At the Last Meeting

At the November meeting, a community police officer updated us on happenings in the area. There have been a number of car burglaries, so Officer Reynard urged everyone to not leave anything in your car that could be seen by a burglar. Even small change left out could be too tempting for a would-be burglar, who would have no problem at all smashing your window and taking what he (or she) liked.

Mayor Bunten stopped by. The mayor briefly discussed his ideas for strengthening the Code Compliance department. A recent trip by city staff to Little Rock gave them some ideas. Little Rock has 35 Code Compliance officers, but our city only has ten!

John McFarland of Cair-Paravel Latin School spoke to us about the changes underway there. The building and the institution will look very different a few years from now, he assured us. We will work together for positive changes in their area.

Our Target Funding Committee has come up with an idea to make a difference in the Target Area. It’s still got rough edges, though, and perhaps not yet fit for publication.