Meeting Tone and Results‘The street light communication team meeting I attended on July 29 2010 was very unproductive. There were only two members from the City of Toledo present verses ‘almost eighteen from Toledo Edison which lead to a very one sided meeting. The members of the Toledo Edison team were unresponsive to the issues presented. They primarily cited budget constraints and a lack of funding from the company. When asked hhow the issues would be addressed, I was told they could do little more then they are doing now. They also stated that it was unfair of me to expect them to have any response to the issues I brought forward on such short notice. I requested that members of the team formulate a plan to address these issues and get back with me. In a timely manner, that ‘has yet to happen from cither line shop as of today December 7" 2010. ‘The City of Toledo should place more people on the street light communication team to provide for a stronger backing on the City of Toledo’s behalf. This team should also include citizens from block watches and other community organizations to provide for over sight and accountability in government. The current methods for conducting these meeting do not promote citizen input and are a detriment to government ‘transparency. In addition, it should be expected that a plan for the issues presented to Toledo Edison on that date be given to the City of Toledo. I was also told at the end of the meeting they hoped I would go back to the city and state that Toledo Edison was working with me on these issues. Although it is true they have been fixing (ina slow fashion) the lighting outages I sent them I don’t believe that qualifies as working with ‘me. Additionally the Lakewood line shops completion ratio for work I do turn in is poor. ‘They will need to address far more issues then simple outages such as the painting of metal poles, pole-to-pole lines, and exposed wiring.