County Council Meeting 2004

County Council Meeting
Patar 2004
Attendees: Fiona Kent, Carmela Herendez, Rebecca Wilsonoff, Johan Shazad, Julio Wilsonoff, Jadhira Shazad

Agenda
Tax Collection Report
Population Control Tactics
Update on Online Resident Files
Blogger Issues
Vandalism of Trash Cans
Factory Proposal
Summer Interhood Internships
Council Member Reports

The hood council meeting is called to order and Rebecca circulates the report from the recent tax collection.

Tax Collection 2004
Dawson= $5,500
Grey= $4,000
Herendez= $11,000
Humphrey= $1,000
Humphrey, Faith= $500
Kent= $11,000
McMillian= $4,000
Shazad= $4,000
Sweeny= $1,000
Warwick= $10,000
Wilsonoff= $11,000
Yoo= $1,000
Usage Fees= $416,000
Total Collection for 2004= $480,000

"Thanks to the incorperation of Apple Valley Metro and Apple Plains, we were able to increase our revenue by over twofold. However, our expenses are increasing as well."

"Speaking of increase, congratulations Johan and Jadhira. I heard that you're pregnant. I've been trying to convince my wife to have another child, but no luck so far."

"I can hear you!"

"I think it's wonderful that you're having another child. Our population is low and not to mention the births have not been very staggered resulting in some years the enrollment being near zero and other years, the school is bursting at the seams. We need a more steady population growth. Could we try to convince families to space thier children out?"

"I think any inference on the council's part in the fertility of our residents will backfire. Besides, most of the residents of childbearing age have decided to not have anymore children, or perhaps have thier third or fourth child. Such a policy would be great if all our residents were young newlyweds."

"Jadhira, how is the online resident profile going? You mentioned the directory would be functional by winter."

"The profiles are coming along, the hard part is typing them online since blogger doesn't allow for tables and the process of pasting the information is far more tedious than it should be. Not to mention I've been trying to correct blogger's insistence of deleting the spaces bewteen lines. However, they will definately be ready by winter."

"Do we have any residents we can pull to assist Jadhira with this process?"

"There are not many residents with the technical savvy needed for advanced blogger formatting. However, we can make a call out to our affilates and others for help on this issue."

"I have noticed an alarming trend around the hood. Several trash cans have been found knocked over and crawling with roaches. Roaches bring diseases that can be fatal if not treated. I propose some sort of fine for trash cans remaining knocked over for more than a simday. We can make random checks and issue fines that way."

"I think some of the local pets and strays are causing most of the issue, however I have seen a sim or two kick a trash can. Perhaps we can add a vandalism fine if we find evidence that a sim has kicked the trash can."

"Very interesting proposal, Julio."

"Also, a lot of sims are becoming too greedy. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to a party to watch sims stuff thier faces beyond belief. Overeating leads to weight gain, high cholestrol and other health issues. "

Fiona blushed and smoothed the bulge in her shirt.

"I see, thank you. Rebecca, you have a proposal?"

"Yes, I've been contacted by a very reputable company. They wish to set up a factory here in Apple Valley. This would increase not only jobs to the area, but revenue from taxes."

"It would also increase polution," Carmela interjected. "I heard of this factory, aren't they rumored to lure teens from school to work in the factory and forgo education."

"If that's the case, then I vote no. Teens must realize that an education will help them succeed, even going to technical school and learning a craft is better than forgoing an education for work in a factory."

"Good point, Johan. Carmela, please present your proposal for summer vacation and educational trips for the children."

"I think that we should encourage our teenagers and university students to seek internships for the summer. These internships can be local or aboard in other hoods. I have a few contacts and I'm sure hoods like Riverdale, Simmington Hills, New Eden, Simberry Fields, or any of the numerous hoods we have connections with wouldn't mind allowing teens and students to obtain internships in thier hoods. Locally we have already obtained positions such as interns with the hood council, small businesses and even on a farm for our teens and students. We can also offer these internships to teens and students of other hoods as well."

"That's a great idea. It allows the students to obtain exposure in a field that they may be interested in and also builds up connections with the other FSBS hoods."

"I propose that the internship program provides for travel arrangements and room and board so that sims of even background can participate. We don't want things such as the cost of a plane ticket prohibiting a sim from participating."

"I think we have enough in the budget to cover the costs for those things, however, room and board. Will we rent several rooms in a hotel, or build a sort of dorm to house the students?"

"Excellant question, let's do some research on the subject, gather opinions from other FSBS hoods and reconvene at a later date. Please remember that you all must submit a council report this year. This meeting is dismissed."

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Johan and Jadhira's baby is due Peacar 2004 and is a result of the infamous photo booth woohoo. This is about the third pregnancy as a result of that photo booth!

Yes, those lines being bunched up is not intentional. Whenever I type the story, the lines have spaces bewteen them, but when I go to post, then the spaces disappear. My other issue is that the line spaces are too large! ARGGH!! Any suggestions/help would be appreciated.

Any thoughts on the interhood internships? Good idea or too much work?