This is what greeted me this morning when I came into the office this morning. This is the work space of my Executive Assistant Lorene McWaters. The excessive rainfall we experienced last night found its way through our roof and through our insulation and through our ceiling tiles and into her cube. It made quite a mess.
However, it was nice to hear about the cooperation that took place last night during the storm to rig up the tarp and garbage can that ended up catching a lot of the unwanted rain leaks. Our evening maintenance guy, Shaun Sullivan, worked with our evening IT technician, Ryan Browning, and our Communications Manager Pat Brink and our Police Chief Dan Carlson to fight the storm in the building. Shaun and Ryan work in the evenings regularly, but Pat and Dan happened to be around because it was a Council meeting night. They all worked together to solve the problem of the leaks and to prevent further damage to our building and our equipment.
Some emergencies you can plan for and some you can’t. But the best plan for any emergency is for people to be able to come together quickly and solve problems constructively. Eden Prairie city employees are good at that.
