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Athens City Council - January 9, 2023
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All
right,
thank
you,
president
Eisley.
The
first
item
on
our
Agenda
night
is
a
presentation
from
the
executive
director
of
the
Athens
County
Convention
visitors,
bureau,
Mr
Troyer
has
been
doing
an
excellent
job
on
getting
us
out
of
the
pandemic
and
bringing
Athens
back
to
the
region
in
the
state
of
Ohio
and
he's
here
to
tell
us
about
their
work
today.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
You
for
that
introduction
that
was
very
nice,
so
I'm
going
to
go
through
a
presentation
here
today.
As
say
I
mentioned,
my
name
is
Boone
Troyer
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
visit
Athens
County,
you
may
have
noticed
that's
a
different
name
than
Athens
County
Convention
and
Visitors
Bureau.
The
reason
for
that
is
when
people
do
presentations,
sometimes
they
say
the
city
of
Athens,
which
that's
not
us,
that's
you
all.
Sometimes
they
say
visit
CVB.
Sometimes
they
say
cvbv
and
all
sorts
of
different
things.
So
we
decided
we're
going
to
go
visit.
E
E
This
is
a
presentation
that
we
did
at
the
end
of
the
year
for
2022
I'll
work
through
this
a
little
bit
quicker
than
that
presentation,
because
that
presentation
was
about
an
hour
long
and
I'm
not
going
to
stand
up
here
for
an
hour.
So
this
is
our
mission
you
can
read
through
this
here:
real
quick.
Basically,
we
want
to
Market
and
Provo
all
the
assets
and
everything
that
Athens
County
has
to
offer
for
visitors
coming
in.
E
We
hope
those
people
come
here
and
stay
the
night
and
spend
money
our
team
here.
Of
course,
myself.
We
have
Amy
spouts
as
our
events
and
marketing
manager.
We
have
Joel
Prince.
He
is
our
creative
director
and
then
Liz
Merrill
is
our
Administrative
Assistant
board
members.
Here
we
have
Brandon
Thompson
Jessica
cupowitz,
Melissa,
Bales,
Jewel,
Jennifer,
LaRue,
Jessica,
ciders,
Lindsay,
Desjardin,
Sean,
Kaiser
and
Mary
model
for
our
commissioners,
Chris
meal,
Charlie,
Atkins,
Lenny,
Eliason
and
city
of
Athens
city,
mayor
Steve,
Patterson
and
our
Representatives
income,
these
three
brands.
E
These
are
the
three
of
our
major
brands
that
we
represent
right
now.
You
can
see
the
visit
Athens
County
logo
that
in
2023
will
be
changing
the
Ohio's
y9
logo
and
then
bike
Athens
Ohio.
That
will
also
be
changing,
we'll
be
working
through
potential
Outreach
for
bike,
Athens
Ohio
to
become
a
regional
brand
instead
of
specific
to
Athens
and
then
with
Ohio's
199.
If
you're
unaware,
Ohio's
199
is
nine
motorcycle
routes
that
go
in
and
out
of,
Athens
all
throughout
the
county
and
throughout
other
counties
in
Southeast
Ohio.
E
This
program
is
the
reason
that
our
office
was
able
to
stay
open
during
the
pandemic.
We
have
hosted
two
national
motorcycle
rallies
in
Athens
I,
don't
know
if
you
all
knew
that
we've
had
people
take
their
bikes
here
from
across
Seas
they
ship
their
bikes
here
to
ride
Ohio's
99
next
year,
as
of
today,
we
already
have
seven
motorcycle
rides
scheduled
for
next
year.
This
is
a
big
deal
for
us.
This
last
year
we
hosted
the
Athena
ride
for
women.
It
was
an
all-female
motorcycle
rally
in
Athens.
It's
the
first
of
its
kind.
E
It
was
very
important
to
us
to
reach
out
to
that
group
of
folks
and
and
women
writers.
As
we
see,
this
is
an
increase
within
ridership
and
motorcycling,
so
they
were
here
for
four
days.
We
hosted
keynote
speakers.
We
had
Alyssa
clickinger
she's,
a
nationally
renowned
author
and
motorcyclist
herself,
and
we
had
several
workshops
throughout
the
day:
mechanics
101
and
then
they
went
out
on
guided
rides
throughout
our
County
as
well.
E
These
are
some
of
our
bigger
organizations
that
we
are
part
of
Ohio's
Appalachian
country,
the
Ohio
Association
of
a
Convention
of
visitors
bureaus
the
Ohio
travel
Association
and
the
Ohio
tourism
Leadership
Academy.
To
provide
some
perspective
here.
The
Ohio
tourism
Leadership
Academy
is
a
Statewide
program
that
takes
on
applicants
each
year
to
participate,
and
at
the
end
of
that,
you
get
a
certificate.
It's
basically
the
continuing
education
portion
for
folks
and
our
job
line.
E
I
attended
the
Ohio
tourism
Leadership
Academy
two
years
ago
and
I
was
selected
as
the
tourism
leadership
Academy's
top
of
the
class,
which
is
very
nice.
This
year
we
actually
have
two
of
our
employees
attending
Joel,
Prince
and
Liz
Merrell,
we'll
also
be
attending
otla.
They
actually
meet
tomorrow
for
their
first
meeting
and
Liz
and
Amy
spouts,
actually
in
our
office.
She
attended
last
year.
E
These
are
just
some
of
our
partners,
I'll.
Let
you
read
through
this
real,
quick
folks
that
we
work
with
and
around
our
community
and
our
County
outside
of
our
County.
Our
partners
are
really
the
reason
why
we're
able
to
do
what
we
do
without
those
relationships.
We
would
not
be
able
to
get
some
of
the
projects
done
that
we
like,
so
you
can
see
some
of
the
organizations
and
associations
that
were
part
of
here
so
we'll
get
into
our
impact.
E
This
is
an
analytical
section
and,
as
many
of
you
know
me
and
have
heard
me
speak
before,
I
could
talk
about
numbers
literally
all
day
long,
but
I
won't
do
that.
This
is
my
favorite
portion,
I,
really
like
analytics
and
numbers.
So
just
some
key
factors
here.
This
is
our
2021
report.
This
is
specifically
for
Athens
County.
E
So
this
is
the
impact
data
for
our
organization,
870,
000,
visitors
to
Athens
County,
our
local
tourism
generated
a
total
of
28.4
million
in
total
tax
revenues,
14.1
million
and
state
and
local
tax
revenues,
6.2
million
and
local
tax
revenues
some
of
our
business
sales.
Here
we
broke
this
down
into
retail
trade.
When
we
get
this
report,
it's
an
inordinate
amount
of
information.
E
We
broke
these
down
into
the
ones
that
we
think
were
most
pertinent
for
our
partners
to
know
so:
retail
trade,
43.9
million
food
and
bread,
Bridge
34.5
million
lodging
21.8
million
Recreation
and
entertainment
10.8
million
you
can
see
here.
Not
only
did
I
want
to
show
you
the
numbers
specifically,
but
this
is
the
other
breakdown
sections
that
we
get
in
the
report.
So,
in
comparison
to
other
job
categories,
you
can
see
manufacturing,
construction
and
Communications
all
those
listed.
E
We
highlighted
the
tourism
assets
and
you
can
see
that
all
of
those
were
within
the
top
for
employment,
visitors
activities,
sustained
2,
323
jobs,
accounting
for
7.7
percent
of
Athens
County
employment.
Again
we
broke
these
down
into
the
same
categories
as
before,
so
you
can
see
these
the
job
outline
here
and
then
again
just
for
comparison.
Instead
of
just
giving
you
numbers,
you
can
see
all
that
data
broken
down
and
see
where
they
line
up.
E
So
our
primary
funding
sources,
the
Athens
County
lodging
tax
and
the
city
of
Athens
lodging
tax.
Those
are
our
funding
sources
for
our
office.
That's
how
we
stay
in
business,
so
our
total
lodging
tax
received
in
2020.
You
can
see
the
numbers
here
and
see
the
increase.
This
is
where
I'll
kind
of
pause
for
a
moment
in
2020.
We
all
went
through
the
pandemic,
our
office,
we
were
all
put
on
furlough,
except
for
the
director
at
the
time.
The
reason
that
we
were
able
to
stay
open
really
is
because
of
yd9.
E
Those
were
the
only
people
still
traveling
because
they
were
able
to
be
out
on
the
road
they
didn't
have
to
be
close
to
people.
You
could
come
by
yourself
and
stay
by
yourself
and
folks
were
still
doing
that
and
we
were
promoting
that
in
2020
and
September
is
where
I
came
in
to
the
interim
role
as
a
director.
I
very
unfortunately
had
to
immediately
lay
someone
off
I
cut
contracts
in
half
the
contracts
that
we
did
keep
I
cut
those
in
half
as
well.
It
was
a
very
challenging
difficult
time
for
us.
E
It
was
a
struggle
to
make
sure
that
we
could
stay
in
business.
I
was
able
to
bring
back
the
other
two
employees,
but
this
was
a
time
of
basically
trying
to
kind
of
Clean
House
rebuild
relationships,
kind
of
figure
out
where
we
really
were
what
we
could
afford.
This
was
the
challenge
for
us.
Some
of
those
challenges,
unfortunately,
still
are
there
we're
still
working
through
some
of
those
relationship,
issues,
rebuilding
contracts,
and
things
like
that
so
going
through
that
we
use
2021.
As
our
cleanup
time.
E
We
worked
quite
diligently
on
regaining
some
of
the
contracts
we
increased
our
advertising
and
marketing
Outreach.
We
had
some
new
structures
for
our
office.
As
far
as
reporting
goes,
we
made
those
relationships,
important
relationships,
that
we
really
needed
to
continue
to
move
forward
and
then
in
2022
we
celebrated
all
that
hard
work
by
really
expanding
our
marketing
Outreach.
We
started
getting
involved
in
state
level
organizations.
E
We
took
leadership,
roles
and
meetings
and
with
those
organizations
I
mentioned
being
Secretary
of
oacbb
Amy
is
the
secretary
and
a
regional
rep
for
Ohio's
Appalachian
country
and
again
I
mentioned
Jewelers
or
attending
otla
this
year.
So
we're
really
going
head
first
with
the
tigger-like
attitude
this
year,
trying
to
get
involved
in
everything
and
make
sure
that
folks
are
understanding
what
it
is
that
we're
doing
and
why
we're
doing
it
and
how
that
impacts.
The
income
again
I'm
analytically
minded.
E
So
if
anybody
wants
to
see
all
of
those
real
numbers
feel
free
to
come
by
my
office,
so
our
secondary
funding
sources
we
wanted
to
get
outside
of
hey.
We
have
this
lodging
tax.
What
other
funding
sources
can
we
bring
into
our
office?
How
could
we
be
sustainable
and
be
able
to
support
our
events
and
things
that
we
want
to
do
and
how
so
I
mentioned
the
Athena
ride
for
women
this
last
year?
It
brought
in
six
thousand
seven
hundred
fifty
dollars
and
then
in
2023.
E
This
is
something
that
I'm
really
excited
about,
but
also
nervous
about.
This
will
be
a
challenge.
Is
the
merchandise
sales,
so
I
mentioned
bike,
Athens
Ohio,
y9
I
visit
Athens
County.
Those
are
the
things
that
we'll
be
selling
T-shirts
cups,
hats
things
like
that.
The
challenge
with
that
is,
as
all
of
you
know,
I'm
a
relationship,
person
and
I.
Do
not
want
to
compete
with
anybody
in
town
all
those
partners
that
we
represent
that
sell
their
own
stuff.
E
We
don't
want
to
be
competing
with
them,
so
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
following
that
line
up.
These
are
the
things
that
are
ours.
We've
created
these
and
not
step
on
anybody's
too.
So
that's
the
challenge
and
the
part
that
I'm
I'm
working
through
so
reinvesting
in
tourism.
This
is
our
tourism
assets.
We
just
opened
up
today.
Actually
our
2023
tourism
development
grants.
So
in
2021
and
2022
we
handed
out
30
000
in
Grants.
This
was
an
increase
from
what
we
have
done
in
the
past.
E
We
had
several
applicants
come
through.
Our
board
actually
puts
together
a
committee
for
selection
processes
there,
and
then
we
send
out
why
and
how
and
how
much
money
due
to
our
increases
and
wanting
to
invest
more
in
our
community,
the
board,
with
support
of
the
board,
we've
decided
to
increase
to
20
000
for
the
year
2023.,
so
we're
increasing
our
grant
Outreach.
E
E
Okay,
so
our
advertising
promoting
tourism-
this
is
the
fun
part,
so
the
the
614
magazine,
APG
media,
ad
rack.
These
are
all
folks
that
we
have
worked
with.
We
have
contracts
with
to
do
marketing
and
advertising.
I
often
tell
people
that
our
job
is
to
tell
all
these
people
out
here
and
all
these
other
areas
and
other
states
and
communities
about
what
we
have
here,
so
that
they
come
here
and
spend
money,
which
is
why
you
living
here
might
not
see
what
we're
advertising
so
sometimes
we'll
say.
Well,
what
is
it
that
you
actually
do?
E
Let
the
visitors
be
out,
we
don't
even
know
what
it
is
that
you
do
and
my
response
is:
that's
okay,
you're
not
supposed
to,
because
I
want
all
of
these
people
to
know
so
that
you
come
in
here
and
they
spend
money
now
those
partners
and
people
that
we
work
with
in
town.
That's
when
I
take
it
to
the
next
step
and
I
say
well,
we
can
work
together
and
here's
how-
and
these
are
the
things
that
we
do
so
that
you
can
step
in
and
be
a
part
of
that.
E
So
with
these
right
now,
this
is
the
21-22
outline
our
biggest
one,
that
I'll
touch
on
is
we
signed
a
contract
with
the
Cincinnati
Bengals?
We
are
in
the
Cincinnati
Bengals
game
day
programs.
We
have
a
full
page
ad
across
from
Joe
burrow
I'm,
going
to
say
that
again
we
have
a
full
page
ad
and
the
game
day,
programs
it
cost
from
Joe
Bro.
E
E
We
paid
four
thousand
dollars
for
that
full
page
ad.
It
was
a
Coke
space
before
us.
It's
a
big
deal
we'll
let
that
sink
in
for
a
bit.
So
because
of
that
in
our
relationship
with
PSP
and
some
of
the
work
that
we've
done
going
into
2023,
we
will
be
heavily
investing
in
professional
sports.
I
have
been
able
to
negotiate
the
four
thousand
dollar
price
tag
across
the
board
for
all
of
our
ads.
E
We
have
contracts
now
with
the
Cleveland
Guardians,
the
Chicago
Bulls
Pittsburgh
Penguins,
the
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Steelers,
Cincinnati
Bengals,
the
Browns
and
I-
think
that's
it
so
for
2023
we're
expanding
our
marketing
with
professional
sports.
Many
of
those
are
game
day
programs-
some
of
them
are
their
annual
yearbooks
that
they
do
collectors
that
come
out
once
a
year.
The
Guardians
annual
yearbook
is
actually
kind
of
used
as
their
game
day
program.
They
don't
actually
hand
out
the
game
day
program,
so
they
sell
those
at
the
games.
E
Of
course,
we
want
to
keep
doing
our
face-to-face
Communications,
especially
as
shows
start
to
come
back,
so
we'll
be
doing
the
AAA
travel
Expo
in
Pittsburgh.
That's
actually
next
week,
Amy
will
be
leaving
for
that
Ohio's
travel.
Pavilion
is
one
of
our
contracts.
They
do
all
of
our
visitors
guides
our
yd9
Maps,
our
bicycle
maps
and
our
our
rat
cards.
E
211
travel
shows
around
the
state
of
Ohio
and
surrounding
states,
and
then,
of
course,
our
motorcycle
shows
and
events
as
we
travel
around
and
host
so
hosting
group
events,
events
and
conferences,
motorcycle
and
car
groups.
This
is
just
an
example
of
who
we
had
in
2021
and
a
few
that
are
in
2022,
but
these
are
the
events
and
conferences
or
several
of
those
we
partnered
with
Ohio
University.
To
make
that
happen,
and
then,
of
course,
the
motorcycle
car
groups
Amy's
our
expertise
on
that
I
mentioned.
E
E
Ladies
night,
we
work
with
several
locations
Uptown
we
provided
them
with
a
poster
to
put
on
their
wall
to
come
up
with
a
special,
the
one
that
I
remember
the
most
is
that
Casa
did
a
special
that
was
named
after
the
first
two
ladies
to
ride
their
motorcycles
across
the
United
States,
so
that
was
really
cool.
We
for
that
event,
and
that
example,
we
literally
hand
delivered
people
to
to
the
doorsteps
of
our
businesses
Uptown
to
spin
the
social
media.
E
E
So
here
are
a
handful
of
our
Publications.
This
is
going
into
2023,
so
we
have
printed
60
000
visitors
guides.
We
actually
just
got
those
last
Thursday.
We
are
really
excited
about
the
guide
this
year.
It's
the
25th
anniversary
of
patchworks,
so
we
have
used
passion
works
as
the
theme
of
the
guide.
If
any
of
you
want
any
guides,
please
come
to
the
office
and
pick
some
up.
E
E
Let's
say
that
one
again
for
the
second
time
in
history
this
year,
they're
buying
10,
000
guns,
the
Hawkeye
Indiana
Bikeway
Maps,
we're
going
to
revise
those
and
we'll
do
a
release
in
2023..
Our
goal
is
to
have
that
out
by
Spring,
so
here's
kind
of
where
we're
going
so
we
talked
about
2021-22,
very
condensed,
version
again.
If
anybody
has
further
questions
or
want
me
to
expand,
I
would
be
happy
to
do
that.
You
all
know
I
like
to
talk
coming
in
2023.
This
is
the
front
of
the
visitors
guide.
E
You
can
see
the
passion,
Works
theme
kind
of
goes
throughout.
We
have
an
article
in
the
middle
of
the
Patty,
helped
kind
of
put
together
and
there's
some
QR
codes
in
there.
That
will
take
you
to
videos
about
passion,
Works
into
their
shop
and
things,
so
we're
really
excited
about
it.
This
is
the
first
year
too,
the
print
came
out
with
no
highlights
or
anything.
The
color
is
really
good.
E
So
we're
going
to
continue
our
collaboration
with
Ohio
University,
bring
more
people
in
increase
in
Visitor
Guide
distribution.
I
mentioned
that
to
15
instead
of
four
work
with
our
regional
Partners
we're
trying
to
develop
new
tourism
Assets
in
Southeast
Ohio
region.
We
all
know
that
the
asset
development
in
this
area
right
now
is
going
crazy.
There
are
so
many
things
happening
right
now.
We
want
to
be
at
the
Forefront
of
all
of
that.
E
I
have
made
it
a
personal
journey
of
mine
to
make
sure
that
I'm
in
all
of
those
meetings
and
listening
to
what's
happening,
I'm
figuring
out
how
we
can
partner
together,
we
want
to
provide
more
educational
opportunities
and
programs
for
businesses
that
serve
Athens
County.
This
includes
our
unique
lodging
properties
and
I've
shared
with
many
of
you.
We've
actually
seen
over
a
300
percent
growth
and
unique
lodging
properties
in
Athens
County
this
last
year,
exploring
new
locations
to
share
tourism,
information
and
I'll
touch
on
that
one
real
quickly.
E
E
We've
also
been
working
with
mayor,
Patterson
and
Andy,
and
arts
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
the
United
senior
centers
on
potentially
opening
a
visitor
space
in
the
ALCO
building
across
from
whites
Mill,
and
then
we're
in
the
process
right
now
approaching
a
mobile
Visitor,
Center
van,
so
we'll
be
able
to
get
out
in
the
county
and
be
in
and
every
event
and
things
that
are
going
on
and
have
the
ability
to
do
that.
As
you
can
see,
one
of
our
goals
is
really
to
be
more
out
in
the
open.
E
E
Yeah
I
can
actually
give
you
an
exact
number
what
the
the
what
they
approved
this
year.
The
board
is
200
000
in
marketing
and
production,
and
that
includes
all
the
things
that
I
mentioned
were
professional
sports
wub
IMG.
That
list
of
all
those
the
the
contacts
that
we
have.
We
also
do
some
things
that
were
not
on
there,
like
billboard,
Outreach
or
if
we
have
an
article
written
about
us
or
a
video
promotion.
E
G
E
History
has
kind
of
rolled
into
that
with
passion,
Works
25th
anniversary,
and
that
kind
of
being
the
charge
of
our
guide
right
now,
I
attended
the
the
Heritage
conference
in
Toledo
and
we're
really
kind
of
trying
to
figure
out
what
heritage
assets
that
we
have
and
how
that
turns
into
a
tourism
asset,
because
we
all
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
those
in
Athens
County.
So
really
it's.
How
do
we
tell
that
story?
So
I
would
put
kind
of
arts,
arts,
history
and
culture
at
the
top.
Outdoor
recreation
is
a
huge
one.
E
We
know
with
that
growth
right
now
with
the
Bailey's
bike
trail
systems.
We
have
so
many
outside
sources,
just
within
our
office
that
don't
even
relate
to
the
trail
system
with
people
for
bikes
and
organizations
like
that,
and
then
I
would
say
we
could.
We
could
put
motorcycles
in
there
too,
but
that's
probably
number
three,
because
it's
been
such
a
standing
campaign
and
we
feel
confident
with
that,
the
other
ones
we
need
to
kind
of
build
up.
E
What
that
looks
like
and
I
will
say
to
kind
of
expand
on
that
question
is
that
for
2023
those
goals
that
we
have
are
really
setting
the
foundation,
knowing
that
these
things
are
coming,
whether
that's
at
the
end
of
23
or
24
or
25.
We
really
are
kind
of
getting
our
house
in
order
and
all
those
big
changes
that
I
want
to
make
which
are
potential
location,
moves,
purchasing
a
van
signing,
big
new
contracts.
E
C
There,
the
other
side
of
that
question
will
be
this
in
those
instances
where
you've
pitched
to
an
organization
or
a
group,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
conventions
and
things
of
that
nature
or
bigger
things
coming
here,
as
opposed
to
one-off
guy
coming
down
and
riding
his
bike.
What
would
you
say
are
the
three
or
four
biggest
reasons
or
most
prominent
reasons.
You
hear
why
someone
didn't
come
I.
E
Don't
want
to
be
in
the
city
that
that's
why
they
they
come
down
here
and
the
reason
that
they
don't
want
to
come
here
is
because
we
just
don't
have
the
space
an
exact
example.
That
would
be.
We
got
contacted
by
the
Latin
American
Motorcycle
Association
to
host
their
National
Conference.
Here
they
bring
their
own
band,
they
bring
their
own
performers
like
3200
people,
and
we
tried
everything
that
we
possibly
could.
C
E
E
So
our
hotels
in
particular,
are
their
biggest
business,
is
actually
construction
delivery,
so
bringing
in
folks
to
work
on
pipelines,
work
on
the
roads,
but
you
also
have
to
think
about
what
are
our
ancillary
spaces
are?
So
you
know
we
have
Knights
Inn,
Hometown
and
days
in
Super
8,
although
those
are
chains
they're
a
little
bit
smaller
than
like
our
Hampton
and
our
Fairfield
OU
win
things
like
that.
So
on
those
bigger
weekends,
those
are
ones
that
we
we
don't
have
to
work
for
really
because
they're
already
there
so
I
guess
to
answer
your
question.
E
C
E
The
that's
why
you're
right
there
yeah
yeah
yeah,
the
the
pluses
of
the
location,
are
that
it's
on
East
State
Street,
it's!
It
gets
a
lot
of
traffic
in
front
of
it.
The
negative
is
that
it's
a
house,
and
so
really,
no
matter
what
we
do
to
that
folks
view
it.
As
else
we
very
unfortunately
have
had
several
people
that
come
in
that
say
that
they
didn't
realize
that
that's
where
we
were,
even
though
we
have
a
giant
sign
out
front
that
says
it
hasn't
got
a
Convention
of
visual.
E
Even
we
even
have
a
highway
sign.
So
that's
a
downfall.
It's
just
not
it's
really
tough
for
folks
to
realize
that
we're
a
visitor
center
I
even
think
if
we
put
a
bunch
of
flags
out
front
and
we're
shooting
off
fireworks
and
stuff
I'm,
not
sure
that
folks
would
know
that
it's
there,
the
things
that
I
like
about
it
as
it's
homemade.
When
we
do
have
visitors
come
in,
they
enjoy
being
downstairs
it's
a
cabin.
E
C
H
E
Again,
it
is
so
we
actually
mentioned
some
of
the
public
hunting
spaces
in
the
visitors
guide.
We
don't
have
a
specific
campaign
for
hunting
and
fishing,
but
stay
tuned.
I
just
wrote
an
article
for
a
DNR
about
fishing
in
Southeast
Ohio
I'm,
an
avid
fisherman
and
Hunter
myself
and
I'm,
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
implement
that
in
a
bigger
package.
But
we
do
touch
on
that.
We
just
don't
have
a
full-on
campaign
like
winding
line
or
back
Athens.
H
H
E
Did
we
actually
saw
our
unique
I
mentioned
that
I
grow
the
300
growth
and
unique
lodging
properties?
They
see
a
lot
of
hunters
there
and
the
Knights
Inn.
Actually
there
was
I
forget
what
weekends
they
were.
It
was
during
rut.
There
was
two
weekends
at
the
Knights
end
that
we
were
trying
to
get
folks
down
there
and
there
they
broke
out
the
entire
hotel
for
a
hunting
crew.
They.
I
J
Questions
yes,
Mr
ziff
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you,
I
think
a
lot
of
people
first,
just
for
being
here
and
telling
us
and
giving
us
all
these
updates
great
great
presentation
and
I
think
a
lot
of
people
underestimate
the
amount
of
work
that
goes
into
things
happening
around
here
and
the
money
and
everything
yeah
and
I
myself
before
I
was
on
Council.
Wasn't
really
as
aware
as
I
wish.
I
had
been
I
mean
these
things
just
don't
happen.
J
D
And
I'll
just
finish
off
by
saying
the
board
works
really
hard
and
Sean
Kaiser
did
a
great
job
as
chair
of
the
board
these
past
a
few
years
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
Kaiser's
barbecue
opening
in
my
neighborhoods,
hopefully
pretty
soon
well.
Thank
you,
Mr
Troyer,
I
I
will
just
respond
quickly
to
to
member
Swank
that
my
my
other
job
my
office
is
in
the
cabin.
So,
if
you're
planning
on
moving
me
out.
K
I,
do
really
appreciate
your
talking
about
capacity.
You
know
as
to
why
people
wouldn't
come
what
he's
referring
to
isn't
just
at
the
city
of
Athens
he's
talking
about
Athens
County
when
it
comes
to
beds.
So
just
as
a
qualifier
I
also
just
wanted
to
ask
you
Bo,
and
one
of
the
things
I
think
is
really
important
when
you
do
these
annual
updates
for
the
city
is
to
also
talk
about.
K
E
Cost
is
actually
going
up,
as
is,
unfortunately
everything,
so
those
increases,
plus
all
the
things
that
we're
doing
with
our
expansion
of
advertising
and
our
contracts.
If
you
combine
those
three
things,
it's
I
mean
it's
we're
at
the
the
number
that
I
have
in
the
presentation.
There
is
777
000.,
that's
the
highest
income
and
history
of
the
organization.
Not
only
is
it
a
higher
history
of
the
organization
within
the
last
two
years,
it
is
also
individually
throughout
each
quarter,
the
highest
quarter
in
comparison
in
the
history
of
the
organization.
K
E
It
still
feels
like
home.
It
really
does
because
there
are
times
like
a
great
example
and
I'm
kind
of
going
off
script
here,
but
this
morning
you
know
I
have
all
the
stuff
going
at
home.
My
daughter
is
going
through.
I
was
thinking
today's
her
birthday,
and
she
got
so
worked
up
that
she
couldn't
even
go
to
school
today.
E
So
I'm
dealing
with
all
this
stuff
this
morning
and
I
actually
told
the
staff
I'm
like
hey
I'm,
going
to
come
in
around
11
today,
I
got
city
council
tonight
to
prepare
for
so
I'm
going
to
be
in
a
little
bit
late.
Well,
I
got
all
the
kids
around
and
I
was
like
I
think
I'm
just
going
to
go
to
the
office
because
I,
like
being
there
It
Feels,
Like
Home.
E
E
D
E
D
Okay,
moving
on
to
our
second
item
on
finance
and
Personnel
tonight,
the
public
entities
pool
of
Ohio:
this
is
our
property
and
liability
insurance
for
the
city,
this
the
insurance
for
our
buildings
and
our
property
and
our
equipment.
We
do
have
Mr
cheeky
here
to
tell
us
more
about
this
year.
I
believe
this
is
will
be
our
third
year
with
pep
I'm
sure
you're,
going
to.
D
I
saw
that,
in
your
notes,
the
the
public
entities
pool
of
Ohio
is
AAA
rated
and
endorsed
by
the
Ohio
Municipal
League.
We
obviously
have
some
new
infrastructure
coming
this
year
that
Mr
cheeky
will
be
talking
about
how
the
rates
may
increase,
but
I'll
just
turn
it
over
to
you.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Yeah.
G
What
a
tough
act
to
follow
with
doing
the
visitors
bureau
to
or
visit
Athens
Ohio,
to
talk
about
our
liability
insurance,
but
I'll
try
to
keep
it
brief
and
and
interesting,
at
least
for
for
the
purposes
of
tonight's
meeting,
we're
partnered
with
the
public
entities
pool
of
Ohio
I
call
it
pep.
You
might
also
hear
perso
and
it's
partnered
with
a
number
of
other
organizations
here,
locally
John
Miller
with
Matthews
Insurance
is
our
local
agent
that
we
work
with
directly
for
processing
things.
That's
needed.
G
It's
also
about
being
part
of
a
strong
pool,
a
large
pool
of
other
municipalities,
there's
also
townships
that
are
involved
in
this
in
cities,
big
and
small.
So
we're
we're
part
of
an
organization
that,
if
we
had
a
catastrophic
event,
we'd
be
well
well
covered
and
that's
really
important
for
the
security
of
the
taxpayers
of
Athens
to
know
that
we're
using
their
their
monies
wisely
and
that
we're
maintaining
our
city
infrastructure
appropriately.
G
If
we
were
to
leave
before
the
six
years
before
we're
fully
vested
there's
a
retainage
of
which
we
would
owe
it
goes
down
each
year.
Basically,
it's
a
it's
a
holding
as
part
of
our
premium.
So
if
we
were
to
decide
that
this
wasn't
working
for
us
or
we
needed
to
find
a
something
else
to
do,
there
would
be
a
certain
amount
that
would
be
held
back
as
as
part
of
separating
from
them
before
we're
fully
vested.
G
G
You
have
to
think
of
all
the
different
properties
and
Wells
and
different
city
infrastructure
that
nobody
really
sees
but
is
vitally
important
to
keeping
everything
running
and
flowing,
and
I
and
I
say
that
literally
it
keeps
things,
keeps
things
flowing
additional
equipment.
We
have
things
like
vac
trucks
and
that
kind
of
thing
is
valued
over
2.6
million
dollars
and
we
have
an
additional
7.7
million
dollars
in
vehicle
insurance
that
we
that
we
maintain
so
we're
talking
about.
G
You
know
a
lot
of
things
that
we
have
to
keep
covered
and
we
want
to
have
it
covered
appropriately.
We
did
a
a
evaluation
in
2021
of
of
all
of
our
buildings
and
infrastructure,
so
we
had
somebody
come
from
New
Jersey
and
they
visited
every
single
property
that
the
city
has
and
every
single
building
and
we've
got
all
those
little
Wells
and
lifts
stations
and
all
those
kinds
of
things
I
had
to
visit
each
one
of
those
and
photograph
them
and
do
an
appraisal
on
each
one
in
2021.
G
So
our
information
has
been
much
updated
from
when
we
are
under
our
previous
insurance
program
and
2023.
We
anticipate
some
small
rate
increases
as
part
of
our
our
self-insured
pool.
Those
are
primarily
related
to
some
of
the
new
construction
that
we're
bringing
online
and
improvements
that
we're
doing
so.
It's
it's
not
like
we're
just
increasing
Insurance
across
the
board.
Actually,
our
premium
is
staying
pretty
flat.
It's
really
related
to
new
construction.
The
new
fire
station
and
we're
gonna
have
to
ensure
that
building
and
anticipate
what
those
costs
are
going
to
be.
G
In
addition,
we
have
the
Armory
building
in
that
project.
You
know,
we've
ensured
that
at
its
minimum,
for
basically
since
the
city
received
it
in
1997
and
as
we're
revitalizing
it
and
it's
going
to
come
online,
there's
going
to
be
significant
improvements
happening
to
that.
We
want
to
cover
it
completely.
G
We're
anticipating
around
a
contribution
of
around
260
thousand
dollars
it.
It
will
likely
be
a
little
bit
north
of
that
considering
those
additional
construction
coverages.
But
we're
not
going
to
know
that
for
sure
here
for
another
month
or
so,
but
we
we
can
anticipate
it's
going
to
be
in
that
in
that
neighborhood
in
that
ballpark.
G
The
other
thing
to
to
note
related
to
our
to
our
contribution
is
this
transfer
this
changeover
from
a
city-owned
fleets
to
a
lease
Fleet
for
all
of
our
city
Vehicles.
This
is
is
a
great
thing,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
Aging
vehicles
that
we're
recovering,
but
there's
a
little
bit
of
an
overlap
that
we're
trying
to
be
really
diligent
about
as
we
bring
in
new
vehicles.
We
offload
the
old
vehicles,
but
there
isn't
just
a
natural
overlap
that
that
will
happen
with
with
some
of
those
as
we
as
we
transition
that
Fleet.
G
G
You
know
we
don't
want
to
ever
have
have
any
major
major
claims,
but
we
we
had
no
major
claims.
This
past
year
we
had
a
number
of
small
claims
and
what
I
mean
by
small
claim
are
are
things
that
are
are
under
ten
thousand
dollars,
for
example,
and
I
won't
read
through
all
of
the
the
list,
but
we
had
a
break-in
at
one
of
our
buildings
earlier
in
2022,
and
there
was
a
theft
of
around
seven
thousand
dollars
of
some
tools.
G
You
know
if
I
everything
fire
is
really
expensive,
is
what
I'm
learning
so
to
get
that
back
up
and
ready
in
the
transportation
there
and
back
for
that
was,
was
about
fourteen
thousand
dollars
out
the
door
that
was
covered
after
our.
After
our
deductible
for
that
2023
I
I
mentioned
transitioning
the
the
fleet
and
what
that
will
look
like.
G
I
also
want
to
mention
that
all
of
our
elected
officials,
as
required
through
RC
and
and
other
required
officials,
the
other
required
officials,
are
primarily
bailiffs
and
and
Court
staff
are
required
to
to
have
a
bonding
and
in
lieu
of
a
bond.
You
can
do
a
thing
called
faithful
performance
of
Duty.
It
acts
the
same
way,
but
it's
like
an
insurance
endorsement,
and
we
rolled
that
in
last
year
into
our
our
regular
Insurance
statement.
G
That
saves
us
a
significant
amount
of
money,
as
opposed
to
bonding
each
individual
for
an
amount,
and
it's
actually
better
because
we
can
rate
each
one
of
those
at
the
highest
amount
allowable
and
there's
no
change
in
cost
for
us.
So
while
a
bailiff
might
have
a
low
amount
or
a
council
member
might
have
a
low
amount
compared
to
to
a
judge,
we
get
both
the
maximum
allowable
and
that's
what
we're
taking
advantage
of.
G
So
you,
you
all,
are
completely
covered
in
that
way
and
very
proud
of
that
change
over
as
it
as
well
as
us
taking
a
look
at
some
of
our
other
endorsements.
So
we
have
other,
like
third-party
Insurance
things,
that
we
were
doing
to
get
full
coverage.
We
were
able
to
take
a
second
look
at
that
in
the
past
year
and
eliminate
almost
all
of
those
and
roll
them
into
our
regular
policy.
So
that's
a
significant
savings.
G
For
example,
we
were
spending
almost
twenty
thousand
dollars
a
year
insuring
our
boilers,
so
every
building
has
a
heating
unit.
Now
they
are
being
insured
separately
for
almost
twenty
thousand.
We
were
able
to
cancel
that
policy
because
in
our
our
regular
policy,
with
Pap,
that's
already
covered
so
we're
paying
this
double
amount
that
we
didn't
need
to.
So
we
were
able
to
eliminate
that
completely
and
it's
actually
better
coverage
so
very
happy
with
with
pep
and
very
pleased
with
how
things
are
going
they're.
Incredibly
responsive.
G
We
have
a
representative
from
from
their
insurance
subsidiary
called
Burnham
and
flower
Andy
Leach
is
our
contact.
There.
I
can
call
him
24
hours
a
day
if
I've
got
a
serious
problem.
That
is
beyond
what
we
need
with
with
our
local
insurance,
rep
and
he'll
answer
and
we'll
have
a
someone
on
the
case.
For
example,
in
2021
we
had
the
damage
to
Arts
West.
We
were
able
to
call
them
at
you
know
4
15
in
the
morning,
and
they
had
somebody
there
that
same
day
to
to
respond
to
that.
G
F
G
Our
standard
deductible
is
is
two
thousand
dollars.
If
it's
under
two
thousand,
we
generally
can
self-perform
that
anyway,
but
if
it's,
if
it's
something
that's
over,
that
that's
kind
of
our
threshold,
so
anything
that's
gonna,
that's
cause
damage
that
includes
third
party
property
of
that
deductible
is
two
thousand
dollars
now
there
are
many
just
to
add
on
to
that.
There
are
many
items
and
I've
got
a
whole
book
over
here.
If
you're
really
really
interested
with
additional
and
there's
probably
44
endorsements.
G
Most
of
those
don't
have
a
deductible,
so
cyber
crime,
for
instance,
there
is
no
deductible
to
the
city,
it's
part
of
our
policy
and
what
we
pay
into
our
premiums.
So
if
we
have
a
Cyber
attack-
and
this
is
something
that
we
experienced
under
our
old
insurance
and
we
paid
a
deductible
over
ten
thousand
dollars-
there's
no
deductible
for
that-
it's
included
in
the
policy-
it's
actually
far
superior
to
what
we
what
we
had
before.
G
A
D
G
H
G
L
Just
to
clarify
for
memorizing
question
so
recently
we
had
a
session
where
we
talked
about
the
the
next
contract
for
medical
insurance
and
the
life
insurance
for
employees,
not
accidental
death,
but
just
life
insurance
for
anybody
who
died
while
in
office
is
under
that
policy,
not
under
the
liability
policy
that
Andrew
Chickie's
talking
about
here.
That's.
H
L
H
D
D
Tonight,
segues
nicely
from
the
conversation
Mr
cheeky
was
having
about
our
Fleet
Management
and
that
is
the
Ohio
Revised
Code
requires
us
annually
to
have
to
officially
authorize
the
service
safety
director
or
his
designee
to
to
sell
obsolete
or
no
longer
necessary
items,
Municipal
properties
such
as
vehicles,
and
so
next
week
we
will
be
looking
at
the
first
reading
of
the
ordinance
that
authorizes
the
sale
of
this
internet
auction
sale
of
unneeded
or
obsolete
Municipal
property.
Are
there
any
questions
from
the
finance
and
Personnel
committee?
Yes,
members.
If.
J
B
D
K
H
C
L
It
what
you're
voting
on
is
to
allow
us
to
use
the
internet
to
auction
and
the
Ohio
Revised
Code
says
that
you
typically,
we
can
dispose
of
things
via
VIA
an
auction.
If
Council
gives
us
the
authority
to
dispose
of
the
thing,
there's
an
extraordinance,
that's
required
to
do
it
on
the
internet,
and
that
has
to
be
passed
annually
any
individual
item
valued
at
over
a
thousand
dollars.
L
We
have
to
seek
Council
approval
for
disposal
unless
you've
already
voted
to
do
so
like
there
have
been
some
vehicles
that,
in
past
councils,
you've
already
done
that
we
just
haven't
disposed
of
them,
yet
we're
just
waiting
for
the
new
one
to
come
in,
so
we
wouldn't
have
to
come
then,
but
you've
always
done
it.
So,
in
all
cases,
something
that's
valued
over
a
thousand
dollars.
The
council
has
to
authorize
the
disposal
completely
independent
in
this
ordinance.
This
just
says:
we're
allowed
to
use
the.
D
H
L
G
I
figured
it
was.
It
was
due
that
last
guy
that
spoke,
he
was
really
good.
So
we
have
a
number
of
of
events
in
the
next
year
and
one
of
our
goals
going
back
almost
three
years
ago,
was
to
collate
all
of
these
different
events
to
happen.
There
was
a
time
that
maybe
a
couple
of
the
council
members
recall
where
each
one
of
these
would
come
as
a
separate
ordinance
to
counsel
and
have
three
readings,
and
it
was.
G
It
took
a
lot
of
energy
and
effort
from
everybody,
and
then
there
would
be
last
minute
requests
to
get
added
to
the
calendar
and
we're
just
we
don't
have
the
appetite
or
the
the
bandwidth
to
do
that.
So
we've
been
working
with
all
these
different
event,
organizers
of
the
last
almost
two
years
to
get
things
set
and
on
the
calendar
early
to
understand
what
the
needs
are
and
then
get
an
ordinance
out
there
in
early
January.
G
So
this
is
the
earliest
that
we've
done
it
so
far,
but
we
feel
pretty
good
about
the
the
list.
I
do
want
to
note
a
few
of
them.
I
actually
I'll
read
each
one
just
so
that
it's
part
of
the
record,
but
in
order
the
Ohio,
University
International
Street
Festival
will
be
back
again
slated
to
be
on
April
8th,
using
the
section
of
Union
Street
from
college
to
Court
Athens
filming
Athens,
Film
Festival.
This
is
a
new
one,
possibly
a
one-time
deal.
G
Several
weeks
ago,
it'll
be
on
Court
Street
between
union
and
Washington
slated
for
April
15th,
another
new
thing,
I'm,
calling
it
Dora
days
we're
coordinating
with
the
anti-racism
book
club
Ohio
Brew
week
as
well
to
have
have
specific
Dora
late
afternoon
early
evening,
events
primarily
on
Fridays,
with
the
exception
of
the
first
one,
to
rotate
from
block
to
block
the
Uptown
area,
so
the
first
one
being
on
West,
State,
Street,
then
another
one
on
Union
Street,
then
another
on
Court
Street.
Part
of
the
interest
in
this
is
is
twofold.
G
Those
sale
of
cops
that
we
sell
to
the
city
cells
to
the
to
the
Uptown
establishments
goes
into
a
into
a
kitty
that
we
want
to
build,
so
we
can
do
more
events
Uptown
and
promote
those
and
bringing
business.
Uptown
we've
had
a
lot
of
discussions
with
Uptown
business,
Associated
Association
and
the
bar
owners
about
how
we
can
bring
business
in
for
everyone
when
we've
done
closures
in
the
past.
G
One
of
the
challenges
that
we
heard
feedback
from
was
you're,
taking
away
the
parking
and
our
business
for
the
day
by
having
X,
Y
or
Z
event,
and
we
want
to
create
opportunities
where
they're
benefiting
from
those
events,
the
same
way
that
some
of
those
event
promoters
are
another
one
that
is
is
back
after
Hiatus
is
Boogie
on
the
bricks
they
contacted
us
late
last
year
with
interest.
They
were
able
to
set
a
date.
We
have
a
master
calendar
now,
so
we
are
able
to
plug
all
these
in
and
keep
them
separate
enough.
G
We
don't
want
to
have
so
many
things
happening
that
we're
cannibalizing,
really
good
events.
We
want
to
have
a
little
bit
of
a
break
between
them
and
not
have
an
exhaustion
of
too
many
things.
We
won't
have
a
lot
of
things
in
a
really
full
calendar,
so
Boogie's
back
and
they've
requested
Court
Street
from
Washington
to
state,
so
one
block
the
plains,
Lions
Club,
you
have
date
Sundays,
yes,.
C
G
G
Those
are
August
4th
and
August
5th
back
to
back
the
Athens
Arts
and
Music
Festival,
which
is
kind
of
unique
in
the
in
the
season
of
events,
because
that
is
one
that
is
in
part
sponsored
by
the
municipal
Arts
Commission
in
the
city.
It's
kind
of
a
an
end
point
of
the
the
Dora
season,
we're
very
excited
about
that
high
University
Welcome
weekend,
August
27th
and
then
a
slight
change
which
actually
follows.
G
What
we've
done
in
this
Pat
this
past
year
with
Halloween,
is
to
combine
city
of
Athens
Halloween
enable
the
trick-or-treat
closure
together.
It
was
a
great
success
this
past
year
really
happy
with
how
that
turned
out
and
want
to
see
that
continue.
We've
had
a
full
support
from
the
Uptown
Business
Association.
For
that
that'll
be
October
28th.
Then
we
have
the
annual
holiday
tree
lighting.
That's
with
ayuba
Town
Business
Association
on
December
8th.
G
That's
a
Friday
and
then
the
last
item
is
one
that
was
brought
forward
and
then
tabled
at
the
end
of
the
year.
Just
didn't
have
enough
time
from
the
event
organizers
to
get
it
together.
We
tried
really
hard
to
make
that
happen,
but
passion,
Works,
New,
Year's
Eve
party,
where
I
place
all
that
to
give
them
the
Opera
opportunity
to
to
make
that
work.
So
that
is
the
that's
the
list.
G
The
list
is
on
that
proposed
ordinance
and
includes
the
national
Street
Festival
Athens
Film
Festival
Dora
days,
Boogie
on
the
bricks
Ohio
Brew
week,
Athens
Arts
and
Music
Festival,
Halloween
and
passion
works.
It
isn't
that
each
one
of
those
will
do
will
have
then
even
pedaling.
It's
just
that
we're
providing
the
opportunity
with
this
legislation
that
they
can
have
that
ability
and
we're
suspending
that
chapter
11.04
for
that.
G
And
then,
finally,
with
this,
this
slate
suspending
the
noise
ordinance
for
the
events
of
Boogie
on
the
bricks
Ohio
Brew
week,
Athens
Arts
and
Music
Festival
Halloween
and
patchworks
New
Year's
Eve.
So
it's
a
slightly
smaller
list.
Those
are
the
ones
that
would
be
continuing
until
the
noise
ordinance
would
be,
in
effect,.
H
G
So
this
is
a
separate
slate
of
ordinance
is
not
really
the
street
closures,
but
this
is
moving
into
the
2023
holiday
season.
I
know
it's
January
right
now,
but
we're
trying
to
be
diligent
about
some
of
these
things
that
happen
every
year
that
are
part
form,
but
also
for
awareness
and
want
to
get
that
get
these
scheduled.
So
we
can
plan
well
in
advance.
The
first
is
continuous
parking,
beginning
Sunday
December
17th.
H
Have
a
question
on
this
one,
since
these
are
all
separate,
separate
dates
here.
How
does
the
public
know
in
advance
that
they
can
take
advantage
of
this
or
or
mistakenly
think
well,
it's
going
to
cover
a
like
three
weeks
or
something
and
they
go
and
park
and
get
a
ticket
and
now
they're
kind
of
angry
and
their
holiday
is
ruined
and
yeah.
G
Part
of
our
our
response
to
that
is
getting
this
out
earlier,
allows
us
to
to
get
the
information
out
to
the
public
earlier
in
the
in
past
years.
It's
one
of
those
ordinances
that
happens
to
us
and
we
don't
want
things
to
happen
to
us.
We
want
to
have
a
little
bit
more
foresight,
so
by
doing
this
earlier,
we
can
promote
it
earlier
and
not
wait
for
an
emergency
suspension
of
the
rules
in
December
when
we
say
oh,
no,
we
forgot
to
pass
these
ordinances
because
we
weren't
thinking
about
it.
H
G
H
A
G
G
C
Phone
I
thought
I
had
taken
a
picture
of
it.
I
didn't
know
what
it
meant
fusing.
Okay,
so
to
Jeff's
point
I,
think
a
well-designed
holiday
sign,
very
simple
anybody
drives
up
knows
that
they
can
park
for
free
or
today
is
not
a
free
parking
day
to
to
that,
though,
I'm
curious,
this
is
really
just
Saturday
and
Thursday.
Do
people
not
shop
on
Friday,
no.
G
C
On
so
I
guess
what
I'm
getting
at
here
long
in
a
roundabout
way.
If
there
were
a
start
date,
then
here
it
looks
to
be
December
the
8th
Friday
and
we
ran
it
through
Saturday,
December
23rd.
Each
and
every
day
do
you
have
any
idea
what
the
hit
would
be
on
the
parking
Revenue
budget
just
at
these
hours
after
five
that
many
people
were
parking
up
there
after
5
PM.
M
M
Thank
you,
member
Eisner
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
the
point
that
these
times
really
are
coordinated
with
the
Uptown
Business
Association
events
that
are
well
promoted.
As
far
as
for
family
activities,
things
happening
Uptown
during
the
month
of
December
and
I.
Think
there's
a
lot
that
goes
out
on
social
media
about
when
these
things
are
happening
and
I
don't
know
for
sure.
If
it's
been
included
but
I
think
in
past,
it
has
been
included
that
during
these
event
times,
there
is
free
parking
in
the
parking
garage
and
so
I
think.
M
I
always
know
that
they're
things
happening
for
families
Uptown
during
these
times
during
December,
because
it's
really
a
consistent
part
of
Uptown
Athens
Traditions,
so,
but
that
that's
when
the
events
are
and
that's
when
the
free
parking
is
but
I
think
coordinating
with
ayuba
as
far
as
getting
the
word
out
about
when
the
parking
in
the
garage
is
free
and
that
it
does
align
with
specific
promotions
is,
is
probably
an
effective
marketing
or
promotion
of
the
free
parking
space.
Yeah.
H
G
A
H
Really,
this
is
a
thing
that
the
city
is
doing
it.
It's
not
businesses
or
anybody
else,
they're
having
an
impact
and
we're
getting
information
from
them
so
that
we
can
set
this
up.
But
the
responsibility
for
getting
the
the
word
out
in
a
clear,
concise,
meaningful
way
is
strictly
on
the
city.
It's
not
on
anybody
else.
It's
it's
us!
If
we're
going
to
do
this,
we
own
it.
So
what
I'm
saying
is
that
I
think
we
just
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
getting
the
the
message
out
there?
Okay,
full!
Stop
your
turn.
Okay,.
I
So
I
may
not
be
articulating
this
well
enough,
but
when
people
know
that
they
can
park
for
free,
they
might
be
I
mean,
obviously
the
reason
they
would
do.
This
is
because
they're
going
to
get
more
business
now
if
they
get
more
business,
doesn't
the
city
get
more
Revenue,
ultimately
through
whatever
taxes
or
whatever
that
they
get?
No
really.
A
K
Tax,
if
they
have
to
bring
on
more
staff,
to
sit
there
and
fill
the
hours
in
their
shops
and
absolutely
from
an
income
tax
standpoint,
this
county
in
the
state
is
going
to
be.
You
know
benefiting
from
the
sales
tax
that
is
going
to
be
generated
by
any
sales
going
on.
So
you
know,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
you
know
I
look
at
our
being
able
to
not
have
the
meters
you
know
collecting
at
those
meters
as
really
in-kind
way
of
supporting
our
local
businesses
in
the
Uptown
area
during
the
holiday
season.
K
I
G
Like
I
can
tell
you
from
from
being
up
there
when
we
had
the
holiday
tree
lighting,
we
had
hundreds
of
people,
we
had,
you
know
close
to
a
thousand
people
Uptown
for
that
event
and
the
line
went
around
the
corner
for
the
the
horse
rides.
So
there's
you
know,
information
is
getting
out
there
and
people
are
very
excited
about
it.
H
K
K
K
C
G
It
goes
in
the
order
of
non-profit
and
public
entities,
first
University
and
then
toward
the
bottom
list.
Our
for-profit
and-
and
things
like
things
like
that,
so
anything
that
promotes
the
the
Uptown
area,
tourism
or
or
the
city
itself
is,
has
got
top
billing.
For
when
we
add
to
the
calendar,
anybody
can
contact
the
city
with
with
an
idea
for
for
a
special
event,
and
we
we
look
at
that
and
see
where
it
could
fit
on
the
calendar
and
if
they
wish
to
proceed
it
would
come
to
city
council
for
requests
for
closure.
G
The
ones
that
are
on
this
list
are
ones
that
we've
had
communication
with
them
once
you're
kind
of
on
the
calendar
and
holds
your
place
that
eliminates
pretty
naturally
some
of
those
other
ones
that
might
want
to
come
in.
So
it's
you
know.
If
you're
early
and
organized
you're
going
to
have
a
better
chance
of
success,.
C
G
So
there's
there's
an
application
for
both.
The
application,
for
a
special
event
is,
is
about
20
pages
long
and
I
worked
I
work
directly
with
those
individuals
there's
a
number
of
things.
We
need
life
safety
plans,
sanitation
plans,
we
talked
I,
think
the
mayor
mentioned
last
week
about
zero
waste
and
plastic
free,
so
part
of
the
communication.
G
If
you
come
to
the
city
Administration
requesting
a
street
closure
we're
going
to
talk
through
each
one
of
those
things,
what
we
want
for
a
successful
event
before
we
move
to
the
step
of
requesting
that
closure
is
that
they're
organized
and
planned
and
have
all
the
appropriate
things
that
they
need,
including
you
know
once
we
say
yeah.
This
seems
like
something
that
will
work.
You
have
to
get
additional
event
insurance.
G
If
you
want
to
have
alcohol,
there's
an
F2
permitting
process,
so
there's
a
number
of
steps
that
have
to
happen
in
order
for
for
us
to
proceed,
and
even
after
the
the
closures
authorized
from
the
administration
standpoint,
we
could
revoke
that
that
application,
if
they
aren't
meeting
certain
metrics
so
if
they
on
the
life
safety
plan,
didn't
create
in
their
on
their
plan
fire
lane.
We
could
say
you
know
this
isn't
going
to
work
without
you
adjusting
that.
L
L
There
was
a
a
you
know
more
than
a
few
years
ago
now,
a
for-profit
entity
that
came
and
and
sought
a
closure,
and
ultimately
we
did
it
for
a
road
race
type
activity,
and
you
know
when
we
look
back
on
it.
After
the
fact
we
said
you
know.
Do
you
you
know.
Was
this
really
for
the
public
good?
It
was
a
for-profit
entity
that
came
in
and
requested
that
that
that
the
roads
be
closed.
L
They
made
some
money
for
people
to
come
in
and
participate
in
the
thing,
and
then
was
it
really
a
public
good,
and
so
that
that
non-profit
concept
is
not
a
hard
and
fast
rule,
I
mean
there
may
be
some
sort
of
for-profit
activity.
That
would
happen
to
promote
our
our
Central
business
district,
that
that
that
that
has
value
and
that
this
body
would
want
to
allow.
But
I
really
think
that,
ultimately,
that's
the
check,
you
know
the
front
door.
Is
us
and
the
administration
to
say
you
know?
Is
there?
M
B
F
President
Eisley
I
believe
we'll
be
somewhat
brief
with
our
two
agenda
items
this
evening.
An
update
on
Fire,
Station
construction
and
then
an
annual
water
softening
salt
purchase,
contract
and
I
will
remind
folks
that
we
just
completed
the
successful
purchase
of
land
for
our
fire
station
at
the
end
of
last
year,
and
now
we
want
to
hear
about
updated
plans
for
construction,
I'm,
hoping
our
city
and
Safety
Services
director
will
share
some
updates.
Thank.
L
L
The
bond
proceeds
were
nine
million
dollars,
so
there's
8.4
million
available,
basically
for
construction
and
what
I'm
seeking
is
to
have
you
go
ahead
and
appropriate
that
remaining
8.4
million
through
the
City
Safety
Services
or
safety
Capital
Levy
money
and
into
that
fund
for
us
to
do
construction.
Our
goal
right
now
is
to
and
I
have
to
go
back
and
look
at
my
exact
timeline.
L
My
my
goal
is
to
have
a
bid
opening
on
15
March
right
now,
which
is
our
Target
with
a
hopefully
to
have
an
award
by
20
March,
and
then
you
know
turn
it
over
to
the
contractor
for
construction
start
date
on
or
about
one
April.
So,
in
order
to
stay
with
that
timeline,
you
know
we're
seeking
to
start
readings
on
the
appropriation
associated
with
construction
and
the
authorization
for
that
here
next
week.
At
the
beginning
of
that
ordinance,
one
note
on
that
is,
you
know
I'm
still
waiting.
L
L
Three
charging
stations
at
this
because
of
the
proximity
to
The
Interchange,
the
business
Corridor
and
Simpson
Avenue,
and
and
some
of
that
that
program
is
or
that
that
money
could
be
reimbursable
under
the
inflation
reduction
Act
and
the
national
electric
vehicle
initiative
Navi
program,
and
so
my
thought
would
be.
Is
that
we
would
you
know
those
additional
costs?
L
We
would
go
and
do
an
additional
appropriation
and
above
the
8.4
fund
that
and
then
seek
reimbursement
once
we
get
the
thing
installed,
so
that
will
dial
in
here
over
the
coming
weeks
and
if
I
need
to
seek
an
amendment
I
will.
But
for
now
my
request
would
be
the
8.4
million
to
go
ahead
and
start
appropriating
that.
L
That
so
no
we
have
not
closed
on
it.
The
purchase
contract
is
signed
on
our
end.
I
have
provided
it
to
the
representatives
of
Ohio
University
for
them
to
return.
They
are
waiting
for
das
to
give
them
the
final
approval.
Das
does
not
move
quickly
and
then
ultimately,
that'll
be
the
the
dollar
amount.
If
I
remember
correctly,
it
was
206.
000
was
the
the
and
then
the
the
balance
of
that
600
000
I
anticipate
not
all
of
it,
but
you
know
a
significant
portion
of
it.
L
Spending
on
on
the
controlled
fill
placement
for
that
material.
That's
going
in
and
and
I
just
sent
a
contract
back
today
to
the
the
the
contractor,
that's
working
for
ODOT
that
has
moved
some
of
the
material
into
there
and
then
ultimately
will
take
that
material
and
build
it
up
to
the
level
that
needs
to
be
built
construction.
On
top
of
it.
F
L
L
So
authorizes
Ohio
University
to
countersign
that
that
contract
will
be
official
to
say
that
we're
going
to
buy
it
because
it
will
take
an
action
through
the
controlling
board,
I
I
can't
say
definitively
like
when
that
closure
will
be,
but
you
know,
for
all
intents
and
purposes
that
contract
once
it's
in
place.
You
know
it's
a
it's
a
promise
that
Ohio
University
wants
the
entities
that
have
to
act
to
include
the
controlling
board
act
that
they
will
transfer
it
to
us.
L
L
J
L
And
he's
the
one
that
we've
been
working
with
very
closely
on
the
design
if
you're
interested
I've
got,
you
know
probably
60
plans
that
you
know
I
can
share
with
you
and
you
take
a
look
at
all
the
all
the
work
they've
done
so
far.
They've
worked
pretty
extensively
with
both
me
Andrew
from
a
building
maintenance
perspective.
The
engineering
Public
Works
office
on
the
utilities,
then,
obviously
all
the
firefighters
to
look
at
the
the
things
inside
the
building
to
make
it
functional.
L
If
you
know
we
have
that,
you
know
legal
document
in
hand
that
that
is
a
contract
and
then,
for
whatever
reason,
the
the
state
of
Ohio
reneged
on
their
effort
to
or
their
their
attempt
to
to
actually
close
and
transfer
the
property
to
us.
My
guess,
if
it
would
be
a
fairly
large
lawsuit
that
would
would
make
the
city
whole
for
expenditures
that
have
been
made.
F
Right.
Our
second
agenda
item
is
water
softening,
which
is
something
we
did
this
time
last
year.
An
annual
contract
that
we'd,
like
our
City
Safety
Services
director,
to
be
able
to
sign
and
I,
do
notice
that
there
is
an
increase
in
the
requested
authorization
amount
and
wonder
if
there
are
any
I'm,
assuming
that's
just
a
cost
of
parts
in
labor.
L
Certainly,
remember
mccarry,
so
so
this
is
water
softening
salt.
Every
year
we
put
water
softening
salt
in
the
in
the
Water
Treatment
Plant
budget,
so
the
six
seven
four
zero
six
three
seven
TC
200s
lines
and
that
just
goes
into
the
operating
budget,
but
because
it's
greater
than
fifty
thousand
dollars,
we
have
to
get
a
a
special
authorization
for
that
expenditure,
and
so
it's
a
significant
commodity.
L
You
know
we
expect,
you
know
probably
cost
to
go
up
a
little
bit
on
water
softening
salt.
They
don't
move
nearly
as
much
as
they
do
for
road
salt,
because
demand
stays
pretty
consistent,
but
I
would
contend
that.
Probably
you
know
just
their
labor
costs
for
extracting
the
salt
in
that
form
is
probably
gone.
F
L
L
Yeah
I
think
so,
just
as
a
you
know,
kind
of
a
point
of
reference.
Several
years
ago
we
were
spending
like
250
000,
okay
on
salt
and
because
of
some
some
work
by
the
water
plant
staff
on
rebuilding
the
softeners
you
know
and
and
basically
making
it
so
that
we
hang
on
to
our
softening
media
longer.
We
don't
lose
that
media.
L
F
M
Are
there
any
questions
from
the
committee
on
this
title?
49
application
it.
Oh
excuse
me.
The
new
sign
is
five
feet
by
10
feet.
The
dimensions
of
the
existing
sign
are
not
listed
on
the
application,
but
the
images
look
very
similar.
It
looks
like
it
would
it's
going
to
be
placed
on
the
same
post
or
mounting
so
does
the
administration
happen
to
know
specifics
on
the
sign?
The
current
sign
size.