[0:00] our meeting here. Ask Garrett to lead us in devotion and prayer and then we'll

[0:03] follow it up with the pledge of allegiance.

[0:07] » Morning, Garrett. Thanks for being here. >> Good morning. It's good to see you all.

[0:10] Looks like you're one short this morning. Um I I thought I would open

[0:15] there's a uh in the book of Deuteronomy when u if you

[0:21] know anything about what's happening there. Um, after God has released or

[0:27] brought his people out from Egypt in Exodus, they just are stiff necked. I

[0:32] love that phrase stiff neck because it's it's referring to the fact that you're

[0:36] stubborn and he refuses to bow your head. Um, and so they're they refuse to

[0:41] to say that he is king and lord. And so he says, you know what, you're not going

[0:44] to get to the promised land, but your kids will. Um, and so in Deuteronomy,

[0:48] which is just called the second law, um, Moses is reminding the kids of who are

[0:56] now about to inherit the promised land of what God has done and and what he's

[1:00] decreed for them. And he says this to them um, as he's starting out with this

[1:04] this second law or repeat of the law. He says, "Listen, the Lord our God, the

[1:10] Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and

[1:15] with all your strength. These words I am giving you today are to be in your

[1:19] heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your

[1:23] house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

[1:27] Bind them as a sign on your hand. Let them be a symbol on your forehead. Write

[1:31] them on the door pace doorposts of your house and on your city gates. I think

[1:36] it's just a reminder for us. I mean, wherever we go, we are to be

[1:41] representatives of the God we serve. Um, people should see our actions and know

[1:48] who we are. People should come into our homes and and find the peace of God in

[1:53] our homes. People should come into our our town and know that, you know, this

[1:58] is a town that that fears and respects who God is and what he does. And and I

[2:04] just hope that that that's, you know, kind of the basis of everything that we

[2:08] do. And so, let's uh go to him in this prayer as we begin this meeting. Father,

[2:12] we thank you that no matter what you are, King, no matter how many people

[2:18] refuse to bow their heads, that doesn't negate the fact that you are the one

[2:26] that sustains all things and creates all things.

[2:30] And uh we know that all things are working together

[2:34] for the good of your people and for for your glory. And so I just pray that in

[2:40] meetings such as these that that in many ways just

[2:45] sometimes can seem mundane and wrote, they're not. And they're they're

[2:50] purposeful. and and I just pray that for um for the people who are leading our

[2:55] county in different um facilities and different areas that that they would

[3:01] have a heart that that is aligned with you and that they would lead from their

[3:06] their fear and their love of you. Um and we just thank you for all that you've

[3:11] done and just pray that you're here guiding the thoughts and the directions

[3:14] of this meeting and all the things that are on the agenda. We thank you for your

[3:19] sons in his name that we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Garrett.

[3:23] » Yeah. Thank you, Garrett. >> All right. If you please rise

[3:28] algiance

[3:33] to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it

[3:38] stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

[3:43] for all.

[3:49] Thank you very much. We'll call this meeting to order. Tuesday, September the

[3:54] 8th, 2026. First item on the agenda is the minutes.

[4:00] Approval of the minutes from the previous meeting. Clerk Strike sent

[4:03] those out to us electronically last week. So,

[4:09] Mr. President, I approve those as presented. Uh unless you have any

[4:15] additional comments or corrections, but move that we approve those.

[4:20] All right. Thank you, Commissioner Edgler. I'll second that. Minutes will

[4:24] stand approved as submitted. Next is a president's report and

[4:30] commissioner reports. I don't have a whole lot really to report this meeting.

[4:36] The only meeting that I've really had since our prior commission meeting is a

[4:40] PTOIC Valley Transit Authority meeting. those folks continue to do good work

[4:44] there. Kind of expanding their

[4:49] ride shares and the the uh opportunities they have there to help out as it

[4:55] relates to public transit in in a rural area which

[5:00] is obviously extremely difficult. Provides it own set of challenges but

[5:04] those folks do a lot of good work, continue to do a lot of good things. So

[5:07] thankful that have those folks on that board that are working to provide those

[5:12] services to our county and and many other counties locally. So aside from

[5:18] that, any everything else that we have would be on the agenda. I don't have

[5:21] anything else really to report. So Commissioner Eginger, if you have

[5:24] anything, I'll turn the floor over to you at this time.

[5:26] » I don't have a lot either. commissioner uh did have the Central Hampshire PSD uh

[5:33] meeting and uh they are in the process of uh finishing up the several projects

[5:42] that they had over the years. Um you know, a lot of the the tying up the

[5:48] loose ends on the Peretsville projects um and uh stuff like that. Um but uh

[5:58] nothing major to report there. Uh no other meetings to report on this time.

[6:04] Um but since I did do have a few spare minutes there, I just uh

[6:10] wanted to, you know, touch on the upcoming uh

[6:14] vote for the uh levy that'll be in November. Um, and you know, hopefully

[6:22] uh, as I stated a few meetings ago, I I want to continue to uh for the

[6:28] commissioners to uh, educate the public um, as clearly

[6:34] and uh, fairly as possible uh, with that uh, upcoming opportunity to vote that

[6:41] uh, up or down. And uh, again, I just I just wanted to hit a few highlights

[6:47] there. Um, you know, I uh the vote on the levy, you know, won't be

[6:56] to make the fee go away. Uh, you know, obviously if there is a levy, there

[7:03] won't be a fee, but if there's if there's not a levy, there still will be

[7:08] a fee. Um, and and I'm just touching on a few of these things because, you know,

[7:12] I've gotten some questions, emails, I've seen some, uh, social media rhetoric.

[7:18] Uh, so I' I'm just trying to hit a few of the highlights that I've, uh, noticed

[7:24] people questioning. Um, you know, there are, uh, good and bad with either way. I

[7:30] I don't know that either way, uh, is a best way. Um obviously

[7:38] uh you know a change to a levy will put uh more responsibility

[7:45] from the economic side on a portion of our uh citizens. Um they will see their

[7:53] bills uh go up considerably. um especially businesses since the previous

[8:01] commission, including myself, um [snorts] you know, chose not to apply

[8:06] the fee to businesses in the past. Um with a levy that would be just like your

[8:12] uh your regular tax tax bill that you get.

[8:17] It's, you know, a levy works just like any other levy on your tax bill. So um

[8:23] it will be uh applicable to what you own um and how much you own and you know

[8:31] therefore you know you will pay more accordingly. Um that will work in the

[8:37] the other way as well. you know, if if you uh own a little less than the

[8:43] average, uh you'll probably see your bill go down. If if you're around the

[8:48] average in the county on what you own, um and what you pay taxes on, your bill

[8:54] will probably stay somewhere there, pretty close to the same, may go up a

[8:59] little bit or go down a little bit, but uh

[9:03] you know, that's I just want to continue to be as clear as possible. I mean what

[9:08] this is and the reason I uh agreed to uh allow this to go on the levy is

[9:18] because I do you know believe that the people should be allowed to uh chime in

[9:23] on it. Um, you know, it's it's been something that's been in the county now

[9:28] for close to 10 years and uh when the opportunity comes for the people to uh

[9:35] chime in on it, um I did believe that uh you know, when the idea came up, um I I

[9:43] believe that it's fair for the people to be able to uh voice their opinion by way

[9:50] of vote. So, you know, again, um I don't necessarily want to to say that I uh

[9:59] at this point know, you know, what the uh benefits of one way or the other is.

[10:04] Again, I think there's uh when you really break it down, you see

[10:11] that there's uh positive and negatives uh either way. Um there's a lot more we

[10:17] could talk about on it and you know we do have uh several weeks yet till we

[10:22] vote on it but I just want to continue to keep a open

[10:27] um communication from the commissioners on

[10:33] on the levy and the current fee and how it works and uh answer any questions

[10:38] that you have. So thank you commissioner.

[10:41] » Yes sir. Thank you, Commissioner Eginger, and I appreciate you touching

[10:45] on that. I I have had several folks reach out to me as well with questions

[10:49] about the potential levy. And I would again encourage folks to if you have

[10:54] questions, certainly feel free to reach out. I know HCSA, I believe, is planning

[10:58] to continue to do some education on the levy as we move forward here, get

[11:05] closer to election time. So, keep keep an eye ear out for that. And again, if

[11:09] you have any questions or need anything from us, we certainly happy to try to

[11:12] help in any way that we can. So,

[11:16] okay, we'll move on to our 9:15 agenda item, which is the Eastern Alageney

[11:22] Council for Human Services, Tayier Me. Hope I said that right. The

[11:28] head start update. Thank you for being here this morning.

[11:32] » Certainly. >> I've been here before. I wear many hats,

[11:37] but each is my nineto five. [laughter]

[11:41] Um I am Tiier me. I'm the public relations manager for each Head Start.

[11:45] Um and I'm here today because I want to bring to your attention um a significant

[11:50] proposed change affecting Head Start programs nationwide. On August 7th,

[11:55] 2026, the Administration for Children and Families issued a notice of proposed

[12:00] rulemaking entitled reducing federal burden for Head Start programs. This

[12:06] proposal could potenti substantially change the current Head Start program

[12:11] performance standards that each Head Start and Head Starts across the country

[12:15] operate with. Now, these are just proposed changes. Nothing's final yet.

[12:20] Um, as long as the Head Start Act that was signed into law by Congress, as long

[12:25] as that is intact, um, Head Start, we are not closing, we're not going

[12:30] anywhere. These are just some proposed changes, um, that this administration

[12:36] would like to make to our performance standards. Um, and anybody that operates

[12:41] in Head Start knows that our Head Start program performance standards are like

[12:45] our Bible. Um while some of these proposals could

[12:51] provide each with greater f flexibility and reduce administrative burden, there

[12:55] are also some proposed changes that could have significant implications for

[13:00] staffing, program operations, administrative costs, parent engagement,

[13:04] and the delivery of services to our children and family. Um, one of the

[13:09] major ones that this administration, they are proposing reducing the

[13:13] administrative cost cap from 15% to 5%. The Head Start act says that we can

[13:22] operate up or use up to 15%. Um, I can tell you that each is head

[13:28] start. We currently operate between a 10 to 12% um, administrative cost. Now, our

[13:36] National Head Starts um association did some research for us and found that 73%

[13:42] of Head Starts across the country um operate above a 5%

[13:48] um administrative cost cap. So, not that we couldn't do it um because

[13:57] most people know that for the past three years, Head Start has been flatfunded

[14:02] and we will be flatunded next year as well. And I'm proud to say that at each

[14:06] Head Start, um, we manage, we make it work. Our children and our staff and our

[14:11] their families do not go without their needs in our in our facilities. But this

[14:16] 5% ceiling could affect our finance and accounting, our payroll, human

[14:22] resources, our information technology, data systems, um procurement, monitoring

[14:28] and compliance regulations, our grant administration, insurance and risk

[14:33] management, our fiscal reporting, and our administrative staffing. Um I don't

[14:38] want it to think I don't want anybody to think that we're here because oh, we're

[14:41] just here for the admin part. Nothing. But without these things, without the

[14:46] people in our administrative offices, our Head Start program can't operate.

[14:52] Um, and if it does operate, in my opinion, it would not operate at the

[14:56] quality of service we believe our children and families in Grand Hampshire

[15:00] and Hardy County deserve. So, that is a concern for us. Um, another concern that

[15:07] we have is that this administration wants us to get away from federal

[15:12] regulatory guidelines and focus more on state and child care licensings

[15:17] requirements. Well, Egis Head Start, we do that. We already operate under West

[15:21] Virginia um, child care licensings requirements. So, that's not a big

[15:27] burden or change for us to have to happen. Our concern with that is if you

[15:32] take away these federal performance standards and guidelines is that

[15:38] we our concern is that the consistency of the Head Start program will vary from

[15:43] state to state depending on those childcare licensing requirements. We

[15:47] want to guarantee that every child in West Virginia receives the same

[15:52] highquality service of early childhood education as any other

[15:58] student or family in in in another state. Um

[16:05] we have made a commitment to ourselves that um while some of these proposed

[16:12] changes we we do agree with um we do feel that it would allow us more

[16:17] flexibility in operating our program even though we do independently operate

[16:22] ourselves. Um, we think there could be more flexibility

[16:27] and we're okay with that, but we look at the bigger picture is that we do live in

[16:34] a rural area. Um, one of the changes that the administration wants to make is

[16:42] they want to get rid of some of the health care guidelines. Now at each head

[16:46] start um we do vision, hearing screenings, um dental screenings, mental

[16:54] health consultations are done regularly in our classrooms. Um

[17:00] we provide services to our students that some public schools don't require. Like

[17:08] my child goes to public school, we have to have a wellness check before we enter

[17:12] school. That's it. At eaches, we take it a step further. We ask that you provide

[17:17] us with your wellness check and your last dental check. But when it comes to

[17:21] the vision and hearing and other things, if we see that there's a problem, we

[17:26] make a referral for that family. If that family has a problem getting to the

[17:31] referral, we find a way to get them there. Um Sarah Meyers who is our health

[17:38] mental health and nutrition manager um she has partnered with the dental

[17:43] department at EA Haw and they send their dentists into our classrooms and

[17:48] sometimes that's the first time some of these children have ever had a dental

[17:53] exam. So when this administration or the federal government wants to

[18:00] cut back on the timeline to get these things done, that's a concern for us.

[18:05] We're all parents here. I I hope most everybody's parent here. Um we don't

[18:10] have a lot of doctors here. We don't have um a lot of dentists that you can

[18:15] call and say, "Hey, my kid needs a dental exam." You may wait six months.

[18:20] You may wait a year to get in an appointment there. We've had it happen

[18:23] to our families. We want we don't want that to change. We

[18:29] want our children to be able to continue receiving the same

[18:35] physical screenings, dental, vision, um developmental screenings that we've

[18:40] always given to them on the timeline that our performance standard says they

[18:44] have to have them. Um, our concern, another concern with that is that we do

[18:50] have parents that don't recognize the need to take your child to get a

[18:56] physical, take your child to get a vision screening, to get a hear a

[19:01] hearing screening, and to get a dental exam. Um,

[19:06] I think that sometimes it's a lack of knowing that that is

[19:12] important as well as financially. Can we afford just to do this? Um,

[19:20] I think it's no it's no secret that we service um the socially economic poor in

[19:28] our communities that we service. But just because they're not at a social

[19:32] economical level as everybody else, we still feel that they these children and

[19:38] their families deserve the same quality of care across

[19:45] the board that any other child or family gets. So, we're not going to change our

[19:50] standards on that. Um, we've made a commitment to ourselves, um, to our

[19:56] staff and to our children and families because they're watching the news. They

[20:01] they see this and it causes panic. What does that mean for me and my family at

[20:04] Head Start? What does that mean for my child at Head Start? Our staff is

[20:07] concerned. Um myself I am concerned but we have

[20:13] decided that we control our own destiny at each head start and that's a good

[20:18] thing for us because that we are independently operated. We have made a

[20:22] commitment that our level of service is not going to change. Our mission to our

[20:27] children and families in the counties that we serve is not going to change.

[20:31] Our partnerships with our county BOEs, I've met with them to assure them it's

[20:35] not going to change. Um, and I'm hoping and keeping our fingers crossed that we

[20:42] don't get a push back that you have to change this. Um, we don't feel that we

[20:48] will, but our concern is that some of these proposed changes could greatly

[20:56] affect our our rural areas and we don't want

[21:00] that to happen. if you would see the papers I have here.

[21:07] So now, usually in an NPRM, once it is publicly released, there's a 30-day

[21:13] comment period. Now, our head national head start association went to bat for

[21:18] us and got us a 60-day public comment period. Um, so

[21:23] October 6 will end the public comment deadline, and it's as simple as going to

[21:28] regulations.gov gov and looking for or typing in um

[21:35] the Head Start proposed changes. It'll pull it up and it gives you a section to

[21:42] add a public comment on your thoughts on Head Start. Um we ask that we've asked

[21:48] everybody like if you're Head Start a past Head Head Start kid or a Head Start

[21:51] parent like just let them know what Head Start did for you and your family. Let

[21:54] them know what Head Start does for your community. But as we consider the

[21:59] proposed NPRM, we believe that it's important that we look at the impact

[22:04] through a rural lens. Each is not operating in a large metropolitan

[22:09] community where medical providers, mental health professionals,

[22:13] specialists, transportation options, and other community resources are readily

[22:17] available. We serve families across rural communities where distances are

[22:21] greater and resources are more limited. Sure, the greater local flexibility

[22:26] could certainly benefit us by allowing us to tailor our tailor our program to

[22:31] the exact needs of Grant Hardy and Hampshire County children and families.

[22:35] However, we also have to consider whether reducing federal standards will

[22:40] create unintended consequences for our rural program. A requirement that may be

[22:45] relatively easy for an urban program to satisfy can be much more difficult and

[22:50] expensive for our program because of the geographic distance, the work for

[22:54] workforce shortages, and the limited community service. We should therefore

[22:58] consider not only whether a proposed regulation reduces administrative burden

[23:04] but whether it also allows rural Head Start programs like each Head Start to

[23:08] continue providing highquality comprehensive services to children and

[23:13] families who may have nowhere else to turn. So the question for us isn't

[23:19] simply whether we want more or fewer regulations. Our question is, what level

[23:25] of federal standard is necessary to ensure that a child in rural Hampshire

[23:31] County, West Virginia, receives the same quality of Head Start services as a

[23:36] child in a major city. So, we're not asking for anything other

[23:42] than your voice and other than your support for our program and for the

[23:46] children and families of Hampshire County.

[23:50] Any questions? Thank you very much for being here and u bringing this to our

[23:55] attention and the attention of our community. And um

[24:00] and how many children do you guys have in the program?

[24:05] » Um we are equipped for 263. I think our last count last week was

[24:11] 240, but we're still um accepting applications.

[24:16] Now, another thing, and I didn't touch on it, but some of the additions that

[24:20] they want to add, and these are additions that we agree with, and we

[24:23] already do in our program, um, one of them is a nutrition. Um, they want more

[24:30] fresh foods, fresh vegetables, um, lower sugar content in your menus. We already

[24:36] do that. We follow, um, the USA, USDA guidelines, and also CACF, national

[24:43] guidelines. Um, we do not serve processed foods in our three facilities.

[24:48] Um, so we're already doing that. So, we're we're okay with that change. Um,

[24:53] another one is physical activity. They want to add a requirement that for every

[24:59] three and a half hours that a child is in a Head Start program that they get a

[25:03] half hour of physical activity. Well, our kids from 7:45 to 2:30 they are with

[25:10] us. Um, so we operate a little bit longer and that's largely due to our

[25:14] partnership with the BOEs and the pre-K programs that we have within our

[25:17] facilities, but our kids get an hour of outside playtime, full hour. And that's

[25:23] just outside because there are also physical activities and movement that

[25:28] goes on in the classroom as well. So, we're okay with that one, too. Um,

[25:32] because pat ourselves on the back, we know we already do that above and beyond

[25:36] of what they are expecting from here on out. Um, another one of our a concern of

[25:41] ours is um they want to take away the requirement of parent engagement groups.

[25:49] Um, we don't want to see that go away. We do

[25:53] we have two governing bodies. One is our board of directors and one is our policy

[25:57] council which is our parent governing body. Um, that those two are staying. Um

[26:03] but the parent engagement group it allows parents to come into the centers.

[26:08] Um we bring resources into them. Um I think that the Morfield Center they have

[26:15] done things with Eastern Action. They've had people come in and they do a

[26:18] budgeting with the family like let's talk about your finances. Let let's

[26:23] let's figure out how how you're going to budget, how you're going to make this.

[26:26] Um we do cooking classes. is I think Hampshire County has done um some like

[26:30] crock-pot cooking meal classes. Um our concern with that is that while people

[26:38] think, oh well, you know, it's just a budget thing, like what's what's parents

[26:40] get from it, we get something from it. Um some

[26:46] parents, you don't see what goes on in in in at

[26:51] home. Um, and I guess maybe some things aren't our business, what goes on in

[26:56] people's home, but when the parents come in and engage in our facilities and

[27:00] engage in these groups, we're allowed to see things that most people probably

[27:06] look at and don't pick up on, but because of the work that our teachers

[27:09] and our staff do, they're able to see if there's a problem. you know, they're

[27:14] able to catch a red flag and they can pull that family aside and they can say,

[27:19] "Hey, you know, I noticed this in the parent group. Everything okay? You want

[27:23] to talk about something? Can I help you with something?" Um, some parents don't

[27:28] want to reach out. You know, it's a pride thing. Um,

[27:32] so we don't want to see these groups go away. We feel they are necessary for our

[27:36] families. They help our families. Um, and we feel that it's necessary for our

[27:41] teachers and our staff to kind of pick up a red flag that may not be brought

[27:47] forth by the parentself. So, but like I said, these are just proposals. Nothing

[27:52] is final yet. Um, I think the last webinar I said on um it could take one

[27:58] year, two year, three years before they are finalized. Um, but we are concerned

[28:04] that they might be kind of being fasttracked. So, we just want to make

[28:08] the public aware. Um, because it is scary what you see on the news. It is

[28:12] scary, but we like to think that we can get ahead of this and changes that we

[28:18] want to see happen will happen and the changes that we think would be

[28:22] detrimental to our program and to our area. We're just asking for everybody's

[28:27] support on those changes. That's all I got, sir.

[28:32] » Thank you. >> Thank you.

[28:34] » Appreciate you being here and thank you for what you do for the services you

[28:37] provide to our community and our counties. We much appreciate it.

[28:41] Appreciate you being on top of this kind of uh sounds like you're already being

[28:45] very proactive and taking steps to to be ready as possible. But but certainly in

[28:50] in the event that anything changes or any there are other new additions to

[28:53] this and you want to come back, we're certainly happy to to talk and and

[28:57] continue to have conversations and do what we can to support you.

[29:00] » All right. Thank you so much. >> Would you have that website?

[29:02] » It's regulations.gov. Let me see.

[29:06] So that went by kind of quick. >> I was getting ready to say I used to

[29:09] have a guideline and I think the Hardy County Commission took them all that

[29:14] day. I was there. >> Well, could you email some to me and

[29:17] I'll get them in the hallway or you email

[29:21] me?

[29:29] » I have to get on her county. They took all [snorts] my

[29:34] » guidelines.

[29:49] Thank you.

[29:59] » Thank you, gentlemen. >> Thank you.

[30:08] Okay, we'll move on to our next agenda item, which is the America 250th mural

[30:13] edition. Greybel is here with us. Come on up. How

[30:17] you doing this morning? >> Good. How are you?

[30:19] » Very good. Good to see you. >> Good to see you. How are you all doing?

[30:24] » Good. Thank you.

[30:36] Okay. So, this is you may get through a whole meeting without somebody asking

[30:39] you for money today. I don't know. [laughter]

[30:42] So, um this morning I just wanted to chat with you real quick about closing

[30:47] out the America 250 mural project. From my understanding, all of the funds have

[30:52] already been distributed out. So, there's nothing uh no requirement on

[30:56] your end except for a signature. So, the only other thing I wanted to bring to

[31:01] your attention is in your packets, there are some photos of the murals. They have

[31:06] all been installed. I hope that you guys have had a chance

[31:10] to to take a peek at them. They are gorgeous. And um I wanted to bring to

[31:17] your attention that we have a fourth mural that's going to be added as well.

[31:22] And um Kelly and Sam Williams are going to be covering the expense entirely.

[31:28] It's going to be on the wall at the South Branch in and you have a photo of

[31:32] that in your package as well. Um there shouldn't be anything any additional

[31:37] requirements on your end. I think that's all been taken care of. So it will just

[31:42] be a signature a signature on behalf of the county commission stating that the

[31:48] uh project has been completed. Uh the only other thing that I wanted to

[31:53] mention at this meeting is the newspaper last week had an article out

[31:58] um that had some um misrepresentation I guess. Uh it said that the murals were

[32:04] painted by Julie Harris that is not correct. It is Julie Cook that did the

[32:08] murals and she did a fabulous job. Um, but one of the other things that I

[32:12] really wanted to make sure was brought out at this meeting is that in the paper

[32:15] it said that the Hampshire County Commission voted in the spring to donate

[32:19] $5,000 toward the mural project and that was not the case. That has stirred up

[32:25] some controversy online. So, I wanted to be sure to bring that to everyone's

[32:29] attention that this money was grant money funded from the state of West

[32:34] Virginia. There was no tax money from our locals involved in this whatsoever.

[32:41] So, does anyone have any questions for me?

[32:45] » Very much appreciate you clearing that up.

[32:47] » Yes, sir. >> And uh these things I have had the

[32:51] opportunity myself to look at them and they are very very well done. Very nice.

[32:56] The mural that's going to be placed at the South Branch in I believe there's

[33:02] already one on or planned to be one on the South Branch in Morfield. Correct.

[33:07] » There is already one on the one of Morfield. Yes, this one will be added to

[33:11] our set of three that we already have that will be included on the mural trail

[33:18] that's going to be put together. There'll be a mural trail map that'll be

[33:21] done by the state where people can go to different counties and look at all the

[33:25] murals and and we're hoping that this fourth mural will also be included in

[33:29] that as well.

[33:33] The interesting thing about this one is it represents our end of the trough

[33:38] versus the one in Warfield represents south

[33:43] » visually. >> Correct. Yeah.

[33:47] » Um then then one more piece that I wanted to add is uh this we have more

[33:51] America 250 activities coming up. Um, one of those is going to be a uh cost a

[33:59] fashion show, I guess, at the school for the deaf and the blind that's scheduled

[34:05] for October. Um, we're also going to have a 911 memorial ride from can be

[34:13] cars, vans, motorcycles. It'll start at the American Legion and go all the way

[34:18] to Shakesville, Pennsylvania for where where the plane went down. and that will

[34:24] be on October 10th. Uh that will be a part of our America 250 activities. And

[34:30] then we will close out the year for um the Veterans Day event that we usually

[34:38] have. This will be our third year that we've had it at the American Legion

[34:41] where we do a free dinner for vets. But we're also going to include that with an

[34:45] America 250 block party downtown. So I wanted to bring that to your attention

[34:49] as well. And that will be on Veterans Day on November 11th.

[34:57] All right. >> Any questions?

[35:02] » I don't have any for you. Appreciate you.

[35:04] » Thank you so much. >> Thanks for being here. [snorts]

[35:13] » All right, clerk. We're a little ahead of schedule, so

[35:17] you have anything for us >> or we can move on if you if you have

[35:22] nothing uh beyond some some things we've already

[35:26] » dealt with and of course the exonerations and invoices.

[35:30] » Okay. All right. >> Then we'll move on to the 945 agenda

[35:35] item which is the police resource officer with the board of education.

[35:38] » Okay. This was prepared and submitted to uh sheriff and he reviewed it and agreed

[35:44] with everything in it. And so it's just something that goes into the program

[35:51] packet as part of that [snorts]

[36:43] Clerk, this is something I assume we've done for quite some time. This

[36:46] agreement. Yeah, >> that is correct. Um and the

[36:52] uh [snorts] high school board um over the years has prepared most of this

[36:58] packet. Um at this point it's Miss Stump at the high school vice principal still

[37:04] is pulling the the threads together and

[37:08] getting ready for submission. These officers, as I understand it, are

[37:13] one at the high school, one at Capen Bridge complex, and one at the Romney,

[37:18] » assuming at the Romney >> Oh, yes.

[37:21] » Elementary. >> I don't think

[37:23] » no. Middle school. Okay.

[37:32] The officers may do double duty with the elementary where needed, but

[37:37] sure.

[37:48] Mr. President, I'll move that we give you the uh approval to sign the pro uh

[37:56] officer agreement. All right. Thank you, Commissioner Aer.

[38:01] I'll second that motion. Those in favor signify by saying I. I.

[38:06] » I. Motion passed.

[38:31] Okay, end of our regularly scheduled agenda

[38:35] items. So, clerk, we have the exonerations which I emailed

[38:41] to you last week and actually sent the the worksheets with them as well. Just a

[38:47] few Do you need to review those?

[38:50] » I do not. You need to see those. >> No, I'm fine, but I I will move that we

[38:56] uh accept those uh as presented from the assessor since our last meeting.

[39:02] » I'll second that. All those in favor signify by saying I.

[39:06] » I. >> I.

[39:08] Passed. >> I had also sent you uh no action needed

[39:13] but an update from the health department. uh Miss Wilkins had sent a

[39:17] report on what they've been doing and um also I have the legal rep hourly legal

[39:23] representation agreement from our attorney in the moral

[39:29] situation. So that's here and I think his emails said he was very flexible

[39:35] when that was needed to be signed. But uh so we you guys agreed to do that the

[39:40] last 20 special meeting on the 20th. So I have that here. as well.

[39:48] » Do that now or? >> Yeah, I think we can.

[39:51] » Yeah, sounds good.

[40:51] Just as a quick note, I'll just touch on some of the developments of the marl in

[40:55] the last couple days. I think last time at our we had our meeting spoke to the

[41:00] fact that the uh the PSC staff had recommended um a delay because of some

[41:07] of the changes to the route um that had taken

[41:13] place fairly recently and and I believe was going to impact several different

[41:17] land owners. Um staff had recommended a delay. the applicant being next era

[41:24] agreed to that and I believe on Friday, I think it was Friday that the PSC

[41:31] said they did not agree with that and are going to keep the

[41:35] current slated dates intact and are not going to delay due to those changes. So,

[41:40] uh it's kind of a last minute decision there. I believe

[41:45] there are some things that are actually due today. So, uh, still continue. Looks

[41:49] like tomorrow is still going to continue on as had previously been slated and

[41:53] we'll continue to follow to see what updates there are and any changes take

[41:58] place.

[42:09] » Well, the only other business I have is the uh invoices for your approval.

[42:15] They do have been previously sent electronically.

[42:20] » Mr. President, if there's no questions or concerns about the invoices for

[42:24] discussion, then I would uh move that we proceed with approval for those invoices

[42:29] since our last meeting. >> I'll second that. All those in favor

[42:33] signify by saying I. >> I.

[42:35] » I. Passed. Invoices stand approved. And clerk, thank you for getting that stuff

[42:40] out to us electronically. >> It does help. Appreciate it.

[42:43] » Yep. provides an opportunity to be able to review it and

[42:48] is very beneficial. So, thank you for that.

[42:49] » And of course, anything like that is public and if there's any request, we're

[42:54] happy to to answer those. >> Sure.

[43:01] » Gentlemen, if there's uh nothing else to be discussed, I would entertain a motion

[43:05] to adjurnn. >> I move that we adjourn.

[43:09] » All right.

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