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A
B
Mayor
skip
Henderson
city
manager,
Isaiah
Hughley
pops,
Barnes
district,
one
Glenn
Davis
district
2,
Bruce
Huff
District
3,
Toya,
Tugger,
District,
4,
Charmaine,
crab
District,
5,
Gary,
Allen,
mayor
Pro,
tem
and
District
Six
Mimi
Woodson
district
7,
Walker
Garrett,
District,
8,
Judy,
Thomas
posts;
nine
at
large
counselor
John
house,
Post
10
at
large
counselor,
Sandra,
Davis,
Clerk
of
counsel
and
City
Attorney
Clifton
Faye,
Columbus
Georgia.
This
is
your
city
council.
C
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
February
14th
city
council,
meeting
I
hope
all
of
you
did
better
than
me
and
bought
lots
of
nice
flowers
and
cards
and
everything
for
your
significant
other.
If
you
didn't
like
me,
you
can
meet
me
at
CVS
later
and
we'll
try
to
find
what's
left
by
myself.
We
do
have
a
full
agenda.
Today
we
are
short
of
a
quorum.
C
We
do
have
counselors,
Tucker
and
Garrett
joining
us
virtually,
but
the
law
requires
us
to
have
a
a
true
Quorum
in
person,
but
we
do
have
a
number
of
items
that
are
for
information
purposes,
so
we
will
go
through
that
we
just
will
not
be
able
to
take
any
votes
until
we
get
another
one
or
two
counselors
here
to
join
us.
C
We
will
start
off,
though,
as
we
begin
all
of
our
meetings,
that's
by
asking
God's
presence
and
Grace
on
on
our
proceedings,
so
Herman
Ivey
from
right
from
the
start
of
Columbus
Georgia,
invite
him
to
the
podium
and
Sir.
If
you
would
begin
our
meeting
for
us.
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
D
I,
pray,
heavenly
father
that
the
holy
spirit
will
rest
upon
these
proceedings.
I.
Thank
you,
Lord
for
the
public
service
that
you
have
put
in
place.
I.
Thank
you
for
the
citizens
that
are
gathered
as
well
and
I,
pray,
heavenly
father
that
you
will
just
ordain
everything
that
is
said
and
done
according
to
your
perfect
will.
Thank
you
again
for
this
day.
Thank
you
for
meeting
with
us.
Thank
you
for
leading,
guiding
and
directing
us.
Your
will
be
done
in
all
matters
in
Jesus
name,
amen,.
C
Oh
all
right,
thank
you.
We
do
have
a
couple
of
presentations
this
morning
and
one
that
we
are
especially
delighted
to
Welcome
to
the
chambers
is
our
friends
from
Fort,
Benning
and
I'm,
going
to
ask
I'm,
not
sure
who's
making
the
presentation.
I
would
imagine
it's
Major
General
Burris.
If
you
want
to
come
to
the
podium,
sir
and
anybody
else
that
you
want
to
join,
you
they're,
going
to
give
us
a
little
update,
I
think
on
Fort
bending,
but
also
give
us
a
very
exciting
announcement.
General.
E
That
week
it
runs
10
to
17
we're
gonna.
We've
got
a
couple
events
Curry,
where
we're
going
to
try
to
do
in
town
or
we
have
coordinated
to
do
in
town
number.
One
is
the
finals
for
the
all
Army
combatives
will
be
held
at
the
Ironworks
but,
more
importantly
day,
two
of
the
best
Ranger
competition
will
be
here
held
here
in
Columbus
in
vicinity
of
the
Civic
Center.
E
So
what
we're
going
to
do
is
in
a
moment
Captain
Moore
is
going
to
come
up
he's
going
to
give
you
an
overview
of
the
best
Ranger
competition,
but
really
drill
down
into
day
two
which
will
occur
here
in
Columbus.
We've
had
great
cooperation
and
coordination
with
you
know,
Emergency
Services
departments
and
the
entire
city
of
Columbus,
and
we
greatly
appreciate
all
the
support
to
this
event,
because
I
think
it's
going
to
be
great
for
Columbus,
it's
going
to
be
great
for
Army,
and
so
with
that
I'd
like
to
turn
over
to
Captain
Moore.
F
Mr
Mayor
members
of
council,
thanks
for
having
me
today
as
John
Burris,
was
saying
this
is
going
to
be
the
39th
Annual
David
E
Grange
Jr
best
Ranger
competition
like
last
year
we're
running
a
total
of
39
events
with
a
total
of
52
teams
from
the
14th
to
the
16th
of
April.
The
competitors
will
start
off
day,
one
like
last
year
on
Fort
Benning,
where
they'll
move
some
of
45
to
50
miles
by
foot
they're
going
to
be
completing
everything
from
shooting
events,
repelling
events
different
tactical
technical.
F
You
know
capabilities
showing
the
best
that
the
Army
has
through
the
ranger
Community
Day,
two
about
zero
900.
The
competitors
are
going
to
be
led
into
the
AJ
McClung
Memorial
Stadium
by
a
police
escort
out
with
the
Columbus
Police
and
they're,
going
to
be
brought
into
the
stadium
where
they're
going
to
start
their
competition.
F
As
you
can
see
in
the
slide
in
front
of
you,
the
first
event
in
the
stadium
is
going
to
be
a
wad,
a
workout
of
the
day,
they're
going
to
be
conducting
different
exercises
LED
through
by
Columbus
our
CSG
CrossFit
and
they're,
going
to
be
brought
through.
Those
events
to
really
get
their
hearts
moving.
This
event
will
then
be
followed
by
a
conflict.
Kinetics
laser
shot,
a
laser
shot,
which
is
a
laser
display
where
they're
going
to
be
engaging
enemy
Targets
on
a
projected
screen,
the
they'll
be,
then
graded
based
off
their
accuracy.
F
The
next
event
will
bring
the
competitors
to
a
mock-up
casualty
where
they're
going
to
have
to
move
this
casualty
through
some
different
obstacles
under
some
C
wire
over
a
six
foot
wall
and
move
that
casualty,
utilizing
some
equipment
to
an
air
aim
and
attachment
hoist
Lane,
there's
going
to
be
a
uh-60
Blackhawk
helicopter
flying
from
Fort
Benning
moving
over
to
the
Civic
Center
and
picking
up
that
that
mock
casualty,
they're
going
to
then
move
that
mod
casualty
flying
it
over
the
Chattahoochee
where
competitors
are
then
going
to
be
led
back
into
the
stadium
they're
going
to
conduct
some
a
couple
more
events,
including
an
81
millimeter
employment,
ax,
throwing
in
a
Kim's
memory
game
test
from
there
and
the
most
exciting
event
that
I
I
see
is
going
to
be
the
run
of
the
Columbus
or
the
Chattahoochee
Riverwalk
up
to
the
Whitewater
Express
they're.
F
But
these
competitors
are
going
to
be
moving
about
15
to
20
miles
by
foot
this
day
as
well
as
in
the
stadium
competitors,
and
their
families
will
be
able
to
I'm
sorry,
the
local
Columbus
Community
and
the
families
and
friends
and
coaches
of
these
competitors
are
going
to
be
able
to
watch
all
those
events
from
the
stadium.
This
helps
bring
in
the
the
Columbus,
the
Columbus
Community,
as
well
as
the
Fort
Benning
Community.
All
at
that
Stadium.
As
you
can
see
on
this
slide,
we
also
have
all
of
the
parking
lots
circled
in
green.
F
These
are
all
the
parking
lots
that
we're
going
to
be
utilizing
and
you
can
see
in
the
northwest
corner,
there's
going
to
be
some
static
displays.
This
is
where
General,
buzzard
and
general
Burris
have
declared
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
meet
the
Army
event
we're
going
to
be
bringing
in
static
displays,
such
as
M1,
Abram
tanks,
Bradley's
Striker
vehicles
and
hopefully
a
couple
Humvees
and
some
other
displays,
as
well
as
some
of
the
vendors
that
we've
we've
gathered,
such
as
Sig
Sauer,
Monster,
Energy,
Glock
and
some
of
the
different.
F
You
know
weapon
companies
that
we've
used
on
the
competition.
So
this
is
going
to
be
a
great
time
to
bring
in
both
the
local,
as
well
as
the
Army
Community
all
to
Columbus
Georgia
and
show
the
world
and
show
Georgia
really.
You
know
what
Fort
Benning
is
and
and
how
the
ranger
Community
is
being
demonstrated
on
a
global
basis.
Pending
any
questions,
that
is
my
brief
I
appreciate
all
the
coordination
they
have
on
both
the
Columbus
City
side,
as
well
as
all
the
local
businesses
that
we've
done.
F
C
I
mean
not
to
mention
the
fact
that
it's
a
four
point
I
think
three
billion
dollar
economic
impact
on
an
annual
basis
to
this
to
the
communities,
but
also
the
the
individuals
that
live
and
and
work
and
move
around
in
our
communities,
add
so
much
to
Columbus
and
Phoenix,
City
and
Casita
and
all
these
other
locations.
So
it's
exciting
and
we're
delighted
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
visibly
integrate
I
think
what
goes
on
with
Fort
Benning
with
the
citizens
here
in
in
our
region.
So
we're
excited
councilor,
kogel,.
G
My
we've
been
I've
worked
for
Fort
Benning
in
the
past,
and
my
my
husband's
is
actually
a
multi-time
competitor
at
BRC,
and
so
we've
been
pretty
immersed
in
the
best
Ranger
competition
for
probably
a
good
10
years
or
so
so
it
is
very
exciting
to
see
it
move
from
Todd
field
into
a
really
public
forum.
G
That's
always
been
kind
of
the
The
Missing
Link,
getting
on
to
Fort
Benning
and
getting
up
and
finding
Todd
field
and
victory.
Pond
is
a
little
challenging
so
bringing
it
bringing
it
to
the
public
right
at
AJ.
Mcclung
is
probably
the
best
thing
that
could
ever
happen
to
BRC
and
to
the
city
of
Columbus.
So
I
applaud
you
and
thank
you,
and
if
we
can
do
anything,
tell
help
you,
please
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out.
C
Okay,
well
Captain.
We
look
forward
to
it
very
much
so
and
and
I
think
before
we
let
y'all
go.
A
lot
of
folks
have
not
yet
met
the
Garrison,
Commander
I
think
and
it's
Colin
Mally
Colonel
Mali.
If
you
just
stand,
sir,
and
just
we
want
to
thank
you
for
what
you
do
on
behalf
of
Fort
Benning
and
keeping
us
connected.
C
We
we
do
have
a
physical
Quorum
now
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
I'll
ask
Council
if
they
have
any
edits
or
additions
to
the
minutes
from
January
31st
meeting
a
motion
to
accept
the
minutes
and
a
second
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye.
Any
opposed.
All
right
minutes
are
received
all
right.
Next
I'm
going
to
ask
Alexander
Angelica
Alexander
to
come
to
the
podium.
If
she's
in
the
back,
we
have
our
annual
audit
to
be
presented
and
I'm
going
to
let
her
I
think
introduce
those
individuals
as
well
as
kick
off
the
discussion.
H
I
Oh,
this
is
a
little
different
good
morning:
Mr
Mayor
members
of
council,
Mississippi
manager,
Mississippi
attorney.
As
the
city
manager
mentioned.
We
are
here
to
present
the
FY
22
audit.
Our
fiscal
year
ends
June
30th
and
so
the
we
have
our
partners
here.
Our
external
Auditors,
Mauldin
and
Jenkins
I
know
you're
sort
of
used
to
seeing
Miller
Edwards
He's,
typically
the
partner.
That
comes
and
gives
this
presentation.
Unfortunately,
Miller
could
not
be
here
today,
but
we
do
have
David
Irwin.
He
is
also
a
partner
at
Malden
and
Jenkins.
I
I'm
David
has
over
20
plus
years
of
local
government
experience.
He
is
familiar
with
our
audit.
He
is
on
most
occasion
reviewing
our
audit
with
along
alongside
Miller,
and
so
today,
David
Erwin
partner
in
charge
out
of
the
making
office
for
Martin
and
Jenkins
will
present
the
FY
22
audit
results
and
so
I'd
like
to
welcome
David
to
the
podium.
J
All
right
well
good
morning,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
hope
you
all
are
doing.
Well
again.
My
name
is
David
Irwin
and
I'm,
with
Molly
Jenkins
I
did
the
internal
control
our
firm's
internal
control,
review
of
the
city's
Financial
Service
this
year.
J
Again,
as
Angelica
said,
Miller
Edwards,
unfortunately
was
unable
to
make
it
today,
but
nevertheless,
I
certainly
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
to
discuss
with
you
all
the
results
of
this
year's
audit
don't
want
to
take
up
too
much
of
your
time,
but
the
purpose
of
this
morning's
presentation
is
to
provide
you
all
an
overview
of
our
independent
RS
report.
J
His
Hue,
the
financial
statement,
highlights
talk
about
two
of
the
compliance
reports
that
we
issue
in
conjunction
with
the
audit,
discuss
some
information
that
the
auditing
standards
requires,
that
we
communicate
to
you
all
and
obviously
answer
any
questions
that
you
all
may
have
now.
The
funny
steps
themselves.
They
are
the
responsibility
of
management
and
members
of
the
council.
Has
your
independent
external
Auditors.
Our
responsibility
is
to
issue
an
opinion
on
these
statements.
We
conducted
our
audit
in
accordance
with
generally
accepted
loding
standards
and
governmental,
awning
standards
and
I'm.
J
Happy
to
say
that
we
are
issuing
a
clean
or
unmodified
opinion
on
this
year's
report.
Again,
this
is
what
you
want.
This
is
the
highest
level
of
assurance,
so
we
can
provide
your
external
auditor.
What
this
means
is
that,
in
our
opinion,
the
financial
statements
are
consider
are
considered
to
be
fairly
presented
in
all
material
respects,
in
accordance
with
generally
accepted
account
principles
again
as
part
of
the
art.
There
are
two
compliance
reports
that
we
issue,
the
first
of
which
is
a
single
audit
report.
J
A
single
audit
again
is
a
compliance
audit
that
is
required
when
an
entity
has
over
750
thousand
dollars
of
federal
expenditures.
During
the
year,
you
all
were
sitting
it
right
at
35
million
dollars
of
federal
expenditures
for
FY
22,
which
again
resulted
us
having
to
perform.
A
single
audit
of
four
major
programs
has
was
the
case
with
the
financial
audit,
where
you're
issuing
a
clean
or
unmodified
opinion
on
the
single
log
as
well.
J
Second,
compliance
report
is
something
called
the
yellow
book
report,
which
is
again
a
report
on
the
government's
internal
controls
and
your
compliance
with
laws
and
regulations.
We
did
have
one
audit
finding
this
year
involving
the
task
commissioner's
office
due
to
turnover
in
that
office.
Bank
reconciliations
were
not
being
formed
on
a
monthly
basis.
There
was
a
there
was
a
lag
there
in
when
those
reconciliations
were
being
completed
and
in
addition,
that
also
caused
a
delay
in
getting
the
audit
information
we
needed
in
in
order
to
get
the
audit
done
again.
J
I
think
this
is
simply
the
result
of
of
turnover
within
that
office
in
talking
to
the
Tax
Commissioner's
Office
I
think
they
had
the
people
in
place
now
that
I
do
not
foresee
this
being
an
issue
going
forward,
but
nevertheless
it
was
something
that
we
had
to.
We
had
to
report
as
an
audit
finding
this
year.
J
I
do
want
to
thank
Angelica
and
her
staff
for
all
their
hard
work.
You
know
everyone
was
accommodating
our
audit
team.
They
worked
hard
to
address
all
of
our
questions
and
get
us
everything
that
we
needed
in
order
to
get
the
audit
finalized
by
the
1231
deadline,
and
you
know,
obviously,
as
you
all
know,
Columbus
is
a
large,
a
large
governmental
entity
and
there's
obviously
a
significant
amount
of
financial
activity
that
has
to
be
that
has
to
be
accounted
for.
J
In
addition,
with
all
the
additional
changes
and
implementations
that
are
going
on
each
year,
the
accounting
standards
and
really
just
how
complex
financial
reporting
process
has
become.
Your
finance
department
did
an
outstanding
job
this
year
and
we
we
certainly
appreciate
their
hard
work
now
for
a
brief
overview
of
the
financial
statements.
You
know
you
all
prepare
what
is
called
an
annual
comprehensive
financial
report,
otherwise
known
as
an
act
for
in
an
act
for
requires
the
inclusion
of
additional
information
that
goes
above
and
beyond
the
basic
financial
reporting
requirements.
J
What
they
want
to
do
is
make
sure
that
the
necessary
information
is
in
this
document,
so
the
readers
of
your
financial
statements
can
do
so
themselves
and
for
this,
or
after
this
review,
as
a
result
of
this
review,
they
have
once
again
awarded
the
city
the
certificate
of
achievement
for
excellence
in
financial
reporting
for
FY
21,
and
that
certificate
is
included
in
this
year's
report
and
I
believe
this
is
the
32nd
year
in
a
row
that
the
the
city
has
received
the
certificate.
So
congratulations
to
you
all
on
that
again
this.
J
This
is
a
very
impressive
document
and
it's
one
that
you
also
certainly
be
proud
of.
As
you
look
through
the
report,
one
section
I
always
like
to
point
out
is
the
Management's
discussion
analysis
otherwise
known
as
the
mdna
is
right.
After
our
audit
opinion,
it
begins
on
page
five
of
your
report.
J
I
would
I
would
strongly
encourage
everyone
to
read
the
mdna.
The
purpose
of
the
MDA
is
to
make
it
easier
for
a
broader
audience
to
use
and
better
understand
your
financial
statements,
and
it
does
this
by
providing
a
narrative
explanation
of
the
financial
statements
from
Management's
perspective.
So
you
oftentimes,
if
you
have
a
question
about
any
significant
fluctuations
in
financial
activity
or
anything
unique
or
unusual
that
occurred
during
the
year
oftentimes.
J
Those
questions
can
be
addressed
within
the
MDMA.
So
again
this
section
it
does
a
really
good
job
of
summarizing
the
basic
financial
statements
and
again
providing
the
the
reader
with
an
analytical
overview
of
the
financial
activity
that
occur
throughout
the
year.
So
again,
if
you
can,
please
take
the
time
to
read
through
the
mdna
all
right
now,
the
basic
financial
statements
there
are
broke
it
up
into
three
components,
the
first
of
which
is
the
government-wide
statements
again
the
governed
statements.
They
provide
a
broad
view
of
the
city's
operations
in
a
manner
symbol.
J
What
you
would
see
in
a
prop
sector
business.
All
the
funds
of
the
city
are
combined
into
one
of
two
columns
depending
on
the
nature
of
the
fund.
You
know
those
for
the
governmental
activities
and
the
rest
of
your
business
type
activities
in
this
section
obviously
also
includes
columns
for
for
each
of
the
city's
distributed
presenting
component
units.
J
We
have
a
slide
here
that
summarizes
the
governmental
activity
from
the
government-wide
perspective.
You
know,
as
you
can
see,
government
entered
the
year
into
the
year
with
assets
of
approximately
1.2
billion
dollars.
Of
that
amount
about
577
570
million.
Are
your
Capital
assets
net
accumulated
appreciation?
That's
your
land,
your
buildings,
your
Machinery
equipment
that
is
owned
by
the
city.
You
all
had
around
717
million
dollars
in
liabilities,
around
489
million
of
which
are
a
long-term
in
nature,
meaning
they
are
not
due
within
the
next
fiscal
year.
Literature
revenues
around
367
million
dollars.
J
That's
an
increase
of
about
35
million
dollars
compared
to
FY
21,
but
you're
in
your
expense
is
also
increased
as
well
by
about
32
million
dollars.
So
again,
around
324
million
dollars
for
the
year.
This
resulted
in
an
ending
net
position
of
a
proxy
469
million
dollars,
which
is
an
increase
around
30
43.5
million
dollars
for
the
year.
So
you
know
all
in
all
a
a
good
year
for
the
government
from
an
Nui
perspective.
Is
you
all
were
able
to
to
increase
your
net
position
by
about
10
percent?
J
That
being
said,
you
know
this
is
really
the
only
time
you'll
see
the
the
city's
Financial
activities
reported
in
this
manner
in
the
in
the
day-to-day
operations
of
the
city.
The
focus
is
more
so
on
the
individual
funds
themselves,
which
brings
me
to
the
second
component
of
your
financial
savings,
which
are
your
fund
level
statements
again.
This
is
this
is
what
you
all
typically
see
throughout
the
year.
J
The
fund
level
statements
reports
the
the
city's
operations
in
more
detail
than
that
of
the
entity-wide
statements,
and
you
know
of
all
the
funds
of
the
city.
You
know,
if
I'm
in
your
shoes,
my
primary
interest
would
be
the
general
fund
again,
it's
the
main
operating
fund
of
the
city
and
therefore
Council.
The
majority
of
your
revenues
received
and
funds
expended,
so
we
have
a
couple
slides
of
these
extra
pages
that
that
break
out
the
general
funds
revenues
expenditures
for
the
years
you
can
see
on
this
slide.
J
Total
revenues
were
approximately
225.6
million
dollars.
That's
right
in
line
with
prior
year
only
about
four
billion
dollar
increase,
but
you
know,
as
you
can
see
on
this
chart.
Obviously
the
vast
majority
of
the
general
funds
revenues
are
derived
from
taxes,
which
was
around
197.5
million
dollars
for
the
year
and
it
accounted
for
around
88
of
the
general
funds
total
revenues,
property
taxes
were
just
under
70
million
in
sales.
Taxes
were
right
at
94.5
million
dollars
for
the
year.
J
Again,
the
chart
on
this
slide
shows
your
expenditures
for
the
general
fund
by
major
function:
expenditures
totaled
just
over
204
million
dollars.
That's
an
increase
about
22.3
million
dollars
compared
to
FY
21.
again,
as
you
would
expect,
Public,
Safety
and
general
government
expenditures
of
all
your
or
your
large
ticket
items.
Public
Safety
was
around
115.6
million
dollars
for
the
year
and
that
accounted
for
around
57
of
your
general
funds,
total
expenditures,
General
government
expenditures
were
around
59.5
million
dollars,
which
was
which
was
comparable
to
FY
21..
J
J
124.1
million
dollars
for
the
year,
and
the
the
chart
on
this
page
shows
the
general
fund's
history
for
the
city
over
the
past
five
years-
and
you
know,
charts
like
this
are
always
interesting
to
me
to
kind
of
reflect
back
on
where
you
were
and
compare
it
to
where
things
currently
stand.
J
And
you
know,
as
you
can
see,
you
all
have
done
a
very
good
job
over
the
past
three
to
five
years
of
increasing
your
fund
balance,
and
you
know,
with
everything
that's
gone
on
over
the
past
three
years
and
the
economic
uncertainty
that
is
that's
followed
it.
It
makes
it
all
the
more
impressive
how
you
all
have
consistently
been
able
to
stay
within
budget
and
continue
to
increase
your
fund
balance.
J
So
again,
that's
that's,
certainly
something
that
you
all
should
be
proud
of
and
when
I
talk
about
fund
balance,
one
thing
I
always
like
to
remind
people
fund
balance
is
not
what
you
all
have
in
the
form
of
cash.
Suspend
as
you
see
fit,
fund
balance
is
merely
the
difference
between
assets
and
liabilities,
only
a
portion
of
which
is
is
cash
on
hand.
Additionally,
nothing
to
keep
in
mind
the
generic
fund.
They
it
encouraged
expenditures
on
average
of
around
17
million
dollars
per
month.
J
So
you
all
into
your
fiscal
year
with
an
unassigned
fund
balance
equal
to
around
four
and
a
half
months
worth
of
your
operating
expenditures,
and
you
know
with
you
all
having
a
June
30
year
end
and
so
many
of
your
revenues
derived
from
taxes.
It's
really
good
to
see
that
you
all
have
a
a
strong
fund
balance
as
of
June
30,
to
get
you
through
the
months
of
of
July
through
November,
when
your
revenues
are
typically
down
so
again.
J
J
J
You
again,
the
chart
on
this
slide
shows
the
revenues
and
expenses
for
these
three
funds.
While
these
three
funds
all
had
operating
losses
for
the
year
when
you
factor
in
non-operating
revenues,
Capital
contributions
and
transfer
some
other
funds-
the
Civic
Center
and
the
transportation
fund
increase
their
net
position
about
six
hundred
two
thousand
and
four
billion
dollars
respectively
for
the
year,
while
the
integrative
the
integrative
Waste
Management
fund
actually
they're
in
that
position
actually
decreased
by
about
2.9
Million
dollars
for
the
year
again.
J
A
couple
couple
final
items
I
want
to
I,
want
to
briefly
mention,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
is
just
certain
information
that
the
RNA
standards
requires
that
we
communicate
to
you
all
again.
You
all
are
receiving
a
clean
opinion
with
one
audit
finding,
but
again,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
I
think
that
one
audit
finding
is
is
not
anything
that
I
would
be
overly
concerned
about.
I.
Think
it's
it's
not
something
that
I
see
being
an
issue
going
forward.
J
We
receive
full
cooperation
from
management.
There
were
no
disagreements
with
management.
There
were
no
significant
issues
discussed
with
management
that
would
have
affected
the
financial
statements
we
had
no
uncorrected
misstatements
and
we
are
independent
of
a
city
has
required
by
General
accepted
audience
standards
and
with
that.
That
concludes
my
presentation
again.
What
I
tried
to
do
was
just
hit
the
highlights.
What
I
think
is
most
important
is
to
you
all.
I
do
want
to
thank
your
staff
again
for
all
their
hard
work.
We.
J
We
certainly
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
a
service
to
the
city
and
and
look
forward
to
working
in
the
future.
C
It
was
the
majority
of
the
fund
bounce
and
we,
his
councils,
worked
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
that
has
been.
That
has
been
flipped
and
it,
and
it
has
been
so
congratulations
to
council
and
thank
you
for
the
for
the
for
the
report.
H
Yes,
sir,
thank
you.
Mr
Mayor,
I
I
really
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
the
staff
as
well.
H
Our
finance
director,
Angelica
Alexander
and
her
team
have
led
the
way
and
and
I've
said
time
and
time
again
about
the
position
of
our
fund
balance.
When
the
government
Finance
offices,
Association,
says
you
should
have
no
less
than
60
days
in
your
reserve,
when
this
Council
has
a
policy
that
we
will
maintain
90
days
as
an
administrative
policy,
and
we
can
end
a
year
with
a
hundred
and
thirty
two
days
in
our
Reserve
fund
and
and
that's
about
75
million
dollars
in
cash.
H
That
says
something
about
the
staff,
and
it
says
something
about
this
mayor
and
Council
and
and
I'm
I'm,
proud
of
the
work
that
they
have
done
and
they
continue
to
do
and
then
to
have
Malden
and
Jenkins
who
come
here.
An
independent
external
auditor
and
and
I
know
that
you
have
Auditors
all
over
the
country,
Martin
and
Jenkins
and
and
and
this
government
year
after
year,
the
last
few
years
have
performed
very
well
and
and
when
you
say
an
unmodified
clean
opinion.
We
know
what
that
means.
H
But
in
in
Lay
terms,
what
what
does
that
mean
if
there
is
a
citizen
owned
the
street?
What
does
an
unmodified
well
clean
opinion.
H
You
can
get
highest
level
best
opinion
we
can
get
and
and
of
course
we
acknowledge
the
one
material
weakness
that
came
out
in
one
of
our
offices
of
an
elected
official
I
believe
and
we're
on
top
of
that.
Yes,
I
mean
you
mentioned
that
1.2
billion
in
assets
and
then,
in
your
words
a
good
year
for
this
government,
we
increased
our
net
position
and
and
then
I'm
proud
of
the
fact
that
when
we
look
at
our
expenses,
we're
spending,
you
said
57
percent
on
public
safety.
H
H
We
stayed
within
budget
and
in
your
words,
it's
impressive
and
something
we
should
be
proud
of
absolutely
and
so
I
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
a
few
points
that
you
made,
because
I
know
that
we've
got
to
view
an
audience
and
and
and
citizens
are
here
in
the
chambers
and
so
again,
mayor
I
just
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
commend
our
staff,
the
mayor
and
Council,
for
the
leadership
and
I'm
proud
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
in
this
government.
I
Yes,
sir
I
just
want
to
thank
again
David
Irwin
for
being
here
this
morning.
Thank
our
partners
at
Malden
and
Jenkins.
They
do
a
fabulous
job
and
guiding
Us
in
terms
of
keeping
up
with
all
these
standards.
It
is
oftentimes
voluminous,
but
they
do
a
fabulous
job
and
and
helping
us
and
making
sure
that
we
understand
what
it
is
that
we're
supposed
to
do
in
terms
of
implementation
of
any
new
standards.
The
only
other
thing
that
I
would
just
make
mention
of
is
in
your
packet.
I
There
is
a
management
letter,
it's
not
it's
just
a
recommendations
from
the
Auditors
in
terms
of
things
that
we
could
maybe
improve
upon
from
a
management
perspective
again.
I
The
the
first
item
is
in
reference
to
the
cash
management
issues
and
the
Tax
Commissioner's
Office.
There
is
some
excess
funds
in
the
Superior
Court
probate
court
and
Sheriff's
Office,
as
well
as
some
segregation
of
Duty
recommendations
relative
to
Magistrate,
Court,
Probate
Court.
These
are
all
offices
that
are
not
under
the
direction
of
the
finance
department.
I
These
are
all
elected
offices
and
of
course,
we
will
continue
to
work
with
these
elected
officials
and
their
staff
to
see
what
can
be
implemented
in
terms
of
the
recommendations
just
made
from
the
management
letter
points
from
the
Auditors.
So.
C
Thank
you
for
everything
that
you've
done
your
leadership
in
the
finance
department.
It's
you
know,
it
should
be
I
know
we're
tired
of
saying
the
word.
The
c
word
coven,
but
it
it
should
be
noted
that
that
this
performance
has
followed
some
of
the
most
challenging
times
in
our
in
our
our
world's
history.
C
So
to
be
able
to
accomplish
some
of
the
things
we've
accomplished
as
a
community,
together
with
the
people
that
live
in
this
community
and
to
do
that
and
find
ourselves
in
a
strong
financial
position
after
we
continue
that
momentum,
I
think
it's
extraordinary
I
think
it's.
It
certainly
places
us
among
the
top
communities
of
our
size
in
the
Southeast
and
really
in
the
nation.
So
thank
you.
Yes,.
C
All
right
counselor,
our
budget,
chair,
Council,
Thomas,
Miss.
K
Alexander
I
have
had
a
inquiry
from
a
couple
of
citizens
who
are
interested
in
getting
a
copy
of
the
budget
report.
This
big
document,
this
big
book
that
you
have
given
us
is
that
available.
If
it
is,
is
there
a
charge
for
it
if
it
is
available?
Who
do
they
call
and
how
long
would
it
take
for
them
to
get
one.
I
As
far
as
a
document,
the
physical
booklet,
that
would
be
obviously
some
charge
if
they
wanted
that
physical
booklet,
but
this
report
is
available
online.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
our
annual
comprehensive
report
is
available
online
and
it
goes
back
several
years
so
if
they
would
go
out
to
the
city's
website,
which
is
columbusga.gov
forward,
slash
Finance,
they
can
locate
the
report
and
its
entirety
on
the
finance
department's
website.
Thank
you.
Yes,
ma'am.
C
Thank
you,
ma'am
all
right
and
next
we've
got
a
an
operational
assessment
for
of
the
Columbus
Police
Department
presented
by
a
staff
of
Jensen
Hughes
and
before
I
know.
I
know
Sydney
Sydney
Roberts
is
here:
are
there
a
couple
of
others
that
I
think
are
going
to
be
virtual,
so
we'll
be
pulling
them
in
and
I
just
but
before
they
come?
I
want
to
thank
those
that
were
involved
in
helping
this
materialize.
C
You
know
we,
we
know
we
saw
what
was
happening
around
the
country
with
it
with
it,
with
regards
to
law
enforcement
and
the
in
so
many
challenges,
whether
it
was
Staffing
or
violent
crime
going
up,
and
here
locally,
our
folks
have
done
just
an
incredible
job
in
in
keeping
the
community
as
safe
as
possible,
but
but
as
we
do
with
a
lot
of
issues,
whether
they're,
just
localized
or
whether
they
are
National
or
Global,
the
the
private
sector
stepped
up
again
and
actually
offered
resources
for
us
to
try
to
strengthen
our
position
in
public
safety
and
one
of
the
ways
that
bubbled
up
during
the
conversation
was
an
operational
assessment.
C
Much
like
a
KPMG
study
where
they
come
in
and
they
look
at
different
things:
different
best
practices,
ways
to
streamline
ways
to
make
things
a
little
bit
stronger
and
the
whole
objective
frankly,
is
to
make
Columbus
one
of
the
safest
cities
in
America
and
and
and
so
I
want
to
thank
those
that
were
involved
from
the
private
sector.
Two
individuals
in
particular
that
carried
a
lot
of
that
water,
I
I,
see
Richard
Smith
here,
Richard
I.
C
We
certainly
appreciate
all
of
your
attention
and
effort
on
this
and
Galen
Jowers
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
if
Galen
is
here,
I
didn't
see
him
come
in,
but
certainly
want
to.
Thank
those
two
gentlemen.
I
shouldn't
have
started
because
there's
a
lot
of
them
to
think,
but
those
two
were
kind
of
the
point
folks
for
this.
For
this
and
and
up
to
now,
we've
had
sort
of
a
draft
issue
and
the
plan
all
along
was
to
try
to
have
a
Public.
C
Presentation
won't
be
an
in-depth
drill
down
into
the
to
the
report,
because
there's
a
lot
of
good
stuff,
there's
70,
plus
recommendations
in
there
that
that,
by
the
way,
our
department
has
already
begun
reviewing
some
of
those,
the
ones
that
they
think
that
make
the
most
difference
the
quickest.
C
So
it's
it
was
just
an
outstanding
effort
by
the
private
sector
and
and
we're
grateful
want
to
want
to
take
a
minute
to
say
that,
but
I
will
invite
Sydney,
Roberts
up
and
I
think
I'm,
not
sure
who
all
you've
got
on
with
you.
But
thank
you
for
making
the
trip
to
to
Columbus
and
thank
you
for
what
you
guys
have
done
and
the
work
you've
put
in
well.
L
Thank
you
mayor
and
fortunately,
for
me,
it's
it's
not
a
long
trip,
I'm
just
north
of
here,
just
a
little
north
of
Atlanta
good
morning,
good
morning,
mayor
good
morning,
city
council
members
in
the
in
the
chambers,
my
name
is
Sydney
Roberts
I'm,
with
Jensen
Hughes
and
I
would
like
to
start
by
thanking
the
mayor
of
the
city
council
of
the
private
funders
for
giving
us
the
opportunity
to
to
con
to
conduct
this
assessment.
L
You
know
you're
going
to
hear
more
about
the
men
and
women
that
have
worked
on
this
team,
but
what
I
can
say
is
policing
is
very
passionate
to
us.
Many
of
us
have
spent
a
lot
of
years
working
in
the
law
enforcement
community,
and
we
view
this
work
as
an
opportunity
to
improve
that
profession,
and
so
we
appreciate
the
honor
you've
you've.
Given
us.
L
Right
all
right,
wonderful,
as
the
mayor
mentioned
on
the
call
with
me,
are
two
members
of
our
team,
Robert,
Davis
and
Robert
Bowmer.
They
will
be
assisting
me
in
the
presentation,
as
well
as
assisting
and
answering
any
questions
that
that
is
raised.
You
see
our
agenda
here,
we'll
start
with
some
introductions.
We'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we
were
asked
to
do
we'll
talk
about
how
we
did
our
assessment.
L
What
were
the
activities
that
we
carried
out
we'll
talk
about
what
our
key
findings
were
not
hitting
on
every
single
every
single
finding,
but
just
highlighting
those
that
we
thought
we
wanted
to
bring
to
your
attention.
We'll
also
talk
about
what
our
key
recommendations
are
and
a
little
bit
about
next
steps
and
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
from
you
all
so
as
we
I
want
to
go
back
before
I
turn
it
over
to
Rob,
Davis
who's.
The
global
service
line
lead
for
our
company
Jensen
Hughes
I'll.
L
Tell
you
a
little
bit
about
myself.
As
I
mentioned,
I'm
in
I've
been
in
law
enforcement
for
over
20
years,
I've
worked
in
County
Police
agencies,
Municipal
Police
agencies
and
my
last
law
enforcement
position
was
as
chief
of
the
Illinois
Secretary
of
State
Police.
L
That
agency
had
primary
jurisdiction
over
the
Illinois
Capitol
complex
I'm,
an
attorney
and
I've
also
spent
10
years
serving
as
An
Inspector
General
and,
most
recently
before,
joining
Jensen
Hughes
I
led
Chicago's
civilian
oversight
agency,
that
is,
an
agency
staffed
with
all
civilians,
conducting
all
administrative
and
administrative
investigations
of
all
officer-involved
shootings,
certain
complaints
of
police
misconduct
and
and
excessive
force.
What
I'd
like
to
do
now
is
turn
it
over
to
my
colleague,
Rob
Davis
Rob
is
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
company
and
then
introduce
our
team
Rob.
N
You
may
have
a
technology
issue
with
I'm
speaking,
but
can
you
hear
me
Sydney.
L
Okay,
as
we're
waiting
for
for
Rob
what
I'd
like
to
do,
Rob
Davis
has
been
with
our
company
Jensen
Hughes
for
about
14
years
prior
to
doing
that
he
was
the
chief
of
the
San
Jose
police
department
in
California,
Robert
Bowman,
sorry,
Robert
Bowmer
started
his
career
with
the
Chicago
Police
Department
became
general
counsel
of
a
criminal
justice
authority
agency
and
also
worked
for
the
University
of
Illinois
as
focusing
on
community
policing,
Dr
Alex
Weiss.
He
did
our
staffing
study
that
we
were
asked
to
do.
L
Mark
jewfrey
has
been
in
law
enforcement
over
30
years
with
the
DEA
conducting
International
investigation.
Drug
drug
related
investigations
nationally,
as
well
as
a
heavy
emphasis
in
Internal,
Affairs
and
Chad.
Mcginty
also
worked
on
the
this
project
and
he
was
with
the
Ohio
State
Police.
By
way
of
background,
our
company
Jensen
Hughes
Jensen
Hughes,
is
a
consulting
firm.
Our
service
line
is
the
law
enforcement
Consulting
service.
What
we
do
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
is
we
go
into
the
police
department
and
basically
take
a
look
underneath
their
hood.
L
L
But
we
also
work
with
agencies
following
a
critical
incident.
So,
following
the
the
depth
of
Brianna
Taylor,
we
went
and
did
an
assessment
in
in
Louisville.
We
did
a
critical
incident
review
of
minneapolis's
response
to
the
civil
unrest,
but
we
work
with
small
departments,
large
departments,
and
we
also
serve
as
monitors
for
for
consent.
Decrees,
and
we've
been
doing
this
for
about
17
years.
I
would
say
to
my
colleagues
Rob
and
Bob.
We
have
covered
our
introduction.
L
L
All
right,
so
what
we
were
asked
to
do,
we
were
asked
to
do
five
things.
The
first
and
foremost
was
to
conduct
a
comprehensive
review
of
the
Department's
policies
and
practices.
How
are
they
structured?
L
We
also
asked
to
do
a
staffing
study.
What
is
the
workforce?
How
many
officers
do
they
have?
What
is
the
response
time
for
officers?
How
much
time
do
officers
have
to
engage
in
proactive
policing?
L
We
were
also
asked
to
look
at
what
is
the
Department's
community
policing
strategy?
What
is
their
Community
engagement
strategy?
The
two
are
different
and
how
are
they
approaching
it,
and
we
were
also
asked
to
look
at
what
is
the
department
strategy
for
addressing
gang
activity.
L
A
L
Right
so
I'd
like
to
introduce
you
all
to
Bob
Bullard
Bob
Bomer
is
going
to
talk
about
problem
as
the
project
manager.
Q
O
O
R
Of
doing
we
looked
at
policies,
procedures,
organization,
charts
and
any
other
documentation
about
CPD
operational
functions,
I
I
would
say.
In
the
end,
it
was
probably
three
or
four
hundred
different
documents
that
we
took
a
look
at.
We
also
took
a
look
at
the
computer-aided
dispatch
data
which
has
cost
for
service.
For,
for
the
last
couple
years
we
looked
at
and
and
that
involved
more
than
250
000
calls
for
service
for
2021
and
and
2020
I.
R
Think
if
you
look
at
the
numbers,
it
was
300
and
something
or
more
calls
for
service
a
day
for
the
Department.
We
also
conducted
two
on-site
visits
during
those
on-so
site
visits.
We
did
observations,
ride-alongs
and
interviews,
and
the
interviews
are
are
really
one
of
the
key
parts
of
any
assessment
we
interviewed
over
90
people,
63
of
those
were
sworn
members
of
the
department
and
the
breakdown
further
for
the
sworn
members.
R
42
of
those
were
officers,
corporals,
detectives
or
sergeants,
and
the
rest
would
have
been
at
the
The
Command
Staff
level
and
the
chief
12
civilian
members
of
the
department
we
interviewed
as
well
as
17
other
stakeholders
outside
the
department
we
use
between
the
data,
the
the
documentation
that
we
looked
at,
as
well
as
our
our
comparison
to
best
practices
and
the
interviews.
This
is
what
resulted
in
the
key
findings
that
Sydney
is
going
to
talk
about
next,
so
Sydney.
L
On
now,
all
right,
wonderful
and
thank
you
all
for
your
patience,
I
appreciate
that
all
right,
so
our
of
of
key
findings
and
we're
gonna
have
them
displayed
up
here,
but
I
want
to
cover
a
couple
and
I
think.
First
and
first
and
foremost,
it
is
most
important
for
us
to
identify
that
we
that
we
spoke
with
a
police
department
that
is
proud
of
the
work
that
they
do.
They
are
committed
to
serving
this
community.
L
They
have
strong
ties
to
this
community,
but
so
many
other
things
that
we
saw
was
that
these,
the
the
Columbus
Police
Department
is
an
accredited
law
enforcement
agency.
That's
an
honor
that
less
than
four
percent
of
police
agencies
in
the
country
have
we
also
found
that
the
Department's
training,
the
training
that
they
provide
their
personnel,
is
top-notch
and
follows
best
practice.
L
The
recruitment
and
hiring
practices
of
the
Columbus,
Police
Department,
similarly
follow
best
practice
and
they
have
been
making
positive
efforts
in
increasing
their
qualified,
diverse
applicant
pool
and
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention
that
there
is
a
strong
and
supportive
business
community
that
is
willing
to
invest
in
improving
the
not
only
the
police
department,
but
the
city
as
a
whole.
L
We
we
spoke
with
officers
that
spoke
of
not
having
full
insight
into
what
was
happening
within
the
police
department
or
how
decisions
decisions
were
made
or
we're
not
having
the
opportunity
to
weigh
in
on
some
of
the
the
things
or
some
of
the
decisions
that
were
were
being
made.
We
also
saw
some
challenges
with
addressing
gang
activity.
We
identified
some
challenges
on
how
the
department
uses
its
crime,
data
and
and
crime
intelligence
and
how
that
is
being
used
to
inform
policing
strategies.
L
The
the
crime
prevention
unit
is
extremely
busy
building
relationships
and
having
regular
engagement
with
the
entire
city
of
of
Columbus.
But
we
didn't
see
as
much
activity
associated
with
partnering
with
the
community
and
solving
and
identifying
solutions
to
the
prime
crime
problems
or
crime
issues,
as
was
mentioned
earlier.
L
One
of
the
things
we
were
asked
to
do
was
a
staffing
study
and
part
of
that
Staffing
study
identified
the
opportunity
to
bring
on
more
police
officers
and
by
bringing
on
more
police
officers,
increasing
the
opportunity
to
engage
in
some
proactive
policing
to
engage
in
community
policing
during
officers
work
day
and
while
pay
and
pay
compression
were
certainly
issues
impacting
retention.
L
L
We
want
to
provide
the
department
with
a
road
map
in
which
they
can
move
the
agency
forward
in
a
manner
that
addresses
the
findings
in
ways
that
identify
how
to
make
those
improvements
and
some
of
those
recommendations
that
we
I
we
we
have
made
have
centered
around
creating
a
culture
of
internal
procedural
Justice,
whereby
the
the
men
and
women
that
are
working
in
the
department
have
have
voice
into
the
direction
of
the
department
have
voice
into
strategies
enforcement
strategies,
but
voice
voice.
That
is
heard
voiced
that
is
is
is
acted
upon.
L
Procedural
Justice
is
about
making
sure
that
there
is
transparency
in
process
that
there
is
fairness
in
the
way
that
decisions
are
are
made
in
creating
that
culture
that
internal
culture,
that's
grounded
in
principles
of
of
procedural
Justice
also
has
the
byproduct
of
leaving
a
of
creating
a
department
where
people
want
to
come
enjoy
doing
the
work
that
they
they
do.
So
some
of
the
recommendations
that
we
made
dealt
with
creating
a
formalized
internal
communication
strategy.
L
We
also
identified
strategies
that
were
aimed
at
improving
the
efficiency
and
effectiveness
of
policing
operations.
We
talked
about
imposed
recommendations
for
the
Department
to
strengthen
their
crime,
analysis
capabilities,
strengthening
them
in
a
way
that
the
crime
analysis,
the
crime
analyzes,
can
guide
and
direct
policing
strategies.
We
talked
about
recommending
real
real
time
crime
reporting.
L
We
also
recommended
developing
a
comprehensive
gang
enforcement
strategy
that
focuses
on
prevention,
intervention
and
suppression
and
to
make
sure
that
they're
working
collectively
and
that
those
those
three
areas
are
speaking
to
each
other,
because
crime
prevention
is
is
is
done
by
the
police
department,
but
it's
also
done
by
the
community
agencies
and
so
partnering
with
the
community
agencies
to
identify
what
their
what
they're
doing,
and
we
also
made
some
recommendations
about
restructuring
the
internal
some
of
the
internal
structure
within
the
department.
L
During
our
assessment,
we
found
that
the
crime
intelligence
unit
and
the
Gang
intelligence
unit
are
part
of
internal
affairs
and
moving
those
or
the
office
of
Professional
Standards
and
moving
those
from
the
office
of
Professional
Standards
into
the
investigative
divisions,
allows
Closer
Closer
ties
and
leads
the
ability
to
have
more
communication
between
what's
happening
out
in
the
street,
on
the
investigative
side,
with
the
intelligence
that
is
happening
also
talked
and
made
recommendations
that
spoke
to
operating
in
a
very
strategic
manner,
strategic
manner
with
what
are
our
goals
for
this
particular
enforcement.
L
What
are
the
methods
that
we're
going
to
employ?
How
are
we
going
to
measure
our
success,
and
so
we
talked
about
developing
strategies
that,
in
in
internal
communication
strategy,
we
talked
about
developing
a
community
policing
strategy,
a
community
policing
strategy
that
speaks
to
how
you're
going
to
collaborate
with
the
community
to
identify
solutions
to
the
common
problems
that
are
occurring
within
within
within
the
city.
We
talked
about
developing
strategies
for
for
for
retention.
You
know
pay
in
salary.
L
Yes,
those
are
big
issues,
but
sometimes
there
are
other
issues
that
are
impacting
retention
and
a
retention
strategy
addresses
those
long-term
issues
and
and
so
so,
operating
focusing
on
recommendations
on
building
internal
procedural,
Justice
operating
in
a
very
strategic
Manner
and
improving
some
some
efficiencies
so
that
we
can
get
the
outcomes
that
that
you're
looking
forward.
So
those
were
the
premise
of
the
recommendations
that
we
made
but
I,
but
I,
but
I
wanna
end
with
what
we
call
the
keys
to
success.
L
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
there
were
70.
Some
odd
recommendations
are
close
to
70
recommendations.
That
is
a
lot
that
is
a
Monumental
Monumental
task
and
so
implementation
of
these
recommendations,
some
are
all
it
is
going
to
take
a
significant
amount
of
time.
Some
of
those
recommendations
are
going
to
require
resources,
resources
in
terms
of
Personnel
Resources
in
terms
of
Technology
resources
in
terms
of
of
funding,
but
it
is
also
going
to
take
strong
leadership
leadership
that
is
working
in
concert
with
the
men
and
women
of
the
police
department,
leadership.
L
That's
working
with
city
council,
that's
working
with
the
community,
the
the
community
working
with
the
business
Community
working
with
the
neighboring
law
enforcement
agencies,
and
to
do
that.
That
requires
the
third
key
which
we
believe
to
success,
and
that
is
developing
a
project
management,
strategic
approach,
so
that
you
know
where
you
are.
L
You
know
where
you
want
to
go
and
you
can
measure
your
progress
along
the
way
when
you
measure
your
progress
along
the
way
you
can
make
the
corrections
for
things
that
you
didn't
know
and
and
to
move
forward,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
Chief
Blackman
your
step.
You
and
your
staff
were
incredibly
supportive.
They
opened
their
doors.
They
were
helpful
to
us
and-
and
they
spoke
with
us
I'd
like
to
thank
the
business
Community
for
for
giving
us
the
opportunity
to
do
this
assessment.
As
I
mentioned.
L
To
do
this
work
was
an
honor.
My
father's
in
law
enforcement.
My
brothers
in
law
enforcement
I,
am
in
law
enforcement,
our
team,
our
law
enforcement
people
and
we
care
very
much
about
the
work
that
that
we
do.
I
would
like
to
thank
city
council,
the
mayor
city
manager.
Thank
you.
L
You
gave
us
a
lot
of
time
to
come
to
this
to
reach
this
assessment,
but
I
would
also
like
to
and
I
thank
my
colleagues
can
weigh
in
at
this
point,
because
I'd
like
to
give
them
the
opportunity
to
share
any
thoughts
or
address
any
issues
that
I
didn't
already
covered
before
we
begin
to
take
any
questions:
Rob
Davis.
N
N
So
the
Council,
and
especially
the
business
Community,
for
being
willing
to
step
forward
and
move
this
effort
forward
because
there
are
agencies
across
the
country
that
really
would
benefit
from
having
the
same
effort
in
their
communities
in
Columbus
is
pressed
forward,
and
indeed,
Sydney
has
outlined
very
very
briefly.
N
What
is
very,
very
clear
is
that
there
has
to
be
in
Columbus
a
formal
strategic
plan
for
how
they're
going
to
move
that
department
forward.
It
is
absolutely
critical.
All
's
recommendations
will
really
be
for
naught
if
there's
not
an
organized
plan,
as
Sydney
has
outlined,
to
move
that
forward
and
concurrent
with
that,
there's
absolutely
going
to
need
to
be
in
Columbus
leadership,
driving
that
effort
and
I
mean
leadership
throughout
the
department
at
all
levels.
N
Everyone
has
to
be
on
that
same
page
and
I
think
that
that
leadership
effort
throughout
the
department
is
going
to
have
to
be
communicating
continually
with
each
other.
That
is
one
thing
that
was
very
clear.
We
heard
that
from
all
ranks
and
files,
members
and
the
units
Etc
that
at
times
they
feel
like
they
don't
quite
know
where
the
department
is
trying
to
go
or
what
role
they
as
individuals
are
playing.
N
It
is
going
to
be
critical
that
that
be
very
clear
to
everyone
and
that
that
is
being
driven
by
every
single
leader
within
that
department.
If
there's
not
that
type
of
leadership,
you
are
going
to
struggle
with
these
recommendations,
and
so
I
really
want
to
underscore
the
fact
that
there
needs
to
be
leadership
and
communication.
N
Also,
remember
you.
The
other
thing,
too,
with
the
retention
issue
is
you've,
got
to
strive,
not
just
with
the
recommendations
you're
seeing
on
the
screen,
but
just
to
have
this
idea
always
present
in
your
minds:
As
Leaders
within
that
organization
and
within
the
city
that
you've
got
to
figure
out
ways
to
make
the
Columbus
Police
Department
a
place
where
people
are
going
to
want
to
work.
There
are
agencies
across
the
country
that
are
struggling
with
retention
issues
with
hiring
issues.
N
This
is
a
common
thing,
but
what
separates
good
agencies
from
those
that
are
struggling
are
the
ones
that
say.
Hey
we've
got
these
problems,
but
what
are
we
going
to
do
about
it?
There
are
recruiting
retention
problems
across
the
country,
but
what
is
Columbus
going
to
do
about
that?
And
we
hope
that,
in
this
report,
you'll
find
that
there
are
recommendations
that,
as
Sydney
stated,
provide
that
road
map
to
move
that
effort
forward.
N
Otherwise,
you'll
continue
to
struggle,
and
we
don't
want
to
see
that
as
Sydney
has
stated,
you
know,
Columbus
is
a
great
place.
We
really
enjoyed
having
our
team
there
and
being
able
to
interact
with
people
and
learn
more
about
the
community
and
what
they're
trying
to
do
so.
Is
this
independent
third
party
outside
group
again
a
strategic
plan
leadership
throughout
the
department,
communicating
what
you're
going
to
actually
do
it's.
You
know,
there's
there's
one
thing
to
say:
hey
we're
going
to
charge
for
and
we're
going
to
succeed,
but
it's
like
a
football
team.
N
N
So
again
the
capacity
is
there,
but
you've
really
got
to
make
sure
that
you're
driving
forward
so
that
every
member
of
that
department
knows
where
they're
going,
how
they're
going
to
get
there
and
what
role
they
can
play
in
that
effort,
especially
also
with
the
gang
issues
that
just
it's
really
critical
to
be
able
to
do
that
so
I
guess
at
this
point,
I
would
turn
the
time
over
also
to
Bob
owner.
If
you
would
like
to
make
with
your
comments.
R
Yes,
thank
you
rob
I'll
just
add
one
more
thing
is:
is
you
have
a
unique
opportunity
in
Columbus,
we've
not
worked
with
departments
that
have
partnered
that
that
a
business
Community
has
gotten
together
and
say
we're
willing
to
kind
of
put
up
money
and
time
to
help
out
the
department.
My
advice
here
and
I
think
we
advised
it
and
and
one
of
the
recommendations
to
take
advantage
of
that
I
think
that
business
Community
is
still
willing
to
work
with
you
on
on
additional
issues
and
the
strategy
and
the
follow-up
to
this
report.
R
So
I
I
think
again
take
advantage
of
that
unique
opportunity
and
thanks.
Thank
you
all
for
listening
to
us
and
I'll
shoot
it
back
to
Sydney.
N
But
just
just
one
quick
follow-up
to
what
Bob
just
mentioned,
I'd
like
to
underscore
it
typically
when
we
go
into
especially
a
city,
the
size
of
Columbus
and
we're
trying
to
drive
the
community
effort
to
reach
out,
especially
the
department
effort
to
reach
out
to
the
community
to
leverage
those
resources
to
move
forward.
That's
typically
a
challenge.
The
reverse
is
the
case
here
in
Columbus,
where
you've
got
your
business,
your
business
Community,
saying
hey.
N
We
recognized
our
problems,
we're
trying
to
stand
up
and
figure
out
how
to
you
know,
rub
shoulders
and
join
forces
here
and
use
our
resources
collectively
to
move
forward.
You
should
count
your
blessings
in
Columbus
that
your
business
Community
is
behind
you
trying
to
figure
out
other
ways
to
leverage
even
greater
resources
throughout
the
community
to
help
the
department
of
these
efforts.
N
So
there's
you
know
there
are:
there
are
resources
out
there
for
the
Department
to
turn
to
to
try
and
help
drive
this
forward
and
that's
really
a
blessing
so
I
again
just
want
to
thank
the
business
Community
for
shipping
up
and
kind
of
leading
the
way
and
we'll
we'll
certainly
share.
What's
happened
there
in
Columbus,
with
some
of
the
other
clients
that
we
have
so
thank
you.
L
Rob
and
to
just
comment
on
that
last
Point,
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
seen
in
some
of
the
other
communities,
are
what
they
call
police
foundations
and
those
are
the
business
communities
that
are
working
in
concert
with
Public
Safety
to
create
opportunities
raise
funds.
You
know
provide
assessments
such
as
this
so
mayor.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
city
council,
thank
you,
Chief
Blackman,
and
to
the
men
and
women
of
the
Columbus
Police
Department.
C
Cindy,
thank
you
and,
and
Bob
and
Robert.
Thank
you
all
for
for
being
here
to
kind
of
help
us
get
this,
get
this
presented
in
the
public
forum
and
and
and
you're
exactly
right.
What
you
said
at
the
very
beginning
is
that
this
is
a
road
map
to
try
to
give
us
a
road
map.
We
agree
completely
in
the
fact
with
the
fact
that
you
know
we
know
that
the
challenges
all
across
the
country-
and
we
know
every
Police
Department-
is
facing
those
challenges.
C
We
want
to
be
on
the
tip
of
that
spear,
not
following
people
that
are
doing
it
and
I
think
that
this
many
of
the
the
recommendations
and
ideas
involved
in
in
the
results
of
this
I
think
are
going
to
are
going
to
provide
that
road
map
for
us
to
follow,
to
to
kind
of
not
be
like,
what's
going
on
all
over
the
country,
but
kind
of
do
our
own
thing
and
fix
our
own
issues.
So
so
we're
grateful
all
right
Sydney!
Thank
you.
A
C
T
I
was
just
wondering
the
report.
I
read
had
quite
a
few
things
that
were
critical
of
leadership.
What
what
actions
have
been
recommended
to
improve?
You
know
those
changes
in
leadership
other
than
communication
and
I
just
noticed.
There
were
quite
a
few
things
in
the
draft
report
that
were
not
covered
in
today.
Was
there
a
reason
they
were
not
covered.
C
Well,
I
think
counselor
I'm
not
trying
to
answer
for
Sydney,
but
I.
Think
one
was
just
the
time
that
we
had
today.
All
of
these
items,
every
single
item
every
single
thing
mentioned
in
that
in
that
report
is,
is
absolutely
going
to
be
addressed.
That
was
the
whole
idea
of
getting
the
getting
the
report,
but
Sydney
yeah.
L
Some
of
the
things
that
we
spoke
about,
as
you
mentioned,
was
internal
communication.
We
talked
about
integrating
strategic
plans,
the
the
advantage
of
a
strategic
plan
that
is
ultimately
inclusive
and
made
public
it.
L
It
sends
the
message
to
the
community
not
only
to
the
community
where
we're
applicable,
but
also
to
the
men
and
women
within
the
within
the
agency,
but
we
also
talked
about
you
know
in
terms
of
leadership.
You
know
having
having
greater
presence,
you
know,
presence
in
the
presence
amongst
the
troops,
whether
it's
roll
call,
whether
it's
going
on
a
going
on
a
ride
along.
L
We
talked
about
having
that
that
presence
and
that
partnership
with
with
the
community.
So
there
were
a
few
other
things
that
we
we
discussed,
Beyond
just
communication,
but
communication.
It
is
so
very
key
because
that
communication
is
what
enables
the
department
to
have
that
organizational
culture
that
is
grounded
in
procedural
Justice
principles.
R
Well,
no,
just
briefly,
you
know,
regarding
leaders,
the
leadership
is
kind
of
I
think
in
a
lot
of
the
recommendations,
it's
about
developing
strategies
for
departments
it's
about,
establishing
a
vision
for
where
the
department
should
be
going
and
policing.
It's
about
communicating
that
Vision
listening
to
department,
members
and
working
with
department
members
as
a
whole,
not
a
single
individual,
running
a
department,
but
the
department
running
it
together
as
a
whole
to
address
the
big
issues.
N
This
is
Sydney.
Another
comment:
I
I
think
the
reason
that
we
are
stressing
leadership
so
much
is
because,
as
it's
been
mentioned,
there
were
multiple
interviews
done
by
numerous
people
throughout
the
agency,
and
there
was
a
sense
that
what
we're
hearing
from
within
the
community
within
the
agency
itself
is
that
at
this
present
time
they
are
not
feeling
like
the
leadership,
is
there
to
help
Drive
the
department
forward
and
that's
just
coming
from
the
rank
and
file.
N
So
there
is
this
morality
that
exists
within
that
agency,
and
so,
when
we're
stressing
leadership,
we're
really
talking
about
the
importance
of
making
sure
that
you
have
leaders
that
are
in
a
position
that
are
able
to
look
at
those
recommendations,
formulate
that
strategic
plan
that
we're
talking
about
and
then
deriving
that
message
down
throughout
the
agency
and
based
upon
what
we've
learned
on
the
fee
in
the
field
there
and
during
our
assessment
is
that
there's
gonna,
that's
a
heavy
lift.
There's
gonna
need
to
be
some
work
done
there.
N
Don't
want
to
say:
hey,
you
need
to
make
sure
your
leadership
is
driving
that,
but
you
really
understand
that
there's
a
heavy
lift
that
needs
to
be
done
here
throughout
the
agency.
There
was
essentially
concurs
with
everybody,
no
matter
who
we
spoke
to
at
what
level
that
they
need
to
know
more
about
where
that
agency
is
going
and
what
role
that
they
play.
So
those
recommendations
will
fall
flat.
N
If
there's
not
a
strategic
formal
in
you
know
intensive
way
that
everybody
within
the
department
and
the
leadership
ranks
are
looking
to
how
they
can
pull
together
and
help
demonstrate
to
the
agency
that
maybe
the
men
and
women
of
that
department
that
here's
the
plan,
here's
where
we
need
to
go,
here's
how
we're
going
to
get
there.
Here's
what
you
specifically
can
do
whatever
level
you're
in
to
move
that
forward
and
we
will
communicate
on
an
ongoing
basis
and
measure,
as
Sydney
has
outlined,
what
we're
trying
to
do
to
push
this
forward.
N
But
in
my
opinion,
these
recommendations
will
fall
flat.
If
there's
not
that
formal
organized
strategic
way
in
which
the
leaders
are
communicating
to
the
rank
and
file
and
in
the
community
what
they
need
and
what
they
need
to
move
forward,
so
there's
some
work
to
do
that.
There's
no
question
about
that,
but
again
I,
just
I,
don't
think
we
can
not
state
or
underscore
the
fact
that
that's
going
to
need
to
take
place
if
those
recommendations
are
going
to
be
effective.
L
N
That
just
just
one
of
the
things
you
need
to
remember,
that
is
also
important
for
your
retention
issues,
because
if,
if
the
agency,
if
the
officer
of
that
agency
really
enjoy
working
there,
the
word
is
going
to
spread.
It
is
a
great
place
to
work
we're
on
the
Move,
we're
doing
things
we're
really
having
some
happenings
here.
So
it
also,
you
know
the
very
methodology
that
you're
using
to
try
to
drive,
use
leadership
to
drive
these
issues.
C
C
All
right
we
have,
and
we
the
council
had
asked
as
well
I
think
for
some
numbers
to
try
to
see
on
a
regular
basis
and
so
we're
going
to
kick
that
off
this
weekend.
I
think
Chief
Blackman
has
some
has
some
of
the
the
information
that
the
council
was
requesting,
and
this
will
be
something
that
we'll
present
on
a
regular
basis.
So
the
council
will
have
the
have
the
information
welcome
Chief.
If
you
push
that
button
on
that
light,
we'll
get
you.
V
V
V
So
today-
and
this
is
as
of
last
week
because
our
numbers
will
be
more
up
to
date
with
our
last
without
this
week
numbers,
but
as
of
last
week,
at
the
time
of
this
presentation
was
presented.
This
is
where
we
stand
thus
far.
As
we
look
at
part.
One
crimes.
V
We
see
that
there
is
an
increase
in
burglaries
and
robberies
as
compared
to
end
of
the
February
the
5th
of
last
year.
V
So
as
we
move
towards
our
turnover
rate.
So
looking
at
from
2016
to
present,
we've
noticed
regarding
turnover,
we've
hired
from
2016
to
present
344
employees,
but
over
470
employees
have
departed
from
our
department
during
that
same
period
of
time,
and
so
that
put
us
in
the
position
where
we
were
in
a
negative.
V
V
And
the
officer
retention
statistics
shows
that
during
that
same
period
of
time,
the
rate
of
applications
we
receive
so
in
2016
was
last
year
we
received
paper
applications.
We
went
to
more
of
a
technology
base
where
applicants
were
actually
able
to
apply
online,
and
so
we
can
see
how
that
has
been
trending
over
the
course
of
time
in
the
numbers
of
higher
have
been
in
the
typical
ballpark.
As
far
as
the
number
are
hired
and
our
ratio
for
hiring
to
application
is
somewhere
around
10
to
12
percent.
V
We
we
will
hire
10
to
12
percent
of
those
who
apply,
but
you
see
the
category
regarding
denied
applicants.
So
there
there's
a
very
that's
a
very
detailed,
very
thorough
process
of
vetting
applicants,
and
so
there
are
some
who
may
have
to
wait
for
a
period
of
time
until
they
become
eligible
to
reapply
with
our
department.
And
then
there
are
some
who
will
place
in
the
position
where
they
are
no
no
longer
eligible
to
apply
once
the
background
has
taken
place
with
that
particular
applicant
right.
V
But
so
when
we
receive
applicants
into
our
department,
our
applications,
we
we
have
a
very
tedious
process
of
vetting
the
individual
and
we
are
hiring
about
10
to
12.
So
we're
in
that
ballpark.
Regarding
those
who
who
submit
an
application
and
of
course,
we
attend
job
fairs
on
a
regular
basis
to
ensure
that
we
are
meeting
individuals
and
and
seeking
applicants
into
our
department,
and
we
utilize
advertisement
as
well.
V
So
since
2016
we've
been
budgeted,
we
started
out
with
488
budgeted
positions.
We
are
at
444
budgeted
positions
and
you
see
over
that
same
period
of
time
where
the
actual
numbers
were
actually
as
of
today
we're
at
about
296
due
to
recent
hires
in
our
department
within
within
the
last
couple
of
days.
V
So
in
December
2021
our
department,
a
Command,
Staff
and
I,
we
met
we,
we
developed
a
strategic
plan
to
to
address
the
concerns
that
we
were
faced
with,
and
so
our
strategic
plan
was
to
address
crime
in
our
community.
V
So
it
was
designed
to
address
crime
from
a
two-prong
approach
and
that
first
approach
was
through
proactive
policy
in
the
second
part
of
that
is
through
our
community
engagement
piece,
and
then
we
set
out
for
recruitment
and
retention
of
our
employees,
and
we
also
included
in
our
strategic
plan
to
advance
technology,
which
we've
made
some
progress
in
doing
so.
But
we
know
that's
something
that's
con.
V
That
has
to
continue
to
take
place
in
order
for
us
to
stay
afloat
with
what's
taking
place
regarding
technology
and
of
course,
we
always
strive
to
improve
our
Professional
Services
that
we
provide
as
we
go
forward.
So
our
strategic
plan,
which
was
communicated
throughout
our
department
leadership,
is,
is
to
reduce
crime
and
work
at
continuing
to
improve
on
our
Recruitment
and
Retention
of
employees,
as
well
as
advanced
in
technology
and
providing
Professional
Services.
V
As
we
review
this.
This
assessment
I've
communicated
this
assessment
to
to
members
of
our
Command
Staff.
We've
reviewed
this
report,
and
so
members
of
our
Command
Staff
have
been
selected
to
to
lead
the
effort
in
the
project
of
addressing
some
of
these
recommendations
that
have
been
presented
and
I
know
that
we
identified
retention
as
the
number
one
priority,
as
we
go
forward.
Of
course,
that
that
does
not
minimize
the
other
recommendations
that
have
been
presented,
but
we
definitely
want
to
identify
retention
and
the
realignment
of
our
criminal
criminal
intelligence
unit.
V
Let
me
go
back
with
our
retention
strategy.
We
we
will
continue
to
work
with
our
retention
committee
that
was
already
in
place
and
we
even
added
to
it
to
get
even
more
coverage
of
our
department
for
civilian
and
sworn
employees
to
ensure
that
we
are
able
to
receive
the
ideas
and
concerns
from
our
membership
of
our
department
as
we
work
at
implementing
the
ideas
that
have
been
presented
to
us,
because
we
strive
to
meet
the
Columbus
Police
Department
a
very
great
place
to
work,
and
so
we
also
are
looking
at
realigning
our
criminal
intelligence
structure.
V
And
we
know
that
that's
that's
going
to
be
a
process
to
has
to
take
place
because
it
involves
a
great
deal
amount
of
training.
And
so
these
strategies
that
we'll
be
working
on
are
not
necessarily
something
that
would
be
put
in
place
overnight.
But
it
would
be
a
steady
Progressive
Movement
as
we
work
towards
implementation,
and
we
will
continue
to
work
to
advance
technology
in
our
department
and
assess
the
types
of
calls
that
we
respond
to
due
to
our
numbers.
That's
something
that
we
have
to
look
at
very
closely.
V
We've
already
implemented
the
Citizens
online
reporting
strategy
to
help
officers
who
are
who
were
responding
to
certain
types
of
calls
that
could
be
handled
through
the
citizen,
making
the
report
online,
but
but
one
of
our
Command
Staff
members
will
be
leading
that
particular
effort.
So
in
each
of
these
particular
areas
in
other
areas
that
we
will
identify,
we
will
have
one
of
our
staff
members
to
lead
that
particular
project
as
we
work
towards
implementation
of
these
strategies.
V
So,
as
we
listened
previously
to
our
retention
committee,
some
some
things
that
were
brought
forward
initially
concerned
the
implementation
of
a
beard
policy,
the
out
of
Duty
carrier
that
will
serve
as
an
officer
Wellness
benefit
to
allow
the
officers
to
have
their
their
out
of
Duty
carrier,
worn
on
the
upper
torso
and
removing
a
lot
of
the
weight
from
the
hips
from
wearing
the
utility
bill
on
the
hips
officers,
communicated
the
desire
you
to
have
new
uniforms
and
that
has
been
implemented
as
well
as
the
transition
to
new
vehicles.
V
V
Currently,
we
have
10
officers
that
are
in
field
training
and
they're
being
released
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks
and
and
that
will
be
adding
more
solo
officers
that
will
be
riding.
In
addition
to
that,
we
have
six
officers
that
would
be
training
with
a
field
training
officer
within
that
same
time,
frame
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks
when
those
10
officers
are
released,
July
that
solo-
and
we
have,
of
course,
since
this
slide
has
been
done-
we've
hired
some
more.
V
The
communication
piece
involves
the
a
summary
of
staff
meeting
notes
being
communicated
throughout
our
department
to
ensure
everyone
is
aware
of
what
is
trending
in
our
department,
where
it's
being
communicated.
In
addition
to
that,
we
we
have
increased
and
we'll
continue
to
work
at
increasing
our
visits
to
roll
call,
that's
something
that
we
have
done,
but
we
will
do
even
more
of
that
as
we
continue
to
go
forward.
V
As
we
go
forward
in
the
next
few
months
ahead,
we're
very
very
hopeful
to
be
able
to
get
out
as
many
family
and
friends
as
we
can
to
work
together
and
be
able
to
enjoy
The
Human
Side
of
one
another,
because
we
know
this
job
that
we
take
part
in
each
day.
It
it
wears
on
individuals,
and
so
we
want
to
have
a
little
time
to
decompress
and
allow
family
and
friends
to
share
together.
V
Also
last
week,
with
some
members
of
the
police
department
in
our
Muscogee
County,
Sheriff's
Office,
to
team
up
to
to
play
a
basketball
game
with
some
children
at
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
on
29th
Street,
boys
and
girls
club,
and
that
was
a
very,
very
enjoyable
enjoyable
event.
As
our
police
officers
and
sheriff's
deputies
partnered
together
to
make
the
day
for
those
little
boys
and
girls
at
the
boys
and
girls
club.
V
And
so
we'll
continue
to
work
towards
ensuring
that
we
are
doing
what's
necessary
to
make
the
Columbus
Police
Department
a
very
great
place
to
work
and
ensure
that
we
are
able
to
continue
to
recruit
and
retain
as
we
provide
services
to
our
community,
as
well
as
to
our
members
of
our
department.
In
the
questions.
K
Disturbing
issue
for
me
right
now,
it
doesn't
seem
to
matter
if
you
are
in
full
support
of
the
report
that
came
down
from
Jensen
cues
or
if
you
are
in
full
support
of
the
responses
by
our
police
chief.
K
K
This
report
has
been
out
for
quite
some
time
and
we
have
not
seen
I
have
not
seen
and
I,
don't
think
the
other
counselors
have
seen
any
kind
of
a
strategic
plan.
Development
presented
to
us.
We've
been
told
that
the
Command
Staff
has
developed
one,
but
we've
not
seen
it.
The
recommendation
from
Jensen
Hughes
was
to
have
a
very
deliberate
involvement
with
all
members
of
the
department
to
provide
this
strategic
plan.
K
Chief
Blackman
could
provide
that
to
us
at
some
point
a
written
strategic
plan.
One
of
the
things
that
I
saw
in
the
statistics
that
were
very
concerning
to
me
is
that
Chief
Blackman
said
we
have
293
or
96
active
officers
in
the
Columbus
Police
Department.
K
K
And
all
of
those
296
if
I
am
correct,
are
not
on
the
street
they're
doing
various
other
kinds
of
police
work
and
they're
doing
a
good
job.
I
I,
don't
want
any
of
our
officers
to
think
that
in
any
way,
I
or
my
fellow
counselors
think
that
they
are
not
providing
as
much
Service
as
they
can
to
this
community.
K
But
I
I
am
very
concerned.
You
know
Chief
Blackman
said
in
since
this
year
we've
had
we've
lost
six
officers,
that's
45
days.
K
K
K
K
I
still
don't
see
a
response
for
this
strategic
plan
this
this
as
I
said
it's
been
out
for
a
long
time
and
it's
not
it
hasn't
been
brought
to
us.
K
I
I,
you
know
I
could
go
on
forever,
I
guess,
but
I
I,
just
I
hope
you
can
tell
by
my
comments
and
by
the
tone
of
my
voice
that
I
am
extremely
concerned
about
what's
going
on
in
our
community
and
how
we're
going
to
fix
it
and
I
have
some
suggestions
on
how
we're
going
to
fit.
You
know
we
have
a
public
safety
advisory
commission.
Have
they
been
involved
in
any
of
this
I?
Don't
think
so
you
know.
What's
we've
got
we?
K
We
have
the
resources
we
just
have
to
use
them
and
I'm
sorry
Mr
Mayor,
if
I
have
stepped
on
somebody's
toes,
but
I'm,
not
really
sorry.
If
I
stepped
on
your
toes
too
bad
I
want
this
fixed
and
I
want
it
fixed
now,
as
soon
as
we
can
do
that
and
with
that
I'll
shut
up
for
the
white
for
a
while.
C
Thank
you,
ma'am
no,
and
there
is
a
actually
the
Strategic
plan
is
being
put
together
with
the
citizens
group
they're,
actually
providing
additional
resources
for
that
that
to
take
place
and-
and
one
of
the
challenges
was
this
today
was
the
actual
presentation
of
the
of
the
report
and
up
to
then
it
had
been
labeled
as
a
draft,
but
that
there
had
been
activities
going
on
along
with
the
the
corporate
individuals
to
to
work
on
that
plan.
You'll
have
a
written
plan,
they're
they're
in
the
process
of
putting
that
together,
castrocover.
G
I've
had
this
unique
opportunity
over
the
last
18
months
to
be
on
both
sides
of
this
platform
a
year
ago,
almost
actually
I.
Think
a
year
ago
today
we
had
the
presentation
of
from
the
fop,
and
it's
been
my
observation
and
again
I'll
Echo,
Judy,
I'm.
Sorry,
if
I
step
on
anybody's
toes
but
I'm,
not
sorry.
Here,
it's
been
my
observation
over
the
last
12
months
or
18
months
that
we've
been
very
reactive
to
this
situation
and
not
very
proactive
to
the
situation.
G
I
was
a
girl
scout
once
and
I
know
that
when
you
throw
a
blanket
over
a
fire,
it
sits
there
and
smolders
and
I.
Think
that's
what
we
have
been
doing
here
and
if
a
smoldering
Embers,
if
a
blanket,
is
thrown
over
fires
too
long,
those
Embers
will
smolder
and
it
will
burst
into
a
burning,
Inferno
and
I
think
that's
sort
of
what
we
have
going
on
here
and
I
think
that
we
were
really
looking
for
some
strategic
plans
to
come
out
today.
G
The
Jensen
and
Hughes
report
has
been
public
for
well
public
to
us
for
a
long
time
now
long
time
in
political
world.
This
is
a
little
bit
longer
than
real
life,
but
I
think
what
we
you
know
if
you
flash
back
even
to
10
years
ago,
when
the
tax
was
put
into
place.
That
was
to
combat
the
problem
and
again
I
Echo
Judy.
Here,
where
we've
been
talking
about
finding
solutions
to
a
problem,
and
we
haven't
come
up
with
a
plan
to
do
so.
At
least
one
that
has
been
presented
to
to
council
now.
G
I,
don't
have
all
the
answers
to
this,
but
I
think
what
would
put
us
at
ease
as
council
is
if
we
had
a
detailed
plan
with
a
timeline
and
we're
sort
of
at
a
Tipping
Point
right
now
and
the
future
of
Columbus
it.
If
you,
if
you
were
to
make
a
pyramid,
Public
Safety,
is
at
the
bottom
of
our
city
and
our
community
Public
Safety,
Public,
Public
Safety
of
affects
our
affordable
housing.
It
affects
our
community
health,
it
affects
our
healthy
con
economy
and
without
a
healthy,
Public
Safety
department.
G
We
don't
have
a
solid
foundation
in
Columbus
and
and
I
think.
There's
a
lot
of
investors.
There's
a
lot
of
citizens.
There's
a
lot
of
future
people
who
are
looking
at
Columbus
as
a
place
to
move
to,
and
we
don't
have
answers
and
we're
not
acting
on
those
answers
right
now,
because
we
don't
have
a
plan
and
if
we
do
have
a
plan
that
we've
been
talking
about,
you
keep
hearing
our
strategies
and
our
strategic
plans.
G
Well,
what
are
those
plans
because
nobody's
seen
those
written
down
right
now?
They're,
just
floating
in
cartoon
bubbles
above
people's
heads,
so
I
think
what
we're
looking
for
as
a
council
is
to
have
those
written
down
to
have
those
written
in
a
timeline
to
have
those
as
actionable
steps,
because
without
that
we
are
just
going
to
sit
here
for
the
next
10
years
and
continue
to
tax
our
citizens
for
something
that
we
can't
produce.
W
I
came
here
today,
anticipating
that
there
would
be
a
strategic
plan
with
specific
actions
and
that
you
know
some
of
the
actions
that
you
know
just
take.
The
Jensen
Hughes
report
in
those
70
steps
would
be
listed,
steps
that
were
included
in
a
memo
to
the
chief
on
1
30
of
22,
from
a
Corporal
of
the
bureau
of
administration,
Services
laying
out
steps
that
should
be
taken.
I
know
that
some
of
these
have
been
taken.
W
The
low-hanging
fruit
you
know
has
been
taken
care
of,
but
we
can
and
we
can
spend
the
tax
day
or
payers
dollars
and
we
can
Implement.
You
know
these
easy
recommendations,
but
until
we
get
to
the
heart
of
the
matter
and
and
she
she
referred
to
it-
you
know
the
leadership
she
said.
Leadership
will
be
the
key
to
retention
and
recruitment.
W
So
until
we
get
to
the
heart
of
the
matter
and
the
leadership
portion
of
it,
we
need
none
of
none
of
the
other
things
really
matter
and
that's
what
we
need
to
work
on
immediately.
I'm
wondering
you
say
that
you're
working
with
the
community
are:
are
they
willing
to
help
us
with
the
leadership
problems
we're
having?
Are
they
willing
to
train
you
know
and
because
leadership
is
something
you
know
we
all.
W
W
Some
people
need
more
help
than
others.
Is
there
someone
out
there
that
is
going
to
help
this
department
with
that
key
leadership
nugget,
because
I
think
that's
what
that's
what
we
keep
on
hearing
the
troops
are
doing
a
great
job
in
the
situation
that
they're
in,
but
we
need
to
give
them
that
key
that
key
item
and
that's
what
we
have
to
focus
on.
W
Is
there
someone
out
there
that
is
going
to
help
Chief
Blackman
make
that
transition
from
being
very
good
at
everything
that
he's
done
up
to
this
point
and
now
just
help
him
transition
so
that
he
realizes
he
needs
to
let
go
of
his
of
what
he
did
so
well
in
each
department
leading
up
to
this
point
and
give
him
the
tools
to
be
the
best
leader
that
he
can
be
and
there's
businessmen
and
women
out
there
in
our
community.
Maybe
Jensen
Hughes
will
help
with
that.
W
T
My
question
was:
we
have
in
the
past,
had
since
I
was
a
resident
of
Columbus
since
I
was
born,
we
have
had
36
beats
and
we've
all.
Assuming
that
we've
gone
back
to
26
and
I've
heard
there
have
been
nights
where
they
are
even
lower
numbers
of
that,
which
is
a
major
concern.
I
know
we
have
plenty
of
sheriff's
deputies,
because
I
I've
hired
them
to
work.
Private
events
and
I
know
we
have
off-duty
officers
who
are
always
taking.
You
know,
private
events,
why?
T
C
Well
and
I
I
think
what
you're
asking
I'm,
not
sure
I
heard
everything
you
said
it's
kind
of
hard
to
hard
to
hear,
but
that
is
a
priority.
In
fact,
I
think
that's
that's
been.
There
have
been
individuals
from
other
units
that
have
been
temporarily
doing
Patrol
as
well
so
I
know
there
I
know
they're
trying
to
utilize
everybody.
C
They
can
to
try
to
make
sure
that
the
citizens
are
safe
and,
and
they
and
the
folks
on
the
street
are
doing
just
an
incredible
job,
so
they're
they're
working
and
doing
everything
they
can
to
try
to
make
sure
that
as
until
the
numbers
come
back
up-
and
there
are
some
people,
I
think
that
I've
been
told
that
there
are
some
folks
in
the
in
field
training
now.
So
it's
sort
of
a
temporary
right
now
situation
where
they're
they're,
they're
they're,
actually
working
from
their
units
and
being
utilized
on
on
patrol.
C
M
Thank
you.
Ma'am
I've
listened
to
a
lot
this
morning.
I've
been
thinking
about
this
for
weeks
now
did
Justin
Hughes
report
has
a
lot
of
information.
M
The
chief
and
everybody
knows
how
everybody
feels
and
what
the
problems
are,
but
in
order
to
make
him
a
better
Chief,
we
need
to
Rally
around
now
and
put
a
formal
plan
together
at
this
point.
It's
been
mentioned
around
the
table
this
morning
that
a
plan
has
not
been
put
in
place
and
everybody
hears
it.
M
We
need
to
come
together
and
put
all
our
ideas
on
the
table
and
give
everybody
a
chance
to
help
make
the
change
and
councilor
Thomas
mentioned
that
we
put
monies
in
place
to
hire
488
police
officers.
M
We
have
been
here
since
2011
and
we've
never
been
able
to
attain
that
we
still
working
at
it,
but
we
hadn't
been
able
to
attain
it.
So
the
prior
Chief,
the
President
Chief,
no
one
has
been
able
to
hit
that
goal.
Policing
has
become
a
a
situation,
a
job,
a
position,
a
career
across
the
country
that
a
lot
of
people
are
not
stepping
into
now.
M
I
received
some
information
from
the
city
manager.
Yesterday,
that
was
a
good,
interesting,
read
and
just
up
the
road
and
in
Gwinnett
County
same
problems.
It
mirrors
us
as
as,
if
they
are
twin
so
I
just
say
this
morning
that
everybody's
been
heard.
I
personally
appreciate
everybody
in
the
room
for
being
here,
but
it's
time
for
us
to
buckle
down
and
come
together.
M
All
of
the
ideas,
the
Chiefs
ears
open,
the
council.
Ears
are
open.
The
mayor's
ears
are
open.
Everybody's
ears
are
open
this
morning,
so
let's
put
everything
on
the
table
and
come
up
with
a
deadline
and
a
commitment
from
all
not
only
to
make
the
chief
better
to
make
the
police
department
better,
but
to
make
our
city
better.
Thank
you.
Y
I
think
what
everyone's
hearing
we're
in
unison
I
was
one
of
the
things
that
the
Jensen
Hughes
report
brought
up
a
number
of
times.
Is
that
and
that
we
know
here
we
live
here.
We
are
a
very
vibrant
and
energetic
community
and
we're
very
we're.
A
very
knowledgeable
Community
here
and
I
know
that
everyone
is
looking
for
what
is
called
an
actionable
plan
where
something
is
really
placed
and
I
was
disappointed.
Y
But
I
know
that
we
have
enough
Talent
in
this
community
business,
private
individuals,
you
don't
have
to
have
a
degree
on
the
wall.
It's
called
mother
whip
and
we,
as
counselors
directly
responsible
to
the
citizens,
they're
looking
at
us
to
come
up
with
a
solution,
no
finger-pointing,
because
I
think
all
of
us
realize
that
we
have
a
very,
very,
very
good
Police
Department,
but
with
nothing
is
perfect
in
life,
and
so
we
need
to
step
back
and
as
Judy
and
as
Joanne
and
Charmaine
and
Bruce
said.
Y
We
need
to
do
what's
called
a
re-look,
not
pointing
fingers,
but
to
bring
all
of
our
resources
to
the
table.
We
as
counselors
I,
think
the
responsibility
Mr
Mayor
councilman
Mississippi
manager
is
for
us
to
just
sit
back.
We
know
the
individuals
in
this
community
private
individuals
that
have
a
wealth
of
knowledge,
retirees,
military
retirees
that
can
help
us
to
address
this
problem.
I
think
it
starts
with
Mr
Mayor
with
us
sitting
around
here.
Y
We
know
so
many
people
and
coming
up
with
individuals
who
can
help
us
come
up
with
viable
Solutions
to
this
you
can
have
the
best
amenities
that
a
city
can
have
zip
line,
White
Water
Uptown,
but
unless
people
feel
safe,
they're
not
going
to
come
out
safety
Maslow
safety
is
foremost
and
as
Citizens.
We
all
know
because
we're
all
hearing
it
from
our
citizens.
We
need
to
have
something
done,
no
finger
pointing.
Y
We
just
need
to
come
up
with
individuals
who
will
help
us
sit
back
and
work
out
solutions
to
this
problem,
but
it
has
to
be
what
we
call
it:
a
military,
an
actionable
plan.
Jensen
Hughes,
gave
us
something.
I
didn't
hear
anything
like
that.
We
need
to
come
up
with
steps
that
need
to
be
taken,
and
it
can
be
done.
Y
The
thing
that
we
need
to
keep
in
mind
is
coming
up
with
Solutions.
We
need
to
be
looking
forward.
We
don't
have
to
be
looking
backwards,
you're
easily,
looking
forward
for
Solutions
and
so
I
think
that
we
are
capable
of
that.
We
have
enough
resources
here,
sitting
around
this
table
out
here
in
the
gallery.
We
have
enough
resources
to
individuals
in
our
business
community,
so
Judy
I
think
what
you
see
I'm
glad
you
opened
a
stopper
on
this
here,
because
it's
something
that
we
really
need
to
say.
Y
Z
Thank
you,
mayor,
I,
think,
with
all
the
discussion
about
a
written
plan,
we
ought
to
have
a
written
plan
on
our
desk
with
a
presentation
you
know
later
than
the
14th
of
March
that's
30
days
and
then
quarterly.
We
ought
to
have
updates
on
where
we
stand
and
trying
to
implement
whatever
those
Solutions
are
so
I
think
we
do
I
think
we
do
need
to
set
a
hard
suspense
and
then
we
need
to
just
see.
K
I
was
about
to
say
Council
house,
if
I
thought
it
would
work,
I
would
move
that.
We
adjourn
and
start
immediately
this
afternoon
on
the
on
putting
together
this
plan.
But
that's
my
concern:
let's
don't
let
it
go.
Let's
don't
let
it
simmer.
I
I
would
support
a
30-day.
You
know,
let's
get
it
done,
let's
get
we.
K
We
have
tremendous
talent
in
this
community
and
in
this
room,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
what
needs
to
be
done
and
that
we
don't
wait
another
year
to
get
it
done
so
I
I
would
support
councilor,
House's,
suggestion
or
proposal
that
we
have
it
done
by.
We
have
a
strategic
plan
presented
to
us
by
March
the
30th,
the
30th
March,
the
I'm,
sorry
14th
14th.
C
C
Right,
there's
a
motion
in
a
second
any
comment
to
the
motion:
counselor
house,
in
the
comments.
Z
C
Okay,
all
right!
Well,
we'll
move
on
to
the
city
attorney's
agenda,
which
City
attorney
you
wanna.
C
C
U
Miss
City
attorney.
Okay,
thank
you.
Mayor
got
a
fairly
short
business
agenda.
This
morning.
First
item
up:
we
need
to
vote
on
the
moratorium
for
short-term
rentals
to
April
15th
motion.
C
C
There's
a
motion
in
a
second
on
item,
one
to
approve
the
moratorium.
Is
there
any
discussion
to
that
motion
all
right?
If
you
cue
it
counselors,
please
register
your
votes,
enter
your
votes,
counselor,
Tucker
and
Garrett
both
say
yes.
Okay,
all.
U
Right,
that's
proven
that
passes
next
item
is
a
hearing
zoning
hearing,
212
Railroad
Street.
This
is
to
go
from
General
commercial
to
Uptown
for
single
family
JSA
Legacy.
Are
they
present
all
right?
We've
got
the
applicant
here.
Are
there
any
questions
around
the
table.
U
Did
y'all
want
to
make
a
comment,
Mr,
Henson
or
the
proponent
s
come
on
up
and
give
them
your
name
and
address
for
the
record.
O
Hi,
my
name
is
James
Alexander.
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you.
Members
of
the
council,
I
just
wanted
to
say
my
wife
and
I
are
president
and
co-founder
of
JSA
Legacy.
We're
excited
to
be
the
new
owners
of
the
property
effective
of
January
30th.
We
are
really
looking
to
developing
the
property
and
expect
that
it
would
hopefully
do
great
things
for
the
city
and
for
us
and
we're.
R
O
C
AA
Yeah
I'm
Ken
Henson
I
live
at
612,
Broadway
I
own
some
real
estate.
In
the
area
of
Railroad
Street,
we
built
69
new
apartments,
renovated
three
houses
got
24
under
construction
and
two
weeks
ago,
or
three
weeks
ago,
I
was
going
to
go
to
the
PAC
hearing
to
oppose
this
rezoning
because
there
wasn't
a
plan
to
do
anything,
but
we've
had
a
real
blessing
of
Mr.
Alexander
here
has
bought
this
property,
five
houses
that
are
historic
and
he
has.
AA
He
has
plans
to
renovate
all
five
of
these
houses
and
they
have
been
an
eyesore
in
this
area.
For
years,
I
mean
drugs,
homelessness.
You
you
name
it,
and
so
now
he's
going
to
take
on
a
renovating
these
houses,
so
I'm
here
to
support
the
rezoning,
but
he
needs
some
help
and
he
needs
this.
He
needs
the
city
to
help
and
help
me
also
because
when
he
fixes
up
these
five
houses,
we've
still
got
some
vacant
Lots
in
this
area
and
I've
got
some
pictures
that
I
want
to
show
you
one
of
them.
AA
One
of
them
were
joins
his
property,
and
we
need
to
come
up
with
a
way
in
that
way
to
show
these.
A
AA
This
is,
this
is
the
street.
This
is
what
it's
look
like
at
different
times,
so
this
lot
needs
to
be
cleaned
up
and
either
the
current
ordinance.
If
it
doesn't
cover
this
or
the
or
the
or
the
structure
that
it's
partially
demolished
out
on
this
property,
the
current
ordinance
doesn't
cover
removing
this.
Then
we
need
a
new
ordinance.
AA
Now
there
is
an
ordinance
in
Augusta
Georgia,
that's
better
than
the
one
we
got
here
and
it
covers.
It
essentially
says
that
if
you've
got
a
developed
lot,
where
there
was
a
house-
and
the
house
goes,
you
can't
just
let
weeds
and
trees
grow
up
on
it
lights
happen
here,
so
we
either
need
to
enforce
our
current
ordinance
and
get
rid
of
this,
or
we
need
to
adopt
the
ordinance
and
Augusta,
and
it
applies
to
this
lot
well,.
C
AA
U
All
right,
while
planning
is
here,
move
on
to
the
next
item.
This
is
amending
the
text
of
the
unified
development
ordinance
for
medical
cannabis,
just
dispensaries.
This
is
recommended
for
approval,
it's
consistent
with
state
law
on
these
dispensaries,
but
you
want
to
make
a
comment
or
see:
Mr
Johnson.
P
I'll
just
say
that
the
Georgia
access
to
medical
cannabis
commission
is
sort
of
making
the
rules
up
as
they
go
along.
They
have
passed,
as
you
know,
the
medical
cannabis
law.
You
did
approve
it
in
the
Udo
a
couple
of
years
ago
to
have
dispensaries
and
grow
sites.
However,
they
didn't
Implement
any
rules
into
that.
P
Until
now,
the
state
suggests
that
these
dispensaries
be
located
at
least
a
thousand
feet
away
from
a
covered
entity
which
is
a
religious
institution
or
a
church
or
a
daycare
whatnot,
and
but
it
does
give
you
local
jurisdiction
to
reduce
that
thousand
feet,
and
we
have
approached
it
from
the
standpoint
of
a
council
variance.
P
There
are
27
000
patients
who
have
been
prescribed
the
low
THC
oil,
but
they
can't
get
it
because
the
rules
are
still
being
written
as
they
go
along.
So
this
is
the
first
effort
to
allow
the
dispensaries
in
here.
The
way
that
we
have
looked
at
it
is,
as
banks
are
moving
away
from.
P
So
we
they
should
be
allowed
to
come
here
and
get
that
reduction
if
necessary
and
utilizing
these
banks
that
already
have
safes
in
them
and
already
have
are
wired
for
security.
We
foresee
is
the
best
option
for
locations.
I
do
not
foresee
Columbus
having
more
than
one
or
possibly
two
dispensaries.
C
U
Thank
you
thanks,
sir.
The
next
item
is
more
housekeeping
involving
zoning
districts,
re-5
and
re-10.
These
are
conservation,
use
valuation
assessment
properties
who
were
at
the
time
of
the
Udo
adoption,
getting
the
preferential
conservation
use
assessment
in
this
ordinance
attempts
to
put
them
in
the
proper
zoning
District,
either
re5
or
re-10,
depending
on
their
size
and
going
forward.
They'll
have
to
maintain
the
proper
use
of
the
property
in
order
to
keep
getting
their
preferential
assessment.
AB
Yes,
sir,
this,
as
you
said,
this
basically
is
gonna.
Convert
these
people
from
2005
through
agricultural
uses,
they
were
placed
in
an
re-1
classification
under
our
current
zoning
classes.
Excuse
me,
zoning
classification,
agriculture
is
not
permitted,
re5
and
re-10
does
allow
it.
So
we
were,
we
were
placing
those
people
into
the
correct
Zone
classification,
so
they
can
remain
in
Cuba.
A
U
S
Pro
Temp
yeah,
just
just
so
Council
knows
a
lot
of
this
area.
Acreage
is
out
in
in
Council,
District,
Six
and
I
think
over
in
Glenn's
area
and
his
Council
District,
so
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
we're
in
favor
of
this
I
hope
he's.
Okay,
if
I
speak
for
him,
but
since
he's
not
here,
but
we
are
in
favor
of
this
to
try
to
help
maintain
the
uses
of
the
property
that
current
exists.
U
Sir,
all
right
thanks,
sir
we'll
bring
it
back
in
two
weeks.
Next
item
up
mayor
is
an
ordinance
that
would
amend
the
I.T
policy
for
City
laptops,
mobile
phones,
other
devices
to
prohibit
download
or
use
of
tick,
tock,
WeChat
and
telegram.
These
are
things
that
have
been
regulated
and
banned
in
various
locations
by
different
governments,
including
the
state
of
Georgia
Mr
Tully's.
Here,
if
we
got
any
questions
around
councilor,
Thomas
I.
K
Just
have
a
question
either
from
Mr
Tully
or
for
you,
Mr
City
attorney
I
know
that
these
think
these
prohibitions
have
been
adopted
in
other
places
and
I
also
know
that
there's
been
questions
about
the
legality
of
this
either
of
you
have
any
insight
on
the
legality
of
Banning.
This
sort
of
thing.
U
H
City
manager
and
thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
yeah,
the
the
state
of
Georgia
did
this
months
ago,
and-
and
we
are
not
saying
here
that
they
can't
do
it-
they
do
what
they
want,
obviously
on
their
personal
equipment
right,
but
I
think
we
get
to
dictate
what
you
do
and
don't
do
on
equipment
as
Ball
by
the
taxpayers
and
governed
by
this
body,
and
so
there
were
concerns
Across.
The
Nation
Georgia
state
of
Georgia
took
action
and
we
felt
like
on
a
side
of
caution.
K
AC
Yeah
also
the
the
fact
that
we're
a
consolidated
government
in
a
lot
of
state
workers
work
on
our
networks.
So
we,
our
policy,
prohibits
the
use
just
like
the
state
does
and-
and
it's
already
prohibited
on
All
State
devices,
even
on
our
Network,
and
it
just
is
a
continuation
of
what
the
governor
signed.
Okay,.
C
U
I
Hello
again
so
the
FY
23
mid-year
amendment
is
really
just
a
housekeeping
item.
It's
a
amendment
that
we
do
every
year
on
an
annual
basis.
This
is
to
incorporate
all
prior
year,
purchase,
orders
and
any
carryovers
from
the
prior
year
utilizing
reserves
that
were
not
adopted
as
part
of
the
original
budget.
It
also
incorporates
any
play
plan
adjustments
that
have
been
adopted
by
as
part
of
the
budget
or
by
separate
ordinance
by
this
Council
into
each
departmental
budget.
I
During
the
FY
22
fiscal
conditions
report,
we
did
discuss
some
reserves
that
were
set
aside
for
various
projects.
This
would
include
some
of
the
facility
improvements,
such
as
the
replacement
of
the
roofs
at
the
four
Parks
and
Rec
super
centers.
It
also
includes
the
purchase
of
the
sheriff's
admin
building,
as
well
as
general
fund
and
Public
Safety
Capital
Equipment.
I
So
all
of
those
items
are
being
incorporated
into
this
mid-year
budget
amendment
again
those
items
do
not
impact
the
132
Reserve
day,
balance
that
we
reported
as
of
the
end
of
FY
22,
because
these
funds
were
set
aside
for
those
specific
purposes.
This
also
includes,
though,
some
amendments
for
other
projects
that
are
relative
to
some
of
the
excuse
me
facility
purchases
that
we've
made
to
include
the
city
hall,
the
sheriff's
admin
building,
as
well
as
a
Liberty
Theater
that
that
does
utilize.
I
U
AD
There
are
less
than
six
months
on
this
fiscal
year
and
listening
to
miss
Alexander's
report,
I'm,
not
quite
clear
about
the
fun
balance
thing
and
the
reason
why
I'm
concerned,
because
in
2012
this
city
council
voted
to
have
a
15
year
plan
to
make
the
pension
plan
solvent
and
every
time
I
hear
about
your
reserve
days.
AD
I
wonder
exactly
what
is
going
on
with
the
money,
because
when
I
come
to
speak
on
the
public
agenda,
I
will
be
talking
about
money
and
I
would
like
for
Mr
Alexander,
possibly
to
answer
the
question:
does
that
Reserve
have
anything
to
do
with
the
fact
that
when
you
were
72
percent
funded
on
the
pension
plan?
If
you
go
to
65
on
a
pension
plan
funded
the
state
takes
it
over.
AD
I
worry
about
that,
because
the
employees
should
not
be
in
trouble
on
their
pensions
and
when
you
were
72
funded
on
the
pensions
in
2012,
and
you
said
to
the
employees,
give
us
15
years.
So
by
2027,
which
is
right
around
the
corner,
you
would
be
solvent
and
fully
funded
and
anytime.
Anything
comes
up
about
the
budget
and
I
start
hearing,
because
I
know
when
you
were
really
really
broke
so
I
want
to
hear
exactly
what
is
going
on.
AD
Are
you
really
doing
very
well
enough
to
do
all
the
stuff
that
you
say
you're
doing,
because
this
is
a
place
where,
frankly,
you
simply
don't
know
how
to
run
a
city?
You
simply
don't
know
how
to
run
this
city.
Some
of
you
been
up
there
20
30
years
and
when
I
hear
what
you're
doing,
especially
when
you're,
trying
to
throw
the
police
chief
under
the
bus
I
know
that.
AD
C
We'll
be
happy
to
Mr,
Hughley
and
and
the
pension
is,
is
a
very.
H
Very
good
shape,
yeah,
it
is
Mayor
and
I
was
just
going
to
make
that
point.
We
are
approximately
94
funded.
H
In
the
general
fund
with
public
excuse
me
with
General
government,
General
government
I'm,
sorry
in
general
government
was
pension,
94
fund
ditch
and
we're
approximately
88
funded
in
public
safety
and
find
me
a
pension
fund
anywhere
who
that
is
as
well
funded
as
we
are,
and,
and
so
we're
doing
quite
well.
We
in
fact
we
just
had
a
pension
meeting
last
week
and
so
just
know
for
all
of
the
employees
who
aspire
to
retire
or,
if
you
are
retired,
will
well-funded
in
our
pension
fund.
C
H
A
U
C
All
right,
we'll
move
to
the
public
agenda
and
I'll
remind
everybody.
You've
got
five
minutes
on
the
public
agenda,
we'll
start
at
the
time
where,
generally
after
you've,
given
your
name
and
address,
and
then,
if
you
don't
complete,
your
your
comments
will
allow
you
to
come
back
at
the
end
of
the
clerk's
agenda
for
an
additional
three
minutes.
The
first
is
Dr
Jonathan
list
Columbus
Memory
Center,
given
an
update
on
the
success
of
the
partnership
known
as
the
Columbus
memory
project
Dr
list.
Thank
you
for
waiting.
Q
Foreign,
thank
you.
Dr
Jonathan
list,
Columbus
Columbus,
Memory,
Center
I
came
here
to
give
a
lot
of
thanks
and
to
give
good
news
and
great
news.
So
not
a
bad
way
to
go.
Only
the
five-minute
problem
is
the
issue.
So
let
me
just
say
that
a
number
of
years
ago,
a
partnership,
a
first
in
the
World
Partnership
between
city
government,
the
Columbus
Memory
Center
and
the
state
Alzheimer's
Association-
has
brought
exactly
what
we
all
hoped
and
planned
it
would
do.
Q
We
have
now
been
able
to
test
thousands
of
area
residents
for
their
cognition
to
make
certain
that
their
brains
are
healthy
and,
if
they're
not
figure
out
ways
in
which
to
help
them
get
healthy,
and
this
is
a
first
in
the
World,
Partnership
and
I
think
it's
still
the
only
one
like
it
in
the
entire
world.
So
congratulations
to
the
to
the
city
council
to
the
mayor's
office,
the
attorneys!
Thank
you
all
for
for
doing
that.
That
has
enabled
us
to
also
do
what
we
call
our
community
outreach
with.
Q
We
have
a
big
van
that
we
call
the
think
tank
we've
been
to
numerous
houses
of
worship,
Community,
Affairs,
community
centers
health,
fair
years
and
getting
our
message
out
and
I
think
those
things
have
led
to
the
even
better
news:
Columbus
Memory
Center,
it's
Medical
Practice
closely
represents
the
racial
demographics
of
the
city,
which
is
not
particularly
common.
Q
Often
there
is
the
the
group
left
behind
we're
proud
to
say
that
that
does
not
appear
to
be
the
case
and
I
think
it's
because
of
our
partnership
and
our
Outreach,
and
because
of
that
in
our
research
side,
so
the
medical
practice
and
then
the
research
practice,
the
research
practice
we
have
somewhere
between
a
five
and
twenty
percent
greater
representation
of
minorities
than
the
nation
as
a
whole.
Again
I
think
that
speaks
to
the
trust
that
we've
placed
in
each
other.
Q
So
we're
thrilled
about
that
and
I
will
say
that
getting
even
to
the
greater
news
that,
as
you
may
be
aware,
the
first
drug
that
is
without
reservation
without
controversy
slows
down
the
onset
or
the
progression
of
Alzheimer's
disease
has
been
approved
and
will
be
available,
probably
by
summer
Columbus
Georgia
population
of
what
roughly
212
000
number
three
in
the
world
in
patient
enrollment
for
that
study,
and
so
we
are
known
all
over
the
world
for
the
partnership
that
we
had.
Q
C
But
nonetheless,
you've
you've
done
an
amazing
job
and
we
appreciate
your
dedication
here
in
here
in
Columbus,
counselor
Barnes.
Y
Dr
lissier
third
Columbus
is
on
the
map,
the
world
map
with
research,
and
if
you
think
that
when
with
what
councilor
Woodson
said
when
she
retired
it
was
a
struggle
and
to
have
a
drug
first
of
all,
to
give
congratulations
to
Dr
list,
because
he
has
a
test
that
everyone
should
take,
and
you
don't
have
to
be
a
senior
to
to
take
this
since
it's
a
memory
test,
it's
a
way
that
you
can
actually
track
your
cognition,
your
own
private
way
of
doing
it
and
that's
important.
Y
No,
it
doesn't
really
pinpoint
anything
serious,
but
you
need
to
be
able
to
be
proactive
in
your
in
in
your
health,
particularly
your
brain
health,
and
it
was
a
a
very
good
move
for
us
to
partner
because
it
gave
doctor
this
a
lot
of
flexibility
that
he
would
not
have
had
before
partner
with
municipality.
So
that
was
that
was
really
huge
and
when
you
count
the
number
of
people
when
I
say
people
I'm
not
even
talking
about
those
inflicted
with
today
but
I'm
talking
about
family
members
and
councilor
Woodson
spoke
to
that.
Y
It
was
a
very
arduous
thing.
They
call
it
the
long
goodbye
and
how
horrendous
something
like
that
is
and
when
you
can
be
tested
and
you
could
find
out
whether
or
not
It
prepares
you.
And
so
this
is
huge
and
I'd
just
like
to
thank
this
Council
for
just
be
a
mayor
for
being
forward-thinking
in
in
something
like
this,
because
it's
allowed
him
and
for
the
the
pet
scanning
on
the
letter,
because
that
will
be
huge.
That's.
Y
Individuals
here
in
our
in
Columbus
not
to
have
to
travel
for
Imaging
and
so
I
just
like
to
personally
thank
you
for
I'll
talk
to
the
list.
I
call
him
my
nephew
by
the
way,
because
I
saw
him
when
I
was
in
the
military
before
I
got
out
of
the
military
for
it
for
something
for,
and
he
helped
me
with
that.
So
thank
you.
Uncle.
Z
Q
Today,
well,
thank
you
very
much
all
right,
just
as
a
final,
the
one
bottleneck
that
we
have
is
access
to
pet
scanning
for
our
patients.
If
we
can
solve
this
problem,
the
sky's
the
limit
I
mean
we
we
have
done
great,
but
it's
the
one
thing
that
limits
us.
So
thank
you
so
much
very
good.
Thank
you,
sir.
C
All
right
next
is
Miss
Teresa
Collins
regarding
affordable
housing.
C
This
is
Miss
Collins
here
all
right:
Miss
Inez,
Blackman,
representing
affordable
housing,
Justice
forum.
C
Miss
Blackman
is
not
here:
either:
hi
Miss,
El,
Amin,
Theresa
element
representing
sarn
Southern
anti-racism
Network
regarding
slumlords
and
reparations.
AD
And
please
make
sure
everyone
has
a
copy
of
that
I
I
think
all
the
22
copies
are
there
for
the
22
usable
Suspects.
AD
AD
AD
So
I
do
expect
you
to
respect
me
and
listen
to
me
while
I
talk
and
first
of
all,
if
Mr
Walker
Garrett
is
still
listening.
I
want
to
personally
thank
him
for
what
he
did
for
me,
I'm
in
a
fight
with
my
landlord,
and
we
finally
reached
a
settlement,
and
it's
thanks
to
Mr
Walker
Garrett,
who
told
their
lawyer
that
I
was
his
constituent
and
to
give
me
what
I
wanted.
AD
After
several
weeks
of
negotiations,
we
sell
them
and
I
have
what
I
wanted.
So
I
brought
a
copy
of
the
settlement
that
was
filed
with
Municipal
Court.
It
gives
me
six
months
of
free,
rent
and
Promises
to
deal
with
my
deposit.
Excuse.
Excuse
me
Madam,
Deputy
clerk.
Would
you
take
this
document?
It's
meant
for
Mr
Gary,
but
feel
free
to
make
copies
for
all
of
the
council
people,
so
they
can
see
when
a
tenant
stands
up
and
fights
for
her
rights.
AD
A
AD
Up
here
the
affordable
housing
Alliance
met
on
January,
26th
and
17
people
signed
up
for
it.
17
people
signed
up
to
be
a
part
of
it,
but
I
know
what
Chief
Blackman
is
trying
to
work
with.
Just
if
I
could
take
a
momentary
detail,
people
say
they
gonna
do
stuff
and
they
don't
do
it.
Those
two
people,
Inez
and
Teresa
no
shows,
but
they
signed
up
they're
part
of
the
affordable
housing.
Alliance
no
shows
one
of
the
people
in
the
affordable
housing.
C
C
W
C
AD
AD
Those
groups
that
have
been
injured
have
the
right
to
obtain
from
the
government
or
Corporation
responsible
for
the
injuries
that
which
they
need
to
repair
and
heal
themselves.
In
addition
to
being
a
demand
for
justice,
it
is
a
principle
of
international
human
rights
law
as
a
remedy,
it
is
similar
to
the
remedy
for
damages
in
domestic
law
that
holds
a
person
responsible
for
injuries
suffered
by
another
when
the
infliction
of
the
injury
violates
domestic
law.
Examples
of
groups
that
have
obtained
reparations
include
Jewish
victim
victims
of
the
Nazi
Holocaust
Japanese
Americans
return.
E
C
C
H
You
Mr
Mayor
and
mayor
I,
liked,
before
I,
moved
into
my
agenda
to
take
a
minute
or
two
to
set
the
record
straight.
H
I
know
that
you,
the
members
of
council,
have
received
a
number
of
emails
and
I
believe
the
media
I
believe
members
throughout
the
community
community
leaders
have
received
an
email
that
alleges
some
things
against.
One
of
my
Deputy
city
managers
and
and
I
feel
I
need
to
provide
some
clarity
and
I.
Don't
really
have
to
justify
anything
to
anybody
around
this
table
to
people
in
the
business,
Community
or
anywhere
else
about
this
particular
Deputy
city
manager
of
all
of
the
people.
I
have
ever
met
in
my
entire
life.
AD
R
H
And
so
Mr
Mayor
I
was
saying
of
all
of
the
people.
I
have
met
in
my
entire
life
team.
H
This
particular
person
is
one
of
the
more
decent
respectable
people.
I've
ever
had
to
encounter
no
matter
the
raised,
Creed,
color
or
national
origin,
and
that
is
my
Deputy
city
manager.
Pam
Hodge
I
just
want
to
be
clear.
That
is
what
I
think
about
her
and
so
you've
received
calls
you've
received
emails.
Leaders
in
the
community
have
received
emails,
trying
to
place
this
person
in
a
category
that
they
don't
belong
and
as
a
65
year
old
African-American
man
I
would
not
have
it.
H
H
This
person
has
not
received
emails,
I
thought
they
had
received
emails
too,
because
I
saw
their
name
on
an
email,
and
so
it
was
Friday
that
I
asked
I.T
Department
to
do
an
email
check
to
see
if
there
were
any
emails
from
or
to
this
person
making
the
allegations
and
when
they
ran
the
email
check,
it
showed
that
there
had
not
been
any
emails
to
or
from
Deputy
city
manager,
Hodge
dating
back
to
July,
1,
2021.
H
and
so
I've
asked
them
to
redact
some
information,
because
I
want
to
be
clear
with
all
of
those
Community
leaders
and
media
who
received
emails
if
they
would
put
on
the
screen
that,
first
of
all,
they
award
no
emails
received
by
this
Deputy
city
manager
and
I.
Don't
know
if
the
front
is
large
enough
to
to
see.
H
But
let
me
just
say
that
when
I
T
did
the
check,
they
found
that
there
were
no
emails
and,
and
so
I
knew
that
I
had
seen
this
person's
name
on
various
emails
as
well
as
other
city
employees
and
when
I
checked.
If
you
will
look
at
the
screen
and
see
that
the
email
address
is
incorrect,
you
spell
Columbus.
H
H
and
then,
if
you'll
show
the
HR
Director,
the
HR
Director
is
on
some
of
these
emails,
and
the
HR
directors
name
is
also
excuse.
Me.
Columbus
is
also
misspelled
in
the
HR
directors.
Email
address
the
HR
Director
you'll
see
that
it
shows
c
o.
U
m,
b:
u
s.
Columbus
has
an
L
in
it.
C-O-L-U-M-B-U-S.
H
And
so
the
finance
excuse
me,
the
HR
Director
has
not
received
the
email
either,
because
the
email
address
is
incorrect
and
if
you
would
look
at
Covington,
Becca,
Becca
Covington
in
the
mayor's
office
on
that
same
email,
she
didn't
receive
the
email.
H
If
you
will
look,
Columbus
GA
is
correct,
but
it
has.com
org,
and
so
that
person
would
not
get
the
email,
and
so
all
of
those
letters
that
have
gone
to
Mayor
and
Council
and
the
phone
calls
that
you've
got
and
making
allegations
and
all
of
the
community
leaders
who
have
called
me
who
receive
this
email.
Those
who
called
me
because
of
what
was
alleged
in
the
email
about
my
Deputy
city
manager,
if
you
receive
the
email.
H
Phone
calls
and
I
hear
some
saying
they
have.
No
doubt.
You
know
why,
because
I
don't
have
to
explain
to
you
who
Pam
Hodge
is.
You
know
who
Pam
Hodge
is
you've
known
her
for
a
decade.
You
know
the
character,
integrity
and
all
of
everything.
I
don't
have
to
explain
to
you
who
she
she
is,
and
so
I'm
done
with
that
mayor.
I
just
need
to
clear
the
record
in
her
good
name,
and
so
with
that
I
will
go
to
my
agenda.
H
C
C
H
K
Mr
city
manager-
this
is
the
apartment
complex,
that's
going
in
between
when,
when
Brook
Baptist
Church
and
what
is
it,
mommy
Road
thrive.
K
And
the
the
road
there
is
very
narrow
between
the
road
and
the
where
we
would
have
to
put
a
sidewalk
if
we
put
a
sidewalk,
my
question
is:
are
they
gonna?
Are
they
putting
in
turn
Lanes
there?
Also,
they
are
going
to
have
turn
Lanes
off
River
Road
into
that
apartment,
complex
and
then
there's
also
some
Villas
that
are
being
built
on
that
same
side
of
the
road
they
will
not
have
to
have
sidewalks
either
right,
no
ma'am.
We.
C
R
A
H
All
right
next
mayor
I've
got
Whatley
oil
variance
for
sound
walk
as
well
at
Miller
Road,
asking
your
approval.
Z
C
C
H
Next
I've
got
Environmental
Services
agreement,
it's
a
third
amendment
to
an
existing
Environmental
Services
agreement
with
Columbus
power
producers,
and
it
has
to
do
with
the
landfill
gas
and,
of
course,
it's
a
third
party
for
use
as
a
fuel
sold
to
a
third
party
for
use
as
a
fuel.
And
of
course
we
would
get
some
benefit
from
any
sales
that
would
occur.
H
Next,
mayor
and
and
this
comes
from
Council
Barnes-
and
he
may
want
to
explain
it,
but
it's
in
addition
to
the
legislative
agenda
and
want
to
ask
the
legislative
delegation
to
wart
to
lower
prescription
drug
prices.
Council
Barnes
brought
this
to
us
Council.
C
Y
Y
Unfortunately,
a
lot
of
the
seniors,
and
so
what
this
legislature
is
is
asking
is
for
them
to
stop
and
take
note
of
the
fact
that
this
is
not
being
passed
on
to
the
consumers,
so,
in
other
words,
these
outcomes
they're
giving
rebates
to
the
pharmacy.
What
do
you
call
them?
Pm
pbms
Pharmacy
managers
and
those
rebates
are
not
being
passed
on
to
the
consumers,
and
so
that's
what
this
is
a
request
for
basically,
very
good.
Okay,
the
pharmacy
benefit
managers.
There
you
go
all.
C
S
H
Have
the
vote
for
we've
got
a
historic
preservation:
certified
local
government
grant
for
design
guidelines
related
to
Uptown,
Funk
design,
guidelines
and
board
of
historic
and
architecture
review.
They've
not
been
updated
since
2000
on
on
the
facade
board
and
Architectural
Review
since
2010,
and
this
is
a
25
000
Grant,
with
a
40
required
match.
Next,
we've
got
a
solid
waste
infrastructure
for
recycling
Grant
and
we're
asking
to
apply
to
Environmental
Protection
Agency
for
up
to
five
million
dollars
for
a
citizen,
drop-off
area
and
about
solid
compulsion
area.
H
K
H
Grant
is
for
the
purchase
of
new
fitness
equipment
for
the
Department's
14
fire
stations
and
Training
Division
new
is
for
the
purchase
of
new
fitness
equipment.
Z
C
Equipment
I
think,
but
but
it
does
help
protect
them
too,
all
right
any
other.
Any
other
questions
or
discussion
about
any
of
those
four
grants
all
right.
I'll.
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
all
those
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye,
any
post,
the
counselors
Tucker
and
Garrett
both
vote
in
favor
as
well.
So.
C
H
Watershed
fertilization
is
23:
474
dollars
got
pressure,
washing
services
for
the
Civic
Center
roof
I've
got
towable,
electric
boom,
lift
for
parts
and
Rec
I've
got
a
compact
excavator
for
parts
and
Rec
got
space
planning
and
programming
and
design
Professional
Services
for
fire
station
number.
Five.
That's
going
to
be
coming.
I've
got
a
rapid
access,
System
project
and
this
is
I,
really
want
chance
to
come
forward
and
share
with
council
members.
C
Okay,
we'll
go
ahead
and
call
the
vote,
but
I
do
I'm
glad
chance
is
here
to
walk
through
this.
This
is
a
significant
investment
on
the
part
of
the
city,
because
it's
going
to
make
a
lot
of
folks
safer,
all
right,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
items
that
were
listed
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
and
Tucker
and
Garrett
Beau
said
I
as
well.
Chance.
AG
If
the
Knox
Box
system
is
a
system
that
we
have
been
exploring
for
several
reasons,
the
biggest
reason
that
we
came
up
with
was
in
light
of
recent
incidents
that
have
happened
around
the
country
involving
School
incident,
school
shootings
and
other
things.
One
of
the
issues
that
came
to
light
in
those
incidents
were
access,
quick
access,
rapid
access
to
getting
inside
the
buildings
quickly.
There
are
systems
in
place
and,
as
you
see
in
this
presentation,
I
have
you
should
have
it
in
front
of
you.
AG
The
presentation
actually
talks
about
some
of
the
things
that
were
discovered
in
other
incidents,
but
we
have
actually
seen
it
here
in
Columbus
in
a
situation
where
we
have
a
hoax
that
actually
occurred
and
upon
looking
at
that
hoax
one
of
the
issues
where
how
quick
could
we
get
the
keys
to
the
schools?
This
system
is
a
system
that
has
grown
over
the
years.
This
is
not
Knox.
Box
is
not
something
new
to
larger
cities.
AG
Larger
Progressive
cities
have
gone
and
purchasing
knocks
boxes
over
the
years,
but
they
have
a
manual
key
to
them,
and
the
worst
thing
that
could
happen
is
that
manual
key
gets
lost.
You
can
imagine
the
tracking,
and
now
someone
has
it
has
the
ability
to
open
these
boxes.
A
lot
of
in
the
in
in
the
past,
fire
departments
were
mainly
the
the
Departments
that
were
coordinating
the
Knox
Box
systems,
and
that
was
if
they
had
a
fire
alarm
or
an
issue
in
the
middle
of
the
night
they
could
get
into
those
buildings.
AG
So
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
just
kind
of
redirect
and
I'll
talk
about
the
fire
department
too,
but
as
far
as
the
school
safety
piece
of
it
and
the
safety
of
any
of
our
businesses.
If
you
think
you
know
if
a
business
closes
at
10
o'clock
at
night
and
they
have
a
problem
at
two
o'clock
in
the
morning,
how
long
are
we
waiting
on
the
key
holder
to
get
there
whether
the
alarm's
going
off
whether
there
is
a
fire
issue?
Where
there's
a
medical
issue
in
there?
AG
We
don't
want
to
have
to
wait.
The
other
side
of
that
is,
if
they
don't
wait,
then
they're
going
to
have
to
gain
access
which
I'll
talk
about,
but
we
looked
at
just
like
these
other
agencies
around
the
country
who
needs
access.
You
know
you
could
say:
oh
fire
department
absolutely,
but
you
also
have
to
look
at
the
law
enforcement
side
of
it
too.
We
want
our.
AG
We
want
our
Columbus
Police
and
Muskogee
County
Sheriff's
Office
to
have
access
quickly,
as
well
as
the
fire
department
and,
in
this
case,
there's
actually
a
push
now
through
the
school
system
to
the
Muscogee
County
School
District,
to
purchase
the
similar
system.
The
only
problem
is,
they
can't
purchase
that
system
unless
the
city
of
Columbus
uses
that
system
as
well,
the
city
of
Columbus
would
actually
be
the
ones
managing
the
system.
AG
Giving
permissions
and
I
would
propose,
and
I've
said
this
to
the
city
manager
and
the
mayor
that
that
system
be
coordinated
through
Columbus
fire
and
EMS.
They
have
the
Personnel,
they
have
the
knowledge
and
the
ability
to
do
that,
plus
the
fire
inspectors
go
out.
They
do
free
fire
plans.
It's
the
perfect
solution
for
that.
The
school
system
would
take
care
of
their
own,
but
the
city
would
take
care
of
this
when,
in
talking
with
the
city
manager,
he
suggested
that
we
go
ahead
and
look
at
all
City
buildings
as
well.
AG
This
proposal
has
us
putting
the
boxes
themselves
at
the
city
building,
so
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
real
quick.
What
what
that
means
these
boxes
have
come
a
long
way.
As
I
mentioned,
they
used
to
be
just
regular
metal
keys
that
you
put
in
there
and
you
had
to
carry
that
key
or
put
it
in
your
car
or
you
know,
keep
it
in
the
fire
truck
in
a
specific
place
to
be
able
to
gain
that
access.
AG
They
have
gone
now
with
an
electronic
version
of
that
which
is
so
much
better
in
the
sense
that
it
tracks
where
the
key
is,
who
uses
the
key
and
we'll
even
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
safeguards.
They
have
on
so
things
that
they
do
not
only
secure
key
option
but
also
perimeter
access.
They
can
you
can
do
a
lot
more
with
it.
It's
not
just
the
keys
to
the
building
you
could.
AG
Second,
if
you
had
a
school
or
a
business
in
the
city
that
the
fire
alarm
goes
off
at
two
o'clock
in
the
morning,
how
long
we
have
to
wait
on
a
key
holder
to
get
out
of
bed
get
there
that
those
units
are
out
of
service?
They
can't
respond
to
anything
else
and
if
they
do
believe,
there's
a
problem
now
they're
forcing
entry
into
that
building,
which
has
to
be
later
repaired
by
the
the
owner
of
the
building.
It
also
provides
other
other
ways
of
storage.
AG
If
they
have
storage
buildings,
they
can
decide
to
put
a
box
on
that
as
well
and
I'll
talk
about
what
those
look
like.
So
this
box
here
is
is
what
we
call
the
Knox
Box.
This
box
is
actually
mounted
and
it's
mounted
with
four
bolts.
It's
not
something!
You
just
screw
into
the
wall.
It's
it's
mounted
pretty
firmly
on
the
outside
of
the
building.
The
the
location
where
the
box
is
put
is,
is
flexible,
the
owner
can
say
it,
but
the
fire
department,
law
enforcement
will
know
these
buildings.
AG
AG
Another
aspect
of
it
that
I
think
one
of
the
one
of
the
assistant
Chiefs
with
the
fire
department
mentioned
was
the
electric
vehicles
that
we
have.
You
know
the
electric
vehicles
charging
stations
having
the
ability
to
cut
the
power
to
those.
AG
If
there
was
a
fire
or
an
incident,
they
would
be
able
to
go
to
this
box
open
that
box
up
with
their
key
and
cut
the
power
to
those,
as
well
as
far
as
residents
go
and
and
folks,
maybe
you
have
someone
that
has
a
disability
or
they
can
actually
purchase
a
box
that
still
fits
the
fire
department
gee
that
they
can
install
in
their
homes
or
facilitate
they're.
Staying
at
that
the
fire
department
and
law
enforcement
would
have
access
to
as
well.
AG
One
other
thing
that
that
you
know
fire
department
can
talk
a
lot
more
to
this,
but
the
the
fire
department
connections
that
are
actually
stationed
outside
of
buildings
that
the
fire
department
can
hook
to
to
charge
sprinkler
systems
in
the
buildings
and
put
fires
out
a
lot
of
times.
AG
You'll
probably
walk
around
the
city
every
once
in
a
while
to
see
them,
they
used
to
have
brass
caps
on
them,
but
people
would
steal
the
brass
caps
for
you
know,
for
whatever
reason
you
know
to
go
and
try
to
make
money
off
of
that
they
started.
Putting
plastic
covers
over
them
to
save
on
the
cost,
but
the
plastic
covers
would
get
broken
or
pulled
off,
and
these
are
some
examples
of
what
happens
when
that
happened.
AG
You
know
you
may
have
Critters
or
trash
or
whatever
in
there,
and
this
could
cause
cause
thousands
of
dollars
in
damage
if
they
use
it
or
obviously
could
could
inhibit
the
ability
for
them
to
Save
a
Life
with
that
sprinkler
system.
So
these
these
systems
also
have
locks
that
the
fire
department
can
purchase
or
the
business
owner
actually
can
purchase
and
put
on
there.
That
fits
the
fire
department
key.
AG
Now,
how
do
you
get
the
boxes
if
you're
a
business,
a
sonar
or
or
you're
you're
wanting
to
put
the
Box
on
your
wall
or
you're
wanting
to
put
it
on
your
fire
department
connection
through
the
fire
department?
You
cannot
just
call
this
company
and
order
that
unless
the
city
of
Columbus
actually
participates
in
this
program
and
when
you
order
it
that
approval
goes
through
the
fire
department
or
whoever's
making
the
approvals
here
and
that
approval,
then
they
they
key
it
to
that
key
so
that
it
fits
Columbus's
system.
AG
It's
a
very
good
system
in
place
here,
so
the
system
just
to
kind
of
show
you
what
it's
going
to
look
like
in
the
in
the
fire
trucks
and
the
patrol
Vehicles
this
box
here
is
what
we
call
the
eke
secure.
So
this
this
key
here,
the
fire
department,
firefighters
in
the
fire
trucks,
are
I'll.
Show
you
the
one
of
the
patrol
cars
in
a
second
put
in
their
code,
the
key
then
pops
open
they
grab
the
electronic
key,
which
I'll
show
you
a
picture
of.
It's
the
one
over
there
on
the
right.
AG
That
has
one
two
and
three
on
it.
They
grab
the
electronic
key
and
can
now
go
to
the
building
to
gain
access.
The
one
on
the
left
of
picture.
There
is
the
one
that
would
be
in
the
patrol
car.
The
one
on
the
right
takes
more
numbers
for
more
firefighters,
as
you
can
imagine,
there's
more
firefighters
on
the
truck
than
there
is
in
a
patrol
car,
one
officer,
two
officers
in
a
patrol
car.
So
this
is
the
E
key,
the
electronic
key.
AG
AG
Some
of
the
things
I
had
not
even
thought
about
on
the
homeland
security
and
Emergency
Management
side
was
the
downtime
of
the
of
the
units
and
the
in
the
fire
trucks
and
or
the
law
enforcement
vehicles
and
those
Personnel
while
they're
waiting
on
the
key
holder.
The
big
piece
for
me
was
rapid
access
into
our
buildings
into
our
schools,
especially
when
we
go
into
a
lockdown
and
all
the
doors
are
locked.
How
do
you
get
in?
At
that
point?
We
can't
rely
on
what
somebody's
got
master
keys
or
somebody
can
bring
us
keys.
AG
This
gives
the
ability
for
the
Sheriff's
Office,
the
police
department
and
I'm
aspiring
EMS
in
our
department,
as
well
Homeland
Security
to
have
rapid
access
to
a
set
of
keys
to
that
building
to
gain
access,
and
we
have
already
seen
in
incidents
around
the
country
that
it
can
save
lives.
I
know
this
is
a
big
investment,
I
appreciate
the
mayor
and
the
city
manager
for
stepping
up
and
and
really
bringing
it
and
asking
me
to
come
up
here
and
talk
about
it.
AG
I
believe
this
is
something
I
shared
it
with
a
co-worker
colleague
a
few
weeks
ago
that
we
were
working
towards
this,
and
the
comment
was
you
know,
this
is
going
to
save
lives
and
I
do
believe
that
if
we
ever
have
an
incident
like
that,
it
really
could.
As
far
as
management
goes,
we
do
have
an
annual
cost
of
about
2200.
That's
21.99
2200
for
maintaining
the
cloud
software
that
the
system
works
on
the
patrol
cars
and
the
fire.
AG
Trucks
do
not
have
to
have
internet
inside
of
them
a
lot
of
them
do,
but
if
they
don't,
when
they
come
back
to
a
hot
spot,
it
automatically
uploads
the
information
and
what
that
means
is.
If
someone
accesses
a
building-
and
you
go
well
who
accessed
that
building,
you
can
actually
go
back
into
the
system
and
see
who
pulled
out
their
eKEY,
whose
code
was
used
whose
code
was
used
on
the
key.
So
you
have
complete
audit
trail
of
how
that
building
or
school
or
whatever
was
accessed.
So
that's
the
end
of
my
presentation.
AG
M
Huff,
director
Corvette,
thank
you
great
presentation.
My
question
would
be
about
the
actual
system,
so
there's
a
box
at
particular
set
building
posted
up
and
no
one
can
get
in
it
and
keys
are
protected
and
you
have
an
electronic
key
that
will
be
produced
that
no
one
has
access
to,
but
Public
Safety.
M
M
And
and
the
box
that's
holding
that
key
is
Death
Proof.
AG
Oh
yes,
sir,
they
have,
they
have
studied
and
studied
that,
but
the
you
know
I
wish
I
could
completely
tell
you
all
the
studies
they
have
done,
but
we
were
assured
by
the
company.
They
had
done
every
type
of
tamper-proof
test.
You
can
do
that.
You
are
not
going
to
get
into
that
box.
You're
going
to
take
you'd
have
to
knock
it
off
the
wall.
AG
AG
Yes,
sir,
so
we
we
pulled
the
numbers
from
the
police
chief,
the
sheriff
and
the
fire
chief
as
how
many
they
felt
they
needed.
You'll
have
one
and
I'm
going
to
speak
to
this
you're,
going
to
have
one
in
every
fire
truck
and
the
battalion
chief
explorers
that
ride
around
in
the
sheriff's
office.
I
believe
you
have
45
vehicles
in
the
police
department,
you
have
40
vehicles
and
those
are
going
to
typically
be
supervisors
or
the
vehicles
that
are
going
to
be
able
to
immediately
respond
to
it
worst
case.
AG
You
have
the
fire
truck
right
around
the
corner
to
get
the
key
from
there.
So
you
know
it
would
be
a
lot
more
money
if
we
tried
to
equip
this
in
every
patrol
car
in
the
police
department
and
you're
looking
at
about
thirteen
hundred
dollars
per
vehicle,
when
you
do
that,
so,
okay.
M
C
AG
No
ma'am,
the
the
we
do
not
have
them
right
now
put
in
the
app
that
we
can
absolutely
add
them
to
the
ambulances.
That
would
be
something
we
can
get
with
the
fire
chief
about
and
we
could
add
them
to
the
ambulances.
But
typically,
when
you
have
an
incident
like
this
you're
going
to
be
responding,
a
fire
truck
with
the
ambulance
anyway
and
or
police
and
Sheriff's
Office
as
well.
K
A
couple
of
weeks
or
months
ago,
we
we
had
a
item
that
came
to
us
of
a
apartment,
complex
out
by
Northside
High
School,
and
they
were
gonna.
They
were
going
to
have
one
entrance
that
was
locked
and
they
said
that
the
public
safety
folks
would
have
a
key
to
that
is.
Is
this
what
they're
talking
about,
or
can
they
get?
This
can
other
entities
that
have
these
locked
Gates,
yes,
put
one
of
these
things
on.
AG
It
I'm
so
glad
their
expense
I'm.
So
glad
you
asked
that
because
I
forgot
to
say
that
businesses
will
be
able
to
purchase
the
Box
themselves
for
about
it's
about
650,
and
there
are
some
different
applications
for
like
Gates
and
locks
and
things
so
those
prices
do
vary,
but
businesses
will
be
able
to
purchase
these
boxes.
At
the
recommendation
of
the
police
chief,
the
sheriff
the
fire
chief
they'll
be
able
to
purchase
these
boxes.
They'll
be
the
notification
will
be
made
to
the
the
system
holder
in
this
case.
AG
This
is
a
much
better
solution
than
that
apartment
owner,
trying
to
make
32
keys
to
hand
out
to
police
officers,
and
then,
when
somebody
loses
one
key,
what
do
we
do
replace
all
the
keys
and
re-lock
it
there's
so
many
there's
so
many
things
to
do
and
I.
Just
since
you
asked
the
question
I'm
going
to
tell
you
that
I've
already
started
talking
about
the
system
because
I'm
excited
about
it
and
and
Mitch
at
St,
Luke
has
already
said
they
want
the
first
five
boxes,
so
they're
putting
them
on
their
buildings.
AG
C
They
gained
pretty
quick
access,
but
there
were
a
few
minutes
there
that
they
had
to
coordinate.
Now
when
minutes
can
mean
the
difference
in
people
living
and
dying.
I
just
want
to
thank
chance
for
bringing
this
to
our
attention
and
I.
Think
that's
what
got
us
moving
to
try
to
take
a
look
at
whether
or
not
we
couldn't
go
ahead
and
get
this
thing
implemented.
So
it's
a
good
job.
Thank.
H
H
H
You
know,
I
just
want
you
to
know
that
she
retired
on
Friday
and
and
we
are
going
yes,
yes,
we
can't
yeah
make
her
leave,
but
we
are
going
to
miss
her
dearly
and
and
I've
said
you
know
in
all
my
years
here,
she's
got
to
be
and
I'm
careful
to
say
this,
but
I
put
her
at
the
top
of
the
best
Risk
Managers
we've
ever
had
in
all
of
my
years
here
and
I
told
her
that
on
Friday
but
she's
a
lawyer,
she
is
great
she's
done
a
phenomenal
job.
H
She
has
saved
the
city,
so
much
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
and,
and
so
she
wanted
to
come
back
and
do
a
final
report
that
she
wanted
to
do
while
she
was
still
working,
but
we
couldn't
get
it
on
the
agenda
and
so
and
Marie
Emil.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
this
government.
Thank.
AE
You
yes
appreciate
it:
okay,
yes,
so
I'm
gone,
but
I'm
like
a
bad
Penny
I
keep
showing
up
so
I
wanted
to
give
you
a
wrap-up
report.
As
you
know,
I've
I've
been
with
the
city
for
about
10
and
a
half
years,
and
we
made
some
major
changes
about
nine
years
ago.
So
I
wanted
to
give
you
some
figures
and
some
ideas
for
how
we
did
it,
and
so
I've
got
a
flicker
okay,
so
I'm
going
to
do
a
little
bit
on
workers
comp
and
then
a
little
bit
on
liability.
AE
It's
really
important.
The
number
one
thing
you
have
to
think
about
when
you're
handling
workers
comp
is
the
employee,
and
we
had
a
famous
incident
the
year
before
we
changed
where
we
had
a
firefighter
seriously
burned
on
Memorial
Day
weekend
it
took
about
18
months
to
bring
him
back
full
to
full
Duty
the
following
year,
Memorial
Day
weekend,
we
had
somebody
suffer
Burns
and
they
were
back
90
days,
it's
so
important
to
get
the
treatment
that
people
need.
AE
So
the
second
figure
is
the
average
savings
per
claim
for
return
to
work
now,
there's
a
whole
big
book
and
formula
and
all
sorts
of
things
on
National
guidelines
for
every
single
injury,
from
hurting
your
pinky
to
losing
a
limb,
and
it
says
the
average
number
of
days
that
it
should
take
to
bring
them
back
to
work
if
you
average
those
out,
we
are
actually
120
days
on
average
below
that
overall
figure,
and
that's
just
amazing.
AE
That's
you
know
that
that
just
warms
the
cockles
of
our
hearts,
so
the
percentage
of
Injured
Workers
out
of
work
what's
considered
acceptable.
Nationwide
is,
if
you
have
your
people
on
workers,
comp
about
65
of
them
are
actually
going
to
be
at
home.
Watching
Judge
Judy
are
averages
12
percent
because
we
like
to
bring
our
people
back
to
where
they
feel
useful
and
they're
with
their
colleagues,
and
we
find
them
something
to
do
and
that's
exactly
how
we've
done
it.
AE
We
understand
that
the
primary
goal,
as
I
said,
is
to
get
the
best
treatment
for
our
employees
as
quickly
as
possible.
Beyond
that,
my
job
was
to
save
the
taxpayer
some
dollars,
so
I'm
kind
of
glad
that
I've
been
able
to
do
something
for
both
of
them.
AE
AE
We
put
that
officer
with
public
works
and
she
worked
on
a
database
to
update
the
garbage
list
that
Waterworks
sends
out
the
bills
for,
and
the
last
time
I
I
checked
on
that
year
or
so
later
it
had
increased
the
money
by
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars,
so
that
really
helped
everybody
with
departments
that
Public
Works
Parks
all
the
Departments
that
have
the
crews
if
they
lose
one
member
of
their
crew.
AE
With
all
the
Personnel
issues
we
have
you've
got
a
crew
that
probably
needs
four
or
five
people,
and
they
only
have
three.
So
when
you've
got
somebody
who's
hurt,
that's
two
and
they're
trying
to
do
the
work
of
four
or
five
people,
so
you
are
increasing
the
likelihood
of
one
of
the
two
getting
hurt,
so
we
want
to
get
them
back.
AE
Also,
long-term
injury.
The
famous
stat
is
12
weeks.
If
you
don't
get
somebody
back
doing
something
useful
within
12
weeks
of
an
injury,
they
start
feeling
disabled.
They
start
feeling
as
though
they're
not
valuable,
that
they
can't
be
valuable,
that
they're
never
going
to
come
back
and
that's
a
vicious
cycle.
You
get
to
the
point
where
they
get
weaker
and
weaker
and
worse
and
worse,
so
we
always
will
try
to
bring
somebody
back
within
that
period
of
time
we
had
a
police
officer
who
was
very
badly
injured.
Police
Department
were
great.
AE
What
we
did
was
they
couldn't
use
their
dominant
arm.
They
couldn't
walk,
they
couldn't
do
this.
They
couldn't
do
that,
so
we
transported
them
into
Police
Headquarters.
They
sat
home
before
a
phone
put
a
headset
on
and
all
he
had
to
do
was
press
a
button
with
his
non-dominant
hand
and
talk
to
people,
and
then
he
was
with
his
colleagues
and
he
felt
great
again
and
he
recovered
much
more
quickly.
Once
we
brought
him
back
and
then,
of
course,
we
do
have
a
few
game
players.
AE
They
do
an
awful
lot
of
things
for
an
awful
lot
of
people
with
almost
no
recognition
for
it
and
they
are
the
best
people
on
Earth.
The
two
percent
are
the
ones
that
we
spend
all
the
time
on,
because
they
are
gaming,
the
system
and
making
it
harder
for
their
colleagues
and
that
depresses
the
morale
of
the
entire
department.
So
I
will
say
that
we
did
aggressively
pursue
the
few
game
players
we
had
at
the
time.
We
changed
the
system
and
we
have
very
few
game
players.
Now,
that's
probably
0.2
percent.
AE
Now,
instead
of
two
percent,
the
other
thing
that
is
absolutely
vital
is
choosing
the
right
partners
with
the
medical
providers.
I
ran
up
and
down
Veterans
Parkway
for
six
months,
when
I
first
came
and
met
every
single
provider
told
them
how
we
could
help
them
and
what
I
expected
of
them.
That's
something
that
risk
has
done,
because
if
we've
got
the
right
partners,
then
we
can
work
together
to
help
the
employees,
and
that
was
very
important.
AE
AE
Sometimes
we
have
employees
that
are
not
responding
to
conservative
treatments
and
at
some
conference
or
other
I've
heard
about
this
great
new
trend,
trending
treatment,
and
it
may
not
be
on
the
workers
comp
lists
yet.
But
if
the
nurse
case
manager
thinks
that
it
can
help
the
employee,
then
we're
going
to
give
it
a
try,
because
it's
worth
spending
that
money
to
save
all
the
money
on
somebody
being
out
for
another
year.
AE
So
all
of
that
we
will
work
on.
We
train
the
department
personnel
on
how
to
respond
on
when
an
injury
occurs,
what
they
need
to
do,
how
they
need
to
report
it
who
needs
to
know
what?
Why,
when
and
where
that
kind
of
thing,
so
switching
swiftly
to
liability
claims.
AE
What
I
would
say
about
these
figures
is
that
this
represents
only
those
claims
that
we
have
sent
to
outside
Council,
which
is
probably
15
20
at
the
most
of
the
number
of
claims
we
get
in.
The
vast
majority
of
claims
are
dealt
with
by
risk
management
itself
without
the
intervention
of
an
attorney,
but
these,
of
course,
were
the
ones
that
became
litigious
that
were
usually
the
larger
claims,
and
so,
while
it's
a
little
bit
difficult
to
compare
apples
and
oranges,
I've
done
it
the
same
way
for
nine
years.
AE
A
lot
of
people
will
demand
a
completely
unrealistic
figure,
but
then,
on
the
other
hand,
we
get
a
lot
of
people
who
never
make
demands,
so
it
kind
of
balances
out
with
settlements,
because
we've
chosen
the
right
partners
we're
at
around
2
million.
So
that
is
a
huge
saving
on
over
saying,
okay.
Well,
somebody
is
claiming
two
hundred
thousand.
Let's
give
them
fifty
percent
and
send
them
home.
It
doesn't
work
that
way.
AE
If
we
have
a
legitimate
claim
number
one,
they
shouldn't
need
to
go
to
an
attorney
number
two
we're
going
to
give
them
what's
fair,
but
we
are
not
here
to
make
somebody
wealthy,
because
there
was
an
accident
we're
going
to
give
them
what
is
fair
and
reasonable,
and
we
have
stuck
to
that
and
I'm
sure
that
whoever
succeeds
means
good,
do
the
same
thing
except
they'll
probably
have
some
even
better
ideas
than
I
had
and
out
of
those
200
that
we
referred
outside
about
100
of
them.
Half
of
them
got
closed
without
us.
AE
Making
any
payment
at
all,
except
for
attorneys
fees,
which
were
well
worth
the
effort.
AE
AE
The
insurance
company
usually
does,
but
we
have
neither
the
Personnel
nor
the
resources
to
mine
the
state
accident
reports,
but
there
are
companies
that
have
designed
algorithms
to
do
just
that,
and
so
we
brought
on
board
a
damage
Recovery
Service
in
2016,
thanks
to
council
voting
for
it
and
what
they
do
is
they
mine
the
state
records
and
then
they
pursue
the
insurance
company
and
or
the
driver
to
recover
the
damage
that
has
been
done
to
city
property.
We
paid
nothing
up
front.
AE
This
is
money
we
would
never
see
if
we
didn't
use
them
and
they
take
a
small
percentage
of
the
recovery
as
their
fee
and
we
as
of
now
we
have
actually
recovered
close
to
half
a
million
dollars
in
the
time
since
they
came
on
board
and
while
that's
not
huge,
that's
close
to
half
a
million
dollars,
we
never
have
seen
without
them.
So
you
know
I
mean
Angelica's
budget,
that's
kind
of
a
little
blip,
but
you
know
risk
management
isn't
usually
seen
as
a
revenue
producer.
So
I
had
to
tell
you
about
it.
AE
AE
We
picked
that
up
about
five
years
ago,
or
so
I
think
Property
and
Casualty
Insurance
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
we
have
kept
our
Travelers
coverage
even
after
the
flooding
claims,
and
one
of
the
reasons
for
that
is
that
we
are
very
proactive
in
going
and
talking
to
them.
Ham,
Hodge
great
she
just
she
and
I,
went
up
to
Atlanta
and
talked
to
Travelers.
The
Brokers
were
great
I
mean
you
know.
I
just
did
something
very
unusual
and
mostly
kept
my
mouth
shut
and
they
did
a
great
job.
AE
AE
Safety
National
has
given
us
successive
two-year
rate
guarantees,
and
this
was
the
first
time
they
had
ever
done
that.
So
we're
very
proud
of
that
fact.
Cyber
Forest
he's
great
too
I've,
been
really
blessed
to
work
with
some
great
people.
While
I've
been
here,
he
took
a
look
and
completed
a
lot
of
these
cyber
applications
that,
to
be
perfectly
Frank,
were
like
a
combination
of
Double,
Double,
Dutch
and
gobbledygook.
To
me,
I
am
not
a
cyber
expert,
but
we
have
been
able
to
obtain
cyber
coverage
and
I
want
to
tell
you.
AE
I
spoke
at
a
meeting
about
a
year
ago,
where
all
the
municipalities
were
saying
to
me.
How
did
you
get
it
because
we
cannot
get
Cyber
coverage
and
we
had
not
only
had
it
then,
but
we
got
it
renewed
and
almost
no
public
entities
have
been
able
to
keep
or
get
Cyber
coverage.
So
we're
very,
very
proud
of
that
too,
and
then,
of
course,
we
also
when
the
state
legislature
passed
the
requirement
for
cancer
coverage
for
firefighters.
We've
been
obtaining
that
ever
since
then,
and
we
renewed
it
basically
the
same
premium.
AE
This
year,
safety
training
of
employees
has
always
been
given
a
high
priority,
because
that's
how
we
keep
them
safe
to
be
obvious,
but
it
also
reduces
workers,
complaints,
obviously
so
safety
we've
we've
had
a
lot
of
conferences
and
seminars
and
worked
with
the
Departments
that
will
produce
that,
like
Public
Works,
where
they've
always
had
a
safety
track,
we
try
to
encourage
daily
safety
briefings
for
the
people
out
in
the
field.
AE
It's
if
you
can
keep
them
safe,
then
you
can
keep
your
employees
happy
too,
and
our
lost
control
director
for
one
of
our
brokers,
she's
been
coming
out
and
Performing
inspections
and
departments
where
there's
a
need
so
that
we
can
identify
potential
areas
that
need
improving
and
being
brought
up
to
code
in
some
cases.
So
that
again
we
keep
it
safe
mind
you,
one
of
the
simplest
was
ones
before
we
ever
brought
a
lost
control.
AE
Director
out
I
noticed
that
we
have
an
awful
lot
of
trip
and
falls
out
of
the
body
shop
and
when
I
went
out
there,
that
was
just
a
tiny
little
lip
from
the
yard
into
the
shop.
So
Harvey
Milner
was
here
at
that
point
and
I
suggested.
Maybe
they
painted
yellow
and
they
did
no
more
trips
and
falls.
So
you
know
we
can
do
that
in
our
own
homes
too,
that
doesn't
take
a
a
lost
control
director
to
figure
it
out
so
spreading.
The
word
and
I
think
it's
a
good
thing.
AE
If
we
can
spread
the
word
that
Columbus
Georgia
is
pretty
special
and
that
we've
got
programs
that
people
might
want
to
learn
about
and
put
into
place
in
their
own
localities
like
the
training,
like
the
conferences
like
all
of
it
so
and
I'm,
not
really
very
good.
At
blowing
my
horn
but
I
thought
I'd.
Let
you
know
that
after
I
got
the
teddy
award,
the
national
award
in
2015
I've
been
invited
back
to
speak
about
three
times
at
the
National
Conference
last
year,
I
was
on
three
panels
on
the
state
conference.
AE
AE
After
these
meetings
wanting
to
know
what
was
special
about
ccg
and
what
we
could
do
to
help
them
bring
their
programs
up,
and
that
was
you
know,
it's
really
good,
because
I
love
to
share
again
with
certain
articles
that
I
put
into
some
of
the
periodicals
about
ccg's
programs
and
then
the
seminars
for
our
employees
are
the
things
that
keep
us
going.
Last
October
for
the
first
time
risk
put
on
a
workers,
comp
seminar
for
public
entities
as
public
entities.
AE
We
Face
some
different
things
from
different
issues
from
some
of
the
private
ones,
and
nobody
really
talks
about
public
entities
at
the
major
conferences.
So
we
did
one
and
it
was
a
runaway
success.
We
just
really
enjoyed
it
and
we
had
great
speakers.
Councilor
Garrett
opened
it
up
and
we
had
a
full
day
seminar
that
we
had
I'm
trying
to
remember
now
close
to
90
attendees,
and
that
was
a
surprise.
I
didn't
expect
to
get
that
many,
but
we
did
so.
AE
It
was
a
really
good
thing
and
I
think
it's
something
that
we
may
want.
You
guys
may
want
to
repeat
in
future
and
build
on.
So
that's
basically
what
we
have
done
in
the
nine
years
and
I'm
very
proud
of
risk
management
and
I'm
very
proud
of
all
the
Departments
and
for
everybody
who
gave
me
the
ability
to
do
that
and
I.
Thank
you.
C
Anne
Marie:
we
need
you
to
leave
a
can
of
that
yellow
paint
and
a
book
on
on
her,
not
based
money
out
because
yeah,
it's
just
it's
you've
done
an
outstanding
job,
really
have
I'm
glad
I
wasn't
ever
on
the
other
side
of
the
negotiating
table.
Yeah.
M
For
a
minute,
I
just
want
to
say
publicly
as
I
said
Friday.
We
appreciate
all
your
work,
as
you
just
demonstrated
the
money
that
you've
saved
us,
but
I
publicly
said
to
her
on
Friday.
She
came
in
about
2012
and
I
came
in
2011.
M
and
I
was
all
gun
hold
on
getting
employees
and
everybody
else
getting
paid
and
all
the
lawsuits
getting
paid
very
well,
and
she
reminded
me
and
taught
me
that
we
were
dealing
with
taxpayers,
funds
and
monies
and
she
was
going
to
do
the
best
that
she
could
to
make
it
right.
But
we
had
to
consider
each
and
every
claim
for
the
city
to
be
able
to
put
our
budgets
together
and
take
care
of
everybody
every
year
and
I
learned
a
lot.
M
A
lot
from
you
and
I
sent
word
to
passed
on
to
Pat
beagle
and
everything.
I
learned
about
public
works
from
her
so
nice
to
see
you,
but
the
just
your
ability
to
sit
and
before
and
let
us
know
what
we
had
to
do
and
I
can't
imagine.
That's
probably
just
a
a
tip
of
the
iceberg
of
how
much
you
really
saved
us.
As
far
as
negotiations
and
people
changing
their
minds
and
moving
a
different
direction,
so
thank
you
so
very
much.
U
Yeah,
thank
you.
Anne
Murray
we've
enjoyed
working
with
you
during
your
time.
Here
you
have
jealously
guarded
the
taxpayers
money
and
when
I
first
took
Anne-Marie
to
a
Columbus,
Bar
Association
meeting
and
introduced
her
to
the
lawyers
there
I
said
now,
she's
going
to
be
denying
your
claims
but
you'll
think
she's,
inviting
you
to
tea
because
she's
so
diplomatic,
but
we
have
had
a
good
time
working
with
her
and
she
really
has
guarded
the
County
Treasury
and
we
wish
you
nothing
but
the
best
in
the
future.
H
Thanks
again
and
thank
you,
Pat
Beagler,
it's
great
to
see
you
again
and
we
will
see
you
soon.
H
Yes,
so
so
next
mayor
and
Council
I've
got
representative
from
stantec
one
of
our
engineering
firms.
We
work
with
Donna
Newman
is
here
and
she
will
introduce
our
representative
from
stantag
and
tell
you
what
they're
going
to
share
with
you
today
and
I
do
know
that
we've
got
some
representatives
from
Mount
Pilgrim,
Baptist
Church.
You
know
we
negotiated
I-185,
interchange
and
they're,
building
their
church
at
a
different
location
at
forward
drive
and
far
Road,
and
they
are
interested
in
this
recommendation
as
well.
AF
Keith
Whiting
for
this
all
morning,
this
was
a
very
important
traffic
study
for
us
to
perform
because
of
the
changes
that
are
going
to
occur
because
of
the
new
interchange.
We
do
think
that
will
shift
some
traffic
patterns
and
then
also
with
the
move
of
Mount,
Pilgrim
Church
and
appreciate
their
corporation
as
part
of
that
project
as
well.
AF
The
city
manager
did
ask
us
because
on
Far
Road
there
is
a
hump
in
the
road
and
it
has
created
some
concerns
of
citizens
through
the
past
years,
and
then
we
knew
with
Mount
Pilgrim
moved
into
Ford
and
really
at
the
intersection
that
there
would
be
additional
traffic
at.
A
AF
Depending
on
their
services
and
what
other
events
are
having
at
the
church,
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
it
was
safe
for
them
to
enter
and
exit
as
they
hosted
their
service.
So
I
have
today
Mitchell
Greenway,
who
you
are
familiar
with.
He
has
done
many
studies
in
Columbus
for
us
and
does
a
great
job
for
us.
AF
He
is
the
consultant
working
on
the
Steve
Mill
Road
Project,
which
is
still
underway,
and
then
we
also
have
a
traffic
engineer
that
works
for
stantec
and
that's
Keith
Strickland
and
he's
the
one
that
performed
the
traffic
study
and
tell
us.
He
will
tell
you
today
what
we're
recommending
for
improvements
at
that
intersection.
AH
AH
So,
as
Donna
explain,
the
the
whole
Initiative
for
this
study
was
related
to
the
relocation
of
Mount,
Pilgrim,
Baptist
Church
to
Ford
Drive,
and
so
our
study
actually
looked
at
the
two
Termini
four
Drive,
the
intersection
at
Farr
Road
and
the
intersection
at
St
Mary's
Road,
the
we.
We
did
a
detailed
analysis
at
each
of
those
intersections
and
we
looked
at
whether
or
not
there
were
signals
Justified
and
if
not
what
other
opportunities
for
improvements
to
those
intersections.
So
first
I
wanted
to
explain
to
you
the
Ford,
Drive
Fall
Road
intersection.
AH
The
traffic
volumes
even
with
the
church
traffic
added
to
the
existing
intersection,
did
not
meet
the
the
necessary
traffic
volumes
to
Warrant
a
stop
and
go
traffic
signal
and
right
now
we
we
look
well.
If,
if
you
don't
signalize
that
intersection,
whether
they're
opportunities,
would
you
have
to
improve
the
safety
of
that
intersection?
Because
we
realized
that
because
of.
AH
AH
Then
the
the
other
intersection
is
at
St
Mary's
road.
We
looked
at
the
volumes
of
that
intersection
and
it
did
meet
the
warrants
for
a
traffic
signal.
But,
however,
actually
the
only
reason
that
it
made
met
the
warrants
for
the
traffic
signal
were
the
volumes
from
Leary
Avenue,
the
four
Drive
volumes.
If
it
was
just
based
on
the
four
Drive
volumes,
those
would
not
be
warranted.
AH
We
realized
that
there
was
at
second
the
intersection
at
Saint
Mary's,
that
we
realized
that
there
could
be
traffic,
that's
being
diverted
to
the
intersection
from
construction
activities
in
the
area,
and
we
didn't
want
to
make
recommendations
related
to
that
intersection
until
that
construction
was
completed
as
well
as,
as
you
know,
that
there's
a
going
to
be
a
new
interchange
on
185
at
Old
Casita
Road.
That
also
will
probably
drastically
reduce
the
traffic
at
that
intersection
as
well.
AH
So
our
final
recommendations
for
the
two
intersections
were
the
intersection
at
Ford
Drive
and
far
Road,
initially,
to
put
up
all
to
put
up
stop
signs
on
Far
road
that
would
actually
give
traffic
coming
from
Ford
Drive
easy
access,
a
safe
access
to
for
a
too
far
Road,
and
the
volumes
on
Far
Road
would
be
low
enough.
That
a
stop
signs
in
the
north-south
directions
would
not
add
severe
congestion
to
that
intersection.
Also,
we
are
proposing
to
add
sidewalks
or
crosswalks
at
that
intersection
to
help
pedestrians
across
far
Road
and
Ford
Drive
as
well.
AH
The
recommendations
at
St,
Mary's
Road
were
basically
to
wait
and
not
spend
any
additional
funds
at
that
intersection
until
traffic,
the
traffic
that
was
being
diverted
related
to
construction,
as
well
as
the
traffic
from
the
new
interchange
settled
down,
and
then
you
would
know
what
type
of
improvement
would
be
best
at
that
intersection.
And
so
essentially
those
were
the
recommendations
for
our
from
our
study
I'm
here
for
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
M
Yes,
sir,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
Pastor
stallion
had
to
leave.
He
has
some
of
his
deacons
here
to
represent
the
church.
Our
concern
is
the
stop.
Signs
are
not
going
to
be
safe
enough
I've
traveled
that
road,
even
though
it's
going
to
reduce
traffic
coming
from
the
Old
Casita
roadside,
the
traffic
coming
out
of
Wandering
Lane
and
Ridgefield
Roman,
all
the
people
that
live
there
still
will
come
that
way,
so
I've
been
driving
that
road,
since
I
was
16.
M
and
coming
up
that
hill
nobody's
accustomed
to
a
stop
sign
and
coming
from
the
other
side.
I
wrote
it
this
morning
on
my
way
in
coming
from
the
Saint
Mary's
roadside
The
Limited
distance
of
you
not
being
able
to
see
for
people
who
are
not
accustomed
to
a
stop
sign,
we're
gonna
have
accidents
and
they
have
an
older
population
at
the
church.
That
reaction
time
is
is
a
little
slow.
M
Mine
is
a
little
slower,
so
the
flashing
lights
at
least
needs
to
be
there
to
let
people
know
because
the
traffic's
not
there
yet,
but
once
they
get
going,
the
capacity
is
going
to
be
somewhere
in
the
500
range
as
they
built.
They've
got
the
volume
back
and
it's
just
the
stop
sign
is
going
to
be
dangerous.
I
don't
want
anybody
to
get
hurt
in
order
for
us
to
come
back
and
say
we
need
flashing
lights.
AH
Well,
obviously,
you
know
there
are
things
that
you
can
do
initially
like
portable
message
signs
to
advise
the
drivers
that
you
have
a
new
traffic
control
condition,
so
that
would
help.
But,
yes,
I
guess
you
would
really
have
to
see
once
those
are
removed.
Whether
or
not
the
you
know
stops
on
ahead.
AH
M
Been
I've
been
riding
around
town
and
there
are
other
I
have
to
go
back
and
write
them
down
for
you,
but
there
are
other
intersections
where
they
had
to
come
back
and
put
flashing
lights
in,
and
we
just
we're
going
to
push
a
little
bit.
We
need
flashing.
We
need
something
other
than
a
stop
sign.
That's
just
not
safe.
M
Unless
you're
gonna
take
the
hill
down
and
make
it
flat
where
everybody
can
see
sure
yeah,
it's
just
not
safe
at
all,
I,
don't
know
if
they
have
anything
to
say
today
if
they
allowed
to
speak,
but
we
need
at
least
a
flashing
light.
We
we're
not
really
concerned
about
the
Saint
Mary's
Leary
side
as
much
as
we
are
the
far
Road
forward
side.
I
understand.
H
Yeah,
so
counselor
I'll
have
further
conversation
with
them,
with
the
staff
and
with
them
and
we'll
we'll
see,
but
I
I
do
appreciate
them.
Bringing
forward
always
stop
saying
because
they've
looked
at
it
and
they
continue
to
tell
me
that
it
didn't
warrant
a
traffic
signal
and
so
I
did
press
and
and
now
we're
at
and
always
stop
and
they
are
able
to
justify
and
always
stop,
and
so
we'll
we'll
have
further
conversation
to
see.
If
check.
M
And
see
if
we
can
get
a
flashing
tonight,
because
I
don't
want
to
have
accidents
in
order
to
get
a
flashlight,
because
in
the
past,
when
we
put
in
the
roundabout
at
Northstar
and
Saint
Mary's,
the
roundabout
was
put
in
because
they
said
we
didn't
want
a
traffic
light.
But
this
also
said
you
had
to
have
six
fatalities
to
get
a
traffic
light
yeah.
So
we
don't
want
any
fatalities.
Yeah,
so
we'll
get
a
flashing
light.
Would.
H
H
You
all
for
waiting,
I'm,
gonna
call,
Deputy
city
manager,
Hodge
on
a
infrastructure,
Road
update.
We've
got
road
work
going
on
all
over
the
city
and
and
it's
a
good
thing,
but
it's
it's
inconvenient
but
we'll
get
there
that
we
will.
It
will
be
convenient,
remember,
tobington,
Road,
remember,
St,
Mary's
Road,
remember!
Well,
let's
see
yeah
yeah
I
can,
but
you
know
and
yeah
wings
that
was
it
Wings
Road.
A
H
No,
no,
no
wings,
little
C
and
moon
that
Moon
I'm
thinking
about
what's
his
name,
that
used
to
come
all
the
different
roads-
roads,
yes,
sir,
but
at
any
rate
we've
got
a
lot
of
work
going
on.
It's
there's
an
inconvenience
to
so
many
and
but
it's
gonna
make
Columbus
a
better
place.
Deputy
Evangel
Hodge.
AI
So
good
afternoon,
mayor
and
Council,
this
is
just
an
update
kind
of
to
let
you
know
where
we
are
with
all
of
the
projects
going
on.
You
see
the
ones
that
are
under
construction,
but
we
have
a
lot
that's
under
design
as
well,
so
again,
just
as
a
reminder
for
funding
purposes,
for
transportation
and
for
storm
water.
We
have
multiple
funding
sources
that
we
leverage
to
get
these
projects
to
completion,
including
the
other
local
option,
sales
tax,
the
paving
fund,
the
renewal
of
the
tease
floss.
AI
This
is
just
a
list
of
ones
that
have
been
completed
since
the
last
time.
I
made
a
presentation
to
council
I've
tried
to
provide
some
before
and
after
pictures,
but
you
can
remember
there
in
front
of
the
Synovus
building
on
the
Riverwalk,
the
issues
that
we
were
having
and
then
that
project
is
now
complete
and
we
also
have
a
viewing
area
over
our
River
as
well.
AI
The
dragonfly
Trail
connection.
This
was
from
MLK
to
the
river.
That
project
is
now
complete.
The
switchbacks
down
by
the
river
have
been
redone,
and
so
it's
a
better
access
to
the
river
and
also
the
picture
on
the
right
we
have
installed
through
the
help
of
the
dragonfly
Trails.
It
was
a
a
donated
project.
No
City
dollars
was
spent
on
the
project,
but
there
is
a
a
lighting
under
the
11th
Street
Vita.
AI
If
you
haven't
been
through
there
at
night,
we
are
changing
it
up,
there's
different
themes
that
we'll
use
throughout
the
year,
and
that
was
a
project
partnership
with
dragonfly,
the
Fort
Benning
Road,
roundabout
and
streetscapes.
That
is
a
completed
project
now
Warm
Springs
Road
Culvert
again.
This
was
another
one
that
where
the
road
was
actually
closed
for
over
a
year,
we
don't
hear
anything
anymore.
AI
And
again
this
is
before
pictures
on
the
Riverwalk.
There
was
a
slope
failure
issue
at
what
we
call
light
pole
88.
You
can
see
between
May
of
2019
and
may
of
2020
how
it
was
continuing
to
fail,
and
this
is
the
completed
project,
so
this
should
continue
to
provide
the
Riverwalk
and
the
slope
not
to
fail
in
the
future
other
projects
under
construction
resurfacing.
We've
done
almost
20
miles
of
resurfacing
this
fiscal
year
and
more
to
come
this
fiscal
year.
The
salmon
Road
signal
that's
under
construction.
AI
Estimated
completion
is
this
summer:
J.R
Allen,
River,
Road,
signals
and
light.
This
is
a
GDOT
project
that
we've
partnered
with
we're
awaiting
the
materials
to
install
the
poles
that
project's
expected
to
begin
in
the
spring
for
the
signals,
the
spider
web,
we're
planning
to
bid
the
bridge
out
in
the
spring.
So
in
the
next
few
months,
we'll
start
to
see
continued
progress
on
the
spiderweb
project
buy
185
in
Buena
Vista
Road.
AI
This
is
a
GDOT
project,
they're
managing
for
us
estimated
completion
for
that
project
is
the
summer
of
24.,
the
Veterans
Parkway
Turnberry
to
State
Road
315
in
Harris
County.
This
is
a
t
sploss
project,
that's
managed
by
GDOT
that
estimated
completion
is
2027.,
so
they
have
acquired
70
of
the
187
right-of-way
Acquisitions.
That
need
to
be
done
so
a
lot
of
right-of-way
acquisition
on.
C
C
C
H
So
that
will
provide
some
ease
of
getting
in
and
out
of
the
marina
yes,
because
I
had
somebody
called
me
last
week
about
that.
It's
needed.
C
AI
These
again
are
projects
under
development,
9th
Street,
19th,
Street
flood
abatement,
that
project
we
have
been
working
on
for
years.
We
are
still
waiting
on
a
permit
from
the
railroad.
We
are
moving
forward
with
all
of
the
updates
on
all
the
plans
and
the
bid
document
and
we're
probably
going
to
bid
that
out
before
we
get
the
permit
and
start
at
the
other
end.
But
that
is
a
project.
That's
been
on
the
books
for
a
while
and
that
one
will
be
moving
forward.
Sportsman,
Road,
Williams,
Road
roundabout,
we're
awaiting
the
plan
revisions.
AI
30Th
Avenue
signal
we're
finalizing
GDOT
permit
on
that
one,
as
well
as
the
10th
Avenue
signal
the
permit
and
the
polls
are
on
order
for
that
project
as
well:
Military
Drive
and
infantry
Road.
Those
two
projects
are
under
design,
I-185
and
the
Casita
Road
interchange
that
completion.
This
is
a
GDOT
managed
project
for
us.
It's
a
t-splos
project.
A
completion
on
that
project
is
2026..
AI
AI
These
are
GDOT
projects
that
are
under
development
or
construction.
We
have
monthly
calls
with
GDOT
they.
They
have
a
lot
of
projects
that
they're
doing
in
our
community
that
are
funded
by
the
state
or
Oglethorpe
bridge
is
one
of
those
projects.
We
are
working
with
them
and
their
Consultants.
We
do
want
this
to
be
a
signature
Bridge
into
Columbus,
so
there
might
be
some
funding
that
the
city
will
need
to
provide
to
go
above
and
beyond.
AI
What
GDOT
is
willing
to
do
so
we're
working
through
that,
so
we
can
provide
some
options
to
Counsel
on
that
project.
A
River
Road
resurfacing.
This
again
is
a
GDOT
project
that
will
be
completed
in
September
of
this
year
and
this
is
resurfacing
all
the
way
from
Veterans
Parkway,
all
the
way
into
Harris
County,
so
you'll
start
to
see
resurfacing
on
River,
Road,
Miller,
Road
and
Manchester
Expressway.
This
is
the
replacement
of
the
bridge
that
completion
is
Summer
of
25..
AI
So
again,
these
are
you
know
several
two,
two
and
a
half
year
projects
that
once
it's
done,
will
be
great,
but
it
will
be
inconvenience
for
those
traveling
in
that
direction.
J.R
Allen,
Manchester,
Expressway
improvements
that
project
should
be
completed
in
the
next
couple
months.
So
that's
additional
turn
lanes
and
some
reworking
of
that
intersection.
AI
AI
So
if
we
look
at
our
t-sposs
projects
band
one,
these
are
the
ones
that
will
be
City
managed.
There
are
11
projects
in
band
one.
So
obviously
that's
a
lot
for
City
staff
to
manage
all
of
those
projects.
So
these
are
the
seven
that
we
will
manage
internally
and
then
we
also
have
four
that
GDOT
will
be
managing.
So
we've
already
authorized
the
design
for
the
steam
Mill
Road
Project,
so
that
design
is
moving
forward.
AI
The
river
river
walk
repaving,
we'll
start
moving
forward
on
that
Whitesville
Road
improvements,
selecting
a
consultant
to
start
the
design
work
on
that
project,
South,
Lumpkin,
Road
improvements
and
just
to
mention
on
this.
We
have
also
received
a
million
dollar
Grant
through
the
State
Street
Safe
Streets
program
through
the
U.S
Department
of
Transportation,
so
that
will
allow
us
to
provide
additional
enhancements
related
to
Safe
Streets
on
that
project,
coupled
with
our
T
sploss
funding
that
we
have
on
that
project,
13th
Avenue,
17th
Street
in
Linwood,
Liberty,
Theater
block
enhancements
and
the
Fifth
Avenue
connector.
AJ
AI
Almost
all
of
these
projects
will
have
the
trail
on
one
side
and
a
five
foot
sidewalk
on
the
other
side.
I,
don't
believe
the
13th
Avenue
17th
Street
Lynnwood,
that's
intersection
Improvement.
So
that
would
not
include
a
trail
connection,
but
all
the
other
ones
will
include
the
trail
connection
well,.
AI
And
so
also
just
for
facility
updates,
City
Hall
again.
That
facility
was
acquired
back
in
February
of
22.
Synovus
vacated
three
of
the
four
buildings
in
July
renovation
began.
Shortly
after
they
vacated.
Some
of
you
were
able
to
attend
the
tour
that
we
had
at
the
facility,
so
that
is
moving
forward.
We're
expecting
phase
one
relocation
in
June
of
this
year.
AI
So
four
short
months
away,
we
will
be
relocating
the
mayor,
the
city
manager,
the
City
attorney
Clerk
of
council
Finance
admin,
I.T
Human,
Resources,
The,
Print,
Shop,
Workforce
investment,
UGA,
Cooperative,
Extension
3-1-1
in
parks
and
rec
admin.
We
will
have
a
massive
communication
effort
in
relation
to
this
move,
to
make
sure
citizens
know
where
to
find
departments.
So
we're
working
on
that
as
well.
AI
AI
This
is
just
some
pictures
of
the
inside.
If
you
saw
it
before,
and
you
see
it
now,
it
really
looks
completely
different.
We've
designed
each
of
the
Departments
to
meet
their
needs,
and
so
we've
been
working
with
the
Departments
Ryan
Pruitt
has
been
managing
this
project
and
working
with
the
departments
on
everyone.
That's
going
to
relocate
to
this
facility,
other
facilities
under
development,
you're
familiar
with
the
judicial
Center.
AI
That
design
is
ongoing,
we'll
expect
to
come
back
to
Council
in
April,
with
an
update
on
where
we're
at
with
the
design
of
the
judicial
Center
the
sheriff's
administration,
building
working
with
the
Sheriff's
Office
on
that
design
work.
We
expect
to
have
them
into
that
building
by
the
end
of
this
year
of
the
jail
assessment
that
RFP
has
been
issued.
The
proposals
are
under
review,
so
that
will
be
coming
back
to
council
soon
for
your
authorization.
We
can
move
forward
with
the
jail
assessment
fire
station
five
replacement.
AI
The
design
was
on
the
agenda
today,
so
that
was
approved,
so
that
will
be
moving
forward.
The
swimming
pools-
that's
under
design
construction
is
scheduled
to
start
this
summer
to
be
open
next
summer
summer
of
24
we'll
have
three
new
pools
and
we're
working
on
two
new
splash
pads.
Hopefully
we
can
try
to
get
those
in,
so
we
can
have
some
water
activities
in
addition
to
Double
Churches
and
the
natatorium
this
summer,
Liberty
Theater
we're
moving
forward
with
that
assessment.
You'll
see
a
fence
go
up
around
this
building
to
protect
the
building.
AI
Roof
replacement
is
a
high
priority
for
us
and
we're
still
waiting
to
hear
back
on
our
grant
opportunities.
We've
applied
for
Grants.
We
have
not
received
word
yet.
So
we're
still
hopeful
that
we'll
have
some
grants
to
add
to
the
funding
that
we
have
available
currently
and
the
River
Road
Tower,
which
was
also
a
sploss
project.
We
are
developing
the
specifications
to
get
that
project
out
to
bid
as
well.
So
a
lot
going
on
Happy
to
answer
any
questions.
There
probably
is
a
few
projects
that
I
did
not
include
on
the
list.
AI
S
AI
C
AB
AK
Good
afternoon
as
every
city
manager
hodgmans
and
we
did
have
public
meetings,
Parks
and
Rec
really
hosted
those
got
feedback
from
each
of
the
community
members
at
each
of
the
pool
locations.
So
we
gave
that
information
back
to
the
design
team.
They've
come
out
with
some
initial
Concepts
that
we're
currently
reviewing
and
developing
in
more
detail
and
we'll
be
able
to
come
back
soon
and
share
with
you
all
and
with
the
public
as
well.
S
M
My
question
I
see
director
Browder
just
walked
in,
did
they
use
all
the
information
that
they
did
with
the
sticky
notes
that
night
to
come
up
with
these
designs.
AJ
Yes,
sir,
we
actually
used
all
the
sticky
notes.
We
also
had
online
surveys
and
we
also
did
a
survey
of
our
youth
swimmers
and
our
swimmers
that
of
course,
swim
next
door,
because
we
wanted
all
components
within
the
community
and
what
I'm
happy
to
say.
We
were
able
to
accommodate
most,
if
not
all,
of
those
sticky
notes
and,
of
course,
all
the
priorities
that
people
across
the
community
showed
as
far
as
interest
levels
and
I
know.
AJ
You
know,
because
you,
you
saw
those
different
options
and
we
had
a
lot
of
options
but
very
happy
to
say
that
we're
going
to
actually
be
able
to
incorporate
most
of
not
all
of
the
options
that
people
chose
at
least
those
that
were
very
favorable.
That
people
really
really
wanted
to
see.
It's
going
to
be
extremely
exciting,
I'm
excited
because.
G
Where
can
you
just
remind
me
where
those
splash
pads
are
going
or
or
general
idea.
AJ
So
yes,
ma'am
so
identified
as
far
as
early
on
in
the
squash
project,
we
actually
listed
some
of
those,
but
we
listed
two
is
to
be
determined
so
at
this
point,
I
believe
it's
Carver,
Park
Brit
David
here
on
this
campus
and,
oh
goodness,
I'm
sorry
on
my
list.
Thank
you,
the
Liberty
District,
okay,
those
were
the
four
and
then
we
had
two
to
be
determined
after
those
four
were
put
in.
AJ
Okay
thanks,
yes,
ma'am
we
had
anticipated
putting
one
my
berries
of
where
we
are
so
we're
on
the
property,
because
we'd
be
able
to
utilize
the
showers
and
the
restrooms
of
the
Aquatic
Center,
because
one
of
the
health
code
requirements
is
that
we
will
need
bathrooms
for
these.
So.
A
H
C
Okay,
all
right
we'll
move
to
the
Madam
clerks
I'm.
H
Yeah
critical
vacancies,
HR
Director
Rita
Hollowell,
will
give
us
an
update
on
critical
vacancies
throughout
the
government.
AL
Mr
Mayor
in
Council,
city
manager
and
city
of
Germany,
so
I
will
provide
an
update
on
critical
vacancies
for
the
Columbus
consolidated
government.
It's
been
about
six
months
since
I
provided
an
update
back
in
June
July
of
2022,
so
I
wanted
to
provide
a
another
update
on
what
our
critical
vacancies
look
like
and
just
to
Define
in
terms
of
what
constitutes
a
critical
vacancy.
These
are
typically
positions
that
have
been
vacant
for
six
months
or
longer.
These
are
positions
that
are
required
in
order
for
the
organization
to
function
efficiently
and
effectively.
AL
So
again
we
looked
at
some
when
you
see
the
information
that
we'll
be
sharing
today.
This
is
not
going
to
be
so
unfamiliar
to
you
in
terms
of
the
areas
where
we
have
critical
vacancies,
because
the
six
months
ago,
these
were
some
of
the
same
positions
that
we
were
talking
about,
but
I
did
want
to
before.
We
talk
go
into
death
about
our
critical
vacancies
here
with
the
city
of
Columbus
I.
AL
Just
wanted
to
share
some
news
headlines
that
I've
been
reviewing
over
the
past
several
weeks
as
I'm
sure
you've
seen
some
of
these
very
similar
headlines
as
well
in
terms
of
number
one,
particularly
Public
Safety
shortage,
so
I,
just
these
are,
you
know,
is
in
Columbus,
but
it's
also
in
other
cities,
especially
cities
and
counties
that
we
normally
would
compare
ourselves
to
when
we
look
at
Albany-
and
these
are
headlines
that
are
easily
if
you
just
scan
any
of
these
new
streaming
areas-
television,
radio,
social
media-
these
are
the
kinds
of
headlines
that
we
see
not
only
locally
but
in
the
state
as
well
as
nationally,
for
example,
in
Albany.
AL
The
headline
reads
that
Albany
Police
Department
is
facing
significant
shortage
in
Patrol
officers.
We
look
in
Savannah,
it
says
in
in
the
savannah
police
are:
is
the
Savannah
police
officer
shortage
just
a
part
of
a
national
Trend
and
then
at
the
bottom?
AL
There
Richmond
County
that's
in
Augusta,
where
the
lieutenant
colonel
there
States
it's
difficult
doing
these
different
difficult
times
with
the
narrative
of
law
enforcement
and
then,
of
course,
Columbus
has
had
Rock
Lions
read:
Columbus
law
enforcement
agencies
grapple
with
Staffing
shortages,
so
I
just
want
to
share
that
as
a
Prelude
to
what
we're
going
to
talk
about
in
terms
of
our
local
challenges
that
we
have
here.
They
are
not.
AL
AL
They
got
55
vacancies
in
Athens,
Clark,
193
sworn
positions,
46
are
vacant
and
Augusta
Richmond
635
sworn
positions,
150
vacancies,
Savannah
and
Chatham
are
together
one
in
city
and
one
is
counted
288
in
Savannah
72
in
Chatham,
with
128
and
27
vacancies
there
and
you
see
there
in
Macon
and
making
a
bib
and
then
Montgomery
is
being
City.
You
look
at
Montgomery
490
sworn
positions.
AL
AL
So
you
know
at
least
we
can
know
that,
while
we
have
challenges,
others
are,
are
our
challenges
that
are
have
those
similar
types
of
challenges,
and
hopefully
you
know
we
will
have
some
of
the
same
or
similar
ideas
in
terms
of
how
to
address
the
challenges
that
we
have
so
locally
to
our
Public
Safety
critical
vacancies.
Here,
I
looked
at
our
three
Public
Safety
departments,
not
the
fourth
one
firing
your
mess.
AL
I
did
not
list
it
here
because
they
are
not
experiencing
critical
vacancies
at
this
at
this
point,
but
we
did
look
at
the
police
department,
the
Sheriff's
Office
and
Muscogee
County
Prison
Force
One
officers
in
the
police
department
of
the
444
Swan
positions.
There
are
currently
142
vacancies
in
the
Sheriff's
Office.
You
have
Sheriff
deputies
as
well
as
Correctional
officers
of
the
337
positions
there
they're
experiencing
41
vacancies
right
now
and
with
Muskogee
County
Prison
correctional
officers,
114
sworn
positions.
AL
There
are
currently
15
vacancies
there
and,
as
it
relates
to
our
general
government,
critical
vacancies,
we
looked
at
Metro,
Transit,
Parks
and
Recreation
public
works,
and
then
we
added
public
defender's
office
and
I'll
mention
that
one
here
shortly,
but
in
Metra
they've
got
52
bus
operator
positions.
These
are
CDL
positions.
AL
Commercial
driver's
license
required
right
now,
they're
experiencing
22
vacancies,
and
that
is
down
a
little
bit
from
the
last
time
that
I
talked
to
you
back
in
July,
where
they
had
27
vacancies
now
they're
experiencing
22
vacancies
and
Parks
and
Recreation
of
the
328
positions
that
they
have.
This
is
a
combination
of
full-time
positions,
as
well
as
their
part-time
positions
and,
as
you
know,
Parks
and
Rec
relies
quite
heavily
on
their
part-time
Workforce
and
of
their
328
positions.
AL
They've
got
121
vacancies
and
that
number
is
down
as
well
sale
from
the
numbers
that
we
reported
back
in
July
of
last
year
and
Public
Works,
these
CDL
positions
of
those
of
a
waste
equipment
operator,
equipment
operator
and
then
a
couple
of
other
positions.
But
right
now,
they've
got
a
total
of
this
35
vacancies
of
the
188
positions
that
are
typically
require
a
CDL
and
then
the
last
two
there
with
Public
Works
are
Fleet
Maintenance
techs.
These
are
the
mechanics
where
they
typically
have
28.
AL
They
were
down
four
last
and
they're
still
down
two
and
I
listed
the
public
defender's
office.
This
is
unlike
some
of
the
other
positions
that
we
typically
talk
about,
but
they
are
down
in
terms
of
the
number
of
attorneys
that
they
normally
would
have
where
they
normally
would
have
22
positions
and
they're
down
six
of
those
positions
and
that's
extremely
critical
for
them,
because
they've
been
short.
These
attorneys
for
a
long
period
of
time.
Now
so
you
know
you
can
do
without
you
know
some.
AL
If
you
have
a
vacancy
here
and
there
and
you
get
it
filled,
you
can
do
without
it
for
a
while,
but
as
the
years
go
on
and
you
still
have
a
vacancy
there,
it
Contin
it
challenges
the
organization,
so
I
mentioned
that
with
regard
to
the
public
defender's
office
had
a
chance
to
talk
with
them.
You
know,
of
course,
one
of
their
primary
challenges,
of
course,
is
the
pay
and
the
pay
for
these
attorneys
is
controlled
by
the
state
of
Georgia
not
locally
here.
AL
H
Saturday
schedules
on
weekdays
since
2020,
because
that
supposedly
allows
them
to
have
fewer
buses
out
and
requiring
fewer
drivers,
and
so
that's
three
years
we're
looking
at
where
we
don't
have
people
to
drive
buses.
H
H
H
The
question
is:
is
it
working
for
the
citizens
and
and
if
you
ask,
if
they're
working
for
the
citizens
I
would
say
they're
making
do,
because
when
I
ask
that
record
question,
is
it
working
for
the
citizen
if
you're
riding
a
bus
and
Saturday
the
schedule
has
that
bus
every
hour
and
a
half
versus
if
it
was
a
weekday
schedule,
you'll
get
it
every
30
minutes
you
have
to
ask.
Is
that
working
for
you
in
my
I
would
think
they
would
say
no.
H
H
If
you're
coming
from
south
side,
you
come
here
to
transfer
center
transfer
it
to
a
bus,
that's
going
north
side
and
so
mattress
making
it
work
because
they
don't
have
drivers,
but
is
it
working
for
the
citizens
and
I?
Imagine
that
most
of
the
many
of
them
I
I
will
say
have
had
to
find
other
means
of
transportation,
because
we
we
just
don't
in
Atlanta
you
gotta
bus,
every
20
minutes
every
15
minutes,
yeah.
H
H
It's
working,
they're,
picking
it
up,
they're,
picking
up
your
yard
waste
at
the
cost
of
10
million
dollars.
Can
we
sustain
that
I've
told
staff?
Absolutely
not.
We
can't
sustain
it
integrated
ways,
we're
using
Reserve
funds
and
Integrated
Waste
to
pay
the
10
million
dollars
to
am
waste.
We
cannot
sustain
it
and
while
we're
paying
them
ways,
we
don't
have
drivers,
we
don't
have
police
officers,
we
don't
have
bus
drivers,
we
don't
have
waste
collection,
drivers,
it's
a
problem,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
pause,
to
highlight
that
l
we're
still.
H
H
Rosa
Evans
and
she's
back
there,
the
Metro
director,
because
she
has
a
CDL
every
Saturday.
She
drives
a
bus
for
eight
or
ten
hours.
Rosa
Evans,
the
director
of
the
transit
system,
drives
a
bus
for
eight
to
ten
hours,
every
Saturday
trying
to
help
out
the
drivers.
That's
what
we're
dealing
with.
Thank
you.
Councilor.
C
K
Well,
I
know
that
the
Columbus
Technical
College
is
in
the
process
of
putting
together
and
opening
up
and
working
with
the
CDL
course.
K
They
have
a
course
that
they're
as
I
understand
it,
people
are
taking
that
course
and
I
would
highly
recommend
if
you
have
not
already
done
this,
that
someone
from
the
city
taught
with
Martha
and
Todd
the
president
of
Columbus
Tech
to
see
is
there
some
way
that
we
can
partner
with
them
and
bring
those
folks
that
are
learning
to
do
to
get
their
CDL
license
into
the
city
of
Columbus?
That
ought
to
be
a
fairly
simple
thing
to
do.
K
I
would
think,
but
I
would
really
request
that
you
are
someone
talk
with
Columbus
Tech,
to
see
if
there's
some
way,
we
can
hang
on
to
their
new
program
for
CDL
Drivers.
Well,.
C
Of
there
we
we
have
spoken
with
Martha
Ann
and
she
is
willing
to
try
to
work
with
us.
One
of
the
things
we've
even
kicked
around
is
the
possibility
of
doing
some
kind
of
partnership
on
tuition
reimbursement
for
these
students
in
exchange
for
a
commitment
of
a
certain
number
of
years
to
serve
in
with
the
city
just
looking
to
try
to
come
up
with
innovative
ways
to
put
more
people
in
the
pipeline.
K
AL
Thank
you,
councilor
Thomas,
and
to
the
mayor's
point
and
to
the
city
manager's
Point.
We
have
a
very
good
working
relationship
with
Columbus
Technical
College.
For
many
years
we
have
partnered
with
them
and
we're
very
familiar
with
the
CDL
training
program
that
they
have.
Our
Public
Works
director
has
had
is
engaged
with
them.
AL
Our
Metro
director
has
engaged
with
them
and
as
opportunities
present
themselves,
we
are
we're
the
first
one
in
line
at
the
door
at
Columbus
Tech,
when
they
have
graduate
students
that
we
can
partner
with
that,
we
can
hire
so
we're
very
much
in
tune
with
that.
Excuse.
G
Can
you
can
you,
can
you
tell
us
what
the
average
turnaround
is
when
somebody
submits
a
application
to
the
city
and
if
the
that
application
is
read
by
like
a
person
or
if
that
is
weeded
out
by
a
computer,
so
like,
for
example,
if
I
applied
for
a
government
job
at
say,
Fort
Benning
I
have
to
have
certain
keywords
within
my
resume,
for
it
to
even
be
picked
up
and
make
it
to
a
certain
point.
So
are
we
doing
that
or
is
somebody
actually
reading
those
resumes
and.
AL
G
So
like,
if
I
applied
for
a
job,
am
I
getting
an
and
I'm
qualified
am
I
getting
a
response
from
the
from
the
government
within
or
response
from
the
city
within
in
two
days
within
a
week.
Is
it
three
months
or.
AL
Varies
it
varies
in
terms
of
hiring
someone.
It
can
be
as
short
as
a
week
or
it
could
be
longer.
It
depends,
but
in
terms
of
our
screening
process,
we
do
use
an
application
management
system
and
electric
electronic
application
management
system,
where
everyone
submits
an
application
for
a
position
that
they
believe
that
they
are
qualified
for.
There
is
some
screening
electronic
screening
but
in-house.
There's
an
initial
screening
by
the
human
resources
specialist,
the
employment
manager
there
and
then
those
applications
are
referred
to
the
hiring
manager
in
that
department.
AL
The
hiring
manager
reviews
either
one
application
or
all
of
the
applications
that
are
submitted
for
a
position
is
their
election,
which
they
want
to
do
and
the
typically
the
hiring
manager
is
going
to
take
it
from
there
in
terms
of
the
screening
that
they
want
to
do
whether
they're
going
to
do
a
phone
screening,
whether
they're
going
to
call
them
in
for
an
interview
now.
This
is
General
government
that
typically
Public
Safety
is
a
little
bit
different
because
there
are
more
Hoops
to
jump
through.
AL
If
you
will,
there
are
more
tests,
there
are
more
screenings
that
one
would
go
through
in
public
safety.
If
you
want
to
be
a
police
officer,
if
you
want
to
be
a
Sheriff
Deputy,
it's
a
little
bit
more
screening
by
the
time.
The
turnaround
time
in
terms
of
someone
making
an
application
to
the
city
of
Columbus
and
them
actually
being
hired.
It
depends
because
again
it
depends
on
how
much
screening
is
involved,
but
the
time
can
be
as
little
as
a
week.
AL
G
I
guess
my
concern
is
that
resume,
writing
and
and
just
basic
English
in
in
our
schools
right
now
we
just
don't.
We
don't
have
the
same
resume.
Writing
as
we
did
when
I
was
in
in
school.
Currently
I
mean
I
used
to
teach
at
at
Columbus
State
for
some
time
and
I
can
assure
you
that
some
of
my
students
will
needed
some
help
in
in
writing
and
so
I
I
think
we
have.
G
If
we're
talking
about
pools,
you're
talking
about
15
and
16
year
olds
or
16
and
17
year
olds,
trying
to
get
a
a
summer
job,
and
if
we're
taking
seven
to
14
days
to
to
hire
a
lifeguard
they're
going
to
go
to
Chick-fil-A
because
they
can
get
an
answer
within
three
days
and
so
I
think
we
I
think
we
lose
that
and
I
know
you're
challenged
with
with
your
staff
as
well,
but
I
think.
G
That's
maybe
something
that
we
have
to
look
at
is
we
we
have
to
be
faster,
we
have
to
be
faster
than
Walmart,
we
have
to
be
faster
than
Chick-fil-A,
we
have
to
be
faster
than
we
have
to
be
faster
than
our
competitors.
We
have
to
be
competitive,
we're
competitive
on
the
pay
scale,
but
we
have
to
be
competitive
on
hiring.
AL
I
agree,
I,
agree
and
that's
and
your
point
is,
is
very
well
taken
in
terms
of
how
we
hire
and
yes,
there
are
processes
in
place
and
they're
in
place
for
a
reason.
I'll
give
an
example
with
Parks
and
Rec.
Since
you
mentioned
them
in
terms
of
we've
got
to
be
able
to
hire
fast
one
of
the
things
they
hire
the
most
people
that
they
are
going
to
hire
during
the
summer
months
when
the
pools
are
open.
So
we
have
something
that's
print
like
a
clinic.
AL
A
AL
AL
They've
got
to
do
a
drug
test
that
they've
got
to
any
other
screens
that
they
have
to
do.
We
try
to
have
it
set
up
as
a
One-Stop
shop
and
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
can
do
and
have
done.
That's
why,
when
we
and
our
talking
further
in
this
presentation
here
about
our
hiring
pairs,
we
don't
call
them
Career
Fairs
anymore,
because
our
our
goal
is
to
hire
in
the
spot
as
much
as
possible.
AL
We've
gone
to,
however,
many
career
fairs
that
we
go
to,
but
our
job
is
yes,
we
want
to
talk
about
Columbus,
Consolidated
Government,
what
we're
doing
what
a
wonderful
place
it
is
to
work
and
those
sorts
of
things
as
well,
but
when
an
applicant
comes
up
to
whether
it's
Parks
and
Rec
there,
it's
public
works
there,
HR
is
there.
Whoever
is
there
if
there's
a
qualified
applicant,
our
goal
is
to
try
to
make
them
an
offer
right,
then,
on
the
spot
and
when
we
say
make
them
an
offer,
it's
a
free
offer.
AL
G
AL
AL
Sure
so
I'll
share
this
particular
slide
here
on
a
number
of
new
hires
and
separations
in
terms
of
from
2022.
We
hired
718
employees,
that's
a
lot
of
folks
to
hire
in
a
year,
but
we
hired
718,
which
is
really
really
good,
and
that's
the
blue,
highlighted
bar
that
you
see
there
the
downside
of
it
is
we
had
665
separations,
so
we
had
a
lot
of
hires
and
our
challenge.
I.
Think
for
the
most
part,
is
not
the
hiring
part
we're
able
to
hire.
We've
got
to
be
able
to
retain
the
pay.
AL
The
new
pay
plan
that
Council
has
approved
and
has
been
implemented
on
January
27th
is
going
to
help
us
tremendously.
We
are
able
to
hire.
Our
goal
is
to
be
able
to
retain,
although
we
hired
more
than
were
separated,
that's
about
a
53
difference.
AL
Ideally,
we
want
the
hiring
number
to
stay
higher
and
the
separation
number
to
decrease
and
that's
our
goal,
and
we
do
believe
that
with
the
implementation
of
the
new
pay
plan
that
is
going
to
help
us
I
did
want
to
share
this
one
number.
You
know,
as
I
was
talking
about
what's
happening
on
a
national
level
as
well
as
a
state
and
a
local
and
a
local
level.
It's
just
as
to
our
challenge.
It
doesn't
mean
that
it's
a
challenge
that
we
can't
overcome.
It
just
adds
to
our
challenge.
AL
The
national
employment
rate
right
now
is
at
3.4
percent
that
that
typically
means
that
everybody
that
wants
a
job
they
can
get
a
job
if
they
want
a
job
plus
there's
extra
jobs
out
there
if
they
want
extra
jobs.
The
unemployment
rate
for
the
state
of
Georgia
is
at
3
percent,
the
unemployment
rate
in
the
in
Columbus
at
3.3
percent,
everybody
that
wants
a
job.
They
can
get
a
job
there's
at
least
one
and
a
half
job
out
there
for
everybody
that
wants
to
talk.
AL
So
that's
another
challenge
that
we
have
it's
not
a
challenge
that
we
can't
overcome
I'm,
just
highlighting
it
as
a
challenge
that
we're
dealing
with
there's
always
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
police
department,
so
I
do
want,
did
want
to
share
the
turnover
rate
for
the
police
department.
If
you
just
focus
your
attention
there.
On
the
last
column,
there
2022
just
wanted
to
share
their
rates
in
terms
of
the
number
of
hired
and
the
police
chief
shared
some
of
this
information
earlier
in
his
presentation.
So
this
will
be
a
little
bit
repetitive.
AL
The
number
of
police
officers
hired
in
2022
is
at
42..
They
had
six
retire,
57
resigned,
two
were
either
terminated
or
laid
off.
They
had
one
death
and
they're
at
a
deficit
of
24
police
officers,
and
we
are
hiring
every
as
much
as
we
can
get
our
name
out
there
and
I'll
talk
about
what
we're
doing.
We
are
doing
it.
So
I
just
want
to
share
just
a
little
bit
more
about
our
recruitment
strategy
here.
Just
for
this
is
just
for
2022.
AL
The
number
of
hiring
fails
that
we've
had
well
over
70
hiring
Affairs.
If
there's
a
hiring
Fair
going
on
anywhere
in
the
Columbus
area.
AL
In
all
likelihood,
Human
Resources,
some
of
our
department
representatives,
are
going
to
be
there
and
participating
we've
either
hosted
or
participated
in
those
hiring
fairs
in
terms
of
where
our
jobs
are
advertised.
Obviously,
on
our
ccg
home
page
governmentjobs.com
is
a
national
site
for
anyone.
Looking
to
work
for
the
government,
indeed.com
Glassdoor
and
any
other
job
scrapers
that
will
pull
our
jobs
and
your
is
is
so
easy
to
find
where
we
are
and
get
to
us.
We
continue
to
partner
with
colleges,
universities
and
high
school
and
I'm
saying
this.
AL
This
is
what
HR
is
doing,
but
I
could
I
could
take
this
and
put
it
with
the
police
department,
the
sheriff's
department,
Parks
and
Rec
Public
Works
matter,
because
they
are
all
out
there.
It's
not
just
human
resources,
but
other
departments
are
there
as
well.
When
we
participate
and
we
coordinate
and
host
hiring
fairs,
we
we've
been
able
to
one
of
the
things
with
the
FY
23
budget.
Hr
was
able
to
obtain
another
person
who
has
really
been
able
to
help
us
with
our
recruitment
efforts.
AL
In
fact,
she
tweaked
me
today
and
said:
hey
I'm,
going
to
be
on
Magic
103
at
4
o'clock
today.
Talking
about
our
jobs,
I
said:
okay,
I'll,
listen
and
so
she's
been
working
diligently
doing
a
lot
of
interviews
on
local
radio
stations
and
television
stations.
She's
helped
us
increase
our
presence
in
our
social
media
Outlet,
because
that's
where
a
lot
of
our
folks
are
are
looking
for
jobs
and
on
Facebook
and
Instagram,
my
daughter,
you
know
she
was
telling
me
she's
up
in
North
Carolina
and
she
said
she
said:
I
applied
for
a
job.
AL
I
said
where'd.
You
find
the
job
on
Twitter,
you
know,
so
that's
where
they
find
jobs
on
Twitter,
okay.
So
we
we
absolutely
we've
been
able
to
make
a
significant
impact
there
on
social
media
and
again
our
partners
are
GoodWill
career
center.
They
have
been
absolutely
wonderful,
Partners,
For,
Us,
Fort,
Benning,
we've
been
able
since
covet
has
covet.
We've
been
able
to
go
back
on
post
at
Fort
Benning
there,
so
they've
been
real
good
partners
with
us,
the
Department
of
Labor
other
media
outlets
and
again
colleges,
universities
and
so
forth.
AL
W
So
you
know
you
have
recruitment
strategy
and
then
underlined
you
have
higher
and
retained
qualified
applicants,
I
see
what
you're
doing
to
recruit
and
you're
being
very
successful
at
recruiting,
but
we
do
have
a
problem
retaining
what?
What
are
you
doing
to
retain
people
I
mean
we're
we're
seeing
this
all
over
in
all
of
our
departments,
and
so
it
just
cries
that
we
need
to
look
at
ourselves
better.
X
AL
During
I'm
sorry,
one
of
the
things
I
I
would
share
in
terms
of
and
and
the
city
managers
mentioned
and
I
brought
it
up
before
the
implementation
of
the
pay
plan.
That
has
helped
us
tremendously
for
our
people
that
were
already
here.
It
has
helped
us
retain
those
people,
because
some
people
were
on
the
fence
and
they
were
watching
to
see
what
was
going
to
happen
with
the
implementation
of
the
pay
plan.
They
were
going
to
make
a
decision
of
whether
they
were
going
to
leave
or
stay
where
they
got
passed
or
not.
AL
We
just
need
to
talk
more
about
it
and
make
sure,
because,
quite
frankly,
some
of
our
employees
that
have
been
here
for
a
while
may
not
fully
appreciate
the
benefits
that
they
have.
People
have
left.
Just
like
you
see
people
leave,
but
we
rehire
a
lot
of
people
too,
because
they
do
leave
and
they
realize
that
the
grass
is
really
not
greener
on
the
other
side
and
that
our
benefits
are
really
really
good
here
and
that
we
do
try
to
promote
and
I
think
we
do
a
really
good
job
of
promoting
a
very
family-oriented
environment.
AL
Here,
we're
very
cognizant
of
work-life
balance,
which
is
extremely
important
to
Millennials.
It's
important
actually
to
everybody,
I
like
to
be
able
to
go
home
at
five
o'clock
and
not
have
to
worry
about
turning
my
computer
on
that
night,
but
that
typically
doesn't
happen,
but
you
know
so,
but
we're
very,
very
cognizant
of
that
and
I
appreciate
the
question
and
take
it
as
a
challenge,
because
I'll
just
share
for
myself.
I've
been
here
36
years
with
the
city
of
Columbus,
and
it
has
been
a
wonderful
ride
for
me.
I
came
here.
AL
I
was
only
going
to
be
here
for
six
months,
the
job
that
I
was
offering.
They
told
me
I'd,
be
here
six
months,
I
said
I'll.
Take
it
because
it
the
pay,
wasn't
a
whole
lot,
but
it
was
more
than
what
I
was
making
six
months
turned
into
36
years.
This
the
story
that
I'm
telling
you
is
a
story
that
many
employees
here
could
say
the
very
same
thing
that
I'm
saying,
because.
AL
Here,
they've
not
stayed
here
because
of
the
pay;
they
stayed
here
because
they
love
what
they
do.
They
enjoy,
what
they
do.
They
found
a
family
environment
here,
people
that
love
them
and
care
about
them.
You
know
if
they
don't
show
up
today,
somebody's
gonna,
call
and
say
hey
what's
going
on.
If
you
need
a
ride
to
work
somebody's
going
to
help
you
get
to
work.
If
that's
what
you
need,
if
you
need
child
care,
somebody's
gonna
help
you
find
it.
AL
AL
However
long
it
takes
them
to
put
it
in
and
they're
going
to
do
it
because
they
enjoy
this
government,
they
know
what
it
means
to
people.
They
know
what
it
means
to
provide
service.
They
know
what
it
means
to
help
somebody
that
needs
help,
and
they
understand
that,
and
they
appreciate
that
and
that's
the
kind
of
environment
that
we
really
have
in.
AL
In
spite
of
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
negativity
that
you
hear
and
I
invite
you
and
everyone
who
you
know,
if
you
come
to
our
departments
and
see
what
we're
doing
every
day
sit
with
us,
see
us
deal
with
some
of
the
customers,
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
come
and
see,
and
you
get
a
better
better
appreciation
of
what
we're
dealing
with
and
even
some
of
the
jobs
I
tell
you.
AL
They
are
very,
very
challenging
some
of
the
work
that
our
employees
do
is
extremely
challenging,
but
they're
not
complaining,
they're
showing
up
every
day
and
they're
working
hard
because
they
know
that
they're
providing
a
service
that
if
they
weren't
there
to
provide
it
that
service
may
not
get
provided
to
that
citizen.
So
they're
there.
So
I
say
to
you.
AL
Council
members,
especially
those
of
you
who
may
be
fairly
new
and
are
not
as
familiar
with
the
inner
workings
of
some
of
our
departments,
is,
is
amazing,
the
output
that
they
do
every
day
day
in
and
day
out
and
sometimes
I
say
and
you're
going
to
work
and
you're
going
to
get
paid.
For
this.
You
know,
but
yet
they
do
it.
You
know
so
I
know
I'm
coming
to
city
manager,
all
people.
W
I
think
that
you
might
be
you
know
preaching
to
the
choir
and
that
you
know
your
longevity
and
a
lot
of
the
other
longevity
that
that
comes
from
that
generation,
and
so
you
know,
I
I'm,
like
you
I
mean
I
I
I've
been
in
my
job,
for
you
know,
23
years
now
that
I've
been
in
this
industry
for
36..
W
So
all
right,
you
know
I
think
we
need
to
understand
and
better
communicate
to
the
younger
Generations
that
don't
have
our
type
of
of
mindset
and
I
think
if
we
can
appeal
to
them
in
some
ways,
then
we're
building
we're
building
our
layers
out.
You
know
and
we're
deep,
and
that
might
mean
offering
different
things
to
different
people
in
order
to
build
that
depth
in
in
our
organization
and
to
build
the
retention.
H
And
mayor
I
think
the
HR
Director
has
said
what
I
was
going
to
say:
I
mean,
obviously
you
know
we're
dealing
with
a
younger,
a
different
generation
and
they're
looking
for
work-life
balance.
They
want
virtual
work
options,
you
know
incentive
pay
bonuses
and,
and
they
just
want
more
flexibility,
and
when
they've
worked
with
a
a
place
like
this
for
one
year,
they
think
it's
time
to
get
promoted
and
they're
not
willing
to
wait
and
so
a
lot
of
the
they
just
they're.
H
Looking
for
something
different
and
we've
got
to
be
able
to
figure
it
out
and
offer
it
that
in
government
some
private
sector
companies
are,
you
know,
that's
what
they
offer.
You
know
my
son
works
100
from
home.
You
know
a
new
baby
and
you
know
it's
flexibility,
that's
what
they're
looking
for
and
and
sometimes
we
can
offer
that
in
government,
and
sometimes
we
can't.
But
when
we
went
on
the
bus
tour
last
week
with
council
members,
the
first
parking
lot,
we
rode
into
I
thought
the
place
was
closed
down.
H
Remember
that
first
parking
lot,
we
went
to
I'm
like
they
shut
down,
and
someone
said
well:
no,
their
people
work
from
home.
This
is
a
large
company
and
then
we
went
to
another
building
and
it's
you
know:
I
mean
just
no
vehicle,
they
work
from
home
and
that's
what
a
lot
of
them
are
looking
for
and
and
some
of
that
we
just
can't.
Imagine
you
hire
22
23
year
old
to
be
a
police
officer.
H
I
mean
we
just
said
it
out.
Looking
for
to
be
in
that
police
officer
for
25
30
years,
you
know
it's
just
you
know,
I
mean
it's
just
a
holding
spot
until
I
can
do
something
different,
but
yeah
I'm
not
going
to
be
here
with
you
for
30
years,
and
then
the
Retirement
Systems
have
changed
even
with
the
state.
H
Oh,
it's
a
wonderful
thing
to
have
a
pension
plan
and
so
and
I
even
hear
that
the
military
has
you
all
do
20-year
retirements
now
or
you
go
to
I
mean
you
get.
H
H
A
W
H
H
C
Can't
one
one
thing
that
has
happened
recently
and
I
I
thought:
I
heard
that
the
state
government
just
did
away
with
the
requirements
for
college
education.
They
would
they
would
they
kept.
They
kept
the
college
preferred,
but
they
also
put
a
value
on
that
experience
and.
C
They
talk
to
their
directors,
about
building
up
bench,
communicating
with
them
and
tell
them.
This
is
where
you
you
can
go.
The
problem
is
very
few:
are
patient
enough
to
wait
for
their
their
opportunity?
They'll
see
something
for
15
cents
more
an
hour
and
they're
gone
and
a
lot
of
those
folks
come
back
because
after
they
get
away,
they
realize
and
it
worth
it.
I
mean
the
environment
that
I
was
in
versus
the
environment.
I
find
myself
in
with
that
15
cent.
W
Saying
that
we
need
to
be
proactive,
I,
my
youngest
son
works
for
me,
and
you
know
when
I
got
into
real
estate,
we
had
a
very
family
environment.
It
was
like
our
whole
life
revolved
around
the
other
realtors
that
we
worked
with.
We
went,
you
know
we
went
to
events
together,
we
went
to
you
know
on
vacation
together
to
conventions
and
all
this
kind
of
stuff.
My
son
wants
absolutely
nothing
to
do
with
that.
W
He'll
go
and
he'll
work
with
his
his
clients
and
you
know,
do
what
needs
to
be
done
and
then
he's
then
he's
away
from
it.
He
doesn't
want
to.
You
know,
go
to
events
with
Realtors
or
go
to
go
on
to
conventions
with
Realtors
he's
got
his
friends
and
so
that
family
environment
isn't
is
crucial
and
it
works
very,
very
well
for
Our
Generation,
but
we
got
to
find
out
what
the
next
generation
is
looking
for
in
order
to
keep
them
here,
I
I.
W
C
H
Well,
Emir
I'll
say
this
last
thing:
I'll
say
we
were
on
the
bus
tour
and
we
were
riding
on
jrl
and
then
someone
said:
do
you
see
that
fast
food
restaurant
they
had
to
close
down
because
they
couldn't
find
employees?
A
council
member
said
that
they
shut
down
the
whole
place,
just
not
in
business,
so
can't
find
employees.
C
X
C
There's
a
motion
second
to
to
approve
any
discussion.
All
in
favor
say
aye.
Are
there
any
opposed
in.
C
X
C
X
X
C
C
C
X
X
On
the
building
authority
of
Columbus,
the
seat
of
Leah,
Carr
and
Vincent
Allen
will
need
nominees
for
the
historic
and
Architectural
Review
Board.
We
need
a
nominee
for
the
seed
of
Katie
Bishop.
She
is
not
eligible
to
serve
another
term.
We
have
two
upcoming
board
appointment.
Memos
listed
one
for
the
employee
benefits
committee,
Human
Resources
Director
has
been
notified
and
will
be
sending
out
a
survey
to
Public
Safety
employees
regarding
their
representatives
on
this
committee,
and
we
also
have
the
housing
authority
of
Columbus,
and
that
is
the
mayor's
appointments
and
that's
all
we
have.
C
C
Wanted
to
use
her
three
minutes
that
were
allotted
I.
S
AD
Bit
crazy
today,
Mr
Mayor,
you
know
how
much
I
love
you
and
I'm
sorry
I'm,
crazy
on
Valentine's,
Day
and
I.
Do
want
you
to
call
me
about
the
meeting.
You
said
you
would
call
me
about
because
I
did
try
to
get
in
touch
with
Miss
Covington,
but
what
the
wonderful
Deputy
clerk
just
passed
out
is
from
a
city
that
knows
how
to
run
a
city,
San
Francisco,
and
what
they're
doing
is
connecting
the
idea
of
affordable
housing
with
school
districts.
AD
That
is
a
very
clear
plan
and
I
do
want
to
talk
to
you
about
it,
because
I
did
see
you
on
TV
saying
you
want
to
do
something
about
poverty.
Well,
this
is
how
you
do
something
about
poverty,
because
home
ownership
is
where
people
get
their
wealth,
and
this
ordinance
is
not
for
just
black
people.
The
only
way
this
ordinance
can
pass,
it's
got
to
be
for
everybody
living
in
poverty.
AD
All
of
us
on
the
affordable
housing
Alliance
have
said
the
ordinance
calling
for
25
million
dollars
to
power
up
500
families
with
their
own
home
is
for
everybody.
It's
because
yeah
I
don't
know
that.
There's
enough
black
people
who
would
get
their
credit
scores
up,
yeah,
400,
Miss
craft
and
qualify.
So
all
of
those
people
living
under
bridges
all
of
the
white
people.
C
AD
AD
C
E
C
All
right,
Mr,
City
attorney,
oh
I'm,
a
city
manager,
did
you
have
something:
that's
okay,
okay,
Mr
City
attorney.
We've
got
a
request
to
go
into
executive
session.
U
C
All
right
we'll
need
a
we'll
need.
Another
counselor.
H
C
And
for
excellence
in
our
financial
reporting,
it's
30
years
having
qualified
for
that
designation
as
well.
So
it's
yeah!
It's
yes!.
H
H
C
W
C
H
C
Yet
we're
waiting
we're
waiting
for
one
more
counselor
to
vote
all
right.
We've
got
a
motion
second,
to
go
into
executive
session
for
potential
litigation
and
for
ongoing
security
issues
with
Public
Safety.
C
C
C
All
right
we
we
are
back
in
session.
We
were
in
executive
session
to
discuss
litigation
and
confidential
documents
that
were
related
to
an
ongoing
criminal
investigation.
No
votes
were
taken.
I'll
entertain
motion
to
adjourn
Motion
in
a
second
all
in
favor,
say
aye
Penny
pose
all
right.
We
stand
adjourned.