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IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
MAY I HAVE THE CARD CALLED AGRO, MISS KELLY. MR SHOCKEY PRESENT, MR SLAVE ALL HERE. THIS IS HELP. HERE MR. HOLT. HERE, MR BARRY HERE. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
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DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 15TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, AS WELL AS THE NOVEMBER 29TH SPECIAL FINANCE MEETING AND APPROVED THEM AS WRITTEN UH HUH. SECOND.MR SHOT KEY? YES MR SLIMEBALL. YES. THIS IS HELP. YES MR HOLT? YES, MR BARRY? YES? GREAT
[Welcome & Reading of Agenda: Pres Houk]
WELCOME. WE ARE. WE HAVE SOMEHOW ARRIVED IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER. WE'RE COUNTING DOWN HERE TO THE END OF THE YEAR. I HAVE THE AGENDA TO READ THROUGH.UNDER LAND. WE HAVE ORDINANCE SEE 62 21 C 70 21 C 71 21 RESOLUTION CR 59 21 UNDER SERVICE. WE HAVE ORDINANCE SEE 72 21 C 73 21. UNDER FINANCE. WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 68 21 69 21 74 21 75 21 76 21. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. THIS AGENDA IS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
[Ordinance C-62-21 Accept the Plat of Pinnacle Quarry, Section 2 located south of White Road. Second reading and public hearing. ]
ALL RIGHT, AND WE WILL GET STARTED THIS EVENING WITH LANDS . MR. SHOCKED I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THE FIRST ORDINANCE, SEE 62 21 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE PLANET CLINICAL QUARRY SECTION TWO. SECTION TWO CONTAINS LOTS ONE THROUGH 8 42 OR 46 47 TO 50 64 91 92. HAND 1 16 THROUGH 1 21, INCLUSIVE RESERVES A B AND C. SHORTNESS HAS BEEN POSTPONED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO BACKLOGS THAT THE RECORDER'S OFFICE WE DO NOW HAVE REVISED COPY OF THE PLANT, AND IT'S THE ONE THAT WE WILL BE, UM VOTING ON TONIGHT ON THERE. HERE THERE. UM ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THE MR BARRY? YES.HONEST. THAT FORCED TO DO ANYTHING, BUT YOU'RE FAIRLY CORRECT, MR BARRY, JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT WHEN YOU APPROVE A PLAN, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LAND USE ZONING. ALL OF THAT IS DONE SEPARATELY. LITERALLY THE ONLY THING THAT DOES IS IT CHUNKS OUT THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS. AND IT WILL DICTATE WHAT THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STREETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DEDICATED GREEN SPACE. IT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE USE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING THAT'S SEPARATE. THIS LITERALLY IS JUST CHUNKING OUT THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS. EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN APPROVED PRIOR. YES, SIR. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE FINAL PART OF CUTTING THE CAKE, BASICALLY. ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW MR REEVES IS HERE, BUT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM THE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. COME ONLINE. ORDINANCE SAID ITS SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING A LITTLE BIT. THE APPROVED SECOND. MR SLAVE. OH, YES, THIS IS HOW YES , MR HOLT? YES, VERY DON'T LIKE IT. BUT YES, MR SHARKEY. YES, BUT. MR BARRY. WHAT WAS THAT? I DON'T I DON'T LIKE THE PROJECT.
OKAY ALRIGHT. I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WAS WAS. NEXT COUPLE OF FUN HERE. FIRST
[Ordinance C-70-21 Authorize the City Administrator to enter into Community Reinvestment Area Agreements to expand CRA #1. First reading. ]
READING ORDINANCE, SEE 70 21 ORDERS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT. TO EXPAND COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA NUMBER ONE SORT OF STATUS. FIRST READING. SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON[Ordinance C-71-21 Authorize the City Administrator to Execute Pre-Annexation Agreements with Various Property Owners in the vicinity of 1-71 and S.R. 665. First reading]
DECEMBER 20TH. SAME FOR ORDINANCE. SEE 71 21, AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE PRETTY ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS WITH THE VARIOUS PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 71. AND ROB 6 65 INTERCHANGE. GORDON OF STATUS. FIRST READING. SECOND[Resolution CR-59-21 Approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for JP Morgan Chase for Rooftop Solar Panels.]
READING PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON DECEMBER 20TH. RESOLUTIONS HERE. 59 21 1 THAT WE'VE[00:05:02]
POSTPONED BEFORE. THIS RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR INSTALLATION OF A ROOFTOP SOLAR PANELS TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, LOCATED AT 21 61 STRING TOWN ROAD. UM COUNCIL AT THE REQUEST OF THE PETITIONER MOVED THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 20TH SO THAT APPROPRIATE PEOPLE CAN ATTEND. SECOND. THIS IS HELP. YES, MR HOLT. YES IT'S VERY YES. YES, YES. MAN PRESIDENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR SHUCKING,[Ordinance C-72-21 Accept Stormwater and Sanitary Easements on the Pinnacle Quarry site. First reading.]
AND NOW MOVING ON TO SERVICE WITH MR BARRY HAVE THE FLOOR. BOMB WE HAVE OR TO SEE 72 21 STORM WANT TO ACCEPT STORM WATER AND SANITARY EASEMENTS PINNACLE OF THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS FIRST READING. UM. IN ITS SECOND READING WILL BE ON 12 20. THEN WE HAVE ORDNANCE E 73 21 SUPPORT[Ordinance C-73-21 Supporting the Stormwater Modeling Report and designating $3.9 million from the American Rescue Plan Act for Municipal Stormwater Projects identified in the Final Stormwater Report from EMH&T. First reading.]
STORMWATER MODELING REPORT AND DESIGNATE 3.9 MILLION FOR A R P A. FIRST STORMWATER PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE AGENCY REPORT. AND THAT ORDINANCE HAS ALSO HAD ITS FIRST READING. AS OF TONIGHT AT SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON 12 20. THANK YOU, MR BARRY. AND NOW FINANCE WITH MR HOLT LIKE TO HAVE A QUESTION FIRST. YES FROM MR BERRY. OR MAYBE. MR BOZO. SO THE FINAL PRESENTATION FOR ME AND T IS DUE IN DECEMBER. IS THAT BEEN SCHEDULED YET? WELL, WE HAVE THAT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS OR WHAT'S THE TIME? WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT BY THE END OF THE WEEK.YES, OKAY. THERE'S ANY CHANGES CERTAINLY LET YOU YOU KNOW THAT. WELL THAT YOU JUST DISTRIBUTE THAT OR IS THERE ACTUALLY ANY OVERVIEW OR ANYTHING? THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
OKAY? THANK YOU. PRESIDENT AND OH, YOU'RE GONNA THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD FOR YOU. NO. MR HOLT. GO
[Ordinance C-68-21 Grant an Exceptional Circumstance for 3946 Broadway to increase the maximum award under the Town Center Commercial Revitalization Grant Program. Second reading and public hearing.]
AHEAD, SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST WE HAVE ORDINANCES C 68 21 GRANTED EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE FOR 39 46 BROADWAY TO INCREASE THE MAX AWARD UNDER THE TOWN CENTER COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM. COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC. MR RASH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE. THEN. YOU KNOW? ANSWER QUESTIONS, OREGON. BRING OUT AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS YOU WANT ME TO ON THIS, BUT. ESSENTIALLY THAT WE HAD A TOUGHER GRANT PROGRAM THAT HAS TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, ONE FOR THE CORRIDOR, ONE FOR THE CORE. TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. ONE ALLOWS 5000 MATCHING FUNDS. OTHER FOR 10,000. SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT IN TERMS OF MATCH OR AN AMOUNT WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE AND THAT'S THE PROCESS. FOR NOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JUDY BURROWS WITH THE BREWERY. FOR QUITE SOME TIME BECAUSE THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY STARTED PRE RIGHT BEFORE COVID HEAD, SO THIS IS KIND OF DRAWN UP LONGER THAN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE HOPED TO SEE NORMALLY. MM.BUT THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET A GRANT OF $30,000, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON WHEN SOMEONE GOES ABOVE BEYOND THE 10,000 PERMITTED. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS RESTRICT THE GRANTS AND THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO WAT AND KIND OF RESTRICT THEM ON THE BACK END FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN THIS CASE. SO SINCE IT'S THE 2020 GRAND. WE ASKED THAT COUNCIL PROVIDED A GRANT OF $30,000 WITH NO GRANT IN 21 OR 20. TO KIND OF BALANCE IT OUT.
THANK YOU, KYLE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. COUNCIL. MAKE THIS ORDINANCE HAS AT ITS. SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE AND BE APPROVED SECOND. MR HOPE. YES VERY. YES SHOCKING. MR SLOVAN. YES, MRS. HELP? YES. ORDINANCE C 69 21 GRANTED EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE FOR 43
[Ordinance C-69-21 Grant an Exceptional Circumstance for 4326 Broadway to increase the maximum award under the Town Center Commercial Revitalization Grant Program. Second reading and public hearing.]
26 BROADWAY TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AWARD UNDER THE TOWN CENTER COMMERCIAL REBUILD IZATION GRANT PROGRAMS. AND FOR THIS ONE, IT'S THIS SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE. BUT I'LL JUST READ SECTION ONE AS IT PERTAINS TO BOTH. EXCEPT FOR THE AMOUNTS COUNCIL FINDS ITS SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED AND HEREBY GRANTS AN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE. TO THE BUSINESS OWNER AND 43 26 BROADWAY MAKING INELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD OF 10,000, WHICH IS AN[00:10:05]
EXCESS OF MAXIMUM CURRENTLY PERMITTED UNDER THE 10TH TOWN CENTER COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM. TO BE USED TOWARDS PROGRAM ELIGIBLE PROJECTS UNDER THE TOWN CENTER GRANT PROGRAM. NO ADDITIONAL GRANT SHOW WHEN YOU PROOF OF THIS PROPERTY IN 2021, OR 2022.SO IT'S KYLE MENTIONED. ON THE FUTURE YEARS THEY ARE RESTRICTED. BEFORE YOU IS THE EXCEPTION. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. NATALIE ANYTHING OKAY? COUNCIL. MR STAGE. YES, MR HOLT.
THESE FOLKS WERE HERE AT THE LAST MEETING AND THE FIRST READING AND THEY THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT NIGHT. SO THEY HAVE BEEN HERE. AND. OBVIOUSLY, NOW HERE THE SCENE BUT THEY WERE HERE AT THE LAST MEETING. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M MOVING THE APPROVED SECOND. MR BARRY? YES.
SHOT CAKE. YES MR SLAVE. OH, YES, THIS IS HOW YES, MR HOLT. YES. MOVING ON ORDINANCE SEE 74
[Ordinance C-74-21 Appropriate $1,750,000.00 from the Deposit Trust Fund and Reduce Appropriation Amounts from Various Funds. First reading.]
21 APPROPRIATE 1.75 MILLION FROM DEPOSIT TRUST FUND AND REDUCE APPROPRIATION AMOUNTS FROM VARIOUS FUNDS. THIS ORDINANCE IS AT ITS FIRST READING. SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE 12 20. ORDINANCE SEE 75 21 NORDESTE APPROPRIATE $6000 FROM THE SENIOR NUTRITIONAL FUND FOR[Ordinance C-75-21 Appropriate $6,000.00 from the Senior Nutrition Fund for the current expense of the Meals on Wheels Program. First reading.]
THE CURRENT EXPENSIVE THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS FIRST READING, SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE 12 20. LAST C 76 21 THE ORDINANCE.[Ordinance C-76-21 Appropriate $8,633.00 from the Local Coronavirus Relief Fund for the current expense of Pandemic-related expenses as required under the CARES Act. First reading. ]
COORDINATES TO APPROPRIATE $8633 FROM THE LOCAL CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND FOR THE CURRENT EXPENSE OF PANDEMIC RELATED EXPENSES, AS REQUIRED UNDER THE CARES ACT. AND THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS FIRST READING. SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE 12 20. THIS OUT DANCING FOR FINANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR HOLT. AND SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR[Call for New Business: Electric Aggregation Public Hearing]
OFFICIAL AGENDA THIS EVENING, AND AT THIS TIME IF THERE IS ANY NEW BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF CITY COUNCIL PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME. UM WE ALSO HAVE AN ELECTRIC AGGREGATION PUBLIC HEARING. DO YOU WANT TO START WITH THAT AND THEN DO NEW BUSINESS OR IN THE OTHER ORDER? YES. IF I MAY. PRESIDENT HELP. YES I WILL TURN INTO THE FLOOR, BUDDY. YOU, MR SMITH. THANK YOU. AS YOU ALL KNOW, SINCE THE VOTERS APPROVED THE BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE ELECTRIC AGGREGATION WE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS. WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLY COMPLICATED. I MIGHT ADD. WE DO HAVE TONIGHT. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS. UM AFTER WE PASSED THIS EARLY THREE BIG STEPS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAD TO DO. THE FIRST WAS WE HAD TO GET CERTIFICATION FROM THE PS BUCO BASICALLY APPROVAL. TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. UM WE SUBMITTED THAT IN OCTOBER, AND WE DID RECEIVE FINAL APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 26 SO WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO NOW MOVE FORWARD. AS PART OF WHAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE PUC. WE HAD TO SUBMIT A PLAN. WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT. I WOULD TELL YOU. THE PLAN IS UNBELIEVABLY BASIC. IT REALLY DOESN'T SAY A WHOLE HECK OF LOT. IT KIND OF LAYS OUT THE GENERALITIES OF THE PROGRAM. IT DOESN'T GET SPECIFIC. BUT IT'S WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO BY STATUTE. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TONIGHT? AND UM, ONCE I'M FINISHED HERE OFF THAT WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING JUST TO ALLOW FOR COMMENT. WE HAVE TO DO THAT TWICE ON THE PLANET. ONCE WE HAVE HELD THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, THERE IS ANY VOTE. YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED TO APPROVE THIS TO PUT ON THE BALLOT. VOTERS ALREADY APPROVED IT. THIS IS JUST GETTING THE PUBLIC AN IDEA AS TO WHAT'S COMING. BOB IT'S KIND OF A PERFUNCTORY STEP. I THINK I'VE SAID THAT TO YOU EARLIER PRESIDENT HELP IT. THEIR PLAN IS SO BASIC, THE REAL GUTS OF THE AGGREGATION REALLY COME IN THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. WHICH WE HAVE BASICALLY PUT TOGETHER ALREADY, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THESE PRELIMINARY STEPS FIRST IN TERMS OF GETTING PERMISSION FROM THE BUCO, YOU ALL HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE PLAN? ONCE WE DO THAT, WE WILL THEN PUT OUT THE RFP. WHICH WE WILL SOLICIT BIDS FOR THE GREEN ENERGY COMPONENT THAT WE APPROVED THAT YOU APPROVED AND THE VOTERS APPROVE. SO NOTHING. REALLY I DON'T WANNA SAY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. WE'VE[00:15:01]
DONE A LOT OF PRELIMINARY BACKROOM STUFF. BUT ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD. UM WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE TONIGHT. I HOPE ONLINE GREG BECKER. TOYOTA ENERGY. HE HAS BEEN THE CONSULTANT. WE HIRED. WHO HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE IN TERMS OF HELPING US NAVIGATE AN INDUSTRY THAT. IS SERIOUSLY CONFUSING IN MY OPINION. UM BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM ONCE AGAIN. I KNOW. I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, ISS A CONSULTANT. WE'RE PAYING THEM A FLAT FEET, PERIOD. END OF STORY. ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE WHO DOES THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. WHAT THEY DO IS INSTEAD OF PAYING A FLAT FEE AS THEY ADD A PERCENTAGE. BASICALLY THERE'S PENNIES ON EVERY BILL THAT GOES JUST TO THIS CONSULT. BASICALLY FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD EVERY. UM WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT MODEL BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRY TO OBTAIN THE MOST COMPETITIVE PRICE WE POSSIBLY CAN ONCE WE DO, THE RFP. NOW UNFORTUNATELY, ENERGY LIKE EVERY OTHER MARKET IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF WACKY. SO. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF WHACK. WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE'S A CORRECTION, BUT I THINK WE'RE KIND OF HOPING THERE'S A CORRECTION ON THE COST OF EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW. UM THE OTHER THING WE DID NOT INCLUDE.ALSO IN R P IS COLUMBUS HAS THEIR COMMUNITY FEE, WHATEVER THEY CALL IT BASICALLY ANOTHER PERCENTAGE THAT COMES OUT OF EVERY BILL AND GOES INTO SOME POT FOR THEM TO PLAY WITH. UM WE DID NOT. WE'RE NOT INCLUDING THAT, OR RFP THERE, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE ABSOLUTE MOST COMPETITIVE PRICE . WE CAN SO THAT WHEN WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU AS COUNSEL YOU'RE TRULY GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE. THE RATES TODAY BROWN ENERGY VERSUS THE PROPOSALS WE GET FROM GREEN ENERGY. I MEAN RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF WHACK, BUT WE'RE HOPING BY TIME WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT THE RATES IN THE INDUSTRY WILL STABILIZE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE 10,000 FT OVERVIEW ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DO THE PUBLIC HEARING? AND LIKE I SAID, MR BECKER IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE ACTUAL. ENERGY STUFF BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAW STUFF, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS MARKET, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, PRESIDENT HELP IF I MAY IF I COULD REQUEST THAT YOU OPEN.
THIS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER, AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED ME TO DO SOMETHING OFFICIAL TO OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE INDICATING? I THINK JUST WHAT YOU SAID. WE HAVE OPENINGS. WE HAVE OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL NOT USE THE PHRASE. ENERGY STUFF. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. AND I DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP. KATHY COHEN BECKER. DID YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK? WELCOME AND IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD , PLEASE. OR MY NAME IS KATHY CALVIN BECKER. MY ADDRESS IS 4 TO 75. WHITE SPREE. SLANG GROW CITY, OHIO. I'M SO PRESIDENT HELPED ME YOUR STAGE AND MEMBERS OF GIRLS CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TONIGHT ABOUT THE GROSS CITY ELECTRIC AGGREGATION PLAN OF OPERATION AND GOVERNMENTS. UM, SO MY NAME IS KATHY KAREN BECKER . I'M A MEMBER OF THE GIRLS CITY SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE SUSTAINABLE COLUMBUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS I'VE LED THE READY FOR 100 CAMPAIGN FOR THE SIERRA CLUB IN COLUMBUS IN OHIO.
MM SO, AS YOU KNOW, IN NOVEMBER , 2020 VOTERS AND GROW CITY APPROVED ISSUE 10 AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO SET UP UP TOP ELECTRIC AGGREGATION PROGRAM. IF YOU 10 PAST AND EVERY PRECINCT AND EVERY WARD IN GROSS CITY WITH A DECISIVE OVERALL VOTE OF 63. AND HERE IS THE LANGUAGE.
WHAT VOTERS VOTED ON ACTUALLY FROM THE BALLOT, IT SAID. SHALL THE CITY OF GROSS CITY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO AGGREGATE. THE RETAIL ELECTRIC LOADS LOCATED WITHIN THE INCORPORATED AREAS OF THE CITY TO SUPPORT LOCAL RENEWABLE, CLEAN ENERGY GENERATION, ENERGY SAVINGS AND GROWTH TO THE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY AND FOR THAT PURPOSE. ENTER INTO SERVICE AGREEMENTS TO FACILITATE FOR THOSE LOADS, THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY. SUCH AGGREGATION TO OCCUR AUTOMATICALLY EXCEPT WHERE THE PERSON ELECTS TO OPT OUT. SO THE KEY PHRASES ARE LOCAL, RENEWABLE, CLEAN ENERGY, ENERGY SAVINGS AND GROW CITIES SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY. AND THE INITIATIVE BASICALLY STATES THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF ENACTING OPT OUT ELECTRIC AGGREGATION WAS TO FACILITATE THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF LOCAL RENEWABLE CLEAN ENERGY. SO WHEN I READ THROUGH THE THREE PLAYER PAGE PLAN OF OPERATION AND GOVERNANCE, UM I DIDN'T SEE THE WORDS LOCAL, CLEAN OR RENEWABLE. ANYWHERE IN THAT PLAN. THE DOCUMENT APPEARS TO BE A GENERIC PLAN FOR OPT OUT
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ELECTRIC AGGREGATION, AND ON THAT LEVEL, IT'S COMPLETELY FINE. BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY REFERENCE TO THE LOCAL RENEWABLE , CLEAN ENERGY GENERATION THAT GROWS. CITY VOTERS VOTED FOR SO , OF COURSE, THE CITY AND ITS AGGREGATION CONSULTANT FIELD OF ENERGY CAN PUT THIS INTO THE RFP, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU PLAN TO DO SO THAT'S GREAT. AND THE RFP IS WHAT YOU'LL USE TO SEEK YOUR UTILITY SUPPLIER AND THEN PUT IT INTO THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH WHICHEVER SUPPLY OR YOU CHOOSE. AND GIVEN THE LANGUAGE OF ISSUE, 10. YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT. UM BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER ALSO PUTTING IT INTO THE PLAN OF OPERATION AND GOVERNANCE. SINCE THIS IS WHAT THE VOTERS OF GROSS CITY. VOTED ON. WE DON'T HAVE JUST ANY GENERIC ELECTRIC AGGREGATION PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM. IS TO SUPPORT 100% LOCAL CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY. SO IS MR SMITH SAID. BRO CITY IS USING A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT MODEL IN TERMS OF HOW THEY PAY THE. ENERGY CONSULTANT . THEN MOST OF THESE DO BUT I THINK THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE CITY. HOW THEY WANT TO MANAGE THAT STATE LAW GIVES THE CITY WIDE LATITUDE ON THAT. BUT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE WIDE LATITUDE IN TERMS OF. RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLIES SUPPLY THAT'S LOCAL, CLEAN AND RENEWABLE BECAUSE THAT WAS IN THE BALLOT INITIATIVE. WE PASSED. AND I HOPE THE CITY STILL PLANS TO PURSUE THIS, BUT I'M NOT JUST BECAUSE VOTERS SAID THEY SHOULD, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT WILL LOWER POLLUTION, IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND CREATE OHIO BASED CHARGE. IT'S A WIN WIN WIN. FOR THE ECONOMY, THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. VERY OFTEN GROW CITY HAS A CHANCE TO LEAD THE WAY TO A PROSPEROUS, CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE. AND I HOPE YOU TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.THANK YOU VERY MUCH QUESTIONS, MR BEAR. YEAH I HAD WRITTEN MR SMITH ABOUT THAT VERY ISSUE OF CAPPING SO, YEAH, YOU CAN RESPOND. AND FIRST, I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING THAT YOU SAID IF WE IF WE. WE ARE 100% CLEAR MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE DOING IN RFP FOR RENEWABLE CLEAN ENERGY PERIOD. THIS I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK BY NOT HAVING IT IN THE PLAN. THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE'RE GOING. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GO BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU. THAT'S THE DIRECTION THE VOTERS GAVE US. WHEN IT COMES TO THE OPERATION PLAN. I MEAN, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. AS YOU SAID, IT IS GENERIC, AS CAN BE, BECAUSE, FRANKLY, THAT'S WHAT EVERY CITY THAT I LOOKED AT, HAS IN.
FRANKLY WHEN WE SUBMIT TO THE PCO, THAT'S WHAT THEY APPROVED. UM I DON'T THE OPERATIONS PLAN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH. IN TERMS OF THE RFP. IT WILL BE GREEN ENERGY NOW. I WILL GIVE ONE CAUTION AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I EVER WILL. BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS ENERGY WHEN WE SAY LOCAL. LOCALS KIND OF WEIRD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T TRULY HAVE THE LOCAL ASSETS IN PLACE IN OHIO, TOO. LIKE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DIDN'T RFP, WE COULDN'T SAY WE ONLY WANT GREEN ENERGY FROM OHIO . WE'RE RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE FRANKLY, IT DOES NOT EXIST RATE. NOW I KNOW THAT WITH THE COLUMBUS PLAN, THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT A P PUT INTO NEW. GREEN ENERGY FACILITIES IN PLACE, HOPEFULLY FAIRLY SOON, SO WE'RE HOPING THEY COME, BUT LOCAL RIGHT NOW CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS. I KNOW MOST COMMUNITIES I'VE TALKED TO ARE BUYING BASICALLY, REX OR CREDITS FROM OTHER PLACES OUT OF STATE THAT ARE GREEN ENERGY, SO AND WE WILL BE CERTAINLY LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE, BUT IT IS 100% GOING TO BE FOR GREEN ENERGY. I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A MISTAKE ABOUT JUST BECAUSE IN THE PLAN, BUT WE WERE VERY GENERIC IN THE PLAN ON PURPOSE, BECAUSE, FRANKLY, THAT'S WHAT THE BUCO IS APPROVED EVERY TIME AND FRANKLY, WE FOLLOWED THE SAME PATH BECAUSE. ALREADY BEEN DONE. WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL? I MEAN, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO PUTTING IN THE PLAN. I DON'T THINK IT. LIKE I SAID, WE ARE 100% CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED WHAT THE VOTERS TOLD US TO DO, SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THERE. WE'RE GOING A DIFFERENT WAY WITH THAT.
WE ARE 100% NOT SO HOPEFULLY, THAT HELPS YEAH, THAT DOES. THANK YOU. I KNOW COLUMBUS IS THEY'RE USING REX FOR TWO YEARS AND TRANSITIONING ONTO AND WHEN THEY SAY LOCAL, SOME OF IT WILL BE IN CENTRAL OHIO, LIKE ON THE OLD LANDFILL THAT. IT WILL ALSO BE AROUND THE STATE, HOPEFULLY MORE IN CENTRAL OHIO THAN NOT. FOR PURPOSES OF THEIR PLANN LOCL MEANS IN OHIO YEAH, IN OUR PERFECT WORLD, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO GET IT FROM ALSO, BUT UNTIL THOSE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THOSE FACILITIES GET CONSTRUCTED, AND FRANKLY, IT TAKES SOMEONE LIKE.
COLUMBUS WITH THEIR BUYING POWER AND THE MONEY. THEY'RE INVESTED IN THIS TO GET THOSE BILLS. I MEAN, IF WE WENT TO UTILITY AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING THIS. WE NEED GREEN ENERGY, BUILD US SOMETHING. THEY PROBABLY LAUGH AT US BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NOT COST EFFECTIVE. BUT COLUMBUS IS
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KIND OF SPEARHEADING THIS AND WE'RE KIND OF FOLLOWING ON THEIR COATTAILS. HOPEFULLY, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL COME ONLINE. HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANYONE ONLINE? AND IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE MR SMITH. MR RECORD IS ONLINE FROM SODA ENERGY. AND HE IS A PANELIST, SO HE MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT HE CAN UNMUTE HIMSELF AND SPEAK ANY TIME HE WISHES. I DID NOT TELL HIM THAT. BUT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. AS I SAY, EXCITED ENERGY. WAS THE ONLY ENERGY COMPANY THAT WE COULD FIND THAT WAS WILLING TO HELP US ON A FLAT RATE BASIS.ALL THE REST OF THEM WANTED PAID FOREVER. WHICH I FOUND RIDICULOUS. HE HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO US, FRANKLY AND EXPLAINING THE MARKETPLACE. HE'S BEEN GIVING US THE PROJECTIONS AS TO WHERE THE RATES ARE GOING . YOU KNOW WHAT THE RATES ARE NOW COMPARISONS EVERYTHING, SO HE'S BEEN GREAT. AND I WILL LET HIM INTRODUCE HIMSELF IF HE FIGURED OUT HOW TO MUTE HIMSELF.
MR BECKER, CAN YOU HEAR US? THOUGHT WE WERE DOING SO WELL, TOO. HATTON MUTE HIMSELF. IT'S NOT IMMUNE. YOU MIGHT BE MUTED, MR RECORD. SO MAYBE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE VOLUME TURNED OUT. HAVE YOU WERE SO CLOSE. THAT'S IT. OUT THERE. YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT, GREG. I ALRIGHT? THAT'S ALL RIGHT. MAYBE YOU COULD HEAR EVERY, BUT NOBODY ELSE COULD, UM. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY . IT'S BEEN A OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT. FOR THOSE OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY.
IT CAN GET COMPLICATED. BUT THIS IS THIS IS THE WORLD THAT I'VE BEEN OPERATING IN SINCE 1995 SO I KNOW I KNOW THE INS AND OUTS AND CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH. EVEN IN THE TEAM TO GET ACCLIMATED TO WHAT TO EXPECT, POTENTIALLY ON DOWN THE ROAD AND APPRECIATE WHAT KATHY BROUGHT UP . AND YES, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT RENEWABLE OPTIONS. FOR THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD FOR SURE.
POINT ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR BECKER WHILE WE HAVE HIM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. AND IF I COULD PRESIDENT HOW IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS, YOU CAN JUST MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL DO THIS AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. I MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY? ACTUALLY, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED IT, JUST SAYING OPENING CLOSED. NEVER NO OBJECTIONS. THIS IS. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS THAN WE ARE CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US BLENDER OUR WAY THROUGH THAT. I APPRECIATE IT AND WE'LL BE BACK AGAIN. ON WHAT DATE? TWO WEEKS, WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WILL BE THE FINAL 1/20. YES, ALRIGHT MEETING ON THE 20. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER PARTY SIGNED UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS. CHRISTIE LAUGHIN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE 31 SUCCESS. STREET. I JUST MOVED AFTER TRYING SO. UM THIS IS SHORT AND SWEET. I'M HERE TO ASKED FOR A CHANGE TO HOMETOWN.
CAUSE I AM FRONT ON. YEAH OKAY, SO I AM PULLING DOWN 100% SUPPORT OF HOMETOWN DOLLARS. I AM THE ONE THAT HAS SAID ACROSS THE BOARD THAT IT SAVED OUR BUSINESS LAST YEAR, AND I BELIEVE THAT 100. AND NOT ONLY THAT, I THINK OTHER PEOPLE WOULS MONEY SITTING UNUSED ABOUT $10,000. AND I AM. ON TRYING SO HARD TO ADVERTISE AND GET THE WORD OUT THAT THERE'S MONEY ON USED AND THE REASON THERE'S MONEY AND UNUSED. AND SWEET SHOULD YOU AS A COUNCIL TRIED TO MAKE IT REALLY FAIR TO SPREAD IT ACROSS THE AISLE THAT AS MANY PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO USE IT COULD. IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THE SECOND AMOUNT OF MONEY. WAS. PUT OUT THERE AVAILABLE TO THE CONSUMER, AND THERE'S STILL ABOUT $10,000 SITTING THERE. I'M ASKING YOU TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE HOUSEHOLD. CAN REQUEST RIGHT NOW IT'S $50.50 DOLLARS PER
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HOUSEHOLD. AND BECAUSE IT'S $10,000 STILL SITTING THERE AND SIX MONTHS INTO THE PROGRAM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT IT'S AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM SO I DON'T WANT IT LOOKED BACK ON AND SAID. THAT THE MONEY WASN'T USED. SO LET'S RETHINK THIS PROGRAM OR LET'S ALLOCATE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT'S NOT BEING USED BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO USE IT CAN ONLY GET $50 IN THE FIRST ROUND OF MONEY . WE WERE ALLOWED TO GET UP TO $250. AND THAT MONEY WENT REALLY FAST. RIGHT SO MAYBE I'M MAKING YOU SUGGESTION THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR ALLOCATE OR A MEANT THE HOMETOWN DOLLAR. DOLLARS AT A HOUSEHOLD CAN GET UP TO $100. I KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE SHOPPING AND GROW CITY AND I CAN WITH THE HOMETOWN DOLLARS AND I HAVE USED ALL MY MONEY ALLOCATED. AND I KNOW MANY OF MY CUSTOMERS WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. ALSO SO THAT'S JUST SIMPLY WHAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND AS A RESIDENT. THAT. WOULD LIKE TO SPEND HER MONEY LOCALLY AND ASKED ME TO THINK THROUGH THE HOMETOWN DOLLARS AND AMEND THAT, IF POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 20. THIS JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. I KNOW THAT REPRESENTED FROM THE CHAMBERS HERE. I THINK IT WOULD WARRANT YOU GUYS BLASTING OUT THE INFORMATION THAT THERE'S $10,000 LEFT. TOM IN THE FUND. OKAY? CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT LATELY. SO I. I'LL SEND IT OUT AS WELL.RIGHT. ANY OTHER ITEMS. ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS. ANYTHING ELSE THERE, NATALIE.
RON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS EVENING? YOU COULDN'T USE THE CHAT IS THE Q AND A FUNCTION. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK IT YOU CAN TRY MEN ANY KIND OF IF THERE'S ANYONE OUT THERE. PLEASE TYPE A QUESTION IN THE Q AND A FUNCTION SO THAT WE DON'T MISS YOU. OTHERWISE I WILL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. MOVE ON TO MAYOR STAGE. ARE YOU READY?
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MAYOR? FROM THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH HERE. I HAVE NO MATTER OF COURT READ REPORT THIS EVENING, SO NOTHING FOR YOU TO FORMALLY APPROVED BUT I HAVE SEVERAL WRITING TO GO OVER ONE. WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE WEEKEND. AND IN TWO OF OUR TOWNS AND EMERGENCE, I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE BENEFIT FROM HAVING 3 TO 5000 PEOPLE DOWN HERE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BECAUSE. MY YEARS OF DOING THIS IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST CROWD THAT I'VE SEEN. THE PARADE, MR TILL MARKET AND WHAT THEY PUT TOGETHER. FOLKS ARE JUST SAWYER HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TOURS THEY HAD.THE PRIOR PART CENTRAL VILLAGE. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU COULD ASK FOR. AND THE COMMUNITY WENT PLAYING ON SATURDAY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AT WHO HELPED AND PARTICULARLY OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE AND THE PARKS AND REC. I HAD LUNCH TODAY WITH A GROUP THERE CALLED THE GROSS CITY CANCER THRIFT SHOP. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GROUP. WHO HAS RAISED A MILLION DOLLARS. SINCE OUR FOUNDING TOWARDS CANCER. TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTICS. THEY'RE THE LAST GROUP IN OHIO THAT OFFER FREE CANCER SCREENING. INCREDIBLE RIGHT HERE AND ROSE CITY. MM. TODAY THEY GAVE A $50,000 CHECK TO LIFECARE ALLIANCE BECAUSE
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LIFE CAROLINE'S IS A CONDUIT INTO THE CANCER CLINIC. SO THAT WAS PRETTY DANG GOING. GOOD EVENT TO BE PART OF THE RECOGNIZED. THE COMEY GASSES GIVEN US ANOTHER SPEAKING ABOUT ENERGY THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING TO THE PCO. FOR RATE INCREASE. NO, NO. DOLLARS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. WE DID GET A LETTER TODAY. THAT GOOD FRIEND THAT SWEET GIRL IS GOING TO BE RETURNING. BY MARSH. AND. WE'VE HAD AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME. WE HAVE ALWAYS AGREED. BUT HE'S A VERY PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL AND WE? WE WISH THE BEST FOR HIM. THE LAST ITEM. EXCUSE ME IS. TOMORROW'S ANNIVERSARY. ANYTHING ANNIVERSARY OF PEARL HARBOR. AS FOR HARD RECOGNITION DAY, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF AN INDIVIDUAL.WHO'S ACTUALLY BURIED IN TOMBS IN THE ARIZONA. FROM GROSS CITY. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CASUALTIES. THIS GENTLEMAN GRADUATED FROM AT THAT TIME JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH BECAME GROSSLY JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL, INDIA'S. UNIVERSITY HE GRADUATED 1933 HE. IN LISTENING AND NAVY REENLISTED BECAUSE HE WANTED TO OWN HIS HIS TALENTS IN BOILER REPAIR. SO HE WAS IN THE BOILER ROOM OF THE ARIZONA WHEN THEY WHEN THEY GOT HIT. WE ALSO HAD A GENERAL NAME OF MELVIN BOND. STAND A JAMES EARL VESTAL. BOTH OF WHOM WERE ON THE USS OKLAHOMA. SO RIGHT HERE IT COMES DOWN TO TELL US THAT WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR, AND WE WANT TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO.
EARLIER PART OF WORLD WAR TWO AND CERTAINLY FOR HARBOR. I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. HMM. ME. MR BARROSO? NOTHING ADDITIONAL. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR TURNER. I HAVE NO REPORT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. MR SMITH. I THINK I HAVE NEVER REPORT. THANK YOU. IS KELLY.
NOTHING ADDITIONAL. THANK YOU. MR VYDRA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. NOTHING TO REPORT.
THANK YOU. MR T. FOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK WE HEAR EITHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS FITZPATRICK. GOOD EVENING. I'M PRESIDENT. ALSO NOTHING TO REPORT FROM SERVICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR BARROSO. THANK YOU. MR RALPH. MISS CONRAD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT THIS EVENING EITHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR HURLEY. THANK YOU AND MR WALTERS. YOU KNOW THAT HE'S OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WELL WE MUST.
EVERYBODY IS READY TO GET HOME AND START THEIR ONLINE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. WE SO WE I THINK I'VE FINISHED WITH COMMENTS FROM STUFF AND WE'LL GO TO CLOSING COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL BEGINNING WITH MR BARRY. I'M JUST DRAWN EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE NEW ART EXHIBIT TONIGHT TODAY, AND, UM, IT'LL BE. YEP. ALL ITEMS IN THIS EXHIBIT ARE HALF PRICE, OKAY? SO THERE YOU GO. IF YOU NEED A PRESENT FOR SOMEBODY COME ON DOWN, AND THEY'RE HALF PRICE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR HOLT. I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT DECEMBER 15TH SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AT FIVE P.M. AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AND WORK ON THE 2022 BUDGET. OVERHEAD. WE HAVE SIX P.M. JUST JUST MAKING SURE IT IS NOW. FIVE PM FIVE PM I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE SQUARED AWAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING. NO. PLACE IT FOR ME. THANKS. ALL RIGHT, MR SHOCKEY. NOTHING FOR ME THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MR SALIBA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I HAD ASKED THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 20TH AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, P. M AND AS MR GOLD SAID, REMEMBER THE. SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING IN THE INTERIM ON THE 15TH AT FIVE PM. AGAIN I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS ABOUT ALL OF THE FESTIVITIES OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND. WE ALSO HAD SOME PUBLIC COMMENTARY ABOUT THE SAFETY. OF
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THE EVENTS THAT WE HOLD IN AND EXTRA ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT , BECAUSE, UH, YOU SAFETY IS AT THE CORE OF EVERYTHING WE DO WHEN WE GATHER THE PUBLIC IN FASHION LIKE WE DID. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A CROWD. MAYOR I RAN OUT OF CANDY. I GOT TO THE END, AND THERE WAS NOT A PIECE OF CANDY LEFT TO BE ADD. YOU HAVE TO START MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH THE KIDS. AFTER YOU RUN OUT OF CANDY. LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. SO WITH THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR MEETING, AND IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.