[0:00] Nothing
[0:04] here.
[0:14] All right, it's uh 2:00 start with me.
Thank you for everybody for coming. Um
[0:21] I'm going to start out with a prayer
this this evening. uh for all bow our
[0:25] heads most kind gracious heavenly father
God thank you Lord for the day thank you
[0:30] Lord for your grace and for your mercy
God I thank you Lord for this meeting I
[0:34] pray God you give us wisdom and
discernment God to do what is right and
[0:38] pleasing in your sight God for the
citizens of Tsville Lord I thank you
[0:42] Lord for our first responders our police
and our fire department work I pray that
[0:45] you protect them and guide them and help
them I pray God for uh all that's uh
[0:51] going on in our town I pray you bless us
and guide us and lead Lord, we just give
[0:55] you the glory. We give you honor and
give you praise in Jesus name. Amen.
[1:02] » Stand
[1:06] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[1:12] stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[1:18] for all.
[1:23] Moving on along discussion items number
four resolution declaring surplus
[1:30] property.
[1:33] Thank you mayor pro. This is a
resolution to declare a 2003 Fordtown
[1:39] Victoria
which is an asset of the police
[1:43] department that's no longer part of
their fleet previously been used. It's
[1:48] just a um general use administrative
vehicle at the town. Um I would like to
[1:55] surplus this vehicle to sell on gov
deals. Um since it is no longer an
[2:00] active vehicle of the police department
fleet to um either use that money for um
[2:07] future grant writing expenses for the
police department or for whatever
[2:12] purpose the council decides to build
those funds are. Any
[2:21] discussion?
>> Discussion. Uh Aaron, do you know or
[2:25] make any idea what we might get out of
this? I mean, cuz it's a golden piece of
[2:31] automobile.
I don't I would say
[2:37] 2,00
[2:46] Even the older ones sold. They wasn't
near the shape this one's in. So pretty
[2:52] good. So
I'd say 25,000
[2:57] cuz what people don't know that that
body that frame is a Fox frame. That's
[3:03] the same frame that the Cobra not the
size of it on the technology. And so
[3:09] that's why it's such a desired car. So
[3:15] Looks like a tent.
>> Like a tent.
[3:19] » Well, it is a tent.
>> We have a floor for this motion.
[3:25] » I make a motion that we uh go ahead with
the surplus property and put it on
[3:32] deals.
[3:37] » Your motion was to put it on the
surplus.
[3:39] » Yeah. On the deals. Yeah.
>> Okay. I second that motion. We have a
[3:44] motion and a second. All in favor say I.
I.
[3:48] » All oppose. Like sign. So order.
On to number two. Police department
[3:54] grant uh consulting contract.
Yes. This is a contract for us to engage
[4:01] with Mr. Uh Dan Miglin here who's um
came to speak with us today and answer
[4:06] any questions you may have to um assist
the police department in applying for
[4:11] state and federal grants to um receive
new vehicles, new equipment, um
[4:18] potentially funding for personnel
positions and
[4:25] any other thing that we decide that is a
priority for the police department.
[4:31] I think it's a great opportunity for our
police department. He has a proven track
[4:35] record with multiple agencies across the
country
[4:39] helped agencies receive 42 million of
funding throughout this time of grants
[4:47] previously states for more. So I think
it can be a valuable asset to the police
[4:53] department and help kind of lessen our
general fund um
[4:58] on purchasing these capital expenses
receive some federal funding and state
[5:04] fun
[5:09] to improve the service that we provide
to the community.
[5:14] So he's here if you guys have any
questions you want to speak to.
[5:17] » Okay. How uh confident are you to get
the the amount invested in at least?
[5:26] » Supreme.
>> Speak to a couple of examples just
[5:31] » okay. Uh
I have worked uh doing grant writing for
[5:37] public service agencies, fire and police
uh since 2004. uh when I was a uh
[5:44] lieutenant with the states police
department went to Morsville took on the
[5:49] role there. I've worked with Alar Kataba
Sparta
[5:55] any number of agencies here I've been
going on um
[6:00] uh I have experience as a peer reviewer
um for the federal uh department of
[6:06] justice. So they pay me to grade other
people's applications. Their in turn
[6:12] helps me become a better grant writer.
So I'm finding great grants that are
[6:18] really cool ideas that I help
put them in the back of my mind and and
[6:24] use towards my clients. I work for a
firm called the Ferguson Group. Uh it's
[6:29] a advocacy and grant specialty firm in
Washington DC. I've been with them for
[6:35] over three years. I'm a public safety
specialist, train specialist. Um
[6:42] uh just this year, um I helped the town
of Katava security earmark
[6:50] um to replace all their police cars. Um
five of them that are small department,
[6:56] only two full-time people um a lot of
part-time. uh one of the realities uh
[7:03] which I shared with my uh firm
we we go for the big fish at TFQ uh
[7:10] large cities medium and large size
cities leaves the market uh you know
[7:16] wide open for small and rural uh
municipalities
[7:21] and that is kind of where I see a gap
that needs to be filled and it's not out
[7:26] of greed it's either the fact that I see
so many brands out there
[7:30] that are available for you and nobody
knows how to get it. And
[7:36] I just like doing it and for no other
reason. Um I don't get a percentage of
[7:41] the cut. I wish I did. I was telling uh
Nate that I just secured a $10.8 million
[7:49] grant for Huntsville, Alabama.
And I wish I had it kind of um but uh
[7:56] that's through TFG what I do on the
side.
[7:59] Sparta, been working with them on a
retainer basis, which is what I suggest
[8:03] for y'all as a retainer basis was the
fact that you don't have a lot of grant
[8:10] writing experience. So the the initial
startup of of your grant program for the
[8:15] police department, there's a lot of
things that need to be done in
[8:19] preparation needs to be done to put
together a competitive application.
[8:23] But the good thing about it is just as I
said, you haven't gotten one before. So
[8:28] right away you're going to go to the top
because that's one of the highlights I'm
[8:31] going to put on your applications is you
have no it's not like you're going to
[8:36] the well over and over again. You
haven't ever had any not to speak
[8:41] besides some of the state grants. We're
talking federal grants. A lot of the
[8:45] grants have no match required. Um we're
talking about uh how how to pay for
[8:51] these things.
You can charge indirect cost. You can
[8:55] charge uh administrative fees. uh build
that into the grant application and pay
[9:00] out of that. Um however you'd decide
something we can work together on. Um
[9:07] uh like with technology now the way it
is um there's a lot of grants out there.
[9:15] I every day I look at the grants I have
through TFG my agency. I have access to
[9:21] all the grants that immediately is as
soon as they're released and I get
[9:26] notifications of it and I can pass that
information on to the chief and we can
[9:30] make informed decisions about what is
most appropriate to do that is to first
[9:36] sit down and figure out what are the
highest priority needs technology as I
[9:41] said with 800 megahertz radios, body
cameras, uh dash cams, flop cameras and
[9:48] no matter what people are saying about
Flock cameras. They do a lot more good
[9:52] than they do the harm. And it's like a
lot of other things out there. The harm
[9:57] is the stupid people who misuse these
things. It's not the tool itself. And
[10:02] I'm a firm believer in that because I
can site case after case, recent cases
[10:07] of flock doing it job and catching a bad
guy. Real dangerous people. So those are
[10:14] things that are available to you. There
are things that are being funded at both
[10:17] federal and state level. And some of
these grants overlap each other. So you
[10:22] can almost do a dual application. One
for the state, one for the Fed. Whoever
[10:27] gets there first, turn the other one
down. Just because you apply for a grant
[10:32] doesn't mean you have to always accept
it. Um if if things change your needs,
[10:38] for instance, maybe you couldn't wait
for a near per se because earmarks do
[10:42] take anywhere from, you know, 18 to 24
months to come to fruition. Um, but if
[10:49] you're patient and you plan, you can
kind of strategically use those things
[10:54] to get pay for new community,
new police department, help pay for all
[11:02] the vehicles. Uh, and not it wasn't just
the vehicles I got for them. It was all
[11:06] the equipment that goes into the
vehicle. So all that's going to be brand
[11:10] new and you're going to see that, you
know, probably the first of the year
[11:13] once they start, you know, start buying
and implementing that. You'll see that.
[11:19] And uh
it's just
[11:24] I get excited about call me weird. Uh
but I actually enjoy it. And and I think
[11:30] it's one of those things I was telling
one of your officers. Um
[11:35] it's an acquired taste. Um, you got to
learn to like it. And once you start
[11:39] getting some of these things, and I've
been fortunate to be successful out of
[11:44] the gate, the average current rider gets
35 40% uh win rate. Mine's been 74%
[11:52] since
2005.
[11:56] And and I know this because I track
everything. Um, I'm very meticulous. I'm
[12:01] very detailed. Uh,
[12:06] I know what I'm doing and uh I like
doing it for small agencies who need it.
[12:11] I was glad you reached out. Um I
understand that one of your officers uh
[12:17] I helped when he was at I helped them
revamp all their equipment and stuff and
[12:25] so you know it's the same thing. It's a
word of mouth thing where you know uh
[12:32] people are calling me all the time
asking me to help them and stuff and
[12:35] usually it's a one and done type of
situation. If that were the case here
[12:39] you just need one grant. I can help you
with that. It sounds like you need a lot
[12:45] more than that and to do that we kind of
need to take it from the beginning and
[12:49] be smart about it. And the good thing
about it is um
[12:55] despite what's going on in Washington DC
with the administration and all the
[12:59] grants with Doge and whatnot,
public safety grants are always going to
[13:04] be there. In fact, they're coming out in
gang busters right now. Um and I, you
[13:11] know, I'm working with big cities
helping them uh do their grants. I'm
[13:16] working on two grants right now. one for
the town award cyber crimes grant a
[13:21] micro grant for um uh a place in
California. Um I write them all as as he
[13:30] says I write them all over the country.
That's what my firm does. It's a
[13:33] national firm. Um but again they usually
target people who are you know paying
[13:40] thousands of dollars a month.
I I like what you know I look at what
[13:46] you know your size of town look at your
budget and I look at the amount of work
[13:51] that you'll get in return and I can
promise you your return on investment
[13:56] will be tremendous
and by this time next year you know you
[14:02] may have one or two awards and that'll
pay for everything you put to me. Um
[14:08] another thing is I have integrity. I
don't sit at home. I work from home. So,
[14:13] but I don't sit there watch TV. I
actually work when I say I'm working and
[14:17] I turn in and get invoices. Um, for the
hours that I work and you know, uh, I
[14:26] don't charge people to sit around and
think about an idea or when I'm taking a
[14:31] shower and thinking about it.
You know, I'm very candid with it only
[14:36] because I'm I'm just a regular guy who
knows how to write.
[14:42] » Well, I've always been uh grants. I
mean, it's money that's out there that's
[14:48] going somewhere. Might as well come
here.
[14:52] » Exactly.
>> My philosophy.
[14:54] » Well, and you cuz you're in an area, you
know, where I can leverage some things
[14:59] and it's not it's it's calling.
It's how you say it. Um and so you know
[15:08] um it's in states where they said I can
sell ice to X estimates and it's because
[15:15] I know what they're looking for. I
attend rank workshops because some of
[15:19] them are mandatory. But I wrote nine
grants and won six of them before I ever
[15:24] took the class. And it's stuff I taught
myself and then it just reinforced it
[15:29] going to these classes knowing, hey, I'm
doing it right. I'm doing it right and
[15:34] that um
it's just something you learn how to do.
[15:38] Um it's not magic, it's just hard work
and really
[15:45] any other questions. [clears throat]
>> So this agreement that we're got in
[15:50] front of us is that you're going to
provide one day a week uh not to exceed
[15:56] uh $300 a week I mean a day for one day
of the week. It may be it may be
[16:06] an hour or two a week
that I will not exceed that. So my
[16:12] question to you Nathan is with money
that's required here why can't it come
[16:16] out of TV
[16:20] this is a separate organization
you the purpose of that organization is
[16:25] for grants
correct
[16:29] purpose of that organization is to
promote economic development projects on
[16:33] the town so it's not necessarily just
for grants yeah the TDA can apply for
[16:39] grants but we didn't create TDA for
public safety grants. We created the TVA
[16:44] to help us promote small and small
business and commercial business and
[16:49] industrial business. Um like the grants
we'll talk about later. Um help move us
[16:55] towards the mainstream community to help
us improve our tax base and economic
[17:00] vitality in our communities. Not
centered around public safety center
[17:06] around the business community.
So the bottom line we can't take money
[17:11] out of TDAS.
So Kim, do we have the money in the
[17:15] budget to cover this?
>> Um so now we're talking uh we're going
[17:21] to take it out of contract services
and then as we get grants we may have
[17:28] some budget amendments to take it out of
things that we have proposed to buy
[17:32] instead. Um
>> yes. So that was in the budget so that
[17:38] we can, you know, save those funds too
because if we get, you know, a grant
[17:45] that we budgeted for and you're saving
money on that.
[17:52] » Thank you.
[17:59] » I was just I was waiting for him to tell
me his success rate because I had heard
[18:03] that about his success rate. and like
ship is
[18:10] » it's pretty impressive. 74%
aggressive.
[18:16] » I'd like to make a motion that will be
accepted.
[18:20] » Second.
>> All right, we got a motion and a second.
[18:22] All in favor say I. I.
>> All oppose. Like it is so.
[18:30] » All right. Thank you, sir, for your
time. Thank you.
[18:35] before they go. Have you got a a project
team on black?
[18:40] » Well, we're still getting together on
all that. So, there's really no
[18:45] And we have nothing to uh put out there
right now. Have they got robots that can
[18:52] shoot paintball guns at
[18:56] [laughter]
[18:59] what I'm going to for the chief to get
the priorities established and we're
[19:04] going to shoot for the state grants open
in November uh through January and then
[19:10] but there's some federal grants that
just open and I'll share that and again
[19:16] I'll share uh with him all the grants
the things that I do for TFG, I'll just
[19:22] pass on to him. Um, uh, and and if there
are other big projects that you have,
[19:30] uh, I'm not a, uh, economic development
specialist, but I do write. I've written
[19:36] health grants, water grants,
transportation
[19:39] until that I can I can at least get you
the information. And if if I were able
[19:44] to help you, you know, I might be able
to do that. Sometimes my capacity
[19:49] because I do have this full-time job is
can sometimes be limited. Uh but I I've
[19:57] been a cop for or I was a cop for over
30 years. So I know the language and I
[20:02] can write those grants in my sleep so to
speak. You know what I mean? Um and that
[20:07] that helps when you know what we're
talking about. Some of the other grants
[20:11] it takes a while for me to learn but I
can do it.
[20:18] Good. Thank you. Thank you.
>> We'll get you in the paint.
[20:26] Can you certify me?
[20:31] » Number three.
[20:47] » Here we go.
[20:54] I'm sorry.
[21:15] » Okay. This is the administrator contract
for the Western Pont Council of Regents
[21:19] to administer the uh bill of reading
agreement. Unfortunately, I'd like to
[21:24] offer uh special meeting agenda. This
doesn't change any of the terms from the
[21:29] Department of Commerce contract or our
contract with revital now urgent care.
[21:34] This is strictly just a a contract that
says we the town uh allow the Western
[21:39] Pont Council of Government to do the
administrative task force, communicating
[21:44] with Commerce, submit any paperwork to
Congress, and they'll help us fill out
[21:49] any paperwork we need to for
reimbursements or when it comes time for
[21:53] us to pay our local Madison next year
after he creates the jobs and shows the
[21:58] record of keeping the jobs. So they'll
keep all those records for us and do
[22:02] that like they do for all the other for
us. So it's just a contract with them
[22:07] that just says that we're partnering
with them on this grant to help us get
[22:11] it and they're going to take care of all
the TV paperwork and other details for
[22:17] us.
[22:22] » And this this grant's already been
awarded. So they're just
[22:25] » Yeah, it's already been this just to do
for them to take care of the whole
[22:29] thing.
[22:33] » Any questions, comments?
[22:40] » I'm making a motion.
[22:48] I
have a motion and second. All in favor
[22:52] say I. I
>> all opposed.
[22:56] It is so. All right.
Item number four is the town economic
[23:02] development grants discussion.
[23:10] these uh if you remember we've been
working with um the TVA and Serous
[23:17] uh economic development law firm Kerry
uh to develop these uh downtown
[23:22] incentive grants for businesses downtown
and property owners downtown to um upit
[23:28] capabilities
both outside on the storefront, the rear
[23:34] um and
may look at interior improvements in the
[23:39] future for a higher level. But
I see the storefront with uh
[23:47] have historically appropriate exterior
facade upgrades, um new awnings,
[23:52] windows, uh paint, any type of
restoration to to the front to upfit
[23:58] your aesthetic of your downtown property
or your your business location. Uh the
[24:04] grand will be up to $2,500 a year. um uh
plus $1,000 in the rear and then $1,000
[24:15] signage. Uh there's a $5,000 a year cap
and $15,000 a year lifetime current
[24:21] property and business um that helps
commercial property or tenants uh with
[24:27] the owner's consent within the downtown
boundary. Um any properties are also
[24:33] current on their Alexander County tax
bill and their town utility. Yes.
[24:42] » Question on that.
>> Yes.
[24:45] The property will just sell go to
another
[24:49] uh owner's hands. that lifetime is
say they already use the $15,000
[24:56] lifetime cap or whatever cap is. Do the
next owners get the 15,000 or they it's
[25:05] already been done for that building.
[25:20] You say that's a Um,
[25:24] it's a good question. I haven't thought
about that. I would think if the the
[25:29] same businesses in there, I think
it'll be the lifetime cap. If a new
[25:34] owner came in and a new business came
in, I think it could
[25:39] that's a question I can ask. We can iron
that out and add that in here. It's
[25:44] verbage for us. If I can hitch on Eric,
is it transferable to you?
[25:51] » So, is it transfer? Let's say that they
meet the 15,000 cap and then they sell
[25:56] the building to somebody else. Does that
new owner get another 15,000?
[26:01] » I think that's
what I was asking for. [clears throat]
[26:08] I guess my question is to keep from
>> it says 15,000.
[26:17] » Yeah, that's what that's
>> so
[26:25] if you done that the new owner shouldn't
I mean shouldn't they
[26:30] » shouldn't renovation
>> because the money is going towards
[26:33] building not the owners. Well, I was
just trying to protect T some legal
[26:40] loophole.
>> Right. But if it's in there like that.
[26:43] » Yeah.
>> Transfer this in my daughter's name. She
[26:46] translate my son's name.
>> Yes. Exactly.
[26:51] [clears throat]
[26:58] » Uh there's also a public art grant. Um
purpose is for creation and installation
[27:05] of professional public art and public
semi public.
[27:20] Um, it's up to $5,000 per project with a
5year maintenance commitment from the
[27:26] grantee.
It's eligible to any property owners,
[27:31] uh, tenants with permission from
property owner, nonprofit, schools,
[27:35] civic groups, individual artists or
artistled teams to produce public art
[27:41] within the downtown.
So that can um
[27:48] murals, sculptures, mixed media
installation with mosaic, tile, glass
[27:54] artwork, artists design, functional
elements of benches, liners, railings,
[27:59] lighting, signage, community created art
led by professional artists. Wall work
[28:04] is to be visible from a public rideway
or public space and use durable safe
[28:10] materials. uh artwork may not advertise
for a private business uh public
[28:15] standard architectural landscaping
elements or violate any DO2 signage
[28:20] restrictions. Applicants must provide a
maintenance plan and commit to maintain
[28:24] the for years.
[28:31] So a business owner can't just go bank
assign but has to be hired professional
[28:37] artist
>> and there is a
[28:48] who counts as a professional artist.
Professional artist is someone who has
[28:51] demonstrated a record of artistic
practice such as completed public art or
[28:56] commission projects, exhibitions,
installations or gallery shows,
[29:01] maybe our degrees, training or
apprenticeships
[29:06] a portfolio of consistent original
artwork. Um, so, um, you don't
[29:11] necessarily have to be a world famous
renowned by professional artist, but
[29:18] » like Keen would be
>> as an artist.
[29:20] » I think she would
>> she had the artwork.
[29:25] » Does it got to be own does it got to be
within the city limits?
[29:29] » Yes.
>> And does it be within the downtown?
[29:32] » And and what I'm thinking about is our
barn art display this way. Yeah, that
[29:36] would be one that would definitely
qualify as for professional art because
[29:40] the people that doesn't I mean they do
shows, they do private classes and of
[29:46] course individuals have purchased those
2 by twos or two 4x4s are over there but
[29:54] that's a it's not accountability.
[29:58] I think if it through that grant
application, um, you know, I think the
[30:05] county would probably give them
permission to continue to add that to
[30:08] the building. So, I think that that
would qualify for the applicants to add
[30:13] that to the side of the building
because it was the town that initiated
[30:18] that project there, the little building
here behind us and then on this building
[30:24] itself with the Taylorville, North
Carolina
[30:31] I think that would be a good use of that
[30:36] and would be the ones to
um approve of
[30:44] the application which would be to
approve that this person is qualified or
[30:49] not. Do we what we're going to do is is
what I would like for you all to do as
[30:53] the council is we have a public hearing
on this and we'll adopt a resolution to
[31:00] uh create these grant programs and then
we will give those grant programs to the
[31:04] TGA and they administer and um direct
all the funding for those
[31:11] give them $150,000
this year and we have the budget to give
[31:17] them allocated $10,000
that was previously district available.
[31:23] We restructure that go to the TA to do
that on our behalf. So our plan, my plan
[31:28] as the manager is to continue to um
request that allocation and I would just
[31:34] go to the TDA every year and they can
use that for grants funding and we've
[31:39] already 150
revenue generated
[31:45] unless y'all were
in the future.
[31:51] So all this social is coming for TVA.
[31:58] » We're we have three options. And if it's
a 50/50 grant, the 50 that paid will
[32:05] come out of TDA.
>> Yes.
[32:13] And I I mean these are things that
I know that we have heard time after
[32:21] time after time
for months, years. This is what the
[32:28] citizens are wanting. All these
three are probably the top three outside
[32:36] of parking,
top three priorities that they have been
[32:41] requesting, you know. Um, so
I'm just excited about this. I'm excited
[32:48] about, you know, we're starting to do
the fall program here
[32:52] » and a way to make it happen.
There's also a building activation
[33:00] grant. Um the purpose of that is for
properties that are
[33:06] need to meet co compliance for our
performance of building code to have
[33:11] life safety upgrades to reoccupy vacant
commercials.
[33:17] The general amount is up to $85,000
a building per year with $15,000
[33:22] lifetime cap
eligible for that owners of restricted
[33:28] restricted tenants buildings taking 3
months or more
[33:34] on their taxes and their utility bills
if they still have active accounts. Um,
[33:39] and that is more townwide. That is not
just um a downtown
[33:45] specific grant. That is going to be more
townwide. TDA felt like um it would be
[33:50] more beneficial to the town if we did
open that up to a northern townwide
[33:55] because um that would incorporate more
vacant commercial spaces throughout the
[34:00] town. We think just the downtown.
There's only I think three or four
[34:04] within the downtown that are um
really make it whether
[34:11] the owners are building for storage or
not. There's only a select few in the
[34:14] downtown that are making so more
adaptations to open that up
[34:20] a little bit more rehabilitation
regeneration to the town across
[34:27] commercial. So would Apple herb on loud
down road be somebody that would qualify
[34:33] for that
[34:37] town
>> really
[34:45] before
[34:48] no you got people beyond the city on the
west
[34:54] » [laughter]
[34:58] » Yeah.
>> Wow.
[34:59] » They connected on to sew in the last
couple years, but they did not want
[35:06] their
>> That's on the other side.
[35:12] » I was thinking stop on the left side. It
goes all the way down to uh
[35:18] where Kayla Farm has her dress in place.
>> Oh, okay.
[35:23] » She's the first one out on that side.
The right side stops there. But I know
[35:29] the woman that own the mobile park.
That's it. That's where it stopped.
[35:34] » Yeah.
>> But that whole right side past the board
[35:39] has not.
>> No. So is not in
[35:44] » not that is that development
acres. No, they're not.
[35:49] » Okay. Cuz I know they're on that side,
but I know it's kind of
[35:53] » Yeah. Honey, when you go out there,
[36:04] » this is a
[36:09] example of application.
>> Yes, there's an example of the
[36:12] acquisition and then resolution at the
end.
[36:16] » So, are you going to read this before
our next meeting?
[36:18] » Yes.
>> So, we have no action on this. This is
[36:21] just discussion to put it in front of
you and ask questions and you want any
[36:25] more clarification within the guidelines
work to put that in. This is just
[36:32] bringing it for you.
[36:39] » Options for measurement.
We're not going to take any action on
[36:43] that today.
>> Yeah.
[36:47] » Yeah. Just looking at the grant
programs. additional thoughts on that
[36:51] and um
have a public hearing in September for
[36:56] that adopt. It'll be up to the TVA to
open up application cycle
[37:04] that process
work.
[37:16] [clears throat]
We have a discussion on the
[37:20] belove
[37:28] on number five
[37:47] that way in
sound. Uh we have
[38:00] we have four
uh
[38:05] multif family dwellings out
neighborhoods and adults
[38:12] apartments and then rich west duplexes.
Um the way that we um
[38:21] build those utility wise is we build a
um
[38:26] a master and some of them have a they
connect to the water and they have their
[38:31] own water system in there. So we build a
company
[38:36] a minimum for each door. So we have said
Mountainwood for example has 40 units.
[38:44] So we build in for a minimum each month
plus whatever gallon usage is supposed
[38:48] to master uh for we do that for
mountainwood press apartments. Um we did
[38:55] not do that for rich west. Um that was
developed in
[39:02] was sold for approval in 1999
and developed shortly thereafter. So
[39:09] since 2000 we haven't been in that way.
Um and we just that's a lot of ways that
[39:17] we can get started doing that. Um
because we are not building all of the
[39:23] developments equally across the town
according to our ordinance and our
[39:27] ordinance for that was passed in 1954.
Uh how we developed that. So, um, send
[39:35] that out to you early in the week with
proposed letter to the owner of Bridge
[39:40] Quest
duplexes on
[39:44] what that entail for him. So, I wanted
to open that up for discussion with you
[39:50] all
for that.
[39:59] offers short
[40:03] what you what you want to send him is if
you send it he's going to have to change
[40:09] his method of distribution of water
[40:15] » how he's how he's going to be build from
the t the water
[40:22] » so the other three are the for available
more than the water.
[40:27] » Yes.
>> You said Mwoods Crest Homes and what was
[40:30] the other one that is in appliance with
the ordinance. They are named correctly
[40:35] but
>> Ridgeway Apartments.
[40:37] » Ridgeway. Okay. That was the
>> So Woods is not part of that
[40:43] individual
tenants. They have they have a meter.
[40:50] » It's a water bill. They haven't made
something.
[41:00] » There's no uh there's no contract or
anything.
[41:07] » And the one in question is
>> richest
[41:11] » richest.
[41:14] Okay. Yeah.
[41:21] which is a pretty significant
difference.
[41:27] » Yeah. Um
[41:31] it's the bill that we reveal
um
[41:36] an extra
$2,585
[41:40] a month.
So for 12 months it did extra $31,20
[41:48] that
is that Frankie keepers.
[41:51] » Mhm.
>> Is that the one behind me?
[41:57] » So he's just going to pass it on to the
consumer.
[42:02] Probably
90% of that's all you
[42:10] » Yeah. said the rest of them are wrong.
[42:22] I mean, I guess they still
[42:29] » I don't think it's an easy thing to do,
but I think it's um
[42:33] the correct thing to do since that's our
[42:40] $1,000 we're losing in water and sewer
rout every that we put towards
[42:45] our current infrastructure.
>> I mean, it needs to be the same all the
[42:51] way
>> whether we go back and redo the
[42:55] ordinance, but everybody needs to be the
same. It can't be one don't have to, but
[43:00] everybody else does. That's can't work
like that.
[43:04] » I would caution redoing the ordinance
because we go back and read the
[43:08] ordinance, we lose 72 $72,000, right? I
just say that just to say it's always
[43:14] one way or the other. It can't be
>> it's got to be fair,
[43:18] » right? That that's that's what I'm
saying.
[43:20] » And over 20 I mean that adds up over a
20 year period. That's $620,000.
[43:29] » So
[43:33] that 31,000 is about a cent on the tax
rate. Is that right?
[43:40] A little over.
[43:47] take action
or
[43:51] » Okay. Yeah.
>> Yeah. He's a good inform.
[43:58] I wanted to move forward and kind of
answer any questions as best I can. I
[44:03] mean regardless if it was overlooked or
if it's whatever case was it just
[44:08] from here forward no penalty right past
just from here forwards you know we give
[44:16] time thinking you know mayor and I
discussed
[44:20] what to start
[44:24] building looking at implementing that
until um the new building on October
[44:31] October 15th
bill starting news again um for that
[44:37] whole month in November and he would see
the first bill until
[44:43] December 1st.
So he would have now
[44:49] before
[44:59] » and that's been since 1999. Is that what
you said?
[45:05] » It's started. I'd say probably 2000 2000
was when we first started receiving any
[45:12] type of water.
[45:17] But this ordinance has been here since
198.
[45:24] » Wow. Yeah, that's why I say that.
[45:37] [laughter]
>> Yeah.
[45:41] » All right. Any other discussion on the
multi family?
[45:48] All right. On the staff reports,
[45:55] um I gave you guys an updated
um
[46:01] um for the June. We um
pretty close out for June now. um
[46:10] as a new thing that was we were still
paying
[46:14] that happen
[46:17] in July for um so those are updated
numbers close
[46:24] um and currently working through the
stuff for fun
[46:30] GWI so
they're going to be out here in October
[46:34] first week of October and we'll start
our
[46:39] Hopefully get that all submitted before.
[46:50] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[46:55] Spoke with West Consultants on the
amount of streets and sidewalks project
[47:00] function. Um there's a little over
200,000 left in it after all was said
[47:05] and done. Um so we are
looking at putting together
[47:12] not really packing changed
[47:22] the whole thing over again but we are
looking to resurface C drive
[47:29] and then we're looking to
see what their costs will be
[47:34] on doing the project we've discussed a
few times over the last couple years
[47:40] which is the median project mainly
[47:47] so we get prices on
one way us
[47:52] and I just resurface it the other way
they do the entire project
[48:02] and they they can resurface from about
the exit of the service center building,
[48:10] not all the way out, not going all the
way out to the intersection with 16
[48:15] traffic, but just stop there and come
back all the way to uh First Street.
[48:22] » That's where the median stops, right?
>> Yeah.
[48:24] » Yeah. So, it would be just it'll be
resurfacing that area, taking all new
[48:28] lines
um on the roads. They're going to It's
[48:33] already paid over on the curb gutter.
So, they're looking to mill it down. Um,
[48:39] clean the curb gutter up. Hopefully, if
curb gutter looks well, it'll grind
[48:45] down. will be paid back to the curb
gutter and that way in the future you
[48:50] can put another inch or two layer on top
of it and go ahead back and have one. So
[48:58] this fix would be usually 50ear fix we
have to go around again. Um, we're also
[49:06] looking at pricing this intersection
here being resurfaced so that we can go
[49:12] in there and and dig it up and figure
out the situation with this water line
[49:17] and this fire island. and then having
instead of having cuts and patches here
[49:23] and there was really that whole
intersection that is going and then the
[49:27] final thing that we're passing is doing
a race crosswalk at the early college
[49:34] where they come in it's been a year or
so now um asking they've asked a couple
[49:41] times they put up they put up crosswalk
they put up signage but just like you
[49:48] they had issues with speeders going on
through there. So, this wouldn't be a
[49:54] speed bump, but it would be a decent
size 5T wide or so.
[50:03] » Yeah. With some signs there.
[50:07] » Once we have that packet,
uh Todd said he should have a packet
[50:14] ready by next week to give it to the
contractors. Uh it's not a fast process
[50:21] Russell is already pretty well looked at
for the year wise soon breaks this will
[50:30] be looked at but they we already
[50:35] extra money
so they they're a lot quicker than
[50:41] country
subject to deal with disappointment well
[50:46] didn't do bad work once he got here.
>> We get it in here.
[50:51] » Right.
>> But this won't happen this year. So it
[50:54] won't interfere with the apple festival.
>> No. No. That that was the other thing.
[50:58] This here will happen to till first of
the year. That way we don't have to
[51:02] worry about hometown Halloween apple
festival, hometown Christmas, none of
[51:07] that. This will all be the plan is for
it to all be done right prior to Boston.
[51:15] So there won't be no no construction
work around for those
[51:19] » and that will interfere with the time
line has to be paid out by
[51:24] » No, we have a June 30th. Um our goal is
to look at April 1st deadline getting
[51:32] everything done and everything dollared.
If it goes over a little bit,
[51:39] we'll give you some money to
all the same stuff. We don't want to
[51:45] send around.
>> No.
[51:46] » No.
>> No.
[51:50] » So that that's the plan with that. Um,
[52:02] we met with we met with Daniel from
[52:10] Friday.
[52:23] So, we've got a good idea on where we're
going to go with that project. So,
[52:28] that'll be underway.
[52:33] What else we got going on?
[52:39] I I put out new pack out request this
week. It's on the website um and
[52:46] submitted to the tree care services here
in town to do the three trees at the
[52:52] park or cemetery. Um
those are marked bridge.
[52:58] » I saw that cuz I was going to ask about
that. Yeah.
[53:01] » Um obviously I wouldn't want to go
through right now if I was doing the
[53:05] work. Um, so I I put on there like work
to be done by the end of October, but I
[53:12] want to go ahead and get out and get
everything lined up that way. We're
[53:17] still moving forward with everything
we're looking at. And as we remove the
[53:21] two or the three trees and the zones,
[53:26] so just for transparency, the master
park, what is can you just talk about
[53:33] what that all entails wise? Yeah, we're
looking at of course two parts we have
[53:41] park and park. Um what
getting an overview of the area, what we
[53:49] need to look at, um enhancing
any additions that we can make, what we
[53:57] can do to make those parks pop and maybe
draw attention to Taylor, bring people
[54:04] to Taylor. Um and then also in the
future the school complex how we can get
[54:11] that laid out and
what it's going to potentially cost
[54:18] where we can be looking fun to get but
to get that funded
[54:25] obviously that's
like to see it now but that's down the
[54:29] road and Madison Park
the near future. Um, jackass.
[54:38] They got us some more money.
>> Okay. I need to know is that going to
[54:41] count down
cuz I need that language to be explicit
[54:46] cuz that's what I was told
cuz first we talked about he asked me
[54:51] about Mat Park and then when I came to
talk to y'all, you said the town park.
[54:57] So, is that where the money's going to
go to the town park or is it going to be
[55:01] for parks?
>> Which one?
[55:04] Huh?
>> Which one's he
[55:05] » 50?
>> Which one's he listing or how?
[55:09] » Oh, he's he's listing the money right
now as town park improvements.
[55:14] » But I don't think that that will go very
far.
[55:17] » No, I mean if he can put it as town
parks world, we can use it on either
[55:22] one.
>> Cuz he's going to present that to the
[55:25] for he's going to that appropriation is
going to be approved Monday. Okay.
[55:29] » Our senator called me and asked me, did
you want $50,000? I said, "Yeah, we'll
[55:33] take it."
>> Yeah.
[55:34] » But we got to make sure that it
specifies where it goes
[55:38] » so we don't get in a situation like we
did 12 years ago
[55:42] » where we got $50,000 and it's given back
to the state.
[55:46] » See if he can if he can just town park
higher. So that way when we identify
[55:52] like you said for granted the network
[56:00] too
[56:04] master plan goes
I think part of his application was you
[56:11] know could potentially use that 50 maybe
put with the town and go after
[56:19] anotherund
from ahead. So that turns in or turns
[56:24] into 200.
>> When I had dinner with Blair Saturday
[56:28] night, he asked,
"How much more money would you want if
[56:32] you need for
[56:45] a sports complex?
[56:53] 200.
We're going to make some major
[56:56] improvements. 200 plus 50.
[57:02] » He said make it realistic.
[57:14] » Water with the SR.
We got to watch because I know times
[57:19] will be a factor on this part
with the ear mark. Um
[57:28] with the water the SRF for lane money
for water they're replacing water line
[57:34] that goes across the cor there in
Madison Park. In process of replacing
[57:40] that we're going to extend that cover
out an additional 30 ft into the park.
[57:47] Um we don't have funding for the second
part of that which would be relocate the
[57:53] sewer line from where it's at now which
is the walking path that is actually
[57:58] sewer area just put in front of for
safety measures. We want to relocate
[58:04] that line back and go over the new cer
and do away with the lock back area. Um
[58:12] so
[58:15] a low number I think to do that you're
looking at probably 70 $80,000.
[58:22] um
to look further forward against part
[58:27] that in place
that connects
[58:32] into third park right there south.
>> Yes.
[58:38] » It's all connected because it's a very
very unsafe
[58:43] » travel through there. It's already
narrow which will widen that to
[58:47] regulation to a bigger grade area but
you look at hometown
[58:54] through there sidewalk
they're on the side of the road and then
[59:00] most of the time the park
so looking at that
[59:08] of course we're looking at the bathroom
facility that's now see originally
[59:12] that's what he offered money for was the
afterwards.
[59:14] » Yeah.
>> And and me and they can talk afterwards.
[59:18] That would be, you know, if it goes
towards the bathroom, that would be
[59:22] great. I don't know. I don't know.
100,000.
[59:30] » I mean, just for the bathroom facility.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Just for the bathroom
[59:34] facility itself, just because Yeah.
While labor is free with using the high
[59:39] school um and we've already looked at
just the plan itself just to draw the
[59:46] turn into
build that build inspections with West
[59:52] looking at 5 to 15 depending upon the
definition of the project. uh we reach
[59:58] out to a firm out of Bethlehem and
they're getting some price is going to
[1:00:02] be five to six now that that eliminated
um topography and
[1:00:12] your storm run off and all that stuff I
feel like we can see you know 25
[1:00:21] area
off that but
[1:00:26] just in getting started. Now we can or
once we have that now we can go our
[1:00:33] concrete path and get the plumbing put
in into the path. Uh so we'll be
[1:00:39] starting moving forward.
We're also already two months behind
[1:00:43] what we had hoped. We we hoped on after
Labor Day that would be starting to lay
[1:00:51] off but just like every other project we
do this. So [snorts]
[1:00:59] and that's just Madison Park. You go to
town park, the bleachers are killing the
[1:01:05] park.
>> Um,
[1:01:08] we've got drainage issues. The retaining
wall is washing out around it. Um, I
[1:01:15] have no idea what
that tanning wall would cost to redo.
[1:01:21] uh especially if you get engineered to
leave that property. If plan for
[1:01:29] a bath 25 or 25 bathroom still is
55
[1:01:36] God knows what came but it actually is
going to happen
[1:01:41] $100,000.
>> Yeah. I mean just that long.
[1:01:46] » Yeah cuz it's pretty high too. So it is
and we talked about I mean not having it
[1:01:52] go out as far
tapers back.
[1:01:56] um more where we wouldn't have to have
as much water. Um,
[1:02:04] I know a couple of instances
right now that pretend about that size,
[1:02:09] a little taller over $100,000
just
[1:02:17] it was done. It was nice. I mean, it was
pretty solid, right?
[1:02:24] And if we can get it,
that's not to say we can't get high
[1:02:28] school back
to do that, but we got to make sure it's
[1:02:36] too many.
>> Yeah.
[1:02:38] » Yeah.
>> What is a lot of people
[1:02:43] load?
>> Well, no. Eddie Eddie is what it is. But
[1:02:48] Blair
Blair's got in really tight with the
[1:02:52] speaker and uh the speaker is our next
door neighbor. And so
[1:03:01] I would either the speaker just got
called on county $62 million.
[1:03:09] » He needs to share some of that.
>> We take what we get.
[1:03:15] Yeah,
[1:03:19] » I was saying 500
[1:03:23] gives us the availability.
>> I'm still the 200,000 y.
[1:03:28] » Well, if they gave if they gave them 162
million
[1:03:33] project
[1:03:37] 500,000. [clears throat]
>> Yeah.
[1:03:38] » If we ask for 583,
>> like grandma said, you always go up.
[1:03:44] can't come back.
>> Right. And like you said, like you me
[1:03:47] and you talked if they didn't say
everything we asked for, we didn't ask
[1:03:51] for enough until they turned us down on
>> Well, that's what Eddie told me. He said
[1:03:57] when he took when we got we got about
131,000 and Wils got like 2.8 million.
[1:04:04] And I looked at him, he says, I gave you
most.
[1:04:08] » Well, that's what I'm saying.
That doesn't park in my mind needs to be
[1:04:12] a
lighted
[1:04:16] pave path
pickle ball court just a an attraction
[1:04:21] from the center of town. I mean honestly
if that's what we're talking about with
[1:04:26] new bathroom facility I mean if we're
going to go then I think it would be
[1:04:31] well I think in that case it would be
strategic. Let's let's ask for the
[1:04:35] 500,000 for this year and we get these
infrastructure improvements done at the
[1:04:41] park that need to be done and then once
we finish this partial rec master plan
[1:04:45] we can look at the RF grant aven
[1:04:50] budget for state to help us continue to
build that on this part. Can you send me
[1:04:57] some provision on that 500?
>> Yeah. Now this so this
[1:05:03] » not the 50 but additional 500.
>> Right. So this would
[1:05:09] be June 302
[1:05:17] that no I'm asking.
>> Oh why? Well see this this
[1:05:22] appropriations it's done. So this is in
the short session starting the long
[1:05:27] session which will be January 3rd.
That's when those those potentially go
[1:05:33] beyond.
Oh, Lord. Yeah. Yeah, that that'll be
[1:05:37] that'll be the key because
you know if you're whichever there's be
[1:05:44] parts of it that we're not going to end
up getting bids for contract work until
[1:05:50] mid 2028
which will be the sewer line which will
[1:05:55] be let's say 2028 $100,000 instead of
[1:06:02] » because it escalate because of time
>> right Um but the other stuff you know
[1:06:08] bathroom facilities
um we can go ahead and work on that.
[1:06:13] Yeah, we can go ahead and do sidewalk.
>> Yeah.
[1:06:16] » And then just join that section.
[1:06:22] Definitely town park that's
here. Now that is that is one of we are
[1:06:29] working on getting the well closed off
down here
[1:06:34] which wasn't
getting that building
[1:06:38] here
which will
[1:06:49] park
outside of getting this year.
[1:06:58] I mean, so I don't I feel like that
would be an issue with time constra
[1:07:08] that would be great. Then we'll have
that save us money.
[1:07:13] » That's good on the front end, but in
three more years, somebody's going to
[1:07:16] have to cop up a big bunch of money out
there that football field cuz it's got
[1:07:20] to be refurbished.
>> Yeah. And they're looking at about
[1:07:22] $450,000.
>> Yeah. Well, five years.
[1:07:26] » They stay in other schools having to
look at it, too.
[1:07:29] » Oh, yeah. I mean, they're crying because
if they don't have the funding and then
[1:07:33] it starts unhapp.
[1:07:40] » And there's also a new business right
there beside the park. Correct.
[1:07:46] » The guy that bought the
>> Oh, Chris, he bought the building. I
[1:07:50] think he's going to have separate
businesses that keep things in there
[1:07:56] classic
[1:08:12] all the
issues and I think the art there.
[1:08:19] Like I said, the roof was either 177 or
$77,000.
[1:08:26] He's put a lot of money in that
property.
[1:08:29] I'm grateful for it.
[1:08:35] » All right. Uh, any other
anything else?
[1:08:40] » No.
>> All right,
[1:08:45] I met with uh Tim and Lori Mason from
the Springs Group yesterday about the
[1:08:51] hospital. Um
Tim is still in uh
[1:08:58] looking at demoing it him itself and
found some price from some local
[1:09:02] contractors. Um
like us there's grant funding you can go
[1:09:07] and we'd like to apply for that. Laura
and I are looking at some some federal
[1:09:11] grants that we can try to apply for and
re-engage the the TVA on partnership
[1:09:18] with Tim um to where um that's been for
but um you know if that um doesn't come
[1:09:26] to fruition he's very much on board
moving forward and trying to tear it
[1:09:29] down itself hopefully by the end of the
year. So, I'll continue to update you on
[1:09:35] that project. We're um trying to put
together uh as we look at some of this
[1:09:40] federal funding to will be developed
there in the future, what is developed
[1:09:44] there in the future and trying to
provide the community with more
[1:09:47] healthcare options. So, we're creating
more like a healthcare part or something
[1:09:52] like that. trying to engage multiple
organizations to kind of come together
[1:09:56] and um create kind of a multifaceted
approach for that grant application
[1:10:02] effect
make our healthcare services to the
[1:10:06] community more robust and
eliminate high school.
[1:10:12] Um he mentioned the partial rec master
plan we'll have a contract for that will
[1:10:18] be on the agenda in September. Um
there's also going to be the contract
[1:10:24] for the GIS Mavic for the cemetery in
Chicago. The agenda um I reached out to
[1:10:33] um Matthew Hecker who owns one of the
buildings downtown. He's um open to
[1:10:40] looking at town versus that as a um
grant for like a commercial uh district
[1:10:47] grant. So I had a meeting with them
Thursday. We would get process for that
[1:10:52] having to have an appraisal and correct
what the appraisal is and he said that
[1:10:58] he's open to having that conversation
with us and sell it to the town and us
[1:11:04] kind of recreating doing our own version
of a downtown project with the
[1:11:10] commercial building. Um
[1:11:14] hopefully we'll have a contract uh from
the design group in Bethlehem for the
[1:11:19] building um in the bathroom facility. So
we can look at that. Um
[1:11:26] and the yard sale is still um on for
September 5th and Saturday. Currently we
[1:11:33] only have five people that have paid but
had you know almost 20 people that
[1:11:38] contacted us interested in applications.
So um several people came in and paid
[1:11:43] yesterday. So I think um we promoted
that in the paper and on the radio I
[1:11:49] think more people come in as we get
closer.
[1:11:52] » Share it on Facebook. Share share share
share share.
[1:11:54] » It's advertising about that because
everybody pretty much I talk to don't
[1:11:59] know about it. So
even though Facebook reaches out pretty
[1:12:03] good, um I would like to see next year
being put up.
[1:12:09] any town. Everybody want to drive by
they can see. Okay. If I can get the
[1:12:12] yard sale sign
[1:12:27] » even reaching out into other counties we
can
[1:12:32] uh I know billboards are expensive but
that's kind of the idea that I had uh
[1:12:37] using some of the money that would get
hopefully more people sign up and just
[1:12:42] use that for I'd like to be able to
donate a good sum of money to a charity
[1:12:47] or local event or local charity or
whatever, but I also want to pay for the
[1:12:52] advertising for next year
with that. So,
[1:12:56] » just so you know, the contact I made
September phone call is free month.
[1:13:02] » Well, we quoted the weed,000.
>> Yeah. Come on.
[1:13:08] » No one
>> everything in one
[1:13:18] place.
>> Well, you just quoted me 350.
[1:13:20] » Yeah. [groaning]
[1:13:26] » Okay.
Well, we were going to be put in front
[1:13:29] of somebody,
>> but he was but he's doing it because of
[1:13:32] the organization that swim,
>> right?
[1:13:37] He does.
>> Yeah,
[1:13:41] » he does offer discounts to me, but you
probably not. But
[1:13:48] that's okay. It's his business. But we
were going to be he was going to
[1:13:53] expedite us in front of somebody. So
that part
[1:14:01] » um in regards to town attorney um one my
reports I mentioned I reached out to him
[1:14:08] from this lives in Eldell uh originally
from Hickory um he joined the Rotary
[1:14:16] Club here and um practices law here now
doesn't have any local experience but
[1:14:23] has some experience do some different uh
federal civil rights litigation cases
[1:14:28] that he was um assistant on experienced
with a lot of contracts. Um so he hit me
[1:14:34] over
things. What's his name?
[1:14:38] » Ian McCra.
[1:14:42] Um also uh advertise that RFQ get some
bills from interested firms and see you
[1:14:49] know what we can get.
We need a talent here. We got a lot of
[1:14:54] different projects going on.
We got a new um all these different
[1:15:00] grant uh projects and hopefully some
more whether that be police department
[1:15:05] or parks and rec water and sewer. So
we're going to need someone to help us
[1:15:09] navigate through all that. So the
deadline for that will be September 4th.
[1:15:13] So I'll keep you updated on how many
submiss submissions we get and send all
[1:15:19] those to you once we
collect those.
[1:15:23] Is Manor still active or is he totally
retired?
[1:15:27] » Uh, he's still active. I did prior to
our regular meeting and our special
[1:15:31] meeting asked him for refuted his
contract all
[1:15:37] but approved. So, he did help us out on
that and he said he will be willing to
[1:15:44] kind of help us
as needed basis until we fulfill that
[1:15:49] decision.
I did want to bring up uh this uh
[1:15:56] overall audio system. Um this is a um
system that the Presbyterian church down
[1:16:04] the street uses for their sanctuary uh
for members of the community that have
[1:16:12] herinates or um for lack of a better
phrase here. And um it emits a um audio
[1:16:22] frequency like an FM frequency that
activates the T portal within your
[1:16:28] hearing aate and it tunes right into
your ear. It helps you listen
[1:16:33] and things more
efficiently. So you don't have to you'll
[1:16:40] be getting several different complaints
on some of the members that send our
[1:16:43] county council that they can't hear. Uh,
so, um, came and asked me to talk to
[1:16:49] Paul about what they did there cuz they
had set it up. So, I reached out to that
[1:16:52] company. They're out of Colorado. It's a
man and his wife, they created it and he
[1:16:58] makes it
and he gave me the the base price for
[1:17:04] the system, which basically like a
sandboard box. plug into our pieces and
[1:17:09] it's on the other side of this and we
would have to run this little wire
[1:17:13] around the counter or call a bearing for
the frequencies emitted just in this
[1:17:18] room. Um, so the price on that is $895.
If we got any additional receivers like
[1:17:25] for individuals that may not have
hearing aids, we can put headphones on
[1:17:30] while here be $100 a piece and then the
shipping is $7. So I want to bring that
[1:17:36] up to you all before moving forward with
purchasing any of that or looking at any
[1:17:42] other options
about that. Talk about let's say some
[1:17:47] type of audio system here in the castle
chambers to help
[1:17:52] our attendees
here. Is that something that if you got
[1:17:57] it can be installed without having to
hire somebody to install it?
[1:18:01] » Yeah, we can we can install it. So under
$1,000
[1:18:05] minus the $100 from a hearing device,
someone that's got the hearing aids,
[1:18:10] they would be able to pick up on that.
>> Yes.
[1:18:15] » I like the idea because I want to hear
too. So remember I was elected. I don't
[1:18:20] have hearings because I want to be able
to make sure I heard everything.
[1:18:26] It's frustrating not to be able to hear.
U so yeah, I like the idea.
[1:18:32] Well, I think we'll pursue this.
[1:18:36] » Is this something you bring in September
or uh I think it's kind of within our
[1:18:42] threshold. So we have to look at
budget and I'll look at that
[1:18:50] talk about that we have to bring up
[1:18:59] » now is our question is our microphones
on all through every meeting like
[1:19:05] another way they pick up. Yeah, those
are on. It looks like they're on
[1:19:11] right now, but they're on
[1:19:16] » So, we can make sure that
[1:19:30] uh other than that it all happened.
[1:19:36] Wow.
[1:19:43] I've got a question.
What What did you do to Stacy's side?
[1:19:52] And I know Kim probably got the front of
that, but
[1:19:59] I don't like somebody watching a line on
Facebook.
[1:20:04] » Yeah.
Is it because of the dumpsters? Are they
[1:20:10] recycling?
Apparently this was um you know our
[1:20:17] states as a business you're you're a
president you're allowed one trash can
[1:20:22] and one recycling. If you want more than
that, then
[1:20:27] charge it for that
up to two. And then above that, you have
[1:20:32] to get a dumpster, which we can help
coordinate through public services.
[1:20:36] That's just going to be on your monthly
bill, the cost of that dumpster. Um,
[1:20:42] but I think the issue they have down
there is the alleyway back there is not
[1:20:47] spot on management. So if they're going
to get a dumpster and princely
[1:20:52] management I still say that that's okay
not going to put one back there
[1:20:58] management system that's okay
I am speaking with uh crimson management
[1:21:05] and the county about how we can partner
for that parking lot back there and make
[1:21:09] it um usable for public parking that
wouldn't um until management making some
[1:21:16] improvements and then providing a
dumpster space back there that all of
[1:21:20] their um businesses along there can
utilize. So that could be potential in
[1:21:27] the future, but if they were going to
put one back there right now, she have
[1:21:30] permission management to place that. So
that would be between her and her
[1:21:42] same person.
[1:21:47] It's not the same person. It's not the
same on land building
[1:21:56] too. You had two different businesses
utilizing trash cans and even though the
[1:22:02] trash can the trash can stay out there
whether it's occupied or not. So you had
[1:22:10] whoever was there had to place the extra
trash can and now you got too many
[1:22:14] businesses there utilizing those
[1:22:19] short trash cans
using a lot of trash cans. Yeah. And
[1:22:26] they were using those trash cans
trash.
[1:22:33] » We want to comment obviously we did want
I think Well, I didn't see what her
[1:22:39] vehicle was and
get another can. If she has to pay for
[1:22:43] it, she'll just pass that along to
people that are renting the building.
[1:22:47] My goodness gracious. And
[1:22:53] 8:30, 9:00 that morning.
>> Yeah.
[1:22:56] » And then by 9:30
posted about it. So there was no time
[1:23:00] for respond to respond. My comment was
if you got a problem coming here. Yeah,
[1:23:08] » address it to us.
>> You know, to me that's a coward putting
[1:23:12] stuff on Facebook like that.
[1:23:16] » Kim, I'm sorry you had to go through
that.
[1:23:18] » Oh, I was smiling.
>> Oh, you get back to her.
[1:23:27] I mean sometimes it does take a few
minutes to get in touch with public
[1:23:31] service.
[1:23:38] I mean we do have Rachel's done a good
job of um get some contact information
[1:23:44] for a few people that she can't get into
contact with quicker and more easily.
[1:23:49] Sometimes we're not unfortunately
has been defeated [cough]
[1:23:56] and they're our business.
>> Exactly.
[1:24:02] » I'm just uh
I'm just amazed I guess best word for
[1:24:09] it. Um all the things we're doing. I'm
excited.
[1:24:15] I think we're stepping in the right
direction and keep it going. Um so many
[1:24:20] projects going on and it's just
It's just good to see and good to hear.
[1:24:27] I mean, I I hear positive things all the
time. I mean, not anytime I'm out in
[1:24:31] town, people are coming to me. We are so
glad to see all that's going on. Thank
[1:24:37] you. You know, that we want to keep that
momentum. We want to keep that going.
[1:24:41] Um, and I think we're headed that way.
excited and I'm just I can't say enough
[1:24:48] phrase. I can't
>> I'm reiterate that.
[1:24:54] I'm glad that downtown is has shaped the
way it's shaped right now. I'm ecstatic
[1:24:59] about the the new restaurant in the
town. That's going to have tremendously
[1:25:05] seems to be a better quality of uh
better quality of business downtown than
[1:25:13] there was. Um obviously making vacc
[1:25:22] I like the direction that more like 10%
also Jack I would like u moneywise if if
[1:25:31] they get a grant for
[1:25:36] dress
[1:25:39] what
[1:25:42] » trash choice
I was open to that discussion. I know uh
[1:25:47] Aaron's like
[1:25:52] » with all this money we're going to get
from this grant writer, there'll be
[1:25:55] money freed up to buy truck.
>> Well, I think
[1:26:01] there are
>> Hey, what's the story with our street?
[1:26:07] It's not
>> It was gone for
[1:26:10] about five weeks.
Um,
[1:26:14] it's like
cuz the dead squirrels are piling up on
[1:26:20] my curbers
[1:26:24] that road property.
[1:26:29] It is it is back. We're trying to be but
we had sent off a couple years um till
[1:26:36] we sent back to to which place they
servicing. um and had6 or $7,000 worth
[1:26:46] of work done
um just a general cost of general
[1:26:54] maintenance on the borders and panels
and things like that. So
[1:27:01] the work back
[1:27:11] now
service
[1:27:26] January are already know how
That's right.
[1:27:30] » Well, that's right. Right now
[1:27:59] trash track destruction. Um, I know we
go, but that's something I'd really like
[1:28:06] to see in the next couple years, next
year or two for us to move toward our
[1:28:10] home trash pickup.
So, put that back in line. I do want to
[1:28:16] say thank you to to the staff, Nathan,
the staff, all of them do a fantastic
[1:28:22] job here at town hall.
Um, I can't be more pleased how you
[1:28:29] conduct yourselves and
I think we got a great team. So, I just
[1:28:36] say continue your great work and thank
you for all you do.
[1:28:41] » Yes.
[1:28:45] » Anybody else? I need a motion.
>> Motion second.
[1:28:49] » All in favor? All right.
[1:28:56] You ready?