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Convene this September 7th Town, town

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of Centerville Town Council meeting.

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We'll start with the Pledge of

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Allegiance and a moment

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of silence. Pledge of Allegiance.

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Allegiance to the flag of the United States, states

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of America, and to the Republic which stands,

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one Nation under God, indivisible, who Liberty, justice for.

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Thank you.

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Excuse is agenda review.

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Anybody have any issues with the agenda? Sandy?

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All right. Next is review of the meeting.

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Meeting minutes of past meetings

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for September 3rd, 2026.

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Anybody have any corrections on the meeting minutes from

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September 3rd?

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I thought they were very detailed and made a lot of sense

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and right on target,

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so I appreciate Yes, the excellent job.

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The quality of the execution of Becky. That

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Was your first time, right?

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Second this second. Jack. Thank you.

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Need a motion to approve the meeting minutes

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from September 3rd, 2026?

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Fred, who has to be ping pong all night?

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I'll make a motion to approve. You got to sign.

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Can you do it? Oh, can you hear us? Yes, you can hear

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Us.

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You always make the motion.

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Okay. You got, you got it. Fred wanted to help.

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Oh, go ahead. Nick need a motion.

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I, I'll be pleased to make the motion to approve

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and to move forward.

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I'll be pleased to make the second. All right.

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All in favor? Aye. Aye.

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Aye. Alright. Next is the citizen form since are

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requested to keep their comments to three minutes.

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Anybody signed up? Anybody?

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I don't think so. Really the

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Silent majority has spoken.

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Next is new business, the FY 20 20 26 end

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of year update and call Karen Lman, finance officer.

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Hi guys. Good evening. Good evening.

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I did give you a little handout tonight

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and it's just part of the, when we get to it, I'll,

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I'll kind of read it out to you.

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So I'm here tonight to give you an end of year update

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for the FY 2026 budget.

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As of June 30th, we completed the budget

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and in this timeframe, department should be at

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or around a hundred percent spent.

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On the general fund revenue side, we've taken in 106%

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of the expected budgeted revenue.

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The variables there were,

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the public utility tax came in a little higher based on the

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assessed value coming in higher after the budget closed.

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Local income tax,

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I was very conservative on the estimate this year.

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So we actually took in 223,000 more than budgeted.

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And the HUR,

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which is the highway user revenue was

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higher than anticipated.

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We brought in about 44,000 more.

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So that's why we're over the a hundred percent mark there

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On the general fund expense side,

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all accounts in the general fund,

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all departments are at a hundred percent

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or below except planning and zoning.

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This was at 105% spent,

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which was actually only about two grand over budget.

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And that was just based on legal fees coming in

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higher than anticipated.

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And I talked to Fred a little bit, basically where

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that came in, I think with Pete coming in, he's, you know,

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cleaning up the code and the charter

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and so that just caused a little more review

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on the attorney's end.

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And that's where the overage came from there.

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2000, you say over budget?

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Yep. It's about 20. I have it in front of me.

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What was the original budget amount for legal?

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So the original budget amount

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for legal was 28,000

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and we spent 20,000, but as a whole, the entire department.

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So there was underages and other pieces of that department.

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So as a, as a whole we were only over $2,236.

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Okay. Any questions

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on the general fund side? Okay. Just to

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Help use the discussion

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before, this isn't somebody suing us,

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we just encourage some more legal costs

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and a normal process of what we're

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Absolutely. Okay. And so it just depends year to year

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what we have going on in the, in that department.

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But, you know, cleaning up the code this year,

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I think Peter's written a lot of policies

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and getting things more into the future.

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Everything we have was so old or just non-existent. So,

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And when there are projects associated with Sharon's time,

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those are bill backed to the, to the applicants.

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So the majority I believe

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of this was the town using Sharon Services.

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Yeah. You know, to through the process.

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Alright. On the enterprise fund,

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the revenues were at a hundred per 110% above.

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This includes all four billings for the water

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and sewer variables that that can affect this revenue

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or the timing of the billings.

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Any water and sewer allocation and interest rates.

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I will tell you the full overage was

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because we came in at 204,000 above budgeted

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for our interest earned.

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Carolyn and I were really conservative

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'cause we don't wanna,

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the interest isn't always gonna be there in the budget right

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now we're earning such great rates at the ICS.

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So that's why we came in much higher.

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We're above, we're at three and a half percent

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and the feds actually just raised rates a quarter percent.

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So our ICS rates should be going up in the next day or two.

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Excellent. On the expense side, all departments were at

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or below a hundred percent spent, except

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for the sewer department.

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They were actually at 148%, which amounted to

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approximately 547,985 over budget.

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And so Kip isn't here tonight,

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but he had a, that's what you'll see this handout for.

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So I'm just gonna read it to you.

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It kind of explains the overage,

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the sewer department exceeded the budget primarily due

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to engineering and professional services associated

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with the wastewater treatment plant.

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A total of 888,408 in invoices for Whitman rec cart

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came in for preliminary engineering report, outfall testing

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and design services.

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These have caused the department

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to exceed its budgeted amount for contract services.

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They are project related costs that we anticipate submitting

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to MDE for reimbursement.

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So as part of the process

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and the bay restoration funding funding we will receive

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for the plant, these can be reimbursed at that time.

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Okay. So tho that and some small sewer emergency

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and unanticipated repairs

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or the reason for the overage there,

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I was wondering how much the tree root

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know issue contributed to that overage.

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Do you know what that was?

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The down at dunk down by the police state.

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I think that's in this fiscal year, not the last fiscal

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Year in FY 27. So that

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Wasn't, that overage didn't even include

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Any of this? No. Any, yeah, for the

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Current, so this was 888,000.

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Yep. Now the overage itself was only 547,000

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for the overall budget for the sewer department.

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But the big piece of that was for the design

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and the PER, which again

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can be reimbursed once we get all the processing

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and design done for the wastewater treatment plant.

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The full amount, right? Huh?

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The full amount can be reimbursed? Yes.

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Especially for the design. The PER? Yes.

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Are we anticipating between now

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and December 31st anymore overages that we're not expecting?

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At this moment they're at 80%. The design, Jackie

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60.

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60%. So there, there will be some more invoices

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that will come in throughout the current fiscal year.

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Just depends on how the overall, you know, that that on top

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of any sewer issues

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that happen could put 27 at risk of being over.

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But KIPP and I try to monitor monthly just

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to kind of see where we're at.

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Yeah. And that the, the 90% design is due by the end

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of November and sent to MDEI think there's a,

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there's a December deadline to MDE to submit that.

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So by the end of the year there'll be done

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the design portion.

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And then once we're able to get past that

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and start, once we get like the permits

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and such, we can start applying

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and, well, we've already been approved

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for bay restoration funding,

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but these things can fall under that

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umbrella when we start requesting reimbursement.

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So when we look at the overage from

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where we just talked about the rest of the town budget

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through the year, are we plus

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minus, I I may have missed that

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For the FY 26 the previous year were, we're minus 5 47.

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So the, that's why we're doing the budget amendment

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for the 547,000.

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Alright, thanks.

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Yes. Yep.

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So I have a question. So Karen,

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so these are actual costs related to design

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that you're capitalizing, correct?

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Yes. So it's just for, this is a little more

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of a nuance in detail.

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Yes. But I'm, I'm thinking about how the argument financials

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that will be presented in the near future.

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So these will capitalize on our balance sheet

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and won't be an operating expense

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because they're part of the cost of the plant.

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So, which is important as relates to market.

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Sharon and I already know financial matrix

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that I think is important for the future.

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So, so I think that's important to clarify.

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It's still matters as far as the total cost.

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It'll be reimbursed for capital,

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but it's not an operating expense

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for the, for the plan.

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So does that make sense to everyone?

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Yes. So that's a, that's an important point

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because it won't be shown as a operating loss

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for the enterprise fund in the audit financials.

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Is that correct? Catering? Yes,

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That's Correct.

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It's still capitalized. Yep.

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So it's just important to kind of,

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when you get those statements,

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'cause that's, that's what I'd like to see to understand

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what that operating overage

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or cer, whatever it is, as it relates to operational costs,

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which is tied into the presentation

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that we gave associated the rates that we just changed.

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So it all ties together.

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So I just wanted to clarify that to Max V. Yep.

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Okay, great. Thank

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You.

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And so we're working on the audit now.

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We hope to have this published statements in the next 30

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and October 31st is when it's due to the state.

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All right. Just a couple notes.

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The pension expense for the entire year, I kind

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of just remind everybody when you see that

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you don't see it in the budget,

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but they're only paid once a year

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debt payments in the enterprise fund.

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You'll only see interest payments until we make the,

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the bigger payments, which is April, may.

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And that's, you know, the,

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the million dollars that'll come out then.

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And just a reminder, our APA funds have been obligated as

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of December of 2024.

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And we're in the process of making sure they're expended

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by December of 2026 so that we don't have

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to return any funds to treasury.

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So in the budget amendment, what we'll be asking

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for tonight, and this just balances the budget, is

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to do a budget amendment for the planning

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and zoning department and the amount of $2,236

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and a sewer department for 547,985.

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So these amendments don't represent any new expenditures,

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they just provide the necessary budgetary authorization

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to bring the budget into alignment

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with the actual expenditures incurred prior

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to the close of the fiscal year.

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And that's all I have unless you have any questions.

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I No more thanks.

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I think the arpa, the ARPA money we

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do have, we spent that, right?

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We have. We, Yeah, we're working on

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It right now.

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We're working on it that we'll actually talk about more at

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the next meeting about the ARPA funds. Okay.

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Alright. Thank you. Thank you.

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Next under new business is Ordinance 10 dash 2026 FY

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26 Budget Amendment.

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This is to do what Karen wants to do

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and it's for an ordinance for the purpose

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of amending the town of Centerville fiscal 20

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fiscal year 2026 budget

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and all things related generally there too.

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And that's our first reason. Correct.

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There'll be a public hearing at the next

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meeting. October 1st.

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October 1st, yep. October 1st, public hearing.

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Next is resolution 15 dash 2026 renaming

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of the Wharf Wharf Park.

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And I'm gonna pass this on to town manager Carolyn Brinkley,

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to go into detail.

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So we, the Park Advisory Board

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made a recommendation to rename the Centerville work park

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after Mike Whitehill, who has been an integral part

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of Centerville as a whole.

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Not only just the town of Centerville,

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but Queen Anne County.

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He is. And we did a resolution to that

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and I was just gonna read it over it really quickly.

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Whereas the Centerville Wharf is an important historic,

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civic, recreational,

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and waterfront resource of the town of Centerville.

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And whereas the Town Council desires

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to preserve the historic identity of the Centerville Wharf,

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while also recognizing individuals whose service

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and contributions have had a lasting impact on the town.

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Whereas Michael c Whitehill has been a longtime resident

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of Centerville, whose many decades

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of service civic involvement, leadership,

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and commitment have benefited the town

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and the greater Queen Anne County community.

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And whereas Michael, Mr.

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Whitehill has served on the Centerville Parks Advisory Board

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for more than 16 years,

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demonstrating a longstanding commitment

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to the stewardship enhancement

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and enjoyment of the towns, parks and public spaces.

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And whereas Mr. Whitehill also served one term on the

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Centerville Town Council, further reflecting his

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longstanding commitment to the public service

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and the Centerville community.

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Whereas the Town Council believes

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that permanently associating Mr. White Hill's name

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with the Centerville Wharf Park is an appropriate

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and lasting tribute to as many years of service, good humor

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and unmistakable presence in the life of the town.

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Now therefore, be it resolved by the Town Council

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of Centerville, that the public park presently known

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as the Centerville Wharf Park,

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shall hereafter be officially designated

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as Michael c Whitehill Park at the Centerville Wharf.

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Be it further resolved that the historic named Centerville

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Wharf will remain an integral part of the identity

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and designation of the property

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and be it further resolved that town staff are authorized

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to install appropriate signage, plaques, markers,

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or other comm commemorative features.

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And to update the town records, maps, publications,

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websites, and other materials to reflect the official name

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and be it further resolve that this naming shall serve

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as a permanent expression of the town's gratitude

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for Michael C. White Hill's service leadership wit

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and commitment to the Centerville community read

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and passed this, what is the 17th day of September, 2026?

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I, I think that is Mike made

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so many very substantial contributions to our community Yes.

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And elsewhere, but so much to our town.

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And I, I think this is just a wonderful tribute to him.

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Well deserved. Yes. And he's just, I agree.

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A high caliber, high quality. Right.

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And we're all better off for his presence here. Yes.

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What he's done. I completely agree

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In support of that a hundred percent.

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The Park advisory board didn't,

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we didn't have the necessary members

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to make a formal motion,

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but overwhelmingly the whole group there

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said we want to do it.

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And we were told by a member

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of staff that would come up tonight.

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So we backed us out a hundred percent.

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Yes. Yep. And we, I I wish he had a USB port in his brain

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'cause I'd like to download everything Oh yeah.

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In there. But you

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Know, there's a lot there.

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Yes. There's a lot there. So yeah,

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They're actually having, this is off topic,

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they're having an auction, which I'll be at tomorrow.

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I'm sure you will be Going

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through his woodworking stuff

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and so, so it's sad that that's happened,

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that needing to happen.

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But it's just a great tribute to him.

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Yes. Yep. Yeah.

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So I just need a motion from the council

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and it, it'll be, it would be approved tonight. Thanks

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Judge.

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I'll be pleased to make a motion to approve the renaming

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of the war park under, under Michael White Hill's. Name.

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Let's Sandy get a second if issue wants.

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I second. Alright. All in favor of the resolution, aye.

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Aye. Alright.

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And I'd like to just say a few words

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'cause I've been on the park advisory board

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and it can't be overstated.

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The impact that Mike has had on this

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community and the park system.

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He's been behind, you know, getting great funding,

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helping the town design, just everything.

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It's just amazing what he's done for the town

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and he loves the town and this is so well deserved

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and so appreciative of everything he's done related

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to our trail or parks that the community so joy.

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So thank you.

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I'm gonna say he's probably done a lot

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for the trail system in the town

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of Centerville over the many years.

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So we have, the trail system we have now

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is probably because of Michael White.

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Oh yeah, it is. Most definitely.

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I appreciate that very much.

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Alright, next is reports of boards and commissions.

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MML. Okay. Council government, no meeting.

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When's the next meeting? I can't remember.

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Should be November, right? I think it's November.

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In November. Economic development.

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Yeah, I, I've been speaking

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and representing economic development for the last year

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and I'll say a few things,

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but we also now are privileged

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to have a economic development manager.

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So I'm gonna defer more comments

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and a few have more comments

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after I make a, just a couple highlights of Phil,

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but I know you have another report later.

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So, but you're welcome.

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But it, it's, it's so great that we now have gay as Yes.

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As a full-time economic development manager.

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So that's my biggest announcement is that,

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and that she's fully on board with that.

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We do have a, a seat,

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a meeting next Tuesday on the 22nd at that meeting.

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It is just come up in the last couple days.

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We don't know, and I don't know if the email's even gone out

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yet, but we've invited all the candidates who are running

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for town council to come to our meeting

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to talk about their ideas for economic development.

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I think it's important to have a better understanding of

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what their objectives may be or ideas

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or willingness to su you know, to work with CDA

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and the town council in that effort.

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So that's, I know it's short notice since

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that's just going out, I think tonight.

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And that's at the wharf building, correct?

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It is at the wharf at seven o'clock Tuesday night. Yep.

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At that meeting. We're also trying to finalize, see

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that coming to the town council probably at the October 1st

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meeting if, if we have time

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and if they're prepared enough to ask the town council

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with suggestions on how to have other enticements

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or incentives for businesses to gain entry

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into the Centerville market.

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So we're, we're, they'll be preparing that and two

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or three of the co the CO members will be coming

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to present to that.

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So we'll, we'll try to get that wrapped up as quickly

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as possible and get that on the agenda

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if we can for the next meeting.

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We thought it was important to present to our current

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town council rather than whatever the makeup is

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of the future since we have more background on that.

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The, I think the new restaurant is called The Ordinary

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that is scheduled to be open sometime in November,

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I believe, you know, downtown.

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So we're excited about that.

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They're still making progress with that.

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And it's not the right name

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but the Taco Breakfast restaurant, bridges and Tacos.

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Bridges and Tacos is, do you know

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what the latest is for their opening? They

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Were slated before the end of September.

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That's what I thought. But I

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Have not followed up Gay.

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You'll probably have to come

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'cause they can't hear you on TV

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And some of'em speak to it.

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Microphone, they're projected

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to open up sometime here in September or early October

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and we're looking forward to that.

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And I was happy to see that Brackish Books has,

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with some help, a new sign up in front of their building

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so there's good positive, you know,

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progress in town on the economic development side

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and we're so excited about so much more.

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Oh yeah, okay. I didn't have to say anything. I didn't

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Go back. Oh, okay. Sorry.

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Sorry. You can go back. You did it all.

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Yeah, sorry.

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That's enough a question.

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Yes, Fred, I I am away as vacation

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and will be be there, would there be any information

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that can be provided prior to town council

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that will be discussed on Tuesday that I could receive

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Once I know it, I'll be happy to prepare,

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you know, probably share that with you.

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That's still, that'd be great.

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We've assigned three different committees

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to work on different subjects like that

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and so I'm hoping to have a recap from them

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this coming Tuesday

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and as soon

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as it may need further revisement over the next week or so.

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Once we have that y'all, I'll be happy

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to share whatever insights ahead of time

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to you Have a great vacation

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That it, that's it.

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All next Park advisory board.

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Just that they're very delighted at

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what you're doing for Mike Wilt Hill.

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Right. Okay. Thank you very much.

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No, no trees, nothing tonight.

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Would you like me to No slide sing or anything?

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I have a couple trees. Chain one next.

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Cut 'em short when you can.

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Yeah. Next is the planning commission, Sandy.

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Yeah, I have a couple things to report on.

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There's a meeting last night.

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There were two things that were discussed.

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There is a second piece associated with the trail

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that the county will be doing.

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And it was a small piece

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that wasn't discussed at the last meeting

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that I think I updated

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between Green Street and Kidwell Avenue.

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There was some discussion about that with the county

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and also there were some citizens just

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that had some concerns associated

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with the plan or the trail.

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So the county was approved by the planning commission,

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but the county's very into the competence from the community

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that's on the other side where the trail will be.

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So they're continuing to take those congress planning

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Commission approved it

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and for the county to work with Peter actually

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as it relates in the town administration

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as they move forward to make further decisions about

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that piece of the trail.

523
00:24:00,505 --> 00:24:04,125
And the other was relating short term rental ordinance,

524
00:24:04,375 --> 00:24:07,845
which was further discussion about that last night.

525
00:24:08,025 --> 00:24:09,325
One of the points that we discussed

526
00:24:09,325 --> 00:24:12,125
that we're having a quite a lengthy discussion on is parking

527
00:24:12,905 --> 00:24:15,725
and as it relates to requirements for short-term rentals.

528
00:24:15,725 --> 00:24:18,405
And I'll just say overall at a high level that

529
00:24:19,605 --> 00:24:20,925
I think it's a poor

530
00:24:21,625 --> 00:24:24,285
and their support, I think from the administrator, you know,

531
00:24:24,285 --> 00:24:27,285
from with Peter and Sharon that the ordinance

532
00:24:27,285 --> 00:24:30,685
of the conflict should be any more asked than what the,

533
00:24:30,705 --> 00:24:32,325
our private residents have to do.

534
00:24:32,945 --> 00:24:34,605
So just from a legal perspective.

535
00:24:34,865 --> 00:24:36,285
So we're, we're working through the issues.

536
00:24:36,335 --> 00:24:39,445
We're gonna be talking about 'em our next meeting,

537
00:24:39,875 --> 00:24:43,285
work session and hoping to bring it to the closer

538
00:24:43,585 --> 00:24:46,165
so there doesn't need to be any extension associated

539
00:24:46,165 --> 00:24:49,525
that ordinance 'cause we'd like not to delay it.

540
00:24:49,875 --> 00:24:51,925
Just again 'cause we don't have a hotel in

541
00:24:51,925 --> 00:24:53,085
town for people to stay.

542
00:24:54,005 --> 00:24:55,005
There's any updates.

543
00:24:57,595 --> 00:25:00,525
That it. Thank you.

544
00:25:01,955 --> 00:25:05,205
Alright, next is reports

545
00:25:05,205 --> 00:25:07,525
of department heads town manager.

546
00:25:09,225 --> 00:25:12,925
In your packets there is a letter that was submitted

547
00:25:12,925 --> 00:25:15,405
to you for your consideration.

548
00:25:15,405 --> 00:25:16,605
This is a support letter.

549
00:25:17,265 --> 00:25:20,565
So Providence Farm, the annexed property has gone

550
00:25:20,565 --> 00:25:24,525
through the county for an amendment

551
00:25:24,545 --> 00:25:25,605
to the comprehensive water

552
00:25:25,605 --> 00:25:30,365
and sewer plan, which they need to change the, the service

553
00:25:32,065 --> 00:25:33,645
to W three S3

554
00:25:33,645 --> 00:25:37,085
and that's a three to 10 year planning period.

555
00:25:37,915 --> 00:25:41,125
They also requested a termination of the zoning for

556
00:25:41,125 --> 00:25:42,805
that property, which is currently zoned

557
00:25:42,805 --> 00:25:44,085
agriculture in the county.

558
00:25:44,545 --> 00:25:48,325
So the county has to terminate that zoning in order

559
00:25:48,345 --> 00:25:50,245
for the town zoning to kick in.

560
00:25:50,425 --> 00:25:54,805
So this letter, there was a public hearing that was held.

561
00:25:54,865 --> 00:25:55,925
Sharon attended.

562
00:25:55,975 --> 00:25:59,365
Peter attended, and unfortunately I,

563
00:25:59,415 --> 00:26:01,085
Sandy typically has attended these,

564
00:26:01,105 --> 00:26:02,645
but she was unavailable that night.

565
00:26:02,785 --> 00:26:06,045
So they asked for this letter from the council to be sent

566
00:26:06,105 --> 00:26:10,165
to the county in support of the, the amendment

567
00:26:10,185 --> 00:26:11,765
to the comprehensive water and sewer plan

568
00:26:11,765 --> 00:26:15,605
and the termination of the zone of the zoning district.

569
00:26:15,745 --> 00:26:18,685
So they left the comment period

570
00:26:18,795 --> 00:26:20,085
open for their public hearing.

571
00:26:20,435 --> 00:26:23,445
They meet Monday, that public hearing closes

572
00:26:23,445 --> 00:26:24,805
and they'll make their decision.

573
00:26:24,985 --> 00:26:28,805
So if the council is in favor of this letter,

574
00:26:29,275 --> 00:26:32,685
then we will submit it to the county tomorrow

575
00:26:33,565 --> 00:26:35,405
to go in the commissioner packets. So lemme

576
00:26:35,515 --> 00:26:37,725
Take a vote and see who's in favor or just say

577
00:26:38,265 --> 00:26:40,405
You, you can Ev everybody's in favor

578
00:26:40,705 --> 00:26:43,005
of support of this letter. Yes,

579
00:26:43,885 --> 00:26:45,205
I, I read through it in detail.

580
00:26:45,315 --> 00:26:48,245
Yeah, I think it's well written and I think it's important.

581
00:26:48,525 --> 00:26:50,965
I do have a question. Do we know approximately

582
00:26:50,965 --> 00:26:53,485
how many homes they're talking about in

583
00:26:53,485 --> 00:26:55,045
that development? Or is that still on

584
00:26:55,735 --> 00:26:57,645
There is around 900 I believe.

585
00:26:57,995 --> 00:27:00,565
Yeah. So I don't know the exact number,

586
00:27:00,625 --> 00:27:02,405
but I think it's, it's around 900.

587
00:27:03,165 --> 00:27:07,085
'cause it's interesting that the, the new coating

588
00:27:07,145 --> 00:27:10,365
or how that's gonna be classified requires certain amount

589
00:27:10,365 --> 00:27:13,165
of like parks and grasslands, open space Yep.

590
00:27:13,235 --> 00:27:15,125
That kind of thing to make a real community,

591
00:27:15,225 --> 00:27:16,565
not just a big neighbor.

592
00:27:16,585 --> 00:27:19,325
Yes. A 900 new homes. Right,

593
00:27:19,455 --> 00:27:20,455
Right.

594
00:27:20,455 --> 00:27:22,205
Yeah. It'll be like a, it's a,

595
00:27:22,235 --> 00:27:25,605
it's it's being zoned traditional neighborhood development.

596
00:27:25,665 --> 00:27:28,485
So it'll be like a traditional neighborhood, you know,

597
00:27:29,425 --> 00:27:33,485
street scapes and open space, green space trail.

598
00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:36,725
They'll have trail around it as well around the property.

599
00:27:37,185 --> 00:27:39,485
And we, we can get this letter to them before Monday.

600
00:27:40,835 --> 00:27:45,815
Yeah. Yep. Great. Everybody's in favor? Are you in favor?

601
00:27:45,965 --> 00:27:47,135
Yeah, I'm in favor. Just wanted

602
00:27:47,135 --> 00:27:48,615
to follow up in your question.

603
00:27:49,115 --> 00:27:51,655
So in the plan, the Providence property,

604
00:27:51,655 --> 00:27:53,855
they are still talking to bike pads, trails?

605
00:27:54,255 --> 00:27:56,255
That's real important. Yes.

606
00:27:58,125 --> 00:27:59,375
Alright. Yes.

607
00:28:00,355 --> 00:28:02,655
Oh, and I do have a couple of things, sorry I'm not done.

608
00:28:02,655 --> 00:28:07,415
My report this week

609
00:28:07,475 --> 00:28:09,175
has been a very busy week for staff.

610
00:28:10,515 --> 00:28:14,615
So we've, we've had a few software demonstrations

611
00:28:14,615 --> 00:28:16,655
that staff have attended.

612
00:28:17,725 --> 00:28:20,375
This past Saturday was the fishing derby

613
00:28:20,955 --> 00:28:25,655
at the Centerville Wharf that I Jackie and I attended.

614
00:28:26,395 --> 00:28:28,575
And I will let Jackie,

615
00:28:28,735 --> 00:28:30,615
Jackie's gonna report on the specifics of it,

616
00:28:30,615 --> 00:28:34,135
but I just wanted to send say a thank you

617
00:28:34,195 --> 00:28:35,815
to River Conservancy

618
00:28:36,095 --> 00:28:38,575
'cause they are a partner with the town for this event.

619
00:28:38,595 --> 00:28:42,655
And they provide the poles, the, the bait,

620
00:28:43,315 --> 00:28:45,095
you know, they take the fish off the hook

621
00:28:45,755 --> 00:28:49,695
and put the worms on the hook, the worm.

622
00:28:50,035 --> 00:28:52,815
So they do the hard part of the, of the, the event.

623
00:28:53,395 --> 00:28:56,095
So they're a great partner for this event.

624
00:28:56,095 --> 00:28:59,095
So I just want to thank them for their participation in it.

625
00:29:01,555 --> 00:29:05,375
Monday we had a public meeting was held by dam safety.

626
00:29:05,635 --> 00:29:07,015
So this is for the expansion

627
00:29:07,015 --> 00:29:09,135
of the lagoon out at the spray field.

628
00:29:10,115 --> 00:29:13,095
And as part of that permit through the dam safety,

629
00:29:14,785 --> 00:29:17,655
there was someone that submitted a question which triggered

630
00:29:17,655 --> 00:29:18,735
an actual public hearing.

631
00:29:18,995 --> 00:29:21,975
So that was held Monday evening,

632
00:29:23,395 --> 00:29:24,735
but no one showed up to it.

633
00:29:24,795 --> 00:29:26,735
So that we closed it after 15 minutes.

634
00:29:28,765 --> 00:29:30,055
Tuesday attended this,

635
00:29:30,115 --> 00:29:31,895
the candidate forum at Symphony Village.

636
00:29:31,925 --> 00:29:34,895
That was great. Wednesday,

637
00:29:34,995 --> 00:29:37,415
we had a informational meeting last night

638
00:29:37,415 --> 00:29:39,975
with Maryland Department of the environment related

639
00:29:40,035 --> 00:29:42,085
to the town has submitted for a renewal

640
00:29:42,225 --> 00:29:45,125
of our current discharge permit for the current plant,

641
00:29:45,885 --> 00:29:47,005
which is expiring.

642
00:29:47,105 --> 00:29:50,765
So they had an informational meeting on that we had,

643
00:29:51,425 --> 00:29:54,645
we had several people attend that meeting and ask questions

644
00:29:54,745 --> 00:29:56,565
and there was good discussion.

645
00:29:58,905 --> 00:30:01,845
And then I just wanted to announce,

646
00:30:02,365 --> 00:30:06,165
which we just found out today, the League of Women, league

647
00:30:06,165 --> 00:30:10,725
of Women voters will hold a candidate forum for the current,

648
00:30:11,505 --> 00:30:14,525
the three candidates running for office, for town council.

649
00:30:14,905 --> 00:30:16,645
And it'll be held on Monday,

650
00:30:17,245 --> 00:30:19,445
September 28th at six 30 here in this building.

651
00:30:20,055 --> 00:30:24,725
Which my assumption is QAC TV will also be recording.

652
00:30:24,905 --> 00:30:27,925
So once that recording, which typically is the next day,

653
00:30:28,745 --> 00:30:31,325
the town will post that video on our website.

654
00:30:31,385 --> 00:30:34,325
And so it's available for people

655
00:30:34,505 --> 00:30:37,725
to watch if they don't have a chance that night. To to,

656
00:30:38,425 --> 00:30:41,125
That's the 28th, Monday, September 28th.

657
00:30:41,305 --> 00:30:44,165
Yes. So one week before the election of election.

658
00:30:44,185 --> 00:30:45,525
The, yes, the election.

659
00:30:48,145 --> 00:30:49,365
And what time is it Caroline?

660
00:30:49,465 --> 00:30:53,005
6 6 36. Six 30. 6 36 30. Yep. Yep.

661
00:30:53,985 --> 00:30:56,565
And just a question on the website, do you,

662
00:30:56,665 --> 00:31:00,285
how is it like communicated that there will be this

663
00:31:01,825 --> 00:31:02,825
Now?

664
00:31:03,065 --> 00:31:04,685
So we just learned about it this afternoon,

665
00:31:04,705 --> 00:31:05,965
so it's not been posted yet.

666
00:31:05,985 --> 00:31:08,165
So we'll be posting that on the website tomorrow.

667
00:31:09,435 --> 00:31:11,885
More than likely we'll have an email blast out

668
00:31:11,945 --> 00:31:13,445
or several email blasts

669
00:31:13,445 --> 00:31:15,765
because we're gonna be promoting the actual election

670
00:31:16,745 --> 00:31:18,405
and we'll, we'll put that on there as well.

671
00:31:19,885 --> 00:31:22,725
Terrific. Thank you. That's all I have.

672
00:31:23,545 --> 00:31:25,605
Can I just ask a couple quick questions? Sure. All fun.

673
00:31:25,895 --> 00:31:27,885
First of all, thanks for getting everybody there at the

674
00:31:27,885 --> 00:31:29,325
forum up at Symphony Village.

675
00:31:29,525 --> 00:31:32,165
I You were there Jackie, I, the staff. It was good.

676
00:31:32,205 --> 00:31:34,565
It's good to see we were all prepared sitting at the table

677
00:31:34,745 --> 00:31:36,445
did for tomatoes or questions and we

678
00:31:36,445 --> 00:31:37,965
Handled Yes. I'm not sure which was gonna come.

679
00:31:38,195 --> 00:31:40,525
Yeah, just a couple quick questions.

680
00:31:41,185 --> 00:31:43,205
You one, that's the biggest pain in the, you know what,

681
00:31:43,455 --> 00:31:44,725
where are we on the mill?

682
00:31:45,005 --> 00:31:46,405
I drove by about a half an hour ago.

683
00:31:46,475 --> 00:31:48,685
Four cars whole front open.

684
00:31:48,945 --> 00:31:52,045
So we did, so Cliff, our

685
00:31:52,635 --> 00:31:54,645
code enforcement officer did reach out to

686
00:31:55,265 --> 00:31:58,725
the property owner last Friday actually and spoke to him.

687
00:31:59,425 --> 00:32:02,205
The contractor is scheduled to begin though.

688
00:32:02,355 --> 00:32:05,445
It's the, I believe the, they were supposed

689
00:32:05,445 --> 00:32:06,805
to start the beginning of this week.

690
00:32:07,305 --> 00:32:09,885
The contractor was, but did not.

691
00:32:10,705 --> 00:32:13,165
So the grass did get cut this week.

692
00:32:13,225 --> 00:32:16,685
And then he did inform Cliff that

693
00:32:17,835 --> 00:32:21,125
when he is on the property the next time he is moving that

694
00:32:21,765 --> 00:32:23,645
explorer out from in the front yard, tell

695
00:32:23,645 --> 00:32:24,685
We'll push you out of the way if you want.

696
00:32:24,705 --> 00:32:29,205
Yes. So I, as soon as the, the contractor starts,

697
00:32:29,215 --> 00:32:31,045
we're just waiting on the contractor to start.

698
00:32:31,105 --> 00:32:32,605
So they were supposed to start this week,

699
00:32:32,705 --> 00:32:34,045
but obviously they did not.

700
00:32:34,045 --> 00:32:35,045
What happens, they don't start this week.

701
00:32:36,885 --> 00:32:38,565
I asked, I asked counsel and she was very good

702
00:32:38,565 --> 00:32:39,805
before the meeting, right.

703
00:32:40,065 --> 00:32:41,685
Or legal possibilities

704
00:32:42,065 --> 00:32:43,805
and they don't seem to be as good as I was hoping.

705
00:32:44,825 --> 00:32:48,415
But there is a public nuisance law that I believe we,

706
00:32:48,415 --> 00:32:50,735
there is a town and let's get the legal opinion

707
00:32:50,795 --> 00:32:53,215
or an individual can say that's a public nuisance.

708
00:32:53,715 --> 00:32:56,775
Now if we investigated that, can we do something? The

709
00:32:56,775 --> 00:32:59,815
Town can adopt public nuisance provisions,

710
00:33:00,075 --> 00:33:02,015
but we don't have those currently in our code.

711
00:33:02,235 --> 00:33:04,335
But the state law does allow that. Yeah.

712
00:33:04,645 --> 00:33:05,975
Well can we put that on the agenda

713
00:33:05,995 --> 00:33:07,135
for, you know, if we need it?

714
00:33:07,695 --> 00:33:09,095
I mean we have the governor of the state

715
00:33:09,095 --> 00:33:11,335
of Maryland coming in within the next couple weeks

716
00:33:11,795 --> 00:33:12,935
to dedicate a statue.

717
00:33:13,445 --> 00:33:14,455
He's gonna come through the town

718
00:33:14,455 --> 00:33:15,775
of Senegal and what's he gonna say?

719
00:33:16,255 --> 00:33:18,575
A lovely town, but what the heck is there?

720
00:33:19,085 --> 00:33:21,935
Four abandoned cars building that and

721
00:33:21,935 --> 00:33:24,015
You're gonna see the building at Yeah. Water and

722
00:33:24,725 --> 00:33:27,335
Yeah, I mean remember it's not the

723
00:33:27,335 --> 00:33:28,615
staff's force, it's individual.

724
00:33:28,675 --> 00:33:30,255
So we need to help. If you need us,

725
00:33:30,635 --> 00:33:32,415
that's our job to help you.

726
00:33:32,705 --> 00:33:35,295
Let's do it. If we need to help you,

727
00:33:35,455 --> 00:33:37,295
the legal help get an ordinance

728
00:33:37,295 --> 00:33:38,615
and say it's a public nuisance,

729
00:33:38,615 --> 00:33:40,535
Fred comes back from vacation hoping it was,

730
00:33:40,535 --> 00:33:41,615
it wasn't there and it was still

731
00:33:41,615 --> 00:33:43,295
there. Remember you said at last meeting

732
00:33:43,695 --> 00:33:44,895
I drove by it today.

733
00:33:44,935 --> 00:33:47,015
I did see the lawn was mowed. Yeah, yeah.

734
00:33:47,435 --> 00:33:49,135
You know, so I will give credit for that.

735
00:33:49,795 --> 00:33:51,295
But yeah, we're all tired of seeing it.

736
00:33:52,075 --> 00:33:54,495
And The public meeting out at the Symphony Village,

737
00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:56,135
it was a hot topic.

738
00:33:56,495 --> 00:33:58,575
I thought all three candidates said let's do something.

739
00:33:58,995 --> 00:34:00,935
So can I ask that, you know, if you need help

740
00:34:00,955 --> 00:34:03,895
by the next meeting, let's give you with legal advice.

741
00:34:04,085 --> 00:34:05,855
Help. And we have to pass an ordinance.

742
00:34:05,855 --> 00:34:07,735
Let's pass an ordinance. It's getting to the point's.

743
00:34:07,735 --> 00:34:10,015
Embarrassing. It really is.

744
00:34:12,465 --> 00:34:15,115
Yeah. Alright, next Chief

745
00:34:15,115 --> 00:34:16,715
of police. I have nothing. Nothing.

746
00:34:17,445 --> 00:34:18,475
Chief, can I Thank you.

747
00:34:18,935 --> 00:34:20,795
We had, I got several phone calls,

748
00:34:20,795 --> 00:34:21,915
which I think you know about.

749
00:34:22,495 --> 00:34:23,715
We had a very strange

750
00:34:23,815 --> 00:34:24,875
and suspicious vehicle

751
00:34:25,125 --> 00:34:30,125
chief, just numbers.

752
00:34:31,055 --> 00:34:33,915
We had a strange vehicle parked on Chesterfield Ave,

753
00:34:33,915 --> 00:34:35,115
which was drawing a lot of attention.

754
00:34:35,175 --> 00:34:36,755
The motor was running, the lights were on.

755
00:34:38,355 --> 00:34:41,235
I called you all and within 15 minutes

756
00:34:41,415 --> 00:34:42,555
the, an officer had gone up.

757
00:34:42,555 --> 00:34:45,515
It turned out it was a investigation going on,

758
00:34:45,515 --> 00:34:47,795
but it made a lot of neighbors calm.

759
00:34:48,495 --> 00:34:49,755
And thank you for doing that.

760
00:34:50,145 --> 00:34:51,555
Sure. No, absolutely. That's what we're here for.

761
00:34:51,555 --> 00:34:55,675
That's great. So out outside of the

762
00:34:56,295 --> 00:34:59,275
August 20, 26 monthly report from the department,

763
00:34:59,275 --> 00:35:01,075
which typically it has all our statistics on there,

764
00:35:01,075 --> 00:35:03,475
which is available not only to the council in your packet,

765
00:35:03,495 --> 00:35:05,075
but one line on the website as well.

766
00:35:05,915 --> 00:35:07,315
I don't have anything additional for the night

767
00:35:07,315 --> 00:35:09,155
for the council, unless you have questions for me.

768
00:35:10,535 --> 00:35:14,675
No. Five, five criminal arrests. Anything exciting.

769
00:35:14,795 --> 00:35:16,675
I mean, you know, what's a criminal arrest?

770
00:35:17,035 --> 00:35:19,235
Exciting. I should be, I should be criminally arrested

771
00:35:19,235 --> 00:35:21,155
every time I ride my damn bike around town.

772
00:35:21,555 --> 00:35:23,515
I think exciting might be subjective.

773
00:35:23,855 --> 00:35:25,675
What's exciting to you? Might not be exciting to ask,

774
00:35:25,775 --> 00:35:29,315
but I, I don't have the exact arrest incident.

775
00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:31,195
It just went up from three to five. I just wanted to,

776
00:35:31,855 --> 00:35:35,675
We, we have had an uptick in juvenile related issues here

777
00:35:35,675 --> 00:35:37,645
lately now with school's back in session.

778
00:35:37,745 --> 00:35:40,765
You know, we have, when the school's letting out in the

779
00:35:40,765 --> 00:35:42,805
afternoons, we're having like the flights after,

780
00:35:43,135 --> 00:35:44,405
after school's letting out.

781
00:35:44,405 --> 00:35:45,925
We have a few minor thefts

782
00:35:45,925 --> 00:35:47,685
that are occurring, things of that nature.

783
00:35:47,795 --> 00:35:49,165
Like standard, what we've been dealing

784
00:35:49,165 --> 00:35:50,245
with for the last couple years.

785
00:35:50,385 --> 00:35:54,685
So, so you know, we're hopefully we can sit down

786
00:35:54,685 --> 00:35:57,005
with maybe the superintendent, the principal,

787
00:35:57,185 --> 00:35:58,365
see if we can work something out.

788
00:35:58,425 --> 00:36:00,765
We haven't been able to in the past year. So is our,

789
00:36:00,785 --> 00:36:03,085
Is our, don't we have a committee that's supposed to meet

790
00:36:03,085 --> 00:36:04,445
with the superintendent occasionally?

791
00:36:05,625 --> 00:36:06,625
Is it meeting with him?

792
00:36:07,815 --> 00:36:09,055
I believe there was a meeting this week.

793
00:36:09,155 --> 00:36:10,335
Was there not? Yeah. Okay.

794
00:36:10,555 --> 00:36:12,455
Did you talk about the traffic round? Oh, okay.

795
00:36:12,655 --> 00:36:14,855
I mean we've got a traffic problem. I got it, I got it.

796
00:36:15,125 --> 00:36:16,135
Okay. Yep. Talk that,

797
00:36:16,135 --> 00:36:18,095
I'll talk about it in again, that could be subjective as

798
00:36:18,095 --> 00:36:19,335
to whether it's a problem or not.

799
00:36:19,435 --> 00:36:20,655
And yeah, who's, who's supposed

800
00:36:20,675 --> 00:36:22,055
to, you know, take care of those

801
00:36:22,055 --> 00:36:23,055
Issues.

802
00:36:23,055 --> 00:36:23,675
Yep.

803
00:36:24,195 --> 00:36:28,295
So Anything else for the chief? I'm good.

804
00:36:28,425 --> 00:36:29,735
Thank you sir. Thank, thank

805
00:36:29,735 --> 00:36:30,735
You very much.

806
00:36:31,965 --> 00:36:36,455
Next is, no, no ki no. I know what I'm gonna do.

807
00:36:38,035 --> 00:36:40,015
Not of time that I gotta make up for

808
00:36:42,445 --> 00:36:44,335
town clerk is next. Oh,

809
00:36:44,335 --> 00:36:45,335
That's neat.

810
00:36:45,335 --> 00:36:47,575
Okay. That a paper here.

811
00:36:49,115 --> 00:36:50,695
So fishing derby fun.

812
00:36:52,235 --> 00:36:55,695
We had 63 participants come this year.

813
00:36:56,635 --> 00:36:59,975
So it was really great to see all the families come

814
00:37:00,515 --> 00:37:01,775
and participate in that.

815
00:37:01,995 --> 00:37:04,215
The park was heavily used that day.

816
00:37:05,235 --> 00:37:08,015
Lot of, a lot of good community there.

817
00:37:08,885 --> 00:37:10,855
15 fish were measured.

818
00:37:11,315 --> 00:37:14,295
So out of the 63 participants, 15 fish were caught.

819
00:37:16,395 --> 00:37:18,175
So the first fish

820
00:37:18,605 --> 00:37:21,535
that was caught was from Brendan Adair.

821
00:37:21,795 --> 00:37:24,375
It was a six and a half inch perch

822
00:37:25,075 --> 00:37:26,935
was the first fish documented. That's

823
00:37:27,015 --> 00:37:27,655
Eden. Very good

824
00:37:27,775 --> 00:37:31,695
Eden in the two to 5-year-old age group.

825
00:37:32,705 --> 00:37:35,775
Addie ert, I hope I'm saying that right.

826
00:37:37,155 --> 00:37:38,695
She won that one a seven

827
00:37:38,755 --> 00:37:40,535
and a three quarter inch fish

828
00:37:41,315 --> 00:37:42,855
for the six to 9-year-old group.

829
00:37:43,275 --> 00:37:47,135
Eli Wheaton got the largest at 13 inches

830
00:37:48,155 --> 00:37:49,975
in the 10 to 12-year-old category.

831
00:37:50,115 --> 00:37:53,895
We actually had a tie with Brendan Adair

832
00:37:54,155 --> 00:37:56,895
and Creed Shafer with, with a 12 inch,

833
00:37:57,775 --> 00:38:01,335
I don't know if it was the same fish or not. 12 inch fish

834
00:38:01,685 --> 00:38:02,685
Quit back.

835
00:38:02,685 --> 00:38:03,335
He called, kept switching the fish.

836
00:38:04,915 --> 00:38:08,655
And then the 13 to 15-year-old age group, CJ Nugent

837
00:38:09,955 --> 00:38:11,095
had a 12 and a half inch.

838
00:38:11,795 --> 00:38:13,855
So we got the trophies presented.

839
00:38:14,675 --> 00:38:16,695
We can certainly get the pictures shared

840
00:38:16,695 --> 00:38:18,615
with the council just as you know,

841
00:38:18,615 --> 00:38:19,735
appreciation. Are they gonna be

842
00:38:19,735 --> 00:38:20,735
Invited in?

843
00:38:20,735 --> 00:38:21,815
Do we give 'em a golden fish or anything or

844
00:38:22,035 --> 00:38:25,215
So they, they used to come in to get their trophies.

845
00:38:26,355 --> 00:38:28,255
We, it just tends to be

846
00:38:28,255 --> 00:38:30,175
that people don't show up to the meeting.

847
00:38:31,115 --> 00:38:33,535
So that the last meeting I had asked the council if they

848
00:38:33,535 --> 00:38:36,125
were okay if we gave it away at the event.

849
00:38:36,505 --> 00:38:39,965
So unless the, if the council wants to invite them in,

850
00:38:39,965 --> 00:38:41,285
we can certainly invite them in.

851
00:38:42,245 --> 00:38:44,125
I just think at some point, and Jackie and I were talking

852
00:38:44,125 --> 00:38:46,805
before, maybe in the future we set up a committee.

853
00:38:47,025 --> 00:38:49,405
You know, the best thing the board of ed does Okay.

854
00:38:49,465 --> 00:38:52,605
Is first 15 minutes of their meeting, they have employee

855
00:38:52,605 --> 00:38:56,085
of the month Energizer Bunny community service award.

856
00:38:56,345 --> 00:38:58,645
He brings in 50 people plus

857
00:38:59,025 --> 00:39:00,365
and it sets such a positive

858
00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:01,685
attitude at the start of the meeting.

859
00:39:02,385 --> 00:39:03,565
Now he did this by committee.

860
00:39:03,565 --> 00:39:06,205
You don't have Fred pick his guys or Fred's.

861
00:39:06,385 --> 00:39:08,245
You have staff and a a council person.

862
00:39:08,585 --> 00:39:10,205
You get people here for one thing

863
00:39:10,505 --> 00:39:12,725
and they do a positive, it's a positive experience,

864
00:39:13,075 --> 00:39:15,165
whether it's fish or whatever it might be.

865
00:39:15,225 --> 00:39:18,285
And we can discuss it. Yep. That's future groups. Yeah.

866
00:39:19,505 --> 00:39:21,205
So then the only other thing that I had,

867
00:39:21,505 --> 00:39:24,245
the election is coming up on October 5th.

868
00:39:24,745 --> 00:39:26,685
So that's 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM

869
00:39:27,945 --> 00:39:31,085
It will be at the Queen Ann's county office building the

870
00:39:31,245 --> 00:39:35,125
planning and zoning meeting room at one 10 Vincent Street.

871
00:39:35,825 --> 00:39:37,405
So everybody come out and vote.

872
00:39:37,625 --> 00:39:39,005
Can we, Jackie, can we do everything?

873
00:39:39,005 --> 00:39:40,045
There's a lot of confusion.

874
00:39:41,325 --> 00:39:43,965
A lot of people think the election is in November. Yes.

875
00:39:43,965 --> 00:39:46,085
That's election in November. They constantly,

876
00:39:46,305 --> 00:39:47,605
I'm sure we're doing it on a website

877
00:39:47,705 --> 00:39:50,565
to constantly remind people It's October 5th.

878
00:39:51,585 --> 00:39:54,685
We do, we send out email blasts leading up to that.

879
00:39:54,775 --> 00:39:56,605
We'll have Facebook pay posts

880
00:39:56,665 --> 00:39:59,965
and we actually have signs going up next week. Good.

881
00:39:59,965 --> 00:40:01,605
Because they need to be reminded. Yeah.

882
00:40:02,385 --> 00:40:03,565
And it's advertised in the paper

883
00:40:04,065 --> 00:40:05,205
if anyone still reads that.

884
00:40:05,305 --> 00:40:06,305
But it

885
00:40:06,895 --> 00:40:08,605
Shame, shame It's in the paper.

886
00:40:09,235 --> 00:40:11,565
Fred, you still get the paper? Can I have a canary?

887
00:40:11,645 --> 00:40:15,245
I put it down on my part of my canary. Is that

888
00:40:15,245 --> 00:40:16,245
It?

889
00:40:16,245 --> 00:40:16,465
But that is all I have.

890
00:40:17,345 --> 00:40:19,325
Oh, hey Chad. Yes ma'am. One thing

891
00:40:19,325 --> 00:40:22,405
Here there is the ability for mail-in, is that still,

892
00:40:22,705 --> 00:40:24,045
Is that accurate? Absentee ballots,

893
00:40:24,225 --> 00:40:25,225
Not mail ins.

894
00:40:25,225 --> 00:40:29,165
No, but they they can, they well they can,

895
00:40:29,425 --> 00:40:30,485
we can email, yes.

896
00:40:30,485 --> 00:40:32,445
Absentee ballots. We can email a

897
00:40:33,235 --> 00:40:35,005
application, they can submit it.

898
00:40:35,025 --> 00:40:37,925
We will mail them their ballot to them

899
00:40:38,945 --> 00:40:40,605
and then they can return it, whether it is

900
00:40:40,705 --> 00:40:42,525
by mail or drop off.

901
00:40:42,525 --> 00:40:44,725
They have up until the day of the election,

902
00:40:45,745 --> 00:40:48,085
the night 7:00 PM on the election day

903
00:40:48,085 --> 00:40:49,485
to drop off an absentee. Yeah.

904
00:40:50,105 --> 00:40:53,085
The application deadline is the 28th of September.

905
00:40:53,085 --> 00:40:55,405
Yeah. Yeah. 28th of September is the last day

906
00:40:55,425 --> 00:40:58,005
to get an absentee ballot without having an

907
00:40:58,005 --> 00:41:00,045
emergency starting the 29th.

908
00:41:00,045 --> 00:41:02,285
It has to be an emergency in order to get one.

909
00:41:03,495 --> 00:41:07,885
Thank you. Thank need to steal.

910
00:41:08,745 --> 00:41:11,045
I'm sorry Jackie. You voice that it?

911
00:41:11,195 --> 00:41:12,485
Yeah, that's it. All right, thank

912
00:41:12,485 --> 00:41:13,485
You.

913
00:41:13,485 --> 00:41:14,645
Next. I'm not forgetting you tonight.

914
00:41:15,045 --> 00:41:16,125
Economic development manager.

915
00:41:17,205 --> 00:41:19,525
I always feel bad because, no, I'm kidding.

916
00:41:19,525 --> 00:41:23,445
I'll be short. I'll be short.

917
00:41:24,045 --> 00:41:27,885
I just wanna start by just giving some event updates.

918
00:41:29,325 --> 00:41:32,045
September 26th at the courthouse Green.

919
00:41:32,995 --> 00:41:36,925
That is the revolutionary birthday bash from 10 to two.

920
00:41:37,645 --> 00:41:39,805
There'll be kid games, food, food

921
00:41:40,025 --> 00:41:42,885
and refreshments at that event.

922
00:41:42,945 --> 00:41:44,125
So we hope people will come out.

923
00:41:44,125 --> 00:41:45,845
It's the second half of the 4th of July

924
00:41:45,845 --> 00:41:47,445
that got canceled due to heat.

925
00:41:48,985 --> 00:41:50,285
So we hope to see everyone there

926
00:41:51,265 --> 00:41:53,645
on October 4th is rocking the porch.

927
00:41:54,755 --> 00:41:57,525
That event is from two to 6:00 PM

928
00:41:59,595 --> 00:42:02,485
Save the date, 10 24 October 24th

929
00:42:02,585 --> 00:42:04,485
for Centerville Day from 11 to three.

930
00:42:04,925 --> 00:42:06,205
A free event for kids.

931
00:42:06,265 --> 00:42:07,805
And we hope you guys come out

932
00:42:07,805 --> 00:42:11,125
and take advantage of pumpkin bowling, pumpkin painting,

933
00:42:12,045 --> 00:42:15,165
zucchini races, face painting, things like that.

934
00:42:15,255 --> 00:42:16,685
We're very excited for that.

935
00:42:16,685 --> 00:42:20,365
This year for Main Street,

936
00:42:20,505 --> 00:42:22,405
we had our transformation,

937
00:42:22,425 --> 00:42:24,645
our main street steering committee meeting on the 15th.

938
00:42:26,065 --> 00:42:29,045
We are working on finishing up the transformation strategy

939
00:42:29,315 --> 00:42:31,685
that will be, needs to be completed by October.

940
00:42:31,825 --> 00:42:34,005
So in a November meeting we'll present our,

941
00:42:34,545 --> 00:42:36,765
the main street strategy to the town

942
00:42:38,915 --> 00:42:40,845
been continued Centerville Day Prep.

943
00:42:41,875 --> 00:42:46,245
Also for Fridays in October from 10 to two

944
00:42:47,395 --> 00:42:49,485
I'll be walking the Main Street district

945
00:42:49,555 --> 00:42:50,965
with Main Street volunteers

946
00:42:51,025 --> 00:42:53,325
and CA volunteers if they would like to update

947
00:42:53,385 --> 00:42:54,845
and make sure our booms tracker,

948
00:42:55,135 --> 00:42:58,045
which is our internal inventory business tracker.

949
00:42:58,045 --> 00:42:59,805
So we wanna make sure all the businesses

950
00:42:59,805 --> 00:43:01,725
and all the buildings are correctly labeled

951
00:43:01,865 --> 00:43:05,405
and identified for CA.

952
00:43:05,575 --> 00:43:10,205
Again, Fred mentioned our meeting is the 22nd at the

953
00:43:11,335 --> 00:43:12,845
wharf at six o'clock.

954
00:43:13,025 --> 00:43:14,205
And the, you know, the public's

955
00:43:14,205 --> 00:43:15,365
welcome if they would like to come.

956
00:43:17,065 --> 00:43:20,285
We are working desperately to update council on our progress

957
00:43:20,285 --> 00:43:21,965
and we wanna have a presentation on October.

958
00:43:22,425 --> 00:43:27,125
So hopefully this meeting will meet those objectives.

959
00:43:29,705 --> 00:43:32,885
We have on 9 25, we have a site visit for

960
00:43:33,525 --> 00:43:35,605
possible urgent care to come to the town.

961
00:43:36,985 --> 00:43:39,765
So I have two places where I'll be taking the

962
00:43:41,935 --> 00:43:43,325
healthcare company around.

963
00:43:43,325 --> 00:43:45,685
Two. Carolyn's gonna join me and Fred if you're available.

964
00:43:45,825 --> 00:43:49,045
And any other CA members. When is that? The 25th?

965
00:43:50,045 --> 00:43:51,525
September 25th. 10:00 AM is the first

966
00:43:52,135 --> 00:43:54,365
visit on Liberty Street.

967
00:43:54,855 --> 00:43:56,245
We're gonna, we're gonna start there.

968
00:43:56,475 --> 00:43:58,325
I'll send an email out if you could. Great.

969
00:43:59,085 --> 00:44:01,525
We just got confirmation today. So good.

970
00:44:04,225 --> 00:44:07,925
And then the last thing I just wanted to quickly update.

971
00:44:07,985 --> 00:44:10,045
The town has updated their website

972
00:44:10,545 --> 00:44:13,645
and I have a quick presentation that I just wanna show you,

973
00:44:13,715 --> 00:44:17,085
tell you kind of why the website is a work in progress.

974
00:44:17,085 --> 00:44:18,085
We had to make it live

975
00:44:18,545 --> 00:44:20,765
before we had a chance to make a lot of updates.

976
00:44:21,465 --> 00:44:25,165
So we're doing that, you know, on a daily basis.

977
00:44:26,785 --> 00:44:29,405
We had to modernize our website

978
00:44:29,805 --> 00:44:32,685
because the prior platform was retiring,

979
00:44:33,465 --> 00:44:34,565
so we had to move it over.

980
00:44:34,585 --> 00:44:36,005
It was reaching its end of life.

981
00:44:36,505 --> 00:44:38,245
But we also have new DOJ

982
00:44:38,245 --> 00:44:40,885
and A-D-A-A-D-A title two requirements

983
00:44:40,885 --> 00:44:43,165
that we must be in compliant for.

984
00:44:44,065 --> 00:44:45,685
So we're ahead of that.

985
00:44:45,825 --> 00:44:48,405
And so now our website is now a DA compliant.

986
00:44:49,745 --> 00:44:53,125
It does provide a stronger platform, faster content tools

987
00:44:53,125 --> 00:44:56,005
for staff and it's mobile friendly for residents.

988
00:44:56,005 --> 00:44:57,525
So it's easier to see on their phone.

989
00:44:59,305 --> 00:45:01,925
That's the new homepage of what it looks like today.

990
00:45:04,665 --> 00:45:07,845
Our calendar and news events are, are front and center

991
00:45:08,745 --> 00:45:10,005
and then we have our agendas

992
00:45:10,005 --> 00:45:11,765
and minutes staff directories in one place.

993
00:45:12,465 --> 00:45:14,765
And accessibility is built into every page.

994
00:45:16,385 --> 00:45:18,045
We currently have audio I,

995
00:45:18,055 --> 00:45:21,245
which this is a continually scans our site against

996
00:45:22,445 --> 00:45:24,045
WCAG standards.

997
00:45:24,065 --> 00:45:27,125
So it fixes anything that's wrong with a file.

998
00:45:28,185 --> 00:45:29,845
So it can be aada a compliant.

999
00:45:30,305 --> 00:45:33,805
We also have doc access now, which converts posted PDFs,

1000
00:45:33,915 --> 00:45:37,245
agendas, minutes, and notices into accessible screen reader

1001
00:45:37,525 --> 00:45:39,485
friendly formats when they're uploaded.

1002
00:45:41,225 --> 00:45:43,085
The new in the News flash section,

1003
00:45:43,345 --> 00:45:46,405
you'll notice we have a notify me section.

1004
00:45:47,115 --> 00:45:49,445
This is where residents can subscribe once

1005
00:45:49,905 --> 00:45:52,565
and receive an email or text update for town news,

1006
00:45:52,595 --> 00:45:55,725
meeting agendas, press releases, meetings,

1007
00:45:55,785 --> 00:45:57,685
events, whatever you're interested in.

1008
00:45:58,505 --> 00:46:01,685
So we encourage, we, we the town

1009
00:46:01,745 --> 00:46:03,045
to sign up for these events.

1010
00:46:03,195 --> 00:46:05,645
They're always so they're always aware of what's going on.

1011
00:46:07,345 --> 00:46:10,885
Our agenda center is updated in every meeting that we have.

1012
00:46:11,025 --> 00:46:12,525
All the agenda agendas

1013
00:46:12,525 --> 00:46:16,925
and minutes are there instead of it was scattered all over.

1014
00:46:18,065 --> 00:46:21,085
We have a Centerville Business and Community Hub site.

1015
00:46:21,305 --> 00:46:24,325
So doing business in Centerville.

1016
00:46:24,325 --> 00:46:25,765
This is the main street page.

1017
00:46:26,265 --> 00:46:29,245
We do have a new business list, so that'll be going up

1018
00:46:30,385 --> 00:46:33,605
as well as we'll be updating the Main Street site.

1019
00:46:34,025 --> 00:46:36,045
We also have site selection on our website,

1020
00:46:36,045 --> 00:46:37,885
so you can now see commercial properties that are

1021
00:46:38,265 --> 00:46:39,645
for lease in the town.

1022
00:46:43,075 --> 00:46:46,255
So we, if you have any questions, please reach out.

1023
00:46:46,385 --> 00:46:47,495
We're actively training

1024
00:46:47,515 --> 00:46:51,295
and implementing updates to the, to the website.

1025
00:46:52,715 --> 00:46:55,055
The week of the 20th, we have tailored department

1026
00:46:55,055 --> 00:46:56,295
by department training sessions.

1027
00:46:57,475 --> 00:46:59,535
We have ongoing webmaster support.

1028
00:46:59,595 --> 00:47:02,775
And by mid-October, hopefully everyone's proficient

1029
00:47:02,775 --> 00:47:05,495
with the site and can keep everything updated.

1030
00:47:05,795 --> 00:47:07,695
And Tom Fitzgibbon is our team,

1031
00:47:09,195 --> 00:47:12,815
but that, that is all, that is why we updated our site.

1032
00:47:13,105 --> 00:47:14,855
Thank you. Any questions?

1033
00:47:15,725 --> 00:47:16,895
Have you seen this flyer?

1034
00:47:17,475 --> 00:47:20,135
The ba the Farmer's Market's gonna have an art

1035
00:47:20,135 --> 00:47:21,695
show on the 27th.

1036
00:47:22,355 --> 00:47:25,055
Has anyone talked to you? There's a copy of the flyer.

1037
00:47:26,095 --> 00:47:27,575
I was given that at the veterans meeting.

1038
00:47:29,005 --> 00:47:30,245
It's something the town should know about

1039
00:47:30,795 --> 00:47:34,205
Centerville Farmer's Market on Sunday the 27th from nine

1040
00:47:34,205 --> 00:47:36,765
to one they'll have a veteran's art sale

1041
00:47:37,585 --> 00:47:40,525
and the United States Colored Troops will have an

1042
00:47:40,525 --> 00:47:41,685
educational display

1043
00:47:41,985 --> 00:47:44,005
and the art sale on the proceeds benefit

1044
00:47:44,265 --> 00:47:47,285
the, what is it?

1045
00:47:47,325 --> 00:47:49,125
The United States Colored Troops Memorial.

1046
00:47:49,825 --> 00:47:52,845
So come on out and check out the

1047
00:47:52,845 --> 00:47:54,125
farmer's market on the 27th.

1048
00:47:54,225 --> 00:47:56,285
Thanks. I hadn't, I hadn't been given that.

1049
00:47:56,735 --> 00:47:58,165
Appreciate it. We'll get you one.

1050
00:47:59,905 --> 00:48:01,885
That's it. That it? That's it. Last thing.

1051
00:48:01,885 --> 00:48:03,725
Thank you. Last time we talked about green lights

1052
00:48:04,685 --> 00:48:05,805
Veterans November.

1053
00:48:06,445 --> 00:48:07,485
I have reached out to the county.

1054
00:48:07,625 --> 00:48:10,485
So I'll follow up with Mr. Edgar.

1055
00:48:11,295 --> 00:48:16,085
Thank you. Next, the second citizen forum,

1056
00:48:17,085 --> 00:48:18,045
citizens are requested to keep

1057
00:48:18,045 --> 00:48:19,005
their comments in three minutes.

1058
00:48:19,035 --> 00:48:22,485
Anybody see nobody? We'll move on.

1059
00:48:22,555 --> 00:48:24,205
Next is council Round table.

1060
00:48:25,355 --> 00:48:28,285
I'll call council person Huffer first Have anything?

1061
00:48:30,115 --> 00:48:31,975
No, no additional, no additional comments.

1062
00:48:32,565 --> 00:48:36,905
Alright, council member, you I'm good, thank you.

1063
00:48:38,285 --> 00:48:41,295
Cool. Weather coming next week. Yes it is. I can't wait.

1064
00:48:41,295 --> 00:48:44,535
There's hope. There's, I have a couple things.

1065
00:48:46,085 --> 00:48:49,175
Breakfast starts back at the firehouse this week, weekend,

1066
00:48:49,235 --> 00:48:51,215
the 20, what is it?

1067
00:48:51,215 --> 00:48:54,175
The 20 20th This Sunday. This is the 20th.

1068
00:48:54,835 --> 00:48:59,255
So from seven 30 to 11 next

1069
00:49:00,635 --> 00:49:03,895
the meeting with Dr.

1070
00:49:04,205 --> 00:49:08,775
Kler and Sid Pender about the traffic concerns at Kenard.

1071
00:49:10,095 --> 00:49:13,475
And they did agree that there was a traffic problem there

1072
00:49:14,215 --> 00:49:15,635
and they were gonna put a sign up.

1073
00:49:16,745 --> 00:49:19,605
So when you, after the parents drop their children off,

1074
00:49:19,605 --> 00:49:21,925
they can go, they have to make a right hand turn

1075
00:49:22,825 --> 00:49:24,885
and go down to Green Street and go out there.

1076
00:49:25,625 --> 00:49:28,925
And according to the M-U-T-C-D manual,

1077
00:49:29,435 --> 00:49:33,325
it's only enforceable if it has a town

1078
00:49:33,325 --> 00:49:34,565
of Bel logo on it.

1079
00:49:35,425 --> 00:49:37,005
So we can put a sticker on the back

1080
00:49:37,005 --> 00:49:38,965
of the sign and it will be legal.

1081
00:49:41,025 --> 00:49:43,165
Do you have any stickers? Send from town of center Bill?

1082
00:49:43,165 --> 00:49:44,965
We have stickers. We have stickers. So town of center Bill.

1083
00:49:44,985 --> 00:49:48,975
So it can be a forced, we also discussed the

1084
00:49:50,095 --> 00:49:53,215
Chesterfield, but we didn't, well since the building now

1085
00:49:53,955 --> 00:49:55,575
no longer belongs to the board of Ed,

1086
00:49:56,085 --> 00:49:58,415
they can't control what goes in there.

1087
00:49:58,445 --> 00:50:01,175
What goes around, I, I made a suggestion of going

1088
00:50:01,175 --> 00:50:03,335
around the back of the building and sitting there

1089
00:50:03,335 --> 00:50:05,415
and when they can see an opening on Draper

1090
00:50:05,415 --> 00:50:06,855
Lane to go down in there.

1091
00:50:07,315 --> 00:50:09,855
But they, I've talked to bus driver

1092
00:50:10,155 --> 00:50:12,955
and a lot of people about this

1093
00:50:13,095 --> 00:50:17,535
and the parents do not let, don't they don't, they don't,

1094
00:50:18,165 --> 00:50:20,305
they don't, they don't care about the bus driver.

1095
00:50:20,645 --> 00:50:22,465
And it's an ongoing issue

1096
00:50:22,485 --> 00:50:24,145
and they're very, they're aware of it.

1097
00:50:24,865 --> 00:50:26,665
Sid and Dr. K are very aware of it.

1098
00:50:26,665 --> 00:50:28,925
You have to do something. Now the problem, he said,

1099
00:50:28,945 --> 00:50:32,125
the problem with this is they sent emails out

1100
00:50:32,125 --> 00:50:33,685
and said they, they, the kid,

1101
00:50:33,685 --> 00:50:35,005
the parents dropped their kids off,

1102
00:50:35,005 --> 00:50:36,125
but they get outta their cars

1103
00:50:36,425 --> 00:50:37,965
and walk the kids up to the thing.

1104
00:50:38,345 --> 00:50:39,525
Now their car's sitting there and

1105
00:50:39,525 --> 00:50:40,605
Parking in my driveway in the front

1106
00:50:40,605 --> 00:50:41,605
Of my house.

1107
00:50:41,605 --> 00:50:43,525
Yes. So, so they, they, they are aware of the issue

1108
00:50:43,525 --> 00:50:46,965
and they're working on it, but the sign at Canard

1109
00:50:47,415 --> 00:50:48,685
could help a lot.

1110
00:50:49,085 --> 00:50:52,245
I pulled up to the stop sign, tried to go across,

1111
00:50:52,245 --> 00:50:53,925
there's cars here, there's cars here,

1112
00:50:54,375 --> 00:50:56,005
right in the middle of the road is a bus.

1113
00:50:57,185 --> 00:50:59,965
And I threw my hands up and I said, what, what, what?

1114
00:51:00,545 --> 00:51:01,805
And she threw her hands up.

1115
00:51:02,005 --> 00:51:03,485
I said, well at least you could get on one

1116
00:51:03,485 --> 00:51:04,565
side of the road or the other.

1117
00:51:05,105 --> 00:51:07,085
And she goes, I can't get any further over.

1118
00:51:07,145 --> 00:51:08,925
She was 10 feet away from the curb and gutter.

1119
00:51:09,745 --> 00:51:11,965
And I said, this is, this is where the problem is.

1120
00:51:12,145 --> 00:51:14,525
So I actually didn't say anything else.

1121
00:51:14,605 --> 00:51:16,645
I just kept my, my business kept on going.

1122
00:51:17,425 --> 00:51:18,645
But I said, yeah,

1123
00:51:18,785 --> 00:51:23,605
but anyway, so they're addressing the canard issue first

1124
00:51:23,605 --> 00:51:25,005
and then we'll try to work on the,

1125
00:51:26,925 --> 00:51:30,345
and I didn't ask him about this and I don't know.

1126
00:51:30,645 --> 00:51:33,985
So you get the, the school bus stoplight camera,

1127
00:51:34,255 --> 00:51:37,005
there's a fee a fine that gets there.

1128
00:51:37,005 --> 00:51:38,965
It is $250 I do believe. Right.

1129
00:51:39,785 --> 00:51:41,485
And I don't know where that money goes.

1130
00:51:42,145 --> 00:51:43,925
So I'm trying to find out where that money goes.

1131
00:51:44,025 --> 00:51:46,765
So if they could hire, train some people

1132
00:51:46,785 --> 00:51:49,285
to do direct traffic, they, he, Dr.

1133
00:51:49,335 --> 00:51:51,125
Kiers told me, I don't wanna put teachers out there

1134
00:51:51,125 --> 00:51:53,605
because they don't know have the direct traffic.

1135
00:51:54,185 --> 00:51:58,355
So I said, if I can get, find out where this funding goes

1136
00:51:58,695 --> 00:52:01,355
to get some train,

1137
00:52:01,355 --> 00:52:03,955
cross crossing guards are traffic directors out there.

1138
00:52:04,935 --> 00:52:07,195
I'm up here to exacerbate this, this meeting tonight

1139
00:52:07,195 --> 00:52:08,595
and make it any longer than needs to be.

1140
00:52:09,085 --> 00:52:10,875
We'll tell you is, and a little bit of information

1141
00:52:10,875 --> 00:52:13,555
for the council is, I don't know why this county is,

1142
00:52:13,655 --> 00:52:14,955
is not wanting to stick a teacher out there

1143
00:52:14,955 --> 00:52:17,115
with every other county teams to not have a problem with it.

1144
00:52:17,735 --> 00:52:19,915
So, and I used to, we did a very quick study

1145
00:52:20,775 --> 00:52:22,275
and again, not to throw too much information

1146
00:52:22,475 --> 00:52:24,435
'cause this might be a, a discussion for another time,

1147
00:52:24,455 --> 00:52:26,315
but throughout the whole entire Eastern shore,

1148
00:52:26,315 --> 00:52:27,675
just about every municipality

1149
00:52:27,695 --> 00:52:29,595
or county either puts a teacher out there

1150
00:52:29,655 --> 00:52:33,035
or a personnel from the, the school board to direct traffic.

1151
00:52:33,345 --> 00:52:35,515
They can take a, a week long, two week long

1152
00:52:35,515 --> 00:52:38,915
or whatever, long traffic direction school

1153
00:52:38,935 --> 00:52:40,235
and get certified to be one

1154
00:52:40,235 --> 00:52:42,275
and stand out there with a vest like anybody else can.

1155
00:52:42,425 --> 00:52:43,675
Okay. So I mean,

1156
00:52:43,905 --> 00:52:45,475
I'll address it. I'm, I'll, I'll

1157
00:52:45,475 --> 00:52:47,275
Talk As far as, as far as funding for it.

1158
00:52:47,315 --> 00:52:49,195
I mean they're, they're paying the staff anyway. They don't

1159
00:52:49,225 --> 00:52:49,875
Okay. Jeff,

1160
00:52:50,145 --> 00:52:51,515
There's grants, et cetera. So

1161
00:52:51,535 --> 00:52:54,635
We have in town, I coach at the high school from

1162
00:52:54,695 --> 00:52:56,525
two to five.

1163
00:52:57,715 --> 00:53:00,905
Chief knows at 2 25 for the next 15 minutes

1164
00:53:01,575 --> 00:53:03,425
that coming outta that high school.

1165
00:53:03,425 --> 00:53:05,705
Talking to high school. Now it's dangerous. Right.

1166
00:53:06,125 --> 00:53:07,425
You have inexperienced drivers

1167
00:53:07,605 --> 00:53:10,625
and I saw a near miss today when I pulled out Canard

1168
00:53:11,945 --> 00:53:13,545
Disaster and Center.

1169
00:53:13,725 --> 00:53:15,585
You zoning for like the Kenard

1170
00:53:15,605 --> 00:53:18,185
and Chesterfield are only for about an hour a day.

1171
00:53:18,185 --> 00:53:19,705
Yeah. In the mor an hour in the

1172
00:53:19,705 --> 00:53:20,825
morning. An hour in the afternoon.

1173
00:53:21,245 --> 00:53:23,505
But if you see what I see every day I sit in the porch

1174
00:53:23,605 --> 00:53:24,625
is where my office is.

1175
00:53:25,055 --> 00:53:26,725
We've got chief notes, they double parked.

1176
00:53:27,335 --> 00:53:29,085
Bubba tries a park and his pickup truck,

1177
00:53:29,395 --> 00:53:30,395
It's ongoing.

1178
00:53:30,395 --> 00:53:31,405
We're gonna talk to him again about it.

1179
00:53:31,555 --> 00:53:34,605
It's just, I mean, this buck can be passed all the way

1180
00:53:34,605 --> 00:53:36,325
around to everybody and yeah, you can have a little piece

1181
00:53:36,325 --> 00:53:37,885
of pie, but at the end

1182
00:53:37,885 --> 00:53:39,925
of the day we've had everything from SROs from the county

1183
00:53:39,925 --> 00:53:41,285
that were responsible for too.

1184
00:53:42,105 --> 00:53:43,565
You know, teachers that have been out there.

1185
00:53:43,585 --> 00:53:44,445
So there's been multiple

1186
00:53:44,445 --> 00:53:45,245
people involved with this

1187
00:53:45,245 --> 00:53:46,085
throughout the years. So they used to

1188
00:53:46,085 --> 00:53:48,725
Put, put teachers with yellow vest, little signs

1189
00:53:49,505 --> 00:53:50,505
For years.

1190
00:53:50,505 --> 00:53:52,005
They did it down, they did it on Canal.

1191
00:53:52,005 --> 00:53:54,685
And when the buses left Stevensville Middle School

1192
00:53:55,345 --> 00:53:57,605
put a, a teacher on each end.

1193
00:53:57,605 --> 00:54:00,005
Stop the traffic. Sure. Well that used to

1194
00:54:00,005 --> 00:54:01,605
Be at duty. You had that duty.

1195
00:54:01,905 --> 00:54:05,765
Yes, I would. I'll just talk to him. He's very nice.

1196
00:54:06,145 --> 00:54:08,205
You can talk to him and I, I will sit down

1197
00:54:08,205 --> 00:54:10,205
and talk to him again about the, the issues and

1198
00:54:10,475 --> 00:54:11,475
Sure.

1199
00:54:11,475 --> 00:54:12,005
And if I need to be president

1200
00:54:12,005 --> 00:54:13,125
or you'd like for maybe president,

1201
00:54:13,125 --> 00:54:14,445
please let me know, sir and we'll make time.

1202
00:54:15,145 --> 00:54:16,685
Yep. So thank you. Yep, no problem.

1203
00:54:17,345 --> 00:54:21,745
And the only other thing I have now is I forgot about this.

1204
00:54:22,445 --> 00:54:24,545
What's going on with the SHA property?

1205
00:54:25,085 --> 00:54:28,905
Did we acquire it yet or is it still No. In the work? So we

1206
00:54:28,905 --> 00:54:30,025
Can't do it. We had a

1207
00:54:30,745 --> 00:54:33,425
SHA pro SHA property property down at, we're trying to,

1208
00:54:33,525 --> 00:54:35,585
we were wanted to buy, it's across from Red Zone.

1209
00:54:36,215 --> 00:54:37,985
It's how many acres? Seven acres.

1210
00:54:38,035 --> 00:54:41,185
Seven little over. A little over seven acres. Acres.

1211
00:54:41,185 --> 00:54:45,025
So we, so as you remember the, the issue

1212
00:54:45,025 --> 00:54:49,185
with the property, we were actually on the agenda

1213
00:54:49,245 --> 00:54:51,785
for the Board of Public Works to go to settlement.

1214
00:54:53,195 --> 00:54:54,825
There were covenants that were written.

1215
00:54:55,105 --> 00:54:57,625
'cause there a portion of it is a mitigated area.

1216
00:54:57,645 --> 00:55:00,665
So this is property that State Highway bought when they

1217
00:55:01,245 --> 00:55:03,825
as a mitigation area.

1218
00:55:04,055 --> 00:55:06,105
When they did the overpass on 3 0 1,

1219
00:55:06,375 --> 00:55:09,245
they were required by Army Corps.

1220
00:55:09,825 --> 00:55:12,885
And so there were covenants that were placed on the property

1221
00:55:12,885 --> 00:55:15,365
that Army Corps and State Highway came up with.

1222
00:55:16,745 --> 00:55:19,045
The funding for that, for the town to purchase

1223
00:55:19,045 --> 00:55:20,925
that property is through program open space.

1224
00:55:21,235 --> 00:55:25,605
When the people at program open space read the covenants,

1225
00:55:25,715 --> 00:55:30,455
they were Basically would not be

1226
00:55:30,455 --> 00:55:32,095
funding the purchase of the property.

1227
00:55:32,155 --> 00:55:35,095
So, 'cause the covenants basically said you can't do

1228
00:55:35,255 --> 00:55:37,735
anything on this property in the mitigated area.

1229
00:55:37,915 --> 00:55:40,895
So we reached out to State Highway, Peter and I

1230
00:55:41,555 --> 00:55:43,015
and Army Corps.

1231
00:55:43,035 --> 00:55:45,375
It took us a while to get ahold of somebody at Army Corps.

1232
00:55:45,395 --> 00:55:49,175
We met with them, we toured the area where

1233
00:55:50,315 --> 00:55:54,495
the town was planning to have, this is where part

1234
00:55:54,575 --> 00:55:56,895
of Mike White Hill's plan a wilderness trail

1235
00:55:56,895 --> 00:56:01,815
through this part with a kind of,

1236
00:56:03,925 --> 00:56:05,335
with a bridge over,

1237
00:56:05,515 --> 00:56:08,455
but a very rustic bridge over, over the stream there.

1238
00:56:09,525 --> 00:56:13,535
Once we did that, they both came up with some ideas as to

1239
00:56:13,535 --> 00:56:15,655
where we could, they could identify an area

1240
00:56:15,675 --> 00:56:19,535
of reserved rights where the town could scrub that area

1241
00:56:19,755 --> 00:56:20,775
for the trail.

1242
00:56:21,655 --> 00:56:25,125
I had actually reached out to both of them earlier this week

1243
00:56:25,185 --> 00:56:28,445
to see Pete had Mccr come out and,

1244
00:56:28,665 --> 00:56:30,205
and mark off the trail.

1245
00:56:30,345 --> 00:56:32,645
We sent that information to them and we hadn't heard back.

1246
00:56:32,705 --> 00:56:36,395
So, so we have a

1247
00:56:36,545 --> 00:56:38,115
call next week.

1248
00:56:39,225 --> 00:56:42,075
Nick from Army Corps reached back out to,

1249
00:56:42,115 --> 00:56:43,595
we had a call with State Highway earlier.

1250
00:56:43,625 --> 00:56:45,515
They're kind of just waiting for Army Corps

1251
00:56:45,515 --> 00:56:46,955
to decide how they want to do this.

1252
00:56:47,135 --> 00:56:48,795
So next week Pete

1253
00:56:48,795 --> 00:56:53,155
and I have a call with Army Corps to see what else we need

1254
00:56:53,155 --> 00:56:55,755
to do so we can proceed with, you know this.

1255
00:56:55,775 --> 00:56:57,195
But yeah, we're still in the process.

1256
00:56:58,315 --> 00:56:59,875
I mean it's only been like, I don't know,

1257
00:56:59,945 --> 00:57:02,395
five years we've been working on this. Yeah,

1258
00:57:02,755 --> 00:57:03,995
I know. It's been a, been a while.

1259
00:57:04,455 --> 00:57:07,795
And can I actually make one more, I forgot to mention one.

1260
00:57:08,215 --> 00:57:11,635
So there's Corsica River Day is this Sunday

1261
00:57:12,255 --> 00:57:16,605
at Conquest Beach from 12 to three.

1262
00:57:16,945 --> 00:57:19,405
The town participates. We'll be there with a booth.

1263
00:57:20,085 --> 00:57:21,605
So I just wanted to, to,

1264
00:57:24,565 --> 00:57:25,565
That's it.

1265
00:57:26,365 --> 00:57:31,245
Anything else? I've got nothing. Thanks for Adur. Second.

1266
00:57:32,115 --> 00:57:34,325
We'd adjourned. Good job, Jack. Good job.