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» It's called the meeting to order.
>> The Vernon Town Council met on August

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5th, 2026
at 7:00 p.m. with the following members

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present: Don Gerould, Chad Heffernan,
Tim Berry, and Rich Stevenson. The

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minutes of the July 1st meeting were
read. Rich made a motion to approve,

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seconded by Chad, and passed.
Motion made by Tim to approve the around

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22,000
flood reduction program for all three

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ponds. That was seconded by Chad and
passed.

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Appraisals to be set up for properties
on East and West Barnhart for potential

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selling.
Pavilion gutters were updated. Avis to

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replace the lights and/or switches, and
planning on painting the pavilion roof.

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And it also suggested the windows be
replaced. With nothing further

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discussed, Tim made a motion to adjourn,
seconded by Rich, and passed.

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» Any additions or corrections?
Being none, we need a motion to

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approve the minutes as read. Do I hear a
motion?

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» I'll second.
>> I have a motion and a second. All those

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in favor signify by saying aye.
>> Aye.

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» Aye.
>> All vote.

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Opposed likewise.
They're passed.

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Lori.
>> Um,

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oh wait, go ahead.
>> Oops.

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So, I'm just here if there's any
questions regarding the fire district.

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Um,
I can help answer any questions.

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It's my only purpose in life right now.

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» No, I think everything's moving along.
So,

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you know.
>> I guess I do want to just check and sure

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that I sent out the ordinance
to everybody

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just for review. I'm not here today to
collect that. I just wanted to make sure

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everyone
got it.

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I think the email's correct, so
I know Lebanon and Avon and Minerva got

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got those ordinances to be reviewed.
>> Okay.

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All right, got it. I'll get it to you.

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» Sam?
>> No, I'm just here.

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» You got anything, Sam?
>> I'm just here for the meeting.

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» Okay.
I'll bring it up. You want me to kiss

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up?
>> Oh, sorry.

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Mike Clendenen from Boone County
Council, first district. I think it's

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important to engage
the community you hope to represent, so

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here I am.
Can't be here in person, I'll try to

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follow up online, so
hopefully you'll be seeing a lot more of

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me. We'll see.
>> Thank you.

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Great.

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» Mike Keen.
>> Uh

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So, the fire department
had talked we were going to win the uh

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district takes over.
We're still going to have probably, what

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do you say, Sam? 15, 16 probably guys
on?

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» Yeah.
>> And we were going to move to the

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upstairs of
the station now.

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And that's kind of
that's cluster, I mean, one, it's the

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upstairs. Two, it's
small, and we just got word that

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we're supposed to get, we'll see how as
long as they get everybody hired that

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they
are planning to, we'll have four

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full-time guys
at the station come January 1st.

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Which means we're running out of real
estate down there.

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And was wondering if there was a
possibility of taking over the EMS

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building being that with the two bays
there's room for training.

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There's
room for in the

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uh
for a meeting room.

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Uh the Lions Club could still use it for
their They do their drive-thru dinners

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at the station now.
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they won't be able to once the district
takes over for that. So, give them

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somewhere to be.
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any other I mean
>> The Red Cross The Red Cross blood

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drives.
>> They won't be able to do that down

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there.

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Because it's for us
cuz originally we was going to try to

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get everything set up over there for us.
But with them having trying to find

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enough room for four ti- four people
I just don't see

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going to be any room.
Where the EMS building's already set up

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for training. I got the
big screen. I don't know if any of you

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guys has been in there, but the one end
they got the big screen and

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for all your training and everything.
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I talked to Sam. He could tell you a
little bit more, but

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he's qualified to do CPR training.
And once we

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get that
If we get that building

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he can
train well teachers down here to the

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school or just the general public that
would like CPR training.

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Where
over here there

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we're pretty much I think it's going to
be women to

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maybe not the first year, but I
pretty much guarantee

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» I I see I don't see us putting money
into that

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when I don't know that it's going to
last that long.

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» They hit hit hit me up about it the
other day and I talked to Renee. I said,

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"Hey, what are your thoughts? Have they
talked to you?"

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She seemed pretty open to it that they
share the building, but I told

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somebody along the line, I said, "I
don't know what if there's any concrete

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plans on
us staying here

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cuz we had talked about moving down
there, but are we staying here?"

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I said that was the big
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» Okay.
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our decision will have to be made off of
whatever the district's decision is

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as to how they want to approach it.
Whether they want to take this over.

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» Right.

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» Well, now it's up to you guys. The
district ain't got anything in this

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building.
They've got it in that building.

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But this building is
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in that
in that footprint, so

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just put it all in that footprint.
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As I said, does Brian know any more than
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» Yeah, can I add a little So, I will say
the district has not had any interest in

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this building.
Uh their focus is is truly on the fire

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department and they are curious what
your plans are for the EMS building. If

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there's a way
maybe to share part of that. Um when I

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say share, talking about supply storage.
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I mean, the options are
possible, but so I think they'll

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probably further discussions or
questions about what plans are for the

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EMS building. But right now, all the
focus is is on the fire and and making

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sure that's remodeled and suitable for
living conditions.

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» Okay. Well, from my end
who's going to pay the insurance and and

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the upkeep on the building down there?
>> Well, we're going to try to figure

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something out.

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» I mean

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from my side, that's one of the things
I'd be concerned about.

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You know, if it's temporary, that's one
thing. If it's

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if it's not, that's the reason we I
would we we probably need to know what

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their
what their plan's going to be.

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I mean, if it's all going to be over
there, okay.

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» When you're talking about if the
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going to be partially down here
on the

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the paying everything or just the
volunteers theirself down here?

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» You mean down there?
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» Well, surely they're going to pay for
the volunteers.

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» I have no idea. If the district has
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to do with the Inverness building,
that'll fall under the district

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insurance, utilities, all that.

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» Okay. Well, no, that's that's

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See, that's probably a workable
situation.

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And it would be better if it was
temporary rather than permanent.

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» Just curious, so if you don't use that
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for the volunteers and the training and
the district doesn't do anything with

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that building, what would you do with
that building? I mean, wouldn't it sit

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empty anyway? Wouldn't you still have to
pay the insurance

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» I'd move town stuff into it.
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» Yeah.
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And the whole premise of this thing is
everything's supposed to be in one

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location.

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» Well, it sounds good.
But how you going to

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» Well, our
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volunteers. The first four people here
having living quarters.

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Building's only so big unless they're
adding on to

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a bunch.

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» So the the big thing, I guess, that I
guess we're kind of confused about is

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not like there's going to be trucks
sitting down there or anything. This is

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more for the community side of the fire
department as well as training.

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So, if we could, you know, have that
building, we could use the bay portion

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of it where the ambulances park as an
indoor training ground for physical

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training stuff. You know, we could put
props in there, be out of the weather,

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stuff like that. The back side is a
fully equipped training room that the

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EMS has spent a lot of money on over the
years to build up to be a great training

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room.
And then down here at the fire

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department, they're turning our training
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Uh
then also, like Rick mentioned, the

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Lions Club does their pull-through
dinners consistently at this fire

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station. That won't be a thing anymore.
All the community events, like the

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community side of the fire station is
done. Now that is a fire station that

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makes runs.
That's pretty much it. It houses

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firefighters and makes runs.
So all the extracurricular events that

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go on at the fire station will likely
not be a thing anymore.

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So, when Rick's saying the Red Cross
stuff, they currently do that at DMS.

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Community CPR AED classes can be held
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And then like we said, the trainings
that require you to

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sit through PowerPoints and do that kind
of stuff could be held down there as

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well. That would be more of like the
quote-unquote community center side of

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the fire department that we've been
doing for years.

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» Right. No, I I get it. I just

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I guess my concern is what our cost on
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I mean, if it's going to be covered
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I don't have a problem with that as long
as as long as they don't work at all

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while
>> I guess right now I don't see a

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difference. There won't be any more cost
to it. Like what it is right at this

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moment, I guess.
>> would be more cost to it because if I'm

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going to have to pay insurance on it,
I'm already paying for fire protection

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through my taxes. That's what I'm
saying.

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» I guess
you're paying insurance on it right now,

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right?
>> [clears throat]

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» Yeah.
And if you keep it without us going in

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there, you'd still be paying taxes.
>> I'll still pay insurance on it, but I'll

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use it.
>> Got you.

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» Oh,
okay. I was I was hearing what he was

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saying here.
>> What were you saying? They weren't

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» Yeah. [clears throat]

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» Yeah, for the board, I suppose.
No, that's from the town's side. That's

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basically we're done there.
That would be my take on it.

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» Well, I guess
I'm not 100% but I I would say if we're

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forced to stay into this building with
them with no room and nothing,

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that we will lose
more volunteers than

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and you guys are just as well as us
we're going to suffer

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by it because you're not going to have
the manpower.

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» And that was my concern about it was
if we don't have a place for them to

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actually keep the volunteer fire
department going, I'm afraid we're

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pushing them out.
That was why I was very much entertained

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by the idea.

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» No, what Brian says it is is
on the insurance

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That's
I I would assume we would be fine with

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it, but
if we're going to pay the insurance and

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the upkeep and the lights and the heat
we're going to use it.

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» Yeah, we aren't asking you to do like a
takeover or anything. We're just

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thinking if there's a way we can make it
it's not going to be the rural volunteer

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fire department, it's going to be a
community building.

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And our thought is that everybody that
has, you know, like this building's used

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by the Lions Club, it's used by the
Chamber of Commerce, it would be a

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similar style thing unless you guys had
a better plan for it.

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Cuz we don't want to see another
building sit vacant in town and

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that building's currently used for stuff
and this building's currently used for

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stuff that won't be able to be anymore.
So, if we could kind of

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do something like that, that'd be nice
to keep the community side of things

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going.

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» And so, Brian, you said that they would
just be maybe wanting to use that for

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storage, part of that for storage is
possible.

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» There's all the options are open.
There's just

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» No real plan for it right now,
so.

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» Further,
>> yeah, but right now it's

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the big question is, we know that the
fire station

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um will be part of the district. The
town will

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lease it or
bill of sale whatever has to work.

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Uh EMS just waiting on confirmation that
that's also what the town wants to do is

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to lease that or or have hand that
transfer it over to the district with

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When I say transfer it over and lease
it, it's always a stipulation of if it's

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never been It's not going to be used for
the district for the fire station or

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training facility or whatever they
reverse it back to the town.

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Um
which is what Pueblo is going to be

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doing. So,
if if the EMS building is something the

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town also wants to transfer to the
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then that can happen. I think that there
should be some collaboration though

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between the district and what the town
wants it to be used for. So, if the fire

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department wants to use it for
for things, I think that needs to be

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part of the conversation
uh before we turn anything over.

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» Right. I agree with
>> All right.

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» Yeah.
>> Is there any truth to the rumors we're

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hearing that there might be four?
>> Yeah.

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» People have done that the first time.
>> The plan is four. Uh it is contingent

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upon getting 15 to 20 civilian
paramedics.

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But, the battalion chief will be
stationed out here.

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Um
they're going to put a battalion chief

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in each corner of the county and one in
the center or

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east side.
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and then with the three firefighter
medics out here, that will give you your

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four.

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Pueblo has three assigned to it.
When I say three, it's for 24 hours, you

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need three.
>> Yeah.

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» And when it comes to the civilian
paramedics, uh they

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we're looking at the the areas that need
the paramedics the most, which is out

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here.
And so, that's where those those

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positions be filled first
uh before they spread the paramedics out

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to other
other other areas of the county.

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» Cuz it would be To me, it would be nice
if

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some of the
the uppers would come out and maybe sit

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and talk with the fire or even the town
or whatever.

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Cuz we had the meeting over here
and since then

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I haven't heard nothing.
And one of the main comments was is

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we're going to have to get the warrior
in on this

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getting these trucks figured out, so we
and that's been

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what? A month, 6 weeks ago?
>> 6 weeks.

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» And we haven't heard one thing about
signing for the use of the trucks or

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or anything.
>> So, the there's more plan meetings for

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out here. The first meeting we had was
more of

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the goal was to receive the information
from the volunteer side of what they

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want the structure to look like and what
what means most to to the volunteers.

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And since then it it's not a it's not
easy decision to make right away.

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Um
if it was, the district would just say,

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"You're doing this and this is how we're
doing it." So, what they've done is

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taken a lot of feedback and there was
good feedback from out here

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uh into consideration to look at the
legal side of stuff, to see what

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precedence been set out there, see what
insurance says we can and can't do. And

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so, all that stuff's been happening
behind the scenes and I think we're at a

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very good spot where we can come out and
lay out a preliminary structure of what

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the volunteer side looks like along with
career and see how well that's

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is received and if we need to make any
tweaks, we would

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go back and make some more tweaks on
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Uh regarding the buildings and the
apparatus, um

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there is uh the district just asked
yesterday to get a list

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of
the buildings, the apparatus and

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equipment
of what the the department, the town

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would like to transfer over to the
district and then get that list put

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together and then
between the the attorneys of the

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district and then also the attorneys of
the town and the fire department, all

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the entities that own this equipment can
work together to get that agreement in

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place of what that transfer looks like.
Right now we just need the first list to

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start.

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» Transfer meaning no consideration? Is
that what everybody's doing?

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» Uh
I have actually a phone call on Friday

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morning with the attorneys to to ask
because they're they're they're saying

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for the real estate, typically it's a
bill of sale with the the exception in

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there of
>> Right, a reversion.

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» Yep. Yep. Um the equipment and all that
is more of of just the

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the transfer of ownership
whatever they call that.

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Uh and then we can set that price for
whatever it is. I think most everyone's

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going with a dollar.
Um I did have questions about leasing

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because a lot of the other departments
do a lease program.

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Uh all the townships, I'm sorry, have a
lease program with with the districts

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and that's what they want to talk to me
about on Friday morning to see what that

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lease would look like.
>> So when it comes to the real estate

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do they lease or is the lease like $1?
Is that what it is?

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» $1, yeah.
>> But do then does the district then pay

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for the upkeep and so they would take
care of the HVAC and all of the

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» Yes, everything. The insurance,
for example, PO, I think they sold

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theirs, but their sale to Southwest Fire
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contingent upon that station is no
longer an operating fire station that it

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would revert back to the township before
the price that they paid for, which was

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a dollar.
>> Got it.

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» No, I don't think that it would probably
be a problem to do that down there. I

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just
I'm just looking at it from the

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from the side that

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if we're raising their taxes
to take care of certain things

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» [clears throat]
>> we shouldn't have to spend any more

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money. That's what my point is.
>> But I guess if I look at it the way

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you're looking at it
and if it's your point of view

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» that's
that's different.

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» But if I look at it the true point of
view, I'm paying taxes, why in the hell

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should we even volunteer then?
Cuz we're paying

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we're paying just as much as everybody
else and we're still volunteering.

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So, by looking at the way you're
thinking

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is
yeah, we

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» The way I'm thinking is I'm looking out
for the taxpayer.

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» Yeah.
And so am I and you got to do with

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whatever you can do
on the tax side of it far as making

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things but
I'm just thinking the same thing is

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we're paying the same amount of taxes
everybody else but yet we're still

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volunteers and we're getting pretty much
nothing for it.

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But yeah, we can go on.
I think we've

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beat this one enough that
No, I don't know until we can find out

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from the administration.
>> we

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we see what
you know, is this a year thing or is it

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a five-year thing?
>> I mean, I guess for us

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we were looking at it like separate from
the district, I guess.

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» Why would that Why would we do that?
>> You mean the building? This building?

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» It it would be
I mean, cuz the volunteers and the paid

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guys are going to be treated different.
I I I mean, it's given.

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» I mean, we're still we're going to be
separate entities at the end.

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» Right.
But

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» So, if Wait.
So, is it in the plan for us to lease

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that building also for a dollar?
The fire and the EMS building? Is that

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what the intention was originally?
>> No.

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It was all going to be under one
building.

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» just that building.
>> Yeah. [snorts]

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» But Brian, you said that they've been
[clears throat] asking about this

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building and the fire and the EMS
building.

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» Not really asking. It's Like I said, the
focus has been on making sure this is up

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and running cuz they'd like to get the
ambulance down here, so it's all in one

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building. Make sure that's livable.
They're

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I guess the big question mark is is that
building going to be also turned over to

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the district to be able to use. And if
so, like I said [clears throat] earlier,

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if it is, I would make it
depending on what you want to use it

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for, contingent upon they can use it,
but also the town wants to use it for

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whatever. And I I think I think the
>> the things that Brian was just

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mentioning, which is
seems reasonable to me.

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» For example, the Holden fire,
uh we're we're looking at building a new

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This is kind of small scale, but putting
a larger

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uh shed in the back because we have a
ton of chairs and tables that are just

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all over the place in the back room.
Need to get those moved out. And they're

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Holden fire's disabled and chairs. And
so, we're building this larger shed, and

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half of it's going to be where the mower
and all that stuff's going to be where

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the the members that's there at the
station will be able to use the mower to

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grass, but the back part's going to be
where all the tables and chairs and

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stuff that's
holding fires that

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we want to continue using that the
district doesn't really have any

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interest in.
Um

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we're going to store that stuff in in
the back there. So, it'll be a building

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the structure will be covered under the
insurance of the district.

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Um but, we are going to be using part of
it for holding fires.

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» Well, now we'll we'll figure it out.
Where I was at was saying

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You're part of the Holden Fire
Department, right?

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What are your guys' plans for your
volunteers

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coordinating with the career?
I mean, are you guys still training in

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that building?
>> Yeah. Yes. Um

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I know I I hear
I hear a lot

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concerns based upon maybe what others
have seen throughout the county over the

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years when it comes to the volunteers
and the career.

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I'll just say this, I'm heavily involved
in the district, and I've been really

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pushing hard about the volunteer
uh presence within this district and

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creating that structure, and I
um

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if I didn't feel like it was going to be
possible, I'm I mean, I'm I'm wasting my

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time here. I I've been spending a lot of
time involved in it, especially with the

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information that came from from out here
with all the the volunteers and ensuring

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that that continues to be
uh pushed forward. And there's been some

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some push back on some things that, you
know, career uh

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career firefighters are used to doing,
not understanding the volunteer side.

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I feel like it's my role to try to make
sure that's visible, and I feel really

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confident where we're at. So, yes, uh
Holden Fire,

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uh the training training's available out
there. Also, there will be uh

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a schedule to see where the trainings
are at in the county. So, if there is a

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training that night at Hopland, they can
go someplace else in the in the county

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to get trained.
Um

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making accommodations cuz our trainings
usually Thursday nights. So, we're

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looking at doing Thursday night and
Saturday morning trainings

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um
out there at Hopland. Not every single

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Thursday Saturday, but that's when the
trainings to accommodate the schedules

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for the volunteers.
Um

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and uh more more a lot more joint
trainings between Laurel Hill,

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Hopland, and uh possibly uh oh
um

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So, those are those are all the
expectations.

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I don't
I I know some people don't believe this,

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but I I don't see much changing when it
comes to the volunteer activity early

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on. Uh because we have three people
getting on a truck, that next truck's

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got to be staffed by somebody.
Someday when we get to possibly six

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people at a station,
uh that's a point where I think it it'll

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it'll uh make it difficult for the
volunteers to make runs because by the

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time they get to the station, the first
two trucks are going to be out the door,

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and there might not be anything else to
take. Um

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and I recognize that, but I that's
probably going to be something that's

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more 8 to 10 years down the road.
>> I'm going to say that.

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Good afternoon.
sandwich

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Good afternoon.

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» What did he say?
>> So, that that answers your question.

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» No, as far as if that comes back to the
if if that building down there

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if the
if that's going to be the town,

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we'll put equipment in the two bays
that's there.

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And then the training room could be used
for whatever. It will be no big deal.

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You agree, Rich?
>> Yes. Yes.

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You know, I got I said the whole the
whole premise we got forced into this is

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everything had to be done at one spot.
So, now you know, like it's the EMS

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building. So, now the fire department
wants to take over the building for

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training purposes. Why I mean, if you're
training for the fire department, why

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wouldn't you want to train for the fire
inspection with all your equipment on?

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It makes no sense to me.

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» Is it just it Is it just your thought
that it might happen that you'll get

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pushed out?
>> Yeah.

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» There's really no good place to train
you guys.

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» Yeah. And like if we're talking
classroom training here,

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EMS has a fully equipped classroom. And
I'm not saying we want to take over the

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whole building. Like I said,
we want it to be a community building

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for the community to use.
And you can't put drives upstairs cuz

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people can't walk up the stairs
and stuff like that. We can dump a bunch

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of money cuz the districts already said
all they're doing is plain flooring and

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new paint. That is it. They're not
touching anything else up there.

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And it needs a lot more than that and
they are not touching it.

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So, if the fire department was to spend
our own money to remodel the upstairs to

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be
an almost okay similar comparable

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training room to the EMS, there's
nothing that says when there is six

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people over here, they don't just tear
it all out or kick us out and make the

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upstairs a bunk room like they're doing
to the downstairs.

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Cuz right now there's going to be four
guys over there

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and there's no way you can have more
than four guys there without ripping out

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the living quarters and completely
redoing it. It's you can't do it.

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So.

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Ideally, it would be fantastic to have
everything in the same spot.

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And if they could, you know, take out
one of our bays and completely redo all

439
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:10,200
that the correct way like they should be
doing, that would be awesome. But

440
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,200
they're not going to do that, so.

441
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:18,320
» Let me let me talk to the EMS before we
do

442
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,320
anything.

443
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,480
They've got a lot of work in that
building, so.

444
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:33,520
I'm not going to I'm not I don't want to
volunteer something that that

445
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:39,560
will cause more problems.
>> I guess if you're asking I I

446
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,560
I'll just give myself

447
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,680
» I did.

448
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,600
Matt.

449
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:57,600
Yes.
>> I am representing the company I work for

450
00:31:54,160 --> 00:32:02,200
tonight. Um we have a past-due invoice
of $8,400

451
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:06,640
for a pole assembly and a hand
that evidently was knocked down and it

452
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:10,880
was due on May 23rd.
>> It's

453
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:14,160
just sent out with the main into that.
>> Okay.

454
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,880
» The check was just sent out to
Indianapolis.

455
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,960
» Okay.
>> To my home office.

456
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:21,000
» Okay.
>> Yeah.

457
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,000
» Okay. Good bye.

458
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:28,200
» Has the invoice been paid?
>> No, because this is the the liability

459
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:32,577
one where it was hit by
>> Right, but the liability is not my

460
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:36,440
company's issue and
>> [snorts]

461
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:42,560
» and you're 90 days past due.
My salesman is on $8,400. He can't get

462
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:48,000
his paychecks because they make they get
paid on commission.

463
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:54,080
So, this is a huge issue. I always used
to order parts for the town in good

464
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:56,440
faith. We were always paid. I actually
>> They've always They've always been good

465
00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:02,040
with us.
>> And and I all and I quoted this.

466
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:06,000
And I would have no idea it was not
approved when it was ordered.

467
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:08,360
» I don't have an issue with that being
paid. We still can pursue people

468
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:12,360
» No,
just

469
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:17,000
just go ahead and pay it.
Wherever you can pay it out of and then

470
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:23,800
we will get the money back from the
We filed charges on the guy, so

471
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,800
Yeah.

472
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,400
Okay.
That.

473
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,840
» Tim.
>> Well, I did have a question those two

474
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:37,000
lots [clears throat] on Barnhart.
Do I need to order the appraisal or are

475
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:40,400
you doing that?
>> You want me to? I can.

476
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,920
» I don't care.
I don't know which lots they are, so if

477
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,520
you want me to do it, I just need to
know

478
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,720
» the addresses.
>> I can get them.

479
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:50,160
» Okay.
Okay.

480
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:52,600
» This has to be a licensed appraiser,
correct?

481
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:55,120
» Mhm.
>> Okay.

482
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:07,560
» Bobby.
>> Um do we want to do the budget hearing

483
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:11,000
on the 16th or the 21st of this month?
>> I thought we had it scheduled.

484
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,399
» I'm just double-checking. Right now,
it's scheduled for the 16th.

485
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,960
» Yeah, that's what I have.
>> What time?

486
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,840
7:00.
>> 7:00, same as the

487
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,560
» conflict.

488
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:27,240
I mean, it's 6:30, I'm pretty sure. What
do you prefer, 5:00 or 7:00?

489
00:34:25,639 --> 00:34:30,120
» What now?
>> We have to do like the open hearing for

490
00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:33,480
the budget.
>> Right.

491
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:38,679
On
September what now?

492
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,679
» 16th or 23rd?

493
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,200
» Probably the 16th.

494
00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:51,919
I don't know. What is
>> Does everyone have to be here? Cuz I

495
00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:54,879
have a I
>> Got to have a

496
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:56,399
We got to have a quorum.
>> So

497
00:34:55,600 --> 00:35:01,040
» I can be
>> You can be here and Rich can take the

498
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,040
minutes for that.

499
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,880
Unless Mike
makes it gets over it.

500
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:10,400
Starts at 6:00.
>> Can you be here at the 16th, Rich?

501
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:15,280
» Yes.
>> Okay. 7:00?

502
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,280
» Yeah.

503
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:25,960
» How about you, Chad? You good? Yeah.
>> He said he's good.

504
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,960
» Okay. I'm good. So

505
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,280
» What time?
6:00?

506
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,120
» Or 7:00?
>> 7:00.

507
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,920
» 7:00.
>> Cuz at 6:00 I can make it.

508
00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:35,920
» Okay.

509
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,920
Allen Street

510
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,960
to redo Allen Street

511
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:55,840
and to do it properly.

512
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:03,320
The state will kick in $668,000.

513
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:10,720
But
we have to kick in 368.

514
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:25,560
And 200,000 of that is water line.
There's no reason to

515
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:27,800
repave the street until there's a water
line.

516
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:38,240
Mhm?
200,000.

517
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:38,240
See, the state goes 75/25

518
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:48,800
on drainage and paved.
So, our

519
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:48,800
their their share is 668,000.

520
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,800
Ours would have been 168,000.

521
00:36:53,480 --> 00:37:02,920
But, with the water line
we got to pay that out of pocket.

522
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:08,720
And I guess my question Bobby and I just
talked about this.

523
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,720
There's

524
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:16,440
places we can get the money. Seed is
probably the easiest.

525
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:22,880
But, do we want to
it's going to leave us

526
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,920
without a lot of money.
>> Don't use TIF.

527
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:29,640
» Pardon?
>> Don't use TIF.

528
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:37,000
That TIF fund, that's infrastructure.
>> I I think it has to be

529
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:40,560
in a designated TIF area.
>> Does that go

530
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:45,200
Well, how far are we going on Allen
Street?

531
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:45,200
» We're going to the forest.

532
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:50,680
» Can you still have that money?
>> I'm going to bet

533
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:53,160
you have it there, Tim.
>> Maybe.

534
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:06,280
» What Bobby, what are we paying out for
water thing? I know you said we had

535
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:10,880
172,000,
right? In the water.

536
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:13,680
» Yes. So, just the water utility right
now, it's

537
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:18,120
uh
payable I think out of what it is

538
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:24,240
quarter. And then just any
uh repairs that we have to do, supplies,

539
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:26,480
uh chemicals.
Things like that.

540
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:31,440
» Okay.
We don't have a bond.

541
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:34,440
» We do, actually.
>> Okay. That was what That's what I

542
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:39,240
thought.
>> In July, we just had a bond payment come

543
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,240
out.

544
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:47,080
» Do you remember about how much it was?
>> The payment was

545
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,480
» It's not like
>> 40

546
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:08,560
I want to say it was like 45,000.
Was the payment that came out. 24,000

547
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:11,280
was principal and 16 something was
interest.

548
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:17,640
» And that'll be due again next year.
Correct. Every 6 months.

549
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:22,680
» I think it's beginning of the month or
beginning of the year, yeah. So

550
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,680
» Okay. That's

551
00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:29,800
That's We could probably take a little
money out of that account, correct? Or

552
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:33,160
not?
>> I'm sure there is.

553
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:37,800
» Okay.
Okay.

554
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:41,520
And we have how much in storm drainage,
too?

555
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:46,640
You I know you gave me all these
numbers, but they're they're all home on

556
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,640
my desk.

557
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:07,800
» So, the storm sewer balance
>> It's 100 something what now?

558
00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:10,800
» At the end of July, it was 183,000.
>> 183,000.

559
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:17,920
Okay. Part of that is storm drainage,
too. So

560
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:27,640
if we took some out of water and some
out of storm,

561
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:37,120
probably have to take the rest out of
it. Where's the TIFF district? Yeah, I

562
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,480
need to get the map out.
I

563
00:40:37,283 --> 00:40:39,400
» [snorts]
>> I

564
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:42,480
» From South Street to Webster.
>> I thought we

565
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:44,720
Well, how far?
>> To Webster, this intersection right

566
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,440
here.
They basically do from South Street to

567
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,920
the post office.
>> Oh, god.

568
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:55,720
If South Street to the post office, we
could take money out of it because

569
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,240
that's part of it.
>> Right.

570
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:06,720
» I just want to make sure that before I
tell them

571
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:10,560
we can do it, that we can do it,
that we've got the money.

572
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:23,600
» At In-Seeded at the end of July, there's
676,000

573
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,600
in

574
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:28,000
» In-Seeded, yeah.

575
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,600
» And then

576
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:37,760
» If if
I don't really want to drain Seeded

577
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:43,200
because Seeded's easier to
when you have emergencies, it's easier

578
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:43,200
to use that money.

579
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:52,840
But we could take some out of the TIFF.
We could take some out of Seeded and we

580
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:57,960
could take
some out of water and storm drainage.

581
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:03,640
Are you confident that we're okay
money-wise?

582
00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:09,000
» I don't like spending that much money,
especially when we're doing another

583
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:16,400
project with the Columbus and Prospect.
So, it makes me nervous to do both.

584
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:16,400
» Okay, well, see that's going

585
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,760
I'm trying to remember how much that
was.

586
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:45,400
See, the only downside to not doing it

587
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:51,960
is $668,000
is state money.

588
00:42:56,640 --> 00:43:05,760
» How much would we need out of like our
portion of the Columbus and Prospect?

589
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:11,560
» That'll be 75/25.
They're paying 75, we're paying 25.

590
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,800
On both of the projects.
>> Yeah.

591
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,800
» On both of the projects, that's the way
they both work.

592
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:20,360
» Yeah.
Yeah, that's [snorts]

593
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:22,960
» So, what are we looking at dollar amount
for that one?

594
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:29,320
» I don't remember how much it was now.

595
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:34,440
I know it was going to take it out of
state.

596
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:11,040
I thought our portion was 140,000
I think.

597
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:21,920
600
500,000

598
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:25,960
I think.
We've got maybe about 500,000.

599
00:44:30,465 --> 00:44:35,920
» [snorts]
>> I don't really want to let the 668 go

600
00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:35,920
by.

601
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:45,400
» But I'm sure
>> We could probably take 150 or 200 out of

602
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:47,440
out of
TIF.

603
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,760
» Okay.
>> That's 971

604
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:55,880
I think.
>> Okay. So, yeah.

605
00:44:53,520 --> 00:45:01,440
As long as we can use
I would say a third

606
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:03,800
on in TIF, then I think we should be
good.

607
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:07,520
» Okay.
Okay.

608
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:10,440
Are you guys okay with doing that?
>> Sure.

609
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:12,880
» Good.
Okay.

610
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:20,160
Yeah.
>> I just had

611
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:22,280
a couple of people complaining about the
conditions of

612
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:26,040
the
landscaping done in the

613
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:29,600
park.
So, everything that you do about the

614
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:33,960
dead display I wouldn't worry about
that. It's not

615
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:38,680
» That's the email I forwarded to you.
>> Oh, yeah.

616
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:43,920
So,
>> I just I got a picture of a tree that's

617
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:47,560
leaning and and dead
foliage.

618
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:53,200
» I didn't The only looking briefly
through her email and the photos, we

619
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:56,800
could maybe get her them for the garden.
For the weeds being too high, but I'm

620
00:45:54,840 --> 00:46:02,120
not seeing anything
in there. I know she cited the bushes

621
00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:06,800
could possibly could on fire, but
there's nothing in that the ordinances

622
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:11,680
that I have found that I can compel
somebody to rip bushes out for fire

623
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:14,840
hazard reasons.
So, I I think that

624
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:19,360
I think you were going to look over it
when we needed to make a face-to-face to

625
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:22,840
brainstorm anything further, but I think
at most we could maybe hit them with a

626
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:25,760
weed violation ticket for the that's
overgrown.

627
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:30,440
But, if they want to let it I know one
of the email concerns is they just

628
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:34,640
put a bunch of stuff on like they just
redid the roof down there and they have

629
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:38,360
a tree growing onto it.
That's a them problem. If they want to

630
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:44,280
spend a bunch money on a roof and then
not prune a tree but prune a tree back

631
00:46:41,240 --> 00:46:47,600
to keep their investment safe.
That's That's a them problem, not a not

632
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:51,720
a town problem.
Unless I'm missing something.

633
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:53,640
» That's what town body think you're
thinking.

634
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:58,160
I'm just trying to break it
>> And the same with some of the other

635
00:46:55,200 --> 00:47:02,960
overhanging trees like
I know there's I have to get back into

636
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:07,400
the roots of it in regards to
I think certain things there can't

637
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:10,400
overhang so far, but
how do we judge that? Also, how do we

638
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:14,840
judge that?
And some of that is

639
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:14,840
I guess

640
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:19,760
And whatever list that I was going to
make doesn't make any point as a town

641
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:24,560
ordinance, but how do how do we judge
that though of

642
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:29,920
overhanging and what what precedence are
we going to set

643
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:34,960
within judging that
in regards to tree overhanging and

644
00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:38,640
But, I think that I know the town will
easiest one will be the garden, but it's

645
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:43,160
again, it's just you can take a street
sweeper and

646
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:46,280
get all that out of there and
you know, unless there's something

647
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,400
I'm missing.

648
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:57,680
Cuz she sent me an email, called me, and
sent me the email with a bunch of stuff.

649
00:47:56,120 --> 00:48:01,160
I did look over it. That's the only
That's I really jumped out.

650
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:04,200
I can do
>> There wasn't nothing that really jumped

651
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:10,120
out there.
>> I put some more time into it and sift

652
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:13,840
through them more, but
I don't think we have we have tall

653
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:19,040
grass.
I don't know if we have enough

654
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:24,640
to cover nuisances for the trees. I just
I don't know if we would if we

655
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:28,480
if that's broad enough to cover tree or
I get I

656
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:31,640
grass being too tall and how that could
bring in other critters and how that is

657
00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:34,600
nuisance
issues.

658
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:37,720
I can dig a little deeper just to make
sure all this is complied.

659
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:46,200
» Joe, no.
Uh we're we do have one tree at Central

660
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:52,160
on Webster.
It's that the town's going to take take

661
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:57,680
down. It's it's
huge.

662
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:57,680
And it's

663
00:48:58,240 --> 00:49:01,280
it's hollow.

664
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:11,400
And we got prices from
a couple different places, but I

665
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:19,000
honestly don't remember what they were,
but Joe and Wiggans was by far the

666
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:19,000
cheapest, and Joe has insurance, so

667
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:35,000
I've got some notices that I'm going to
have you deliver hand deliver

668
00:49:33,079 --> 00:49:40,040
» [snorts]
>> at 409 Elm and

669
00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:50,360
but I've got to update the date because
Tim sent them to me.

670
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:56,400
And
I just printed them today, and you sent

671
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:59,360
them all to me on the 17th.
I realized that.

672
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:04,920
So, I will update the dates.
And then

673
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» I'll follow up with you Friday.
>> Um yeah, 202 row just take a look at

674
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them ahead of time
and 409.

675
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:19,800
» Motion to adjourn.
>> Vote to adjourn.

676
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:23,160
» No.
>> No, we're good.

677
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:26,080
» Tim makes a motion.
>> I'll second.

678
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:29,920
» Got a motion and a second. All those in
favor signify by saying aye.

679
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:33,640
Aye.
All opposed, same sign.

680
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,220
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