[8:26] Alright.
[8:27] We are live and late breaking
here at six thirty PM on
[8:30] Tuesday, August eleventh.
[8:32] Town council regular meeting town
council of Warrington meeting.
[8:36] All members are present.
[8:37] A quorum is established.
Business may be conducted.
[8:41] And we will kick things
off with our usual
[8:45] invocation.
[8:47] And I am sorry to be
now oh, I'm sorry.
[8:52] The invocation is John Kovacas,
[8:53] pastor of Warrens
and Bible Fellowship,
[8:54] who will offer the invocation.
[8:55] After the invocation, we ask
that you all remain standing,
[8:58] we'll turn to the flag, recite
the pledge of allegiance,
[9:00] and we'll go from there.
[9:01] Mister Kovacas?
[9:02] Thank you so much. My honor
to be here this evening.
[9:05] Let's bow our heads.
[9:07] Father in heaven,
[9:09] we pray that you would
preside over this meeting,
[9:12] that you would conduct this
meeting in dignity and the
[9:15] honor that it deserves.
[9:16] I thank you for these public
servants who come here
[9:18] unfailingly, father.
[9:20] Sometimes under great
scrutiny, I pray, father,
[9:23] we give them a
blessing of wisdom,
[9:25] a blessing of discernment.
[9:26] I pray that the decisions and
the discussions they have this
[9:29] evening will be met with the
same grace and mercy we have
[9:32] all received from you.
[9:33] And I pray that you be lord
over this town and this council.
[9:38] In Jesus name. Amen. Thank you.
[10:01] First item of business this
evening is our proclamations
[10:04] and recognitions.
[10:05] Recognitions.
[10:05] We will turn it over to and
welcome mister Rex to your
[10:08] first official town
council meeting.
[10:11] Thank you.
[10:11] Second, sir.
[10:13] Did he lead the I wasn't
here. He led the July meeting.
[10:16] Okay. Was leading
the last meeting.
[10:19] Stephanie Millard was gracious enough
to help him out as as needed, sir.
[10:22] Okay. So you're it still
feels like the first.
[10:25] So I wasn't here, so
it's my first for you.
[10:28] So okay.
[10:29] Well, good evening, mayor and
council, members of Warrenton,
[10:33] town of Warrenton.
[10:35] Excited to kinda highlight some of
the things that have gone on
[10:37] with team Warrenton
this past month.
[10:41] It's been a busy month,
[10:42] and so I wanna do a few recognitions
for members of our team.
[10:47] So throughout all my
career in local government,
[10:50] I've always created a folder in
my Outlook inbox called kudos.
[10:55] And so whenever I get a a
citizen email or or from
[10:59] an elected official or from a
staff member kinda recognizing
[11:03] a member of our team,
[11:05] I always put it in there and
and kinda store those away so I
[11:09] can always go back
and read them.
[11:10] And this past couple weeks ago,
[11:13] I got a really nice email
from from a resident of Oliver
[11:17] City, and they were
talking about Wayne Toomey.
[11:21] We all know Wayne.
[11:22] He's been in in public
works for a long time,
[11:24] salt of the earth guy,
[11:26] and I have to share a quote
from this email because it
[11:29] really captures what I think excellence
in action means for our culture.
[11:35] The resident wrote,
[11:36] at a time when public servants
often receive much public
[11:39] criticism, it is great to see
the example of dedication,
[11:42] competence, and professionalism
set by mister Toomey.
[11:46] And I think, of course,
[11:47] he was talking
specifically about Wayne,
[11:49] and Wayne kinda went above and
beyond to help him out with
[11:51] some really small
issues, but just, again,
[11:55] went way above and beyond.
[11:57] And so it was but I I I
felt like those words really
[12:00] captured what what excellence
in action means and and sets us
[12:04] up for a a great culture here
at the town of Warrenton.
[12:07] So I wanted to recognize Wayne.
[12:09] Also, our our town
clerk, Steven.
[12:12] He just sent an email to you
talking about a a course that
[12:15] was recently approved
that he designed
[12:18] helping to certify FOIA
representatives throughout the state.
[12:23] Really a great recognition
there and appreciate what
[12:25] Steven does for the town,
[12:27] not only keeping us compliant
but really enhancing the
[12:29] transparency of of everything
that happens here in Warrenton.
[12:34] Continuing on, so we had an
incident here in in downtown
[12:39] a couple weeks ago, something
on a Wednesday that was totally
[12:43] unexpected, and we we
had to evacuate downtown.
[12:47] And, you know, it was not a
this was not sort of a ballet
[12:51] type of event.
[12:53] This was just get out of the
building as quick as you can,
[12:56] and it took a lot of effort
to help make that happen.
[12:59] I know it was the the
sheriff's office initially that came over
[13:01] here and helped us evacuate,
[13:03] but it also internally we
learned some lessons about how
[13:06] we can communicate better,
[13:08] and and hopefully nothing
like that ever happens again.
[13:10] But if it does, we are prepared
and and ready for that.
[13:13] But there were a lot of members
of the team that helped to make
[13:16] sure that we were
safe throughout that event,
[13:19] so I wanna recognize
town staff for that.
[13:22] And then July twentieth was
a very busy day in the town.
[13:25] If you recall back, we had
a major waterline break
[13:29] up on Winchester Street, had
to close the street down,
[13:32] and then at the same time,
[13:33] we also had a dump truck that
took out a utility pole down by
[13:37] the by the middle middle
school construction site,
[13:40] and those things happened
within like a matter of hours,
[13:43] and so it was a lot of a lot of
chaos, a lot of managed chaos,
[13:46] and and response from the team.
[13:48] So our utilities team wanted to
give them a shout out and then
[13:51] also recognize the police
department for helping to kind
[13:55] of address the utility
pole situation there.
[13:58] And actually some of the
of the wires fell onto a
[14:02] vehicle as they were
driving on Shirley there,
[14:04] and so we had some response
from the fire department fire
[14:08] and rescue as well.
[14:09] So, again, a very
busy July twentieth,
[14:12] if you remember
back to that day.
[14:14] Our public works team did a
Build a Birdhouse event with
[14:18] some members of the public and
wanted to recognize just that
[14:20] engagement effort
that that took place.
[14:23] Proud of them for having some fun
there and and getting some things done.
[14:27] And then of course, last week
was our national night out,
[14:30] the annual event where we get
to showcase all of our public
[14:34] safety professionals,
law enforcement officers,
[14:36] and all the partner
agencies that came out.
[14:38] So, again, that was all put on
by the town and and the amazing
[14:42] staff and volunteers that
helped to make that happen.
[14:45] So lots of good examples
of excellence and
[14:49] action to share
with you tonight.
[14:51] So that's it. Go
team Warrington.
[14:54] Yeah. Go team.
Thank you very much.
[15:00] I will just emphasize the
[15:04] professionalism work and
ethic of mister Wayne Toomey.
[15:08] Cannot say enough kind words
or professional or supportive
[15:11] words of the work he does
for the town of Warrenton.
[15:13] I also wanna point out that
when we look at emergency
[15:15] preparedness regarding
the bomb threat,
[15:18] this is Johnny Switzer and the
work that we have been doing
[15:22] recently to build our emergency
responsiveness planning.
[15:27] These are things that
five, ten years ago,
[15:29] we would not have
been prepared to do.
[15:32] So this is a big thank
you to Johnny Switzer,
[15:35] to everyone to Hunter Diggs,
[15:38] you know, everyone who's been part of
the process of getting us to this point.
[15:43] These are things that did not
exist in the town of Warrenton
[15:46] until the town council directed
staff to establish these things
[15:50] and properly fund them.
[15:51] So these are things
that create a safe town,
[15:55] and we're grateful for that.
[15:57] Alright.
[16:00] That will now bring
us to Citizens Time.
[16:02] And Citizens Time, I
have a preamble for that,
[16:05] which I will read.
[16:07] Citizens' time,
[16:08] citizens have up to three
minutes to address counsel on
[16:10] any non agenda item.
[16:12] We do have two public
hearings tonight.
[16:14] The public hearings are on
[16:21] the Dominion's
[16:23] Brant to easement to anyway,
[16:25] underground some wires
and a text amendment.
[16:28] So please, if you're addressing
the hotel or if you're addressing
[16:31] undergrounding of of
wires near the dog park,
[16:34] please save that for
the public hearing.
[16:37] Citizen's time is
for other issues.
[16:39] When you come to the mic,
[16:41] please state your name and area of
residence when called to the podium.
[16:44] If you have written
statements or materials,
[16:45] please provide a copy to the
town clerk for the record.
[16:48] A reminder, citizen's
time is for comments only,
[16:50] not for questions or debate.
[16:52] All comments should be directed
to the chair and council,
[16:55] not other participants.
[16:56] Civility and respect are expected
from everyone at all times.
[16:59] And please watch the
light at the podium.
[17:01] It is right at the top. Green
means your time has begun.
[17:04] Amber indicates that
thirty seconds remain,
[17:05] and red means the time is up,
[17:06] and we ask that you yield the
floor to the next speaker.
[17:09] Council members will listen to
your comments and take notes,
[17:11] but will not rescind
during this time.
[17:13] We will have the comp the sign
in sheet are provided to all
[17:17] council members, so follow-up
is desired by council.
[17:20] They have the opportunity
to reach out to you.
[17:21] We thank you for your
cooperation. Mister Clough.
[17:24] Mister mayor, our first
speaker tonight is miss Ellen,
[17:26] and I apologize if I pronounced
his name incorrectly, Dykle.
[17:37] So good evening. I'm Ellen
Dykell from ward one.
[17:43] Hey.
[17:44] So last month, the council
proposed drafting an ordinance
[17:48] to restrict e scooter and e bike
usage due to safety concerns.
[17:53] In that same discussion,
LSVs and golf carts came up,
[17:57] and Roy actually let me know that
that came up again this morning.
[18:03] While I'm glad that LSV
usage isn't being restricted
[18:07] beyond what Virginia
law already allows,
[18:09] I'd like to ask the council to
also consider allowing golf carts.
[18:14] The legal difference between
LSVs and golf carts comes down
[18:17] to equipment and registration.
[18:19] LSVs must be
titled, registered, insured,
[18:22] and built with
mirrors, windshield, and wipers.
[18:24] Golf carts have none
of that by default,
[18:27] which is why they're restricted
unless a town passes an
[18:29] ordinance to allow them.
[18:32] LSVs are marginally
safer on paper,
[18:35] but significantly more
expensive, double the cost or
[18:38] more, putting them out of
reach for many residents.
[18:41] I don't believe the windshield
wipers or title titling
[18:44] meaningfully changes
safety outcomes here.
[18:47] The safety gap I do see
is liability insurance.
[18:51] Pairing a golf cart
[18:54] approved ordinance with
required insurance and
[18:58] possibly seat belts would close
that safety gap while keeping
[19:02] golf carts affordable.
[19:04] I don't think anyone's argued
against golf carts so much
[19:07] as no one's made the
case for them yet.
[19:09] So let me make it because
that is why I'm here tonight.
[19:13] I don't think it's right that
only the families with an extra
[19:16] ten grand to spare get to enjoy
getting around Borrenton in this way.
[19:21] Beyond affordability, this is
about preserving our small town,
[19:25] helping our old town businesses
thrive and keeping our
[19:27] community connected.
[19:29] So picture this,
[19:30] taking your grandkids up to
Main Street in a golf cart for
[19:33] an ice cream cone or picture
puttering over to your friend's
[19:36] house for a cookout in the
next neighborhood over,
[19:40] waving to your neighbors
as you pass by.
[19:43] Golf carts give residents
an affordable way to easily
[19:46] connect with each other
and to Old Town as Nova
[19:49] keeps expanding towards us,
holding on to that family
[19:52] friendly classic small town
charm matters more every year.
[19:59] Additionally, golf cart
usage would increase
[20:02] patronage to our
Old Town businesses.
[20:04] Residents are more likely to go
on a whim for dinner or coffee,
[20:08] for example, when the ride
itself is part of the fun,
[20:11] not just a means to get there.
[20:14] Regarding safety impact,
[20:17] Some of the benefits are that
it would slow traffic slightly,
[20:21] particularly on
Main Street here,
[20:23] which would increase pedestrian
awareness and give drivers
[20:26] vastly superior visibility over
[20:31] drivers in traditional vehicles.
[20:37] So in closing, I'd like to
propose to the council to
[20:40] consider adopting an
ordinance to allow
[20:44] golf carts.
[20:45] Thank you.
[20:49] And obviously, I did write
down what I had to say.
[20:53] Thank you. You.
[20:57] Mr.
[20:57] Mayor, have no additional
speakers signed up at this time.
[20:59] There are no other speakers.
[21:01] If anyone in the audience has
an issue they wish to address
[21:03] on matters of importance
to the town of Warrington,
[21:05] they're welcome to stand up now.
[21:11] Hearing none, we will then move
on to our next item on the agenda,
[21:15] which is the approval
of the agenda.
[21:17] I will look to counsel to make
a motion to approve said agenda.
[21:22] Mr.
[21:23] Mayor, I make a motion to approve
the agenda as written or presented.
[21:27] So moved by Mr.
[21:29] Francis. Is there a second?
[21:31] Second. Second by mister Mooney.
[21:33] Is there a discussion
on the motion?
[21:36] Motion on the floor is the approval
of the agenda as submitted.
[21:41] No further discussion.
I'll call the question.
[21:43] I'll turn it to my right.
[21:44] Mister Mooney? Aye.
Mister Francis? Aye.
[21:46] Vice mayor Semple? Aye.
Mister Kovalek? Aye. Miss O'Holloran?
[21:49] Aye.
[21:50] Mister Gangon? Aye. And
mister McGuire? Aye.
[21:53] Unanimously approved.
[21:56] The agenda is now set,
[21:58] which brings us to our
first public hearing.
[22:00] Town of Warrenton has received
a request from Dominion Energy
[22:03] to grant an easement along the
western property line of one
[22:05] zero three South fifth Street.
[22:07] The purpose of the easement is
to allow Dominion Energy Energy
[22:10] the ability to underground
existing power lines.
[22:12] Mister Walton will
introduce this.
[22:16] Mister Walton, thank you.
[22:18] Thank you, mayor Neville,
members of town council.
[22:20] As you said, there's a request
from Dominion Energy to grant a
[22:26] utility easement along
the western property line.
[22:29] The parcel is a
little bit odd shaped,
[22:31] but it includes
the dog park area.
[22:34] There's some existing overhead
lines that Dominion Energy
[22:36] would like to underground,
[22:38] so it requires the easement
to be granted by the town.
[22:41] Happy to answer any questions.
[22:43] Other questions
for mister Walton?
[22:48] Hearing no questions.
Six forty four.
[22:49] I'll open the public hearing
and invite speakers to address
[22:53] counsel on this hearing.
[23:01] Mister mayor, I have no
speakers signed up at this time.
[23:04] No speakers have signed up.
[23:05] Is there an audience who
wishes to address counsel
[23:07] on this public
[23:09] on this grant?
[23:14] Hearing none at six forty
five, we'll close the public hearing.
[23:17] I will turn it over counsel
for action on a discussion.
[23:21] Mister mayor. Mister Kefalik.
[23:24] I move to adopt ordinance
two zero two six
[23:28] dash zero two.
[23:30] Motion has been put
forth to approve the
[23:34] yeah.
[23:35] Yeah. That's what I want. Okay.
[23:37] By mister Kovalek, is
there a second? Second.
[23:40] Second by mister Moody.
[23:41] Is there a discussion
on the motion?
[23:45] I
[23:47] do have actually one discussion.
[23:49] Mister Kovalek, We do
see ordinance twenty six,
[23:54] twenty twenty six-eleven.
[23:56] Okay, no, that's
okay, I'm sorry.
[23:58] That is? This is twenty
twenty six-eleven.
[24:02] We have twenty twenty six-two as
[24:06] the is there a
discrepancy there?
[24:09] Is that what do you look at?
[24:11] Here we have twenty two
zero two six dash one one.
[24:14] It is the twenty
twenty six dash eleven.
[24:16] The o two was the the scriber's
error from copying over.
[24:20] Okay.
[24:20] I will just modify
my motion then
[24:23] to I'm I'm move to
adopt ordinance two
[24:28] zero two six dash one one.
[24:30] Second.
[24:31] Moved by mister Kovalek,
seconded by mister Mooney.
[24:34] Is there a discussion
on the motion?
[24:38] Okay.
[24:38] Just for clarification, this is
undergrounding of power lines,
[24:41] which I think we
all are in favor of.
[24:44] If there is no
further discussion,
[24:46] the motion on the floor
is to adopt ordinance twenty twenty
[24:49] six dash eleven.
[24:50] I will start to my left. Mister
McGuire? Aye. Mister Agnon?
[24:54] Aye. Miss O'Holleran?
[24:56] Aye.
[24:56] Mister Kovalek? Aye.
Vice mayor Semple? Aye.
[24:59] Mister Francis? Aye.
Mister Mooney? Aye.
[25:02] Motion passes unanimously
and we have adopted that
[25:06] ordinance, which brings us now
to ZMA twenty six dash o two,
[25:10] ten hotel sleep ten hotel
street, which is the applicant,
[25:14] mister Kevin Nash,
[25:14] seeking a zoning man zoning
map amendment to of ten hotel
[25:19] street from public, semi public
to central business district.
[25:22] This item is specific to the
Warren Green Building only.
[25:27] We will discuss eighteen Court
Street in our meeting next month.
[25:32] So miss Dehaven.
[25:34] Alright.
[25:36] Do have Steven, if
you wanna bring up,
[25:38] do have a little
PowerPoint presentation.
[25:43] Working on it right now.
I pulled up the wrong one.
[25:45] Sure. Just a little
introduction.
[25:47] The applicant mister Kevin Ash
is of course seeking his own
[25:50] map amendment for ten hotel
street from public semi
[25:54] public PSP to central
business district CBD
[25:58] per zoning per article
eleven dash three point nine
[26:02] of the zoning ordinance.
[26:03] This proposal does include
the redevelopment of ten hotel
[26:06] street into a hotel.
[26:09] The Planning Commission of
course has already taken a look
[26:12] at this in the staff report.
[26:14] I did include just some key
points that were discussed by
[26:17] the Planning Commission
during our meeting.
[26:19] Typical by ripe or permissible
uses within the districts,
[26:22] water and sewer capacities.
[26:24] We had our director
of utilities, Mr.
[26:26] Steven Friend speak to the
Planning Commission to confirm
[26:29] that the proposed use
of ten hotel street is
[26:33] considered acceptable for that
proposed use for any of those
[26:37] water and sewer
capacity requirements.
[26:41] Parking requirements as well,
[26:43] our zoning administrator
Heather Jenkins was there as
[26:46] well and confirmed that they do
currently meet the parking and
[26:48] an overflow parking
requirements as well as more
[26:52] long term loading and
unloading space requirements.
[26:54] Within the agenda packet
there is a draft parking
[26:58] agreement that the applicant
does have with the County
[27:02] of Fauquier County being
the owner of the property
[27:05] and so that is contingent
on the sale of the property
[27:08] which is of course contingent
on the approval of the zoning
[27:12] map amendment.
[27:15] Yes please.
[27:18] And then within it was just
for my PowerPoint presentation.
[27:22] I don't have a whole lot
of additional information.
[27:29] There we go.
[27:32] Just for your reference some
adjacent uses on the zoning
[27:36] map, future land use,
[27:37] we are within of course the
old town district and we are
[27:40] looking at old town mixed use.
[27:42] Of course everyone is very
familiar with this building in
[27:45] particular, ten Hotel Street.
[27:50] And then again this is
the draft parking lease I just
[27:52] wanted to bring that
to your attention.
[27:54] Additional considerations
for Town Council
[27:58] ignore the one hundred day
review period that is of course
[28:00] the one hundred day time
clock for Planning Commission.
[28:03] Town Council does have one year
from the date of submission and
[28:06] acceptance of the application
to make a decision
[28:09] and then again just keep in
consideration specifically for
[28:12] these parking requirements
from the zoning ordinance text
[28:15] amendment twenty six dash one
that we just looked at last month
[28:20] as far as any of
those parking requirements are concerned and
[28:23] then some just additional
considerations that I have
[28:26] included if you have questions about
any of those please let me know.
[28:30] And then of course just a
little bit of an overview we
[28:32] had no speakers present at
the Planning Commission public
[28:34] hearing on July twenty
four or twenty first
[28:38] and then the decision deadline
for town council will be May
[28:41] twenty second
twenty twenty seven.
[28:44] Thank you, mister
Haven. Mister Mooney?
[28:47] Okay.
[28:50] Any other questions for mister
Haven on this application or
[28:52] this soda?
[28:55] Mister mayor.
[28:55] Mister Warren?
[28:56] Yeah. Quick question.
[28:57] Do you know exactly where
the loading zone might be?
[29:00] The loading zone let me see.
[29:03] So mister Asha did respond.
[29:05] He did say that they would be
looking at four parking spaces
[29:08] are directly behind the hotel
for any loading, unloading,
[29:12] handicap, and delivery spaces.
[29:13] Okay.
[29:15] And those are existing right
now? Correct. Okay. Gotcha.
[29:18] Thank you.
[29:21] Any other questions?
[29:24] And again, just to be clear,
[29:25] this is just a change
in the designation
[29:29] from public, semi
public, or semi public to
[29:33] CBD.
[29:34] It's transitioning the property
so that it is compliant
[29:38] with its use
[29:40] or proposed use.
[29:41] Correct.
[29:42] Mister mayor, I do have
actually one question, Casey.
[29:45] When will the county
actually vacate?
[29:49] That I am not sure about.
[29:50] I don't know what agreement the
county has with the applicant,
[29:53] so that I can't speak to.
[29:54] So us changing this,
[29:56] we're we're still
allowing the use
[29:58] the county to use the
facilities at that point?
[30:03] I guess technically up until the
moment that the sale is finalized.
[30:06] The sale? Okay.
[30:07] It's just contingent to We can't
rezone it under the current owner.
[30:10] Correct? Correct. Yeah.
[30:12] So we can't change the
zoning for the current owner.
[30:14] So once the ownership transfers,
[30:17] that is when the trans that is when
the change will come into effect.
[30:20] We just set that in motion
and it's automatic triggers.
[30:23] Yeah. Thank you.
[30:23] Yeah.
[30:25] Any other questions
for miss David?
[30:31] All right.
[30:31] Then I will open the public
hearing at six fifty two.
[30:35] Mr. Mary, have no speakers
signed up at this time.
[30:37] Again, I will turn to the audience
and ask if there's anyone who
[30:40] wishes to address this issue,
[30:42] has the opportunity
to come forward.
[30:46] Seeing no takers,
[30:47] I will close the public
hearing at six fifty two.
[30:50] We'll turn it over to counsel
for a motion and for discussion.
[30:53] Mister Mason. I'll give
it to miss Halloran.
[30:56] I move to adopt the ZODA
twenty six dash o two.
[31:00] Second.
[31:02] Moved by miss O'Holler
and second by our mister
[31:06] second tonight, mister Moody.
[31:07] You're doing a great job.
Second. Three for three.
[31:10] Second.
[31:11] There discussion on the motion?
[31:18] Hearing no discussion
on the motion,
[31:20] I will move the question.
[31:21] The motion on the
floor is considering a
[31:25] is to approve Zoda twenty six
dash o two which will rezone
[31:29] ten Hotel Street from PSP to
[31:32] CBD. We'll start to my right.
[31:35] Mister Mooney.
[31:36] Aye. Mister Francis.
Aye. Mister Semple. Aye.
[31:40] Mister Kovalek. Aye.
Miss Ahollaren. Aye.
[31:43] Mister Gagnon. Aye.
[31:45] And mister McGuire? Aye.
Motion passes unanimously.
[31:49] And upon transfer of the
property to the new owner,
[31:52] it will now be CBD.
[31:54] Brings us to the consent agenda.
[31:58] I will leave the second to
mister Mooney if I look for
[32:00] someone to make the motion.
[32:05] They'll all jump at once.
[32:07] Mister Mayor, I make a motion to
accept the consent agenda as presented.
[32:11] Second.
[32:12] So moved by mister Francis
and seconded by mister Mooney.
[32:15] Is there discussion
on the motion?
[32:18] Hearing none, the motion on the floor
is consent agenda to be approved
[32:21] as submitted.
[32:22] I will start to my
left. Mister McGuire?
[32:25] Aye. Mister Adnan. Aye.
Miss O'Holleran. Aye.
[32:28] Mister Kovalek. Aye. Vice Mayor
Semple. Aye. Mister Francis.
[32:32] Aye. Mister Mooney. Aye.
Motion passes unanimously.
[32:35] Consent agenda is approved.
[32:37] Thank you, mister
[32:40] Steven.
[32:41] Totally having a moment here.
[32:43] Mister Clough, my brain
is not what it once was.
[32:47] So mister Clough,
[32:48] for all the work you've been doing
on the minutes, appreciate that.
[32:50] Alright.
[32:52] There is no new business. There
is no unfinished business.
[32:55] So moving right along, move
to the town attorney's report.
[32:59] Nothing to report tonight.
[33:02] Thank you.
[33:04] And now we move to the
town manager's report.
[33:07] Thank you, mayor and council.
[33:08] So one month as in my
tenure as town manager,
[33:13] and I I just wanted to take a
moment to thank the council,
[33:15] the staff, the community for such
a warm welcome to the community.
[33:20] I can call Warrenton home now.
[33:21] We've purchased a
home and moved here,
[33:23] and so it feels great
to be able to do that.
[33:28] Been drinking from the fire
hose for the past month,
[33:31] and I guess if I had
to summarize things,
[33:33] I would say that this
statement kinda best
[33:36] summarizes it.
[33:37] We can do anything, but
we can't do everything.
[33:40] And I've come to realize that we're
doing a lot right now at this time.
[33:45] We have a large capital program.
[33:47] We have a just a lot of
projects and initiatives that
[33:50] are in the works.
[33:51] And so I feel like part of my
job is to see those through to
[33:54] completion and and to bring value
each day to the to the position.
[33:59] So I've kinda categorized
those priorities into
[34:03] really into three things that
I think best summarize what I'm
[34:06] trying to do right now,
[34:07] and that is finish
what we've started,
[34:09] take care of what we have,
and plan for the future.
[34:13] And so I wanna report on
just a few of those things as
[34:16] as we move forward.
[34:18] For one, also, I wanted to
mention in the in the as
[34:22] part of my TAM manager's report,
[34:23] there's a quarterly
report in the packet.
[34:25] It's about eighty pages long.
[34:27] I don't expect you to
read through all of that.
[34:30] So each month, when we do
put in the quarterly report,
[34:33] I'll try to summarize a
few key points in there,
[34:36] least from what I'm seeing
across the organization.
[34:39] It's very helpful
information, but again,
[34:41] that's a lot to take in.
[34:43] So two takeaways that
I had from our reports.
[34:45] One is that there's still a
lot of development activity
[34:48] happening in the town.
[34:51] I think over the last quarter,
[34:52] we had forty six land
development review project
[34:55] reviews, a hundred and
thirty five building permit reviews,
[34:58] and more than a thousand
inspections during the quarter.
[35:00] So still quite a bit of
development activity happening
[35:04] across the town,
[35:06] and that's all while we still
work on a on a zoning ordinance
[35:09] update as well.
[35:10] So a lot happening on
the development front.
[35:14] The other takeaway I had was
on the parks and recreation front.
[35:18] Statistically, seeing a pretty
significant increase in our
[35:22] programs in parks
and recreation,
[35:24] about a twenty four
percent increase in program
[35:27] participation.
[35:28] A lot of that
happens at the wharf,
[35:30] but really across the town in
our our parks and recreation
[35:33] assets, seeing the
utilization happen
[35:37] or increase quite a bit.
[35:40] I sent an email last week
council regarding the
[35:44] commercial trash collection.
[35:47] I know that's been
a topic recently,
[35:49] and and our objective and my
commitment is to make sure that
[35:52] we are compliant
with the town code.
[35:55] I do think that there's some
changes that that we can make
[35:58] to the town code to really try
to capture what the intent of
[36:01] that code is, and I'll
give the example of
[36:05] if the town stops
collecting from, say,
[36:08] a commercial business
that needs a, you know,
[36:11] large dumpster in the future,
[36:13] where are they gonna
put that dumpster?
[36:15] Is it gonna take
up parking spaces?
[36:17] Does it need to be enclosed?
[36:18] And and how do we sort
of transition to that?
[36:21] And so I pulled our team
together to start working on
[36:24] this and and come up with a
transition plan and expect
[36:28] within a couple weeks to be
able to report back to you on
[36:30] exactly what that timeline
looks like and and to have a
[36:33] good plan in place to make that
that transition for sixty or
[36:38] seventy businesses
outside of the historic
[36:41] district to to make
that transition.
[36:46] I mentioned taking
care of what we have.
[36:49] One of the great tools that's
being implemented across the
[36:52] organization right now is
the Tyler Enterprise Resource
[36:55] Planning Program or ERP.
[36:57] And while we've done that
conversion on the finance side,
[37:01] we still have several
modules to move our
[37:04] systems and processes to,
including HR, payroll, etcetera.
[37:09] But honestly, one of the most powerful
things that we're gonna be converting
[37:12] to is the enterprise asset
management module through
[37:16] Tyler.
[37:17] What that means is that's going
to be able to centralize our
[37:21] our asset management and our
[37:24] workflow management into a into
a system that will allow us
[37:29] to better keep track of
all the assets we have.
[37:31] And when you think about what
the all the assets the town
[37:33] has, this is, you know,
[37:34] this is anything from a street
sign all the way to water and
[37:39] sewer lines and
everything in between.
[37:41] And it'll be based
in a in a GIS so
[37:45] that we can track
those things not
[37:49] just on paper, but
visually on a map as well.
[37:52] And so this is gonna be a big
this is gonna be a big cultural
[37:55] shift for the organization in
terms of more effectively and
[37:58] efficiently being able to
manage our assets and keep
[38:01] track of things, be
able to replace them.
[38:04] You know, I'd another
example would be,
[38:08] if we fill a pothole on
a street in the town,
[38:11] how many more times do we go back
to that same pothole to refill it?
[38:14] That's the type of data that
we'll be able to have and track
[38:17] and understand the assets
that we're dealing with.
[38:20] So very, very powerful game
changer for team Warrenton and
[38:24] our our ability to operate
and manage our assets
[38:29] and and all the
workflows as well.
[38:30] So I'm excited to
see that through.
[38:32] It's, again, gonna be a pretty
big shift for the organization.
[38:36] And finally,
[38:37] the the best part of that
program is that there's going
[38:39] to be a citizen report tool.
[38:42] So residents, rather than
call you or call town hall,
[38:46] can get on an app, get
on the computer, report the pothole,
[38:50] the down sign, the issue.
[38:53] That'll automatically go into
the system and generate a work
[38:56] order for us to go
out and to fix that
[39:00] particular problem.
[39:01] So, again, it's an
engagement tool,
[39:03] and it's also a workflow
tool to be able to help us to
[39:06] effectively manage
our assets and respond
[39:10] to the the issues
in the community.
[39:11] So I'm very excited about that.
It's gonna take a lot of work.
[39:15] With that, I'm happy to answer any
questions the council may have,
[39:19] but very glad to be here and
and appreciate the warm welcome.
[39:22] Thank you very much, sir. Are
there questions for mister Rex?
[39:25] Just a comment.
[39:25] Okay. Miss comment
from missus Holleran.
[39:27] I just like to say I love
the quarterly reports,
[39:29] and I do read them.
[39:30] I think you do get a lot
of information out of them,
[39:33] and I appreciate them
being in the packet.
[39:35] Thank you for that.
[39:36] Thank you.
[39:38] Miss Hill?
[39:39] I wanted to second that. Yes.
[39:40] These reports
really are helpful.
[39:43] And the more we get into them,
the better prepared we are.
[39:46] And so I appreciate you
reorganizing a little bit.
[39:50] They used to be, I guess,
[39:51] under the consent agenda and now
they're under part of your report.
[39:54] So you can act as a
way of filtering some of the more
[39:58] complex information
to our benefit.
[40:00] So thank you. Yep.
[40:01] Thanks.
[40:02] I'd like to thank
you for also sort of
[40:06] explaining the ERP system,
[40:08] the investment the town made
into that and showing the
[40:10] benefits and why this
is creating efficiencies
[40:14] and a more responsive and
transparent form of of government.
[40:18] So I think this was a very
good investment for the town.
[40:22] It was a necessary investment.
[40:24] It was, you know, absolutely
essential for us to
[40:26] stay modern and keep
up with the times.
[40:30] And thank you very much for
the explanation of that.
[40:33] I think that's very helpful.
[40:34] Thank you.
[40:36] Any further questions
for mister Rex?
[40:40] Okay.
[40:40] That will bring us now
to council members time,
[40:42] which I will start to my
left and mister McGuire.
[40:46] Thank you, mister mayor.
[40:47] Thank you for
everybody coming out.
[40:49] Also to mister Rex, kudos
to you, baptism of fire.
[40:53] You stood up and and
you've weathered the storm,
[40:56] and I I appreciate the
direction that we're going in.
[40:59] You can never have
enough communication,
[41:02] and you're a communicator,
and I appreciate that.
[41:04] National
[41:06] Night Out, I was out there.
[41:07] I appreciate all our
fire, police, and and EMS.
[41:11] I know a lot of them
give up their time,
[41:13] especially on midnights
working the overnight shift.
[41:16] They miss a lot out of their
families, things like that.
[41:19] So I appreciate that.
[41:20] Also, tomorrow is
back to school,
[41:23] so watch your speed limit,
things like that, you know,
[41:26] and have a safe
rest of the month.
[41:29] Thank you.
[41:30] Thank you, mister Wyarm.
[41:31] What's going on?
[41:34] For those of you
who were following
[41:37] the work session this morning,
roundabouts are coming.
[41:41] We have three
[41:43] slated for construction
over the next
[41:48] three to four years.
[41:51] One at Blackwell
and twenty nine,
[41:54] one at Fletcher Drive
and twenty nine,
[41:58] a smaller one, and then another
one at Winchester Street
[42:02] and twenty nine.
[42:05] And then one that that
the town has applied for
[42:08] at
[42:10] potentially at
Culpepper and Shirley.
[42:15] So
[42:17] we
[42:19] were assured by one of
the VDOT representatives
[42:22] that there would be at least
[42:25] one and probably likely two
[42:30] town hall type meetings
where residents can
[42:35] come and learn more about
the roundabout projects and speak
[42:39] directly to
VDOT representatives.
[42:42] And
[42:44] further, they have they have
given us assurances that they
[42:49] would be open to suggestions
[42:53] for possible modifications
of roundabouts.
[42:57] And I think my assumption
is there would be fewer
[43:03] modifications made to the ones
that are already slated because
[43:07] a lot of the engineering
is already in in process.
[43:10] But the the one that we've
applied for the town's applied
[43:14] for at Culpepper Street,
there may be some more
[43:19] flexibility on that one
because we just applied for it,
[43:23] there's chance that we will not
receive the funding on that.
[43:28] So having said that, the
one on Culpepper Street,
[43:33] any interested parties on
on those four intersections can
[43:37] come to one of these
[43:39] public meetings and talk to
VDOT representatives, especially
[43:44] whoever ends up owning that
yellow house on the corner of
[43:47] Culpeper and Shirley, and
maybe you could whoever that
[43:51] ends up being, maybe you
could come in and if if you
[43:55] want, convince VDOT to try
to move that roundabout about
[43:59] twenty feet south so they don't
take a chunk out of your front yard.
[44:03] But just saying.
[44:05] So
[44:07] just watch our our
town crier and and
[44:11] various news announcements for,
[44:16] you know, the
scheduling of these
[44:18] public meetings, and I I would
encourage you all to attend
[44:23] to learn more about
these roundabouts and make your
[44:26] voices heard.
[44:27] Thank you.
[44:30] Miss Holleran?
[44:33] Couple of things.
[44:33] Our hearts and prayers go out
to those affected by the recent
[44:36] earthquakes in Colombia,
Panama, and Ecuador.
[44:39] As some of you may or may
not know, I come from Panama,
[44:43] and that country has also
experienced devastating
[44:46] earthquakes in the past
while I lived there.
[44:49] And also want to express my
gratitude to the Main Street
[44:53] businesses for their patience
during the construction period.
[44:56] I encourage everyone to shop
and dine locally to support
[45:00] these businesses and just
thank you all for coming out.
[45:06] Thank you, and echo that.
[45:08] Mr. Cavalli?
[45:09] Yeah, I'm gonna actually have to
echo everything because between Mr.
[45:12] McGuire and Mr.
[45:13] Janney and Ms. Allen, they
took all my talking points.
[45:16] I did, I thank everybody
that came out tonight.
[45:19] I always appreciate
hearing from the community.
[45:22] I know the members of
the council do as well.
[45:25] National Night Out,
that was great.
[45:26] I went down there and had a
great time talking with people,
[45:29] just checking out all the displays
and everything that was out there,
[45:33] so I encourage people to always get out
and enjoy what the town has to offer.
[45:40] And then on the
roundabout issue,
[45:42] I'm keeping a very close eye.
[45:43] I've
[45:45] been talking about it
[45:48] from the dais for the
past couple months about
[45:50] transportation
issues through town,
[45:52] what we're going to be faced with
over the coming years, really.
[45:56] We say Warranty
two thousand forty,
[45:59] really basically only thirteen
and a half years away,
[46:01] but we could also think about
Warranty in two thousand one
[46:04] hundred forty and how
transportation is going to be
[46:05] flowing years from now.
[46:07] So it's something that I
do a lot of driving myself,
[46:10] and I see a lot of innovative
ways to move traffic
[46:14] through congested areas, through
[46:16] towns like ours and everything,
[46:17] so I think there's
a lot of different
[46:19] ways that you can make a
community function very well
[46:23] with proper
transportation networks.
[46:26] I do encourage that.
[46:27] I also encourage you,
if you're going to
[46:31] try to look into this,
[46:32] either coming out of the
meetings that we're gonna have
[46:34] or that VDOT will have,
[46:36] go to the Federal Highway Administration
site and Google roundabouts.
[46:39] There's a wealth of
information in there,
[46:41] and it's great information.
[46:42] It talks about safety,
reducing conflict points,
[46:46] efficiency, effectiveness.
[46:48] I mean, know, it's just
[46:51] silly things.
[46:51] You know, we sit here
and we think about idle.
[46:53] Environmental.
[46:54] I was just going say, we
sit here and we talk about idle.
[46:57] You know, if you have an internal
combustion engine and you're
[47:00] idling that at a traffic light,
[47:03] you multiply that by millions
and billions of cars maybe,
[47:05] I don't know, it
does have impact.
[47:08] So I encourage everybody,
educate yourself on it,
[47:11] and please, it's something that
we can all benefit from greater
[47:15] awareness of.
[47:16] And then Main Street.
[47:18] I've been walking Main Street,
[47:19] that question came
up last month,
[47:21] it was addressed also today
during the work session.
[47:24] I am walking Main Street trying
to get in touch with people
[47:27] that either post something on
social media or that might have
[47:31] comments that I hear about
through word-of-mouth.
[47:35] So I am trying to take that to
heart and reach out to business
[47:39] owners and everything.
[47:40] There's a number of different
[47:43] meetings, wrap up
meetings, we're also
[47:46] trying to plan for this,
[47:47] to try to learn from what maybe
we did right and what we could
[47:51] have done better.
[47:52] But I do encourage everybody,
[47:53] please get out and support
downtown businesses,
[47:56] especially right now when
Main Street shut down.
[47:59] So I'll leave it at that.
[48:01] Thank you, sir. Mr. Semple.
[48:03] Well, thank you. I appreciate
everyone coming out.
[48:08] Public participatory
process, that's the focus
[48:12] of our local transparency
commission and it's very
[48:16] valuable for citizens to be
able to access information
[48:21] either through our website or
from their own representatives
[48:24] or from the staff.
[48:25] And I must say that
I wanna extend my
[48:30] well, thanks as well as
my appreciation for for
[48:35] mister Rex's kind of
novel it's not novel,
[48:38] but it's it's a refreshing
approach to dealing with
[48:42] crises that occur in
various aspects of our
[48:46] town over time, especially
when we're hit, for example,
[48:49] with buckets of rain.
[48:51] And the value that
that that he has
[48:56] brought so far to to our
messaging is that you
[49:00] don't sit on the
problem and respond to a
[49:04] concern by a citizen in a couple
of days or three days later.
[49:07] You do it immediately.
[49:08] You do it in a way
that is complete,
[49:11] that it describes the
the scope of the issue,
[49:15] references the applicable
ordinances if they are if they
[49:19] are applicable, and
then offers a solution.
[49:24] One of the things that I think
we're going to be seeing a real
[49:26] improvement on is inviting
groups of citizens to come and
[49:30] have little mini town halls, which
will allow them, for example,
[49:35] in a major development such
as what we're experiencing at
[49:37] Warrington Crossing,
[49:38] to fully appreciate scope of
the project and what they're
[49:41] looking forward to,
[49:42] and to allow them to
participate in the conversation
[49:45] regarding, one of the one of
one of the issues we had at
[49:50] Warrington Crossing was that
they would continue to work
[49:53] outdoors on Sunday.
[49:55] And now on Falmouth
Street, where I live,
[49:57] that didn't sit very
well with my neighbors.
[50:00] So I asked Rob Walton if he
might be able to figure out how
[50:04] we might be able to reduce
the noise on Sunday,
[50:06] and lo and behold,
they're indoors,
[50:09] but they can't work outdoors.
[50:10] And that has made a
material and effective change for the
[50:14] sun for for our Sunday
residents and those who believe
[50:17] that's a time of peace,
[50:18] and and you're not supposed to
be out there working anyway.
[50:21] Anyway, so thanks
for coming forward.
[50:26] I really do appreciate the
communications that I received
[50:28] from my own residents.
[50:30] I don't get too many these days,
[50:32] and I think I think
that's a good sign.
[50:36] But we have a lot of
in front of us in terms
[50:39] of the remaining
portion of that.
[50:41] That development cuts right
through the heart of World two,
[50:45] and it's only one
third of the way,
[50:47] and they're already
occupying those buildings.
[50:50] So it's going to be
interesting to see.
[50:52] We have issues regarding
the intersection of Walker Drive
[50:56] and East Lee Street that
we have to worry about.
[51:00] We also have the intersection
at the other end,
[51:02] which couples Falmouth
Street and Old Metz Road.
[51:06] And, so it will be
a challenge going
[51:08] forward, but I'm confident our
staff will be up to it and,
[51:12] look forward to continuing to
represent my ward as I see out
[51:16] the rest of my term.
[51:17] Thank you.
[51:20] Miss Francis?
[51:22] Well, I had ten minutes here
and I've got all this and and
[51:26] you guys have
stolen the thunder.
[51:28] So that's good. That's
that's good. Just say ditto.
[51:32] Good. Right.
[51:34] No.
[51:35] I do I do wanna thank
special special message here.
[51:39] I wanna thank Michael Wharton
for stepping up to discuss what
[51:43] happened with the delay on the
Main Street construction project.
[51:48] It's it's very difficult to
come in here and stand or sit
[51:52] before this council and
listen to the complaints from
[51:56] multiple sources thrown out
about the about the project.
[52:02] Michael handled it very well,
[52:03] and he provided some
great information,
[52:06] and and I thank him for that.
[52:08] In fact, I saw Michael leaving when
I was coming into this meeting,
[52:12] and I personally thanked him out
there for being here as well.
[52:17] It it's tough to do that and
I appreciate him being here.
[52:21] I wanna take this opportunity
to thank my colleagues on the
[52:24] council this evening and
you're not gonna believe this.
[52:27] I wanna thank you for
your efforts today.
[52:29] I think we accomplished
a lot of meaningful work
[52:33] And I think you folks will see
some of those results in the
[52:36] very near future.
[52:38] Other than that, enjoy the
remainder of your summer
[52:42] and happy Labor Day.
[52:44] Thank you.
[52:46] Mr. Moody. Thank you.
[52:48] I guess I was gonna second
the quarter reports,
[52:51] but now I'll third or fourth it.
[52:54] Alright.
[52:55] So I just wanna reiterate
real quick that the
[52:59] there'll be a public outreach
program during the first Friday
[53:03] about the about the roundabouts.
[53:07] There's also on the boards
over there a QR code.
[53:10] So if you want more information,
[53:11] can just scan the QR code.
[53:12] I think that mister Rex and the
and the staff and everybody is
[53:16] doing a really good job of
trying to really reach out to
[53:19] the public and ask for
information, ask for feedback.
[53:22] So there's the QR code.
There's the outreach.
[53:25] And then I just ask everybody
not to forget that we're still
[53:28] doing the zoning text or
zoning ordinance update,
[53:31] which is a huge project,
which takes a lot of feedback.
[53:34] It's gonna be a massive change
that's gonna take into effect
[53:38] for a very long time.
[53:39] So please get on the website
and put in any input that you
[53:43] have for the zoning update.
[53:46] I would like to thank mister Toomey
for his example and for his dedication.
[53:50] Thank everybody who put
on the the festival.
[53:54] I think that maybe
we should move it.
[53:55] I was out of town again for
the next second year in a row.
[53:58] We should put it after
school starts or something.
[54:01] Thank you all for for that work.
[54:03] And then I wanna throw out
a congratulations to mister
[54:06] Clough.
[54:07] I think there's only four of
those courses in the state of
[54:09] Virginia. Three of them,
excuse me, as it was.
[54:12] And one of them is yours, and
so congratulations on that,
[54:15] and congratulations to
the staff who helped you.
[54:18] You know? So good job.
[54:19] That's pretty it's
really impressive,
[54:21] and it's great to have you
as part of the team here.
[54:26] People have mentioned it.
[54:28] There's just a lot
happening in the town.
[54:29] Mister Wharton is extremely
busy as one of the businesses
[54:32] greatly affected
by the sidewalks.
[54:34] I'm walking out there all the
time, and I just, you know,
[54:38] we have school starting.
[54:40] I wish all those kids the best of
luck this year and the teachers.
[54:44] Thank the teachers for all
their work and the extra things
[54:47] that they buy and put
into to their classrooms.
[54:49] But I just I just ask everybody
to to breathe for a minute,
[54:53] maybe maybe leave a
few minutes early.
[54:56] I see sue I see too many people.
[54:58] This morning, there was a
a semi stuck on the road,
[55:02] it couldn't get up the hill.
[55:03] And you see people
in their cars, like,
[55:05] doing things like this,
and it's just like,
[55:07] I think if everybody gave a
little bit of grace and left a
[55:10] few minutes early,
[55:11] we we'd have a little bit more peace
and a little bit less frustration.
[55:15] So especially with
school starting,
[55:17] the school buses and
all the kids everywhere,
[55:19] just ask for that.
[55:20] And then last comment,
[55:22] just thank you to
everybody who came out.
[55:24] Thank you for speaking.
[55:26] We we need input from
all the citizens,
[55:28] so it's really important that
everybody comes out and talk.
[55:31] So with that, again, happy
Labor Day, and thank you.
[55:35] I don't know that I could say
that any better than mister
[55:37] Mooney did, but I do
wanna emphasize, I think,
[55:39] the importance of patience and
a little bit of kindness and
[55:43] gentleness and compassion
is absolutely something that
[55:47] we all could find a little bit more
of as we go through our day to days.
[55:53] As everyone has said,
school is starting soon,
[55:55] so please be on the lookout.
[55:57] Caution, follow
the school buses,
[56:00] stop when you're supposed
to stop, and again,
[56:02] find that patience.
[56:03] Again, I'm just gonna reiterate
a lot of what other people said,
[56:06] but that's the way these things tend to
go when you're the last one speaking.
[56:09] To mister Wharton, again,
[56:10] remarkable a remarkable effort
that he's been able to put
[56:14] forth in dealing
with the frustrations
[56:18] with humility and
with understanding.
[56:22] And we his position
did not exist.
[56:25] I pointed this out this morning.
[56:27] It was only about four years
ago that we established his
[56:30] position, so you
can imagine what a
[56:32] nightmare this might have been
had we not have found someone
[56:36] to take the leadership and
ownership role of this position.
[56:39] Again, as a business who's
very deeply impacted by this,
[56:43] I feel it very personally.
[56:45] I fear, you know,
[56:46] it's these these next two weeks
are gonna be very difficult.
[56:50] Fortunately, the middle two weeks of
August tend to be some of our slowest
[56:53] anyway, so it kinda works out,
[56:55] but it kinda works out in a
way that's bad because it's the day
[56:58] when, you know, a hundred dollars
really makes a difference.
[57:02] So either way,
[57:04] the result of this is going to
have been worth it by the time
[57:08] we get to it.
[57:08] And I know all of the
businesses will be grateful and
[57:12] will be appreciative
of their patience
[57:16] for what we will benefit
from this moving forward.
[57:19] So to all the businesses,
obviously I feel your pain,
[57:23] obviously I feel
your frustration,
[57:25] and I'm deeply grateful
for your patience and
[57:28] acknowledgement that this,
once accomplished and
[57:31] once finalized, will be
[57:35] beneficial for all of us
and the whole of the town of
[57:37] Warrenton.
[57:39] Mister Rex, it's been a you
as you drinking from a fire hose,
[57:43] but you have done so
with Magnum Infinity.
[57:45] You have done so
with calm presence,
[57:49] which has been, I think,
[57:51] comforting to both
counsel and staff alike.
[57:54] So you have landed into the
role with confidence and with
[57:58] and with vision and with a
conviction to do right by this
[58:02] town that we all are
very grateful for.
[58:08] Again, I don't know if
there's anything else to say.
[58:10] I wanna appreciate this was
a very constructive day.
[58:13] We were able to get
out before one o'clock,
[58:15] and we're having a meeting.
[58:17] We'll be out before seven
o'clock before seven thirty.
[58:20] So I thank counsel for
their efficiencies.
[58:23] And also just to the
point of the ERP,
[58:25] I do wanna point out that
to the point of openness and
[58:29] transparency, this council,
[58:30] previous councils have
been making this town more
[58:34] approachable, more available,
more accessible with every
[58:38] decision that we make and
with everything that we have funded
[58:41] through, whether it be staffing,
[58:43] whether it be
through ERP projects,
[58:45] this council previous councils
have taken us leaps and
[58:50] bounds from where we were in
terms of openness, access,
[58:54] availability, transparency,
all of those things.
[58:56] So while we talk about
transparency in a very vague
[59:00] and sometimes very
[59:04] pointed way,
[59:06] let's all step back and
acknowledge that where we are
[59:09] now from where we were eight
years ago when I started is
[59:12] a remarkable difference.
[59:14] And everyone on this council
and everyone on the previous
[59:16] council should take pride
in making us get to the
[59:21] point where we are and bringing
that transparency forward in
[59:25] everything that we've done and
making that first and foremost
[59:27] in our decision and
policy making project
[59:30] decisions.
[59:31] So with that, no
further business
[59:34] needed to be conducted.
[59:36] Seven twenty one,
we will adjourn.