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Mhm.

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» Are those the most recent ones?
>> Okay. Well, I'd like to go ahead and

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call the uh September, what is it? The
10th

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» meeting of the Night Township Advisory
Board uh to order.

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I'll let you sort that out while we
gather a minute. Our friends are joining

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online.
>> Oh, I was looking at the date.

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because we had that last amendment
meeting at 51.

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» Okay, there's the agenda.
This the purpose of today's meeting is

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the public hearing for review of the
proposed 2027 budget. Um, and this is

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per state code. You know, copy of the
proposed budget is available for public

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inspection at our township office here
during regular business off or hours.

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Um, we'll have a roll call. Eric Wagman
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» here.
>> Donald Broner

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» here. Chris Cook, I am here. And we're
joined by Deputy Brooke and our trustee

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Katherine. um you had the minutes from
the last meeting kind of sent out and

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then that was our simple meeting where
we just if you recall and she's passing

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out a hard copy for you to review um
where we had to amend the uh night

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township uh Evansville fire agreement to
provide the ambulance service to the

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night out parts uh with I think that was
July 1st is when that taken over.

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» So you have in front of you do I hear a
motion to approve?

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» Motion to approve.
>> Okay. Now a second.

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» A motion a second. Any discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor signify by

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saying I. I.
>> Opposed.

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» Okay. We will receive review now and
comment on the proposed 2027 budget.

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I'll turn over.
>> Okay. So the what has happened now is we

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have um
>> what was that? I'm sorry. What was that

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again?
>> Talking faster.

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» Sorry. 40.
You can always review the tape that I'm

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pointing over there at the screen.
>> And is that in line with what other

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townships are doing?
>> I don't know.

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» It's each individual based on their
budgets and kind of what their need is.

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Um we're very fortunate that we own our
buildings. So there's maintenance, um

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things like that that we want to be able
to put a little bit of that in, but we

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want the majority going back into our
community. So, um that's just something

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that they've changed this year.

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» And then, um
the raises I've provided documentation

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um kind of trying to get this office in
line with other townships in our area.

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» Thank you for providing that. is very
helpful because I don't think you know

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40% of the population for the counties
in our township is that that's still a

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good number, right?
>> Yes. Of the entire county.

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» So, and you're you're towards the bottom
>> and we're we have the lowest budget per

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capita in the state. So, I I feel like
we've worked extremely hard to pay

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attention to the money and where it's
going and what it's doing and just need

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to get everybody in this office up to
>> plus retention.

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» And I we have to be able to keep good
people because there's other places that

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offer more money that
we have great case management, great

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chief deputy. I don't want to lose any
of them. So,

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I don't want them leaving because they
can make a little bit more somewhere

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else.
>> The uh I know you sent out Did you have

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I didn't want to start asking a couple
questions.

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» No, I've given you all of
>> because you sent it out early. Were

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there any and as I looked through it
again last night because I had a long

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day myself. I had a council meeting. the
um

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the service contracts that were under
that we accounted for there weren't any

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crazy increases that might be
unforeseen.

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» Okay. So the the
she had not she had not had an increase

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that from 2010 to 2015 she had a $25
a mo increase and has not had an

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increase since or since 2013 to last
year. So that's why there's that jump

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because we immediately started after the
September meeting, but then of course it

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got cold and there wasn't a whole lot of
MO left of the year. So then

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» but we're
you know and I'm good with that. I don't

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think there's anything I just
>> Yeah. No, you guys already voted on it

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last year.
>> And that's what I'm saying. But are

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there any other like vendors that we do
business with that are going to have a

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potential increase with the climate that
we're in? I mean, do we have any service

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contracts on any office machines? I
couldn't remember.

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» We do, but there we're looking to get a
new copier. So, because it's

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it's had it like didn't survive the
explosion

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» advanced solutions for our zero machine.
>> Cool.

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» Okay, we need to
>> Oh, sorry.

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» So, this is form 17. This is the
um

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resolution for salary. If you guys
approve.

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So, we're to the form 17 part. So, we'll
review this.

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Eric, Don, do you have any questions?
>> No, I don't.

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So this would account for like what we
talked about in the talk, right?

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» Yes.
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» I think after the documentation that
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» Eric, I'm good with it.
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» I I mean,
>> yeah, that was I I'm good with it

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» because I just anybody would question
anything. I mean to see what the other

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ones are doing and then with the the
volume that you guys process through

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here. I think anything we can do to keep
you guys in line with everybody else

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would
would benefit with retention because I

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know it's hard to keep it folks now. But
I guess we need a motion to approve and

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sign
form 17.

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» I'll make a motion to approve and
second.

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» Make a motion and second. Any additional
discussion?

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Seeing none, all in favor signify by
saying I. I

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» oppos. Okay, we'll sign those real
quick.

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There's Yeah,

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» remember the
>> It never made it back around. Sorry,

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that's for the minutes.
Okay,

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as you know, we're up to item six,
public comment.

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Seeing that there is no public here, I'd
like to remind those watching online

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um regarding the 2027 Knights Township
budget, 10 or more taxpayers can file

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objection proposed tax rates, levies in
budgets with the township not more than

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seven days after the public hearing,
which is IC6-1.1-17-5.

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Deadline for objections regarding the
township budget is Thursday, September

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17th
at uh 20. Is there a time? Is it close

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of business?
>> Yes.

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» At 4:00, right? 4 o'clock. So, I just
want to go on the record and read it

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public here. So, I don't see any member
from the public. So, now we're up to

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review and sign team's collective
bargaining agreement.

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» And it's just the same. And this covers
our the employee insurance and the

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employees.
>> I don't think we need a motion on this.

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We just approved it, right?
>> I would just to have it

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» here. Look it over before we make a
motion.

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» Let's let our business agent over.
>> I'm not I'm

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expert.
>> I'll handle the cemetery. You just

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handle that stuff.

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» It's a two. It's a two-year
agreement.

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» Did their central state stuff on their
insurance stay comfortable or have you

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seen that? Because that's got to be a
huge

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» It's a huge savings for the township. I
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we jumped on it the minute it was
offered to us. But, I mean, just the

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savings alone,
>> the townships done like a with the

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township association with doing like a
medical trust.

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They have
there is one but we looked into it and

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it's not
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» something we want to participate
>> for the municipalities do something like

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that and we're getting ready to move
that way and it saved us tremendous

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money
>> we we looked into that this is a better

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avenue for our office
>> other townships well it used to be that

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we if if all eight of us did not do it
then we wen't able to then it changed

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and the minute it changed and we didn't
have to all come together and make that

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decision we we went for it. I mean it's
a substantial savings not only to the

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taxpayers but also to the employees.
It's much better coverage for much less

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money than the county insurance.
Oh, it's I mean I dealt with it when I

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was with Evansville. It saved us money
at the cemetery having the teamsters on

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the the central states. I mean it was a
>> what is that 13 states?

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» I don't know. I don't do
>> I think it's like if I recall at the

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time it was like 13 some odd states of
teamesters going to collective insurance

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and it's
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that are receiving that insurance. So
that's why we're able to get it secure.

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I'll make a motion to approve as
presented.

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» I'll second.
Okay. So, we got a motion, a second. Any

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other discussion? Seeing none, all in
favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed.

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Okay. We'll let that form go around.

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There's actually a township talk in the
final