Council Meeting June 18, 2009

Last night's meeting was pretty quick - over at 8:30. The agenda was pretty streamlined, but a few cool things were included.

While nothing is in stone there is a possibility of a $1 million dollar federal grant to assist in some of Joshua's drainage issues. It would require a $400,000 match from the city, but that's manageable. It's too soon to know when the money would become available if at all. I'll pass on more info as I get it.

Joshua has launched a Facebook fan site. I'm proud to report that I'm fan #2!

Councilman Isom gave a good presentation last night on "The Mayor's Action Challenge for Children and Families". This is a meeting that he and our city manager, Paulette Hartman attended in April. The intent is to implement initiatives in the city to assist children and families in four key areas:

• Opportunities to learn and grow;
• A safe neighborhood to call home;
• A healthy lifestyle and environment; and
• A financially fit family in which to thrive.

More info is available at www.mayorsforkids.org - Check it out and give the city some feedback on the program or ideas you'd have to participate.

It was great to see a couple more citizens in attendance last night. Our next council meeting is July 16th so put it on your calendar.

Happy Friday, everyone. Have a great weekend!

A.J.