WINTER WEATHERIZATION
Are you thinking about weatherizing?
Are you not sure where to start?
Are not sure how much to spend?
Are you worried about finding a competent company?

Check out the weatherizing program offered by:
Community Action Agency of
Greater Kansas City
www.caagkc.org
or call:
816-358-6868 ext 2

You can also stop by City Hall
and pick up an application form. 

NEXT COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
LIVE & ZOOM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81492589565?pwd=YnZ1aUhEYnorSnhBVzJXWkFGZUd1Zz09

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Passcode: 355624

6:00 P.M. NEW EVIDENCE PUBLIC HEARING

COVID INFORMATION

Please visit:

https://jacohd.org/current-guidance/

to see all dates, information or
to register for a test or a vaccine.

Vaccinations provided by
Jackson County Health Department.

MONKEY POX 

Monkeypox is a rare but serious disease
causing illness, including a rash or sores (pox),
often with accompanying flu-like symptoms.
Most cases in the U.S. have been mild to date,
though the infection can be painful

The first “probable” case of monkeypox in eastern Jackson County was reported Wednesday by the Jackson County Health Department.
This news comes several weeks after the first case of the infection in Jackson County, in Kansas City, was reported in mid-June.
It was also the first case in Missouri.
On July 9, Johnson County reported its first case,
which was also the first report of the infection in Kansas.
As of Tuesday, there are at least 24 monkeypox cases in Missouri, and three in Kansas.
At least four of those cases are in Kansas City.

Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article264613791.html#storylink=cpy

Eastern Jackson County is defined as all parts of Jackson County, excluding the city limits of Independence and Kansas City.

The following precautions are important:

How it spreads:

-Direct contact with infected lesions, rashes, scabs, or fluids

-Contact with contaminated materials like clothing or linens 

-Respiratory droplets from prolonged face-to-face contact (monkeypox is not thought to be transmitted in the same way as COVID-19)

-Across the placenta to the fetus among pregnant people 

Vaccine:
There is a vaccine available to treat Monkey Pox.
At this time, it should only be used for post-exposure
and on a case-by-case basis

SEPTEMBER
REPUBLIC
TRASH AND YARDWASTE PICKUP

The next Trash and Yardwaste pickup day
is Friday 9/23.

I am asking you to bear with us as City Hall
and Republic work out the issues
surrounding trash and recycling pickups.

Challenges to consistent pickups include:

-Summer is the time to go on vacation
and take personal time. 
-Every single business is having troubling staffing.
At the current time, in the State of Missouri,
there are 2 jobs for every applicant.
-There are the normal equipment break downs
associated with vehicles that break down,
need service or need repair. You may have seen
the white truck with no logo on it
picking up trash last week.
That was a rented truck.
-Tyler Riordan will be at the Council Meeting on 9/26.
Let me know if we need to move to Onka Hall
or everybody just zoom in.

The rest of Republic Trash Pickups will be on Fridays.
9/23, 9/30

NATIONAL DAYS IN SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 23rd

National Checkers/Dogs in Politics Day -
This day recognizes Political Pooches
or Candidate Canines, First Fidos,
or Revolutionary Rovers.
 More dogs than presidents have lived in the White House.
While this day marks the day in history
that Checkers the dog stole the spotlight.

National Teal Talk Day -
Each year, over 249,000 women are diagnosed
with ovarian cancer worldwide.
So, gather your friends, wear teal
for a day out together and talk.

National Great American Pot Pie Day 

National Snack Stick Day 

September 23 Birthdays!
Anthony Mackie - actor
Bruce Springsteen - singer
Ray Charles
Mickey Rooney
Willie Jones - country music singer
Jason Alexander - TV actor