Oct 05, 2021 Regular Work Session

ENDED. AND NEXT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE COUNCIL MEETING FOR OCTOBER 5TH

[1. Roll Call]

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MARY SMITH LEE PRESIDENT PERN. YEAH. MOTIONS PAIN. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO PRAYER THIS TIME COUNCILMAN HERE WILL LEAD US IN THE OPENING PRAYER. YES, THAT IS SPRAY. LIEUTENANT GOT OUR FATHERS ONCE AGAIN. WE COME BEFORE YOU HAVING A FATHER. THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GLORIOUS DAY. THEN LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US IN THE MIDST OF THIS MEETING AND BLESS US WHERE SPECIAL BLESSING UPON OUR CITIZENS. 70 FATHER WHISPER FIRST RESPONDERS. WHERE I SAID YOU GO WITH THEM, BE WITH THEM AND STRENGTHEN THEM. WE ACT ESPECIALLY BLESSING UPON THIS CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION, ALONG WITH ALL STAFF HAVING A FATHER REACT THAT BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY IS IN YOUR NAME. WE DO PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. HEY, MAN. AMERICA.

NEXT WE MOVE ON ITEM THREE. THE PLEASURE RELIGIOUS. COULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. KNIGHTED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE DAY. I THINK. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT UP IS ITEM FIVE APPROVAL CONSENT AGENDA TO INCLUDE MINISTER PREVIOUS MEETINGS, MR MAYOR, I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN HILL HAD A MOTION REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT. YES.

YES. YOU WONDER? OKAY? COUNCIL HERE. YES, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ACTUALLY WE SUSPEND

[17. Public Comments (Part 1 of 2)]

I SECOND THE MOTION, ALL RIGHT? MOTION. THE SECOND. ON MOVING THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT ITEM 17 UP TO UM ITEM. FOR HERE. UM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. YEAH, YOU CAN VOTE.

KATHLEEN, BECAUSE, BERT, UH CASTLE MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I CHASM OF THE MYERS CASTLE MEMBER HILL. VICE MAYOR SMITH LI. I THEIR PERSON. YES. EMOTIONS BAD. ALL RIGHT. UM, NEXT, WILL. HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, MADAM CLERK. WE HAVE ANYONE'S THERE. UH, I

[5. Approval of Consent Agenda (part 1 of 2)]

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[17. Public Comments (Part 2 of 2)]

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THE SECOND SPEAKER IS LYNWOOD CHRISTIAN. WELL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

THAT'S IT WAS REMEMBERED. MR MAYOR, I SENSE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START WITH MR MARKER SQUIRES. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MR MAYOR AND HONORABLE CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS MARCUS.

OMAR SQUIRES. MY ADDRESS IS 17 1 MONTICELLO STREET. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT CAMERON FIELD. CAMERON FIELD IS WONDERFUL ASSET HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S CURRENTLY BEING NEGLECTED. SO I HOPE THAT WHEN THE CITY IS LOOKING AT FUNDS, WHICH CAN BE UTILIZED FOR OUR PARKS, WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT CAMERON FIELD. UM AND WHEN WE LOOK AT LEGENDS PARK IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE BATHHOUSE IN THE COTTAGE. AND LEGENDS PARK. THEY HAVE LEAKS IN THE ROOFS.

UM THEY'RE FALLING APART. PEOPLE ARE GOING IN THE STRUCTURES THERE, UNSECURED.

AND IF WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT THE TIP, MISS OPTICAL COMPLEX. UM I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS BUILDING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. UM PORTIONS OF IT HAVE COLLAPSED. UM, MORE PORTIONS OF IT ARE FALLING IN. IF SOMETHING'S NOT DONE SOON, THE WHOLE COMPLEX MAY HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME CONSIDERATION AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU AT THIS TIME IS TO JEFF FLEMING. MR MAYOR, GOOD COUNCIL CITY MANAGER. BUT IF JEFF FLEMING OR RESIDE 18, 19, CHUCK AND TUCKER HAPPENING. THE LAST MEETING I VIEWED ON ZOOM. I WAS APPALLED.

THE BEHAVIOR. OF ONE OF THE COUNCIL PERSONS. I WON'T NAME THEM. I'LL DO BETTER THAN THEY DID. FOR THEIR ATTACK ON SOME OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES DEPARTMENT HEADS. I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT. YOU PRAISE IN PUBLIC. DISCIPLINED PRIDE. AND THE WAY THAT THIS COUNCIL PERSON WENT AFTER THESE CITY EMPLOYEES WITH SOME VERY GOOD EMPLOYEES, I FIND IT APPALLING. CHALLENGE YOU, COUNSEL. TWO POLICE YOUR OWN. IF YOU SEE YOUR COUNCIL PERSON DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GET THEM IN LINE. SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT HAVING. CAUSE IT WAS REALLY APPALLING. AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THAT WAY. CAUSE WHO KNOWS I MIGHT BE THE NEXT WHEN HE COMES OUT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO. OKAY, WE ARE MR. TALLY COMMENT. GARRY TALLY 23 23 4 RUSH STREET. I WANT TO SAY HOW GOOD IT IS TO BE MEETING BACK HERE IN PERSON AGAIN, AND THEY SAY Y'ALL Y'ALL HERE AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE FINALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS NEXT ONE MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE

[5. Approval of Consent Agenda (part 2 of 2)]

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AND MIROSLAW, HAPPY EARTH AND DAVID BOUTIQUE FOR THE PROPERTY AND NOW 15 HIGH STREET, WEST PARCEL. I D 24.700192 EXTEND A RIVER TO DATE. FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS UNTIL APRIL. 30TH 2022. ITEM G. I REQUESTED SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 19TH 2021 CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SPECIAL USE FOR MY PETITION TO INSTALL EQUIPMENT TO RECOVER HYDROGEN GAS PRESENTLY PRODUCED AS A BYPRODUCT OF ALL GOING BLEACH. MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. AT LEAST TECH LLC. 2020 BEST SUMMER ROAD. REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING OCTOBER 19 2021 CONSIDER ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO DESIGNING WARNINGS REGARDING THE SOLAR PANELS AND SOLAR FARMS. ITEM AT REQUEST TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON OCTOBER 19 2021 FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING ON JULY 1ST 2021. AND ENDING ON JUNE 30TH 2021 FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,480,919. ITEM J CONSIDERATION OF FY 2022 M BURI PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET SUPPLEMENT APPROPRIATION. IN THE AMOUNT OF 13,284,440 1ST READING. ADAM K CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION FOR THE FUNDING OF HAZARDOUS DUTY ORGANIZATIONAL PAY, AND THAT ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR DIXON. LEGEND ITEM K SO NO ITEM K. SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS FOR THE CONSENT URGENT AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN MYERS. MAYOR I APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBERS, SEE? UNTIL THEN. HEY, THAT'S THE MOTION TO AMEND TO REMOVE ITEMS. SEE COUNCILMAN HILL. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, AND A DISCUSSION FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IF NOT, MADAM. PLEASURE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COUNCIL MEMBER KOZBERG UH HUH. AS THE MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I 1000 OF THEM. MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. UH, VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE, ALL RIGHT. ME A PERM. HI, MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT

[6. Special Reports ]

GOOD EVENING. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A SCHOOL DIVISION PRESENTATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE WITH ME FROM CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES. DOCTOR DO HARD, WHO IS JOINING AS WELL? SO GREETINGS TO THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER INTO ALL THOSE WHO ARE ASSEMBLED TODAY. WE WANTED TO BRING A DISCUSSION TO YOU REGARDING, HOPEFULLY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO REALLY ADDRESS HEALTH CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND SO TO GET US STARTED TODAY I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR DO HARD BECAUSE HE IS THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL HERE TO DISCUSS WHERE WE ARE WITH COVID IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN I WILL TAKE IT BACK OVER TO DISCUSS SPECIFICS AROUND OUR STUDENTS HERE IN PETERSBURG. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

PETERSBURG UM. MY NAME IS BOBBY DO HARD. I'M A PEDIATRICIAN HERE IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, BEEN HERE SINCE 2000 AND ONE UM AND. AND CURRENTLY LIVE IN PETERSBURG MOVED HERE A YEAR AGO. SO I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF THE CITY. SOUNDS SO I'M HERE TODAY, ALONG WITH DR PETRIE MARTIN TO DISCUSS COVID WITH YOU GUYS AND TO INTRODUCE TO YOU A COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORT. TO ADDRESS THIS CURRENT EMERGENCY. UM AS YOU GUYS KNOW. COVID 19 IS ONE OF THE OR IS. THE MOST PRESSING HEALTH ISSUE OF OUR TIME. YEAH, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A PANDEMIC

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WE'RE STILL HAVING ANYWHERE FROM. 17 18 1919 CASES A DAY, DEPENDING ON WHICH DAY IS MEASURED. AND UM, UNFORTUNATELY, OUR VACCINE RATE IS STILL. WELL BELOW STATE AVERAGE, WHICH IS OUR VACCINE RATE IS 44. WITH OUR CITIZENS AND STATEWIDE IS 60. UM. THE OTHER THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE. IS THAT ONE OUT OF SIX CITIZENS HERE IN PETERSBURG. EITHER HAS OR HAS BEEN TESTED POSITIVE. FOR KOBE. ONE IS SICK. UM I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NUMBERS FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO THAT'S WHY DR PETER MARTINS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR DO HARD AND, OF COURSE, COMING INTO PETERSBURG. I THINK WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR HEALTH RANKINGS, UH, HAVE BEEN POURED THROUGH THE YEARS. AND NOW WE'RE AT A STATE AS DOCTOR DO. HEART HAS SAID, WHERE WE'RE STILL AT A RATE OF HIGH TRANSMISSION. I WILL SAY THAT IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION OF PETERSBURG, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO MITIGATE FOR COVID 19. IF YOU HAVE KEPT UP WITH ANY OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. AND OUR MEDIA ACCOUNTS. WE HAVE PUT SOME SIGNIFICANT MITIGATION STRATEGIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS. THINGS LIKE DESK SHIELDS ON EVERY SINGLE STUDENT'S DESK. MASK MAKING SURE WE HAVE HANDS IN IT. TIZER WE HAVE ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYERS. WE HAVE UV RAY LIGHTS THAT DISINFECT IN ALL OF OUR ROOMS. SO WE HAVE THOSE THINGS IN PLACE. BUT CURRENTLY AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE ABOUT 62 STUDENTS WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19 AND ABOUT 12. STAFF MEMBERS. SO OUR NUMBERS AT THIS POINT ARE MANAGEABLE. BUT THERE IS A CONCERN THOSE BOOKS GROW. AND THEN, AS DOCTOR DO, HEART HAS STATED, WE KNOW THAT WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 612. OF OUR STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 12 AND 18, WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, UM, AND ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION HAVE ABOUT 1600, WHO COULD HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. AT THIS POINT. SO AGAIN, THE THOUGHT TONIGHT IS TO BRING TO YOU A HEALTH COLLABORATIVE CONCEPT TO HOPEFULLY BRING GROUPS TOGETHER HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG TO TACKLE THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. THIS NEXT SLIDE. NOT SURE WHERE I SHOULD BE CLICKING. BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR YOU. OKAY, THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. THIS NEXT SLIDE. JUST TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON CHILDREN CURRENTLY BECAUSE WE KNOW MANY OF OUR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS OLD, UH, HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET VACCINATED AT THIS TIME. SO AGAIN, WE'RE HOPEFUL VACCINATION WILL COME FORWARD FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS. BUT THAT IS NOT HAPPENING AT THIS TIME. SO AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR US ALL TO PULL TOGETHER. IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG TO TACKLE THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. CURRENTLY, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE.

PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES, THEY ACTUALLY RUN THE CRIMSON CLINIC AT PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. WHICH ARE NOT HONESTY IF WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS CLINIC DURING A PANDEMIC, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CRATER HELPED DISTRICT AS WELL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, DOCTOR DO HOW HAS BROUGHT IN SOME STRATEGISTS TO HELP US THINK THIS THROUGH, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CITY AS A PARTNER IN THIS HEALTH COLLABORATIVE. TO REALLY BEGIN TO GET OURSELVES OUT OF THE HIGH TRANSMISSION CATEGORY, AND WE WANT TO SEE THE NUMBERS PLUMMET IN PETERSBURG JUST AS OTHER VIRGINIA COMMUNITIES OR SEEING. THOSE NUMBERS DECREASE SO I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DR. DO HARD TO CLOSE THIS OUT.

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AND SO THE COLLABORATIONS NEXT QUESTION OR THE QUESTION YOU WOULD HAVE FOR ME IS WHAT SO, UM. ADVISE ME ON HOW TO MOVE THE SLIDE, SO. ONLY FIVE BUTTONS OVER HERE. THERE IT IS.

OKAY. THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS TO WHAT AND IF YOU NOTICE UM, WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT. THAT WE THINK. IS NOT ONLY ADDRESSING THE INITIAL PROBLEM WHICH WE CONSIDER THE EMERGENCY OF COVID. BUT WE FEEL THAT IT WILL HELP US HELP ESTABLISHING THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND AN IDEA THAT CAN BE SUSTAINABLE. AND ADDRESS OTHER HEALTH ISSUES THAT I'M SURE COUNSELING SO YOU MANAGE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. UM SO IF WE IN REGARDS TO COVID THE COLLABORATION, THE COLLABORATE. PIECES. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. NO WE NEED TO VACCINATE PEOPLE WE NEED TO TEST PEOPLE. WE NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE. SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES VERY THEY'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB. AND REALLY ALL THREE. CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES OUT AT TWO LOCATIONS IN PETERSBURG EVERY DAY. ADMINISTERING VACCINES. ADMINISTERING TESTS.

WE TRIED TO HELP WITH THE LITERACY AND WE DEFINITELY HELP WITH THE LINGUISTIC SERVICES FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION. SO THE COLLABORATE IS EASY TO SERVICES. ARE AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS. THE DIFFICULTY AND THE GAP COMES AND COORDINATING AND CONNECTING THOSE SERVICES. DEATH. WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COLLABORATION. SO IN THE COORDINATING PART THERE'S A LINING THESE SERVICES. THERE'S A REPORTING AND MEASURING THE RESULTS OF THESE SERVICES. AND THEN THERE'S THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN REGARDS TO MAKING THOSE SERVICES AVAILABLE. THE CONNECTION PART IS MAKING SURE OUR WORKFORCE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE WELL TRAINED. THAT THERE IS A STRATEGIC THINKING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING COULD EMPLOYEES. SO THAT THESE GAPS CAN BE ADDRESSED. AND THESE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN. FOR THE UNDERSERVED AND THE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR POPULATION ARE MEN. AND THAT LAST EFFORT CONVERT TO ME IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE WE SEE WHERE WE ARE NOW. BUT WE ALSO SEE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE, AND WE THINK WE SHOULD BE IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT LAST EFFORT TO CONVERT EFFORT. MAKE SURE THAT THAT THERE'S RESILIENCY. AND THAT THERE'S REVERSAL OF THE CURRENT CONDITION. AND THAT IS ALSO MEANS THAT WE MAKE THESE THINGS. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE WHAT IS WELL. I THINK SOMEBODY CHANGED IT FOR ME LAST TIME. SO THIS IS WHAT WE LIKE TO LEAVE YOUR WITH. THIS IS STILL. COVID 19 IS STILL AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. IT'S EMERGED AS URGENT. IT'S FLUID. THINGS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE MONTHS. IS OCTOBER NOW BY THE END OF NO. BY NOVEMBER, 1ST OR IN THE NOVEMBER WILL HAVE. VACCINES FOR AGES. 5 TO 12. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET 12 THROUGH 18 VACCINATED. THE BOOSTERS WILL BE COMING OUT. FLU SEASON IS COMING. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO LET YOUR GUARD. THIS IS THE TIME TO PUT OUR GUARD UP AND START BECOMING LESS RETROACTIVE AND MORE PROACTIVE. THE COLLECTIVE STRATEGY IS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES HERE IN PETERSBURG. THE PROBLEM TENDS TO BE THE GAP. THAT GAP IS THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT GAP. THIRD TAKE HOME IS WE NEED STAKEHOLDER. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY HAVE ASSETS. AND THE RESOURCES. BUT ARE WILLING TO INVEST IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND THE

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TO GET YOUR KINDERGARTEN. YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOUR INFANT VACCINES BEFORE YOU. OKAY. AND ONCE YOU TURN FOUR, BEFORE YOU CAN ENTER SCHOOL, YOU MUST HAVE A VERY SELLER IN MYANMAR AS WELL AS. D TAPPING POLIO BOOSTERS. HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE ORIGINAL VACCINES WHEN YOU WERE IN. BEFORE YOU GO TO SEVENTH GRADE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE. THE HPV VACCINE AS WELL AS. BUT I MENINGITIS VACCINE AND THEN YOUR T DAP BOOSTER. AND SO ALL THESE VACCINES ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE. THERE THIS IS, IT'S A STATE LAW THAT BEFORE YOU END OF SCHOOL. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME OF THESE VACCINES. SOME OF A COUPLE OF OPTIONAL BUT YOU YOU MUST HAVE THOSE VACCINES.

IN THOSE VACCINES ON ABSOLUTE BLESSING TO ALL OF US, AREN'T THEY? MOST OF US AREN'T OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN POLIO AND VERY SELLER WE'RE VERY YOU KNOW, PROBLEM. UH DR PETRIE MARTIN. ARE THERE ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE MANDATED COVID SHOTS FOR THEIR STUDENTS, 12 YEARS OLD AND OLDER. THERE ARE NONE THAT I KNOW OF. NO, SIR, HAS THE PETERSBURG. SCHOOL SYSTEM THOUGHT ABOUT LEADING THE WAY ON THAT. THAT IS NOT A DISCUSSION WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAD. NO, SIR. SO WE'VE GOT ALL THESE OTHERS. I DIDN'T COUNT THEM ALL BUT MUST BE SIX OR SEVEN OTHER VACCINES THAT WERE MANDATING. BUT HERE WE'VE GOT COVID KILLING PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK IN PETERSBURG. AND WE'RE NOT MANDATING A COVID VACCINE. IS THAT IS THAT WHAT? I'M UNDERSTANDING JUST TO CLARIFY EVERYTHING THAT HE JUST LISTED AS A STATE MANDATE THAT IS NOT A PETERSBURG MANDATE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE

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WE HAVE CHARGE OF OUR OWN FUTURE AND WE CAN DETERMINE THAT FUTURE. WHY HAS THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM NOT STEPPED UP TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN? IN THE AGE CATEGORY OF 12 TO 18. EVACUATE AND REJECTS ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS COLLABORATION IS BRING. BRING ENTITIES TOGETHER THAT CAN CHANGE THE MINDS OF THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG AND GIVE THEM EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORT. WHILE THOSE VACCINES SHOULD BE GIVEN. WE'RE NOT HERE TRYING TO YOU KNOW, DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU WERE JUST SUGGESTING THAT WE CAN HELP. TO CHANGE THE MINDS WITHIN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE HAVE NOW. WE PRESENTED APPLICATION. WITH THAT. RP FUNDS. I'M NOT A POLITICIAN, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CORRECT OR NOT. BUT WE DID SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. TWO. GET FUNDS FROM THAT GROUND. TO ADDRESS THE VERY THING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING EVERY OPPORTUNITY DECISIONS IS WITHIN PETERSBURG TO GET THE VACCINE. THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO RIGHT NOW. MAKE SURE THOSE ACCESSES ARE AVAILABLE. SO THAT'S YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE SEEKING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. DO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. AND AT THIS TIME I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CHERYL CRAWFORD. WE HAVE EVENT COMING UP THIS SATURDAY IS CALLED THE FAITH AND BLUE WEEKEND 2021. JOIN YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES AND MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY FOR A WEEKEND OF RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION. NATIONAL FAITH AND BLUE WEEKEND IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO BUILD BRIDGES AND BRAKE BIAS IS OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE SAFER AND STRONGER COMMUNITIES BACK CONNECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THE RESIDENTS THEY PROTECT AND SERVE. SOME RESIDENTS MAY BE SKEPTICAL OR NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EVENT AND TELLS AND SO THEY MAY NOT ATTEND. HOWEVER WE HAVE FOUND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER MET WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. ATTENDING WHEN THEY CAN SEE THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HAVING FUN AND THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE EVENT IS ALL ABOUT. THE EVENT IS OCTOBER 9TH 2021, FROM 12 TO 4 AT THE PETERSBURG SPORTS COMPLEX. NEXT UP. UM MISS KIM HIGHLANDS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME, UM, HERE TO TALK ABOUT TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION. UM AND I DID GET APPRECIATION. SO I GUESS JUST REAL QUICK A LITTLE BIT JUST A QUICK REFRESHER SINCE I HAVEN'T SEEN MANY OF YOU IN QUITE SOME TIME. UM JUST WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO FOR THE CITY. SO WE'RE WE'RE PUBLIC SO REGIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY THAT SERVES 13 MUNICIPALITIES, UM AND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA. WE WERE FORMED. UM AND. IN 1990 BASICALLY IN RESPONSE TO SOME STATE LEGISLATION MANDATING SOLID WASTE PLANNING, AND, UH AND MANDATING RECYCLING THAT LOCALITIES MEET, UM. UH RECYCLING MANDATE THE 25. UM SO AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALMOST NOSE ALWAYS PLANNING.

UH SO 13 LOCALITIES CAME TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY TO ACHIEVE THOSE. GOALS SO WE'RE A MIXTURE OF URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. YOU CAN SEE OUR SERVICE AREA. THEY'RE GOVERNED BY 20 MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY. CITY COUNCILS BOARDS.

SUPERVISORS IN OUR. IN OUR LOCALITIES. MISS TANGELA ENNIS IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM PETERSBURG AND BILL RIGGLEMAN IS HER ALTERNATE AND WHO HAS SERVED WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.

TANGELA ALSO SERVES ON OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

THERE WE GO. UH WE, UH SO FOR TRASH AND RECYCLING, I GUESS WHAT WE DO ON A REGULAR, UH, DAILY BASIS IS PROVIDE PROGRAMS THAT ARE, UM LOCALITIES CAN PICK AND CHOOSE FROM, UM. WEST BEST FITS YOUR NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF YOUR CITIZENS. UM THESE ARE KIND OF A SAMPLING. CBW MAY DOES NOT DO ANY OF THE OPERATIONS OURSELVES, SO WE DON'T OWN A LANDFILL. WE DON'T OWN A RECYCLING FACILITY. WE DON'T OWN TRUCKS. WE CONTRACT EVERYTHING OUT WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO, UM TO DO THE WORK. AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE STRUCTURED AND HOW OUR CONTRACTORS ARE STRUCTURED, SO WE'RE KIND OF SERVE AS A MIDDLEMAN FOR YOU AND THE OTHER LOCALITIES. UM WE ON YOUR BEHALF? WE'RE PROCURING

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UM THE CONTRACT FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG EXPIRES IN JUNE. 30TH ON JUNE 30TH 2024, SO WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE YEARS LEFT ON THAT CONTRACT. UM, SAME WITH HOPEFUL IN ASHLAND. DON'T KNOW WHICH BUTTON AND THERE WE GO. UM. WE ALSO OPERATE A CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER. WE ANSWERED THE PHONE, SO IT'S OUR PHONE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON YOUR CANS, YOUR RECYCLING IN YOUR TRASH CANS. UM, WE HAVE, UM. WELL, THIS HAS SAYS THREE FTSE JUST WAS ABLE TO HIRE 1/4 1, WHICH WHICH WILL HELP YOU CAN SEE WHAT SOME OF OUR AVERAGE MONTHLY CALL VOLUME THERE IS.

WE'RE TAKING ABOUT 10,000 CALLS PER MONTH PLUS ANSWERING EMAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM WHICH IS PROBABLY CAUSE SOME FRUSTRATION HERE RECENTLY AT UM WITH SOME OF THE CITIZENS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH. TO CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, TIMELY AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES AND THE CONCERNS WITH COLLECTION, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. UM BUT WE DID HIRE.

WE DID JUST HIRE A NEW PERSON, SO THAT WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT. BUT THAT'S THE NATURE OF OUR CALLS. YOU KNOW THE TOP THREE THERE OR, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE IS SERVICE ISSUES. SO WHEN THERE ARE SERVICE DELAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN OUR CALL VOLUME IS CERTAINLY ELEVATED UM SO, UM. SO WE ARE WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE ISSUES INTERNALLY. OUR PHONE SYSTEM IS ONE THAT'S SOMEWHAT ANTIQUATED AS WELL. SO WE'RE WORKING ON ON NEW PHONE SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT YEAR. AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO WE CAN BETTER IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM OUR END. NEXT UM, ONE OF THE WAYS WE, UH, MONITOR AND MEASURE PERFORMANCE OF OUR CONTRACTORS AS WELL. ONE OF THEM IS THE NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS THAT WERE GETTING ABOUT. UM SERVICE ISSUES? UM BUT WE ALSO MONITOR, UH, MISSED COLLECTIONS AND, UH, TRENDS IN MS COLLECTIONS. AND WHAT, UM.

UH AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED WHEN SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE TRUTH. THIS IS THESE ARE THE TRENDS. THE GREEN LINE. THERE IS A TOTAL OVER THE THREE CITIES IN THE TOWN. AND THEN, UM, AND THEN PETERSBURG AND THEN JUST SOME OF THE. SOME OF THE SPIKES THERE. UM WHAT WE NOTED WHERE COVID WHERE COVID BEGAN BECAUSE WHEN COVID BEGAN, WE SAW A SHIFT FROM. UM MORE SHIFT FROM COMMERCIAL WASTE AND RECYCLING TO MORE RESIDENTIAL WASTE AND RECYCLING SO PICKING UP MORE ON THE CURB. AND THEN. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THAT THE LAST YEAR THERE HAS BEEN A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION, AND THERE WAS SOME MAJOR DRIVER TURNOVER IN THE SPRING THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN SERVICE SO YOU CAN SEE THE SPIKE. IN PHONE CALLS AND MISS COLLECTIONS AND THIS IS THIS IS JUST FOR TRASH DOESN'T INCLUDE THE RECYCLING. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH. UM ARE CONTRACTORS, UH, ON ALL DAY? EVERY DAY, SO WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. TOM. ROUTINELY AND I DO HAVE AH! BOB FISTER, WHO WAS THE AREA PRESIDENT FROM MERIDIAN WASTE SO I'LL LET HIM SPEAK IN JUST A FEW MINUTES SO HE CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WHAT THE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN, UM AND CERTAINLY IN RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS. ON ON THE COLLECTION SIDE OF THINGS. AND SO WE OFTEN GET ASKED WHEN THERE ARE COLLECTION ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW. WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT UM YOU KNOW,

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SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A GREAT. ANSWER THAT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE. UM UH, THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RECEIVING AS OF LATE. AND YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE. NOT THAT THAT. COMMISERATES MAKES IT ANY BETTER. BUT UM YOU KNOW AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT SO WE CAN IMPROVE THAT AND IMPROVE WHEN THERE ARE DELAYS, AT LEAST GETTING THAT NOTIFICATION OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN INFORM YOUR CITIZENS OF WHEN TO EXPECT SO. FEEL LIKE COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. ON OUR PART SO THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOUR CITIZENS. SO BOB, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND MAYBE TELL HIM FROM MERIDIAN STANDPOINT, WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON? GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS BOB FISTER. I'M THE AREA PRESIDENT FROM RUDY AND WASTE. UM, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON ME. I. CAME HERE FROM CHICAGO, LIKE CAME AT THE END OF MARCH. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE, AND YOU SAW THE TWO BIG SPIKES, I CAME RIGHT AT THE TOP. OF THAT SECOND ONE. UM MY BACKGROUND IS IN THE WASTE INDUSTRY. I HAVE 40 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. UH, A LOT OF

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WE HAVE THE CDC STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY WHEN SOMEBODY TESTS POSITIVE. WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS IN OUR COMPANY, TOO. TRY TO KEEP EMPLOYEES IF FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE, UM. I HAVE TAKEN ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT CAN WORK OUT OF THE OFFICE AND IT WORKED. CAN WORK AT HOME. OUR SALES MANAGER OR SALES STEP THEY'RE WORKING REMOTELY TO KEEP OUT OF THE OFFICE. WE HAVE SUSPENDED STAFF MEETINGS. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER. WE'VE SUSPENDED THE SAFETY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE ONCE A DAY WITH OUR EXCUSE ME ONCE A WEEK WITH OUR DRIVERS, SO THEY'RE NOT COMING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH THEMSELVES. WITH EACH OTHER TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF COVID EXPOSURE IN THE WORKPLACE. WHAT WE CAN'T DO, THOUGH, IS WE CAN'T. MONITOR WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE WHEN THEY GET AT HOME. AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'RE SEEING THE COVID EXPOSURES THAT WE HAVE. UM. AND WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW COVID EXPOSURES. JUST IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THIS DELTA VARIANT SEEMS TO BE MUCH MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN THE LAST ONE. SO YOU COMBINE THAT WITH. AS KIM SAID THE TRUCK PARTS SHORTAGE UM THAT WERE EXPERIENCE IS UNPRECEDENTED. IT'S NOTHING TO WAIT 2 TO 4 WEEKS FOR A PART TO COME IN FROM A TRUCK. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAD A TRUCK GO DOWN LAST WEEK. THEY TOLD ME IT'S GOING TO BE A MINIMUM OF 10 WEEKS FOR THE PALM TO COME IN. WE TRIED TO DO IS REBUILD IT. WE HAD A RUNNING FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND IT HAD IT WENT BACK DOWN. NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO RETROFIT TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A PUMP THAT'S SIMILAR TO PUT ON THAT TRUCK. BUT THAT TRUCK IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, THE TRUCKS DOWN FOR 10 FOR 10 WEEKS UNTIL WE CAN GET THAT PUMP. TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. WE HAD ANOTHER TRUCK THAT WE WERE WAITING TWO WEEKS FOR PINGED TO COME IN TO PUT THE BACK ON.

WHEN THEY DID COME IN. THEY WERE THE WRONG SIZE. SO INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR A NEW PINS TO COME FOR TWO MORE WEEKS, WE BROUGHT TO MACHINE SHOP HERE IN PETERSBURG, AND THEY'RE RETROFITTING THOSE PINS SO THAT WE CAN PUT IT IN THE TRUCK AND GET IT ONLINE. BUT THE PART SHORTAGE IS VERY REAL. AND IT IS CAUSING PROBLEMS OPERATIONALLY, UM AND DRIVERS.

UM DON'T SEEM TO BE, UM AS MUCH OF A PROBLEM AS THEY WERE EARLIER EARLY ON. WE ARE SEEING SOME MORE PEOPLE COME, UH AND APPLY FOR JOBS AND WE ARE GETTING MORE PEOPLE BACK THAT USED TO WORK FOR US. SO IT APPEARED BEFORE WE HAD THE TRUCKS. IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PEOPLE AND THE COVIC. NOW WE HAVE THE PEOPLE AND WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCKS, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF JUST. AMPLIFY YOU KNOW THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN? WE'RE OUR INDUSTRY AND OUR COMPANY IS NOT. WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST NOT IMMUNE, COVIC, AND IT DOES TAKE ITS TOLL WHEN SOMEBODY IS NOT VACCINATED, AND THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY AT HOME. THAT'S COVID POSITIVE. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CDC PROCEDURES, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE OUT OF THE OFFICE, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN'T DRIVE A TRUCK OR THEY'RE IN THE TRUCK.

UM IF SOMEBODY TESTS POSITIVE THAT'S BEEN IN A TRUCK WE HAVE TO TEST. EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S COME IN CONTACT. WE DO CONTACT TRACING FOR THAT. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND OUT IF SOMEBODY'S TEST POSITIVE. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE TEST EVERYBODY THAT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO MAKE SURE WE SEPARATE THAT AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS. SOMETIMES YOU'RE DOWN. YOU'RE DOWN DRIVERS. SO UM, WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS I HAVE, UM I PUT A NEW ROUTE SUPERVISOR. AND SINCE I'VE COME IN HIS NAME IS CHRIS DYLAN DOES A WONDERFUL JOB BEEN WITH US? UM HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING. THE GARBAGE AND RECYCLING COLLECTED AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS THAT WE HAVE. IF WE'RE BEHIND ON MONDAY, THEN WE HAVE TO CATCH UP ON TUESDAY TO CATCH UP ON WEDNESDAY, AND WE USUALLY HAVE IT DONE. BY

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LABOR DAY. SO WE'RE WE WERE BATTLING THAT, UM, BUT THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. THE GARBAGE AND RECYCLING IN PETERSBURG HAS BEEN TAKEN AS HAS BEEN PICKED UP. ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN LAID. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. SO, UM I WANT TO JUST. JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. WITH THIS UNPRECEDENTED TIME, WITH THE COVID ISSUES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, AND THE PARTS ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. WE'RE JUST DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN ON THAT TO, UH, TO HELP YOU OUT AND TO GET THINGS COLLECTED, SO. WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE WITH THE BULLS EYE ON MY CHEST. SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BOB. NEXT COUNCILMAN COVER THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. YOUR COMPANY HAS A CONTRACT. I EXPECT YOU TO LIVE UP TO IT. I CONSTITUENTS. OUR CONSTITUENTS EXPECT YOU TO LIVE UP TO IT. IT'S NOT HAPPENING. EXCUSES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE WANT PERFORM. CAN YOU TELL THIS COUNCIL THAT FROM NOW ON YOUR COMPANY WILL LIVE UP? TO ITS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS TO PICK UP THE TRASH. AND THE GARBAGE.

SEGREGATING. THE RECYCLABLES FROM THE GARBAGE. AS SCHEDULED, AS PROMISED FROM THIS POINT ON, CAN YOU TELL THIS COUNCIL THAT YOUR COMPANY WILL DO THAT? WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO DO THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO DO THAT, WITH. GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN WITH COVID. I MEAN TOMORROW IF I HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT CALL IN BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TESTED POSITIVE AND THEY CAN'T WORK. THAT'S GOING TO PUT ME AT A DISADVANTAGE. BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN THAT OFFICE AND WITH THOSE DRIVERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN MY MIND, TRUE HEROES TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO LIVE UP TO OUR EXPECTATIONS IN THE CONTRACT, AND I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. DOES YOUR COMPANY MANDATE COVID VACCINATIONS? NO, THEY DO NOT. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I JUST WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS FROM MY OWN EDUCATION, PLEASE. THE THERE'S A IS A COMPANY RESPONSIBLE. FOR UM, WHEN CITIZENS PUT OUT FURNITURE OR. BIG BULKY THINGS. ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING THAT UP? YES WE ARE. WE'RE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP UP TO 10 CUBIC YARDS OF BOTH MATERIAL. A WEEK PER RESIDENT.

SO YES, WE ARE. AND DOES THAT OCCUR? DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALL TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S THERE? OR HOW HOW IS IT? HOW IS THAT WAS THE PROCEDURE THE PROCEDURE RIGHT NOW AS IT AS IT AS IT IS. TODAY IS PEOPLE PEOPLE RESIDENTS CAN PUT OUT UP TO 10 CUBIC YARDS WITHOUT A PHONE CALL. SO THEY CAN BRING IT OUT. LET'S ASSUME THEIR COLLECTION IS ON THURSDAY. THEY CAN PUT IT OUT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND THEN WE COME BY AND WORK WERE EXPECTED TO PICK UP UP 10 CUBIC YARDS. I OFTEN SEE. UM PEOPLE DO THAT. PUT IT OUT. AND UM, I'LL SEE IT SET OUTSIDE. TWO. WEEKS THREE WEEKS AND ONE DAY I WATCH. UM SOMEONE, NOT THE REGULAR TRASH PERSON I'M ASSUMING A SUPERVISOR OR SOMEONE RIGHT BY LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. AND THEN VERY SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, SOMEBODY CAME AND PICKED IT UP. SO I WAS WONDERING IF IT HAS TO BE NOTICED BY THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO WHO WROTE BY AND THE WHITE TRUCK THAT SAW IT OR DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PHONE CALL ARE. THE TRASH PEOPLE ON ALERT THAT IF YOU SEE THIS, THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. UM THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO CALL IN AND THE DRIVERS ARE TO PICK IT UP. THE CONTRACT CALLS FOR THEM PICKING IT UP AND THE COLLECTION DAY AND IF IT WAS A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK, IT WAS PROBABLY MINE. CAUSE I I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF STREETS IN PETERSBURG. INTERNET AND JUST A SHORT TIME. YES, I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY FOR SURE. BUT, UH, MAYBE MAYBE 63, BUT I CAN HANG WITH THE LITTLE GUYS. SO THE YOUNG GUYS ALSO THE DEBRIS FROM THE TREE LIMBS. AND IS THAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL? IT IS,

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SO, YES, BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR UP TO 10 YARDS OF BRUSH, AND THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE BULK WASTE. YES. DO DO YOU THINK IT IT COULD BE, OR MIGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS IF THERE WAS SOME COMMUNICATION. UH BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING OUT THE BRUSH. AND THE TRASH COMPANIES. MAYBE, UH, SOME TYPE OF RED TAG OR SOMETHING ON IT. THAT SAYS WE WOULD BE GLAD TO PICK THIS UP. IF YOU SHORTEN THIS OR IF YOU CUT IT UP IN TWO TO BE THE SIZE YOU WANTED TO BE OR IF YOU COULD TURN THIS AROUND THE OTHER WAY, SOMETHING THAT SAYS THAT TO THEM. I CAN POINT HOUSES OUT TO YOU WHERE THAT BRUSH HAS BEEN THERE FOR MONTHS MONTHS. AND IF THE TRASH COMPANIES WAITING ON THE CITIZEN TO GET IT RIGHT. BUT THE CITIZEN DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE TRASH COMPANIES WAITING ON THEM. SO THEY LEAVE IT THERE FOR THE TRASH COMPANY WHO JUST ISN'T PICKING THEM UP. WE'VE WE'VE GOT TO A SERIOUS DEFICIT IN COMMUNICATING. FROM THE COMPANY TO THE CITIZENS. SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH YOU. AND IN PART OF THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO CORRECT COMING IN AND IN APRIL. UM AND I'VE HANDLED A LOT OF MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS. UM I'M ORIGINALLY FROM CHICAGO. I DID A LOT OF WORK IN MINNEAPOLIS TO BUT IF WE COULD SOMEHOW GET SOME TYPE OF SCHEDULING FOR THE BULK. THAT WOULD HELP GREATLY AND IF WE COULD, AND LIKE I SAID I'VE GOT A DRAFT OF, YOU KNOW A PREPARATION GUIDELINE FOR THE BRUSH THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WITH SEE. I CAN'T TO MAMA. BUT WITH KIM AND HER STAFF, UM TO GO THROUGH THAT AND COMMUNICATE AND GET IT SQUARED AWAY, IT WOULD HELP THE COLLECTION PROCESS. SO MUCH BECAUSE THAT 10 YARDS OF BULK THAT WERE REQUIRED TO PICK UP EVERY TRASH DAY. IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE OUT ON ANY GIVEN THURSDAY. OR ANY GIVEN FRIDAY, IT COULD BE TWICE AS MUCH. ONE WEEK AS IT IS THE NEXT. IT'S JUST HIT AND MISS. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE TRUCKS BECAUSE IF A TRUCK FILLS UP QUICK. THEN HE'S GOT TO GO TO THE LANDFILL OR TO TRANSFER STATION DUMP. AND THEN YOU'RE OUT YOU'RE BEHIND. SO IN ORDER TO IF WE COULD WORK ON COMMUNICATING LIKE THAT AND POTENTIALLY SCHEDULE THE BULK SCHEDULE THE BRUSH. I'M NOT SAYING WE ELIMINATE THE. AMOUNT JUST AS LONG AS WE CAN SCHEDULE IT THAT WOULD HELP GREATLY, IT REALLY WOULD. SO CAN WE ALL AGREE, THEN TODAY THAT YOU WOULD MEET WITH THE CITY OF CITY MANAGING OR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND COME UP WITH A PLAN. TO ADDRESS THIS. I WOULD LOVE TO. ABSOLUTELY I WILL COMMIT TO THAT AND. AND LISTEN TO ALL THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE SO THAT WE GET IT, RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. UM VICE MAYOR SMITH FLEE. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO, UM, GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON IS THE. MM PICKING UP THE TRASH FOR HANDICAP CITIZENS. UM IS THERE LIKE A PROCEDURE OR THEY KNOW WHICH HOUSES TO, UM, GO IN THE BACK TO RETRIEVE THE. TRASH CONTAINER AND BRING IT TO THE FRONT. YES THERE IS IT'S A SET PROCEDURES THAT WE CALL IMPORT STOPS. UM AND THEY CALL IN AND THEY THEY THEY. GET PUT ON THE LIST FOR REPORTS STOP, AND THEN THAT'S GIVEN TO US AND WE HAVE A LIST, AND EACH DRIVER HAS A LIST OF ADDRESSES FOR THE PORT STOPS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET. UM. WHEN I GOT HERE THAT PORCH, THE PORT STOPS WERE PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE NEXT TO BOWL. UM ISSUE THAT I IDENTIFIED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT GETTING DONE, SO WE KEPT JUST IN FORCING WITH THE DRIVERS THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT PORCH LIST AND WHATNOT. THERE HAVE BEEN. A FEW EXAMPLES WHERE THEY COULDN'T FIND THE

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IT'S NOT ANYBODY ELSE. IT'S ON US. CHECK, ALL RIGHT? BOB I ONLY HAVE ONE REQUEST FOR MY END OKAY? I HAVE A CONSTITUENT OR 18 63 ART STREET, OKAY? HEY, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A TRASH CAN FOR OVER A MONTH. CAN YOU GET HIM A TRASH CAN TOMORROW, BOB. I WILL. THANK YOU. PROMISE THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO GIVE US THE UPDATE, OKAY? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT NEXT ONE MOVE ON TO NEXT REPORT, WHICH IS THE E R P UPDATE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PARAM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF STAFF. UM I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT YOU REQUESTED ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR AN E R P SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. JUST DO A QUICK REVIEW TARPS FOR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING. AND THAT IS A BASICALLY A SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT RUNS ALL THE CORE PRODUCTS THAT WE USE IN THE CITY AND HELPS US MANAGE OUR PROCESSES AND WHAT WE DO. UM AGAIN UPON THEIR YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE SLIDES BEFORE A FEW MONTHS AGO. HELPS MANAGE OUR PROCESSES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UM, UTILITY BILLING TAX COLLECTION, UM, REVENUE COLLECTION. TRANS BUDGET SPENDING, TAXES, LICENSING PERMITS AND. GIVES THE ABILITY TO THE CITY OF THE ABILITY TO BUILD PROPERLY AND ON TIME AND ALSO COLLECT THOSE BILLS. WE ENTERED THE PROCESS. I THINK WHETHER REQUESTS DURING THE SPRING FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT WE PURSUE THIS AS A AS AN ITEM AND PROJECT AND WE FIRST THING WE DID WAS PUT OUT AN RFP OR WHAT WE CALL A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE PUT THAT OUT LIKE WE WOULD PUT OUT AN RFP. ASKING FOR INFORMATION ON BASICALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET A BASE COST, YOU KNOW FOR A CITY OUR SIZE. WHAT IS THE NEW THERAPY SYSTEM COSTS AND SOME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WENT IN THERE WERE. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS? UM. WE DIDN'T GET THAT MANY SOLICITATIONS BACK BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT ASKING TO BUY. IT WAS JUST FOR INFORMATION, SO THEY HAD TO GO OUT OF THEIR TIME TO PROVIDE IT. UM BUT WE GOT QUITE A WIDE RANGE WE GOT YOU KNOW, IN BETWEEN. 700,000 TO 3 MILLION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW R P FOR OUR CITY OUR SIZE.

ANNUAL COST AFRICAN PLANTATION RAN FROM 100 TO 250,000 YEAR. OUR CURRENT SYSTEM COSTS IS A VERY OLD LEGACY SYSTEM AND WE ALWAYS PAY FOR IS BASICALLY SUPPORT IS 35,000 ANNUALLY. UM THERE MAY BE A LOT OF COST SAVINGS IN A NEW SYSTEM DUE TO EFFICIENCIES AND BETTER MANAGEMENT OR PROCESS MANAGEMENT, BUT WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET INTO IT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, AND EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS IT'S AN INCREDIBLY. DETAILED AND LONG PROCESS. UM WHAT I DID WAS TRYING TO OUTLINE SOME OF THE STEPS THAT WOULD GO INTO THIS PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO TAKE HONESTLY A YEAR, TWO YEARS. UM. SO HERE WE HAVE DISCOVERY AND THIS IS BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE. NOW WE PUT OUT AN RFP. WE'RE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION. UM WE'RE GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT? WE WANT TO SIT WATER CURRENT SYSTEM DOES AND WE'RE ON OUR NEW SYSTEM. TO DO WHAT ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WANT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW. IN DISCOVERY WERE ACTUALLY ALSO CREATING. WE CREATED THE SCOPE AND EVERYTHING FOR THE RFP. SO WE ARE INTO SOME OF THE ANALYSIS, BUT WE'RE NOT COMPLETE YET. THE NEXT PART IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PART. THIS IS PLANNING THIS WEEK GET INTO THE DETAILED PRP IMPLEMENTATION, SO THAT WOULD BE AFTER WE ISSUED THE RFP STARTING TO LOOK FOR A VENDOR. THEN WE STARTED TO HAVE TO PLAN. WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH IT? UM WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES REQUIRED? HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? UM, HOW ARE THE CHAIN HAS CHANGED MAN. IT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED. UM THOSE KIND OF THINGS BUDGET FORECASTING. SO LET'S SAY IT DOES COST $2 MILLION IS THAT.

500,000 YEAR. IS THAT A MILLION THE FIRST YEAR? HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE DESIGN? THIS IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY GOT INTO NEXT AFTER WE'VE SELECTED A VENDOR, AND WE'RE STARTING TO ACTUALLY DESIGN THE PRODUCT WE BOUGHT. MOST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE CUSTOMIZATION FOR HOW WE WORK. WHAT IS THE CITY OF PETER BERG NEEDS SPECIFICALLY.

DISSOLVE VERY DETAILED, UM VERY FUNCTIONAL, DETAILED DESIGNS. UM PROCESS WORKFLOWS. WHAT DO I

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WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THAT? WHETHER THE CHECKS AND BALANCES FOR THIS WE DON'T END UP WITH BAD DATA AFTER THE MIGRATION, WHICH WOULD BE A COMPLETE FAILURE. TESTING TESTING WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE. SO AFTER DESIGN, WE START TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT WE WILL TEST ALL ALONG THE WAY. USER TESTING IS ALSO A GOOD WAY TO FIX SPECIFIC PILOT GROUPS TO DO USER TESTING FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BEGIN TRAINING ON THE PRODUCT SO THAT WE DO THAT. TRAINING WELL AGAIN WILL BE ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. UM DEPLOYMENT THE LAST PHASE. UM WE'RE GONNA DO A PHASE AND PARALLEL, BECAUSE HONESTLY, THAT'S THE SAFEST THING IN THE WORLD TO DO PHASED APPROACH, HE SAYS. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A SINGLE DEPARTMENT OR A SINGLE PACKAGE OR PART OF THE ER, POP. AND TEST IT. HOW DOES IT WORK IN OUR SYSTEM? WHAT DO WE DO? NEXT PARALLEL MEANS WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM ALSO RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME AT FOUR. WE CAN COMPARE THE DATA. DO THEY MATCH OR THEY BOTH COMPATIBLE. ARE WE GETTING THE SAME STUFF IN AND OUT? SUPPORT. IS AFTER THE FACT. AFTER WE'VE DONE DEPLOYMENT, WE GO THROUGH SUPPORT. WHAT IS SUPPORT? GIVE US YOU KNOW WHAT'S THERE? WHAT THEIR SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT? HOW FAST THEY'RE GONNA RESPOND IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM, UM, HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING TO PUT INTO CUSTOMIZING AND FIXING OUR BUGS AND FIXES? AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT EVALUATE, AND IT'S A BIG THING ON MY LAST SLIDE THAT YOU'LL SEE. HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE SUCCEEDED OR NOT? HOW DO WE KNOW IF OUR PRODUCT WORKS FOR US OR NOT? WHEN WE GET TO THE VERY END? HOW DO WE ACTUALLY KNOW THAT WE'RE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE? THIS IS OUR FACE OF ROTATION. YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE. IT'S CHANGED SLIGHTLY, UM, DETERMINED FUNDING MECHANISM AND IMPLEMENT CI PROCESS. UM AND THIS IS WHERE, MR TERRELL IF YOU WANTED TO STEP IN AND TALK ABOUT FUNDING, AND ALL THIS WOULD BE THE PLACE OR YOU CONTINUE. THE FUNDING IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DETERMINED BECAUSE AS YOU SAW IN THE ORIGINAL R F I, THE QUOTES CAME IN ANYWHERE RANGING FROM 700,002. WHAT DID YOU SAY? THREE MILLION. SO THAT NEEDS SCALING AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION. AS TO THE SOURCE. UH IT'S TYPICALLY A GENERAL FUND OPERATIONAL. UH, MECHANISM. FOR EFFICIENCY AS PART OF AN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY GRANTS FOR EUROPE SYSTEMS, BUT CERTAINLY.

WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER A SECOND ROUND OF ARPA. UM AS ONE OPTION. THANK YOU, SIR. UM SO ANYWAY, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW IN FY 20 TO DETERMINE FUNDING. UH POSSIBLY LOOK AT SIP IS A PROCESS OR WHAT OTHER SOURCES WE CAN RP FUNDS. UM. NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS HIS PRE IMPLEMENTATION. THAT WILL BE WHEN WE ISSUED THE RFP, UM SELECTED VENDOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. THEN WE'RE INTO THE DESIGN PHASE, AND THAT'S LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES. IF YOU WOULD DO THE DESIGN PHASE PROPERLY AND TAKE OUR TIME AND GET IT RIGHT.

THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS. FY 24 IS IMPLEMENTATION AND FINISHING FY 25. IS THE ONE I PULLED OFF OF A DATA SITE AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THESE ARE ACTUALLY FAIRLY REGULAR ACROSS ANY SITE. YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ANYBODY WHO DOESN T R P IMPLANTATION. IT'S ABOUT 42% SUCCESSFUL. 28% FAILURE AND ABOUT 30% REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY SUCCEEDED OR FAILED AT NOT, AND THAT'S WHAT THE EVALUATION PIECES ABOUT. AND LOOKING OVER A CITIES OF OUR SIZE THAT HAVE DONE THESE KIND OF IMPLEMENTATIONS ON AVERAGE IMPLEMENTATION FROM THE DESIGN PHASE TAKES ABOUT 21 MONTHS. NOT SEE IT LAST SLIDE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT QUESTION. KASMAN COPPER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MR VAN VOICES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF WORK. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF EXPENSE. BUT I ALSO THINK BACK TO A YEAR OR TWO AGO. WHEN WE WERE ASSURED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. THAT. A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH BILLING AND COLLECTIONS, TRACKED IT BACK TO OUR ANTIQUATED UM ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT RELATED TO THAT. WAS THAT IT WAS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR MANDATORY? ALL RIGHT, IF NOT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MR MEMORY. NEXT ITEM SEVEN MONTHLY REPORTS. THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR THIS MEETING ITEM EIGHT FINANCING BUDGET REPORT. NO ITEMS NUMBER NINE

[9. Capital Projects Update]

THESE THREE PASS OF THIS WORD OUT, COULD YOU SOME HOW? GIVE US SOME BOOSTERS, SOMETHING.

THANK YOU ALL EITHER GET WAYNE AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR US. THANK YOU.

I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE CONTROL. GARRETT. WHY HAVE HOLD ON. GOTCHA. UM SO GIVE YOU A QUICK BRIEF UPDATE ON PUBLIC WORKS, ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES PROJECTS. UM. ARE LED REPLACEMENT PROJECT. WE HAVE NO UPDATE SINCE OUR LAST PRESENTATION. ON THE PARKING RIDE PROJECT. UH THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEGUN WITH FOUNDATION WORK WE STILL HAVEN'T EXPECTED COMPLETION OF LEADER THIS COMING SPRING. ON OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES PUMP STATION FLOW METER PROJECT. ALL OF THE PUMP STATION FLOW METERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. OUR CONTRACTOR IS WORKING TO TROUBLESHOOT THE IMPLEMENTATION. ON SIX OUT OF 10, AND WE HAVEN'T EXPECTED COMPLETION NEXT MONTH.

ALL THE TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION SIDE. WE HAVE NO CURRENT UPDATE ON OUR SOUTH KOREA ROAD SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS. ON THE SYCAMORE STREET CULVERT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT KIM LEE HORN, OUR CONSULTANT, HAS SUBMITTED PLANS TO VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR REVIEW. ON THE ST ANDREWS STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. THE DECK IS IN PLACE AND PAVING FOR THE BRIDGE AREA IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE THIS WEEK. UM ULTIMATELY, THE FULL COMPLETION ON THAT PROJECT WILL BE IN NOVEMBER. AND THE ENTIRETY OF ST ANDREWS STREET IS EXPECTED TO BE PAVED AS WELL. SO THAT WILL BE A AN EXCELLENT COMPLETION ON THAT.

UM, YOU JUST HEARD SOME OF THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CONTRACT. ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS HAS BEEN WORKING TO EVALUATE THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUTHORITY. WE HAVE NO UPDATE ON THE ANNUAL PAVING CONTRACT AT THIS TIME. UM AND ON OUR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS

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ALREADY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT WE WANT TO ITEM 10 8

[10. Utilities]

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND RESIDENTS CITY OF PETERSBURG. FANTASTIC JUST REASSURE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE IS STILL NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF COLLECTIONS AS WELL AS UTILITY BILLING. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS THE ACT OF SUPPORTING AND ADVOCATING FOR CUSTOMERS. IT CAN INCLUDE THE PROCESS THAT SUPPORTS THE TERMS THAT MAKE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE HAPPENED. GOAL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE IS TO FOSTER TRUST AND LASTING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP. OKAY I'M SORRY. IS THAT BETTER? I WANT TO BE TOO LOUD. YEAH. THE KEY TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, QUALITY SERVICE, RELIABILITY AND SATISFACTION. FOR A CUSTOMER FLOW CHART. THE FOLLOWING OUTLINES IS THE STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN. UM BUT ANY CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE UPON RECEIVING A VIRTUAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH RESIDENTS, SO WE RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE VALUE. THE EMAIL VOICEMAIL PHONE CALL. THAT RESPONSE. UM. LOVE. THE RESPONSE OR CALL. IT'S CALLED BACK OR THE EMAIL IS RESPONDS RETURN. IF THE INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE, WE ANSWERED THE CALL OR THE EMAIL OR THE VOICEMAIL. AND THE ISSUES RESOLVED AND WE STOP AT THAT PROCESS. IF THE FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS REQUIRED, WE MIGHT ASK THE CUSTOMER IF WE CAN GET THEM A CALL BACK OR EMAIL AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WAS THINK OF MORE TIME FOR US TO RESEARCH A

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ESPECIALLY DOING A HEAVY TRAFFIC PERIODS ARE DUE DATES FOR REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL PROPERTY AS WELL AS UTILITIES. DURING DOWNTOWN WITHIN THE WORKDAY. WHEN WE'RE NOT ANSWERING PHONE CALLS, WE WERE ANSWERING VOICEMAILS OF RETURN AND EMAILS OR RESPONDED TO USUALLY WITHIN THE SAME 24 HOUR PERIOD WITHIN THE 200 VOICEMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL. ALL OF THOSE WEREN'T ANSWERED WITHIN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. OKAY? UM. IN 48 HOURS HAS PASSED. THE CUSTOMER DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSE TO THEIR VOICEMAIL, MESSAGE OR EMAIL. PLEASE ESCALATE TO MYSELF OR MR KIRA WIN. AND SUPERVISORS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IT MAY TAKE FOUR MORE THAN 48 HOURS TO RESOLVE SOME CERTAIN ISSUES AND FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS PRIOR. FOR UTILITIES WERE IN. DID YOU WANT TO DO YOUR PART? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CITY MAN GOOD EVENING. COULD SO LAST MONTH, THE. THE ISSUE WAS PHONE CALLS AND NOT ANSWERING THE PHONE. AND SO, UM. THE LINK BUILDING COLLECTIONS AS WELL AS UTILITY BUILDING THE WEEK PRETTY MUCH OUR TEAM AND WE GO PRETTY MUCH HAND IN HAND, SO SOME OF OUR PROCESSES. MIRROR THEIR PROCESSES IN TERMS OF IF WE SOMETIMES WE'LL GET A CALL. THAT IT'S NOT OUR CALL, BUT WE HAVE TO FORWARD IT TO, UM BILLING AND COLLECTIONS. UM WE DIDN'T HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES DURING THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT, BUT WE HAVE LOOKED AT OUR PROCESSES OVER UTILITY BUILDING. I WANTED THE THINGS THAT WE DID IDENTIFY. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WOULD BE, UM. WE'VE GOT SOME MORE STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES THAT WE CAN USE LAST, AND WE CAN HAVE THE PHONE TREE CHANGED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH UTILITY BUILDING.

AND OR COLLECTIONS. ANSWER THE TELEPHONE. SO UM, SO THAT PROCESS IS CURRENTLY BEING MODIFIED TO ADD ADDITIONAL AVAILABLE EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH INQUIRIES. UM.

OUR RULE IS AND ENFORCEMENT MESSAGES SHOULD BE RETURNED WITHIN A 48 HOURS. H 24 TO 48 HOUR PERIOD. AND ALSO WE ALWAYS REEVALUATE. WE ALWAYS REEVALUATE. WE ALWAYS READ IT, BUT WE EVALUATE TO LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES SO THAT WE CAN GET BETTER. SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR SOLUTIONS THAT WE WE'RE ABLE TO, UM. COME UP WITH SO THAT WE COULD SO YES. THANK YOU QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. HOUSEMAN COVER SORRY, SIR. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I CAN'T FIND IT NOW, BUT I. VOTE ON SAW SOMETHING IN THE PAPER IN OUR AGENDA PACKET.

THAT SAID THAT. UM MONEY FROM THE PERPETUAL CARE FUND. ALL BLANDFORD CEMETERY WAS GOING TO BE USED. TO CUT THE GRASS. OKAY I BELIEVE THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER. THAT'S ANOTHER PRESENTATION.

ANOTHER PRESENTATION PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT, WELL, YOU LITTLE HEAD YOU LITTLE HEAD. I HOPE WHOEVER MAKES THAT PRESENTATION CAN EXPLAIN TO COUNSEL. HOW. WE CAN JUSTIFY TAKING PERPETUAL CARE FUND AND USE IT FOR USING IT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES AND. I'M STUMPED ON THAT ONE. BUT I WILL CERTAINLY A WEIGHT OF THE EXPLANATION. THANK YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT SINCE I'VE ARRIVED, I'VE BEEN WATCHING COLLECTION RATE ON BOTH REAL PROPERTY, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND UTILITIES, AND THE COLLECTION RATE HAS COME UP DRASTICALLY. I WANT TO COME IN.

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INTERESTING COMMENT YOUR HEAD ON PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO START IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY SO NEXT STEP WE MOVED IT WOULD BE RIGHT. RIGHT DELINQUENT TERMINATION PRESENTATION. EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST MONTH, UM I HAD A PRESENTATION. THAT GAVE THE.

THE OUTSTANDING BALANCES FORWARD. THE END OF AUGUST. OKAY, SO. WITH THAT SAID, UM.

I'VE GOT THE INLAND BALANCES AS OF OCTOBER, 1ST. WHICH WOULD BE 30 DAYS. UM GRANDE 7 $744,000.

OVER 60 DAYS, $633,000 AND OVER 90 DAYS $6.6 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF $7.9 MILLION VERSUS THE $7.8 MILLION THAT I REPORTED ON. AT THE END WELL IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 123,000. THE TARGET DATE. THAT I RECOMMENDED LAST MONTH WAS MID OCTOBER. UH THEN THE TARGET DATE FOR THE LIQUID SET OFF. TO BEGIN FOR RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS. TO BEGIN IS TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26. NOT. THE MONDAY DID. REASONS NOT MONEY BECAUSE OF ME TO READERS WERE JUST BEING FINISHING UP. ALL OF THE REEDS FOR THE MIX BILL BUILDING SITE. AND SO THAT TUESDAY THAT'S THE BEST TIME FOR THEM TO START THE DELINQUENT SETUP. UTILITY BUILDING WOULD BE SITTING OUT DELINQUENT NOTICES. I DON'T FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15TH PER CODE YOU NEED. TODAY'S TO DO THAT, UH, ACCOUNTS WITH THE HIGHEST VERIFIED BALANCES WOULD BE SELECTED FIRST. AFTER THEY ARE SELECTED. HOWEVER THE UTILITY ACCOUNTS WOULD BE, UM. THAT WILL THAT ARE SELECTED WILL BE REVIEWING THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT. THERE ARE NO ISSUES WITH LEAKS OR ANY KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS OR ANY ONGOING ISSUES. UM, THAT HAVE BEEN PROBABLY. TERMINATIONS WILL OCCUR WEEKLY. UM SOME WEEKS.

YOU WILL HAVE MORE TERMINATIONS THAN OTHERS. PAYMENT PLANS WILL BE AVAILABLE. AND. AS I STATED BEFORE WE ALL CONSTANTLY WE EVALUATED OUR PROCESSES IN BOTH. UTILITY BILLING AND COLLECTIONS. AND SO WE DO KNOW THAT. IMPLEMENTING THIS WILL INCREASE CALL VOLUMES. POSSIBLY LONGER WAIT TIMES SURGED AND MORE WORK ORDERS FOR THE MEDIA AND GROUP TO GO OUT TO DO SET OFF. AND SO WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH COLLECTIONS. TO REVIEW OUR PLANS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT MAY BE NEEDED FROM BOTH DEPARTMENTS THERE. WE DO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE. UM. EMPLOYEES THAT WERE HERE. PRIOR OF WHEN WE DID SET OFF AND WE ALSO TALKING TO THEM AND SPEAKING WITH THEM, UM. TO GET SUGGESTIONS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER. ALSO IN MY LAST PRESENTATION IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS 100 AND $20 MILLION OF STATE RELIEF. FROM THE COVID 19. AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. AND, UM. FOR MUNICIPAL UTILITY ASSISTANCE. TO FURTHER ASSIST RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS. UNDER THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, ONLY RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ARE ELIGIBLE. FOR THIS ASSISTANCE. OVER RIDGES. OVER 60 DAYS AS OF AUGUST, 31ST, WHICH WAS. WHEN THE MORATORIUM BY THE GOVERNOR IN THE. 100% OF THE WARD MUST BE DIRECTED TOWARDS ASSISTANT ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL UTILITY CUSTOMERS. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH B TO COMPLETE.

OUTSTANDING BALANCE ANALYSIS NEEDED FOR CERTIFICATION. THINK OF GARRETT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH THE E R P PROCESS. UM OBVIOUSLY HAVING A NEW GRP SYSTEM WILL HELP US, UH, IN

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PATHWAYS UM, DELEGATE AIR. GOT A GRANT FOR $96,000 AND PATHWAYS WAS GIVEN THE MONEY TO CONTROL FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND THEY WERE TO PAY THE UTILITY BILLS OF THOSE PERSONS WHOSE WATER HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. AND THEY HAD TO GO TO PATHWAYS TO COMPLETE PAPERWORK, THEN THE CITY MANAGER. IMPLEMENTED A PROCESS WHICH IS WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT THAT PROCESS. YES LEO, UM BASED ON WHAT HAD OCCURRED LAST YEAR, THE CITIZENS WAS NOT REQUIRED TO OPEN A NEW ACCOUNT. SO BASICALLY, WHAT THEY HAD TO DO WAS AGREE FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE RELEASED FROM THE CITY. TWO PATHWAYS VERIFYING THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT THAT WAS DUE ON THE ACCOUNT, THEN PATHWAY ACTUALLY SENT THE PAYMENT OVER TO THE CITY TO SATISFY THEIR ACCOUNT. SO THAT'S WHAT OCCURRED IN THAT PROCESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR THE QUITE WELCOME. I'M SORRY. PATHWAYS STILL HAS FUNDING LEFT. UM SO. THAT FUNDING IS FOR THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG AS WELL. HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONVERSATION? ANYONE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH PATHWAYS? SO RECENTLY WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH PATHWAYS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN REFERRING CUSTOMERS TO THEM IF THEY HAD OUTSTANDING BALANCES. OKAY, GOOD. GOOD. AND, UM. SO IF THIS MONEY THIS 120 MILLION. IF THEY TELL YOU IT'S COMING IN TWO DAYS AFTER THE CUT OFF, NOTICED AFTER THE CUT OFF IS TO HAPPEN WHERE YOU DO YOU STILL INTEND TO CUT OFF AND THEN GET THE MONEY AND DISPERSE IT. SO UM, IT IS NOT ON 10 TO ACTUALLY CUT OFF WATER SERVICES. IF WE RECEIVED THAT LARGE AMOUNT OF PART OF MONEY FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT. SO THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES. ONLY THAT'S THE PART OF MONEY THAT WE CAN QUALIFY FOR. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE HIGHEST PEOPLE THAT OLDER CITY WITH SOUTH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK FROM THAT WAY BACKWARDS. HOPEFULLY BY THAT TIME, WE WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM THE STATE AS TO HOW MUCH THE CITY WILL BE AWARDED, AND WE COULD APPLY THAT TOWARDS OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS. AND WE ALSO, UH, VOTED LAST TIME ON OUR MONEY. UM. MONEY SET ASIDE TO HELP CITIZENS. AND I THINK WAS 300 SOME 1000. 120,000 MEN, AND THAT'S TO HELP CITIZENS.

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[12. Facilities]

IT'S A $334,000 REDUCTION THE LAST FEW YEARS. UH CURRENTLY GROUNDS MEETING CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING SIX SALARIES. CITY EMPLOYEES. EIGHT VACANCIES. WE HAVE 10 WORKERS FROM CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. UM DOING BOTH CITY PROPERTIES IN THE O. V S, UH, THE 10 WORKERS ARE FROM TWO CONTRACTORS, WHICH EACH HAVE FIVE EMPLOYEES WORKING ON A CREW. WE HAVE.

FIVE WORKERS FROM CONTRACT TRACTION SERVICES, WHICH WOULD BE TEMPORARY WORKERS AT THE CEMETERY WERE BUDGETED FOR 12 EMPLOYEES FROM THE TEMP SERVICE EVERY DAY. WE'VE CURRENTLY AVERAGE FOUR OR FIVE EMPLOYEES. A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES SHOWING UP FOR WORK EVERY DAY, AND THOSE ARE MOSTLY LONG TERM. EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE WORKED AT THE CEMETERY FOR 3 TO 45 YEARS.

UM. WE HAVE VARIOUS TYPES OF EQUIPMENT, CHAIN SAWS, WEED EATERS RIDING LAWNMOWERS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE WE HAVE. EIGHT TOTAL FIVE THAT WORK THREE ARE CURRENTLY BEING CANNIBALIZED FOR PARTS AS, UH, THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE OF. WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. TOLD YOU IT'S HARD TO GET PARTS IN. I GOT AN ESTIMATE FOR ONE OF OUR MOWERS LAST WEEK FOR $3200 TO REPAIR IT. IT'S NOT WORTH $3200. SO WE'RE GONNA CANNIBALIZE THAT AND USE IT FOR PARTS. OUR EQUIPMENT IS QUICKLY DETERIORATING. UM. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MOWERS THAT HAVE SPENT MORE TIME AT GALE, WELDING OR HERETICS, SEED AND FEED GETTING FIXED, AND THEY HAVE BEEN CUTTING GRASS. IN AND MOWING

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CASTLE HILL. UM. UH, SO WHAT DO YOU. WHAT ARE WE USING THE MONEY FOR RIGHT NOW. HOW LONG HAS THE MONEY BEEN SITTING? AH 30 YEARS ON TOUCHED FOR NO USE. OTHER THAN TO REMAIN IDLE.

OKAY? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT MY QUESTIONS ARE DIFFERENT TO THE GENTLEMEN. ARE YOU GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS. ON YOUR KNEES ASSESSMENT. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE CITY, OKAY? OKAY THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT SO I'LL WAIT UNTIL YOU DO THAT. AND THEN MAYBE MAYBE YOU CAN ASK MY QUESTIONS ABOUT CLEANING UP THE CITY, SO I'LL JUST WAIT FOR YOU TO PRESENT YOUR PRESENTATION. ON THAT BEFORE I START ASKING THEM ANYTHING. OKAY ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR. WILSON'S MAN, MR MAYOR TOUCHES WAITING. HE'S WAITING. OKAY. I'M SORRY. BUT AS FAR AS THE MONEY'S THIS IN THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY. AND SEE OH, A LOT OF ORDINANCE ARE OUT OF DATE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO LOOK

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AND THEN, UH, THE ZONING AT THAT PARTICULAR AREA. WAS NOT ZONED FOR MY APPETITE, MY PARTICULAR TYPE OF BUSINESS, SO I HAD TO GO THROUGH CERTAIN THINGS IN ORDER TO GET MY BUSINESS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. THEN WHEN WE GOT TO THE ORDINANCE, WE WAS WORKING OFF ORGANISTS. FROM 1941. 1941 I'M NOT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE EVERY SINGLE THING, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING WITH FRESH EYES AND DIFFERENTLY NOW WE CAN'T DO BUSINESS LIKE WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST. WHEN 2000 AND EIGHT HIT, WE DID NOTHING. AND THEN THE TREND START GOING DOWN, BUT OTHER AREAS CHANGE WHAT THEY DID, BUT WE STAYED THE SAME. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY NOW AND I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING.

YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AND I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW TO SAY THAT WE ARE BETRAYING THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THIS 30 YEARS AGO. IF THAT WAS IN THERE THEN SO YOU KNOW. I THINK WE'VE BEEN. WE'VE DONE WELL ABOUT THAT. I THINK THEY WANT TO SEE THEIR CEMETERY LOOK. UP TO DATE, AND WE ALL KEPT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO IN OUR OPINION ON THAT RIGHT NOW, UNTIL WE TALK TO OUR CITY, TURNING AND SEE A FOUR SCALE, UH PRESENTATION ON IT, BUT THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. ALRIGHT.

COUNCILOR WESTERN SMITH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I THINK. UH IT WOULD DO US ALL GOOD TO LOOK AT, UM TO DO SOME MORE HOMEWORK ABOUT THIS. PERPETUAL CARE FUN. THAT TOTAL AMOUNT HASN'T BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS BECAUSE THE CITY USED SOME OF THAT MONEY. AND IT WAS UNDER ROBERT BOB THAT WE WERE DIRECTED TO FIND MONEY TO PUT IT BACK INTO. THAT FUN. SO SOMEWHERE OUR NOTES ARE HISTORY ISN'T TELLING US EVERYTHING. AND. IT WAS SPECIFICALLY STATED IN THERE SOMEWHERE. WHAT THIS FUND WOULD BE USED FOR, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY ALL LOOK AT BEFORE. EVEN DELVING INTO THAT. THERE'S A LOT MISSING HERE. SO KEEP IN MIND. YEAH, THAT MONEY WASN'T ALWAYS NOT THAT AMOUNT WAS NOT ALWAYS THERE. THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT. THE CITY DID GO INTO THAT FUND AND USE IT. COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT FOR, BUT I KNOW IT WAS ALMOST ARE GONE. AND UNDER ROBERT BOB WE WERE DIRECTED SOMEHOW TO GET IT BACK. AND WE DID. TOOK US A WHILE, BUT WE DID SO. ALL OF THAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DID WITH IT AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY CAN DO IT. THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. YEAH YES, MR MAYOR. I COULD. I COULD ADD SOME CLARITY. PERHAPS TO THIS. I THINK THAT COUNCIL ON WILSON SMITH IS ACCURATE WITH REGARD TO WHAT SHE STATED, UM, PERPETUAL CARE FUND IS SOMETHING THAT. ANYONE WHO RUNS A CEMETERY IS REQUIRED TO COLLECT BY STATUTE. IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE SALE OF EVERY BURIAL PLOT THAT SOLD THE CEMETERY AND THE IDEA OF IT BY STATUTE IS THAT. IT IS SET UP SUCH THAT YOU ONLY DRAW THE INTERESTS SO THAT IT LASTS PERPETUALLY SO THAT WHEN YOU PASS AWAY 40 YEARS FROM NOW THERE'S STILL SOME MONEY COMING IN TO HELP MAINTAIN THAT CEMETERY. WHAT APPARENTLY HAPPENED FROM THE RECORDS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT IS IN 2000 AND 11 COUNCIL RESCINDED THE PERPETUAL CARE ORDINANCE, SO THERE WAS NO LONGER A MEANS TO ACCESS THAT MONEY. AND SO IT SAT SINCE 2011 NOT 30 YEARS, BUT 10 YEARS WITHOUT BEING USED BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO ACCESS IT, AND JUST MAYBE A YEAR AGO, WE ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE AFTER DISCOVERING THAT. ENABLE US TO RE ACCESS THE INTEREST ON THAT ON THOSE PHONES AND SO THAT THAT'S CORRECT. THE STATUS OF IT HAS BEEN IDLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. UM THE INTENT OF THE STATUTE IS TO NOT DRAW ANYTHING OTHER THAN INTEREST, HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME, THE MANAGER FELT THAT ASKING THAT THE STATE CEMETERY BOARD PROVIDING EXCEPTION WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO PURSUE. AND SO HE SENT A LETTER TO THEM ASKING OTHER TO CONFIRM WERE EXEMPT FROM THE STATUTE. OR THAT, UM. THAT WE CAN HAVE AN EXCEPTION

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SO EVEN IF THE STATE CEMETERY BOARD SAYS, YEAH, YOU'RE OKAY. HE STILL HAS TO COME BACK THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET YOU TO AUTHORIZE HIM TO TAKE ANY ACTION WITH THOSE FUNDS.

COUNSELING CUPPER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, MR CITY MANAGER. I AM. REPEATEDLY. JUST DUMBSTRUCK BY WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US. YOU SENT A LETTER TO THE CEMETERY. SOME ORGANIZATION ENRICHMENT WITHOUT CHECKING WITH COUNSEL AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD SEND IT. AND IN THAT LETTER, YOU ASKED FOR PERMISSION. TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUND. UH WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? A COPY OF THAT LETTER TOMORROW? NO THE PURPOSE OF THE PERPETUAL CARE FIND. IS FOR THE INTEREST TO BE USED TO MAINTAIN THE CEMETERY. AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN ANYONE'S EXPECT REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT IT IS HAS EVER BEEN ANYONE'S REALISTIC EXPECTATION THAT THE INTEREST FROM THE PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUND. WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN. WHAT IS IT? A 29 ACRE CEMETERY.

I SAW THE NUMBER IN HERE. IT'S A BIG SYMPTOM. 189 ACRES. WELL, IT'S GOT TO BE GENERAL FUND MONEY THIS IS A MUNICIPAL PURPOSE. UM MRS AMERICAN, YOU PRESSURE MICROPHONE? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PICKING YOU UP ON THIS THING. YES MY THINKING AND WRITING. THE LETTER WAS. THAT WE WOULD SAVE THE TAXPAYER GENERAL FUND MONEY AND USE THE CEMETERY MONEY THAT WAS DEDICATED TO MAINTAIN THE CEMETERY BY LOVED ONES. AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO AFTER TWO YEARS? IF YOU SPENT ALL THE PERPETUAL CARE FUND MONEY. JUST ABANDON THE CEMETERY. THE CHOICE IS TO LET THE 1.5 MILLION REMAIN IDLE AND DEFINITELY WHEN IT'S ACCESSIBLE. UH AND OR TO CONTINUE TO USE GENERAL FUND MONEY TO FUND THE CEMETERY.

WELL AFTER THE PERPETUAL GIVE FUND MONEY IS GONE. THERE'S NOTHING LEFT. BUT THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. CORRECT THEN WE WOULD NEED TO PHASE IN A GENERAL FUND SPENDING PLAN. NOT. MAINTAINING THAT CEMETERY HAS BEEN A MUNICIPAL PURPOSE. AS LONG AS THERE'S BEEN A CITY OF PETERSBURG. MY GOAL IS TO GIVE YOU OPTIONS THAT TRY TO SAVE MONEY. AND IF YOU PREFER NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE, AND YOU CAN DENY IT. I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S SAVING US ANY MONEY. I SEE HOW IT'S DISHONORING OUR PROMISE TO THE PEOPLE. WHO HAVE OVER THE DECADES OVER THE CENTURIES. PROBABLY PAID FOR PERPETUAL CARE. IN ANY EVENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR LETTER TOMORROW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR HILL YOU? YES. OH I'M ALONG WITH COUNSELLING WORSEN TRANSCO SMITH. UM. WE JUST GOT TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY. AND SO THEY PAID THE MONEY. AND IS THERE AND IT'S JUST SUPPOSED TO SIT THERE. I'M ASKING. UH, CITY. MR CITY ATTORNEY. SO HE JUST SUPPOSED TO JUST SIT THERE AND JUST SECURE SO WHAT IS THE MONEY THEREFORE, WELL, THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED AUTHORIZES COUNCIL TO INVEST THAT MONEY AS IT DETERMINES APPROPRIATE IF YOU MAY RECALL, IT CAME ABOUT AT A TIME WHEN WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE TREASURE MOVING SOME FUNDS THAT COUNCIL HAD NOT AUTHORIZED. HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR IN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ADOPTED COUNCIL WILL DIRECT THE INVESTMENT OF THOSE FUNDS AND YOU'RE UNABLE TO ACCESS THE INTEREST BY STATUTE.

AND SO I THINK ANNUALLY. IT'S ABOUT 14,000 OVER 14,000 YEAR THAT ACCRUES AND THE MANAGERS RIGHT THAT IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S A FAIRLY LOW INTEREST THAT'S BEING RECEIVED. SO YOU MAY WANT TO REVISIT HOW IT'S BEING INVESTED IN ORDER TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT. BUT THE WAY THE STATE CODE HAS SET UP, YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO ACCESS THE INTEREST ON THAT, NOT THE PRINCIPAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT NEXT PART, MR CLINTON. OKAY UH, WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. UH, NEEDS AND

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GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. FROM HIS A COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER. I'M REGGIE LANCE IN THE GENERAL MANAGER. UH, I'VE BEEN ASKED. TO GIVE HER PRESENTATION TONIGHT BASED UPON THAT SORT OF A PIGGYBACK ON THIS GRASS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. STREET OPERATIONS HAS. RESPONSIBILITY FOR CITY RIGHT AWAYS. THOSE CITY RIGHT AWAY IS CONTAIN A LOT OF GRASS ROADWAYS HAVE MEDIANS THAT HAVE GRANT. THERE'S TREES. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ADJACENT TO THE ROADWAYS, SO THEREFORE THEY FALL INTO THE RESPONSIBILITY. A STREET OPERATIONS HELP. MOVE FORWARD OVER THE UPCOMING MONTHS IN THE NEXT YEAR. WHAT STREET OPERATIONS INTENDS TO DO IS WE WANT TO RENEW THE EXISTING CONTRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF 121 ACRES OF MEDIUMS. AND ROADSIDES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE CONTRACT TERM THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IS FROM JULY TO 1ST 2021 UNTIL JUNE 30TH 2022 THAT'S IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,000. WE ALSO INTEND TO DEVELOP AND COMMUNICATE A SCHEDULE THAT INCLUDES RIGHT AWAY AREAS.

GREAT EMPHASIS WILL BE A. PUT ON REMOVING LATER IN THE RIGHT AWAYS. AND THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY. RESULTS WILL BE TRACKED AND MONITORED TO MEASURE THE PROGRESS ON A

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STREET OPERATIONS WILL BEGIN AND OUR CONDITION ASSESSMENT. OF THE SIDEWALKS IN THE CITIES AND PRIORITIZE THE FISH INSIDE WALKS TO BE REPAIRED AND OR REPLACED. WE INTEND TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO BEGIN REPAIRING AND REPLACING DEFICIENT SIDEWALKS, INCLUDING PRODUCING AN RFP WOULD GO THROUGH THE PURCHASING PROCESS TO GET THE NECESSARY CONTRACTORS TO ADDRESS. IN ADDITION TO THE BEAUTIFICATION PROCESS. WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE THE ST ANDREWS STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. WE ALSO INTEND TO SPEND AT LEAST $1 MILLION THIS YEAR. REPAVING ROADS. AND THAT INCLUDES THE ST ANDREWS STREET AND AT ST I'M SORRY ITSELF, JEFFERSON. THE CRATER AND MANGIA. THAT'S THE COMPLIMENT. THE. BRIDGE REPLACEMENT THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. WE FELT THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE MAINTENANCE ON THOSE ROADS. SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENED THE BRIDGE AFTER SUCH AN EXTENDED LENGTH A PERIOD OF TIME. TO IMPROVE OUR WORK PROCESS AND TO BETTER TRACK THEIR PERFORMANCE. WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THE I WORKS. WORK ORDER SYSTEM IN ST OPERATIONS. AND WE WILL ALSO BE SUBMITTING AN RFP DO EXCUSE ME TO GET IN AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACTOR TO DO SIDEWALK AND CONCRETE WORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. QUESTION. COUNCILMAN HILL. YES THIS RIGHT HERE MAY GO TO THE, UH, THE OTHER GENTLEMEN, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I KNOW WE HAVE SOME VACANCIES. BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING? TRYING TO ADVERTISE THE VACANCIES? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING THIS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE. THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO ARE WE HAVING JOB FAIRS? ARE WE ADVERTISING? ARE WE. ON FACEBOOK, OR I MEAN, I MEAN, ARE WE SOUNDING THE ALARM OTHER THAN PUTTING IT ON THE WAY OF SIGHT? UM COUNCILLOR HELEN JUST WOULD SAY WE JUST HAD A JOB FAIR LAST WEEK. YOU KNOW, BACK TO WORK BLITZ AND WE'RE DOING ANOTHER ONE HERE AT THE LIBRARY IN THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER, SO WE'VE ALWAYS ALREADY MADE. MADE PLANS TO DO EXTENSIVE RECRUITING AT THIS BACK TO WHERE IT BLITZ. THAT WAS THAT WAS IT. MR MAYOR WAS THAT PACIFIC TO PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PUBLIC WERE SUPPOSED TO WAS A PARTICIPANT ALONG WITH KBS THAT WAS HIRING THAT FOURTH LEAST SO WE COMBINED TOGETHER, DID A JOINT JOB HERE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, MISS ENNIS? YES AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS ON A CITYWIDE MARKETING PLAN. WHICH WOULD ADDRESS POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO WE ARE TRYING TO SOUND ALARM. AS YOU SAID TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE CITY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES TO COME JOIN OUR TEAM. HOW DID THAT AH, THAT JOB? FAIR GO AS AS RELATE TO THAT. WE HAVEN'T GOT THIS STATISTICS HERE. ON THAT. DO WE KNOW? DO WE HIRE ANYBODY, OR DID ANYBODY PUT IN. WE RECEIVED EIGHT APPLICATIONS FOR GROUNDS DIVISION AND I THINK TO FOUR FACILITIES. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU. UM DO YOU HAVE ANY STATISTICS? LET US KNOW HOW THE NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS ARE GOING. IS THAT WORKING FOR US? IS IT WORKING AGAINST US? WE SEE A LOT OF THE NOTICES POSTED ON THE STATE AND PLACED IN PEOPLE'S YARDS. ARE PEOPLE ACTUALLY RESPONDING. ARE WE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM IT? WHAT WE'RE. WAY BEHIND ON GETTING THOSE NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS CUT UM. WE HAVE TWO NEW CONTRACTORS THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GET STARTED. HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK. GOING TO HAVE A NOTICE TO PROCEED MEETING UM LATER THIS WEEK. WE WE NEED TO FIND A BETTER WAY TO IMPLEMENT WHAT'S GOING ON AND UNDERSTAND. I JUST KIND OF TOOK OVER. OF THE GROUNDS DIVISION TO BACK THE GROUNDS DIVISION AFTER A FEW YEARS, UM IN JULY, SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN A OUT. WELL TESTING AREA TO SEE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND NOTICE VIOLATIONS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER. WHEN YOU WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE NOTICES OF VIOLATION WHAT I'VE

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SOMETHING IS NOT. HAPPENING WHEN WE GIVE THE NOTICE. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, AND I KNOW YOU. YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME KIND OF TRYING TO HELP US IN THAT AREA, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK SOMETIMES THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION IS POSTED. GRASS KITS CUT WHETHER IT'S BY THE CITY CONTRACTOR, CITY CREW. A NEIGHBOR. SOMETIMES THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR JUST GETS FED UP AND CUTS IT AS YOU WILL. AND SOMETIMES THE OWNER CUTS IT. IN TIME GOES BY, THEY COME BACK. TWO WEEKS LATER, AND WITH ALL THE RAIN GRASS IS ALREADY GROWN OVER 12 INCHES BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GROWING FAST THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN. AND THERE'S A SECOND NOTICE. THEY SHOULD BE TAKING THE FIRST ONE OUT, I THINK, BUT THAT'S THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO BETTER, AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INSPECTION.

THAT THAT MIGHT HELP IN THE FUTURE, AND WE'RE WORKING ON OKAY? YES CURRENT. CURRENTLY THERE'S ABOUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH ONLINE, UH, IN THE GO. GO, UM. SYSTEM THAT CURRENTLY RATING AS IT STANDS. IT'S ABOUT. 303 175 OR SO OPEN. NOTICE THE VIOLATIONS. I KNOW BECAUSE BEEN THROUGH AND THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO UM, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. SO WE COULD COLLABORATE. BETTER OKAY? AND SO WITH THE NEW CONTRACT IS COMING ON BOARD, WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN A 375. MM IDENTIFIED THEM ELIMINATED ALL DUPLICATIONS, SO WE KNOW ONE LOT ONE COUNT. AND, UM. I WANT TO SAY WHAT? FIVE HERE AT THE MOST. I GUESS IT WAS ABOUT 100 AND $25. SO WHAT THE PLAN IS. SINCE WE BELIEVE EAST IDENTIFIED ALL THE OPEN ONES.

AND WHAT WAR THERE IN. WE'VE GOT NEW CONTRACTORS COMING ABOARD. TWO. HAVE A PLAN TO ELIMINATE ALL OF THEM. I MEAN YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T CUT ALL OF THEM. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WHAT WAR DID SO BASICALLY GET ORGANIZED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S THE PHASE THAT WE'RE IN, MAN. AND THE WHEN I'M TOLD TO CONTRACTORS DATA COMING ABOARD.

THEY HAVE MORE EQUIPMENT, AND THEY HAVE MORE OF A CREW. A LARGER CREW. SO ONCE WE MEET WITH THEM, UM AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRACK AND MONITOR TRACK HIM ON. TRACKING MONTHS, SO WE CAN SAY THE BEGINNING OF A GIVEN WEEK. WE KNOW AFTER MONDAY. WHICH WAR WE'RE IN, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE IN WHICH YOU ALL ARE DOING. YOU'RE RIGHT AROUND. AND YOU SEND THE INFORMATION IN. AND LET'S SAY WHAT FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ON THE ROTATION FOR MONEY ITSELF. YOU. SINISTER, YOU KNOW, DOING THE RIGHT AROUND AND YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING IN WARD FIVE. WE CAN SAY IF IT DIDN'T GET CAUGHT IF IT DIDN'T GET CUT ON WHAT FIVE THIS PAST MONDAY, WE'LL PUT THAT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THE NEXT SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME ORDER. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M SEEING. WE DON'T HAVE. BUT WE WERE WORKING ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU NOW. NEXT MOVE ON ITEM 13 ECONOMIC

[14. City Manager's Agenda]

OKAY EVERYBODY, GOOD EVENING, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION. LET'S GET GOING. COUPLE OF PRELIMINARY ITEMS. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO MISSED MRS TANGELA INNIS, THE NEW DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. A PROMOTION WELL DESERVED AS SHE

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UH, WE'RE GOING TO MEET HERE IN THE LIBRARY. ACTUALLY I DON'T KNOW IF WE DID THIS ROOM OR ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL MEET THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM. AND SO DEPRIVED ADDITIONAL SPACE RELATIVE TO THE TYPICAL SPACE THAT OUR BOARDROOM PROVIDES. BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU IF YOU HAVE THAT INTEREST. THE LAST THING IS THAT PARTNERS LIKE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PARKS PLAN. RIGHT THE LAST THING MR TYRELL AND I TALKED ABOUT AT OUR MEETING ON FRIDAY IS THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE A PARKS PLAN. AND WE TALKED ABOUT FINDING DISTRICT COMMISSION HELPING IN THAT CAPACITY AND AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, YOUR PART FACILITIES EXPAND BEYOND YOUR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. EVEN SO, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK REGIONALLY ABOUT THAT AS WELL. AND. WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASSIST THE CITY IN ANY WAY WE CAN, AND WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE FACILITIES TO COMMUNITY TO HEALTH. TO THE SAFETY AND RECREATION AND EVEN TO THE ENVIRONMENT TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ABOUT THE RIVER. NO I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I WILL HAPPEN TO LEAVE THE STACK OF CARDS. I HAVE SOME CUT SHEETS HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND I'LL LEAVE THAT WITH YOU AND ADVISE YOU TO CONTACT ME ANYTIME I'D BE. I WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU AND SPEAK WITH YOU. THANKS SO MUCH FOR TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU.

THANK. OKAY SO THE KEY TAKEAWAY ON THAT IS THE NUMBER OF THESE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE IN MIND. THE PLANNING DISTRICT WOULD BE THE OPTIMAL FORUM TO LOOK AT THIS ON A REGIONAL LEVEL AND ALSO BRING IN. MORE REGIONAL RESOURCE IS PERHAPS FEDERAL RESOURCES TO THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. OKAY SO ON THE AGENDA, I WANT TO JUST FOLLOW UP ON THE CUSTOMER SERVICE. UH ASPECT STAFF AND I ARE MEETING REGULARLY ON.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE. UH AS MISS JORDAN MENTIONED, AND THEY WE ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN ANSWERING THE PHONES AND BEING RESPONSIVE.

THE CONCEPT OF A PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS IS SOMETHING. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS TO MEASURE RESPONSE TIME AND HOW WELL WE'RE PERFORMING. THE CITIZENS DESERVE NO LESS. AH AS YOU ARE AWARE. RECENTLY I SENT OUT A MEMO TO APARTMENT HEADS THAT STATED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FOR CONSISTENCY. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. PHONE CALLS WILL BE ANSWERED, STATING YOUR TITLE AND NAME. AH YOU WILL DIRECT CALLS TO THE CORRECT DEPARTMENT AND GENERALLY ASSIST RESIDENTS, CITIZENS. ALL RECORDED PHONE MESSAGES SHOULD SAY. WE APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING YOUR CALL BECAUSE WE SHOULD RECEIVE YOUR CALL UNLESS WE'RE BUSY STATE, YOUR NAME AND YOUR NUMBER AND YOUR REQUEST AND WE WILL RETURN YOUR CALL PROMPTLY. I'LL CALLS MUST BE RETURNED IMMEDIATELY IF BACKED UP DELEGATION. NO CALL TO BE RETURNED LATE MORE THAN 24 HOURS LATER. NOW, UM. THE POINT OF THIS IS. TO CUSTOMER SERVICES MORE THAN ANSWERING PHONES. ALL RIGHT, IT'S GOING NEXT TWO MILE TO PROMOTE RESOLUTION OF THE CITIZENS ISSUE AND LEAVE THEM FEELING BETTER. ABOUT CONTACTING US IN FACT. IT'S MORE THAN JUST IT'S MORE THAN TRANSACTIONAL. IT'S EXPERIENTIAL. THEY SHOULD HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE EVERY TIME THEY WALK TO, OR DOOR, NOT JUST A MONETARY TRANSACTION. SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT THAT IS PART GOING TO BE PART OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION STATEMENT, AND THIS WILL BE A PRINCIPAL COMPONENT OF THE MISSION. OKAY SO WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING AT MY INITIAL PRESS CONFERENCE? I DID PROMISE TO PERFORM AN ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY WIDE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN THE 1ST 90 DAYS. SO HARD TO BELIEVE. WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND, BUT HERE WE ARE AT THE 95TH DAY. SO AS PROMISED, HERE'S MY KNEES ASSESSMENT. ALL

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AH THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND LET'S GO AFTER THE WORST. LET'S LET'S PRIOR TO RISE, OUR RESOURCES WHICH ARE LIMITED FRANKLY AT THIS TIME. AND THEN GO AFTER THE WORST OFFENDERS. LET'S ENSURE THAT NOTICE OF VIOLATION PROCESS BEGINS WITH A CLEAR BEGINNING AN END NO MORE DRAGGING OUT VIOLATIONS WITHOUT CLEAR DEADLINES IN AN ENDPOINT. I'M HEARING TOO MANY STORIES OF DRIVING AROUND AND SEEMED TO TEAR AERATOR HOMES AND I ASK. WHEN DID THAT START? AND THEY SAID, OH, I THINK THE ANSWER WILL BE THREE YEARS AGO, AND I HEAR WELL 1975 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE ANYMORE. AH WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A RESTORATION FUND, INCLUDING HISTORIC HOMES FOR REHABILITATION. FOR INSTANCE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE CDBG MONEY FOR AS PART OF THIS, UH, FUND AND REMAINING ARPAIO AND ALLOCATED FUNDS AS A START UP MONEY. AS WE ARE ALWAYS WE ALSO IN DISCUSSION WITH AREA LENDERS FOR LOW INTEREST LOANS, BUT I WANT TO SET UP A FUND SO A LITTLE BIT OF THE CARROT AND THE STICK. YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PROVIDE FUNDS. TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU. AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES SO YOU CAN FIX UP YOUR HOME. I WANT FOLKS TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THEIR GENERATION AFTER GENERATION. IT'S NOT FAIR THAT JUST BECAUSE. THEY MADE MAY BE LOW INCOME THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO STAY IN THOSE HOMES. SO WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT. NOW. WE STARTED SOMETHING CALLED SAVE HISTORIC PETERSBURG COMMITTEE. AH AND WE'VE BEGUN WORK ON THIS FUND ALREADY, UM. TO FIND RESOURCES COLLECTIVELY WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, THERE ARE A NUMBER AT WORK. CAMERON FOUNDATION IS ALREADY DOING THIS WORK RENOVATING. DETERIORATED HOMES. AH FOR, UH, FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'M BRINGING ALL THESE STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER. WE'VE ALREADY HAD MEETING ON IT. AND UM, YOU KNOW, MY GOAL IS TO SAVE THESE HISTORIC HOMES BUT ALSO ALL THE DETERIORATING HOMES, BY THE WAY, 30 TO 50% OF. PETERSBURG

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EMPOWERMENT I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING ENOUGH TO EMPOWER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO ORGANIZE, BUILD UP AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. AH I PLAN TO GO OUT AND CONDUCT NEIGHBORHOOD LISTENING SESSIONS WITH STEVIE STAFF. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS TO GET, UH, ORGANIZED AND. MOTIVATED AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS KNOCKING ON MY DOOR SAYING THAT WE NEED HELP WITH THIS. CITY MANAGER HERE.

HERE'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. TO HELP US AND THEN I WOULD BE WILLING TO DISCUSS WITH THEM WHAT IS WITHIN OUR CAPABILITY AND RESOURCES. SO I PLAN TO HOLD NEIGHBORHOOD LISTENING SESSIONS. PARKS AND RECREATION. FITS INTO THIS DETERIORATED PARKS AND LIMITED STRUCTURE PROGRAMS FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. OKAY LATER, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.

PARKS AND RECREATION IS A PART OF THE SOLUTION. WE HAVE TO OFFER STRUCTURED PROGRAMS AND ALTERNATIVES. FOR THESE KIDS. OKAY THAT'S PART OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. IN MY MIND, THE PLAN OF ACTION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION MR BREMNER JUST MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, PARTS OF MASTER PLAN AND BEGINNING PARK RENOVATION WITH RP FUNDS. I WANT TO REFUND PARKS AND RECREATION. AND REVE RAMP UP THE PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS. FIVE INSIPID, INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE HOUSING. OKAY THERE IS NOT ENOUGH AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE HOUSING IN THE CITY. OKAY? SO EVERYBODY DESERVES A HOME. REGARDLESS OF INCOME LEVEL. AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT. THE PLAN OF ACTION IS LET'S USE OUR STRENGTHS. WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF CINDY OWN PROPERTY AND ASSETS THAT WE CAN CONTROL FOR DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE DOING THAT DOING THOSE EFFORTS. MANY OF YOU ARE LEADING THAT EFFORT. AH LET'S CONTINUE EFFORTS TO CREATE MORE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THESE TYPES OF HOUSING, AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE HOUSING BY WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH DEVELOPERS AND INCENTIVIZING THEM. HOWEVER LET'S CREATE A CLEAR SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. OF CLEAR, SYSTEMATIC. UH PROGRAM OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. THAT'S VERY CLEAR TO EVERYBODY. WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

THAT WE CAN HAVE ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST BY DEVELOPMENT TYPE AND BENEFIT.

OKAY? AH SIX DEVELOPED COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED TO CREATE SENSE OF PLACE.

WE NEED BETTER SIDEWALKS, MORE PARKS COMMUNITY CENTERS. SO THAT NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BUILD THEIR SENSE OF PLACE. THEY'RE HERE. I'VE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE HAVE WALKED IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE NEED TO EMPOWER THEM AND PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY SO MY PLAN IS. GET OUT THERE. GET OUT OF THE OFFICE. WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND FIND OUT THEIR NEEDS. WE HAVE SOME MONEY NOW WITH CDBG. ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS AND HARPER. MONEY WE ACTUALLY DEDIC DEDICATED 500,000 TO COMMUNITY NEEDS. OKAY? MOVING ON TO INFRASTRUCTURE. AS THE SECOND CATEGORY OF NEED. THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. WERE MR BARNES MENTIONED. WE'RE GOING OUT WITH A CITYWIDE STORM DRAINAGE MAPPING. THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE INTENSE FLOODING ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS. ALL RIGHT. IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S BEEN IN MY OPINION NEGLECTED FAR TOO LONG.

THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY AND PROBABLY HAS HAD NO SIGNIFICANT. UPGRADES SO FIRST STEP IS TO GO OUT WITH STORM DRAINAGE MAPPING. THE FQ IS SET TO GO OUT IN DECEMBER. MR BARNES. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPEDITE THAT. I THINK THAT

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WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT. WE ALREADY HAVE BEGUN. LIKE A FRIZZ FROZEN SCREEN. OKAY THIRD IF ITS STRUCTURE DILAPIDATED CITY BUILDINGS. YOU KNOW? AH WE HAD SOME FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. THE MAINTENANCE AND FUNDING LAPSES HAVE ALLOWED THE TIER RATIONS. THE PLAN OF ACTION.

LET'S UPGRADE THESE BUILDINGS WERE ALREADY PLANNING TO USE OUR FOR MONEY FOR THE FARMER STREET BUILDING. THESE NEED TO GO INTO THE C I P AND WE NEED TO FIX THEM UP. FOURTH OF PHARMACEUTICAL UPGRADES. THE POOR CREEK PARK PROJECT REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVESTMENT $30 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. SO PLAN OF ACTION. WE'RE APPROACHING STATE AGENCIES FOR GRANT SUPPORT. WE'RE APPROACHING OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. WE TALKED TO THAT.

WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH CONGRESSMAN MCEACHIN, WHO WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN 2.4 MILLION TOWARDS THAT PROJECT. TO LEVERAGE FOR OTHER FUNDS WERE GOING TO VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR 11.8 MILLION, UH, PART OF ECONOMIC QUALITY. IS THAT IT? DO YOU QUEUE? AH 18.2 MILLION. MAY WANT TO DISCUSS WITH GO VIRGINIA REGIONAL GRANT BECAUSE THAT PROJECT WILL HAVE REGIONAL SUPPORT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO OBTAIN ALONE. BUT THEN WE'LL SUPPORT THAT. BUILD BACK INTO IT ALL THESE GRANTS AND I THINK WE'RE THERE'S A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT FOR THAT. AND I KNOW MR BARNES AND, UH, MISS SANDERS. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND UH, THAT'S EXCITING PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE'RE GOING IN THAT AREA OF THE CITY THAT NEEDS MORE. OF INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE. UH MR COGBURN. MENTION UH, THAT'S GOOD. IT WILL BENEFIT THAT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S IT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. ORGANIZATIONAL LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW? YOU HAVE A FINE STAFF HERE. THESE ARE ALL PROFESSIONALS. OKAY UM, I'M PROUD TO BE HERE DURING EXCELLENT STAFF. SO WE'RE GONNA WE'RE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN ALREADY AND THINGS ARE GOING TO GET DONE. HOWEVER I'VE NOTED A FEW THINGS. THERE HAVE BEEN

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OR EMPLOYEE FAMILY FAMILY SUBSIDY IN THE NEW BUDGET, WHERE YOU SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THE COST. IN HR PROGRAM IS ESSENTIALLY. HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNTS WHERE YOU OFFER. A CREDIT CARD TO HELP STAFF GET ABOVE THE DEDUCTIBLE WITHOUT A LOT OF OUT OF POCKET PAYMENT. BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SEE IS THE DEDUCTION WITHHOLDING AND STAFF PAYCHECKS. GO DOWN TO ZERO. I DON'T I WANT TO OFFER THE BEST BENEFIT POSSIBLE. CUSTOMER SERVICE, CULTURE AND TEAM ORIENTATION, WHICH I JUST DISCUSSED THAT ALL PHONE CALLS ANSWERED PROMPTLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. MISS CALLS RETURNED WITHIN 24 HOURS. I GUESS YOU'D THAT STAFF MEMO. TO THAT EFFECT. I WANT TO CULTURE HERE WE DISCUSSED THIS IN OUR BIWEEKLY DEPARTMENT HAD MEETINGS. OF YES. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, SIR. MA'AM YES, WE UNDERSTAND, AND WE'LL DO FIX THAT. AND WE CAN ALSO DO THIS. THE CULTURE WILL BE YES, AND WE CAN. DO THAT, AND WE CAN DO THIS. WE CAN DO MORE. THAN WHAT YOU ASK. THAT'S MY EXPECTATION.

AH TEAM BUILDING, BEGINNING WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT. UH THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AND PURSUING FURTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN RETREAT. AND I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE MORE TRAINING TO THE STAFF. I WANT THEM TO GO SEE TRAINING. I WANT TO BRING BRING PROFESSIONALS INTO OFFER TRAINING. I WANT HER. EVERYBODY HERE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ON AN ADVENTURE IN THEIR CAREER, AND THEY CAN GO AS HIGH AND AS FAR AS THEIR, UH, CAPABILITIES WILL TAKE THEM. WITHOUT LIMIT. OKAY ENOUGH ON THE ORGANIZATION. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OKAY? SO THE DEFINITION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS TECHNICALLY AS TAUGHT TO ME AT UNC SCHOOL OF

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AH I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE LEADERS. WE SHOULD BE LEADERS. WE SHOULD DIRECT TO THE EXTENT WE CAN DEVELOPMENT TO WHERE WE WANT IT TO OCCUR AND HOW WE WANTED TO OCCUR. WHAT RATE WE WANTED TO OCCUR. I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE AN OVERARCHING ECONOMIC STRATEGY. CLEARLY ARTICULATING CLEARLY OUR VISION, ECONOMIC VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TOMORROW BUT 15 10 2030 YEARS FROM NOW WHAT COMMUNITY WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IS DO YOU WANT TO SEE HERE? NOT TOMORROW. BUT ONE YEAR FROM NOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, LET'S LOOK AHEAD. THERE'S A RESURGENCE GOING ON HERE. LET'S TAKE LET'S YOU KNOW, DIRECTED ACCORDING TO OUR VISION. THE MARKET IS SPEAKING. LET'S LISTEN TO IT. THERE'S A RESURGENCE HAPPENING.

LET'S OFFER OUR VISION. AS A GUIDING OVERARCHING STRATEGY FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHOWS UP. KIND OF ACTION. LET'S HIRE A NEW WERE IN THE WORKS OF HIRING A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. UH ONE OF THE FIRST TASKS WILL BE FINE. A GRANT FOR MORE MASS CITY MASTER PLAN AND ECONOMIC STRATEGY. PLANS SHOULD GUIDE ACTIONS. IN EVENTS IN, UH, RANDOM ACTION. SHOULDN'T GOD PLANS. GLANDS AND VISION SHOULD GUIDE EVENTS. NOT THE OTHER WAY. OKAY, FINALLY. I DID. WANT TO MENTION THIS, UM. BECAUSE IT IS AN ISSUE AND IT'S IT. IT BEARS FACING HEAD ON. POVERTY AND GUN VIOLENCE. OKAY POVERTY AND GUN VIOLENCE ARE CONNECTED. POVERTY. DIMINISHES HOPE FOR LEGITIMATE FUTURE AND HOPELESSNESS. LEADS TO SHORTCUTS TO A WAY OUT. FRUSTRATED IN. AND THE USE OF VIOLENT FORMS OF PROBLEM RESOLUTION. INTERVENTION. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE END OF A STRING. OF BAD DECISIONS MADE.

PRIMARILY YOUNG FOLKS' LIVES. THE BEGINNING BEGAN YEARS EARLIER, WHEN CHILDREN BECOME AT RISK. A LACK OF EARLY INTERVENTION. OF ADULT MENTORS FOR CHILDREN. YOU START DOWN THE PATH OF VIOLENCE SCENE, MOST NOTABLY IN SPORT, POOR SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT. IN MY OPINION. IS THE REAL UNDERLYING PROBLEM. ONCE IT WANTS, THE GUN GOES OFF. IT'S AT THE END. WE NEED TO GET TO THE BEGINNING. GET TO THE BEGINNING OF ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. NO PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY. IN MY VIEW, THERE ARE REALLY ONLY FOUR IN MY JOB IS TO HELP THOSE FOLKS. FIND A WAY OUT. THERE ARE FOR MY VIEW, TRAINING AND EDUCATION IS A PATHWAY OUT. THE MILITARY.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP. STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS. OR WORK FOR A COMPANY PAYING MORE THAN A LIVING WAGE. IN MY JOB IS TO TRY TO OFFER ALL THOSE PATHWAYS. FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. SO PLAN OF ACTION. FIRST I WANTED TO DEVELOPMENT OF PETERSBURG WORK WORKFORCE

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THEY'RE ALL OUT THERE AND I'VE HEARD OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETIRED AND WANT TO BE MENTORS.

BUT WE'RE NOT OFFERING THE RIGHT FORUM. OKAY, SO LET'S LET'S DO THIS. FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT CAN BE DONE. AND THIS I THINK WE'LL HELP SOLVE THE POVERTY AND GUN VIOLENCE.

NOW I WANT TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED, BUT DEALT WITH DIRECTLY. WE MUST TAKE CARE OF HOW WE ARTICULATE THE PROBLEM.

CONSTANTLY USING WORDS SUCH AS POVERTY AND VIOLENCE BECOMES SELF FULFILLING. WE MUST CHANGE THE DIALOGUE TO HOPE RATHER THAN DESPAIR BY OUR WORD CHOICE. MY PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT. I MANAGED FOR THE PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL OUR CITIZENS. INCLUDING A PARTICULARLY THOSE MOST AT RISK AND DISADVANTAGED. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO COVER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MR. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU FOR THAT. INSPIRATIONAL AND ASPIRATIONAL PRESENTATION. IT'S A WONDERFUL VISION, AND WE ALL HOPE THAT WE CAN APPROACH ACHIEVING IT. LET ME GO TOO NUTS AND BALLS. UM. AWAY FROM ASPIRATIONS AND INSPIRATION. UM ON BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS. WOULD STAFF PERIODICALLY REPORT TO COUNCIL IN A UM. TABLE FORMAT, UH, EXCEL SPREADSHEET FORMAT. UM THE STATUS OF THE VARIOUS. NOTICES OF VIOLATION THAT STAFF IS PURSUING. BABY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. YOU DETERMINE THE BASIS, BUT UH, HAVE FOUND THAT STAFF WORKS BEST WHEN. STAFF KNOWS THAT, UH, COUNCIL CARES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU. ARE IN A POSITION TO DO AND IF SO, HOW FREQUENTLY. RIGHT UH, EXCELLENT QUESTION. MISSING US KNOWS THAT WAS THE FIRST TASK I GAVE HER WIN. WHY NOT? WHEN SHE WAS PROMOTED. WE WANT A VIOLATION INVENTORY TASK TRACKING SHEET. AND SHE'S DEVELOPING THAT NOW FROM FROM ORIGINAL POINT OF CONTACT, STARTING THE CLOCK TICKING ON NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF ANY VIOLATION. AH ALL THE WAY SO THAT YOU COULD CALL UP AT ANY POINT AND GET A STATUS

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THE ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT THE GOAL IS. IS THAT AS I MENTIONED THAT STRICTER CODE COMPLIANCE CAN JUST BE A WORD THAT I SAY IN A NICE PRESENTATION. BUT THE REAL IMPLEMENTATION IS YOU KNOW? MOVING SWIFTLY FROM THE VIOLATION TO CONCLUSION THAT DOESN'T DRAG OUT AND I'VE SAID THIS PUBLICLY AND I SAY THIS TO MY STAFF. WE ARE HERE TO DO THINGS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS AND NOT DRAG THEM ON INDEFINITELY. WE NEED. WE NEED TO IDENTIFY AND EXECUTE SO THAT THAT'S THE THAT'S THE STRATEGY AND THEN MONITOR MONITOR OURSELVES WITH. PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. FOR INSTANCE, A PERFORMANCE MEASURE WOULD BE HOW MANY DAYS DOES IT TAKE TO RESOLVE HIGH GRASS FROM THE ORIGINAL AN OV. IF IT'S DRAGGING ON TO SIX WEEKS, THEN I KNOW WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING IT. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? DO WE NEED MORE RESOURCES? IS IT LEGAL? WHAT IS THE ISSUE? I WANT US TO MOVE TO IS RANDALL MENTIONED, UH, MORE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. THIS IS A CRITICAL CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE CITIZENS EXPECT US TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. THEY'VE BEEN IN MY OFFICE. WITH COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BUILT UP THAT HAVE LINGERED LINGERED, LINGERED AND NEVER RESOLVED. THOSE DAYS HAVE TO END. YOU KNOW I'M HERE NOW AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO FIX THINGS, AND THERE'S A URGENCY TO IT. UH, TO PUT, UH A DATE ON THE CALENDAR. DO YOU THINK THAT THAT COMMUNITY WIDE DON'T CALL IT EXCEL SPREADSHEET. OF BUILDING CODE ZONING CODE. UM AND SIMILAR ISSUES. STOP STORM DREAMS. UM CAN BE ONLINE BY THE TIME OF OUR. WORK SESSION IN NOVEMBER.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HERE. YES THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY. I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB, YOU PRETTY MUCH CHARACTER. EVERY PART. UH, OF THE CITY AND WHAT YOU PLAN ON. HOW YOU PLAN ON TACKLING IT, UM ONE THING. OH I THINK MORALE AND I THINK THE WORDS THAT WE USE, UH THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF LARGE IMPACTS. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE REBRANDING THE CITY. YOU KNOW, AS A WHOLE, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. YOU YOU NOTICED THAT CONFRONTATION IS WELL. UM. SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF RELATED TO WHAT COUNCILMAN CUP TO SAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY TO COME UP ON OUR LEAF REMOVAL COMING UP VERY SOON.

AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS I'M LETTING YOU KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HERE DOING THE LEAF REMOVAL. I WOULD DO WE TYPICALLY DO ABOUT WARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, LEAVES ARE DROPPING ALL THE TIME AROUND HERE, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO GET GET A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THAT MISS IN IS SHE ALREADY KNOWS HOW TO WHAT WE DO IT BUT SOMETIMES. WE HAVE SOME HOMES THAT ALWAYS GET LEFT BEHIND AND WE HAVE SOME WARS ARE ALWAYS GET LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE THEY HAD COME UP EARLY DURING THE LEAF REMOVAL. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, LEAVES ARE STILL DROPPING AND SAY WELL, OKAY, WE ALREADY PICKED HIM UP, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TOO PICKED UP. THEY JUST CAME UP EARLY IN THERE. AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT GOES TO AH, DRAINS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DREAMS WOULD GET STOPPED UP BECAUSE THEY TELL HIM NO BREAK THEM TO THE TO THE CURB. AND THEN THEY GET HIM UP. THEN THEY BRING THEM TO EITHER THEIR STAY FOREVER. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WANT YOU TO BE ON TOP OF THAT, BUT EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN, UH, VERY PROMISING. WELL, WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW THE RESULTS OF IT. WE DO KNOW THAT WE GOT TO BEEF UP SEEING LIKE THAT THE ENTIRE CITY. AND YOU KNOW WE'RE SHORT IN A LOT OF AREAS AND WE DISCUSSED THAT. SO YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY I'M BIG ON THOSE, UM. THOSE JOB FAIRS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND GIVE PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A.

UH A BETTER REPUTATION THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NAME.

WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO WHAT, HOWEVER, WE CAN HELP. YOU YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET US KNOW AS WELL. BUT THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. OKAY? THANK YOU AGAIN. MR. DURANT WAS A GREAT GREAT PRESENTATION. WE LOOK LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING THOSE GOALS. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE SLIDE ON THE COVID. IF YOU WANTED ME TO MENTION IT. IF NOT, I CAN. PAST THE OKAY. YOU CAN. YES, YOU CAN. WHILE YOU'RE THERE, YOU MENTIONED DO YOU WANT ME TO? OKAY? WELL. WELL.

YEAH. RIGHT? OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SO UH, LET ME JUST DID HAVE ONE SLIDE. I SOLVED THE COVID PRESENTATION EARLIER. AND I DID WANT TO JUST LET YOU KNOW I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS. I DO TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. KEEPING STAFF STAFF SAFE. IS IT IS SOMETHING THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON MY MIND. DOES THE ISSUE IS SHOULD WE INSTITUTE A MANDATORY VACCINATION, A WEEKLY TESTING PROGRAM TO KEEP STAFF AND CITIZENS SAFE? WE HAVE DEVELOPED A SURVEY AND THAT IS GOING OUT TO ASCERTAIN HOW MANY STAFF REMAIN UNVACCINATED. WE'RE COLLECTING THE DATA. UH I PLAN TO REPORT AT OCTOBER MEETING. LIKELY IT WILL RESEMBLE THE NATIONAL STATISTICS ON THIS THAT SHOW 65% OF ELIGIBLE ADULTS ARE VACCINATED. 35% UNVACCINATED.

ALTHOUGH I'VE NOTICED PETERS WERE POPULATION IS AT ABOUT 52 48. 48% WOULD BE ABOUT 200 STAFF. SO UM. SO THAT WOULD BE A SIZABLE NUMBER INFORMATION FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT I'M WATCHING FORWARDED YOU FOR INSTANCE, UH, TOWN OF LEESBURG, WHERE THEY PURSUED MANDATORY VACCINATION. AH THERE ARE HAVE BEEN SOME INCIDENTS OF PROTEST AT THE MANDATE. AH SO THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR STORY THEY DID NOT OFFER TESTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. I JUST FEEL I HAVE A DUTY TO KEEP. STAFF SAFE AND, UM, IF IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE TO, UH, INDIVIDUAL. SO THAT IT PROTECTS THE REST OF STAFF. UH YOU KNOW, THEN JUST SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT. I DO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY HOW TO PROTECT THE STAFF. WE ARE FOLLOWING CURRENTLY THE CDC

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THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO BUSINESS. A REQUEST FROM DEKLERK JACKSON. ANY ITEMS? I HAVE NO ITEMS. NEXT BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR WILLIAMS. NO REPORT, MR MAYOR, ALL RIGHT. NEXT, UM. MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A GERMAN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED ALL IN FAVOR. UHH!

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.