[0:00] I pledge allegiance to the flag

[0:03] of the United

[0:15] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[0:19] republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:25] justice for all.

[0:42] » So moved. >> Second part.

[0:44] » Motion has been made and seconded to approve the agenda. All those in favor

[0:46] signify by saying "Aye." >> Aye.

[0:48] » Opposed?

[0:51] Everybody on the list by name. >> Yes.

[0:57] » Uh >> No.

[1:00] » Okay. >> No.

[1:01] » So moved. >> If you just hold on there just one

[1:03] moment just a second. >> We're too smart for you, Kevin.

[1:08] » [snorts] >> Uh next up is the consent agenda. We'll

[1:10] need a motion to approve. >> I'll move.

[1:12] » Second. >> Motion has been made and seconded. All

[1:14] those in favor signify by saying "Aye." >> Aye.

[1:17] » Opposed?

[1:22] Uh no unfinished business. Moving on to the new business. Dave Pepper driver

[1:25] Vietnam Memorial wall.

[1:30] » Good afternoon everybody. Whatever it is.

[1:33] » Oh. >> Thank you for the time.

[1:35] Excuse me, but

[1:40] » [clears throat] >> I just wanted to bring you guys a quick

[1:41] update on what's happening.

[1:45] And what's happening is

[1:48] this week I'll be getting a copy of the insurance from the helicopter

[1:55] crew and from the F W. in the town this

[2:10] I don't know if you noticed or not, we got two big billboards put up.

[2:17] The park place at 57. And the one at 52 and uh

[2:22] 57 at the gas station. Beautiful, beautiful billboards.

[2:28] » [cough] >> I'm excited about that.

[2:31] » Southern flags, too, in town. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And uh

[2:35] Thank God for all you guys because that's going to help a lot. We're not

[2:39] much help, but we're old people. That's what I'm

[2:42] trying to say. The town here has been on the back.

[2:45] I'm looking forward to putting that. And uh

[2:49] we uh got a couple of things.

[2:53] Got a call last night uh from Bluebell Beach, they had the wall put up

[2:57] last week. But

[3:01] and uh they called me down there and told me they're all done, but they

[3:04] called us last night and they're going to give us

[3:07] the foundation that the wall sits on. It's very expensive. It had a lot of

[3:12] labor. And so we're

[3:15] going to try and find time this weekend to go and get it.

[3:19] I'd like to be able to make that

[3:24] whatever you call it, convenient for you guys to set up kind of early and get

[3:27] some things done. And uh

[3:32] the other thing is that wall

[3:35] is on uh I forgot. Two by fours holding in the

[3:38] ground. And then they're laying them to make

[3:41] sure that they're straight. That's the request I would have for

[3:45] y'all that all that be able to

[3:47] pull the two by fours in the ground. Then we're done, pull that off and pull

[3:52] them off the back of the cedar. Whatever else.

[3:57] Whatever damage which I hope will be nothing but we

[4:00] do it covertly. >> [clears throat]

[4:03] » request to do

[4:05] » Uh you'll probably want to call the state trust

[4:08] » Yeah, we went the We went one side of town with that earlier.

[4:14] We figured it was still It was not in the

[4:18] » in the ball park. >> in the ball park but I would do it just

[4:22] as a precaution. >> And that's already in the UK.

[4:25] » Yeah. >> And uh

[4:28] the other thing is uh parking.

[4:32] We don't know if we're going to have 10 cars, 100 cars, 1,000 to 10,000. We

[4:37] have no idea. >> Somewhere between 1 and 10,000.

[4:40] » Yeah. >> [laughter]

[4:43] » See, I don't know how many you're talking about.

[4:45] » Yeah. >> But I would like to be able to possible

[4:49] be able to park as close as we can because of the

[4:52] age group of the people. Uh

[4:56] we're going to have some golf carts to help transport people

[5:01] and we're going to have some handicap spots right there for

[5:04] that's on the ball night but we would like to be able to

[5:08] you know, give blessing to the park as close as you could with that.

[5:12] the age of the people. >> Yeah, that's all the time and then you

[5:15] just put all the handicaps there. >> Yeah.

[5:18] And uh you know, whatever you suggest

[5:22] would be great for us. Uh

[5:25] and uh we have uh

[5:29] » [clears throat] >> I think I told you that our guest

[5:31] speaker is uh Medal of Honor winner

[5:35] from Kansas City. Gary Richardson. He's going to be our

[5:38] guest speaker at the opening ceremonies.

[5:43] » He's the most recent, right? Or When is recent?

[5:46] » Yes, his was this in March in the middle of May?

[5:50] So, where do I eat? Eating.

[5:53] And uh You all are

[5:57] What's his name if you guys can be there? Hey, what's his name?

[6:00] » What's his name again? >> Gary Richardson.

[6:02] » Gary Richardson. >> Gas station.

[6:04] And uh we want to see that he's over for the opening ceremony. Let's go there.

[6:10] It's a big deal for us. >> What's the date and time of the event?

[6:13] » Absolutely. Uh

[6:15] The date is the official movie is September 4th

[6:19] at 9:00 a.m. Yeah,

[6:23] we've got a uh a group coming out last week for that as

[6:27] an honor guard. And uh we have

[6:36] Who's the sheriff out here? Darrel Stanley obeying the center here

[6:40] and we got a couple of the bank lights. >> Oh, that's lovely.

[6:43] » Yeah. And uh And right at 9:00, the helicopter is

[6:47] going to fly. >> Oh, nice.

[6:49] » Yeah. We're going to say it in the morning.

[6:51] The helicopter people, I don't know who they are.

[6:55] We [cough] need to make this a good place to land. They got to fly

[6:58] 10:00 before. No later No later than that.

[7:02] » Okay. I'll see if you have a problem with it.

[7:04] » No. And then at the path that he come over,

[7:07] the chief pilot came over last week and uh

[7:11] he dragged the pole so I have They're going to land on there.

[7:15] » He said he did. >> Okay.

[7:17] » So, that will put it down there. >> And then do I need that marked or

[7:22] anything? Or is it Pardon? Are they going to mark it off

[7:25] for >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, they'll make sure that

[7:28] He'll take off from the pad and fly west.

[7:32] Fly over the west and get into the ice. We don't have anything to do with the

[7:36] ride. We'll be over there. That's really up to them.

[7:40] It's exciting just to have them here. >> Sure.

[7:42] » Got to be a big deal. Uh

[7:45] » Is it a Vietnam era chapter? >> It is.

[7:48] » [laughter] >> It's a new unit, right?

[7:50] » Yeah.

[7:52] » [laughter] >> But uh

[7:55] Yeah. And they were real good at Cass City. They were really good.

[7:58] » And they do have a I think he charged them 100

[8:03] It's 25 an hour at night, but he gives you a good rate.

[8:06] And then And um

[8:10] That's the one We're going to have a couple food trucks

[8:14] uh up at the pavilion area, which it's got

[8:17] to be away from the wall. But that give

[8:20] uh the opportunity that food trucks that will give people that want to eat

[8:25] they can go to check in the pavilion. The pavilion they can eat.

[8:29] » Yeah. >> That will be supplied.

[8:32] And uh we're going to be putting up three

[8:34] tents. And

[8:39] we're going to be putting wood around one of the tents.

[8:42] With what? He had it all the way around the gravel around the dirt.

[8:46] And that is a Vietnam man uh

[8:50] down by Detroit. He has a tent all sorts of Vietnam

[8:58] memorabilia. You know, this you know,

[9:02] it's it's a good thing to see. We'd like to put him there.

[9:06] And then um our main tent going in

[9:10] to control the traffic. The ideal situation is

[9:13] that fence around that ball diamond is a guy sitting for us because

[9:17] » Yeah. >> security.

[9:19] » Yeah. >> And uh

[9:21] the other thing is uh

[9:26] I think we need to hear.

[9:28] That's a ball. You can You can think of a

[9:32] When the client comes over, we're going to do an escort to the town.

[9:36] Uh but uh September

[9:39] 3rd we have we got a time yet?

[9:42] We're going to do an escort from the Shields area

[9:46] into Showboat Park. And then

[9:50] my understanding is that we're going to have a bunch of motorcycles.

[9:54] We're going to notify the fire department if they want to be

[9:57] involved, you know. That's great. We're going to have that.

[10:01] And I'll notify notify Chesaning Area Schools

[10:05] and >> [clears throat]

[10:07] » Chesaning Schools and the Wolverine.

[10:11] Uh, they want to

[10:13] allow the kids to let the kids come out and wave as they come through and

[10:17] that's it. That's the main thing, but

[10:20] both and I'll do the banner. I got three quarter

[10:24] guns. Two weather ones in the handicap.

[10:27] And they will be serviced by other people, not us.

[10:32] And that's about it.

[10:34] Any questions on that? I'll answer them.

[10:38] All right, I will see if they're good in the near future.

[10:42] » Do you Are you still looking for volunteers?

[10:44] » Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, they're We've got Now with the program, we've got uh

[10:50] forms out that were We're selling two shirts and then

[10:54] got the donations and then we have forms for people wanting to volunteer, but I

[10:57] think I think we can see them all the festival

[11:01] down there with the volunteers. >> Okay.

[11:03] » Great. That notice was

[11:05] bad, but now it's looking a lot better, so I'm

[11:09] I'm assuming we'll have enough. >> Is there an age limit on volunteers?

[11:12] » Pardon? >> Is there an age limit on volunteers?

[11:15] » them all 18. >> Okay.

[11:16] » Just for Just for liability.

[11:18] » Sure. I In Chesaning, our um

[11:22] I mean, our National Honor Society and the Key Club are both very large groups

[11:26] that like to volunteer. >> Yeah.

[11:28] » I'm sure some of the kids will be over 18 if you get in a position that you may

[11:32] need some help, um those uh Lindsey Pierce and uh Crystal Lewandowski, I

[11:38] think would be good people to contact to see if maybe they had some

[11:42] uh students over 18 that would be available to volunteer that that we

[11:46] have. >> We'll call the cadet school and see what

[11:48] they say. >> Sure.

[11:48] » Things get rolling and they got to do the same thing. I'll see Charles here in

[11:51] a little bit. But uh um

[11:54] there we may very well have some some whatever troll cadets

[11:59] walk them tonight for walking the grounds and whatnot

[12:04] » Yeah. >> uh as a project that may or may not

[12:07] happen. Uh

[12:10] I'm looking for you. I know >> Yeah. Uh I will be in touch. So, I know

[12:13] where to put all of my containers for you.

[12:16] » Okay. Okay. >> Yep. I talked to your wife about it this

[12:18] morning. She had reached out to my husband and I had already planned when

[12:22] you came the first time I already had plans to decorate down there.

[12:25] » God bless you. God >> Yeah. Absolutely.

[12:27] » But uh it's going to be it's going to be exciting thing. And uh we've got some

[12:31] interviews coming up, I think, with Channel 5.

[12:36] 12 And I'm trying to grab a hold of Art

[12:39] Lewis. It's almost impossible to get a hold of

[12:41] him, but I want to get it out of you I don't want to get it out there. We're

[12:44] getting a lot of publicity from all over. We've got uh some people coming

[12:49] down to Los Angeles. >> Oh, no.

[12:51] » So, it's exciting.

[12:54] And uh I thank you all.

[12:56] » You're welcome. >> Peace.

[12:58] See you shortly. >> [laughter]

[12:59] » Thank you. >> [clears throat]

[13:02] » All right. Next up, Grand Marshal Kenneth Walker, president coordinator of

[13:06] M-57 Committee.

[13:10] » Hello, Village Council. >> Council.

[13:11] » Uh my name is Melissa Roman and I'm representing the Candlelight Committee

[13:14] right now. And we are requesting funds on 57 from

[13:19] 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, November 27th and Saturday,

[13:25] November 28th for the candle walk.

[13:31] » Right?

[13:34] » Oh, stop. We're not married yet.

[13:38] » [laughter] >> You can work.

[13:39] » Yes. And you think she's going to quit

[13:41] volunteering so we can get married? I don't think so. We need volunteers.

[13:46] » Well, I had an idea about this. I said it was going to be a problem.

[13:49] » [laughter] >> I make a motion to allow the candle walk

[13:54] closure of [clears throat] M-57 November 27th and 28th from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m.

[14:01] » Motion has been made and supported. All those in favor signal by saying aye.

[14:04] » Aye. >> Any opposed?

[14:06] The motion carried. >> Thank you so much.

[14:10] » Next up, committee reports. Infrastructure.

[14:13] » We had a meeting this morning and he's going to explain.

[14:15] » Infrastructure, yes. So, we met this morning. OHM did a great job giving us

[14:19] some thorough updates. We talked about the same road to the school program.

[14:23] Uh their work scheduled to start June 27th.

[14:27] Some of the big Big Rock area water work is going to have to wait until 2028 most

[14:32] likely. Um

[14:34] OHM went through a few things. The local roads chip and seal projects are going

[14:38] to start as soon as tomorrow. That's at Third and Pete, Bentley Street, Pearl

[14:43] Street, Brady Street, Canal Street, East Liberty Street and Neithling.

[14:48] Um also spent some time talking about the

[14:51] water master plan which is due to the state in September. Everything appears

[14:55] to be on time with that. Um and a rate study analysis was also

[15:00] discussed. So, it was a robust meeting this morning.

[15:05] » Thank you. Finance and admin. >> I had a meeting.

[15:08] » I heard. >> [laughter]

[15:09] » Uh just the others didn't feel like coming. I'm not going to name names.

[15:13] » I didn't feel like >> I remember getting a text.

[15:15] » But they are at this meeting. >> [laughter]

[15:19] » Uh >> Can you hold? I don't I

[15:21] » One meeting this meeting this morning. So, I won't name his name.

[15:26] Anyhow, it was a clean meeting.

[15:30] Between me and the other important person who made the meeting.

[15:34] We foresee a very clean audit. >> That's great.

[15:38] » So that was the most important thing. And everything in our books and our

[15:43] numbers look good like they should because we're being led by the most

[15:48] handsome announcer. >> [laughter]

[15:53] » Doesn't think it twice. >> I will say he had no meeting.

[15:59] » What is our next meeting? >> All right.

[16:01] » Chamber of Commerce is later this month. >> I probably won't be here till my meeting

[16:07] is done. >> [cough]

[16:08] » Uh Planning Commission? >> Uh we did have a meeting. We

[16:14] uh

[16:17] » Approved the parking waiver? >> We did. I was I was trying to think of

[16:20] the name of it, but do they have a business name? Okay.

[16:24] We approved the parking waiver for uh the second hand store that's going to

[16:29] open up in the old Arthur's building. Um

[16:32] » Are they going to fix the old Arthur's building?

[16:34] » It's not that part of it. >> The

[16:36] » The lounge part. >> The lounge part is where the store is

[16:39] going to be. We have a clearance that this will not affect the safety of that

[16:44] building. Um there was some discussion that monetarily this may help them clean

[16:49] up the rest of the building more swiftly. Um

[16:55] » Are there plans? >> There are.

[16:57] » There are plans and he's doing he's done quite a bit of work already. Um but I I

[17:02] I think that it's expensive. So >> I'm sure it is.

[17:04] » I think that getting some income coming in there

[17:07] is probably what >> Is it going to be like a thrift shop or

[17:10] like a pawn shop? >> Uh a thrift shop yeah. A thrift store

[17:14] from what I heard yeah. >> Cool.

[17:19] » And I was >> Did they give you a date for the

[17:21] location? >> No.

[17:23] I don't know what it is. >> Airport?

[17:27] » No. >> Fire board.

[17:29] » 11 run I'd say maybe like 12 run. Uh we had quite a few this weekend.

[17:35] Uh bringing 121 total.

[17:39] They're starting this week. We're going to be out there every night this week.

[17:43] Uh the blood drive is uh Thursday and Friday out out of the fire department.

[17:48] All the trucks are back in service. >> Okay.

[17:51] » Um training was Sunday and Monday out at Crooks Farm.

[17:55] » Oh, is that the field that caught on fire?

[17:57] That's what they told me about. >> Uh there I know Snider's been burning. I

[18:01] don't know if that was just out there or not. Crooks Farm out there on Gasper

[18:04] Road. >> Yeah, I don't know. I know somebody just

[18:06] told me a whole field caught fire and they're putting it out.

[18:08] » Okay. >> And they had Snider at all here in Fort

[18:11] Recovery today. Um

[18:14] » Maybe don't burn when it's super dry and windy.

[18:16] » I know. Um

[18:18] the fire board [clears throat] is next Monday uh next Wednesday at 6:00.

[18:22] » All right, thank you. >> Gas board?

[18:24] » Gas board had a meeting July 28th. I was not able to attend. Uh when I see those

[18:28] minutes, I'll report back to this group. >> All right, thank you.

[18:31] » Trust me? >> No meeting.

[18:33] » All right. Any council member have a statement they

[18:36] wish to make?

[18:39] All right. Next up uh Anna and I are apart.

[18:42] » Uh village audit is being finalized this week.

[18:45] » He said um it'll probably be presented at the next meeting which is August

[18:49] 18th. >> Oh, that's quick.

[18:51] » Uh predicting a clean audit. So, hopefully

[18:55] uh that prediction comes through. It'd be kind of surprising if it's not. So,

[18:58] uh >> I bet you there's some emails I need to

[19:00] respond to. >> Yes, there probably are. So, check your

[19:03] email. Uh TIF grant

[19:05] is just [clears throat] about complete. We're down to one service line uh

[19:09] that we it's still unknown material. We're hoping to have it identified where

[19:14] it's at, Uh located and identified this week.

[19:17] And then uh

[19:19] like Tyler said, chip and seal starts tomorrow.

[19:22] Parts of Bentley Street, Pearl Street, Brady Street, Pine Street, South Pine

[19:26] Street, East Liberty Street, and East Liberty Street will be affected.

[19:31] Uh so just let them put the stone down and then you

[19:35] can drive >> Are they going to start on top of it?

[19:37] Are they going to follow >> starting

[19:40] » We're not going to start South Pine Street this week, are we?

[19:42] » It'll be tomorrow. >> Are you kidding me?

[19:45] I just said it's South Pine Street. It's going to start tomorrow on South Pine

[19:48] Street? >> Yes.

[19:49] » Do you have any idea what the traffic is like on South Pine Street this week?

[19:52] » [laughter] >> I saw them out there this morning and I

[19:55] thought you would think they can't be serious and they are serious.

[19:58] » Wow. >> [clears throat]

[20:01] [laughter]

[20:03] » I saw them out there marking this morning and I was like they cannot

[20:06] possibly do the whole street this week. >> Damn.

[20:08] » Yeah. >> It should be done tomorrow. So it'll be

[20:12] done at first school service. >> Good grief.

[20:15] Man. >> Any other items?

[20:17] » Nope. >> Motion to adjourn.

[20:20] » Support. >> Motion by Mayor Ford to adjourn. All in

[20:22] favor, >> Aye.

[20:24] » Opposed? Carried.

[20:29] » [clears throat]

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