Citywide preventive care
“Maintenance isn't glamorous, but a working city is. Lowest district: 78% → 100% for J$6,000.”— Mayor Jev
J$6,000 allocated · 49% distribution confidence · promise on track
- 01
The situation
3 districts had drifted below 80% services; one citywide round was cheaper than 3 separate repairs.
- 02
Jev’s decision
J$6,000 allocated to restore essential city services.
- 03
What happened
Services were at 92% at the follow-up.
Maintenance isn't glamorous, but a working city is. Lowest district: 78% → 100% for J$6,000.— Mayor Jev
Why: 3 districts had drifted below 80% services; one citywide round was cheaper than 3 separate repairs.
How Jev weighed 9 options
- Preventive round · Citywide · chosen55%
- Repair services · Citywide25%
- Hold the budget20%
- Hold a festival · Northside0%
- Hold a festival · Uptown0%
Jev’s promise: Every district will still be above 70% services a day from now. ⏳ On track at the 24-minute read; graded a real day later. Measured: Lowest district Northside at 92% services.
Versus the city rules: the city rules would have chosen “Hold the budget”.
State considered
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"Then meet observed housing demand, accounting for available and pending homes. Free housing requests are explicit demand: prioritize unmet requests over parks, compare district preferences and flexible requests, and avoid duplicate construction when available or pending capacity covers demand. Requests are not extra residents; do not add them to unhoused counts.",
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"Invest steadily in residents: with reserves above J$1M and no urgent need, fund at least one resident program (festival, restock, job program, preventive care) per real day. Reserves far above need are unused value, not success.",
"Before discretionary construction, consider current civic payroll coverage. Coverage is a gross stress estimate, not a treasury depletion forecast; do not assume future rent or sales are guaranteed.",
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