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Good

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morning, welcome, please be seated.

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I asked you to be seated.

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The time being,

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I asked you.

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Restan when it's time for prayer and remains standing to the pledge of allegiance. We'll be led in the pledge of allegiance.

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It's my and my

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homes of the second.

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It's a pleasure to have back with us,

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Patel,

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and he referred to it as his team,

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but there are members

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Mandir of Savannah.

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And it's a spiritual volunteer-driven organization dedicated

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to improve and society, to growth by fostering the Hindu ideals and faith, the unity

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and selfless service.

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with that, sure, I shall tell you, the floor is yours, and if you would introduce the members of the team, if you would.

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Yes, good morning, everyone.

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He is our little Patel, our go-insurma, Dr. Maholik Patel, Iransmami and Nilsurma, Myself Suras Patel.

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Welcome back.

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Thank you very much sir.

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Thank you.

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Yes, I'm in a line.

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Santire di jatoyata samihase tato no avayam kuru sanna kuru prayabyo baya napa su guha miswani de vasavirtadurita nipara suva jatpadrantanna asuva

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Thank you,

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to translate most your song, unto heaven be peace, unto the sky and the earth be peace, peace be unto the water, unto the herbs and trees be peace, unto all the gods be peace, unto grama, unto all be peace, and may we all realize that peace,

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on peace, peace, peace.

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And I'd like to welcome Dr. Molly Patel to briefly explain the prayer.

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Our prayer emphasized peace and truly all gather,

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organizing, collaborate so that we can create such peace in our homes,

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families and communities and beyond.

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Through the organizations such as BAPS and its lineage of spiritual leaders,

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we can aim to perceive that peace through the vibrancy of its

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And specifically, one here in Chatham County on Cambridge Road since 2004.

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We currently have an ongoing expansion and renovation project, which has been slow going due to the pandemic,

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but we truly appreciate the county commission and their assistance to help complete this project in any obstacles that come in the way.

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In March, before any public mandates, we close the Monday out of abundance of caution due to the pandemic.

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Yet, our spirituality remained ever strong through the virtual engagement for children, adolescents, young adults,

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and everyone in the family.

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We stress the importance of following all guidelines,

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like wearing a mask, social distancing,

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hand hygiene and utmost vigilance

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for the vulnerable population.

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We know that COVID has changed the world in many ways.

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To address this, BAPS charities,

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this organization BAPS has implemented,

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humanitarian efforts to reach all people

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and rose to the challenge.

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Worldwide efforts were made to help with the pandemic,

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specifically in the USA between March and June of 2020,

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Over 83,000 meals were given to health care providers, over 113,000 personal protective equipment was delivered,

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and over 130,000 dollars were given to community health in over 100 health centers across the USA.

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Out of his compassion for humanity, in our spiritual leader,

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3rd-year-old leader, Bremont-Soy-Maharaj, Karlesi visited over 17,000 villages, towns and cities,

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replied to over 760,000 letters, and personally counseled over 810,000 people.

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In September 2017, our current spiritual leader, Monsoy-Maharaj met with former President

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Barack Obama in Washington, D.C.

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They both spoke about how encouraging service requires helping individuals to see goodness

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in one another.

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Monthly Madurai specifically explained that explained the Hindu principle that each individual

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soul is divine, and so service of each individual is a selfless act of devotion.

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Monthly Madurai's greatly values unity in all of the building blocks of society, including

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our families.

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BAPS charities has worked to respond effectively to the needs of the hour, whether that is the current

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pandemic or the hurricanes or the wildfires that affect and devastate many of the families

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across America. Maybe I'll continue to devote ourselves for the betterment of all of our

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families, of our communities, in our nation. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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May we stand for the pledge of allegiance, please.

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you all for leading that devotional portion of the program, and also thank you for all

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but the Hindu community did to assist during this time of the COVID pandemic.

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Thank you so much.

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The clerk will call the roll.

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Albert J Scott Chairman.

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Just your Ellis District 8 by Chairman.

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Helen Elstone District 1, Chairman Protem.

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Yvonne Holmes, District 2.

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Bobby Lockett, District 3.

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Patrick K. Farrell District 4, Tabitha Odel District 5, James J. Jones District 6, in Kicklider District 7.

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Commissioner Farrell and Odel and Jones will be joined us shortly, Jones by Zim and Commissioner Farrell and Odel in person.

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to, at this time, invite Dr. Lawton Davis, who is the director of the Coastal

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Health District, to give us

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a co-vert update

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in Chatham County and

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any of the information

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that he may have as it relates to the co-vert pandemic and I'm certain that he will be happy

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to take any questions that the members of the commission may have,

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Dr. Davis, to floor

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Thank you, commission staff, fellow commissioners, everyone else.

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Briefly start off with some numbers, and I will try to be brief, but as of this morning,

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we were at 8,800 in nine cases in Chattam County that have been reported.

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Our statistics are about the same, we are 44 percent male, 56 percent female, but those

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to have succumb to the illness, it's reversed, it's 55% male, 45% female.

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Actually, we're 44.5% Caucasian, 47.5 African-American, 8% other ethnicity,

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and as far

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as the breakdown of death, we're 45% Caucasian, 52% African-American, and 3% other.

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I want to take just a moment, it's been brought to my attention, some people look at the state

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website and they look at our data and sometimes there are little discrepancies.

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We were updating our website only weekly and so some things would be a little different.

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Something else is different with state side is that when a case is reported.

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The test is reported. It initially goes in on whatever date it was reported. But eventually the state goes back and tries to determine the date of symptom onset of that patient.

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Well, that case. And so if their test was reported positive on 925, and then eventually they found out that the symptoms started on 920, they'll move that case from 925 back to 920. So their date of change is a little bit.

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So, if you look at our community transmission rate and our new daily cases per 100,000,

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they may be a little different, but it won't be great.

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For example, this morning, their 14-day community transmission, excuse me, yesterday morning was 141,

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and ours was 146, not a big difference.

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And the change, you know, going back and move, we don't have the horsepower so to speak

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to go back and manually change everything in our system and with our 36 to 48-hour turnaround

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time on reported tests.

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Man, as long as we're consistent, I don't think it really makes much of a difference.

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So let's look at the numbers quickly.

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I think there are fear on the screen, and if I can remember how I can even change it.

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As of yesterday, our 7-day rolling average was 29.57, that's a little bit lower than the

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14-day rolling average. That's good because it means that the most recent 7 days were better

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than the 7 days before that, which obviously if you look at the graph, it's slowly coming down.

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The death rate in Sodom County per 100,058.9, the state rate is 68.8, so we're still

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bearing a little better than the state overall.

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That peak, you see, 136.57 was on July the 24th, and we've come down fairly steadily since

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that time.

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Next is the 14-day community transmission index.

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Again, this is the one that the governor tagged.

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It's less than a hundred, I'm excuse me, if it's over a hundred, you can adopt a mask

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and he wouldn't be angry with anyone.

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Our peak, as you can see, was on July 23rd at 6.21, basically.

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5.72.6 corresponds to the day that we put,

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that you guys put the Chatham mask ordinance into effect.

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And you can see we're again dropping down.

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If my math is correct, our 14-day community transmissions decrease

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78% since July, 24th, I didn't calculate that one, but it's obviously down as well.

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again, the scale that goes with this is less

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than 1 is green, which basically means you don't have any 1 to 10 to the yellow 10 to 25 is

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orange, and you can see we're flirting with that magic 10 level, which is a good thing.

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hospitalizations again just kind of look at the trend we don't have the date of

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ignition in the day discharge but obviously from Lajuli we've been coming down

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relatively steadily there was a little blip around Labor Day but it's

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trending downward the percentage of tests that are positive you'd like to

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have you know over 10% is the red zone according to the feds you'd like to have

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and five, and you can see that we're getting there.

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Breakdown of the reported cases by age category,

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no surprise, as before most of our cases.

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The two largest demographics are from 20 to 29 and 30 to 39.

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Those are the adults that would probably be the most socially active.

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What I call the young adults is kind of funny when I was 15.

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if you tell me somebody who's 39 was young, I thought you were crazy, but anyway.

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And then weekly testing is what?

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Now we've got weekly testing.

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There has been a decrease in demand, I think that's, you know, for several reasons,

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number one, our cases are coming down, if your people have been exposed.

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So if your people are coming to be tested, but they're also more providers who have access

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to antigen testing, sort of a rapid turnaround test, and some more people are going elsewhere.

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I mentioned antigen testing, that'll be reported on the state website as a presumptive

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case, and it'll be somewhere different than where you see the PCR report.

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So, to kind of wrap up here, the last good study I've seen, which was probably 10 days ago,

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suggests that the rate of penetration of COVID in the general population of the U.S. is about 9.3%.

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If we could assume that all 9.3% were immune, that would mean that we only have 70.7% to go to get to our magic number of 80% herd immunity.

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But there's means there's just a lot of people out there who've not been exposed.

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As far as treatment, there's nothing earth-shattering that's come up in the last couple

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of weeks.

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A couple of drug companies have applied for emergency use authorization for an antibody cocktail

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sort of, probably like what the President received during his treatment, whether these will

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approved I don't know you can read the news as well as I do and whether they will be effective

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presumably there will be some data that shows that they're effective where they would not

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get an EUA. When I was here last, which was I think three weeks ago we talked about AB8,

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a biomolecule that seems to be effective. I was searching the internet at about 530 this morning

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to see if I could provide you with an update on that,

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but I couldn't find anything new,

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they anticipate that human testing will begin

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in early 2021, whenever that, yes, probably in January.

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Transmission, you know, there's been a lot of talk

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about how is this thing really spread,

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is it just droplets, is it aerosol, whatever?

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You need to remember that, we'll be aware,

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that there are actually zero studies

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that conclusively document how this thing is spread.

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So all the recommendations are made based on the modeling

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of similar viruses like the original SARS and MERS

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and influenza and observation at the moment.

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Now I didn't mean that people aren't gathering data

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in doing studies.

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They certainly are.

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And there's some smaller studies looking at droplets

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and aerosols and do they contain viral particles, et cetera.

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But at the moment, there is no definitive peer-reviewed study that nails down exactly how this

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thing is spread.

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But the best guess is that, yes, droplets, the big things that come out when you call for

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sneeze, that somebody calls for sneezes, right on you, yes, you can get it.

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Aristotle, smaller droplets that are produced when you call for sneeze and may hang around

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in the air for a little while, like dust particles or cigarette smoke, yes, if you're close

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up somebody for long enough you can inhale those in yes you'll probably get sick and then contact.

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If I call for sneeze on my hand and shake your hand you rub your eye yes you might get it but

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contact from a surface like this going to the grocery store picking up something that suddenly

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it's may have handled does not seem to be the way that this is transmitted. So continue to

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clean continue to be vigilant continue to wash your hand and don't rub your eyes to be careful

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But probably the most likely mode of transmission is airborne, big droplets, small droplets

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when you close to somebody.

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Influenza is a promise.

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We know that we don't know exactly what COVID will do with this year's flu season.

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COVID and flu are very similar in many ways, including how we think they're spread.

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that most of their symptoms, the only one that's really just different is an osmere and

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osmere, the loss of sense of smell.

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That means if somebody has had a fever, chills, and cough, and they go to see their health

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care provider, we're probably going to have tests for COVID and influenza, so I wouldn't

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prize if we may see some shortage of testing, ability, a COVID is a little more contagious

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among most populations than its flu, in fact it's a good bit more contagious, and it also

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obviously has a higher incidence of mortality. So if you ever on the fence about whether

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you ought to get a flu vaccine, this is probably the year to get it. We know that flu vaccine

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is not perfect. It does not prevent everyone who gets it from catching the flu, but it'll probably

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prevent about 50%, maybe 60% if we have a really good match in a given year. And another reason

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for taking that vaccine is that if we can achieve herd immunity for influenza, we not only protect

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ourselves when we take the vaccine, but we protect those people in the society who are perhaps

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more vulnerable or have some reason that they can't take the vaccine and cannot be protected.

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So if we've got 7% of the population that's immune to influenza, that means that the person

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who is immunocompromising couldn't take the vaccine is very unlikely to bump into somebody

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that is contagious with influenza and therefore won't catch it. We will have a drive through

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blue vaccine clinic. This coming thirsty. I guess that's the 15th at the Civic Center. We'll be featuring

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blue shots instead of COVID tests that day. Excuse me, so if you need a blue shot, we'll

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have them. Lots of other providers and pharmacies have them. We don't really care where you get it.

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We just urge you to get it and this is the ideal time. The middle of October plus a minus

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week is probably the best time, so please get a flu shot. Lastly, somebody mentioned Hurricanes

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earlier, and obviously there's a big one out there. We're not out of the wood yet.

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There's an yellow egg floating across the Atlantic, so stay tuned.

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Thank you.

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I have today. We've tested 95,158 individuals. Between public health and all the other

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testing facilities, memorial, countless, and gel, when,

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as well as J.C. Lewis, health,

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Do you have any idea of how many of those are repeat people who have had more than one test?

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I don't know how many are repeat tests but we don't count multiple positive tests as multiple positives.

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So if I wouldn't have five tests and they were all positive, I would only be counted one time.

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But I don't know how many of those are repeat tests.

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other thing, what advice would you offer the community as it relates to the upcoming?

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I really don't call it the holiday, but the Halloween festivals that usually take place in this community.

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I would encourage people number one to go to two websites and look and then I'll make some specific comments myself.

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but CDC actually has some very practical common sense guidelines for Halloween and other

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festivals that take place in the fall and winter and also Hershey chocolate. You can just

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Google Hershey Halloween recommendations. They've got a really nice website and they list

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activities that are low risk, slightly higher risk, you know, more significant risk. And basically

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It's the same variation of the same things we generally say, avoid crowds if you can get together with your family.

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That's the safest if you can get together just in your neighborhood with a small group outdoors.

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That's fairly low risk.

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When you start bringing in other people and people from outside your community that may be coming from places with a higher rate of transmission,

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you're increasing likelihood that you may encounter somebody who has it.

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virtual things like this are the safest small gatherings outdoors are pretty

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good, particularly if you're wearing a mask, then the more people you have and the more

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you go inside, the greater the risk of transmission.

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The CDC recommends that people, if you're going to have trick-or-treating that you mark your

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walkway so that the groups that come by, the children come back and stay six feet apart,

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and then maybe you consider putting things on the table and letting the child pick something

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up, you know, or sell for rather than some a reaching in the bag and handing it out.

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And also, you know, the obvious low hanging fruit is that if you think you're sick or

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symptomatic don't participate and don't go.

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So outdoors is better than indoors if you're

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going to be indoors smaller groups for short periods of time or better than larger groups.

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It was for longer periods of time, places with great ventilation, our safer than places with poor ventilation,

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and so I would say use common sense, where you mask is far, far as possible.

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Thank you for that. We extended the mask, mandate throughout each other county,

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and in doing so, I really had,

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Halloween in mind, I will extend it again because of Thanksgiving and, of course, Christmas

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coming up.

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I'm really concerned about the holiday in November and December where those are really

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not outdoor type events where families gather to eat and to share that holiday experience.

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I'm really concerned about that, perhaps, causing the trend line to go the other way and not just in

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each other in county but throughout the states.

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So I want to just echo what you said and encourage people to,

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when possible,

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avoid large

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together in where a mask maintain this much physical distance is possible into a stage

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safe as much as possible until such time that we have a bona fide verifiable support

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by the medical community vaccine that can be widely distributed and from all I hear I hopefully

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that will be sometime in the very near future.

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We all hope so.

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Yes, sir.

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I'm not agree with you.

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Jim, it's time I would like to be able to speak of code and then we'll be about

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very good.

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And this is Commissioner Jones.

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Did you hear the question down?

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I'm first as, as if you could acknowledge if I can't speak this, I'm going to say if I talk.

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Yeah, you, you're all right, go ahead.

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Thank you, part of my story, we've got to stop in traffic.

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Two things, could you re-could you re-highlight the number difference since we implemented the mass mandate on behalf of County?

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Sure, July 31st is when the mask ordinance was reinstituted and we were our 14-day community

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transmission index at that time was 572.6 and as of yesterday, it was 146.1 which is a significant decrease in the

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day rolling average. Actually, I can't. I have to pull up my spreadsheet. I don't remember what

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it was on the 31st, but it was somewhere north of a hundred. And it's not on the left and

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30. And my other two points was, is there any information out there? And I know it was preliminary

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as far as the effects were COVID-19 and the flu season. I know influenza and I know you kind of

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affecting immune system, and so are there, is there any kind of that mutation information

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not there and how detrimental it could be having both of them out there in this community?

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I look for studies on that as well from the Southern Hemisphere where they're just emerging

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from their flu season and I really couldn't find anything good, but they both affect the respiratory

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contract significantly and their different germs or viruses and so I would imagine that one

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would potentiate the adverse effects of the other meaning it would be a situation where

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one in one rather than equaling two one in one might equal three.

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So I would think that each would tend to make the other worse.

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Okay, and my last point was I heard you mentioned that in multiple positive tests, you

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only counted as one, but I have heard in some instances that people have gotten coronavirus

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maybe this month and in too much later may have gotten what contracted with the end.

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Are those two incidents deemed separate?

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I think if it's confirmed that it is a true reinfection rather than being just one of those

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people who continue to test positive for a long time, if that would be considered a second

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case.

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But those are very few and far between officially so far, hedging my bets here.

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Some of us think it may happen a little more often than what is officially published so far.

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All right.

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My fellow commission was supporting the fact that we'd equal to the mass mandate and the

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shows and the numbers that couldn't have on the mass actually does help us prevent the

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transmission that keeps us healthy and safe in the community.

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Thank you, Chair for allowing me to speak.

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Any other questions about?

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I see two hands, Dr. Commissioner Stone, Commissioner Holmes, and that already.

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Mr. Chairman, Dr. Davis, is there any, and maybe our effects question?

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Any comparisons on the number of deaths to blue versus deaths to?

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Yes, the question that you commissioned on cut out there a little bit.

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The question is the number of deaths related to influenza versus the number of deaths related to COVID-19 and the infection, fatality ratio,

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or the case mortality rate is significantly higher for COVID-19 than it is for influenza.

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I can't quote you. The numbers I actually looked at them last night and I can't remember

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what they are, but it's significantly higher. There have already been what over 200,000 deaths

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from COVID and we've only had it since February and typically the flu will have 20 to 40,000 deaths

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year from influenza. I've been asked that question a lot and I was just curious, because I didn't

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have any statistics to base an answer upon. But what could be the case to Cali Ratio is much

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higher for COVID than it is for influenza. Thank you.

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Did you want to do flu shot? Did you talk

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children. Yes.

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Thank you. And, you know, if you're one of, like me, if you're north of 65, there

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is a high dose available. What the high dose has is, I think it's four times as much of

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the goody in it that makes your immune system respond.

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The idea is that by kicking your immune

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system a little harder. You might get a better response and it does seem to help. So makes

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your arm hurt more, but it may protect you better.

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Commissioner Alas of the Eighth,

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our right share. Morning. Morning sir. Well, we'd be tracking just like a while ago.

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We tracked those who were 0 to 7, 20 to 29. Well, we'd be tracking just like we were tracking

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the COVID, will we be tracking the flu in the same way, will we have those as to who's affected

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the most and and how many deaths are caused in that age group?

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I think the answer to that is yes. At least at the state level, I don't know that we will have the capacity to

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keep up and do contact tracing with each one of the flu incidents in Chattam County.

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be available, yes? Okay, from the state. Okay, thank you. And we'll be able to extract, you know,

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how many cases are reported and documented in Chattam County? Now, every case of influenza

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may not be reported. You know, when there's a whole lot of it, you don't even test everybody,

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you know, the tests is usually reserved to document that there's widespread influenza. And in previous

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years when you know that it's widespread and somebody comes in with, you know, fever chills

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cough and, you know, if it looks like it sounds like a horse, walks like a horse, smells

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like a horse, it looks like a horse, it's probably a horse, but this year, it's going to be

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a little different because COVID basically causes the same symptoms, so it's going to be very

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interesting.

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That's a good question.

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I just wonder if we will track it the same way so that folks will know, you know, we will do this as we talk about kids.

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All right.

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We will do our best.

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Thank you.

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Appreciate the update.

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Next on agenda.

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We're going to invite the interim director, Brenda Davis, up to give us an update on front porch.

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And then after the update, I'm going to ask Commissioner Stone, I'll put him, if she would

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really park a nation declaring the week of October 19th, 2020 at the front porch we can

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I'm counting.

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Thank you.

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And our current presiding juvenile court judge, Lisa Cobbett is here, who was hopefully

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will soon be our newly elected superior court judge after the November elections, officially

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we realize that election and with that Mr. Stavers, if you would give us an update.

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Good morning again, and thank you for allowing me to speak to the commissioners to share information

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about the front porch.

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I'm going to try to bolt out to ask and do the work of this clicker.

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Okay, the mission statement for the front porch, where your family and your youth and families

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together is established as a community-based risk reduction program designed to identify children

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and families who are at risk of becoming involved with the court for dependency, the

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link will see in children in need of services and to utilize available community resources

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for the purpose of developing and implementing intervention actions or plans to divert the

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children and their families from becoming involved in the court.

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Our philosophy is to meet

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individuals where they are, services are tailored to build upon the strengths of the individual,

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leading towards the ability and improve quality of life.

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I hear it through the problems and why there was a need for the multi-agency, multi-agency resource

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center, which it was performed for, which was formally known as.

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The problem number one was very costly.

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It was very costly to detain youth and there are more effective ways to intervene on youth

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are getting in trouble, problem 2, low risk view for using resources of the juvenile court

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and local law enforcement agencies, problem 3, too many barriers to available resources for

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a coordinated method to identify resources and link youth and families was needed.

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The enrollment criteria for the front porch is a safe place for youth and their families

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to receive guidance.

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You must be a resident of Chattam County under the age of 18.

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Our services are free and walk-in are welcome.

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You two are referred to the front porch.

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I assessed to identify any needs concerning behaviors

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or situations that may warrant intervention.

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The front porch staff would then connect youth and families

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with appropriate services to address those needs.

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Services are family center taking it to account each family's unique needs and recommendations

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concerning treatment and referrals.

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Some of the services and resources we've heard for out to are for mental health services,

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educational support, mentoring, job search assistance, counseling services, and other programs

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that are defined as appropriate for needs.

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We also have a clothing closet on site for families to shop in that are in need and we also

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have non-parasual food items and hygiene packs that are donated by pack, which stands

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for people of action care for kids, which is a nonprofit organization here in Chattam

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County, fighting hunger.

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Our partner in agencies, our Chattam County Board of Commissioners, Chattam County

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Juvenile Court, Chattam County Safety Net Planning Council, City of Savannah, Coastal

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Georgia, Indicator's Coalition.

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The District Attorney's Office of Chatham County, Gateway Community Service Board, the Mediation Center of Coastal and Pire, Savannah Chatham County Public School System, St. Joseph Canle Hospital, and State of Georgia Division of Family and Children Services.

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We have a one page referral that has since this PowerPoint was done has been revised so

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that we can capture where our referrals are coming from and is easy to complete and the referrals

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are usually walked in, fact stand, or their email to the front porch.

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Let me go back for a minute.

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Our referral sources are local law enforcement, which is one of one of the Shabon County

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Police Department, SBD, Guard and City Pool and Fort Wart and Tabby.

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The school system, which includes our social workers, some teachers, our school resource

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officers, and our behavior interventions and other counselors, the juvenile court,

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from parent university.

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The goals, goal number one was to

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divert as many youth as possible

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consistent with public safety from

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entering into the juvenile justice

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center.

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System, I'm sorry.

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goal number two was to enhance

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public safety through early

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intervention, comprehensive assessment

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and referral to supportive services

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and positive strategies.

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Tele to address each

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youth and families individuals

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needs. We complete the pediatric symptoms checklist which is a brief questionnaire that

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helps identify and assess changes in emotional and behavioral problems in children. We also

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use the CRIF Screening Tool which is a short clinical assessment tool designed to screen for

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substance abuse, substance related risk in problems and adolescents. Since October 2018,

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When the front porch opened its doors to now, the front porch staff have conducted 450 assessments

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on children and families and completed 552 referrals to behavioral health.

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The front porch staff is comprised of eight case managers from the juvenile court, the district attorney's office,

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Defects, Savannah Chavocani Public School System, and Gateway, and now more recently we have an intern,

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Master's Level 2 year intern from Savannah State University.

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We have now engaged in a partnership with Savannah Police Department of Behavioral Health Unit,

447
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:50,340
in which their goal is to reduce the use of jails for adults, young adults, and juveniles,

448
00:47:50,340 --> 00:47:54,960
who may need an alternative services, or may have behavior health,

449
00:47:55,140 --> 00:47:56,580
a substance of abuse problems.

450
00:47:57,380 --> 00:47:59,940
The VA choose comprised of three vital components

451
00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:04,620
to accomplish the mission, enhance, and they are number one,

452
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:06,620
enhance crisis intervention team,

453
00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:09,260
two, the behavior health response team,

454
00:48:09,620 --> 00:48:11,860
and three service coordination.

455
00:48:12,900 --> 00:48:16,600
Major Gavin is the unit commander and their two VAG officers

456
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:19,460
in one licensed clinical social worker.

457
00:48:21,770 --> 00:48:28,930
The behavioral health unit resource referral sources are from Savannah PD, Chattam County District Attorney's Office,

458
00:48:29,350 --> 00:48:36,470
Chattam EMS, Behavior Health Crisis Center, Gateway, Tulsa Hover, Recovery Place, and now the front porch.

459
00:48:37,010 --> 00:48:45,850
We met with the behavioral staff about two weeks ago and since then we've received six referrals from that unit.

460
00:48:46,610 --> 00:48:50,650
We've been able to get those families in, assessed and linked to services.

461
00:48:52,530 --> 00:48:57,310
I also want to mention that as a result of COVID-19,

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00:48:57,930 --> 00:49:01,450
the referrals had declined, which was obvious,

463
00:49:01,450 --> 00:49:03,130
obvious reason is why.

464
00:49:03,610 --> 00:49:06,270
We had to strategize on how to engage the community

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00:49:06,270 --> 00:49:10,290
to let the community know that we were still open.

466
00:49:10,770 --> 00:49:13,910
So a lot of outreach was done, and as a result,

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As of yesterday, October 8th, for this month so far, we received 21 referrals.

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00:49:25,090 --> 00:49:31,630
Also, I'm excited to announce that the front porch are now members of the National Assessment Center Association.

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00:49:32,330 --> 00:49:41,950
The NAC guides a partnership of assessment centers that advance best practice through advocacy, education, technical assistance and community engagement.

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00:49:41,950 --> 00:49:43,010
We

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are located at 2203 Abacorn Street, Savannah, Georgia,

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and our phone number is 652, 655, 655.

473
00:49:58,340 --> 00:50:02,920
I'll offer hours of operation on Monday through Friday, 8 to 5 p.m.

474
00:50:04,220 --> 00:50:05,140
Thank you.

475
00:50:09,100 --> 00:50:10,000
Thank you.

476
00:50:13,660 --> 00:50:14,920
Commissioner, lock it.

477
00:50:15,300 --> 00:50:16,820
Third district has a question mark.

478
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:17,760
Thank you.

479
00:50:17,900 --> 00:50:19,280
This is a great program.

480
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:23,120
Where are you getting the majority of your referrals?

481
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:29,880
The majority of our referrals, I believe we're neck and neck basically with

482
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:34,280
law enforcement and our school system. That's what a majority.

483
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:40,460
Here lately we've been getting a lot of walk-in referrals from parents along, but since

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00:50:40,460 --> 00:50:45,520
school, this virtual school year has started, we've gotten a lot of referrals from

485
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:47,020
the favela pubs.

486
00:50:47,820 --> 00:50:50,620
Thank you. That's what I was leading up to to find out if you have been

487
00:50:50,620 --> 00:50:52,220
walking and you have to do that question.

488
00:50:52,660 --> 00:50:54,320
That's definitely true.

489
00:50:57,820 --> 00:50:59,940
Commissioner, I want to accept the eighth of, right?

490
00:51:00,020 --> 00:51:01,860
She has a question for you.

491
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:07,640
I was paying close attention to the partners that you had.

492
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:14,960
And I know she mentioned partnership with many of the law enforcement officers

493
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:18,380
and all the jurisdictions about three.

494
00:51:18,940 --> 00:51:22,440
Are we doing any outreach to get those involved in the partnership?

495
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:25,460
Yes, sir.

496
00:51:25,860 --> 00:51:31,900
We are meeting during roll calls and with some command staff.

497
00:51:32,140 --> 00:51:36,680
We've met with CCPD command staff and some of their new recruits.

498
00:51:37,180 --> 00:51:38,880
We've gone out to Garden City.

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and we're just waiting on target to give us a date to come back out and meet with them.

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But we've also participated in gave a presentation with the School of Resource Officers

501
00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:54,680
when at the start of the school year, when they do their annual training.

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00:51:55,380 --> 00:51:59,480
And I know the school system and the county police and the City Police, the Savannah Police,

503
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:05,880
and others, but I noticed that there are some who haven't signed on yet as partners

504
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,880
That you're meeting with now

505
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,180
Because when you call the list

506
00:52:10,180 --> 00:52:12,340
All right, there was some missing

507
00:52:12,340 --> 00:52:16,180
Of those police departments who have partnered with the front porch

508
00:52:17,060 --> 00:52:24,740
Yes, there was some missing. Well, the list is not all they're inclusive, but we do partner with all the municipalities in town County

509
00:52:24,740 --> 00:52:32,080
It's all eight new municipalities are taking part all seven. I should say yes, sir. Yes, sir. Okay. All right

510
00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:36,840
Or just want to make sure we connect those together because kids live all over this country.

511
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:41,260
Oh, definitely. Yes, we're meeting in part with all the municipalities.

512
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:43,620
Okay. Thank you.

513
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:47,240
Any additional question?

514
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:54,960
If not, I'll recognize our Program Commissioner Stone of the First to

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00:52:56,140 --> 00:53:06,340
with your Proclamation and I will invite Judge COVID and co-led up to accept this Proclamation.

516
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:13,140
Thank you Mr. Chairman, it's an honor to re-occlamation because we do have many children

517
00:53:13,140 --> 00:53:21,200
and unity that are at risk for a myriad of reasons, and we don't know what's going on

518
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:27,140
in the kind of a child and what they're trying to deal with, especially now face with

519
00:53:27,140 --> 00:53:27,680
cut of it.

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00:53:27,820 --> 00:53:32,820
So I think going forward, this is going to be even more of a critical issue.

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00:53:32,820 --> 00:53:34,460
So, let me read the Proclamation.

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Whereas the front porch is a community-based risk reduction program designed to identify youth

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00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:48,600
families at risk of becoming involved with the court and link them to community-result

524
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:50,860
birth from the court system.

525
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:57,000
And whereas the Chatham County Board of Commissioners take pride in recognizing organizations

526
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:03,520
that fist in the development and well-being of our youth and their families and in that

527
00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:08,400
regard, we salute the front porch, where is the front porch previously called.

528
01:00:29,020 --> 01:00:29,480
It's not

529
01:01:41,220 --> 01:01:49,540
a question. I wanted to say that I remember when you were talking about pulling the project together and how excited you were.

530
01:01:49,660 --> 01:01:58,080
to speak to everybody and gain support throughout the community and I'm really proud that all of you work together to bring this extremely

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01:01:58,080 --> 01:02:09,660
needed and valuable resource and asset to our community and I am very happy that our county commission was able to play a part and bring in that dream to fruition.

532
01:02:10,540 --> 01:02:19,500
And I just want to say good luck to everybody in the future on, you know, more continues success and turn in our kids around so that they know that there's a

533
01:02:19,500 --> 01:02:24,600
other than, you know, gang banging, slinging, and going to jail.

534
01:02:25,180 --> 01:02:26,420
Thank you.

535
01:02:26,580 --> 01:02:36,400
Yes, and I'm sure Judge Berkwood was very instrumental in persuading everybody to support this effort.

536
01:02:37,820 --> 01:02:40,560
Very proud of all the work we have done to continue it.

537
01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:41,380
Thank you so much.

538
01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:41,960
Thank you.

539
01:03:09,340 --> 01:03:10,500
Thank you.

540
01:03:10,500 --> 01:03:12,200
Did you give them a copy of the proclamation?

541
01:03:30,210 --> 01:03:37,290
Next, we have a proclamation to clear an october to 20, as domestic violence, awareness

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01:03:37,290 --> 01:03:38,730
from I think, Shadow County.

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01:03:41,630 --> 01:03:47,870
We have branches of executive director of Safe Shelter will be here to accept it and we're

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01:03:47,870 --> 01:03:51,990
to have our Vice Chair, Commissioner Ellis,

545
01:03:54,210 --> 01:03:56,770
to present the Registrar Proclamation, Commissioner

546
01:03:56,770 --> 01:03:57,350
Ellis.

547
01:04:01,900 --> 01:04:03,680
Thank you for the Chairman and good morning.

548
01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:10,260
The county of Chattam, Georgia, Proclamation.

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01:04:11,500 --> 01:04:12,380
Whereabouts?

550
01:04:12,820 --> 01:04:17,520
Domestic violence between, excuse me, intimate partners.

551
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:25,200
The right is the safety, health, and welfare of our community, and our sworn police force

552
01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:26,300
in Chetam County.

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01:04:27,020 --> 01:04:33,200
And whereas Chetam County Police Department is dedicated to the protection of all citizens,

554
01:04:34,520 --> 01:04:38,280
including those who are threatened by intimate partners.

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01:04:38,980 --> 01:04:47,180
And whereas Safe Shelter is a center for domestic violence services whose mission is to prevent

556
01:04:47,180 --> 01:04:53,460
domestic violence, protect victims, and promote changes in our community.

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01:04:54,340 --> 01:05:01,840
And whereas, Safe Shelter has been Chairman County's only shelter dedicated to the victims

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01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:11,500
of domestic violence since 1979, and is celebrating his 40th year of service to our community.

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01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:22,060
Excuse me, and whereas safe shelter prevents, presently provides direct, emergency housing

560
01:05:22,060 --> 01:05:28,960
service to those victims, in addition to partnering with the Chattam County Police Department

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01:05:28,960 --> 01:05:39,420
to end domestic violence, and whereas nationally, more than one in three women, 35.6%

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01:05:39,420 --> 01:05:46,440
have experienced physical or sexual violence by intimate partners and 85% of the victims

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01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:56,540
of domestic violence or women. And whereas in 2020, one of the many problems caused by

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01:05:56,540 --> 01:06:03,440
global health pandemic have been an increase in domestic violence as shelters in home.

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01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:12,800
orders and clothing schools system have victims more than isolated than ever.

566
01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:20,920
Now therefore, I, I would J. Scott Chairman on behalf of the Chattam County Board of Commissioners,

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01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:29,480
do hereby proclaim October 2020 as domestic violence awareness month in Chattam County,

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01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:39,900
So, as to assist those Chattam County families, encourage all citizens to be good neighbors in understanding and

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01:06:39,900 --> 01:06:48,980
properly reporting isolated cases of domestic violence, and witness whereof I have here to set my hand and

570
01:06:48,980 --> 01:06:58,060
called the seal of Chattam County, Georgia, to be a fix this night day of October 2020.

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01:06:58,060 --> 01:07:01,840
I would J. Scott Chairman, Chattam County Commission,

572
01:07:02,620 --> 01:07:08,020
Chester A. Ellis Vice Chairman, District 8 Commissioners.

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01:07:09,380 --> 01:07:12,700
Thank you so much. This means a lot to me.

574
01:07:13,180 --> 01:07:15,560
I have some of my support with me today.

575
01:07:16,040 --> 01:07:19,740
I have Julie Calber, Assistant County Police Chief.

576
01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:21,140
He's on my board of directors.

577
01:07:22,300 --> 01:07:23,880
Oh, I've got more help than I thought.

578
01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:32,280
And I've got Jennifer Davenport, he is also on our Board of Directors, Barbara Suzanne.

579
01:07:34,040 --> 01:07:42,960
Anyway, last year, Safe Shelter provided direct services to 1,332 victims of domestic violence.

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01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:50,780
And with the increase this year, we're anticipating that at the end of 2020, our numbers will be more like 1500.

581
01:07:52,340 --> 01:08:00,100
not on wood. I say this every year when I come before you so far since 1979, none of our clients

582
01:08:00,100 --> 01:08:06,080
and any of our programs have been killed by their abusers. We all had a horrific reminder

583
01:08:06,080 --> 01:08:13,120
a few weeks ago in the county where a man poured gasoline over his girlfriend and set her on fire.

584
01:08:14,980 --> 01:08:18,120
And I don't think it gets much worse than that.

585
01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:21,060
The last I heard she's still in August in the Burn Unit.

586
01:08:21,900 --> 01:08:23,700
That's what happens with domestic violence.

587
01:08:23,780 --> 01:08:26,040
And I'm willing to bet that that relationship

588
01:08:26,040 --> 01:08:29,440
have been fraught with domestic violence for quite a while

589
01:08:29,440 --> 01:08:32,200
until it culminated into that horrific event.

590
01:08:33,320 --> 01:08:34,940
So we're here throughout the pandemic.

591
01:08:34,940 --> 01:08:36,640
We kept our doors open.

592
01:08:37,920 --> 01:08:40,200
Our numbers were low at the very beginning

593
01:08:40,200 --> 01:08:42,780
because I think people were just afraid to go anywhere.

594
01:08:43,480 --> 01:08:46,600
But the middle of summer, the floodgates opened

595
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:53,960
And for a month or so we had families and hotels because we were so full and I 48-bed shelter.

596
01:08:54,980 --> 01:09:04,380
Today our numbers are around the high 30s, 40s, so we're still pretty full, but we are doing our best,

597
01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:12,260
mask-or-required, social distancing is nearly impossible in the shelter, but we have hand-cleaning stations,

598
01:09:12,260 --> 01:09:20,140
We inform our clients all the time about doing what they can, but we have no control when they leave the shelter

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01:09:21,080 --> 01:09:21,520
so

600
01:09:22,860 --> 01:09:27,540
Anyway, I'm gonna shout out because y'all that know me. I can talk about safe shelter all day

601
01:09:27,540 --> 01:09:31,460
This month marks 24 years after they were the agency

602
01:09:31,940 --> 01:09:36,800
So as you can see it's clearly a passion. Does anyone have any questions?

603
01:09:40,580 --> 01:09:42,080
Yes, I like to ask you a question

604
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:49,800
In Chattam County, have you noticed and thank you, excuse me, for being rude, Mr.

605
01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:50,480
Chairman.

606
01:09:51,120 --> 01:09:56,180
In Chattam County, have you noticed and increase in domestic violence?

607
01:09:57,560 --> 01:09:59,340
I'm going to turn to Chief Calder.

608
01:10:02,770 --> 01:10:07,350
I have just, I won't take me long, but I have a brief update for the commissioners

609
01:10:07,350 --> 01:10:12,270
as it relates to domestic violence and the response from Chattam County police department.

610
01:10:12,270 --> 01:10:34,310
Through October 6th of this year, Tatum County PDE has responded to 800 and 95 domestic disturbance calls for service, which is actually 6.4% less than last year numbers, which represented 956 calls for services.

611
01:10:34,310 --> 01:10:45,790
of the 1895 calls this year a total of 417 resulted in some type of domestic violence.

612
01:10:46,510 --> 01:10:54,490
However, serious acts of domestic violence are down this year within Chatham County's jurisdiction.

613
01:10:55,230 --> 01:11:03,110
Throughout the month of October and leading up to the department has only had 13 domestic

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01:11:03,110 --> 01:11:10,270
aggravated assaults, which is a 57% decrease from last year this time when they were 30.

615
01:11:11,250 --> 01:11:20,390
And we have only had one domestic related homicide between the years of 2019 and 2020.

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01:11:21,230 --> 01:11:27,530
Usually when an officer responds to a domestic disturbance call for help, and there is clear

617
01:11:27,530 --> 01:11:32,330
physical abuse that exists, there's usually going to be an arrest that occurs.

618
01:11:34,590 --> 01:11:35,370
Either way,

619
01:11:35,790 --> 01:11:43,430
the victim of that domestic violence act receives notification of safe shelters resources

620
01:11:43,430 --> 01:11:50,830
to help them get through the RDA. Some of them accept, and some do not. Either way, the officers

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01:11:50,830 --> 01:11:57,250
do what they can do to try to provide them with other assistance from other agencies that

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01:11:57,250 --> 01:12:05,590
necessary. In the United States, six approximately six million women are beaten each year by

623
01:12:05,590 --> 01:12:13,890
either their husband or boyfriend and about 4,000 annually is murdered. Many of the cases

624
01:12:13,890 --> 01:12:21,030
of domestic violence are not reported because of the feeling of fear, the feeling of shame,

625
01:12:21,030 --> 01:12:24,510
are the feeling of helpless, or hopelessness.

626
01:12:24,950 --> 01:12:30,670
In 80% of the cases, children are present and witness this abuse.

627
01:12:31,750 --> 01:12:39,590
They learn that violence is the answer, and approximately a thousand times or more, they

628
01:12:39,590 --> 01:12:41,610
become abusive themselves.

629
01:12:42,770 --> 01:12:49,290
And so, again, to answer your question, sir, for Tatum County thus far, our numbers are showing

630
01:12:49,290 --> 01:12:54,310
a decrease and that is the direction that we would like for the numbers to continue to go.

631
01:12:56,250 --> 01:12:58,540
Thank you.

632
01:12:58,600 --> 01:12:59,000
Thank you.

633
01:13:01,880 --> 01:13:03,000
Any further questions?

634
01:13:08,790 --> 01:13:09,530
Well, thank you.

635
01:13:09,790 --> 01:13:10,650
Thank you so much.

636
01:13:10,730 --> 01:13:11,930
I hope all of you do.

637
01:13:12,110 --> 01:13:13,870
I appreciate it very much.

638
01:13:14,250 --> 01:13:17,970
Your support means more than you know.

639
01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:00,680
Next, we have a Proclamation declaring.

640
01:14:02,320 --> 01:14:07,400
October 2020 as a community planning month in Shadow County,

641
01:14:09,480 --> 01:14:11,720
and we have Ms. Wilson, who is

642
01:14:11,720 --> 01:14:19,880
our executive director, the Metropolitan Planning Commission, is here to accept the

643
01:14:19,880 --> 01:14:25,780
Proclamation to make some comments.

644
01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:34,720
I'm going to read just a portion of it and then invite Ms. Wilson to make some comments.

645
01:14:36,480 --> 01:14:45,020
Change is constant and affects all cities, towns, suburbs, counties, rural areas, and other

646
01:14:45,020 --> 01:14:53,880
places in community planning and plans can help manage this change in a way that provides

647
01:14:53,880 --> 01:14:59,820
better choices for how people work live and live in their communities.

648
01:15:02,510 --> 01:15:13,370
And whereas, community planning provides an opportunity for all residents to be meaningfully involved

649
01:15:13,370 --> 01:15:18,350
in making choices that determine the future of their community,

650
01:15:23,400 --> 01:15:25,020
the county and the city of Savannah.

651
01:15:27,260 --> 01:15:35,100
Whereas, the full benefit of planning requires public officials and citizens who understand, support,

652
01:15:35,100 --> 01:15:42,360
and demand excellence in planning and plan implementations,

653
01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:47,780
and whereas the month of October

654
01:15:48,300 --> 01:15:54,980
is designated national community planning month throughout the United States of America,

655
01:15:55,900 --> 01:16:03,260
as well as all territories, and whereas the American Plan of Association and its professional

656
01:16:03,260 --> 01:16:13,600
Institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, 2020 theme, planning is essential to

657
01:16:13,600 --> 01:16:21,580
recovery, highlighting how planning and planners can lead communities to equitable resilience

658
01:16:21,580 --> 01:16:27,200
and long lasting recovery from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic.

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01:16:27,200 --> 01:16:41,220
This theme is to remind us to learn with the future, prepare for uncertainty and help

660
01:16:41,220 --> 01:16:46,620
planners navigate this disruptive change.

661
01:16:48,520 --> 01:16:50,700
And with that chairman

662
01:16:53,540 --> 01:16:56,300
on behalf of this entire commission,

663
01:16:59,670 --> 01:17:01,450
we do hereby proclaim the month

664
01:17:01,450 --> 01:17:09,930
of October 2020, in Chatham County, and urge all local citizens to join in saluting in the

665
01:17:09,930 --> 01:17:18,490
metropolitan planning commission as a celebrate community planning month in conjunction with

666
01:17:18,490 --> 01:17:23,330
the celebration of the national community planning month to strengthen Chatham County's

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01:17:23,330 --> 01:17:29,370
communities and how I have planning and planners can lead our

668
01:17:29,370 --> 01:17:35,330
community to equitable resilience and long last and recovery from

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01:17:35,330 --> 01:17:37,550
the effects of COVID-19 pandemic.

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01:17:39,070 --> 01:17:43,010
And with that, we'll sign I invite you up for some comments.

671
01:17:45,370 --> 01:17:46,690
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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01:17:47,270 --> 01:17:50,130
And I want to thank all of the county commissioners for your

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01:17:50,130 --> 01:17:57,030
continue support of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, as well as the citizens that are listening

674
01:17:57,030 --> 01:18:06,030
to this broadcast. Today, I've got two of my board members with me, Ms. Tanya Melton and Mr. Wayne Noah.

675
01:18:07,410 --> 01:18:12,810
They serve on the Planning Commission and are appointed. The Planning Commission is appointed

676
01:18:12,810 --> 01:18:18,510
by both the city and the county for those of the community that don't know how we are currently set up.

677
01:18:19,450 --> 01:18:46,550
This is really important, especially now as we are dealing with a variety of challenges, not only with COVID-19, but still another seven weeks to deal with storm and other environmental impacts that totally impact the city and the county will regards to dealing with resiliency and planning for that.

678
01:18:49,670 --> 01:18:56,290
This is also the time that we are looking at starting the

679
01:18:56,290 --> 01:19:00,610
comprehensive planning process and I do want to take a moment to just talk about that.

680
01:19:00,910 --> 01:19:06,230
That is the document that we are required to update by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

681
01:19:06,510 --> 01:19:12,310
It is used as a guide for reports to determining funding for a variety of projects that we've

682
01:19:12,310 --> 01:19:18,390
throughout the city and the county, we will be asking all of you as well as people listening

683
01:19:18,390 --> 01:19:24,230
to this broadcast and others in the community to participate and this effort through a variety

684
01:19:24,230 --> 01:19:30,290
of means we will have focus groups and surveys to gather as much information as we possibly

685
01:19:30,290 --> 01:19:35,970
can and we will come back to you all with our more formal presentation. We'll regard to this process,

686
01:19:35,970 --> 01:19:42,450
But I do want to take that opportunity to make a note that we have started gathering that work.

687
01:19:42,810 --> 01:19:51,390
That has to be complete by October of 2021 in order for us to continue to receive funding

688
01:19:52,270 --> 01:19:54,390
only wide for variety of projects.

689
01:19:55,110 --> 01:20:03,550
In addition to that, we have just received a grant from the State of Georgia that is a coastal

690
01:20:03,550 --> 01:20:09,770
empower resiliency network grant. And that's really important because it really echoes what we've

691
01:20:09,770 --> 01:20:14,390
been hearing today, the importance of partnership and collaboration. And one of the things that we

692
01:20:14,390 --> 01:20:23,710
would be charged to do is set up a collaborative regional resulting network working with our partners

693
01:20:24,590 --> 01:20:31,210
in the region to deal with resiliency, to deal with the impacts from the various

694
01:20:32,090 --> 01:20:34,930
the candidates that we have currently experienced.

695
01:20:36,010 --> 01:20:37,890
So again, thank you again for your support.

696
01:20:38,870 --> 01:20:43,410
I want to thank my board and the commission of the MPC for their support.

697
01:20:43,610 --> 01:20:46,630
And I'll be glad to answer any questions that you might have.

698
01:20:47,410 --> 01:20:47,710
Thank you.

699
01:20:48,610 --> 01:20:56,510
Also acknowledge Mr. Tonya Milton, who's passed chair of the Metropolitan Planning Commission.

700
01:20:56,510 --> 01:21:01,030
And then there's a Democratic nominee for the Fifth Commission District, so she'll be changing

701
01:21:01,030 --> 01:21:02,990
hats in January.

702
01:21:04,490 --> 01:21:06,490
So, thank you for your service.

703
01:21:08,650 --> 01:21:09,250
Thank you.

704
01:21:18,540 --> 01:21:22,900
We have no chairman, items are commissioner, items for consideration today.

705
01:21:23,500 --> 01:21:31,680
Nothing has been tabled that we need to remove from the table or consider, that takes us

706
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:33,560
to add in for individual action.

707
01:21:34,760 --> 01:21:41,560
And the first is to request approval to follow in budget amendments and transfers in fiscal

708
01:21:41,560 --> 01:21:48,140
year 2020, one, make the following adjustments related to year-end audit and budget

709
01:21:48,140 --> 01:21:49,340
close-out.

710
01:21:49,840 --> 01:21:55,180
In the general fund, M&L's special service district, special revenue,

711
01:21:57,580 --> 01:21:58,460
internal service,

712
01:21:58,460 --> 01:22:01,380
capital improvement and enterprise fund,

713
01:22:01,380 --> 01:22:04,160
increased revenues and expenditures as documented

714
01:22:05,140 --> 01:22:09,380
on the resolution to, in the general fund,

715
01:22:09,680 --> 01:22:14,120
transfer of two million dollars from fund balance,

716
01:22:14,360 --> 01:22:18,640
to capital improvement fund, and B transfer of two million

717
01:22:18,640 --> 01:22:21,020
dollars from fund balance to debt service,

718
01:22:22,100 --> 01:22:25,300
three in the special service district,

719
01:22:26,060 --> 01:22:28,440
transfer of three million dollars to capital improvement,

720
01:22:28,440 --> 01:22:37,580
fund, and in the multiple grant fund, increase revenues and expenditures by $263,000, $5

721
01:22:37,580 --> 01:22:44,180
and sales tax, six fund transfer budget between projects as listed.

722
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:52,780
And in fiscal year 2021, one in the general fund transfer of $16,000, $6,000 from

723
01:22:52,780 --> 01:22:59,680
continuously to the board of assessors operating budget to in the multiple grant fund,

724
01:22:59,680 --> 01:23:10,260
increase revenues and expenditures by 1 million, 213,000, 764 dollars and 6 cents for various

725
01:23:10,260 --> 01:23:20,140
grants as listed in three in the confiscated revenue fund transfer to me and dollars from

726
01:23:20,140 --> 01:23:25,140
Continuously to DEA confiscated.

727
01:23:26,480 --> 01:23:27,780
This is our motion.

728
01:23:28,640 --> 01:23:31,340
So, is that second?

729
01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:32,140
Second.

730
01:23:33,020 --> 01:23:34,400
Properly moved in second.

731
01:23:37,310 --> 01:23:41,190
Is there any discussion here or none?

732
01:23:41,370 --> 01:23:44,870
Is there any awareness here or none all in favor

733
01:23:44,870 --> 01:23:48,910
of the motion indicated by voting yes,

734
01:23:49,930 --> 01:23:52,410
are saying yes, commissioning,

735
01:23:55,810 --> 01:23:56,370
Yes.

736
01:23:56,970 --> 01:23:57,530
Yes.

737
01:23:57,530 --> 01:23:58,190
This has been moved.

738
01:23:58,470 --> 01:24:00,050
How do you vote Commissioner Jones?

739
01:24:01,090 --> 01:24:01,850
As that move for progress?

740
01:24:02,630 --> 01:24:02,890
Yes.

741
01:24:03,810 --> 01:24:04,930
Commissioner Kickliner.

742
01:24:06,610 --> 01:24:06,630
Yes.

743
01:24:11,320 --> 01:24:12,380
As everybody voted.

744
01:24:17,780 --> 01:24:18,720
The motion carries.

745
01:24:27,090 --> 01:24:33,250
The second item for the individual action is the request vote approval to create a four-time

746
01:24:33,250 --> 01:24:41,590
grant-funded project specialist position for the duration of 24 months for the Chalum County

747
01:24:41,590 --> 01:24:49,370
Police Department as a result of receiving a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office

748
01:24:49,370 --> 01:24:52,930
of Targeted Violence and Terrorism Grant.

749
01:24:54,070 --> 01:24:57,530
No, there's no match fund required.

750
01:24:57,530 --> 01:25:02,850
that this is a grant that was applied for and received by the

751
01:25:02,850 --> 01:25:06,110
Madam County Police Department, and it requires someone to

752
01:25:06,110 --> 01:25:08,610
administer this grant so you are creating a position.

753
01:25:09,870 --> 01:25:10,450
Is that motion?

754
01:25:11,410 --> 01:25:11,650
Two minutes.

755
01:25:12,970 --> 01:25:13,850
Is that second?

756
01:25:15,130 --> 01:25:15,550
Two minutes.

757
01:25:15,550 --> 01:25:15,710
That's second.

758
01:25:16,470 --> 01:25:19,010
It's probably moved in second.

759
01:25:20,330 --> 01:25:22,590
Is there any discussion of questions?

760
01:25:22,590 --> 01:25:28,890
Here are nine Indian rainers, here are nine all in favor of the motion, indicate by

761
01:25:28,890 --> 01:25:31,970
voting, yes, a saying, yes, commission of Jones, how do you vote?

762
01:25:32,630 --> 01:25:36,270
I say yes, commission of kicklider, yes,

763
01:25:40,810 --> 01:25:41,750
the motion carries,

764
01:25:45,100 --> 01:25:48,460
the third item on the agenda.

765
01:25:49,840 --> 01:25:56,040
There's a district attorney to me in our assets, forfeiture that you just moved,

766
01:25:57,640 --> 01:26:01,520
She wrote it to victim services and non-profits.

767
01:26:05,120 --> 01:26:11,320
We have the DA here who is going to talk about it.

768
01:26:11,480 --> 01:26:17,700
I don't know how she came about arriving at the list of the non-profits that will get

769
01:26:17,700 --> 01:26:21,660
this money perhaps she can provide us further explanation.

770
01:26:26,830 --> 01:26:32,890
And also if you would, Madam DA, if you can just talk about where this two million came from

771
01:26:32,890 --> 01:26:34,590
And in terms of the forfeiture.

772
01:26:34,810 --> 01:26:35,570
Yes, sir.

773
01:26:35,850 --> 01:26:36,890
Good afternoon.

774
01:26:37,410 --> 01:26:38,990
Thank you all for allowing me to be here.

775
01:26:39,670 --> 01:26:43,870
I was contacted by the Maken County Circuit

776
01:26:43,870 --> 01:26:47,630
that there had been a statewide investigation done

777
01:26:47,630 --> 01:26:50,070
by the Department of Revenue and the lottery

778
01:26:50,870 --> 01:26:53,870
in terms of illegal gambling that had occurred.

779
01:26:54,350 --> 01:26:57,090
And based on there were 21 stores here in Chattam County

780
01:26:57,090 --> 01:26:59,350
as well as stores across the state of Georgia.

781
01:27:00,550 --> 01:27:06,370
They brought charges, it's my understanding, when you have a lottery machine in your store,

782
01:27:06,810 --> 01:27:12,370
there are four master licensors that are by the state of Georgia and that they can, they

783
01:27:12,370 --> 01:27:16,610
only want to give licenses and then you have a location license for to have it in your store.

784
01:27:17,270 --> 01:27:23,650
So the asset forfeiture was seized in making county, and I was contacted to say that

785
01:27:23,650 --> 01:27:27,370
we will pursue the local stores here for the gambling that was done.

786
01:27:27,370 --> 01:27:31,090
but that the money that would be coming to Chad and County would be $2 million.

787
01:27:32,070 --> 01:27:37,310
When we received the ask that forfeature money, I have with me and I think Cheryl stepped out.

788
01:27:37,350 --> 01:27:39,710
I had the four victim service providers.

789
01:27:39,830 --> 01:27:45,890
I contacted the prosecuting attorney's counsel, Gary Bergman, who is my attorney who works all

790
01:27:45,890 --> 01:27:50,110
on asset forfeiture, aspects, weight-haring, with Hunter McLean.

791
01:27:50,450 --> 01:27:56,530
The money can only be used for services, for service providers that provide direct services

792
01:27:56,530 --> 01:28:00,850
two victims. That's the only thing by law that it can be given to.

793
01:28:01,690 --> 01:28:05,910
And working with my forced victim service providers here, which is the Coastal Children's

794
01:28:05,910 --> 01:28:12,810
Advocacy Center, the Great Crisis Center, safe shelter for better women, and the Family

795
01:28:12,810 --> 01:28:19,190
Justice Center, I know that they have struggled immensely over the past since March, because

796
01:28:19,190 --> 01:28:24,510
of COVID that they have not been able to have fundraisers. I know that safe shelter was

797
01:28:24,510 --> 01:28:29,710
over almost $300,000 in the whole, I know that right crisis and speaking, they were almost

798
01:28:29,710 --> 01:28:33,710
coming to the front where they're going to have to lay off people, so in that the money

799
01:28:33,710 --> 01:28:39,010
can only be given by law to people who deal directly with victims, provide direct services

800
01:28:39,010 --> 01:28:44,730
to victims, I asked them if they would be accepted, if they would accept the money.

801
01:28:45,890 --> 01:28:49,530
And the reason I wanted you to explain it because I, Tim,

802
01:28:49,530 --> 01:29:14,370
members of the Commission question as to wouldn't green-brie a qualify for some of this grads since there I involved just some extent because when you have domestic violence or a victim or anything else that goes on a lot of times those kids are sent to green-brie on a temporary place.

803
01:29:14,370 --> 01:29:20,490
for them to be sheltered, and they too were struggling with financial needs.

804
01:29:20,790 --> 01:29:23,410
So a couple of members of the Commission have brought that to my attention.

805
01:29:24,430 --> 01:29:29,990
And I tried to reach out to yesterday just to mention it to you that that was a concern

806
01:29:29,990 --> 01:29:31,490
of a couple of members of the Commission.

807
01:29:33,010 --> 01:29:41,390
But I wanted to probably to understand this was a statewide reco action that confiscated

808
01:29:41,970 --> 01:29:45,430
size of a amount of funds from a statewide basis.

809
01:29:47,470 --> 01:29:50,510
And to me, and all those is Chattam County

810
01:29:50,510 --> 01:29:56,550
share of that distribution, and clean through these offers. All funds have to be appropriate

811
01:29:56,550 --> 01:29:59,970
by this commission. And so that's why it's all now our calendar.

812
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:06,500
Members are to really authorize and to enter into the memorandum of understanding and to make distribution

813
01:30:06,500 --> 01:30:09,720
of these funds. Is there any questions of the DA?

814
01:30:14,580 --> 01:30:15,840
Any further comments, mounting?

815
01:30:16,180 --> 01:30:22,560
Yes, sir. It's these people here are those that each shout out because the crime has not stopped and they

816
01:30:22,560 --> 01:30:29,080
have continued to work for the victims of crimes, which assist us in prosecuting these cases. So we work so closely and

817
01:30:29,080 --> 01:30:33,660
collaborative for so many years. It was just a way to get back to note it has to be direct

818
01:30:33,660 --> 01:30:37,680
services that are provided under the statute and that's why I conferred with two different

819
01:30:37,680 --> 01:30:42,820
attorneys outside my office to verify that what we were doing is correct. The MOUs have gone to

820
01:30:42,820 --> 01:30:48,260
Mr. Hart, it's my understanding, and we have put things in place for SOPs going forward.

821
01:30:49,400 --> 01:30:55,880
Okay. Thank you, sir. Thank you. There's no questions. It's down motion.

822
01:30:55,880 --> 01:30:57,100
I'm there.

823
01:30:59,530 --> 01:31:00,610
Bob, may I move in a second?

824
01:31:03,100 --> 01:31:03,980
Any further discussion?

825
01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:12,750
Here and here and here and here and here and there and there and all in favour please indicate

826
01:31:12,750 --> 01:31:16,310
by voting years of saying years, Commissioner Jones, how do you vote?

827
01:31:16,930 --> 01:31:17,270
Yes.

828
01:31:18,090 --> 01:31:18,930
Commissioner Kikwala?

829
01:31:20,050 --> 01:31:20,290
Yes.

830
01:31:23,070 --> 01:31:24,130
As everybody voted,

831
01:31:26,780 --> 01:31:28,060
the motion is approved.

832
01:31:33,490 --> 01:31:38,380
Item 4 on the agenda.

833
01:31:38,380 --> 01:31:48,540
It's a request board approval to accept a grant award from the Center for Tech and Civic

834
01:31:48,540 --> 01:31:57,780
Life up to, on not to exceed, 572,264 dollars.

835
01:31:57,780 --> 01:32:12,200
There's no match required and I thought that perhaps to help the public understand what we

836
01:32:12,200 --> 01:32:12,800
received.

837
01:32:12,920 --> 01:32:20,220
This was a grant that the county applied for and been approved to spend up to the dollar

838
01:32:20,220 --> 01:32:20,620
amount.

839
01:32:20,620 --> 01:32:27,760
You have to justify, of course, and one of the things that we're doing with this

840
01:32:27,760 --> 01:32:35,420
This grant is to help protect the November 3rd election by helping protect, I mean I,

841
01:32:35,580 --> 01:32:44,520
this money can be spent to pre-clean facilities that we're using for election sites.

842
01:32:44,880 --> 01:32:50,460
It will also be used to post-clean after we use those facilities.

843
01:32:50,460 --> 01:33:00,100
we can use some of these funds to clean the facilities and schools, etc. before or at the

844
01:33:00,100 --> 01:33:05,980
end of the election. This fund can all, but so we use for providing personal protection

845
01:33:05,980 --> 01:33:17,660
equipment to help make certain that the elections are held as safely as possible in the

846
01:33:17,660 --> 01:33:22,000
face mass, petitions, et cetera, to help protect voters.

847
01:33:23,560 --> 01:33:29,040
And so this is what some of the things our Assistant County

848
01:33:29,040 --> 01:33:35,600
Manager, Ms. Kramer, has a list of potential stuff that can be used for

849
01:33:35,600 --> 01:33:41,200
and will be used for including the cleaning and sterilizing of machines, et cetera.

850
01:33:41,200 --> 01:33:49,620
But we're also providing stiles and all the polling places, so people who really don't have

851
01:33:49,620 --> 01:33:57,200
to text to screen, they can use the stiles, so they should choose to do their voting.

852
01:33:58,080 --> 01:34:04,800
So all those items are included, but it's really an effort to help protect the voters as much

853
01:34:04,800 --> 01:34:05,880
as possible.

854
01:34:05,880 --> 01:34:08,260
I'm doing this upcoming election.

855
01:34:09,800 --> 01:34:12,340
The squammy, you have anything you want to add to it.

856
01:34:16,500 --> 01:34:22,140
And with that said, are there any questions before we entertain a motion?

857
01:34:22,420 --> 01:34:24,560
If not, is there a motion?

858
01:34:24,940 --> 01:34:25,620
That's a move?

859
01:34:25,800 --> 01:34:26,880
Thank you.

860
01:34:27,420 --> 01:34:28,580
Probably more than a second.

861
01:34:29,560 --> 01:34:36,300
Any further discussion here and none, if any on readiness, here and none, all in favor of

862
01:34:36,300 --> 01:34:37,040
the motion.

863
01:34:37,040 --> 01:34:42,160
In the case by voting, yes, a saying, yes, Commissioner Jones, how do you vote?

864
01:34:42,740 --> 01:34:43,780
I vote yes.

865
01:34:43,920 --> 01:34:45,320
Commissioner Kicklider?

866
01:34:45,920 --> 01:34:46,600
I vote yes.

867
01:34:49,010 --> 01:34:49,050
Yes.

868
01:34:49,050 --> 01:34:50,650
Does everybody vote it?

869
01:34:53,450 --> 01:34:54,370
The motion carries.

870
01:34:55,010 --> 01:35:01,420
I want to thank staff for their expedited application for this grant.

871
01:35:02,460 --> 01:35:11,800
And it will certainly help us make this a fortune that November as safe as possible.

872
01:35:15,190 --> 01:35:29,090
Next, we have the action calendar, I have not gotten any calls from any members of the commission who wish to vote on anything separately on the action calendar with that said.

873
01:35:29,490 --> 01:35:31,910
Mr. Chairman? Yes.

874
01:35:33,190 --> 01:35:36,790
If possible, could we, I didn't know that I was supposed to go ahead and start.

875
01:35:36,790 --> 01:35:43,770
Can we possibly pull the canal maintenance agreement number 12 or either just have

876
01:35:43,770 --> 01:35:48,870
stopped elaborating on what exactly that is before or before either way?

877
01:35:50,390 --> 01:35:55,790
I'm going to request both approval to enter and enter an animal government agreement with

878
01:35:55,790 --> 01:36:00,370
each participate in municipality for county-wide canal maintenance program.

879
01:36:00,930 --> 01:36:05,170
Yes, I just think it would be good to get stopped and it's paying for a library on that.

880
01:36:05,170 --> 01:36:18,820
Okay? I'm going to invite our Assistant Manager Cagler to address that issue before we entertain

881
01:36:18,820 --> 01:36:24,860
a motion. And if you want to go on separately, we can. Commissioner Cagler,

882
01:36:27,700 --> 01:36:28,640
this is our annual

883
01:36:28,640 --> 01:36:36,620
can now make this program, where the county cleans throughout the entire county over 150 miles of

884
01:36:36,620 --> 01:36:43,620
canals. We enter into a, and you contract with the jurisdiction that allows us to go through

885
01:36:43,620 --> 01:36:51,860
and do that cleaning, that cleaning consist of going through and removing the breathe from the canal. Once a year,

886
01:36:51,860 --> 01:36:54,500
We moved the right away three times a year,

887
01:36:54,780 --> 01:36:56,120
and we also applied her besides.

888
01:36:56,580 --> 01:36:58,200
So this is the, you know,

889
01:36:58,380 --> 01:36:59,640
you with the different municipalities

890
01:36:59,640 --> 01:37:02,940
allows us to go in and perform that work.

891
01:37:05,040 --> 01:37:06,900
With that said, Commissioner Kikai,

892
01:37:06,980 --> 01:37:10,320
you have any questions of Mr. Kegler?

893
01:37:11,420 --> 01:37:12,800
No service chairman.

894
01:37:12,820 --> 01:37:14,200
I just thought I'd be given the point

895
01:37:14,200 --> 01:37:16,380
that I'll put those to me and my opinion.

896
01:37:16,480 --> 01:37:18,560
This is one of the greatest things we do

897
01:37:18,560 --> 01:37:19,820
for accounting while basis.

898
01:37:19,820 --> 01:37:24,020
and I just thought that we should highlight that for the public to say. Thank you.

899
01:37:24,180 --> 01:37:25,380
Mr. Chair. Thank you.

900
01:37:28,220 --> 01:37:29,280
Commissioner Láquita, the third.

901
01:37:29,720 --> 01:37:34,540
I just want to ask one question that this other matter could mean the unincorporated areas would be included.

902
01:37:36,720 --> 01:37:39,080
Yes, sir. It's unincorporated and all the municipalities.

903
01:37:39,340 --> 01:37:41,240
Unincorporated and all the municipalities, countywide.

904
01:37:42,080 --> 01:37:42,440
Thank you.

905
01:37:44,240 --> 01:37:46,020
And Councilor Warren to make a comment.

906
01:37:47,100 --> 01:37:47,380
John Hart.

907
01:37:48,340 --> 01:37:52,140
Yes. I just wanted to say that this is basically something

908
01:37:52,140 --> 01:37:58,440
the county does because these canals run through multiple jurisdictions and the unincorporated

909
01:37:58,440 --> 01:37:59,320
county.

910
01:37:59,860 --> 01:38:07,520
And if somebody in one city doesn't clean up and has a pinch coin in the canal program, it affects

911
01:38:07,520 --> 01:38:10,480
all the downstream providers and the stream providers.

912
01:38:11,060 --> 01:38:15,180
We do this on limited basis, the cities know that.

913
01:38:15,760 --> 01:38:20,860
They have the primary responsibility of taking care of their canals within the city, but within

914
01:38:20,860 --> 01:38:26,820
confines into the limited extent that these agreements allow us to go in and try to tackle

915
01:38:26,820 --> 01:38:32,800
some of the major things we do. We do not build drainage facilities for example, but we

916
01:38:32,800 --> 01:38:37,300
would come in and maybe remove their breath around them if we found something that we thought

917
01:38:37,300 --> 01:38:42,970
we needed that needed some work. We would then turn that over to the jurisdiction and question

918
01:38:44,340 --> 01:38:49,560
and let them know what we found and then they would be the ultimate decided or whether they

919
01:38:49,560 --> 01:38:56,700
going to go in there and make the changes within the canal system, but we found it helpful

920
01:38:56,700 --> 01:39:05,940
because it gets the whole system at some point, at least once a year, looked back and it's

921
01:39:05,940 --> 01:39:09,400
been a good relationship with the cities.

922
01:39:09,860 --> 01:39:12,120
We appreciate them and they appreciate us.

923
01:39:14,710 --> 01:39:15,990
Let's be chair.

924
01:39:16,690 --> 01:39:19,770
Thank you to Gloria Dean for the commissioning kick line.

925
01:39:20,470 --> 01:39:21,450
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

926
01:39:22,770 --> 01:39:25,130
I appreciate the link description,

927
01:39:25,570 --> 01:39:27,710
but I don't believe that it actually did

928
01:39:28,650 --> 01:39:30,590
justice for what we're actually doing

929
01:39:30,590 --> 01:39:33,650
because it's actually one dead cycle as well.

930
01:39:33,970 --> 01:39:36,230
I'll say, I believe a few known cycles

931
01:39:36,230 --> 01:39:39,250
and some spraying of weak killer cycles.

932
01:39:39,690 --> 01:39:41,210
So we're not in there just once.

933
01:39:41,410 --> 01:39:43,630
We're in there multiple times every year.

934
01:39:43,630 --> 01:39:46,230
but it's once a year from a major bit else,

935
01:39:46,510 --> 01:39:50,190
but it's just a great thing to help the entire county

936
01:39:50,190 --> 01:39:54,200
drain a little better, so thank you.

937
01:39:54,200 --> 01:39:55,400
And you're correct with that commissioner.

938
01:39:56,340 --> 01:39:58,140
Commissioner Jones, did you have something?

939
01:39:58,960 --> 01:39:59,460
Yes sir.

940
01:40:00,280 --> 01:40:02,580
I echo the sentiments within just state,

941
01:40:03,020 --> 01:40:05,420
I'm a colleague, Commissioner Kicklater just stated,

942
01:40:05,680 --> 01:40:08,740
and rep is still making sure we looked into this piece.

943
01:40:08,900 --> 01:40:12,660
I have been asking for an actual visual map of what this looked like

944
01:40:12,660 --> 01:40:13,840
for the last two, three years.

945
01:40:13,840 --> 01:40:17,960
every time we bring this piece up when we vote on it because I want to share this with this

946
01:40:17,960 --> 01:40:22,920
constituents in our communities because a lot of times like Commission kick like I said

947
01:40:22,920 --> 01:40:28,660
we get underserved on what the capacity we do when we do things I'm not community and so if I

948
01:40:28,660 --> 01:40:36,120
could once again get a copy of a map showing how this thing looks for our whole community so we

949
01:40:36,120 --> 01:40:41,560
can share it with our constituents based so they can notice one more thing that all the community

950
01:40:41,560 --> 01:40:48,800
people who deserve it. Thank you. This is, we have a master diagram of map of all the drainage

951
01:40:48,800 --> 01:40:55,060
system minutes. I actually kept our engineering department and if we can't make you one, we

952
01:40:55,060 --> 01:41:01,080
can certainly schedule a time when you can come down and review the map. We'll see if we can

953
01:41:01,080 --> 01:41:11,540
reduce it to a size that you can look at it but they have it upstairs in engineering and if we

954
01:41:11,540 --> 01:41:17,920
to make an available to you. We will, if not, we will see when we will be a appropriate

955
01:41:17,920 --> 01:41:23,000
time commissioner, Jones for you to come down and review the map. I don't know whether

956
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:25,100
or not, how easy it's going to be to copy it.

957
01:41:26,100 --> 01:41:27,420
Well, we'll make the request.

958
01:41:28,220 --> 01:41:31,620
They can put it into a bigger map size. I got one of the big maps already in the house.

959
01:41:31,820 --> 01:41:32,540
That works too.

960
01:41:39,920 --> 01:41:41,760
Anything else on the action calendar?

961
01:41:44,410 --> 01:41:46,930
If not, at this time, I'll entertain a motion for approval.

962
01:41:47,570 --> 01:41:48,070
You have it.

963
01:41:48,070 --> 01:41:51,230
Mr. Chairman, just real quickly, I am.

964
01:41:51,230 --> 01:41:52,130
The commissioner's down.

965
01:41:52,410 --> 01:41:54,750
Very much in support of the canal maintenance,

966
01:41:55,110 --> 01:41:59,050
but I also want to call attention to the fact

967
01:41:59,050 --> 01:42:02,470
that we need ditch maintenance, too, throughout this camp.

968
01:42:03,210 --> 01:42:07,670
So I'm all in favor of this, but we've got to finish the job.

969
01:42:10,580 --> 01:42:10,580
OK,

970
01:42:13,140 --> 01:42:15,840
is that a motion to approve the action count?

971
01:42:16,800 --> 01:42:18,460
Mr. Chairman, there's a second.

972
01:42:20,760 --> 01:42:22,160
Any further discussion?

973
01:42:22,480 --> 01:42:23,140
Commissioner Kipri.

974
01:42:23,660 --> 01:42:24,680
Thank you.

975
01:42:25,180 --> 01:42:30,700
I just want to say I agree with the commissioner just said that the cities are chartered

976
01:42:30,700 --> 01:42:35,880
with the day-to-day maintenance of the regular drainage ditches, as we as the county commission

977
01:42:35,880 --> 01:42:40,680
are chartered with the day-to-day maintenance of all of the ditches in the unincorporated area.

978
01:42:41,160 --> 01:42:45,400
This is about major canals that drains like the attorney said.

979
01:42:45,740 --> 01:42:48,760
We're in major cities as well as the unincorporated area.

980
01:42:48,760 --> 01:42:50,720
in one clogging one of the cities

981
01:42:50,720 --> 01:42:53,180
can destroy the entire drainage program

982
01:42:53,180 --> 01:42:55,320
for many areas of many services.

983
01:42:55,980 --> 01:42:59,240
So this is us just ensuring that the major,

984
01:42:59,240 --> 01:43:01,420
I guess, our is our unclogbed,

985
01:43:01,780 --> 01:43:04,200
where the entire county can drain properly

986
01:43:04,200 --> 01:43:07,840
if the municipalities are doing their jobs with the small ditches

987
01:43:07,840 --> 01:43:10,860
and if we, as the county are doing good jobs

988
01:43:10,860 --> 01:43:15,600
with the on a corporate area ditches, so thank you.

989
01:43:20,020 --> 01:43:27,460
any further discussion, any unreadness, not all in favor of the motion to approve the action

990
01:43:27,460 --> 01:43:31,740
count and indicate by voting, yes, the saying, yes, commission, the Jones, how do you vote?

991
01:43:33,580 --> 01:43:38,240
I vote, yes, sir. Commission, I kick like that. I vote, yes,

992
01:43:40,420 --> 01:43:41,120
is everyone voted.

993
01:43:43,200 --> 01:43:44,060
The motion carries.

994
01:43:53,130 --> 01:43:54,710
Are there enough first readers?

995
01:43:59,170 --> 01:44:00,550
You know, second readers?

996
01:44:06,980 --> 01:44:12,580
Ms. Kramer, you know, now a second reading. We have a couple of second readers as a

997
01:44:12,580 --> 01:44:18,060
back with staff. Can you tell us what's been done on those,

998
01:44:22,320 --> 01:44:24,320
get the fire, the garbage, and

999
01:44:24,320 --> 01:44:29,620
yes, we're still working on a couple of these. We should have probably by the next meeting,

1000
01:44:29,800 --> 01:44:35,960
the farmer's market ordinance back with you. We've had to pull out a lot of the language

1001
01:44:35,960 --> 01:44:43,720
about the mobile food trucks out of that because of the state sandwich bill which was

1002
01:44:43,720 --> 01:44:50,840
recently passed. We also should have the garbage removal ordinance back in front of you.

1003
01:44:51,180 --> 01:44:56,300
The parking ordinance we're working with Chad and County Police about how to collect parking

1004
01:44:56,300 --> 01:44:59,980
so we have a meeting on that coming up.

1005
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:09,080
Next week, and then the fire subscription we are working on the survey. You heard Melanie Wilson talk about the

1006
01:45:09,080 --> 01:45:14,720
complaint. One of the things they're doing is some surveying in the community around the comprehensive

1007
01:45:14,720 --> 01:45:23,460
plan, and they have agreed to include three or four of our questions on fire service in that survey.

1008
01:45:23,460 --> 01:45:30,580
And they were also talking about, you know, other ways to put that survey out, be it through

1009
01:45:31,620 --> 01:45:38,440
kind of more social media or survey monkey or those sort of means versus a male-out survey

1010
01:45:38,440 --> 01:45:39,500
by Georgia Steader.

1011
01:45:39,500 --> 01:45:41,800
And so we're still trying to balance that.

1012
01:45:41,940 --> 01:45:43,380
And that's where we are with those.

1013
01:45:43,380 --> 01:45:49,760
I think the other four, the burn ordinance, general offenses, marine and revenue were all approved.

1014
01:45:51,620 --> 01:45:52,720
That's our current staff.

1015
01:45:52,720 --> 01:45:58,720
Anybody have any questions, Commissioner Alice of the Eighth, I'm right here?

1016
01:45:59,960 --> 01:46:10,260
I have staff received any emails, especially concerning with the fire subscription to have you gotten those emails?

1017
01:46:11,840 --> 01:46:17,300
Because what I've been doing is everyone who sends London me, I've been following it into you all

1018
01:46:18,120 --> 01:46:25,000
Because I know we can't, and I ever had to explain on the phone, we can't have a meeting

1019
01:46:25,000 --> 01:46:28,320
where we invite the public to come in here and make their comments.

1020
01:46:28,560 --> 01:46:30,680
We can't do that because of COVID.

1021
01:46:32,100 --> 01:46:38,420
So, say to the public again, if they have any concerns, a comments concerning garbage collection,

1022
01:46:39,180 --> 01:46:45,080
concerning price, discretion that they need to, if they're not emailing their commissioners,

1023
01:46:45,080 --> 01:46:49,820
need to email it to the staff. I'll send it to the staff to get it there. That's the only way.

1024
01:46:50,340 --> 01:46:56,080
We can know what their concerns are, because we don't have a place big enough that we can

1025
01:46:56,080 --> 01:47:02,580
invite folks to stay socially distance and hear their complaints. So they have to put it in email

1026
01:47:02,580 --> 01:47:09,680
form or they have to send it to us in some kind of way to the staff. All right, so what I've been

1027
01:47:09,680 --> 01:47:16,540
And every time I get one, I fall with it to you all so that you all would know what people are saying to me.

1028
01:47:16,760 --> 01:47:18,320
And I'm getting them from all over the county.

1029
01:47:18,960 --> 01:47:24,340
Yeah, I would thank my child and would be another tool that key advantages that they could use to make comments.

1030
01:47:25,040 --> 01:47:27,400
That's our my child and access.

1031
01:47:29,640 --> 01:47:35,200
They're making put it on that they can call in and put it on or they can email it in and put it on the child.

1032
01:47:35,200 --> 01:47:40,140
So maybe we need to say that, how to do that again out loud so they don't know.

1033
01:47:40,420 --> 01:47:44,240
Well, there's a tab on our webpage, my chatem, and they can click on that, and it will

1034
01:47:44,240 --> 01:47:46,820
do them to that feature.

1035
01:47:47,300 --> 01:47:51,380
And there's also an app for my chatem, which, and let's see, is taking her

1036
01:47:51,380 --> 01:47:53,940
ahead because she looks at everything that comes straight.

1037
01:47:55,440 --> 01:47:55,620
Okay.

1038
01:47:59,990 --> 01:48:03,750
The status of the community survey, have we?

1039
01:48:06,140 --> 01:48:07,900
What'd you say the status of a sat?

1040
01:48:07,900 --> 01:48:16,440
Are you talking about the comprehensive plan survey that NPCs developing are the fire survey?

1041
01:48:18,400 --> 01:48:21,680
And we were also talking about having a workshop for members of the commission.

1042
01:48:21,860 --> 01:48:22,200
Yes.

1043
01:48:22,540 --> 01:48:27,240
So we were going to get the survey results in and then schedule the workshop.

1044
01:48:27,820 --> 01:48:30,040
That's kind of our timeline right now.

1045
01:48:30,300 --> 01:48:30,680
All right.

1046
01:48:31,200 --> 01:48:31,980
Thank you.

1047
01:48:32,020 --> 01:48:33,180
Thank you.

1048
01:48:33,180 --> 01:48:43,540
Is there any other request we got to request about the drainage system, hopefully we can replicate that mapping, get it for it?

1049
01:48:43,960 --> 01:48:46,360
Any, Mr. Commissioner Kiel?

1050
01:48:47,580 --> 01:48:51,100
Thank you, Chairman. Can you hear me?

1051
01:48:52,020 --> 01:48:52,540
Yes.

1052
01:48:54,060 --> 01:49:01,260
All right, I just wanted to inform the commission chair and commission that once again, I guess,

1053
01:49:01,260 --> 01:49:07,840
West China County specific point they already have over by waste management and the fifth

1054
01:49:07,840 --> 01:49:10,980
district of the county is kind of under attack again.

1055
01:49:12,260 --> 01:49:17,020
We have a, I just wanted you to know that there is currently a request from waste management

1056
01:49:17,020 --> 01:49:26,780
to resume 847 acres to heavy industrial and they want to put a dump in and it will actually

1057
01:49:26,780 --> 01:49:32,740
back up to the multi-million dollar park that we have Scottsdale Park. It's also going to add

1058
01:49:32,740 --> 01:49:39,940
tons of traffic in the area. And as we all know that area is slated to eventually down the road

1059
01:49:39,940 --> 01:49:48,680
to have 15,000 homes or 15,000 residents in that area. So although the area that's been requested was

1060
01:49:48,680 --> 01:49:51,740
and that's done, but it was, and it's done by Savannah.

1061
01:49:52,240 --> 01:49:56,240
So we on the commission, we have no authority or controls

1062
01:49:56,240 --> 01:49:58,260
to do anything with it.

1063
01:49:58,360 --> 01:50:00,780
I don't think we can, we can, we can adopt a revolution.

1064
01:50:01,380 --> 01:50:03,620
We can fight that, we can really harm a lot of our own

1065
01:50:03,620 --> 01:50:04,900
corporate area of our country.

1066
01:50:05,400 --> 01:50:06,620
We can do a business business,

1067
01:50:08,680 --> 01:50:10,900
I would greatly, greatly

1068
01:50:10,900 --> 01:50:13,520
appreciate consideration of doing that,

1069
01:50:13,600 --> 01:50:17,180
because the current landfill that's sitting there,

1070
01:50:17,400 --> 01:50:18,920
but I don't know the exact size,

1071
01:50:18,920 --> 01:50:35,800
But throughout the years, it's been, I'd say we've had to contact the EPA several times because it hadn't been run properly, so they have not set a good, good example of what they would do, especially with a 847 acre expansion.

1072
01:50:36,160 --> 01:50:44,020
I mean, it's been a disaster. There's trash up and down the roads now from the garbage trucks when they just flies out and they don't clean it like they're sure.

1073
01:50:44,020 --> 01:50:46,820
and anything like that,

1074
01:50:46,820 --> 01:50:50,580
sometimes I hope to send to the MPC or the City of Savannah

1075
01:50:50,580 --> 01:50:54,120
with the, I believe a huge help and greatly appreciate it,

1076
01:50:54,120 --> 01:50:55,820
but all those residents in the fifth district

1077
01:50:55,820 --> 01:50:57,780
and in the southern district out there.

1078
01:51:01,250 --> 01:51:02,810
All right, thank you, sir.

1079
01:51:07,450 --> 01:51:09,990
All right, sure, I'd give that a statement of comment.

1080
01:51:10,330 --> 01:51:11,410
This commissioning,

1081
01:51:14,560 --> 01:51:15,080
all right.

1082
01:51:16,200 --> 01:51:17,880
Over the last couple of months,

1083
01:51:18,180 --> 01:51:21,340
I have over there on Cambridge Road.

1084
01:51:21,340 --> 01:51:27,320
The temple has been going back and forth and references some trees who cut trees down,

1085
01:51:27,440 --> 01:51:32,880
who didn't cut trees down, and I gave the county manager's office information and

1086
01:51:32,880 --> 01:51:34,820
references that and now we're going on two months.

1087
01:51:35,240 --> 01:51:42,300
And I haven't had any clarity on how you need to move forward on it, they're saying that

1088
01:51:42,300 --> 01:51:46,040
the property was acquired by the city of Savannah, so it's no longer county property.

1089
01:51:46,720 --> 01:51:49,340
But I'm trying to get closure on this piece right here.

1090
01:51:49,340 --> 01:51:56,040
They call me all the time and I want them to call the county, but when they call the county, we're not getting any kind of closure on it.

1091
01:51:56,100 --> 01:52:04,880
So I just want to make sure for public documentation and record that I brought this up and we need to ask some kind of mitigation, some kind of meeting and reference to the situation.

1092
01:52:14,820 --> 01:52:15,620
No, sir.

1093
01:52:33,720 --> 01:52:35,420
This is Jay Jones. I'm saying yes.

1094
01:52:36,540 --> 01:52:36,860
Yes.

1095
01:52:55,420 --> 01:52:56,920
And Ms. James, can you call the telephone?

1096
01:53:02,580 --> 01:53:02,960
Thank you, sir.

1097
02:17:43,120 --> 02:17:56,260
Very giving people and it's just a wonderful community to be part of. Census 2020 is a complete count of all people in the United States. It only happens every 10 years.

1098
02:18:00,540 --> 02:18:09,120
Well, the census is important because it is linked to so many resources that support pretty much everything throughout to Adam County.

1099
02:18:09,340 --> 02:18:13,220
If we don't know how many of us there are, we don't know how many resources we need.

1100
02:18:13,220 --> 02:18:21,480
So I know that there's a big push to make sure everybody is counted, so that we'll have adequate resources to support our whole community.

1101
02:18:24,520 --> 02:18:31,450
I would want to help young people and their families understand that they don't really have anything to worry about with completing it.

1102
02:18:32,260 --> 02:18:40,140
It's a safe way to contribute to this big picture of who we are, but it doesn't really reveal too much about us individually.

1103
02:18:45,740 --> 02:18:46,820
Everyone counts.

1104
02:18:57,900 --> 02:19:04,640
My name is Thurmond Tillman. I am pastor first after I've come back to church here in Savannah, Georgia.

1105
02:19:06,780 --> 02:19:10,740
The census is extremely important because it's mandated by the U.S. Constitution.

1106
02:19:11,560 --> 02:19:15,200
And we should count everyone living in America.

1107
02:19:19,340 --> 02:19:21,840
We want folks to be very honest with putting out the form.

1108
02:19:22,300 --> 02:19:26,240
If there are 10 people living in the house and it's only supposed to be three,

1109
02:19:26,600 --> 02:19:30,740
still fill it out and put the 10 people down because the landlord can't get it,

1110
02:19:30,740 --> 02:19:33,100
but we need everyone to get counted.

1111
02:19:35,820 --> 02:19:38,260
And if somebody happens to be sleeping on your couch

1112
02:19:38,260 --> 02:19:40,540
on April 1st which is Census Day,

1113
02:19:41,200 --> 02:19:43,340
please count them as being on your couch.

1114
02:19:43,640 --> 02:19:45,060
It does not mean they have to stay.

1115
02:19:45,660 --> 02:19:47,560
They can leave in the time they need to leave,

1116
02:19:47,760 --> 02:19:50,200
but they will count it once and only once.

1117
02:19:52,380 --> 02:19:53,260
Everyone counts.