1 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:20,980 Okay. So I call the May 27th special meeting of NECOG to order. Thank you everyone for joining us today. We'll start with the previous meeting minutes approval. 2 00:00:28,460 --> 00:00:31,840 Do we have a motion or? 3 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:33,460 I'll make a motion for you. 4 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:34,220 It's pouring. 5 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,580 I'll make a second or a motion whatever you need. 6 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:42,920 So we have a motion by Rick in a second for morning to approve the minutes of the last meeting. 7 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,320 Is there any discussion on those minutes? 8 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:46,480 Okay. 9 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:47,260 Hearing none. 10 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,440 All in favor of approving the minutes of the last meeting. 11 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:51,560 Say aye. 12 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:55,040 Opposed. 13 00:00:56,820 --> 00:00:57,380 Obstained. 14 00:00:58,460 --> 00:00:58,720 Okay. 15 00:00:58,880 --> 00:00:59,540 They're approved. 16 00:01:00,380 --> 00:01:10,540 Public participation at this time, anyone that would like to speak from the audience will have a couple of minutes to share with us. 17 00:01:11,180 --> 00:01:17,690 If you can raise your hand or put in chat that you want to talk, we'll know. 18 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:29,480 Brian, David, David, hi, Brianna from Senator Murphy's office. I meant to raise my hands that I 19 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:36,220 collapsed, so I'll just open up and I'm just happening again. Anyway, so thank you for letting me 20 00:01:36,220 --> 00:01:42,520 have a few moments to check today. What I wanted to just give a little brief on is just letting you know 21 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,340 that the Senate is moving forward 22 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:49,700 with congressional directed spending requests. 23 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,460 So that is formerly known as earmarks in the past, 24 00:01:53,660 --> 00:01:56,600 but also known as community project funding 25 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,200 in the House of Representatives, 26 00:01:58,340 --> 00:02:00,000 so I'm sure that you've heard 27 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,700 implement that in the last month or two 28 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:05,860 from Congressman Courtney's office, 29 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,960 but I wanted to make sure you knew 30 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:09,640 about Senator Murphy's process. 31 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:27,920 So, there are about 30 plus spending accounts that the Senate can submit requests for, so these are projects that your town might be sitting on the shelf ready to get down. 32 00:02:35,410 --> 00:02:35,970 Not 33 00:02:38,970 --> 00:02:59,670 a problem. Not a problem at all it happens all the time. So things that are sitting on the shelf ready to get done and then for towns but then also for community organization. So if you have, you know, a nonprofit in your town that is in need of funding for certain program. 34 00:02:59,670 --> 00:03:28,870 Um, um, but are doing way to get some fun for some fun for that. Then, um, that is something that they would be able to put forth a request for. Um, there's no guarantee that it will be requested. And then finally, when the bill is there, um, that will even receive funding wants to get to the final bill. But this is something that, you know, we're soliciting requests for. And I wanted to make sure that you knew because the senator wants to prioritize. 35 00:03:30,090 --> 00:03:34,670 You know, underserved communities, which I, you know, consider the quiet corner to be. 36 00:03:35,910 --> 00:03:40,910 So if there's any specific questions, you know, feel free to let me know, open my email in the chat. 37 00:03:41,250 --> 00:03:44,730 And I'll also drop the file, but send it to Mickey as well. 38 00:03:44,730 --> 00:03:53,890 Oh, I sent it to Mickey and John yesterday, but I'll plot the file in the chat if you don't already have it and put my email there as well. 39 00:03:54,190 --> 00:03:58,990 So so that's sort of a quick and dirty rundown of 40 00:03:58,990 --> 00:04:00,910 of our process. 41 00:04:02,550 --> 00:04:03,750 Thank you. 42 00:04:04,650 --> 00:04:08,130 Next I call on a caffeine rider from access. 43 00:04:10,110 --> 00:04:12,150 Hello, everyone. Good morning. 44 00:04:13,070 --> 00:04:14,690 So two pieces of information. 45 00:04:14,950 --> 00:04:17,490 One of them moving very, very quickly and one of them moving a bit slower. 46 00:04:17,930 --> 00:04:22,390 So the very first quick one is that access community action agency is working with 47 00:04:22,390 --> 00:04:27,970 three of the most local health districts, eastern highlands, north central and northeast health districts 48 00:04:27,970 --> 00:04:34,830 on vaccination education outreach. So we are accesses working as if you will the boots on the ground, 49 00:04:34,950 --> 00:04:38,690 not that there aren't lots of boots on the ground, but yet again another agency. So if 50 00:04:39,250 --> 00:04:47,790 you have opportunities in your communities where we could show up to do some vaccination education, 51 00:04:47,850 --> 00:04:55,010 I'll put my contact in the chat as well. Please email me directly. We do have an outreach navigator, 52 00:04:56,190 --> 00:05:05,290 And so what I would be doing is passing that information or your contact to her and then she will be making that connection in your community. 53 00:05:05,790 --> 00:05:15,110 The other thing that's moving slower, but it is moving is that we are trying to increase our capacity in our mobile food bank food pantry distribution. 54 00:05:15,290 --> 00:05:19,890 I know I've talked to a couple of you specifically about your communities. 55 00:05:20,990 --> 00:05:26,930 And if you haven't heard anything back from me yet, I apologize it's not that we're not working on it, it is just moving a little slower. 56 00:05:27,430 --> 00:05:45,710 So I think the thing I would say here is that if you are a community that has a need for a mobile distribution event on a monthly, let's say twice a month basis, if there's a specific census track, if there's a group quarters sort of community like a senior. 57 00:05:45,710 --> 00:05:53,550 So Rick today, we are going to Salem village, for example, just to see what happens when we go there. 58 00:05:54,210 --> 00:05:57,530 Not a true pop-up, but almost a pop-up mobile pantry delivery. 59 00:05:58,230 --> 00:05:59,890 And we've been doing that in a couple of other communities. 60 00:06:01,510 --> 00:06:07,770 So if you know of a place that you'd like our van to show up, again, same contact, same information, just send me an email. 61 00:06:08,510 --> 00:06:13,870 And our mobile coordinator will be in touch with whomever you ask me to be in touch with to help set that up. 62 00:06:13,870 --> 00:06:15,810 And thank you so much. 63 00:06:16,170 --> 00:06:17,490 Thank you. 64 00:06:17,970 --> 00:06:20,470 Next I call on Ellen Graham. 65 00:06:21,770 --> 00:06:26,970 Great. Thank you. It's Ellen Graham from Senator Blumenthal's office. I just wanted to quickly 66 00:06:27,950 --> 00:06:33,870 piggyback on what Brianna said. Senator Blumenthal's office deadline for the 67 00:06:35,130 --> 00:06:38,010 Directed spending is June 7th. 68 00:06:38,010 --> 00:06:41,910 I emailed out the link to it last week to everyone, 69 00:06:41,970 --> 00:06:45,290 but what I'll do is I'll just put it in the chat along with my email. 70 00:06:46,070 --> 00:06:47,670 And you can let me know if you have any questions. 71 00:06:48,630 --> 00:06:48,970 Thanks. 72 00:06:49,730 --> 00:06:50,990 Thank you very much. 73 00:06:51,610 --> 00:06:52,830 Anyone else? 74 00:06:53,570 --> 00:06:53,950 Okay. 75 00:06:54,630 --> 00:06:57,370 Hearing none, we're moving on to the director's report. 76 00:06:58,750 --> 00:06:59,250 Okay. 77 00:06:59,310 --> 00:06:59,750 Thank you. 78 00:06:59,750 --> 00:07:08,530 I'll just share my screen and give me my usual slides, where is it? 79 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,060 They're not working. 80 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:17,960 Well, 81 00:07:19,980 --> 00:07:20,780 it's not working. 82 00:07:21,020 --> 00:07:22,680 So I'll just talk through it. 83 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:29,980 With the transit district, we're considering we are continuing to see the rise. 84 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:59,980 In ridership, despite the fact that we are still operating with social distancing within our buses. And as you probably know, our buses are quite small. So really the maximum we can have in the bus at any one time is five. So in April, we jumped up from to 1930 rides from about 1600 to month before and we're on track to beat that here in May. So that's what we're doing. 85 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,000 That's a positive sign to keep trending upward. 86 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:07,120 We still have to operate with the limited capacity. 87 00:08:08,540 --> 00:08:10,920 We will be with all of our runs on weekends. 88 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,340 If you heard the governor's announcement yesterday, 89 00:08:14,540 --> 00:08:16,220 be operating for free. 90 00:08:17,140 --> 00:08:20,320 So there'll be no fairs on weekends during this summer. 91 00:08:21,220 --> 00:08:23,440 Our elderly disabled runs. 92 00:08:24,260 --> 00:08:25,860 Continue at a low number. 93 00:08:25,860 --> 00:08:31,000 But that again is related to social distancing and the pandemic. 94 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,880 The bright spot in transit right now is the Plainfield bus service. 95 00:08:37,420 --> 00:08:48,320 April 2141 rides and if you go back to our first month of operation that's 125% increase over that time. 96 00:08:48,780 --> 00:08:55,060 And already for May, it looks like we will surpass the April numbers. 97 00:08:55,060 --> 00:08:59,200 So each month is trended quite well with that run. 98 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,860 And so that pilot is going well. 99 00:09:03,140 --> 00:09:04,700 We've seen no bleeps in that. 100 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,920 And that's 241 with the social distancing 101 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,660 and those limitations on the ride. 102 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:15,600 So I think there's reason to be optimistic that we're going 103 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,080 to be able to solidify this run. 104 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,600 But maybe I'm a little early on in the pilot on that. 105 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,600 But it looks good to me as far as that goes. 106 00:09:27,060 --> 00:09:32,700 The animal service program, as we've said in the past, 107 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,040 really the pandemic said, no impact on what we've done other 108 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:44,180 than adoptions are very solid and the kennel population 109 00:09:44,180 --> 00:09:46,200 is quite low pretty consistently. 110 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:52,580 And we haven't seen any change in that with things 111 00:09:52,580 --> 00:09:59,100 getting better with the pandemic, but we'll see how that goes. Nor would should be coming on 112 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:06,980 in July so that will change our total numbers quite a bit and Scotland will also be joining us 113 00:10:06,980 --> 00:10:09,640 on July 1st as a member of the program. 114 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:16,750 The paramedic numbers pretty consistent with how they've 115 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:22,490 we spend we're up to now 747 total transports through April, 116 00:10:25,660 --> 00:10:27,600 the crumbling foundations. 117 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,700 We've now through the Connecticut Foundation Solutions and Demnity Company, 118 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:44,080 which Nikog is a part of, have completed 309 foundations and at an average cost of $155,000. 119 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:55,740 We are trying very hard to get legislation through to move the sunset date, which is June 30th of 2022. 120 00:10:56,020 --> 00:11:08,860 Move that forward for another 10 or more years and get better and more access to funding because we have close to 550 pending claimants. 121 00:11:08,860 --> 00:11:14,180 So the need far exceeds the funds that are out there. 122 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:22,560 As you all know, the legislature is coming into its home stretch, and they have a backlog 123 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:28,480 of bills, which is not surprising, including the budget. 124 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:37,740 And many of the pieces of legislation that we're waiting on are kind of being held up 125 00:11:37,740 --> 00:11:42,740 the budget, including the new funding formula for the cogs. 126 00:11:45,060 --> 00:11:48,240 Just a mention on housing since we've talked about that a lot. 127 00:11:48,660 --> 00:11:56,660 One of the housing bills, House Bill 61-07, in a very watered down fashion, was passed 128 00:11:57,380 --> 00:12:00,120 in the house and is now pending in the Senate. 129 00:12:02,670 --> 00:12:06,210 At the end of the day, I don't think it really changes the playing field all that much, 130 00:12:06,210 --> 00:12:12,150 But it's a little more involved than we can get into in this meeting 131 00:12:12,150 --> 00:12:16,170 and I'll send out a summary of that, whether it can pass or not in the Senate. 132 00:12:17,630 --> 00:12:18,510 I don't know. 133 00:12:20,550 --> 00:12:25,770 And I will be sending you document from the Office of Physical Analysis 134 00:12:25,770 --> 00:12:27,030 from the Legislature. 135 00:12:27,450 --> 00:12:34,830 They have been doing a running update on their interpretation of the American Rescue Plan. 136 00:12:34,830 --> 00:12:39,290 And it's impact on the state and towns and cities. 137 00:12:41,870 --> 00:12:45,050 And I'll send you this chart that I had pulled from there 138 00:12:45,050 --> 00:12:48,370 and isolated what they think is your funds. 139 00:12:48,810 --> 00:12:54,470 And just to go over them, the county payments share 140 00:12:54,470 --> 00:12:59,010 for our 16 towns equals about $18.5 million. 141 00:12:59,770 --> 00:13:04,250 or about a hundred and twenty or about a hundred and ninety-four dollars per capita. 142 00:13:05,710 --> 00:13:09,210 The town, the direct town money is about 9.4 million. 143 00:13:09,930 --> 00:13:17,110 So it's about 27.9 million dollars for the NECOG region under the American Rescue Plan. 144 00:13:18,250 --> 00:13:24,210 So a lot of money, as you know, and as many of you have asked me, what are the details? 145 00:13:24,330 --> 00:13:25,550 How do we spend the money? 146 00:13:26,990 --> 00:13:33,830 That's still kind of trickling out, so I don't have an answer for you on that, that goes. 147 00:13:35,210 --> 00:13:42,470 But we did discuss a little bit at the Executive Committee that we're looking at perhaps 148 00:13:42,470 --> 00:13:43,990 some regional programs. 149 00:13:44,350 --> 00:13:50,270 We do have the environmental depot that we've talked about in the recent past, a regional 150 00:13:50,270 --> 00:13:58,910 tree hazard program, do you have a need to update the animal shelter, GIS layers that we 151 00:13:58,910 --> 00:14:06,510 don't have now, for town boundaries, structures, trails and more land record modernization. 152 00:14:08,290 --> 00:14:15,470 That's my thing, so, and also, you know, we continue our work with, we're going to start 153 00:14:15,470 --> 00:14:21,270 with Chaplin's housing plan, Brooklyn's plan of development, including a house, a big housing 154 00:14:21,270 --> 00:14:29,510 element. Union's POCD is pretty much done. And Canterbury should be wrapping up soon for that work 155 00:14:29,510 --> 00:14:30,070 that we're doing. 156 00:14:32,210 --> 00:14:36,030 So that I conclude my report, unless there's any questions. 157 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:45,460 Okay, does anyone have any questions for John regarding his report, Rick? 158 00:14:45,460 --> 00:14:50,920 Do you have a breakdown by town of the county money? 159 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,860 Yes, that's what I had here that I wanted to show. 160 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:54,420 Okay. 161 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:57,480 Thanks for instance Brooklyn is 1.6 million. 162 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,720 Thanks for getting to their best estimate. 163 00:15:02,340 --> 00:15:10,420 Again, they've got a lot of disclaimers on that. That's how they've calculated it based on their interpretation 164 00:15:10,420 --> 00:15:24,080 of the act and it could be plus or minus. So, you know, it's anybody's guess. But I will send that 165 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:35,440 That sheet out because the county money is basically double what the town money is. 166 00:15:38,610 --> 00:15:39,590 Another question. 167 00:15:39,870 --> 00:15:43,150 Just to use Brooklin's example, you have a total total town funds. 168 00:15:43,370 --> 00:15:45,830 There's 2.4 million in round numbers. 169 00:15:47,330 --> 00:15:50,930 And you look at a plain field as 4.4 million. 170 00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:53,330 So it's real money, 171 00:15:55,510 --> 00:15:56,410 but again, 172 00:15:58,750 --> 00:16:03,250 the details of how to use it as a town, how to use it if you were to share it. 173 00:16:04,090 --> 00:16:10,210 I know I'm getting calls, you're probably getting calls from different groups saying, can I have 1% 2%. 174 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:14,930 I'm not even sure folks are asking that question, no, 1% even equals. 175 00:16:14,930 --> 00:16:19,670 But this can't blame for trying. 176 00:16:26,870 --> 00:16:28,730 You know, there was guidance from the Treasury Department. 177 00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:32,550 It's a 151 pages of stuff. 178 00:16:32,750 --> 00:16:35,430 CCM is working on that as several of you know. 179 00:16:35,970 --> 00:16:39,230 I think they I've just told they have another meeting tomorrow on this. 180 00:16:40,210 --> 00:16:43,230 To try to watch out some more details so. 181 00:16:44,550 --> 00:16:45,210 Stay tuned. 182 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,380 Any other questions? 183 00:16:54,990 --> 00:16:55,050 Okay. 184 00:16:55,270 --> 00:16:57,470 Moving on to discussion in action items. 185 00:16:57,470 --> 00:17:00,810 American Rescue Plan Act, which we're just talking about too. 186 00:17:03,370 --> 00:17:05,170 Yeah, I guess we kind of talked about that one. 187 00:17:06,390 --> 00:17:10,570 Okay, so we can move on and unless there's anything else on that, we can move on. 188 00:17:10,650 --> 00:17:14,870 There's no regional referrals. So we have step-and-momments. 189 00:17:15,730 --> 00:17:20,650 Yep, step-and-momments. Yeah, step-and-momments or actions. 190 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,760 We have three, you can plot photo if you wish. Yep. 191 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:36,780 So I'll make a motion. It's Nicholson. I'll make a motion that we approve the three stipenden says proposed. 192 00:17:38,950 --> 00:17:40,090 Okay, you'll also. 193 00:17:40,750 --> 00:17:48,310 Okay, so we have a motion in a second to approve the three stipendenments as proposed. 194 00:17:48,410 --> 00:17:50,570 Are there any discussion on these? 195 00:17:51,630 --> 00:17:58,030 No, okay. All in favor of approving the three stipendenments as proposed say aye. 196 00:17:58,030 --> 00:18:14,030 Okay, I guess or stained. Okay, so they're approved. Next, we have resolution 5121. 197 00:18:14,970 --> 00:18:23,570 Did we want to do all these separate or I just explain this one quickly. This is 198 00:18:23,570 --> 00:18:25,910 requirement from the Department of Transportation, 199 00:18:26,570 --> 00:18:34,070 as part of our upcoming work plan with them 200 00:18:34,070 --> 00:18:40,610 to delegation of authority for me to sign agreements with them. 201 00:18:40,830 --> 00:18:46,810 So it's pretty much a pro-forma but required action. 202 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,640 And a copy was sent to all of you. 203 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:51,880 Yeah. 204 00:18:55,570 --> 00:18:57,710 Do we want to vote on the resolution separately? 205 00:18:58,750 --> 00:19:07,030 The E can be withdrawn because we don't that was put there in error on my part. 206 00:19:08,870 --> 00:19:14,470 The environmental justice title six environmental justice plan is the same as we've had previously 207 00:19:14,470 --> 00:19:29,450 the changes in the numbers, which aren't a lot of change, and we have sent you last week a request 208 00:19:29,450 --> 00:19:40,190 on extending the KB ambulance paramedic agreement by another year with at a $10 increase per transport. 209 00:19:43,910 --> 00:19:47,330 And they've done a terrific job with us. 210 00:19:47,630 --> 00:19:50,210 And we just, with a pandemic, didn't have time to really go 211 00:19:50,210 --> 00:19:54,890 through the proper RFP process for all. 212 00:19:55,050 --> 00:19:58,290 Looking at a new vendor, but as I pointed out in the previous 213 00:19:59,150 --> 00:20:06,670 communication on this, the previous vendors were all 30 214 00:20:06,670 --> 00:20:16,230 plus dollars more than what this increase amounts to. So we're still at $10 increase. We're still 215 00:20:16,230 --> 00:20:24,210 at about the 1998 level and with the hospital subsidy, you'll be somewhere in the $80 per 216 00:20:24,210 --> 00:20:32,470 transport for those of you that have anything that the hospitals have money for. Tracy, if I could 217 00:20:32,470 --> 00:20:39,710 I have to certify the resolution 5121 on the vote, so I'd like to do that separately and not as a block. 218 00:20:40,010 --> 00:20:41,110 Okay. Okay. 219 00:20:42,170 --> 00:20:45,470 So we'll start with the resolution 5121. 220 00:20:46,110 --> 00:20:48,930 Motion to approve 5121. 221 00:20:49,150 --> 00:20:49,450 Second. 222 00:20:50,190 --> 00:20:54,370 Okay. So motion's been made in second into approve 5121. 223 00:20:54,430 --> 00:20:55,690 Is there any discussion? 224 00:20:56,970 --> 00:21:02,150 Okay. All in favor of approving resolution 5121 say aye. 225 00:21:02,150 --> 00:21:16,790 Hi. Hi. I opposed of stained. Okay. Resolution 521 passes. So we have five resolution 53221. 226 00:21:17,070 --> 00:21:18,790 Motion to approve. Second. 227 00:21:19,650 --> 00:21:26,090 Okay. So motion's been made and seconded to approve 53221 all in favor or any discussion. 228 00:21:27,270 --> 00:21:29,530 All in favor say aye. 229 00:21:29,530 --> 00:21:40,690 All right. Opposed of stained. Resolution 5321 passes. Resolution 5421 for the paramedic agreement. 230 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:49,810 Oh, should that prove? Second. Okay, so motions been motion to approve has been made in seconded as any discussion. 231 00:21:50,970 --> 00:21:55,430 Okay, all in favor to approve resolution 5421 say aye. 232 00:21:55,430 --> 00:21:55,930 Hi. 233 00:21:56,390 --> 00:21:56,530 Hi. 234 00:21:57,310 --> 00:21:57,850 I'm opposed. 235 00:21:58,690 --> 00:21:59,410 Obstained. 236 00:22:00,550 --> 00:22:04,890 I have an H. I'd like to table and do it in June. 237 00:22:06,010 --> 00:22:06,370 Okay. 238 00:22:08,030 --> 00:22:10,190 So then we're on to item I. 239 00:22:10,690 --> 00:22:12,450 The unified plan. 240 00:22:15,140 --> 00:22:22,940 This is our two year work plan with the Department of Transportation that outlines what we'll be doing. 241 00:22:22,940 --> 00:22:29,460 in terms of transportation planning and project planning and assistance and working with. 242 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:53,180 The department, and it's a renewal. If you will, and action is necessary here to move that forward so we can secure that with them and the funding that goes with it. You've been, you've received that previously and we've discussed it previously. 243 00:22:56,590 --> 00:22:58,990 Nicholson, I'll make the motion to approve. 244 00:23:00,570 --> 00:23:01,470 Okay, it'll second. 245 00:23:02,170 --> 00:23:08,430 Okay, so motion's been made in seconded to approve the 2021-23 unified planning work program. 246 00:23:09,090 --> 00:23:10,370 Is there any discussion? 247 00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:15,190 Okay. All in favor of approving say aye. 248 00:23:15,870 --> 00:23:16,370 All right. 249 00:23:17,610 --> 00:23:18,250 Opposed. 250 00:23:20,710 --> 00:23:21,350 Next, 251 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:28,140 we move on to the 2021-22 work plan discussion. 252 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,680 You've all received this as pretty much at this stage. 253 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:45,260 We've not put the budget numbers in there just the programs projects we'll be working on in the coming year. 254 00:23:46,140 --> 00:23:51,060 There's several new ones in there and pretty much want to just... 255 00:23:51,060 --> 00:23:59,620 It doesn't need a motion, but solidify that, if folks have questions now, or they can ask me later, 256 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:06,680 and modify that will be taking final action on it sometime in June, 257 00:24:07,380 --> 00:24:14,920 or when we know what the final disposition of the state budget is, which has a bunch of our funding in it, 258 00:24:15,380 --> 00:24:17,700 so that's where the number is going to get to eat. 259 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:20,840 but as far as the narrative goes, 260 00:24:21,940 --> 00:24:25,160 it's an a fairly refined form of this stage. 261 00:24:28,750 --> 00:24:30,810 Certainly discussion on this there. 262 00:24:32,410 --> 00:24:33,270 No, okay. 263 00:24:33,670 --> 00:24:37,470 So moving on to executive session 264 00:24:37,470 --> 00:24:40,810 to discuss the executive directors 265 00:24:40,810 --> 00:24:42,250 and employment contract renewal. 266 00:24:42,830 --> 00:24:45,850 So I have a motion to move into executive session 267 00:24:45,850 --> 00:24:47,930 and second. 268 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:50,720 Second. 269 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:59,220 So, motion's been made in seconded to move into executive session. All in favor. 270 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:00,880 Hi. 271 00:25:02,420 --> 00:25:03,680 A post. 272 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:05,820 I'm staying. 273 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,040 Now, we have to ask that we have to. 274 00:25:10,220 --> 00:25:11,740 I'm going to stop the recording. 275 00:25:12,740 --> 00:25:14,620 Move the people that are not members. 276 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:15,660 Welcome. 277 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,360 We didn't have it from before. 278 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:19,100 Yeah. 279 00:25:19,140 --> 00:25:20,160 There you go. 280 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,640 This state the time we came out looked like 859. 281 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:28,080 It's $15. 282 00:25:29,180 --> 00:25:29,460 Yeah. 283 00:25:30,940 --> 00:25:32,980 That could be the shortest executive session. 284 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,460 The quietest too. 285 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:41,640 I'll make a motion that we extend the contract of the executive director as presented. 286 00:25:44,060 --> 00:25:45,580 Nicholson out second. 287 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:46,240 Thanks. 288 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:57,180 So, the motion's been made and seconded to accept the Appalignment Employment Contract for John Philcheck as the Executive Director for NECOC. 289 00:25:58,640 --> 00:25:59,840 So, is there any discussion? 290 00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:05,820 All right. All in favor of accepting the Employment Agreement say aye. 291 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:06,340 Aye. 292 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:08,560 Opposed. 293 00:26:09,540 --> 00:26:10,420 Abstentions. 294 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:13,660 So, welcome back. 295 00:26:13,660 --> 00:26:20,400 I see that. I'm going to put up with you for three years John. I don't know if I'll be hit that long. 296 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,960 Oh, it's four now. Oh, no. Oh, yeah, that's right. 297 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:26,820 You didn't really define print. 298 00:26:27,140 --> 00:26:28,660 That's it. 299 00:26:31,420 --> 00:26:32,840 Usually everything burning. 300 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:35,040 I don't think so. 301 00:26:37,660 --> 00:26:40,900 All right. So I guess we're on to the round table now. 302 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:47,560 Yeah, I don't know where everybody, I, you get people back, but you know, like I said, 303 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:52,860 that American Rescue Plan is turning into an absolute nightmare for some time, especially 304 00:26:52,860 --> 00:26:58,400 to smaller towns. I'm looking at what, at least we can use it for water and soar and some 305 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:04,700 fiber optics that we brought over to the town hall, I hope. And, and last revenue, when we had 306 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:29,820 So when is the off track betten up at the black dog for lost revenue and MS4 we're definitely going to use it for MS4 and nose items but other than that, there's no other things that I can read right now, I started reading at 153 page document and put me to sleep so. 307 00:27:29,820 --> 00:27:35,800 know. I don't know if anybody else has had any thoughts about it. Well, I mean, you've 308 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:41,460 got $2.7 million dollars coming burning. Right. No, 2,2 million, 774,000. I think 309 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:48,900 it, the bottom line. Yeah. It's phenomenal. I know. It's like, I could use it for bridges and 310 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:56,820 roads. I can tell you that much, but use it for that, you know. So I can do some upgrades to 311 00:27:56,820 --> 00:28:01,320 water treatment facility? Yeah, we have a matter of fact we're open, 312 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:10,860 Bids to staff to new generators and maintenance building. And we thought the 313 00:28:10,860 --> 00:28:17,060 Bids had come in at about 2.1.3 and 1.5. And I know it's going to come in two 314 00:28:17,060 --> 00:28:25,740 to 400,000 dollars more because of the rice and in just products, you know. So the 315 00:28:25,740 --> 00:28:35,660 One thing I did find out that I failed to mention before that fiscal analysis is saying now is that the 316 00:28:35,660 --> 00:28:42,740 The ones will be distributed 60 days from the state certifying to the federal Department of Treasury that 317 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:47,740 How you're going to use the funds, but then they're only going to issue 50% 318 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:55,940 from what I can read here and they're going to withhold the other 50% until they can then 319 00:28:55,940 --> 00:28:59,400 certify at the other end of the project that you did correctly. 320 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:00,200 Right. 321 00:29:00,580 --> 00:29:03,440 So you may be voting some cash out there. 322 00:29:05,340 --> 00:29:10,220 I kind of read that too, John, and the thing is we still got to wait for a great 323 00:29:10,220 --> 00:29:18,000 But I just like it to even act upon the direct payment, you know, that that's before the 324 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:23,480 legislature and that, well, the county one's going to come through OPM to it seems. 325 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,160 Yeah, it's going to come through OPM. 326 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,580 I don't know if it, yeah, that's the way I'm reading it. 327 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,880 I was hoping it'd come right to us, so we don't have to worry about the OPM, but it looks 328 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,280 like it's going through OPM. 329 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,820 Would there be a way to do a regional cooperative thing? 330 00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:45,820 I mean, a lot of small towns like Jacqueline, I mean, I can think of a few public safety things that I can spend the money on, maybe they would qualify. 331 00:29:46,340 --> 00:29:53,940 I think it's clear, it's clear that you can do with do something regionally or to a third party. 332 00:29:54,740 --> 00:29:58,760 What my concern is on that is. 333 00:30:00,180 --> 00:30:30,160 The reporting requirements on this seem to be pretty, pretty onerous individually for the town. So say, just theoretically, you did something with knee cog and you 16 towns contribute that it appears to me when I read it that each town would have to do their individual reporting. And we're going to have to do it. And then so it becomes a kind of a bureaucratic morass. And if you're subcontractors, screws up, you're on the hook. 334 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:50,340 So there's a lot of details there that need to be just flushed out before you know you give like I was saying earlier you know the 1% to the health department and 2% to the food bank and you know that are coming forward now which is the ones he Tuesday deals. 335 00:30:50,340 --> 00:30:56,560 Yeah. The reporting still comes back to you if I understand it, right? Not on the fact that you said, 336 00:30:57,100 --> 00:31:03,860 okay, Nikog or any D.A., your access or whoever you get, you go ahead and use part of our money. 337 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:09,240 I'm kind of agreeing with you, John. I've been looking at it and trying to read and understand it. 338 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:20,320 You know, I take what most people don't know to report and it's going to be 339 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,740 small cities grant, the best I can tell. 340 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,120 And you know what that involves. 341 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,840 You probably have to hire two people to do the paperwork. 342 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,640 Well that's the thing that is, 343 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:43,640 depending on the town, you may not have the internal capacity to properly manage it. 344 00:31:46,350 --> 00:31:52,670 I think listed it on some of those telecon's talking about this, the most telling question 345 00:31:52,670 --> 00:31:56,290 I've heard is some municipalities have been asking is there a way they can refuse the 346 00:31:56,290 --> 00:31:56,730 money? 347 00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:05,370 Because it is going to be tremendously difficult, I think, to comply with all the mandates 348 00:32:05,370 --> 00:32:06,350 as they are now. 349 00:32:06,530 --> 00:32:08,330 Maybe they'll make it easier on us who knows. 350 00:32:08,330 --> 00:32:17,130 There's also the discussion nationally because the states are so flush almost to a state 351 00:32:18,330 --> 00:32:29,490 that they may take and load the amount of awards to the counties and towns switch it 352 00:32:29,490 --> 00:32:38,470 the infrastructure bill as a way to compromise on that nationally. So the 1.9 trillion or whatever 353 00:32:38,470 --> 00:32:44,310 this is and drop that number down and put it into part of it into the infrastructure bill. 354 00:32:44,650 --> 00:32:49,470 That would be much better for all our communities, I think, John, because we all got infrastructure 355 00:32:49,470 --> 00:32:56,770 problems that we could deal with. What they want you to deal with it and a lot of towns don't have 356 00:32:56,770 --> 00:33:02,210 water and soil plants you know that they can't spend some of the money they just don't have 357 00:33:02,210 --> 00:33:06,230 the personnel nor the whereabouts to do it, period. 358 00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:11,340 And also with that bill sort of floating 359 00:33:11,340 --> 00:33:17,280 out there in the future probably is a good idea that do update whatever capital improvement plans 360 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:26,180 you have and maybe look beyond them because if you're going to get a I don't know if you want to 361 00:33:26,180 --> 00:33:33,140 a windfall on infrastructure, but when they start asking for a shelf, so-called shovel-ready projects, 362 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:39,160 you don't want to be scrambling. I know you had to do that Kevin with that trail projects, 363 00:33:39,660 --> 00:33:44,260 you know, with the recent one, but the more you can kind of have those ideas a little more 364 00:33:44,260 --> 00:33:49,980 fleshed out and better estimates. I think the stronger the case is going to be when they say, 365 00:33:49,980 --> 00:33:57,940 Okay, what do you got, and, you know, what's your mountain, be ready to roll? 366 00:33:58,820 --> 00:34:04,880 Yeah, that's what I'm doing with bridges, John, design and bridges and repairs and everything 367 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:11,420 to any bridges that we can identify, we're trying to identify and have shovel-ready projects. 368 00:34:11,420 --> 00:34:40,340 So, it's that simple, you know, and that was, you know, the item that I table, there was, the metro regions have what's called, they have their own transportation improvement plan, where they go through a formal process, where they're identifying projects, they're putting them through a kind of an initial review and then 369 00:34:40,340 --> 00:34:43,840 belonging those in so that when the opportunity comes up, 370 00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:45,420 they can move quicker on them. 371 00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:49,560 As a rural region, we're not, we don't have that requirement, 372 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:51,160 we've never done it. 373 00:34:51,820 --> 00:34:59,220 And so it may be well to use our resources and your resources 374 00:34:59,220 --> 00:35:02,940 to start identifying everything from trails to bridges, 375 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,680 whatever, into this whole thing, 376 00:35:10,190 --> 00:35:10,850 just in case, 377 00:35:10,850 --> 00:35:14,130 because if you go back to those that you were around 378 00:35:14,130 --> 00:35:17,490 when President Obama put the R.A. 379 00:35:18,630 --> 00:35:23,160 back in 08, most places weren't ready for. 380 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,280 And a lot of that money just went back. 381 00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:29,080 I can tell you, the transit district gave back 382 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:30,640 a quarter of a million dollars that we had 383 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,800 because we simply weren't prepared to act as quickly 384 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,200 as they wanted us to. 385 00:35:44,670 --> 00:35:46,570 So if they, you know, it'll probably take them a year 386 00:35:46,570 --> 00:35:47,770 before they figure it out. 387 00:35:49,620 --> 00:35:53,620 I hope it takes me a year that way we got a year to figure out what to do. 388 00:36:00,060 --> 00:36:07,600 Well, you know, right now, I don't, you know, do you think you guys currently could spend 27.9 million dollars? 389 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:13,620 I know you could in downtown, you know, fund them, but, you know. 390 00:36:15,180 --> 00:36:20,860 We could spend if not within the constraints that this money is being given to us, it's like 391 00:36:20,860 --> 00:36:21,860 like the Pinocchio grain. 392 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:23,720 It's got so many strings on it, huh? 393 00:36:25,220 --> 00:36:25,700 Whatever. 394 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:26,720 I'll park it. 395 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:31,700 I'll park it into the interest bearing account when it shows up and reap the benefits while 396 00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:34,400 I'm trying to figure out how to spend it. 397 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:39,260 That's another question on it too, or you will allow to do that. 398 00:36:39,260 --> 00:36:46,520 Yeah, the answer on the I heard the answer on that was maybe so maybe to me. Is it me? It's sort of a yes 399 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:47,680 With conditions 400 00:36:48,860 --> 00:36:49,380 I'll 401 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:50,920 Measiness 402 00:36:53,740 --> 00:37:02,520 I'll make probably the most important thing Barney. I haven't cut my area. So oh my gosh, I oh, you look at better better every day 403 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:09,620 Other important thing I think to look at is because you guys are being asked from a lot of 404 00:37:09,620 --> 00:37:13,460 groups for cash, we're getting a portion of it. 405 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:22,420 When I send you the thing from OFA and if you look at the governor's plan which the legislature 406 00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:27,040 still has to act on and modify however they wish. 407 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:50,540 Those groups are getting direct funding. It's not like they're being left out of it. So health districts are getting funding, for instance, for certain things. And a lot of the housing and human service areas are getting funding. 408 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:55,440 So 409 00:37:55,440 --> 00:38:00,690 So I just want to make sure you're not somebody who's not doubling up on you. 410 00:38:01,540 --> 00:38:07,640 Well, I mean, if you look at the federal pay.org, if anybody goes there and sees what business 411 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,840 has got in the first round, it'd be shot. 412 00:38:11,060 --> 00:38:17,140 I don't know if anybody has gone through that and look at the PPE payments, it's just unbelievable 413 00:38:17,140 --> 00:38:25,240 amount of money that in the town of Putnam, I think we got $8.000 million for restaurants 414 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:30,880 and businesses throughout the towns for COVID-19. 415 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:39,600 If you, it's amazing when you go to that federal pay.org and look up the new PPE payments. 416 00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:44,500 For your town, all you do is go down the scroll down a little bit and they'll give you the 417 00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:48,620 state and then you put it in a zip code and you go search and you'll find out what 418 00:38:48,620 --> 00:38:56,120 business is a paint of funding loan and grant. Just to give you an idea, I 419 00:38:56,120 --> 00:39:01,080 talked to one owner and he goes, money shows. I got so much money. I don't know what 420 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:05,320 to do. So what I did is I took the M money and I can't justify it somewhere 421 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:12,360 to take a 3% loan and I paid off my 8% loan with the bank. Now I'm paying 422 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:17,540 three percent. He goes, you can't beat it. You know, that's how flush to some of this money is. 423 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:21,920 It's, yeah. 424 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:26,980 John, did you ever look at that federal pay dog? 425 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:32,180 I haven't looked at that, but I know, you know, the lot of money flowed and a lot of money is going 426 00:39:32,180 --> 00:39:39,760 to flow through this thing through different, you know, different avenues. And I guess the other 427 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:44,060 thing I'm concerned about with it is, this is three years of cash. 428 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:47,700 At the end of the day, 429 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:54,480 at the end of the fourth year, are you going to have to then find the money to carry on something? 430 00:39:56,460 --> 00:40:02,960 Does it end up resulting in an increase in some kind of commitment on your part? Maybe you want to 431 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:09,220 do it, maybe you don't. So I think you got to be very careful with it, but there's certainly 432 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:21,440 You know, we talked a bit about the environmental depot idea, which is a big ticket item, but it would be a big benefit to the region. 433 00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:23,520 Yes, for today. 434 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:25,720 Thank you. 435 00:40:25,740 --> 00:40:27,960 You got to look for those that are going to have impacts. 436 00:40:28,180 --> 00:40:34,820 We've had meetings on, you know, the recycling crisis and those costs are going up. 437 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:39,880 But it doesn't seem to be changing with China and if we can come up with a solution locally, 438 00:40:40,940 --> 00:40:42,080 I mean, all the better. 439 00:40:44,460 --> 00:40:46,800 So, I don't know. 440 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,680 We got to be creative with it. 441 00:40:51,510 --> 00:40:53,130 Yeah, and hope we don't have to pay it back. 442 00:40:55,390 --> 00:40:57,170 I think you know, use it right, Barney. 443 00:40:57,590 --> 00:40:58,010 I know it. 444 00:40:58,130 --> 00:40:58,950 I think that's the thing. 445 00:40:59,130 --> 00:41:05,290 I mean, the strings that are being attached to read someone, you know, the paperwork that might be involved, 446 00:41:06,070 --> 00:41:10,490 It's just astronomical, so we gotta really take a hard look at it. 447 00:41:10,490 --> 00:41:15,230 I think it's going to be something that it's going to take us a year to figure out what to do. 448 00:41:16,190 --> 00:41:18,190 Well, you probably aren't going to have a year. 449 00:41:19,710 --> 00:41:23,250 And you know, it's going to trigger a federal single audit in the state single audit, 450 00:41:23,550 --> 00:41:24,970 which maybe you already have. 451 00:41:25,570 --> 00:41:30,530 But yeah, it's going to cost you, it will cost you something. 452 00:41:31,130 --> 00:41:32,070 Oh, yeah, absolutely. 453 00:41:32,070 --> 00:41:36,650 And they just went across, if you don't have that person, that's administering the 454 00:41:36,650 --> 00:41:44,750 use to like, you know, small cities, block grants to a net for you internally, or, you 455 00:41:44,750 --> 00:41:48,470 know, like, Section 8 housing, something that's already a complex program. 456 00:41:49,350 --> 00:41:53,610 Some of you have, you know, playing field, but them have those Thompson. 457 00:41:54,430 --> 00:42:01,030 But if you, you know, you have a little bit of that in Valentine, but you probably subcontract 458 00:42:01,030 --> 00:42:08,810 that all out. Yeah, and she just retired. Yeah. You know, if you're a union, David, I think 459 00:42:08,810 --> 00:42:14,530 you know, that this could be a real challenge even for a small amount of money. Or Ashford, 460 00:42:15,430 --> 00:42:20,670 or, you know, Eastford, Hampton. Yeah. 461 00:42:22,810 --> 00:42:25,830 So, you know, it's not, yeah, it's a lot of money 462 00:42:25,830 --> 00:42:27,010 and you go, oh, that's great. 463 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:28,850 Details. 464 00:42:30,370 --> 00:42:32,010 Hey, John, when you're going to open your offices, 465 00:42:32,750 --> 00:42:34,390 have people come in. 466 00:42:34,830 --> 00:42:36,490 Soon, I'm working that out. 467 00:42:36,690 --> 00:42:39,410 I mean, one of the challenges I got is, 468 00:42:39,410 --> 00:42:42,710 I've got to see the eight or nine individuals 469 00:42:44,590 --> 00:42:47,750 who have not, and will not get vaccinated. 470 00:42:48,910 --> 00:42:50,810 And then they wear mask all the time. 471 00:42:52,350 --> 00:42:54,510 And so, you know, you've got, 472 00:42:54,510 --> 00:42:59,110 And then you've got the concerns of the people that are going into that situation. 473 00:42:59,490 --> 00:43:07,050 So we're just being deliberate and working that through, but I've got to get it back 474 00:43:07,050 --> 00:43:07,690 in place. 475 00:43:09,130 --> 00:43:14,890 I think for the foreseeable future, we're going to have to, our room is just too small in 476 00:43:14,890 --> 00:43:22,050 the back, because see if we can put a towns that we can, they have a big enough room. 477 00:43:23,330 --> 00:43:29,050 But our board meetings on the road because I'd like to get it back away from Zoom and in person. 478 00:43:30,150 --> 00:43:31,910 Well, we welcome here. 479 00:43:32,470 --> 00:43:36,010 Yeah, by mid August, I'll have a look at a fruit for everybody. 480 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:39,110 Yeah, we got to be here in Canterbury, so. 481 00:43:39,330 --> 00:43:41,050 Yeah, you got a nice place to work. 482 00:43:41,370 --> 00:43:41,530 Yep. 483 00:43:41,990 --> 00:43:43,650 I will come down and let's get you haircut. 484 00:43:44,670 --> 00:43:46,390 Now I'm not getting my haircut, Barney. 485 00:43:46,490 --> 00:43:48,870 I think I can have a ponytail next time you're here. 486 00:43:49,390 --> 00:43:54,050 We got a big room up there in Union, but you got to spend the night up and start, you know, 487 00:43:54,970 --> 00:43:56,830 the servers make the trip. 488 00:43:57,270 --> 00:43:58,250 That's important. 489 00:43:58,730 --> 00:44:00,910 Barney, do you think we can all fit in your new office? 490 00:44:02,230 --> 00:44:02,750 What's that? 491 00:44:03,290 --> 00:44:05,550 I said, do you think we can all fit in your new office? 492 00:44:05,890 --> 00:44:10,170 My office is smaller now in the new place than I have now. 493 00:44:10,630 --> 00:44:13,790 But you're more than welcome to see come see the Taj Mahal. 494 00:44:17,550 --> 00:44:26,510 We've actually had pretty good. Actually, when we've done meetings on the road, I think it's been good for, you know, to see another town hall and all that. 495 00:44:27,470 --> 00:44:35,030 So moving around actually has some benefits. We'll probably, you know, still have to have a remote option with that. 496 00:44:36,210 --> 00:44:42,010 So what a couple of the cogs have used before the pandemic that seems like a good product 497 00:44:42,010 --> 00:44:43,770 is a thing called awal. 498 00:44:44,410 --> 00:44:46,090 Anybody familiar with that? 499 00:44:46,250 --> 00:44:50,290 That's a 60 camera that can enhance a, you know, 500 00:44:50,290 --> 00:44:55,030 we can play basically pop in the middle of the meeting and so we're not. 501 00:44:56,210 --> 00:44:59,970 People have more understanding of who's talking and better record. 502 00:45:01,260 --> 00:45:11,040 That's 800 bucks, which isn't bad. But yeah, we're moving to reopen soon. 503 00:45:19,270 --> 00:45:21,710 The masks will be there. 504 00:45:24,970 --> 00:45:33,890 Hopefully the transit thing can reopen too, because it's one thing to do that with a Connecticut transit bus that holds 60 some people. 505 00:45:33,890 --> 00:45:42,070 But when you're in a 15 pass in your bus and you know, you've got a hold of back you five is the max and any of our buses. 506 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:48,320 And that does create some issues. 507 00:45:55,530 --> 00:45:57,430 Well, we almost write from motion to adjourn. 508 00:46:02,190 --> 00:46:02,670 Second. 509 00:46:04,850 --> 00:46:06,350 I'll check in that. 510 00:46:06,970 --> 00:46:08,890 All in favor of adjourning. 511 00:46:10,050 --> 00:46:10,390 Hi. 512 00:46:11,050 --> 00:46:12,770 I'm always abstained. 513 00:46:13,130 --> 00:46:13,410 All right. 514 00:46:13,630 --> 00:46:14,490 Have a good day. 515 00:46:14,490 --> 00:46:15,490 Thank you. 516 00:46:18,950 --> 00:46:19,450 Bye. 517 00:46:20,090 --> 00:46:20,210 Bye. 518 00:46:26,820 --> 00:46:26,920 Bye.