00:08 - MAYOR PAIGE

00:08 - COD NETTIE WELL WHEN THE

00:10 - CIRCUMSTANCES THAT BROUGHT YOU

00:12 - THE SCRANTON.

00:15 - FIRST CAME TO SCRANTON SINCE

00:16 - YOUR HEALTH PLAN. CONGRESSMAN

00:17 - CHRIS CARNEY'S FIRST RACE IN

00:20 - 2005.

00:23 - BOTH WITH THE AREA BUT ALSO

00:24 - WITH US AND NOW HUSBAND AND

00:26 - MOVED HERE PERMANENTLY IN 2016.

00:29 - SO BACK IN 20 '05 DID YOU

00:31 - HAVE ANY IDEA THAT WOULD TURN

00:33 - TURN INTO A PERMANENT A SEMI

00:35 - PERMANENT RESIDENCY.

00:36 - SURE DID AND WHEN I CAME UP

00:37 - HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

00:38 - OCTOBER OF 2005

00:40 - I A LOT ON THE FOLEY IS I'M

00:42 - FROM OREGON WHERE IT'S MORE

00:43 - EVERGREEN TREES AND I LOVE

00:45 - THAT, BUT IF YOU TOLD ME.

00:47 - 15 YEARS LATER WE BE HERE AND I

00:49 - THINK THE MAYOR

00:50 - HELPING US GO THROUGH A

00:52 - PANDEMIC EVAN OF BELIEVE

00:53 - ANYTHING IT.

00:55 - WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT ANY

00:57 - POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS, YOU HAD

00:59 - WHEN YOU CAME THIS GRAND IT HAD

01:01 - DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO RUN

01:02 - FOR OFFICE THEN CHILLY WAY BACK

01:04 - IN 20 '05.

01:06 - IN 2005 IT WAS MY

01:07 - FIRST CAMPAIGN I KNEW THAT I

01:09 - WANTED TO CHANGE THE WORLD IS I

01:11 - THINK EVERY AND CAMPAIGN OR

01:13 - LEGISLATIVE STAFFER SAYS AND I

01:16 - WAS OPEN TO TO LOT OF DIFFERENT

01:18 - PATH AND A BUDGET A LOCAL

01:19 - OFFICE MYSELF WITH ENOUGH.

01:22 - AND ASPIRATION I HAVE.

01:24 - NOW BACK IN 20 '05 THEY'RE

01:25 - JUST SO IT'S CLEAR TO OUR

01:26 - VIEWERS AND USE A CAMPAIGN THAT

01:28 - THAT WASN'T YOUR CAMPAIGN YOU

01:29 - YOU CAME TO WORK FOR A CAMPAIGN

01:31 - RIGHT EXACTLY AND CHRIS

01:32 - KEARNEY.

01:32 - END OF THAT OF BECOMING A

01:34 - CONGRESSMAN FOR THEM

01:35 - AND SYLVAIN HIS 10TH

01:36 - CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND

01:38 - THERE ARE 2010.

01:40 - SO MAYOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF

01:41 - OUR VIEWERS WHO HAVEN'T HAD A

01:43 - CHANCE TO VISIT SCRANTON WHAT

01:44 - WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO KNOW

01:46 - ABOUT

01:46 - YOUR CITY.

01:47 - FIRST GRANDSON ISRAEL IN OVER

01:49 - THE SUMMER WHEN BIDEN FOR THE

01:51 - NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN TALKING

01:52 - ABOUT IT THERE IS A NIGHT WHERE

01:53 - TWITTER WAS.

01:55 - A SCRANTON REAL PEOPLE THINK

01:56 - IT'S JUST THE OFFICE AND THEN

01:57 - THEY HEARD THE PRESIDENTIAL

01:59 - CANDIDATES TALK ABOUT IT SO WE

02:00 - WE JOKE A MEDIA POSTERS AROUND

02:02 - THE FACE FRANCE AND ISRAEL

02:04 - BRANSON IS SUCH A COOL CITY

02:06 - WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC

02:07 - DOWNTOWN. BUT ONLY 10 MINUTES

02:10 - FROM HERE LITERALLY 10 MINUTES.

02:11 - THERE IS A MONTAGE MOUNTAIN OR

02:13 - YOU CAN GO SKIING. SO WE REALLY

02:14 - HAVE

02:15 - RIGHT HERE IN NORTHEASTERN

02:17 - PENNSYLVANIA AND IN SCRANTON

02:18 - AND IT'S NOT SOME PLACE TO

02:19 - VISIT OR SEEN AS REALLY A

02:22 - PRAYER WITH SCENE IS GREAT.

02:23 - ALL THE THINGS OF COURSE YOU

02:24 - KNOW NEEDED TO REBUILD

02:25 - POST-PANDEMIC THAT WE CAN'T

02:27 - WAIT TO CELEBRATE HERE AND WE

02:28 - LOOK FOR PEOPLE TO COME A TIME,

02:30 - ESPECIALLY DURING NEXT SAINT

02:31 - PATRICK'S DAY OR NEXT TIME

02:32 - FESTIVAL. I'VE GOT A LOT OF FUN

02:35 - THINGS TO DO.

02:36 - SO MAYOR TELL US ABOUT SOME

02:37 - OF THE ISSUES ON YOUR MIND

02:39 - RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT, OBVIOUSLY

02:41 - THE PANDEMIC WOULD BE THE

02:42 - PRIMARY ONE.

02:44 - WELL RECOVERY FROM THE

02:45 - PANDEMIC IT IS A PIECE RIGHT

02:47 - WE'VE GOT THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

02:49 - A CRISIS TONIGHT,

02:50 - CURRENTLY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER

02:51 - WHO HAS COVID THIS IS NOT OVER

02:53 - FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT

02:54 - AT ALL.

02:55 - SO WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE

02:57 - MIDDLE OF THAT WE'RE STILL

02:58 - TRYING

02:58 - TO WORK AS BEST WE CAN TO

03:00 - PREPARE FOR WHAT WILL HOPEFULLY

03:01 - BE MASS VACCINATION MY FIRE

03:04 - CHIEF RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY AT

03:05 - AT ONE OF THE SITES IN A

03:07 - DIFFERENT COUNTY TO MAKE SURE

03:08 - THAT WE KNOW THE DRILLING WERE

03:09 - ABLE TO ACT AS SOON AS WE HAVE

03:11 - MORE VACCINES.

03:12 - ECONOMIC RECOVERY PIECE IS YOUR

03:14 - PERHAPS THE BIGGEST BIGGEST

03:16 - CONCERN AND RIGHT NOW

03:18 - WE'VE GOT TO GET KIDS BACK IN

03:19 - SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE

03:20 - THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE BACK TO

03:21 - WORK. YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT

03:23 - BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO RECOVER

03:25 - WANT TO CONTINUE TO STAY BY

03:26 - BUSINESS CLOSURES ARE STILL A

03:28 - LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES,

03:29 - ESPECIALLY THAT UR

03:30 - TEETERING ON THE BRINK WE WANT

03:31 - TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL

03:32 - GETTING THE RESOURCES TO THEM,

03:34 - WE'RE OFFERING GRANTS TO THE

03:35 - CITY WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE

03:36 - TO APPLY FOR THAT. A SECOND PPP

03:39 - FOR EXAMPLE, AN OFFICIAL IS

03:41 - RESOURCES OUT AND THEN AS WE GO

03:42 - INTO THIS NEXT PHASE AND

03:43 - YOU AND I ARE SPEAKING JUST OF

03:45 - THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN HAS

03:46 - BEEN SIGNED. WE WANT TO MAKE

03:47 - SURE THAT WE'RE USING ALL

03:49 - THOSE RE THE SOURCES AS A

03:50 - COMMUNITY IN THE BEST POSSIBLE

03:52 - WAY AND THEY'RE USING THEM IN A

03:53 - SUSTAINABLE WAY. THIS IS GOING

03:54 - TO BE A VERY LONG YOU KNOW THAT

03:56 - FROM THE GREAT RECESSION OF

03:58 - 20089. CITIES LIKE SCRANTON

03:59 - SAW A REAL DEATH.

04:01 - THAT LASTED REALLY FOR A DECADE

04:04 - IN TERMS OF GETTING AT UP TO

04:05 - WHERE THEY WERE PRE CRISIS.

04:06 - SO MY MIND IS ON THAT LONG-TERM

04:08 - RECOVERY. BOTH FOR THE CITY'S

04:09 - FINANCES AND FOR THAT OF A

04:11 - LARGER 8.

04:12 - WELL NOW YOU TALK ABOUT

04:13 - ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN GENERAL, I

04:15 - UNDERSTAND THE CITY OF ONE

04:16 - POINT MAYBE STILL ARE IN THE

04:17 - MIDDLE OF AK 47 IS THAT

04:19 - THE CASE AND BEFORE YOU GO ANY

04:21 - FARTHER TELL OUR VIEWERS

04:22 - BRIEFLY, WHAT AK 47 IS

04:24 - AND WHAT THE PROSPECTS ARE YOU

04:26 - HAVE EXISTING FROM.

04:28 - RIGHT AK 47 IS THE STATE.

04:30 - ECONOMIC I

04:34 - PUT IT AND SOME OF

04:35 - THE STATE'S DESIGNATION FOR A

04:37 - CITY THAT'S IN DISTRESS AND IN

04:38 - NEED OF HELP FOR

04:40 - ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

04:41 - SO SCRANTON HAS ACTUALLY BEEN

04:43 - IN THIS DISTRESSED STATUS SINCE

04:45 - 19. IN 92. IT'S BEEN A VERY

04:48 - LONG TIME THROUGH THAT WE HAD

04:49 - THE PENNSYLVANIA AND THE LEAGUE

04:51 - AS OUR CONSULTANT ESSENTIALLY

04:53 - TO

04:53 - HELP US NAVIGATE THESE WATERS

04:55 - GET US ON A BETTER TRACK WITH

04:57 - OUR LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS,

04:59 - MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US WHAT

05:01 - WE NEED TO DO ON A RANGE

05:02 - OF ISSUES AND HELP US MAKE SURE

05:04 - THAT THE POLICIES WE HAVE IN

05:06 - PLACE FOR THAT POLICY

05:07 - INVESTMENT POLICY, THOSE TYPES

05:09 - OF MANISHA. BUT THEY'RE VERY

05:11 - IMPORTANT. MY MISSION THEY HELP

05:12 - OUT WITH THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO

05:14 - EXIT THIS CALENDAR YEAR AT THE

05:16 - END OF THIS YEAR. WE'RE VERY

05:17 - EXCITED THAT WE THINK ARE ON

05:18 - TRACK THAT WE'RE IN CLOSE

05:19 - DISCUSSIONS WITH THE

05:20 - PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMY LEAGUE AND

05:22 - MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE

05:23 - EVERYTHING HAS SAID IS THE GOAL

05:25 - TO GET US BACK

05:25 - ON THIS OF COURSE OF NOT IN

05:28 - DISTRESS BUT RATHER ON OUR OWN

05:30 - MANAGING YOUR FINANCES AND

05:31 - WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET TO

05:33 - AND THAT HURDLE.

05:35 - WELL MAYOR A MINUTE AGO, YOU

05:36 - SAID THE CITY HAS BEEN AN AK 47

05:38 - DISTRESS STATUS WITH

05:39 - 29 YEARS I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS

05:42 - POSSIBLE THAT STRIKES ME AS AN

05:44 - INORDINATELY LONG.

05:46 - ITS STRENGTH ME AS A LONG

05:47 - TIME SHE WAS IT'S A BEEN A VERY

05:50 - LONG ROAD FOR SCRANTON THERE'S

05:51 - BEEN UPS

05:52 - ANNOUNCERS CRISES AS WE TALK

05:54 - ABOUT THE GREAT RECESSION.

05:55 - FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS THAT IF

05:57 - THINGS OUT OF THE CITY'S

05:58 - CONTROL THAT HAVE

05:59 - AND THEN A BUMP IN THE ROAD.

06:00 - I THINK THAT WE REALLY ARE ON A

06:02 - BETTER.

06:04 - BEING ABLE TO MANAGE OUR

06:05 - FINANCES HONOR. BUT

06:07 - AND AN AK 47 AT THE END OF THIS

06:09 - YEAR'S NOT THIS DECLARATION OF

06:10 - VICTORY. WELL IT'S GOING TO GET

06:12 - THAT LABEL LIFTED WE HAVE A

06:13 - LONG ROAD AHEAD WE STILL HAVE

06:15 - LIKE ALL CITIES LARGE LONG-TERM

06:17 - APPLICATIONS AND PENSIONS AND

06:18 - OTHER

06:19 - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS WE STILL

06:20 - WORKING VERY HARD WITH THE

06:21 - FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND ME AND

06:23 - MY PEERS, OTHER MAYORS ACROSS

06:24 - THE STATE AND COUNTRY

06:25 - I WORK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE

06:26 - THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST

06:27 - PRACTICES THAT ARE OUT THERE

06:29 - FOR MANAGING THESE LONG TERM.

06:32 - I WAS READING YOUR STATE OF

06:34 - THE CITY ADDRESS WHICH YOU GAVE

06:35 - RECENTLY AND IN THAT ADDRESS HE

06:37 - MENTIONED A PLACE CALLED THE

06:39 - WESTON FIELDHOUSE.

06:41 - TELL US WHAT THAT IS AND HOW

06:43 - BAD THE RELEVANT TO COPING WITH

06:46 - THIS PANDEMIC.

06:47 - SO WEST AND FIELDHOUSE IS A

06:49 - BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE

06:51 - IN NORTH BRANCH AND ITS AND

06:52 - THERE'S AN SHIN THERE'S AN

06:53 - INDOOR POOL IS ACTUALLY A

06:54 - BOXING RING AND THIS FIELD IS

06:57 - VAST OF COURSE IT'S A

06:58 - TREMENDOUS. THAT'S US HERE IN

06:59 - THE CITY WITH COVID HOWEVER

07:01 - WE'VE BEEN CLOSE A RECREATIONAL

07:03 - ACTIVITIES FOR MOST OF THIS

07:05 - LAST YEAR AND THE PARTNER WITH

07:06 - THE KEYSTONE MISSION TO ME

07:08 - IN THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC

07:09 - BE PART OF THE KEYSTONE MISSION

07:11 - TO USE THAT AS A SHELTER.

07:12 - SO LAST SPRING DURING THE RED

07:15 - PHASE. KEYSTONE MISSION HAD

07:17 - DOESN'T. PEOPLE EXPERIENCING

07:19 - HOMELESSNESS THEY WERE ABLE TO

07:20 - STAY THERE. THEY SAY THAT

07:22 - THE ENTIRE. I MEAN TELL THEY

07:24 - WERE READY TO BE HOUSE AND AT

07:25 - THE RATE OF HOUSING AND THAT

07:27 - SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT SOLUTION

07:29 - IS ACTUALLY REMARKABLE. SO I

07:30 - THINK WE REALLY WORKS TO I

07:33 - THINK MAYBE EVEN SAVE SOME

07:34 - LIVES AND WILL

07:35 - DO SO EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH

07:37 - HOUSTON AND OUR OTHER SOCIAL

07:38 - SERVICES THROUGH THE PANDEMIC

07:39 - AND THAT'S ONLY THE

07:40 - PANDEMIC SWIFTLY ACCELERATED

07:42 - OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND WE'RE SO

07:43 - LUCKY HERE IN SCRANTON TO HAVE

07:45 - A GREAT NETWORK OTHER

07:45 - SOCIAL SERVICES.

07:47 - SO DOES THE WESTON FIELD PASS

07:49 - STILL HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE

07:51 - STAYING AS AS WE SPEAK.

07:53 - THEY DO FOR CODE BLUE WHEN

07:54 - IT'S 2020 DEGREES OR A STAR.

07:59 - DURING LIKE TAKING TIME DURING

08:01 - COULD LOSE WHEN IT'S 20 DEGREES

08:02 - OR LESS.

08:03 - WE DO HAVE OPEN THAT SHELTER IN

08:05 - HOUSTON MISSION

08:05 - FACILITATES THAT THE SHELTER

08:08 - THAT THE FULL TIME HOMELESS A

08:09 - HOMELESS SHELTER WAS DURING THE

08:11 - RIGHT THING.

08:13 - LET'S CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT

08:14 - YOUR STATE AND CITY ADDRESS

08:16 - JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES HERE

08:17 - MAYOR IN ONE. ONE A STATEMENT

08:19 - YOU MADE THAT STRUCK ME.

08:20 - I HAD TO DO AND IT WAS VERY

08:22 - EARLY ON IN YOUR DRESS YOU SAID

08:23 - THAT YOU HAD BEEN FACING WHAT

08:25 - YOU CALLED DEEP

08:26 - SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION THAT THAT

08:29 - SOUNDS SERIOUS GIVE ME AN

08:30 - EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING

08:31 - ABOUT.

08:34 - THIS OFFICE IN 2019 IN THE

08:36 - MIDDLE OF A TERM SO I'VE BEEN

08:38 - IN OFFICE FOR 14 MONTHS OUT OF

08:40 - A

08:40 - TWO-YEAR TERM. THIS SEAT OPENED

08:42 - UP BECAUSE THE FORMER MAYOR IS

08:45 - CURRENTLY SITTING IN FEDERAL

08:46 - PRISON FOR EXTORTION AND

08:47 - BRIBERY. SO THERE WAS

08:50 - DEEP CORRUPTION, A SYSTEMIC

08:51 - CORRUPTION REALLY I THINK THAT

08:52 - ENABLED. THAT PARTICULAR PERSON

08:55 - TO THINK THAT. HE COULD COMMIT

08:57 - THE CRIME STATS. HE DID OVER A

08:59 - SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME.

09:01 - SO WHEN WE TOOK OFFICE IN

09:02 - JANUARY REALLY WE'RE FACING A

09:04 - CORRUPTION CRISIS THAT I

09:05 - THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CRISIS

09:06 - THAT WE WERE PADDLING THAT IN

09:08 - OUR FINANCES AND OF COURSE WE

09:10 - HAVE HAD MANY CRISIS PILE ON

09:12 - SINCE THEN BUT THE CORRUPTION

09:13 - PC OVER THAT'S A CULTURAL IT'S

09:15 - A CULTURAL PROBLEM AND A

09:17 - CULTURAL SHIFT THAT

09:18 - OUR TEAM HERE AT CITY HALL HAS

09:20 - MADE SO WELL AND SO QUICKLY I

09:22 - THINK.

09:23 - THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN HIRING

09:24 - ON MERIT. THE WAY THAT WOULD

09:26 - INCREASE TRANSPARENCY OUR

09:27 - WHISTLEBLOWER HOTLINE FOR

09:28 - EXAMPLE, WHERE YOU

09:29 - YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO

09:30 - REPORT YOU CAN REPORT IT

09:32 - ANONYMOUSLY WE'VE PUT THE MEAT

09:34 - TOOLS IN PLACE THAT EMPLOYEES

09:36 - CAN THE FEEL SAFER IN THEIR

09:38 - JOBS THAT IF THEY WERE TO SEE

09:39 - SOMETHING THEY COULD REPORT IT

09:40 - AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE

09:42 - SEEING TOO MUCH HONESTLY I

09:43 - THINK

09:43 - WE ARE CHANGING THE CULTURE OF

09:45 - CITY HALL WE'RE MAKING SURE

09:46 - THAT THE BUDGET IS NOT VIEWED

09:47 - AS A BLANK CHECK ITS TAXPAYER.

09:50 - MONEY

09:50 - BUT SOMETHING THAT WE TALK

09:51 - ABOUT ALL DAY AND IT'S

09:53 - IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE I REALLY

09:54 - THINK THAT SHIFT IS HAPPENING

09:56 - NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE

09:57 - THAT WE'RE MANAGING IT THAT

09:58 - WAY.

09:59 - EVERYONE IS CONCERNED ABOUT

10:00 - HOW BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO

10:02 - COME BACK AFTER THE COVID

10:04 - PANDEMIC AND I UNDERSTAND YOU

10:06 - MADE SOME CHANGES

10:06 - THERE THAT MAKE IT EASIER TO

10:09 - GET PERMITS

10:10 - FOR BUSINESSES AND ADDRESS THIS

10:12 - ALSO IN YOUR STATE OF THE CITY

10:14 - ADDRESS TELL US ABOUT THAT.

10:17 - AND LAST SUMMER WE WAIVE THE

10:18 - PERMIT REQUIREMENTS TO GO ON TO

10:21 - SIDEWALKS OR BOTH RETAIL AND

10:23 - THE FOOD AND BAR BUSINESSES.

10:25 - WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL

10:26 - DOING THAT OR NOT YOU DON'T

10:28 - NEED TO GO THROUGH THE RED TAPE

10:29 - IN ORDER TO GO ON TO YOUR

10:30 - SIDEWALKS FOR TRYING TO HELP

10:31 - BUSINESSES IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

10:34 - AND THEY'RE EXPANDING THEIR

10:35 - FOOTPRINT IN THAT WAY

10:36 - OR PROVIDING THEM WITH PPE BACK

10:38 - AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CRISIS

10:40 - WHEN IT FIRST HIT,

10:41 - PROVIDING THEM WITH REOPENING

10:42 - PACKETS YOU KNOW ALL THESE

10:43 - LITTLE THINGS CAN HELP IN A BIG

10:45 - WAY EVEN JUST PROVIDING

10:46 - SOMETHING WHERE YOU AND THAT

10:47 - THE PENSION STICKERS FOR THE

10:49 - FLOOR RIGHT EVEN THOSE SMALL

10:50 - THINGS CAN REALLY

10:51 - THE EXPENSIVE FOR A BUSINESS

10:53 - THAT HURTING ALSO BEEN OFFERING

10:54 - SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS. WE DID

10:56 - AROUND OVER THE SUMMER. WE HAD

10:58 - $2500 GRANT.

10:59 - THIS WINTER WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO

11:00 - OFFER A $10,000 GRANTS TO SMALL

11:02 - BUSINESSES WHICH

11:03 - I THINK HAS BEEN MATERIAL FOR

11:05 - SOME BUSINESSES THEY STAVED

11:07 - OFF. SOME CLOSURES AND SOME

11:09 - REALLY TOUGH TIMES THERE.

11:10 - WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN

11:11 - CONTINUE TO DO THAT WE'LL BE

11:12 - LOOKING AT THE RESCUE PLAN TO

11:13 - SEE WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO MAKE

11:15 - SURE THAT OUR SMALL LOCAL

11:16 - BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO STAY

11:17 - OPEN AND NOT OPEN NOT JUST HANG

11:20 - ON RIGHT'S RIGHT AGAIN.

11:22 - MAYOR WHEN CONSTITUENTS

11:23 - CONTACT YOUR OFFICE ONE OF A

11:25 - ONE MOST OF THE TIME NOW THAT

11:27 - YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR A

11:28 - WHILE, CERTAINLY CERTAINLY

11:29 - THERE MUST BE SOME PATTERN

11:31 - AS TO WHAT BOTHERS CONSTITUENTS

11:33 - SAID THE NATURE OF THEIR

11:34 - COMPLAINTS. I GIVE US SOME

11:36 - INSIGHT PLEASE.

11:37 - YEAH IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO

11:39 - CODE ENFORCEMENT

11:40 - AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND MOST

11:41 - OF ALL SO COMPLAINING

11:43 - ABOUT THAT A NEIGHBOR WHO

11:44 - HAVEN'T BEEN MULLING THEIR

11:46 - GRASS OR OF UP HOLD THAT.

11:50 - PERSISTENT. SO THOSE THOSE

11:51 - TYPES OF ISSUES I REALLY ARE

11:53 - THE BIGGEST. PERCENTAGE OF

11:55 - THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN COMING.

11:57 - WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS

11:58 - A PERSON THAT RUNS OR

11:59 - CONSTITUENT SERVICES WE'RE VERY

12:00 - FOCUSED ON THAT TRIP

12:01 - SHIFT IN HOW WE ADDRESS

12:02 - CONSTITUENT SERVICES WHERE WE

12:04 - ARE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE AS A

12:05 - WAY TO HELP WE'RE HERE TO HELP

12:07 - WE PROVIDE THESE SERVICES SO WE

12:09 - WANT TO NOT JUST GET THE

12:10 - SERVICE TO MY MAKE SURE THAT WE

12:11 - CIRCLE BACK WITHOUT PERSON SO

12:13 - THEY'VE GOT AN ANSWER AND THEY

12:14 - FEEL THAT THEY'VE BEEN HURT.

12:15 - WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THINGS

12:17 - ALL OVER THE ACTUALLY DO.

12:19 - CITY HALL'S DURING THE SUMMER

12:20 - WE DID 20.

12:21 - LAST YEAR, WE'LL BE DOING THOSE

12:22 - AGAIN THIS YEAR EVERY BRAIN

12:24 - CITY HALL TO THE DIFFERENT

12:25 - NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU CAN BRING

12:26 - POLICE A FIRE

12:28 - AND THE LIBRARY JOIN US IN THE

12:29 - CENSUS JOIN US LAST YEAR WE

12:31 - BRING OUR RESOURCES FOR THE

12:32 - HOME REHAB AND

12:33 - HOMEBUYER PROGRAMS WE HAVE A

12:35 - SUITE OF RESOURCES THAT WE TRY

12:36 - TO BRING A MAKE PEOPLE

12:37 - UNDERSTAND THE CITY THE CITY IS

12:38 - THERE FOR THEM WE'RE NOT JUST

12:40 - SITTING HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF

12:41 - THE DOWNTOWN AT CITY HALL,

12:42 - PUSHING PAPER AROUND HER

12:44 - REALLY WORKING HARD FOR

12:45 - EVERYONE TO KIND OF DELIVER AN

12:46 - IMPROVED THOSE SERVICES.

12:48 - AND I WANT TO BRING UP

12:49 - SOMETHING THAT THAT MIGHT

12:51 - STRIKE SOME OF OUR STATEWIDE

12:52 - VIEWERS IS TRIVIAL BUT I THINK

12:53 - YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW US THAT

12:54 - IT'S NOT AND IT HAS TO DO WITH

12:56 - CHANGING YOUR SNOW PLOWING

12:58 - POLICY ON THE SURFACE THAT

12:59 - DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT

13:01 - YOU HAD A REASON TELL US ABOUT.

13:04 - AND THIS IS PART OF THAT.

13:06 - YOU KNOW THAT SOME THINGS THAT

13:08 - SEEM SMALL BUT ARE A BIG DEAL

13:10 - AND HAVE HOW THE PUBLIC

13:11 - PERCEIVES ITS LOCAL GOVERNMENT

13:13 - IN THE PAST.

13:14 - THE PLOWING SEEM TO BE BASED ON

13:16 - WHO KNEW WHO AND WHO ALL TO

13:17 - FIRST. WE'RE DOING WHAT I.

13:20 - ANY.

13:22 - A LOGICAL PERSON

13:23 - WOULD DO AND WE'RE FACING OUR

13:24 - PLOWING ON EMERGENCY SERVICES

13:26 - WHERE IS THE MOST TRAFFIC.

13:28 - HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

13:29 - PLOWING THE ROADS TO THE

13:30 - HOSPITALS AND THOSE TYPES OF

13:31 - PRIORITIES ARE THERE FOR.

13:34 - AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT

13:35 - SO FINE. THE STREETS FIRST WE

13:37 - ARE JUST PRIORITIZING IN A BIT

13:39 - OF A MORE LOGICAL

13:40 - AWAY AND IT'S NOT A SMALL THING

13:42 - IT MATTERS FOR HEARING 3

13:43 - FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC

13:45 - AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT SHOWS

13:47 - THE PUBLIC AND IN

13:48 - ANOTHER WAY IT'S NOT WHO YOU

13:49 - KNOW IN SCRANTON WE'RE HERE THE

13:51 - CITY FOR EVERYONE.

13:53 - AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WE'LL

13:54 - DO OUR BEST TO EITHER FIX IT

13:55 - OURSELVES IF WE CAN PROVIDE YOU

13:57 - AND DIRECTED TO THE RESOURCES

13:58 - SECTOR.

14:00 - AND THERE WE STILL HAVE A

14:01 - MINUTE OR 2 LEFT LET'S GET BACK

14:02 - TO HOW

14:03 - BUSINESSES CAN RECOVER FROM THE

14:05 - COVID PANDEMIC I UNDERSTAND YOU

14:07 - WANT TO

14:08 - ELIMINATE BUSINESS GIVE

14:10 - BUSINESSES IN GRANTS. I TALK

14:12 - ABOUT THAT FOR ME.

14:15 - POLICY WORKING GROUP THAT'S

14:16 - LOOKING AT OUR ENTIRE TAX

14:18 - POLICY AS A WHOLE AND REALLY

14:20 - FROM THAT 30,000 FOOT VIEW SEE

14:23 - WHAT WHAT ARE WE CHARGING AND

14:24 - WHY RECHARGING IT. WE HAVE A

14:25 - BUSINESS TAX THAT DOESN'T MAKE

14:27 - SENSE AT ALL RIGHT NOW IT COULD

14:28 - DRIVE BUSINESSES OUT I'D LIKE

14:30 - TO ELIMINATE THAT

14:31 - WHICH WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR

14:32 - INSTEAD OF REPLACING IT WITH

14:33 - ANOTHER BUSINESS TAX FOR

14:34 - WORKING TOWARD SEEING IF WE CAN

14:36 - REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING

14:37 - ELSE WITH A REVENUE STREAM WITH

14:39 - SOMETHING ELSE AND ELIMINATED

14:40 - ENTIRELY. WE DON'T WANT TO BE

14:41 - HAVING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS

14:43 - FOR THAT MATTER MOVING TO THE

14:45 - AREA BUT NOT.

14:46 - AND BECAUSE OF THE SMALLER

14:48 - THINGS AND AGAIN AT THE SINK

14:49 - THAT UP SO WE'RE TAKING A

14:50 - HOLISTIC APPROACH TO KIND OF

14:52 - TAKE THAT

14:52 - STEP BACK APPROACH THAT HAS ONE

14:54 - BIG PROBLEM THAT RELATES TO OUR

14:56 - GROWTH AND THE CITY

14:57 - LIKE THE.

14:58 - LAST QUESTION WHAT DOES

15:00 - HAVING FELLAS CAN TONY AND JOE

15:03 - BIDEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO

15:04 - FROM AROUND THERE. IT'S GREAT.

15:07 - REALLY EVERY CHILD.

15:09 - 14 MONTHS OLD. EVERY CHILD FROM

15:11 - FRANCE THAT LIVES IN SCRANTON

15:12 - IS GROWING UP HERE SHOULD FEEL

15:14 - AND THAT THEY TRULY CAN BE

15:16 - WHATEVER THEY WANT TO BE EVEN

15:17 - THE PRESIDENT OF THE.

15:18 - UNITED STATES. IT'S A IT'S A

15:20 - HUGE THING FOR OUR CITY WE'RE

15:21 - VERY EXCITED FOR THE NEXT 4

15:23 - YEARS WITHOUT THE AMERICAN

15:24 - RESCUE PLAN THAT THE PRESIDENT

15:26 - AND HIS

15:26 - A TEEN REALLY ARE THINKING

15:28 - ABOUT CITIES LIKE SCRANTON

15:30 - FAMILIES LIKE THE ONE SHE GREW

15:31 - UP IN RIGHT HERE ACROSS OCEAN

15:32 - AVENUE.

15:34 - WE'LL SEE THAT OVER THE NEXT 4

15:35 - YEARS AND WE'RE DELIGHTED AND

15:37 - HONORED TO BE A PARTNER IN

15:38 - THAT.

15:39 - MAYOR PAIGE COD, MANY THANK

15:40 - YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME

15:41 - TODAY.

15:42 - THANK YOU LARRY.