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I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the stands one

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nation
indivisible

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and justice for all.

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» Good morning and welcome
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be a very short meeting. So any
unfinished business?

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» No.
Looking for a motion to approve the

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minutes of the meeting dated August
25th, 2026 as presented.

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So move to second.
>> All in favor signify by saying I. I

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looking for a motion to approve the
actual invoices in the amount of

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$881,532

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18 for the period August 22nd through
September 3rd, 2026.

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» I'd like to make that motion,
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please.
>> Mr. Humes,

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» yes.
>> Mr. North.

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» Yes.
>> Mr.

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» [clears throat]
>> Looking for a motion to approve the

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actual payable in the amount of
315,547.71

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for the period of August 9th through
August 22nd, 2026.

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» Second,

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» Mr. Hughes.
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» Mr. North. Yes.
>> Mr. Perent.

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Yes.

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That's our agenda. That was quite
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honor special guest. Representative
Smith, Senator Nut. Um thank you for

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coming. I'm going to turn it over to
just Siri.

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You do you want me to go up up there?
Okay. All right. So, our service center

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road project is is wrapping up.
Um, as as many of you may have heard

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from previous meetings, um, the county
received just under $260,000

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in the DCED multimotal transportation
fund grant and we very much thank

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Senator Dush and Representative Smith
for bringing that money home to

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Jefferson County. It's hugely impactful
for this project. Our total project cost

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was um, just over 330,000. Um the
remaining balance of the project we were

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able to pay um through the county liquid
fuel fuels fund. Um the scope of the

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project we were able to do some road
foundation work surfacing shoulders and

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drainage.
>> And with all of the rain that we have

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had this summer that drainage work
quickly became apparent that it was very

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much needed. We were very grateful
during these last couple storms that

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that drainage was in. Um, as everyone
knows that road services many important

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functions, including our jail, our 911
center, the Cresco uh plant. So, there's

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about 420 people that are employed on
that road. So, that road while very

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small and maybe um doesn't seem that
important, hugely important to the to

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the um vitality of Jefferson County. Um
I think we have some some pictures if

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» we can get some cooperation. Yep.

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Do you [clears throat] need my help?
>> I always need your help. I'm going to

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make one more effort.

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» Mouse doesn't. Okay, I'm going to give
this to you before I break it.

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» All right.
>> Beyond repair.

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» There you are. Let's go into

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» announcement.
>> There we go. It's like

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» show from the beginning. Okay, that is
much of what I just said. So, this is a

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picture of the road that was taken in
2021. Um, it only continued to

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deteriorate before um our work started
this year. So you can see very much in

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need of some paving attention.
Um evidence of of of water running down

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the the street with the debris.

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Very poor drainage system.
So this is this is them putting in our

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the new system

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and it looks great. Beautiful, beautiful
drains. Nice paved surface. There's a

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better look at the main drainage system.

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And we also fixed a um an issue right by
by Ishman there at the beginning of

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service center road. It was very uneven.
Some water uh was ponding. Um so it made

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that turn onto Service Center Road much
safer for everyone.

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Are there any questions? Again,
thank you to to Senator Dash and

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Representative Smith. Very impactful
project and very happy to tick tick off

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a very long to-do list.
>> Jess, is there still a pond on that

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property? Back back when Chris was
younger. There used to be a county farm

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out there.
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» No, no, no. There's a there's a retain
there's a small retained pond, but not a

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pond in the sense that I think that
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can also remember the blueberries and
the strawberries and the vegetables that

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they sold out of that place.
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» You
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any questions for Jessica before she
leaves? I know she's busy today. So,

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» thanks [clears throat] for coordinating
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» Oh, thank you.
>> We'll coordinate all the dollars you

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guys bring home. Appreciate it. Do you
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had to fix?
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» Like how many roads were in need of
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» Just the one. Okay.
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only owned road. So this is the only
road that we have responsibility to

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maintain. So now that it is secure, we
we don't have to worry about our roads

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for a while.
Just a tag on that. County owns it 14

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bridges.
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» 34. Are you looking for bridge money
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» You guys have no problem. [laughter]
We're aware.

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» How many how many bridges?
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» But how many have you defined how many
need repair or are they all

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» uh No. the so we have a a relationship
with an engineer who who regularly

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inspects those bridges and comes up with
a report. Um I'm not it's actually my my

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colleague Elise that handles the the
bridges. I'm not sure how many were

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deemed to go to the top of the list, but
they're ranked and scored. Um and those

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that need the most immediate attention
will be on her radar to go after funds.

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» Okay. So
>> we've been pretty aggressive with having

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them as needed. Um, so I don't think
there's any with poor rating right now.

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» I don't have [clears throat] any
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» So you guys are doing a good job.
>> Scott brings up a a good point. Kramer

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Road, that bridge is being replaced and
it's all funded by the state. They had

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extra money last year or two years ago
and [snorts] we qualified to get it

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replaced.

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» Yeah. Right on. Right on the line.
Hender Sanders.

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» Anything else to add?
>> I would if your chairman has no

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objection. I I would just like to um add
appreciation and acknowledgement Senator

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Dush, Representative Smith, uh for
bringing these resources back from

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Harrisburg. Uh Jefferson County has
benefited from this, continues to, you

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know, we we highlight and acknowledge
the service center road project today.

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Um, as Jess said, it services the jail
and it services the 911 center, but it

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also enables 420 people to get to and
come home from work every day. So, it's

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very impactful. We add the resources
that you brought back from Harrisburg to

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to the resources that we get and and we
try to stretch those dollars out as much

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as we can. uh that's not happening
without the you know effectiveness and

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efficiency and diligence and attention
that our legislators uh bring because

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every dollar we get back from Harrisburg
is a real estate tax dollar we don't

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need and people can keep in their
pockets so it wins on both sides getting

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our tax money back here and also
offsetting what we need and this board

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of commissioners is uh taking the
approach that we want to solve

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tomorrow's problems today uh at lower
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» Yeah.
>> Um and this is just one example and I'll

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just remind everyone though we we
brought this to everyone's attention a

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couple months ago but it bears repeating
that um our legislators brought home an

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LSA grant for us 162,000
for uh jail improvements. Yes. Yes. Said

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that number.
>> That's that's Yes.

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» Um so, you know, in aggregate millions
of dollars coming back uh that take the

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burden off property taxpayers. So,
gentlemen, you know, thank you.

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Appreciate your your attention and your
help and support and assistance and your

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efficiency and uh you look forward to
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» Thank you. We also appreciate Dr. Bor.
Um when Chris and I go to and we forced

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to get this money back here um we know
when it's coming back here the job's

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getting done and that's very important
to us too. They notice when when we get

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money to bring back the project needs to
flow and get done and that helps us

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bring more back in the future. So thank
you very much for [clears throat] know

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we go to that communications power very
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others. So thank you.
>> Thank you. I'll just add uh Brian and I

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have a good working relationship and so
does Joe Pitman. Uh when

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Joe and I have a different approach from
the uh several other state senators in

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that we work with our reps and work as a
team for the uh the counties and

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municipalities that we serve. So, uh,
it's it's a great partnership with all

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seven of the reps that I have and the,
uh, but Brian, my he's got my old seat.

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I got to take care of him.

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[laughter]
>> And we we all are,

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we can't give you the right tools unless
it's articulated, put together in an

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intelligent way to to give you the the
means to fight for us. And that goes

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back to Jessica Syria and her excellent
quality work. If if she can't turn the

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need into something that's presentable
that you can that you can good map for

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um
the the chain breaks. So Jess, thank you

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for your excellent work.
>> My pleasure.

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By the way, we're having a lot more
communication from the townships here

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and the municipalities, the burrows. Uh
the LSA grant applications have just

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gone through the roof. But uh and
[clears throat] they're all that they're

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doing a great job of articulating them.
The some of these folks are really

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stepping up and I'm I'm very grateful to
have that

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kind of information coming to us. helps
us sell it when we're trying to sell it

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down in Harrisburg.

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» Good. Thank you.
Move on to public comments.

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Anybody have anything

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to press?
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I I read that there's again involved
with the 911 commemoration on Friday

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kind of explain that

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» anything that I'm aware of is
working with the church to ring the

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bells
other than that I'm not aware of it

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» I they asked us to participate we agree
>> okay and then I believe 911 is

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broadcasting

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Is there is there anything else going on
in the county?

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» Chris, you aware of anything in
Harrisburg or any? Well, I'll be

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speaking out at uh Penn State. There's
going to be uh the students out there.

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It's kind of cool. The uh uh college
Republicans and the college Democrats

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work together every year since 911 and
host a uh a memorial service out on the

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lawn of the
uh Old Maine. I'll be I've been invited

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to speak out there. So, that's where
I'll be.

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Yes,
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going to be some pretty big uh
presentations down at uh

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the crash site.
>> Shanksville. Yeah.

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» And I believe that's where the
president's going to be. He's going to

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be he's I think he's going to be at
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Destiny, you have any questions?
>> Have questions about like roads. Is each

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like township and burrow responsible for
fixing their roads? Because I know in

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Big Run, like the road I live on wasn't
able to be paid because one of the

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neighbors said no. It all went by like a
survey.

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that was distributed to everyone in Big
Brown about whether their roads could be

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fixed.
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» Yeah, that would be a municipal burrow
issue unless it's a state, right?

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» Okay. I was wondering if like each
burrow was in charge of fixing their own

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roads.
>> They are.

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» It's kind of a mixed destiny because
you've got like Main Street out here.

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That's route 322 is a state
responsibility. But the streets crossing

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that are the first responsibility. It's
amazing.

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» Okay.
>> You said we get screwed.

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» Yeah. It was like one neighbor that said
no. So our road is terrible where I

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live. So
>> no matter you know you get so much

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liquid fuels money from the state and
that's but as far as the paving go. So

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» it's always like 10 projects you don't
get.

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said the chairman of the street
committee.

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» Anything else?
>> That's one thing I have right now.

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» Okay, Maddie.

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» Have anything on the front side? Randy,

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[laughter]

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» you guys are all worn out.

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Okay. So, announcements. The next
commission's meeting September 22nd

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10:30 year deal board the same day at
11. Um, we're going to be working five

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days a week now. We don't have any more
days off. Anyway, thank you for coming.

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If there's nothing else, open for a
motion to

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make that motion.
All

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» favor.
Five full days.

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» [laughter]