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Okay, we're live, good to go. JT, you're happy with the system here? Yeah, we are now recording. Excellent. And so I'd like to call

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our special city council meeting, our truth and taxation meeting for Wednesday, August 12th, and we will start with a roll call, please.

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We will go ahead and start with our Pledge and Reference being handled by Council Member

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Burgers.

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Bring us.

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All of a sudden.

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We pledge

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allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic

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for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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We will offer prayer.

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I have a follow-up account before I want to thank you for this opportunity to come here for Mr. St. Texhison.

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You may want to play it by, but we would like to be able to make the right decisions and

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take advantage and change the citizens.

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We thank you all for all the blessings we have in the freedoms and the privileges and

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we have for our prayer and in Jesus Christ.

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Amen.

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Thank you very much.

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Excellent.

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We will now move into the entire topic for tonight, our

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Truth Intaxation and Final Budget Adoption.

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We will start off with item 2.1, a presentation regarding the proposed property tax increase.

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The impact schedule of said increase and entering compliance with the Utah Truth Intaxation Act by our city administrator,

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John Taylor, JT.

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Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and also would like to know we have had one individual join online.

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Thank you.

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Do you see that?

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Yes, I do.

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Can I get you to switch to my computer, please?

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Thank you very much.

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This is notice that's provided by Salt Lake County of their proposed tax increase schedules

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for this valley and their dates and times and amounts, also noted in the back or copies

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of this schedule should anyone like to take them.

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However, I do believe this is the last night for this county.

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of these truth and taxation meetings.

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Tamer's real city is looking to increase tax rate of 5.02% that will yield $234,800

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in additional tax property, property tax revenue.

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The increase is the 5.02% in property tax budgeted revenue above last year, and it excludes

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eligible new growth. The published notice also shows the impact on a $498,000

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residence as an increase from last year's total tax of $224.32 that would be

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raised to $235.55 or $11.23 per year or 94 cents a month for a resident.

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For a

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to $20.42 a year or $1.70 a month for the business increase.

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That should be noted the increase, the $244,800 will be used

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to increase for public work maintenance.

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This is the revenue budget.

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This is the public budget that shows the property tax line items

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where the money was allocated and it shows specifically

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just the tax increase number. And this is the slide, this is the budget document that shows

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the expense in the public works contract for the additional road maintenance for the $234,800.

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In the last seven years, road maintenance, the blue columns are public works,

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budget numbers, the orange line that you see and the shade doesn't come through very well,

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but the difference in those two are the load maintenance.

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I want to load maintenance that's been left out just in,

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not overreacting or knee-jerk reacting to the price and oil and price and inflation.

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We can deal with load maintenance, not having to be done every year.

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It's a decent way to handle large changes in the economy,

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but we are to the point where we need to start fixing some of the old

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And I can projects that are left from, I don't know if that shows up either, fund previous

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years, fiscal years, 22, 23, 24, 25, and even this year.

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The amount in C would get $303.75 million that is our projects and maintenance that is

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undone.

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We're adding a half million dollars, half of which is the property tax increase.

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the other is coming from fund balance with a $3.2 million deficit that will still

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hoping all of the prices come down and things will level out a little bit.

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So with that, Mr. Chair, that leaves us the noticement requirement that's the explanation

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of where the property tax is going.

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Are there any questions?

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Yes, Council.

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Thank you.

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Very good.

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Thank you for the presentation on that.

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And now we will go ahead and move into our next item, our public hearing to receive public comment regarding the proposed property tax increase.

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And so before I open the public hearing, I do see our one participant online that we have.

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If the participant online would like to make a comment, we would ask that you let JT9 in the chat about that.

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So we can give you the instructions, but we would be opening things up first to those who are in council chambers to give comment.

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So with that said, I will open our public hearing to receive comment.

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Any who are here, you can come up to the microphone and give us your name and your comment.

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And we'll make sure that our recording has your name so we can add that further record.

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So it's open. Please come forward.

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Thank you for taking my comment and listening to my interest in this. I would be remiss if

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take the opportunity to speak against, get another tax increase on our citizens. It seems like

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the Salt Lake County Council increased taxes 15%, and that almost became a green light to all the

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cities to follow in suit. As you see, there is meeting after meeting of all the cities

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planning to also increase their property taxes. Now, once and I understand it's for road maintenance

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and things like that, but not once have I heard any mention of any attempted cuts.

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Not only did I not really see attempted cuts in the Salt Lake County tax increase,

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but it was the same now with the city tax increase.

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As families who have to set budgets, which we very much do a line item budget for

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ourselves, checking receipts, checking things like that.

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If we have a housing renovation that we want to do, if we have a vacation, we want to go on.

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We make sacrifices to save for that and sometimes we say, well, I guess now is not the time we can't do that kind of thing now.

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Also, I notice that our library, our Taylor'sville library just got a $400,000 facelift, which I realize is not the city's budget that went to that.

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That was the county at the same time.

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That was a facelift that I find to be very unnecessary because it's nearly taller.

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And now there is a door that opens kind of backwards from what you would think it would.

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So when I went in for the first time and they asked me, what do you think of the entrance?

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I said, I'm not the biggest fan because it's had a $400,000 tax bill.

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And we as citizens, what that wasn't, there was a city that paid for it.

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We're still being taxed by both the county and by the city.

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So we're still filling the burden as the taxpayers on things like that, regardless of who's paying for it.

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But as the city, that's what I would encourage you to do, is look where you can make cuts, look for 5% where there is overlap.

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We need to allow the people who have and are being primary on the Salt Lake County Council, for example,

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for Laurie Sramon, who is very much being challenged

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by contestant Kathleen Anderson,

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and wanting to allow people like Shane Manwaring,

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who's running for shift,

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and both of them are running on the premise of,

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we want to see whether there is overlap

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between the cities and the counties,

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and find who does it well,

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and find where we can cut the fluff.

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We need to allow that process to happen

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before all the cities start proposing tax increases.

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I know it's only $11 a year. That's not a big deal.

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But all that adds up over time.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much for taking my comment.

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Absolutely. Thank you.

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Is there additional comment that would like to be made?

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All right.

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Seeing no other comments here in Chambers.

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I will.

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JT does it look like our online participant would like to make any comment?

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If you'd like to make comment, if you would tie a cannon on and then meet your mic, we will move you over to the screen.

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Thank you very much, sir.

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Thank you.

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Seeing the others in Chambers or comments online, I will close our public hearing.

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And now we have two resolutions to be looking over.

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First is item 2.3.

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Resolution number 26-21.

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on this being the resolution of the City of Taylor so adopting the final property tax

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levy for the for the 2026 tax year. And I'll open it up for any council discussion to

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be taking place. Council.

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Seeing no con no questions or discussion, I will entertain a motion.

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Go ahead.

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I love the Notre Dame Dothabe Resolution and the 26-21, a resolution of the City of

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Tame is read in the final property tax levy for the 20-26-tack Sheirth O'Lr and Compliance

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with the Utah Truth and Taxation Act.

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They can legislate funds and authorizing implementation.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.alling.

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Should I

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keep going? No.

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Hello,

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please.

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Councillor Bury,

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or Barry? Yes. Councillor Mountain

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Cocherne.

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Councillor Mountain Cocherne.

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Yes, Councilmember Harker. Yes, Council Chair Connidson. Yes, Councilmember Burgess.

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Yes, thank you. And we'll move on to item number 2.4. Resolution number 26-22. Resolution

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regarding amending the end-adopting the final budget for this fiscal year to reflect completion

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of the Truth and Taxation process.

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Are there any items for discussion?

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If they're none, I will entertain an motion.

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Anna.

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I'll make a motion.

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We approve resolution number 26, test 22,

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where resolution of the C of Taylor,

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is still amending and adopting the final budget

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for the fiscal year, beginning July 1st, 2026,

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and ending June 30, 2027, following completion

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of the Utah Truth and Taxation process.

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Thank you, heard.

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Second.

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That's a roll call, please.

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Councilmember Cochran. Council Chair, can I have two? Yes.

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Councilmember Burgess. Yes.

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Councilmember Burberry. Yes.

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Councilmember Harker. Yes. Thank you.

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I appreciate all of the time that we have been able to put in and this is always good

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to be able to get these items addressed as we need. With that, there are no other items

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for the agenda. So it looks like we are to the point to where we can adjourn, correct?

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Motion to adjourn. Thank you. Do I have a second? Second.

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Thank you. And for this, I will ask for a roll call, please. Betsy.

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Councillor Anderson.

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Yes. Yes. Yes.

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Chair Connizen. Yes. Councillor Member Cochrane. Yes.

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Councillor Member Barriere. Yes. Councillor Member Harker. Yes.

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Thank you. We are adjourned. Thank you.

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Thank you for coming. We appreciate your comments. It's important.