[0:00] privilege.
[0:02] » Anyone? Anyone?
[0:04] » Anyone?
[0:05] » Mr. Featherly? No.
[0:08] » And Patty gets her own chance to speak.
[0:12] » Uh, Bill is not here, but if he was
[0:15] here, he would tell you that um they
[0:17] have been working on the roads. They're
[0:20] not paying back
[0:22] um some of our neighboring townships uh
[0:26] for the assistance that they gave on our
[0:28] roads. So he's out doing that right now.
[0:30] They're working in Orleans and
[0:34] and another place wind for
[0:38] water department. We are going to talk a
[0:40] little bit on the water department.
[0:43] There is a um there's a leak at the
[0:48] water plant um dripping down onto their
[0:52] electrical um
[0:55] panel. It has to be fixed. It's not
[0:57] apparent.
[0:58] » Uh Dank came in and did an invest and
[1:01] and was doing a um inspection and they
[1:04] found it and they said this has to be
[1:06] fixed. Dank went out and got an
[1:08] estimate. Um it's $38,000
[1:13] and some change which of course exceeds
[1:17] um our procurement our um procurement
[1:19] policy as well as the counties. So they
[1:23] have to go out for two more bids. But we
[1:26] can basically count on 38
[1:29] because that would be the lowest bid if
[1:30] depending on what else comes in. Um and
[1:33] that would be split with DAG. So we've
[1:35] come up with half of that. Uh Tina's
[1:38] already identified the money. We do have
[1:40] it within the within the water um
[1:43] department. Uh but it's going to hurt
[1:46] and it's going to impact our ability to
[1:48] pay for the water tower. So
[1:51] » What's leaking? Uh, it's coming right
[1:53] off of the power line.
[1:55] » Power line coming in and supposedly from
[1:59] what Keith because I talked to Keith
[2:00] today, it's not sealed on top.
[2:03] » The water is getting inside the wire
[2:05] » And coming down and dropping into the
[2:07] paint.
[2:08] » So, they've tried to seal it in 10
[2:10] different ways and it's not working. So,
[2:14] they're not sure if it's actually coming
[2:16] in there or if it's coming in somewhere
[2:17] else.
[2:19] So, it has to be addressed. Um, and
[2:24] there's four
[2:27] I can go get the pictures, but I I just
[2:30] I wanted to give you a heads up.
[2:36] » So, they got to replace all
[2:39] » Yeah.
[2:44] Um, but more on that when this back.
[2:49] » Um, I don't know. That's a He didn't
[2:52] mention insurance, but we can ask.
[3:00] I mean, Dan, does that sound like
[3:02] something that our insurance should
[3:03] cover?
[3:08] » Was it an act of God?
[3:15] Not really sure. Right.
[3:19] » From the storm.
[3:26] » Would you want to floor? You just have
[3:28] to sign up.
[3:30] » All right. Recreation park. Uh also, uh
[3:34] no one here. Uh
[3:37] Councilwoman Frell.
[3:39] » Yes. So, the LDC doesn't meet till next
[3:41] week. I did send an email that we were
[3:43] not successful in getting the $26,000
[3:46] grant from North. I did get information
[3:50] from them on how we could beef up our
[3:52] application. So, we could consider
[3:54] trying to reapply for that next year
[3:57] because it was for trees. So, you know,
[4:00] depending on their timing for the next
[4:02] round, that might be helpful. It wasn't
[4:05] a huge, it was like a list of, you know,
[4:07] show more of how you're going to, you
[4:09] know, keep the trees healthy and and
[4:12] involve the community. So, they weren't
[4:14] they weren't big reasons we didn't get
[4:16] it.
[4:16] » Um, Patty and I have been working um to
[4:20] to start the uh update to the employee
[4:23] handbook. Um, as of the uh job
[4:26] descriptions were due yesterday, I have
[4:28] received all the job descriptions at
[4:30] this point.
[4:31] » Hooray. I am now um going through them
[4:34] and comparing them with what other towns
[4:37] say about those jobs and what the town
[4:39] law book says that we have from the
[4:41] association of towns. So it it's a lot
[4:44] of work guys. It's not going to be done
[4:46] quickly. Um but just know that we're
[4:49] making steps moving.
[4:51] So ultimately all the jobs will be in
[4:54] there, not just five of them
[4:56] for example. And then there's other
[4:58] things like the disciplinary and and how
[5:00] that's kind of different in different
[5:02] places that it has to get taken care of.
[5:04] But we started with the job
[5:05] descriptions. So that's the good news is
[5:08] as of yesterday, we did have everything
[5:09] in on the new day. That's all I got.
[5:12] Okay. And just for the record um so that
[5:16] this becomes a matter of record there's
[5:18] a lot of um discussion out there that we
[5:22] are somehow um changing existing
[5:25] insurance or benefit packages and that
[5:28] is absolutely for the record not any
[5:32] part of this review. Um, this is
[5:35] updating uh updating
[5:40] personnel uh positions, descriptions,
[5:43] updating our policies. The only thing we
[5:45] have in there right now is a no smoking
[5:47] policy. Um, and so we just have to bring
[5:50] everything up to date, but there's no
[5:54] intent to change any insurance or
[5:57] benefit packages. No.
[5:58] » So, it's not even a section we're
[6:00] reviewing, right?
[6:01] » So, perfect. Thank you. Uh, Councilman
[6:04] Ghoul, anything from Z?
[6:06] » No.
[6:08] » Okay, great.
[6:11] Uh, Councilman Jacobs,
[6:19] » But you do want to tell them how happy
[6:21] we are that they have,
[6:23] » You saw that.
[6:24] » Yes.
[6:25] Do they have comply with your with your
[6:28] request for written communication
[6:30] regarding French festival?
[6:32] » Yes.
[6:34] » Yes.
[6:34] » Yes.
[6:34] » Yes.
[6:35] » They sent it um with a an invoice. So I
[6:40] will they they just sent it today. So um
[6:44] you will get that. But
[6:45] » Like waiting till the last
[6:46] » Hey, small steps. They did it.
[6:49] » They'll be there, right?
[6:52] » They'll be there. Uh nothing from the
[6:54] planning board. They meet uh next week.
[6:57] » Yes.
[6:57] » Okay.
[7:00] » Are you attending that because Okay,
[7:02] perfect.
[7:05] » All right. Um
[7:08] Councilman Wy,
[7:18] » Let me wipe the tears from my eyes. Um
[7:20] Deputy Supervisor B.
[7:23] of French festivals coming up and we're
[7:26] very excited and we've got a great team
[7:28] and good plans in place. Um we'll be on
[7:33] TV next week talking about it. Um
[7:37] I I I think we're in great shape really.
[7:39] We've got three mobile units that are
[7:41] going to be out uh to peruse whatever we
[7:44] need help with in areas barricades or
[7:47] people need help
[7:50] to volunteer. So, it's I feel like it's
[7:52] going very well. Uh, pastries will be
[7:55] here. Everybody's excited about
[7:56] pastries. They'll be here. Uh, so I I
[8:00] think we'll be good. Looks like we're
[8:02] going to get some vendors down below the
[8:04] fire department. So, I'm very excited
[8:06] about that.
[8:08] Some businesses down in that area. So,
[8:11] you have any questions, let me know.
[8:13] Anything we didn't think of, but
[8:15] » I have to tell you that the um the music
[8:18] lineup is very impressive. I I really
[8:20] thought that fire was really nice.
[8:22] » Thank you. Especially the horn dogs.
[8:26] » I heard the horn dogs, but most
[8:28] importantly the music during the fire. I
[8:30] love that last really like that.
[8:32] » It was great last year. It's a lot of
[8:34] fun.
[8:34] » Yeah. Thanks. We're excited about the
[8:36] lineup.
[8:40] » Okay. A couple things um from my neck of
[8:45] the woods. Um, the first one is, as Dan
[8:48] alluded to, uh, Dan and I got a call
[8:50] today from, uh, Greg Wampamp, who is the
[8:53] president of Edward and,
[8:57] uh, Ben Gladstone, who's been with us
[8:59] for
[9:02] almost six years, has um, has is moving
[9:06] to another company. So, we're losing
[9:09] him. So just when we thought all of our
[9:11] transitions were done, things were
[9:12] settling down. Uh we've lost the one guy
[9:15] that has had institutional knowledge
[9:17] across across four supervisors,
[9:20] um three different town boards, uh
[9:25] several uh grant administrators. Uh he
[9:28] is he's um leaving. So there'll be a
[9:32] transition meeting on Monday. Did you
[9:35] get that? Okay. Are you able to make
[9:36] that? So Dan and I will attend the
[9:39] transition meeting. We'll talk about the
[9:41] way forward. And just as a reminder,
[9:44] Edgewater is not just in charge of Club
[9:47] Street, Upland Park. They're also in
[9:49] charge of the LWRP and the big grant. So
[9:53] this is huge. This is um the one
[9:55] constant uh
[9:58] which is a great leadin for uh and I did
[10:02] send on behalf of the board a personal
[10:05] email to Ben thanking him for everything
[10:07] he has done and uh extending an
[10:10] invitation. I hope that he'll make it
[10:12] here in a year or two when everything is
[10:15] done for the ribbon cutting. Um because
[10:18] he certainly Dan can speak more to it
[10:21] than I can, but he has certainly poured
[10:24] a lot of um blood, sweat, and tears into
[10:27] this uh project right from the
[10:30] beginning. So D, you have anything else
[10:33] you want to add to that?
[10:34] » No.
[10:40] Yes. But I think just Colin
[10:43] I don't know the other guy that he
[10:46] mentioned but I do know Colin Collins
[10:47] was in a couple meetings with us and I
[10:50] think he's been in tune right along well
[10:51] with background.
[10:53] » Yeah. Yeah. I I've seen Colin's name on
[10:55] a couple things. So I mean little and I
[10:59] think Greg feels
[11:01] um
[11:03] a little bad as much as he could feel
[11:05] bad. Um, so I think he'll take an active
[11:08] interest and Greg was involved early on
[11:10] and has kind of stepped in on several
[11:12] occasions. So we'll see where that where
[11:15] that goes. Okay. Uh, next,
[11:20] um, it's actually listed under a motion,
[11:22] but that's my mistake. It's really just
[11:24] a discussion. Um, I have here uh, a
[11:28] proposal. Um, I apologize. I I did just
[11:32] literally get it. If you guys can share
[11:34] that.
[11:40] So this is um
[11:43] this is someone from uh um Alex Bay. Um
[11:51] I'm going to be discussing in the
[11:52] resolutions. I would like the town board
[11:54] to consider hiring an individual to
[11:56] provide administrative support for the
[11:58] New York forward waterfront park grant
[12:01] and possibly the big grant uh
[12:04] immediately. The funding is available as
[12:07] part of the 250 pay match from the town
[12:10] required by New York forward. Um
[12:14] LWRP administration has become
[12:16] distinctly challenging as we move to the
[12:18] end of the grant life and final
[12:19] construction. Um the LWRP is a
[12:23] timeintensive
[12:25] process right now and requires a great
[12:27] deal of coordination with um the
[12:29] department of state engineers and soon
[12:32] the construction contractor.
[12:35] Uh it would be beneficial to set the New
[12:37] York forward up with some consistency.
[12:40] Now um because all of the engineering
[12:43] and design under New York forward um
[12:47] comes out of our comes out of our match.
[12:49] Everything that has been completed thus
[12:51] far, we have had to pay for out of that
[12:54] $1 million um uh ban.
[12:58] So, we have not filed anything yet under
[13:01] New York Forward.
[13:05] What I'm proposing is that we I've
[13:07] looked high and low for someone to take
[13:11] on just the administr
[13:16] forward grant. This is we did try and
[13:20] she is still working is um Charlene
[13:23] Dowling. Um she's the young lady I
[13:26] brought in uh using
[13:30] using money from my uh salary. Uh she's
[13:33] been working out very well. The the
[13:35] problem is it's the equivalent of uh I'm
[13:38] building the plane while she's trying to
[13:40] fly it and it's
[13:44] she doesn't have the background in grant
[13:46] administration.
[13:47] Uh Miss McCllum does. In fact, Miss
[13:51] McCllum was one of the final um the
[13:54] final uh contestants um proposal. Yeah,
[13:59] she was very close for the C. Um, we
[14:03] went with with the other one because it
[14:05] was a firm and we thought we would get
[14:07] better service with more than one person
[14:10] that we were dealing with because we
[14:12] were coming off a oneperson consulting
[14:14] firm. Um, but she was a very very close
[14:18] second. She she scored very well by not.
[14:22] So I I actually called her in to just
[14:25] kind of lay things out and see if this
[14:27] was something that would interest her
[14:29] and she jumped on it uh and sent that
[14:33] proposal. I met with her yesterday and
[14:35] she sent a proposal today. So she is
[14:38] interested. Um what we're looking at
[14:41] right now
[14:44] I I just ballparked it. Um, and at a
[14:46] couple hours a week, uh, through the the
[14:49] end of the year, you're looking at about
[14:51] $6,500.
[14:53] Um, we still have $53,000
[14:57] not covered under our match. Uh, and so
[15:00] this this could be covered under that
[15:04] under that match. Um, and is less
[15:06] expensive than any other option we've
[15:08] looked at. Um, and I have
[15:13] just as an incentive. Um, we don't have
[15:16] to hire anyone,
[15:18] but someone else has to take over this
[15:20] notebook for New York forward. Um,
[15:23] because I I won't be able to continue
[15:25] doing this and keep up with the LWRP as
[15:29] it moves to construction. Um, so just
[15:32] keep that in mind when we vote on the
[15:34] resolution. I am very happy it's all set
[15:37] and ready to go. Um, all your
[15:40] requirements are here,
[15:42] proposals, contracts, everything you
[15:44] need um to be successful. Um, or I can
[15:47] just hand it to the new contractor.
[15:49] » It's not up to you guys.
[15:55] » Just a little lemony in the town board
[15:56] meeting.
[15:57] » Yeah. Does anybody have uh I know I just
[16:00] threw a lot at you and I apologize I did
[16:02] not get those to you any earlier, but um
[16:05] I wanted to get that out there.
[16:08] Corkies.
[16:11] » I don't know. Corkies.
[16:14] » Yeah, that's exactly what it is.
[16:21] » Mar Savage. Yeah. All I know is that she
[16:23] scored very high. Yeah. I've never seen
[16:26] her daughter.
[16:28] » His daughter.
[16:29] » Sister.
[16:29] » Oh, sister.
[16:32] » She has quite a long magnet. She's
[16:34] experience.
[16:35] » She's impressive. Um she's impressive
[16:38] and
[16:40] she would help with our MWBE goal. So
[16:45] » Um the State Department will be all
[16:47] over. Yeah. And you know it's only it's
[16:50] six grand now. It will continue you know
[16:52] next year probably closer to 10 for next
[16:55] year depending on um you know what she
[16:57] was doing. But even just as I kind of
[17:00] thumb through the notebook, she said um
[17:03] you know, she noted a couple things that
[17:05] I needed and um we talked about the MWBE
[17:08] and she said that's okay. She said, "I
[17:10] have templates for um for your due
[17:14] diligence and also for exceptions." So
[17:18] it's I mean it was music to my ears, but
[17:21] I've been living the dream for the last
[17:23] six, seven months.
[17:25] So think about that. take a look at the
[17:28] proposal. Um, it would be our first
[17:31] resolution. So, any other questions
[17:33] other than
[17:36] other than is it Corky sister and
[17:39] brother?
[17:42] » I don't.
[17:46] » Okay.
[17:47] » A few minutes. I need more listeners.
[17:50] » Sure.
[17:52] Okay. Um,
[17:55] one other thing we talked about, um,
[18:00] I don't want to go through this quickly.
[18:01] We talked about um, legal representation
[18:05] already.
[18:06] » Um,
[18:07] » You sent this one out, right?
[18:08] » I did. I No, I think I sent the physical
[18:11] advisors out.
[18:14] » Just take a look at this. I don't want
[18:15] to go into too much detail. We've
[18:18] already approved it. Um but this is the
[18:20] the gentleman that um I think we should
[18:23] pursue. I have asked him to keep it
[18:25] close hold for now. Um
[18:29] but that kind of spells out what was in
[18:31] the original proposal
[18:35] and we were worried about uh bond
[18:37] council but we located new bond council
[18:40] as well. So they did have a potential
[18:44] conflict on
[18:46] um
[18:46] » They don't think it's going to be a
[18:47] problem.
[18:51] because there's no litigation right now
[18:53] and we're not the named parties. So,
[19:09] and there's not a resolution. We can
[19:11] proceed with that. I just wanted you to
[19:13] see the actual
[19:19] We got an answer to it as start. Yep. I
[19:23] remember meeting
[19:29] having this just uh
[19:33] sets the path. So the next step would be
[19:35] to contact um our the current service
[19:39] » And
[19:40] um
[19:43] donate services and then move right into
[19:46] this.
[19:48] » I just wanted to make it as seamless as
[19:50] possible.
[19:55] » Yeah.
[19:57] » Yeah. I'll make an inperson trip there.
[20:03] I just didn't want to step off the end
[20:05] of the dock before I knew we had water
[20:07] at the beach.
[20:18] Uh if there's going to be questions or
[20:21] anything we need to go into detail on
[20:22] that, we'll go into executive session at
[20:24] the end. So we'll decide that. Okay. So
[20:26] we'll keep moving. Um at this point
[20:30] we can move into the resolutions.
[20:33] Okay. Resolution number 52. Be it
[20:36] resolve that the town board of the town
[20:38] of Kate Vincent hereby authorize the
[20:41] hiring of a grant administrative
[20:43] specialist for the New York for grant
[20:46] for a not to exceed amount of $10,000.
[20:56] » All those in favor? I
[20:59] » Any opposed?
[21:01] Okay, great.
[21:03] » Yay. Water district number seven.
[21:08] Number 53. Be it resolved that the town
[21:12] board of the townate Vincent hereby
[21:14] authorized supervisor to sign the
[21:16] updated notice of award to country
[21:19] contractors for water district 7.
[21:23] Uh so as everybody remembers we had an
[21:26] administrative error related to the bid
[21:27] announcement for water district 7 that
[21:30] has been completely resolved. Um we met
[21:33] today with Barton Judas. We have the
[21:37] updated um contract price
[21:41] um and the notice of award. Uh and so
[21:44] this is you know the material increase
[21:47] but these numbers basically reflect the
[21:50] back and forth. um and they are still
[21:54] under the um the number that we had the
[21:58] referendum for. So, we're still
[22:02] we're still in good standing. Um this is
[22:05] just an administrative drill. Um and so
[22:09] we're just looking for a resolution for
[22:10] me to sign this. We we did this back in
[22:15] June, almost a month ago. Um but this is
[22:18] the updated This is the updated one.
[22:27] Second.
[22:29] I'll second it.
[22:32] » All those in favor?
[22:33] » I
[22:34] » Any opposed?
[22:37] Okay, perfect.
[22:39] Resolution number 53.
[22:42] » Oh, there's two.
[22:44] » You guys,
[22:47] but I did catch it. Okay, thanks.
[22:49] Resolution
[22:50] 54.
[22:52] Be it resolved that the town board of
[22:54] the town of Kate Vincent hereby
[22:56] authorize the town supervisor to sign a
[22:59] memorandum of understanding with the
[23:02] Kate Vincent Chamber of Commerce
[23:04] outlining policies and procedures for
[23:06] proper stewardship of public funds.
[23:11] So the discussion here uh was really
[23:14] part of the email that everybody got. um
[23:18] you know, residents brought up some
[23:21] concerns. So, we looked at it. Um most
[23:24] of the concerns were not an issue. Um
[23:27] the only thing that was a little
[23:31] we could tighten up is the fact that we
[23:34] don't actually have um a memorandum kind
[23:37] of identifying our
[23:40] um our requirements for the money that
[23:43] we give them. just to make sure that the
[23:45] that the um the chamber who's not bound
[23:49] by the same municipal standards that we
[23:51] are um that they're aware of those
[23:53] standards and that they will follow them
[23:55] any money that we give them. This is
[23:57] actually something the chamber has been
[23:59] asking for. Um I know from time on the
[24:02] village they they have one that gets
[24:05] renewed every year. So this is it's
[24:07] really housekeeping 101. Uh Mary brought
[24:10] up a good point that we had talked about
[24:12] doing a anou with them on kind of the
[24:17] building maintenance and and upkeep. Uh
[24:21] we we could put that into this MOU and
[24:26] just, you know, beef it up a little bit.
[24:28] Uh we could or we could do this as a
[24:29] standalone. It's it's really up to the
[24:32] the board.
[24:33] » I I would really like to see us. I mean,
[24:35] we have the model previous board did
[24:38] with the historical society. It's in the
[24:40] same building. It's very cleanly
[24:42] written. I think we just, you know, it's
[24:44] like who's responsible for electric and
[24:46] plumbing and roofs. And I mean, I think
[24:49] it's just from a comprehensive
[24:50] perspective. I I really like theou. I
[24:53] think just adding that we've got one
[24:55] memorandum of understanding you don't
[24:57] have two sitting out there. It's just
[25:01] especially since we already have one
[25:03] with the historical society which
[25:05] doesn't get any funding. So, it doesn't
[25:06] have the funding piece of it.
[25:11] Okay. Any other discussion on it?
[25:18] Okay. So, the the way it reads is the
[25:21] resolution is for me to sign a
[25:22] memorandum of understanding. Um,
[25:26] can we can we change it to say with the
[25:29] modifications requested?
[25:32] » I mean, we know what the language is.
[25:38] want to
[25:39] » I was going to safely table it for the
[25:41] next meeting.
[25:42] » Yeah, that
[25:46] » Yeah, I just it's just I kind of want to
[25:48] have two documents we're worried about
[25:50] when it can be one.
[25:52] » Okay. So, everything else table it
[25:55] » Can you table it even though it's
[25:56] already been
[25:57] » Yeah, we did that before.
[25:59] » We didn't vote or anything. We just read
[26:01] it and then had a discussion. and I will
[26:03] just table it until the next meeting
[26:06] when um the updates have been made to
[26:09] memorandum.
[26:13] » Thank you.
[26:16] » Just Mary giving supervisor more things
[26:19] to do. It's not a problem.
[26:20] » I'm giving the language. Just cut and
[26:22] paste it. Honey, it's still a task.
[26:26] Okay. Do you want me to do it? No. Okay.
[26:29] resolution number
[26:31] » Now it can be 54
[26:35] » We'll we'll keep it as 54 and stay
[26:37] tabled and then
[26:40] » Um resolution 55
[26:44] be it resolved that the town board of
[26:46] the town of Kate Vincent hereby
[26:48] authorize the hiring of fiscal advisors
[26:51] and associates of Syracuse New York to
[26:54] handle the advertising and research for
[26:56] the renewal of the water district number
[26:59] 7 ban currently held by offen.
[27:05] Okay. So if you remember municipal
[27:08] solutions when when this board first was
[27:12] seated um municipal solutions came back
[27:15] to us and all they had been providing
[27:18] for the town was work on the the vans.
[27:23] Um
[27:25] and they were looking for an increase.
[27:27] we had paid them $15,000 and they were
[27:30] looking for an increase again because
[27:33] they saw that the bands were going to
[27:34] have to be turned over. So, um rather
[27:39] than just sign the agreement, we started
[27:42] looking into what do they actually do
[27:43] for us? Um which did not equate to very
[27:46] much. Uh and they had not provided us
[27:49] with any true fiscal advice. Um, if you
[27:53] remember, um, the deputy supervisor,
[27:56] Miss Patty Buck, and and Madame Frell,
[28:00] uh, went out and found the New York
[28:02] class and started investing money. And
[28:05] so, um, Municipal Solutions did reach
[28:09] out to us and said, "Hey, it's time to
[28:11] renew your band
[28:13] that's, uh, that's coming up in August.
[28:16] Um, we we'll go ahead and take care of
[28:18] this for you, uh, for about seven grand.
[28:22] Um, and that's seven grand in addition
[28:26] to whatever we pay the bond council,
[28:28] which I come to find out our bond
[28:30] council is about $4,500. And this is all
[28:33] just to do the research, the advertising
[28:37] to roll over a ban, not even converting
[28:39] it to the bond. That's it's all they're
[28:42] doing. Um,
[28:44] it seemed excessive. So, uh, I reached
[28:48] out to some other fiscal advisors and,
[28:53] um, fiscal adviserss in, uh, Syracuse
[28:56] actually, um, is at the Tubill
[28:59] Conference. They do quite a bit of work
[29:01] up here. Um, the village started working
[29:03] with them, um, about a year and a half
[29:05] ago.
[29:07] their charge for
[29:11] their charge for this um
[29:15] was 185 an hour was something like that.
[29:19] Yeah. and all in all in fiscal advisors.
[29:24] They pulled our current ban looked at it
[29:27] all in. They said um they said uh 40
[29:35] say I sent you guys the email
[29:41] $5,500.
[29:43] um and they will contact they work with
[29:45] a bond council out of New York City and
[29:48] I contacted that bond council and
[29:52] he would he would do the work for 3500.
[29:56] So just general numbers because I don't
[29:59] do math in public. Um going this way,
[30:02] the fiscal advisors and um and the
[30:06] gentleman in New York City, uh we're
[30:08] looking at a potential savings $2,500 to
[30:10] $3,000
[30:12] going this direction instead of sticking
[30:13] with municipal solutions and our current
[30:15] bond council.
[30:18] » It also sounds like you're getting a
[30:20] better service from what you're saying.
[30:22] Oh, I you know the proof is in the
[30:25] pudding but yeah that's
[30:27] » Couldn't get any worse from saying
[30:31] » That is that is my feeling. Um,
[30:35] yeah.
[30:38] So, uh, what I'm looking for from from
[30:42] you all is is the approval to go forward
[30:46] with fiscal advisors because we do have
[30:51] to turn this. It's it's time like like
[30:55] next week is the time that all this has
[30:57] to be put out. Um the the process is
[31:01] fiscal advisors will go they'll
[31:03] advertise um they'll they'll search for
[31:08] low interest rates. Just when I was on
[31:10] the phone with uh Brendan the
[31:12] representative from fiscal adviserss he
[31:14] said right now today he said I'm looking
[31:18] at a a 3.2%
[31:21] um interest rate on a ban of this size
[31:25] that that I can get you. He said, "I
[31:26] think we can get lower." Um,
[31:30] it's a volatile market right now. You
[31:31] know, a week from now, it could be it
[31:33] could be higher. But they go out, they
[31:35] go nationwide. Um, they'll find a bank.
[31:40] Uh, and then they will give us at least
[31:43] three choices of of um banks to go with,
[31:48] try to get the most bang for our buck.
[31:51] And this is for the water district 7 ban
[31:54] for 4.5
[31:59] I think it's yeah it's like 4.389 or
[32:02] something. Um
[32:05] and that that needs to be rolled in in
[32:08] uh August.
[32:10] So that's what that is. Any questions?
[32:18] Okay. I'll make a motion.
[32:22] » Second.
[32:25] » All those in favor?
[32:28] » Any opposed?
[32:30] » Excellent.
[32:31] » Okay.
[32:35] To the floor.
[32:37] Sure. I had a question from someone
[32:38] getting water unde.
[32:47] » Well, there you go. I'm just I'm
[32:49] channeling your question.
[32:50] » Y So that is um that's the question on
[32:53] everyone's mind. This um the notice of
[32:56] award that we just did is kind of the
[32:58] the go-ahad to the construction folks.
[33:01] Um the next thing that has to happen is
[33:04] um because we're dealing with EFC, they
[33:07] have a lot it's it's a bureaucracy or
[33:09] the federal government. So um we have
[33:13] got to get all of our paperwork into
[33:16] them. Um, and then we'll do a
[33:19] pre-construction meeting. Um, and
[33:23] they're anxious. They're ready to go.
[33:25] Uh, they're finishing up on the project
[33:26] they're working on right now. And
[33:29] they're just leaning on their speed
[33:31] tips. So, um, do I have a date?
[33:34] Unfortunately, I I don't
[33:38] » The pre-construction.
[33:39] » Yep. Yep. We will we will absolutely do
[33:42] that. And the next thing that you'll see
[33:43] out in water district 7 is door hangers
[33:47] on those people that are um new
[33:50] residents
[33:52] um
[33:54] that that nobody had physically spoken
[33:56] to before. There's a list of about
[34:00] 40
[34:02] there about 40 residents. And so we'll
[34:06] get out there as soon as we get the door
[34:07] hangers which are in production right
[34:09] now. We'll get those out and start
[34:11] hanging them on those doors that uh that
[34:15] we need to touch base with the uh with
[34:18] the residents. Uh we just found out that
[34:20] the project manager um will be he
[34:24] actually lives within the water
[34:26] district. So he'll be there on site and
[34:31] um you know once construction starts. So
[34:33] there'll be a great deal of um
[34:36] interaction. Uh or he came in earlier
[34:40] looking for the updated map. We don't
[34:42] have one, right? The only one we have is
[34:45] the one we have posted online, right?
[34:48] Yeah, that's the only one we have.
[34:49] Unless Barton Jo
[34:51] » I sent them an email left, but that's
[34:55] what I thought. The last one we have
[34:58] » The construction prints.
[34:59] » Yeah. How we building it, what road
[35:03] sides are going down, where the items
[35:04] are exactly going to be. So, we'll I
[35:07] think we published the um I think we
[35:10] published the date of the
[35:11] pre-construction meeting. So, if you're
[35:14] if you want to be part of that.
[35:17] » Okay. Um do I have your email? Okay.
[35:22] » Okay. And that way if it's open to the
[35:25] public, I would welcome you to come
[35:27] because I could not sit here and answer
[35:29] questions of of that nature. So, but
[35:32] certainly the engineers have
[35:34] » I had asked after the first vote I had
[35:36] asked the engineer who could get me that
[35:39] or at the time however updated he had
[35:43] and never did. So,
[35:44] » Well, I I I suspect it was um still
[35:47] proprietary information until it goes
[35:49] out to bid. So,
[35:54] » Yeah. So,
[35:55] » Yeah, we'll um
[35:58] as soon as we know we get that goes all
[36:06] » I just wanted to know what
[36:08] » Okay
[36:09] » That's fair
[36:12] so that was a long way to say I don't
[36:14] really well yeah but you know but that's
[36:17] I mean that's the question that's out
[36:18] there we have another
[36:20] » Yep
[36:22] okay any other uh public comment
[36:27] okay great thank you all for being here.
[36:30] Um, motion to adjourn the meeting. That
[36:33] was awfully fast.
[36:36] » A second.
[36:38] » Everyone's in favor. Okay.
[36:40] » Thanks everyone.
[36:52] You want me back?