2026-10-14 - Mayors' Council of Guam

00:09A roll call, please.

00:15>> Present. Mayor Jesse,

00:17present.

00:21>> Mayor Dell Alers,

00:22>> present.

00:24>> Mayor Richard A Royal.

00:28Vice Mayor Jesse Bautista,

00:33>> Mayor Peter John Benvente,

00:36>> Mayor Jun Blas,

00:38>> present.

00:40>> She's there. She's online.

00:44Vice Mayor Pedro Blas,

00:47Mayor Franklin Chakco,

00:51Mayor Anthony Charlloff,

00:55Vice Mayor Chris Ferren,

00:59>> Mayor Michael Gumatau,

01:02Mayor Robert Hoffman,

01:06>> Vice Mayor Anne Leangero,

01:09>> Mayor Francis Luzama,

01:14Mayor Rudy Paco,

01:16>> Mayor Johnny Kinata,

01:19>> Mayor Luis Rivera,

01:23Mayor Frankie Solz,

01:27Mayor Wayne Santos,

01:30>> Mayor Kevin Suso, President Mayor

01:33Vicente Titugui,

01:37Mayor Brian Tailayi,

01:41Vice Vice Mayor Edward Tusco,

01:45Vice Mayor Albert Toveves,

01:49Mayor Alan Nata,

01:57>> Mr. President, we only have 12 uh

02:00members present. We don't have a quorum.

02:02>> Yes. Thank you. in compliance with open

02:04government law. The first meeting notice

02:06and was advertised on the Guam PDN on

02:08October 7th and a second notice on

02:10October 12, 2026 and posted on the

02:12government of Guam public notice portal.

02:15Additionally, this meeting is being

02:16recorded and live streamed on the

02:17mayor's council of Guam's YouTube

02:19channel. Please stand for the national

02:21anthem. Guam him and the indepress.

02:41[music]

03:12Heat. Heat. [music]

03:17[music]

03:39Heat. Heat.

03:40[music]

03:52>> [bell]

04:18>> Are you ready?

04:40Happy birthday.

05:19Thank you.

05:41Good morning. Our first guest speaker,

05:43order please. Order please. We need to

05:47move quickly along this with agenda. Our

05:49first guest speaker is uh John Castro

05:52from Victims Advocates Reaching Out.

05:56Please come forward.

06:03Mr. President, just for the record, I

06:05would like to let you know that uh we do

06:07have a quum. Thank you.

06:17Before

06:26we get started, uh just for the record,

06:28we have uh Mr. Mayor Richard Royal that

06:31just joined us, Mayor Luis Abera, Mayor

06:34Frankie Solless, and Mayor Franklin

06:37Champakco.

06:47Thank you. You may proceed.

07:00>> Good morning.

07:01>> Morning.

07:01>> Uh, sorry to you can hardly see me. I

07:04know. My name's Karen Carpenter. I'm

07:07with Victim Advocates Reaching Out,

07:08better known as Varrow. Many of you know

07:11about us. And this is John Castro. Uh I

07:14am the office manager slashbookkeeper

07:17slash sometimes advocate and John is a

07:21victim advocate. And so we're here today

07:23just to very briefly tell you about our

07:26services because uh I can tell you there

07:29are people in every one of your villages

07:32that are being abused. We have served

07:34people in every village on Guam. So, uh,

07:38you know, it's it's important and, uh,

07:41after this presentation later on, we're

07:43going to be calling you and seeing if we

07:45can present just shortly to your staff

07:49because we know that the staff in your

07:50offices are the first ones that see many

07:53of these people. They come in, they want

07:55to uh, you know, they need help and so

07:57we want to be sure that your staff know

07:59how to uh, access us. Uh, the big thing

08:03is we are not a homeless shelter. We uh

08:06shelter people that uh are abused. Uh we

08:10shelter homeless people if they're

08:12abused. Okay. But if they're not abused,

08:15were not just a homeless shelter, okay?

08:17Uh and that's uh always been true for so

08:22uh John now is going to talk just a

08:24little bit about our services so you'll

08:26know the kind of services we have for

08:28for victims of abuse.

08:31>> Okay. Good morning. Um so again, my name

08:34is John Castro. I am a victim advocate

08:36staff with victim advocates reaching out

08:38and uh first off I'd like to say our

08:40services are free, confidential and

08:43voluntary. Um but however by law if

08:46there is any abuse for children, the

08:49elderly and or individuals with

08:51disability, we are mandated reporters

08:54and we do have to report to the proper

08:56authorities. That would be child

08:58protective services and adult protective

09:00services.

09:01So, our non-discrimination statement,

09:03um, the bottom line is we do not

09:05discriminate anyone. Anyone can call our

09:0724-hour hotline and receive services

09:09from our staff or our trained

09:11volunteers.

09:14Okay. Uh, we do [clears throat] have a

09:1524-hour crisis hotline. We can call any

09:18time of the day, any time of the night.

09:21And our clientele involve victims and

09:23survivors of domestic violence, sexual

09:26assault, abuse, rape, and other violent

09:28crimes or traumatic events.

09:32Okay, we are able to help family members

09:35of victims. So even though they are not

09:37the primary victims, we can help the

09:40secondary victims as well.

09:43Okay. Um we do also provide emotional

09:45support. Um sometimes they would call

09:47and they would just speak to us. We can

09:49lend a ear. We also help advocate for

09:51the individuals and refer them to the

09:53proper authorities.

09:55So our referrals involve resources like

09:58um legal offices, GPD as well as Westare

10:01Alley shelter and other agencies on

10:04island.

10:08Oh, just a fact. They do not have to

10:10report to GPD and they do not have to

10:12make a police statement.

10:14Okay. Uh safety planning. We also go

10:16over safety planning with individuals um

10:18victims. We help make sure they're in a

10:20safe place.

10:23accompanyment. If they want to make a

10:25police report, we can accompany them to

10:27GPD as well other law offices and the

10:29court as well.

10:32Our services primarily involve emergency

10:35personal care equipment, emergency

10:37transportation, emergency temporary

10:39sheltering and meals.

10:42Okay. We also assist victims in filling

10:44out forms for either public assistance

10:46for gura or for a protection order for

10:48the court.

10:51Okay. Okay. On top of our client

10:52services, we also participate in

10:54outreaches and provide information to

10:56the community.

10:58Okay. This is our 24-hour hotline and

11:01our contact [snorts] information.

11:04Okay. And on top of that, we do partner

11:05with W legal service corporations. It is

11:08part of the legal assistance for victim

11:10program, also known as the LAV grant.

11:13Okay. Uh usually when we refer to

11:15victims similar to us um the LAV grant

11:19does help individuals based on the WAM

11:22legal services side.

11:25Okay. Um W legal services is able to

11:27help victims of assault or other violent

11:30crimes and help them receive a

11:32protection order or other services they

11:35need in the legal services side.

11:38And this is how you can reach W legal

11:40service corporations.

11:43Thank you. Any questions?

11:48>> I told you it'd be quick.

11:50Okay. Uh, I just want to say a little

11:52more about our shelter because oftenimes

11:54that's what people are looking for. Uh,

11:57he did say it is short-term. Uh, we're a

11:59crisis intervention uh, agency. So,

12:02first of all, we respond any time of the

12:05day or night. People call the hotline.

12:07We can pick them up if they need

12:08shelter. We do have transportation. uh

12:11if they have their own car, we'll tell

12:12them how to get to where we shelter

12:14people. Uh we do not own a shelter. We

12:18rent rooms for people uh in local

12:21establishments, but uh we can respond

12:24fairly quickly. Uh once we know that

12:27they need shelter and we've screened and

12:29they we know they're abused, uh then the

12:33staff will call me. I'll approve it. we

12:36need to get uh hold of the shelter, find

12:38out for sure there's room, but often we

12:41can respond within an hour. So, I mean,

12:44it's it this isn't like putting them on

12:46a wait list. This isn't, you know, we

12:48really try to get them because because

12:50they're in crisis. Um, all of our

12:52services are are determined by the

12:56client. Okay? The client tells us what

12:58services they need. We don't tell them

13:00what services they need. So, they tell

13:03us if they need need shelter or they

13:05tell us if they just need information

13:07about other agencies or they tell us if

13:09they need a protective order, whatever.

13:12Okay? It's all up to the client.

13:14But, uh, and uh, we're busy to say the

13:19least, unfortunately. I wish we could

13:21work ourselves out of a job, but uh, you

13:25know, I think all of you know that we

13:27still have abuse going on in on the

13:29island. Um, we can help children of

13:32child abuse, but if they come into the

13:35shelter, they have to have an adult uh

13:37that has custody of them with them or or

13:40a

13:42yeah, somebody that somebody is legally

13:44responsible for them otherwise. And we

13:48do, as he said, report to child

13:49protective services if it is a child.

13:53>> Okay. Now, question.

13:56>> Any questions?

13:58Is there anyone online?

14:01>> Um, it was

14:03>> Oh, yeah. Our for us it's 4775552.

14:10Of course with the 671,

14:12but 5552

14:1535 [snorts]

14:17477552.

14:20Okay.

14:21>> And like I said, we're going to be

14:22contacting your offices. Hopefully, we

14:25can come down and talk to your office,

14:27at least your office staff. We'll talk

14:29to any staff that you have available.

14:31We'll make a scheduled appointment.

14:33We'll bring our brochure. So, you'll

14:35have brochures in your offices in case

14:37people come in. Uh that's really why

14:39we're here is more to tell you, you

14:41know, that we we really want to come to

14:43the village. We want to come to you and

14:45be able to uh just just like this. I

14:48mean, it'll take 20 minutes, maybe, you

14:51know, half an hour, not long with your

14:53staff just to be sure that they know how

14:55to how to at least tell someone how to

14:58reach us. That's the thing, you know,

15:00how they can contact us.

15:08Oh, great. But we we really would like

15:11to talk to your staff. Yeah, we're going

15:13to call that because

15:15yeah, it makes a difference if we can go

15:18out and and because they then they can

15:20ask questions directly to us.

15:24>> Anyone else have any questions?

15:27>> Okay. Well, thank you for your time.

15:29>> Thank you very much.

15:30>> We'll be in touch with you as well.

15:36>> Thank you too.

15:59Our

16:08next guest speaker, Senator Titere on

16:10the um coastal paddling program.

16:29Try it again. Half a day. Honorable uh

16:32mayors and honorable vice mayors, thank

16:34you for the opportunity to have me

16:35today. I'm here to provide you uh well,

16:39good news. We've got some funding for a

16:42paddling uh opportunity for four

16:46villages for now uh which we have uh

16:49appropriated $200,000 for. And the the

16:53reason why we're starting in the south

16:54so much is because we know that the uh

16:56canoe and paddling kayak federation is

16:59beginning to um begin their programs

17:02more in the south. I know directly

17:04they've been working with our good mayor

17:06from Allesu um on this program. Now I

17:09provided you basically a cheat sheet on

17:11what is going on in the paddling um

17:15the whole program that's going through.

17:20And uh of course this was uh public law

17:22now 38-136.

17:25It uh provides 50,000 to uh four

17:28villages Melissa in Alahim uh Hagat and

17:31Yuma Humateek.

17:33And um the reason why I'm bringing this

17:35to the attention of everyone else here

17:37is because after this program gets

17:39through the initiative is to start with

17:41the other villages and to ensure that

17:43this program um is a success.

17:47So, we provided you this cheat sheet

17:50kind of showing how it was maneuvered um

17:54and how in the bill it allows these four

17:57uh villages to um add additional funding

18:00to this program on their own um and that

18:03the money does not lapse. It will

18:05continue on. Now, today I was supposed

18:08to have so I'm trying to kill some more

18:10time. Uh the president of the Guam Kayak

18:13uh and Canoe Federation was supposed to

18:15be here, but because of the weather,

18:17they are down in Mleso right now trying

18:19to prepare for the micro cup. They have

18:21islands uh coming in, so they're trying

18:23to get this through before the storm

18:25hits. So, she wasn't able to make it.

18:27So, I'm trying to catch up on her, but

18:30she wanted to uh let everyone know,

18:32especially for um villages and the

18:35potential of other villages joining this

18:38um program, that when they will provide

18:42safety tips for coaches. So, all the

18:45people that you bring into the uh

18:47program that want to be coaches, they

18:49will train them for you. They will also

18:52train on water safety um tips for them

18:57uh as well as care for your canoes uh

19:00paddles and how to care for them. So the

19:03paddling um well the kayak canoe

19:06federation paddling club it will provide

19:09a little bit more than that too if you

19:12ask them. They'll be very helpful. Her

19:14name is and if you can write this down I

19:16didn't put it on your cheat sheet here

19:18is Milani Escobar. She's the president

19:21and her number is 688-4470.

19:27Now, this doesn't stop you from having

19:29your kids or people in the village right

19:31now already joining this uh canoe club

19:34uh right now and get them ready, you

19:36know. So, if anybody in your villages

19:38other than the four that is already

19:40preparing, please let them know that

19:42they can join this federation now. that

19:45makes gives you a little bit of head

19:47start when it comes to uh preparing your

19:49village for it. So that being said, um

19:53of course for the four villages and it's

19:56important to know this too as you

19:58prepare to hope hopefully we can get

20:00some additional funding soon for the

20:02other villages. Um the reporting

20:05requirements are very important. Um I

20:08know that you have a very good uh

20:12what you see uh choi

20:16regarding procurement and the importance

20:18of keeping reporting requirements. Um

20:21also

20:23we have here okay on the back pa on this

20:28second third page you will see that

20:31there are potential grant funding

20:33sources. Now [clears throat] this is

20:34very important. I know. Is Robert here?

20:37Hoffman.

20:38Yep. He knows about finding these

20:41grants. Well, I've given you four

20:43opportunities here for your villages,

20:46your office to look for funding.

20:49Sometimes this funding takes a little

20:51bit time, but by time we get the uh uh

20:53paddling program to your villages, this

20:56will be very helpful to go after. Okay.

20:59So, this will have let me see what else

21:01did I Okay, any questions at all?

21:07This cheat sheet is very helpful, by the

21:10way. So, please keep it close. I can

21:12also email it to you if you'd like. Um,

21:17>> any question?

21:18>> Any questions?

21:19>> Anyone online?

21:20>> So, anybody online? Yeah,

21:22>> good. I'm thorough. Oh, nope.

21:24>> The mayor. Okay. May I just remind

21:27>> order, please? Um, members, please turn

21:29on your microphones. You don't need to

21:31move your microphone. You just need to

21:33turn on your microphone when speaking

21:34because this is being recorded.

21:37So just press as as usual make it turn

21:40red.

21:42>> Um can I just clarify? So the the

21:45microphone the the box at your desk is

21:48we were asked to not move it. It is

21:51positioned to where when you speak into

21:53the mic you'll be a it'll capture the

21:56sound. This is just so that the the

21:58background is not we're not distorting

22:01the the the um the conversation and when

22:04the public listens to us it's clear. All

22:06right. So, sorry if there was any

22:08confusion. I'm sorry.

22:10>> Yeah, no problem. But yeah,

22:16I'm looking at the uh what you use it

22:18for, right?

22:19>> Yeah.

22:19>> Are we here?

22:24Are we able to use it for fuel?

22:27to get like fuel for like our vehicles

22:29that's going to transport the canoes.

22:33>> Yes, because if you look at other

22:36expenses directly related to

22:37implementing the pilot program, that

22:40pretty much gives you a broad

22:42perspective on how to use the funding.

22:45>> Okay. And also, you mentioned about the

22:47mic. Yes. I don't know if you're aware,

22:49but they cancel took the micro.

22:51>> Oh, they did. Yeah. So, they're grabbing

22:52all the right now just because

22:55team from they're just down there just

22:58kind of making the microscope for this.

23:01>> Yeah, thank you for that information.

23:05>> Any other the mayor of Chalog was

23:07recogniz

23:10>> testing your mic

23:11>> if there are none. Thank you, Senator.

23:13>> Um there is just uh one other thing um

23:16and I know it's not there's another

23:17sheet of paper that was given to you. Um

23:20Mr. President, did you see that? It's

23:22another sheet.

23:24I also provided you a fact sheet on bill

23:2733 uh-38. It's the li it's a strave

23:31livestock program. It's the we call it

23:33the cow bill and this will give you some

23:36information um on how the bill was uh

23:40put together and what you can and cannot

23:42do as mayor. So if you have any

23:43questions on that, please call my office

23:46and uh you'll see on both sides it

23:48really explains everything. Okay. Thank

23:50you so much for your time and

23:52opportunity and thank you for all the

23:53great work you're doing for our

23:54community. Susi

24:39We're moving on to the approval of the

24:40September September minutes. Any motion

24:42to approve the minutes?

24:44There is a motion by the mayor of San.

24:46Is there a second?

24:49A seconded by the mayor of Chiggo. Uh

24:51any discussion on the motion?

24:55All in favor, please say I. All oppose,

24:57please say nay. Motion carries. Thank

25:00you.

25:01Is there a motion to approve the

25:02treasures report?

25:04There is a motion by the vice mayor of

25:07Baraga. Is there a second? There is

25:09seconded by the mayor of Hum. Any

25:12discussion on the motion?

25:30I do have a question regarding the

25:32liberation. Are we are we all paid out?

25:35Are there any any uh outstanding bills

25:38for the Queens Committee and the Queens

25:40Committee?

25:41>> No.

25:43>> Uh we I I submitted in the report to

25:46you. Yeah. So,

25:46>> but I have subsequent to that. The only

25:48the only um request was remember when we

25:51made the in the last meeting to hold the

25:54the 10,000 that was given from GVB for

25:57this upcoming um liberation Queensland.

26:00That was the only Okay. Thank you. Thank

26:02you. Just wanted to make sure and to

26:03clarify. Thank you. Any other discussion

26:05on the motion? All in favor, please say

26:08I. All oppose, please say nay. Motion

26:11carries. Thank you. The executive

26:13director's report, please.

26:16>> Good morning. Uh, mayors and vice

26:18mayors, [cough] I'd like [clears throat]

26:19to report or provide the following

26:20administrative updates and reminders.

26:23[music]

26:23So, fourth quarter reports for FY2026

26:27were due on October 13th. We still have

26:30several districts that have not

26:31submitted their reports. Uh, so those of

26:33you have not complied with them. You

26:35need, you know who you are, you need to

26:36submit them in. Please submit the

26:38report. If you are needing an extension,

26:41notify us so that we can we can move

26:43that message forward. the emergency

26:46expenditure reporting requirements. Um,

26:49this again is a reminder for the

26:51expenditure reports for San Laku and

26:54Bobby program. They're required every 30

26:57days following an expenditure. Right?

27:00That's the way the law is written. The

27:01reports must be submitted to the

27:03governor's office, the legislature, uh

27:05the OPA. If you have not submitted your

27:08reports, please do so so that we can

27:10comply and meet the requirements. Um,

27:14I'd like to applaud uh your villages and

27:17the MCOJ team for putting together the

27:19automated management system. It's been

27:21deployed. I am pleased to report that

27:24the system for the verification of

27:25residency has been successfully

27:28deployed. Uh, all districts are now

27:30utilizing the system. As we began in

27:32FY2027,

27:34the portal was active and fully

27:36operational. And this should conclude.

27:41>> Any questions? Any

27:43questions for the executive director?

27:46None. Okay. Thank you. We'll move on to

27:51um committee reports of boards and

27:53commissions. Have I know some very few

27:57boards have been meeting. Uh any any

27:59reports from any boards or commissions?

28:06Uh the mayor of Zor is recognized. I

28:08would just like to report that I have

28:09been in communication with the

28:11superintendent of uh the Guam Department

28:13of Education and she has reassured me

28:16twice that she will be reaching out to

28:18each of the mayor's offices to have a

28:20one- on-one sitting with um each mayor

28:24uh where the the educational facilities

28:29um um are you know where in your

28:32villages right uh the schools uh and so

28:34just please be um expecting ing an email

28:38or a contact from her office to um to

28:42schedule a meeting with you. Okay. Thank

28:44you.

28:46>> Thank you, mayor. Any any other boards

28:48and commissions?

28:51>> No. Have anyone met? Has anyone met

28:55recently? I think I just want to can I

28:57get a show of well those of you can I

28:59just walk go around the room because if

29:01if the if the boards and commissions are

29:03not meeting then I think we need to know

29:04as well so that we're not um where we

29:08can follow up with them. Um I think I'm

29:11going to start on this side with with

29:13vice mayor. Has decolonization met?

29:16Um

29:18as of this past month I I do not recall.

29:20Uh I know prior to uh that was like the

29:23first time I didn't attend the meeting

29:25and that was no quorum but I believe uh

29:27Melvin has been off islanding right for

29:30our greater purposes and whatnot. So

29:32>> no problem.

29:33>> Okay. Just making sure and then

29:36um

29:38sure

29:38>> we we usually meet. We usually meet. So

29:40that board is doing

29:42>> Thanks. Mayor Royo has has your your

29:45group ever met? You know, mayor, that's

29:47really a good question. And if they

29:49have, I will reach out to them and they

29:52haven't received any emails. I'm sure um

29:55I'm on their list for as part of that

29:58that flow, right? Okay.

29:59>> Okay.

29:59>> And I can sidebar with you.

30:01>> Yeah. And you can give me some guidance.

30:02>> Okay. Please. Mayor Wayne has the

30:05region.

30:05>> Yeah. So, the nominating council has met

30:07for October. We're already planning our

30:09November meeting. Um there's nothing

30:11major there with bills because we're

30:12still reviewing applications for uh the

30:14the region position. Okay, no problem.

30:18On this side.

30:21Oh, u Mayor Uman, anything on GBB?

30:25>> Sorry. On the Christmas um GB.

30:27>> Oh, let's let's go with GVB first.

30:29>> Um right now, uh we're in the new budget

30:31cycle. The new grant format came out, so

30:33it's an online grant format. So, I

30:35encourage you to one is let's settle the

30:37dates for 2027.

30:39Uh and I encourage you to apply. The

30:42sooner the better. Uh there's going to

30:43be two cycles and so let's let's get it

30:47in so we can have quick review and push

30:48it out. I know some of you didn't apply

30:51this cycle or this 2026 for some of your

30:54events. So I I just highly encourage you

30:56to do that. It is already budgeted and

30:58set aside.

31:02Thank you, Mayor.

31:04Any other boards and commissions?

31:08If none move to standing committees. The

31:10only other stand the only standing

31:11committee that I know that is still

31:13active is Christmas. I don't know mayor

31:15Hopin if you'd like to we reserve the

31:17date we're set on that end. We're

31:18probably going to just make it an at

31:20cost event. So we'll send out a survey

31:22for employees next week with the cost.

31:24We're actively soliciting for the prizes

31:26and the offset. It's just it comes at a

31:28one it's I don't really want to put so

31:31much effort into it if it's going to be

31:33like this El Nino super Elnino year and

31:35I don't want to be like yes we're going

31:36to go and then suddenly we're hit with

31:38storms and whatever else like that. So,

31:39I'm cognizant of that. I'm also

31:41cognizant that it's an election year and

31:43inauguration and transition. So, it's

31:45also going to be people are going to be

31:46stretched in and money is going to be a

31:48little bit short for some of the donors

31:49or solicitors. So, but we're still going

31:51to move ahead. We'll see what it is and

31:53based on the response, we'll see if

31:55we're going to make it a smaller event

31:56or probably change it to just a nice

31:58mixer and get together versus at a a

32:00banquet style. But last year was very

32:02successful. We have some money left over

32:04for that. So, we're going to just roll

32:06that over to cover the cost of the

32:07entertainment and some other things, but

32:10uh we're we're going to try to make it

32:11as affordable as possible.

32:15Okay. I mean, does anyone have any

32:17suggestions or any I appreciate the the

32:20help on that, Mayor Hoffin? Anyone have

32:22money they want to give us

32:25>> money? I but I think regardless of the

32:27regardless of whatever situation we're

32:29at, whether we're have a typhoon or

32:32whatever it is, I think we should still

32:34have we should still plan for some kind

32:35of event for our staff. Um I agree.

32:39Yeah. Okay. And then even if we even if

32:42it's at cost like you said, then we we

32:45can certainly do that. or if if the

32:47group is willing to help uh solicit. I

32:50mean, I know it's difficult to fund

32:51raise these days because everybody's

32:53fundraising for whatever purposes, but

32:55however it is, uh I think we should

32:57still have something for everyone.

32:59>> Y and we can work together on it as

33:01well.

33:01>> Yep. Okay. Any other any other concerns

33:05regarding boards and commissions or

33:06standing committee?

33:08>> If none, we'll move on to um unfinished

33:11business. So, [clears throat]

33:14at the request of Mayor Charaloff, uh

33:17the senior citizens program was added to

33:19the agenda. Um is Mayor Charoff online?

33:27No. Okay. Um so it was at his request

33:31that this be included in the agenda. Uh

33:33I don't have any discussion on it. Um,

33:36but because nothing is prepared for it,

33:39I'd like to I know that the council did

33:41agree to work on a some kind of

33:46program under the mayor's council of

33:48Guam, but I don't think there's anything

33:50to there isn't anything to present. Uh,

33:54I'd still like to if we're going to

33:57continue to talk about this, I think we

33:58need to take a look at and perhaps the

34:00executive director can assist us with

34:02this and doesn't have to report it now,

34:04but if we can take if we can do a budget

34:06analysis on what it is that

34:10so understanding that this program is

34:12from public health and that some of it

34:14is grant funding, some of it is local

34:16funding and there was there was a

34:18presentation by the ED uh previously

34:21about how much was local funding and how

34:23much was grant funding.

34:24But I think we we should take a look a

34:26bigger picture and to see uh

34:28transportation most specifically uh and

34:32and food and the meals because if we're

34:35saying and this is just a number off my

34:38head if we're saying 2 million for meals

34:40and or 2 million for transportation and

34:421 million for meals is it 2 million for

34:46SEO or is it 2 million for SEO and all

34:49the other programs uh under public

34:51health's division? of senior citizens

34:54and if the transportation is 1 million

34:57is it 1 million for the 12 centers or is

35:00it 1 million for the 12 centers and the

35:03other programs that you know SEO or DSC

35:06runs. So I think if we have a better

35:08look at that um Joy uh just to kind of

35:13see so what is our what would our total

35:16ask be? I mean, if we did if we said 3

35:19million for programming and X amount for

35:23transportation and X amount for meals

35:25that will only cover the meals and the

35:28transportation for MCG program or

35:31participants,

35:33maybe that might be lower, right? And if

35:35it's lower, then I think that's

35:37something that we could ask for,

35:42something that all 19 villages can be a

35:44part of. I think that's my biggest worry

35:47is the ask, right? If we if we're saying

35:50we're going to need five or six million

35:52dollars, I think that's a lot to ask

35:55for. But if we're saying we need four

35:57million to run a program, a successful

35:59program 19 villagewide

36:02uh with a facility or not with

36:05transportation and with meals, then I

36:08think that's something that's um but I

36:11but I'm also wanting to caution

36:13everybody when we look at the program,

36:16can we make sure that when we when we

36:18consider this program that it truly is

36:20going to serve the manump and not your

36:22operations

36:25because all the money that continues to

36:27come in, sure,

36:30we want to use for operations because of

36:33what we don't have. But when we're

36:35asking for a particular amount for um

36:38for a specific

36:40uh concern or issue or you know program,

36:44I think we need to make sure that we

36:47have the most robust manum program out

36:49there. I think they deserve that. They

36:51deserve that from us. And if we're if

36:53we're we're going to fight for it, then

36:55I think we we all need to agree

36:58unanimously that this money is going to

37:01service all of our mano in our villages

37:05uh in one way or another. And we really

37:08need to figure out how to draw the fine

37:11line between what our operations cost is

37:14going to be and what the program costs.

37:17And within the program, maybe the ask

37:20will fund the the management and the

37:22operations of that program, but just

37:24make sure that we're separate. Uh and so

37:28understanding that we have uh you know a

37:32smaller budget this fiscal year, it's

37:34not the end of the year, it's the very

37:35beginning of the year. and understanding

37:37also that the legislature still will

37:40have to see us because most of us cannot

37:43operate with the 40 or $45,000 that we

37:46have. So, let's just make sure that

37:49we're on the same, you know, on the same

37:51page when we're considering the program.

37:53Uh the mayor of SHA is working.

37:56>> Thank you. Um

37:58I agree with you in in in many of those

38:00points there. I think in my discussion

38:02with the executive director is a lot of

38:04things we asked public health for in

38:07January we still have not gotten. I want

38:11to review the contract in the way that

38:12because it's listed. We had this huge

38:14argument about program income when we

38:16kept saying no it's not it's but it's

38:17still in the contract.

38:19Why they can't remove it to create the

38:22definition. So what they say we're

38:24supposed to do on paper what they tell

38:25us verbally it's two different things.

38:28And so it makes us look like we're not

38:30doing our job one way cuz like oh you're

38:32not fulfilling A, B, and C of the

38:33contract. We all agreed in verbally not

38:35to not do this or keep record of this or

38:38do this part. So we've been asking for

38:41that. We want to see what our

38:42deliverables are, what we're required to

38:44do. And you know, I even asked the I

38:47asked for more information on the gaming

38:48because there's, you know, they they

38:50limited the gaming in some of your your

38:52centers, right? They said X amount and

38:54this and that and all. I'd like to see

38:57in in that contract written out. So, I

38:59don't know if they're gunshy, for lack

39:01of better terms, or scared to show us

39:03this or whatever because we asked how

39:06much does they get for transportation.

39:07We asked how much what the person spend

39:09on meals were. We never got that

39:10information.

39:12And so, why it's a protected egg, I

39:15don't know. But these are the things we

39:16want to know cuz I agree all 19 should

39:19have some sort of program outreach that

39:21benefits all Monco, not just the 12.

39:23Even though we have four or five

39:25villages that feed off in Sinahan, I'd

39:27love to see that if you can do a few

39:28things with those Monco who are within

39:30your area there, especially that if it's

39:33not specifically from a grant, but the

39:34taxpayers money, then all Mono should

39:36benefit from it, whether they're

39:38registered or not that we have a manoy

39:39event here or exercise or some program

39:42or community guard. Those are so many

39:44things that can happen. So, I'd like to

39:46see that public health's willing to come

39:48to the table. We've talked about not

39:51doing it anymore. We talked about doing

39:52it and expanding it. We can keep

39:54speaking to the wind, but public

39:56health's not a game to play this and

39:58say, "Hey, we want to sit down with you

40:00and how can we make this better? How can

40:01we improve?" I'm always in the position

40:03that we should be able to do better and

40:04think for the future, plan for the next

40:07uh set of Manupo. We're getting into a

40:09whole new generation that's going there

40:10that are not attending the centers and

40:12there's only so much that we can do as

40:14program coordinators to do that. So I

40:16agreed examining the funds, but before

40:18that examining re-examining the

40:20contract, what is it we're supposed to

40:22do? And now, not on September 26, send

40:25us something to review for 2 days and

40:27figure out that we have something to do

40:29or whatever.

40:31do it now in January or even you know

40:34already new fiscal year saying hey we

40:35want to plan and then lock us in for

40:37this and the amounts because I yeah I I

40:39think the

40:41the cost and what they can do and what

40:44the office also does from DSC's position

40:46not just MC but elder justice all the

40:49other things there it's let's let's

40:51figure that out so that we work together

40:56thank you mayor the mayor of ma is

40:58recognized

41:12Mayor Allan, you're recognized.

41:22>> We'll come back to you, sir. The mayor

41:23of Hoget is recognized.

41:25>> Mr. President, I just want to thank you

41:27for, you know, pointing it out and

41:28asking for, you know, for all costs to

41:31be um, you know, pointed out. I think

41:34that we've been going back and forth

41:35with this same issue since, uh, you

41:38know, a year, maybe even two years ago.

41:40And I think it's only fair that, you

41:42know, moving forward that,

41:45you know, we actually just if we're

41:47going to continue to run these senior

41:49centers or for those of us that have it

41:51or for those that may want to um venture

41:54off and, you know, do something for

41:56their seniors with with with or without

41:58the building for now, I think that we

42:00should already look at the option of

42:02maybe taking over this program, right?

42:05um we almost hit another payless payday

42:08for our senior up for our recck leaders

42:11only because again the money couldn't be

42:13transferred over. I think we're going to

42:15continue to face these challenges if if

42:18like Mayor Robert Hoffman was saying

42:19that, you know, we don't uh get the full

42:23support from public health. And I think

42:24that we've been just pushing this this

42:26item around. Um and I want to say that

42:30most of the senior centers, you know, we

42:32operated even without without enough

42:35funding that they give us, right? For

42:36those of us with buildings that fall

42:38apart, we end up having to use our own

42:40funding. Um, which we don't have to make

42:44the repairs that are needed. So that

42:45way, you know, the seniors are

42:46comfortable and and choosable. So I do

42:49agree with the president, uh, Madame Ed

42:52for for us to, you know, take a look at

42:55this a little bit more. Um, so that way

42:58the mayor's council, if if at all

43:00possible, if we can take over the

43:02program in its entirety, um, I I think

43:06that uh we should do it.

43:09>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, Mayor Allen, are

43:11you are you there?

43:18>> Can you hear me?

43:20>> Yes, sir. Go ahead.

43:21>> Can you hear me?

43:22>> Oh, thank you, Mr. President, Vice

43:24President, and Moriku. colleagues, I

43:26agree with you. Um my concern is um a

43:31lot of you guys highlighted a lot of

43:32points and can we when we get asked for

43:36this program and the budget can we

43:39assure that like uh Kevin Suiko

43:42mentioned Mayor Susu uh you know with

43:45the day-to-day operations the wear and

43:47tear of the building the structure if

43:49we're going to take it can we tell it

43:51take it and ask for it as a whole and

43:54and like like with instilling programs

43:56within Manu uh like I said there was

43:59days when we used to do those things

44:01gardens they still do uh arts and craft

44:03but yes uh to allow even more programs

44:06within our senior center but um you know

44:10um what would be the first step I I

44:13heard your discussion of trying to get a

44:14a cap and see what our ask is what are

44:17we what is their what is the current

44:20operation budget right now that public

44:22health has been supposedly supposed to

44:25give to us or allow us to use for this

44:27program. But in their books, what do

44:30they what what is the number or do we

44:32have a a breakdown of what they're

44:34currently utilizing right now or what

44:36they're given?

44:42Hello.

44:44Hello.

44:48Hello. Mayor. Mayor.

44:55Hello.

45:12Hello.

45:30is that any Oh, there. Mayor, are you

45:33there? Can you hear me?

45:36Oh, I can hear myself now.

45:38>> Hello.

45:39>> There you go. Mayor, can you hear us?

45:44It may not be me.

45:50Okay. For everyone's um edification, I

45:52want to say that we will I'm

45:54>> sorry. Bad connection.

45:56>> Okay. Well, mayor, we did hear you and

45:59we're not asking for numbers today

46:01because we don't have those numbers. Uh

46:04I will call a work session with all the

46:06mayors. Uh and we're going to hopefully

46:09come up with a a new um we'll come up

46:13with fresh ideas with an open mind. Um

46:16and we will work with DSC and we will

46:18talk to DSC so that we're whatever we

46:21whatever ends up uh the being the plan

46:24we're all on the same page and that

46:26there's no you know everything is on the

46:28up and up and so we will have this work

46:30session so that we can iron out whatever

46:33it is we want on our end and whatever it

46:35is on their end and then we come back to

46:37this to this forum here um and make make

46:41a decision or have further discussion

46:43the mayor of go is working on it. So,

46:46um, understanding that, um, at least for

46:49my center, it's under the mayor's

46:50office, but my understanding is each

46:54center must have a water catchment.

46:58And so, coming into office, uh, the

47:01senior center, their, uh, water

47:04catchment has been damaged. No repairs

47:07have been done. But uh is that something

47:10that uh maybe we can ask uh uh

47:16DSC to look into? Who will be the one to

47:19fund the repair for that or the

47:20replacement

47:23because at the moment

47:25>> um I don't have funding for that and

47:28that's something that if I'm not

47:30mistaken is required. So um

47:34>> yeah, we can take a look at that.

47:36>> Sure. I don't know how to answer that

47:38regarding

47:39>> um so if you recall

47:41>> when we went into the 2026 budget

47:45um it was very it was very uh it was

47:47outlined public health that said they

47:50will give us the funding this is 2026

47:53now okay so they will give us the

47:55funding uh strictly for salaries and

47:57utilities which we comply we did um to I

48:02mean I'm just going to piggyback on

48:04Mayor Hoffman he we did ask a bunch of

48:06information so we can the the council

48:08can make this determination how they'd

48:10like to move with the program. Uh the

48:13information that we had asked for back

48:14in January 26, we did not get and a lot

48:18of that would be to uh maintain your

48:22current centers, right? Keeping in mind

48:25that the centers that are in your

48:27village are the mayor's center. the only

48:30one that was owned by um public health

48:34was in Alhan at the time. So I don't

48:38recall exactly as far as before 2026 but

48:43forward thinking now for 2027

48:47we had asked for salaries, utilities,

48:50supplies and contractual services.

48:53Contractual services again would be to

48:56probably most likely depending on on the

48:59amount of the project would most likely

49:01cover that portion. We have not received

49:04uh we we submitted the request and we

49:08haven't received uh the account just

49:10yet. As far as funding's concerned,

49:13we understand that this is typical when

49:15you when it's an opening of the fiscal

49:17year. um account establishment take a

49:20while, but we are we are actively

49:24uh communicating with public health and

49:26you all are CC those who have centers

49:28are CCD on my email with the response as

49:32well.

49:36>> Okay, thank you. Oh. Um, mayor of San

49:40Recon.

49:40>> And and just to kind of just add on

49:42that, I understand where you're coming

49:43from, Mayor Francis, because you have

49:46what the fire regulation is, you have

49:48what DPW uh DPW regulation is, you have

49:51what public health, you know, they if

49:53they inspected the schools, and if they

49:55if that's one thing they inspect the

49:57centers, I don't think we'll pass

49:59because it's the hot potatoes. Who's

50:01supposed to pay for this? And it's going

50:04to look back and forth whether there's

50:05hot water, whether there's encatchment,

50:07whe there's pest control, ADA

50:09compliance, all these things. It's that

50:11hot potato. It's like we've been making

50:13do because we've agreed upon since 2012.

50:16We will cover the operations. We'll run

50:18it, but we don't have the money to fix

50:20all this other stuff like you know how

50:21they used to give DARP schema money to

50:23pay for it and stuff. So, it really is

50:25kind of that back and forth. whether the

50:27legisle steps up or somebody but we

50:30understand there's multiple uh

50:31regulatory agencies really should come

50:34and visit OSHA and OSHA's going to take

50:36a look like you know why stockpiling 100

50:39cases of bingo cards because you know we

50:42should be in a specific place but we

50:43don't have storage that's not our thing

50:45they just that's them so I understand

50:47the regulation side I don't think our

50:49center I think the last time our centers

50:50were inspected was years ago uh even

50:52with that and you know they pro they

50:54pointed out you know you need this this

50:55this and the first we said was well then

50:57we need money from you because this is

50:59not caused by us or you know the wear

51:01and tear so that is something to explore

51:04and I agree that's why I was saying if

51:06we are going to have a round table just

51:08the senator and the mayor's centers of

51:10public health start with a blank slate

51:13put what our needs are what it does to

51:14bring it up to code on top of that is

51:17what our deliverables are and then there

51:19you know I I would hate to see to be a

51:21worker at our center knowing that every

51:23year around this time they may or may

51:25not have a job or a paycheck

51:27That's that's nerve-wracking. I could

51:28not operate that way. So, I want to see

51:30that we do blank slate, do the

51:32deliverables, redo the contract, and

51:33then do it a multi-year contract at

51:35least for 3 years and say, "Okay, for 3

51:37years, we will guarantee you this, and

51:39then they can frontload or whatever else

51:40like that." But then we'll agree to hold

51:42our end to that.

51:46Thank you, Mayor. Any other um any other

51:49concerns or or

51:52worries? No. Okay. Well, thank you so

51:54much and we'll we'll keep you posted on

51:55on when those work sessions will occur

51:58for for the program. We're moving on to

52:00uh deep new business on deep sea mining.

52:03So, as you might recall, um

52:06the mayor's council of Guam

52:10adopted a resolution this past January,

52:13I believe, uh against deep mining. And

52:18we did have a a presentation by a group

52:21of people regarding deep sea mining and

52:24how and its effects on on on our island.

52:28And I think at that discussion we felt

52:32everyone that was present felt that it

52:34was necessary to to um involve the the

52:40uh association of Mariana Islands mayors

52:43and vice mayors. And so of course the

52:47the next general assembly is not until

52:51when mayor uh

52:55it's going to be arranged for November.

52:57>> Oh this coming November,

52:58>> right?

52:59>> Okay. So it's normally what normally

53:01happens is right after the election we

53:03have uh an election of new officers and

53:05of course we um do the certificates of

53:08thanks for those that are outgoing um on

53:11the mayors and the vice mayors and

53:13council members that will not be um

53:15members for the next uh year.

53:19So, what was was sent to you by email uh

53:22was a draft resolution,

53:24and [clears throat] I'm hoping that that

53:25you reviewed the draft resolution in

53:27hopes that we could we could uh insist

53:31that the association adopt this

53:34resolution at the next general assembly.

53:36And if the general assembly is going to

53:38be before November 30th, then I think

53:40that would be that would be a good time

53:42because they I believe the next big

53:46meeting date would be November 30th for

53:48uh the deep sea mining. So of course

53:50they're looking for it earlier or sooner

53:52than that. Um but if it's not going to

53:54be

53:55how soon do you know do are you familiar

53:57with when when that would be?

53:59So I've been speaking with the vice

54:01president uh for AmI which is mayor um

54:05RB Kamacho from Saipan. So as soon as

54:07the um election results clear then we

54:10will schedule accordingly um probably

54:13before we're hoping to have it before

54:14Thanksgiving. Um and it looks like the

54:17next AM general assembly meeting will be

54:20held here in Guang uh because the last

54:23meeting was held in Cena Mike. So we

54:25normally rotate the meetings

54:28So it will be before November the 30th.

54:32Could

54:32>> Could we ask if that So as far as the

54:35Guam members, are there any objections

54:36to the You saw the You saw the

54:39resolution. Are there any objections to

54:41to asking the association to adopt the

54:45resolution in this form?

54:48Okay. And then is there are there any

54:49objections to request for this meeting

54:51to be held sooner in November than

54:53later?

54:55No, please.

54:57Oh, because November 30th is the next

54:59hearing for the So, we they want to do

55:03it. We want to do

55:10uh Yeah. I So, I'm thinking that I'm

55:13thinking that we can So, if I can ask if

55:16if we're all in agreement um that we ask

55:19the Mayor Kevin to to see if the

55:21association could meet sooner in

55:24November so that this can be adopted.

55:26Uh, with that said, if that's if if

55:28we're going to meet and if we're meeting

55:29here on Guam and if we're all here,

55:31we're going to need everyone's

55:32attendance to adopt the resolution and

55:35and those of us that were were at that

55:37work session, I think we understand the

55:38importance of adopting the resolution

55:40and supporting the this um, you know,

55:43this measure. So, if if Mayor,

55:46>> we'll make arrangements, Mr. President,

55:48with the uh with the rest of the

55:50officers from MMA and then we'll set the

55:52date and we'll advise the MCO. Okay,

55:56thank you.

55:56>> So I just uh just for a clarification,

55:59did do we already do a resolution to

56:01accept it as support from the MCG so

56:04that we can

56:06>> the the the MCG create uh adopted a

56:09resolution in January uh in the same

56:11manner but and so now we're asking for

56:13the association to do it as a whole,

56:16right? So that we're not just acting as

56:18just Guam now it's the entire uh Guam

56:21and Northern Maran Island.

56:22>> Understood.

56:23>> Okay. Any other discussion then on on

56:25deep sea mining and any other any other

56:28concerns regarding the request for this

56:31expedited general assembly with the

56:32association.

56:35Okay. So we'll hear back from Mayor

56:36Kevin or from the association. Thank you

56:38so much. Uh we're going to move into

56:40announcements. We have a very short time

56:41frame. Uh so Corey Williams from SBA is

56:44here. Uh sir, can we get like five

56:47minutes or less on an announcement?

56:49Okay, two minutes. Great. Um and so

56:52because of the everyone understands the

56:54the BAV declaration and so Corey with

56:57SBA is going to tell us about uh give us

57:00some information on disaster assistance

57:02please.

57:14>> Thank you so much honorable mayors. My

57:16name is Corey Williams, public affairs

57:18specialist with the US Small Business

57:20Administration's Office of Disaster

57:22Recovery. A lot of you may have remember

57:24me from working Typhoon Mor three years

57:26ago. And unfortunately, I'm coming back

57:28again um to work um Typhoon Bobby um

57:32that hit in July, the devastating storm.

57:36Um and we received a presidential

57:38declaration on October 8th um of 2026.

57:43President Trump approved for Typhoon

57:45Bobby. Keep in mind that Typhoon Sinaku

57:48is still pending. So for anyone that was

57:52impacted by Typhoon Bobby, which

57:54occurred in July, that's going to be the

57:57incident period, which is around July

57:594th. So that opened up a program called

58:02individuals and households programs,

58:04which allows individual assistance to

58:06not only businesses of all sizes, but

58:08homeowners, renters, and nonprofits. So

58:11the first step in the recovery process

58:13is of course to register with FEMA. And

58:15there's three ways to register with

58:17FEMA. You can go to

58:18disasterassistance.gov.

58:21Again, that's disasterassistance.gov.

58:24You can go to the you can actually

58:26download the FEMA mobile app or you can

58:29also call the 800 number which is

58:31800621-3362.

58:35Again, that's 1 800621-3362.

58:38And there is a localized number as well

58:41that I'll get um one of my counterparts

58:43big an um the who's the external affairs

58:45officer with FEMA. He should be here at

58:47the end of the meeting. So he'll be able

58:49to provide that localized number. But

58:51again 800621-3362.

58:54That deadline to apply is actually going

58:57to be December 7th, 2026. So before we

59:00know we'll be into November and December

59:03be right around the corner. So, the one

59:04thing we want to make sure people are

59:06registering early and then going ahead

59:08and applying for SBA. Now, for SBA, we

59:11offer lowinterest disaster assistance

59:14loans to not only businesses of all

59:16sizes, but homeowners, renters, as well

59:18as nonprofits. So, businesses can borrow

59:20up to $2 million to repair replace

59:23disaster damage real estate, machinery,

59:26inventory, and equipment. Those interest

59:28rates are at 4%. No payment for a year,

59:31no interest for a year. And also

59:34homeowners can borrow up to $500,000 to

59:37repair replace disaster or damage real

59:39estate and up to $100,000 to repair

59:42replace disaster damage personal

59:44property. Those interest rates are as

59:46low as 2.875%.

59:48Again, no payment for a year, no

59:50interest approval for a year, and then

59:52renters can get up to 100,000. So, I'm

59:54going to be here at the end of the

59:56meeting. I want to thank you all for

59:57allowing me to present uh in a short

59:59time and I'll be be um at the meeting

1:00:02I'll be at the end of the meeting. Thank

1:00:03you again.

1:00:03>> I have a question for Oh, hold on. We

1:00:05have a question for you. The mayor Sen

1:00:08is recognized.

1:00:08>> Uh in in Milwauke SBA required uh

1:00:11mayor's signature on several documents.

1:00:13I don't know some of our colleagues who

1:00:14were in office at the time. I remember

1:00:16there was a bunch of people always

1:00:17coming in. Is that going to still be a

1:00:19requirement now?

1:00:20>> That's a great question, Mayor Hoffman.

1:00:21So for the secured loans, yes. So if

1:00:25they do a unsecured loan, which is

1:00:2750,000 or less, then that's a signature

1:00:30loan. But once they get into the secured

1:00:32threshold going above the 50,000, then

1:00:35yes, there may be other supplemental

1:00:37documents required by the mayor's

1:00:38office. So, but we'll keep you apprised

1:00:40when we get in that situation.

1:00:42>> Okay. Yeah. Cuz I think se I think nine

1:00:44of our colleagues worked in office at

1:00:45the time. It's there's several paperwork

1:00:47and it's including a verification, but

1:00:49then you're also signing an SBA document

1:00:51that that person either stays there,

1:00:53rents there, it's the owner of that so

1:00:55based on what your knowledge is of the

1:00:56area and then they'll go from there. So

1:00:58I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you.

1:01:00>> Can I the interest rate on the secured

1:01:02lo?

1:01:03>> So it's the same interest rate. So

1:01:05homeowners is at 2.8 No, that's a great

1:01:08question, ma'am. 2.875 for homeowners

1:01:10and renters. Nonprofits is fixed at

1:01:133.625%.

1:01:15businesses is at 4%.

1:01:19>> Thank you all.

1:01:20>> Thank you. Thank you again, Corey.

1:01:22So, the I do want to the other

1:01:24announcement that I need to make is that

1:01:26uh after the meeting, we'll be meeting

1:01:27with FEMA because uh for those of you

1:01:29that were here during BAVI, we had the

1:01:33uh disaster recovery centers in the

1:01:35villages. And so, they are only going to

1:01:38have three survivor recovery centers. So

1:01:41they're not called disaster recovery,

1:01:43it's survivor recovery centers. And

1:01:46there's going to be three islandwide.

1:01:49And so I'll have that discussion with

1:01:50FEMA. Um and then we'll let you know

1:01:54where that that's going to be. Okay. Any

1:01:56other announcements?

1:02:00Um thank you. I do have a big

1:02:02announcement. Um we want to wish our

1:02:05colleague, my neighbor, the mayor of

1:02:07Asan Mina, a very big happy birthday.

1:02:09Please give him a round of applause.

1:02:13>> Thank you, Mayor Alvarez.

1:02:15>> I do have uh the mayor of Sahana is

1:02:18recognized.

1:02:20>> Thank you, Mr. President. Um appreciate

1:02:22the time. Uh with the heavy weather

1:02:24briefing going to be happening shortly.

1:02:26Um the role of the mayor's council in

1:02:29terms of sandbags and other stuff like

1:02:31that. I know it's it's kind of are we do

1:02:35we already know? Do we do we have money?

1:02:36Do we need to ask for money? Do we need

1:02:38to ask the legislature for something? So

1:02:40my worry is that post yesterday about 5

1:02:42to 8 ines of rain. That's scary for the

1:02:44south that for the central areas bay.

1:02:48I'm I'm so how prepared are we? I think

1:02:51what saved us in San Laku and Bobby is

1:02:53that we were able to get money ahead of

1:02:54time. And so that how how is our

1:02:57financial position with this and and and

1:02:59with that being said with the

1:03:01declaration of the uh Bobby, we can

1:03:03probably get some of the things that we

1:03:04had our expenditants on uh reimbursed.

1:03:07everything we kind of spent money which

1:03:08is kind of going to be the goal of all

1:03:09the offices is to get some of that money

1:03:11back so we can continue to use that

1:03:13pool. But uh in terms of preparation for

1:03:15the heavy rains sandbag sand uh the

1:03:18dands how's that system?

1:03:20>> So as far as uh preparation we we heard

1:03:25or I heard that there will be a heavy

1:03:27briefing weather today for the mayors.

1:03:29Um, as far as funding's concerned,

1:03:33all the villages with Denlock and Bobby,

1:03:37you you've been given an substantial

1:03:40amount and so you did use that to

1:03:44respond or repair to the the disaster.

1:03:47Then uh as far as funding's concerned,

1:03:50the council has not received any

1:03:52emergency funding. Um what we do have is

1:03:55all of you guys have established your

1:03:57your accounts with your regular

1:03:59appropriation and like all procurement

1:04:02planning I've I think I we've gone

1:04:05through this before where I said uh your

1:04:07sandbags you all know you need sandbags

1:04:09right just store sandbag because again

1:04:13while we when we get the information as

1:04:15far as the weather's concerned we we

1:04:17will start inputting DAN tickets like

1:04:19how we normally did it's the same

1:04:21process we've gone through this before

1:04:23We're going to do the same process. Uh,

1:04:25nonetheless, we don't have anything yet.

1:04:27The command center has not been

1:04:28activated. Again, this is just a

1:04:31briefing, I suppose. So, we wouldn't

1:04:33know anything just yet, Mayor Hoffman.

1:04:35But if you guys have as part of your

1:04:38procurement plan, you submitted sandbag.

1:04:41Uh, we we will then procure for you. I I

1:04:45think that's a lot of you guys bought

1:04:46heavy equipment. I know that back holes,

1:04:49we had we purchased five back holes. We

1:04:52purchased three tractors. We we

1:04:54purchased I think three or four

1:04:57skidsters. So this is used for that

1:05:01purpose, right? So prepare, clean the

1:05:03drain, do what you need to do to prepare

1:05:05your village, should we should we be

1:05:07expecting uh rough weathers.

1:05:10>> Okay. And I think the reason why I ask

1:05:12is if if if it goes to that point where

1:05:14an emergency declaration is needed and

1:05:17there is money there, it's tapping into

1:05:18that because you're right, we do have

1:05:20some of the assets kind of set already.

1:05:22>> Yeah.

1:05:22>> But it's asking just you uh asking

1:05:24Homeland already. We know we're going to

1:05:26need sandbags. We know we're going to

1:05:27need sand right off the bat. Whether

1:05:29this whether we get 4 in or 1 in or 10

1:05:32in depends. We're going to need that. So

1:05:34I I'm glad to see that at least you guys

1:05:36are ready on your end to to stand this

1:05:38up

1:05:39>> because my thing is it's Wednesday.

1:05:40we're going to get a briefing. They're

1:05:41probably going to say it's going to

1:05:42happen either Friday, Saturday or

1:05:44Sunday. It's a weekend. It's it throws

1:05:45everybody off on weekends because stores

1:05:47are not open.

1:05:48>> So, typically uh what I what I do notice

1:05:51the record shows that when we are going

1:05:53in preparation, it's sandbag, sand, uh

1:05:55heavy equipment rentals with operators

1:05:57and roll on a bin. Um that's your

1:06:01typical purchase, right? So, I know as

1:06:03far as planning your procurement, uh

1:06:05your heavy equipment, I know we kind of

1:06:07took care of that. You guys have that in

1:06:09inventory. Not all of you, but most of

1:06:11you already have it. And then as far as

1:06:13standby, sandbag, I know some villages

1:06:15did procure. For those who did not, you

1:06:18know, you can submit it in with your

1:06:19procurement request. Uh the procurement

1:06:21team is up and ready. We have done

1:06:23purchase orders already for all of you

1:06:26guys. You know, you've received purchase

1:06:27orders already. Um we're separate and

1:06:29apart from DOA. So nothing stops us from

1:06:32moving forward once the accounts are

1:06:34established, which all of your accounts

1:06:35are established. Once I hear that uh we

1:06:38will be going into the emergency state

1:06:40and funding is is uh submitted to us, we

1:06:43will we will respond accordingly.

1:06:47>> Thank you. We're going to have to end

1:06:48the meeting because uh we need to get

1:06:50into the heavy weather briefing. Um any

1:06:52any other announcements? If not, um, it

1:06:56is 11:07 a.m.