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put that out there if we put Roberta and
Eddie in the hallway for two minutes
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would you be supportive or opposed to be
let you know who clerk Vanessa Garett is
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supportive
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of uh no no no no no she has no no power
over our proceedings obviously we're
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politicians there's political influence
if I keep my
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mouth not voting at
all but
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she if you say no then then that's the
end of it but I just want I'm putting
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that out there to see what the feeling
is and if the feeling is no then keep it
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in my
mouth gotta is the move
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no looks like it's
no I think we cautious I think you know
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I mean I think we're just being cautious
I think in a good way we're being
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cautious to make sure that we stay
within what's right and and really the
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positive is we have
two we have more candidates that were
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good but two solid candidates to bring
us to a standstill is outstanding it's
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outstanding so no matter when we walk
out of here and if if if there's a
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choice a decision made we all are going
to support that decision so it's not you
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know it's not pin pointing person
against a person it's making a decision
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for the best candidate for that role
would would anybody like to make a
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motion to discuss this wait wait wait
point of order are you are you asking
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for a motion for open discussion or are
you asking for okay I was going to ask I
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was the second point of order I going to
ask is would you all be willing to
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entertain a twom
minute close
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session we can do a close session for
never mind so um motion to
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discuss well I I mean this this is why
it's possible because you know there
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comes a time that if we can't fix it we
may have
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to think
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about's a motion on the floor there's a
motion on for any support to discuss
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this further yeah I support it motion's
been made to supported any discussion on
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open it back up for
discussion all those in favor
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sayos
question we two
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candidates is it possible that two
candidates maybe go up other room and
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Rise a couple of more questions
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and ask them both the same question and
see how they answer those questions I
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I'm supportive of that just not a bunch
of you know two three questions the
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question is how do we come up with you
know we we we can work very closely with
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the room and those two be in
it um two three
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questions see if we can
narrow one how do you feel
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the poers of your hands man so so we're
talking about a second
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interview basically yeah okay I I can
support
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that I would like
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to Mo motion to close discussion
motion's been made to close
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discussion in your hands to make a
motion
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well we got to vote on oh I'm sorry we
got vote so all all in favor any
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discussion while closing the discussion
no all those in favor in closing the
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discussion I any
opposed okay
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um so we're
not I make a motion take another
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vote in the same format y
I don't know I don't know
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come support and
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then there's other
way well I think there there is and if
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we ask to come questions point of order
if if no one supports motion it
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dies support for motion
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point of
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order
R if I understood this
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correctly correct WR
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maybe ver said she'd like to change the
vote so she wanted to make a motion to
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go around the table to take another
vote you that motion to go around the
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table
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take she just stated she want to
change this is the whole we in trying to
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get somebody to change the
vat so if I understood this correctly a
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motion needs to be made which was made
but it was just denied go around the
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table to take the boat again either Ed
or R and when it comes to if I
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correctly so you're correct so anybody
at this table is free to support
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her her motion that she put on the floor
nobody did at that point so she is free
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to make another
motion I wasn't I didn't hear clearly
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she said she wanted to change her vote
back around the table and nobody
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supported that's what I thought I was so
Roberta is free to
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motion I
believe you are this is still a point of
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order you are correct and I do see your
point perfectly um I'll say two things
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one I would HED that rera would pramp at
the motion in a way
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that landed on a particular person IE I
move the robers the clerk you know if
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she would have said either herself or
Edie in motion that would made it clear
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what she's trying to accomplish but I do
understand what you're saying I think
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you're absolutely right however her
motion died um still as a point of order
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I was prepared to make a motion to
excuse them for 4 minutes while we
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deliberated on on two or three questions
however if Roberta knows exactly where
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she wants to go she can make a very
specifically crafted motion and end it
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now so I it would be clearer if she made
that very clear recommendation in her
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motion I move that we install this
person as Clerk
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I will make a motion that we put Eddie
Fox as Clerk of
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support motion's been made in support
and any
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discussion any
discussion
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call Will yes Adam yes
Nikki
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yes
yeser
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yes yes
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[Applause]
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ier
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choose the clerk at the county will have
to
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probably take the oath for Edie
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Tom did you say former
deputy once Lee resigned resigned I'm
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noer because he was Le's
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appointment his authority dies when when
the clerk that appointed him is no
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longer in office he has to be
reappointed we just reappointed you but
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we Edie gets the pick is own no but I
mean I mean at a recent meeting you were
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reappointed but since Lee resigned
then you're not active I was
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reappointed when the others were
appointed back on the 20th for their
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votes but when Lee resigned I am at his
discretion so when he left I am no
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longer the deputy
clerk I'm available for the position but
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I'm no longer the deputy cler gosh this
is this wasn't shocking that shocking
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isn't it the only way that the deputy
clerk remains in office is
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just it's
a so we had unfortunately passed away
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would be different definitely continue
but when there's a resignation just
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stops and we didn't know either oh my
gosh oh my
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gosh I'm glad I stayed till the
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end if
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point point of order did you want to do
now or a private
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session
okay
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um another point of order um do you
still need to run through manager report
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board
comments or do we technically still need
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to run through I mean I'm sure there's
not one but I'm just saying for
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procedural reasons do we still need to
run through
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manag so then we would close this
meeting and then well I I I wouldn't
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there's not going be CL session
obviously and we will not motion to
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adjourn so we will still be an active
meeting but I'm saying we run through
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those at least procedur by the time he
gets back then we can motion to to be
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done I'm just trying
to do we
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have wait hold no I'm I'm just being
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um not really I mean still working on
the M program and U obviously number of
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issues that working with chat on right
now so that's basically it for right now
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so try get us out here
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quickly I'm good
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for Calvin I'm
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good
Roberto I just want to thank everybody
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for all the support I got it was
overwhelming two years Roberto two years
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I got four years no for that you can run
for yeah in 2026 you can run let's back
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let's go backward the way it should have
been and have everybody support it from
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outside but this was just going to be a
standby so somebody had to break
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it but thank
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you uh I uh have never been proud of to
work with this new group I I have to be
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honest uh I had minor reservations like
oh man we've got you know three new guys
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coming in I don't really know them what
is this going to be like and um it has
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been it has been surprisingly refreshing
so
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just incredibly
impressed um with you all as individuals
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the cation that we had as a group so far
and um RT of what you've done tonight is
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just kudos to you kudos to you
congratulations Eddie thank you just uh
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and and and thank you all not only for
coming out but for
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participating being
respectful and um I I'm just incredibly
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optimistic the direction this Township
we got something going on our hands here
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let's let's do it the right way let's
make it happen
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absolutely
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absolutely like to thank everybody for
for being here and supporting this
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process I know it's aggravating
everybody has a lot of feelings about it
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um like to congratulate Eddie I look
forward to uh to working with you and uh
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moving moving this uh Township forward I
think everyone
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involved as Roger said you know has a
feeling for this toing and and I think
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no matter what we're going to move this
place
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forward and uh you know being here and
being as open and transparent as
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absolutely possible I think is a great
thing we don't all have to agree on
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everything and I think that uh probably
opened a lot of people's eyes on their
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feelings was uh who's who's all aligned
with one another so I think the the
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agenda of this board as a whole is
moving Bridgeport forward getting some
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things having things here supporting our
businesses and doing those those types
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of
things and healthy debates absolutely um
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Roberto I I do really appreciate you
breaking this St mate and moving us
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forward I think that really
ifies the reason that I
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stood for
you that was that was really a top
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notch
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all's ready what point of order we would
be waiting for time obviously
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but is it improper for me to ask when
and how that election committee vacancy
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is fed
and I don't want it I'm just asking for
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my clarity and if this isn't the right
form it's not
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you I mean I I didn't want to do it now
I just want to know itail
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okay uh do I have to make a motion to
put that on the next board meeting or we
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just
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okay you get a car you get a car you get
a
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car after this we have to have
self-driving cars oh
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Lord I'm not well the oath so just we'll
say all of the words and and we'll get
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through this and I'm sure that uh
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tonight are you prepared did you want
your
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wife say yeah I'm prepared I I have to
was know
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no point of order did you did you want
your wife and and friends and family
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present
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we not necessary okay you're not
declining now are
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you would you
like would you like to be in tonight or
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would you like to do it tomorrow or
another
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time uh it don't matter what is your
preference we can do tomorrow okay
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motion
toour mtion