[0:55] My name is Francine Klein,
and we're here today to start,
[1:00] the new council.
[1:01] I wanna thank
everyone who is here,
[1:03] including everyone who
served on the former council.
[1:08] It's a pleasure, to see
you and to know that,
[1:13] the business will continue.
[1:16] My role tonight is to,
[1:20] handle the election of officers
and will be, selecting,
[1:26] seven officers tonight.
[1:29] Mayor, chairman, vice
chairman, secretary, treasurer,
[1:34] parliamentarian, and historian.
[1:36] So I'm going to start with
the position of mayor,
[1:40] and I'm going to ask if there's
a nomination from the council
[1:44] for the position of mayor.
[1:47] Yes, there is.
[1:48] I am very proud to nominate a
truly dedicated public servant,
[1:52] Roy Schafer, for mayor.
[1:55] Thank you, Martha. Is there
a second to that nomination?
[2:00] I second.
[2:01] And that is Allison
Ault. Thank you, Allison.
[2:05] Is there any discussion?
[2:09] Hearing no discussion, I move
to a vote on the selection
[2:13] of Roy Schafer as mayor.
[2:16] All in favor, raise your
right hand and say aye. Aye.
[2:22] Carries unanimously or
is there a negative?
[2:26] You abstain. Okay.
[2:28] Six yeas and one abstention.
[2:39] Next, we move to the
position of chairman.
[2:42] Is there a nomination
for position of chairman?
[2:45] I nominate Martha Salt.
[2:50] Thank you, Roy. Roy Schaeffer
nominates Martha Salt.
[2:55] Is there a second for that?
[2:58] I second the nomination.
[3:01] Thank you, Vic Basil.
[3:05] Any discussion?
[3:11] Hearing none, I ask
that there be a vote
[3:15] on Martha Salt as chairman.
[3:18] All in favor raise your
hand and say aye. Aye.
[3:24] Anyone
[3:27] anyone saying nay or abstaining?
[3:29] No.
[3:31] Okay.
[3:32] Carries.
[3:36] Next, we get to vice chairman.
[3:38] Is there a nomination
for vice chairman?
[3:42] I nominate Francine Klein.
[3:46] Thank you, John. Is there
a second for that nomination?
[3:50] Wreck. Martha Sault. Mhmm.
[3:52] Thank you, Martha.
[3:54] Any discussion?
[3:57] Hearing none, I call for a vote.
[4:01] All in favor, please raise
your hand and say aye.
[4:04] Yay. Aye.
[4:06] Thank you.
[4:13] Wreck, we have the
position of secretary.
[4:17] Is there a nomination for
the position of secretary?
[4:21] I, Allison Ault, nominate
Vic Beazell for secretary.
[4:24] Allison Ault
nominates Vic Basil.
[4:28] I second that nomination.
[4:29] Thank you, Roy. Is there
any discussion of the vote?
[4:33] Any discussion of
the nomination?
[4:36] No. Anyone in favor?
[4:39] Raise your hand and say yay.
[4:41] Yay. Yay.
[4:45] Carries.
[4:47] Next is the position
of treasurer.
[4:50] I nominate John Conlow.
[4:53] Thank you, Roy.
[4:56] Is there a second?
[4:57] Yes. Mhmm.
[5:00] Al?
[5:02] Al Mullish seconds.
[5:04] Any discussion on
the nomination?
[5:08] Hearing none, I ask for
a vote on the nomination.
[5:12] All in favor say
yay. Yeah. Yeah.
[5:16] Yay. Thank you.
[5:19] Next, we get to treasurer.
[5:23] Did we we just did
treasurer. Sorry.
[5:26] Parliamentarian.
[5:29] Is there a nomination
for parliamentarian?
[5:33] Yes. I nominate Allison Ault.
[5:37] Thank you, John.
Is there a second?
[5:44] I wreck the nomination.
[5:45] Thank you, Vic.
[5:47] Any discussion about
the nomination?
[5:51] All in favor
[5:54] say yay.
[5:56] Yay.
[5:57] Thank you.
[5:59] Finally, we get to historian.
[6:02] Any nomination for the
position of historian?
[6:05] I, Allison, nominate
[6:08] my neighbor here, Al
Mueller, for historian.
[6:11] Thank you, Allison.
Is there a second?
[6:15] I second the motion.
[6:16] Thank you very much, John.
[6:18] Is there any discussion
of the nominee?
[6:25] Hearing none, I
call for the vote.
[6:27] All in favor say yay.
[6:30] Yay.
[6:33] And it carries.
[6:36] That's my job here
tonight with the,
[6:40] election of mayor, chairman,
vice chairman, secretary,
[6:43] treasurer, parliamentarian,
and historian.
[6:47] I turn,
[6:49] leadership of the meeting
over to the chairman,
[6:53] Martha Salt. Thank you, Martha.
[6:57] Thank you very much.
[6:59] I think I can
speak for everyone.
[7:01] We're all, very happy to work
with each other and working with,
[7:06] the residents of Friendship
Heights and happy to work with
[7:10] the staff, and we look forward
to a very productive two years.
[7:14] There is a lot on
our agenda and,
[7:17] we will be getting right to it.
[7:20] The second item on our agenda is
comments from the public to the council.
[7:26] We'll be using the usual format.
[7:29] If you've signed up,
[7:32] we will call your name and,
[7:35] three minutes at the microphone.
[7:47] Other first name I excuse
me, is Roger Cocetti.
[7:59] Thanks very much.
[8:00] Roger Cocheti at fifty five
hundred, Friendship Boulevard.
[8:05] My comments will be brief.
They're not substantive.
[8:07] They're procedural.
[8:09] Of of of, of course, first,
congratulations to all of you,
[8:12] and we now get to watch you guys
[8:14] cooperate with each
other and solve problems,
[8:17] whereas we can just stand up
and throw out crazy ideas and
[8:20] criticize you for
not doing things.
[8:23] So our life is easy. Your
life gets complicated.
[8:27] My suggestion is,
I've made before,
[8:30] but I think it's appropriate at the
start of this of this new council,
[8:36] to not only, allow but to
encourage and facilitate
[8:41] written comments or you
could call written testimony.
[8:46] There are three benefits in my
judgment to having written, testimony.
[8:51] Number one, you may not have to
listen to me every month because I may
[8:56] well put my comments in writing.
[8:59] Number two, it permits people
who can't come to the meetings
[9:03] or connect on, Zoom,
to participate.
[9:08] And number three, it permits,
[9:11] us to, avoid the,
three minute limit,
[9:15] although there should be some
limit on the length of submissions.
[9:20] What's key to doing it, however,
[9:21] is not making it secret.
[9:24] Testimony should be public and
easily accessible to anybody
[9:28] who goes to the website
or has an interest.
[9:30] So I hope you'll consider it.
[9:32] I think there are,
benefits all the way around
[9:35] for, everyone by,
[9:38] not only, allowing
but encouraging,
[9:41] written testimony.
[9:42] Thanks very much. Good
luck to all of you.
[9:45] Thank you.
[9:46] And I can assure you,
[9:47] we will seriously
consider your suggestion.
[9:51] Dan Dozier.
[9:59] First, I wanna con
congratulate I'm Dan Dozier.
[10:02] I'm, live in the Carlton,
[10:04] and congratulate the new newly
elected council and thank the
[10:07] previous members,
for their service.
[10:11] The second thing is I wanna
echo Roger's suggestion.
[10:15] I think it's a really
good idea to encourage,
[10:19] written submissions, but
I add a caveat to it.
[10:22] The council ought to
respond to those suggestions
[10:28] rather than it disappearing
into the ether ether.
[10:31] And in particular, it's
difficult to respond perhaps to
[10:36] to verbal suggestions,
comments here, people,
[10:40] but it isn't so difficult
to respond to writing.
[10:43] So at the very least,
[10:44] I think the council ought to
respond to the written suggestions.
[10:47] And again, congratulations.
[10:49] Thank you.
[10:52] Thank you. I'll
respond to you later.
[10:59] Bobby Pestronk.
[11:05] Good evening.
Congratulations to you all.
[11:07] As I've mentioned
to most of you,
[11:09] I'd be happy to talk with
you offline to share insights and
[11:14] observations as it
might be helpful.
[11:18] I live at forty seven
zero one Willard Avenue.
[11:22] The village invests
hundreds of thousands
[11:25] of dollars in certificates
of deposit every year,
[11:29] and I believe that greater
care should be exercised with
[11:31] paperwork associated with these
[11:36] wreck
[11:49] deposit.
[11:50] Second, there is an unfulfilled
request for public documents
[11:55] from the village.
[11:56] And third, there's been a failure
to inform authorized village
[11:59] council members and finance
committee members about a
[12:02] reinvestment of the
certificate of deposit,
[12:04] which matured on May seventh.
[12:07] Regarding the first point,
[12:08] the village may invest funds
and certificates of deposit not
[12:12] needed immediately for either
the operating or capital budgets.
[12:16] Other options are available for
funds needed for those budgets.
[12:20] One or more members of this
council may be authorized by
[12:23] the village council to interact
with mister Brian Kusky,
[12:26] who at the present time
manages the investment of village funds
[12:30] in certificates of deposit.
[12:32] The paperwork one or more
of you may be asked to sign,
[12:35] if it's identical to
paperwork I was asked to sign,
[12:39] has errors in it.
[12:40] The village is misidentified
and characterized,
[12:44] and the types of investments
can which can be made by mister
[12:47] Kuskie are contrary to current
and previous village policy.
[12:52] Before you sign the paperwork,
digitally or otherwise,
[12:54] confirm that these errors
have been corrected.
[12:57] If they can't be corrected,
[12:58] ask the village manager
to identify another broker to
[13:01] handle these investments.
[13:03] Other brokers exist,
[13:05] the current investment policy
specifies that the village
[13:07] manager should have a list.
[13:10] Regarding the second point,
consistent with village policy,
[13:13] I asked the village manager for
a copy of the present document
[13:16] which council member Schaeffer
signed with mister Kuskie.
[13:19] I had previously informed him
and other council members of
[13:22] the errors noted above.
[13:24] Mister Schaeffer had suggested
that I share the paperwork
[13:27] publicly on a previous occasion.
[13:29] The village manager informed me that
he's not authorized to see the document.
[13:33] Mister Kusky won't release
the document without authorization
[13:36] from mister Schaeffer.
[13:37] Mister Schaeffer is apparently
not given that authorization.
[13:40] The document has
not been released.
[13:43] The document isn't a private
arrangement between mister
[13:45] Schaeffer and mister Kuskier's
firm, it's a public document.
[13:49] I ask this counsel to assure
that the document is released.
[13:53] Rewarding the third point,
[13:54] following a problem of notification
with a maturing CD last fall, Mr.
[13:58] Schaffer committed publicly at
a Finance Committee meeting to
[14:01] inform Finance Committee members
when a future CD matured.
[14:05] That notification never took
place with a CD which matured
[14:08] since then on May seventh.
[14:11] Three council members were
authorized by the previous
[14:13] council to oversee investments
in certificates of deposit,
[14:16] Mayor White, mister
Schaeffer, and me.
[14:19] I never received notification
from mister Schaeffer about
[14:21] maturing certificates or his
plan to reinvest the funds in a
[14:25] new certificate of deposit.
[14:27] I suggest that present counsel
assure the present investment
[14:31] policy is followed and that
members of the current counsel
[14:34] and finance committee are kept up
to date on maturing CDs and
[14:37] any recommendations
to reinvest them.
[14:40] Aside from certificates
of deposit,
[14:42] other investment options are
available for these funds.
[14:46] I've sent at the suggestion in
previous meetings from mister Cocheti,
[14:51] I've sent a copy of these
comments to the info at
[14:53] friendship heights m d dot gov
so that all these comments,
[14:58] I know will be distributed
to you when I again,
[15:01] thank you,
[15:02] and I'd be happy to talk further
with you about my comments.
[15:05] Madam chair, could we possibly,
[15:09] have a fuller
discussion of this,
[15:13] because I'm not aware of everything
the former chairman just said?
[15:17] Could we possibly have it
on the agenda next time?
[15:22] We we can look into it, and
[15:25] I'm wondering if we can resolve
this offline, though. Mhmm.
[15:30] Well Thank you.
[15:34] Mister Dorsey.
[15:43] Mike Dorsey, forty six twenty.
[15:45] First, I wanna I wanna,
congratulate, doctor Mueller.
[15:50] To go up against seven people
on a ticket, the gang of seven,
[15:55] and to come out on top the way
you did with two hundred and
[15:59] fifty one votes is outstanding.
[16:02] Outstanding.
[16:04] And and what I
would say is that,
[16:07] whenever seven people have to
come together to try to put one
[16:11] person down, it's not a
good look for the village.
[16:17] Seven people and and eight,
[16:20] eight people running
for seven positions,
[16:23] and you need seven
of you, pretty weak.
[16:27] However, so I just
want to read to you,
[16:31] something, the Supreme Court
said in nineteen sixty four,
[16:36] New York Times Company
versus Sullivan.
[16:39] Justice Brennan wrote,
[16:41] in our profound national
commitment to the principle
[16:43] that debate on public issues
should be uninhibited,
[16:47] robust, and wide open, and that it
may well include vehement, caustic,
[16:53] and sometimes unpleasantly sharp
attacks on government officials.
[16:58] So what I'm saying to you
[17:00] is, when seven people have to
come together to run against
[17:03] one, I don't respect you six.
[17:07] Now it's the gang of six,
not the gang of seven.
[17:10] And so I don't respect you.
[17:12] And from what I just heard
there, I don't trust you.
[17:16] So at every meeting, I will
be here and I will call you
[17:20] out whenever it's
appropriate and I
[17:23] will use names.
[17:25] At the last council meeting,
[17:27] a resident stood up and
said we shouldn't use names.
[17:31] Well, I'm going to name
names when it is appropriate.
[17:34] Now what bothers me the most is,
[17:36] if you'll target one man to
push him aside or keep him
[17:41] down, what will you do?
[17:43] Who's your next target?
Who's your low hanging fruit?
[17:47] Is it our staff?
[17:50] That's a question.
[17:52] Yeah. You'll sit
there like that.
[17:54] That's why I don't respect
you and I don't trust you.
[18:04] Yes. Mhmm.
[18:07] Sir, I'm sorry we've never
had a chance to talk.
[18:11] You don't know me?
[18:11] I've never been to a meeting.
[18:13] That's okay with me.
[18:15] Yeah. It is okay.
[18:15] It is okay with me that I
haven't been to a meeting.
[18:18] I intend to learn the way
I've learned my whole life.
[18:22] I've had a career of service
for fifty years in public
[18:26] service, and I ran not
to put anyone down,
[18:30] but to lift this community up,
[18:32] which I love and which
I am dedicated to.
[18:36] I'm the board president
at the Elizabeth,
[18:39] and I did not join with these
other fine people to put
[18:42] anyone down.
[18:44] I joined to help this
community continue to thrive,
[18:48] and that's what I'm
dedicated to doing.
[18:51] So thank you very much.
[18:52] I'm sure you'll get
to know me better,
[18:54] and you'll see that I
have as much integrity
[18:58] and desire to have
us do well as you do.
[19:03] So thank you very much.
[19:07] Madam chairman, I I would like to
point out that there were unpleasant
[19:11] things said in the campaign,
but the campaign is over.
[19:16] And our job, each of us,
[19:18] is to come together and work
as a team to try to do what is
[19:22] best, for the village,
and I intend to do that.
[19:27] Thank you, madam chair.
[19:28] Thank you. I think we're
we're all in agreement.
[19:32] I think we're ready to move
on to the treasurer's report.
[19:41] Hi.
[19:44] Very briefly here.
[19:46] Our operating budget for the
ten months through April is in
[19:50] pretty good shape.
[19:51] Revenues are up two hundred and
sixty seven thousand from our
[19:55] budget estimates.
[19:56] Expenditures are down two
hundred and ten thousand from
[19:59] budget estimates.
[20:01] So all told for fiscal
year twenty five, thus far,
[20:04] estimates are that we have a
four hundred and seventy seven
[20:08] thousand dollar
surplus over budget
[20:10] based on our results
through April thirtieth.
[20:13] The next two months will
tell the full story,
[20:15] but things are looking pretty
good on the operating side.
[20:19] Revenue gains are primarily due
to unanticipated increase in
[20:23] income tax revenue.
[20:25] The increase is probably
largely due to people taking
[20:28] gains on stock market earnings.
[20:30] Going forward into
next fiscal year,
[20:32] the revenue picture is
probably more worrisome,
[20:35] especially in DC and Southern
Maryland where so many federal
[20:38] employees and contractors
are losing their jobs.
[20:43] On the expenditure side,
[20:45] across the board,
[20:46] many of our expenditures
are coming in under budget.
[20:50] Leading expense savings so far
this year compared to budget
[20:54] estimates include
the police patrol,
[20:56] sixty seven thousand dollars,
[21:01] under under budget,
bus contract,
[21:04] twelve thousand
dollars in savings,
[21:06] center, special events, twelve
thousand dollars in savings.
[21:10] So we're doing pretty good overall
on the expenditure side as well.
[21:13] On the capital side,
[21:16] we spent approximately forty seven
thousand dollars through April,
[21:21] that includes a replacement
of the AC unit in the village
[21:24] center among other small items.
[21:27] Going forward, we still have a lot of
work to do to develop a more robust
[21:31] multi wreck capital
plan and budget.
[21:36] In terms of reserve funds,
[21:38] our total reserves as of April
thirtieth are approximately
[21:41] three point five million or
four hundred thousand over the
[21:45] three point one million that
we started the year with,
[21:49] and that largely
reflects the positive,
[21:51] budget results I
I just mentioned.
[21:54] That number will likely
go up by another million
[21:57] dollars this month,
[21:58] reflecting the funds we
received from Donahoe for the
[22:01] village's sale of development
rights to the fifty five
[22:04] Avenue, five thousand five
hundred Wisconsin Avenue project.
[22:09] That's basically my
report. Any other comments?
[22:14] Madam chair, I I believe
if I understood you correctly that
[22:17] we will be getting
the million dollars.
[22:21] We have gotten it. We
got it last Monday.
[22:24] Sorry, mister Meezy has left.
[22:25] He negotiated that when they
were offering two hundred and
[22:29] fifty thousand dollars,
so it shows what,
[22:32] what persuasion can occur.
[22:36] And as far as I know,
[22:38] the total amount in our
combined reserves is something
[22:41] like, I think you said, four
point five million dollars.
[22:45] I I hope that, going forward,
[22:47] and I know you just
inherited this,
[22:50] that you will let,
the council and,
[22:53] more importantly, the, residents
[22:57] know how much money we have
at each meeting and also how
[23:01] much is in each,
[23:04] CD?
[23:05] I think mister Pestrunk's,
[23:07] comments were aimed at trying
to find out when the CDs run
[23:11] out, and then leave it
not to the treasurer,
[23:14] with all due respect
to the treasurer,
[23:17] but to the entire council.
[23:18] I would hope the
treasurer will advise
[23:21] what, protected,
[23:24] investment it should be,
[23:26] but I think it would be nice if
if the entire council approved
[23:30] where the money goes.
[23:31] And thank thank you
for your report,
[23:33] which you just inherited.
[23:34] And we passed an investment
policy that addresses,
[23:38] some of what you're recommending
[23:41] at the last meeting.
[23:42] The next item on the agenda is
approval of the minutes from
[23:47] the April fourteenth
council meeting.
[23:49] And, at that time, I was the,
[23:54] the secretary, so, I move that
the council adopt the minutes
[23:58] of April fourteenth.
[24:02] I'll second.
[24:05] I'll call for a vote
to approve the minutes,
[24:09] and I believe a
number of people,
[24:11] were not there.
[24:13] So I'll start with
[24:16] the call for the vote.
[24:17] Those who approve, say say yes.
[24:20] Yes to
[24:22] and no
[24:25] abstain.
[24:30] The
[24:33] wreck of us were not there,
[24:34] so I think the proper
thing would be to abstain,
[24:36] and you and the the
mayor Thank you.
[24:39] For those who wanna abstain,
can you raise your hand?
[24:46] It's not clear how
you're voting, John.
[24:48] Well, I I apologize.
[24:50] I'm abstain.
[24:52] Okay. Thank you.
[25:01] The next item on our agenda is
discussion vote on reappointing
[25:06] the ad hoc committee on
climate change and environment.
[25:10] And, as is true for every
committee, the mayor,
[25:15] has the authority to appoint or
reappoint members of the ad hoc
[25:19] committee on climate
change and environment.
[25:21] Those members are
Patricia Kanessa,
[25:24] Chris Nauer, Sonya
Starnes, and Thomas
[25:29] Brodie.
[25:30] That's a nomination,
[25:33] from the mayor.
[25:34] Does the council approve?
So I'm calling for a vote.
[25:38] Those who say approve,
say yes. Yes. Okay.
[25:43] Thank you.
[25:46] Yes.
[25:46] Yeah. That does not close
out the nominations.
[25:49] We we knew that the existing
members wanted to continue,
[25:53] so so we're doing that.
[25:54] But if anybody is
interested in joining the,
[25:57] climate change and
environment committee,
[25:59] just please submit a brief,
statement of interest,
[26:03] maybe some biographical
information to the village
[26:06] manager, and we can consider
that at the June meeting.
[26:10] I'm sorry. We can consider
it, Juan. I couldn't hear you.
[26:13] We'll we'll consider any
additional wreck expressions of
[26:16] interest in joining
the committee,
[26:17] we'll take up in June.
[26:18] So this does not close
off the nominations.
[26:23] Thank you.
[26:25] We'll move on to the next item,
[26:27] and we have a number of what
I call housekeeping matters.
[26:30] So, the first relates to our
[26:34] representative on the Citizens
Coordinating Committee on
[26:36] Friendship Heights, And
I, move that mayor Roy
[26:41] Schafer, take up this position.
[26:44] Our, prior mayor, Melanie White,
[26:46] did that for many years.
[26:48] So I,
[26:50] move that, Roy
take that position.
[26:54] Does anyone want to second that?
[26:56] I second.
[26:58] Francine seconds. Is
there a discussion?
[27:04] Okay.
[27:04] I'll call for the vote,
[27:07] to, appoint mayor Roy Schafer
as the Village of Friendship
[27:10] Heights representative to the
Citizens Coordinating Committee
[27:14] on Friendship Heights.
[27:15] All those in favor raise
their hand and say yes.
[27:21] One Epstein
[27:24] and six yes.
[27:26] So it passes.
[27:38] The next item is to, move
move to appoint the mayor,
[27:43] chairman, and treasurer as
signers for financial accounts.
[27:47] I make that motion.
[27:49] Is there anyone seconding?
[27:52] Thank you.
[27:55] I call for the vote to,
appoint the mayor, chairman,
[27:58] and treasurer as signers for
financial accounts for the village.
[28:03] So all in favor say yes.
[28:07] Yes.
[28:07] Any noes or abstains?
[28:09] Thank you. That's unanimous.
[28:21] We're gonna proceed
with a few committees.
[28:24] Not all the committees that
exist in the village or
[28:28] will exist are going
to be addressed,
[28:30] tonight, but some of them,
[28:32] we'd really like to get them
staffed to, keep moving.
[28:37] So,
[28:39] I believe the mayor has a nomination
for the finance committee.
[28:44] Should I do them all
or one at a time?
[28:46] All the names. All the names.
[28:47] All the committees.
[28:49] One committee at a time, please.
[28:51] So for for finance, obviously,
[28:53] the the chairman I'm
nominating, the treasurer,
[28:55] John Conlow.
[28:57] I'm also appointing myself as
the prior treasurer and council
[29:01] member Ault.
[29:04] Thank you.
[29:07] And the committee would
approve that as a whole.
[29:10] Is there any discussion on that?
[29:14] K. Thank you. All who,
approve, say yes. Yes. Yes.
[29:19] Thank you.
[29:19] That's
[29:21] seven to zero.
[29:31] Mayor, I think you
have a nomination for,
[29:34] parks and grounds.
[29:35] Okay.
[29:35] So for parks and grounds,
[29:37] I'm appointing as chairman
council member Sault, also myself.
[29:42] Council member Sault and I
are the two returning council
[29:45] members, so we have the most,
[29:46] sort of institutional knowledge
of what's going on with that.
[29:50] And, also appointing Vic
Basil as the third member.
[29:55] Thank you. And, all
those in favor say yes.
[30:00] Yeah. Yeah.
[30:01] Excuse me? Yes.
[30:03] The chair for that committee was not
specified as Council member Sultz.
[30:06] Me. Martha Sultz. Okay.
[30:11] Thank you.
[30:13] We have one more
committee for the evening,
[30:16] and that is public safety.
[30:20] Okay.
[30:21] So I'm nominating for,
chair, Francine Klein,
[30:25] and I'm also recommending
council members,
[30:28] Mueller and Ault.
[30:30] Thank you. All those and
is there a discussion?
[30:36] Okay. All those
in favor, say yes.
[30:39] Yes. Thank you.
[30:41] I think we're, good.
[30:45] That is,
[30:47] the end of our formal meeting.
[30:49] I would like to, really,
[30:53] express my desire to
be open to all of you.
[30:57] Please, we'd appreciate you
sending comments and suggestions
[31:01] by email along the lines of
what our earlier commenter said
[31:05] or or something very simple,
[31:08] and we we we will make sure every
single council member sees it.
[31:13] And thank you, very much.
[31:15] Is there anything else, mayor?
[31:18] Just we we've agreed to move
up the start time for these
[31:21] meetings to six thirty.
[31:23] And and the goal is not
to have longer meetings.
[31:26] It's to get out earlier.
[31:27] So the the June meetings and
and future meetings will start
[31:30] at six thirty.
[31:34] Can't, end the evening without
another congratulations to my fellow
[31:38] council members and happy to
be working with you and looking
[31:42] forward to, the next two years.
[31:44] And I'm open to a
motion to adjourn.
[31:49] Thank you.
[31:52] Everyone, thanks for coming.