Wayne's Daily Updates: March 29 2021 Update

Happy Monday. As you can probably tell from the hour, my day has been kind of slammed with meetings. I have often commented to mayors during my time here that because our employees are so good, solvable problems always get solved without us even being aware. The impossible, unsolvable problems are the ones that find their way to the Mayor's Office. Today has seen a few of those problems be a part of our meeting schedule today!

CORONAVIRUS STATS

Nationally, the CDC reports 30,085,827 cases with 546,704 fatalities.

Utah: 384,756 cases; 15,474 hospitalizations; 2,114 deaths

Utah County: 92,807 cases; 2,518 hospitalizations; 364 deaths

NEWS YOU CAN USE

One of Provo's startups, Yoodlize, is expanding after its successful pilot run in Utah County.
The Feed Utah drive by Community Action Food Bank was able to collect 244,297 pounds of food in Utah County alone. That is a 209% increase from the average donations.
The ship that has been stuck in the Suez Canal is finally freed! With the ship being stuck for six days, they are predicting weeks of delays.

PROVO SOCIAL MEDIA

THE MAYOR'S DAY

Today, Mayor Kaufusi:

Met with the Police Chief
Held a meeting with Mayor's office staff
Met for a communications strategy meeting
Participated in the ULCT Board of Directors meeting
Met with the City PIO
Held a meeting with the Deputy Mayor
Participated in a Utah County Covid-19 coordinating phone call
Met with her executive team
Participated in a meeting on properties in Provo
Held a meeting with representatives from the county commission
Met with new city employees

FUN STUFF

Someone clever has made a program where you can insert the ship that blocked the Suez Canal anywhere on the map. Here are a few pictures of it "blocking" some other locations you might recognize. The first three were actually done by the Provo GIS team (kudos to Phil, Stan and the gang); the others were done my our staff this afternoon.