{"id":11837,"date":"2015-01-21T14:44:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T19:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=11837"},"modified":"2015-01-21T14:44:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T19:44:17","slug":"bonuscentral-behind-the-scenes-at-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/21\/bonuscentral-behind-the-scenes-at-city-council\/","title":{"rendered":"BonusCentral: Behind the scenes at City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since Tuesday night&#8217;s Danville City Council meeting was rather simple, we don&#8217;t need a BreakDown article on it. Let&#8217;s change the pace up and look at some things you wouldn&#8217;t see unless you were there.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Only on SouthsideCentral, folks!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 794px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/dOPmfOF.jpg?resize=640%2C472\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"472\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s the view from the Mayor&#8217;s seat.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/vkpxQfb.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is one of the three remote-controlled cameras that Mark Aron uses to televise City Council meetings.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/CfIQTmc.jpg?resize=640%2C368\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s one advantage to being on City Council (Yes, I wiped out the name, license plate and Joe King&#8217;s signature).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/VESY559.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harold Garrison &amp; Dolores Reynolds talk before the meeting starts.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/rJVRcU2.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duke Energy&#8217;s Davis Montgomery is on the front row ready for his monthly update. Everybody involved in the rezoning requests sit behind him. Register &amp; Bee reporter Trevor Metcalfe is on the back row.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 909px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/SoZgv1I.jpg?resize=640%2C689\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"689\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Star-Tribune reporter Susan Light and Register &amp;Bee reporter Denice Thibodeau are also their own photographers. Former mayor Miller Vernon looks on from his portrait with a look that says &#8220;What the hell is going on?&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/OIhhqP4.jpg?resize=640%2C431\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">There&#8217;s not a big crowd for tonight&#8217;s work session. On the front row, we&#8217;ve got Finance Director Michael Adkins and the audit team from Brown Edwards. IT director Inez Rodenburg and Dolores Reynolds are on the second row, with Denise Thibodeau and Harold Garrison on the third row. Arnold Hendrix joined us after I took this photo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/Al1lySD.jpg?resize=640%2C285\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"285\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">IT Director Inez Rodenburg tried to explain how the councilmembers&#8217; Ipads were now obsolete and t was time to get new ones. This was a painful discussion to listen to. I shuddered when one person asked &#8220;How many Gee Bees in this Ipad?&#8221; Ugh.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And there you go&#8230; BonusCentral behind the scenes. 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