August 4, 2020 Update

Council meeting Tuesdays are always busy.  Today we made a presentation to the Council on the CARES Act projects and the CARES Act funding contract with Utah County. 

CORONAVIRUS STATS

Nationally, the CDC reports 4,649,102 cases with 154,471 fatalities.

Utah:  41,907 cases (up 378 from yesterday); 2,482 hospitalizations; 321 deaths (up 7 from yesterday)

Utah County:  8,165 cases (up 118 from yesterday); 376 hospitalizations; 35 deaths (no change from yesterday)

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• We are working on the installation and implementation of a new system for many of our HR-related programs. Check out our introductory video to Workday.  We expect to implement phase 1 of the project next spring and the full implementation by the end of 2021.  

• Sundance has announced it intends to reduce seating and shorten the length of their 2021 festival.

• The East coast has been bracing for a hurricane, but when it hit it was downgraded to a tropical storm. "Isaias" hit eastern North Carolina, and affected several states along the coast.

PROVO SOCIAL MEDIA

THE MAYOR'S DAY

Today, Mayor Kaufusi:

• Held a meeting with the Department Directors
• Participated in the Utah County Economic Recovery Committee meeting
• Met with the Police Chief
• Participated in City Council Work meeting
• Attended City Council meeting

FUN STUFF

If you haven't heard, construction nearby sent some rats into the City Center, and while an exterminator was laying traps, he found this guy and put him next to a ruler for size comparison. If you are squeamish, you might not want to look too closely (the rat is no longer with us).  Our office was not the only one at the city center which was impacted by our rodent visitors.  So this is one of the very few circumstances where the "Welcome Home" motto really doesn't apply!

One of the casualties of our City Center project is that we have disrupted the land, but it is a small price to pay as the project progresses.  But we do have a fun war (or horror) story!

Wayne