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Yeah, please ask for a roll call.
>> Supervisor Riley.

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» Present.
>> Clerk Enzaldi.

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» Present.
>> Treasurer Epkin.

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» Present.
>> Trustee Erda Thompson.

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» Present.
>> Trustee Jaffrey.

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» Present.
>> Trustee Brebeck.

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» Present.
>> Trustee Karami.

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» Present.
>> Madam Supervisor, you have seven

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» and present. All right, we have a full
house.

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» All right, um I will go ahead and ask
for a motion to approve the agenda.

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» Madam Chair, I move to approve the
agenda for August 12th, 2026.

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» Second.
>> Okay, any discussion?

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All in favor?
>> Aye.

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» Opposed? All right, the agenda is
approved as presented. Now, I'll go

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ahead and open it up for public comment
and board response. Any person may come

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forward at this time to address the
board. Anyone who wishes to speak is

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requested, but not required, to state
his or her name for the and address for

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the record. Um you have 5 minutes to
speak.

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Okay, seeing none, I will move on and
ask for an approval of the minutes.

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» Madam Chair, I move to approve the
minutes of the regular meeting held on

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July 8th, 2026.
>> Second.

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» Okay, any discussion?
All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed?

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All right, minutes are approved as
presented.

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Uh there is nothing for public hearings,
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or communications. So, we'll move on to
a motion to approve the consent agenda.

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» Madam Chair, I move to consent agenda
7.1

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to 7.12.
>> Second.

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» Okay, any discussion?
All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? All right, consent agenda is

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approved. Um we have no department of
port reports or updates, and moving on

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to new business, may I please have a
motion for 9.1?

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» Madam Chair, move to receive and file
the August 4th, 2026 primary election

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update.
>> Support.

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» Okay, any discussion or do you want to
go over it a little bit?

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» I I just want to say that, you know, uh
we had a very high, rather unusually

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high, voter turnout for this election.
Um I have some historical on the back

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page. Um we had a 44% voter turnout,
which was very nice. It is the highest

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August voter turnout.
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ever, so that was pretty interesting. I
don't know why. Um we did have one

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major, very significant, event occurred
during the election. Our QVF, which is

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the qualified voter file that holds all
the election

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uh election information of every voter
that is run by the state, went down for

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45 minutes in the evening on election
day, which means we were unable to

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register voters during this time period
and check absentee ballots and do other

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election administration stuff. Um we did
My office handled it like a champ. They

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They worked really hard, and the
election workers,

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uh
you know, were

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working with voters as as much as we can
without having access to the system. Um

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the state says that they are working on
a

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permanent fix, but we shall see about
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everything else pretty much went
smoothly, um but like I said, we had an

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unusually high voter turnout. Um
every election after the election, just

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so the new board members know, I do
write this little memo out, so you can

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capture and see how early voting was
versus absentee and in-person voting. Um

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and I think it's just some useful
information to have, so um I do want to

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thank uh Deputy Clerk Mert or
>> Keller.

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» Still to this day, Keller for all the
work that she does during elections.

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It's truly outstanding. And of course,
my staff. And you know, many thanks to

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all the election inspectors who, you
know,

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uh I know my staff and I put in about 18
hours in a day and

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uh it it is makes for a very long day.
And so, I really appreciate all that

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everybody does to make sure that
elections run smoothly. Thank you.

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» And I'd like to say from the um county
side, my previous job before this, that

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Pittsfield is extremely well run and
lends themselves to be an early voting

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spot for multiple jurisdictions,
um helping out the surrounding areas.

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So, thank you for that.
>> Thank you.

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» Okay.
All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? All right. It is recorded. It

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will be filed and received.
Um may I please have a motion for 9.2?

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» Madam Chair, move to approve the
purchase of a 2013 Pierce platform fire

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truck from Garage Technologies
Incorporated at a cost not to exceed

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$670,000,
subject to the Township Attorney

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approval.
>> Second.

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» Okay, discussion. We do have our um
fire chief and our director of public

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safety to come on up and give us a
little background.

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» Thank you. Uh good evening.
Um th- this purchase

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I was hoping to have a a better update
for you tonight from the insurance claim

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that we that we had on the 2020 from the
2011 platform that was damaged in 2024.

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Um the insurance claim is complete, but
it is still under review, so we don't

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know how much money we're going to
receive in that claim yet. Um we will be

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working closely with the finance
director. If we don't reach a certain

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threshold, though, we will we would not
make this purchase. So, um it understand

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that I want to make sure that you know
that full disclosure. We don't have that

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dollar amount and that the the due date
for this purchase is Friday. So, if we

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don't have that number from the
insurance company by Friday,

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um we will have we will get past.
>> Our finance director, we're working on

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our budget for next year and we're we're
looking at the numbers and so there's a

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threshold that has to be made in order
to us to be able to do this. So, but we

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want to be able not be able to stop it
for if we can go forward to vote on it

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tonight, but again, if we don't hit the
insurance claim, we will not do it.

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» Correct.
>> Any questions?

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Okay.
All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? Okay, here we go. We'll do

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that.
Um, may I please have a motion for 9.3?

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» Madam Chair, move to approve the ESO
subscription renewal for the fire

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department for report writing, EMS data
collection, fire inspection reporting,

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training documentation, and scheduling
at a cost not to exceed $23,397.50.

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» Second.
>> Okay, um, again, it's going to be sort

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of like the the public safety show for a
little bit. So, if you want to give us a

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little background while you're up here.
>> So, I I'll let the fire chief speak to

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the ESO.
>> we'd love to have the

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» Yeah, so this is this is like our
lifeline. This is how we operate um, on

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the back end. So, report writing, all of
our um,

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inspections that we do on all our
businesses within the township is

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documented. Our scheduling for our
staff, um,

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training, all of that is the component
of this uh, programming. So, it's a um,

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annual subscription and we're just uh,
asking for the renewal.

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» Any questions on this?
All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? All right.

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It's approved and we'll ask for a motion
for 9.4.

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» Madam Chair, move to authorize the
supervisor and clerk to sign a contract

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change order 12 with BlueScope
Construction at a cost not to exceed

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$21,394

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for the public safety facility
improvement project subject to the

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township attorney approval.
>> Second.

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» Okay, and we do want to talk a little
about this. Um, I know Director Gray and

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I have talked about this per Trustee
Breback's comment at the last meeting,

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which really
made us stop and and think that really

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it it should come back to the board. We
have approved a bright blanket amount.

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We keep coming back with sort of um
transparency information, but to keep

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you updated where we're at and why
change orders are coming in. Um Director

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Gray is kind of kind of go through the
next couple of things and explain it to

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the board, so everybody's kind of
informed, not just saying yes to

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everything blindly.
>> Right. And going into this project, I I

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Yes, we wanted to address the concerns,
and it's it's an understandable

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question. Part of the way that we
started this project with the budget

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that we had or didn't have, um certain
selections were made, certain choices

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were made that really um was kind of
kicking the can down the road, and

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somebody's going to have to deal with
this later, and so we're dealing with it

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now. Um I did meet with the finance
director, and Kurt Weiland and I met

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compared all numbers, and we are still
well within budget. So, I just We knew

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that some of these things would happen.
Anytime you're renovating an old

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building, you're going to discover
certain things. Um and there was also

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certain concerns with decisions that
were made early that really you'll when

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we get to that portion or those
portions, you'll you'll understand. Um

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we
We can't We don't want to move forward

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without doing this right.
>> an architect involved in the beginning.

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» Correct.
>> Which is going to cause problems later

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on.
>> Right. And And some of the times that

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I'm coming to you and asking for
different things, the the reason we're

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doing that is in an effort to save
money. If we would have done some of

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these projects through Blue Scope, um
and not done them on our own through

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Vance and O'Brien, um the markup would
have been significantly higher. So, it

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it's it's causing me to come to you and
ask a bunch of times versus one big

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bill, but that one big bill would have
been significantly higher had we not

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done it this way. So.
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release of funds from HUD, so we're just
watching all of that diligently as well

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to see if we can reimburse ourselves for
any of this or, you know, use it for

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other things, but we are within budget
um of the the

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» for the The
>> project.

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» Yes.
Also, things like furniture

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um an antenna that the for radio
communications. So, I'll be I'll be

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coming back with some other things, but
that was done intentionally. Had we done

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it all through the construction company,
it would have been 20% markup on all of

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those things. So.
And so, I do have several

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» And and there questions you have to take
the questions too. Please feel free.

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» I have several that I
>> Or do you want to go wait to go through

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all this and ask at the end? That's
fine, too.

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» Right. Like I said, I was going to ask
do you want me to just work through each

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one and then call them or do you want to
call them and I'll work through them

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individually?
>> Yeah, I'll call these and then we'll

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work through them individually.
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So, this one's change order number 12.
This is for sightline issues. So,

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similarly, without an architect, certain
things were

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in construction, certain walls and doors
were placed in places that created

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sightline issues. One of them is the
east end of the men's and women's locker

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room for the police department. From the
hallway and really from both locker

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rooms, you can see directly into the
locker room. So, we have some sightline

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issues that need to be corrected. That's
That's change order 12.

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» Any questions on that?
Okay. All in favor?

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Opposed?
Okay. Can we please ask for a motion for

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the 9.5?
>> Madam Chair, I move to authorize the

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supervisor and clerk to sign contract
change order number 13 with Blue Scope

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Construction at a cost not to exceed
$20,503

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for the Public Safety Facility
Improvement Project subject to the

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Township Attorney approval.
>> Second.

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» Okay.
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our contract change order 13 is involves
drainage from the sally port. So, the

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last fire bay on the south end of the
building will be left as a bay for

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police vehicles to drive through. And if
we have an arrestee, you can bring them

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in in a secure location. There's a
There's floor drains in that that sally

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port that run to an oil water separator.
That way, you don't pollute the Yeah.

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So, that oil water separator is actually
in a location where an office will be.

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So, we need to remove that. We need to,
you know, put new new in and put in a

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new oil water separator.

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» Okay, any questions on that?
Okay, all in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed?

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All right, may I please ask for a motion
for 9.6.

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» Madam Chair, move to authorize the
supervisor and clerk to sign a contract

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change order number 14 with BlueScope
Construction at a cost not to exceed

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$156,208

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for the public safety facility
improvement project, subject to the

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township attorney approval.
>> Second.

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» So, this is this is one of the um blind
spots that when we were doing the the

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original planning,
um decisions were made about

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construction materials.
Um and I think it had more to do with an

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oversight. It's a lot It's a large
project. Um but concerns about those

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materials when we when we were looking
at the plans more closely, um the

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holding cells were built with drywall um
and steel studs, but drywall, similar to

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a office space. The doors in that space
were wood doors and not steel solid

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doors. Um really in an effort to to make
that space safe both for staff and for

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any arrestees. It It really should have
been done with masonry walls, um solid

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doors, and then um
stainless steel like jail grade uh uh

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toilets and fixtures.

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» Okay, any questions on that?
Okay, all in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? Okay, that's passed. If we

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could ask authorized
uh for a motion for 9.7.

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» Madam Chair, move to authorize the
supervisor and clerk to sign a contract

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change order number 15 with BlueScope
Construction at a cost not to exceed

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$17,917
for the public safety facility

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improvement project, subject to the
township attorney approval.

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» Second.
>> Um so, contract change order 15, uh it

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involves the There's a a bathroom on the
west end of the building that is

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remaining, and there's another bathroom
that's going to be added. The sewer line

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from that
from that restroom is will be the would

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be the last of the old
pipes from the building. And we're find

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we found a construction found that the
condition of those sewer lines was

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was found to be inadequate. They were
lacking proper pitch and the pipes were

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deteriorating. So
they're looking to tie into the new

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sewer line with this change order.
>> Any questions or discussion?

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All in favor?
>> I.

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» Opposed?
All right, that's authorized. May I

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please ask for a motion for 9.8?
>> Madam Chair, move to authorize the

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supervisor and clerk to sign a contract
change order number 16 with Blue Scope

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Construction at a cost not to exceed
$14,124

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for the public safety facility
improvement project subject to the

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township attorney approval.

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» Second.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you. Change order 16 involves
efficiency of use of space but then also

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safety and safety and and security
matter. So we we discovered that if we

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if we if we could create an extra
interview a soft interview room in the

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main hallway off of the lobby,
we could both do soft interviews where

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it's you know doesn't necessarily need
to be in a in a secure lockup area and

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also we could do court ordered
fingerprints or even fingerprints of an

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offender. Say if we have a juvenile
offender, we can fingerprint them there

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without having to bring them into a
lockup where another offender may be. So

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having a separate place to do
fingerprints but then also a separate

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private place to do an interview was the
intent. So adding a wall, moving a wall

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and then adding another wall in a much
larger office which then creates two

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office spaces. So we're trying to you
know maximize the amount of use that we

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can get out of the building. So that's
what change order those were change

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order 16 were for.
>> Any questions or discussion?

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All in favor?
>> I.

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» Opposed?
Okay, that's authorized. May I please

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have a motion for 9.8?

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Did we just do that one? Is that the
last one? All right.

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9.9, sorry. My glasses were off and I
didn't see that. I was like, oh, yep,

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that it is. 9.9, please.
>> Okay, Madam Chair, I move to authorize

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the supervisor and clerk to sign a
contract change order number 17 with

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BlueScope Construction at a cost not to
exceed $25,690

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for the public safety facility
improvement project subject to the

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Township attorney approval.
>> Second.

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» Thank you. Uh, change order 17 is uh
kind of one of the goes goes along with

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doing, you know, renovation on an old
building, you're going to discover

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things and the construction company has
found that there was inadequate

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insulation within the the the attic of
the building and that several holes were

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found uh in the existing drywall where
they meet the uh attic. So, um

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in order to get the uh achieve R-49,
they're going to need to blow in uh add

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in blown-in uh insulation. Additionally,
while doing that, uh we're looking to

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add four solar tubes, which are similar
to skylights, but they're not actually

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skylights, to bring some natural light
into locations where people are working

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and and these happen to be places where
people work all day. They're not

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officers going out on the road. These
are spots where detectives and records

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people are working to bring some natural
light into that location.

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» Okay. Any discussions or questions on
this or anything else? I think this is

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the end of the director public safety
show. Um so, if you have any questions

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about the project in general, uh and
then um our project manager, Kurt

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Wyland, is also here if you have any
questions

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further.
>> Um Director Gray, do are we still on

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track for completion in
I don't remember when when that is going

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to be.
>> So, truly optimistic answer to that is

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sometime in December or January.
>> Okay.

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» Uh but I could I I foresee it being
March or April.

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» Yeah. And course, if they say December,
you say March or April. And depending on

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how the HUD money money gets released,
whether or not we can incorporate that

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or have to do another project or how we
figure that out, it may be extended to a

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different phase or that sort of thing.
We we don't know yet.

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» And really, once that was signed, as
long as we do it right or we the

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purchases purchases that we make are
done under the the rules of the HUD

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grant, we can retro with some of that
those funds, too. And that would then

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bring the bond money back to the
township.

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» Which would be helpful, yes.
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Thank you.
>> We will definitely do a celebration

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» [snorts]
>> when that's all said and done. So. All

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in favor?
>> Aye.

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» Opposed? All right. Thank you so much.
>> Thank you so much.

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» And may I please have a motion for 9.10?
>> Madam Chair, move to authorize the

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supervisor and clerk to enter into an
easement agreement with Jamie DeFlorio

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of
1479 Cobblestone Court establishing an

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easement for a new sanitary force main
subject to the township attorney

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approval.
>> Second.

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» We do have our director of utilities
here if anybody has any questions or

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Okay.
All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? All right. Authorized. May I

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please have a motion for 9.11?
>> Madam Chair, move to authorize the

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supervisor and clerk to enter into a
5-year agreement with HydroCorp Inc.

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for cross-connection control software at
cost not to exceed

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$117,235
subject to township attorney approval.

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» Second.
>> Okay. Any discussion on this? Again, our

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director of utilities is here.
Okay. All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? All right. It's authorized. Uh

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may I please have a motion for 9.12?
>> Madam Chair, move to authorize the

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supervisor and clerk to enter into an
agreement with Signs by Crany for the

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fabrication and installation of two park
entrance signs at Monacello Park at a

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cost not to exceed $35,746

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subject to the Township Attorney
approval.

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» Second.
>> Okay, we do have our director of

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public parks and rec here.
This is basically where we're just

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replacing our signs at the parks and I
know we have one sign already started

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over at at Graywall and this will be the
the Monacello one. I think in the packet

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you guys saw a picture of it. But if you
have questions

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give our director here.
Okay,

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all in favor?
>> Aye.

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» Opposed?
All right, authorized. Moving on to

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unfinished business. May I please have a
motion for 10.1?

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» Madam Chair, move to adopt the 2026
Freedom of Information Act policy,

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procedures, and guidelines.

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» Second.
>> Okay, any discussion?

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» I I just want to mention that this was
previously brought to you in draft form.

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There have been no changes to it and
it's just an updated to a 2015 policy

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that we had previously.
>> Have a look at it.

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Appreciate you doing that.
Okay, may I ask for a roll call for this

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one?
>> Supervisor Riley.

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» Yes.
>> Clerk Enzaldi.

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» Yes.
>> Treasurer Epikin.

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» Yes.
>> Trustee Ore Thompson.

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» Yes.
>> Trustee Jaffer.

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» Yes.
>> Trustee Braybrook.

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» Yes.
>> Trustee Caramie.

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» Yes.
>> Madam Chair, you have seven yes.

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» Thank you.
Adopted. Now moving on to liaison and

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trustee reports. Do we have any?
>> I do, ma'am.

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Madam Chair,
I'd like to share a summary of action

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which is August 6th, 2026 Planning
Commission meeting. The Planning

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Commission held
a public hearing and voted to recommend

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the data center zoning regulation to the
Township board with the following

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amendments.
Address the issue of flooding.

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Add the word quality
after word water.

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Amend section B. 2.2 to remove plan unit
development reference.

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The Planning Commission held a public
hearing and voted to approve the

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resolution
of approval for CUP 26-05,

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the World Golf Club with following
condition.

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Applicant to confirm the suit location.
The Planning Commission voted to approve

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the resolution of approval for CSPA
24-11

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and RZ 24-02,
Sam's Club fuel expansion.

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The next meeting will be held 20th,
August 20th, 2026.

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Thank you.
>> And um so as um Trustee um

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uh Jeffer said,
at the Planning Commission meeting, we

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had a good attendance. Um it was very
nice to see a lot of residents come out,

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30, 40 people. And there was good
discussion. I just have to say our we

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have very intelligent and engaged
residents. Uh we were able to take some

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of the information that were was
provided by experts um and add some

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things to the ordinance. Um our staff
and the Planning Commission have done a

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great job making sure that we are
putting in every possible regulation we

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can. Um we we do want to help our um
jurisdictions around us. We will be

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sharing everything we have. Uh we have
used several different legal um

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companies that have vetted out our
ordinance. We have taken our time,

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worked with the county, worked with the
state, worked with environmental groups.

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Um our entire staff has really been
involved in this. So, I just like to

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commend everyone and know that um most
likely in September that will be coming

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to the board. So, please take time to
look at it as well. We have opened it,

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you know, there's still time for people
to make comments publicly um before up

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until that time and then at the two
public hearings for us to still make

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changes. I do believe it'll be a living
and breathing document as the as there's

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really no expert in data centers. We'll
have to stay on top of things and and

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make sure we're looking out for our
community. And again, I I just think

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anything information we have we we share
with the communities around us and we

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work with everyone to do this. What
happens in Saline and Ypsilanti and

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Augusta affects us as well. Uh so, yeah,
this is something that

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I'm happy for us to lead,
um but I really want to make sure we

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leave no one behind as well as we as we
do this. And so, please keep informed.

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We'll we'll modify things as need be,
but that will be coming in most likely

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in September.
>> Uh Supervisor Riley, um

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it's my understanding that at this time
we do not have any

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current
>> Correct. We do not have No one has

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approached us. They would have to go
through our planning department through

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supervisor's office. Promise you no one
has called or made any inquiries. Uh we

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are not necessarily a target for a
large-scale data center. This is

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basically if we we had the moratorium in
place, I think the biggest question was

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why not just leave a moratorium in
place? And I think that's the problem is

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that you can't. It's not legally
defensible. So, we're putting the

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guardrails in place and we're making
sure our community's protected through

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these ordinances as best as possible. Um
again, it's it's the wild, wild west and

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uncharted territory, so
we'll have to just keep watching it and

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as it evolves, we'll have to evolve. Um
but our most important thing is our

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resources and our residents and we got
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majority do not are not in favor of
opening up to large-scale data databases

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or data centers. Um so and we have not
been approached by any nor do we feel

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we're a target, but it doesn't mean that
next evolution

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or something else won't make us a
target. So, it's just it's preventative

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and it's just to make sure
um that we're

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vetting out everything before we are in
a position where we have no authority.

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» Thank you.
>> Yep.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» Any other reports or
I do want to say that we did um last

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week do a video with SEMCOG for
community. So, we um went to different

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locations and we had a lot of our
partners including our Commissioner

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Sanders um was there to help us and uh
the chamber and just some of our our um

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our planning commissioners were there.
Our trustee um

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uh
or Thompson was there as well. So,

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hopefully and it's and and Treasure
Adkins as well.

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So, hopefully we'll have something in a
couple of weeks and it'd be nice to be

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able to maybe at this meeting show a
video that kind of highlights the

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experience of um Pittsfield Township and
we can share that with everybody to

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share how wonderful our community is
with others. So,

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it was kind of like one of those that
came with our membership. So, why not

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take advantage of it?
All right. Well, if there's nothing

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else, I will go ahead and ask for a
motion to adjourn.

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Oh, I'm sorry. Public comment. So I'm so
sorry. Um I'm going to open up for

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public comment. Any person may come
forward at this time to address the

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board. Anyone wishes to speak is
requested but not required to state

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their name and address for the record.
I apologize.

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Okay. Now I'll ask for a motion to
adjourn.

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» Madam Chair, I move to adjourn.
>> Second. All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> All right. Meeting is adjourned at

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6:56.
>> We made it.

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» There we go.
>> We made it.

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» I'm the 30-minute