Nonnot on the any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And item 8 executive report. Good afternoon, commissioners members of the public port staff thank you for being here i have a prospecting size executive director report so first, i want to say with great pride we have issued our first quarterly digital news letter at sf port that is the cover package issued on october the 30th and it went out to about 5 thoughts recipients were getting our feet wet if youll forgive the peoples no. 1 and a looked forward to hope youll help us with the outreach with that the digital magazine allows tosz us to be extraordinarily focus and updates on articles Different Things and project updates weve spent a lot of public works talking about the land use side but a robust operation and other side that give us a chance to 19showcase our ports history and which is very long and very complicated talk about port attention and highlight special events and engage request the public your fi
Marcus it was previously passed in the house, and senators are confident that it has the votes to pass in the chamber. We want to provide certainty for iowans and those who may desire to set up fireworks shops. Marcus senator chapman says studies show legalizing the use of fireworks in the state could mean 1 million to 1. 5 million per year in our state. Steve lawmakers are also looking at a bill that would demand the Stanford University band apologize for its controversial rose bowl show. The bill would prevent iowa state universitys from cooperating with stanford until stanford officials apologized for halftime performance that featured a cow and made a the bill was not designed to punish stand or anyone specifically, it was simply a situation where if you see poor behavior, i think its incumbent upon people to ask that you resolve that. Steve as for those who say a state senator should have Better Things to do, he responded, i am a very prolific bill writer and this is an end of thi
Money because of a bone not function and did not collect penalties between for a few years. The investigation brought forth an email from a workforce manager. That email asked staff to blame the improper payments on technical errors. If i were an iowa company id be furious because they rely on the state running the program with integrity and when they asked our fraud investigators to keep their mouths shut, basically they ruined the integrity of the program. Emmy they say they have installed new data that can better take fraud. A bill that would legalize eric fireworks in iowa, is now moving through the state legislature, but it may face challenges from several lawmakers. The bill would allow the sale and use of consumer fireworks in iowa like firecrackers and roman candles. Current state law only allows the sale of novelties like the new proposal would allow communities to opt out, and decide for themselves whether or not fireworks can be used within city limits. A Des Moines Lincoln
Midtoupper and arctic air on the way by sunday into the start of next week along with more snow. Eric big stories in central iowa this morning a new report shows the Iowa Workforce development paid more than 900,000 in Unemployment Benefits to people who should not have gotten it. Kccis emmy victor is live at the statehouse this morning. So emmy how did this happen . Emmy a state audit results showed that people were getting money claiming that they worked for businesses that did not exist. It showed that the Iowa Workforce development were overpaying hundreds of people because of a phone malfunction and did not collect penalties for two years from 2012 to 2015. The investigation brought forth an email sent out from a workforce manager, who asked staff to blame the improper payments on technical errors. Employee tipped off the state senate that the extent of the payments came to light. If i were an iowa company, id be furious because they rely on the state running the program with inte
Cu[inaudible] partner in technology, brian garcia. One of my favorite art and music teachers is Robin Saunders from [inaudible] agreat principle. [inaudible] elementary arts cord nairtd ron [inaudible] aortart teacher, visual art jack alter and the arts and music teacher diana gomez. Im proceed that so many young people in the School District and the city are really living tupe the example of how again young artist can help improve our communities and even improve the world and save us as lenered burnsteen, articulate, educate, defy and shout the big dreams. You can get the information of the different events today and tomorrow tupe sunday by going to sfusd art festville. Org and congratulations to those in the art festville supervisor wiener. Thank you madam clerk. Im introducing a resolution urging the mta board of directors to include a requirement for demonstration of labor harmony as a part of the [inaudible] Pilot Program and any other permanent program. This proposed change will