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to the light.
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» Okay. Call the meeting to order with the
pledge of allegiance.
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I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
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republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
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justice for all.
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» Roll trader
>> here.
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» Come on, challen.
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» [clears throat]
>> Open meeting compliance.
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» Uh the agenda was posted on September
4th on the town of Fort Wago internet
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calendar as well as North Side Auto
Repair and it was sent by email to the
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daily register.
>> Very good.
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» Well, the agenda I'm happy if you guys
are happy.
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» Yeah. I make a motion to accept the
agenda as written and seconded.
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» Okay. We got a motion, a second to
accept the agenda as printed. All in
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favor? I opposed hearing. None. Motion
carries.
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Moving on to our minutes from our last
meeting.
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» I read through them and didn't see
anything.
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» Let me make a motion to approve the last
month's meetings.
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» Okay, [clears throat]
>> I'll second. Okay, we got a motion, a
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second to approve our last month's
meetings as presented. All in favor?
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» I oppose.
Motion carries.
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» Treasures report. Kelly will give us the
highlights.
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» All right. So, for last month incoming,
we did have a fire bill. Just one fire
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bill that was paid. That's the one that
we got. That was that credit card um
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we're talking about. Um incoming.
Otherwise, we had just interest
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straggler dog payment. Um, big one that
was out of the norm for us is we got our
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general engineering permit
reimbursements, which are usually
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$30, $40, but because we've got four new
constructions and a few other things
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going on. It was considerably larger
than normal. Um, and then we did also
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get the August settlement from the
county. So that was a big payment that
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came in for the finalization of our
taxes for 2025.
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Um interest is still running in LGIP at
3.68. So just under four still. So right
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about the same it's been for over the
last few months.
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Outgoing we had was the bills we paid at
last month's meeting. Nothing changed or
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anything from that when they were
approved.
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Um budget wise getting towards the end
of the year. Obviously we watched a
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little bit closer. Um but so far
everything is looking really good.
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Nothing
nothing that we're concerned about or or
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is a worry of going over at this point.
We've got money and all accounts
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available still.
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» All righty.
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I make a motion to accept the budget
report.
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» Okay. I'll second it.
>> Okay, we got a motion, second to accept
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the budget as presented. All in favor? I
opposed. Hearing none. Motion carried.
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Thank you.
>> Our Columbia County Supervisor front and
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center already.
>> Yeah.
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Uh so there's a lot going on in the
county with the uh 765 line. I don't
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know that you guys are all that familiar
with it, but um
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actually today, tonight, by the end of
the night, is the night that you would
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have or the last day you would have to
submit
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um
uh what do I say here? Just submit your
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concerns over that. And I know that
doesn't affect this township,
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but they're looking for everybody to
kind of submit
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um the concerns because it's it's a big
deal for our county. Um and what's
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happening is there's some state
requirements that are listed in order
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from one to four. And forgive me, I
don't have them memorized. But the first
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requirement the state would want you to
satisfy is to follow all the existing
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corridors, meaning
um interstate systems, railroad systems
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or existing um infrastructure that's
already there. And unfortunately, this
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uh route, which you guys may already be
familiar with, is just blazing a new
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trail in some cases through people's
yards. Um, it's a pretty big deal. And
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this is not your typical power line. So,
if you can think about our biggest power
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line in our county, this is
a, you know, four or five times bigger
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with the amount of energy it's it's uh
sending down it. So, it's a pretty big
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deal and I would actually very strongly
recommend that uh you would uh if you if
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you could you have interest submit
comment on it and the websites you want
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to go to is mgs-pros.com.
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Um,
so if you look that up, it'll give you a
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portal or whatever to uh submit your
comments, concerns on it. Um
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there's a lot of concerns. There's nine
county [clears throat] board chairs that
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are getting together to meet and try and
push back because this is affecting a
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lot of other counties in the state with
the same concerns that we have. So, um
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with that, I don't know, maybe you guys
already have some of this information or
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or if you have any questions beyond what
I'm telling you, go ahead and ask. I'll
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try and answer them if I can. But um
going back to the order that the state
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requires um
the way they blaze this trail is like
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the last option in the line. So um
they're not really being all that
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sensitive to what the state requires. So
our big concern is that the state just
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follows its own rules and pushes back at
them. So that's where I really think our
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comments and concerns really pushing on
the state to say, "Hey, let's stay with
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on our own rules that we have as a
state." That's what I'd like to see have
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happen. Um, and um, I do have something
else. I don't know if you remember, I
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don't know if this was probably three
months ago now, I brought up the
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horsedrawn vehicle stuff and I've got
some uh, copies from Oaklair County. I
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got four of them actually. I was going
to give them to
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the uh supervisors and then uh the
clerk, but if you look on this this
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these are just black and [clears throat]
white copies, but uh this first page
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just kind of highlights it. The second
page actually shows you what the
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ordinance that they adopted is. And I
like it a lot. There's some other
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ordinances out there, but I think this
is pretty simple and um gives you
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something to think about that is maybe
something you guys would consider
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adopting here in our town or your
township.
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» You had mentioned something about
Marcelin was looking in at something
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like this too if they
>> they are and they're kind of where you
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guys are at. Not not nothing's been
lifted off the table yet, but uh I'll
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keep you informed if if if they start
proceeding and going ahead with it.
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give us something we can look over and
put on the agenda for another meeting.
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Anyway,
>> without having read this, does this deal
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with both their waste and deal with the
hubs problem or
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» Yeah, if you look at the second page,
>> okay,
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» you can see
>> both damage.
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» Yeah, you can see damage to roads and
then the waste.
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» And I think it's pretty short, a little
not not overly
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uh exhaustive. It's pretty simple. Is
there some way they can put some
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identification numbers on their buggies,
too? So, if a person
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» Well, that's not a that's that's a state
issue. We can't I I we we can't address
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that. So, I I I would say yes. Let's
talk to our state and say, "Hey, can we
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get some more identification on these
things? Maybe get them licensed." I
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would like that for sure.
>> How do you identify? But I mean, for us
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as you guys as [clears throat] a
township, you don't have jurisdiction,
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» but
I think the state should should
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definitely consider doing something with
that.
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» You know, they've been fighting. I mean,
slowing vehicle signs took them about 15
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years to get on there because of their
religious deals.
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» Yeah. Finally, the state got them to do
the flashing light
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» things. Yeah. They're really it's really
hard to
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» any type of reflection that is better
than nothing,
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» right?
>> It's hard to move forward with them, but
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I mean because of their religious
concerns, which is religious freedom.
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But anyway,
>> but that's something that I think is
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pretty simple. Then I think if you guys
had an interest in it, it's very
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» it's easy for you guys to to deal with.
The only problem is any ordinance that
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we pass, we have to the county won't
necessarily enforce a town ordinance.
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And so,
>> well, and and here's where I'm going to
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push on the county to embrace these
similar ordinance. Actually,
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» uh Don Nichols gave me that information.
So, he he's looking into it as a
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commissioner for the for the highway.
>> Um so, I I went to him and then he
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brought me back with this and he really
likes that. not not overly exhausted,
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but just kind of it's the
>> So, if we get enough town interest and
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the county
>> Yeah.
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» adopts it, then we've got some coverage
anyway.
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» Absolutely. So, I'll keep working on
Don.
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» Well, I can talk to him, too.
>> Yeah, it would be good. Everybody that
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could kind of just same way with the 765
line, just kind of keep putting pressure
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on them. The more invoices they get
involved, the better. So,
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Yeah. And there's four routes on that
line. I've seen the map, but of course
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they haven't.
>> Yeah.
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» Is [clears throat] it going to happen
one way or another?
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» The line's going to happen.
Unfortunately, the way [clears throat]
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the executive orders got handed out the
first part of 2025, the line's going to
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happen. But
we do have the jurisdiction as a state
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to say no, you can't you can't blaze new
trails just through people's property
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like that. [laughter]
So, so that's where I think we really
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just need to get have the state say, you
know,
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» stay in the corridors.
>> Yes. because there, you know, one of the
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comments that has been talked about, ATC
was one of the biders on that line and
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ATC didn't get the contract and they
have the main line going down the
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interstate. Well, ATC's now saying,
"Well, we don't want you guys along our
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lines." Well, it's like Spectrum and
Verizon go down the same ditch. We just
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got to work with each other, you know?
>> I mean, they got their antennas on the
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same towers.
>> Yeah. So we need to
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» so everybody, you know, has to just
learn to we can force them to get along,
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but you know, they're big companies and
they're trying to push their weight
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around
and unfortunately a lot of the private
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citizens are going to get hurt by that.
So that's where I think we just need to
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speak up, you know, otherwise we're
going to lose the lifestyle we have and
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keep letting these kinds of things
happen. But
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» any other questions?
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I don't believe so.
Thank you for the information.
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» Yeah, if you don't mind, I'm going to
>> We appreciate why we got you up here
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early, Steve. I know you're a busy guy.
Thank you. Have a good evening.
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» Okay. Citizen input, questions,
comments.
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» I just had a question about the um
treasurer's report. I saw the country
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plumber $700. What was that for? Was
that for the new town home?
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» It will be. It was Oh, that was for the
Yeah, for the perk test.
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» The perk test.
>> Okay, thank you.
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» Yep, that was for the perk test.
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» Yes. Anything else?
Okay, moving on. Uh, new business. I got
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the Grey Drake Saloon special event
permit September 26.
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» Yeah. [clears throat] Um,
great Sloan has properly filed the
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paperwork and made the payment uh for
the application to have outdoor live
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music on the 26th of September
um from 3 to 7:00 p.m. and u the
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neighbors have been notified with no
responses either way.
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» That should be fine.
I make the motion to accept a special
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report
events.
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» Second.
>> Okay, I got a motion, a second to allow
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the graduates to saloon to uh have their
special event.
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All in favor? I oppose. [laughter]
None. Motion carries. [clears throat]
[14:15]
Moving on. Danish farm structure.
you want to tell us about it?
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» So, we're asking to build a
to start a 30 by 40 going to be a barn
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to house our cattle and we get our house
up in the interim of between housing
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gathering be a storage shed till our
house is up and we move. If you look at
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the I know my wife emailed the kind of
tenative plan. I put two structures on
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there because we're also wanting to put
up a fabric coverall for now to also
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have a little bit additional storage to
house things over the winter.
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» Right. And just for board information,
they've got the
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we approved the reszone for a rural
residential lot. But now the way with um
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farmland preservation and the way it's
set up now, if you're going to put a
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building on the same owned property but
on a separate lot, you got to get a a
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permit [laughter] plus another emergency
response number for that second lot, the
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second building. So, it's something that
we're going to see more of in the future
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here.
>> Yeah. So, the second lot, what is that
[15:27]
zone then?
>> Yeah, it's a a agriculture. Yeah. With
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an A4 overlay on it. So,
>> yeah. And it's But it's just the fact
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that if the building was on the
residential lot, then it wouldn't have
[15:40]
to be redone. But see, it's on the lot
with no house on this always does that
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process. So,
>> so it's our hope to file this and
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emergency response form together with
the county.
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» Yeah.
>> Pending your approval.
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» Yeah. I make a motion to approve it.
>> Seconded.
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» Okay. We got a motion, a second to
approve the Spanish farm structure. All
[16:05]
in favor? I see none. Motion.
I got something I need to sign.
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» [clears throat]
>> You want that copy or you want the copy
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we have filled out and handwritten.
>> Which one's better with the
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» Well, I need one for my record. So,
maybe give them both and then he can
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sign one for you and one for me.
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» I think it just
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» What kind of cattle you bringing in?
>> So, my daughter shows pigs and we show
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sheep. She took grand champion with her
Dur Rock down at state fair this year
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and made the governor's auction.
>> And then we have right now we have three
[16:45]
head of beef cattle that we've gotten
bred to Cav in June next year. June.
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» We're holding off because just not
knowing exactly when we're going to move
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into the house
>> and then we've got some
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» so we can hopefully be there and cving
there. And then we have some dairy heers
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too. And then we'll have chickens and
>> stuff. That'll be good.
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» Few barn dads. 4 on steroids is what
this is.
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» So, originally we wanted to build the
whole 30 by 40 that was going to be the
[17:12]
egg storage shop area. Well, when you
move, you're moving. We're not moving
[17:18]
just a household. We're moving whole
lifestyle to a new property. So, it's
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» what is the necessities to actually live
there and it becomes well, if you're
[17:25]
going to move, cattle are the necessity.
>> They come with us. So, let's see if that
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or sell them. And I'm not going to break
my kids hearts. They can't have their
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cattle. They work so hard. She was
placing really well with her dairy heers
[17:37]
and shows. So, she's worked hard to get
these genetics and
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» herd built up for herself.
>> So,
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» yeah, we went through all that as a kid.
>> Good luck.
[17:52]
» Thank you.
>> You have any more kids?
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» Just the two.
>> Yeah. One is interested in dogs.
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» Dogs. Oh, okay. We'll have to discuss
this later. [laughter]
[18:06]
That is the number one priority moving
to the studio. [clears throat]
[18:08]
» That was one of the things moving them
when they're like friends. Do we get a
[18:12]
dog? Because we're our dog passed away
about two years ago and they've been
[18:15]
heartbroken without like we're not
getting a dog too busy. We're gone.
[18:18]
We're we're never home. Like don't put a
dog through it. And I was like, "No, get
[18:22]
a dog. Get a fire dog.
>> There's always a place to take."
[18:26]
» Yeah. [laughter]
>> Anniey's probably got one she'd like to
[18:29]
get get through.
>> All righty. takes care of that. Uh,
[18:37]
annual budget workshop will follow the
meeting tonight. So, if you're
[18:40]
» not tonight,
>> tonight. Oh, I'm sorry. You're
[18:42]
absolutely right.
>> Next month.
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» Justformational. So, next month.
>> Next month. Following October.
[18:48]
» Need to stay a little late. Work on the
budget as as a board.
[18:52]
» Yep. Sorry about that.
Okay, moving on to the old business
[18:57]
then. Uh we got proposals for our town
hall project.
[19:03]
Um
the last meeting we uh kind of accepted
[19:07]
the Davis construction one for the
digging. Well, we also need to move put
[19:14]
more into that one because we didn't
have enough for him to get the driveway
[19:17]
and stuff into the project. So, uh, we
need to ex accept the rest of that
[19:24]
proposal they gave us for the black top
and the driveway
[19:29]
gravel to get so we can get in there to
do the work in the basement. So, uh, we
[19:34]
actually wrote a check out for that
tonight. So, um, I guess
[19:40]
we can go down through these and we can
make a motion to do them all at once or
[19:44]
we can do them individually. Do you want
to do
[19:46]
» them one at a time?
>> Want to do them one at a time. All
[19:48]
right. So, I guess I would ask for a
motion to uh accept the rest of Davis's
[19:54]
proposal from
>> I make a motion to accept the rest of
[19:57]
Davis's proposal.
>> I will second that.
[20:00]
» All right. Thank you. We got a motion to
second to finish out the Davis proposal
[20:05]
last month. All in favor? I opposed. He
none. Motion carries.
[20:12]
We'll move on to the plumbing quotes. I
did get three of them back finally. Uh,
[20:19]
country plumber was in at a total of
19,125
[20:23]
for the septic and plumbing that would
need to take place. Um, Terry Town
[20:28]
Plumbing was in it.
>> Let's keep septic se if we can.
[20:33]
» Okay.
>> Want just plumbing right now.
[20:36]
» You want just plumbing right now? Okay.
Country plumber was at 1084
[20:41]
$10,840
for just the plumbing.
[20:47]
Terry Town.
>> Terry Town is at $11,453.87.
[20:51]
[clears throat]
[20:57]
And Hoffman,
I think you got it all in one
[21:04]
» at the very top.
>> Very top 15,000 for Oh, yeah. Okay, I
[21:10]
got it. Uh, that's 15,000 Hoffman's.
Well, on that one. $16,800 for this.
[21:20]
» No septic.
>> Not on that one. The septic's on the
[21:23]
other
sheet.
[21:26]
» So, it sounds like Country Plumbers.
>> Yeah, seems to be our man. So, yeah, I
[21:32]
guess I would ask for a motion to go
with country plumber on the plumbing
[21:37]
part of it at 19,125
or Well, I'm sorry, just to get back
[21:42]
10,840.
Yeah, I'll make a motion that we accept
[21:45]
country plumber for our plumbing.
>> Okay, we got a motion second to accept
[21:51]
country plumber at 10,840 for the
plumbing [clears throat] part of the
[21:57]
new structure.
So, now we'll move on to the septic part
[22:01]
of it then. Uh, country plumber was
$8,285.
[22:09]
Um, I lost Terry Towns right here. Um
they were $12,789
[22:19]
» and um Hoffman was $10,550.
So Country Plumber was the lowest bid at
[22:28]
$8,285.
So
[22:31]
» I'll make a motion that we use country
plumber for the septic.
[22:35]
» I second.
>> Okay, we got a motion, a second to use
[22:38]
country plumber for the septic system.
All in favor? I oppose hearing. None.
[22:43]
Motion carried.
[22:50]
Um, electrical po electrical proposals.
I only got one back out of four that I
[22:58]
contacted. That one is in our town, uh,
which is H&M, which is Bean Hole over on
[23:04]
F. and he came in at $6,571
and indicated that seeing he was a town
[23:13]
resident there would might be a big
discount on the labor. So, but at this
[23:18]
point he's $6,57167
and he was the only one that responded
[23:23]
back. So, [clears throat]
>> I'll make a motion to accept.
[23:30]
» I second it. Okay, we got a motion, a
second to accept
[23:34]
H&M electrical
for the electrical part of the project.
[23:42]
And
last but not least, I guess for tonight
[23:46]
anyway, flooring in the structure. Um,
out of the four I contacted, I got two
[23:55]
back. Um, Freedom here in Portage came
in at $9,345.
[24:01]
That's uh for carpeting in the main
meeting room, the square carpeting, so
[24:06]
if something happens, you can replace it
one of them, and then vinyl plank
[24:11]
through the rest of the structure. Um,
[24:16]
flooring center and Baroo come in at
$10,72064.
[24:23]
So at that rate um freedom is $1,300
cheaper than the one in Barabou. So I
[24:32]
guess my
uh recommendation is freedom. So I make
[24:37]
a motion to accept freedom freedom
carping estimate.
[24:41]
» Yeah, I'll second that.
>> Okay, I got a motion a second to accept
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freedom carpeting proposal
city. All in favor? I opposed
[24:53]
non motion carried.
Thank you. Um
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» one question on yes stuff. So the
meetings obviously with the county
[25:04]
completed.
>> Oh yes.
[25:06]
» So
>> September 2nd first we had a meeting at
[25:11]
the county or the county not to approve
our map change which we had to do for
[25:16]
the land because it was agriculture. Now
it's going to uh light commercial. So
[25:22]
that we had to change our land use map
and then our zoning was approved at that
[25:27]
meeting. So it'll go to the county board
I think on the 15th here for final
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approval and our the land will be able
to be changed over to us anyway. So that
[25:39]
part of it's done
and I think
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» how are we doing on the permits
>> permits? Um once we get zoning changed
[25:53]
then we can get the permits get our we
got to get a certified survey before we
[25:57]
can get our permits. Uh it's been kind
of a
[26:02]
up and down ride.
We thought we were going to get by
[26:06]
without having
to have to have it state inspected and
[26:11]
there's been some misinformation. I
thought we needed need to be under
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22,000 square ft. Well, then um
Wisconsin Homes thought we needed to be
[26:20]
under 25,000
cubic feet, but
[26:25]
it's they well I actually thought we had
to be under 50,000, but the rule is we
[26:29]
had to be under 25,000 cubic feet. Well,
when you start looking at cubic feet,
[26:33]
they use the crawl space, the living
space, and the basement. And so, um, if
[26:39]
we would have been one building on a
slab, we'd have made it. But when we got
[26:43]
to have a basement under it or crawl
space under it, we're over that. And so,
[26:48]
our plans right now are at the state
being inspected. And that's why they
[26:53]
want our license numbers from our
electricians and our HVAC people and our
[26:59]
plumbing for their state inspection
plans. And so it's been kind of an up
[27:04]
and down week on getting things done a
month actually. Um and then of course
[27:11]
then well now that we're in there, the
state inspector lives up north, way up
[27:16]
north someplace. And so um he'll either
be have to come down or we'll have to do
[27:21]
pictures. They got to look at the
reinforcing rods and the footings and
[27:25]
reinforcement rods in the walls and all
this stuff has to be done one step at a
[27:31]
time before we can move forward every
time. So, um the county and general
[27:37]
energy is the town's inspector for your
any resident, but they will not touch
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anything that's uh commercial or
institutional. So anyway,
[27:50]
um yeah,
that's kind of where we are. And I guess
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that's about where we are. And I was
hoping they were supposed to get the
[28:01]
corn off here by the 1st of October. So
if they get the corn off and we can get
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in there digging and a few things, maybe
we can get a basement before
[28:12]
November when they have to in November
they have to start heating the concrete
[28:16]
and whatever and the price goes up. So,
if we can't get it in before November,
[28:19]
we probably won't get it. So, if we can
get it in before November and get a
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septic and a well in, they can set the
structure in December or anytime as long
[28:29]
as the weather's decent if we don't get
a lot of snow. So, we'll see if we get
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how far we get before fall or
[clears throat]
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» and now it's going before the county
board on the 16th, right?
[28:41]
» Yes. Yes. That'll be our final step.
Then we can start getting our permits.
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We have the same problem with you.
>> That's good. [laughter]
[28:50]
» They don't they don't give us any
shortcuts.
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» And maybe more so because we got now we
got the state involved. So that's four
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to six weeks
before the game will start building. So
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yeah.
Um otherwise we had a county unit
[29:06]
meeting
back here on I don't know early second
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first Thursday I think it was. Anyway,
um talked about that power line that
[29:16]
Josiah just talked about. Uh it's a big
deal. A lot of the county board members
[29:21]
are getting a lot of heat, a lot of bad
publicity on
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some of the
[29:29]
[laughter] big public channels out
there. Um we also talked about data
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centers. Um, Columbia County is one of
the few counties that has a already has
[29:41]
an ordinance on data centers. Um, in
order to do a data center in Columbia
[29:46]
County, it's got to be on industrial
zone land. And the only two parcels in
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Columbia County are in Marcel and that
would be big enough. And one is out by
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the power plant and that one is all low
ground so it's not buildable. Marcella
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» or Marc did I [laughter] say Pacific?
I'm sorry there again my mouth didn't
[30:07]
know what my brain was doing. Anyway, uh
Pacific. So the power plant one won't
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work and the other one is behind UNM and
that's in some kind of a wildlife
[30:19]
privately owned thing. So that one's not
available to build on. And so basically
[30:26]
Columbia County is somewhat immune to
any big data centers coming in. So, um,
[30:32]
I guess if you don't if you like data
centers, it's bad news. If you don't
[30:35]
like them, it's good news. So,
that was basically some of the
[30:40]
information I picked up there.
Uh, otherwise, that's that
[30:45]
communications, I guess.
>> Um, I put down there that the Department
[30:49]
of Administration sent out our
preliminary population
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uh for 2026 being 816, which is
the same as it was in 2025. So, I'm just
[31:00]
passing that along that our population
is staying the same.
[31:03]
» And Mark just brought me a letter here
today that he got, but they were meeting
[31:07]
back on September second, but they're
going to redo CX from uh basically the
[31:13]
city limits by tractor supply all the
way over to um 16 basically Silver Lake
[31:21]
Drive over there. So, that'll be a 2027
project. So, um,
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» is any of that in Fort Lago?
>> No, it'll be
[31:34]
it'll it'll start right at the city
limits probably right there supply and
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it'll probably go through uh we own
property
[31:45]
» on up there Henry Drive side of it, but
I don't think it goes down to
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» Well, it might be Fort Wayne, but it
would be
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The county actually owns the rightway so
it wouldn't be for the ditch.
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» Yeah, you won't have to drive down the
shoulder out there. So anyway, that
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would be good news.
>> You said that the 2027.
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» Yeah, there you go. If you want to take
a peek at it
[32:14]
if we have any input on if you want us
to respond back or 16. So I don't know.
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I'm fine with it.
>> It's a rough one.
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Um, otherwise you don't have anything
else, sir?
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» I do not.
>> Okay. You got a
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Okay. Somebody want to make a motion to
pay the bills?
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» Make a motion to pay the bills.
>> I will second that.
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» Okay. We got a motion, a second to pay
the bills. All in favor?
[32:43]
» I opposed. Hearing none. Motion carried.
The bills will be paid here shortly. So,
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they're already paid, but we approved
the truck. Okay.
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Uh, upcoming meetings. I guess the only
one we got is our next meeting right
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here on October 5th.
And like I said, there will be a short
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workshop afterward where we try to come
up with a new agenda or a new a budget
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for our 2027 year. So,
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you guys want to go home?
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Motion
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second. Okay, we got a motion second to
adjourn. All in favor? I opposed
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folks. Thanks for coming. Appreciate it.
Did you have anything, Annie?
[33:36]
» No.
>> Just come to [clears throat] talk to
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» so we can see your smiling face.
>> Smiling face, huh?
[33:44]
» Just find a home for those cats. I I
decided that she could find her own home