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Residents praise $10 million DRI win and ask whether 36 Central Paving workers were notified after data breach
Summary
During public comment April 8, a Rome waterways advocate celebrated a Downtown Revitalization Initiative award for Bellamy Harbor Park, and a resident asked whether 36 Central Paving employees were formally notified after a data breach; a councilor said the employees were told but noted confidentiality limits.
Members of the public used the council's public-comment period to praise a recent DRI award and to press the city for clarity about a data breach.
Bobby O'Brien, speaking for the advocacy group Rome Waterways and Trails, congratulated the mayor, the community economic development (CED) staff and others on winning a DRI grant for Bellamy Harbor Park. "The DRI win is going to be such a phenomenal situation down at Bellamy Harbor Park and that surrounding area," O'Brien said, and he offered the group's help with implementation.
Blair Gentther of 106 East Sycamore Street told the council they had reported a data breach affecting Central Paving employees on Feb. 17 and said some personal information appeared online briefly before it was removed. Gentther asked whether the 36 affected employees had been formally notified by the city or whether notification was left to Central Paving. "All I'm looking for is an affirmation from anybody that those 36 employees were notified," Gentther said.
Councelor Mortise answered during the council reports, saying he had been told the employees were notified and that the state and Central Paving were informed; he also noted that corporate counsel had previously advised some details be kept confidential. The transcript records Mortise saying, in part, that the citizen "was the first phone call" and that the state and employees had been notified.
Dennis Perfetti also spoke during public comment, praising the Rome Police Department for quickly solving a recent case and commending the mayor for engaging with residents at a lengthy town-hall meeting.
The public-comment period then closed and the council moved on to other business; the transcript does not record the city producing a formal written notification to the 36 employees during the meeting.
