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yeah welcome to the town of

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emur town meeting for the evening of

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Monday November 4th

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2024 at this time I'd ask you to please

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silence your cell phones of any rings

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beeps online gaming you name it if it's

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going to make a noise just put on

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vibrate thank you and then at this time

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I'd like to please invite you uh to

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stand for the Pledge of

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Allegiance United States of America to

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the Republic for which it stands one

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nation God indivisible liy and justice

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for

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all quick announcement before we get

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started uh commissioner Turnquist will

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not be with us tonight um and I not sure

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if Davis is on not yet okay if he if he said he was going to try to log in if

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he does just um yeah let us know all

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right thank you so future meetings

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include a workshop meeting on November

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18th um at 6:30 here in the town office

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and on Zoom parks and recck committee

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meeting November 19th at 7:30 here in

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the town office we have the Christmas

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tree lighting in the front of the osburg

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community building at 6:15

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coming up on I don't have a date

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December 2nd December 2nd and then of

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course after that uh Carriage House has

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F festivities that you can go uh partake

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in after that we also have a Board of

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Commissioners meeting December 3rd 2024

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at se um 7M here in the town office and

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on Zoom all right are there any other

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meetings I believe there's going to be a

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Planning Commission meeting uh November

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25th at 7

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p.m

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okay okay so Planning Commission meeting

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thank

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you all right any other meetings I'm

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need to be announced I think I think

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we're good all

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right so moving on to approving the um

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minutes for October 7th and October 22

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um commissioner Hagen I believe you had

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a a

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request yeah I just had for two

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Corrections if you go to page nine and

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down at the bottom for agenda item five

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that was a unanimous vote

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um and next on page 11 it had me

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bringing the motion and seconding my own

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motion

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that's all that I

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had uh what item I'm sorry it's right at

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the stop on page 11 it's the very first

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paragraph oh

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gotcha yeah I brought the motion and

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stck it into yes I see that you're you split yourself in half yes so the

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only thing that I would say commissioner

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Bowman poot is I actually asked Sabrina

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to go back and listen to agenda item

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number five on the vote and commissioner

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Hagen you did not vote okay so because I

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was surprised too and I had her go back

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and listen to it so that part's correct

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and then I didn't hear what you said on

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page 11 on page 11 the very first

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paragraph it has that I made the motion

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and then I seconded my own motion oh

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yeah that won't work so who who actually

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made the motion you did okay Hoover okay

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thank

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you

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um I did have a couple of um additions

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that I wanted to send to town staff for consideration to add

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into one on each set of the meeting

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minutes so I was going to ask if we

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could table these until next time until

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I can get those I can collaborate with

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Miss Willets um on adding that section

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uh Commissioners how do you feel about

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that fine with it I F okay is there a

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motion to table the meeting minutes

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until our next meeting so Mo thank you

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is there a second I second thank you any

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further discussion all in favor please

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say I motion carries with four eyes and uh

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commissioner turnquest is

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absent

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right um then we are moving on to our

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police report

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good evening um still myself and Deputy

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barow we used six holiday days of leave

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uh during the month of

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October um there's no Staffing CH

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changes myself and Deputy bartholo both

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had inservice

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training um we both had police one

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training

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online we had no issues with the

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Halloween that was a good night I also

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just wanted to note there I didn't have

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this down here but um we are made aware

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the crosswalks are really busy after

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school which we have been patrolling

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more um no Fleet issues with our cars we

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handled 129 calls for service we had two

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arrests 16 traffic

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stops uh there was a large fight on

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South SE Avenue at 133 South seatan

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that's being handled uh I'm pretty sure

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the people that live there are

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moving so that should be clearing up

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soon uh there was another assault this

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last Saturday and charges are being

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filed for first degrade

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assault that's separate from the one at

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133 it is okay this this the other one

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was the same people but over in the park

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I see so okay um and that is all I have

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for you oh okay um couple questions um

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as far as the traffic stops do you see

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any pattern as as far as where

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um most of our traffic stops are either

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going to be on Main Street or South Sean

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or North Sean okay and it's most likely

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for Speed uhhuh

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okay yeah okay do you it can range from

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all kinds of Lights Out I see all kind

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of different I'm sure like you're

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probably pretty busy um do a lot of

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speed enforcement though yeah and do you use radar um okay all right um

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thank you any further questions I just

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have one I'm sorry um I got email of um

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why I was at church

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on Sun Sunday at 10:30 my a bike was

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stol somebody wrote a bike to church and

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it was stol the church I didn't know if

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you got that or not I what what church

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is it St J's

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okay um oh Deputy Baro might have got it

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might have been it's award I just got

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the email tonight okay if you want to

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forward that to me okay make sure we get

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it yeah I had a couple parents reach out

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um about the students in the alleyway

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down here going to seat and and saying

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that people tend to be running the stop

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signs or speeding down there we were

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made aare of that we've been doing some

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CH stops

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okay thank you thank

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you okay moving on to the town manager

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report Miss Willets good evening this is

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the town manager report for September

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I'll just highlight some areas related

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to streets uh staff painted all the

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parking meter poles on East and West

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Main Street uh they also mow trimmed and

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weat killed along Irishtown Road uh the

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area of Way Cross Court to Brookfield

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Drive repaired two manhole Lids on

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Timber Mill Run and the contractor black

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topped a water leak patch on federal

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Avenue as well as a sewer line patch

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related to Parks staff trim tree limbs

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and shrubs around the walking trail

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bridge in Eugene Meers Park they also

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washed and cleaned the picnic tables in

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both uh Park Pavilions a staff worked

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with the contractor to install the new

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electronic locking doors on both Park

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restroom buildings um they are

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operational now uh related to Wastewater

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R treated an average of

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64165 gallons per day and consumed

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283,000 rain um we at the time of this

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report had a precipitation surplus of

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only .94 in and I don't believe we've re

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we received much in October either uh

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Rainbow Lake uh at the time of the

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report was um two feet or two inches

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below the spillway level at 16.4 it's

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currently as of today at 16.3 FT uh

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you'll see the well

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depths on page 20 related to water

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production and

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consumption uh we produce an average

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water in the month of August was

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8.22% with 70% coming from the wells and

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30% coming from the lake uh trash pickup

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will remain on Mondays during the month

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November you'll see some of the meetings

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September um one thing staff work the

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yard was dumpstered twice in it should

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read September not November uh staff and

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contractor fixed a water leak on the 8

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inch Mainline on federal Avenue uh staff

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continues to meet with the Rainbow Lake

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Dam engineer to re review drawings and

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Tow drains uh I believe we have a

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meeting with them coming up in the near

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future to review their report and their

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findings of all their

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inspections uh staff assisted with a

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water leak at Daughters of Charity

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uh we completed the leadline service

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inventory for all the town-owned

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properties uh the town received heavy

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rain in the month of September however

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the capacity at the wastewater treatment

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plant is doing very well we did not have

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any overflows and temporary bypass at

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the pump station uh is performing well

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uh the town received nine additional SM

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smartman hole covers and our contractors

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is finishing the backwash project at the

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water plant and that's my report

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um thank

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you questions regarding the town manager

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report um just a a quick little tiny one

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with the locking doors that were

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installed and now are operational I know

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you mentioned this before at a previous

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meeting and I forgot do we know the

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times that it's open or what it's

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programmed to so right now it's program

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from 800 a to 9 is 8 8 8 to 8 okay um in

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the winter once we winterize all the

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bathrooms it'll go back to 8 to 7 PM the

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time change and then is that correct

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Jess yes okay and then in the summer

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they'll go to about 9:30 in the

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evening okay all right thank

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you that's

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exciting right any other questions

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comments no okay we are moving

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on um next is the grant ad administrator

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report M

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Shaw um good evening this is the grants

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administrator report as of October 29th

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on page 22 in the packet I currently

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have 16 active grants five grants

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waiting for an award or denial and then

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three Grant applications upcoming or

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that I'm waiting kind of to open um a

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few project highlights uh for the

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bathroom concession stand project the

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prefabricated bathroom building is

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scheduled to be delivered the week of

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November 18th the site is ready for the

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building aside from patomic Edison

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installing the Transformer the water

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clarifier project on the contractor cono

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is currently working clearing the site

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for the Rainbow Lake parking lot

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construction the site has been staked

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and we are waiting for the contractor to

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Begin work any day now when I spoke with

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the contractor last week they were

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waiting to do a preconstruction meeting

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with Frederick County to finalize the

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grading permit and then they're going to

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break ground hopefully this this week um

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for the replacement of the depal street

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water line an update will be provided

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during agenda item number one tonight

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for the welcome to Emmitsburg signs the

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contractor is waiting on State Highway

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to approve the sign design in issue a

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community Gateway sign permit that which

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was submitted last week the application

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was um once the permit is issued it will

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take approximately 10 weeks for

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fabrication

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installation for the crary road Pump

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Station the pre-fabricated building has

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been installed and the project is

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expected to be completed by February

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14th and then the Red Trail rebuild in

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the Watershed the contractor has

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completed approximately 40% of the

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project and is planning to take a break

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during the rifle hunting season due to

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hunting be being allowed in the

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Watershed the contractor will resume

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after the holidays and construction will

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be completed by April 1st and then my

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meetings I attended in October listed

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are there any

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questions oh um I do have a question but

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I'd like to ask uh the other

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Commissioners first if you have any

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questions um I saw that the meeting

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about the electric vehicle Institute

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possibility of adding level three

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Chargers behind the town office I just

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wanted to know what that was sure um

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there was a grant due this week with

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sustainable Maryland and one of the

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possibilities we were looking at or one

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of the projects was putting level three

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fast charging stations um in town but

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with I had so I had like an initial

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consultation call with evi who installed

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what we currently have back there to see

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if it was possible how much it would

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cost things like that um and so that was

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that what that meeting was about so that

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would be in addition to what we already

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have it would but um after having my our

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meeting and talking with um Kathy and

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the mayor we decided not to pursue it

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because it's pretty expensive it' be we

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would it would be a huge shortfall on

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funding understood yeah thank you thank

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you very much I know that this is a lot

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of grants that you're juggling at one

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time and you're bringing a lot of money

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to the town so I want to thank you for

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all your hard work and time so it's

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always a pleasure to see

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you all right thank you

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thanks um uh moving on to town operation

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specialist

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report I have her report if anybody has

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any questions on it or wants me just to

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highlight real

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quick I um I'm sorry go ahead so she did

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the drawing today for the breast cancer

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awareness month I

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believe pretty much everybody came in

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and picked up uh their winnings from the

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Raffles she's still working on the tally

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to find out how much um the town

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actually raised uh the turkey trap

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registration is open uh We've shared

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some flyers all over the place and um

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former commissioner Donald has offered

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if we do some flyers he'll take them

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around to all the

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libraries um so that seems to be going

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very well the we are currently working

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on the emergency preparedness plan

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emergency action plan um it's just more

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updates and then the board will have to

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formally um it has to be approved or

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adopted by the board every five years so

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we're looking to bring that to the board

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after the first of the year after the

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holidays okay um she has a meeting with

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the mayor on November 13th for the

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churches and nonprofits to discuss

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weekly hot meals to go in a community

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events calendar uh she along with the

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town planner attended the mar Maryland

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Main Street conference on October

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8th and she is working through some FEMA

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courses on emergency

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preparedness perfect thank you um I do

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know she's dressing up as a turkey for

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the turkey TR correct that is correct

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she dressed it up dressed up as a turkey

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for Halloween and here as well if anyone

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didn't see the pictures she's breaking

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in those feathers I know if there's any

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volunteer who wants to dress up as the

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pilgrim and chase her around she thinks

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that will add to the festive fund so

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just putting that out there all right

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the meeting on the 13th to 7

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o'clock yes or the non no 6 63030 6:30

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on November

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13th thank you for clarification any

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other

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questions okay thank you moving

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on um

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looking for the town planners

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report good evening this is the town

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planners report um of during the month

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of

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September sorry it should be October

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um we processed eight um zoning permit

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applications uh related to development

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updates fedal Stone uh is under

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construction and has made significant

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progress their warehouse and um office

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building

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they're they've made significant

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progress on on those um I know they're

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awaiting some uh framing ceiling and

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building installation inspections and um

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we provided them information regarding

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their

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signage uh let's skip down to the Mount

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St Mary University um School of Health

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Professions there uh well the project is

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complete and we're awaiting as as buils

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light inspection

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were uh today it was actually this um

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today at 4:30 and um we should be

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getting that report

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soon um for emmittsburg Distillery we

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provided uh a bunch of more comments to

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the developer and the applicant has yet

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to finish addressing the County's

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comments um I'll skip on to EMT Ridge um

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the developer has been provided with the

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apfo application and that's and H

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information and that's something they're

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working on and they've also we had a

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short discussion regarding um the

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requirements uh for Irishtown Road and

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uh we did do some extensive research to

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see what was required by the town before

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as a condition condition of approval uh

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back in

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1995 but that doesn't apply anymore yeah

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and then for uh North new Green Street

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project uh the plants have been uh

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they're still under review uh we got

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some comments back from the engineer and

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uh we actually presented the project at

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the hazard mitigation and climate adapt

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adaptation plan annual stakeholder

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meeting and um people seem to really

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like it some people also asked for

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copies of the concept

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plan um another one I want to mention is

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the solar panels on Daughters of Chari

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property the property is technically

442
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outside of town limits but the

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interconnection point is within Town

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limits so they do need a zoning permit

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and that was issued

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um last week or the week

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before um for how skip down to storm

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water management the ms4 annual report

449
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was submitted on October

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29th and um another one I want to

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mention is that the storm order utility

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fee we have a formal process for those

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who think their fee should be adjusted

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so we received one one adjustment

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application and that's been processed um

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basically the fee doesn't apply to

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properties that are outside of town

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limits so we made that uh made that

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correction and so oh great thank you um

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Planning Commission I'll leave that for

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um commissioner Hoover and the

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comprehensive plan uh I'll be presenting

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that

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tonight and um for Grants at the iig

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adnr uh Grant the progress report was

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submitted last month along with another

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invoice and um we coordinated with glow

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fiber regarding their uh permitting

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requirements for street closure closure

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and I have a um listed the uh meetings

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that I've attended during the month of

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October thank you very much um questions

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commissioner Hagen I noticed in the

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meetings you met with range rain escapes

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any chance we can lure them out of

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Gettysburg to

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Emmitsburg we're we're working on that

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yeah any other

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questions I just have one quick one um

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regarding Village Liquor Plaza in is

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that still happening or I thought it

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wasn't happening and now yeah we thought

483
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it was happening but we since they

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renewed their grading

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permit I believe they have plans to do

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this in the future but they may not have

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the capital to move forward at this time

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understood okay thank you for the

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clarification any other

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questions okay we are moving on to um

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commissioner comments uh we'll start

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with commissioner Hagen um last Saturday

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I had the pleasure of attending the

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seeden center 55th anniversary gala

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event so they're switching over to lay

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management to the organization and

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they've laid out some pretty hopeful

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plans for the coming year such as

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daycare centers an additional food bank

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and they'll present more at the meeting

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on the 13th here but they have some PR

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broad goals that I think that will be

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helpful to the community

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and just wanted to remind tomorrow is

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election day if you have not voted get

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out and vote it doesn't matter who you

507
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support or if you're going to vote the

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entire ballot what's important is you

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get out there and

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vote thank you commissioner Sweeney I

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agree make sure you come out and vote

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tomorrow

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uh I'd like to thank everybody for

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Halloween the um everything went really

515
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well for the Halloween celebration we

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had on the town with all the with all

517
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the organizations helping the town the

518
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fire company the VFW the legion the

519
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Knights of Columbus the Lions Club the police department uh everyone worked

520
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together and we had a good event and it

521
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was really it was really busy this year

522
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it's our best year we've had for a while

523
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and the weather helped too so was nice

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so thanks for everybody for their help

525
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and and the next Community town

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party will be

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Christmas December the 14th Saturday

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from 10: to 1 at the activities building

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and at the um at the fire companies

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activities building on Queeny Road from

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10: to one and that's a town Christmas

532
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party with s Mr Mrs Santa Claus and the

533
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food and activities for them to do he

534
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thank you thank you um commissioner

535
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Hoover

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uh we did have the uh plan and Zoning

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meeting on October 28th it was very

538
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brief short meeting but we did talk a

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little bit about the mun Municipal

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growth section for the future boundaries

541
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possibilities and transportation section

542
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um just more of a brief overview um very

543
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briefly never real um questions comments

544
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to were discussed there everybody seem

545
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to be happy with what we have going on

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what town planner has done she's doing a

547
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,679
good job and um our meeting lasted about

548
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17 minutes so not a whole lot to discuss

549
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of

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it but so and uh for the future meeting

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in December 3rd I think it is um I may not be in

552
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attendance that's it December 3D it's

553
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not a town meeting oh that's the Oh you

554
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,080
mean the Board of Commissioners meeting

555
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:50,120
yes

556
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:54,240
okay yeah all right thank you um as far

557
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,799
as my comments go I want to Echo what

558
00:25:57,799 --> 00:25:59,559
commissioner Sweeney said as far as

559
00:25:59,559 --> 00:26:01,360
thank you to all Town staff and all the

560
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,000
different organizations that help make

561
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,760
Halloween a success for our kids and

562
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,279
adults and everyone who wanted to

563
00:26:07,279 --> 00:26:08,640
partake in the

564
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,200
festivities um also actually I should

565
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,279
have asked this it looks like we have a

566
00:26:14,279 --> 00:26:17,399
business urg mini mark That's now where

567
00:26:17,399 --> 00:26:19,159
the Valero used to be I didn't even I'm

568
00:26:19,159 --> 00:26:22,080
sorry I didn't ask about that um right

569
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,360
um well it's outside of town limits oh

570
00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:27,600
that's yeah but there is yeah there

571
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,279
iburg

572
00:26:29,279 --> 00:26:32,520
and they're open y yes um right there as

573
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,159
you come into town thank you sorry about

574
00:26:35,159 --> 00:26:37,720
that um and then

575
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:42,640
also um we I believe we have several

576
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,799
vacancies for parks and recre and

577
00:26:44,799 --> 00:26:48,159
citizens advisory committee meetings so

578
00:26:48,159 --> 00:26:52,039
a lot of that depends on public support

579
00:26:52,039 --> 00:26:55,120
resident support volunteers who are

580
00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:57,000
hoping to make a difference and want

581
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,640
their voices heard so if you are

582
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,919
interested we do have we do have spots

583
00:27:02,919 --> 00:27:05,919
available um how would they uh go about

584
00:27:05,919 --> 00:27:08,480
doing that do they email the town

585
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,960
directly they can email um Sabrina or

586
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,360
anybody at the town and then we

587
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:16,440
typically send that over to the mayor

588
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,720
and whoever the committee liaison is and

589
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,480
they should reach out and if it then

590
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,200
it's a if it's a match then it'll come

591
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,240
to the board for approval okay perfect

592
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,640
and then um

593
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,399
and just a a small reminder to uh all of

594
00:27:32,399 --> 00:27:35,279
us around town we do have people stop us

595
00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:37,200
along the way and tell us what they

596
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,520
think and have opinions and concerns and

597
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,519
we want you to bring your voices forth

598
00:27:42,519 --> 00:27:45,519
so please for not so much talking to

599
00:27:45,519 --> 00:27:48,480
people here in the seats but people out

600
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,840
there if um please come to the town

601
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,600
meetings speak at public comment email

602
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,399
the Town Council we want to hear your

603
00:27:57,399 --> 00:28:00,440
feedback in way that

604
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,519
is that we can use and collaborate here

605
00:28:04,519 --> 00:28:06,679
at not only up here for Town Council but

606
00:28:06,679 --> 00:28:09,519
also with our residents so um please

607
00:28:09,519 --> 00:28:13,039
spread the word and that's all I have um

608
00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:15,399
I believe we have mayor Davis on the

609
00:28:15,399 --> 00:28:19,789
line if he has any mayor

610
00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:22,600
comments hi good evening can you hear me

611
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,480
yes okay um I really don't have anything

612
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,519
it's just been a real busy uh busy month

613
00:28:28,519 --> 00:28:31,080
and uh you all have touched them on just

614
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,919
about everything so uh that's all I got

615
00:28:33,919 --> 00:28:35,799
and we can keep on

616
00:28:35,799 --> 00:28:39,310
going thank

617
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:43,640
you okay and with that we're moving on

618
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,559
to administrative

619
00:28:45,559 --> 00:28:48,039
business uh for consideration free

620
00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:49,840
holiday metered parking with all

621
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:54,480
proceeds being donated to the emsur food

622
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,720
bank we don't have to vote on this

623
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,320
correct it's administr we do public

624
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:03,039
comment did I skip that oh my gosh I was

625
00:29:03,039 --> 00:29:05,480
so excited about free holiday parking

626
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,039
I'm sorry I'll backtrack public comment

627
00:29:08,039 --> 00:29:10,240
we have two for public comment when your

628
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,120
name is called you can come up to the

629
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,080
microphone press the button so it turns

630
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,919
red and you have four minutes to speak

631
00:29:16,919 --> 00:29:19,679
and you can watch the timer in front to

632
00:29:19,679 --> 00:29:22,000
see how much time you have left uh first

633
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:32,190
up we have Mr Jack Weller

634
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,279
hello um I don't know if anybody read

635
00:29:35,279 --> 00:29:36,840
the paper but I'm gonna stop you just

636
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,399
for a minute can you state your name and

637
00:29:38,399 --> 00:29:40,039
whether you live in or outside Town

638
00:29:40,039 --> 00:29:42,279
limits I live my name's Jack Weller I

639
00:29:42,279 --> 00:29:44,200
live outside the town limits perfect I'm

640
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,760
not I'm not a town resident um on the

641
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:51,919
November 2024 uh toen Banner the the

642
00:29:51,919 --> 00:29:54,000
headline there on the one page was mburg

643
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,519
goes dry and they were talking about 50

644
00:29:55,519 --> 00:29:58,880
years ago in 1974 when the lake

645
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,960
was down evidently 5 feet which I

646
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,000
thought wasn't that much further down

647
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,679
than what it was last year which I'm

648
00:30:06,679 --> 00:30:09,039
pretty sure was three and a half feet

649
00:30:09,039 --> 00:30:12,960
and but anyway um I was just uh amazed

650
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,240
at the D thing they had to pump water

651
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,000
from another lake or another Reservoir

652
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,480
into it to to get it up to Snuff and

653
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,919
then of course the mount was asked to

654
00:30:23,919 --> 00:30:27,120
extend their uh Thanksgiving break so

655
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,000
that they use less

656
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,279
and but anyway I was just I just

657
00:30:31,279 --> 00:30:32,600
couldn't believe that the D thing was

658
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,720
down that far that's all that was the

659
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,440
first thing and the second thing was

660
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,840
mayor Davis uh made a comment I think it

661
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,799
was just last uh last meeting that he

662
00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:45,640
would there was a a town uh a building

663
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,600
in town that he would like to condemn

664
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,240
but he he said he couldn't do it and so

665
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,279
I was wondering why he doesn't get any

666
00:30:53,279 --> 00:30:56,559
support for this uh that's all because

667
00:30:56,559 --> 00:30:58,600
that's what he said there's no there's

668
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:02,320
no support for it and of course he's not

669
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,880
here he hears you though oh yeah and my

670
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,360
third thing and last was that I agree

671
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,679
with the colum writer who uh also and I

672
00:31:12,679 --> 00:31:14,799
think that was in the other paper the uh

673
00:31:14,799 --> 00:31:19,519
urg osburg free paper about the apathy

674
00:31:19,519 --> 00:31:23,760
and the fact that uh if you talk to the people on the Town Council they

675
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:29,559
listen to you I agree with that 100% And I and you're I just wanted to also

676
00:31:29,559 --> 00:31:32,159
make a mention that the guy the man's uh

677
00:31:32,159 --> 00:31:34,320
writing is pretty good I think and I do

678
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:39,279
reading okay that's all thank you very

679
00:31:39,279 --> 00:31:51,190
much um next up we have Mr Eric

680
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,480
Sloan Eric Sloan I live here in

681
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:59,360
town uh this is in in references how

682
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,039
much of a mess is the next increment for

683
00:32:02,039 --> 00:32:04,039
the water bill going to make because I

684
00:32:04,039 --> 00:32:06,600
hear from various people that it doesn't

685
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,120
matter and I hear from other people that

686
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,559
they you know they're running a ride

687
00:32:09,559 --> 00:32:11,440
being able to buy food pay their rent

688
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,080
because the price of everything has gone

689
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,760
up and it is just a a standard of

690
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,760
business you know it costs more to get

691
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,279
it out of the ground it costs more to

692
00:32:20,279 --> 00:32:22,519
get it to the people so the prices are

693
00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:25,399
going to go up and in the future you

694
00:32:25,399 --> 00:32:28,200
know one or two% increase

695
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,880
every year would be a whole lot better

696
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,559
than having the villagers with

697
00:32:31,559 --> 00:32:33,480
pitchforks and torches as the old movies

698
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:34,480
that have

699
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,399
it and as far as the looking forward

700
00:32:38,399 --> 00:32:40,159
into the next couple years for you know

701
00:32:40,159 --> 00:32:42,000
our Dream list of things to

702
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,159
do uh a more serious view of what it's

703
00:32:45,159 --> 00:32:47,880
going to take to maintain the failing

704
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,639
infrastructure of the

705
00:32:49,639 --> 00:32:52,679
town because it's you know the sewer

706
00:32:52,679 --> 00:32:55,120
line that runs

707
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,960
from where I live down to the pump

708
00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,760
station was put in during the Civilian

709
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,960
Conservation Corps it's 4 foot long clay

710
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,600
and slip and it's not going to take a

711
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,120
whole lot longer before it needs to be

712
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,720
replaced and that's probably one of the

713
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,320
newer

714
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,120
sections uh you know it's it's we're

715
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:15,679
going to end up looking like tny town

716
00:33:15,679 --> 00:33:17,240
did for a couple years with everything

717
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,720
all dug the heck up and it's just going

718
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,880
to be something to live with you you

719
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,480
can't live in a town and not deal with

720
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:32,600
it and the last bit is uh does the mount have

721
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,960
any way to monitor their first year

722
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,320
students that are living in town because

723
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,080
there was a batch of them came down

724
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,240
Lincoln down creary went over to the

725
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,480
Dollar General left there sat down the

726
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,159
ice cream shop when they left the ice

727
00:33:48,159 --> 00:33:49,519
cream shop they were throwing all kinds

728
00:33:49,519 --> 00:33:51,279
of stuff at my fence and screaming at my

729
00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:53,960
dogs and when I reminded to him that uh

730
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:55,880
animal cruelty in the state is a fell in

731
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,279
the offense with a bunch of f words and

732
00:33:58,279 --> 00:34:00,559
F bombs and they took off back wherever

733
00:34:00,559 --> 00:34:02,600
they came from

734
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,080
now somebody needs to hold their hand

735
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:06,679
because their parents can't do it

736
00:34:06,679 --> 00:34:09,720
anymore and if it ends up being the

737
00:34:09,720 --> 00:34:11,919
sheriff system for them throwing debris

738
00:34:11,919 --> 00:34:13,960
and stuff I don't think they're parents

739
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,399
are gonna be all too fired having When

740
00:34:15,399 --> 00:34:18,399
Johnny Comes home because Mount threw

741
00:34:18,399 --> 00:34:19,839
him out because he's facing criminal

742
00:34:19,839 --> 00:34:23,240
charges for animal abuse so you know to

743
00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:25,919
get with the mount or whatever and say

744
00:34:25,919 --> 00:34:30,679
take care of this and keep it out of the whole juror system and keep it quiet

745
00:34:30,679 --> 00:34:32,440
and safe would be

746
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,800
good that's all thank

747
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:41,440
you um and I do think uh mayor Davis is working collaborative with

748
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,679
collaboratively with Mount St Mary's to

749
00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:47,000
address some of those issues as well as

750
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,079
um trying to create more of

751
00:34:49,079 --> 00:34:53,320
a positive relationship and um he's he's

752
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,919
spent with them several times and we'll

753
00:34:54,919 --> 00:34:58,560
make sure to he probably hears us to uh

754
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,720
pass that along thank

755
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:04,320
you all right

756
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:11,990
now that concludes public

757
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,320
comments so now we can move on to

758
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:15,720
administrative business for

759
00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:18,200
consideration free holiday metered

760
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,560
parking with all proceeds being donated

761
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,200
to the Emmitsburg Food

762
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,040
Bank

763
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:29,910
um so so is there a

764
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:32,480
seconded thank you any further well

765
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,720
there's no discussion administrative all

766
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:43,200
in favor please say I I motion carries uh five or I'm sorry

767
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,480
four with one

768
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,880
absent all right moving on to consent

769
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,720
agenda item number

770
00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:55,000
one for consideration approv approval of

771
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,920
the Proclamation for MML municipal

772
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,079
government works month

773
00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:03,640
so before

774
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,200
we we approve that I will go ahead and

775
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:07,480
read the

776
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,280
proclamation which states Proclamation

777
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,000
municipal government works month

778
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,599
November 2024 the mayor and the Board of

779
00:36:14,599 --> 00:36:16,760
Commissioners of the town of Emmitsburg

780
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,680
proclaimed November 2024 to be municipal

781
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,520
government works month whereas the town

782
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,599
was established in 1785 and whereas

783
00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:28,800
Maryland is home to 150 other

784
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,160
municipalities and whereas municipal

785
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,640
government represents the most

786
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,240
responsive level of government allowing

787
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:37,319
citizens to have direct access to

788
00:36:37,319 --> 00:36:40,079
elected officials and whereas in an

789
00:36:40,079 --> 00:36:41,960
effort to educate citizens about

790
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,920
municipal government and the importance

791
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,599
of their participation the town of emsur

792
00:36:46,599 --> 00:36:49,599
is proud to promote municipal government

793
00:36:49,599 --> 00:36:52,599
awareness and whereas municipalities

794
00:36:52,599 --> 00:36:54,520
have enhanced the quality of life for

795
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,440
their respective residents maintaining

796
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,119
natural and historic sites and

797
00:36:58,119 --> 00:37:00,400
structures and helping to make Maryland

798
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,800
a great place to live work play and

799
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,680
explore now therefore be it proclaimed

800
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,599
that the mayor and the Board of

801
00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:09,160
Commissioners of the town of Emmitsburg

802
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,480
Maryland here uh do hereby join the

803
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,720
Maryland Municipal league in declaring

804
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,240
November 2024 to be municipal government

805
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:20,280
works month in emmittsburg which would

806
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,000
be adopted today November 4th

807
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,880
2024 um all in favor please say oh I'm

808
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,560
sorry is there a mo motion

809
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,760
to accept the

810
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,200
proclamation thank you is there a second

811
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:37,200
I

812
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:47,440
second um all in favor please say I I I motion carries with four to one

813
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,359
abstain or one who is

814
00:37:49,359 --> 00:37:52,400
absent the next two for our consent

815
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,000
agenda we can take together if that if

816
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,720
that works for the Commissioners which

817
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:01,480
is for consideration accept the

818
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,839
resignation of Wayne Slaughter and Sandy

819
00:38:03,839 --> 00:38:05,800
Slaughter from the citizens advisory

820
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,720
committee and for consideration appoint

821
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:10,960
Wendy Hagen to the Parks and Recreation

822
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,400
committee with a term of November 4th

823
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:18,190
20124 to November 4th

824
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:22,119
2026 um are are you okay with taking

825
00:38:22,119 --> 00:38:26,079
both of those together yes yes okay is

826
00:38:26,079 --> 00:38:28,560
there a motion you have to abstain

827
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,800
commissioner hegen needs to abstain

828
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,520
thank you so you need take so we'll have

829
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:34,920
to take him separately all right

830
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,359
so is there a motion to accept the

831
00:38:37,359 --> 00:38:39,319
resignation of Wayne Slaughter and Sandy

832
00:38:39,319 --> 00:38:42,599
Slaughter from the citizens advisory

833
00:38:42,599 --> 00:38:45,880
committee I'll make the motion thank you

834
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:49,240
is there a second second thank you um

835
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:57,800
all in favor please say I I motion carries for with one absent and

836
00:38:57,800 --> 00:38:59,640
the next one for consideration appoint

837
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,560
Wendy Hagen to the Parks and Recreation

838
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,040
committee with a term of November 4th

839
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,079
2024 to November 4th

840
00:39:07,079 --> 00:39:09,760
2026 is

841
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,280
there a motion move thank you is there a

842
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,200
second second thank you all in favor

843
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:23,839
please say I I motion carries with um three eyes one

844
00:39:23,839 --> 00:39:29,670
abstain and one absent

845
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,800
all right moving

846
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:38,150
on to the treasurers

847
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,319
report do you

848
00:39:40,319 --> 00:39:44,280
um want to do a brief overie I can um so

849
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,680
the cash activity report as of October

850
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,280
25th

851
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,160
2024 um you'll see the cash balance on

852
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:54,920
the first was 8 mil about 8.6 million we

853
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,520
had deposits uh a little over 00,000 and

854
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,599
withdrawals um of roughly

855
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:04,480
800,000 uh the operating balance forward

856
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:09,480
was 8.5 million uh you'll see the top 10

857
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,240
checks that were issued in the month of

858
00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:15,280
October uh and then you'll have the fund

859
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:21,480
breakdown for um as of 1025 of 24

860
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,280
general fund with roughly two million

861
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:27,680
capital projects roughly 600,000

862
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,760
storm water management um and that's

863
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,800
because we have not received any fees

864
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,119
yet because the bills are still coming

865
00:40:33,119 --> 00:40:34,599
in is a netive

866
00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:37,960
4,000 uh the water is at a negative

867
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:42,280
88,000 arpa has roughly 2.5 million and

868
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:46,160
Sewer has roughly 3.3

869
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:50,190
million okay any

870
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,839
questions okay hearing none we are

871
00:40:52,839 --> 00:40:55,680
moving on thank you Miss

872
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:59,750
Willets um

873
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,560
I believe we've already hit the Planning

874
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,680
Commission report with your comments so

875
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,160
we can move on from

876
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,760
that and uh moving on to agenda item

877
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,000
number one Community Development block

878
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:14,800
grant public hearing to provide

879
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,160
information on the progress on the depal

880
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:18,760
street waterline

881
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,680
replacement project

882
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,079
so

883
00:41:24,079 --> 00:41:29,510
um we need a motion to

884
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,079
go into the hearing to go into the

885
00:41:31,079 --> 00:41:34,480
hearing I move is there a second second

886
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:39,000
it thank you um any further discussion

887
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:48,000
all in favor please say I I motion carries 4 to one

888
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,360
absent okay so we have

889
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:56,069
[Music]

890
00:41:56,079 --> 00:41:58,720
um uh a public hearing to discuss the

891
00:41:58,720 --> 00:41:59,680
town of

892
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,560
Emmitsburg State fiscal year 2024

893
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,400
Community Development block grant

894
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,280
project and it is starting as of right

895
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,839
now

896
00:42:09,839 --> 00:42:12,760
um I always start with has the hearing

897
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,720
and properly

898
00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:17,400
advertised yes thank

899
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:22,480
you um is there anyone who intends to

900
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,800
provide testimony during this public

901
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,440
hearing if if so

902
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,680
are I mean would they normally sign up

903
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:32,720
on public comment for that is there

904
00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:33,960
anybody here for public comment

905
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:35,800
regarding the

906
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:41,079
hearing okay was that a yes no okay all

907
00:42:41,079 --> 00:42:43,880
right so we don't have to have anybody

908
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:44,760
do the

909
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,480
oath all right so we're going to take it

910
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:50,160
over to the staff to do a brief uh

911
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:53,240
presentation all right thank

912
00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:57,400
you um and the map is on the screen of

913
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,880
project location on depal street so the

914
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,040
um this public hearing was advertised in

915
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,240
English and Spanish as required by the

916
00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:07,440
Grant in the Frederick News Post on

917
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,559
October 21st the hearing was also

918
00:43:09,559 --> 00:43:12,200
advertised on the town website channel

919
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,720
99 and the November email newsletter it

920
00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:17,079
was posted at the front window of the

921
00:43:17,079 --> 00:43:19,000
town office and it was posted on

922
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,319
Facebook in in English and Spanish on

923
00:43:21,319 --> 00:43:23,880
October 18th um the Community

924
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,559
Development block grant recipients are

925
00:43:25,559 --> 00:43:28,480
required to conduct two public hearings

926
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:30,359
one before the application is submitted

927
00:43:30,359 --> 00:43:33,160
which be held on June 5th 2023 and one

928
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,119
during the imple implementation of the

929
00:43:35,119 --> 00:43:37,119
grant which we are holding tonight we

930
00:43:37,119 --> 00:43:38,960
are required to provide the public

931
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,640
information on the progress of Grant

932
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,319
fund the grant funded project and also

933
00:43:43,319 --> 00:43:44,920
give the public an opportunity to

934
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:45,839
provide

935
00:43:45,839 --> 00:43:48,680
comment the town was awarded a

936
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,640
$552,500 $500 Community Development

937
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:53,559
block grant to fund a portion of the

938
00:43:53,559 --> 00:43:55,160
depal street water line replacement

939
00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:59,480
project the total project cost is

940
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:01,800
1,243

941
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,119
1088 funding for the project is being

942
00:44:04,119 --> 00:44:05,640
provided by the Community Development

943
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:08,440
block grant from the state a fiscal year

944
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:11,920
24 capital budget Grant from mde

945
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,200
American Rescue plan moneys and then

946
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:16,640
there's a $10,000 in kind Town

947
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:18,359
contribution when the project is

948
00:44:18,359 --> 00:44:20,280
completed approximately

949
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,760
2,340 ft of 8 in ductile iron waterline

950
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,440
will be replaced the town awarded the

951
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,240
construction contract to huntsbury

952
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:32,000
Brothers Inc on April 1st 2024 notice to

953
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,960
proceed was issued July 22nd and

954
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,599
construction began in on August 16th to

955
00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:39,599
date the contractor has completed the

956
00:44:39,599 --> 00:44:41,280
water wi replacement between North

957
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:43,640
seedan Avenue to St Joseph's Lane on

958
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,000
depal Street the contractor is currently

959
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,640
working on the St Joseph's Lane to

960
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,760
Federal Avenue portion

961
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:54,119
$271,400 has been paid to the

962
00:44:54,119 --> 00:44:56,760
contractor to date no issues have

963
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,839
occurred heard one complaint has been

964
00:44:58,839 --> 00:45:01,400
received and that was about parking for

965
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:04,040
the project the project is within budget

966
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:05,680
and the project is on schedule and

967
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,720
expected to be completed by April 15

968
00:45:08,720 --> 00:45:11,640
2025 any complaints and grievances

969
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:13,640
related to this project may be submitted

970
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:16,280
at any time to myself I can be contacted

971
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,559
by phone at

972
00:45:18,559 --> 00:45:23,480
24741 2137 or by email at

973
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:27,680
MW Emmitsburg md.gov or you can also

974
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:29,960
contact me by visiting the town office

975
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:33,599
located here at 300a South ceden

976
00:45:33,599 --> 00:45:37,200
Avenue and that is the end of my

977
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,760
presentation thank

978
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:43,480
you okay um are there any questions for

979
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:44,880
the staff from board members

980
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,000
commissioner Hagen yeah I get had some

981
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,720
questions from the residents when it the

982
00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:50,559
construction gets to the end of depal

983
00:45:50,559 --> 00:45:52,079
Street there were saying how are they

984
00:45:52,079 --> 00:45:54,119
going to get out and parking down there

985
00:45:54,119 --> 00:45:56,520
is there a plan for that or we don't

986
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,150
know yet

987
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:01,079
they've typically kept at least one lane

988
00:46:01,079 --> 00:46:04,440
open for for traffic um and if I recall

989
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,680
correctly um there should be parking

990
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,599
allowed on one side of the road uh but

991
00:46:09,599 --> 00:46:11,520
we certainly we have a progress meeting

992
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:15,720
coming up in two weeks we can certainly

993
00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:19,400
ask that question and get more

994
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,720
information okay commissioner Sweeny um

995
00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:25,119
they'll they'll be working through the

996
00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:27,760
winter no they're they're plan is to

997
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:29,319
stop temporarily because of the

998
00:46:29,319 --> 00:46:31,200
temporary water line and concerns of

999
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,280
freezing I know that when we we weren't

1000
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,760
allowed to have a p November 1st so I

1001
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:39,030
didn't because of

1002
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,880
freezing that's all I need

1003
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:46,640
okay you're good okay um I already asked

1004
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,440
but it seems like are there there's no

1005
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:52,710
public comment regarding this

1006
00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:55,559
hearing all

1007
00:46:55,559 --> 00:46:57,920
right if that that's the case if no one

1008
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,800
else has anything more to present public

1009
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:02,640
comment is now

1010
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:07,160
closed and that we can deliberate

1011
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:10,920
but are we good I'm

1012
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:16,800
good all right so

1013
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:20,160
then we need a motion to end the public

1014
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,359
do I mean yeah we'll just need a motion

1015
00:47:22,359 --> 00:47:24,280
to end the public hearing I'll make a

1016
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:25,920
motion to end the public hearing thank

1017
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:31,040
you commissioner Hagen is there a second thank you commissioner Hoover all

1018
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:36,640
in favor please say I I I motion carries

1019
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,000
4 to one

1020
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,160
absent thank

1021
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:48,589
you and moving on

1022
00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:51,680
to uh so we do have number two that said

1023
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:53,359
consideration approval of bid for the

1024
00:47:53,359 --> 00:47:55,760
town of imburg sewer line camera project

1025
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:59,240
which has been postponed just want to um

1026
00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:00,760
make that announcement so we're moving

1027
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:03,240
on to presentation of the town of emur

1028
00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:18,150
comprehensive

1029
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,640
plan

1030
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:23,240
start so this is the presentation on the

1031
00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:25,680
current version of the 2025

1032
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:27,960
comprehensive plan which is a document

1033
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:31,559
to guide the community's um future

1034
00:48:31,559 --> 00:48:33,880
development um so to give you some

1035
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:37,079
background um jurisdictions are required

1036
00:48:37,079 --> 00:48:39,559
to adopt comprehensive plans under the

1037
00:48:39,559 --> 00:48:42,040
Maryland land use article in the

1038
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:43,720
Maryland code of

1039
00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:47,520
regulations in 2013 um if you could go

1040
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:49,799
to the next slide um the Maryland

1041
00:48:49,799 --> 00:48:51,680
general assembly passed a bill to

1042
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,480
require a 10-year review cycle so

1043
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:57,640
basically every 10 years a town has to

1044
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:00,280
um assess what needs to be updated and

1045
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:02,599
adopt an updated plan It's usually the

1046
00:49:02,599 --> 00:49:04,200
Planning Commission who's in charge of

1047
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,760
assessing what needs to be

1048
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:09,200
updated um and then

1049
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,480
it's um a resolution is um adopted by

1050
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:14,480
the Board of Commissioners but we can

1051
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:16,640
get into that later um so the

1052
00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:18,200
requirement is to be six years but now

1053
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:21,599
it's 10 years um and the last

1054
00:49:21,599 --> 00:49:23,720
comprehensive plan was adopted in

1055
00:49:23,720 --> 00:49:26,240
November of 2015 so we're nearing the

1056
00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:28,720
10-e mark Mark since it's almost

1057
00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:31,400
2025 um so the purpose of this update is

1058
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:33,839
to ensure that plans align with current

1059
00:49:33,839 --> 00:49:37,240
legislations and policies and Community

1060
00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:39,720
needs obviously the population and

1061
00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:43,240
demographics have um evolved since 2015

1062
00:49:43,240 --> 00:49:45,480
so the updated plan will allow the town

1063
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:47,599
to respond to new housing infrastructure

1064
00:49:47,599 --> 00:49:49,240
and community service

1065
00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:52,160
needs um the economy has changed over

1066
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:54,880
the past decade as well environmental

1067
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,520
conditions have changed and so on so

1068
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,319
that's why the plan needs to be

1069
00:50:00,319 --> 00:50:04,799
updated so I'll I'll jump right into the

1070
00:50:04,799 --> 00:50:07,839
current draft uh which includes the oh

1071
00:50:07,839 --> 00:50:10,960
next slide um updated information about

1072
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,640
the town so this involves various

1073
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,599
aspects of population housing economy

1074
00:50:16,599 --> 00:50:19,799
environment natural resources land use

1075
00:50:19,799 --> 00:50:22,720
and um transportation and Community

1076
00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:25,839
facilities and it integrates the three

1077
00:50:25,839 --> 00:50:28,680
pillars of syst stainability and we've

1078
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,319
been able to gather a lot of public

1079
00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:32,799
input through workshops and

1080
00:50:32,799 --> 00:50:36,079
surveys it incorporate smart growth

1081
00:50:36,079 --> 00:50:38,720
elements to create vibrant communities

1082
00:50:38,720 --> 00:50:41,480
preserve natural resources and reduce

1083
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:45,440
fra um the plan also introduces a new

1084
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:47,400
growth boundary and growth opportunity

1085
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,920
areas which I'll explain a bit

1086
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:55,799
later so um I know the next slide has um

1087
00:50:55,799 --> 00:50:57,559
a list of different es between the old

1088
00:50:57,559 --> 00:51:00,240
and the new plans but I can quickly

1089
00:51:00,240 --> 00:51:01,720
summarize

1090
00:51:01,720 --> 00:51:05,280
um all each one of them so the first

1091
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:08,520
main difference is that the older plan

1092
00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:10,520
while it's

1093
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:13,280
um emphasizes structured land use

1094
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:15,480
Transportation environmental resource

1095
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,720
preservation but um Community engagement

1096
00:51:18,720 --> 00:51:21,960
is a little less extensive the new plan

1097
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:23,960
intends to put more emphasis on

1098
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,880
community-driven goals public input has

1099
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:28,760
been uh gathered through multiple

1100
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,079
workshops and surveys that reflect the

1101
00:51:31,079 --> 00:51:33,839
town's focus on economic development

1102
00:51:33,839 --> 00:51:36,000
environmental sustainability and

1103
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,319
inclusivity which also informed the

1104
00:51:38,319 --> 00:51:40,359
goals in each

1105
00:51:40,359 --> 00:51:43,480
section so the older plan had goals to

1106
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:46,200
support local businesses and tourism and

1107
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:50,559
the new plan um we expand on that and

1108
00:51:50,559 --> 00:51:52,599
add detailed strategies for addressing

1109
00:51:52,599 --> 00:51:53,960
economic

1110
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:56,079
challenges from the community feedback

1111
00:51:56,079 --> 00:51:58,520
we learned about um high demand for

1112
00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:02,280
child care diverse retail Etc but there

1113
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:04,280
was also interest in research and

1114
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:06,359
development Labs distribution centers

1115
00:52:06,359 --> 00:52:08,839
and Partnerships to create stable jobs

1116
00:52:08,839 --> 00:52:11,599
and address economic

1117
00:52:11,599 --> 00:52:14,760
issues the previous um plan was pretty

1118
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:15,839
focused

1119
00:52:15,839 --> 00:52:18,880
on accommodating go growth through

1120
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,200
single family development single family

1121
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:24,280
uh housing developments but the new plan

1122
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,319
Builds on this and expands the housing

1123
00:52:27,319 --> 00:52:29,720
needs by addressing affordable housing

1124
00:52:29,720 --> 00:52:34,319
shortage and introduces mix use medium

1125
00:52:34,319 --> 00:52:35,960
density housing

1126
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:38,480
options there's emphasis on housing

1127
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,559
needs of the asset limited income

1128
00:52:41,559 --> 00:52:44,280
constrainted employed are also known as

1129
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:47,160
Alice households mainly since it

1130
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:49,160
represents a significant portion of the

1131
00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:50,599
town's

1132
00:52:50,599 --> 00:52:53,440
population the new plan also Builds on

1133
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:55,400
the older plan's goals of implementing

1134
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:57,720
sustainable practices at a community

1135
00:52:57,720 --> 00:53:00,440
level involving stream and Wetland

1136
00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,400
protection and flood pain

1137
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:04,760
management uh another big change is the

1138
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:06,200
growth boundary and the growth

1139
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:08,680
opportunity area grow opportunity area

1140
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:12,400
to control sprawl or manage um expansion

1141
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:14,920
in a balanced way so that the small town

1142
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:16,240
character is

1143
00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:18,760
preserved there's support for mixed use

1144
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:20,920
zones and compact development and a

1145
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,520
detailed growth boundary to plan for

1146
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:25,280
annexation

1147
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,960
needs um the new plan also talks about

1148
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:30,280
infrastructure improvements based on

1149
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:32,599
community input including better parking

1150
00:53:32,599 --> 00:53:35,319
and accessibility that can support the

1151
00:53:35,319 --> 00:53:39,319
town's needs IT addresses um amenities

1152
00:53:39,319 --> 00:53:41,599
like Child Care recreational facilities

1153
00:53:41,599 --> 00:53:44,400
and programs for businesses and families

1154
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:47,440
and it talks about Partnerships with um

1155
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:49,559
various organizations including Mount St

1156
00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:51,480
Marys for Community Resources and

1157
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,030
workplace

1158
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:57,880
development um so

1159
00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:01,720
uh excuse me I'll go over each section

1160
00:54:01,720 --> 00:54:05,559
that we have uh that we provided you um

1161
00:54:05,559 --> 00:54:09,960
copies of uh tonight um so we named the

1162
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:13,640
document Envision Envision urg to

1163
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:16,160
encapsulate the idea of looking ahead to

1164
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:18,960
imagine a better mburg one that's

1165
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:21,640
prosperous connected sustainable and the

1166
00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:24,359
name represents a strategic and

1167
00:54:24,359 --> 00:54:26,680
inclusive approach to planning that refs

1168
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:29,440
the shared goals and values of residents

1169
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:31,119
aiming to guide the town's development

1170
00:54:31,119 --> 00:54:33,640
in a way that balances economic

1171
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:35,880
Prosperity environmental stewardship and

1172
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:37,160
social

1173
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:40,400
well-being so um the first

1174
00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:42,960
section um is the introductory chapter

1175
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:45,480
which will be finalized after completing

1176
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:48,440
all the other sections and um this

1177
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:50,760
approach will help write a complete

1178
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:53,040
overview and an accurate summary of the

1179
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:56,559
entire plan and to make sure that it

1180
00:54:56,559 --> 00:54:59,680
sets the stage for um content of the

1181
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:01,880
plan uh that's why we're waiting until

1182
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:05,359
all the other uh chapters are

1183
00:55:05,359 --> 00:55:08,040
completed and the this chapter will

1184
00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:10,160
include the town's background and

1185
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:12,160
outline the organization of the

1186
00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:15,119
plan um it'll also include the state's

1187
00:55:15,119 --> 00:55:17,359
12 Visions which was created by

1188
00:55:17,359 --> 00:55:19,720
Maryland's planning Vision law planning

1189
00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:23,359
Visions law in 2009 and uh how the plan

1190
00:55:23,359 --> 00:55:24,880
relates to each

1191
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,520
Vision so that'll be the uh first

1192
00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:30,520
chapter um the second chapter which you

1193
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:32,720
should have gotten a copy of is the

1194
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:34,520
community input and

1195
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:37,359
vision which discusses all public input

1196
00:55:37,359 --> 00:55:40,359
through workshops and surveys as you may

1197
00:55:40,359 --> 00:55:43,200
already know um there were three

1198
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:44,960
workshops and four surveys that were

1199
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:48,440
made accessible to the public three of

1200
00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:50,799
those surveys focused on the three

1201
00:55:50,799 --> 00:55:52,359
pillars of

1202
00:55:52,359 --> 00:55:55,680
sustainability and the plan focuses on

1203
00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:57,240
the three pillar of

1204
00:55:57,240 --> 00:55:59,880
sustainability uh it provides a holistic

1205
00:55:59,880 --> 00:56:02,599
framework for developing communities in

1206
00:56:02,599 --> 00:56:04,760
a in a way that ensures long-term

1207
00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:07,799
well-being and resilience so there's

1208
00:56:07,799 --> 00:56:11,920
environmental sustainability um and then

1209
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:16,640
um Economic Development and Community

1210
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:18,839
Development um there are sections for

1211
00:56:18,839 --> 00:56:22,839
each pillar and they they're all um they

1212
00:56:22,839 --> 00:56:25,520
all discuss a participants views and

1213
00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:28,480
preferences B based on personal

1214
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:32,200
experience um so for example under

1215
00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:34,559
economic growth um or Economic

1216
00:56:34,559 --> 00:56:36,480
Development there's job growth support

1217
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:38,839
for local businesses infrastructure

1218
00:56:38,839 --> 00:56:40,200
improvements

1219
00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:42,760
Etc and then under Community Development

1220
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:44,960
there's discussion regarding Community

1221
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:48,400
engagement and improving amenities also

1222
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:51,960
affordable housing and poverty

1223
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,599
alleviation um there's a section of um

1224
00:56:54,599 --> 00:56:56,599
section for environmental sustainability

1225
00:56:56,599 --> 00:56:58,400
that addresses preservation climate

1226
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:01,520
change and awareness and community-led

1227
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:03,520
initiatives so all these are put

1228
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:05,799
together to form the vision statements

1229
00:57:05,799 --> 00:57:08,559
for each of the three pillars and these

1230
00:57:08,559 --> 00:57:11,760
vision statements are um these broad

1231
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:13,359
forward-looking

1232
00:57:13,359 --> 00:57:16,039
statements um to guide goals and

1233
00:57:16,039 --> 00:57:20,990
strategies that are stated in subsequent

1234
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:23,640
chapters um then we have the population

1235
00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:27,000
and housing uh chapter which focuses on

1236
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:29,480
the demographics and Trends and housing

1237
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:30,880
composition in

1238
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:33,720
Emmitsburg there's a section on

1239
00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:36,319
population characteristics age gender

1240
00:57:36,319 --> 00:57:39,000
distribution housing occupancy and it

1241
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:42,240
also focuses on LS households as a major

1242
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:44,119
demographic and their need for

1243
00:57:44,119 --> 00:57:47,039
affordable housing close to job

1244
00:57:47,039 --> 00:57:50,760
opportunities and like um there's a

1245
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:52,200
section with goals objectives and

1246
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:57,440
strategies and all the chapters um from

1247
00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:59,240
will have except for the first two will

1248
00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:00,960
have these goals objectives and

1249
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:02,319
strategies

1250
00:58:02,319 --> 00:58:05,559
section um the goals involve in this

1251
00:58:05,559 --> 00:58:08,079
chapter involves accommodating the

1252
00:58:08,079 --> 00:58:10,160
population's needs by promoting diverse

1253
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:15,200
housing options that support um an um

1254
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:17,400
intergenerational Community catering to

1255
00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:19,799
residents of all ages groups and income

1256
00:58:19,799 --> 00:58:22,720
levels another goal is to develop a land

1257
00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:24,440
use program to promote infill

1258
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:26,480
development and the third goal goal is

1259
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:29,000
to implement programs and policies to

1260
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:31,280
eliminate vacant and blighted buildings

1261
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:33,440
that can be transferred in transformed

1262
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:36,000
into safe livable housing

1263
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:41,039
units um in the um packet you will also

1264
00:58:41,039 --> 00:58:43,440
see that the goals have objectives and

1265
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:47,079
strategies that correspond to each goal

1266
00:58:47,079 --> 00:58:49,680
so for example under the first goal as I

1267
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:51,359
mentioned accommodating the population's

1268
00:58:51,359 --> 00:58:53,599
needs by offering the other housing

1269
00:58:53,599 --> 00:58:55,640
options that support the inter

1270
00:58:55,640 --> 00:58:56,720
generation

1271
00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:59,319
Community catering to residents of all

1272
00:58:59,319 --> 00:59:01,920
ages and groups income levels the

1273
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:04,280
objective here is to increase the

1274
00:59:04,280 --> 00:59:07,119
diversity of housing types by ensuring

1275
00:59:07,119 --> 00:59:09,599
that um at least a certain percentage of

1276
00:59:09,599 --> 00:59:12,200
new residential developments include mix

1277
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:14,559
of housing options such as single family

1278
00:59:14,559 --> 00:59:17,640
homes duplexes um town homes and

1279
00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:20,799
apartments and a strategy for that is to

1280
00:59:20,799 --> 00:59:23,480
revise um zoning regulations to allow

1281
00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:26,599
for greater housing diversity including

1282
00:59:26,599 --> 00:59:30,839
higher density options and so that's

1283
00:59:30,839 --> 00:59:34,720
um uh the chapter on uh population and

1284
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,400
housing and um there's a few more

1285
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:40,680
chapters that I'll go over um the next

1286
00:59:40,680 --> 00:59:43,200
one we have economy and fiscal Health

1287
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:45,480
that talks about um the business comp

1288
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:47,760
composition and employment trends and

1289
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:50,880
fiscal challenges in town and uh IT

1290
00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:52,480
addresses the fact that there's limited

1291
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:56,359
business base and that um most residents

1292
00:59:56,359 --> 00:59:59,359
commute to work which often leads to um

1293
00:59:59,359 --> 01:00:02,440
reduced local spending it also

1294
01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:04,480
highlights areas of opportunities such

1295
01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:06,400
as the fact that it's near a tourist

1296
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:09,119
attractions that the town can capitalize

1297
01:00:09,119 --> 01:00:11,839
on and promote Economic

1298
01:00:11,839 --> 01:00:13,880
Development um it highlights the

1299
01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:15,559
financial status of the population

1300
01:00:15,559 --> 01:00:18,240
through the median income uh poverty

1301
01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:21,280
rate and um employment rate as well as

1302
01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:24,559
the presence of um Al families as

1303
01:00:24,559 --> 01:00:27,799
households it goes over the town's

1304
01:00:27,799 --> 01:00:30,520
overall fiscal Health showing um the

1305
01:00:30,520 --> 01:00:32,880
need for broadening the tax base based

1306
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,160
on R residential

1307
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:37,920
sectors and the chapter has suggested

1308
01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:40,640
goals and to strengthen the town's local

1309
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:42,400
economy and business

1310
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:45,119
environment um I'll mention that one

1311
01:00:45,119 --> 01:00:47,760
that talks about uh reducing economic

1312
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:50,640
leakage or reduced spending and

1313
01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:52,760
encourage residents and visitors to

1314
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:54,799
spend locally which could be

1315
01:00:54,799 --> 01:00:56,799
accomplished by implementing a Main

1316
01:00:56,799 --> 01:00:59,319
Street Improvement program to revitalize

1317
01:00:59,319 --> 01:01:02,000
the area to attract businesses and

1318
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:04,799
tourists the goal section also mentions

1319
01:01:04,799 --> 01:01:07,039
partnering with Mount St Mary's

1320
01:01:07,039 --> 01:01:09,960
University to offer vocational and

1321
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:12,119
professional development programs that

1322
01:01:12,119 --> 01:01:15,000
meet the needs of key sectors um

1323
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,680
relevant to the town's needs and um one

1324
01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:21,359
of those goals also calls for addressing

1325
01:01:21,359 --> 01:01:24,680
the uh income inequality and support the

1326
01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:27,480
needs of Alice um households through

1327
01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:30,480
increasing access to Affordable and

1328
01:01:30,480 --> 01:01:33,319
middle income housing units which can be

1329
01:01:33,319 --> 01:01:35,079
achieved by a collaborating with

1330
01:01:35,079 --> 01:01:37,240
developers who are looking to start

1331
01:01:37,240 --> 01:01:40,000
residential development in

1332
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:43,720
town um next we have the environment and

1333
01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:46,680
natural resources chapter which focuses

1334
01:01:46,680 --> 01:01:50,280
on waterways vegetative buffers uh

1335
01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:52,400
unique Landscapes talks about the

1336
01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:54,920
geography and how it influences the

1337
01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:56,559
town's development

1338
01:01:56,559 --> 01:01:59,200
and touches upon groundwater resources

1339
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:01,160
uh Wetlands flood planes

1340
01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:04,079
Etc uh it also mentions climate change

1341
01:02:04,079 --> 01:02:05,880
and flood plane management and the

1342
01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:09,839
town's efforts to um control storm

1343
01:02:09,839 --> 01:02:11,880
water and talks about green

1344
01:02:11,880 --> 01:02:13,480
infrastructure like rain Gardens and

1345
01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:14,880
permeable

1346
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:21,039
Pavements um and then the goals include working to ensure and long-term

1347
01:02:21,039 --> 01:02:23,880
ecological integrity and minimizing the

1348
01:02:23,880 --> 01:02:27,119
environmental impact of development on

1349
01:02:27,119 --> 01:02:31,039
systems and I have a couple more slides

1350
01:02:31,039 --> 01:02:34,079
uh the next um chapter we have is the

1351
01:02:34,079 --> 01:02:36,319
land use and Community design which

1352
01:02:36,319 --> 01:02:38,680
talks about zoning patterns and land use

1353
01:02:38,680 --> 01:02:41,760
patterns in town and you know it's like

1354
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:44,200
different zones residential commercial

1355
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:46,720
industrial institutional and breaks down

1356
01:02:46,720 --> 01:02:48,440
how much of the town's area is

1357
01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:51,960
designated for each each Zone um the

1358
01:02:51,960 --> 01:02:54,119
most important part of this chapter is

1359
01:02:54,119 --> 01:02:57,160
the growth boundary boundary area area

1360
01:02:57,160 --> 01:03:00,359
and the growth opportunity area so the

1361
01:03:00,359 --> 01:03:04,200
last growth boundary area was adopted in

1362
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:07,240
2021 and um if you go to the next slide

1363
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:09,160
there's a map

1364
01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:10,799
um

1365
01:03:10,799 --> 01:03:14,799
the what you see here the the red line

1366
01:03:14,799 --> 01:03:17,480
is the newly proposed growth boundary

1367
01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:19,880
which includes properties located

1368
01:03:19,880 --> 01:03:22,760
northwest of the town's borders um along

1369
01:03:22,760 --> 01:03:28,309
Track Road and uh Route 14

1370
01:03:28,319 --> 01:03:30,680
um so these are suggested to be included

1371
01:03:30,680 --> 01:03:32,920
to address fragmented Water and Sewer

1372
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:35,440
Service issues some of these properties

1373
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:37,079
are already connected to Town's

1374
01:03:37,079 --> 01:03:40,000
utilities while others are not since the

1375
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:42,000
town's code

1376
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:44,960
um prohibits establishing utility

1377
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:47,640
connections outside of its jurisdiction

1378
01:03:47,640 --> 01:03:50,079
service cannot be extended unless these

1379
01:03:50,079 --> 01:03:53,680
areas are annexed so to make um future

1380
01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:55,440
annexation possible these properties

1381
01:03:55,440 --> 01:03:58,039
must be included into the growth Town's

1382
01:03:58,039 --> 01:04:00,799
growth boundary and provide that would

1383
01:04:00,799 --> 01:04:03,839
provide them um opportunities for water

1384
01:04:03,839 --> 01:04:05,240
and sewer

1385
01:04:05,240 --> 01:04:07,319
connections and about the growth

1386
01:04:07,319 --> 01:04:09,680
opportunity area which is in

1387
01:04:09,680 --> 01:04:14,559
Gray um it's it's um a

1388
01:04:14,559 --> 01:04:18,880
flexible way to um allow growth you know

1389
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:21,319
because growth isn't always um confined

1390
01:04:21,319 --> 01:04:23,760
into like one town limit it happens

1391
01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:26,760
outset of town limits as well but if

1392
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:28,480
there's unplanned growth that takes

1393
01:04:28,480 --> 01:04:31,960
place and it can have um benefits for

1394
01:04:31,960 --> 01:04:34,200
the town it could be like economic or

1395
01:04:34,200 --> 01:04:35,880
residential development or any other

1396
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:38,160
infrastructure projects but has benefits

1397
01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:41,960
for the town if they're Incorporated um

1398
01:04:41,960 --> 01:04:47,799
then this is one way um the town can

1399
01:04:47,799 --> 01:04:51,000
uh allow annexation of those areas

1400
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:52,880
without having to change the

1401
01:04:52,880 --> 01:04:55,839
comprehensive plan over and over again

1402
01:04:55,839 --> 01:04:59,839
um so and then the growth opportunities

1403
01:04:59,839 --> 01:05:03,880
areas they're usually um they usually

1404
01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:05,079
have constraints like physical

1405
01:05:05,079 --> 01:05:08,680
constraints in topography or the C's um

1406
01:05:08,680 --> 01:05:10,720
easements like agricultural

1407
01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:16,880
easements so it like naturally um helps

1408
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:19,640
uh put like a

1409
01:05:19,640 --> 01:05:22,559
boundary and then the the gray that you

1410
01:05:22,559 --> 01:05:26,240
see it extends from like quarter of a

1411
01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:29,440
mile to a third of a mile that's how

1412
01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:32,359
further out it is from the growth

1413
01:05:32,359 --> 01:05:35,440
boundary so

1414
01:05:35,440 --> 01:05:38,520
um that's that's part of the land use

1415
01:05:38,520 --> 01:05:40,799
chapter and

1416
01:05:40,799 --> 01:05:45,279
um the remaining sections we have are um

1417
01:05:45,279 --> 01:05:47,279
the transportation and Community

1418
01:05:47,279 --> 01:05:51,920
facilities those are um in progress um

1419
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:54,960
and we're also working on the municipal

1420
01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:59,119
growth um which will analyze of fature

1421
01:05:59,119 --> 01:06:01,079
growth and alignment with long range

1422
01:06:01,079 --> 01:06:03,279
vision and it will be based on

1423
01:06:03,279 --> 01:06:05,240
population projections and the needs of

1424
01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:07,640
needs for land and

1425
01:06:07,640 --> 01:06:09,559
infrastructure and then there will be an

1426
01:06:09,559 --> 01:06:12,559
Implement implementation section that

1427
01:06:12,559 --> 01:06:14,960
will discuss the metrics to measure the

1428
01:06:14,960 --> 01:06:16,920
progress towards the goals that are

1429
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:19,240
mentioned throughout this entire

1430
01:06:19,240 --> 01:06:22,440
document um if you have any questions on

1431
01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:31,760
the content um Commissioners any questions

1432
01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:34,279
comments not not on the actual content

1433
01:06:34,279 --> 01:06:37,829
but schedule-wise

1434
01:06:37,839 --> 01:06:40,240
for I think you want to have another

1435
01:06:40,240 --> 01:06:42,920
public meeting and then somewhere wrap

1436
01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:44,480
up in the next three four five months or

1437
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:47,039
so that is right yeah um we're working

1438
01:06:47,039 --> 01:06:50,400
on putting together a concrete um

1439
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:52,760
schedule I know the Planning Commission

1440
01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:56,400
wanted to um have have go out to public

1441
01:06:56,400 --> 01:06:59,160
comment by March so that is something we

1442
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:04,109
would like to

1443
01:07:04,119 --> 01:07:06,920
do commissioner Hagen I just want to say

1444
01:07:06,920 --> 01:07:09,000
for nil after working on this for the

1445
01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:11,240
last year it's you've done an impressive

1446
01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:13,440
job of working with the community and

1447
01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:16,880
reaching out and with you know members

1448
01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:19,079
to try to answer questions and Shepherd

1449
01:07:19,079 --> 01:07:21,319
it all through so you've done a great

1450
01:07:21,319 --> 01:07:23,599
job thank

1451
01:07:23,599 --> 01:07:25,760
you I've only heard good things things

1452
01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:27,520
too everybody who went to those

1453
01:07:27,520 --> 01:07:30,359
workshops said um that you did a

1454
01:07:30,359 --> 01:07:32,520
wonderful job so thank you for the hard

1455
01:07:32,520 --> 01:07:34,640
work thank you um commissioner swey did

1456
01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:37,400
you have any no no I don't see any

1457
01:07:37,400 --> 01:07:40,279
problems she has done wonderful

1458
01:07:40,279 --> 01:07:45,039
job thank you um I only know that um I

1459
01:07:45,039 --> 01:07:48,200
have a copy of the orig the 2015 I don't

1460
01:07:48,200 --> 01:07:49,760
know if anybody else

1461
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:53,279
does uh we can make sure that everyone

1462
01:07:53,279 --> 01:07:56,760
else you do okay I don't did I get oh I

1463
01:07:56,760 --> 01:07:58,880
have one I don't think I got did I get

1464
01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:02,960
no okay I did not get one oh um yeah the

1465
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:04,680
Planning Commission members they all

1466
01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:07,960
received one so that's proba why okay we

1467
01:08:07,960 --> 01:08:10,640
can get you one we can talk later I

1468
01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:11,960
don't want you to have to make another

1469
01:08:11,960 --> 01:08:14,559
one if one doesn't exist so I might just

1470
01:08:14,559 --> 01:08:17,600
borrow one if if need be um but please

1471
01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:19,159
don't print anymore if it they're going

1472
01:08:19,159 --> 01:08:22,080
to be outdated soon yeah J Bar mine any

1473
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,000
time want oh thank

1474
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:27,440
you um

1475
01:08:27,440 --> 01:08:30,279
in the workshop are we looking as a town

1476
01:08:30,279 --> 01:08:32,719
to become a Main Street

1477
01:08:32,719 --> 01:08:37,319
Maryland um town to make it official

1478
01:08:37,319 --> 01:08:38,759
movie sustainable commity is that what

1479
01:08:38,759 --> 01:08:41,199
it is oh you know like um th Mountain

1480
01:08:41,199 --> 01:08:42,960
has the Main Street program is that

1481
01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:45,960
something we're are we have a goal to

1482
01:08:45,960 --> 01:08:49,480
aim towards as well right so from the

1483
01:08:49,480 --> 01:08:51,400
public workshops we gathered that people

1484
01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:55,920
do want to attain that um designation

1485
01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:58,679
and for economic development that would

1486
01:08:58,679 --> 01:09:02,679
be one way to one step towards that sure

1487
01:09:02,679 --> 01:09:06,799
yeah sure that yeah because um I like

1488
01:09:06,799 --> 01:09:08,679
how there's definitely thoughts about

1489
01:09:08,679 --> 01:09:10,600
you know targeting those vacant

1490
01:09:10,600 --> 01:09:12,600
buildings or ones that have been left

1491
01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:16,759
and um they're dilapidated so I know

1492
01:09:16,759 --> 01:09:19,920
that's Thurmont received a lot of money

1493
01:09:19,920 --> 01:09:22,000
towards those towards their vacant

1494
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:23,960
buildings to incentivize businesses to

1495
01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:27,359
come so that would align nicely I think

1496
01:09:27,359 --> 01:09:29,799
with targeting some of those buildings

1497
01:09:29,799 --> 01:09:31,560
that could be turned into

1498
01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:34,839
businesses um and then I saw here

1499
01:09:34,839 --> 01:09:37,440
support student housing by incentivizing

1500
01:09:37,440 --> 01:09:39,600
Property Owners to create safe livable

1501
01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:43,799
residential units for Mount St Mary's is

1502
01:09:43,799 --> 01:09:47,080
that targeting The Village zone or is

1503
01:09:47,080 --> 01:09:50,239
that because I would imagine the HOAs

1504
01:09:50,239 --> 01:09:53,040
would have jurisdiction over that within

1505
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:57,199
subdivisions so I was confused by that

1506
01:09:57,199 --> 01:10:02,760
okay um that can be clarified um so once

1507
01:10:02,760 --> 01:10:06,560
these are done they will be um posted so

1508
01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:08,640
that people can comment on it so if it

1509
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:10,239
doesn't it should apply to like the

1510
01:10:10,239 --> 01:10:12,640
village zone or outside of Village Zone

1511
01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:13,480
that's

1512
01:10:13,480 --> 01:10:15,920
something you know you as a board or the

1513
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:18,840
public they can all decide and I see

1514
01:10:18,840 --> 01:10:21,560
just incorporate that yeah I

1515
01:10:21,560 --> 01:10:25,440
see so all right so it's more this is

1516
01:10:25,440 --> 01:10:28,280
just we're still in those like you're

1517
01:10:28,280 --> 01:10:29,600
okay commissioner Hoover you're giving

1518
01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:32,120
me this zoning would dictate that not

1519
01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:35,480
necessary Village zone or or HOAs but

1520
01:10:35,480 --> 01:10:38,600
zoning itself is multi is a multi-use or

1521
01:10:38,600 --> 01:10:41,000
high density use okay all right thank

1522
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:45,950
you that's all I have any other

1523
01:10:45,960 --> 01:10:48,960
questions this doesn't require a vote in

1524
01:10:48,960 --> 01:10:50,719
any way does it this was just a

1525
01:10:50,719 --> 01:10:52,679
presentation okay all right thank you

1526
01:10:52,679 --> 01:10:55,960
very much I know that um your slideshow

1527
01:10:55,960 --> 01:10:58,199
was a lot of work and you did a good job

1528
01:10:58,199 --> 01:10:59,800
highlighting the differences in the

1529
01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:02,040
updates and I appreciate it thank you

1530
01:11:02,040 --> 01:11:03,600
thank

1531
01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:06,679
you all

1532
01:11:06,679 --> 01:11:10,640
right moving on to number four discuss

1533
01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:17,149
discussion related to FY 25 water

1534
01:11:17,159 --> 01:11:20,480
rates we do have some information in our

1535
01:11:20,480 --> 01:11:24,360
packets that was requested water um sip

1536
01:11:24,360 --> 01:11:27,520
breakdown the breakdown water

1537
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:29,719
Revenue that we have as far as the

1538
01:11:29,719 --> 01:11:30,679
project

1539
01:11:30,679 --> 01:11:33,520
schedule

1540
01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:36,800
um I don't uh Commissioners don't know

1541
01:11:36,800 --> 01:11:39,080
how you want to tackle this did you want

1542
01:11:39,080 --> 01:11:40,920
us to go through the

1543
01:11:40,920 --> 01:11:44,560
attached information or are we ready to

1544
01:11:44,560 --> 01:11:51,470
jump right into

1545
01:11:51,480 --> 01:11:55,600
discussion do notice on on page 44 on

1546
01:11:55,600 --> 01:11:57,199
the water fund the

1547
01:11:57,199 --> 01:12:01,600
CIP that in page 45 the the red didn't

1548
01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:05,520
show up when it got copied so just to

1549
01:12:05,520 --> 01:12:07,480
note on FY

1550
01:12:07,480 --> 01:12:10,639
26 where it says 159

1551
01:12:10,639 --> 01:12:13,360
790 and then all the way out to fy3

1552
01:12:13,360 --> 01:12:15,600
that's all in the red that should have

1553
01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:16,760
showed up

1554
01:12:16,760 --> 01:12:19,239
red and then the same thing for the

1555
01:12:19,239 --> 01:12:23,440
total revenue from FY 26 to

1556
01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:29,440
7779 out to year 30 that's all uh red as

1557
01:12:29,440 --> 01:12:31,520
well wait where's the second one I'm

1558
01:12:31,520 --> 01:12:34,679
sorry under total R toal Revenue gotcha

1559
01:12:34,679 --> 01:12:38,990
thank you and

1560
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:44,520
then then under so page 44 page 44 if

1561
01:12:44,520 --> 01:12:47,679
top top row cash reserves estimated

1562
01:12:47,679 --> 01:12:49,199
where you see FY

1563
01:12:49,199 --> 01:12:53,719
26 159 790 yep that's actually in the

1564
01:12:53,719 --> 01:12:57,080
red okay and then it stays in the red

1565
01:12:57,080 --> 01:13:00,800
through 27 28 29 and

1566
01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:03,440
30 and then if you drop down to the last

1567
01:13:03,440 --> 01:13:08,590
row in that section under total

1568
01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:13,880
revenue it starts in the red at the

1569
01:13:13,880 --> 01:13:20,270
7779 and carries

1570
01:13:20,280 --> 01:13:21,900
out and

1571
01:13:21,900 --> 01:13:23,400
[Music]

1572
01:13:23,400 --> 01:13:27,719
then if you drop down to Total cash

1573
01:13:27,719 --> 01:13:32,470
available on the bottom of page

1574
01:13:32,480 --> 01:13:35,360
44 starting at

1575
01:13:35,360 --> 01:13:42,110
16905 and out is red as

1576
01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:47,270
well

1577
01:13:47,280 --> 01:13:49,400
169 all the way down at the bottom in

1578
01:13:49,400 --> 01:13:51,679
the book yes where it says total cash

1579
01:13:51,679 --> 01:13:56,480
available on page 44 oh okay okay and

1580
01:13:56,480 --> 01:13:59,550
then on page

1581
01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:03,590
45 I add

1582
01:14:03,600 --> 01:14:08,870
here system

1583
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:11,800
upgrades in the end of FY

1584
01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:15,600
25 where it shows 159

1585
01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:18,480
790 red and that all the way out then

1586
01:14:18,480 --> 01:14:26,669
should be red where it says Surplus deficit

1587
01:14:26,679 --> 01:14:28,560
got it that's it that's I just want to

1588
01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:29,800
point that out since it didn't show up

1589
01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:31,960
in your

1590
01:14:31,960 --> 01:14:39,350
packet okay thank

1591
01:14:39,360 --> 01:14:43,830
you back

1592
01:14:43,840 --> 01:14:46,560
on okay where would we like to be in the

1593
01:14:46,560 --> 01:14:51,920
discussion commissioner Hoover sure so Kathy thanks for that clarification

1594
01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:53,960
so I'm assuming then that they're in the

1595
01:14:53,960 --> 01:14:57,790
red based on

1596
01:14:57,800 --> 01:15:00,679
page 46 is

1597
01:15:00,679 --> 01:15:04,360
projects being performed right so if you

1598
01:15:04,360 --> 01:15:08,360
look let me just jump up to the top

1599
01:15:08,360 --> 01:15:11,320
here so you start in the

1600
01:15:11,320 --> 01:15:15,760
red at the top of page 44 the water fund

1601
01:15:15,760 --> 01:15:18,719
FY 26 at the negative

1602
01:15:18,719 --> 01:15:21,560
9790 yes and that

1603
01:15:21,560 --> 01:15:26,280
is because of all your um system

1604
01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:30,320
projects it would be in FY 25 you'd have

1605
01:15:30,320 --> 01:15:32,719
the clarifier completion the completion

1606
01:15:32,719 --> 01:15:36,960
date for the clarifier is October of

1607
01:15:36,960 --> 01:15:38,639
25

1608
01:15:38,639 --> 01:15:41,440
um the North seatan Avenue waterline

1609
01:15:41,440 --> 01:15:43,320
project now that one's estimated because

1610
01:15:43,320 --> 01:15:46,679
I don't know when it's actually going to

1611
01:15:46,679 --> 01:15:50,800
start um and then the depal street 1

1612
01:15:50,800 --> 01:15:53,000
that with that project being complete in

1613
01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:55,960
April of 255 all the money should be

1614
01:15:55,960 --> 01:15:58,800
spent on the depal street waterline by

1615
01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:00,719
the close of

1616
01:16:00,719 --> 01:16:05,560
fy2 um some of these other projects um

1617
01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:07,320
the Rainbow Lake pump pouch Bridge

1618
01:16:07,320 --> 01:16:09,199
placement that actually should be done

1619
01:16:09,199 --> 01:16:10,920
by the end of the

1620
01:16:10,920 --> 01:16:14,120
year um the Rainbow Lake Dam repairs or

1621
01:16:14,120 --> 01:16:16,760
the Rainbow Lake repairs we don't know

1622
01:16:16,760 --> 01:16:18,639
the cost associated with that yet until

1623
01:16:18,639 --> 01:16:20,920
we receive the final report in a couple

1624
01:16:20,920 --> 01:16:23,840
of weeks the initial report on the

1625
01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:26,719
leadline service replacement is we are

1626
01:16:26,719 --> 01:16:29,639
probably going to have to sample so we

1627
01:16:29,639 --> 01:16:31,320
had approximately

1628
01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:32,880
500

1629
01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:34,960
um

1630
01:16:34,960 --> 01:16:37,440
non-responses and of those 500 we'll

1631
01:16:37,440 --> 01:16:40,280
probably have to sample about a 100 and

1632
01:16:40,280 --> 01:16:43,400
the estimated cost for each to sample is

1633
01:16:43,400 --> 01:16:44,360
about

1634
01:16:44,360 --> 01:16:49,120
$700 each so we're estimating about

1635
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:53,760
$70,000 to perform what need what mde

1636
01:16:53,760 --> 01:16:55,760
requires to show what the Le what the

1637
01:16:55,760 --> 01:16:58,719
lines are when you say sample do you

1638
01:16:58,719 --> 01:17:01,199
mean going because they didn't respond

1639
01:17:01,199 --> 01:17:04,280
via the survey so so the the

1640
01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:06,600
verification is is

1641
01:17:06,600 --> 01:17:09,600
twofold so a lot of people responded by

1642
01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:11,480
the survey but didn't do the

1643
01:17:11,480 --> 01:17:13,679
photograph um some of them we were able

1644
01:17:13,679 --> 01:17:16,159
to verify based off the survey and plans

1645
01:17:16,159 --> 01:17:17,920
and but there are some that no

1646
01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:20,920
absolutely no response given and there's

1647
01:17:20,920 --> 01:17:24,159
no second form of um verification so

1648
01:17:24,159 --> 01:17:27,560
there's two options to verify you can

1649
01:17:27,560 --> 01:17:30,120
excavate which means digging up yards

1650
01:17:30,120 --> 01:17:32,600
digging up sidewalks digging up roads

1651
01:17:32,600 --> 01:17:35,960
and then you have to restore that cost

1652
01:17:35,960 --> 01:17:38,840
is estimated to be more than

1653
01:17:38,840 --> 01:17:43,159
$700 um staff went and watched a demo

1654
01:17:43,159 --> 01:17:45,760
where they can go in with a camera and

1655
01:17:45,760 --> 01:17:47,960
camera will it can camera the line and

1656
01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:49,920
you can basically kill two birds with

1657
01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:52,280
Sunstone you can see the service line

1658
01:17:52,280 --> 01:17:56,800
and our line so if you if you remember

1659
01:17:56,800 --> 01:17:58,679
the your sewer line the town has a

1660
01:17:58,679 --> 01:18:01,679
portion up the initial portion and then

1661
01:18:01,679 --> 01:18:03,880
you have your service line anyway so

1662
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:06,880
it's estimated about $700 each and if we

1663
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:08,840
have to sample

1664
01:18:08,840 --> 01:18:13,679
100 you're at $70,000 on that and then

1665
01:18:13,679 --> 01:18:16,679
there are requirements to replace so we

1666
01:18:16,679 --> 01:18:19,719
know of two lead lines so far and

1667
01:18:19,719 --> 01:18:23,040
approximately 13 is it non-galvanized or

1668
01:18:23,040 --> 01:18:25,960
gavanized I can't remember

1669
01:18:25,960 --> 01:18:28,120
galvaniz so a galvaniz has to be

1670
01:18:28,120 --> 01:18:30,080
replaced as well and I believe as of

1671
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:32,760
right now there's 13 so that's at least

1672
01:18:32,760 --> 01:18:35,800
15 that are going to have to be replaced

1673
01:18:35,800 --> 01:18:37,719
and we'll start looking for funding on

1674
01:18:37,719 --> 01:18:41,280
that we have a meeting coming up anyway

1675
01:18:41,280 --> 01:18:42,520
that's how you get to the negative

1676
01:18:42,520 --> 01:18:44,719
commissioner Hoover is is taking all the

1677
01:18:44,719 --> 01:18:46,639
revenue that we've received for the

1678
01:18:46,639 --> 01:18:49,800
projects and then backing out the the

1679
01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:52,280
cost of the projects the timing could be

1680
01:18:52,280 --> 01:18:53,880
off a little bit with like with the

1681
01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:57,000
North seatan uh waterline uh we have

1682
01:18:57,000 --> 01:18:59,679
incurred some expense on the engineering

1683
01:18:59,679 --> 01:19:03,400
side um nothing on the construction side

1684
01:19:03,400 --> 01:19:04,960
yet that's hoping to go out to bid

1685
01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:08,149
within the next C

1686
01:19:08,159 --> 01:19:11,520
months um we are looking for funding

1687
01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:14,480
right now for the West Main Street water

1688
01:19:14,480 --> 01:19:16,800
line and the Waynesboro Pike

1689
01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:19,320
waterline um that just went out to bid

1690
01:19:19,320 --> 01:19:21,159
for engineering

1691
01:19:21,159 --> 01:19:24,760
cost because there are we have fixed an

1692
01:19:24,760 --> 01:19:26,760
enormous amount of leaks on West Main

1693
01:19:26,760 --> 01:19:28,600
and

1694
01:19:28,600 --> 01:19:30,639
Waynesboro the mayor would like us to

1695
01:19:30,639 --> 01:19:32,800
look at a bond Initiative for that

1696
01:19:32,800 --> 01:19:35,400
project through the state of

1697
01:19:35,400 --> 01:19:40,709
Maryland for that

1698
01:19:40,719 --> 01:19:43,440
one um going back to the lead line the

1699
01:19:43,440 --> 01:19:46,280
requirement to replace that falls on the

1700
01:19:46,280 --> 01:19:48,440
town uh we're still working through that

1701
01:19:48,440 --> 01:19:49,880
anything that's

1702
01:19:49,880 --> 01:19:52,280
Townline would be our

1703
01:19:52,280 --> 01:19:54,800
responsibility um

1704
01:19:54,800 --> 01:19:57,840
reached out to our consultant to give me

1705
01:19:57,840 --> 01:20:01,480
if they were aware of any funding um

1706
01:20:01,480 --> 01:20:04,520
options you know the cost to fix your

1707
01:20:04,520 --> 01:20:09,159
line depending on how long your line is going to be a huge burden on our

1708
01:20:09,159 --> 01:20:10,800
residents and hopefully the town can

1709
01:20:10,800 --> 01:20:14,080
secure some funding to assist with that

1710
01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:15,880
um but we're right in the beginning

1711
01:20:15,880 --> 01:20:20,320
stages right now you do have until 20 30

1712
01:20:20,320 --> 01:20:22,880
you have till 2030 to make all the the

1713
01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:25,719
ne necessary replacements

1714
01:20:25,719 --> 01:20:29,480
can I ask the question um the 500 that

1715
01:20:29,480 --> 01:20:32,280
has not received were they all all over

1716
01:20:32,280 --> 01:20:33,760
the town or just in the old part of the

1717
01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:34,840
town all

1718
01:20:34,840 --> 01:20:37,639
over all over because um when when you

1719
01:20:37,639 --> 01:20:39,960
do uh North seatting you'll be able to

1720
01:20:39,960 --> 01:20:42,159
see when they replace the line they'll

1721
01:20:42,159 --> 01:20:44,480
be able to see if it's ganized or not

1722
01:20:44,480 --> 01:20:46,920
correct yes and the the Paul Street you

1723
01:20:46,920 --> 01:20:48,719
should be able to see now when they redo

1724
01:20:48,719 --> 01:20:50,679
theirs right so they are they going to

1725
01:20:50,679 --> 01:20:55,560
replace them as they go or to Copper so

1726
01:20:55,560 --> 01:20:58,440
they're just replacing the main on the

1727
01:20:58,440 --> 01:21:01,679
right now right but you'll know you can

1728
01:21:01,679 --> 01:21:03,920
you'll mark down which ones are I

1729
01:21:03,920 --> 01:21:06,080
believe they're doing that I believe

1730
01:21:06,080 --> 01:21:07,400
they were looking at the service lines

1731
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:10,000
as they are going through right it's my

1732
01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:11,600
understanding but I can find out for

1733
01:21:11,600 --> 01:21:13,440
sure I know mine on North seatan was

1734
01:21:13,440 --> 01:21:15,280
galvanized I had it replaced with copper

1735
01:21:15,280 --> 01:21:18,679
completely out to the town's right curb

1736
01:21:18,679 --> 01:21:21,880
stop it was galvanized 34 it was no

1737
01:21:21,880 --> 01:21:23,239
bigger my pinky and you couldn't even

1738
01:21:23,239 --> 01:21:25,560
see through so imagine the other old

1739
01:21:25,560 --> 01:21:27,400
houses through

1740
01:21:27,400 --> 01:21:31,149
there

1741
01:21:31,159 --> 01:21:34,960
yeah so on the on page 44 Miss Willets

1742
01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:40,430
where it says um cash reserves

1743
01:21:40,440 --> 01:21:43,719
estimated um does this take into account

1744
01:21:43,719 --> 01:21:46,480
our current water rate increase the way

1745
01:21:46,480 --> 01:21:51,199
it stands now the cash reserves

1746
01:21:51,199 --> 01:21:52,880
yes

1747
01:21:52,880 --> 01:21:57,760
so even if we keep it 36% for 5 years

1748
01:21:57,760 --> 01:21:59,960
potentially we're still in the

1749
01:21:59,960 --> 01:22:02,400
red actually I need to ask that question

1750
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:05,760
because I'm not let me go back through

1751
01:22:05,760 --> 01:22:07,159
my budget and make sure that that's

1752
01:22:07,159 --> 01:22:09,560
correct because that I mean that's a

1753
01:22:09,560 --> 01:22:12,560
important piece of information but

1754
01:22:12,560 --> 01:22:15,760
also this also assumes we don't get

1755
01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:18,760
funding correct on these projects like

1756
01:22:18,760 --> 01:22:21,719
no this does include your funding for

1757
01:22:21,719 --> 01:22:22,639
the

1758
01:22:22,639 --> 01:22:27,000
clarifier the North seat and Avenue line

1759
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:29,120
project it does include any funding

1760
01:22:29,120 --> 01:22:30,920
we've already received right but not

1761
01:22:30,920 --> 01:22:32,520
future funding right right it does not

1762
01:22:32,520 --> 01:22:36,080
include any funding for the West Main

1763
01:22:36,080 --> 01:22:37,840
Street water line or the line down the

1764
01:22:37,840 --> 01:22:39,520
mountain any future projects that we

1765
01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:42,159
haven't submitted for no it does not

1766
01:22:42,159 --> 01:22:44,880
right it only does I believe North

1767
01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:52,950
seatan to Paul Street and our arpa

1768
01:22:52,960 --> 01:22:55,159
projects yeah and you can see our tap

1769
01:22:55,159 --> 01:22:58,639
fees on that second line how how

1770
01:22:58,639 --> 01:23:02,080
important our tap fees play into

1771
01:23:02,080 --> 01:23:04,880
our our reserves or cash

1772
01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:09,430
reserves that's

1773
01:23:09,440 --> 01:23:12,920
correct and that assumes that I mean the

1774
01:23:12,920 --> 01:23:14,800
41,000 each year those are just

1775
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:17,080
estimates based on what's coming down

1776
01:23:17,080 --> 01:23:18,800
the pipe through potential

1777
01:23:18,800 --> 01:23:23,560
annexation um yes so what we do is we we work with Theo on any development

1778
01:23:23,560 --> 01:23:25,400
project she might have the pipeline and

1779
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:27,440
try to estimate what we will get in that

1780
01:23:27,440 --> 01:23:30,639
fiscal year um so this fiscal year we

1781
01:23:30,639 --> 01:23:32,320
estimated

1782
01:23:32,320 --> 01:23:35,560
from um two development projects that we

1783
01:23:35,560 --> 01:23:37,639
had that we knew of and that would have

1784
01:23:37,639 --> 01:23:39,880
been Christ Community Church and

1785
01:23:39,880 --> 01:23:45,990
possibly The

1786
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:52,950
Distillery so if tap

1787
01:23:52,960 --> 01:23:55,440
fees I feel like that should be higher

1788
01:23:55,440 --> 01:23:58,679
CU I don't our tap I mean how many

1789
01:23:58,679 --> 01:24:01,320
households would that then incorporate

1790
01:24:01,320 --> 01:24:05,280
into that estimate so 82,000 is is 10

1791
01:24:05,280 --> 01:24:09,239
Taps right 10s we're assuming maybe five

1792
01:24:09,239 --> 01:24:12,600
Taps between FY 27

1793
01:24:12,600 --> 01:24:16,560
fy3 yeah so per year per year so each

1794
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:20,440
year we estimated that many just because

1795
01:24:20,440 --> 01:24:22,719
we don't know right that we have nothing

1796
01:24:22,719 --> 01:24:25,760
concrete outside of safe no right The

1797
01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:27,239
Distillery

1798
01:24:27,239 --> 01:24:31,719
and Christ Community Church right now

1799
01:24:31,719 --> 01:24:36,239
right but if there is an annexation or

1800
01:24:36,239 --> 01:24:37,360
the

1801
01:24:37,360 --> 01:24:40,159
um fry farm development that's being

1802
01:24:40,159 --> 01:24:43,840
looked at I saw it within the meetings

1803
01:24:43,840 --> 01:24:46,080
that you're having um is that's for the

1804
01:24:46,080 --> 01:24:48,520
part that's already annexed in or is

1805
01:24:48,520 --> 01:24:51,480
that in addition to it's both both both

1806
01:24:51,480 --> 01:24:53,600
the annexation or the the part that's

1807
01:24:53,600 --> 01:24:55,719
already in town as well as a part that

1808
01:24:55,719 --> 01:24:57,840
would be annexed you also have the

1809
01:24:57,840 --> 01:24:59,880
potential of EMT Ridge I think that's

1810
01:24:59,880 --> 01:25:02,040
probably your best and only potential

1811
01:25:02,040 --> 01:25:05,320
within FY 35 time frame other than the

1812
01:25:05,320 --> 01:25:07,520
two like you said the church and

1813
01:25:07,520 --> 01:25:10,320
Distillery time you get

1814
01:25:10,320 --> 01:25:13,040
fairly ready to start buying Taps I

1815
01:25:13,040 --> 01:25:15,639
think You' be very close or beyond the

1816
01:25:15,639 --> 01:25:18,560
fy3 okay you might have EMT Ridge I

1817
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:19,760
think you're definitely well yeah you

1818
01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:22,239
should have if they move forward you

1819
01:25:22,239 --> 01:25:26,360
would have EMT Ridge within that time frame but we just don't know so

1820
01:25:26,360 --> 01:25:28,159
that's why it's not on there sure the

1821
01:25:28,159 --> 01:25:30,080
final Fe at

1822
01:25:30,080 --> 01:25:33,239
um Southgate and the final F Brookfield

1823
01:25:33,239 --> 01:25:35,440
maybe we have 10 in Brookfield are we

1824
01:25:35,440 --> 01:25:38,719
down to two in Southgate do we um I

1825
01:25:38,719 --> 01:25:40,520
thought there was another one that sold

1826
01:25:40,520 --> 01:25:42,840
I just don't know which one but but

1827
01:25:42,840 --> 01:25:45,119
selling is not necessarily buying the T

1828
01:25:45,119 --> 01:25:46,960
correct by the time they get their

1829
01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:49,080
permits and this whatever you could be

1830
01:25:49,080 --> 01:25:50,400
another year or show down the road for

1831
01:25:50,400 --> 01:25:52,480
that correct and that's why I say frarly

1832
01:25:52,480 --> 01:25:54,360
you're probably four or five years

1833
01:25:54,360 --> 01:25:56,119
before they're anywhere close to a grant

1834
01:25:56,119 --> 01:25:59,239
to a um building permit okay you think

1835
01:25:59,239 --> 01:26:00,080
you

1836
01:26:00,080 --> 01:26:02,400
agree so I think you're only one really

1837
01:26:02,400 --> 01:26:04,080
is going to be your endit Ridge as far

1838
01:26:04,080 --> 01:26:06,520
as new development in this in this time

1839
01:26:06,520 --> 01:26:08,560
frame

1840
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:11,719
okay Wednesday Tuesday here may whatever

1841
01:26:11,719 --> 01:26:14,800
but yeah understood and I think that's

1842
01:26:14,800 --> 01:26:20,000
only 30 or 20 couple whatever in Rage 40

1843
01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:24,639
48 um the other thing that it doesn't

1844
01:26:24,639 --> 01:26:27,239
under Debt

1845
01:26:27,239 --> 01:26:30,119
Service we don't have The Debt Service

1846
01:26:30,119 --> 01:26:32,040
listed of whatever will be

1847
01:26:32,040 --> 01:26:35,960
incurred for the never mind I take that

1848
01:26:35,960 --> 01:26:37,320
back there are no loans with the Paul

1849
01:26:37,320 --> 01:26:40,000
Street so I take that back we don't know

1850
01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:45,679
what the loans will be for North seatan

1851
01:26:45,679 --> 01:26:49,440
project I guess I keep going back to if

1852
01:26:49,440 --> 01:26:52,040
we're in the red as of FY

1853
01:26:52,040 --> 01:26:54,239
26 but we don't know if this

1854
01:26:54,239 --> 01:26:57,480
incorporates our current 36% increase so

1855
01:26:57,480 --> 01:27:01,000
your 36% increase affects your your

1856
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:04,920
water fund your operating fund and then

1857
01:27:04,920 --> 01:27:09,600
any cash Reserve that would be left from

1858
01:27:09,600 --> 01:27:12,960
fiscal from fiscal year end of fiscal

1859
01:27:12,960 --> 01:27:15,320
year into the next one that would be

1860
01:27:15,320 --> 01:27:17,760
added to your cash reserves so the

1861
01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:19,159
initial

1862
01:27:19,159 --> 01:27:21,480
36% is in

1863
01:27:21,480 --> 01:27:28,520
here for your um FY 24 and

1864
01:27:28,520 --> 01:27:32,760
fy2 fy2 excuse me

1865
01:27:32,760 --> 01:27:35,600
um but then the cash will accumulate if

1866
01:27:35,600 --> 01:27:37,239
you have money left over at the end of

1867
01:27:37,239 --> 01:27:38,520
your fiscal

1868
01:27:38,520 --> 01:27:41,560
year so that's how it affects your cash

1869
01:27:41,560 --> 01:27:44,199
reserves so which we don't really have

1870
01:27:44,199 --> 01:27:47,760
cash reserves right now do we we kind of

1871
01:27:47,760 --> 01:27:51,000
like transfer them all at the end we so

1872
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:52,639
for your water fund you do have cash

1873
01:27:52,639 --> 01:27:55,320
reserves you have cash reserves in your

1874
01:27:55,320 --> 01:27:58,400
water fund of roughly

1875
01:27:58,400 --> 01:28:00,760
26

1876
01:28:00,760 --> 01:28:03,159
million and that's however remembering

1877
01:28:03,159 --> 01:28:06,280
2.5 of that is arpa money right that

1878
01:28:06,280 --> 01:28:09,360
will be spent by the end of calendar

1879
01:28:09,360 --> 01:28:11,679
year 25 right and what's that allocated

1880
01:28:11,679 --> 01:28:14,199
for what project is that allocated so

1881
01:28:14,199 --> 01:28:16,560
the majority of it goes to your water

1882
01:28:16,560 --> 01:28:20,639
clarifier that was pull my chart up

1883
01:28:20,639 --> 01:28:24,880
and computer's jumping on me okay

1884
01:28:24,880 --> 01:28:28,600
hold on so the majority of your arper

1885
01:28:28,600 --> 01:28:30,800
money goes to the

1886
01:28:30,800 --> 01:28:34,800
clarifier um which is roughly uh 2.1

1887
01:28:34,800 --> 01:28:39,639
million uh 412,000 to the depal street

1888
01:28:39,639 --> 01:28:42,280
waterline 300,000 went to revenue

1889
01:28:42,280 --> 01:28:45,199
replacement and FY 24 for water um

1890
01:28:45,199 --> 01:28:46,560
operating

1891
01:28:46,560 --> 01:28:50,199
expenses 160 replace the Rainbow Lake

1892
01:28:50,199 --> 01:28:53,320
bridge 148,000 for the backwash project

1893
01:28:53,320 --> 01:28:57,320
at the water treat plant and 73,000 for

1894
01:28:57,320 --> 01:29:05,470
the Rainbow Lake uh Dam

1895
01:29:05,480 --> 01:29:08,920
engineer I think that's why um I mean

1896
01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:11,320
looking at this even if we keep 36%

1897
01:29:11,320 --> 01:29:13,119
looks like we might as well just get

1898
01:29:13,119 --> 01:29:15,280
absorbed into freder County I mean

1899
01:29:15,280 --> 01:29:17,840
there's no way that the people in

1900
01:29:17,840 --> 01:29:19,760
Emmitsburg are going to be able to foot

1901
01:29:19,760 --> 01:29:21,080
this

1902
01:29:21,080 --> 01:29:22,679
bill

1903
01:29:22,679 --> 01:29:25,400
so and should they be expected to if

1904
01:29:25,400 --> 01:29:27,600
it's an unattainable

1905
01:29:27,600 --> 01:29:31,679
goal so so where I'm going with this is

1906
01:29:31,679 --> 01:29:33,159
there are other things that I think we

1907
01:29:33,159 --> 01:29:35,480
need to be looking at as well like

1908
01:29:35,480 --> 01:29:38,520
historically we've as a town made a lot

1909
01:29:38,520 --> 01:29:40,400
of concessions for businesses that came

1910
01:29:40,400 --> 01:29:42,000
in

1911
01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:46,360
including um maybe lowering tap fees not

1912
01:29:46,360 --> 01:29:49,400
raising impact fees that in in general

1913
01:29:49,400 --> 01:29:52,400
we need to go back and look at that

1914
01:29:52,400 --> 01:29:56,679
um but while I understand and

1915
01:29:56,679 --> 01:29:58,600
appreciate that we want to bring

1916
01:29:58,600 --> 01:30:01,239
businesses and developments here I don't

1917
01:30:01,239 --> 01:30:02,840
think we should be making concessions

1918
01:30:02,840 --> 01:30:04,679
that are then going to hurt our bottom

1919
01:30:04,679 --> 01:30:06,000
line and it's going to put the burden

1920
01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:07,400
back on our

1921
01:30:07,400 --> 01:30:09,880
residents

1922
01:30:09,880 --> 01:30:12,040
um

1923
01:30:12,040 --> 01:30:13,719
so

1924
01:30:13,719 --> 01:30:17,119
um thoughts

1925
01:30:17,119 --> 01:30:19,880
questions I would just agree with you

1926
01:30:19,880 --> 01:30:22,520
it's like that loss we can't push it

1927
01:30:22,520 --> 01:30:25,040
back we already have a lot of residents

1928
01:30:25,040 --> 01:30:26,600
having problems with the increase we

1929
01:30:26,600 --> 01:30:29,159
have now to increase it now push it over

1930
01:30:29,159 --> 01:30:30,840
the

1931
01:30:30,840 --> 01:30:35,950
edge

1932
01:30:35,960 --> 01:30:38,520
right the bottom line the bottom line

1933
01:30:38,520 --> 01:30:40,639
commissioner B is you need growth and

1934
01:30:40,639 --> 01:30:42,800
you need your TAP fees and that's the

1935
01:30:42,800 --> 01:30:45,360
only way it's going to continue to grow

1936
01:30:45,360 --> 01:30:47,520
um you're right you can't raise the

1937
01:30:47,520 --> 01:30:52,199
rates high enough to to do all the

1938
01:30:52,199 --> 01:30:54,199
projects that need to be done for some

1939
01:30:54,199 --> 01:31:01,880
of these infrastructure projects that just have to be done and or you can

1940
01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:03,560
continue to waste money just continuing

1941
01:31:03,560 --> 01:31:06,960
to put Band-Aids on it um and we

1942
01:31:06,960 --> 01:31:09,280
continue to to continue to look for the

1943
01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:12,199
funding for them you know through grants

1944
01:31:12,199 --> 01:31:14,800
hopefully um but the bottom line is

1945
01:31:14,800 --> 01:31:17,639
you're right you need you need growth

1946
01:31:17,639 --> 01:31:21,000
and the tap fees whether you raise them

1947
01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:23,480
or not are very important to your water

1948
01:31:23,480 --> 01:31:24,800
fund

1949
01:31:24,800 --> 01:31:27,239
because the cost I mean and as we all

1950
01:31:27,239 --> 01:31:29,280
know the cost of everything is it's just

1951
01:31:29,280 --> 01:31:32,600
it's skyrocketing right and you know

1952
01:31:32,600 --> 01:31:34,159
looking at the numbers and talking it

1953
01:31:34,159 --> 01:31:36,280
over with with mayor Davis who I think

1954
01:31:36,280 --> 01:31:40,470
is still on the call

1955
01:31:40,480 --> 01:31:43,159
um I honestly think you need you know we

1956
01:31:43,159 --> 01:31:45,679
look we ran some numbers and you know

1957
01:31:45,679 --> 01:31:48,000
honestly think if you keep it at the 36%

1958
01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:49,760
through the rest of this fiscal year and

1959
01:31:49,760 --> 01:31:51,719
then reduce it to something much more

1960
01:31:51,719 --> 01:31:54,080
manageable for people I think you'll in

1961
01:31:54,080 --> 01:31:56,920
a much better position and that will

1962
01:31:56,920 --> 01:31:59,800
give time for hopefully some of these

1963
01:31:59,800 --> 01:32:02,520
developments to at least get the ball

1964
01:32:02,520 --> 01:32:05,440
rolling and come to fruition and that

1965
01:32:05,440 --> 01:32:09,360
will help us plan a lot better um

1966
01:32:09,360 --> 01:32:13,000
there's certain projects on the CIP that can be put on hold like the water

1967
01:32:13,000 --> 01:32:15,280
meter upgrade project it would be

1968
01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:16,800
fantastic for the town and I think it's

1969
01:32:16,800 --> 01:32:20,480
a great project but in the long run it's

1970
01:32:20,480 --> 01:32:23,679
a want it's a want it it will help us

1971
01:32:23,679 --> 01:32:26,679
with water loss and managing leaks and

1972
01:32:26,679 --> 01:32:29,040
people knowing when they have high

1973
01:32:29,040 --> 01:32:32,239
usage but it is a want and it's it's a

1974
01:32:32,239 --> 01:32:34,560
bells and whistles project that is

1975
01:32:34,560 --> 01:32:38,520
probably further down the road um these

1976
01:32:38,520 --> 01:32:40,119
and you've heard mayor Davis say these

1977
01:32:40,119 --> 01:32:41,480
federal and state

1978
01:32:41,480 --> 01:32:44,239
mandates are killing small towns you

1979
01:32:44,239 --> 01:32:46,560
know the ms4 the leadline service

1980
01:32:46,560 --> 01:32:48,639
inventory you

1981
01:32:48,639 --> 01:32:51,239
know the dam inspection you know they're

1982
01:32:51,239 --> 01:32:52,800
all unexpected costs that you can't

1983
01:32:52,800 --> 01:32:54,480
really plan for

1984
01:32:54,480 --> 01:32:56,920
and we keep waiting for what's

1985
01:32:56,920 --> 01:32:58,960
next well I would agree with what you

1986
01:32:58,960 --> 01:33:00,520
said a minute ago is that you know the

1987
01:33:00,520 --> 01:33:02,760
36% I I would actually agreed I had a

1988
01:33:02,760 --> 01:33:06,360
little discussion that carrying the 36%

1989
01:33:06,360 --> 01:33:07,639
we already have it this year leave it

1990
01:33:07,639 --> 01:33:09,840
alone but I think you know then next

1991
01:33:09,840 --> 01:33:11,400
year where we have it for a fiveyear

1992
01:33:11,400 --> 01:33:15,000
plan I don't I can't I can't I can't I

1993
01:33:15,000 --> 01:33:17,320
can't foresee us carrying that through

1994
01:33:17,320 --> 01:33:19,719
um after this year I think we should

1995
01:33:19,719 --> 01:33:22,159
stop it and then probably go more to the

1996
01:33:22,159 --> 01:33:25,480
I think in the current ordinance is a a

1997
01:33:25,480 --> 01:33:30,560
mandated 3% um my opinion that is I mean

1998
01:33:30,560 --> 01:33:31,840
I don't know there should be a man I

1999
01:33:31,840 --> 01:33:32,840
don't I don't agree there should be a

2000
01:33:32,840 --> 01:33:33,960
mandated but I do think there should be

2001
01:33:33,960 --> 01:33:36,560
a mandated annually review and verif

2002
01:33:36,560 --> 01:33:38,320
kind of like with your taxes you know

2003
01:33:38,320 --> 01:33:39,880
taxes are mandated every year that you

2004
01:33:39,880 --> 01:33:41,360
review them and you and you make a

2005
01:33:41,360 --> 01:33:42,679
determination I'm going to raise them

2006
01:33:42,679 --> 01:33:44,080
I'm not going to raise them I'm going to

2007
01:33:44,080 --> 01:33:46,239
reduce them or whatever it is may be and

2008
01:33:46,239 --> 01:33:47,760
I think that should be a mandate

2009
01:33:47,760 --> 01:33:50,080
annually that has done and I think the

2010
01:33:50,080 --> 01:33:53,440
then the rate to be increased or not if

2011
01:33:53,440 --> 01:33:55,119
Commission had to make a make a decision

2012
01:33:55,119 --> 01:33:57,639
to raise it or not raise it and if they

2013
01:33:57,639 --> 01:34:00,400
raise it to raise it to not exceed the

2014
01:34:00,400 --> 01:34:04,360
CPI the CPI of that year um I sort of

2015
01:34:04,360 --> 01:34:05,840
said that once before but I said you

2016
01:34:05,840 --> 01:34:07,800
know we would try to cut back this year

2017
01:34:07,800 --> 01:34:09,440
but I got the numbers that that staff

2018
01:34:09,440 --> 01:34:12,520
provided me with and based on that you

2019
01:34:12,520 --> 01:34:16,480
know in FY 23 before we done an increase

2020
01:34:16,480 --> 01:34:20,199
we brought in $435,000 in change and

2021
01:34:20,199 --> 01:34:22,440
then FY

2022
01:34:22,440 --> 01:34:24,960
24 we brought in

2023
01:34:24,960 --> 01:34:27,440
a after the first

2024
01:34:27,440 --> 01:34:31,520
increase brought in 628 th000 and we're

2025
01:34:31,520 --> 01:34:35,880
on we're on target now assuming with 36%

2026
01:34:35,880 --> 01:34:38,520
of that You' bring in 855 which is

2027
01:34:38,520 --> 01:34:42,840
almost double prior to the tax and from

2028
01:34:42,840 --> 01:34:45,920
an operating perspective I

2029
01:34:45,920 --> 01:34:49,040
think for operating wise that should be

2030
01:34:49,040 --> 01:34:50,880
surfaced now I think also additionally

2031
01:34:50,880 --> 01:34:54,000
we need to look at come back and look at

2032
01:34:54,000 --> 01:34:55,960
you see in the paper that we have in our

2033
01:34:55,960 --> 01:34:59,679
last page page 48 page 48 of

2034
01:34:59,679 --> 01:35:03,280
49 appreciation 4849 yeah the

2035
01:35:03,280 --> 01:35:06,480
depreciation cost in there which is just

2036
01:35:06,480 --> 01:35:08,560
government paper money U that doesn't

2037
01:35:08,560 --> 01:35:11,080
exist um that's that depreciation fund

2038
01:35:11,080 --> 01:35:16,520
of 668,000 in FY 23 and 84,000 in

2039
01:35:16,520 --> 01:35:18,639
FY uh

2040
01:35:18,639 --> 01:35:21,360
24 that's that's monies that's costing

2041
01:35:21,360 --> 01:35:23,800
all these projects you know where

2042
01:35:23,800 --> 01:35:25,719
everything's depreciated but that

2043
01:35:25,719 --> 01:35:27,880
depreciation is not being funded and

2044
01:35:27,880 --> 01:35:30,080
many many years ago we had we had a

2045
01:35:30,080 --> 01:35:32,480
funding source for that and I think

2046
01:35:32,480 --> 01:35:35,080
rather than doing the 36% increase I

2047
01:35:35,080 --> 01:35:36,840
think we should be looking at do we need

2048
01:35:36,840 --> 01:35:39,679
to establish a funding source or does

2049
01:35:39,679 --> 01:35:42,159
the operating money with the new rates

2050
01:35:42,159 --> 01:35:44,639
the current new rates is there

2051
01:35:44,639 --> 01:35:46,480
sufficient there to to create a funding

2052
01:35:46,480 --> 01:35:48,679
source for depreciation so when things

2053
01:35:48,679 --> 01:35:51,480
do fail we have more money available and

2054
01:35:51,480 --> 01:35:54,000
I realize there a depreciation fund may

2055
01:35:54,000 --> 01:35:56,280
be another cost somewhere down the road

2056
01:35:56,280 --> 01:35:57,679
this year next year the following year

2057
01:35:57,679 --> 01:35:59,520
somewhere but I

2058
01:35:59,520 --> 01:36:02,760
think the depreciation of the equipment

2059
01:36:02,760 --> 01:36:04,280
in both sore and water but we're a

2060
01:36:04,280 --> 01:36:07,440
talking about water right now should be

2061
01:36:07,440 --> 01:36:10,440
what's looked at next and to find out

2062
01:36:10,440 --> 01:36:12,159
where does that money come from and

2063
01:36:12,159 --> 01:36:14,639
where how do we how do we get get ahead

2064
01:36:14,639 --> 01:36:17,520
of it instead of like we are now behind

2065
01:36:17,520 --> 01:36:20,280
it way behind it

2066
01:36:20,280 --> 01:36:23,280
um but but I would agree that I think

2067
01:36:23,280 --> 01:36:25,159
you know we follow out through this year

2068
01:36:25,159 --> 01:36:27,400
do not do any more substantial increases

2069
01:36:27,400 --> 01:36:28,880
of

2070
01:36:28,880 --> 01:36:31,639
36% and then come to a conclusion an

2071
01:36:31,639 --> 01:36:33,320
ordinance

2072
01:36:33,320 --> 01:36:36,520
to revamp that that remaining three

2073
01:36:36,520 --> 01:36:40,520
years to be just CPI or something of

2074
01:36:40,520 --> 01:36:41,880
that in my

2075
01:36:41,880 --> 01:36:45,920
opinion that neighborhood and agree to

2076
01:36:45,920 --> 01:36:48,880
establish a funding source for funding

2077
01:36:48,880 --> 01:36:51,800
for um depreciation as I said and you

2078
01:36:51,800 --> 01:36:53,760
could do it similar to what you do for

2079
01:36:53,760 --> 01:36:56,719
your budgets how you have a set second

2080
01:36:56,719 --> 01:36:58,920
meeting of May is always your budget

2081
01:36:58,920 --> 01:37:02,440
meeting solely you could determine what

2082
01:37:02,440 --> 01:37:05,119
month in every year that you want to

2083
01:37:05,119 --> 01:37:09,159
hold a water rate only second meeting to

2084
01:37:09,159 --> 01:37:11,000
set your rates it can be a public

2085
01:37:11,000 --> 01:37:13,840
hearing and then you can set your rates

2086
01:37:13,840 --> 01:37:15,520
and that way

2087
01:37:15,520 --> 01:37:18,960
it's it's consistent you do it every

2088
01:37:18,960 --> 01:37:21,159
probably February or March so that then

2089
01:37:21,159 --> 01:37:22,840
we have the information for the budget

2090
01:37:22,840 --> 01:37:24,080
going forward

2091
01:37:24,080 --> 01:37:26,639
and you revisit it every year and then

2092
01:37:26,639 --> 01:37:28,639
you stay on top of it and then we won't

2093
01:37:28,639 --> 01:37:32,159
get into this position gigantic mess it

2094
01:37:32,159 --> 01:37:37,320
won't be yes not blaming nobody I'm not no just to be

2095
01:37:37,320 --> 01:37:40,080
clear I'm just it's not where we this is

2096
01:37:40,080 --> 01:37:41,679
where we're at so we got we go to we got

2097
01:37:41,679 --> 01:37:42,719
to do whatever we got to do to get out

2098
01:37:42,719 --> 01:37:46,199
of it but um so and then but whatever we

2099
01:37:46,199 --> 01:37:47,560
do we got to look at for what's it going

2100
01:37:47,560 --> 01:37:49,520
to do for the next 20 30 50 years from

2101
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:52,159
now that we're not the next group of

2102
01:37:52,159 --> 01:37:53,760
people sitting up here aren't up with

2103
01:37:53,760 --> 01:37:54,800
the same

2104
01:37:54,800 --> 01:37:57,199
nonsense right and I think there's other

2105
01:37:57,199 --> 01:37:58,920
things that we can look at that may not

2106
01:37:58,920 --> 01:38:00,760
be pertinent to the discussion tonight

2107
01:38:00,760 --> 01:38:03,760
but like you said like looking at our um

2108
01:38:03,760 --> 01:38:07,080
connection fees and be cognizant when

2109
01:38:07,080 --> 01:38:09,599
businesses and developers come into town

2110
01:38:09,599 --> 01:38:11,520
that we're

2111
01:38:11,520 --> 01:38:15,560
not making such a

2112
01:38:15,560 --> 01:38:18,040
wonderful deal to make it attractive for

2113
01:38:18,040 --> 01:38:19,320
them that's going to put the burden back

2114
01:38:19,320 --> 01:38:21,239
on our residents to pick up the slap

2115
01:38:21,239 --> 01:38:23,520
because residents or businesses that are

2116
01:38:23,520 --> 01:38:26,719
coming into town or buying into an

2117
01:38:26,719 --> 01:38:30,119
existing water system that right now is

2118
01:38:30,119 --> 01:38:32,679
only shared by not a lot of

2119
01:38:32,679 --> 01:38:34,840
people and

2120
01:38:34,840 --> 01:38:37,920
uh so I think I think we need to be

2121
01:38:37,920 --> 01:38:40,199
cognizant of the town of the Town moving

2122
01:38:40,199 --> 01:38:44,599
forward with that I like the idea of

2123
01:38:44,599 --> 01:38:47,880
ride out the 36% or until the end of

2124
01:38:47,880 --> 01:38:49,360
this year because we're already halfway

2125
01:38:49,360 --> 01:38:51,159
through the I mean by the time we make

2126
01:38:51,159 --> 01:38:52,119
it into by the time we get another

2127
01:38:52,119 --> 01:38:54,159
ordinance it be January February way to

2128
01:38:54,159 --> 01:38:57,400
get one past right to to to change it so

2129
01:38:57,400 --> 01:38:59,280
I think you

2130
01:38:59,280 --> 01:39:03,480
just the rate is set um the money there

2131
01:39:03,480 --> 01:39:04,920
is money as that's needed but take the

2132
01:39:04,920 --> 01:39:06,239
big burden we got the burden it's

2133
01:39:06,239 --> 01:39:07,320
already

2134
01:39:07,320 --> 01:39:10,719
here live with what we've done and

2135
01:39:10,719 --> 01:39:14,360
accept it but not do any more

2136
01:39:14,360 --> 01:39:17,080
substantial increases is

2137
01:39:17,080 --> 01:39:19,560
my but like I say at the same time start

2138
01:39:19,560 --> 01:39:21,880
looking for a depreciation funding

2139
01:39:21,880 --> 01:39:24,000
source how do we make that happen

2140
01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:25,800
okay um and what and what is

2141
01:39:25,800 --> 01:39:27,119
depreciation what are we what are we

2142
01:39:27,119 --> 01:39:29,599
funding with that okay make sure that's

2143
01:39:29,599 --> 01:39:31,080
established as well

2144
01:39:31,080 --> 01:39:33,320
that you know your operating money that

2145
01:39:33,320 --> 01:39:35,040
we get with this money that we're

2146
01:39:35,040 --> 01:39:37,599
talking about to me is operating so it's

2147
01:39:37,599 --> 01:39:40,560
like your day-to-day stuff fixing a leak

2148
01:39:40,560 --> 01:39:44,400
or repairing minor stuff or whatever but

2149
01:39:44,400 --> 01:39:46,880
new water lines new new new new pumps

2150
01:39:46,880 --> 01:39:50,440
and new new equipment even even new new

2151
01:39:50,440 --> 01:39:55,199
vehicles and trucks so that's that's depreciation all that all

2152
01:39:55,199 --> 01:39:59,870
that's got a depreciation funds

2153
01:39:59,880 --> 01:40:02,520
right to keep it to 36 to the end of the

2154
01:40:02,520 --> 01:40:05,280
year to the um can you say that louder

2155
01:40:05,280 --> 01:40:06,840
in the microphone I yeah I want to keep

2156
01:40:06,840 --> 01:40:08,280
it at

2157
01:40:08,280 --> 01:40:11,800
36% to the end of this year and then go

2158
01:40:11,800 --> 01:40:15,159
and revisit every year after that yeah I

2159
01:40:15,159 --> 01:40:17,480
think the idea that we make it you know

2160
01:40:17,480 --> 01:40:21,440
scheduled every year to do that is ideal

2161
01:40:21,440 --> 01:40:24,040
going forward um and the only other

2162
01:40:24,040 --> 01:40:25,320
question I had you mentioned that there

2163
01:40:25,320 --> 01:40:27,239
could be some grants or anything out

2164
01:40:27,239 --> 01:40:29,119
there with us continuing to run and

2165
01:40:29,119 --> 01:40:32,400
increasing the loss does that limit our

2166
01:40:32,400 --> 01:40:34,360
ability to get grants or have an impact

2167
01:40:34,360 --> 01:40:35,280
on

2168
01:40:35,280 --> 01:40:41,760
it so USDA looks at USDA looks at your rates to see if they're competitive

2169
01:40:41,760 --> 01:40:43,880
with or not competitive that one you're

2170
01:40:43,880 --> 01:40:47,080
self- sustaining but two that similar

2171
01:40:47,080 --> 01:40:49,599
systems have about the similar rate so

2172
01:40:49,599 --> 01:40:51,560
they're not subsidizing somebody a

2173
01:40:51,560 --> 01:40:54,320
municipality that's can't pay their own

2174
01:40:54,320 --> 01:40:58,280
bills we've shown great effort to raise

2175
01:40:58,280 --> 01:40:59,880
our rates and to

2176
01:40:59,880 --> 01:41:02,800
make leaps in the right direction I

2177
01:41:02,800 --> 01:41:05,080
don't foresee it being an issue with

2178
01:41:05,080 --> 01:41:08,159
USDA we talked to them quite a bit about

2179
01:41:08,159 --> 01:41:10,159
it um we're going to be testing the

2180
01:41:10,159 --> 01:41:12,760
waters with them here fairly soon on on

2181
01:41:12,760 --> 01:41:16,880
another project but I I don't think so I

2182
01:41:16,880 --> 01:41:18,280
don't think it's going to be a problem

2183
01:41:18,280 --> 01:41:19,920
as long as we're showing and this is

2184
01:41:19,920 --> 01:41:21,320
what they told me a good faith effort

2185
01:41:21,320 --> 01:41:23,000
that you are moving in the right

2186
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:24,599
direction that you're just not sitting

2187
01:41:24,599 --> 01:41:25,760
there and doing

2188
01:41:25,760 --> 01:41:28,119
nothing but but also let me understand

2189
01:41:28,119 --> 01:41:30,599
correctly the deficits that we show here

2190
01:41:30,599 --> 01:41:33,239
the projected

2191
01:41:33,239 --> 01:41:35,280
deficits other than the grants that we

2192
01:41:35,280 --> 01:41:38,119
already have that takes no it doesn't

2193
01:41:38,119 --> 01:41:40,320
have anything that takes consideration

2194
01:41:40,320 --> 01:41:42,520
that grants will be grants not loans but

2195
01:41:42,520 --> 01:41:44,480
grants will be provided and the

2196
01:41:44,480 --> 01:41:46,040
likelihood of that is pretty good odds

2197
01:41:46,040 --> 01:41:48,599
that some or all them projects will get

2198
01:41:48,599 --> 01:41:51,840
some sort of funding right so um like

2199
01:41:51,840 --> 01:41:54,080
the depal street one because of arpa

2200
01:41:54,080 --> 01:41:56,320
that is all solely Grant funded and arpa

2201
01:41:56,320 --> 01:41:58,880
funded so that's when the Project's done

2202
01:41:58,880 --> 01:42:01,440
we don't have any loans to pay back and

2203
01:42:01,440 --> 01:42:03,719
arpa is now gone after this right arper

2204
01:42:03,719 --> 01:42:06,040
is ARA now gone after this completely

2205
01:42:06,040 --> 01:42:08,800
once we spend this whatever it was yes

2206
01:42:08,800 --> 01:42:10,679
there's no future Ora money not that

2207
01:42:10,679 --> 01:42:15,679
I've heard that's I wouldn't think so um

2208
01:42:15,679 --> 01:42:18,520
so so why the deficits that we see or

2209
01:42:18,520 --> 01:42:21,159
the or the projected

2210
01:42:21,159 --> 01:42:24,560
deficits is the worst case scenario

2211
01:42:24,560 --> 01:42:32,400
probably yeah um but so USDA and other folks won't see that

2212
01:42:32,400 --> 01:42:35,719
much of a deficit most likely um some

2213
01:42:35,719 --> 01:42:37,599
deficit maybe

2214
01:42:37,599 --> 01:42:39,199
right

2215
01:42:39,199 --> 01:42:43,040
but but also the likelihood of doing all

2216
01:42:43,040 --> 01:42:44,520
these projects in this time frame was

2217
01:42:44,520 --> 01:42:46,040
gonna be damn

2218
01:42:46,040 --> 01:42:48,560
hard right going take a while to get

2219
01:42:48,560 --> 01:42:50,599
them all lined up and scheduled and in

2220
01:42:50,599 --> 01:42:53,520
place to get it between now and fy3 you

2221
01:42:53,520 --> 01:42:56,880
know maybe between now and FY 33 34 35

2222
01:42:56,880 --> 01:42:59,040
probably be more well unfortunately you

2223
01:42:59,040 --> 01:43:01,280
look at the pump station start M and I

2224
01:43:01,280 --> 01:43:04,599
started that in 2018 and here we are

2225
01:43:04,599 --> 01:43:07,239
completion is not gonna be till 2025 now

2226
01:43:07,239 --> 01:43:09,520
the Paul Street that one move fairly

2227
01:43:09,520 --> 01:43:11,239
quickly but the other

2228
01:43:11,239 --> 01:43:13,360
ones they they don't then that's why we

2229
01:43:13,360 --> 01:43:14,840
keep planning for them because they do

2230
01:43:14,840 --> 01:43:16,719
take a long time to come you know to

2231
01:43:16,719 --> 01:43:19,639
actually happen yeah you know and th

2232
01:43:19,639 --> 01:43:22,239
those those timelines they estimates on

2233
01:43:22,239 --> 01:43:23,599
when things are going to be completed

2234
01:43:23,599 --> 01:43:24,800
when the money is going to be spent we

2235
01:43:24,800 --> 01:43:26,280
know it's going to be

2236
01:43:26,280 --> 01:43:29,520
spent which timing that's a little what

2237
01:43:29,520 --> 01:43:31,960
is a little

2238
01:43:31,960 --> 01:43:33,960
different and one thing it was mentioned

2239
01:43:33,960 --> 01:43:35,320
here before one thing just to remind

2240
01:43:35,320 --> 01:43:37,840
everybody if we do any annexations

2241
01:43:37,840 --> 01:43:40,040
There's an opportunity

2242
01:43:40,040 --> 01:43:42,239
too it's going to cost you to come to

2243
01:43:42,239 --> 01:43:44,639
down correct don't mean to put it

2244
01:43:44,639 --> 01:43:46,760
bluntly but it's going to cost you to

2245
01:43:46,760 --> 01:43:48,159
come to

2246
01:43:48,159 --> 01:43:51,119
town well and I think it should cost to

2247
01:43:51,119 --> 01:43:52,520
come to town because honestly

2248
01:43:52,520 --> 01:43:53,560
everything's

2249
01:43:53,560 --> 01:43:55,800
otherwise right so we can't we can't we

2250
01:43:55,800 --> 01:43:58,920
can't bring somebody the town into the

2251
01:43:58,920 --> 01:44:03,679
town and exacerbate the problem and and make this make the problem worse

2252
01:44:03,679 --> 01:44:05,639
without making them a part of the

2253
01:44:05,639 --> 01:44:07,560
solution not a bigger part of the

2254
01:44:07,560 --> 01:44:09,560
problem

2255
01:44:09,560 --> 01:44:11,400
correct

2256
01:44:11,400 --> 01:44:16,350
right um additional

2257
01:44:16,360 --> 01:44:20,000
comments do we want to give direction

2258
01:44:20,000 --> 01:44:21,880
because this was just discussion as far

2259
01:44:21,880 --> 01:44:25,270
as

2260
01:44:25,280 --> 01:44:27,480
what we might want to see I think we did

2261
01:44:27,480 --> 01:44:30,679
agree all of us 36% would stay I just

2262
01:44:30,679 --> 01:44:32,760
want to clarify it because we kind of

2263
01:44:32,760 --> 01:44:34,400
for this year throughout this year the

2264
01:44:34,400 --> 01:44:39,800
FY through FY 25 yeah and then after

2265
01:44:39,800 --> 01:44:44,669
that so do we want to bring

2266
01:44:44,679 --> 01:44:46,679
back we're going to need an amended

2267
01:44:46,679 --> 01:44:49,080
ordinance right but but but we're going

2268
01:44:49,080 --> 01:44:50,719
to need that between now and

2269
01:44:50,719 --> 01:44:56,719
about May so I so for Budget purposes we typically really start diving into

2270
01:44:56,719 --> 01:44:57,400
the

2271
01:44:57,400 --> 01:44:59,560
budget March

2272
01:44:59,560 --> 01:45:05,040
one um so my recommendation would be any decision you want to make on water

2273
01:45:05,040 --> 01:45:07,800
rates would need to be done no later

2274
01:45:07,800 --> 01:45:09,040
than the end of

2275
01:45:09,040 --> 01:45:11,679
March um so we have time to really work

2276
01:45:11,679 --> 01:45:12,639
the

2277
01:45:12,639 --> 01:45:15,080
numbers so we need to schedule second

2278
01:45:15,080 --> 01:45:16,599
meeting for March already so you could

2279
01:45:16,599 --> 01:45:18,239
do a second meeting in March or a second

2280
01:45:18,239 --> 01:45:19,719
meeting in in we're gonna want to do it

2281
01:45:19,719 --> 01:45:20,800
sooner that because we're going want to

2282
01:45:20,800 --> 01:45:23,199
see a draft we're going to see a draft

2283
01:45:23,199 --> 01:45:26,280
we say right we're short on time right

2284
01:45:26,280 --> 01:45:27,960
so I and I also would want to think let

2285
01:45:27,960 --> 01:45:29,239
me add something to it before I forget

2286
01:45:29,239 --> 01:45:32,480
it um if we're going to review the rates

2287
01:45:32,480 --> 01:45:34,400
I also think you know it's

2288
01:45:34,400 --> 01:45:37,159
not raise everything or raise nothing I

2289
01:45:37,159 --> 01:45:39,040
think we should you know allow to be

2290
01:45:39,040 --> 01:45:42,199
we're raising just the consumption rate

2291
01:45:42,199 --> 01:45:48,119
or just the meter rate or both and that be both in water and

2292
01:45:48,119 --> 01:45:50,480
sewer right you could look at your basic

2293
01:45:50,480 --> 01:45:55,239
rate your your um ready to serve rates

2294
01:45:55,239 --> 01:45:57,280
yeah or and you can also look at your

2295
01:45:57,280 --> 01:46:01,920
overage rates um right but but it's just

2296
01:46:01,920 --> 01:46:02,920
that I don't want to make it to where

2297
01:46:02,920 --> 01:46:05,000
it's one or the other All or Nothing

2298
01:46:05,000 --> 01:46:06,960
yeah all or nothing you know we have

2299
01:46:06,960 --> 01:46:11,360
flexibility we we we can adjust just the

2300
01:46:11,360 --> 01:46:12,639
so if you're gonna look at all that I

2301
01:46:12,639 --> 01:46:14,119
would I think you need to start in

2302
01:46:14,119 --> 01:46:18,239
February so maybe we can bring

2303
01:46:18,239 --> 01:46:23,080
um clar or um somebody inate I don't

2304
01:46:23,080 --> 01:46:24,239
know have a discussion so they can come

2305
01:46:24,239 --> 01:46:26,320
back with a draft ordinance or

2306
01:46:26,320 --> 01:46:28,320
something so we don't have to give

2307
01:46:28,320 --> 01:46:31,040
guidance as far as what we'd like to see

2308
01:46:31,040 --> 01:46:33,159
yet until February I mean like we kind

2309
01:46:33,159 --> 01:46:36,159
of hatched it out a rough draft but do

2310
01:46:36,159 --> 01:46:37,800
we have to give direction and say to

2311
01:46:37,800 --> 01:46:39,280
work on it in the meantime that's all

2312
01:46:39,280 --> 01:46:43,480
I'm asking but I mean that that's the overall you could even start

2313
01:46:43,480 --> 01:46:45,800
with your discussion in January you

2314
01:46:45,800 --> 01:46:47,599
could you could have it a discussion

2315
01:46:47,599 --> 01:46:50,360
give direction and then come back with

2316
01:46:50,360 --> 01:46:52,159
something to really work on meat and

2317
01:46:52,159 --> 01:46:56,119
potatoes and February um I think we

2318
01:46:56,119 --> 01:46:59,080
should just have water done by itself

2319
01:46:59,080 --> 01:47:01,199
not schedule other things with it get it

2320
01:47:01,199 --> 01:47:03,440
all done take care of kind like you do

2321
01:47:03,440 --> 01:47:08,280
for the budget yeah I mean because the second meeting

2322
01:47:08,280 --> 01:47:09,719
should go quickly if we already have a

2323
01:47:09,719 --> 01:47:12,199
rough draft but then I guess that's with

2324
01:47:12,199 --> 01:47:13,880
Clark there you would need a public

2325
01:47:13,880 --> 01:47:15,760
hearing then right before you actually

2326
01:47:15,760 --> 01:47:20,639
adopt it right but not for the draft not draft and discussion

2327
01:47:20,639 --> 01:47:23,760
no right right just just the

2328
01:47:23,760 --> 01:47:25,480
final

2329
01:47:25,480 --> 01:47:28,000
okay so then so then we want to just get

2330
01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:30,760
direction then it says to to schedule

2331
01:47:30,760 --> 01:47:34,880
for a mid-month workshop in January to

2332
01:47:34,880 --> 01:47:37,280
discuss water rates based off the

2333
01:47:37,280 --> 01:47:48,950
discussion we had tonight yes all

2334
01:47:48,960 --> 01:47:53,800
right Tuesdays we Tuesdays

2335
01:47:53,800 --> 01:47:56,000
what you Avid any day but Monday not the

2336
01:47:56,000 --> 01:48:00,709
third Monday third Monday this we

2337
01:48:00,719 --> 01:48:03,320
know all right Miss Willis did you have

2338
01:48:03,320 --> 01:48:06,320
enough Direction based on that okay all

2339
01:48:06,320 --> 01:48:08,199
right any further

2340
01:48:08,199 --> 01:48:13,119
comments questions no all

2341
01:48:13,119 --> 01:48:15,840
right

2342
01:48:15,840 --> 01:48:18,480
then we we don't need to vote on that

2343
01:48:18,480 --> 01:48:20,239
because we're just giving guidance and

2344
01:48:20,239 --> 01:48:23,920
consensus so correct no

2345
01:48:23,920 --> 01:48:28,910
we're good all

2346
01:48:28,920 --> 01:48:33,950
right I lost my

2347
01:48:33,960 --> 01:48:37,719
flow yeah but I took the there it

2348
01:48:37,719 --> 01:48:39,920
is your December meeting is gonna be on

2349
01:48:39,920 --> 01:48:43,199
Tuesday that correct correct yes I say I

2350
01:48:43,199 --> 01:48:45,440
don't think I'm gonna be it's possible I

2351
01:48:45,440 --> 01:48:47,159
make zoom in but reception where I'm

2352
01:48:47,159 --> 01:48:50,560
going is not very good trust me so we're

2353
01:48:50,560 --> 01:48:55,280
going to set the agenda for December you

2354
01:48:55,280 --> 01:48:56,599
actually are you still going to have

2355
01:48:56,599 --> 01:48:58,480
your November

2356
01:48:58,480 --> 01:49:00,880
18th workshop at

2357
01:49:00,880 --> 01:49:07,470
6:30 pm oh you weren't here

2358
01:49:07,480 --> 01:49:12,870
yes that was the mayor's

2359
01:49:12,880 --> 01:49:14,400
idea

2360
01:49:14,400 --> 01:49:20,109
Bud

2361
01:49:20,119 --> 01:49:25,599
um uh first item was discussion related to ordinance 2409 amending town

2362
01:49:25,599 --> 01:49:28,080
code to allow and establish requirements

2363
01:49:28,080 --> 01:49:29,400
for student

2364
01:49:29,400 --> 01:49:31,440
housing and then number two was

2365
01:49:31,440 --> 01:49:33,800
discussion related to ordinance

2366
01:49:33,800 --> 01:49:36,599
24-10 amending town code to establish a

2367
01:49:36,599 --> 01:49:39,910
rental registration

2368
01:49:39,920 --> 01:49:43,400
program right we just we had um we

2369
01:49:43,400 --> 01:49:45,520
wanted to Workshop

2370
01:49:45,520 --> 01:49:48,280
it and I believe your applicant and his

2371
01:49:48,280 --> 01:49:51,239
attorney will be here again as well as

2372
01:49:51,239 --> 01:49:54,830
Miss pal

2373
01:49:54,840 --> 01:49:56,040
it's just

2374
01:49:56,040 --> 01:50:00,189
discussion

2375
01:50:00,199 --> 01:50:01,760
right

2376
01:50:01,760 --> 01:50:04,000
okay and that is a

2377
01:50:04,000 --> 01:50:06,280
Monday that is a Monday it's not the

2378
01:50:06,280 --> 01:50:07,679
third Monday though right yeah that's

2379
01:50:07,679 --> 01:50:09,199
fine I don't have anything oh that's

2380
01:50:09,199 --> 01:50:10,760
right that's right you you were off that

2381
01:50:10,760 --> 01:50:12,320
day remember he made us jump through

2382
01:50:12,320 --> 01:50:15,800
hoops J yes and I was so scarred by not

2383
01:50:15,800 --> 01:50:17,719
the third Monday the meeting gets cancel

2384
01:50:17,719 --> 01:50:21,080
that helps me out too so yeah okay um

2385
01:50:21,080 --> 01:50:24,040
yeah so that works and then December

2386
01:50:24,040 --> 01:50:27,760
meeting do we have okay so then December

2387
01:50:27,760 --> 01:50:31,920
3D town meeting um administrative

2388
01:50:31,920 --> 01:50:33,440
business will be an update on the

2389
01:50:33,440 --> 01:50:36,480
leadline service inventory

2390
01:50:36,480 --> 01:50:40,679
project um I will have final numbers and

2391
01:50:40,679 --> 01:50:43,159
letters have to go out by November 15th

2392
01:50:43,159 --> 01:50:45,840
and we'll have some more updates by then

2393
01:50:45,840 --> 01:50:48,560
uh for consent agenda for consideration

2394
01:50:48,560 --> 01:50:50,719
reappoint Jack poot to Parks and

2395
01:50:50,719 --> 01:50:53,079
Recreation committee with term of

2396
01:50:53,079 --> 01:51:00,350
December 2nd 2024 to December 2nd

2397
01:51:00,360 --> 01:51:04,320
2026 and then I have five agenda items

2398
01:51:04,320 --> 01:51:07,719
number one would be review review and

2399
01:51:07,719 --> 01:51:10,040
approval of design bid for the West Main

2400
01:51:10,040 --> 01:51:12,079
Street and wesboro Pike waterline

2401
01:51:12,079 --> 01:51:15,430
replacement project for

2402
01:51:15,440 --> 01:51:17,960
consideration number two would be for

2403
01:51:17,960 --> 01:51:21,040
consideration approve or reject the

2404
01:51:21,040 --> 01:51:24,320
request from Mr Robert a Fritz Jr to

2405
01:51:24,320 --> 01:51:26,440
acquire a RightWay from the town's

2406
01:51:26,440 --> 01:51:30,870
property on Hampton Valley

2407
01:51:30,880 --> 01:51:33,679
Road number three for consideration

2408
01:51:33,679 --> 01:51:47,669
approval of resolution

2409
01:51:47,679 --> 01:51:50,079
2024-25

2410
01:51:50,079 --> 01:51:53,480
r nonprofit payment plan plan for water

2411
01:51:53,480 --> 01:51:56,639
and sewer connection

2412
01:51:56,639 --> 01:51:59,880
fees and then number five U for

2413
01:51:59,880 --> 01:52:02,400
consideration approval of bid for the

2414
01:52:02,400 --> 01:52:06,800
town of emmittsburg sewer line camera

2415
01:52:06,800 --> 01:52:11,950
project

2416
01:52:11,960 --> 01:52:16,040
okay um and I know we discussed a

2417
01:52:16,040 --> 01:52:17,360
workshop in

2418
01:52:17,360 --> 01:52:20,880
December for the FY 24 audit

2419
01:52:20,880 --> 01:52:22,639
presentation

2420
01:52:22,639 --> 01:52:24,520
and the discussion related to Water and

2421
01:52:24,520 --> 01:52:28,109
Sewer connection

2422
01:52:28,119 --> 01:52:30,880
fees and speaking with the Auditors they

2423
01:52:30,880 --> 01:52:34,480
would pref they are available on the 9th

2424
01:52:34,480 --> 01:52:38,000
oh gosh that's week December between

2425
01:52:38,000 --> 01:52:41,639
tree lighting a regular town meeting

2426
01:52:41,639 --> 01:52:45,040
Monday oh my

2427
01:52:45,040 --> 01:52:48,199
goodness that is completely up to you

2428
01:52:48,199 --> 01:52:51,719
guys H it sounded like a good idea at

2429
01:52:51,719 --> 01:52:53,400
the time but

2430
01:52:53,400 --> 01:52:56,159
December's busy do we have to have this

2431
01:52:56,159 --> 01:52:59,639
workshop for the Auditors I can push

2432
01:52:59,639 --> 01:53:02,280
them till January it's typically when

2433
01:53:02,280 --> 01:53:04,599
they come in January they typically they

2434
01:53:04,599 --> 01:53:05,480
come in

2435
01:53:05,480 --> 01:53:07,880
January commissioner Hoover I know you

2436
01:53:07,880 --> 01:53:09,719
were out we were talking about that

2437
01:53:09,719 --> 01:53:12,040
second meeting in December and it you

2438
01:53:12,040 --> 01:53:14,440
said it was for presentation for the

2439
01:53:14,440 --> 01:53:16,480
Auditors and then we were going to

2440
01:53:16,480 --> 01:53:18,360
potentially look at Water and Sewer

2441
01:53:18,360 --> 01:53:20,400
connection fees connection fees I'm

2442
01:53:20,400 --> 01:53:23,510
thinking

2443
01:53:23,520 --> 01:53:25,119
it sounded good at the time and now it

2444
01:53:25,119 --> 01:53:27,040
doesn't sound so good because they can

2445
01:53:27,040 --> 01:53:28,920
only meet on December 9th which would

2446
01:53:28,920 --> 01:53:31,280
put like tree lighting regular town

2447
01:53:31,280 --> 01:53:33,280
meeting and the workshop like in the

2448
01:53:33,280 --> 01:53:34,370
span of seven

2449
01:53:34,370 --> 01:53:36,639
[Music]

2450
01:53:36,639 --> 01:53:39,040
days and it's a holiday month I would

2451
01:53:39,040 --> 01:53:42,470
like to

2452
01:53:42,480 --> 01:53:47,189
postpone

2453
01:53:47,199 --> 01:53:50,480
thoughts we're going to meet at 4:30 now

2454
01:53:50,480 --> 01:53:53,750
amm

2455
01:53:53,760 --> 01:53:56,280
January's fine with me for the thank you

2456
01:53:56,280 --> 01:53:57,280
commissioner

2457
01:53:57,280 --> 01:53:59,599
higen yeah I'd go to

2458
01:53:59,599 --> 01:54:06,030
January commissioner

2459
01:54:06,040 --> 01:54:08,239
Hoover you want to push through December

2460
01:54:08,239 --> 01:54:10,119
into December 9th I want to hear it from

2461
01:54:10,119 --> 01:54:11,880
your lips is that what you

2462
01:54:11,880 --> 01:54:13,920
want works for me I'm not gonna be here

2463
01:54:13,920 --> 01:54:16,760
December 3D my God here we go let's

2464
01:54:16,760 --> 01:54:18,880
postpone until January please works for

2465
01:54:18,880 --> 01:54:20,320
me all

2466
01:54:20,320 --> 01:54:25,520
right all right thank you um do we have

2467
01:54:25,520 --> 01:54:28,760
to vote on to accept the agenda I think

2468
01:54:28,760 --> 01:54:30,560
we already did once but do we vote again

2469
01:54:30,560 --> 01:54:33,199
to accept the agenda for December 3r oh

2470
01:54:33,199 --> 01:54:35,639
you haven't done December 3rd yet wait

2471
01:54:35,639 --> 01:54:38,400
what did we just do or did you I don't

2472
01:54:38,400 --> 01:54:40,159
think you approved the agenda did you

2473
01:54:40,159 --> 01:54:42,239
December 3D no we didn't all okay no we

2474
01:54:42,239 --> 01:54:44,000
did you did the workshop on the 18th

2475
01:54:44,000 --> 01:54:46,119
though right yeah right so is there a

2476
01:54:46,119 --> 01:54:48,280
motion to approve the agenda for

2477
01:54:48,280 --> 01:54:49,760
December

2478
01:54:49,760 --> 01:54:53,040
3D uh thank you is there a second second

2479
01:54:53,040 --> 01:54:55,800
any further discussion all in favor

2480
01:54:55,800 --> 01:55:00,880
please say I I I motion carries uh four

2481
01:55:00,880 --> 01:55:02,440
to one

2482
01:55:02,440 --> 01:55:07,000
absent and with that we come to a close

2483
01:55:07,000 --> 01:55:10,360
is there a motion to adjourn the

2484
01:55:10,360 --> 01:55:13,320
meeting I moved thank you is there a

2485
01:55:13,320 --> 01:55:15,840
second seconded thank you further

2486
01:55:15,840 --> 01:55:18,119
discussion I can't imagine all right all

2487
01:55:18,119 --> 01:55:26,760
in favor please say I motion car carries um 4 to one absent

2488
01:55:26,760 --> 01:55:31,360
and the meeting is adjourned at

2489
01:55:31,360 --> 01:55:33,280
8:57

2490
01:55:33,280 --> 01:55:37,079
p.m. thank you everyone