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All right, good afternoon. We will call our meeting to order this Tuesday, March the 11th at 430. If you will stand with me for the invocation by Commissioner Malowai followed by our Pledge of Allegiance.

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We pray not for the power of your Holy Spirit to God our minds and hearts as we work on the

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business of the town of Virgo, and bless us having a father make the right decisions

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and send the blessings of the town and the people we serve.

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This we ask in Jesus' name, amen.

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I pledge allegiance to the Father of the United States of America and to the Republic for which

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All right.

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Thank you to all of you who was with us this afternoon.

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All right. We're going to go ahead and get started. Do we have an emotion to approve today's agenda?

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Second.

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Second.

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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All right.

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Also on your agenda approval of our consent agenda items, we have a motion to approve.

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So moved.

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Second.

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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Okay.

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All right.

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So that brings us to our special request and presentations this evening.

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We're going to begin by recognizing with a proclamation for Mr. Ray Ravenbark.

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We all know as Ray's Ray, who has officially retired, he decided one day he just was not going to go to work anymore and I'm good for him.

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So we want to do this proclamation in his honor. I'm going to read this, if you will.

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Whereas Mr. Ray Ravenbark, affectionately known as Razor Ray, has been a beloved fixture

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in the heart of downtown Burgall for decades, serving the community with dedication, skill,

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and genuine care through his work at Ideal Barbershop.

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And whereas his steady hands, welcome and smile and engaging conversations have made Ideal

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Barbershop not only a place for haircuts but a gathering space where friendships were forged,

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and stories of Burgall's rich history were shared.

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And whereas Ray's commitment to his craft

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and to the people of Burgall has left an indelible mark

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on all who had the pleasure of sitting in his barber chair,

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creating a legacy that will be cherished by generations.

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And whereas after many years of service to his profession

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and his community, Mr. Ray Ravenbark has chosen to retire,

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leaving behind the legacy of hard work, integrity,

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and the profound impact of small town kindness and dedication.

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And whereas Mr. Ray Ravenberg's presence in downtown Virgo will be deeply missed,

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but his influence will continue to resonate through the lives of those he has touched

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and the stories that will be told in the years to come.

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So now I therefore, now therefore I, Olivia Dawson, mayor of the town of Virgo,

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on behalf of the town council, town commissioners and the entire community,

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Do hereby extend our heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Ray Rabenbart for his many years of service and contribution to the spirit of our town, and we wish him all the best and his well-deserved retirement.

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So I herein to have set my hand and caused the seal of the town of Bergall to be affixed.

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the 18th of March 2025. So I'm reading it today and signing the

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proclamation but there will be a retirement celebration in his honor on March 18th.

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So we again wish him the best and he's looking forward to some rest and a

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little bit of traveling with his wife. So he will be missed. I know it's shocking to

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the town and see what takes place next in his shop there.

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All right.

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Next item we have is Arbor Day.

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We're going to have another proclamation to read, so I apologize for that.

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That is coming up and we'll have staff update us on some of those details, but I'm going

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to read this Arbor Day proclamation as well.

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So, whereas at 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that

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a special day be set aside for the planning of trees, and whereas the holiday called

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Arbor Day was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska,

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and whereas Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and whereas trees

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can reduce the erosion of our precious top soil by wind and water, lower our heating and

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cooling calls, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen, and provide habitat

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for wildlife.

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And whereas trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our

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fires, and countless other wood products.

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And whereas trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business

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areas, and beautify our community.

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And whereas trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual renewal.

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So now, therefore, I, Olivia Dawson, Mayor of the Town of Virgo, do hereby proclaim March

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21st, 2025 as Arbor Day.

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In the town of Virgo, and I urge all citizens to celebrate Arbor Day and to support efforts

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to protect our trees and woodlands.

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And further, I urge all citizens to plant and care for trees to glad in the heart and promote

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about the well-being of this and future generations to come.

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Data this 11th day of March, the year of 2025.

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So Jane, I will give us some of those details

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for our upcoming Arbor Day celebration.

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Yes, thank you.

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We just wanted to remind you guys

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of our upcoming Arbor Day festivities.

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Again, that's March 21st.

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At 10 a.m., we'll have a tree planting ceremony.

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That'll be a Southern Magnolia at Bergon Middle School.

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Again, that's at 10 o'clock

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and they're going to be planted by the gymnasium so back towards the back of

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the property between the park and the school and then our tree giveaway is going

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to be that Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 and we're doing pre-registration for

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trees that's going to be everyone has the choice of getting a great

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murder or a sky pencil holly any questions from the board all right questions

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thank you some marker calendars the 21st 10 a.m. and then again

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and register to claim your tree at 4 o'clock.

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Is that correct?

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Okay.

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Yeah, that's if you want to pick up the tree.

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All right.

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We have North Carolina Blueberry Festival,

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with Street Closure Request this evening.

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Afternoon Madam Mayor and Board of Commissioners.

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I'm here tonight to present to you Street Closure Request

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where the 2025 North Carolina Blueberry Festival

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We're joined our director, Mr. Crystal Bats and our president, Mr. Doug Kornicki.

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Street closures request are pretty much the same streets as in years past with some time

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differentials.

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I've provided you with a special event permit application in past and it's not really

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been provided for you but I wanted you to see a visual representation.

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This is the same information that was presented to the courthouse, working with a clerk

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the court and go into those street closures with the court system.

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If you refer to the very last page, that's the list of street closures being proposed

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and then the 5K street closures are not included in that but those chief hawk could probably

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provide you with a little more, we handle those differently.

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Those are just kind of temporarily closed for the 5K and then they open right back up

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as soon as it's over. But these are the ones that are generally stay closed throughout

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the whole day. And most of all street closures are closing at 10.30, 11 p.m. on Friday night

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after the concert. But the two to take note of specifically for this year is the closure

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of Fremont Street, which is the setups of the stage starting at 5 a.m., which is generally

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around when PD closes the road so closure a free month from right to Walker at 5 a.m. to set up

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the stage and some of those vendor tents but still leaving a travel lane for the business owners

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in there as well as

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Court House, personnel, and staffing. And then requesting to close the parking spaces on right

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street at 5 a.m. between courthouse avenue and Fremont to just hold those spots. And then

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at 12 o'clock p.m. close the entire length of right street in order to get vendors set

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up. And where we generally the blueberry festival gets itself in trouble with the courthouse

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in the town, perspective on right street is trying to get those food vendors in there. And

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when those food vendors come in just like Dylan with any mass body of people playing,

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playing, playing, and whatever thing can go wrong, can go wrong.

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So generally in the past when those food vendors come in, they clog up the street that's

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already open.

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So if I close in that street earlier, it allows those food vendors to get in there without

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causing a cluster with the traffic pattern.

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So that is a rationale for Wright Street, trying to close that a little earlier.

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We worked with the clerk once again to kind of meet in the middle.

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The clerk requested that we close at 12.

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That allows them from 8 to lunch to get their courthouse traffic in.

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That's when the bulk of folks show up on Fridays and then generally things start dying off as

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the day progresses.

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They have a new online system for filings, but the courthouse still has to remain open until 5.

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But once again, they've kind of met us in the middle to say mid day closure and they can work with us.

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And if they start seeing that things are freeing up throughout Friday too, start taking a little more at a time if they're not seeing a lot of stuff going on that day.

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But that's the main request for the streets. Am I missing anything?

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No.

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Looking at the date you got here June 14th, 15th.

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I'm sorry if that was the, it may be.

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14th, 14th, correct.

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No, there should be 20th and 21st, where are you seeing the, which page?

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On the last page over the bottom.

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On the top, first paragraph.

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I'm sorry, that's just a missed, missed.

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So 20th, 21st.

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Yes, sir, that's correct.

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I'm sorry, that's the type of.

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I thought it was always the third, sir.

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Yes, sir.

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Thank you.

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All

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right. Any questions and additional clarifications that might be needed?

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All right. With there being none, do we have a motion to accept the street closures as presented?

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So moved.

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Do I have a second?

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Second.

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All right. All in favor?

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All right.

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Just a clarification.

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None opposed, right?

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Okay. Thank you, Goady.

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And thank you, Blueberry Festival.

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Hard to believe it's time to plan for that already.

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Okay.

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Okay, next we have our Pender County Spring Festival that is coming up in May.

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They also have street closure requests, right, we have Mr. Ross here with us.

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I'm Ross Harrell and I am representing Pender County Spring Festival.

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The Spring Festival this year will be on the first Friday and first Saturday in May,

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which is the second and the third.

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The street closures that we are requesting for Friday are just Friday evening for the street dance.

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And that is right street between Courthouse Avenue and Fremont Street, leaving the Courthouse Avenue corner open.

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So that traffic can turn down courthouse avenue and keep right street open in front of the businesses it'll be open that evening.

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That's Friday evening.

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Saturday morning we would like to close right street from Wilmington street to Fremont street.

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Again, leaving the Fremont Street corner open, going south towards the post office.

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I'm sorry, right street open, going south towards the post office.

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And we would like to close Walker's, back up again, Fremont Street from right street to Walker Street and leave all of those intersections open for traffic.

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It's just the sections of street closed.

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Would like those closed early in the morning say six o'clock until probably about four in

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the afternoon, if that's possible.

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Okay, so Friday night starting at 5'30.

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5'30 would be great.

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Okay.

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And then you said Saturday morning at 6' or 6'30.

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6'30 is fine.

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It's just early.

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Okay. Yeah.

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And so that's all of all of rights, not all of right straight, but right straight by the courthouse and

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pretty much straight by the courthouse. You won't close. That's correct. Correct. Okay. All right. Any questions?

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For Ross, Mr. Hale. In the gorgeous ring festival.

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No, we do not need courthouse.

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All right, do we have a motion to approve these street closure requests?

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All right, all in favor?

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Okay, thank you so much.

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There are a couple other requests I'd like to make, and if this is not the appropriate time.

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But in the past, the town has provided trash cans for that day on the the courthouse and

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recycling cans, the rolling bins, and also picnic tables.

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And I wanted to, that the town brings over and sets up on the courthouse square,

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generally on Thursday or Friday, for the spring festival on Saturday.

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If that's possible, I would love that.

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And also, I wanted to find out about the electricity.

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the list, does that stay on?

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The electricity stayed on all the time,

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but I still like to go around the test where you want

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to make sure we don't have problems because it's

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months, but maybe some time.

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OK, but everything should be on.

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That's fine.

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And Rochelle wanted me to make note of the tent that

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will be on right street on the courthouse square.

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We'll have a locator coming in.

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And then it'll be a big event type 10 for the school art display, the school's art display.

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And we will have a locator come in to locate any underground utilities before we start driving

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steaks and making problems.

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Okay.

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As far as the tent goes and permission to use the square you've gone through the county.

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We're going back.

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So there will be in charge of that.

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The other request with the trash cans, picnic tables, electricity, does that all seem doable and okay, as usual, okay.

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So if you will work with Cody on that, is that okay by the board?

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Okay, all right, thank you all very much.

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Thank you so much, we appreciate it.

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Okay,

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so that brings us to our department idle, departmental items this afternoon.

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That finishes up with our special request and presentation.

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So we're going to start with IT.

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Hello, good afternoon, I'm Dustin McCullen, IT manager for the Tenantburg All.

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I just started, wanted to start off with a couple items.

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We had approximately 35 help desk requests and tickets that were resolved for the month of February.

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and also we wrapped up a project for our redesign of our website which rolled out in

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WinLive last week. So we encourage everybody to go over to burgaunc.gov and

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take a look at that and that concludes it. I pulled up the website today and it looked

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nice. So I haven't went through every page but I think it looks nice and a great start.

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Any more questions?

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Any more questions?

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All right.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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All right.

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Public works?

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Good afternoon, Mayor Commissioner.

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Good afternoon.

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Other than the weekly updates, I can't get no updates.

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No news.

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No additional items.

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Any questions from me?

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Do we have any questions for about works?

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Okay.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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All

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right.

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Fire Department.

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Good evening, everyone.

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one, Jonathan Fierce, each town of Virgo Fire Department.

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During the month of February, we responded to 67 calls for services as a little under kind

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of what we've been average and since I got here so that's good news for the community

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means they didn't need us quite as much, but we did respond to 12 fire related incidents

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during that time frame, a large portion of them being woods or grass type fires with the

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drought conditions, and we did also respond to three structural related fires as well.

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We also completed 230 hours of training during the month.

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Some of the training was actually conducted on an acquired structure that novant was

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kind enough to lend to us prior to it being demolished, where we were able to go over

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there and do some incident scenario type training, some engine company operations, and then

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the crew was able to go over there and do various different training objectives that did vertical

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ventilation training, search training, practice, recovery and rescue and down firefighters and other things like that.

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Also during the month of February we continue to grow the organization through our volunteer program.

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We brought on one new volunteer firefighter and one new junior firefighter.

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We actually have another junior firefighter application sitting on my desk right now that we hope to have on the department by April.

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And then we also implemented our ride-along program that is available to anyone, age 16 or over,

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which kind of falls in line with our same junior program, anyone under the age 18,

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that would like to do the ride-along, just as have parent consent and signature.

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This allows them to ride the fire truck, spend some time with us, see what we do, and kind of see what it's about,

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whether it's somebody that's interested in joining the fire department or maybe

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perhaps just a citizen that kind of wants to learn more about what does the

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fire department do or perhaps even some elected officials that would like to

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see what their fire department's doing. So we've debuted that program and already

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had a lot of strong interest. We've already had about four or five people reach

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out and ask about doing that. So we're real excited about that. Did anybody have any

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questions for me. I think that's a great opportunity. We'll have to take you up on it.

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We'd be glad to have you. All right. Thank you so much. Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

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All right. So we don't have facility and grounds. Okay. Parks, recreation, and tourism.

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Afternoon again. Before I jump into the West's trail of date shoot. All right. The clerks

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I'm not in the head, I'm doing it right, had a few other updates.

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Last night we attended the Pinder County Board meeting requesting funds on behalf of the

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foundation for the community splash pad.

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All that went very well and the county was very receptive to it.

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So we appreciate their cooperation.

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We got a very nice email from the county manager today thanking us for coming.

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So we appreciate that continued partnership with Pinder County.

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For our beautification board members on the town board, just let you know pressure washing is happening on Friday at the train depot and then working with Damon's crew to do some striping of some parking spots and some parking bumpers getting the depot looking nice before our mayor's gala at the end of the month. So thank you to Damon's group and we were $300 under budget for the beautification to just throw that out there.

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We met with GAF this morning, did a photo op and released our press release.

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We sent out some notification to the town board.

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GAF has contributed $10,000 to the Splashpad project, as well as the surfacing material

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through their street bond program, which was valued well over $20,000 to $30,000 in monetary

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contribution.

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So, we now have officially named our Splashpad, the GAF Community Splashpad.

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They were very excited and we were very excited and glad to be working with Gaff on this project, so that press release has gone out to the media today and hopefully sparks some further interest from our corporations to get involved with that project.

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Just to update you on another project, we're working with Trail Life, Mr. Peter Jergerson.

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He is working on Fitness Equipment.

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He's installing that as a Trail Project for similar to a Boy Scouts program.

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There's four fitness stations.

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He fabricated his self-stainless steel, working with Kilm Direct and some of our local businesses.

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Our Park Foundation is purchasing the mulch and playground borders to go with that Trail

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equipment.

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He's going to be installing that later in the month on the east side of trail right here at Ash Street Park in the triangle.

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And then our West Side Trail project obviously has fitness equipment on the west side.

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So we'll now have fitness equipment on the...

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Both sides of the trail for everybody to use. So, Peter is a very bright young man. He did all the community fundraising to get the materials for this project. So, we'll be notified in the board of when that ribbon cut and coming up and give Peter the round of applause he needs for his hard work. So, I will keep you posted on that. We did have a special events application. It was oversight on my behalf. So, please excuse me. The arts council has submitted a special events application to host.

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And concerts inside of D's Park, which is fine, we don't have a rental system for D's Park, we added them to the calendar.

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But they did request that when those concerts are going on, could they close Courthouse Avenue just for pedestrian traffic?

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So it's, and Mayor, please correct me if any time I find them wrong, but it's the closure of Courthouse Avenue from right to Dickerson or the alley.

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But I guess it doesn't matter.

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I mean, whatever can be accommodated is fine.

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They have closure, start time starting at 2 o'clock PM to 8 o'clock PM in those dates.

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Bear with me, there's a few of them.

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The second Friday.

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April 11th, May 9th and June 13th.

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The second.

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July 11th and August 8th.

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And I can repeat those again, I'm sorry.

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The second Friday of the month, April through August.

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So it's the same day as the classic car cruise ends that are already happening, yes, ma'am?

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They're going to have the ARTS Council open for bathroom facilities during that day.

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Okay.

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Yeah, but they were hosting the concert in the park.

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I believe there's some vendors own courthouse avenue like arts and crafts vendors and then

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the classic car shows going on on right street which we don't close anything for that.

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They just park in the available parking spaces.

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But once again, it's closure of courthouse avenue from right to the alley to the alley from 2 o'clock PM to 8 o'clock PM April 11th May 9th June 13th July 11th and August 8th.

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Any question on that request? Any questions or all

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right, do we have a motion to approve that request?

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So moved. Do I have a second? Second. All in favor?

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Okay, last item. It's been a long time coming on this one. Our west side trail and

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park screen, I've provided you with a budget worksheet. I've been working with the

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manager through this process and our contractor. We'll go through this. Our available

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balance as of today is $725,263.71. That includes the $200,000 that was allotted in

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last year's fiscal budget. The total, with the getting the pricing's back, environments

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unlimited for the construction of the trail and that this construction price includes

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cutting Fremont Street and Hay Street. So it's Fremont Street. What we're cutting is

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from McCullen all the way into Dickerson Street. And then from Hay Street, what we're cutting

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is from Pinder Memorial Park all the way down to the Railbed on Hay Street. That still allows

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connectivity from Clark Street through the park down McCullen all the way down to Bridger Street

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on this side of town which was a significant cut. It brought it from 2 million to 1.357.

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Play World preferred. We had already approved their quote but it's been almost a year since

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we've approved it and that that's not a significant change but a change of 1900 dollars

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And then Terry Spell Mechanical, that's the three sets of rapid flash and beacon similar to the ones down here in the triangle that will go across 53 pinder, pinderly and bridges where the split is down here.

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And then Smith Street, no, yes, Smith Street, where it crosses from Clark into Pinder Memorial Park.

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So that's for that. That was about a $10,000 increase and that was mostly due to current tariffs.

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So what's needed to complete the project at the current time is $692,844 and 20 cents.

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We've already spent $361,552 with design and getting things prepared in-house.

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If you go down to the bottom column, the original part of grant was for $886,816.

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You got your new project cost of $1.7 million.

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The part of free reimbursement is for the original contract cost of $443,408.

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There was ARPA funds from COVID money for $350,000 allotted to the project.

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The out-of-pocket expense total grant for the town would be $986,000.

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dollars. We're

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asking for this evening or the request to finish the project without

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cutting anything further $692,844.20.

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Okay. Is there any questions for Cody?

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Okay.

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So this

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is the request. Do we have a motion to approve this request? Do we have the funding?

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You large, large chunk, you can kind of fuck that up, do that.

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I think we need,

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you know, financing, you know, for, you know, something that would drastically reduce our number of fund balance.

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Drop that percentage really quickly.

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Correct. And we've already pulled out, I don't know, close to $300,000. If I'm not mistaken this year, I'm ready for this.

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I'll just have all the projects and do the projects. That would be a substantial gift to the fund balance.

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So is this do how soon is this do the six hundred like how much is needed all this was

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to yesterday yeah now correct on finance and we got to go through the state and some

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other things correct our

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problem here is time right then my question when it comes

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We don't have any more time to mess around with stuff we need to make a decision and move.

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We need to come to appreciate it, we can come to agreement, get it taken care of, because we've been put off for so long.

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And this needs to be good, it needs to be good.

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Way too long, we have way too long.

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I don't know anything about I mean the finance and how long that takes to get approval's back.

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The

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whole LGC approval bit and process you know it's if we can I think that the Mr.

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your GAMP, the measure, I think you had a good point as far as finding what threshold

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if it's even applicable that we can go about without going through the LGC process, not

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avoiding the LGC in the sense of only to execute this as quickly as possible if that makes sense.

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So preference would be, no, we don't want to tap in the phone dials very much.

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It may be very, it would be who of us really to just do a slight mix of things.

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We need to come back to the board very quickly on this.

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My question would be this, we've been pushing it and pushing it.

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And I did see the 69, 600 something thousand dollars.

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Yeah.

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We saw from last year the growth, the tariffs, whatever is going.

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If we look at moving this out to next year, no telling what it's going to be.

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We started off several years ago.

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We looked at it last year.

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We said, let's wait to this year.

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Now, we see the increase in materials, increase in everything, because as we prolong.

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Is there some other way that we can look at some kind of funding additional funding to at least start this and code you're stating that this needs to happen yesterday correct with the money correct?

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We can work very as quick as we can with getting the ins back.

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We can also go ahead and approve the funding out of fund balance, pending the approval of any type of financing and that sort of thing,

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so that we can go ahead and move the project forward with the contingency being coming out of fund balance.

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with our hopes to go ahead and be required with financing and pay for

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what other time these bills come due. We have the money in thumb out to cover it.

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So we can pledge the fund balance at this point

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and work towards over the next few weeks getting the proper

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documentation and all the four going

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and obtaining that service on this project.

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I think that's what we should do because this request has been here for some time.

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And we knew that there was a large amount that's going to be due, so.

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How savvy?

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Is that good?

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All right.

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There's a raise.

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There's a culture.

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There's a lot of other questions.

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Culture.

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So what is the fund balance taken out?

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$700,000.

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What's that percentage put us out?

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I mean, I don't have it right in front of me right now.

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But is that going to put us below the threshold for this?

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No.

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It will not.

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I got most certainly not most certainly.

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The motion which there hasn't been a motion made yet.

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Clear file manager was saying that contingency and other things.

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So are you saying that we're going to a lot of this only based upon getting financing.

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So if we don't pursue financing, we're on the vote for $400,000 in October to the state.

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And our completion is contract right.

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Well, you have had,

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excuse my frankness with this whole thing,

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this has been the last four years of me trying to get information,

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to get information, to get information, to reap it and reap it and to reap it

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and to be presenting the final information that we're talking about,

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to find it, I have no clue what to tell, to say what we're doing.

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Are we building the project, are we cutting portions of the project,

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are we finding it to the project?

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I mean, they're just eventually going to say,

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We don't want that, do you know?

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This is not been a last month to this month.

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This has been four straight years.

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It's going to cost us.

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It's going to cost us.

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It's going to be ready for this.

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It's going to cost us.

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And now we're here.

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And it's still going up.

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We're going up.

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We're going up.

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We're going up.

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Mr. Attorney, if we make a motion to the finance department and then we'll go ahead and

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work this out in this move forward, are we stepping out of bounds?

454
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:18,080
Yes.

455
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:18,880
Okay.

456
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:25,380
So, if your motion would have to be made, I mean, you call special meeting, you know, 48 hours

457
00:43:25,380 --> 00:43:31,800
notice, is the mayor or two commissioners at any point, but if you're going to a lot

458
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:38,800
692,000 fund balance, that has to be a formable motion and open meeting.

459
00:43:39,460 --> 00:43:45,600
And then of course approving any financing contracts, that's got to be approved in an open session.

460
00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:46,140
Okay.

461
00:43:54,550 --> 00:43:56,070
All right, what is the pleasure of the board?

462
00:44:00,310 --> 00:44:01,410
Let's move ahead and move forward.

463
00:44:04,710 --> 00:44:07,430
I mean, next year we're going to be talking about the same thing.

464
00:44:07,430 --> 00:44:11,210
I've been attending the meetings of wow, looking at this.

465
00:44:11,850 --> 00:44:17,210
And all it's doing is just increasing and increasing until the project disappears.

466
00:44:18,010 --> 00:44:25,670
And again, we've already submitted grant requesting that we're entire nine yards.

467
00:44:26,150 --> 00:44:28,890
And then we're going to start pulling back and then we're going to want something again later on.

468
00:44:29,110 --> 00:44:30,390
It seems like we're wishing Washington.

469
00:44:31,310 --> 00:44:34,750
So it does sound like a bunch of money and it is a bunch of money.

470
00:44:35,330 --> 00:44:38,370
But it's not going to get any better next year or the year after.

471
00:44:40,090 --> 00:44:45,990
And we've already got consensus from a lot of the town people that they want this to continue.

472
00:44:46,390 --> 00:44:47,750
I see this contribution.

473
00:44:48,110 --> 00:44:54,710
So it is on, you know, you to make someone to make a motion on what you would like to do.

474
00:44:54,710 --> 00:44:55,850
Yes, sure you won't be able to question.

475
00:44:55,990 --> 00:44:59,850
Cody, how confident are you that this project is going to be completed by the doctor?

476
00:45:00,580 --> 00:45:03,300
If the board says it's going to be.

477
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,200
If there's no.

478
00:45:14,340 --> 00:45:31,680
Because of weather. We need to draw for. I mean, if we, if we obtain the loan within this fiscal year prior to June 30th, then we'll be good.

479
00:45:34,550 --> 00:45:35,690
No, but the loan.

480
00:45:36,270 --> 00:45:37,530
I'm talking about loan here.

481
00:45:37,950 --> 00:45:39,510
Okay, so I think I'm correct here.

482
00:45:39,870 --> 00:45:43,830
Okay, so it shouldn't be all that challenging for us

483
00:45:43,830 --> 00:45:49,070
to, I don't believe, secure a loan as reputable as we are

484
00:45:49,430 --> 00:45:50,730
in this community and whatnot.

485
00:45:51,410 --> 00:45:52,470
It wouldn't take long at all.

486
00:45:52,650 --> 00:45:55,010
And there are two different ways of handling that

487
00:45:55,010 --> 00:45:55,850
and making that work.

488
00:45:56,510 --> 00:46:01,930
So as far as securing the money within this fiscal year,

489
00:46:02,250 --> 00:46:03,990
and making it kosher by the audit,

490
00:46:03,990 --> 00:46:11,910
by actually June 30th, not October 31st, then that's what we'll do, and that's a good idea.

491
00:46:15,670 --> 00:46:17,150
Okay, well, no.

492
00:46:18,130 --> 00:46:19,450
Anybody have any other questions?

493
00:46:19,610 --> 00:46:19,710
No.

494
00:46:20,990 --> 00:46:22,530
Additional comments, questions?

495
00:46:26,370 --> 00:46:26,830
Well,

496
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:50,840
this is something going on for years, and then we've got to get this project done.

497
00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:53,040
We've got to move forward with it.

498
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:56,860
No, I mean, I think we need to move forward.

499
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,960
Someone like to make a motion on how you'd like to move forward.

500
00:47:05,510 --> 00:47:07,290
In process, no matter.

501
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,780
My recommendation is to go into play, stun balance.

502
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,600
So go ahead and make a motion to appropriate the stun balance

503
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:22,800
in the amount of hours, 600, and 92 hours a week from it.

504
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:25,140
692,000, I think.

505
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:26,180
Correct.

506
00:47:26,180 --> 00:47:35,720
And then also, including that, wishing for us to seek funding opportunities in the

507
00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:43,180
form of debt service for a loan to basically cover the cost so that we're not pulling

508
00:47:43,180 --> 00:47:44,020
that out.

509
00:47:44,300 --> 00:47:51,860
But in some cases that we did not get the loan funding, which are very, very minute,

510
00:47:54,980 --> 00:47:56,420
then

511
00:47:56,420 --> 00:47:58,120
Again, the bomb balance would be-

512
00:47:58,120 --> 00:47:59,260
It's still coming out of unbalanced.

513
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:00,460
Right.

514
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:01,020
Okay.

515
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:02,260
All right.

516
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:05,820
With this recommendation on the table,

517
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:07,760
do we have a motion to approve?

518
00:48:09,380 --> 00:48:09,860
Summon.

519
00:48:10,700 --> 00:48:11,700
Do we have a second?

520
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:12,340
Second.

521
00:48:12,860 --> 00:48:13,460
All in favor?

522
00:48:13,860 --> 00:48:14,020
Aye.

523
00:48:14,420 --> 00:48:14,960
Any opposed?

524
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:18,780
Right.

525
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:20,660
So, Cody, we want you to move forward.

526
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:22,160
Hi, Nancy.

527
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:28,220
And tell manager will work on the additional details to make sure

528
00:48:28,220 --> 00:48:29,220
for that good's taking care of.

529
00:48:29,300 --> 00:48:31,380
Call Mr. Cochran, tell him to get busy tomorrow.

530
00:48:33,300 --> 00:48:34,180
All right.

531
00:48:34,380 --> 00:48:34,800
Thank you, Cody.

532
00:48:41,340 --> 00:48:41,760
Okay.

533
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:43,620
So that brings us to Planning Department.

534
00:48:44,820 --> 00:48:45,700
All right.

535
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:46,280
Good evening.

536
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:48,000
I'm Ron Meredith.

537
00:48:48,140 --> 00:48:49,040
I'm with the Planning Department.

538
00:48:50,240 --> 00:48:51,440
So just a few things.

539
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,260
Just to hit off the 10,000-foot view.

540
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:56,180
Next week's Planning Board.

541
00:48:56,780 --> 00:48:59,080
So we have the Council of the February Planning Board,

542
00:48:59,580 --> 00:49:00,500
because the Inclimate Weather,

543
00:49:00,780 --> 00:49:02,580
we have a Conditional Zoning for a

544
00:49:02,580 --> 00:49:08,460
A bar, et cetera, tighten use has defined by the table permitted uses.

545
00:49:08,660 --> 00:49:15,980
We also have a proposed chapter going in the UDO for a wellhead protection overlay district.

546
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:23,040
This basically just does a 150 foot buffer away from each of the wellheads that we have

547
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:25,980
so we can cop, protect, or water quality in town.

548
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:42,330
Also, their UDO is still in progress, as you may know, it will probably be until that Senate bill 382 is settled that you all made a motion for a resolution last time.

549
00:49:43,290 --> 00:49:54,150
There has also been quite a few calls about development, some of them on some future forespanings and stuff like that coming in, so growth is on the edge just to give you all heads up.

550
00:49:54,150 --> 00:50:00,850
You may have seen or heard that the rain garden meeting is tomorrow, so everybody's welcome

551
00:50:00,850 --> 00:50:01,230
to come.

552
00:50:02,090 --> 00:50:09,170
3-5 is going to be internal, and then 5-30-7 will be an external for stakeholders.

553
00:50:10,590 --> 00:50:15,570
But I believe we're going to provide a link so that you can watch it remotely if you choose

554
00:50:15,570 --> 00:50:16,130
to do so.

555
00:50:17,730 --> 00:50:23,130
Also, in your planning board package is a resolution for a sidewalk grant.

556
00:50:23,130 --> 00:50:32,110
So through some of the latest NCDOT meetings that I've gone to, and I believe Mayor Dawson's gone to Mr.

557
00:50:32,250 --> 00:50:39,290
Reurivenbark as well, we learned about opportunities for sidewalk or motting modal grant opportunities.

558
00:50:39,510 --> 00:50:45,150
So I reached out to the colleague fairly quick and jumped on that, I very had one meeting with them.

559
00:50:45,570 --> 00:50:50,390
They're filling out the application for us now as we speak, and it is a match.

560
00:50:50,390 --> 00:50:52,150
It's like a 5% to 10% match.

561
00:50:52,730 --> 00:51:00,410
I think that can still be worked in with the budget that I propose to you all during the CIP process a few weeks back.

562
00:51:00,930 --> 00:51:06,410
There might need to be some massaging just to bump it up a little bit, $5,000 or so.

563
00:51:07,210 --> 00:51:10,970
But I think it should be good.

564
00:51:11,970 --> 00:51:14,790
But what this is going to take, it's not going to rewrite a plan.

565
00:51:14,790 --> 00:51:23,470
It's going to take the existing plan, which I believe was approved in 2015, and it's going to build off of that and identify some projects.

566
00:51:24,010 --> 00:51:31,550
So we'll be able to go in and locate those projects and kind of have some trouble ready projects. It sounds like so.

567
00:51:33,130 --> 00:51:40,310
And that's planning from 10,000-foot view. Just to give you a heads up, we have had a number of violations.

568
00:51:42,210 --> 00:51:48,850
If you guys are driving on 53 out of town, you'll notice that one of the violations has

569
00:51:48,850 --> 00:51:53,750
been cleaned up pretty well across the street from Creamsbrute Road on the northern side,

570
00:51:54,270 --> 00:52:00,930
which looks great to give thanks to Donna for working with all the violators to make

571
00:52:00,930 --> 00:52:04,190
sure that they're brought in the compliance to each violation that comes in.

572
00:52:04,270 --> 00:52:08,270
We're going to do an investigation, no matter if it's internal complaint or external or

573
00:52:08,270 --> 00:52:10,890
or whatever, but we want to make sure that we look

574
00:52:10,890 --> 00:52:13,070
and help the people come into compliance

575
00:52:13,070 --> 00:52:14,910
and make the town look good and everything.

576
00:52:15,230 --> 00:52:17,970
So also the tree that was ever by the middle school

577
00:52:17,970 --> 00:52:20,630
was cleaned up as well if I didn't mention that last time.

578
00:52:22,850 --> 00:52:26,290
And we're maintaining a level of about 15

579
00:52:26,290 --> 00:52:29,350
or so violations at this point from a zoning standpoint.

580
00:52:31,770 --> 00:52:33,450
Very good, thank you for taking care of those.

581
00:52:34,090 --> 00:52:35,330
Any questions for Ron?

582
00:52:35,330 --> 00:52:35,410
Ron?

583
00:52:35,670 --> 00:52:37,030
Ron, I'd like to thank you.

584
00:52:37,210 --> 00:52:41,590
I spoke to you briefly on the West Side and I've seen you drive through in a matter of

585
00:52:41,590 --> 00:52:45,810
two weeks, about three times, three or four different times and it's good to see, you

586
00:52:45,810 --> 00:52:52,230
know, others from the, I guess the pick house, if you will, up front, to come down there and

587
00:52:52,230 --> 00:52:59,570
look at that side of town, too, because we are part of the town of Bergau and much attention

588
00:52:59,570 --> 00:53:04,350
needs to be looked at over there as we do the entire town.

589
00:53:04,350 --> 00:53:13,850
So I appreciate you, you know, you're driving through and looking at some of the issues that we have been trying to get settled now.

590
00:53:14,190 --> 00:53:14,970
So thank you.

591
00:53:15,910 --> 00:53:16,230
I appreciate that.

592
00:53:16,890 --> 00:53:17,430
All right.

593
00:53:17,690 --> 00:53:19,050
I do have a request.

594
00:53:19,990 --> 00:53:20,890
Assign suite.

595
00:53:21,270 --> 00:53:22,170
Is that on yells radar?

596
00:53:22,570 --> 00:53:22,790
Yes.

597
00:53:23,330 --> 00:53:23,530
Okay.

598
00:53:23,770 --> 00:53:25,230
Probably this Friday.

599
00:53:25,530 --> 00:53:27,570
We're working on planning board packets right now.

600
00:53:27,810 --> 00:53:28,070
Assign.

601
00:53:28,210 --> 00:53:28,510
I mean, yeah.

602
00:53:28,510 --> 00:53:34,770
And those should be out when they serve a few areas that's getting a little thick on signs.

603
00:53:36,910 --> 00:53:40,350
Before we prove the resolution, any more questions for planning department?

604
00:53:41,290 --> 00:53:45,250
All right, do we have a motion to approve this resolution request supporting the Town of

605
00:53:45,250 --> 00:53:48,490
Burgos, a multimodal planning grant program application?

606
00:53:49,170 --> 00:53:51,010
So I'm going to have a second.

607
00:53:51,210 --> 00:53:51,630
A second.

608
00:53:52,130 --> 00:53:52,630
All in favor?

609
00:53:53,110 --> 00:53:53,610
Okay.

610
00:53:53,930 --> 00:53:54,410
Okay, good.

611
00:53:54,810 --> 00:53:55,610
I'm excited about that.

612
00:53:55,790 --> 00:53:56,090
Thank you.

613
00:53:56,090 --> 00:53:56,970
All

614
00:53:59,820 --> 00:54:01,640
right, building and inspections.

615
00:54:05,240 --> 00:54:08,840
Everyone, Lewis Hessey with the Building Inspections Department.

616
00:54:09,820 --> 00:54:13,500
We continue to stay very busy, not a lot of exciting news.

617
00:54:13,980 --> 00:54:21,160
Other than what I've told you in the past, the Law Enforcement Center and Health and Human Services is moving along very rapidly.

618
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:26,340
We are doing easily too a day at each one of those and sometimes more.

619
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:31,820
and each inspection, take you a good 30 minutes to an hour, depending on what it is.

620
00:54:32,300 --> 00:54:33,560
But that's all going smoothly.

621
00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:36,920
Novant has about five projects going on right now.

622
00:54:37,100 --> 00:54:38,600
You heard about the demolition.

623
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:40,600
They've got a boiler project.

624
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:44,420
They've got the reg or the renovations of the second floor.

625
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:48,080
Now the first floor has been approved for total occupancy of the first floor.

626
00:54:48,580 --> 00:54:50,880
Second floor should be in the next couple of weeks.

627
00:54:52,060 --> 00:54:54,240
They've got an infusion project's been permitted,

628
00:54:54,240 --> 00:55:02,200
which is the old DMV home that was back on the parking lot there, close us to the helicopter pad.

629
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,000
That's been permitted in and is on the way.

630
00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:11,440
And then the ERHVAC big project is being replaced on there.

631
00:55:13,540 --> 00:55:20,340
Black River is where expansion is going smoothly, but all deli is continuing on.

632
00:55:20,340 --> 00:55:25,000
Bagel King finally got their first inspections so we're really excited that's that's taken off

633
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:32,720
We have a hardest and builders behind white tractor is if you can look behind there

634
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:36,240
You'll see a lot of trees down so it's getting cleared out and that should be

635
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:41,400
Come along good as we come out of the spring and the trees start to draw

636
00:55:44,020 --> 00:55:50,200
Thank goodness that Ivy is as young and he is he's been spending just about seven days a week for every week

637
00:55:50,340 --> 00:55:53,060
in some kind of class with just a little bit of break here

638
00:55:53,060 --> 00:55:56,020
and there he'll be gone for the next three weeks still.

639
00:55:56,740 --> 00:55:58,640
We can see leaves on Wednesday afternoon

640
00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:01,940
and comes back on Sunday and starts back Monday morning.

641
00:56:02,660 --> 00:56:07,180
So he is finishing up his, all of his level three classes

642
00:56:07,180 --> 00:56:09,500
so hopefully we'll be testing here

643
00:56:09,500 --> 00:56:13,580
and somewhere around June area and top out.

644
00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:16,020
And that's about it.

645
00:56:17,080 --> 00:56:21,500
All right, very good. Any questions for Lewis in their department?

646
00:56:22,180 --> 00:56:23,040
I have a question.

647
00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:28,420
The final form, if I count the numbers back right, right street,

648
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:33,220
plus its 509, next to

649
00:56:33,220 --> 00:56:39,760
it is 505. It was in your little while back about the Robinson things. At house now, if

650
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,300
you look at it, the roof is beginning to cave in on it.

651
00:56:43,540 --> 00:56:48,960
Yes, that one is one that really wasn't even on the radar to begin with.

652
00:56:49,180 --> 00:56:55,960
It had a tarp on the roof, they came in, they came up with a great plan of how they were

653
00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:59,020
going to renovate it and what they were going to have done by this date and what they're

654
00:56:59,020 --> 00:57:00,420
going to have done by that date.

655
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:09,840
It didn't work out, gave it some other plan and it has not done anything either and that

656
00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:17,000
is one that, and we haven't been as hot and heavy on those right now as we have been

657
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:21,880
in the past because we've got a new planner, a new community development coordinator,

658
00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:26,720
a new inspector, tons of development, we've just been, we've been strung out as far as

659
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:31,860
we can go. So we have been trying for Donna can back me up on this, we have been trying

660
00:57:31,860 --> 00:57:37,680
for several weeks to get out and get the fire started back under all these again, but

661
00:57:37,680 --> 00:57:42,700
it has not worked out. We've got walk-ins all the time when we're doing, we're

662
00:57:42,700 --> 00:57:48,620
staying real busy, but it is things are leveling out. Again, Tommy does help us,

663
00:57:48,700 --> 00:57:54,340
but we've got Ivy out two and a half days a week and then I'll be out and it's

664
00:57:54,340 --> 00:57:59,420
coming, I've got a little procedure to do and be out for about a week. So there's a

665
00:57:59,420 --> 00:58:04,860
lot of things going on. It is not forgotten and we have been trying to make it into

666
00:58:04,860 --> 00:58:06,660
to do the schedule for several weeks.

667
00:58:07,060 --> 00:58:08,540
Do we have a timeframe?

668
00:58:09,460 --> 00:58:11,660
We do not have a timeframe now.

669
00:58:11,820 --> 00:58:15,340
I'd say the timeframe would probably start somewhere

670
00:58:15,340 --> 00:58:18,240
in April once we get through all the schooling,

671
00:58:18,900 --> 00:58:21,060
all the other things that we're out for here and there

672
00:58:21,060 --> 00:58:23,520
because right now in order for the ones

673
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:26,080
that are still staying in office to keep up with things,

674
00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:27,340
there's not much time.

675
00:58:27,820 --> 00:58:30,540
So hopefully come somewhere around the first of April,

676
00:58:30,540 --> 00:58:33,180
we'll have everybody back to where we're nobody's

677
00:58:33,180 --> 00:58:35,720
taking off and going places and we'll be back in gear.

678
00:58:35,860 --> 00:58:39,720
Again, we've got a new planner, a new community development

679
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:42,160
coordinator, a new inspector, tons of projects.

680
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:46,020
It's just kind of like really, really stretched out.

681
00:58:48,180 --> 00:58:50,160
Not forgotten, we've had a lot of progress.

682
00:58:50,780 --> 00:58:51,800
We've had a lot of success.

683
00:58:52,100 --> 00:58:53,920
There's a lot of new houses where old houses were.

684
00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:56,060
We know there's still something to be done.

685
00:58:56,380 --> 00:58:57,680
We're proud of what's been done

686
00:58:57,680 --> 00:58:59,440
and we know there's work more to be done.

687
00:59:00,140 --> 00:59:01,300
Can I ask a quick question?

688
00:59:01,300 --> 00:59:08,760
And many, many years ago, was there a program that Virgo had when there were homes that assisted

689
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:12,720
in replacing homes or not?

690
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:14,320
Obviously, it was a CVD grant.

691
00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:19,580
Not through the town of Virgo, the Pinder County handled those when they were offered

692
00:59:19,580 --> 00:59:26,200
and we have had probably close to a dozen projects that were done in town, but we don't

693
00:59:26,200 --> 00:59:27,200
handle them ourselves.

694
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:30,720
We pretty much permit them, inspect them and move on.

695
00:59:30,740 --> 00:59:32,940
It was being done in Berghall, but probably handled by the county.

696
00:59:33,260 --> 00:59:36,280
Okay, I was curious, I didn't know as many years ago, but.

697
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:43,020
Right, there's probably been, it's probably been two, three years since the last one was done.

698
00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:48,880
There's, they're usually pretty small, you know, even right now some of the houses down

699
00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:54,120
right street are getting other kinds of funding for what's there, what's going in.

700
00:59:54,900 --> 00:59:59,960
I don't want to tell you which ones they are, but some of them are getting assistance as well, so maybe not too much.

701
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:13,840
Thank you for the grant program, but through North Carolina housing North Carolina rebuild and that kind of stuff. Thank you. Good to know sir. All right. Thank you. All right. Any additional questions? Thank you. Thank you.

702
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:20,080
All right. Finance Department.

703
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:44,380
The finance office has been busy with preparing for the audit. We're actually very well underway in communicating with our auditors.

704
01:00:44,380 --> 01:00:50,840
had they've provided the list where we slowly collect all the information that's needed

705
01:00:50,840 --> 01:00:58,380
and so on and accessing their portal and to my understanding this might be among our

706
01:00:58,380 --> 01:01:01,360
earlier times of beginning the other process.

707
01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:06,980
I could be wrong but that's just my understanding and that's if that's true, that's just wonderful.

708
01:01:08,580 --> 01:01:11,100
So it comes with a

709
01:01:13,950 --> 01:01:17,670
challenge, and that's more for me on my end, coming in.

710
01:01:17,970 --> 01:01:23,850
Again, that geyser is just going strong, and even though it's still drinking from it,

711
01:01:25,190 --> 01:01:30,730
assessing everything from within the finance office to the way in which we operate just in general.

712
01:01:31,430 --> 01:01:37,150
And all of that is to help us prepare for the audit and the budget.

713
01:01:37,150 --> 01:01:42,590
So, when it comes to assessing, we're looking at all of our asset lines, our liability

714
01:01:42,590 --> 01:01:46,730
lines, our revenue lines, our expansion lines, we're seeing how all of those line lines and

715
01:01:46,730 --> 01:01:51,530
everything correlate to certain reports and whatnot. And again, all of this assessment that we're

716
01:01:51,530 --> 01:02:02,150
doing also leads to and makes a difference with departments. And so, soon we'll be having our

717
01:02:02,150 --> 01:02:10,410
quarterly departmental budget reviews, and that's something where that helps us with

718
01:02:10,410 --> 01:02:14,170
the audit and it helps us with the budget process.

719
01:02:14,890 --> 01:02:20,210
It just ensures that all of the line items and whatnot are things being posted to or

720
01:02:20,210 --> 01:02:25,930
all of the transactions are being posted to each line item properly.

721
01:02:26,530 --> 01:02:28,010
And if not, that's fine.

722
01:02:28,810 --> 01:02:34,310
We can do the proper adjustment journal entry to go ahead and move the money around.

723
01:02:35,210 --> 01:02:38,370
And again, the auditors are going to be good with it.

724
01:02:38,610 --> 01:02:39,110
They're going to be happy.

725
01:02:39,710 --> 01:02:44,890
And it makes it cleaner when it comes to the budget as we all review it and

726
01:02:44,890 --> 01:02:51,490
that we're actually reviewing true proper, again, numbers, often can't say proper.

727
01:02:51,810 --> 01:02:55,850
Well, okay, anyways, it's just a good thing, okay?

728
01:02:55,850 --> 01:02:56,610
That's what it is.

729
01:02:57,530 --> 01:03:01,630
So it helps, again, looking forward to this,

730
01:03:01,910 --> 01:03:04,150
getting that going, and it's going to be wonderful.

731
01:03:05,150 --> 01:03:10,630
So that is where we are at,

732
01:03:10,790 --> 01:03:13,010
that is more or less also where I am at,

733
01:03:13,310 --> 01:03:15,390
because there is a lot, again,

734
01:03:15,590 --> 01:03:17,290
that I do need to take in,

735
01:03:17,450 --> 01:03:19,150
and there are configuration matters

736
01:03:19,150 --> 01:03:20,870
that need to be addressed.

737
01:03:21,730 --> 01:03:23,610
It's nothing terribly severe,

738
01:03:23,810 --> 01:03:25,010
nothing that we can't resolve,

739
01:03:25,970 --> 01:03:34,710
there are good things and there are always things like anything that just needs to be addressed and that's what's happening.

740
01:03:35,130 --> 01:03:45,390
So, there's a lot going on. Again, the budget, the audit and ensuring that our books are proper and clean.

741
01:03:45,990 --> 01:03:47,130
So there you go. I love that word tonight.

742
01:03:47,650 --> 01:03:47,690
Okay.

743
01:03:47,690 --> 01:03:49,430
So, you've been with us a month now, correct?

744
01:03:50,030 --> 01:03:50,630
Yes, ma'am.

745
01:03:51,150 --> 01:03:52,120
Yes, ma'am.

746
01:03:52,120 --> 01:04:01,460
getting acquainted. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've been drowned. Drowned. We understand. But enjoying it. Yeah,

747
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:06,700
much again, right? Any questions for Hans or the finance department? No, I just got

748
01:04:06,700 --> 01:04:12,800
confused who get it done. I just, if something happens and we don't meet our deadline, we need to

749
01:04:12,800 --> 01:04:16,880
know about it beforehand instead of getting caught right with the last year or year before

750
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:21,820
We just need to make sure stuff is submitted on the timely facts.

751
01:04:22,340 --> 01:04:23,660
Good to hear it thoroughly.

752
01:04:24,180 --> 01:04:24,600
Yeah, okay.

753
01:04:24,840 --> 01:04:28,120
And the LGC did change the ruling this year.

754
01:04:28,520 --> 01:04:29,280
How does it work to?

755
01:04:30,080 --> 01:04:30,600
For ever?

756
01:04:30,980 --> 01:04:32,300
I'm not sure with 31st.

757
01:04:32,580 --> 01:04:37,620
Now that it's going to be similar to 31st because of the complexity and the timeframe

758
01:04:37,620 --> 01:04:38,120
form.

759
01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:41,500
They were having a lot of people with like all of it.

760
01:04:41,500 --> 01:04:45,420
So they said that deadline to be somewhere 30 versus technically the

761
01:04:45,420 --> 01:04:47,880
morning is not new until December 30th.

762
01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:51,140
I would love to see it submitted for me.

763
01:04:52,400 --> 01:04:53,120
Stick to that.

764
01:04:53,300 --> 01:04:55,360
I wrote down myself some grace there.

765
01:04:56,180 --> 01:04:57,400
Right. Wonderful.

766
01:04:57,720 --> 01:04:59,100
The transparency will be there.

767
01:04:59,660 --> 01:05:00,040
Thank you.

768
01:05:00,440 --> 01:05:02,060
Thank you. All right.

769
01:05:02,160 --> 01:05:02,840
Any questions?

770
01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:04,360
All right.

771
01:05:04,540 --> 01:05:05,100
Thank you so much.

772
01:05:05,180 --> 01:05:05,680
Appreciate it.

773
01:05:05,680 --> 01:05:05,820
All right.

774
01:05:05,880 --> 01:05:07,860
That this time we'll take a five minute break.

775
01:05:07,860 --> 01:05:10,780
If you need to sign up for public forum, please do so.

776
01:05:10,780 --> 01:05:13,320
and we'll resume again in about five minutes.

777
01:11:35,720 --> 01:11:37,520
We have Mr. John Johnson.

778
01:11:40,390 --> 01:11:40,990
Hi.

779
01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:49,960
I'm John Johnson.

780
01:11:50,160 --> 01:11:52,360
I live at 200 sub-dickers street here in Bergeron.

781
01:11:52,520 --> 01:11:53,500
I think everyone knows me.

782
01:11:54,060 --> 01:11:59,040
I am here to speak about two issues.

783
01:11:59,580 --> 01:12:05,400
One is, this should be a really, very minor issue with a really, really cheap resolution

784
01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:07,980
and the other, I'm not so sure about.

785
01:12:07,980 --> 01:12:13,180
But let me begin, if I can approach with mayor's permission,

786
01:12:21,430 --> 01:12:24,450
someone

787
01:12:40,480 --> 01:12:41,820
from the town's

788
01:12:41,820 --> 01:12:47,000
landscaping department came over near my house at the corner of Freemont and Dickerson

789
01:12:47,380 --> 01:12:52,800
to do some work with the two holly trees there, right there facing Freemont's tree.

790
01:12:53,360 --> 01:13:00,320
And they dug around the trees to expose the flare with the purpose of the intent to allow

791
01:13:00,320 --> 01:13:01,980
the trees to grow better.

792
01:13:03,840 --> 01:13:10,020
But in the process of doing that, they uncovered, as you can see here, if you pass those

793
01:13:10,020 --> 01:13:19,820
pictures down and the little jar with the samples, they exposed maybe thousands of these

794
01:13:19,820 --> 01:13:24,660
little sharp brick charts, little tiny brick charts.

795
01:13:24,660 --> 01:13:31,320
And at one time, I think all the trees in downtown had that red brick covering around

796
01:13:31,320 --> 01:13:33,120
them for, you know, appearance.

797
01:13:33,760 --> 01:13:37,900
And later, it was removed, and here I think it was covered up with dirt.

798
01:13:38,380 --> 01:13:44,820
But when the town personnel came over to excavate that area, you can see the holes that they

799
01:13:44,820 --> 01:13:57,140
goes around. They expose and spread the sharp, sharp, it's a brick. All of my concern is

800
01:13:57,140 --> 01:14:04,720
is at beginning in about a month, it'll be time to begin mulling the grass. And anybody

801
01:14:04,720 --> 01:14:11,320
has ever mowed the grass, they know that the lawn mower will suck up material, it spins

802
01:14:11,320 --> 01:14:14,980
ends around robust and then is ejected on the side.

803
01:14:16,480 --> 01:14:20,180
And in this particular space, which is right in the middle

804
01:14:20,180 --> 01:14:22,760
of downtown, you can see from the picture's cars apart

805
01:14:22,760 --> 01:14:26,060
with just a very few feet of this work.

806
01:14:27,100 --> 01:14:31,700
Some of these thousands of very sharp particles

807
01:14:31,700 --> 01:14:35,620
are going to strike the cars, but worse yet,

808
01:14:36,200 --> 01:14:38,560
if it strikes a person, this is what

809
01:14:38,560 --> 01:14:41,700
to call it very, very serious injury.

810
01:14:42,300 --> 01:14:43,380
Now, I'm heavily insured.

811
01:14:44,560 --> 01:14:46,560
I'm sure the town is heavily insured.

812
01:14:47,380 --> 01:14:50,460
But regardless of that, if somebody has their eye put out,

813
01:14:50,680 --> 01:14:51,960
nothing can replace that.

814
01:14:53,720 --> 01:14:59,500
So my request for the town is for a motion to send

815
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:14,480
Now, first I'll back out and carefully rate, screen, and pick up all of this debris, dangerous debris that have been recently discovered just causing no public problems.

816
01:15:16,940 --> 01:15:28,900
And feel these, feel these little pieces of debris. They're sharp and they're little. Those are some that I picked up about two handspoles this morning, wash them, you know, so you can see them and dried them.

817
01:15:28,900 --> 01:15:37,460
So bring them so you can see for yourself the actual threat of these tiny little things may cause if a law more picks them up

818
01:15:37,460 --> 01:15:43,820
And hurls it like a slingshot to hit the car hit somebody in the face. It's a problem

819
01:15:45,120 --> 01:15:53,160
So I'm asking for the board to have a motion to have this cleaned up as quickly as possible. I don't think that we need a motion

820
01:15:53,160 --> 01:15:58,280
But we we will make sure that landscaping crew and our guys

821
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:04,920
Our staff will get that up. I don't know that we probably all want to know that how sharp they were

822
01:16:05,580 --> 01:16:12,240
Because they do can look like mulch. Yeah, but something I think that even beyond just covering that area

823
01:16:13,160 --> 01:16:16,220
They need to be picked up because they won't come exposed again

824
01:16:16,220 --> 01:16:20,280
Eventually, and they're not just in the town right away, but the trees are

825
01:16:20,280 --> 01:16:28,420
So there's run sling out into my yard, right? Yeah, so it's not a wide area, but it's significant enough

826
01:16:28,900 --> 01:16:32,820
that it's a danger and a real concern and it says,

827
01:16:32,820 --> 01:16:34,280
I'm the one that cuts the grass here.

828
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:36,620
I can't remember the town ever cutting the grass

829
01:16:36,620 --> 01:16:38,540
in this right way, and I cut it.

830
01:16:38,660 --> 01:16:40,420
And the only text is a couple of minutes.

831
01:16:41,440 --> 01:16:44,900
But it scares the daylight set of me

832
01:16:44,900 --> 01:16:48,760
that I may accidentally cause a problem

833
01:16:48,760 --> 01:16:52,080
through this arrow.

834
01:16:52,420 --> 01:16:54,060
Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

835
01:16:54,920 --> 01:16:55,560
Second item.

836
01:16:56,040 --> 01:16:57,440
I don't know how expensive this would be,

837
01:16:57,440 --> 01:16:58,020
but if

838
01:17:00,900 --> 01:17:13,180
you will look at this, I was here in April, not here in Iraq, but April of 2022,

839
01:17:14,460 --> 01:17:26,540
to speak about big 18-wheel trucks parking in downtown Virgo, and I was speaking of how

840
01:17:26,540 --> 01:17:34,100
It was an impediment for visitors or patrons of businesses to park downtown because

841
01:17:34,100 --> 01:17:37,680
one big truck would take up maybe four or five car spaces.

842
01:17:38,820 --> 01:17:44,040
And they're also driving up as a turn apart upon the sidewalk.

843
01:17:44,840 --> 01:17:50,040
And so I brought a photograph of where the sidewalk actually had been crushed and broken.

844
01:17:50,040 --> 01:17:57,820
and to also request through this proof that it actually was occurring that the town would

845
01:17:57,820 --> 01:18:00,540
replace that piece of sidewalk.

846
01:18:01,040 --> 01:18:03,400
There are four squares that are affected.

847
01:18:04,940 --> 01:18:15,460
That was in 2022, 23, 24, and now we're in 25, and we're in the middle of a sidewalk

848
01:18:15,460 --> 01:18:20,720
We're placing a program, and that problem is not even on the schedule.

849
01:18:22,900 --> 01:18:23,960
May I address that, please?

850
01:18:24,380 --> 01:18:24,900
Yes, please.

851
01:18:25,160 --> 01:18:28,340
And this was an item on my agenda to bring up this event.

852
01:18:28,520 --> 01:18:35,940
So this is involved in the water replacement and that line in the American China as well,

853
01:18:36,640 --> 01:18:45,220
that is currently in the permitting stage with the DQ to have that line replaced, and with

854
01:18:45,220 --> 01:18:49,700
that the entire sidewalk and that block is scheduled to be replaced but we have to do

855
01:18:49,700 --> 01:18:54,100
it in conjunction with the waterline. So there's the waterline in place in any fan?

856
01:18:54,480 --> 01:18:56,760
Okay. Do we have a timeline on?

857
01:19:01,700 --> 01:19:07,140
Well that's great and I appreciate that. Sooner we could have done the better. But if you

858
01:19:07,140 --> 01:19:14,680
If you look at this, this is the only crack in broken concrete on any sidewalk in downtown

859
01:19:14,680 --> 01:19:15,200
Burrow.

860
01:19:15,820 --> 01:19:22,500
It is the only broken, broken, cracked sidewalk in concrete in the central businesses.

861
01:19:23,280 --> 01:19:28,140
It is the only broken and crushed sidewalk on the walking bridge.

862
01:19:28,660 --> 01:19:33,200
Plus, it is only concrete that is probably not ADA compliant.

863
01:19:33,620 --> 01:19:39,420
And the fact that it's been ignored from 2020 to 2003,

864
01:19:39,700 --> 01:19:42,040
you've asked before, and after that's the way you thought it,

865
01:19:42,280 --> 01:19:46,140
you'll have done just data software art.

866
01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:48,860
Well, I would say it may have gotten a real look before,

867
01:19:49,020 --> 01:19:51,160
but it does appear to be on our radar right now.

868
01:19:51,360 --> 01:19:52,960
So do we have a timeline, though,

869
01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:55,720
of when we can try to estimate that that pipe will be replaced?

870
01:19:56,720 --> 01:19:59,100
You said you had a contractor look at it recently.

871
01:19:59,100 --> 01:20:02,720
As a permanent issue yet, I know it was in reduced days.

872
01:20:05,160 --> 01:20:07,700
So we're looking at a couple months maybe?

873
01:20:08,180 --> 01:20:10,560
It takes, they can take the DQ.

874
01:20:10,580 --> 01:20:11,340
I know, DQ.

875
01:20:11,960 --> 01:20:12,520
We

876
01:20:15,760 --> 01:20:16,880
can schedule the project.

877
01:20:20,620 --> 01:20:23,740
Well, what we can do is give, give you up the date on the timeline.

878
01:20:24,260 --> 01:20:26,080
But hopefully that week...

879
01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:31,680
In fact, I had a plan on speaking up to this issue today,

880
01:20:32,260 --> 01:20:35,620
except while I was putting together my photographs and thoughts

881
01:20:35,620 --> 01:20:45,980
with regard to these shards of brick, looking out my window, my office at my house, I saw somebody trip at the same place, right?

882
01:20:46,740 --> 01:20:49,540
Relentless time. Walking and trip fell down underneath.

883
01:20:50,920 --> 01:20:53,320
We'll make sure we get it addressed as soon as possible.

884
01:20:53,700 --> 01:20:57,400
We're going to mark that area just to bring it to the tensions.

885
01:20:57,400 --> 01:21:01,440
I'm like, can we sort of wait a spray pain at or something, I mean.

886
01:21:03,140 --> 01:21:05,680
Just to bring a little bit of attention to it.

887
01:21:06,300 --> 01:21:06,460
Sometimes.

888
01:21:06,480 --> 01:21:09,540
Just replace it and then cut it up again and then do it again.

889
01:21:09,900 --> 01:21:11,560
I'll see what we're trying to do.

890
01:21:11,860 --> 01:21:12,180
But yeah.

891
01:21:12,340 --> 01:21:14,560
I'm trying to solve a couple projects at one time.

892
01:21:14,700 --> 01:21:18,760
And I never understand the constraints with the budget from the earlier conversation.

893
01:21:18,860 --> 01:21:21,260
And it's not cheap doing this.

894
01:21:21,920 --> 01:21:22,320
Yeah.

895
01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:24,720
Well, luckily that falls into line with another project.

896
01:21:29,760 --> 01:21:36,620
So we'll keep you abreast of the time on, hopefully we can get it done in the next couple

897
01:21:36,620 --> 01:21:37,180
of months.

898
01:21:37,840 --> 01:21:39,960
But thank you for bringing all this to our attention.

899
01:21:41,420 --> 01:21:42,300
Appreciate it.

900
01:21:42,540 --> 01:21:43,120
Oh, yes.

901
01:21:43,300 --> 01:21:43,980
You can take care.

902
01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:46,940
You're right.

903
01:21:50,520 --> 01:21:53,480
Okay, next, we have Mr. Daniel Wedlock.

904
01:21:59,820 --> 01:22:00,280
Good

905
01:22:03,320 --> 01:22:05,000
day, Madam Mayor and Mr. Commissioner.

906
01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:05,360
Good evening.

907
01:22:05,740 --> 01:22:06,840
My name is Daniel Wedlock.

908
01:22:07,040 --> 01:22:08,880
I live in 712 West Bridge Street.

909
01:22:11,510 --> 01:22:17,170
I appreciate all the great things that y'all have done in the town of Bergo, me and my family

910
01:22:17,170 --> 01:22:25,710
and friends, we enjoy all the improvements that you all have made changes to.

911
01:22:26,270 --> 01:22:31,650
One of the things that friends and family have addressed me with when it's one of my concerns

912
01:22:31,650 --> 01:22:37,110
also are the sidewalks, just like other people have been speaking up on.

913
01:22:38,770 --> 01:22:46,790
One of the vision of optics is what is being done on the east side versus

914
01:22:46,790 --> 01:22:52,510
is what has been done on the West Side. That's what the West Side be looking at,

915
01:22:53,270 --> 01:22:58,930
because you have four sections of concrete, I mean, that sidewalk that has been

916
01:22:58,930 --> 01:23:07,170
replaced recently through these streets. And they also have been not just totally

917
01:23:07,170 --> 01:23:16,770
replaced. They weren't patched. They were just totally replaced. And on the east side

918
01:23:16,770 --> 01:23:21,290
you have sidewalks all over the place. You know on Walker Street you have

919
01:23:21,290 --> 01:23:28,010
the sidewalks all the way down to the senior center. But on the west side I've

920
01:23:28,010 --> 01:23:36,090
only been able to see sidewalks in two places. About 30 feet on the side of

921
01:23:36,090 --> 01:23:44,190
Pickley Wiggly and about 20 feet in front of the museum. That's it. That's it.

922
01:23:44,190 --> 01:23:51,450
Now, I would recommend, highly recommend, that we start working on the west side too, you

923
01:23:51,450 --> 01:23:59,990
know, that we pay taxes over there too, you know, but to at least, at least, start out on

924
01:23:59,990 --> 01:24:09,310
Wimington Street and run some sidewalks down, passed pickley-wiggly, the auto store, the

925
01:24:09,310 --> 01:24:14,470
a farm bureau, you know, all the way down through there.

926
01:24:15,950 --> 01:24:17,810
You know, and that, that, that'd be a start

927
01:24:18,810 --> 01:24:21,710
because on the, he says, you have sidewalks

928
01:24:21,710 --> 01:24:24,670
through communities, but we don't even have

929
01:24:25,810 --> 01:24:27,090
no sidewalks over there.

930
01:24:27,950 --> 01:24:30,650
Pretty much, I mean, if you, if you look at it,

931
01:24:32,190 --> 01:24:36,830
but you know, I'm dealing with the optics of it,

932
01:24:36,830 --> 01:24:47,850
And we're seeing, hey, they not only are we, they're not just repairing the sidewalks.

933
01:24:48,250 --> 01:24:53,510
You're digging them up and replacing the whole thing on all four sections that you did.

934
01:24:53,970 --> 01:24:59,170
And we talk about budget, you know, that would be an issue there.

935
01:24:59,910 --> 01:25:07,990
you know and I was in the budget meeting I didn't I wasn't able to see much but

936
01:25:07,990 --> 01:25:13,210
in the budget meeting we were talking about paving roads and then it came up

937
01:25:13,210 --> 01:25:21,090
about paving the trails and the same thing with the trails came up that we want

938
01:25:21,090 --> 01:25:30,330
to replace sections of the trail, not do repairs, we're going to replace sections, and

939
01:25:30,330 --> 01:25:35,370
I know good and well, you know, we can identify and cut that down some.

940
01:25:36,470 --> 01:25:43,650
But at the same time, we're thinking about, I think it was like $10,000 to do the repairs

941
01:25:43,650 --> 01:25:49,730
for the trail on the east side, when we ain't even started on the west side.

942
01:25:51,830 --> 01:26:00,770
I would think that the money when it comes focusing on the trails will go to the west side.

943
01:26:02,230 --> 01:26:08,450
You would save your money to put on the west side, but that isn't that isn't happening.

944
01:26:08,630 --> 01:26:17,070
That's not the optics that we get, you know, but you know, some of these older people, you

945
01:26:17,070 --> 01:26:23,210
And on the side, but they identified as a cross the tracks, you go across the tracks,

946
01:26:23,710 --> 01:26:28,490
you got one way people live over here and then over here, you got the other thing.

947
01:26:28,890 --> 01:26:33,970
And that's not, those optics aren't real for no one.

948
01:26:36,890 --> 01:26:44,330
The last thing that I have on my street, I have a, I have standing water in my ditch.

949
01:26:44,990 --> 01:26:55,370
and I brought that up before but I would like to get that area sprayed because last October

950
01:26:56,030 --> 01:27:00,150
I mean it was real bad over there and I wasn't able to make it to the meeting last October

951
01:27:00,150 --> 01:27:07,130
to make mention of it but like right now it's warden that ditch and it's going to be in that

952
01:27:07,130 --> 01:27:12,090
ditch for a while and those mosquitoes are going to be there and I would just like for that

953
01:27:12,090 --> 01:27:13,850
area to be sprayed at possible.

954
01:27:15,570 --> 01:27:16,810
What's your address again?

955
01:27:17,150 --> 01:27:19,250
712 West Bridges Street.

956
01:27:19,530 --> 01:27:19,970
Thank you.

957
01:27:20,050 --> 01:27:21,950
Nobody sprayed over there last year.

958
01:27:22,970 --> 01:27:26,830
No, I can't say that I've seen them,

959
01:27:27,210 --> 01:27:29,770
but I know they sometimes come down through there.

960
01:27:30,370 --> 01:27:33,890
But maybe they should come down through there

961
01:27:33,890 --> 01:27:34,910
a little bit more.

962
01:27:37,090 --> 01:27:40,050
So the water you ditch, though, doesn't drain very quickly.

963
01:27:40,450 --> 01:27:41,690
I know you've made that question.

964
01:27:41,690 --> 01:27:44,530
And once one area over there, where they did that complex,

965
01:27:45,370 --> 01:27:49,230
where I was concerned when they built that concept

966
01:27:49,870 --> 01:27:52,350
complex about the water drainage issue,

967
01:27:52,790 --> 01:27:55,010
because I tried to talk to y'all,

968
01:27:55,110 --> 01:27:56,210
and that was my only concern.

969
01:27:56,830 --> 01:27:59,970
But sure enough, that's what I have,

970
01:28:00,050 --> 01:28:01,150
that's what I have to live with.

971
01:28:03,110 --> 01:28:06,170
All right, so can we make sure to spray over there?

972
01:28:06,590 --> 01:28:07,330
Is that doable?

973
01:28:08,470 --> 01:28:10,090
And then, of course, evaluate

974
01:28:12,150 --> 01:28:14,530
What can be done about the ditch?

975
01:28:17,010 --> 01:28:20,090
We need to continue to push DOT to address that.

976
01:28:22,990 --> 01:28:30,290
Well, I was going to, too, but as you see, we approved money for West Side Trail, which includes additional sidewalks.

977
01:28:30,710 --> 01:28:35,150
So that is a start. It's going to put sidewalks in places that there aren't sidewalks.

978
01:28:35,150 --> 01:28:36,170
So that's a start.

979
01:28:37,110 --> 01:28:38,030
But I agree.

980
01:28:38,230 --> 01:28:39,870
We need sidewalks all throughout town.

981
01:28:40,330 --> 01:28:43,110
Beyond the library, there are no sidewalks.

982
01:28:43,210 --> 01:28:45,530
Other than walker street, we have folks

983
01:28:45,530 --> 01:28:47,970
that cross over the busy intersection

984
01:28:47,970 --> 01:28:50,490
walking to Walmart, and there's no sidewalks.

985
01:28:50,490 --> 01:28:53,230
There's no sidewalks from down Walmington Street.

986
01:28:53,530 --> 01:28:58,990
But I want to see that happen sooner than later.

987
01:28:59,210 --> 01:29:02,970
But there's never enough money to get all this done.

988
01:29:02,970 --> 01:29:11,230
But thank you and I do, you know, please always let us know, but also know that we are, we won't

989
01:29:11,230 --> 01:29:17,670
these things to happen just as well. But if there's anything, it's

990
01:29:36,680 --> 01:29:39,440
long overdue, but we're going

991
01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:51,960
to get there. So be patient with it just a little bit longer, but continue to let us know what we

992
01:29:51,960 --> 01:29:59,040
And just like what you just said about the trails, everybody going to be walking on the trails, you know?

993
01:30:00,050 --> 01:30:29,730
You got somewhere to go. We say trails, we say trails, but they are sidewalks. It's a connection. It is so that folks can walk on on a sidewalk on a trail so that they're not walking on grass and roadway. So when we do say trails sometimes, it just means part of it may be a trail, a walking path, but it's some of it is going to be sidewalk as well. Sidewalk extensions. But then we can build on that trail. Pretty much for recreation. But what I'm speaking of,

994
01:30:29,730 --> 01:30:36,110
the sidewalks for people that have to go in the direction to a store and be able to

995
01:30:36,550 --> 01:30:38,810
get on the sidewalk and make their way.

996
01:30:40,590 --> 01:30:41,790
Thank you.

997
01:30:42,150 --> 01:30:42,650
Appreciate it.

998
01:30:42,810 --> 01:30:43,110
Thank you.

999
01:30:45,340 --> 01:30:45,940
Okay.

1000
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:49,180
So that concludes all of those we have signed up for public forum.

1001
01:30:49,640 --> 01:30:55,220
We'll resume with our department updates, our last few departments, human resources.

1002
01:31:00,350 --> 01:31:07,610
Just getting evening, Mayor and Commissioner, I just wanted to share a fun event that we had last week we did a chili cookoff for our employees.

1003
01:31:08,570 --> 01:31:12,910
We had seven entries and every single one home was very good.

1004
01:31:14,950 --> 01:31:21,790
Everybody, it was just a fun event so everybody who came in and ate got to taste all the chilies and put their vote in.

1005
01:31:22,610 --> 01:31:27,930
first place was a clear winner but we had a four way top for second and third so

1006
01:31:27,930 --> 01:31:32,850
we had to have a revote but in third place was Tommy Lindsey he had a really

1007
01:31:32,850 --> 01:31:39,170
delicious like barbecue style chili second place was Cody Sugs he had a

1008
01:31:39,170 --> 01:31:45,210
more typical of a chili but it had state bits in it and then with the fiery

1009
01:31:45,210 --> 01:31:50,410
chili first place was Jonathan Provatt so his was really good but it was extremely

1010
01:31:50,410 --> 01:31:54,210
and we're spicy, but we just want to thank all our employees for participating.

1011
01:31:54,390 --> 01:31:59,890
We also had hot dogs and other things for our employees to enjoy during that.

1012
01:32:00,850 --> 01:32:04,250
The only other thing I have to share is that we have one of the facilities

1013
01:32:04,250 --> 01:32:08,370
and grounds of maintenance worker position being advertised as well as one water

1014
01:32:08,370 --> 01:32:10,110
and sewer maintenance worker position.

1015
01:32:11,570 --> 01:32:15,150
Okay, very good. Any questions for Kim and human resources?

1016
01:32:15,150 --> 01:32:18,550
All right, thank you, appreciate it.

1017
01:32:21,820 --> 01:32:22,820
Police Department.

1018
01:32:27,880 --> 01:32:30,700
Good afternoon, Jim Hock, Burgo Police Department.

1019
01:32:33,400 --> 01:32:37,360
Over the last couple of months, I've talked a little bit or quite a bit about Lee Williams.

1020
01:32:37,720 --> 01:32:42,560
We sent Lee Williams originally through Instructor Certification.

1021
01:32:43,660 --> 01:32:47,720
It's in order to be able to teach our community college for

1022
01:32:47,720 --> 01:32:51,500
law enforcement, continuing education, BLET, things along those lines.

1023
01:32:52,020 --> 01:32:59,380
We then turned around and he went to firearms instructor, just kind of worked out well that they had a vacancy, he was able to get in there.

1024
01:33:00,620 --> 01:33:10,120
So he's taken all the state tests, he has completed all the practicals, sent all the paperwork off, he had to teach eight hours in front of another certified instructor.

1025
01:33:10,620 --> 01:33:13,660
So all that is done, he got his certificates back yesterday.

1026
01:33:13,660 --> 01:33:21,220
So we now have a certified instructor that's also a certified fire arms instructor through the state of North Carolina within the department.

1027
01:33:21,560 --> 01:33:26,180
So it's been a goal for a little while, but it comes at a good time.

1028
01:33:26,420 --> 01:33:29,480
So our new firearms, everything's in, including the holsters.

1029
01:33:30,660 --> 01:33:33,720
So we finished putting those guns together on Sunday.

1030
01:33:34,320 --> 01:33:39,040
And so this week we'll zero in with the optic.

1031
01:33:39,700 --> 01:33:42,240
And then next week we have taken out there.

1032
01:33:42,240 --> 01:33:50,820
so everyone can shoot and qualify and get familiar with the new guns and those of the handguns.

1033
01:33:50,920 --> 01:33:54,360
The material Williams just finished up radar classes past weekend.

1034
01:33:55,620 --> 01:33:58,060
Watch guard has been there all day today.

1035
01:33:58,260 --> 01:34:03,560
I'm assuming they'll probably be there all day tomorrow, setting up the new body-worn cameras

1036
01:34:03,560 --> 01:34:10,000
and operation in system for the cameras for the PD.

1037
01:34:10,000 --> 01:34:14,880
So they were approved in the budget last year, so we're excited to have them.

1038
01:34:15,240 --> 01:34:24,060
Dustin's been great, he's been working with them, it's been a challenge on the technical side of it, but he's been great in helping go through that process.

1039
01:34:25,860 --> 01:34:31,420
Presented on a couple of weeks ago, maybe two weeks ago at Parks and Rec, Lunch and Learn on Scams.

1040
01:34:31,860 --> 01:34:33,660
So very good group of people there.

1041
01:34:34,620 --> 01:34:39,700
And then since our last meeting, we had our quarterly 911 advisory board meeting at the

1042
01:34:39,700 --> 01:34:40,380
sheriff's office.

1043
01:34:41,400 --> 01:34:45,700
And coincidentally, it was the day after the helicopter crash, so we kind of debriefed

1044
01:34:45,700 --> 01:34:47,280
on that and went through a lot of that as well.

1045
01:34:49,920 --> 01:34:51,160
Any questions, concerns?

1046
01:34:51,920 --> 01:34:53,800
How did the event downtown go?

1047
01:34:54,320 --> 01:34:55,020
Or around town?

1048
01:34:56,160 --> 01:34:56,880
The training?

1049
01:34:57,040 --> 01:34:57,360
The training?

1050
01:34:57,680 --> 01:34:59,980
Would you like me to switch hats and I'll go to point number one?

1051
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:00,120
I'm sure.

1052
01:35:00,920 --> 01:35:04,100
I left it under the system manager.

1053
01:35:04,500 --> 01:35:05,140
It went great.

1054
01:35:05,780 --> 01:35:10,000
Got a lot of positive feedback, a couple from Citizens that thought it was kind of neat

1055
01:35:10,000 --> 01:35:11,640
to see the dogs and the drones flying.

1056
01:35:12,220 --> 01:35:16,580
We got feedback from other law enforcement agencies, the one guy said, I've been canine

1057
01:35:16,580 --> 01:35:21,420
for a while now and we've never done heart surface tracking like in a town.

1058
01:35:21,960 --> 01:35:25,900
Not many people are willing to kind of take that that leap forward.

1059
01:35:28,200 --> 01:35:33,140
Drones, there was one agency which is a large agency around here that never flew more than

1060
01:35:33,140 --> 01:35:34,300
just one drone at a time.

1061
01:35:34,520 --> 01:35:40,520
So part of this training was having multiple drones at multiple heights that are supporting

1062
01:35:40,520 --> 01:35:41,840
the canine and the search.

1063
01:35:42,380 --> 01:35:43,960
So a lot of positive feedback.

1064
01:35:44,400 --> 01:35:45,680
I thought it went really well.

1065
01:35:45,940 --> 01:35:49,640
We had Detective Fair and kind of represented a burger.

1066
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:51,460
He's one of our drone operators.

1067
01:35:51,460 --> 01:36:01,280
and so I think well, well, we did not receive any complaints if there were any, so if anybody wasn't unhappy with it, so we take that as a win as well, but

1068
01:36:03,380 --> 01:36:06,220
did it as anybody had any concerns brought forward?

1069
01:36:07,080 --> 01:36:13,300
Because it was unique to see three or four guys running with a couple canines tracking and hard services.

1070
01:36:13,680 --> 01:36:19,740
It's harder for the dogs to track on hard services and it is through woods or grass.

1071
01:36:19,740 --> 01:36:21,040
I think I heard it was positive.

1072
01:36:21,780 --> 01:36:22,720
Very good, very good.

1073
01:36:23,100 --> 01:36:26,040
Yeah, I started a door and I talked to him on Sunday.

1074
01:36:26,240 --> 01:36:27,160
He was very appreciative.

1075
01:36:27,340 --> 01:36:29,960
He was one of the instructors, but he's the one

1076
01:36:29,960 --> 01:36:30,560
to put it on.

1077
01:36:30,760 --> 01:36:35,880
So I think we got word out there where people understood what

1078
01:36:35,880 --> 01:36:36,400
was going on.

1079
01:36:36,500 --> 01:36:38,700
We didn't get any panic calls or anything on those lines.

1080
01:36:40,500 --> 01:36:43,460
All right, any other questions on that one on the training?

1081
01:36:43,880 --> 01:36:46,860
So thank you for the support.

1082
01:36:46,860 --> 01:36:53,600
work. So Public Works dump truck came in last month. It's been striped. The emergency lights

1083
01:36:53,600 --> 01:36:57,420
have been ordered. We're just waiting for them to come in so it can get wired. And then

1084
01:36:57,420 --> 01:37:02,720
it will be ready to go. Detective truck, same thing. I'm just waiting for equipment to

1085
01:37:02,720 --> 01:37:08,740
come in. And then we're in the process of surplusing the old dump truck that was passed down from

1086
01:37:08,740 --> 01:37:15,000
public works, the parks and rack, the facilities and grounds. And it's just time for it to go.

1087
01:37:16,260 --> 01:37:27,860
And then an old facilities and grounds truck and then we just surplus a couple of other vehicles they sold last month.

1088
01:37:27,860 --> 01:37:29,820
But I think they were surplus two weeks ago.

1089
01:37:30,120 --> 01:37:35,660
Once again, those revenues just roll back right into the vehicles that are replacing them.

1090
01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:41,000
Questions and concerns for either hat?

1091
01:37:41,860 --> 01:37:42,780
I got one.

1092
01:37:43,880 --> 01:37:45,020
We brought it up.

1093
01:37:45,020 --> 01:37:49,880
the last meeting, the four last, the 25 minor speed limit signs.

1094
01:37:50,340 --> 01:37:54,000
If I call the ladies, they're going to do exactly who they're going to tell me.

1095
01:37:54,080 --> 01:37:56,880
She keeps asking about when they're going to put them up, when they're going to put them up.

1096
01:37:58,040 --> 01:38:06,540
I am waiting on quotes from a contractor and they are not gotten back quotes for installing

1097
01:38:06,540 --> 01:38:07,520
that at this point.

1098
01:38:07,760 --> 01:38:09,420
Our people can't do it.

1099
01:38:18,420 --> 01:38:20,120
Yeah, we just need to get them done.

1100
01:38:20,360 --> 01:38:22,420
I'll reach back after a while, I'll see if I can get them done.

1101
01:38:23,320 --> 01:38:23,440
Yeah.

1102
01:38:24,520 --> 01:38:27,580
They'll have some locations and everything.

1103
01:38:28,060 --> 01:38:32,360
They were working to try to get information about locates because they have to locate them.

1104
01:38:32,980 --> 01:38:33,980
They were in one location.

1105
01:38:34,060 --> 01:38:34,920
You got how many signs?

1106
01:38:35,280 --> 01:38:35,620
A hundred.

1107
01:38:36,800 --> 01:38:37,060
Yeah.

1108
01:38:37,220 --> 01:38:38,200
Twenty dollars a piece.

1109
01:38:38,200 --> 01:38:39,360
I'll take care of them.

1110
01:38:44,300 --> 01:38:45,420
All right.

1111
01:38:45,540 --> 01:38:52,040
Any more questions for Chief Hawk, Police Department, or Assistant Manager?

1112
01:38:52,740 --> 01:38:52,980
All right.

1113
01:38:53,080 --> 01:38:53,700
Thank you for your update.

1114
01:38:56,060 --> 01:38:56,320
Okay.

1115
01:38:56,520 --> 01:38:57,300
Item's for the manager.

1116
01:38:57,300 --> 01:39:03,080
There are a couple of things downtown projects with their energy.

1117
01:39:04,520 --> 01:39:10,980
The part of that project included some underground needing to be out of the courthouse grounds

1118
01:39:11,680 --> 01:39:16,340
and they had easements in place, those were approved at the county's board meeting last

1119
01:39:16,340 --> 01:39:16,620
night.

1120
01:39:17,420 --> 01:39:20,280
So that part of that project is on-go.

1121
01:39:20,280 --> 01:39:33,660
So the other section in the downtown area, they have gotten the work orders submitted waiting for the contractors to come in and set a schedule on actually doing the work.

1122
01:39:34,040 --> 01:39:40,260
They're still assuring me that it should be done in plenty of time for the festivities in the downtown area.

1123
01:39:43,740 --> 01:39:53,040
One of the issues that arose this past week about was this intersection here at Wright

1124
01:39:53,600 --> 01:40:01,880
and Wilmington Street because that is already in a project for NCDOT to move a bunch of

1125
01:40:01,880 --> 01:40:09,640
those poles and moves and lines and stuff out of the way because of the stoplights that

1126
01:40:09,640 --> 01:40:11,420
they're supposed to go into that location.

1127
01:40:11,900 --> 01:40:15,960
They're the mass-arm stoplights similar to what's out on 117.

1128
01:40:17,240 --> 01:40:19,440
So in order for them to put those,

1129
01:40:20,200 --> 01:40:23,460
they were happen to move and relocate some lines.

1130
01:40:24,000 --> 01:40:28,240
So we're coordinating with DOT on that project

1131
01:40:28,240 --> 01:40:32,680
and the Duke project so that we're not double

1132
01:40:32,680 --> 01:40:37,000
duplicating issues and also we're walking through those.

1133
01:40:37,000 --> 01:40:40,920
but everything's moving forward with that project as of right now.

1134
01:40:43,680 --> 01:40:52,600
One 17, the streetlights that were brought up as a concern in what our board meetings finally got to do to meet with me on those.

1135
01:40:53,540 --> 01:41:00,240
And they are going out to do an assessment and scoping and let me know what they can do.

1136
01:41:00,240 --> 01:41:04,260
that's an NTDOT road, so everything has to be approved by them.

1137
01:41:04,980 --> 01:41:09,520
Even changing out the lights from the old style to LED lights,

1138
01:41:09,900 --> 01:41:13,340
so I'm waiting for their response back to give me an idea

1139
01:41:13,340 --> 01:41:16,120
on when they can get that work accomplished

1140
01:41:16,120 --> 01:41:20,400
and get those lights updated, as well as the potential of adding

1141
01:41:20,400 --> 01:41:23,180
some additional lighting along that route.

1142
01:41:25,100 --> 01:41:38,820
The water and sewer master plan, we're supposed to have, according to our engineers, the final proposal and scoping of that this week, once we have that in hand, we'll be able to review that and look forward to that project.

1143
01:41:40,100 --> 01:41:48,920
The stormwater master plan is going well, all the assets and stormwater pipes

1144
01:41:52,500 --> 01:41:54,340
and drainage and all have been located.

1145
01:41:56,440 --> 01:42:04,800
they are doing, starting the modeling of the system, and doing additional survey work

1146
01:42:04,800 --> 01:42:10,520
to, they go along with that modeling, so it's progressing very well.

1147
01:42:11,270 --> 01:42:16,660
We will have meetings more regularly now, but we should have one in the next couple of

1148
01:42:16,660 --> 01:42:22,940
weeks to get a better update into review of the data that they collected so far, so that

1149
01:42:22,940 --> 01:42:30,880
projects going very well and we can get excited to see what will come to that point and that's all the major

1150
01:42:30,880 --> 01:42:39,760
updates at this point. Okay, any additional questions for the manager? Based on these projects or others?

1151
01:42:41,460 --> 01:42:48,000
Okay, items for the attorney, do you have anything? I have a lot for a close session and maybe

1152
01:42:48,000 --> 01:42:54,240
necessary to make some statement over record after that, but only close session for now.

1153
01:42:55,040 --> 01:43:00,960
Okay. All right, items from the Mayor and Board of Commissioners will begin with consideration

1154
01:43:00,960 --> 01:43:08,380
of our tourism development authority application. We have one position, is that right?

1155
01:43:08,960 --> 01:43:15,620
That needed to be field and we have one application that has been received and you've received

1156
01:43:15,620 --> 01:43:18,720
We leave to copy of that in your packets.

1157
01:43:19,000 --> 01:43:21,000
It's for Ms. Wendy Clawson.

1158
01:43:22,060 --> 01:43:34,080
She would like to join our TDA, so it looks like we should consider her application.

1159
01:43:34,360 --> 01:43:40,380
And if so, okay, by you, we'd entertain a motion to approve her request to join our TDA board.

1160
01:43:40,900 --> 01:43:40,960
Okay.

1161
01:43:41,440 --> 01:43:42,000
Do you have a second?

1162
01:43:42,280 --> 01:43:42,500
Second.

1163
01:43:43,160 --> 01:43:43,760
All in favor?

1164
01:43:44,240 --> 01:43:45,440
All right.

1165
01:43:45,640 --> 01:43:46,020
That was easy.

1166
01:43:46,160 --> 01:43:47,060
Welcome to TDA board.

1167
01:43:47,060 --> 01:43:50,240
Thank you for applying and wanting to join.

1168
01:43:51,960 --> 01:43:53,560
And thank you for moving to Bergo.

1169
01:43:53,960 --> 01:43:54,900
We appreciate that.

1170
01:43:55,600 --> 01:43:57,400
All right, so look forward to working with you on that.

1171
01:43:58,380 --> 01:44:01,980
We'll begin with hearing from our commissioners, Mr. Dawson.

1172
01:44:02,000 --> 01:44:02,640
Do you have anything?

1173
01:44:02,960 --> 01:44:03,720
I don't have anything.

1174
01:44:04,420 --> 01:44:05,140
I'll guess you're up here, sir.

1175
01:44:05,400 --> 01:44:05,900
All the sessions.

1176
01:44:06,260 --> 01:44:06,520
OK.

1177
01:44:07,000 --> 01:44:09,200
I have a couple.

1178
01:44:09,440 --> 01:44:09,720
OK.

1179
01:44:11,780 --> 01:44:14,100
First time I've ever seen it happen in Bergo.

1180
01:44:15,600 --> 01:44:18,220
A white truck came down Wilton Street.

1181
01:44:18,220 --> 01:44:21,460
He was running at least 75 miles an hour.

1182
01:44:23,690 --> 01:44:24,510
That was the first time.

1183
01:44:25,970 --> 01:44:29,290
Well, my boy, my mailbox.

1184
01:44:29,830 --> 01:44:30,390
I don't know.

1185
01:44:30,510 --> 01:44:33,690
I never in my life seen a vehicle running that fast.

1186
01:44:37,340 --> 01:44:38,880
And something needs to happen right there.

1187
01:44:39,060 --> 01:44:39,760
It's just freaking off.

1188
01:44:40,000 --> 01:44:40,560
Stop there.

1189
01:44:41,780 --> 01:44:42,880
At the end there.

1190
01:44:43,300 --> 01:44:44,460
And then I was going to do that.

1191
01:44:44,780 --> 01:44:47,820
Got the intersection.

1192
01:44:48,320 --> 01:44:48,500
Yeah.

1193
01:44:50,400 --> 01:44:50,920
Absolutely.

1194
01:44:50,920 --> 01:44:59,890
I get this thing but I swear to that truck that was terrible he's just going front coming

1195
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:06,280
from one, 17, down, down, down, down, down, picked up speed,

1196
01:45:09,070 --> 01:45:14,890
just have our, be a look out. If it

1197
01:45:14,890 --> 01:45:18,610
will keep advocating or need to keep advocating, especially with growth, we're going to need some

1198
01:45:18,610 --> 01:45:25,870
stoplights, those intersections are getting more lengthy every day, a little tricky. Okay,

1199
01:45:29,990 --> 01:45:36,210
Okay, the only items I have was I was going to bring up the Dickers and sidewalk, Dickers

1200
01:45:36,210 --> 01:45:38,730
and Street sidewalk there, but looks like we have that underway.

1201
01:45:38,870 --> 01:45:43,410
So if we just see that project through, again, I know that it's important that we have

1202
01:45:44,030 --> 01:45:47,810
sidewalks all over town, but we do need to take care of the ones we have as well.

1203
01:45:47,810 --> 01:45:56,670
So if we can put on our radar walker street from the church to the park, it's very bad.

1204
01:45:57,090 --> 01:46:02,550
It's just, it's not really cracked up but it's very rocky.

1205
01:46:03,190 --> 01:46:04,830
There's a few places that are cracked.

1206
01:46:07,620 --> 01:46:13,240
We do want to maintain our sidewalks and our walk and trails to avoid you know any stumbling

1207
01:46:13,240 --> 01:46:18,340
and people getting hurt and all that but if we can make sure that's on our list of some

1208
01:46:18,340 --> 01:46:28,560
to repair moving forward. That would be great. I think that is all that I have myself.

1209
01:46:29,280 --> 01:46:32,140
All right, with that being said, we have a motion to move into close session.

1210
01:46:34,280 --> 01:46:35,500
All in favor?

1211
01:46:35,740 --> 01:46:43,660
We resume our regular meeting at this time with items that we need to...

1212
01:46:43,660 --> 01:47:03,440
So, the first thing with the resignation of the town attorney affects immediately, we need to contract with or I recommend contracting with the local police to appoint a town attorney to serve in an integral until the permit replacement is made.

1213
01:47:04,020 --> 01:47:07,120
Do we have a motion to approve that recommendation?

1214
01:47:18,030 --> 01:47:26,990
All right, and as far as we will work with that attorney as well as look at past RFP's

1215
01:47:26,990 --> 01:47:35,290
four legal services and go ahead and work on that once we get that drafted, we will work

1216
01:47:35,290 --> 01:47:40,970
with a board in setting a special meeting to review that so that we can move this process

1217
01:47:41,280 --> 01:47:47,690
as quickly as possible to go ahead and get that published and work on it.

1218
01:47:52,290 --> 01:47:58,820
The other item was reorganization of the Public Works Department and the Facilities Department

1219
01:47:58,820 --> 01:48:07,060
moving that into one department with a public services director over those two departments,

1220
01:48:07,600 --> 01:48:11,260
doing away with the assistant public works director position.

1221
01:48:12,080 --> 01:48:12,680
Correct.

1222
01:48:12,980 --> 01:48:16,500
And adding as the as a project manager and their job descriptions.

1223
01:48:17,280 --> 01:48:19,600
All right, do we have a motion to approve that request?

1224
01:48:19,980 --> 01:48:20,320
We'll move.

1225
01:48:20,840 --> 01:48:21,160
Second.

1226
01:48:21,580 --> 01:48:22,160
All in favor?

1227
01:48:22,940 --> 01:48:23,900
We need both.

1228
01:48:26,880 --> 01:48:27,280
Any addition?

1229
01:48:27,360 --> 01:48:28,360
You can have your hands full.

1230
01:48:29,820 --> 01:48:38,460
That's good, but it's good for you, Mr. Gantt, because if you get a good person that's over the public works, that's less work that you're going to have to do.

1231
01:48:39,000 --> 01:48:44,380
We can see spreadsheets, we can see documentation that what we're currently not receiving from those two departments.

1232
01:48:44,880 --> 01:48:48,540
Second, you have your hands full, which I'm getting these easements and stuff done.

1233
01:48:48,540 --> 01:48:53,320
So as quickly as you and Kim can get on getting that department

1234
01:48:53,920 --> 01:48:57,520
Feel that spot feel the better it is going to be for you

1235
01:48:57,520 --> 01:49:00,080
And if it would please ensure

1236
01:49:03,920 --> 01:49:05,240
Cheap pockets over

1237
01:49:05,240 --> 01:49:15,720
All right, we have any additional items

1238
01:49:19,940 --> 01:49:22,820
All right, we have a motion to adjourn.

1239
01:49:23,900 --> 01:49:24,440
Second.

1240
01:49:25,080 --> 01:49:25,340
All right.

1241
01:49:26,440 --> 01:49:27,220
See y'all.