[0:07] I want to know, M. Mr. Rice, will you be
[0:09] calling uh Roger and saying, "Haha, I
[0:11] got it done." And you didn't.
[0:16] » We'll see.
[0:22] » All right. With that, we move on to new
[0:24] business. Uh we've got a few items this
[0:26] evening that are new. Uh, first one,
[0:29] Miss Hamilton, uh, resolution 2025-74,
[0:33] if you'll please read it for us.
[0:34] » Resolution number 2025-74,
[0:37] a resolution authorizing the director of
[0:39] administration to advertise according to
[0:41] law and enter into a contract with the
[0:43] lowest and best bidder for the Oldman
[0:44] Road water storage tank, painting, and
[0:46] allowing for immediate enactment.
[0:48] » All right, Mr. Malta, the floor is
[0:50] yours. Thank you, sir.
[0:53] So, we're requesting that uh we go out
[0:55] to bid here early on this and I think
[0:58] Joel brought this up earlier. It's
[1:00] probably our best time to go out to bid,
[1:02] try to get the lowest bidder as soon as
[1:04] possible.
[1:06] Um I will turn it over to Mr. Rice if
[1:09] there's any specific questions on this,
[1:11] but this is a pressure wash and repaint.
[1:13] It's my understanding. So that we don't
[1:15] have to do a full sand blast and
[1:17] repaint, which is much more expensive.
[1:25] If there's no further questions,
[1:28] I would motion to suspend the rules.
[1:30] » Motion to suspend the rules by Mr.
[1:32] Malta.
[1:32] » Second.
[1:33] » Second by Mr. Meyers. Miss Hamilton,
[1:35] please call the role on the uh
[1:37] suspension of the rules.
[1:38] » Mr. Malta?
[1:39] » Yes.
[1:40] » Mr. Abernathy?
[1:41] » Yes.
[1:41] » Mr. Jose?
[1:42] » Yes.
[1:43] » Mr. Paul?
[1:44] » Yes.
[1:44] » Mr. Gaffy?
[1:45] » Yes.
[1:46] » Mr. Meyers?
[1:47] » Yes.
[1:47] » Miss Warden?
[1:48] » Yes.
[1:49] » All right.
[1:51] I will move motion to adopt. Is there a
[1:54] second?
[1:55] » Yes.
[1:56] » Second by Mr. Paul.
[1:58] » M. Hamilton, please call the role on the
[1:59] adoption.
[2:00] » Mr. Malta?
[2:01] » Yes.
[2:02] » Mr. Abernathy?
[2:03] » Yes.
[2:03] » Mr. Jose?
[2:04] » Yes.
[2:05] » Mr. Paul?
[2:06] » Yes.
[2:06] » Mr. Gaffy?
[2:07] » Yes.
[2:08] » Mr. Meyers?
[2:09] » Yes.
[2:09] » Miss Warden?
[2:10] » Yes.
[2:11] » Okay. Thank you.
[2:14] Next item. Resolution 2025-75.
[2:18] Miss Hamilton, if you could please read
[2:20] it for us.
[2:21] » Resolution number 2025-75,
[2:23] a resolution authorizing the expenditure
[2:25] of additional funds with engineering
[2:27] associates for the design of the well S4
[2:29] wellhouse and raw waterline project and
[2:31] allowing for immediate enactment.
[2:34] » Uh Mr. Moltter, the floor is yours.
[2:36] Thank you, Mr. President. Uh this is a
[2:38] request to exceed the uh estimated
[2:44] for this pump house. And the biggest
[2:46] reason for this is the flood flood plane
[2:49] regulations have changed. John and I
[2:51] discussed this pretty in depth and so we
[2:54] used to be able to put these on the
[2:55] ground. Now we got to lift them up and
[2:59] hence it costs more money.
[3:01] So are there any other questions? And I
[3:05] will direct them to Mr. Rice.
[3:07] So what does that exactly mean? I mean,
[3:10] I know what the other ones look like
[3:11] down in the well field. So how is how is
[3:13] this going to be different?
[3:15] » So instead of it instead of building an
[3:17] earth mound and putting a a constructed
[3:20] building on top of it, we are going to
[3:23] have to build a platform with like a
[3:27] steel support structure and then some
[3:31] places just have those wells open to the
[3:34] elements. we at least want to cover it
[3:36] up. Um, so we're going to have to
[3:38] increase that building on top of that.
[3:41] So, it actually will work out. The
[3:43] construction cost should be less, but
[3:45] the design are going to be more because
[3:48] it's just a more complicated design with
[3:51] that steel structure compared to just
[3:55] dirt.
[3:57] » When did EPA change that or Ohio or
[4:00] whoever was involved in that? sometime
[4:02] since it was early 2000s when uh S3 was
[4:05] constructed.
[4:07] » Okay.
[4:12] » Yeah. Okay.
[4:13] » So, the existing walls don't need to be
[4:15] raised.
[4:17] » Nothing has to be done with the existing
[4:18] walls. They
[4:21] nothing with them. They remain as far as
[4:26] » Or wellhouse I should say. But yeah.
[4:28] » Okay.
[4:29] which is the irony in this because if we
[4:31] don't have to change the old ones and
[4:33] nothing's happened to the old ones, why
[4:34] do we have to build the new one in such
[4:36] a heinous fashion?
[4:38] » Welcome to bureaucracy again.
[4:43] » I deal with it daily. So I'm
[4:47] » Anyways,
[4:50] » There are no further questions.
[4:53] Move to adopt. It's budgeted.
[4:55] » Motion to adopt by Mr. Maltz. Is there a
[4:57] second? Second.
[4:59] » Second by Mr. Myers. Miss Hamilton,
[5:01] please call the role on the adoption.
[5:03] » Mr. Malta,
[5:04] » Yes.
[5:04] » Mr. Paul,
[5:05] » Yes.
[5:06] » Mr. Myers,
[5:07] » Yes.
[5:08] » Miss Warden,
[5:09] » Yes.
[5:10] » Mr. Abernathy,
[5:11] » Yes.
[5:11] » Mr. Gaffy,
[5:12] » Yes.
[5:13] » Mr. Jose,
[5:14] » Yes.
[5:16] » Okay.
[5:18] Next item, resolution 2025-76.
[5:24] Uh, Miss Hamilton, if you'll please read
[5:25] it for us. Resolution number 2025-76,
[5:29] a resolution authorizing the director of
[5:31] administration to advertise according to
[5:33] law and enter into a contract with the
[5:35] lowest and best bidder for the
[5:36] resurfacing and concrete pavement
[5:38] replacement of various roads within the
[5:39] city of Worcester and providing for
[5:41] immediate enactment.
[5:42] » Miss Warden, the floor is yours.
[5:44] » Thank you. This is a request to
[5:45] advertise for bids and enter into an
[5:47] agreement with the lowest and best
[5:48] bidder for the 2026 Worcester Streets
[5:50] resurfacing project. This includes
[5:52] resurfacing Williams Way, McDonald
[5:54] Street, portions of East Pine Street and
[5:56] College Avenue, um as well as selective
[5:58] concrete replacement on Mccclure Street
[6:01] and Gateway Drive. Um and there may be
[6:03] other streets involved in these uh
[6:05] replacements as budget allows.
[6:07] The estimated cost is $470,000
[6:10] and the project is part of the 2026
[6:13] appropriations budget that we just
[6:14] passed this evening. These streets are
[6:17] showing significant wear and we're only
[6:18] worsen after um the plows go down them
[6:22] this this winter, which I'm sure they've
[6:24] already been down a few times. Uh to
[6:26] secure better bids um by advertising
[6:27] early, I'm going to move to suspend the
[6:29] rules and place this on third and final
[6:30] reading.
[6:32] » Okay. So, a motion to suspend the rules.
[6:35] Is there a second?
[6:36] » Second.
[6:37] » Second by Mr. Gaffy.
[6:39] Miss Hamilton, please call the role in
[6:41] the uh suspension of the rules.
[6:43] » Miss Bordon. Yes. Mr. Mr. Abernathy.
[6:45] » Yes.
[6:46] » Mr. Gaffy.
[6:47] » Yes.
[6:48] » Mr. Malta.
[6:49] » Yes.
[6:49] » Mr. Jose.
[6:50] » Yes.
[6:51] » Mr. Meyers.
[6:52] » Yes.
[6:52] » Mr. Paul.
[6:53] » Yes.
[6:55] » I move to adopt.
[6:56] » Motion to adopt. Is there a second?
[6:59] » Second.
[6:59] » Second by Mr. Malta.
[7:02] » Miss Hamilton, please call the role on
[7:03] the adoption.
[7:04] » Miss Warden?
[7:05] » Yes. Mr. Abernathy?
[7:07] » Yes.
[7:07] » Mr. Gaffy?
[7:08] » Yes.
[7:09] » Mr. Malta?
[7:10] » Yes.
[7:10] » Mr. Jose?
[7:11] » Yes.
[7:12] » Mr. Meyers?
[7:13] » Yes.
[7:14] » Mr. Paul.
[7:15] » Yes.
[7:16] » Okay.
[7:19] We'll have some more concrete streets or
[7:22] at least some fixed up. That'll be good.
[7:26] Uh, next item, resolution 2025-77.
[7:31] Uh, Miss Hamilton, please read it for
[7:32] us. Resolution number 2025-77,
[7:36] a resolution authorizing the director of
[7:38] administration to advertise according to
[7:39] law and enter into a contract with the
[7:41] lowest and best bidder for the purchase
[7:43] and installation of a traffic signal and
[7:45] related equipment at the intersection of
[7:46] North Market Street and Larwell Street
[7:48] and allowing for immediate enactment.
[7:51] » Miss Warden, the floor is yours.
[7:53] » Thank you.
[7:54] Uh yes, as Miss Hamilton said, this is
[7:57] um a request to advertise for bids and
[8:00] enter into an agreement um to replace a
[8:02] traffic signal on North Market and Laral
[8:04] Streets. The current signal is either
[8:07] near or past its useful life and
[8:08] replacement is estimated at $250,000.
[8:12] Uh Mr. Rice indicated that um one of the
[8:15] poles at that intersection might have a
[8:17] a slight lean to it.
[8:19] » Has a little bit of a lean.
[8:20] » Yeah.
[8:21] So, we'd like to clean it up so it looks
[8:24] as beautiful as the rest of our
[8:25] downtown. Um, and also just so that it
[8:27] um is in proper working condition for
[8:30] the safety of our pedestrians and
[8:32] drivers. The project is included in the
[8:34] 2026 appropriations budget. Um, and so I
[8:39] would like to suspend the rules. I'll
[8:41] make a motion to suspend the rules.
[8:42] » Motion to suspend the rules. Is there a
[8:44] second?
[8:45] » Second. Second by Mr. Jose. Miss
[8:48] Hamilton, please call the role on the
[8:49] suspension of the rules.
[8:51] » Miss Bordon,
[8:52] » Yes.
[8:52] » Mr. Meyers,
[8:53] » Yes.
[8:54] » Mr. Gaffy,
[8:55] » Yes.
[8:55] » Mr. Paul,
[8:56] » Yes.
[8:57] » Mr. Malta,
[8:58] » Yes.
[8:58] » Mr. Abernathy,
[9:00] » Yes.
[9:01] » Mr. Husse,
[9:02] » Yes.
[9:03] » Miss Warden,
[9:04] » Motion to adopt.
[9:05] » Motion to adopt. Is there a second?
[9:07] » Second. Second by Mr. Reuse.
[9:10] » Miss Hamilton, please call the role on
[9:12] the adoption.
[9:13] » Miss Bordon?
[9:14] » Yes. Mr. Myers?
[9:15] » Yes.
[9:16] » Mr. Gaffy? Yes,
[9:18] » Mr. Paul.
[9:19] » Yes,
[9:20] » Mr. Malta.
[9:21] » Yes,
[9:22] » Mr. Abernathy.
[9:23] » Yes,
[9:24] » Mr. Jose.
[9:25] » Yes.
[9:27] » All right.
[9:30] Our last item tonight, Mr. Abernathy,
[9:33] you get the you get the bat clean up for
[9:36] us.
[9:38] » All righty. Before that, Miss Hamilton,
[9:40] please read it for us. Resolution number
[9:42] 2025-78,
[9:44] a resolution authorizing the director of
[9:46] administration to enter into an
[9:48] agreement with the Wayne County
[9:49] Commissioners for the prosecution of
[9:50] municipal ordinances and misdemeanor
[9:52] violations of state law by the Wayne
[9:54] County prosecutor and for payment for
[9:56] such services and allowing for immediate
[9:58] enactment.
[9:59] » Mr. Abernafy, the floor is yours.
[10:02] » All right. This is uh we get this I
[10:05] believe every year. Uh which is going to
[10:08] the county to be our prosecutor instead
[10:10] of having a city prosecutor.
[10:13] Um
[10:14] looks like we're going to have a 2 and
[10:15] 12% increase to keep in line with the
[10:17] labor costs. Uh because we are at the
[10:21] last meeting of the year
[10:25] in order for us to go into the next year
[10:27] and have a prosecutor.
[10:29] We're going to need to suspend the rules
[10:30] and pass this tonight.
[10:32] So, um, if there's any questions or
[10:36] comments, be glad to take them now.
[10:39] » Just curious, why why is that? Usually,
[10:42] this does come up a little earlier in
[10:43] the year. What was the uh what was the
[10:46] time lag or the
[10:48] » Uh this year when the um prosecutor
[10:50] reached out um they didn't have a
[10:52] definitive increase um from the county
[10:55] administrator as to what the increase
[10:57] would be. Um but certainly going forward
[11:00] even if we don't have that information
[11:02] we could get it on the agenda just to be
[11:05] able to negotiate um and go forward and
[11:07] I would certainly do that.
[11:09] » Yeah.
[11:10] » Okay. Just curious
[11:12] » What is the value of this contract now?
[11:15] » So the 2 and 12% um increase um from
[11:20] last year's services um the total is
[11:24] $11,19.97.
[11:27] is broken down into equal monthly
[11:30] installments. Um, and those have been
[11:32] kind of the terms going forward. Um, and
[11:36] prosecutor by Pacic um, she had a prior
[11:39] engagement um, and she did ask, you
[11:42] know, if she was willing to cancel and
[11:44] be here, um, tonight to speak in favor
[11:47] um, but she I agreed that I would be
[11:51] willing to to speak on behalf of the
[11:52] contract, answer any questions. Um it's
[11:55] something that um has been in place
[11:57] since 1976 and going forward. So clearly
[12:00] there's still it's increased over time.
[12:04] » I I am just pure curiosity.
[12:08] I mean we're we're into the six figures
[12:10] now.
[12:12] What what would it cost to bring it in
[12:14] house do you think?
[12:15] » That's something you know having um
[12:18] their case load and speaking with her.
[12:21] Um this would be municipal prosecution.
[12:23] So the misdemeanor violations that would
[12:25] occur as well as like would include
[12:27] traffic citations, OVI citations. Um and
[12:31] so their prosecutor there's not just one
[12:33] designated to blister but we're in the
[12:35] 12 to300 cases a year um just with not
[12:40] including OVI in the traffic citations.
[12:43] » So they got multiple people working
[12:45] » Multiple that are able to to dive in and
[12:47] help with that um case load. I know um
[12:50] prior to me there you know when I joined
[12:53] there were um two in the law department
[12:56] and that would have been difficult to do
[12:58] that case load with two of us in the law
[13:01] department. Um
[13:02] » So you think we're still quite a ways
[13:04] away?
[13:04] » I think between benefits um and just the
[13:08] number sheer number of cases and
[13:10] citations that come across it is still a
[13:14] a benefit to the city. But if there's
[13:17] any
[13:18] » I think it's just good to ask the
[13:20] question periodically. That way we have
[13:22] at least a gauge of where we're at.
[13:24] » Yeah. Happy to look at any.
[13:26] » So what do you how many attorneys do you
[13:28] think it would take for us to start our
[13:30] own prosecution?
[13:32] » That I I would have to speak with the
[13:34] prosecutor's office and and just
[13:36] administration, police department.
[13:38] Ideally, you know, that's going to be
[13:40] » Is it fair to say that it would be more
[13:41] than two? at least two, but then there's
[13:44] support staff um that I think that would
[13:47] definitely be needed.
[13:50] » Yeah. And prosecutor did say she's, you
[13:53] know, happy to address any questions or
[13:55] anything um going forward.
[13:59] » Well, I do know that the prosecutor's
[14:01] office is currently uh asking or looking
[14:05] for a
[14:07] » Part-time a or yeah a assistant
[14:10] prosecutor. in the range on that's
[14:11] between 68 and 90,000. So
[14:14] » At the end of the day, take the midspan
[14:17] on that double times two plus actually
[14:20] probably end up with another person that
[14:21] would have to be secretarial. And at
[14:23] that point, I mean, we're looking at,
[14:24] you know,
[14:25] » So it gives us a a good idea that we're
[14:27] still quite a ways away, but like I
[14:28] said, I think it's still good to at
[14:29] least ask the question and that way
[14:32] people know we are getting a good deal
[14:34] still,
[14:34] » Right? Yeah.
[14:36] » And if I can interject, Mr. Anthony,
[14:38] that's a very good question and it's one
[14:40] we asked on our end and we're doing that
[14:42] same analysis saying okay at some point
[14:45] you know is there does there come a time
[14:47] when we look at other options but again
[14:50] we did the same calculations that you
[14:52] just did and we're not there yet in our
[14:54] opinion
[14:57] with that motion to suspend the rules.
[14:59] » Motion to suspend the rules. Is there a
[15:01] second?
[15:02] » Second.
[15:02] » Second.
[15:03] » Second by Mr. Gaffy. Miss Hamilton,
[15:06] please call the role on the suspension
[15:07] of the rules.
[15:08] » Mr. Abernathy,
[15:09] » Yes.
[15:10] » Mr. Meyers,
[15:11] » Yes.
[15:11] » Mr. Jose,
[15:12] » Yes.
[15:13] » Miss Warden,
[15:14] » Yes. Mr. Gaffy,
[15:16] » Yes.
[15:16] » Mr. Paul,
[15:17] » Yes.
[15:18] » Mr. Malta,
[15:19] » Yes.
[15:21] » Motion to adopt.
[15:22] » Motion to adopt. Is there a second?
[15:24] Second. Second by Mr. Jose. Miss
[15:27] Hamilton, please call the role on the
[15:28] adoption.
[15:29] » Mr. Abernathy?
[15:30] » Yes.
[15:31] » Mr. Meyers?
[15:31] » Yes.
[15:32] » Mr. Jose?
[15:33] » Yes.
[15:34] » Miss Warden? Yes,
[15:35] » Mr. Gaffy.
[15:36] » Yes,
[15:37] » Mr. Paul.
[15:38] » Yes,
[15:38] » Mr. Malta.
[15:39] » Yes.
[15:40] » All right.
[15:42] Well, you can report back to Angela that
[15:44] she's got a contract. So,
[15:49] » First,
[15:50] » We'll move on to miscellaneous. Uh,
[15:52] unfortunately, our first uh person who
[15:56] signed up, Mr. Gu, is not here yet, so
[15:58] oh well.
[16:00] » Well, Mr. Barnett did sign up. So if you
[16:05] » Good evening,
[16:07] ladies and gentlemen, um my neighbor
[16:10] north of me
[16:12] been trying to get a hold of me. He got
[16:14] a hold of me last week and he said, "Did
[16:16] you get your letter from John Rice?" I
[16:18] said, "No, I didn't get no letter from
[16:19] John Rice." And uh I guess they had to
[16:22] go pick this pamphlet up. It was 52
[16:25] pages. Anyhow, he said when he was down
[16:28] there, a lady from Winkler got one too,
[16:31] Winkler Avenue. Anyhow, he said he read
[16:36] it. I did not see it. He read it and if
[16:40] they signed it, they got $850.
[16:43] This is my problem. They're waving this
[16:45] $850 in front of their face
[16:48] be right before Christmas. Nice
[16:50] Christmas bonus.
[16:54] But
[16:56] I know what they're going to do with
[16:57] these signatures next time in the
[16:59] meeting for the roundabouts. Well, we
[17:02] got all these people on board. Mr.
[17:04] Barnett and these other couple people
[17:06] are only ones don't want this. I'm going
[17:09] to tell you, I will never never be on
[17:12] board this cuz I want to be able to lay
[17:15] my head down tonight and say I tried to
[17:19] stop him to build this. I'm concerned
[17:22] about our students and all the
[17:24] pedestrians out there. It doesn't take a
[17:28] college degree in engineering to realize
[17:33] yield to pedestrian is not as safe as a
[17:36] red light. Okay, I want to stand back on
[17:39] my off my soap box. I want to wish
[17:41] everybody everybody in this chamber a
[17:45] merry Christmas and happy new year.
[17:48] » Thank you.
[17:49] » Thank you.
[17:52] Uh before we get into the council uh
[17:55] miscellaneous comments, we do have uh
[17:58] unfortunately Miss Kappic was unable to
[18:00] be here this evening, but Mr. Meyers is
[18:02] here and um
[18:06] unfortunately these things are all
[18:07] lovely wrapped and everything else, but
[18:09] we have these resolutions that we've
[18:11] done uh for both Mr. Myers and Miss
[18:15] Kappic uh in terms of thanking them for
[18:17] their service and um let's see, you
[18:21] started when 2012.
[18:23] » Yeah, 12 years ago.
[18:25] » Okay.
[18:26] So,
[18:27] » I know what it looks like cuz I signed
[18:28] barbs.
[18:30] » Yeah,
[18:35] they are slightly different.
[18:36] » Oh, okay.
[18:38] » Sign your own.
[18:38] » No, I didn't.
[18:39] » No, he didn't sign his own. But thank
[18:42] you for your service and um I guess
[18:45] we'll let you uh go first this evening.
[18:48] » Oh well, thank you. Um I want to thank
[18:50] all my fellow council members for
[18:51] service this year in the last few years.
[18:53] It's been very a pleasure working with
[18:55] all of you Drew. You're new. We
[18:57] appreciate you uh jumping in here and
[18:59] helping out through the budget. Um I'm
[19:02] not going to go through and thank
[19:03] everybody that I've worked with over the
[19:05] years. Um, I will want to mention the
[19:07] fellow council members that I work with
[19:09] and thank them for, uh, putting up with
[19:11] me in most cases uh, for for the
[19:14] comments and the questions. Uh, but I do
[19:16] want to say uh, thanks to Bill Bastanic,
[19:19] John Albbright, Mark Caven, Dave
[19:22] Sylvestri, Barb Kappic twice,
[19:25] um, Craig Sanders, uh, and John Anel for
[19:28] for working with me in the past as well.
[19:30] Thank you very much and have a merry
[19:32] Christmas.
[19:33] » All right. Thank you.
[19:35] Mr. Jose.
[19:37] » Uh, yes. Um, talked to Mr. Marian today
[19:40] at the city planning department and I
[19:42] think council members are aware of the
[19:45] resoning changes that we've been
[19:46] discussing. Well, at the planning
[19:48] commission stages um, and he plans on
[19:51] bringing that before us in January. So,
[19:54] if uh, for the laws and ordinances
[19:56] committee, I do want to try to get
[19:57] something in pencil for January the 20th
[20:00] um, to kind of go over those in depth.
[20:02] um some pretty significant changes
[20:04] coming before us. Other than that,
[20:05] congratulations, Mr. Meyers. Stop by any
[20:08] time. Uh and um everybody have a happy
[20:12] and safe holiday season.
[20:15] » Did you want that meeting at 6?
[20:17] » Uh yes. Yes.
[20:22] » Mr. Paul,
[20:24] » Good evening. Thank you, Mr. President.
[20:26] Uh, Councilman Myers, congratulations on
[20:29] a fine career here and thank you for
[20:31] your service. I'd like to wish the
[20:33] Jewish community a happy Hanukkah.
[20:35] Um, the holidays are traditionally a
[20:38] happy time, but unfortunately, uh, we
[20:41] had tragedy strike on on December 10th.
[20:44] Um,
[20:46] a recently graduated, well, three years
[20:48] ago, graduated former cheerleader at
[20:50] Worcester High School was killed in an
[20:52] automobile accident on Back Orville
[20:54] Road. Uh, I did not know Ashley Bush,
[20:57] but I ask that the community keep the
[20:59] Liidge family in their f in their
[21:01] thoughts and in their prayers and if
[21:03] they have time in the the heart to do so
[21:05] to attend the services on December 17th
[21:07] at McIntyre. Holidays are a tough enough
[21:10] time and she had a three-year-old son
[21:11] who will never get to spend Christmas
[21:13] with her again. So, please keep them in
[21:16] your thoughts. Everybody, please be
[21:18] safe. It's dangerous at times out there
[21:20] and accidents unfortunately do happen,
[21:22] but let's be safe and try to curtail any
[21:24] further accidents going into the
[21:26] holidays.
[21:28] » Thank you.
[21:28] » Thank you, Mr. Abernathy.
[21:31] » Well, I would like to uh just point out
[21:35] a couple of the uh better things that
[21:38] I've seen the last uh week. And want to
[21:41] congratulate uh the Worcester High
[21:44] School Strings and Orchestra um and
[21:46] their eighth grade group. My daughter is
[21:48] part of the eighth grade group and they
[21:49] put on a fantastic uh uh winter program
[21:53] and you could tell they rehearsed very
[21:55] very very very hard. It was a fantastic
[21:58] performance. So I want to give a a a
[22:00] great congratulations to Worcester High
[22:02] School's group there. Also want to give
[22:04] a shout out to Ballet Worcester. Um in
[22:06] case you didn't know, they were out at
[22:07] the OADC all weekend putting on a
[22:10] rendition of the Nutcracker.
[22:12] um was able to get my daughter out there
[22:14] to go see that and it was a fantastic
[22:16] production. So, congratulations to some
[22:19] folks that were uh putting on some uh
[22:22] putting in some heavy work into the arts
[22:23] and uh representing uh Worcester very
[22:26] well. And with that, uh congratulations,
[22:30] Mr. Meyers. I've learned a lot from you
[22:32] the last couple years and going to miss
[22:34] you. So, uh off you go. Have a great
[22:38] retirement. We'll see you around.
[22:41] Mr. Gaffy.
[22:43] Um, yeah, just uh would echo that. Uh,
[22:46] Mr. Myers, uh, it's going to miss having
[22:49] you down there at that end of the table
[22:51] and, uh, some of the the, uh, key points
[22:54] and things that you have a tendency to
[22:57] bring up and and remind us all of. Uh,
[22:59] definitely uh, we'll miss that. Um, and
[23:02] so, yeah, best of luck to you and and
[23:04] Miss Kappic as well who's not here. But
[23:07] um yeah, I've learned a lot from both of
[23:08] you and uh yeah, wish you wish you the
[23:11] best for sure. Um and just with that,
[23:13] thank you everybody for attending
[23:15] tonight and um merry Christmas and happy
[23:17] new year to everyone. So,
[23:20] thank you, M. Warden.
[23:23] » I just received a message from Mr. Gu.
[23:25] Um I'm not going to he didn't know that
[23:27] we've actually passed
[23:29] resolution, but I I did want there were
[23:31] a couple of things on here that I
[23:32] thought that he would probably like if I
[23:34] could um share. He says that he's very
[23:37] appreciative of John Rice for the work
[23:38] that you've put into the plan. Um he
[23:41] says that he has clocked cars going 70
[23:44] to 100 miles an hour along Goshi Street
[23:46] and it makes it very dangerous for
[23:48] pedestrians. He thinks this plan is a
[23:50] great compromise to make improvements
[23:51] that will make it safer um without a
[23:54] significant cost to residents. So it
[23:55] kind of reiterates what we discussed
[23:56] earlier. Um but I just thought it would
[23:58] be nice to share his comments to that.
[24:01] Um,
[24:03] the only other thing I would like to do
[24:05] would be to thank Mr. Myers for um, it's
[24:08] been a pleasure serving with you for
[24:09] these many years and you've provided a
[24:12] lot of uh, I think thinking outside the
[24:16] box sometimes which is really good
[24:17] because we we kind of get into our
[24:19] patterns up here. Um, also a lot of
[24:22] comic relief. Um,
[24:25] so I appreciate that. Uh, I wish you all
[24:27] the best and as you know our colleagues
[24:29] said, please feel free to come back
[24:31] anytime. Thank you,
[24:33] » Mrs. Malta. Thank you. And of course,
[24:37] congrats
[24:39] Mr. Meyers and Mrs. Kappic. And thank
[24:41] you all for attending and all of those
[24:44] that aren't watching because we're not
[24:46] streaming, but we're trying.
[24:48] » My last meeting didn't get on
[24:50] television.
[24:50] » The committee meeting was fine.
[24:53] » And I do I do want to say it was not me.
[24:55] you recording it at least goshi and I
[24:57] did see the new 35 mph speed sign at my
[25:00] favorite exit ramp in town which I've
[25:02] told on myself more than once anyway. Um
[25:05] yes, happy new year to everybody and
[25:07] merry Christmas to all. Thank you.
[25:10] » Okay.
[25:12] » Motion to adjurnn, sir.
[25:13] » Motion to adjurnn. Is there a second?
[25:15] » Second.
[25:15] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
[25:17] » I.
[25:18] » We are adjourned until next year. Merry
[25:20] Christmas. 7 years.