2019 meeting. I start off congratulating the staff attending the community event. The director and d. B. I. Staff provided detailed information on programs including seismic retrofits, a. D. U. S accessible business entrance as well as responding to questions about building safety. Also thanks to the director for hosting the departments annual allstaff meeting october 31st, where commissioner walker and i attended. We provided a view of the d. B. I. Programs and the accomplishments of the hardworking staff. It includes the update on the new permit center now under construction at 49 south vanness which we will have more update on that and impressive numbers of inspections the past year. The commission joins director in thanking and applauding the d. B. I. Staff recognized for many years of professional service to customers and to the city and county. Throw employees have over 30 Years Service including director hughie and Deputy Director sweeney. Another four are celebrating 25 years a
Outstanding for over a year. Thank you. But i do want to ensure the board, were going to be talking, whatever the decision is here today. Our involvement is not going to end. Were going to still be involved and working at the longterm resolution of the tenant matter. Mr. Patterson thank you. I want to get both statements in and then we can make a decision. Mr. Patterson, how important is it to you that we lets say, for example, we were to offer you another continuance for x amount of time and not uphold today, how important is that to you . I want to give you your fair share at that. I think it is important because i want to commend you for coming back with a good step forward, and i want to keep that spirit going. Maybe you could explain to us why it is so important that we dont uphold today and give us reasons as to why we might consider that. Thank you, commissioner. I guess there are really two reasons. One is the issue of fines and penalties that may accrue during this time when w
Attended. We provided a view of the d. B. I. Programs and the accomplishments of the hardworking staff. It includes the update on the new permit center now under construction at 49 south vanness which we will have more update on that and impressive numbers of inspections the past year. The commission joins director in thanking and applauding the d. B. I. Staff recognized for many years of professional service to customers and to the city and county. Throw employees have over 30 Years Service including director hughie and Deputy Director sweeney. Another four are celebrating 25 years and seven are celebrating 15 years of city and d. B. I. Service. The department and city benefit tremendously from the highly skilled and experienced employees. The commission joins the director in thanking you for the outstanding performances. The d. B. I. Employee Recognition Committee received nine nominations for employee of the quarter, three that includes july, august and sept. We selected Senior Insp
You. I want to get both statements in and then we can make a decision. Mr. Patterson, how important is it to you that we lets say, for example, we were to offer you another continuance for x amount of time and not uphold today, how important is that to you . I want to give you your fair share at that. I think it is important because i want to commend you for coming back with a good step forward, and i want to keep that spirit going. Maybe you could explain to us why it is so important that we dont uphold today and give us reasons as to why we might consider that. Thank you, commissioner. I guess there are really two reasons. One is the issue of fines and penalties that may accrue during this time when we cant move forward. And the other is financing for construction. So to actually do the work, my understanding is that if it is held in abeyance, it doesnt get filed until the deadline. So we make the order now. We hold it, allowing you to do the work and resolve it, in which case it is
Momentous or unusual and should be routine around here and unfortunately as you and i have experienced it is not routine and what is not routine is United States senate, the Congress Getting the job done and part of the job is theap appropriation process and outta be something that we do every year on a routine basis in every city council, every county commission every school board in the state of kansas passes a budget and determined to spending the school board of the city council or the county commission. And yet when we come to washington, d. C. Over the years it has become problematic, difficult for us to do one of the basic things of a functioning government. To determine the money to be spent in broad terms into fill in the spaces with what we should do with individual agencies, departments within the budget agreement. So we are here poised for a vote tomorrow, a motion on closure and what that means to folks in kansas, should we begin the proces of debating amending and passing