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Start before I do something

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic stands one

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nation
indivisible with liberty andice for all.

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» Looking for a motion to approve the
minutes of meeting dated August 11th,

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2026.

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» All in favor signify by saying I.
>> I. Motion carries. I consider a motion

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to approve the actual invoices in the
amount 1,356,926

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and 58 cents for a period of August 6th
through August 21st, 2026.

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» So move second that roll, please.
>> Mr. Humes,

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» yes.
>> Mr. North,

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» yes.
>> Mr. Bart,

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» yes.

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Looking for a motion to approve the
actual payroll in the amount of

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$323,8227

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for the period of July 26th through
August 8, 2026.

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» I like to make that motion. Second
call.

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» Mr. Humes.
>> Yes.

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» Mr. North.
>> Yes.

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» Mr. Farj

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for a motion to adopt the right to know
policy.

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I'll make the motion. I'll second that.

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» Do you have any comments, Sage?
>> Um, sure. So, we uh created the policy

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for right to know requests and um have
added some further information on our

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county website just for the general
public when they are requesting

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information
and how to do that.

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» And I should introduce Angie. She is the
right to know officer for the county.

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Thank you.
>> Uh all in favor signify by saying I.

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Looking for a motion to enter into an
agreement with the Office of Medical

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Assistant Transportation Program. Terms
of said programs will be July 1st, 2026

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through June 30, 2027.
>> I'd like to make that motion second.

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And we are honored to have Misty here
today to have a few comments on this

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for the housing
>> the medical assistance.

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» Um so we have an agreement with the
county that the county receives funding

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from DHS for the medical assistance
program and then the county passes those

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funds to us at Community Action to
administer and have a the medical system

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transportation program. So, um I have
Kim Hutchkins with me and she is our

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medical system transportation
administrator and she can tell you a

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little bit more about the program. So,
um for the consumers to qualify for our

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program, they have to live in Jefferson
County and they have to um have medical

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assistance. We transport um consumers to
like doctor's offices,armacies,

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um any place that they're going that
they're going to be billing the medical

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assistance. We have um subcontractors
with Health Ride and APA to do the

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transportation. We also have the mileage
reimbursement program as excuse me as

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well when consumers have a private
vehicle that they can drive themselves.

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» Thank you.
>> You're welcome. Thank you.

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Yes,
>> Mr. Hughes.

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» Yes,
>> Mr. North.

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» Yes,
>> Mr. Parchic.

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» Yes.
>> And before we move forward, I'm going to

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ask Misty to just talk about the
homeless grant money that you just

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received.
>> Yes. So, we um money for the homeless

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assistance program comes again to the
county. It is to um community action and

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we use those funds to assist lowincome
residents of Jefferson County with um

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any kind of eviction notice or utility
shut off or if they are homeless so we

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can assist them in finding um housing or
um avoid their utility shut off which

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then could lead to homelessness.
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» One,
if they're homeless, how do you find

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these people?
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from community members where they just
come to us directly.

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» Come to us where
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they call.

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» I'm thinking most of us don't have a
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» They do. They do.

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» There are government programs that
provide cell phones. So, a lot of times

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homeless people may have a cell phone
through a government program.

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» Yeah. No phones.

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» You can't have other cell phone.
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» Becoming essential.
>> And I'm sorry, where's your office?

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» We have um an office in. It's across
from the Cookville. Okay.

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We served on Jefferson in Fairing
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Any other questions before?
Thank you both for coming.

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Uh, next we have Jim Schwarney, director
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» I'll give you a quick update on a couple
of um projects that we have going right

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now or applications that we're working
on. Uh, first is a uh EDA disaster

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recovery grant. Um, the initial
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million. Um it would be for a center of
innovation um that would be hosted in

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Dubo Jeff or Clearfield County. Um it's
basically to um work with our PM and

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advanced manufacturers within the
region. It'll be a uh training school

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research and development um and they'll
have state-of-the-art equipment there

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that um will be able to be used by the
industry to to advance uh products. So,

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uh, we're in the final stages of it
right now. We're expecting to hear as to

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whether or not we're successful with the
application here, uh, later this fall.

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Um, one of the other projects that we've
been involved with is the rural health

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transformation grant. Um, we're not
actually with the initial dispersements

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that have gone out here recently, uh,
through the rapid response funding. We

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haven't been part of that. of what we
will be part of is when the regional uh

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policy specialist is hired for our
region, they will be housed at the North

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Central offices. Uh we will be working
with them to establish establish a rural

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care collaborative and set up the um the
governance of that uh committee as well

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as then uh coming up with a plan for the
region on addressing some of the issues

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that have already been identified in the
state's plan and how we want to address

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them regionally. Um
seven of the eight individuals have

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already been identified and announced.
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one that doesn't have the individual
announced. We're still waiting for

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Governor Shapiro uh to give his uh
acceptance of that individual. As I

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shared with Jeff, um as soon as we have
that name of that individual, we will

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let everybody know and then we'll be
reaching out to folks to start having

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conversations on who should be on that
committee and um some of the ideas that

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we have regionally to uh to address some
of the problems that we have. And last

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thing, just kind of a big thing for us
uh here in October, we'll be turning 60

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years old as a as a commission. So,
we're going to be celebrating that

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throughout the year.

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» Any questions for Jim?

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» Back.
>> Oh, Mr. McGinness, please.

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» Thank you. Uh, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Swarm,
I I have one question about the first

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program that you mentioned.
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» The $65 million program.
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to headquarter this in Duboce?
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was um it was the only place that we
found that had a building that was

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sufficient to house this facility and
the buildings being donated. If it

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wasn't for that, the match would have
been a significant issue given the

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dollar amount that we're requesting. And
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because they asked a very similar
question, but no one was willing to

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donate a building.
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donated, we probably the application
probably wouldn't proceed because that

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is counting is a big chunk of our map.
>> Thank you for the response.

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» Any other questions?

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» Next we have
police laws in the department of

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development.
>> So, I'm I'm going to email this to the

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press later so that you have an
electronic copy, but Jefferson County is

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continuing to explore the process of
developing a potential enactment of a

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subdivision and land development
ordinance commonly called a salo.

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County planning commission, county
officials, and staff and critical

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partners. We've been working all year to
develop this draft salo and we'll be

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taking public comments on this. We have
a meeting this Thursday at 6:00 p.m.

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here in this building on the first floor
to review the draft salo and receive

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public feedback. That work session will
provide attendees with the opportunity

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to better understand what the proposed
ordinance does and does not do, what it

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regulates, how those regulations would
work, and to provide comments and

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suggestions on the draft ordinance.
Anyone who's not able to attend that

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meeting can provide comment between now
and Thursday at close of business either

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by email or here in writing in the
commissioner's office. We have a copy of

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the salo available up front here or you
can review it on our website. Something

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important to note is that while the
county recognizes high impact land

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developments such as solar farms, data
centers, and similar developments are a

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significant concern for many entities,
the salo includes a wide variety of

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regulations intended to support healthy
and responsible development. So we

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encourage anyone who reviews that
document to be attentive to all aspects

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of the document and the public work
session will focus on all aspects of the

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ordinance.
If anyone has any questions, I will be

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around after the meeting. I will email
this to the press and I have business

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cards if anyone wants to provide comment
by email.

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» Any questions?

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» In reading over the draft ordinance, um
you devoted like one paragraph to data

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center specifically and that was just a
description of what they are. Is it your

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intent that the blanket statement of
land use covers the data centers, solar

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farms, etc.?
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land developments because this is not
zoning. We cannot dictate whether they

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come here or not. We're just trying to
encourage healthy development for those

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specific facilities.
>> So, your blanket statement will cover

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all these high use developments.
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» Yeah. To be seen. It's it's still under
development. So, we don't know what the

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final product's going to be.
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draft at this point.
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couple of pages if I'm not mistaken that
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» Yeah. I just want to be straight you
might get a question about that

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Thursday.
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and he is the one with the knowledge and
expertise on most of this.

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» Thank you.
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Mr. Cer, do you have anything on?
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near future.
>> Just now yesterday was just so happy

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birthday.
>> It's very long. It's not great.

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» Moving on. Bridget, do you
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understanding that
there's only one election board

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meeting on the calendar and it's in
midocctober.

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» There's one in October and there's one
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Yeah. Okay. So, just as far as um the
Supreme Court ruling that came down

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yesterday where they're pushing the
whole you USPS will not deliver mail and

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ballots thing down the road. My question
is if you have a contingency plan to

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address this is we're only 70 days out
from the election. So is there going

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would there be an emergency meeting in
that case? Do you have a contingency

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plan on whether the um Supreme Court
actually says they can

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not deliver ballots to the states that
don't turn over their voter roles?

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» Are you aware of that ruling that came
down yesterday? we got backed. Um,

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» they didn't rule on the legality of it.
They ruled on a procedural error.

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» So, the lawsuit will continue, but being
that meant we're 70 days out and they

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didn't say, "Hey, we're too close to the
election to make this change." I'm

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curious if there is a contingency plan
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» as directed by the state and we received
this email at 9:55 a.m. this morning. So

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uh um
our elections are

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referred as directed by them and it's
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» Correct.
>> So that's what we're doing today.

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Now do we have to have a meeting prior
to if needed? Yeah. That won't be an

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issue following the meeting.
>> Okay. As far as we know today, we won't

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need another meeting, but never know
what's going to happen.

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» Correct. Because the USPS did finalize
the rule that will allow them to not

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deliver the ballot. So, we're just
waiting for a court decision. Do we have

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is there a law in the county that says
you can't or in the state actually that

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you can't change the rules of an
election within so many days? Do you

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know that?
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» I haven't been able to find that answer.
Yeah, I'm not aware of that.

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» Okay,
>> that's way above us.

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» Okay. Well, thank you.
>> But we're monitoring it so they keep us

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informed. So,
>> well, thank you.

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» Everything's just moving. Yes. No.
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» Good question.
Mr. Bartley, you have maybe as far as

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being a speaker.
Maybe yes or no.

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other public comments?

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Seeing none, we'll close public
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Destiny, do you have any questions?
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» Okay.
>> I have to guest speakers.

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» Absolutely.

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get a copy of the release that came to
you.

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That's it.

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Few announcements. The biggest one is
the reminder, school starts tomorrow, so

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be careful, slow down, watch our
children. Our next commissioner meeting

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is September 8th, 10th of the year. Um,
Of course, the meeting

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is Thursday night at 6 PM downstairs.

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» Anything else?
>> Yes. Thanks, Mark. September 7th, we're

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we're closed for Labor Day. Mark looks
forward to those days off.

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Anything else?

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Saying nothing to
move. Second.

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All in favor?