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STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH
The purpose of the State of the Commonwealth Reports is to increase Cabinet transparency and provide an insight into the happenings of the Government. This information is provided in good faith and although it may be listed here as a goal, it may not occur. This report simply outlines Government achievements, plans, and goals. This is the State of the Commonwealth for the month of February.
| Prepared by: Auditor(s) GoldBlooded Secretary of State _Austin27_ | Dates: Started 24 FEB 2022 Final Report 03 MAR 2022 |
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Economy Total: $46,295,735.93 ($562,788 decrease)
Government Total: $1,188,272.43 ($36,941.66 increase)
| Accountants - 184 Armourers - 1341 Brewers - 454 Contractor - 291 Chefs - 1298 Supplier - 60 Farmer - 1348 Fisherman - 187 Solicitor - 106 Barrister - 141 Attorney - 165 Lumberjack - 862 Mercenary - 1604 Miner - 1390 Mechanic - 631 Realtor - 343 Miner - 1390 Pharmacist - 1070 Recycling Operator - 314 Draftsman - 4 Clerk - 5 Press Assistant - 1 | Inspection Manager - 1 Building Inspectors - 15 Construction Manager - 1 Constructors - 16 Senior Economist - 5 Economist - 33 Jeweler - 62 Electoral Officer - 6 Auditors - 9 Event Managers - 6 Event Coordinator - 17 Media Manager - 5 Media Advisors - 17 Archive Manager - 2 Archivist - 9 Tour Manager - 3 Guide - 8 Trainee Guide - 6 Trainee Doctors - 120 Doctors - 44 Medical Specialists - 9 Paramedic - 7 Trainee Officer - 23 Constable - 20 Sergeant - 10 Superintendent - 4 Ranger - 24 Environmental Managers - 5 |
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
On February 15th, the administration began the peaceful transition of power, making an era of change. Muffins29 and I are proud and excited to be serving the people of Redmont, and to achieve such a high record of support in the past election.
For far too long, many of the people in this nation have been ignored and disregarded. Rather than serving the people, some of our elected officials have opted to serve themselves. That changes in this administration, and it is a precedent we hope to continue to set. After all, as the citizens of this democratic nation, you employ your government. I am a strong believer in people-led governance and it is something we will stick to.
In our 14 days in office, we have increased transparency, facilitated further communication, and worked to strengthen our departments. We face many challenges following the issues left behind in the past term, however we will persevere. We have already begun the process of elevating department employees, addressing activity issues, and pushing for reform.
We've put responsible fiscal policy at the forefront of our goals, by reducing the budget by 11.64% in only our first month, and cutting down on irresponsible expenditures. We have worked to openly communicate with Congress about budget issues and have sought input from the community on multiple occasions.
We've only begun, and we've got much more to do. My hope is that the month of March will be one focused on challenging the status-quo and one of putting player retention as a priority. I would like to thank my Cabinet and the Vice President for their support thus far, in addition to the people who continue to stand by this government.
When challenging the status quo and putting the people first, there will be pushback, however the Vice President and I came into this office fully understanding the opposition that is set to come. With every step of the way, listening to the members of the community will remain, and I implore anyone to reach out about any concern. I look forward to what the future brings.
Westray
President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
SIGNED BILLS, EXECUTIVE ORDERS & NOMINATIONS
Signed Bills in the month of February:
LDV Regulation Enforcement Act
LDV Krix Act
LDV Landlord Responsibility Act
MAMA Amendment
LDV Slatt Act
Stepbro Amendment
Anti Down Bad VPs Act
Animal Murder Investigations Act
The Extra Slatt Amendment
LDV Juvenile, Repetitive, and Unhelpful Act
Executive Orders signed in February:
President 218218Consumer, Executive Order 02/22 - Wages & Deficit Reduction
President 218218Consumer, Executive Order 03/22 - Mass Pardons II
President LilDigiVert, Executive Order 04/22 - Town Growth Stimulus II
President LilDigiVert, Executive Order 05/22 - Mass Pardons III
President LilDigiVert, Executive Order 06/22 - Official Titles II
President LilDigiVert, Executive Order 07/22 - Temporary Capital Relocation (Redundant)
Nominations Passed by the Senate in February:
Nominated by President LilDigiVert
_Austin27_ - Vice President
xerxesmc - Secretary of Education & Commerce
Nominated by President Westray
_Austin27_ - Secretary of State
LilNickiVert - Secretary of Justice
xerxesmc - Secretary of Education & Commerce
Twixted - Secretary of Public Affairs
hm_shi - Secretary of Construction & Transport
VerySmolBirb - Secretary of Health
Teuntje1234567 - Secretary of Environment & Recreation
Nacholebraa - Ambassador to Stratham
Drew_Hall - Ambassador to Harlon
LavenderxBlaxii - Ambassador to United Land
DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY
Department of Construction & Transport
Achievements in February:
- Focused on maintaining and improving current processes.
- Added new commands to streamline the player build world plot creating process.
- Hired new Building Inspectors.
- Continued build classes.
- Extended the build contest as popularly requested.
Goals for March:
- Plan to hire more Building Inspectors and Constructors.
- Start working on redoing the paste system.
- End the build contest and judge the final products.
- Continue “build class” events.
- Public information campaigns to continue our recent increases in reports being solved by the owner.
Department of Health
Achievements in February:
- Opening of Hospital drug dispensary; remodel of hospital pharmacy.
- Announced February's Doctor of the Month, we also implemented a new reward, Doctor of the month will now get their own office at the hospital.
- Opened Medical exams, 23 new Trainees in the department.
- Hired one new Medical Specialist.
- MS conducted 12 evaluations, of which 8 were successful.
- Put out a Department of Health survey to collect feedback from the public. Includes how our department is doing, and what could be better.
- New Frequently Asked Questions thread on the Health forums!
Goals for March:
- Address concerns with the Paramedic job, may be reworked as a licence again to allow more Doctors access to the job.
- Maintain the new hospital drug dispensary; look into placing dispensaries into other hospitals as well.
- For fun, include pancake vending machines
Department of Education & Commerce
Achievements in February:
- Inner-Department reorganisation to ensure we are using all of our resources efficiently.
- Continuing to accept companies, billboards, and grants on an ongoing basis.
- Hired 3 new employees and started the process of removing inactive ones.
- The Education team has created new recipes for the chefs plugin and has begun working on multiple new projects.
- The Commerce team has begun this month's CPI.
Goals for March:
- Complete the next CPI
- Introduce the home grant
- Introduce a course project for the public to be educated on all things related to DemocracyCraft.
- Revamping our entire business team to allow for our employees to take on more responsibility if they choose to take it.
- In conjunction with the DPA, we will revamp DC Jobs, utilising the space better for employees and employers to connect. This will also introduce new jobs within our government.
Department of Environment and Recreation
Achievements in February:
- Been working on the implementation of a way to effectively work with the Pet Abandon Act.
- Made a Ranger Government occupation guide
- Fixed the dog overpopulation by unleashing them in the wild.
- Partially fixed town shelters and worked on the zoo.
Goals for March:
- Finishing the zoo and shelters; finish the way to effectively work with the Pet Abandon Act.
- Setting up buyback chests for the shelter shops selling things like saddles, name tags and leads.
Department of Public Affairs
Achievements in February:
- Presidential inauguration.
- Reformation of Deputy Secretary roles ("Events & Tours" and "Media & Archives")
- Muffins29 appointed Deputy Secretary of Events and Tours.
- Tair0 appointed as Deputy Secretary of Media and Archives.
- Fired inactive employees.
- Reorganized upper leadership.
- Reorganized Department discord.
- Planned events for the Olympics.
- Consistently posted on social media platforms.
- Updated the Department head shop.
- Lowered application playtime requirements .
- Updated adoption registration information on the forums.
- Implemented "Secretary Inbox" where employees can request payments.
Goals for March:
- Redo the automatic tour.
- Finish out the Olympics.
- Guide training reform.
- Social media contests.
- More interactive events.
- Revamping DCTV, DCPVP, and the Wiki.
- Events involving more than one department.
- Events being planned: Politicon, a concert, and capture the flag.
- Reworking the museum.
- Family tree guide.
- Formally implementing an activity policy.
Department of Justice
Achievements in February:
- Introducing a Miranda Rights styled command for when officers are making arrests. Officers will now be obligated to run this command whenever they are arresting anyone for any crime.
- Re-Introduction of Open Charge Bonuses: Officers who complete an open charge within the one month time frame will be compensated with a monetary bonus at the end of each month.
- Introduced Secretary Office Hours: A time for officers to set an appointment and speak one on one with the secretary on any questions or concerns they may have
- Introduced Time Availability Form: Allows officers to provide their availability for when they’ll be able to be in game and on discord in order to improve department wide communication
- Task Board Channel: Allows the department to see what assignments people are working on in order to reach out or assist one another.
- Training Workshops: Conducting a workshop for sergeants and superintendents on how to best train new officers and how to supervise and analyse whether a training period has been done correctly.
Goals for March:
- Task Board Channel: Allows the department to see what assignments people are working on in order to reach out or assist one another.
- Training Workshops: Conducting a workshop for Sergeants and Superintendents on how to best train new officers and how to supervise and analyse whether a training period has been done correctly.
“LilNickiVert is a baddie.” - LilNickiVert, Justice Secretary
Department of State
Achievements in February:
- Began audits on Klondike and Oakridge Bay
- Reorganized channels
- Brought back approval ratings for SOTC Reports
- Provided more transparency in SOTC Reports
- Formed international relationship with United Land
Goals for March:
- Marketing for auditor and electoral officer job
- Take a leading role in the international stage
- Complete the production of departmental structure graphs
Office of the Attorney General
Achievements in February:
- Successful restructuring of the Department, with new teams arising for different types of lawsuits; Criminal Team, Civil Team, and Constitutional Team.
- New employment policy has been established to create a code of conduct & prevent leaks of information.
Goals for March:
- More expansion upon teams as well as more activity from within the Department.
AMBASSADOR ACTIVITY
Ambassador to the Republic of Stratham
Ambassador: Nacholebraa
According to the Ambassador, throughout the past month the Republic of Stratham has been setting up the II Olympics as the host nation. Early stages of an economic summit is currently in the works. As for the future, Redmont is planning on proposing an extradition treaty with the nation of Stratham.
Ambassador to the State of Harlon
Ambassador: Drew_Hall
According to Ambassador Drew_Hall, the two nations discussed the establishment of the International Hockey League to increase national interaction with one another. Mutual Embassies was another topic brought up in discussion. Harlon would be granted an embassy in Redmont, likewise Redmont would be granted an embassy in Harlon. Harlon has stated they will begin construction following the conclusion of the Olympics.
Ambassador to República de United Land
Ambassador: LavenderxBlaxii
LavenderxBlaxii was recently nominated and confirmed to be the Ambassador to the Republica de United Land.
According to the Ambassador, United Land is currently undergoing an election and will begin to speak to one another about future plans for their respective nations.
TOWN UPDATES
Aventura
Number of Residence: 40
- Town has been expanded by 10k blocks, and the Council has decided to lift the pause on new private island requests. February Assembly elections have taken place.
- Planning the release of two expansions in the month of March.
“stayed better than everyone else” - LilDigiVert, Mayor of Aventura
Klondike
Number of Residence: 30
- Klondike has not made many big changes this month in terms of physical appearance. As for political change, Tair0 has been appointed to the position of Deputy mayor following the resignation of frmr. Deputy Mayor Twixted.
- In the following months, you can expect Klondike to continue regular operations while persisting to develop and grow the town. Klondike Development will be slowing down due to IRL obligations, however, this does not mean development will come to a halt.
Oakridge Bay
Number of Residence: 44
- Oakridge has been inactive for the past Mayoral term. However, we expect to quickly begin redeveloping the town's government and economy at the start of next week. We also plan to have multiple town council meetings with the public to get more player feedback.
- Week one of the new town administration will consist of redoing the entire Oakridge Constitution and bylaws given they are heavily outdated and may lead to miscommunication with the public. Week two’s activities will include a welcoming event where the next town council will be sworn in. A town meeting will be hosted to make sure we're all on the same page with our policies and plans.
Willow
Number of Residence: 52
- Creation of the new Train Station
- Implementation of the Willow Banking Bot
- Appointment of Deputy Mayor and current Acting Mayor, Twixted
- Appointment of Deputy Mayor to Acting Mayor
- Election of Public Relations Advisor, RelaxedGV
- In the coming month, new expansions and reforms to existing areas will continue to be taken into consideration.
APPROVAL RATINGS
Executive
President Westray - 96.3% Approve / 3.7% Disapprove
Vice President Muffins29 - 91% Approve / 9% Disapprove
State Secretary _Austin27_ - 81.1% Approve / 18.9% Disapprove
Justice Secretary LilNickiVert - 82.9% Approve / 17.1% Disapprove
Edu. and Commerce Secretary xerxesmc - 78.9% Approve / 21.1% Disapprove
Public Affairs Secretary Twixted - 92.2% Approve / 7.8% Disapprove
Construction & Transportation Secretary Heather - 80% Approve / 20% Disapprove
Health Secretary VerySmolBirb - 92.2% Approve / 7.8% Disapprove
Environment & Rec. Secretary Teuntje1234567 - 86.5% Approve / 13.5% Disapprove
Congress
Speaker of the House Mhadsher101 - 65.3% Approve / 34.7% Disapprove
Deputy Speaker of the House MilkCrack - 69.4% Approve / 30.6% Disapprove
Representative Tair0 - 89% Approve / 11% Disapprove
Representative Neemfy - 67.1% Approve / 32.9% Disapprove
Representative ElainaThomas29 - 74.3% Approve / 25.7% Disapprove
Representative MinecraftGerman - 37% Approve / 63% Disapprove
Representative TommysToe - 52.8% Approve / 47.2% Disapprove
Representative Wetc - 53.5% Approve / 46.5% Disapprove
Representative Vernicia - 39.7% Approve / 60.3% Disapprove
Representative MartyRay - 64.3% Approve / 35.7% Disapprove
Representative LobsterRoast - 73% Approve / 27% Disapprove
President of the Senate Huney69 - 84.7% Approve / 15.3% Disapprove
Senator Sleepyjay_ - 79.5% Approve / 20.5% Disapprove
Senator LilDigiVert - 70.8% Approve / 29.2% Disapprove
Senator Pugbandit - 55.1% Approve / 44.9% Disapprove
Senator Trentrick_Lamar - 86.8% Approve / 13.2% Disapprove
Senator Rurge - 58.1% Approve / 41.9% Disapprove
Mayors
(Acting) Mayor of Willow Twixted - 92.2% Approve / 7.8% Disapprove
Mayor of Aventura LilDigiVert - 74.7% Approve / 25.3% Disapprove
Mayor of Klondike Tylxrfied - 73.7% Approve / 26.3% Disapprove
(Former) Mayor of Oakridge Rurge - 52.7% Approve / 47.3% Disapprove
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