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We're live.
>> All right. I like to thank everybody for

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coming out tonight. All councilors are
present. Uh you'll see that our

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assistant town manager is filling in for
our town manager. He's out of town on

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business. Think to ask somebody to lead
us in prayer.

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[clears throat]

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We pray for our country at all times
that all citizens are safe, healthy, and

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happy. We pray for wisdom for all those
who guide and govern. Help this govern

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body in every situation to know and to
do the things that are right and just

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with soundness of judgment and making
vital decisions.

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We pray for the peacemakers
that the holy lifegiven spirit may ever

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dwell in their hearts and the barriers
of fear, suspicion, and hatred may fall.

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This we pray to the holy father. Amen.
>> Amen. I aliance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

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» Public comment period.
Podium's open.

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» Mr. Assistant Town Manager, you got the
floor.

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» Uh, licenses and permits. We had uh an
additional that was not added to the uh

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the packet came in today. It was
[clears throat] a renewal for liquor

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license for the fish and game club uh
which was approved by the town clerk. No

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motion needed on that. Justformational
uh financial uh report. I'll uh I'll

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read off Aaron's memo. Um December
financials uh closed with uh 175,245

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in our checking account. uh 500 in our
investment account and uh 44289

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in outstanding payments for net cash
position of 131,456.

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Uh revenue report once again uh
indicates a skewed picture of actual

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activity for December. Uh we made tax
collections of over $414,000

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uh for 2023
to 2025 taxes. Uh we also saw uh 1,000

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or 100 thou 200 123,000 revenue from uh
revenue sharing which was a bit lower uh

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than what was projected um and 84,742
from the Betty reimbursement. Uh

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expenses were at 51.6% of projection at
the end of December about 1.6 above our

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year-to- date plan which is 50%.
uh if you am mortise onetime payments we

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make uh each year uh we would be under
50% on expenses for the year. So we you

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know we got those big payments that come
out paving and school payments. Uh a

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monthly payment to MSAD20 at 227,000
uh which is 35% of all our expenses uh

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was our largest single expense. Uh we
have paid uh nearly 1.4 million to the

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school in the first half of the fiscal
year 2526.

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Uh we've not needed to tap in uh to the
TAN uh yet, which is really good news.

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Uh we don't anticipate having to use the
uh TAN in the near future and with the

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due date of taxes of February 1st, we
may not need to at all, which is also

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very good news. Uhformational memo, uh
no action at all requested. Any

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questions? I might answer them, I might
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» [clears throat]
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no AWS report uh this month, Mr. Ojeski,
as you did not meet in December.

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» Me, too.
>> Thank you. Uh, financial audit, town

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report. Um, staff met with Jazelle from
Felch this month to discuss our pending

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audit. She took over the audit process
and with additional information provided

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uh by the town has moved the audit
through to completion. Uh we've reviewed

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the draft audit. Anticipate having the
final audit well before the next council

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meeting. Uh the annual report is
finished. It has been for some time. Uh

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waiting for a final audit copies uh to
go with the annual report. Uh be sent to

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council members as soon as it's printed.
Uh we anticipate anticipate posting the

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digital version of these documents on
the town of Fort Prefield web page at

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the same time and printed copies will be
available at the town office.

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Uh, I guess I'm doing the police
department report uh for the month. I

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did send it to you guys via email, so
you had a chance to approve uh to review

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it. Uh, I'll go through it. Um,
normally it be up at the podium, but

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[clears throat] I'm not going to get up
to to talk to you guys about it. uh two

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uh 2025 was yet another busy year for
the Fort Fairfield PD, ending uh the

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year with 3,521
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119 of these incidents were referred to
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prosecution by either arrest, summons,
or warrant requests, which is quite a

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substantial amount for a community our
size. Uh notable cases for 2025 include

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the double fatal crash uh this summer
which occurred on the Limestone Road

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which we charged a driver uh with two
counts of manslaughter and OUI. Uh in

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December we received a 20-year sentence
for the person who supplied drugs which

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killed two Fort Fairfield residents in
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Uh we are currently working to wrap up
an overdose death case from the summer

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of 2024 where [clears throat] a man was
found deceased from an overdose on

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Columbia Avenue. Uh we submitted the
case to the district attorney and hope

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to have a grand jury indictment in the
near future. Uh in 2025 we had 22 drug

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arrests ranging from fentanyl,
methamphetamine, cocaine possession, and

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trafficking. We had 95 traffic crashes,
over 600 traffic stops for various

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offenses, uh including many OUIs, cruel
traffic summones, dangerous drivers. Uh

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we continue to try and be proactive with
the drug, mental health, ne neglect, and

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domestic violence issues to work to
improve the quality of life of our

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residents and visitors. I attached a
list of the incidents and arrests with

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the council packet, so you guys can take
a look at that. And if anybody has any

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questions on that, feel free to ask
anytime. On the financial side of

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things, uh this past fiscal year, uh we
came in under budget for the fourth year

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in a row. Uh we work hard to keep the
cost down. As with any other department,

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the driving cost is labor. As we operate
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departments. Uh the p uh this past year,
we were able to secure close to $30,000

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in state highway safety grant funding to
add additional patrols to address

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problem issues such as speeding,
impaired, uh driving, and dangerous

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drivers. We continue to receive
additional grant funding through MIMA uh

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Homeland Security to increase patrol to
supplement border patrols. I continue to

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apply for and receive grants uh to
assist us with equipment upgrades and

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additional patrols. Some good news this
week. Um, I had applied for $51,000 in

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CDS funding through uh Congressman
Golden's office that was approved. Uh,

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we should be receiving the funding soon.
This was uh project specific, so I had

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to label out what we needed for
equipment uh replacement. Um, I chose

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our radios, our invehicle repeaters,
which allow our officers to communicate

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when they're outside of the car on their
portable radios, our radar units, uh,

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bulletproof vests and trauma first aid
kits. Definitely good opportunity to

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save money without um, by getting this
equipment with this program rather than

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it coming out of the property tax base.
Uh, 2025, we received a training

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reimbursement from the fire marshall's
office for an officer that we had sent

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to the academy, [clears throat] left our
employment. Uh with these funds, we were

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able to replace our police station
camera system and we were able to add

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some cameras outside of the building
because we didn't have any prior, which

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was problematic. Um
we had been without a camera system for

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almost two years. Uh we replaced uh an
aging cruiser we with a rebuilt one that

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uh we worked with Caldwells to uh to
procure and repair the damage. Um we're

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also able to get some replacement parts
through state surplus that really drove

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down the costs on that. Uh we replaced
our handguns due to safety issues. Uh we

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completed several other equipment
upgrades uh which we were not able to do

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because of the lack of capital equipment
reserves. Uh we're on budget this year

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and continue to work hard to keep costs
at a minimum. Uh we have not raised our

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operations budget for the last few years
and only had to raise our budget because

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of increases in wages, benefits, and
insurance. Uh we continue to partner

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with MSAD20 on our school resource
officer and DARE program which is

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progressing quite well. Uh, Sergeant
Cormier is very wellreceived in the

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district. Uh, we're reaping the benefits
of the partnership. I hear consistent

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praise on the program. Uh, we're
fortunate to have this partnership and

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we hope to continue to grow it. Officer
Whipperman and K9 Titan continue to

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progress. We've had very notable success
with this program so far and hope uh

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this will continue as he becomes
certified on narcotics detection very

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soon. Community policing programs
continue with our involvement

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coordination of the light parade uh
which was pretty good success this year

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and that keeps uh that continues to grow
each year. Uh the riding with Jacob

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campaign was a little little different
last year but we made it work with the

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Rotary Club uh and the main potato
blossom festivals. Uh our officers are

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busy and we're fortunate to have a
dedicated team of professionals serving

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our community. Uh we continue to be
fully staffed and rely on several

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part-time reserve officers to save on
overtime. We've not had to fill a vacant

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shift using overtime in several months
due to our the dedication of our

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part-time officers, which is a
significant cost savings

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rather than than paying the overtime
with the benefits. Uh I remain involved

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with the main chief of police
association. I'll be sworn in as

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president in late September. Uh this has
been a great opportunity to increase

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networking which is beneficial for our
community and the department. That opens

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doors for funding, programming,
equipment procurement which we have not

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had the opportunity um for prior. things
are going smoothly and I'll be able to

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answer any questions at any time.
Longwinded, but there you go. That's

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what's up.
>> Thanks for all your hard work you did.

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» Thank you. Appreciate it.
Uh economic development uh report uh

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memo from Aaron uh in December. Aaron
attended the following training

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networking training sessions. NMDC
executive meeting loan committee. Uh he

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met with Van Beer and town manager Luke
Dyer to discuss strategies that he's

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found to be successful. uh community and
economic development. He attended the

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Strong Towns organization orientation
session, uh completed Strong Towns 101

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training session, started local uh
conversations leading courses, attended

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the MCDA
monthly uh meeting, attended finding a

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developer MCDA seminar, met with Ignite
Prescy. um

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working on starting uh up or engaging
with the main street ma uh main program

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that he spoke about last month and the
strong towns program. Uh both are

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different parts of a healthy community
and are not mutually exclusive. Uh he

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believes that both of these programs
will benefit our efforts to revitalize

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and bring new business to Fort
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making progress with getting to know
people, networking, um, and looking for

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programs, uh, to bring money into town,
which, uh, [clears throat]

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we definitely need. Uh, so you'll also
find the proposed budget schedule um,

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varies a little or differs a little bit
from last year um, where we had the

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department heads all presenting on one
night. Uh Aaron has presented

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two dates for department head
presentation. Um so we'll plan to roll

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out the budget on March 23, 2026. Budget
proposal available at the town office

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and on the website. March 25 uh budget
uh head or department heads present to

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the town council and budget advisory
committee. April one, the second group,

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uh, present to the town council and
budget advisory committee. April 8th,

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uh, the council budget workshop.

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April 15, uh, the presentation of budget
to the town council.

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April 29, the first public budget
hearing.

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May 13, the second public budget
hearing. in June 17. If all goes well,

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approve the budget. Um, any comments or
questions or concerns on that? No. Um,

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he also indicated a a schedule of when
uh department heads would be presenting.

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So, I think the one night is just you're
you're drinking out of a fire hose of

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information for for budget uh for
department heads and presenting their

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budgets and two nights would be a little
bit more beneficial.

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Good. Okay. Uh leans uh foreclosed
property update.

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Uh tax collector received 4,474
in payments on 2020 23 and 24 taxes fees

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and interest on eight properties with
leans. As of December 31st, there are 40

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properties owing 58,676
and 23 taxes and 116 properties owing uh

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owing 117,000 in 2024 taxes. Uh notably,
the staff sent out 45day notices of

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impending foreclosure for unpaid 2023
taxes to 40 uh property owners on

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December 31st. Uh, the town will
foreclose on properties with unpaid 2023

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taxes in February.
Additionally, staff sent a 90-day notice

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of intent to sell a property that was
foreclosed on in 2022 for unpaid 2019

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taxes. Um, at that time, the resident
had entered into an agreement, a payment

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agreement uh to get his account current,
but has failed to adhere to the

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agreement. Uh, as with the other
foreclosure sales, funds in excess of

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what is owed to the town will be
returned to the former owner. Uh, staff

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has signed listing agreements for nearly
all of the 2022 properties with dogs

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realy this week.
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And uh we're on to old business with uh
the uh updated emergency response plan

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with Chief Jalbert and Assistant Chief
Gahhagen.

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Evening counselors. Um, I'm sure you
guys have all had a chance to see that.

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I think Aaron said it digitally to you
guys. So, what this uh emergency

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operation plan is is it's it's a
revision of the old one that was last

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updated in 2015. So, what this new one
does is it changes the format. It gets

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us more in streamlined with, you know,
state

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EOPS and federal ones. So um and it
provides a lot of lists of roles and

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responsibilities and things that we're
going to do um you know in case of a

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natural disaster or flooding stuff like
that. So it's just a matter of up you

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know getting your guys' approval to
update to get it more streamlined and

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more modern
here to answer any questions on if you

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guys have any questions on on the actual
it's pretty long document but uh

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it's replacing like a 115 page document.
So, it's a lot more streamlined than the

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old one.

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» Do we need a motion to approve it?
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» I move that we approve the updated
emergency operations plan.

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» I'll second it.
>> Motion and second. Any further

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discussions?
All those in favor?

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» I.
>> Thank you.

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Uh, next for old business is the
executive session conduct uh policy.

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Each year, all council members, town
manager, and department heads must sign

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an executive session conduct
[clears throat] policy. This policy is

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to protect all people involved in
executive sessions. And that will be

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sent around right [clears throat] now so
we don't forget.

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There were two pens on the table. Are
there still two? And or does anybody

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need one?

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» I use blue ink or black ink.
>> Whatever ink color you want.

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» Okay. I got blue.
>> Blue supposed to be blue on legal

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documents.
>> Original signatures. That's the way the

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registry wants it. So that's why we did
it.

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Can I use

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[clears throat]

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» a thing? So be [clears throat] it would
be by the book. So it be by the book

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there.
>> So we have to sign

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for
>> Okay.

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We'll sign our own

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blue.

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21st.
>> Yes.

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[clears throat]

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Thank you.
Uh new business. We're so inclined to

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approve uh budget advisory committee
council appointments.

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part of the ordinance, we need two
members of the council to be appointed

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to the budget advisory committee.
I'll leave that to you folks.

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I'll take one.
Do you folks know where I'm at? Yeah.

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» Sorry kids at home.
>> Yeah.

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I didn't let me out right now.

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One more.
[laughter]

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» Are you willing to continue where you're
familiar with the process?

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» I've been on it for how long? Since it
started.

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Like since it started before I was a
counselor, I was on it.

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And I've been on it forever.
>> They said they weren't an experienced

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member.
[laughter]

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H

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you can keep me on it, but I will not
guarantee that I'll be at all of the all

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of the meetings because it it's pretty
tedious. There's a lot of council

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meetings already scheduled.

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» It sounds like we got two counselors.

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» Believe we need a motion for the record.

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» Make a motion that we accept the two
councils that

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are going to be on the committee.
>> Motion

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» second.
>> Second. Any further discussion?

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» All those in favor?
>> I.

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Thank you, counselors.
>> We're looking uh next for the approval

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of the minutes of the December 17, 2025
council meeting.

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» Entertain a motion to approve the
minutes of the December 17th, 2025

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meeting.
I move we approve the minutes of the

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December 17th meeting. Second.
>> Any discussions?

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All those in favor?

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» Entertain a motion to accept the minutes
of the January 6 special meeting.

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» I move we approve the minutes of the
January 6 meeting.

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» Okay.
Second. Any discussions?

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All those in favor? I
>> I

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» entertain a motion to accept warrant
number 12 in the amount of $255,86025.

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» Make a motion we accept the warrant is
red.

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» Okay.
>> Second.

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» Second. Any discussions?
All those in favor?

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» And warrant number 13. I'd entertain a
motion to accept an amount of $457,2386.

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Make the motion we accept the warrant is
ready.

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» Second that
>> second. Any discussions?

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» All those in favor?
>> I

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» I

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[snorts]
>> I do not have anything under

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» You must have something.
>> I do not do not.

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» Okay. Uh public comment period. Anybody
has anything else?

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» My name is Cesky and I live right here
in Puerto Rico. Uh I just wanted to

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mention that um chief comments failed to
mention in his list of things that he

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does for us is he's on the pines health
board of health uh board for us at Pines

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Health Services and we find that the
cooperative that we're going to have

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with the police department is going to
be incredibly helpful for us both in the

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ER and help take care of some of the
problems on the street. So I think you

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should take credit for that as well. I
thank you.

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» Let's give the chief a big round of
applause.

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[applause]

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They make me blush. [laughter]

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» Anybody else?
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» Okay, I move that we adjourn.
>> Second.

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» Any further discussion?
>> All those in favor?

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» I
not even 6:30.

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ah
>> very efficient. [laughter]

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Um
>> Januaries uh usually aren't uh much of a

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load for for council. So that's good.