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[0:00] Yes, provided that this agreement is in, and
[0:09] we're got a question. I think that's part of the body.
[0:16] That's the right question. I can't have a battery backup on there. Yes. Well, yeah, yeah. And that was one of the things that when we were speaking with some of the folks from Fortaline,
[0:30] the distributor who was that we purchased this whole system from. They were saying something
[0:40] about having to reset it after power outages or power which is and resetting. That's
[0:47] one of the primary concerns I would say of the atomic abolition trope, but it would
[0:53] provide us access on a wing, shall we say, to have to get in there and reset it. So there
[1:00] will be a small, you know, UPS that will be as part of this whole kit. Actually, we're
[1:08] going to put same thing on the one-up of the contacts. So if there is a slight power glitch
[1:14] then at least we will be protected from that.
[1:20] The power glitches, I do not, for about
[1:23] We now have been without a signal from our tanks.
[1:28] We are trying to work with the manufacturer of that package
[1:32] and try to troubleshoot it, figure out
[1:35] what we're going to need to do to get that back on the line.
[1:38] That's the spec that was from the power glitch.
[1:40] And they have been because it wasn't so much sure.
[1:44] They have been because it wasn't properly grounded.
[1:47] One of them is installed.
[1:49] So we're going to try to check that out.
[1:51] I'm going to show you.
[1:53] Manually you have to roll up there and yes, but we at this point we know the pattern
[1:59] How we fill the tanks and really what we're most concerned about there
[2:22] I, on my way up here, I swung up there.
[2:27] I got a number for, you know, the handy section could be coded.
[2:32] But like I said, we're pretty comfortable with what the pattern is.
[2:37] If something works as a dramatic, we go on off suddenly,
[2:40] we're supposed to start losing a lot of the sympathy.
[2:43] We, you know, we don't have the advantage of being able to see that, you know,
[2:48] But like I said, we're not going to attract it, but we're going to get this one involved, so.
[2:54] All right.
[2:55] Okay.
[2:56] Thank you.
[2:57] Thank you.
[3:03] Water Commission report.
[3:07] The chair is not here.
[3:11] I will just, I would like to just let people know that there was discussion at the last water commission meeting
[3:19] about the surprisingly large charges for the March bills of a good number of the water
[3:33] customers and still there's still some mysteries in that that we are working with ways that
[3:45] that the Council might address that to the customers.
[3:48] So that is legal to come up next month.
[3:52] Okay, thank you.
[3:56] Treasurer's reports and approvals
[3:57] will be an approval of financial reports.
[4:00] Great, so we're looking at month ending May,
[4:05] which is 91.6% of the existing year.
[4:09] Our income less reserves is $1,353,000,
[4:16] So, when your revision 7 comes around next month,
[4:19] that will equal out a little better.
[4:21] And operating income, I mean, excuse me,
[4:23] operating expenses are about 96%.
[4:27] In water, you're at revision 2.
[4:29] So, this is the revision that we've decreased our income.
[4:33] And the overall performance is 89% with cost of blood
[4:37] about 91% so we're coming right in on that part of the number
[4:40] are better expenses at 82.5. Any questions specifically on financial work I can receive?
[4:48] I'm going to approve the financial reports as presented. Second.
[4:54] Okay, any further discussion? All in favor?
[4:59] Okay. Approval of invoices and purchases.
[5:03] Yes, so Dem has the list that has been distributed on one of them. There is a
[5:10] an invoice for one of the police vehicles that we want to look into a
[5:16] bit more, but beyond that, I'm definitely want to describe generally the
[5:22] invoices beyond that.
[5:24] We have the panel retainer for the website development
[5:31] we have the repair for the water dump trucks
[5:34] and some maintenance and materials for the meter that were purchased back in May and then our annual assessment for public transmission.
[5:48] So all those invoices are here. They'll be for you. And then as you said, the first item was for our maintenance for the police department.
[5:58] I believe that the invoices and purchases be approved as submitted with the police vehicle repairing
[6:04] boys to be reviewed by the police chief and mayor before dispersing the funds to the vendor.
[6:10] Secretary.
[6:12] Okay. Any further discussion? All in favor?
[6:15] Yes.
[6:21] Budget Finance Committee.
[6:23] Discussion and action regarding distribution system pays more.
[6:26] So, yes, so we did the heavy lifting on this at the special meeting and those easements
[6:31] that were approved are in process and everything is on track to begin that construction.
[6:38] Yeah, probably in August for the other three.
[6:42] Okay.
[6:45] Item two, discussion and action regarding FY 24 distribution system phase two water members.
[6:51] We heard most of that from the public works administrator.
[6:55] The data integration is in the works right now.
[6:59] The EPA had its visit, and they were, I believe we were still thrilled with the implementation,
[7:05] and they were impressed by how prepared the town was for it.
[7:10] And we already have, from the meter implementation, portable access, we have lead detection that
[7:16] has already turned up a few weeks.
[7:20] And once we have the data integration, then we'll be looking at public portal access to be
[7:25] to look at our individual bills.
[7:30] And also-
[7:32] Yeah, relief detection to be clear,
[7:33] because we're getting alerted regarding customer sign leaks.
[7:41] So eventually we will have main sign leak detection,
[7:44] but this would be happening to help a lot of people
[7:47] with high usage in a very swift manner.
[7:52] And then-
[7:53] There is how resolution this month, the work that was performed by the instrument for the installation of the meter will all come in next month.
[8:07] Item F3 discussion in action regarding update regarding FY26 CDS distribution system phase three.
[8:16] So this one distribution improvement project is now in the hands of the engineer and is moving forward on schedule.
[8:22] for
[8:27] discussion and action regarding maintenance of Maine's contract.
[8:32] Yeah, Deb, do you want to describe the bills we have?
[8:36] Okay, so we have three bills from Green Ranch for work on.
[8:41] Spruce Street, Putnam and Mercer, Spruce was 2700, Putnam was 2862, and Mercer was 4800,
[8:55] and 30 dollars, these were all weeks that came up during the month of June, if I'm not mistaken.
[9:08] So that will be somewhat reimburseed by the capital capacity fee.
[9:15] I move to spend up to $10,000 to pay the green rich in voices for maintenance of maintenance
[9:24] work.
[9:25] Second.
[9:26] Okay, I'm getting further discussion, all in favor?
[9:32] Animous?
[9:38] Discussion and action regarding water world to vehicle.
[9:41] So I'm going to turn this over to Jesse, but the short version is the vehicle has been
[9:45] identified with the lease arrangement that comports with our policy as far as not encumbering future
[9:52] councils.
[9:53] So it's a two-to-two-twice-six-four-maverite hybrid
[10:00] that's a triple drive.
[10:02] And just to face its service vehicle,
[10:04] it will arrive on the line and furthering through the 20th of the 21st,
[10:08] and it will be available as soon as we want to go collect it.
[10:13] All right, I'm going to call West Virginia Department of Heavenly Smart Up
[10:17] and just asked about their vehicle purchase program
[10:22] and acquired, assuming that there's no profound changes
[10:27] or information from them,
[10:30] we'll get it forward and move forward with the lease.
[10:34] And other details are believe it came out
[10:37] to be $610 a month on the lease,
[10:40] and we had, that's well under the $700 budget
[10:43] that we had previously set.
[10:44] I move to lease a new Ford Maverick from the Frederick Motor Company with a purchase price of $29,525 per Ford Finance and Quote number 106108 at the 60 month term at 8.348.34%.
[11:05] Okay, name further discussion.
[11:08] All in favor?
[11:12] Thank you, unanimous.
[11:14] Uh, it's six discussion in action regarding water worst personnel capacity.
[11:23] We'll be discussing it.
[11:25] We can do this in the session where we can do exactly that because further than that, but
[11:30] we're being public works administrators currently working on a lead for a class two and also
[11:38] So working with the subject matter expert on developing a Facebook ad in pursuit of
[11:43] the experts meeting for the water works.
[11:45] And we discuss this in budget finance this afternoon.
[11:49] Another potential avenue is to work with the area technical schools, Blue Ridge, Rumsy.
[11:56] So that's something that can be worked on as well.
[12:01] Okay.
[12:02] Thank you.
[12:03] seven discussion in action regarding FY 27 cold severance revision 1.
[12:08] So I'll read this in a little of your comments and I'll also write your
[12:13] attention that when I did this two weeks ago, I didn't realize the
[12:18] marijuana would be here, so it is written in the hard copy that you have as
[12:21] an marijuana, I will read it as acting mayor pardon and I'll revise this tomorrow
[12:28] then, so that you can authorize, recording off the serve, because that's how it will be written
[12:36] and then he will only have to make a signature.
[12:39] Okay.
[12:39] Okay.
[12:40] So this is the resolution for post-severance with the 27 budget revision 1 and a regular session
[12:48] of municipal council held on July 13, 2026, the following order was made and entered.
[12:54] The addition of the Lenby estimate of the town purpose fairy West Virginia, the following
[13:00] resolution was offered, resolved that the subject to approval of the state auditor as
[13:07] ex officio chief inspector of public offices, the municipal council does here by directive
[13:12] budget, to be revised prior to the expenditure of obligation and cost for which no appropriation
[13:16] or insufficient appropriation currently exists as shown on budget revision.
[13:20] One, a copy of which is an address part of this record, adoption for the resolution having been moved by, and we'll do that when we get there, and then Julie seconded.
[13:34] So, you can, and then I'll leave the end of it as I need to be emotional.
[13:38] So, after you make your motion, whereupon acting mayor Kevin Cardin declared and said resolution
[13:45] to the adopted and is therefore a judgment order that said resolution be and the same is
[13:53] here by the adopted and so stating above and the recording officer is authorized to fix the signature
[13:58] on the attached request revision and approve the budget to be sentenced to honor the court rule.
[14:04] This basically increases that whole severance budget by $70, and we allocates the amount of distribution to the fire department to an increase of $104.
[14:19] The rest of the fire department contribution comes out of your general fund.
[14:24] I move to approve the fiscal year 27, whole severance revision one budget as presented.
[14:31] Second.
[14:32] Okay. Any further discussion? All in favour?
[14:35] I'll have to do a roll call.
[14:38] Sorry.
[14:39] A storm bigest then, sir.
[14:41] Yes.
[14:42] Chris Craig.
[14:42] Yes.
[14:43] Jesse Mell.
[14:44] Yes.
[14:44] Christian?
[14:45] Yes.
[14:46] And I have a yes.
[14:47] So you may have a miss.
[14:50] And then start.
[14:51] People can look small outside for me.
[14:53] We'll be good.
[14:54] Okay.
[14:54] Okay.
[14:55] Um.
[15:00] Any discussion and action regarding the police department training? Yes. So continuing education is recommended or required of our police officers, 16 hours of training. And the proposal is to potentially combine with other forces in the area and to bring instructors up from Charleston. So extraordinary expenses would be hotel for probably two instructors, projector and premium.
[15:29] So, I moved to a side up to $750 to facilitate police department continuing education depending potential collaboration with other local police forces.
[15:42] Second.
[15:43] Okay, any further discussion?
[15:46] That would be adjusted in the physical 27 revision line, which will come to the end of the month.
[15:51] And it also includes the meeting room.
[15:56] Okay. Thank you.
[15:58] All in favor?
[16:00] No,
[16:03] I have a discussion in action regarding tell and website.
[16:06] Yes, work with revised continues.
[16:09] So feedback has been solicited from the various committees and commissions.
[16:14] Thank you to Jesse Melton for that.
[16:16] Site map has been submitted to vendors as well as high resolution photos.
[16:20] And the next thing will be a formal pick-off call.
[16:23] And then they're going to start to open it.
[16:26] Okay,
[16:29] ten discussion and action regarding FY27 Historic Landmarks Commission funding
[16:34] request.
[16:35] Yes, so landmarks had requested funds for two different projects and we discussed them.
[16:45] We wanted to facilitate them, but there was not complete information per the town's purchasing
[16:51] or per-town spending policy which all buttons must follow, so I'm going to make these motions.
[17:01] The first one moved to allocate up to $1,800 to historic landmarks for expenses related
[17:07] to vacant and whited properties out of 9-1-1 historic land commission, landmarks commission,
[17:13] a pot receipt of appropriate documentation to include but not limited to a detailed budget
[17:18] and or quotes. Second. Okay. Any further discussion on that? All in favor?
[17:29] And similarly, I moved to
[17:31] allocate up to $750 to historic landmarks for editing services related to appendix A out of
[17:38] historic landmarks commission 9-1-1. Upon receiving appropriate documentation to include but not limited to
[17:45] to a detailed budget and or close.
[17:48] Second.
[17:49] Okay, any further discussion on that?
[17:52] All in favor?
[17:55] And this?
[17:59] Uh, nine.
[18:00] Discussion and action regarding FY27 budget at funding
[18:03] for the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival.
[18:06] Yes, the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival did provide
[18:10] documents for their fiscal year's standard.
[18:12] And this is for the, I think this may have been mentioned
[18:15] already, the concert that's coming up on the
[18:18] historic college, Lawn and a couple of pop-up concerts in lower town. I moved to distribute
[18:23] up to $3,500 to the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival out of 906 Arts and Humanities
[18:29] a potter seat of appropriate documentation. Any further discussion on that? All in favor?
[18:50] We have none coming before the Council tonight. I don't have my written report for me. I forgot
[19:07] We have no action at this time.
[19:14] Internal office operations.
[19:16] The chair is not here but there is not been a meeting since the last meeting.
[19:28] A new business discussion in action regarding an open house hiring event.
[19:32] That's me.
[19:34] Okay.
[19:34] So, a few weeks ago, I had a, and this is, I'm going on my own, this is not through any
[19:40] of the committee's commissions, but I had a discussion with Steve, and he was a little
[19:46] frustrated about the lack of high-risk employees. So, I gave it a lot of thought about what
[19:54] we have been doing so far, and I was not, I was thinking just doing the same thing, like
[20:01] ads in the newspaper or use in d.com or recruiter and all, we have been coming up dry.
[20:09] So my past, I used to work at General Motors as a wall back, but I was a Promotions Research
[20:15] Manager for them.
[20:17] So I'm very familiar with doing promotions, so what I was suggesting that we do is a heart
[20:21] prosperity open house hiring event because we're looking to hire, I'm not really sure, but
[20:27] between three and five people I believe and this way we do it like in an
[20:32] afternoon it's a low cost thing takes a lot of work though it'll take a lot of
[20:37] staff and take volunteer and others and this event I outlined is a
[20:43] combination of AI I did use AI and what I put in it and this would just be a
[20:50] one-day event we had a really great opportunity to sell the story working for
[20:56] or public institution like Carpenter.
[21:00] And I think we have to kind of sell it up, build it up,
[21:05] and create some, I think there's community
[21:08] would like to get no more about it.
[21:10] They may have friends, neighbors,
[21:12] there may be other people.
[21:14] This could really spread around
[21:15] where we don't have to,
[21:18] we might get a lot more candidates
[21:21] than we're going to get those other ways.
[21:23] So this is not an action item.
[21:25] is just a discussion, whether there's any merit to pursue this, but I think we have to go
[21:32] out of the box. I know we've never done this before, but it's doable, and I think we can
[21:39] find some good people out there. Would you like to work with a corporation on our risk
[21:42] merit?
[21:44] I think the concept is awesome, and you're right we haven't had a report. I think it is good,
[21:49] but you know, we do need to do a better job of calling our story.
[21:54] I think, you know, we have some other things that have to be sorted out, like, you know,
[21:58] or a single little job descriptions and things like that.
[22:01] But I think, you know, this is definitely something we should keep on books.
[22:06] You know, this is a good way forward in perhaps, you know, we're going to need police officers
[22:11] and other people in the future. This may be the new way.
[22:15] Thank you. That's awesome.
[22:16] So, Christian, do you have any suggestions on what the costs would be, you know, we can
[22:27] tell her in holding the thing?
[22:30] Well, it's really going to be a lot of staff and stuff being involved in doing this.
[22:35] But a lot, this is really a low cost thing.
[22:38] I mean, we're not really advertising much, we're doing things through Facebook.
[22:44] We're going to do whatever we can on the community in the newspapers and
[22:51] nearby the community news things that they have there for posting events.
[22:56] We're just and maybe we can do a story with a newspaper talking about what
[23:01] we're trying to do here in Harper's Ferry. I don't think it's going to be a big
[23:07] costly thing to do. I mean refreshments and it's going to be an exciting time.
[23:11] We're going to have police car out in the driveway.
[23:14] We're going to, I mean, in the parking lot, we'll have water works via callout there.
[23:19] We'll maybe get a fire truck over here.
[23:21] You know, we're going to make this like a real fest of the event.
[23:24] And we're not hiring anybody at this event.
[23:26] This is just to generate traffic.
[23:29] That's all it is.
[23:30] And hopefully we get some names and numbers, names and phone numbers and emails and follow
[23:35] up with them to set up for appointments for proper interviews.
[23:41] If I can suggest it's really cool, but a slightly different spin, for the purpose to remain
[23:47] for to highlight the job opportunities now in the future part of the study, but if
[23:53] we post it as a town open house, like we did the one with the police department in the past
[23:58] a couple of years, it was really great, and absolutely have hiring as one of the main features,
[24:03] but to have it be, I mean for assembling this, I think it'd be a great opportunity for
[24:07] be able to see, like, touch what the town does in some way, and then have absolutely
[24:14] great banner on a table about what an opportunity is.
[24:18] Get your jobs here.
[24:21] But a lot of people don't realize that if public service is a, there's great benefits.
[24:26] I don't know what to pay for say, but I do know the retirement and the health care benefits
[24:31] are pretty important.
[24:33] A lot of small, a lot of people work for maybe small business and they don't have much
[24:37] opportunity in those areas. So this would give them, you know, we need to let people know that
[24:42] this is a, this is a good job and you can be here for a long time. You can have a career here
[24:46] in our prosperity. So we just need to think like a company. We need to think like a business
[24:52] with and but we're not a business but we need to think like that to generate a lot of this and it
[24:59] may not even happen this time. Maybe later on we'll get some more, you know, we're just going to get
[25:04] recognize the hate.
[25:06] This is a good place to work.
[25:08] Yeah, we don't plan to see the people's minds.
[25:10] It's great.
[25:12] OK.
[25:13] Is that it?
[25:15] Thank you.
[25:17] The discussion and action are done previously approved but deferred,
[25:21] parking, enforcement, expansion, and permanent analysis.
[25:24] So, if the good word in that meeting we discussed,
[25:29] we getting the parking reports from out of all panel streets.
[25:32] and we're going to be an announcement to that fact in the newsletter reminding everybody
[25:37] residents of businesses.
[25:39] We're going to be a reminder in the newsletter and a mailer all residents of businesses are
[25:45] preparing that parking enforcement would be beginning on all streets at
[25:54] that time of
[25:54] people I think.
[25:56] But we decided to wait on that because of the staffing changes downstairs and we are revisiting
[26:03] that, I would like to bring that back to our attention and move to make adjustments in
[26:10] forming that every home of business in town, that parking enforcement throughout town
[26:14] will commence.
[26:15] I'm August 15, 2026.
[26:17] He made the next 10 newsletters and the mailers at the same time.
[26:23] I'll ask.
[26:23] Second.
[26:24] Okay.
[26:25] Any further discussion on that?
[26:27] All in favor?
[26:28] By the way.
[26:29] It's a really good idea that we do this.
[26:31] It's important.
[26:31] and why we're dealing with, we have, normally we've done it much earlier in the year, but
[26:36] just, just jumping on, good.
[26:39] Okay.
[26:40] All in favor?
[26:43] Nameless.
[26:46] And discussion and action regarding completing the installation of signs and intersections
[26:51] of paper strips.
[26:53] Yes, do you want to?
[26:54] Sure, it's kind of.
[26:55] So, we bring this through budget planetary today.
[27:00] It was essentially an exact also I'm going to get that
[27:03] planning and wanting to complete the project and install
[27:07] posts and signs and intersections with all the paper
[27:11] streets and forming people with business public property.
[27:14] We have unknown number of signs and unknown number of
[27:17] posts and unknown number of hardware,
[27:19] amount of hardware, and there are some unknown
[27:22] with the amount of labor involved in all that but this would, this motion here would provide
[27:30] up to $500 to make that happen and we would be communicating with Larry and Mayor and
[27:37] Kevin Hamilton and Plenty to make it all goes. And so I move that the Paper Street sign project
[27:46] have to be completed by posting signs at the end of all paper streets for the
[27:49] intersection of other town streets.
[27:53] Second.
[27:54] Mayor, offer an amended.
[27:56] Yes.
[27:57] That the mayor work with the maintenance department to develop the inventory of paper street signage
[28:03] inventories.
[28:04] Approved of them.
[28:05] In the second.
[28:06] Also.
[28:06] Okay.
[28:08] All right.
[28:08] Any further discussion?
[28:10] All in favor?
[28:13] That's unanimous.
[28:16] And that is the end of our agenda.
[28:18] Is there a motion to adjourn?
[28:20] Can we join you?
[28:22] Oh, I see.
[28:23] Oh, sorry.
[28:27] It's weird.
[28:28] It's weird.
[28:29] Oh, sir, here's the second.
[28:34] I think it's correct.
[28:35] I moved.
[28:37] There was no second.
[28:39] It's me.
[28:40] It's me.
[28:41] It's a person.
[28:41] I finally got anyone.
[28:43] Okay, all in favor.
[28:45] And we are adjourned at 754.
[28:51] That's a bracket.