The Ames City Council joined the Government of the Student Body at its meeting Wednesday to discuss city issues relevant to students.

A main topic of discussion was the lack of snow removal in residential parking lots last year.

City Council members responded that they cannot do anything about snow on private property but suggested students bring up snow removal issues with landlords.

The new Furman Aquatic Center was also a topic of inquiry. The aquatic center was supposed to open in late this summer, but the opening was pushed back to next spring after inspectors found that concrete wasn’t poured properly.

GSB Sen. Jacob Johnston, senior in management, asked about the economic and long term benefits with the City’s recent decision to purchase wind energy from NextEra. The city council members replied that the wind energy initiative helps balance their portfolio with different energy resources.

About 10 percent of the city’s energy supply now comes from wind energy resources. That along with the resource recovery program cuts down on Ames’ energy needs.

Another concern Johnston brought up was the lack of potential employment opportunities for ISU students in Ames.

“Sometimes you compete against people with better weather, with coasts and mountains. Iowa has never been the leader in capital industries. Jobs are being

created out there,” replied city council member Jim Popken.

A GSB senator was also concerned about how quickly things seem to escalate between the Ames Police Department and ISU students in tense situations.

“Everybody wants to see a car wreck, but you just need to take yourself away from the situation,” replied city council member Matthew Goodman.

The meeting also included a vote to give Portia Allen, sophomore in veterinary medicine and a representative from the graduate and professional student senate university relations committee, a voting chair on the GSB university relations and legislative affairs committee.

The meeting ended with the removal of Sen. Ben Yu, senior in civil engineering. Yu missed five consecutive meetings, none of which were excused, as well as failing to stay in communication with the GSB.