third
readings
first
and
they
were
voted
on
these
ordinances.
For
second
reading,
I
will
read
the
title:
I
will
pause
briefly
to
see
if
there
are
questions
or
comments
from
folks,
either
amongst
council
members,
the
administration
or
the
audience,
and
then,
if
not,
then
we
will
proceed
on
to
our
ordinances
for
first
reading.
A
A
A
A
B
Thank
you,
president
Heisley.
So
this
is
the
item
that
we
discussed
last
week
in
committee
and
the
ordinance
will
give
permission
to
the
dairy
barn
to
replace
the
existing
sign
that
they
have
at
the
intersection
of
Richland
and
dairy
Lane.
That
is
a
way
finding
sign,
fairly
important
to
enable
people
to
better
find
their
way
to
the
dairy,
barn,
Arts,
Center
and
I
do
see
that
it
is
included
in
the
language
of
the
ordinance
that
we
have
made
the
their
permission
to
use
the
space
contingent
on
them.
B
A
G
Sure
remember:
Swank,
the
50
square
feet
is
the
size
that
would
be
allowed
if
it
were
an
on-site
sign
under
the
zoning
ordinance.
B
Would
just
follow
up
with
that
was
the
recommendation
of
the
code
office
with
the
approval
they
recommended
that
it
be
kept
to
that
size
to
be
consistent
with
other
other
sign
allowances.
G
President
Eisley,
we
did
I
did
get
a
call
from
the
director
of
the
dairy
barn
after
last.
Monday's
meeting
and
I
have
not
been
able
to
get
a
back
with
her,
so
I
will
do
that
I'm
committed
to
do
that
this
week
and
I.
If
any
of
you
had
spoken
to
her
after
last
night's
meeting
or
last
week's
meeting
I
just
haven't,
you
know
been
able
to
do
that.
Yet
so
I
will
do
that
this
week.
Okay,.
A
Thank
you
any
other
updates
or
questions
from
Council
Members,
Administration
elected
officials
or
our
audience
members.
If
not
we'll,
move
on
to
1
14
22.
This
is
an
ordinance
Monday,
Nathan
city
code,
title
III,
administrative
Provisions,
chapter
3.10,
alarm
systems,
section
3.10.04,
D,
alarm,
activation
and
fees,
and
this
is
introduced
by
council
member
McCary.
F
Thank
you
president
nicely.
This
is
a
change
in
our
previous
ordinance
to
specify
specifically
how
much
we
are
charging
in
fees
for
false
alarms,
reported
for
any
kind
of
safety
issue,
be
that
buyer
or
a
burglary
instead.
Now,
with
this
change
alarm,
bees
would
be
established
by
a
separate
ordinance
and
that
would
leave
the
ordinance
that
we
are
currently
reviewing
giving
information
about
the
ability
of
the
city
to
follow
up
with
criminal
prosecution.
Despite
whether
or
not
we
respond
to
an
alarm
and
I
think
those
are
the
main
highlights.
G
Here
is
you
know,
we,
a
lot
of
ordinances
have
been
passed
over
the
decades
that
put
a
fee
in
them
and
then
they
get
codified
in
that
particular
title,
and
we've
really
made
a
push
in
the
last.
You
know
a
few
years
to
try
to
pull
all
the
fees
into
title
one
and
and
change
the
language
in
throughout
the
code
to
say
fees
established
by
separate
ordinance,
and
so
that's
what
this
is
here.
We
made
the
recommendation.
G
I
think
it's
coming
up
actually
as
the
next
ordinance
in
11522
as
far
as
what,
if
any
changes
should
be
made
to
City
fees
like
and
try
to
do
it
once
a
year,
and
this
was
one
that
we
identified
back
when
we
were
going
through
that
exercise
where
it
didn't
exist,
since
I
don't
want.
It
said
it
was
entitle
three,
and
so
this
change
would
would
basically
move
that
and
put
that
language.
That
says,
if
he's
established
by
separate
ordinance,
thank.
F
You
director,
Stone
and
I,
just
want
to
ask
one
question
about
that,
since
we
were
recently
speaking
of
false
alarms
or
responses
from
fire
to
on-campus
locations
and
when
I
previously
worked
in
the
University's
housing
department,
I
was
aware
of
students
being
fined
for
setting
off
the
smoke
detector
fire
trucks
having
to
come
out
that
sort
of
thing.
But
it's
my
understanding
from
our
most
recent
conversation
that
the
city
does
not
receive
fees
from
the
University
when
those
alarms
happen
and
I
just
wonder
is
that
at
all
related
to
this,
it's
not.
G
Based
on
the
conversation
last
week,
I
went
back
and
did
some
checking
with
the
fire
chief,
and
there
are
instances
in
most
cases
when
it
is
caused
by
say,
for
instance,
a
contractor
working
at
the
University,
where
you
know
we'll
pass
a
a
cost
along
for
for
a
improper
activation
to
the
university
of
El
Paso
on
the
contrary
to
the
contractor
will
pay
the
city
as
far
as
like
you
know,
sending
money
back
for,
say,
a
pulled
alarm
or
something
along
those
lines.
G
That's
typically
not
what
not
what
we
see.
Okay,.
E
L
A
lengthy
conversation
with
the
law
director
last
week
about
this
very
topic
and
my
recommendation
would
be
at
second
reading.
We
hear
what
her
opinion
is
on
that
and
and
have
that
discussion,
but
the
points
you
bring
up
about
collecting
fees
from
the
University
students
for
pulling
that
alarm
and
then
not
passing
those
on
to
us
is
a
bit
of
a
problem.
L
I
feel
and
that's
why
I
would
like
the
law
director
to
talk
with
us
next
week
and
I
don't
want
to
put
the
assistant
law
director
on
the
spot
today,
having
not
been
in
that
conversation.
So
if
you
could
note
that
please,
when
we
get
to
second
reading
rather
than
waiting
to
the
third
reading
to
to
hear
that
opinion,
thank
you.
K
Just
want
to
remind
Council
that
we,
the
city,
receives
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year
from
the
University
for
our
fire
department
that
we
use
that
money,
along
with
our
own
money,
to
purchase
fire
engines
and
other
equipment.
So
I
think
you
have
to
weigh
that
in
the
balance
of
these
other
fees,
which
would
be
very
minor
compared
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
which
the
university
is
under
no
obligation
whatsoever.
To
give
to
us.
L
If
I,
if
I,
remember
right
from
my
conversation
with
the
law
director
that
10-year
fifty
thousand
dollar
your
contract
is
up
or
about
up
and
the
university
does
pay
us
for
water,
they
do
pay
us
for
sewer
we're
providing
a
service.
It
would
be
much
much
more
expensive
for
Ohio
University
to
maintain
a
fire
department
like
they
like
they
maintain
a
police
department.
Then
it
would
give
us
a
deadly
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
protect
millions
of
dollars
of
buildings
but,
more
importantly,
the
lives
of
the
students
and
faculty
mayor.
I
Just
the
point
of
clarification,
we
have
been
under
a
five-year
initially
five-year
contracts
with
the
university
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year,
so
you're
correct
on
that.
We
have
currently
gone
under
gone
into
a
three-year
agreement
with
the
university,
so
once
we
get
through
that
three
years,
the
university
will
have
contributed
over
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
I
You
know
it
all
started
with
our
ladder
truck
to
give
people
a
little
bit
of
historical
background,
given
that
that
ladder
truck
that
needed
to
be
replaced
was
servicing
80
percent
85
percent
of
our
our
buildings,
that
our
four
stories
or
greater
our
University
properties,
and
so
the
university
stepped
up
to
help
with
the
cost
share
it
rolled
into
our
pumper
truck
most
recently
well.
I
should
say
most
recently
four
years
ago
to
pay
down
the
debt
on
the
pumper
truck.
I
These
are
expensive
pieces
of
apparatus
by
the
way
that
the
ladder
truck
was
1.2
million.
The
bumper
truck
is,
in
you
know,
just
north
of
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
a
truck,
so
they
have
been
the
other
thing
to
bear
in
mind
and
I'm,
not
in
disagreement
with
your
comments.
Councilmember
Swank,
but
just
to
kind
of
reframe
a
little
bit.
I
A
Thanks
for
the
comments
and
we'll
get
additional
information
from
the
law
director
next
week
or
at
our
next
reading
of
this
second
reading,
any
other
comments
or
questions
115
12,
then,
is
our
next
ordinance.
This
is
an
ordinance
amending
Athens
city
code,
Title,
One,
General,
Provisions,
chapter
1.03
code
fees
established
introduced
by
all
members
of
council
and
as
a
service
safety
director
Stone
mentioned
these
are
putting
the
fees
established
in
title
one,
and
we
have
also
noted
that
we
have
some
new
language
in
there.
A
Failure
of
a
subscriber
to
respond
to
the
scene
of
an
alarm
in
a
timely
manner
can
cause
the
fee
to
double
and
then
500
for
alarm
systems
that
are
disconnected
pursuant
to
a
section
of
code
and
then
our
water
rates.
We
have
added
a
new
fee
of
fifty
dollars
for
after
hours
turn
on,
and
then
we
have
the
sewer
rates
that
are
increasing
on
the
residential
level
from
5.72
cents
to
5.89
a
month.
A
Commercial
rates
647
increases
to
6.66,
and
then
the
industrial
rate
increases
from
Seven
dollars
and
Thirteen
Cents
to
seven
dollars
and
34
cents,
and
then
there
are
additional
rates
that
go
on
and
I
will
not
go
on
to
read
all
of
them
for
the
rate
changes
for
the
metered
amounts.
A
We
have
also
a
new
fee
added
in
for
or
in
this
title,
the
open
open
burning,
permit,
inspection
of
fifty
dollars,
mobile
vendor
inspection
of
25.
and
then
the
vending
per
month
at
200.
and
I
know
that
the
vending
at
this
point
is
under
further
discussion
and
I
know
that
service
safety,
director
Stone
clarified
for
Council
Members.
A
After
last
week's
discussion
in
one
section
of
code
I
believe
we
have
it
at
125
dollars
in
this
section,
we'd
be
putting
in
200
and
that
that
the
two
hundred
dollars
is
closer
to
the
actual
costs,
and
so
we
could
put
it
in
at
this
200
rate
and
then
after
a
subsequent
discussion
could
could
revise
downward.
If
we
find
that
that's
workable,
and
then
we
have
several
other
fees
that
have
been
increased
and
optional
dwelling
unit.
Inspection
has
been
increased
from
25
to
35.
A
The
celebration
tree
program,
which
we
discussed
last
week,
has
been
increased
from
100
to
400
in
part,
because
the
100
only
covered
the
cost
of
the
purchase
of
the
trees,
but
didn't
cover
for
any
of
the
maintenance
for
subsequent
for
subsequent
years
and
then
a
Micro
Wireless,
silt
Tower
permit
of
75
dollars
that
that's
been
added
in.
So
that's
a
summary
of
some
of
the
cost
costs
that
are
listed
in
this
ordinance.
L
Okay
and
then
the
second
question
of
the
very
much
related
because
of
the
tabulation
here
of
the
how
this
displays
on
our
computer
there's
a
ten
thousand
dollar
plus
ten
dollars
per
vehicle
and
twenty
five
hundred
dollars,
plus
ten
dollars
per
vehicle
I'm.
Just
asking
for
clarification.
What
does
that
apply
to.
G
Right
so
we
had
a
lot
of
there's
no
increase.
We're
going
to
take
a
step
back
to
this,
and
all
all
this
is
doing
is
moving
these
fees
into
title,
one
that
previously
didn't
didn't
exist
there.
They
exist
in
title
11.
when
we
passed
the
micro,
Mobility
ordinances
back
when
a
few
years
ago,
when
we
thought
that
you
know
we
were
going
to
get
crushed
by
scooters
in
the
city,
because
that
was
what
was
happening
in
a
lot
of
cities
around
the
United
States.
G
This
was
the
mechanism
that,
based
on
all
our
research
that
we
said,
is
appropriate
for
being
able
to
deal
with
it,
and
so
when
you,
when
you
apply
the
first
time
as
a
company
wanting
to
utilize
the
public
rights
away
for
this
business,
which
is
what
it
is,
you
pay
a
ten
thousand
dollar
fee,
and
then
you
play
ten
dollars
for
per
vehicle
that
you're
going
to
have
in
the
city.
G
In
subsequent
years,
when
you
renew
that
fee,
you
pay
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
and
then
ten
dollars
per
vehicle
that
you
have
in
the
city.
So
that's
the
the
mechanism
by
which
you
know
some
of
our
costs
are
recovered
associated
with
administering
the
program.
Great
thank.
J
C
Thank
you
so
I'm
curious
about.
When
the
last
time
the
vending
per
month
rate
was
increased.
I
C
Okay,
so
that
brings
me
to
the
question
of
rental
fees,
which
I
had
asked
about
last
time
for
landlords
to
pay
I
believe
that's
a
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
per
unit
per
year.
Is
that
correct,
correct.
G
Correct
it's
150
per
for
inspection
fees
and
then,
once
you
go
above
I
think
10
units
for
per
building.
It
drops
to
80.
because
you're
all
at
one
location.
C
Okay,
so
and
I
believe
that
was
last
raised
in
2017.
I
think
it
sounds,
sounds
correct,
I
think
that's
what
I
was
told
so
I'm
wondering
with
the
vendors
what
that
money
goes
to
do.
G
Generally,
that's
administration
of
the
program,
so
you
know
when
you
and
and
unfortunately
I
don't
have
the
the
whole
language
in
front
of
me
for
when
we
talk
about
the
on-street
vending,
but
but
you
you
sign
up
for
a
month.
G
Basically,
you
decided
by
a
certain
day
you
get
a
permit
and
then
the
checking
to
make
sure
that
you
know
the
prison
is,
is
acquiring
the
space
to
make
mayor
knows
it's
a
lot
better
than
me,
because
he
he
helped
work
on
the
the
program
specifically,
but
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
jump
in.
I
It
is
Administrative,
but
but
it
is
also
the
fact
that
we're
using
the
public
right-of-way
and,
in
particular,
a
revenue
generating
portion
of
the
right-of-way
because
they're
they
are
metered
spaces,
and
this
goes
back
to
the
conversation
that
we
had
with
council
member
crowl
when
we
look
up
and
down
East
Washington
East
Union,
to
where
we
have
very
few
vendors.
Currently
that
are
that
are
taking
advantage
of
or
utilizing
this
permitting
fee,
and
so
we're
actually,
unfortunately,
losing
some
Revenue
at
those
otherwise
metered
spaces.
But
that's
where
it
came
from.
I
Is
it
basically
pencils
out
to
what
the
revenue
generation
would
be
from
what
is
it
6A
in
the
morning
or
seven
a
in
the
morning,
whatever
it
is
until
7
P
8
p
at
night
to
where
that
meter?
And
it
it
it
it's
kind
of
an
average
too,
because
we
have
different
zones
for
what
someone
would
pay
at
the
meter.
We
have
dollar
zones
per
hour.
We
have
75
cent
zones
and
50
Cent
zones,
but
we
also
have
within
those
three
zones.
I
We
have
three
different
authorized,
vending
areas,
Union
Street
being
basically
a
dollar
zone,
but
the
Richland
Avenue,
slash,
North,
South,
Congress
I-
guess
it
would
be-
is
a
75
cent
Zone
and
then
the
Armory
Armory
Street
is
a
50
Cent
zone.
So
it's
it
kind
of
averages
out
based
upon
the
zones.
C
Thank
you
Mike
to
the
follow-up
question
with
that,
so
my
question
before
had
been
whether
the
fees
for
the
rental
fees
paid
for
that
part
because
that
part
is
self-sustaining.
I
was
corrected
last
week,
saying
that
the
department
of
in
total
is
not
self-sustaining.
Code
enforcement,
but
that
piece
of
it
where
they're
checking
code,
for
you
know
the
rentals
and
whatnot
is
self-sustaining.
Is
that
am
I
understanding
that
correctly?
C
C
G
G
For
the
through
the
the
the
end
of
month,
eight
the
code
office
had
brought
in
673
000
through
the
five
primary
means
of
Revenue
derivation,
that
that
they
have,
with
the
Lion's
Share
being
from
rental
permits,
the
entire
budget
of
the
code
portion
of
the
code
Department
that
doesn't
count
the
solid
waste
portion
of
it,
because
that
that
comes
from
from
trash
fees
is
seven
hundred
and
eight
thousand
dollars.
G
It
all
goes
into
the
debt,
it's
not
a
proprietary
fund,
so
it
all
goes
into
the
general
fund
and
it
all
comes
out
of
the
general
fund
for
them,
and
so
it
could
be
more.
It
can
be
less,
but
in
general,
when
you
charge
fees,
you
want
fees
to
generally
be
aligned
with
what
the
costs
are
to
administer
the
system.
So
so
I
believe
that,
as
of
now,
the
amount
of
rental
inspection
fees
that
we
charge
are
appropriate
for
the
expenses
incurred
by
the
department.
B
Grace
just
a
point
of
clarity:
I
want
to
say
that
this
ordinance
does
not
is
not
related
to
rental
housing,
inspection
fees,
so
just
when
the
fees
that
are
being
moved
into
Title
One
and
are
being
adjusted,
none
of
the
ones
that
we're
talking
about
in
this
particular
ordinance
are
rental,
housing,
inspection
fees.
So
just
so
that
that's
a
separate
topics.
A
L
I
I
Into
I
can
tell
you
that
you
know
I
do
sign
an
awful
lot
of
Peddlers
permits.
I
was
just
at
like
I'm
sure
a
few
of
you
at
the
Popoff
Festival
this
weekend
and
I
spoke
to
several
vendors
while
I
was
there
and
there
are
some
vendors
that
are
coming
up
with
some
new
interesting
vending
products,
and
but
they
also
indicated
to
me
that
they
are
finding
that
they
are
able
to
generate
more
Revenue
at
quote.
Unquote.
Vending
deserts
in
the
city
of
Athens
I
mentioned
I.
I
Think
a
council
the
last
time
that
the
Appalachian
Behavioral,
Health
and
openness
hospital
is
a
site
where
certainly
there
are
a
few
restaurants
down
there,
but
you
have
to
hoof
it,
which
is
okay,
it's
good
exercise,
but
they
it's
not
close
enough
in
for
them
to
be
able
to
have
access
to
food
and,
interestingly
or
coffee,
and
so
so
I
think
the
vendors.
That's
what
we're
kind
of
seeing
we're
seeing
vendors
go
to
private
properties
where
they
can
get
authorization
from
that
property
owner,
which
is
what
you
need
to
qualify
to
get
a
Peddler's
permit.
I
I
The
I
think
covid
certainly
had
an
impact
on
vendors.
I
think
we're
going
to
start
to
see
some
vending
coming
back
again,
but
this
is
something
that
council
member
crawling
are
going
to
dig
in
deep
and
see.
What
do
we
need
to
do
to
to
reinvigorate
the
vending
here
in
the
city
and
one
of
the
things
that
was
really
important
in
talking
to
some
of
the
vendors
is,
you
know
you
have
handcraft
slash
art
vendors,
to
where
I
mentioned
this
at
our
at
the
committee
meeting?
I
You
know
a
lot
more
product
on
something
that
not
everyone
during
the
lunch
hour
is
looking
to
purchase
a
piece
of
art
or
some
jewelry
or
a
shirt
versus
food,
and
so
looking
at
something
that's
more
Equitable
for
our
vendors,
so
that
may
help
as
well.
Councilmember
Swank,
okay,.
A
B
A
Be
that's
a
help
all
right.
It's
good
to
have
discussion.
116
22
is
our
next
ordinance.
This
is
an
ordinance
amending
ordinance,
7421
the
hours
of
operation
for
the
Athens
Uptown
designated
outdoor
refreshment
area,
known
as
Dora.
This
is
introduced
by
all
members
of
council
and,
as
I
understand,
what
we're
doing
is
Dora
the
designated
outdoor
recreation.
A
refreshment
area
has
worked
very
well
and
you
it's
the
administration's
interest
in
expanding
the
hours
of
this.
A
A
K
Thank
you,
madam
president,
allow
me
to
read
the
pertinent
sections
to
this,
whereas
the
city
of
Athens
has
determined
the
need
for
bridge
inspection
program
services,
including,
but
not
limited
to
routine
inspection,
element
level,
inspection,
critical
findings,
report,
fracture
critical
member
inspection,
load
rating
calculations
and
reports,
weight
limits,
posting
signs,
recommendations,
scour
assessments,
scour
plans
of
action,
development
of
fracture
critical
plans
and
underwater
dive
inspection
reports
if
needed,
and
then
it
goes
on
so
on
so
forth.
K
This
is
a
sidebar
when
this
was
introduced.
Last
week
in
committee,
we
discussed
it
that
was
on
a
Monday
or
Tuesday,
whatever
it
was,
and
the
very
next
day
I'm
going
down.
Richland
Avenue
to
the
bridge
that
has
the
Athens,
Ohio
and
I
saw
the
state
of
Ohio
busy
inspecting
a
bridge.
K
K
K
G
Inspect
through
this,
so
so
on,
the
state
system
ODOT,
maintains
responsibility
for
those
inspections
and
every
year
they
send
a
list
of
inspection
reports
and
that
we
we
keep
on
file
for
the
ones
on
the
state
system.
These
are
specifically
ones
that
are
not
on
the
state
system.
So,
if
you
can
imagine
the
Richland
bridge
over
the
Hocking
Richland
Bridge
of
the
Oxbow
or
the
Simpson
bridge
over
the
Hocking,
the
union
bridge
over
the
Hocking,
there
are
several
Bridges
along
Richland
Avenue.
Those
are
all
the
ones.
A
You
any
other
questions
or
comments
right
if
none
we'll
move
on
now
to
ordinance
118
12..
This
is
excuse
me
1,
18,
22
and
ordinance
authorizing
the
service
safety
director
to
just
suspend
temporarily
the
fee
for
parking
at
metered
spaces.
In
the
municipal
parking
garage
introduced
by
council
member
Reisner.
K
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Let
me
read
section
one.
The
service
safety
director
is
hereby
authorized
to
suspend
the
fee
for
parking
in
the
municipal
parking
garage
excluding
to
our
metered
spaces
on
one
upper
as
follows:
after
5
PM
on
Thursday
December,
1st,
8th
15th
22nd
of
2022
and
all
day,
Saturday
December,
3rd
10th,
17th
and
24th
2022.
K
A
K
L
Understand
the
significance
of
Monday
December
12th,
that's
the
Monday
after
Ohio
University
closes
for
fall
semester.
I
am
a
little
confused
by
the
date
Sunday
January
8th.
Why
did
we
pick
that.
L
A
G
All
right,
let
me
change
it.
We
want
to.
We
think
it
probably
makes
sense
to
do
it
this
time.
We're
not
really
doing
this
for
students
we're
doing
this,
for
people
who
are
traveling
away
for
the
holidays
and
want
to
leave
their
car
on
the
street
for
a
period
of
time
not
have
to
move
it
every
24
hours,
but
it
doesn't
stop.
I
Yeah
mayor
Patterson,
historically,
this
particular
piece
of
legislation
was
for
people
who
had
guests
coming
in
to
visit
during
the
holidays
and
not
wanting
to
have
to
go
and
walk
your
car
every
24
hours.
When
you
have
guests
coming
in
or
leaving
to
go
visit
with
others
elsewhere.
It
wasn't
necessarily
designed
with
the
student
body
in
mind,
but
we
are
being
cognizant
that
there
are
students
who
may
be
leaving
their
cars
behind.
So
this
is
a
change.
This
is
not
what
has
been
traditionally
in
the
past
I.
A
L
I
You
know
yeah
quite
honestly,
whatever
works
I
mean
it
to
me
it
it
isn't
really
a
big
deal.
We
could
change
it
to
the
15th.
You
know,
I'm
I'm,
flexible
on
this
I
would
I
would
wager
to
say
that
most
faculty
or
staff,
or
even
myself,
if
I'm
leaving
I,
likely,
have
a
place
to
keep
my
car
that's
off
the
street.
But
that
isn't
the
case
everywhere
and
I
recognize
that.
A
B
Councilmember
Grace
thank
you.
I
agree
that
it
makes
sense
to
align
this
suspension
of
the
long-term
parking
with
the
university
break,
whether
it
is
students
or
faculty
members,
people
leaving
town,
often
people
will
plan
their
times
away
or
or
if
they're
in
town,
and
they
just
don't
want
to
go
anywhere
because
they
don't
have
to
because
because
the
university
is
closed,
it
makes
sense
to
align
the
suspension
of
the
24-hour
parking
to
the
University
schedule,
and
so
I
make
a
motion
that
we
amend
the
ordinance
to
read
that
it.
A
Okay,
wait
so
we
have
a
motion
and
second
for
amending
the
the
ordinance
119
22
and
do
we
have
any
other
discussion?
I,
don't
think
anybody
else
want
to
bring
one
up
anything
else
up
then,
if
not
we'll
go
we'll
have
a
vote.
All
those
in
favor
of
amending
119-22
to
change
the
date
of
January,
20,
January,
8
2023
end
date
to
January
15.,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
ordinance
has
been
amended
read
for
the
first
time
again.
A
D
You
president
nicely
as
discussed
at
committee
and
through
a
presentation
provided
by
the
service
safety
director.
There
are
a
number
of
items
on
this
appropriation
ordinance,
including
a
appropriating
from
the
unappropriated
balance,
230
thousand
dollars
to
the
American
Rescue
plan
act
fund,
as
well
as
thirty
thousand
dollars
to
the
water
fund,
transaction
code,
200s
for
maintenance
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
the
Sewer
fund.
D
For
the
same-
and
this
is
all
three
of
these-
are
due
to
the
city
Administration,
looking
into
the
into
future
months
and
being
prepared
for
these
expenses,
both
the
Waterfront
and
Sewer
fund,
it's
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
parts
on
hand
in
our
storage
facilities
for
sewer
or
water
emergencies,
particularly
in
the
winter
months.
We
do
this.
There
are
some
supply
chain
issues
and
some
back
ordering
that
often
happens,
particularly
in
the
post.
D
So,
in
addition
to
the
cost
I
already
mentioned,
then
these
will
then
be
transferred
from
arpa
to
the
recreation
fund,
270
and
the
community
center
fund
271
and
then
finally,
appropriating
from
the
unappropriated
balance,
180
000
to
270
and
200
000
to
271..
Both
of
these
are
transaction
code
100s,
which
is
our
Personnel
costs.
Thank
you,
president.
Nicely.
A
Seeing
none
will
move
on
to
12122.
This
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
service
safety
director
to
enter
into
a
purchase
agreement
with
Ohio
University
for
the
acquisition
of
approximately
10.3685
acres
of
land
on
Stimson
Avenue,
to
construct
a
new
fire
station
and
to
provide
public
Recreation
Green
Space,
introduced
by
council
member
Reisner.
Thank.
K
K
The
purchase
agreement
and
final
form
was
substantially
the
same
terms
at
the
draft
agreement
shall
be
attached
no
later
than
the
third
reading
section
2.
the
2022
appropriation
ordinance
150-21
is
hereby
amended
by
appropriating
from
the
unappropriated
balance
the
sum
of
nine
million
dollars
to
fire
station
debt
fund
430.490
transaction
code
600
for
transfer
Section
3.
The
auditor
is
hereby
authorized
to
make
the
following:
enter:
fund
transfer
from
fire
station
debt
fund,
432.
K
safety,
service,
police
and
fire
fund
206
amount,
nine
million
dollars
section
4
the
2022
appropriation
ordinance
15021
is
further
amended
by
appropriating
from
the
unappropriated
balance
the
sum
of
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
safety,
service,
police
and
fire
fund,
206.208
transaction
code,
500
for
a
land
purchase
and
site
preparation
and
increasing
the
total
Appropriations
by
said
amount
section.
5..
K
The
service
safety
director
is
further
authorized
to
expand
up
to
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
safety,
service,
police
and
fire
fund
206-208
transaction
code,
500
for
said
acquisition
and
site
preparation,
section
six.
The
ordinance
shall
be
in
effect
in
full
force
upon
passage
and
approval
by
the
mayor.
G
It's
going
to
be
the
cover
letter
for
the
appraisal
that
values
the
property
substantially
less
than
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
right
now,
the
appraisal,
because
of
the
covenants
placed
on
the
the
property
by
the
Board
of
Trustees
and
their
resolution
that
basically
restricts
most
of
the
use.
The
the
resultant
value
is
approximately
two
hundred
and
two
thousand
dollars.
G
So
we
would
like
to
keep
this
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
appropriation
in
here,
because
I
anticipate
costs
in
some
form
associated
with
site
prep
in
the
early
site
package
for
for
Phil
and
working
with
the
Ohio
Department
of
Transportation
for
Access
material
coming
off
of
the
us5033
site.
So
basically
we
would
use
this
additional
Appropriations
to
help
get
that
moving
here
through
the
winter
of
note.
G
The
appraisal
process
is
not
it's
a
two-step
process.
Department
administrative
Services
requires
both
an
appraisal
by
a
pre-qualified
appraiser
by
the
state
of
Ohio
and
an
appraisal
review
by
a
pre-qualified
appraiser
in
the
state
of
Ohio,
and
so
I
anticipate
later
this
week.
Not
only
that
cover
letter,
but
also
the
full
appraisal
packet
to
be
in
my
hands
that
I
can
share
with
Ohio
University
that
they
can
then
submit
to
the
appraisal
reviewer,
who
is
under
their
employee
as
basically
a
check
and
balance
on
that
number.
G
I
Mayor
Patterson,
I
I
do
for
transparency's
sake
again
in
the
ordinance.
Please
recognize
that
sections
both
four
and
sections
five.
It
does
speak
to
acquisition
as
well
as
site
prep.
Hence
us
keeping
it
at
that
600
000.
So
as
director
Stone
was
just
mentioning,
it
gives
us
a
much
longer
runway
in
which
we
can
sit
there
and
start
working
with
ODOT
to
get
fill
in,
as
well
as
other
site.
Prep
work
that
we're
going
to
have
to
do
on
this
site.
F
F
F
A
G
By
doing
that,
we
were
really
concerned
about
was
actually
getting
the
legal
description
and
the
survey
prepared
in
time
to
to
be
ready
for
the
packet,
and
we
did
just
get
that
really
at
the
end
of
the
week
last
week.
G
So
if
you
come
in
in
time
and
and
one
of
the
big
challenges
had
to
do
with
the
eastern
boundary
and
resolving
where
that
eastern
boundary
line
was
and
that's
why
I
was
taking
all
the
way
up
to
the
very
end,
because
the
eastern
boundary
of
the
property
is
the
former
River
Center
Line
before
the
river
was
moved.
So
there's
just
not
a
lot
of
record
of
that,
because
most
of
the
calls
associated
with
that
outlet,
nine
that
that
makes
that
eastern
boundary
talk
about
the
meanderings
of
said
River.
G
So
the
surveyor
did
did
a
lot
of
great
work
to
put
it
together
and,
and
now
we
have
what
we
believe
is
the
best,
with
all
the
best
evidence
where
that
eastern
boundary
actually
is
and
the
the
purchase
contract
that's
in
there
should
be
in
its
in
its
final
form:
minus
the
the
dollar
amount.
We
did
get
the
things
work
through
that
that
we're
still
in
draft
at
the
end
of
last
week,
so
other
than
that
dollar
amount.
That
should
be
what
you'll
see
for
third
reading.
G
That
includes
the
covenants
that
will
be
in
the
warranty
deed
when
the
time
comes,
that
that
basically
restrict
the
city
from
doing
anything
on
the
additional
six
acres,
which
is
to
be
preserved
for
public
Recreation
purposes,
green
space,
that's
functionally
if
you're
looking
at
the
site
right
now.
It's
the
area
behind
that
front
area
and
and
it's
kind
of
delineated
at
this
point
with
with
soccer
goals
out
there
in
the
space
that
is
to
be
preserved.
A
Appreciate
it,
thank
you
all
right,
any
other
questions
or
comments
all
right
see.
None
we'll
move
on
to
announcements
and
other
business.
We
will
be
having
a
special
session
next
week
and
the
purpose
of
that
being
to
to
be
able
to
move
this
legislation
forward
for
the
purchase
of
the
of
the
land
for
the
fire
station,
so
that
we're
moving
forward
in
good
time.
This
fall
without
delay.
H
A
B
J
F
A
A
So
we
are
restricted
to
tonight
needs
to
be
the
night
under
which
to
to
have
that
reconsideration
and
that's
for
the
ordinance
amending
Athens
city
code,
title
29,
the
housing
regulations,
chapter,
29.36,
prohibited
actions
to
add
section,
29.36.02,
tenants
right
to
pay
to
stay,
and
so
once
again
what
we
will
be
doing
is
that
the
first
part
of
this
is
that
we
will
have
a
motion
for
that
reconsideration.
So
we
need
to
have
a
motion.
A
A
D
A
E
Thank
you,
president
Eisley.
Just
to
excuse
me
just
for
a
point
of
clarification,
everybody
the
reason
that
I
moved
for
this
reconsider
reconsideration
of
the
ordinance
was
that
there
were
several
people
who
had
wanted
to
comment
on
this
ordinance
when
we
first
passed
it
and
through
an
unfortunate
miscommunication.
We're
unable
to
do
so
and
I
feel
like
it's
our
our
job,
to
make
sure
that
people
are
able
to
say
what
they
want
to
be
able
to
say
and
be
heard.
That's
part
of
the
lovely
thing
we
call
the
Democratic
process.
A
Okay,
thank
you
and
do
we
have
any
other
comments
from
council
members
or
Administration
or
elected
officials?
If
not,
then
do
we
have
comments
from
the
public
and
Mr
Rittenhouse
I
believe
you're
here
tonight
to
speak
on
this
and
if
you
can
give
us
your
name
and
address
and
if
you
represent
a
group.
M
Sure
my
name
is
Rusty
Rittenhouse
I'm,
an
attorney
at
Lavelle
and
Associates
449
East
State,
Street,
Athens
Ohio,
while
I
do
represent
many
many
people
I'm
only
here.
Speaking
on
my
own
behalf,
I've
sent
me
multiple
emails
to
council
expressing
my
concerns
on
this
ordinance
and
I.
Imagine
at
this
point,
you're
well
versed
in
most
of
those
I
do
appreciate
you
taking
on
the
reconsideration
of
this
Ordinance.
One
of
the
primary
issues
dealt
with
the
Equitable
outcome
of
this
ordinance.
M
The
purpose
of
this
ordinance,
if
I
understood,
is
if
the
tenant
were
to
put
the
landlord
in
the
same
position
they
would
have
been,
but
for
the
breach.
What
would
be
the
harm
in
allowing
them
to
continue
to
stay
at
the
lease,
however,
in
the
ordinance,
the
legal
fees
of
the
landlord
capped
at
125
dollars
as
anyone
who's
ever
hired
a
lawyer
will
know
that
125
dollars
will
get
you
nowhere.
Lawyers
Bill
between
two
and
three
hundred
dollars
an
hour.
M
A
typical
eviction
will
take
four
to
five
hours
worth
of
work,
so
it's
not
not
uncommon
for
a
landlord
to
have
to
incur
a
thousand
dollars
in
legal
fees.
In
order
to
pursue
an
eviction
additionally,
unlike
the
individuals
here
today,
typically
landlords
are
corporations,
llc's
trust,
Partnerships,
other
sorts
of
legal
entities.
That's
done
for
the
purpose
to
limit
their
liability.
If
there's
a
house
that
burns
down
the
company
gets
sued
rather
than
the
individual,
the
drawback
of
that
is
a
company.
Llc
partnership
or
trust
cannot
represent
themselves
in
court.
M
That
would
be
because
they're,
not
an
individual,
an
individual
can
only
speak
on
behalf
of
the
company,
so
they're
required
to
hire
a
lawyer.
Otherwise
the
case
will
be
thrown
out
for
the
unauthorized
practice
of
law,
so
most
landlords
will
be
required
to
have
a
landlord
in
order
to
pursue
an
eviction
so
that
thus
they
will
incur
legal
fees
in
a
substantial
amount.
So
one
of
the
proposals
I
understand
is
that
this
is
reconsidered.
The
language
dealing
with
the
cap
125
would
be
removed
that
instead
would
be
replaced
with
reimbursement
of
reasonable
attorneys
and
I.
M
The
other
issue
I,
wanted
to
speak
on
and
I've
raised
this
a
few
times
deals
with
the
enforceability
of
this
ordinance
and
what
what
will
happen
if
folks
rely
on
this
to
their
detriment,
I've
been
practicing
a
long
time
and
I
practiced
all
through
covet
during
covert.
You
may
recall
that
there
were
several
eviction
moratoriums
that
went
in
place
and
they
were
quite
confusing
and
I.
It
was
very
common
for
me
to
go
to
court
and
encounter
a
tenant
who
had
misunderstood
what
their
rights
were.
M
With
these
eviction
monitoriums,
they
saw
in
the
news
that
they
didn't
have
to
pay
rent
anymore.
There
was
an
eviction
moratorium,
so
in
Reliance
of
that
they
stopped
paying
rent
and
read
the
actual
requirements
of
the
moratorium,
and
thus,
when
they
get
to
court,
they'd
find
the
unexpected
surprise
that
they
had
breached
the
lease
and
they
were
being
a
victim
had
to
leave.
I,
don't
want
to
see
that
happen
in
Athens
County,
with
this
ordinance
or
I
guess
the
city
of
Athens.
This
only
actually
affects
the
city
of
Athens.
M
I've
talked
to
you
about
the
in
my
emails.
How
the
high
Revised
Code
was
revised
in
the
new
sections
of
53,
20,
53,
21.19
and
5321.20,
going
to
effect
later
this
week.
I
do
believe
those
sections
preempt
the
municipalities
from
passing
these
sorts
of
coordinates,
but
I
wanted
to
try
to
put
this
in
a
simpler
term.
If
you'd.
Allow
me
to
keep
speaking
I
know,
I
only
had
three.
M
All
right
that
deals
with
the
constitutionality
of
it
and
you
may
remember,
I'm
taking
you
back
to
social
studies,
Marbury
versus
Madison,
where
judicial
review
was
first
found
to
be
a
something
a
court
had.
In
that
case,
the
government
had
exceeded
its
Authority
in
creating
law,
and
thus
the
law
was
found
unconstitutional,
unenforceable.
M
In
order
for
an
eviction
to
proceed
forward,
the
court
has
to
have
jurisdiction
in
order
for
them
to
have
jurisdiction.
A
valid
eviction
notice
has
to
be
served
on
the
tenant
if,
after
the
eviction
notice
is
served,
the
landlord
were
to
accept
rent.
It
invalidates
the
eviction
notice,
thereby
divesting
the
court
of
jurisdiction
most
cases,
you
see
that
at
the
very
end
of
the
decision
it
says
dismissed
for
lack
of
jurisdiction.
M
Municipalities
have
many
Powers,
but
they
do
not
have
the
power
to
restrict,
restrain
or
limit
the
powers
or
the
jurisdiction
of
a
court
in
an
effect.
By
forcing
the
landlord
to
accept
this
rent,
it
invalidates
the
eviction
notice
and
thereby
divest
the
court
of
jurisdiction.
That's
simply
beyond
the
powers
that
you
have.
M
A
C
Yes,
I
am
going
to
read
some
information
from
Lucy,
that's
okay,
because
when
law,
director
Eliason
in
her
last
statement
regarding
the
constitutionality
of
the
pay
to
stay
ordinance
said
that
it
could
be
to
the
detriment
my
interpretation
and
so
I
asked
Lucy
schwali
about
this,
and
she
said,
and
I
won't
go
belabor
this
too
much.
But
in
essence,
as
far
as
services
that
may
be
able
to
provide
rent
assistance,
habcap
has
had
an
ongoing
rent
assistance
program
during
the
pandemic.
Their
current
pot
of
money
expires
at
the
end
of
September.
C
C
Occasionally,
churches
in
the
area
will
also
provide
rent
assistance
for
the
purpose
of
keeping
families
housed
the
United
Athens
County
tenants
has
a
good
Roundup
of
Grant
assistance
options
at
their
website
and
we
at
seat
at
the
southern
Southeast
Ohio
Legal
Services,
where
she
is
the
director
will
also
be
publishing.
Some
clear
materials
on
Athens
pay
to
stay
once
it's
in
effect
will
not
release
before
the
ordinances
is,
is
effective,
so
we
don't
want
to
create
confusions.
C
She
said
the
point
being
is
that
some
of
these
concerns,
based
on
my
communications
with
Lucy
schwali,
is
that
they
could
be
Moot
and
also
having
spoken
to
people
that
I
know
landlords
that
I
know
in
the
community.
That
I
know
are
responsible
people.
They
have
said
that
this
won't
affect
them
at
all
because
they
so
it
so
rarely
even
comes
up
because
they
make
a
practice
of
working
with
their
tenants
to
make
sure
that
they
stay
housed.
C
I
A
L
Madam
chairman
I,
move
that
we
refer
this
to
committee,
the
appropriate
committee
and
I
believe
it
was
Committee
of
the
whole
that
first
yeah
brought
this
forward
as
opposed
to
an
individual
committee.
So
I
moved
to
refer
this
to
committee
I.
L
A
It
will
have
to
from
my
understanding
from
law
director
Eliason.
We
can
check
for
verification
with
assistant
law,
director
branner
Hittle,
that
the
the
that
particular
ordinance
would
die
and
you
would
have
to
start
over
again.
L
Says
no,
no,
not
rule
number
14
that
was
speaking
to
them
from
the
public,
which
one
was
it
reconsider.
L
The
committee
well
24.
yeah
after
the
decision
on
any
question,
has
been
voted
upon.
Any
member
who
voted
on
the
prevailing
side
may
move
to
reconsider
reconsideration
of
any
action
at
the
same
or
the
next
succeeding
meeting,
which
we've
done.
A
motion
to
reconsider
shall
require
the
same
number
of
votes
as
it
is
required
to
adopt
an
ordinance.
A
resolution
after
a
motion
for
reconsideration
has
been
acted
upon.
L
L
A
E
Thank
you
brother
nicely.
Yes,
I
was
actually
also
going
to
move
to
table
this
until
either
next
week
or
the
following,
either
for
the
special
session
of
next
week
or
the
regular
session
of
council
the
following
week.
A
L
One
of
the
reasons
I
I
have
additional
ones
and
that's
why
I
wanted
to
refer
it
to
committee,
which
would
require
a
second
a
vote
of
second,
at
which
time
we
could
have
discussions
about,
at
which
time
I
could
explain,
because
I
can't
explain
why
I
want
to
do
this
without
a
motion
in
a
second.
L
Making
well
they're
two
different
he's
talking
tabling
I'm
talking
about
referring
to
committee.
Those
are
both
examples
of
tabling
emotion.
There
are
four
ways
of
table
emotion,
so
it
it
doesn't
matter
one
way
or
the
other,
but
we
need
to
get
to
the
point
where
we
have
a
discussion
as
to
why
we
want
to
do
this
before
we
vote
so.
E
A
question
if
if
we
were
to
table
until
either
next
week
with
the
special
session
or
the
following
week
for
the
regular
session
of
council,
would
we
then
I
assume
have
an
opportunity
to
discuss
amendments
to
the
ordinance
at
that
time?.
A
Thank
you,
council,
member
Swank,
so
we
have
a
motion
second
to
table
ordinance
8522
and
is
there
any
further
discussion?
L
What
would
predictable
costs
would
be.
The
second
thing
I
would
like
to
hear
from
and
I
know
this
one
thing
Ben
has
addressed.
You
know
I'd
like
to
hear
from
one
or
more
landlords.
Two
things
number
one:
the
current
frequency
of
the
problem.
How
big
a
problem
is
this
in
the
first
place
and
secondly-
and
this
might
be
the
most
important
part-
how
are
landlords
currently
handling
people
who
miss
their
rent?
L
L
You
rent
to
somebody
and
you
find
out
something
about
it
could
be
their
their
political
persuasion
and
you
find
out
something
about
somebody
as
a
landlord.
They
miss
their
rent
and
now
you
can
kick
them
out.
L
C
I
am
contacted,
judge
Grace
at
one
point
to
ask
some
of
these
clutches
and
he
said
that
he
judges
were
not
at
Liberty
to
talk
about
that,
because
it
would
sound
political
or
something
like
that.
They
it
just
like
Sarah
member
Grace
can't
talk
about
the
fact
that
she's
a
landlord,
so
she
can't
weigh
in
and
by
the
way
he
is
too.
But
in
any
case
there
are.
There
is
someone
in
the
court
system
who
specializes
in
this
who
could
talk
about
if
so
desired.
C
C
I
know
something
but,
as
I
said
earlier,
who
have
talked
about
this
and
have
told
me
that
it
really
doesn't
affect
them
because
they
work
with
their
their
tenants
until
they
can
figure
something
out.
And
so
it's
it's
a
rare
occurrence
because
they
do
that
now,
I,
don't
think!
That's
true
for
all
of
them.
K
K
B
A
Did
not
specifically
because
we're
not
sure
at
which
point
that
is
going
to
be
able
to
come
forward
to
allow
the
landlords
to
speak
so,
but
we
will
keep
it
timely,
council,
members,
I'm
sure,
okay,
are
there
any
other
announcements
that
folks
need
to
make
tonight?
A
If
no
other
announcements,
we
now
have
an
opportunity
for
citizens
to
speak
on
legislative
items
and
city
services
not
covered
on
the
agenda.
Is
there
anybody
in
the
audience
who
might
want
to
speak
about
something
you
have
up
to
three
minutes?
If
you
have
a
particular
topic,
and
our
only
restriction
is,
is
that
it
can't
be
anything-
that's
been
on
the
agenda
already
this
evening?
A
A
Have
us
go
into
executive
session
and
this
is
a
point
at
which
all
persons
vacate
the
room,
but
what
we
do,
knowing
that
we
have
students
here
who
would
like
to
talk
to
the
council
members
or
to
the
city
Administration?
We
allow
a
10
to
12
minute
Gap
from
the
time
that
we
take
that
vote
to
go
into
executive
session
until
we
ask
you
to
leave
and
close
the
doors.
So
hopefully
it
gives
you
all
enough
time
to
to
for
us
to
field
all
your
questions
so
right
now.
B
E
A
I
mean
we
have
the
executive
session
a
vote.
We
do
need
to
do
roll
call
vote
so
council,
member
spielness
I
need
you
to
say:
I
or
nay,
okay,
council,
member
Eisner,
aye,
council,
member
Crowell,
aye,
council,
member
Swank,
aye,
council,
member
Grace,
aye
council,
member
ziff,
aye,
council,
member
McCary;
okay,
it
is
8
32
and
so
we'll
give
you
12
minutes,
we'll
give
you
to
844
and
and
I
will
explain
one
other
thing
when
we're
finished
with
the
executive
session.
A
If,
if
there
is
somebody
here
from
the
press
or
somebody
who
didn't
get
all
their
questions
answered
and
they
want
to
remain,
we
do
open
the
doors
after
the
executive
session
and
see
if
there's
anybody
else
that
wants
to
come
in
and
then
we
do
a
motion
to
adjourn
so
8
32
you've
got
until
8
44..
Second
to
that
I'm
sorry,
there
was
a
second
to
the
motion.
Yes
exactly
okay
and
come
on
up
and
ask.