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[2:01]
[snorts]
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» All right, let's call the um
>> [clears throat]
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» Town of Ramseur regular monthly uh
board meeting
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to order. Let us please stand for the
invocation.
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Heavenly Father, we've come thanking
you, Lord, for
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another opportunity to serve.
Father God, we ask you, Lord Jesus, to
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be with us tonight as we
take care of the business of the Town of
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Ramseur. God, help us all to work
together
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uh even if we disagree, God, help us to
find
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that agreement spot
and keep the town moving forward.
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Lord, we ask for a special prayer for
our mayor that you will continue to heal
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his body
and continue to heal him
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mentally, physically, Lord, that he will
be back with us on our next meeting.
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Father God, we give you thanks for all
that you're doing and all that you're
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going to do, Lord. It is in Jesus' name
I pray. Amen.
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» Amen.
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» pledge allegiance
>> to the flag
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of the United States of America
>> and to the republic for which it stands,
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one nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
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» All right, uh minutes
uh
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budget uh meeting minutes um
Is there any discussion
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on those minutes?
>> Miss Ca- Yeah.
[4:01]
Miss Carol, I had recommended one slight
change. What uh did you talk to the
[4:06]
mayor about that?
>> I I did and I won't be able to make that
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change. That is not what uh
Miss Kitty said.
[4:15]
» Okay.
>> Uh
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and according to open meeting laws, uh
I'm not required to make a change at one
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commissioner's request.
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» Yeah, yes. You you had requested if we
had any recommendations. I thought
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is what you asked that we give it to
you.
[4:34]
» Yeah, but that that was if I've got
dates wrong, misspelled words, that kind
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of thing. It wasn't changing the wording
of the minutes.
[4:43]
» Okay.
Then in that case, I would uh
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make a motion that we adjust the
minutes for the uh budget meeting on
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June 29th
to read um to reflect
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Randolph County and municipalities make
up 70% of the
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EDC's budget
as opposed to just right now it says
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just municipalities
make up 70%.
[5:15]
» But it should say municipalities.
>> She said
[5:19]
the local government including
municipalities.
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I know the county
>> say Randolph County.
[5:26]
I can change it to what she said
verbatim, which is, "So, the EDC is
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funded mostly by the local governments
and municipalities to the tune of about
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70%. The other 30% is funded through our
private sector." Now, I can change it
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and quote it verbatim.
>> I'm fine with that.
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» But
>> Yeah, I'm fine with that.
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» Okay.
[5:52]
Any other discussion?
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» Teresa
Ask them if they approved the budget the
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minutes as read as amended.
They approved the
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minutes as amended.
>> Just a minute.
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» Carl, you good?
You good, Carl?
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» I'm sorry.
>> Are you good?
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» Yes, I'm good.
Motion and second.
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» Okay. Um
I need a motion to be made that we uh
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approve the minutes as
uh amended
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to
uh
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based on the wording that Crystal
Gaddis' actual words
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uh that she uh
quoted when she came and did a
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presentation.
>> I would make that motion.
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» I need a second, please.
>> I'll second.
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» All right, it's been properly moved and
seconded that we accept the
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uh budget meeting
uh minutes for June the 29th, 2026.
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All in favor, raise your hand.
Any opposed?
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» All right.
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» All right, moving on to consent agenda.
[7:17]
Everyone should have uh
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been able to take a look at those.
Fire report, library grounds report,
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code enforcement, and the consent
invoices. Is there any discussion?
[7:36]
There being none, I just want to um take
the opportunity to say thank um I'd like
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to thank everybody
um fire department, police department,
[7:44]
the library
for all that you do. We do appreciate it
[7:48]
and it does not go unnoticed.
All right.
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I need a
motion to be made that we accept the
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consent agenda.
>> I'll make a motion we accept the consent
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agenda.
>> Second.
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» I second that.
>> Okay, it's been properly moved and
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second that we accept the consent
agenda. All in favor?
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Any opposed?
All right.
[8:16]
All right, move right along.
Public comment period. Uh we have Ms.
[8:21]
Waneta Brown with the Ramseur Lions Club
um here to
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uh do a presentation of a trophy for
blood drive.
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» It will be presented by our club
president, Ms. Diane Hicks.
[8:35]
» All right, well we will have Ms. Diane
Hicks
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um
from the uh as president of Ramseur
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Lions Club doing a presentation of the
trophy
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for for the blood drive.
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» Thank you. Have a good evening.
Uh my name's Diane Hicks, president of
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the Ramseur Lions.
Um I would like to take a moment to
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thank everyone that was involved in our
uh recent blood drive. Uh it it just
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shows how giving this community is. We
had a wonderful turnout.
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Uh I want to give special recognition to
our Ramseur Fire Department for having
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the highest number of donations.
And your
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commitment to this community exceeds
just emergency calls. We really
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appreciate your [clears throat]
leadership as well.
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So, that being said, on behalf of the
American Red Cross and the Ramseur
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Community Lions,
and I want to give you this trophy and
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bragging rights
for this next year
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and for your victory in the Battle of
the Badges.
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» I would like to ask Chief Parish to
accept this trophy for us. He's He's put
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a lot of work into this and
was generous enough to round up people
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to come give and everything, so go ahead
and accept this trophy.
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» [laughter]
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» WOOHOO!
>> [applause]
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» I'M GOING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT WE'VE got coming up
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really soon.
>> Sure.
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» We have a health fair coming up on
Tuesday from 2:00 to 4:00 in conjunction
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with the Ramseur Public Library. We're
asking if everyone could come out and
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support this.
We are We have, I think, about 16
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different people that are coming to
participate, including the Sheriff's
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Department and the Fire Department.
>> [clears throat]
[11:02]
» They're both coming out to
to give information about healthy living
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and other things. We've got the Health
Department, we've got Genesis, we've got
[11:11]
Nautilus, we've got the physical
therapist's office. Diane, can you name
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some of the rest of them that we have?
We have a lot.
[11:20]
» I'm not familiar, to be honest with you.
Nautilus for one,
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the nursing home in Siler City,
dentists.
[11:32]
I'm just on the practice. The The
physical therapy group is
[11:36]
» uh the massage outreach,
Dennis,
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» Mhm.
>> our local dentist office.
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» We've got about 16 different vendors
that participate at Jenny's Hospice.
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Lots of different localities.
>> Um Ash Wren,
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Ash Wren will uh we have um
representatives from the Ash Wren area
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» as well.
>> That's the main thing.
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» We have
as of this morning 16 committed to come.
[12:06]
» Okay.
>> It would be great if the town of Ramsor
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could come out and show if our our
leadership could come out and show
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support because this is for the kid for
the town. You know, we're a Lions Club,
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we're a service organization. You're
about doing service, so are we.
[12:22]
I'm I've Our motto is we serve. And
where there's a need, there's a Lion.
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So, we do need your support also.
>> Thank you.
[12:32]
» Thank you.
[12:36]
» All right.
Just like to say thank you to the Lions
[12:40]
Club. They have done several
different things here in the in the
[12:44]
town.
So, thank y'all very much for what you
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do. We appreciate it.
[12:52]
All right. Moving right along,
um
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old business.
Doesn't look like we have any.
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New business?
Doesn't look like we have any.
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Comments uh from the mayor. We are going
to um since the mayor in his absence um
[13:13]
about the old water plant um
demolition. We're going to postpone that
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until the August meeting.
Um the mayor has been in contact with
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the uh contractor. He talks to him
daily. So,
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we'd like for him to be able to
um speak on that when he returns and
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hopefully that will be next month.
[13:35]
All right.
Move right along.
[13:40]
Administration, Carol.
>> Yes, I'd just like to read it's on our
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website now and it's also on our
Facebook page about the LGC releasing us
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from their care, if you will.
Oh,
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in 2020, the town of Ramseur was put on
the unit assistance list of the local
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government budget and fiscal control
act, which is the LGC. This was due to
[14:05]
late audits and other concerns. The
current staff, town clerk, finance
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officer, Carol Lakers, deputy town
clerk, finance officer, Debbie Branning,
[14:15]
and administrative assistant, Diane
Garland, under the leadership of Mayor
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Hampton Styron, worked diligently over
the past 3 years to get the town back to
[14:24]
good financial health.
On July 13th of this year, the LGC has
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released Ramseur from the unit
assistance list, an accomplishment to be
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very proud of. Please see the letter
below and I'll read it to you. Dear
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local government officials, staff of the
local government commission have
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recently reviewed data from the audited
financial statements presented submitted
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for fiscal year 2025.
I'm very pleased to notify you that
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based on the fiscal year 2025 audited
financial statements, the town of
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Ramseur is no longer on the unit
assistance list. We commend you and your
[15:02]
staff for the efforts you made to
achieve this goal. We encourage you to
[15:06]
maintain
the practices that have led to this
[15:10]
accomplishment and look for
opportunities to continue to improve
[15:13]
your financial health and fiscal
management practices. Please note, the
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LGC reviews the financial statements
annually and late submission declined in
[15:24]
fiscal position and or auditor noted
compliance issues can return a unit to
[15:29]
the government unit assistance list. Our
staff, especially the coach team,
[15:35]
remains available to provide guidance or
assistance as you continue your work to
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adhere to the local government budget
and fiscal control act. And it's signed
[15:44]
Kendra Bouldin and she's the director of
the fiscal management section.
[15:53]
» I want to take the time to thank
on behalf of the mayor.
[15:59]
Uh, this is a major, major, big
accomplishment. Uh, I can recall when
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I got on the board before I was elected.
Uh,
[16:12]
we were in hole
big time. Um,
[16:17]
and we struggled.
>> It's like that when I came.
[16:20]
» Uh,
so,
[16:24]
with that being said, um,
we appreciate the diligence and the work
[16:29]
that you ladies have put forward
uh,
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along with uh, the mayor's guidance to
get us up to speed, get our audits done.
[16:39]
Uh, we were four audits down.
Um,
[16:43]
and that is a responsibility each year
that we are supposed to take care of.
[16:48]
Um,
and that didn't happen, unfortunately.
[16:51]
So, there was a lot of work put into
that and uh,
[16:55]
we appreciate it.
Um, the board appreciates it very much
[16:58]
and um,
I pray that we will continue to move
[17:01]
forward so that the town can prosper
because we could not do any buying, we
[17:05]
couldn't really do uh,
like the meters that we needed. We
[17:09]
couldn't do any of that because we
couldn't borrow money, we couldn't do
[17:12]
anything. So,
um,
[17:16]
people don't understand until they get
involved in local government just how
[17:20]
things work.
Um so, we got to take care of business.
[17:24]
Um
So, again,
[17:27]
thank you very much. Appreciate it.
[17:32]
» All right.
Um any
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Looks like all we have left is
reminders, announcements.
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Uh
July the 25th, the Ramseur Community uh
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Museum will be open from 10:00 to 4:00.
August 8th, the annual back-to-school
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bash
uh
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will take place 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
[17:59]
August 8th, uh
looks like the Ramseur Community uh
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Museum is going to be open um at from
10:00 to 1:00.
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Um
the museum will not be open on August
[18:10]
the 22nd.
And then we will have our regular
[18:14]
scheduled board meeting
uh
[18:16]
August 18th.
[18:21]
Any
thing for the good of the board?
[18:28]
All right.
Very short and sweet and to the point
[18:33]
meeting tonight.
Thanks everyone for coming. We
[18:36]
appreciate it.
I need a motion to be made that we
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uh adjourn.
>> Make a motion that we adjourn.
[18:44]
» I second that.
>> It's been properly moved and seconded
[18:47]
that we adjourn. Thank you very much.
All in favor?
[18:53]
Thank you.