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From YouTube: Mayor's Press Conference - February 9, 2022
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Mayor's Press Conference - February 9, 2022
A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
once
again
to
the
weekly
update
with
the
mayor
and
with
kyle
johansen,
it
is
february
9th
and
I'll.
Tell
you
what
there's
a
massive
buzz
going
on
around
the
city
right
now,
looking
forward
to
a
rather
important
event
taking
place
on
sunday
down
in
in
los
angeles,
california,
and
you
maybe
you
can
touch
on
what
the
temperatures
will
be
down
there,
but
first
of
all
kyle.
Why
don't
you
give
us
an
update
on
what
we
can
expect
over
the
next
seven
days
when
it
comes
to
our
weather.
B
B
B
tuesday,
before
sunny
skies,
high
44,
low
29
and
when
so
far,
probably
cloudy
skies
high
55
low.
But
what
is
this
big
difference
about?
The
temperature
here
compared
to
los
angeles
here,
will
be
further
degrees,
from
los
angeles
will
be
near
90
degrees
will
be
the
hottest
super
bowl
on
record
like
50
years,
in
los
angeles
alone.
So
that'd
be
kind
of
interesting
because
it'll
be
like
sweatshirts
sweatpants,
but
a
lot
of
time
would
be
shorts
and
t-shirts
and
it
has
weather
like
what
the
heck
is
wrong.
B
Later.
So
that's
the
goodness,
because
I
saw
an
article
that
dr
falchion
is
saying.
Several
more
states
are
lifting
its
max
mandates
all
indoors
and
outdoor
settings
first
was
california
oregon
that
way.
But
recently
today
now
is
new
york,
because
new
york
city's
cases
are
has
decreased
by
like
75
in
the
last
week
alone,
which
is
really
good
news,
because
united
states
averaging
now
around
200
000
cases
per
day
compared
to
over
1
million
cases
back
in
january.
B
So
like
we
are
really
turning
this
around,
which
is
good
news,
because
new
york
could
actually
have
a
better
spring
better
summer
and
better
fall
again,
maybe
a
better
winter
which
matt
might
not
be
recording
north
anymore.
But
keep
this
in
mind
because,
as
we
get
into
the
spring,
we
got
the
pollen
pollen
coming
out
as
well
as
the
same
time
frame,
and
as
we
get
to
our
last
thing
on
schedule,
we
got
the
oh
yeah
flags
events
going
on
on.
B
We
got
the
wrestling
and
women's
on
saturday
at
home
monday.
We
got
woman's
on
valentine's
day
at
home,
tuesday
mess
at
home
battle
the
bricks,
and
then
we
got
women's
against
toledo
at
home.
Then
we
got
one
more
wrestling
met
on
the
19th
basketball,
men's
basketball.
Game
ends
up
at
home
on
16
for
this
month,
and
then
we
got
one
more
woman's
game
on
the
second
of
march
and
then
we
got
the
wrestling
match
tournaments
at
home
and
enough
sooner
or
later
than
that
we
got.
A
Does
I
love?
I
love
your
relationship
with
with
rufus.
I
think
that's
super
special,
some
updates
for
things
going
on
around
the
city.
There's
going
to
be
a
city
of
athens,
job
fair,
coming
up,
that's
going
to
be
this
saturday,
the
12th
from
9
to
2
p.m.
I
believe
this
is
at
the
community
center.
Yes,
it
is,
and
one
of
the
things
with
this
job
fair
is
that
all
positions
start
at
a
minimum
pay
of
11
an
hour
and
go
up
from
there.
A
So
there's
seasonal,
full-time
and
part-time
positions
that
will
be
available.
Late,
refreshments
will
be
served
during
the
job.
Fair
and
currently
masks
are
still
required
inside
the
community
center
when
you're
in
the
community
center
the
city's
cupola,
which
I'm
so
pleased
that
that
scott
thompson
and
ryan
schwarzkopf
were
able
to
years
ago
put
lighting
up
in
the
cupola
and
that
we
have
the
ability
to
change
the
colors,
the
lighting
well
of
the
cupola.
A
Well,
the
cupola
is
currently
lit
red
and
that's
being
lit,
read
for
the
lymphoma
awareness
for
the
lymphoma
awareness
campaign,
so
you're
you'll
likely
notice
that
if
you're
uptown
and
I
have
a
sneaking
suspicion
that
it's
going
to
be
lit
orange
sometime
in
the
not
too
distant
future
to
certainly
recognize
and
give
a
big.
Thank
you
to
everything
that
the
quarterback
for
the
cincinnati
bengals
joe
burrow,
everything
that
he
has
done
for
athens,
county
and
southeastern
ohio.
So
anyway,
it
is
currently
lit
red.
A
There
is
also
an
ad
hoc
committee
to
review
pedestrian
accessibility.
That'll
be
the
16th
at
2
30
here
in
the
city
building
again
said:
2
30.
If
you
want
to
come
down
and
voice
your
opinion
about
accessibility,
I'm
sure
that
this
is
open
to
everyone
so
come
and
check
it
out.
They
we're
still
seeking
input
from
citizens
about
the
fire
station
headquarters.
A
A
And
fill
out
that
survey
the
racial
equity
fund,
which
is
a
fund
or
a
funding
mechanism,
I
should
say
through
the
athens
county
foundation,
they
are
seeking
advisory
board
application
applicants.
So,
if
anybody's
interested
in
serving
on
the
advisory
board
for
the
racial
equity
fund,
please
do
so.
A
I
think
you
can
reach
out
directly
to
the
athens
county
foundation
or
you
can
call
them
at
594-6061
again,
nine,
four,
five,
nine
four,
six:
zero
six
one
and
reach
out
and
say
that
you're
interested
in
in
serving
on
that
important
board,
creating
funding
streams
for
minority
groups.
Here
in
the
city
of
athens,
it's
a
a
great
opportunity.
A
There's
we
have
a
number
of
vacancies
for
city
boards
and
commissions,
most
notably,
there
are
two
vacancies
at
the
on
jpac:
the
joint
police
advisory
council.
I
also
have
a
vacancy
on
the
shade
tree
commission
and
a
couple
of
vacancies
at
the
wreck
on
the
rec
advisory
board
for
arts
parks
and
recreation
and
amac.
The
athens
municipal
arts
commission
has
a
vacancy,
so
if
anybody
is
interested
in
serving
on
any
of
those
boards,
please
reach
out
to
me
directly-
and
I
will
you
know,
talk
to
you
about
them
to
see.
A
If
give
you
any
more
details
that
you
might
want
about
any
of
those
boards
or
commissions
and
and
then
hopefully
be
able
to
have
one
of
you
fill
those
positions
and
be
wonderful
as
kyle
we
were
talking
about
on
the
with
the
weather
and
whatnot
in
los
angeles,
again
yeah.
This
is
a
super
bowl
weekend
coming
up
and
the
cincinnati
bengals
just
rams.
I
playing
the
los
angeles
rams.
I
have
every
faith
in
the
world
that
cincinnati
bengals
are
going
to
win
this
thing.
A
A
You
know
let's
go
joe
and
then
there
is
something
that
will
be
hanging
on
the
front
of
the
armory,
that
is
a
creation
of
passion
works
and
there
are
also
passion
works,
flowers
that
are
hanging
on
some
of
our
lamp
posts
and
then
we're
going
to
change
the
variable
message
sign
boards
to
something
hooky,
recognizing
the
cincinnati,
bengals
and
supporting
them
this
weekend,
and
as
I
mentioned,
the
cupola,
you
are
likely
to
see
it
orange
we're
hoping-
and
I
understand,
the
county
courthouse
is
going
to
light
up
their
cupola
orange
as
well.
A
So
so
much
is
going
on
and
don't
forget
valentine's
day
the
day
after
you
know,
or
you
will
probably
be
in
the
doghouse.
A
If
you
forget
about
valentine's
day,
if
you
have
someone
special
to
celebrate
that
holiday
with
as
well
one
of
our
favorite
hallmark
holidays,
a
couple
different
dates
to
put
out
to
everybody.
The
athens
municipal
arts
commission
is
going
to
be
meeting
today
at
5
30
p.m.
At
arts
west
to
open
to
the
public
shade
tree
commission
is
meeting
tomorrow,
that'll
be
here
in
the
city
building
in
council
chambers
at
7,
00
pm
and
athens
city
council
will
be
meeting
on
valentine's
day.
Scott,
oh
yay!
A
A
That's
all
we
have
thank
you
kyle
as
usual
for
spending
your
two
o'clock
on
a
wednesday
here
with
me
and
in
a
wrap.
You
know,
who
day
cool
day,
take
care
and
we'll
see.