[8:39] We're moving.
[8:40] >> Uh, I'd like to call the Nancock Regular
[8:42] Town Council August meeting to order.
[8:46] Can we have the roll call, please?
[8:48] Debbie,
[8:50] >> Council Member Figgy,
[8:51] >> present.
[8:52] >> Council member Grub,
[8:54] Council Member,
[8:56] >> present. Council member not
[8:59] council member Pettit
[9:00] >> present.
[9:01] >> Council member Quigley
[9:02] >> here
[9:04] >> present. Uh planning commissioner you
[9:06] want to call your role?
[9:08] >> Yeah I'd like to hear it.
[9:12] >> Sure you may go. I'm just calling the u
[9:15] the public hearing from the planning.
[9:17] >> No just call your just call a planning
[9:19] commission meeting to order. Yeah. Not the public hearing yet. Yeah.
[9:24] No, not the public hearing.
[9:26] >> Just the meeting.
[9:27] Thank you.
[9:34] » Commissioner Adward,
[9:37] Commissioner Holddron,
[9:38] >> present.
[9:39] >> Commissioner McGallen,
[9:40] >> present.
[9:41] >> Commissioner Temple,
[9:42] >> present.
[9:43] >> Commissioner Whitel,
[9:44] >> present.
[9:45] >> And Chair Percy Greer,
[9:46] >> present.
[9:49] >> Okay. Pledge allegiance, please.
[9:53] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[9:56] United States of America and to the
[9:59] stands nation
[10:03] indivisible with liberty and justice for
[10:05] all.
[10:09] » Okay. Uh a couple announcements. Uh
[10:12] there's several signup sheets in the
[10:14] back for two three public hearings.
[10:16] Could you please sign up if you'd like
[10:17] to speak at the public hearings? And
[10:19] there's also the uh regular signup sheet
[10:21] for public comment later on in the
[10:23] meeting.
[10:25] Okay.
[10:27] All right. Um do we have a consideration
[10:29] do I have a motion for consideration of
[10:31] the approval of the meeting minutes from
[10:33] July 27th?
[10:34] >> So moved.
[10:35] >> Uh second.
[10:37] >> Second.
[10:38] >> Uh any additions or corrections?
[10:41] >> Did you get everything, Debbie?
[10:44] >> Okay. She got that to you. Okay. All
[10:46] right. All in favor of accepting the
[10:48] minutes? I
[10:49] >> I
[10:49] >> opposed.
[10:51] >> Okay. Thank you. All right.
[10:53] We have um we have a couple
[10:56] uh several public hearings on on
[10:57] schedule. We're going to do the first
[10:58] one is a joint public hearing with the
[11:00] uh planning commission. Um
[11:04] I'm going to call uh Wes, you want to
[11:06] give us a little background on this
[11:07] first before I open a public hearing?
[11:09] >> So, this is a joint public hearing for a
[11:12] special use permit for 19 North Street.
[11:15] The the applicant Jeffrey Barrett is
[11:17] requesting a special use permit to
[11:19] operate a homeate at his residence at 19
[11:22] North Street with a maximum of two
[11:24] overnight guests. The property is zone
[11:26] R1 single family residential and the
[11:28] applicant will continue to live at the
[11:30] property while operating the homestead.
[11:33] staff have reviewed the request against
[11:36] the town code and standards and and and
[11:39] recommend approval.
[11:44] » Okay. Uh I'd like to like to open the uh
[11:47] the Hancock Town Council public hearing
[11:49] on this and Casey, you want to open
[11:51] yours?
[11:53] >> Excuse me. I'm opening the planning
[11:55] commission's joint hearing.
[11:58] >> Debbie, do you have anybody sign up? No
[12:00] one signed up to speak. Okay. All right.
[12:07] » Oh, yeah. Yeah. Good.
[12:10] >> Really grateful for it.
[12:11] >> Okay. Okay. I'm going to close town
[12:14] council public hearing. I'm going to
[12:16] close your public hearing.
[12:18] >> Sure.
[12:20] >> Okay.
[12:20] >> Close the public hearing first.
[12:24] » Planning commission.
[12:26] >> Okay. And we need a recommendation from
[12:27] you guys if you want to talk it over.
[12:32] recommend approval of special needs
[12:34] permit for Jeffrey Bar to operate a
[12:36] homeay at 19 North Street with two
[12:38] onsite parking spaces and a maximum
[12:41] occupancy of two overnight guests and
[12:44] for 36 month period.
[12:47] >> Okay.
[12:49] >> Second.
[12:51] >> Okay. All in favor?
[12:53] >> I Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, good. [laughter]
[12:56] I thought they were yours. Yeah. No, no, She said I I was thinking
[13:01] I was saying why is a council member
[13:02] voting on that? Uh yeah. Okay. Uh Wes,
[13:06] do we want to council vote on this now?
[13:08] It's not there's not I didn't see it as
[13:09] an action item. Okay. All right. Okay.
[13:12] All right. Is there somebody want
[13:13] to read the recommend recommended
[13:15] motion?
[13:22] » Mr. Mayor, I move to approve the special
[13:24] use permit for Jeffrey Barrett to
[13:26] operate a home stay at 19 North Street
[13:28] with a maximum occupancy of two
[13:31] overnight guests. Second,
[13:33] >> any discussion on this?
[13:34] >> Yes. I just want to absolutely put
[13:37] clarify that this is the brick house and
[13:38] not the out parcel.
[13:41] >> It's not a correct.
[13:42] >> Okay. Right. It's it's his house and not
[13:44] the doctor's office. Right.
[13:45] >> I didn't think his house was brick.
[13:46] >> Is it Isn't it brick? Oh, maybe it's
[13:48] not.
[13:51] the house house and notice house.
[13:53] >> No, that's right.
[13:54] >> Okay. All right. Just want to make sure
[13:55] that that clear
[13:57] >> and do we want to put in there runs it's
[13:59] what did you say 36 months?
[14:02] >> That's how that's what
[14:04] >> that's the ordinance is already in the
[14:06] ordinance so we don't have to Okay. All
[14:07] right. Okay. Any more discussion? All in
[14:10] favor? I
[14:11] >> opposed. I think it's carried
[14:13] unanimously.
[14:15] Okay. Thank you, planning commission. I
[14:17] guess you can journ your meetings.
[14:21] Yes, please do.
[14:25] » Thank you. Thanks. Thank you so much.
[14:27] Appreciate
[14:34] » I'm grateful
[14:38] » Mr. S wants to speak to the farmer's
[14:40] market and everybody else's regular
[14:43] comments at the end. Thanks.
[14:45] >> Oh, okay. All right. Okay.
[14:53] moving on to the uh next uh public
[14:55] hearing is the uh Nancock uh winter
[14:58] farmers market budget amendment. Uh Wes,
[15:00] you want to give us some background on
[15:02] that?
[15:04] >> So the the first of amendment adds the
[15:06] revenues and expenditures for the
[15:08] revised onamp winter farmers market
[15:11] improvement project to the fiscal year
[15:13] 2026 2027 budget. The revised project
[15:17] will will improve the indoor space at 20
[15:20] Market Street to house the market. The
[15:23] amendment is needed so the grant
[15:25] matching funds and and related project
[15:29] um expenses are properly reflected in
[15:32] the current fiscal year budget. So uh no
[15:35] new general fund funding is being
[15:39] requested at this time.
[15:40] >> Okay. Uh I'm going to open the public
[15:43] hearing on this. Uh,
[15:46] and uh, Mark Sinclair, I think you're
[15:48] the only person that signed up to speak
[15:49] on this.
[15:56] » Good evening, Mark Sinclair, Greenway
[15:58] Circle. I want to start off by saying I
[16:00] am an ardent supporter of the farmers
[16:02] market. I support everything that they
[16:04] do and if you asked me to vote on this
[16:06] issue tonight, I would vote in support
[16:08] of this issue. I do have a couple of
[16:10] concerns. Uh, if I'm not mistaken, this
[16:14] project has morphed from a prefab Dutch
[16:17] barn that was supposed to go in the
[16:18] Queen Street parking lot into investing
[16:21] into a private uh uh piece of property,
[16:24] which I think is a significant change.
[16:26] And I I I don't think it has been
[16:28] publicized enough that this is now an
[16:31] investment in a private property. Once
[16:33] again, I would vote for it. I would
[16:35] agree with it. I just think some of the
[16:37] town members need more knowledge about
[16:39] it. I would also say that I I would like
[16:42] to see if if we're going to invest in
[16:43] the building, whatever current lease
[16:45] they have, I'd like to see it extended a
[16:47] little bit just to, you know, make up
[16:49] for the investment we're putting in the
[16:50] building. Other than that, vote for it.
[16:52] Let's let's support the farmers market.
[16:56] >> Thank you. Any other comments?
[17:00] » Okay, go ahead.
[17:11] Uh, Priscilla Hart, Market Street. Um,
[17:15] boy, there's a lot of noise going on
[17:16] over there and there's a lot of work
[17:18] going on. Um, I too support the winter
[17:21] market. Uh, I also understand that the
[17:25] grant funds will be Thank you.
[17:29] [laughter] Should I start again? Uh,
[17:31] okay. I support the winter market. I
[17:33] understand the grant funds are going to
[17:35] be um utilized for changes to um the
[17:41] Fossky's 20 Market Street. And my
[17:46] question is, what do we do now with the
[17:49] um Queen Street parking lot? There was a
[17:52] I think it was a 20-year lease or $20
[17:54] lease or something like that. And do we
[17:59] make that lease go away?
[18:02] that might be something we should
[18:03] consider because the farmers market's
[18:05] not going to use that anymore. Why tie
[18:08] that up? So, I wish the winter market
[18:10] good luck. Thanks.
[18:12] >> Okay. Thank you. Any other comments?
[18:15] Okay. I'm going to close this public
[18:17] hearing. Uh I I think that lease is is
[18:20] null and void. Am I Yeah. for the for
[18:23] the Queen Street, right?
[18:26] >> Not sure. But but uh since the market's
[18:29] no longer going to be there, I would
[18:30] assume so.
[18:30] >> Right. Yeah. Right. Was it ever
[18:32] executed?
[18:33] >> I think it was. Yes. Did we have
[18:35] >> Yes, it was. So, I guess we do need to
[18:37] >> We're going to do some paperwork.
[18:38] >> Yeah, we do some paperwork on that.
[18:39] Yeah. Yeah. Um I I I uh Well, yeah.
[18:42] Excuse me. One comment. I need to make
[18:45] Excuse myself. We're not going to vote
[18:47] on this anyway down. It's going to be a
[18:48] tie, but I'm I have an interest in this,
[18:49] so I'm I'm not going to comment on this
[18:51] or have anything to do with the vote.
[18:53] Okay. Uh do we have a representative
[18:54] from the farmers market?
[19:01] Yeah.
[19:04] >> Okay. Right. Okay. And and VDAX approved
[19:07] the this whole process correctly. We we
[19:10] the town has really nothing to do with
[19:11] the plan. They approved the the new new design and everything. Yeah.
[19:15] >> Yeah. between VDAX approving the fact
[19:16] that it's going into private property
[19:18] and the the Odancock Farmers Market
[19:20] board has also sat down with the
[19:22] property owners at length to discuss
[19:24] what our lease looks like with them for
[19:26] the future so that the space is being
[19:28] utilized as we are intending it to be
[19:30] utilized with the grant funds.
[19:33] >> Any other comments?
[19:35] Do we have a motion here?
[19:38] I move that town council amend the
[19:40] fiscal year 2026 2027 budget and
[19:43] appropriate 50,4001
[19:46] one
[19:48] $50,41516
[19:51] to to corresponding grant matching and
[19:53] project revenues and expenditures for
[19:55] the Onancock Farmers Market Improvement
[19:57] Project.
[19:58] >> Uh second
[19:59] >> second.
[20:00] >> Uh all in favor
[20:02] >> I asked for I didn't ask for any comment
[20:04] or you're all said okay or I voted.
[20:06] Okay. Thank you. All right. Uh All
[20:09] right. The next uh public hearing is the
[20:11] Northeast Revitalization Project. Uh
[20:13] Wes, you want to give us a little update
[20:15] on that?
[20:16] >> Sure. So, the second of amendment
[20:18] recognizes the remaining grant funding
[20:20] for the Northeast Revitalization Project
[20:23] and provides the corresponding
[20:25] expenditure appropriation to complete
[20:28] the unfinished work. The project has
[20:31] been expected to close, but uh grant
[20:34] records show funds remain available and work still needs to be completed.
[20:39] So, no additional local funding is
[20:41] proposed with this amendment.
[20:43] >> Okay. Um I open this public hearing uh
[20:46] for the Northeast Project. Any comments
[20:49] on this?
[20:51] Okay. Okay. Casey,
[20:57] » review the work that's going to be done.
[20:59] So that's just on the record for and
[21:01] everybody can listen in.
[21:03] >> Sure. So So the remaining work to be
[21:07] done is is um installing a sidewalk on
[21:11] street and then some ditch and drainage
[21:14] work in the neighborhood. And then we
[21:16] are also looking to um demo I believe
[21:20] one or two the the two more homes.
[21:24] >> Oh, great. Great.
[21:25] >> Yeah.
[21:25] >> Okay. Thank you. All right. Uh
[21:29] any other comments? Okay. I'll close the
[21:32] public hearing on this. All right. Um
[21:34] council, does somebody have a motion?
[21:37] >> Sure. I move that town council amend the
[21:39] fiscal year 2026 2027 budget and
[21:42] appropriate $349,23623
[21:46] in corresponding grant revenues and
[21:48] expenditures for the Northeast
[21:49] Revitalization Project.
[21:52] Do we have a second? Uh discussion
[21:54] [snorts] question. Um Wes, I was just
[21:57] curious, is this a reimbursement
[21:59] situation? We have to put up the money,
[22:01] pay the bills, and then file for
[22:03] reimbursement.
[22:05] >> Um
[22:07] yes.
[22:10] >> Okay.
[22:10] >> Is there I'm sorry. Is there
[22:12] >> Oh, sure.
[22:12] >> any delay in getting that reimbursement?
[22:15] >> Yeah, I've been signing checks for that
[22:16] project.
[22:17] >> Wait. Okay.
[22:18] >> It's pretty quick. only reason I was
[22:20] asking because DH DHCD also houses Main
[22:23] Street and that's an upfront grant. So
[22:25] that's why I was like are you
[22:27] >> Yeah. All right. Any other discussion on
[22:29] this?
[22:30] >> Thank you.
[22:31] >> All in favor?
[22:32] >> I opposed.
[22:35] Um let the record show that Sarah Knock
[22:37] is now join the meeting
[22:39] >> and she votes I think.
[22:43] >> Not bad. All righty. Uh
[22:47] >> I apologize for being late. I had
[22:49] doctor's appointments across the bay and
[22:51] just got back.
[22:53] >> All right. We have no public
[22:54] presentations. Uh no council discussion.
[22:57] Uh council action. Uh resolution to
[23:00] require pump station number uh could you
[23:02] Wes? You want to give us this one?
[23:06] So uh th this resolution is the next
[23:09] proper step in the town's transfer of
[23:11] its wastewater system to the Hampton
[23:13] Road sanitation district. It authorizes
[23:16] the town to convey the town home station
[23:21] for property and and the improvements to
[23:25] HRSD. So the required public hearing on disposal of the property has already
[23:31] been held. So tonight's action is to
[23:34] authorize the ample conveyance of it.
[23:36] >> Uh this is the South Street pump station
[23:39] u on the south kind of on the creek on
[23:40] the central branch. It's it's we we've always owned it. Uh it's it's a
[23:44] little brick building back there and if
[23:45] you've seen it when you go across the A
[23:47] Street Bridge. All right. Do we have a
[23:49] motion
[23:52] » us to read the resolution?
[23:53] >> No, just say it. Accept it, please. Just
[23:57] >> Okay. Um, I'd like to make a motion that
[23:59] town council approve resolution 2026-05,
[24:03] a resolution to authorize the disposal
[24:05] of real property and improvements owned
[24:07] by the town of Anancock at parcel
[24:09] 085A10000004700.
[24:14] Um, the town of Ankcock's pump station
[24:16] lot located off South Street in Anco,
[24:18] Virginia, Akamat County by conveyance to
[24:20] the Hampton Road sanitation district.
[24:22] >> Uh, second.
[24:24] >> Second
[24:25] >> discussion.
[24:26] >> Yes. I have a question.
[24:29] In the resolution in the the second
[24:32] whereas it says that HRSD is willing to
[24:35] accept the property for the town subject
[24:37] to certain terms. What's that mean?
[24:45] » Um that is the question. I'm I'm not
[24:48] sure what those certain terms are. I
[24:51] believe that that those would be the
[24:53] terms laid out in the omnibus
[24:58] >> which is could you explain that?
[25:00] >> Yeah. Um so I would need to uh talk with
[25:04] the um with council of HRSD to
[25:09] understand what those terms are
[25:10] specifically. So I'm not aware what
[25:14] those are at this time.
[25:16] >> We have the with us somewhere, don't we?
[25:20] >> Well, we've already agreed agreed to it.
[25:22] Yeah,
[25:23] >> we already approved it.
[25:24] >> We've already approved it. Yeah. Yeah.
[25:26] >> Scary, isn't it?
[25:26] >> Yeah. Yeah. Um, okay. Are we any other
[25:29] discussion on this? Uh, all in favor?
[25:32] >> I
[25:33] >> actually, we need a roll call. Go over
[25:34] disposing of property here. Let's have a
[25:37] roll call. It has to be I think it's got
[25:39] to be four fist, doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah.
[25:41] Three.
[25:42] >> Imber.
[25:47] Hi,
[25:48] >> Council Member Knox.
[25:49] >> Hi, Council
[25:51] >> Member Pettit.
[25:52] >> I council member.
[25:54] >> Hi.
[25:55] >> Oh, thank you. All right.
[25:58] Okay. Planning Commission report. Cindy.
[26:01] >> Uh, the planning commission continues to
[26:03] work on the comprehensive plan. We're
[26:05] drafting our sections and working on
[26:07] them. Um, and really that's what we
[26:09] spend our entire meeting talking about.
[26:11] So, it's a not a brief meeting, but a
[26:15] brief report for me. We expect to have a
[26:17] draft ready in December.
[26:22] » Any questions?
[26:24] >> Next meeting. Just could you just let
[26:26] people know again where you meet?
[26:29] >> There you go. And we did meet twice in
[26:31] August. I don't have the dates with me,
[26:33] but we had a work session in addition to
[26:35] our regular meeting.
[26:38] All right.
[26:39] Okay. the uh community reports uh
[26:42] economic development authority an
[26:46] >> hey uh the authority had a productive
[26:49] meeting last week on the
[26:52] 18th and uh we're continuing to work
[26:56] toward our goals for the for the rest of
[26:58] this year. I talked about that a little
[26:59] bit last month. We're exploring options
[27:02] for additional revenue streams. We'd
[27:04] like to find more money that we would be
[27:06] able to reinvest in the town. Uh we're
[27:08] looking at other economic development
[27:11] authorities and related organizations to
[27:14] identify best practices and model
[27:15] projects. We'd like to find similarly
[27:18] situated small towns, see where they
[27:20] have had success and and what we can
[27:22] learn from them. Uh we're working on the
[27:25] parameters for the revolving loan fund
[27:27] program. I think everybody pretty much
[27:29] knows what that is, but we got a grant
[27:33] to develop we loaned money to develop
[27:35] the Little Building. As those payments
[27:37] are remade are made each month, those
[27:40] funds will go into a revolving loan fund
[27:43] that we will then reinvest in the town.
[27:46] So, we're sort of waiting to accumulate
[27:49] a sufficient amount of money to be able
[27:51] to invest it reinvest it in an impactful
[27:53] way. So, we're working on the parameters
[27:55] of what what that will look like. Um, we
[27:58] also voted to change our meeting time to
[28:01] 5:30 p.m. and I think everything's been
[28:04] updated. So our meetings now will be the
[28:06] third Tuesday of each month from 5:30
[28:10] uh to 7. Uh we also last week hosted
[28:14] freedom of information freedom of
[28:16] information act training for local
[28:19] officials uh in this room. Last week uh
[28:23] by Virginia statute people local
[28:25] officials on certain public bodies
[28:28] including the council and and the EDA
[28:31] are required to take this training
[28:32] periodically. And so uh so we held it
[28:36] here. We had uh guests from Parksley and
[28:40] Eastville. I think almost the entire
[28:43] government of both those towns and a few
[28:46] other people came and the train training
[28:47] was conducted by the executive director
[28:50] and deputy director of the Virginia
[28:53] Municipal League.
[28:55] And our next meeting is September 15th
[28:57] in this room at 5:30.
[29:00] >> Uh any questions from council for?
[29:03] Okay, thank you very much and thank you
[29:05] for doing the uh Hoya training. That was
[29:08] those were good. Yeah,
[29:09] >> you never think people would be so
[29:11] excited about it.
[29:11] >> I know. It's always it's always an
[29:13] interesting subject. It's kind of
[29:14] fascinating. All right. Historic and
[29:16] Hancock school. Sarah,
[29:19] >> thank you. The school was honored to
[29:22] partner with the Samuel Outlaw
[29:24] Blacksmith Shop and Memorial Museum this
[29:26] past Saturday. there was to be a 5K race
[29:31] as the kickoff to that and the weather
[29:34] took care of that one. So, that's
[29:36] something we'll try for again in the
[29:38] future. But, it was still nice to be
[29:40] able to
[29:42] help um publicize it and to work
[29:45] together with a fellow Nancock nonprofit
[29:48] also in a townowned building. Um, next
[29:53] event coming up is the Deloreans who
[29:57] will be playing at the pavilion on
[29:59] Friday from 6:00 to 9:00. The concerts
[30:03] is free. Donations are welcome and there
[30:05] will be two food trucks um or go to the
[30:09] restaurants in person before the show.
[30:12] The next night, Saturday the 29th, with
[30:15] a rain date of the Saturday after the um
[30:20] annual movie under the stars will happen
[30:23] at the pavilion. It will be the sand lot
[30:26] and popcorn.
[30:28] And the start time is a little bit
[30:32] uncertain. It depends on when it gets
[30:35] dark enough to start projecting a movie
[30:38] onto the screen, but we are aiming for
[30:40] somewhere around 7:30 is the start time
[30:43] of the movie. Um, the biggest news, fire
[30:46] restoration work is still ongoing. The
[30:48] upper level is almost complete and some
[30:52] of the tenants have be been able to
[30:54] begin moving belongings back in, but
[30:57] it's not open for the public. the none
[31:02] of the building as I understand it now
[31:04] will be open to the public until the
[31:07] whole building is open to the public. So
[31:09] it's just a matter of getting people
[31:13] >> who have had to make provisional
[31:16] arrangements to store their materials
[31:19] be able to go back into their
[31:23] >> Oh,
[31:24] >> we might be able to open first. Yeah.
[31:26] >> Okay.
[31:26] >> We don't know.
[31:27] So,
[31:28] >> we might be able to open
[31:29] >> what I have here from the executive
[31:32] director.
[31:32] >> Yeah. Well,
[31:33] >> says that, but
[31:35] >> that's up to the building code.
[31:36] >> It's Yeah,
[31:37] >> it's a work in progress still and
[31:40] happily there is progress.
[31:43] >> Great. All right. Any other comments for
[31:44] about the school? Okay.
[31:48] >> All right. Lancock Main Street.
[31:51] >> Okay. um through our VTC grant that we
[31:54] just got um from the state, we were able
[31:56] to bring in um an influencer named
[31:58] Hunter Holbert. Um he's a content
[32:00] creator and travel journalist. Uh he was
[32:03] hired through our grant and um we are
[32:05] part of his new series called Places to
[32:08] Find Peace. Uh he filmed July 23rd
[32:11] through the 25th and shared content
[32:12] across Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, and
[32:14] YouTube. uh with over 216,000 Instagram
[32:18] followers, one post has already reached
[32:20] 79,000 views. So, three of them were
[32:23] done in coordination with Main Street. I
[32:25] know he's done another one that I have
[32:26] also seen, but that was not done in
[32:28] coordination with us, which was a little
[32:30] bit more loose in some of the way that
[32:32] he spoke, but but it was still a fun
[32:35] little piece, I thought. So, hopefully
[32:37] you guys have had a chance to see it.
[32:39] Um, we've also been in the media
[32:41] recently. Um, we've pitched uh media uh
[32:43] stories and secured two TV spots, one
[32:46] with WTKR and one with WBOC. The links
[32:50] are available on our Facebook page. And
[32:52] actually, town council will be sending
[32:53] out an email tomorrow with all that
[32:55] information, so you can just click the
[32:56] links and whatnot and and check it all
[32:58] out from there. Um, open for business,
[33:01] which is one of our initiatives that
[33:02] we've started, um, continues to gain
[33:05] momentum with over 3,000 views on our
[33:07] commercial property and yonanccock pages
[33:09] atexperience onanccock.com.
[33:12] Um, and this campaign just started. We
[33:14] just started advertising for it. Um,
[33:17] with more coming out as we go. Um, the
[33:20] site helps prospect prospective business
[33:22] owners find available properties and
[33:24] resources for starting a business in
[33:25] Onanco. Um, we are also happy to
[33:29] announce that we have been working on
[33:31] coordinating a restaurant week in
[33:32] Onanco, which will be Onanco focused
[33:35] restaurants, which will be October 9th
[33:37] through the 17th. Advertising begins
[33:40] September uh with a link to our web page
[33:42] featuring participating restaurants and
[33:44] their special fixedpric lunch and dinner
[33:47] menus. Uh we hope to have the event we
[33:50] hope the event also encourages visitors
[33:52] to stop to shop, see a show, and spend
[33:55] some time in Ankco. Uh we're very
[33:57] excited about restaurant week rink. The
[33:58] business the restaurants have been
[34:00] jumping for joy. Um right now we have a
[34:02] confirmed six, but we could have up to
[34:04] nine. So be on the lookout for that.
[34:06] Thank you guys.
[34:09] >> Any questions for Lisa? Okay. All right.
[34:12] Thank you. Uh OBCA report John. Yeah,
[34:15] there you are.
[34:21] » Hey everybody.
[34:23] John Viggy uh OBCA report. Your Nancock
[34:26] Business and Civic Association, OBCA, is
[34:29] ready for the fall season of activities.
[34:32] We're going to have a pumpkin carving at
[34:33] the town square and the third annual
[34:35] Halloween parade the weekend of October
[34:37] 24th. Of course, we'll have our
[34:39] multi-event holiday season, which we're
[34:41] already planning for, of course, which
[34:43] includes the Christmas tree lighting on
[34:44] the lawn at Car Place, Christmas homes
[34:46] tour, the Santa's arrival by boat
[34:48] accompanied by the elves and reindeer on
[34:50] their kayaks, and of course, the
[34:52] Christmas parade. Uh we fund most of our
[34:55] we fund all these events, most of which
[34:57] are free to uh to the public, not all,
[35:00] but most with paid memberships and
[35:02] sponsorships. And we're on our
[35:04] membership drive now. So for just $60,
[35:06] you too can help fund OBCA and help us
[35:09] with all of the events that we provide
[35:11] for you and your families and your
[35:13] visitors. So we thank you for that. We
[35:16] uh we enjoy our partnerships. We're looking for fun and lively
[35:19] partnerships with the town and with our
[35:21] various community organizations which
[35:22] we're already doing like with MS
[35:24] historic and Hancock school shore
[35:26] history and others such as the
[35:27] blacksmith shop. So again you can buy
[35:30] membership online with a credit card or
[35:32] check just go to ankcock.org and click
[35:34] on the join now and you can pay with a
[35:35] credit card. Uh so and with using Zephy
[35:39] which is a great little online tool that
[35:41] you recommended to us and we appreciate
[35:42] it. Thank you all. Any questions?
[35:46] >> Thank you. Thanks.
[35:49] >> Oh,
[35:50] >> yes.
[35:50] >> It's not so much a question, but a but a
[35:53] comment. And we can certainly talk about
[35:55] this at OBCA, but I think I think as we
[35:59] continue to um strengthen and evolve our
[36:04] relationships between with
[36:06] organizations, especially on the parades
[36:09] and things like that. I think it's
[36:10] important that we have clarity. Like I
[36:13] know last year or in the spring for the
[36:16] St. Patrick's Day parade, the town was
[36:19] kind of a co-sponsor, but we didn't it
[36:22] wasn't really branded as a co-event. And
[36:24] it's not it's not about getting credit.
[36:26] I'm not concerned about that, but I
[36:28] think it's important for purposes of
[36:30] safety, insurance, things like that. We
[36:33] really need to know who's doing what and
[36:36] where the responsibilities lie in the
[36:38] event something were to go a miss or
[36:41] what have you. Those kinds of things.
[36:42] >> Agreed. And in fact, Wes and I have met
[36:44] well, we've met once. We've talked a
[36:45] couple of times. We'll keep meeting to
[36:47] make sure that we're on board with the
[36:48] town. Um it's really important to me to manage and um all these uh all these
[36:54] partnerships to the best we can.
[36:56] Everybody I'm talking to is excited
[36:58] about it, but we also we always have to
[36:59] be safe. We always have to be aware of
[37:02] uh of what's in the best interest of the
[37:03] public and our citizens and our visitors
[37:06] and our businesses. So, thank you for
[37:09] that. There is so I'm the new president
[37:11] of the organization and the folks that
[37:13] have been doing a lot of the work for
[37:15] the last several years including the
[37:16] Burnhams Kafk
[37:19] uh don't live here in the in the winter
[37:21] necessarily. So, there is so much
[37:23] administrative work that I'm just trying
[37:24] to get my uh my my head around. Uh and
[37:27] we don't have a paid employee of course.
[37:29] So, we're going to get there and I'm I'm
[37:31] enjoying the job and thanks for your
[37:33] support.
[37:34] >> See y'all later.
[37:34] >> Thank you very much, John.
[37:36] >> One other comment on the Christmas
[37:37] events. One that there there are a lot
[37:41] that John mentioned. There's also the
[37:43] Cooxberry Christmas Music Festival on
[37:45] the Saturday afternoon
[37:48] >> 2 to 4. Okay. Thank you.
[37:52] >> All right. Uh it's now time for public
[37:55] comment. Uh Mr. Deainy, I think you're
[37:57] number one.
[38:15] Good afternoon. Joe Deainy, Six Queen.
[38:18] Um very briefly, uh there is a deadline
[38:22] coming up for applications for storm
[38:25] water grants that is October 1. So if
[38:30] Oncock is interested in making an
[38:32] application,
[38:34] there's over $43 million in that fund.
[38:37] Uh that may help in the longer term
[38:40] project. Um, it covers quite a bit of
[38:43] activity related to storm water
[38:45] management and emphasizes the use of
[38:48] best management practices. So, it's all
[38:51] in the note. I don't have much more to
[38:52] say than that. Okay. Thank you, mayor.
[38:55] >> Thank you.
[38:55] Yeah, I I got a notice about
[38:57] that. I did forward it to Wes a couple
[38:59] weeks ago. Yeah. Or I mean month several
[39:00] months ago, actually. Yeah. Yeah. All
[39:03] right. Uh, uh, Bark, are you want to
[39:06] come up? Yeah, you're up again.
[39:16] Good evening again. Mark Sinclair,
[39:18] Greenway Circle, still just outside of
[39:21] town.
[39:23] While driving down Market Street, I
[39:25] noticed a historic cemetery sign
[39:27] opposite Coke's Berry Church was gone. I
[39:30] remember a while ago because somebody
[39:31] put up a close sign on it. Didn't know
[39:33] how you can close a cemetery, but okay.
[39:35] But now the sign is gone and I'm hoping
[39:38] that somebody will look into it and
[39:39] bring that sign back. I think it's an
[39:41] important marker in this town. Also,
[39:44] while driving down Market Street, I saw
[39:47] a loose gravel sign. I had to laugh.
[39:50] Johnny Mo has been complaining about
[39:51] that issue down there for years. So, I
[39:54] found it very ironic when all of a
[39:56] sudden a gravel sign went up down there.
[39:59] Also, while driving down Market Street,
[40:01] I admired the work of the public works
[40:03] department painting the curbs. I look
[40:05] forward to seeing that project completed
[40:07] when time and weather allow.
[40:11] [snorts]
[40:12] I was driving down Market Street and
[40:13] looked at the farmers market, but I've
[40:14] already talked to you about that one.
[40:16] So, let's pass that one by and let's go
[40:18] on to the planning commission meeting. I
[40:20] know you'll be surprised to hear that I
[40:22] watched the last planning commission
[40:23] meeting. Councelor Holddron raised a
[40:26] number of valid concerns. After some
[40:29] discussion, Commissioner Greer said the
[40:31] town council should decide. I would say
[40:34] she heard pretty clearly from a
[40:35] respected member of this council that
[40:37] she had concerns with the commission's
[40:39] directions. She had voiced those
[40:42] concerns before.
[40:44] At the last town council meeting,
[40:45] Commissioner Greer gave a very broad
[40:47] overview with very little detail. In
[40:51] fact, she asked for another meeting just
[40:53] so she could fill in some of those
[40:55] details.
[40:57] The planning commission is comprised of
[40:59] a group of very busy, very dedicated,
[41:01] hard-working people. If the plan that's
[41:04] going to take over a year of their work
[41:07] is flawed and could summarily be
[41:09] rejected by this council, shouldn't each
[41:12] of you be more informed as to the
[41:15] direction of the planning commission and
[41:17] the work they're doing at the present
[41:18] time? This will be the third
[41:21] comprehensive plan for this little town.
[41:24] Each plan has been significantly
[41:26] different from the previous one. Aren't
[41:28] these supposed to be longterm
[41:31] comprehensive plans?
[41:34] The planning commission is currently
[41:36] sitting on two major issues as they
[41:38] develop the new comprehensive plan,
[41:41] zoning for developers and water
[41:43] regulations. I believe those two issues
[41:46] are far more important than a complete
[41:48] rewrite of the comprehensive plan. Thank
[41:51] you for your time.
[41:53] Thank you.
[41:54] >> One more comment and it has to do with
[41:56] what Jay was saying uh in regards to
[41:58] runoff. I am just stunned at what I've
[42:02] seen by the storm that we had this
[42:03] weekend. If you look at the runoff and
[42:05] the silting that occurred all over this
[42:08] town, I worry about our harbor and I
[42:11] just want to reemphasize that we did
[42:13] talk about dredging, you know, down by
[42:15] the docks and I'd like to reemphasize
[42:17] that point after we've had a lot of
[42:18] runoff this weekend. Thank you.
[42:23] Uh, Priscilla.
[42:37] Good evening again, Priscilla Hart, U
[42:40] Market Street.
[42:42] Um, first thing I want to say is the
[42:46] Wararf area is looking great. It really
[42:49] is. It's looking great and
[42:52] congratulations for selling ice. I think
[42:54] that's a great idea. Um, and also the
[42:58] benches look very nice. So, it's a real
[43:01] improvement. Um, my next question is a
[43:05] quick one. Um, and this is directed at
[43:08] the school. Uh, do we have a certificate
[43:11] of occupancy?
[43:14] >> No.
[43:14] >> Can't move in without one.
[43:15] >> No.
[43:16] >> Okay. Thank you. And the third thing I
[43:19] wanted to talk about, I sent everyone a
[43:22] email today, not everyone, the town
[43:24] council in Wes an email today about our
[43:28] town park that used to be a showplace.
[43:34] It was gorgeous. This was our town
[43:38] square with the gazebo, the flowers two
[43:41] years ago.
[43:46] More recently, this morning, I took some
[43:49] pictures. I don't have them here, but
[43:52] that town park is an eyesore.
[43:56] It looks really bad.
[43:58] Um, the grass looks terrible. There are
[44:02] no plants around the gazebo.
[44:05] I know that we spent some money on um an
[44:10] irrigation system. I don't know if it
[44:11] works. Does it work?
[44:13] >> Yes.
[44:13] >> Okay. Um, that's nice.
[44:17] But in two years,
[44:20] we couldn't improve the way this place
[44:22] looks.
[44:24] I really would love to see us focus on
[44:27] making this park as beautiful as it used
[44:30] to be. Fall is probably a good time to
[44:33] put some plants in. It would be really
[44:36] nice. It was an absolute showplace. And
[44:39] there's really nothing wrong with the
[44:40] benches that are there. I mean, they're
[44:42] okay. their wood benches. We need some
[44:45] plants around this place. Thank you.
[44:48] >> Thank you,
[44:51] Jay. Miller,
[45:05] » Jay Miller, 79 Market Street. I need
[45:08] some glasses here.
[45:12] So, I'm sitting here listening to the U
[45:16] town council meeting, and here's what I
[45:18] expected to hear. I expected to hear an
[45:22] emergency motion from the town council
[45:24] to our town manager saying, "Do whatever
[45:28] is poss um make all possible uh uh
[45:31] efforts to do something about uh uh
[45:35] starting a project to do something about
[45:37] the flooding in town. Now, it's already
[45:40] been mentioned. The fact that we're
[45:41] sitting here and that's all that's been
[45:43] mentioned. The fact that the mayor said
[45:45] that there's rants money available for
[45:48] this kind of thing months ago.
[45:51] All our priorities, I think, are skewed.
[45:54] They're skewed here. And the the town
[45:57] owns a a a easement on my property. It
[46:01] uh goes under my driveway and it's a a
[46:04] large pipe that goes into the uh storm
[46:07] system that VOTE has. Behind that is a
[46:10] multiple drainage ditches that go all
[46:13] the way back past the rescue house on
[46:16] Lee Street all and to Carr Street and
[46:19] probably beyond. And when it rains,
[46:22] there's a torrent of water that comes
[46:23] down that those ditches and it
[46:26] overwhelms it doesn't take much. it
[46:28] overwhelms that pipe that's in my
[46:30] driveway and then every property behind
[46:33] there starts when it backs up it starts
[46:36] flooding. Now, this has been going on
[46:39] for 25 years and and I believe the town
[46:42] owes it to us instead of um in instead
[46:46] of priorities that I would think are not
[46:50] that that that uh that expansive
[46:54] and I think I think they the u the town
[46:56] owes it to us in order to do that. If
[46:58] there's money available, if if if
[47:00] there's no money available now, then I
[47:03] think that whatever shenanigans you can
[47:05] play, whatever details that you can do
[47:07] to try to move money around and
[47:12] in order to try to start paying for an
[47:14] emer some sort of engineering study and
[47:17] you can't leave it to board rag camp
[47:19] temple, you can't be the lone wolf on
[47:22] the planning commission trying to do all
[47:23] this himself. Now, I I understand that
[47:26] you you want to beautify the town.
[47:27] You're spending the money on that.
[47:29] You're getting you're getting
[47:31] butterflies in the windows and you're
[47:33] getting uh farmers market money spent.
[47:36] And we're trying to lure uh uh you're
[47:38] trying to lure tourists to an egg to
[47:41] spend the money. And that's that's fine.
[47:44] You can you can do that, but you're not
[47:46] going to get too many tourists coming to
[47:49] town if the town is underwater.
[47:54] >> Thank you. Any other public comment?
[47:57] Okay. Thank you.
[47:59] All right. Uh,
[48:02] mayor's report. Uh, got one announcement
[48:05] here. We have we're having a blood drive
[48:07] on September can't read that. September
[48:11] 22nd. That's still a ways off, but u
[48:13] 10:00 to 3 p.m. here. Anybody wants to
[48:16] give blood uh please come.
[48:20] Okay. Uh re uh an announcement. The VML
[48:25] meeting is coming up in October. Uh I
[48:28] think three of us are going to go to
[48:29] that meeting in Norfol. Uh just wanted
[48:31] to announce that uh anytime three of us
[48:34] are going to go to a meeting that there
[48:35] will be BML there will be at a BML
[48:38] meeting. I'll probably put that on a
[48:39] website to announce that for foyer
[48:41] regulations that uh that three of us
[48:43] will be at that meeting which is
[48:44] considered more than than two. So I'll
[48:47] announce it again. Uh uh I attended the
[48:50] Sam I don't know if some of us attended
[48:52] the Samuel Outlaw uh lunchbox thing that
[48:55] was really great. I don't know if you if
[48:56] you guys all went. It was quite a the
[48:59] dancers and the music was incredible. Uh
[49:01] it turned out to be a really gorgeous
[49:02] day up there. They had a blacksmith
[49:04] doing demonstrations. Uh it was just a
[49:07] wonderful turnout. I appre anybody that
[49:09] came.
[49:11] All right. Um
[49:14] uh I Priscilla was talking about the
[49:16] town square. I think we do have a plan
[49:19] to, you know, uh, phase two. The first
[49:21] phase of that plan was to install the
[49:23] lights, irrigation, which meant digging
[49:26] up quite a bit of the park. Uh, and
[49:28] that's basically just completed in the
[49:30] spring. Uh, the fall is a good time to
[49:32] plant. Uh, I wanted we do have a plan.
[49:35] Uh, we probably can't implement all of
[49:37] it. I think part of it included making a
[49:38] gazebo type structure in the front of
[49:40] it, but I certainly think we can do some
[49:42] kind of planting. So, we need to get
[49:44] back with the PL the tree board and and
[49:47] implement that plan at least get some
[49:49] things planted. Uh we we have a design
[49:52] uh and we will get the council I think
[49:54] has already approved some of the design.
[49:55] So, I we're not u ignoring that, but we
[49:58] really couldn't do anything until the
[50:00] grass would settle in. And I don't know
[50:02] what's going on with the grass right
[50:03] now. It does look a little weird. I
[50:05] don't some weeds. We need to get
[50:06] somebody to do something uh with the
[50:08] grass. I know the water system works
[50:11] fine. The lighting works great. So,
[50:12] we're good.
[50:13] All right. All right. Uh, okay. That's
[50:17] all I have. Um, staff report, town
[50:20] manager report.
[50:23] >> Thank you. So, so my report is available
[50:26] in your package. I would like to
[50:29] highlight a few of the items that are
[50:31] most significant this month. So, our
[50:34] financial records have been submitted to
[50:37] the auditor with completion currently
[50:40] estimated for November or December
[50:43] public works recently completed the
[50:44] long-standing car street water leak
[50:47] repair and and then after summer work
[50:50] winds down um the department will be
[50:54] putting
[50:55] more time toward a drainage ditch for
[50:58] bears. Uh the new remote read water
[51:02] meter um installation is complete and is now in the final follow-up phase
[51:06] with the contractor returning as needed
[51:11] for corrections on the larger pro uh on
[51:14] the larger projects. The the HRSC
[51:17] wastewater transfer continues to move
[51:19] forward with the remaining property and
[51:21] related implementation work underway. Um
[51:25] at HOS the restoration work and separate
[51:27] HVAC project uh continue to be um
[51:32] primary areas of focus with the HVAC
[51:34] project being further developed before
[51:36] it can go out to bid. We are also
[51:39] continuing work on the remaining
[51:41] northeast CDBG improvements. The next
[51:43] phase of the blacksmith shop restoration
[51:46] is out for bids with DHR funding and and
[51:50] I have begun and an an audit of the town
[51:53] website and a regular communications
[51:55] piece called the the main update. So
[51:59] those are the main highlights but I will
[52:02] be happy to answer any questions at
[52:07] >> I have just one quick question. What are
[52:09] the means of distributing the ankco
[52:12] update?
[52:13] >> Right now it is through our um constant
[52:18] contact which is an an email
[52:21] distribution service and and and right
[52:23] now I I am sending it to our contact
[52:26] list of residents which which I I
[52:28] believe is about a thousand people
[52:30] roughly.
[52:31] >> Okay. Okay.
[52:32] >> Is it feasible to include a link to it
[52:37] to the to the people that you have text
[52:40] numbers for as well?
[52:44] >> Yes.
[52:45] >> Okay.
[52:45] >> We can do that.
[52:46] >> Okay.
[52:47] >> Because there may be people who are in
[52:48] one but not the other. If you want to
[52:50] get as broad a coverage that could be a
[52:53] good tool,
[52:53] >> right? And we can put it on social media
[52:56] as well.
[52:56] >> Good idea.
[52:57] >> Yeah.
[52:58] >> Thank you.
[53:01] question. Okay. On the audit, so this is
[53:03] for the fiscal year 25 audit. Is that
[53:05] the one? So that'll be done in December.
[53:06] What is the game plan for 26 then?
[53:08] Because it's usually around when they I
[53:09] think they look for the next year, isn't
[53:11] it?
[53:11] >> Yeah. So, so we are looking for them to
[53:14] start that um right away. As soon as
[53:17] they're done, we're on it.
[53:19] >> Okay. All right. And then um piggyback
[53:22] on what Sarah was talking about, I know
[53:25] when we first got Constant Contact,
[53:26] there was a big push to get people out.
[53:28] Maybe there's something up front we can
[53:29] share with people when they come in
[53:30] about signing up again. And I don't know
[53:32] if there's other ways we could do a
[53:33] little like mini campaign to get more
[53:35] people signed up. Just a suggestion.
[53:38] >> That's a good idea.
[53:39] >> Thank you,
[53:41] >> Cindy.
[53:44] » Okay. Um on the nuisance lawn control,
[53:49] you said you were um devising a standard
[53:51] operating procedure.
[53:52] >> Yes.
[53:53] >> Do you feel like we need to update our
[53:54] ordinance on that? I know we did it
[53:56] fairly recently. I thought
[53:58] >> yeah um right now I I think the the
[54:01] ordinance itself is pretty strong. I you
[54:04] know I I think what what really was
[54:05] lacking was the follow through on it and
[54:08] so I think we're taken care of for that
[54:10] now. So
[54:11] >> yeah um on the mosquito control
[54:15] >> do you have any idea when you'll have
[54:17] the um program fleshed out?
[54:21] >> That would be a great question for her
[54:23] for an okay
[54:24] >> if she doesn't mind. So, it's taking
[54:27] longer than anybody would like, right?
[54:29] But let me let me explain to you how
[54:31] we've been spending our time
[54:34] being good stewards of town money. We
[54:36] wanted to cost out not just for this
[54:39] season, but going forward, right? And
[54:42] so, one option would be more economical
[54:45] just for this season. Another option
[54:47] would be more economical for next
[54:49] season, which entails purchasing some
[54:52] equipment, actually getting cylinders
[54:54] that we would be filled with carbon
[54:56] dioxide, which is not convenient to
[54:59] obtain here on the shore. So that
[55:01] entails travel costs. And so we're just
[55:04] pricing things out to find the most
[55:05] economical
[55:07] route to do it. And so we're kind of in
[55:10] the finishing touches of that. And as
[55:13] soon as we make the call on that, we'll
[55:14] be able to get started with the with the
[55:17] uh
[55:17] >> So, are you thinking that implementation
[55:19] will be next spring?
[55:21] >> Oh, no. We're going to be catching
[55:22] mosquitoes. By God, we're going to be
[55:24] catching mosquitoes in the next few
[55:26] weeks if it kills me.
[55:27] >> I've gotten a couple of complaints about
[55:29] it.
[55:32] [laughter]
[55:32] >> Um my next question,
[55:35] >> can we follow up on mosquitoes real
[55:36] quick? So I uh to be clear, it doesn't
[55:40] look like we're going to be spraying
[55:41] from mosquitoes this year. Correct.
[55:42] >> I can't imagine that we would be known.
[55:44] >> And we don't even have anybody lined up
[55:45] to we don't have a budget. We do.
[55:48] >> First of all, we need to have the the
[55:49] data to substantiate that it's
[55:51] >> necessary. And then we would need to
[55:53] identify
[55:54] >> right
[55:54] >> a resource even if we have the money,
[55:56] >> right?
[55:57] >> Uh we would need to go through the
[55:58] appropriate steps to identify somebody
[55:59] that could do it.
[56:00] >> Yeah.
[56:01] >> And it would need to be tied in with the
[56:03] results of the surveillance. And so,
[56:05] >> so we're looking at next year if that
[56:06] when we get our data in.
[56:07] >> I would believe so. I I believe yes, I
[56:09] believe so. But
[56:10] >> if if we want to do that,
[56:11] >> I just can't say enough about how people
[56:14] really need to make sure that they're
[56:15] getting rid of standing water, using
[56:17] dunks.
[56:18] >> We got plenty of water
[56:19] >> using using screens and doing all those
[56:21] steps that everybody can take because
[56:23] quite frankly, we could we could spray
[56:25] and spray and spray, but if people are
[56:27] not taking those steps, it's it's just
[56:30] going to be an uphill battle. And don't
[56:33] think I did not say we're going to spray
[56:35] and spray and spray. I did not say that.
[56:37] But it's important that we all do
[56:39] whatever we can because uh uh that's
[56:42] what it's going to take to combat the
[56:44] issue.
[56:44] >> Okay.
[56:45] >> Could I ask if you're doing the trapping
[56:46] of mosquitoes now to determine what
[56:48] we've got and how many and all that.
[56:50] >> So that's so here here's what we're
[56:52] working on right now. We need to use
[56:54] carbon dioxide to attract the mosquitoes
[56:57] to the trap. Yes. It comes in the form
[56:59] of dry ice or a tank. And so that's what
[57:02] we're looking at the options and which
[57:05] one is more economical
[57:08] and better for the town in the long
[57:10] term. We're just finalizing that. What
[57:12] I'm trying to do is find somebody that
[57:14] we can get to deliver tanks and I'm
[57:17] waiting for some calls back on that. But
[57:19] uh because quite frankly the travel to
[57:21] get the tanks would be the most
[57:23] expensive part of the whole operation
[57:24] and we don't want to spend money like
[57:26] that if we don't have to. So, we're just
[57:28] we're close. Very close. Okay.
[57:31] >> Any other any other question? Oh, you're
[57:33] still I'm sorry. You only get three
[57:36] questions.
[57:40] » Um,
[57:43] » oh, just a suggestion on the website
[57:46] review. Have you considered um having a
[57:49] user group of representatives of the
[57:51] public, the town council businesses,
[57:53] etc. to kind of review the changes
[57:56] you're anticipating to see if that would
[57:58] be helpful to them.
[58:00] >> That's a good idea. In terms of the um
[58:03] Yes. Sorry. So, so for for my audit, I'm focused specifically on on outdated
[58:11] information and facts and numbers, but what what you're suggesting
[58:16] would be great in in terms of looking at
[58:19] the structure of the website and the and
[58:21] the ease of use and things like that.
[58:24] Just my own personal suggestion is that
[58:26] we remove code site code of Virginia
[58:28] citations from the website because the
[58:31] potential for them becoming outdated is
[58:33] large.
[58:36] That's it. Thank you.
[58:38] >> Anybody else for this? [gasps] Okay.
[58:40] Financial report. Any questions about
[58:42] the financial report? I think we
[58:46] Okay. Anything else from Okay. Okay. Uh,
[58:53] town council comments. Ashley,
[58:57] » just want to piggy back off the comments
[58:59] that you made uh about this weekend's
[59:01] Blacksmith Festival.
[59:04] Um, that was my first time attending.
[59:06] Um, so I just thought it was a wonderful
[59:08] family event. Um, I saw some of my town
[59:11] council members, also see some of the uh community people that are here in the
[59:17] meeting that were there. Um, just a very
[59:20] nice event. So, that was it. Had a good
[59:22] time.
[59:25] >> Thank you. I missed the blacksmith event
[59:28] this year. I've been in the past. Um,
[59:32] I was out of town this weekend or I
[59:34] would have been there. Um, just a
[59:38] question on the drain grates
[59:42] that seem to get clogged regularly and
[59:47] cleaned seldom
[59:49] and probably contribute to some of the
[59:54] um runoff issues. Is there a way to work
[59:58] that into the schedule with more
[1:00:00] frequency?
[1:00:02] >> Um, so so um I can't say off the top of
[1:00:05] my head, but but that's definitely
[1:00:07] something I can look into.
[1:00:08] >> Okay. Thank you.
[1:00:10] >> V do though,
[1:00:13] >> right? Yes. And and
[1:00:15] >> uh Okay.
[1:00:16] >> And so,
[1:00:16] >> well, we still could claim
[1:00:17] >> part of that is if VOTE owns it or or or
[1:00:20] if we own it, so that's still part of
[1:00:22] the calculation there.
[1:00:24] >> Okay.
[1:00:25] >> But even if VOTE owns it, I would
[1:00:27] >> it's floating. We need
[1:00:28] >> It may be naive of me, but I would be
[1:00:31] surprised if they objected if we cleared
[1:00:34] off the foliage and stuff that's
[1:00:37] blocking it.
[1:00:40] » Thank you, Cindy.
[1:00:42] >> Um, I'd just like to echo Ashley and uh
[1:00:45] Fletcher's comments. I went to the uh
[1:00:47] Outlaw Museum event and it was really
[1:00:50] enjoyable. I always enjoy my lunch
[1:00:52] there. Thank you very much. It was
[1:00:54] great.
[1:00:56] >> Ditto. [laughter]
[1:00:58] I really enjoy the African dancing. That
[1:01:00] was I wish we had a like workout class.
[1:01:03] It's so much fun. Um, and they did like
[1:01:05] they had us all participate. It was
[1:01:07] really really cool. Um, so yeah, it was
[1:01:09] a nice weekend and and crazy storm. I'm
[1:01:12] glad everybody did okay during it.
[1:01:13] That's the most important part.
[1:01:17] I have a question for for Wes. I don't
[1:01:20] know if you know the answer and I'm
[1:01:22] disappointed that I haven't thought of
[1:01:23] this sooner, but on the police report,
[1:01:27] what's an incident?
[1:01:30] I I I I I honestly could couldn't say
[1:01:32] what the definition is. I'm sure that
[1:01:34] there are certain parameters to it, but
[1:01:36] I but I can ask Chief.
[1:01:37] >> Okay. So, is it an incoming call? Is it
[1:01:40] a call they respond to? I mean, it would
[1:01:42] be kind of nice.
[1:01:43] >> I think it's all of the above. Yeah.
[1:01:45] >> So, it's all of the above.
[1:01:46] >> Everything they do. Yeah.
[1:01:48] >> If uh if it's something that could be
[1:01:50] done simply, I would be I would be
[1:01:52] interested in seeing when we have
[1:01:54] citations
[1:01:56] and not the not the good kind.
[1:01:58] >> Yeah. Um,
[1:02:02] and you know when when somebody went out
[1:02:05] to respond to the call, you know, no
[1:02:07] action, visit, citation, whatever granularity you can get, I
[1:02:12] think would help us understand these
[1:02:13] data more.
[1:02:18] And I think there's a lot going on. Lots
[1:02:20] of people are doing doing a lot of
[1:02:22] things on on behalf of the town. And uh
[1:02:24] I thank everybody for everything they're
[1:02:26] doing.
[1:02:29] staff change.
[1:02:30] >> Yes.
[1:02:32] So, thank you. And one thing I
[1:02:34] certainly didn't want to forget is that
[1:02:36] unfortunately, uh, Debbie Kaitton, our
[1:02:39] director of of of administration, will
[1:02:43] be leaving us after four years. And so,
[1:02:46] sadly, her last day will be September
[1:02:48] 4th. And so, I just want to thank her
[1:02:50] for her years of service and wish her
[1:02:52] the very best of luck.
[1:03:02] All right. We're gonna miss We're gonna
[1:03:03] miss you.
[1:03:04] >> We will. I I wanted to say something in
[1:03:07] the council comments, but I didn't know
[1:03:09] if the timing was appropriate for me to
[1:03:12] open that. So, thank you, Debbie, for
[1:03:15] everything.
[1:03:16] >> All right.
[1:03:18] Um, any other comments? All
[1:03:20] right. Do we have a motion to adjurnn?
[1:03:21] >> So moved.
[1:03:22] >> Second.
[1:03:24] >> All in favor? Hi.
[1:03:25] >> Wow. Listen,
[1:03:27] that's a world record.