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Evening.
>> Evening everyone. Like to call the April

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28th Litzboro Council meeting to order.
I'll turn it over to the mayor regarding

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the invocation for this evening.

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Okay, the next thing on our agenda is
the approval of the March 31st meetings.

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Has everyone had a chance to review
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» Move to approve.
>> Motion. Do we have a second?

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» Second. All in
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we had an executive session this evening
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and ran until 5:07.
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next we're going to move on to
presentations. We have community solar

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advocacy. I'm going to turn that over to
member Gatis.

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» Thank you. Um, I want to invite Don
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up the to the microphone if you would.
Um, Don is a retired teacher who's lived

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in neighboring Warwick Township for 23
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watershed and environmental groups.
Thank you for your stewardship. And

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Elizabeth Hoffman who moved to Lancaster
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served in the legislature. I believe
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» No, I worked for
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you go. Thank you for uh for clarifying
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35 years and for a state delegate um for
five years, volunteering with Third Act

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for about three years. Um founded the
Lancaster County Group and Don and uh

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Elizabeth are both local volunteers with
the Elders Climate Action Group, Third

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Act. and they're here to do a
presentation on a community solar bill

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that has been through the house and is
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the Senate Consumer Protection and
Professional Lensure Committee, I

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believe.
>> And you will have an ask for us at the

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end of your presentation, I believe.
I'll turn it over to you,

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» Mayor George, and members of the Burough
Council. Thank you for welcoming us this

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evening.
In my reading of HR 504, which is the

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Community
Energy Act, the bill authorizes the

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state's public utilities commission to
make the rules and then municipal

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officials will be able to decide if
these projects will benefit their

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citizens and businesses. Right now, you
don't have the municipal authority to

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consider community energy projects. The
House has approved the legislation as

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Miss Gatis has mentioned, but the Senate
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committee.
Those of us in third act stress the

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solar aspects of the bill, but it also
includes language that promotes energy

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generated by gas from farmers min manure
digesttors and also the bio gas from

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wastewater plants and from composting
facilities.

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Um, when you get a chance to read
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I'd ask you to concentrate on the
findings and declarations that are the,

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um, the reasoning and the justification
for them in the legislature and also the

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definitions are very important as well.
There are also protections for consumers

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in the bill and for workers. And um we'd
be happy to do any further research that

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you might need or answer on any
questions that you or your your

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residents have. And I'll turn it over to
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» Thanks very much for letting us talk
about this. Um I will say a few numbers

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keep sticking in my head.
1% that's how much of its energy

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Pennsylvania gets from solar.
49th that's where Pennsylvania ranks

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among states in the growth of renewable
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60% that's how much of Pennsylvania's
energy comes from fossil gas leaving us

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vulnerable to price hikes like that
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8.7%.
That's the increase in uh residential

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rates that UTI has asked the PUC to
approve. And that's on top of an 8.9%

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increase in revenue that the PUC
approved last fall. And I testified

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against both those increases because uh
like you, my income is not going up 9% a

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year.
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solar. In uh 2019, as you said, I moved
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had subscribed to a community solar
program. And one of the first things I

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did after moving here was to look for a
similar program. And I was really

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mystified to learn that Pennsylvania
doesn't allow community solar. It's

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available up and down the East Coast and
all the surrounding states like New

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York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia. Um
I actually have a map here

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with it's more than 25 it's 25 states
have it but the other states um a lot of

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other
pilot programs and things and there's

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only a handful of states including
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So we are really missing out.
And so all of this is why I'm working to

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get community solar here. So, what's so
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people cannot install solar panels on
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They are renters. Their roof would need
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it just doesn't make financial sense.
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anyone who subscribes to the program.
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local government or nonprofit, installs
the panels and then the residents

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subscribe at a guaranteed savings which
is set by the PUC. And these panels can

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be on brownfields like there's a a site
in Pittsburgh that would like to do this

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uh landfills, parking lots, warehouses,
and other big roofs. and also on farms

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on land that maybe isn't uh as usable or
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to have animals grazing under the
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getting hotter, shade can be a really
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community solar is also quicker to
install. It usually takes about 12 to 18

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months
whereas a gas power plant would take at

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least 5 years and of course nuclear
power plants take uh decades to put in

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and we just don't have that kind of
time. So energy from these solar

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projects would reduce stress on the grid
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including people who are not
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They don't need expensive infrastructure
upgrades because they're close to where

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the energy is used. And of course, while
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would not be getting the air pollution
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you've heard that Lancaster County keeps
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And so that's where you come in.
Um, we think that if local

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municipalities pass resolutions saying
this is something that could help their

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constituents, then the Senate might be
more inclined to pass it. And so far, we

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have 14 municipalities.
um Alageney County, Pittsburgh,

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Sharpsburg, Carlilele, Lanster Township,
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Erie, Westview, Lower Marian Township,
Mount Lebanon, Bradock, Forest Hills,

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and Aleppo. And I really hope that lit
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solar would give Pennsylvania
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prices. It's among the fastest and least
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the grid.
>> Thank you, Elizabeth.

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» Thank you all for welcoming us. We'd be
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research for you.
Um, I guess my first question is, are

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you aware did you say there are no such
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» However, you participated in a community
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» What kind of a
um system did they have? Do you know

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that?
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» You don't know. Okay.
the people who were putting it up. I

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worked with a group there that was
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helping advertise that you showing that
people could subscribe to it but I don't

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know the details about it and it was
actually pretty invisible you know you

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still get the regular bill discount
shows up on the bill I just didn't have

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to think about it you know now every
have to go look around for a supplier I

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try to get all renewable I know the one
this year is some company in Ohio last

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year access really not help.
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» Yeah, I was just saying that now, you
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subscriber unless you use the default
rate and this would just give people

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another choice.
>> That's great. That's that was going to

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be my follow-up question was the
difference between shopping for electric

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and choosing
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renewable mix whether you choose 100% or
so forth how this might vary but it

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» right and I always look for the 100% I
can always find one less than the

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default but I have to go looking for
another one every year in Maryland I

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just subscribe to this thing and I
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» the best example online that you that
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They have a county program that's
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that's doing.
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» Does anyone else on council have any
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for the presenters?
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clarification since I've really never
heard of this before. Um what what's the

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incentive for a farm? Let's say this is
passed. What would the incentive be for

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like a farmer or a business that could
just put it on their roof now and reap

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the benefits versus
what would is there is there an

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incentive from the government to do
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» Well, a farmer who would put panels on
their barn or in their field, they would

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be using that energy. So they wouldn't
be selling it to anybody else, which is

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what this is. This is a a farmer would
put up the panels and make it available

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for people to purchase.
>> Would he get a benefit from that?

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» Yeah, because they're Yeah. And the
solar probably the farmer would work

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with the solar company to put up the
array, but the farmer would definitely

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benefit. Yes.
>> Okay. But there are many there are many

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farms and businesses in Lancaster County
that already have these rooftop arrays

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for their own use.
>> Right. There's actually a farmer whose

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land straddles Pennsylvania and
Maryland. He has community solar on the

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Maryland side. He would like to put it
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» Yeah. I believe the bill um says that
the owner of the array can't reap more

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than 50% of the benefits
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or uh installation. So, it's meant to be
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» Right.
>> What um what u issues have you had with

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municipalities around zoning for the
panels? Have you any any challenges

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about that?
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yet. So, it hasn't come up.
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» Commission has to write the rules before
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appropriate locally.
So Jerry, about 20 years ago, the first

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um groundmounted solar on a farm went in
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happened, the Penn or the Lancaster
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municipalities across the county to
adopt regulations around solar

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installations to protect farms largely.
But some communities like ours um wrote

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those provisions into our own
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Um I don't know Elijah if you want to
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do regulate solar. It is already
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» Yeah. And we actually prohibit ground
arrays here in the burrow in part

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because we're a growth area and that's
not necessarily seen as the best value

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for burrow land. Uh we do allow them in
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collocations. And as you may have heard,
we're looking at changing uh planning

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commission is looking at changing the
restriction to right now we have a total

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prohibition of solar panels in the
historic district. Uh I have some

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concerns with that because it's treating
it as kind of a unique case that any

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other kind of HVAC system isn't treated.
So uh we're looking at scaling that back

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so that it if it's not visible like this
roof that's right out here, um what's

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the impact on the historic district? And
I don't really have an answer to that.

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historic area advisory committee on um
getting some recommendations on how we

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can allow solar in the historic
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great. Any questions from anyone in the
audience for the presenters this

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No. Okay. Well, we have resolution
1034 in front of us this evening. It's a

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resolution of the Bureau of L. It's
calling on the legislature of

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Pennsylvania to pass legislation to
allow for the creation of a community

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energy program
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Would anyone like to make a motion on
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I will move that borrow council approve
the resolution calling on the

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legislature of the commonwealth to pass
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Um it references uh the commonwealth
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to approve House Bill 504.
Obviously it will have its own senate

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bill and it is in committee now. um the
Community Energy Act as proposed by

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Representative Peter Schwire, which
passed 114 to 89 in the Pennsylvania

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House to provide for community energy
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» Do we have a second to that motion?
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» All those in favor?
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» Resolution 1034 passes.
Thank you for your time this evening.

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Thank you all for coming in and for
reaching out to us about this

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opportunity to help advance clean energy
in Pennsylvania. Appreciate that very

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much and we'll be in touch.

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We'll make sure that our state senator
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» We let him know that we were considering
it. Okay, great. Yep.

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» Thank you. Okay,
we're going to move on to three

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presentations by the chief of police.
First has to do with an ebike

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sponsorship that they have.
>> I ask Jason and Bark if they'd be able

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to come up and join me.
>> Sure.

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» I just have to bring something through a
>> show and tell. I love it.

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Thank you. So, uh, up here with me, I

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» Branley, I know most of you from
interactions with the bike shop and

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other uh, businesses, business ideas.
Uh, we own Lotus bike works.

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» There you go. Uh Jason Burke holder the
guy local.

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» So a lot of what our police department
does both in terms of policing staffing

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special events involves putting officers
on bikes whether it's in the downtown

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district parks trail systems etc.
There's benefits practically speaking

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because the officers can get to areas
that maybe they couldn't with a car. For

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example, a large special event where
roads are closed, you can't get a car in

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or out. Um, one of my priorities when I
became chief was to increase uh the

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visibility, the accessibility of our
offic community, increase officer health

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and wellness. Uh, get them out of the
car, get them on foot, get them out in

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the community on bikes. What we had was
an aging fleet of bikes. We currently

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have one ebike. The rest of the bikes
are traditional pedicycles. Um, they're

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aging. We had to put a plan forward to
replace them. Um, so with that said, uh,

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Jason and Mark had collaborated and, uh,
generously, uh, had donated two of these

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brand new state-of-the-art ebikes to the
police department at their cost. Uh,

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there's no cost from the burrow. Uh and
in addition to uh that with with Mark's

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assistance, we were successful in a
grant award to offset the cost of a

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third ebike to ensure that our officers
have the the latest and greatest

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technology with the ebikes to make sure
that we are best prepared to handle the

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special events, especially those that a
car just can't get into. It'll increase

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our ability to get officers out of the
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the the different neighborhoods. And of
course, like I said, the health and

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wellness benefit of getting them out,
getting them accessible to the public

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more easily. And then just again, the
the the exercise, the cardio that goes

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with it. So, I wanted to take this
opportunity to show what the bike looks

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like. And then again to recognize these
two. Um, you know, we enjoy a ton of

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support from the community and we
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support as well. But I I think what's
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obvious as as the financial
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alignment between the vision of the
police department and that we try to be

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community oriented in so far as the
community recognizes that and goes above

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and beyond to make sure that we can meet
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and what the community expects. So, I
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thank both of you. These bikes will
serve the department and the community

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for many years to come. And again, it
takes the burden off the tax base. And

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we appreciate the fact that they've
partnered with us to make this happen.

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If there's anything you guys want to
say, I don't want to steal all the

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thunder. I mean, really, the credit goes
to you, too.

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» No, we just uh we just love the fact
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loved and well respected in the
community. You know, even in their cars,

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they're very well respected. But but
realistically uh when they're out

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interacting with the public, everybody
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happen more. So talking Jared and
finding out there was a need just had an

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opportunity to fill it.
About 30 years ago in um Eastn

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Pennsylvania, there was a perception
problem mostly among teenage and youth.

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Guess that town
teenager see a squad car and the

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instinct was to scurry away.
>> So bike shop there called Genesis

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They approached the
their town and they said, "If we were to

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take officers off out of the cars and
put them on bikes, would that change the

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perception?" They took a chance. They
put about 10 officers on bikes with a

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program similar to what we're doing
here. That completely changed how the

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teenagers saw the police officer. They
started riding alongside them. They did

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community bike rides with them. At one
point they had almost 50 kids on a

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weekly ride where the officers would
show them safety and police quickly

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became friends and no longer this this
scary boogeyman in the squad car with

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lights. And um I'm just happy that we

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on behalf of council I want to thank all
of you for your generosity and your

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ability to work together and and to be
able to pull this off. This is just

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wonderful. And on a second note, I
wanted to welcome Mark and his business

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to the burrow. I believe you will be
opening soon.

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» End of May.
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So, so we will have a new bike outdoor
shop right here in downtown Litz again.

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So, that's really exciting for us to
have that here. So, so welcome.

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» Camping gear, bicycles, hiking.
There you go.

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» He's open to suggestions. Make
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store.

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» So, thanks a lot.

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» Thank you. Thank you all.
>> There's a question.

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» Oh, we have a question and a photo op.

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I got a picture
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point of view.

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Oh, your eyes are behind.
I'm trying to photo.

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» I don't want I don't want to throw
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» Are we gonna see you on this bike,
Chief? Okay. All right. Hold to it.

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» I wonder if he was going to just ride it
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» he has two more presentations to do.
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» So, yeah, that was all I had for the
ebikes and again, thank you for allowing

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us the opportunity to recognize what
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» Okay. Should I take the next?
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» So, um part of the um police officer
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is that police officers go through a
12-month probationary period. And so

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tonight, Chief Han has an update for us
on one of the officers who has completed

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uh the 12-month uh probationary
training. Correct. Like Council Member

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Max said, Officer Joseph Giovano started
with us beginning of last April 2025. He

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successfully completed uh all of our
field training internal uh program,

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which is what we bring new officers
into, even if they come with us from

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prior experience. It ensures that, you
know, they're familiar with the

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policies, procedures, uh the way that
the Litz police operates. Uh he

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successfully completed that. He's
successfully completed the 12-month

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probationary period. He's met every
benchmark that we've asked any new

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officer to complete. And he is at the
point where he's eligible to be

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considered by council to be released
from probationary status and eligible

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for regular full-time status as a police
officer. Um he's integrated well to the

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community and to the department. He's
demonstrated that he's an asset to both

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and it would be my strong recommendation
that he be retained as a regular

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full-time officer.

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Genco

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Second.
>> All those in favor?

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>> Thank you very much.

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» Thank you and congratulations to Gio.
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» So, next we're going to have the 2025
Police Department report.

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» So, this is the annual report from 2025.
It's a 30-page report. It gets very

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granular with a lot of different
statistics and and outcomes and

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different initiatives and and a lot of
storytelling from some of the successes

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and and outcomes from last year. I I
boiled it down to just a handful of

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slides because I I realize you're going
to hear me talk a lot tonight. So, I

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wanted to hit some of the high points.
The full 30page report is available at

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litpd.org. It's pinned at the top of the
website. It's also on all of our social

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media. So, I would strongly encourage
everybody to take a look at it at some

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point, browse through the information. I
think it highlights a lot of good stuff

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that the department has done with the
community last year. And uh but for the

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purpose of tonight, I I've highlighted
several areas that I I anticipated would

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be of interest and uh I'm going to go
through these slides and certainly if

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there's questions on any of those slides
or those topics or anything in general

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at the end, please just let me know.
So this represents the the total number

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of police dispatched calls for service
in 2025 and this is the number that

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comes from the Lanster County 911
center. So this this number is applied

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equally amongst all police departments
in the county. So this is a call that

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gets called into 911 or the
non-emergency line and then gets

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dispatched to uh the officers in the
jurisdiction. the last year in 2025,

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there were just over 7,200 uh calls for
police service in the burrow. Um if you

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average that out on a daily basis, it's
about 20 times a day that there's a need

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for police service. And again, that can
range from uh a domestic disturbance. It

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can be a mental health issue. It could
be um an ambulance assist. Somebody fell

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and and the ambulance needs help. So
it's the wide gamut of uh of types of

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service. So you can see if you look at
the green trend line if if you look back

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to uh 2014 you know the demand for
service has gradually been increasing

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and and this is specific to Littisboro.
Those numbers that you see are specific

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to just Lisp and Lisbon. So, I wanted to
highlight that uh again about 20 times a

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day the the police department is acting
in some official capacity getting called

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into service for some type of reason.
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number of reported crime just in
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So, one of the things I'm proud of is if
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it's a very sharp downward trend. You go
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you know, we're above 400 crimes a year.
That's more than once a day. We're you

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look at 2025 as 175. And you can see
through that that that chart how the you

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know the numbers have fluctuated over
the years. But that's certainly good

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movement in the uh the crime trends. And
you know what's important is is

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publishing this information because the
the actual rate of crime is equally as

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important as the perception or fear of
crime. So we want to make sure that

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people have an accurate understanding of
what the crime picture is. How much

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crime, what type of crime, and it's not
detailed in this presentation, but if

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you go to the annual report, it'll list
out every category of crime uh that was

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reported last year. you know what the
crime was, whether it was solved or not,

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and you could really get granular in the
exploration of the report to see what

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specific type of crime has been reported
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So that can be crime that somebody
discovers or happens to them and they

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call us to report it. But it's also
crime that officers through their

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proactive patrols may intervene. You
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night shift patrol comes across somebody
who they suspected being a DUI driver.

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they pull them over, they end up being
intoxicated. That's a crime that the

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officer discovered. So this represents
any crime discovered regardless of how

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it's discovered. And I think what's
equally important is if you look at the

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the bar chart on the right, those
percentages correspond to the amount of

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crime that's cleared. And clear means
you've identified a suspect, they've

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been arrested, or you've identified a
suspect and they weren't arrested for

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some reason. Perhaps the victim didn't
want to press charges. There's a number

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of reasons that that can happen, but I
think the takeaway for people is that

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crime's been cleared, has been solved
one way or another. So, if we look at

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the top bar in 2025, uh 80 almost 86% of
the crime in the burrow was solved. Now,

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a little caveat to that, some of the
crime that was reported last year is

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still under investigation. So, you know,
there may be the possibility that number

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gets higher, but for the point in time
that this was created, it was 85%. And I

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think it's important to compare that
because when you look at the total crime

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clearance for Lancaster County, it's uh
about 10% lower than what it is in the

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burrow. And then if you zoom out even
farther and you look at the total amount

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of crime cleared in the Commonwealth,
it's at 55%. So I think what I would

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suggest to you is you know this is a
good representation of crime is going

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down. It's been sustained going down for
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happening here our team has been
effective in solving at a higher rate

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than what you see at the county or the
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you know, traffic concerns. You know,
we've adopted the principle of the three

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E, engineering, enforcement, and
education. Any effective traffic

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management program has to incorporate
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one and exclude the others, you're
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or not as effective as you can be. So,
in 2025, there was 147 reported crashes

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in the burrow. And again, if you look at
that over the last 10 years, those

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numbers have been going down as well.
the the rate of decline is not quite as

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sharp as what the crime is, but still a
downward trend and suppressing the

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crashes. Uh I felt was important to
share. If you look at the the top five

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reasons why crashes happen in the
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about 40% of the crashes are caused by
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lane for traffic. That's just simply
meaning that somebody leaves their lane

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for one reason or another and it's not
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uh following too closely, careless
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There's a lot of other reasons why
crashes happen, but these five reasons

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account for about 40% of all the crashes
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So, this is a heat map of where the
crashes occurred in the burrow last

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year. You can see there's there's quite
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right downtown, north of town up by
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down towards like Wise, uh, Turkey Hill,
Sixth Street intersection. Um, so all

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those plots don't necessarily represent
a single crash. Um, the different colors

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and size of the dots are all like an
intensity map to show uh what the

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clustering of crashes are. So, we talked
about 147 crashes that involved uh 301

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people that were in those 147 crashes.
Uh 24 of them were hurt. Thankfully,

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zero of them were killed and a total of
291 units. So, a car, a truck, a bike, a

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pedestrian were units in a crash. So, u
what that tells us is we have the data.

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We know where the crashes are happening.
we know why the crashes are happening.

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That allows us to be efficient with our
resources to direct patrol officers or

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discussions about traffic safety
solutions to put the focus and the

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energy on where the data tells us that
needs to be focused instead of blindly

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trying to address a problem without the
data behind it to support it. If you

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look at the pie chart, I'm sorry, below,
um, reportable versus non-reportable

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crash. It's just what that indicates. In
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pendot

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only collects crash reports from police
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would be a crash where somebody's
injured, somebody's killed, or uh where

417
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:19,599
a car is damaged to the extent it can't
be driven on its own. Um so when you

418
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:23,760
look at that criteria that PENDOT's
interested in collecting data for, it's

419
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:28,640
about uh half of the the crashes in the
burrow are to that level of severity

420
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:31,640
that Pendot's collecting crash data on
them.

421
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:39,520
I'm good, Rob. Thank you.
So, again, in the 30-page report,

422
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:43,920
there's a lot of uh kind of high level
detail, but there's also some very

423
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:48,720
granular detail. U if you look at the
the icons to the right, it's just some

424
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:51,839
highle data as far as number of times
different things have happened in the

425
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:58,720
burrow. But one of the things I wanted
to call out is uh 99.99%

426
00:38:56,480 --> 00:39:02,640
of the official police citizen
encounters that we had. So these are all

427
00:39:01,119 --> 00:39:06,160
official contacts. You got pulled over
for something, the police got called to

428
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:10,320
your home for something. You interact
with an officer in official capacity.

429
00:39:07,839 --> 00:39:12,880
It's not, you know, you run into an
officer at the coffee shop and you talk

430
00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:17,839
for a couple minutes. These are the
official contacts.

431
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:21,200
We estimate there's about 17,000
official police citizen contacts because

432
00:39:19,839 --> 00:39:25,359
some incidents have multiple officers
that respond, some incidents have

433
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:30,160
multiple people involved. Out of those
17,000 that we estimate, two require the

434
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:34,000
application of physical force to achieve
a lawful objective. And why I think

435
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:40,000
that's important is yes, that the
technical skills, the competencies are

436
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:42,640
important, but that's not the only thing
that we look for in our officers,

437
00:39:41,359 --> 00:39:49,119
especially in a community oriented
department. So what this data tells us

438
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:53,040
is that 99.9% of the time or 16,998
times the most effective tool that the

439
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:56,320
officer possessed was their mind and
their mouth. And I think that's

440
00:39:54,640 --> 00:40:00,240
reflected in our hiring decisions, what
we instill in our officers as far as how

441
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:03,920
we expect them to interact with the
community, having the technical

442
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:08,880
competencies, but also making sure that
they have the interpersonal skills that

443
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:13,200
our community requires. And that was one
data set that I wanted to pull out

444
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:18,880
because I think it proves that we're
living up to that ideal. And um again,

445
00:40:17,359 --> 00:40:22,079
there's a lot that goes into deciding
who you want to hire your police

446
00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:26,960
officers. And you know, we've made that
a priority. And I I think this is the

447
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:31,760
result of those priorities.
>> Sarah, quick question. That's that

448
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:33,280
should be 2025 overre. It was a typo.
Okay. Yeah.

449
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:39,599
» Just wanted to make sure.
>> Correct. Thank you.

450
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:45,760
So again it also details um you know the
the the community oriented uh aspect of

451
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:50,960
the department all the instances where
the officers participated in community

452
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:55,599
events whether it's the bike rodeos in
town the special events in town the

453
00:40:53,200 --> 00:41:00,640
station tours and national night out you
know there are 34

454
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:04,319
formalized community events that we
participated in so you know you average

455
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:08,720
it out that's three times a month that
our officers are engaged with the

456
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:12,720
community in some sort of, you know,
social non- enforcement way, building

457
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:17,359
those relationships, getting to know
people, business owners, neighbors,

458
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:21,599
residents. Um, and that's important to
me and and I see that it's important to

459
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:25,280
our officers. Um, because policing is
much more than just writing tickets and

460
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:30,560
enforcing the law, especially in in a
community like Litz. So these pictures

461
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:34,880
demonstrate what they do and and I can
tell you this doesn't even come close to

462
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:38,560
the total number of things that they've
done. I mean we've had people come and

463
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:43,119
send us a message. Thanks for stopping
by our lemonade stand. Thanks for

464
00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:46,480
shooting basketball the kids in the
driveway. So so much of that stuff

465
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:51,520
happens. It just just doesn't get
captured in in a picture or in a formal

466
00:41:49,119 --> 00:41:56,240
event. So I'm confident in saying this
is under reportporting those types of

467
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:59,520
connections. But, you know, this is what
I had to offer. And it was just

468
00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:05,200
important for me to share the proof that
the officers are out there doing what we

469
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:08,400
expect them to do as far as building and
maintaining those relationships with the

470
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:13,359
community.
Thank you, Rob. This is going to be hard

471
00:42:10,319 --> 00:42:16,960
to read, but all this is in uh big font
on the report. So, this is all feedback

472
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:20,960
that we've gotten from community
members. Whether uh no matter how it's

473
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:23,760
collected, the this is all stuff the
community members have reported back to

474
00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:27,520
us. I'm just going to read a couple of
them because I know you probably can't

475
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:31,040
read them, but I'm so thankful that we
have a business in Litzboro. What care

476
00:42:29,359 --> 00:42:36,720
and kindness from the officers, thank
you. Litz is fortunate to have the LBPD.

477
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:40,960
The officers were professional, listened
to what I was saying, and willing to

478
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:45,440
help if needed. Thank you for all LP
LBPD does for our town. We are so

479
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:49,119
blessed to have all of you. Lis is the
best little town because of you guys.

480
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:53,760
Thank you for being the best friends,
neighbors, and folks we can trust. So

481
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:58,240
this is all feedback from community
members that they have given to the

482
00:42:55,119 --> 00:43:01,040
department over the last year. So it's
important to call that out because if

483
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:05,440
someone's going to take the time to give
us that positive feedback, we want to

484
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:09,079
make sure that we receive it and that we
share it where it's appropriate.

485
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:17,200
Good, Rob. So that's it. That that's 30
pages of of comprehensive reporting

486
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:20,720
boiled down to a couple of slides. Um if
anybody wants to read the pool report,

487
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:24,880
you can just click the QR code. it'll
take you right there or visit our

488
00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:28,160
website. It's there. But, um, trying to
be respectful of everybody's time, so

489
00:43:26,319 --> 00:43:33,839
I'm happy to answer any topics on
question or any questions on topic or if

490
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:40,480
there's something else that you want me
to speak to, I'm certainly happy to.

491
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:44,560
» I I also want to say I do appreciate
reading your Facebook pages,

492
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:47,280
especially when when you have events
coming up, I just get a kick out of

493
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:50,520
that. But keep it going.
>> Thank you.

494
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:59,040
I know one of your goals was to increase
the community

495
00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:01,599
uh community policing activities. Your
report reflects that. So, thank you for

496
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:05,079
doing that.
>> Sure.

497
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:05,079
» Thank you.

498
00:44:06,079 --> 00:44:12,560
» I had I had opportunity to go through
that report at length and I want to say

499
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:16,880
that this also happens to be a one-year
anniversary for our chief. Uh so he was

500
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:21,119
installed about one year ago. So, I
think it's appropriate opportunity to

501
00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:24,160
say commendations to you for incredible
work that you do in this community and

502
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:28,560
leading you officers.
>> Well, thank you. I appreciate it. It's

503
00:44:26,079 --> 00:44:33,440
It looks easy when you have a great team
and a supportive community and a

504
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:38,400
supportive uh leadership uh like all of
you. Um so, we appreciate it. I

505
00:44:35,839 --> 00:44:41,839
appreciate it. And yeah, it may look
easy, but really it comes down to the

506
00:44:40,079 --> 00:44:45,599
hard work that I see our officers and
our staff put in every single day. And I

507
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:48,800
guess I'm the guy in this respect that
kind of pulls all together with pictures

508
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:54,400
and a report, but I'm always happy to
highlight what they do. Thank you.

509
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:57,280
» Thanks.
>> Please express our gratitude to your

510
00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:01,920
team.
>> Thank you. I'll pass that along.

511
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:07,280
» Any questions from the public regarding
the presentation?

512
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:13,800
No.
>> Well, thanks again for uh spending some

513
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:13,800
time with us this evening. Thank you.

514
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:21,839
So, now that we're done with
presentations, we're going to move on to

515
00:45:19,599 --> 00:45:24,800
agreements. And I'm going to turn this
over to Elijah to let him lead this

516
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:29,599
discussion.
>> Sure. I have quite a few notes on this

517
00:45:27,119 --> 00:45:32,880
actually. So, Lloyd was approached by,
we're going to say, a very ambitious

518
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:36,800
fence contractor. Both of these
agreements are from the same fence

519
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:41,280
contractor. Both of them are on uh East
6th Street, and both of them involve

520
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:46,079
drainage easements. uh one is a private
drainage ement between two houses. The

521
00:45:43,599 --> 00:45:49,760
other one is uh the drainage ement for
butterfly acres uh before it was created

522
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:54,960
into what's called a critical aquifer
recharge area where essentially there

523
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:59,040
are holes that let the water go in. Um
our ordinances prohibit anything from

524
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:03,119
being placed inside a storm water
easement. So Lor's first answer was no,

525
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:05,680
you can't do that. Uh they were
persistent. They followed up and they

526
00:46:04,319 --> 00:46:10,480
said well our design is not going to
incur any kind of issues with flow. Uh

527
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:14,160
so Lori sent them to the engineer. They
paid for the engineer to consult on

528
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:19,839
site. The engineer is fine with what's
being proposed and the engineer actually

529
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:24,560
provided a template of a agreement that
is the basis of this that was uh um he's

530
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:30,000
using other municipalities that was
shared with the solicitor. The solicitor

531
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:35,119
has no concerns with this. Um so staff
has no concerns. uh engineer has no

532
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:39,040
concerns and the zoning officer has no
concern or excuse me the engineer has no

533
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:43,520
concerns. Uh so both of them very
similar. They're only real changes the

534
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:48,280
uh the property information between the
two. Any questions?

535
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:56,640
Elijah, I have a question about the
extent of the

536
00:46:53,920 --> 00:47:02,240
um the the property with the the
drainage easement on that intersects

537
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:05,760
with Butterfly Acres.
>> Yes.

538
00:47:03,599 --> 00:47:10,240
» Their property line goes all the way
back to the middle of the

539
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:14,000
» No.
>> Okay. There's a separate that's a

540
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:19,200
separate deed property.
>> Yes. So, we actually own that swale.

541
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:23,040
» When that was originally uh developed
and I think that was in ' 03, there was

542
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:26,880
actually a flood plane in that area. If
you look at the old flood maps, there

543
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:30,079
was one there because of the efforts um
of Butterfly Acres and the improvements

544
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:34,880
that have gone in, that flood plane has
been removed by FEMA. Uh so, we don't

545
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:40,960
know exactly where that drainage area
is, but I can confidently say that it

546
00:47:37,359 --> 00:47:46,160
has changed from 2003 to the present.
But the installation of the fence will

547
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:52,160
not impede the water from moving through
should there be a heavy rain or

548
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:56,800
something. Correct. Based on based on
current current site conditions and what

549
00:47:54,079 --> 00:48:01,359
is proposed. If for some reason there is
an issue, this agreement allows that

550
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:05,720
fence to be removed at the owner's cost.
>> Okay. Thank you.

551
00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:16,880
» No other questions. Any questions from
the public on these agreements?

552
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:21,319
If not, I'd look for a motion first on
agreement 584.

553
00:48:22,319 --> 00:48:30,160
» Motion to approve uh agreement 584 for
213 East 6 Street storm the storm water

554
00:48:27,839 --> 00:48:32,319
agreement.
>> Second.

555
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:37,760
» All those in favor?
>> I I

556
00:48:33,359 --> 00:48:44,160
» opposed. We'll move on to 585.
I move to approve agreement 585

557
00:48:41,359 --> 00:48:46,880
which is uh for 208 East 6th Street
storm water agreement.

558
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,800
» Second.
>> All those in favor?

559
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:52,800
» I I
>> I.

560
00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:58,640
» Okay. Both agreements pass.
Okay. So, the next thing on our agenda

561
00:48:55,040 --> 00:49:03,520
is the consent agenda. Are there any
items within the consent agenda that any

562
00:49:01,119 --> 00:49:09,200
council members would like to pull out
for additional conversation during I

563
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:14,000
think we pull those out to the
subcommittee reports. Is that correct?

564
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:17,760
Yes, that would be them.
>> I I would like to pull out the uh

565
00:49:16,079 --> 00:49:20,559
special events the number three the
downtown lit second Saturdays. Just want

566
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:25,839
some clarification.
>> Oh, that sounds great. We'll pull that

567
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:31,760
out to the streets and traffic report.
>> Okay. Any other items?

568
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:36,800
If not, I'd look for a motion to approve
the consent agenda this evening.

569
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:38,559
» Move to approve consent agenda.
>> Second.

570
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:43,119
» All those in favor?
>> I

571
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:48,920
» opposed. Okay. Consent agenda passes.
We will move into the treasures report.

572
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,920
Rob.

573
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:56,000
» Uh, thanks Scott. Uh, everybody has the,
uh, treasures report there in front of

574
00:49:52,960 --> 00:50:01,040
them, a hard copy. Um just one thing to
pull out. If you look at the uh revenues

575
00:49:58,319 --> 00:50:06,160
in the general fund for the month of
April, uh they outgainained our expenses

576
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:10,160
and that trend continued down through
all of our major funds, water fund,

577
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:13,920
sewer fund, uh storm water drainage
fund, etc. So, uh this is the first

578
00:50:12,559 --> 00:50:18,800
month that's happened. This is typical
because of um taxes coming in, things of

579
00:50:16,319 --> 00:50:22,880
that nature. So, um nothing other than
that to report um on the treasur's

580
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:26,839
report.
>> Thanks. Any questions for Rob?

581
00:50:33,359 --> 00:50:41,079
No. Think we would need a motion to
approve one invoice that was separated.

582
00:50:42,319 --> 00:50:48,319
» Motion to approve the April DMA MS4
invoice.

583
00:50:47,119 --> 00:50:52,800
» Second.
>> All those in favor? I

584
00:50:50,559 --> 00:50:58,160
» I recuse myself from that vote.
approved. Next, we'll move on to council

585
00:50:54,880 --> 00:51:02,040
members forum. We have the first one,
personnel and benefits.

586
00:51:02,079 --> 00:51:08,960
He has something for us on new officer
hires.

587
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:14,400
» Uh, thank you. Yes, the personnel and
benefits committee conducted two

588
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:19,920
interviews for two new police officers
on April 21st, 2026.

589
00:51:18,079 --> 00:51:24,440
and Chief Han will provide more
information about who they are and next

590
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:24,440
steps.

591
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:34,720
» Sure.
>> So, uh the the two officers uh

592
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:41,599
contingent upon council's approval would
be uh officer Lewis Castillo. Uh he's

593
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:46,960
technically a replacement for uh say
recently retired a year ago Carrie Nye

594
00:51:44,079 --> 00:51:51,839
uh replacing that position. Then the
second would be for Adam Webb who's

595
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:58,079
would be a replacement for uh an officer
who will be retiring at the end of this

596
00:51:54,720 --> 00:52:02,640
year who uh has completed by that point
27 years of service to the burrow. So uh

597
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:06,880
both applicants have gone through the
civil service process. They've been

598
00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:10,000
interviewed by civil service. They've
undergone the written examination by

599
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:16,480
civil service. They've completed all the
civil service application procedures. uh

600
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:20,800
they've uh successfully went through all
the uh the PLA accreditation prehire

601
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:25,040
standards that exist. They've gone
through uh vetting by the subcommittee

602
00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:30,800
of personnel through interviewing. Um,
so it's simply at the point now to um

603
00:52:28,079 --> 00:52:36,640
approve the the the offers uh with an
officer starting uh first one starting

604
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:42,960
June 1st of 2026 and with a uh a
deferred hiring of the second uh

605
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:47,680
starting around August 1st of 2026 as
well. And again, they're not adding

606
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:52,599
positions. They're simply replacing uh
recently retired and soon to be retired

607
00:52:49,599 --> 00:52:52,599
officers.

608
00:52:53,599 --> 00:53:00,880
And these additions would have you at
your full complement of officers then?

609
00:52:58,240 --> 00:53:04,000
» Correct. We uh I almost don't want to
say this, but for the first time in

610
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:08,720
about 5 years, we'll be back up to full
staff. So, um I don't want to jinx it,

611
00:53:06,559 --> 00:53:12,640
but so this will get us back up to the
uh the complement of authorized officers

612
00:53:10,559 --> 00:53:15,640
and back to full staffing after several
years.

613
00:53:19,119 --> 00:53:24,160
Thank you for all the work that you put
into

614
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:27,359
bringing these candidates to us in
addition to the work that the personnel

615
00:53:25,839 --> 00:53:31,520
committee and the civil service
commission did. Really appreciate it.

616
00:53:30,079 --> 00:53:36,240
» And I just add, you know, both these
officers uh have come to us with prior

617
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:40,640
experience. You know, will be trained
gone through our field training process.

618
00:53:38,240 --> 00:53:45,040
Um they'll have the probationary period.
uh our team feels strongly that that

619
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:48,640
again going back to what I spoke with in
the report presentation they have the

620
00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:53,440
competency that the the technical skills
but also they'll be a good fit for Liz

621
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:58,400
they have uh personal and family
connections to the community and uh we

622
00:53:56,960 --> 00:54:03,079
have every expectation that they'll fit
in well with the department and well

623
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:03,079
with the community.

624
00:54:03,599 --> 00:54:08,319
Yeah, I was privileged to be part of the
personnel committee's interview with

625
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:12,559
both officers and very impressed with
who they are and their interest in this

626
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:18,880
community. So, thank you for bringing
qualified, capable people to us. So, I

627
00:54:16,319 --> 00:54:24,240
So, I'm uh making a motion to employ
Lewis Castillo

628
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:31,280
Castillo as a full-time Lisboro police
officer detective June 1st, 2026.

629
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:34,480
» Second. All those in favor? I
>> I

630
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:40,240
» opposed. Passes.
>> I'm making a motion to employ Adam Webb

631
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:44,400
as a full-time Lisboro police officer
effective August 1st, 2026.

632
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:47,839
» Second.
>> All those in favor?

633
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:50,000
» I
passes.

634
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:53,800
» Thank you.
>> Yeah. Thank you very much.

635
00:54:55,920 --> 00:55:02,000
» Our next subcommittee report is streets
and traffic.

636
00:55:00,319 --> 00:55:06,160
Okay,
I'm going to go back up to the um just

637
00:55:03,839 --> 00:55:10,319
wanted a little bit of clarification.
Um chief

638
00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:16,319
on the down I shouldn't have let you sit
down on the downtown lit uh second

639
00:55:13,359 --> 00:55:19,280
Saturday. I know there's three dates on
there, but there's been some more

640
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:21,040
information like a little update wanted
to share.

641
00:55:19,839 --> 00:55:25,200
» Correct. So the history of this is the
initial special line application was

642
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:30,480
submitted with uh all the second
Saturdays um but with only three of them

643
00:55:28,319 --> 00:55:35,760
that would request to close Juniper Lane
from Broad Street here to about where

644
00:55:33,359 --> 00:55:40,000
Collusions front door. So it's a very
short length of Juniper Lane. So

645
00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:43,839
initially what was presented in the
application and what was initially to be

646
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:51,040
considered under the consent agenda was
only to close that small length of lane

647
00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:56,160
uh May, September, October. Uh since the
agenda was published, there's been a uh

648
00:55:52,880 --> 00:56:00,319
a request for modification that would
essentially include closing that short

649
00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:05,520
length of Juniper for all of the second
Saturdays just for several hours during

650
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:10,880
the daytime Saturday from May through
December. So, um, the intent by pulling

651
00:56:08,559 --> 00:56:14,880
it off the sent agenda was not for the
police department to signal any

652
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:18,799
opposition for the request. Quite the
opposite. You know, last year it worked

653
00:56:16,559 --> 00:56:22,799
well. There were zero issues. Um, it was
simply just to make sure that council

654
00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:28,319
had the opportunity to to fully consider
the the amended request and uh ask

655
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:31,839
questions of either us or or I believe
Jason's on the uh I don't mean to call

656
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:36,240
you out, but the uh the committee for
second Saturday is just to make sure

657
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:40,640
that the conversations were happening uh
to satisfy everybody's concern if there

658
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:45,520
were any.
>> Thank you.

659
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:50,880
» Um anybody have any other questions
about that? No. You said that last year

660
00:56:48,799 --> 00:56:55,680
there were no
comments received, no concerns raised.

661
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:58,799
Yeah. I have no
>> nothing that made it through the police

662
00:56:56,720 --> 00:57:02,079
department and and you know there's a a
lot of people that can tend to be in

663
00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:06,240
that area that sidewalk you turn on to
Juniper Lane. So

664
00:57:03,599 --> 00:57:09,680
» really it one of the the main pieces of
this is just a public safety piece to

665
00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:14,160
make sure that if somebody turns off at
501 on a Juniper Lane, they're not going

666
00:57:12,319 --> 00:57:20,559
to inadvertently encounter somebody.
It's a narrow alley. um sidewalk space

667
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:24,000
is narrow as well. So u that would be my
position and the rationale for

668
00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:28,480
supporting it be matter of public safety
and uh again last year it happened

669
00:57:26,559 --> 00:57:30,720
several times over the summer zero
issues or complaint that made it back to

670
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:34,559
us.
>> Yep.

671
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:41,640
I appreciate the opportunity to activate
that space and get some more vibrant

672
00:57:37,599 --> 00:57:41,640
activities in our downtown.

673
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:46,640
Make a motion for this because that
separate

674
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:51,520
» Yeah. on the on the the activity and
then the closing.

675
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:57,599
» Okay. I'd like to make a motion to
uh approve the downtown lit second

676
00:57:53,520 --> 00:58:01,440
Saturday's Juniper Lane closures and um
I don't have the all the exact dates

677
00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:04,799
» be May through December.
>> Oh, that's right. Yes. May through

678
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:07,839
second.
>> Yes.

679
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:11,280
» Second.
>> All those in favor?

680
00:58:09,119 --> 00:58:14,480
» I I
cares.

681
00:58:13,359 --> 00:58:17,359
» Thanks.
maybe for a little bit.

682
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:24,319
Stay close.
>> You can get that bite and ride back.

683
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:27,920
» All right. Um few things I wanted to
share. So, as you recall last month, we

684
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:33,760
discuss discussed the possibility of a
traffic study on new and cedar. So, is

685
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:37,440
it suggested that we looked uh the
streets and traffic look at similar

686
00:58:35,599 --> 00:58:43,599
instru uh intersections to see if a
bundled study would reduce could could

687
00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:48,079
reduce costs. So five were identified,
but unlike New and Cedar, they have

688
00:58:45,520 --> 00:58:54,319
little to no crash history um and almost
no public concern. So the only exception

689
00:58:50,799 --> 00:58:58,079
is Spruce and West Second, but PendOt uh
Pendot has already selected this for

690
00:58:56,000 --> 00:59:01,440
pedestrian upgrades. And when was that
going to happen?

691
00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:04,559
» So I think it's in the coming years. I
don't have the exact date. Um but it's

692
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:08,960
essentially it's going to be a lighted
pedestrian sign that blinks uh when

693
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:13,280
there's proximity to like a person going
in. Um they reached out at the end of

694
00:59:11,280 --> 00:59:18,319
last year as seeing if we would support
it. We indicated we would. Uh 28 sticks

695
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:23,280
out of my mind as a possibility because
of transportation projects take a while

696
00:59:20,319 --> 00:59:26,640
to move. Um but I can follow up uh with
a status on that.

697
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:31,280
» Okay.
So given that and the cost involved, the

698
00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:36,559
bundled study doesn't appear to be offer
any meaningful savings. Um it makes more

699
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:42,000
sense to to most likely focus on the
location where the there is a clear

700
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:47,680
need. Um, as far as North Cedar Street,
it's been a concern for years. We looked

701
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:52,880
back at uh the residents raising issues
at meetings um through direct contact

702
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:58,000
with the burrow. Uh there was even
letters to the editor about this this uh

703
00:59:55,520 --> 01:00:04,799
Cedar Street. So there is a history of
also of handful of crashes um going back

704
01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:09,520
over 10 plus years. So the basics for
the basics for a potential study would

705
01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:14,480
be twofold. to be an evaluation of the
crash history and then the review of the

706
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:19,440
intersection's geometric design which
may present inherent risks to motorists.

707
01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:25,440
So with a combination of crashes,
ongoing complaints, um near miss reports

708
01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:28,880
and part of that
there's been definitely several times

709
01:00:27,359 --> 01:00:35,280
where I'm like, "Oh boy, that was pretty
close." Um increased volume, cut through

710
01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:38,400
traffic. Uh it makes sense to move
forward with the study to to better

711
01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:43,119
understand what if anything can be done
to make this intersection more safe for

712
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:46,680
our public.
You guys have questions?

713
01:00:51,359 --> 01:00:58,640
Yes. So there's I know one of the
concerns I believe last month was if

714
01:00:55,599 --> 01:01:02,480
there'd be enough justification for
uh

715
01:01:00,400 --> 01:01:06,400
I don't even know call it I guess
pedestrian improvement fourway

716
01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:12,480
improvement
and think there's enough justify well

717
01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:17,359
we're just doing we're just looking for
just a traffic study for the for the

718
01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:23,280
experts to tell us if there's any
modifications that would if I'm saying

719
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:30,880
this correctly um you know if if a
four-way stop would if we meet enough

720
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:36,559
criteria to to warrant that. So
we feel at this point it's worth having

721
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:38,880
a traffic study to tell to tell us
>> okay

722
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:43,240
» if there's any changes that we can do to
modify that that whole inter

723
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:51,440
asked the traffic and streets committee
to come back to us with a recommendation

724
01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:58,119
on this and sounds like you have done
that

725
01:01:53,359 --> 01:01:58,119
» I I work directioning

726
01:01:58,799 --> 01:02:09,359
Um, I have a question about the um the
nature of the study. It says a four-way

727
01:02:05,520 --> 01:02:15,280
stop study study. So,
if it doesn't warrant a four-way stop,

728
01:02:12,640 --> 01:02:21,200
will there be recommendations in the
report for other things that we might

729
01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:27,119
consider doing in order to address the
speeding

730
01:02:22,799 --> 01:02:31,680
um issue that has been brought to our
attention, numerous near misses,

731
01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:39,119
increasing slight distance, things like
that. or will it simply be a stop sign

732
01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:44,920
is warranted or not warranted? What I
guess what's the extent of the the study

733
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:44,920
that we're doing?

734
01:02:45,359 --> 01:02:53,280
» I mean the initial discussion was about
stops but it can be something that could

735
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:57,680
be part of the study is to look at is
there traffic calming that can be worked

736
01:02:54,799 --> 01:03:03,359
into the into the immediate area or are
there other ways to control your

737
01:03:00,799 --> 01:03:06,319
» we can request that. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
>> It would be very similar to what was

738
01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:11,040
done on Sixth Street where there was a
look at at what else might be able to be

739
01:03:08,079 --> 01:03:15,839
done there to calm traffic.
>> Yeah. Okay. Is my concern is that

740
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:21,520
because of the crash history as we've
talked about there the limited crash

741
01:03:18,559 --> 01:03:27,440
history that we're spending money for a
report that's not going to give us a

742
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:34,880
warrant for a four-way stop. And so I'd
like to at least have some additional

743
01:03:30,640 --> 01:03:40,880
recommendations or even combined with
additional recommendations increasing

744
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:46,880
the site distance there by extending the
no parking zone perhaps. Um you know

745
01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:50,880
there are ways you can kind of chicane
traffic. So you get parking on one side

746
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:55,680
of the street and then switch it to the
other side of the street. So it forces

747
01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:59,920
people to slow down a little bit. So,
just other recommendations. I would hate

748
01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:04,079
to see us spend money to just find out
that a four-way stop is not warranted.

749
01:04:02,480 --> 01:04:11,440
» Thank you, Mary. You put that better.
That's what I was trying to go for. But

750
01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:16,240
» it sounds like we can kind of request
what we're looking for. Yeah. Well, and

751
01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:21,599
I think also at the end of the day, the
community is coming to us with issues

752
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:25,599
and concerns and part of it is, you
know, to your point, there's a cost

753
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:29,200
associated with it, but
>> we probably still need to do our due

754
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:32,799
diligence and ask the questions if it
warrants. And then then we can go to the

755
01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:37,440
community and say, you know what,
there's not enough information to deem

756
01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:41,200
doing anything. And then we're at least
doing our due diligence and uh

757
01:04:40,319 --> 01:04:46,160
responding,
>> right? Thank you for looking into that

758
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:51,039
for us.
>> We have any questions about this in the

759
01:04:48,559 --> 01:04:55,280
audience
comments? Anybody online?

760
01:04:52,799 --> 01:05:01,480
» There's one online. Yeah. Okay. It's uh
>> it's Karen, so I'm going to unmute her

761
01:04:56,799 --> 01:05:01,480
here. Karen Wel,

762
01:05:02,079 --> 01:05:08,319
» you should be good. Karen,
>> thank you. Rob, good evening, council

763
01:05:05,920 --> 01:05:12,160
members. Mr. Mayor,
>> can you hear me?

764
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:17,319
» Just a minute, Karen. I can't hear you.
>> Okay, hang on. How about now?

765
01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:26,200
» Jeez. And I'm known for the loud voice.
Ju just a minute.

766
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:38,400
Try try something, Karen. Would it be
now?

767
01:05:35,359 --> 01:05:42,240
» No. I hear it coming from somewhere.
>> It's coming through the phone.

768
01:05:43,599 --> 01:05:49,359
Just a minute. You're coming through the
phone with the camera.

769
01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:51,760
» Thank you.
>> So, the audience can hear you, but we

770
01:05:51,359 --> 01:05:57,599
can't.
>> Oh, for gosh sake.

771
01:05:54,960 --> 01:06:04,440
» We hear a little voice somewhere. Karen,
>> this in the community that hosts rock

772
01:05:59,920 --> 01:06:04,440
lit. What's wrong with this picture?

773
01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:13,200
» Okay, Karen, we can hear you now.
>> Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr. Mayor

774
01:06:10,799 --> 01:06:18,880
and council members. This is Karen Wyel,
202 North Cedar. Uh, as you know, we've

775
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:26,559
had a bit of an event at our home this
last month, and uh, things are

776
01:06:21,599 --> 01:06:32,160
progressing well. Um, I I do not totally
disagree with a study for a four-way

777
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:36,880
stop at Cedar and New, but I don't think
it's going to bring anybody any

778
01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:41,520
resolution to those folks who think a
four-way stop is going to be helpful

779
01:06:39,119 --> 01:06:46,160
here. And that is because of the amount
of um

780
01:06:43,839 --> 01:06:50,319
people who roll through stop signs.
Mary, you brought that up last month and

781
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:55,839
I see it every single day.
um people who are speeding in town. Two

782
01:06:52,960 --> 01:07:02,000
weeks ago, somebody actually
actually passed me going south on on

783
01:06:58,880 --> 01:07:09,359
Broad Street, passed me in the turning
lane to get across to get forward of

784
01:07:05,599 --> 01:07:14,720
three cars. It it boggles the mind. So,
there are a lot of traffic problems in

785
01:07:11,599 --> 01:07:20,400
town. We cannot deal with speeding as
effectively as we would like to because

786
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:27,119
we quite frankly are con we're curtailed
by the state legislature who will not

787
01:07:22,559 --> 01:07:34,880
let our local uh police forces have um
radar. And so until that is is settled

788
01:07:32,559 --> 01:07:38,480
uh hopefully sometime in the future it
will be although we've been working on

789
01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:45,359
that for 40 years as as far as I can
tell. Um, there are there are things

790
01:07:43,039 --> 01:07:52,240
that we can do in town that I think
might be a better use of money than

791
01:07:48,960 --> 01:07:56,880
studying this specific
uh intersection. Friday morning, this

792
01:07:54,880 --> 01:08:02,559
past Friday morning, there was an
accident a block away from here at a

793
01:07:59,359 --> 01:08:08,400
four-way stop. Great visibility.
Accidents happen. This is the human

794
01:08:05,039 --> 01:08:12,799
nature. Uh, what I would suggest is that
you take a specific portion of the money

795
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:16,640
that you would be throwing at a traffic
study that we kind of know the answers

796
01:08:14,799 --> 01:08:23,520
to already
and you would put that with funds from

797
01:08:20,480 --> 01:08:30,159
our police department to actually create
an awareness and education campaign that

798
01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:35,279
speaks to rolling through stop signs,
excessive speeds, not paying attention

799
01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:39,359
to pedestrians. In a month and a half,
the kids are going to be out of school.

800
01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:44,880
Tourists have already started coming
into the community as they do every

801
01:08:41,359 --> 01:08:50,640
year. We have pedest pedestrian safety
to be cognizant of and to try to help

802
01:08:48,719 --> 01:08:56,640
help those folks trying to cross the
street uh cross safely.

803
01:08:53,920 --> 01:09:02,719
Every time I stop at blinking lights in
front of the park,

804
01:08:59,759 --> 01:09:07,199
I put on my brakes and I look behind me
to see if I'm going to get rearended by

805
01:09:05,359 --> 01:09:10,640
somebody in back of me who's not paying
attention because I'm paying attention

806
01:09:08,719 --> 01:09:15,600
to pedestrians.
So, we really need to address these

807
01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:21,359
problems on a burrowwide and
communitywide basis. We should be

808
01:09:18,319 --> 01:09:27,839
pulling in Warwick and the Northern uh
Police Department. We need to really

809
01:09:24,159 --> 01:09:35,120
make this a communitywide effort to get
people to slow down, pay attention and

810
01:09:31,839 --> 01:09:40,319
drive really, you know, in a much better
way. Perhaps this goes back to the fact

811
01:09:37,359 --> 01:09:46,640
that schools don't teach driver's ed
anymore. That's been about 25 years. I

812
01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:51,279
think uh mayor probably knows. uh but
really I think there are better ways to

813
01:09:48,960 --> 01:09:58,239
spend this money and to make it a more
holistic uh approach and to be to the

814
01:09:54,960 --> 01:10:02,080
betterment of the entire community.
That's it and I thank you very much for

815
01:09:59,920 --> 01:10:07,199
your time.
>> Thank you Karen.

816
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:11,040
» Can I take a minute and respond to that?
Go ahead.

817
01:10:08,719 --> 01:10:17,360
So, I think that's what I was getting at
in really questioning the use of this

818
01:10:13,280 --> 01:10:22,960
funding for a study is um
Chief, you talked about education,

819
01:10:19,679 --> 01:10:28,480
engineering, and enforcement.
We can do so much with engineering. We

820
01:10:25,760 --> 01:10:35,440
can, you know, put stripes perhaps on
the pavement to get people to slow down.

821
01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:39,360
We can do better um uh the piano key
crosswalks.

822
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:44,159
We can do bumpouts. Some of the things
that we're talking about doing over on

823
01:10:41,360 --> 01:10:51,040
Sixth Street. All of those things cost
money. And we also know that some of

824
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:56,159
those things do slow people down. Um
there are um what they call paint and

825
01:10:54,320 --> 01:11:01,600
pole
um treatments that they use. Uh you may

826
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:06,800
see them if you go into Lancaster where
they're putting them at intersections to

827
01:11:03,440 --> 01:11:11,520
keep cars away from the intersection,
increase visibility.

828
01:11:08,800 --> 01:11:16,560
Um the other thing as Karen said is the
education piece of it and honestly it's

829
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:22,480
a culture change. It's getting people to
slow down, respect other road users.

830
01:11:19,679 --> 01:11:28,320
It's not an easy thing but just raising
awareness about that through education.

831
01:11:24,960 --> 01:11:31,840
I you know I
would and and then there's the

832
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:35,840
enforcement. I just looked up where we
are with the there again there is a bill

833
01:11:34,159 --> 01:11:40,800
in front of the legislature about
allowing local municipalities to use

834
01:11:38,159 --> 01:11:45,520
radar if we could get some legs on
behind that.

835
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:48,719
They haven't wanted to move with it.
Senator Malone, I don't know if you

836
01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:54,880
talked to him about that re just
recently, but you know there there is

837
01:11:51,600 --> 01:12:00,080
legislation in introduced every session
to allow radar and one of these times

838
01:11:57,679 --> 01:12:06,560
they've got to they've got to move it in
our favor. Um

839
01:12:03,040 --> 01:12:13,480
so personally I would be much m more in
favor of using our limited dollars for

840
01:12:09,920 --> 01:12:13,480
something like that.

841
01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:17,960
that point.

842
01:12:18,239 --> 01:12:23,760
» Sure.
>> So, I I do want to just highlight uh a

843
01:12:21,360 --> 01:12:28,080
lot of um those directed enforcements
are already happening. We get quite a

844
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:32,480
bit of grant stream funding to take
officers and specifically detail them to

845
01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:36,239
traffic safety initiatives. So, these
aren't officers that are working and and

846
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:39,760
trying to split that responsibility with
handling calls, whatever else is

847
01:12:37,679 --> 01:12:44,719
happening. Um so we do get quite a bit
of grant funding. We do have uh quite a

848
01:12:42,239 --> 01:12:48,800
bit of participation in uh focusing on
areas such as impaired driving detection

849
01:12:46,719 --> 01:12:53,520
enforcement, aggressive driving which
kind of bundle stop signs, speeding, you

850
01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:57,360
know, aggressive lane changes, those
types of things. Um as well as

851
01:12:55,440 --> 01:13:01,520
pedestrian safety and high visibility.
So all that stuff already is happening

852
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:05,679
and and again to go back to the annual
report where, you know, there's a

853
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:10,320
10-year decline in crashes. I certainly
would suggest that we're making headway

854
01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:14,800
on that to the point where I I I don't
know that it's realistic to expect that

855
01:13:12,159 --> 01:13:18,000
you're reducing the crash crash risk to
zero because there's always going to be

856
01:13:16,719 --> 01:13:23,040
the human element that you can't
control. Um but I just wanted to make

857
01:13:20,159 --> 01:13:27,840
sure that it was understood just very
generally that that through the state

858
01:13:24,960 --> 01:13:30,880
funding um you know we have officers
participating in all the things that

859
01:13:29,120 --> 01:13:34,640
that Karen suggested which are all good
things u because it allows the officers

860
01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:38,159
to dedicate their time to those
activities as opposed to being something

861
01:13:37,280 --> 01:13:43,040
they're doing in a little bit of
downtime on a regular patrol shift. So

862
01:13:40,719 --> 01:13:46,640
those directed enforcements have been
happening. Um, again, we look at the

863
01:13:45,120 --> 01:13:49,600
data to tell us where the crashes are
happening, why they're happening, so

864
01:13:48,239 --> 01:13:52,480
that we're making the best and most
efficient use of our officers, and the

865
01:13:51,440 --> 01:13:55,440
time that we're putting into these
efforts. So, I just wanted to highlight

866
01:13:54,239 --> 01:14:01,360
that just to make sure it was
understood.

867
01:13:57,440 --> 01:14:07,960
Thanks for your feedback. Yeah, I
think we have a comment. If you could

868
01:14:04,400 --> 01:14:07,960
come up to the microphone.

869
01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:18,000
» Hello. Uh, my name is Chris McIn. I live
at 131 North Cedar Street. Uh so in

870
01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:22,000
between new and front street uh I I I
personally support this type of study.

871
01:14:20,480 --> 01:14:27,520
Um
I live there for a few months now. Uh I

872
01:14:25,120 --> 01:14:31,920
walk to the laundromat cuz I don't have
laundry machines and it's perilous

873
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:34,640
sometimes. like sometimes your laundry
runs out a little late into the night

874
01:14:33,280 --> 01:14:39,440
and sun's starting to set and you're
just like h but I I do support this kind

875
01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:46,560
of study just because of the high volume
and hearing people rip down the street

876
01:14:41,840 --> 01:14:50,159
is not pleasant nor is it safe. I know
that kids walk home from school on the

877
01:14:48,159 --> 01:14:56,719
street. I'm not saying I necessarily
support a uh a four-way stop. I I'm I I

878
01:14:54,960 --> 01:15:01,280
support looking at the street as a
whole. I've been on streets in New York

879
01:14:59,120 --> 01:15:06,640
City with le traffic that come down
North Seer Street and like uh on the on

880
01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:11,840
the part of like the policing and stuff
and education, it really just seems like

881
01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:15,600
people don't care. Anyone that's just
and I I don't feel that my peace and

882
01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:19,760
safety should be up to people that are
trying to shave a minute off their

883
01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:25,280
commute to get home. Um, I understand
that enforcement is limited, but I also

884
01:15:22,719 --> 01:15:30,000
understand humans just the people that
come down that street that don't live

885
01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:35,840
there do not care. And it it's it's
pretty obvious. And it it I I don't know

886
01:15:33,360 --> 01:15:41,600
how else to relay it. They just do not
care. Uh, so like checks or anything to

887
01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:45,840
like maybe slow people down. I I
appreciate the police officers that roll

888
01:15:43,440 --> 01:15:50,880
down my street at the speed limit cuz it
doesn't shake my house, which is

889
01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:55,840
fantastic. And I I think I think you
guys can agree that nobody should not

890
01:15:52,960 --> 01:16:01,600
want to be in their house. Correct.
Everyone deserves some type of peace. I

891
01:15:58,480 --> 01:16:06,159
work 10 to 11 hours a day. I come home
and you know what I did yesterday? I cut

892
01:16:03,840 --> 01:16:10,480
grass in order to drown out the amount
of traffic that rolls by my house. I

893
01:16:08,880 --> 01:16:16,320
don't want to cut my lawn, but you know,
I do it. Uh, but I I guarantee you if

894
01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:21,360
any of you spent any amount of time in
my house,

895
01:16:18,159 --> 01:16:24,320
you would find it unreasonable
to just sit there and listen to what

896
01:16:22,719 --> 01:16:29,360
equates to a two-lane highway. I know
I've said that before, but it does turn

897
01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:34,159
into two-lane highway sometimes, and
people just do not care. My parents came

898
01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:37,600
to visit me last month and my mom had
her hip replaced. So, we had to pull up

899
01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:43,840
to the house on the side of the street
and she's getting out of the car. Some

900
01:16:40,400 --> 01:16:47,520
dude just whizzes by going well over 25.
So, I I'm just trying to relay the point

901
01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:53,360
that the people that come down that road
do not care. Uh, and I do support a

902
01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:55,679
study. Sorry. I'm very passionate about
this.

903
01:16:54,400 --> 01:17:01,440
» Yeah. Thanks for your feedback.
>> Thank you.

904
01:16:58,640 --> 01:17:06,760
Anybody
else?

905
01:17:03,040 --> 01:17:06,760
» We got two more.

906
01:17:14,480 --> 01:17:21,760
I think of the three E that the chief
referenced. I think there

907
01:17:19,840 --> 01:17:25,760
I don't know that a study is what's
needed to get to the engineering part.

908
01:17:23,520 --> 01:17:29,679
whether it's just the police could could
make recommendations as to what could be

909
01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:34,640
done that that section but I I think
that particular intersection especially

910
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:39,920
that that stretch of North Cedar
some engineering changes need to be made

911
01:17:36,320 --> 01:17:43,760
in order in order to in order to reduce
reduce speed and increase safety and so

912
01:17:42,239 --> 01:17:47,600
whether it's the study or whether it's
recommendations from the police I think

913
01:17:45,760 --> 01:17:53,040
you know communitywide education is
really important on speed we are seeing

914
01:17:50,320 --> 01:17:56,719
a reduc reduction of of accidents across
the burrow. This is a particular hot

915
01:17:55,040 --> 01:18:01,040
spot and and the neighbors are very
concerned and we need to demonstrate

916
01:17:58,560 --> 01:18:05,760
that we're taking it seriously and that
and that m that there are mitigation

917
01:18:03,440 --> 01:18:08,239
efforts that we we can do. Just a
question of how we get there, whether it

918
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:11,520
needs to be a study or or or
recommendations from the chief and you

919
01:18:10,159 --> 01:18:15,199
know between the between the committee
and the chief, I'm sure you can work out

920
01:18:13,199 --> 01:18:20,000
what's the best next step. But the
engineering of that intersection needs

921
01:18:17,360 --> 01:18:25,840
to be addressed as much as communitywide
education about speeding overall.

922
01:18:22,239 --> 01:18:30,280
Thanks, Tom. Yeah.
Do we have another hand in the back?

923
01:18:37,440 --> 01:18:44,239
» There's a there's a toolbox of traffic
control, traffic calming measures that

924
01:18:42,080 --> 01:18:48,080
are out there. Those are those are one
of them. There's pluses and minus to

925
01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:52,400
minuses to all of them. There's pluses
and minuses to those. But I think what

926
01:18:49,920 --> 01:18:58,080
we've talked about tonight is is looking
to authorize the traffic engineer to

927
01:18:54,880 --> 01:19:01,920
look at the intersection for for the
geometric concerns and the safety

928
01:18:59,920 --> 01:19:07,360
concerns at it and to look at traffic
calming measures in that area. how we

929
01:19:04,560 --> 01:19:11,920
might be able to that's again there's a
toolbox that you can go to to pull out

930
01:19:09,040 --> 01:19:18,560
traffic calming measures um to to look
at to help address the concerns that

931
01:19:15,199 --> 01:19:25,520
we've heard tonight and over the many
months before this

932
01:19:22,320 --> 01:19:29,520
» and if we would do a traffic study uh
the work that the chief has done with

933
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:35,440
his officers would continue ongoing
education so maybe the two

934
01:19:33,199 --> 01:19:38,159
wrong approach which would help solve
some of the problems.

935
01:19:36,320 --> 01:19:42,480
» Sure. Yeah. I think all three all three
of those those

936
01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:46,800
steps that the chief outlined in his
study and what we talked about here, the

937
01:19:44,560 --> 01:19:52,400
three E are what we're looking at, not
exclusive to one or two of them, but to

938
01:19:48,640 --> 01:19:57,120
try and utilize the whole the whole uh
collection to get to where we have a

939
01:19:54,159 --> 01:20:00,400
safer condition. And um again, I think
it was mentioned by one of the other

940
01:19:58,480 --> 01:20:03,679
members sort of the due diligence of of
this group and of the streets and

941
01:20:01,760 --> 01:20:06,960
traffic to make sure that we we look at
what we can do to address these concerns

942
01:20:05,440 --> 01:20:15,040
that have consistently been brought up
about this this stretch of roadway.

943
01:20:11,679 --> 01:20:21,199
» Anybody else?
All right. Make a motion. um like to

944
01:20:19,360 --> 01:20:27,920
make a motion to approve. We'll just
call a traffic study um for the North

945
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:30,239
Cedar and North New Street intersection.
>> I have a motion. Do I have a second?

946
01:20:29,440 --> 01:20:32,080
» Second.
>> Was in favor? I

947
01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:36,480
» I
>> I

948
01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:40,320
» opposed. Passes. Thank you very much.
>> Right. I just want to give you two

949
01:20:37,600 --> 01:20:45,120
updates. Um from streets and traffic.
So, West Main Street, the water man

950
01:20:42,719 --> 01:20:49,440
replacement is finished. Um, public
works is installing a new fire hydrant

951
01:20:46,800 --> 01:20:53,760
this week and they expect the road to be
open by Friday. Don't hold us to it, but

952
01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:57,760
that's what we're going for. Um, so
while the road is opened, the trench

953
01:20:55,600 --> 01:21:02,719
that they dug is going to be filled with
stone top and that has to sit for some

954
01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:08,800
time and then the restoration of the
trench will occur most likely the end of

955
01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:12,800
May. So, one more thing, streets, uh,
front street paving. Just wanted to get

956
01:21:10,400 --> 01:21:16,960
an up give you an update on that too. uh
contract indicates that paving cannot

957
01:21:14,400 --> 01:21:21,280
start until after school is out. So
curbs will will be replaced first and

958
01:21:19,120 --> 01:21:25,760
then the paving will begin and the
project is is uh needs to be completed

959
01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:29,280
prior to the school starting the end of
August

960
01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:32,080
and that's all we've got from streets
and traffic.

961
01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:36,719
» Great. Thanks for the updates. And maybe
as a little clarification on West Main

962
01:21:34,239 --> 01:21:42,719
Street, this this patching and settling
will be what we'll we'll have for the

963
01:21:39,199 --> 01:21:47,440
rest of 26. And then in 27, the road
will be rebuilt. So, it'll be a little

964
01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:52,880
bumpy for a spell until until that all
has a chance to to settle and and and be

965
01:21:50,320 --> 01:22:01,560
ready for some rework next year. You'll
see a smooth road there. Great. I think

966
01:21:57,280 --> 01:22:01,560
» Oh, question in the rear. Oh.

967
01:22:01,760 --> 01:22:13,800
Um they're going to go from Cedar the
whole way to the end by the school

968
01:22:09,520 --> 01:22:13,800
» township line. Yes. Sure.

969
01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:22,800
» No other questions. Okay. We're going to
move on to uh buildings and grounds and

970
01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:28,040
we're going to have an update on our
front desk hours by Rob

971
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:35,040
» Derry. Sorry,
>> confront that. Yes, there's been some

972
01:22:32,320 --> 01:22:40,719
transition going on in our receptionist
u position and the staff has taken a

973
01:22:37,920 --> 01:22:45,440
look at uh the future of that position
and deciding that that position can be

974
01:22:43,679 --> 01:22:50,880
part-time.
Uh as a result of that, we're going to

975
01:22:46,960 --> 01:22:55,280
be changing the office hours uh for uh
that area for people to come in. I think

976
01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:59,679
Rob can give us an update on what that
would look like.

977
01:22:57,199 --> 01:23:05,920
» Yeah. Yeah. So, the um the reception the
person who sits at the reception area um

978
01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:11,520
will be Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. um or someone actually

979
01:23:09,760 --> 01:23:16,000
being there at the desk. The offices are
still open Monday through Friday 8 to 4,

980
01:23:13,360 --> 01:23:20,360
but for someone at the desk Monday
through Friday, 10 to 1:30.

981
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:32,159
Are there any questions regarding that
change or update?

982
01:23:27,920 --> 01:23:38,080
No. Okay. Keep moving along. We have
subcommittee report on storm water.

983
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:42,800
Yeah. Thank you. Um what I want to
present you with tonight is an

984
01:23:39,600 --> 01:23:47,920
opportunity to become a partner with the
Lancaster Cleanwater Partners. The

985
01:23:45,760 --> 01:23:57,440
Lancaster Cleanwater Partners were
formed uh probably almost 10 years ago

986
01:23:52,239 --> 01:24:01,920
now. Um they work under a um model of
collective impact bringing together

987
01:23:59,520 --> 01:24:06,400
people from across the county who are wa
working towards clean water. They

988
01:24:04,159 --> 01:24:11,760
mobilize collaborative partnerships,
deploy countywide strategy for clean

989
01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:17,679
water in compliance with the Chesapeake
Bay Agreement. Um acquire adequate

990
01:24:14,880 --> 01:24:22,639
sustained funding and share countywide
progress.

991
01:24:19,440 --> 01:24:28,000
um to become a member is pretty simple.
B or to become a partner. There's no

992
01:24:24,960 --> 01:24:33,920
cost involved. Um it's a pretty simple
process of um filling out a form telling

993
01:24:31,840 --> 01:24:40,560
them why we're interested in becoming a
partner. Um, in exchange as a partner,

994
01:24:37,040 --> 01:24:46,239
we receive communications consultation,
promotion on their website, um,

995
01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:49,840
materials for promoting water quality
work and involvement with the other

996
01:24:47,840 --> 01:24:55,280
partners, training and facilitation,
which will be of value to, um, our

997
01:24:53,360 --> 01:25:01,520
environmental coordinator and the
community as a whole. Um, and then, uh,

998
01:24:59,440 --> 01:25:06,960
just some regular updates and things
like that. So, there's really no

999
01:25:03,920 --> 01:25:13,840
downside to doing this except for maybe
full email boxes or m more full email

1000
01:25:10,719 --> 01:25:18,880
boxes. Um, but it's a great um
organization who is doing a lot of work

1001
01:25:16,080 --> 01:25:23,679
at both the state and the national level
bringing funding into the community to

1002
01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:29,280
help with the many projects that we need
to undertake in order to protect our

1003
01:25:26,239 --> 01:25:33,280
local streams and waters. So, um I
wanted to bring this to you all tonight.

1004
01:25:31,360 --> 01:25:38,560
Um hopefully you've had a chance to look
over some of the information and I would

1005
01:25:36,159 --> 01:25:44,000
like to make a motion that the burrow
become a partner um to the clean water

1006
01:25:41,520 --> 01:25:51,360
partners and authorize
um Elijah and Jordan to work on

1007
01:25:46,480 --> 01:25:54,159
submitting the partner um sign up form.
>> Thank you for bringing that to us

1008
01:25:52,560 --> 01:25:56,159
tonight. So we have a motion. Do we have
a second on that motion?

1009
01:25:55,440 --> 01:25:58,960
» Second.
>> All those in favor?

1010
01:25:57,760 --> 01:26:01,840
» I I
>> approved.

1011
01:25:59,920 --> 01:26:05,440
» Thank you. Anything else on storm water
this evening?

1012
01:26:02,800 --> 01:26:13,600
» Um yeah, just real quick. Um this is
storm water but um in a roundabout way.

1013
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:20,400
Um we are um as part of the Lancaster
County Water Week um which is uh the

1014
01:26:17,280 --> 01:26:24,800
first full week of June. We're offering
um tours of the wastewater treatment

1015
01:26:22,400 --> 01:26:32,080
plant to the public. I think I mentioned
this last month, but you can sign up to

1016
01:26:27,920 --> 01:26:36,800
take a tour of the plant. Um, and those
are going to be offered at 10:00 a.m. on

1017
01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:47,520
June 9th. I see lots of interesting
reactions out there to this. Um, 10:00

1018
01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:53,679
June 9th or um 400 p.m. on June 11th.
There are only 10 spaces for each tour,

1019
01:26:50,560 --> 01:26:57,520
so sign up quickly. go to Lancaster
Water Week. Just put that into your

1020
01:26:55,679 --> 01:27:02,320
search engine and you'll come up with a
list of all of the activities happening

1021
01:26:59,840 --> 01:27:08,800
across the county. You will certainly
find other things you might want to do

1022
01:27:05,280 --> 01:27:14,719
um to get out and enjoy uh our waterways
and um the great quality of life and

1023
01:27:12,880 --> 01:27:18,880
assets that we have here in the county.
But the wastewater treatment plant tour

1024
01:27:16,880 --> 01:27:24,639
is going to be the highlight. I'm just
telling you. So, sign up quickly.

1025
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:29,360
Quite honestly, it's fascinating.
I was I was blown away walking through

1026
01:27:27,120 --> 01:27:34,639
that and and seeing the process. It's
it's it's really neat to hear what all

1027
01:27:31,920 --> 01:27:39,360
goes on and and what it takes to clean
the water and keep us in in good

1028
01:27:37,120 --> 01:27:43,760
standing and good health. So, it's
awesome.

1029
01:27:42,080 --> 01:27:49,920
» Thank you for that endorsement because I
I saw some faces out there that I'm not

1030
01:27:46,400 --> 01:27:53,440
No, seriously. Um yeah. So, thank you
all. We'll be doing a little bit of

1031
01:27:51,360 --> 01:27:58,239
social media probably about that to get
the word out if you don't all take up

1032
01:27:55,840 --> 01:28:01,760
all the empty spaces. We don't want to
promote it if you've already all signed

1033
01:28:00,080 --> 01:28:07,360
up. So,
>> thank you. We're going to move on to

1034
01:28:05,360 --> 01:28:09,360
reports by the mayor and the chief of
police. We'll start with the mayor this

1035
01:28:08,639 --> 01:28:14,080
evening.
>> Thank you, President Hayne. Uh you may

1036
01:28:11,600 --> 01:28:18,639
recall that in December, uh the council
and the mayor at that time entered into

1037
01:28:16,320 --> 01:28:24,320
a sister city agreement with Freeport,
Illinois. Uh, it's my honor to invite

1038
01:28:21,600 --> 01:28:29,080
Mayor Tim Snyder forward uh to give us
an update on what's happened since that

1039
01:28:26,080 --> 01:28:29,080
time.

1040
01:28:48,320 --> 01:29:02,080
uh on um yeah that would be April 14th
uh Tim Connor from our sister city which

1041
01:28:58,080 --> 01:29:09,040
we approved back in December uh of
Freeport, Illinois presented us with

1042
01:29:04,080 --> 01:29:14,400
this key to his city. And so I propose
that so that we can hold this up and

1043
01:29:11,199 --> 01:29:20,000
people know what it's about, we could
hang it on the wall here that uh the

1044
01:29:16,880 --> 01:29:26,000
mayor and I get together and
get a a plaque together and which I'll

1045
01:29:23,040 --> 01:29:32,159
take care of and uh you can hang it on
and we we know that we are sister cities

1046
01:29:29,199 --> 01:29:37,639
with free Freeport, Illinois. Now just
so you know what we gave them and what

1047
01:29:34,080 --> 01:29:37,639
I'm going to send

1048
01:29:41,199 --> 01:29:50,560
since we got together because they call
themselves Pretzel City USA

1049
01:29:46,480 --> 01:29:58,239
and uh we are the first commercial
pretzel bakery in thei in America. Uh we

1050
01:29:53,760 --> 01:30:01,760
made a a pretzel out of uh
out of a pretzel

1051
01:29:59,600 --> 01:30:08,000
» pretzel dough. So this is what we made.
But I am uh we are what can I say? uh

1052
01:30:05,920 --> 01:30:14,400
refining it to get it to be able to put
on a plaque to send out.

1053
01:30:11,840 --> 01:30:19,199
So, we'll get one that uh it fits a
plaque and is

1054
01:30:16,560 --> 01:30:23,040
a little bit flatter so to fit on the
plaque. But anyways, that's that's

1055
01:30:21,360 --> 01:30:30,639
what's going on. We had a very nice
meeting with uh

1056
01:30:26,719 --> 01:30:35,520
Tim Connor uh from Freeport, Illinois,
and I plan on making another trip out

1057
01:30:32,960 --> 01:30:39,600
there at some point. and they're getting
through this whole thing. They're

1058
01:30:36,800 --> 01:30:45,280
getting uh they have started up another
pretzel bakery and uh so things are

1059
01:30:42,639 --> 01:30:52,120
moving forward that uh we can help each
other down the road. So that's all I

1060
01:30:48,080 --> 01:30:52,120
have to say. Do you have anything else?

1061
01:30:52,239 --> 01:30:58,880
» Uh the activities are not going to don't
end with the exchange of keys. Uh we

1062
01:30:57,120 --> 01:31:03,120
continue to work with the mayor uh to
plan some activities for next year as

1063
01:31:00,639 --> 01:31:07,440
well during next year's pretzel fest.
This year's pretzel fest is actually

1064
01:31:04,639 --> 01:31:10,639
this coming Saturday. Uh but that's not
we need a little more time to get

1065
01:31:08,639 --> 01:31:16,920
organized with Freeport Illinois, but
look forward to 2027 pretzel fest with

1066
01:31:13,120 --> 01:31:16,920
for additional activities.

1067
01:31:19,120 --> 01:31:27,760
» Give something to the mayor. Uh we have
some they made some uh t-shirts out

1068
01:31:23,920 --> 01:31:32,480
already that had us called us uh yeah
twisted sisters.

1069
01:31:29,840 --> 01:31:36,080
So, we we have a t-shirt and I'll give
that to John to show you the next time

1070
01:31:34,480 --> 01:31:37,600
that comes in.
>> Thank you.

1071
01:31:36,480 --> 01:31:42,960
» Thank you, Mayor.
>> Thank you.

1072
01:31:40,080 --> 01:31:48,719
» Um, on another subject, uh, you may
recall a few weeks ago that the, um,

1073
01:31:46,639 --> 01:31:52,000
Chief Smith from the War Education, I'm
sorry, the War Emergency Services

1074
01:31:50,320 --> 01:31:57,360
Commission, my education days, I put
those behind me now. Um so from west uh

1075
01:31:54,960 --> 01:32:03,120
made a presentation here uh talking
about the uh and specifically the litz

1076
01:32:00,480 --> 01:32:06,800
uh fire company at that time. Uh and I
could tell speak for myself. Um I

1077
01:32:05,520 --> 01:32:12,800
learned a lot of things on that
particular presentation and one uh just

1078
01:32:09,520 --> 01:32:17,280
the sheer um the amazing staff what
amazing volunteers that we have here in

1079
01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:21,760
our in our community. uh the amount of
time and dedication they put forward uh

1080
01:32:19,679 --> 01:32:25,920
to protect the property and lives of our
residents is just phenomenal. Uh the

1081
01:32:24,000 --> 01:32:30,159
amount of training they go through,
incredible. Uh and the performance um

1082
01:32:28,960 --> 01:32:34,719
that chief shared with us their
performance statistics uh and I just sat

1083
01:32:32,560 --> 01:32:38,880
here in awe listening to all that
realize not realizing what a gem we have

1084
01:32:36,960 --> 01:32:42,800
here in our community that sometimes I
think is just taken for granted. Um, the

1085
01:32:41,440 --> 01:32:48,880
other thing I think that stood out for
me at that time is that this is a

1086
01:32:46,320 --> 01:32:54,400
organization, the fire company, that's
funded almost entirely on public

1087
01:32:50,880 --> 01:32:57,840
donations. Um, not on tax dollars. Uh,
these are volunteers, volunteers who

1088
01:32:56,239 --> 01:33:02,639
give so much their time to keep us
community safe. Um, and yet over years

1089
01:33:01,040 --> 01:33:07,280
and years, it looks like the donations
that come in from the community have

1090
01:33:04,320 --> 01:33:11,760
been fairly stagnant. Uh and while the
donations have been stagnant, the cost

1091
01:33:09,520 --> 01:33:19,120
of those fire trucks and the equipment
is just astronomical and increasing at

1092
01:33:14,960 --> 01:33:23,840
rates that we can't keep up with. Uh so
realizing that international I'm sorry

1093
01:33:21,520 --> 01:33:30,159
national international firefighters day
is actually May 3rd seemed like a

1094
01:33:26,320 --> 01:33:35,840
perfect opportunity to pass or issue a
proclamation declaring uh fire

1095
01:33:33,280 --> 01:33:40,719
firefighters appreciation day
firefighter appreciation week from May

1096
01:33:37,760 --> 01:33:46,320
3rd to May 9th and asking the public for
two things. one to show appreciation and

1097
01:33:43,920 --> 01:33:52,400
thanks uh to all these volunteers who
give so much of their time for us to

1098
01:33:48,480 --> 01:33:56,639
protect us. Uh and two um call upon our
businesses and all our residents to see

1099
01:33:54,960 --> 01:34:02,159
if we can have an increased
contributions and donations uh for these

1100
01:33:59,120 --> 01:34:07,520
folks. Um right now only about 25% of
our community is making donations to our

1101
01:34:04,320 --> 01:34:12,800
fire company. Um and that just seems low
to me and I wonder if we can't get that

1102
01:34:09,679 --> 01:34:17,520
number up. Uh so uh during firefighters
appreciation week I'm call I hope

1103
01:34:14,960 --> 01:34:21,840
everyone takes the time to realize you
know what a amazing company we have here

1104
01:34:19,840 --> 01:34:26,960
in litz and show them the appreciation
that they deserve. Um and whether that's

1105
01:34:24,400 --> 01:34:30,960
just a a simple thank you uh or more
importantly perhaps open your wallet up

1106
01:34:28,880 --> 01:34:35,600
and make those donations to keep these
uh companies um doing the incredible

1107
01:34:33,440 --> 01:34:40,880
things that they do. It just so happens
also coincidentally the annual fund

1108
01:34:37,920 --> 01:34:43,840
drive just kicked off this week. Uh so
that wasn't coordinated. That's just all

1109
01:34:42,480 --> 01:34:47,600
coincidence. So it just seems like all
the stars are aligning uh for us, this

1110
01:34:46,080 --> 01:34:51,199
community to make a push to help our
fire company.

1111
01:34:49,760 --> 01:34:56,400
» Thank you.
>> It was a great report tonight.

1112
01:34:54,639 --> 01:35:00,600
Going to have to ask the chief if he has
anything else to say to us tonight.

1113
01:35:00,639 --> 01:35:04,280
Last thing I promise

1114
01:35:07,440 --> 01:35:15,760
couple items in the uh the monthly
chief's report. Uh the next slide. So

1115
01:35:12,960 --> 01:35:20,239
back in January of this year, we had an
outside and independent team of

1116
01:35:17,600 --> 01:35:26,080
accreditation assessors come and
reassess our department to determine our

1117
01:35:23,199 --> 01:35:29,840
eligibility for reacredititation. So,
uh, a little bit of history. We've been

1118
01:35:27,760 --> 01:35:34,000
accredited, uh, through the Pennsylvania
Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission

1119
01:35:31,920 --> 01:35:39,120
of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police
since February of 2008.

1120
01:35:37,040 --> 01:35:44,000
Uh, every 3 years, we're required to go
through a reacredititation process where

1121
01:35:40,800 --> 01:35:47,440
that team comes out, they examine a lot
of different things to make sure that

1122
01:35:45,280 --> 01:35:53,679
we're meeting the standards.
uh back in 2022, so three years ago when

1123
01:35:50,800 --> 01:35:57,199
we got reacreditited, uh we achieved the
highest tier of accreditation possible

1124
01:35:55,920 --> 01:36:02,880
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
which is called premier status. Um at

1125
01:35:59,840 --> 01:36:06,080
that time, we were the the first and the
only burrow police department in the

1126
01:36:04,639 --> 01:36:11,199
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to achieve
that top tier level of accreditation.

1127
01:36:08,639 --> 01:36:16,719
So back in January, the assessors had
came back in. They examined uh over a

1128
01:36:14,639 --> 01:36:20,960
thousand different proofs of compliance
that we'd offered them over the last

1129
01:36:18,239 --> 01:36:25,040
three years to establish our policies,
our procedures. Uh the way that we're

1130
01:36:23,199 --> 01:36:29,920
doing business meets or exceeds the
accreditation standards. They inspected

1131
01:36:27,840 --> 01:36:36,159
our facility. They interviewed staff
members and officers. Um, out of those

1132
01:36:33,520 --> 01:36:43,520
approximately 1,000 roofs that we
offered, they returned just one or a a

1133
01:36:39,920 --> 01:36:48,320
minor uh adjustment to show what they
wanted to see. It was adjusted within a

1134
01:36:46,080 --> 01:36:52,639
matter of minutes. Um, so I think it's
important to highlight that minus just

1135
01:36:50,560 --> 01:36:55,760
one small adjustment. A thousand
different proofs that we offer them were

1136
01:36:54,080 --> 01:37:00,639
found to be fully compliant, meeting or
exceeding the the accreditation uh

1137
01:36:58,320 --> 01:37:04,880
standards. So last week, our leadership
team went uh before the the commission

1138
01:37:02,719 --> 01:37:09,760
of the Pennsylvania Chiefs. Uh
unanimously, the the commission voted to

1139
01:37:07,280 --> 01:37:13,760
not only reacredit the agency, but also
to reacreditit the agency as a premier

1140
01:37:11,440 --> 01:37:20,320
status. Um what I want to call out is
that premier status designation

1141
01:37:16,320 --> 01:37:23,199
is only bestowed upon about 4% of all
law enforcement agencies across the

1142
01:37:21,840 --> 01:37:26,639
Commonwealth. So depending on how you do
the math and what you classify as a

1143
01:37:24,560 --> 01:37:30,719
police department, there's,00 to,200
police departments in the Commonwealth.

1144
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:34,880
Uh and again only 4% of them have
achieved that top tier level of

1145
01:37:32,639 --> 01:37:39,119
accreditation. So I wanted to call it
out. It couldn't have been done without

1146
01:37:37,360 --> 01:37:42,080
the the work that our officers and our
staff do every day. The support from the

1147
01:37:40,639 --> 01:37:46,800
community, the elected leadership and
and staff and everything that that goes

1148
01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:50,400
into making the police department not
only function effectively but

1149
01:37:48,080 --> 01:37:55,600
efficiently. So uh accreditation has
been a long passion of mine. uh

1150
01:37:52,960 --> 01:37:59,199
maintaining this top tier level and
getting reacredited again for another

1151
01:37:57,280 --> 01:38:04,000
three years at that level is is
something that we're all very proud of

1152
01:38:00,960 --> 01:38:06,560
and I wanted to share that.
>> Thank you and congratulations.

1153
01:38:05,920 --> 01:38:09,520
» Thank you again.
>> Well, thank you.

1154
01:38:07,440 --> 01:38:15,119
» Yeah. So the last thing I had with this
month's report, I I I just wanted to to

1155
01:38:11,679 --> 01:38:20,880
put out u looking back at quarter 1 of
2026, doing a a comparative analysis

1156
01:38:17,840 --> 01:38:24,880
that same first quarter of 25 and 24,
looking at uh paid overtime and and some

1157
01:38:23,440 --> 01:38:30,080
of the internal strategies that we've
implemented to uh

1158
01:38:27,520 --> 01:38:34,239
manage and and address the the overtime.
Um if you look at the the last three

1159
01:38:32,560 --> 01:38:39,280
years, the first quarter of the last
three years, that bar chart on the left,

1160
01:38:36,560 --> 01:38:44,159
you can see uh the data is visualized as
far as uh the drastic reduction in the

1161
01:38:41,600 --> 01:38:47,760
overtime for that first quarter. Um the
trend line indicates that the the bar

1162
01:38:45,920 --> 01:38:53,840
I'm sorry, the pie chart in the right,
the the green shade uh represents

1163
01:38:50,480 --> 01:38:58,800
overtime that is fully or partially
reimbursed back to the burrow. So about

1164
01:38:56,320 --> 01:39:03,920
44% of the first quarter overtime for
this year those costs have been

1165
01:39:01,040 --> 01:39:08,480
recovered um minimizing obviously the
the financial impact to the burough

1166
01:39:06,320 --> 01:39:11,280
taxpayer. So if you move on to the next
slide it just details some of the key

1167
01:39:10,080 --> 01:39:17,679
outcomes. So if you look at first
quarter 2026 compare that to first

1168
01:39:13,840 --> 01:39:21,679
quarter 2024 uh there's about an 80%
reduction. You look at first quarter

1169
01:39:19,840 --> 01:39:29,119
2026, compare that to the same first
quarter 2025, about a 73% reduction. And

1170
01:39:26,239 --> 01:39:34,159
then again to reiterate, about 44% of
all that overtime cost has been

1171
01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:39,679
recovered back into the uh the burrow.
Um and how we did it, um staffing

1172
01:39:36,560 --> 01:39:45,199
stabilization certainly played a key
role in that. optimizing staffing. So

1173
01:39:42,159 --> 01:39:48,960
identifying where uh shortages in the
staffing

1174
01:39:46,719 --> 01:39:53,119
on the schedule existed. Looking at ways
to leverage uh other options within the

1175
01:39:50,960 --> 01:39:57,440
schedule to fill those shifts without
the use of overtime, lateral movements,

1176
01:39:55,040 --> 01:40:02,080
temporary reassignments of functions on
a short-term basis to fill those gaps.

1177
01:40:00,320 --> 01:40:07,199
Uh internal management prerogatives. A
lot of the overtime and the the

1178
01:40:04,320 --> 01:40:12,639
employment and scheduling
issues, if you will. um my hands are

1179
01:40:10,320 --> 01:40:16,000
tied by collective bargaining by the
federal fair labor and standards act.

1180
01:40:14,639 --> 01:40:19,520
However, outside of that, there are
management prerogatives that I can put

1181
01:40:17,199 --> 01:40:24,159
into place, internal policies, internal
procedures, and uh management

1182
01:40:22,639 --> 01:40:30,080
prerogative decisions that we can put
into place to um identify areas in which

1183
01:40:28,320 --> 01:40:34,960
the schedule can be optimized, looking
at efficiencies to be less reliant upon

1184
01:40:32,480 --> 01:40:38,719
overtime and still ensuring the the
adequate staffing that's needed to to

1185
01:40:36,639 --> 01:40:42,639
protect the burrow. And again, any good
system needs some sort of monitoring and

1186
01:40:40,719 --> 01:40:47,199
tracking piece to it to make sure that
the the policies, the initiatives that

1187
01:40:44,639 --> 01:40:53,600
we put forward are actually in doing
what we intended them to do. So, um

1188
01:40:50,000 --> 01:40:56,320
monitoring um that with the the
prerogatives, the the policies,

1189
01:40:55,199 --> 01:41:00,000
everything that we've put into place
over the last year to ensure that we've

1190
01:40:58,159 --> 01:41:03,199
achieved the desired outcomes,
coordinating with the burough leadership

1191
01:41:01,360 --> 01:41:07,440
to make sure that our decision-m
internally aligns with council and the

1192
01:41:05,199 --> 01:41:11,760
burough's vision of of how the police
department needs to be run from a

1193
01:41:09,040 --> 01:41:16,639
financial standpoint. And uh I wanted to
share the statistics because I I think

1194
01:41:13,840 --> 01:41:21,920
it's important to highlight uh some of
the efforts that have been done and show

1195
01:41:18,400 --> 01:41:26,000
kind of a short history of um you know
where we've come in the last three

1196
01:41:23,280 --> 01:41:29,119
years. So that was it. I I know I spoke
a lot tonight so I appreciate bearing

1197
01:41:27,920 --> 01:41:35,400
with me but if there's any questions on
this please let me know or anything else

1198
01:41:31,520 --> 01:41:35,400
related to the police department.

1199
01:41:35,600 --> 01:41:42,560
» Any questions? just one the 44% of
overtime where was recovered where how

1200
01:41:41,520 --> 01:41:48,960
was it recovered?
>> Uh so uh pursuing grant streams um

1201
01:41:45,760 --> 01:41:52,639
examining current uh billing and cost
sharing agreements that we have with

1202
01:41:50,560 --> 01:41:57,760
different entities providing police
services. So those are kind of the two

1203
01:41:54,800 --> 01:42:00,400
big buckets if you will and uh again
looking at

1204
01:41:58,560 --> 01:42:04,080
» data that accounts for almost half of
the overtime that we can recover just

1205
01:42:02,239 --> 01:42:07,360
using those two strategies alone.
>> Okay. Thank you.

1206
01:42:05,520 --> 01:42:12,159
» Yeah. And all this relates to one of our
guiding principles. I keep bringing

1207
01:42:08,960 --> 01:42:17,280
those up. We safeguard public resources
and act by fiscally responsible. Thank

1208
01:42:15,040 --> 01:42:20,159
you for helping us achieve one of the
principles.

1209
01:42:18,639 --> 01:42:23,159
» Thank you.
>> Thanks.

1210
01:42:25,280 --> 01:42:31,679
We have reports from our managing
directors. Do either of you have

1211
01:42:29,679 --> 01:42:36,320
something to add?
>> Uh I'll just say the runabout line is

1212
01:42:33,760 --> 01:42:39,440
moving forward. uh got the most recent
uh estimate from Norfolk Southern and

1213
01:42:38,080 --> 01:42:42,480
provided that to our state grant
consultant. Norfol Southern wants to go

1214
01:42:40,880 --> 01:42:47,040
to a pre-bid meeting and we just have to
get the sign offs from the state to make

1215
01:42:44,639 --> 01:42:49,679
sure we're reimbursed for it. So at this
point it's waiting to hear back from the

1216
01:42:48,400 --> 01:42:53,840
state consultants to see if they need
any additional information. Um but it

1217
01:42:52,400 --> 01:42:57,600
could happen this year. Great.
>> So that's great. Uh the other thing is I

1218
01:42:56,000 --> 01:43:02,400
want to put a plug that the Lancaster
County's transportation improvement

1219
01:42:59,199 --> 01:43:06,480
program is going to be uh public on
Friday which is May 1st. It'll be open

1220
01:43:04,080 --> 01:43:13,040
for public comment from May 1st to May
30th. I encourage everyone out there to

1221
01:43:09,040 --> 01:43:16,239
go comment and in support the uh the tip
because right now there is about a

1222
01:43:14,480 --> 01:43:20,000
million dollars programmed for trail
construction is my understanding. If you

1223
01:43:18,639 --> 01:43:23,600
look at it on Friday and for some reason
it's not there, then your comment should

1224
01:43:22,080 --> 01:43:27,280
be why isn't there trail construction
funding for let it on on the tip. Um but

1225
01:43:26,000 --> 01:43:32,320
that'll be up for public comment.
They'll be voting on that in June and

1226
01:43:29,440 --> 01:43:36,400
that would be earmarked for uh 29 and
30. So, a few years out, so things are

1227
01:43:34,639 --> 01:43:38,719
starting to line up. Uh, hopefully
things keep moving in the right

1228
01:43:37,920 --> 01:43:43,480
direction.
>> Great, great news. Thanks for the

1229
01:43:40,480 --> 01:43:43,480
update.

1230
01:43:43,840 --> 01:43:51,679
» Um, on my reports, uh, page one, letter
A, number five, I just wanted to call

1231
01:43:48,960 --> 01:43:55,920
your attention to that. Um, we have, uh,
identified seven properties that are in

1232
01:43:53,600 --> 01:44:02,000
Warwick Township, uh, that dump into our
sewer main. So starting in 2027 when we

1233
01:43:58,880 --> 01:44:06,800
do our flow reconciliation reports um
those .eduus will be subtracted off of

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our flow. It doesn't um have any impact
on obviously the direct flow at the

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01:44:08,159 --> 01:44:14,800
plant. It's strictly financial um for
those seven properties um being

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deducted.
>> Any idea what we're looking at

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moneywise?
>> I don't because it's it's on flow.

1238
01:44:19,280 --> 01:44:23,600
» Okay.
>> So it'll it'll be in the flow rec

1239
01:44:22,239 --> 01:44:26,560
reconciliation reports. Okay.
>> Um I wouldn't think it'd be substantial,

1240
01:44:25,040 --> 01:44:28,719
but it's something
>> something.

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01:44:26,960 --> 01:44:32,719
» Yep.
>> Um the other thing that is not in

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report, but just want to make you aware
of the week of May 18th, we'll be

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completing our final stage of the
Northern Interceptor

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01:44:42,239 --> 01:44:50,320
uh lining. That was the last part of our
portion of the Langster County ARPA

1245
01:44:47,040 --> 01:44:55,600
grant that we got three years ago. Uh so
May 18th that'll happen. will be lining

1246
01:44:52,159 --> 01:44:59,679
the sewer interceptor from basically Oak
Street

1247
01:44:57,119 --> 01:45:03,760
um back right parallel to Litz Run Creek
over to the fish hatchery is where we'll

1248
01:45:01,199 --> 01:45:07,199
be we'll be lining and then um the road
will be closed too lit road will be

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01:45:05,520 --> 01:45:11,679
closed there for a day or two while
they're doing that work. That's it.

1250
01:45:09,119 --> 01:45:17,360
Great. Hey, thanks for your report.
Any questions on the reports?

1251
01:45:15,280 --> 01:45:21,679
If not, we'll move on to our second to
last item. Is there any public comment

1252
01:45:19,199 --> 01:45:24,679
from anyone that's in the audience this
evening?

1253
01:45:24,880 --> 01:45:32,239
No.
Okay. Any I have a comment here to my

1254
01:45:30,159 --> 01:45:40,159
right.
>> Um just want to uh bring up the April

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01:45:36,800 --> 01:45:46,320
30th regional partners meeting and
Elijah are you able to give some quick

1256
01:45:42,400 --> 01:45:50,639
details on that? Um
>> beyond that, it's uh the it's the

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01:45:48,400 --> 01:45:54,080
elected officials of the uh the three
municipalities that make up our regional

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01:45:52,480 --> 01:45:59,119
comp plan are invited as well as the
school district. It'll be hosted at

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01:45:56,400 --> 01:46:04,960
Elizabeth Township uh at 7 p.m. So
that'll be Thursday night.

1260
01:46:01,920 --> 01:46:11,639
» And I presume a um number of council
members will be attending. I don't know.

1261
01:46:07,920 --> 01:46:11,639
I do plan to go.

1262
01:46:12,400 --> 01:46:19,119
» Okay. Anything else?
I think we have one last thing to do

1263
01:46:17,040 --> 01:46:22,320
this evening. I look for one more
motion.

1264
01:46:19,600 --> 01:46:26,880
» Motion to adjurnn. Second. Second. All
in favor?

1265
01:46:24,000 --> 01:46:31,960
Okay. Thank you.
>> Second. Wait. Read the second.