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I'll call Park and Cemetery Board to
order. Time is now 6:18.

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Clerk, please call the roll, please.
>> Mr. Price?

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» Here.
>> Ms. Whitsburger is excused. Mr. Fritz?

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» Here.
>> Ms. Gibson?

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» Here.
>> Ms. Dymek?

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» Here.

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» Okay, we have um someone for public
participation, Stephanie Wims, the

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Daughters of the American Revolution.

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» Yeah, thank you for letting me come to
your meeting.

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Uh
I noticed that the cement slab is out

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there.
The the bench is ready. We're just

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wanting to put them
I'm not I'm my question is, who will

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put the bench on the slab?
>> The city.

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» The city?
>> I would think so, yes.

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» Who do I need Do I need to contact
someone?

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» I can coordinate that with the service
department.

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And then I can keep you in the loop as
to when it'll go on there.

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» Okay, that'd be great.
>> Yep.

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» And I brought invitations for all of
you.

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» I'll hand them here and you just pass
them out.

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» Okay, thank you.

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The ceremony will start at 11:00 a.m. on
October 11th

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or 10th.
I'm sorry.

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Uh were there any questions?

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» I'm just really excited about this. I
think it's awesome.

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» I think it's I think it's great.
>> Well, thank you so much. This is Kate

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Wims.
>> Thank you.

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» With the America 250, we wanted to do
something. And also, my chapter will be

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130 years old in January. And so, we
figured we'd combine the two since

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there's three Revolutionary War soldiers
buried there.

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Um
And so, everyone's going to be

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recognized on there.
>> That's awesome. That is very awesome.

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» And I sent you a picture, didn't I? Of
the bench?

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Or did I send it to you?
>> Yeah, you sent it to me.

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Um and I can forward it to the rest of
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» Sure, that would be great.
>> Okay. All right.

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Any other
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» Nope. You said what day again? October
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» October 10th. 10th at 11:00 a.m.
>> 11:00 a.m.

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» Saturday.
>> I'll put it on my calendar.

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» Well, thank you for your time.
>> Thank you so much, Stephanie. You have a

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good You have a good evening.

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» Okay, uh do we have any old business?

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» Um
Ruth, I hate to ask you this,

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but if
that's I

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She gave me
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different grants out there, of course.
Um if we have um some um verification of

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um like different veterans, there's
different stuff for that. Um so if I can

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kind of get, you know, a snowball, I
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veterans in there. Um that is definitely
how we can

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» Get some grant money?
>> Get some grant money. I think that is

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our after looking over some of the
stuff, um the federal one um

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one looks like it might be um the best.
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» I'm going to leave that up to you. I
think you know, the way you research

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stuff, I'm sure you'll do a great job.
>> Yeah, I did I just need like

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who's We have a list of who's in the
cemetery, correct?

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» Yes.
>> And who's veterans, correct?

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That I could look at and we could just
say we have, you know, this many

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veterans from this state to this state.
>> I would say Emma probably would be the

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one
with all the veterans that you've dealt

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with with the plaques.
>> Well, so some of those people are alive

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and some of them are deceased and we
don't really have a record of who's who.

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» Does
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» I think we can
I think on the doesn't on the doesn't

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the plaques up there
What did we call them? The income

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plaques?
>> They're pavers.

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» Pavers, thank you. Um doesn't it have
the date of the deceased on there?

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» I If they're I mean if they're dead
potentially, but it there were no

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requirements as far as what somebody
wanted to put on there. So, if somebody

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didn't want to put the date of death on
a paver, they didn't have to put the

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date of death on a paver. They could put
what they wanted to about somebody's

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service. So, there wouldn't be any way
for us to know who's alive and who's

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deceased from those pavers.
>> I have I have a list of what I can what

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I can provide.
>> talking about the deceased that we can

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say we have deceased veterans from here
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» Um we have from the Revolutionary War.
>> a better chance of of getting like a

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federal like you know, cuz
>> I'll get I'll get with you.

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» Okay.
>> Well, I see this

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I see this here as Revolutionary War
soldiers buried at Norton

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Norton Center.
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» Yeah, there's three, but we have more
buried at Western Star.

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» We have more. We we know that.
>> I know, but we're going for this one.

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» Right, right. I understand. I
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We have a We have That's probably eight
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» Absolutely. But if some plaques want to
be done for the other, maybe we can

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combine

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the two. I'll look into that further,
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» Okay.
>> You know, that we could get funds for

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maybe that one to do some things, you
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» Spread the wealth.
>> Well, we can try.

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» Sure, I love it.
>> All they can say is no.

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» My mother always taught me to
she said you

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it doesn't ever hurt to ask. All you
they can say is yes or no.

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» and and if we're acknowledging these
people and and putting a plaque that is

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readable versus some of the stuff that
is not, I would think that they might

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give some consideration to that.
>> Okay, always heard always that's sounds

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good. Thank you.
Thank you for checking into that.

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» Okay, um
Now we're on a new business, the toddler

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swings at Columbia Woods Park.
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and not just Columbia Woods, but that's
the main park in the Norton and that's

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where they usually go cuz there's a nice
playground there and they all they have

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older kids, too. They're requesting to
see if we can put some toddler swings

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down there or baby swings because
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I mean mostly toddler.
But you know, the what kinds

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the kind that they can sit in.
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like something there, I think.
>> I thought they did, too.

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» But it was broken.
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toddler swing,
it's very very much requested by several

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people that I know that go there often.
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May you go there.
>> Yeah, [laughter] yeah.

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» So okay, and James also wants one.
>> Yeah.

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» So anyway
>> You know, it was a little busted.

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» Okay, [laughter]
so can you check on that, Emma?

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» Can you send me an email request and
then I can forward that to the

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appropriate department?
>> Absolutely.

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» Okay, thank you.

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» Okay, um fall community events.

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Fall
the the cider the cider festival. Yes,

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the cider festival parade. I think it's
When is that? October?

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It's October
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when they originally wanted to do the
bench dedication.

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» Right. And I had called her and told her
that she had to pick another date. So,

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um
we do have the cider festival. They

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start the festivities usually on Friday.
It goes through Sunday. So, that's

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that's a biggie. Um
Do you Emma, do you know if they have

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the uh applications online yet for the
cider festival parade?

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» Uh I'm not usually in touch with the
cider festival committee, so I can't say

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what they typically do there.
>> Okay. I'll I'll I'll look into that.

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I don't know of any other
>> Does anyone have any I mean an interest

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of us participating in some
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this
It's something we can think about, you

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know, if we want to participate.
>> talking about the parade or the cider

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festival?
>> just interested

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» be riding a horse in the parade. So,
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I'll piggyback on your room.
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» I did last year. It was fun.
>> We're not cleaning up after you. That I

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won't agree to.
>> No, we we have to provide our own uh

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pooper scoopers. So,
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just thought I'd ask.
>> Yeah, that's that would be nice,

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actually. I can uh check with the chair.
>> I think one of the best kept secrets in

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Norton
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» are our little board here.
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and we will let us
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» See if if there's something that we
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maybe man for a while, you know,
cover a shift somewhere. That would be

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okay. Sure. I'll do that.
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we wanted to develop some type of little
flyer of you know

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our our dreams and aspirations for the
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you know what we'd like just to get
maybe an interest I mean

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you know they come and they ask yeah we
want toddler swings okay you know

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a lot of these things are on that the
the wish list that we kind of made so do

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we want to put something like you know
that out there

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what do you you know
>> Yeah I kind of like the idea.

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» I know they've done certain things what
do you want to see in your parks but

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maybe it's something
more intimate as flyer fest

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» like a booth?
We set up a booth with a you know like

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suggestion
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» suggestion box?
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do that.
Just you know

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we could
I mean we got some really nice parks.

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Nice to be able to develop that a little
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» Our radio radio station got a bunch of
>> And maybe if we got enough

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citizen backing and
might be able to do something.

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» Okay that sounds like a plan.
>> Okay.

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» Thanks for bringing it up.
Okay.

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» Okay any other business?
>> I had something but I can't remember

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what it was now I've lost my train of
thought.

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I can't remember.

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It's gone.
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uh do we approve the minutes of July
15th?

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» You need a motion you need a motion.
>> Can I get a motion to approve the

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minutes
of July 15th 2026?

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» I approve.
>> Can I get a second?

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» We need a second?
>> Mhm.

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» I wasn't here.
>> Oh that's right I'll second.

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» Okay.
>> You can actually even second if you need

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to.
>> Okay. Well,

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thank you.
>> Um I'm going to call the roll. Mr.

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Fritz.
>> Here.

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» Ms. Gibson.
>> Here.

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Or yes.
>> Um Mr. Price.

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» Yes.
>> Ms. Witzberger's absent. Ms. Dimech.

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» Abstain.

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» Okay. And um can I get a motion to
adjourn?

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» I'll make a motion.
>> I can make that.

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» Okay.
>> And I'll I'll second that.

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» All right. And then I get the hammer.
>> [laughter]

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» Okay. Meeting is adjourned at 6:30
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» All right.
>> All right.