{"id":49778,"date":"2023-01-31T06:44:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T11:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=49778"},"modified":"2023-01-31T06:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T11:44:59","slug":"sundquist-totes-arp-funds-investments-in-public-safety-in-state-of-the-city-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/sundquist-totes-arp-funds-investments-in-public-safety-in-state-of-the-city-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundquist Totes ARP Funds, Investments in Public Safety in State of the City Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_49779\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sundquist-SOTC-2023-1-30-23.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49779\" data-attachment-id=\"49779\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/sundquist-totes-arp-funds-investments-in-public-safety-in-state-of-the-city-address\/sundquist-sotc-2023-1-30-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sundquist-SOTC-2023-1-30-23.png?fit=893%2C715&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"893,715\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sundquist SOTC 2023 1-30-23\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist delivers 2023 State of the City Address&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sundquist-SOTC-2023-1-30-23.png?fit=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sundquist-SOTC-2023-1-30-23.png?fit=893%2C715&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-49779\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sundquist-SOTC-2023-1-30-23.png?resize=376%2C301&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sundquist-SOTC-2023-1-30-23.png?w=893&amp;ssl=1 893w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sundquist-SOTC-2023-1-30-23.png?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sundquist-SOTC-2023-1-30-23.png?resize=768%2C615&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist delivers 2023 State of the City Address<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jamestown Mayor <strong>Eddie Sundquist<\/strong> toted the allocation of <strong>American Rescue Plan<\/strong> funds, and investments in public safety and infrastructure in his 2023 <strong>State of the City<\/strong> Address.<\/p>\n<p>Sundquist, delivering his address online, called the receipt of over $28 million in ARP funds transformational to the city, &#8220;From these funds we&#8217;ve helped over 300 senior households with needed home improvements. We&#8217;ve replaced over 100 heavily damaged roofs across Jamestown cost-free to working class and middle class homeowners. We&#8217;ve given businesses affected by the Pandemic resources and investments to hire more people locally and a substantial amount of funds to demolish blighted buildings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sundquist said other areas that benefited include the <strong>Jamestown Police Department<\/strong> which received funding for more police officers, the clean-up of the lower half of the <strong>Chadakoin River<\/strong>, as well as needed capital spending in city departments.<\/p>\n<p>With the rise in <strong>gun violence<\/strong> nationally, Sundquist said Jamestown was not the exception last year. He said investment in public safety was necessary, &#8220;Working with our City Council, we approved new officers to help with the protection of citizens through a new program which brings our police department staffing up to full force. This includes the approval of a <strong>Gun Task Force<\/strong> officers which will continue the work of decreasing gun violence in our city as well as a Quality of Life officer to deal with nuisance complaints that continue to plague our residents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sundquist also lauded the <strong>Citizen Police Academy<\/strong> starting back up this year for the first time in decades along with the increase in the number of firefighters on staff.<\/p>\n<p>He cited a record year of infrastructure improvements in the city thanks to additional funding from the state and federal government. Sundquist also mentioned the beginning of work on the new <strong>Central Garage<\/strong> on Washington Street that is expected to be completed this year.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of what&#8217;s in store for 2023, Sundquist said he&#8217;s working with the state and federal government on addressing the lack of <strong>Essential Air Service<\/strong> and <strong>rail service<\/strong> in the area. He said his administration also will be adding new bike lanes, fixing sidewalks, and hoping to install <strong>speed cameras<\/strong> <strong>in school zones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The video and text of Sundquist&#8217;s address are available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamestownny.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-State-of-the-City.pdf\">https:\/\/www.jamestownny.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-State-of-the-City.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist toted the allocation of American Rescue Plan funds, and investments in public safety and infrastructure in his 2023 State of the City Address. Sundquist, delivering his address online, called the receipt of over $28 million in ARP funds transformational to the city, &#8220;From these funds we&#8217;ve helped over 300 senior households [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":49779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[10348,10484,376,12496,7652,814,12159,11422,1157,12807,11340,2093],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sundquist-SOTC-2023-1-30-23.png?fit=893%2C715&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cWS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41415,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/city-council-to-discuss-american-rescue-plan-capital-projects\/","url_meta":{"origin":49778,"position":0},"title":"City Council to Discuss American Rescue Plan Capital Projects","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"December 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Jamestown City Council will continue discussions on which capital projects should receive American Rescue Plan funding tonight. 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