City Services on October 23, 2026

RODENT ACTIVITY REMAINS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT CONCERNS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT UH, FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO TALKING A LITTLE BIT AROUND THE RESPONSE EFFORTS TO SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE UH, RECEIVED OVER THE LAST, UH, MANY MONTHS AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE END ABOUT SOME OF

AND SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO JOHN TO TALK A LITTLE BIT AROUND THE WORK THAT HIS TEAM DOES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE COMPLAINTS.

UM, AND WE RESPOND TO 311 COMPLAINTS.

SO IF AN AREA HAS MULTIPLE UH COMPLAINTS AND UM AND THEY UM THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION.

BUT WITHIN ESD WE HAVE ALMOST 60 INSPECTORS THAT CAN DEAL WITH RAT RELATED COMPLAINTS.

UM, AND WALK THEM THROUGH IT UNTIL ALL THE CONCERNS WERE WERE ADDRESSED AND SO ALL THE COMMERCIAL UNITS AND EVERY UH, RESIDENTIAL BUILDING EVERY RESIDENTIAL UNIT WAS OFFERED AN INSPECTION.

UM ANOTHER IS THROUGH ONLINE COMPLAINT CLUSTERS.

UM, SO THIS JUST KEEPS PLACES WITH FEWER THREE AND ONE COMPLAINTS AND VIOLATIONS IN MIND AS WELL.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND ESPECIALLY TO CITY SERVICES UM, WHO REALLY DO TRY AND SEEM GENERALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

SOPHISTICATED METHODS NECESSARY BUT AT THE SAME TIME AND I'M HERE ON A VERY PERSONAL AND NON CONCERNED CITIZEN BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM PERSONALLY BUT UH BY THE SAME TOKEN UH.

WE RECENTLY HAD A HEARING ON TRASH PICKUP AND ALSO THE CHANGE TO PICK UP THE GREEN BUCKETS LIKE EVERY OTHER WEEK NOW WHICH I HEAR IS A CONCERN PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED IS GOING TO AFFECT BUT UM ONE MAN I'M SORRY I FORGOT YOU

TO, UH, GET A RESOLUTION.

WE PASSED THAT RESPONSIBILITY OFF TO THE, UH, LANDLORD.

UM, I KNOW EVERY BUILDING OR EVERY THAT THERE WAS A TRASH PLANT ORDINANCE FOR.

UM, OUR OFFICE IS JUST I'VE JUST FILED A BAD LANDLORDS ORDINANCE AND ONE OF THE, UH, TEETH IN THE ORDINANCE IS THAT IF YOU'RE A CHRONIC OFFENDER, A BAD LANDLORD THAT ARE IS UH, IS CONSTANTLY, UH, NOT COMPLYING WITH CODE

WELL ONE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THOSE COMMENTS FROM YOU AND OTHERS WE WENT AND GOT A FORMAL PETITION PASSED AT THE STATE HOUSE TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM FINE TO $2,000 AND FOR CHRONIC OFFENDERS PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT DOING WHAT THE

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT WITH THE THE ORDINANCE AND THE CHANGE OF OF THE COST OF OF FINES THEY ENFORCE VERY SIMILAR CODES.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT TOOK US TWO YEARS TO GET THAT HOME RULE PETITION PASSED.

SO EVERY RESTAURANT THAT STORES TRASH HAS TO APPLY BY THE SITE COMMUNIST UH PROGRAM AN ORDINANCE THAT JOHN AND HIS TEAM UH OVERSEE UH IF A RESTAURANT DOESN'T HAVE A SITE CLEANLINESS LICENSE, UH, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES