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Mayor's Weekly Update - January 27, 2021
A
Welcome
once
again
to
the
weekly
update
with
the
mayor
talking
about
all
things,
athens
as
they
are
new
and
as
usual,
I've
got
kyle
johansen
with
me
today
to
give
us
the
seven
day
outlook,
as
well
as
all
things
coronavirus
and
oh
you,
athletics,
kyle,
talk
to
us
about
the
seven
day
outlook.
Please.
A
A
B
So
friday
night's
men's
game
last
week
got
postponed
due
to
that
power
outage
over
18
000
population
atmos
county
had
no
power
got
moved
to
saturday
after
the
power
came
back
going
at
one
in
the
morning
tonight
moments
are
back
in
town
at
in
eastern
michigan,
at
7
pm
men's
are
in
buffalo.
At
7
pm
on
are
back
home
on
saturday,
I
guess
akron
at
1
p.m,
and
then
men's
are
away
next
tuesday
at
central
michigan
at
7
p.m.
A
And
kyle,
how
are
they
doing?
How
is
what
is
men's,
basketball
record?
Are
you
tracking
that,
as
well.
B
B
A
Nice
yay
all
right,
hey,
kyle!
Thank
you!
As
usual,
I
always
enjoy
having
you
on,
say
hello
to
your
family
for
me,
and
we
will
fight
behind.
A
Other
things
going
on
around
the
city,
engineering
and
public
works
aep
is
going
to
continue
work
that
is
going
on
on
carpenter,
street
stimson,
east
state
street
or
state
street.
When
there's
going
to
be
some
closure
that
started
today
and
it
will
run
through
tomorrow,
carpenter
street
will
be
closed
to
westbound
traffic.
At
the
intersection,
the
eastbound
lane
will
shift
to
accommodate
traffic
flow
stimson
avenue
the
westbound
lane
on
stimson
to
carpenter
will
be
closed
at
the
intersection
and
then
state
street.
A
What
you'll
see
is
turn
lanes
to
carpenter
that
they
will
be
closed
as
well.
The
lane
closures
for
the
27th
and
28th
today
and
tomorrow
will
be
between
7
30
a.m
and
5
p.m.
So
just
please
be
cautious
when
you're
in
that
area
and
follow
all
the
signage
that
has
been
posted.
A
A
This
is
a
again.
This
is
a
big
significant
projects.
Their
project
there
will
be
flaggers
out
there
to
control
traffic
for
all
this
work
that
is
going
on
within
that
corridor.
The
health
department.
This
is
important
if
you
are
age
75
plus,
and
have
not
received
your
first
covet.
19
vaccine
you're
encouraged
to
call
the
athens
city
county
health
department
to
schedule
an
appointment
for
tomorrow.
A
You
need
to
bring
your
insurance
card
and
consent
forms
can
also
be
found
at
their
website
to
fill
out
ahead
of
time.
This
is
at.
A
Www.Athenspublichealth.Org,
you
know
apparently,
they've
had
a
lot
of
volume
come
through
with
the
expanded
distribution,
and
this
is
all
eight
distribution
points
here
or
administration
points
here
in
the
city
of
athens.
That
would
be
the
cvs
pharmacies,
the
shriver
pharmacy,
the
hopewell
pharmacies-
that's
including
including
athens
county.
The
eight
sites,
as
well
as
the
athens
city,
county
health
department,
and
what
they
have
found,
is
many
people
who
are
interested
are
calling
and
getting
the
vaccine
from
other
places
or
getting
on
the
list
in
other
places.
A
The
problem
with
that
is
that
that
can
lead
to
unfilled
time
slots
that
people
have
so
an
individual
has
been
appointed
to
because
they've
gone
somewhere
else,
so
really
strongly
encourage
you
to
stick
with
one
location
that
you
find
easy
to
get
to
to
get
the
vaccine
get
on
their
list
or
again
call
the
athens
city,
county
health
department
and
schedule
an
appointment
to
go
in
and
get
your
your
vaccine
incredibly
important
to
get
that
done.
A
A
The
couple
other
things
I
want
to
mention
is
upcoming
meetings.
It
looks
like
at
this
point
in
time
the
only
upcoming
meeting
is
the
athens
city
council
on
february
1st
hard
to
believe
that
monday
will
be
february
already
time
flying
especially
during
a
global
pandemic.
7
p.m.
A
A
Some
of
it
was
recorded,
and
I
believe
scott
and
ryan
can
cue
that
up
in
just
a
second,
but
it
is
some
of
the
footage
with
mayor
brown,
myself
and,
of
course,
senator
sherrod
brown
and
and
just
before
that
tease
up.
I
want
to
encourage
you
to
tune
in
again
next
week
for
the
next
weekly
update,
but
I
would
encourage
you
to
also
stick
around
and
listen
to
this
wonderful
engagement
that
I
had
the
great
opportunity
to
be
a
part
of
with
our
senator
and
mayor
tito
brown.
Thank
you.
C
I'm
sure
brown
it's
an
honor
to
serve
you
in
the
united
states
senate.
Welcome
to
facebook
live
our
our
weekly
chat
that
we
do.
I'm
joined
today
by
two
longtime
friends
and
really
good
local
government
officials,
youngstown
mayor
tito
brown
and
mayor
steve,
patterson
of
athens,
ohio,
so
two
different
parts
of
the
state,
two
different
communities,
both
really
good
public
servants.
Since
the
start
of
the
pandemic.
I
hear
one
thing
over
and
over
I
hear
it
from
mayors.
I
hear
it
from
county
commissioners.
I
hear
it
from
public
health
commissioners.
C
I
hear
it
in
communities
large
and
small,
rural
and
urban,
that
they
need
more
resources
from
the
federal
government
there
they're
the
that
they
simply
can't
do
what
they
need
to
do
to
take
care
of
people
with
lower
tax
revenues
coming
in,
and
so
many
news
coming
in
and
so
many
more
responsibilities
to
take
care
of
people.
I'm
hopeful
with
the
new
administration
and
new
congress
we're
going
to
finally
be
able
to
provide
ohio
communities
with
the
help
they
need.
It's.
Why?
C
This
week,
I'm
introducing
with
a
number
of
senate
colleagues
the
direct
support
for
communities
act
which
would
provide
direct
assistance
to
ohio
cities
and
towns
and
villages
and
counties.
I
hear
from
community
leaders
all
the
time
about
the
extra
costs
that
they
bear
over
the
past
year,
everything
from
buying
protective
personal
protective
equipment,
cleaning
supplies,
increased
demand
for
health
services,
more
families,
many
going
to
food
banks
for
the
first
time
in
their
lives.
C
So
many
more
families
going
to
food
banks
they're
dealing
with
these
extra
expenses
while
at
the
same
time
their
tax
revenue
is
dropping.
Our
bill
allows
communities
to
replace
that
lost
revenue,
to
prevent
layoffs
and
to
prevent
service
cuts.
It's
simple:
the
funding
would
be
split:
50,
50.,
half
committed
to
cities,
towns
and
villages.
The
other
half
going
to
counties
all
part
of
the
president's
plan
to
build
back
better
in
the
president's
plan
for
for
help
the
amount
would
be
allocated
based
entirely
on
population.
C
It's
the
kind
of
guarant
communities
need
to
support
residents
and
it
comes
from
the
belief
that
that
we
didn't
see
last
year
with
the
senate
and
the
president
that
I
trust
local
communities.
I
trust
mayor
patterson.
I
trust
mayor
brown.
I
trust
local
communities,
they
have
rules.
Obviously
they've
got
rules
to
live
under
to
be
accountable,
but
I
trust
them
to
make
the
decisions
in
athens
and
youngstown
and
mansfield
and
toledo
better
than
the
federal
government.
We
want
to
get
the
dollars
out
to
them.
C
We
want
them,
then,
to
work
with
their
city
councils
or
county
commissioners
and
their
township
trustees
to
spend
the
dollars
to
help
people
in
the
most
optimal
way.
So
that's
our
proposal,
we're
hopeful
that
to
include
this
in
the
350
billion
dollars
in
state
and
local
funding
that
president
biden
is
asking
for
now
I'll
stop
and
turn
things
over
to
my
friend
tito
brown,
mayor
of
the
city
of
youngstown,
mayor
good,
to
see.
D
You
senator
senator,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
introduction.
Thank
you
for
the
advocacy
for
local
government.
I
I
truly
believe
that
this
is.
This
is
where
it
has
to
happen
during
this
pandemic
that
mayors
and
local
government
we
are
the
eyes
and
ears
on
the
street.
We
we
get
the
calls
in
our
office
about
those
who
are
most
affected,
who
are
right
there,
where
they
they're
not
being
able
to
pay
their
rent,
their
their
may
be
laid
off
or
their
their
mortgage
is
behind
because
of
this
pandemic.
D
Now,
we've
not
seen
it
in
over
a
hundred
years,
a
pandemic
of
this
size
and
right
now
we
need
to
make
sure
that
those
who
can
affect
the
change
the
greatest
or
are
those
who
are
right
there.
You
get
the
calls
you
hear
from
the
people,
the
residents
are
suffering
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
local
government
is
actually
at
the
table
and
can
have
a
direct
drive
of
where
the
dollars
are
being
spent.
D
I
think
it's
one
of
those
things
that
I
I
personally
take
that
you
should
be
people
first
and
we
need
to
take
the
politics
out
of
it.
The
pandemic
had
no
desire
or
no
pick
of
democrat
or
republican.
It's
about
the
people
that
it's
affecting
the
most
and
I
think
once
we
can
take
that
out
and
put
people
first.
D
You
know
make
ends
meet,
that's
not
happening
as
much
as
it
should
be,
but
when
I
hear
the
word
stimulus
for
cities
and
local
government
it
for
me,
it's
it's
revenue
replacement,
we're
behind
we're,
not
we're
not
being
we're
not
going
to
go
anywhere
above
where
we
are
we're
behind
and
we're
not
we're
still
trying
to
fight
to
provide
the
service
and
the
personnel
that
the
citizens
are
accustomed
to.
D
So
our
unemployment
in
the
city
of
youngstown
we're
at
about
12.5
right
now,
prior
to
the
pandemic,
we
were
one
of
the
highest
areas
in
in
the
state,
but
now,
with
the
pandemic,
it's
kind
of
twofold:
we
we
as
twice
as
much
as
what
we
were,
or
even
three
times
as
a
county,
I'm
only
counting
we're
fifth
in
the
in
the
state
and
unemployment,
so
things
are
not
happening
in
the
right
going
in
the
right
direction
and
it's
going
to
be
up
to
our
federal
leadership
to
really
step
up
and
stand
up
and
say
we
need
to
help
places
and
the
one
thing
that
I
would
ask
if
nothing
else
as
it
relates
to
this
this
proposal,
this
bill
is
that
there's
some
flexibility
give
local
government
the
flexibility
we
we
understand
about
the
word
accountability.
D
That's
all
we
understand
is
accountability.
We
we're
accountable
to
to
the
residents
that
we
we
work
for
we're
accountable
for
the
federal
government.
If
that
money
comes
to
us,
we
we
run
hud
funds,
there's
there's
so
much
regulations
with
hud.
So
those
are
things
that
we
we
know
well
and
good
leadership
will
give
you
your
accountability,
and
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
that's
just
going
to
make
us
a
more
accountable,
but
it's
also
going
to
help
us
help
those
who
need
the
help
as
most
so
our
citizens
are
suffering.
D
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
put
the
dollars
where
their
best
density
has
been
spent.
Thank
you,
senator
and
I'll
I'll
yield
my
time
at
that.
This
point
thanks.
C
Mayor
brown,
mayor
patterson
of
afghanistan,.
A
Senator
brown
again,
thank
you,
it's
always
great.
Being
on
with
tito
brown
mayor
brown
as
well.
You
know
to
echo
a
lot
of
what
mayor
brown
was
just
saying.
You
know
it's
in
and
I'll
I'll
couch
it
in
you
know:
appalachian
rural
ohio,
rural
ohio
period
and
rural
america
is
that
you
know
these
rural
towns,
cities
and
towns.
Villages.
A
Flexibility
is
key.
You
know
we
knew
that
there
was
some
changes
in
the
cares
act
and
what
money
could
be
expensed
for
with
safety
services,
which
was
wonderful
for
large
communities
that
actually
have
safety
services,
but
there's
a
lot
of
villages
that
that
don't
have
a
village
fire
department
or
don't
have,
and
so
they
couldn't
use
that
money
that
way
which
really
tied
their
hands.
A
Yet
they
still
have
people
that
have
to
pay
utility
bills,
they're
still
people
who
are
paying
rents
or
mortgages,
there's
still
people
who
may
have
lost
their
jobs
and
have
to
now
take
on
a
lower
income
through,
possibly
multiple
jobs
to
make
ends
meet.
Yet
they
still
likely
have
daycare
expenses
or
maybe
that's
been
amplified
and
to
have
the
ability
for
local
communities
who
we
know
where
the
needs
are.
We
we
see
it
every
day
during
this
pandemic
and
even
pre-pandemic,
but
the
pandemic
tore
the
bandage
off
of
everything
in
terms
of
rural
american
needs.
A
We
have
been
extremely
fiscally
responsible
with
the
cares
act,
money
which
we
totally
appreciate,
but
we
have
municipalities
that
they
were
fearful
to
take
their
allocation
of
the
cares
act,
money
because
they
didn't
have
the
capacity
with
personnel
or
even
understanding
as
to
what
the
language
meant
and
we're
really
afraid
that
if,
if
we
mess
this
up,
we're
going
to
end
up
having
to
pay
it
back
and
do
we
have
the
reserves
to
pay
that
back
if
it's
already
been
out
put
out
the
door,
so
there's
there's
you
know
streamlining
that
process
getting
into
the
hands
of
local
governments,
making
sure
there's
more
flexibility.
A
Timeline
is
another
important
factor
to
where
we
found
ourselves
up
against
the
wall
when
we
were-
and
we
knew
that
last
year
in
2020
that
we
had
a
set
deadline
and
then
luckily
that
deadline
was
changed,
but
at
that
point
in
time
a
lot
of
municipalities
had
already
accounted
for
all
their
money.
A
Yet
I
still
have
people
coming
to
me
as
a
mayor
saying,
mayor
patterson
is
there
still
cares,
act,
money
available
and
it's
like
no,
because
we
had
to
have
it
accounted
for
by
the
end
of
december,
even
though
now
we
can
have
we
have
until
the
end
of
this
year,
but
this
I
feel
so
grateful
senator
brown
that
you
have
put
this
forward
with
this
direct
support
for
communities
act
that
we
see
a
light
and
a
path
forward,
especially
again
in
appalachian
ohio,
where
again,
with
the
poverty
that
we
see
every
day.
C
Steve
steve,
thank
you
exactly
right
and
this
this
is
again
I
I
would
just
synopsize
that
the
federal
government
should
help
the
federal
government
needs
to
trust
local
communities,
trust
mayor,
patterson,
trust,
mayor
brown,
trust
cities
and
counties
to
work
these
out.
They
go
through
a
process.
The
mayor
just
doesn't
spend
it.
He
goes
to
city
or
she
goes
to
city
council
and
works
it
through
and
the
same
with
county
commissioners,
so
they
just
know
more
about
their
communities
than
the
federal
government.
C
Does
that's
just
the
way
life
works,
of
course,
so
thank
you
for
joining
us
stay
tuned
on
this.
This
is
this
is
part
of
this
will
be
part
of
the
biden
economic
plan,
that
congress
just
must
pass,
there's
still
far
too
much
hardship
in
this
country,
and
we've
got
to
do
it.
This
is
a
this
is
the
biggest
thing
that
any
of
us
have
ever
dealt
with
this
pandemic.
As
mayor
brown
said
worse
than
more
than
100
years,
and
we
have
a
responsibility.
So
thank
you
for
joining.