MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

WINTER WEATHERIZATION
Are you thinking about weatherizing?
Are you not sure where to start?
Are not sure how much to spend?
Are you worried about finding a competent company?

Check out the weatherizing program offered by:
Community Action Agency of Greater Kansas City
www.caagkc.org
or call: 816-358-6868 ext 2

You can also stop by City Hall and pick up an application form.

NEXT COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
LIVE & ZOOM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS

COVID INFORMATION

Please visit:
https://jacohd.org/current-guidance/

to see all dates, information or to register for a test or a vaccine.

Vaccinations provided by Jackson County Health Department.

MONKEY POX
Monkeypox is a rare but serious disease causing illness, including a rash or sores (pox), often with accompanying flu-like symptoms.
Most cases in the U.S. have been mild to date, though the infection can be painful.

As of 8/30/22, there are TWO probable cases of monkeypox in Eastern Jackson County.* In general, the current risk to Jackson County residents remains low. There are at least 7 cases of monkeypox reported in the KC Metro. Within the region, 4 cases of monkeypox have been identified in Kansas City, MO; 1 case has been identified in Johnson County, KS; and 2 cases have been identified in Eastern Jackson County.

Eastern Jackson County is defined as all parts of Jackson County, excluding the city limits of Independence and Kansas City.

The following precautions are important:

How it spreads:

Direct contact with infected lesions, rashes, scabs, or fluids

Contact with contaminated materials like clothing or linens 

Respiratory droplets from prolonged face-to-face contact (monkeypox is not thought to be transmitted in the same way as COVID-19)

Across the placenta to the fetus among pregnant people 

Vaccine:
There is a vaccine available to treat Monkey Pox.
At this time, it should only be used for post-exposure and on a case-by-case basis.

SEPTEMBER
REPUBLIC
TRASH AND YARDWASTE PICKUP

The next Trash and Yardwaste pickup day is Friday 9/23.

I am asking you to bear with us as City Hall and Republic work out the issues surrounding trash and recycling pickups.

Challenges to consistent pickups include:
1. Summer is the time to go on vacation and take personal time.
2. Every single business is having troubling staffing. At the current time, in the State of Missouri, there are 2 jobs for every applicant.
3. There are the normal equipment break downs associated with vehicles that break down, need service or need repair. You may have seen the white truck with no logo on it picking up trash last week.
That was a rented truck.
4. Tyler Riordan will be at the Council Meeting on 9/26.
Let me know if we need to move to Onka Hall or everybody just zoom in.

The rest of Republic Trash Pickups will be on Fridays.
9/23, 9/30

NATIONAL DAYS IN SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 19th
National Woman Road Warrior Day -
National Woman Road Warrior Day is celebrated on September 19 to honor the efforts of working women who fight against the odds to remain successful and influential.

National Meow Like a Pirate Day -
Since pirates are rarely seen without a cat or two (or ten) to keep rodents at bay on their man-o-war, it’s only fitting to include them in today’s festivities.

Respect for the Aged Day
National Butterscotch Pudding Day

In Honor of Fall!
Q:   Why did Humpty Dumpty have a great fall?
A:   To make up for his terrible summer!

Q:   What has ears but cannot hear a thing?
A:   A cornfield.

Q:   What lives and READS in an apple?
A:   A bookworm.

Q:   What runs around a farm but never moves?

A:   A FENCE!