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Athens City Council - May 15, 2023
B
Good
evening
and
welcome
to
Athens
city
council,
it's
Monday
May
15th
at
701
PM
we're
in
regular
session
tonight.
Our
first
item
of
business
is
to
establish
a
quorum.
All
members
of
council
are
present
next.
Item
of
business
is
disposition
of
the
minutes
for
the
regular
session
of
council
held
on
May
1st
2023.
If
I
could
have
a
motion
for
approval.
C
B
Those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye.
Thank
you.
The
next
item
of
business
is
Communications
and
we
have
one
message
that
I
received
from
the
chair
of
the
community
relations
commission
and
there
are
currently
either
people
going
on
sabbatical
or
graduating
graduating
from
the
University,
and
so
there
are
a
number
of
vacancies
on
that
community
relations
commission
and
we're
very
much
interested
in
seeing
people
to
get
involved.
B
The
group
meets
once
a
week.
The
appointment
is
for
three-year
terms,
and
the
commission
has
the
overall
goal
of
bringing
about
Harmony
and
Goodwill
in
the
city
of
Athens,
along
with
doing
a
number
of
other
things,
but
that's
a
very
broad
goal,
but
the
community,
the
commission
works
well
together.
Micah
McCary
is
our
Council
liaison.
I
would
suggest
that
anybody
that's
interested
to
please
contact
and
send
a
send
their
resume
to
a
clerk
of
counsel
or
to
council
member
McCary,
and
we
will
move
forward
with
that.
So
thank
you.
President.
E
B
Then
some
great
work.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
The
other
item
is
a
an
email,
a
draft
of
a
resolution
that
the
mayor
forwarded
us
to
us
from
the
national
league
of
cities,
and
this
is
a
resolution
promoting
racial
Equity.
All
council
members
have
a
copy
of
that
resolution
and,
if
that
seems
reasonable,
we
could
bring
that
forward
next
week
under
committees
for
consideration.
B
F
Thank
you,
president
nicely
I
just
wanted
to
thank
all
those
who
were
involved
in
the
move
out
festivities
of
the
last
week.
I
was
fortunate
or
unfortunate
to
be
involved
in
a
number
of
different
levels.
My
daughter
was
moving
out
of
her
off
campus
residence
and,
and
there
was
lots
of
things
to
find
the
appropriate
home
for
including
many
of
the
dumpsters
that
were
put
out
for
that
process.
F
I
also
worked
with
rural
action
to
collect
food
from
off-campus
houses
to
be
donated
to
those
in
need,
and
I
also
got
to
spend
some
time
with
the
Sugarbush
Foundation
at
the
fairgrounds,
making
sure
that
donatable
items
did
get
to
people
who
were
there
for
for
that,
and
it's
a
massive
effort
and
I
learned
a
lot
about
it
this
year,
because
I
hadn't
been
so
involved
in
previous
years
and
and
I
was
impressed.
I
think
a
lot
of
material
was
diverted.
F
B
B
G
Patterson
I
have
a
couple
items
tonight,
president
nicely.
First
of
all,
the
looks
like
knock
on
wood
that
AEP
is
going
to
move
forward
with
their
scheduled
power
outage
here,
which
will
affect
the
city
building
and
its
operations
and
as
well
as
the
the
law
building
where
auditor
Hecht
and
the
law
directors
are
housed.
May
17th,
the
following
offices
are
going
to
be
closed.
The
city
auditor's
office
will
be
closed
to
the
public,
as
will
the
tax
department
and
the
law
director's
office.
G
Again,
it's
it's
due
to
the
Ada
accessibility
issue,
with
not
having
power
in
the
building
and
so
on,
and
so
forth.
So
note
that
on
May
18th
there
will
also
be
a
closure.
It's
it's
those
same
departments,
their
offices
as
well
as
the
government,
Channel
municipal
court
and
my
office.
I
can
say
that
what
the
mayor's
staff
is
going
to
be
doing
on
that
day
is
clearing
out
the
rest
of
the
records
that
are
in
the
Armory
and
putting
them
into
a
a
safe
place,
so
we'll
be
at
work.
G
G
The
other
offices
that
will
not
be
let's
say
open
are
going
to
be
the
city
code,
office,
engineering
and
Public
Works,
and
it's
not
that
they
won't
be
open.
Their
phone
service
will
not
be
there
an
email
for
the
code,
office,
engineering
and
Public
Works
the
community
center,
as
well
as
Arts
West,
with
a
email
and
phone
transition.
That's
going
to
go
on
there.
G
Parking
garage
is
being
power
washed
this
week,
so
if
it
looks
unusually
wet
in
there
for
a
place
that
should
otherwise
be
dry,
I
guess
there's
power
washing
going
on
the
last
couple
items
that
I
have
is.
You
may
have
noticed
the
solar
project
down
at
the
community
center
and
in
front
of
the
pool.
The
pool
solar
array
is
two
weeks
ahead
of
schedule,
which
is
fantastic
so
that
that
will
likely
be
completed
before
the
pool
opens
on
Memorial
Day.
G
The
first
Dora
event
of
the
Summer
is
taking
place
the
20th,
so
this
Friday,
or
this
Saturday
from
6
30
to
8
30
there
will
be
music
being
played.
I
should
state
that
West
State
Street
between
Court
and
Congress
will
be
closed
traffic.
The
city's
inflatable
movie
screen
will
be
there.
The
Blues
Brothers
will
be
playing.
So
if
you
want
to
watch
The
Blues
Brothers
on
our
large
screen
and
enjoy
the
Dora,
so
the
Dora
went
live
earlier,
and
this
is
a
quote-unquote
Dora
event.
G
The
last
thing
I
have
I
actually
have
two
more
things.
I'm,
sorry
for
the
nicely
also
on
the
20th,
is
kids
in
the
kids
to
the
park
day.
So
I've
written
a
proclamation
declaring
such
the
last
thing,
I
want
to
share
and
Ryan
or
Scott.
If
you
can
put
the
two
maps
up,
I
wanted
to
show
this
stick
to
council
and
to
the
viewing
audience
the
drive,
Ohio
autonomous
vehicle
test
tracks,
if
you
will
or
test
loops,
are
being
finalized.
This
is
one
of
two
to
where
you
see
on
the
image.
G
G
It
does
have
touch
points
in
the
city
of
Athens,
but
it's
primarily
33
as
it
comes
into
Athens,
and
then
it
will
exit
onto
50
and
hit
50
all
the
way
outside
the
Corp
limits
and
head
down
to
the
engineers
office,
Engineers
garage,
County,
engineer
and
then
up,
690
690
to
550
and
then
back
into
33.
Again.
G
F
H
You
I
figured
I'd,
come
I
haven't
been
here
for
a
while,
so
I
wanted
to
just
stop
in
not
a
long
report
at
all.
I
just
wanted
to
make
mention
that
you
know
many
of
you
probably
got
your
reconciliations
from
April.
Make
mentioned
that,
as
always,
these
are
going
just
as
smooth
as
always
we're
having
no
issues
at
all
again.
I
think
I
mentioned
this
this
time
last
year,
but
I
just
want
to
mention
again
it's
a
huge
credit
to
the
auditor's
office.
H
Auditor,
heck,
Leanna,
Woods,
Sarah,
Cherry
and
Jessica
covert
do
fantastic
work.
They
make
my
job
very,
very
easy.
Every
month,
every
month
things
go
very,
very
well
on
the
investment
side,
it's
all
Bryn
mentioned
a
few
times,
but
if
just
so
everybody
knows
the
interest
rates
are
up,
the
city's
Investments
are
doing
very
well,
and
we
continue
to
look
for
opportunities
that
if
we
could
see
something
that
we
can
to
put
our
money
into
to
continue
to
make
a
good
interest,
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that.
H
You
know
with
the
help
of
the
auditor's
office
and
the
coordination
with
the
mayor's
office.
We've
been
constantly
talking
about
that,
the
only
other
things
I
wanted
to
mention
too,
when
I
mentioned
the
auditor's
office.
I
do
also
want
to
give
a
little
shout
out
to
the
income
tax
department.
April
was
income
tax
season.
They
had
a
lot
of
work
going
on
over
there.
H
And
lastly,
one
new
thing
for
some
people
that
aren't
aware
is
the
city
did
Implement
a
new
online
system
for
paying
utilities,
bills,
Andrew,
chicky
and
and
his
and
his
crew.
Tina
Rogers
and
Kelly
Casto
have
got
a
new
system
online
and
it's
operating
very
very
well.
We
worked
together
a
little
bit
this
week,
just
talking
about
it
and
so
far
everything
is
running
very
smoothly.
H
You
can
use
venmo
and
those
type
of
payment
options
also,
so
that's
also
going
very
well
too
and
and
so
far
we're
not
we're
not
seeing
any
issues
with
anything
and
everything's
going
really
well
so
again,
I
just
want
to
give
the
credit
to
all
those
people,
because
everything
it
just
makes
my
life
so
much
easier
when
I
go
in
to
do
the
work
that
everybody's
so
efficient
and
gets
everything
done
so
well.
So
thank.
B
H
So
that's
yeah,
so
we're
all
already
well
over
what
we
earned
last
year.
Yeah-
and
you
know
it's
great-
it's
only
May
and
we
have
a
lot
of
Investments
that
actually
some
of
those
Investments
are
just
simple.
Every
month
we
receive
interest.
Some
of
them
are
different.
Different
types
of
Investments
that'll
come
due
as
the
year
carries
on.
I
Thomas
Thomas
this
this
report
is
so
clean
and
so
clear
and
so
easy
to
understand.
We
appreciate
that
without
doing
much
more
work,
would
it
be
possible
and
I
know
every
year
is
different
to
have
a
a
year-to-date
comparison.
One
number
that
bottom
number
balance
per
books
to
the
same
date
of
the
previous
year.
I'm.
I
H
C
But
it
is
section
two
just
because
that's
sort
of
the
most
logical
starting
point
for
discussion
is
where
some
definitions
are
added.
It
adds
a
definition
for
Drive-In
or
drive
through
establishment,
which
is
any
retail
or
service
establishment
that
provides
a
designated
place
where
persons
can
drive
their
vehicles
in
such
proximity
to
The
Establishment
that
they
can
or
are
permitted
to
conduct
a
major
portion
of
their
business
with
the
establishment
without
having
to
exit
their
vehicles,
then
a
definition
for
Drive-In
or
drive-through
restaurant
also
added,
which
is
a
restaurant.
C
That
is
also
a
drive-in
or
drive
through
establishment
and
then
updating
our
definition
for
restaurants.
So
it
says
the
current
language
reads:
an
establishment
where
food
and
drink
are
prepared,
served
and
consumed
primarily
within
the
principal
building,
and
this
ordinance
strikes
the
served
and
consumed
primarily
within
the
principal
building
and
adds
that
food
and
drink
are
prepared
and
sold
for
human
consumption
on
or
off
the
premises.
C
B
B
C
You
president
nicely-
and
this
ordinance
the,
whereas
is
an
important
part
here,
because
it
explains
the
purpose
of
this
it's,
whereas
the
there
is
language
missing
in
zero,
138
22.
It
is
required
to
update
the
city's
traffic
regulations
and
to
ensure
that
they
correspond
with
and
do
not
conflict
with
State
statutes
regarding
the
same
or
similar
topics,
and
so
this
topic
is
on
the
regulation
of
private
toys
zones
and
specifically,
the
conditions
under
which
a
property
owner
can
have
a
private
tow
away.
C
C
And
then
it
specifies
that
there
has
to
be
the
sign
that
is
is
currently
in
there,
but
the
language
is
just
clarified
and
that
if
the
the
private
tow
away
zone
is
not
enforceable
all
times,
the
sign
has
to
state
the
times
that
restrictions
are
in
place
and
the
sign
has
to
include
the
telephone
number
and
address
of
a
place
from
which
a
towed
vehicle
may
be
recovered
at
any
time
during
the
day
or
night,
and
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
that
we
adopt
ordinance
44-23.
Thank
you.
B
B
F
Thank
you,
president
nicely
I'll
go
ahead
and
read
section
one.
This
is
a
pretty
simple
appropriation:
ten
thousand
dollars
to
the
general
fund,
fire
101.208
transaction
code,
500
for
a
s
c
b;
a
self-contained
breathing
apparatus,
equipment
Grant
from
the
Department
of
Commerce
Division
of
State
Fire
Marshal,
and
increasing
the
total
Appropriations
by
the
same
amount.
Thank
you,
president
Eisley
and.
B
Did
you
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
approve?
Thank
you
45
23.,
second,
okay,
so
we
have
a
motion
in
second
any
comments
or
questions
from
Council
Members,
other
elected
officials
or
our
audience
members
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
motion
carries
in
the
ordinance
is
approved.
B
C
F
B
Comments
or
questions
from
Council
Members,
other
elected
officials
or
our
audience
members
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
motion
carries
in
the
ordinance
is
approved.
47
23
is
an
ordinance
amending
the
fire
department,
2023
Staffing
levels
authorized
by
ordinance,
14722
and
is
introduced
by
the
finance
and
Personnel
committee.
B
F
You,
member
ziff,
as
discussed
at
committee
and
at
first
reading.
This
is
a
an
opportunity
to
increase
the
number
of
positions
in
the
fire
department
from
15
to
18.
That
is
not
a
permanent
increase.
Then
we
would
be
able
to
Sunset
positions
due
to
attrition,
and
this
gives
more
flexibility
to
have
new
firefighters,
trained
and
on
hand
in
in
case
of
emergency.
Thank
you,
president.
Isley.
B
F
J
B
Nay,
the
motion
carries
in
the
ordinance
is
approved.
We
now
have
ordinances
for
second
reading
ordinance.
4923
is
an
ordinance
providing
for
the
issuance
of
not
to
exceed
four
million
dollars
of
bonds
by
the
city
of
Athens
Ohio
for
the
purpose
of
financing
the
cost
of
constructing
a
new
fire
station,
making
site
improvements
and
acquiring
Furniture
equipment
and
furnishings
and
a
site
there
for,
and
matters
related
there
too,
and
declaring
an
emergency
introduced
by
council
member
Crowell.
F
B
A
F
B
Are
there
elected
officials
or
audience
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
motion
carries
in
the
ordinance
is
approved.
We
now
have
ordinance
50
23.
This
is
an
ordinance
amending
ordinance,
7322
authorizing
Wastewater
remote
site,
Telemetry
improvements.
This
is
Project
number
339
and
amending
the
2023
appropriation
ordinance
155-22
introduced
by
council
member
Crowell.
B
B
K
You,
madam
president,
there's
not
many
ordinances
that
we
pass
here
in
Council
that
has
such
an
immediate
impact
and
I
think
positive
impact,
the
city,
the
citizens
of
Athens
and
repaving,
our
streets,
repairs
and
so
on,
and
we
do
this
every
year
and
I'd
like
to
ask
the
administration
I.
In
my
mind,
we
have
something
like
over
100
miles
of
streets
and
alleys.
Is
that
reasonably
correct.
A
J
G
G
The
goal
is
anywhere
between
10
and
20..
You
know
the
first
couple
years
I
took
office.
We
were
Paving
16
to
18
miles
during
Paving
season,
we've
gotten
to
the
point
where
we
don't
have
a
whole
lot
of
streets
that
are
in
really
poor
condition,
and
so
not
that
we're
drawing
down
the
mileage
of
the
miles
of
road
that
we're
repairing.
G
But
it's
we're
finding
that
we
can
address
some
that
were
not
quite
you
know
in
in
bad
shape,
but
we're
in
crack
sale
is
a
great
example
to
where
now
we're
putting
some
money
into
crack
sailing,
which
we've
always
done,
but
we
can
put
more
into
crack
seal
and
be
preventative
for
a
lot
of
the
streets,
but
there
is
a
fair
amount
of
milling
and
repaving
that
we'll
be
able
to
get
accomplished
this
summer.
Thank.
K
K
section:
two:
the
2023
appropriation
ordinance
155-22
was
here
by
amended
by
appropriating
from
the
unappropriate
balance
the
following:
Suns
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
street
fund,
220
transaction
code
500
and
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
State
Highway
fund
226
transaction
code
500
and
increase
the
total
Appropriations
by
set
amount
section.
Three.
L
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
bring
up
what
our
constituent
Rob
delac
brought
up
at
our
last
discussion
of
this,
that
we
were
going
to
make
sure
to
include
sidewalks
curbs
Etc
per
ODOT
and
federal
rules,
so
does
that
affect
after
looking
at
that?
Does
that
affect
the
number
of
streets
we
can
do
or
the
progress
of
it
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that's
included
no.
G
No,
it
does
not,
because
this
is
an
asphalt.
This
is
for
the
asphalt
work.
That's
going
on
the
concrete
work.
We
usually
do
that
separate
I
do
want
to
point
out
that
in
the
list
of
streets
that
you've
all
seen,
I
went
back
and
looked
at
them
one
by
one
and
of
the
streets
that
you
have
on
Alternate
one
and
Alternate
two.
G
That's
an
interesting
question:
if
they've
never
existed,
I
would
say
no
that
there
isn't
a
need
to
put
a
curve,
because
I'd
have
to
go
back
and
have
engineering
and
Public
Works
look
to
see
where
the
catch
basins
are
along
those
streets.
What
is
the
storm
runoff?
What
does
it
look
like
in
those
areas,
because
that's
something
you
have
to
take
into
consideration
if
you're
building
a
new
curb
on
a
street,
you
know
a
street
like
Roosevelt,
which
is
a
pretty
Narrow
Street,
it's
on
the
paving
list.
G
L
Curb
in
one
of
the
things
that
came
up
during
our
West
Side
Community
Association
meeting
was
a
complaint
about
the
lack
of
curves
or
curb
issues
on
the
west
side.
So,
and
you
were
at
that
meeting,
so
I
just
wanted
to
raise
that
issue
and
also
on
the
west
side.
We
had
a
situation
where
the
curb
was
needed
because
the
runoff
being
on
a
hill
made
it
so
without
the
curb
it
went
into
people's
basements.
L
A
L
B
G
B
F
Thank
you,
president
Eisley.
This
is
a
refund
from
the
Bureau
of
workers,
compensation
and
I'll
go
ahead
and
read
section
one.
The
2023
appropriation
ordinance
155-22
is
hereby
amended
by
appropriating
from
the
unappropriated
balance
the
following
sum:
27
603
dollars
to
general
fund,
other
administrative
101.120
transaction
code,
200
300,
the
PWC
refund
and
increasing
the
total
Appropriations
by
the
same
amount.
Thank
you
president
nicely
thank.
B
F
Section
2,
the
ordinance
shall
be
an
emergency
measure
necessary
for
the
preservation
of
the
health,
welfare,
welfare
and
safety
of
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Athens
Ohio
in
order
to
meet
the
effective
date,
and
it
shall
be
in
full
force,
in
effect
upon
its
passage
and
approval
by
the
mayor.
Thank
you,
president.
Lensley.
Okay,.
B
F
E
Thank
you,
I'll,
be
specifically
referring
to
section
one
where
line
three
indicates
that
for
a
four-year
three-month
term,
effective
October
1st
2023
through
December
31st
2027,
was
the
initially
proposed
date
and
in
the
interest
of
providing
the
city
Safety
Services
director,
with
the
adequate
time
needed
to
secure
and
appropriate
four-year
contract.
This
would
be
reducing
the
period
indicated
in
line
three
to
four
years
and
the
effective
date
to
January
1st
2023.
B
F
There
has
been
some
discussion
with
the
auditor's
office
about
the
difficulty
of
contracts
that
end
on
December
31st
and
something
that
we
have
discussed
is
perhaps
making
this
a
three
and
a
half
year
contract.
So
the
the
amendment
would
be
from
and
I
agree
with
member
McCary
in
terms
of
giving
the
server
safety
director
adequate
time
to
really
make
this
a
rock
solid
process.
We
know
that
the
the
contract
has
been
difficult
in
in
recent
years
and
we
really
want
to
be
prepared
to
have
a
very
well
thought
out
and
well
prepared
process.
F
I
also
think,
as
we
decide
as
a
council
to
effectively
authorize
the
service
safety
director
to
handle
this,
that
we
should
follow
the
service,
Safety,
Director's
recommendation
and
and
the
recommendation
that
he
provided
all
of
us
in
a
memo
was
to
start.
This
process
start
this
contract
on
January,
1st,
so
I
think,
if
we're
going
to
give
him
this
not
to
not
to
handcuff
him
and
allow
him
to
do
it.
The
way
that
he
sees
is
the
best
way.
J
M
B
I
B
J
J
It's
harder
and
I
think
that's
probably
why
the
current
contract
that's
been
in
place
for
several
years
ends:
June
30th,
but
because
of
what's
going
on
with
the
contract,
it's
we're
doing
an
extension
this
year,
but
yeah
I'd
rather
get
back
on
the
current
fiscal
year
or
whatever
you
want
to
call
it
for
for
this
contract.
We
have
lots
of
other
contracts
that
do
not
end
on
December
31st.
J
G
G
You
know
to
have
it
at
the
end
of
the
year
and
for
us
to
try
to
you
know
if
we're
trying
to
budget
for
the
upcoming
year,
and
then
this
is
an
unknown,
is
what
the
new
new
contract
is
going
to
look
like
with
whomever
the
hauler
is.
It
does
become
complicated
and
having
it
to
where
it's
on
a
fiscal
year
which
clearly
we're
on
a
calendar
year
with
our
budgeting.
G
What
we
think
the
budget
might
be
for
that
particular
for
that
particular
operation
in
the
city,
even
even
though
it's
all
predicated
upon
what
the
revenue
is,
it's
coming
in
via
the
fees
that
people
are
paying,
so
it's
just
it.
It
is
cleaner,
I
agree
with
what
the
auditor
is
saying
and-
and
we
just
weren't
thinking
things
through
in
that
way
at
that
when
we
started
thinking
this
through
councilmember
swing,.
F
Just
to
add,
as
I'm
thinking
through
this
after
having
had
this
discussion
with
the
with
the
auditor,
is
that
that
does
mean
that,
if
we're
looking
at
possible
rate
increases
July
1
instead
of
January
1.
now
this
Council
has
tried
hard
to
do
our
rate
increases
together
in
January
1
right
talking
about
it
in
in
the
late
fall,
so
folks
can
be
prepared
and
then
January
1
is
when
those
rate
changes,
but
for
this
contract
it
would
have
to
be
a
July
1
change.
E
Thank
you
president
nicely
and
thank
you,
auditor,
for
the
input
that
has
all
right.
Helped
us
arrive
at
this
suggested
alternate
ending
contract
date.
I
would
just
go
back
to
the
original
intent
behind
listing.
October
1st
was
to
shorten
the
length
of
any
short-term
contract
we
might
need
to
enter
with
the
hope
of
decreasing
costs
felt
by
citizens
and
since
then,
including
at
our
last
meeting,
we've
had
recommendations
for
how
we
can
soften
that
impact
to
Citizens
through
such
uses.
I
E
M
A
M
B
M
M
Okay
and
then
this
to
the
second
member
prowl,
you
were
the
one
who
was
trying
to
do
the
friendly
Amendment
so
I.
Second,
my
own
family,
okay,
all
right!
Well,
we've
got
it
emotions
a
second,
then
I
think
we've.
We
know
exactly
what
the
important
thing
here
is
to
know
exactly
what
it
is:
we're
clear
on
the
dates:
okay,.
E
Thank
you,
president
council
member
swing
for
the
question,
so
the
not
to
exceed
2.6
million
annually
generally
comes
from
the
rejected
2023
bids
and
is
an
addition
of
the
costs
of
uniform
residential
cans
at
approximately
220
000.
composting
at
approximately
130
000
multi-unit
housing.
Recycling
programs
at
approximately
80
000,
which
is
an
estimate
because
this
would
be
an
opt-in
program
and
expected
additional
dumpsters
in
a
given
year
would
be
at
32
000.
I
I
I
Why
wouldn't
we
set
the
amount
at
two
million
dollars
because
we've
had
an
engineer
tell
us
they
can
do
this
for
1.93
million
dollars.
Let's
make
it
2
million,
with
the
10
override
a
bid
could
come
in
as
high
as
2.199
999
dollars
and
still
be
considered.
A
good
bid
within
the
parameters
of
the
10
percent,
override
2.6
million
seems
like
an
artificially
inflated
amount.
I
I
I
That's
a
lot
of
money,
no
matter
what
your
socioeconomic
situation
is
so
for
us
to
sit
here
and
assign
a
figure
of
2.6
million
dollars
is
an
appropriate
amount
for
our
Savvy
surface
director
to
go
out
and
get
bids
on.
A
trash
contract
is
very,
very
difficult
to
swallow
when
we've
had
another
engineer
tell
us
that
they
can
do
it
for
one
million
nine
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars.
I
M
I
B
C
C
Granting
special
right-of-way
use
permits
under
title
49,
and
we
discussed
this
fairly
extensively
last
week
in
committee
and
I
believe
that
for
the
code
enforcement
director,
the
fee
for
the
application
for
the
permit
has
been
paid,
and
the
fine
has
already
been
changed,
but
it
is
in
the
same
location
as
a
previously
existing
sign
and
I
would
just
add
that
this
not
only
are
special
right-of-way
use
permits
fairly
regularly
granted
through
this
body.
They
are
a
fairly
regularly
granted
for
existing
structures.
I
Had
a
conversation
today
with
director
Stone
and
if
I
might
read
and
then
I'll
defer
to
the
mayor
on
this
Alan
I'll
get
back
to
you
before
the
meeting
tonight
with
the
direction
we
are
going
to
go,
it
would
be
atypical
for
us
to
direct
a
business
who
is
just
changing
a
sign
that
was
already
in
the
right
of
way
to
take
it
down,
while
their
permit
goes
through.
Council.
However,
I
drove
by
this
weekend
in
this
particular
location
appears
to
be
in
violation
of
their
temporary
sign.
G
Councilmember
we
did
identify
that
with
their
temporary
sign
permit.
They
were
allowed
to
flag
Style
advertisement,
things
I,
don't
know
what
they're
called
that
are
in
on
their
property,
there's
currently
three
and
then
there's
a
fourth.
That
is
one
of
those
interesting
clown
things
where
the
arms,
not
both
arms,
but
one
is
sitting
there
flapping
out,
which
is
a
distraction
for
drivers.
I
B
This
is
resolution
423
a
resolution
extending
an
invitation
to
the
city
of
Australia
Ukraine
to
become
a
sister
city
with
the
city
of
Athens
Ohio,
to
build
on
relationships
and
mutual
understanding
between
our
two
Nations
and
is
introduced
by
all
members
of
council
and
at
last
week's
committee
meeting
and
prior
to
that.
Actually,
we've
had
opportunity
to
look
at
the
invitation
letter
that
was
issued
to
the
mayor
from
a
person
in
Indiana.
B
I
want
to
say:
Who
is
the
from
the
International
Center
and
the
format
of
this
relationship
will
be
informal,
no
legal
or
contractual
obligation,
but
an
opportunity
for
us
to
learn
from
them
a
city
in
the
west,
one
of
the
western
provinces
of
Ukraine
that
has
a
pot
city
with
a
population
of
about
the
same
size
as
Athens
Ohio,
and
also
the
oldest
university
in
Ukraine
from
the
1500s.
So
many
opportunities,
it's
also
an
opportunity
for
us
to
share
how
commissions,
Council
meetings,
the
city,
city,
Administration,
work
and
we'll
be
communicating
together.
G
He
asked
me
if,
if
he
could
get
a
city
flag
to
deliver
to
the
mayor
of
austro,
I
purchased
the
flag
myself
with
my
own
personal
out
of
my
personal
account
and
gave
it
to
Ben
Steward,
so
he's
going
to
be
delivering
a
flag
to
the
government
of
austro
within
the
next
couple
weeks
when
he
goes
over
to
Ukraine.
So
I
think
that
that's
an
additional
sign
of
good
faith
that
we'd
like
to
open
up.
G
A
B
We
now
have
announcements
and
other
business
and
we
will
be
having
committee
meeting
next
week
and
I
think
we're
back
to
a
little
bit
more
regular
schedule
that
that
Council
items
for
committees
should
come
to
our
clerico
Council
by
Wednesday,
and
so
please,
let
us
know.
Are
there
any
other
announcements
that
people
wish
to
make
I'll
check
with
Council
Members
First,
mayor
Patterson.
G
But
regardless
we're
really
excited
and
I
will
also
say
that
it's
certainly
at
least
for
me
and
I'm
sure,
from
a
lot
of
you,
it's
really
Bittersweet
to
think
that
come
July
1
that
Chief
Tom
Pyle
will
be
retiring.
He
has
been
such
a
great
police
chief.
He
has
been
a
great
confidant
for
me
when
it
came
to
different
issues
in
the
city,
from
the
murder
of
George
Floyd
and
engaging
to
to
a
number
of
different
things.
Look
I'll
be
real.
G
B
L
Want
to
make
a
big
plug
for
well.
First
of
all,
I
do
want
to
say
that
Chief
Pyle
has
been
great
in
in
my
interactions
with
him
and
with
police.
So
I
think
he
has
said
a
wonderful
tone
that
I
hope
will
continue.
But
what
I
want
to
say
also
is
that
the
West
Side
Community
Association
has
restarted.
We've
had
a
couple
meetings.
We
are
meeting
monthly
now
and
so
I'm
hoping
that
people
will
come
out.
L
This
is
going
to
the
next
one
is
going
to
be
May
31st
from
six
to
seven
at
the
Central
Avenue
church,
so
it's
nice
and
walkable,
and
it's
free
to
members.
So
we
can
just
hear
your
interests
and
concerns
last
month.
Patterson
was
gracious
enough
to
stop
by
and
we've
had
some
other
people
as
well
and
we'll
see
what
happens
this
month.
Thank
you
right.
B
D
Good
evening
I'm
Bruce
Underwood
from
athensock
recycling
I'm
going
to
talk
trash,
but
not
about
the
okay.
What
was
on
the
legislative
agenda?
Okay,
as
we
go
through
move
out,
I
just
want
to
say
a
big
thanks
to
my
crew,
all
the
staff
that
put
in
literally
hundreds
of
Staff
hours
across
the
commencement
weekend
to
get
the
city
cleaned
up.
D
It's
a
lot
of
work,
both
from
the
from
the
supervisor
standpoint
and
the
crews
out
there
doing
the
work
so
kudos
to
them,
but
I
also
want
to
recognize
the
importance
of
the
work
of
all
the
volunteer
organizations,
the
non-profits
that
are
involved
with
move
out
to
divert
materials,
as
Mr
Crowell
had
mentioned
some
of
those
organizations
like
Pro
action
and
what
university
does
and
restore
and
new
to
you
and
a
lot
of
other
thrift
stores
and
non-profits.
It's
really
a
huge
effort
and
it's
really
important
that
that
much
material
is
diverted
micros.
D
You
know
came
to
me
and
said
we
see
a
lot
less
Furniture
this
year
and
a
lot
less
donatable
items.
So
I
think
the
fact
that
you
know
those
organizations
working
together
the
solid
waste
District
moving
their
event
from
May
to
April,
to
give
people
an
additional
chance
before
before
commencement
to
donate
their
stuff
and
to
get
rid
of
it
and
dispose
it
in
a
proper
manner.
D
I
think
that
helped
a
little
bit
more
social
media
outreach
from
a
lot
of
the
organizations,
including
the
city
and
many
in
the
county
and
many
other
other
partners,
but
I
also
think
it
speaks
the
opportunity
we
have
to
divert
even
more
material
as
as
councilmember
Crowell
mentioned,
Cove
would
kind
of
put
a
damper
on
those
things
for
a
couple
years.
We're
like!
Oh,
we
don't
know
what's
going
on,
but
I
think
we're
kind
of
getting
back
to
normal.
D
D
Another
life
additionally
I
think
you
know
I,
think
our
crews
were
spot
on
and
getting
things
cleaned
up
yesterday,
despite
the
lack
of
availability
of
the
landfill
on
Sunday,
we
had
some
extra
truck
capacity,
so
I
want
to
give
again
congratulations
to
them
for
for
the
great
job
they
did
I
think
we
got
everything,
cleaned
up
and
provided
service
to
the
city
that
the
the
city
expects.
Thank
you.
G
More
thing
to
this
quickly,
and
that
is
because
we
were
talking
about
move
out
and
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
I
met
with
George
nowicki,
our
director,
not
director,
but
one
of
our
solid
ways:
litter
Control
Officers.
He
indicated
to
me
that
there
were
there
was
not
one
citation
that
was
issued
to
anyone
during
move
out
this
year.