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METRO TV 30S.ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. COME TO ORDER.
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THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND THE COUNCIL RULE FIVE A. I WILL ASK FOR FORGIVENESS AHEAD OF TIME. I FORGOT THE AGENDA AND MY READING GLASSES IN MY OFFICE, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO WING IT. THERE WAS AN ITEM FROM FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT WILL BE HELD. IS THAT RIGHT? YEP. SO THE ONLY TOPIC WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS A PRESENTATION FROM SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE WITH US IN CHAMBERS TODAY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. PETE FLOOD.I WAS TRYING TO THINK SHANNON LOGAN AND PETE FLOOD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. OH, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, THE ORIGINAL TOPIC TODAY WAS GOING TO BE SNOW REMOVAL. WE CHANGE OF AGENDA. I SET THAT OUT IN AN EMAIL, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT AND YOU'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR ABOUT SNOW REMOVAL TODAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY. BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY. BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR ABOUT SNOW REMOVAL. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOLID WASTE TODAY. SO WITH THAT APOLOGY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN HUDSON AND COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF SWIMS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. SHANNON AND I ARE GOING TO BOTH PRESENT ON THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S BEEN A BIT BUSY LATELY FOR OTHER REASONS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF JUMP BACK AND FORTH. SO IT MIGHT NOT BE PERFECT. BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND. SO I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THIS IS PUBLIC WORKS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. IT IS A VERY DIVERSE UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS THAT HANDLES A LOT OF STUFF THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE US AS JUST BEING THE PEOPLE THAT PICK UP THE TRASH IN THE URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT, WHEN IN FACT WE ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTY. SO I CREATED THIS SLIDE HERE TO KIND OF INDICATE WHERE WE ARE COUNTYWIDE VERSUS JUST IN THE URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT. AND IN GREEN WOULD BE THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH I'LL HAVE ONE SLIDE ON. SO WASTE COLLECTION WILL BE YOUR CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF YARD WASTE RECYCLING. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT LIKE THIS. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS, AND WE. I MISS, LIKE, WHEN FROM THE BEGINNING, THE SOUND WAS NOT ON AND THE SOUND JUST CAME ON. SO CAN YOU PLEASE START FROM THE BEGINNING, PLEASE? INCLUDING COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S INTRODUCTION OF. MEETING. THANK YOU.
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[1. ID 25-0089 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES – Jennifer Kern, Public Works]
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APP OR 3311. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MAKE AN APPOINTMENT SO THE APPOINTMENTS CAN BE WEEKLY, JUST WITH AN APPOINTMENT. WE HAD LAST YEAR WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 24,000 APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HANDLED. THESE REQUESTS ARE HANDLED ON AVERAGE WITH LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS. WE'VE NEVER HAD A BACKLOG. OUR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SCORE IS 4.5. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM. IT'S BEEN 35 YEARS THAT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE. SO WE HAVE SOME GOALS. NUMBER ONE IS TO IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF THE PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO DO THAT. AND ALSO TO IMPROVE SERVICES TO MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES WHERE THAT 0.5% OF OFF OF FIVE, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF THAT COMES FROM WHERE YOU'RE IN A COMPLEX WHERE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHERE LETTING IT OUT. SO TRYING TO USE A LITTLE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THAT AS WELL. SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD PROGRAM AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK HARD TO MAKE IT BETTER. EARLY ACTION IS WOULD BE THE TEAM THAT'S TASKED TO CLEAR ALLEYWAYS, CUTBACKS TO IMPROVE LIGHTING AND SAFETY, AND LITTER IN OUR ALLEYS. THIS ALSO IS IN LINE WITH THE CRIME PLAN INITIATIVE THAT THE CHIEF HAS PRESENTED WITH US WITH. SO WE DO IT ON A COMPLAINT BASIS AND IT'S A PRETTY GOOD TEAM. IT'S A SMALL TEAM, BUT THEY GET A LOT DONE RIGHT? IT'S SEVEN MEMBERS OVER 200 MILES, SO THEY DO PRETTY GOOD JOB. AND IT'S JUST TO IMPROVE THE ESTHETICS OF THE ALLEYS AND HELP REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE SAFETY. SO STREET SWEEPING THIS IS ACTUALLY A COUNTYWIDE THING THAT WE DO. WE JUST DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. FIRST IN THE URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT THREE TIMES PER YEAR. INCLUDES BIKE LANES. LAST YEAR WE DID ABOUT 2600 MILES OF ROADWAY REMOVED OVER 74 748,000 POUNDS OF LITTER, WHICH IS ONLY 25% OF WHAT WE COLLECTED. WE DO THIS. WE CAN'T[00:15:06]
DO IT AT AN ANNOUNCEMENT SCHEDULE, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK THAT. WE DO STREET SIGN THE STREETS THE DAY BEFORE, AND WE ASK PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS. WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THAT SIGN UP FOR THOSE ALERTS. SO ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET FROM YOU GUYS IN TRYING TO GET THAT WORD OUT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO WE ALSO DO SUBURBAN STREET SWEEPING THREE TIMES PER YEAR, PLUS ALL BIKE LANES INSIDE AND OUT. NINE TIMES A YEAR. SO THIS IS A CONTRACTED SERVICES. BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SUBURBAN AND THE URBAN IS MOST OF THE SUBURBAN ROADS ARE DO NOT HAVE ON STREET PARKING. ON STREET PARKING IS A CHALLENGE. WHICH REQUIRES A LOT MORE OF THE NOTIFICATIONS. AND THEY TEND TO BE A LOT DIRTIER BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC DOESN'T MOVE THE DEBRIS. SO THE SIGN UP AND ALERTS AREN'T NEEDED THERE. THE ROADWAYS ARE ARE LESS IMPACTED. AND YOU KNOW AGAIN THEY CLEANED ABOUT 2600 MILES 10,000 POUNDS OF LITTER. SO WE HAVE SOME GOALS TO MAKE IT BETTER. OBVIOUSLY NOTIFICATIONS WHERE WE CAN. BUT ALSO WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR FOCUS ON HEAVILY ARTERIALS IN THAT SUBURBAN AREA.THE DIXIE HIGHWAYS THE PRESTON HIGHWAYS, ALL THE ONES THAT THE MAJOR ONES THAT LEAD OUT. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THOSE GUTTERS A LITTLE BETTER. I'LL DO THIS ONE TOO. THESE ARE DROP OFF SITES. WE OPERATE THESE BOTH FUNDED BY THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND FUNDED BY THE SUBURBAN, BY THE URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE SOME SELF SERVICE DROP OFF SITES. THERE'S 13. THEY'RE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE USD THAT USES THE FRONT LOAD DUMPSTER. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAD WITH THAT WAS WE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THEM. SO SWITCHING TO THIS FRONT LOAD DUMPSTER THROUGH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO DO POP UP DROP OFFS WAS A BIG PLUS FOR US. SO IT DID REDUCE ILLEGAL DUMPING. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INCONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO DROP OFF, BUT IT BUT IT HAS WORKED. ASSISTED SERVICE RECYCLING CENTERS ARE FUNDED BY THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ACCEPT SOURCE SEPARATED RECYCLING BUT ALSO USED MOTOR OIL, ANTIFREEZE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, WHICH IS A BIG ONE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. IT'S ONE OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE ONES TO DO. WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE SITES THAT'S OUT CLOSE TO THE LANDFILL ON GRADE LANE, BUT IT WILL TAKE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF A HOUSEHOLD. IT IS ONLY FOR RESIDENTIAL GENERALD WASTE. ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM A BUSINESS, NON PROFIT FROM A DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WHEREVER IT IS A REGULATED WASTE AND WE CANNOT ACCEPT IT. PLUS WE HAVE THE ELECTRONICS DROP OFF AT THE WRC WHICH IS FUNDED BY SWIMS. CLEAN COLLABORATIVE IS OUR LITTER ABATEMENT PROGRAM. THESE CREWS CLEANED OVER 3000 MILES, REMOVING OVER 16,000 BAGS OF LITTER. ALONG THIS IS ALSO ALONG THE ROADWAYS. THIS IS A USD AND COUNTYWIDE INITIATIVE. THE MISSION OF COURSE, IS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITIES CLEANING CLEANLINESS. RIGHT. AND IT'S ONE OF THE SECOND MOST FRONT FACING THING THAT WE DO. WE PARTNERSHIP WITH BRYCE OUT IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE, DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP AS WELL TO HELP KEEP THINGS AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE. SOLID WASTE ENFORCEMENT. THIS ONE IS ONE THAT I COME FROM, SO I KNOW IT PRETTY WELL. COUNTY WIDE COVERAGE. WE GO EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE SIX ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ALTHOUGH WE'VE NOT HAD A FULL STAFF YET. HOPEFULLY SOON. THEY DO ABOUT 6500 INSPECTIONS PER YEAR. SO YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BIT OF MATH THERE AND REALIZE THAT THEY'RE PRETTY BUSY. WE ENFORCE CHAPTER 51, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE SET OUT OF WASTE. PEOPLE DOING IT WRONG OR AT THE WRONG TIME. ILLEGAL DUMPING. WE DO STREET SWEEPING, PARKING VIOLATIONS AND NEW IS GOING TO BE UNCOVERED. LOAD ENFORCEMENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY GET STUFF FLYING OUT THE BACK OF THEIR VEHICLE. THE DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPOUND. WE GET ASSISTANCE FROM LMPD TO DO THAT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THERE IS TO IMPROVE THE INCREASE BY INCREASING FINES ON PERSONS CAUGHT ILLEGAL DUMPING MULTIPLE TIMES. YES, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE CAUGHT UP TO FOUR TIMES. THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WHEN WE COME AND GET THEIR CAR.
THE FOURTH TIME. SO THE OTHER PART IS FOCUSING ON CIVIL SITING OF VEHICLES WITH UNSECURED LOADS. WE'VE JUST STARTED TO DO THAT HOPEFULLY. WHAT WE WHAT WE FEEL LIKE THAT WE'RE SEEING
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RIGHT NOW IS A LOT MORE LOADS GOING DOWN THE ROAD WITH SECURED LOADS. SO I THINK THAT THE NEWS IS ALREADY STARTING TO GET OUT. TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. WE MAINTAIN A LOT OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN IT COMES TO ILLEGAL DUMPING, BECAUSE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CAMERAS OUT THERE, THEY CAN GET CAUGHT. IS IMPORTANT. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST LIKED THINGS THAT WE DO SOCIAL MEDIA WISE. PEOPLE COMMENT ON IT PRO OR AGAINST. THEY'RE COMMENTING ON IT, WHICH IT'S A CONVERSATION, WHICH MEANS ILLEGAL DUMPING IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT PEOPLE KNOW IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD THING TO DO. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON THE RIGHT. THAT IS A EXCERPT FROM OUR WEBSITE. WE MAINTAIN VEHICLES THAT WERE BOTH LOOKING FOR AND SOME VEHICLES THAT WE'VE IMPOUNDED, AND IT'S ALSO A PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO. THEY CAN MAKE AN ANONYMOUS REPORT. THEY CAN UPLOAD THEIR HOME IMAGES OR VIDEOS TO US. THEY CAN MAKE A STATEMENT AND WE CAN SITE BASED UPON THEIR IMAGES AND PICTURES. SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT YOU GUYS HELP US SHARE THAT MESSAGE. SO THAT NUMBER ONE, PEOPLE ARE HEARING IT, BUT ALSO WHERE THEY CAN GO TO ADDRESS IT. WASTE REDUCTION CENTER IS OUR TRANSFER STATION AT MERIWETHER. RESIDENTS CAN DROP OFF FOR LARGER ITEMS. FOUR TIRES, ELECTRONICS PER DAY. WE ALSO ACCEPT APPLIANCES THAT DO NOT CONTAIN FREON. AS OF TODAY, WE NO LONGER ACCEPT CASH. IS IT A CARD ONLY OPERATION AND OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK? POP UP DROP OFFS. THESE ARE EXTREMELY POPULAR EVENTS. IF. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF THEM, PAY ATTENTION. I THINK THAT THERE'S ONE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING WEEK, I BELIEVE. ANYWAY. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. THESE EVENTS STARTED OFF AS JUST DISPOSAL EVENTS IN ONE PART OF THE COUNTY. WE WANTED TO TRANSFORM THEM. IT WAS A GOAL OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. AND WHEN I SAY WE SWITCHED TO DIFFERENT DUMPSTERS FOR THE UNSTAFFED RECYCLING CENTERS, THIS IS KIND OF ONE OF THE TRADE OFFS. SO THESE ARE THESE ARE POPULAR. WE THINK WE I DON'T HAVE THE, ALL THE, THE STATISTICS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 8000 PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED. PEOPLE CAN DROP OFF LARGE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, ELECTRONIC SCRAP METAL, BUNDLED YARD WASTE, UP TO FOUR TIRES, HOUSEHOLD RECYCLABLES, PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. GENTLY USED SHOES THAT GO TO WATER STEP AND DOCUMENTS FOR SHREDDING. WE STARTED OFF THIS WITH A PRETTY MUCH A 0% DIVERSION. AND LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 54%. SO 54% OF THE STUFF THAT WE COLLECTED WAS DIVERTED FROM THE LANDFILL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GOALS THAT WE HAVE. SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. HELP US PROMOTE IT. WE'D BE I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS COME OUT AND SEE IT. TECHNOLOGY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WILL BE ONGOING INITIATIVES. HISTORICALLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TECHNOLOGY IN OUR OPERATIONS. WE STARTED WITH RUBICON, WHICH IS NOW WHERE, AND IT HELPS WITH SERVICE VALIDATION. IT ALSO IMPROVES THE SKILL SET OF OUR YOUNGER DRIVERS BECAUSE IT HAS A TURN BY TURN NAVIGATION. THIS IS STILL IS IT STILL RUBICON? THIS HELPS US. IDENTIFY ISSUES AT THE CURB. OR THERE'S A PICTURE OF A. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A NOD OUT AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A CONTAMINATION. THESE THINGS CAN BE REPORTED TO SUPERVISORS AND AN ENFORCEMENT TEAM. THE NEXT THING WE IMPLEMENTED WAS PATHFINDER SENSORS AT OUR UNSTAFFED RECYCLING CENTERS. IT IT GIVES US FIELD NOTIFICATIONS TO ALLOW US TO SERVICE THESE DUMPSTERS BEFORE THEY ARE OVERFLOWING.YEAH, THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. YEAH. SO THE THESE THAT THAT ALLOWS US TO. WHAT DID I MISS.
IT WAS I JUMPED AHEAD ON YOU. OKAY. AGAIN THAT. YES. THESE SENSORS ARE PATHFINDER. THEY ALLOW THEY SEND US ENOUGH FIELD NOTIFICATIONS. AND IT ALLOWS US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR SERVICE TO GET TO THESE DUMPSTERS BEFORE THEY'RE OVERFLOWING AND CUT BACK ON LITTER ON THE GROUND. AND ILLEGAL DUMPING AT THESE UNSTAFFED CENTERS. YES. WE ALSO USE THIS IN OUR LARGE ITEM APPOINTMENT SYSTEM. WHENEVER THEY GO TO A LOCATION, IT'LL TURN GREEN. IF THERE'S AN ISSUE. IT IT GETS AN ORANGE CIRCLE AROUND IT. THE CREWS TAKE A PICTURE BEFORE AND AFTER. FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SERVICE VALIDATION. THAT'S. AND THE NEXT
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THE NEXT IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE SIMILAR. WE START A PILOT ON APRIL THE 23RD. THIS WILL BE A SAFETY INITIATIVE. IT WILL HELP RECORD. IT'S A DUAL FACING CAMERA RECORDS OUR DRIVERS WHERE THEY'RE OUT ON THE ROUTE. AND IT WILL HELP US IN ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS, AS WELL AS IDENTIFY DISTRACTED DRIVING AND HAS A COACHING AND A COACHING MODULE ATTACHED TO ANY DISTRACTED DRIVING AND NOTICES. THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. WE HAVE A COMPLAINT CREW. THEY DO WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OPERATIONS. THEY ASSIST ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. THIS IS WHEREVER IT'S NEEDED COUNTYWIDE. THEY HANDLE THESE URGENT REQUESTS. THEY ALSO DO THE CBD COLLECTION. ON THE WEEKEND. AND THEY DO COLLECTION OF LITTER BASKETS COUNTYWIDE ON THE HEAVY PEDESTRIAN AREAS. WE DO BULK ROLL OFF OPERATIONS. PROVIDE THESE DUMPSTERS FOR MANY METRO AGENCIES. YOU KNOW, LIKE METRO PARKS. WE DO A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART RIGHT NOW. STORM DEBRIS. WE DO. SO THAT KIND OF FALLS INTO THAT OPERATION SOMEWHAT. CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. SEVEN DAY A WEEK SERVICE. USUALLY THIRD SHIFT, EXCEPT FOR THE WEEKENDS. WHICH IS QUITE A BIT. AND WE ALSO THEY ALSO DO THIS LITTER BASKETS. IN THE CBD AND EXTENDING OUT ON SOME OF THE CORRIDORS. AND THEN AGAIN THE STORM. DISASTER RESPONSE. THE STORM. DEBRIS SITES. DEBRIS MANAGEMENT. WE ASSIST EMA. WE'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 109 BOARD. THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RESIDES IN IN THE SWIM'S BUDGET SYSTEM. IT'S A IT'S A BOARD THAT OVERSEES SOLID WASTE. PLANNING FOR THE COUNTY. IT WAS GIVEN ITS RESPONSIBILITY BY METRO COUNCIL. BACK IN. WELL, FISCAL COURT BACK IN THE EARLY 1990S. AND AGAIN IN 2005 UNDER THE NEW METRO COUNCIL. IT'S ITS MAJOR FUNCTIONS IS NUMBER ONE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING. AND THAT IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH DISPOSAL CAPACITY FOR THE NEXT FIVE, TEN AND 20 YEARS. FOR THE WASTE THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY. ANOTHER THING IS COMMUNITY WIDE EDUCATION. WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND GETTING ALL THAT DIVERSION. I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE RECYCLING SITES, THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, BUT IT ALSO THIS THIS FALLS INTO LICENSING COMPLIANCE, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES AND WASTE HAULERS. THE LANDFILLS, THE RECYCLERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT FALLS UNDERNEATH THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. LITTER. IT ALSO RECEIVES GRANTS FOR LITTER ABATEMENT AND ILLEGAL OPEN DUMPS. WHEN NECESSARY, THAT FUNDING GOES PRIMARILY INTO OUR CLEAN COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM. COUNTYWIDE RECYCLING AND DIVERSION TRACKING. SO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING UNLESS YOU TRACK IT. SO WE TRACK HOW MUCH WEIGHT IS COMING FROM HOW MUCH, HOW WELL CURBSIDE IS DOING AND DIVERTING WASTE. HOW GOOD COMMERCIAL ENTITIES ARE DOING. AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO REDUCING CONTAMINATION IS A BIG THING, WHICH IS THE RECYCLE RIGHT PROGRAM. IT'S CURBSIDE TAGGING. WHICH HAS BEEN VERY GOOD IN REDUCING CONTAMINATION. RUN RECYCLING TOURS. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE A THING CALLED RECYCLE COACH APP. IT'S A GREAT APP THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT. AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE TO TAKE SOMETHING GET RID OF IT. YOU CAN CLICK IN THERE, PUT IT TO THERE, WHAT GOES WHERE. AND IT WILL TELL YOU JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WHERE YOU CAN TAKE IT FOR DISPOSAL OR RECYCLING. AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION. WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. THAT'S FASCINATING. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WRITTEN DOWN, BUT MY COLLEAGUES ARE ALWAYS MUCH SMARTER AND ASK MUCH BETTER QUESTIONS THAN I DO. AND I HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE. COUNCILMAN BRATCHER, CAN I BE PUT IN THE QUEUE? MISTER CHAIR? YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANT[00:30:11]
AND I JO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. AND THIS CLEAN, COLLABORATIVE. THAT IS GOING TO. THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD. I HAD A MEETING WITH NICOLE. NICOLE, DEPUTY MAYOR GEORGE THE OTHER DAY, AND I, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THIS QUESTION. SO THERE'S A THERE'S AN AREA IN FERN CREEK THAT YOU GUYS REALLY CLEANED UP REALLY WELL. AND I JUST APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. IS THAT IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE SOME PLACE YOU'LL HIT LIKE ONCE A MONTH OR SO OR THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS YOU'RE GOING TO COME AFTER EVERY WEEK, TWO WEEKS A MONTH.IS THAT AM I AM I GETTING THAT RIGHT? BOB, DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT OR DEPUTY MAYOR GEORGE. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? OKAY. ROB LAUGHLIN, COLLABORATIVE COORDINATOR COUNCILMAN, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS THAT FAIRMOUNT, FAIRMONT ROAD, FAIRMONT, AND THEN ALSO IN FRONT OF WALMART AND THEN JUST JUST A LOT OF AREAS, YOU ALL HIT THOSE REALLY, REALLY GREAT. YEAH. SO SOME OF THOSE AREAS WE HAVE ON OUR ROUTINE SCHEDULE ON THE CURRENT PROCESS IS ABOUT EVERY MONTH AND A HALF WE WOULD BE IN THAT AREA, BUT WE ALSO TAKE REQUESTS. SO YOU KNOW, 311 OR METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU COULD ALSO SEND REQUESTS TO ME IF THERE'S A MORE URGENT, YOU KNOW, ISSUE GOING ON. SOMETIMES, LIKE THE WALMART LOCATIONS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE, THERE ARE CERTAIN LOCATIONS WHERE CODES AND REGULATIONS WILL ASSIST US WITH, YOU KNOW, CITING CERTAIN LITTER ISSUES OR CERTAIN LOCATIONS THAT SWIMS ENFORCEMENT WOULD ALSO HELP WITH. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE. SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE JUST HAVE TO WORK ON AS IT COMES UP. YEAH. WELL I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO. REALLY DO. THANK YOU.
COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. FIRST OFF, GREAT JOB WITH INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO YOUR SYSTEMS. AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL PROVIDE US BETTER METRICS. BUT I HOPE THAT THAT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY YOUR YOUR EMPLOYEES. AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. ALSO, THANKS FOR BEING SUCH GREAT PARTNERS. ANYTIME THAT DISTRICT 15 HOLDS A COMMUNITY MEETING, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IS ALWAYS THERE, WHETHER IT'S BOB OR DARBY OUR WAY. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. SHANNON. PETE, ROB, DEPUTY MAYOR GEORGE, DIRECTOR KERN, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE ALSO. KAREN. OH, THERE YOU ARE. HELLO. JUST THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. AND I CAN GET BACK IN THE QUEUE IF THERE'S TOO MANY BUT TRASH FOR CASH. I WAS WONDERING WHAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE. YOU HAD SAID THERE ARE EIGHT, AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THOSE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT A WONDERFUL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM. I CAN'T ANSWER SPECIFICALLY WHO THEY ARE, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE NONPROFITS. THEY THEY NEED TO BE NONPROFITS. THEY IT IS GEARED MORE TOWARDS. GROUPS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO RAISE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GOOD. MOST OF THAT IS RUN THROUGH BRIGHTSIDE. WE ASSIST WITH IT THROUGH THE THROUGH THE LITTER ABATEMENT GRANT. BUT ROB, AS PART OF THE CLEAN COLLAB PERSON, WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YEAH I DON'T KNOW THE ORGANIZATIONS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT DID IT LAST YEAR, BUT WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. I DO I E WORKING ON SOME GROUPS THAT.
RECENTLY SIGNED UP FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE CAN GET WITH YOU ON THAT. BUT LAST NIGHT AT THE DERBY OUR WAY MEETING, THIS CAME UP AND DIRECTOR KERN HAD SAID A COUPLE OF STATS THAT REALLY HELPED REINFORCE THE IDEA OF THIS. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TO CURB ILLEGAL DUMPING. AND I THINK THAT THERE WERE SOME STARTLING STATISTICS THAT WERE SHOWN THAT THIS IS REALLY THIS PROGRAM HAS HAD A REAL IMPACT VERSUS JUST SETTING YOUR JUNK OUT AND HOPING SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, PICKS IT UP TWICE A YEAR. SO COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? SURE. I CAN SPEAK TO THAT ONE.
THAT WAS ITS INTENT. THE INTENT IS THAT A RESIDENTIAL. HOUSEHOLD
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COMPOUND OR JC. IT'S TYPICALLY THEY MAY THERE'S THEY SHOULD BE MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTIES IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE PROPERTY. SO SOME OF THAT COULD BE JUST MAKING THEM AWARE. SOME OF IT YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY COMPLIANCE ISSUES, BUT TRYING TO IMPRESS UPON THEM THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAVING ON THE COMMUNITY NEAR THEM. AND THE TYPICALLY WE'RE GOING TO WHEN WE GO THROUGH AND CLEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. SO I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER TO ANY SPECIFIC COMPOUND OR AREA, BUT JUST LET US KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP. COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS ROB. I WOULD ALSO SAY BRIGHTSIDE DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH JC WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOL. I KNOW THEY HAVE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, BOARD ALSO IN THE CLEANLINESS COMMITTEE. SO THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH A LOT WITH THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL. I'LL REACH OUT AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AS WELL. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANKS. THANK YOU.COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. THANK YOU. CHAIR. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DEPUTY MAYOR GEORGE. I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SNOW TODAY, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THIS RAIN. JUST, YOU KNOW, SHE JUST SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OUT. CALL ME DIRECTLY AND WAS LIKE, HEY, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU KNOW, I'M OUT HERE IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND THAT IS VERY RARE.
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YOU KNOW, FOR A DIRECTOR, WELL, NOT A DIRECTOR, BUT A DEPUTY MAYOR JUST TO BE OUT THERE. IN THE DISTRICT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, NICOLE. SO MUCH JUST FOR ALWAYS GOING OVER AND BEYOND. ALWAYS TAKING MY CALLS. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU HAVE A AWESOME STAFF. WHEN MY OFFICE CONTACTS THEM, YOU KNOW THEY ALWAYS GET THE JOB DONE. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAYS, OH, I CALL 311. AND THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. WELL, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN I CALL BECAUSE WHEN I CALL, I MEAN, Y'ALL GET RIGHT ON IT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE LEADER. SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU TO NICOLE. AND I WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL NEED FROM US? I KNOW THAT WEST OF NINTH STREET. THOSE ALLEYS ARE HORRIBLE. I DRIVE THROUGH THEM ALL THE TIME. I'M TIRED OF MY CARS GETTING NAILS AND STUFF LIKE THAT IN THEM GOING THROUGH ALLEYS. I THINK THAT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES TO GET TO GET EVERY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE THAT VESSEL THAT YOU ALL NEED. I SEE THE, THE DUMPING. I MEAN, LITERALLY AS SOON AS YOU CLEAN A SITE UP, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S COMING RIGHT BACK. IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT ENOUGH. YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPARED TO THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE. YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS YOU GET IT UP, SOMEBODY'S DUMPING IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I SEE IT BECAUSE I'M OUT THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL NEED FROM US. BECAUSE I SEE WAY TOO OFTEN THAT DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, ARE ARE UNDER PAID, BUT THEY HAVE A HUGE CASELOAD. SO WE LOSE REALLY GOOD EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THAT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR THAT THAT'S MATCHING UP. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD LEAD THAT. BUT YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. IT'S NOT ONE TIME THAT I CALL YOU ALL THAT. YOU ALL DON'T GET ON IT. AND THAT SPEAKS VALUE. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND WHATEVER YOU ALL NEED FROM ME, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE THAT VESSEL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS GET THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND TO GET MORE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. CARE TO RESPOND? WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE WILL BE A BUDGET REQUEST COMING FORWARD. WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ANY DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO SAY, YEAH, WE CAN USE SOME MORE PEOPLE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HOLD THE PURSE STRINGS. AND WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS WE APPRECIATE WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED. AND THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS I CAN REALLY GO. OKAY. ONE MORE THING IF I COULD. SURE. JUST REALLY QUICK. ONE THING THAT I DID HAVE A CONCERN ON. AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING REALLY WITH YOU ALL. IT MAY BE ABOVE YOU ALL. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE NICOLE. JENNIFER. AND THAT IS THE PROCESS I KNOW HAS CHANGED FOR THE SPEED HUMPS. RIGHT. BUT I KNOW MYSELF. A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE GETTING ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CALLS JUST IN. HAVING ONE CONTRACTOR. WE JUST BEING CONTRACTED WITH JUST ONE PERSON TO DO SPEED HUMPS. RIGHT. SO LIKE IF, IF, IF, WHEN I WAS CANVASING, YOU KNOW, AND I'M A SPEED HUMPS COME AVAILABLE OR THEY START TO WORK ON THEM. AND THEN ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS WILL SAY THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, SO MUCH. AND I'M LIKE, I DIDN'T DO THAT SPEED HUMP. THAT WAS JESSICA GREENE. THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO. THAT'S JUST NOW BEING PUT DOWN. IT MAKES IT LOOK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, LIKE. LIKE IT'S US. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW, WHAT IS IT? YOU KNOW, IS IT AGAINST POLICY? BECAUSE I'M STILL LEARNING A LOT OF THINGS.YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS NEED THE HELP. CAN WE FIND CONTRACTORS THAT ARE CONTRACTED WITH METRO GOVERNMENT AND PAY FOR THEM? BECAUSE IT'S GETTING ROUGH OUT HERE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE WANTING THINGS DONE. SIDEWALKS. AND WE'RE SOLELY RELYING ON YOU ALL TO GET THAT DONE. LIKE DO WE NEED MORE CONTRACTORS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HI. JENNIFER THOMAS, OUR
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CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF METRO PUBLIC WORKS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IS TRYING TO GET BETTER PROCESSES AND TRANSPARENCY IN REPORTING AROUND EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE DO. OUR REPORTING CAN BE DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET, ESPECIALLY FOR LAYPEOPLE, EVEN FOR COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED. SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS COMING UP TO, AGAIN, MODERNIZE THE SPEED HUMP PROCESS. THERE'S SOME MAPPING OPTIONS THAT AREN'T PUBLIC YET. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET LAST WEEK, BUT I UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO BE OUT. WE ARE MEETING AGAIN TOMORROW. TO WRAP SOME TECHNOLOGY AROUND IT. AND I DO UNDERSTAND. AND I FEEL YOUR PAIN BEING FRUSTRATED WITH HAVING ONE CONTRACTOR. SO PART OF PART OF STREAMLINING AND GETTING THAT PROCESS BETTER IS WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. SO I MEAN, WE CURRENTLY DO SPLIT SOME OF OUR WE SPLIT SIDEWALKS UP INTO AREAS WE, YOU KNOW, WE SPLIT SOME TASKS UP WITHIN OUR PAVING PROGRAM. SO THERE SHOULD BE A ROUTE TO GET ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS IN. SO WE HAVE WE HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN USING THAT SAME CONTRACTOR. ARE YOU NOT. I DO NOT KNOW. AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, WHICH IS TWO YEARS.RIGHT. SO. SO BASICALLY WE GOT ONE CONTRACTOR THIS THAT KNOWS THAT WE'RE ONLY JUST GOING TO USE THEM SO THEY CAN JUST TAKE AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO TAKE TO GET IT DONE. WELL, WE HAVE MOVED TO GET TO GET THEM BEHOLDEN TO SOME TIMELINES AROUND THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY HAVE BEFORE. UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO, IT WAS OPEN ENDED AND THEY WEREN'T HELD TO A TIMELINE FOR INSTALL. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS THE FIRST STEP IN REEVALUATING THAT CONTRACT. AND THE NEED TO BRING OTHER CONTRACTORS IN IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON MY LIST TO DO. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW THAT TIMEFRAME? I WOULD SAY AS FAR AS THE SPEED HUMP PROCESS IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AS WE BRING THE DOT ON BOARD? WE DID RECENTLY. WE BROUGHT A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE IN. FORTUNATELY. BUT A LOCAL PROJECTS PROJECT MANAGER TO START TRACKING THOSE. AND MY HOPE ULTIMATELY, AND I THINK I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS BEFORE, TO THIS COMMITTEE, IS TO GET SOME AUTOMATED REPORTING THAT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE YOU ALL DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT THERE AND LOOK AT A SPREADSHEET THROUGH YOUR PHONE, OR AND THEN HAVE TO CONVEY THAT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE NEED TO GET YOU SOMETHING THAT'S JUST EASILY DIGESTIBLE. AND VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. OKAY.
COUNCILMAN BENSON. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. PETE, I KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE DUMP CHAIRS AND COUCHES AND ALL THAT STUFF, SOMEBODY THEY CALL AND YOU, ALL YOU, YOU GET OUT THERE AND PICK THEM UP IN THE COUNTY. BUT IF A PERSON'S GOT A REFRIGERATOR, ARE THEY MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE? GET RID OF THE REFRIGERATOR THEMSELVES OR THE ISSUE THERE IS THE FON OBVIOUSLY. THEYAN AND MOST OF THEIME WHAT TY'LL FIN SOMEDY THAT WANTS IT BECAUSE IT'S MAL. WHAT WE DO OFFER IS AT T WRC WAS R CE, IST THE C D GERSH THE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FREON IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T PICK THAT UP AT THE CURB BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT THAT HAS TO PICK THAT UP IS NOT EXACTLY GENTLE. AND WE CAN BUST THE FREE ONLINE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO. SO YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE THAT. BUT THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO DROP THEM OFF. SO MOST PEOPLE I KNOW THE IN MY DISTRICT, THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT PART OF SWIM THAT THEY AT THEIR OWN. WASTE HAULERS. AND SO MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE A WAY TO HAUL OR TO GET RID OF THEIR JUNK SOMETIMES. AND WHERE YOU LIKE IN THE CITY, YOU PUT STUFF OUT ON CERTAIN DAY AND YOU'LL THEY'LL OR WHENEVER. YOU KNOW, WHEN I USED TO LIVE IN THE CITY OR IN THE, IN YOUR AREA, BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN MY AREA THOUGH, THEY HAVE TO HAUL WHATEVER THEY GOT TO, TO THE LANDFILL OR TO DANIEL MERRIWEATHER. RIGHT. IF THEY WANT TO GET RID OF THIS STUFF.
YES. BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY, NUMBER ONE, REFRIGERATORS AND THINGS THAT CONTAIN FREON ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THE URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT TO BE SET OUT EITHER. BUT WE ALSO OFFER THE POP UP DROP OFF EVENTS. OTHER YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TAKE FREON THERE EITHER. THE FREON IS THE ISSUE. BUT FOR ALL OTHER JUNK MATERIAL. YOU KNOW, MEDICATIONS, DOCUMENTS TO BE SHREDDED METALS, ANY OF THAT IS THERE'S NINE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY EVERY YEAR FOR PEOPLE TO DO IT.
THEY CAN. WHAT I WOULD ALSO SAY IS IF THEY HAVE JUNK, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THEIR WASTE HAULER TO SEE WHAT THEY OFFER. LOTS OF OKAY. THANKS. COUNCILMAN
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BRATCHER. JENNIFER CURRAN. DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? THAT YOU SAID THERE'S ONLY ONE CONTRACTOR THAT DOES SIDEWALKS? NO, WE HAVE THE COUNTY DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS FOR SIDEWALKS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK. HAVING NO ONE ELSE. OH, WE HAVE ONE MORE IN THE QUEUE.SORRY ABOUT THAT. JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. BACK BEFORE MERGER, BACK DURING THE DAYS OF RUDY DAVIDSON. I WORKED AT THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP FOR ALL THOSE YEARS, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENCIES, AND ALWAYS HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. I WAS JUST MAKING SOME NOTES HERE THAT REMEMBERING IN 0809 HURRICANE CLEANUP. ICE STORM CLEANUP, ALL THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS.
ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR NORMAL DUTIES. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A MORE IMPORTANT OTHER THAN PUBLIC SAFETY. THERE'S NOT A MORE IMPORTANT SERVICE PROVIDED IN METRO GOVERNMENT, AND I'VE BEEN GLAD TO BE PART OF THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING. NOW THAT I'M WORKING INSIDE THE TENT WITH YOU. SO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THAT OBJECTION WAS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WELL, CAN I SAY ONE OTHER THING? ABSOLUTELY. WHAT WE DO IS. AND WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE. AND THE PEOPLE THAT STAND BEHIND THEM. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF. AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A BIG JOB IN ALL THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. CREDIT. CREDIT TO THESE PEOPLE. CREDIT THE LAST TWO WEEKS. AND HOW HARD THEY HAVE JUST I CAN'T GO WITHOUT NOT GIVING A LOT OF CREDIT TO THESE GUYS. SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
GOES FOR ME DOUBLE THANK YOU. NOW WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.