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I declare the next

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meeting of the Board of

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Trustees

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open on Tuesday,

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October 6, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.

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I will conduct a roll call.

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Caretaker Keller.

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Present.

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Caretaker

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McGurren.

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Present.

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Caretaker Nelson

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.

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Present.

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Caretaker Pike.

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Present.

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Caretaker Porter.

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Present.

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Caretaker Rowdy.

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Present.

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And President Watken,

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absent. The next

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item will be

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the appointment of an

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interim

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village President for the

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meeting on October 6, 2026

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.

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Nominations are open. Are

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there any suggestions?

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I propose to elect

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John Porter as

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Acting

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President.

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I support

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the candidacy.

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Good. Are there any other

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candidates? OK.

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Since there are no others, the

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nomination is complete.

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We have already voted.

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Sorry, we have a

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second candidate. We will

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now vote

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on

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Trustee

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Porter's nomination for the position of

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interim

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Village President.

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Can we move on to

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the voting of the

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Council members? The vote,

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sorry, was in

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support. Those who are "in favor",

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please say "in favor".

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By. Who is "against"?

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OK. The proposal

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is accepted.

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Trustee

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Porter has been elected

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interim

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Village President and will

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preside over the

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remainder of the meeting.

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We have, I have a book that will

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help you

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navigate

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what... Here I was

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asked to start with

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point number two.

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Good. The next

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item is approval of

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the minutes of the meeting

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of September 1, 2026.

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Is there a proposal

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to approve the protocol?

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I propose to approve

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the minutes for September.

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Is there support? I

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support.

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Good. The proposal

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was put forward and

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supported. Are there

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any corrections or

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discussions? OK.

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I see that there is none. Who is "

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for", please say "

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for".

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By.

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Who is "against"? I don't see.

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Okay, the offer

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is accepted. Number three,

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comments from the audience. This is the

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next item,

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comments from the floor. This is an

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opportunity for

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North Hudson residents, property owners and businesses

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to inform Council of

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new topics, issues or

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opportunities that are

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not on

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today's

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agenda but

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that require

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consideration at a

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future

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meeting.

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There are 3 minutes for comments

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, and although there are

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no members of the public,

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I read it anyway.

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the public is

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important.

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So, with that we move on

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. Well, okay. New

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cases, item number

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four.

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Administrator

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Albert, do you have

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any comments or

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updates for the Council?

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a reminder that we are

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in budget

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season now. We have already

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held several

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working meetings. We are on

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schedule

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to submit the draft

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budget to the

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Finance Committee

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at the next

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meeting, which, as

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we will discuss later,

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will be postponed to

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October, even though this is

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officially a November

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meeting. If the

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Finance Committee

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decides to make such

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a recommendation, this

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budget will be

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presented to the

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Village Council for review

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and discussion.

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Assuming that

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any changes that

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arise from

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this discussion

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are made to the

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public hearings scheduled for late November,

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it is at these that the budget

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will be approved for

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further

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progress. So,

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things are progressing well with the budget

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election season, and we

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remind you again that the

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next elections

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will be held on

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November 3rd. We began

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sending out absentee

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ballots on September 17, and we

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would like to remind you that

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in-person absentee voting

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begins on

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October 20, the schedule is

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listed on the my vote website.

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available for

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in-person

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absentee

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ballot voting. We also

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want to mention

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flyers from third

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parties. The

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Wisconsin Election Commission

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sent out a

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notice about the

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increase in

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third-party mailers being

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sent to

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Wisconsin voters,

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they notified the

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clerks, and I

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just wanted to

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pass this

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information along because I think it's

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important. This

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causes a lot of

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confusion. So, if

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you received a postcard,

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letter, or form

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encouraging you to

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vote

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absentee

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or telling you to

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register—I've already

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posted about it on

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Facebook. While some of these

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mailings look

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quite official, they

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may not be coming

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from the Wisconsin Election Commission

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or the

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clerks.

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Please be aware that these

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forms, which you may

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receive from

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third parties, are not

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your

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ballot. I think this

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caused a lot of

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confusion. People

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assume they are

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already registered

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to vote by

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absentee ballot

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, but they are not, and in

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some cases they

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provide a pre-

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filled

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absentee

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ballot request form. They just

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say to send it to

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your secretary, but the

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fine print

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says

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to make sure

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you have the ID in the database.

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We see them

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coming without ID. So

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now we have to

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send them back to

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people. So we simply

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ask everyone to carefully

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review the mail

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you may

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receive.

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Make sure

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it is truly from the

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Wisconsin Election Commission. Some

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of them even have the

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secretary's name on them, even though

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we didn't send them.

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Again, they

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may contain

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outdated or

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incorrect

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voter information. So, what

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we and the

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Wisconsin Elections Commission

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are reminding you of is:

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please visit the

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official Wisconsin

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Elections Commission website

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, where you

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will find out if

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you are registered and

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where you can also request an

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absentee ballot. So we

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really encourage

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people to use

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this particular election

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site. I repeat, this is

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myvote.wi.gov. This will be your

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reliable source of

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information. So if

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you have any

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questions, please

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call us.

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We understand that this

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can be confusing.

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One other thing

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we wanted to mention

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about absentee voting

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: there's a

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certain perception or

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idea that

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absentee voting is a

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safer way to vote

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than in-person

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voting, and I

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want to clarify again:

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Minnesota and

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Wisconsin

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are different. In

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Wisconsin, if you

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send an

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absentee ballot by mail

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or come and

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vote in person,

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that ballot is

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actually

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counted or

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filed the same

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day the

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polls open. So

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if something happened on

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Election Day that

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prevented

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vote registration,

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it would affect all

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votes in Wisconsin.

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Early

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voting does not

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mean that your

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ballot

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is counted

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early. You just

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make your choice, and

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we store it

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here. So there is some

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confusion between

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early

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voting in

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Minnesota and

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in-person

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absentee voting in

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Wisconsin. These are slightly

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different processes. So we

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just wanted to

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remind people about that

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. There are no security advantages here

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.

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Do you know when

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they arrive? Are

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they scanned immediately,

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or how does it happen

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when they...

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Yes, we record that

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they are received or

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returned, and then

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they are stored in a

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secure place until

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Election Day, after

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which they are counted

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or...

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Are they processed on

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Election Day immediately,

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or...

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During the day, when the

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time comes.

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Of course. I

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was just curious

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how it works.

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Yes. So, a few more

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updates. I would like to remind you about

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the motorcycle rally, especially

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for residents of

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the southern part of

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the city, which is

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planned for this

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weekend. So on Saturday

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mornings you may

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notice an increase in

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traffic.

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Last month,

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11 new

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licenses for

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construction workers were approved. We

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also approved two

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new licenses for

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door-to-door delivery people—people

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who are allowed to

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go door-to-door—

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and this is another update

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from Anderson. They were

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here earlier this year

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and applied for a

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new license, which

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was approved. And one more thing:

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the permit for

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specialized

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repair crews is valid

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until the end of this weekend

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. We have one

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operator license,

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no

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utility permits,

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which were obtained in

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September. We did

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receive one new

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utility permit

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this week.

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So, you may

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notice that some

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cable companies

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are starting

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to step up, but

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as of September, they

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weren't. Additionally,

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we did not have a Zoning

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Board meeting in October

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, and

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at this point,

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nothing is

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scheduled for November. This is all

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my information.

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Very good. The next

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issue is consideration of

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postponing the

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November

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Council meeting. Is there

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an offer?

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I move that the

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next meeting of the

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Board of Trustees be postponed from

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Tuesday, November 3,

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2026, to Tuesday,

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October 27, 2026,

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due to the

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2026 general election.

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Is there a second party that

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supports it? I

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support.

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Thank you, Mary. Em.

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The proposal was

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made and

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supported. Are there

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any discussions,

429
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pertinent debates, or

430
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explanations?

431
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Yes, I think we

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see this

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every two years,

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certainly because of the

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November elections.

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So we just want to

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move the meeting a

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week earlier so that there is

439
00:10:01,091 --> 00:10:02,222
no conflict with the

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00:10:02,222 --> 00:10:04,495
election period.

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Will the Finance

442
00:10:05,620 --> 00:10:06,650
Committee meet

443
00:10:06,650 --> 00:10:08,432
before the Council meeting?

444
00:10:08,432 --> 00:10:13,047
Yes.

445
00:10:13,047 --> 00:10:15,538
Good. Are there any other

446
00:10:15,538 --> 00:10:17,685
discussions? If

447
00:10:17,685 --> 00:10:19,105
there are no "for", please

448
00:10:19,105 --> 00:10:20,129
say "yes".

449
00:10:20,129 --> 00:10:20,924
Yes.

450
00:10:20,924 --> 00:10:22,963
Who is "against"?

451
00:10:22,963 --> 00:10:25,461
The proposal is accepted. The

452
00:10:25,461 --> 00:10:26,481
next item is

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00:10:26,481 --> 00:10:27,566
consideration of the adoption of the

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proposed

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00:10:28,491 --> 00:10:29,769
resolution. Is there

456
00:10:29,769 --> 00:10:31,932
an offer?

457
00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:33,143
John, I move to

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approve amendments to

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Chapter 94 of the

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00:10:35,490 --> 00:10:36,967
North Hudson Township Code of Ordinances

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00:10:36,967 --> 00:10:38,481
, Articles 1, 2, and 3,

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relating to

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water and

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00:10:40,753 --> 00:10:41,927
sewer, to

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reflect the transfer of

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utilities

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to the City of Hudson.

468
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Thank you, Brian. Is there a

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second party that

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supports it?

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I support.

472
00:10:53,838 --> 00:10:55,951
Thank you, Kirk.

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The proposal was

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made and

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00:10:57,625 --> 00:10:59,442
supported. Are there

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any discussions?

477
00:11:01,860 --> 00:11:02,827
Let me provide

478
00:11:02,827 --> 00:11:04,007
a little context on

479
00:11:04,007 --> 00:11:06,933
this. So, when we

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signed a contract with

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00:11:08,157 --> 00:11:08,879
the

482
00:11:08,879 --> 00:11:09,946
utility to

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00:11:09,946 --> 00:11:11,515
transfer the

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00:11:11,546 --> 00:11:12,676
township's water and sewerage to the

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City of Hudson, we

486
00:11:13,618 --> 00:11:14,810
agreed to adopt the

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city's

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00:11:15,815 --> 00:11:16,537
water and

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00:11:16,537 --> 00:11:20,580
sewerage ordinances. So,

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00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:21,507
our ordinances

491
00:11:21,507 --> 00:11:22,700
will remain in effect

492
00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:23,992
for stormwater, but

493
00:11:23,992 --> 00:11:24,754
for water and

494
00:11:24,754 --> 00:11:26,045
sewer—that was

495
00:11:26,045 --> 00:11:27,304
part of the signed

496
00:11:27,304 --> 00:11:30,580
agreement. The reason for

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00:11:30,580 --> 00:11:31,708
the slight delay

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is that

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the city was in the process

500
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of reviewing its

501
00:11:34,873 --> 00:11:35,813
ordinances and they

502
00:11:35,813 --> 00:11:36,815
just approved

503
00:11:36,815 --> 00:11:39,190
their new rules.

504
00:11:39,190 --> 00:11:40,034
So now they

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00:11:40,034 --> 00:11:40,848
have asked us to

506
00:11:40,848 --> 00:11:41,536
adopt those

507
00:11:41,536 --> 00:11:42,662
resolutions that they

508
00:11:42,662 --> 00:11:43,882
recently updated and

509
00:11:43,882 --> 00:11:44,952
approved. So,

510
00:11:44,952 --> 00:11:45,734
again, this

511
00:11:45,734 --> 00:11:46,734
applies to their

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00:11:46,734 --> 00:11:47,859
water and

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00:11:47,859 --> 00:11:48,609
sewer policies,

514
00:11:48,609 --> 00:11:49,766
as they are now

515
00:11:49,766 --> 00:11:50,860
responsible for those

516
00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:53,239
utilities.

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00:11:53,239 --> 00:11:54,436
So, essentially, ours

518
00:11:54,436 --> 00:11:55,895
looks the same as

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00:11:55,895 --> 00:12:00,223
theirs. Good.

520
00:12:00,223 --> 00:12:01,671
So, Gino, I have a

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00:12:01,671 --> 00:12:07,231
question. The unification of

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00:12:07,231 --> 00:12:08,354
water supply and

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00:12:08,354 --> 00:12:09,609
sewage made the

524
00:12:09,609 --> 00:12:10,864
village equal to the city,

525
00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:12,053
we are the same, and we have the

526
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same tariffs, and

527
00:12:13,176 --> 00:12:14,332
this decree that they

528
00:12:14,332 --> 00:12:15,587
just passed... I don't

529
00:12:15,587 --> 00:12:16,644
know if it was in

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00:12:16,644 --> 00:12:17,701
their previous

531
00:12:17,701 --> 00:12:18,824
decree or if it's just in the

532
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new one, where they

533
00:12:19,749 --> 00:12:20,872
really create

534
00:12:20,872 --> 00:12:21,863
different categories of

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00:12:21,863 --> 00:12:22,788
consumers for

536
00:12:22,788 --> 00:12:27,979
sewage.

537
00:12:27,979 --> 00:12:29,083
The distinction between

538
00:12:29,083 --> 00:12:30,395
the city and those

539
00:12:30,395 --> 00:12:31,569
outside the city, and this

540
00:12:31,569 --> 00:12:32,846
seems to reveal

541
00:12:32,846 --> 00:12:33,917
something that I

542
00:12:33,917 --> 00:12:34,745
thought we had already

543
00:12:34,745 --> 00:12:35,954
agreed on in our

544
00:12:35,954 --> 00:12:39,204
initial agreement. And I

545
00:12:39,204 --> 00:12:39,934
just want to

546
00:12:39,934 --> 00:12:40,961
make sure that

547
00:12:40,961 --> 00:12:42,122
accepting this doesn't

548
00:12:42,122 --> 00:12:43,182
invalidate the

549
00:12:43,182 --> 00:12:44,442
agreement we signed that

550
00:12:44,442 --> 00:12:45,569
we are ratepayers at the

551
00:12:45,569 --> 00:12:46,829
same rates as the

552
00:12:46,829 --> 00:12:48,758
city.

553
00:12:48,758 --> 00:12:49,593
No, that's a valid

554
00:12:49,593 --> 00:12:50,952
question, and the reason

555
00:12:50,952 --> 00:12:52,066
it's still in

556
00:12:52,066 --> 00:12:53,459
their ordinances is

557
00:12:53,459 --> 00:12:54,400
because they

558
00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,688
serve other

559
00:12:55,688 --> 00:12:57,047
groups outside the city as well

560
00:12:57,047 --> 00:12:59,668
. But no, that's not true, and I

561
00:12:59,668 --> 00:13:00,925
was in charge of the contract

562
00:13:00,925 --> 00:13:01,730
, and the ordinances were

563
00:13:01,730 --> 00:13:02,826
reviewed by Becky

564
00:13:02,826 --> 00:13:04,083
Norman after

565
00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:05,759
we received them from the

566
00:13:05,791 --> 00:13:06,597
utility director

567
00:13:06,597 --> 00:13:09,616
. This will not

568
00:13:09,616 --> 00:13:11,102
cancel the agreement we

569
00:13:11,102 --> 00:13:12,735
have. So when you

570
00:13:12,735 --> 00:13:13,310
read this

571
00:13:13,310 --> 00:13:14,260
wording, we

572
00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:15,411
will be considered the same as the

573
00:13:15,411 --> 00:13:16,476
city, since

574
00:13:16,476 --> 00:13:17,512
we are now part of

575
00:13:17,512 --> 00:13:18,432
this

576
00:13:18,432 --> 00:13:19,691
utility. As they

577
00:13:19,691 --> 00:13:20,385
continue

578
00:13:20,385 --> 00:13:21,230
to offer and

579
00:13:21,230 --> 00:13:22,618
expand their

580
00:13:22,649 --> 00:13:23,675
water and

581
00:13:23,675 --> 00:13:24,520
sewer services outside of

582
00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:25,636
the city, these

583
00:13:25,636 --> 00:13:26,662
customers may be

584
00:13:26,662 --> 00:13:27,538
treated as

585
00:13:27,538 --> 00:13:28,533
wholesale customers,

586
00:13:28,533 --> 00:13:29,560
another

587
00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:30,525
utility when they

588
00:13:30,525 --> 00:13:31,642
move to other

589
00:13:31,642 --> 00:13:32,915
towns, and so on. But this is a

590
00:13:32,915 --> 00:13:33,949
valid clarifying

591
00:13:33,949 --> 00:13:35,114
question, but

592
00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:35,793
it does not

593
00:13:35,793 --> 00:13:37,162
apply to us. Our

594
00:13:37,162 --> 00:13:38,520
contractual status.

595
00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:39,711
Thank you. And one more

596
00:13:39,711 --> 00:13:40,849
additional question:

597
00:13:40,849 --> 00:13:42,017
from what I heard, our

598
00:13:42,017 --> 00:13:42,659
lawyer has already

599
00:13:42,659 --> 00:13:43,518
reviewed this.

600
00:13:43,518 --> 00:13:44,107
They both

601
00:13:44,107 --> 00:13:45,222
watched it, yes.

602
00:13:45,222 --> 00:13:47,610
Thank you.

603
00:13:47,610 --> 00:13:48,963
Okay, is there any more

604
00:13:48,963 --> 00:13:52,097
discussion?

605
00:13:52,097 --> 00:13:53,501
Since there is none, everyone in

606
00:13:53,501 --> 00:13:55,507
favor, say "yes."

607
00:13:55,507 --> 00:13:56,525
Yes.

608
00:13:56,525 --> 00:14:02,830
Against? Okay,

609
00:14:02,830 --> 00:14:06,210
the offer is accepted.

610
00:14:06,210 --> 00:14:07,745
Next we have the

611
00:14:07,781 --> 00:14:10,495
committee recommendations, number seven, the

612
00:14:10,530 --> 00:14:13,279
planning commission recommendations.

613
00:14:13,279 --> 00:14:14,364
Since the

614
00:14:14,364 --> 00:14:15,171
planning commission did not

615
00:14:15,171 --> 00:14:16,350
meet in September,

616
00:14:16,350 --> 00:14:17,250
we will move on to

617
00:14:17,250 --> 00:14:17,994
personnel and

618
00:14:17,994 --> 00:14:24,419
finance. Uh-huh. The

619
00:14:24,419 --> 00:14:25,492
next item is

620
00:14:25,492 --> 00:14:26,330
approval of

621
00:14:26,330 --> 00:14:27,393
the accounts. Is there

622
00:14:27,393 --> 00:14:28,410
an offer?

623
00:14:28,410 --> 00:14:29,298
I move that

624
00:14:29,298 --> 00:14:30,898
the council

625
00:14:30,898 --> 00:14:31,831
approve the

626
00:14:31,831 --> 00:14:33,520
irregular accounts

627
00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,253
for October 2026 in

628
00:14:35,253 --> 00:14:36,808
the amount of $121,688.17

629
00:14:36,808 --> 00:14:37,486
cents.

630
00:14:37,486 --> 00:14:38,510
I support.

631
00:14:38,510 --> 00:14:39,803
Second proposal.

632
00:14:39,803 --> 00:14:40,863
Okay, the motion

633
00:14:40,863 --> 00:14:41,505
has been made and is

634
00:14:41,505 --> 00:14:42,568
seconded. Are there

635
00:14:42,568 --> 00:14:44,791
any discussions?

636
00:14:44,791 --> 00:14:46,048
I'll just add a few

637
00:14:46,048 --> 00:14:47,305
larger items: we

638
00:14:47,305 --> 00:14:48,527
had a payment to the city of

639
00:14:48,527 --> 00:14:49,610
Hudson of

640
00:14:49,610 --> 00:14:50,518
approximately

641
00:14:50,518 --> 00:14:52,594
$84,000. This is under our

642
00:14:52,624 --> 00:14:53,730
fire service contract. This is the

643
00:14:53,730 --> 00:14:54,902
second installment of this

644
00:14:54,902 --> 00:14:56,853
payment. Again,

645
00:14:56,853 --> 00:14:58,083
this was planned

646
00:14:58,083 --> 00:14:59,014
and

647
00:14:59,014 --> 00:15:00,244
budgeted for, along with

648
00:15:00,244 --> 00:15:01,475
$5,700 for further

649
00:15:01,475 --> 00:15:02,771
tree management,

650
00:15:02,771 --> 00:15:03,769
i.e. removal of

651
00:15:03,769 --> 00:15:04,799
dead and diseased

652
00:15:04,799 --> 00:15:06,886
trees within the township.

653
00:15:06,886 --> 00:15:07,872
We are close to

654
00:15:07,872 --> 00:15:08,920
completion, but this

655
00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:10,154
was the last payment

656
00:15:10,154 --> 00:15:10,924
this year for

657
00:15:10,924 --> 00:15:11,541
helping

658
00:15:11,541 --> 00:15:12,589
manage our

659
00:15:12,589 --> 00:15:17,571
trees. Are

660
00:15:17,571 --> 00:15:18,457
there any other

661
00:15:18,457 --> 00:15:21,332
discussions? If not,

662
00:15:21,332 --> 00:15:22,358
we will proceed to a

663
00:15:22,358 --> 00:15:23,101
roll call

664
00:15:23,101 --> 00:15:27,192
vote. Mary?

665
00:15:27,192 --> 00:15:28,880
Yes.

666
00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,508
Good. John? Yes.

667
00:15:31,508 --> 00:15:33,408
Brian?

668
00:15:33,408 --> 00:15:33,984
Yes.

669
00:15:33,984 --> 00:15:36,474
You are okay. Trustees,

670
00:15:36,474 --> 00:15:41,160
the proposal is approved.

671
00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:41,918
Next, we have

672
00:15:41,918 --> 00:15:43,002
an offer to

673
00:15:43,002 --> 00:15:45,132
purchase a tractor. Is

674
00:15:45,132 --> 00:15:46,926
there an offer?

675
00:15:46,926 --> 00:15:48,042
John proposed

676
00:15:48,042 --> 00:15:49,092
recommending for

677
00:15:49,092 --> 00:15:49,716
approval

678
00:15:49,716 --> 00:15:51,030
the use of up to 24,000 from the

679
00:15:51,030 --> 00:15:53,426
utility vehicle fund

680
00:15:53,459 --> 00:15:54,313
to purchase a

681
00:15:54,313 --> 00:15:55,593
compact tractor

682
00:15:55,593 --> 00:15:57,679
-loader. Is there

683
00:15:57,679 --> 00:15:58,665
anyone who

684
00:15:58,665 --> 00:16:00,067
will support?

685
00:16:00,067 --> 00:16:01,629
I support.

686
00:16:01,629 --> 00:16:04,204
Very good, thank you.

687
00:16:04,204 --> 00:16:07,258
The proposal was... a

688
00:16:07,258 --> 00:16:08,141
lighter piece of

689
00:16:08,141 --> 00:16:09,500
equipment that would help

690
00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:10,655
with

691
00:16:10,655 --> 00:16:11,947
park and roadside maintenance, that wouldn't

692
00:16:11,947 --> 00:16:13,102
cause damage

693
00:16:13,102 --> 00:16:14,624
while working. They

694
00:16:14,624 --> 00:16:15,143
plan to

695
00:16:15,143 --> 00:16:16,364
use it

696
00:16:16,364 --> 00:16:17,189
for

697
00:16:17,189 --> 00:16:17,830
weed control,

698
00:16:17,830 --> 00:16:18,807
clearing Ferry

699
00:16:18,807 --> 00:16:19,875
Landing, removing blackberry

700
00:16:19,875 --> 00:16:20,974
bushes,

701
00:16:20,974 --> 00:16:21,646
tree care, and

702
00:16:21,646 --> 00:16:23,142
general

703
00:16:23,173 --> 00:16:28,955
park maintenance. They are asking

704
00:16:28,955 --> 00:16:30,091
that instead of a pickup truck,

705
00:16:30,091 --> 00:16:31,195
which they

706
00:16:31,195 --> 00:16:32,300
would normally request at this time of

707
00:16:32,300 --> 00:16:33,026
year from the

708
00:16:33,026 --> 00:16:33,752
utility

709
00:16:33,752 --> 00:16:35,014
vehicle fund, which is

710
00:16:35,014 --> 00:16:36,151
about

711
00:16:36,151 --> 00:16:36,814
$40,000, we

712
00:16:36,814 --> 00:16:37,697
consider this

713
00:16:37,697 --> 00:16:44,577
compact tractor.

714
00:16:44,577 --> 00:16:45,799
Their reason is

715
00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:46,824
that after purchasing a

716
00:16:46,824 --> 00:16:47,881
loader and

717
00:16:47,881 --> 00:16:48,972
other

718
00:16:48,972 --> 00:16:50,062
snow removal equipment,

719
00:16:50,062 --> 00:16:51,384
the team uses the

720
00:16:51,384 --> 00:16:52,508
pickup trucks less often, so

721
00:16:52,508 --> 00:16:53,367
their

722
00:16:53,367 --> 00:16:58,738
service life is longer.

723
00:16:58,738 --> 00:17:00,596
And while the vehicle pool

724
00:17:00,596 --> 00:17:01,340
is great and

725
00:17:01,340 --> 00:17:02,176
appropriate, they

726
00:17:02,176 --> 00:17:03,230
prefer a

727
00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:04,469
compact tractor

728
00:17:04,469 --> 00:17:05,336
for

729
00:17:05,336 --> 00:17:06,514
maintenance rather than a

730
00:17:06,514 --> 00:17:07,505
pickup truck, which is why they are

731
00:17:07,505 --> 00:17:14,488
asking for it.

732
00:17:14,488 --> 00:17:15,605
So, Brian, this

733
00:17:15,605 --> 00:17:16,938
compact tractor,

734
00:17:16,938 --> 00:17:17,819
what is it? I'm

735
00:17:17,819 --> 00:17:18,944
sure it's not

736
00:17:18,944 --> 00:17:20,133
some big John

737
00:17:20,133 --> 00:17:21,095
Deere. Is it like a skid

738
00:17:21,095 --> 00:17:22,403
steer loader or

739
00:17:22,403 --> 00:17:23,369
something?

740
00:17:23,369 --> 00:17:24,540
Well, it's a tractor.

741
00:17:24,540 --> 00:17:26,051
This is a real tractor.

742
00:17:26,051 --> 00:17:27,098
It will have a bucket

743
00:17:27,098 --> 00:17:28,289
in the front and a mower

744
00:17:28,289 --> 00:17:29,134
in the back.

745
00:17:29,134 --> 00:17:30,087
Of course.

746
00:17:30,087 --> 00:17:31,190
Or additional

747
00:17:31,190 --> 00:17:33,883
equipment in front.

748
00:17:33,883 --> 00:17:34,767
Remove the bucket and

749
00:17:34,767 --> 00:17:36,410
put the mower on. This

750
00:17:36,410 --> 00:17:37,058
allows them

751
00:17:37,058 --> 00:17:38,002
to enter areas

752
00:17:38,002 --> 00:17:38,650
where large

753
00:17:38,650 --> 00:17:39,593
forklifts

754
00:17:39,593 --> 00:17:40,637
cannot reach.

755
00:17:40,637 --> 00:17:41,429
Ugh.

756
00:17:41,429 --> 00:17:42,735
And it's lighter, so he

757
00:17:42,735 --> 00:17:43,355
believes that

758
00:17:43,355 --> 00:17:44,596
using lighter

759
00:17:44,596 --> 00:17:45,837
equipment in parks is

760
00:17:45,837 --> 00:17:46,878
better. You can

761
00:17:46,878 --> 00:17:48,040
check this. This,

762
00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:49,526
you know, you see, he's

763
00:17:49,526 --> 00:17:49,998
almost

764
00:17:49,998 --> 00:17:51,178
his photo now.

765
00:17:51,178 --> 00:17:52,331
And you rightly noted

766
00:17:52,331 --> 00:17:53,395
that he raised this

767
00:17:53,395 --> 00:17:54,371
issue a few

768
00:17:54,371 --> 00:17:55,063
years ago.

769
00:17:55,063 --> 00:17:56,378
Well, yes, a while

770
00:17:56,378 --> 00:18:01,466
ago, yes. But the work

771
00:18:01,466 --> 00:18:02,527
they did,

772
00:18:02,527 --> 00:18:03,712
trying to take out the

773
00:18:03,712 --> 00:18:04,866
equipment, the

774
00:18:04,866 --> 00:18:05,864
playground, just with

775
00:18:05,864 --> 00:18:06,394
big

776
00:18:06,394 --> 00:18:07,641
loaders, it

777
00:18:07,641 --> 00:18:08,702
just destroyed the

778
00:18:08,702 --> 00:18:09,856
park, and you had to

779
00:18:09,856 --> 00:18:14,786
fix it. Are

780
00:18:14,786 --> 00:18:15,678
there any other

781
00:18:15,678 --> 00:18:17,783
discussions?

782
00:18:17,783 --> 00:18:19,076
So how will this affect the

783
00:18:19,076 --> 00:18:21,769
next pickup truck? Do

784
00:18:21,769 --> 00:18:22,507
we need to

785
00:18:22,507 --> 00:18:23,614
add additional

786
00:18:23,614 --> 00:18:24,598
funds, will the purchase

787
00:18:24,598 --> 00:18:25,459
be far enough

788
00:18:25,459 --> 00:18:26,627
away that it

789
00:18:26,627 --> 00:18:27,765
will be replaced by

790
00:18:27,765 --> 00:18:28,964
then, or how will it be

791
00:18:28,964 --> 00:18:29,941
affected?

792
00:18:29,941 --> 00:18:31,242
Good question.

793
00:18:31,242 --> 00:18:32,502
I think there are several

794
00:18:32,502 --> 00:18:34,022
factors here. Yes, I think

795
00:18:34,022 --> 00:18:35,368
in their five-year

796
00:18:35,368 --> 00:18:36,209
plan they don't

797
00:18:36,209 --> 00:18:37,554
foresee a need for a

798
00:18:37,554 --> 00:18:38,799
pickup truck in the near

799
00:18:38,799 --> 00:18:41,106
future. So, again

800
00:18:41,106 --> 00:18:41,916
, when we

801
00:18:41,916 --> 00:18:43,267
look at these funds,

802
00:18:43,267 --> 00:18:44,517
these trust funds, this is

803
00:18:44,517 --> 00:18:45,226
not something we

804
00:18:45,226 --> 00:18:46,893
put in the budget.

805
00:18:46,893 --> 00:18:47,870
These are the funds that we

806
00:18:47,870 --> 00:18:48,915
direct to these

807
00:18:48,915 --> 00:18:49,623
funds if

808
00:18:49,623 --> 00:18:50,971
we have a budget left at the end of the year

809
00:18:50,971 --> 00:18:52,524
. And

810
00:18:52,524 --> 00:18:53,635
so we absolutely

811
00:18:53,635 --> 00:18:54,914
can continue to

812
00:18:54,914 --> 00:18:56,260
do this, and we should

813
00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:57,539
continue to do so if

814
00:18:57,539 --> 00:19:00,572
we have that money. But

815
00:19:00,572 --> 00:19:01,464
his expected

816
00:19:01,464 --> 00:19:02,484
use of these

817
00:19:02,484 --> 00:19:03,600
funds is less because of

818
00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:04,811
the durability of the new

819
00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:09,348
pickup trucks. With

820
00:19:09,348 --> 00:19:10,341
that in mind, we also had

821
00:19:10,341 --> 00:19:11,462
conversations with Ellers

822
00:19:11,462 --> 00:19:12,648
about when it's appropriate

823
00:19:12,648 --> 00:19:13,673
to take out loans, what do

824
00:19:13,673 --> 00:19:14,762
they recommend

825
00:19:14,762 --> 00:19:17,503
regarding loans? And I think

826
00:19:17,503 --> 00:19:18,342
in the past, there

827
00:19:18,342 --> 00:19:19,505
may have been some

828
00:19:19,505 --> 00:19:20,280
hesitation about

829
00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:21,087
using

830
00:19:21,087 --> 00:19:22,347
credit to buy

831
00:19:22,347 --> 00:19:23,606
vehicles

832
00:19:23,606 --> 00:19:26,114
. Ellers says the

833
00:19:26,114 --> 00:19:26,876
situation for

834
00:19:26,876 --> 00:19:28,559
municipalities

835
00:19:28,591 --> 00:19:29,607
has changed dramatically, and they

836
00:19:29,607 --> 00:19:30,877
say: if we

837
00:19:30,877 --> 00:19:32,083
can still continue to

838
00:19:32,083 --> 00:19:33,353
put money into these

839
00:19:33,353 --> 00:19:34,369
trust funds, that's

840
00:19:34,369 --> 00:19:35,417
great, and we should

841
00:19:35,417 --> 00:19:36,179
consider ourselves

842
00:19:36,179 --> 00:19:37,163
lucky, because

843
00:19:37,163 --> 00:19:37,766
most

844
00:19:37,766 --> 00:19:38,750
municipalities do

845
00:19:38,750 --> 00:19:40,552
n't. And,

846
00:19:40,552 --> 00:19:41,735
in fact, almost all

847
00:19:41,735 --> 00:19:42,819
the municipalities

848
00:19:42,819 --> 00:19:44,067
they work with

849
00:19:44,067 --> 00:19:45,151
take out loans for

850
00:19:45,151 --> 00:19:47,421
new equipment. So

851
00:19:47,421 --> 00:19:48,634
, if we were in

852
00:19:48,634 --> 00:19:49,591
a situation where

853
00:19:49,591 --> 00:19:50,612
something happened to the truck

854
00:19:50,612 --> 00:19:51,410
and we

855
00:19:51,410 --> 00:19:52,431
needed to make

856
00:19:52,431 --> 00:19:53,357
a purchase, but we didn't have

857
00:19:53,357 --> 00:19:54,602
enough funds in the

858
00:19:54,602 --> 00:19:55,878
fund, taking out a loan would

859
00:19:55,878 --> 00:19:56,676
be a perfectly

860
00:19:56,676 --> 00:19:57,921
acceptable option

861
00:19:57,921 --> 00:19:59,038
, which is currently being chosen by

862
00:19:59,038 --> 00:19:59,644
most

863
00:19:59,644 --> 00:20:02,918
municipalities.

864
00:20:02,918 --> 00:20:04,235
Well, you certainly have

865
00:20:04,235 --> 00:20:05,420
the ability to do

866
00:20:05,420 --> 00:20:06,474
that within our

867
00:20:06,474 --> 00:20:07,560
debt limits, and it would greatly

868
00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:08,482
expand our

869
00:20:08,482 --> 00:20:09,935
spending capabilities.

870
00:20:09,935 --> 00:20:11,427
So, I think that's nice to

871
00:20:11,427 --> 00:20:12,610
hear, actually.

872
00:20:12,610 --> 00:20:14,048
Yes. Agree.

873
00:20:14,048 --> 00:20:15,150
I think we started this

874
00:20:15,150 --> 00:20:16,069
because these numbers were

875
00:20:16,069 --> 00:20:17,241
just killing us.

876
00:20:17,241 --> 00:20:18,450
So we decided we had to

877
00:20:18,474 --> 00:20:19,264
prepare for

878
00:20:19,264 --> 00:20:20,387
this. So, that's why

879
00:20:20,387 --> 00:20:21,246
it all

880
00:20:21,246 --> 00:20:21,803
started in the first place.

881
00:20:21,803 --> 00:20:22,929
Well, another thing is that back

882
00:20:22,929 --> 00:20:24,000
then we were clearing

883
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:24,930
snow with all our

884
00:20:24,930 --> 00:20:26,035
pickup trucks. We

885
00:20:26,035 --> 00:20:27,058
no longer use them to clear

886
00:20:27,058 --> 00:20:27,994
snow, so

887
00:20:27,994 --> 00:20:29,105
their lifespan

888
00:20:29,105 --> 00:20:31,387
has extended.

889
00:20:31,420 --> 00:20:32,546
The situation is

890
00:20:32,546 --> 00:20:32,944
different with police cars.

891
00:20:32,944 --> 00:20:33,706
We said at the time

892
00:20:33,706 --> 00:20:34,713
that this did not

893
00:20:34,713 --> 00:20:35,719
mean that

894
00:20:35,719 --> 00:20:36,543
it was the

895
00:20:36,543 --> 00:20:38,630
wrong decision at the time. It's

896
00:20:38,630 --> 00:20:39,798
just that a lot

897
00:20:39,798 --> 00:20:40,766
has changed,

898
00:20:40,766 --> 00:20:42,067
obviously, with where we

899
00:20:42,067 --> 00:20:43,335
are now and

900
00:20:43,335 --> 00:20:44,670
with the municipalities and

901
00:20:44,670 --> 00:20:45,972
our capabilities,

902
00:20:45,972 --> 00:20:47,073
so the advice

903
00:20:47,073 --> 00:20:48,275
is changing a little bit, and Ehlers

904
00:20:48,275 --> 00:20:53,010
acknowledges that, so.

905
00:20:53,010 --> 00:20:55,303
Very good. Are there any other

906
00:20:55,303 --> 00:20:57,738
discussions? If there are none

907
00:20:57,738 --> 00:20:58,472
,

908
00:20:58,472 --> 00:20:59,237
we will proceed to a

909
00:20:59,237 --> 00:20:59,906
roll call

910
00:20:59,906 --> 00:21:01,458
vote. Brian?

911
00:21:01,458 --> 00:21:05,887
Yes.

912
00:21:05,887 --> 00:21:06,628
Mary?

913
00:21:06,628 --> 00:21:07,363
Yes.

914
00:21:07,363 --> 00:21:09,033
Thank you. Okay,

915
00:21:09,033 --> 00:21:13,209
the offer is accepted. The

916
00:21:13,209 --> 00:21:14,361
next item on the

917
00:21:14,361 --> 00:21:15,729
agenda is,

918
00:21:15,729 --> 00:21:18,345
um, the

919
00:21:18,345 --> 00:21:19,549
WPPA union contract. This is the

920
00:21:19,549 --> 00:21:20,322
Wisconsin

921
00:21:20,322 --> 00:21:20,865
Association of

922
00:21:20,865 --> 00:21:21,523
Professional

923
00:21:21,523 --> 00:21:22,338
Police Officers.

924
00:21:22,338 --> 00:21:23,677
John, I have this for...

925
00:21:23,677 --> 00:21:24,764
Yes, John, I have this

926
00:21:24,764 --> 00:21:25,827
for us today.

927
00:21:25,827 --> 00:21:26,897
What do you have?

928
00:21:26,897 --> 00:21:28,673
Yes. Therefore, I propose

929
00:21:28,704 --> 00:21:30,183
to approve the

930
00:21:31,063 --> 00:21:31,850
WPPA union agreement as presented and

931
00:21:31,850 --> 00:21:32,636
to authorize the

932
00:21:32,636 --> 00:21:33,800
Village President and

933
00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:34,712
Administrator/

934
00:21:34,712 --> 00:21:35,908
Secretary to sign

935
00:21:35,908 --> 00:21:36,820
the agreement on behalf of the

936
00:21:36,820 --> 00:21:37,827
Village of North

937
00:21:37,827 --> 00:21:39,224
Hudson. I

938
00:21:39,224 --> 00:21:41,330
support.

939
00:21:41,330 --> 00:21:43,002
Good, very good. Uh,

940
00:21:43,002 --> 00:21:44,443
further discussion

941
00:21:44,443 --> 00:21:47,047
? Any discussions?

942
00:21:47,047 --> 00:21:47,755
Um, since

943
00:21:47,755 --> 00:21:48,680
President Viken

944
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:49,820
is away today,

945
00:21:49,820 --> 00:21:50,713
do we need to

946
00:21:50,713 --> 00:21:51,946
amend the

947
00:21:51,946 --> 00:21:52,932
signing proposal to

948
00:21:52,932 --> 00:21:54,041
make sure we

949
00:21:54,041 --> 00:21:55,311
approve it in time? I

950
00:21:55,311 --> 00:21:56,405
don't know if there's a

951
00:21:56,405 --> 00:21:57,590
deadline or something else

952
00:21:57,590 --> 00:21:58,289
we need to

953
00:21:58,289 --> 00:21:58,967
consider.

954
00:21:58,967 --> 00:22:00,288
Um, no, uh, that's a

955
00:22:00,288 --> 00:22:02,440
fair question. Um,

956
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:03,241
there's no, uh,

957
00:22:03,241 --> 00:22:04,295
preliminary

958
00:22:04,295 --> 00:22:05,956
deadline. The current

959
00:22:05,956 --> 00:22:07,415
contract is valid until the end of the

960
00:22:07,415 --> 00:22:09,233
year. Um, so I think

961
00:22:09,233 --> 00:22:10,667
everything will be fine, but

962
00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:12,023
that's a good, that's a good

963
00:22:12,023 --> 00:22:13,181
idea. Um, if,

964
00:22:13,181 --> 00:22:14,033
of course, we

965
00:22:14,033 --> 00:22:15,395
find ourselves in a situation

966
00:22:15,395 --> 00:22:16,484
where he can't

967
00:22:16,484 --> 00:22:17,642
do it in time,

968
00:22:17,642 --> 00:22:18,902
then we'll go back

969
00:22:18,902 --> 00:22:20,059
to this issue and

970
00:22:20,059 --> 00:22:21,081
ask for another

971
00:22:21,081 --> 00:22:26,507
signature. I think. Um, and

972
00:22:26,507 --> 00:22:27,458
we'll just talk a little bit

973
00:22:27,458 --> 00:22:28,736
about the fact that

974
00:22:28,736 --> 00:22:30,015
we, you know, have completed

975
00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:30,868
negotiations and

976
00:22:30,868 --> 00:22:32,146
collective bargaining between the

977
00:22:32,146 --> 00:22:33,097
uh,

978
00:22:33,097 --> 00:22:33,983
police

979
00:22:33,983 --> 00:22:35,032
department union and uh,

980
00:22:35,032 --> 00:22:35,950
some of us in the

981
00:22:35,950 --> 00:22:36,934
village that were

982
00:22:36,934 --> 00:22:38,114
approved at one of

983
00:22:38,114 --> 00:22:39,163
our previous

984
00:22:39,163 --> 00:22:42,234
meetings. Um, so the

985
00:22:42,234 --> 00:22:43,575
proposed agreement

986
00:22:43,575 --> 00:22:44,986
reflects the terms that

987
00:22:44,986 --> 00:22:46,221
were agreed upon or

988
00:22:46,221 --> 00:22:47,209
negotiated between

989
00:22:47,209 --> 00:22:48,585
the village and the WPPA and then,

990
00:22:48,585 --> 00:22:49,291
um, you know,

991
00:22:49,291 --> 00:22:51,725
prepared for

992
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,237
your formal review and approval.

993
00:22:53,237 --> 00:22:54,028
I wonder, boss, if

994
00:22:54,028 --> 00:22:54,819
you could provide an

995
00:22:54,819 --> 00:22:55,784
update on the information

996
00:22:55,784 --> 00:22:56,501
you provided to the

997
00:22:56,501 --> 00:22:57,466
finance committee

998
00:22:57,466 --> 00:22:58,412
. I think you

999
00:22:58,412 --> 00:22:59,651
summed it up very well.

1000
00:22:59,651 --> 00:23:00,998
Yes, of course. So,

1001
00:23:00,998 --> 00:23:02,045
one of the issues that

1002
00:23:02,045 --> 00:23:02,583
came up in the

1003
00:23:02,583 --> 00:23:03,750
finance committee

1004
00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:04,468
was what

1005
00:23:04,468 --> 00:23:05,635
salary increases and

1006
00:23:05,635 --> 00:23:06,353
things like that

1007
00:23:06,353 --> 00:23:07,410
were being discussed. In

1008
00:23:07,410 --> 00:23:08,550
our previous

1009
00:23:08,550 --> 00:23:09,449
contract, or in the

1010
00:23:09,449 --> 00:23:10,319
current one, which

1011
00:23:10,319 --> 00:23:11,069
expires

1012
00:23:11,069 --> 00:23:12,028
at the end of this

1013
00:23:12,028 --> 00:23:12,958
year, there are three

1014
00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:14,118
pay levels. There is a

1015
00:23:14,118 --> 00:23:14,952
base rate,

1016
00:23:14,952 --> 00:23:16,653
an allowance for an

1017
00:23:16,684 --> 00:23:17,859
associate's degree, and an

1018
00:23:17,859 --> 00:23:18,662
increase for a

1019
00:23:18,662 --> 00:23:20,344
bachelor's degree.

1020
00:23:20,344 --> 00:23:21,196
It was agreed to

1021
00:23:21,196 --> 00:23:22,293
effectively abolish the

1022
00:23:22,293 --> 00:23:23,146
base

1023
00:23:23,146 --> 00:23:24,091
rate level and make the

1024
00:23:24,091 --> 00:23:24,883
old

1025
00:23:24,883 --> 00:23:25,461
junior

1026
00:23:25,461 --> 00:23:26,497
specialist level the new

1027
00:23:26,497 --> 00:23:27,533
base rate, and the

1028
00:23:27,533 --> 00:23:28,447
educational incentive

1029
00:23:28,447 --> 00:23:29,635
would be provided for both

1030
00:23:29,635 --> 00:23:30,671
junior

1031
00:23:30,671 --> 00:23:31,859
specialist and

1032
00:23:31,859 --> 00:23:33,630
bachelor's degrees. With

1033
00:23:33,630 --> 00:23:35,083
this bonus, it's a

1034
00:23:35,083 --> 00:23:36,669
two-year contract

1035
00:23:36,669 --> 00:23:38,135
for the 27th and 28th years.

1036
00:23:38,135 --> 00:23:39,264
So, essentially,

1037
00:23:39,264 --> 00:23:40,936
the increase in 2027

1038
00:23:40,936 --> 00:23:42,698
is about 5

1039
00:23:42,698 --> 00:23:44,506
% due to the adjustment to the

1040
00:23:44,506 --> 00:23:45,590
new base, and the

1041
00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:47,307
increase in 2028

1042
00:23:47,307 --> 00:23:49,025
will be about

1043
00:23:49,025 --> 00:23:50,999
3.5%. Another thing that was

1044
00:23:50,999 --> 00:23:52,257
agreed upon was

1045
00:23:52,257 --> 00:23:53,583
that the

1046
00:23:53,583 --> 00:23:54,774
seniority clause was

1047
00:23:54,774 --> 00:23:56,134
removed from the contract,

1048
00:23:56,134 --> 00:23:57,324
and 5 cents was actually added

1049
00:23:57,324 --> 00:23:57,936
to the

1050
00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:58,786
maximum

1051
00:23:58,786 --> 00:24:01,463
salary. In our

1052
00:24:01,463 --> 00:24:02,646
village, the maximum

1053
00:24:02,646 --> 00:24:03,960
salary is reached

1054
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:05,242
after 5 years, and after

1055
00:24:05,242 --> 00:24:06,392
that point they

1056
00:24:06,392 --> 00:24:07,312
only receive an

1057
00:24:07,312 --> 00:24:08,527
annual raise,

1058
00:24:08,527 --> 00:24:09,841
which comes at the beginning of the

1059
00:24:09,841 --> 00:24:13,010
contract year.

1060
00:24:13,010 --> 00:24:14,085
So, these are the main

1061
00:24:14,085 --> 00:24:15,411
changes related to

1062
00:24:15,411 --> 00:24:17,303
wages.

1063
00:24:17,303 --> 00:24:18,630
There were other contracts

1064
00:24:18,630 --> 00:24:19,924
or discussions, but I

1065
00:24:19,924 --> 00:24:21,219
think ultimately

1066
00:24:21,219 --> 00:24:22,513
this was the main change

1067
00:24:22,513 --> 00:24:23,542
that happened in

1068
00:24:23,542 --> 00:24:25,934
this contract. And

1069
00:24:25,934 --> 00:24:27,083
he will outlive me in

1070
00:24:27,083 --> 00:24:27,839
my position in the

1071
00:24:27,839 --> 00:24:28,988
department, so that's

1072
00:24:28,988 --> 00:24:29,895
also good, someone

1073
00:24:29,895 --> 00:24:30,893
else can

1074
00:24:30,893 --> 00:24:31,740
negotiate for the

1075
00:24:31,740 --> 00:24:34,573
next one.

1076
00:24:34,573 --> 00:24:38,796
Ai.

1077
00:24:38,796 --> 00:24:40,167
Okay, is there any more

1078
00:24:40,167 --> 00:24:43,886
discussion? Well,

1079
00:24:43,886 --> 00:24:44,791
if there are none,

1080
00:24:44,791 --> 00:24:45,695
let's proceed to a

1081
00:24:45,695 --> 00:24:46,426
roll call

1082
00:24:46,426 --> 00:24:48,452
vote. Mary?

1083
00:24:48,452 --> 00:24:49,770
Yes.

1084
00:24:49,770 --> 00:24:51,068
Nick?

1085
00:24:51,068 --> 00:24:52,970
Yes.

1086
00:24:52,970 --> 00:24:54,656
Very good. Thank you.

1087
00:24:54,656 --> 00:24:55,823
So, the proposal

1088
00:24:55,823 --> 00:25:02,226
is accepted. Next, we

1089
00:25:02,226 --> 00:25:03,077
move on to

1090
00:25:03,077 --> 00:25:04,286
updates from the mayor

1091
00:25:04,286 --> 00:25:05,333
regarding

1092
00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:06,786
utilities. You are the first.

1093
00:25:06,786 --> 00:25:07,991
Chief Pike, do

1094
00:25:07,991 --> 00:25:09,404
you have any updates?

1095
00:25:09,404 --> 00:25:10,105
Of course, we

1096
00:25:10,105 --> 00:25:11,292
met. We

1097
00:25:11,292 --> 00:25:11,978
discussed the

1098
00:25:11,978 --> 00:25:12,729
parking

1099
00:25:12,729 --> 00:25:13,872
lots, both

1100
00:25:13,872 --> 00:25:15,016
lots: the one

1101
00:25:15,016 --> 00:25:16,159
right here and the one

1102
00:25:16,159 --> 00:25:17,433
down by Browns Beach

1103
00:25:17,433 --> 00:25:18,637
. The design for this

1104
00:25:18,637 --> 00:25:19,576
site has been

1105
00:25:19,576 --> 00:25:20,171
finally

1106
00:25:20,171 --> 00:25:21,518
approved. There was a

1107
00:25:21,518 --> 00:25:22,352
question about

1108
00:25:22,352 --> 00:25:23,519
lighting. We

1109
00:25:23,519 --> 00:25:24,486
found out that there

1110
00:25:24,486 --> 00:25:26,110
was already electricity there.

1111
00:25:26,110 --> 00:25:27,489
So if we decide we

1112
00:25:27,489 --> 00:25:28,444
want to

1113
00:25:28,444 --> 00:25:29,399
enlighten him, that

1114
00:25:29,399 --> 00:25:31,213
possibility is there.

1115
00:25:31,213 --> 00:25:32,455
Requests for proposals were sent out

1116
00:25:32,455 --> 00:25:33,765
.

1117
00:25:33,765 --> 00:25:34,557
We ask them

1118
00:25:34,557 --> 00:25:35,665
to apply for

1119
00:25:35,665 --> 00:25:36,584
both properties

1120
00:25:36,584 --> 00:25:37,788
at the same time, believing

1121
00:25:37,788 --> 00:25:38,707
that this will

1122
00:25:38,707 --> 00:25:40,165
save money. Um,

1123
00:25:40,165 --> 00:25:41,276
they have to be

1124
00:25:41,276 --> 00:25:42,769
submitted by Friday, the 9th

1125
00:25:42,769 --> 00:25:44,998
. And then, uh,

1126
00:25:44,998 --> 00:25:46,180
after the 9th, we'll

1127
00:25:46,180 --> 00:25:48,196
have a special

1128
00:25:48,231 --> 00:25:49,517
public works meeting on

1129
00:25:49,517 --> 00:25:50,768
Monday at 1:00 PM to

1130
00:25:50,768 --> 00:25:51,950
open the

1131
00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:52,853
bids and

1132
00:25:52,853 --> 00:25:55,100
make a decision. This is

1133
00:25:55,100 --> 00:25:56,554
all I have. That

1134
00:25:56,554 --> 00:25:59,037
sounds good. Uh,

1135
00:25:59,037 --> 00:26:00,558
public welfare

1136
00:26:00,558 --> 00:26:02,040
, uh, Chairman Nelson,

1137
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,583
do you have an update?

1138
00:26:03,583 --> 00:26:04,825
Oh, I'm sorry.

1139
00:26:04,825 --> 00:26:05,840
They bypassed me.

1140
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,300
I'm fine.

1141
00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:08,869
It's okay, John.

1142
00:26:08,869 --> 00:26:09,793
Everything is fine.

1143
00:26:09,793 --> 00:26:10,786
Okay, the next

1144
00:26:10,786 --> 00:26:12,067
item is public,

1145
00:26:12,067 --> 00:26:12,808
uh, works.

1146
00:26:12,808 --> 00:26:14,031
Public safety.

1147
00:26:14,031 --> 00:26:14,477
It.

1148
00:26:14,477 --> 00:26:15,559
Safety, Tim.

1149
00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:16,749
Public safety.

1150
00:26:16,749 --> 00:26:17,323
OK.

1151
00:26:17,323 --> 00:26:18,280
He just wanted to

1152
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:19,082
deliberately

1153
00:26:19,082 --> 00:26:20,936
avoid it. Chairman

1154
00:26:20,936 --> 00:26:21,550
Keller. Uh

1155
00:26:21,550 --> 00:26:22,527
, we actually

1156
00:26:22,527 --> 00:26:23,721
met. Uh,

1157
00:26:23,721 --> 00:26:24,611
we mainly

1158
00:26:24,611 --> 00:26:25,420
focused on

1159
00:26:25,420 --> 00:26:26,391
approving our

1160
00:26:26,391 --> 00:26:27,335
budget items

1161
00:26:27,335 --> 00:26:28,252
to pass them on to the

1162
00:26:28,252 --> 00:26:29,377
finance department.

1163
00:26:29,377 --> 00:26:30,604
Uh, and we were talking

1164
00:26:30,604 --> 00:26:31,102
about, uh, e-

1165
00:26:31,102 --> 00:26:32,364
bikes.

1166
00:26:32,364 --> 00:26:33,210
At the moment,

1167
00:26:33,210 --> 00:26:33,845
nothing

1168
00:26:33,845 --> 00:26:34,586
concrete has

1169
00:26:34,586 --> 00:26:35,778
come of this. Otherwise, that

1170
00:26:35,778 --> 00:26:37,098
was pretty much it. We won't

1171
00:26:37,098 --> 00:26:38,242
be meeting

1172
00:26:38,242 --> 00:26:39,236
this time, uh, at the

1173
00:26:39,236 --> 00:26:40,421
October meeting.

1174
00:26:40,421 --> 00:26:41,539
So our next

1175
00:26:41,539 --> 00:26:42,725
meeting will be in, uh,

1176
00:26:42,725 --> 00:26:43,470
November.

1177
00:26:43,470 --> 00:26:45,769
Thank you. Now, head.

1178
00:26:45,769 --> 00:26:47,063
Wait, wait, wait,

1179
00:26:47,063 --> 00:26:47,847
question.

1180
00:26:47,847 --> 00:26:48,449
OK.

1181
00:26:48,449 --> 00:26:49,420
What do you mean

1182
00:26:49,420 --> 00:26:50,445
by "nothing worked out

1183
00:26:50,445 --> 00:26:50,602
" with

1184
00:26:50,602 --> 00:26:52,020
electric bikes?

1185
00:26:52,020 --> 00:26:56,199
It. We kind of

1186
00:26:56,199 --> 00:26:57,459
focus on

1187
00:26:57,459 --> 00:27:01,223
what...what the state is doing

1188
00:27:01,223 --> 00:27:02,545
, and then on the regulations

1189
00:27:02,545 --> 00:27:03,936
. I mean, we're

1190
00:27:03,936 --> 00:27:04,810
still

1191
00:27:04,810 --> 00:27:05,954
looking into this in detail,

1192
00:27:05,954 --> 00:27:06,858
but there's not much we

1193
00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:07,701
can do at this point

1194
00:27:07,701 --> 00:27:11,313
. So,

1195
00:27:11,313 --> 00:27:12,394
we are focusing on

1196
00:27:12,394 --> 00:27:13,442
awareness, and we

1197
00:27:13,442 --> 00:27:14,360
also plan to

1198
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:15,506
raise this issue

1199
00:27:15,506 --> 00:27:15,965
during the

1200
00:27:15,965 --> 00:27:16,948
bike meetings in

1201
00:27:16,948 --> 00:27:19,036
April. So we are

1202
00:27:19,036 --> 00:27:19,577
trying to

1203
00:27:19,577 --> 00:27:20,283
work with the

1204
00:27:20,283 --> 00:27:20,871
parent

1205
00:27:20,871 --> 00:27:21,741
committee and other

1206
00:27:21,741 --> 00:27:22,188
similar

1207
00:27:22,188 --> 00:27:23,011
organizations to

1208
00:27:23,011 --> 00:27:23,741
hold an event to

1209
00:27:23,741 --> 00:27:24,823
promote

1210
00:27:24,846 --> 00:27:25,852
bicycle safety. And then

1211
00:27:25,852 --> 00:27:26,862
hopefully we'll have

1212
00:27:26,862 --> 00:27:27,479
more

1213
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:28,265
information about

1214
00:27:28,265 --> 00:27:29,274
e-bikes

1215
00:27:29,274 --> 00:27:30,032
that we can

1216
00:27:30,032 --> 00:27:30,677
present to

1217
00:27:30,677 --> 00:27:31,799
the public, but that's

1218
00:27:31,799 --> 00:27:32,641
still in the

1219
00:27:32,641 --> 00:27:33,218
development process.

1220
00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:34,385
I mean, we all

1221
00:27:34,385 --> 00:27:35,104
got that

1222
00:27:35,104 --> 00:27:36,392
last

1223
00:27:36,422 --> 00:27:37,380
league newsletter where there

1224
00:27:37,380 --> 00:27:38,368
was a discussion about

1225
00:27:38,368 --> 00:27:39,517
electric bikes.

1226
00:27:39,517 --> 00:27:40,036
Yes.

1227
00:27:40,036 --> 00:27:41,347
It seems like this is something

1228
00:27:41,347 --> 00:27:42,995
we'll have to

1229
00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:45,051
deal with eventually.

1230
00:27:45,051 --> 00:27:46,035
Ultimately, but

1231
00:27:46,035 --> 00:27:46,986
the situation is still

1232
00:27:46,986 --> 00:27:48,200
open because there is little we

1233
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,119
can do

1234
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,202
at this

1235
00:27:50,202 --> 00:27:52,170
point. It's more a

1236
00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:55,209
question of awareness.

1237
00:27:55,209 --> 00:27:56,318
I think, going back

1238
00:27:56,318 --> 00:27:57,343
to your comment

1239
00:27:57,343 --> 00:27:58,286
about the publication

1240
00:27:58,286 --> 00:27:59,118
coming out of the league,

1241
00:27:59,118 --> 00:28:00,227
you know, there's actually already a

1242
00:28:00,227 --> 00:28:01,059
state

1243
00:28:01,059 --> 00:28:02,112
law that deals with

1244
00:28:02,112 --> 00:28:03,221
a lot of these things;

1245
00:28:03,221 --> 00:28:04,330
and it's a matter of educating

1246
00:28:04,330 --> 00:28:05,356
young people who

1247
00:28:05,356 --> 00:28:06,354
may not have been taught by their

1248
00:28:06,354 --> 00:28:07,436
parents, or their parents

1249
00:28:07,436 --> 00:28:08,323
have taught them, but they

1250
00:28:08,323 --> 00:28:09,404
do what

1251
00:28:09,404 --> 00:28:10,486
young people do and don't listen to

1252
00:28:10,486 --> 00:28:11,608
their parents. So,

1253
00:28:11,608 --> 00:28:12,453
we try to

1254
00:28:12,453 --> 00:28:13,660
educate people as we

1255
00:28:13,660 --> 00:28:14,746
talk to them,

1256
00:28:14,746 --> 00:28:15,651
but I think there are

1257
00:28:15,651 --> 00:28:16,496
other options for other

1258
00:28:16,496 --> 00:28:18,034
ordinances that the

1259
00:28:18,065 --> 00:28:19,211
public safety committee

1260
00:28:19,211 --> 00:28:20,418
wasn't ready for at the time, and

1261
00:28:20,418 --> 00:28:21,383
wanted to try an

1262
00:28:21,383 --> 00:28:22,258
educational

1263
00:28:22,258 --> 00:28:23,451
approach. We've held

1264
00:28:23,451 --> 00:28:24,589
bike rodeos in the past

1265
00:28:24,589 --> 00:28:25,727
, usually in early

1266
00:28:25,727 --> 00:28:26,602
spring when people

1267
00:28:26,602 --> 00:28:27,711
start getting out their

1268
00:28:27,711 --> 00:28:28,659
bikes. So,

1269
00:28:28,659 --> 00:28:29,426
hopefully,

1270
00:28:29,426 --> 00:28:30,016
working with the

1271
00:28:30,016 --> 00:28:30,753
parent

1272
00:28:30,753 --> 00:28:31,490
committee, we

1273
00:28:31,490 --> 00:28:32,138
will bring this

1274
00:28:32,138 --> 00:28:33,229
information to our

1275
00:28:33,229 --> 00:28:34,143
children, as well as to the

1276
00:28:34,143 --> 00:28:35,205
adults who are now

1277
00:28:35,205 --> 00:28:36,160
also riding them.

1278
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,274
We plan to actively

1279
00:28:37,274 --> 00:28:38,157
engage in this.

1280
00:28:38,157 --> 00:28:38,714
Good.

1281
00:28:38,714 --> 00:28:39,721
We also

1282
00:28:39,721 --> 00:28:40,938
learn a lot. I know we've had them

1283
00:28:40,938 --> 00:28:41,818
before

1284
00:28:41,818 --> 00:28:42,478
, and

1285
00:28:42,478 --> 00:28:43,495
not many people showed up,

1286
00:28:43,495 --> 00:28:44,183
but we want to

1287
00:28:44,183 --> 00:28:45,283
make sure we

1288
00:28:45,283 --> 00:28:46,383
implement something right away, and

1289
00:28:46,383 --> 00:28:47,374
every month, at every

1290
00:28:47,374 --> 00:28:47,869
meeting,

1291
00:28:47,869 --> 00:28:48,941
we remind people,

1292
00:28:48,941 --> 00:28:50,044
"Hey, here's the date." "This is

1293
00:28:50,044 --> 00:28:51,218
what we're going to do."

1294
00:28:51,218 --> 00:28:52,266
We will pay attention to

1295
00:28:52,266 --> 00:28:54,094
education. I've

1296
00:28:54,121 --> 00:28:55,121
only had two people come up to me and

1297
00:28:55,121 --> 00:28:55,769
say, "Are you

1298
00:28:55,769 --> 00:28:56,580
going to

1299
00:28:56,580 --> 00:28:57,634
do something about these kids

1300
00:28:57,634 --> 00:28:58,363
riding

1301
00:28:58,363 --> 00:29:01,656
bikes?" Just,

1302
00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:02,977
you know, passersby.

1303
00:29:02,977 --> 00:29:04,208
Many of the questions at Pepper

1304
00:29:04,208 --> 00:29:05,443
Fest were about the same thing.

1305
00:29:05,443 --> 00:29:08,873
Truth? Good. Okay,

1306
00:29:08,873 --> 00:29:10,056
thank you.

1307
00:29:10,056 --> 00:29:11,553
Okay, very good. The

1308
00:29:11,553 --> 00:29:12,602
next item is the

1309
00:29:12,602 --> 00:29:13,553
report of the

1310
00:29:13,553 --> 00:29:14,701
Public Works Committee,

1311
00:29:14,701 --> 00:29:15,228
Chairman.

1312
00:29:15,228 --> 00:29:16,648
We weren't going to.

1313
00:29:16,648 --> 00:29:19,491
Good. Next

1314
00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:20,893
item—the report of the

1315
00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:21,864
Parks Committee, Chairman

1316
00:29:21,864 --> 00:29:23,617
McGurn, do you have the report?

1317
00:29:23,617 --> 00:29:27,365
Yes, we were going to.

1318
00:29:27,365 --> 00:29:28,316
The Park Board

1319
00:29:28,316 --> 00:29:30,736
submitted

1320
00:29:30,776 --> 00:29:32,124
recommendations for the

1321
00:29:32,124 --> 00:29:35,031
2027 budget to the village administration.

1322
00:29:35,031 --> 00:29:35,914
Our top

1323
00:29:35,914 --> 00:29:37,146
priority was Summer's

1324
00:29:37,146 --> 00:29:38,156
Landing: building a

1325
00:29:38,156 --> 00:29:39,008
stationary

1326
00:29:39,008 --> 00:29:40,113
restroom and planting

1327
00:29:40,113 --> 00:29:41,786
trees around the

1328
00:29:41,818 --> 00:29:43,049
pickleball court to provide protection

1329
00:29:43,049 --> 00:29:44,219
from the heat. And if it is not

1330
00:29:44,219 --> 00:29:45,163
possible to make a

1331
00:29:45,163 --> 00:29:46,078
stationary one, then

1332
00:29:46,078 --> 00:29:47,110
consider the option of a

1333
00:29:47,110 --> 00:29:49,597
temporary toilet.

1334
00:29:49,597 --> 00:29:50,273
The second was a

1335
00:29:50,273 --> 00:29:51,558
conceptual plan

1336
00:29:51,558 --> 00:29:52,708
for Fairy Landing so we

1337
00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:53,891
could begin seeking

1338
00:29:53,891 --> 00:29:54,974
funding for

1339
00:29:54,974 --> 00:29:59,008
the concept. The

1340
00:29:59,008 --> 00:30:00,231
third priority

1341
00:30:00,231 --> 00:30:01,250
was expanding the

1342
00:30:01,250 --> 00:30:02,541
ice rink at Pepper

1343
00:30:02,541 --> 00:30:05,037
Fest Park. The fourth was

1344
00:30:05,037 --> 00:30:06,305
installing a fence

1345
00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:07,413
for the

1346
00:30:07,413 --> 00:30:08,459
pickleball court in Glen Oaks and

1347
00:30:08,459 --> 00:30:09,251
installing an

1348
00:30:09,251 --> 00:30:10,555
auxiliary restroom.

1349
00:30:10,555 --> 00:30:11,872
This is what we put forward,

1350
00:30:11,872 --> 00:30:13,089
and from what I understand from

1351
00:30:13,089 --> 00:30:13,528
our

1352
00:30:13,528 --> 00:30:14,711
administrator, these

1353
00:30:14,711 --> 00:30:15,218
issues

1354
00:30:15,218 --> 00:30:16,502
have been discussed, and we will

1355
00:30:16,502 --> 00:30:17,684
hear more during the

1356
00:30:17,684 --> 00:30:18,630
upcoming

1357
00:30:18,630 --> 00:30:21,251
budget presentation.

1358
00:30:21,251 --> 00:30:24,106
Very good, thank you. Well, the

1359
00:30:24,106 --> 00:30:25,234
next item is

1360
00:30:25,234 --> 00:30:28,617
closing the meeting.

1361
00:30:28,617 --> 00:30:30,465
It looks like we're closing

1362
00:30:30,465 --> 00:30:33,850
this meeting at 6:32.

1363
00:30:33,850 --> 00:30:34,843
Completion proposal

1364
00:30:34,843 --> 00:30:36,893
.

1365
00:30:36,893 --> 00:30:39,147
Great, thank you.