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Good evening everyone.

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» Good evening.

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» At this time, it's now 6:30 and I'd like

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to council I'd like to call December

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29th

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uh 2025

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uh regular council meeting to order.

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Roll call, please.

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» Council member Books

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» Here.

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» Brown is absent. Eastman

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» Here.

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» Miles,

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» Here. Moika

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» Here.

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» Montes doca is absent. Newberry

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» Here.

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» Parson

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» Here.

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» Jabiscoco

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» Here.

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Everyone please stand for the pledge of

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allegiance.

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Notice of this meeting has been sent to

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the official newspapers and adequate and

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electronic notice has been provided in

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accordance with the open public meetings

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act as required by law.

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» At this time, Mr. Maddie, would you like

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to have some words, please?

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Bob,

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» First let me thank council for coming

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out in the middle of the holiday season

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and and spending a few moments with me

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and with us. Um I'm going to uh real

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briefly go through the agenda. We only

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have four items this evening. Um I do

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want to spend a moment and and talk

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about the first one and that's a

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resolution that awards a contract uh to

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remove some trees. Um, and we've talked

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about this uh in different settings, but

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um uh we had an arborist uh do a review

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um of all the shade trees in the city a

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couple years back. Um he made a

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recommendation uh to remove um a

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substantial number of trees and and this

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is one of the contract that's being

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awarded and further into those of that

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recommendation. Um and that's a pretty

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easy uh recommendation to follow and I

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use the term recommendation advisably.

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Um when the when an arbor says that tree

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needs to come down, it's pretty easy to

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concur with that and say, "Okay, we're

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going to remove that tree." Um but there

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are many times when you get a

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recommendation that the tree doesn't

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need to be removed. Um it needs

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treatment. It needs to be periodically

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inspected. It needs to be per

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periodically pruned and trimmed. Um may

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ultimately need to be removed. Um there

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are oftentimes that we chose we choose

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to remove those trees. Um and the reason

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is that an arborous recommendation that

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a tree does not need to immediately be

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removed is simply that it's a

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recommendation. It's not a mandate. It's

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a guide. So we use that as one factor

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that we will um uh utilize uh in making

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those determinations. multitude of other

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factors. Um how how diseased is the

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tree? What's the what's the anticipated

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longevity of of that tree? Um what's the

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uh potential that that tree um will shed

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limbs um and cause uh personal injury or

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uh damage to personal property? Um

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what's uh it in all probability it's on

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a walkway. How heavily traversed is that

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walkway? Um a lot of pedestrians on it.

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Is it a is it a a route where a lot of

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school children um walk u where there

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would be real potential for harm? Um

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what's the planting area? How wide is

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it? Is are the tree roots causing damage

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to uh sidewalks um causing expense to

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homeowners? Uh are they c are they

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protruding into sanitary or storm sores

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um causing uh the city problem or

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perhaps homeowners u issues? Um so all

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those types of factors we look at uh and

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sometimes um and it would be the BA that

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makes that decision. A decision is made

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to remove a tree that an arborist might

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not have uh recommended be removed. Um

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and the one I didn't hit on but I I

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really want to hit on it hard is there's

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an accessibility issue. Trees sometimes

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are planted in areas uh that cause real

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accessibility issues. um um tree roots

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um that throw through uh show through to

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the surface uh can very often cause

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accessibility issues. So, individuals

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uh with disabilities uh that are not

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fully able to traverse that may use a

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wheelchair, a cane, um crutches, um even

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baby carriages are unable to access um

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some walkways u because of the way the

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trees are planted or they've grown. Um

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those types of issues we factor in all

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the time when we look at a

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recommendation by an arborist um whether

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to remove or not remove a tree and I

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think that's important that we reiterate

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that in public and and frankly for the

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public because oftentimes we'll come to

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the conclusion that removal of a tree

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that may not have been recommended to be

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removed because of all the other factors

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involved makes a lot of sense to remove

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and we do that. Um so I spent enough

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time u the other three uh the other so

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we have the the uh resolution of award.

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Um the other three resolutions are from

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finance. Um the first is mandatory. It

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implements a corrective action plan. Uh

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you received the audit. You acted

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favorably upon the audit. You accepted

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it. Um this is a corrective action plan

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our chief financial officer puts

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together to implement the

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recommendations that are made in the

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audit. Um

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we're permitted. Um the second

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resolution is a transfer resolution.

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It's very straightforward. We're

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permitted um in November and December to

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uh transfer uh money with within

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accounts in the budget. Um it's a common

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practice. Um quite frankly, it's the

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reason we asked you to come in so late

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in the year. Uh it gave Frank the

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opportunity to really um drill down into

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what those transfers needed to uh be,

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make them as price uh precise as

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possible. Uh and the last resolution um

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you may have may not have seen this type

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of resolution before. It creates an

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emergency um appropriation. We may come

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back to you next year by the way to uh

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create a funding mechanism for that. Uh

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but it creates a an emergency

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appropriation to fund uh terminal leave

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payments. A lot of those are out of the

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police department. They're

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unanticipated.

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Um there is some latitude within

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collective bargaining agreements as to

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how and when they can be taken. Um, so

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this is a common mechanism that's you

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utilized by a lot of municipalities

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to fund those terminal leave payments

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and we're asking you to move favorably

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on that tonight. Um, so that is all that

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the administration has, but I the mayor

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did ask me to to uh extend his uh

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sincere hope for a happy and uh healthy

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new year uh going into 2026.

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» Thank you, Mr. Unduly. Now, any of my

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council members have any questions to

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Mr.

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No, we don't. Okay, we're going to

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continue on hearing for citizens.

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Obviously, I see no one in the audience.

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So, I'm just going to ask our uh clerk,

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is there anybody who signed up?

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» No one signed up.

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» Okay, no one has signed up. And we're

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going to

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» So moved.

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» I second.

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» So move. Roll call, please.

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» Council member Brooks,

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» Yes.

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» Brown is absent. Eastman,

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» Yes.

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» Miles,

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» Yes.

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» Moika,

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» Yes.

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» Montestio is absent. Newberry.

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» Yes.

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» Parson.

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» Yes.

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» Jabliscoco.

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» Yes. Okay. Now we're going are we're

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going to talk about the resolution.

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Resolution AR 290-25

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through AR29325

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will be adopted as one motion and

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consent agenda. Does do any of the

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council members wish to remove or

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reassign any any uh

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consult agenda?

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» Anyone?

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» No.

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» No. Okay. May I have a motion to adopt

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and a second?

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» So moved. I second.

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» I have one and two. We're adopted. Okay.

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» Uh roll call, please.

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» Council member Brooks,

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» Yes.

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» Brown is absent. Eastman,

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» Yes.

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» Miles,

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» Yes.

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» Moika,

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» Yes.

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» Montestio is absent. Newberry,

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» Yes.

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» Parson,

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» Yes.

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» Jisco,

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» Yes.

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M at this time I have a motion to

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adjurnn.

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Meeting adjourned. Okay. Thank you.