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» Good evening. This is the meeting of the
hand townhouse committee meeting and we

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think tonight

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p.m. They stand for the

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of liberties and justice.
>> Anyone else recording the meeting other

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people? Okay. What was recording? Please
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that. I won't even get them started. No,
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looking up. Okay, first of let's do
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out the request for
post town website. The Times is going to

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do an article on it next week. Um the
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» Yeah. Come out next week.
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» So that's still

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» Are you going to post anything else?
>> I tried and it just sat there so I

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deleted it. I'm gonna redo it. Maybe
I'll redo it tonight or tomorrow

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evening. So I think it gets the most
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in the evening.
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a the date for site visit if anyone's
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meaning if somebody were interested in
they raise it up take a look.

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» So so where does it where does it go to?
I know it's on the town website, but

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where does he actually mail that to?
There's a big uh government site, right?

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» It goes to that goes to that
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» All right.
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» It's out there now.
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» nothing so far.
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» Just wondering It'll be a long time
>> meeting warrant articles.

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I'm wondering if town g I gave the
select we reserve they reserve the spots

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meeting warrants we can revise them or
add to them

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now and
second October.

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Is this a good jumping off point for
having a second public forum? You mean

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before the town meeting?
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» I don't know.
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» I don't know if we even
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» I think we need to make clear to this
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that building is really, you know, if
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thinking about saving that building,
they better think really hard because

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that building's in really bad shape.
Well, what if um if I were to post

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something on Facebook like in the next
day or two? What if we kind of gauge

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feedback or interaction on that to see
like what we're getting for responses

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from the people
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» No, the I was going to post the RFI.
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» Just to make it available. Then I can do
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» with the Warren article.
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gauge feedback to see like if people are
all up in arms or people are not

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responding or not paying attention or
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» you don't want people voting with their
heart thinking, "Oh, we're going to save

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this building and then we save it and
all of a sudden they're like, "Oh my

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god."
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are written if if this one comes up
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» Right. the first one comes up first and
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» then the second two are dead. Correct.
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be very clear.
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with you feel like and I talked I said
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combine one or two and then we only have
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» We only have two and here here's what I
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This would be the all-encompassing one.
to see if the town will vote to

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authorize select for to evaluate and
pursue options for the future of the old

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town hall, including but not limited to
seeking qualified buyers and appreciate

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potential sale, obtaining ownership and
exploring public private partnerships,

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lease or lease back arrangements, or any
other economic development

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opportunities. and to authorize the
select board to appoint an economic

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development committee to assist in
evaluating these options and making

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recommendations to
so all that did was said [clears throat]

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but isn't that where we are now? Well,
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» we are but but we but it's this one the
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to seek buyers to enter into
negotiations. How you're saying you told

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me that if this first one passes the
second two are moved, right? So then

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there's no economic there's no economic
development committee. There's no uh

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looking to explore other options for
that building. It's just to go out and

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try and sell. That's what we're doing
right now. We're trying to sell it.

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» You could you could separate this one
the second one out and say have the

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selected point A
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» economic
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» That's right.
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» Well, I'd like to see that come out of
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» Okay.
>> So, you can make another warn article.

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So, I'm saying you could warn article be
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and there'll be discussion about and
they'll talk about why do how much money

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are we going to get for it? Well, we had
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to get a buck for it. You know, maybe
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that'll mean they can do whatever they
want with it. They can tear it down or

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we could maybe put some caveats on
there, right? Whatever. So if they let's

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say they vote no, right?
They vote no. So you go to the next one

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to see if the town will vote to retain
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at 625 Main Street formally known as the
Hen Town House authorized select board

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to explore opportunities for the town to
enter a public private partnership. skip

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the economic development and create a
separate war article to create an

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economic development committee to study
what we can do all the mainstreaming.

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So, so if they so if they said yes on
that it wouldn't knock out the economic

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development. I understand.
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is the whole thing being read through so
that all the options are read aloud

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» and then people go in
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in the book,
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they're not going to know. Are they
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this?
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» The following are dead.
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» If you vote for If you vote yes on the
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be no action.
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will go to the second.
>> Does it have to be read like that? You

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can't read all three.
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» But they wouldn't know. I wouldn't know
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» they'll be all confused.
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really asking
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then you're being like here's a yes or
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» I know.
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that if you if you uh
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question, right, then what would you do?
You would have to say

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» you vote you vote for one of the three.
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» vote, right? And then
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to do that.
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where is where the people would vote to
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restore it and I'm willing to spend the
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combine the first two, all you're doing
when I the way I combined this here is

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saying that the sale part of it is part
of that warrant. You're not You don't

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have to split it in half. Can I read it
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» Well, here's what I'm here, Tad. What
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that one Warren article. It's it's it's
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economic development council of the
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» Okay, that could come out, I guess,
because So, like like Don said, I almost

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said,
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like Don said, you take the economic
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warrant and and that would be the fourth
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then that way that's going to get voted
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messing around with whatever.
>> Would that be tied into our articles or

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would that be separate?
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» Would it come before this or after?
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» Okay. I think you make it very simple
with that uh Warren article that the

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select board assembled an economic
development council. That's it. Don't

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identify where it's going to be. You
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» broad enough that we can we can you know
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devil's advocate, but so you say
will the town be willing to vote to

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establish an economic council? So I'm
going to Okay. Wait, what? Who's who's

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on the council and what exactly is it
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» Well, then you have
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of questions come. I think you
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town, I think we should include all like
you you want to include all the

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businesses that already exist so they
can balance off of what the potential

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businesses are. You don't want to
exclude them.

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» No, no. I That's right. I'm not saying
you'd have to put anybody, but I'm

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saying that if you make that All I'm
saying is if you make that article just

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a line that says have the the board
appoint an economic counselor.

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That That's a pretty broad swipe. Yeah.
And I think I get it. But but I think

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people will ask questions. Who
>> what are they going to do? Yeah. You

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know, is there is
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willing I would be willing to to answer
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» Yes. But I think that's a good
conversation starter about and getting

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getting interest raised. And if you
leave it very broad,

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» yeah, you leave it I think it should be
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» An economic development council.
>> Here's maybe another idea. I'm again I'm

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just winging this out there. You could
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could say, "We've spent eight months
looking into what we could do at the

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town hall and we just voted on one one
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things floating around and we that we
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to kind of look into not only the town
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as well."
>> Yeah. and and then then you just then

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you just leave it at that. So, we have a
we have a warn article that we've placed

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out there to start that economic
counseling and and then then at least

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there's some context and explanation for
what you're trying to do. Does that make

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any sense?
>> Yeah, I think it should be broad.

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» It has to be broad and your and your
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and no flying cars.
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» flying cars. No delay.
>> No, you got to talk theoretical. It's

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theoretical. That's what this committee
is. I think we got to settle on these

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things and then move on.
>> I have a question. Um, as far as that

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committee,
a lot of business owners don't live in

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town.
So, are they available to participate?

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» You mean the economic council?
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village Mark doesn't live in town, but
they are interested.

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» That's a good question. But like so
something like this you have to be a

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» So is there any
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a resident or a business owner or
>> well the vote you do yeah

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» but you know what I'm saying.
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>> but I would think the structure of that

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is yet to be laid out but you could you
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people to come in and
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I went to see the I went to see the
treasurer uh Dick Patello and I I know

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and I asked him about uh about
having the town account, this new woman

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who was there who I spoke to as well
about being on this economic development

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council.
>> We got a new one.

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» He said,
>> but did she leave the one that we had?

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» She's leaving this week
>> or did she already leave?

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» Sure.
account.

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» Okay.
>> She left

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the end of September.
>> Okay. Well, yeah. So, so what did they

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>> He said she could be on it, but she

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can't vote.
>> She's not a res

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» because she's not a resident. So, the
same with the same true with the

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businesses. If they're on a town
committee, which is open meeting, they

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can't vote. They can participate.
>> I disagree with that. I would take it.

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» Okay. I'm not saying [clears throat]
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the economic econ any of those things
economic development council or even

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this thing here right we can vote this
is our recommendation

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» right
>> but that's got to go select one of the

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town meeting who has the final vote to
do it

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» you know so you know you so it's not
what the hell we have outside

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consultants come in
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» for the fire station and everything
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» We don't want to get too deep into the
weeds on the economic council structure

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of China.
>> No, we that's what we're going to do.

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» And so we'll make up a warrant article
that just is one line item, one one

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sentence.
>> See, the reality of it is if you say

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then that first one that we want to sell
it, right? And then someone comes and

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say, "Geez, I'll buy it, but I want to
be as part of the deal. I want the town

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to be a part of the partnership.
>> Okay?

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» You know what I mean? I the reality
that's the reality of of of a uh of it.

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Someone might buy it or someone might
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That's what it comes down to.
>> So, you're saying you want to add the

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his first thing.

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» What's the last one? You're saying the
last one is to see if the town will vote

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to retain ownership of the building,
formerly known as the Tandle Town Hall,

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and further develop the property for
historic, culture, educational, civic

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purposes. That's basically that we we
keep it and we spend money.

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» It would be private money
partnership.

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» I think you go through all of them just
the way I I'm not convinced you you put

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the two together, Ted. You know, I'm
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» I'm fine with that. I just um
>> do we have time to wait until a next

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meeting with like the broader
>> or do we need I'm going to say again, do

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we even need to have these people vote
on this? We've got the RFI out there

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now.
>> We we're looking for somebody to buy

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this place. Why are we voting to see if
somebody wants us the town wants us to

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do that because we can't do anything
with the building.

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» Exactly. So if we find somebody,
>> it's still got to be voted on. Joe said,

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"Yeah, I want to buy this."
>> Got to be voted on

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» and uh I'm going to give you a million
dollars for it. Right. It has to go to

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the
>> vote go the vote will go through through

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it to go to the town. This just says
this see if they would authorize

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buyers enter the negotiations to the
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So my point is if we're out there
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looking for buyer.
>> We're looking for information. But so

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like we're starting to dig around in the
bushes for a while. And so if we

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» we've already got that going. I I guess
again I'm I'm wondering why are we going

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to have people vote on this thing before
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» we don't have all the roots because
because I think we need a more

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definitive direction.
>> Yeah.

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» If they say sell it,
>> we vote to sell it. Then we can forget

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about
>> everything else.

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» Anything else?
>> Yeah. Well, then but then we'd have our

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third our our fourth warrant says, you
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would then
>> But I mean, if you get an overwhelming

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lean either way from the voters,
it kind of will dictate the future, I

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think, of what we're doing.
>> Exactly.

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» if so, say this goes through and then
like a someone comes out with a

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proposal, does it have to wait to until
the springtime meeting or can there be a

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special meeting?
>> Special time special. Yeah.

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» So, we can hold a special town meeting
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» So, if a buyer were to come out for
this, say in like December, we can hold

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a meeting to figure out what to do. That
way, they're not tied,

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» right? Yes. So, so
>> it's possible that people will vote yes

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on the first one and yes on the second
one. They don't get to vote on those.

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That's right. If they vote yes on the
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» all done. But here's the thing. Second.
>> No, that's what we were that's what

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we're asking at the beginning.
>> Yeah. You vote number one. That's it.

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» You vote.
>> Yeah. That's you're not going to have

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the other votes,
>> right?

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» Nope. Because it's already been But so
the second one is but the second one is

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really all about the economic
development committee. So that one

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almost is dead. this economic
development, but it's going to go down

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here as a separate item, right? So, this
second warrant is is really kind of

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» So, the second one is to see if the town
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retain ownership of the building and
property and you know, blah blah and

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enter into, you know, explore
opportunities or public partnership. So,

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they want to sell it, it's done. If they
say no, we want we want to retain the

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ownership. See if you can't find Joe's,
you know, big sale to invest in the

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building.

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You know,
>> I I'm going to say again, I I feel like

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we've I think those two should just be
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» One, you talk about one and two, right?
Combining them. Well,

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» how about
>> I'm almost almost agreeing with them.

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If we could add part of that into the
first one, like we'd have two options in

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one.
>> Then you're not then you're not kicking

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ourselves out,
>> right?

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» That's right.
>> We'd have two options in one.

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» Well, that's right. That's what I mean.
Selling it and looking into lease backs

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and other plans is all one big thing. So
if you said you you're the first one,

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you know, you're going to authorize
sweatboard by enter into negotiations

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and
explore opportunities for the town to

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enter into public private partnerships,
lease or lease back. It's that last

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sentence goes to take out then you got
to take out retainership.

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» Right.
But but if we could combine those two

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and keep the third one,
>> I see what you're saying.

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» That's an A+. We
>> need to re rearrange these.

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» Well, you Okay. So, the second one is to
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but you take out this the economic
council part. Right.

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» Right.
>> Yeah.

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» So, you'd say to see if the town both to
retain ownership of the building known

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as the town hall and you're going to
take this out of economic development

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» right here. Yeah.
And then you're going to say notice the

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townhouse
>> development committee subs.

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» It is I get it. So the so the town so
the town can explore opportunities

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» to enter into public private
partnerships lease or lease back

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something to that effect. But the but
this economic development

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» get rid of that part. And then down
here, it's just wherever that falls into

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the the book is to see if the to see if
the town will vote and have the select

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board authorize
>> the development

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» economic development committee. That's
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» Council I don't like
>> council committee. Council

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a little better council.
>> Yeah, council. You know

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corporation
>> you get jackets

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economic development commission.
>> What is a better term? Economic

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development council or economic
development commission. What has more

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gravitas?
>> I would stick with the council. I would

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go commission. That's
>> like council. Commission maybe sounds

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but commission sounds kind of more um
>> committed. Committed kind of like

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like
>> more permanent.

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» Yeah, it's like
>> well the Warren Commission wasn't very

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permanent. It's just together for a
certain time. I like either one council

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because I'm thinking about the jackets
now. What are the jackets going to look

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like?
The words are so big.

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» You're lucky we get we get t-shirts.
>> We'll get t-shirts of anything.

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But I think that's a good idea trying to
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» in smaller towns and cities and councils
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» This is because
they're representing

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» no one's going to go for that.
>> Larger cities commission system may be

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more offended.
>> Where I used to say I

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think the town will go for I think the
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» So we're going to work those come back.
We got to have a We need a second public

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forum.
>> I I don't That's the question. Do you

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want a second?
>> No, I don't.

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» I would vote no on that. I mean, what
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to educate them.
>> I think the only thing we'll be doing is

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is educating educating them on what what
they want out of it. I think we get more

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feedback on social media than at the
forum and there's more interaction and

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more conversation and people have time
to like think about it and

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get back and view other people's
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» So you're thinking when we do the RFI do
the RFI and where you put it

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» in the open forum and the community
forum and

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maybe there's like older ham one. I
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» and then when we get our warrant
articles solidified,

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» I would probably post them all at once
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post like
option one and like more detail about

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that, option two, more detail about
that. Like do them separately just to

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give information to people.
>> Yeah. Yeah.

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would you put let's say you're going to

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do let's say the third one says a good
example to see if the town to retain

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ownership then underneath that you would
say

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resident need to know that retaining
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» tax implications taxations
>> or whatever however that comes out right

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» so that they know when they vote for
that that there's there's there's

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dollars attached because I'd rather have
educated I think it's our responsibility

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too to have educated voters coming here
to make a decision

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» like I think that's what we're doing
>> yeah I agree what you're saying um did

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we did we yank the tear it down off the
off the

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» Yes we did I mean I know we did
>> somebody's gonna say why don't we just

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tear it down
>> well you're always going to have those

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people
>> see there wasn't much interest in that

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option
>> no

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» no
>> very little interest in that option.

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» Okay.
>> Well, and you know what? In the end, if

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all five years of all fail in the end,
if all this goes goes down the tubes in

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a year, I'm fine. Chris, that's a long
time, but whatever the end of that

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commission would be, okay, we tried, we
didn't make it, and now we've got that

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building, and I think we need
>> by that means fail the other stuff in

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front.
>> I don't think that's what that thinks. I

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think that help people.
>> So, we're not going to do the public

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forum. So, the other one was continuing
discussion on future future use options.

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Do you want to do that tonight? Do you
want to discuss that some of those?

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» I think that should be for your economic
counsel too.

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» I don't know why we talk about that. I
think I'll be honest with you and I was

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going to bring this up. I think we
should I think this committee's

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business should be ended. It's the night
at the end of the town hall meeting. I

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agree with you 100%.
>> I think we should we should leave we

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should be done with that and it moves
into the economic council. Not I'm not

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saying we're all on that. I'm just
saying we're done and the economic

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council has moved forward
>> and we really I think we've done

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» like I [clears throat] say I think we're
getting that wits end already.

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» In fact once we get those figured out
we're cruising into the town meeting and

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» see what happens.
>> And kind of being done you think?

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» Yeah. Yep.
>> Okay. Are you with me?

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» Yeah, I'm I'm
>> That's four votes. So, we'll get one

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more. So, we I'm not saying we have to
put tonight saying I think that's where

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we're headed.
>> Don't you agree?

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» Yes. Okay.
>> 100%.

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» I don't know.
>> We make a motion. I'll make a motion to

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adjurnn.
>> I'll second it.

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» There we go. All
>> in favor? I

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» I
>> Oh, that was quick.

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» No, I think I think what we got right
now is right where we should be.

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» Yeah,
>> I'm with you. Thank you. had early.