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Mayor's Press Conference - May 11, 2022
A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
once
again
to
the
weekly
update
with
kyle
johansen
and
the
mayor
kyle,
I
went
to
bagel
street
deli
and
had
a
salad
sitting
at
their
outdoor
seating
area,
because
it
is
just
absolutely
awesome
outside.
B
B
low,
54.,
tuesday,
probably
quality
high
of
73
low
51,
and
next
wednesday
we
got
probably
quality
skies,
a
high
of
73
low
56..
In
coronavirus
cases,
I
saw
an
article
every
time
we
get
into
this
upcoming
2022-2023
winter
time
frame.
The
united
states
could
potentially
see
over
a
million
cover
cases
a
day.
Then
this
past
winter
surgery
saw
over
eight
hundred
thousand.
So
hopefully
we
won't
see
it's
made
by
the
baltimore
models.
B
We're
showing
that
same
time
as
again
as
we're
seeing
the
new
variance
poverty,
united
states
and
the
vaccines
for
ages,
two
levels
and
four
years
can
start
to
get
as
early
as
june
30th
right
before
the
fourth
of
july.
They
just
get
one
single
shot
of
the
modern
pfizer
or
the
j
j.
At
the
same
time,
in
sports
we
got
the
ou
baseball
last
three
home
games
next
thursday,
friday
and
saturday
cover
heads
less
than
four
weeks
away
and
then
the
pete
and
pooza,
which
is
the
13th
of
august,
either
at
9am
or
10
a.m.
B
That's
a
saturday
august
13th
the
week
before
move-in
week
and
that's
actually
less
than
four
weeks
before
football
season
starts
up
again.
In
this
upcoming
saturday
we
got
the
superhero
5k
for
athens,
county
costa
gal
program,
ridgeland
avenue
park.
Check-Ins
at
9.
obstacle
course
starts
at
10.
Race
starts
at
10,
15
and
they'll
have
cone
ice,
the
jambi
ones,
bounce
houses,
crafts
face
painting
and
of
course
the
all
you
have
fedex
rufus
will
be
there
as
well
and
then
not
long
after
that
we
got
all.
B
A
A
Call
of
that
game,
you
know
where
the
the
line
ump
sat
there
and
first
said
that
the
individual
was
safe
and
and
then
they
all
had
to
caucus
together.
There's
a
women's
softball
at
ou
and
kyle,
and
I
were
there,
the
sandlot
softball
teams
were
honored
there.
They
all
came
down
and
got
to
go
down
on
the
field
and
spend
time
with
the
ou
softball
team,
but
yeah
that
very
last
play
very
last
play.
A
You
know
there
was
two
outs
and
two
two
runners
on
base
and
there
was
some
commotion
on
the
field
with
with
a
play
that
was
underway
and
one
of
the
players.
A
I
don't
know
about
you
kyle,
but
it
appeared
that
the
player
was
out,
but
the
umpire
initially
called
it
safe
and
then
they
got
together
and
and
discussed
what
was
going
on
and
and
it
you
know
he
ended
up,
changing
the
call
and
which
really
upset
west
michigan
western
michigan,
because
because
they
ended
up
end
up
losing
so
it
was
a
great
day
for
for
women's
softball,
and
you
certainly
got
to
spend.
I
don't
know,
was
it
4,
497th
pitcher,
with
rufus
or
something
lost
instead,
hundreds.
B
A
Good
day,
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
mention
right
off
the
bat
is
june
1st
through
june
30th.
Here
in
the
city
of
athens,
there
will
be
an
income
tax
amnesty
period.
A
This
is
great
because
if
you
have
earned
income
in
the
city
of
athens
and
not
have
paid
your
taxes
and
have
not
had
it
had
your
case
referred
to
a
collection
agency,
you
know
now
is
a
chance
for
you
to
be
able
to
pay
with
with
get
caught
up
without
penalties
or
interest
on
the
income
tax
you
pay.
So
this
is
a
great
deal
and
I
think
that
you're
going
to
be
hearing
more
and
more
about
this
from
the
city
auditor,
but
would
encourage
you
to
go
to
www.ci.athens.oh.usslash112.
A
A
It
is
alive
and
well
here
in
the
city
of
athens,
it
began
on
cinco
de
mayo
may
5th
and
it
will
run
through
mid-august
so
just
as
a
kind
of
a
reminder
that
the
way
the
door
works
is
that
you
can
go
into
and
this
participating
dora
member
facility
or
or
bar
or
restaurant,
and
you
can
purchase
your
beverage
in
a
dora
cup
and
take
your
drink
out
onto
court
street
or
into
west
union
within
the
designated
dora
area.
A
The
dora
is
only
live,
though,
on
thursdays,
fridays,
saturdays
and
sundays,
thursdays,
it's
5
to
10
p.m,
fridays,
it's
noon,
to
10,
saturdays
noon,
to
10
p.m
and
then
sundays
noon
to
8
p.m.
So
it's
a
great
way
to
support
businesses
and
enjoy
being
outside
with
friends.
Concurrently,
this
weekend
anyway,
the
14th
of
may,
which
is
saturday
between
2
and
9
p.m,
is
a
taste
of
athens
county.
A
So
this
is
going
to
be
a
really
fun
event,
I'm
sure
to
where
there
will
be
local
food
demos,
local
food
and
drinks,
vendors,
crafters,
family,
friendly
activities,
there's
gonna
be
live
music,
it's
free
admission,
so
this
will
be
on
west
state
street
in
the
uptown
area
and
it's
basically
west
state
street.
As
I
understand
it,
between
court
and
congress
so
come
out
and
enjoy,
and
also
going
on
that
same
day
is
within
this
particular
taste
of
athens.
County
food
festival.
A
Space
is
tony's
40th
anniversary
here
in
the
city
of
athens
and
he's
going
to
be
doing
some
interesting
things.
Tony's
tavern
is
going
to
be
doing
some
interesting
things,
there's
going
to
be
a
photo
op
for
people
who
had
been
or
have
been
employed
at
tony's
sometime
in
that
40-year
period
of
time,
and
also
people
who
met
their
spouses
or
were
married
and
also
worked
at
tony's
or
or
not.
You
know
for
those
who
met
their
for
current
or
could
even
be
passed,
I
suppose
loved
one
and
spouse
at
tony's.
A
So
that's
going
on
as
well.
I'm
sure
my
wife
and
I
connie
back
in
2004
through
2008,
were
employed
with
tony's
2003
somewhere
in
that
time
frame
it
was
faculty
by
day
and
door
person
by
night
friday
night,
so
we're
going
to
jump
in
that
photo
op
kind
of
a
fun
thing
to
do
at
tony's
the
athens
hawking
county
recycling
days.
Ours
is
coming
up
this
weekend
as
well.
So
there
you
see-
we've
talked
about
this
before
on
this
show
the
saturday
at
the
athens
county
fairgrounds.
A
A
So
keep
that
in
mind
I
mean
the
charge
is
somewhat
minimal
for
the
the
fee
related
items
and
then
looking
forward
to
july
23rd
from
9am
to
1pm
is
the
household
hazardous
waste
drop-off
again
a
very
popular
event,
and
there
you
see
a
long
list
of
acceptable
items,
also
see
a
long
list
of
items
that
aren't
acceptable.
A
So
please
take
advantage
of
this.
This
is
that
annual
opportunity
to
be
able
to
dispose
of
those
things
that
are
hard
to
get
rid
of.
You
know
things
like
paint
batteries
that
you're
sitting
around,
not
knowing
what
in
the
world
am.
I
gonna
do
with
these
batteries
lighter
fluid
motor
oil.
A
You
know
things
of
that
nature
old
fertilizer,
that
you
don't
know
what
to
do
with
so
reactive
items.
You
can
get
rid
of
as
well.
For
those
of
you
have
swimming
pools,
you
know
things
pool
chemicals
as
well
as
pool
chlorine
that
might
be
sitting
around
that
you
no
longer
use
your
pool
or
no
longer
have
a
swimming
pool.
You
might
have
these
things
lying
around
sitting
around
so
again
great
program
put
on
by
the
athens
hawking
solid
waste
district,
so
take
advantage
of
that.
A
A
The
first
one
is
going
to
be
the
19th
at
the
athens
city
pool
parking
lot
featuring
a
reading
by
the
athens
poet,
laureate,
yay,
carrie,
gunther
seymour,
I
believe,
or
maybe
not.
I
know,
carrie
gunther
seymour
used
to
be
our
poet
laureate
scott.
Do
you
recall
off
the
top
of
your
head?
Who
our
current
poet
laureate
is.
I
should
know
this
wendy
mcvicker
wendy.
Is
it
kerry?
A
Gunther
seymour
is
the
I
I
think,
she's
on
her
second
round
of
being
the
state
poet
laureate,
she
was
honored
to
continue
on
for
an
additional
two-year
stint
as
the
state's
poet
laureate.
Both
poets
are
amazing.
So
anyway,
so
wendy
will
be
there.
Boys
of
the
hawk
are
going
to
be
playing
their
celtic
music,
which
they
interesting
little
factoid.
They
played
at
my
wedding
reception
years
and
years
and
years
ago
june
16th
they're
going
to
there
will
be
another
one
and
it'll
be
at
the
community
center.
A
A
Again,
first
two
will
be
at
the
community
enter
community
center
campus
and
the
third
one
in
july
will
be
at
west
state
street
park,
and
I
should
give
a
plug
to
the
athens
arts
and
music
festival
and
that'll
take
place
on
west
union
between
court
and
congress
on
august
13th.
So
really
that's
kind
of
like
the
capstone
on
this
fun
musical
series
that
the
director
director,
catherine
ann
jordan,
has
been
working
really
hard
on,
and
it's
really
pretty
cool.
A
Rethinking
how
we
use
our
parklands
arts
west
is
putting
on
a
show
fun
home
that
will
be
june
3rd,
4th
5th,
as
well
as
10th,
11th
and
12th.
This
will
be
at
arts.
West
tickets
are
12,
and
this
is
this
will
be
a
good
show.
This
will
be
fun
the
celebration
of
june's
pride
month
so,
if
you're
interested
in
something
different
to
do,
come
and
check
out
that
show
again,
I
know
they've
been
working
hard
on
that
skate
park.
A
A
lot
of
work
has
been
going
into
the
skate
park
with
repairs
that
repair
cycle
will
be
from
the
7th
which
were
beyond
the
7th,
but
through
the
16th
they
pretty
much
had
it
closed
until
today,
it
will
be
open
for
limited
use
tomorrow
through
the
16th
and
that
it'll
be
fully
reopened
on
the
17th
at
least
that's
anticipated
weather
dependent.
Of
course,
they
still
need
repair
or
need
volunteers
to
help
with
those
repairs
at
the
skate
park.
A
Scott
helped
me
out
was
tony
hawk,
I
think,
was
absolutely
funding.
A
A
Yeah
yeah,
so
I
don't
know
if
you
heard,
but
scott
was
saying
that
they
were
about
90.
Some
odd
percent
done
with
the
skate
park
and
tony
hawk
happened
to
be
cruising
through
athens
and
stopped
over
and
and
was
there,
that's
pretty
cool
and
yes,
he
did
provide
some
funding
for
that
basketball,
courts,
they're
open
and
look
at
those
gorgeous.
A
A
lot
of
work
went
into
this.
So
we're
happy
to
have
the
basketball
courts
open
once
again
and
are
there
for
you
to
partake
in
that
the
athens
municipal
arts
commission
will
be
meeting
today,
5
30
to
7
p.m,
at
arts
west.
A
So
that
is
open
for
people
to
come
and
check
out
the
athens
municipal
arts,
commission,
some
other
upcoming
meeting
shade
tree
commission
will
be
meeting
the
12th
tomorrow:
7
p.m.
Here
in
council
chambers
and,
of
course,
athens,
city
council,
it's
going
to
be
meeting
here
at
7,
00
p.m.
On
monday
may
16th,
I
should
probably
point
out
that
at
this
point,
memorial
day
is
also
the
fifth
monday
of
the
month
on
the
30th,
and
so
there
will
not
be
council
here
in
council
chambers.
A
Both
because
it's
a
holiday-
but
it's
also
the
fifth
monday
of
the
month,
so
there
will
not
be
there-
will
be
a
meeting
on
the
23rd,
I'm
scott,
I'm
waiting
for
you
to
give
me
the
head
nod
on
that.
I
think
I
got
that
date
correct
that
will
be
committee
and
then
the
next
regular
session
going
into
june
will
be
on
the
sixth.
So
keep
that
in
mind?
That's
all
we
have
for
today.
You
know
kyle
as
usual.
Thank
you.
We're
slowly
approaching
your
three-year
mark
here.
Those.
A
More
months
away-
and
I
know
that
you
you
track
dates
like
no
other
you're
going
to
be
up
on
the
canadian
side
of
niagara.