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HBAC 132: w/ Tina Cottone and Andy Teater -Incumbent City Council Candidates
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- The Hilliard Beacon Podcast
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- Oct 20, 2025
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Summary
In their return visit to The Hilliard Beacon, sitting council members and current candidates Tina Cottone and Andy Teater discussed the evolving landscape of Hilliard’s growth. We touched on Amazon’s proposed on-site fuel cell power generation, the city’s developing community plan and the upcoming search for a new city manager. Both emphasized a pragmatic, service-oriented approach to leadership: balancing economic development, neighborhood quality of life, and trying to provide transparent governance amid the pressure of rapid transformation. Topics Covered On Amazon & Data Centers At the time of recording (October 9th) Cottone noted that Amazon’s fuel cell proposal was still new to her and all of council, but recognized it as part of a broader trend toward corporate self-sufficiency. Teater noted that Hilliard has likely reached its limit on data centers, saying council’s appetite for new facilities “isn’t great.” He emphasized their benefits to schools and tax bases but acknowledged the city’s ongoing challenges managing noise, power, and land use issues. On Economic Development and City Services Teater repeatedly connected industrial and light manufacturing projects to the city’s ability to fund police, parks, and infrastructure. He cited the Wolpert property as a major opportunity in this new stage of commercial growth, provided the developers remain a “good neighbor” to nearby residents. Community Communication The group reflected on the public’s frequent frustration over “not being informed,” despite multiple communication channels. The candidates largely agreed on this point, observing that “the more ways people receive communication, the harder it is to get to get to everybody. It all gets diluted.” All pointed to social media’s fragmenting influence, while Jo…