City of Bloomington, MN The BUZZ 2022, 12 Jan 2022

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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ January 5

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An invitation to attend Winter Fete, councilmembers are sworn in and a call for artists of all ages!

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Welcome to bloomington today, I'm emily taplin thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the buzz for the week of january 12th through the 18th copen. 19 cases continue to be widespread in the united states and right here in bloomington. At monday night's city council meeting public health administrator, dr nick kelly, addressed council members.

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With so many people becoming ill at the same time, we also expect to see impacts on our workforces and city infrastructure. Many organizations and agencies are already reporting more staff out sick than in any other time. In this pandemic, for example, waste management last week had trouble picking up trash in several cities here in the twin cities: metro due to sick staff and there's delays and people getting prescriptions, challenging getting health care appointments.

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We expect things to continue and they're likely going to get worse as the surge peaks likely sometime toward the end of january. Well, this is a lot of bad news at a stressful time when people are exhausted and we all want clover just to be done, there is hope.

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The first thing that's giving me hope is that we aren't where we were a year ago, the community we serve and live in is highly vaccinated. With eighty percent of those five and older living in bloomington being fully vaccinated for these individuals, we can expect strong protection against severe illness. At the same time, this doesn't cover everyone in our community, which is why we're dependent on several mitigation measures.

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There are still children under five who cannot be vaccinated, older adults and those who have immune systems that are not producing a robust response to vaccines, and we need to come together to protect all of them.

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To watch his remarks in full visit, blm dot, mn, slash, youtube and watch the council meeting from monday january 10th, bloomington's, newest council member and two returning council members were sworn in on january 3rd.

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We will move to item 5.1, which is the city council oath of office. This is a fun one of the fun parts of the job and one of the foreign parts of the first meeting of the year to swear in our re-elected and our newly elected council members.

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Lona d'alessandro was elected to fill the open district 3 city council seat following jack, beloga's retirement.

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When people elect you to office, they elect you because they have put faith and trust that you will do what's best for them, uh and you know that's no small thing. So I'm grateful for the opportunity. I will do my very best and I look forward to hearing from all the residents of district three as we move forward.

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Also in the november election nathan, coulter was re-elected for the city council's at-large seat and in district four council member patrick martin was re-elected at the january 10th city council meeting mayor bussey read a proclamation affirming january 17th as martin luther king jr day on tuesday january 18th, the public is invited to participate in the national day of racial healing a day to set aside to share stories, deepen relationships and build trust to create a more equitable world.

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A virtual community discussion will take place from six to eight pm visit the link listed on your screen to learn more. The city's 18th annual winterfet celebration is in full swing. There are a number of activities happening, including introduction to ice fishing skating, the pond dakota winter history festival and so much more bloomington parks and recreation along with area sponsors host the event throughout january and february as a way to embrace the winter season.

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As we know, winters can be harsh in minnesota and in bloomington. We're no different. Winterfet is a great opportunity for the whole family to get outside and explore bloomington's parks, bloomington's facilities and to do something fun in the winter.

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To sign up for events and get involved visit the web address on your screen. Bloomington police provided gifts for more than 100 kids in the community. The bpd's santa cop program helped 45 bloomington families put presents under the tree this christmas. The santa cop program is an annual event that started in 2020 to provide gifts to families who need a little extra help. Putting gifts under the tree. The department collected unwrapped donations from community members and distributed them to families in the bloomington community.

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The city is teaming up with neighbors for an art project. Submissions are being accepted for a themed poster contest to promote organics recycling in bloomington.

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The goal is to engage with youth, who will most be affected by the changing climate, inviting them to express hope for their futures. The theme this year is return to the earth, a compost story. There are four categories for ages elementary through adult in each category first place, winners will receive 100 and second and third will be awarded. 50.

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promotion funding was made available through hennepin county for contest rules and other entry. Specifics visit the link listed on your screen. The deadline is february 1st, that is the buzz on bloomington today for the week of january 12th through the 18th. If you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist, there you'll find a heartwarming story of two bloomington sisters spreading the message of self-care through their baked goods, plus the latest council minute with mayor tim bussey. Thanks for watching.