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the 12th at 5:30 p.m.
>> Yes.

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» All right. We'll open a hearing, a
public hearing for discussion of the

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adoption of the 2026 village budget. Uh
specifically, um the line items you can

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see below number six. So, we'll open the
public hearing if there's any comments.

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» Damn.
Not just all right. All right. All

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right. I understand. But
>> it's your job.

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» Bring some more friends along with you.
[laughter]

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» Sandy West 230 South Milky Way Road.
Anyway, you guys, um I know I don't have

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anything to say about the budget. I
mean, I think the process I, you know, I

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missed the last workshop, but I made it
one or two of the things and discussions

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that took place and um I thought it went
really well and you know, nice and tidy

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and and and quick. But I have other
concerns about the budget as so to speak

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when you guys are talking about
ambulances that are coming in and other

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expenses
and I would appreciate some

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understanding of the financial situation
where it seems to me as the last one

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that I watched or whatever meeting it
was that you know expenses are going up

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faster than our receipts from the levy.
So, I don't know how long we can sustain

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that. And I'm interested in, you know,
what you guys think about that. Um, and

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I don't know as far as the firehouse,
anything being done to the firehouse, I

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think that's, unless I'm mistaken,
whatever the dollar amount is, that's

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going to require um, you know, some kind
of a referendum.

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And I have actually no idea what the
appetite is in the village for that

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expense. I I just don't have any idea.
My circle is, you know, relatively small

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of all the people that vote. You know, I
I don't know what they think. And I've

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encouraged you before to do some kind of
an advisory referendum [clears throat]

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or something to to get a feel for it
unless you think you know.

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You know, you're elected to govern and
we expect you to know more than the

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populace and you know that's why you're
elected because we trust you to make

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those decisions. But some decisions it
seems that back of not too long ago they

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made the rule that you got to have a
referendum after a certain dollar

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amount. And it just seems like there's
an awful lot of effort going into that

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um project without any expectation that
that people are going to vote yes. So I

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encourage, you know, from a financial
standpoint, it's not really having to do

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with the budget tonight, but those are
the things that that I think I think the

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budget process was great. You know, I
think it went really well. So um that's

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all. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. There's others in the

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gallery. You don't always just have to
look at Sandy. Just saying if you want

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to make a comment or two
the hearing.

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» No pressure. No, not at all.
>> Hey D calls, West 25254

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South 503 Drive. Um, is there any money
in the budget?

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I don't I wasn't at any of the
workshops. I couldn't make those. But um

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is there anybody money in the budget
for the DPW building and the and the

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fire station for next year? What's what
is the status?

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I I'll address the budget overall, but
I'll take that as a note. If you have

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anything else
Okay.

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[clears throat]

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No.
>> Well, I'm just there's only one more.

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[laughter]
Just saying.

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» Before you um poo poo this idea, there's
something called Survey Monkey. I don't

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know if anybody's heard of it, but we
when I was downtown, we were doing

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surveys all the time. And you mail it
out, email if you have email addresses,

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and you ask three questions or four
questions. they come back and they they

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you have to make sure that that they do
the coordination of it because downtown

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we had all the bars deciding everything
all the time. They would pass it around.

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So I would just suggest that we look at
Survey Monkey. Even if you do a smaller

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survey of of the people in the village,
maybe we could get a better idea of what

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they would pay. Sure, they don't nobody
wants taxes, but they've got to

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understand where we're at. Fire
department, DPW,

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you know, we're kind of in dire straits.
What are we going to do? How are we

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going to pay for this? And maybe they'll
have some ideas or at least warned that

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something's coming. So, thank you