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Second Baptist asks Steubenville to help fix Juneteenth electrical problems
Summary
Second Baptist Church asked the city to work with American Electric Power after electrical and generator problems disrupted its Juneteenth celebration; Council accepted the church's letter into the meeting minutes and asked staff to follow up.
Mrs. Haley read a letter from Second Baptist Church, written by Pastor Jeffrey Stanford, asking the city and American Electric Power to investigate recurring electrical and generator failures during the church's Juneteenth event. "We encountered problems with the electrical and generators during our Juneteenth event," the letter said, and asked the city to "look into the matter for us."
Council voted to accept the letter and make it a part of the minutes on a motion by Ms. Hoover, seconded by Mr. Mayo; the roll call vote was recorded as all ayes. The letter notes Second Baptist has organized Steubenville's Juneteenth celebration for nine years and requests coordination between the church, the city and AEP to prevent future outages. The clerk or city staff are expected to follow up; no specific staff assignment or timeline was stated on the record.
