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This is essentially an opportunity for us to be able

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to recognize our staff, who make our branches go

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and do all the hard work that make

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for these six beautiful buildings

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that we have all over Ville County.

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So what we'd like to do at this time is to go ahead

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and have all of the staff that are present, that are, are,

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are library staff to please stand up

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and to be acknowledged for all of your hard work.

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Take a look around the room. Stand up, Nancy. Okay.

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That's me. Okay. Thank you so much.

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I have more staff. Do I know.

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to return to, to work. So,

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Well, thank you for that addition.

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That, that is really good.

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Because you are what we are,

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because who we are and why we are.

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Okay. Thank you so much.

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meeting, any follow-ups?

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participation, which I think most

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of you are pretty familiar with it.

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It's a Can I ask a question though?

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Let me just finish my sentence. Sorry.

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Three minutes per person. And then we have the tonic.

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Where's the timer? Over here. Oh, over there.

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It's different in every room.

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What, going back to e what, what is the purpose

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of board comments regarding public comment? Just

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following week under public participation

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and they ask a specific question about

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the libraries, or why do you do this?

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This is not set up in the format of a, a dialogue contrast

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so that we can address it again and say, why do you do that?

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Here's our policy, here's our procedure, and so forth. Okay.

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So let's see who has the, you have the the ones to do that

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and we just ask that everybody be kind

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and considerate of each other and respectful.

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And we'll begin Our first person, Eden

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Steele. Do

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I take a seat here, right?

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I'm sorry. Right here. And there's a

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little microphone for you.

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Hi, my name is Eden Steele.

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I live in Garfield County and I'm here today along with Dr.

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Heather Eby to introduce

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and present to you to election

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protection pledges for Garfield County.

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We are a bipartisan group of four Garfield County residents.

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Greg Rippy from Glenwood Springs, Heather,

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Debbie Brule from Carbondale

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and myself, who have united around helping

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to protect the very foundation of our democracy.

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The right to vote, to have our vote counted

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and to have the will of the people prevail.

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The American people broadly support these basic principles

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of free and democratic elections.

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We represent different parts of the county.

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We're from Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, and Newcastle.

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We've created two pledges

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that support our elections here in Garfield County.

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One for businesses and organizations

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and one for individuals.

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The pledges are not meant to be partisan or controversial.

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to help reaffirm Garfield County residents trust in our

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elections as administered by our county clerk.

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Without interference from outside sources,

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including the federal government.

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In times like these, it can be easier

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and more comfortable to say, why stick our necks out.

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We don't like to be political. We do books here.

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with elections before.

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This year probably won't be any different.

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First, it may surprise you to know

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that Garfield County has been identified as an area

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of concern for the midterms

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by pro-democracy organizations like common cause.

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This means an increased risk of people coming to the polls

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to intimidate voters and scare them away from voting.

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Our pledge makes, reminds people

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that this is simply unacceptable.

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Second, standing up for our elections in democracy

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is not political.

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The 2026 midterm elections are a critical

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moment in our democracy,

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and none of us can afford to be silent.

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Threats to election integrity from disinformation

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and voter intimidation to attempts

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to reject legitimate results are all real and escalating,

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but so is the power of organized communities to push back.

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We all have a role to play in protecting democracy,

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but as community leaders, you have a special role.

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You can amplify your voice through your public actions.

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Finally, staying silent only feeds the rising

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threats to our election.

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Silence implies that we don't care,

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and I think we all do care.

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We urge you to get on board by signing the pledges, both

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as the library board and as individuals.

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Our democracy depends on all of our participation.

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then we really hope that each one of you'll step up

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and and sign as an individual.

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and I'm gonna read to you the election pledge

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that Eden outlined.

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So you get a chance to see what it is that we're asking you

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to consider The freedom to vote

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and to have our votes counted is the

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foundation of our democracy.

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The United States Constitution gives the authority

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to the states to conduct their own

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elections without federal oversight.

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Colorado's election system is widely recognized as one

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of the best in the country and serves as a national model.

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Colorado's elections are run by professionals.

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Election officials like our county clerks,

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are certified in Colorado election administration

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and must engage in continuing education requirements.

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and practice their plans year round so

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that elections are accessible to all eligible voters.

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Votes are properly counted

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and the will of the people prevails.

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Multi partisan election judges assist

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our election officials.

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These election judges who are Republican, democrat,

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unaffiliated, and for minor parties are trained

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to verify voter eligibility.

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Review every signature

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and tabulate every ballot cast in Colorado.

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Colorado's elections are transparent with meaningful citizen

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participation and observation across the

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entire election process.

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Colorado's elections follow the law

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and legal process to ensure only eligible voters can vote.

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Our county clerk and recorder in Garfield County has

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conducted our elections with integrity

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and without incident since her election in 2022,

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democracy demands and educated

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and engaged citizenry, we all have a role

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to play in protecting our democracy.

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Based on the foregoing, we agree to the following,

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we have confidence in Colorado's election system

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and in our Garfield County clerk and recorder

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and election officials under her supervision.

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We trust and

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expect, We do.

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We trust and expect Our officials

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to conduct our elections without oversight

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or interference from any kind, from any outside sources,

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including our federal government threats

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or intimidation of any kind against our election officials

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or against any eligible Colorado voter attempting

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to exercise their rights

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to vote are unacceptable and illegal.

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Such threats undermine our democracy,

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may keep eligible voters from voting

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and make the job of our election officials harder

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and more dangerous.

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Moreover, Colorado law prohibits anyone including law

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enforcement or the military from interfering

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with a voter attempting to exercise their right.

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We encourage all eligible voters in Guer County

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to make their voices heard by making sure they're registered

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to vote and casting their vote in the November 20, 26

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midterm elections. Thank you.

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Thanks, Heather. May I pass these out?

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Copy out to all of

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I think it's a cloud. No,

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but like, oh yeah, I just passed.

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I'll pass out. Is it, it's really,

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there's a, does that make sense?

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Yeah. I'll grab one. Like a secret society meeting, right?

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Just like wrong person.

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It's each one packet

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handy is for you.

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Don't separate them. Thank you, John.

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Oh, we need one from Abraham. This is for Abraham.

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Any extra? Okay. Did you all get one? We've all got one.

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Thank you. Thank you Christie.

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GI Christie,

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Enjoy in the moment.

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Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you.

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Hi Christie. Here we go.

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Christie Gill from Newcastle, Colorado.

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Why am I again addressing the topic

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of the graphic novel books housed in my Garfield County

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public library system?

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The ones with the pictures of explicit sex dogs,

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bloodshed violence children block behind bars written

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and illustrated by authors that have no moral con compass.

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Picture books that have not been vetted

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by the Garfield County Public Library System.

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These books exist in our public libraries

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for the same reason the sex ed classes are being taught

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to the kindergartners in the public school.

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This is called indoctrination.

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In the July meeting,

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I spoke about the Democratic Socialist One World order

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gave you evidence of its existence and history.

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Also the radical Islam, Muslim Brotherhood orders.

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And there are other evil agendas raising their heads. Also.

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They all have the same agenda.

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Death to America overthrow our constitution.

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They're gone for world domination.

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Immigration is one thing, Tony,

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but these have verbally said, we aren't here to assimilate.

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We want to take over America by force

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and violence if necessary.

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Democrat socialists are eradicating the old Democrat party.

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Radical Islam will just cut off our heads.

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One world order wants to brainwash

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and take control of the next generation.

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Our children, they are enemies of America

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and Israel, the First Amendment should not be used

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to shield the takedown of America.

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We all better wake up

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and we have been very naive, like the frog in the pot

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of live to our enemies, slowly turning up the heat.

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Ted Cruz, US Senator, said yes.

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Domestic threats are on the increase in America.

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They're coming in through the education system

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of universities, public schools, and the libraries.

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Who are you trustees to listen to these evil agendas,

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the a LA or citizens of Garfield County?

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I ask you to make a moral stand against evil.

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Will you guys permit any type of religion, activity,

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any type of free speech into our public libraries?

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I hope not. Colorado motto is nothing but divinity.

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America's motto is one nation under God.

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Second Samuel 2229. The Lord will expose the darkness.

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And I gave you a paper on Sedition law, which I thought

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for this time in our life are kind of

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getting really interesting.

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So I pray you guys will make the right decisions morally.

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I have one comment. I didn't think I had to read all the

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initial statements about, you know, the three minutes.

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One of 'em is please address the entire board.

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Not an individual board member.

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We work as a, as a board. Okay, thank you.

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Well, he asked me something last

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or July, so I was kinda answering that. Thank

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You.

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Okay. Carrie

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on Zoom.

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No, say it again.

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Carrie Thompson has exited.

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Okay. Okay.

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Do we have any more? That's it. Okay.

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Thank you very much for that. Kim.

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There we have one person.

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Has someone had their hand raised in the

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zoom, but they put it down.

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So maybe we're good. I'll

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let you know if anything else happens.

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Okay. Well I'll tell you what we're gonna move

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along with, with our agenda.

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And the next part is approval of the agenda.

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And this have a chance to look at this.

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This is, you need to take a vote on this. Madam

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President.

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I make a motion to approve the agenda. Second.

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Moved and seconded. Any discussion? All in favor A.

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Aye. Opposed? We have an agenda

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and the next thing on our agenda is the consent agenda,

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which I think we can include both A

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and B, which consists of minutes from last month's meeting.

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And then, excuse me, B claims for the board approval

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and general fund and alpine credit card statement

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To approve the consent agenda as

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Okay.

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Second back. It's been moved and seconded.

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Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Aye.

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Opposed? Okay. Action items.

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Abraham? Yes, you're up.

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So the action item that we have is,

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we have two policies essentially,

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and then we want to talk about the budget as well.

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So first we wanted to form a budget committee

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that Kevin's gonna come up and talk about

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That a little.

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Oh, hi Kevin. Hi.

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Hello everybody. It's budget season again.

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Next best data audit season. So we'll take it Anyway.

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So again, this is a annual requirement from the board

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of trustees that, that you do form your budget committee.

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The bylaws state that the the committee is, is made up

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of your board treasurer

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and an additional appointed member that you elect to put on

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that member on that committee.

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The other member that's required

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by your bylaws is your executive director.

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Abraham will be on that committee.

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And then, then Abraham, the director, has the authority

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to appoint other staff to be involved in that process.

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So we're here today to, to ask the board

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to appoint your second member, assuming

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that John Melanie will remain as treasurer through the end

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of the year to help us with the budget committee.

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I plan to remain. That's Treasurer end

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Of the year.

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Thank you. And then do you need another person?

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We need a volunteer from this board.

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So when, when does the budget committee meet?

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I mean, I'd be willing to volunteer,

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but I'm gonna be gone two and a half weeks in October. So

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That's a good question.

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Our first meeting is gonna be after September 30th.

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So it'll be between September 30th and October 8th

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before the next meeting here.

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Oh, gone. So we have lot of issues, lots of conflict

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between now and then, but

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that's the earliest we could meet in is September 30th.

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Okay. John, will that fit your schedule?

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30th, September 30th through 7th of October somewhere. I'll

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Make it work if we can do it online

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and try to be in person if possible.

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But if we'd great. Do it online. Okay,

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I'll, we'll, we will visit then some.

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I'm glad that you're available for, for that timeframe.

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Okay. I was curious if Brett was interested.

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I'm always interested, but it's also important

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to have everybody else be interested.

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Do you be interested? Sorry, interested in you

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or

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where's hr?

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Right there. She

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Doesn't have anything.

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So if Sydney has that time and wants to do it, I would,

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She just, I'm gonna be gone from the

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first through the 19th.

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Be tickled to death to join you guys for

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numbers, discussions.

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Write that down. Tickle, tickle. The down depth death.

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Well, I would nominate Okay, for that position, your honor.

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Your Honor. President, I'll

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Also, I'll also follow up

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with Cindy's comment about the, the time requirement.

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You know what the first meeting will be that first week

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of October there.

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There're likely to be one more, maybe two more between then

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and the December approval.

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The, I don't want to envision us being a heavy lift.

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We don't have significantly controversial budget items

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to, to, to discuss.

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But you know, there's, there's a few.

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And Brett, you, Brett, you remember

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from last year you were on

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the committee. I'm not worried about

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Let, It

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Looks just like that.

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I'm not here. So you can schedule it for them.

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Okay. That's fair. Very good.

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We have a motion on the floor to nom. I'll second. Okay.

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It's moved and seconded. Any discussion? Hip, hip. Hooray.

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All all in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? Thank you.

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Congratulations. Woohoo.

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Thank you.

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Your graft and corruption fund.

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Darn it. Okay, Kevin then, then you have the auditor. RFP.

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Yes ma'am. Okay.

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Alright. My next favorite subject is audit.

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And so I just wanted to brief you on the process

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that we went through to seek our next financial statement

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auditor for 2026 audit season,

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beginning at the end of this year.

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I'm gonna just gonna read some notes

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so I don't forget some things.

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But I wanted to let you know that, that Ed Green and Abraham

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and I were the committee members who reviewed

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and were engaged in this process.

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Thank you Ed, for your time and doing that.

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Really appreciate it. No problem. Great feedback.

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Great contribution, Abraham. Likewise.

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So the RFP was issued on June 29th of this year.

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Submissions were due by June, I'm sorry, July 27th.

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We gave a month for firms to respond.

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We received three submissions total.

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One submission arrived after the deadline

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and was not considered.

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So we considered two timely filed submissions.

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They were received from McManon Associates,

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who's our incumbent auditor as well

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as prospective business solutions, LLC.

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They're based in Littleton, Colorado.

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Each committee member then reviewed the RFP document along

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with the, we had a, a rubric that scored five,

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five different categories, including adherence

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to the RFP instructions, company information,

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the RFP, understanding the pricing summary and then terms

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and conditions, which included the term

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of a one year annual renewal up to five years.

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So that was the, the term we can only

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encumber one year at a time.

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But the terms were annual renewals were,

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were option for us to do.

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So that, that was the, the rubric that we used to, to

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rate the two submissions the committee met on August 11th

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to discuss each of these proposals.

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I'll read the, just some comments

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and notes that were compiled from the group

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and then give us, we'll give you our recommendation.

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I'll start out with that. We did rate McMahon

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and Associates as the best choice for all the reasons below

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McMahon, who was the most, has the most extensive experience

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with libraries and local governments.

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They have high quality staff.

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They had the most extensive bench strength, lots

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of staff on their, on their teams to help

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provide service to, to clients.

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They, McMahon has 21 professional staff.

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The other proposal from PBS has two staff.

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Second thing was McMahon provided a very thorough

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and data-driven discussion around the risks

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and benefits of auditor retention and turnover.

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They quoted a study from the Governmental Accounting Society

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that stated that audit

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or turnover does pose risks on

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missing certain items in a financial statement,

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missing transactions, not understanding the scope of a end

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of an organization, not understanding the history.

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Whereas the same study revealed that auditor retention

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is actually a benefit as an asset for the, for the client

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and not a liability by having in repeated turnover.

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So they gave a very good comprehensive discussion around

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retaining a auditor for more than a couple years in a row.

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We've had direct experience with McMahon and Associates.

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We've found that to be very professional, ethical,

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extremely competent when executing their audit.

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The, although also a close proximity to McMahon's offices,

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they're based in Avon, Colorado.

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It makes them much more accessible to us if they need,

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if they need to come on site

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and to do any of their work on site.

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The last several years,

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all the work has been done remotely since COVID.

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It switched everyone over to a remote setting

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and we've done everything remote since then

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and IT technology allows us to be able to do that.

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But they have made onsite visits before, again, PBS.

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The other firm submitted is based in Littleton, Colorado

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of the two proposers,

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McMahon's submission was the most professional

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and thorough the PBS proposal

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provided a, a website link to their website

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that opened up an error message website not found,

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and then additional web searches where it's, it's very,

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I could hardly find anything about them.

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And finally I found a Facebook page

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that was last post was in 2020.

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Hmm. Oh, the two proposals were,

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were very reasonable in price.

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They were only differed in price by $2,000, demonstrating

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that they understood the, the scope

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of the project very well.

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McMahon also provided a very detailed fee schedule around

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staff levels of staff that will work on our audit,

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give auditor, our manager, partner and staff.

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So it was very thorough in how they came up

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with their cost proposal.

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The cost proposal for year one was $15,000.

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The the, they charged us 16,150 for 2025.

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So they're, they're proposing

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below budget from where we are this year.

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With all that being said, the committee does recommend

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that the board accept the vendor recommendation of McMahon

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and Associates to be the library's next

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financial statement auditor.

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And with that, I'll open it up for any questions.

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Sounds pretty thorough. Do,

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do you need a motion? I

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Move that we accept McMahon and Associates as our auditor

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For the upcoming year.

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Yeah. 20 20 27. 26. 26.

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Done in 27. Seven.

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Okay. Yes, correct. Okay. So second. I, second.

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Second. Okay. Stephanie, any further discussion?

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Okay. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Okay.

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Thank you. Thank you. And thank you for the committee.

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Thank you for your work ed. Oh, no

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Problem.

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Thank you.

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I will say that they have done work

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with McMahon, you know.

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Oh good. Mr. Garfield County. And they, they do a wonderful

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Job.

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Good. Thank you for that. Thank you.

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Look like we have Nancy Barn. Hello. Good

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Afternoon.

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Good afternoon. So I'm back with two policies.

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We had the first reading last month.

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I'm asking for approval of those two policies.

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The first is a revision of our code of conduct.

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The only change the board asked for was a way

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to differentiate the

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limits around sleeping.

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And so you can find that on page two

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of the handout that I gave you.

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It's now separated as per permitted behavior

527
00:28:38,975 --> 00:28:40,505
with safety parameters.

528
00:28:42,605 --> 00:28:44,705
No other changes were made since last meeting.

529
00:28:47,255 --> 00:28:49,025
This is the same, the one that we have

530
00:28:49,045 --> 00:28:50,305
as the same as the one that was in,

531
00:28:50,615 --> 00:28:52,785
Yeah, I just reformatted it in the new format.

532
00:28:53,005 --> 00:28:54,305
So, so I apologize for not having

533
00:28:54,305 --> 00:28:55,625
that in the packet. She gave

534
00:28:55,625 --> 00:28:59,825
Us another Oh, okay.

535
00:29:03,745 --> 00:29:08,025
I didn't see in last, last month's, minutes a lot

536
00:29:08,025 --> 00:29:10,865
of discussion or any discussion.

537
00:29:13,565 --> 00:29:15,945
So I apologize if I'm repeating anything

538
00:29:15,945 --> 00:29:17,745
that was said last month when I was not here.

539
00:29:19,725 --> 00:29:23,865
The definition, the publicly viewing expl, sexually explicit

540
00:29:23,925 --> 00:29:25,385
or pornographic materials.

541
00:29:25,765 --> 00:29:28,425
Now, well over a year ago when some

542
00:29:28,425 --> 00:29:31,105
of these discussions about explicit material started,

543
00:29:31,605 --> 00:29:33,265
my understanding was that we,

544
00:29:34,565 --> 00:29:36,705
and I couldn't find it in our policies,

545
00:29:36,765 --> 00:29:37,785
but I could dig further.

546
00:29:38,155 --> 00:29:39,745
Don't use the word pornographic.

547
00:29:40,135 --> 00:29:41,885
It's not, does that make sense?

548
00:29:42,145 --> 00:29:43,645
So do you recall that discussion?

549
00:29:44,165 --> 00:29:45,165
Yeah. I Think

550
00:29:45,165 --> 00:29:47,445
This is lifted from our existing internet use policy.

551
00:29:47,885 --> 00:29:50,805
So we do use it in an approve, currently approved policy,

552
00:29:51,655 --> 00:29:53,045
which is our internet use policy.

553
00:29:54,225 --> 00:29:57,605
Was it Beth, can you help us out on that?

554
00:29:59,955 --> 00:30:04,045
Well, are you asking the legal definition of pornography

555
00:30:05,075 --> 00:30:09,165
because that there is not, there is not, not one.

556
00:30:09,685 --> 00:30:11,725
I think that's why we weren't using that word.

557
00:30:12,775 --> 00:30:17,005
Right. Well, I mean, yeah, so you know, it is one

558
00:30:17,005 --> 00:30:21,845
of those things like the court has kind of been back

559
00:30:21,845 --> 00:30:24,605
and forth on what that definition is.

560
00:30:24,845 --> 00:30:26,645
I don't think it's really been identified

561
00:30:26,745 --> 00:30:28,365
to anyone's satisfaction.

562
00:30:28,635 --> 00:30:33,525
However, we can certainly kind

563
00:30:33,525 --> 00:30:37,845
of work to remove that particular word and then try

564
00:30:37,845 --> 00:30:42,485
and better address

565
00:30:42,555 --> 00:30:43,725
what the concern is.

566
00:30:44,985 --> 00:30:47,565
So if the board wanted to approve,

567
00:30:47,725 --> 00:30:48,765
I think that would be fine.

568
00:30:49,395 --> 00:30:52,605
Just with a caveat that legal will be

569
00:30:53,145 --> 00:30:56,605
making a revision on that, that particular statement to,

570
00:30:59,865 --> 00:31:02,725
to just address this concern about the definition.

571
00:31:03,835 --> 00:31:06,325
Yeah. And that's why we're bringing these up every month

572
00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:09,045
now and going through all the old ones is

573
00:31:09,045 --> 00:31:11,365
because we're learning more every time we go through them.

574
00:31:11,825 --> 00:31:13,285
So I think

575
00:31:13,865 --> 00:31:17,565
before we put anything stamp,

576
00:31:17,815 --> 00:31:20,205
stamp our approval on anything, we need to make sure that

577
00:31:20,275 --> 00:31:22,645
that definition, when we're using that word,

578
00:31:22,715 --> 00:31:26,285
that definition, that we've defined what it means.

579
00:31:28,065 --> 00:31:30,845
And, and best not to leave anything vague if we're trying to

580
00:31:31,515 --> 00:31:32,805
make policy decisions.

581
00:31:33,455 --> 00:31:36,125
Would it make any sense if you just deleted that word

582
00:31:36,345 --> 00:31:39,685
and had publicly viewing sexually explicit images?

583
00:31:46,755 --> 00:31:47,045
Well,

584
00:31:47,235 --> 00:31:49,885
Well now we're gonna open up a whole can of words, but,

585
00:31:50,325 --> 00:31:52,125
Well, there's a Connotation. Let's be honest.

586
00:31:52,385 --> 00:31:55,405
Any connotations to like pornographic, you know, it's like

587
00:31:55,515 --> 00:31:58,045
what I might consider pornographic,

588
00:31:58,045 --> 00:31:59,885
someone else may not and that sort of thing.

589
00:32:00,305 --> 00:32:02,685
But if that's what we're talking about is

590
00:32:03,045 --> 00:32:04,165
sexually explicit images.

591
00:32:05,545 --> 00:32:07,645
But there's a lot, as our attorney

592
00:32:07,675 --> 00:32:08,925
said, hi, it's Tony Hershe.

593
00:32:10,455 --> 00:32:12,605
There are a lot of different definitions.

594
00:32:12,675 --> 00:32:15,765
Certainly some pornography is illegal, you know,

595
00:32:15,825 --> 00:32:19,445
but what was the Miller test? I'm

596
00:32:19,445 --> 00:32:20,685
Trying to find here. Yeah, Miller.

597
00:32:20,995 --> 00:32:22,725
Yeah. And, oh wait, here he is.

598
00:32:22,725 --> 00:32:25,285
Whether the person applying contemporary community standards

599
00:32:25,285 --> 00:32:27,565
would find that the work taken as a whole applies

600
00:32:27,685 --> 00:32:28,765
to crewing interest.

601
00:32:28,915 --> 00:32:30,325
Whether the work depicts

602
00:32:30,325 --> 00:32:32,405
or describes in an offensive way, sexual conduct

603
00:32:32,785 --> 00:32:35,325
or ex expiratory functions as specifically defined

604
00:32:35,345 --> 00:32:36,685
by applicable estate law

605
00:32:36,905 --> 00:32:38,685
and whether the work taken as a whole,

606
00:32:38,985 --> 00:32:41,725
and this is very important, lacks serious, literally

607
00:32:42,645 --> 00:32:45,645
literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

608
00:32:46,905 --> 00:32:48,645
So what, you know, someone might consider,

609
00:32:48,765 --> 00:32:50,525
I know there are people in this room and consider some

610
00:32:50,925 --> 00:32:53,845
materials graphic, some people might consider Grey Anatomy

611
00:32:54,265 --> 00:32:55,965
to be pornographic, you know,

612
00:32:56,145 --> 00:32:58,805
but that would not fall into that category.

613
00:32:59,085 --> 00:33:00,645
I don't think it's what other people think.

614
00:33:01,715 --> 00:33:04,405
It's what I think we need a more clear definition

615
00:33:04,665 --> 00:33:05,725
or you're gonna get into trouble,

616
00:33:06,285 --> 00:33:07,285
Stephanie.

617
00:33:07,285 --> 00:33:09,085
Okay. Guarantee you next month everyone's gonna say,

618
00:33:09,145 --> 00:33:12,925
why are we prohibiting sexually explicit materials?

619
00:33:13,045 --> 00:33:15,605
Everyone here knows this. We're prohibiting sexually

620
00:33:16,285 --> 00:33:19,405
explicit images on the computers, but not in the books.

621
00:33:19,705 --> 00:33:21,685
And, and, and so I wouldn't,

622
00:33:21,985 --> 00:33:23,645
the policy has to be consistent.

623
00:33:23,645 --> 00:33:24,765
Right. Okay.

624
00:33:25,065 --> 00:33:27,125
So I would argue that the, the point

625
00:33:27,125 --> 00:33:31,005
of this is the public viewing part, which is a violation

626
00:33:31,005 --> 00:33:32,045
of the code of conduct.

627
00:33:32,305 --> 00:33:35,805
So that you're not looking at an image on a computer

628
00:33:38,025 --> 00:33:40,725
or ostensibly flashing around a book.

629
00:33:40,795 --> 00:33:42,365
That could be,

630
00:33:43,815 --> 00:33:44,815
Which has happened.

631
00:33:44,815 --> 00:33:47,605
The point is pub the public viewing, like you're forcing

632
00:33:47,635 --> 00:33:49,605
that not checking out a and

633
00:33:49,605 --> 00:33:51,085
Taking it home and reading it here.

634
00:33:51,425 --> 00:33:54,725
That's not prohibited. She, Tony,

635
00:33:55,475 --> 00:33:56,475
Like, what's happening?

636
00:33:56,475 --> 00:33:58,485
My question was, we do that in board meetings. The

637
00:33:58,485 --> 00:34:03,125
Difference between me reading a book and reading a book

638
00:34:03,225 --> 00:34:04,925
and showing it around. Yes.

639
00:34:05,185 --> 00:34:06,285
That's what Nancy says.

640
00:34:06,755 --> 00:34:08,485
That is, that's my point. And so

641
00:34:08,485 --> 00:34:11,245
Does the wording cover that?

642
00:34:14,725 --> 00:34:18,525
I think so. I viewed it as looking at something in public.

643
00:34:18,925 --> 00:34:20,245
'cause you're in public right. In the library

644
00:34:20,545 --> 00:34:21,565
And that you walk by a

645
00:34:21,565 --> 00:34:22,885
public computer and that's different.

646
00:34:22,885 --> 00:34:24,205
Yeah. Right. Well,

647
00:34:24,485 --> 00:34:26,365
Computers are just part of it, but computers are easier.

648
00:34:26,925 --> 00:34:28,605
'cause I'm looking at it like right here,

649
00:34:28,625 --> 00:34:30,805
I'm looking at my laptop, nobody's behind.

650
00:34:31,215 --> 00:34:35,285
Right. But I'm, I'm in the library and here it is. You know?

651
00:34:35,415 --> 00:34:38,285
Right, Right. That's different than a book

652
00:34:38,775 --> 00:34:40,445
where presumably I'm not like,

653
00:34:40,625 --> 00:34:41,925
Hey everybody, look what I'm reading.

654
00:34:44,865 --> 00:34:48,445
So to that point, Adrian's suggestion about removing the

655
00:34:48,445 --> 00:34:51,485
word pornographic is something we might consider

656
00:34:52,595 --> 00:34:56,005
because in the past we've tripped on that language

657
00:34:57,435 --> 00:34:58,445
with other policies.

658
00:34:59,825 --> 00:35:01,205
No, I mean it is vague. It is vague.

659
00:35:03,145 --> 00:35:05,845
And yet it doesn't, it ought be too vague

660
00:35:05,985 --> 00:35:08,605
either. Beth,

661
00:35:09,275 --> 00:35:10,325
Beth, do you agree?

662
00:35:11,765 --> 00:35:13,845
I mean, are we getting too in the weeds

663
00:35:13,845 --> 00:35:15,085
with like the Miller standard

664
00:35:15,145 --> 00:35:17,725
and we're gonna like put two pages in there defining

665
00:35:17,755 --> 00:35:20,525
what pornography is in the history of the US Supreme Court.

666
00:35:21,695 --> 00:35:23,405
Right. I think that's the Yeah.

667
00:35:23,405 --> 00:35:25,805
That, that is the, the tricky part here, right?

668
00:35:26,285 --> 00:35:30,085
I mean I, I think again, what we can do is kind of go back

669
00:35:30,085 --> 00:35:34,125
and try to incorporate some of the Miller test elements

670
00:35:35,185 --> 00:35:38,365
and, and provide it back to the board for, for review

671
00:35:38,365 --> 00:35:40,525
and consideration next month, frankly.

672
00:35:40,845 --> 00:35:43,005
'cause you know, the, I mean it's an important issue

673
00:35:43,965 --> 00:35:46,845
particularly for this library as we do here,

674
00:35:46,955 --> 00:35:48,725
this often in public comment.

675
00:35:49,265 --> 00:35:50,885
And so I think you know, it,

676
00:35:50,945 --> 00:35:53,685
it does warrant some additional consideration and,

677
00:35:53,745 --> 00:35:56,645
and I'm happy to provide a suggestion at the next meeting.

678
00:35:57,115 --> 00:35:59,725
Okay. We will like for you to do that.

679
00:36:00,145 --> 00:36:02,245
And something relevant, Another dumb guy question.

680
00:36:02,385 --> 00:36:07,245
Oh, okay. So it prohibited behavior smoking vaping

681
00:36:07,385 --> 00:36:08,445
or, or use of it.

682
00:36:08,565 --> 00:36:12,325
I just picked random ones. What happens if you do it?

683
00:36:13,825 --> 00:36:16,765
We ask you to stop. Huh? We ask you to stop.

684
00:36:16,945 --> 00:36:19,365
No, but where does it say that it's within your purview?

685
00:36:20,635 --> 00:36:22,655
Our purview. It's our building. If

686
00:36:22,655 --> 00:36:23,655
You're breaking the rules, you're

687
00:36:23,735 --> 00:36:24,735
Trespassing.

688
00:36:24,735 --> 00:36:25,415
It's our building. We're allowed

689
00:36:25,415 --> 00:36:28,055
to enforce restrictions on how people use it.

690
00:36:28,545 --> 00:36:30,055
Suspension. Well, I'm gonna tell you

691
00:36:30,055 --> 00:36:33,895
what hands on experience in Glenwood Abraham could give us a

692
00:36:33,895 --> 00:36:34,935
lot of examples.

693
00:36:37,205 --> 00:36:39,215
What I'm looking for is do we need

694
00:36:39,215 --> 00:36:41,575
to have something in there to protect our staff

695
00:36:42,645 --> 00:36:44,815
that they can up

696
00:36:44,815 --> 00:36:46,895
to including flogging them with a razor strip?

697
00:36:47,095 --> 00:36:49,855
I see this is no different than any other public

698
00:36:50,855 --> 00:36:53,375
building like an airport where there's rules.

699
00:36:53,405 --> 00:36:54,615
Yeah. And if you don't follow the

700
00:36:54,615 --> 00:36:55,815
rules, they can ask you to leave.

701
00:36:55,815 --> 00:36:57,295
And if you don't leave, you're trespassing.

702
00:36:58,035 --> 00:37:01,135
And that last paragraph talks about the violation

703
00:37:01,195 --> 00:37:04,295
and what can happen if you violate our policy

704
00:37:04,835 --> 00:37:07,175
And people can get banned from the library and Right.

705
00:37:07,375 --> 00:37:08,895
I Abraham you've had that happen in

706
00:37:08,895 --> 00:37:10,375
Glen a number of times, right?

707
00:37:10,515 --> 00:37:11,575
Yes. We have banned

708
00:37:12,455 --> 00:37:13,455
A few individuals.

709
00:37:16,155 --> 00:37:17,655
Mostly people just aren't aware.

710
00:37:17,915 --> 00:37:20,135
And so once you make them aware, they're happy to comply.

711
00:37:20,295 --> 00:37:21,895
I think people should be aware that you can't light

712
00:37:21,895 --> 00:37:23,095
up a cigarette in a lag.

713
00:37:23,235 --> 00:37:24,295
But I mean Okay,

714
00:37:25,035 --> 00:37:26,175
But in general, I mean

715
00:37:26,615 --> 00:37:27,735
teenager not necessarily a cigarette.

716
00:37:27,845 --> 00:37:28,935
It's not 19 vaping,

717
00:37:30,285 --> 00:37:31,495
It's Et cetera.

718
00:37:31,955 --> 00:37:34,575
It is a legitimate question about public spaces.

719
00:37:35,155 --> 00:37:37,495
And I trust sort of management here. This is

720
00:37:37,495 --> 00:37:38,495
Public space.

721
00:37:38,765 --> 00:37:40,375
Yeah. It's pseudo.

722
00:37:40,665 --> 00:37:42,335
Right, right, right, right. I mean it's a little bit

723
00:37:42,335 --> 00:37:43,615
legitimate, a legitimate question.

724
00:37:43,875 --> 00:37:47,335
And sort of, as long as we have the ability

725
00:37:47,475 --> 00:37:50,575
to enforce the code, I think that we don't run into problems

726
00:37:51,225 --> 00:37:53,455
until it's enforced too hard.

727
00:37:53,985 --> 00:37:55,495
Right. And that could exist.

728
00:37:55,525 --> 00:37:57,055
That could exist even if it's not written,

729
00:37:57,265 --> 00:37:58,375
there could be some point.

730
00:37:58,475 --> 00:38:00,855
And we have to trust management not to cross that line.

731
00:38:03,325 --> 00:38:05,945
So the city of Glenwood Springs is a rule.

732
00:38:05,945 --> 00:38:08,105
There's no, someone, correct me if I'm wrong,

733
00:38:08,105 --> 00:38:09,545
there's no smoking in the downtown

734
00:38:09,545 --> 00:38:11,825
court during certain times. So those spaces,

735
00:38:11,825 --> 00:38:13,185
Okay, let's go back to

736
00:38:13,185 --> 00:38:14,625
what we're talking about here with the library.

737
00:38:14,855 --> 00:38:17,465
Correct. And that would be, are you guys okay

738
00:38:17,465 --> 00:38:21,625
with asking Beth to clarify some of the language?

739
00:38:22,375 --> 00:38:23,465
It's urgent. I mean

740
00:38:24,375 --> 00:38:27,865
that the alliance defending freedom is moving against the

741
00:38:27,865 --> 00:38:30,985
school boards for things related to this matter.

742
00:38:31,365 --> 00:38:33,705
We are probably going to have to address this

743
00:38:34,645 --> 00:38:37,445
at some point in that entire suite.

744
00:38:38,145 --> 00:38:41,165
You know, that's aimed at the, the Roaring Fork Valley in,

745
00:38:41,185 --> 00:38:42,565
in Garfield County stuff.

746
00:38:43,065 --> 00:38:45,605
So let's just have everything out in the open on the record

747
00:38:45,865 --> 00:38:47,245
for the public crystal clear.

748
00:38:47,925 --> 00:38:49,725
'cause it's, you know, something we're gonna,

749
00:38:50,055 --> 00:38:51,405
we're gonna address again real

750
00:38:51,405 --> 00:38:53,005
soon whether we like it or not. And

751
00:38:53,005 --> 00:38:54,565
So if we are looking at it again,

752
00:38:54,685 --> 00:38:56,525
I would ask counsel to, to come back.

753
00:38:56,635 --> 00:38:57,725
Yeah. I would ask our attorney

754
00:38:57,945 --> 00:39:02,645
to come back looking at it in terms of both the definition

755
00:39:03,635 --> 00:39:05,405
that we're going to use that we want

756
00:39:05,405 --> 00:39:06,445
to prohibit the application.

757
00:39:06,915 --> 00:39:08,925
Yeah. And the application. 'cause there's a second issue of

758
00:39:08,925 --> 00:39:10,205
what it is to view in public.

759
00:39:10,525 --> 00:39:12,205
I know there are filters

760
00:39:12,985 --> 00:39:16,165
and members of the public can ask the filters to be removed.

761
00:39:17,265 --> 00:39:19,885
And if we're removing filters, do we have a space

762
00:39:19,885 --> 00:39:21,405
that we can put people who have a right

763
00:39:21,405 --> 00:39:23,165
to ask the filters to be removed.

764
00:39:23,185 --> 00:39:25,765
So if we're really gonna look into that, we should look into

765
00:39:25,765 --> 00:39:26,805
that and spell all of that out.

766
00:39:27,595 --> 00:39:29,165
That might be a Jen question too.

767
00:39:29,645 --> 00:39:32,165
'cause she's answered questions on that before. I think.

768
00:39:32,675 --> 00:39:34,205
Well, let's have our counsel go ahead

769
00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:35,685
and come back with us first on that.

770
00:39:36,145 --> 00:39:40,805
Can, can you do that for us, Beth? Absolutely. And

771
00:39:40,805 --> 00:39:42,605
So do we need a motion to table this?

772
00:39:42,825 --> 00:39:47,605
Yes, please. I

773
00:39:47,605 --> 00:39:50,485
move that we table this code of conduct policy

774
00:39:51,175 --> 00:39:55,685
until we get a review by counsel second

775
00:39:56,655 --> 00:39:57,655
Moved and second.

776
00:39:57,655 --> 00:40:01,725
And further discussion. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Aye.

777
00:40:02,705 --> 00:40:03,805
Before we move forward, can I ask

778
00:40:03,805 --> 00:40:04,845
just a quick clarifying question.

779
00:40:04,845 --> 00:40:06,885
Would you also like our legal counsel

780
00:40:06,945 --> 00:40:10,085
to review the internet use policy as well as

781
00:40:10,085 --> 00:40:12,085
that for consistency? Can we

782
00:40:12,385 --> 00:40:13,385
For sure.

783
00:40:13,565 --> 00:40:16,285
I think we owe that the motion. Can we redo the motion?

784
00:40:16,475 --> 00:40:17,685
Yeah. Okay. Okay.

785
00:40:18,165 --> 00:40:19,845
I don't even know we need to do that

786
00:40:19,845 --> 00:40:21,125
because it doesn't I'm

787
00:40:21,125 --> 00:40:24,045
Shorten memory loss ability To ask on own.

788
00:40:24,505 --> 00:40:28,445
I'm gonna move, I'm gonna move to table this policy review

789
00:40:28,445 --> 00:40:31,765
until we hear from counsel both regarding the language

790
00:40:31,765 --> 00:40:35,085
around public view of sexually explicit

791
00:40:35,345 --> 00:40:37,765
or pornographic materials as well

792
00:40:37,765 --> 00:40:42,485
as our internet use policy better.

793
00:40:42,625 --> 00:40:44,045
So do I have to withdraw my motion?

794
00:40:44,785 --> 00:40:46,405
No. Hopefully that I

795
00:40:46,405 --> 00:40:47,925
Already voted on your just amending.

796
00:40:48,225 --> 00:40:51,005
We didn't vote on it. We had a amending You can second.

797
00:40:51,155 --> 00:40:52,285
Yeah, I'll second the amendment.

798
00:40:53,205 --> 00:40:54,445
I didn't know if I had to withdraw.

799
00:40:56,315 --> 00:41:00,285
Okay. Discussion.

800
00:41:00,565 --> 00:41:05,005
I, I have a question. I thought we had already approved the,

801
00:41:07,385 --> 00:41:10,365
the internet section in the past.

802
00:41:10,365 --> 00:41:11,525
Haven't we already done that?

803
00:41:12,065 --> 00:41:14,725
We haven't approved internet use policy. Yes. So

804
00:41:14,725 --> 00:41:15,725
We're gonna look at it again.

805
00:41:15,725 --> 00:41:16,685
This, that language

806
00:41:16,745 --> 00:41:18,805
that's in question was taken from that.

807
00:41:19,115 --> 00:41:21,125
Okay. Just and Also added here.

808
00:41:23,275 --> 00:41:26,965
Okay. Any, any other discussion with yourself Adrian? No.

809
00:41:28,665 --> 00:41:32,165
All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay. Thank you Nancy.

810
00:41:32,625 --> 00:41:34,405
You're welcome. So the second policy

811
00:41:35,265 --> 00:41:37,445
is the unintended child policy.

812
00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:40,965
The board did not have any changes last time.

813
00:41:41,585 --> 00:41:44,925
And that's on page 14, I think. Yep. Yes.

814
00:41:46,545 --> 00:41:48,525
Asking for approval of this policy.

815
00:41:49,715 --> 00:41:52,845
Yeah. Yes.

816
00:41:52,925 --> 00:41:55,485
I would move that the board adopt the policy was presented.

817
00:41:56,075 --> 00:42:00,005
Okay. Second. Moved and seconded. Any discussion?

818
00:42:00,915 --> 00:42:03,805
Okay. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed?

819
00:42:05,205 --> 00:42:06,645
I had a little discussion. Oh,

820
00:42:07,265 --> 00:42:09,485
Can we just back up A second? We move too fast.

821
00:42:09,945 --> 00:42:12,685
Do you, I just for you or Abraham, Nancy. Yeah.

822
00:42:12,785 --> 00:42:14,925
If someone's un if there's a child unattended

823
00:42:14,945 --> 00:42:17,125
or a peer lost, do you also contact,

824
00:42:17,395 --> 00:42:19,205
like do you contact law enforcement or

825
00:42:19,205 --> 00:42:20,205
Do you do Yes.

826
00:42:20,205 --> 00:42:20,965
Yes. That's part of the, yeah.

827
00:42:20,965 --> 00:42:23,645
And that's in there. I think it's in, it's it's in there.

828
00:42:23,695 --> 00:42:26,125
Sorry. We That's okay. I was looking at this. Thank you.

829
00:42:26,125 --> 00:42:30,965
Okay. I withdraw that. Okay. Alright. Thank you. We vote.

830
00:42:31,825 --> 00:42:35,125
Oh, we did, we did. I a Okay. I a. Okay, great. Thank you.

831
00:42:35,315 --> 00:42:40,285
Okay, thanks. Management report

832
00:42:40,675 --> 00:42:44,325
from Abraham and part of this is on page 15

833
00:42:44,325 --> 00:42:48,365
through 17 in your packet if p you asking questions?

834
00:42:49,995 --> 00:42:51,885
Yeah. I just wanted to note a couple

835
00:42:51,885 --> 00:42:53,445
of things on the management report.

836
00:42:53,935 --> 00:42:55,485
First of all, we have been working

837
00:42:55,635 --> 00:42:57,285
with the Roaring Forest School District

838
00:42:57,285 --> 00:42:58,725
for about the past six months

839
00:42:59,385 --> 00:43:01,965
on essentially a one card collaboration.

840
00:43:02,765 --> 00:43:05,765
What that would entail is that students in

841
00:43:06,405 --> 00:43:09,565
RFSD would be able to use their student IDs

842
00:43:09,625 --> 00:43:10,725
as library cards.

843
00:43:11,615 --> 00:43:15,165
There will be an OPTOUT option for families who don't want

844
00:43:15,165 --> 00:43:16,285
to take part in that.

845
00:43:17,425 --> 00:43:21,645
We anticipate bringing an MOU to the board next month.

846
00:43:22,785 --> 00:43:25,685
And RF SD is hoping to launch this in November

847
00:43:26,545 --> 00:43:28,005
to make you aware that that's happening.

848
00:43:28,965 --> 00:43:31,165
A couple of other things. The middle

849
00:43:31,165 --> 00:43:32,525
of Colorado Watershed Council,

850
00:43:32,965 --> 00:43:36,005
Kate Collins brought us an opportunity where they have,

851
00:43:36,005 --> 00:43:38,805
they're providing us with six illustrated maps

852
00:43:38,825 --> 00:43:42,205
by a local artist to hang in our branches

853
00:43:42,265 --> 00:43:43,485
and they look beautiful

854
00:43:44,465 --> 00:43:46,605
and they will also have a QR code

855
00:43:46,925 --> 00:43:48,885
with some additional information about the

856
00:43:48,885 --> 00:43:50,245
middle Colorado watershed.

857
00:43:50,395 --> 00:43:52,885
Cool. And we're appreciative of Kate giving us

858
00:43:52,885 --> 00:43:54,725
that opportunity to, it's a really neat map

859
00:43:54,725 --> 00:43:56,085
and it's very educational as well.

860
00:43:56,805 --> 00:43:59,605
And then one last thing I wanted to direct your attention

861
00:43:59,625 --> 00:44:04,285
to is that we are also planning to extend our fuel stipend,

862
00:44:05,175 --> 00:44:09,205
which we had that it was enforced this summer.

863
00:44:09,905 --> 00:44:13,885
And we are essentially from our HR

864
00:44:13,885 --> 00:44:16,605
and finance staff, they recommended that we extend it

865
00:44:16,605 --> 00:44:17,645
through the end of the year

866
00:44:18,625 --> 00:44:21,645
and we have unspent wages that we're able to use

867
00:44:22,005 --> 00:44:23,045
to cover those costs.

868
00:44:23,645 --> 00:44:26,085
It's a $50 monthly fuel stipend for full

869
00:44:26,085 --> 00:44:28,845
and part-time employees just to, you know,

870
00:44:28,845 --> 00:44:30,885
take into account the cost of living

871
00:44:31,025 --> 00:44:33,845
and the gas prices continue to remain at high cost.

872
00:44:37,305 --> 00:44:41,365
You go back to the cards, are we gonna make sure that

873
00:44:42,185 --> 00:44:43,805
all the cards prohibit

874
00:44:46,235 --> 00:44:49,125
content's not suitable, suitable to adolescents?

875
00:44:49,705 --> 00:44:52,365
So the way cars will be set up is they will be

876
00:44:52,365 --> 00:44:53,765
limited use cards.

877
00:44:53,865 --> 00:44:56,485
So they have essentially the checkout privileges

878
00:44:56,485 --> 00:44:57,645
are on a limited basis.

879
00:44:58,525 --> 00:44:59,685
Families will also have an opportunity

880
00:44:59,825 --> 00:45:02,325
to opt out if they so choose as well.

881
00:45:02,925 --> 00:45:05,165
So they'll, so families can kind of decide in, in terms

882
00:45:05,165 --> 00:45:07,365
of if, if they want to use the cars in the first place.

883
00:45:07,945 --> 00:45:11,645
And if they do, you know, they can determine how, how

884
00:45:11,645 --> 00:45:12,765
that would work best for the family.

885
00:45:13,385 --> 00:45:16,405
So the default is they have the child's card parents,

886
00:45:16,455 --> 00:45:19,125
especially for teenagers doing research stuff can

887
00:45:19,125 --> 00:45:20,925
opt into the adult card. Is that what you're saying?

888
00:45:21,915 --> 00:45:24,645
Yeah, they they would be able to, yeah, they would be able

889
00:45:24,645 --> 00:45:26,605
to opt in potentially as well.

890
00:45:26,985 --> 00:45:30,445
But you don't have a, you don't have a

891
00:45:30,975 --> 00:45:33,405
adolescent card here, do you?

892
00:45:35,005 --> 00:45:37,085
We don't have a specific adolescent card.

893
00:45:41,245 --> 00:45:46,225
So to be consistent, shouldn't we, if we're gonna join

894
00:45:46,805 --> 00:45:48,065
two organizations together,

895
00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:53,185
Maybe you could bring that up

896
00:45:53,185 --> 00:45:54,225
when you meet with them next.

897
00:45:54,255 --> 00:45:56,505
Sure. That you know that, that's a

898
00:45:56,615 --> 00:45:57,615
Good question.

899
00:45:57,615 --> 00:45:58,345
Yeah, I can ask them about that. Yeah.

900
00:45:58,525 --> 00:46:01,465
So it was, yeah, so this essentially came from one

901
00:46:01,465 --> 00:46:04,025
of the school board members that brought this

902
00:46:04,085 --> 00:46:05,345
to the school district

903
00:46:05,365 --> 00:46:07,665
and had been working with the school district

904
00:46:07,685 --> 00:46:10,825
to implement this and then asked us to join it.

905
00:46:10,825 --> 00:46:11,825
Essentially,

906
00:46:14,085 --> 00:46:18,825
You and I talked about this issue a few weeks ago

907
00:46:19,245 --> 00:46:24,145
and what I suggested is either our library card at

908
00:46:24,145 --> 00:46:28,665
the upper left hand doesn't have any electronic

909
00:46:30,155 --> 00:46:32,425
stuff that you have to worry about.

910
00:46:33,165 --> 00:46:37,455
If you wanted to change the adolescence card

911
00:46:38,815 --> 00:46:43,025
from a universal one to an adolescent,

912
00:46:43,765 --> 00:46:46,105
you can just poke a hole in the top.

913
00:46:47,225 --> 00:46:50,585
Hmm. I was confused at what, what Abraham was saying.

914
00:46:50,705 --> 00:46:52,865
I thought what you were saying is there will be two cards.

915
00:46:52,895 --> 00:46:54,145
What you meant is opt out

916
00:46:54,145 --> 00:46:56,905
of having library privileges altogether. Well, so

917
00:46:56,905 --> 00:46:59,945
Essentially We're not creating a new card right, right.

918
00:47:00,005 --> 00:47:02,665
At this time. So, so essentially the student student ID

919
00:47:02,665 --> 00:47:04,585
card would function as a library card.

920
00:47:04,585 --> 00:47:06,345
Right. Okay. It collaboration, that's

921
00:47:06,345 --> 00:47:07,345
How we read it the first Time.

922
00:47:07,485 --> 00:47:10,385
If a family decided that that wasn't, that wasn't

923
00:47:10,385 --> 00:47:11,585
what they wanted to, they'd be able

924
00:47:11,585 --> 00:47:12,625
to opt out of that option.

925
00:47:12,685 --> 00:47:14,705
So then that student ID would work as a student id,

926
00:47:14,705 --> 00:47:15,905
but they couldn't bring that to the

927
00:47:15,905 --> 00:47:18,145
library to check things out.

928
00:47:18,825 --> 00:47:21,305
Additionally, the, one of the other probably features that,

929
00:47:21,845 --> 00:47:24,225
if you look at, if you look at the statistics on our,

930
00:47:24,445 --> 00:47:27,385
our students, our K through 12 population in RFSD,

931
00:47:28,305 --> 00:47:30,005
a large portion of those students already

932
00:47:30,005 --> 00:47:31,125
have library cards.

933
00:47:31,225 --> 00:47:33,765
So it'll be kind of, if you're looking at the Venn diagram,

934
00:47:33,805 --> 00:47:36,485
there'll be a lot of, lot of kind of overlap there.

935
00:47:37,865 --> 00:47:41,485
The one real advantage I think to this is that for teachers,

936
00:47:41,595 --> 00:47:44,965
they can use this in the classroom so

937
00:47:44,965 --> 00:47:48,925
that they can have students find information articles from

938
00:47:48,985 --> 00:47:50,405
our e-learning resources.

939
00:47:50,805 --> 00:47:53,805
Oh, okay. And use those in the classroom for, you know,

940
00:47:53,805 --> 00:47:55,205
projects, research, things like that.

941
00:47:55,325 --> 00:47:57,405
I think that's gonna, one of the real advantages

942
00:47:57,405 --> 00:47:58,605
that comes out of this is that

943
00:47:59,125 --> 00:48:00,805
the teachers will have more options in terms

944
00:48:00,805 --> 00:48:03,485
of having students access some of the e-learning materials.

945
00:48:04,865 --> 00:48:07,645
As, as RFSD is kind of, you know, working through their

946
00:48:08,315 --> 00:48:09,405
budgets and so forth.

947
00:48:09,945 --> 00:48:11,365
You know, we're trying to step up

948
00:48:11,365 --> 00:48:15,085
and support some of the educational components of the work

949
00:48:15,085 --> 00:48:16,845
that they need to do and the resources

950
00:48:16,845 --> 00:48:17,925
to allow them to do that.

951
00:48:18,515 --> 00:48:21,205
Does the Garfield County School District do this as well?

952
00:48:22,305 --> 00:48:23,525
No. So this has came

953
00:48:23,705 --> 00:48:26,125
to us from the growing Forest school district.

954
00:48:26,145 --> 00:48:27,805
So that's who we're working with currently.

955
00:48:28,895 --> 00:48:32,125
We'll, before we roll this out, I'm planning to reach out

956
00:48:32,125 --> 00:48:34,325
to the superintendents of re two

957
00:48:34,325 --> 00:48:37,765
and RE 16 just to let them know that we're working on this.

958
00:48:37,785 --> 00:48:40,085
And I believe Anna Cole, the superintendent

959
00:48:40,145 --> 00:48:42,885
of RFSD is also regularly in touch

960
00:48:43,515 --> 00:48:45,605
with the other superintendents as well.

961
00:48:46,425 --> 00:48:47,845
So they may already be aware of this.

962
00:48:49,505 --> 00:48:51,885
So this is just a coming feature.

963
00:48:52,625 --> 00:48:55,525
Yes. A preview of things to, to come.

964
00:48:55,685 --> 00:48:59,965
I, it's, that's good. Was there any, anything more?

965
00:49:00,105 --> 00:49:01,245
Did anybody have questions?

966
00:49:02,285 --> 00:49:03,925
I just wanted to make a comment on,

967
00:49:04,545 --> 00:49:06,485
and it's included under your

968
00:49:09,055 --> 00:49:10,085
management report

969
00:49:10,185 --> 00:49:12,485
and that is the long range plan update,

970
00:49:12,775 --> 00:49:15,725
where we have the goal and what the achievements are today.

971
00:49:16,145 --> 00:49:20,605
You have your packets page 16 through 17,

972
00:49:20,985 --> 00:49:25,285
but I just think it's a really good reminder of what our,

973
00:49:25,515 --> 00:49:27,685
what our goal is and how we're achieving that.

974
00:49:27,705 --> 00:49:29,645
And there's different areas each month,

975
00:49:29,865 --> 00:49:33,845
but for example,

976
00:49:37,085 --> 00:49:38,685
I was just, I'm gonna read just a few.

977
00:49:38,685 --> 00:49:41,125
This is on page page 16, goal four.

978
00:49:41,825 --> 00:49:44,405
And this was from our valid issue of six A

979
00:49:44,785 --> 00:49:47,885
and that was groups and underrepresented populations develop

980
00:49:47,905 --> 00:49:49,845
and implement tailored programs

981
00:49:49,845 --> 00:49:52,045
and services that specifically serve

982
00:49:52,345 --> 00:49:54,525
and uplift underrepresented populations

983
00:49:54,525 --> 00:49:55,725
within our community.

984
00:49:56,555 --> 00:49:58,045
Fostering inclusivity

985
00:49:58,265 --> 00:50:01,125
and equitable access to information and resources.

986
00:50:01,585 --> 00:50:04,685
And the achievement today was the Carbondale Library hosted

987
00:50:04,765 --> 00:50:07,885
a parent and caregiver discussion with local children

988
00:50:08,465 --> 00:50:12,285
and family specialists, exploring research backed strategies

989
00:50:12,285 --> 00:50:13,765
to strengthen communication

990
00:50:14,185 --> 00:50:16,045
and reduced tension with teenagers.

991
00:50:16,605 --> 00:50:20,045
I mean real, real specific types of thing.

992
00:50:21,305 --> 00:50:23,765
The other one is fostering early literacy.

993
00:50:24,665 --> 00:50:27,005
The goal is Garfield County library's plan

994
00:50:27,305 --> 00:50:30,725
and implement outreach programs, early literacy out,

995
00:50:31,225 --> 00:50:34,165
excuse me, workshops and early literacy programs.

996
00:50:34,635 --> 00:50:37,125
Achievement today. Listen carefully.

997
00:50:38,505 --> 00:50:40,845
The library district achieved its goal

998
00:50:40,905 --> 00:50:45,245
of 1.5 million minutes read by the community

999
00:50:45,405 --> 00:50:46,925
during the summer reading program.

1000
00:50:47,635 --> 00:50:48,685
Yeah, that's fantastic.

1001
00:50:48,805 --> 00:50:50,965
I I just that that's a lot of reading

1002
00:50:53,305 --> 00:50:57,205
and just the, there's some other ones that,

1003
00:50:57,955 --> 00:51:00,885
that we're talking about where that we have mentioned that,

1004
00:51:01,155 --> 00:51:05,085
that the staff that are attending the Colorado Association

1005
00:51:05,105 --> 00:51:08,405
of Libraries Convention Cal Con,

1006
00:51:08,615 --> 00:51:10,365
which is gonna be next week.

1007
00:51:11,625 --> 00:51:15,085
And, and we have a group from several groups

1008
00:51:15,085 --> 00:51:18,245
that are gonna be presenting and I just like to encourage

1009
00:51:18,905 --> 00:51:21,805
or let everybody else know, you know, it takes a guts

1010
00:51:21,805 --> 00:51:26,725
to presented a, a state convention and, and do that

1011
00:51:26,745 --> 00:51:27,805
and they've done their homework

1012
00:51:27,865 --> 00:51:30,525
and I'm just, I'm just talking for all of us

1013
00:51:30,525 --> 00:51:33,365
that we're really proud of and that's it.

1014
00:51:36,395 --> 00:51:37,405
Okay. Anything else?

1015
00:51:42,315 --> 00:51:43,085
Okay. Real hot.

1016
00:51:43,385 --> 00:51:46,165
And a highlight of Cal Con last year was seeing Nancy

1017
00:51:46,225 --> 00:51:49,205
and John recognized that was fun.

1018
00:51:49,475 --> 00:51:54,405
Yeah. Great. Are these these goals part

1019
00:51:54,405 --> 00:51:55,485
of a strategic plan?

1020
00:51:55,745 --> 00:51:56,745
Yes. Yeah. Okay.

1021
00:51:58,145 --> 00:51:59,165
And that's another thing.

1022
00:51:59,355 --> 00:52:02,925
It's like the strategic strategic plan is what

1023
00:52:04,265 --> 00:52:07,725
has in the past been called long range plan.

1024
00:52:08,825 --> 00:52:11,645
I'd suggest that we have, are a little more consistent on

1025
00:52:11,645 --> 00:52:13,405
what our terminology is so

1026
00:52:13,405 --> 00:52:14,685
that we don't get confused if

1027
00:52:14,685 --> 00:52:16,165
we're what we're talking about.

1028
00:52:16,225 --> 00:52:19,515
That's something we can talk about later.

1029
00:52:19,935 --> 00:52:21,795
We went through it with Jamie right

1030
00:52:21,895 --> 00:52:24,155
before you came on Oh, yes.

1031
00:52:24,335 --> 00:52:28,235
In a board retreat and we went through it line by line.

1032
00:52:28,695 --> 00:52:30,675
So do we have a champion for each of these

1033
00:52:31,015 --> 00:52:34,075
and then a group that works with that?

1034
00:52:34,545 --> 00:52:37,075
Yeah, we actually, that's a great question.

1035
00:52:37,415 --> 00:52:40,795
Go through your goals from that, that stem from there.

1036
00:52:40,935 --> 00:52:42,595
And then for tho each of those goals,

1037
00:52:42,595 --> 00:52:44,435
there's usually someone who's championing that effort.

1038
00:52:44,775 --> 00:52:48,995
And then do we have dates for accomplishment?

1039
00:52:49,465 --> 00:52:51,755
Yeah. So yeah, we usually will have a, a timeline

1040
00:52:51,755 --> 00:52:54,755
that we set and so we'll, we'll, we,

1041
00:52:54,775 --> 00:52:56,875
we update those along the way and then

1042
00:52:57,915 --> 00:52:59,275
Feedback And we get Yep.

1043
00:52:59,835 --> 00:53:00,835
Feedback.

1044
00:53:02,545 --> 00:53:04,115
This might be a Kim question,

1045
00:53:04,115 --> 00:53:06,955
but while we're on the management report, the fuel stipend,

1046
00:53:07,775 --> 00:53:10,555
as far as I've seen, it's never been really well utilized.

1047
00:53:11,175 --> 00:53:13,555
And I think the language indicated that we had a bunch

1048
00:53:13,675 --> 00:53:15,155
of unused like funds

1049
00:53:15,185 --> 00:53:17,595
that we had allotted in the budget toward a So this

1050
00:53:17,595 --> 00:53:21,075
Is, yeah, so this is, so there's another stipend

1051
00:53:21,075 --> 00:53:24,235
that we have available for staff who are traveling

1052
00:53:24,755 --> 00:53:25,755
25.

1053
00:53:25,755 --> 00:53:27,525
This is different. This is, yeah, this is,

1054
00:53:27,995 --> 00:53:30,685
this has been something that we did across the board

1055
00:53:30,705 --> 00:53:31,965
for our full and part-time staff.

1056
00:53:32,285 --> 00:53:35,685
I see. Thank you. Thanks Stephanie. Okay.

1057
00:53:36,075 --> 00:53:41,045
Finance report district. Who does the finance report?

1058
00:53:42,825 --> 00:53:44,565
You? No, thank you.

1059
00:53:44,595 --> 00:53:48,445
Wait, wait, doesn't he really get a fence here? Oh yeah.

1060
00:53:49,265 --> 00:53:50,725
Oh yeah, sure, Kevin.

1061
00:53:54,105 --> 00:53:56,845
All right, thanks everybody. Let's see here.

1062
00:53:57,025 --> 00:53:58,965
Any questions on the finance report

1063
00:53:59,065 --> 00:54:00,365
as presented in your packet?

1064
00:54:03,685 --> 00:54:07,525
I will just point out page 22 shows a sales tax chart.

1065
00:54:08,275 --> 00:54:10,525
Year to date we're down 1.5%,

1066
00:54:12,785 --> 00:54:13,885
no reason for alarm.

1067
00:54:14,205 --> 00:54:17,605
I have not seen yet the, the update for this next month,

1068
00:54:17,705 --> 00:54:21,165
but, but we're, we're,

1069
00:54:21,215 --> 00:54:23,285
we're still holding above budget.

1070
00:54:23,585 --> 00:54:26,845
So I, we budget conservatively,

1071
00:54:26,945 --> 00:54:29,125
so when we have little blips like this, we don't panic

1072
00:54:29,185 --> 00:54:32,405
and have to do a bunch of Pivoting.

1073
00:54:33,465 --> 00:54:34,565
So we're still on track

1074
00:54:34,565 --> 00:54:36,045
with budget even though we're slightly down

1075
00:54:36,045 --> 00:54:39,005
for 2026 in light.

1076
00:54:39,065 --> 00:54:42,845
In light of that, I'm probably gonna propose

1077
00:54:42,845 --> 00:54:44,765
that the budget committee, we're gonna look at this,

1078
00:54:44,785 --> 00:54:48,365
but I, I don't anticipate us changing that number for 2027.

1079
00:54:49,065 --> 00:54:51,685
As far as the revenues for sales tax,

1080
00:54:51,685 --> 00:54:55,645
which on your income statement on page 19

1081
00:54:56,775 --> 00:55:01,085
shows we budgeted 4.425 million for sales tax.

1082
00:55:01,655 --> 00:55:03,325
We've, we've brought in about half of that

1083
00:55:03,345 --> 00:55:05,365
and there's a two month delay on reporting.

1084
00:55:05,365 --> 00:55:07,885
So that's a half, half the year's worth right there.

1085
00:55:07,905 --> 00:55:10,605
So we're right at that budget number so far.

1086
00:55:11,865 --> 00:55:13,565
So I'll probably be recommending

1087
00:55:13,565 --> 00:55:14,965
that same number for next year.

1088
00:55:16,725 --> 00:55:18,805
Property tax revenue for 2027.

1089
00:55:19,405 --> 00:55:22,085
I did receive our valuation, oh, last week.

1090
00:55:22,185 --> 00:55:24,325
So we have numbers now to work, work off of

1091
00:55:24,325 --> 00:55:25,405
for the budget process.

1092
00:55:26,505 --> 00:55:29,325
The, the valuation

1093
00:55:30,675 --> 00:55:33,165
overall went up for 2027,

1094
00:55:33,345 --> 00:55:37,205
but the assess assessment rates all went down.

1095
00:55:38,025 --> 00:55:41,565
So it, it kind of offset any large growth in property

1096
00:55:41,665 --> 00:55:42,765
tax revenues.

1097
00:55:43,295 --> 00:55:44,885
We're gonna realize about a two

1098
00:55:44,885 --> 00:55:47,285
and a half percent increase to overall

1099
00:55:48,085 --> 00:55:49,645
property tax revenue for next year.

1100
00:55:49,955 --> 00:55:51,965
It's about $168,000.

1101
00:55:53,065 --> 00:55:56,645
So it's relatively flat in our, in our budget scheme.

1102
00:55:57,625 --> 00:56:00,405
But, but that's where we're gonna land of that number.

1103
00:56:00,435 --> 00:56:03,365
Then oil and gas, I mentioned this last month or the month

1104
00:56:03,365 --> 00:56:06,805
before, oil and gas went up actually 9% in total

1105
00:56:06,875 --> 00:56:08,565
valuation for 2027.

1106
00:56:10,345 --> 00:56:12,725
But all the other property types went down

1107
00:56:12,725 --> 00:56:14,565
because of the reduced assessment rates.

1108
00:56:15,145 --> 00:56:16,965
The valuation of any property in this

1109
00:56:16,965 --> 00:56:18,005
county is not going down.

1110
00:56:18,505 --> 00:56:22,085
But the assessment rates are what taxes that valuation

1111
00:56:22,085 --> 00:56:23,685
and when those keep ratcheting down,

1112
00:56:24,025 --> 00:56:25,325
the revenue goes down with it.

1113
00:56:25,555 --> 00:56:28,445
Okay. So we're at two point a half percent overall increase,

1114
00:56:28,505 --> 00:56:32,325
but 9% of it was oil and gas.

1115
00:56:32,505 --> 00:56:34,845
So the rest of it went down probably about 5%.

1116
00:56:35,005 --> 00:56:36,605
I haven't gotten the full abstract yet.

1117
00:56:36,605 --> 00:56:39,485
So all the other property types are down five, at least 5%

1118
00:56:40,225 --> 00:56:42,045
for valuation or I'm sorry

1119
00:56:42,045 --> 00:56:43,925
for assessment rate or assessment value.

1120
00:56:45,145 --> 00:56:47,765
So that's where we're gonna be for 2027 is

1121
00:56:49,235 --> 00:56:53,485
flat on sales tax and slight bump for property tax.

1122
00:56:55,155 --> 00:56:59,645
Also with next year's for forecast, our

1123
00:57:00,565 --> 00:57:03,125
interest earned on investments line there,

1124
00:57:03,225 --> 00:57:06,285
the fourth revenue line down, we've been,

1125
00:57:06,755 --> 00:57:09,165
I've been expecting the interest rates to go down

1126
00:57:10,105 --> 00:57:11,165
sooner than they have.

1127
00:57:11,165 --> 00:57:12,245
They've been stable now

1128
00:57:12,245 --> 00:57:13,965
and there's even now talk of them going back up.

1129
00:57:14,545 --> 00:57:17,325
So I'm probably gonna recommend a little bit of an increase

1130
00:57:17,325 --> 00:57:18,845
to that revenue line next year.

1131
00:57:19,045 --> 00:57:20,285
'cause right now we're already at,

1132
00:57:20,735 --> 00:57:24,605
we're almost at a hundred percent let, yeah,

1133
00:57:24,605 --> 00:57:25,725
we have another quarter to go.

1134
00:57:25,745 --> 00:57:28,205
So we'll, we'll exceed that number as far as collection.

1135
00:57:29,385 --> 00:57:31,645
And we've been above budget for several years in a row,

1136
00:57:31,645 --> 00:57:33,405
but I think we'll bump it up a little bit for next year.

1137
00:57:35,025 --> 00:57:38,605
The other revenue types are pretty immaterial to our overall

1138
00:57:39,305 --> 00:57:41,125
budget, so there's not gonna be

1139
00:57:41,125 --> 00:57:42,765
significant fluctuations there.

1140
00:57:43,465 --> 00:57:45,765
So I think overall we're gonna be pretty flat with revenue.

1141
00:57:45,865 --> 00:57:48,005
We might go up a hundred, couple hundred thousand,

1142
00:57:49,005 --> 00:57:50,925
maybe 250 overall.

1143
00:57:51,985 --> 00:57:53,325
And so we'll just see where some

1144
00:57:53,325 --> 00:57:55,045
of the spending numbers come in.

1145
00:57:55,045 --> 00:57:59,685
We know that sales health insurance

1146
00:57:59,865 --> 00:58:03,325
is gonna go up by about 120,000 alone.

1147
00:58:03,705 --> 00:58:07,045
That's like 17% or something. 16. 16, yeah, 16%.

1148
00:58:07,705 --> 00:58:09,685
So that one we know that one's in the door

1149
00:58:09,905 --> 00:58:11,085
and then, you know,

1150
00:58:11,085 --> 00:58:13,325
just inflationary adjustments are gonna be there.

1151
00:58:14,505 --> 00:58:18,205
And you know, we've been looking at the CPI

1152
00:58:18,205 --> 00:58:19,685
and then this, the vendor index

1153
00:58:19,685 --> 00:58:21,685
that Ed mentioned last month or the month before.

1154
00:58:22,295 --> 00:58:24,565
Right now the market is anywhere from three

1155
00:58:24,565 --> 00:58:29,205
and a half to 3.7 in inflation consistent

1156
00:58:29,205 --> 00:58:32,965
with wage studies to show what are entities looking at for

1157
00:58:33,555 --> 00:58:35,165
wage adjustments for next year.

1158
00:58:36,645 --> 00:58:39,765
Anywhere from three point a half to 4% is where those are

1159
00:58:40,885 --> 00:58:41,885
trending at the moment.

1160
00:58:42,465 --> 00:58:44,925
Budget committee will look at those numbers, probably

1161
00:58:44,925 --> 00:58:47,285
around a 4% potential cost

1162
00:58:47,285 --> 00:58:49,285
of living adjustment proposal for next year.

1163
00:58:50,525 --> 00:58:54,085
If you recall, we did that 4% adjustment for this year.

1164
00:58:55,065 --> 00:58:58,085
We did, I think it was either four or three last year

1165
00:58:58,185 --> 00:58:59,245
and three the year before.

1166
00:58:59,305 --> 00:59:01,125
So we've been around that three to 4%

1167
00:59:01,785 --> 00:59:03,885
pretty consistently now for several years.

1168
00:59:06,025 --> 00:59:08,005
The ballot measure that is on the

1169
00:59:08,645 --> 00:59:11,045
November ballot will not affect next year's budget.

1170
00:59:11,115 --> 00:59:13,485
Keep that in mind that that that approval is

1171
00:59:13,485 --> 00:59:15,645
for the 2020 eighth budget.

1172
00:59:16,765 --> 00:59:19,205
So regardless of the election,

1173
00:59:20,395 --> 00:59:22,245
that won't impact our decision for,

1174
00:59:22,505 --> 00:59:24,365
for making the 2027 budget.

1175
00:59:25,105 --> 00:59:27,445
It will, I mean it will impact a decision as far

1176
00:59:27,445 --> 00:59:29,405
as long-term sustainability

1177
00:59:29,405 --> 00:59:32,565
and how we're gonna address a potential decrease

1178
00:59:32,565 --> 00:59:33,725
to revenue for 28.

1179
00:59:33,745 --> 00:59:37,725
But it may, it may influence a decision

1180
00:59:37,745 --> 00:59:40,045
or two around some longer term decisions

1181
00:59:40,045 --> 00:59:41,685
around our 2027 budget,

1182
00:59:42,825 --> 00:59:45,845
but at the moment, I don't anticipate there

1183
00:59:45,845 --> 00:59:49,525
to be significant changes to a spending habit

1184
00:59:49,705 --> 00:59:51,125
for 2027.

1185
00:59:51,215 --> 00:59:52,725
Right now we have a really good budget.

1186
00:59:52,815 --> 00:59:55,765
We're, we're within budget in all categories, right at

1187
00:59:55,785 --> 00:59:57,965
or right below budget in all categories.

1188
00:59:58,705 --> 01:00:00,725
And so it's, it's, we're doing really well.

1189
01:00:02,015 --> 01:00:05,845
Kevin, I had a question concerning the

1190
01:00:06,705 --> 01:00:09,045
Cooper Commons condo association thing.

1191
01:00:09,345 --> 01:00:11,325
Are, are we making two payments a year?

1192
01:00:12,405 --> 01:00:14,325
Generally? Yeah. I this, like,

1193
01:00:14,325 --> 01:00:17,685
this last one was like 36,000.

1194
01:00:18,745 --> 01:00:20,485
The total I think is like almost,

1195
01:00:20,995 --> 01:00:22,645
it's under partner partnerships.

1196
01:00:23,555 --> 01:00:25,605
Yeah, it's 30. Yeah, it's 30 some thousand

1197
01:00:25,625 --> 01:00:27,165
and it's a half year assessment. Okay.

1198
01:00:27,165 --> 01:00:30,805
So yeah. So that number is, we made the final one. Yes,

1199
01:00:30,805 --> 01:00:31,845
We did for this.

1200
01:00:32,115 --> 01:00:35,245
Okay. Exactly. And

1201
01:00:35,245 --> 01:00:37,125
that one did come in a little bit over budget.

1202
01:00:37,305 --> 01:00:40,445
The final budget for that was not finalized until February.

1203
01:00:40,665 --> 01:00:43,885
So by that time we already had our budget finalized, so

1204
01:00:43,885 --> 01:00:47,085
that's why that budget line is a little bit over, you know,

1205
01:00:47,085 --> 01:00:49,765
we're over by, you know, about 2,500 there.

1206
01:00:49,945 --> 01:00:52,805
So you know that one, that one's not

1207
01:00:54,645 --> 01:00:55,925
egregious in my opinion.

1208
01:00:55,995 --> 01:00:59,005
Okay. Does everyone understand what the relationship is

1209
01:00:59,075 --> 01:01:01,045
with CMC and the partnership?

1210
01:01:01,915 --> 01:01:03,505
Maybe you could explain that. That's a good question.

1211
01:01:03,815 --> 01:01:05,665
Yeah, it's, it's gonna be coming up

1212
01:01:05,665 --> 01:01:07,105
and it's a, it's a big item.

1213
01:01:07,485 --> 01:01:09,305
It is a big item. And you know, so the,

1214
01:01:09,445 --> 01:01:11,345
the Glenwood Branch Library

1215
01:01:11,725 --> 01:01:16,225
and on Cooper, the,

1216
01:01:16,285 --> 01:01:19,425
the building itself, the, the shell of the space, the,

1217
01:01:19,445 --> 01:01:23,185
the bricks of the shell is owned

1218
01:01:23,445 --> 01:01:26,225
or managed by the Cooper Commons Condo Association,

1219
01:01:26,675 --> 01:01:29,385
which is made up of two tenants, the library

1220
01:01:29,905 --> 01:01:31,545
district and CMC.

1221
01:01:32,045 --> 01:01:34,665
The library district occupies the entire first

1222
01:01:34,715 --> 01:01:36,985
floor except for the lobby.

1223
01:01:37,485 --> 01:01:41,265
And then they also occupy a meeting space upstairs on the

1224
01:01:41,265 --> 01:01:42,705
second floor next to the elevator.

1225
01:01:43,245 --> 01:01:46,065
So those two spaces, the library owns the rest

1226
01:01:46,065 --> 01:01:48,305
of the space beyond the lobby.

1227
01:01:48,845 --> 01:01:51,065
The rest of the space upstairs is all owned

1228
01:01:51,085 --> 01:01:52,545
and managed by CMC.

1229
01:01:53,325 --> 01:01:56,545
So the condominium association was formed at the beginning

1230
01:01:56,645 --> 01:02:01,425
of the, when that building was rebuilt in 2010 ish.

1231
01:02:02,325 --> 01:02:05,065
And when that, when that building was proposed on that, on

1232
01:02:05,065 --> 01:02:07,945
that lot, it was going into a partnership arrangement

1233
01:02:07,945 --> 01:02:09,185
between the two entities.

1234
01:02:09,605 --> 01:02:12,385
And that's when that Conde Condominium Association was

1235
01:02:12,385 --> 01:02:16,265
formed to manage the, the public spaces around the lobby

1236
01:02:16,325 --> 01:02:18,185
and the front area, the elevator

1237
01:02:18,185 --> 01:02:20,205
that services both entities.

1238
01:02:20,905 --> 01:02:22,605
The the fire alarms that,

1239
01:02:22,675 --> 01:02:24,285
that encompasses the entire building.

1240
01:02:24,285 --> 01:02:27,685
Things that, that are not specific to one specific unit and

1241
01:02:27,705 --> 01:02:29,125
The open area, The whole building.

1242
01:02:29,195 --> 01:02:33,405
Exactly. So the plaza itself out front is the library space.

1243
01:02:34,505 --> 01:02:38,925
So we actually own that unit, but the, but the public spaces

1244
01:02:39,065 --> 01:02:41,325
or the, the lobby inside around the restrooms

1245
01:02:41,325 --> 01:02:42,645
and all the elevator shafts,

1246
01:02:42,645 --> 01:02:44,885
all the elevators are all common.

1247
01:02:44,985 --> 01:02:48,005
We call it common element, right. Of the condo association.

1248
01:02:48,745 --> 01:02:51,925
The CMC owns the garage below the plaza so

1249
01:02:51,925 --> 01:02:53,005
that they get the lot below.

1250
01:02:53,185 --> 01:02:55,005
We get the plaza and then we,

1251
01:02:55,025 --> 01:02:57,805
we split out our spaces in inside the building.

1252
01:02:58,305 --> 01:03:00,845
So that's been the arrangement from day one is this, is,

1253
01:03:00,845 --> 01:03:04,165
this board meets every quarter roughly the board.

1254
01:03:05,165 --> 01:03:06,725
I sit on the board, Abraham's on the

1255
01:03:06,725 --> 01:03:07,885
board representing the library.

1256
01:03:08,385 --> 01:03:10,525
And then CMC has their two representatives

1257
01:03:10,715 --> 01:03:13,245
that sit on their board to make decisions around budgets,

1258
01:03:13,555 --> 01:03:16,485
repairs, and maintenance, the roofing, all of the, all

1259
01:03:16,485 --> 01:03:20,205
of the exterior or the co the condo manages.

1260
01:03:20,785 --> 01:03:22,285
So that's,

1261
01:03:22,285 --> 01:03:23,445
So it's kind of like an HOA,

1262
01:03:23,595 --> 01:03:25,525
It's just like HOA exactly what it is,

1263
01:03:26,225 --> 01:03:29,245
but it's, it's just an, it's a unique arrangement. But I

1264
01:03:29,245 --> 01:03:31,525
Thought that just, you know, that a lot

1265
01:03:31,525 --> 01:03:33,645
of people didn't know what that is.

1266
01:03:33,875 --> 01:03:35,365
It's like, what is that? So you'll see even,

1267
01:03:35,365 --> 01:03:37,725
even on your claims reports where you see, you know,

1268
01:03:37,725 --> 01:03:40,205
all the utility bills for electricity

1269
01:03:40,205 --> 01:03:41,885
and gas for all the other branches.

1270
01:03:42,925 --> 01:03:43,925
Glenwood is silent

1271
01:03:43,955 --> 01:03:46,845
because Glenwoods goes through the Cooper Commons.

1272
01:03:46,845 --> 01:03:49,645
All those utilities run through their, the budget

1273
01:03:49,835 --> 01:03:52,445
that we have in this partnership that we,

1274
01:03:52,545 --> 01:03:53,685
we have our share of that.

1275
01:03:53,715 --> 01:03:58,285
It's not a 50 50, it's a 40, a 47, 50 3% split.

1276
01:03:58,595 --> 01:04:00,805
Ours is a little bit smaller footprint than theirs.

1277
01:04:01,705 --> 01:04:03,805
So we a we allocated that at the very beginning

1278
01:04:03,805 --> 01:04:06,165
that we would kind of share it by square foot

1279
01:04:06,745 --> 01:04:07,765
and that's how that came out.

1280
01:04:07,905 --> 01:04:08,905
But it's pretty much,

1281
01:04:09,905 --> 01:04:12,925
So how, how much do we pay through

1282
01:04:13,025 --> 01:04:14,965
to the commons for

1283
01:04:14,965 --> 01:04:15,965
Operation?

1284
01:04:15,965 --> 01:04:18,885
We, we pay about $65,000 a year.

1285
01:04:19,425 --> 01:04:22,005
Oh, that's not Bad. That includes everything, all the,

1286
01:04:22,025 --> 01:04:23,125
all the insurance on the,

1287
01:04:23,125 --> 01:04:26,005
it's insurance on the entire structure, all the utilities,

1288
01:04:26,065 --> 01:04:28,165
all the maintenance, the fire alarm panels,

1289
01:04:28,185 --> 01:04:30,245
all the janitorial in the front of the room.

1290
01:04:30,465 --> 01:04:32,725
Wow. All the bathroom maintenance, there's a lot

1291
01:04:32,725 --> 01:04:35,685
of maintenance in that front restroom at that. And

1292
01:04:35,715 --> 01:04:37,525
That was just Constant.

1293
01:04:37,945 --> 01:04:39,485
So those kinds of things are, are,

1294
01:04:39,665 --> 01:04:41,965
and then the landscaping, the little grass areas

1295
01:04:41,965 --> 01:04:43,005
around the building, that's all.

1296
01:04:43,005 --> 01:04:46,605
And the, and the, the, the snow removal sidewalks, all of

1297
01:04:46,605 --> 01:04:48,205
that goes through that budget.

1298
01:04:48,205 --> 01:04:49,645
Pretty good deal. So it's,

1299
01:04:50,265 --> 01:04:52,125
and that one goes up a lot every year too,

1300
01:04:52,125 --> 01:04:54,805
just like they all do, but those services are expensive.

1301
01:04:56,435 --> 01:04:58,085
Okay. Anything else?

1302
01:04:58,345 --> 01:04:59,845
Any other questions Adrian, that I need

1303
01:04:59,845 --> 01:05:01,325
to address for thanks, Steve?

1304
01:05:02,425 --> 01:05:04,885
No. Okay. I still like your color.

1305
01:05:05,785 --> 01:05:08,285
Do You? Pie charts. Oh good. I sent it yesterday.

1306
01:05:08,665 --> 01:05:10,485
If you ever want something different, let me know.

1307
01:05:10,485 --> 01:05:12,725
I'll be happy to, I don't wanna,

1308
01:05:13,045 --> 01:05:14,605
I don't wanna change too much because I don't wanna

1309
01:05:14,775 --> 01:05:15,805
upset the apple cart.

1310
01:05:15,995 --> 01:05:18,525
Okay. So There's something else you wanna see.

1311
01:05:18,945 --> 01:05:20,925
See is there other reports? Anything else you wanna see?

1312
01:05:20,985 --> 01:05:24,445
No, I, I know I did wanna comment on Jen

1313
01:05:25,775 --> 01:05:28,245
Jen's report with the bar graph.

1314
01:05:29,325 --> 01:05:31,365
I thought that was very interesting as far as

1315
01:05:31,365 --> 01:05:34,445
where she's comparing the different districts to, to us.

1316
01:05:34,705 --> 01:05:37,525
Oh right. That was for employees. That was really good.

1317
01:05:37,585 --> 01:05:39,245
So thank you. That's really, he taught me

1318
01:05:39,275 --> 01:05:42,005
because I hear this. Okay.

1319
01:05:42,115 --> 01:05:43,125
Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

1320
01:05:44,045 --> 01:05:46,285
The next part is our trustee reports and comments.

1321
01:05:46,625 --> 01:05:49,205
Any updates or comments that you would make?

1322
01:05:54,045 --> 01:05:58,005
I like the bipartisan moment with Dolly Parton's passing

1323
01:05:58,185 --> 01:06:02,805
and the number that we have for her is 332 million books

1324
01:06:03,325 --> 01:06:04,525
provided to children through her.

1325
01:06:04,585 --> 01:06:05,585
Oh wow.

1326
01:06:05,955 --> 01:06:10,845
Nice. I do have an

1327
01:06:10,845 --> 01:06:12,325
update that's about books too.

1328
01:06:12,905 --> 01:06:16,005
Oh, that's nice. Yeah, since we're doing the cyber thing,

1329
01:06:16,845 --> 01:06:19,125
I don't know, I know the staff knows this.

1330
01:06:19,125 --> 01:06:21,405
I don't know if the, the trustees know.

1331
01:06:21,465 --> 01:06:25,645
But for the last three years anyway, Nancy

1332
01:06:25,705 --> 01:06:27,445
and I have been working together with the branch,

1333
01:06:27,785 --> 01:06:30,445
the six branches and asking for donations

1334
01:06:31,235 --> 01:06:35,685
from when they're calling the children's books to donate

1335
01:06:35,785 --> 01:06:38,125
to the GL Springs Rotary Club.

1336
01:06:38,625 --> 01:06:42,605
And they have a place down in s Chinley Arizona on the

1337
01:06:42,605 --> 01:06:43,645
Navajo reservation.

1338
01:06:43,825 --> 01:06:45,885
Oh, neat. And it's called s Chinley Planning Hope.

1339
01:06:46,625 --> 01:06:49,925
And I went to their, their meeting to represent all

1340
01:06:49,925 --> 01:06:51,245
of you last week.

1341
01:06:51,945 --> 01:06:54,365
And it was so, so touching.

1342
01:06:54,395 --> 01:06:56,325
They just love all these books

1343
01:06:56,355 --> 01:06:57,605
that we're sending down there.

1344
01:06:58,035 --> 01:07:00,485
They have, and it's, it's kind of hard to see on this,

1345
01:07:00,545 --> 01:07:03,765
but they have a bookmobile and

1346
01:07:03,765 --> 01:07:05,645
because it's so spread out on the reservation,

1347
01:07:05,645 --> 01:07:07,325
it's really, really used.

1348
01:07:07,825 --> 01:07:10,645
So it's going around all, all over on the reservation

1349
01:07:10,665 --> 01:07:12,005
around the Chinle area.

1350
01:07:13,235 --> 01:07:16,685
They have encouraged the school districts there

1351
01:07:16,825 --> 01:07:19,485
to enroll in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

1352
01:07:20,185 --> 01:07:22,685
So all those kids are getting, it was interesting,

1353
01:07:22,995 --> 01:07:25,965
they're getting one book a month as the kids

1354
01:07:25,965 --> 01:07:26,965
that we have are getting,

1355
01:07:27,265 --> 01:07:29,365
but it's sent to their post office box

1356
01:07:29,835 --> 01:07:31,125
because they, you know,

1357
01:07:31,125 --> 01:07:33,325
they don't have home delivery obviously.

1358
01:07:33,825 --> 01:07:35,725
But it was really, really exciting.

1359
01:07:35,985 --> 01:07:39,285
And this one picture of this one, these were some books

1360
01:07:39,285 --> 01:07:41,485
that some of you sent down and this is a grandmother

1361
01:07:41,945 --> 01:07:45,205
and she takes care of her little granddaughter.

1362
01:07:45,585 --> 01:07:48,685
And this year so far they've, they've read 200 books.

1363
01:07:48,985 --> 01:07:52,205
Oh, wow. You know, so it was just, you know, just the,

1364
01:07:52,505 --> 01:07:54,325
the whole thing on, on the reservation.

1365
01:07:54,705 --> 01:07:56,965
The point being that we're working as a,

1366
01:07:57,005 --> 01:07:58,685
a real community with partnerships.

1367
01:07:58,785 --> 01:08:00,085
We don't even know who the people are.

1368
01:08:00,785 --> 01:08:05,045
And so again, they're, they were so grateful to the district

1369
01:08:05,045 --> 01:08:06,485
for donating those books and,

1370
01:08:06,665 --> 01:08:08,645
and how they're being used and, and so forth.

1371
01:08:08,745 --> 01:08:11,765
So congratulations and let's just keep working together.

1372
01:08:12,315 --> 01:08:15,925
Cool. Hmm. That's all I had.

1373
01:08:16,385 --> 01:08:20,165
So now Tracy, you're on.

1374
01:08:27,035 --> 01:08:29,845
Welcome back to Carbondale. Thank you.

1375
01:08:30,075 --> 01:08:32,245
Abraham just asked me to tell you guys a story

1376
01:08:32,245 --> 01:08:33,605
that happened here a few months ago.

1377
01:08:33,945 --> 01:08:36,165
The power went out in all of Carbondale.

1378
01:08:36,185 --> 01:08:39,485
It was Friday morning, it was a few minutes after we opened,

1379
01:08:41,425 --> 01:08:44,685
and we, you know, we had a lot going on that morning.

1380
01:08:44,745 --> 01:08:47,005
We had story time, we had people coming in

1381
01:08:47,365 --> 01:08:49,045
and it was all over the entire town.

1382
01:08:49,785 --> 01:08:51,565
And we were discovering one thing

1383
01:08:51,565 --> 01:08:52,725
after another that didn't work.

1384
01:08:52,825 --> 01:08:55,085
So our sliding doors don't work when the power's out.

1385
01:08:55,105 --> 01:08:58,045
So we had to learn how to, well, we had to prop those open.

1386
01:08:58,225 --> 01:08:59,965
And then we had story time.

1387
01:09:00,025 --> 01:09:01,645
We debated, should we still do

1388
01:09:01,645 --> 01:09:03,085
to story time with the power out?

1389
01:09:03,185 --> 01:09:04,205
And we decided we should.

1390
01:09:04,465 --> 01:09:05,605
And we went to come into this room

1391
01:09:05,605 --> 01:09:07,485
and realized, you can't get into this room when the power's

1392
01:09:07,485 --> 01:09:08,845
out because the's no physical key.

1393
01:09:08,845 --> 01:09:10,285
It's just a bomb. Aw.

1394
01:09:11,665 --> 01:09:14,885
But our new youth services associate at the time,

1395
01:09:14,945 --> 01:09:16,605
she had just started and she decided

1396
01:09:16,605 --> 01:09:18,845
that she would do story time anyway and she'd do it outside.

1397
01:09:18,905 --> 01:09:20,205
So we moved story time outside

1398
01:09:20,265 --> 01:09:23,685
and that was really fun in order to still, we still wanted

1399
01:09:23,685 --> 01:09:24,925
to be able to check books out to people,

1400
01:09:25,585 --> 01:09:27,365
but computers weren't working, obviously.

1401
01:09:27,585 --> 01:09:29,965
But we realized we have these hotspots that we check out

1402
01:09:29,965 --> 01:09:31,565
to patrons and we have laptops.

1403
01:09:31,565 --> 01:09:33,205
So we took the laptops and the hotspot

1404
01:09:33,205 --> 01:09:35,045
and we were able to keep records that way.

1405
01:09:35,145 --> 01:09:37,245
We were able to continue to sign people up

1406
01:09:37,245 --> 01:09:39,005
for summer reading, because we keep track

1407
01:09:39,005 --> 01:09:40,165
of all that electronically.

1408
01:09:40,685 --> 01:09:41,925
So we're able to do that and still

1409
01:09:41,925 --> 01:09:43,045
get these kids their prizes.

1410
01:09:44,585 --> 01:09:46,725
And then we had, you know, powers out in the whole town.

1411
01:09:46,725 --> 01:09:48,325
We have a lot of people who work from home.

1412
01:09:48,425 --> 01:09:50,445
We were having people come in panicked

1413
01:09:50,445 --> 01:09:52,285
because they have this really important meeting

1414
01:09:52,585 --> 01:09:54,125
and they were coming to see if our power

1415
01:09:54,145 --> 01:09:55,285
was still on and it wasn't.

1416
01:09:55,285 --> 01:09:56,285
And we were telling them, no,

1417
01:09:56,285 --> 01:09:57,645
we have no wifi, we have no internet.

1418
01:09:57,665 --> 01:10:00,005
I'm so sorry. And we realized we have these hotspots.

1419
01:10:00,025 --> 01:10:03,045
So we started setting people up in the, in the study rooms

1420
01:10:03,315 --> 01:10:05,965
with their hotspots so they could do their, the meetings

1421
01:10:05,965 --> 01:10:07,005
and not lose their jobs.

1422
01:10:07,505 --> 01:10:09,125
So they were over the nuts.

1423
01:10:09,945 --> 01:10:12,325
And also, you know, people all over the community were

1424
01:10:12,585 --> 01:10:13,805
coming into the library

1425
01:10:14,065 --> 01:10:16,045
to see what's going on, why is the power out?

1426
01:10:16,045 --> 01:10:17,125
Is it out here, is it out here?

1427
01:10:17,155 --> 01:10:18,645
Does anybody know when it's coming back on?

1428
01:10:18,705 --> 01:10:19,925
And it just sort of, you know,

1429
01:10:19,925 --> 01:10:21,285
we talked about whether or not we should close.

1430
01:10:22,015 --> 01:10:23,045
There were some issues,

1431
01:10:23,045 --> 01:10:25,445
like our bathrooms are pitch black when the power's out,

1432
01:10:25,445 --> 01:10:27,085
but we were giving out flashlights.

1433
01:10:27,085 --> 01:10:30,125
Flashlights with the, with doors propped open.

1434
01:10:30,145 --> 01:10:31,325
It was getting pretty warm in here.

1435
01:10:31,325 --> 01:10:33,445
And honestly, we probably would've had to close eventually

1436
01:10:33,445 --> 01:10:34,645
because the HVAC doesn't work.

1437
01:10:34,705 --> 01:10:37,085
But fortunately the power did come back on

1438
01:10:37,085 --> 01:10:39,845
after a couple hours and we were, you know,

1439
01:10:39,845 --> 01:10:40,965
we didn't have to face that decision.

1440
01:10:41,065 --> 01:10:44,885
But yeah, I think it would've been really easy for it to us

1441
01:10:44,885 --> 01:10:46,365
to make the decision to just close

1442
01:10:46,385 --> 01:10:47,725
and wait for the power to come back on.

1443
01:10:47,725 --> 01:10:48,805
But instead, we stayed open

1444
01:10:48,945 --> 01:10:50,965
and our, oh, patients got a lot outta that.

1445
01:10:51,025 --> 01:10:53,165
So very proud of my team for that.

1446
01:10:53,195 --> 01:10:55,885
They're really impressed with 'em.

1447
01:10:55,885 --> 01:10:58,085
But I wasn't surprised because we have just such an

1448
01:10:58,085 --> 01:11:01,885
incredible team and I'd really like to take the opportunity

1449
01:11:01,945 --> 01:11:04,205
to tell you more about one of them in detail right now.

1450
01:11:04,815 --> 01:11:07,325
Sarah Friend is our assistant branch manager.

1451
01:11:08,265 --> 01:11:10,885
She started out as a substitute and she, and

1452
01:11:10,885 --> 01:11:11,885
She's right back there.

1453
01:11:11,885 --> 01:11:13,365
She's gonna cry, so don't look at her too closely.

1454
01:11:14,385 --> 01:11:17,005
She started out as a substitute in 2019.

1455
01:11:17,625 --> 01:11:21,005
She quickly started moving up through positions in 2021,

1456
01:11:21,005 --> 01:11:23,685
right after I became the manager here, she became the,

1457
01:11:23,685 --> 01:11:25,445
what we used to call the circulation coordinator,

1458
01:11:25,445 --> 01:11:26,885
which is now the assistant branch manager.

1459
01:11:28,385 --> 01:11:31,085
And she is the rare person who is just exceptional

1460
01:11:31,085 --> 01:11:33,245
with both the details and with people.

1461
01:11:33,935 --> 01:11:35,525
She's organized and she's thorough.

1462
01:11:35,905 --> 01:11:37,205
She basically runs our branch.

1463
01:11:37,365 --> 01:11:38,565
I shouldn't admit that to you guys, but

1464
01:11:38,565 --> 01:11:39,685
she does a great job with it.

1465
01:11:40,785 --> 01:11:42,525
But she's also the person who remembers

1466
01:11:42,525 --> 01:11:43,565
everybody's birthdays.

1467
01:11:43,905 --> 01:11:46,085
If you tell her your dog's name once she will remember it.

1468
01:11:46,465 --> 01:11:48,085
She knows what your favorite candy is

1469
01:11:48,085 --> 01:11:50,365
and she will give it to you just on a random occasion.

1470
01:11:51,145 --> 01:11:53,685
She just really makes everybody here just feel like they're

1471
01:11:53,685 --> 01:11:54,885
known and they're appreciated.

1472
01:11:55,595 --> 01:11:57,405
Even when she has a thousand things to do,

1473
01:11:58,425 --> 01:11:59,725
she will give you her full attention

1474
01:11:59,785 --> 01:12:01,725
and you never, ever feel like her to-do list is

1475
01:12:01,725 --> 01:12:02,765
more important than you.

1476
01:12:03,945 --> 01:12:05,805
And all of that applies to our patrons too.

1477
01:12:06,145 --> 01:12:09,125
No matter how complicated a patron's need is, she'll spend

1478
01:12:09,125 --> 01:12:10,805
as much time as she needs to get to the bottom

1479
01:12:10,805 --> 01:12:11,965
of what they're looking for.

1480
01:12:12,395 --> 01:12:15,285
Find a way to help because

1481
01:12:15,285 --> 01:12:17,125
of the challenges associated with living here.

1482
01:12:17,665 --> 01:12:19,845
We have a lot of turnover in this branch.

1483
01:12:19,865 --> 01:12:22,565
You guys know that. But Sarah and I, we counted recently

1484
01:12:22,585 --> 01:12:25,045
and we realized that we have onboarded more than 40 people

1485
01:12:25,325 --> 01:12:26,405
together in the last five years.

1486
01:12:27,665 --> 01:12:30,885
So we have a lot of turnover, a lot of new people

1487
01:12:30,885 --> 01:12:32,205
to get on board, to bring into

1488
01:12:32,205 --> 01:12:33,325
our team, to bring into our culture.

1489
01:12:34,105 --> 01:12:35,365
And you would think that with all

1490
01:12:35,365 --> 01:12:37,565
that it would feel unstable and chaotic

1491
01:12:37,825 --> 01:12:39,245
and that we would have ups and downs

1492
01:12:39,245 --> 01:12:41,445
and that there would be periods of disquiet.

1493
01:12:41,445 --> 01:12:43,725
But ours, we haven't experienced that.

1494
01:12:45,185 --> 01:12:48,365
Our steam, our team stays positive, we're productive,

1495
01:12:48,635 --> 01:12:50,685
engaged, they're always willing to help each other.

1496
01:12:51,105 --> 01:12:53,005
New person comes on. They're just immediately

1497
01:12:53,565 --> 01:12:55,965
inducted into this community that we have.

1498
01:12:57,035 --> 01:12:58,445
It's a happy, supportive place to work.

1499
01:12:58,505 --> 01:12:59,685
And I think Sarah deserves

1500
01:12:59,845 --> 01:13:00,885
a whole lot of the credit for that.

1501
01:13:00,945 --> 01:13:02,525
So I just wanted to tell you guys that,

1502
01:13:02,865 --> 01:13:03,085
Oh,

1503
01:13:09,385 --> 01:13:10,385
That's all.

1504
01:13:10,385 --> 01:13:11,325
And she's humble. Yeah.

1505
01:13:13,175 --> 01:13:14,925
Thank you so much. A great report.

1506
01:13:15,705 --> 01:13:17,805
If the power Abraham goes out,

1507
01:13:18,215 --> 01:13:19,565
don't branch, it's usually close.

1508
01:13:20,425 --> 01:13:21,805
We, we give it an hour.

1509
01:13:21,865 --> 01:13:23,245
That's our kind of rule

1510
01:13:23,245 --> 01:13:25,805
of thumb is we've been focused on trying to manage

1511
01:13:25,825 --> 01:13:27,725
for about an hour, hoping the power comes back

1512
01:13:28,425 --> 01:13:30,285
And then you close John. Yeah,

1513
01:13:30,635 --> 01:13:32,485
Well typically, so safety,

1514
01:13:32,945 --> 01:13:35,045
so safety becomes a concern as well as the

1515
01:13:35,315 --> 01:13:36,315
Yeah.

1516
01:13:36,315 --> 01:13:39,405
Safety, the HVAC portion as well. Thank you Amy. Okay.

1517
01:13:39,755 --> 01:13:42,005
Overachievers and Carbondale. Yeah,

1518
01:13:43,155 --> 01:13:44,165
They're ready for the,

1519
01:13:44,715 --> 01:13:48,405
They're ready for the, before I adjourn this meeting,

1520
01:13:48,645 --> 01:13:51,005
I just had a question about next month

1521
01:13:51,945 --> 01:13:54,765
why we are having this special location at the

1522
01:13:55,055 --> 01:13:56,205
rifle City, city council.

1523
01:13:56,715 --> 01:13:58,925
City Rifle council chambers instead of,

1524
01:14:00,105 --> 01:14:02,525
So we were doing that in anticipation of

1525
01:14:03,085 --> 01:14:05,445
possible destruction happening in in the

1526
01:14:05,445 --> 01:14:06,445
Rifle.

1527
01:14:06,445 --> 01:14:07,325
Is it going to be happening?

1528
01:14:07,645 --> 01:14:10,125
I mean this is not this, this is

1529
01:14:10,125 --> 01:14:13,965
where we're gonna be next month, John. How's that James?

1530
01:14:14,145 --> 01:14:15,605
So FCI communicated

1531
01:14:15,605 --> 01:14:17,405
that they're anticipating starting the

1532
01:14:17,685 --> 01:14:18,805
construction in October.

1533
01:14:19,235 --> 01:14:22,085
Okay. Okay. Rifle and slip in tandem. Okay.

1534
01:14:22,085 --> 01:14:24,045
So in preparation, we just want to make sure

1535
01:14:24,045 --> 01:14:27,845
that our board meeting go, you know, is scheduled. So,

1536
01:14:28,035 --> 01:14:28,725
Okay. Our

1537
01:14:28,885 --> 01:14:30,885
Neighbors in allowed us to use

1538
01:14:30,885 --> 01:14:31,885
Their facility.

1539
01:14:31,885 --> 01:14:33,645
Okay. Likewise, in Sill in November.

1540
01:14:34,395 --> 01:14:35,725
That'll be at the Sill branch,

1541
01:14:36,225 --> 01:14:38,605
but construction taking place during that time too.

1542
01:14:38,665 --> 01:14:41,525
So the town of Sill will allow us

1543
01:14:41,525 --> 01:14:42,645
to use their building as well.

1544
01:14:42,875 --> 01:14:43,965
Okay. Preparing for those two

1545
01:14:43,965 --> 01:14:44,965
Meetings.

1546
01:14:44,965 --> 01:14:46,525
Right. Okay. Thank you.

1547
01:14:46,525 --> 01:14:49,285
So, so we are meeting at the special location, correct? Yes.

1548
01:14:49,285 --> 01:14:51,765
Yes. Okay, thanks. Where's the special location?

1549
01:14:52,155 --> 01:14:53,685
It's City of Rifle Council,

1550
01:14:53,685 --> 01:14:55,805
chambers 2 0 2 Railroad I familiar with.

1551
01:14:55,805 --> 01:14:58,245
Do you know where that is? I hope you do that.

1552
01:14:58,485 --> 01:15:02,605
I think I can get there. Yeah. Thanks again for everyone.

1553
01:15:02,635 --> 01:15:05,525
This was a great meeting. We're looking forward

1554
01:15:05,585 --> 01:15:10,325
to giving you a report from halcon for, for next month

1555
01:15:10,425 --> 01:15:13,365
and we're really excited about that.

1556
01:15:13,545 --> 01:15:18,125
So thank you. This meeting is adjourned at three 15. Great.