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Board meeting, today is August 13th, 2026. It's just after 10 a.m., we have a few commissioners here enough to start. So we have a quorum, we have Commissioner Jensen and Commissioner Norman joining us remotely and here in the room. We have Commissioner Orwood, Commissioner Miles, Commissioner Bartholomew.

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And we will excuse, oh, Commissioner, yeah, I'm going to miss him.

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Oh, Addoch, Commissioner Addoch, Commissioner Leib.

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I don't think Commissioner Leib was able to judge us today.

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Not certain, but Commissioner Addoch's own.

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Welcome.

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You will first start with the pledge allegiance.

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Commissioner Bartholomew, you will lead us in pledge.

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I think that's the

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end of the read.

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And to the Republic for which it stands,

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one, the issue under our individual

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with liberty and justice for us.

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The next item on the agenda is public comment

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and the districts are accepted in person,

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virtually through meeting.

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And by electronic action to Stacy Herbals,

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email address at Stacy at reuic.utod.gov

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of electronically submitted written comments be provided or remember some

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rise in the meeting minutes and complete copy may be requested at the coalition

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mill address. So we'll first start with any who would like to make public

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comment and we'll ask our rock star Melissa can help with that. Thank you commissioner

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and good morning everyone. We will now ask those who were to participate in the

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virtual side of our public comment today to please raise their hand. You may raise your hand on Zoom

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by clicking the raise hand button on your screen or if you are dialing in by phone today, please

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press star nine now. The public comment will be limited to 15 minutes. Each speaker will be provided

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three minutes to make a comment. We will be providing verbal cues in order to respectfully provide

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time to all those wishing to participate today. Once your time is up, the host will meet your microphone

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and prompt the next speaker to begin. At this time, I'll read the names of those wishing to make a

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comment online.

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Seeing none, I am happy to keep time for those in the room, Commissioner Miles.

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Thank you, Melissa. We're now moved to those in the room wishing to make public comment.

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Saying none will move to the next agenda item, which is approval of the minutes from July 9th,

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2026 meeting. I did have a couple of just small grammatical changes that I didn't know

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to Stacey.

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With those grades, you don't want to accept them.

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On second.

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I'll should make a commissioner.

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I don't want you to second my condition.

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We're in a further discussion.

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All those of you who are going to be in the minutes say hi.

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Hi, everybody.

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Hi.

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Any comments?

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I'll commissioner.

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No, I'll call that.

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I'll find out until commissioner go ahead.

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I love you can hear me very well, but I can barely hear you

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and I have my volume turned up all the way.

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So, if you don't mind speaking into the mics, that would help me a lot.

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Sure.

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You didn't have any question on this.

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No.

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I did have one.

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Excuse me.

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I did have two things that I found.

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They're just grammatical type things on its paragraph.

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Sorry.

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I'm just finding my note.

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Here it is.

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On paragraph number five, the seventh lying down, it says, it's supposed to say bed and

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the D was just left off bed and on numbers, oh sorry, and then on number seven, the second

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paragraph, I just was asking if they could spill out D have what that stands for at least

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one time so that people are aware of what it stands for. That was it.

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I think we can make that change. Do you capture all that, Stacy?

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Yes, Chairman. Those will be corrected and noted in the minutes before posting.

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Excellent. Thank you. We'll call for another vote. All those in favor say aye.

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Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. That was you. Yes. Thank you. Our next item item number four is the auto presentation.

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And my home I'll say it's welcome. Thank you.

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Well, thank you for inviting me.

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It's nice to come in.

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Thank you. I mean, by 10 minutes this morning,

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I mean,

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the start on page 11, for those that have the audit package.

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The audit is really well.

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It's a great job transparent.

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Record is incredibly, really.

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It's such a privilege, super timely.

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I only need to do something big about that too.

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It's a really good experience there.

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The audit is very good.

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It's what we call an unqualified opinion.

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That's not talking about me.

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It's a good opinion.

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The financial statements that are presented are accurate.

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a good representation of the district at the end of the

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coming year, 2025.

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So, if you look at the weather, just reflects the current

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resources of the coalition.

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At the end of the year, it was about $66,000 in cash.

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That was down a little bit in prior years.

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The coalition repaid carbon accounting.

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It's been sitting on a $10,000 non-pable for a very long time.

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maybe paid that, and that's some out of pockets

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that they purchased to be able for the manager.

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So the old one was traded in for about 10 grand,

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and they bought it in about 42,000.

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The other big asset to the district that's available

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is a resource that some councilors

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through launching grant projects.

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Over about 60,000 to 40,000.

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Currently, Bill Lee's amounts paying to the vendors

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for various projects was about 73,000.

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The good liabilities is basically general liabilities and what not it was about seven, and then there was some hundreds of ground revenues and ground revenues that are sitting there until they're eligible to be extended about 5,000.

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So the balance sheet is similar to prior years, just a small bit of assets and a small bit of liabilities just enough to operate on a reimbursement basis through the C90.

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It's going to page 13 if you don't have any questions.

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13 is the revenue and expenses of the coalition with

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a 56,000 from various small government

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and local governments.

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And then there was grant proceeds largely the CID for the various projects of almost $1.2 million

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and some rather revenue of $159.

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So the total revenues were $1,200, $24,000.

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that is now somewhat from prior years,

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it's kind of ending and flowing through

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these transitional stages on the big rural project.

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And the expenditure side of things, wages were $176,000,

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$173, Prince benefits, which includes health insurance

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and Utah retirement contributions,

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67,688 project development, which is a sort of projects,

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that are ongoing, nearly 940,000, so administrative expenses of 42,000 and capital out of 42,000.

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The total expenditure is for $1,268,000, for that loss of 44,000.

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So you just needed that to be able to share everything else to your main investment basis

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if the vehicle's got pockets.

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so I'm explaining that in the city. Other sources and uses of income, the vehicle was sold for 10,200, so that was a little bit

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important. The vehicle was paid for, and it's an interest journey, it's paid in 128. So I'll told

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Kurt wrote from the bottom, an empty crease on the year of 33,814.

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Pretty much halfway along the way in person in cases.

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There's no that to the district and I talked about the only capital activity was the purchase

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in the vehicle.

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If there is some interest,

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Keith, you can read note 12 on page 23 and talk to all about

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chair URS contribution.

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He's so exciting.

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He's going to skip it.

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And the rest are government reports of the tail end.

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There's a call, a yellow book report, because that needs to go and government put it in

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the yellow book.

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So go to the standards,

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compliance issues are in charge of the full findings would be there, because we're on that.

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That's a clean opinion, please.

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And then we'll ask the report on the financial pages as we talk on the lines report, and there are no findings.

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Thank

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you.

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Thank you.

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Any questions?

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What's your appeasing?

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What happened?

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No, it's disappointing.

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Thank you very much.

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Appreciate you guys.

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Thank you.

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Do we need another two?

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I'm going to accept the motion to accept.

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I'd mean we accept that I'll report your financial statement.

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Motion, I can't show a word to accept it.

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I'll second that.

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Second, I can't give a shit, Jensen.

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Third, discussion of the motion.

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I'm also favoring accepting the Odyssey.

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I may

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thank you.

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I had a number of fine updates on county projects

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and opportunities that

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anyone would like to share with the

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Valor. Valor has announced a partnership with NVIDIA, which is one of the largest companies

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in the world, and they're going to attempt to start creating what they're calling water

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in a status center. So the ideas, they would power these with the modular reactors that Valor's

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making which are they have helium in them in the water and then the actual data center

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would be a closed system kind of like your car radiator.

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So that's a partnership and

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they look forward to moving into that. I went to a meeting at the State Energy Board yesterday

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and reviewed other projects that are associated with the research center so you've got everything

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from graphite manufacturer to coal research, to lithium battery recycling, to re-calibring

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recycling spent nuclear fuels. So there's a lot going on there at the lab and so that's been

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a really good, that's been a real catalyst for business, not only for Emma County, but it's

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It's going to affect the whole state of Utah.

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Yeah.

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That is a big success.

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Where are our dates?

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Joining us?

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Hearing none.

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Thank you.

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Director.

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Oh, we're moving quickly.

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And I want to do anything to repeat us hopefully.

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Thank you for bringing here.

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Thank you to the board for all your great work.

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I just want to take them all in and express my appreciation

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to Brian Barton and John Starrer.

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You know, they are with me every second with the way I'm starting and I just greatly appreciate all they bring to the table.

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The experience, the knowledge, the good nature.

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It's the next in the team, and you know, it's got a lot of things going on right now.

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Having them with us is just a huge asset, so thank you, appreciate it.

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Also, I want to thank Stacey Herbal, our professor in the system.

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She recently had surgery, so she's online today.

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Kind of laid up, but it's also perfect.

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So happy birthday, Stacey.

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We're not going to sing.

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No.

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I can hardly talk, but appreciate all that she does, and we'll ensure a speedy recovery. She's with us next month.

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We've got some important things coming up, and I just want to make you aware of them. If you'd like to attend or participate in any of these activities, please let me know. I'll provide you with the details.

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For getting to the Greendale resort that we're working on in Dagger County, we have a meeting with the government office around the development.

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She has provided funding for the work with them in that project to date.

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Hope we get their support and perhaps providing a little pressure on our private side partners who are

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So team very excited, but are moving slowly, which is often the case, so I hope we'll speed things up and we've had a proposed and memorandum of the three more of them that's been out there for a couple of months that they haven't signed yet.

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So hoping that the bill can help us

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and maybe like a little bit of fire

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if they can do it really quickly.

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Also tomorrow we have a meeting with

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Senator Ruini's team in Salt Lake City at two o'clock.

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That was scheduled for 12,

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so they let it push it back to two o'clock.

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I know some of you plan to attend that if they are,

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if you would like to attend things

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let me know and I need to get the address there.

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That will be in Salt Lake City.

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Also tomorrow,

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We're relating to the ocean terminal project we have meeting with the Wyoming Energy Officials.

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We'll talk about that more, we'll talk about the ocean terminal project, but excited to talk with them.

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And let's say we're all likely to be partnering with us in the ocean terminal project.

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Also next week the American Co-Council is going to be in Park City for a conference.

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The Department of Energy, under Secretary Kirk Booker-Grilley will be here and is excited

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to talk to us.

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We have an individual meeting with him on Tuesday at 9.30 at the State Capitol building.

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And if any of you are interested in attending that to talk about coal and what the administration's doing and the federal federal agencies, please let me know.

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We may also be speaking with him again on Thursday in Park City.

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So it's an effort fair for you, let me know what you had a

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commercial as well. But excited to talk with him face to face and

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appreciate all the support that the administration is giving to

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the co-industry and other industries and our communities

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in the local world. As a reminder, we have on

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meeting with the Youth Business Committee on August 26th.

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That's on Wednesday at 2.30 at the tribal offices in 40

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to change. We are all invited to join us on the 1-10-11-30th rate. We know the chairman

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miles will be there immediately charged, so appreciate him and all his efforts to keep up.

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Good relations with the wheat tribe as a partner for the railroad project.

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Also coming up September 3rd is the Community Impact Board meeting. We have been invited to

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There's that on our ocean thermal study, so we plan on doing that and we work the opportunity.

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The following month, I think it's September 1st.

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The CFV is having a subsequent meeting, which will we intend to apply for phase two for the ocean thermal.

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So, again, we'll talk more about that as we discuss that.

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And most importantly, for all of you, we talked about this a little bit last month.

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Next month, our meeting is scheduled for September 10, which is the second Thursday, as always.

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But it will be at three o'clock in the afternoon, and it will be improbo rather than hearing price at the Utah County Convention Center in conjunction with the Utah Association of County meetings.

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So some of you will probably be participating there.

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So just make sure you make that note that if you show up here at 10 o'clock,

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it will be lonely.

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I'm sure Hattick will appreciate the ability to work.

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But three o'clock in Provo is what we scheduled.

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And we'll talk about this more later, but we'll probably also be holding a public hearing on our

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the application CID application for the ocean terminal. So that's probably the one to work out best.

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So those are my updates for the day. I mean mostly counting on your things. I appreciate all your

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support and I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. I have a quick question or a couple.

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Tomorrow with Senator Lee is there a topic for that? Yes, there is. Thank you for asking. As you know,

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we've been pressing for over a year now to get the rail project codified into law through

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through Congress and Senate. The Senate, or excuse me, representative Kennedy has a bill that

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he submitted to the transportation committee and that didn't land which didn't make it in, so we're

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we're pressing for an amendment when that comes to the floor and hopefully when that happens

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then we'll go to the Senate and so this is the meeting with Senator Lee and his team to make sure

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that they continue to understand where we're at with the project, just a request and then we have

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their full support as we have to date. And then what was the date of the terminal meeting next week?

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Tuesday at 930 at the State Capitol. That was the coal was that you mentioned a

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terminal one. Is it kind of the one in the same? Oh yeah, that they they are the

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same. Okay. Okay. All right. And then just one quick like I would love to be

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there tomorrow but 24-hour notices and quick enough for me and so let me know a

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little bit sooner on a couple of those and I'll do my best to participate and

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be there. Thank you. I could have let you know yesterday afternoon at 5.30

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because that's on the panel set. All right. Thank you. Thank you.

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Thank you, Director

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the date of our September meeting, that's the 10th, right?

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The 10th, right.

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Just a usual date.

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Just a different kind of meeting.

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Okay, the next item on the agenda is the

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engineering and planning report.

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Maybe before they start, they will recognize

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Commissioner Milo.

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We got him moved over to the panel on the side

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and Commissioner had out there

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to join us, right at the start.

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I apologize for being late and also apologize for being late, but I also may be intermittent depending on signal so I'll keep rejoining as necessary.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Brian or Dan or Mark?

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Director Keaton did a great job of covering

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all the current and anticipated events and activities. Just a quick mention I think we

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reported last time about the surveys that have been completed on the CACCIS and the Water

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we've addressed, particularly associated with some of the tribal lands in Basin.

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We are also in process to your number on the legacy at E to the supplemental funding.

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There was a piece of that that was associated with the new ladies' treasures.

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Those surveys will be underway momentarily.

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We need to hit a certain calendar window for those surveys and those who begin very soon.

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So, we just appreciate the opportunity to support Director Heaton in all of these efforts

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making, trying to make sure that we identify the technical parameters of these projects

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and try to take an engineering look at some of these opportunities that the coalition has.

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It's very unique opportunity and unique time for the coalition.

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So, we just appreciate it.

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Welcome to me.

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Any questions that you might have for us?

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Okay.

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Any questions for Jill's room team?

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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I'm

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a little wary about how quickly our meeting is going, but this is also interesting.

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I actually don't have a larger port today.

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I do anticipate next month that all of the rebrand items, including a few outstanding things

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on the website, will be completely wrapped up at that point.

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I'd encourage everyone to take a look and poke holes at it.

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And then we will launch our social media and we should be good from there.

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So I'll just kind of keep it there since we're just wrapping up our last few things.

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Thank you so much.

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Okay, and then as far as what do you mean for the board members?

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I think we can breach that subject when I'm truly ready to launch it.

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But yes, we do have outstanding biographies to write up.

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I'm also considering perhaps our next board meeting,

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whether it be September or October or whatever,

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when it's more convenient for our schedule.

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I just come on down and jot a few notes on everyone,

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and that might put a bandaid on all of those hiccups

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we're facing.

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Okay.

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I mean, we can turn it over to AI,

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but there may be a few things on the agenda.

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People do not want it.

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Just make something up.

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Hey, I guess a pretty good job of that.

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Everyone's going to end up with a unique superhero name.

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See what to be careful.

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Well, mind holy last, mind holy last until December.

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So figured out.

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Yeah, he'll always be a super hero of Jack.

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next

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item on the agenda is number nine presentation approval and adoption of

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monthly expenses.

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I'm sure the time over you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Appreciate

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being able to be here and present the financial information through your

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approval today. Appreciate Melanie for all the hard work and energy.

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She gets a few

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requests that every now and again we have

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for your review on approval today,

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14,644 and

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79 students.

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I've looked over all of the other questions. Are there any other?

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I'll make that motion to approve the budget and I did not write the number down if you could help me

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Greg. In the amount of $14,644.79. What Greg said?

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Second by Commissioner Wardwood.

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Further discussion of the motion. Call those in favor of proving the monthly expenses say aye.

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Aye. Aye.

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Aye.

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Now for a review and acceptance for the July financial reports.

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So we had for your review and approval of the financial information as of July 30th, 2020 stitch

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and by protecting the savings accounts a little over $106,000.

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I've received goals of a little over $191,000

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and received accounts

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payable of $243,000, but

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net assets at the bottom of the page is low.

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Yeah, sure, like all of these next-

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Next, the total assets. On the next day, we have the proper loss in January through July, total income, $1,309,926, total expenses, $1,309,004. We have a little bit of an income of $922, which is basically comprised of the interest income that has been received.

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The following papers are by class, which is a problem that's really by the project individually.

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We've not been receiving any expenditures for each one of those.

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And that comprises the next three papers.

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Okay, thank you.

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Thank you.

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Any questions?

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Is there a motion to accept the financial reports of July?

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No, to accept.

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Motion by Congressional.

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I thought of you.

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Second.

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Second by Congressional.

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All those in favor, accepting my financial aid say aye.

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Aye.

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All right.

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I wish

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the project's detailed sheet.

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And then also, Mr. Chairman, or we have for your review that the coalition projects, those are ongoing.

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Those have been completed and the remaining balances reach for those projects

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will be available to spend in future periods.

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And that, again, just for you.

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I know the detailed information on those projects

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includes from the inception of the project

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up to the expenditures that have been approved.

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That's all we have to present today and us there are questions.

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Okay, Harry, thank you.

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Thank you, Melanie.

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Appreciate your help.

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I do have one question.

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How's, I'm just wondering how the account is doing

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if we've been hacked lately?

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or I didn't work with bad checks since we changed again.

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Great.

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Item 10, Ocean Terminal Presentation.

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Terminal time-over to 13.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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This is what we all been waiting for.

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To start off with, I'd like to thank our advisory committee.

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There are a person like this.

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We have Jane Powell from CERDA.

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Even his director, Derek Amber.

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sort of an online, we have Laura Hansen from the government's office and a budget.

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We have trying to scale the director of the R6 Association of Governments,

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and we have Brian Summers, DECO Mining Association.

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These individuals have been wonderful to work with as we've gone through the ocean terminal analysis

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us and being willing to meet and help us work through this, and so we appreciate that

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being here today for this discussion. You continue to provide guidance and

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in the duration as we determine what we're going to do here. Also appreciate

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notice fellow and their team for giving me an analysis together. I trust that you

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received it as the email. There's a lot there, but by and large, it is what we expect it to see.

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And as we work through it, I think we've talked about most of the critical items in that report.

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My intent today is to just do a high level overview and answer any questions that we can

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or that you might have. Basically, what the report tells us is the coal is a good

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investment from the state of Utah over the next 15 to 20 years.

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So, again, that's

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something that we expected to see, but it needs good to see the data that

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backed that up. It also identified that there are other commodities that we

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potentially explored as both commodities. Copper, liquefied natural gas, a few others.

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Technomically, they don't make as much sense at this point in time as coal does.

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So, again, nothing new there for us, but there are other world commodity opportunities

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are made from copper to agricultural goods.

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As you went through it, you may have noticed that Oakland led Longview in most of the

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categories in the scoring.

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There were a few exceptions to that.

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One is that Longview is a larger site than it is undeveloped primarily.

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and so we shift the different commodities through there a lot easier, so it is more of a greenfield

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opportunity, but otherwise I'll open it as far as our hand in the process, and I'm trying

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to keep you up to date on some of those things, so I think you know that they achieved a 75 million

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dollar mark on the federal government that works through all their legal concerns and such and

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and it has come out the other side.

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We also looked a little bit at opportunities in Mexico

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for a lot of years, Wallace was under consideration.

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The reality is is that Mexico is going to be more expensive

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and the risk is going to be significantly greater.

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And at this point where Oakland is fairly advanced

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and moving forward, it makes great sense.

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And a lot of you are not being far behind.

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It looks like that is an opportunity to materialize.

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So looking at Mexico, it just doesn't make a lot of sense, it's available.

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As I mentioned earlier, we are on the agenda with the Community Impact Board for September

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3rd to provide a similar report and let them know what our plans are and all likelihood we

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We won't have an application ready until all of their October 1st meeting.

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The CID did tentatively approve face to set that money aside so it's just letting them

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know specifically what we would be doing which is something that we will need to decide

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as a board with input from our advisory group because we're essentially procuring real estate

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the details of that discussion will take place in a closed session. So stay tuned for that.

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And as I mentioned earlier we will be holding a public hearing and that will be determined by

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this board because there are ones who will be participating but I would propose that we do that in

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conjunction with our next meeting which is September 10th at Propo. We don't have to have to try to

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chips together at any other time. So at this point I've turned some time quickly over to Mr.

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Stermer basically to add on the legal front likewise to Mr. Barton, the engineering front,

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and then open it up to any of the advisory members if they have anything they want to add or process.

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So Mr. Stermer, we'll start with you. Yes, thank you, Dr. Keaton.

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I'm going to have my insight and relate the compliment that he's paid earlier.

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What I've been keen to work for, a great board to work for in these projects are,

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they're life changing for our member counties, the residents that love to live and work where they do.

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So a very important happy opportunities.

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It really is a health and wealth where, if you don't have stable employment,

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and you can't take care of the health

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and ease even for your community, right?

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We know that sometimes people are down and out.

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But if everybody's down and out,

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you can't offer that hand of assistance.

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And so being able to have good stable jobs,

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being able to have employment opportunities

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is not a money discussion.

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And I know on this to these projects,

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always think it's up, but it's all about money,

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that's all people are interested in.

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We're interested in the health and welfare of our community.

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social health, mental health, and everything that all comes to having a stable life though.

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And then so we, that's what these projects are all about, so we're very important and glad

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to be on the team for that. Okay, wanted to say that, but also passed the compliment back to the

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00:39:46,340 --> 00:39:54,460
faculty. So on the report itself, the one thing that I'll add to what he said is the full attention

475
00:39:54,460 --> 00:39:58,180
that the report will be put on the coalition's website.

476
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,940
Now that it is being presented to the board,

477
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:05,420
we'll have the opportunity, as Greg said,

478
00:40:05,740 --> 00:40:08,280
there are items that we need to reserve for post-session

479
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,420
because of the potential deals, right?

480
00:40:11,540 --> 00:40:13,560
That are going to be made in a property acquisition

481
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,020
and a lot of them know as well.

482
00:40:16,260 --> 00:40:20,760
There are trade secrets and business confidentiality provisions

483
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:21,620
as well.

484
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:28,260
And so the report while our intent is to make sure that it is an open and transparent

485
00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:33,080
possible, there may need to be, we're going to go through that report and just make sure

486
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:40,660
that we're not disclosing any of that information, that potential partners have needed to share

487
00:40:40,660 --> 00:40:48,600
for the study, but it's obviously not open under state law to be shared with an epidemiologist

488
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:49,120
this time.

489
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,020
We anticipate that will be very minimal.

490
00:40:53,740 --> 00:40:55,700
We don't see where there'll be, you know,

491
00:40:56,240 --> 00:41:00,160
dozens of pages just blacked out and then redacted.

492
00:41:00,420 --> 00:41:02,580
But we'll be strategic, we'll make sure.

493
00:41:03,180 --> 00:41:05,780
And then on anything that's questionable,

494
00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:09,980
state law requires that we reach back out to the business partners.

495
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,320
And we either get to go, go from from them.

496
00:41:14,460 --> 00:41:16,320
And so will we follow my state law on that?

497
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:26,160
So, if you happen to see redactions on what was posted on the website, that's why just need to be sensitive to that information.

498
00:41:26,340 --> 00:41:33,840
But otherwise, the report of the whole view was excellent in loving Halloween, but our advisory committee,

499
00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:41,360
and then also Brian Summers, that's technical, by the way, he has been very instrumental as well in that stand.

500
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,140
that look forward to every community.

501
00:41:43,620 --> 00:41:44,380
But it's

502
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,900
just been impressive to better understand

503
00:41:56,900 --> 00:41:57,720
that the

504
00:42:02,130 --> 00:42:03,750
foundation is just impressive.

505
00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:06,790
Utah has amazing resources.

506
00:42:07,570 --> 00:42:12,530
It's mind-safely, cleanly checks all the boxes

507
00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:16,750
to be able to use, be used for community health and safety

508
00:42:16,750 --> 00:42:20,730
and opportunity to sky at the local levels both here

509
00:42:20,730 --> 00:42:27,870
and wherever it is used throughout the world so just that it's been amazing to watch that

510
00:42:39,870 --> 00:42:40,210
if you

511
00:42:40,210 --> 00:42:41,970
thought has it may become more about

512
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:49,260
the state of Utah especially.

513
00:42:54,580 --> 00:42:55,660
To the committee members,

514
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,760
anyone who would like to add additional comments?

515
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,960
The President Trump's emphasis on coal and the

516
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,640
funding he's pushed, how does that change the project?

517
00:43:26,570 --> 00:43:31,430
An expert but 75 billion dollars is a significant

518
00:43:31,430 --> 00:43:34,610
and chunk of change, especially when it comes

519
00:43:34,610 --> 00:43:35,930
in the formal date for my plan.

520
00:43:38,170 --> 00:43:42,250
And so financially, it certainly makes

521
00:43:42,250 --> 00:43:46,110
a big difference in the viability of these projects.

522
00:43:48,410 --> 00:43:48,950
There you go.

523
00:43:49,270 --> 00:43:51,770
I want to be a little bit careful about what I say,

524
00:43:52,050 --> 00:43:53,690
about what the developers are planning.

525
00:43:54,790 --> 00:43:57,550
But federal government plays a large role

526
00:43:58,190 --> 00:44:00,810
in what they're trying to accomplish,

527
00:44:00,810 --> 00:44:08,840
was, you know, it involves a lot of politics for one thing.

528
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:17,540
So open to secured a 75 million long view is also in negotiations with the federal government

529
00:44:17,540 --> 00:44:20,540
to provide funding for their facility.

530
00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:29,300
So the current administration is very supportive of the commodity and the export of the commodity

531
00:44:29,300 --> 00:44:36,980
in the global markets, which will provide tremendous stability for the state of Utah,

532
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:43,200
making an additional investment in Joe because we have the full four-person and backing of the U.S.

533
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:48,080
government, along with the state government in this project.

534
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:55,080
Again, not an expert, but in broad terms, it doesn't make a big difference.

535
00:44:55,540 --> 00:44:59,860
does it open it up for other states, which is big as well?

536
00:45:01,130 --> 00:45:15,310
Other states are participating, and we can go into that a little bit in the close session about what the developers are planning. Again, I don't want to say anything to it be inappropriate to our private side partners.

537
00:45:17,570 --> 00:45:24,490
For them to speak for themselves, not for us, but I can want a little bit of close session to you. Keith?

538
00:45:27,470 --> 00:45:30,290
Yeah, this is Brian Somershen, me to my association.

539
00:45:30,290 --> 00:45:45,990
I'm just to follow up on what Keith was saying so the the loan guarantee that was announced for the port developers is actually part of a larger a larger project with the federal government, the Department of Energy was actually $700 million that was announced for

540
00:45:45,990 --> 00:45:51,550
for coal projects around the country and that's both on the export side for power plants

541
00:45:51,550 --> 00:45:57,990
and for coal producers and so there is very strong support for the coal industry generally.

542
00:45:59,030 --> 00:46:05,310
So again, that loan guarantee was part of a much larger announcement of financial incentives

543
00:46:05,310 --> 00:46:10,110
and support from the federal government again over $700 million in total.

544
00:46:11,710 --> 00:46:12,390
And

545
00:46:18,730 --> 00:46:23,770
I think this is a huge opportunity for us to strengthen partnerships with our allies,

546
00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:24,390
overseas.

547
00:46:25,630 --> 00:46:34,230
And you look at Japan, who mainly relies on LG to provide their power base, also has

548
00:46:34,230 --> 00:46:35,290
some co-operations.

549
00:46:35,930 --> 00:46:42,410
And we want better things to give them clean marketing to top coal, especially one who believes

550
00:46:42,410 --> 00:46:49,910
and select a catalytic reduction and is producing power responsibly.

551
00:46:50,750 --> 00:46:56,050
And so I think strengthening our allies becomes a matter of national security as well.

552
00:46:56,390 --> 00:47:00,770
I had a benefit to this project of the United States,

553
00:47:01,190 --> 00:47:02,990
but it's allies.

554
00:47:03,850 --> 00:47:10,430
So I think there are a lot of other pluses, big pluses for the United States

555
00:47:10,430 --> 00:47:15,690
It's moving and being very strategic and how we move from quantities.

556
00:47:20,370 --> 00:47:25,890
Thank you for the work, especially I want to echo what Director Eaton said on the committee.

557
00:47:26,590 --> 00:47:29,250
Thank you for being involved and we appreciate your input.

558
00:47:30,590 --> 00:47:33,830
This is a huge step forward for the State of Utah.

559
00:47:34,730 --> 00:47:40,590
And especially particularly for our coal counties that are members of the coal industry.

560
00:47:40,950 --> 00:47:42,490
So thank you for your input.

561
00:47:43,350 --> 00:47:43,990
Great.

562
00:47:46,050 --> 00:48:11,790
I just, as you're talking and with this yet, I want to just say thank you to the committee members, but when you piggyback on to it, our, our win was scotus a year ago, what this little group of then seven now eight counties, and then with this port would not only benefit our counties, but our state, the intermountain with us.

563
00:48:11,790 --> 00:48:16,530
What we have done for the nation with the SCOTUS ruling, what we have done for the Western

564
00:48:16,530 --> 00:48:22,770
United States perhaps, if we can get this going, I just don't realize, I think people

565
00:48:22,770 --> 00:48:29,810
realize how important these two things could be to, you could add, national security, but

566
00:48:29,810 --> 00:48:36,570
just to our little tiny residents of our eight communities, and I just want to just command

567
00:48:36,570 --> 00:48:41,630
each and every one of you for helping through the process of these two things

568
00:48:41,630 --> 00:48:47,090
and how important they really are to our nation. I just I think it's really

569
00:48:47,090 --> 00:48:47,870
understated.

570
00:48:53,490 --> 00:48:54,010
Okay, I

571
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:04,800
didn't want to recognize that Lynn said her here was

572
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:12,680
I wish I heard commissioner senator Curtis's office. I don't think he ever was commissioner. Maybe a later one time.

573
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:24,800
And also I think commissioner Larsen had to jump off but commissioner Luffy or her new and Academy appreciate them joining and

574
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,920
and Heather Palson for CIB staff.

575
00:49:29,180 --> 00:49:30,200
Thank you for being on this.

576
00:49:30,940 --> 00:49:34,180
I didn't want to give, if we're done on that,

577
00:49:34,380 --> 00:49:35,240
if there are other questions,

578
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,520
wanted to give Mark Michelle,

579
00:49:38,940 --> 00:49:40,360
if you're available to stay here,

580
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:43,060
if you had anything that you'd like to add,

581
00:49:43,260 --> 00:49:47,080
we appreciate her, Mark, or D have been online.

582
00:49:49,940 --> 00:49:51,640
If you don't have anything, that's okay.

583
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:54,580
Okay, just wanted to give you the opportunity.

584
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:57,900
No, I don't have anything today, Commissioner Miles,

585
00:49:58,080 --> 00:49:59,620
but I appreciate the opportunity to speak.

586
00:50:01,780 --> 00:50:03,380
So thanks for being with us, Mark.

587
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:04,240
Appreciate it.

588
00:50:04,380 --> 00:50:04,740
Absolutely.

589
00:50:07,510 --> 00:50:07,730
Okay.

590
00:50:09,050 --> 00:50:12,550
I don't know, though, we have a need for executive session.

591
00:50:13,150 --> 00:50:13,390
Yes.

592
00:50:13,910 --> 00:50:14,390
Oh, okay.

593
00:50:15,150 --> 00:50:17,850
You guys, Mr. Chair, can I just jump on that?

594
00:50:17,970 --> 00:50:18,150
Yes.

595
00:50:19,110 --> 00:50:21,870
It kind of framed the motion that's being requested.

596
00:50:21,870 --> 00:50:35,490
It based off of the discussion we just had on the ocean from our presentation if we can have a closed session for real estate acquisition trade secrets and also noting business confidentiality of part of that discussion.

597
00:50:36,470 --> 00:50:44,130
Okay, do you have any for a close is there motion to enter close person like emotion that we enter closed second.

598
00:50:44,130 --> 00:50:49,270
and related to those topics related to those topics.

599
00:50:49,550 --> 00:50:51,290
Motion by Commissioner Adox,

600
00:50:51,410 --> 00:50:52,790
seconded by Commissioner Wardward

601
00:50:52,790 --> 00:50:54,130
to go in the closed session.

602
00:50:55,530 --> 00:50:56,910
By your own call, please.

603
00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:01,800
Carbon aye.

604
00:51:02,540 --> 00:51:03,020
Emory aye.

605
00:51:03,620 --> 00:51:04,200
To Shayne aye.

606
00:51:05,380 --> 00:51:06,360
Sam B. Yes.

607
00:51:10,620 --> 00:51:11,180
Thank you, sir.

608
00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:12,360
Thank you.

609
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:15,160
Thank you.

610
00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:15,380
Thank you, aye.

611
00:51:15,740 --> 00:51:16,420
I heard that.

612
00:51:17,780 --> 00:51:18,260
You went in.

613
00:51:18,260 --> 00:51:19,460
Shane Emory,

614
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,540
as excuse, San Pete.

615
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:27,140
Yes.

616
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:28,440
Severe.

617
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:37,600
You into.

618
00:51:42,500 --> 00:51:43,700
Commissioner Norm, you're muted.

619
00:51:50,860 --> 00:51:52,160
That's a little more time.

620
00:51:52,820 --> 00:51:53,000
Aye.

621
00:51:53,540 --> 00:51:54,320
Oh, sorry.

622
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,960
A roll call vote for a closed session, Commissioner Norton.

623
00:51:58,860 --> 00:51:59,620
Yes.

624
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:00,120
Aye.

625
00:52:01,620 --> 00:52:04,400
That motion is passed with two excused.

626
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:20,480
We

627
00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:30,080
thought we moved you to tears, I get a little about the things that that poor goes through.

628
00:52:33,660 --> 00:52:38,420
We're probably going to be kind of happy to train the boat, making the train.

629
00:52:40,260 --> 00:52:51,500
Okay. We are back in our open session. It is 1150. Is there anything else that needs to come before the coalition volume goes back?

630
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,620
Here we go. I re-entertain motion to adjourn.

631
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:56,580
We're so moved.

632
00:52:57,120 --> 00:53:01,240
Motion by Commissioner Woodward to adjourn this meeting that is not contestable.

633
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:04,460
I have seen how it does that a long time ago.