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I call this meeting of the Monticello

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City Council to order. Would you please

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rise and join me in reciting the Pledge

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of Allegiance and remain standing. As

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Steve Kagel from Lodge Church leads us

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in prayer. I pledge allegiance

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of the United States of America, and to

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the republic for which it stands, one

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nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all.

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» Our heavenly Father, we want to thank

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you for this beautiful day that you've

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given us. And thank you for the many

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blessings you pour down on our

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community.

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We're grateful, Father, for all that you

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do for us. We pray that

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you be with all the decisions made in

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this room tonight, that everything that

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is done and said here honors you. We

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pray in Jesus' name.

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» Amen.

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Roll call, please.

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» Mr. Reed?

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» Here.

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» Mr. Woodham?

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» Here.

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» Mr. Carey?

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» Here.

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» Ms. Lively?

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» Here.

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» Ms. Young?

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» Here.

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» Mr. Burris?

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» Here.

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» Mr. Broderick?

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» Here.

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» Mr. Keen?

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» Here.

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» We have a quorum.

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» Thank you.

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Uh public participation

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in-person participation. This is an

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opportunity for the public to provide

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public comment to the presiding officer.

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Those wishing to speak are required to

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sign in prior to commencement of the

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meeting and must address council from

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the seat and table provided. The public

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comments must comply with ordinance

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2014-02

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and be limited to 5 minutes or less, but

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I don't see anyone here this evening.

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Remote participation. This is an

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opportunity for the public to provide

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public comment to the presiding officer.

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The public comments must comply with

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ordinance 2014-02 and be limited to 5

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minutes or less.

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At this time, members of the public are

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able to attend public meetings by web

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conference and to submit public comment

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by email, voicemail, or through web

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conference. Anyone tonight more?

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Okay. Consent agenda. Approval of

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documents and action items as listed.

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Claims report claims with dated August

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11th, 2026 through August 24th, 2026.

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Meeting minutes city council meeting

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minutes

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10th, 2026 planning and zoning board

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meeting minutes April 20, 2026. Is there

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a motion to approve the consent agenda

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as presented?

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Is there a second?

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» Second.

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» Any comments or questions of city staff?

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Hearing or seeing none, may have a roll

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call?

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» Mr. Reed?

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» Yes.

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» Mr. Woodham?

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» Mr. Carey?

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» Ms. Lively?

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» Ms. June?

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» Mr. Burris?

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» Mr. Broderick?

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» Mr. Kuhn?

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» Yes.

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» Motion passes.

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» Thank you. I know you'll be disappointed

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there are no there's no mayor's report

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this evening. So, we'll move on to new

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business. Mayor of appointments.

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I was submitted the name of Andrew

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Heaton, who happens to be my neighbor,

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to serve as a member of the Minnesola

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Fire and Rescue Department.

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I It's my pleasure to put his name in

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nomination as a

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motion to approve. So, is there a

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second?

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» Second.

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» Any comments or questions?

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You have experience. You were on the

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department in Rossville.

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» Yeah, my dad was 30 plus years. Yeah.

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» Yeah, okay.

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» And I've done a little bit of a little

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bit of burn training at the port

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district.

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» Got you. Very good.

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Can I have a roll call, please?

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» Mr. Reed?

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» Mr. Woodham?

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» Mr. Carey?

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» Ms. Lively?

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» Ms. June?

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» Mr. Burris?

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» Mr. Broderick?

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» Mr. Kuhn?

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» Motion passes.

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» Thank you very much. Thank you and

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welcome.

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» Thank you.

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» Okay, uh-huh.

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Now, if you

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I'd go home if I could, but I can't.

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Resolution 2026-52

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a resolution granting a conditional use

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permit allowing an additional accessory

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structures at two Turtle Point,

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Monticello, Illinois. Jim.

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» Thank you, Mayor and Council. Yes, the

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owner of the property is seeking

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conditional use permit for additional

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accessory structures, a pool and a

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garage, per the Monticello zoning

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regulation section 153.020C

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on a parcel zoned RS suburban

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residential.

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will not be detrimental or endanger

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public health, safety, morals, comfort,

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and general welfare of the normal

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development improvement of surrounding

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properties.

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Public hearing was held. No public

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testimony was received. Certified

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mailings went out, and the legal ad was

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published in the Piatt County Journal

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Republican. And again, no comments were

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received either by myself or the clerk.

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It's recommended the city council

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discuss and approve resolution 2026-52

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of conditional use allowing additional

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accessory accessory structures at two

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Turtle Point, Monticello, Illinois,

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submitted today.

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» Thank you. Is there a motion to approve

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resolution 2026-52?

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» So moved.

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» Is there a second?

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» Any comments or questions of city staff

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or the or the uh

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the persons asking for the a uh

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» Mr. Reed?

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» Mr. Carrey?

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» Motion passes.

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» Thank you. Moving on to ordinance

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2020-53,

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an ordinance implementing a municipal

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grocery retailers' occupation tax and a

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municipal grocery service occupation

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tax. Mr. Summers?

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» Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um as you all will

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probably recall, the state of Illinois

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eliminated their pass-through

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grocery sales tax um

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effective January 1 of this year. State

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statute

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uh did allow for each municipality to

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levy their own 1%

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uh, grocery tax, um, and to file that

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with the Illinois Department of Revenue

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on or before October 1 of the preceding

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year in which the collections will

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proceed the next year.

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City Council discussed this last year

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and at that time decided to not continue

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the 1% grocery tax. A large part of that

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discussion revolved around the unknown

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financial impact that it could, uh, that

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could be witnessed by the city of

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has recently posted local grocery tax

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figures for those municipalities that

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their own 1% grocery tax beginning

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January 1 of 2026 based upon

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these recently reported figures, we

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believe the city would could witness a

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loss of 75,000

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to 100,000 dollars annually if the city

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so chooses to not levy this pre-existing

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tax. Well, this was discussed

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pretty good detail, uh, at the last City

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Council meeting. So, um, it is

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recommended the City Council discuss and

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vote on Ordinance

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2026-53

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this evening.

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» Thank you. Is there a motion to approve

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2026-53?

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» So moved.

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» Is there a second?

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» Second.

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» Any comments, questions?

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» I have a question. When did we vote on

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this? Wasn't this earlier in the year?

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» Last year.

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» It was last year?

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» Yeah, we voted on it twice, actually.

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» That's what I

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» It's actually Yeah, it's been twice.

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» Yeah. Wasn't it earlier this year?

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» Yeah, for last year. It was It was last

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year for this year.

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five votes, we had to vote on it again

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this year.

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» Right. It was voted It was It was

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discussed and voted on twice in 2025.

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» It was just we didn't have the data that

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I have now.

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So, we were operating under the

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assumption that the total

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by that would be about $50,000.

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» 75 to 100.

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» To 100,000 dollars.

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» That's correct data.

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That's simply based on those other

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the way the state

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collects the money and then distributes

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it, there's that 3-month lag.

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So, that's why

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we believe annually when when we're

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getting those distributions beginning in

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January,

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that it should be around 100,000 or

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maybe a little bit more.

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But since we won't collect

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January, February, March

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in 2027,

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that's why we're thinking it's probably

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going to be closer to 75,000. Does that

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make sense?

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» Yeah.

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» Yeah.

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» Yes, yeah.

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» We've all got

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» Mathematically, yes.

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» October, November, December and so the

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following year.

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» Yeah.

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» Yeah, which tail end or front end,

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whichever way you want to look at it.

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» Okay.

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» Any comments, other comments, questions?

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» No.

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» I

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Sorry, I do.

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Um I took a look at some other towns

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and um what they're doing and pretty

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much all the other neighboring towns are

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keeping the tax

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because it's either

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you're going to either um find except

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champagne. Champagne is not doing it

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because instead they're going to

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generate a tax on like non-grocery

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items.

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So pretty much all the all all the other

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towns

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like you have to find some way to you

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know, keep this

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money for the city for services, you

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know, for things as Terry said like fire

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department and and other projects that

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um we're going to need the money for.

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And so

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pretty much virtually all the other

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towns that that I saw

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you know, had the grocery tax except for

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champagne. So if we do not

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uh if we give up the grocery tax

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then you know, we'll have to find some

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other ways such as

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raising the property tax, you know, or

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you know, that no one wants to do cuz we

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already do it like 4.

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something percent every year or like

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champagne does, putting a tax on

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non-grocery items or cutting some you

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know, public services.

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So

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» Or just going slow.

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I mean

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we didn't enact this tax

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because in this state we are over taxed.

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Right?

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So now we're going to go back and say,

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oh no, we want that 1% back.

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I think it's bad faith.

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» I do, too.

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» I mean voters already

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» That's just why I'm not going to

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» It was never a new tax. It was just

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somebody else administering.

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» No, but now it is.

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» But now it would be.

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» Yeah.

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» But

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Okay.

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» It's an additional

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» But it's but it's pennies compared to

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the other taxes.

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» But but that's what it is. It's pennies

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here and pennies there and then next

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thing you know, it's

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» Going to keep

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» Gets it doesn't stop. We stopped this

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one.

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» And that's also because people are

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struggling and that's why we stopped.

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» I'd rather give my pennies to

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» People who don't struggle, it's not a

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big deal. People who do it is a big

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deal. So, this

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» Something else.

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Anyone else?

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No.

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Let's have a roll call.

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» Let's get the

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» Yeah.

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» Voting yes means we're in favor of

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» Favor of

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» Of the tax.

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» The tax, okay.

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» Mr. Reed.

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» Yes.

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» Mr. Woodham.

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» Yes.

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» Mr. Carey.

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» No.

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» Ms. Lively.

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» No.

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» Ms. June.

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» Yes.

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» Mr. Burris.

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» No.

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» Mr. Broderick.

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» No.

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» Mr. Kuhn.

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» Yes.

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» We have a tie.

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» Mayor votes yes.

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» Motion passes.

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» Alderman persons reports. Andrea.

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At this week

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» Alderman nothing.

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» Brian.

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» Nothing tonight.

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» Thomas.

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» Nothing.

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» Great concert by the summer singers.

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» Thank you so much. I'm glad you

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» That's Mayor Mike Kuhn.

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» Yeah, but there's two town ones here.

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» This could have been another service

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that would have been cut.

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» Yep.

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Rodney.

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Eric.

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» Sure.

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» No.

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» No.

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» Thank you, Mr. Mayor, for leading the

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the group again.

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» Yeah, it starts next next June, the

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first first Thursday in June at the

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Methodist Church at 6:30.

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Be there or be square.

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Uh

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city administrator's report.

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Oh, I'm sorry. Keith Ross, that's right.

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You're here this evening. I'm sorry.

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I could have done them out of order. It

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would have been okay.

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» Uh

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Just as a reminder, all alderman persons

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had an email from me.

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If they have any questions about flood

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cameras, please feel free to give me a

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call. Thank you. uh, another person who

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reached out to me. I think

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was

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one of my better emails I wrote. I sent

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it to everybody. So, uh, if anybody,

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again, if you want to see the process

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from start to finish, by all by all

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means, come by the office, give me a

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call. Uh, I can come in on the weekends,

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too, if that's easier, or the evenings,

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to kind of give you an overall process

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of how we

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use those. So, uh,

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please give me a call. But, really, uh,

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all we have is this Thursday is our

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first reunification, uh, meeting, uh,

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through the Regional Office of

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Education. And, uh,

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just keep in mind, if you get a call, we

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are starting our school, uh,

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drills, whether that be school bus,

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fire, reunification, relocation. Uh,

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we're going to be doing those over the

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next probably few weeks, uh, in

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conjunction with the school resource

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officer of the school, and then city

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staff. Kind of one of the better ones

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that we have on September 2nd is the

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relocation of Washington to the

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community building.

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All our city staff helps out. It's a big

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help for me.

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» That's it?

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That's pretty good.

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City administrator's report. Terry, have

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nothing to say.

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Well, don't mind so.

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Is there a motion to adjourn?

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» I move.

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» Is there a second?

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» Second.

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» All those in favor, I.

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» I.

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» Any opposed? No.

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Thank you.

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See you in 3 weeks.