Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea joins Mayor Simison to talk about the Meridian Police Department. This is part one of a two-part conversation between Chief Basterrechea and Mayor Simison.

For more information about the Meridian Police Department, please visit https://meridiancity.org/police.

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Human Resources Director Crystal Ritchie joins Mayor Simison to talk about the City of Meridian's HR Department.

For more information about the Human Resources Department, please visit https://meridiancity.org/hr.

Current employment opportunities at the City of Meridian may be found here: https://meridiancity.org/jobs.

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Chief Information Officer Dave Tiede joins Mayor Simison to talk about the City of Meridian's Information Technology Department.

For more information about the Information Technology Department, please visit https://meridiancity.org/it/.

Learn more about the USA Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency on its official government website: https://www.cisa.gov/.

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Kris Blume, Fire Chief, joins Mayor Simison to talk about the Meridian Fire Department.

For more information about the Public Works Department, please visit https://meridiancity.org/fire/.

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Laurelei McVey, Meridian's Public Works Director, joins Mayor Simison to talk about water, wastewater, and other public works matters.

For more information about the Public Works Department, please visit https://meridiancity.org/public-works/.

For more information about trash and recycling, please visit https://meridiancity.org/environmental/trashtalk.

Informational "It Starts at Home" videos about drinking water, wastewater treatment, solid waste, and recycling may be found in the following links:

• https://youtu.be/rGA5Cq1oAv4
• https://youtu.be/IjoS8Ggjgj0
• https://youtu.be/P0jbxQftbK0
• https://youtu.be/dqZoYuXlHnM

To report a streetlight outage, please visit https://meridiancity.org/streetlightmap.

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Steve Siddoway, Meridian's Parks & Recreation Director, joins Mayor Simison to talk about parks, pathways, and recreational activities.

To learn more about the Meridian Parks & Recreation Department, visit https://meridiancity.org/parks/.

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Bruce Freckleton, Meridian's Community Development Director, joins Mayor Simison to talk about land use, city planning, building permits, and more.

Learn more about the Community Development Department by visiting https://meridiancity.org/community-development/.

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Chris Johnson, Meridian's City Clerk, joins Mayor Robert Simison to talk about the functions of the Clerk's Office—everything from dog licenses to passport applications to public records requests.

Information about the City Clerk's Office may be found by visiting https://meridiancity.org/clerk/.

Online records may be found by visiting https://meridiancity.org/records/.

Public records may be requested by visiting https://meridiancity.org/prr/.

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Todd Lavoie, the City of Meridian's Chief Financial Officer, joins Mayor Robert Simison to talk about the City's finance department, funds, and budgeting process.

Information about the finance department (including the latest fiscal year budget, past audit reports, browsable City financial data via OpenGov, and contact information) may be found by visiting https://meridiancity.org/finance/.

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Councilman Brad Hoaglun, the current Council President of the Meridian City Council, joins Mayor Robert Simison to talk about the function of the City Council and the overall mission, vision, and strategic priorities for the City of Meridian.

Information about the Meridian City Council, including contact information for current council members, agendas/minutes for upcoming/previous meetings, and archived videos of past meetings, may be found by visiting https://meridiancity.org/council/.

Information about the City of Meridian's strategic plan may be found by visiting https://meridiancity.org/strategicplan/.

An explanation of the districting process may be found by visiting https://gis.meridiancity.org/portal/apps/storymaps/stories/b427456adcde4705a3e8dcd3dc6b469d, and a Q&A may be found by visiting https://meridiancity.org/government/districting.

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