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All right, it's uh 2:00 start with me.
Thank you for everybody for coming. Um

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I'm going to start out with a prayer
this this evening. uh for all bow our

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heads most kind gracious heavenly father
God thank you Lord for the day thank you

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Lord for your grace and for your mercy
God I thank you Lord for this meeting I

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pray God you give us wisdom and
discernment God to do what is right and

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pleasing in your sight God for the
citizens of Tsville Lord I thank you

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Lord for our first responders our police
and our fire department work I pray that

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you protect them and guide them and help
them I pray God for uh all that's uh

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going on in our town I pray you bless us
and guide us and lead Lord, we just give

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you the glory. We give you honor and
give you praise in Jesus name. Amen.

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» Stand

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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Moving on along discussion items number
four resolution declaring surplus

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property.

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Thank you mayor pro. This is a
resolution to declare a 2003 Fordtown

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Victoria
which is an asset of the police

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department that's no longer part of
their fleet previously been used. It's

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just a um general use administrative
vehicle at the town. Um I would like to

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surplus this vehicle to sell on gov
deals. Um since it is no longer an

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active vehicle of the police department
fleet to um either use that money for um

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future grant writing expenses for the
police department or for whatever

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purpose the council decides to build
those funds are. Any

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discussion?
>> Discussion. Uh Aaron, do you know or

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make any idea what we might get out of
this? I mean, cuz it's a golden piece of

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automobile.
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Even the older ones sold. They wasn't
near the shape this one's in. So pretty

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good. So
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cuz what people don't know that that
body that frame is a Fox frame. That's

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the same frame that the Cobra not the
size of it on the technology. And so

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that's why it's such a desired car. So

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Looks like a tent.
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» Well, it is a tent.
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» I make a motion that we uh go ahead with
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» Your motion was to put it on the
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» Yeah. On the deals. Yeah.
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motion and a second. All in favor say I.
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» All oppose. Like sign. So order.
On to number two. Police department

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grant uh consulting contract.
Yes. This is a contract for us to engage

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with Mr. Uh Dan Miglin here who's um
came to speak with us today and answer

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any questions you may have to um assist
the police department in applying for

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state and federal grants to um receive
new vehicles, new equipment, um

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potentially funding for personnel
positions and

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any other thing that we decide that is a
priority for the police department.

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I think it's a great opportunity for our
police department. He has a proven track

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record with multiple agencies across the
country

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helped agencies receive 42 million of
funding throughout this time of grants

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previously states for more. So I think
it can be a valuable asset to the police

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department and help kind of lessen our
general fund um

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on purchasing these capital expenses
receive some federal funding and state

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fun

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to improve the service that we provide
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So he's here if you guys have any
questions you want to speak to.

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» Okay. How uh confident are you to get
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» Supreme.
>> Speak to a couple of examples just

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» okay. Uh
I have worked uh doing grant writing for

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public service agencies, fire and police
uh since 2004. uh when I was a uh

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lieutenant with the states police
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role there. I've worked with Alar Kataba
Sparta

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any number of agencies here I've been
going on um

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uh I have experience as a peer reviewer
um for the federal uh department of

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justice. So they pay me to grade other
people's applications. Their in turn

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helps me become a better grant writer.
So I'm finding great grants that are

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really cool ideas that I help
put them in the back of my mind and and

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use towards my clients. I work for a
firm called the Ferguson Group. Uh it's

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a advocacy and grant specialty firm in
Washington DC. I've been with them for

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over three years. I'm a public safety
specialist, train specialist. Um

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uh just this year, um I helped the town
of Katava security earmark

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um to replace all their police cars. Um
five of them that are small department,

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only two full-time people um a lot of
part-time. uh one of the realities uh

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which I shared with my uh firm
we we go for the big fish at TFQ uh

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large cities medium and large size
cities leaves the market uh you know

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wide open for small and rural uh
municipalities

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and that is kind of where I see a gap
that needs to be filled and it's not out

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of greed it's either the fact that I see
so many brands out there

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that are available for you and nobody
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I just like doing it and for no other
reason. Um I don't get a percentage of

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the cut. I wish I did. I was telling uh
Nate that I just secured a $10.8 million

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grant for Huntsville, Alabama.
And I wish I had it kind of um but uh

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that's through TFG what I do on the
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Sparta, been working with them on a
retainer basis, which is what I suggest

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for y'all as a retainer basis was the
fact that you don't have a lot of grant

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writing experience. So the the initial
startup of of your grant program for the

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police department, there's a lot of
things that need to be done in

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preparation needs to be done to put
together a competitive application.

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But the good thing about it is just as I
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right away you're going to go to the top
because that's one of the highlights I'm

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going to put on your applications is you
have no it's not like you're going to

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the well over and over again. You
haven't ever had any not to speak

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besides some of the state grants. We're
talking federal grants. A lot of the

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grants have no match required. Um we're
talking about uh how how to pay for

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these things.
You can charge indirect cost. You can

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charge uh administrative fees. uh build
that into the grant application and pay

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out of that. Um however you'd decide
something we can work together on. Um

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uh like with technology now the way it
is um there's a lot of grants out there.

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I every day I look at the grants I have
through TFG my agency. I have access to

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all the grants that immediately is as
soon as they're released and I get

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notifications of it and I can pass that
information on to the chief and we can

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make informed decisions about what is
most appropriate to do that is to first

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sit down and figure out what are the
highest priority needs technology as I

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said with 800 megahertz radios, body
cameras, uh dash cams, flop cameras and

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no matter what people are saying about
Flock cameras. They do a lot more good

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than they do the harm. And it's like a
lot of other things out there. The harm

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is the stupid people who misuse these
things. It's not the tool itself. And

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I'm a firm believer in that because I
can site case after case, recent cases

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of flock doing it job and catching a bad
guy. Real dangerous people. So those are

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things that are available to you. There
are things that are being funded at both

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federal and state level. And some of
these grants overlap each other. So you

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can almost do a dual application. One
for the state, one for the Fed. Whoever

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gets there first, turn the other one
down. Just because you apply for a grant

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doesn't mean you have to always accept
it. Um if if things change your needs,

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for instance, maybe you couldn't wait
for a near per se because earmarks do

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take anywhere from, you know, 18 to 24
months to come to fruition. Um, but if

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you're patient and you plan, you can
kind of strategically use those things

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to get pay for new community,
new police department, help pay for all

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the vehicles. Uh, and not it wasn't just
the vehicles I got for them. It was all

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the equipment that goes into the
vehicle. So all that's going to be brand

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new and you're going to see that, you
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once they start, you know, start buying
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I get excited about call me weird. Uh
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it's one of those things I was telling
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it's an acquired taste. Um, you got to
learn to like it. And once you start

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getting some of these things, and I've
been fortunate to be successful out of

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the gate, the average current rider gets
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And and I know this because I track
everything. Um, I'm very meticulous. I'm

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very detailed. Uh,

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I know what I'm doing and uh I like
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I was glad you reached out. Um I
understand that one of your officers uh

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I helped when he was at I helped them
revamp all their equipment and stuff and

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so you know it's the same thing. It's a
word of mouth thing where you know uh

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people are calling me all the time
asking me to help them and stuff and

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usually it's a one and done type of
situation. If that were the case here

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you just need one grant. I can help you
with that. It sounds like you need a lot

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more than that and to do that we kind of
need to take it from the beginning and

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be smart about it. And the good thing
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despite what's going on in Washington DC
with the administration and all the

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grants with Doge and whatnot,
public safety grants are always going to

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be there. In fact, they're coming out in
gang busters right now. Um and I, you

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know, I'm working with big cities
helping them uh do their grants. I'm

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working on two grants right now. one for
the town award cyber crimes grant a

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micro grant for um uh a place in
California. Um I write them all as as he

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says I write them all over the country.
That's what my firm does. It's a

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national firm. Um but again they usually
target people who are you know paying

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thousands of dollars a month.
I I like what you know I look at what

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you know your size of town look at your
budget and I look at the amount of work

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that you'll get in return and I can
promise you your return on investment

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will be tremendous
and by this time next year you know you

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may have one or two awards and that'll
pay for everything you put to me. Um

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another thing is I have integrity. I
don't sit at home. I work from home. So,

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but I don't sit there watch TV. I
actually work when I say I'm working and

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I turn in and get invoices. Um, for the
hours that I work and you know, uh, I

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don't charge people to sit around and
think about an idea or when I'm taking a

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shower and thinking about it.
You know, I'm very candid with it only

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because I'm I'm just a regular guy who
knows how to write.

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» Well, I've always been uh grants. I
mean, it's money that's out there that's

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going somewhere. Might as well come
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» Exactly.
>> My philosophy.

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» Well, and you cuz you're in an area, you
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and it's not it's it's calling.
It's how you say it. Um and so you know

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um it's in states where they said I can
sell ice to X estimates and it's because

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I know what they're looking for. I
attend rank workshops because some of

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them are mandatory. But I wrote nine
grants and won six of them before I ever

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took the class. And it's stuff I taught
myself and then it just reinforced it

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going to these classes knowing, hey, I'm
doing it right. I'm doing it right and

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that um
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Um it's not magic, it's just hard work
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any other questions. [clears throat]
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front of us is that you're going to
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uh $300 a week I mean a day for one day
of the week. It may be it may be

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an hour or two a week
that I will not exceed that. So my

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question to you Nathan is with money
that's required here why can't it come

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out of TV

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this is a separate organization
you the purpose of that organization is

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for grants
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purpose of that organization is to
promote economic development projects on

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the town so it's not necessarily just
for grants yeah the TDA can apply for

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grants but we didn't create TDA for
public safety grants. We created the TVA

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to help us promote small and small
business and commercial business and

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industrial business. Um like the grants
we'll talk about later. Um help move us

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towards the mainstream community to help
us improve our tax base and economic

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vitality in our communities. Not
centered around public safety center

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around the business community.
So the bottom line we can't take money

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out of TDAS.
So Kim, do we have the money in the

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budget to cover this?
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to take it out of contract services
and then as we get grants we may have

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some budget amendments to take it out of
things that we have proposed to buy

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instead. Um
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we can, you know, save those funds too
because if we get, you know, a grant

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that we budgeted for and you're saving
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» Thank you.

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» I was just I was waiting for him to tell
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that about his success rate. and like
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» it's pretty impressive. 74%
aggressive.

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» I'd like to make a motion that will be
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» Second.
>> All right, we got a motion and a second.

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All in favor say I. I.
>> All oppose. Like it is so.

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» All right. Thank you, sir, for your
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before they go. Have you got a a project
team on black?

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» Well, we're still getting together on
all that. So, there's really no

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And we have nothing to uh put out there
right now. Have they got robots that can

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what I'm going to for the chief to get
the priorities established and we're

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going to shoot for the state grants open
in November uh through January and then

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but there's some federal grants that
just open and I'll share that and again

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I'll share uh with him all the grants
the things that I do for TFG, I'll just

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pass on to him. Um, uh, and and if there
are other big projects that you have,

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uh, I'm not a, uh, economic development
specialist, but I do write. I've written

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health grants, water grants,
transportation

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until that I can I can at least get you
the information. And if if I were able

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to help you, you know, I might be able
to do that. Sometimes my capacity

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because I do have this full-time job is
can sometimes be limited. Uh but I I've

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been a cop for or I was a cop for over
30 years. So I know the language and I

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can write those grants in my sleep so to
speak. You know what I mean? Um and that

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that helps when you know what we're
talking about. Some of the other grants

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it takes a while for me to learn but I
can do it.

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Good. Thank you. Thank you.
>> We'll get you in the paint.

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Can you certify me?

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» Number three.

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» Here we go.

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I'm sorry.

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» Okay. This is the administrator contract
for the Western Pont Council of Regents

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to administer the uh bill of reading
agreement. Unfortunately, I'd like to

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offer uh special meeting agenda. This
doesn't change any of the terms from the

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Department of Commerce contract or our
contract with revital now urgent care.

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This is strictly just a a contract that
says we the town uh allow the Western

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Pont Council of Government to do the
administrative task force, communicating

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with Commerce, submit any paperwork to
Congress, and they'll help us fill out

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any paperwork we need to for
reimbursements or when it comes time for

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us to pay our local Madison next year
after he creates the jobs and shows the

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record of keeping the jobs. So they'll
keep all those records for us and do

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that like they do for all the other for
us. So it's just a contract with them

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that just says that we're partnering
with them on this grant to help us get

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it and they're going to take care of all
the TV paperwork and other details for

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us.

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» And this this grant's already been
awarded. So they're just

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» Yeah, it's already been this just to do
for them to take care of the whole

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thing.

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» Any questions, comments?

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» I'm making a motion.

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I
have a motion and second. All in favor

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say I. I
>> all opposed.

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It is so. All right.
Item number four is the town economic

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development grants discussion.

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these uh if you remember we've been
working with um the TVA and Serous

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uh economic development law firm Kerry
uh to develop these uh downtown

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incentive grants for businesses downtown
and property owners downtown to um upit

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capabilities
both outside on the storefront, the rear

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um and
may look at interior improvements in the

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future for a higher level. But
I see the storefront with uh

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have historically appropriate exterior
facade upgrades, um new awnings,

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windows, uh paint, any type of
restoration to to the front to upfit

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your aesthetic of your downtown property
or your your business location. Uh the

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grand will be up to $2,500 a year. um uh
plus $1,000 in the rear and then $1,000

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signage. Uh there's a $5,000 a year cap
and $15,000 a year lifetime current

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property and business um that helps
commercial property or tenants uh with

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the owner's consent within the downtown
boundary. Um any properties are also

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current on their Alexander County tax
bill and their town utility. Yes.

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» Question on that.
>> Yes.

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The property will just sell go to
another

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uh owner's hands. that lifetime is
say they already use the $15,000

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lifetime cap or whatever cap is. Do the
next owners get the 15,000 or they it's

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already been done for that building.

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You say that's a Um,

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it's a good question. I haven't thought
about that. I would think if the the

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same businesses in there, I think
it'll be the lifetime cap. If a new

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owner came in and a new business came
in, I think it could

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that's a question I can ask. We can iron
that out and add that in here. It's

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verbage for us. If I can hitch on Eric,
is it transferable to you?

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» So, is it transfer? Let's say that they
meet the 15,000 cap and then they sell

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the building to somebody else. Does that
new owner get another 15,000?

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» I think that's
what I was asking for. [clears throat]

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I guess my question is to keep from
>> it says 15,000.

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» Yeah, that's what that's
>> so

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if you done that the new owner shouldn't
I mean shouldn't they

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» shouldn't renovation
>> because the money is going towards

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building not the owners. Well, I was
just trying to protect T some legal

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loophole.
>> Right. But if it's in there like that.

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» Yeah.
>> Transfer this in my daughter's name. She

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translate my son's name.
>> Yes. Exactly.

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[clears throat]

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» Uh there's also a public art grant. Um
purpose is for creation and installation

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of professional public art and public
semi public.

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Um, it's up to $5,000 per project with a
5year maintenance commitment from the

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grantee.
It's eligible to any property owners,

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uh, tenants with permission from
property owner, nonprofit, schools,

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civic groups, individual artists or
artistled teams to produce public art

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within the downtown.
So that can um

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murals, sculptures, mixed media
installation with mosaic, tile, glass

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artwork, artists design, functional
elements of benches, liners, railings,

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lighting, signage, community created art
led by professional artists. Wall work

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is to be visible from a public rideway
or public space and use durable safe

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materials. uh artwork may not advertise
for a private business uh public

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standard architectural landscaping
elements or violate any DO2 signage

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restrictions. Applicants must provide a
maintenance plan and commit to maintain

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the for years.

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So a business owner can't just go bank
assign but has to be hired professional

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artist
>> and there is a

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who counts as a professional artist.
Professional artist is someone who has

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demonstrated a record of artistic
practice such as completed public art or

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commission projects, exhibitions,
installations or gallery shows,

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maybe our degrees, training or
apprenticeships

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a portfolio of consistent original
artwork. Um, so, um, you don't

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necessarily have to be a world famous
renowned by professional artist, but

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» like Keen would be
>> as an artist.

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» I think she would
>> she had the artwork.

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» Does it got to be own does it got to be
within the city limits?

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» Yes.
>> And does it be within the downtown?

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» And and what I'm thinking about is our
barn art display this way. Yeah, that

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would be one that would definitely
qualify as for professional art because

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the people that doesn't I mean they do
shows, they do private classes and of

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course individuals have purchased those
2 by twos or two 4x4s are over there but

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that's a it's not accountability.

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I think if it through that grant
application, um, you know, I think the

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county would probably give them
permission to continue to add that to

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the building. So, I think that that
would qualify for the applicants to add

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that to the side of the building
because it was the town that initiated

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that project there, the little building
here behind us and then on this building

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itself with the Taylorville, North
Carolina

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I think that would be a good use of that

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and would be the ones to
um approve of

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the application which would be to
approve that this person is qualified or

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not. Do we what we're going to do is is
what I would like for you all to do as

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the council is we have a public hearing
on this and we'll adopt a resolution to

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uh create these grant programs and then
we will give those grant programs to the

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TGA and they administer and um direct
all the funding for those

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give them $150,000
this year and we have the budget to give

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them allocated $10,000
that was previously district available.

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We restructure that go to the TA to do
that on our behalf. So our plan, my plan

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as the manager is to continue to um
request that allocation and I would just

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go to the TDA every year and they can
use that for grants funding and we've

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already 150
revenue generated

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unless y'all were
in the future.

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So all this social is coming for TVA.

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» We're we have three options. And if it's
a 50/50 grant, the 50 that paid will

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come out of TDA.
>> Yes.

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And I I mean these are things that
I know that we have heard time after

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time after time
for months, years. This is what the

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citizens are wanting. All these
three are probably the top three outside

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of parking,
top three priorities that they have been

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requesting, you know. Um, so
I'm just excited about this. I'm excited

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about, you know, we're starting to do
the fall program here

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» and a way to make it happen.
There's also a building activation

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grant. Um the purpose of that is for
properties that are

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need to meet co compliance for our
performance of building code to have

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life safety upgrades to reoccupy vacant
commercials.

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The general amount is up to $85,000
a building per year with $15,000

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lifetime cap
eligible for that owners of restricted

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restricted tenants buildings taking 3
months or more

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on their taxes and their utility bills
if they still have active accounts. Um,

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and that is more townwide. That is not
just um a downtown

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specific grant. That is going to be more
townwide. TDA felt like um it would be

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more beneficial to the town if we did
open that up to a northern townwide

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because um that would incorporate more
vacant commercial spaces throughout the

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town. We think just the downtown.
There's only I think three or four

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within the downtown that are um
really make it whether

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the owners are building for storage or
not. There's only a select few in the

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downtown that are making so more
adaptations to open that up

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a little bit more rehabilitation
regeneration to the town across

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commercial. So would Apple herb on loud
down road be somebody that would qualify

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for that

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town
>> really

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before

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no you got people beyond the city on the
west

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» [laughter]

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» Yeah.
>> Wow.

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» They connected on to sew in the last
couple years, but they did not want

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their
>> That's on the other side.

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» I was thinking stop on the left side. It
goes all the way down to uh

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where Kayla Farm has her dress in place.
>> Oh, okay.

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» She's the first one out on that side.
The right side stops there. But I know

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the woman that own the mobile park.
That's it. That's where it stopped.

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» Yeah.
>> But that whole right side past the board

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has not.
>> No. So is not in

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» not that is that development
acres. No, they're not.

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» Okay. Cuz I know they're on that side,
but I know it's kind of

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» Yeah. Honey, when you go out there,

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» this is a

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example of application.
>> Yes, there's an example of the

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acquisition and then resolution at the
end.

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» So, are you going to read this before
our next meeting?

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» Yes.
>> So, we have no action on this. This is

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just discussion to put it in front of
you and ask questions and you want any

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more clarification within the guidelines
work to put that in. This is just

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bringing it for you.

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» Options for measurement.
We're not going to take any action on

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that today.
>> Yeah.

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» Yeah. Just looking at the grant
programs. additional thoughts on that

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and um
have a public hearing in September for

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that adopt. It'll be up to the TVA to
open up application cycle

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that process
work.

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[clears throat]
We have a discussion on the

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belove

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on number five

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that way in
sound. Uh we have

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we have four
uh

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multif family dwellings out
neighborhoods and adults

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apartments and then rich west duplexes.
Um the way that we um

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build those utility wise is we build a
um

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a master and some of them have a they
connect to the water and they have their

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own water system in there. So we build a
company

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a minimum for each door. So we have said
Mountainwood for example has 40 units.

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So we build in for a minimum each month
plus whatever gallon usage is supposed

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to master uh for we do that for
mountainwood press apartments. Um we did

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not do that for rich west. Um that was
developed in

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was sold for approval in 1999
and developed shortly thereafter. So

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since 2000 we haven't been in that way.
Um and we just that's a lot of ways that

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we can get started doing that. Um
because we are not building all of the

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developments equally across the town
according to our ordinance and our

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ordinance for that was passed in 1954.
Uh how we developed that. So, um, send

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that out to you early in the week with
proposed letter to the owner of Bridge

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Quest
duplexes on

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what that entail for him. So, I wanted
to open that up for discussion with you

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all
for that.

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offers short

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what you what you want to send him is if
you send it he's going to have to change

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his method of distribution of water

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» how he's how he's going to be build from
the t the water

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» so the other three are the for available
more than the water.

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» Yes.
>> You said Mwoods Crest Homes and what was

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the other one that is in appliance with
the ordinance. They are named correctly

429
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:39,680
but
>> Ridgeway Apartments.

430
00:40:37,359 --> 00:40:45,359
» Ridgeway. Okay. That was the
>> So Woods is not part of that

431
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:50,280
individual
tenants. They have they have a meter.

432
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:57,160
» It's a water bill. They haven't made
something.

433
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:06,680
» There's no uh there's no contract or
anything.

434
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:14,200
» And the one in question is
>> richest

435
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,200
» richest.

436
00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:18,200
Okay. Yeah.

437
00:41:21,839 --> 00:41:30,680
which is a pretty significant
difference.

438
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,680
» Yeah. Um

439
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:38,400
it's the bill that we reveal
um

440
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:42,560
an extra
$2,585

441
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:50,480
a month.
So for 12 months it did extra $31,20

442
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:52,880
that
is that Frankie keepers.

443
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:56,760
» Mhm.
>> Is that the one behind me?

444
00:41:57,599 --> 00:42:02,200
» So he's just going to pass it on to the
consumer.

445
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:09,400
Probably
90% of that's all you

446
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:15,520
» Yeah. said the rest of them are wrong.

447
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:26,280
I mean, I guess they still

448
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:38,440
» I don't think it's an easy thing to do,
but I think it's um

449
00:42:33,839 --> 00:42:38,440
the correct thing to do since that's our

450
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:49,119
$1,000 we're losing in water and sewer
rout every that we put towards

451
00:42:45,839 --> 00:42:52,960
our current infrastructure.
>> I mean, it needs to be the same all the

452
00:42:51,839 --> 00:42:57,280
way
>> whether we go back and redo the

453
00:42:55,520 --> 00:43:03,200
ordinance, but everybody needs to be the
same. It can't be one don't have to, but

454
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:06,319
everybody else does. That's can't work
like that.

455
00:43:04,319 --> 00:43:12,319
» I would caution redoing the ordinance
because we go back and read the

456
00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:17,040
ordinance, we lose 72 $72,000, right? I
just say that just to say it's always

457
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:20,160
one way or the other. It can't be
>> it's got to be fair,

458
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:23,599
» right? That that's that's what I'm
saying.

459
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:27,640
» And over 20 I mean that adds up over a
20 year period. That's $620,000.

460
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,680
» So

461
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:43,200
that 31,000 is about a cent on the tax
rate. Is that right?

462
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,200
A little over.

463
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:53,839
take action
or

464
00:43:51,599 --> 00:43:58,680
» Okay. Yeah.
>> Yeah. He's a good inform.

465
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:05,119
I wanted to move forward and kind of
answer any questions as best I can. I

466
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:13,520
mean regardless if it was overlooked or
if it's whatever case was it just

467
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:19,119
from here forward no penalty right past
just from here forwards you know we give

468
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:23,960
time thinking you know mayor and I
discussed

469
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,960
what to start

470
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:33,280
building looking at implementing that
until um the new building on October

471
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:39,920
October 15th
bill starting news again um for that

472
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:46,400
whole month in November and he would see
the first bill until

473
00:44:43,599 --> 00:44:52,680
December 1st.
So he would have now

474
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:52,680
before

475
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:09,839
» and that's been since 1999. Is that what
you said?

476
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:16,119
» It's started. I'd say probably 2000 2000
was when we first started receiving any

477
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:16,119
type of water.

478
00:45:17,839 --> 00:45:29,480
But this ordinance has been here since
198.

479
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:29,480
» Wow. Yeah, that's why I say that.

480
00:45:37,276 --> 00:45:40,280
[laughter]
>> Yeah.

481
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:48,040
» All right. Any other discussion on the
multi family?

482
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:53,160
All right. On the staff reports,

483
00:45:55,760 --> 00:46:01,400
um I gave you guys an updated
um

484
00:46:01,599 --> 00:46:12,400
um for the June. We um
pretty close out for June now. um

485
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:17,319
as a new thing that was we were still
paying

486
00:46:14,079 --> 00:46:17,319
that happen

487
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:28,000
in July for um so those are updated
numbers close

488
00:46:24,079 --> 00:46:32,800
um and currently working through the
stuff for fun

489
00:46:30,079 --> 00:46:37,040
GWI so
they're going to be out here in October

490
00:46:34,720 --> 00:46:44,200
first week of October and we'll start
our

491
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:44,200
Hopefully get that all submitted before.

492
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,319
» Yeah.
>> Okay.

493
00:46:55,280 --> 00:47:03,280
Spoke with West Consultants on the
amount of streets and sidewalks project

494
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:10,000
function. Um there's a little over
200,000 left in it after all was said

495
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:17,480
and done. Um so we are
looking at putting together

496
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:17,480
not really packing changed

497
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:32,000
the whole thing over again but we are
looking to resurface C drive

498
00:47:29,119 --> 00:47:37,599
and then we're looking to
see what their costs will be

499
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:45,240
on doing the project we've discussed a
few times over the last couple years

500
00:47:40,319 --> 00:47:45,240
which is the median project mainly

501
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:55,280
so we get prices on
one way us

502
00:47:52,880 --> 00:48:00,599
and I just resurface it the other way
they do the entire project

503
00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:12,240
and they they can resurface from about
the exit of the service center building,

504
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:18,319
not all the way out, not going all the
way out to the intersection with 16

505
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:24,079
traffic, but just stop there and come
back all the way to uh First Street.

506
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:26,480
» That's where the median stops, right?
>> Yeah.

507
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:30,079
» Yeah. So, it would be just it'll be
resurfacing that area, taking all new

508
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:36,480
lines
um on the roads. They're going to It's

509
00:48:33,599 --> 00:48:43,200
already paid over on the curb gutter.
So, they're looking to mill it down. Um,

510
00:48:39,839 --> 00:48:47,760
clean the curb gutter up. Hopefully, if
curb gutter looks well, it'll grind

511
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:53,839
down. will be paid back to the curb
gutter and that way in the future you

512
00:48:50,559 --> 00:49:02,240
can put another inch or two layer on top
of it and go ahead back and have one. So

513
00:48:58,559 --> 00:49:08,880
this fix would be usually 50ear fix we
have to go around again. Um, we're also

514
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:14,960
looking at pricing this intersection
here being resurfaced so that we can go

515
00:49:12,079 --> 00:49:20,960
in there and and dig it up and figure
out the situation with this water line

516
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:24,640
and this fire island. and then having
instead of having cuts and patches here

517
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:30,400
and there was really that whole
intersection that is going and then the

518
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:37,440
final thing that we're passing is doing
a race crosswalk at the early college

519
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:45,119
where they come in it's been a year or
so now um asking they've asked a couple

520
00:49:41,839 --> 00:49:50,880
times they put up they put up crosswalk
they put up signage but just like you

521
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:57,280
they had issues with speeders going on
through there. So, this wouldn't be a

522
00:49:54,000 --> 00:50:02,680
speed bump, but it would be a decent
size 5T wide or so.

523
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:07,240
» Yeah. With some signs there.

524
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:16,559
» Once we have that packet,
uh Todd said he should have a packet

525
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:25,040
ready by next week to give it to the
contractors. Uh it's not a fast process

526
00:50:21,839 --> 00:50:34,839
Russell is already pretty well looked at
for the year wise soon breaks this will

527
00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:34,839
be looked at but they we already

528
00:50:35,839 --> 00:50:43,680
extra money
so they they're a lot quicker than

529
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:49,520
country
subject to deal with disappointment well

530
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:52,640
didn't do bad work once he got here.
>> We get it in here.

531
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:55,920
» Right.
>> But this won't happen this year. So it

532
00:50:54,240 --> 00:51:00,640
won't interfere with the apple festival.
>> No. No. That that was the other thing.

533
00:50:58,319 --> 00:51:04,880
This here will happen to till first of
the year. That way we don't have to

534
00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:10,559
worry about hometown Halloween apple
festival, hometown Christmas, none of

535
00:51:07,599 --> 00:51:18,720
that. This will all be the plan is for
it to all be done right prior to Boston.

536
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:22,000
So there won't be no no construction
work around for those

537
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:28,079
» and that will interfere with the time
line has to be paid out by

538
00:51:24,079 --> 00:51:36,400
» No, we have a June 30th. Um our goal is
to look at April 1st deadline getting

539
00:51:32,319 --> 00:51:42,559
everything done and everything dollared.
If it goes over a little bit,

540
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:46,240
we'll give you some money to
all the same stuff. We don't want to

541
00:51:45,119 --> 00:51:48,880
send around.
>> No.

542
00:51:46,720 --> 00:51:56,119
» No.
>> No.

543
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:56,119
» So that that's the plan with that. Um,

544
00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:08,359
we met with we met with Daniel from

545
00:52:10,079 --> 00:52:13,079
Friday.

546
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:32,359
So, we've got a good idea on where we're
going to go with that project. So,

547
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:32,359
that'll be underway.

548
00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:37,319
What else we got going on?

549
00:52:39,599 --> 00:52:49,839
I I put out new pack out request this
week. It's on the website um and

550
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:56,720
submitted to the tree care services here
in town to do the three trees at the

551
00:52:52,720 --> 00:53:00,000
park or cemetery. Um
those are marked bridge.

552
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:03,920
» I saw that cuz I was going to ask about
that. Yeah.

553
00:53:01,119 --> 00:53:10,880
» Um obviously I wouldn't want to go
through right now if I was doing the

554
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:15,119
work. Um, so I I put on there like work
to be done by the end of October, but I

555
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:19,200
want to go ahead and get out and get
everything lined up that way. We're

556
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:26,839
still moving forward with everything
we're looking at. And as we remove the

557
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:26,839
two or the three trees and the zones,

558
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:37,280
so just for transparency, the master
park, what is can you just talk about

559
00:53:33,599 --> 00:53:46,640
what that all entails wise? Yeah, we're
looking at of course two parts we have

560
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:54,160
park and park. Um what
getting an overview of the area, what we

561
00:53:49,680 --> 00:54:02,079
need to look at, um enhancing
any additions that we can make, what we

562
00:53:57,520 --> 00:54:07,599
can do to make those parks pop and maybe
draw attention to Taylor, bring people

563
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:15,119
to Taylor. Um and then also in the
future the school complex how we can get

564
00:54:11,839 --> 00:54:21,440
that laid out and
what it's going to potentially cost

565
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:27,599
where we can be looking fun to get but
to get that funded

566
00:54:25,119 --> 00:54:33,359
obviously that's
like to see it now but that's down the

567
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:39,599
road and Madison Park
the near future. Um, jackass.

568
00:54:38,079 --> 00:54:43,760
They got us some more money.
>> Okay. I need to know is that going to

569
00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:49,760
count down
cuz I need that language to be explicit

570
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:55,040
cuz that's what I was told
cuz first we talked about he asked me

571
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:59,040
about Mat Park and then when I came to
talk to y'all, you said the town park.

572
00:54:57,680 --> 00:55:02,559
So, is that where the money's going to
go to the town park or is it going to be

573
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:04,720
for parks?
>> Which one?

574
00:55:04,319 --> 00:55:06,640
Huh?
>> Which one's he

575
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:11,119
» 50?
>> Which one's he listing or how?

576
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:16,720
» Oh, he's he's listing the money right
now as town park improvements.

577
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:19,440
» But I don't think that that will go very
far.

578
00:55:17,599 --> 00:55:23,680
» No, I mean if he can put it as town
parks world, we can use it on either

579
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:27,440
one.
>> Cuz he's going to present that to the

580
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:30,880
for he's going to that appropriation is
going to be approved Monday. Okay.

581
00:55:29,119 --> 00:55:33,920
» Our senator called me and asked me, did
you want $50,000? I said, "Yeah, we'll

582
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:36,720
take it."
>> Yeah.

583
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:40,800
» But we got to make sure that it
specifies where it goes

584
00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:45,200
» so we don't get in a situation like we
did 12 years ago

585
00:55:42,319 --> 00:55:49,680
» where we got $50,000 and it's given back
to the state.

586
00:55:46,559 --> 00:55:59,000
» See if he can if he can just town park
higher. So that way when we identify

587
00:55:52,559 --> 00:55:59,000
like you said for granted the network

588
00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:03,480
too

589
00:56:04,559 --> 00:56:15,680
master plan goes
I think part of his application was you

590
00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:20,319
know could potentially use that 50 maybe
put with the town and go after

591
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:25,680
anotherund
from ahead. So that turns in or turns

592
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:30,880
into 200.
>> When I had dinner with Blair Saturday

593
00:56:28,240 --> 00:56:36,359
night, he asked,
"How much more money would you want if

594
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:36,359
you need for

595
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:49,240
a sports complex?

596
00:56:53,440 --> 00:57:01,240
200.
We're going to make some major

597
00:56:56,400 --> 00:57:01,240
improvements. 200 plus 50.

598
00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:06,280
» He said make it realistic.

599
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:24,000
» Water with the SR.
We got to watch because I know times

600
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:31,040
will be a factor on this part
with the ear mark. Um

601
00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:36,960
with the water the SRF for lane money
for water they're replacing water line

602
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:43,680
that goes across the cor there in
Madison Park. In process of replacing

603
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:50,799
that we're going to extend that cover
out an additional 30 ft into the park.

604
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:55,520
Um we don't have funding for the second
part of that which would be relocate the

605
00:57:53,040 --> 00:58:01,599
sewer line from where it's at now which
is the walking path that is actually

606
00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:07,920
sewer area just put in front of for
safety measures. We want to relocate

607
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:15,480
that line back and go over the new cer
and do away with the lock back area. Um

608
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:15,480
so

609
00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:24,000
a low number I think to do that you're
looking at probably 70 $80,000.

610
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:30,240
um
to look further forward against part

611
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:37,280
that in place
that connects

612
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:42,000
into third park right there south.
>> Yes.

613
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:45,119
» It's all connected because it's a very
very unsafe

614
00:58:43,599 --> 00:58:51,680
» travel through there. It's already
narrow which will widen that to

615
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:58,559
regulation to a bigger grade area but
you look at hometown

616
00:58:54,960 --> 00:59:04,240
through there sidewalk
they're on the side of the road and then

617
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:09,760
most of the time the park
so looking at that

618
00:59:08,079 --> 00:59:14,240
of course we're looking at the bathroom
facility that's now see originally

619
00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:16,240
that's what he offered money for was the
afterwards.

620
00:59:14,960 --> 00:59:21,040
» Yeah.
>> And and me and they can talk afterwards.

621
00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:24,319
That would be, you know, if it goes
towards the bathroom, that would be

622
00:59:22,319 --> 00:59:27,319
great. I don't know. I don't know.
100,000.

623
00:59:30,319 --> 00:59:36,880
» I mean, just for the bathroom facility.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Just for the bathroom

624
00:59:34,079 --> 00:59:42,799
facility itself, just because Yeah.
While labor is free with using the high

625
00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:47,920
school um and we've already looked at
just the plan itself just to draw the

626
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:55,680
turn into
build that build inspections with West

627
00:59:52,160 --> 01:00:00,720
looking at 5 to 15 depending upon the
definition of the project. uh we reach

628
00:59:58,319 --> 01:00:08,079
out to a firm out of Bethlehem and
they're getting some price is going to

629
01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:15,760
be five to six now that that eliminated
um topography and

630
01:00:12,079 --> 01:00:22,960
your storm run off and all that stuff I
feel like we can see you know 25

631
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:28,960
area
off that but

632
01:00:26,319 --> 01:00:36,319
just in getting started. Now we can or
once we have that now we can go our

633
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:41,839
concrete path and get the plumbing put
in into the path. Uh so we'll be

634
01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:48,000
starting moving forward.
We're also already two months behind

635
01:00:43,599 --> 01:00:54,799
what we had hoped. We we hoped on after
Labor Day that would be starting to lay

636
01:00:51,119 --> 01:01:02,000
off but just like every other project we
do this. So [snorts]

637
01:00:59,920 --> 01:01:06,400
and that's just Madison Park. You go to
town park, the bleachers are killing the

638
01:01:05,359 --> 01:01:11,280
park.
>> Um,

639
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:18,160
we've got drainage issues. The retaining
wall is washing out around it. Um, I

640
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:25,599
have no idea what
that tanning wall would cost to redo.

641
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:34,319
uh especially if you get engineered to
leave that property. If plan for

642
01:01:29,839 --> 01:01:39,119
a bath 25 or 25 bathroom still is
55

643
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:43,760
God knows what came but it actually is
going to happen

644
01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:49,200
$100,000.
>> Yeah. I mean just that long.

645
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:54,880
» Yeah cuz it's pretty high too. So it is
and we talked about I mean not having it

646
01:01:52,160 --> 01:02:00,799
go out as far
tapers back.

647
01:01:56,880 --> 01:02:07,040
um more where we wouldn't have to have
as much water. Um,

648
01:02:04,079 --> 01:02:14,000
I know a couple of instances
right now that pretend about that size,

649
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:17,000
a little taller over $100,000
just

650
01:02:17,440 --> 01:02:23,640
it was done. It was nice. I mean, it was
pretty solid, right?

651
01:02:24,319 --> 01:02:32,240
And if we can get it,
that's not to say we can't get high

652
01:02:28,799 --> 01:02:38,319
school back
to do that, but we got to make sure it's

653
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:40,559
too many.
>> Yeah.

654
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:45,839
» Yeah.
>> What is a lot of people

655
01:02:43,359 --> 01:02:50,559
load?
>> Well, no. Eddie Eddie is what it is. But

656
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:54,960
Blair
Blair's got in really tight with the

657
01:02:52,319 --> 01:03:00,839
speaker and uh the speaker is our next
door neighbor. And so

658
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:07,640
I would either the speaker just got
called on county $62 million.

659
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:18,200
» He needs to share some of that.
>> We take what we get.

660
01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:18,200
Yeah,

661
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:23,000
» I was saying 500

662
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:31,200
gives us the availability.
>> I'm still the 200,000 y.

663
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:36,920
» Well, if they gave if they gave them 162
million

664
01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:36,920
project

665
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:42,160
500,000. [clears throat]
>> Yeah.

666
01:03:38,799 --> 01:03:44,960
» If we ask for 583,
>> like grandma said, you always go up.

667
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:49,760
can't come back.
>> Right. And like you said, like you me

668
01:03:47,359 --> 01:03:54,319
and you talked if they didn't say
everything we asked for, we didn't ask

669
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:59,920
for enough until they turned us down on
>> Well, that's what Eddie told me. He said

670
01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:06,400
when he took when we got we got about
131,000 and Wils got like 2.8 million.

671
01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:09,920
And I looked at him, he says, I gave you
most.

672
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:14,720
» Well, that's what I'm saying.
That doesn't park in my mind needs to be

673
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:18,720
a
lighted

674
01:04:16,720 --> 01:04:24,240
pave path
pickle ball court just a an attraction

675
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:29,440
from the center of town. I mean honestly
if that's what we're talking about with

676
01:04:26,720 --> 01:04:33,119
new bathroom facility I mean if we're
going to go then I think it would be

677
01:04:31,280 --> 01:04:39,200
well I think in that case it would be
strategic. Let's let's ask for the

678
01:04:35,039 --> 01:04:43,200
500,000 for this year and we get these
infrastructure improvements done at the

679
01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:50,520
park that need to be done and then once
we finish this partial rec master plan

680
01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:50,520
we can look at the RF grant aven

681
01:04:50,880 --> 01:05:00,880
budget for state to help us continue to
build that on this part. Can you send me

682
01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:06,079
some provision on that 500?
>> Yeah. Now this so this

683
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:14,520
» not the 50 but additional 500.
>> Right. So this would

684
01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:14,520
be June 302

685
01:05:17,920 --> 01:05:25,200
that no I'm asking.
>> Oh why? Well see this this

686
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:30,240
appropriations it's done. So this is in
the short session starting the long

687
01:05:27,119 --> 01:05:34,960
session which will be January 3rd.
That's when those those potentially go

688
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:40,799
beyond.
Oh, Lord. Yeah. Yeah, that that'll be

689
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:46,079
that'll be the key because
you know if you're whichever there's be

690
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:53,359
parts of it that we're not going to end
up getting bids for contract work until

691
01:05:50,319 --> 01:06:02,520
mid 2028
which will be the sewer line which will

692
01:05:55,039 --> 01:06:02,520
be let's say 2028 $100,000 instead of

693
01:06:02,559 --> 01:06:10,160
» because it escalate because of time
>> right Um but the other stuff you know

694
01:06:08,079 --> 01:06:16,319
bathroom facilities
um we can go ahead and work on that.

695
01:06:13,359 --> 01:06:21,640
Yeah, we can go ahead and do sidewalk.
>> Yeah.

696
01:06:16,799 --> 01:06:21,640
» And then just join that section.

697
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:32,640
Definitely town park that's
here. Now that is that is one of we are

698
01:06:29,359 --> 01:06:36,559
working on getting the well closed off
down here

699
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:41,520
which wasn't
getting that building

700
01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:44,680
here
which will

701
01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:57,319
park
outside of getting this year.

702
01:06:58,960 --> 01:07:07,079
I mean, so I don't I feel like that
would be an issue with time constra

703
01:07:08,319 --> 01:07:15,280
that would be great. Then we'll have
that save us money.

704
01:07:13,760 --> 01:07:18,640
» That's good on the front end, but in
three more years, somebody's going to

705
01:07:16,799 --> 01:07:21,119
have to cop up a big bunch of money out
there that football field cuz it's got

706
01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:25,440
to be refurbished.
>> Yeah. And they're looking at about

707
01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:28,480
$450,000.
>> Yeah. Well, five years.

708
01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:31,119
» They stay in other schools having to
look at it, too.

709
01:07:29,440 --> 01:07:37,160
» Oh, yeah. I mean, they're crying because
if they don't have the funding and then

710
01:07:33,760 --> 01:07:37,160
it starts unhapp.

711
01:07:40,480 --> 01:07:46,920
» And there's also a new business right
there beside the park. Correct.

712
01:07:46,960 --> 01:07:53,200
» The guy that bought the
>> Oh, Chris, he bought the building. I

713
01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:59,480
think he's going to have separate
businesses that keep things in there

714
01:07:56,480 --> 01:07:59,480
classic

715
01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:22,799
all the
issues and I think the art there.

716
01:08:19,839 --> 01:08:25,799
Like I said, the roof was either 177 or
$77,000.

717
01:08:26,560 --> 01:08:33,400
He's put a lot of money in that
property.

718
01:08:29,520 --> 01:08:33,400
I'm grateful for it.

719
01:08:35,359 --> 01:08:42,080
» All right. Uh, any other
anything else?

720
01:08:40,960 --> 01:08:45,080
» No.
>> All right,

721
01:08:45,199 --> 01:08:54,640
I met with uh Tim and Lori Mason from
the Springs Group yesterday about the

722
01:08:51,359 --> 01:09:00,640
hospital. Um
Tim is still in uh

723
01:08:58,400 --> 01:09:04,960
looking at demoing it him itself and
found some price from some local

724
01:09:02,319 --> 01:09:09,359
contractors. Um
like us there's grant funding you can go

725
01:09:07,279 --> 01:09:14,719
and we'd like to apply for that. Laura
and I are looking at some some federal

726
01:09:11,440 --> 01:09:22,560
grants that we can try to apply for and
re-engage the the TVA on partnership

727
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:28,400
with Tim um to where um that's been for
but um you know if that um doesn't come

728
01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:32,400
to fruition he's very much on board
moving forward and trying to tear it

729
01:09:29,839 --> 01:09:37,600
down itself hopefully by the end of the
year. So, I'll continue to update you on

730
01:09:35,279 --> 01:09:42,159
that project. We're um trying to put
together uh as we look at some of this

731
01:09:40,319 --> 01:09:45,759
federal funding to will be developed
there in the future, what is developed

732
01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:49,120
there in the future and trying to
provide the community with more

733
01:09:47,279 --> 01:09:55,120
healthcare options. So, we're creating
more like a healthcare part or something

734
01:09:52,319 --> 01:09:59,679
like that. trying to engage multiple
organizations to kind of come together

735
01:09:56,960 --> 01:10:04,640
and um create kind of a multifaceted
approach for that grant application

736
01:10:02,480 --> 01:10:10,159
effect
make our healthcare services to the

737
01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:16,000
community more robust and
eliminate high school.

738
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:21,760
Um he mentioned the partial rec master
plan we'll have a contract for that will

739
01:10:18,480 --> 01:10:27,199
be on the agenda in September. Um
there's also going to be the contract

740
01:10:24,159 --> 01:10:37,040
for the GIS Mavic for the cemetery in
Chicago. The agenda um I reached out to

741
01:10:33,679 --> 01:10:44,320
um Matthew Hecker who owns one of the
buildings downtown. He's um open to

742
01:10:40,560 --> 01:10:49,040
looking at town versus that as a um
grant for like a commercial uh district

743
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:54,640
grant. So I had a meeting with them
Thursday. We would get process for that

744
01:10:52,400 --> 01:11:01,600
having to have an appraisal and correct
what the appraisal is and he said that

745
01:10:58,719 --> 01:11:07,679
he's open to having that conversation
with us and sell it to the town and us

746
01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:14,520
kind of recreating doing our own version
of a downtown project with the

747
01:11:10,159 --> 01:11:14,520
commercial building. Um

748
01:11:14,800 --> 01:11:23,440
hopefully we'll have a contract uh from
the design group in Bethlehem for the

749
01:11:19,840 --> 01:11:30,400
building um in the bathroom facility. So
we can look at that. Um

750
01:11:26,320 --> 01:11:36,159
and the yard sale is still um on for
September 5th and Saturday. Currently we

751
01:11:33,840 --> 01:11:41,440
only have five people that have paid but
had you know almost 20 people that

752
01:11:38,719 --> 01:11:46,320
contacted us interested in applications.
So um several people came in and paid

753
01:11:43,679 --> 01:11:51,280
yesterday. So I think um we promoted
that in the paper and on the radio I

754
01:11:49,199 --> 01:11:54,080
think more people come in as we get
closer.

755
01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:56,719
» Share it on Facebook. Share share share
share share.

756
01:11:54,800 --> 01:12:01,679
» It's advertising about that because
everybody pretty much I talk to don't

757
01:11:59,199 --> 01:12:07,440
know about it. So
even though Facebook reaches out pretty

758
01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:11,040
good, um I would like to see next year
being put up.

759
01:12:09,440 --> 01:12:16,600
any town. Everybody want to drive by
they can see. Okay. If I can get the

760
01:12:12,960 --> 01:12:16,600
yard sale sign

761
01:12:27,520 --> 01:12:34,800
» even reaching out into other counties we
can

762
01:12:32,320 --> 01:12:39,920
uh I know billboards are expensive but
that's kind of the idea that I had uh

763
01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:45,120
using some of the money that would get
hopefully more people sign up and just

764
01:12:42,719 --> 01:12:50,080
use that for I'd like to be able to
donate a good sum of money to a charity

765
01:12:47,520 --> 01:12:55,920
or local event or local charity or
whatever, but I also want to pay for the

766
01:12:52,480 --> 01:12:58,960
advertising for next year
with that. So,

767
01:12:56,640 --> 01:13:06,480
» just so you know, the contact I made
September phone call is free month.

768
01:13:02,400 --> 01:13:11,600
» Well, we quoted the weed,000.
>> Yeah. Come on.

769
01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:15,640
» No one
>> everything in one

770
01:13:18,320 --> 01:13:23,015
place.
>> Well, you just quoted me 350.

771
01:13:20,719 --> 01:13:23,015
» Yeah. [groaning]

772
01:13:26,080 --> 01:13:30,159
» Okay.
Well, we were going to be put in front

773
01:13:29,360 --> 01:13:35,120
of somebody,
>> but he was but he's doing it because of

774
01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:40,159
the organization that swim,
>> right?

775
01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:45,280
He does.
>> Yeah,

776
01:13:41,679 --> 01:13:52,400
» he does offer discounts to me, but you
probably not. But

777
01:13:48,159 --> 01:13:56,480
that's okay. It's his business. But we
were going to be he was going to

778
01:13:53,600 --> 01:14:00,120
expedite us in front of somebody. So
that part

779
01:14:01,280 --> 01:14:12,560
» um in regards to town attorney um one my
reports I mentioned I reached out to him

780
01:14:08,560 --> 01:14:20,960
from this lives in Eldell uh originally
from Hickory um he joined the Rotary

781
01:14:16,239 --> 01:14:26,000
Club here and um practices law here now
doesn't have any local experience but

782
01:14:23,120 --> 01:14:31,040
has some experience do some different uh
federal civil rights litigation cases

783
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:36,640
that he was um assistant on experienced
with a lot of contracts. Um so he hit me

784
01:14:34,480 --> 01:14:42,199
over
things. What's his name?

785
01:14:38,560 --> 01:14:42,199
» Ian McCra.

786
01:14:42,239 --> 01:14:52,320
Um also uh advertise that RFQ get some
bills from interested firms and see you

787
01:14:49,120 --> 01:14:57,440
know what we can get.
We need a talent here. We got a lot of

788
01:14:54,640 --> 01:15:02,880
different projects going on.
We got a new um all these different

789
01:15:00,159 --> 01:15:07,760
grant uh projects and hopefully some
more whether that be police department

790
01:15:05,199 --> 01:15:11,920
or parks and rec water and sewer. So
we're going to need someone to help us

791
01:15:09,440 --> 01:15:15,920
navigate through all that. So the
deadline for that will be September 4th.

792
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:21,440
So I'll keep you updated on how many
submiss submissions we get and send all

793
01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:26,239
those to you once we
collect those.

794
01:15:23,360 --> 01:15:29,520
Is Manor still active or is he totally
retired?

795
01:15:27,120 --> 01:15:33,840
» Uh, he's still active. I did prior to
our regular meeting and our special

796
01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:41,679
meeting asked him for refuted his
contract all

797
01:15:37,679 --> 01:15:46,880
but approved. So, he did help us out on
that and he said he will be willing to

798
01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:51,600
kind of help us
as needed basis until we fulfill that

799
01:15:49,440 --> 01:16:02,159
decision.
I did want to bring up uh this uh

800
01:15:56,080 --> 01:16:08,800
overall audio system. Um this is a um
system that the Presbyterian church down

801
01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:16,080
the street uses for their sanctuary uh
for members of the community that have

802
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:25,840
herinates or um for lack of a better
phrase here. And um it emits a um audio

803
01:16:22,960 --> 01:16:30,480
frequency like an FM frequency that
activates the T portal within your

804
01:16:28,400 --> 01:16:37,120
hearing aate and it tunes right into
your ear. It helps you listen

805
01:16:33,679 --> 01:16:41,840
and things more
efficiently. So you don't have to you'll

806
01:16:40,400 --> 01:16:46,400
be getting several different complaints
on some of the members that send our

807
01:16:43,600 --> 01:16:51,280
county council that they can't hear. Uh,
so, um, came and asked me to talk to

808
01:16:49,600 --> 01:16:55,600
Paul about what they did there cuz they
had set it up. So, I reached out to that

809
01:16:52,960 --> 01:17:00,800
company. They're out of Colorado. It's a
man and his wife, they created it and he

810
01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:07,120
makes it
and he gave me the the base price for

811
01:17:04,400 --> 01:17:11,199
the system, which basically like a
sandboard box. plug into our pieces and

812
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:17,199
it's on the other side of this and we
would have to run this little wire

813
01:17:13,360 --> 01:17:23,040
around the counter or call a bearing for
the frequencies emitted just in this

814
01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:27,199
room. Um, so the price on that is $895.
If we got any additional receivers like

815
01:17:25,280 --> 01:17:32,960
for individuals that may not have
hearing aids, we can put headphones on

816
01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:39,120
while here be $100 a piece and then the
shipping is $7. So I want to bring that

817
01:17:36,239 --> 01:17:44,400
up to you all before moving forward with
purchasing any of that or looking at any

818
01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:50,400
other options
about that. Talk about let's say some

819
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:54,800
type of audio system here in the castle
chambers to help

820
01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:59,600
our attendees
here. Is that something that if you got

821
01:17:57,679 --> 01:18:03,760
it can be installed without having to
hire somebody to install it?

822
01:18:01,040 --> 01:18:08,719
» Yeah, we can we can install it. So under
$1,000

823
01:18:05,440 --> 01:18:13,679
minus the $100 from a hearing device,
someone that's got the hearing aids,

824
01:18:10,480 --> 01:18:18,320
they would be able to pick up on that.
>> Yes.

825
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:23,120
» I like the idea because I want to hear
too. So remember I was elected. I don't

826
01:18:20,880 --> 01:18:28,880
have hearings because I want to be able
to make sure I heard everything.

827
01:18:26,480 --> 01:18:36,679
It's frustrating not to be able to hear.
U so yeah, I like the idea.

828
01:18:32,320 --> 01:18:36,679
Well, I think we'll pursue this.

829
01:18:36,880 --> 01:18:46,400
» Is this something you bring in September
or uh I think it's kind of within our

830
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:55,000
threshold. So we have to look at
budget and I'll look at that

831
01:18:50,159 --> 01:18:55,000
talk about that we have to bring up

832
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:08,400
» now is our question is our microphones
on all through every meeting like

833
01:19:05,360 --> 01:19:15,640
another way they pick up. Yeah, those
are on. It looks like they're on

834
01:19:11,840 --> 01:19:15,640
right now, but they're on

835
01:19:16,480 --> 01:19:20,520
» So, we can make sure that

836
01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:35,560
uh other than that it all happened.

837
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,960
Wow.

838
01:19:43,120 --> 01:19:52,199
I've got a question.
What What did you do to Stacy's side?

839
01:19:52,239 --> 01:19:58,760
And I know Kim probably got the front of
that, but

840
01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:04,440
I don't like somebody watching a line on
Facebook.

841
01:20:04,560 --> 01:20:13,120
» Yeah.
Is it because of the dumpsters? Are they

842
01:20:10,480 --> 01:20:20,800
recycling?
Apparently this was um you know our

843
01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:25,280
states as a business you're you're a
president you're allowed one trash can

844
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:29,679
and one recycling. If you want more than
that, then

845
01:20:27,360 --> 01:20:34,400
charge it for that
up to two. And then above that, you have

846
01:20:32,239 --> 01:20:37,920
to get a dumpster, which we can help
coordinate through public services.

847
01:20:36,560 --> 01:20:44,000
That's just going to be on your monthly
bill, the cost of that dumpster. Um,

848
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:50,880
but I think the issue they have down
there is the alleyway back there is not

849
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:57,280
spot on management. So if they're going
to get a dumpster and princely

850
01:20:52,960 --> 01:21:01,440
management I still say that that's okay
not going to put one back there

851
01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:07,679
management system that's okay
I am speaking with uh crimson management

852
01:21:05,120 --> 01:21:13,280
and the county about how we can partner
for that parking lot back there and make

853
01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:18,080
it um usable for public parking that
wouldn't um until management making some

854
01:21:16,400 --> 01:21:23,199
improvements and then providing a
dumpster space back there that all of

855
01:21:20,560 --> 01:21:28,480
their um businesses along there can
utilize. So that could be potential in

856
01:21:27,040 --> 01:21:34,159
the future, but if they were going to
put one back there right now, she have

857
01:21:30,960 --> 01:21:38,760
permission management to place that. So
that would be between her and her

858
01:21:42,400 --> 01:21:45,800
same person.

859
01:21:47,120 --> 01:21:53,560
It's not the same person. It's not the
same on land building

860
01:21:56,000 --> 01:22:05,679
too. You had two different businesses
utilizing trash cans and even though the

861
01:22:02,719 --> 01:22:12,560
trash can the trash can stay out there
whether it's occupied or not. So you had

862
01:22:10,239 --> 01:22:19,320
whoever was there had to place the extra
trash can and now you got too many

863
01:22:14,159 --> 01:22:19,320
businesses there utilizing those

864
01:22:19,440 --> 01:22:30,960
short trash cans
using a lot of trash cans. Yeah. And

865
01:22:26,000 --> 01:22:37,520
they were using those trash cans
trash.

866
01:22:33,280 --> 01:22:41,360
» We want to comment obviously we did want
I think Well, I didn't see what her

867
01:22:39,199 --> 01:22:44,880
vehicle was and
get another can. If she has to pay for

868
01:22:43,280 --> 01:22:52,199
it, she'll just pass that along to
people that are renting the building.

869
01:22:47,360 --> 01:22:52,199
My goodness gracious. And

870
01:22:53,440 --> 01:22:59,040
8:30, 9:00 that morning.
>> Yeah.

871
01:22:56,080 --> 01:23:05,679
» And then by 9:30
posted about it. So there was no time

872
01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:10,639
for respond to respond. My comment was
if you got a problem coming here. Yeah,

873
01:23:08,239 --> 01:23:16,760
» address it to us.
>> You know, to me that's a coward putting

874
01:23:12,719 --> 01:23:16,760
stuff on Facebook like that.

875
01:23:16,960 --> 01:23:21,600
» Kim, I'm sorry you had to go through
that.

876
01:23:18,719 --> 01:23:26,600
» Oh, I was smiling.
>> Oh, you get back to her.

877
01:23:27,199 --> 01:23:34,120
I mean sometimes it does take a few
minutes to get in touch with public

878
01:23:31,120 --> 01:23:34,120
service.

879
01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:47,120
I mean we do have Rachel's done a good
job of um get some contact information

880
01:23:44,880 --> 01:23:54,000
for a few people that she can't get into
contact with quicker and more easily.

881
01:23:49,840 --> 01:23:58,080
Sometimes we're not unfortunately
has been defeated [cough]

882
01:23:56,159 --> 01:24:01,080
and they're our business.
>> Exactly.

883
01:24:02,960 --> 01:24:13,520
» I'm just uh
I'm just amazed I guess best word for

884
01:24:09,840 --> 01:24:16,639
it. Um all the things we're doing. I'm
excited.

885
01:24:15,040 --> 01:24:24,800
I think we're stepping in the right
direction and keep it going. Um so many

886
01:24:20,880 --> 01:24:28,880
projects going on and it's just
It's just good to see and good to hear.

887
01:24:27,280 --> 01:24:34,560
I mean, I I hear positive things all the
time. I mean, not anytime I'm out in

888
01:24:31,760 --> 01:24:39,520
town, people are coming to me. We are so
glad to see all that's going on. Thank

889
01:24:37,040 --> 01:24:44,480
you. You know, that we want to keep that
momentum. We want to keep that going.

890
01:24:41,920 --> 01:24:50,480
Um, and I think we're headed that way.
excited and I'm just I can't say enough

891
01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:57,120
phrase. I can't
>> I'm reiterate that.

892
01:24:54,159 --> 01:25:01,760
I'm glad that downtown is has shaped the
way it's shaped right now. I'm ecstatic

893
01:24:59,600 --> 01:25:10,639
about the the new restaurant in the
town. That's going to have tremendously

894
01:25:05,920 --> 01:25:19,000
seems to be a better quality of uh
better quality of business downtown than

895
01:25:13,199 --> 01:25:19,000
there was. Um obviously making vacc

896
01:25:22,239 --> 01:25:35,960
I like the direction that more like 10%
also Jack I would like u moneywise if if

897
01:25:31,199 --> 01:25:35,960
they get a grant for

898
01:25:36,239 --> 01:25:39,239
dress

899
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:42,360
what

900
01:25:42,639 --> 01:25:50,679
» trash choice
I was open to that discussion. I know uh

901
01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:50,679
Aaron's like

902
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:58,800
» with all this money we're going to get
from this grant writer, there'll be

903
01:25:55,679 --> 01:26:02,639
money freed up to buy truck.
>> Well, I think

904
01:26:01,840 --> 01:26:07,080
there are
>> Hey, what's the story with our street?

905
01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:13,120
It's not
>> It was gone for

906
01:26:10,880 --> 01:26:17,679
about five weeks.
Um,

907
01:26:14,639 --> 01:26:23,560
it's like
cuz the dead squirrels are piling up on

908
01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:23,560
my curbers

909
01:26:24,719 --> 01:26:29,239
that road property.

910
01:26:29,679 --> 01:26:40,639
It is it is back. We're trying to be but
we had sent off a couple years um till

911
01:26:36,800 --> 01:26:50,320
we sent back to to which place they
servicing. um and had6 or $7,000 worth

912
01:26:46,239 --> 01:26:58,320
of work done
um just a general cost of general

913
01:26:54,239 --> 01:27:05,320
maintenance on the borders and panels
and things like that. So

914
01:27:01,360 --> 01:27:05,320
the work back

915
01:27:11,199 --> 01:27:16,040
now
service

916
01:27:26,480 --> 01:27:35,960
January are already know how
That's right.

917
01:27:30,480 --> 01:27:35,960
» Well, that's right. Right now

918
01:27:59,440 --> 01:28:08,000
trash track destruction. Um, I know we
go, but that's something I'd really like

919
01:28:06,639 --> 01:28:13,760
to see in the next couple years, next
year or two for us to move toward our

920
01:28:10,480 --> 01:28:20,480
home trash pickup.
So, put that back in line. I do want to

921
01:28:16,080 --> 01:28:25,280
say thank you to to the staff, Nathan,
the staff, all of them do a fantastic

922
01:28:22,719 --> 01:28:33,440
job here at town hall.
Um, I can't be more pleased how you

923
01:28:29,920 --> 01:28:39,120
conduct yourselves and
I think we got a great team. So, I just

924
01:28:36,320 --> 01:28:44,440
say continue your great work and thank
you for all you do.

925
01:28:41,440 --> 01:28:44,440
» Yes.

926
01:28:45,440 --> 01:28:53,800
» Anybody else? I need a motion.
>> Motion second.

927
01:28:49,520 --> 01:28:53,800
» All in favor? All right.

928
01:28:56,639 --> 01:28:59,800
You ready?