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All right, welcome everybody to uh
FaceTime of Blockport regular council

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meeting for July 10th, 2026.
Excuse me. Quick reminder that members

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are welcome to stand, scratch, or move
during the meeting. We also have options

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like standing desks and pedal units
available for use. We will also plan for

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a short break at 11:00 a.m.
Today's meeting is being recorded. To

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those present in the gallery by
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council, you are consenting to your
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recorded. I would also please ask those
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discussion to proceed without
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recording remain clear in order.
Okay. Before we begin today's meeting,

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I'd just like to share a few minutes and
speak from the heart. In a few short

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weeks, we'll reach the halfway point of
our term as council. That means we have

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just over two years still ahead of us.
We've worked through difficult issues,

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made important decisions, and together
we've helped move this community

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forward, and that's something I'm
extremely proud of, and I hope you are,

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too. Over the past few weeks, I've spent
a lot of time reflecting. If there's one

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thing I know to be true, it's that every
person sitting around this table loves

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court.
We may express it differently, but it

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shows in our commitment and our passion.
That's what we have in common, and

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that's where we need to reset to as our
north star. You look around this table,

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you'll see five different people with
different backgrounds, different

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experiences, different opinions,
different priorities, and different

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perspectives. It is one of our
strengths. We may be different, but our

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purpose should remain the same. We will
disagree. Healthy disagreement is part

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of good government.
What I want for this council is to

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become a place for discussion versus
debate. When we debate, someone wins and

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someone loses. At this table, when we
debate, part of our community loses.

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Discussion is different.
Discussion is about listening,

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understanding, and finding a path
forward together.

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The decisions ahead of us will help
shape Lockport for generations.

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We have a responsibility to leave this
community stronger than we found it. And

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it starts with how we work together
around this table.

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When you drop a plate, it shatters into
pieces. You can't simply pretend it

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never broke. You can't put back together
exactly as it was. But you're willing to

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pick up the pieces. You're willing to
invest the time, the patience. You can

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create something whole again. It may not
look exactly as it did before, but it

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can still be something strong, sometimes
more meaningful because of the care that

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went into repair.
As we head into summer, my hope is that

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each of us takes this time to enjoy our
community. Walk the beach, listen to the

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birds, spend time with our families,
fall in love with Blackboard again. Then

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let's come back ready to do what we were
elected to do. Let's respect one

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another. Let's choose discussion over
debate. Let's spend the second half of

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our term focused on the future we're
trying to build. Because I truly believe

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we are capable of really great things.

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Okay, I'll now call for the approval of
the agenda. Um, there are no additions

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or deletions as circulated. Can I have a
motion to approve, please?

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» By c by deputy mayor, seconded by
councelor Chapman. Any discussion?

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» All those in favor to approve the
agenda, please say I. I opposed. Motion

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carried.

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Uh members are responsible for
identifying and declaring any conflicts

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of interest. Conflict exists where there
may be a real or perceived benefit that

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differs from the public interest. Are
there any conflicts to declare today?

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Hearing none move on to the approval of
the minutes. Before we consider the

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minutes, I want to remind council that
our purpose is to determine whether they

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provide an accurate and impartial record
of the meeting. Any proposed corrections

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should relate to a specific error or
omission in the minutes rather than

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reopening the discussion.
Any comments on the minutes as

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circulated?

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» Motion that we minutes
a second. Seconded by

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moved by councelor Chapman seconded by
councelor Chapman.

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Any discussion?

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Question. All those in favor to approve
the minutes as circulated, please say I.

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I.
>> I. Opposed.

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Okay. Motion carried.
>> Would you like that reflected?

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» I do.
There is no business arising from the

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previous minutes

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and community form. Would anybody in the
gallery like to address council?

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Hearing none, we'll move into
presentation. There are no presentations

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scheduled for today's meeting. So, we'll
jump right into finance.

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Okay. List of expenses is on screen.
There any questions, comments, concerns,

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or compliments for staff on the invoices
already paid in the amount of $48,75.91,

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Mr. Mayor, I would like to report to
council that uh we received our

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education tax amount
uh for this fiscal year 2627 and it was

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like about a little over $29,000
less than we budgeted for. So just

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a tidbit for council.
>> Great. Yes. And I think Yeah, it is good

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news. We added that to our uh as an
agenda item for our finance committee at

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the end of the month to discuss how we
can redistribute that amount.

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» Believe June has a few ideas that we'll
work through and uh we can discuss that

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maybe back to council for direction on
how to reallocate those funds.

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Anything else on finance?

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Okay, moving on.
Great. Uh on the screen we received a

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letter from Leila Krauss, owner and
strategic director of Salty Swabers

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housekeeping as well as a local artist.
Um I won't go through the letter. Um,

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Miss K is looking for
to complete the

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agreed upon

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uh project originally uh and include a
recognition of local artists

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at the red pett coat sign which she has
so kindly produced for the town up on

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Crest Street.
We have any questions and we'll open up

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the floor for discussion I guess. Um she
bring brings up a very good point. A lot

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of artwork that is specially
commissioned by Naple Town which I think

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this was or nomination of a group um
often does have a bio. We have one over

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here with something like that. It's
quite inexpensive and uh I have no issue

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if council wishes uh heritage tourism
can take that over take a look at that.

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It's a participant recognition.
I believe it would be very inexpensive.

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Anybody else have comment or make a
motion?

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» Questions.
Anybody else wants to go first? I'll

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gladly go last.
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so
based on the information contained

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within the letter, um, this was an
agreement with former mayor Hering,

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which was two councils ago. It was
installed by former mayor Nickerson

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which was the last council
and the expectation is of this council

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to honor that agreement that was made
approximately 8 years ago.

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So was this a written agreement or a
verbal agreement with whom was the

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agreement made? Um if it was with Mr.
Harding, was he still the mayor at the

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time? because it the installation
went in after his term. Um,

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and is there like is there any record of
this agreement on file anywhere? Um,

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and it strikes me like why now? Um, the
sign's been elected for approximately 4

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years. So, not sure why this is coming
to council

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at this time. Um, also there's a
question around what's the expectation

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of the artist. Um,
she sent this from her business page.

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Um, her business has only been in
existence for a couple of years. So, it

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was not in existence at the time of the
commission. So not sure what

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the intent is
for having it on her business letter

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head with respect to the bio. I mean the
facts are that she acknowledges this is

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a historical interpretive sign. It's not
a billboard or a business promotion

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or an advertisement.
Um the artist has signed the work for

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acknowledgement.
um according to the letters commission.

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Therefore, she was paid for her work.
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if she was paid for her work, then the
the sign is now the property of the town

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of Walkart.
Um if Mr. Harding paid for it, which

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somewhere in the back of my mind, former
counselor may have mentioned that he

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commissioned and paid for it himself and
may have donated it to the town. So now

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it's third hand. Um, and I'm not 100%
certain of those facts, but um,

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and if the artist felt this strongly
about receiving credit, why wasn't it

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incorporated at the time of printing?
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the sign is pretty busy, so
I don't know where you would put it. I

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don't know.

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I don't know if this is going to require
separate erection of of something. Um

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I don't know if we if we as a council
went to an art gallery and purchased a

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that painting, there's no
there's no requirement for a bio of the

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author because the signature on the
bottom of the painting is the

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acknowledgement.
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there's no bio associated with this
painting or the work that was done

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through the Legion to commemorate the
plaque in the hallway. Um, so I just

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those are my thoughts. I just don't know
why this is coming now. Um, we've also

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we also have another local artist who
has done extensive

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and exceptional work on the new
interpretive signs as well as the

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playground murals and um was offered to
have

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a preacher of his own uh for
the work that he provided on the murals

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and he declined.
But because that offer was made,

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should
the two councils pre like previous to us

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be expected to honor that? I I just I
don't know. I mean, if the sign had was

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just being erected now, then that might
mean something, but it's been up for at

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least four years. So, I don't know why
this is coming to us at this particular

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time.
Um, I would like to acknowledge the work

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and the and the time that it took to
write the letter. um we thank the artist

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for her contribution to the town and and
the historical

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um importance of that sign, but um
I would be inclined

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to think that adding the bio makes it
all about the artist and not about the

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history, which is contrary to what she
says in her letters. Her letter says

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it's all it's supposed to be all about
the history. So, um I would be inclined

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to say no. Maybe a small plaque if
there's a spot that you know that just

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says artist with her name. Um if it
could be a fixed somewhere without

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interfering with the rest of the the
message of the board.

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That's those are my thoughts. Any other
comments?

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» I would agree with that. I think this is
four time

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this this side's been in the in this
town for numbers of years

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and uh yeah I don't see a full plaque in
her honor for this for this interperson

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that's paid for by taxpayer money uh
getting the way of that I think this is

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an incredible story that shouldn't be
I agree with if she wants to apply back

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stating that our work commission
violated the groups. I'm okay with that,

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but ingree
with

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um
I would tend to agree with something

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small
doesn't detract from the sign. Um I

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agree it's questionable the timing of
it. I'm not exactly clear of the

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timeline or how it came about.
I do think it's important to recognize

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local artists that maybe that's
something council can consider going

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forward. Um, and take this as a learning
lesson, but I would I would be in favor

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of something small or nothing at all as
is.

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» So,
where where do we go from where do we go

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from here? Sounds like there's some
information that we're missing in order

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to make this decision.
>> We can always reach out to Miss Mary who

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I believe was
behind this sign

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if we want to find out what the
agreements were because none of us know

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really what the agreements were. Seems
like there is more of a consensus to

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have a small uh recognition and I'm okay
with that as well. like I don't think we

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should have big separate black
that does take away from the artistic

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historical story of that. So, I'm
agreeing with that,

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but um and I and it should be I think
and I think that's what I'm leaning at

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is that it'll be a small sign in
expensive if we pursue let's proceed

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with this. But I think maybe get some
more information from Mary Marie before

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we proceed over the summer.
>> Um I would say that rather than Mary Mar

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we should we should contact George Hardy
and find out what what went on there.

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Um, I would tend to think that this
should not go to your committee, uh,

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Deputy Mayor Helen, simply because isn't
Leila a member of your committee? Oh,

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I'm sorry. I thought she was Okay. All
right. I was thinking that to conflict.

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So, um, yeah. And I mean, I could I
could contact George and and find out

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what happened back then because I don't
remember. I remember the sign being

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done, but I don't remember what
agreements he made with the right. So

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maybe if everybody in agreements, June
can reach out to former mayor Harding to

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get some of the details and maybe
connect with Miss Krauss to determine

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what
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» what he would like on it.
>> Yeah. And then maybe come back with his

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specific size quote, what it may look
like, where it'll be, some of the

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details that we're looking for, and then
we can discuss that.

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» That sounds okay.
>> Does that sound fair?

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» I'm I'm still not going to be in favor
of a a large bio.

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» No. No. I do. Yeah,
>> I mean at best I think it warrants a

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small small plaque um artist Leila Rose.
That that's it. You know, she signed it.

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I mean, her signatures on it. Everybody
who sees it will see her signature. I

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personally I think that should surprise.
But if she's in need of recognition,

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then
um I think that's

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that's enough. And uh
you know um again I will go back to why

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wasn't there something incorporated in
the print. Um there's a there's a poem

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on the widow's walk. When I looked at
went up to look at this sign, I noticed

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the there was another sign out on the
end of the widow's walk and I went out

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to look at that and it clearly says who
wrote the poem. So

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why wasn't it there somewhere in that
artwork, you know, if it was a if it was

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an issue or if it was a concern or an
agreement at the time, then

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» it should have been incorporated at the
time,

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» right? if it wasn't an issue or
um a big deal at the time, why is it

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now? That's my question.

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So, um so we need a motion to move
forward here. Would someone like make a

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motion? I'll have the direction of
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Make a motion that staff explore further
the f the past agreements with Mr. Green

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and report back to council and connect
as well as connecting with the artist to

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see what exactly she is looking for and
also be sure that there's probably

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support for a small plaque if any but
that information back to council. That

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would be my motion.
>> Maybe any associated costs as well. Yep.

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Yep.
>> So, we have a motion on the floor. Do we

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have a second to that motion?
>> I'll second that. I would like to add

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that we would like a written
discussion. Okay. I want this written

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down. Can't just be here saying about
what George discussed. It has to be

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something
>> uh to bring back to us because say

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whatever they want to say.

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So search for so speak to George
Harding, search for the written record

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of the agreement,
connect with Miss Krauss, look for

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associated costs, and then report that
information back to council. Is that

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Yep. cover everybody's
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Motion and a second. Any other
discussion on this?

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All those in favor of the motion uh on
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» I opposed. Motion carried.
Right. Next, we have a letter from

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Ellen, secretary of the Harmony Bazaar,
requesting street closures for the

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upcoming Harmony Bazaar Festival of
Women and Song weekend, which should be

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Friday, July 24th,
25th, and 26th.

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But uh start us off.

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» I'm not sure why
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um as well as at the door um that type

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of thing. So I could see them wanting
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so that people weren't just sitting
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um and not paying but now it's by
donation.

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Um so I don't quite understand the need
close the street if they're concerned

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about
artists being able to load and offload

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their equipment.
didn't they just put barriers up where

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they don't want people as opposed to
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» is does is this common is this year
every year? And this is a this is an

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annual request.
>> And it's always it's always with the

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understanding that if an emergency
vehicle has to get through, it's they're

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going to get through. They can be moved
really quickly. They use the barriers

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like we have. But
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So if there's an emergency
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they have to stop and move the barriers
themselves and it all takes additional

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time. I mean, if they're going to ban
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» Yeah. So, maybe the motion could be if
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as long as they're aware if the siren is
off, those barriers have to be moved

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» ASAP. Or to the counselor's point about
having someone man those barriers.

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» Yeah.
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» Yeah. the designated volunteer on the
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and not blocked off access to fire
department.

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In the past, they've
built that area where firefighters

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parked to respond to a call. Uh us
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we now have to run to the fire hall to
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So we need space to be able to
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» Yep. Um,
I'm going to make a motion to accept the

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letter as presented regarding the street
closures for Harmony Bazaar with the

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exception to leave access for the fire
department to have somebody ban the

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barriers.
>> Okay, second to the motion.

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» So motion. Any other discussion?

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I would I'd like to see a caveat that um
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are to be removed.
They only close the street if they're

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maning the barriers. Basically, it's
what I would like to see. Right. If

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they're unable to, they don't have staff
and manage um then street shouldn't be

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closed.
I don't believe we need a caveat because

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the instruction is for the motion to man
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otherwise in my opinion.
>> You can have the wording of that motion

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be to be very clear for them. Yeah.
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» In the past I had to get in a move
before. So

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» yeah. So to be clear on this is is
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So we have a motion. We have a second.
Any other discussion?

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All those in favor to approve the motion
as presented, please say I. I. Oppos.

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Bill. J. You got all that. Good.
>> Excellent.

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Okay, we'll now move on to mayor to our
council reports and I will start us off.

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All right, so a quick few quick updates.
Um, first I'll talk about the Shelurn

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Arena Committee AGM. So I'm happy to
announce that the arena had a $38,000

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profit this year, which is a much much
healthier position um to when when I

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began sitting on this committee. They
talked about being in the red at

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previous years. So now to have a profit
is a is a very huge accomplishment. Uh

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they have an amazing committee of
hardworking volunteers. Uh to put that

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in perspective, they've raised almost
$60,000 in profit from their bingos

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which helps support that arena. Um they
have a new staff who is working out

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phenomenally. Um the entire inside of
the arena has already been repainted and

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there are few more significant
improvements planned for the start of

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the season. So, lots of good stuff
happening at our local arena. The

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Shelurn County leadership meeting, we
spoke about the dog bylaw that the

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municipality of Shelurn is working on.
It's one of their highest priorities

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right now. Um, following the tragic
incident that happened earlier this

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year, we spoke about
how we can adopt this new bylaw

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countywide
um in partnership with the municipality

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of Bington, Clarks Harbor as well. So
all five units uh both Bington and

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Shelbert have identified this as a point
of weakness for lack of a better term

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over the last little while. So it's good
that that we are all working together

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and we'll look to adopt and update
something countywide for consistent and

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improved governance and safety. Um we
also spoke about community engagement

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and the shared responsibilities of dog
ownership and responsibility. So I

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expect more um to come over the couple
months with that.

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Earlier this week, the inauguration
steering committee metport. There was

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over 20 people in attendance. It was
great to see our community come. I think

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there were more people there than all
the other previous ones combined. Um the

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committee also made a commitment to keep
move moving those meetings. So we'll be

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in Lockport every two or three months.
It's good. Keep um everybody informed.

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We discussed the letter received from
the Nova Scotia Regulatory and Appeals

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Board outlining the specific
requirements for an amalgamation

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application. The letter provided
clarification, clear direction, and a

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better understanding of the mandatory
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required. It also included confirmation
that parties can withdraw the

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application before a decision is made,
which is good, something we wanted to

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clear on. Um the application does not
require consultant studies and it can be

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staffled. However, it was discussed that
there are that the minimum requirements

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may not provide all the information that
the committee and the residents have

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been looking for. So CIOS have been
instructed to organize the letter as a

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checklist of what is needed and who can
fulfill those obligations. Uh to draft

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the response letter to the Department of
Municipal Affairs asking if they will

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fund these specific studies with the
updated costs. now that we know exactly

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what is what gaps in information looking
for

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um and we're looking to the department
of municipal affairs for them to confirm

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their financial commitments if this
application were to proceed. Um that

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letter when ready will come to this
council table for for a move forward.

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The committee won't meet again until
September. So I anticipate September

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what we'll see.
Uh they also made a commitment to

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provide a plain text update of where the
committee is and distribute that to

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IO for that. Um and then June is always
a fun month of commitments. So, I had

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the pleasure of and honor of
representing the town of Lockport at the

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CBDC annual general meeting, the
Lockport Regional High Graduation, Grad

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Breakfast, the Town of Shelurn Town
Hall, and the SE Seammen's memorial

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service in the July 1st celebration.
Any questions, comments on anything that

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I was a part of last month? Busy
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move on. I also included um just a quick
overview of the website. Um so that's in

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your package. I'm not going to go
through that. Jill and I are going to be

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editing the approximately 85 individual
pages of that website right now, trying

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to clean that all up. Jill's done some
training on that. So we'll be working

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over that over the next couple of weeks
while June is away. Um, Jill will also

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be reaching out to individual chairs and
staff for feedback on specific changes

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before we launch that. We want as much
of this information to be updated before

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it goes live. Um, we'll also be working
on a procedure that we will send an

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outline on how updates and changes are
processed. Uh through this we will also

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begin review of the social media policy
discussed last meeting and this will

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will be returned to council soon for
discussion uh part of our overall

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communication plan that we discussed

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questions comments on website

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» moving on
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these are estimate for June 2026 I did
uh oversight of June 17th I was in

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attendance with the mayor of the Sheling
County leadership meeting and I think

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you've already addressed discussions at
that meeting so I won't go into it and

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uh nothing more to add
any comments questions concerns or

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compliments for deputy mayor
>> movies look great

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» thank you yeah look great yes it was a
lot of volunteers from heritage tours

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committee that participated in that and
uh it's a really good project. So, a lot

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of rust, a lot of a lot of that.
>> Are there plans to do the other?

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» No, I think we're just going to do that
one. Uh the other one's in much worse

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shape. Um
we did have a donation from the

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shipyards in Shelurn for the primer. Um
I don't even know how much that would

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have cost otherwise. So, it we did
pretty it was a lot of paint. Um, we're

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going to still try to clean up the bell.
The bell is dated 1931. I don't know

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where it's made. There was no stamp on
that, but um, it is brass. So, we're

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looking at different solutions to try to
clean that up maybe before the winter

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starts, but um, it's something because
it's all oxidation and stuff like that.

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So, it'll be something that has to be
cleaned up. We still have to do some

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sanding on the benches because there's
difficult painting with the wind flying

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off the the ocean with some
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So anyhow,
get the other one.

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» Yeah. Well, you will take a look at it.
Like I said, it's more so

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it's like the main part wasn't too bad,
but when you get up into the frames

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because of the exposure and there's less
the uh rust has really accumulated and I

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do not know the last time they were ever
painted or ground down. Nobody seems to

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know for certain. I think it's been a
number of years, but by the conditions

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there was a there was a ton of rust. I
think the one because of the elements of

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the ocean where it's located um because
we were hammering at it hard. I don't

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know if some of those frames would
survive

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» like like we had a small sledgehammer
almost smashing that was the easiest way

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to get it off before we started the
grinding even and I don't know if some

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of those frames would last doing that
doing that. So

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» do you feel bottom is out of it?
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tilted and I think that's but no um as
much as we could within the boardwalk

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it's not like there's rust but it's not
like caved in where it's that's causing

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the tilt. I think it's just the the Yep.
The grand y

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» the last time it was painted Kenny B did
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» Okay.
>> I remember I remember Joyce hired him to

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to paint the
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right?
>> Some time ago. I have no idea how many

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years ago. Yeah,
>> if I see him, I'll ask them.

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» I took the paint, as June is aware, the
remainder of the paint, there's still

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quite a bit of white. Um, and we painted
less white because the rust bleeds

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through the white a lot faster. So, if
people are asking why they didn't do it

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the same, that's the reason because the
rust will bleed through the white much

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faster than the red. Um, but there's
that's for public works and you know

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once or twice a year they go down there
for the rest start and they've got the

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trend paint there to put a dab on it
though.

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» Off topic. I'm just wondering um because
of the heritage aspect of it if we have

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an update on the Senate. I know that we
were expecting

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» to be further along. Um do we know when
the archway is going to be installed and

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the murals going to be done?
>> Yeah. Um, so I believe the archway is

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being made now. Um, they had to put
cement post in which happened and I

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believe that Dave is Yeah. just waiting
on the archway to be completed and then

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Wade Nickerson who's going to be doing
some road work and he's going to do the

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painting. So hopefully when he's there
they coordinate.

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» But yeah, so just waiting on waiting on
the last bits.

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» Be really nice to see that completed.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Looks really great now. It

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does.
>> Yeah.

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» Chapman

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another another busy month. Certainly a
busy month. Um

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I'm not minutes typed yet, but uh lost
my secretary, so it's a little difficult

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to run a meeting and take minutes and
get them typed up. The meeting was only

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this week, but um well basically uh
things are moving along. The uh

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community challenge um is now complete.
It's um

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still available online for anybody who
enjoyed it and wants to continue. It's

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still free of charge. There is a monthly
challenge happening right now. Uh looks

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a little bit different, but um still
functioning for those that are able to

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get on it. Um the sign um the uh signs
look great. Um so compliments to Braden

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and uh the sign committee for all the
great work that they did. Um was noted

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that um one sign has the wrong buoy on
it has the Groner when it's talking

422
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:28,720
about the bell buoy but um
understandably the bell buoy was not

423
00:36:25,839 --> 00:36:33,920
very photogenic at the time of of signs.
So, I suspect that that's probably what

424
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:40,800
happened, but they are two distinct um
different types of of buoys. Um

425
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:45,280
Conniey's working with the summer staff
to do some pop-up events. Uh things are

426
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:53,280
well underway for the big beach bash.
We're just waiting for time chart to

427
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:56,320
determine the uh the time. And um this
tomorrow

428
00:36:54,800 --> 00:37:00,880
um
is the touch and I'll leave that to

429
00:36:58,720 --> 00:37:05,680
check to discuss
if he wants hope everybody can come out

430
00:37:03,839 --> 00:37:09,040
» and karaoke night which the summer
students are planning for

431
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,920
» they had it last night.
>> That was last night.

432
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:15,440
» Yeah, but there is one tonight too.
>> No, it was another one.

433
00:37:13,839 --> 00:37:20,240
» It's next week. It's next week. It
wasn't last night. It's next week.

434
00:37:17,359 --> 00:37:22,800
» Oh, Emily called me. We were there last
night.

435
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:27,119
» They karaoke at
>> We were there last night. It wasn't

436
00:37:25,599 --> 00:37:30,640
» at the beach center.
>> Oh, okay.

437
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,839
» Check out their video. The kids did a
great job on their video promoting. It's

438
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:39,440
really funny and full of their
personality. So, it was nice to see them

439
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:42,640
uh embracing their role. Okay. So, lots
of stuff lots of stuff come which is

440
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:50,160
great.
>> Any questions, concerns, compliments for

441
00:37:46,079 --> 00:37:56,240
council Chapman? I did uh I did omit the
um

442
00:37:52,720 --> 00:38:03,200
Semens Memorial off my list. I was happy
to be able to attend the SE memorials

443
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:09,440
this year and uh not a great turnout but
given the fact that it's been so long um

444
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:16,240
still a lot of families, three major
families touched by that incident. And I

445
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:22,079
think um I think Pastor Garren did a
great job in expressing the importance

446
00:38:19,119 --> 00:38:26,480
of that heritage and and the history
behind that. So was

447
00:38:25,119 --> 00:38:31,520
I mean quite moving.
>> Yeah. Following that ceremony, I had a

448
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:36,400
conversation with Pastor Garren Ellen
and another member of community who

449
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:40,079
willing to step up and so I'm really
looking forward to that over the next

450
00:38:37,839 --> 00:38:43,599
year. Sounds like people said well maybe
we should do this and the other thing.

451
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:50,640
They said great let's work together and
do that. So yeah make that day

452
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:56,920
bigger because it is a very significant
part.

453
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,920
» Yeah. So more to come.

454
00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:00,280
All right.

455
00:39:01,359 --> 00:39:10,079
So, I'm going to start off my report by
formally resigning from the July 1

456
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:13,599
committee effective immediately.
I will no longer be on that committee

457
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:18,240
and I think it's important to bring it
to council now because there is a

458
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:24,720
meeting on the 29th
um which I will not be attending.

459
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:30,640
So, because of the newly updated terms
of reference, one counselor is required

460
00:39:28,079 --> 00:39:34,560
to be on the committee. So, I think this
might be the opportunity for us to have

461
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:37,720
a discussion about who's going to fill
that seat.

462
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:46,880
Any volunteers willing to uh
sit in that chair as council's

463
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:49,880
representative on the candidate
committee

464
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:04,720
step up and uh I'll sit I'll sit on
that.

465
00:40:01,359 --> 00:40:11,680
» Thank you. I think you will um do great
on it and um be a voice that can be

466
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:15,040
heard and respected and I thank you for
taking that on. Um

467
00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:21,119
» well, sorry, I just like to say one more
thing. Um so I'm willing to do that. I

468
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:24,079
am going to have to resign from other
committees. So I'm going to need a

469
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:30,200
moment and next council meeting I'll
come back to distribute the

470
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,200
responsibilities.

471
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:37,520
» Um
My report is there.

472
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:44,160
» Sorry. Do we need to make a motion to to
accept your resignation and

473
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:47,920
appoint me against the proceed?
>> I don't think you need a motion to

474
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:52,800
accept my resignation. However, we do
need a motion to appoint somebody else

475
00:40:50,320 --> 00:41:00,440
to the committee, I believe. So, I would
make that motion to appoint Mayor Amalfa

476
00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:00,440
to the July 1st committee.

477
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:06,720
discussion.
Okay. All those in favor of the council

478
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:12,000
on the motion on the floor, excuse me,
please say I. I.

479
00:41:08,319 --> 00:41:15,760
» I. Opposed. Motion carry.
>> As for the rest of the report, um if

480
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:20,560
anybody has any questions, there's a lot
of information in regards to the Western

481
00:41:18,079 --> 00:41:26,720
County Regional Libraries.
Still moving along. No anticipated

482
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:30,720
issues or closures. Um with that uh
there was some highlights in regards to

483
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:36,240
lock specifically and the numbers of
people utilizing the services there

484
00:41:33,119 --> 00:41:42,720
which is good to see. Um and again it it
was a very very busy um and stressful

485
00:41:39,599 --> 00:41:46,960
month. I'll just leave it at that.
>> I would just like note and thank you on

486
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:52,000
behalf of the council for the hard work
that you've done on the July 1

487
00:41:48,319 --> 00:41:56,000
committee. It's not easy.
You're welcome.

488
00:41:54,319 --> 00:42:01,480
Anything
questions, comments, concerns, or

489
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:01,480
compliments for Tel

490
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:09,160
Deputy Mayor just said, uh, thank you
for your time and, uh,

491
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:17,920
I just
were with me um, the day they erected

492
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:25,000
the large tent,
um, which sadly wasn't well utilized,

493
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,000
but

494
00:42:25,839 --> 00:42:37,599
My observation of that was um that there
is an Osn

495
00:42:32,319 --> 00:42:43,599
issue when we don't have enough um
men that are that are able.

496
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:49,280
Not saying women can't lift. They can.
But Department of Labor says women

497
00:42:45,359 --> 00:42:55,599
cannot lift as much as men. Um
there are limitations on what the women

498
00:42:51,599 --> 00:43:00,960
can do. Oh, um Department of Labor also
says that there are special rules around

499
00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:06,800
utilizing students.
So having

500
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:12,319
four students I believe were there.
Um

501
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:18,960
and then some staff and then we had four
men. Um the fire side closer to the

502
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:23,920
playground went up
pretty effortlessly.

503
00:43:21,119 --> 00:43:29,200
I think the weight was well distributed.
Um although the men were huffing and

504
00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:34,400
puffing when they finished. when they
did the other side, it was not well

505
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:42,560
distributed and we were it was we were
better able to view it and um

506
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:48,960
and there's there was an obvious concern
not having enough men on that one side.

507
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:55,599
Um the students certainly could put the
the uh supports under and whatnot, but

508
00:43:52,319 --> 00:44:00,960
um I think there should be
going forward there should be a minimum

509
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:05,839
of six men. That way they can equally
distribute

510
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:10,960
um especially along the long sides
um and prevent injury.

511
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:18,319
I real concern about how that tent went
up. Um the fact that it isn't utilized

512
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:24,319
is even more of a concern. Why it needs
to go up um when it's not being utilized

513
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:32,480
and what it was utilized for could have
done a small pent

514
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:39,200
was only face painting in it. So, um,
from

515
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:46,480
an employer status, I think we have to
make sure that all of our staff are

516
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:50,880
working safely and have the the
necessary

517
00:44:48,079 --> 00:44:56,160
hands to do the tasks that are involved.
Personally, I still would like to get

518
00:44:52,640 --> 00:45:04,160
rid of that big tent. Um, sell it and
purchase some smaller tents. I could put

519
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:10,079
four to six small tents together and
have the exact same thing. So,

520
00:45:08,079 --> 00:45:15,560
uh, it looks festive and it looks
carnivally in the park, but other than

521
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,560
aesthetics,

522
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:25,720
there's
the risk

523
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:25,720
um, outweighs the reward in my opinion.

524
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:34,400
» Staff have I think that's a directed
towards staff as those as they are the

525
00:45:32,240 --> 00:45:40,160
responsible for that in terms of our
staff. So see Jun making notes there and

526
00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:43,119
uh we will address next time that 10
testicle sounds like is that fair miss

527
00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:45,839
Harding
>> I would like councelor Malik's point of

528
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:49,680
view
>> well councelor Malik isn't responsible

529
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:52,560
for the departmenting staff so I
question but I think that question

530
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:56,079
should be directed towards staff it's
about staff putting it up and their

531
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:59,839
capabilities to do so I don't think
that's the council of the canopy

532
00:45:57,599 --> 00:46:04,800
committee's
uh determination that

533
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:11,040
» I don't mind speaking to
The tent um was meant to um have some

534
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:16,079
vendors underneath of it due to the
weather. Um things changed. I think the

535
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:20,880
committee was grateful to have the tent
because of the weather, although it

536
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:25,680
didn't seem to serve a purpose. Um the
intention was to utilize it. Sometimes

537
00:46:23,599 --> 00:46:30,400
these things don't go as planned. As you
know, being on the recck committee,

538
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:35,680
sometimes things change. Um, as far as
the manpower, I do agree that staff

539
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:39,280
needs to be better directed and there
needs to be better communication. I

540
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:42,720
think across the board with everything,
it comes down to communication

541
00:46:40,812 --> 00:46:49,359
[clears throat] and execution of things.
I do believe that we

542
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:53,040
had enough potentially manpower there to
do that. Um, I just think the

543
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:57,359
instruction and the directions were
lacking.

544
00:46:55,119 --> 00:47:03,520
People were just kind of going for it,
right? So, I think going forward our

545
00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:08,640
staff should be able to, you know, um,
take care of that and and hopefully the

546
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:14,079
committee can discuss that at the
meeting on the 29th as to um, what went

547
00:47:11,839 --> 00:47:17,599
wrong and what went well and that'll be
something the committee will take

548
00:47:15,119 --> 00:47:20,599
forward in consideration for next year's
festivities.

549
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:29,680
» Any other comments, questions, concerns,
or compliments?

550
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:36,359
Moving
on. Council Chman,

551
00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:36,359
you're up.

552
00:47:41,359 --> 00:47:49,520
The only thing I left off my list was uh
the Beach Bash. Uh very well done, very

553
00:47:47,359 --> 00:47:55,119
well attended.
They had a good time. G play some events

554
00:47:52,240 --> 00:48:00,480
this year instead of Manning, which was
fun.

555
00:47:56,720 --> 00:48:05,839
They did an excellent job.
Uh other than that, uh kids soccer's

556
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:14,079
going well. A lot of thing faces as
there was last year. The kids grew a

557
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:21,040
lot. It's quite impressive to see them
playing the game now because uh their

558
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:27,599
focus, the details and listening and
going through what the the coaches are

559
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:27,599
saying is uh incredible.

560
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:36,640
fun time and really return it with uh
soccer.

561
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:39,599
» How many how many kids you are?
>> The max is around 18 to 20.

562
00:48:39,119 --> 00:48:44,400
» Excellent.
>> Which was the very first day. Kind of

563
00:48:42,319 --> 00:48:49,440
dwindles off in the summertime here and
there because people camping and

564
00:48:46,079 --> 00:48:54,240
whatnot. Um but yeah, it's kind of like
a rotation. So some weeks these guys are

565
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:59,440
gone and some weeks these guys are back.
So that it's fun. Great. Great. Thank

566
00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:05,880
you for laughing.
pet copies tomorrow. Uh although it's

567
00:49:02,319 --> 00:49:05,880
not a town event

568
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:19,440
first response and whatnot. uh the wreck
maker move have agreed to do the family

569
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:26,000
games in the field
uh for us and uh the playground

570
00:49:23,839 --> 00:49:31,839
committee is
agreed to do barbecue

571
00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:35,280
and raise for the playground still. Um
so yeah, hopefully it'll be a good day

572
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:40,000
and well attended, something fun for the
kids to do. Awesome. Yep. Sounds like a

573
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:43,440
fun event. Great. End the time on that
just for everybody.

574
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:47,599
» 11 to three.
Hopefully everybody can make it out.

575
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:53,040
Grab a hot dog and uh play some games
after soccer.

576
00:49:49,599 --> 00:49:56,440
» Awesome. That sounds like a good day.
>> Is that tomorrow?

577
00:49:56,640 --> 00:50:03,319
» Any questions, comments, concerns, or
compliment for council chap.

578
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:14,880
» Okay. Next, uh, included in the package
is correspondence sent to our MLA,

579
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:21,920
Honorable Nolan Young, regarding the new
Roseway Manor bill.

580
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:27,920
Won't go through this. Um, but I will
outline a letter that just came in a

581
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:33,520
couple of days ago on the board
area Chamber of Commerce. It is also um

582
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:38,079
addressed to Minister Young with a
request for an update on the status of

583
00:50:35,359 --> 00:50:42,240
the new Roseway Manor project. So I've
asked that this letter be included in

584
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:48,480
the council package when it gets
uploaded to reflect um the chambers

585
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:52,640
advocacy letter which is similar to the
advocacy letter sent by uh the three

586
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:58,880
mayors requesting an update on the
Roseway Manor project.

587
00:50:55,920 --> 00:51:06,200
Any questions on this? Um, unfortunately
we don't have any information which is

588
00:51:01,599 --> 00:51:06,200
why we're requesting more information

589
00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:14,319
» but I think a lot of a lot of residents
are wondering what's happening with it

590
00:51:11,839 --> 00:51:19,200
as well. So it'll be good good to get
some clarification. Hopefully it's

591
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:25,319
positive response and that things start
moving quickly.

592
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:25,319
» Yeah. Yeah. Hopefully we hear back soon.

593
00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:38,920
And then last on our agenda for today
is the PBSC seller newsletter. Anybody

594
00:51:34,319 --> 00:51:38,920
had any comments on that?

595
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:47,760
» This is the By the way, uh yesterday I
had I received a post from PBSC

596
00:51:45,359 --> 00:51:53,760
regarding assessors that will be seen
around the summer and and fall. just

597
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:57,760
telling people what to expect and how to
recognize these people and what their

598
00:51:55,440 --> 00:52:04,319
purpose is. So, it's been posted on
Facebook. Great. Thank you.

599
00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:10,240
» Okay. Um date of our next meeting. So,
no second meeting this month. So, our

600
00:52:07,599 --> 00:52:17,520
next meeting will be the second Friday
in August, which is August the 14th,

601
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:22,400
2026 at 10:00 a.m.
And if there's there's no in camera

602
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:30,880
items for today, so seeing as there's no
other business, I'll call a motion to

603
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:36,000
adjourn at 10:53. So, moved, seconded,
seconded. Uh, call for a motion or a

604
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:38,160
vote now, please. So, all those in favor
to be adjourned, please say I.

605
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:42,319
» I.
>> I.

606
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:46,880
» Motion carried. Have a wonderful month
and we'll see you August the 14th at 10