City of Athens, Ohio Mayors Press Conference 2021, 27 Oct 2021

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Mayor's Press Conference - October 27, 2021

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Welcome once again to the weekly update and press conference with the mayor and kyle johansen, it's chilly out there kyle is that what we have to expect for the next several days.

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So today, look for cloudy skies, a high of 57 above 45 tomorrow, cloudy high of 68 low 53 friday rain high of 63. above 49 saturday. Showers high of 56 below 47.

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sunday is probably cloudy to mostly cloudy high of 59 low 43 monday, probably quality high 58 low 49 to save high 55, low, 36, probably quality and next wednesday, mostly quite high of 53 in the low 40.

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in the last 24 hours on ohio have been now over 3 thousand new positive chronic virus cases in the state of hot in the last 24 hours.

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But the good news is that the only knuckles are not going down, but also the hospitalizations in the icu emission are still going down and also we are now up to 83 depths in athens county alone, and we are one more one: two more steps away for five: twelve year olds to get the vaccine from pfizer and same time frame for modernity for six to eleven year olds and oh yeah, we got a lost soccer game. I chose to feel for ou how about guys against kent. State 3 p.m.

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First touch and it's also their halloween thing game. I'm gonna dress up as a referee and we got football home next tuesday november, 2nd 7 30 p.m. On espnu and then four days later we got basketball season. Fastly approaching. Also we got election day november, 2nd and that's weekend in daylight, saying you stand because the same time frame as well.

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I saw on facebook that you're that you are going to dress up as a referee good for you good for you.

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um I've got some of the athens county numbers in terms of vaccinations, started um and vaccinations completed and were 83 83. I wish we were 48.3 uh for started and 45 for completed and of note. I know this came out yesterday. I believe in that we had four new deaths. um Two three of them were individuals aged 70 to 79, and one was age 20 to 29, which was unfortunate to hear vaccination clinics uh again so that this friday, from 8 30 to 11 30 a.m at heritage hall, which is 191 west union street.

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Here in athens, you can go down and get your vacs. They will have the pfizer moderna and j and j, and I would probably call ahead at 592-4431.

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To see about the booster, if you are eligible for the booster as well, so these are vaccinations.

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These are easy. There's no out-of-pocket costs on these ages, 12 plus under the age of 12. You must have a parent or guardian present to get your vaccination.

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Just yesterday morning I received my moderna booster, which I was excited to get so do what you need to do to continue to protect yourselves and those around you against the delta variant, stimson avenue I just drove on stimson moments ago and noticed that they are putting the top course on the south side, which was great to see so they're. Putting that the final course on the south side of the street.

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They had gotten about halfway down stimson avenue and they will continue on their way and then hopefully come back around and start paving the north side, so that'll be the the final course that they do for the stimson avenue project so just know, there's a lot of work still going on down in that area.

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The paving is going to continue throughout this week.

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The crack ceiling is another part of our annual street maintenance that will be taking place starting on november 1st and the scheduled streets are hillcrest drive, strathmore boulevard, 2nd street west state street south may avenue, northwood drive, cable lane, strouds run road and richland avenue, so there's going to be traffic flaggers, maintaining traffic flow through there, while they're putting the um the crack ceiling down on those particular streets, the armitage road bike path closure.

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This will run all the way through friday, the 29th. This is for the new water line, installation up on our most recent addition to our bikeability city with our bike paths.

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The winter crisis program for hawking, athens, perry, community action, beginning november 1., presidents, citizens or residents can call 740-868-1908.

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Again, uh 868 1908- and this is a program designed to help out thousands of households facing emergency situations to maintain or restore electric service or gas service. The program also provides bulk fuel, so this would be pro t- propane, wood, coal, fuel, oil or kerosene to eligible households.

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An emergency situation is defined as having a disconnection notice on your electric or gas bill or having less than 25 percent of your tank supply of bulk fuel, such as the propane gas, oil, fuel, oil, coal or kerosene, and not less than a 10 day supply of firewood.

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So this is assistance is available only once per heating season, which is november through march, and this is for to qualify. You must be eligible uh income eligible and be in an emergency situation.

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Households with a gross annual income at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty guidelines are eligible. So this is uh something well worth taking advantage of through hapcap again the hocking athens, perry, community action and you can reach them at 740-868-1908.

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This new year, the utility assistant benefit, is separate from the additional benefit households may receive a maximum utility benefit towards their main and secondary heating source and still receive their additional benefit of heating unit repair.

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The this is a again something well worth taking advantage of uh the benefit amounts uh for regulated utilities, it's up to 175 dollars to aep or columbia, gas non-regulated utilities, seven hundred and fifty dollars. This would be south central power and gloucester, electric company, etc.

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Bulk fuels up to nine hundred dollars for a one-time, fill propane, fuel oil, etc and then firewood up to 550 dollars for firewood and furnace repair up to 500.

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So you can certainly call the number that I gave you 868 1908 and make an appointment and they will work with you for athens county again. You can also set up for a call with the athens office, and that would be at 767-4500.

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Athens trick-or-treat um we've talked about this before, but it's going to be this sunday october, 31st from 5 30 to 7 p.m. um We've kind of gone through the guidelines. But again you know if you are giving out candy go ahead and leave your lights on. You know, make sure your kids and yourself are visible.

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Look out for traffic and parents and guardians for individuals under 12 is highly recommended that you accompany them so trick-or-treating in the neighborhoods coming up the 2021, oh and let's get to that. Let's get to the halloween uh trick-or-treat! um I don't know ryan there we go, there's the leaf. Pickup schedule leaf, pickup, I'm gonna jump into next week. So next week november, 1st, through the 5th we start back around area 1, which is the north side and the far east side going into area 2, which will begin on november.

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8Th will include the west side and university estates, uptown, neighborhoods and then area three will be the 15th through the 19th of november. Again picking up leaves at your curb so make sure you take advantage of that.

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um We have medical supplies, an equipment, recycling event. This is interesting saturday november 6th from 10 a.m, to 2 p.m. At the community center.

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This will be in the parking lot in front of the swimming pool and if you've got items such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches oxygen equipment, cpap machines, bandages, slings splints, you know quite a few different things items that will not be taken as medical waste, no medications and no rusted equipment.

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But if you've got some of the other items that I've just indicated, they're usable and in good shape, you know come down to the community center in front of the city. Swimming pool and donate them to rural action again sounds like a great program, a halloween movie night.

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This is coming up this friday, uh rock and reggie at 6, 30 p.m, and the movie will begin at 8, 00 p.m, and the movie is the addams family, the 2019 version of the addams family, and then the community center will continue on with their spooky deals of the trick package and the treat package trick package being one month for 25 dollars and the treat package being three months for 60 dollars.

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So uh again, something that's worth taking advantage of and save yourself a few dollars. um That is really all I have for today. uh Kyle. Thank you for, as usual joining me, and it's good to see you in your athens 1797 face covering today. um I've just got my usual black disposable, but thanks for joining me and thank you for joining me joining us. So join us again next week for the next weekly update with the mayor and kyle.