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Welcome you to our meeting tonight. Before we open our regularly monthly meeting, we are going to open a public hearing. And the purpose of the public hearing is to give notice to the town of Vernon, that the town

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of Vernon has been awarded.

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Under the 2026 grant year, the community development block grant.

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We have amended our capital investment plan and we've decided to apply for funds

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on behalf of the North Main Street Reconstruction Plan.

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We have been awarded $500,000 for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2027, and then the additional $200,000 will be the following year.

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So our project manager for this project is Jay Richie.

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He's the name that's on the application.

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So he'll continue to help us since he was involved in writing the grant.

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Of course, Scott Livingston over the roads and myself as the mayor will also be involved in what we need to do.

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Let me just briefly explain what the project is. We will begin at the bottom of

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Castino Street or what we call the Store Hill and we'll go north on Main Street.

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We're hoping to go as far as $700,000 will take us. We haven't quite worked that

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out because they're saying that I do believe that we're going to have to have a certain place in mind

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that this is as far as we're going. But yeah, we really don't know how far our money will take us. So

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we've got to work that part out.

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But we are hoping that we can get most of at least Main Street done,

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not North Main Street, which is from Larson Lane on down the rest of the way.

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Are there any comments

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for anyone in the...

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Are they wide needed?

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We're planning on having it go 20 feet

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like it is going south on Main Street

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and how it is coming down the story of

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so low water.

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We've widened about 2 feet.

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Hopefully so people can pass

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without having to drive off the road

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but 20 feet seems to work first there.

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Any other questions or comments?

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The purpose of this hearing is just to let you know about the project.

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Of course, you know what it takes to get a project like that mobilized.

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So I can't tell you if it will be this summer or next.

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We do have 18 months to complete the project.

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So, we'll possibly start.

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After this meeting I went to today, I would say probably next year but because by the time

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we've got a higher engineering and they've got to do their thing and this is a HUD program.

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This is a federal money and so there are a lot of highs that need to be dotted and a lot

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of T's that need to be crossed.

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Can you make sure the tailings get put behind the fire station?

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Probably not.

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We'll probably give you some on another road out.

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We're going to tear up.

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Oh, I'm just saying so we can.

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No, they're not going to haul them away.

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Okay, any other comments?

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If not, we will make sure that copies of the capital investment plan

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are available if anyone would like a copy.

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I don't know when we'll get those, but we will try to get those available to you.

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So if there's not any more comments, we will adjourn the public hearing at 707.