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The City Clerk’s Office tells me that due to concerns about COVID 19 and other factors, Wards 46, 47, and 48 will not be voting in their usual locations on Nov. 3. Wards 44 (Tenney Park Shelter) and Ward 45 (Lapham School) voting locations will not change.

Census jobs start at $22/hour, with flexible hours and paid training. Everyone who’s 18 or older and has documentation to work in the US is encouraged to apply. Madison needs census takers that are reflective of our diverse population. I care. I’m a rock ‘n’ roll musician. I would love that.

Moving PowerPointless ness, we have the opportunity to demonstrate that effective use of computing really matters. Computing because quantitative reasoning, computational thinking, and multiscale modeling are the intellectual and soul of 21st Century science and therefore are the essential skills of the 21st Century workforce. Computing because we can apply the power of interactive computing to reach a deeper understanding and of math and science and their role in understanding the world..

Fiscal Note: The proposed resolution terminates the TIF Loan to a Stone House Development affiliate for the Madison Mark Project located at 132 E Wilson Street and defers an $875,000 Equity Participation Payment to 2035. Stone House Development is refinancing the Project and requests the Equity Participation Payment be deferred in exchange for maintaining Affordable Units for 15 years. The TIF Loan has otherwise been repaid and all obligations outside of the Equity Participation Payment have been satisfied.

Scientists from our CSCT have found a way to make polycarbonate plastics from sugars and carbon dioxide. In the future, these could replace unsustainable plastics made from crude oil. This new type of plastics is biodegradable and biocompatible. Even more encouraging is that this sharp decline in COVID 19 cases in nursing homes nationwide has taken place despite the fact that more than 86% of people had only received the initial dose of the vaccine, according to the Wall Street Journal. This would seem to indicate a significant level of protection is obtained from the first dose alone. Nationwide, 2.7 million LTCF residents and staff had received the first dose of the vaccine as of Jan.

Yukon is reporting zero new vaccinations administered for a total of 11,514 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 275.91 per 1,000. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Yukon for a total of 14,400 doses delivered so far.