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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMEMO - PHONE CALLS ON VOLUNTEER INFORMATION ,, u,01 CITY CLERK AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT +.� 715 Mulberry St. • Waterloo, IA 50703 • (319) 291-4323 Fax (319) 291-4571 riop�° NANCY ECKERT • City Clerk MICHELLE WEIDNER,CPA • Chief Financial Officer MEMORANDUM Mayor TIMOTHY J. TO: Doug Anderson HURLEY Nikki Fischels Ella Ellis Shellie Crisman COUNCIL Maria Armstrong MEMBERS FROM: Nancy Eckert, City Cle REGINALD A. SCHMITT DATE: July 7, 2008 J { Ward 1 CAROLYN RE: Phone Calls on Volunteer Information COLE Ward 2 HAROLD Attached please find a press release from Mayor Hurley regarding phone calls to the GEITY City Clerk's office from volunteers who helped with the sandbagging during the flood. Ward 3 Please use the form to put the information. Once the sheet is full,please turn it into me. We will be compiling the information on an excel spread sheet to submit to QUE RN TIN M. FEMA. It is very important that the volunteer give you the information for each date Ward 4 and each location along with the time frame they were helping, so some people could have more than one listing on your sheet. RON WELPER Thanks foryour help. Ifyou havequestions, please stopin myoffice. Wards BOB GREENWOOD At-Large STEVE SCHMITT At-Large { CITY WEBSITE: www.ci.waterloo.ia.us WE'RE WORKING FOR YOU! An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer I ink I F W ATERLOO 1 1/10A CITY HALL • 715 MULBERRY ST. • WATERLOO, IA 50703 • (319)291-4301 FAX(319)291-4286 PRESS RELEASE mayor CONTACT: Mayor Tim Hurley TIMOTHY J. HURLEYCity of Waterloo 319-2 91 - 4301 COUNCIL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE —JULY 7, 2008 MEMBERS REGINALD A. SCHMIriT City of Waterloo requesting information from volunteers who generously Ward r helped during the 2008 Flood CAROLYN COLE Mayor Tim Hurley announced today that the City of Waterloo will be Ward HA_RC)LD accepting information from volunteers who helped with sandbagging operations GETTY Ward 3 during the 2008 Flood. This information will help the City of Waterloo apply for QUENTIN NT. FEMA funds. HART Ward 4 In order to be considered for funding under the FEMA program, the City of RON WEEPER Waterloo must provide the following documentation for each volunteer: Want 5 BOB Name, address, telephone number, date(s) of sandbagging, GREENWOOD 1t 1'"'` exact time volunteered, and location of the sandbagging g STEVE SCHMITT operation. This information is necessary for each day and At-Le Lc' each separate location. Please contact the City Clerk's office at 319-291-4323 by July 21, 2008 to submit 2008 Flood sandbagging volunteer information. In addition, the information can be faxed to 319-291-4571 or e-mail to maria.armstrongna,waterloo-ia.org. Mayor Hurley stated, "The volunteers played a key role in helping to protect the City of Waterloo from the horrendous flood waters that we experienced during CITY WEBSITE: www.ci.waterloo.ia.us WE'RE WORKING FOR YOU! An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer the 2008 Flood. Whenever the call went out for more volunteers, our citizens immediately responded and reported to the sandbagging operations, whether it was at the Street Department office on Black Hawk Street or the IDOT office on Ridgeway Avenue, or to help place sandbags in our neighborhood areas such as Sans Souci Island, Bontrager/Liberty Park, Lafayette Park, Cedar Terrace, the Downtown and the near Westside. Our outcome could have been much worse were it not for our volunteers." Mayor Hurley further stated, "I am asking all volunteers to please take the time to forward this information to the City Clerk's office at 319-291-4323, or e- mail to maria.armstrong(a,waterloo-ia.org by July 21, 2008, as we have the potential to be approved for additional FEMA funds for all the volunteers' hours.