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» All right, let's call the um
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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
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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
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budget uh meeting minutes um
Is there any discussion

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on those minutes?
>> Miss Ca- Yeah.

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Miss Carol, I had recommended one slight
change. What uh did you talk to the

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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.

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» Okay.
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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
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is what you asked that we give it to
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» 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.

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» 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
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EDC's budget
as opposed to just right now it says

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just municipalities
make up 70%.

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» But it should say municipalities.
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the local government including
municipalities.

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I know the county
>> say Randolph County.

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I can change it to what she said
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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.

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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
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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.

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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?

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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,

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the library
for all that you do. We do appreciate it

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and it does not go unnoticed.
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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?
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All right, move right along.
Public comment period. Uh we have Ms.

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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.

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» 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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» WOOHOO!
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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.
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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.
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» They're both coming out to
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and other things. We've got the Health
Department, we've got Genesis, we've got

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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.

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» I'm not familiar, to be honest with you.
Nautilus for one,

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the nursing home in Siler City,
dentists.

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I'm just on the practice. The The
physical therapy group is

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» uh the massage outreach,
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» Mhm.
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» We've got about 16 different vendors
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Lots of different localities.
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Ash Wren will uh we have um
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» as well.
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» We have
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» Okay.
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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.

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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.
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» Thank you.

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» All right.
Just like to say thank you to the Lions

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Club. They have done several
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town.
So, thank y'all very much for what you

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do. We appreciate it.

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All right. Moving right along,
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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

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about the old water plant um
demolition. We're going to postpone that

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until the August meeting.
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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.

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All right.
Move right along.

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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.
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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

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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,

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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

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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

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staff for the efforts you made to
achieve this goal. We encourage you to

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maintain
the practices that have led to this

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accomplishment and look for
opportunities to continue to improve

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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

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fiscal position and or auditor noted
compliance issues can return a unit to

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the government unit assistance list. Our
staff, especially the coach team,

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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

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Kendra Bouldin and she's the director of
the fiscal management section.

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» I want to take the time to thank
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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.
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we were in hole
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and we struggled.
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» Uh,
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with that being said, um,
we appreciate the diligence and the work

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that you ladies have put forward
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along with uh, the mayor's guidance to
get us up to speed, get our audits done.

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Uh, we were four audits down.
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and that is a responsibility each year
that we are supposed to take care of.

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Um,
and that didn't happen, unfortunately.

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So, there was a lot of work put into
that and uh,

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we appreciate it.
Um, the board appreciates it very much

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and um,
I pray that we will continue to move

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forward so that the town can prosper
because we could not do any buying, we

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couldn't really do uh,
like the meters that we needed. We

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couldn't do any of that because we
couldn't borrow money, we couldn't do

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anything. So,
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people don't understand until they get
involved in local government just how

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things work.
Um so, we got to take care of business.

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Um
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thank you very much. Appreciate it.

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» All right.
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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
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will take place 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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August 8th, uh
looks like the Ramseur Community uh

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Museum is going to be open um at from
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Um
the museum will not be open on August

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the 22nd.
And then we will have our regular

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scheduled board meeting
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August 18th.

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Any
thing for the good of the board?

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All right.
Very short and sweet and to the point

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meeting tonight.
Thanks everyone for coming. We

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appreciate it.
I need a motion to be made that we

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uh adjourn.
>> Make a motion that we adjourn.

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» I second that.
>> It's been properly moved and seconded

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that we adjourn. Thank you very much.
All in favor?

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Thank you.