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[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?

Town Council Work Session August 18th, 2026

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