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I did.
>> No. So, that right there is the

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microphone, but it it actually goes out
like this the way that they explain it

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to me. So, I want to make sure that I
catch you. So, Jo just needs to be loud

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when he want to sit here.
>> No.

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» You want your folder?
>> Sure.

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Hey, look.

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» Blonde hair. Wow.

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[laughter]
>> Comb.

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These meetings have to be fun.
>> You can start early to begin.

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» Well, why not? But

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my smile

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line
in the back of my head.

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» Yeah, that's right.

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And then if you'd like, there's an
agenda.

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Maybe not. It's okay.

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» Would you like a copy?
>> Um, that's okay. I I think I I have one

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on hand.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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States of America to the republic for
which it stands. One nation under God

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and indivisible with liberty and justice
for all.

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here. Council person
>> here

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» council person Alexander here. Do you
have a forum?

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» Um before we start

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a chance.

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» Yes.

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before
make the approve.

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» I'll second.
>> Excuse me, Doc.

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How you want to make a correction on
your vote resolution?

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You said the 2026 goal that's already
been fil 2027.

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» That was that that was how it was
provided to me. So when we get to that

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point, I I would be mentioning that.
Yes, absolutely. We just have to amend

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the resolution to Martin. Thank you.
>> All right. Second.

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All in favor?
Everybody looked at the bills.

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» I did. I'm concern
bill.

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» We set a budget for 15,000.
>> We're now at 17,000. Mhm.

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» We have this uh task force going on.
>> Mhm.

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» And every time he's president, it's
going to charge us.

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» Mhm.
>> Um so that's going to increase. We're

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going to have to shift money around into
that budget. I we worked a budget of

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15,000 online item.

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» So um right here a 1420.4 before and now
we're at 17,2190

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and it's just going to keep on
increasing as the months go by every

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time our lawyer is president for the
tax. So I'm concerned with that. Um and

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I'm also concerned with some of um the
business that we started with our

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attorney from May that it just keeps on
lingering and it's not being finished

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and wrapped up. So then like we get
charged again and again. We're like

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let's do it and get it done as far as
like the rental for the um the town hall

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here that we started that in May. We're
into August

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and so we've been charged a couple times
for that already. So my thing is like I

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don't want to see this little payments
keep on lingering out because we're

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going to have huge payments from
attorney fees and then what if something

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occurs in the future other than what
we're working on right now too where we

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have to dial it into an attorney again.
Just concerned about that.

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» Okay. So when we have an attorney file
they cover only our municipality.

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So if we were to get sued from someone
on the outside for any reason, that's

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when we go to NA,
>> right? You know, any of those lawsuits.

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So So the bigger ones we have do have
attorneys from N, right? But anything

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going on. But this task force, which
would be internal, which if any of our

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residents chose to do anything, right,
internally with the permitting system

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and everything going on, that would be
more cost being incurred on here. So,

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I'm under this assumption that um the
our attorney is owing only was here a

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couple of times to help them get through
and explain how it's going. I think he's

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setting them free on the next going
forward. I think he just wanted to make

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sure they understandtood how everything
worked so that nothing would come back

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in the future. I think that's how this
has been going.

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» So, do we need to move money because
we're now over budget? No, we have a

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contingent fund, so we're fine. And
that'll pick up for whatever's going to

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be.
>> Listen, we had 15,000 or 25,000 back

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last year for you know what?
>> And at least we have a contingent and

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that was that was real emergency. So
that's that's why the contingent is

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there.
>> Okay.

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» But I think moving forward we're going
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» okay.
>> We have another lawsuit.

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You know that.
>> And that those attorneys are triggering

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us more than anybody.
>> I did. Nevertheless though, I am like

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fiscally responsible. I believe on
keeping things, you know, like like No,

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I agree. Totally.
>> What's the other lawsuit?

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» Like for the property.
>> Oh, all right.

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» And that program,
>> yeah. Yeah.

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» Has there been any progress since we
>> checked into it for us to that reason? I

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think you can u report on a future date
right and find out what's going on in

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the future.
>> Yeah, I mean I can I can let you know

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that I did speak to the attorney and he
was going to be following up the last

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time I spoke to you which was about um a
couple months ago the time period in

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which we all needed to
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to demand like for instance they needed
to put in an appraisal they hadn't done

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that. So I had said to him well then the
case is right to be dismissed. So, he

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was going to be looking into that and
then getting back to me. I haven't

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heard, but I will follow up with that.
And then, uh, just to to, you know,

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Andrew's point, that's exactly correct.
My my objective was to get the task

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force up and running, explain procedure
to them, and then they should be able to

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meet without me unless something comes
up that they feel that they'll need me,

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and then they can let me know and I can
attend. If that's something that I I

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will be doing,
>> okay? And if they got a code officer,

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it's pretty much following state codes.
That's what it's mostly all about.

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That's what that's why they're looking
over all.

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» I understand that.
>> Okay.

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» So, she I mean, she's the one, you know,
I mean, try a lot of stuff.

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» Oh, sorry. Go ahead.
>> Yes. She's thinking

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good to clarify that.

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Anybody want to approve the bills?
>> I like motion to accept.

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» Okay. Second.

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» So, are we on the bills? Financial
>> bills.

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So, his motion was
>> Oh, sorry.

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» Okay. So, I approve that complaint or
the motion.

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» I make a motion and we approve it. And I
second it. All in favor? I

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» I

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move on to the supervisor reports.

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I just put your snow.

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questions

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bridge underneath? I'm guessing it's
just funny.

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» Yes, probably.
>> Yeah.

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» Correct. Right.

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Make a motion.
We accept this. Make a second.

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I second. All in favor? I

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just
give this to Amy. You guys can pass

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around

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the road shoulders like a bunch of corn
shoulders over the military truck.

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That's what I just gave. So the total on
it 47 whatever it is 100 I believe. The

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other number you see that's the buyer's
journey they had to pay that to buy that

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truck. Um, we bought that truck from the
ocean

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just
we did very well. We just, as you guys

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know, we approve so well.
Uh, we moved the LED side of town hall

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request to put options international.
Last I knew it's not doing very well. I

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don't know the number right now. We got
some regards contracts

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secondary for snow as just mentioned.
check was turn order as journal when the

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time permits permits been working with
Amy as far as there's some missing

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um items and we've been tracking down
through DMV

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water had their tire drive which
appeared to be very successful final

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numbers will be to assume the town has
benefited in the past because of

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relationship such as varants etc.
Uh update on the new tractor. Uh we

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ordered that. We don't have a time frame
that the equipment to go on it. Fuel

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sheets, gas sheets were given to a
and we do have same I believe

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number five on the agenda.
Okay.

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» You want me to do it again?
>> I'll stand.

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» No, that's not an

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It's okay.
>> I just

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went past it.
>> That's fine.

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Sure.

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Cru and gravel.

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bit for screen road
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450

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last year

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you guys um that is open Wilmington and
so last year what you did is you allowed

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me to So last seven
replace

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» that's a lot cheaper takes longer burns
more fuel so a lot cheaper than a lot in

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the past last year I couldn't afford to
do that timing between that we were

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working on the sand shed pre

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sand and gravel is $9 a ton

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» I would ask the board to do it both ways
again time if time is good for us. We

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can go there. We can do more questions
if you have paper.

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» Okay. So, here's a resolution here.
This is for

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» I know sometimes you prefer one p.

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» Yeah. I mean, it's nice. It depends on
what your children are in, but um it's

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poor state is better. Stay on the
better.

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So which tends to have that is
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[clears throat] yeah time is a time is a
constraint I don't know I can't go

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» right
>> amount of time I can't do it all but

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it's nice to get it some from there

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» so do you want us to make a motion for
to accept

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» you to allow me to pull from either way
to at 450 ton from per sand and gravel

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and $9 a ton for traditional sand and
gravel.

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that
all favor

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and part of the reason just let you know
that sometimes Trudeau is there for a

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max and if we unse

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it for the um Thank

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company usually pays for us. Um I don't
know if they finish

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last place I know they were
going to get us in town within the game.

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That's a little bit.
>> Will you let me know when they have that

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date so I can put it up?
>> Absolutely. And what I plan on doing,

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just to let you guys know, because
there's no houses for most of our

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Shepher detour sign traffic

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because it makes it a lot easier. And if
we can do a one pole, it's nice to do

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because it eliminates the center se and
north, you know, they don't last anyways

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and that does help with that section.

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So in July I had one marriage license
issued, received payments for 10

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building permits, issued seven dog
licenses and renewals, and received

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three deposits. I want to say thanks to
the highway department for coming over

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and picking compare the old sign and
prepping for the new one.

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The new sign did ship. It shipped a
little bit later than planned. the

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original date of August 5th. It is a few
days later and they are shooting for

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August 19th delivery.
Fingers crossed if that happens.

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Um there is a land bank. The land bank
is offering an owner occupied grant. The

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original date for application was August
17th. That's been extended to the 14th.

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It's an online application which I
thought was really cumbersome and

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difficult through. So I have copies and
folks can

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um I did receive an email from some
folks who have in the past utilize the

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park for the soccer program soccer.
>> They'd like to do that again.

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» Okay.
>> Um they did say

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we asked for
>> Yes. Okay. And she mentioned that she

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does ask for like reimbursements for
>> only we'll reimburse.

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» Want to make sure that that's okay. Yes,
she asked for reimbursement. It's about

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$100 for field paint. Um this is also
her family's last year coordinating

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this. So she's going to pass that to
somebody else in the picture.

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» There's the total of eight days between
September 8th and October 27th. They

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have insurance they're going to provide.
35 to 40 kids are going to participate

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and it will be 46 p.m. on Tuesdays.
>> Everybody's okay. Absolutely. Okay. Um

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there was as Paul mentioned there was an
error on resolution number 25 for 2026

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concerning the assessment from last
year.

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» Okay.
>> And so we should probably just pass

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revision on that to everybody was so
confused and we're all looking at each

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other like they was already happening.
It should have 2020 to that.

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» Okay. So, if we could okay
>> make a statement to correct

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this. Okay. I'll make a motion for
resolution.

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» So, it would read the town of Franklin
will perform a townwide reassessment of

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all property for the 2027 tax.

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You make a motion. I didn't make a
motion. I guess second.

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» Okay. And then one more thing. I would
like at least two members of the board

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at some point in the next month or so to
sit with me and audit the tax collectors

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and then we can close that out and get
it.

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» Sure.
>> When you want to do it with David within

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the next month.
>> Okay. Let me know. We'll sit down. Do

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you want me to have someone with me?
>> Yeah. We have two of you. Sure.

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Everybody like

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you. Let us know. Thank you.

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Yeah. So, um after making several calls
and

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searching high and low, we were able to
meet and interview a co- officer whose

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name is Casey Dwin.
Casey come to much experience and

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awesome
and many many many praises.

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So after speaking with her and telling
her the mess we're in, she told her she

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need 24 hours to clean up Michael Bay
and um she agreed to take on for

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um
taking this on and I think with the task

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force what's been going on we have come
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and due to the mess and filing and the
way it's been kept it's going to take

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some going to get caught up. Um I talked
to Margaret Teser who was our tax

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assessor and he was very
say he gave a good advice. He said you

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need to compare salary
code officer as you would do a tax

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assessment. They're dropped hand in
hand. That's how you get the honest

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written back on the tax law moving
forward and it's going to be built. and

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um unfortunately last few years he
hasn't had that with the private

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holdups.
So right now I think DC has a lot of

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work to do and she's got a lot of files
to get caught up on and

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because of the fact that I do or past
record keeping

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um I'm asking that we would give the
case the $6,000 raise to be comparable

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with the tax assessment.
uh both positions require handling

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significant leav interaction and
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So
I know we need to move the budget the

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budget year but I know we're okay to put
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the salary about $6,000.
>> What is the current salary now? 13

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hours.

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» 137.
>> Yeah.

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And and is there sort of an amount of
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» So, we figured out it's about I think
this job right here would take about six

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hours a week
>> and that's just going around like Martin

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said, you can be on one side with an
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the other side it be, you know, an hour,
40 minutes, whatever. Yeah.

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» So her her hours are her time is used up
and a proper court officer will go make

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inspections.
>> Yeah.

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» Exactly.
Monday.

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Um, it's 13

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it's I could

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» under public safety.
>> Excuse me.

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There it is.
>> Oh, yeah.

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» That's it.
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8310.
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tax it makes 20,487.

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Well, I'm just gonna speak
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I've been I've been part of the hiring a
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dismissal
two other code enforcement people and

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it's really time we got someone that we
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professional
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I can tell from seeing some of the what
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have a big job to do and she's going to
be called on a lot to work with this new

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task force and I understand she's
already got a little bit

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I think it only makes sense
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» we have some building but we have some
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and caught up on us
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hard to be pistol approved these days
when the cost of uh of employees is

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quite high and as Jacqu found out is
finding out at the garage keeping garage

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employees there with the contract that
they have is the home and then our

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history of building inspectors is very
unpleasantly going back up to building

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and I'd much prefer to
>> invest the money in a professional who

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would um you know who would do it
properly

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And it would be compelling for her to
stay because she was getting paid

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enough.
>> Not only that, you know, but that job is

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going to be expanded rather than
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things.
She's she's right up to date on

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everything she needs.
>> She requested some hard, you know, hard

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copies of books because there's not
going to be they're all on the internet.

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So, we're she's going to get them from
the state, which I think they copies.

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She's ready to build that department up
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I should

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I can
you say something because I

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hope to the new budget year
working that out. Um I also asked for

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incre another increase to be put on the
agenda and it hasn't made it because of

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extra work being put on to somebody too.
That was a new comment. Well, new new.

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So, I I So,
it's whatever, right? I'm out voted

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anyways. I can already see. So, at this
point, and I we didn't ask to do this

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whole zoning review in the middle of a
year and incur more comprehensive

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planning and money coming up in the
future either.

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I just I I find all this very hasty
in the middle of the year. That's all

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that's that's all I'm going to say. So
that's where I'm at.

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» This was a little independent of the
zoning.

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» I mean, it's kind of more issues if we
didn't choose to make a zoning law and

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just start doing a comprehensive plan.
Yeah. But maybe it's a good thing we did

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because we got ripped out.
>> You think it's a good thing you did?

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Yeah. And we got voted off wasn't doing.
That's what we found out.

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» You already though.
>> We did. But you know what? Sometimes you

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have to prove it and we were able to
prove it now.

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» My point is I think it's all very
that's what I'm saying. And that's

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» sometimes in a town things pop up like
that. Don't

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» I understand like likes. That's right. I
get it. I get it. But you put that on

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the agenda to happen
and here we are. Majority of that room

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that was filled when we made that wall
with Moon Lakers.

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» I don't This has nothing to do with this
town. This has to do with hamlets.

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What's going on in a hammock right now
in our town that's really out of control

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and it's not even proper way of state
the road going into it. So the safety

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and the welfare of anybody building the
lots on those lots are being sold is

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actually
not up to code. So their safety is

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actually
>> you got to go around to every property

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in this cabinet and go and check
everything that's not up to anything you

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want. But someone develops piece of
property the road going into those lots

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has to be made up to code.
>> I get it and there's stuff happening in

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the backwoods around here.
I get it. You only see that because it's

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happening right there.
But so what I'm saying, what's good for

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the goose, it's good for the gander. Are
we going to go police everybody? Are we

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going to go police the clear petties
that are on the lake? Are we going to go

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police the the dump sand on our water on
our our water shoreline? Are we going to

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go police all the bushes that are being
taken from our water areas because of

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the development? Like
>> I get it. I get it. But it's going on.

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All that's going on. Like I said, what's
good for the goose is good for the

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gander. Are we just got to start
policing it all?

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» I mean, the plan is moving ahead to hold
people to be accountable,

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» right?
>> You know, is that

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» it won't happen or we just got to pick
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» Not about picking issues.
>> Starting somewhere.

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» Okay.
>> I'm outnumbered. It's fine. I said, I

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said, I stand where I stand. I think
just about in the middle of the year

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» and I am a bit concerned about the cost
of the comprehensive 100% and I think

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that's something that we can address
when we when we work on our budget but

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to to decide what degree are we going to
have a plan

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» because as Joel said it could be $10,000
$70,000 and so we can it'll be up to us

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to decide and I think it's going to be
part of the the fiscal element of Right.

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» And I think having a very good code
officer that performs their duties the

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way they're supposed to helps in the
beginning.

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» I'm not going to put the what did I say
the shoe in front of the horse.

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» There you go.
>> There you go. Whatever it is. I'm not

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We'll see how it goes. I don't have it
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» Okay. Um, can I get a motion to appoint
our new code officer's uh salary

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increase?
>> I make such a motion.

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» Second.

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» All opposed.

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» I
welcome Casey.

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» Yes. Welcome.

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folder of a team audit
discuss names and different things right

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now but there you can see there's some
issues teachers health

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I just want you all to see

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I don't think I have

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copies.

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I didn't see any.

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Okay, I'll pass it around. I just do
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got names and everything.
um big bound five issues

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um with the different employments and
hours of vacation

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and health coverage that should have
been paid and dues and this and that. So

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Mr. The journey is going back however
they don't contact us and we'll ask for

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permission that we we need to see I
guess when we get it to they won't find

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us

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they did find some things if you want to
look at it okay

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Did you file it away?

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back into the file.
>> All right. Uh, next on the agenda is the

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climate smart community with Caroline
Bob. Welcome Caroline. Thanks.

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» Sorry, I know it's barely out of time. I
was doing another presentation in sign

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language immediately before this. Um I
have slides but I also don't I

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ability to hear it. Okay. One second. Is
there a place for me to stand?

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» Here you want to sit down and take a
sure.

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» Great. Okay.
Hi everyone.

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Um I'm Caroline Dodd. Um I am the proud
association and I am the extremely

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recently appointed private smart
communities coordinator. Um, so this is

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a new position to me, but I'm not new to
Aka. Um, and I am here to talk about the

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climate smart communities program, which
um, the town of Franklin has already

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passed. You you all have already passed
a resolution to um, participate in which

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is awesome and great. Um, but so I can
talk a little bit about what the program

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is um, just for context. So climate work
smart program is a free and voluntary

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program for municipalities
and the goals are to reduce greenhouse

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gas emissions and build community
resilience to the impacts of climate

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change. Um, and it involves a
categorized list of actions that support

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local climate initiatives, but also
support um, more broadly just local

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initiatives that kind of build um,
resilience and um, preserve natural

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spaces and things like that in your
community. Um, and it's really adaptable

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especially to rural municipalities which
is um, kind of the only type of

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municipality I work with because I am
the coordinator for the north country.

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So um it's sponsored by state sorry
eight state agencies but it's

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administered by the DEC so I'm funded by
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um so the benefits of participation in
the program um participating and

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certified communities are better
positioned to earn points towards

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climate smart grant funding. So, um, in
the most recent round of grant funding,

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which the applications were in July, um,
there were $18 million available. So,

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um, it's quite a lot of funding that can
be used for a lot of various projects.

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Um, you don't have to be a certified
community in order to apply for that

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funding, but once you are a certified
community, you get um and then another

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benefit is technical assistance, which
is me and also the Anka climate and

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energy team more broadly. Um, but I'm
the official appointed regional

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coordinator. Um, and then there's a
whole bunch of resources that I can

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distribute to you all. There's webinars,
there's um an email list that's kind of

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like a regional, not not regional,
statewide network of participating

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communities. Um and then there's a lot
of tools and templates that can help you

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get certified. So you're not just
starting from scratch. Um and then it

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provides a framework in the future that
you can use to inform um other planning

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um which it sounds like you're working
towards a comprehensive planning effort

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which this can um kind of go hand in
hand with which is um great. So then

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just distinguishing between registered
and certified, you all are registered

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community, certified communities
complete um 122 points worth of actions

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and the town of Franklin has already
through clean energy communities and

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working with Nancy Bernstein who's the
coordinator for that program um

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completed like I think around a hundred
of those points. I think there's a

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resource that was distributed um that
describes

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how many points you already have, but um
there are basically a couple of options

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for high point value actions that you
all can um work towards to achieve

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bronze certification and the timeline
for that there's a January deadline and

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there's a June deadline. So um among
task force members it can be determined

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which um which posted lines makes the
most sense as a goal post. Uh a little

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bit more context of program there's 474
registered communities. Um that being 18

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million New Yorkers in large part
because New York City is a close

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community. Um but also this this as you
can see this is a map of all of the um

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participating communities. So it's like
pretty well distributed across the

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state. Um and there's 185 certified
communities. Um 20 only 25 of them are

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silver certified which is the highest
level right now. Um and I think is

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actually working towards that
certification. Um and then this is just

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a map of that's zoomed in of the north
country. Um these little blue dots are

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registered and the the brown ones are
broad survey.

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» Um so quite a few neighbors. there's a
lot of regional precedent for this

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program and that also just means there's
a lot of um work that's already been

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done that you can kind of copy and build
upon um which is helpful. Um there's a

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list of pledge elements. I don't need to
read them all to you but the stage

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you're in is the first pledge element
which is build a climate community. So

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that is the resolution that you already
passed and then there's a second

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resolution that um involves the
appointment of a task force. So the task

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force has already been meeting but um
and I can't remember I don't think

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you've already passed this resolution
but it's um a task force leader and then

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membership and then a unit
representative which will be presumably

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um and [clears throat]
unless he quits

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and [laughter]
and then there's beyond that um kind of

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you can pick and choose across the
different um elements to um pick the

436
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ones that work best for you. But there's
a list of priority actions that um you

437
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:47,040
have to do I think free of and then
there's a list of um other actions that

438
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:52,800
you can complete and get various points
for and I will be available to assist

439
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:59,119
along the way. Um the task force is
again advisory board that collaborates

440
00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:04,319
with local government to accomplish the
goals of the plan. Um and kind of looks

441
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:08,480
different in every community. Some task
forces have an extremely large amount of

442
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:14,000
people. Some task forces are three
people. Um it can be done either way. Um

443
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:20,240
obviously more people is nice but not
necessary. And then um again there's a

444
00:52:18,319 --> 00:52:26,800
lot of different actions. You have
already completed two of the like main

445
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:33,599
priority actions um regarding greenhouse
gas inventory and um an energy out for

446
00:52:30,559 --> 00:52:37,200
this building which is great. Um, and so
you're kind of ahead of the game. A

447
00:52:35,359 --> 00:52:41,440
couple other others that the task force
has been discussing recently is having a

448
00:52:39,359 --> 00:52:47,200
presence at Garlic Fest, which would
count towards education and engagement.

449
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:52,160
Um, and yeah, there's um plenty of ideas
and ways to incorporate these actions

450
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:56,800
into existing programming as well.
>> Um, and I'm just how far are we to

451
00:52:55,476 --> 00:53:01,200
[clears throat] bronze?
>> Very close. Like you have 22 points,

452
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:04,960
» right? Yeah.
>> Right. So yeah. Okay.

453
00:53:03,599 --> 00:53:08,559
» You're in you're extremely well
positioned to be certified.

454
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:13,040
» Okay. That's what we've done with the
exam. I just want to clarify.

455
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:14,880
» So yeah, you're doing you're doing
great.

456
00:53:13,599 --> 00:53:19,680
» That's all I want. I just want
>> so people very far. You were very close.

457
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:25,440
So yeah. Um a little bit more about the
grant programs. They are 50/50 match or

458
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:29,839
the D contribution can be up to 80% with
demonstrated financial hardship. And it

459
00:53:27,839 --> 00:53:34,319
covers both planning and implementation.
So planning as in comprehensive planning

460
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:38,160
or uh climate action planning and
vulnerability assessments, things like

461
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:43,359
that or implementation is projects like
the town hall for example. Um quite a

462
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:48,079
few communities in the north country
recently qualified for these grants.

463
00:53:45,599 --> 00:53:53,440
Lewis County got $200,000 for a blood
study. um the town of Platsburg, excuse

464
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:59,200
me, town of Platsburg got $100,000 for
their comprehensive plan. Um which has

465
00:53:56,720 --> 00:54:05,520
sustainability elements that have to do
with the program. Um and then Sak Lake

466
00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:12,960
also just got um $72,000 for a
vulnerability assessment. Um so people

467
00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:18,079
are doing this all over. Um, I will
mention one other element of the program

468
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:21,440
that we are working on right now is a is
a countywide initiative. It's called

469
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:27,680
climate adaptation and resilience
planning. KARP is the acronym with two

470
00:54:24,240 --> 00:54:33,680
C's. Um, and it's basically we are
funded to provide a free countywide

471
00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:38,880
adaptation and resilience plan. um which
is more specifically dealing with

472
00:54:36,079 --> 00:54:44,240
threats and vulnerabilities and how do
we create adaptation actions to address

473
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:47,440
those vulnerabilities and uh bolster
community resilience. So um that's

474
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:52,400
something we're currently working on in
Lewis County and then we're trying to

475
00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:57,119
identify a second county to um work on
that with. Um but yeah, that's just

476
00:54:55,119 --> 00:55:02,720
another element of this program uh for
your awareness. And then

477
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:08,319
these are all pictures which are not
that important. And then just in

478
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:13,200
conclusion the support that I can
provide um you don't necessarily need

479
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:17,119
guidance on formia task force anymore
because you have task force which is

480
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:21,599
great um but I can provide support
especially in accessing the portal which

481
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:27,760
is the website. It looks like this.
These are the ashes. This is where they

482
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:30,559
calculate your points. Um, and I can
help you kind of make sure that the

483
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:33,760
things that you've already done are
documented correctly so that they

484
00:55:32,079 --> 00:55:41,760
actually earn the points that you should
be learning. And um,

485
00:55:37,359 --> 00:55:45,280
and also it is to your advantage to um,
access this portal sooner rather than

486
00:55:44,079 --> 00:55:50,799
later so that you're not trying to
submit all of it all at once at the end.

487
00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:55,839
Um, and then I think they do have that
kind of information

488
00:55:52,720 --> 00:56:02,280
if you can read this. This is why
um and that's all I have

489
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:07,000
questions.

490
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:18,400
Good. Um so I'm pretty excited about
this and really willing to be

491
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:25,520
and a couple things that caught my
attention. one is that um uh so it's not

492
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:30,640
the nicer fun is nice because it's we
don't have to match it matching but

493
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:35,920
there two projects that I have that I'm
thinking of we have um some money that

494
00:56:32,799 --> 00:56:42,400
we're going to be spending on the K
and so that money you know we have

495
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:48,160
elements that would satisfy the uh the
grants that we could maybe double that

496
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:51,599
money by getting a grant for the
pavilion Yeah.

497
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:53,599
» So, it could be lighting their heater. I
don't know. I have no idea what. But

498
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:57,839
that's
>> they have to direct this or something.

499
00:56:57,440 --> 00:57:01,839
» Yeah.
>> Yeah. So, because we already planning on

500
00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:06,720
spending that money, it would be a way
to augment that with more money.

501
00:57:04,559 --> 00:57:12,079
» And then I know we're all a bit
concerned doing a comprehensive plan for

502
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:15,280
this town. And so, if there can be
anything that helps us with that, that

503
00:57:14,079 --> 00:57:16,559
would be huge.
>> Yeah.

504
00:57:15,599 --> 00:57:21,680
» I think
>> so. Those are the two things that really

505
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:26,880
attracted me that uh what Caroline's
talking about. And then the other

506
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:32,400
element of it is this we will be
required to pass two resolutions.

507
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:40,720
And on the very last page of the
handout, it's a little annotated, but

508
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:45,440
it's the resolution uh for us to become
finance for our community. One important

509
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:50,000
thing is it does not um in any way
require us to uh uh upfront spend money.

510
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:53,520
» Yes.
>> So it's it's a promise that we're going

511
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:58,160
to do our best at energy, but it's not
going to cost us anything to do this.

512
00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:03,119
And um
>> and also if you never get certified,

513
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:07,280
then the you know climate smart police
are not coming for you.

514
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:11,760
» Yeah, that's right. Climate police. And
so, um, that's something that I what I

515
00:58:09,839 --> 00:58:14,720
would like to see is, um, you know, I
don't think we should vote on a

516
00:58:12,799 --> 00:58:18,799
resolution today because we haven't all
had a chance to digest it. But I think

517
00:58:17,359 --> 00:58:23,920
it would be good to read through this
and then ideally if we were if we choose

518
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:29,200
to agree to pass this if we could do it
at the next meeting that would be moved

519
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:32,799
to the garment fest and then gets us the
points because we're going to have an

520
00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:37,920
educational element to that and these
guys are going to have a table with an

521
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:41,839
ang and I think also our local committee
through David's going to have

522
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:47,599
information for people about energy
savings and what [clears throat]

523
00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:52,960
so Um, so that's just a heads up if it
makes sense to the rest of you guys to

524
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:58,400
uh, you know, consider these resolutions
uh, in time for the next meeting. And if

525
00:58:55,920 --> 00:59:05,440
you do have any concerns, uh, when you
read through it, um, yeah, let me know.

526
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:08,599
It's editable. I think it's only showing
what's inside

527
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:20,240
there. I'll make a point of getting a
big copy of resolution to everyone.

528
00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:24,079
So, but does that sound reasonable?
I'm

529
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:30,079
» also just a point of clarification is
that you can match a portion of the

530
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:33,240
money with um hours works but it's not
it doesn't

531
00:59:33,599 --> 00:59:40,440
I don't remember the distribution is
that I can follow that

532
00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:53,760
» uh yeah so we've got I think we still
have 13,000 left And uh we're kind of

533
00:59:50,480 --> 01:00:01,359
done with well actually error is still
built but um I shop and there's a list

534
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:07,440
of smaller things that can be done um
that will be helpful at the garage and

535
01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:13,119
get put on that we can charge that and
we have a ticket until 2028 but I email

536
01:00:10,319 --> 01:00:18,640
their extender give him a quote to send
us the bill for the pub got it and to uh

537
01:00:16,799 --> 01:00:22,880
and maybe we'll meet with Jacques
getting

538
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:27,520
that's yeah that's something that we're
actively doing right now

539
01:00:25,040 --> 01:00:31,359
» as well as getting the
moment the electricity for the solar

540
01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:36,880
panels goes to the garage we don't
really have any money we should and so

541
01:00:33,599 --> 01:00:42,520
I'm figuring out the process of there's
an element that we hadn't

542
01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:42,520
just

543
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:52,280
» but that's what all the guys
Yeah. Oh,

544
01:00:55,680 --> 01:01:05,720
» thank you.
>> And you can always email or call me if

545
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:05,720
any questions.

546
01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:10,520
Thanks to De who got heavy.

547
01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:19,280
So, she's going to be the coordinator
for our um for our group, the planet.

548
01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:24,319
And that's one of the things that I
insisted that we hold off until we have

549
01:01:21,359 --> 01:01:30,799
somebody willing to run this thing.
>> Yes. Yes. That is that is leadership.

550
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:34,319
» Yes.
>> Yeah. And I was willing to do that. We

551
01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:38,119
still had to have the
>> Yeah. George

552
01:01:45,359 --> 01:01:53,079
» Yeah, she's an engineer now working for
engineering companies and she work for

553
01:01:50,079 --> 01:01:53,079
Florida

554
01:01:55,680 --> 01:02:03,599
town halls were great. So Amy and Marina
have been working on this and I think

555
01:02:01,119 --> 01:02:07,200
we've come up with
we spoke the insurance company today or

556
01:02:05,839 --> 01:02:10,960
yesterday pull me back and I think you
gave us some good information.

557
01:02:09,359 --> 01:02:15,280
Um
what I mean got it written up to a point

558
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:18,559
that we think we're ready to pass it.
>> Yeah. I'd like everybody to have a

559
01:02:16,880 --> 01:02:22,720
chance to read it shortly. At this point
we kind of have to move forward because

560
01:02:20,319 --> 01:02:27,680
we have so many so many requests for
utilization on this town hall.

561
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:33,760
» Yes. And of course, part of the process
is to kind of slow that a little bit as

562
01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:36,960
well by having an agreement in place and
you know fees covering the cost of

563
01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:41,280
cleaning
>> um or security deposit and also

564
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:43,280
providing credibility insurance,
>> right?

565
01:02:41,839 --> 01:02:48,079
» But however, with the closing of
Bloomingdale pool, our local Girl Scouts

566
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:52,079
troop still have a place to meet. So
they're looking for a place to meet once

567
01:02:49,599 --> 01:02:57,040
a month. There's about eight girls who
would be participating and maybe four or

568
01:02:55,040 --> 01:03:01,280
five adults
and they asked they sent me some dates.

569
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:04,960
They've asked if they could meet here.
They do have insurance. They're willing

570
01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:09,920
to clean out after themselves and tidy
things up and make it nice before they

571
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:13,839
leave. Um so with September coming
really fast and want to be able to

572
01:03:11,920 --> 01:03:17,520
Right.
Right. So, do you want to send everybody

573
01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:21,400
the agreement online or do we have one
ready to put out yet?

574
01:03:26,799 --> 01:03:31,839
» Yes.
>> I asked the insurance company, they said

575
01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:36,760
it's kind of a rough draft of it. I
could shatter that around and

576
01:03:38,319 --> 01:03:45,520
» 50 people.
>> Yeah. Put that in the insurance, right?

577
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:49,640
» In the insurance. So, that's
required to have a million general.

578
01:03:55,680 --> 01:04:02,240
» That's okay. I'll just read. So, go
ahead.

579
01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:06,400
What do you think? We want to pass for
the insurance for the Girl Scouts to use

580
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:08,240
it. We're just going to ask that they
cover cleaning. Correct.

581
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:14,400
» Yes.
>> Are we going to wave that for the Girl

582
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:14,400
Scouts? Yes.

583
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:18,160
party,
>> right?

584
01:04:16,319 --> 01:04:22,680
» And they're nonprofit. I think that puts
into

585
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:22,680
» Okay.

586
01:04:23,680 --> 01:04:28,480
» wants to have a feature if somebody
wanted to come and have a small

587
01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:33,839
gathering like a graduation party or
baby shower or whatever. As long as

588
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:40,319
there's no wild
>> $45

589
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:46,119
is for the cleaning to cover security
to be. All right.

590
01:04:43,119 --> 01:04:46,119
» Okay.

591
01:04:48,640 --> 01:04:53,680
» And then just remind me if you're a town
resident, it's the cost that need

592
01:04:53,364 --> 01:04:57,760
[clears throat]
>> across the board at this point. It's a

593
01:04:55,760 --> 01:05:02,240
$50
per

594
01:05:00,319 --> 01:05:06,079
I think that's should be next is
reviewing them and and separating things

595
01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:10,720
out because an event is much different
than a birthday party for example. So I

596
01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:15,359
think we have work to be done there and
also opening the doors you know for

597
01:05:13,119 --> 01:05:20,240
somebody who live out town
>> at hotel conflict with the date maybe

598
01:05:17,839 --> 01:05:22,880
charging fee. So
>> there's some more but

599
01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:28,520
» well we want to get through the town
hall partners.

600
01:05:24,319 --> 01:05:28,520
» Yeah. This looks great.

601
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:35,839
» So you're talking about not the town
hall.

602
01:05:33,039 --> 01:05:40,799
» This is a town hall. You ask about the
pavilion. I asked for

603
01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:42,319
» No, I us
>> a fee

604
01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:43,039
» a fee for this.
>> Yes.

605
01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:47,359
» Yes.
>> Yeah. We said it was originally what $50

606
01:05:45,599 --> 01:05:53,760
and I think we're just increasing it to
$100 to buy a dollar for the

607
01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:58,160
» Is a security deposit refundable or
collecting $100 to be donated?

608
01:05:56,319 --> 01:06:03,559
» I believe we're collecting $100 to be
donated.

609
01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:03,559
» Yeah. originally

610
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:09,119
» says deposit a deposit is unrefundable.
Right.

611
01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:11,839
» Right. We have like we said this is a
rough draft. We have some editing that

612
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:14,839
we discuss.
>> Okay.

613
01:06:15,039 --> 01:06:20,599
» We just want to show legally going
forward what we need from our insurance

614
01:06:20,799 --> 01:06:23,799
something.

615
01:06:34,960 --> 01:06:42,280
Next time we'll have the resolution
here.

616
01:06:38,319 --> 01:06:42,280
» Yeah, great idea.

617
01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:47,640
» Do you want to

618
01:06:47,839 --> 01:06:56,720
make an option to um accept the Girl
Scouts since we need to make a plan for

619
01:06:55,119 --> 01:07:02,880
fall?
That sound right? Okay. I'll make a

620
01:06:59,039 --> 01:07:08,480
motion before. All in favor? I said here
that the $100 will be refunded. Security

621
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:14,359
deposit will be refunded within 30 days
right the key is returned. No physical

622
01:07:11,359 --> 01:07:14,359
damage.

623
01:07:15,839 --> 01:07:18,839
» Just

624
01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:25,480
all in favor.

625
01:07:25,520 --> 01:07:31,760
That's so
when Amy took over, she had given me the

626
01:07:30,319 --> 01:07:36,079
existing agreement
>> that the prior clerk is using. So I did

627
01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:40,079
have an opportunity to look at it. I
kind of put it on hold because obviously

628
01:07:37,839 --> 01:07:43,440
the comprehensive plan, but I I do
remember I do have some comments that

629
01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:45,760
I'm happy to share with you all.
>> Okay.

630
01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:48,880
» So that we can get a final agreement.
>> Okay. And and I think that one of the

631
01:07:47,680 --> 01:07:52,480
things that was in there was the fact
that if it's a nonforprofit like the

632
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:55,680
Girl Scouts, you know, then you guys
have, you know, certain discretion in

633
01:07:54,400 --> 01:08:01,039
whether or not you want to collect a fee
or however you want, you know, different

634
01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:02,960
than somebody it's a forprofit or, you
know, a wedding or whatever.

635
01:08:02,319 --> 01:08:07,599
» Right. Right.
>> You know, so so that was

636
01:08:05,440 --> 01:08:09,440
» but but I'm happy to look at it and
share that. Okay.

637
01:08:08,799 --> 01:08:12,440
» Thanks. So
>> yeah,

638
01:08:14,640 --> 01:08:20,319
» moving forward. So the comprehensive
plan, um,

639
01:08:18,799 --> 01:08:23,679
of course, we're working on this right
now. I have not much to report on it.

640
01:08:22,159 --> 01:08:28,719
We're just trying to get through the
task force first two meetings. I

641
01:08:25,279 --> 01:08:32,319
understand where we're going and what's
dealing with.

642
01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:36,480
» We have we have some big what's that?
>> But we have people on it on the task

643
01:08:34,400 --> 01:08:42,359
force task force. We do our
comprehensive comprehensive. Yes,

644
01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:42,359
there's two. put them in my smoke.

645
01:08:43,679 --> 01:08:47,839
» Okay.
>> Okay. So, they are there. I haven't

646
01:08:45,759 --> 01:08:52,159
spoken with them yet, but they know that
they will we're trying to get stuff now

647
01:08:49,839 --> 01:08:59,040
to collect as we move forward to get to
them and then we'll do get a work.

648
01:08:57,199 --> 01:09:03,480
No, I continue to keep it up on the
website, right? Push that out again.

649
01:09:06,159 --> 01:09:15,679
» And we didn't receive any RFP responses.
We received full regarding the RFP, but

650
01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:20,440
» kind of the general consensus of how
much you're willing to spend and where

651
01:09:17,279 --> 01:09:20,440
the money.

652
01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:25,520
» No, I think we need to see where we're
going. Yeah,

653
01:09:23,839 --> 01:09:29,120
» that's okay. We have we have more to
improve. I can discuss and see what we

654
01:09:27,839 --> 01:09:33,199
think we need or how we want to move
forward.

655
01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:37,600
I think it's going to really enforce.
>> Yeah. Now reiterate that we have the old

656
01:09:35,759 --> 01:09:45,560
law
major subdivision that we could put in

657
01:09:40,319 --> 01:09:45,560
place even maybe before the comprehens.

658
01:09:59,120 --> 01:10:02,920
» All right. IT updates

659
01:10:03,199 --> 01:10:07,920
going on.
>> Well, Squest did reach out as promised

660
01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:12,719
because our contract is coming to an end
on the old printer and they have told me

661
01:10:11,199 --> 01:10:16,800
at one point that, you know, they can
leave you the the estimate that we're

662
01:10:14,480 --> 01:10:21,520
going to fix it. At this point, it's
doing just fine.

663
01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:28,679
just maybe just keep helping it along
and and know that if it does die, we're

664
01:10:25,280 --> 01:10:28,679
going to have to

665
01:10:34,719 --> 01:10:40,080
» um I just heard from her. I have to send
her a couple more things. I think she'd

666
01:10:38,320 --> 01:10:44,239
be ready
for that because I think that's going to

667
01:10:42,239 --> 01:10:50,000
be key for me.
>> I do too. I'll work on that too.

668
01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:52,719
» The thing with the with Verizon with the
phone system that we're going to she

669
01:10:51,440 --> 01:10:59,159
would be able to have an app on her
phone to receive calls instead of using

670
01:10:56,159 --> 01:10:59,159
personal.

671
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:13,840
Anybody else got it? Oh, we got a new
What did they give us? A new

672
01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:18,640
» They gave us a bigger access point.
>> Access point. I felt that what was there

673
01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:22,560
before was too small that wasn't
reaching all the corners. So you got

674
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:28,080
your new computer running that.
>> That's all good. Baby took the code

675
01:11:24,159 --> 01:11:32,800
enforcement officer laptop clean
what needs to be on there on there and

676
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:40,440
got her email.
>> Thanks Amy. We have some committee

677
01:11:35,360 --> 01:11:40,440
reports. Senary committee first

678
01:11:41,120 --> 01:11:47,679
senary committee now.
>> Well you can get it. Go ahead.

679
01:11:46,560 --> 01:11:51,320
» You want to just give us a little
report, but you got

680
01:11:52,800 --> 01:12:02,560
» secondary. We um there's probably four
or five members that are on it down and

681
01:11:58,159 --> 01:12:08,560
that was gracious enough to be on it. Um
some restructuring um of the the rules

682
01:12:06,159 --> 01:12:15,760
and ransom
a little bit. Um, we're going to bring

683
01:12:11,440 --> 01:12:19,360
back a suggestion of u fees um with the
times because they were much lower than

684
01:12:17,679 --> 01:12:24,800
what they were back when they were first
impacting and then some general

685
01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:30,880
maintenance uh issues with uh all places
that need need to be done. And then in

686
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:36,480
the in the future, I'm looking for some
maybe expansion or a driveway or

687
01:12:32,719 --> 01:12:41,840
something like that to 7 yard long-term
goals, but we're just getting the uh the

688
01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:46,960
framework of the uh cemetery rules and
whatnot together. So, it's going very

689
01:12:44,159 --> 01:12:50,800
well. Really is. And we're going to get
copies of the uh the maps and actually

690
01:12:49,120 --> 01:12:55,840
have a database to actually
chronologically find someone versus you

691
01:12:54,320 --> 01:13:01,360
know walking through the big cemetery
trying to find somebody where actually

692
01:12:58,719 --> 01:13:04,960
back up of the photograph and a location
and maybe a little narrative of history

693
01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:09,600
like if they were involved in the
military or fires. So it's going to be

694
01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:14,320
pretty good.
>> Nice.

695
01:13:11,679 --> 01:13:20,400
I did complete organizing the files for
each one of the series

696
01:13:17,679 --> 01:13:24,480
alphabet and I started enter I think I'm
99% complete and getting them entered

697
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:30,239
into an Excel spreadsheet so we can
search that based on last name data

698
01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:38,400
and whether or not they were in service.
Um I do have a resolution that I like

699
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:41,840
that covers us Franklin Cemetery.
Historically maintenance has been shared

700
01:13:40,560 --> 01:13:46,000
with the town of St. Arman because
there's literally a line down the center

701
01:13:43,600 --> 01:13:51,120
of of the cemetery.
Um previously I guess there was some

702
01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:55,520
sort of a an agreement on file but
neither one of our towns can locate that

703
01:13:52,880 --> 01:14:01,280
agreement. So Deina put it forth that
we're responsible for our side, they're

704
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:06,560
responsible for theirs. She
advised that they are solely responsible

705
01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:12,000
for the entry road and they don't expect
us to do anything we offered. Okay. In

706
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:14,000
the past, it's kind of an thing I think.
Okay.

707
01:14:12,239 --> 01:14:16,960
» But as far as the road that passes
through the portion of the cemetery that

708
01:14:15,440 --> 01:14:21,040
we're responsible for, we are
responsible for maintenance of that.

709
01:14:19,199 --> 01:14:23,040
» Um so you should at least have a copy of
that. Great.

710
01:14:22,800 --> 01:14:26,800
» Yeah.
>> So it just be nice. It's been very

711
01:14:24,640 --> 01:14:31,280
informal to this point and just to
protect ourselves moving forward in the

712
01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:33,840
event that you know folks change
positions [clears throat] or just to

713
01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:40,239
have something on record that we are
sharing this. So in other words, John

714
01:14:36,159 --> 01:14:46,199
Dubrey goes and he his half aros they
have and it's just been that way

715
01:14:43,199 --> 01:14:46,199
forever.

716
01:14:51,520 --> 01:14:54,760
I accept

717
01:14:58,960 --> 01:15:02,360
it all.

718
01:15:07,600 --> 01:15:09,440
It's all
>> Are you sure?

719
01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:14,640
» Yeah.
>> Do you want to vote?

720
01:15:11,760 --> 01:15:18,560
» I'm
sorry.

721
01:15:17,600 --> 01:15:22,040
» No, I'm good.
>> I'm sorry. Sorry.

722
01:15:30,400 --> 01:15:39,600
» So, the youth program ended last Friday.
It was very well attended and successful

723
01:15:36,480 --> 01:15:43,920
program. It's had a great time. Um, I
haven't finished filling out the

724
01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:48,960
paperwork for the 2026 grant to the
counties to receive the $4,100 that we

725
01:15:46,400 --> 01:15:54,400
received to them for 2026 year, which I
have it almost ready to go. I also had

726
01:15:51,440 --> 01:15:57,840
to do the new grant for 2027, which I
wrote the grant, filled everything out,

727
01:15:56,239 --> 01:16:03,679
sent to them by the deadline. So, that's
in place for 2027.

728
01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:08,400
» So, I think everything otherwise is
great and good.

729
01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:15,320
» Do we know our numbers for next year?
No, for what we had this year.

730
01:16:11,199 --> 01:16:15,320
» I'm Well, we had 57.

731
01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:19,920
» Yes. So,
>> yeah.

732
01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:23,360
» Close to 60, right? That's good.
>> Somebody stopped by and say maybe it was

733
01:16:21,760 --> 01:16:28,679
Martin. Martin said yes.
>> It was really great to go and see kids.

734
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:33,120
» He's going to bring his kid up there
next year. He said they were all having

735
01:16:32,239 --> 01:16:35,280
fun. So,
>> so the attendance very good, do you

736
01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:38,800
think?
>> Yes.

737
01:16:36,480 --> 01:16:42,000
» I think it was great. I think there were
30 40 kids there a day.

738
01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:45,199
» Every time I went up at a different
little talk, so at least 10 kids just

739
01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:51,840
» Oh, yeah.
>> having a good time.

740
01:16:47,920 --> 01:16:56,239
» Okay. Um, we have a task force like to
give us an update at BEu, John.

741
01:16:55,120 --> 01:17:00,000
» I certainly can.
>> Okay.

742
01:16:58,480 --> 01:17:03,840
» So,
everybody probably has heard at least a

743
01:17:02,239 --> 01:17:07,920
little bit about what we've been up to
the last month. So, we we had three

744
01:17:05,199 --> 01:17:12,719
meetings, a group meeting, um really
more just training, trying to figure out

745
01:17:09,440 --> 01:17:16,719
what we're doing. Uh at that point, we
were still talking with Roger and Roger

746
01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:21,199
and I talked quite a bit over the week
about uh which permits that are

747
01:17:19,040 --> 01:17:26,080
currently out there would be exempt,
which one we would be looking at. So,

748
01:17:22,960 --> 01:17:30,000
Roger contacted
14 people and asked them to come to the

749
01:17:28,239 --> 01:17:35,840
next meeting, which was very well
attended. Of those, 14, 11 showed up.

750
01:17:33,760 --> 01:17:38,640
Uh, and of course, as we know, Roger
resigned right before it, so it kind of

751
01:17:37,520 --> 01:17:44,719
turned out to be a little bit of a messy
meeting, but I think we did okay. Uh, it

752
01:17:41,679 --> 01:17:51,360
remained cordial, I'm happy to say. And,
uh, nobody got mad at us, too mad at uh,

753
01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:58,960
to so far, we have not approved or
denied any permit or project whatsoever.

754
01:17:55,440 --> 01:18:03,040
Um, we did another meeting last night
and we're kind of getting on the same

755
01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:09,440
page with Casey. We're kind of going
slowly through files. Amy's helping us a

756
01:18:05,120 --> 01:18:14,800
little bit with that. So, um, the wheels
are turning. Uh, it probably appear to

757
01:18:12,400 --> 01:18:20,400
be slowly, but we are being diligent.
And I'd say after our August 25th

758
01:18:17,840 --> 01:18:23,679
meeting, we should really have some
report.

759
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:30,239
» August 25th at
>> 5:30. I was going to say

760
01:18:27,280 --> 01:18:34,960
» and is anyone waiting to
be president of this?

761
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:41,040
» Yes. So, there were three people who
really want or I'm sorry, four actually

762
01:18:38,159 --> 01:18:46,960
who really wanted a a permit or were
kind of held up in the process. So, last

763
01:18:43,760 --> 01:18:50,960
night, you know, we we have 42
uh permits that we thought we need to

764
01:18:49,280 --> 01:18:56,000
either look at. Most of them, I think,
are going to be exempt. Um, so we

765
01:18:54,080 --> 01:19:01,440
actually looked at the four that were
pressing last night. We only got to nine

766
01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:07,679
total, but four of those were those and
so now they're in Casey's hands to

767
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:11,840
locally get those carpets out.
>> Thank you.

768
01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:17,840
So, so D, I just wanted to just
reiterate. So, the the task force will

769
01:19:14,880 --> 01:19:22,080
put together a list of recommendations
um and then present them to you and then

770
01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:27,280
Amy can put together a resolution and
then you are the the final word on

771
01:19:24,719 --> 01:19:31,440
whether or not the variance or waiver of
the moratorum will be um will be

772
01:19:29,600 --> 01:19:34,719
granted. So, that's what you should look
for. So they should be doing the, you

773
01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:38,960
know, the clerical work, the backup
work, working with Casey, going through

774
01:19:36,800 --> 01:19:44,159
their process and then saying to you,
okay, here's a list of 10 people, for

775
01:19:41,440 --> 01:19:49,120
instance, that are uh we feel are
eligible for a waiver. And then you you

776
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:54,560
all would create the waiver. They can
continue to build and then Casey will

777
01:19:51,520 --> 01:19:59,679
then take new permits in and then if she
determines that again the task force

778
01:19:57,199 --> 01:20:03,040
needs to review those, then they'll they
will do that. Come to you. you make the

779
01:20:01,440 --> 01:20:08,000
final decision. So that's that's what
the process will look like. And I think

780
01:20:04,880 --> 01:20:12,560
that after going through these 42 or
whatever, um, you know, I think the

781
01:20:10,320 --> 01:20:16,560
little bit of a glitch was that once the
task force started looking at what the

782
01:20:14,640 --> 01:20:20,159
former enforcement officer was
collecting, they realized that things

783
01:20:18,560 --> 01:20:24,560
weren't being collected. So that's
really what has has stalled, you know,

784
01:20:22,480 --> 01:20:28,320
the process. So hopefully Casey here,
get them up to speed, get them running,

785
01:20:26,560 --> 01:20:32,159
and then it should just be, you know,
more plain than, you know, new

786
01:20:30,159 --> 01:20:36,000
applications coming in. The board knows
what the criteria are, you know,

787
01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:39,600
Jonathan is is comfortable running it or
what, you know, whatever. And then

788
01:20:37,440 --> 01:20:43,920
again, um, Henry, they should be able to
to do all of that unless, you know,

789
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:49,440
something comes up quote unquote legally
or they have questions and I but no need

790
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:53,679
for me to be sitting there, you know,
while they do their normal job. So the

791
01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:58,719
assault stat for me in case she can
disapprove and don't have to go

792
01:20:56,159 --> 01:21:04,159
» if she can absolutely if if it does not
fall under the you know the um criteria

793
01:21:01,199 --> 01:21:09,040
in the mortorium she absolutely can
approve those that can go straight and

794
01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:11,920
then no no need for a waiver. So the
only thing that the task force really

795
01:21:10,400 --> 01:21:17,920
should be doing is looking at ones that
need a waiver. However, because the

796
01:21:14,400 --> 01:21:22,480
records are so um inefficient at this
point, what maybe was identified as not

797
01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:26,560
needing a waiver does need a way. So,
that's I think with a little bit of a

798
01:21:23,840 --> 01:21:34,040
glitch that
>> Thank you.

799
01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:34,040
» So, the festival is

800
01:21:36,159 --> 01:21:41,679
what is it?
>> 28th.

801
01:21:38,480 --> 01:21:47,320
» 20th Sunday.
Oh,

802
01:21:43,760 --> 01:21:47,320
» you don't know that.

803
01:21:48,400 --> 01:21:55,520
» I just realized I can't make it.
>> So, I just want to put out there that um

804
01:21:52,719 --> 01:21:58,880
I will contact Demarco disposal for
garbage cans. Great

805
01:21:56,719 --> 01:22:02,239
» and because he does our garbage. That's
what we want to offer to do and we'll

806
01:22:00,480 --> 01:22:06,400
get the two quarter jobs. So, we have
three garlic festival. something went

807
01:22:04,560 --> 01:22:12,880
wrong about that
>> and then she somehow talked to or maybe

808
01:22:09,199 --> 01:22:14,960
you guys talked to the um counselors for
her summer program.

809
01:22:14,320 --> 01:22:20,880
» Yes.
>> Willing to come and paint faces and then

810
01:22:18,719 --> 01:22:24,719
somebody's talked to Stewarts and gotten
a bunch of ice cream and cups and that's

811
01:22:23,280 --> 01:22:29,920
but it's only for the kids.
>> Yeah. The kids the kids program uh staff

812
01:22:28,239 --> 01:22:36,400
is putting that together for
>> just fun participate. And there's more

813
01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:41,080
and more things happening. It's going to
be it's going to be actually a pretty

814
01:22:37,840 --> 01:22:41,080
big event.

815
01:22:41,760 --> 01:22:45,760
» They need some cars.
>> How's the parking like what's the deal

816
01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:49,440
with that?
>> I think they figured that out parking on

817
01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:52,560
the grass.
>> And then

818
01:22:49,840 --> 01:22:55,920
» there's a big plan that I have not.
That's a good question.

819
01:22:53,760 --> 01:22:58,960
» Are we And then um the alcohol thing.
Are we serving alcohol? Isn't hot or

820
01:22:58,080 --> 01:23:01,679
anything going to be there?
>> Yes, but I think they're off to the

821
01:23:00,159 --> 01:23:08,199
side. You have to stay.
>> Do we need a permit for that? Because

822
01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:08,199
it's a no. It's a no.

823
01:23:08,239 --> 01:23:14,480
» I don't know.
>> I'll put that on.

824
01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:18,480
» All right. So, when I spoke with my
sham,

825
01:23:15,840 --> 01:23:21,920
» you do. You need a permit.
>> They need

826
01:23:20,400 --> 01:23:27,040
not
Amy's aware and has that those forms

827
01:23:24,480 --> 01:23:33,600
that need to be filled out. We talked
about that. Thank you.

828
01:23:31,120 --> 01:23:36,639
» Traditionally, due to the type of that
they are, they're able to get an offsite

829
01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:43,080
permit.
>> I think the bigger thing is that because

830
01:23:38,800 --> 01:23:43,080
the town has a no alcohol

831
01:23:43,920 --> 01:23:48,239
that it should be discussed and approved
for

832
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:53,600
an exception.
>> Yeah. So, do you want to discuss it?

833
01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:59,440
» We should.
It opens ourselves up to if anybody

834
01:23:56,080 --> 01:24:04,480
questions that happening there from the
festival why I think we should cover you

835
01:24:02,880 --> 01:24:11,360
know
basically. Yeah. So, how do we go?

836
01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:16,120
» We need to make an account just for that
day. And is that going to be

837
01:24:16,960 --> 01:24:24,719
» It's a It's a resolution. It's a
resolution, right? That we would say

838
01:24:21,360 --> 01:24:30,080
that you're going to relax that criteria
just for the festival for that vendor.

839
01:24:29,360 --> 01:24:33,600
» Yeah.
>> Just want to be careful. I mean the

840
01:24:31,840 --> 01:24:36,600
alcohol
barely

841
01:24:37,760 --> 01:24:43,679
come back on us.
>> I think we're just making a resolution

842
01:24:41,600 --> 01:24:46,800
to say for the garlic festival has asked
if they can have a beer temp. So we'll

843
01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:50,960
make a resolution. We're going to yeah
we're going to pass our regulation of

844
01:24:48,960 --> 01:24:56,159
what we normally allow
>> them to proceed with.

845
01:24:53,760 --> 01:25:01,199
» I'd like to make that resolution.
>> Okay. or

846
01:24:59,280 --> 01:25:04,400
» yeah, I'll second that. As long as we
have something on the book that we're

847
01:25:02,639 --> 01:25:06,239
for that day, I think that's make it
safe

848
01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:10,960
» because the assumption is that they they
have the appropriate permit, right? As

849
01:25:08,639 --> 01:25:15,440
as the vendor with the state, right? So,
all you're doing is just allowing them

850
01:25:13,120 --> 01:25:17,520
on your property on the town's property.
>> Right. Very good.

851
01:25:16,480 --> 01:25:20,960
» Right.
>> Insurance wise,

852
01:25:19,920 --> 01:25:24,960
» insurance,
>> we don't cover that because they have

853
01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:28,639
the permit. They have the right covered
under their

854
01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:32,400
» and the garlic.
>> They both got their own insurance to

855
01:25:30,480 --> 01:25:37,639
cover them.
>> All in favor?

856
01:25:34,639 --> 01:25:37,639
» I

857
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:09,920
issue. What date you want everything to
you?

858
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:14,080
» All right. Friday. Okay.
>> Yeah. So, I have one article so far for

859
01:26:12,480 --> 01:26:18,239
me.
>> Well, aren't you

860
01:26:16,880 --> 01:26:21,164
Paul? Don't you want to write us
something? [laughter]

861
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:26,320
» Me to write you something. Do you want
to put something in about the moratorum

862
01:26:25,280 --> 01:26:31,280
or about
>> the zoning and all of that?

863
01:26:28,400 --> 01:26:34,960
» Can we
the um Maryland?

864
01:26:33,679 --> 01:26:38,480
» Yes, that will be in there. Can we add
that?

865
01:26:35,840 --> 01:26:41,360
» Did you see the um do you think she send
you more? Go ahead. Well,

866
01:26:39,280 --> 01:26:48,080
» she's having an email. She wants to take
a walk with me when she's up to look at

867
01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:52,400
» Oh, okay. So, did you see all the um the
history on that? That was in a primary.

868
01:26:49,920 --> 01:26:56,960
Is that cool? Yeah. So, yeah. Yeah. And
and Jock's going to be um the one that's

869
01:26:55,280 --> 01:27:00,000
going to know where the safest place to
put that is.

870
01:26:58,159 --> 01:27:04,000
» So,
Jock,

871
01:27:01,600 --> 01:27:06,719
you can go with Jock and Maril and you
>> and my dog.

872
01:27:04,719 --> 01:27:09,840
» They're looking for a date in October.
>> Yes. We don't know till the plan gets

873
01:27:08,239 --> 01:27:13,440
here, but it should be done before that.
So, we'll let you know. They'll let me

874
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:18,719
know from the cast in place and all
that. Okay. And we are open to public

875
01:27:17,360 --> 01:27:21,679
comment. Would anybody like to say
anything?

876
01:27:19,440 --> 01:27:26,480
» Yeah.
>> So, I got a couple questions and

877
01:27:23,840 --> 01:27:30,239
concerns, but uh I don't want to hurt
anybody's feelings and my feelings

878
01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:35,920
aren't hurting them. A couple meetings
ago, you stated that Joel told you

879
01:27:32,960 --> 01:27:43,199
elected officials can't be a volunteer
board in section 24. I looked that up. I

880
01:27:40,320 --> 01:27:46,719
called associations of counties and the
only thing that I could find The only

881
01:27:45,040 --> 01:27:51,040
thing they they don't have anything on
it. An elected official cannot hold two

882
01:27:49,360 --> 01:27:54,719
elected positions. Nothing about
volunteer goals. So I got a

883
01:27:52,719 --> 01:27:59,440
clarification on that please.
>> The clarification is that you may be

884
01:27:57,120 --> 01:28:04,400
considered the consultant to the board.
If something comes up for instance the

885
01:28:01,040 --> 01:28:08,800
board is talking about a road they need
to consult you. So therefore you would

886
01:28:06,480 --> 01:28:12,400
be as an elected official a consultant
to the board. So you can't be a voting

887
01:28:10,480 --> 01:28:16,560
member of the board. That's
>> okay. So, let me let me get this

888
01:28:14,719 --> 01:28:21,600
straight. This this whole thing that's
going on is not about roads. It's about

889
01:28:19,440 --> 01:28:26,400
building and it's about permitting for
the buildings. Correct. Incorrect.

890
01:28:23,840 --> 01:28:31,840
» Uh incorrect because it's it's incorrect
because it's it's about potentially

891
01:28:28,239 --> 01:28:36,800
development. So, the the once there's a
joint planning board and zoning board,

892
01:28:34,480 --> 01:28:40,159
site plan review will be will be on the
agenda for those folks. They're going to

893
01:28:39,040 --> 01:28:45,440
be looking at roads. they're going
they're going to need your expertise to

894
01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:52,800
help them to to maneuver a site plan so
that the town is um is covered and that

895
01:28:50,639 --> 01:28:57,360
the developer is properly putting a rope
together and and meeting those

896
01:28:54,639 --> 01:29:03,600
specifications. So they need you to help
them with that. So therefore,

897
01:29:00,960 --> 01:29:07,520
» well, the only time I argue because
attorney, but the only time that would

898
01:29:05,280 --> 01:29:12,080
take place is if we had a talk in a
discussion about taking a road because

899
01:29:10,159 --> 01:29:16,800
as far as I know, and if you can point
it out to me because I did get here, as

900
01:29:15,199 --> 01:29:21,199
far as I know, if there's a development
going on, the town has nothing to do

901
01:29:18,719 --> 01:29:25,679
with it. If it's a private driveway,
private road, etc. If it's going to be

902
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:30,000
something the town takes over, then yes,
then the board weighs down. So do I. But

903
01:29:28,159 --> 01:29:33,840
they ultimately have the decision. I can
I can advise them on that. So okay. So I

904
01:29:33,440 --> 01:29:38,159
got that.
>> Well, what would happen if I'm on one of

905
01:29:35,920 --> 01:29:42,000
our town roads though coming into a town
road that they want to make a new thing

906
01:29:39,760 --> 01:29:45,600
from theirs to our town road. But let's
say you say, well, first of all, the

907
01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:48,719
culbert there isn't going to hold what
you want to put through there. So now we

908
01:29:47,040 --> 01:29:52,960
have to replace the culvert. Now,
>> well, that's that's a that's a given. If

909
01:29:50,400 --> 01:29:56,320
if just like what we had on that, right?
>> Somebody built a house in there. We had

910
01:29:54,320 --> 01:30:00,960
to bring that up to because as you know,
They've been out like that for 50 years.

911
01:29:58,880 --> 01:30:04,800
So again, this is no feelings. This is
being told one thing and finding out

912
01:30:02,480 --> 01:30:10,639
that that's not accurate. Okay? So I'm
moving on from that's I got

913
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:16,719
no disrespect. Um I don't want anybody
take this personal, you know, uh you

914
01:30:12,880 --> 01:30:20,960
guys voted for almost a 44% increase for
code enforcement and um and and don't

915
01:30:18,639 --> 01:30:23,760
take this no offense at all.
>> Um I didn't hear anything about

916
01:30:22,320 --> 01:30:27,520
credential. This is me talking as a
taxpayer. I didn't hear anything about

917
01:30:25,280 --> 01:30:32,320
credentials and I don't mean to put
anybody on the spot, but we have

918
01:30:30,480 --> 01:30:39,280
somebody at the end of the table that's
doing a town clerk job and if you can

919
01:30:34,800 --> 01:30:43,360
give money an increase, a 44% increase,
I think the board should consider

920
01:30:40,960 --> 01:30:49,679
raising or what she does. I work with
her considerably and I know all you guys

921
01:30:45,600 --> 01:30:54,080
do as well and I would really think that
you guys should at least consider that.

922
01:30:51,600 --> 01:30:58,800
I'm not saying tell me what to do. I'm
asking you to consider that based off

923
01:30:55,600 --> 01:31:02,239
that. That's nothing against
>> just out of curiosity, you know, what

924
01:31:00,719 --> 01:31:07,159
are credentials because all I heard is
that she's going to be again just me

925
01:31:04,159 --> 01:31:07,159
ask.

926
01:31:08,159 --> 01:31:16,960
» So, I just want to go back to when we
get the budget for 2026. We cut the

927
01:31:12,719 --> 01:31:21,040
salary of the new town 24,000 because we
didn't know who was going to be elected.

928
01:31:18,960 --> 01:31:24,480
We also said we didn't know what the you
know we wanted to start at a fresher

929
01:31:22,960 --> 01:31:28,880
since we didn't know
>> and so when when Amy got elected I think

930
01:31:27,040 --> 01:31:31,679
we brought it back up to currently to
28,000

931
01:31:30,560 --> 01:31:35,400
» 26 right
>> 26 it was 280

932
01:31:36,159 --> 01:31:42,239
» to what it was it was 285 I think 28
something

933
01:31:40,320 --> 01:31:46,880
» we brought her back up just because we
felt we knew she had a lot of work do I

934
01:31:44,800 --> 01:31:50,719
know Amy has a lot of work absolutely do
we as a board want to discuss us doing

935
01:31:48,800 --> 01:31:55,040
that in the middle. Now we can or can we
say you know what because of what she's

936
01:31:52,639 --> 01:31:58,560
done done next next budget hearing we
could say you know what let's give her a

937
01:31:56,400 --> 01:32:03,040
5% raise instead of the two because the
tax cap would be two that would

938
01:32:00,400 --> 01:32:07,840
compensate then going forward
>> so I know we brought it up once we bring

939
01:32:05,440 --> 01:32:11,199
it up once we bring up and it's nothing
against

940
01:32:08,800 --> 01:32:16,840
» I understand that and this is not
>> we were bringing her up to the same

941
01:32:12,480 --> 01:32:16,840
salary that we um

942
01:32:17,360 --> 01:32:23,920
» I thought it was 26 now
Oh, okay. It was going to be 28 and we

943
01:32:22,239 --> 01:32:27,760
only
>> Okay, my mistake. I apologize.

944
01:32:27,040 --> 01:32:32,520
» Um,
>> so just on curiosity where because

945
01:32:33,840 --> 01:32:36,880
» I can show you. You want me to send it
to?

946
01:32:35,360 --> 01:32:40,639
» No, I was just curious because never got
spoken about. I'm asking

947
01:32:38,320 --> 01:32:43,600
» Well, she's a certified officer.
>> Where was her?

948
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:46,000
» From New York State.
>> Where?

949
01:32:44,639 --> 01:32:52,280
» Currently New York State.
>> No, I mean currently she works. She said

950
01:32:49,280 --> 01:32:52,280
that

951
01:32:53,440 --> 01:33:00,960
I'm just ask
but I really wish that you

952
01:32:58,880 --> 01:33:06,960
tell them to go ahead. Tell them your
resume.

953
01:33:03,679 --> 01:33:11,600
» I have I am a New York state certified
code officer. Um I've got several years

954
01:33:09,120 --> 01:33:16,080
working at Florida as a code officer in
their construction department as a

955
01:33:12,960 --> 01:33:22,080
project manager. I also own a building
that I've done renovations to. So, I I

956
01:33:19,040 --> 01:33:29,199
do understand both sides of it. Um, you
know, as I said, the files are messy.

957
01:33:25,280 --> 01:33:33,120
» Um, I I did not ask for more. Um, that
was completely out of my control. I just

958
01:33:31,440 --> 01:33:38,960
wanted to point that out.
>> Um, I I'm here trying to to do the best

959
01:33:37,040 --> 01:33:41,600
I can for the taxpayers.
>> Um,

960
01:33:39,679 --> 01:33:46,239
» I don't I don't doubt that. I really
don't. I didn't I just I watched the 44%

961
01:33:44,880 --> 01:33:49,760
increase. You didn't ask for it. I did
that and that that's why I didn't hear

962
01:33:48,800 --> 01:33:52,719
anything about credential.
>> So I'm going to say like the maximum

963
01:33:51,199 --> 01:33:57,120
appointed position
>> and what happened is he called and had

964
01:33:54,800 --> 01:34:00,120
put many phone calls into other uh
applicable

965
01:34:07,199 --> 01:34:12,760
to mine. It's not worth it for anybody
to work for that.

966
01:34:12,960 --> 01:34:18,560
» Amy ran as the elected official knowing
her salary. Going to be honest with you

967
01:34:16,639 --> 01:34:22,639
and she knew it then. When she got
elected, we brought it up to what it

968
01:34:20,000 --> 01:34:26,159
would be. Going forward next year, Amy
knows what her work entails. She can sit

969
01:34:24,320 --> 01:34:31,040
at our budget hearing and she'll give it
to Dick Clever and she'll say, "Listen,

970
01:34:29,199 --> 01:34:34,159
I have a lot of work." Like every year
you say to us,

971
01:34:32,320 --> 01:34:38,320
» all of us do. Listen, I've got a lot of
work. my budget I deserve x I want more

972
01:34:36,639 --> 01:34:42,800
than a 2% increase but we're elected
official

973
01:34:39,840 --> 01:34:44,639
elected officials different okay I want
to bring that up

974
01:34:43,360 --> 01:34:49,760
» I didn't know if that was a possibility
because we're overspending you know

975
01:34:47,040 --> 01:34:54,480
against council person agree that we're
overspending on a town attorney lot and

976
01:34:52,480 --> 01:34:58,719
just out of curiosity we never had a
town attorney here as often as we

977
01:34:56,239 --> 01:35:04,480
» well have okay but let's go back our
first town attorney when I came was Eric

978
01:35:02,400 --> 01:35:07,520
then we ended up because Eric wasn't
doing things fast enough when we were

979
01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:12,000
doing the highway garage. We had buying
them property and the buildings and

980
01:35:09,040 --> 01:35:15,840
everything. We got a an offer from
somebody from the town to go proono and

981
01:35:14,400 --> 01:35:19,199
they're going to be on call all the
time. Wasn't going to charge us whenever

982
01:35:17,360 --> 01:35:23,199
we needed them. Well, that turned into a
huge disaster. I don't think I have to

983
01:35:21,040 --> 01:35:27,520
go back to what that was about. Then the
following year, we asked Eric if he

984
01:35:25,040 --> 01:35:31,280
would come back. Eric said yes. And Eric
decided that he was going to go help a

985
01:35:29,360 --> 01:35:34,560
certain land developer in this town
because he knew there was a lot of money

986
01:35:32,639 --> 01:35:40,719
to be made. we had they gave us up as
our to be our attorney anymore.

987
01:35:36,800 --> 01:35:45,760
» So from there we ended up getting some
uh an offer to do this from a local

988
01:35:42,880 --> 01:35:49,520
person that said I would like and that's
how we have Joel and I'm going to say

989
01:35:47,600 --> 01:35:53,360
one thing when you progress in a town in
the builds it's going to cost money.

990
01:35:51,760 --> 01:35:57,440
» If you don't have the proper people
sitting as a code officer or different

991
01:35:55,280 --> 01:36:01,199
positions your money you're paying them
is actually being wasted because they're

992
01:35:58,960 --> 01:36:05,120
not doing their job. So the money that
was given out the last several years to

993
01:36:03,440 --> 01:36:08,639
a code officer as far as I'm concerned
was money that we will never get back

994
01:36:06,880 --> 01:36:12,960
and the job was never performed to the
capacity it should be performed in. So

995
01:36:11,440 --> 01:36:16,560
this is where I'm coming from and I hope
everybody can see that that this going

996
01:36:14,960 --> 01:36:22,320
forward we're a town. We're a growing
town. We need to protect the safety of

997
01:36:19,199 --> 01:36:26,719
our uh taxpayers and we need to know
that if someone builds something maybe

998
01:36:24,400 --> 01:36:29,920
they're only building it to rent out
well or when they rent it out people

999
01:36:28,400 --> 01:36:34,239
renting it safe. We want to make sure
it's up to code. What happens if they

1000
01:36:31,679 --> 01:36:37,520
sell it again? Is the code is the house
at up to code that if they sell it, the

1001
01:36:36,320 --> 01:36:42,400
next family comes in is going to be
protected and safe. So that's that's the

1002
01:36:40,080 --> 01:36:44,239
problem. That's where we are concerned.
>> Fire.

1003
01:36:43,679 --> 01:36:47,040
» Okay.
>> Um is the fast force trained all good

1004
01:36:46,080 --> 01:36:53,560
enough to
>> I believe they are. We have a good group

1005
01:36:48,480 --> 01:36:53,560
of people. We have John is a fire.

1006
01:36:55,840 --> 01:37:01,199
» Okay. is I I think one more meeting when
you know Casey's ready to present and

1007
01:36:59,760 --> 01:37:04,480
then they understand the process they're
going to be good to go.

1008
01:37:02,560 --> 01:37:06,800
» So basically you're going to go one more
meeting.

1009
01:37:05,199 --> 01:37:10,960
» Is that what you're
>> Are you going one more?

1010
01:37:08,159 --> 01:37:16,639
» I I'm I'm I'm I'm thinking that we need
one more so that the process then is

1011
01:37:14,080 --> 01:37:20,960
clear. But I certainly don't necessarily
need to go. I mean I can I can meet with

1012
01:37:18,480 --> 01:37:26,080
John and and Casey or whatever and they
can go from there. But I it's an issue.

1013
01:37:24,800 --> 01:37:29,280
» Just I'm going to tell you
>> because I heard what you said earlier. I

1014
01:37:27,520 --> 01:37:33,440
think do the same way. I thought you
were done. That's why I asked.

1015
01:37:30,320 --> 01:37:38,159
» No. And that's up that's up to John and
Todd and all them. They're on the task

1016
01:37:35,280 --> 01:37:42,480
force. I think they they're
comprehending it. I was at the one the

1017
01:37:40,239 --> 01:37:46,159
other night. I mean Casey's knows what
and with them she got along very well.

1018
01:37:44,000 --> 01:37:49,600
They communicated very well. Um she even
said a couple of things like okay let's

1019
01:37:47,760 --> 01:37:52,800
just do this and this since it's we're
working on this now and we'll go back to

1020
01:37:51,119 --> 01:37:56,639
those other ones which saved them a lot
of time I think that

1021
01:37:54,880 --> 01:38:02,239
» the only thing we haven't addressed is
that we have a project that we do feel

1022
01:37:59,679 --> 01:38:07,119
like the moratorum should be applied to
how we handle that in the correct way

1023
01:38:04,080 --> 01:38:10,400
and I think that's where our task force
needs to make sure that we're getting

1024
01:38:08,400 --> 01:38:15,440
exactly the town attorney wants to do
it. So that's that's the I passing them

1025
01:38:13,760 --> 01:38:19,520
through to the town board. I think we
understand the process and and I think

1026
01:38:17,920 --> 01:38:25,360
we can handle [clears throat] that. But
>> yeah, we didn't take like half of them

1027
01:38:22,639 --> 01:38:29,920
and just say here pass it. We stopped.
We looked at it last night said you know

1028
01:38:26,960 --> 01:38:34,560
what everybody's getting it regardless
from the top to the bottom. If somebody

1029
01:38:32,400 --> 01:38:39,600
does it like that then I'm sorry but
that's the way it is. And mine is one of

1030
01:38:37,199 --> 01:38:41,760
them there. And I'll take my lips if I
got to give up.

1031
01:38:40,480 --> 01:38:45,440
» Well, I think everybody who's going to
do things right way will take the lips

1032
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:48,679
or whatever have to do. They're not
worried about

1033
01:38:50,880 --> 01:39:03,199
» any other public comment.
>> So, um I attended the July meeting uh

1034
01:39:00,400 --> 01:39:08,000
via Zoom. I decided to give you some
feedback.

1035
01:39:04,639 --> 01:39:16,639
Uh I did it just cuz I was curious
and um what I found was that at times it

1036
01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:22,800
was difficult to hear certain voices and
like it was sort of garbled but I think

1037
01:39:19,760 --> 01:39:28,480
generally that occurred when more than
one person was talking at the same time.

1038
01:39:26,960 --> 01:39:34,080
» Um
the the town board people voices came

1039
01:39:32,080 --> 01:39:40,880
through pretty well.
Um, I didn't have any tr trouble hearing

1040
01:39:37,679 --> 01:39:45,520
uh people that were remotely talking
like Leo and the other woman.

1041
01:39:43,840 --> 01:39:49,920
» Uh,
and I think it might have been Have you

1042
01:39:48,080 --> 01:39:55,119
changed the position of the microphone
because of that? Yes, probably.

1043
01:39:51,920 --> 01:39:58,119
» So, that's probably a good improvement.
Um,

1044
01:39:58,480 --> 01:40:08,320
so in general though, I just think um
it's nice to have the option to attend a

1045
01:40:05,840 --> 01:40:14,719
meeting online
for those people that for whatever

1046
01:40:10,639 --> 01:40:20,639
reason don't come to meetings.
So that's one one thing. The other thing

1047
01:40:16,800 --> 01:40:28,239
I just wanted to mention was u beaver
activity on sink road right now. uh

1048
01:40:25,440 --> 01:40:34,880
the the section that's graveled
occasionally, you know, seasonally

1049
01:40:32,159 --> 01:40:43,520
gets flooded. Usually it's just one lane
of traffic. Right now it's across both

1050
01:40:37,920 --> 01:40:47,520
lanes of traffic. Um not super deep, but
um I'm sure God was aware.

1051
01:40:46,080 --> 01:40:50,080
» I don't know today. I was sure it was
there last week.

1052
01:40:48,480 --> 01:40:55,119
» Yeah. And I will tell you there is a
problem and you're aware of it.

1053
01:40:53,440 --> 01:41:02,239
I tried dealing with it. There's a
gentleman that has a dam and he puts

1054
01:40:59,520 --> 01:41:06,800
more material on top of it. We've had
gravel to that road several times. I've

1055
01:41:04,480 --> 01:41:11,760
addressed it through DC.
I when we work for the APA, I used to go

1056
01:41:08,800 --> 01:41:16,480
in there and knock on the door a while
back and pull some material off. The

1057
01:41:14,400 --> 01:41:20,719
last time I was in there, it was a heavy
windtorm. I had all the guys getting

1058
01:41:19,280 --> 01:41:25,360
ready. It was a Friday or Saturday. I
think it was I think it was a Friday we

1059
01:41:22,320 --> 01:41:28,639
were off. It was it was around 410.
I was very tired at the end of the day.

1060
01:41:26,880 --> 01:41:32,639
I took one of my guys. We came in from
room three. We didn't try to hide. His

1061
01:41:30,719 --> 01:41:36,239
house was right there. Great big glass
windows. He came out short version. He

1062
01:41:34,880 --> 01:41:40,560
threw me out the property because he
wanted to go to the he wanted me to go

1063
01:41:37,840 --> 01:41:43,760
to the center of the dam. And I said
because there's a drop off and there's a

1064
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:48,880
lot of sticks. But what's also being put
in there is grass clippings. be around

1065
01:41:46,880 --> 01:41:53,280
clipping grass
rocks the size of basketballs and it's

1066
01:41:51,040 --> 01:41:57,360
built up and that's one of the issues
tried addressing it and you remember we

1067
01:41:55,840 --> 01:42:01,840
had a phone conversation right out of
this office and he called after one time

1068
01:42:00,159 --> 01:42:07,280
I've been there
>> yeah there's also

1069
01:42:03,280 --> 01:42:12,320
» there's another dam
that's probably

1070
01:42:08,239 --> 01:42:14,320
» and Chris used to miss
>> he's not

1071
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:20,400
okay
>> I just thought I'd mention that And then

1072
01:42:16,320 --> 01:42:25,040
finally, um, I've been working on a a
document

1073
01:42:22,000 --> 01:42:27,600
that's going to highlight the recreation
facilities

1074
01:42:26,719 --> 01:42:31,520
of the town.
>> Oh, okay. Yeah.

1075
01:42:28,800 --> 01:42:36,960
» Um, I have a draft
that's available. What I'm thinking of

1076
01:42:34,000 --> 01:42:41,280
is [clears throat] maybe after you have
a chance to look it over,

1077
01:42:39,760 --> 01:42:43,360
maybe just putting it out on the
website.

1078
01:42:42,400 --> 01:42:49,280
» Okay.
>> Um, if you want, I can submit something

1079
01:42:47,440 --> 01:42:54,080
for the newsletter, but it's kind of
it's kind of long. It might be too long

1080
01:42:51,040 --> 01:42:59,040
for the news.
>> But anyway, I'm just trying to uh you

1081
01:42:57,199 --> 01:43:03,360
know, highlight
all the different recreation facilities

1082
01:43:00,960 --> 01:43:10,480
cuz there's, you know, 40,000
acres of state land and then 35,000

1083
01:43:06,719 --> 01:43:16,639
acres of conservation easement lands.
So there's trails,

1084
01:43:13,199 --> 01:43:20,000
you know, that people should be aware of
parking.

1085
01:43:18,000 --> 01:43:23,040
» You know, a lot of that, a lot of it is
on the

1086
01:43:22,239 --> 01:43:27,600
» very sure.
>> Okay.

1087
01:43:23,520 --> 01:43:31,760
» Right. But this kind of elaborates on a
lot of that

1088
01:43:28,480 --> 01:43:37,199
» and particularly gets into
the activities like hiking, biking,

1089
01:43:35,119 --> 01:43:42,880
snowing,
etc.

1090
01:43:38,639 --> 01:43:49,840
So just to make you aware at some point
>> I will submit that. Okay.

1091
01:43:45,679 --> 01:43:52,960
» I think that the website
and it also changes with time some of

1092
01:43:51,840 --> 01:43:56,960
the trails.
>> Would that also contribute to any point

1093
01:43:54,800 --> 01:43:59,960
for violence for our community?
>> Yeah.

1094
01:44:00,159 --> 01:44:08,560
» We won't find out
educational very educational.

1095
01:44:07,040 --> 01:44:12,560
Yeah.
Okay. And I just there's another one I

1096
01:44:10,639 --> 01:44:17,920
have to go over which I should have done
on this last month and seems again doing

1097
01:44:14,719 --> 01:44:22,239
it also. Um your association
um is kind of

1098
01:44:20,480 --> 01:44:28,880
submitted a resolution for all the towns
to take um would like someone from our

1099
01:44:25,199 --> 01:44:34,159
town to be down there to attend this. We
can do the resolution here also but um

1100
01:44:31,440 --> 01:44:39,679
other bill rights. But would anybody
like to go down September to be present

1101
01:44:36,639 --> 01:44:46,840
for this? Can you see the date? It's
it's uh it's 250 anniversary for their

1102
01:44:43,040 --> 01:44:46,840
associations and families.

1103
01:44:49,119 --> 01:44:59,760
» Is that overnight or just be over?
You can't be all day. Um

1104
01:44:56,880 --> 01:44:59,760
» what's the date?

1105
01:45:03,119 --> 01:45:06,440
Let me see.

1106
01:45:08,400 --> 01:45:14,960
I thought Oh, there it is. Um,
so if one of you would like to attend,

1107
01:45:13,199 --> 01:45:21,600
they could appoint someone to go down.
It' be very nice. It's on September

1108
01:45:17,440 --> 01:45:30,119
23rd, 21st at uh Pine Navy Country Club
on the Alexa Dog tournament. Thank

1109
01:45:26,159 --> 01:45:30,119
» Monday, too. Okay.

1110
01:45:30,400 --> 01:45:33,800
» The four seasons.

1111
01:45:33,920 --> 01:45:44,320
» All right. September 22nd to the 23rd.
>> And we can have more than one go. Um

1112
01:45:39,199 --> 01:45:48,800
it's $175 per member. We pre-register.
We say that all go built in.

1113
01:45:47,119 --> 01:45:54,520
And if there's a conference is what it
is.

1114
01:45:50,719 --> 01:45:54,520
» When do you have to know about?

1115
01:45:54,560 --> 01:46:01,679
» 26. August 26. I know. [laughter]
Jordana's late, too. I saw it.

1116
01:45:59,920 --> 01:46:04,639
» So, that was a Tuesday and a Wednesday.
>> Yes.

1117
01:46:02,560 --> 01:46:06,960
» There you go.
>> Would you mind? No. Would you like to

1118
01:46:06,239 --> 01:46:11,520
go?
>> I don't think so. No.

1119
01:46:09,360 --> 01:46:14,080
» You need someone to go. Is that Is that
mandatory?

1120
01:46:12,960 --> 01:46:20,480
» Would you like to go?
>> All right.

1121
01:46:17,119 --> 01:46:23,840
» So, um
other

1122
01:46:23,280 --> 01:46:27,520
information.
>> Okay. So it's it's about where has town

1123
01:46:25,840 --> 01:46:31,520
government provides services essential
to the vitality and success of New York

1124
01:46:29,520 --> 01:46:35,119
State like maintaining and repairing
roadways, protecting neighborhoods and

1125
01:46:33,600 --> 01:46:39,119
businesses, guiding and supporting
growth and economic development, and

1126
01:46:36,960 --> 01:46:42,560
acting as the first line of defense,
communication, and safety to all

1127
01:46:40,880 --> 01:46:46,960
residents every day of the calendar
year. Whereas towns in New York state

1128
01:46:44,800 --> 01:46:51,440
are synonyominally diverse, ranging in
population, geography, demographics, and

1129
01:46:49,040 --> 01:46:55,040
other factors, and decisions are best
made at the local level by the

1130
01:46:53,440 --> 01:47:01,679
government that best understands their
town's attributes, challenges, and

1131
01:46:57,280 --> 01:47:06,480
character. Whereas 933 towns in New York
State are claimed as home owned by more

1132
01:47:03,360 --> 01:47:09,840
than 9.1 million New Yorkers, New York
town should not be considered

1133
01:47:07,760 --> 01:47:14,960
subsidiaries of the state, but rather as
partners to shaping New York's future.

1134
01:47:13,280 --> 01:47:19,440
So the bill of rights is to protect and
defend our municipal home rule

1135
01:47:17,760 --> 01:47:24,080
um of the federal government closest to
the people's best positions to

1136
01:47:21,840 --> 01:47:30,000
understand local needs. Balancing
competitive balance competing interests

1137
01:47:27,199 --> 01:47:35,040
and making decisions that shape daily
life in meaningful ways. Preserving that

1138
01:47:32,639 --> 01:47:39,760
authority matters not just for towns but
for the health of local democracy

1139
01:47:37,040 --> 01:47:43,840
itself. Protect our lands. to guide our
development. Land use and zoning

1140
01:47:41,679 --> 01:47:48,080
decisions belong in local hands, not in
statewide zoning schemes or arbitrary

1141
01:47:45,920 --> 01:47:52,800
shot clock deadlines that ignore the
voice of residents and elected officials

1142
01:47:50,000 --> 01:47:57,360
that live there. Freedom from unfunded
mandates. Local taxpayers should not be

1143
01:47:55,440 --> 01:48:01,119
expected to bear the brunt of orders
placed by bureaucrats in Albany and

1144
01:47:59,119 --> 01:48:07,040
Washington DC. Taxpayers deserve
fairness and local budgets need relief.

1145
01:48:04,560 --> 01:48:11,280
Number four is monogize transpar
transparency, accessibility and

1146
01:48:08,960 --> 01:48:15,679
engagement, outdated public notice
requirements, soak up very essential

1147
01:48:13,679 --> 01:48:19,679
dollars and school budget by forcing
them to pay money for print public

1148
01:48:17,440 --> 01:48:24,880
notices that can be up in this and are
counterproductive civic awareness. And

1149
01:48:22,560 --> 01:48:28,719
number five is a voice in the city
impacting our hometowns. A true

1150
01:48:27,280 --> 01:48:32,400
partnership between the state of New
York and its local governments will

1151
01:48:30,239 --> 01:48:36,800
propel the entire state forward and bear
dividends to benefit all New Yorkers as

1152
01:48:34,880 --> 01:48:41,119
a governing body closest to more than
9.1 million New York New Yorkers. Town

1153
01:48:39,360 --> 01:48:47,199
government should be treated by the
state as true partners not as an afterth

1154
01:48:44,000 --> 01:48:53,679
of thought or world theory. So, do I get
a motion to accept New York State's bill

1155
01:48:49,199 --> 01:48:58,320
of rights for social to
>> Sounds wonderful. I move

1156
01:48:55,840 --> 01:49:02,800
» I'll make the motion. Second. Yeah. All
in favor?

1157
01:48:59,360 --> 01:49:05,840
» I Leo will be down to represent. Thank
you.

1158
01:49:04,080 --> 01:49:09,920
» Okay. Motion to adjurnn.
>> Are we going to post this?

1159
01:49:07,600 --> 01:49:14,960
» Oh, it's on. Oh, wait. I forgot. Okay.
Good thing every

1160
01:49:12,400 --> 01:49:19,920
» I didn't.
>> Okay. That is important there. Um, so we

1161
01:49:16,960 --> 01:49:24,560
got a letter from the fire chief uh
McNap. On behalf of the officers and

1162
01:49:22,239 --> 01:49:28,400
members of Linddale Fire Department, I
would like to express our sincere

1163
01:49:26,159 --> 01:49:32,320
sincere appreciation for the outstanding
support of Santa Cl volunteer fire

1164
01:49:30,400 --> 01:49:37,280
department was provided since the
establishment of our automatic mutual

1165
01:49:34,400 --> 01:49:40,639
aid agreement in 2021. That agreement is
provided. We're an automatic daytime

1166
01:49:39,040 --> 01:49:45,600
response to Louisville residents that
have been an invaluable resource to our

1167
01:49:42,880 --> 01:49:48,400
community we serve. Over the past five
years, your members have responded to

1168
01:49:47,040 --> 01:49:52,080
numerous insists alongside our
firefighters with professionalism,

1169
01:49:49,920 --> 01:49:55,920
dedication, a spirit of operation that
exemplifies the fire service. We're

1170
01:49:54,639 --> 01:49:59,199
grateful for the assistance your
department has provided and a strong

1171
01:49:57,600 --> 01:50:03,840
working relationship that has developed
between our organizations.

1172
01:50:01,520 --> 01:50:07,679
After careful review of our operation
needs capabilities, the Blooming

1173
01:50:06,080 --> 01:50:12,880
volunteer fire department has determined
that this automatic mutual aid request

1174
01:50:10,080 --> 01:50:17,440
is no longer necessary. Accordingly,
this better serves as formal notice that

1175
01:50:15,679 --> 01:50:23,040
the request for automatic mutual aid
established in 2021 will be terminated

1176
01:50:20,239 --> 01:50:27,760
effective Monday, August 31st at 7:00
a.m. The towns of Franklin and St. Arman

1177
01:50:25,760 --> 01:50:33,360
have been notified of this decision and
the Franklin County officer Office of

1178
01:50:30,480 --> 01:50:38,239
Emergency Services will be notified no
later than Friday, August 7th, 2026 so

1179
01:50:36,400 --> 01:50:42,320
that the appropriate dispatch procedures
may be updated before the effective

1180
01:50:40,000 --> 01:50:46,560
date. Please accept our sincere thanks
for the unwavering support department

1181
01:50:44,320 --> 01:50:49,840
has provided over the years. We greatly
value the relationship between our

1182
01:50:48,080 --> 01:50:54,159
departments and the floor to continue to
work together under fun under our

1183
01:50:51,360 --> 01:50:57,280
existing mutual aid agreements whenever
assistance feels required. The

1184
01:50:55,600 --> 01:51:00,719
Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department
remains committed to responding whenever

1185
01:50:58,960 --> 01:51:04,560
the Senate Volunteer Fire Department
requests our assistance and we

1186
01:51:02,800 --> 01:51:09,679
appreciate knowing that we can continue
to count on your department when the

1187
01:51:06,239 --> 01:51:13,760
need arise. So this is uh respectfully
Michael Woodruff. I attended a meeting

1188
01:51:11,440 --> 01:51:20,960
with Deina, myself
um and Morris from 911 for this and they

1189
01:51:19,440 --> 01:51:27,520
explained to us why they were doing it
and it was more just sometimes I think

1190
01:51:25,679 --> 01:51:31,679
they just start heading out. There was
enough guys here to cover it. So they

1191
01:51:29,679 --> 01:51:34,960
would tell them to go back. They didn't
need them. So they'd be halfway here and

1192
01:51:33,760 --> 01:51:38,880
they would complain if they got called
out or halfway there around.

1193
01:51:37,440 --> 01:51:41,599
» So I think there's the reason. There's
more of the story. If you want to know

1194
01:51:39,920 --> 01:51:43,119
if you call Mike, he'll explain it to
you.

1195
01:51:41,920 --> 01:51:46,280
» No,
>> I mean

1196
01:51:46,960 --> 01:51:51,920
no he's supposed to chief at um the fire
department.

1197
01:51:50,480 --> 01:51:55,280
» This a notice we might want to put on
the website.

1198
01:51:53,520 --> 01:52:00,800
» We can Yeah, I was going to have it's
part of our

1199
01:51:58,239 --> 01:52:05,080
» No, they probably listed it to us.
>> So I'm sorry. You're right. That's my

1200
01:52:05,599 --> 01:52:09,239
Okay. also Twitter.