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America

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and to [clears throat] the republic for
which it stands. One nation under God,

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indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.

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» Our first um order of businesses
reorganization this morning. Do we have

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a nomination for president?
I would like to nominate Jordan to be

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continue as president.
>> I'd like to second that.

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» All in favor?
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» I
>> Jordan.

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» Okay. Thank you. Appreciate the support
for another year. Uh we'll take a

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nomination for uh vice president.
>> Uh see no reason to change it. So I'll

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nominate uh Burke to be uh vice
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» Second that. All right. All in favor say
I. I that'll carry too. All right, we're

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restructured.
We'll go on to our uh scheduled business

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here for our agenda today, January 6th.
And we have public comment. Anyone here

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for public comment?

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» Morning, Todd.
>> Morning, sir. How are you?

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» Good.
>> Um, I'm here to speak about a few

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things.
>> Can you state your name? My first name

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is Todd Boston. I live at 3677 North
County Road 50 East. Um I'm here to

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state uh complain about the noise that I
have at my home. Um I've had meetings

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with you guys privately. They put 14
trees up. They put a band-aid on the

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wound. Okay. The noise still comes
through those trees.

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Here's a video from If you want to see
it, I have it.

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» Can you send it to us? I sent it to Bert
already. Bird has it on his phone. If

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Bert wants to pull it up, it's from
November 6th when I walk out the door at

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6 at
>> You have a microphone on cuz I could

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play this.
>> You can email it to me.

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» Okay. After a later date,
you hear that?

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Hear the birds.
>> Hear the birds.

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» Hear what's behind it?

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That's at my back door.
That means I can't open my windows. I

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can't enjoy my home because this county
approved these substations that are

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directly behind my house. One directly
behind my house and one to the north of

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me. Okay, I'm upset.
Okay, as you can see, I'm shaking.

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Right? Because I now have to hire an
attorney

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to sue AES
to get this taken care of. That's $2,500

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out of my pocket to hire an attorney
like you in Indianapolis because there

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is no attorney in Lafayette or Frankfurt
that will knows what to do with this.

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And you guys are going to sit here and
say, "Oh, Todd, why don't you get your

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house appraised?" That's the last thing
you told me, right? And see what this

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noise does to the value of my home.
Okay. [clears throat]

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Why is it my responsibility
to take care of your guys's problem?

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The area planning
office approved the substations. Is that

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not correct?
>> Gentlemen, someone approved this. Who

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approved these substations to go
directly behind my house?

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» I would have went through the whole
process through the area plan.

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» Okay. So, area planning is now
responsible for that. But now you're off

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the hook, right? Because I had to file a
complaint within 30 days. Is that not

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right, sir? I
>> I don't know enough about the issue to

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give legal advice.
>> Well, I'm not looking for you for

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advice. I'm looking for your opinion,
sir.

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» That's what you're asking for is legal
advice. So, I'm not going to be able to

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provide that.
>> Okay. So, why do I have to hire an

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attorney?
Why do I have to sell my home and get it

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appraised?
You've taken away my homestead.

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I can't enjoy myself outside of my home.

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14 trees is not going to do anything to
that noise. And AES,

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I believe they said, um, we're
graciously giving you these trees.

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Now, we had a meeting at my home with
Liz, you and Garrett from AES in May. Is

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that not correct, sir?
>> Correct.

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» Okay. What happened from that meeting?
Can you tell me?

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» Well, Garrett,
>> 14 trees.

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» Yeah.
>> And Garrett is no longer there.

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» That's I understand.
>> Okay. Now, let's get to Williams Creek

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who put all your shrubs in out there.
Who's in charge of that now, sir?

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Anybody? Nobody. I had a call because
the 14 trees were laying on the ground.

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on the ground. One's on the ground and
and how many were on a on a 60deree

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angle? Nine 10 of them out of the 14,
they were never staked. Why should I, as

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a homeowner, have to call and find out
who is running Williams Creek and who is

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running AES?
>> Did you call Mr. Weaver?

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» I called Mr. Weaver. He called me two
days later. Sir, I called Liz. She says,

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"I don't know, sir. I'd have to look
into it. It's going to take me a few

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days because it's warm weather and
everyone wants their footings put in.

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I'm mad. I'm mad at this county for what
they did to me. You're not taking any

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responsibility morally, ethically, or
legally to help me. Is that not a state?

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» Did they come and restake
it right before the 40 m to 60 mph

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windset because all those trees would
have been on the freaking ground, right?

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Yeah,
I took care of it. No one from the

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county helped me. Liz never emailed me
because I called Liz and said, "Here's

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the guy's name. His name is Bo Green.
Kevin Birkhard has been fired." So, the

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two people that I've had contact with in
the last two years since this has been

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turned on, this is where I'm at today.
Still at the same spot two years later.

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And you're all going to stare at me with
blank faces

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and not help me. Is that correct?
>> I believe Commissioner Weaver has tried

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to help you.
>> I'm asking you as a as a commissioner.

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» It doesn't take three of us. It doesn't
take three of us.

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» Well, obviously Bird, are you getting
anywhere?

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» Well, like you said, the guy that I
contact the trees got rested, so

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apparently
>> I took care of it.

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» Well, I called him, too. So, I don't
know who prompted that to get there, but

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I did.
>> I called Bo Green.

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» Yeah.
>> And called him that when I found out and

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took care of it myself. When I called
you and told you, I took care of it.

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» Yes, I did.
>> Yep.

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» So, what's your solution? What would you
like to see?

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» What would I like to see?
>> Yes.

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» Three layers of trees. That's what it's
going to take

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from the substation behind my house all
the way to the one at the north end.

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That's going to take over all Mr.
Oller's land that he puts corn in. When

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the corn was there, guess what? I didn't
hear it

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cuz it buffered the sound and pushed it
back. Now I'm going to have soybeans.

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What are soybeans going to do for me?
You've taken away my homestead. You've

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taken away my peace of mind because of
what the county approved

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and put in behind my house.

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How many millions of dollars do you guys
get from that from up there? What do you

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guys get a year?
>> $488,000.

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» Okay. So, how much is that?
>> Years.

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» Okay. Over how many years?
>> 10. And then it becomes on the tax roll.

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» Okay. So for for every for first 10
years you get $400,000 a year, right?

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Roughly
>> 488 roughly.

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» So why don't you
take a portion of that money and fix my

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property?

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» You have to do something for me. I am
not going to spend $2,500

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to get a demand letter. Just a freaking
demand letter from an attorney.

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It's $415, thou dollar an hour. It's
going to cost me 10 to$20,000

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or more to sue this company. Why do I
have to do that when it was your guys's

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mistake in the beginning?
>> Our guys is don't don't

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» Area planning area every area planning
approved this. Is that not tied to the

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county?
>> Uh indirectly yes.

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» Well, okay. Well, indirectly and
directly are the same things.

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» Then then you could sue area plan.
>> I can't. It's been 30 days, sir.

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» Well, then make the rules.
>> See, that's the rules.

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» So, that's why I'm coming with you
morally or ethically. Are you going to

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do anything for me?

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» I'm asking a question, guys. You got
$400,000. How much does it cost to put

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three rows of 14ft trees behind my home?
It's a good question. We'll have to look

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into that.
>> I would more than look into it, sir. I

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am upset. I am mad. It's December or
January, whatever it is, and I still

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deal with it when I walk out my door
when it's 30° outside.

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Do you want to hear that noise? Do you
have that noise in your home? You? You?

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You? Anybody here? No.
All right. We'll we'll keep working on

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it here for you.
>> So, I'm going to AES. I went there

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yesterday. There's a new gentleman
there. I believe his name is Curtis.

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» Do you know that?
>> I did not.

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» So,
what do I do?

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» We'll give you two more minutes.
>> You're going to give me two minutes?

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» What about all the dead shrubs that are
surrounding this area, the solar farm?

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Are you guys going to replace those
because they're out of warranty? There's

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hundreds.
Go up by Mr. Yod's house. I believe it's

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Yod's house on top of the hill by Little
Lakes. Look at the black tarp. It's

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gone.
The soundproofing mat got ripped off

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from the wind. Is that going to get
replaced for him?

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» I think it should. Yes.
>> Who's going to take care of it? Who do

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you call?

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» Well, I would think you would call AES.
>> Me?

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» Well, no, not you.
area plan will need to they need to be

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doing checkups on that.