Community Spotlight for June 13-20, 2022
Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist
June 13th, 2022 12:00am | Duration:
14:58
Mayor Eddie Sundquist of Jamestown joins our Terry Frank this week to discuss a number of topics, including a recent presentation by he, and Jamestown School District Superintendent Kevin Whitaker about a new, shared services agreement to increase sidewalk plowing around the schools. The city council was presented with a plan to have the district provide 306,000 dollars for the purchase of two new plows, and the city would use American Rescue Plan Act funding for the approximately 680,000 dollars to hire two new city parks laborers to run them. Those two workers would work in the parks dept. otherwise. Sundquist says a big part of the agreement would have the district provide the main areas students are walking from, and the primary routes to school. Sundquist adds that the city recently received it's second traunche of ARPA funding, totaling 14-million dollars. He also discusses being in The Bronx recently for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's signing of gun control legislation in the wake of shootings in Buffalo, NY, and Evalde, Tex. He believes they're a good start, and says Jamestown has not been immune to gun violence. We also discuss the work of the city's Reapportionment Commission, which he says is keeping to keep six-wards in the city itself, but, adds there is still discussion about how many at-large councilmembers there will be. Sundquist also tells us that his City Comptroller, Ryan Thompson, is leaving for a new job in the private sector on July 8th