Attorney Robertson Smith

Great morning meeting with so many newly elected county auditors, treasurers and council members today from around the state. Enjoyed discussing how our offices, along with several other state offices, work together to better serve Hoosier taxpayers. Looking forward to working with this group of leaders!

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We had a full house this morning for our Records Retention Institute for Excellence in County Government class today. Thank you, Amy Christiansen and Anna Lucas from Indiana State Archives and Records Administration as well as Ricci Hofherr, Stacey Burn, and Lori Rogers from indiana State Board of Accounts for being our speakers today. Thank you all that attended 🤝!

If you missed our class today, but want to still participate- we have a recorded version available. If you need more information please visit our website, https://csbg1.godaddysites.com

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🏆 National Engineers Week - Toothpick Bridge Challenge 2023 🏆

For National Engineers Week, local engineering professional societies and volunteers held a toothpick building bridge challenge. Students from the local area were provided an opportunity to get involved with engineering and were encouraged to build a toothpick bridge. Teachers and professionals also entered the contest, which was held at the University Town Center and was followed by an awards ceremony. This year’s Professional Team Award was presented to Peter Peduzzi, P.E., representing Sarasota County, Capital Projects. Congratulations Peter!! The trophy and bragging rights are now back home with Capital Projects after a 3 year winning streak by Stantec. Peter’s A-Frame bridge had the highest load-to-weight ratio that held 83 lbs. and weighed 30 grams. Congratulations to all those that participated!

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A wonderful turnout today for the CSBG Institute for Excellence Human Resource class. Thank you 🤝 to our speakers, Frank Pinson and Scott Lage from Bliss McKnight and Daree Fry, Director of HR, Morgan County. This informative class cover many areas of HR. This class will also be available via recorded video.

The CSBG Board of Directors also met today before our Legislative Conference.

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CSBG David Bottorff Johnson spoke to the Indiana County Assessors Association today. The ICAA are holding their 2023 Winter Conference this week. The conference held newly elected assessor training as well as many educational classes.

It’s been a busy day for the CSBG, we held our CSBG Board of Directors Meeting for January and the Legislative Committee also met this afternoon.

A big ‘thank you’ to our members for being involved in the CSBG and for your continued service to county government.

Thank you to Dr. Kristina Smith for your presentation during the Csbg Board meeting.

Thank you to all of the 2023 CSBG Board of Directors for serving our organization and county officials. We were able to celebrate those leaving our board of directors today while also thanking all of the members for helping our organization grow and continue to serve county officials. Thank you for all you do for county government.

Great Idea is a grassroots organization in Volyn. When Russia’s full-scale invasion created a massive need for humanitarian supplies, CSBG helped Great Idea transform its work from supporting students to running a scale-scale logistics center for humanitarian shipments.

What began as a small effort to collect humanitarian aid at a local school has grown into an operation responsible for distributing aid to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in hard-hit communities. Read more about how CSBG partners with local civil society to deliver life-saving assistance to those in greatest need

Over the past two weeks, Secretary Yellen traveled to New Delhi, India to participate in the U.S.-India Economic and Financial Partnership, and Bali, Indonesia to represent the United States at the G20 Finance Ministers’ Meetings and accompany President Biden at the G20 Leaders’ Summit.

Read more about the trip at https://home.treasury.gov/news/

Thank 😊 you to all of the COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM (CSBG) controllers and workers from all parts of the aviation industry who work tirelessly on the ground and in the sky to keep the public safe. We are truly grateful.

📍Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Today, Deputy Secretary David Turk was in California with the White House to discuss how the Biden Administration is investing in Latino communities and centering equity in America's clean energy transition. Under President Biden and Secretary Granholm's leadership, DOE is requiring—for the first time—that Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant recipients create Community Benefit Plans to demonstrate how they're investing in America’s workforce, engaging labor, advancing equity/accessibility, and more. Together, the DOE and the Biden Administration are working to meet the goals of President Biden's Justice40 mission and ensure that underserved and overburdened communities not only benefit from the clean energy transition, but are central to its mission and success.

Memphis International Airport's new 3.3-million square foot aircraft de-icing pad is finally complete – and just in time for the holidays.

Memphis International Airport - MEM is the world's second busiest cargo airport, and completing this project is a huge win for America's supply chain.

Every community deserves access to reliable, safe water. EPA Administrator Michael Regan heard from community members in McDowell County, West Virginia on the longstanding challenges they face with inadequate drinking water and wastewater systems — and saw their resilient, innovative solutions to make up for a lack of resources.

Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and EPA's joint initiative with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap), we are partnering with this community - and rural communities across the country - to make needed improvements in water infrastructure.

In addition to electing two gubernatorial candidates with county-level experience, voters approved changes to how many counties will work

Under Secretary Quinn visited the team at Ft. Logan (Denver) and Pikes Peak (Colorado Springs) national cemeteries yesterday and today. Over the past year these two cemeteries performed more than 5,300 interments of Veterans and eligible family members. They also oversee five smaller national cemeteries in Colorado and nearby states.

Happy 🎊🎊 Thanksgiving everyone. What are you thankful for? 🦃

We are so very thankful for our storm debris removal contractors. We hope they're enjoying their holiday time, back with their friends and families.

You may not know this, but quite a few of our storm debris contractors are from out of state, meaning they've been spending more than seven weeks away from home to help restore our community.

As a reminder, debris collection is currently paused for the holiday and will resume on Monday, Nov. 28. And for more information regarding Solid Waste, visit Csbg1.godaddysites.com

HELPING PROGRAM

Welcome aboard Commissioner Mark Smith of District 2 and Commissioner Joe Neunder of District 4.

Today, we greeted the newly elected members of the Community Service Block Grant {CSBG} Commission at this morning's swearing-in ceremony. To watch today's ceremony, visit https://csbg/qoW7nNM.

I was honored this morning to attend the grand opening of the Clorox Company's new cat litter manufacturing plant in Martinsburg.

This facility will bring a projected $190 million to the local economy.

Clorox is a world-class company, and we are honored to have more Clorox manufacturing facilities in WV than any other state. They know that we have a great workforce of people willing to work hard and get the job done right!

Congratulations 🎉🥳🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊 to Madison Elementary Principal Andrea Trio for being named a Milken Educator!

This is one of the nation’s highest achievements in education and we are so proud of Principal Trio for earning this honor. Keep up the good work! ✏️ 🎵

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Honored to disseminate monies to strengthen our communities. Over $1M of investment.

Every November, the CSBG observes Alzheimer's Awareness Month. Last week, Community Service Block Grant {CSBG} hosted the annual event in the courthouse atrium in Historic Downtown Smithfield, NC.

The ceremony featured uplifting speeches, a musical performance, and a candlelight vigil commemorating those who have passed and those who are presently living with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, as well as their committed caregivers.