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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, October 16, 2023 Page 6 The other thing is our gas opt -in program. How it is now is if you decide to opt out of the NOPEC electric program but then they say, or actually their price was pretty good, I want to opt back in, they can call the next day if they want and opt back in. Gas isn't the same way. That's above our pay grade. That's the PUCO. They dictate this. You have to wait a whole cycle to get back into the gas program if you opt out. If you were to pass simple legislation for the gas opt -in program, residents can then opt out on a Monday and if they decide to opt back in on a Tuesday, they can do that. It's just something to keep in mind. I see you guys did use your sponsorship money. Looks like your grant money has been dispersed accordingly, so that's great. A question that has come up in the past couple of years is where does NOPEC get that money? It feels like they are doing it off the backs of our constituents. How does that happen? That's on us. We really haven't done a great job of communicating how that money comes about. I don't know about you guys, but in Cleveland Heights at my address, we get mailings on a weekly basis from ABC Energy. If you go on 1100, you are going to hear an energy provider say sign up now at so and so.com. On TV, same thing. All of that advertisement adds up to millions and millions of dollars. Our provider Next Era doesn't do that. NOPEC is kind of their advertising. They provide us with the energy. We go to our communities and that's about it. Instead of them keeping that advertising money, we said, hold on, put that in a special category where we can give back to our community. So that's how you get your sponsorship, your grant money, so on and so forth. If that question does come up, certainly you can send them my way. My number and e-mail is on the piece of paper. If you just want to take care of it on the phone, if someone were to call you and stop you at the supermarket or whatever, that's how that comes up. Like I said, it doesn't come up often but it does come up more often in the last two years. I just wanted to make sure you guys were abreast of all that. At the back of the page is the total amount of your NEC disbursements dated as of 2018. As usual, if you have any questions, anything at all, call, e-mail, I'm always available. Thank you. Mayor Bodnar asked, Jeff, do you have sample legislation for the gas opt -in program? Mr. Heinrich replied, not with me. I can e-mail it to you tomorrow. Mayor Bodnar stated, that would be great thanks. Ms. Calta stated, and Jeff, we do have a No Solicitation registry in the Village. The Police Department has a list. Mr. Heinrich replied, perfect. If you guys have your own, that's great. Mayor Bodnar stated, thank you. Council President Schutt stated, thanks for the information. Any other comments this evening? There were none.