Aigis is a female American rabbit! She’s estimated to be about 2 years old. She was dumped in Garvin Park along with 16 other domestic rabbits (don’t *EVER* do that, by the way!!) and thankfully Animal Care & Control rescued them. VHS pulled some of the bunnies to our facility to help with space. Aigis’ adoption fee is $50, and she’s already spayed & microchipped, ready for her new home! Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 or adoptions@vhslifesaver.org for details!
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020
12:00 NOON
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 AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
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2. MEETING MEMORANDUM Â MARCH 4, 2020
3. CONSENT AGENDA
       a. Request Re: Approve and Execute Rental Agreement with Great Swimming Inc. for Hartke
         Pool.- Holtz
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4.    OLD BUSINESSÂ
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5. Â Â Â Â NEW BUSINESSÂ
      a. Request Re: Permission to cancel a public skating session, if needed during the weeks ofÂ
        April 6th and 13th in order to host SPHL playoff games at Swonder Ice Arena. -Crook Â
      b. Request Re: Any Other Business the Board Wishes to Consider and Public Comment
6. Â Â Â Â REPORTS
      Brian Holtz, Executive Director
7. Â Â Â Â ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS
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8. Â Â Â Â ADJOURN
(Analysis: The president wasted valuable time that could be costly in terms of the health and economic standing of the nation. Now come signs he may be looking to play catchup)
His salesman’s tendency to minimize the downside and play up the bright side left him looking like he couldn’t judge the gravity or complexity of a situation that his own aides described in catastrophic terms.
By Monday, with more experienced federal and state officials proposing new restrictions on public interactions and economic relief packages in the hundreds of billions of dollars, Trump had largely dispensed with the happy talk. But given his own dire forecast, the time it took for him to understand the problem may have been costly in terms of the health and economic standing of the nation.
“We’d much rather be ahead of the curve than behind it,” he said at a briefing for White House reporters.
He was talking about the administration’s response to the spread of the virus itself, but he might as well have been speaking to the various consequences of failing to adequately prepare the public for the toll that could be taken in terms of lives and economic destruction. The less ready, the more damage — in terms of health, the economy and, as a result of the first two, Trump’s political fortunes.
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That is, all the facets are inter-related. Trump’s trouble communicating the seriousness of the pandemic to the public — for weeks, he assured Americans it wasn’t a big threat — may have been costly in terms of raising awareness about the best protocols to contain the spread.
“When you’re dealing with an emerging infectious disease outbreak, you are always behind where you think you are if you think that today reflects where you really are,” Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said while standing near Trump.
As they spoke, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the sharpest single-day point drop in its history, falling nearly 3,000 points, or almost 13 percent, to close at 20,188.52.
It shouldn’t have been a surprise to the president that casting the crisis in darker terms might rattle investors immediately. For three-plus years, he’s spoken only in the most optimistic terms about the stock market and the economy. That changed Monday.
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“Well, it may be,” he said when he was asked if the economy was headed for a recession. Later, he added that “the best thing I can do for the stock market is we can get through this crisis.”
Save for giving himself a perfect “10” on handling the response to coronavirus, the words coming out of Trump’s mouth were hardly recognizable. He praised the media for being “fair” in its coverage and clarified that when he said that things were “under control” Sunday he only meant the government’s efforts were coordinated.
The other major shift was Trump’s emphasis on stopping the virus to the exclusion of concerns about the health of the economy. He announced a new set of guidelines for the public to combat the spread of the pandemic, including educating kids from home, limiting social gatherings to 10 or fewer people, avoiding bars and restaurants, and ending discretionary travel.
“We have an invisible enemy,” he said. “My focus is really on getting rid of this problem, this virus problem. Once we do that, everything else is going to fall into place.”
From what administration officials and outside experts have said, there was no time to waste in grasping the severity of the crisis and concentrating on fighting it. Trump seemed to get that Monday. The question, given the damage already done, was how easy it would really be to get “everything else” to “fall into place” later.
The Vanderburgh County Commissioners will hold a meeting on Monday, March 16, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 301 of the Civic Center Complex at 1 N.W. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Evansville, Indiana to receive information and deliberate on matters concerning public health. Pursuant to IC 5-14-1.5-5(d), the requirements of IC 5-14-1.5-5(a) shall not apply, but:
(1) news media which have requested notice of meetings under IC 5-14-1.5-5(b)(2) must be given the same notice as is given to the members of the governing body; and
(2) the public must be notified by posting a copy of the notice according to subsection IC 5-14-1.5-5(b)(1).
The public is welcome to attend, but is strongly encouraged to view the meeting via the livestream on the Granicus platform at:Â
https://www.evansvillegov.org/egov/apps/services/index.egov?view=detail;id=13
On March 17, 2020, the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility Board Meeting will be held in a larger room at the Civic Center to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations on social distancing in response to concerns about COVID-19. In addition, the public is encouraged to watch EWSU board meetings live on the City of Evansville website, if possible, instead of attending meeting in person.
The meeting will be held in Civic Center Room 301 (Council Chambers) tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. To watch the meeting live, go tohttp://www.evansvillegov.org and click the Watch Meetings Online icon.
On the webpage you will be able to click on a link just beside the agenda link which will say view event
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The meeting video and minutes will be archived. Click on For Archived Events and scroll down to Water and Sewer Utility Board to view the agenda, minutes and video from a specific board meeting.
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People attending the EWSU board meeting will be asked to leave one seat vacant between them and the next person, if possible, to increase the distance between each individual. EWSU board members will leave one seat vacant between each other during the meeting.
As a reminder, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke is encouraging residents to use online city government services in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Residents with access to a computer or smartphone can submit a concern, pay their parking ticket and apply for permits on the City’s website. EWSU customers are also urged to download the MyWater EWSU app to pay water and sewer bills online. Go to www.ewsu.com/mywater.
Here’s a list of online city government services:
Submit a Concern – Action Center
Pay Water & Sewer Bill Online — MyWater EWSU App
Pay City Parking Ticket Online
Submit a Bite Report with Animal Control
City of Evansville Online Application
City License & Permit Applications
City and Utility Vendor Self-Service Registration
Application to Perform Work in Road Rights-of-Way
Changes to Buildings or Property Within Historic Preservation District Certificate Application
Requests for Proposal/Quote from the Department of Metropolitan Development
Promise Zone Facade Grant Application
Affordable Housing Fund Advisory Committee General Application
Affordable Housing Fund Advisory Committee Developer Application
Environmental Protection Agency Complaints
Event Request Form – Evansville Fire Department
APC Improvement Location Permits
Human Relations Commission-Discrimination Interview Form
Gov. Eric J. Holcomb, the Indiana State Department of Health and other state leaders will host a media briefing today to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana.
WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
State Health Commissioner Kristina Box, M.D., FACOG
WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2:30 p.m., Monday, March 16
WHERE:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Indiana Statehouse
South Atrium
200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
A mult box will be provided. A live stream will be available at https://indiana.adobeconnect.com/indiana.
More information may be found at the ISDH website at https://on.in.gov/COVID19 and the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.
In a continuing effort to slow the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Governor Eric J. Holcomb has announced additional efforts.
The governor and other state officials will conduct a COVID-19 briefing today at 2:30 p.m. in the south atrium of the Indiana Statehouse with the latest updates on testing and cases.
Here are additional directives from Governor Holcomb.
More information may be found at the ISDH website at https://on.in.gov/COVID19 and the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today reported five new presumptive positive cases of COVID-19, bringing to 24 the number of Hoosiers diagnosed through ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories.
The new cases involve residents of Bartholomew (1), Floyd (1), Hendricks (1), Howard (1) and Marion (1) counties and have been included on ISDH’s online dashboard at https://www.in.gov/coronavirus/. The list of counties with cases is included in the dashboard, which will be updated daily at 10 a.m. Cases are listed by county of residence.
Additional updates on the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak will be provided later today.
In compliance with the CDC’s recommendations on safeguarding against the COVID-19 virus, The Evansville Police Department will suspend several of its community gathering functions. Coffee with a Cop, Chops with Cops, Citizens Academy, the ride along program, and participation in neighborhood meetings are among the functions that will be suspended in an effort to keep citizens safe. Rest assured we will continue daily patrols and responses to emergency calls. The protection of our citizens and their way of life is our utmost priority.
