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From YouTube: Columbus Ga City Council Meeting 04 14 2020
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A
Bruce
Huff
District
three
Valerie
Thompson
district
4,
Charmaine
Crabb
district
5,
Gary
Allen,
mayor
pro-tem
and
district
6
Mimi
Woodson
district
7,
Walker
Garrett
district
8,
Judy
Thomas
posts,
9
at-large,
counselor,
John
house
posts,
10
at-large,
councillor,
Sandra,
Davis,
Clerk
of
Council
and
City
Attorney
Clifton
fade
Columbus
Georgia.
This
is
your
City
Council.
A
B
Right
well
good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
April
14th
City
Council
meeting
I.
Guess
it's
the
second
council
meeting
under
the
new
normal
conditions,
at
least
for
the
time
being
all
of
our
members
of
council
as
well
as
our
staff,
are
remoting
in
some
from
from
their
homes
and
others
from
their
offices.
But
but
we're
glad
that
you
could
tune
in
to
continue
to
monitor
the
the
the
going
zone
of
your
government.
B
We
want
to
thank
again
our
IT
folks,
as
well
as
my
King,
for
making
sure
that
you,
the
public,
are
able
to
continue
to
observe
how
government
flows
and
so
that
we
can
continue
to
be
transparent,
as
we
have
always
been
and
making
sure
that
you
understand
what
what
what's
going
on
within
the
City
of
Columbus.
We
will
begin
as
we
begin
all
our
meetings,
whether
in
person
or
online,
by
asking
God's
grace,
presence
and
blessings
on
these
proceedings
is
councillor
Thompson,
available.
C
C
Loving
Heavenly
Father,
we
come
to
you
this
hour,
asking
for
your
blessings
and
father.
We
ask
for
your
help
as
we
gather
together
this
morning.
We
pray
for
your
guidance
and
the
matters
at
hand
and
further
reacts
that
you
will
clearly
show
us
not
to
conduct
I
want
with
the
spend
of
joy
and
a
spirit
of
excellence.
Father
God,
we
pray
now
that
you
give
us
the
desire
to
find
ways
to
excel
in
our
work
in
this
city,
help
us
to
work
together
and
encourage
each
other
in
excellence.
C
My
god,
we
pray
now
for
your
continued
leadership
and
your
guidance
during
this
pandemic.
Well,
god
we
pray
now
for
your
hand
of
comfort
and
do
their
breaths.
We
ask
that
we
will
challenge
each
other
to
reach
higher
heights
and
father
to
be
the
best
that
we
can
be.
We
pray
for
our
mayor
by
the
God
that
our
city
manager,
father
God.
We
pray
for
this
council
and
we
ask
this
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
amen,.
B
B
B
D
E
D
B
Very,
very
briefly,
just
want
to
give
you
an
update
on
the
situation
in
Muskogee
County
in
our
region.
With
regards
to
the
cove
at
nineteen
virus,
the
governor
extended
his
order
through
April
30th,
and
that
was
his
shelter-in-place
order.
He
also
extended
his
executive
declaration
of
emergency
through
many
13th
and
that
just
continues
his
power
and
authorization
to
be
our
authority
to
be
able
to
make
any
necessary
changes
to
be
orders
he's
already
submitted,
so
so
the
City
of
Columbus,
as
well
as
every
other
city
in
Georgia,
is
still
underneath.
B
The
governor's
shelter-in-place
requirements
again
the
best
site
that
we
have
found
other
than
the
governor's
website
to
see
the
entire
order
is
the
Georgia
Department
of
Economic
Development
at
the
top
of
their
homepage.
There
is
a
a
tab
for
I,
can't
remember
exactly
what
it
says,
but
I
think
it's
it's
kovin
19
and
its
impact
on
business.
Click
on
that
and
it'll
you'll
you'll
see
a
wealth
of
resources.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
your
business
or
about
another
business,
it's
an
operation.
B
The
key
requirements
of
that
of
that
order,
though,
are
if
any
entity
stays
open,
remains
open
to
the
public.
There
are
some
requirements
that
they
have
to
fulfill.
If
there
are
non-essential
business,
there's
21
of
those
requirements.
If
they
are
an
essential
business,
then
there
are
16
requirements
here.
In
Columbus,
we've
got
167
positive
tests.
B
Those
numbers
continue
to
trend
off
the
bulk
of
those
numbers,
and
the
most
massive
jump
were
because
of
an
extraordinary
effort
on
behalf
of
Mercy
med,
to
do
a
lot
of
testing
they
tested,
I
think
twelve
or
thirteen
hundred
people
from
the
entire
region
over
a
three
or
four-day
period.
So
we
anticipated
our
recorded
numbers
of
positives,
going
up
to
good
thing
about.
That
was
that
they
identified
a
number
of
people
who
didn't
know
they
had
the
disease.
B
They
were
asymptomatic
and
because
of
the
testing
we,
they
were
able
to
establish
some
protocol
where
these
folks
were
quarantined
and
they
continued
to
monitor
them
with
a
daily
phone
call.
The
other
thing
I
want
to
lift
up
Mercy
med,
for
is
they
didn't
just
give
us
numbers
and
fade
away
and
to
you
know,
ride
off
into
the
sunset.
They
also
came
up
with
a
plan
to
alleviate
some
of
the
pressure
on
hospitals.
B
B
Our
numbers
continue
to
trend
up
and
I
think
we've
already
seen
them,
probably
all
of
the
tests
that
Mercy
med
conducted
impact,
our
numbers,
so
that
shows
that
we
are
still
struggling
with
the
shelter
in
place
and
following
the
guidance
of
the
governor,
as
well
as
the
CDC
and
DPH.
The
fight
is
not
over
with
this
thing
and
and
the
the
holder
of
the
the
key
to
getting
through
it
is
us.
So
I
continue
to
ask
you
in
the
public.
B
If
you
would
commit
to
the
social
distancing,
follow
the
governor's
guidelines,
don't
gather
in
groups
of
ten
or
more
no
house
parties.
Don't
hang
out
at
the
lake
on
the
dock
and
have
cookouts
it's
not
a
vacation.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
you
to
make
a
significant
difference
in
the
health
and
the
financial
security
of
our
community.
B
B
If
you've
watched
the
press
conferences
from
governor's
to
presidents,
you
know
that
they
don't
know,
and
even
the
experts,
the
medical
experts,
the
financial
experts,
don't
know
how
long
this
will
go
on.
I.
Think
the
one
thing
in
my
opinion
that
is
likely
to
happen
is
it.
This
is
not
going
to
be
where
we
wave
the
checkered
flag,
say:
we've
run
the
race,
we're
done.
B
If
we
want
to
continue
to
see
this
dissipate
in
our
communities
and
in
our
states
and
around
our
country
and
even
around
the
globe,
there's
only
one
way
to
do
it
and
that
is
to
limit
contact
and
limit
access
to
to
the
infectious
germs
of
anybody
who
may
have
may
have
the
disease
we
we
did.
The
city
manager's
been
doing
it
and
I've
got
to
brag
on
your
staff
council.
Let
let
you
know
just
what
an
amazing
job
they
are
doing
under
some
very
trying
times
the
government
has
been
operating.
B
I
know
there
was
some
spirited
discussion
before
the
meeting
this
morning
about
everything
from
government
centers
to
ice,
consolidating
functions.
I
can
tell
you
that
one
upside
of
this
management
challenge
that
the
city
manager
hugely
and
his
staff
have
have
encountered
is
that
it
has
shown
us
another
way
for
us
to
do
business.
B
So
I
have
no
doubt
that
our
government
will
be
just
like
our
community
and
at
the
end
of
this,
we
will
actually
be
stronger,
will
be
more
streamlined
and
will
be
more
confident
and
competent
in
the
way
we
try
to
address
services
for
our
citizens.
We
should
we
have
shown
that
there's
nothing
that
you're
getting
away
from
a
technological
standpoint
to
allow
us
to
help
our
citizens,
access
and
and
and
and
reach
the
services
they
need.
B
So
it's
gonna
be
an
interesting
day
as
we
start
to
kind
of
phase
out
of
this
current
situation,
and
we
are
looking
at
it
everyday.
Even
though
right
now
our
orders
don't
take
precedent
over
the
governor's.
We
continue
to
monitor.
We
continue
to
try
to
come
up
with
ways
to
begin
to
get
people
back
to
work.
That
is,
that
is
a
key
part
of
what
we
deal
with
every
day.
B
B
F
Want
to
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
also
I
want
to
give
out
little
information
to
say:
mrs.
I
live
about
it
all
Kendall
that
was
released
from
st.
Francis
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
I
spoke
with
her
on
yesterday,
she's
a
personal
friend
and
also
a
constituent
and
she's,
been
very
busy
in
this
community.
F
So
well
let
her
know
that
everyone
had
been
praying
and
for
her
and
for
her
safe
recovery
and
she's
coming
along
she's,
still
basically
sheltered
in
place
for
a
while
trying
to
get
it
together
and
my
other
question,
my
only
question
was
with
our
employees:
are
we
doing
okay,
anyone
that
needs
access
to
testing?
Have
they
been
able
to
access
it
far?.
B
As
I
know
that
most
of
our
employees
that
have
had
access-
and
you
know
listen
this-
this
disease
is
just
like
any
other
infectious
disease
it
the
circle
tends
to
tighten,
and
so
we
have
had
people
within
the
government
that
have
have
have
either
been
in
close
proximity
to
somebody.
That's
tested
positive,
where
they
may
have
tested
positive
themselves.
B
We
have
a
very
rigorous
set
of
protocol
that
our
HR
department,
under
the
guidance
of
riether
halliwell,
follows
and
guiding
our
department
heads
on
how
to
deal
with
anybody
who
may
have
who
have
come
into
a
situation
like
that.
I
can
tell
you
that
in
every
end,
since
we
followed
that
CDC
and
DPH
protocol
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that
in
the
event
anybody
either
comes
into
contact
with
somebody.
That's
tested
positive
or
if
they
test
positive
in
themselves.
E
Happy
to
see
everyone's
doing
one
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
I
had
a
question
for
you,
because
you
said
you
know
when
you
recording
the
numbers.
You
mentioned
that
some
that
didn't
even
show
the
system.
How
are
they?
How
did
that
process
go
because
everything
I've
watched?
It
says
you
have
to
have
at
least
one
of
the
system
in
order
to
be
tested,
so
how?
How
did
that
occur?
Because
there
might
be
people
out
here?
E
B
Mercy
mercy
mendler
a
to
utilize
about
1200
tests.
They
had
some
specific
protocols,
one
was
you
had
to
be
showing
at
least
one
of
the
symptoms
or
you
had
to
have
been
able.
You
had
to
have
been
in
direct
contact
with
somebody
that
had
tested
positive.
So
that's
where
most
of
the
asymptomatic
individuals
came
from
as
far
as
paying
for
it.
I
think
Mercy
med
covered
those
that
were
uninsured.
But
when
you
came
through
that
line
and
I
and
I'll
tell
you
that,
speaking
to
dr.
B
hilts
sgpa,
she
said
she,
the
most
organized
things
he's
ever
seen
was
the
way
they
were
operating
that
through
the
parking
lot
at
Cascade,
Hills
Church,
and
they
had
to
have
two
pieces
of
identification
they're
there
their
driver's
license,
and
then
they
also
had
to
show
an
insurance
card.
So
they
filed
the
bulk
of
these
on
insurance.
But
if
anybody
was
unable
to
pay
mercy
made
covered,
it
awesome.
G
B
Well,
I
take
council
bones:
you
have
been
such
an
integral
part
of
the
River
Valley
Regional
Commission
and
specifically
the
Area
Agency
on
Aging
and
I
know.
Basically,
what
I
did
was
give
you
an
idea
and
hand
it
off
and,
and
you
you
you,
you
ran,
it
ran
it
across
the
goal
line.
So
why
don't
you
share
with
council
and
the
public?
What
what
we're
doing
with
that.
G
The
mayor
doing
some
excellent
forward
thinking
when
did
that,
take
and
anticipated
that
they
may
be
a
surge
in
9-1-1
calls.
So
what
he
did.
He
called
me
in
it
on
a
Sunday
asked
me
to
what
we
could
do
and
I
called
Katie
Howard,
who
is
has
been
there
really
prime
resource
worth
for
the
seniors
near
and
mr.
Jim
Livingston,
who
is
the
executive
director
of
River,
Valley,
Regional
Commission,
and
about
us
connecting
with
hey
clay
and
the
community
volunteers
and
gave
them
a
call,
and
they
said
that
they
were
we're
willing
to
respond
now.
G
G
That
was
his
concern
and
so
the
individuals
we
have
I
think
14
individuals
that
have
committed
to
take
those
calls.
So
our
protocol
was
worked
out
between
all
of
us
and
I
like
to
mention
chief
Lange
shifu
trail,
captain
Hey
Jib,
libertine,
Katie,
Howard,
hi
clay
and
his
40
volunteers,
miss
Candace
cool
from
the
knot,
United
Way.
We
all
worked
feverishly
to
try
to
get
this
in
operation
and
so
for
seniors.
If
they
call
the
9-1-1
center.
G
G
They
have
PPE
equipment
not
fully
for
themselves,
but
when
they
entered
the
home
they
will
also
put
the
mask
on
the
seniors
as
well
as
so
there's
a
protocol
worked
out
that
that,
in
the
event
that
a
senior
Kolb's,
those
volunteers
would
go
to
the
home,
a
very
important
for
seniors
just
take
care
of
that
without
it
being
a
load
for
our
first
responders
and
again.
Mr.
B
Well,
pop
certainly
appreciate
the
role
you
played
in
that
up
and
I.
Thank
you
for
trying
to
give
me
credit,
but
I
got
to
give
it
back
to
our
inner
fire
chief
chief
flying
he
and
I
discussed
this,
and
we
McKenna
brainstormed
about
some
things
we
attract
and
the
end
result,
though,
is
that
this
community
came
through
again,
as
it
always
does,
and,
and
there
are
dozens
of
stories
and
helping
other
people
within
the
community
during
this
time.
So
it's
it's
not
surprising,
but
it
sure
is
gratifying.
Thank
you
for
your
help.
With
that.
C
H
Thank
You
mr.
Maron
a
good
morning
to
each
of
you.
Our
public
transit
system
put
in
place
the
protocols
of
they
are
acknowledging
protocols
from
Federal,
Transit
Administration
and
from
the
state
of
Georgia,
and
so
we've
for
the
drivers,
they're
wearing
the
masks,
of
course,
and
when
people
board
the
bus
they're
not
sitting
next
to
each
other
and
we
are
trying
not
to
allow
them
to
sit
across
from
each
other.
I
talked
to
Metro
director
Rosa
Evans
a
couple
of
days
ago,
and
she
indicated
only
during
peak
hours
that
she
have
concern.
B
B
D
I
J
B
J
J
J
K
L
D
J
B
Sir-
and
we
don't
have
anybody
on
the
public
agenda,
but
a
little
council
to
know
that
we
are
working
out-
a
process
which
people
will
address
the
council
from
a
public
agenda
standpoint,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
access
to
their
elected
officials.
So
we
we
actually
have
the
ability
to
do
that
now,
but
nobody
signed
up
so
going
forward.
We
do
have
a
process
that
will
be
will
be
utilizing.
Mr.
city
manager
will
move
on
to
your
agenda.
H
E
H
Know
it
as
the
spider
web,
the
parcel
is
requested
for
condemnation
and
agreement
of
all
parties
for
acquisition
and
for
title
to
keep.
This
project
on
schedule
is
necessary
to
condemn
and
pay
the
offering
the
offering
money
into
the
clerk
of
Superior
Court,
thereby
taking
possession
of
the
property
allowing
the
city
to
proceed
with
the
project
in,
and
this
is
indeed
an
important
project.
You
know
that
this
project
is
funded
by
the
Transportation
Improvement
Act
known
as
TIA,
and
so
there's
been
a
motion.
H
But
we
are,
we
request
the
acquisition
of
this
parcel
for
the
intersection
improvement
along
Buena
Vista
Road,
the
total
take
of
property
for
the
County,
Road
and
or
municipal
Street
purposes,
and
authorizing
the
file
and
the
declaration
of
taken
by
the
city
attorney
or
his
representative
under
the
authority
of
the
official
hold
enjoyed,
and
so
we
asked
for
your
approval
on
this
condemnation.
All.
B
B
H
K
B
H
B
H
Next
one
mayor
and
council,
we
really
want
to
commend
and
thank
the
river
dragons
fares
donated
eleven
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
to
help
part-time
Civic
Center
event,
staff
who
are
unable
to
work
as
we've
canceled
postponed.
Many
of
the
events
there's
no
cost
to
the
city
and
they
are
donating
the
$11,600,
those
part-time
workers,
and
we
ask
your
approval,
but.
J
B
Discussion
all
right,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
hi
is
there
anybody
that
objects
to
approving
they
were
sitting
receiving.
That
donation
say
that
this
is
a
vendor
y'all.
This
is
somebody
that
rent
space
for
us
put
on
a
product
at
the
Civic
Center
from
the
day
that
sister
was
suspended
operation
they
contacted
the
city
manager
almost
immediately
and
said.
B
N
Mayor,
yes,
the
city
manager,
mr.
mayor,
just
one
a
while
we're
on
the
subject
of
the
river
dragons
I'd
like
to
encourage
you,
if
you
haven't
already
but
to
reach
out
to
the
general
manager,
maybe
talk
to
him
about
some
of
their
future
plans
and
ideas
that
they
have
to
maybe
utilize
some
of
our
facilities,
a
possibility
of
utilizing
our
facilities,
we'll.
H
N
H
Next
I've
got
facilities,
maintenance,
repair
and
operations,
industrial
supplies
and
tools
on
an
as-needed
basis.
I
can
show
you
that
the
city
expended
roughly
three
hundred
fifty
eight
thousand
dollars
over
the
last
five
years,
utilizar
and
going
to
state
contract
for
these
various
suppliers
and
we've
got
multiple
vendors
that
we're
asking
to
continue
to
do
business
with
and
we're
asking
also
to
approve
moving
forward
with
these.
K
K
H
H
Mr.
mayor
I've
got
a
series
of
updates
and
these
updates
are
not
intended
to
be
long.
Of
course,
if
you
have
questions,
then
may
go
a
little
longer
than
we
anticipated
but
thought
it
would
be
important
to
share
with
you
and
the
public
those
who
have
not
television
or
livestream
and
regarding
our
city
operations
during
kovat
19
and
the
mayor
spoke
earlier
about
the
operations
of
the
government
and
how
things
are
going
and
certainly
I
concur
with
the
mayor.
H
Things
are
going
well,
as
you
know,
on
Monday
April
6,
the
Columbus
consolidated
government
started
restricting
or
limiting
public
access
to
CCG
a
public
buildings
due
to
only
one
development
with
a
covert
19
C
c/g
Department
has,
and
elected
officials
released
plans
of
plans
to
transition
to
work
remotely
or
work
from
home.
And/Or
alternate
work
schedules
for
employees.
The
CCG
has
remained
open,
as
you
heard
the
mayor
state
earlier
for
business,
and
we
continue
to
provide
the
essential
services
citizens
expect,
though,
through
a
modified
or
non-traditional
way.
H
H
If
citizens
encounter
any
problem
contacting
a
city
department,
they
should
call
3-1-1
the
citizens,
services
center
for
assistance,
and
so
we're
open
we're
doing
business,
and
we
believe
that
we
are
taking
care
of
those
essential
services,
the
needs
of
the
citizens
and
want
to
think
again
the
citizens
for
their
patients
and
want
to
come
in
and
thank
our
employees
as
the
mayor
did
earlier,
for
their
creative
thoughts,
ideas,
their
innovation
and
making
sure
that
we
keep
the
government
open.
Though
the
building
our
buildings
are
restricted
or
limited
in
public
access.
H
They
have
done
an
awesome
job,
making
sure
that
we
take
care
of
the
needs
of
the
citizens
and
so
I
do
want
to
convenience
of
the
employee
of
the
Columbus.
Consolidated
government
and
I
will
answer
any
questions
that
there
are
questions
about
what
is
going
on
in
terms
of
the
modified
or
non-traditional
work
schedules.
It's
working
remotely
working
from
home
and/or
alternate
work
schedules.
If
council
members
have
any
questions.
H
H
We
can
attract
with
our
salary
schedule,
and
so
community
reinvestment
I
know
that
Delta
city
manager,
Pam
Hodges,
getting
close
with
a
selection
of
that
position
and
inspections
and
codes
as
advertised
until
feel
civic
center
advertised
until
field
and
Public
Works
is
advertised
until
filled
with
the
director
retire
in
June
of
2020
and
I
will
answer
any
questions
you
have
about
that
subject
at
this
time.
If
there
are
any.
B
One
more
department
head
vacancy
interim
chief
Lange,
is
doing
an
amazing
job
over
at
fire
and
EMS,
but
we
are
in
the
process.
We've
got
a
search,
firm,
that's
put
some
materials
together
and
is
aggressively
searching
for
candidates
for
us
to
interview
and
very
similar
to
what
the
city
manager
mentioned.
We
are.
We
are
going
to
we're
going
to
get
the
very
best
persons
we
can
find
within
our
salary
structure
to
lead
to
lead.
B
What
is
it
just
an
incredible
department,
but
I
did
want
you
to
know
that
that
is
underway
that
the
he
is
aggressively
and
actively
looking
for
candidates,
and
we
have
an
aggressive
timeline,
but
we
recognized
it
because
our
world
is
a
little
different
now
than
it
was
just
four
to
six
weeks
ago.
We
we
are
able
to
let
this
go
a
little
bit
long,
if
necessary,
to
get
the
right
person.
H
Community
reinvestment
is
what
she
is
working
on
right
now
and
we
have
a
I
have
a
selection
team
of
staff
and
composed
of
both
the
deputy
city
managers,
the
HR
director
and
the
finance
director,
and
so
they
are
my
interview,
selection
team
and
they've
gone
through
their
process
and
the
deputy
city
manager
Hodge
is
getting
close
to
a
select
selection
of
a
candidate
that
she
will
bring
forward
to
me.
Okay,.
H
Mr.
mayor
next
on
the
agenda,
you
know
that
the
President
and
Congress
passed
a
stimulus
packet
and
we
are
requiring
that
our
team
look
hard
and
close
at
that
stimulus
packet
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
miss
any
opportunities
to
receive
funding.
I've
asked
the
city
manager
Lisa
Goodwin,
to
keep
track
of
the
stimulus.
L
Thank
You
mr.
city
manager,
good
morning,
mayor
members
of
council,
I
have
contacted
each
of
the
department
directors
and
our
elected
officials.
What
we're
asking
is
that
they
research
in
their
particular
area
any
funding
or
grants,
particularly
those
under
the
cares
Act,
which
is
the
coronavirus
aid
relief
in
Economic
Security
Act
that
was
approved
by
Congress
that
the
two
that's
the
two
to
two
trillion
dollars
respond
feel
that
the
city
manager
has
just
mentioned.
L
That
way,
he
will
then
forward
it
out
to
ensure
that
we
all
stay
abreast
of
the
funding
that
is
coming
through
to
date.
Off
that
cares
act.
Funding
Metro
Transit
has
received
six
point:
nine
million
dollars
and
that's
six
million
nine
hundred
eighty
seven
thousand
seven
hundred
and
eighty
nine
dollars
under
the
cares.
L
E
I
have
a
question:
this
is
Mimi
yes,
hi
hi
is
every,
is
every
Department
sending
you
an
update
of
which
grant
they
went,
sir,
and
for
how
much
they
applied
or
what
they
try
to
do.
My
reason
for
saying
that
if
we
can
get
a
list
and
keep
track
of
it,
we
can
see
the
departments
that
have
found
every
Avenue
or,
if
they
needed
assistance
in
locating
some
of
these
dollars
and
funds.
Or
is
there
someone
designated
to
oversee
our
teas?
Well,.
L
Again,
each
department
is
handling
that
on
their
own,
but
now
once
the
allocation
or
the
award
has
been
made
after
they
have
researched
they're,
sending
all
of
that
information
to
me
that
way,
I
will
know
exactly
what
dollars
have
been
awarded
to
which
of
our
agencies,
our
departments
but
again
in
terms
of
what
they're
going
after
you
know
who
they're
looking
at
and
those
funding
agencies
they're
not
sending
that
information
to
me,
but
of
course,
I
can
certainly
get
with
them
just
to
see
who's
doing
what
we
can
look
at.
That
could.
E
You
follow
up
I
want
to
make
sure
you
know,
like
you
said
we
can
look
at
all
the
funds
that
might
be
available.
Yes,
we
have
wonderful
employees,
but
we're
so
busy
and
we're
in
such
a
different
world.
There
might
be
something
that
falls
among
the
cracks
yeah.
Second,
looking
at
second
person
looking
at
it,
they
might
be
able
to
a
system
like
they
say
it's
better
to
head
someone.
That's.
O
H
Well,
certainly,
we
are
attempting
to
make
projections
on
how
we
think
we
are
going
to
be
impacted
from
a
revenue
standpoint
in
and
yes,
we've
heard
from
the
the
CBB.
As
you
know,
I've
been
tracking
stories
in
the
media
through
Georgia
Municipal
Association
through
the
National
League
of
Cities,
and
all
the
information
that
I'm
able
to
research
in
fact
I'm
forward
in
that
to
finance
people
to
make
sure
that
they
see
what
the
projections
are
for
others
across
the
state
of
Georgia
and
across
the
nation.
Certainly
there's
going
to
be
an
impact.
H
While
we've
been
able
to
operate
with
a
positive
cash
flow
that
may
change
significantly
and-
and
the
question
is,
will
others
be
looking
to
the
city
or
general
fund
to
support
those
declines
in
revenue?
We
know
that
hotel-motel
tax
is
going
to
have
a
significant
impact
and
and
and
talking
to
the
finance
director,
we've
gone
back
to
look
at
a
post,
a
2008
recession,
hotel-motel
tax.
Excuse
me
sales
tax
collections
to
try
and
get
an
idea.
H
H
N
You,
the
city
manager,
just
to
give
you
a
little
insight
on
the
on
the
subject
to
hand
the
national
average
right
now
for
hotel
occupancy
is
at
10%
I,
don't
think
the
Great
Recession
is
going
to
be
a
good
comparison,
because
at
the
time
I
think
everybody
knows
that
we
have
Bratt
going
on.
That
was
really
a
a
big
boost
for
our
local
economy.
We
don't
have
that
now,
so
I,
don't
think
you
can
make
that
comparison.
I
think
it's
totally
different.
N
I,
don't
think
again,
there's
going
to
be
no
comparison
to
to
the
time
of
the
Great
Recession.
So
and
that's
what
2008-2009
but
I
do
we
do
know
that
I've
heard
that
some
of
the
quote,
saving
grace
in
the
hospitality
industry
has
been
with
the
government,
especially
the
National,
Guard
I.
Don't
know,
I've
heard
some
hotels
have
national
guard
or
government
type.
N
I
H
H
It's
unprecedented
and
so,
and
and
I
sent
I
sent
the
staff
yesterday
to
find
that
staff
an
article
that
I
pulled
from
National
League
of
City
and
I
titled
that
email
to
the
staff
yesterday,
the
finance
director
and
devastating
event
of
Hajj
tough
days
are
here,
because
we
recognize
that
when
you
read
these
stories
of
other
communities
and
the
drastic
measures
that
they
are
going
to
in
preparation
of.
What's
ahead,
it's
it's
that
that
same
thing
is
going
to
happen
in
our
city
and
we
have
got
to
we've
got
to
plan
for
the
worst.
H
You
know
and
just
hope
for
the
best,
but
we
like
those
others
and
those
stories
that
I'm
reading
that
I'm
sending
to
finance
and
I've
sent
them
multiple
stories
that
I'm
pulling
in
Georgia
and
outside
of
Georgia.
We've
got
some
tough
days
ahead,
so
we
do
recognize
that
we
don't
there's
no
good
comparison,
but
we're
going
to
use
what
the
research
that
we
can,
that
we
can
get
gain
access
to
here
in
Columbus
and
in
Georgia,
but
also
look
across
the
nation.
N
I
think
it's
gonna
take
a
while
I
think
there's
will
be
a
pin
up
to
man
later,
but
maybe
in
the
upcoming
year
towards
the
towards
the
fourth
quarter.
But
I.
Do
it
I'm
optimistic
from
the
standpoint
I
think
I
think
people,
the
American
citizens
will
get
out
and
they'll
travel
again.
I
think
there's
going
to
have
to
be
a
period
of
people
getting
comfortable
with
with
doing
that.
B
Let
me
just
pipe
in
and
I
want
to
share
something
with
councillor
Thomas
on.
Thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
I've
been
in
a
number
of
communication
to
conversations
with
the
city
manager,
the
deputy
city
managers,
our
finance
director,
trying
to
do
just
that.
Try
to
do
what
councilor
Davis
just
referenced
is
almost
the
impossible,
and
that
is
take
a
very
unique
event
and
trying
to
find
the
closest
thing
we
can
to
it
as
a
baseline
or
a
benchmark,
and
then
we
start
adjusting
based
on
particular
both
national,
regional
and
local
trends.
B
B
That
had
we've
wanted
to
do
for
a
long
period
of
time,
and
we
really
had
been
council
had
been
such
careful
stewards
of
the
finances
over
the
last
year
or
two
that
we
were
going
to
be
able
to
do
them
and
then,
over
the
course
of
two
weeks,
most
of
that's
out
of
the
window,
we're
looking
now
at
trying
to
make
sure
we
can
provide
the
functions
of
the
government,
take
care
of
our
people
as
best
we
can
and
and
and
make
it
through
this,
this
dip
in
our
economy.
So
so
we
got.
B
N
Struggle
and
finding
the
word
here,
some
of
the
decorations
that
are
put
out
there
for
essential
travel.
Let's
just
put
it
that
way:
essential
travel,
I.
You
know
the
hospitality
industry
is
taking
steps
to
really
make
sure
that
people
can
can
be
assured
that
they're,
safe
I
mean
they've,
really
taken
the
steps
to
to
make
sure
that
the
properties
are
protected
and
sanitized
and
then
I
know
the
employees
are
going
above
and
beyond
the
ones
that
still
are
there
on
the
property.
So
that's
assuring
I
think
industries
across
the
border.
N
N
H
P
Morning,
mayor
and
council,
it's
so
good
to
see
all
of
you
doing
well.
I'll,
first
start
out
with
Virginia
College
update
IT
is
moving
the
slides
for
me,
so
I'll
just
ask
them
to
go
through
each
of
the
slides.
This
is
the
exterior
of
the
Virginia
College
building,
which
will
be
the
home
of
the
Department
of
Public
Health.
You
can
see
that
the
exterior
work
is
moving
forward.
We
expect
to
have
the
paving
of
the
parking
lot
and
the
exterior
area
done
in
the
next
couple
weeks.
P
Going
on
to
the
next
slide,
you
can
see
the
interior
of
the
building
most
of
the
millwork
has
been
installed,
they're
doing
the
final
painting
and
hanging
doors
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide
again.
This
is
just
an
example
of
one
of
the
exam
rooms
and
they
are
making
really
great
progress
on
this
facility.
They
are
practicing
all
of
the
kovat
19
requirements
as
they're
inside
the
building
and
outside
the
building
working
and
then
the
next
slide
just
shows
one
of
the
break
rooms.
You
can
see
that
they've
really
done
a
great
job.
P
Moving
forward
with
this
project,
our
expected
completion
date
is
sometime
next
month,
so
they
are
ahead
of
schedule.
We
have
been
coordinating
with
the
Health
Department
throughout
the
entire
renovation
of
this
facility.
They've
had
their
maintenance
folks,
their
IT
folks
in
the
building,
we're
in
the
process
of
scheduling
a
walkthrough
with
some
of
the
folks
with
the
state
office,
so
that
they
can
see
the
progress
that
we've
been
made.
Of
course,
practicing
social
distancing
during
any
activities
that
happen
at
this
facility.
P
P
Still
within
our
budget
that
we
had
provided
to
Council
on
this,
we
have
made
one
alteration
related
to
maintaining
the
refrigeration
system.
Originally,
we
were
going
with
a
UPS
type
backup
system
and
we
have
now
changed
to
a
generator,
but
we're
still
maintaining
within
the
budget.
That
council
has
approved.
Thank
you.
Yes,
ma'am
moving
forward
with
the
infrastructure
project
update
just
a
quick
update
on
some
of
the
major
projects.
That's
going
on
around
the
city,
the
River
Road
roundabout.
P
The
contractor
is
completing
the
landscaping
and
irrigation
installation
and
we
expect
that
project
to
be
a
hundred
percent
complete
by
the
end
of
April,
the
Fort
Benning
Road,
roundabout
and
streetscapes.
That
work
is
continuing
on
the
roundabout
and
the
streetscapes.
The
roundabout
should
be
completed
this
month
and
the
streetscapes
completed
by
the
end
of
the
year,
so
that
would
be
by
December
of
2020.
The
entire
project
will
be
completed.
P
The
wreathes
Road
bridge
those
bids
are
due
back
April
22nd.
The
expected
road
closure
will
be
either
in
late,
May
or
early
June,
and
that
just
depends
on
the
utility
relocations
so
that
project
for
the
replacement
of
Reece
Road
bridge
is
moving
forward
on
Calumet.
We
are
moving
forward
with
that.
We
have
a
private
fiber
line
that
might
have
a
possible
conflict,
so
that
company
is
out
trying
to
locate
their
fiber
line.
P
We
obviously
don't
want
to
disconnect
the
fiber
line
of
this
private
company
so
once
they
have
located
that
fiber
line,
and
we
can
make
sure
that
there's
not
any
conflict,
we
will
start
as
soon
as
possible
that
the
contractor
is
ready
to
move
forward.
Salman,
Road,
beaver
run
intersection.
G
dot
is
installing
the
right
turn
lanes
on
beaver
run
onto
Sol
Monroe.
The
signal
and
the
sallman
road
improvements
should
be
ready
to
bid
in
August
or
September,
so
that
project
is
moving
forward
the
spiderweb.
Obviously
we
had
a
condemnation
on
the
agenda
today.
P
The
construction
on
the
west
side
of
the
bridge
will
start
in
the
next
few
weeks.
This
includes
the
rough
grading
for
the
temporary
road
utility
relocation,
construction
of
a
new
section
of
a
net
Avenue.
The
roundabout
at
a
net
Avenue
and
MLK
jr.
Boulevard,
and
a
new
traffic
signal
at
a
net
Avenue
and
Glen
Avista
Road,
so
you'll
start
to
see
some
work
in
that
area.
This
will
all
be
on
the
west
side
of
where
the
actual
bridge
will
take
place.
P
P
I
P
P
B
Continuing
is
the
importance
of
them
is
extremely
significant
now
and
in
in
the
way
that
we're
dealing
with
things
from
an
economic
standpoint
to
be
able
to
keep
construction
workers
working
and
to
continue
to
get
them
to
generate
some
revenue
so
that
that
kind
of
filter
City
through
the
through
the
community
is
significant
and
to
that
end,
I
know
the
city,
manager
and
I
have
had
some
discussions
about
doing
whatever
we
can
from
a
permitting
and
process
so
that
we
can
expedite
anybody.
That's
looking
at
any
construction
right
now
in
our
community.
B
We
ought
to
be
looking
for
every
way
we
can
to
try
to
help,
because
the
more
they
construction
typically
sort
of
drives
the
path
out
of
a
recession,
simply
because
it
puts
people
to
work
and
I
think
over
the
next
several
months.
That's
going
to
be
significant,
so
I,
thank
you
paying
for
the
update.
Yes,.
O
Like
I
know,
this
is
not
one
of
our
projects,
but
at
some
point
I
had
it
seems
like
it
was
supposed
to
be.
Two
weeks
ago,
the
Benning
Road
from
the
stone
gate
entrance
to
Fort
Benning
on
two
main
posts,
was
to
be
that
road
was
to
be
closed
for
construction.
Do
you
know
if
that's
happening?
I
haven't
been
out
to
see
that.
P
P
And
so
I'll
move
forward
with
the
government
center
SPLOST
update
just
to
go
through
the
timeline
again
Jeremy.
First
slide.
We
are
in
the
the
second
segment,
the
March
20
22,
June,
20
20
second,
series
of
public
meetings.
We
are
still
on
the
timeline.
The
has
been
outlined
to
counsel,
to
be
able
to
meet
the
November
3rd
ballot
on
that
call
for
election
would
be
on
August.
The
4th,
where
we're
at
right
now,
just
next
steps
for
the
next
slide
is
in
May
2020.
We
will
come
to
counsel
in
some
format
and
make
a
presentation.
P
The
design
team
and
the
construction
manager
have
been
hard
at
work.
Reviewing
the
four
options
outlined
by
counsel,
we
will
be
coming
to
Council
to
make
a
formal
presentation
of
those
Government
Center
options
and
also
to
provide
a
draft
project
list
in
order
for
us
to
go
out
to
the
public
the
first
week
of
June
to
provide
the
public
with
that
information
on
the
government
center
options
and
the
draft
project
lists,
which
will
include
what
we're
calling
an
A
List
and
a
B
list.
P
E
F
P
F
P
F
H
H
Now
that
has
changed,
and
so
what
we've
tried
to
do
is
is
be
sensitive
to
other
things
on
the
ballot
sensitive
to
not
confusing
the
public
with
what's
on
the
ballot
in
terms
of
the
school
district
and
what
we
are
coming
forward
with,
if
they're
all
going
on
at
the
same
time.
So
we've
adjusted
our
schedule
a
number
of
times
to
allow
some
of
those
things
to
get
out
of
the
way
that
we
don't
start
answering
questions
about
what
they're
doing,
and
they
don't
start
answering
questions
about
what
we're
doing
so.
H
We've
tried
to
adjust
our
timeline
to
what,
with
that
those
things
and
in
mind,
but
we
fully
intend
to
have
open
public
discussion
in
a
way
that
they
can
have
input
back.
We've
got
our
IT
staff,
looking
at
all
of
our
options
and
and
I'm
going
to
brag
on
them
in
just
a
few
minutes,
but
we're
confident
that
we
will
have
a
process
that
all
of
the
citizens
can
participate
in
those
who
are
on
social
media.
H
Those
who
have
internet
or
don't
have
internet
I've
even
talked
to
them
about
a
phone
bank
similar
to
what
you
see
on
TV
when
they
have
these
telephones.
Where,
when
you
present,
you've
got
three
or
four
people
who
are
answering
phones
and
and
then
they
can
feed
the
question
to
the
presenter
from
the
elderly
person
calling
in
on
the
phone
because
they
don't
have.
They
don't
do
social
media
internet.
So
we're
looking
at
all
of
our
options
and
we
will
make
sure
that
our
public
have
input
into
what
we
know.
H
Well
again,
we're
gonna
look
at
all
options,
but
you
know
and
I
told
staff
when
I
talk
to
them.
I've
watched
it
on
ABC
on
our
local
news,
where
you
see
all
of
the
people
that
channel
then
or
channel
3
and
the
phone
banks
and
they
were
saying
bring
up
the
phones,
don't
follow
the
ring.
We
can.
We
have
a
TV
station,
you
know
if
they
can
do
it
or
their
TV
station,
we
can
do
it
at
our
TV
station
and
so
and
that's
no
different
than
what
you
would
get
on
the
radio.
M
Yes,
sir
good
morning
mr.
city
manager,
mr.
mayor
members
of
council,
I'm
hopeful
that
you
can
hear
me
sometimes
okay,
thank
you,
but
confirming
that
so,
just
as
it
relates
to
the
FY
21
budget
process,
I'm
here
just
some
points
of
discussion
that
I
just
like
to
you
know
make
mention
for
councils,
feedback
input
and
consideration
for
the
most
part
as
we
go
through
as
we
gear
up
for
the
FY
21
budget
process,
which
most
of
these
budget
review
hearings
are
in
the
month
of
May.
M
M
M
That
is
for
the
department
heads
to
make
their
presentation,
sometimes
just
due
to
the
size
of
the
department.
We
do
extend
a
little
bit
a
longer
timeframe
than
that,
particularly
for
our
you
know:
public
works
department
or
our
police.
A
lot
of
our
larger
departments
really
really
utilized
the
budget
review
process
to
provide.
O
I
do
know
that
we
are
in
different
times,
but
the
budget
coming
up
for
next
fiscal
year.
It's
going
to
be
very
challenging
because
of
what
we
talked
about
earlier,
our
resources
and
so
forth
and
I
don't
want
us
to
shortchange
the
process
merely
because
we've
gone
through
this
I
want
us
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
and
providing
what
is
needed
for
our
smooth
operation
of
the
government.
O
H
B
B
N
On
that
I
think
since
there's
some
president
at
times
we
know
there's
going
to
be
a
revenue
impact.
We
just
don't
know
how
severe
it's
going
to
be,
and
you
know
what
I
you
know.
Departments
can
make
presentations,
but
this
is
what
I
would
term
a
crucial
management
kind
of
scenario
and
I'm,
not
so
sure
we're
even
going
to
get
a
perspective
on
things
until
the
end
of
the
year.
So
we
may
have
to
think
about
doing
some
things
different.
N
N
H
I
think
you're
right
and
we've
had
really
candid
conversation
with
department
heads.
You
know
the
mayor
city
manager
together,
and
they
understand-
and
you
heard
the
mayor
say
earlier
that
four
weeks
ago,
when
we
came
to
you
and
we
were
all
giddy,
we
told
you
the
front
balanced
reserve.
We
were
up
to
82
days
from
as
low
as
60
days.
We,
the
hotel-motel
tax,
was
doing
really
great
sales.
H
H
We
may
not
know
until
the
end
of
the
year,
so
there's
no
way
we
can
bring
forward
to
you
and
and
make
projections
that
we
could
do
certain
things
that
we
we
just
we
don't
know,
and
so
I
think
when
we
talk
to
them
to
the
department
head
or
elected
official,
we
got
nothing
but
understanding,
and
so
there's
no
surprise
there,
I,
don't
I,
don't
anticipate
that
you
will
have
them
to
get
on
the
agenda
to
come.
Talk
to
council
council
may
want
to
put
them
on
the
agenda.
N
N
You
know
god
forbid,
but
you
know
we
could
have
another
circumstance
to
hit
our
city
like
we
did
last
year
around
March
with
the
tornado
and
so
you're
gonna
need
you're
gonna
need
those
resources,
but
key
things
like
just
protecting
the
entire
map.
We
don't
even
know
how
much
our
retirement
fund
it's
been.
The
the
Employees
Retirement
Fund
has
been
impacted,
just
protective
that
you
may
have
to
make
a
contribution
there.
We
don't
know
you
know
job
preservation,
things
like
that.
N
Everybody
else
in
in
the
business
world
is
in
a
is
in
a
survival
mode
right
now
and
just
trying
to
preserve
their
their
operations
to
keep
their
operations
going
on.
I
think
the
city
government
is
is
no
different,
I
think
we're
in
the
same
shape.
I
just
can't
know
the
like
I
said:
I
know,
there's
going
to
be
in
revenue
impact
and
you
just
got
a
prioritized
where
we
go
from
here
to
protect.
You
know,
key
key
elements
of
our
government.
I,
don't
think.
N
There's
gonna
be
a
problem
with
a
health
care
plan,
but
I
am
concerned
about
the
pension
plan.
Things
are
getting
better,
but
we
don't
know
to
money
in
two
months
from
now
that
could
change
so
I
think
your
accounting
in
a
protected
mode,
and
just
you
know
it's
not
a
time
to
ask
it's
a
time
for
everybody
to
come
together
and
work
and
and
make
sure
we
protect
the
the
operations
and
and
keep
their
services.
The
key
services
provided
citizenry.
H
You
know
and
and
I'll
say
again
Councilwoman
we
talked
to
those
report
mahir's
to
include
elected
officials,
and
we
talked
about
the
state
of
the
city
in
the
state
of
the
state
and
the
state
of
the
nation,
and
they
were
asking.
We
had
some
people
asking
for
five
or
six
new
positions
when
we
talked
to
them.
There
were
no
questions,
do
they
know?
That's
not
gonna
happen
and
so
I
think
we're
gonna
be
found
in
deal
them
with
Department.
He
has
any
elected
officials,
yeah
I
know.
N
H
H
Q
Q
So
it
really
started
with
our
five-year
and
really
five
years
ago,
I've
been
here
five
years
and
three
months
and
I'm
gonna
talk
about
what
we
plan,
what
we're
doing,
since
March,
twelfth
and
I
was
doing
remote
and
what
our
ongoing
plan
is
next,
so
in
our
five-year
plan
it's
kind
of
vague,
but
it
does
say
we
want
integration
of
technology
to
support
the
business
function
of
that
space,
and
we
left
it
very
because
that
space
is
remote.
It
could
be
your
office,
it
could
be
your
vehicle
because
we
have
technology
and
our
police
cars.
Q
We
have
it
in
the
Sheriff's
Department.
We
have
it
in
the
EMS.
We
have
it
really
everywhere
and
in
the
Metro
buses
and
even
in
the
IT
vehicles.
It
addresses
a
lot
of
the
things
that
we
were
anticipating.
We
didn't
anticipate
cope
it,
but
we
did
anticipate
appear
to
where
we
might
have
to
work
remotely.
Q
Next,
now,
what
we're
using
the
domain
tool
we
use
Microsoft
Skype
and
we
use
Microsoft
teams,
Microsoft,
Skype
and
teams-
are
similar
in
the
fact
that
they
let
you
teleconference
we're
on
teams
right
now.
Skype
is
being
phased
out
by
Microsoft
in
favor
of
teams,
and
the
real
difference
in
teams
is
that
it
allows
a
lot
more
cloud-based
mobility
experience
so
that
you
can
get
it
on
your
phone
and
other
devices
better
than
just
having
to
work
off
your
computer.
Q
Q
As
far
as
the
remote
workforce
we've
been
anticipating
this
for
the
departments
that
I
directly
report
to
and
the
ones
that
I'm
directly
responsible
for
and
the
mayor's
office
in
the
city
manager's
office
have
the
ability
to
work
remotely.
3-1-1
is
currently
working
remotely
we're
taking
all
of
our
3-1-1
calls
from
remote
locations.
Council
meeting
is
being
held
remotely
and
being
live-streamed,
and
it
is
also
being
televised
on
our
TV
station
at
currently
like
right
this
minute.
Q
Q
The
court
system
is
actually
we're
live-streaming
jail
pleas
from
one
of
the
courtrooms
and
we're
working
to
expand
that
technology
to
eight
of
our
other
courtrooms,
so
that
they
can
continue
with
their
proceedings
without,
in
some
cases
transporting
the
people
or,
but
it
really
reduces
the
amount
of
people
in
the
tower.
If
you
can
do
livestream,
which
is
allowed
right
now
and
I,
think
moving
forward,
it
will
be
allowed,
but
we're
working
on
the
courts.
Q
Other
departments
that
work
remotely
and
I'm
not
going
to
mention
them,
because
I
would
miss
someone
if
I
did,
but
those
that
need
to
work
remotely
can
work
remotely
information
technology
is
working
to
meet
the
needs
of
all
the
departments
and
all
the
departments
of
up
are
operational
from
a
technology
standpoint.
We
have
all
of
our
technology
operational
and
other
uses
of
cloud
technology
are
all
the
different
things
we're
doing
so
that
you
can
get
your
files
from
anywhere.
You
can
get.
Q
Do
your
work
from
anywhere
so
we're
making
general
use
of
other
cloud
technologies
and
I
want
to
thank
Council,
the
city
manager,
the
mayor
for
having
that
in
our
budgets,
to
be
prepared
for
this.
So
we
have
these
technologies
and
we're
deploying
them.
The
biggest
challenge.
I
think
that
we've
been
seeing
for
the
nine
IT
staff
is
the
learning
curve
for
the
new
technology
as
we
we
have
the
technology
and
now
that
people
want
to
use
it
all
all
at
once.
Q
Since
we
have
to
be
remote,
it's
hard
to
walk
so
on
one,
the
first
time
through
on
the
phone,
as
opposed
to
being
able
to
share
screen
like
we're
doing
today,
and
then
information
technology
as
biggest
challenge,
is
still
having
the
mainframe.
Excuse
me
with
the
mainframe.
I
have
three
people
that
do
have
to
report
to
work.
Q
They
are
spaced
out,
so
they
are
generally
not
there
at
the
same
time
and
when
they
are
there
at
the
same
time,
they're
not
in
the
same
space,
so
they're
only
at
most
two
people
in
the
information
technology
department
at
any
one
time,
and
that's
because
we
do
have
to
babysit
the
mainframe
and
that's
really
ineffective
staffing
at
a
time
like
this,
because
the
mainframe
has
to
be
maintained
on
site.
Next.
Q
What
we're
working
on
includes
the
court
system
so
we're
actively
working
on
that.
The
Inigo
finance
premier,
one,
which
is
the
Public
Safety
CAD,
the
computer,
assisted
dispatch
I,
believe
that's
the
right
acronym,
but
it's
where
they
do.
The
calls
out
to
the
cars
for
Public
Safety
and
we're
working
with
HR
for
electronic
forms,
among
other
things.
So
all
of
our
active
projects
are
active
and
we
haven't
slowed
down
on
any
of
those
information.
Technologies
are
also
maintaining
our
business
continuity
on
all
our
production
applications,
and
those
include
things
like
the
tax
commissioner
and
tax.
Q
Finance
HR
Payroll
at
Vantage
360
is
a
cloud-based
system,
so
we
are
actively
maintaining
that
so
that
people
get
paid
so
that
bills
get
paid,
and
so
that
HR
can
maintain
the
hiring
functions.
We're
in
also
maintaining
the
online
integral,
which
is
planning
engineering
and
inspections,
is
using,
and
you
may
see
that
there
are
more
and
more
forms
going
online
to
make.
Q
For
the
citizen
to
get
in
touch
with
those
departments
and
we're
currently
maintaining
the
court
system,
which
is
on
the
mainframe,
so
basically
we've
had
a
plan
in
place.
The
city
manager
asked
me
to
implement
it.
March
12th
in
everything
that
was
active
before
March
12th
is
still
active.
So
right
now
all
of
our
business
continuity
is
good
and
we
hope
to
continue
that
next.
F
Director
told
I
just
wanted
to
publicly
say
thank
you,
I
appreciate
you
I'm
sure
we
could
never
have
imagined
five
years
ago.
You
were
talking
us
that
we'd
be
in
this
predicament
now
and
we
did
listen
and
by
the
guidance
of
city
manager
and
other
staffers
and
mayor's,
and
everybody
we're
here
today.
So
for
me
something
I
always
thought
about
is
I
travel
to
conventions
and
things
I
always
had
to
rush
back
to
meetings
and
things
so,
hopefully
moving
forward
for
those
of
us
that
may
be
out
of
town.
F
K
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
for
what
you're
doing
this
is
I
just
see
how
we
can
implement
this
in
a
lot
of
different
ways.
I
know
one
of
the
concerns
we
had
with
government
center
project
was
logistically.
How
were
we
going?
How
could
we
keep
the
government
center
in
its
current
location
without
moving
all
of
the
employees
around
and
finding
a
location
for
them?
K
H
Council
huff
and
council
crap.
Those
are
excellent
points
you
make
since
we've
been
dealing
with
coke
at
19.
I
can
tell
you,
I've
had
all
of
my
staff
meetings
with
every
single
department.
He
had
own
land
just
like
what
we're
doing
today
and
I
can
see
them.
They
can
see
me
and
and-
and
there
was
no
difference
in
our
meat
and
other
than
we
were
just
not
there
in
person,
but
I've
had
people
who
I
was
scheduled
to
meet
with
from
out
of
town.
H
And
so
it's
it's
open
some
doors
for
me
and
for
us
that
I
think
are
really
awesome
and
will
be
awesome.
Going
forward
and
and
I
have
to
ask
myself
now,
even
when
we've
got
staff
who's
going
to
go
to
Atlanta
for
meeting,
we
send
them
on
Microsoft
teams
and
team,
invite
they
don't
need
to
drive
to
Atlanta
and
go
up
there
for
one
hour
a
meeting.
What
we
just
do
it
the
way,
we're
doing
it
right
now
and
so
I
think
it's
gonna
we're
going
to
look
at
how
we
do
business.
H
O
H
Absolutely
agree:
I
have
a
meeting
with
certain
staff
every
Friday
morning
at
8:30.
Well,
we've
been
meeting
just
like
we're
meeting
now
and
so
I
asked
myself.
Why
do
I?
Have
those
people
drive
it
to
the
Government
Center
to
meet
with
me
on
Friday
morning
at
8:30?
It
makes
I
mean
when
I
think
about
what
how
we've
been
doing
in
the
last
few
weeks,
I
said,
doesn't
make
no
sense.
H
O
Dr.
told
I
think
one
of
the
things
you
might
that
might
be
an
outcome
of
this
is
that
people
see
how
possible
to
do
these
things,
and
so
they
may
be
coming
to
IT,
saying
okay,
if
we
can
do
this,
why
can't
we
do
this?
You
know
and
expand
it
into
into
other
areas,
so
our
IT
department
maybe
find
itself
quite
busy
yeah.
H
If
not,
we
will
move
on
to
our
next
subject
and
you
know,
as
we
go
through
code
with
19
I,
really
wanted
our
HR
department
to
be
engaged.
When
you
look
outside
of
the
city
government,
anything
that's
going
on
at
major
companies
like
Aflac,
Jesus,
Synovus
or
anywhere
else,
things
flow
through
the
HR
departments
and
so
on,
sent
to
our
HR
director.
We
need
to
have
ongoing
communications
with
our
employees,
about
Kovac
19
and
what
we're
doing
in
best
practices
and
what's
coming
down
from
CDC
or
what's
coming
down
from
Department
of
Health.
H
What
are
the
the
best
practices
that
they
suggest
if
someone
comes
in
contact
with
A+
or
if
they're
in
direct
and
indirect
contact
with
the
pilot?
What
are
the
rules?
What
do
we
play
by
and
we
should
be
communicating
that
to
our
employees
day
after
day
after
day
and
providing
them
helpful,
hints
and
information,
and
so
I
wanted
her
to
kind
of
share
with
you
what
she
has
been
doing.
Our
HR
director
reason
Halliwell.
D
Okay,
mayor
and
Councilman
mr.
city
manager,
so
I
wanted
to
provide
just
an
overview,
a
list
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
are
doing
in
human
resources
and
with
a
City
of
Columbus
to
communicate
to
our
employees
and
to
provide
information
updates
on
a
regular
basis,
as
it
relates
to
this
current
pandemic
crisis.
So
I'll
go
through
just
a
list
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
are
doing
to
shore
up
communication
and
information
updates
to
our
employees.
First
I'll
start
with
the
Kovac
19
exposure
protocol.
D
Human
Resources
has
we
email,
department,
directors
guidelines
on
how
to
address
any
suspected
Kovac
19
exposure
in
their
area
that
might
involve
their
employees
and/or
citizens.
We
are
complying
with
any
quarantine
that
may
be
required
as
well.
We
communicate
with
departments
on
a
case-by-case
basis
when
there
are
specific
concerns,
the
mayor
city
manager.
They
are
updated
on
any
incidents
and
we
follow
the
guidelines
that
have
been
outlined
by
the
CDC
and
the
Department
of
Public
Health.
D
We
are
in
regular
contact
with
the
Department
of
Public
Health
and
with
our
city
director
of
Homeland
Security,
the
cities,
information
and
updates
are
being
shared
daily,
as
relates
to
Kovac
19
communication.
We
provide
updates
to
employees
and
department
directors,
including
elected
officials,
at
least
twice
a
week
more.
If
we
have
more
information
to
report,
the
resources
are
posted
on
our
city's
website,
as
I'm
sure
you've
seen
that
also
on
the
HR
webpage.
This
information
is
updated
as
changes
do
occur.
Everyone
is
encouraged.
D
Employees
and
citizens
are
encouraged
to
visit
website
on
a
regular
basis
to
see
any
updates
that
we
placed
out
there.
The
city
manager
signed
a
pandemic
outbreak
or
similar
illness
policy
on
March
the
20th.
The
purpose
of
this
policy
is
to
protect
employees
by
providing
a
safe
and
healthy
work
environment
for
them
doing
any
type
of
flu
pandemic
or
similar
illness
which
we're
experiencing
right
now,
as
relates
to
sanitizing
and
high-traffic
areas,
to
keep
employees
safe
and
comfortable
in
their
work
areas.
D
The
city
has
contracted
with
a
professional
cleaning
service
that
meets
EPA
guidelines
for
cleaning
and
sanitizing
when
there
are
areas
that
need
special,
sanitizing
and
cleaning
departments
are
provided.
Additional
cleaning
and
sanitizing
supplies,
including
gloves
hand,
sanitizer
or
sanitizing
wipes
that
to
help
them
keep
their
areas
clean,
as
relates
to
our
Employee
Assistance
Program
I
wanted
to
mention
that,
while
we
are
continuing
to
comply
with
the
governors
and
their
Hendersons
shelter-in-place
order,
employees
still
will
be
able
to
receive
virtual
telehealth
counseling
services.
D
The
cost
of
that
testing
is
waived
and
there's
no
cost
to
employees
or
their
dependents
with
regard
to
filing
unemployment
claims.
The
City
of
Columbus
is
filing
partial
unemployment
claims
on
behalf
of
those
employees
who
are
not
working
or
who
are
in
a
no
pay
status
at
this
time.
This
is
a
directive
from
the
Georgia
Department
of
Labor
and
it
became
effective
on
March.
The
16
for
employees
have
begun
to
receive
those
unemployment
checks
in
the
mail
as
we
speak,
and
we
verify
that
they're
receiving
their
unemployment
checks.
D
D
This
particular
act
was
passed
on
March
the
18th
and
it
became
effective
on
April
the
1st,
the
two
primary
employment
provisions
that
related
to
this.
It
allows
for
the
expansion
of
the
Family
and
Medical
Leave
Act,
as
the
other
provision
is
the
emergency
paid
sick
leave.
So
this
information
has
been
shared
with
employees
and
department
directors.
It's
also
close
to
the
end
on
our
website.
So
this
is
a
benefit
another
benefit
to
help
employees,
those
employees
that
are
eligible
doing
this
commitment
crisis
who
need
assistant
additional
assistance.
D
So
these
are
just
some
of
the
things
that
we
are
doing
to
number
one:
keep
employees
informed
and
updated
about
the
pandemic
crisis
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
those
benefits,
whether
they're
from
the
federal
government,
the
state
government
or
locally
that
we
are
able
to
provide
to
our
or
employees
that
they
are
able
to
sustain
themselves
and
that
we're
providing
the
best
work
environment
that
we
can
possibly
provide
to
employees
doing
this
difficult
time.
That's
all
I
have
mr.
city
manager.
F
D
Employees
are
able
to
continue
to
utilize
the
health
and
wellness
center
for
all
their
primary
care
needs
acute
care.
Chronic
care
needs
that
they've
used
in
the
past.
They
have
as
a
result
of
this
pandemic
crisis,
they've
instituted
some
other
avenues.
Typically
you're
going
to
be
triaged,
you
would
call
the
health
and
wellness
center.
They
are
triage
you
to
ensure
number
one.
D
They
may
be
able
to
take
care
of
your
issue
on
the
phone
or,
if
you
need
to
come
in,
then
they
will
allow
you
to
come
in
as
to
whether
they
will
provide
over
19
testing.
The
answer
to
that
is
no.
However,
if
you
are
experiencing
hope
at
19
symptoms,
they
will
make
a
referral
to
you
to
the
Columbus
Health
Department.
D
Yes,
now
that's
another
contact,
we
our
vendor
for
our
historial
Institute,
our
merchant
Employee
Assistance
Program,
that's
a
triage
also,
they
would
call
a
designated
number.
There
are
several
numbers
that
they
are
able
to
call
to
speak
with
a
counselor
and
they
are
triage.
These
are
virtual
visits,
typically
with
mental
health
counseling.
Today
they
are
excuse
me
they're
virtual
visits.
They
would
not
be
seen
in
person.
Obviously,
if
there's
a
referral
needed,
they
would
make
that
referral.
D
In
terms
of
how
many
people
that
we
are
filing
unemployment
claims
for
I,
don't
have
a
exact
number
there
counselor
house,
but
I
can
get
a
number
in
terms
of
the
number
employees
that
we
have
filed.
Unemployment
claims
for
and
I
will
say
for
the
most
part,
these
are
part-time
employees.
Yes,
some
of
them
are
full-time
employees
and
I
would
not
use
counselor
the
term
for
furlough.
These.
I
G
I
didn't
know
anything
about
this
and
I'm
really
glad
happy
really
to
see
that
we
are
really
engaging
as
something
like
this
for
our
employees
and
just
to
follow
up,
because
I
do
realize
how
time-sensitive
it
is
for
a
lot
of
these
individuals
who
have
been
good
employees,
paying
bills
roof
over
their
head.
Is
there
anybody
that
we
can
contact
the
Department
of
Labor
and
find
out
which
ones
because
I
do
realize
it's
a
delay?
There's
always
a
delay.
G
I've
been
there
and
done
that
so
many
times
in
my
life
that
I
know
that
things
happen.
Is
there
any
way
that
we
can
follow
up
and
make
sure
that
whatever
is
needed
to
be
done
for
these
employees
is
follow
through?
And
it's
hardly
matter
so
that
there
won't
be
no
significant
delay
for
these
individuals.
This
is
the
we're
really
in
unchartered
waters
right
now
and
and
I
think
that
we're
going
to
be
in
this
particular
situation
for
an
extensive
period
of
time.
G
So
if
there's
any
way
that
we
can
make
sure
that
I
know
there
are
delays
and
each
and
everything
we
all
that
experience
that
that
whatever
can
be
done
on
our
part
to
to
ensure
that
these
employees
are
receiving
their
compensation
or
whatever
they're
supposed
to
receive
in
an
expeditious
manner.
I
appreciate
it.
Yes,.
D
I'll
just
reiterate
this
director
from
the
Georgia
Department
of
Labor
became
effective
on
March
16,
and
we
immediately
began
working
with
departments
to
secure
the
names
of
those
employees
who
have
been
placed
in
a
no
work
status
due
to
Kovac
19,
and
we
have
how
those
unemployment
claims
we
have
to
file
them
weekly
and
that's
what
we're
doing
we
file
them
every
week.
This
will
go
for
up
to
a
hundred
and
twenty
days
of
filing
these
claims
or
employees
and,
as
I
mentioned
also,
we
know
that
employees
have
already
begun
to
receive
their
unemployment
check.
A
G
H
Any
other
questions
of
our
HR
director,
if
not
I,
want
to
thank
our
HR
director,
in
fact,
I
like
mr.
mayor
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
thank
you
for
recognizing
the
work
of
our
team,
because
they've
worked
as
a
team
to
make
sure
that
this
government
has
been
able
to
stay
functional
operational.
H
It's
an
awesome
team,
and
that
goes
from
the
department
here
through
the
elected
officials
and
to
those
working
on
the
front
line
where
they
come
face
to
face
with
citizens
like
inspections
and
codes
and
engineering
and
on
the
the
bus
drivers,
those
driving
their
garbage
trucks.
Obviously
our
public
safety
people
all
of
them,
but
thank
you
for
their
commitment
to
them
for
your
commitment
and
for
just
hanging
in
there
and
making
sure
that
we
take
care
of
the
needs
of
the
citizens
and
I'll.
Tell
the
council
members
on
my
team
I.
H
Did
a
group
text
to
show
you
how
responsive
they
are?
I
did
a
group
text
one
morning
last
week
at
4
a.m.
and
within
seconds
to
that
text.
Every
one
of
them
were
responding
back
to
me
at
4
a.m.
and
then
when
I
talked
to
them
later
in
the
morning,
they
told
me
that
to
just
know
that
they're
not
always
up
at
4
a.m.
H
so
don't
get
carried
away
with
texting
them
at
4
o'clock
in
the
morning,
but
that's
how
responsive
they
are
and
how
committed
they
are
and
I
just
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
say
thank
you
and
to
the
citizens.
We
are
open
for
business.
We
will
continue
to
provide
the
essential
services
that
you
expect
through
the
modified
or
non-traditional
ways.
We
are
going
to
comply
with
the
executive
order,
orders
of
the
governor
and
the
mayor,
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
serve
to
you
as
we
go
through
this
unprecedented
event.
So,
mr.
G
H
L
Thank
you.
Yes,
sir,
we
did
have
Sunday
Sunday
night
early
morning,
widespread
minimal
damage
throughout
the
community
of
debris
limbs
and
such
as
a
result
for
the
next
two
weeks.
We
will
be
the
clothing
and
grab
balls
in
throughout
the
city
to
pick
up
limbs
and
brush
as
a
result
of
the
storm
that
will
go
through
April,
the
24th
so
again,
through
April
the
24th
for
the
next
two
weeks
grab
balls
will
come
throughout
the
community
to
pick
up
limbs
and
brush
that
you
put
out
on
the
right
way,
then
on
Monday
April,
the
27th.
L
That's
when
we
will
go
ahead
and
reinstate
picking
up
just
residential
yard
waste,
so
anything
that
you
have
out
there
from
grass
clippings
to
limbs
brush
those
kinds
of
things
normal
stuff
outside
of
the
storm
stuff.
We
will
be
picking
that
up
on
the
regularly
scheduled
today.
That
does,
of
course,
and
we're
continuing
to
pick
up
household
garbage
on
the
regularly
scheduled
day,
but
again
yard
waste
will
resume
Monday
April,
the
27th
and
through
April
the
24th
for
the
next
two
weeks.
N
L
The
main
reason
we
have
shut
down
the
recycling
is
because
there
at
the
recycling
center
it
takes
a
number
of
people.
We
had
you
know
of
40
to
50
people
in
the
recycling
center
to
include
employees
and
inmates
better.
They
are
managing
those
recycling
efforts
and
because
of
social
distancing
and
all
the
efforts
as
required
by
CDC.
We've
had
to
disband
that
so
that
our
employees
are
not
at
risk.
So
that's
why
we
have
postponed
the
pickup
and
the
collection
of
recycling
materials.
Again
at
this
point,
cycling
materials.
L
You
know
that
you
can
do
it's
still
a
number
of
different
ways.
You
can
combine
your
recycling
with
your
household
trash.
It
will
be
picked
up.
You
can
hold
on
to
your
recycling
until
we
get
it
reinstated.
After
all
of
this
is
over,
or
of
course,
you
could
then
take
it
to
the
the
land
field
to
be
disposed
of,
and
of
course
we
are
waiving
any
of
those
tipping
fees
for
our
residents
that
are
going
through
there.
All
they
need
is
proper
identification.
L
B
Apologize
for
the
change
in
scenery,
my
battery
was
dying
and
I
didn't
have
cords,
so
I
had
to
move
the
laptop
but
I'm
just
saying
thank
you
for
the
updates.
I
think
it's
critical
not
only
for
Council,
but
for
for
the
citizens
to
be
able
to
understand
what
great
links
the
the
government
is
going
to
to
try
to
make
sure
we
continue
to
provide
services
and,
in
the
folks
that
help
the
folks
so
to
speak.
All
of
our
employees
are
just
absolutely
incredible
and
we
appreciate
everything
they're
doing.
Madam
clerk.
Do
your
agenda
good.
D
D
B
D
You
and
lastly,
mr.
mayor,
we
have
upcoming
board
appointments,
border
family
children,
services,
Columbus
aquatics,
commissioned
Columbus,
Golf,
Course,
Authority,
key
Columbus,
beautiful
Commission,
the
new
horizon
behavior
health,
mental
health,
addictive
diseases
and
developmental
disabilities,
community
service
forward
fish
and
find
employees
board
of
trustees,
Regis,
cakes
treatment,
Advisory
Council
for
Department
of
Behavioral,
Health
and
developmental
disabilities,
and
the
retirees
health
benefits
committee
and
that's
all
I,
have
mr.
bear.