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to go back. We didn't have any

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truly virtual meetings during COVID. We

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So we're this is our go by moving

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forward. Um, so just little bit of uh

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just FYI, keep you might want to keep

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your mics muted until you're ready to

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talk. Um, especially if you're like me

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and have kids and dogs and cats running

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around the house. So, uh,

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» I can't I can't hear them.

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» I can hear them perfectly.

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Push your volume.

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on the top.

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» Honey, I've got it. It's just not.

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Hey guys, I at first I can see

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everybody, but now I can only see three

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Can you Well, I can hear you. I guess I

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can hear you.

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» Can you hear me now?

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» I can.

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» Okay, there you go.

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» Yes,

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I can. I'm good.

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» Whoever's Whoever's talking, Doris,

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ought to pop up on your screen, I would

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Well, you popped up and went out. You

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know, at one point I seen everybody, but

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now I'm just seeing I'm just seeing Miss

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and then I don't see you.

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I don't even hear you right now.

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» Well, yeah. As long as you can hear,

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that's the best thing.

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» Yeah, I'm good. I'm good.

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Can y'all hear me? Okay.

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» If there's no I can I heard you.

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» Yes.

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» Yes, sir.

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» Loud and clear.

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» That's the problem. It's on in there.

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» No. Would you turn the speaker off

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» Yes. Yeah.

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» Look at it.

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» Is it still all There we go.

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» Christie, it looks like you and Lisa

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have both gone somewhere nice to weather

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out the storm together.

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We are we are very excited about that.

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roads are clear and we'll come back.

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» All right, folks. It is six o'clock. So,

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um, I'll call this meeting to order. Uh,

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and the city clerk will lead us in in

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invocation, please.

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» Let's pray everyone. Dear Lord, thank

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you for this day and thank you for

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keeping everyone safe during the storm.

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first responders who are still working

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to uh keep the streets clear. And I pray

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that the council members make wise

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decisions for our community tonight. In

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your name we pray. Amen.

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Thank you, Emily. Okay. Uh during the

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pre-agenda, the city council removed

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items one and nine from the agenda. And

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because this is a virtual meeting, the

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three presentations have also been

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removed. So item 10, item 10 uh has now

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been removed due to new information that

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must be reviewed and item 11 was uh

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necessary. Is there a motion to adopt

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the amended agenda?

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» So move.

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there any further discussion?

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meeting, we will need to have a roll

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call vote. So if you will just vote uh I

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or no as I call your name. Council

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member David Jones,

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» Council Member Christy Feifer.

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» Council member Doris Allison.

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» Council member Amy Lton.

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» Council member Tip Nicholson.

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» Council member Lisa Pearson. I,

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» Council Member Trey Robertson.

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» So, the motion passed unanimously. Thank

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you so much. So, uh, the 2026 code of

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ethics and the front and center

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strategic plan. As always, the city

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council works to follow the code of

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ethics and the strategic plan. Um, we

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have removed uh the presentations and

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recognitions. We have removed these

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items from the agenda uh to have them

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present at the next meeting. So we'll

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hear from the two chiefs next next

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So uh city manager report now. Ron uh

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» Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh Emily, can you

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we uh for those of you that have been on

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the council for a while, we we're moving

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this earlier in the meeting just to, you

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know, not have it as an add-on. Uh I'm

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going to try and make it a little

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shorter because of that. But some of

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these I think you really need to to hear

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as a group and ask me any questions that

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» So, just to start, uh, Emily alluded to

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this in the invocation, like to thank

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everybody who's been working, um, you

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know, literally around the clock in some

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cases, uh, to handle the two winter

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storms that we've had. It's not very

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often that you get that you get uh, two

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plus inches of ice and then six to 10

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inches of snow depending on where you

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are. And uh you know it goes without

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saying we are not equipped for these

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types of storms. So everything that has

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been done I I really do appreciate um

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will tell you that [clears throat]

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you we are our streets department uh has

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been you know again working as as as

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much as they can. um when we have ice

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that's, you know, under under all of the

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impossible to get down to the pavement

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with the equipment that we have. Um the

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motor graater, we have one motor graater

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and it has been um it's been like the

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piece of equipment that's worked the

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best. Um but all everything else that we

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have, we have snow plows on our trucks,

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spreaders for salt and and sand. Um so

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they've done a great job. police, fire,

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um storm water crews, everybody that's

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been called in has just been done done a

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great job and we're doing the best we

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can. I know it's not perfect, but but

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So, going into the um construction

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projects, the terminal building is

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finished. Um and just as a reminder, our

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ribbon cutting is February 9th at 2

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we have several other airport projects I

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the airport apron expansion design. This

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is the the image that you have on your

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screen with the yellow the yellow lines

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on the kind of the left side. We're

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expanding out the FBO tarmac. Uh this is

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build uh hanger spa or hangers in that

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to fruition, then we will put them there

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as well. So design's 90% complete. Uh

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after uh after we get those the design

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done. the uh corporate development

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uh area. This is the one where we bid it

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three times uh for various reasons. And

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this will allow us to build um an apron

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for expansion on the airport and it's uh

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low responsive and responsible bidder.

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this isn't the la the most updated one,

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to let you know that West Star, who took

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over the old Lowe's hanger, we received

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this last week a letter from the state

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saying that we were granted a $3 million

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million grant to assist them as an

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the the basically apron space and doing

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the horizontal work for their new hanger

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expansion which is going to accelerate

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that project. So that's a huge win for

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um the circuit 63 undergrounding. Um I

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slide. Uh this is the undergrounding

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what what we're doing out there is it's

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it's kind of a two-fold project, but

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are storms. So, we're taking we're we're

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23 KV, and taking them underground. So,

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reliability. It is not cheap uh but for

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the overall long-term health of uh the

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system that this is something that we're

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trying to do in in strategic areas.

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uh the police department. Um what I will

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tell you about that or and the parking

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deck the parking deck substantial

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completion is hopefully somewhere end of

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March early April. Uh so that is moving

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along. Both of these projects and really

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any of our construction projects are

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heavily dependent on the weather this

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time of year. So obviously the last week

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and a half has um has hurt their

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progress. Uh but hopefully we can stay

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police department. There's a lot of work

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going on inside and outside for that

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project. We're hoping that substantial

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completion on that one is in August of

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this year. Next,

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fire station 5. Um, y'all are well aware

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of this project. The roof's done. uh

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grading the grading contract has not

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been awarded yet to my knowledge but we

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do have the low bidder so that should

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happen any time and then interior work

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in in March we have you'll see at the

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end of this report we have done all the

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hiring uh for you can go ahead you can

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for that station so we have uh we are

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going to have I believe 15 more

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firefighters be pinned mayor uh in the

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in the next little bit so Um there there

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are a lot of new firefighters on the

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scene.

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Uh the waterline spline weather has been

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atrocious for this one. Uh this is the

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$23 million water project basically from

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the plant to Idol Memorial Gardens south

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of town. Um paving on Brookdale has

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finally been done. Uh we are going to be

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moving to Stockton Street uh very soon.

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Uh and then the next project or next

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part of the project is going to be um

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South Meeting Street uh moving from the

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railroad

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um to Amnony Hill Road if I'm not

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mistaken or no that's that's the US 21.

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Um but the South Meeting and US 21 are

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the two next areas that are going to be

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hit in earnest. And I'll remind you that

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when we're putting these lines in the in

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the ground, it's a multi-step process,

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which is what's taken us so long. You

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got the main line, which tears up the

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pavement. Eventually, you have uh feeder

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lines that have to be tied into it after

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DEEQ has come in, done pressure testing,

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and making sure it's all done correctly.

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Then finally, we can overlay and re

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repave. So, I I hate it, but it takes a

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long time and it's a multi-step process.

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Um hopefully come spring we won't have

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to fight the weather as much and and

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we'll be able to get this thing done. Um

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but it is at 53%

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um completion.

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» Hey Ron, can we ask questions as you go?

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» You can. Uh

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» Just quick question about Stockton

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Street. I drove down there recently and

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it's like an old logging road. Do you

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have an estimated date of when you're

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going to begin and when that'll be

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complete?

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Uh it should start any time. Um and I'm

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not sure when it's going to be complete.

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This the storm has really thrown that

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project off. Um one of the I think the

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intersection of Brookdale and Stockton

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is probably where they're going to start

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it because it's last time I looked it

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was still in really bad shape at the

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turn coming off of Brookdale onto

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Stockton.

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» Um but that's that is the next phase

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coming back in. I can get I can get more

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information from you uh or for you after

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the meeting and send that out.

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» That'd be great. Thank you.

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» Can you send it to me also? I'm getting

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tons of calls.

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» I I'll send it out to everybody.

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» Thank you.

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» You're welcome.

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Next,

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uh South Yadken uh pump station. This is

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our main uh our pump station uh bringing

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raw water in from the South Yadken.

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Years ago, it was our Statesville's

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primary source of water. Now, it's our

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secondary source with the um Kataba

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River being the first. It's been a long

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drawn out process, but we have finally

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gotten finished with the uh redoing the

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pump station. Um, in Bill Vaughn's

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terms, we have totally recapitalized uh

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the the pump station here or the pump in

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here. Um, close to a two $3 million

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project. Uh, and we're going to do a an

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unveiling at some point uh some point

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soon.

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Next,

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Emily, I'm going to skip this one if you

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don't mind, please.

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Okay. So, coming up, I mentioned earlier

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February 9th at 2, that's the ribbon

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cutting for the airport. And then our

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council retreat 19th and 20th of this

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month. We are going to start at city

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hall, go to Hickory to meet there and do

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the tour there. And then on the 20th, we

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will be back at our um at the

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Statesville airport. So, in the meeting

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room that you see right here.

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And we've got a we have an agenda that's

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pretty much completed. I'm going to send

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it out fairly soon just to get some

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thoughts on uh from you on it.

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[snorts] Next.

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Okay. Open positions. I'm going to

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probably end it after this one because

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we have a lot of filled positions. Um so

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we only have five here. So that's that's

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a huge deal for us. Uh we have uh been

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working to uh you know positions come

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and go when you have 550 plus employees.

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There's there's turnover. Um but uh one

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of these positions the transportation

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planner is new or new in this year's

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budget. So we have done very well

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filling these positions. And that's not

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to say they won't we won't have

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vacancies, but uh I feel really good

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sitting where we are right now with this

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next.

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And so I won't go through all of these

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because we have, I believe, four full

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slides of either promotions, transfers,

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um, new hires, or folks that have come

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back around to us. I would we we'll send

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this out as well. I I would and you can

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see this one on the website. Um, I'm

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really proud of everybody for getting

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these positions filled and I'm and I'm

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super proud of those that actually take

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the time to go after certifications

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uh and things of that nature and and for

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promotions

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and I'm glad to answer any questions

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that uh that you might have.

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Okay, no questions for Ron. No

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additional questions.

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Thank you so much, Ron.

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Um, so on the consent agenda, all items

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were considered to be routine by the

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council and will be enacted by one

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motion. So consider approving the

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January 8, 2026 pre-agenda meeting

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minutes and the January 12th, 2026

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regular meeting minutes. Uh B is

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consider approving budget amendment

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2026-12

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for the current sewer relocation

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project. AE services agreement. Um item

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C is consider approving budget amendment

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2026-13

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to fund the city hydraulic water model

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update. Uh item D is consider approving

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the submission of application to the NC

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governor's crime commission for funding

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of two police officers uh police

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department salaries. Uh item E is

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consider approving an ordinance

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establishing a 25 mph speed zone on a

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portion of West Front Street at the

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request of the North Carolina DOT.

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Item F is consider approving the special

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use permit 2026-01

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which is the Winston Avenue town homes

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order. And uh item G uh is consider

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approving a resolution designated John

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Hatcher, grants manager, and Randall

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Moore, storm water program manager, the

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authorized primary and secondary agents

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to execute and file applications for the

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hazard mitigation grant program with NC

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Division of Emergency Management and

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FEMA for the Beauty Street South Drive

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culvert replacements and the Holland

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Drive culvert replacement.

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And uh item H is consider accepting the

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annual non-primary entitlement grant

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from the NC DOT AV aviation division in

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the amount of $150,000.

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Are there any items that the council

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would like to move back to the regular

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agenda?

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Hearing none, I will ask for a motion on

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the consent agenda. [snorts]

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» So moved. Do I have a second?

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» Second.

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» Any further discussion?

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» Okay. Once again, we will need to have a

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roll call vote, so we'll make this a

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little faster. Uh, Council Member Jones,

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» I.

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» Council member Feifer,

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» I.

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» Council member Allison,

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» I.

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» Council member Lton,

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» I. Council member member Nicholson.

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» I.

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» Council member Pearson.

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» I.

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» Council member Robertson.

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» I.

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» And council member Presley.

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» I.

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» Okay. The motion has passed unanimously.

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Thank you so much. So going to with the

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um

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with everything that we've already

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talked about. Uh we don't we don't have

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any advisory board meeting minutes.

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Uh, no other business.

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Um,

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is there if there is no other business,

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I will entertain a motion to adjurnn.

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» Some moved.

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» Second.

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» You don't have to be so happy about it.

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Uh, [laughter]

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» So okay. Any any further discussion?

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Okay. We will have a quick roll call

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vote now. Uh, Council Member Jones.

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H, I saw it. Yep. Thank you. Council

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member Feifer.

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» Hi.

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» Council member Allison.

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» Hi.

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» Council member Lton.

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» Hi.

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» Council member Nicholson.

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» I.

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» Council member Pearson.

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» I.

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» Council member Robertson.

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» I.

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» And Council Member Presley.

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» I.

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» Okay. The motion has passed unanimously.

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Thank you guys for a wonderful meeting.

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» Well done.

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» Everybody be safe.

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» Be safe.

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» Yeah. Back at you 20 record, Doug.

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» I know [laughter] that beats the first

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night.

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» Good job, Mr. Mayor. Thank you all. They