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A
Mayor
skip
henderson
city
manager,
isaiah
hughley
pops,
barnes
district,
one
glenn
davis,
district
2,
bruce
huff
district
3.,
toya
tucker
district
4,
charmaine,
crabb
district
5.,
gary
allen,
mayor
pro
tem
and
district
6.
mimi
woodson
district
7
walker,
garrett,
district
8,
judy
thomas
post
9
at
large
counselor
john
house
post
10
at
large
counselor
sandra
davis,
clerk
of
council
and
city
attorney;
clifton
fay,
columbus,
georgia.
This
is
your
city
council.
B
Welcome
to
the
march
29th
city
council
meeting
today's
city
council
meeting
is
really
a
a
work
session,
but
we
begin
the
meeting
with
a
consent
agenda
from
a
couple
with
a
couple
of
items
that
that
are
left
over
from
the
last
week
or
so
for
us
to
deal
with
I'm
looking
for
pastor
chester.
He
is
not
here
yet
to
to
open
us
in
prayer.
C
Heavenly
father,
we
pause
to
thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
see
another
day.
We
thank
you
for
health
and
strength.
We
thank
you
for
this
mayor
and
this
city
council.
We
thank
you
for
the
employees
of
our
city
government.
Yes,
that
you
we
ask
that
you
continue
to
bless
them
and
guide
them
as
they
work
each
and
every
day
to
serve
the
citizens
of
columbus,
georgia
and
heavenly
father.
C
We
ask
that
you
be
in
our
midst
in
this
meeting,
be
with
us
in
our
discussions,
heavenly
father
and
let
us
be
respectful
of
each
other
and
heavenly
father.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
let
us
emerge
on
one
accord
and
we're
going
to
be
careful
to
give
you
the
praises
and
all
the
glory.
We
as
you
bless
each
and
every
one
of
our
citizens
bless
their
families,
helping
the
father
as
we
continue
to
go
through
this
epidemic,
bless
them,
keep
them
and
guide
them.
B
B
All
right
we
do
have
a
quorum.
We
actually
have
two
counselors
who
are
joining
us,
virtually
that
I
believe
it's
mayor
pro
tim
allen
and
councilor
woodson,
who
are
going
to
be
able
to
cast
their
votes
when
we,
when
the
votes
are,
are
due.
B
First,
we'll
ask
council's
approval
for
the
minutes
from
the
march
22nd
motion
from
councillor
tucker,
second
from
councillor
house,
any
edits
or
any
concerns
or
changes.
Anybody
like
to
offer
up
hearing
none
all
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
The
minutes
are
approved.
B
It's
just
going
to
be
part
of
our
lives,
but
but
it
is
good
news
that
is
no
longer
driving
as
many
people
into
the
hospital
and
certainly
not
as
many
needing
critical
care.
So
we
urge
you
to
continue
to
be
mindful,
as
you
go
about
your
daily
activities,
but
also
understand
that
we
are
getting
back
to
normal.
B
There
are
some
of
the
signature
events
like
the
food
truck
event.
That
was
this
past
weekend,
and
I
know
the
spring
concert
series
is
starting
up.
Market
days
are
starting
up,
so
it's
it's
good
to
see
people
getting
back
together
again,
all
right,
I'm
gonna
we'll
go
before
we
move
into
the
city,
attorney's
agenda,
I'm
gonna
recognize
councillor
house.
D
Thank
you
mayor.
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
once
again
to
to
thank
all
the
people
that
made
the
medal
of
honor
ceremony
on
friday
happen.
Paul
voorhees,
of
course,
paid
for
the
blacks,
colonel
rob.
Chopa
worked
with
the
puckett
family
to
get
ralph
there
command
sergeant
major
martin
celestine
worked
with
the
cash
family
to
get
them
there
and
acted
as
a
master
of
ceremonies.
D
Deputy
city
manager,
lisa
goodwin
got
the
staff
organized
to
make
all
the
admin
stuff
happen.
Public
works
did
an
amazing
job,
getting
everything
out
there
and
that
canopy
up,
so
it
did
not
blow
away
in
that
hurricane
wind
that
we
had
so
they
deserve
a
special
thanks
and,
from
my
view,
the
hero
of
the
city,
becca
covington,
because
she
was
the
person
on
the
ground
friday
that
made
everybody
do
what
everybody
had
to
do.
I
mean
she
didn't
miss
a
beat,
so
I
really
appreciate
her
hard
work
making
it
all
happen.
B
Thank
you
counselor,
and
he
left
one
person
out,
and
that
is
himself
john
house
did
an
incredible
job.
This
was
his
baby
from
its
the
very
beginning
and
working
to
try
to
secure
the
plaques
that
were
commemorated
on
on
that
day,
and
it
was.
It
was
obviously
a
very
moving
tribute
to
colonel
puckett
and
to
the
family
of
sergeant
cash
and
and
job
well
done.
Sir,
thank
you
for
your
efforts.
E
Mr
mayor,
as
you
were
going
over
that
list
of
events,
I
had
the
pleasure
this
last
friday
to
present
a
proclamation
that
you
had
issued
to
the
uptown
and
strut
the
hooch
parade,
which
is
next
weekend
if
you've
ever
wanted
to
be
in
a
parade,
and
you
hadn't
had
that
opportunity,
get
yourself
a
costume
and
go
down
there
and
strut
the
hooch
down
broadway.
They
have
a
great
time
and
a
lot
of
fun
and
it's
no
no
charge
just
go
strut
the
hoots.
E
B
I
appreciate
you
presenting
it
to
him.
You
know
that
that
is
one
of
the
under
publicized
events,
and
it
is
its
organizers,
will
tell
you
it's
about
nothing
but
having
fun
dress
as
crazy
as
you
want,
and
they
take
a
short
parade
route
and
I
went
with
them
last
year
and-
and
it
is
really
amazing
to
see
all
the
different
costumes
and-
and
some
of
the
I
use
this
term
loosely
floats
that
they
have
in
the
in
the
parade.
B
But
but
it
is
an
amazing
deal
if
you,
if
you're
looking
for
something
to
do
that,
will
put
a
smile
on
your
face.
That's
coming
this
coming
saturday,
so
go
check
it
out
very
good,
a
lot
of
good
things
going
on
in
columbus,
georgia,
mississippi
attorney.
F
B
B
All
right
there's
a
motion
from
councillor
tucker
in
a
second
from
from
councillor
crabb,
any
discussion,
all
those
in
favor.
Oh
bruce,
please
cue!
Skewett!
You
can
register
your
votes.
B
All
right
we'll
go
to
the
city
manager
for
the
can
the
work
session
agenda.
Thank.
C
The
first
deputy
city
manager,
hodge,
is
going
to
share
with
you.
The
t-splash
update
the
projects,
and
you
did
see
this
at
the
last
council
meeting,
we're
going
to
show
it
at
this
council
meeting
and
we'll
probably
do
it
at
the
next
one.
But
we
had.
We
showed
you
three
town,
hall
meetings
or
community
meetings
that
we're
going
to
do
and
she'll
show
those
dates
again
in
location
locations,
but
we're
going
to
add
a
fourth
location
after
hearing
from
counselor
glenn
davis,
and
so
this
is
an
item.
C
That's
on
the
ballot
and
our
effort
is
to
educate
the
citizens,
the
voters
about
the
t-slots
because
they
hear
about
all
the
other
things
on
the
ballot.
But
they
don't
hear
about
this
one
and
we
want
them
to
be
educated.
Ask
questions
so
that
they
can
make
informed
decision
about
whether
they
will
support
this
item
on
the
ballot
or
not.
And
so
it's
an
education
opportunity
for
us
and
we're
going
to
take
advantage
of
it.
Deputy
city
manager,
pam,
hodge,.
G
Good
morning,
mayor
and
council,
I
just
want
to
talk
about
the
transportation
special
local
option,
sales
tax
going
through
the
projects
that
we
have
currently
on
the
t,
splost
list
that
will
end
this
year
and
then
those
projects
that
will
be
on
the
ballot
may
24th
for
the
next
round
of
t-splost.
G
If
it's
approved
by
the
voters
again
we're
in
the
river
valley
region
for
t
splost,
we're
made
up
of
16
counties.
Currently
there
are
28
projects
that
were
in
the
t,
splost
we're
under
now.
Eight
are
under
construction,
twelve
have
been
completed
and
I'll
go
through
those
projects
that
are
in
muskogee
county,
the
first
one
being
the
riverwalk
at
10
million
dollars.
That
is
a
completed
project
that
was
to
connect
at
city
mills
and
also
bib
mills
for
a
continuous
riverwalk
follow
me
trail
three
and
a
half
million
that
has
been
completed.
G
Us-27
custer
road,
20
million
dollar
interchange
that
has
been
completed,
metra
22.4
million,
that
is
in
pro
progress.
Those
are
operational
funds
and
capital
funds
for
metra,
so
they've
been
spending
those
down
over
the
last
nine
plus
years.
This
is
the
tenth
year
for
the
t.
Splost
and
so
they'll
continue
to
spend
those
funds
for
operation
and
capital
the
spiderweb
project
at
40
million.
This
is
under
construction.
G
G
Gdot
continues
to
do
right-of-way
acquisition
for
this
project,
but
that
will
be
completed
over
the
next
three
to
four
years
and
there
are
a
couple
projects
that
extend
from
muskogee
county
into
harris
county,
the
first
one
on
state
road
219
that
one
is
under
construction,
as
well
as
the
project
on
u.s
27
veterans,
parkway
going
north
into
harris
county.
That
project
is
under
design.
G
For
the
discretionary
funds
in
t
splash,
the
way
tspos
works
is
75.
Percent
of
the
funds
that
are
collected
go
to
projects
which
I
just
went
through
those
projects
and
then
25
is
returned
to
each
one
of
the
16
counties
based
on
a
formula
from
g
dot,
and
so
those
funds
that
we've
collected
from
fy14
through
fy21
is
22.475
million,
and
this
is
a
list
of
projects
where
those
funds
have
been
allocated
resurfacing.
G
G
Now
a
portion
was
allocated
out
of
t
discretionary
funds,
victory,
drive
improvements,
traffic
calming
double
churches,
park,
parking,
244
000.,
that
is
a
completed
project
and
then
salman
road
signal,
144
000,
we're
waiting
on
the
materials
to
complete
that
project,
there's,
obviously
a
delay
in
materials
for
this
and
other
projects.
G
The
river
road
j.r
allen
signal
and
victory
drive
10th
avenue
signal
again
we're
waiting
on
delivery
of
materials
for
those
two
projects:
the
reese
road
bridge
at
1.68
million.
This
portion
came
from
the
t-splost
discretionary.
This
is
a
completed
project
matching
funds
for
the
dragon
white
dragonfly
trail
network,
just
under
2
million
sidewalks,
the
infantry
road
and
trail.
G
G
So
the
proposed
t
splash
that
would
begin
january,
1st
2023,
if
approved
by
the
voters
on
may
24th.
This
again
is
a
region.
The
t
splash
we're
in
the
river
valley
region
made
up
of
16
counties,
so
the
forecast
for
that
10-year
collection
of
funds
is
664
million
and
75
percent
is
allocated
to
projects.
25
percent
is
allocated
to
the
discretionary.
G
There
are
some
administrative
fees
that
are
are
used
by
g
dot.
They
have
an
office
for
t
splash
for
tia
that
manages
the
region
and
all
of
the
regions
in
the
state
and
then
they've
also
put
a
reduction
in
here
for
inflation.
G
That
was
one
of
the
things
learned
from
the
first
round
of
t-splos
is
the
collections
and
the
cost
of
projects
there
needs
to
be
a
factor
for
inflation
in
these
numbers.
G
dot
is
also
making
a
contribution
towards
the
projects
of
159
million.
So
the
total
project
investment
list
for
this
t-splos
next
round
is
559
million
for
the
region.
E
E
B
Well-
and
I
think
it
is
worth
noting
that,
as
we
went
into
the
second
go
around,
people
are
a
little
bit
more
informed
as
to
how
it
worked
and
one
of
the
message
we
carried
to
to
the
the
region
strictly
from
an
informational
perspective
that
that
for
columbus,
moscow
county
residents
to
get
excited
about
the
list,
we
needed
to
be
very
close
to
receiving
what
we
were
putting
in
and
and
with
some
contributions
from
g
dot.
B
They
actually
got
us
there,
so
I
think
the
first
time
we
had
about
48
of
the
project
funding
and
this
time
we
were
going
to
receive
right
around
70
percent
of
the
project
funding.
So.
H
H
G
G
C
G
H
So
the
university-
I
guess
it's
called
a
diet-
that
that
is
a
traffic
calming
project.
Yes,.
H
J
C
And
so
I
was
going
to
have
them
to
let
you
show
the
a
street
in
the
13th
just
to
kind
of
let
the
council,
members
and
citizens
see
exactly
what
you're
talking
about
and
we
can
actually
come
back
to
it.
But
we'll
show
that
before
you
conclude.
J
G
So
just
to
go
through
the
projects
that
would
be
on
the
ballot
for
may
24th.
These
are
the
projects
that
were
approved
by
the
the
regional
commission
and
so
the
riverwalk
repaving
at
12.5
million.
This
is
to
resurface
parts
of
the
columbus
riverwalk
from
the
trade
center
south
to
oxbow,
as
well
as
city
mills
north
to
the
north
highland
dam.
So
a
portion
of
the
riverwalk
would
be
resurfaced,
steam
mill,
road
and
these
are
all
in
band
ones.
G
So
those
these
would
be
projects
in
the
first
three
years
of
the
t-splost
steam
mill,
road
22.5
million.
This
would
be
from
buena
vista
to
the
end
of
the
road
widening
from
two
to
three
lanes
with
sidewalks
multi-use
trails,
streetscapes
and
also
adding
a
pedestrian
bridge
over
I-185
whitesville
road
widening
12.8
million.
This
would
be
from
two
to
three
lanes
from
whittlesea
to
williams,
road
with
intersection
improvements,
sidewalks
and
multi-use
trail
on
whitesville
road,
buena
vista
road
corridor
improvements
at
10.7
million.
G
This
is
widening
from
two
to
four
lanes
in
some
places:
three
lanes
from
winton
road
to
ill,
just
road
with
sidewalks
and
a
multi-use
trail,
and
on
all
these
projects.
We've
tried
to
make
sure
that
we've
added
sidewalks
and
for
those
that
have
enough
width
to
add
also
the
multi-use
trail
to
continue
to
connect
our
network
south
london,
south
lumpkin
road
streetscapes.
This
is
from
victory,
drive
south
to
the
roundabout
and
again
includes
sidewalks
and
the
multi-use
trail
university
avenue
road
diet.
G
This
would
be
from
manchester
expressway
to
macon
road
narrowing
from
four
lanes
down
to
two
lanes
with
bike
and
pedestrian
facilities,
13th
avenue
17th
street
in
linwood
6.65
million,
and
this
would
be
for
the
roundabout
at
that
intersection
liberty,
theater
block
enhancements.
That
would
be
on
8th
avenue
from
8th
street
to
9th
street.
Again
streetscapes,
like
you
see
on
broadway
with
street
lighting
and
the
sidewalk,
the
brick
pavers
along
right
in
front
of
the
liberty,
theater
5th
avenue
connector.
G
This
would
be
to
connect
the
multi-use
dragonfly
trail
from
14th
street
down
to
10th
street
andrews
road
improvement,
6.8
million.
This
would
be
from
buena
vista
road
to
casita
road
widening
from
two
to
three
lanes
again
with
the
sidewalks
multi-use
trail
and
streetscapes
brennan
road
improvements,
9.2
million.
This
is
a
widening
projects
from
two
to
three
lanes
with
sidewalks
and
streetscapes,
and
the
multi-use
trail
second
avenue
streetscapes
at
18.2
million.
G
G
This
would
be
widening
from
two
to
three
lanes
again
with
sidewalks
and
landscaping
in
a
multi-use
trail,
casita
road,
widening
from
two
lanes
to
three
lanes
with
roundabouts
at
10th
avenue
in
north
lumpkin,
and
also
north
lumpkin
and
23rd,
and
at
brown
and
andrews
road
again
to
include
the
sidewalks
and
multi-use
trail
williams,
road
widening.
This
would
be
from
veterans
parkway
over
to
I-185
widening
from
two
to
three
lanes
with
bike
and
pedestrian
amenities,
and
also
to
install
a
roundabout
at
williams,
road
in
I-185
and
fortson
road.
G
Double
church's
road
improvements
at
12.2
million:
this
will
be
from
veterans
parkway
to
river
road
multi-use
trail
and
sidewalks,
and
intersection
improvements
at
jumble
churches
and
whitesville
road
county
line
at
mahaffey
at
37.45
million.
This
would
be
improvements
leading
into
harris
county.
So
this
is
a
multi-county
project,
intersection
and
interchange,
improvements
to
widen
the
bridge
and
also
widen
my
happy
road
from
two
lanes
to
three
lanes.
G
The
dragonfly
trail
connector
at
bull
creek.
This
is
a
9.5
mile,
a
continuation
of
the
dragonfly
trails
along
bull
creek,
reaching
the
woodrow
farms
soccer
complex
and
then
there's
also
25
million
dollars
for
metra.
This
includes
electric
buses
and
some
improvements
to
the
facilities
at
metra
and
then
also
the
columbus
airport
at
25
million.
G
The
proposed
t-splos
discretionary
estimated
for
muskogee
county
at
36.5
million,
and
so
this
would
be
allocated
for
council's
consideration
on
how
to
allocate
those
funds
those
come
directly
to
the
city.
So
our
total
investment
list
for
muskogee
county
for
t
splost
is
339
million
dollars.
Again.
Gdot
is
contributing
38.36
million
to
those
lists
of
projects
to
in
muskogee
county.
G
G
K
I
think
it's
important
that
people
in
the
district
understand
that
there's
some
opportunity
for
funding
on
projects
that
have
been
on
the
drawing
board
for
a
while
or
have
been
in
question
for
a
while
in
in
the
on
the
north
end
of
the
town
there's
an
opportunity
in
this
funding
round
with
the
t-splots,
and
so
I
think
it's
important
that
the
citizens
in
the
area
that
will
serve
be
served
by
that.
K
Of
course,
all
citizens
will
will
probably
have
an
opportunity
to
use
these
roads,
but
the
the
people
who
travel
on
these
roads
on
an
everyday
basis
can
can
hear
this
opportunity
for
potential
funding
traffic
improvements.
I
you
mentioned
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
when
you
open
a
location
for
a
potential
meeting.
I
think
I
think
in
the
central
area
where
some
of
these
projects
are
located
would
be
good
either.
Saint
mark's
church
is
a
great
location
or
central
baptist
church,
which
is
down
by
whitesville
and
williams.
C
Yes,
sir,
we
are
definitely
going
to
schedule
that
meeting
on
the
at
the
additional
meeting-
and
you
mentioned
you
know
this
year
with
them
some
of
the
projects
on
the
north
side-
I
think-
and-
and
I
just
you
know-
want
to
make
clear
that
you
know
in
the
approach
of
putting
projects
on
the
list,
there's
a
balance
of
projects
all
over
the
city
and
on
the
south
side,
the
east
side.
C
You
know
you've
got
just
to
name
some
and
she
can
certainly
put
them
back
up
there,
but
you've
got
andrews
road,
you've
got
brennan
road,
you've
got
buena
vista
road,
you've
got
morris,
road,
you've
got
steam
mill,
road
and
you've
got
the
liberty
theater
block
in
center
city.
Fifth
avenue
connect
just
it's
second
avenue,
but
j.r
allen
in
the
pan.
It
just
we
made
sure
that
this
entire
city
would
benefit.
If
the
citizens
decide,
they
want
to
have
this
transportation
special
purpose,
local
option,
sales,
tax
williams,
road,
double
churches,
road.
K
Well,
certainly,
I
agree
with
you.
I
think
my
point
was
that
since
the
first
go-around
there
wasn't-
you
know
it
was.
It
was
kind
of
set
up
in
a
different
way,
which
is
okay,
because
those
those
traffic
improvements
were
well
needed,
but
this
go
around.
There
just
happens
to
be
some
of
the
other
ones
that
that
needed,
improvements
that
are.
K
And
location-wise,
I
just
think
people
in
the
area
need
to
sure
need
to
hear
that
so
they'll
know.
What's
on
the
list
yeah,
I
think
that's
really
important.
B
Yeah
and
to
follow
up
on
what
the
city
manager
was
saying
and
what
councilor
davis
was
pointing
out,
the
staff
did
a
great
job,
because
the
the
objective
was
very
clear.
It
was,
and
that
was
to
try
to
make
sure
that
we
had
as
absolute
as
as
good
a
list
of
projects
as
we
could
possibly
have
in
the
event
it
passes.
B
K
And-
and
let
me
add
to
this
mississippi
manager-
what's
really
important-
is
the
opportunity
for
funding,
because
some
of
these
projects,
if,
if
there's
no
funds
to
be
able
to
make
the
improvements,
it's
going
to
take
years
years,
that's
the
message
of
how
long
and
it
might
not
even
happen
in
a
potentially
a
decade
that
some
of
these
road
projects
it
takes
a
long
time
to
get
a
road
project
going
and
here's
an
opportunity.
I
think
that
message,
that's
really
what
I'm
trying
to
communicate
is.
K
This
may
be
an
opportunity
that
don't
miss
out
on
because
it
may
not
come
back
anytime
soon,
so
that
importance
of
the
opportunity
is
is
key
here,
but
certainly
I
agree
with
you.
It's
all
you
look.
Our
staff,
you
and
others
who
have
been
involved
in
this-
have
done
a
great
job.
Balancing
these
projects
throughout
the
city.
K
There's
a
lot
of
needs
there
and
it's
a
good
thing.
Some
of
these
projects
have
already
been
complete
and
it's
a
good
thing.
I
mean
it's
a
great
improvement
to
our
community,
so
thanks
and
appreciate
all
those
who
have
been
involved
in
making
sure
that
these
areas
throughout
the
city
are
all
addressed.
Well,.
C
E
Miss
hodge
when
this
list
is
developed,
does
g
dot
have
the
authority
if
you
will
to
either
add
projects
or
delete
projects?
If
we
said,
for
example,
we
want,
you
know
abc
road
wide,
do
they
have
the
authority
to
say
no
we're
not
going
to
pay
for
that
or
do
they
have
the
authority
to
say
we
want
to
widen
abc
road.
G
No,
they
reviewed
our
list
and
they
validated
the
budget
for
our
list,
but
they
do
not
add
or
delete
from
our
list.
G
So
I
don't
want
to
go
through
this
entire
presentation.
We
had
mitchell
greenway
from
here
from
stantec
that
went
through
this
project,
but
they're
in
the
process
of
evaluating
those
three
corridors,
8th
street
13th
street
and
17th
avenue,
and
they
came
back
with
the
concept
for
8th
street
and
just
making
again,
as
you
can
see,
adding
the
the
raised
sidewalk
crossings
there
at
8th
street,
both
for
1st
avenue
and
3rd
avenue,
as
well
as
a
mini
roundabout
there
at
2nd
avenue
and
again
this
is
to
calm
the
traffic
going
down
8th
street.
G
We
receive
a
lot
of
concerns
from
the
from
the
neighborhood
about
the
the
speed
of
the
traffic
on
8th
street.
So
this
was
the
study
that
they
did
and
some
of
the
concepts
that
they
are
proposing
for
8th
street
and
again
for
13th
street.
Looking
at
changing
that
traffic
slightly,
it's
not
going
to
change
the
number
of
lanes,
but
to
add
some
additional
lighting
on
13th
street
fixing
the
sidewalks
on
13th
street,
as
well
as
adding
a
landscape
median
again,
that
is
to
slow
the
traffic
down
changing
some
of
the
crossings
there
at
broadway.
G
Also,
as
I
said,
adding
the
landscape
median
also
changing
the
traffic
signals
at
those
locations
and
then
at
17th
avenue.
They
looked
at
that
entire
corridor
of
17th
avenue
at
18th
street
to
add
a
roundabout
and
redirect
the
traffic
at
that
location
and
also
changing
the
intersections
and
adding
crosswalks
and
and
those
kind
of
things
sidewalks
filling
in
the
gaps
of
the
sidewalks
as
well,
and
then
reducing
some
of
the
on-street
parking
and
narrowing
some
of
the
lanes
again
to
try
to
reduce
some
of
the
traffic
speed
on
17th
avenue
through
that
neighborhood.
G
K
City
manager,
since
this
is
a
work
session,
just
wanted
to
throw
some
stuff
out
there,
but
if,
if
you
would
comment
or
kind
of
add
to
what
I'm
going
to
throw
out
on
the
table
here,
you
know
we
get
all
these
fun.
People,
citizens
sometimes
don't
connect
to
where
all
the
money
flows
from
for
these
transportation
projects,
and
sometimes
they
think
it's
part
of
the
budget
or
it
comes
from
the
general
fund
or
it
comes
from
city
funds
or
taxpayer
funds,
and
that's
not
necessarily
so.
K
But
you
know
it's
hard
to
explain
the
money
where
it
comes
down
from
federal
government
to
the
state
government
and
state
government
to
the
local
municipalities
to
the
region
and
then
there's
other
decision
making
and
a
lot
of
times.
We
don't
have
that.
I
guess
control
from
a
decision-making
standpoint
is
just
x,
amount
of
funds
come
down
and
just
limited
amounts
of
projects
get
done
and
a
lot
of
times.
People
equate
road
improvements
and
paving,
and
things
like
that
and
they're
all
different
they're
different.
K
I
guess
active
parts
to
transportation,
improvement
and
all
under
different
funds
and
different
pots
of
money.
This
tsplots
is,
like,
I
said,
an
opportunity
for
funding
that
you
may
not
ever
see
again
and
if
you
don't
see
it,
then
those
limited
funds
that
I'm
talking
about
that
trickle
down
a
lot
of
times.
You
just
got
a
little
bit
to
to
work
with
in
the
community,
so
you
don't
see
a
lot
of
improvements.
You
see
limited
improvements
over
time,
but
is
it
right
for
me
to
in?
Am
I
right
in
saying
this?
K
When
you
have
those
funds
to
do
all
these
other
projects,
it
frees
up
other
funds.
So
in
theory
you
could
go
out
and
repave
more
streets,
because
you've
got
funding
sources
that
are
taking
care
of
those
projects
that
would
normally
get
funded
from
those
different
pots
of
money.
But
here
you
freed
it
up,
so
you
can
go
out
and
do
more
paving
and
do
other
things
which
is
improves
your
community
faster.
C
Yes,
I
think
you've
explained
it
very
well
and
and
I'll
try
and
be
brief
in
what
I've
got
to
say
and
then
I'll
yield
to
the
deputy
city
manager,
because
it's
that's
her
area
of
work,
but
the
general
fund.
As
you
know,
we
have
a
property
tax
freeze
and
the
general
fund
is
limited
in
what
we're
able
to
do
simply
because
we
have
a
property
tax
freeze.
We
only
get
so
much
money
and
that's
it
and,
however,
the
general
fund
dollars
are
flexible.
C
C
And
so
when
you
get
georgia
d.o.t
dollars
to
do
road
projects,
it
helps
with
paving
when
you
get
special
purpose,
local
option
sales
tax,
to
construct
bricks
and
mortar
and
to
do
road
projects
and
to
purchase
buses
and
equipment.
It
helps
with
all
those
other
funds
that
are
we're,
limited
in
and
and
then
certainly
t-splash
projects.
C
If
we
did
not
have
the
current
t-splits
that
we're
in
where
we
spent
300
million
dollars
to
put
the
bridge
over
the
railroad
track
on
universal
road
at
martin
luther
king
and
the
I-185
interchange
of
universal
road,
we
would
not
be
seeing
those
projects.
We
simply
do
not
have
the
capacity
not
even
in
the
special
purpose.
Local
option
sales
tax,
the
general
fund-
pay
none
of
those
funds.
C
We
would
you
mentioned
a
decade,
maybe
not
even
in
our
lifetime,
if,
if
those
projects
are
not
considered
and
passed,
and
that's
why
I
say
citizens
have
to
know
and
not
be,
we
don't
want
them
to
say.
Well.
If
you
had
told
us
that
you
know
we
would
have
taken
this
position.
Well,
we're
telling
you
and
in
whatever
decision
they
make
when
they
go
to
the
polls,
they
it's
an
informed
decision,
but
we
are
we
just
not.
We
would
not
be
able
to
do
the
projects.
C
G
G
We
also
have
an
allocation
in
the
o
lost
that
was
set
up,
70
30
70
for
public
safety,
30
percent
for
infrastructure.
So
out
of
the
30
percent
for
infrastructure,
there's
about
1.5
million
that's
allocated
to
transportation
projects,
then
there's
also
funding
sources
that
we
can
get
g
dot
funding
which
requires
a
match
a
20
match.
So,
if
you're,
looking
at
a
50
million
dollar
spider
web
project,
the
match
alone
is
10
million
dollars.
It
would
take
us,
you
know,
five
years
or
more,
just
saving
up
every
transportation
funding
allocation
for
that
one
project.
G
That
includes
no
resurfacing,
no
sidewalks,
no
other
road
improvements.
So
councillor
davis,
as
you
stated,
this
is
an
opportunity
to
have
a
lot
of
funding
for
transportation
projects
that,
in
other
w
otherwise
would
not
would
not
be
done.
The
the
spiderweb
project,
the
interchange
at
casita,
road,
the
diverging
diamond
at
buena
vista
road-
would
not
have
been
done
without
the
current
t,
splost
that
were
there
that
we
have.
That
expires
this
year
and.
K
You
can
do
it,
but
you
can't
because
even
though
we
added
in
the
budget,
it's
restricted,
it's
restricted
for
that
use.
Only
you
can't
touch
it
for
anything
else
and
that's
the
difference
between
those
funds
and
the
general
fund
and
having
money
available
and
then
this
having
an
opportunity
to
free
up
a
lot
of
those
funds
to
do
significant.
The
t-splots
to
like
the
deputy
city
manager,
said
and,
like
you
said,
the
city
manager.
You
can
free
it
up,
so
you
can
do
more,
such
as
paving
and
things
like
that.
K
We've
only
and
that's
one
thing
that
people
we
need
to
pay
our
streets.
Okay,
we
really
do
but
we're
limited
we're
limited
on
x
amount
of
funds,
and
it
only
goes
so
far
and
as
inflation
and
cost
keeps
increasing,
it's
less
and
less
that
you
can
do
with
what
you
have.
So
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
is:
here's
an
opportunity
that
frees
up
more
to
do
more
in
your
community
to
improve
your.
C
C
C
C
A
million
and
a
half,
but
that's
not
going
to
get
you
three
miles
of
road
in
columbus
georgia
and
we're
220
square
miles,
141
000
acres
in
columbus,
georgia.
It's
not
going
to
get
you
very
far,
and
so,
but
for
these
special
programs
like
what
you
mentioned
council
is
we
just
it
would
not
happen?
We
don't
have
the
capacity
to
make
it
happen.
C
C
They
are
very
key
to
to
helping
us
move
beyond
this
challenge
of
labor
shortage
that
we
have
and
we're
relying
on
heavily
on
the
hr
department
and
her
her
staff.
So
hr
director,
rita,
hollowell.
L
Good
morning,
mr
mayor
city,
manager
and
council,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
talk
again
about
and
provide
an
update
on
our
critical
vacancies
with
the
city
of
columbus,
and
not
only
do
I
want
to
talk
about.
Our
vacancies
is
actually
a
segway
to
give
us
an
opportunity
to
talk
about
our
recruitment
and
retention
strategies.
L
L
Yes,
but
I'm
so
glad
that
he's
here
to
share
the
perspective
of
the
police
department
in
terms
of
what
they
are
doing
so-
and
this
won't
be
real
long-
I
I
was
before
you
all
about
a
month
ago
now
just
to
provide
an
update
on
the
critical
vacancies
that
we
have
with
city
government
and
that
share
that
we
are
not
unlike
the
rest
of
the
country
in
terms
of
critical
vacancies
that
we've
experienced
over
the
years.
L
It's
just
been
is
particularly
doing
this
pandemic.
It's
been
very,
very
challenging
with
us
and
I
do
apologize.
I
did
send
an
updated
presentation
and
this
does
not
appear
to
be
it.
This
was
the
first
one
that
I
sent,
but
there
was
another
one.
I
can
try
to
muddle
through
this
one.
The
other
one
had.
C
And
while
they're
bringing
that
mayor,
I
again,
I
didn't
know
the
police
chief
was
going
to
be
here
and-
and
I
would
like
for
him
to.
I
saw
this
news
story
yesterday
on
channel
9.
I'm
sure
you
all
saw
it
about
the
activity
this
weekend
and
I
just
asked
tasha
johnson
to
pull
that
news
story
up,
because
I'd
like
to
show
it
when
she's
done
with
her
update
on
critical
vacancies
and
mayor.
C
C
And
mirror,
let
me
just
say,
while
they're
pulling,
that
up,
I'm
trying
to
kill
tam.
Of
course
you
know,
but
you
know,
I've
said
before
that
the
economy
is
is
recovering
from
the
pandemic,
and
our
talent.
Labor
remains
obviously
in
high
demand
and,
and
I've
said
to
the
hr
director
that
they've
got
to
be
creative
and
innovative,
creative
and
innovative
in
putting
together
recruitment
retention
packages
that
will
help
us
win
in
this
competitive
market
that
we're
in
and
and
I've
said
earlier.
C
C
Unless
city
leadership
says
that
everybody's
got
to
come
to
work,
we
have
learned
that
they
don't
have
to
be
sitting
at
their
desk
at
the
office
for
us
to
be
successful,
and
so
we've
got
the
challenge
and
other
employers
in
the
private
sector.
The
market
they're
recruiting
this
talent
and
they
are
providing
these
different
work
arrangements
they're
providing
competitive
pay
me
I
was
talking
to
the
mayor
yesterday
and
he
even
talked
about
child
care,
but
because
employers
are
looking
at
how
they
can
do
things
differently
and
if
we're
operating
in
this
environment.
C
We
can't
do
it,
and
so
I've
said
to
the
hr,
director
and
staff
that
you
know
we're
counting
on
you
you're
the
architect.
You
got
to
draw
the
plan,
you
know
in
the
past
department
heads
would
just
go
out
and
they
do
their
own.
Recruiting
hr
didn't
have
to
get
hands-on
involved
with
them
to
create
attractive,
recruiting
packages
for
them.
They
did
it
themselves.
C
Well,
she,
the
hr
department,
have
got
to
get
with
them
and
and
and
and
and
work
closely
with
them
and
look
at
what
their
challenges
are
and
help
them
fix
their
challenges
that
we
can,
they
can
assist
them
in
going
out,
assist
them
in
going
out
to
compete
to
job
fairs,
create
our
own
job
fairs,
hire
people
on
the
spot,
because
that's
what
they're
doing
in
the
private
sector,
but
we
got
to
make
offers
on
the
spot.
B
And
to
add
to
add
to
that,
I
think,
just
a
few
moments
ago,
when
y'all
were
given
a
little
mini
primer
on
municipal
finance,
it
was
telling
that
we
talked
about
general
fund
resources
being
somewhat
limited,
or
at
least
not
as
flexible
as
as
other
private
entities,
certainly
and
even
even
a
lot
of
other
governments.
So
what
that
requires
us
to
do
is
to
be
more
creative
and
to
be
more
innovative,
as
the
city
manager
pointed
out,
because
we
can't
get
into
a
position
where
we
are
trying
to
outbid
people
for
talent.
B
We
got
behind
and
we're
still
behind
and
struggling
to
catch
up
in
some
areas.
We're
aware
of
that
and
we're
working
on
it,
but
we
never
stopped
delivering
the
services,
and
that
was
important
to
this
to
the
to
staff,
and
it
was
important
to
this
council
to
make
sure
that
those
services
were
continuing
to
be
performed.
So
we
are
going
to
have
things
are
going
to
change
we're
hearing
of
chain,
grocery
stores
and
department
stores,
starting
their
people
at
twice
what
they
were
starting
them
out
at
just
a
year
ago.
B
22
an
hour
to
to
be
a
store
clerk
and
the
ripple
effects
are
going
all
across
every
industry
across
this
country.
So
it
is,
I
feel,
like
we've,
got
the
right
people
in
in
place
to
be
able
to
help
us
effect
a
transition
into
this
new
work
environment,
we're
counting
on
it
and
and
it's
it's,
but
it's
not
going
to
be
an
easy
lift.
It's
going
to
require
participation
on
all
fronts,
so.
L
L
L
Apparently
I
did
email
it,
but
they
didn't
receive
it.
So
I
must
have
had
a
delay.
L
I
did,
but
I
don't
think
you're
going
to
receive
it
either
because
tiasha
didn't
receive
it,
so
I
will
go
through
what
we
have
it's
just,
not
all
the
all
that
I
wanted
to
be
able
to
present
this
morning.
C
We'll
do
that,
but,
but
I
I
was
going
to
conclude
by
just
saying
I
I
you
know,
I
had
an
opportunity
to
speak
to
shurim
organization
and
and
in
my
research
I
just
want
to
say
this-
that
when
we
talk
about
different
work
force
different
with
different
expectations,
I
I
something
caught
my
attention.
It
showed
that
two-thirds
65
percent
of
employers
agree
that
morale
has
been
difficult
to
maintain
during
the
pandemic.
C
65
percent
two
thirds
and
it
showed
work,
life
balance
virtual
work
options,
incentive
pay
bonuses,
employees
want
more
from
their
employer,
more
pay,
more
benefits,
more
work,
flexibility,
more
mental
health,
more
growth
and
development
opportunities,
and
so
you
know
that's
what's
out
there,
and
so
if
two-thirds
of
the
employer
or
65
are
saying
that
we
see
the
same
challenge.
C
C
Why
don't
we
do
standing
boy
and
then
we'll
bring
her
back
and
and
then
we'll
wrap
up
with
the
police
chief,
okay.
G
So
good
morning
we
have
had
a
lot
of
questions
about
the
standing
boy
park
and
what's
happening
at
standing
boy
park,
so
we
just
wanted
to
provide
an
update
on
the
standing
boy,
creek
park
and
kind
of
the
activities
that
have
occurred
and
where
we
are
and
going
forward,
and
so
for
those
of
you
who
do
not
know
standing
boy.
Creek
is
a
state
park.
G
It's
located
off
of
old
river
road
in
the
north
end
of
the
county,
it's
15
over
1500
acres,
almost
1600
acres
off
the
shores
of
lake.
Oliver,
again
it's
owned
by
the
state.
It's
operated
by
dnr,
the
georgia
department
of
natural
resources
and
there's
activities
that
are
allowed
at
that
park.
Hiking
mountain
biking
hunting
on
a
limited
basis,
fishing
birding.
G
So
there
are
activities
up
there.
It
kind
of
is
secluded
and
I
don't
know
if
a
lot
of
people
even
know
about
it.
There's
also
an
organization
and
blake
melton
is
here.
So
if
there's
any
questions
specific
he's
here
to
answer
those
questions,
he
came
to
council
back
in
2019
and
gave
an
update
on
what
they're
trying
to
do
out
in
their
partnership
with
dnr
and
to
provide
trails
network
out
at
standing
boy.
So
they
actually
began
discussions
with
dnr
back
in
2015.
G
G
G
So
what
we
have
been
working
on
with
the
standing
boy
group,
as
well
as
dnr,
is
drafting
an
intergovernmental
agreement
with
dnr
that
would
include
the
city
we're
still
working
on
that
to
whether
it's
a
three-party
agreement
for
council's
consideration
between
the
city,
dnr
and
the
standing
boy
nonprofit,
or
whether
it's
an
agreement
between
the
city
and
dnr,
with
a
management
agreement
between
the
city
and
standing
boy
nonprofit.
Those
are
the
things
we're
still
working
through.
G
It
does
require
the
city
to
be
party
to
the
agreement
for
a
couple
of
reasons.
One
is
to
go
through
a
government
in
order
to
have
a
long-term
lease.
A
50-year
lease
would
require
the
city
to
be
a
participant
in
that,
as
well
as
how
the
revenue
is
collected
and
for
that
revenue
for
parking
and
other
activities
to
be
managed
through
standing
boy
nonprofit
would
require
the
city's
inter
participation
in
that
agreement.
G
So
the
discussions
that
we
have
had
is
that
standing
boy
sbi
would
manage
the
park
and
the
trail
system.
So
this
would
not
be
something
that
the
city
would
have
to
take
on.
There's
no
funding
requirements
specifically
from
the
city
on
this
project,
so
the
key
factors
that
are
in
the
agreement
and
again
they're
still
in
draft,
so
we
have
not
brought
it
to
council
for
consideration,
will
be
the
lease
terms.
G
The
hours
of
operation,
the
permitted
uses
of
the
park,
so
we're
still
working
through
those
details
with
dnr
hunting
is
one
of
those
things
that
dnr
wants
to
continue
to
allow
in
the
park.
So
we're
working
through
those
activities
with
dnr
how
the
parking
fees
and
the
revenue
would
be
done.
G
The
responsibilities
of
each
one
of
the
parties,
the
columbus
water
works,
has
been
involved.
They
want
to
do
additional
improvements
to
their
system
through
the
standing
boy
park
so
that
access
road
we've
been
in
discussions
with
the
waterworks
and
then
again
liability
and
insurance
on
how
that
would
work.
So
these
are
just
components
of
that
agreement
that
once
we
get
that
ironed
out
between
the
city,
attorney's
office
and
dnr
and
staff
and
sbi,
then
that
will
come
back
to
council
for
your
consideration
and
we'll
have
all
the
details
related
to
that
agreement.
G
G
The
appropriate
agency
is
dispatched
to
that
location,
so
this
would
not
be
any
different
than
what
it
is
right
now
and
then
also
because
we
would
have
access
to
specific
grant
opportunities,
and
so
that
would
be
another
thing
that
we
would
do
is
assist
the
non-profit
with
applying
for
grants.
Again,
no
financial
obligation
has
been
requested
from
the
city
on
those
opportunities.
D
G
I
G
That
there's
any
specific
kind
of
maintenance
annual
maintenance
that
they
do
at
that
location.
But
that
would
not
change
that.
E
Miss
hodge,
you
mentioned
a
couple
of
times
hunting,
and
that
was
one
of
the
issues
that
was
brought
to
me
was.
Is
there
going
to
be
a
change
in
the
allowable
hunting
activities
and
so
forth?
Could
you
tell
us
what
is
currently
allowed
in
the
hunting
arena.
I
M
M
Weekends,
a
year
everything
would
be
archery,
except
there
would
be
two
youth
turkey
hunts
and
for
those
youth,
turkey
hunts
there
would
be
shotguns,
but
the
discussion
we've
had
with
them
is
that
during
those
weekends,
dnr
would
effectively
sort
of
retake
possession,
because
I
think
we
understand
that
the
city
doesn't
have
any
interest.
In
I
mean
y'all
are
we're
a
city.
We
don't
manage.
Hunting
property
like
dnr,
manages
hunting
so
that
during
those
sorts
of
times
we
would
get
the
city
out
of
it.
E
One
of
the
questions
that
was
asked
of
me
too
is-
and
this
may
be
a
miss
hodge
question
under
which
department
in
the
city
would
the
management
of
this
facility
come.
Would
it
be
parks
and
rec,
or
would
it
be
some
other
department
or
do
we?
Maybe
we
need
a
new
one.
M
M
Just
like
a
lot
of
government
entities,
they
don't
have
a
lot
of
money.
So
when,
if
you're
in
the
state
park
system,
I
mean
you're
competing
for
resources
with
fdr
and
like
all
these
parks
in
north
georgia-
and
I
think
state
parks
very
rightly-
is
sitting
there
looking
at
budgets
going
well,
we
have
this
huge
backlog
and
all
these
other
state
parks
like
it's
hard
for
a
property,
that's
as
urban
as
small
as
standing
boy
relatively
to
fight
for
resources.
F
M
In
this
region,
that
rightly
so,
suck
up
most
of
the
resources.
So
a
lot
of
what
this
is
about
is
trying
to
position
standing
boy
so
that
standing
boy
inc
can
best
marshal
resources
for
the
property.
And
so
when
we
talk
about
management
like
right
now,
dnr's
and
I
mean
they've-
been
the
people
at
dnr
and
state
parks.
They're,
wonderful,
they've
helped
us
with
environmental
reviews.
M
M
At
all,
in
a
negative
way,
I
think
they're
making
the
right
decision,
but
it's
just
been
sitting
there
and
until
we
built
the
trails
and
then
we've
been
handling
like
the
new
parking
lot,
we
built
the
port
of
john.
We
pay
for
the
gate
we
paid
for,
like
it's
standing
boy
inc
is,
is
doing
it,
so
I
think.
G
But
I
will
say
I
will
say
that
the
the
goal
is
to
if,
if
the
city
enters
into
an
agreement,
the
goal
would
be
for
standing
boy
inc
to
manage
that
that
would
be
a
contract.
That
parks
and
rec
would
oversee
the
operation
of
standing
boy
at
that
facility.
G
So
it
would
be
a
parks
and
rec
contract
for
operation
in
the
park.
C
G
Well,
it
would
be
any
time
that
we
enter
into
the
city
enters
into
a
contract-
that's
done
through
a
specific
department,
and
that
department
makes
sure
that,
what's
outlined
in
the
agreement
that
they're
fulfilling
their
obligation
as
part
of
that
agreement.
So
if
the
agreement
says
you'll
pay
for
all
the
utilities,
then
they'll
make
sure
that
they're
handling
utilities
that
it's
not
handled
through
the
city's
budget.
So.
P
E
E
I
think
the
the
people
that
have
talked
with
me
about
it
have
been
a
little
nervous
about
when
you
start
talking
about
you're
having
talks
with
the
state,
the
oh
gosh.
What
does
that
mean?
But
it
sounds
to
me
like
it's
there's,
not
any
big
changes
in
the
plans
of
how
the
park
is
used
and
and
what
it's
used
for
and
all
of
those
other
kinds
of
things
is
that
a
correct
statement.
E
E
And
but
I've
had
a
lot
of
input
from
various
people
who
could
take
you
there,
because
it's
a
very
big
part
of
their
life.
They
like
what
they
see
there
and
and
is
available,
and
so
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
get
a
little
more
in
my
mind
about
what
are
we
talking
about,
and
how
does
this
going
to
work
and
some
of
those
kinds
of
issues-
and
I
do
appreciate
mr
melton
you're
coming
today
to
help-
tell
me
how
to
get
to
standing
boy
creek
park.
So
thank
you
so
much.
G
And
you
know
also
just
to
commend
standing
boy
inc
they've
raised
private
dollars
to
provide
this
amenity
in
columbus,
georgia
and
continuing
to
expand
the
the
trail
network
at
standing
boys.
So.
K
Davis,
yes,
I
just
wanted
to
say
for
the
record.
The
standing
boy
park
is
in
the
district
I
represent,
and
I
just
want
to
say
there
are
concerns
that
I
receive
calls
that
I
receive
often
about
look,
there's
just
a
lot
of
foot
activity
and
it's
a
passive
park
and
people
use
it.
They
use
it
in
a
variety
of
I
guess
situations
to
from
a
recreation
standpoint,
but
there
are
people
that
are
concerned
at
different
levels,
mainly,
I
guess,
on
the
interior
of
the
park,
the
hunting
aspect.
K
People
are
concerned
about
the
the
health
and
safety
I
get
a
lot
of
calls.
One
from
a
prominent
surgeon
in
our
community
that
goes
to
work
is
often
called
quite
often
at
various
times
that
really
concerned
about
some
of
the
firearm
aspect
to
to
hunting,
and
I
often
get
calls
from
people
that
the
back
of
green
island
borders
at
border
standard
wood
park-
I
don't
get
calls
so
much
from
the
old
river
roadside
or
the
or
the
river
roadside.
K
But
you
know
there
are
houses
along
the
the
back
property
lines
of
standing
boy
and
people
are
they.
They
call
me
and
they're
concerned
they're
rightfully
so,
but
it
is
under
state
management
and
and
they
call
the
shots
there
and
it's
it,
but
I
have
to
mitigate
those
calls
and
walk
people
through
them
and
it
is
a
concern.
So
I
just
put
that
out
there
for
the
record.
B
And
I
think,
of
course
this
is,
this
is
an
awesome,
awesome
initiative,
that's
gone
on
it's
another
example
of
public
private
partnership,
where
the
group
of
individuals
saw
a
something,
that's
missing
for
those
enthusiasts
that
enjoy
the
mountain
bike,
trail
trail
riding
and
they,
instead
of
coming
to
the
city
and
saying
hey,
we
want
to
do
this
fix
this.
For
us
they
came
up
with
a
solution
and
actually,
I
think,
with
regards
to
the
to
the
hunting.
This
will
make
it
it
will.
B
I
don't
want
to
use
the
term
regulate,
but
it
will
it
will
make
it
more
consistent
and
there'll
be
more
knowledge
ahead
of
time
when,
when
firearms
will
be
utilized
out
there
but
yeah.
This
is
something
that
that
I
think
has
been
completely
driven
by
the
private
sector
by
this
this
this
organization-
and
it's
I've
been
out
there
and
it's
it's
a
mixed
use.
You
can
ride
bicycles,
you
can
also
hike
it
and
it.
B
It
is
a
beautiful
view
of
of
that
portion
of
our
community
and
it's
we're
excited
about
what
it
could
mean
for
adventure,
tourism.
You
know
we
already
have
the
the
the
the
white
water
and
then
to
have
a
you
know
this
many
miles
of
trails.
It
is
it's
going
to
be
a
signature
location,
I
think
for
the
city
and
blake
and
his
group
have
had
the
patience
of
job
and
trying
to
get
through
all
this
and
working
with
dnr
and
again,
no
slight
at
dnr.
B
They've
got
a
mighty
big
pie
that
they're
trying
to
oversee,
and
but
I
think,
we're
getting
they're
getting
close
to
being
able
to
try
to
put
this
together,
and
you
know
the
the
cost
from
the
city's
perspective
is
minimal.
If
any
at
all-
and
it's
just
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
try
to
add
one
more
one
more
jewel
in
the
crown
of
what
I
consider
to
be
one
of
the
preeminent
adventure
tourism
locations
in
a
city
so
excited
about
it.
M
M
If
I
could
give
a
teeny
bit
of
quick
background
on
kind
of
why
that
is
and
sort
of
where
we
are
from
the
moment
we
opened
the
trails
we
had
about
30
parking
spots
and
that
wasn't
nearly
enough,
so
we
have
intentionally
tried
to
stay
off
the
radar
and
not
and
a
lot
of
people
think
they're
mountain
bike
trails
and
we
haven't
tried
to
disabuse
people
of
that
notion.
For
the
same
reason,
we
stayed
off
the
radar
because
we
didn't
have
parking
and
standing
boy
inc
through.
M
You
know,
with
a
a
lot
of
help
from
some
local
people.
We
built
more
parking
out
there.
So
now
we
have
a
hundred
parking
spots
which
is
way
more
than
we
need,
but
the
problem
parking
problems
should
be
solved
and
we're
working
on
some
better
signage
right
now
and
then
hopefully
this
summer
and
fall
we'll
move
much
more
into
trying
to
make
sure
everybody
in
columbus
knows
where
it
is
and
how
to
get
there.
But
we've
intentionally.
N
M
Done
that,
because
of
parking
and
then
just
a
couple
of
points,
I
want
to
make
about
the
mountain
bike,
so
the
standing
boy
inc.
Our
mission
is
to
preserve
the
property
and
natural
state
to
build,
maintain
and
manage
a
spectacular
natural
surface
trail
system
and
then
to
leverage
the
property
in
the
trail
system.
One.
We
need
some
forestry
management
out
there.
Some
like
some
of
those
planted
pines
need
to
be
thinned
a
little
bit,
we're
not
looking
to
the
city
to
do
that.
M
We
would
work
with
dnr,
it's
still
their
property,
but
we'd
like
to
see
some
things
like
that
happen,
we
would
like
to
get
more
people
out
there
and
that
sort
of
healthier
and
happier
lives
through
physical
activity
in
an
outdoor
environment.
We
love
for
some
of
those
people
not
to
look
like
me
to
have
different
socioeconomic
backgrounds
and
we'd
also
like
to
we
got
a
bunch
of
people
out
there
for
a
bunch
of
different
reasons.
We'd
like
to
have
some
environmental
and
interpretive
sign
engines,
and
things
like
that.
M
M
It's
it's
a
for
everybody,
not
just
the
mountain
bikers
and
finally
they're
more
people
on
the
standing
board
that
hunt
than
there
are
that
mountain
bike
and
there's
nothing
against
hunting
at
all.
The
question
has
always
been
in
light
of
the
other
opportunities
in
our
region.
What
is
the
highest
and
best
use
of
this
property
for
our
community
and
that's
where
standing
boy
inc
is
coming
from
not
from
a
mountain
biking
place
not
from
a
we
want
to
limit
hunting
place,
but
from
you
know
there
are
lots
of
other
opportunities.
C
B
L
Good
morning
again,
mr
mayor
city
manager
into
council,
thank
you
all
for
the
opportunity
to
give
this
update
on
critical
vacancies
with
the
city
of
columbus.
As
I
stated,
I
was
here
about
a
month
ago,
and
we
talked
about
you
know
some
of
the
critical
vacancies
that
we
have
and
our
difficulty
in
filling
those
vacancies,
and
you
know
that
we
are
not,
unlike
other
cities,
other
counties
organizations
throughout
the
united
states.
That
has
had
this
share
of
just
trying
to
keep
a
viable
workforce
going.
L
We
talked
about
some
of
the
critical
vacancies
in
our
public
safety
department
and
our
general
government
departments
throughout
the
city.
We've
had
those
challenges,
and
you
know
with
the
pandemic.
It
it
just
left
us
in
a
flux
of
how
do
we?
How
do
we
still
maintain
and
provide
the
level
of
service
that
the
community
deserves,
expects
and
is
paying
for
so
today
I
wanted
to
just
talk
about
some
of
the
things
that
we
are
doing
as
it
relates
to
our
strategies
towards
recruitment
and
retention,
and
the
city
manager
made
some
very
viable
points
this
morning.
L
It
is,
it
is
a
new
way
of
doing
business.
Now,
as
I've
said
in
the
past,
it
used
to
be
it
used
to
be
that
we
could
just
post
our
jobs
on
our
website
and
just
for
one
job.
We'd
have
four
or
500
applicants
just
for
one
job,
and
it
was
an
entry
level
job
at
that,
but
now
we'll
post
that
same
job
on
our
website
and
we
might
depending
on
the
job,
we
might
get
30
applications
for
that.
L
So
you
know
it
certainly
has
signaled
to
us
that
we
have
got
to
do
business
a
little
bit
different
than
what
we've
done
in
the
past
if
we
want
to
maintain
a
viable
workforce
for
the
columbus
consolidated
government
and
for
what
the
citizens
need.
So
I
wanted
to
just
share
a
little
bit
this
morning
about
what
we're
doing
so
we
are
hiring.
L
L
You
know
you
think
everybody
knows
about
the
columbus
consolidated
government
and
they
do.
They
know
the
services
that
they
provide,
but
do
they
understand
the
type
of
organization
that
we
are
an
organization
that
hey
I
want
to
be
associated
with
and
potentially
work
for,
so
some
of
the
things
that
we
are
doing
as
it
relates
to
a
recruitment
strategy,
and
a
lot
of
these
are
things
that
we've
been
doing
for
many
many
years,
but
some
of
them
are
things
that
we
are
having
to
do
a
new.
L
So
some
of
the
things
that
we
are,
you
know
that
we've
done
all
of
our
jobs
are
advertised
on
our
website.
You
can
go
to
our
career
opportunities.
Web
page
there
and
you'll
see
all
of
our
jobs
posted
there.
All
of
our
jobs
are
also
posted
on
governmentjobs.com
and
what
that
means
governmentjobs.com
is
national
or
international.
If
you
will,
if
you
are
someone
that
is
somehow
another
looking
to
work
for
the
government,
you
just
need
go
to
governmentjobs.com
and
you'll
be
able
to
see
our
jobs
there.
L
We
don't
actually
post
on
indeed
and
glassdoor,
but
I
know
that
those
are
household
names
now
that
you're,
probably
very
very
familiar
with,
but
what
indeed
and
glassdoor
do
they,
what
it's
called?
They
scrape.
They
scrape
our
jobs.
So
whenever
we
post
our
jobs
out
on
our
website,
indeed
and
glassdoor
and
other
similar
organizations,
they'll
pull
out
jobs,
so
you
don't
necessarily
have
to
go
to
our
career
opportunities.
Web
page,
you
don't
have
to
go
to
governmentjobs.com
a
lot
of
people.
I
use
my
door
as
an
example.
L
That's
all
she
does
she's
on,
indeed
all
the
time.
So
it's
okay
that
you
own
nd,
because
our
jobs
are
there
and
they're
on
glassdoor
as
well
as
others,
and
not
only
these
sites.
Here
we
continuously
post
our
jobs
at
about
20
other
websites
and
and
publications,
including
colleges
and
universities,
we're
at
fort
benning,
just
the
georgia
dol,
just
a
number
of
other
about
20
or
so
organizations
that
we
regularly
post
our
jobs.
L
L
While
I
hold
on
that
side
like
what
our
folks
will
do
when
they
go
to
these
career
fairs
or
we're
hosting
their
career
affairs,
they're
not
only
prepared
to
talk
to
you
about
what
opportunities
are
available
to
the
city,
they're
ready
for
you
to
make
an
application,
they
will
assist
you
in
making
an
application.
They
will
assist
you
in
making
your
application
and
if
they
deem
you
to
be
a
viable
candidate
for
the
job,
that's
open,
they're,
going
to
make
your
job
offer
right
there
on
the
spot
and
I've
told
our
department
directors.
L
We've
got
to
do
that
because
if
we
don't
offer
them
a
job,
there
are
plenty
other
organizations
that
are
waiting
in
line
they're
going
to
offer
them
a
job.
So
we
want
to
be
the
first
one
to
get
to
them.
So
that's
the
mentality
that
we
have
when
we
go
to
job
fairs.
Now,
yes,
we're
there
to
it's
a
part
of
our
branding
when
we
go
to
job
fairs
because
and
I'll
show
you
some
slides
here,
we're
very
professional.
L
We
look
like
somebody
you
would
want
to
hang
out
with.
So
we
try
to
be
very,
very
professional
and
we
are
when
we
go
and
we
present
ourselves
and
it's
part
of
our
branding
and
so
in
terms
of
furthering
our
recruitment
strategy.
These
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
done
and
some
of
the
new
things
that
we're
continuing
to
do
in
order
to
attract
the
kind
attract
the
kind
of
workforce
that
we
continuously
need.
L
L
You
are
able
to
reach
passive
passive
applicants
that
way,
not
someone
that
is
got
their
resume,
ready,
necessarily
and
they're
every
day,
looking
for
a
job,
but
that
passive
person
who
is
not
necessarily
looking
for
a
job
but
they've
got
the
kind
of
skills
that
we're
looking
for
and
if
we
do,
what
we're
supposed
to
do
in
making
the
kind
of
impressions
that
we
need
to
do
on
facebook,
linkedin
and
twitter
and
other
social
media
outlets
we'll
be
able
to
attract
and
retain
the
kind
of
applicants
for
the
type
of
positions
that
we're
trying
to
fill.
L
So
we're
working
on
that
we're
continuing
to
another
thought
that
we
are
working
on
we're
going
to
do
some
advertising
on
our
city
vehicles.
They
are
on
the
roadway
every
day
and
we
need
to
take
advantage
of
that
ready
source
and
being
able
to
use
some
of
our
city
vehicles
and
advertising
our
vehicles.
We're
in
talks
with
the
civic
center
about
being
able
to
use
the
marquee
that
they
have
there,
as
well
as
their
indoor
signage,
so
we're
working
on
opportunities
there
and
we're
also
working
on
opportunities,
more
opportunities
to
promote
our
careers.
L
On
our
local
radio
stations,
and
then
we
are
working
with
contracting
with
temporary
labor
companies.
Although
we
have
our
own
initiatives,
labor
companies,
our
temp
agencies-
they
also
is
a.
They
are
also
a
resource
force,
so
we're
looking
to
contract
with
them
as
well.
Many
years
ago,
we
utilized
we
used
to
utilize
temp
agencies
to
hire
for
a
number
of
our
jobs,
but
then
we
got
to
a
point
where
we
didn't.
L
We
didn't
need
the
temp
agencies,
because
we
were
able
to
hire
on
our
own
without
utilizing
temp
agencies,
but
we're
utilizing
them
as
another
source
now
to
also
assist
us
in
filling
some
of
the
positions
that
we
want
to
feel,
and
so
I
wanted
to
just
kind
of
look
at
where
we
are
now
just
this
first
quarter,
look
january
february
march
of
2022
and
say
you
know
how
we
doing
with
our
hiring-
and
this
is
just
a
just-
a
snapshot
here
across
all
of
our
departments,
all
of
our
jobs,
our
public
safety,
general
government
and
the
courts.
L
Just
looking
at
january,
we
made
49
hires.
In
february
we
had
58,
hires
and
40.
In
march
we
had
another
49
hires,
just
for
the
first
quarter
in
2022,
we've
hired
156
employees
and
that's
a
good
number.
That's
a
good
number,
and
I
said
the
other.
I
said
we're
hiring
a
lot
of
people
and
we
are
hiring
a
lot
of
people,
but
then
I
said
well:
2019
was
pre-pandemic.
L
So
what
did
those
numbers
look
like
in
2019,
and
I
do
want
to
share
that
these
numbers
are
not
inclusive
of
temporary
employees
and
seasonal
employees.
If
I
added
temporary
and
seasoned
employees,
the
numbers
would
be
that
much
they
would
be
higher,
but
in
just
just
a
real
glance
here.
I
just
threw
this
at
the
bottom.
In
2019
we
had
we
hired
52
employees.
These
are
full
and
part
times
in
february
of
2019
we
hired
46
in
march
of
29
we
hired
45..
L
So
I
think
our
numbers
are
tracking,
really
good
in
terms
of
what
we're
hiring
in
in
full
disclosure
in
2019.
We
didn't
have
as
many
jobs
advertised
now
in
2019.
It
might
have
been
50
or
60
jobs
that
we
had
advertised,
but
in
2022
we've
got
about
150
jobs
that
are
actually
advertised.
So
just
but
I
you
know-
and
these
are
we'll
look
at
this-
some
more
you
know
in
in
terms
of
how
we're
tracking
I
think,
we're
doing
good.
L
Obviously,
we've
got
a
lot
of
positions
that
we're
trying
to
fill,
but
I
think,
we'll
own
a
good
trajectory
to
fill
a
lot
of
our
positions
and
when
you
hear
continue
to
hear
some
of
the
things
that
we're
doing,
and
particularly
with
the
police
department,
some
of
the
things
that
they're
doing,
I
think
you're
going
to
be
that
much
more
encouraged,
also
about
some
of
the
good
work
that
we're
doing,
and
so
these
are
just
a
few
slides
here.
L
Ccg
participated
in
12
of
these
12
career
fairs,
hiring
ferris.
If
you
will
that's
not,
including
what
the
police
department
did,
it's
not
including
what
fire
in
the
park
fire
department
did
it's
not,
including
what
other
departments
have
done
on
their
own
in
terms
these
are
just
ones
that
hr
was
involved
in.
We
did
12,
but
it's
it.
L
So
we
did
more
than
that,
but
these
are
just
some
of
some
of
the
career
fairs
that
we
have
either
again
hosted
or
participated
in
in
2021,
and
you
see
the
police
department
there
and
just
other
there's
parks
and
rec
and
that's
the
thing
we
have
to
hr
is
not
something
that
we
can
do
alone.
So
we
have
involved
the
various
departments.
So
when
we
go
to
these
hiring
fairs,
it's
not
just
hr
public
works.
Is
there
fire
and
ems?
Is
there
parts
and
recreation?
Is
there
metra?
Is
there
the
police
department?
L
Is
there
muscogee
county
prison?
Is
there
they
are
there
so
that
you
know
when
you
go
a
lot
of
times.
Just
imagine
this
a
20
year
old
at
home
and
mom,
says:
look,
you
got
to
get
a
job,
get
your
resume
and
they
having
something
out
at
the
trade
center.
You
go
down
there,
so
the
child
gets
up
and
they
go
down
to
the
trade
center.
And
it's
all
of
this
there
we
are
there
and
a
month,
a
bunch
of
other
vendors.
Are
there
so
one
of
the
things
I
like
about
what
we
do.
L
Yes
we're
there
and
hopefully
we're
going
to
recruit
somebody
that
day,
but
that
20
year
old
may
not
really
know
what
they're
looking
for
they
just
know.
Mom
told
them
you
got
to
get
out
of
the
house
and
you
need
to
go
and
find
a
job,
so
they
are
there.
But
the
good
thing
about
what
we
do
is
the
representatives
from
the
departments
they're
just
kind
of
hanging
around
it
ain't
one
person:
that's
there
to
take
your
application,
then,
and
get
you
ushered
on
it's
several
of
them.
That
are
there
to
talk
to
you.
L
You
know
just
to
explore
what
it
is
that
you're
looking
for,
because
the
20-year-old
may
not
know
what
they're
looking
for.
So
the
representatives
from
the
departments
are
there
to
talk
about
what
we
do
talk
about,
what
that
applicant's
interest
might
be
and
say
if
you
are
interested
in
it.
This
is
what
we
have,
and
this
is
how
you
work
through
it.
These
are
the
benefits
that
we
offer.
These
are
the
vacations
that
this
is
because
I
know
for
our
millennials.
You
know
that
work-life
balance
is
extremely
important.
So,
yes,
you
get
a
vacation.
L
You
get
sick
leave.
If
you
need
to
go
to
the
doctor,
you
know
those
sorts
of
things
that
they
get
to
talk
to
them
about.
So
it's
not
about
us
just
showing
up
here's
an
application,
fill
it
out,
we'll
call
you
if
we
think
you
got
something
that
we
want.
We
are
working.
We
are
branding
ourselves
and
trying
to
introduce
ourselves
one-on-one
to
every
applicant
that
we
meet
to
make
sure
that
they
want
to
be
with
us
and
we
want
to
be
with
them.
L
I
do
want
to
pause
right
here
because
when
I
start
talking
to
cpd
about
some
of
the
stuff
that
they
were
doing,
I
was
actually
overwhelmed
with
all
that
they
were
doing,
and
I
told
the
I
talked
to
the
police
chief
real
briefly,
and
I
said
I
wonder
if
you
and
your
recruitment
team,
if
you
all,
would
come
and
just
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
you
all
are
doing,
because
they
are
what
they're
doing
is
just
phenomenal
in
terms
of
reaching
out
the
different
hiring
events
that
they've
got
going
on,
and
I'm
going
to
just
pause
right
now,
because
a
chief
I've
got
this
slide
in
two
other
slides
and
because
I
know
he
also,
they
just
hired.
L
I
think
about
11
recruits
just
the
other
day
and
and
they
swore
them
in.
So
I
wanted
the
chief
to
talk
about
that.
That's
the
last
three
three
slides
that
I
have
and
and
then
I'm
going
to
close,
but
I'm
going
to
ask
him
if
he
would
just
come
or
somebody
from
his
staff,
but
they
would
just
come
and
talk
about
some
of
the
stuff
that
they're
doing.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Although
we
have
gone
to
the
campus
in
previous
years,
but
we're
using
this
particular
strategy
at
this
time
and,
of
course,
on
april
27th,
we
will
be
involved
in
a
hiring
event
here
in
our
city,
but
there
are
other
events
that
we
are
still
working
on,
putting
the
final
touches
to.
As
we
work
further
into
the
year
with
additional
hiring
events
as
we
go
further
and
so.
R
I'll
just
good
morning,
I'll
just
tell
you
about
the
two
programs
that
I
have
really
been
working
on
the
last
month
and
that's
our
csp
program
we're
reaching
out
to
fort
benning
those
guys
and
ladies,
are
getting
out
of
the
military,
and
they
have
that.
Experience
that
background
that
fortitude,
that
that
leeway
and
that
leadership,
so
we
are
reaching
out
to
them,
see
ccg
already
has
a
csp
program.
R
In
effect,
what
we're
doing
is
pretty
much
piggybacking
off
of
what
we
already
have
in
place,
we're
getting
innovative
with
our
ideas
and
trying
to
get
the
military
prior
military
people
into
an
academy,
get
them
hired
and
put
them
to
work,
and
the
other
piece
of
that
is
we're
reaching
out
to
the
children.
R
R
The
foot
on
the
ground
boots
on
the
ground
would
be
sergeant
shelling
and
he
can
give
you
just
a
little
snippet
of
what
every
day
at
police
police
recruiting
at
the
police
department
looks
like.
Even
today,
we
are
going
to
a
high
school
to
get
our
cadet
program
kicked
off
and
we're
very
excited
about
that.
So,
if
you
have
children,
grandchildren
neighbors,
who
are
between
the
ages
of
18
to
20
sergeant
sheldon,
give
you
a
little
bit
more
information
on
that.
S
Good
morning,
so
we
have
been
very
active
in
our
recruitment
efforts
that
includes
the
recruitment
of
police
officers,
as
well
as
police.
Cadets
we've
been
in
every
single
high
school
in
the
moscow
county
school
district.
We've
actually
visited
them
multiple
times
to
really
let
high
school
students
know
about
the
wonderful
program
that
we
have
within
the
columbus
police
department.
S
As
far
as
the
cadet
program,
and
we
have
had
some
interest,
we
actually
have
some
candidates
that
are
in
the
process
now
and
so
hopefully,
when
they
graduate,
we
will
be
able
to
welcome
them
into
the
into
the
cadet
program
police
officer
wise.
We
are.
We
are
very
aggressive
in
terms
of
our
approach
getting
into
these
local
colleges
and
universities
and
the
surrounding
areas,
as
the
city
manager
mentioned
earlier.
S
We
look
at
it
as
far
as
being
creative
and
innovative.
We
understand
we
have
to
think
outside
the
box
in
order
to
fill
the
vacancies
that
we
have
within
our
department,
and
I
have
a
very
great
team
and
we
we
always
think
about
additional
ways
that
we
can
or
structures
that
we
can
put
in
place
in
order
to
be
more
effective.
In
our
recruitment
efforts,
so
that's
pretty
much
what
we
do
every
single
day
and
that's
pretty
much
all
that
I
have
to
share
with
you.
Thank
you.
S
Q
I
Q
Okay,
as
you
see
here
in
this
on
this
particular
slide,
we
are
able
to
now,
thanks
to
you
all,
we're
able
to
have
a
sign-on
bonus
of
five
thousand
dollars
for
our
new
recruits
that
we
bring
on
board,
and
this
is
given
to
them
in
two
installments,
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
every
six
months,
and
so
in
order
to
retain
officers-
and
we
are
very
appreciative
for
the
pace
study
that
that's
currently
taking
place
now
and
we're
looking
forward
to
what
will
come
on
the
on
the
back
end
of
that
as
far
as
the
implementation
piece.
Q
But
until
we
get
to
that
point,
we're
very
appreciative
for
the
retention
plan.
That's
in
place
now,
where
the
officers
are
able
to
receive
1500
on
a
quarterly
basis
in
order
to
work
towards
keeping
them
in
place
and
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
do
even
more
as
we
go
forward
and
so
officers
who
are
already
certified
within
the
state
of
georgia,
they're
able
to
receive
a
certification
bonus
and
as
well
as
officers
who
come
to
us
from
with
prior
military
service.
Q
In
the
course
officers
who
have
a
bachelor's
degree
or
a
master's
degree.
They're
able
to
receive
an
increase
in
their
pay
as
well
and
that
that
amount
that
you
see
the
twelve
hundred
dollars
for
the
bachelor's
and
the
twenty-five
hundred
dollars
for
the
masters
that
pays
given
to
them
over
26
pay
periods.
So
each
pay
period
that
that
number
is
divided
by
26.
So
those
officers
are
able
to
receive
that
amount
over
those
pay
periods
and,
of
course,
with
our
reform
pay
that
we
currently
have
in
place.
Now.
Q
J
Is
that
is
that
every
six
months
or
do
they
or
is
it
split
between
the
six
pay
periods,
or
is
it
given.
O
Chief,
I
appreciate
all
you're
doing.
I
would
like
to
encourage
you
to
emphasize,
because
I
saw
up
there,
several
cities
that
were
comparable-
and
I
think
montgomery
is
a
great
place
for
us
to
recruit
from
because
they've
been
having
kind
of
an
exodus
of
officers,
just
like
every
other
city
across
america
is,
but
I
think
we
need
to
really
go
into
some
of
these
places,
with
higher
cost
of
living
like
around
metropolitan
atlanta,
who
are
trying
to
poach
from
us
and
pitch
them.
One
cost
of
living
y'all
can
live
here.
O
For
you
know
much
lower
price
and
plus
we've
got
several
school
districts,
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
the
landlords
in
town
they
will
let
an
officer
live
for
free
if
they
have
a
car
or
they'll.
Let
them
live
for
a
discount.
We've
got
some
great
school
districts,
I
mean
in
my
district.
I
have
my
district
club
views
in
my
district
north
side
side
of
my
district.
O
There
are
several
other
elementary
schools
around
town,
but
several
of
those
have
apartment
complexes
where
they
they
offer
those
services
like
where,
if
you're
an
officer
you
get
either
a
free
apartment
or
not,
but
that
can
be
huge
for
a
family
if
you're
in
atlanta,
it's
and
plus,
we
need
to
emphasize
to
the
reason
I'm
feeling
focused
on
land.
I
just
got
back
from
atlanta
and
the
traffic
is
just
atrocious
up
there,
so
they're
still
dealing
with
that
they're
losing
time
in
their
life
if
they
commute
to
and
from
their
job.
O
I
really
think
we
need
to
pitch
that
heavily
because
we
I
see
we're
recruiting
in
some
comparable
seas,
but
let's
hit
some
of
the
metropolitan
areas
where
we
really
do
offer
something
in
the
way
of
cost
of
living
more
time
in
your
life,
and
we
have
great
benefits
to
boot.
I
Q
Yes,
sir,
and
and
as
you
said,
that
you
know
we've
been
into
that
metro
area
for
job
fairs
and
we've
gone
to
kennesaw
state.
We
we've
actually
gone
to
the
university
of
georgia
as
well,
and
so
and
we
you
know,
we've
done
other
job,
hiring
events
in
and
around
the
metro
area,
and
we
will
continue
to
go
into
that
area
and,
as
you
speak,
of
going
to
locations
with
higher
costs
of
living,
you
know
we
also
advertise
on
social
media,
as
was
mentioned
earlier,
and
our
social
media
ads.
Q
They
mainly
targeted
that
area
north
and
southeast
of
the
united
states
and
we've
hired
several
individuals
from
that
northeast
area,
where
the
cost
of
living
is
a
little
bit
more
than
it
is
here,
and
so
we've
hired
several
individuals
from
the
new
york
area,
new
jersey
area
and
they
communicate
on
a
regular
basis
that
the
cost
of
living
there
is
too
much.
In
addition
to
that,
the
process
to
get
into
law
enforcement.
Q
It
takes
much
a
much
longer
period
of
time
in
order
to
get
on
board
there
as
compared
to
in
columbus,
and
so
we
take
advantage
of
that
opportunity
as
well.
O
Mr
c
manager,
that
might
be
something
for
us
to
consider
for
the
budget,
would
be
if,
if
we're
having
people
that
we're
getting
from
waya
state,
maybe
putting
in
some
sort
of
relocation
stipend
so
that
they
can
pay
for
movers
to
you
know,
get
down
here
or
get
temporary
housing.
You
know
I
mean.
C
And
you
know
so
we
have
that
and
and
and
yeah
I
agree
with
you.
We
need
to
increase
the
relocation
because
a
thousand
dollars
won't
get
it
today.
You
know
if
they're
coming
from
new
york,
for
example,
and
so
mayor,
we
we
could
definitely.
B
B
Had
conversations
not
only
in
the
in
the
budget
discussions,
but
but
also
with
regards
to
the
pace
study,
trying
to
tell
them
some
of
the
things
we'd
like
them
to
kind
of
consider
factoring
into
the
package,
because
it
goes
back
to
what
we
were
saying
earlier.
We
we're
not
in
a
financial
situation,
given
our
structure
where
we're
going
to
just
continue
to
outbid
everybody.
So
we've
got
to
make
a
a
solid
package
available
so
that
they
can
take
care
of
their
families.
C
C
I
don't
know
if
anyone
else
is
doing
that
in
police
departments,
but
we
ought
to
because
if
I
know
I'm
going
to
get
500,
I'm
gonna
I'm
running
to
23
year
old,
I'm
gonna,
like
you're,
pretty
clean
cut.
Whatever
you
fit
the
ticket,
you
know,
have
you
ever
considered?
Q
Pace
study
group
that
we
need
to
consider
the
actually
the
employee
being
compensated
with
money
for
an
individual
when
they
like
graduate
from
the
academy
there,
there's
a
incentive,
that's
given
and
then
when
the
person
has
been
there
for
a
year,
there's
an
incentive,
that's
given
as
well.
So
that's
that's
something
that
we
hope
to
be
able
to
see
come
to
place
as
well.
Well,.
C
J
Yes,
while
we're
talking
about
money
with
the
final
rule
of
arp,
it
actually
added
the
opportunity
for
us
to
do
recruitment
and
retention
within
arp,
and
I
know
you
know
we're
working
on
on
what
we're
going
to
do
with
the
next
round
of
dollars.
J
There
is
naco
has
this
resource?
It's
called
arp
investment
tracker
and
it's
a
list
of
you
know
like
eligible
uses,
uses
and
it
breaks
it
down
to
government
operation
investments
and
what
a
lot
of
municipalities
are.
Funding
is
exactly
what
you're
talking
about,
because
one
of
the
things
that
they're
having
with
this
the
great
exodus
is,
you
know
getting
people
to
come
back
and
you
know
actually
keep
them.
So
these
are
some
things:
incentives
that
they're
adding,
but
it
really
is
a
great
resource
to
show
exactly
what
you're
talking
about
far.
As
you
know,
retention.
J
K
Q
We've
seen
some
recruits
come
in
through
job
fairs,
we've
held
as
and
then,
of
course,
we've
seen
them
come
in
through
our
advertisement
on
social
media,
because
during
each
interview
we
will
ask
them.
You
know
how
did
you
learn
about
our
job
vacancies
and
they
would
tell
us
invariably,
some
were
hired
through
the
goodwill
job
fair.
Q
We
did
when
we've
done,
multiple
goodwill
fairs,
job
fairs
and
and
some
will
will
look
online
and
see
through
social
media,
whether
it's
a
website
on
various
other
higher
hiring
sites,
and
we,
we
hired
a
young
lady
a
couple
weeks
ago.
She
she
was
living
in
montana
and
she
she
was
seeking
law
enforcement,
employment
in
this
area
and
she
she
saw
the
job
opening
online
and
she
applied,
and
she
said
immediately
upon
applying
someone
from
our
office.
The
recruitment
office
contacted
her,
so
it's
it's.
Q
There
are
various
locations
where
individuals
are
initially
set
out
to
apply
with
our
department
or
seek
further
information,
job
fairs
and
online
advertising.
And
of
course
we
get
some
through
word
of
mouth,
because
some
individuals,
they
know
police
officers
or
they
know
someone
hired
within
the
police
department.
That
may
be
a
civilian
and
they'll
tell
them
about
it
as
well.
K
Well,
you
know
money
can
do
a
lot
of
things
today,
but
you
know
a
lot
of
these
if
you
can
identify
a
collective
group
or
area
where
you're
having
success.
You
know
a
lot
of
through
ai
today
technology,
modern
technology,
you
know
reaching
out
there
trying
to
get
in.
You
know
in
contact
with
them
through,
I
guess
digital
media
or
things
like
that.
That
can
identify
those
and
target
them.
K
I
don't
know
if
there's
I'm
sure,
there's
programs
out
there,
maybe
I.t
can
help
out
in
that
area,
but
the
city
manager.
I
tend
to
agree
with
you
in
general,
in
this
presentation
number
one.
Thank
you
for
coming
back
and
share.
You
know
what
we're
trying
to
do
and
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish
with
the
the
understanding
that
we
got
to
get
ahead
of
everybody
else.
K
Everybody
knows
my
favorite
drink
right,
but
anyway,
the
the
the
from
a
brand
standpoint.
When
you
look
at
some
of
these
major
corporations
out
there,
you
know
you
watch
you
watch
who
the
people
who
are
hiring
and
coming
to
work
and
what
they
want
and
what
they're
looking
for
you
just
have
a
conversation
with
some
of
the
younger
generation
and
a
lot
of
them
have
degrees.
But
then
you
ask
yourself:
why
are
they
working
here?
You
know
and
you
talk
to
them
and
you
try
to
get
an
understanding
a
lot
of
times.
K
It's
the
perks,
it's
the
benefits.
It's
the
extra
things
is
being
offered
that
that
that
attracts
them,
not
so
necessarily
the
pay,
but
there's
other
incentives
or
options
that
that
they're
able
to
provide.
I
guess
you
could
offset
them.
You
know
the
the
challenge
would
be.
How
do
you
do
that
in
government
versus
the
the
private
sector?
But
you
know
the
the
you
know.
K
The
statistics
show
economic
statistics
show
that
people
are
going
back
to
work
and
it
also
shows
there's
a
lot
of
jobs
out
there,
there's
a
lot
of
jobs,
so
people
are
going
to
have
to
go
back
to
work.
I
mean
they're
going
to
have
no
choice
here
soon
and
they're.
Looking
for
these
opportunities,
it's
a
matter
of
getting
out
in
front
of
them
and
you
may
have
to
go
like
you
said
you
know
our
government.
K
Trying
to
to
look
for
that.
You
may
not
find
so
taking
a
chance
on
these
younger
the
younger
talent
out
there.
Maybe
you
know,
even
if
you
have
to
put
them
on
a
probation
or
something
like
that
to
to
manage
that
side
of
it.
They
may
just
wind
up
surprising
you,
but
there's
the
young
workforce
that
they're
graduating
every
day.
They've
got
degrees
and
they're
out
there.
You
just
have
to
get
them
and
they
have
to
know
about
these
jobs.
These
are
good
jobs.
I
mean
what
we're
talking
about
today.
K
These
are
good
jobs,
and
this
city
pays
good.
The
benefits
are
really
really
good,
it's
just
a
matter
of
getting
before
them,
so
I
I
really
you
know,
appreciate
you
sharing
this
and
and
and
putting
it
in
such
a
way
that
the
the
strategic
or
plan
moving
forward
and
how
we're
gonna
try
to
address
some
of
these.
Some
of
these
needs
of
the
city.
C
All
right,
thank
you,
sir.
So
mayor
with
that.
It
really
concludes
our
agenda.
But,
as
I
said,
I
did
not
know
the
chief
was
going
to
be
here
and
since
you're
here
I
did
call
you
up
and
warn
you
that
I
might
ask
you
to
make
a
comment,
but
I
wanted
them
to
pull
the.
I
saw
in
the
news
yesterday
what
happened
this
weekend
and
I'm
going
to
ask
them
to
play
that
video
and
then
maybe
some
comments
from
you
chief
about
your
weekend.
C
T
U
Was
our
law
enforcement
at
work
as
the
columbus
police
department
and
the
georgia
state
patrol
crime
suppression
detail
were
implemented
implementing
operation
enough
is
enough
and
newscenter
9
has
new
for
you
at
six
tonight.
Our
anchor
rosin
giles
joining
us
in
studio
with
more
on
what
came
out
of
that
weekend.
Effort
and.
T
N
Yeah,
a
big
push
indeed
columbus
police
tell
us.
Five
gang
members
were
arrested
in
columbus
this
past
weekend.
They
also
sent
us
these
pictures
of
the
guns
and
drugs
they
confiscated.
Take
a
look.
12
guns
were
seized
along
with
3
700
in
illegal
drugs.
As
you
can
see
here,
georgia,
state,
troopers
and
columbus
police
made
900
contacts
with
people
between
this
past
friday
and
sunday.
Compare
that
to
500
contacts
made
during
the
first
detail
in
january.
N
Enough
is
enough
again
five
validated
gang
members
arrested
this
week,
unlike
in
january
cpd,
did
not
clarify
how
many
gang-affiliated
arrests
they
made,
and
here's
a
look
at
the
big
increase
in
drugs
taken
off
the
streets
from
march
to
january
and
law
enforcement
used
technology,
intelligence,
k-9
helicopters
from
the
georgia
state
patrol
aviation
division,
all
in
an
effort
to
make
the
streets
of
columbus
safer,
we'll
keep
covering
this
story.
For
you
guys.
Q
We
know
in
2021
we
saw
record
numbers
and
violent
crimes
taking
place
in
our
city
throughout
our
state
and
throughout
the
united
states,
and
so
I
simply
said,
we've
got
to
do
something
as
I
met
with
our
special
operations
team,
I
told
them
look.
We
need
to
put
together
an
operation
and
they
came
up
with
the
title
of
that
operation,
so
so
they
had
complete
buy-in
with
it.
Enough
is
enough-
and
I
said,
okay
when
we
say
enough
is
enough-
we
have
to
really
show
that
enough
is
enough.
Q
So,
as
we
go
about
patrolling
our
streets
in
our
crime
reduction
efforts,
we
have
a
two-pronged
approach.
The
first
approach.
The
first
approach-
is
what
we
saw
this
weekend
in
addition
to
what
we
saw
in
january
and
what
we
go
forth
with
on
each
day
where
we
patrol
our
hot
spot
locations,
those
areas
that
are
problematic-
those
areas
where
individuals
have
have
sent
me
emails
or
calling
my
office
and
called
some
of
you
regarding
their
concerns
for
safety.
Q
Q
In
addition
to
that,
that
second
prone
is
to
ensure
that
we
continue
to
engage
with
our
citizens.
We
conduct
community
meetings
at
various
locations
throughout
our
city.
We
meet
with
community
groups
to
listen
to
their
concerns
and
in
doing
so
with
those
meetings
as
well
as
when
our
officers
interact
with
our
citizens,
we're
doing
it
in
an
effort
to
to
build
trust,
our
city,
our
citizens
and
our
police
officers.
Q
I
Q
That
would
help
them
in
their
investigations.
In
our
investigations,
we
don't
just
want
to
just
put
a
case
together
or
throw
a
case
together.
We
want
to
have
a
very
solid
case
to
pass
off
to
our
district
attorney's
office
so
that
they
will
be
able
to
have
a
successful
prosecution,
so
it
takes
proactive
policing.
Q
Q
We
should
have
a
mindset
that
causes
us
to
want
to
behave
in
a
civil
manner,
so
partnering
with
these
groups
would
enable
us
to
to
go
forward
together
and
reduce
crime
in
our
city,
so
it
takes
proactive
policing.
It
takes
community
engagement
and
it
takes
working
together
with
our
various
groups
to
communicate
that
message
and
that's
what
we
have
been
doing
and
that's
what
we
will
continue
to
do
as
we
work
to
keep
the
streets
safe
in
our
community
and,
as
I
stated
there.
Q
Crime
reduction
strategies
that
we
will
utilize
as
we
go
forward.
We
partner
with
our
georgia
state
patrol
we
partner
locally
with
our
sheriff's
office
and
other
local
law
enforcement
groups.
Here
in
our
city,
we
partner
with
our
federal
partners
as
well,
and
we
do
that
collaborative
peace
with
law
enforcement
to
ensure
that
columbus
is
a
safe
place.
B
Well,
and-
and
I'm
just
to
point
out
that
when
we
talk
about
collaboration,
there's
been
a
couple
of
very
good
wins
from
the
police
department
and
from
the
sheriff's
department
and
the
way
that
these
two
gentlemen
have
collaborated
and
worked
together
to
try
to
keep
the
city
safe
is
is
impressive
and
as
as
the
chief
pointed
out
and
we've
heard
in
other
venues
too,
there's
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on
they're,
not
at
liberty
to
share
them
prior
to
the
implementation
date.
B
So
the
important
thing
I
think
for
the
public
to
realize
is
that
they're
working
the
men
and
women
of
law
enforcement,
police
department,
sheriff's
department,
they're
working
every
day
to
try
to
make
sure
that
that
we're
being
proactive
and
going
out
there
and
trying
to
identify
some
of
these
known
gang
members
getting
them
off
the
streets,
good
good
job.
It's
very.
Q
That
criminal
element,
but
we
don't
have
people
just
going
down
the
street
and
just
randomly
shooting
at
individuals.
We
know
we've
had
some
individuals
who
were
struck
by
gunfire
and
caught
in
in
the
middle
of
a
gun
battle,
but
as
far
as
individuals
just
going
down
the
street
just
randomly
picking
people
out,
that's
not
what
we're
experiencing
so,
but
we
can
work
together
as
a
community
to
ensure
we
reduce
crime.
C
Mr
mayor,
in
fact
I'm
glad
you
were
here,
I
didn't
know
you
were
coming
and
I
just
want
to
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity,
great
message
and
great
work
this
weekend
and
you
know
you've
heard
from
the
council
today.
You
heard
about
increasing
relocation,
you've
heard
about
incentive
for
recruitment
and
all
that,
and
so
I'm
sure
the
mayor
has
heard
all
that
and
will
consider
all
those
things.
Thank.
C
Chief,
mr
mayor,
that
concludes
the
work
session
agenda.
J
City
manager,
the
next
time
we
do,
the
critical
vacancy
update
can
we
get,
I
think,
is
metra
having
issues
with.
Oh
absolutely.
They
have
to
go
and
in
public
works
and
public
works
and
which,
which
other
departments
have.
J
C
So
and-
and
I
I
agree
in
fact-
I
didn't
know,
as
I
said-
that
I
won't
use
the
word
brought
him
here.
C
The
hr
director
invited
the
chief,
but
we
didn't
invite
the
others
and
we
could
have
invited
each
one
of
them
that
they
would
have
had
an
opportunity
to
have
their
say
with
you
today
as
well.
So
maybe
the
next
time
we
do
it
we'll
invite
all
of
the
agencies
having
problems
recruiting
and
then
you
can
hear
from
them,
like
you
heard
from
the
police
chief
today,
so
I
think
that's
a
good
point
all
right.
Thank
you.
Councilor.
V
Huff
mississippi
manager.
Thank
you.
First
of
all,
for
running
into
one
of
my
constituents,
the
other
night,
I'm
not
sure
if
you
were
in
a
meeting
but
on
the
brown
avenue
amos
street
project.
So
if
you
would
put
that
high
on
your
list,
she
said
she
was
very
much
appreciative
of
the
conversation
that
you
had
with
her.
V
C
I
certainly
will-
and
I
did
have
a
meeting
with
members
of
4th
street
and
they
had
a
list
of
things
that
they
were
concerned
about,
and
one
of
them
pointed
out
the
issue
with
amistry,
the
one
that
you
had
sent
to
me
right
and
I
told
them
that
you
had.
You
had
brought
that
matter
to
our
attention
and
we
were
working
on
it.
And
so
I
wanted
you
to
to
know
that,
and
I
was
actually
looking
for
some
of
the
other
questions
that
they
had.
C
But
one
there
were
several
questions
that
council
members
and
I
wanted
them
to
know.
We
we
hear
council
members
when
they
bring
those
things
up,
but
we
hurt
them,
and-
and
here
they
go,
one
was
amos
street
at
brown
avenue,
and
I
told
them
that
you
brought
that
to
our
attention
at
last
council
meeting
and-
and
this
is
the
one
where
squatters-
and
these
are
things
that
I've
already
sent
to
staff.
C
I
want
you
to
know
that,
so
this
email
went
to
ryan,
pruitt
and
tiasha
johnson,
and
it
says
amos
street
at
brown
avenue
squatters
have
taken
over
the
property
that
is
managed
by
landmark.
Realty
is
what
they
told
me:
squatters
have
taken
over
the
property
that
is
managed
by
landmark
realty
council
bruce
huff,
mentioned
this
property
concern
at
the
last
council
meeting.
Please
have
someone
look
into
this
concern
and
condition
of
property.
V
C
And
then-
and
I
want
citizens
to
know
that-
yeah
because
one
citizen
said
that
they
received
their
95
gallon
cans
but
were
like
65
gallon
king.
C
That's
a
problem
right,
so
I
sent
that
to
drill
short
and
tiasha
johnson
and
and
and
then
I
had
a
citizen
talk
about
pine
trees
on
the
right
away
and
that
she's
allergic
to
that
we
planted
and
and
then
I
had
this,
the
final
one,
a
citizen
had
issues
with
the
alarm
company
and
the
charges
that
came
from
a
false
alarm.
But
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
those
citizens
pointed
out
and
I
sent
that
to
chief
freddie,
blackman
and
tiasha
johnson,
and
the
chief
has
already
responded
to
that.
E
E
The
other
thing-
and
maybe
you
are
our
deputy
city
manager,
goodwin-
can
talk
to
this.
E
P
P
Okay,
yes,
the
dates
that
we
have
for
recycling
the
old
cans
and
picking
those
cans
up.
If
your
household
waste
is
collected
on
mondays
right,
it
would
be
saturday
june.
The
fourth
is
when
we
would
collect
that.
If
it's
your
oasis
collected
on
tuesdays,
it
would
be
saturday
april.
The
23rd
is
when
your
old
can
would
be
picked
up
for
recycling
again.
If
your
waste
is
collected
on
thursday,
it
would
be
saturday
may
the
7th
picked
up,
and
if
it
is
collected,
let's
see
on
fridays,
it
would
be
may
the
21st.
P
So
those
are
the
dates
that
your
recycle
can
will
be
picked
up.
We
do
remind
citizens
also
that
anything,
that's
on
the
right-of-way,
if
you
have
your
old,
because
some
people
just
won't
don't
bring
them
back
in.
We
are
in
the
process
now
of
putting
flyers
out
to
all
the
households,
just
reminding
them
of
these
dates
also
reminding
them
to
bring
their
old
their
trash
cans
in.
If
you
do
not
want
it
collected,
please
bring
it
in
also
if
it's
going
to
be
collected,
bring
it
into
your
your.
P
E
P
B
K
Davis,
miss
city
manager.
I
I
need
to
do
this.
I
made
a
commitment
to
my
constituents
that
I
would
share
their
concerns,
so
I
am,
and
I'm
going
to
continue
to
do
that
because
that's
part
of
my
responsibility
and
and
at
times
I
really
don't
know
what
to
say
to
my
constituents,
but
I
think
there's
still
a
lot
of
confusion
since
being
back
in
the
country.
K
80
of
my
return
calls
and
work
this
last
week,
or
so
has
been
totally
around
this
situation,
with
the
garbage
cans
and
yard
waste
pickup
and
those
kind
of
things.
It's
just
a
continuing
continuation
of
the
concerns
of
the
past,
the
struggles
of
the
past
and
now
we're
going
into
the
spring,
and
I
have
concerns
my
constituents
have
concerns.
There's
a
lot
of
confusion
still
around
these
cans,
a
lot
of
confusion
around
how
it's
going
to
work
and
how
it's
going
to
work
in
the
future.
K
I've
called
in
personally
many
times
3-1-1,
that's
all
I
can
do
is
tell
my
constituents,
I'm
calling
3-1-1
put
in
the
order,
and
I
don't
know
how
these
places
I
call
get
overlooked.
I
just
don't
know
how
they're
not
getting
on
someone's
schedule,
because
there's
plenty
enough
time
to
to
make
it
happen.
K
I've
got
people
that
are
citizens
that
I
represent
in
my
district
that
have
large
parcels
of
land,
large
driveways
senior
citizens,
handicapped,
elderly,
many
people
that
just
cannot
they.
They
cannot
handle
these
cans.
They
cannot
handle
some
of
these
requests
that
we're
making
to
them
and
that's
providing
the
the
the
issues
at
hand.
I
continue
to
get
those.
K
I
don't
know
what
to
tell
my
constituents
and
I
don't
know
what
the
solution
of
those
problems
are
right
now,
but
I
know
that
you
know
it's,
it's
just
a
continuation
and
I
don't
want
it
to
snowball
again
and
then
we're
back
in
the
same
situation.
So
I
don't
have
the
answer
here
today,
but
I
am
doing
what
I
told
my
constituents.
I
would
do
and
express
their
concerns.
K
So
I
want
you
to
know
that's
out
there
and
that's
what
I'm
hearing
and
I
think
other
council
members
are
hearing
it
too,
and
at
this
point
that's
really
all
I
can
do.
Okay,
so.
C
What
what
I'll
do
is
you
know,
of
course,
our
staff
they're,
communicating
and
working
on
the
strategy,
the
plan
our
way
forward
at
the
next
meeting.
I'll,
add
it
as
an
update
so
that
we
can
have
that
conversation
with
you
and
you
can.
We
can
answer
questions
so
we'll
we'll
do
it
at
the
next
council
meeting
now
at.
That
is
one
of
the
updates.