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December 23, 2014
Mayor James Brainard
One Civic Center Square
Carmel, Indiana 46032
STATEMENT
December 2014
Summary of Major Activities Undertaken in the Last Month for the City of Carmel
ActL Date Description
White House December 19 Meeting with Director of the White House
Intergovernmental Affairs Office of Intergovernmental Affairs for a
review of pending Administration
priorities and discussion of initiatives for
2015;
EPA Environmental December 11 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Workforce Development and the Environmental Protection Agency
Job Training Grants (EPA)issuance of a Request for Proposals
(RFP) for Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training Grants to
provide support for the delivery of
environmental workforce development and
job training programs that recruit, train,
and place local, unemployed and under-
employed residents with the skills needed
to secure full-time employment in the
environmental field;
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Marketplace Fairness Act December 1 Meeting with Rep.Chaffetz staff regarding
strategies towards passage of the
Marketplace Fairness Act in the lame-duck
session;
December 3 Assistance in the Big 7 national elected
officials organizations press conference
calling for passage of the Marketplace
Fairness Act in the lame-duck session;
White House Tech Hire December 15 Attendance and participation in White
House Tech Hire City Initiative meeting
and preparation and forwarding of a
summary;
NYC Immigration Summit December 6-8 Attendance at NYC Mayor Bill De
Blasio's Immigration Summit to support
the President's Executive Actions and
reparation and forwarding of a summary;
CNCS Operation November 24 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
AmeriCorps the Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS) release of a
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
for the new Operation AmeriCorps
Program, which marks the first time that
local governments can use a single
application to apply directly for three types
of CNCS resources including AmeriCorps
State and National, AmeriCorps NCCC,
and/or AmeriCorps VISTA members to
catalyze transformative change on a local
challenge;
IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grants December 5 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
for Libraries the Institute of Museum and Library
Services release of a Notice of Funding
Opportunity and Program Guidelines for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Sparks! Ignition
Grants for Libraries to provide support for
libraries and archives to test and evaluate
specific innovations in the ways they
operate and the services they provide in
order to address problems, challenges, or
needs of broad relevance;
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DOL Registered December 16 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Apprenticeships Grant the Department of Labor (DOL)
Program Employment and Training Administration
(ETA) issuance of a Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) for the American
Apprenticeship Initiative to support the
expansion of Registered Apprenticeship
programs in 21't century high-skilled,
high-growth industries such as healthcare,
biotechnology, information technology,
and advanced manufacturing in order to
meet economic, industry, and workforce
needs in those sectors;
Washington Friday Report November 21 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Executive Action
on Undocumented Immigrants, Climate
Task Force Presents Recommendations,
Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Outlook,
National League of Cities - Austin,
Incoming Chairmen Nunes, Chaffetz, and
Bishop, Incoming Ways & Means
Chairman Ryan on Extenders, Affordable
Care Act - Open Enrollment, Public
Transportation Funding Speculation,State
of Fair Housing, Grants This Week, FCC
Chairman Wheeler Proposes Boosting E-
Rate, Calls for Commuter Benefits Tax
Parity, Federal Aviation Administration
Hearing, and FTA Proposed Guidance on
ADA;
November 26 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: the National
League of Cities Congress of Cities,
Ferguson and Beyond, Immigration
Reform Update, Operation AmeriCorps,
My Brother's Keeper Community
Challenge, Appropriations Subcommittee
Chairmen,Performance Partnership Pilots
(P3) Program, Senate and House
Calendars for the 114th Congress, Grants
this Week, Music of the Month, and
Remembering Mayor Marion Barry;
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Washington Friday Report December 5 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Community
Policing Initiative,House Passes One-Year
Extenders Bill, FY15 Cromnibus,
Marketplace Fairness Act,New Ways and
Means Vision, Update on the Response to
Ferguson, Update on the Ebola Response,
Innovation and Water Utilities,
Regulations to Strengthen Teacher
Preparation, Grants This Week, Climate
Action Champions for Leadership, EPA
Proposes Tighter Standards for Ozone and
Smog,Transportation Revenue Prospects,
Global Entrepreneurship Congress Cities
Challenge, and Engaged - Jen and Jason!;
December 12 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: the Fiscal Year
2015 "Cromnibus" Spending Bill with
analysis of—Transportation, Housing and
Community Development, Justice
Department, Commerce Department,
Interior-Environment, Labor-HHS-
Education, Extenders, New York City
Immigration Summit, More Affordable
Rental Housing Approved, Justice
Department Guidance on Profiling,Grants
This Week, Passenger Rail Hearing,
Inequality in the U.S. Housing Market,
Climate Data Initiative Datasets and Tools,
SelectUSA 2015, and Surface
Transportation Investment Needs;
December 19 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: an FY15
Cromnibus Update, Tax Extenders
Approved, Improving our Relationship
with Cuba, Senate Committee Rosters in
the 114th Congress, State and Local Fiscal
Outlook Report, Senate Ozone Rule
Hearing, HUD's Rental Assistance
Demonstration, Grants This Week, White
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Washington Friday Report House Tech Hire Initiative,USCM Hunger
and Homelessness Report, Road Diet
Information Guide, and Speaker Boehner
Christmas Poem.
Professional Services for the Month of December 2014.............................$833.00
Expenses (see attached summary and receipts 28.6%)..................................$64.10
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE......................................................................................$897.10
LEONARD S. SIMON
President
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Carmel Expenses Summary
December 2014
EXPENSE DATE DESCRIPTION TOTAL
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Internet Internet
Postage 11/19/14-12/17/14 Postage Due $1.88
Photocopy 11/19/14-12/17/14 Photocopying Expenses $11.70
Registration 12/18/14 (prorated) Registration for U.S. $62.50
Conference of Mayors
Winter Meeting, January
21-23, 2015
Publication 12/14 Indystar.com Subscription $12.00
(prorated)
12/14 Wall Street Journal $1.62
11/17/14-02/15/15 The New York Times $9.46
08/19/14-08/18/15 CQ.com $95.00
Subtotal: $118.08
TOTAL CARMEL $224.11
EXPENSES:
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32615 Statement 43-404.00 $564.90
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November, 2014
Mayor James Brainard
One Civic Center Square
Carmel, Indiana 46032
November 2014
Summary OfMajor Activities Undertaken in the Last Month for Carmel Utilties
AEtiEL Date Description
White House Climate Task October 29-30 Worked with City staff regarding assistance
Force to White house staff in last stages of
Climate Task Force report, including
graphics reflecting Carmel;
November 14-17 Preparation for and assistance to the Mayor
during the White House Climate
Preparedness and Resilience Task Force
Meeting in Washington, including
presentation of the final report to the Vice
president and follow-up press conference
with the Counselor to the President;
White House Blog November 7 Drafted and forwarded a blog entry on
behalf of Mayor Brainard and Salt Lake
City Mayor Becker regarding climate
change to be posted on the White House
website;
White House Director of November 5 Reviewed and forwarding to Mayor
Intergoverninentat information regarding Louisville Mayor
Abramson being named Lt. White House
Director of Intereovernniental Affairs;
November 20,23) Meeting with new White House Director if
Intergovernmental Affairs and discussion of
pending federal priorities and White House
I initiatives and preparation of suininary;
Majority Leader-Elect November 12 Meeting with Senate Majority Leader-elect
McCoimell Mitch McConnell following the elections to
discuss Senate priorities and preparation of
a summary;
The Morning After November 5, 6 Preparation and forwarding of analysis of
mid-term congressional elections focusing
on possible impact to the budget,key urban
programs, and Obama Administration
priorities;
National League of Cities November 18-22 Attendance at the National League of Cities
Annual Meeting in Austin and preparation
of a summary;
Fire Grants November 7,11 Worked with Fire Chief regarding possible
federal funding for forthcoming_ facilities
projects;
Marketplace Fairness Act November 12 Worked with Rep. Chaffetz' staff regarding
next steps for the Marketplace Fairness Act
following Speaker Boehner's statement that
it would not be enacted in the lame duck
session;
EPA Brownfields October 24 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Assessment and Cleanup the Environmental Protection Agency
Grant Programs (EPA) release of Program Guidelines and
Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for both
Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Brownfields
Assessment Grants and Cleanup Grants to
support those activities on local
brownfields sites;
EPA Building Blocks for October 31 Prepared and forwarded a memo on the
Sustainable Communities Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Technical Assistance (TA) announcement of a Request for Letters of
Interest (RFLI) for communities to apply
for quick, targeted Technical Assistance
(TA) on local sustainable growth and
development efforts through the Building
Blocks for Sustainable Communities
Program;
DHS FEMA Assistance to November 3 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Firefighters Grants (AFG) the Department of Homeland Security
Program (DHS) Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) issuance of a Funding
Opportunity Arulouncement (FOA) for the
Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Assistance to
Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program to
provide federal support to enhance the
health and safety of the public and
firefighting personnel;
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NEH Museums; Libraries. November 19 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
and Cultural Organizations t110 rational Endowment for the
(MLCO) Grants Hunnaimies (NEH) release of Program
Guidelines for Museums, Libraries, and
Cultural Organizations (MLCO) Planning
and Implementation Grants to provide
federal support for the aforementioned
organizations that produce public programs
in the humanities;
Washington Friday Report October 24 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Ebola Response
Ramps Up, FYI Appropriations Update,
America Answers, Fed Chairman Yellen
Speaks on Inequality, EPA Brownfields
Grants for Assessment and Cleanup,
AmeriCorps Competitive Grants and CNCS
Staff Update,FTA Categorical Exclusions,
Grants This Week, EPA Planning to
Regulate Strontium in Drinking Water,
Passenger Rail Study for Six Southwestern
States, Telecom Mergers: FCC Pause and
"Slow Lanes" Concern, and American
Housing Survey;
October 31 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Election Day and
Beyond!, In Memoriam - Mayor Menino,
Ebola Response: Monitoring and
Congressional Oversight, Executive
Actions to Support Advanced
Manufacturing, U.S. Homelessness on the
Decline,Attorney General Holder Speaks to
Police Chiefs, Majority Leader McCarthy
Hints at 2015 Agenda, FCC Limits
Authorities on Tower Modification, HUD
Promise Zone Webeasts and FAQs, E-rate
Modernization, Amtrak Revenue and
Ridership Numbers, Grants This Week,
Climate Change: Mayoral Leadership and
the EPA, COPS Office Photo Contest, Ben
Bradlee, Music of the Month, and Happy
Halloween!;
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Washington Friday Report November 7 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor, which covered
the following, subjects: A Great Local
Leader Heads to the White House - Jerry
Abramson, Post-Election Analysis and
Outlook, White House Previews
Immigration Reform Action,
Administration Requests$6 Billion to Fight
Ebola, Investing in Manufacturing
Communities Partnership (IMCP), FRA's
Joseph Szabo Stepping Down, President
Obama on Infrastructure, Transportation
Revenue Options,Grants This Week,HUD
National Network for Economic
Revitalization, and Office on Violence
Against Women Goes on Tour;
November 14 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: "Lame Duck"
Session Begins - Immigration and
Omnibus, Marketplace Fairness Act
Momentum Stalls, Immigration Executive
Order Soon, Attorney General Nominee
Loretta Lynch, A Few Moments with
Majority Leader-Elect Mitch McConnell,
President Speaks out on Net Neutrality,
U.S. and China Agree to Reduce Carbon
Pollution, "The Mayor's Guy"in the Senate
-Mark Begich,Senate Banking Committee
Nomination Hearings, FTA Guidance on
Corridor Preservation, Ebola Response
Hearing, Grants This . Week, Mayor
Bloomberg Focuses on States and Locals,
Expanding Opportunity for Women and
Girls of Color, Brookings Institution
Freight Report, and Veterans' Day.
Professional Services for the Month of November 2014.........................$2,083.00
Expenses (see attached summary and receipts 71.4%)..............:....................$183.34
TOTALAMOUNT DUE.................................................... ... ... . ..................$2,266.34
LEONARD S. SIMON
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Mayor James Brainard
One Civic Center Square
Cannel, Indiana 46032
STATEMENT
December 2014
Summary of Major Activities Undertaken in the Last Month for Carmel Utilties
Activi Date Description
White House December 19 Meeting with Director of the White House
Intergovernmental Affairs Office of Intergovernmental Affairs for a
review of pending Administration
priorities and discussion of initiatives for
2015;
EPA Environmental December 11 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Workforce Development and the Environmental Protection Agency
Job Training Grants (EPA)issuance of a Request for Proposals
(RFP) for Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training Grants to
provide support for the delivery of
environmental workforce development and
job training programs that recruit, train,
and place local,.unemployed and under-
employed residents with the skills needed
to secure full-time employment in the
eiivironniental field;
Marketplace Fairness Act December I Meeting with Rep.Chaffetz staff regarding
strategies towards passage of the
Marketplace Fairness Act in the lame-duck
session;
December 3 Assistance in the Big 7 national elected
officials organizations press conference
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calling for passage of the Marketplace
Fairness Act in the lame-duck session:
White House Tech Hire December 15 Attendance and participation in White
House Tech Hire City Initiative meeting
and preparation and forwarding of a
summary;
NYC Immigration Summit December 6-8 Attendance at NYC Mayor Bill De
Blasio's Immigration Summit to support
the President's Executive Actions and
preparation and forwarding of a summary;
CNCS Operation November 24 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
AmeriCorps the Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS) release of a
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
for the new Operation AmeriCorps
Program, which marks the first time that
local governments can use a single
application to apply directly for three types
of CNCS resources including AmeriCorps
State and National, AmeriCorps NCCC,
and/or AmeriCorps VISTA members to
catalyze transformative change on a local
challenge;
IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grants December 5 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
for Libraries the Institute of Museum and Library
Services release of a Notice of Funding
Opportunity and Program Guidelines for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Sparks! Ignition
Grants for Libraries to provide support for
libraries and archives to test and evaluate
specific innovations in the ways they
operate and the services they provide in
order to address problems, challenges, or
needs of broad relevance;
DOL Registered December 16 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Apprenticeships Grant the Department of Labor (DOL)
Program Employment and Training Administration
(ETA) issuance of a Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) for the American
Apprenticeship Initiative to support the
expansion of Registered Apprenticeship
programs in 21" century high-skilled,
high-growth industries such as healthcare,
biotechnology, information technology,
and advanced manufacturing in order to
meet economic, industry, and workforce
needs in those sectors;
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Washington Friday Report November 21 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Executive Action
on Undocumented Immigrants, Climate
Task Force Presents Recommendations,
Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Outlook;
National League of Cities - Austin,
Incoming Chairmen Nunes, Chaffetz, and
Bishop, Incoming Ways & Means
Chairman Ryan on Extenders, Affordable
Care Act - Open Enrollment, Public
Transportation Funding Speculation,State
of Fair Housing, Grants This Week, FCC
Chairman Wheeler Proposes Boosting E-
Rate, Calls for Commuter Benefits Tax
Parity, Federal Aviation Administration
Hearing, and FTA Proposed Guidance on
ADA;
November 26 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: the National
League of Cities Congress of Cities,
Ferguson and Beyond, Immigration
Reform Update, Operation AmeriCorps,
My Brother's Keeper Community
Challenge, Appropriations Subcommittee
Chairmen,Performance Partnership Pilots
(P3) Program, Senate and House
Calendars for the 114th Congress, Grants
this Week, Music of the Month, and
Remembering Mayor Marion Barry;
December 5 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Reportto the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Community
Policing Initiative,House Passes One-Year
Extenders Bill, FY15 Cronmibus,
Marketplace Fairness Act,New Ways and
Means Vision, Update on the Response to
Ferguson, Update on the Ebola Response,
Innovation and Water Utilities,
Regulations to Strengthen Teacher
Preparation, Grants This Week, Climate
Action Champions for Leadership, EPA
Proposes Tighter Standards for Ozone and
Smog,Transportation Revenue Prospects,
Washington Friday Report Global Entrepreneurship Congress Cities
Challenge, and Engaged - Jen and Jason!;
December 12 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: the Fiscal Year
2015 "Cromnibus" Spending Bill with
analysis of–Transportation, Housing and
Community Development, Justice
Department, Commerce Department,
Interior-Environment, Labor-HHS-
Education, Extenders, New York City
Immigration Summit, More Affordable
Rental Housing Approved, Justice
Department Guidance on Profiling,Grants
This Week, Passenger Rail Hearing,
Inequality in the U.S. Housing Market,
Climate Data Initiative Datasets and Tools,
SelectUSA 2015, and Surface
Transportation Investment Needs;
December 19 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: an FY15
Cromnibus Update, Tax Extenders
Approved, Improving our Relationship
with Cuba, Senate Committee Rosters in
the 114th Congress, State and Local Fiscal
Outlook Report, Senate Ozone Rule
Hearing, HUD's Rental Assistance
Demonstration, Grants This Week, White
House Tech Hire Initiative,USCM Hunger
and Homelessness Report, Road Diet
Information Guide, and Speaker Boehner
Christmas Poem;
Professional Services for the Month of December 2014..........................$2,083.00
Expenses (see attached summary and receipts 71.4%)...................................$160.01
TOTAL, AMOUNT DUE...................................................................9..�. ...........$2,243.01
—� LEONARD S. SIMON
President
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Prescribed by State Board of Accounts City Form No.201 (Rev 1995)
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHER
CITY OF CARMEL
An invoice or bill to be properly itemized must show, kind of service, where
performed, dates of service rendered, by whom, rates per day, number of units,
price per unit, etc.
Payee
357028
SIMON & COMPANY INC. Purchase Order No.
1660 L Street NW, Ste 501 Terms
Washington, DC 20036 Due Date 12/29/2014
Invoice Invoice Description -
Date Number (or note attached invoice(s) or bill(s)) Amount
12/29/201, 122914 $1,121.51
I hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or bill(s) is (are) true and
correct and I have audited same in accordance with IC 5-11-10-1.6
Date Officer
VOUCHER # 142633 WARRANT# ALLOWED
357028 IN SUM OF $
SIMON & COMPANY INC.
1660 L Street NW, Ste 501
Washington, DC 20036
Carmel Water Utility
ON ACCOUNT OF APPROPRIATION FOR
Board members
PO# INV# ACCT# AMOUNT Audit Trail Code
122914 01-6360-08 $1,121.51
1133. 17
Voucher Total
Cost distribution ledger classification if
claim paid under vehicle highway fund
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Mayor James Brainard
One Civic Center Square
Carmel, Indiana 46032
November 2014
Summary of Major Activities Undertaken in the Last Month for Carmel Utilties
Activi Date Description
White House Climate Task October 29-30 Worked with City staff regarding assistance
Force to White house staff in last stages of
Climate Task Force report, including
graphics reflecting Carmel;
November 14-17 Preparation for and assistance to the Mayor
during the White House Climate .
Preparedness and Resilience Task Force
Meeting in Washington, including
presentation of the final report to the Vice
president and follow-up press conference
with the Counselor to the President;
_ _ = White House Blog__ November 7_ - Drafted-.and fom- ,arded-a-blog- entry on-
behalf of Mayor Brainard and Salt Lake
City Mayor Becker regarding climate
change to be posted on the White House
website;
White House Director of November 5 Reviewed and forwarding to Mayor
Intergovernmental information regarding Louisville Mayor
Abramson being named Lt. White House
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs;
November 20,23 Meeting with new White House Director if
Intergovernmental Affairs and discussion of
pending federal priorities and White House
initiatives and preparation of summary;
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Majority Leader-Elect November 12 Meeting with Senate Majority Leader-elect
McConnell Mitch McConnell following the elections to
discuss Senate priorities and preparation of
a summary;
The Morning After November 5, 6 Preparation and forwarding of analysis of
mid-term congressional elections focusing
on possible impact to the budget,key urban
programs, and Obama Administration
priorities;
National League of Cities November 18-22 Attendance at the National League of Cities
Annual Meeting in Austin and preparation
of a summary;
Fire Grants November 7,11 Worked with Fire Chief regarding possible
federal funding for forthcoming_ facilities
rojects;
Marketplace Fairness Act November 12 Worked with Rep.Chaffetz' staff regarding_
next steps for the Marketplace Fairness Act
following Speaker Boehner's statement that
it would not be enacted in the lame duck
session,
EPA Brownfields October 24 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Assessment and Cleanup the Environmental Protection Agency
Grant Programs (EPA) release of Program Guidelines and
Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for both
Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Brownfields
Assessment Grants and Cleanup Grants to
support those activities on local
brownfields sites;
EPA Building Blocks for October 31 Prepared and forwarded a memo on the
Sustainable Communities Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Technical Assistance (TA) announcement of a Request for Letters of
Interest (RFLI) for communities to apply
for quick, targeted Technical Assistance
(TA) on local sustainable growth and
_ development efforts through the Building _
Blocks for Susfainable Communities
Program;
DHS FEMA Assistance to November 3 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Firefighters Grants (AFG) the Department of Homeland Security
Program (DHS) Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) issuance of a Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the
Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Assistance to
Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program to
provide federal support to enhance the
health and safety of the public and
firefighting Dersonne1;
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NEH Museums, Libraries, November 19 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
and Cultural Organizations the National Endowment for the
(MLCO) Grants Humanities (NEH) release of Program
Guidelines for Museums, Libraries, and
Cultural Organizations (MLCO) Planning
and Implementation Grants to provide
federal support for the aforementioned
organizations that produce public programs
in the humanities;
Washington Friday Report October 24 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Ebola Response
Ramps Up, FYI Appropriations Update,
America Answers, Fed Chairman Yellen
Speaks on Inequality, EPA Brownfields
�^ Grants for Assessment and. _Cleanup,_ _
AmeriCorps Competitive Grants and CNCS
Staff Update,FTA Categorical Exclusions,
Grants This Week, EPA Planning to
Regulate Strontium in Drinking Water,
Passenger Rail Study for Six Southwestern
States, Telecom Mergers: FCC Pause and
"Slow Lanes" Concern, and American
Housing Survey;
October 31 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Election Day and
Beyond!, In Memoriam - Mayor Menino,
Ebola Response: Monitoring and
Congressional Oversight, Executive
Actions to Support Advanced
Manufacturing, U.S. Homelessness on the
Decline,Attorney General Holder Speaks to
Police_ Chiefs, Majority Leader McCarthy_
Hints at 2015 Agenda, FCC Limits
Authorities on Tower Modification, HUD
Promise Zone Webcasts and FAQs, E-rate
Modernization, Amtrak Revenue and
Ridership Numbers, Grants This Week,
Climate Change: Mayoral Leadership and
the EPA, COPS Office Photo Contest, Ben
Bradlee, Music of the Month, and Happy
Halloween!;
3
Washington Friday Report November 7 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: A Great Local
Leader Heads to the White House - Jerry
Abramson, Post-Election Analysis and
Outlook, White House Previews
Immigration Reform Action,
Administration Requests$6 Billion to Fight
Ebola, Investing in Manufacturing
Communities Partnership (IMCP), FRA's
Joseph Szabo Stepping Down, President
Obama on Infrastructure, Transportation
Revenue Options,Grants This Week,HUD
National Network for Economic
Revitalization, and Office on Violence
Against Women Goes on Tour;
November 14 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: "Lame Duck"
Session Begins - Immigration and
Omnibus, Marketplace Fairness Act
Momentum Stalls, Immigration Executive
Order Soon, Attorney General Nominee
Loretta Lynch, A Few Moments with
Majority Leader-Elect Mitch McConnell,
President Speaks out on Net Neutrality,
U.S. and China Agree to Reduce Carbon
Pollution, "The Mayor's Guy" in the Senate
-Mark Begich, Senate Banking Committee
Nomination Hearings, FTA Guidance on
Corridor Preservation, Ebola Response
Hearing, Grants This _ Week, Mayor
Bloomberg Focuses on States and Locals,
Expanding Opportunity for Women and
- — - - Girls of Color, Brookings Institution
Freight Report, and Veterans' Day.
Professional Services for the Month of November 2014.........................$2,083.00
Expenses (see attached summary and receipts 71.4%)...................................$183.34
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE.................................................... ... .. ..................$2,266.34
LEONARD S. SIMON
President
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Mayor James Brainard
One Civic Center Square
Carmel, Indiana 46032
STATEMENT
December 2014
Summary of Major Activities Undertaken in the Last Month for Carmel Utilties
Activi Date Description
White House December 19 Meeting with Director of the White House
Intergovernmental Affairs Office of Intergovernmental Affairs for a
review of pending Administration
priorities and discussion of initiatives for
2015;
EPA Environmental December 11 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Workforce Development and the Environmental Protection Agency
Job Training Grants (EPA)issuance of a Request for Proposals
(RFP) for Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training Grants to
provide support for the delivery of
environmental workforce development and
job-training programs that recruit, train,
and place local, unemployed and under-
employed residents with the skills needed
to secure full-time employment in the
environmental field;
Marketplace Fairness Act December 1 Meeting with Rep.Chaffetz staff regarding
strategies towards passage of the
Marketplace Fairness Act in the lame-duck
session;
December 3 Assistance in the Big 7 national elected
officials organizations press conference
calling for passage of the Marketplace
Fairness Act in the lame-duck session;
1
White House Tech Hire December 15 Attendance and participation in White
House Tech Hire City Initiative meeting
and preparation and forwarding of a
summary;
NYC Immigration Summit December 6-8 Attendance at NYC Mayor Bill De
Blasio's Immigration Summit to support
the President's Executive Actions and
preparation and forwarding of a summary;
CNCS Operation November 24 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
AmeriCorps the Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS) release of a
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
for the new Operation AmeriCorps
Program, which marks the first time that
local governments can use a single
application to apply directly for three types
of CNCS resources including AmeriCorps
State and National, AmeriCorps NCCC,
and/or AmeriCorps VISTA members to
catalyze transformative change on a local
challenge;
IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grants December 5 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
for Libraries the Institute of Museum and Library
Services release of a Notice of Funding
Opportunity and Program Guidelines for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Sparks! Ignition
Grants for Libraries to provide support for
libraries and archives to test and evaluate
specific innovations in the ways they
operate and the services they provide in
order to address problems, challenges, or
needs of broad relevance;
DOL Registered December 16 Prepared and forwarded a grant memo on
Apprenticeships Grant the Department of Labor (DOL)
__-- -- Program- Employment and Training Administration
(ETA) issuance of a Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) for the American
Apprenticeship Initiative to support the
expansion of Registered Apprenticeship
programs in 21St century high-skilled,
high-growth industries such as healthcare,
biotechnology, information technology,
and advanced manufacturing in order to
meet economic, industry, and workforce
needs in those sectors;
2
Washington Friday Report November 21 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Executive Action
on Undocumented Immigrants, Climate
Task Force Presents Recommendations,
Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Outlook,
National League of Cities - Austin,
Incoming Chairmen Nunes, Chaffetz, and
Bishop, Incoming Ways & Means
Chairman Ryan on Extenders, Affordable
Care Act - Open Enrollment, Public
Transportation Funding Speculation,State
of Fair Housing, Grants This Week, FCC
Chairman Wheeler Proposes Boosting E-
Rate, Calls for Commuter Benefits Tax
Parity, Federal Aviation Administration
Hearing, and FTA Proposed Guidance on
ADA;
November 26 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: the National
League of Cities Congress of Cities,
Ferguson and Beyond, Immigration
Reform Update, Operation AmeriCorps,
My Brother's Keeper Community
Challenge, Appropriations Subcommittee
Chairmen,Performance Partnership Pilots
(P3) Program, Senate and House
Calendars for the 114th Congress, Grants
this Week, Music of the Month, and
Remembering Mayor Marion Barry;
December 5 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: Community
Policing Initiative,House Passes One-Year
Extenders Bill, FY15 Cromnibus,
Marketplace Fairness Act,New Ways and
Means Vision, Update on the Response to
Ferguson, Update on the Ebola Response,
Innovation and Water Utilities,
Regulations to Strengthen Teacher
Preparation, Grants This Week, Climate
Action Champions for Leadership, EPA
Proposes Tighter Standards for Ozone and
Smog,Transportation Revenue Prospects,
3
Washington Friday Report Global Entrepreneurship Congress Cities
Challenge, and Engaged - Jen and Jason!;
December 12 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: the Fiscal Year
2015 "Cromnibus" Spending Bill with
analysis of—Transportation, Housing and
Community Development, Justice
Department, Commerce Department,
Interior-Environment, Labor-HHS-
Education, Extenders, New York City
Immigration Summit, More Affordable
Rental Housing Approved, Justice
` Department Guidance on Profiling,Grants
This Week, Passenger Rail Hearing,
Inequality in the U.S. Housing Market,
Climate Data Initiative Datasets and Tools,
SelectUSA 2015, and Surface
Transportation Investment Needs;
December 19 Prepared and forwarded the Washington
Friday Report to the Mayor,which covered
the following subjects: an FY15
Cromnibus Update, Tax Extenders
Approved, Improving our Relationship
with Cuba, Senate Committee Rosters in
the 114th Congress, State and Local Fiscal
Outlook Report, Senate Ozone Rule
Hearing, HUD's Rental Assistance
Demonstration, Grants This Week, White
House Tech Hire Initiative,USCM Hunger
and Homelessness Report, Road Diet
Information Guide, and Speaker Boehner
Christmas Poem;
Professional Services for the Month of December 2014..........................$2,083.00
Expenses (see attached summary and receipts 71.4%)...................................$160.01
TOTALAMOUNT DUE........................................................................ ...........$2,243.01
LEONARD S. SIMON
President
4
Prescribed by State Board of Accounts City Form No.201 (Rev 1995)
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHER
CITY OF CARMEL
An invoice or bill to be properly itemized must show, kind of service, where
performed, dates of service rendered, by whom, rates per day, number of units,
price per unit, etc.
Payee
357028
SIMON & COMPANY INC. Purchase Order No.
1660 L Street, N.W., Ste 501 Terms
Washington, DC 20036 Due Date 12/29/2014
Invoice Invoice Description
Date Number (or note attached invoice(s) or bill(s)) Amount
12/29/201, 112914 $1,133.17
I hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or bill(s) is (are) true and
correct and I have audited same in accordance with IC 5-11-10-1.6
Date Officer
VOUCHER # 146309 WARRANT # ALLOWED
357028 IN SUM OF $
SIMON & COMPANY INC.
1660 L Street, N.W., Ste 501
Washington, DC 20036
Carmel Wastewater Utility
ON ACCOUNT OF APPROPRIATION FOR
Board members
PO# INV# ACCT# AMOUNT Audit Trail Code
112914 01-7360-08 $1,133.17
sp
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Voucher Total3�
Cost distribution ledger classification if
claim paid under vehicle highway fund