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The
first
item
on
the
agenda
is
approval
of
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there
a
motion
and
second
for
approval
by
Bueller?
Second,
by
Y
any
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye?
Those
opposed
same
sign
motion
carries
second
item
on
the
agenda.
Is
approval
of
the
agenda?
Is
there
motion
and
second
moved
by
Ville
Hauer?
Second
by
manty
any
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye?
Those
opposed
same
sign
motion
carries
item.
3
is
the
library
annual
report
presentation
by
library,
director,
Dede
Whitman.
E
E
This
is
a
report
that
is
required
to
be
submitted
to
the
state
every
year
around
this
time
of
year
and
a
lot
of
the
questions
and
the
report
or
things
that
they
need
to
be
able
to
report
to
the
Institute
of
Museum
and
Library
Services
and
which
is
on
the
federal
level
and
funds
libraries
around
the
country,
primarily
through
grants
given
out
by
the
state
libraries.
So
if
you
know
one
had
a
question
about
that,
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that.
E
So
all
these
things
are
required
through
the
state,
so
I
am
gonna
just
kind
of
scroll
through
and
if
you
had
any
questions,
let
me
know
some
of
these
general
things.
We
all
know
where
we
live.
I'm
Dee
Dee
I
also
gave
everybody
a
handout
that
has
some
of
this
information
presented
and
kind
of
a
more
colorful
friendly
way.
E
We
have
some
slight
changes
to
salary
because
of
changes
in
position.
Obviously,
Mike
was
our
former
director.
We
have
a
couple
of
changes
in
our
librarians
staff.
We
previously
had
four
librarians
who
held
master
of
library
information
science
degree.
Now.
That
number
is
to
that.
As
myself
and
our
assistant
director
Maria
Gruner,
all
right,
I'm
gonna
try
to
get
all
my
things
in
the
same
place
here.
E
E
E
Ok,
so
here's
what
we've
had
some
gains
and
that's
I-
think
fantastic.
We
have
7.5
percent
increase
in
our
number
of
total
books
and
a
5.7
increase
in
our
ebooks
that
were
accessed
through
the
South
Dakota
titles
to
go.
We
have
a
number
of
different
ways
that
people
can
access
ebooks
any
audiobooks,
some
our
consortium
with
the
state.
E
Some
are
titles
that
we
purchase
for
our
patrons
and
some
are
consortiums
with
a
few
other
larger
libraries
in
the
state
to
another
place
that
we
saw
some
gains
and
I
was
really
happy
about,
is
14.2%
increase
in
the
total
amount
of
audio,
that's
audiobooks
in
audiobooks
specifically,
and
we
do
have
a
number
of
people
who
commute
in
audiobooks
are
their
way
of
life.
If
you
so
we
do
have
even
in
our
our
print
collections.
If
you
will
our
physical
collections,
our
audio
books
are
up
as
well,
so.
E
E
How
many
hours
we
were
open.
I
mentioned
that
we're
about
the
same,
a
place
that
we
need,
improvement
and
I.
Think
as
I
mentioned,
there
was
some
negative
consequences
to
being
short-staffed
for
a
number
of
months.
Is
we
had
fewer
programs
and
fewer
people
attending
programs
and
that
those
fewer
people
attending
programs
also
led
to
a
decrease
in
visitors
to
the
library?
So
our
total
visits
left
for
2017
was
115,000
and
in.
E
2016,
it
was
123
thousand
now
I
think
that's
a
substantial
gap.
I
think
it's
more
than
just
the
the
staff
changes
but
I
think
a
lot
of
that
is
due
to
online
usage
of
those
ebooks
of
the
EOD
books
and
our
other
resources
as
well.
So,
even
though
there
are
a
few
fewer
visitors
coming
into
the
library,
we're
still
having
good
usage
and
we
will
be
going
into
the
strategic
planning
process
soon-
and
that
is
one
of
my
big
goals-
is
to
increase
visitor
traffic
to
the
library,
but
we're
working
on
that.
E
Being
the
last
peak,
if
you
will
was
in
2011
and
we've
had
kind
of
a
decline
throughout
those
years
and
I
think
again,
that's
we
had
an
increase
in
online
usage
and
a
lot
of
people
really
like
our
ebooks.
One
of
the
best
things
about
them
is
that
you
don't
have
to
worry
about
returning
them
on
time,
and
you
don't
have
to
worry
about
fine,
so
Mike.
Those
might
be
perfect
for
you.
A
A
E
And
I
and
I
look
at
that
as
a
positive.
You
know,
and
we
mean
we
already.
We
have
our
funding
in
place
and
we
do
get
a
decent
amount
of
collect
a
decent
amount
of
fines
per
year.
So
if
we
can
save
our
patrons,
some
vines
I
think
everyone's
happy
with
that
overall,
so
did
I
answer
your
question
see
if
my
brain
can
get
back
on
track
now
we're
talking
about
fewer
visitors
to
the
library.
That's
it.
E
We
do
have
a
let's
see
small
decrease
in
the
number
of
users,
but
it's
actually
within
a
couple
hundred.
So
that's
not
too
bad.
That
will
be
another
of
my
goals,
for
our
in
our
strategic
plan
is
to
increase
the
number
of
library
users,
especially
per
capita,
but
there's
some
data
about
per
capita
users
at
the
end
of
the
report
that
we'll
get
to
all
right
so
next
is
about
the
circulation
of
our
physical
materials.
E
E
E
E
Six,
seventy
eight
and
in
the
previous
year
we
had
96
thousand
four
hundred
and
sixty-one
so
about
twelve
percent
decrease
and
one
of
the
positions
that
was
open
for
a
while
was
my
previous
position,
the
children's
librarian.
So
we're
going
to
focus
on
our
programs
and
pulling
people
into
the
library
and
getting
them
accessing
all
those
fantastic
children's
books.
E
So
then,
our
total
collection
use
between
physical
and
electronic
items
is
250
thousand
six
hundred
and
fourteen,
and
that's
about
what
we
had
estimated
mid-year
for
the
in
the
budget
workbook,
and
that
is
down
by
a
very
small
percentage,
it's
down
from
two
hundred
and
fifty
two
thousand
four
hundred
eight,
so
that's
0.3
percent
0.7,
three
percent,
sorry
down
and
in
a
transitional
year,
I'm.
Okay,
with
that
next
year,
when
I
present,
this
I
hope
those
numbers
will
be
different
and
we'll
have
some
positive
numbers
there.
E
Okay.
So
this
is
almost
the
last
bit
of
the
report
here
and
I
mentioned
again
with
the
staff
and
changes
in
the
transition.
This
is
an
area
that
we
want
to
improve
upon
and
that's
how
many
programs
were
offering
at
the
library
and
how
many
people
are
attending
those
programs
and,
in
addition
to
programs
that
we
offer
at
the
library
we
do
a
really
large
amount
of
outreach
to
area
child
care.
Centers
and
things
like
that.
So
all
those
attendance
numbers
were
down
because
of
two
to
three
months.
Without
anyone
in
that
position.
E
E
E
E
F
F
E
Had
a
bit
of
feedback
and
most
of
its
been
positive,
I,
don't
think
a
lot
of
patrons
have
been
affected
in
and
as
a
librarian.
My
concern
is
that
it's
potential
you
know
for
people
to
not
get
the
information
they
need
and
we
haven't
seen
that
happen
so
far.
So
I'm
really
happy
with
that,
and
we
do
have
an
unfiltered
internet
access
station.
E
So
I
would
say
it's
gone
pretty
well
so
far,
and
we
do
because
of
that
software
we
do.
You
do
need
a
library
card
to
sign
into
the
computers.
So,
let's
see
if
we
get
a
few
more
people
signing
up
for
library
cards,
we
also
have
guest
pass
access,
though
so,
if
you
don't
have,
if
you
don't
have
a
library
card,
you
can
still
use
our
computers
and
we
get
a
number
of
people
from
out
of
Coddington
County.
That
would
like
to
use
our
computers.
E
The
next
data
is
about
our
ILS
or
interlibrary
loans,
and
they
split
them
up
into
all
sorts
of
categories,
but
I
I
think
it's
more.
The
total
is
more
relevant
and
the
good
news
is.
We
have
both
received
more
interlibrary
loans
and
loaned
more
interlibrary
loans
to
libraries.
We've
received
9.3%
more
and
we've
loaned
out
5.4%
more.
E
E
E
So
we
will.
We
are
currently
accredited
at
the
state
level
of
exemplary,
which
is
the
highest
level
of
accreditation
and
we'll
be
putting
our
application
together
to
receive
that
accreditation
again
for
the
next
three
years:
2019,
2020
and
2021,
and
at
this
point
I
I
believe
we
should
make
that
exemplary
accreditation
again
without
a
problem.
E
This
next
area
is
about
our
special
services
and
special
services
was
one
of
the
positions
that
we
had.
That
was
open
for
a
while
and
I
really
was
very
I,
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we,
those
patrons,
did
not
lose
access
to
their
books.
So
what?
While
we
were
short
on
staff,
I
delivered
the
books
and
then
another
of
our
staff,
members
helped
choose
them
and
we
actually
had
an
increase
of
6.3%
books
that
we
have
given
out
to
our
special
services
patrons
and
the
year.
E
So
I
was
really
happy
to
see
final
data
on
that
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
kept
serving
those
patrons
and
we
did
and
then
we
have
our
new
special
services
librarian
in
place,
Lisa
solemn
and
she
is
really
passionate
and
dedicated
to
her
patrons
and
her
job
and
I
think
she's
been
doing
a
really
great
job.
There.
I
will.
E
It
doesn't
have
to
be
permanent
either.
Perhaps
you
may
have
a
hip
replacement
or
something
like
that
and
you're
recovering
in
a
nursing
home
or
an
assisted
living.
We
can
help
help
you
get
your
books
then
as
well.
So
Lisa
Solem
is
the
librarian
to
contact
for
that
and,
like
I,
said
I
think
she's
doing
a
great
job.
I
was
delivering
to
people
for
a
few
months
and
then,
when
I
introduced
Lisa
to
them,
she
just
took
to
them
all
right
away.
She's
done
doing
a
great
job.
E
Okay,
so
this
next
little,
but
these
are
their
supplemental
questions
most
of
these
services.
We
provide
one-on-one
in
terms
of
Technology
and
Workforce
Development
and
social
services.
So
when
patrons
approach
the
debt
desk
and
have
a
specific
inquiry
where
you
can
help
them
that
way,
but
we
also
have
computer
classes,
internet
classes,
you
think,
and
things
of
that
nature
sometimes
we've
had
some
social
media
classes
as
well.
E
These
are
just
questions
from
them.
If
they
would
like
a
visit,
we
would
like
a
visit
and
then
the
last
bit
of
data
here
are
those
ratios
and
percentage
as
I
was
mentioning
before
so
our
local
revenue,
the
ratios
of
how
many
people
attend
programs,
children's
teens
and
adults
and
our
registered
boroughs
per
capita
right
now.
It's
0.4%
so
I'd
like
to
see
that
little
tip
uptick
of
that,
but
the
visitors
per
capita
are
pretty
nice
by
pointing
and
then.
H
H
C
D
E
You
know
and
they're
not
much
larger
than
us,
but
they
do
have
the
largest
university
in
the
state.
So
there
are
some
things
like
that
that
might
change
usage
and
things,
but
I'm
happy
to
provide
you
all
with
that
information
when
I
get
it
about
what
other
libraries
around
the
state
are
doing,
because
I
think
it's
a
good
benchmark
to
make
sure
that
we're
offering
the
same
things
to
our
community.
As
other
libraries
are.
D
E
E
E
But
they
are
like
any
other
library,
that's
connected
to
the
interlibrary
loan
system.
They
can
request
their
patrons,
can
request
interlibrary
loans
through
us
and
I
think
occasionally,
we've
done
a
little
bit
of
borrowing
if
there's
yeah,
there's
a
staff
member
of
the
bookmobile
who
sometimes
comes
grabs
things
for
our
patrons
most
of
it
I
think,
is
to
rile
Oh.
H
Good
afternoon,
with
the
exception
of
the
finances
that
I
am
going
to
let
Kristen
handle,
because
she
knows
I'm
much
more
vividly.
So
if
you
want
to
start
with
that,
Kristen
that
all.
B
Sounds
good!
Thank
you.
Not
much
change,
I!
Guess
the
biggest
things
to
probably
point
out
for
2017,
with
the
urban
renewal
fund
at
the
bottom
of
the
income
statement,
you'll
see
that
they
twenty
two
thousand
nine
hundred
fifty
three
was
taken
from
the
fund
balance.
A
lot
of
that
is
the
fact
that
we're
no
longer
doing
the
assessment.
So
there's
not
a
lot
of
revenue
coming
in.
So
what
they're
kind
of
going
off
of
right
now
is
their
cash
on
hand.
B
Probably
the
other
thing
to
note
eight
is
you
can
see
between
17
and
16,
the
revolving
loans
on
the
balance
sheet
went
up.
They
did
I
think
around
thirty
thirty
seven
thousand
of
new
loans,
so
they're
restricted
cash
at
the
bottom
looks
a
little
lower
than
the
previous
year,
but
that
simply
because
they
put
more
loans
out
to
to
people.
So
if
there's
any
other
question,
the
financials
I
can
otherwise
I'll.
Let
Vanessa
talk
about
the
activities.
H
H
B
B
H
Just
a
couple
of
highlights,
we
do
have
a
primarily
brand
new
board,
only
one
returning
member,
so
we're
all
kind
of
treading
water,
but
learning
as
we
go,
the
biggest
thing,
as
you
all
know,
was
in
August.
We
had
recommended
doing
a
tax
assessment
that
was
actually
a
previous
recommendation
from
the
prior
board
as
well
being
voted
down.
We
were
slim
pickins,
fun,
cash
and
I.
Don't
necessarily
see
that
changing
we
are
evaluating
other
funding
sources
and
grants
that
could
be
applicable.
H
The
biggest
part
to
apply
for
one
of
those
grants
is,
we
need
to
have
a
steadfast
plan
and
a
capital
improvement
plan
which
we
are
working
on.
H2O
20
gave
us
the
remainder
of
their
dollars,
so
I
think
it
was
$3500
and
we
have
hired
confluence
and
they
are
coming
up
with
the
streetscaping
plan
to
morph
the
Charette
and
to
basement
basically
itemize
tasks
that
we
can
try
to
accomplish.
So
we
have
50
lawyers,
you
know.
H
Maybe
we
do
some
improvements
to
the
lighting
or
we
have
$100,000,
and
you
know,
let's
really
take
a
look
at
a
couple
of
curb
popouts,
so
we're
really
excited
for
the
streetscaping.
The
overwhelming
consensus,
I
guess
with
the
tax
assessment
from
the
people
within
the
urban
renewal
agency
or
area,
was
the
they
wanted
to
see
a
definite
plan.
The
nice
thing
is,
we
will
have
a
plan
and
it
will
be
visualized
to
confluences
very
good
at
their
their
renderings,
so
it's
people
should
have
some
buy-in
which
we
enjoy.
H
The
other
thing
that
I
just
want
to
note
would
be
on
the
flowers
we
did
get
money
from
some
of
the
park
budget
to
help
with
the
flowers
downtown
I
believe
that
was
twenty
five
hundred
dollars,
and
in
years
past
we've
been
paying
fourteen
thousand
dollars
so
we're
trying
to
get
it
to
stretch
as
much
as
possible.
We
did
do
apply
for
a
grant
with
the
Community
Foundation
and
they
gave
us
a
matching
twenty
five
hundred
dollar
grant.
So
we
have
five
thousand
dollars
for
downtown
flowers.
Any
way
you
look
at
it.
H
The
flower
footprint
is
going
to
be
smaller,
so
now
we're
kind
of
doing
a
grassroots
effort
to
try
to
get
buy-in
from
local
businesses
and
and
try
to
get
them
to
embrace
the
fact
that
flowers
are
gonna,
be
slim,
but
please
still
decorate
your
storefronts
and
continue
on
that
way.
And
the
other
major
item
of
note
is:
we
are
changing
our
meeting
time
and
location
once
again
kind
of
grassroots
effort
to
try
to
get
out
in
the
community
and
be
a
part
of
the
urban
renewal
area.
H
G
Well,
do
you
believe
that,
once
you
have
the
the
plan
that
there
you
know
you're
working
on
making
and
having
the
confluences
plan
and
those
kind
of
things,
do
you
feel
that
once
you
have
that
in
hand
and
can
show
a
tangible,
real
progress
type
of
thing?
Do
you
feel
that
the
business
owners
in
the
district
would
be
more
accepting
of
a
increase
in
that
to
our
return
of
that
tax?
That.
H
G
In
the
past,
part
of
the
reason
that
the
tax
was
a
bate
held
in
abeyance
was
that
people
really
didn't
feel
like
they
were
seeing
anything
for
their
money.
You
know
so
it
it
is
something
that
wasn't.
Okay,
I
have
to
know
how
to
word
this.
The
tax
wasn't
like
permanently
killed.
You
know
it
is
an
abeyance,
so
it
is
something
that
even
the
council
could
choose
to
bring
back
exec.
Would
that
be
correct?
Sir?
Yes,
so
it
so
it's
something
that
if
you
have
you
know,
let's
work
together
on
that.
A
C
Gonna
ask
a
question:
first,
you
know.
Cuz
I
do
know
that
going
to
Beth's
question
I,
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
heard
loud
and
clear
was
we're
not
against
the
tax
as
long
as
we
know
that
it's
it's
going
for
something
specific
in
something
that
will
benefit
their
operations,
but
I
think
the
other
thing
that
we
heard
was
some
of
these
businesses
that
are
maybe
on
the
fringes
of
our
current
urban
renewal.
District
defined
area
feel
left
out
and
haven't
seen
some
of
those
examples
when
they
were
here
it.
C
It
seems
like
that,
certainly
could
be
the
case
you
know,
and
so
has
there
has
there
been
any
thought
of
redefining
the
urban
renewal
district
or
is
that
is
it
set?
It
is
what
it
is.
I
think
some
consideration
needs
to
take
place
there
for
those
people.
That,
without
question,
are
out
on
the
fringes
we.
A
H
We
have
talked
about
it
as
a
board
and
technically,
if
you
look
at
the
definition
of
an
urban
renewal
area,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
just
downtown.
You
could
designate
another
section
of
town
as
well,
and
I
mean
our
board
would
oversee
all
of
it.
I
did
talk
to
Todd
Kay's
about
it
and
just
had
asked
if
it
was
set
in
stone
or
if
it
could
be
reevaluated,
and
it
could
I
understand
the
concern
from
the
fringes,
because
you
know
I
look
at
Broadway
and
camp
and
even
our
streetscaping
it
is
granted.
A
B
B
So
if
you
flip
kind
of
to
the
bottom
of
that,
the
big
thing
to
note
is
in
the
general
fund
and
the
capital
improvement
fund,
we
added
to
our
fund
balance,
which
is
something
we
always
like
to
see
versus
take
away
from
it.
In
2016
the
general
fund.
We
we
used
about
600,
ten
thousand,
a
fund
balance
and
for
the
capital
improvement
we
used
about
1.7
million,
so
these
are
good
things
to
see
that
we're
kind
of
putting
back
to
our
fund
balance,
which
is
what
we
want.
B
The
other
section
of
this
is
our
governmental,
long-term
debt.
That's
going
to
be
where
our
sales
tax
revenue
bonds
and
our
srf
loans
are
as
well
as
the
geo
bond,
so
we're
at
about.
Thirty.
Eight
point
three
million
in
debt
as
far
as
for
those,
then,
if
you
flip
to
the
next
part,
it
goes
over
our
proprietary
funds.
Those
are
the
enterprise
funds,
everything
right
there
looks
pretty
much
about
the
same
everything's
looking
good
and
then
the
long-term
debt
below
they're,
also
under
this
to
our
fund
and
then
also
the
water
fund.
B
Those
are
the
srf
loans
that
those
have
out.
Then
the
last
part
of
this
report
breaks
down
where
our
cash
is,
and
Great
Western,
of
course
holds
the
most
because
they
have
our
pooled
fund.
The
remaining
balances
are
the
banks
that
have
been
on
our
CDs,
so
there's
where
those
funds
are
held.
As
I
said,
this
is
a
very
preliminary
report
has
not
been
audited.
This
is
just
kind
of
what
17
is
looking
like.
The
audit
will
begin
here
in
April,
and
then
we
will
have
the
final
kafir
in
June.
A
F
B
So
the
Capital
Improvement
Fund
is
our
second
penny.
Sales
tax
that
we
take
in
the
capital
projects
fund
was
the
fund
that
we
established
when
we
did
our
bonding
for
the
three
different
projects.
So
when
we
decided
to
do
those
three
projects,
we
established
a
fund
it
took
in
all
of
the
bond
revenue
and
that's
where
all
the
expenses
have
also
come
out
of
for
those
projects.
So
that's
the
difference
between
those
two
funds.
B
I
With
the
city,
having
made
some
bold
moves
with
the
Wellness
Center,
the
softball
fields,
a
potential,
you
know
to
ice
rink
facility
and
some
other
things.
The
question
that
comes
up
a
lot
is:
do
you
guys
have
spent
a
lot
of
money
and
I'm
not
sure
if
I'm
comfortable
with
worth,
if
city's
going
and
I,
we
try
to
reassure
them
that
that
was
pretty
well
thought
out,
but
I
think
that's
a
drum.
We
have
to
be
continually
so.
Would
you
just
maybe
give
some
high-level
comments
with
those
thoughts
in
mind?
Yes,.
B
Like
I
said,
if
you
look
at
the
long-term
debt,
we
have
30
2.7
in
our
sales
tax
revenue,
bonds,
3.3
as
NRS
Aref
loans,
and
then
2.3
is
the
Geo
bonds.
If
we
just
focused
on
our
Capital
Improvement
Fund
under
the
expenditures,
you'll
see
the
debt
service
and
the
debt
service
is
what
is
paying
for
all
those
loans.
So,
under
the
capital
improvement
fund
for
2017
between
our
principal
and
interest,
we
spent
around
3.1
million.
B
So
that's
what
we're
paying
each
year
for
our
debt
to
hold
I
think
what
we
need
to
be
aware
of
as
a
city
is
our
debt.
It's
we
definitely
added
a
lot.
It
was
30
million.
You
know,
with
these
last
sales,
tax
revenue,
bonds,
I
think
we're
sitting.
Ok,
the
thing
that
we
always
need
to
be
careful
of,
because
our
Capital
Improvement
Fund,
is
the
fun
that
covers
our
street
improvements
and
the
other
projects
that
are
needed
throughout
the
year.
B
B
Close,
yes,
I
did
look
that
up
in
2023,
okay,
that
one
will
be
done
and.
B
B
C
And
so
when
that,
when
we're
done
with
that,
where's
that
going
to
show
up
then
on
our
those
dollars
that
we
would
normally
have
spent,
are
gonna
show
up
somewhere
and
get
used.
Correct
you'll
show
a
reduction
in
our
payments,
which
is
gonna,
show
available
dollars.
Now
they
might
be
already
allocated
to
something,
but.
B
Where
do
they,
and
that
was
the
bond
fund,
so
that
was
kind
of
you
won't
see?
There
won't
be
really
any
more
revenue
coming
in
in
the
general
fund
or
the
capital,
because
that
was
actually
a
bond
fund.
It's
kind
of
like
how
the
capital
project
fund
is
once
our
projects
are
all
done.
That
fund
will
eventually
go
away
and
that's
how
the
Geo
bond
one
was
set
up.
So
what
you'll
really
see
is,
in
the
other
governmental,
just
lower
expenditures.
The
other
governmental
also
holds
the
TIF
funds.
So
you
got
a
it's.
F
I
would
just
like
that,
come
and
I
was
thrilled
to
see
the
the
increase
in
the
fund
balance,
particularly
the
general
fund
I
mean
that
that's
always
been
a
concern.
That's
what
we
in
effect
drives
our
economy
or
our
finances
here
in
City
Hall
to
see
that
go
up
and
as
well
as
capital
improvement
and
then
also
look
at
the
strong
there's.
A
strong
fund
balance,
especially
unassigned
in
the
general
fund.
I
did
I
just
feel
good
about
where
we
are
financially.
F
I
B
A
F
A
Snow
removal
was
challenging
with
this
most
recent
event,
because
not
only
was
it,
a
lot
of
snow
was
very
sticky,
wet
heavy
snow
and
I
think
that
the
street
Department
has
done
a
really
fantastic
job
and
getting
things
cleaned
up
as
quickly
as
they
have.
But
it's
a
it's
a
big
job
and
they're
not
going
to
finish
with
that
right
away.
I
I
think
I'll
just
take
this
opportunity
to
clarify
no
there's
some
misconceptions
about
snow
removal
and
how
we
do
it
and
why
we
didn't
get
the
downtown
snow
removal
started
before
last
night.
A
While
you
were
sleeping
the
snow
ended
yesterday,
and
so
we
jumped
right
on
it.
That's
that's
our
protocol
as
soon
as
the
snow
event
stops,
then
right
away
we'll
get
at
that
downtown.
So
we
did
address
that
immediately.
We
don't
generally
remove
the
snow
more
than
once
during
an
event
for
any
of
the
areas,
except
for
the
emergency
routes.
We
keep
emergency
routes
clear
of
snow
all
the
time
during
events
and
whenever
we've
accumulated
more
than
two
inches
for
sure,
but
a
lot
of
times
even
before
so
snow
routes
are
our
highest
priority.
A
People
saw
snow
being
removed
on
the
snow
routes,
but
not
downtown.
That's
our
standard
procedure
as
soon
as
the
event
stops,
then
we'll
address
the
Avenue
streets
and
downtown,
and
the
downtown
gets
immediate
attention
once
the
storm
is
over
and
then
the
downtown
is
the
only
area
where
residents
are
allowed
to
push
their
snow
into
the
street.
They
are
asked
to
do
that.
They
try
to
get
that
done
before
the
street
department
comes
and
collects
the
snow
most
places
in
town.
A
That's
not
okay,
to
push
your
snow
off
your
sidewalk
or
driveway
into
the
gutter,
but
downtown
that
that's
acceptable
and
then
in
the
areas
where
we
have
pushed
the
snow
to
the
side
of
the
road
causing
it
to
go
on
top
of
a
sidewalk,
the
street
department
will
remove
that.
Normally
it's
the
adjacent
property
owners
responsibility
to
remove
the
snow
that
accumulates
on
the
sidewalks
in
town
adjacent
to
your
property.
However,
if
the
street
department
pushes
snow
from
the
road
onto
your
sidewalk,
they
come
back
and
remove
that.
So
hopefully
that
answers
some
questions.
Mehran.
C
C
A
If
the
snow
from
the
street
gets
pushed
by
the
street
department
onto
the
sidewalk,
where
you're
responsible
for
removing
the
snow,
the
street
department
is
going
to
come
back
and
pick
that
up,
and
that
happens
on
the
highways,
particularly
that
because
there's
so
much
snow
and
the
boulevards
are
narrow
on
19th
Street.
It
happens
in
some,
sometimes
not
all
the
time,
because
there
is
Boulevard
there,
but
it's
narrow,
and
if
they
come
back,
if
they've
even
just
pushed
it
a
you
know
a
little
bit.
A
J
Mayor
I
do
get
questions
quite
a
few
questions
about
snow
gates
and
and
this
private
forum
just
to
re-emphasize
how
those
things
work
and
what
their
limitations
are.
If,
if
we
know
exactly
what
that
is,
my
understanding
was
that
with
wet
heavy
snow
they're,
not
very
effective,
it
sticks
to
them
and
they
and
they
just
don't
work
very
well.
The.
J
A
D
A
J
J
A
A
J
J
A
G
If
anybody
would
ever
listen
to
emergency
radio
or
something
like
that,
they
would
find
that
the
plows
are
sometimes
pulled
away
from
their
area
in
order
to
create
access
in
an
emergency
situation
for
on
ambulance,
they'll,
go
in
front
of
an
ambulance
and
push
out,
and
then
they
have
to
go
back
to
where
they
were
so
I.
Think
if
people
understood
the
challenges
that
they
have,
maybe
they
would
give
a
little
bit
more
patience
but
they're.
G
A
And
and
another
thing:
if
the
contractor
for
a
particular
area
fails
to
get
the
job
done
and
the
street
department
gets
their
part
done,
they
do
go
and
finish
up
in
those
remote
areas.
So
anything
else
see
nothing.
I
will
ask
for
a
motion
and
second,
to
adjourn
move
by.
Why,
second,
by
Danforth
any
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
I,
was
a
post
same
sign.
We
are
adjourned.