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Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the
Swany County Board of County

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Commissioner meeting for September 1st,
2026. This time I'd like to get

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Commissioner Fleming to do the
invocation. Commissioner Molly to do the

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pledge if you'll stand. Thank you.
>> Let's pray. Father, we come once again

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in your name. Thank you for many
blessings you bestowed upon us. Thank

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you for making a way for us. Thank you
for how you watched over and protect us.

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You kept us safe. We pray God that you
be with the Brie families. Oh God,

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somebody had tra tragedy, but have mercy
if we pray. We pray God that [snorts]

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you lift us up. Be with us this day.
Watch over and protect us. Keep us safe

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from all hurt, harm, and danger. For we
call in your name because we need you

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this afternoon and we can't get along
without you. Father, we ask these and

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all blessings in Jesus name we pray.
Amen.

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» Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of
the United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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Moving on to item number one, approval
of minutes for the August 18th, 2026

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regular meeting. Do I hear any
corrections, deletions, or a motion to

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approve?
>> So move.

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» Motion by Commissioner Hail.
>> Second.

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» Second by Commissioner Fleming. All in
favor? I. I. All oppose. Same sign.

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Motion carries five to zero. Public
concerns and comments.

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Uh Mr. Broers

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and just announce everything but that
one. So that way the record's clear.

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Hey Jason, can you get a recusal phone?
You want me to say

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» good evening and how are you?
>> I'm doing okay. Getting older every day.

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» I [laughter] hear you.
>> Keith Broers, 970 Southwest Pine

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Mountain Road in Lake City. What I want
to talk tonight a little bit about is

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something called the original intent of
our founding fathers. If you understand

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that the original intent basically means
is that the the constitution means today

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what it meant on the day that it was
written by the founding fathers. Uh

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there is a way to change the
constitution and it's through an

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amendment. But what we have done over
the years is we've amended the

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constitution by misinterpreting it. And
that is a lot easier to misinterpret

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than it is to go through the amendment
process. The amendment in particular

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that I want to mention is the 14th
amendment.

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I don't know if you know the reason that
the 14th amendment was passed. I

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encourage all of you to go to your AI
and ask the question, why did the

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founding fathers propose the 14th
amendment? And it made it very clear.

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The purpose was to create a situation
where the black Americans would be

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treated with equality and justice. That
was the purpose of the amendment. It

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wasn't to try to increase the number of
immigrants. it was to basically improve

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the the quality of of the immigrants and
um frankly um one of the one of the

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things that comes up and I'm in very
much along I go along with Donald Trump

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on this idea of the birthright
citizenship there's two types of

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citizenships there's the citizenship
that is be conferred upon you by your by

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the land upon which you were born and
the second form of citizenship ship is

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the type of citizenship that is based
upon your lineage. You inherit the in

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you inherit the citizenship of your
parents. Well, in in our country

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initially the founding fathers believed
that they wanted both. They wanted

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people to be born on US soil but they
also wanted the people who were uh to

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run for president to be to owe their
complete and total allegiance to America

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and not to a foreign power. And if you
go to AI and ask the question, uh, why

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did the founding fathers insist on a
clause

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for the birthright citizenship?
Check it out and you'll see that what

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they what the founding fathers believed
was was written by a guy by the name of

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Vatell who wrote a book called the well
the law of nations. And in that he said

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that a natural-born citizen is a child
who was born in a country to parents

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that were citizens of that country at
the time of the birth. And frankly uh

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obviously there's there's one guy who
did who uh well anyway this is important

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because if you elect people who have a
divided loyalty, how do you know whose

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interests are going to be looked after?
I find that a lot of times our

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presidents make decisions that benefit
other countries more than our own.

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Anyway, check it out on AI. Ask the
question, why was the 14th amendment

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written and why did the founding fathers
insist on the clause for birthright

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citizenship? Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mr. Broers.

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Miss Martin.

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Greetings, Wendy Martin, 15850
141st Road, Macalpin. A quick response.

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AI is replete with a lot of incorrect
information because it's dependent on

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the people that are answering the
questions initially.

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Um the 14th amendment was also started
after reconstruction, not by the

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founding fathers. And in regards to
elections, I want to complement the

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Swany County Division of Elections for
the saving us and some of the security

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they've enacted because now instead of
having to pre-order a bunch of ballots,

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they're not printing the ballots up till
we need them, which saved us on paper

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and ink, we don't have to do the
accounting to account for why did you

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destroy these ballots that were not
used. So again, that's money and time.

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It also mitigates any of the claim, you
know, election security about who got

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what ballot when it came out. We don't
have to worry about whatever the lies

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they were promoting that led to some of
the revolt in 2020. But Miss Kinsey did

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Jennifer did a very good I think she
conducted a very good election and the

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improvements that she's made with the
technology.

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kudos other than I suck at that
woodscribe or whatever for the auto

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signature, but it is what it is. Thank
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» Thank you. Appreciate it.
>> Anybody else public concerns and

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comments

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Clipper? Uh on the uh on this item six
on the consent. Y'all y'all gonna

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u y'all got plans on
doing terminating whatever? We still let

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I requested quite a while back for the
outcome of that last uh 12 $15,000 we

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spent and it hadn't been published that
I guess I got to go through for you. Um

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I don't know why that has to be it's a
disconnect. govern and and and so I'm

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requesting again for y'all to publish
right now uh what what happened with

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that last cherry bracket money what they
come up with on that last one incomplete

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u and I request y'all to u you know
defund again uh sheriff's department

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with the flock cameras the axon that's
coming up behind them that they're if

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y'all are reading I'm reading they're
putting dum spy

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stuff on top of the light poles now, you
know. So, they're just trying to surveil

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us and you know, y'all could y'all could
put a stop to some of it. Um, yeah, Axon

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Axo N. And then y'all not going to
chairman not going to let me speak to

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general business number nine on the
North Florida Water Utility Authority.

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Y'all were misinformed by legal counsel
about the interlocal agreement. Uh

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Columbia County's got 180 days to back
out of that deal with North Florida

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Water Utility Authority. It it it
plainly states that the second

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interlocal does not uh eliminate the
terms and conditions of the first. So,

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you know, we're in a mess with that. And
if it's ego that's going to get us there

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and I don't like the fact that we're
just spending money hand over fist.

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We're paying uh the lawyer. We got over
$400 an hour. Uh, you know, it's just

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money, money, money. We can do it more
efficiently here. Um, I'm certain with

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inter local. So, we just need to be more
efficient because amendment three is

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coming through, folks. So, we y'all
going to be short about $6 million out

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of the out of the operating budget. So,
uh, y'all need to start being more

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efficient with spending our money and
finding creative [clears throat] ways

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to, uh, be more efficient, you know, and
transparency. Actually, you utilizing

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I've watched, uh, for a long time u, you
know, people come up this podium and

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offer services over at the coliseum.
There's a lady that her husband was in

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trucking. they offered to uh assist with
assistance and y'all never y'all never

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utilize that. There's many things that
y'all could do for free. People want to

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help and instead NDAs and all that
stuff, y'all try to hide stuff from us

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instead of letting us help. So anyway,
we need to get better.

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» Thank you, sir.
Anybody else? Public concerns and

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comments.
>> Moving on to the consent agenda. Is any

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any commissioners want to pull any item
for discussion?

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» Mr. Chair, I pull number two.
>> Number two for discussion.

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Any others?

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» Seeing that, we will be voting on items
3 through eight of the consent agenda.

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Do I have a motion to approve?
>> Motion.

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» Motion by Commissioner Fleming.
>> Second.

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» Second by Commissioner Lan. All in
favor? I. I. All oppose, same sign.

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Motion carries five to zero. Item number
two, approval of payment of process

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invoice. Mr. Bland.
>> Yes, sir. In there um in inside of

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number two on that on the payment
vouchers, there is a $700 check to Harry

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T. Reed Funeral Home. I need to abstain
um from voting on that due to a

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conflict. My wife and I are owners of
Harry T Reed Funeral Home. We

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transported a deceased person to the
medical examiner's office at the

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county's request.
>> Well, thank you for letting us know that

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and appreciate that. Uh seeing that uh
Commissioner Lan will recuse itself from

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voting on item number two. Do I have a
motion to approve? Beside that payment

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of pro processed invoice. Motion by
Commissioner Mobly.

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» Second.
>> Second by Commissioner Hail.

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» All in favor? I I all oppose saying
sign. Motion carries four to zero with

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Commissioner Land of Stanley.

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No time specific constitutional
officers.

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» Staff,

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» any commissioner items?
>> County attorney.

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» Uh yes, Mr. Chairman. I got three things
real quick. Uh the first is there's

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going to be a meeting of the uh Live Oak
Community Redevelopment Authority on

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September the 29th. uh as your
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» 22nd I'm sorry
um yeah the fourth Tuesday I apologize

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uh so on September 22nd
um as you're aware Mr. Chairman uh the

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CRA recently was voting to expand the
county and the city and the CRA had some

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very constructive conversations about
some of the county's concerns. Uh

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they've invited me to come speak at that
22nd meeting regarding those concerns.

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Uh I've discussed this individually with
each member of the board just so they're

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aware as to what's been going on. So I
would just uh due to uh our position in

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that matter and me going and speaking on
behalf of the county, I'd like to be

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able to say I'm doing so uh with the
author with speaking with the voice of

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the county uh of the board of county
commissioners. So Mr. Mr. Chairman, I'd

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like a motion uh and approval by the
board to authorize me to speak on behalf

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of the board at that September 22nd
meeting of the SW of the Live Oak CRA.

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» Any questions of Mr. Morrison on that
before we move to Do I have a motion to

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approve that?
>> So move.

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» Motion by Commissioner Lamb.
>> Second.

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» Second by Commissioner Fleming.
>> All in favor? I. I. All oppose. Same

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sign. Motion carries 5 to zero.
>> Uh next, Mr. Chairman, speaking of

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something that came up before, I'd been
asked about uh flock cameras here in

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Swany County because yesterday the
Department of Transportation through an

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order from Governor DeSantis ordered
that all flock cameras be taken off of

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the um roads maintained by the Florida
Department of Transportation. So, the

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Florida the Florida Highway System.
Since I knew that the next question was

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going to be, what about the roads
maintained by the county or county

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roads? I had a conversation with dep uh
chief deputy Williams this afternoon. Uh

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he's authorized me to represent to the
board and to the public that effective

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today uh all flock cameras have been
turned off in Swany County. So there are

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no more flock c uh and it's not just
that the board that they're not

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searching it. They're not using their
license. The they've been turned off at

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least as to the cameras they control.
Certainly if some other law enforcement

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agency has put some up somewhere that
we're not aware of, they can't control

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that.
any uh flock camera put up by the uh

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that's permanently installed by the
Swany County Sheriff's Office is turned

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off uh immediately and permanently
effective today per Deputy Sheriff

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Williams and uh the
>> Did they say they were going to remove

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them or
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they're going to be removed. they're
off, but since they're not the property

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of the sheriff, then he can't take them
down, and he certainly doesn't want to

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be the one removing them and then be
found liable for screwing them up. So,

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» uh, but he wanted to make sure that I
communicated to the board and the

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citizenry that they are off. So, it's
not just that they are not being

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searched, it's that the actual cameras
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» Mr. Chairman,
>> Commissioner Hail,

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» just just a question of that, Mr.
Attorney, does the board need to make

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any kind of motion on that to
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purview of the sheriff. I was just
letting this because I know that the

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questions have come to you guys as me
you guys as commissioners as well as the

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public. So, I'm just letting you all
know.

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» Gotcha.
>> So, yeah, no board actions necessary.

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» Approve them. So,
>> yeah, the board didn't approve. It was

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how he spent his own budget, but just
FYI.

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» Yep.
>> Uh and then lastly, Mr. Chairman, uh Mr.

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Furry and I had excellent conversations
uh last week regarding bonding and

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moving forward with that matter with the
wastewater treatment plant. Um the good

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news uh is that there are several
sources of revenue that are pledgeable.

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So we should be okay for purposes of
being able to secure a bond and moving

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forward with that process. For
clarification though, the question that

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was asked is what about the interest
rate? Because that was originally the

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appeal of it. Um and when I had
originally spoken to Mr. Sprattling my

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friend from 20 years ago. He apparently
quoted me a rate from 20 years ago

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because uh the rate that was thrown
around by the people who remember we're

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dealing with municipal advocates. So
these are people who work for us uh is

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going to be in the 4 point I you know on
the low end in the 4.6 to 4.8 range. Um

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and the reason for that is if you look
at what a 10-year T-note is going for

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right now is 4.8%. That's lending to the
federal government. So, it's just a

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matter of poor timing as to when we're
having to go out for the loan. If it

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were 3 years ago, it would be a
significantly lower interest rate, but

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that just the timing is what it is. So,
just wanted to make you board members

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aware of what kind of interest rate
we're looking at. I'm not we don't need

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any board action right now to say stop
or move forward. I wanted to inform the

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board and that way if you guys want to
think about it individually, if that

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changes anybody's feelings about moving
forward with the bonding process, then

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we need to let them know sooner than
later. But I wanted to share that

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information as soon as we had it.
>> What What kind of term are we looking at

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as far as length of term on that?
>> It can be whatever we want. Now, we can

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have 15 years easily within that range.
If you get past 20 or if you get to 20,

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then it gets you may have to pay a
higher interest rate to get that

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» fixed. Yes. Yes. And the actually the
the real issue

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uh and we're going to want to include
something is a prohibition on a

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prepayment penalty clause. So because
it's anticipated again not to put carts

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before the horse about the North Florida
Water Utility Authority, but ultimately

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if that treatment plant were to be moved
into the utility authority, the utility

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authority would need to uh and we're
already having that conversation now

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would basically need to buy out would
need to reissue bonds in order to secure

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that debt for the utility authority and
pay off ours. So we need to make sure

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that we can do that. Um and remember the
way they're making money is interest.

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So, you know, you can get a lower
interest rate, but you would have to put

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a you would have to agree to not be
allowed to prepay. And I just don't

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think that's a clause that we can be
okay with given that circumstance, which

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is foreseeable right now. So, we're
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4. We don't have a number yet, but
that's kind of the range that we're

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looking at. It can be amvertised over
10, 15 years at that rate without a

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problem. 20 again, we're going to have
you can do it. You're just going to have

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to pay for it.
So, and again, I don't need nobody needs

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to do anything right now. Just Mr. Furry
and I discussed that we wanted to let

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the board know and if that interest rate
gives anybody

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feelings about not wanting to pursue it,
that's fine. We just need to know so we

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can communicate that to our partners who
are working on our behalf.

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» Also, I would like to know is I you know
I don't know much about bonds. I know

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about mortgages but not bonds. So,
we get this bond that's at 4.8% interest

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rates drops. Can we borrow money from
the bank at a lower interest, pay this

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off? Do
>> we'd have to rebond? So, the short

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answer is yes. So, the the problem is is
>> we're not allowed to mortgage our own

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property, as weird as that is, right?
So, we have to pledge revenue, which we

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have.
>> Um, and we have to be able and you can

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also just pledge that you're going to be
able to pay for the bond. Uh, which is

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not a problem. Um,
so yes, you can. And because we're going

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to negotiate for a prepay an allowable
prepayment. So let's say there is a

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massive dropping in interest rates. If
at that point in time, kind of like with

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a mortgage, it becomes worth it to pay
the closing costs if the interest rate

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is at a certain lower rate. Yes, we
could do that. But we would have to go

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through the bond process again because
it's only through the bond process that

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we're allowed to take to take on debt as
a government.

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» Understood. Any other questions?
>> So did I say anything incorrect?

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» No, that's correct.
>> All right. I don't have anything

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further, Mr. Chair.
>> That's it. Yes, sir.

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» Any consultants?

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General business. Item number nine,
discuss with possible board action

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approving North Florida Water Utility
Association recommended water and

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wastewater rates for Swany County
utility customers. Mr. Furry.

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» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So,
[clears throat] we've been talking about

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this a couple different times in budget
workshops as well. Um,

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so the utility is is looking, we own the
assets, so we get to set the rates for

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for our county assets. So they're
looking for us to set the rates in order

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for them to adopt their final budget,
which will be later this month. I

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believe Columbia County will be setting
their rates this Thursday at their

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meeting as well.
Um, our thought process initially, I

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think Mr. Roberts had brought a had
brought a figure to the utility board

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and you correct me if I'm wrong um
Commissioner Mauy and and White cuz you

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guys were there those meetings but um
had brought a rate um which decreased

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the county's contribution down below
500,000 and then um I think brought

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another rate back to the board to the
utility board um which lowered the

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customers rates because they were it was
a pretty drastic increase and it and it

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went back to our original contribution
of just over $500. 00,000 520,000 I

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think is is what the county has been
contributing to the authority. So that's

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kind of the trade-off we talked in the
past. The more the board contributes the

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less the rates can be. Um if we were
running our own utility and we were for

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a while we didn't raise the rates ever
is my understanding. I wasn't

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necessarily involved in that. Um but
that's my understanding. We would have

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had to raise the rates if if we take it
over tomorrow. We're probably going to

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increase the rates regardless. So uh I
don't think it's a matter of you know do

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we raise the rates. It's just a matter
of of how much do you want to go?

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» Well, let me just jump in there a minute
since I sit on that board and le

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Commissioner Mobly does as well. We had
a rate study done for these rates. So,

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we're not just picking this out of thin
air. And the rates because we don't have

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a lot of customers. We have the the
ability to have customers. We just don't

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have a lot of them yet. And so
they were looking at a study to replace

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everything the countyy's having to pay
to run the utility. Well, when you done

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that, it just hit all your customers
between the eyes with almost a doubling

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of their rates. So, we went back and
looked at

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moving some money around inside the
utility authority. the counties matching

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what they paid last year to lessen the
burden some on those people that's got

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those utilities. So that's how we got to
where we are and that's where we're at

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on it. So these rates that are here
was not I guess the

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the top one was the original rates that
was proposed and the second one was what

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we came up with after making
>> the second page the two tables. That's

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correct. The top one is the original
rate. Mr. Roberts brought and then the

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revised
>> and Mr. Roberts is here if we need to

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ask him anything. But as I know it,
that's what we [laughter] what we did.

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» And I think that's what we we'll be
looking at it for discussion starting

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point is is the rates on the 716.
Um and and you can you can go on down if

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you want. The next page shows you the
wastewater and and the water rates um

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based on the on the size lines. But I
would I would recommend that we we look

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at the same amount of contribution that
that we have been giving. We can do that

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in the budget. No problem. Um
and we we'll just have to communicate

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with those customers, which I believe
the utility will be doing that as far as

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notifying them. But um I think they
understand where we're at in in the

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process.
>> We just tried to hit a happy medium here

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between the customers and and and the
county taxpayers.

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to to fund this utility authority and
and and not kill our businesses that are

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on those services. So, that's where
we're at. And if you got any questions,

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I'll try my best to answer. Like I said,
Shannon's in the audience and he can

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answer, too.
>> Yes, sir. I'm good.

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» Anybody
any public comment on this?

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Seeing none, can I get a motion to
approve?

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» So move.
>> I guess I need Do I need to clarify

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which one on this table or
>> I would think so. Yes. The

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» the bottom.
>> Yeah, the alternate rate increase.

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» Alternate rate increase would be
correct.

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» July 16th.
>> Correct.

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» Can I get a motion to approve?
>> So moved.

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» Motion by Commissioner Lamb.
>> Second.

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» Second by Commissioner Mobly. Any
further discussion? All in favor? I. I.

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All oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.
5.

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Item number 10, approval of task order
10 with Miller Leg Pers [clears throat]

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Swania County agreement 2025-91
for the design of the regional emergency

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shelter for the phase one on-site
roadway and infrastructure design.

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Budget impact $497,000
to be paid with great fun grant funds.

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Great funds grant funds, Mr. Pur,
>> excuse me. Those grant funds are great

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funds. So, um yes, sir. Thank you, Mr.
Chairman. So, this is just the next

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phase. We've been bringing task orders
to you. Um, as you'll see in the next

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two items, they're they're going to
start to get rather large. We're to the

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point where we've done the the
programming and the planning and the and

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the master planning. And so, now we're
getting into the design and and putting

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the details down to get to construction
plans. So this particular one is for the

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on-site infrastructure
um you know utilities, water, sewer,

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natural gas, um reuse and then of course
the roadways. It's the internal roads on

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our property and this will be to design
that. Um it's the same it's Miller Lake,

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our our engineers that we were that we
hired through the RFQ process when we

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originally went out for this project.
>> Any questions of Mr. Furry? Any public

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comment?
Seeing none, do I have a motion to

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approve item number 10?
>> So move.

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» Motion by Commissioner Hail, second by
Commissioner Mobly. All in favor? I. I.

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All oppose, same sign. Motion carries
five to zero. Item number 11, approval

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of task order 11 with Miller Lake per
Swany County agreement 2025-91

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for project summit regional emergency
shelter for site schematic design and

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design development services budget
impact 3.546,250

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I mean just do that again $3,546,250
to be paid with grant funds. Mr. Furry

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my computer froze up on me. Yes, sir. So
again, um just another task order. This

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is the $3.5 million. So this will get us
to about 60% um design plans, the

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schematic and design development uh to
go into the next step.

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It won't get us to full construction set
of plans. There'll be an additional task

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order for that. But you got to remember
this is a uh quite a large expensive

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building that we're doing. So this will
get us going in the in that direction

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and get things started to get to the
state once we start showing some of this

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progress here. I think the state's going
to be a lot more willing to get us some

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more money um through the appropriation
process and and try to get this thing

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closed out and across the finish line as
they say.

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Any questions of Mr. Furry on that one?
>> Any public comment on that?

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Seeing none, do I have a motion to
approve item number 11?

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» Motion, Mr. Chairman.
>> Is that a motion by you, Commissioner

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Land?
>> Mayor Fleman. One doesn't matter.

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» Motion by Commissioner Lan. Second by
Commissioner Fleming. Any further

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discussion? All in favor? I. I. All
oppose. Same sign. Motion carries 5 to

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zero. Item number 12, approval of
Blackwater change order number seven for

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the discovery of unsuitable soils at the
Jefferson [cough] Smith Civic Center.

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Mr. Furry.
>> Okay. So, I've been kind of laying the

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groundwork for this, telling you this is
coming. That if you've been by that

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building at all during the last few
months, there's it sits up on a clay

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hill on that corner. That's why it's the
highest spot. So, we uh Yeah, I know. I

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know. The um So, they they sent us a
change order. There's a lot of clay

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there they had to remove. I did approve
them to remove that at their cost with

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their trucks and their contractors. I
didn't want to tie up Miss Flanigan and

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our trucks and our staff to try to do
that. I didn't want to dump it on our

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county land right there next to it
because it'll just stay there for 5

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years before it goes anywhere. So, we um
we did negotiate. Our engineers have

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have went to bat for us on this. They
initially submitted is about $135,000

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change order and the for the the cubic
yards of material.

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They're the engineers. They've got all
this software and they're smarter than I

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am. But they had a 3D model and they
were able to go in there and show no you

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you only needed to go down X number 24
in and remove that. Anything else was

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excess on your that was yours um to eat.
So, we did get it down under 100,000. Of

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course, right at 100,000 and then their
overhead and profit brought it up to the

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105, but you can see some pictures in
there if you want if if you drove by

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there. Um, it was it was a mess. So, and
now we've got that paid parking lot and

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and good to go. But this is uh so as it
says, there is no more grant funds. All

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our other change orders we were able to
do with the grant funding. Um, so this

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one's going to be it's going to be on
the county. I can cover it in our budget

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here as we're winding down. and I've
talked to finance to Mr. Gentry and and

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Miss Nina and and we've got the money in
the budget as we wind down the year, but

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u it won't have to come out of reserves
or contingency or any like anything like

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that. We'll just we'll be able to cover
it out of the board's budget, but it is

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$100,000 and so that stings.

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Any questions?
>> No, sir.

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» Any questions from the public?
[clears throat]

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» Seeing none, do I have a motion to
approve item number 12?

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So move.
>> Motion by Commissioner Lan.

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» Second by Commissioner Mobly. Any
further discussion? All in favor? I. I.

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All oppose. Same sign. Motion carries 5
to zero. Are there any additional agenda

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items?

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Oh yeah.

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Sorry, Mandy just reminded me on the um
on that change order. And I don't

408
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hopefully it's not too late if we can
amend this. I was supposed to ask you if

409
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we could authorize the clerk to go ahead
and release the payment to that after

410
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:14,399
tonight's meeting. We're winding down.
We've only got a couple weeks left in

411
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the grant and the in the project the
contract deadline and to close out the

412
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grant with commerce. So, we're trying to
get those invoices turned in as quick as

413
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:27,840
we as we process them instead of waiting
till after the 15th meeting is when we

414
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would authorize that next that change
order payment typically. But if you've

415
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approved it and we can authorize the
clerk to release that check, we can go

416
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ahead and get that and pay them and turn
that into commerce for reimbursement.

417
00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:41,600
» Mr. Morrison, can he just restate his
motion or amend his motion?

418
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:45,279
» We can just add a new motion
authorization to release payment

419
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:48,640
pursuant to the task order.
>> Can I get a motion in that order?

420
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,520
» So move.
>> Motion by Commissioner Hail.

421
00:30:51,039 --> 00:30:57,200
» Second.
>> Second by Commissioner Lan. All in

422
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:59,520
favor? I. I. All oppose. Same sign.
There you go.

423
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:02,720
» Thank you. That was the additional
agenda item. I guess we don't have any

424
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:08,960
others.
>> Thank you, sir.

425
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:13,360
We're down to administrator's comments.
>> Okay. Um, first,

426
00:31:10,799 --> 00:31:16,080
» did I miss anything? I'm not running
through some stuff, so if I missed

427
00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:18,720
anything, now's your chance.
>> I'm not going to slow you down now.

428
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» All right. Go ahead.
>> Uh, similar to to Mr. Morrison

429
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:26,960
requesting to speak on behalf of the
board at the CRA meeting at the end of

430
00:31:24,159 --> 00:31:31,120
September. Um through our discussions
with the shelter design as well. Uh I

431
00:31:29,279 --> 00:31:35,120
would like to go to the city next week
at their regular city council meeting

432
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:39,440
and start discussions with them about
utilities out at the shelter. So the

433
00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:43,840
task order we just did was for onsite.
We need to get the utilities to to the

434
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:46,640
site. And so you know we would like to
work with the city. We'd like to be

435
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:49,519
partners of theirs. Obviously, we're
going to be a customer of theirs if if

436
00:31:48,159 --> 00:31:53,519
this works out and and they'll get the
revenue from that. But, uh, just like to

437
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:57,760
go to them and request to be a customer,
request them to, uh, make an investment

438
00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:01,360
to bring those utilities from the
interstate. I think they're around BusyB

439
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:05,279
right now. So, if they could make the
investment to bring those utilities to

440
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:07,679
us at the site for that development. It
won't just be the shelter. Obviously,

441
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:11,519
there's going to be a master plan for
that whole 400 acres. So down the road,

442
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:15,919
there's going to be plenty of businesses
out there and and but this will at least

443
00:32:13,919 --> 00:32:18,720
start the discussion with the city to to
how we move forward.

444
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:22,159
» Do you just need consensus or
>> I think so. Just it just make me feel

445
00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:24,080
better if if I knew you guys were
allowing me to go speak to the city on

446
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,200
our behalf.
>> I'm good with it.

447
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,559
» Is that good enough, Mr. Morrison?
>> Yep.

448
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:32,640
» Everybody good?
>> All right.

449
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:36,880
Thank you for that. Um just a couple
little reminders. Nothing nothing really

450
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:40,559
to report. Um budget hearing this
Thursday evening. Don't forget about

451
00:32:38,159 --> 00:32:44,720
that. I think it's 505.
Um, obviously, and I know you guys will

452
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:49,039
speak to it, but just um, county
employee Dennis Nixon and his family

453
00:32:46,399 --> 00:32:53,679
were just had that funeral last week and
just continue to lift that family up and

454
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:56,679
over the next little bit of time here.
Um,

455
00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:01,760
talk about the city also. There's been
some some reach out a little bit and

456
00:33:00,159 --> 00:33:06,159
some some discussion offline about
Helston Street. I think there, you know,

457
00:33:04,559 --> 00:33:09,679
we went through that about county roads
and city roads and that sort of thing. I

458
00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:13,679
think it is a county road. They're
talking about making an investment to

459
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:17,200
repair the utilities underneath there.
So, if they do do that, it was always my

460
00:33:15,919 --> 00:33:20,399
understanding. I'm not sure. I'm not
speaking for you all, but I'd kind of

461
00:33:18,399 --> 00:33:23,360
heard over the years that the county
would pave that if they ever fixed it.

462
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:27,279
We weren't going to we would never pave
it until the utilities were fixed and

463
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:31,440
had to be torn up. So, I guess I just
say that that the city may officially be

464
00:33:29,279 --> 00:33:36,640
reaching out at some point to see if we
could plan on budget for and and and

465
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:41,279
pave that road if they are to make all
those repairs underneath the street.

466
00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:44,720
Don't need any action. Just want to
mention that out there that there'll be

467
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:48,880
some more conversations regarding that
and and some official action at some

468
00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:51,360
point. So,
>> and if there's a different

469
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:55,039
understanding, let me know so that I can
share that with the city. But that was

470
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:58,600
always my kind of general understanding
of the project.

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00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:06,640
Did meet with Cat Camics staff yesterday
was in town and um just had a brief

472
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:10,800
conversation with them. Um
she's up in DC getting ready to to get

473
00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:14,560
to work. So just asking again if if
there's anything we need, anything we

474
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:18,800
can do to let her know and and reach
out. We'll be going back up there I

475
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:23,440
think in November, December to DC. So
we'll uh we'll see them up there then.

476
00:34:23,919 --> 00:34:30,399
That's really Oh, I was going to mention
250 County Road 250. They have started.

477
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:34,079
I think they're doing some cings and and
some stuff that they're not really

478
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:37,119
milling up in what you'd see heavy
equipment out there in construction, but

479
00:34:35,359 --> 00:34:41,119
they have started out there and they
will be doing that. Uh I think he's been

480
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:44,079
out of town. Anderson Columbia has been
out of town for a little while on

481
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:47,599
vacation or or out of the office. But
tomorrow, I think we're supposed to get

482
00:34:45,119 --> 00:34:53,679
an update on an actual
start date. We see some some equipment

483
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:57,599
out there and moving things. So,
and I think that's it. We We went to the

484
00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:01,760
co building. Sorry. The Jefferson Smith
Civic Center. Apologize. Uh today had a

485
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:06,000
had a walk through with the engineers
and the contractor. Kind of a a

486
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:09,040
pre-close out punch list. And um it's
looking good. If y'all get a chance and

487
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:13,359
you're through town, stop in there and
and um and walk in. But I even think Mr.

488
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:19,440
Norris is going to going to appreciate
it and and be surprised by the by the

489
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:22,800
quality of that building.
>> That's all I had. Commissioner, unless

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00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:27,359
y'all have any questions for me.
>> Any questions?

491
00:35:25,359 --> 00:35:32,320
» I do not.
>> Moving on. Uh, which end did we start on

492
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:34,960
last time? Did you start, Mr. PL? I
think we'll start Commissioner Land this

493
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,640
tonight.
>> Man, you caught me off guard.

494
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:41,839
» Well, we can start with Commissioner.
>> Go ahead.

495
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:45,520
» I don't know what to say, but
>> I don't either. That's why I'm kicking

496
00:35:43,359 --> 00:35:49,280
it to you.
Well,

497
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:53,200
» you can just do the mobly thing and say,
"Thank you for coming."

498
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:58,400
» Yeah. Thank y'all for coming. [laughter]
Thank you for coming. But got to say

499
00:35:55,040 --> 00:36:05,454
this. It is so good
to be here.

500
00:36:01,839 --> 00:36:09,760
Um I say congratulation to uh
[clears throat] Mr. Blue.

501
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:15,760
Congratulations to you for the primary.
Um,

502
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:19,920
I know that um that
we

503
00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:19,920
[snorts]

504
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:28,079
have, you know, we voice our opinions
and and and uh you know, we have our

505
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:36,240
thoughts, we have our our minds and our
understanding.

506
00:36:29,839 --> 00:36:40,800
Uh but we've been have having a rash of
death

507
00:36:38,079 --> 00:36:46,400
and it's kind of troubling. We can't
change anything. We can't do anything

508
00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:53,520
about it. But um I lost some um
classmates, man. Uh last Monday,

509
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:59,839
JT Hinson.
I was not able to attend his services

510
00:36:55,839 --> 00:37:05,680
but uh cuz one of my deacons at the
church at my [clears throat] home church

511
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:10,960
at the same time he's 52 years old heart
attack massive heart attack

512
00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:16,880
it it it it scared you but it kind of
prepared you

513
00:37:13,119 --> 00:37:22,560
and u my thought is that
I want to tell my wife I either let me

514
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:27,359
go to sleep first but I wouldn't know it
or she she wouldn't know if anything

515
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:34,480
happened to her. But we we we got to we
have to continue praying.

516
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:40,160
That's the only thing that that we have
to keep us keep us in check. We're not

517
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:45,200
perfect, but we have we have a God
that's able

518
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:52,640
to keep us in these times. And it's sad.
It's so sad when a younger man than me

519
00:37:50,960 --> 00:38:00,880
that I actually looked up to because he
was he meant so much to the community to

520
00:37:55,920 --> 00:38:08,000
our a home church and everything and uh
uh Commissioner uh Lynn I know he have

521
00:38:04,079 --> 00:38:15,520
to face this with his business but it's
hard to see loved ones crying and it

522
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:21,359
make you
uh give you cuz I've attended I think

523
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:26,720
three services last week homegoing
services and they weren't so pleasant.

524
00:38:24,079 --> 00:38:32,240
It was sad to see how people how they
miss their loved ones.

525
00:38:29,119 --> 00:38:37,680
Uh I and I and I just tried to uh put
myself in their shoes

526
00:38:35,359 --> 00:38:43,839
and I was sitting there and you tried to
comfort these individuals and

527
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:51,680
still don't make it easy. So, I I'm just
going to get off of that,

528
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:58,560
but it's tough and it's tough times and
I know we got hard roads ahead of us and

529
00:38:54,560 --> 00:39:04,240
maybe I shouldn't have said it, but uh
just just on my mind.

530
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:09,280
» Well, thank you, sir.
>> Mr. Hail, Commissioner Hail.

531
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:12,640
» Yep. No, I just uh on the heels of that,
a lot of loved ones, a lot of friends

532
00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:16,240
have passed in the recent days and
weeks, and we just want to lift them up,

533
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:20,640
lift their families up, and like you
say, Mr. Fleman, continue to pray for

534
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:24,000
them and be good to one another, be good
to our neighbors. You know, it's been a

535
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:28,480
while since I said that, but I think we
take things for granted, take life for

536
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:33,520
granted, and uh this is just a short
period of time on this earth, folks.

537
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:35,280
So, pray for those families, please.
>> Amen.

538
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:37,680
» Yeah.
Commissioner Lyn.

539
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:42,320
» Yes, sir. I'll disagree with the rest of
them. You know, a lot of lot of loss in

540
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:47,280
the community the last couple weeks. Mr.
Fleming's Deacon, 52 years old, Mr. JT

541
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:52,880
Henson, Mr. Avery Davis, Miss Batty
Nixon, um Mr. Billy Jackson. I was

542
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:59,920
really hoping County Road 250 would get
asphalt so he could see it. I mean, Mr.

543
00:39:55,760 --> 00:40:03,520
Mr. Billy was 86, I think, born and
raised in Swany County. I believe he

544
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:08,880
lived on County Road 250 probably his
whole life. if it was it was he was a

545
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:12,960
small child if he if he wasn't living
there but I was really hoping he'd have

546
00:40:11,359 --> 00:40:20,000
been here to see that asphalt because I
promised him it was going to happen. Um

547
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:23,599
so I'm glad to hear the the Anderson's
about ready to roll. But uh anyway, just

548
00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:27,440
pray for those families as Commissioner
Hail and Commissioner Flemings have been

549
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:30,320
saying and a lot of loss and you know
pray for your own families and I'm sure

550
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:32,720
there's others. I always hate calling
names up here because there's folks out

551
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:36,320
there that are hurting and suffering
that that I don't know or that don't

552
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:40,160
know that they're hurting and suffering
and or none of us do. So, just continue

553
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:43,680
to pray for your neighbor.
>> Thank you, sir. Commissioner Mley,

554
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:47,440
» I really ain't got nothing. Y'all about
said it all.

555
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:53,520
» I'm the same. I just pray
>> Cindy Cindy Romero too added that list.

556
00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:57,920
She passed away.
>> Yeah.

557
00:40:55,520 --> 00:41:03,040
» All righty. Well, we just pray for all
of them and everybody that's that's

558
00:41:00,079 --> 00:41:08,480
having issues and deaths in the family
and sickness and uh I know it's a tough

559
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:14,160
time, but I think I'm going to end on on
a little good note. I'm excited about

560
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:20,160
Swany County. I'm excited about what we
got going on, you know, from Project

561
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:24,079
Summit to well, just all the things. And
also, I want to say thank you, Jean, to

562
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:29,760
you and your crew. I actually got a
phone call [clears throat] thanking me

563
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:34,000
today for uh for the road y'all paved
down in O'Brien Fletcher Road. And uh

564
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:38,640
that's always nice to hear when you're a
commissioner a lot of times is hey we

565
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:44,800
appreciate that. So hats off to you
guys. You did a good job on it. Looks

566
00:41:40,319 --> 00:41:49,920
nice. I appreciate it. Uh, but really
excited about Swanny County and what we

567
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:55,119
got going on and and uh I think I don't
think everybody realizes kind of what's

568
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:59,839
what's happening, but you will hear
pretty soon and uh I think you're going

569
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:03,839
to be excited as I am when you see it.
So, with that, I just need a motion to

570
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:07,280
adjurnn. So, move
>> motion by Commissioner Lan. Second,

571
00:42:05,599 --> 00:42:13,920
» second by Commissioner Hail.
>> 45 minutes

572
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:13,920
» almost record, I think. A for