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>> Don, you going to lead us in our

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invocation tonight?

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» Father, we thank you for this day for

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this time that we can come and do the

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city business. Lord, we thank you for

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each and every person here for the

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interest in our city. Got to pray as we

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make decisions that they'll be with

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good decisions and and things that that

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you want us to do in Jesus name. Amen.

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>> Amen.

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>> Samantha will lead us in the pledgece

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to the flag of the United States of

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America and to the republic for which it

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stands. One nation

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indivisible with liberty and justice for

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all.

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right, we'll go ahead and convene

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our meeting. We'll start with roll call.

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Misty Codle

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>> Jeff Upton

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>> Jan Throgmorton.

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>> Dana Mcnite

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>> Don Rollins

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>> Anthony Foster

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>> here.

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>> Our city attorney and city clerk are

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both present. First item on our agenda

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is the adoption of the agenda as it was

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mailed. Are there any changes or motions

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concerning the adoption of the agenda?

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I'll make that motion to approve as mil.

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>> We have a motion and second. All those

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in favor say yes.

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>> That [snorts] motion carries.

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>> All those

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who opposes

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say no. Okay, that motion car. There we

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go. All right. I got a little

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presumptive there.

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[clears throat] Uh, next is the approval

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of our meeting minutes from July 14th.

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Are there any changes [cough]

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to those or motions concerning them?

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I make a motion that we approve the July

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the 14th meeting minutes.

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>> Second.

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>> We have a motion and second. All those

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in favor say yes.

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>> Those opposed, no.

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>> That motion carries. Next is our public

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forum where we uh welcome anyone who

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would like to come and address uh myself

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and the council. We do ask that you keep

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your comments to around two minutes and

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keep them directed to the the council

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and not anyone in the audience. Would

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anyone like to address the council

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tonight? Yes, ma'am. Come up and tell us

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who you are.

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>> My name is Barbara Berg like iceberg and

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um I live in the proposed area for

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annexation

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and I only heard about it on Saturday

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when I opened the letter from the

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Washington County clerk informing me of

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my right to vote on this issue. So

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that's why I wasn't here the last three

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months and why I'm here this evening.

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I'll give my two minutes. I have a

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little bit more than two minutes to say.

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I'm happy to come back in September to

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finish. And I also have a couple other

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people who are willing to like take my

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two minutes and finish what. So, however

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you want to work it, that's legit. Um, I

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spent the weekend listening to the three

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West Fork City Council meetings. So,

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those are very well archived. Thank you.

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And locating and reading the ordinance.

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Hall. And um, finance director Christy

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Dryman was very gracious and patient and

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spent, I would say, a good 20 minutes

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with me. So, thank you, Christie. Um, I

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want to be clear that I understand the

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predicament of West Fork and from that

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perspective, I do support the

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annexation, but I'm not sold in the

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manner in which it's currently being

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pursued and I'm hoping you can help me.

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Um, first off, the poster board map has

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my private drive incorrectly labeled.

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So, I would really appreciate if in it's

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in the minutes that I'm requesting that be corrected. It says Hin Road,

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which is actually north of us, and mine

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is Evans Lane. So there are two horn

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roads on the poster board map and the

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southern one is my Evans Lane. All

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right. You mentioned in past meetings

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that those of us currently under

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Washington water authority will remain

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so. But something was said that sounded

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like the water would still like come

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through West Fork as a third party or we

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would still be [snorts] directly with

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>> Okay. Um, regarding the ongoing property

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tax conversation, I just wanted to

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clarify that this now famous 5 mil

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increase in property tax, which has been

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described in these meetings as about an

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average of $100 per residence,

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80 people and $8,000 of revenue. And so

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residence on average. And so, um, I

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probably did say that trying to

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generalize.

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five meals, that will equate to

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approximately $100 per $100,000 of

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assessed value. So, if your if your home

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$100,000, it would be about a $100

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mills right now, it's about a 1 nth or

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an 11% increase. So it makes it pretty

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easy for us to calculate if we just take

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our base and increase it by 11%. And I

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that because as you probably know, I

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mean, the signage coming in here from

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there are some people who are pretty

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upset. Um and I think that clarity might

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be helpful, too, because people are

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throwing this $100 number around. Um,

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meeting, I think it was stated that the

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lot splits, if they happen in the

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future, annexation happens and someone

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wants to split their lot, each lot split

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would have to be a minimum of 5 acres.

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agricultural zoning,

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family member take a one um acre split

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just like two years ago from us and we

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have a few adult children who hope to do

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the same in the near future. But a 5

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acre split is a you know a different um

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kettle of fish and so it sounds like if

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would have to make each split a minimum

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five or is there any exception for

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family lot slits?

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look at the code. I don't know.

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zoning code.

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do is and I [clears throat] don't know

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that that's going to be the case. I

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think if you were reszoning to

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agriculture, you would have to zone or

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you would have to split out five acres.

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do not think that is a requirement, but

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that's something. Do you know, Walter?

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as either a residential estate, which

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that's down to two acres, I think, and

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pretty well just provides for everything

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agriculture except commercial

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agriculture.

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think that's the case. I believe you can

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zoning. Yeah. But then of course if

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anyone in that splitting subdivid then

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you end up with like resold lot you know

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if anyone ever like if we split like our

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current situation I've got 19 the family

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member has one um if they ever sell then

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we end up with a lot that's agricultural

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>> And it's only if you're subdividing it

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and so that would be four or more

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just creating one lawn off of it, that

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that's not a subdivision. And so that

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three-year minimum except for families

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at the county level. Yes.

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>> And does that continue at the city level

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if we become West?

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>> background on it, is what we've had in

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the past is a family

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>> decides they're going to split three

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lots for family members. And then those

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family members a couple years down the

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road decide, well, I don't like living

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here. I'm going to move and I'm going to

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respplit this four more times. And so

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then the city ends up with a a dirt path

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that they are uh expected to maintain

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that we can't get fire trucks down that

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now serves eight or 10 people. So that

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that's where that one came in.

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>> Yeah. Okay. All right. Thank you again

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for your generosity here. Now, the two

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main things. So those were kind of the

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nickels and dimes. The first is that as

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you know this annexation if it passes

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will more than double the geographic

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area of West Fork. And that means that

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police department, fire department, road

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maintenance, um solid waste is covering

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twice the area. Not twice the

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residences, but but twice the area. And

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I've not seen anything I've not been

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able to find anything in writing about

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how that's going to be financed. You've

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been clear that this isn't bringing in

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much money to the city, but surely

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there's a plan to increase the number of

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police officers, cruisers, fire

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department members, and then the road

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maintenance. I live off off of Campbell.

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That's that's a huge liability that the

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city's taking on honestly in its current

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condition, southeast and northeast. Um,

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so is there a plan in writing that I can

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look at?

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>> There is not at this point.

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>> Okay. So one, it hasn't passed. Um

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>> the annexation has not passed. So

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>> yes, we have looked at the police level

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and the fire level um as to what does our budget currently cover per

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citizen or per household? What does that

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cost us? Right.

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>> Um for the fire department, we're

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currently covering that area anyway.

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True. Right. So we've got a partnership

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with rule.

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>> That's not going to change a whole lot.

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uh the police budget may very well

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change

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>> and we know that the the road and street

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department budget is going to change

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significantly and so yes we have looked

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we have driven those roads we have

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looked to see

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>> what roads are in need of some help uh

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what roads need some help just to get a

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fire truck in and out properly

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>> u we have looked at what would it cost

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if we we subbed that work out

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>> um currently the county does some work

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like that for city. So, uh we

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[clears throat] we contract with the

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county and they actually do the grading

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work since they already have their

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graders and stuff. So, do we have it in

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writing and uh a written proposal of

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what that expense is going to be? No, we

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don't. Uh but we are preparing for that.

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>> Yeah. Okay. So, I mean, I knew that

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you'd done the driving around and um and

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looked at it. And I think what you can

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probably understand from my perspective

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is first off I do see that it's not a

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matter of if but when for annexation and

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it's really a matter of West Fork or

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Greenland like like we pick um and

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it would be really helpful if we felt

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like there was some real um intention

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not not just intention but planning

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about how this is going to be paid for

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because what can happen is that we're

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kind kind of the annoying stepchildren

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where there's like Westfork that's

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already being served that already has

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its regular maintenance and then there's

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just not the money to cover this and

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with this desire not to um increase

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taxes obviously you can't up the 5 mil

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and so it would have to be sales or

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whatever taxes but

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hopefully you can see from our

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perspective that there's a concern of if

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there's not a real plan in place like if I'm running a household I can't

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just hope that I'm going to be able to

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maintain I don't know I'm not running a

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household I'm running a rural household

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the animals that I decide to acquire.

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>> Um and I get that you can't just plan

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for something you can't put anything

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>> into law or ordinance if the annexation

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hasn't yet passed but surely there must

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be some kind of plan going forward like

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we would take money from this or we're

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thinking of that. Is that happening? Um

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I think you will see some some more

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detail uh some more written um examples

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of this. So we are just coming into our

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budget season for 2027.

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>> Okay.

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>> Uh so no we don't currently have

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anything but yes you can you can uh rest

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assured that as that 27 budget gets

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worked on which is starting next month

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um that will you will definitely see

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some increases in road uh in in the

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police budget. I don't know about fire

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yet. Um how that's going to impact.

353
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Okay. But

354
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>> Right. Because we do already, like you

355
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said. Yeah. Okay. And then

356
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>> and then then just a correction. So your

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solid waste,

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Christy, [clears throat] is their solid

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waste going to change.

360
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>> We privately contract and it says in the

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ordinance. Sorry.

362
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>> Yes. Most likely they I have not talked

363
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to LR. They're not LRS now. They've

364
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changed names again, but I have not

365
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talked to them and let them know that

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this is coming. Um, but my assumption is

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that they will want to add that to the

368
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contract with them. So, okay. But I

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don't have

370
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>> So, we'll get more information on that

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once we've talked to them.

372
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>> Um, so are you guys currently with

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Trashaway or

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>> We privately contract with Trashaway.

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So,

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>> and when you say privately, each

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individual basically. Okay.

378
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>> Yep. Exactly. And um so in the ordinance

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it says that effective immediately once

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the annexation is like um verified and

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finalized that fire, police, solid waste

382
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and road maintenance are effective

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immediately under West.

384
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>> Yeah, I feel like that's the one that

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would impact me immediately and I'd

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rather stay with trash away. Is it is

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that an option or

388
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>> if if LRS says that they want that

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contract? So we contract that everything

390
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in the city limits currently is with

391
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them.

392
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>> So it would be a change. Yes.

393
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>> Yeah. Okay. So then that brings me to

394
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the final question. Um which is that

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>> I know based on the last three meetings

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that people in my area are very

397
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interested in changes to the ordinances

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that reflect more the lifestyle and

399
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needs of our rural community. Um and I

400
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know that you have said that well we

401
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don't have an annexation yet so we can't

402
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really change those.

403
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um that makes it very difficult for us

404
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to choose annexation because we're

405
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choosing something and we don't know

406
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what it is. And so even something like

407
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being given the choice between trash

408
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away and LRS, like not a blanket, yes,

409
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you guys get this and you have to take

410
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LRS, but that you could choose. These

411
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are things that would be very helpful

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towards us supporting this annexation.

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some of us. Um, and I respectfully ask

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that there could be a committee of some

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sort even now composed of members of

416
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your council and members of our area who

417
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could talk about the things that we're

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concerned about and the ordinances that

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we think are going to be problematic and

420
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ways that we think would solve it. I

421
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know you've encouraged people to come

422
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here and be part of this conversation,

423
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but it's very different to come here and

424
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just do what I'm saying for a few

425
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minutes and it's another thing to invest

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hours together trying to explain what

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our life is like, what we need, why this

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particular ordinance would be

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problematic, why trash away might be

430
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better, because if I have to walk my

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garbage out half a mile every week,

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which is what people who were

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contracting with trash away had to do

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until we contracted for a communal

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dumpster and they'll come and get the

436
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dumpster so we don't have to walk our

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trash half a mile. They'll come the half

438
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a mile. So things like that. Um so I

439
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just leave you with that. I know this is

440
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not an actionable time, but it would it

441
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would go a long way if right now there

442
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already was a committee working towards

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um alleviating those concerns so we can

444
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choose something known.

445
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>> I think that's a fantastic idea. So I

446
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100% support that.

447
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I want you to look at at the audience.

448
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[laughter]

449
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So, four months ago, this was standing

450
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room only.

451
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>> And as soon as we finished up discussion

452
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on that annexation, this room cleared

453
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out.

454
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>> Sure.

455
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>> Three months ago, as soon as we finished

456
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up discussion, the room cleared out.

457
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>> Here we are four months later, and

458
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there's very there's very few of you

459
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guys here,

460
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>> right?

461
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I ask multiple times. You've heard me

462
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say that, hey, we want input and and we

463
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do have a list of of what little input

464
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we have,

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>> but I would 100% support a a committee

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of some council [clears throat] members

467
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and some residents in that area to to

468
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discuss that.

469
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I was very clear that we don't have all

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the answers that right

471
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>> that you guys want answered, right? As

472
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far as how do we how do we draft that

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ordinance? Um, Chief Gogggins sent me a potential rewrite of the maintenance

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of real property ordinance

475
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>> that

476
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>> uh very much concerns you guys and

477
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>> my response back to him was I think we

478
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need some more input before we finish

479
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that up. Right. So, we

480
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>> which we desire, right? I mean, we want

481
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to be in on that.

482
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>> Yeah, I would hope so.

483
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>> Um,

484
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>> I desire. [laughter]

485
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>> So, yes, it's very much something that

486
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we don't want to be dismissive of that.

487
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Um, we do have to factor in that

488
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anything we change for you guys does

489
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change everybody else in the

490
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agricultural zone, right? And we have a lot of land that's zoned

491
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agriculture that's currently in the city

492
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limits. Y

493
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>> um, and

494
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>> I think if you talk to them, you would

495
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find that they're treated very fairly,

496
00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:04,799
right? I mean, as far as agriculture

497
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within the city limits goes.

498
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>> So, yeah, I definitely support that. And

499
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if you can get a couple members from out

500
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there, um,

501
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>> let's let's do something. Yes.

502
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>> Okay.

503
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>> We will we will definitely put something

504
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together to discuss that.

505
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>> You're the president of that committee.

506
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[laughter]

507
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>> So, I have a question.

508
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Is your trash concern

509
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the company or is it how it's picked up?

510
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I mean, if LRS is willing to come and do

511
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a dumpster half a mile down a they do a a grapple road and

512
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>> I don't know what their pricing is.

513
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>> I don't need to.

514
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>> So, here's what I can tell you. There's

515
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a reason we switched.

516
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>> Mhm.

517
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>> Um, and it was pricing, it was options,

518
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and it was

519
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equipment.

520
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>> I'll put it that way.

521
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>> Okay. I mean, I appreciate you asking

522
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that question because I had assumed

523
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having lived in a non-rural area that

524
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this would be like bins on wheels, which

525
00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,760
when you drag them down a half a mile

526
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gravel road, they

527
00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,160
>> were a driveway, but in your [laughter]

528
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case, I don't see your position.

529
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>> Yeah.

530
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>> And that's

531
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the method which it's collectible.

532
00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,120
>> Yeah. I had not thought about that. They

533
00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:21,679
might give me that.

534
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>> So, they do do those.

535
00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,720
>> Yeah. Okay. Thank you for that. And so,

536
00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,600
um, you haven't been here, so I want to

537
00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:34,559
make sure that you get the full,

538
00:19:34,559 --> 00:19:38,000
um, the full idea where I'm coming from,

539
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,679
I guess.

540
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So, and I don't know exactly where you

541
00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:47,200
live, but I know that just north of you, drive past it occasionally on

542
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Interstate 49, you see an industrial

543
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Yes.

544
00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,280
>> park developing.

545
00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:52,480
>> Yes.

546
00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,400
Do you think that an industrial park

547
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,520
along the along the side of a of a major

548
00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,840
interstate should be developed without

549
00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:01,938
sewer?

550
00:20:01,938 --> 00:20:04,150
[laughter]

551
00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:05,200
» So I don't

552
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,160
>> No. And like I said, I really appreciate

553
00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,960
what you're doing. And I do feel like,

554
00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,520
and I'm on record here,

555
00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,520
>> that you are doing a good job for your

556
00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:22,559
city of trying to annex us. And I won't

557
00:20:22,559 --> 00:20:29,919
go on record about my preference, but I would rather that this council was

558
00:20:29,919 --> 00:20:32,080
overseeing the development of that

559
00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,720
corridor than the county. And for so

560
00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,240
many reasons. I mean, I do believe in

561
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,080
subsidiarity and the fact that you know

562
00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,919
what is needed here, right here. And so

563
00:20:41,919 --> 00:20:44,080
I think we just need that extra step to

564
00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:45,919
also know what's happening, what's

565
00:20:45,919 --> 00:20:48,080
needed where I live, which isn't that

566
00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:48,960
far from you.

567
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,480
>> I think more importantly, we know what

568
00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,360
is not needed here. [laughter]

569
00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:56,880
>> Yes. Well, and I I've lived in large

570
00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,880
cities, so I there's a reason why I live

571
00:20:58,880 --> 00:20:59,679
where I live.

572
00:20:59,679 --> 00:21:00,240
>> Yeah.

573
00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,320
And um I also when you said that

574
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,480
everything will come in agriculture, I

575
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,280
thought that large plot of land that was

576
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,520
bought by Hogbox that's across the

577
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,720
street from me would then be zoned

578
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:16,720
agriculture. I mean, I think it is still

579
00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,320
right now, but then they would have to

580
00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,120
come to you for permission. Again, I

581
00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:22,960
realize I'm on record here, but I

582
00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,200
thought, no, this this could be a good

583
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:25,679
thing.

584
00:21:25,679 --> 00:21:26,320
>> Yeah.

585
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,400
>> Okay. You have been very generous and

586
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,480
I'm grateful to you. Thank you. Thank

587
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:31,120
you for coming.

588
00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:31,520
>> Thank you.

589
00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:32,960
>> I'm sorry that you just now found out

590
00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:33,520
about it.

591
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,039
>> Me, too. But it's all right. We're

592
00:21:35,039 --> 00:21:35,840
starting from here.

593
00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,240
>> Okay. So,

594
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,320
>> you can get my contact information from

595
00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,360
Christie.

596
00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:43,280
>> Um, if you could get a couple people

597
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,159
together, um, say three or so.

598
00:21:46,159 --> 00:21:48,320
>> Uh, and let us know. We will definitely

599
00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,760
put something together and start

600
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,679
coordinating on some meetings and

601
00:21:51,679 --> 00:21:52,799
working through that.

602
00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:53,600
>> Okay. Thank you.

603
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,240
>> You're welcome. Thank you. Would anyone

604
00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:57,440
else like to address the council

605
00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,600
tonight?

606
00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,200
Yes, sir. Come on. Tell us who you are.

607
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,120
>> My name is uh Andrew Rendall. Uh and

608
00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:09,280
apologies in advance for the lack of eye

609
00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:10,960
contact. I just want to make sure I

610
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,559
squeeze this in under the two-minute

611
00:22:12,559 --> 00:22:13,039
buzzer.

612
00:22:13,039 --> 00:22:16,000
>> Yeah, go ahead. Um, so I wanted to just

613
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,440
uh acknowledge what Cabbat and Mayflower

614
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,320
and Peridge have all done in I think

615
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,080
just the past month,

616
00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,280
>> which was roll back or cancel entirely

617
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,039
their business with the ALPR companies,

618
00:22:31,039 --> 00:22:32,799
uh, Flock in this case, which is the

619
00:22:32,799 --> 00:22:33,120
main

620
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:33,520
>> Oh, okay.

621
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,440
>> the big one. Um, but I know there's

622
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,600
other ALPR companies like Axon or

623
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,200
Leonardo who would be more than happy to

624
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,320
take Flock's place. Um, and so my my

625
00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:43,600
only comment, and this was more of a

626
00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,880
just I I know this is not an actionable thing to my knowledge. It was

627
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,640
more just getting it off my chest and

628
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,559
making my opinion known that my hope is

629
00:22:50,559 --> 00:22:54,000
that Westfor uh would follow suit. Um

630
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,919
because I I I believe just looking

631
00:22:55,919 --> 00:22:57,520
online at Facebook, others have already

632
00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,100
pointed out that ALPR itself is kind

633
00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:03,280
[snorts] of a misleading misnomer. Um

634
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:04,960
because it stands for automatic license

635
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,080
plate reader. Um, but what they have the

636
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,799
capability of also reading is people's

637
00:23:10,799 --> 00:23:13,600
faces. Uh, how they walk. Uh, the fact

638
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,360
they might unknowingly have a tail light

639
00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,000
out or where they go and when. Uh, and

640
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,480
that information is all uh potentially

641
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,480
available to anyone who has access to

642
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,159
those databases. I think they say it's

643
00:23:24,159 --> 00:23:26,080
only stored on there for 30 days, but

644
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,640
you know, we know less and less. Um but

645
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,640
with something like that kind of uh

646
00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,880
surveillance in my opinion if you give

647
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,159
an inch um a mile is always going to be

648
00:23:36,159 --> 00:23:38,640
taken. Um and it would be much easier to

649
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,960
do what P Ridge or others have done and

650
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,520
take back that inch now than to wait and

651
00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,679
allow our status as private citizens to

652
00:23:45,679 --> 00:23:47,919
be encroached upon and [snorts] find

653
00:23:47,919 --> 00:23:49,440
that it's turned into miles and miles

654
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,679
that we don't know where to start taking

655
00:23:51,679 --> 00:23:54,240
back or if we even can at that point.

656
00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,039
So, um, my hope is that Westport takes

657
00:23:57,039 --> 00:23:59,440
back that inch. Um, and I think that

658
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,840
kind of dubtales a little bit with, uh,

659
00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,640
the annexation because I feel like trust

660
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,799
from private citizens to public service

661
00:24:06,799 --> 00:24:09,520
to public servants is a two-way street

662
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,840
and having, uh, and of course, these are

663
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,200
separate from traffic cameras and things

664
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,480
like that or CCTVs, but it kind of

665
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,520
demonstrates uh to some a lack of trust

666
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,240
in the community. Um, you know, kind of

667
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,679
a watchdog thing. And you know, you'll

668
00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:25,520
see Flock cameras all around where

669
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,919
they're pointed at public parks or at

670
00:24:27,919 --> 00:24:30,480
gymnasiums or and not not on roads. And

671
00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,640
you know, even the CEO of Flock

672
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,039
continuously changes his license plate.

673
00:24:35,039 --> 00:24:37,360
So, it's rules for the but not for me

674
00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,120
kind of situation. And so, just the

675
00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:40,559
whole thing gives me the ick. And so, I

676
00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:42,720
just wanted to make that opinion known.

677
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:43,039
But,

678
00:24:43,039 --> 00:24:43,360
>> okay,

679
00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:44,000
>> that's all.

680
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,159
>> Thank you.

681
00:24:46,159 --> 00:24:47,679
>> Would anyone else like to address the

682
00:24:47,679 --> 00:24:48,880
council tonight?

683
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,520
>> Yes, sir. Tell us who you are,

684
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,120
>> sir. tell us who you are.

685
00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:56,640
>> My name is Alan Thomas. Um, so I really

686
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,760
I'm here to discuss the annexation.

687
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:00,320
>> Yes, sir.

688
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,279
>> And I will echo everything that Barbara

689
00:25:03,279 --> 00:25:05,840
Bird just said and really appreciate

690
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,240
that. And I really appreciate y'all's

691
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,039
approach to it and I do appreciate why

692
00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:13,840
it needs to be done and it's probably,

693
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,520
you know, it's a it's a when I live. Um,

694
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,679
I will say that like Barbara, I came

695
00:25:19,679 --> 00:25:22,080
from a big city and I've moved here. I'm

696
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,799
a disabled veteran. I don't get out much

697
00:25:24,799 --> 00:25:27,039
and the only thing I really do have

698
00:25:27,039 --> 00:25:29,679
right now for recreation is being able

699
00:25:29,679 --> 00:25:31,840
to go out and shoot on my range on my

700
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,039
land. And so I I have concerns about

701
00:25:35,039 --> 00:25:36,960
that.

702
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,440
And it's really a more general concern.

703
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,400
It's not so much like all Alen does is

704
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,000
think about whether he gets to go shoot

705
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,720
today or not. It is more the the larger

706
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,120
concern of people that are out in that

707
00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:54,480
rural area are there for a reason and

708
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,039
they really don't you know like the

709
00:25:57,039 --> 00:25:59,520
gentleman said it's not really so much

710
00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,080
what I want what I don't want right and

711
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,200
so a lot of extra constraints a lot of

712
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,320
extra cost that may come with extra

713
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,640
infrastructure cost

714
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,520
um and then you know are we going to get

715
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,080
the same level of of service that we

716
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,400
have now, right? Um it it's already

717
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,720
sounding like really for no additional

718
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,799
service u escalation or increase we're

719
00:26:28,799 --> 00:26:32,240
going to spend an extra for me 13%

720
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,240
uh in tax money. So in property taxes.

721
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,760
So I'm a little concerned about all

722
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,760
that. And it's it's also not clear to me

723
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,960
that that even that that extra 13%

724
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,000
actually will cover the entire scope of

725
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,919
all of the costs, right? Because if you

726
00:26:49,919 --> 00:26:57,440
double the area, it takes more people to service that area. So

727
00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,240
like Barbara, it would be really helpful

728
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,640
for me because I apologize, I just found

729
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,400
out about this same time Barbara did

730
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,840
when she got her. Um

731
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,968
if we knew a plan and we had really sure

732
00:27:10,968 --> 00:27:12,960
[clears throat] thought through what the

733
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,039
impact to the police department was to

734
00:27:15,039 --> 00:27:19,039
the ambulance service uh road

735
00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:20,720
maintenance what that actually looks

736
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:25,360
like. Um and so I'll close with this and

737
00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:27,600
it's just really a question of how one

738
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,039
goes about all this. Um, right now

739
00:27:31,039 --> 00:27:32,880
there's a a bill that's going to be

740
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,640
voted on or how I don't know what you

741
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,120
call it, but whatever the annexation is

742
00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:38,960
called um in November,

743
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,320
>> the ordinance. Yeah.

744
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:45,360
>> Um would it be possible to add um

745
00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:47,520
anything to that at this point or is it

746
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,760
it's locked down? It's on the ballot and

747
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,559
it is what it is at this moment. Yeah,

748
00:27:52,559 --> 00:27:54,080
it would have, you know, I guess in

749
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,600
hindsight maybe I would have offered,

750
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,200
but if we could have included a rider on

751
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,840
that annexation and said, "Hey, with the

752
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:06,080
annexation in the annex area, we'll have

753
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,919
um

754
00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:11,760
code changes that will keep the same

755
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,080
kind of lifestyle."

756
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,240
And you have to use better words than I

757
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,559
do. I'm not a lawyer. So, uh, but

758
00:28:18,559 --> 00:28:19,760
anyway, that kind of thing, you know,

759
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,320
we're we're guarantees in writing those

760
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,200
things will happen. I appreciate you all

761
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:29,760
are, you know, you're good people and have the best interest of the

762
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,679
community at heart

763
00:28:31,679 --> 00:28:34,960
>> and and I just

764
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:39,200
unfortunately have been um burned by the

765
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,520
verbal and the intent without it being

766
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,840
written and then all of a sudden, you

767
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:45,279
know, we get there and well, it's not

768
00:28:45,279 --> 00:28:47,254
written down. So,

769
00:28:47,254 --> 00:28:47,360
>> [clears throat]

770
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,399
>> I I get that. So, I want I do want to

771
00:28:50,399 --> 00:28:53,679
ask um

772
00:28:53,679 --> 00:28:56,080
so are you are you currently aware of

773
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,080
the zoning changes that the county made

774
00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,760
about a year and a half ago?

775
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:01,279
>> Uh no, I'm not.

776
00:29:01,279 --> 00:29:04,159
>> Okay. So, no one that has came from your

777
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:07,440
area has been aware of that.

778
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,760
In that in that zoning change, the

779
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,720
county labeled all major highways uh

780
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:18,559
within the county. So if someone if if if you sell No, let's go

781
00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:20,960
with Barbara sells her property and

782
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,600
whoever she sells it to me and I decide

783
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,240
I want to turn that into whatever

784
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,080
commercial business I decide to turn it

785
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,080
into, the county is going to

786
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:31,520
automatically guarant or they're going

787
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,279
to allow that. So along those major

788
00:29:35,279 --> 00:29:37,600
corridors, the county has already

789
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,600
signified that those are commercial

790
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,600
corridors.

791
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,760
If if the city of West Fork annexes

792
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,480
that, if Barbara sells to me and I want

793
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,080
to change to uh commercial, I have to

794
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,320
come before the the the West Fork City

795
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,520
Council and and petition that I have to

796
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,000
send out certified letters. It's not an

797
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,200
automatic is what I'm getting at.

798
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,000
And and I don't think I've I've done a a

799
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,399
great job of of explaining the fact that

800
00:30:06,399 --> 00:30:09,120
we are actually this is going to provide

801
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:14,159
more control over uh your property

802
00:30:14,159 --> 00:30:17,279
than not annexing.

803
00:30:17,279 --> 00:30:19,760
Uh it's going to give you more of a

804
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,000
voice about what happens to that

805
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,760
property than you currently have.

806
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,279
>> And I appreciate that. Thank you.

807
00:30:27,279 --> 00:30:29,840
>> Yeah. Again, a lot of people weren't

808
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,480
aware and I had several several phone

809
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,000
calls uh emails concerning that uh that

810
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,240
county change, but

811
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,320
it as with everything, right, we follow

812
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,159
the rules of this is how we have to

813
00:30:42,159 --> 00:30:43,600
advertise it, but there's still people

814
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,679
that that don't realize it until, you

815
00:30:45,679 --> 00:30:47,840
know, it's it's too late, if you will.

816
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,320
Uh but but yeah, the county made a huge

817
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,399
change. And not only that, so some of

818
00:30:52,399 --> 00:30:56,880
what really pressed this um in the past,

819
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:02,240
the city was granted a onem uh uh buffer

820
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,080
outside of our city limits. So if if

821
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,679
something were to develop in some of

822
00:31:05,679 --> 00:31:07,760
that area, that would have had to come

823
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,440
before the city the city council of

824
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,840
Westport to approve it. People would

825
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:13,279
have been notified. They could have came

826
00:31:13,279 --> 00:31:15,679
in challenged different things. the

827
00:31:15,679 --> 00:31:17,360
state, that was about a year and a half

828
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,240
ago as well, the state removed that

829
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,200
planning boundary. Okay? And so what has

830
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,200
essentially happened is the county came

831
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:26,640
in and said that's an automatic

832
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,919
commercial zone and the state said the

833
00:31:29,919 --> 00:31:31,600
city of Westfork no longer has a

834
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,600
planning boundary. So

835
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,679
you you have lost the management of your

836
00:31:39,679 --> 00:31:44,640
rural area out there. Uh, and that's a lot of where this is coming

837
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,880
from. Part of it is coming from

838
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:48,960
Greenland was getting very aggressive at

839
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,159
annexing South.

840
00:31:52,159 --> 00:31:54,640
I've I've been texted some Facebook

841
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,480
posts that, you know, now the the city

842
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:57,919
of Greenland's completely against

843
00:31:57,919 --> 00:32:00,960
annexing that area. Okay. Um, maybe

844
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,480
there's an election coming up. I don't

845
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:03,102
know.

846
00:32:03,102 --> 00:32:03,120
>> [laughter]

847
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,200
>> Uh

848
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,080
the truth is the city of West Fork

849
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,919
thinks that we are better suited to

850
00:32:09,919 --> 00:32:12,480
manage that area than the city of

851
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,640
Greenland and and better suited to

852
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,720
manage that area than Washington County.

853
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,240
And

854
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,640
again, my prime example is if you're

855
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,960
going to develop an industrial park, you

856
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,360
should probably get the players who are

857
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,679
developing it to pay for the sewer

858
00:32:27,679 --> 00:32:29,519
instead of the city having to come in in

859
00:32:29,519 --> 00:32:33,360
15 years and and pay to put sewer in.

860
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,440
I I think we've we've put a little bit

861
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:40,080
more thought and effort into it than some of the other uh players in

862
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,159
that region. We don't have some of this

863
00:32:42,159 --> 00:32:44,240
stuff in writing yet, but as I said, as

864
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,640
we go into budget season, you're going

865
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,559
to start to see some of that uh be

866
00:32:48,559 --> 00:32:51,919
discussed in in detail.

867
00:32:51,919 --> 00:32:52,720
>> Thank you very much.

868
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:56,399
>> Now, to give you a little bit of

869
00:32:56,399 --> 00:33:00,640
u rest, we only have uh what do we have

870
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,000
tonight? We've got six council members

871
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,480
and will all the council members agree

872
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,159
that we are going to change the

873
00:33:08,159 --> 00:33:12,320
ordinance uh in agricultural

874
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,720
to one allow shooting and make some

875
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,559
changes as far as property maintenance

876
00:33:16,559 --> 00:33:18,000
and different things. Is everybody on

877
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:18,640
the council?

878
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,320
>> We'll accommodate y'all however we need

879
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,799
to to make your life stay like it is.

880
00:33:22,799 --> 00:33:24,000
>> Now, one other thing

881
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,159
>> on your side for that 100%.

882
00:33:26,159 --> 00:33:28,480
>> So, I got scared to death when I said

883
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,240
I'm annexing this. I said, "I'm not

884
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,080
running because somebody's going to come

885
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,320
after me." But our future mayor is

886
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,080
sitting right here. [laughter]

887
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,320
Get him to commit. Will you commit that

888
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:39,760
we are going to make some changes to the

889
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:41,440
agricultural zoning?

890
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:42,399
>> Okay.

891
00:33:42,399 --> 00:33:43,200
>> Well,

892
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,399
>> we don't have it in writing.

893
00:33:44,399 --> 00:33:46,080
>> I've got a cattleman's hat on and a

894
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,840
hunting shirt on, so I think I'll let

895
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:48,960
you know where I'm at.

896
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:53,190
>> As far as that goes,

897
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,640
» would anyone else like to address the

898
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,320
council tonight?

899
00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:00,950
>> Yes, sir. Tell us who you are, Woody.

900
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,080
What do you manager? Um, yeah, one there

901
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,399
was some some math that wasn't really

902
00:34:06,399 --> 00:34:09,839
checking out on the the annexing

903
00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:14,079
numbers. So, like how many houses, how

904
00:34:14,079 --> 00:34:16,800
much taxes are going to be projected?

905
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,919
Has has there been any number crunching

906
00:34:19,919 --> 00:34:21,440
on the annexed area?

907
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:22,720
>> No, there has not.

908
00:34:22,720 --> 00:34:24,480
>> So, like you had mentioned like there

909
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:25,839
might be 80 houses.

910
00:34:25,839 --> 00:34:27,119
>> That was Yeah, just an estimate.

911
00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:28,720
>> But there's like 150. Oh wow.

912
00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:29,839
>> Awesome.

913
00:34:29,839 --> 00:34:31,679
>> So if [laughter]

914
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:32,079
>> really,

915
00:34:32,079 --> 00:34:34,320
>> you know, we need population is what we

916
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:34,800
need.

917
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,200
>> So there's, you know, three square

918
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:43,200
miles, which is 640 acres per mile. So

919
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,560
if you average out $10,000 per acre of

920
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,040
assessed value, there's 20,000.

921
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:50,399
>> Now, you tell me, Woody, how many of

922
00:34:50,399 --> 00:34:51,040
those

923
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,960
>> Oh, I don't know. I'm just guessing.

924
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,119
>> Okay. So now I was I was making some

925
00:34:55,119 --> 00:34:57,520
guesses, too. Right. Right. But if you

926
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:58,000
take

927
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,440
>> But let's be serious about it. How much

928
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:01,760
of that land is assessed at $10,000 an

929
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,119
acre? Assessed.

930
00:35:03,119 --> 00:35:03,760
>> I'm not sure.

931
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,599
>> Not fair market value, but assessed.

932
00:35:05,599 --> 00:35:09,040
>> So if it was assessed at$10,000 an acre,

933
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,880
there's about $20,000.

934
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:11,440
>> Okay.

935
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,640
>> If all the houses were roughly $200,000

936
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,079
houses on average, there's $30,000. This

937
00:35:18,079 --> 00:35:22,720
is tax revenue. So roughly $50,000

938
00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,440
just in property taxes [snorts]

939
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,359
because you had you had mentioned, you

940
00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:29,599
know, closer to 8,000.

941
00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:31,599
>> So I'm going to challenge your math.

942
00:35:31,599 --> 00:35:32,000
>> Okay.

943
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,079
>> Because the entire city of West Fork

944
00:35:34,079 --> 00:35:36,079
that we currently have, all four square

945
00:35:36,079 --> 00:35:38,640
miles produces

946
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,079
>> three. Is that three?

947
00:35:40,079 --> 00:35:41,920
>> It's depends on where you look. There's

948
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,040
some places if you go to uh Gemini, I

949
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,119
think it think it says three. If you

950
00:35:47,119 --> 00:35:48,400
look at some other areas, it's going to

951
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:49,440
say four. Okay.

952
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,760
>> Uh I think there's I think our website

953
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,720
maybe even says four. But Christie,

954
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,079
correct me if I'm wrong here because

955
00:35:56,079 --> 00:35:58,880
Woody's challenging my math. [laughter]

956
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,040
In property tax in the entire city of

957
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,280
Westport, real property tax, do we not

958
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,800
get about $200,000 a year?

959
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:12,230
>> Hold on, I'll tell you. [laughter]

960
00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:14,640
So the city budget this year we have

961
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,839
budgeted 214,000

962
00:36:17,839 --> 00:36:55,589
for the general fund. Hold on.

963
00:36:55,599 --> 00:36:57,119
» 21,000

964
00:36:57,119 --> 00:37:00,160
for the streets. So, let's say let's say

965
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,560
let's round up and say we get 250,000

966
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,040
currently for the roughly 800 homes that

967
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:06,400
we currently have. And you were saying

968
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,079
we're going to get how much out of that?

969
00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:11,839
>> I'm I'm guessing around $50,000 is it's

970
00:37:11,839 --> 00:37:13,760
kind of my just rough math based on

971
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:15,760
these averages.

972
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,680
So, if that's the case, that might be

973
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,079
high, that might be low. I'm not sure.

974
00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:22,800
But what I was coming to say is, you

975
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,839
know, with the with a planning committee

976
00:37:25,839 --> 00:37:27,119
like you're talking about, like if

977
00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:30,400
there's like a budgeted amount that

978
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,800
could be shunted to fixing roads of the

979
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,640
annexed area, like put the money

980
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,680
specifically from the annexed area if it

981
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:44,000
annexes back into the annexed area for

982
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,320
roads,

983
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,240
water if that's ever going to happen,

984
00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:50,880
stuff like that. So water is never going

985
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,876
to happen.

986
00:37:52,876 --> 00:37:53,531
[clears throat]

987
00:37:53,531 --> 00:37:54,480
[laughter]

988
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,200
>> So that Washington Water Authority, just

989
00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,640
so everybody knows, Washington Water

990
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,800
Authority has territories and those

991
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,040
territories, my understanding is as long

992
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,880
as Washington Water Authority has

993
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,440
federal loans that they're paying off,

994
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:08,960
those territories will never be

995
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:10,640
challenged and never be changed. Now,

996
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,160
that's not to say never, ever, ever,

997
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,599
right? But for the most part,

998
00:38:15,599 --> 00:38:17,680
West Fork is not taking over any

999
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:19,200
territory of Washington water. That

1000
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,720
that's unheard of, right?

1001
00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:22,560
>> So, I don't think water is ever going to

1002
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:23,440
change.

1003
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,839
>> But, um, will we dedicate

1004
00:38:27,839 --> 00:38:31,680
that that tax to that area? No, we

1005
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,520
won't. Uh, it's going to go into the

1006
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,079
street budget. And the street budget is

1007
00:38:36,079 --> 00:38:39,359
going to be comprised of of an annual

1008
00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:41,680
plan of this is what we're allocating to

1009
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,160
this spot to this spot to this spot. And

1010
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,800
Isaac's got a matrix that he uses. Where

1011
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,400
are we going to pay? What roads are we

1012
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,920
going to work on? Right. Um so no, it we

1013
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,480
won't be allocating just those tax

1014
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,079
dollar. Number one, I don't even know if

1015
00:38:56,079 --> 00:38:58,560
we can if we can determine what property

1016
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,520
tax dollars comes from that area.

1017
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:02,240
>> Gotcha.

1018
00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:02,720
>> Yeah.

1019
00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:05,119
>> Okay. I just wanted to maybe clarify

1020
00:39:05,119 --> 00:39:08,240
that maybe some hard crunching needs to

1021
00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:11,119
happen at some point or just to be able

1022
00:39:11,119 --> 00:39:12,960
to anticipate what's going to be coming

1023
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:16,560
in on top of what's normally happening

1024
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,160
>> just

1025
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:22,079
for budgeting of next year if it passes.

1026
00:39:22,079 --> 00:39:23,680
>> Even if it passes, we won't get anything

1027
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:24,400
next year.

1028
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:24,880
>> Yeah.

1029
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:26,480
>> Property taxes are paid behind.

1030
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,720
>> Oh, right.

1031
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:31,359
>> Yeah. But yeah, there there's a huge

1032
00:39:31,359 --> 00:39:33,359
difference in what the fair market value

1033
00:39:33,359 --> 00:39:35,200
of property is and what the assessed

1034
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:35,920
value is.

1035
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:36,720
>> It's a good point.

1036
00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:38,400
>> It's 80%.

1037
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:39,520
>> Less point, right?

1038
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,917
>> So, yeah, it's probably maybe $8,000.

1039
00:39:42,917 --> 00:39:45,349
[laughter]

1040
00:39:45,359 --> 00:39:47,040
» I bet it's closer to eight than it is

1041
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:47,520
50.

1042
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,680
>> Gotcha.

1043
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,560
>> I do want to bring up something. We were

1044
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,240
Everybody askked about fire and

1045
00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:55,839
everything with with Greenland,

1046
00:39:55,839 --> 00:39:58,240
everything. Ask our our fire real quick.

1047
00:39:58,240 --> 00:39:59,839
If there's a fire in Greenland, who who

1048
00:39:59,839 --> 00:40:01,040
responds to it?

1049
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:02,079
>> We do.

1050
00:40:02,079 --> 00:40:04,880
>> Who has who has the fire? Who does the

1051
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,440
fire protection for Greenland?

1052
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:08,240
>> West.

1053
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:09,359
>> Westport.

1054
00:40:09,359 --> 00:40:10,960
>> So,

1055
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,160
if you go with Greenland, you're still

1056
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,160
getting Westport and fire.

1057
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:15,040
>> Yeah. Yeah.

1058
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:15,839
>> All right. Thank you.

1059
00:40:15,839 --> 00:40:18,160
>> Thanks, Woody.

1060
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:19,359
>> All right. Would anybody else like to

1061
00:40:19,359 --> 00:40:24,950
address the council tonight?

1062
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,000
All right. All right, we'll close the

1063
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,000
public forum and we'll move into our

1064
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,079
business reports.

1065
00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:31,440
>> Up first, planning commission Walter

1066
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:32,000
Harish.

1067
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,599
>> Good evening. Sorry I missed last month.

1068
00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:37,119
It completely slipped me by. Uh so this

1069
00:40:37,119 --> 00:40:39,440
past month though, we had a speaker, Mr.

1070
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,760
Andy Kitinger from u well I think he's

1071
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:42,800
worked with the American Institute of

1072
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:44,560
Architects and the American Institute of

1073
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,200
Certified Planners. And we had a really

1074
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,680
informative discussion with them uh on a

1075
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:50,560
lot of topics. I don't know if you've

1076
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,880
seen our minutes or not, but uh

1077
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,040
basically what we came away with is if

1078
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:58,319
we can get the more on voluntarily maybe

1079
00:40:58,319 --> 00:41:00,480
create a conservation district of some

1080
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,640
kind to protect green space and

1081
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,640
overdevelopment that that would be the

1082
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,920
more route to take and maybe overlay

1083
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,839
districts. But as far as that, it's just

1084
00:41:09,839 --> 00:41:11,680
more how much community involvement can

1085
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,079
we get before we can finally settle on

1086
00:41:14,079 --> 00:41:17,040
what tact we want to go after. And other

1087
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:18,240
than that, right now we don't have any

1088
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,240
business items. So, it's just more

1089
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:21,359
discussion on how we're going to do

1090
00:41:21,359 --> 00:41:22,800
that, what kind of community outreach

1091
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,640
we're going to do, and how we're going

1092
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:28,720
to go from there. Any questions?

1093
00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:30,800
>> Any questions for Walter?

1094
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,040
>> Thank you, sir.

1095
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:37,920
Next, our library report. Marie,

1096
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:39,680
>> hello.

1097
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:42,240
So, um, we had a great summer reading

1098
00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:44,800
finale. I had a great turnout. Um, and I

1099
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,400
want to say a special thanks. We had a

1100
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,240
volunteer named Lorie and she put

1101
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:50,560
sparkly things in the girls hair that

1102
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:54,000
came up and hung out and it was great.

1103
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,560
Um, also very sadly Christina has left

1104
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,280
us but for very good reasons and we wish

1105
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,359
her the best. And we have a new person

1106
00:42:01,359 --> 00:42:04,640
on staff, Meredith Gabard. Um, and she's

1107
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:08,400
doing great. So, we're very lucky. Um,

1108
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,440
and as many of you may know, the library

1109
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,839
is currently looking for a new director.

1110
00:42:13,839 --> 00:42:16,720
Um, so this was a very difficult

1111
00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:19,280
decision for me. Um, but it's what's

1112
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:23,280
best for my family and um, anyway, it

1113
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:24,240
looks like we've got some great

1114
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:25,839
applications. I really want to thank

1115
00:42:25,839 --> 00:42:29,920
everyone for the seven years [snorts]

1116
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,400
that have been West Fork.

1117
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,184
It's been really great.

1118
00:42:35,184 --> 00:42:36,400
[laughter]

1119
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:39,040
>> We love having you.

1120
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,960
We're going to miss you. Y

1121
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,699
>> Well, don't help me.

1122
00:42:43,699 --> 00:42:44,720
>> [laughter]

1123
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:46,319
>> Um,

1124
00:42:46,319 --> 00:42:47,440
[clears throat] that being said, we're

1125
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,079
going to have another Ask the Mayor um

1126
00:42:50,079 --> 00:42:52,800
at the end of August. So, well, I don't

1127
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:54,720
know. But if anyone knows any questions

1128
00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,800
that may be hard to answer like on the

1129
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:58,800
spot at a city council meeting, send

1130
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,560
them to the mayor. Throw him some hard

1131
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,960
balls. It's the last one that I'm

1132
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,760
running. So, [laughter]

1133
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,589
>> no. I wish.

1134
00:43:08,589 --> 00:43:10,160
[snorts]

1135
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,079
>> What else do you have for us, Marie?

1136
00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:13,839
Well, those were the big announcements.

1137
00:43:13,839 --> 00:43:16,079
What else do you want? [laughter]

1138
00:43:16,079 --> 00:43:18,160
>> Tell us about our last Ask the Mayor.

1139
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,560
>> The last Ask the Mayor. Um, it was

1140
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,119
great. We had over 3,000 views. I think

1141
00:43:23,119 --> 00:43:25,440
about 3,500 on Facebook. Um,

1142
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:26,880
>> did you hear that, Chad?

1143
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,359
>> I was not winning [laughter] anyway.

1144
00:43:29,359 --> 00:43:32,160
>> But Mark was so if you could relay that

1145
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:32,560
message.

1146
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:37,910
>> I sent him home for the day. [laughter]

1147
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:40,079
» So, um, yeah. [snorts] So, go check it

1148
00:43:40,079 --> 00:43:42,240
out. It's also on YouTube. So, if you

1149
00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:44,000
have any friends or family who are not

1150
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,079
on Facebook or just don't enjoy getting

1151
00:43:46,079 --> 00:43:48,240
on Facebook, share the YouTube link with

1152
00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:50,720
them um and get your questions answered

1153
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:52,640
about the school cuz Mr. Uner actually

1154
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,240
got most of the questions during that

1155
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:57,280
round. So,

1156
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,040
>> any questions for Marie?

1157
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:04,240
>> No. So,

1158
00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:08,000
um Marie is leaving us. Her last day is

1159
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,520
September 4th.

1160
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:11,920
>> Yeah. Uh she may hang around for a

1161
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,319
little bit. Uh maybe, maybe not. We'll

1162
00:44:14,319 --> 00:44:15,440
see.

1163
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:16,079
>> Yeah,

1164
00:44:16,079 --> 00:44:18,079
>> she's she's anxious to get out of here

1165
00:44:18,079 --> 00:44:19,839
as you can tell. [laughter]

1166
00:44:19,839 --> 00:44:22,000
Um we are definitely going to miss

1167
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,560
Marie. Uh we're going to miss her a lot.

1168
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:26,535
Um I told I met with the library board

1169
00:44:26,535 --> 00:44:30,560
[snorts] last week uh discussing

1170
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,200
um setting up interviews and trying to

1171
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:36,160
find candidates. And I told the library

1172
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:38,960
board that uh in my tenure, in my 10

1173
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:42,400
years, uh this is one of the absolute

1174
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,839
best librarians West Fork has ever had.

1175
00:44:45,839 --> 00:44:47,839
And [snorts]

1176
00:44:47,839 --> 00:44:50,560
I said she was in running for the best

1177
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:53,599
uh with the Shannon who brought her in.

1178
00:44:53,599 --> 00:44:55,680
Right. So Marie's been with us a long

1179
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,280
time. Her name is actually Shannon. So

1180
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:59,040
we we discussed maybe hiring somebody

1181
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:02,630
whose name is Shannon. [laughter]

1182
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:05,040
But, uh, Marie's going to have some big

1183
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:08,160
shoes to fill by whoever whoever, um,

1184
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:09,680
gets that role. And we're going to miss

1185
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:11,599
you dearly. Uh, you've done great things

1186
00:45:11,599 --> 00:45:14,000
with our library. And so, we thank you

1187
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,599
very much. Uh, I don't want to say that

1188
00:45:17,599 --> 00:45:20,240
we're she's still going to be here for a

1189
00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:21,520
while, so I don't want to make this as a

1190
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,319
finality, but uh, we do have interviews

1191
00:45:24,319 --> 00:45:26,720
scheduled for next week. We had several

1192
00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:29,200
candidates who applied for the job, but

1193
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,160
it's going to be hard to replace Marie.

1194
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:38,470
So Marie, thank you [applause] for YOUR

1195
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,400
» We wish you the best.

1196
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:41,359
>> Thank you,

1197
00:45:41,359 --> 00:45:43,280
>> Miss Marie. We may fill your position,

1198
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,200
but we won't replace you. That's

1199
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:46,079
>> right.

1200
00:45:46,079 --> 00:45:50,160
>> Well, thank you. I appreciate it.

1201
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:51,119
>> Thank you, Marie.

1202
00:45:51,119 --> 00:45:54,160
>> Thank you.

1203
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:57,200
>> Next, the police report. Chiefs,

1204
00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,040
>> good evening.

1205
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:02,160
All right. So, we had 445 calls, 31

1206
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:04,160
reports taken, 91 citations, 180

1207
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:05,920
warnings, eight ordinance violations,

1208
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,480
five warrants, and seven misdemeanor

1209
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,960
arrest, two felony arrests. As far as

1210
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:12,400
the last month, we have Officer Fuller.

1211
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:14,240
Finally graduated the academy. Got him

1212
00:46:14,240 --> 00:46:15,839
out to his field training. Get that

1213
00:46:15,839 --> 00:46:19,200
started. He did um get top honors for

1214
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,920
driving. Did get the top driver award.

1215
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,640
Uh we renewed and updated updated, just

1216
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:26,800
kind of fix some stuff, our SRO contract

1217
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:28,160
with the school. So we're continuing

1218
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:29,920
that relationship pretty much uh

1219
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,480
unchanged. Uh also on the side of the

1220
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:34,000
school, we have been working with the

1221
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,680
school to um help them with their backup

1222
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:39,839
communications as far as primarily the

1223
00:46:39,839 --> 00:46:42,240
buses but also each one of the offices

1224
00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:44,000
have a radio and we basically work with

1225
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,800
them so that moving forward as the we as

1226
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:50,000
a as a area and a city go forward with

1227
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,359
backup communications that we will have

1228
00:46:51,359 --> 00:46:53,440
interoperability. So we are we are

1229
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:54,960
playing a role in that to make sure that

1230
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:56,160
it's part of the big picture that we

1231
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:58,720
have an emergency. The school, city,

1232
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:02,000
police, fire, we're making moves slowly

1233
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:03,920
uh but surely to have interoperability

1234
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,000
there so we're not separating ourselves

1235
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,400
as far as emergency communications. Uh

1236
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,720
we did a speed saturation on with the

1237
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:12,400
state police on the 31st last of the

1238
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,200
month. Um pretty successful. a lot of

1239
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,280
people driving fast out there and about

1240
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:21,599
two hours plus uh stopped about 74

1241
00:47:21,599 --> 00:47:24,000
people. Um just to be fair, there's not

1242
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,240
a single person going less than 88 that

1243
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:28,319
was stopped. Uh top honors goes to

1244
00:47:28,319 --> 00:47:31,520
someone in the red Camaro at 101

1245
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,000
>> with no driver's license as well. Uh but

1246
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:37,040
anyways, um short period of time worked

1247
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:38,640
with our our counterparts there with

1248
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:40,480
state police and highway patrol and and

1249
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:42,000
got out there and tried to slow some

1250
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,319
people down. So, it was a successful uh

1251
00:47:44,319 --> 00:47:46,319
effort there. Um, another thing I want

1252
00:47:46,319 --> 00:47:48,932
to bring out to uh the group and

1253
00:47:48,932 --> 00:47:50,800
[snorts] also for the public, we've had,

1254
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:52,079
and this doesn't really change. We have

1255
00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:53,920
this all the time, but we've had a

1256
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:55,440
couple different frauds come through the

1257
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:58,000
last month that um it happens all the

1258
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,720
time, but just encourage people to uh

1259
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:02,720
monitor your bank accounts, please. Uh

1260
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:04,640
we're still we we had a little rash of

1261
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:06,160
this a couple months ago, but again

1262
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:08,240
we've had checks somehow stolen from

1263
00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:09,599
what they said is they drop them off at

1264
00:48:09,599 --> 00:48:10,800
the post office and somehow they're

1265
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:12,400
still inter intercepted. I don't know

1266
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,240
how that happens. Uh of course we're

1267
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:15,440
going to be reaching out to the postal

1268
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,599
service and letting them know um what's

1269
00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:19,599
going on there, but uh please I'd

1270
00:48:19,599 --> 00:48:20,480
recommend if you don't have

1271
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:21,920
notifications set up on your bank

1272
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,000
account for transactions either a low

1273
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:25,520
amount or just to get an email so you

1274
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:27,119
can kind of spot check that. I highly

1275
00:48:27,119 --> 00:48:28,640
recommend it because a lot of times I

1276
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:32,960
find out after the fact. Um, also we had

1277
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:34,559
some a couple identity things going on

1278
00:48:34,559 --> 00:48:37,119
there. So, please, um, an ounce of

1279
00:48:37,119 --> 00:48:38,880
prevention is is worth a pound of cure

1280
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:40,319
with that stuff on the front end as far

1281
00:48:40,319 --> 00:48:42,160
as monitoring your credit report. Um,

1282
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:43,520
lock your credit if you want. That's the

1283
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:45,200
easiest way to do it. Just lock it and

1284
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:46,480
then don't have to worry about it. Uh,

1285
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:47,839
cuz they're really hard to catch these

1286
00:48:47,839 --> 00:48:48,720
people because they're good at what

1287
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:50,559
they're doing. Typically, don't uh

1288
00:48:50,559 --> 00:48:52,160
they're not from West Fork or for that

1289
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:53,680
matter even the state of Arkansas, maybe

1290
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:56,559
not the country. Um, and we're also

1291
00:48:56,559 --> 00:48:58,480
trying to find our our little guy in the

1292
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,119
white car that came out of almost

1293
00:49:01,119 --> 00:49:02,880
nowhere and defrauded one of our

1294
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:04,480
citizens kind of randomly. And

1295
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:07,040
thankfully Harks had some cameras to get

1296
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:09,119
us going. But we're still we're still

1297
00:49:09,119 --> 00:49:10,400
trying to find that guy. So if you do

1298
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,640
have information, uh, we posted on our

1299
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:14,000
Facebook. If you recognize him, please

1300
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:15,839
let us know. We've got a couple people

1301
00:49:15,839 --> 00:49:17,359
giving us information [cough] that I

1302
00:49:17,359 --> 00:49:19,280
think who it is. So far, we haven't

1303
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:20,800
really nailed that down, but we like to

1304
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,359
catch that guy for for uh for what he

1305
00:49:23,359 --> 00:49:26,960
did. Um upcoming uh tomorrow the big

1306
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,200
news and probably Thursday is school

1307
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,680
traffic. Um it's going to be a mess. Uh

1308
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:33,359
I apologize right now. We'll do the best

1309
00:49:33,359 --> 00:49:35,200
we can. We put up a little Facebook

1310
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:36,400
video there to tell you what we're

1311
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,400
trying to do. But the long and the short

1312
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:39,680
of it, if you do not have to go through

1313
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:41,040
that intersection, please don't go

1314
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:42,079
through that intersection tomorrow

1315
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:44,400
morning or tomorrow afternoon or the

1316
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,440
next morning. Basically about two days.

1317
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,680
It's a mess. Um we have hundreds of cars

1318
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:51,040
all trying to go to the same place at

1319
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:54,720
the same time. So, we will work hard to

1320
00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:57,200
get the traffic in as fast as we can and

1321
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:58,640
then shortly after that then work hard

1322
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:00,800
to try to get the traffic out. Uh, but

1323
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:03,440
inevitably it does lock up. We we try to

1324
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:04,800
keep it flowing as best we can, but we

1325
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,359
just run out of space. So, um, leave

1326
00:50:07,359 --> 00:50:09,119
early if you have to go through there.

1327
00:50:09,119 --> 00:50:10,640
Use White Street, avoid the area,

1328
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:12,079
especially the four-way intersection if

1329
00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:13,839
you can. Uh, but we'll do the best we

1330
00:50:13,839 --> 00:50:15,760
can to keep everything rolling. it

1331
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:18,640
normally it's about 15 10 15 minutes of

1332
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:20,880
just gridlock barely moving and then

1333
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:22,640
it'll start to speed up and then

1334
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:24,000
hopefully by Thursday things will

1335
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:25,520
resolve themselves and kind of go back

1336
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:27,520
to normal but first day is always bad it

1337
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:31,200
no matter what we do so um that's all I

1338
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:34,000
got for you any questions or anything

1339
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,559
>> so have you had people say that there's

1340
00:50:36,559 --> 00:50:38,079
a lot of people that are coming by

1341
00:50:38,079 --> 00:50:39,920
knocking on the door trying to sell

1342
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:41,359
stuff

1343
00:50:41,359 --> 00:50:44,640
>> I haven't heard a lot of that no Um,

1344
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:45,040
>> okay.

1345
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:47,040
>> I mean, it there there is I haven't had

1346
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:48,559
any I'm not feeling any complaints about

1347
00:50:48,559 --> 00:50:48,800
it.

1348
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:49,359
>> Okay.

1349
00:50:49,359 --> 00:50:54,000
>> Um, I know that was one thing with our our suspect there. We did kind of

1350
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:55,839
throw something out there vaguely like

1351
00:50:55,839 --> 00:50:57,200
anybody came by and done this because

1352
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,359
that's what he did the first time two

1353
00:50:59,359 --> 00:51:00,720
weeks ago and we thought surely this

1354
00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:02,480
guy's probably went around, hey, I

1355
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:04,000
accidentally treated your your lawn. Can

1356
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:05,599
you go ahead and give me $80 so my boss

1357
00:51:05,599 --> 00:51:06,960
doesn't get me in trouble? So, we

1358
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,079
figured, hey, this guy's done this

1359
00:51:08,079 --> 00:51:09,119
somewhere else. We're going to catch

1360
00:51:09,119 --> 00:51:12,400
him. And we got not a peep. And we're

1361
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,520
like, okay. And then then once we were

1362
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:17,599
just totally at dead ends is when we

1363
00:51:17,599 --> 00:51:18,880
went ahead and released a few hours

1364
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:20,559
later, hey, this is this is what

1365
00:51:20,559 --> 00:51:22,400
happened. This is the guy. And we moved

1366
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:23,280
forward with it. But

1367
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:24,800
>> I guess you need to look at that because

1368
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,200
I've caught a lot on my camera and one

1369
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:29,520
even come up. He didn't even knock on

1370
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:32,000
the door. He raised up my doormat,

1371
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,400
looked under it, and then let it back

1372
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,000
down and then he walked off.

1373
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:36,800
>> Yeah, that's weird.

1374
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:38,800
>> It was very weird cuz I was like, "Okay,

1375
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:40,480
>> I would say if you didn't have a key

1376
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:40,800
there."

1377
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:42,960
>> No, I didn't have Yeah, I guess you

1378
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:43,760
didn't give them either.

1379
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,760
>> Um, if you do have people come at your

1380
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:47,680
door and you have some some camera

1381
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:49,839
footage of people come up to your door,

1382
00:51:49,839 --> 00:51:51,280
especially going to back now we're

1383
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,680
talking about uh, forgive me on the I

1384
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:56,559
believe this was the I think it was two

1385
00:51:56,559 --> 00:51:58,160
weeks ago. It's on our Facebook. I'm

1386
00:51:58,160 --> 00:51:59,520
sorry, but if you'll look at our

1387
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:01,760
Facebook post, basically that post was

1388
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,000
the same day that happened and then he

1389
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,079
was reported to have came by two weeks

1390
00:52:06,079 --> 00:52:08,240
prior. So, if you do have video footage

1391
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:09,520
and you want to swipe through the

1392
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:11,119
timeline and see if there's anybody only

1393
00:52:11,119 --> 00:52:12,640
way to watch it besides Facebook. I'm

1394
00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:14,319
not on social media.

1395
00:52:14,319 --> 00:52:15,680
>> Get with me. I'll I'll give you I can

1396
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:17,359
give you a copy of it. Yeah, for sure.

1397
00:52:17,359 --> 00:52:19,520
But, uh I just cannot believe that he

1398
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:21,520
went to that one house with that guy two

1399
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:22,960
times and didn't try that on anybody

1400
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:24,800
else in town. Just kind of blows my

1401
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:28,000
mind. Um but we can't explain any other

1402
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,400
way. So, we're at a dead end. We have a

1403
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,559
car and a picture of a guy and no

1404
00:52:32,559 --> 00:52:35,200
license plate. And we're we think we

1405
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:37,839
might have the vehicle, but we're we're

1406
00:52:37,839 --> 00:52:40,800
not sure yet, but we're trying. Uh but

1407
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:41,920
yeah, good question. If you'll check it

1408
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:43,440
because it surely went to somebody

1409
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:44,240
else's door, too.

1410
00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:46,400
>> Yeah, there's been several different

1411
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,760
hasn't there. Several. And I'm amazed. I

1412
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:51,280
don't know why these people are knocking

1413
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:53,520
on my door and, you know, standing there

1414
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,520
having conversations, then they'll

1415
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:56,000
leave.

1416
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:57,839
>> They have conversations themselves.

1417
00:52:57,839 --> 00:52:59,359
>> Well, like these two [laughter] guys

1418
00:52:59,359 --> 00:53:02,400
like they came up. I swear they I don't

1419
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:04,000
know kind of look like detectives. They

1420
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:06,160
had looked like he kind of had a gun or

1421
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,079
I don't know. There was a bulge in the

1422
00:53:08,079 --> 00:53:09,760
back. I could definitely look up

1423
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:10,720
somebody.

1424
00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:12,000
>> Are you behind ON YOUR TAXES?

1425
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:13,280
>> NO. [laughter]

1426
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,599
WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING? And then

1427
00:53:15,599 --> 00:53:17,440
lots of people that are around the age

1428
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:18,720
of 20,

1429
00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:20,559
>> you know, one was even on like a what's

1430
00:53:20,559 --> 00:53:21,040
it called?

1431
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:22,319
>> No, I haven't seen that. We we have seen

1432
00:53:22,319 --> 00:53:23,920
a guy in town and no complaints on it,

1433
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:26,319
but I crossed paths with him that was I

1434
00:53:26,319 --> 00:53:28,079
think he was doing some kind of lawn

1435
00:53:28,079 --> 00:53:29,760
treatment or maybe pest services and he

1436
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:31,280
was zipping around on a on a two wheel

1437
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:33,040
thing. I've seen door to door salesman

1438
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:35,280
in town, but I haven't got any

1439
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,200
complaints on any of them in quite quite

1440
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,280
a quite some time. Yeah. So,

1441
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:40,960
>> I didn't like the one that lifted up the

1442
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:41,599
door. I was like,

1443
00:53:41,599 --> 00:53:42,400
>> "Yeah, it's a little strange."

1444
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:44,160
>> Yeah. That Yeah, that's what I thought.

1445
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:44,319
You

1446
00:53:44,319 --> 00:53:45,920
>> sure?

1447
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:48,160
>> No. No. I've watched it several times

1448
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:50,400
and thought, "Oh my gosh, what's going

1449
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:51,359
on with this person?"

1450
00:53:51,359 --> 00:53:55,359
>> Any other questions for Chief Go?

1451
00:53:55,359 --> 00:53:58,720
>> Thank you. Thank you.

1452
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:06,710
Public works, Mr. Harterson.

1453
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:11,839
Yeah, it's it's the season. Uh

1454
00:54:11,839 --> 00:54:14,640
Sirville goes down, water bill goes up.

1455
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:20,079
Uh we are chasing leaks. We have fixed I don't know how many shelves have been

1456
00:54:20,079 --> 00:54:23,440
fixed last week. All just small little

1457
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:26,640
service lines. Uh we're still continuing

1458
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:29,119
to run pretty high. about 260,000

1459
00:54:29,119 --> 00:54:32,160
gallons a day on average. Our average is

1460
00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:35,119
usually around 190.

1461
00:54:35,119 --> 00:54:37,839
So, our water loss is like 50% last

1462
00:54:37,839 --> 00:54:38,319
month.

1463
00:54:38,319 --> 00:54:38,800
>> Yep.

1464
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:40,880
>> So,

1465
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:43,920
uh the altitude valve was fixed at the

1466
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:47,440
pump station. Uh that's all running back

1467
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:48,640
up and running. SC

1468
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:50,400
>> when will that when will that hit the

1469
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:51,280
water loss report?

1470
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,680
>> It should be it should be this reading.

1471
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:56,880
We should know this. Yeah. Uh the

1472
00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:00,559
altitude valve is fixed. Uh SCADA is

1473
00:55:00,559 --> 00:55:02,559
fixed at the pump station from the

1474
00:55:02,559 --> 00:55:04,400
lightning strike. Uh the air

1475
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:06,079
conditioners fixed at lift station from

1476
00:55:06,079 --> 00:55:08,000
the lightning strike.

1477
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,319
>> Is there a way to prevent any of that?

1478
00:55:10,319 --> 00:55:10,720
Which

1479
00:55:10,720 --> 00:55:12,960
>> I asked that too. There's a giant street

1480
00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:14,240
light right there. That should be a

1481
00:55:14,240 --> 00:55:15,760
lightning rod that catches all that and

1482
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:19,200
it hits the pipe. So something something

1483
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:20,559
to do with the friction of the water

1484
00:55:20,559 --> 00:55:25,920
inside the pipe draws the lightning to the pipe. So that's what I was told.

1485
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:27,839
>> Is there not any kind of

1486
00:55:27,839 --> 00:55:30,640
>> outside of building a a canopy over top

1487
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:35,119
of the pit where the pipe is exposed?

1488
00:55:35,119 --> 00:55:35,520
>> Sure.

1489
00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:37,440
>> And blow it up and the

1490
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:40,319
>> Yeah.

1491
00:55:40,319 --> 00:55:42,720
Uh

1492
00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:45,440
but yes, and and I'm down two pumps

1493
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:50,400
right now, too. So, uh we lost a pump

1494
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:52,559
about three weeks ago and then lost

1495
00:55:52,559 --> 00:55:55,280
another one right after that. So, and

1496
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:56,960
lost all three check valves in the pump

1497
00:55:56,960 --> 00:56:00,720
station. So, I don't know if maybe

1498
00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:02,480
they'll send us a slug of gravel down

1499
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:04,000
through here from some of their tie-ins

1500
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:06,079
they've done or something, but we're

1501
00:56:06,079 --> 00:56:09,760
fixing to tear into pump two and and see

1502
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:13,839
what we can find. So, yes, that's I'm

1503
00:56:13,839 --> 00:56:15,520
meeting that guy tomorrow to go through

1504
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:17,119
that. So, we're definitely going to

1505
00:56:17,119 --> 00:56:18,720
replace one pump. Hopefully, we can

1506
00:56:18,720 --> 00:56:24,400
rebuild the other and salvage it. But, yeah, spend some money in the pump

1507
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:27,680
station again. Uh

1508
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:30,799
the only other thing is uh Riverwood is

1509
00:56:30,799 --> 00:56:34,000
paved. They paved Church Street. It's

1510
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:36,160
almost

1511
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:37,920
complete. They still have some offsite

1512
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:40,400
stuff that we we really want to hold

1513
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:42,960
their feet to the fire to get that done

1514
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:46,400
before we final plat that that we don't

1515
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:49,520
really have any recourse for houses

1516
00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:51,200
being built in there for offsite

1517
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,920
improvement. So before we final that, we

1518
00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:56,319
want to make sure that JD is taken care

1519
00:56:56,319 --> 00:56:58,880
of, Crystal is taken care of, and all

1520
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,920
their needs have been met where I'm not

1521
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:04,799
privy to some of them commitments that

1522
00:57:04,799 --> 00:57:06,559
were made, but but we want to make sure

1523
00:57:06,559 --> 00:57:08,160
they're satisfied before we final fight

1524
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:09,760
that. So that'll be coming in the next

1525
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,480
couple weeks, I'm assuming. Uh sweeps

1526
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:14,000
over there moving poles so they can

1527
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:17,040
finish up their curb. And but I drove it

1528
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:20,160
looks really nice. Uh

1529
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:21,760
he's ready to start building houses in

1530
00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:23,760
there. So

1531
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:26,480
the other one I'm not they're moving

1532
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:28,160
equipment back in there and tore house

1533
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:31,200
down. That's really all I know. We are

1534
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:32,400
still waiting on comments from the

1535
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:34,960
health department. And as far as our

1536
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:38,079
project for the 170, we are waiting on

1537
00:57:38,079 --> 00:57:39,440
comments from the health department as

1538
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:41,680
well. So

1539
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:43,599
everything's I think we're all ready to

1540
00:57:43,599 --> 00:57:47,599
go finance-wise, but we just got to make

1541
00:57:47,599 --> 00:57:50,000
sure the health department is on board

1542
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:52,319
with all

1543
00:57:52,319 --> 00:57:53,280
other than that.

1544
00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:55,040
>> That's all the good news you have.

1545
00:57:55,040 --> 00:57:57,440
>> That's it. Hey, if you got some green

1546
00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:58,720
grass growing in your yard, call me

1547
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:00,240
because it's probably not supposed to be

1548
00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:03,040
there unless you're [laughter]

1549
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:05,680
let me come check it. Any questions for

1550
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:07,760
Isaac

1551
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:09,680
>> or come pound the pavement with me. I've

1552
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:11,359
been walking up down the road. I found

1553
00:58:11,359 --> 00:58:13,599
two this afternoon after work. So, just

1554
00:58:13,599 --> 00:58:16,880
walking down the road.

1555
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:20,559
Okay. Thank you, sir.

1556
00:58:20,559 --> 00:58:22,980
Parks Director Harris.

1557
00:58:22,980 --> 00:58:25,030
[snorts]

1558
00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:26,880
Don't have a lot to report. Uh we're

1559
00:58:26,880 --> 00:58:29,200
just mostly

1560
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:30,960
maintaining and upkeeping of the parks

1561
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:34,400
the last month. Catching up on uh

1562
00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:36,559
little projects that we've put off till

1563
00:58:36,559 --> 00:58:39,440
we got through ball season and and um

1564
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:42,319
Fourth of July events like replacing a

1565
00:58:42,319 --> 00:58:44,960
broken grill at Riverside.

1566
00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:47,440
Clean up a tree along Riverwood disc

1567
00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:51,200
golf area. Placing lost bridge that we

1568
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:52,480
lost in the flood [snorts] in the disc

1569
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:54,079
golf area. put a lot of work into the

1570
00:58:54,079 --> 00:58:56,559
disc golf course this month. Uh we had

1571
00:58:56,559 --> 00:58:58,480
two major tournaments scheduled down

1572
00:58:58,480 --> 00:59:01,200
there. One already happened August 1st.

1573
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:05,440
Uh we had 171 players participating on

1574
00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:07,440
that which is

1575
00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:09,680
a course record for sure and one of the

1576
00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:11,520
largest, if not the largest tournaments

1577
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:13,040
that they've had in Northwest Arkansas

1578
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:15,040
in a long time as far as participants

1579
00:59:15,040 --> 00:59:18,160
go. The next one is this coming weekend.

1580
00:59:18,160 --> 00:59:20,799
It's a tournament we're co-hosting with

1581
00:59:20,799 --> 00:59:22,720
Farmington. There will be rounds played

1582
00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:25,280
at Creekide Farmington as well as Carter

1583
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,319
Park. Um they're expecting about 150

1584
00:59:28,319 --> 00:59:32,640
players in it as as well. Um the Heat

1585
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:34,000
might have something to say about that.

1586
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:36,640
The first turned out to be a beautiful

1587
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:38,240
Saturday that we don't normally get in

1588
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:40,319
August and that helped with the 171. So

1589
00:59:40,319 --> 00:59:42,720
we'll see how many actually turned out

1590
00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:44,400
um this coming weekend because I think

1591
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:47,760
it's supposed to be 101. So we'll see.

1592
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:49,760
Um,

1593
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:52,160
>> the good news with all that is after

1594
00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:55,040
those 171 players were down there Monday

1595
00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:56,400
morning when we went through there, we

1596
00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,200
picked up zero trash.

1597
00:59:59,200 --> 00:59:59,680
>> Awesome.

1598
00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:00,960
>> The people that are coming to those

1599
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:03,119
things are the kind of people we want

1600
01:00:03,119 --> 01:00:06,720
coming to our town for sure. Uh, they

1601
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:08,799
usually leave the park in a better

1602
01:00:08,799 --> 01:00:10,640
condition than it was when they got

1603
01:00:10,640 --> 01:00:13,200
there a lot of time. So,

1604
01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:16,960
uh, anyway, and then just an update on

1605
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:18,960
the the playground approved equipment at

1606
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:21,200
Riverside. It got pushed into about

1607
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:22,880
midepptember, which actually works

1608
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:25,599
better for me. I want to be on vacation

1609
01:00:25,599 --> 01:00:27,119
the later part of this month and a

1610
01:00:27,119 --> 01:00:29,040
little bit of beginning of September and

1611
01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:30,960
then getting through Westfest and

1612
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:32,880
helping with them. So, it's actually a

1613
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:34,480
better thing for us. But, I don't have

1614
01:00:34,480 --> 01:00:37,599
an exact date yet, but midepptember is

1615
01:00:37,599 --> 01:00:38,880
what we're looking at for it to get

1616
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:40,799
installed.

1617
01:00:40,799 --> 01:00:42,559
So,

1618
01:00:42,559 --> 01:00:45,839
and I think that's about it.

1619
01:00:45,839 --> 01:00:47,119
>> You don't have any green grass where

1620
01:00:47,119 --> 01:00:47,920
you're not supposed to.

1621
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:50,880
>> I do have some green grass, but probably

1622
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:53,599
not where I'm supposed to.

1623
01:00:53,599 --> 01:00:57,829
>> I got some [laughter] I got

1624
01:00:57,839 --> 01:01:00,400
I'll try to point it out to Isaac as I

1625
01:01:00,400 --> 01:01:02,000
see it anyway. But yeah,

1626
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:02,960
>> we do need to have

1627
01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:04,559
>> we need more green grass where I'm

1628
01:01:04,559 --> 01:01:06,640
watering because I feel like I'm just

1629
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:09,280
maybe wasting some Isaac's water. Um,

1630
01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:10,640
>> we probably need the fire department to

1631
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:12,079
come and water those two trees.

1632
01:01:12,079 --> 01:01:12,559
>> They have.

1633
01:01:12,559 --> 01:01:13,440
Okay.

1634
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:16,480
>> Yes. Maybe not as often as we need them

1635
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:17,920
to, but they have come down there and

1636
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:19,839
watered them a couple of times recently.

1637
01:01:19,839 --> 01:01:21,760
>> One of those literally went from green

1638
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:23,760
to brown in like two days. It was so

1639
01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:24,160
hot.

1640
01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:26,160
>> They had about five green leaves hanging

1641
01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:27,359
on.

1642
01:01:27,359 --> 01:01:28,960
>> Yeah, they have gone down there and

1643
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:33,920
watered it a couple of times for us in last week. Uh, and we'll get them to

1644
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:35,280
do that some more. There's a couple of

1645
01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:36,799
places now that it's getting that they

1646
01:01:36,799 --> 01:01:39,280
may have to the the welcome sign's

1647
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:42,319
holding up pretty strong. Um some of the

1648
01:01:42,319 --> 01:01:44,000
other trees that we've had to water in

1649
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:45,599
the past are seem to be holding those

1650
01:01:45,599 --> 01:01:48,000
are two two of our newest trees that we

1651
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:50,240
put in. Uh but yeah, they're they are

1652
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:51,920
struggling, but they have watered them

1653
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:53,280
recently.

1654
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:55,359
>> Good.

1655
01:01:55,359 --> 01:01:57,359
>> Any questions for Chad?

1656
01:01:57,359 --> 01:01:58,640
>> I just don't think you can put enough

1657
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:01,599
water on anything right now. No. So,

1658
01:02:01,599 --> 01:02:02,240
>> okay.

1659
01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:06,470
>> Thank you, sir.

1660
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:10,640
Next, the fire department.

1661
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:14,000
>> I'm not chief. Oh, sorry.

1662
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:17,520
Uh, it has been super hot, super dry. I

1663
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:19,760
know that's not a shock to anybody. The

1664
01:02:19,760 --> 01:02:24,160
county issued a burn man today at 11:00.

1665
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:26,480
Yay. [laughter]

1666
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:30,559
I don't want to waste any water. So, um,

1667
01:02:30,559 --> 01:02:31,920
other than that, it was it's been a

1668
01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:34,480
really busy month. Last month, had 120

1669
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:38,480
calls. The most we've ever had is 123.

1670
01:02:38,480 --> 01:02:41,440
Uh, it's been super busy. July was great

1671
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:44,160
for prevention stuff. Uh, of course, the

1672
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:45,839
Fourth of July, we really like that.

1673
01:02:45,839 --> 01:02:47,920
But, lots of school things, lots of

1674
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:50,319
block parties, lots of giving away

1675
01:02:50,319 --> 01:02:53,280
stuffed animals, lots of inspections. I

1676
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:56,240
love inspections. Um, I think we're on

1677
01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:58,799
slate to break 80% of all our commercial

1678
01:02:58,799 --> 01:03:02,079
occupancies this year. My goal is, of

1679
01:03:02,079 --> 01:03:05,119
course, 100, but the big ISO number is

1680
01:03:05,119 --> 01:03:07,839
break 80% and I I'm certain we're going

1681
01:03:07,839 --> 01:03:10,240
to blow that out of the water. And so,

1682
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:13,119
I'm pretty proud of that. We've got lots

1683
01:03:13,119 --> 01:03:16,400
of training going on. We've got We're

1684
01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:17,599
really blessed right now. We've got

1685
01:03:17,599 --> 01:03:19,680
firefighters coming in during the day,

1686
01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:21,039
during the week, and on the weekends,

1687
01:03:21,039 --> 01:03:22,319
and they're training together. They're

1688
01:03:22,319 --> 01:03:24,400
training on their own. They're taking

1689
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:26,640
online classes. There's about 20 of them

1690
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:28,960
up there right now.

1691
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:31,359
It It's great. Um the atmosphere at the

1692
01:03:31,359 --> 01:03:34,480
fire department is phenomenal right now.

1693
01:03:34,480 --> 01:03:37,280
Um I do have, you know, that big ask

1694
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:40,079
here in a few minutes, but it's it's

1695
01:03:40,079 --> 01:03:42,000
doing really well. Um staying really

1696
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:45,039
busy. Um we've just really it's a happy

1697
01:03:45,039 --> 01:03:48,710
place right now.

1698
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:51,440
» Any questions for Travis?

1699
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:52,880
>> Okay, we might have some for you in a

1700
01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:57,359
minute. I anticipate so

1701
01:03:57,359 --> 01:04:00,640
>> uh our finance report. Christie,

1702
01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:02,160
>> you noticed Chief Gogggins didn't say

1703
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:04,239
the police department was a happy place.

1704
01:04:04,239 --> 01:04:06,000
[laughter]

1705
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:13,349
>> He said our budget's going up next year.

1706
01:04:13,359 --> 01:04:18,549
» Pending an annexation. [laughter]

1707
01:04:18,559 --> 01:04:20,400
» Okay. So, our bank balances have

1708
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:23,200
increased by about 130,000 so far this

1709
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:28,559
year, and our budgets are about 69,000

1710
01:04:28,559 --> 01:04:31,839
under budget. The fire department is

1711
01:04:31,839 --> 01:04:35,039
showing um over budget right now. We

1712
01:04:35,039 --> 01:04:39,119
were expecting two checks in July, large

1713
01:04:39,119 --> 01:04:42,799
checks, one for Greenland uh the

1714
01:04:42,799 --> 01:04:44,640
Greenland fire agreement and one from

1715
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:46,400
rural fire to reimburse us for the

1716
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,640
second quarter um expenses that we did

1717
01:04:48,640 --> 01:04:50,480
not get in July, but we have gotten them

1718
01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:52,960
already in August. So, uh next month

1719
01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:56,559
you'll see that correct itself. Um sales

1720
01:04:56,559 --> 01:04:59,920
tax is staying very on par for what we

1721
01:04:59,920 --> 01:05:01,839
did last year. So, at this point, I

1722
01:05:01,839 --> 01:05:03,280
don't see an increase or decrease

1723
01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:05,839
happening for next year. Um, but we're

1724
01:05:05,839 --> 01:05:07,359
obviously going to be keeping a very

1725
01:05:07,359 --> 01:05:09,920
close eye on that as we get into budget

1726
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:11,680
time.

1727
01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:14,319
Um, the water department um have

1728
01:05:14,319 --> 01:05:16,319
increased their bank balances by about

1729
01:05:16,319 --> 01:05:21,440
21,000 so far this year. Um, we did um

1730
01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:25,760
come in good this month on the sewer

1731
01:05:25,760 --> 01:05:27,920
income and expense.

1732
01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:29,599
Next month we're going to be in the

1733
01:05:29,599 --> 01:05:32,880
whole uh our sewer bill that we paid the

1734
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:35,920
1 of August was the highest so far this

1735
01:05:35,920 --> 01:05:39,119
year. So it was it was over $80,000. So

1736
01:05:39,119 --> 01:05:42,079
um I definitely expect a loss next month

1737
01:05:42,079 --> 01:05:45,280
on that. Um but overall for the year,

1738
01:05:45,280 --> 01:05:47,920
we're still doing a lot better um than

1739
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:50,559
we did last year.

1740
01:05:50,559 --> 01:05:54,240
The um courts I [snorts] brought their

1741
01:05:54,240 --> 01:05:55,920
report to you guys late today, so you

1742
01:05:55,920 --> 01:05:57,760
have it there loose.

1743
01:05:57,760 --> 01:06:00,960
um they have they're [clears throat]

1744
01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:04,240
about $6,000 it looks like less this

1745
01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:05,920
year in collections than what they did

1746
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:08,319
this time last year. Um so that number

1747
01:06:08,319 --> 01:06:10,559
is increasing a little bit. Uh earlier

1748
01:06:10,559 --> 01:06:12,000
in the year we were looking at more like

1749
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:13,760
10,000. So hopefully we're making a

1750
01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:17,520
little bit of ground on that. Um we have

1751
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:20,559
hired Danielle's replacement for there.

1752
01:06:20,559 --> 01:06:22,319
Jessica Pouncy came back. She was

1753
01:06:22,319 --> 01:06:25,760
working here um for us before and she uh

1754
01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:27,599
came back. So that was great. She was

1755
01:06:27,599 --> 01:06:30,000
able to walk in and just get started and

1756
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:31,680
not a lot of training, just a little bit

1757
01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:35,200
of refreshment um on her part.

1758
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:37,839
Um other than that, we have um started

1759
01:06:37,839 --> 01:06:40,079
working on budgets. Uh it's a little

1760
01:06:40,079 --> 01:06:43,359
early this year, but um with Marie

1761
01:06:43,359 --> 01:06:44,799
leaving, we wanted to be able to get

1762
01:06:44,799 --> 01:06:47,039
started a little bit on the uh library

1763
01:06:47,039 --> 01:06:48,880
budget so that her replacement wouldn't

1764
01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:51,839
have to walk in and that be the very

1765
01:06:51,839 --> 01:06:53,760
first thing that they had to work on.

1766
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:56,000
Um, plus it just gives everybody time to

1767
01:06:56,000 --> 01:07:00,319
really think about what they need and start planning for some future

1768
01:07:00,319 --> 01:07:02,799
possibilities. So, you'll start hearing

1769
01:07:02,799 --> 01:07:05,520
more and more about that as time goes.

1770
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:08,000
But other than that, I don't think I

1771
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:11,119
have anything else.

1772
01:07:11,119 --> 01:07:14,480
Any questions for Christie?

1773
01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:18,160
Okay. Thank you, Christie.

1774
01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:19,680
All right, that concludes our business

1775
01:07:19,680 --> 01:07:21,280
reports. [snorts]

1776
01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:23,599
Item B, procedural motions. We don't

1777
01:07:23,599 --> 01:07:25,280
have any ordinances on the agenda

1778
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:27,680
tonight. Old business, we don't have any

1779
01:07:27,680 --> 01:07:30,640
old business.

1780
01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:32,880
New business,

1781
01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:34,799
we have

1782
01:07:34,799 --> 01:07:37,200
uh one item with a couple sub items on

1783
01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:39,359
here. So,

1784
01:07:39,359 --> 01:07:42,240
uh the item is to approve the purchase

1785
01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:44,240
through cooperative bidding of a rescue

1786
01:07:44,240 --> 01:07:46,240
truck for the fire department to replace

1787
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:48,400
the current 36y old truck that's

1788
01:07:48,400 --> 01:07:51,359
currently in use.

1789
01:07:51,359 --> 01:07:55,200
What we are voting if we vote to approve

1790
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:57,760
purchasing this truck, we're also

1791
01:07:57,760 --> 01:07:59,920
looking at approving the city to remit a

1792
01:07:59,920 --> 01:08:02,799
check for the total purchase amount and

1793
01:08:02,799 --> 01:08:05,280
to allow the rural fire to reimburse us

1794
01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:08,000
for half of that cost.

1795
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:10,400
We're looking at the city's one half not

1796
01:08:10,400 --> 01:08:13,760
to exceed $75,000.

1797
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:17,120
and we would be approving

1798
01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:20,799
uh the fire department to cash out four

1799
01:08:20,799 --> 01:08:23,600
of their CDs in order to make that

1800
01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:25,600
purchase. Those four CDs currently have

1801
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:33,910
a balance of roughly $73,800.

1802
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:36,080
What questions, concerns do you guys

1803
01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:37,440
have?

1804
01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:39,679
>> What are we doing with the 36 year old

1805
01:08:39,679 --> 01:08:42,319
truck? Uh the idea is to the current

1806
01:08:42,319 --> 01:08:44,000
idea is to look at selling it.

1807
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:46,560
>> Okay.

1808
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:48,239
>> So the current truck runs I think it has

1809
01:08:48,239 --> 01:08:51,040
a top speed of 59 miles per hour

1810
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:53,120
>> downhill in a wind. You can get about

1811
01:08:53,120 --> 01:08:54,799
63.

1812
01:08:54,799 --> 01:08:56,480
>> When we get on the interstate we turn

1813
01:08:56,480 --> 01:08:59,199
off the emergency systems

1814
01:08:59,199 --> 01:09:01,359
>> because we're a bigger hazard than we

1815
01:09:01,359 --> 01:09:04,480
are holding up traffic.

1816
01:09:04,480 --> 01:09:06,080
So, we we have a truck that they're

1817
01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:08,480
looking at that was in route from

1818
01:09:08,480 --> 01:09:11,440
Wisconsin to Alabama and it's at the

1819
01:09:11,440 --> 01:09:13,040
fire station right now so that they can

1820
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:15,759
evaluate it. U it is a truck that they

1821
01:09:15,759 --> 01:09:18,719
would like to to purchase.

1822
01:09:18,719 --> 01:09:20,000
>> And how old is it?

1823
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:21,520
>> It's three years old, I believe.

1824
01:09:21,520 --> 01:09:24,719
>> Oh, that's good.

1825
01:09:24,719 --> 01:09:26,159
>> I'll make a motion to approve.

1826
01:09:26,159 --> 01:09:28,880
>> Second.

1827
01:09:28,880 --> 01:09:30,400
>> Okay, we have a motion and a second. All

1828
01:09:30,400 --> 01:09:33,120
those in favor of approving the purchase

1829
01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:35,759
of this new pickup or not pickup, but

1830
01:09:35,759 --> 01:09:39,199
truck. Uh approving the city to write

1831
01:09:39,199 --> 01:09:41,359
the check for the entire balance and

1832
01:09:41,359 --> 01:09:44,880
approving to allow rule to reimburse us

1833
01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:48,080
for half of that and approving to use

1834
01:09:48,080 --> 01:09:50,239
fire department CDs.

1835
01:09:50,239 --> 01:09:51,359
>> Is that the motion?

1836
01:09:51,359 --> 01:09:52,319
>> Yes.

1837
01:09:52,319 --> 01:09:54,480
>> Okay. All those in favor say yes.

1838
01:09:54,480 --> 01:09:54,880
>> Yes.

1839
01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:56,800
>> Those opposed? No.

1840
01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:59,040
>> That motion carries. Didn't even need

1841
01:09:59,040 --> 01:10:00,563
you, Travis. [clears throat]

1842
01:10:00,563 --> 01:10:02,560
[laughter]

1843
01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:03,840
>> Would you tell the chief we didn't

1844
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:04,880
appear because he wasn't here?

1845
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:06,400
>> Yes. [laughter]

1846
01:10:06,400 --> 01:10:09,600
>> No, sir.

1847
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:11,199
>> Okay.

1848
01:10:11,199 --> 01:10:15,040
So, that concludes new business.

1849
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:17,760
Item E is other business.

1850
01:10:17,760 --> 01:10:20,960
And we have

1851
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:22,880
uh the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank is

1852
01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:24,640
going to host a market on the move at

1853
01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:27,120
the community pavilion beginning August

1854
01:10:27,120 --> 01:10:30,080
19th. They will return monthly on the

1855
01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:33,120
third Wednesday of each month. The times

1856
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:35,920
are 10:00 a.m. to noon and appointments

1857
01:10:35,920 --> 01:10:38,960
are required on on online or through

1858
01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:42,080
email in order to participate in that.

1859
01:10:42,080 --> 01:10:44,320
So, that's a really good thing that NWA

1860
01:10:44,320 --> 01:10:47,520
Food Bank is is providing to West Fork

1861
01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:50,159
citizens. Uh, if you know someone that

1862
01:10:50,159 --> 01:10:51,520
can take advantage of that, please let

1863
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:54,239
them know.

1864
01:10:54,239 --> 01:10:57,840
>> We also have in other business, the

1865
01:10:57,840 --> 01:11:00,080
dates for Westfest have been announced.

1866
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:04,560
>> Yes. September 12th and 13th.

1867
01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:06,480
>> Okay.

1868
01:11:06,480 --> 01:11:08,480
>> I'll be getting information on the

1869
01:11:08,480 --> 01:11:08,960
marquee.

1870
01:11:08,960 --> 01:11:10,320
>> We'll have that on the marquee coming

1871
01:11:10,320 --> 01:11:12,640
soon. was going to be today, but it

1872
01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:13,199
didn't happen.

1873
01:11:13,199 --> 01:11:13,760
>> Okay.

1874
01:11:13,760 --> 01:11:15,280
>> He told me it was going to be today.

1875
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:15,679
>> I did.

1876
01:11:15,679 --> 01:11:17,440
>> And it didn't happen. [laughter]

1877
01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:20,880
>> And then I just wonder, does anyone on

1878
01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:22,960
the council have any other other

1879
01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:24,239
business?

1880
01:11:24,239 --> 01:11:26,960
>> Yes,

1881
01:11:26,960 --> 01:11:29,760
this [snorts] will be my last council

1882
01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:33,199
meeting. Uh my house sold. I'm building

1883
01:11:33,199 --> 01:11:36,320
a new house. Uh

1884
01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:38,880
so this will be my last meeting. And I

1885
01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:40,960
just want to thank y'all.

1886
01:11:40,960 --> 01:11:43,360
like her. No, I'm not

1887
01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:45,364
cry.

1888
01:11:45,364 --> 01:11:46,400
[laughter]

1889
01:11:46,400 --> 01:11:47,199
>> Made her cry.

1890
01:11:47,199 --> 01:11:48,800
>> Thank you for the opportunity to serve

1891
01:11:48,800 --> 01:11:50,480
Westport.

1892
01:11:50,480 --> 01:11:56,400
It's really been a joy. It really has.

1893
01:11:56,400 --> 01:11:59,040
I don't know what else to say, but it's

1894
01:11:59,040 --> 01:11:59,840
been awesome.

1895
01:11:59,840 --> 01:12:01,679
>> So, Don,

1896
01:12:01,679 --> 01:12:03,840
take me down memory lane. You've worked

1897
01:12:03,840 --> 01:12:05,679
for the city of West Fork in what, the

1898
01:12:05,679 --> 01:12:10,709
60s? [laughter]

1899
01:12:10,719 --> 01:12:14,320
late 70s, [laughter] early 80s.

1900
01:12:14,320 --> 01:12:16,000
>> It wasn't his first job.

1901
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:17,760
>> 19.

1902
01:12:17,760 --> 01:12:18,880
>> He was two.

1903
01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:20,159
>> What did What did you do when you worked

1904
01:12:20,159 --> 01:12:21,199
for the city?

1905
01:12:21,199 --> 01:12:24,640
>> Uh, well, I I went to school to treat

1906
01:12:24,640 --> 01:12:26,159
water and sewer. So, I was licensed to

1907
01:12:26,159 --> 01:12:28,320
treat water and sewer, which we did back

1908
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:31,199
then. Treated both. Made our own water

1909
01:12:31,199 --> 01:12:35,679
out of mud when the river got dry.

1910
01:12:35,679 --> 01:12:38,400
uh did everything for the city because

1911
01:12:38,400 --> 01:12:41,840
it was water street everything you know.

1912
01:12:41,840 --> 01:12:43,199
Um

1913
01:12:43,199 --> 01:12:46,239
>> so you came on right after the city went

1914
01:12:46,239 --> 01:12:49,120
to a a public water system

1915
01:12:49,120 --> 01:12:49,440
or

1916
01:12:49,440 --> 01:12:51,440
>> I'm sorry we had a public water system.

1917
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:53,760
You came on shortly after we had a sewer

1918
01:12:53,760 --> 01:12:54,640
system.

1919
01:12:54,640 --> 01:12:58,800
>> Well the sewer system was installed in the late 60s

1920
01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:00,800
>> early 70s.

1921
01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:01,280
>> Yeah.

1922
01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:02,800
>> I got a quick question. How long did it

1923
01:13:02,800 --> 01:13:05,760
take you to light all the lenders in the streets at night? A

1924
01:13:05,760 --> 01:13:08,640
>> lot. [laughter]

1925
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:10,239
You want to, but I put up every street

1926
01:13:10,239 --> 01:13:12,640
sign.

1927
01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:14,159
>> Many of those are still up today.

1928
01:13:14,159 --> 01:13:16,800
>> Yeah. [laughter]

1929
01:13:16,800 --> 01:13:19,280
>> So, how many years did you work for the

1930
01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:19,679
city?

1931
01:13:19,679 --> 01:13:22,000
>> I worked for the city for three years.

1932
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,159
>> Okay. How many years have you served as

1933
01:13:24,159 --> 01:13:26,080
a council member?

1934
01:13:26,080 --> 01:13:27,440
>> 10, I believe.

1935
01:13:27,440 --> 01:13:30,159
>> Okay. And you did a short stint as

1936
01:13:30,159 --> 01:13:32,400
interim mayor. five months I believe as

1937
01:13:32,400 --> 01:13:33,440
interim mayor.

1938
01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:35,679
>> What else have you done for the city?

1939
01:13:35,679 --> 01:13:38,680
>> Nothing.

1940
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:40,239
[laughter] I've lived here. I've

1941
01:13:40,239 --> 01:13:43,920
supported the city. Um

1942
01:13:43,920 --> 01:13:46,159
I don't know. I just

1943
01:13:46,159 --> 01:13:50,640
I love West Fork. I hate to leave, but

1944
01:13:50,640 --> 01:13:54,880
my wife has family

1945
01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:55,440
north.

1946
01:13:55,440 --> 01:13:56,880
>> Okay.

1947
01:13:56,880 --> 01:13:59,679
So

1948
01:13:59,679 --> 01:14:01,520
I think it's rare that someone has lived

1949
01:14:01,520 --> 01:14:04,480
here as long as you and and

1950
01:14:04,480 --> 01:14:06,560
put in as many years of service in

1951
01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:10,080
various areas as you have. So

1952
01:14:10,080 --> 01:14:11,760
>> can leave at this age.

1953
01:14:11,760 --> 01:14:14,400
>> Yeah. No kidding. [laughter]

1954
01:14:14,400 --> 01:14:15,920
>> Time to retire.

1955
01:14:15,920 --> 01:14:18,636
>> I'M 49.

1956
01:14:18,636 --> 01:14:19,520
>> [laughter]

1957
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:21,920
>> YOU truly are a testament to to giving

1958
01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:24,080
back to to your community. And

1959
01:14:24,080 --> 01:14:25,760
>> well, like I said, I you know, I love

1960
01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:28,640
Westport. It's a good place. I hate that

1961
01:14:28,640 --> 01:14:32,480
I'm leaving when y'all are coming in. Uh

1962
01:14:32,480 --> 01:14:34,560
but I promise you, these people here are

1963
01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:36,560
great people and they will take care of

1964
01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:38,880
you and they're looking out for your

1965
01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:41,840
best interest. They really are. And and

1966
01:14:41,840 --> 01:14:43,440
that's been one of the things that I've

1967
01:14:43,440 --> 01:14:46,560
seen uh in the in the 10 years that I've

1968
01:14:46,560 --> 01:14:49,600
been involved with the city in in this

1969
01:14:49,600 --> 01:14:53,040
capacity is that I really feel like

1970
01:14:53,040 --> 01:14:56,000
everybody on the council has a heart for

1971
01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:59,199
West [snorts] and and that there's no

1972
01:14:59,199 --> 01:15:01,840
nobody has their own agenda. You know,

1973
01:15:01,840 --> 01:15:05,120
uh if we have an agenda, it's for the

1974
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:07,440
people.

1975
01:15:07,440 --> 01:15:09,679
I that's that's really all I can say

1976
01:15:09,679 --> 01:15:11,679
about that. I really believe that that's

1977
01:15:11,679 --> 01:15:16,000
true. Uh and I think that our next mayor

1978
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:18,719
will be a good mayor. Uh Heath, it's

1979
01:15:18,719 --> 01:15:21,199
been great working with you. Uh and I

1980
01:15:21,199 --> 01:15:22,800
know I'm like Brian. I would have never

1981
01:15:22,800 --> 01:15:25,840
ran against you. My plan was to to live

1982
01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:27,360
here the rest of my life and run for

1983
01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:32,400
mayor again. Uh but my wife doesn't want

1984
01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:38,790
to do that. So happy wife, happy life.

1985
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:42,000
So, I'm going to say thank you, Don, for

1986
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:49,672
all the service YOU [applause]

1987
01:15:49,682 --> 01:15:51,679
[laughter]

1988
01:15:51,679 --> 01:15:52,800
just sell out.

1989
01:15:52,800 --> 01:15:53,679
>> Yeah.

1990
01:15:53,679 --> 01:15:55,760
>> So, I'll miss you and the city will miss

1991
01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:57,199
you as well. Without a doubt.

1992
01:15:57,199 --> 01:15:59,360
>> I will. I'll miss.

1993
01:15:59,360 --> 01:16:03,920
So, thank you. Truly, thank you.

1994
01:16:03,920 --> 01:16:05,840
Is there any other other business?

1995
01:16:05,840 --> 01:16:07,679
Anybody want to try to top that?

1996
01:16:07,679 --> 01:16:10,000
>> Anyone filed for that position?

1997
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:12,400
>> Uh, no one has filed for that position.

1998
01:16:12,400 --> 01:16:16,000
Yes. Uh, we we do have an applicant for

1999
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:18,800
that position and I will be making uh a

2000
01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:20,239
recommendation to the council at the

2001
01:16:20,239 --> 01:16:22,239
next city council meeting.

2002
01:16:22,239 --> 01:16:24,239
>> Yeah. No one filed to run for

2003
01:16:24,239 --> 01:16:25,707
>> No. No one filed to run for

2004
01:16:25,707 --> 01:16:27,360
[snorts and clears throat] that for the

2005
01:16:27,360 --> 01:16:27,840
>> Yes.

2006
01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:30,000
>> basically for the entire term.

2007
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:31,760
>> Yeah.

2008
01:16:31,760 --> 01:16:33,840
>> Okay. No other business. Mayor's

2009
01:16:33,840 --> 01:16:36,870
comments.

2010
01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:40,480
Uh my comments this month are that the

2011
01:16:40,480 --> 01:16:42,080
city of West Fork will have two

2012
01:16:42,080 --> 01:16:43,440
initiatives on the ballot, two

2013
01:16:43,440 --> 01:16:46,239
ordinances on the ballot this November.

2014
01:16:46,239 --> 01:16:48,719
And I want to point that out to the

2015
01:16:48,719 --> 01:16:50,239
council, to everyone that's here

2016
01:16:50,239 --> 01:16:53,040
tonight. So we will have the annexation

2017
01:16:53,040 --> 01:16:54,880
ordinance will be on the ballot for

2018
01:16:54,880 --> 01:16:58,080
November vote and we will have uh an

2019
01:16:58,080 --> 01:17:00,239
ordinance to allow liquor sales in the

2020
01:17:00,239 --> 01:17:02,080
city of West Fork. uh that will be on

2021
01:17:02,080 --> 01:17:04,480
the ballot in November

2022
01:17:04,480 --> 01:17:08,800
on the annexation. Uh well on both um I

2023
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:10,719
really feel both of those are imperative

2024
01:17:10,719 --> 01:17:13,440
to the city uh to the future of the city

2025
01:17:13,440 --> 01:17:16,000
of Westport and I just encourage the

2026
01:17:16,000 --> 01:17:18,480
council. U

2027
01:17:18,480 --> 01:17:21,600
I encourage uh those from the Campbell

2028
01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:24,960
community uh to vote for this. I I

2029
01:17:24,960 --> 01:17:29,840
really do believe that um it's it's in

2030
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:31,199
the best interest of the city. I'm not

2031
01:17:31,199 --> 01:17:32,480
going to I'm not going to sit here and

2032
01:17:32,480 --> 01:17:34,159
lie to anybody out there and say it's in

2033
01:17:34,159 --> 01:17:36,560
your best interest. Uh we're we're not

2034
01:17:36,560 --> 01:17:38,800
offering you a lot of good things to

2035
01:17:38,800 --> 01:17:40,800
come into the city. Uh that's just the

2036
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:43,440
truth of it. But I do think that as far

2037
01:17:43,440 --> 01:17:47,760
as pro protecting uh and managing uh the

2038
01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:49,760
south part of Washington County, uh in

2039
01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:51,520
particular the area around West Fork, I

2040
01:17:51,520 --> 01:17:54,080
think this is the right thing to do. And

2041
01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:56,480
for the future of West Fork, the future

2042
01:17:56,480 --> 01:17:59,040
of that planned area out there, I think

2043
01:17:59,040 --> 01:18:01,760
it's the right thing. Uh,

2044
01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:04,159
I I I really think we need that to pass.

2045
01:18:04,159 --> 01:18:06,400
I think that's important for us. I think

2046
01:18:06,400 --> 01:18:09,199
if if this doesn't pass, I think it's

2047
01:18:09,199 --> 01:18:10,800
going to be the city of Greenland that

2048
01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:14,400
will be uh managing the growth of that

2049
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:17,199
area. And I I I don't think that's going

2050
01:18:17,199 --> 01:18:18,640
to be in the best interest of the city

2051
01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:21,520
of Westport. Uh, and I I I really think

2052
01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:24,800
that with the the last almost three

2053
01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:27,280
years of work that uh the Westport

2054
01:18:27,280 --> 01:18:30,800
planning commission has put into

2055
01:18:30,800 --> 01:18:34,719
redesigning our uh zoning ordinance. I

2056
01:18:34,719 --> 01:18:36,320
think we've put more time and effort

2057
01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:39,920
into what does community mean, what does

2058
01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:42,239
small town community mean, and I think

2059
01:18:42,239 --> 01:18:44,159
that that we have a plan to make sure

2060
01:18:44,159 --> 01:18:47,199
that that's maintained as that area

2061
01:18:47,199 --> 01:18:49,280
develops. And is it going to develop

2062
01:18:49,280 --> 01:18:50,960
tomorrow? No, it's not. Is it going to

2063
01:18:50,960 --> 01:18:53,280
develop in the next 10 to 20 years?

2064
01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:55,920
Yeah, I 100% think that it will. Uh, and

2065
01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:58,560
I really want I really want the city of

2066
01:18:58,560 --> 01:19:00,880
West Fork involved in that growth and

2067
01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:04,400
development. Uh, so that's my take on

2068
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:06,800
those two initiatives and I hope that we

2069
01:19:06,800 --> 01:19:10,400
get support and get passage of that uh

2070
01:19:10,400 --> 01:19:12,719
in November.

2071
01:19:12,719 --> 01:19:13,840
>> And with that, John,

2072
01:19:13,840 --> 01:19:16,880
>> hey, I'll make a motion we second.

2073
01:19:16,880 --> 01:19:18,320
>> We have a motion and a second. All those

2074
01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:19,840
in favor say yes.

2075
01:19:19,840 --> 01:19:24,480
>> Those opposed, no. We are adjourned.