Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 75: Hood finances and my sorti

The finances are still tough on the accounts, but we also got a great recreation area at Dragon Pond. I will definetily suggest that the next council will raise our local taxes. I've packed my office, Mr Ballong is the only employee and he will need to deal with the next Spokes Sim, who ever that might be.

Financial overview simdays 71-75:

+ §6.562, previous grand balance on simday 70

+ §24.500, local taxes based on 45 households where 4 pay double tax due to household size.
+ §2.000, fee (MacAstral lot, extreme weeds)
+ §3.000, 3 students switching to Private School (3xBeartop)
+ §11.550, regular rent from 6 Test Lane households
+ §5.575, regular rent from Listher Business Complex at 14 New Simmer Lane
+ §2.000, 4 funerals (Felica Muggey, Janel Hanssen, Bubo Buh, Rasmus H. Valentino)
+ §1.400, interest bank deposit

= + §56.587, total income

- §20.000, 1 spokes sim (10') 4 Councillors (2') & 1 webmaster (2') pay simday 66-70.
- §70.000, 70 shares in Simmerville Studio, Inc.
- §4.618, Hood Administration costs 5 simdays
- §33.766, new builds at Dragon Pond

= - §128.384, total costs

= - §72.797, new grand balance simday 75

+ §80.000, bank withdrawel

= §7.203

Real Estate owned by Simmerville Hood:
§115.897, Hood Admin - 5 Old Simmer Lane
§44.133, Via Victor - 3 Dragon View
§118.211, Bon Voyage Retirement Home - 12 Old Simmer Lane
§148.557, Bus Station - 6 New Simmer Lane
§79.120, Houses for rent - 1-7 Test Lane
§29.471, Trogernick Hospitz
§33.833, 14 New Simmer Ln (4 small builds for rent).
§77.058, Gothan Quarter (old cemetery) - 6 Old Simmer Lane
§26.500, New Simmerville Cemetery - 2 Lucie Lane
§33.766, Dragon Pond - 7 Dragon View
§65.030, Simmerville Studio, Inc. 70 shares á §929
§60.000, bank investments
§6.800, vacant residential lot, 2 Hunter Road

§845.579, Grand balance, possessions
 

Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 70: Hood finances

The finances are not good, we had to take §20.000 from our bank deposit in order to cover up. It's the new establishment at 14 New Simmer Lane that should have been built little buy little. We will now need to wait to procceed with the 2nd part of the hood beautifying project that was estimated to cost §17.999. It seems like we will need to debate a raise of taxes taking affect as soon as possible! A business tax might be coming up, but we'll wait until simday 75.

Financial overview simdays 66-70:

+ §1.634, previous grand balance on simday 65

+ §22.500, local taxes based on 42 households where 3 pay double tax due to household size.
+ §1.000, fee (MacAstral lot, extreme weeds)
+ §1.000, 2 students switching to Private School (Ballongx2)
+ §9.075, regular rent from 6 Test Lane households
+ §1.050, regular rent from 4 lots at 14 New Simmer Lane
+ §1.500, 3 funerals (Amandeus & Lucild Beartop, Samba Luna Hanssen)
+ §5.800, 2 Family cemeteries sold
+ §1.600, interest bank deposit

= + §43.525, total income

- §20.000, 1 spokes sim (10') 4 Councillors (2') & 1 webmaster (2') pay simday 66-70.
- §3.130, Hood Administration costs 5 simdays
- §33.833, 14 New Simmer Ln, new 4 lots for rental businesses max 10 simdays

x= - §56.963, total costs

= -§13.438, new grand balance simday 70

+ §20.000, bank withdrawel

= §6.562

Real Estate owned by Simmerville Hood:
§115.897, Hood Admin - 5 Old Simmer Lane
§44.133, Via Victor - 3 Dragon View
§118.211, Bon Voyage Retirement Home - 12 Old Simmer Lane
§148.557, Bus Station - 6 New Simmer Lane
§79.120, Houses for rent - 1-7 Test Lane
§29.471, Trogernick Hospitz
§33.833, 14 New Simmer Ln (4 small builds for rent).
§77.058, Gothan Quarter (old cemetery) - 6 Old Simmer Lane
§26.500, New Simmerville Cemetery - 2 Lucie Lane
§140.000, bank investments
§6.800, vacant residential lot, 2 Hunter Road

§819.580, Grand balance, possessions

The following costs are scheduled for the coming 5 simdays:
- §17.000, Part 2 of our hood beautifying project, mostly focused on pavements. On community lots we like all pavements to be similar, mainly by use of the same stone tiles. It's part of the local publicity profile campaign.

We have cancelled any plans of investing in downtown corporated businesses (budget §200.000). We would need to sell some local community lots in order to manage such investments. We have also cancelled plans of building more community lots.
 

Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 68: Restricted Immigration

This far we allowed one new household to immigrate every 5th simday. This rule said nothing about number of household members. We also accepted Simmerville born sims who emigrated to move back to the hood, almost unrestricted.

I did a small survey on the SUN news board, finding that at least 4 sims have recently moved to Simmerville without official approvement. We need better rules and guidelines for immigration, and I think I will suggest some changes.

Today's situation:

Number of households: 41  (in addition: Trogernick Hospitz and Bon Voyage Retirement Home)
Number of residents: 148 sims (including university students, includes 3 immigrants (Heather Hayer, Melissa Fancey and Jan Tellerkan. The forth immigration appliciant, Claudia Gray, is not included)

We don't need more complicated rules, and I suggest that we simply say:
§1. Simmerville accepts immigration as long as the total number of sitizens doesn't exceeds 150.
§2. A new household must count minimum 2 sims. When an existing houseld ends up with just one sim, someone must move in within 5 simdays.
§3. Immigration to Simmerville requires the Hood Council's approval. Application including bacground and intensions can be sent in at any time and will be handled within 2 simdays.

This will mean no more 5 simdays rule, not more benefiting sims returning to Simmerville. To help sims both in the hood and elsewhere, we should publish sitizen numbers, simdaily.

When a hood is full it's full.
 

Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 65: Hood finances

The finances are good, although we spent everything and we will need to watch our future steps. A final result of only §1.634. But in addition we got planty finances in land property and savings.

+ §80.843, previous grand balance

+ §24.000, local taxes based on 41 households where 7 pays double tax due to household size.
+ §1.000, fee /MacAstral lot, extreme weeds)
+ §0, 0 students switching to Private School (-)
+ §7.700, regular rent from 6 Test Lane households
+ §1.000, funerals (Squirly Swims, Joe C. O'Brian)
+ §1.600, Family cemetery for sale (1b)

= + §35.300

- §12.000, 5 Community Advisors & 1 webmaster pay simday 51-55, §2.000 each
- §25.000, Simmerville House, Campus, ugrades
- §33.000, Hood Beautifying project, gardens (fence, plants), 33 lots §1000 each.
- §5.509, Hood Administration (61-65)
- §10.000, 10 Farm Rights, Farmers' Lottery prizes
- §39.000, 39 Build Rights given out 1 to each lot owner on simday 65

= - §114.509

= +§1.634 (grand balance, available for social welfare etc)

Real Estate owned by Simmerville Hood:
§110.188, Hood Admin - 5 Old Simmer Lane
§38.589, Via Victor - 3 Dragon View
§119.081, Bon Voyage Retirement Home - 12 Old Simmer Lane
§148.557, Bus Station - 6 New Simmer Lane
§70.454, Houses for rent - 1-7 Test Lane
§29.471, Trogernick Hospitz
§77.058, Gothan Quarter (old cemetery) - 6 Old Simmer Lane
§26.069, New Simmerville Cemetery - 2 Lucie Lane
§160.000, bank investments
§4.200, Family cemetery for sale
§1.600, Family cemetery for sale
§6.800, vacant residential lot, 2 Hunter Road

§790.067, Grand balance possessions

The following costs are scheduled for the coming 5 simdays:
- §17.000, Part 2 of our hood beautifying project, mostly focused on pavements. On community lots we like all pavements to be similar, mainly by use of the same stone tiles. It's part of the local publicity profile campaign.
- §50.000, We plan to build a few more community lots in order to meet the needs coming with pets.
- §200.000, We want to invest in a few downtown corporated businesses. (might need to wait)
 

Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 64: Farming returns to Simmerville

After we imported a few farming plants several households are growing vegetables and fruits. No animals included yet. Traditionally Simmerville was a farmer's district, we even got many addresses pointing out just that (Mervil Market, Mervil Farm, Cabbage Road). Farming has returned and we need a new way to register what we deliver to the markets - it's all about balancing the produce and the need.

The Hood Council decided that this hood can allow 4 farms, and that all 4 farms need to base their  produce on different chosen products. In order to limit it to 4 farming units, we decided the following Law of Farming:
1. Simmerville hood contains a total of 20 Farm Rights, each valued §1000.
2. A Sim (lot owner) needs 5 Farming Rights in order to use more than 5 plots (ground tiles) for farming produce. Each plant is normally 1 plot, each farm animal is 1-2 plots.
3. A household with 5 Farming Rights can produce unlimited, but at least 50% of the plots must be dedicated one chosen product that no other local farm has chosen.
4. Farming Rights can be traded, inherited and passed on as a gift. No Sim can own more than 5 Farming Rights. Farming Rights can't be inactive for more than 10 simdays.
5. Farming Rights can only be used on a residential lot. However, the owner doesn't need to reside the lot where the farming takes place.

At the time the following residents own farming rights:
Alovar A. Mervil: 5 rights
Sophelia Mervil: 5+5 rights
Mrs Sophelia Mervil will need to pass 5 of her rights to another household member, or sell them.
 

Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 62: All our real estate possesions

Every 5th simday we post the hood's financial results, but we never include information of the values of all our community lots. In the future our grand balance possessions will be included every 5th simday. So here is an overview per simday 62.

§109.608, Hood Admin - 5 Old Simmer Lane
§38.589, Via Victor - 3 Dragon View
§120.000, Bon Voyage Retirement Home - 12 Old Simmer Lane
§135.975, Bus Station - 6 New Simmer Lane
§70.454, Houses for rent - 1-7 Test Lane
§29.000, Trogernick Hospitz
§77.058, Gothan Quarter (old cemetery) - 6 Old Simmer Lane
§25.546, New Simmerville Cemetery - 2 Lucie Lane
§160.000, bank investments
§4.200, Family cemetery for sale
§1.600, Family cemetery for sale
§1.600, Family cemetery for sale
§6.800, vacant residential lot, 2 Hunter Road

§780.430, Grand balance possessions

It sure looks like a great economical status, but the new Hood Council has many plans for spending money.

- §25.000, We want to upgrade the Simmerville House at campus (university). This will include modern skill building facilities, but most costs will regard upgrading the outdoor area.
- §50.000, We plan to start the Age of Pets with a major hood beautifying project, mostly focused on gardens and pavements. Local rules will be implemented, ie that all households keeping a dog or pet should fence in a minimum of their outdoor area. We plan to help households with some of the costs. On community lots we like all pavements to be similar, mainly by use of the same stone tiles. It's part of the local publicity profile campaign.
- §50.000, We plan to build a few more community lots in order to meet the needs coming with pets.
- §200.000, We want to invest in a few downtown corporated businesses.

Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 60: Hood finances better than ever

The result is better than ever. A positive result of §80.843. In addition we got money saved up at Bon Voyage Retirement Home, about §50.000, and we own 7 houses for rent at Test Lane, we own Bus Station, Via Victor, Bon Voyage and Hood Administration.

Thanks to the good situation, we suggest there will be no pet fee during coming Age of Pets. We will also upgrade the Simmerville House at Campus making it a tip top study center and not just a place to live. The funeral fee will be reduced to only §500.

+ §52.043, previous grand balance

+ §22.000, local taxes based on 42 households where 4 pays double tax due to household size.
+ §1.000, fee /MacAstral lot, extreme weeds)
+ §44.069, Bon Voyage retirement home
+ §9.000, 9 students switching to Private School (Loveless, Shalloex2, Mervil-Rose, Wooblershieldx2, Rose, Mervilx2)
+ §7.325, regular rent from 6 Test Lane households
+ §2.000, funerals (Pale Light, Mathilda Swims)

= + §137.437

- §12.000, 5 Community Advisors & 1 webmaster pay simday 51-55, §2.000 each
- §0, contribution to Simmerville House, Campus
- §44.594, Hood Administration (56-60, 0+44069+250+25+250)

= - §56.594

= +§80.843 (grand balance, available for social welfare etc)
 

Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 55: Finances are fine

Situation is getting stabile, next period we might be able to do something exciting!

+ §33.887, previous grand balance

+ §20.000, local taxes based on 40 households where 0 pays double tax due to household size.
+ §1.000, fee /MacAstral lot, extreme weeds)
+ §0, Bon Voyage retirement home
+ §3.300, Lottery sales (33 lots each §100)
+ §5.000, 5 students switching to Private School (Stello 1, Glitz 3, Mervi 1)
+ §5.000, regular rent from 6 Test Lane households
+ §16.250, funerals (simday 51 postponed from day 50)
+ §6.000, funerals (simday 55)

= + §90.437

- §12.000, 5 Community Advisors & 1 webmaster pay simday 51-55, §2.000 each
- §10.000, contribution to Simmerville House, Campus (2 of 2)
- §4.500, Lottery prizes
- §11.894, Hood Administration (51-55, 9707+1062+448+391+286)

= - §38.394

= +§52.043 (grand balance, available for social welfare etc)
 

Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 50: Finances stabile

There seems to be a financial balance - costs are covered. If we charged the funeral taxes on simday 50 the result would be even better. With the new business deal we will need flexibility though, because we don't know for sure how it will affect hood economics. We have planned no extra tax from business owners. We have discussed a top tax though, affecting §100000+ households only. We will go for another 5 days period before we make any changes. We will need to pay for changes done at community lots, and we will run the hood administration lot as a business. It will be very exciting! On the other hand we know the poor families have even less money when their children move out, I think our welfare program must be worked on.

+ §33.437, previous grand balance

+ §21.000, local taxes based on 36 households where 6 pays double tax due to household size.
+ §1.000, fee
+ §0, Bon Voyage retirement home
+ §3.000, 3 students switching to Private School
+ §5.000, building rights (6 Mervil Farm)
+ §6.450, regular rent from 5 Test Lane households
+ §0, funerals (postponed to simday 51)

= + §69.887

- §12.000, 5 Community Advisors & 1 webmaster pay simday 46-50, §2.000 each
- §14.000, graduation rewards 2 students, §7000 each
- §10.000, contribution to Simmerville House, Campus (1 of 2)

= - §36.000

= + §33.887 (grand balance, available for social welfare etc)

(previous accounts can be found at the office of the Business Advisor)
 

Eline Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 46: The new business deal will change a lot

Simmerville has decided to sign the new business deal (OFB). It will add changes to most of our community of today. As the Hood Council leader, I ask each Advisor of this hood to analyze their career in the light of the new deal, and to suggest any restrictions, changes or recommendations we can decide to limit the community structure changes.
 

Beatricé Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim - Politics Advisor

Simday 30: 150 residents

Age of Knowledge is closing, and looking back I think we did a fairly good job. Finances are balancing, the population is growing (150 sims!), local laws are getting established and adjusted. I will retire, and it is a pity that there will be no Community Right holder of Politics for the coming Age of Pleasure. Good to see that there is a new Hood Council. A few notes about the election that don't need to leak out; the true Community Right holder of Homemakers was Mollie MacAstral, but she is a disgrace to the hood as her garden is covered of weeds. She is fined, but she doesn't seem to care about anything but her alien projects. So in respect of other Homemakers we could not offer her that Community Right. Then, the best qualified Community Right holder for the spokes sim position was Remi Beartop of Culinary. But when he was offered the spokes sim position he turned the offer down because he will enter elderhood shortly and might not stand the full periode of 15 simdays. So, therefore runner up, Steven Briggon, is the new spokes sim while Mr Beartop is a councillor.
 

Beatricé Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim

Simday 23: Test Lane to be reconstructed

The Hood Council has agreed to implement new rules for Test Lane. These rules should have been there from the start, back when those poor testsim families arrived this new dimension to see if it was safe for the rest of us to come. Some of those families are still living in their test house.

1. The Test Lane houses are property to the hood of Simmerville and not the residing household.
2. No household can stay in their Test Lane house for more than 15 simdays in a row.
3. Test Lane is reserved newly established families who wants to start in an unexpensive home.
4. If more than one household request the same Test Lane house those with the smaller networth will be chosen.

Today the following families live in Test Lane: Jones, Snakespeare, Tammer, Briggon, Brybrey and Light. One house is vacant. Of these Snakespeare and Brybrey have lived there less than 15 simdays, while Jones, Tammer, Briggon and Light will be asked to move elsewhere.
 

Beatricé Shalloe
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim

Simday 21: New jobs for the councillors

Well, I've finally fine tuned the Council's jobs, we are five members and we will concentrate on one aspiration each. It wasn't easy to assign the jobs because we don't represent those five aspirations, personally. None of us are very fortune or romance oriented.

Beatricé Shalloe (Politics): Spokes Sim, immigration, Popularity
BB Hanssen (Homemakers): Health, recreation, happiness, Family
Simbille Ballong (Science): Education, community library, Knowledge
Angela M. Gobelin (Culinary): Restaurants, food, social life, Romance
Veniza Muston (Business): Shops, trades, home businesses, import, Fortune

The University is opening, we have decided to send off a group of 3-5 teens every 5 days. The first group will go on our day 22, then another will go on day 25 already, then again on day 30 and so on. All local teens aged 20 and up with at least D- can apply, and if there are more than 5 applicants we will pick those with the most skills. In the future I will suggest that we require at least B-.
 

Juliana Valentino
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim

Simday 14: Simmerville's new community structure

The change had to come sooner or later. The old system with election based on interests and skills did not look on what careers that are represented in the hood. Also, several of the old functions are no longer needed, such as finances being non-existing as long as we can't charge local taxes.
The Hood Council has decided the following community structure to be valid from our next Age:

1. One resident within each career will hold one Community Right. Including "Homemakers" but excluding "Criminals", this makes 10 community Rights each with certain community related obligations, and with a pay of §1000 every 5 Simday.

2. A Community Right holder will normally be the Sim with the better position within its career track. The Community Right can be passed on to a Sim who is family but not necessarily main heir. To inherite a Community Right a Sim must work on level 3 or higher within the same career track.

3. A Community Right holder with at least 10 skill points and political interest of at least 8 will automatically become a Hood Council member for what remains of the current 15 Simdays periode. If less than 5 Community Right holders qualify for the Hood Council there will be a regular election for the rest, until a total of five members are found.

4. The Community Right holder representing the Politics will be the Hood Council's Spokes Sim.
 

Juliana Valentino
Simmerville Hood Council leader - Spokes Sim

Simday 5: We need a new election routine

With the aging introduced, we can no longer elect the Hood Council only once a year according to the Human calendar. The Human calndar no longer exists, and our Hood councillors do grow old.
I have 2 alternative sollutions: Election every 10 simdays, or the positions are no longer filled by election, but given on a lifetime, meaning that each councillor will need to be replaced when becoming an elder. Perhaps we could do a mix where all positions are lifetime jobs while the Spokes Sim is to be elected every 10 simdays?