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October 5th, 2026 to order.

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Uh-huh. Michael Wolf, Tracy Witt here. Bill Asby, oh, absent Ron

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Devilson, Tony Skaggs, Mayor Dan Eckstein, City Attorney Tyler Rothstein, Cork Treasurer

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Dana Watley here.

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Approval of the agenda for October 5th, 2026.

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Yeah

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Make a motion to approve the agenda as published. 2nd.

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All right, Michael Wolf, Tracy Witt, Ron Duddleson, Tony Skaggs.

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Tony Skaggs, yes, for real.

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OK, if we could please stand for the pledge.

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Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic

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for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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That's what happens when you get old. I share. Approve the uh minutes meeting from

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September 8th, 2026.

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Any questions?

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Make a motion we accept the minutes published.

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OK. OK. Michael Wolf, Tracy Webb, Ron Daddelson, Tony Skaggs, 40.

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All business. Second reading of Ordinance 202607.

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The um 2027 budget. This will be the second reading in adoption.

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We had our public hearing last month.

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Any questions?

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Comments

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And or concerns.

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I'm gonna entertain emotion. When you're ready.

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Just to remind, if your budget is not approved by December, no, by November

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2nd, November 2nd, we will convert to last year's or this year's budget for next

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year, just, just a reminder.

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Mayor, I'll make a motion that we uh accept the budget as written.

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I will say it. OK. Michael Wolf, Tracy Whit, Tony Skaggs, Ron Duddleston.

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31. OK. Also last month or actually we

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discussed uh. The uh approval of the water meters that we're placing 500, you guys

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got copies of those, uh, the invoice.

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Which part of the new um

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Software that we got the. We had, I think actually approximately 500 m that weren't

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reading because of the, uh, the age of the meters. So, um, conversations one on one,

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that's what was discussed. Uh, so there's an invoice to officially approve. To replace

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that. And I will talk later on in the meeting about um What the report goes to

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that the new software, the new program has already helped um. That replacement of

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these meters will be a part of Amy um being able to detect if somebody has a leak,

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because right now they're not, so.

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Any questions?

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No questions. I'd entertain a motion.

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I'll make the motion. OK. Tracy made the motion. I'll sack it. OK,

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Michael Wolf, Tracy Wett, Ron Duddelson, Tony Skaggs.

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Thank you.

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New business It's that time of year. Cindy is here to talk about trick or treat.

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Uh And she's excited. I can tell that.

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Good to see you everybody. It's that time again of year, of course, and uh trunk

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retreat will be coming. I believe you all have flyers in your folders. Kind of spell

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out what's going on, but it's going to be. Um, and Monica does a wonderful job with

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the graphics. So it's going to be Saturday, October 24th. From 6:30 to 8:30 uptown

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around the square, it's gonna be on the, the west, north and east side of the courthouse

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as before. Um, last year we had 65 trunks and I'm guessing roughly, we're not even

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really quite sure the number about 2000 children. So we expect that number this year,

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hopefully. And, uh, as of today, which is just September 5th, we have 32 trunks already.

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So it's moving along very quickly, uh, with that goes, um. We have spooky music that

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we play for one of our council members, uh, Brian Ross does. And then we also have

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the Presbyterian Church along with the Lutheran Church that gives out free hot dogs

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and snacks and water. And then we also give out uh prizes for best costumes and best

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trunks. So if anybody wants to enter, feel free, let me know. Or donate. We're good

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with donations too as well, or, or both, or both, yeah, absolutely both. Um, we also

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are gonna have, um, a, a little girls dance group will be up there as well participating.

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And then the Magic Corner will be doing treats and snacks and games as well. And

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then in addition to that, we have the city police and the county police are doing

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the haunted jail at the corner of Monroe and, and Main, which is gonna be fun. It's

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gonna be kind of Around the same time, but a little bit different time, about an

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hour later, but um it'll be up there going on when it's going on, so it should be

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a fun time. We always pray for good weather. So we see what we get and that's it.

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I think what you have in there is something regarding the street closures that we

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need. You got this. You guys got a copy of that. The same as my address went across

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High Street from black and black. Washington to Main and then Main Street from

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High to Monroe, and then Jefferson Street from Washington to Franklin. Pretty much

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the same as before. So no changes there, Jeff, so it's kind of a wrap.

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We just need to make sure that uh Jeff, when, when would you have those uh barricades

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up so we could put those up? It's on Saturday. We'll, we'll have them up there. Probably

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Friday. OK. So, you

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OK, and then the only other thing that I really think is make sure we've got plenty

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of trash cans up there which I believe were good, but just make sure the other thing

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too is we're gonna need a couple cones. In front of OBs. Just one spot they're gonna

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do a trunk too, but so that people, you know, can go in and out if they want to go

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in there to eat as well. And then I guess the other question I have is police, the

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police are able to help with, Maybe crowd control a little bit. They were good with

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doing that last year. We can do what we can. OK, OK, right, right.

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They were very helpful last year. I mean, you guys had a wonderful display last year.

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You have the party.

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And, and that and then basically just helping if you can help put the barricades

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up because uh we don't have a lot of strong manpower with us we're 3 women and 1

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guy so yeah so that's pretty much it. So thank you very much. Well thank you and

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I'll be here before we know it. OK, thanks awesome thank you.

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Yes.

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of the jail

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all the way down Main Street and then it turns down the road anyway when you get

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the line to get into it. I think it's a good idea that way with the jail being involved,

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the old jail being involved now, I just think maybe we can close that off there as

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well. Well, what we've had so far, we've had wars be there until this year. Um, it

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ends up snaking around the road all the way down to Franklin, so it's just trying

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to control it. We don't want any children to get hurt, obviously, so that's the main

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concern.

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From, from, from Maine to Franklin is what you're saying from Rome from Maine to

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Franklin. No, I'm sorry, from Washington. Oh, OK. OK, so that

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that might be good. I, uh, I've always been concerned about somebody. Refresh my

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memory because I know the last two years they've come in different directions. One

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year, Cindy, they were coming in off of Jefferson and the line went back forever.

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And then was it last year we ran it through Monroe Street. That's what I thought.

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OK. Did it, did it block Franklin? Did it go on down Monroe to Franklin and did it

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wrap, or I can't remember. It wrapped all the way around Monroe and Franklin. Should

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we? OK, OK. That was my concern, OK. OK, so I might wanna entertain that too, guys,

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I guess maybe recommend a motion maybe give Jeff the latitude, yeah, um, and, and

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fire to go and make a sound decision. yep, and I'm gonna make that motion, Mayor,

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uh, Ronnie, are you OK with, I know you're on this approval form. Are you guys good?

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All right, thank you. All righty, so that they can get out easily if possible. So

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I'll make a motion we accept the street closure and let these guys earn their money,

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basically. I'll take it. OK, Michael Wolf. Hi Tracy Witt. Hi, Ron Duddleston.

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Hi Tony Skaggs. 40. Thank you. OK, thank you, Cindy.

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In the union.

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Counseling, we've

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We've set up before you guys wanna set up this year?

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I'd say so, yes.

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Put us, put us in, Cindy and Tracy dress up. I'm sorry. Well, that's so nice of her.

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Oh, OK. I, I, I thought I felt some pressure, but I wasn't sure. Thank you. OK.

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Hey Ron, yes ma'am, are you gonna have a separate, uh, thing from, from the clerk's

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office, or is it all gonna be joint? It's just joint client. You, so Kim put us in

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with the clerk's office from the county. Yes, no, we want our separate. OK, got you.

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So you, so you can add one, yeah, yeah, I mean, we're special. All sorts of special.

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We're special, aren't we, Tony? I think so.

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OK, we'll move on to the um B uh the ordinance

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2026-08 2027 salary ordinance.

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Oh my goodness

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Just so everybody does know that we did a, just a 1% increase across the board, so.

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Very minimal.

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Any discussions, questions?

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With intended motion if. Chance to look it over.

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Sure

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You think El Presidente? Hm, what do you think? You thinking? I'm not thinking anything.

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I'm just sitting here.

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Mayor, I'll go ahead and make a motion we accept this. OK. Get the motion.

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I'll second.

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Michael Wolf, Tracy Wood, Tony Skaggs, Ron Devilstone, no.

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Through you.

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Next is the.

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Go to see um ordinance regarding claims that have got late fees with financial

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charges. That ordinance is 2026-09. I was able to number that before between. Yeah,

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I'll, I'll take the lead on this one really briefly. Uh, for the council. So essentially,

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Dana came up to me, if you recall back in April, May, there was a, uh, an ordinance

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approved by everyone for the use of a credit card for the court treasurer as well

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as the mayor. Um, as part of that ordinance, there was not uh allowed uh for prepayment

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before approval by the board of Works, as you know, the city gets an invoice for

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something, it gets approved by either us or the board of works or you or the board

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of works, and then it's paid. Um, there are situations that come up, Dana reports

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in which a bill is due, say on the 4th or on the 5th, and there's a late fee of a

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percentage or other items. Uh, before either this council meets or the board of works

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meets. So what's ended up happening is, uh, the city is incurring a late fee, um,

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then it gets approved, but it's still costing the city money. So, um, fortunately

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or not fortunately, um, this happens to towns. Cities all over, uh, Indiana. In Indiana

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statute allows, uh, an ordinance, but it needs to be passed first, approving for

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the prepayment of certain expenditures, uh, and the list is enumerated right there

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on the ordinance, and this is the exact list verbatim from the statute. Uh, that

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can be allowed prepayment first so the court can go ahead and pay these, so there's

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no incurring of a late fee, uh, and then subsequent approval or, uh, by whichever

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board or whichever counsel, uh, after the fact. So, those are licenses or permit

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fees, insurance premiums, property purchased by the US government, utility payments

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or utility connection charges, federal grant. Programs, grants of state funds, maintenance

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agreements or service agreements, which I imagine is probably where it comes up the

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most, um, and we get them through like Comcast, that's the biggie, um, I'm trying

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to think there's a couple of those types, so that that would be part of it, lease

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agreements or rental agreements, uh, bond issuance, city payroll, uh, state, federal.

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County taxes again, I don't know how much it applies here for us, um, but it's part

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of the statute and then expenses that must be uh paid because of emergency circumstances,

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uh, and then number 13 is the late payments and that's those are all right from the

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statute, um, and that's 3654 uh 364814 excuse me,

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um. There's a scrivener's error on section 3. I need to, I need to switch that statute

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to 364814. Other than that though, uh, any payment needs to have, uh, itemized claim,

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invoice or bill. So it's not like Dana can just, or any court treasurer can just

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go pay it and not see it. It will, it needs to be approved at the subsequent meeting

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per the statute. Um, so it's just a way in an effort to save money. You don't have

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to adopt all 1 through 13. I just copied that over right from the statute. This may

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or may not be germane to the discussion, but RDC, does it fall under this, or do

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we have to have our own? So this, when I looked up the statute, the statute said

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it included is the fiscal office, officer of the municipality is the exact words.

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Um, so I don't believe RDC would fall under this. Uh, I would need to see if they're

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eligible to do it under the statute. OK, OK. The one good thing I have with RDC is

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I, since we've appointed you two to for me to reach out to you, that's kind of my

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fail-safe there. That, that is, that is true, Green. OK, thank you. And with everything

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in the process and we, it's, it seems to lag. This is, this is an issue. Um, because

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the department's getting late fees, well, the snail mail, that's another issue with

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it. So it's just by the time we get the bill and we're able to pay the bill and then

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they get the, get the payment back, it's, they're trying to force us to go to, you

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know. You know, direct pay through the bank, and I'm old fashioned. I don't play.

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So So this is, this is an issue that we're battling department heads are battling,

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um, so. Yeah, I would encourage you to definitely look at this and, uh, It's

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still gonna have to be the board of work through that a lot that be processed, you

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know, it still has to be approved, but they'll still, yeah, everything will still

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come on a docket. And if it's not enumerated as those 1 through 13, it still cannot

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be paid under the statute without prior approval.

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So this is just kind of sprung on you. So if, you know, if uh there's questions or,

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you know, you. Something that's not knockable 9 you can. You look at it in November

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if you want, but, OK, Dana, Dana said she really wants it now. I do really want it

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now just because I've already got late fees that that I'm accruing in different things,

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and, um, state board of accounts takes the same opinion on late fees as they do sales

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tax, and I don't want it to turn around and be you gotta pay this out of your own

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pocket. Not a fan. So do you wanna take a few minutes to look it over? Ask Tyler

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questions.

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Michael's shaking his head down. Yeah, I don't see any reason to, to, to, to, to

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cut them any. Um, that's just my opinion. I just said that just cause we just, you

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know, just got it, we just wanted to be that, it's something needed.

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Like I said, there's a, it's a, it's a non-substantive error that I just, I'll switch

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for Dana, so we'll sign it if you guys approve it. Um, that code section at the very

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section 3, that's the, it's an identical section, it's for towns instead of cities.

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So I need to change that to 364814. So I'll send that to Dana. That would be the

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36 48 14 and I'm gonna send it to you right now. That's the only thing is that that

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ordinance is 2026 09. Yes, correct. Thank you.

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I like a motion that we accept. Ordinance 2026-09 as published.

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I'll second. Other than that, other than that minor grammatical, yeah, other, other

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than the, the minor change. In Section 3 under subsequent approval.

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Michael Wolf. Hi Tracy West. Hi Ron Adelson. Hi Tony Skaggs. Hi. Does this need two

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readings since Norton's? Once is fine. Once is OK. Yeah, yeah, OK, yeah, wait a

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second. Pardon me, we don't need to suspend the rules. OK, thank you.

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I just sent that to you, Dana. So if we just print that out, we can have everybody

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sign it here and we're good to go. Oh, OK. If you guys will hang afterwards, I'm

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gonna have to go to my other computer to don't sign this.

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here for part of what you're talking about, so we've hit the whole agenda, right?

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Um, just got a couple of things. Last month you guys approved mainstream to have

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right of way to. Build fiber, um, to his community, um, yes.

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And Brian is here through mainstream, um, just to talk a little bit about it, answer

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any questions, you know, it's all one, all one packets, yeah, here's some pricing.

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So everybody is going to have an option of um

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Fiber, so, um, met, uh, 2 or 3 weeks ago with, with, with uh department heads and,

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and your team and, uh, the people who's been doing the project right now going trying

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to get all the permits and going through that process. So I wanted Brian to come

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today and just talk about, you know, obviously we're live streaming, talking about

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the benefits of what this can be, um, for every resident in Hartford City. So I just

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want to maybe give a, a, just a snapshot of, and I gave them what, what you gave,

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so. Oh yeah, thank you, Mayor. Um, so as the mayor said, I'm Brian Gabriel, I'm the

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president of Mainstream Fiber. Um, we are an Indiana-based company. Our offices are

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in Indiana. Our technicians are in Indiana, and our support is in Indiana at this

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point. So, um, what we're doing is we're building fiber to communities all over the

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state, um, and we are excited to partner with Hartford City to build fiber to as

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much of the city as possible. Um, a majority of that goes on poles, um, but there

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is some need for underground in certain areas. That's why we're Requesting the access

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for the right of way underground for the areas um on our permits. Uh this is a true

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all fiber product all the way to your house. It doesn't, you know, go coax or copper

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the last half mile. It's a fiber all the way to your house. If you ever look at some

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of the ads from competitors, they'll say. Fiber powered or fiber enabled, it means

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it only goes so far and then in terms of different technology kind of thing so um.

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We're doing this all over, I said, the state, it's, uh, communities are excited about

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it just to have high-speed internet, um, low latency connections, symmetrical speeds

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for upload and download. You can stream video, you can have two-way conference calling,

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even at your house kind of thing, you have a high-quality project. So, um, you know,

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happy to answer questions or, or go into it and, and thank you for confirming our,

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our use of the right of way on the permits we've already submitted. Um, as the mayor

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said, we did meet a couple of weeks ago with utilities group. Just to coordinate

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locates for the underground part, um, police and fire and those, uh, were present

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as well. So with our, with our vendors that are gonna be doing that. So we, we try

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to coordinate this and, and do it right out of the gate. Um, and then any remediation,

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we'll coordinate with the city too if there's stuff that needs to be fixed or grass

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grown or those things, we just ask for patience on that as it's hard to grow grass

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in December in Indiana usually. Um. But again, we're not, you know, if there is an

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issue, we'll, we'll keep a tally of that and definitely hit it in the spring and

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clean things up as needed and, and we're here for the long haul. We want customers

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and partnership, not just, uh, uh, come in and build it and lead kind of thing too.

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So, um, I think you have the pricing plan in front of you. We try to be competitive

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if there's a. Lower cost tier that somebody still wants service from us, we try to

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adhere to that all the way up to kind of the fancy bells and whistles of having,

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you know, cameras and multiple Wi Fi access points and those kind of things. So we,

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we manage all that again through our, our teams here in the state. Um, but really

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wanted to come and say thank you for your, your cooperation with our permits and

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then, you know, thanks to the mayor's office and the clerk-treasurer for just being

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great to work with so far. So if you have any questions, I'm happy to try to answer

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as I can here.

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When will you be ready to rock and roll to the homeowners? So we're gonna start construction

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probably the next week or two. Like we have the kickoff meeting and those things.

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So our goal is to be finished like spring of next year. It could be quicker than

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that, but it depends on weather and those things. Um, we already have a cabinet here

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in Hartford City, so what we can do is as we start building the fiber, the places

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we do build, we'll be able to actually turn on pretty quick. So that is, that is

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a nice thing to have. It's a Advantage that you guys have over a lot of communities

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we go into. Um, so I mean, before the end of the year, some people have access to

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service, but the project should be done in spring. Again, weather dependent and those

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fun things, so. And the pricing is gonna be similar to this in the spring because

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I noticed uh there's like a termination date on this of uh 31 October. So yeah, it's

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a great question. So we, we do a, a promotional flyer every month. It'll be the pricing

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be very similar, I'd say within a few dollars in the spring. OK, thank you. That's

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kind of what I thought. Thank you. It's, and then again there's, we try to find the

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right package fit for the right customer too, you know, what they want as far as

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perks or not, you know, we can do a very basic connection or again I said the bells

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and whistles, but yeah, you'll, it'll become very competitive to what it is now,

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not the same. Great, thank you.

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So Brian, if I'm viewing on live stream and I'm. Thinking, OK, I just, you know,

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have internet. If I go to fiber, what's the benefit, um. What's some of the benefits

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I would get if, if, as a customer if I'm gonna go from, you know, X Y Z, um, so not

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to get overly technical, but if you think about like copper or coaxial when you have

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that, that, that's fed by a fiber connection, so the fiber comes into this box and

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then figured it out from that. So it can get slow when a lot of people are online

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streaming or watching a game or you have latency where you're, you know, your, your

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TV buffers, you're trying to watch the IU game and it buffers out and comes back

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in. Fiber is bringing that node technology all the way to your house, so. It's called,

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it's a low latency, which means it's, it's moving even quicker than high-speed internet.

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So having a lot of bandwidth is great, but if it's got high latency, you have that,

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those pixels, you know, it's just things act up, so it's better than satellite, better

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than cable. It's, it's Well, recently, the federal government has invested, um, you

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know, billions of dollars in through the BEAD program to build out throughout the

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country as far as possible. Um, mainstream is a recipient of some BED dollars too,

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which is great, but it's really like the gold standard of technology for internet

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connection. Um Yeah, I mean, I just, you know, local company is nice to deal with

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for support, um, easy to talk to, understand the areas, and, you know, really good

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symmetrical speed. So like you may have, um, usually with COA, the upload speed is

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slower than the download speed. With ours, it's symmetrical. So if you have a gigabit,

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and you can go up a gig or down a gig. So if you're uploading photos, or back to

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that live stream like two-way conversation, you don't have those bandwidth limitations

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like you would with other technologies. Um, those are just a few of the highlights,

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Count on any questions? All I know is I'm looking forward to it because I mean I've

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got, I've got two different ones because I got T-Mobile and AT&T just to have one

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for a backup with for when the other goes down because they do go down every time

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so something that I could get. And the whole area get would, would be very beneficial.

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I know my doctor said I needed to add fiber to my diet, so this would be even, even

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more beneficial. I'd get, kill two birds with one stone. I probably should put an

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asterisk on there, not, not a fiber for fiber, yeah. No, no, and we're, and we're

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excited to, to work with the city too. I mean we built Montpelier, I think it was

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the end of last year and those things too. It's been a good, good project for us

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and we're going all over, like I said, the state. It's, it's, um, you know, it's

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fun to partner with communities and do this. We, we do ask for patience and we will

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coordinate, like I said, with utilities for construction. Um, construction can be

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messy, but we'll take pride in ownership, make sure it gets cleaned up very quickly

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and any issues we've given the, um, mayor utilities escalation points in our organization

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to get things remedied quickly if they need to. So, um, yeah, MS fiber.net is our

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website. You can look at pricing and plans, and you can actually sign up for service

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now too, I believe we have it turned on for Hertford City. People go ahead and get

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in the queue to get lined up for actual service. So yeah, again, any other questions

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about me to come back and talk anytime or, or, you know, meet offline anytime as

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So what neighborhood are you gonna start with? What neighborhood are you gonna start

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with? It's a great question. I'll have it in front of me.

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I wish I had a zoom in and we could zoom for live stream. They could see the pricing,

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but they are very, very competitive, very competitive. Monica will have these out

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and just there again, this does, like you said, in the, in the end of the month,

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but you kind of recycle with promotion. So this will just give it kind of a, a roster

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of, of what you, uh, what you offer and the benefits and. If anybody wants a copy

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after me, I can, I'll make copies and at no charge, so, um, with that.

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You have any last questions? I have, I have a question. In terms of the pricing,

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is it static for the life of the contract? Is it month to month? So it's, it's month

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to month, but we don't really typically change prices more than once a year and when

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we do that's usually minimal and honestly the way the market's going, the prices

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are coming down more often and they're going up, so we try to maintain competitiveness.

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So sorry about that. Sure, it's OK. Yeah, take care of.

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Up time to think can you understand. Yeah, so we, we strive for 100%. I know it's

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not gonna happen, right? Um, ours is susceptible to when things get hit by a pole

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gets hit by a truck, it can go down, um, but we also service some commercial clients

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up here already that are important for us to get back up. So I mean we, we strive

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for what's called a 99.99 uptime, not guaranteed, but that's what our strive is.

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But if something happens at 7 o'clock on a Saturday night, people will be out here

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within a couple of hours to start working on it. I don't mean it's gonna be restored

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in a couple of hours, but we'll have crews in place to start repairing fiber and

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those things as well, um, and then we'll have, uh, call support 24/7. You can call

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in and actually get, you know, support or from the list kind of thing. So yeah, I

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mean, it's. It's a great question. Usually it only goes down for a bad event where

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somebody hits a pole or somebody digs up a fiber line, but we do have diverse connections

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into the city to our, our node there. So again, not bulletproof, but it's, it's very

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good. So yeah, of course. OK, well, hey, thanks for coming and appreciate it.

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I'm really, I'm, I'm liking the outdoor Wi Fi booster. If, if I did my math right,

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Councilman Skaggs could buy this. And I could tie into his because I think we're

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close enough. What do you think, Tony? I think so, and I would do so for, I don't

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think it's allowed on the as far as the user agreement, but what I don't know won't

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hurt me. I'm sure they're out on the radius, and for you, I would do that for 50

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bucks a month. We'll, we'll talk. We'll talk. OK, we better move on. Thanks, Brian.

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Yeah, yeah, thank you. Citywide cleanup, uh, this Saturday, um.

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So we'd love to have you. All participate as possible. Um,

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so Saturday from 9 to 120 Wyler Plaza. Um, lunch will be provided.

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So you'll see a video either tonight or tomorrow morning that Dustin and I, um, helping

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promote. So bring your family, bring your neighbors. It's supposed to be nice weather.

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Did you see the other item or you decide not to you're not talking about under mayor's

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report there was another item. Are you talking about that? OK, I still want you to

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forget it. Yeah, no, it's, it's on my, on my list.

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Um, we'll just talk about it now. So this is.

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Do you think it's, it's in bundles um like that's one it's two papers, yeah. So

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705 West Franklin, we had, I think you guys, uh, discussed it last week and decided

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not to move on it. This is what the gentleman's proposing to put.

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On the property

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West Franklin. Blackford Development owns 709. Um, so we're, Michael's working on

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hard that to get, uh, Blackford Development to approve. He wants to put a house that's

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1200 square feet. It's gonna play the garage. New construction On a lot

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2 lots, 1 house. We need housing. Um, he's gonna pay

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$500 per lot.

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Questions

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I support this and I'm going to ask counsel to approve this. Not a question, but

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just more of a comment, uh, as you said, uh, the city owns 705 West Franklin, BDC

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owns 709 West Franklin. Uh, we have come to an agreement to sell our lot to him for

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$500 with the, with the, um, covenant that he has to build a house, a 1200

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square foot house within 24 months, so. Again, that will be that's just gonna refresh

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my memory so I don't have to dig through my pile of paper down there. What was the,

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the selling price on that that he had, what was the bid price? You remember Mike?

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It was 5. OK, that's what I was thinking. Yeah, that didn't change. OK, great. Yeah,

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it's 500. Thank you. Thank you very much, so.

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Is that a motion? I make a motion that we approve. Say all that loud. I, I'll second

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that. I'll second that. All right, Michael Wolf, Tracy Wett, Ron Edelson. Tony Skaggs

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Thank you.

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Agree to sell that or is there going to be a problem? No, we. We don't, Yeah, uh,

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Blackford Development Corporation has already come to agreement to sell that and

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00:39:32,001 --> 00:39:36,051
so that process isn't working. It's kind of we're just doing it together just to

411
00:39:37,066 --> 00:39:38,094
Just for timing sake.

412
00:39:43,022 --> 00:39:44,036
So part of that.

413
00:39:46,039 --> 00:39:53,077
The meters that you approved, um, and I'm not gonna go into this in depth, but,

414
00:39:54,043 --> 00:40:02,037
um, Amy just put some notes. So part of when this thing. When the new

415
00:40:02,037 --> 00:40:09,019
software was that we purchased that will detect leaks, water leaks, if it's a dripping,

416
00:40:09,034 --> 00:40:16,037
whatever it might be, she can detect it instantly, um. We've gotten, we've actually

417
00:40:16,037 --> 00:40:23,093
around 20 customers have been notified of leaks, um, in the first of the month. So

418
00:40:23,093 --> 00:40:31,039
it's already starting to make a, make a, a dent. So I guess I would encourage each

419
00:40:31,039 --> 00:40:36,002
one of you to, when you can, stop up with the see Amy she can show you. It's kind

420
00:40:36,002 --> 00:40:37,013
of neat. Um.

421
00:40:39,038 --> 00:40:43,001
And there again it's got people's addresses and account numbers not gonna go through

422
00:40:43,001 --> 00:40:45,005
it, but it just shows you.

423
00:40:47,056 --> 00:40:51,095
You want me to take that? No, no, no. Just the extent of, you know, it shows by error

424
00:40:51,095 --> 00:40:58,026
by error if somebody has a leak, you know, when it is or whatever it might be. So

425
00:40:58,056 --> 00:41:02,059
it gives details of what it might be. So if someone calls in and say, hey, my bill

426
00:41:02,059 --> 00:41:08,067
seems a little higher, she can actually look to see what's going on. So, um, great

427
00:41:08,067 --> 00:41:13,073
tool. Can I give a thirty-second dissertation on that? A couple of weeks ago, Amy

428
00:41:13,073 --> 00:41:19,025
called me and said, you've got a small leak, minuscule leak, and I mean minuscule,

429
00:41:19,027 --> 00:41:26,053
as if I did the numbers right, like 50 gallon a day leak, it's a seep. And the guys

430
00:41:26,053 --> 00:41:32,088
came down and it, you, you think of a running toilet is kicking on, kicking off.

431
00:41:33,022 --> 00:41:40,017
This was so minute, minute. That it, it was in a 50, well, my, my house was built

432
00:41:40,017 --> 00:41:47,061
in 65, so the, the, the, the ah unit was put in in 65, very, very small, very, very

433
00:41:47,061 --> 00:41:51,088
small, very, very accurate. I was stunned how accurate it was.

434
00:41:53,099 --> 00:41:58,046
So it's gonna save customers a lot of money and it's gonna save our residents headaches.

435
00:41:58,067 --> 00:42:03,049
Um, we're 2 months behind on utility bills, so having to wait a month and a half

436
00:42:03,049 --> 00:42:05,082
months, you obviously get a utility bill and you look at it and say it's a little

437
00:42:05,082 --> 00:42:10,026
bit higher than next month you get you think, oh my goodness, so this is gonna help

438
00:42:10,026 --> 00:42:13,087
solve it, so. Um, great to have it.

439
00:42:16,059 --> 00:42:24,003
Couple of final things. We, um, actually got a housing preservation grant for $40,000.

440
00:42:24,067 --> 00:42:30,035
So we will be in Hartford City. I just, we just got a word of this. So what'll happen

441
00:42:30,035 --> 00:42:35,077
is, it's there, it's $40,000 so it's gonna be, obviously, it's gonna be a small amount

442
00:42:35,077 --> 00:42:43,062
of, of customers, but, uh, of residents. That will be there to repair or

443
00:42:43,062 --> 00:42:51,007
replace foundations, roof, um, house wiring. Heating systems. Um,

444
00:42:52,009 --> 00:42:56,028
and part of the water process. So, it's kind of like the OR, but this is more of

445
00:42:56,028 --> 00:43:02,052
a federal thing that we got through USDA, um, and we just got a word this last week.

446
00:43:02,069 --> 00:43:08,057
So, More details to come. We'll have something out there, so we'll be able to help

447
00:43:08,057 --> 00:43:15,004
out a couple um of residents with roofing, wiring, whatever it might be. So, um,

448
00:43:16,075 --> 00:43:23,004
A 40,000 to help other, help other residents, so. Excited to have that.

449
00:43:25,038 --> 00:43:31,034
This is it, and I'll be done. Um, we got a letter. Um, and we don't want you a lot

450
00:43:31,034 --> 00:43:35,082
of, it's nice to get thank you letters, you know, it really, somebody takes the time

451
00:43:35,082 --> 00:43:41,003
to do this, means a lot. So part of this is, and I'll just read it. Thank you, sewer

452
00:43:41,003 --> 00:43:46,009
crew, crew, if I can read it. Attention, Travis. Um, I wanted to thank Travis and

453
00:43:46,009 --> 00:43:53,013
his crew for his kind help. They were so helpful, went, went above and beyond to

454
00:43:53,013 --> 00:43:59,061
help with our sewer. Thank you. You guys are the best, um. Somebody on South Cherry.

455
00:43:59,067 --> 00:44:05,056
I didn't get permission to say the names I won't. But anyways, some kudos and um

456
00:44:07,012 --> 00:44:12,056
We all do good work, but it's nice to get a pat on the back from, from our customers.

457
00:44:12,064 --> 00:44:14,071
So, um, good job.

458
00:44:18,077 --> 00:44:19,002
OK.

459
00:44:22,068 --> 00:44:28,008
So you wanna go first? Well, she's first, and then is she on the agenda first? She

460
00:44:28,014 --> 00:44:34,045
is. Community development. I was gonna come back to you then. He's going out of order.

461
00:44:35,038 --> 00:44:39,072
Well, he's just mixing it up a little bit, making it exciting, right? He's making

462
00:44:39,072 --> 00:44:45,081
me OK, so mayor kind of referred to some grant money we already received for some

463
00:44:45,081 --> 00:44:52,029
housing upgrades, and this is another opportunity that we are applying for. Y'all

464
00:44:52,029 --> 00:45:00,006
approved this last month, but um. I'm gonna invite you to take this survey are the

465
00:45:00,052 --> 00:45:07,063
OOR or owner-occupied rehab grant, um, we're working on now. We've got it, the partnership

466
00:45:07,063 --> 00:45:12,031
and I believe we talked about this last month through the county Hartford City Mark,

467
00:45:13,041 --> 00:45:15,007
um, economic development.

468
00:45:17,056 --> 00:45:21,071
They have all pooled their money to apply for this up to, well, it would, would be

469
00:45:21,071 --> 00:45:27,015
a $500,000 investment in the community if we're awarded. So part of the award or

470
00:45:27,015 --> 00:45:31,041
the application process is that we need community input. So these survey, that's

471
00:45:31,041 --> 00:45:35,051
what the survey is for. So we ask you all to fill out a very quick and people will

472
00:45:35,051 --> 00:45:41,022
find this online. It's a very, very quick survey here with 6 questions that a 7th

473
00:45:41,022 --> 00:45:46,047
of you choose to um identify some information about what your house might need. They're

474
00:45:46,047 --> 00:45:51,007
all uh anonymous, so there's no information collected about who's answering what,

475
00:45:51,075 --> 00:45:56,001
but this just, this helps us with our application so that we can be more competitive

476
00:45:56,001 --> 00:46:01,058
in the process. And I think we went into this in-depth last month. So thoughts, ideas,

477
00:46:01,067 --> 00:46:09,017
questions. And this is the part that you guys approved last month to be a part of,

478
00:46:09,026 --> 00:46:17,009
so, um. It's gonna, it's gonna help out a handful of people again, so that need help,

479
00:46:17,003 --> 00:46:24,097
um, that are. Um Income-based, um, you know, there's restrictions there, so, um.

480
00:46:25,089 --> 00:46:28,052
It's not a good thing to help out our community that people need help.

481
00:46:30,085 --> 00:46:33,095
OK. Thank you. Thank you, Sherry.

482
00:46:37,012 --> 00:46:42,041
OK, you want me to, OK. Um, I gave you guys at the very beginning of the meeting,

483
00:46:42,052 --> 00:46:48,096
uh, an INM, uh, right of way project they wanna do sometime the week of the 16th,

484
00:46:49,016 --> 00:46:54,031
I think, 16th to the 20th, and it came very late today, so I just wanted to get approval

485
00:46:54,031 --> 00:47:00,036
for that if it's possible. Make motion we approve. One second. Thank you.

486
00:47:02,062 --> 00:47:09,045
Michael Wolf, Tracy Witt, Ron Duddelson, Tony Skaggs, well, thank you. I will let

487
00:47:09,045 --> 00:47:10,005
them know.

488
00:47:15,077 --> 00:47:15,089
OK.

489
00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:25,003
One This is more of a question for this um owner-occupied rehabilitation survey.

490
00:47:26,032 --> 00:47:33,067
Is it just limited to the items on #3? Uh, this one will be limited to HVAC and roofing

491
00:47:33,073 --> 00:47:41,058
and Um, exterior endgame ramps. So for this round. OK. Cause I'd like to get, uh,

492
00:47:41,066 --> 00:47:46,021
I don't know if there's anything out there. I mean, just to help with kind of the

493
00:47:46,021 --> 00:47:50,009
aesthetics of the house and the look of the house. Some people need new siding, some

494
00:47:50,009 --> 00:47:55,033
people just need paint that can't do it. Is there anything available kind of on that

495
00:47:55,033 --> 00:48:00,089
end? Not that I'm aware of. A lot of times if those are available, that might be

496
00:48:00,089 --> 00:48:06,056
like a local match or something that uh the city would come up with. Suggesting that

497
00:48:06,056 --> 00:48:12,031
we necessarily do at this point, but sometimes, uh, communities will, will do that.

498
00:48:12,095 --> 00:48:18,064
Or even this one is a overactive grant, so it's got very specific parameters and

499
00:48:18,008 --> 00:48:22,067
criteria and no windows on this one. No windows on this one.

500
00:48:27,045 --> 00:48:32,062
It'd be a good project for you to do in District one. Definitely, you know, there's

501
00:48:32,008 --> 00:48:36,078
a house in District 1 that needs District 2. Do you have, do you have a big time.

502
00:48:38,093 --> 00:48:40,001
I'm cutting him off.

503
00:48:43,067 --> 00:48:44,037
At large.

504
00:48:46,083 --> 00:48:52,009
Yeah, I do have a couple of items, Mayor. Thank you. Um, Without going into a lot

505
00:48:52,009 --> 00:48:57,057
of detail, the ready grant money has been approved. We are going to be doing work

506
00:48:57,057 --> 00:49:04,003
on the Newberry. Um, continuing work on the Newberry, and with that, I need approval

507
00:49:04,003 --> 00:49:10,036
from common counsel for, I'll call for a fiduciary Committee, would that be a correct

508
00:49:10,091 --> 00:49:17,038
term for that, the outlay of the money, um, and all we need is just a simple up-down

509
00:49:17,038 --> 00:49:22,082
vote on this, and that committee as it stands would be Mayor Eckstein, Commissioner

510
00:49:22,082 --> 00:49:30,068
Borgenheimer, um, myself, um. Commissioner or uh yeah, Councilman

511
00:49:30,068 --> 00:49:35,028
Aspe, those would be the voting members and then an advisory member would be Mr.

512
00:49:35,041 --> 00:49:40,052
Warren Brown from Economic Development. That would be the committee that the bot

513
00:49:40,052 --> 00:49:45,044
would go through and we would be dispersing the funds or approving the dispersing

514
00:49:45,044 --> 00:49:50,095
of funds. So with that, um, I'll, I'll accept any questions. If there's no questions,

515
00:49:51,009 --> 00:49:55,085
I would ask for a motion to approve that committee. I'll go ahead and make a motion

516
00:49:55,085 --> 00:50:02,083
to approve that committee. Thank you. 2nd. Thank you. All right, Michael Wolf, Tracy

517
00:50:02,083 --> 00:50:08,087
Witt, Ron Edelson, Tony Skaggs, and if the minutes would please reflect that, Dana,

518
00:50:09,047 --> 00:50:14,058
reflect that committee. So it's Dan Eckstein, Ron Edelson, Dan Morgenheimer, Bill

519
00:50:14,058 --> 00:50:20,066
Asby, Warren Brown as advisor. Yes, nobody else, OK, OK, um.

520
00:50:22,024 --> 00:50:27,011
Secondly, this is minor. I kind of fell into it. I had a constituent ask me about

521
00:50:27,011 --> 00:50:32,024
some street lighting, and Jeff had already taken care of it, but in my Roundabout,

522
00:50:32,033 --> 00:50:38,008
I found a couple of lights that were out, and I would advise counsel to drive through

523
00:50:38,008 --> 00:50:43,064
at night, and I would advise our constituents that if you see a light that's out,

524
00:50:43,073 --> 00:50:49,036
every pole has got an INM number, please write that INM number down, and you can

525
00:50:49,036 --> 00:50:54,087
either call AEP or INM or you can contact one of us and we will make that call or

526
00:50:54,087 --> 00:51:01,049
contact the mayor's office. That way, we can get those lighting things fixed. Um

527
00:51:03,005 --> 00:51:10,001
A shameless plug for the fire department. October 17th is the fish fry at the fire

528
00:51:10,001 --> 00:51:16,049
department. Be there, be square. It's a great time and funding helps out. And what

529
00:51:16,049 --> 00:51:21,022
is it $13 adults, Ronnie, I think what it is. Tickets are available at the, at the

530
00:51:21,022 --> 00:51:29,001
firehouse. What was the date again? Um, the 17th, 17th. The what? 4 to

531
00:51:29,001 --> 00:51:35,097
7. Thank you. Uh, can I ask a question about the light poles? Where is that plan?

532
00:51:36,065 --> 00:51:41,084
Are you, it's about eye level on all the poles. It's a big yellow. It says I've got

533
00:51:41,084 --> 00:51:49,072
one in my car I wrote down, but remember, Jerry, it says INM da da da da, yeah, is

534
00:51:49,072 --> 00:51:54,056
it BLL or I forget. It's got some, yeah, it's, it's eye level. You can see them.

535
00:51:55,003 --> 00:52:00,013
Just write them down and get with one of us and we'll call them in as a group because

536
00:52:00,013 --> 00:52:08,000
we pay for those. Thank you. Jeff, was it you that we talked about the um

537
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:15,067
Franklin and Jefferson? That there's a light out or was that dust and OK, so yeah,

538
00:52:16,001 --> 00:52:21,094
so I called um. Electric company, they're gonna come look at it because it's, it's

539
00:52:21,094 --> 00:52:27,046
something in ground so I was gonna tell you about that. I've got every other one

540
00:52:27,048 --> 00:52:34,075
fixed except yeah anyway it's underground somewhere. So it's not like October. We've

541
00:52:34,075 --> 00:52:40,027
got, uh, we've got citywide cleanup and then we've got fish fry, trick or treat,

542
00:52:40,052 --> 00:52:45,011
and we got Halloween and we got the bike thing on the bike thing on the 18th and

543
00:52:45,011 --> 00:52:49,059
the Jeep, Jeep, the Jeep, the Jeep thing, yes. Oh yeah, I forgot about that. That's

544
00:52:49,059 --> 00:52:56,016
the day before the bike so um. Yes. Busy month, so.

545
00:52:57,093 --> 00:53:04,023
OK. Is all that gonna be on the Harperidia? Yes, I think some of it's already on

546
00:53:04,023 --> 00:53:09,086
there, right? Yeah, I'll have to double check. We have any public.

547
00:53:11,097 --> 00:53:14,008
OK, now we turn the motion. OK, adjourned.

548
00:53:19,093 --> 00:53:20,051
It's amazing.

549
00:53:23,017 --> 00:53:25,031
That's the scat that is that should.

550
00:53:29,079 --> 00:53:30,072
I don't say