[0:02] Well, you should be a
>> clear
[0:05] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[0:11] stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, liberty and justice for
[0:16] all.
[0:22] » Can you just tap on it to make sure?
[0:30] You know, I don't need this, right?
[0:35] » Thank you everybody for joining us this
evening.
[0:42] » All right, here it goes.
>> We're going to start this evening with a
[0:48] guest, uh, Adam Whitkkey from the Lake
County Health Department. Why don't you
[0:53] join us this evening? Welcome, Adam.
>> Thank you. The floor is yours.
[0:57] » All right. Uh, Adam Licky, the health
commissioner for Lake County. I just
[1:02] want to say thank you all for having me
out. Um, but I wanted to share some
[1:05] positive information with all of you.
I'm going to each of the subdivisions or
[1:08] towns villages in Lake County. Uh,
through some really diligent budgeting
[1:12] and kind of very conservative uh,
outlooks for the future. We were able to
[1:16] reduce our budget for this year and or
sorry for 2027 and 2028 looks like by
[1:20] about a million dollars. And so by doing
that, we're actually going to offer a
[1:24] refund back to the uh community to help
fund the health department and Leroy for
[1:28] one will be about $20,000 refund this
year. Well, 2.7 uh looks like 2028 and
[1:34] then we're looking to see if we can
still do it in 2029 as well. And a lot
[1:37] of that through efficiencies, contracts
with different sources and other things
[1:40] to kind of lower our expenses on that
side and maximize what all you provide
[1:44] to us. Uh because you guys really want
to make it healthy possible. So I wanted
[1:49] to share that let you guys know what
that is. there's no reductions in
[1:51] services, no reduction in staffing. Um,
a lot of this is really the CO dollars
[1:56] uh that came in. The health department
did not take those dollars and like
[2:00] raise salaries exponentially or spend on
things we didn't need. Uh, and so now
[2:04] we're looking at saying, "Hey, we have
these dollars in the bank. We don't have
[2:07] a use for them. So, we're going to
return it back to you guys so you can do
[2:10] what you need with your community."
Obviously, the hope is something health
[2:13] related or if we can, you know, do
something outdoor related. You know,
[2:15] we're all outdoor fans. Uh, so something
like that. But we wanted to make that
[2:19] available to you guys and we'll be
reissuing that on your 2027 tax
[2:23] assessment for the first and second uh
half tax assessments you guys do. Um any
[2:29] questions from your guys' side?
>> I would just like to say it's not often
[2:34] that government gives money back. So
thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
[2:38] » And you didn't have to. You volunteered.
So
[2:40] » yes, we did. You know, lightning does
strike once in a while. So uh that is
[2:44] our goal. Um I don't mean to detach. I
do have one more meeting tonight on the
[2:48] other side of the county that I have to
go to, but I'm leaving my most trusted
[2:51] advisor, Gina Parker, here should you
have any questions, she will answer
[2:55] everything and do it as as graciously as
possible. She knows it all, so give her
[3:00] the hard questions once I leave.
>> No pressure, Gina.
[3:02] » Not at all. Not at all. Not at all.
>> All right. Thank you. If you guys need
[3:06] anything else, let me know. And
hopefully I'll be able to tell you this
[3:08] again next year as well for 2028. So,
>> thank you so much.
[3:11] » Thank you.
>> Take care.
[3:15] » Yeah.
[3:18] Is there any?
[3:27] » Yes. I was like I put something in the
right spot.
[3:32] » Um I have a motion.
[3:38] » Second.
>> Roy seconds.
[3:43] » I already wrote that you did.
>> It's okay. Um 75
[3:46] » uh and this is for post
uh of the meeting in August 20th.
[3:52] » Yes.
>> Yes. Uh Linda Berenny.
[3:55] » Hi.
>> Rich Campel.
[3:56] » Hi.
>> Ry Gray.
[3:58] » Hi.
>> All right. under administrative. As you
[4:03] know, we uh were blessed to receive a
grant of money from the state capital
[4:09] bill to be used to uh revamp the um Leo
Land Lab walking trail. And uh in order
[4:17] to get that process moving, we have to
send them a packet of information.
[4:22] And um based on um preliminary results
from our survey, it looks like everybody
[4:28] is pretty much in favor of us going
forward with that and making that
[4:32] 15-year commitment to keep that property
a park. Um so I started working on the
[4:37] packet and in the packet they asked us,
are there any isolated wetlands in there
[4:44] and is the union muscles habitat
threatened? I'm like I don't know.
[4:51] contacted soil and water and soil and
water is helping us with that. And one
[4:55] of the things we have to do to get a
response to that question for this
[4:59] packet is fill out a Ohio natural
heritage data request and that's this.
[5:08] And it then has to be sent um sent
back to soil and water and they will
[5:15] submit it so that we can get an answer
back to put in our packet. But it
[5:19] requires a signature and I didn't want
to sign it without you guys knowing
[5:23] about it and saying that that's okay
with you. It's to keep the process
[5:28] going.
>> Yeah,
[5:29] » they pretty much said they didn't think
the union muscle was going to be
[5:33] effective because there's no running
water on the property. So, yay. So, I
[5:39] will go ahead and sign this and get it
back to them tomorrow.
[5:43] Um, do we want a motion for that to
grant me permission to sign it? Do you
[5:48] want to see
it?
[5:52] » I'll make the motion
just cover.
[6:04] » Hi.
>> Thank you for that. Uh there was a
[6:08] couple of things I wanted to bring up
that are not on the agenda but under the
[6:12] administrative thing. I did hear back
from the prosecutor's office on the um
[6:17] updates to our policy manual. I have
responded to her uh to try to set up a
[6:23] meeting because there's just a few
things left to clean up and she has not
[6:26] got back to me. But that is still moving
and I may need to have you and you to
[6:33] help me with that because some of the
things that she asked had to do with
[6:36] things you do and things that you guys
do and that's kind of wasted on me. I
[6:42] don't know the answers to those, but I
want to get that to the finish line. Uh,
[6:46] the other thing is, as you know, we
passed a cyber security policy. Part of
[6:50] that policy is to have it distributed to
all the employees and to have them read
[6:54] it and sign the acknowledgement.
I'm just reminding you, please do that
[6:59] because the acknowledgement needs to go
in the personnel files. So, if you
[7:03] haven't done that, can we keep keep that
process moving? And if you have any
[7:07] questions, let me know.
um fiscal office on this.
[7:12] » If you guys could motion to pay the
bills.
[7:16] » I move we pay the bills.
>> Linda Bhenny
[7:20] » I
>> Rich Campel.
[7:23] » Roy Brit.
>> Hi.
[7:26] » Um also in your fiscal office slot
you'll see um
[7:32] I filled out uh let me backtrack. We
there are two pieces of property that we
[7:38] keep getting property bills, tax bills
for. Uh we've talked about those earlier
[7:43] this year. We put in the application to
become tax exempt. It just never was
[7:48] done when we took ownership of those
properties and it was never done
[7:52] properly.
We did all of that paperwork. We sent it
[7:56] in. We have heard back on the school
property.
[8:00] In the meantime, from when we filled out
the applications and all the forms until
[8:07] we hear yes or no, we do have to make
monthly payments as a delinquent tax.
[8:14] So, we are able now that the school
property has been deemed that we qualify
[8:19] for tax exempt and we no longer have
that. We do have to fill out yet another
[8:25] form asking for all of those payments
that we made in the meantime back. Um I
[8:32] believe that the amount is $4,900
[8:39] $712.
So they all have um just says all that.
[8:45] It asks for proof of all of our
payments. I have all of those from the
[8:50] bank and um it needs a signature and a
notary and so I would just ask if you
[8:57] guys look over that if you agree with
everything um if one of you guys could
[9:02] sign it and I will not
[9:10] sign it.
>> Yes.
[9:18] and today's eight.
>> Yes.
[9:20] » I don't know how long it takes. I don't
know how long it will take to get that
[9:23] back. Um and we have not heard on our
other property, just the school one.
[9:29] » That's cuz we couldn't turn it in for
quite a while because we were waiting
[9:33] for determination from the auditor about
how much we owed.
[9:36] » I think it was like two months later. So
hopefully in about another month or so,
[9:40] I'm expecting it.
>> Okay.
[9:43] » Yep. That's it for me. Fire,
[9:48] » excuse me. For the month of August, we
had three calls worth 476 for the year.
[9:54] Eight of them were fire, three EMS, one
hazardous conditions, four service
[9:59] calls, four intent, two false alarms,
and one specialist.
[10:08] » Yes, we have two applications to be
approved tonight. um any background on
[10:13] drug tests. One is for John VA. John's a
career firefighter township. He worked
[10:18] for us in the past personal reasons. We
left him on good terms. Um he's asked if
[10:24] you come back. So
[10:29] » and then uh he'll be he'll be a big
help. The only the only thing that we're
[10:34] going to fight against is he's a big
guy. He needs big gear. So township as
[10:40] graciously let us borrow his gear in the
second set of gear until we buy him gear
[10:45] next year. So as long as he
works
[10:50] first gear next
we have pretty much uh the other
[10:58] firefighter paramedic is Ryan Brewaker.
Ryan's father worked fulltime for Perry.
[11:03] He worked part time for us.
He's brand new. So we're here to learn
[11:09] and he's actually a really good kid.
He's done some right timers being better
[11:13] for paramedics. So I think both of them
be good for us. Um Brian Cooper will be
[11:20] sworn in as lieutenant on 9:17 at 6:30
in the evening
[11:25] and our new ports have been ordered and
our loopus device was able to be fixed
[11:31] » through uh um if we got paid for to have
it fixed. that's up in the air. But uh
[11:38] they're able to reach out to all the
different texts out there.
[11:42] So it's working as
[11:52] you
[11:55] » uh roads they are finishing up hatching
summer. They got a little bit a couple
[12:01] holes on Proctor to do. Um Jennings is
supposed to be done the middle of the
[12:07] month by Chiaga Highway. Uh we have a
big hole on Baker Roads we're going to
[12:12] fix and a couple down here on Milton.
We're trying to get all this done before
[12:19] the weather turns and get all the roads
ready to go and then start working on
[12:24] the trucks and the plows. And somebody
made a donation uh over on Radcliffe
[12:30] Road over the weekend and um gave Rick
and um
[12:36] Al and Jake uh all new mattresses so
they have a place to sleep.
[12:47] somebody.
>> No, they just dumped them on
[12:56] a
>> push.
[13:04] I mean,
>> put them in the field with the one that
[13:08] has had for like four years. That's so
gross.
[13:12] It's been there for
>> there for a while.
[13:20] » Okay.
>> Okay.
[13:23] » Cemeteries.
>> Okay.
[13:30] » Can you hear them? We hear you sitting
next to you.
[13:39] » No. Okay.
Okay, we had one burial and one remation
[13:44] determent this week
last week and uh
[13:50] got another burial this this week
Friday. As far as the restoration
[13:56] people, they
I called them again today, but I haven't
[14:01] heard back. They should be here next
week. I already went out and marked all
[14:05] the stones that need repairs for
So, we'll be okay on that. I don't think
[14:13] we're going to have enough to start
[14:24] there. Look at the suckers.
[14:28] something about
[14:32] » I know he didn't want to grind it
because he wasn't I sure how deep the
[14:36] stones was there and how deep the people
were that would be
[14:42] » that would be kind of horrible.
>> Yeah, he didn't want to be grinding a
[14:45] coffee.
>> There's probably nothing left.
[14:54] » So that's why
we really find some way to do some
[14:58] spraying
is terrible.
[15:01] » Some spraying of
>> the weeds.
[15:03] » Okay.
>> Grass
[15:05] is really bad.
>> So, how would we go about finding
[15:09] someone to do that? You're looking for
someone who is certified to spray
[15:14] herbicides.
[15:17] » I was hoping that somebody in the
service department
[15:23] Dan Davis's
service has his commercial license. I
[15:29] haven't talked to Dan.
>> They came last year.
[15:33] » Maybe even for the last two years. I'd
have to ask Sid, excuse me. I'd have to
[15:38] ask Sarah. She would know better. I know
that they've at least come the last
[15:42] year. I think it might be the last two
years. And we have just provided the
[15:47] material and Concord has been kind
enough to donate like
[15:51] » their time,
>> their time to us. We haven't had to pay
[15:53] them, but it's always been worked out
between
[15:57] rotor service department and tack board.
>> Rick, did you happen to call Tim today?
[16:05] » I did.
>> Okay. I was going to see if you could
[16:08] mention that to him when you call, but
I'll give him a call then.
[16:10] » I'll talk to him when I when I see him.
>> Okay.
[16:13] » About it. See if we can do something.
>> Yeah. Cuz I know Dan Davis told me that
[16:17] he had done it for us before. I just
don't know how we would go about buying
[16:21] the product because in the past we just
used our existing stock and now that
[16:28] that's gone I don't know how we would go
about buying or I don't even know what
[16:32] we're buying. So he should know.
>> Yeah.
[16:36] » Well, even if we buy it from Concord
what we need.
[16:39] » Yeah.
>> Let's see if we can work that out.
[16:41] » Okay.
>> With Tim
[16:44] is Tim Brown who's the head of the
service department of Concord. We've
[16:48] been making connections with all the
service departments around
[16:52] Thompson, Concord, Hampton
Banner. So,
[16:58] county been mending bridges and
talking to people and they've been very
[17:04] gracious and very willing to help. So,
>> did you make a decision about that piece
[17:11] of equipment you were thinking of buying
from mentor?
[17:14] » That is what he is talking to Tim Brown
about. We are taking that over to
[17:18] Concord to have them inspect it. Um tell
us if there's anything that they see
[17:24] that we need and then show us how to
work it.
[17:27] » Okay.
>> And uh yeah.
[17:29] » So we bought it.
>> No, we haven't bought it yet.
[17:31] » We're thinking about Still thinking
about buying it.
[17:34] » Yeah. We got to see if it needs a bunch
of repairs. Oh, it doesn't look like it.
[17:40] They were talking about a cracked tank
and the cracked tank that we found was
[17:45] just the fiberglass
around the actual tank. It's like an
[17:50] insulated tank. Um, but Conqueror is
going to go over that with us and then
[17:55] we're going to see how it works and if
it works for us, which everyone I've
[17:58] talked to said that's what you guys need
for three people on your road. And
[18:05] so that's where we're at now. I'll get
back to if it works. All right. And see
[18:10] what kind of numbers we get. We're
looking putting plans together to get
[18:15] rid of what we don't need that we some
of the stuff is based on
[18:22] a larger crew. Okay. Five, six, seven
guys where we have three full-time and
[18:29] two part-time or a couple other
part-time. the part-time like Rudy and
[18:34] Ben, they both are busy in the summer
because they have companies. And so
[18:41] we're trying to tailor it to our needs
and what we can do and
[18:47] work our equipment that way.
>> Okay.
[18:52] » And that's it.
>> That's it.
[18:54] » Okay.
Parks and facilities. Um, we got a quote
[19:00] from someone to clean up the playground
at the Leroy School. I don't know if
[19:04] you've been over there, but there is a
sort of a dome climbing structure that
[19:09] is absolutely and completely overgrown
with huge saplings. They're going to get
[19:14] in there and remove them, including the
roots. It is a horrible job. And clean
[19:20] up everything all around it so that it
can be usable. I mean, if we're going to
[19:23] have it, we should make it usable for
our folks. And so, um, I would like to
[19:27] ask you guys, the quote we got was for
$2,450
[19:32] and, uh, they're ready to start like
very soon. So, my question for you is,
[19:38] is it okay if I go ahead and sign that
quote and we go ahead and agree? I'm
[19:43] sorry. It's $2,430.
[19:46] » I make a motion approve that quote.
>> I'll second.
[19:53] Linda Bhennings.
>> Hi.
[19:55] » Rich Vanel.
>> Hi.
[19:56] » Roy Gray.
>> Hi.
[19:58] » Thank you. I'll get in touch with him
tomorrow then and get the sign copy back
[20:02] to him, which I will do after the
meeting. Um, as you know, the roof over
[20:08] this and over that is going to be
replaced and it starts on Monday
[20:14] hopefully. And I um suggested to the
roofer that he coordinate with the chief
[20:20] about where to put his dump trailer for
the the debris that's going to come from
[20:24] that. Some of which I found lying out in
the stones today. There was a piece of
[20:28] roof out there. So we got to get this
done. Um so that's just an update that's
[20:33] going to be starting. Um next zoning
Noel.
[20:38] » Yes. We had 11 permits this month. A new
house on Breakman. Two accessory
[20:44] structures, one on Breman, one on
Jennings. Rear deck on Milen. Two
[20:49] fences, one on Proctor, one on Call.
Three additions to houses, one on
[20:56] Jennings, two on Warren, ground pool on
Call the sign at Ruben Road,
[21:03] the chicken
beside subway. And uh we have a variance
[21:10] request for uh September 22nd at uh 6591
Taylor Road. They're requesting an
[21:17] accessory structure that's larger than
what's peritted.
[21:22] » Okay, you've been busy. Gosh, that's a
lot.
[21:27] » Yay, cuz Leroy is awesome. All right.
Um,
[21:34] I wanted to remind everybody that
Saturday, September 19th, will be the uh
[21:41] fall garage sale for Leroy. Uh, that is
going to be sponsored by the rec board
[21:49] and um, get out and enjoy. I know I was
told Leslie told me today there's 12
[21:55] people signed up, but that usually a lot
kind of sign up at the end or right
[21:59] before. So, that's coming up. It's
always fun when it's garage sale day in
[22:03] Leroy. Um, also, we received a donation
of office furniture from the Giag County
[22:10] Commissioners, and so all the furniture
that's in the office there is um new to
[22:15] us. Certainly not new to them, but um
they're getting ready to sell the old um
[22:21] 470 office complex there in Shard. It
was full of furniture. And um I
[22:26] contacted the county administrator and I
said, "Hey." and she said, "Yeah, they
[22:31] had actually already passed a uh
resolution to donate that furniture to
[22:35] any political subdivision that asked for
it." So, our guys went over and picked
[22:39] it up and brought it back. And so, our
old furniture we're going to be posting
[22:43] on the website available for sale to
anybody in the county that our township
[22:48] that might want to purchase that. Um, so
keep your eyes open for that because
[22:52] that's coming, I guess, pretty soon,
right?
[22:54] » It will be. Yeah.
>> Okay. Um,
[22:58] I would like to ask if we can do a
budget work session. Last year when you
[23:05] and I got elected, we sat with uh Lexi
and she went over the budget with us
[23:09] line by line. And I thought that was
really beneficial. And so I would like
[23:13] to suggest sometime probably late
October
[23:16] » that we uh set a date for a work session
to just go through the budget to all of
[23:20] us together.
>> Sound good? So, so we'll count on you to
[23:24] pick out a date when you enjoy this time
in.
[23:26] » Okay.
>> Okay. Um, also on September 16th, the I
[23:31] guess it's the chambers of commerce
>> are putting together a get together in
[23:36] um at Paysville Township Park and have
invited representatives from the
[23:40] different political subdivisions to come
there and just talk about their
[23:43] accomplishments this year. And I said I
would do it. Um, so if you guys have
[23:48] anything that you want to uh make sure I
mention, shoot me a text or an email or
[23:54] something. So, I think
[23:59] » Ruby is really good at that, even if he
doesn't like to admit it, but I am
[24:02] willing to do it if you guys just make
sure you tell me what you want me to say
[24:08] or trust me to say it. Um, I feel like
we've had a good year. I think feel like
[24:13] we're doing really good making good
progress on rebuilding bridges with our
[24:17] surrounding fellow public servants and
um getting our our roads it seems like
[24:24] you guys are doing a really good job
getting the roads sorted out to the
[24:27] degree that we can with the resources
that we have. Um I did want to ask you
[24:32] the most recent township association
magazine talked about a second round of
[24:36] OPWC money. Are we participating in
that?
[24:43] When we the original round was done,
they accepted 14 and we were 15.
[24:52] The somebody dropped out, so we moved up
to 14.
[24:56] » Okay.
>> Okay. But they don't want to they don't
[25:01] want us to get our hopes up yet.
>> Okay.
[25:04] » So, there's
>> there's a chance we will get something.
[25:07] There's a it the chances are getting
better all the time.
[25:11] » Okay.
>> But yeah, they said don't don't count on
[25:15] it until you get your final application.
And so that's we're we're sick.
[25:20] » That's great news as well.
>> You didn't turn off your phone.
[25:29] » Um I just wanted to make sure that we
were aware of that and and trying for if
[25:34] we could.
>> Yeah. Yeah. That's the small government
[25:36] one. So, you have the OKWC and then you
have the small.
[25:41] » Okay, sounds good. Um,
>> gosh, I think that's everything I have.
[25:47] Do you want to do the applications and
then you got to do that?
[25:54] We make a motion that we uh appoint John
>> me
[25:59] » to
>> me whatever
[26:02] » uh part time firefighters he does he
need to be probationary
[26:10] » no
[26:13] I mean he needs to be retrained
>> probationary and
[26:19] » Ryan Crew Baker is same
[26:26] firefighter
[26:34] requirements here.
[26:40] Anyway,
>> I'll second that.
[26:46] » Linda Bhenny,
>> hi.
[26:48] » Rich Panel,
>> hi.
[26:49] » Rory Gray,
>> hi. Sorry for forgetting that.
[26:52] » No,
>> I know it's important.
[26:56] » Does anybody have anything else that we
need to talk about this evening?
[27:01] » Um, the only thing it's been mentioned
before, so we got the bleachers done,
[27:07] new wood put on them, uh, here at the
Ball Diamonds. Um, they need to be
[27:11] sealed. They need a coating of,
you know, something to seal them.
[27:18] It's like $1,850.
I don't know if there's anybody out
[27:22] there that would be willing to
volunteer. I mean, it shouldn't be that
[27:26] hard of a job. They're flat boards just
to
[27:30] » They have a lot of bird poop on them.
Just saying.
[27:32] » Like a lot.
>> Yeah. It's like It's like the geese are
[27:37] getting up there.
It's gross.
[27:40] » Yeah. I mean, that's just, you know,
people are talking about volunteering
[27:43] and so just throwing it out there rather
than us paying somebody, you know,
[27:49] somebody wants to get a group of four or
five people each take a diamond.
[27:55] » How many bleachers are there?
>> Basically, there's two at each diamond,
[28:00] but there's not um the one on 86 only
has one.
[28:05] » And a couple are aluminum.
>> Yeah, a couple are aluminum. So, there's
[28:08] going to be
six diamonds, probably about 10.
[28:14] » And you know, it just has to be rolled
on the top and seal the ends and
[28:19] » you know, get some bare stain or some,
you know, penetrating stain. Just you
[28:25] had to wait. Treated lumber, you have to
wait before you can apply it. So
[28:31] just throwing it out.
>> And it works better if you brush it in
[28:34] than roll it on. If you roll it on, you
need to brush it in.
[28:37] » Yeah. Otherwise, it won't see it.
[28:43] » Pay for supplies.
>> Yeah. Township pay for supplies. Yes.
[28:48] Open my mouth and certifies.
[28:53] » Yes.
>> Somehow. Yes.
[28:56] » Cuz I just about spent out the last I
had for the playground.
[29:01] » We can talk to the people buckets of
money for stuff like that.
[29:06] should only be a couple hundred bucks,
>> right?
[29:08] » Yes.
>> Is that something that could be put out
[29:11] to the all the soft or the the ball kids
and not the kids, but maybe the parents,
[29:17] » right?
>> Utilize it on on a regular basis. Maybe
[29:20] they maybe we'd have a ton of people
from that group because, you know,
[29:24] that's a lot of people. Maybe they if we
could somehow get it
[29:28] » them notified the Facebook page or the
Johnson sites. One thing we can do, you
[29:35] know, that the um we added a question to
the survey about a volunteer core and
[29:40] there are some people that have have
said they would. However, what I'm able
[29:45] to see is a box with just a bunch of
names in it, but not together. So, I
[29:51] contacted the lady who's running that
for us today about can you filter this
[29:56] so that I can get these names? and I
haven't heard back from her yet, but
[29:59] that might be a bunch of people that we
could also reach out to. I just I can't
[30:04] see it yet.
[30:08] » So, I hope all of you have participated
in the survey. We've gotten some pretty
[30:13] good response from it, and it's so
helpful to have a real good sense of the
[30:18] direction you want us to take on some of
these different things. It's it's really
[30:21] been beneficial to have that, and I
appreciate that the planning commission
[30:25] helped us with that. Um, so Roy, do you
want to kind of be in charge of the next
[30:32] steps for getting these things painted?
>> Yeah.
[30:37] » Okay.
>> We'll uh we get those names and then
[30:40] I'll talk to softball, see if they have
any money, see if they have some people
[30:44] that might want to help
>> and we'll just kind of put it out.
[30:47] » Okay.
>> You know, anybody else? We can get it
[30:51] either on the Droy page or the um our
Facebook Tom the Township Facebook.
[30:57] » Probably both of them would be good.
>> Usually Jeremy, if you ask him, he'll
[31:01] push it from our page to the Lew
People's page. So,
[31:05] » okay. Um you can put on the list. I'll
help.
[31:11] » Thank you.
>> Um anything else for discussion from
[31:15] anybody? Anything from the audience?
>> Me.
[31:18] » Go ahead.
get up on this. I think I got something
[31:22] very important for the community and
it's it's definitely affecting me and
[31:25] I'm sure it's affecting some other
people. Uh, everybody probably knows on
[31:31] November 15th we lose our copper uh
telephone line. They're gone. Byebye.
[31:38] » I saw your email. I have no clue on
that. What's going on?
[31:43] » I see. That's what I'm want. I'm
flabbergasted that all you don't know
[31:48] about this. Didn't And didn't AT&T send
things to everybody to tell them that
[31:54] the copper line is gone
>> several years ago. That went out.
[31:58] Several years ago.
>> No, I can bring them in. I've got two of
[32:02] them already over the last few few
months. And actually, they sent them out
[32:05] about six, nine months ago.
>> You have to be an ongoing customer of
[32:09] AT&T for your uh to get the
communication. Not everybody has uh home
[32:16] phones any longer. So they only will
send that out if you are a present
[32:21] customer.
>> But we don't have fiber optics here
[32:25] unless you want to get spectrum.
>> So they have a monopoly. They can charge
[32:29] whatever they want, which is ridiculous.
Um I don't really want their TV service.
[32:35] Um
all the other communities have fiber
[32:39] optics. In fact, there's a few on here
in Leroy here and there that's been here
[32:43] for a long time, too, is what I'm
finding out. Um, but we need fiber
[32:48] optics here. Perry's just got the fiber
optics in from kinetics. Um, Thompson's
[32:54] got it.
Along had it. Pays Township has it.
[32:59] Paysville has it. Everybody's got it.
Shard. But we don't. Why are we left out
[33:06] of this whole ordeal? I I don't
understand. we should have the
[33:09] opportunity of being able to connect the
fiber optics as opposed to spectrum. Um
[33:16] I'm not going to deal with Spectrum. Um
I don't like them. I don't trust them
[33:20] and I'm sick of Direct TV and I'm s and
basically the same thing. They all get
[33:26] the same shows. So anyways,
I won't have uh let's see, since I don't
[33:32] have copper lines, I can't have my my
service for my security unless I go with
[33:39] wireless and it's going to cost me a
fortune to do that in my shop at my
[33:44] home. Um so I spoke to Kinetics, that's
who's doing this all in the area and
[33:49] probably AT&T has done some in the past.
In fact, there is some AT&T that's on it
[33:56] goes part of that way to Carter. Another
one runs all the way over to Niffin
[34:03] where the tower is the cell tower and
it's been and this has been there for
[34:09] years 20 years or better and but we
can't tie into it. You probably know
[34:14] about this.
>> I know this by
[34:20] you. Yeah. Yeah. And so I um I would
really like these fiber optics because
[34:26] we would be giving it great service at a
very low price compared to all this
[34:30] other especially if you want to dump
spectrum and you're tired of that. You
[34:34] have that opportunity. Um I I believe we
need it and I think it's wrong that our
[34:39] community is left out. And in speaking
to kinetics, it's real simple. All you
[34:44] got to do is make a phone call and say,
"Hey, yeah, we want it." the more people
[34:48] that call, especially our board that
responds to them, um they'll they'll
[34:55] come out with the engineers, they'll go
over everything and get everything set
[35:00] up and install it here like they've just
done Perry, like they just done
[35:03] Thompson. Um it it would be great. Um we
need it. We have to have it. I would
[35:10] like it. The only other what thing I can
do now um since I don't want to go the
[35:14] spectrum route is I have to go with
Starlink. It's the only thing I can do
[35:19] and that it's it's kind of disappointing
that we're stuck with very little
[35:25] options to have communications these
days and I don't have to use my phone to
[35:30] do it. I like using my computer. Uh it's
a lot better for me.
[35:34] » So do you have a number there for
kinetic?
[35:37] » Yes, I do.
>> What is it? It is 8449902887.
[35:45] Everybody write this down and make phone
call. Come on, Al. Write it on your arm
[35:48] if you want a tablet. Did
>> you find out what their what their how
[35:52] much the payment is for the month?
>> Yes, it wasn't a whole lot of money.
[35:57] It's like 50 bucks or something like
that. It was It was very reasonable
[36:00] connection. And and and and who who did
I talk about this that is so happy that
[36:05] it just came on his street on Valentine?
Chuck Flo. I think we all know. And he's
[36:11] tickled pink.
>> Repeat the number.
[36:13] » Oh, I'm sorry everybody. Let me go over
this a few times with the number. It's
[36:16] 8449902887
[36:23] and that's kinetics. Um there'll be nice
lady that'll answer. She'll be very
[36:29] workable. The people are great. I mean
>> the group on 322 there
[36:33] » I don't know that that I can't tell you
I didn't ask that
[36:37] but you know that that would be great
for our community and then again what
[36:41] are everybody going to do about their
security systems in there that they if
[36:45] you have security you have to go through
that copper mine otherwise how you going
[36:50] to have security
unless you go the same route and you
[36:54] have to buy the whole unit reach your
locations to go and send it up in the
[37:00] Yeah, on our end we have Spectrum.
[37:04] » I don't know. Well, here's here. Let me
explain about Spectrum. Here's another
[37:09] » We're not going there. We know what to
do. You want us to call
[37:12] » I can't get Spectrum unless I pay
$20,000
[37:15] because that's what they want to run at
900 ft to my home, a cable. $20,000
[37:22] kinetics and see what we can find out
that
[37:25] » I I think that's very important for our
community.
[37:28] » I think that is too. We thank you for
letting us know.
[37:30] » Well, thank you everyone.
>> Thank you.
[37:32] » Thanks, Lee.
>> Anything else from the audience tonight?
[37:36] » Our next go.
>> Uh, since the survey I think was talked
[37:40] at the special meeting, when is the
survey going to be open till
[37:44] » um, we were going to let it run for
about two months and I think it's been
[37:47] running for a couple of weeks already.
Yeah,
[37:49] » really good response like in the first
two days almost 100 people. It was I was
[37:53] surprised and pleased. So, um, yeah, a
couple months. I'll get a firm date and
[38:00] I will announce that on the 22nd.
Let's close our survey.
[38:06] Anything else?
All right. Is the 22nd. Thank you
[38:12] everybody.