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                    "The city council on Wednesday formed a committee to discuss changes to the use policy for city facilities as the first agenda item for its work session at City Hall.\nBut confusion arose when three subsequent agenda items included discussions on complimentary use of Trotter Convention Center or Regal Hall, among the things the committee seeks to address with an upgraded policy.\nKeep Columbus Beautiful wants to host a year-end recognition event at Regal Hall, while Mayor Stephen Jones requested free use of the Trotter for a Mayor\u2019s Youth Council pinning ceremony and the public works department wants to hold its employee Christmas party at the Trotter.\nAll are city-sponsored events, Jones said Wednesday, even the one for Keep Columbus Beautiful, which is managed by the code enforcement department. Therefore, they all qualify under the city\u2019s existing policy for complimentary use, he argued.\n\u201cIf they have to pay for it, the money is going to come out of the city,\u201d Jones said. \u201cSo, that don\u2019t make much sense either.\u201d\nStill, Ward 2 Councilman Roderick Smith, who engaged in a heated argument with Jones at the Sept. 15 council meeting over whether Smith could host a Thanksgiving lunch at the Trotter at no charge, called Wednesday\u2019s agenda items into question, especially since the newly formed committee had not even met.\nSmith wasn\u2019t the only one who felt that way.\n\u201cIt\u2019s putting the cart before the horse trying to approve all these different ones,\u201d Ward 6 Councilman Jason Spears chimed in. \u201c\u2026 Surely in the next two weeks, three weeks, there can be a couple of (committee) meetings, and then we have meetings of the council to flesh out what should be permitted and should not be permitted. \u2026 By making these requests, it\u2019s getting ahead of where we are in the process.\u201d\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tJason Spears\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\nAt issue, Spears said, is what exactly qualifies as a city event. 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Jones made clear the council could make that exception if it chose.\nThat set off Ward 5 Councilman Gary Jefferson, who had already expressed displeasure with the Trotter exception requests.\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGary Jefferson\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re in the problem that we\u2019re in now because we make exceptions to every rule,\u201d Jefferson said. \u201c\u2026 We always find ourselves going against our own rules.\u201d\nJefferson then turned his comments to the mayor.\n\u201cWe say no. This ain\u2019t our policy. I\u2019m not even going to put it on the agenda,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026 As hard as it is to say no, sometimes you\u2019ve just got to say no.\u201d\n\u201cYou want me to say no so y\u2019all don\u2019t have to say no,\u201d Jones responded.\n\u201cNow you going to put the blame on us?\u201d Jefferson replied. \u201cYou is the leader. You is the mayor.\u201d\n\u201cOh, am I? Y\u2019all don\u2019t act like it sometimes,\u201d Jones said.\n\u201cAnd you wonder why,\u201d Jefferson clapped back.\nDespite that exchange, the council unanimously voted to approve the Mental Health Walk anyway.\nAfter the work session, Jefferson emphasized to The Dispatch that \u201cleadership\u201d has to learn to say no. As far as city facilities, he preached consistency.\n\u201cWhen you start putting those gray areas into who can get it and who can\u2019t, everybody is passionate about everything they do,\u201d he said.\nJones told The Dispatch he will not deny someone the right to petition the council.\n\u201cAll I do is put it on there. It\u2019s up to (the council) to vote yes or no,\u201d Jones said of agenda items. \u201cI can say, \u2018Our policy is so and so.\u2019 But if you tell me that you want to go before the council, I can\u2019t deny you going before the council. \u2026 I know some council members have said, \u2018Just bring it before the council, and we\u2019ll make the decision.\u2019 So you can\u2019t have it both ways.\u201d\nSmith, Harris and Jefferson all volunteered to serve on the facilities usage committee, along with Jones, Lewis and Trotter director Rogena Bonner. Jones said he would schedule a meeting by the end of next week.\nHistoric preservation\nAlso during the work session, City Attorney Jeff Turnage presented proposed changes to the historic preservation ordinance.\nChief among them, he said, was establishing a misdemeanor fine of up to $1,000 for owners who allowed a property in the city\u2019s Downtown Historic District to fall into a state of demolition by neglect \u2013 allowing it to deteriorate to the point where it needs to be demolished or that restoration becomes unreasonable.\nTurnage said the Historic Preservation Commission had approved the ordinance changes. The council is set to vote on them at its Tuesday meeting.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tZack Plair is the managing editor for The Dispatch.\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n      \n      \n        Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. 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