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[Work Session on December 4, 2025.]
I'M MAYOR MICAH WATSON AND I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE NOVEMBER DECEMBER WORK SESSION FOR THE TOWN OF DECEMBER 4TH, 2025.WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL.
TOWN ADMINISTRATOR GALLOWAY IS HERE.
UM, I BELIEVE MR. DELOACH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY IS ALSO ONLINE.
IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD ONE? HERE PRESENT? COUNCIL MEMBER WARD TWO HERE.
AND I DO NOT SEE COUNCIL MEMBER OR HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER GAR, UH, IF HE DOES ANYONE SEE? I DO NOT SEE HIM.
IF YOU DO SEE HIM, PLEASE, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARD SIX.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRY IS PRESENT SEEING SIX O OF THE SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UH, A QUORUM IS PRESENT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA COUNSEL.
UH, WE HAVE THE AUDIT, PEPCO, WSS CHEVROLET DAY, KELLER CONSTRUCTION, AND, UH, A NUMBER OF REPORTS TO HERE.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED? MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
UH, MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR BRINER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ESTE ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES.
THE PUBLISHED AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE TOWN AUDITS.
MR. GALLOWAY AND MS. MOCK, THIS IS ALL YOURS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, MAYOR, I DO HAVE MS. ALICIA SCARLET HERE TONIGHT.
THAT WILL BE, UH, PRESENTING THE AUDIT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF, UM, UH, MR. DIS.
AND I SHOULD ADD TO THE RECORD THAT THE, UH, TOWN TREASURER, UH, MS. DIANE MOCK IS ALSO ON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MAYOR.
IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH, UM, ALICIA.
UH, JUST GIVE US ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
I, I SEE ALICIA IN ATTENDEES, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE HER A PANELIST.
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CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.ALICIA, IS THAT YOU? HELLO? YES, CAN YOU HEAR US? OKAY, THERE WE GO.
MY NAME IS ALICIA S SCARLETT, WITH LINDSAY AND ASSOCIATES, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT A DRAFT OF THE 2025, UM, AUDIT REPORT.
THE OPINION LETTER CAN BE FOUND ON PAGES ONE THROUGH FOUR.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT, BUT, UM, OPINION LETTERS, PAGES ONE THROUGH FOUR, AND THE TOWN WILL RECEIVE A CLEAN OPINION, WHICH IS THE OPINION THAT, THAT YOU WANT TO RECEIVE.
UH, STARTING ON PAGE FIVE THROUGH, I THINK ABOUT 11, IS THE MDNA AND THIS, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
UH, MS. ALICIA, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE ON YOUR SCREEN? MM, LET'S SEE.
ZOOM DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK NICE FOR ME, BUT GIVE ME A SECOND.
IF NOT, THEN YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME AND I CAN HAVE, UM, YVONNE SHARE IT ON THE SCREEN AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IT.
I GUESS IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
OKAY, I'LL SEND IT RIGHT OVER TO YOU.
PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION.
UM, GOING BACK TO THE MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, IT'S FOUND ON PAGES FIVE TO DO, I THINK ABOUT PAGE 11.
AND THIS IS WRITTEN BY MANAGEMENT, LETTING THE READERS KNOW THINGS THAT, VARIOUS THINGS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE YEAR.
IF ON PAGE EIGHT THERE'S A COMPARISON, UM, SPREADSHEET THERE THAT COMPARES 2025 TO 24, AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM YOU'LL, UM, THAT POSITION WAS RESTATED, AND WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT LATER IN THE NOTES.
BUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE TOWN FINISHED WITH A NET POSITION OF ABOUT 15.6 MILLION.
PAGE 10, THERE'S ANOTHER SCHEDULE OF CAPITAL ASSETS.
UH, JUST A COMPARISON OF 24 TO 25 AND 24.
YOU FINISHED WITH ALMOST, UM, 20 MILLION DEBT.
IS THE NEXT SCHEDULE THERE ON PAGE 10, COMPARING 24 NUMBERS TO 25, THE STATEMENTS BEGIN ON PAGE 12.
THE FIRST STATEMENT, THERE IS A STATEMENT OF NET POSITION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS YOUR BALANCE SHEET.
AND THIS STATEMENT INCLUDES ALL OF, UM, ASSETS AND ALL LIABILITIES, CURRENT ASSETS AND NON-CURRENT ASSETS, AS WELL AS CURRENT LIABILITIES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES.
AND YOUR NON-CURRENT ASSET, THERE IS THE NET CAPITAL ASSETS.
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES IS GONNA BE YOUR COMPENSATED ABSENCES, UM, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PAYABLE, NET PO, NET PENSION LIABILITY, AND THE BOND PAYABLE.
AND AT THE BOTTOM THERE, YOU'LL, UM, IT SHOWS TOTAL NET POSITION IS 15.6 MILLION.
OVER ON PAGE 13 IS THE INCOME STATEMENT SHOWN AS STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES, BUT IT'S JUST YOUR INCOME STATEMENT.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE, YOU HAVE EXPENSES THAT GOES DOWN THE PAGE.
AND THEN YOUR PROGRAM REVENUES GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ACROSS THE PAGE.
AND ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN IS YOUR GENERAL REVENUES.
AND AGAIN, NET POSITION CHANGED BY ALMOST
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ABOUT 1.9 MILLION, SHOWING THE END OF YEAR OF 15.6.OVER ON PAGE 14 IS THE, UM, BALANCE SHEET.
AND THIS IS JUST GOING TO SHOW ALL OF YOUR CURRENT ASSETS AND CURRENT LIABILITIES.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THERE'S A RECONCILIATION THAT RECONCILES BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE STATEMENTS OVER ON PAGE 12.
PAGE 15 IS THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES.
AND THAT'S YOUR INCOME STATEMENT SHOWS ALL OF YOUR REVENUES AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
AND THEN BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS YOUR EX, UM, OR YOUR EXPENDITURES WITH THE FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR OF ABOUT 6.5 MILLION.
AND THEN THERE'S A RECONCILIATION TO THE RIGHT THAT RECONCILES BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE STATEMENT.
STARTING ON PAGE 16 ARE THE NOTES, AND MOST OF IT IS JUST BOILERPLATE INFORMATION.
I'LL TOUCH ON A FEW OF, UM, FEW OF THE NOTES HERE.
ON PAGE 23 IS NOTE THREE DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS.
AND THAT GO ON FOR ABOUT TWO PAGES.
AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE M-L-G-I-P AS THE INVESTMENT FOR THE TOWN THERE OF ABOUT 2.2 MILLION.
OVER ON PAGE 26, IT'S NOTE SIX, CAPITAL ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION.
THE TOWN ADDED ABOUT 8.3 MILLION IN CAPITAL ASSETS WITH DEPRECIATION OF 852,000.
NEXT NOTE THAT I'LL TOUCH ON IS OVER ON PAGE 34.
WELL, PAGE 27 IS NOTE SEVEN, WHICH IS THE RETIREMENT PLAN.
AND THAT GOES ON FOR SEVERAL PAGES.
WE WON'T, UM, WE DON'T WANNA FALL ASLEEP HERE, SO WE, I'LL SKIP OVER ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
PAGE 34 IS YOUR LONG-TERM DEBT OBLIGATION NOTE NINE.
YOU'LL SEE THE TOWN PAID DOWN ABOUT 145,000 IN THE BOND PAYABLE.
UM, PAGE 38, PAGE 38, NOTE 15.
THIS IS WHERE, UM, THE ACCOUNTING CHANGE.
THERE WAS AN ACCOUNTING CHANGE THIS YEAR.
GSB NUMBER 1 0 1, THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED COMPENSATED ABSENCES TO BE SHOWN FOR ACCRUED SICK LEAVE TO BE SHOWN ON THE STATEMENTS.
SO THAT POSITION WAS RESTATED BY ABOUT $103,000.
AND THEN ON PAGE 40 ARE ALL THE SCHEDULES.
AND THOSE GO ON FOR SEVERAL PAGES.
AND IT SHOWS THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, FINAL BUDGET, AND THEN THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ON PAGE 40.
AND THEN PAGE 41 THROUGH I THINK ABOUT 46 OR 47, YOU'LL SEE BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL, UM, COMPARISON.
ANYTHING TO ADD? I'LL DEFER TO, UH, DIANE.
UM, I'LL JUST ADD, UH, YOU DID ALSO HAVE A, A SINGLE AUDIT ON THE ARPA MONEY, AND THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT AT THE END.
AND THERE ARE NO FINDINGS ON, UM, THAT, WHICH IS A GOOD THING TO POINT OUT.
UM, ALSO, I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE FUND BALANCE DID COME IN WHAT, WHERE WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING AT, UH, 6 MILLION, UH, 500,000 OF WHICH, UM, SOME OF THAT IS COMMITTED, RIGHT? FOR, UM, SEVERAL ITEMS, UH, WE HAVE THE HIGHWAY USER REVENUE.
UH, OF THAT 6,500,000, UH, THERE'S A PORTION FOR THE HIGHWAY USER.
THERE'S A PORTION THAT REMAINS, UH, UH, UNUSED PORTION OF THE BOND MONEY, WHICH IS, UM, 808,000.
AND, UH, THE HIGHWAY USER WAS 5 78.
AND THEN 384 IS COMMITTED FOR FY 26 BUDGET.
SO I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE REMAINING UNASSIGNED BUDGET IS FOUR POINT, UM, APPROXIMATELY FOUR POINT, UH, 7, 6 7 AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, LAST WE LOOKED AT THAT, THAT'S RIGHT WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
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I THINK I'M FOLLOWING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT LET ME ASK A QUESTION.THE, THE FUND BALANCE AT THE, ON JUNE 30TH, 2024, SO THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR 24 YES.
UM, AND THEN I THOUGHT THAT FOR FY 25, THE DEFICIT WAS, WAS, UH, MATTING OUT TO BE 462,000.
IS THAT, ARE BOTH OF THOSE STATEMENTS CORRECT? UM, LET ME, LET ME HAVE, GIMME A SECOND.
I HAVE AN ARU SHEET HERE THAT I JUST WANNA LOOK AT.
AND SO I THINK, I THINK WE MIGHT BE TALKING THIS.
YEAH, YOU, YOU'RE, UM, THE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE AT JUNE 30TH OF 24.
I'M JUST GONNA ROUND FOR YOU 5.6, JUST AS YOU SAID.
AND THEN, UM, THE USE OF THE UNDER RESTRICTED FOR THIS YEAR IS APPROXIMATELY 450,000, LEAVING 5.1 MILLION AND UNASSIGNED.
BUT ON YOUR FY 26 BUDGET, YOU DID COMMIT TO SPEND, UM, THE REVENUES DID NOT EQUAL THE EXPENDITURES.
UH, WE HAVE A SHORTFALL OF 384,000, SO THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING.
I HAD JUST NEVER HEARD IT ARTICULATED THAT WAY, BUT YES, YES.
UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIANE OR UH, FOR ALICIA? I CAN'T SEE IF ANY OF YOU PUT YOUR HAND UP.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANY, UM, I HAVE MY HAND UP MAYOR.
UM, MS. SCARLET, CAN YOU JUST TALK A A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE HEALTH OF THE TOWN'S FINANCE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE NO FINDINGS OF IT, IF YOU CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT? UM, WELL, WE DID NOT, UM, WE DID NOT COME ACROSS ANY ISSUES TO REPORT.
SO I STATED BEFORE THAT IT'S A CLEAN OPINION.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE ISN'T SOMETHING THERE, BUT WE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING.
THERE ARE NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS WITHIN THE STATEMENTS OR THE, UM, NUMBERS THAT WE AUDITED OR SU UM, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT WE REQUESTED.
SO WE DID NOT, UM, THERE'S NOTHING THERE TO REPORT AS FAR AS AN ISSUE.
AND THE SINGLE AUDIT, THE SAME THING.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE TO REPORT THERE AS WELL.
YEAH, I WILL JUST STA SAY THAT THAT IS FANTASTIC NEWS.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE ALMOST COME, WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE USE TO THAT IN CH WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT IT IS FANTASTIC NEWS AND NOT, NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS.
UH, I ALSO WANNA JUST SAY YES, UH, THIS, UH, FY 25 DID HAVE A DEFICIT, BUT IT IS ONLY LIKE 60% OF THE DEFICIT THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, INCLUDING MYSELF, VOTED FOR.
UH, WE, WE VOTED FOR A DEFICIT OF, I THINK 8 45.
AND WE ENDED UP, UM, THROUGH FISCAL PRUDENCE BY, BY THE COUNCIL, BUT, BUT PRIMARILY, UH, BECAUSE OF MR. GALLOWAY AND MS. MOCK, UH, AT A DEFICIT OF 4 62.
SO, UH, ALMOST SHA SHAVE, THE, SHAVE THE DEFICIT ALMOST IN HALF OR THE GAP, UH, ALMOST, UH, HALFWAY.
UM, SO I'M, I'M APPRECIATIVE, UH, OF THAT.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE AS, UH, BE AS THIS IS A WORK SESSION, WE ARE OPEN TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE AUDIT PRESENTATION? I DON'T SEE ANY, IF I CAN, MAYOR.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING MR. GALLOWAY? YES, SIR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A TEAM EFFORT.
UH, HAVING, UH, MS. MOCK ALONG WITH, UH, DIRECTOR BRAMAN AND CHIEF MORRIS HAS BEEN GREAT.
WE'RE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND WORK THROUGH WHATEVER TYPE OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL SITUATIONS THAT WE NEED TO, BUT ALSO, UM, HAVING THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK THEM BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.SO, UH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS OR COUNSEL COMMENTS, I THINK THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS PEPCO, MR. GALLOWAY, UM, OVER TO YOU.
AND I SAW RONNIE ON THE PANELISTS, SO GO AHEAD.
AS YOU ALL HAVE INDICATED, UM, WE WANTED, UH, TO HAVE MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH SOME OF OUR UTILITY COMPANIES.
AND I DO KNOW I SENT RONNIE SOME QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE AS IT RELATES TO STREETLIGHTS, UM, AND MAYBE BILLING QUESTIONS, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS HERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS, JUST SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW, UM, THERE WAS A, A TIME IN WHICH WE HAD A, A LARGE STRING OF, YOU KNOW, STREETLIGHTS OUT.
RONNIE HAS BEEN GREAT IN ASSISTING THE TOWN IN GETTING THOSE EITHER RE REPLACED OR REPAIRED.
BUT, UM, I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO, UH, MS. MCIR SO THAT SHE CAN, UM, GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS AND ALSO TALK ABOUT THE ONLINE REPORTING TOOL.
SO, WITH ALL FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER.
I JUST WANNA FIRST START OUT BY SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT PEPCO.
I WANNA THANK MAYOR WATSON AND ALSO, UH, DLAN FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STREETLIGHTS AND THE OUTAGES THAT MAY HAPPEN WITH STREETLIGHTS, IT'S A REALLY EASY, SIMPLE PROCESS FOR, FOR THAT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND SECURED.
THERE IS A NUMBER THAT YOU CAN CALL, OR YOU CAN GO INTO THE WEBSITE AND YOU PUT IN THE INFORMATION.
THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE THE, THERE'S USUALLY A NUMBER ON THE POLL, SO WE NEED ALL OF THE POLE NUMBERS.
IF YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
AND OH MY GOSH, IF YOU HAVE PICTURES, THAT'S EVEN BETTER THAN THAT BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS MY TEAM, MY LIGHTING TEAM TO BE ABLE TO FIND THAT LIGHT, RIGHT? AND TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR THAT LIGHT.
ALSO TOO, WE HAVE A SURVEY WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE LIGHT BY THE ADDRESS AND THE NUMBER ON A QUICK, EASY, I WILL CALL IT A, UM, IT'S LIKE A WEBSITE.
YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE THOSE LIGHTS.
SO I'LL BE ABLE TO DROP ALL THAT INFORMATION INTO THE CHAT SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE IT AT YOUR DISPOSAL AND YOUR FINGERTIPS WHENEVER YOU SEE A STREETLIGHT OUTAGE.
AND YOUR NEXT QUESTION, UM, I'M READY FOR YOUR NEXT QUESTION.
MR. GALLOWAY, DID YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION? NO, I DON'T.
UM, WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, JUST TO ANSWER ANY FROM THERE.
I DO KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME, SOME ISSUES AT ONE POINT THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE ADDRESSED BY PEPCO.
COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, AND THEN OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, THANKS FOR JOINING US AND FOR HELPING ME BY EMAIL.
AND IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU AT THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME LIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON AND OFF, AND I GUESS I'M CURIOUS IF THAT IS INDICATIVE OF SOME INFRASTRUCTURE GAPS IN OUR LIGHTS IN CHEVROLET.
ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY SORT OF RECURRING ISSUE, ANYTHING THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF OUR LIGHTS WORK AND THEN A REPAIR TEAM, SORRY, STOP WORKING, A REPAIR TEAM COMES OUT AND FIXES IT, AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LATER IT STOPS AGAIN.
THERE'S, THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE AROUND ME THAT HAVE BEEN REPAIRED TWO OR THREE TIMES IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
THERE IS A TEAM THAT IS DEDICATED TO REPAIRING STREETLIGHTS, LIGHTS THAT ARE OFF LIGHTS THAT ARE ON.
I HAVE NOT AS OF YET HEARD OF ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH LIGHTS BEING OFF AND ON AT THIS POINT.
SO I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST IF YOU COULD SEND THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO ME, THE ADDRESS, THE POLL NUMBER, AND WE CAN SEND A TEAM OUT TO ADDRESS THAT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHENEVER YOU
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HAVE SITUATIONS SUCH AS THAT, THAT YOU REPORT THAT IMMEDIATELY SO THAT OUR TEAM CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY PUT, PUT A SCHEDULE TOGETHER TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AND, AND DETERMINE WHAT IN FACT THE PROBLEM IS.SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW RIGHT AWAY.
YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL, I'LL DROP MY YOU EMAIL, UH, IN THE CHAT, AND YOU PLEASE SEND ME THAT INFORMATION AND WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN THAT, UH, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PROBLEM IS.
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER WADE.
UH, THIS IS MORE JUST A COMMENT.
RONNIE, GREAT TO SEE YOU EARLIER TODAY IN ANNAPOLIS AT MML.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WORK THAT YOU DO.
UH, WE STILL ARE SCHEDULED TO DO OUR RIDE ALONG IN WARD ONE, UM, BRING YOU TO THE TOWN AND, UM, LOOK AT ANY PARTICULAR ISSUES THAT THERE.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR, UM, LEADERSHIP AND COMING HERE TONIGHT AND TO DISCUSS, DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AS WELL.
I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UH, LEARN ABOUT ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT I WORK WITH, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WRITING WITH YOU AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CITY AND WHERE THERE ARE, I WON'T SAY ISSUES, BUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE TO FIND AN ANSWER TO ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY OR EVEN THE MUNICIPALITY MAY HAVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL, AND IT WAS GREAT SEEING YOU.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAVE ANY? OH, UH, VICE MAYOR BRIAN.
UM, I SUSPECT THIS IS NOT A QUESTION FOR MS. MC TIER, UM, BUT, UH, ONE THING I WANTED TO RAISE SINCE THIS IS A WORK SESSION, IS THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON, UM, THE TRANSITION OF THE STREET LIGHTS TO LED LIGHTS.
UH, I FEEL LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, UM, BUT HAVEN'T RETURNED TO IT SINCE.
WELL, THIS WEEK WE HAD A DISCUSSION AND WE SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT THE STREETLIGHTS.
UH, THERE HAD BEEN SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT WHICH STREETLIGHTS BELONG TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND THEN WHAT STREETLIGHTS BELONG TO SHA.
AND THAT HAS BEEN A LONG, VERY LONG, VERY PA
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT PEPCO, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THE FIRST THING THAT THEY DID, THEY PROVIDED A SURVEY OF ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES, UH, TO SHOW WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, AND WHAT STREETS.
AND THERE ARE SOME LIGHTS THAT WE'RE FACING ON THE STATE HIGHWAYS.
THOSE ARE THE LIGHTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED TO BE SHA PEPCO HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATIONS WITH SHA TO DETERMINE WHO IN FACT SHOULD PAY FOR THOSE LIGHTS.
UH, AND SO I WILL TELL YOU WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THAT PROCESS.
WE HAVE A TEAM, AN ENTIRE TEAM, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TEAM THAT GOES OUT AND DO THE WORK ON THESE, UH, STREETLIGHTS AVAILABLE THAT IS WORKING ON THIS PROCESS.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S PROBABLY AROUND 10 OR 12 MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM, AND THEY'RE DEDICATED TO THAT.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE MEETINGS TO BE HAD UNTIL WE GET THIS SITUATION STRAIGHTENED OUT.
IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY, UH, YOU CAN GIVE ME A CALL AND I CAN, UH, SET UP A MEETING WITH THE MANAGER OF OUR OUTDOOR STREET LIGHTING TEAM, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY WALK THROUGH ANY PARTICULAR ISSUES OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON PEPCO? I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY HANDS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR ADDING THE ADDRESS, MS. MCTIER, THE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
I ONLY SEE FOUR ATTENDEES AND I DON'T SEE ANY OF THEIR HANDS UP.
UH, ANY OTHER COUNSEL OR PUBLIC COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR PEPCO? MR. PRICE HAS HIS HAND UP.
OH, SORRY, MR. PRICE, YOUR NAME AND WARD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I I THINK EVERYBODY IN TOWN KNOWS THAT COMING OUTTA 64TH AVENUE, THERE'S BEEN A, UH, LIGHT LAMPPOST KNOCKED DOWN.
YOU, I CAN'T GO TO IT AND GIVE YOU A NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S KNOCKED DOWN AND IT HAS BEEN REPLACED AND IT HAD BEEN CONSTANTLY, A THIRD
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OR FOURTH TIME HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN.THAT IS A MAJOR, UH, AREAS FOR THE WORKFORCE THAT COMES UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE AMAZON.
AND IF WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WALKABILITY, HOW ABOUT PUTTING THAT RIGHT BACK? BUT I'M JUST HURT THAT, THAT NONE OF Y'ALL KNEW THAT NONE OF Y'ALL RAISED THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.
THAT CONCERN, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WHEN IT COMES TO ANY LIGHTS THAT HAVE, OR ANY STREET POSTS OR, OR, UM, HOLES THAT HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HAVE TO, IT HAS TO BE REPORTED TO US BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
AND, UH, SO AS A COMMUNITY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU CAN BE OUR EYES AND OUR EARS WHEN YOU SEE THESE LIGHT POSTS KNOCKED DOWN, BROKEN THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL, LET US KNOW.
I'M GONNA BE PUTTING THE, UH, THERE'S AN EMAIL THAT, UH, THAT YOU CAN GO TO AND REPORT THESE OUTAGES.
AND IF THERE'S LIKE A BROKEN POLE, FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A, GIVE ME A, AN EMAIL AND LET ME KNOW SO THAT I CAN LET OUR TEAM KNOW SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT REPAIRED.
PEPCO WAS VERY, VERY, UM, UM, ADAMANT ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN AS WELL.
I LIVE IN VILLE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, AND I CERTAINLY KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU, HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU SEE A POLL OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S NOT IN THIS RIGHTFUL PLACE.
WE WANT IT TO BE REPAIRED, SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I'M HAPPY TO ASSIST CRITICAL INFORMATION, THE ADDRESS, AND IF THERE'S A POLL NUMBER, UM, IF THERE'S A CORNER NUMBER, GIVE ME ALL THAT INFORMATION.
IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR MY TEAM TO FIND IT AND REPAIR IT.
UH, MR. BRAMAN OR MR. CARDENA OR MR. GALLOWAY, ANYTHING FURTHER? UM, YES, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, EXCUSE ME THERE.
UM, I WAS, UH, ACTUALLY IN CONTACT WITH, UH, MS. FERGUSON, UH, TODAY, UM, TRYING TO CATCH UP ON THIS PROCESS.
UM, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, SO IT'S NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME USING THAT, UH, THAT, THAT PHRASE.
BUT, UM, BUT I, THERE, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE INDICATED THAT THE STATE IS A, UH, UM, IS, IS A HURDLE THAT, UH, SHE'S WORKING ON AS WELL.
BUT, UM, WE, WE, BUT WE ARE STILL, UH, LOOKING TO CONTINUE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER ABOUT HOW WE MAY OBTAIN THE LIGHTS OURSELVES AND, AND THEN, UH, LOOK TO TRANSITION TO LED.
BUT, UM, THE DETAILS STILL NEED TO BE FLESHED OUT.
IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND SO OUR TEAM IS VERY DILIGENT TO BRINGING THIS TO A CLOSE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, MR. BRAMAN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON PEPCO? HEARING NONE.
THANK YOU, MS. MCTIER WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU TODAY.
UH, AND WE, WE WILL STAY IN TOUCH.
I THINK WE, THAT NOW TAKES US TO MR. JOHNSON'S TEAM FROM WSSC.
MR. BRAMAN, DID YOU HAVE AN INTRO, UH, TO THIS OR DO YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO MR. JOHNSON? UM, LET'S LET MR. JOHNSON, UH, MOVE FORWARD.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, SIR.
WELL, BEFORE I START, I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU MAYOR, ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBER WADE AND I BELIEVE I, IF I'VE MET, UM, MS. MCTEER AT THE EVENT THIS MORNING AT THE, UH, MML UH, LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.
SO I HAD TO SAY THAT BEFORE WE GOT STARTED.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE, I SEE YOU WEARING THAT ALASKAN HAT.
UM, MAYOR WATSON, VICE MAYOR BRENNER TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, GALLOWAY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CH STAFF, CH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, GUESTS, AND WSSC TEAM MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS THOMAS JOHNSON AND I AM THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER UNDER DIRECTOR OF MONICA MARQUINA.
I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM OUR GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO KEISHA POWELL.
DURING THIS MEETING, WE WILL DISCUSS TASK ORDER 2 0 1.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY TEAMMATE MEMBERS TO COME ON CAMERA TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATION.
MS. WHITE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU PLEASE PULL
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UP THE PRESENTATION ALSO, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU WERE TO ALLOW US TO GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND AT THE END WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WILL COME.SO I'M NOT REALLY ABLE TO SEE MY, OUR FRIENDS AT WSSC.
THERE IS NIR NIR, CAN YOU PLEASE START INTRODUCING YOURSELF? YES, I'M, UH, NIR OAM PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION DIVISION MANAGER.
I'M THE PROJECT OUTREACH MANAGER FOR WSSC WATER.
I DO WANNA MENTION THAT THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN THE LAST IN, IN ONE MONTH, IN 30 DAYS THAT I'VE BEEN IN A MEETING WITH RONNIE.
I AM THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT, UH, WSSC WATER AT THE ANACOSTIA DEPOT.
I'M THE CONTRACT MANAGER, WSSC, WATER ANACOSTIA, MR. ABBI.
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER IN WSSC WATER PIPELINE DIVISION.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL OUR TEAM MEMBERS HERE.
MY NAME'S CALVIN JOHNSON, CONTRACT MANAGER.
TODAY WE'LL BE SPEAKING ON TEST ORDER 2 0 1.
HERE'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
THE WORK COMPLETED 58 PATCHES, NINE GREEN AREAS WHERE WE EXCAVATED.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE REMAINING COMPACTION REPORTS.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WAITING ON 63RD AVENUE TO BE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.
THE CONCRETE RESTORATION AND THE ASPHALT WORK ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THE PATCHES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MILL AND OVERLAY.
WE REMOVED SOME WORK FROM THE ORIGINAL TASK ORDER, WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO ANOTHER TASK ORDER AT A LATER TIME.
THERE'S A LIST OF THE STREETS THAT WERE REMOVED.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE CLEANOUTS AND THE LATERAL LINING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLEANOUTS.
AND THESE WERE ON ALL OF THE NON-PARTY STREETS THAT WAS DESIGNATED BY THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET PRIOR TO US BEING STARTED WITH SOME OF THE WORK WHERE SOME WAS DEEMED PRIORITY AND SOME WERE DEEMED NON-PRIORITY.
AND AS I SAID BELOW, IT IS A LIST OF THE STREETS THAT WERE REMOVED, AND THAT'S GONNA BE PLACED ON ANOTHER TASK ORDER.
THE WORK REMAINING, JUST THE WORK REMAINING THAT'S AT THE TOP THAT'S LISTED.
THERE'S APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OF INDIVIDUAL SEWER LADDERS TO BE LINED.
ALONG WITH THAT, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CLEAN OUT INSTALLATION TO TEST THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION TIME FOR THIS WORK.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING SPRING 2026, THE REMAINING LATERAL LINING ON LAUREL AVENUE, WHICH YOU CONSIDER PRIORITY STREETS.
COULD YOU SCROLL PLEASE? THANK YOU.
THERE'S A BULLET AT THE BOTTOM CONCERNING FINAL MILL AND OVERLAY AT THE TOP.
CAN YOU SCROLL UP JUST A LITTLE TAD BIT? MS. WHITE, CAN YOU PLEASE SCROLL JUST A LITTLE BIT UP? UH, OKAY.
THIS IS THE FINAL ROADWAY PAVING, STIPEND AND LANDSCAPING RESTORATION.
PRIORITY STREETS ARE ESTIMATED SPRING 2026.
THOSE STREETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE TOWN OF CH NON-PRIORITY STREETS, ESTIMATED COMPLETION SUMMER 2026.
COULD YOU SCROLL PLEASE? THANK YOU.
TOWN OF CH PROJECT MAP, THIS IS AN EN IN INVOLVING AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SENSITIVE AREA CONTRACT SLASH PROJECT THAT'S FORTHCOMING FOR THE TOWN OF CH HERE HAS A LISTED IS, UM, A LIST OF STREETS.
THERE'S THE MAP THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
ALL OF THE WORK ISN'T IN THE TOWN OF CH WE'RE PROBABLY, WE'RE PROBABLY MET WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
UM, I BELIEVE, UM, MR. DELO WAS PRESENT.
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THERE WAS A FEW CH REPRESENTATIVES AND WE DID SAW LIKE A SOFT BRIEF OR BRIEFING ON THIS PROJECT.STRATEGICALLY REPLACING AND REHABILITATING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENHANCE SERVICES AND RE RELIABILITY, REPLACING AND REPAIRING AGING PIPES AND MANHOLE AS PART OF THE SEWER REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
CORRECTING STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES CAUSED BY SOIL SEDIMENT, ROOTS AND CORROSION, PREVENTING SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS SLASH BACKUPS, PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THE SCOPE OF WORK WITH THIS PROJECT, IT'S GONNA BE APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILE OF SEWER PIPE AND 13 MANHOLES TO BE REHABILITATED SEWER PIPES AND MANHOLES REHABILITATED USING PRIMARILY TRENCHLESS METHODS.
COMPLETED PROJECT WILL EXTEND THE LIFE OF SEWER PIPES BY AT LEAST 50 YEARS.
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, WINTER 2025 THROUGH WINTER 2026 OR THE PERMITTING.
AND NOW I HAND THIS PORTION OFF TO O
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER IN CHARGE OF THE UPCOMING WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN PLAN OF SHELBY.
SCOPE OF WORK, PHASE ONE WSSC WATER WILL REPLACE AND RELOCATE THE AGING AND ATED OF 1.5 WARM MILES OF WATER MAIN WITH DIAMETER AGING FROM EIGHT TO 12 INCHES.
USING, USING COATED DUCTED IRON PIPE THAT IS EXPECTED TO LAST UP TO A HUNDRED YEARS.
THE CURRENT WATER MAIN WERE INSTALLED 60 TO EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND NOW AT THE END OF THEIR LIFECYCLE, WSSC WATER WILL REPLAY THE SEGMENT OF THE WATER SERVICE LINE THAT CONNECTS THE WATER MAIN TO THE PROPERTY SERVICE LINE.
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE 4 20 26 THROUGH WINTER 2027, WEATHER PERMITTING MEAL AND OVERLAY WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN SPRING 2028.
ALSO, UH, ON TOP OF WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE MAP OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS GOING TO OCCUR FOR THE PHASE ONE.
PHASE TWO, SCOPE OF WORK IS THE REPLACEMENT AND LOCATION OF 2.33 MILES OF WATER.
MAIN, VARYING IN SIZES FROM FOUR TO 12 INCH WITH NEW ZINC COATED DUCTED IO PIPING, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A LIFESPAN UP TO A HUNDRED YEARS.
THE EXISTING WATER MAIN WERE INSTALLED BETWEEN 50 TO 90 YEARS AGO AND ARE APPROACHING THE END OF THEIR OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN.
WSSC WATER WILL REPLACE THE SEGMENT OF THE WATER SERVICE OF THE WATER SERVICE LINE THAT CONNECTS THE WATER MAIN TO THE PROPERTY SERVICE LINE.
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, SPRING 2028 TO SUMMER 2029.
WEATHER PERMITTING, MILL AND OVERLAY WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED BY SUMMER 20 20 20 29, WEATHER PERMITTING.
SCOPE OF WORK LY PHASE THREE WSSE WATER WILL BE REPLACING 0.1 MILES OF EIGHT INCH WATER.
MEANS USING NEW ZINC COATED DUCT ION PIPE THAT IS EXPORTED TO LAST UP TO HUNDRED YEARS AS WELL.
THE CURRENT WATER MAIN WERE INSTALLED 50 TO 90 YEARS AGO, AND NINE THE END OF THE LIFECYCLE SSC WATER WILL REPLACE THE SECTION OF THE WATER SERVICE CONNECTION FROM THE PROPERTY SERVICE LINE TO THE WATER MAIN ESTIMATED CONSUMPTION SCHEDULE FOR 2029 TO WINTER 2030.
WEATHER PERMITTING MADE AND OVERLY WORK IS SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETED IN SPRING 2031 WITH A, SO, RIGHT NOW I'LL HAND THE PRESENTATION TO MR. ALAM TO ATTEND TO THE QUESTIONS FROM THE PANEL OF SHELBY.
SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF, UH, THE TOWN HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR US.
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MR. GALLOWAY, MR. BRAMAN AND MR. CARDENAS, UH, TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME IN.I'LL DEFER TO DIRECTOR BRAMAN AND MR. CARDENA.
MR. MAYOR, IF I WOULD, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, CARDENAS FOR, UM, SPEARHEADING THIS, UH, TH THIS EFFORT.
UM, IN MY ABSENCE, UM, HE, UH, HE, HE KEPT ME INFORMED.
AND, UM, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, AND I'M GONNA LET HIM SPEAK TO THAT, IT WENT SMOOTHLY.
AND SO, WHILE I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WE HAD A HURDLE, UM, IN THE BEGINNING OF, UH, OUR CONCERNS WITH, UH, SOME OF THE WORK OR MUCH OF THE WORK OF TASK ORDER 2 0 1, I THINK ONCE WE, UH, GOT PAST THE, UH, THE DECISION, UM, OR THAT, UH, THAT THE WORK WOULD BE REDONE, UM, FROM ALL THE REPORTS I HEARD, UH, MY, MY TAKE IS, IS THAT, UH, THINGS WENT VERY SMOOTHLY.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO LET MR. CARANO, UH, SPEAK TO THAT AND, UM, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, UH, DIRECTLY REFLECT ON THAT.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY TO, UH, THANK YOU TO WSSE TEAM.
UH, IT IS BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH, WITH YOU, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, YOU, MR. UH, WITH YOU NADIR.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP, ALL THE INFORMATION, THE UPDATES THAT YOU PROVIDED TO ME.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS, IT IS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT THIS TIME WE ACTUALLY GOT TO WORK TOGETHER AND, UH, PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
UM, MR. JOHNSON, I APPRECIATE YOU HELPING TOO, AND AS MUCH AS YOU, AS MUCH AS YOU, YOU COULD.
AND, AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU GUYS.
WITH THAT, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A, UH, UM, A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR MOVING FORWARD AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP.
UM, I KNOW THAT I GAVE SOME FEEDBACK TO, UH, NADIR AND THANK YOU NADIR AND, AND IN MY ABSENCE FOR, UH, WORKING SO WELL WITH, UH, WITH LUIS AND, AND, AND OTHERS, BUT, UM, AND, AND YOU AS WELL, MR. JOHNSON, AND, AND, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.
STEVE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK WAS, WAS THAT A COMPRESSION JOKE WHEN YOU SAID FOUNDATION? I'M JUST, I'M SORRY.
ACTUALLY, I WASN'T, ACTUALLY, IT WAS NOT.
BUT I'LL PUT THAT IN MY, UH, POCKET FOR, FOR LATER ANOTHER TIME WHEN WE'RE PLAYING POOL.
ANY WHO, UH, MY, MY, MY POINT WAS IS THAT, UH, I'M HOPING THAT THIS ALLOWS US TO, UH, W WORK IN TANDEM WITH WSCC AND, AND, AND HAVE SHARED EXPECTATIONS, UM, WITH, UH, HOW THE WORK IS DONE, BUT ALSO TOO, HOW IT INTERACTS WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS ARE OUR CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS WSCS CUSTOMERS, BUT THE WORK DOES IMPACT, UM, THEM.
AND, AND, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE, UH, THE WATERLINES, WHICH WE'LL BE DIVING INTO THAT, AND THAT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A PUN, BUT WE'LL BE DIVING INTO THAT DEEPER, UH, NEXT YEAR, THAT, UM, THOSE PIPES ARE GOING TO LAST BEYOND MR. CARDENAS, UH, RETIRING.
AND WE WON'T HAVE TO, UH, UH, BE AROUND FOR THE REPLACEMENTS, UH, IN A HUNDRED YEARS.
BUT, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, UH, MOVE ON TO THE OTHER QUESTIONS.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER TENANCY.
I THINK I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF YOU OVER, UH, THE LIFESPAN OF TASK ORDER 2 0 1.
I REPRESENT WARD THREE, WHICH IS THE WARD WHERE, UH, ALMOST ALL, IF NOT ALL, OF THE WORK OF TASK ORDER 2 0 1 HAS TAKEN PLACE.
UM, I AM GLAD MR. BRAMAN BROUGHT UP MAKING SURE THAT THE WORK, UH, GOES WELL WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
'CAUSE I HAVE HEARD, UH, SOME CONCERNS RECENTLY.
UM, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT ON 63RD AVE THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO PARKING SIGNS THAT WERE UP, UM, THAT BASICALLY SAID NO PARKING FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, AND THEN EVERY TWO WEEKS THE NEXT ROUND SAID NO PARKING FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, CH AND ACTUALLY 63RD AVE IN PARTICULAR, THE ROADS ARE VERY NARROW AND THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PARKING AND A LOT OF THOSE HOUSES DON'T HAVE DRIVEWAYS.
SO I WOULD JUST, UM, ENCOURAGE US TO TRY TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHERE WE'RE PARKING EQUIPMENT AND WHERE WE'RE PUTTING UP NO PARKING SIGNS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THEIR HOUSES WITHOUT HAVING TO WALK MANY, MANY BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHEREVER THEY PARKED.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UH, 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THIS LIST OF OBVIOUSLY, UM, THIS LIST THAT WE CAN SEE ON OUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THAT WORK IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED.
WE JUST NEED MILLING AND OVERLAY.
UM, BUT I HEARD FROM A RESIDENT
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ON LAUREL AVE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THEN AGAIN TODAY, UM, AND SHE'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAUREL AVE AND INWOOD, UM, AROUND THE 30 LOW, 31 HUNDREDS.UM, AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE HAS BEEN WORK THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON HER ROAD, UM, WHERE THERE'S A HOLE AND IT'S BEEN DUG UP MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, WHICH I EXPLAINED ABOUT SORT OF THE FIRST ROUND OF WORK WAS DONE.
AND THEN THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE COMPACTION.
SO THE WORK WAS REDONE, AND THAT'S WHY SHE SAW THAT.
UM, HER BIG CONCERN WAS ABOUT, AGAIN, THERE BEING EQUIPMENT AND NO PARKING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE.
AND THOSE HOUSES HAVE A PRETTY STEEP INCLINE.
UH, AND SHE HAS THREE YOUNG CHILDREN.
UM, AND SO IT WAS REALLY TRICKY GETTING HER FAMILY INTO THEIR HOUSE, UM, BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT, UH, PARK ANYWHERE NEAR THE FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
UM, BUT WHAT CONCERNS ME HERE IS THAT ALL OF THE REMAINING WORK LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON LAUREL AVE, BUT WORK HAS BEEN ALREADY DONE ON LAUREL AVE.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT ROAD, THE REMAINING WORK.
'CAUSE IF YOU SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, THE BLUE ONES, UM, THAT'S ALL LAUREL AVE.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK ALREADY DONE THERE.
AND SO I WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT I CAN TELL FOLKS ON THAT ROAD ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT TO COME AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR ALL THE WORK BEING COMPLETED.
UM, SO THE CLEAN OUTS, SO FIRST OF ALL, ALL OF THE REES EXCAVATION, THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT YOU GUYS SEEN IN THE RESIDENT SCENE, THAT WAS PART OF THE RE EXCAVATION WORK.
SO ALL OF THAT WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, WE'VE DONE THE COMPACTION TEST, UM, WE'VE DID PERMANENT ASPHALT, WE'VE DONE THE CONCRETE RESTORATION.
THERE'S STILL SOME SEED AND SIDE RESTORATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF SEASON.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S ON HERE, UM, IT'S TRENCHLESS.
SO WHAT THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE GOING TO DO, UM, WHERE WE INSTALL THE CLEAN OUTS AT THE PROPERTY LINES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY JUST GONNA COME AND THEY'RE GONNA ALIGN THE LATERALS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SECTION.
SO IF I CAN FOLLOW UP, SO THIS IS NOT THE BIG HEAVY, LARGE HOLES IN THE STREET KIND OF WORK? NO, MA'AM.
SO IT SHOULD BE MINIMAL INTERRUPTION TO RESIDENTS.
THIS IS, SO IN ACTUALITY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO INSTALL AT LEAST TWO TO THREE ALIGNERS PER DAY.
BECAUSE IT'S A TRENCHLESS METHOD.
UH, BUT THEN BECAUSE BECAUSE WE'RE IN WINTER NOW, THE MILLING AND OVERLAY AND THE ACTUAL WE ARE DONE CAN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE SPRING.
UM, MR. JOHNSON, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT COULD YOU GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS TO, THERE IS SOME EQUIPMENT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE WHEN THEY ARE LINING THE LATERAL FROM THE CLEAN OUT TO THE MAIN LINE? IS THERE NOT? NO.
SO THE ONLY EQUIPMENT THEY'RE GONNA SEE IS A PICKUP TRUCK AND MAYBE PERHAPS A TRAILER THAT'S BEHIND A PICKUP TRUCK.
AND THEN, AND THEN THERE IS SOME MACHINERY THOUGH THAT DOES RUN AND REV UP AND TO, UH, HEAT UP AND LET THE LINING BE, UH, UH, WHAT IS IT TURNED INSIDE, OUT INSIDE THE PIPE? CORRECT.
BUT THAT'S GONNA BE, ALL OF THAT SHOULD BE STILL ASSOCIATED WITH A TRAILER THAT'S BEEN TOWED BY A PICKUP TRUCK.
WELL THAT GIVES AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME WORK.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, THERE WILL BE SOME WORK THAT IS IN FRONT OF EACH HOUSE AND IT LOOKS LIKE, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA TALK THE OFFLINE ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M DOING OUR BEST TO NOT BLOCK DRIVEWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, WE, UH, AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN LOOK TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF NO PARKING AS WE ROLL DOWN AND DO THOSE TWO OR THREE HOUSES PER DAY.
HEY, UM, THANKS FOR COMING IN.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, SOME OF THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS TO TOWN, UM, IS THE, I FORGET THE TERM IT WAS CALLED DUCTILE IRON, I THINK.
IS THAT MORE RESILIENT WITH FREEZING? DOES IT ADD ANY OTHER BENEFITS LIKE, YOU KNOW, FEWER SEWER BACKUPS OR, YOU KNOW, BROWN WATER, UM, YOU KNOW, BOIL TESTS? LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT? OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE DIAMETERS ARE CHANGING, SO THAT'S A
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CAPACITY ISSUE, WHICH I THINK IS VERY GOOD.BUT I'D, UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC AND CHERYL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT WHEN ALL THIS IS DONE.
UH, I'M GONNA TAKE THE QUESTION.
SO, UH, THE THING THAT IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT IS RIGHT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IS LIKE SOME, UH, SOME AREAS IN SHELBY, THEY ARE HAVING LIKE A CONSTANT WATER MAIN BRICKS.
SO IMMEDIATELY THAT WE PUT IN THIS NEW PIPE, THE, THE CONSTANT WATER MAIN BRICKS IS GOING TO STOP.
SO THAT IS THE PRIMARY BENEFIT IS THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE AS MANY WATER MAIN BREAKS.
AND IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR, PARDON ME, BUT I BELIEVE ALSO TOO, THIS IS GOING TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY.
'CAUSE OVER TIME, I THINK THE MAIN LINES, UH, BUILD UP, UH, UH, UM, SEDIMENT, UM, AROUND THE PIPES AND CAN SOMETIMES BE RELEASED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO NEWER PIPES WILL ACTUALLY, SO, SO FOR INSTANCE, I BELIEVE ON IN WARD TWO, UM, ON THE ONE END THERE WAS, UH, UH, NEAR CREST AND, UH, UM, UM, CARLISLE, I BELIEVE THERE'S A, UH, CONTINUING, UH, CONCERNS OVER IN THAT AREA.
AND WHILE WSSC DID COME IN AND DO A, A, A SMALL SECTION, UH, SORT OF ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A LARGER EFFECT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, UM, FOR WATER QUALITY AS WELL, CORRECT? YES.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ECK OR COUNCIL MEMBER WADE ABOUT PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, OR PHASE THREE? NOT A TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE PIECE.
UM, CALVIN, UH, JOHNSON DID MENTION THAT WE HAD BRIEFED, UH, SOME OF THE TOWN'S ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, PREVIOUSLY ON OUR BEAVER DAM, UH, ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA PROJECT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION IT WILL BE VERY SOON WE WILL BEGIN TO PROMOTE THAT PROJECT BECAUSE ON JANUARY 6TH, WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED THAT'LL TAKE PLACE AT SIX 30 IN THE EVENING ON JANUARY 6TH.
AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT OUR POSTCARD IN MEETING INVITATIONS TO, UM, AROUND, IN, IN THOSE AREAS.
THOSE D DIRECTLY IMPACTED STREETS VERY SHORTLY.
SO JUST WANTED TO BE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR WSSC? UM, MR. PRICE IS YOUR HAND UP? IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS UP BRIEFLY.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR WSSC OR ON ANY OF THESE TOPICS? UH, MR. PRICE, CAN YOU, UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO UNMUTE YOU.
UH, MY QUESTION, UH, I HEARD YOU SPEAK OF, YOU HAD, UH, AREAS TO DO IN THE FUTURE PLANNING.
IS THERE, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY WORK SCHEDULE FOR PROPERTIES BETWEEN CHEVROLET AND THE OLD HOSPITAL SITE? WELL, THE, I MEAN, THE PHASE, UH, PHASE, DEFINITELY PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE WERE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK ON THE WEST SIDE IN WARD TWO.
UH, AND POSSIBLY ALSO PART OF PHASE ONE, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T CATCH THAT MAP.
THE, THE, THE, THEY SAID THEY HAD FUTURE PROJECTS, BUT I, I, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME COMMITMENT TO SOME, UH, WATER ISSUES UP WITH THE PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT THE ROADS ARE CONSIDERED ON.
AND MY QUESTION IS, IS DO THEY HAVE ANY PLANS IN THAT AREA, MR. JOHNSON? I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHAT, UM, PLANS DOES WSSC HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR, TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2000 OR SO NEW RESIDENTS THAT ARE HOPEFULLY COMING TO CHEVROLET HILL? IT'S THIS PERTAINING TO WATER OR SUR REHABILITATION.
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PROJECT WOULD NEED BOTH.I'M NOT PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH LIKE WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT WSSC INFRASTRUCTURE IS STILL IN, IN PLACE ON THE HILL AFTER THE DEMOLITION.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION TO TAKE BACK UNLESS MR. JOHNSON, UH, YOU KNOW, EITHER MR. JOHNSON, SO IS THIS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GONNA HAVE BE HAPPENING IN THE TOWN OF SHOVEL? YES.
JASON, DID YOU WANNA COME IN? UH, YES.
SO THIS WOULD BE, UH, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THIS IS THE OLD HOSPITAL, UM, SITE.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE PROCESS THERE.
WE, IN W OF C WE CALL IS DEVELOPER APPLICANT PROJECTS.
UM, SO THE DEVELOPER, UH, WITH THE AN ENGINEER WOULD SUBMIT PLANS TO WSSC.
UH, THERE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MULTIPLE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO.
WSSC WILL ULTIMATELY ISSUE A PERMIT, UM, TO THEM.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE, UH, THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE WATER IN THE SEWER THAT THEN WE INSPECT, THAT ULTIMATELY GETS TURNED OVER TO WSSC.
IF THERE'S ANY, UM, CAPACITY ISSUES, IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WATER INTO THAT AREA, UH, WE CALL THOSE A DRP.
UH, AND SO THE DEVELOPER ALSO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, INSTALLING NEW LINES, LARGER LINES FROM OUR TRANSITION, UH, TRUNK MAINS TRANSITION, MAINS OF WATER THAT WE HAVE.
BUT THAT WOULD ALL BE ON, UM, THE DEVELOPER SIDE, UH, NOT WSSC, UH, FUNDED.
THAT IS THE DEVELOPER FUNDED, UH, ASSETS THAT THEY WOULD PUT IN.
SEEING, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR WSSC? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR EFFORT, UH, AND FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP.
I BELIEVE THIS NOW TAKES US TO, UH, MS. JONI BELL, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER LALO HECK, AS A LIAISON, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.
FOR THOSE OF OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M A MEMBER OF THE CH DAY COMMITTEE, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THE CH DAY.
AND, UH, I WISH I COULD SEE ALL YOUR FACES WHEN I SAID THAT, BUT FOR SOME REASON I'M NOT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, 2026 IS THE 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF CH SO I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA THAT WE DO A WEEK LONG CELEBRATION AND DO IT AS LIKE A DRY RUN FOR WHAT WE COULD DO FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF, AND ALSO NEXT CHEVROLET DAY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 26TH, IS ALSO A PARADE YEAR.
SO I'M WORKING ON THE PARADE ALSO.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HOW ABOUT HOLDING OFF UNTIL I FINISH ALL THIS? OKAY.
WE WANT TO DO A, LIKE A COUPLE OF, I WANNA GET TOGETHER IN JANUARY WITH ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE OFFICIAL TOWN GROUPS AND THE UNOFFICIAL TOWN GROUPS, UM, TO PLAN EVENTS NOT ONLY IN CHEVROLET PROPER, BUT AT THE APARTMENTS IN OLD FOURTH WARD.
UM, AND, UH, SO I'LL BE TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY GROUPS ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH.
UH, I'M WORKING WITH A GRAPHIC ARTIST TO COME UP WITH A LOGO FOR THE 95TH, WHICH COULD BE USED FOR, UM, IS ANYONE HEARING ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO THE LOGO WOULD BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE MERCH AND MAYBE THE WINE GLASSES, 95TH ANNIVERSARY WINE GLASSES AT THE WINE TENT.
MAYBE THE MIN'S CLUB WILL DECIDE TO DO 95TH ANNIVERSARY BEER MUGS.
I WILL BE KEEPING THE OFFICIAL CALENDAR.
I'M ASKING COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WHEN ALL THIS GETS ROLLING NEXT MONTH, THAT THEY ENCOURAGE MEMBERS IN THEIR WARDS TO COME UP WITH IDEAS FOR CHEVROLET DAY.
AND THEN ONCE CH WEEK, AND THEN ONCE EVERYBODY COMES UP WITH THEIR IDEAS, THEY CAN, WE HAVE A CHEVROLET DAY 95TH, UH, EMAIL ADDRESS THEY CAN SEND ME.
AND ONCE I CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING PLANNED FOR SOME DATE, I WILL PUT IT ON THE OFFICIAL CALENDAR.
SO IF EVERYBODY COMES A WEEK LATER AND SAY, NO, WE
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WANNA DO THAT ON THIS DATE, I DON'T WANT OVERLAPPING EVENTS THAT CAN GET IN THE WAY OF OTHER EVENTS.NOW, AS FOR THE PARADE, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE SOME OF THE MORNING CHEVROLET DAY EVENTS TWO OTHER DAYS.
SO YOU WON'T HAVE THE SOCCER GAME, YOU WON'T HAVE THE SOFTBALL GAME, BECAUSE THAT'LL BE AT THE TIME OF THE PARADE.
AND WE WANT EVERYBODY, OH, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE AN ENTRY IN THE PARADE.
AND THE PARADE SIGNUP FORM IS ON THE CHEVROLET DAY WEBSITE.
UM, FOR THE PARADE, I WAS HOPING THAT COUNCIL WILL WALK THE PARADE ROUTE AND MAYBE THEY COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE BE A KAZOO BAND.
AND, UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'M PRETTY MUCH ASKING COUNCIL TO DO, SO I'M NOT TAKING, ASKING FOR MONEY OR ANYTHING, IS IF COUNCIL WOULD MAYBE SCHEDULE A MOVIE NIGHT DURING THAT WEEK, OR A RESIDENT APPRECIATION DURING THAT DAY.
AND FOR THE PARADE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR THE OLDEST RESIDENTS, THE PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED IN TOWN THE LONGEST, THE PEOPLE BORN IN 1931, AND PEOPLE IN THEIR ONE HUNDREDS.
AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE IN THEIR ONE HUNDREDS.
UM, MIKE CALLAHAN, WHO'S WORKING WITH ME ON THE PARADE, SUGGESTED THAT WE TRY TO GET THE OLD TOWN TROLLEY PEOPLE TO DONATE A TROLLEY FOR THE PARADE.
AND WE COULD PUT THOSE PEOPLE WE ARE HONORING, LIKE THE OLDEST VETS IN THE TROLLEY.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M PLANNING.
I'M NOT TELLING ANY GROUP WHAT THEY SHOULD DO FOR CHEVROLET DAY, ALTHOUGH IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, I COULD SUGGEST WHAT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT, AND TWO GROUPS OR THREE GROUPS COULD GO TOGETHER ON ONE EVENT.
I'M TELLING THEM THERE'S NO BUDGET.
SO WHATEVER THEY DO, THEY SHOULD FIND SPONSORSHIPS OR PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES.
I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE CH PROM PEOPLE OF PUTTING THE PROM NEAR ALL THIS.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA TALK TO THE YOUTH COUNCIL ALSO.
I THOUGHT ONE GOOD THING MIGHT BE SUNDAY IN THE PARK, THE FIRST WEEKEND, THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE 20TH DOING LIKE AN ALL AGES TALENT SHOW OR A POTLUCK IN THE PARK OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
OKAY, NOW ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST ASK ME.
JUST KNOW THAT NOTHING'S BEEN LAID OUT IN STONE YET.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOANIE? YOU'RE ALL IN SHOCK.
WE'RE, WE'RE CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
UH, MR. PRICE, IS YOUR HAND STILL UP OR UP AGAIN? ALL RIGHT, IF YOU ARE UP, UP AGAIN.
I'D JUST LIKE TO COMMEND THE YOUNG LADY AND I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TO HER AND RIDING IN THAT TROLLEY.
I, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE? COMMITTEE? ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, AFTER I'M DONE HERE, I COULD PUT IN THE CHAT THE, UM, THE EMAIL FOR THE 95TH ANNIVERSARY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
I WILL, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU ALL KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME IF YOU NEED TO ASK ME SOMETHING OR YOU CAN SEND IT TO THE 95TH EMAIL ADDRESS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT AND FORGETTING AN EARLY START ON THIS, IT'S VERY EXCITING.
ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT TAKES US TO THE UPDATE FROM KELLER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, I SAW ROBIN BARNHART FROM CPJ, UH, AND, UH, KELLY, UH, IF YOU, KELLY WALLACE FROM KELLER, UH, WHY DON'T WE GO TO YOU TWO FIRST.
UH, WE'LL START WITH KELLY AND THEN GO, UH, AND THEN I'LL ASK ROBIN IF SHE HAS ANY COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL GO TO, UH, MR. GALLOWAY'S TEAM.
SO, UM, WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, FIRE ALARM, FIRE SPRINKLER, AND ELECTRICAL FINAL INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED THIS WEEK.
ALL THREE OF THE INSPECTORS HAVE, UH, MINOR COMMENTS THAT THEY WANT US TO ADDRESS.
UM, WE'RE ALREADY IN PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
WE HAVE A REINSPECTION CALLED FOR,
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FOR THE ELECTRICAL FINAL TOMORROW.SO WE EXPECT TO GET OUR, OUR FINAL PASSED ON ELECTRICAL TOMORROW.
UM, FIRE SPRINKLER FIRE ALARM SHOULD FOLLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK OR BY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, UH, ROUGHLY, UH, TWO FINALS THAT FOLLOW AFTER THAT.
ONE IS PLUMBING AND ONE IS ELEVATOR.
WE'VE CALLED THE STATE FOR THE ELEVATOR INSPECTION AND WE EXPECT TO GET AN ANSWER FOR A DATE, UH, TOMORROW.
UM, SO THE WORK THAT WE NEEDED TO DO IN THERE, EXCEPT FOR ONE SMALL ITEM WITH THE, UH, PIT LADDER, UH, WHICH WE EXPECT TO WRAP UP ON TUESDAY.
SO WE'VE CALLED THE INSPECTION IN FOR AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY, UH, OF NEXT WEEK.
UH, PLUMBING IS, IS REALLY THE ONLY OUTLIER THAT I CAN'T PIN DOWN QUITE YET.
IT HAS TO DO WITH A A A, A FLU EXT CHIMNEY FLUE THAT NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED OVER A COMPRESSOR THAT'S IN THE GARAGE AREA.
UM, WE HAD SOME ISSUES TRYING TO GET, UM, SOMEBODY ALONG THE LINES OF AN ENGINEER TO AGREE WHAT EXACTLY WE NEEDED.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE PARTS.
UH, ONCE WE GET THE PARTS IN PLACE, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO FULLY SCHEDULE THAT WORK.
AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT, UH, FINAL INSPECTION AFTER THAT.
UM, ONCE WE GET THOSE FINALS, THE LAST TWO COME, UH, ONLY ALMOST BY ROADE GET BUILDING INSPECTION, FI, FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTION.
AND THEN, UM, TOGETHER THEY APPLY FOR THE UNO, WHICH IS USUALLY A DAY OR TWO, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, UH, THAT FOLLOWS.
SO THAT'S OUR, OUR CURRENT STATUS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK ON, UH, OUR PUNCH LIST.
UH, I BELIEVE THE TOWN HAS STARTED TO CREATE THEIR PUNCH LIST.
SO ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT, WE'LL TURN AROUND AND START WORKING ON WHATEVER, UM, WHATEVER THAT LIST GENERATES.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT IN A NUTSHELL.
TO ADD TO THAT, UM, I WOULD SAY YES.
WE, UM, UH, THE CHEVROLET TEAM AND CPJ, UH, WENT OUT ON WEDNESDAY AND, UH, WE STARTED THE PUNCHLESS INSPECTION.
WE STARTED ON THE EXTERIOR AND HAD FINISHED THE EXTERIOR.
UM, WE'RE DOING A VERY THOROUGH INSPECTION.
UM, SO WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO FINISH THE EXTERIOR ON WEDNESDAY.
SO WE HAVE SCHEDULED ANOTHER DAY FOR NEXT TUESDAY WHERE WE'LL BE GOING OUT AND DOING, GOING THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, COVER, ALL OF THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE, UM, ABOUT THE FIELDS.
I KNOW THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND, UH, SO WITH, UH, COORDINATING WITH MR. GRAY, HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME DOCUMENTATION ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE DESIGN PHASE, WHICH WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED TO THE KELLER TEAM.
UM, AND KELLY HAS SHARED, SHARED THAT WITH THE DESIGN ENGINEERS, THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING SURVEYING TO VERIFY THE FIELD DIMENSIONS CAN BE PROVIDED.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO THAT YET, BUT IT IS MAKING SOME FORWARD MOVEMENT WITH THAT TO COME TO A RESOLUTION TO EITHER SAY, YES, EVERYTHING IS FINE, OR IF THERE ISN'T COME UP WITH, UM, THEN WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
UM, MR. BRAMAN OR MR. CARD OR MR. GALLOWAY? UM, IF I MAY, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL START OFF.
UM, MR. WALLACE, I BELIEVE THOUGH THAT YOU UPDATED US TOO WITH SOME BAD NEWS ON THE, UH, SCHEDULE.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, ULTIMATELY, WE, UH, ARE NOT GONNA MAKE THE 12TH GIVEN THE, THE RE-INSPECTIONS.
UM, WE MAY GET OUR INITIAL SETUP DONE BY THEN, BUT THEN IT'S GONNA BE A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT.
UH, OUR, OUR NEWEST BEST ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING WEEK, 19TH.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT I JUST CAN'T PIN DOWN, SO, UM, I'LL HAVE A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE AS SOON AS, UM, AS SOON AS I GET THAT INFORMATION.
SO, AND, AND IF I MAY, UM, JUST SHARE WITH THE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE TOWN.
UM, I, I, I, I'M, I'M, I'M COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED.
I'VE EXPRESSED THAT IN OUR, UM, UH, MEETINGS, UH, TWICE A WEEK.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A FOCUS EVEN WHEN I WAS AWAY.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY IT IS THE, IT IS THE PRIMARY, UH, FOCUS OF MINE AT THIS POINT, UM, TO TRY TO GET DOWN TO, UM, EVERY NUT AND BOLT AND SCREW AND
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TIMELINE AND GET THIS THING, UH, COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.SO NOW, ON, ON BEHALF OF, SINCE I'M THE, I'M THE, I'M THE LEAD ON THIS, UM, I, I, I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, CPJ JOINING US ON THIS AND, AND, UM, THE, THE PATIENCE OF THE TOWN.
BUT, UH, THIS, THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND THAT IS, UM, MOTIVATING ME EVEN MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS DONE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, BUT GET IT DONE CORRECTLY.
UH, MR. BRAMAN, UM, YEAH, DISAPPOINTED IS ALSO, UH, AND FRUSTRATED ARE TWO WORDS THAT ALSO APPLY TO ME, UH, ON THIS.
UM, I GUESS MR. BREMAN, MAYBE A QUESTION FOR YOU IS, UM, CAN YOU, COULD YOU JUST BRIEFLY LAY OUT LIKE, WHEN YOU GET IT, WHEN YOU GET THE UNO, UM, 'CAUSE AGAIN, OUR, I THINK OUR PRIMARY FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS MAKING SURE THAT YOUR TEAM IS MOVING INTO A SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL BUILDING.
SO WE GET A UNO ON DATE X, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE NEXT TWO OR FOLLOWING TWO OR THREE WEEKS LOOK LIKE FOR CH STAFF IN THE BUILDING? TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS I CAN, I THINK, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW, UM, AT THIS POINT, THE PUNCH LIST OR ITEMS TO BE DONE, SOME MIGHT BE IN A COLUMN THAT MAY OR MAY NOT AFFECT THE UNO.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK WHAT WE OBSERVED ON THE EXTERIOR DIDN'T, BUT THE PUNCH LIST IS GOING TO CONTINUE THAT, THAT IS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVEN'T INTERNALLY OR WITH, UH, WITH KELLER DETERMINED THE, THE, THE BEST TIMELINE OF THAT, UM, BASED UPON THE EXTERIOR, UH, UH, UH, INSPECTIONS OR, OR REVIEW, UM, ON WEDNESDAY, THE PUNCH LIST APPEARS TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE INTERNALLY TRYING TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY ON THE BEST WAY TO MOVE IN.
UM, BUT ALLOWING FOR THE, UH, UH, PUNCH LIST TO BE DONE.
AN EXAMPLE IS, YOU KNOW, THE CONCRETE BORES OF GREAT CONCERN TO MYSELF AND CPJ AND, AND, AND, AND EVERYONE ELSE, UM, THE CONCRETE IN BETWEEN THE, UH, PARKING STRUCTURE AND THE BUILDING.
UM, AND SO WHEN, WHEN THAT IS ADDRESSED, IT, IT, IT'S LIKELY BEST THAT IT'S ADDRESSED WHEN WE'RE NOT IN THE BUILDING TO NOT INTERRUPTING OPERATIONS.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME TOO, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT SPECIFICALLY IS LIKELY GOING TO, UM, UPSET THE UNO, SO, RIGHT.
THAT, THAT IS, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES TO, TO DETERMINE THAT.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NOT MAKE ANY MORE MISSTEPS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.
UM, COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS YOU WANNA RAISE? ANY, UH, OH, VICE MAYOR BRINER.
UM, AND IT, IT FEELS TO ME LIKE WITH A USE AND OCCUPANCY DATE OF DECEMBER 19TH, I MEAN, THAT KIND OF SEALS THE DEAL THAT THIS IS NO LONGER A 2025 PROJECT, UM, WHICH IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING.
UM, AND I SAID THIS LAST TIME OR THE TIME BEFORE, BUT I WANNA SAY IT AGAIN FOR MR. BRAMAN.
LIKE, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING ANYTHING THAT IS NOT UP TO STANDARD FOR OUR STAFF, AND THAT THE FOCUS OF THE BUILDING IS ON PUBLIC WORKS USING IT AND IT BEING, UH, USABLE ALL THE SYSTEMS BEING USABLE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, AND NOT, NOT NECESSARILY A MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE GOING IN AND HAVING A MEETING IN THERE.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THAT, BUT, UM, YEAH, IT SUCKS, MR. BRAMAN, THANK YOU.
AND I, I, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, BUT I AM PROUD OF THE TEAM.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE I, I RECALL BEING ASKED, AND, AND THIS, I THINK I ANSWERED, AND YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, FAIRLY ACCURATELY THAT WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE TRAILER, I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT WE WERE GONNA MISS MUCH OF A BEAT.
SO I AM PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, I THINK, KEEP UP WITH OPERATIONS FROM THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO WANNA GET IT RIGHT, BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU WANNA PRIORITIZE PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND, AND THE, AND THE TEAM.
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PROBABLY PLENTY OF RESIDENTS IN TOWN WHO DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE BUILDING PROJECT AND HAVE NOT NOTICED ANY, ANY DIFFERENCE IN THEIR PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, AND WOULD BE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT YOU ARE WORKING OUT OF A TRAILER.SO I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
UH, MR. GALLOWAY? YEAH, I HAVE TO AGREE THAT THE, UH, TEAM HAS BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB CONSIDERING THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING OUT OF A TRAILER AND OUT OF A SEPARATE LOCATION, COMPLETELY SEPARATE THAT OF THE TOWN HALL CAMPUS.
UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LET ME REMIND YOU ALL OR POINT YOU TO, UH, THE AUGUST MEETING WHEN I TOLD YOU ALL THAT THIS PROJECT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE COMPLETED UNTIL JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.
WE DID HAVE THE MEETING WITH KELLER EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE DECEMBER THE 19TH WAS TOSSED UP.
UM, AS I'VE TOLD KELLER, UH, WE DO HAVE A-P-G-C-M-A MEETING SCHEDULE FOR JANUARY THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THERE, AND THEY ARE ANTICIPATING THAT MEETING AS WELL.
HOWEVER, I DON'T EXPECT FOR US TO GET A UNO THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, AND I AM DISAPPOINTED AS, UH, VICE MAYOR BRONER HAS INDICATED, BUT I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS PROJECT.
I WILL NOT BE PROVIDING ANY TYPE OF REFERENCES, UH, FOR THIS COMPANY MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE REST OF WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LATER ON, BUT I AM COMPLETELY, UH, DISSATISFIED WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THE TIMELINE, UM, THE LACK OF, UH, FOLLOW THROUGH THE, THE DIFFERENT PROJECT MANAGERS THAT WE'VE HAD.
I THINK MY LIST CAN GO ON AND ON, BUT, UM, I'LL SAVE THAT FOR LATER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. GALLOWAY.
WELL, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THIS ITEM.
UM, MR. WALLACE AND MS. BARNHART, WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE, UH, AT THE TOWN MEETING ON THE 18TH.
UH, AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE ONGOING DIALOGUE AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS.
UH, THE 18TH WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR, SO WE WILL SEE YOU THERE AND THEN LIKELY SEE YOU AGAIN, UH, IN JANUARY, HOPEFULLY WITH BETTER NEWS.
UH, IF THERE'S, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL ON THIS TOPIC OR IF THERE'S, IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS TOPIC? THE KELLER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR THE ELY BUILDING.
SEEING NONE, I THINK THAT TAKES US TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRY AND GARCES DISCUSSING CHEVROLET STATION APARTMENTS.
I THINK THAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I DON'T HAVE, HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME.
THAT'S JULIE, THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE.
ALRIGHT, WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL AGAIN.
UM, JUST A REAL BRIEF UPDATE FOR YOU ALL, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR HAVING PATIENCE WITH THE TOWN ON, UH, THE, THE MATTER WITH THE GYM FLOOR.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT CONTRACTOR AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN GET A GREAT PRODUCT IN.
UM, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HAS BEEN PATIENT WITH, UM, WITH US, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS.
THIS HAS JUST BEEN THE PERFECT STORM.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT MATTER AS WELL AS IT RELATES TO, UM, BOYD PARK.
THE RESTROOMS ARE CLOSED FOR THE SEASON, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE WEATHERIZATION OF THE PIPES AND THE BOY PARK RESTROOMS? OKAY.
SO IN MOVING FORWARD, HOMETOWN HEROES, THE FORMS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY AND PAID FOR BY DECEMBER THE 14TH TO BE HUNG ON THE POLLS ON JANUARY THE 26TH.
UH, SO FORMS SUBMITTED AFTER DECEMBER THE 14TH WILL BE HUNG ON POLLS ON, UH, JULY OF 2026.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE AT THE NEXT TOWN MEETING, WE WILL BE, UH, BRINGING FORWARD SOME HOMETOWN HERO RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO, UM, ENSURE THAT THE PACKETS THAT WE RECEIVE, UH, WE CAN
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MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, VERIFYING ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT? OKAY.UM, SO IF THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FROM LIKE THE LAST COMMITTEE, DOES THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO THE FOLKS WHO'VE APPLIED THEIR, WOULD LIKE OR SENT IN THEIR FORM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT'S WHEN THEY PAY? OR DO THEY JUST PAY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING? YEAH, THE COMMITTEE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM AFTER.
AFTER THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THEM.
SO IF THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN REACHED OUT TO AND TOLD THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE PAYMENT BY DECEMBER 14TH, CORRECT.
THAT'S STILL PART OF THE ONES THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO UP IN JANUARY? YES, THAT IS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, SO IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW UP ON MINE.
AND MAYOR AND COUNSEL, JUST TO, UH, MR. PRICE HAS HIS, HIS HAND RAISED.
UH, MAYOR, I CAN ENTERTAIN THAT QUESTION IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOMETOWN HEROES? N NO, MY QUESTION, HE HAD MOVED FROM BOYD PARK.
MY QUESTION OH YEAH, WAS ABOUT THE GATES AT BOYD PARK.
I SAW THERE'S BEEN SOME, UH, EFFORT THERE.
I SEE THAT THE CHURCH IS COMING DOWN.
UH, CAN YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION IN EITHER BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS? YES, SIR.
I THINK, UH, AS FAR AS THE GATE AT BOYD PARK, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON PEPCO TO ASSIST US WITH ELECTRICITY WITH THE GATE.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THAT ASPECT OF BOY PARK AS IT RELATES TO THE CHURCH.
UM, THE OWNER IS, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, INSTALLING A NEW ROOF.
UM, AND THEY'RE MAKING THE BUILDING STRUCTURALLY SOUND ACCORDING TO THE OWNER.
SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION AS A TOWN WITH THE OWNER, AND, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE UPDATES AS WE RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION.
WILL, WILL OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BE KEEPING A, A EYE ON THAT PROJECT? YES, HE IS.
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR REPORT, MR. GALLOWAY.
I'M SORRY I LOST IT, BUT I JUST FOUND IT AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL AWARE OF A FEW EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP, UM, CONSIDERING IT'S DECEMBER.
UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
ON DECEMBER THE FIFTH, TOMORROW EVENING, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CARE AND SHARING EVENT, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT, UH, LEGION PARK SATURDAY, DECEMBER THE SIXTH AT 11:00 AM THE REC COUNCIL HOLIDAY PARTY, UM, WILL, WILL BE HOSTED AT THE LEGION THURSDAY, DECEMBER THE 11TH FROM SIX TO 10.
THAT'S THE P-G-C-M-A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.
AND FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE 12TH, UM, THROUGH DECEMBER THE 15TH, THAT'S A HOLIDAY DECORATION DRIVE AROUND.
AND THAT WILL BE A, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FUNCTION.
ALSO ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE 12TH, UH, WE WILL DO OUR SHOP WITH THE COP.
UM, AND IF THE CHIEF OR THE DEPUTY CHIEF IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, THEY CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
AND MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF, IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE SHOPPING WITH A COP, YOU MOST CERTAINLY CAN.
UH, CHIEF, DEPUTY CHIEF, ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR AN UPDATE, MR. GALLOWAY? I'M HERE.
UM, IF YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
SO WE'LL BE BE DOING SHOP WITH A COP ON THE 12TH.
WE'LL BE PICKING 15 CHILDREN UP FROM, UM, SPELMAN.
AS SOON AS DISMISSAL IS OVER, WE'LL BE TAKING THEM.
WE, WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED THE EXACT LOCATION YET, EITHER WALMART ON FOUR 50 OR TARGET IN LARGO.
AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING THE CHILDREN BACK TO THE PD TO WRAP GIFTS AND PROVIDE PIZZA, LIKE A PIZZA PARTY FOR 'EM.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ENJOY YOUR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT IN THIS I IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED.
AND THEN THE PARENTS WILL BE COMING TO THE POLICE STATION AT 7:00 PM TO PICK THE CHILDREN UP.
SO, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF YOU CAN, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR PARTICIPATION, UH, WITH SHOT WITH THE COP.
UH, ON SATURDAY DECEMBER THE 13TH, THAT IS THE, UH, LAST MARKET
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OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS THE HOLIDAY MARKET.IT'S FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL 12:00 PM AND THAT TAKES US THROUGH PRETTY MUCH, UM, TO DECEMBER THE 18TH, WHEN WE WILL HAVE OUR LAST TOWN MEETING, UH, FOR THE YEAR.
AND THAT TOWN MEETING WILL BE VIRTUAL COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
SO ON THE 13TH IT WILL BE IN THE PARKING LOT AT 6 4 0 1 FOREST ROAD OUTDOORS.
IT, IT WILL BE AT THE TOWN HALL FACILITY.
UH, THAT WILL BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE.
IF WE CAN ASSIST THEM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NORMALLY DO PUT OUT A NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT JUST BECAUSE THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT AND PEOPLE EXPECT IT TO BE AT TOWN HALL, AND IF IT'S NOT INSIDE OR AT THAT LOCATION, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE SO THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE WRONG PLACE OR HAVE THE WRONG EXPECTATIONS.
COINCIDENTALLY, I WAS ON A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE MARKET BOARD DURING THE PEPCO PRESENTATION, SO
UM, YES, THAT, THAT'S ALL THAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT FOR RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I JUST, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES IN MUCH MORE THAT GOES INTO THE ORGANIZATION OF ACTUALLY PUTTING ON THIS EVENT.
SO THE COMMUNITY MARKET FOLKS, THEY, THEY DO A LOT YES.
UH, BEHIND THE SCENES WORK, SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND FLEXIBILITY WITH WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL ALL COME OUT NO MATTER WHERE IT IS, JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING THE VENDORS WHO ARE COMING OUT FOR THIS.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, MR. TANZI? HEY, UM, I JUST CHECKED THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE 13TH, AND THE FRIDAY LOW WILL BE 23, AND THE SATURDAY HIGH WILL BE 34.
UH, DO WE HAVE THE CAPA IF IT IS GONNA BE OUTSIDE, DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GET THOSE SORT OF HEAT LAMPS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD MAKE IT MORE PLEASANT FOR PEOPLE? I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE HAVE THE POWER CAPACITY FOR THAT OUTDOORS, BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY COLD, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE LOW BEFORE WAS 23, SO IT'LL STILL BE IN THE TWENTIES WHEN THEY START.
I'LL TELL YOU, THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
AND IN CLOSING, THE RED ROOF IN, UM, HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AS WELL WITH THE HEAT LAMPS IN THERE.
UM, JUST BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT DECEMBER'S IN MARYLAND COULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, BRUTAL.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXPLORING EVERY OPTION RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT THIS HOLIDAY MARKET WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL MARKET.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR? ALL RIGHT.
UH, THAT TAKES US TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, GARCES AND FRY.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, SORRY FOR THE SNIFFY.
UM, JUST CAUGHT 'EM YESTERDAY.
UM, BUT, UM, I, UM, WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT? OH, YEAH, THE, UM, SORRY, THE WALK THE WARD, UH, FIVE AND SIX AT STATION APARTMENTS.
UM, I WAS, UM, I WAS GLAD TO, UH, TO HAVE, UH, MAYOR WATSON AND, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WALK THE WAR WITH, WITH MYSELF AS WELL AS THE, UH, PROPERTY MANAGERS, WHICH IS MS. DIMITRIUS AND MS. MADELINE, THE REGIONAL MANAGER AS WELL AS LONNIE.
UM, WE HAD, WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS.
UM, UH, UH, SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I, YOU KNOW, UH, ADDRESSED THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WHICH WAS THE CAMERAS.
UM, THEY HAVE CAMERAS UP AND RUNNING.
UM, THEY'RE ALL STATIONS FACING THE, THE PARKING LOT AND ENTRANCES AND IN, AND THAT I ACTUALLY SAW THE FEED MYSELF.
UH, MR. DIMITRI WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SEND ME, LET ME SEE THE FEED, AND THEY LOOK GREAT.
THEY'RE, I MEAN, WELL OVERDUE.
UM, BUT, UH, THEY, THEY WERE DEFINITELY, UM, THEY'RE DEFINITELY UP AND SHE HAS DIRECT ACTS TO IT.
SHE, I DID ASK IN REGARDS TO WHAT, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF I SHOULD SAY THAT HERE, BUT, UM, UM, THEM GETTING WITH, UM, WITH CHIEF OR, UM, OR, OR ACTING CHIEF, UM, CROSS REGARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES OR INVESTIGATION PURPOSES.
UM, I, I'LL HAVE THAT, THE CONVERSATION, I GUESS, OFFLINE WITH MR. GALLOWAY AND, AND CHIEF REGARDING THAT.
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WE, UM, ALSO DISCUSSED, UH, I, I, I RECENTLY HAD, HAD MADE AN OBSERVATION THAT THERE WERE 19 UNITS, UM, VACANT, UM, FROM MAYBE WITHIN A SPAN OF ONE MONTH, UH, MAYBE THREE, THREE WEEKS TO A MONTH.UM, THEY DID START DOING MASS EVICTIONS, UM, NOT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, PETTY, PETTY FINES.
UM, THESE WERE EVICTIONS, UH, CAUSED BY, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OWED AND MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TIED UP TO DO.
UM, SO THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS A BUMMER.
UM, BUT I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IT'S, IT'S WHAT THEY GOTTA DO, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU DON'T PAY, YOU KNOW, THEY DO PROVIDE CERTAIN PROGRAMS OR THEY TRY TO LIKE DIRECT 'EM TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS SO THEY COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, GET ASSISTANCE.
UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING, UM, TO HELP PEOPLE OUT, ESPECIALLY IN THE, IN TIMES NOW.
AND, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEY DID ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FOR THE TOWN.
IF WE'RE, WE KNOW OF ANY JOB FAIRS OR ANY, ANY JOB SEEKING RELATED ANYTHING, UM, THEY HAVE, UM, A LOT OF OPENINGS ON A ROTH MANAGEMENT.
UM, THEY WILL TAKE, THEY WOULD, THEY DID PROMISE TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, FURLOUGH, UM, EMPLOYEES OR LAID OFF EMPLOYEES, UM, UH, FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FIRST AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTERVIEWS.
UM, BUT UH, THEY JUST ASK FOR AS, SEE, WE, WE, WE HAVE ANY JOB FIRST COMING UP OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, THEY WILL WANT, WANT PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS FOR ANYBODY, ANYBODY'S WELCOME TO APPLY.
LIKE THEY, THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY.
UM, UH, WHAT ELSE? UH, THEY ALSO DID ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FOR THE TOWN TO, UM, I GUESS APPROACH ALDI.
THEY'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SHOPPING CARTS GET ABANDONED AT, AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
UM, THEY, THEY TRIED MAKING CONTACT WITH THE, ALL THESE MANAGER OR, OR I GUESS REGIONAL MANAGER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY STILL HAVEN'T EITHER CAME UP WITH A PLAN OR SUGGESTED THAT THEY WILL TRY THEIR BEST AT LEAST TO COLLECT THESE CARDS.
UM, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, IN SOMEHOW, I, I GUESS IN SOME WAY, I GUESS, UH, THAT SHOPPING CENTER FALLS ON THEIR, UH, SHARE LEASE, UH, DOWN LIMITS.
UH, SO THEY, THEY ASKED FOR US IF WE COULD, UM, APPROACH 'EM AND, AND ASK 'EM TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING TO COME PICK UP THE SHOPPING CARTS.
SO, MR. GALLOWAY, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO OR IS SOMETHING YOU COULD LOOK INTO, UM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY BE APPRECIATED.
UM, THEY ALSO, I'M SO SORRY GUYS.
UM, I DID ASK FOR THE, UM, LIKE WHAT'S THE STAFFING MODEL FOR THE HOLIDAYS? UH, THEY SAY THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE RUNNING UP AND RUNNING.
THERE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMEONE AT THE OFFICE, AT LEAST, UH, ENOUGH, ENOUGH STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, TO UM, UH, SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR, OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS THERE AS WELL.
UM, SECURITY WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
UM, SO JUST PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY DAYS THAT WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE CHRISTMAS AND CHRISTMAS EVE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS A GIVEN.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THERE WILL BE 24, UM, EMERGENCY HOUR EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE AVAILABLE, AND ALSO SECURITY.
THEY, UH, OH, THEY ALSO ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE, UM, IN, UH, REGARDING THE, UM, WSCC, UM, UH, WATER BREAK, UM, WATER BREAK THAT THEY HAD, UH, MAYBE LIKE DURING THE SUMMER, UH, IT WAS LIKE HERE, I THINK IT WAS IN KILMER OR AROUND THIS AREA OVER HERE THAT, UM, ACTUALLY COST, UH, CSA, UM, TONS OF MONEY.
'CAUSE THEY HAD TO REPAIR THE, UM, THE PAVEMENT.
THEY HAD TO REPAIR IT OUT OUT OF POCKET.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS FOR THEM TO, I GUESS, SEND AN INVOICE TO WCC OR IF THEY COULD JUST GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM.
'CAUSE OF, UM, MS. DEMETRI AND MADELINE HAD ASKED THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS PROMISED THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET CALLED BACK AND THEY NEVER DO.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME DIRECT MEASURES TO GET IN CONTACT WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE.
UM, MAYBE, UM, IF GALLOWAY, WE COULD, UM, PUT THEM ON WITH SOMEONE.
UM, HOLD ON ONE, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
MR. GALLOWAY HAS HIS HAND UP, BUT I'M SURE THAT WE CAN ASK THOMAS JOHNSON, UH, TO GIVE HER A CALL.
UM, I DO HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR ALDI, AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH THEM AS IT RELATES TO WSSC.
I CAN GO AHEAD AND CONNECT DMITRI WITH, UM, THOMAS JOHNSON AND TEAM SO THAT, UM, THAT CONNECTION CAN BE MADE AND HE CAN PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, GAR AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, FINES THAT THEY'VE PAID, THEY'VE PAID A LITTLE OVER
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SIX.THEY PAID 6,300 AND SOME ODD DOLLARS IN FINES, AND THAT WAS BASED OFF OF THE MOST PREVIOUS INSPECTION.
UH, THEY STILL OWE US ABOUT $600 JUST DUE TO MISSING FIRE ALARMS, AND WE'RE WAITING ON THAT.
UM, SO JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SENT US THEIR CAMERA, UM, WHERE ALL OF THEIR SECURITY CAMERAS ARE LOCATED, AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE A COPY TO YOU.
BUT, UM, THE CHIEF AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF PROBABLY SHOULD REVIEW IT FIRST FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GARCES, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME UNFAIR NOISE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE KIND OF CHARGE TO CHEVROLET STATION, WHICH WERE NOT CHEVROLET STATION.
IT WAS IN A, UM, UH, UH, AREA THAT IS OCCUPIED BY SOMEONE ELSE OUTSIDE OF THE MUNICIPAL JURISDICTION.
WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS MATTER, WITH THE, UH, COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE, UM, UH, LOOKER BOARD, UM, LOOKER BOARD AND, AND, AND, AND PERMIT BOARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE PERMIT MAY BE IN QUESTION.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE PROPER PEOPLE AND WITH OUR, UH, ATTORNEY, UH, ATTORNEY EDDIE POUNDS, UH, TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS MATTER WILL BE RESOLVED SOONER THAN LATER.
UH, WE WILL BE OUT AND AROUND ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, UH, LISTENING FOR THIS SO THAT IT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE NOISE COMPLAINTS, I WILL ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO CALL 9 1 1, UH, SO THAT IT, IT IS DOCUMENTED.
AND WHENEVER WE GET IN FRONT OF THE PERMIT BOARD, UM, THEY CAN PULL THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE THERE, AND I'M SO SORRY.
I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, THAT IT'S DEFINITELY GOOD NEWS.
I KNOW, UH, WHEN I SPOKE TO MR. DEME IN REGARDS TO THAT, THEY WERE LIKE, YOU, THEY FELT BLINDSIGHT.
THEY'RE LIKE, WAIT, HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY MAKE PEOPLE ANYWHERE IN THE PARK MAKE THAT MUCH NOISE? AND IN FACT, UH, THROUGH EXPERIENCE, UM, THAT SAME NIGHT, I, I WALKED, I WENT OUT, WALKED TO WALK MY, UM, MY PARTNER'S DOG, AND THERE WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS QUIET, UH, AND I, I EVEN MYSELF AND WHATEVER, AND, AND LIKE, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING YOU WOULD HEAR IS I GUESS PEOPLE WHEN THEY WERE LEAVING THE AREA OR, OR, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, OR DURING THE ESTABLISHMENTS THERE, LIKE ALL THE NOISE YOU WOULD HEAR.
BUT I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT THAT NOISE WAS HEARD ACROSS ALL THESES ACROSS THE HOUSES.
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UH, YOU CLEARING THAT UP.
UM, MR. GALLOWAY, UM, I'LL, UH, I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH MS. DIMITRI AND, UM, IF, AND GIVE HER ANY OF THE UPDATES IF, OR WHATEVER UPDATES I COULD GIVE HER.
UM, UH, AND, UM, WHAT ELSE? UH, OH, UM, I DID ASK, UM, UM, MS. DIMITRI'S AND, UH, AND MADELINE, UM, IN RE UH, REGARDING THE, UH, THE PIT BULL BAND LIFT.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW WEREN'T HAPPY WITH THAT.
UM, BUT THEY, THEY DECIDED TO, UM, THEIR PLAN IS TO NOW, I GUESS, UM, GO BY WEIGHT OF THE DOG.
UM, I GUESS THEY'RE, THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, IF IT'S SOMETHING REGARDING THE COUNTY OR, OR I DON'T KNOW THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF, OF, OF THAT, BUT THEY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA GO BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE PIT BULL.
UM, CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WEIGHT, UH, POUNDS.
THEY, THEY WILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TURN AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND BE, UM, DENIED.
UM, ALSO, I, I DID ASK FOR ANY UPCOMING PROJECTS, UH, MAJOR PROJECT, UH, PROJECTS IN THE, UH, THE IN, IN THE APARTMENTS.
UM, THEY SAID NOT, NOT AT AT LEAST ANY, ANY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS, UH, AT THIS POINT, NO.
UM, BUT IN THE UPCOMING SUMMER, THEY WILL, UH, BE, UH, I GUESS SWITCHING OUT OLD AC DRAINS, UH, TO PREVENT CLOGS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A BETTER FLOW OF, OF AC AND HOPEFULLY, UM, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT'S PROBABLY THE ANSWER TO THE AC SITUATION THAT GOES ON OVER, UM, OVER HERE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING, RIGHT? BUT, UM, THAT'S A CONTINUOUS EFFORT, UH, FROM THE TOWN AND, AND THEM TO TRY TO, UH, BETTER THE, UM, UH, TO CONTROL THE HEAT WITHIN THE APARTMENTS, UH, FOR THE SUMMER.
UM, WHAT ELSE? UH, THEY ARE, I DID ASK FOR, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, WHEN WILL BE THE NEXT PARKING AUDITS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE GONNA, UM, START REQ, UM, THEY'RE GONNA, UH, GIVE OUT NEW STICKERS, PARKING STICKERS, PERMITS TO PARK THERE.
UH, AMY, I WAS GONNA SEND YOU A BRIEF, ALL OF THIS AS WELL THERE.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA START LATE JANUARY.
JUST GIVE PEOPLE MORE TIME TO, I GUESS,
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RENEW REGISTRATIONS AND ET CETERA.BUT BEYOND PARKING ON WOULD, WOULD START, UM, AROUND NEXT YEAR, UM, THE END OF, END OF NEXT MONTH.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, AGAIN, I, I APPRECIATE, UM, MR. GALLOWAY FOR, UH, FOR PUTTING IN THE WORK.
UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING, UH, UH, ATTENTIVE AND RESPONSIVE TO, UM, SMOKE AGAINST MY ASS, MY ASS TO, UM, REGARDING CHEVROLET STATION APARTMENTS, UM, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR WATSON, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND THANK YOU EVERYONE ELSE THAT, THAT, UM, REACHED OUT AND, UM, TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS.
I KNOW IT WAS LIKE A LAST MINUTE CHANGE UP.
UM, BUT HONESTLY, THANK YOU GUYS.
I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM ALL OF YOU GUYS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST KEEP ON KEEPING ON, YOU KNOW.
CA CAN ANYONE ELSE? CHARLIE, ARE YOU STILL TALKING? NO, SIR.
UM, ALL COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, ANYTHING TO ADD? UM, NOTHING TO ADD.
UM, BUT I DID, UH, SEND OVER COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA.
I DID SEND OVER TO YOU THE SHOPPING BILL, UH, SHOPPING CART BILL.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT APPLIES TO ALDI, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO IN REGARDS TO PENALTIES BECAUSE THE COUNTY DOES HAVE SOMETHING FOR THAT.
OH, AND MR. GALLOWAY IN REGARDS TO THE MUSIC, THANK YOU.
UM, I'M STILL GETTING EMAILS AND EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, AND TELLING PEOPLE TO CALL THE POLICE OR CALL NINE ONE ONE TO REPORT IT, UM, JUST SO THEY HAVE THAT, SO THAT WE HAVE THE DATA IF WE NEED IT FOR THE NUISANCE AND ABATEMENT BOARD.
BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE CPD IN ADVANCE FOR BEING VIGILANT THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY UPSET IF IT GETS REALLY LOUD AGAIN.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE OR COUNCIL MEMBER FRY? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, I THINK THAT TAKES US TO, UH, THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING AND FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS.
I HAVE TWO BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE 18TH.
THE SECOND IS ANOTHER BUDGET ADJUSTMENT THAT MR. GALLOWAY HAS THE DETAILS ON.
THE THIRD ITEM I HAVE IS THE INTRODUCTION OF FIRST READER OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION.
AND THE FOURTH ITEM I HAVE IS KELLER UPDATE.
CAN I JUST GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT THAT SECOND ONE WAS? YES, SIR.
I'LL BE ASKING THE BARON COUNSEL FOR AN ADDITIONAL $12,000 TO ADD TO OUR PROJECT CHARGE FOR BRAND NEW BLEACHERS FOR THE GYM.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE $50,000 THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO US, AND TO GET TOP QUALITY, UH, BLEACHERS, IT'S GOING TO COST US AN ADDITIONAL 12,000.
HOWEVER, THE BLEACHERS, IF THEY WERE PLACED TODAY, IF THE ORDER WAS PLACED TODAY, WE WOULD NOT GET THEM UNTIL APRIL.
SO BASKETBALL SEASON WILL BE OVER WITH, UH, MAYBE THERE'S KICKBALL OR SOMETHING INSIDE OF THE GYM THAT GOES ON DURING THAT TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU, UH, THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO HAVE THE, UH, BLEACHERS INSTALLED.
SO, UM, UH, THERE'S SOME OTHER CAVEATS THERE, BUT RIGHT NOW I'LL BE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 12,000.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR THE DECEMBER 18 TOWN MEETING AGENDA? ANYONE TRACKING? ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE? COUNCILMAN WADE? YEAH, NOT FOR THE, UH, TOWN MEETING, BUT JUST, UH, BUT I GUESS THE NEXT WORK SESSION UPDATE REGARDING THE, UH, POLICIES FOR, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL USAGE OF TOWN RESOURCES.
SO JUST KEEP THAT ON THE TRACKER REGARDING THAT.
YEAH, I THINK THE JANUARY WORK SESSION WOULD INCLUDE THE LATEST UPDATE FROM THE POLICY COMMITTEE ON THEIR ITEMS, UH, AS WELL AS, SO THIS IS THE JANUARY WORK SESSION AS WELL AS, UH, A DISCUSSION OF 57 0 1 LANDOVER ROAD.
COUNCIL VICE MAYOR BRIER? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO CONFIRM THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO MEET, UM, BEFORE THE NEXT WORK SESSION.
USUALLY WE MEET THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THREE MEETINGS TONIGHT, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA ADD A FOURTH.
UM, BUT WE, WE SHOULD BE RIGHT ON TRACK TO HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT WORK SESSION.
ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS FROM ANYONE?
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ALL RIGHT.UH, NOT HEARING ANY, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THAT'S YOUR THIRD, YOUR THIRD MOTION IN A ROW.
COUNCIL MEMBER GARS GETS THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT PASSES SIX ZERO COUNSEL, LET US TAKE A FOUR MINUTE BREAK AND THEN RECONVENE ON THE OPEN TO CLOSED LINK THAT'S IN YOUR EMAIL.
SO I'M GONNA CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CH MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ORDER.
AND, UH, I SEE THAT MR. DELO, THE TOWN ATTORNEY AS WELL AS MR. GALLOWAY, OUR PRESENT IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD ONE.
PRESENT, PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD TWO.
UH, OKAY, I THINK HE SAID HIS NAME.
COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD THREE, PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD FOUR? UH, I THOUGHT I SAW HIM, NO.
AND CA, CA AND FIVE AND SIX ARE ALSO NOT HERE YET, BUT WE DO HAVE, THAT IS A QUORUM TO BEGIN THE MEETING.
UM, WE WILL, UH, KEEP AN EYE ON THEM AND PROMOTE THEM AS NEEDED.
COUNSEL, WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO, UH, CONSIDER WHETHER TO CLOSE THE MEETING TO DISCUSS SEVERAL SENSITIVE ITEMS, UH, THIS EVENING.
UH, WE WOULD BE CLOSING THE MEETING, UH, UNDER FOUR, UM, ARTICLES OR SUBSECTIONS OF 3 3 0 5 B OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE ONE TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM THIS PUBLIC BODY HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS.
ITEM THREE, TO CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND MATTERS DIRECTLY RELATED THERETO.
ITEM SEVEN, TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE.
AND ITEM EIGHT, TO CONSULT WITH STAFF, CONSULTANTS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS ABOUT PENDING OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
UH, INCLUDED IN SUCH A MEETING WOULD BE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, MR. GALLOWAY AND MR. DELO.
I BELIEVE THAT IS EVERYONE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MR. AND MR. POUNDS AND MR. POUNDS, WHO I DO NOT SEE HERE YET.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING? UM, FOR THE REASONS STATED BY THE MAYOR IN ATTENDANCE WOULD BE THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL, TOWN ADMINISTRATOR GALLOWAY TOWN ATTORNEYS DELO.
AND AM I MISSING ANYONE? I BELIEVE YOU ARE NOT MISSING ANYONE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER BRI'S MOTION.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COUNCIL? I WANNA BE CARE.
VERY CLEAR AND CAREFUL ABOUT WHO IS HERE.
UH, SO I DO NOT SEE GARCIA HERE.
I THINK WE HAVE EVERYONE ELSE.
SO, UH, HEARING NO INTEREST IN DISCUSSING THE MOTION, LET US TAKE A ROLL CALL.
VOTE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, WHAT? SAY YOU.
I DO NOT SEE COUNCIL MEMBER GAR FRY.
UH, THEN WE, UH, THEN, THEN THAT SOLVES IT.
UH, THE MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
UH, LET US RECONVENE IN 30 SECONDS AT THE CLOSED LINK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL CITED.
WE WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO OPEN SESSION THIS EVENING.