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Regular Council Meeting Minutes 9-21-09 Page 2 what Grendell and NEOGAP will be submitting on that Bill because there is no comparison between what is being sent out so it's being looked at something to improve what's already there, but we don't believe it improves at all. Mayor Rinker stated, if he can interject, we have gotten the distinctions and we have disseminated that. Ms. McCrreevy replied, great, great. If there's anybody else who has an opporiunity to speak to anybody who may be getting those if you can also clarify that that would be very helpful. We think that it's very important because actually a week and a half ago there was a death in Ohio that was directly resulting in drilling. Ms. McGreevy does not know if people were aware of it because it was not, she did not see it on the news or in the newspaper, but it was in Guernsey County. One of the four drillers who were at the site was actually overcome with fumes and he had a counter on him that was supposed to count that it was over the fatallimits but it did not do that. There were three other people who were also taken to the hospital. Did anyone hear of that? Council President Buckholtz replied, yes we did. The third thing they wanted to bring to Council's attention is that there is going to be a statewide meeting in Warren, Ohio on urban drilling which also, they wanted you to know about that too. Council President Buckholtz said they did. Ms. McGreevy continued, it is sponsored by Cafaro and Grendell and it's at the Municipal Justice Center, 141 South Street, Warren, Ohio, on October lst at 7:00. She can confirm that so that it is in the Minutes. We encourage everyone able to attend to please do so because right now is the important time to really get our voices heard. We seemed to be drowned out a little bit because obviously the industry has a lot of money and a lot of resources that citizens don't have, so the help that we need is right now. Council President Buckholtz said to Ms. McGreevy that the one question he would ask and put it out there is, have you seen Senator Grendell's Bill? Mrs. McGreevy replied, she has seen a draft of it. She asked if anyone else has seen it. Council President Buckholtz stated he was not sure, he has not seen it. Mrs. McGreevy said what she can do is she can actually send you a comparison of the two. Council President Buckholtz stated that he has seen the comparison, but he did not see a final Bill of his. Mrs. McGreevy said it's not final, it's still in draft form. Mayor Rinker stated he has not even submitted it to the floor. Mrs. McGreevy confirnied that he has not submitted it. We are hoping it is going to be sponsored by Senator Cafaro as well. (It is planned to be introduced in early October). Council President Buckholtz thanked Ms. McGreevy for the update. Council President Buckholtz asked if there was anyone else. There were no further comments.