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[1. Call to Order]
SAYS SEVEN 30.I'M THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF, AND I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING FOR THE 18TH OF DECEMBER, 2025 AT 7:30 PM LET US, UH, FIRST CALL THE ROLE, AND THEN WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, I AM HERE, UM, TOWN ADMINISTRATOR GALLOWAY IS HERE.
UM, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE IS HERE.
UM, AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
I DO NOT SEE HIM, BUT I SUSPECT HE WILL BE HERE SHORTLY.
UH, MR. POUNDS AND OR MR. DELOACH.
UM, THEN I WILL CALL THE ROLE FOR THE COUNCIL IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WARD ONE HERE YET.
UH, LET ME TURN MY VOLUME BACK UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD THREE, PRESENT.
UH, WE WILL, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER FRY IS IN THE ATTENDEE.
SHE STILL NEEDS TO BE PROMOTED, BUT SHE'S HERE.
OH, LET ME TRY TO DO THAT BEFORE WE, BEFORE I GO ON WITH MY, OH, THERE'S MR. DELO AND I DON'T SEE COUNCIL MEMBER F FRY THERE, SO I THINK SHE'S ALREADY BEEN PROMOTED.
ARE YOU HERE PRESENT? EXCELLENT.
SO WE ARE MISSING COUNCIL MEMBER, WADE AND GARCE.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEM.
SEEING, UH, A QUORUM, UH, IS PRESENT, UH, SUFFICIENT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH 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.
[3. Approval of Agenda]
OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA COUNCIL, INCLUDING MR. GALLOWAY, OUR NON-VOTING COUNCIL MEMBER.ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE PRINTED AGENDA? NO, SIR.
HEARING, UH, HEARING NO, UH, CHANGES.
IS THERE A, A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE AGENDA? HEARING NONE.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? NO ABSTENTIONS AND NO NOSE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS FOUR ZERO WITH WADE AND GARCIA'S ABSENCE.
[4. Consent Agenda]
THE CONSENT AGENDA.UH, ITEM FOUR ON THE AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE TOWN MEETING MINUTES FOR THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER AND THE WORK SESSION MINUTES FOR THE, FROM THE 4TH OF DECEMBER, 2025.
IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? TANZI, YOUR MICROPHONE'S OPEN.
I WAS LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I RECOGNIZE THAT MOTION IS THERE.
WELL, THANK YOU CA, VICE MAYOR BREINER MOTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BREINER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? HEARING NONE.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED FOR ZERO UNANIMOUSLY WITH WAITING GARCES, UH, NOT PRESENT.
I GOTTA CLICK OVER AND MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS WAITING.
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AS, UH, NON PANELISTS, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT.SO IF SOMEONE ELSE CAN DO THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
AND NOW I CAN'T, NOW I CAN'T FIND THE AGENDA, SO WE WILL, UM, THERE IT'S, I HAD TO GET OUT OF THE SCREEN.
[5. Resident Input]
AGENDA NOW.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, UM, TO OFFER ANY COMMENT OR SUGGESTION TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES, AND THAT YOU DO NOT SPEAK ON ANY OF THE UNDERLINED ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ITEMS 8, 9, 10, 11, OR 12.
BECAUSE THOSE ITEMS HAVE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT INPUT UNDER THEM.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF ANY RESIDENTS OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD INPUT? AT THIS TIME? I CANNOT SEE ANY HANDS.
SO SOMEONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I SHOULD RECOGNIZE SOMEONE.
LET US START WITH MS. SALLOW NAME AND WARD.
BEST WISHES FOR ALL OUR HOLIDAYS AND NOW AN INVITATION TO EVERYONE IN TOWN.
DO YOU LIKE TO LEARN AND HELP OTHERS LEARN ABOUT CHEVROLET'S, AIR, WATER, TREES, AND OTHER PLANTS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP INCORPORATE THAT KNOWLEDGE INTO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CHEVROLET MAYOR AND COUNCIL? DO YOU WANNA CREATE PROJECTS THAT HELP IMPLEMENT CHEVROLET'S GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN? DO YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH LIKE-MINDED NEIGHBORS? WELL, THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS A PLACE FOR YOU.
IN THE NEW YEAR, WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH OTHER C GROUPS ON PLANNING EVENTS, INCLUDING THE CHEVROLET DAY PARADE.
WE WILL BE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING HOSPITAL HILL, THE ANNEXATION PLAN, AND THE COUNTY MASTER PLAN OF TRANSPORTATION.
JOIN US AT ANY OF OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
WE MEET VIRTUALLY THE FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
YOU CAN FIND THE AGENDA AND ZOOM LINK@WWWGREENCHEVROLET.ORG.
THANK YOU MS. SALO FOR THAT INPUT AND FOR SHARING THE URL AGAIN.
ARE THERE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO OFFER INPUT ON ANY ISSUE THAT'S NOT UNDERLINED ON THE AGENDA? AGENDA GOING ONCE
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS UP GOING TWICE, NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER INPUT OR RESIDENTS SEEKING TO MAKE INPUTS.
WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THE AGENDA.
AND THE NEXT ITEM I'M TRYING TO LOAD ON THE AGENDA, IS IT BEING SHARED? HOLD ON.
THAT IT, OH, IT DISAPPEARED AGAIN.
HOLD ON, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW I'M ON, ON THE CALL NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THE COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, UM, JOINED US AT 7:38 PM WE WERE JUST GETTING STARTED, AS YOU PROBABLY GUESSED.
CAN ANYONE, SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE NEXT ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA? JOHN? HE LOOKS LIKE COMMITTEE.
YOU MIGHT KNOW C COMMITTEE REPORTS,
[6. Committee Reports ]
MA'AM.UM, FOR THAT ASSIST, UH, WHICH ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES WOULD LIKE TO START? COUNCIL MEMBER.
WADE, DO YOU WANT A MOMENT BEFORE YOU GO TO THE REC COUNCIL? READY? NO, NO, I'M FINE.
UH, JUST REPORTING THE, UM, HOLIDAY CELEBRATION WAS TRULY AMAZING.
THANK YOU TO THE, UH, THE, UH, AMERICAN LEGION FOR, UH, ALLOWING US TO PIVOT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE FLOORS AND EVERYTHING IN THE GYM.
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OUT.A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO YOU, MAYOR, FOR BEING SANTA.
UH, THE, EVERYONE TRULY ENJOYED THAT, INCLUDING MYSELF.
UH, BUT EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE REC COUNCIL.
UM, AND EVERYONE THAT VOLUNTEERED FOR THE MAKE IT TRULY A SUCCESS.
UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MEET, UH, IN THE CALENDAR NEW YEAR TO GO OVER, UH, NOT ONLY THE TRADITIONAL THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, FLAGSHIP PROJECTS, BUT ALSO, UH, SOME UPCOMING, UH, NEW THINGS IN THE FUTURE YIELD BACK.
COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, UH, FOR THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, OR FOR THE REC COUNCIL FROM COUNCIL? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECENT CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP.
HAVE THEY, UM, GONE THROUGH THE VOTE FOR THE NEW, UH, PERMANENT, NOT PERMANENT, I GUESS, BUT FOR THE NEW TERM PERSON? THAT WAS A DIS THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WAS AMONG INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE WILL, UH, AGAIN, ADDRESS THAT IN THE NEW YEAR.
UH, CARRIE HAS TAKEN ON, UM, THAT PARTICULAR ROLE UNTIL, UH, FURTHER NOTICE AND WE WILL DISCUSS THAT AND I'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WADE? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A CH DAY COMMITTEE REPORT REPORT AT THIS TIME? GREAT.
AND WHEN IS CH DAY? IT IS SEPTEMBER 26TH.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, IS THERE A REPORT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD? SURE, THOUGH IT WILL BE BRIEF.
UM, WE DID NOT HAVE QUORUM, BUT WE STILL STILL HAD A PRESENTATION FROM SOMEONE FROM HOME TEAM FIVE.
UM, IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS WE HAD SUBMITTED TO THEM, UH, THE CHAIR OR ACTING CHAIR CARLO, UM, GOT A COPY OF THOSE, THOSE RESPONSES.
I'M GONNA BE HAVING A MEETING WITH, UH, CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR TO GO OVER, UH, THE RESPONSES TO SEE IF THE WRITTEN RESPONSE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS VERBALIZED.
AND I WILL REPORT THE RESULT OF THAT MEETING TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO WE CAN COORDINATE A, UH, FOLLOW UP MEETING.
UH, REASON I SAY IT IN THAT ORDER IS, UH, THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING WORTH HAVING A FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON AS OF YET, BECAUSE SOME OF THE ANSWERS WERE, YOU KNOW, STILL AWAITING SOME, SOME FURTHER ACTION, UH, FOR IT TO BE, FOR THE ANSWER TO BE FULL ENOUGH FOR US TO CONTINUE TO COMMENT ON.
SO ONCE WE'VE GONE OVER THAT, ME AND THE CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR, I'LL TRY TO PREPARE SOMETHING FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO YOU CAN BE AWARE OF WHERE THINGS STAND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TANZ NOT HEARING ANY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, I BELIEVE, UM, OR I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU MAYBE TO BRING TO US IN JANUARY, UM, SOME TEXT FOR A RECOGNITION RESOLUTION FOR THE OUTGOING CHAIR.
I, I, THAT'S ON, ON MY TO-DO LIST.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE I HAVE IT BY JANUARY.
IS THERE A REPORT THIS EVENING FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS? SEEING NONE.
UM, IS THERE A REPORT FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION? SEEING NONE.
IS THERE A REPORT FROM THE HOMETOWN HEROES? MR. GALLOWAY? THIS IS USUALLY YOU.
AND, UM, MS. IVAN, IF YOU CAN, UH, SHARE THE SCREEN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT, I WILL BE, UH, MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, HOMETOWN HEROES THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND HAVE VE AND THAT HAVE BEEN VERIFIED BY THE HOMETOWN HEROES COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, THESE ARE, HAVE ALL BEEN CHEVROLET RESIDENTS.
UM, SO FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS SERGEANT ARTHUR LEE MARTIN.
THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS JAMES CRAWFORD, A NAVY VETERAN.
UM, OF COURSE WE HAVE MR. FRED PRICE, WHO WAS A PART OF THE MARINES COURT.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, MR. GLEN WOODY REINHARDT, UM, WHO WAS AN ARMY VETERAN.
SO, UH, THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VETTED THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, AND THE HOMETOWN HEROES COMMITTEE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THEIR BANNERS AND PUTTING THEM IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS.
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THANK YOU FOR HANDLING THAT, SIR.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR MR. GALLOWAY ABOUT THE HOMETOWN HEROES NOMINATIONS? UH, NOT A QUESTION.
AS THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SITS ON THAT, UH, COMMITTEE, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND, UH, THE ENTIRE TEAM, UH, MISS YVONNE AS WELL FOR HER, HER, HER, UH, TAKING ON THAT.
AND, UM, THIS IS, AGAIN, AMAZING, AMAZING, UM, UH, THING THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE, UH, TOWN AND THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR, UH, TAKING ON THIS PARTICULAR TASK.
UM, IT IS A, THIS, THE STAFF HAVE CARRIED THE BURDEN OF THIS, UM, AND HAVE REALLY NOT ONLY DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, BUT DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB EMPOWERING THE VOLUNTEERS, UH, WHO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, UH, IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND SO IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION.
UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT STAFF, THAT STAFF WORKLOAD IS NOT SOLELY BORN BY MR. GALLOWAY.
SO THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO HAVE MAY TRIED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. GALLOWAY ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE CLOSED SESSION.
MAYOR, CAN I GET, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT? OH, OKAY.
THAT WAS, I WAS ALSO GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU NEEDED.
SO, UH, THE, THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR IS PROPOSING THAT THEY, UH, THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS FOR FOUR FORMAL RECOGNITION THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THESE FOUR NOMINATIONS? ALL I'M MAKE A MOTION, I MOVE TO APPROVE THESE NOMINATIONS.
I'M GONNA GO WITH, UH, TANZI ON THE MOTION AND FRY.
I THINK I HEARD ON THE SECOND.
UM, SO, UM, THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THESE FOUR NOMINATIONS.
IT'S BEEN MADE IN SECOND, PROPERLY SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE A AYE, AYE.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? UH, THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
UH, AND I BELIEVE IT IS SIX ZERO BECAUSE I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER JOINED US.
WE DON'T SEE HIM? NOT THAT I'VE SEEN YET, YET.
WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE RECORD BOOK.
I THOUGHT I THOUGHT HE HAD JOINED, BUT NOW THAT I CLICK OVER, I DO NOT SEE HIM.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT IN THE RECORD BOOK AS FIVE ZERO, UH, UNANIMOUS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA'S ABSENCE.
UM, ALRIGHT, LET ME GO BACK, UM, IF, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER BUSINESS ON THAT ITEM, I'M GONNA MOVE O ON THE CLOSED SESSION
[7. Closed Meeting Summary]
SUMMARY.ALRIGHT, SO I WILL NOW READ THE CLOSED SESSION.
ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2025, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CONVENE A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO MARYLAND CODE 3 1 0 1 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE, OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SPECIAL MEETING FOLLOWING A WORK SESSION BY MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR BRINER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS BY THOSE PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE WAS ABSENT FOR THE VOTE TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING FOUR REASONS.
NUMBER 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 CITED IN THE LAW AS 3 3 0 5 B ONE.
THE SECOND REASON IS TO CONSIDER THE ACQUI WAS TO CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND MATTERS DIRECTLY RELATED THERE TO CITED IN THE LAW AS 3 3 0 5 B THREE.
THE THIRD REASON IS TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE CITED IN THE LAW AS 3 3 0 5 B SEVEN.
AND THE FOURTH REASON TO CLOSE THE MEETING WAS TO CONSULT WITH STAFF, CONSULTANTS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS ABOUT POTENTIAL OR PENDING LITIGATION.
THOSE PRESENT IN THE CLOSED SESSION WERE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL CARS.
LEFT THE MEETING AT 1101 DELAYING GALLOWAY TOWN ADMINISTRATOR FOR PART OF THE MEETING, JASON DE LOS ESQUIRE AND TODD
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POUNDS, ESQUIRE, UH, TOWN ATTORNEYS WITH MRS. PRESENT FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND LITIGATION DISCUSSIONS.DURING THE CLOSED MEETING, THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE FROM ATTORNEY POUNDS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ANNEXATION TIMELINE BASED ON REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE DEVELOPER AND ANSWERED LE AND HE ANSWERED LEGAL QUESTIONS.
MR. GALLOWAY DISCUSSED TWO PROPERTIES FOR POTENTIAL ACQUISITION BY THE TOWN.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF ACQUIRING THE PROPERTIES.
ATTORNEY POUNDS PROVIDED LEGAL OPTIONS ON THE POTENTIAL ACQUISITIONS.
NO DECISION WAS MADE ON THE ISSUE.
ATTORNEY DELO PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON POTENTIAL LITIGATION INVOLVING THE TOWN.
BASED ON CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED, ATTORNEY DELO PROVIDED GUIDANCE ON FILING A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT ON A CURRENT MATTER.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON THE FACTS SUPPORTING THE POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON TWO MATTERS RELATED TO TWO SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES.
MR. GALLOWAY ALSO PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON QUOTES RECEIVED FOR A PERSONNEL RELATED MATTER.
MR. GALLOWAY ALSO DISCUSSED AND REQUESTED SPECIAL YEAREND RECOGNITION FOR FOUR EMPLOYEES AND RECOGNITION FOR ALL STAFF.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUN BY VICE MAYOR BRENER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WADE.
THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMPLETED A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN EMPLOYEE AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE CLOSED MEETING WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ECK AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT.
THE CLOSED SESSION ENDED AT APPROXIMATELY 11:04 PM THAT CONCLUDES THE FAIR SUMMARY OF THE CLOSED MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR DECEMBER 4TH, 2025.
[8. R-6-25 -Planning Board Appointments Resolution]
THE AGENDA IS ITEM EIGHT R 6 25, THE PLANNING BOARD APPOINTMENTS RESOLUTION.MAYOR WATSON WILL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPOINT LANE THOMPSON TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND READ THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING BRIAN BARNETT WOODS AND LANE THE, THROUGH MY PACKET TO THE RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION R 6 25, A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET, APPOINTING NEW MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF C HAS ESTABLISHED A PLANNING BOARD TO ADVISE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON LAND USE ZONING DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER PLANNING MATTERS WITHIN THE TOWN.
AND WHEREAS THE PLANNING BOARD PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY'S GOALS AND VALUES.
AND WHEREAS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL DESIRE TO APPOINT A QUALIFIED AND DEDICATED RESIDENT TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING BOARD.
AND WHEREAS CARLOS SILBERG HAS IMPRESSED, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE PLANNING BOARD AND HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MARYLAND, THAT ONE BRIAN BARNETT WOODS AND LANE THOMPSON ARE HEREBY APPOINTED TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE CH PLANNING BOARD.
THIS APPOINTMENT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
AND THREE, BRIAN BARNETT WOODS AND LANE THOMPSON SHALL SERVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS IN ADDITION SET FORTH IN THE TOWN CODE AND APPLICABLE PLANNING BOARD PROCEDURES.
AS I BELIEVE THIS ITEM IS UNDERLINED ON THE AGENDA, I WILL ASK ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS OR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THIS BEFORE I ASK THE COUNCIL FOR A MOTION.
ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY DESIRE BY ANYONE AT THIS MEETING TO COMMENT ON THIS RESOLUTION? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS UP FROM ANYONE ON OR OFF THE COUNCIL SEEING NO PUBLIC INPUT.
I WILL ASK THE COUNCIL FOR A MOTION AND THEN WE CAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, DEBATE THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR APPOINTING BRIAN BARNETT WOODS AND LANE THOMPSON THROUGH THE PLANNING SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER LOLO HECK, MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION R 6 25.
AND IT WAS SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BRINER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL? HEARING NONE.
THE RESOLUTION PASSES SIX ZERO UNANIMOUSLY AND I BELIEVE WE WILL RECORD 7:50 PM AS THE ARRIVAL TIME OF COUNCIL MEMBER GAR, IF I HAVE THAT WRONG, PLEASE
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CORRECT THE RECORD, BUT HE IS HERE AND HE VOTED FOR THIS.SO IT IS SIX ZERO ON THIS RESOLUTION.
I WAS JUST, UH, TRYING TO SCROLL BACK TO MY, OKAY.
[9. Keller Update]
THE AGENDA IS ITEM NINE, THE KELLER UPDATE.UH, MR. GALLOWAY OR MR. BRAMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY FRAMING COMMENTS OR SHALL WE GO DIRECTLY TO THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM KELLER AND OUR, UM, CONSULTANT FROM CPJ? YEAH, I'M GOING TO KICK THIS OVER TO MR. BRAMAN.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, MR. HAMILTON IS HERE TONIGHT, UH, REPRESENTING KELLER.
UM, HE WAS, UH, GIVEN A REPORT BY, UM, MR. WALLACE, WHO USUALLY HAS BEEN REPRESENTING, UH, RECENTLY.
UM, I WANTED TO LET MR. UH, UH, HAMILTON INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND MAYBE, UM, JUMP IN THE PROJECT WITH US, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR KELLER.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? I'M BATTLING THE HOLIDAY COLD THAT I THINK ONE OF MY KIDS BROUGHT HOME, SO FORGIVE ME IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.
UM, SO MY TEAM DID SHARE AN UPDATE, UH, WITH, UH, DELAINE AND, AND, UH, STEVE, UH, I BELIEVE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED THAT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEFORE WE DIVE IN? CAN YOU GO OVER THE UPDATE AND THEN IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN SHARE THE SCREEN? UM, LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN FIGURE OUT HERE.
ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO SEE MY SCREEN? YES.
PROJECT UPDATE CHEVROLET, DPW.
THIS WAS THE UPDATE THAT WAS PROVIDED, UM, YESTERDAY, UH, TO THE TOWN.
SO, UM, COUPLE OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, UH, WHICH I'M SURE IS ON EVERYBODY'S MIND, IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THE USE AND OCCUPANCY? UH, RIGHT NOW THAT IS REALLY BEING DRIVEN BY THE ELEVATOR INSPECTION.
SO WE'VE RECEIVED A PARTIAL INSPECTION ON OUR FIRE ALARM AND OUR SPRINKLER.
THE FINAL COMES ALONG WITH THE, UH, THE ELEVATOR, WHICH IS, UH, AT THE MERCY OF SCHEDULING WITH THE STATE RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE 29TH, AND WE HAVE OUR BUILDING FINAL SCHEDULED FOR THE 30TH.
NOW, LEADING UP TO THAT, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO GET RESOLVED.
UH, THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT AROSE, UM, YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE WITH ONE OF THE MECHANICAL UNITS.
UH, THE PART IS BEING, WAS ORDERED AND IS BEING INSTALLED ON MONDAY.
UH, LEMME MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT, UH, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY.
SO WE HAVE CALLED IN OUR MECHANICAL FINAL FOR TUESDAY.
UM, AND THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS THE PLUMBING FINAL, WHICH IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE EXHAUST FLU FOR THE, UH, PRESSURE WASHER THAT WAS ADDED.
I, KELLY DID NOT HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THAT.
SO WE, WE OWE THAT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, BUT THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED, INSPECTED, AND FINALIZED PRIOR TO THE ELEVATOR DATE OF THE 29TH.
AND THEN WE ARE TRACKING OUR BUILDING FINAL FOR THE 30TH.
MR. HAMILTON, MAYBE IF YOU'D CONTINUE WITH THE, UH, AV AND CCTV INSTALLATION.
SO THIS, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH.
I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME ADDED COMPONENTS, UH, THAT NOW HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.
UH, SO EVERYTHING WAS PLACED ON ORDER YESTERDAY WE'RE, WE ARE EXPECTING AN EIGHT WEEK LEAD TIME, UH, AND THEN A FIVE WEEK FOR INSTALLATION.
OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL ROOM IS THE TOP PRIORITY, SO WE'RE GONNA FOCUS OUR EFFORTS THERE, UM, AND WORK ON THAT ROOM FIRST, AND THEN FINISH THE AV AND, UH, CLOSE CAP AND TELEVISION IN THE REST OF THE BUILDING, UH, IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW THERE IS MY TEAM'S WORKING ON ASSEMBLING A COMPLETION LIST, WHICH WE EXPECT TO DISTRIBUTE TOMORROW.
MR. BRAMAN, DID YOU HAVE, UH, ANYTHING EL ANYTHING ADDITIONAL AT THIS TIME? WELL, MAYBE JUST TO POINT OUT SOME, UH, CONCERNS HERE, UM, WE'VE ASKED, AND, UM, MR. GALLOWAY ACTUALLY SENT OFF TO, UH, UH, MR. WALLACE RECENTLY, UM, AN EMAIL EXPLAINING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR SOME TIME TO UNDERSTAND LONG-TERM LEAD ITEMS. OKAY.
AND SO THIS, UH, THIS, UH, A AV, UH, DELAY OR THE, THE TIME FOR DELIVERY AS WELL AS THE TIME FOR INSTALLATION HAS US INTO MARCH AT THIS POINT, POSSIBLY MID-MARCH.
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UM, AND SO WE'VE EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS WITH THAT.UM, AND ADDITIONALLY TOO, THAT WE DIDN'T, UM, WE, WE, WE DID NOT, UH, RECEIVE THAT ON THE REQUEST FOR THE, UH, LONG-TERM, UH, LEAD ITEMS, UH, PREVIOUSLY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, THAT I BELIEVE IS NEW SINCE THE, UH, LAST UPDATE TO THE MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO SEE IF WE HAVE A WORKAROUND, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE INSTALLATION IN THE MAYOR COUNCIL ROOM'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A WORKAROUND, UM, TO HAVE A MEETING IN THE BUILDING SOONER.
I DO NOT HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU AT THIS POINT, UM, BUT I WANTED TO, UH, POINT THAT OUT.
SO TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND I GUESS I JUST WOULD, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO SAY WITHOUT REITERATING WHAT I, UH, MENTIONED THE LAST TIME, AND MR. HAMILTON, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME WITH US.
UM, I BELIEVE THE, UH, THE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MR. GALLOWAY, MYSELF, UM, CPJ, THE ENTIRE TOWN IS, UH, CONCERNED AND FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HARP ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANTED TO, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN SAYING IN MANY OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN WITH KELLER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY I RECOMMENDED THE DESIGN BUILD AND RECOMMENDED KELLER TO, TO THE, UH, TEAM BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR KELLER TO, YOU KNOW, HELP US OUT, NOT JUST AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, BUT ACTUALLY FOR LOOKING OUT FOR OUR BEST INTEREST THROUGHOUT THIS, INCLUDING THE DELAYS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THINGS THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WE WERE, THAT, THAT WE, SO THAT WE WERE MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
AND SO THAT SEEMS TO BE MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THESE, UH, PAST RECENT WEEKS, UH, THAT, THAT I'VE BEEN BACK, UH, UH, UH, INVOLVED DAILY.
UM, AND SO I'M, YOU KNOW, ROBIN MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO ADD, BUT I CERTAINLY, UM, WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, POSSIBLY IN YOUR POSITION, YOU, UH, MIGHT BE ABLE TO EVEN HELP US OUT FURTHER, UM, BY GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT, UM, AND, AND UNDERSTANDING OUR FRUSTRATIONS WITH THAT.
UM, SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT'S MORE OF A GENERAL CONTRACTOR WHERE, UM, MAY MAYBE THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, THE, THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, NEEDED TO BE ADVISED, UH, UH, IN, IN A DIFFERENT WAY OR ADVISED OF THIS.
AND SO, UM, I WANTED TO, UM, BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST BUILDING.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST BUILDING, UH, THAT THE, THAT THE TOWN HAS, UH, UH, HAS BUILT, UM, THE BIGGEST PROJECT TO DATE.
AND WE CERTAINLY WERE, UM, LOOKING FOR KELLER TO, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, BUT TO HOLD OUR HAND THROUGHOUT THIS, AND, AND THAT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT AS TIME GOES ON.
AND I, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND I THINK IT'S VERY VALID.
UM, TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST, I THINK, UM, THERE'S PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND, AND INCLUDING ON OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE, WE, WE, UM, HAVE HAD SEVERAL MISSTEPS THAT CERTAINLY, UM, LED TO SOME MORE STRUGGLES THAT WERE, WERE QUITE HONESTLY ON UNACCEPTABLE.
UM, AND I AM IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW WITH MY TEAM TO DIGGING INTO AND TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WENT WRONG.
NOT THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE PAST, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FUTURE IS, IS, UM, MEETING OR EXCEEDING YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
SO I, I DO EMPATHIZE WITH YOUR FRUSTRATION AND I ACTUALLY SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATIONS, UM, WITH MY TEAM AND, AND HOW EVERYTHING HAS HAPPENED.
MARY, IF I CAN, YEAH, LET'S GO TO MR. GALLOWAY AND THEN, UH, ROBIN, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS TO SHARE, IF YOU COULD JUMP IN AFTER MR. GALLOWAY.
ALRIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUMPING ON TONIGHT.
I HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS THE HIERARCHY OF, OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHERE DO YOU FIT IN AT? UH, THE ONLY PERSON ABOVE ME IS PHILIP KELLER, WHO'S THE OWNER.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, CAN YOU START ATTENDING THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE ON A WEEKLY BASIS WITH THIS
UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF THOSE MEETINGS, UM, JUST BECAUSE, UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
YOU WANT RESULTS AND I, I RESPECT THAT.
AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO VIEW THE EMAIL THAT I SENT IN EARLIER THIS WEEK? UM, NOT SURE WHICH ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
SO I PRETTY MUCH LAID OUT IN THE EMAIL FROM JULY UNTIL NOW, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS LIST.
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ALSO, THERE WAS ALSO A SECTION IN THERE, UH, FROM I THINK A SEPTEMBER MEETING COULD HAVE BEEN AN AUGUST MEETING WHERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOUR COMPANY INDICATED THAT WE BE IN THIS BUILDING, UM, BEFORE THANKSGIVING.NOW, HOWEVER, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE FACT THAT WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN THAT BUILDING, THAT MEANS THAT AV WOULD'VE BEEN INSTALLED, MICROPHONES, CAMERAS, ET CETERA.
THAT'S WHAT WE WILL LED TO BELIEVE.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT EIGHT WEEKS PLUS TO GET CAMERAS, MICROPHONES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I, I, I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING IS NOT FROM YOU, BUT FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK, MAYOR AND COUNCIL CAN'T HAVE A MEETING INSIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS UNTIL MAYBE MARCH OR APRIL.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT SUCKS.
THAT REALLY DOES BECAUSE TH THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE FACILITY, WHY WE BUILT THE SECOND FLOOR WAS FOR THIS, OKAY, CAN YOU ALL PROVIDE AN A TEMPORARY SOLUTION UNTIL THE PERMANENT SOLUTION COMES IN? I THINK THAT WOULD DO A LOT OF GOODWILL FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.
THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE TOWN.
I'M JUST GONNA BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU.
WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS THAT FLEW IN FROM HAWAII AND CALIFORNIA, UH, THINKING THAT THIS BUILDING WOULD'VE BEEN OPENED BY NOW, UM, BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING STILL ISN'T OPEN.
SO, UM, WHATEVER TYPE OF PUSH YOU CAN HELP US DO, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN APPRECIATIVE.
YOUR APPROACH TONIGHT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN USED TO.
SO MAYBE YOU NEED TO ATTEND THESE CALLS ON A WEEKLY BASIS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR JUMPING ON TONIGHT.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO CLOSE THIS PROJECT OUT IN A TIMELY FASHION.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, I MIRROR THAT I, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE EITHER.
KELLER'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE EITHER.
WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO STAND UP AND, AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
AND I, I TOOK A NOTE HERE, UH, ABOUT YOUR SUGGESTION FOR A TEMPORARY SOLUTION FOR THE AV.
UM, I WILL INSTRUCT MY TEAM TO START WORKING ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.
WE'RE GONNA NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING, UM, THAT WILL BE SATISFACTORY TO THE TOWN.
MS. BARNHART, ANYTHING TO ADD? SURE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THE AV OR THE UNO DISCUSSION ALREADY.
I THINK, UH, MR. BRAMAN AND MR. GALLOWAY HAS COVERED THAT IN DEPTH.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT ONE OTHER TOPIC THAT WE'VE HAD THAT'S BEEN OF CONCERN TO THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN ENSURING THAT WE HAVE BALL FIELDS OF APPROPRIATE LENGTH.
UM, AND, UH, WE, UH, THE TOWN HAD PROVIDED ME THE DOCUMENTATION, UH, DURING DESIGN, UH, WHERE THAT WAS COMMUNICATED AND WAS, UH, BEING, UM, ROLLED INTO THE DESIGN WHEN THEY WERE, UH, SETTING THE BUILDING AND THE WALKING PATH TO ENSURE THAT WE DID PROVIDE THAT, UH, 190 FOOT LENGTH FEEL.
UM, WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE KELLER TEAM.
UM, AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WAS TWO WEEKS AGO ON THE FOURTH.
UM, THE UPDATE I PROVIDED THEN WAS THAT MY, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT UNDERSTANDING KCI WAS PREPARING A PROPOSAL FOR KELLER, UM, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS TO STAKE OUT THE CORNERS OF THE FIELDS SO THAT WE COULD PROVE INFIELD THAT WE HAVE 190 FOOT LENGTH FIELDS.
UM, AS OF THE MEETING WE HAD YESTERDAY, THE STATUS MEETING, THAT'S STILL MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, WHERE IT'S SITTING.
UM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER UPDATE THAN THAT, BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT FALLEN OFF THE RADAR AND WE ARE STILL, UH, WORKING TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE KELLER KCI TEAM.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, UH, WE ARE WAITING ON PROPOSAL FROM KCI TO DO SOME SURVEY AND JUST TO VERIFY THE, THE SIZE OF THE BASEBALL FIELD THERE, THAT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE, TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AND AT THE MEETING YESTERDAY, I ASKED KELLY TO CONFIRM THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO, THAT WHATEVER COSTS FOR THAT IS NOT GONNA BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TOWN SINCE WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR VERIFICATION SURE.
ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS CONVEYED TO US THAT THAT'S THE EXPECTATION, THE BUILDING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNED THAT WAY.
AND JUST, JUST SO IT'S CLEAR, MR. HAMILTON, THE, THE CONCERN IS THAT THE GRADE IS OFF, IT'S LESS THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE.
IF YOU LOOK, AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN THE, THE HILL FROM THE TOWN HALL TO THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING MM-HMM
WHERE THE FENCE WAS, THAT SORT OF DIVIDED THE FIELD FROM THE CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S A FAIRLY OBVIOUS GRADE THERE, STARTING AT WHERE THAT FENCE WAS.
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AND SO THE QUESTION WAS, IS LESS, IS THERE 190 FEET PLUS WHATEVER YOU NEED ON, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY IMMEDIATE PERIPHERY OF A FIELD AND MORE, DOES THAT NOW BLEED OVER TO THE EDGE WHERE IT OKAY.THAT THE, THAT THE FIELD ENDS RIGHT ON THAT LINE, OR JUST BEYOND IT THEN IT'S NOT A FUNCTIONAL FIELD OF A HUNDRED BECAUSE, SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THAT'S THE RIGHT FIELD.
IF I'M THINKING PROPERLY, IT'S THE RIGHT FIELD SIDE.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE GRAY DROPS OFF? YEAH.
NOW THIS IS TO THE WALKING TRAIL, SUPPOSED THE SOCCER FIELD.
SO THIS IS, THERE'S A SORT OF FUNNY COMBO AND YOU'LL, YOU KNOW, OKAY, ROBIN HOPEFULLY CAN SHARE WHAT I'M REFERENCING.
BUT YOU SEE BASEBALL FIELDS ON THE CORNERS AND SOCCER FIELDS IN BETWEEN THERE.
THE SOCCER FIELD WAS IN BETWEEN SOMETHING LIKE U NINE OR SOMETHING.
WE PUT THE TEMPORARY BATTING CAGES ON ALL THE WAY AT THE BACK.
SO THE SOCCER FIELD'S IN THE, IN THE CENTER? YES, EXACTLY.
AND SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE DESIGN, UH, FOR THE LAND USE.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT FULL SPACE AND THAT IT'S ACTUALLY STRAIGHT.
'CAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, THE PATH IS NOT PERFECTLY STRAIGHT ON THE FAR SIDE, UM OKAY.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR IT TO FUNCTION AS A FIELD, UM, AND NOT BE EITHER AFTER A POINT WHERE THE GRADE HAS CHANGED OR, YOU KNOW, SOME CORNER OF IT IS, IS ON THE, UM, THE WALKING PATH, WHICH UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE CORNERS.
'CAUSE IF YOU MEASURE IT AT JUST ONE PLACE, IT CAN LOOK LIKE IT FIT.
BUT THEN IF YOU GO 10 FEET DOWN, IT'S GOTTEN A TINY BIT NARROWER.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT WALKING PATH IS NOT STRAIGHT.
IF I MAY SAY WITH THE FIELDS THAT THAT WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT FROM THE FIRST DISCUSSIONS.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ACTUALLY WORKED DIRECTLY WITH US AND DIRECTLY WITH KEL, UH, WITH KELLER.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WAS REFERENCED TO, UM, THEY, THEY SHRUNK THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND, AND, AND AGREED TO, UM, WORK WITH YOUNGER YOUTH, UH, UM, WITH THOSE FIELDS.
UM, AND SO IT, IT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HEARD IT'S OUT, OUT OF THE LOD NOT IN THE SCOPE.
MANY OF THE PLANS ACTUALLY REPRESENT THIS.
UM, AND SO THE BUILDING NEEDED TO BE PLACED AND BUILT SUCH THAT THE FIELDS WERE VIABLE.
AND, AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
I MEAN, THAT WAS THE EXPECTATION.
AND, AND THERE'S SOME OTHER SPECIFICS THAT MAYBE WE COULD GET INTO OFFLINE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THESE IN INVERTS AND WHAT THEIR HEIGHT, HOW THEY WERE BUILT, AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE AFFECTING THIS AS WELL.
SO IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, UH, THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN US AND THE UNO, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE UNO IS WHEN MR. BRAMAN CAN BEGIN TO MOVE HIS TEAM IN AND TRY TO BEGIN HIS OPERATIONS FROM THE SITE.
THE ONLY THING HOLDING US BACK AT THIS POINT IS THE ELEVATOR.
IS THAT ACCURATE? UH, YES AND NO.
THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL INSPECTIONS.
UM, THE ELEVATOR IS THE, THE FURTHEST ONE OUT.
WE, WE HAVE TUESDAY'S, OUR MECHANICAL FINAL.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD PARTIAL FIRE ALARM AND SPRINKLER INSPECTIONS, BUT THEY HAVE TO, IN ORDER TO GET THE FINAL, THEY DO IT ALONGSIDE WITH THE ELEVATOR.
UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT, THAT TIE TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE CAN GET OUR BUILDING.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IS THE PLUMBING FINAL, WHICH IS PREDICATED ON THAT, UH, EXHAUST FLU FOR THE PRESSURE WASHER THAT WE, WE, UM, I NEED TO GET AN UPDATE FROM MY TEAM.
WE OWE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OBTAINING THE FLU SO WE CAN GET THAT INSTALLED AND GET THE FINAL, UM, ALL OF THAT, THE EXPECTATION IS DONE PRIOR TO THE 29TH, WHICH IS THE ELEVATOR FINAL.
AND THEN OUR BUILDING FINAL ON THE 30TH.
AND IF I MAY AS WELL, UM, SOME OF THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. SO FOR INSTANCE, THE CONCRETE IN BETWEEN THE COVERED PARKING AND THE BUILDING ITSELF, UM, HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT, IF NOT SEVERE, UM, FLAWS IN IT.
WE, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE SENT IN OUR, UM, OUR OPINION, UM, WE HAVEN'T HEARD A RESPONSE ON THAT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT THAT'S STARTED CRACKING.
UM, THIS IS THE CRACK CONCRETE.
AND THE CRACKS ARE CONTINUING.
AND THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE YOU COULD COME IN AND CUT WHERE THE CRACKS MAY, MAY HAVE HAPPENED.
SO WE'VE, SO WHY I'M POINTING THIS OUT IS, IS THAT, THAT THAT'S ON THE PUNCH LIST.
SOME OF THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS, WE, WE MAY NEED CURED BEFORE WE MOVE IN.
IF, IF YOU'RE REPLACING, WHICH WE'VE ASKED TO REPLACE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS, IF NOT THE ENTIRETY OF THAT CONCRETE, IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS.
IF, IF BASICALLY THE DRIVEWAY'S NOT THERE.
COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR,
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FOR TOM OR FOR ROBIN? OKAY.WE LOOK, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT OUR JANUARY 8TH TOWN MEETING.
UM, WHICH, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN THE BUILDING, HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A UNO FOR THE BUILDING.
AND MR. BRAHMAN'S, UH, TEAM WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, F HOPEFULLY MOVING IN AND BEGINNING THEIR OPERATIONS THERE.
AND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL NOT BE TOO FAR BEHIND FOR OUR MEETINGS.
BUT AT ANY RATE, OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON THE 8TH OF JANUARY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER UPDATE FROM KELLER AT THAT TIME.
UH, ARE THERE ANY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO MAKE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PROJECT? I DO NOT SEE ANY MAYOR.
YOU'LL, UH, TOM, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK IF YOU WANT TO DROP BY THE TOWN HALL.
WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE YOU AROUND AND SHOW YOU WHAT SOME OF OUR CONCERNS ARE AND WE CAN SHOW YOU THE GRADING MATTER THAT WE'RE OKAY.
YEAH, I WILL, UM, I'LL GET THAT LINED UP SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS WITH OUR SCHEDULES, BUT I WILL BE DOWN THERE.
ANYONE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR KELLER? ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. HAMILTON, MS. BARNHART AS ALWAYS, UH, FOR BEING OUR EYES AND EARS AND EXPERTISE ON THE GROUND.
AND, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE SOME FORM OF LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS.
AND THANK YOU MR. BRAMAN FOR CONTINUING TO, UH, TO DRIVE THIS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS, THIS STONE UP THE HILL.
THAT CONCLUDES THAT, UH, AGENDA ITEM.
[10. Budget Amendment]
THAT TAKES US TO THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS REQUESTED BY THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR.DO YOU WANNA BRIEF US, UH, MR. GALLOWAY, AND THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO COMMENTS? YES.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR A $29,400 INCREASE, UM, FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE INSTALLATION OF, OF NEW CAMERAS ALONG THE TRENT STREET CORRIDOR.
AND WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF $12,000 FOR NEW BLEACHERS FOR THE GYM.
UH, THAT WOULD BE, UM, TO SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PROJECT CHARGE AWARD, UM, WHICH WILL MAKE THE BLEACHERS, UM, ELECTRIC AND, UM, MORE DURABLE FOR THE TYPE OF USE THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE WILL BE RECEIVING A $50,000 PROJECT CHARGE AWARD, AND IT IS ABOUT 11,400 AND SOME ODD DOLLARS THAT GIVES THE TOWN ABOUT A $600 CONTINGENCY FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR 12,000.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE FUNDS FOR, UH, THE AMOUNT WILL COME OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE, UM, AND INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND SO, COUNSEL, TO CLARIFY, I THINK OUR, OUR LATEST, BEST GUESS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET IS A DEFICIT OF ABOUT 3 84.
SO THESE ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH I THINK ARE THE FIRST ONES THAT WE'VE MADE THIS BUDGET YEAR, UNLESS I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING, IT IS, UM, THE FIRST THEN.
OH, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT ABOUT IT.
SO, SO AT 3 84, THIS TAKES US, UH, SLIGHTLY OVER 400,000 FOR, UH, THE PROJECTED DEFICIT.
UM, AT LEAST AT THIS TIME, AS BEST WE CAN TELL TO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOUR 15 OR SO, IF I DID THE MATH RIGHT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ANY COMMENT ON THIS PROPOSAL BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION? UM, I'LL JUST GIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR.
UH, TRENT STREET HAD CAMERAS, UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMPANY THAT WE WERE USING, UH, FOR THOSE CAMERAS, UM, WENT UNDER, I DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULARS OF THAT, BUT IT UNFORTUNATELY RENDERED THE CAMERAS NO LONGER USEFUL TO US.
AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS, UH, BUDGET WOULD ALLOW US NOT ONLY TO REPLACE THE CAMERAS, BUT TO REPLACE THEM WITH SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT SUFFER THAT SAME RISK.
THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EITHER GO WITH A MUCH LONG, UH, LONG RUNNING COMPANY THAT WE CAN TRUST, WILL
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CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR FOR, UH, YEARS, AND I MEAN MORE THAN THAT DECADES, WHATEVER THE LIFE LIFETIME OF A CAMERA IS.UM, BUT ALSO THAT, UH, WE'D BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE IT INTO OUR SYSTEM SO THAT IT WOULD BECOME ONE OF OUR SET OF CAMERAS RATHER THAN HAVING TO HAVE A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT SYSTEM THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS EASY TO MONITOR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THE, UM, I'VE SPOKEN TO THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT THE $12,000 FOR BLEACHERS, AND THAT'S TO MAKE THEM, UM, AUTOMATED, WHICH, UH, ALLOWS THEM TO RETRACT AND, AND BE STORED MORE EASILY.
AND THE HOPE IS THAT THAT BOTH BRINGS US TO A MORE PREMIUM TIER THAT IS LIKELY TO LAST LONGER.
AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO STORE IT EASILY, UM, ALLOWS THEM TO, YOU KNOW, NOT MAINTAIN AS MUCH WEAR THAT THEY CAN BE PUT AWAY EASILY.
SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF BOTH OF THESE.
UM, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND SO THAT PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE PARTICULARS HEARD IT.
YEAH, JUST REGARDING THE BLEACHERS, UM, OVERALL COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, UH, HAD MORE OF A UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE CAMERAS, UH, REGARDING THE BLEACHERS.
I'M DEFINITELY NOT LOOKING TO DIP INTO A A A A, A HIGHER DEFICIT, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE HAVE COMING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, AS A PERSON WHO NOT ONLY COACHES, BUT WORKS WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AS WELL AS OTHER EVENTS THERE, THAT THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM WILL LONG HAVE THE LONG-TERM EFFECT INVESTING IN THAT NOW, IT OUTWEIGHS THE, UH, UNFORTUNATE ASPECT OF, UH, A HIGHER DEFICIT GOING FORWARD.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOTATED FROM MY VIEWPOINT, I YIELD BACK.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANNA OFFER ANY INPUT ON THIS POTENTIAL BUDGET, UH, ADJUSTMENT BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, COUNSEL, UH, AND I THINK I'M GONNA TURN FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI TO ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, THESE TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS, THESE TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GIVE VICE MAYOR BRINER THE SECOND FOR THAT.
IT'S BEEN MOTION A SECOND TO, UH, APPROVE THE TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TOTALING, UH, IT'S A TOUGH NUMBER TO ADD.
I THINK IT'S 41,400, BUT OUR MATH TEACHER CAN VERIFY THAT.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
THE TWO BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS ARE APPROVED.
[11. Annexation Charter Amendment CAR-1-26 ]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE ANNEXATION RESOLUTION.UH, I'M GONNA READ THE CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION OR A FAIR SUMMARY THEREOF, AND THEN INVITE, AND THEN I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS TO MAKE ABOUT IT.
UH, AND THEN INVITE THE COUNCIL TO, UM, WELL, WE'LL INVITE SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL, I THINK, ON THIS ITEM.
SO, UH, THE PROPOSAL HERE IS A RESOLUTION, UH, CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION ONE DASH 26, BECAUSE IT'LL BE ADOPTED, HOPEFULLY NOT.
IT WILL NOT BE ADOPTED CALENDAR YEAR.
IT WOULD, IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO ADOPT IT, BE ADOPTED IN 2026.
CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION ONE DASH 26, A CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CH ENLARGING THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF CH BY ANNEXING IT INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF CHEV LANDS, CONTIGUOUS AND ADJOINING TO THE TOWN'S EXISTING CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS HOSPITAL HILL CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 44.1867 ACRES OF LAND IN TOTAL LOCATED, UH, GENERALLY IN THE HOSPITAL HILL AREA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE OLD HOSPITAL SITE.
I, AND THEN, UH, IT IS, THERE ARE SEVERAL ATTACHMENTS THERE TOO.
UM, I, UNLESS SOMEONE OBJECTS, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR READING OF THE RESOLUTION.
I WILL NOW, UM, GO INTO A COUPLE COMMENTS AND THEN INVITE OTHERS.
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FOR THE PUBLIC'S CONSUMPTION, THIS IS A PRETTY CUT AND DRY PROCESS, OR A CUT AND DRY ANNEXATION.IT'S AS SIMPLE AN ANNEXATION AS ONE GETS.
AND IT IS, UH, AN EFFORT BY THE TOWN OF CH TO BRING INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS ALL OF THE LAND THAT REMAINS OUTSIDE OF THE CH CORPORATE LIMITS, BUT IS EAST OF THE VW PARKWAY.
AND ESSENTIALLY, IT IS ONLY THE LAND THAT IS NOT ALREADY IN CH THAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS HOSPITAL HILL, OR WHAT I'M CALLING CH HILL.
UH, I HOPE THAT WE ALL CALL CH HILL.
UM, IT'S, UH, THIS IS NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.
WE HAVE BEEN DOWN A LONG ROAD, UH, WITH A NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITY.
AND, UM, AND WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE ON THIS, UM, IT, WE REMAIN, I THINK IT REMAINS OUR INTENTION TO STAY IN PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UH, WHICH OF COURSE IS A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT'S BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
UM, SO THIS LAND IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY, UH, AND IS OBVIOUSLY OF IMPORTANCE TO THE COUNTY.
AND SO FOR BOTH OF THOSE REASONS, UM, THEY ARE A CRITICAL PARTNER.
OF COURSE, OUR STATE PARTNERS HAVE BEEN, UH, INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING, UM, WHEN IT, EVEN WHEN IT WAS AN OPERATING HOSPITAL AND REMAIN AT THE TABLE.
SO IT'S REALLY, I REALLY SEE THIS AS A FOUR-WAY PARTNERSHIP, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, I WILL SAY WITHOUT CONTROVERSY OR WITHOUT, UM, CONSTERNATION, UH, AMONG SOME, UH, UH, DECISION MAKERS OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, PARTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE, UM, OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
AND, UM, THAT, AND ONE OF THOSE BIG ELEMENTS WILL BE A TAX AGREEMENT THAT, UH, THIS MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL NEED TO ENTER INTO IF THIS LAND IS INSIDE THE TOWN.
UH, AND, AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN THE COUNTY WILL NEED TO ENTER INTO, WITH THE DEVELOPER, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROJECT FINANCIALLY VIABLE.
UM, AND SO, UH, I WANNA BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL THAT INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION IN DECEMBER OF 2025 IS GOING TO RUFFLE A FEW FEATHERS, UH, AMONG, UH, DECISION MAKERS AND WATCHERS IN THE COUNTY, AND, UM, AND IN THE STATE.
UM, IT IS, UH, IT IS MY INTENTION TO CONTINUE AGAIN IN DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION WITH THE OTHER THREE LEGS OF THE STOOL, UH, CH BEING THE FOURTH IN ORDER TO, UM, END UP WITH A DYNAMIC, EXCITING PROJECT THAT IS IN THE TOWN OF CH.
SO, I, I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT THIS IS WITHOUT CONTROVERSY BECAUSE IS, IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT WITHOUT CONSTERNATION, IT IS NOT GOING TO NOT RUFFLE FEATHERS.
IT IS GOING TO RUFFLE A FEW FEATHERS, UM, OUT THERE.
I'LL STOP THERE AND INVITE, UH, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM, UM, THE COUNCIL TO COMMENT.
AND THEN I'M GONNA ASK MR. DELOACH TO CLARIFY IF WE NEED TO VOTE TO INTRODUCE OR NEED TO VOTE TO HAVE THE FIRST READER ON THIS.
BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC OR COUNCIL COMMENTS, NOT HEARING ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, MR. GALLOWAY OR MR. DELOACH, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHETHER, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS INTRODUCED OR READ AS IS, OR DO, OR DOES THE COUNCIL NEED TO VOTE BECAUSE IT'S A CHARTER AMENDMENT, IT'S JUST A READER.
I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST INTRODUCING IT AND READING IT.
UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE TO HAVE A READER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, I THINK IT WAS, THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, THAT WAS MY GUESS, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GUESS.
UM, THERE, GO COUNSEL, THIS DOES, UH, RAY, UH, WELL, UM, JOHN, WHY DON'T YOU GO AND THEN I'LL TALK, DON'T LET ME, DON'T, LET ME MOVE ON BEFORE I MENTION THE TIMELINE THAT I ENVISION THE COUNCIL PURSUING FOR THIS, UH, ENDEAVOR.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT AS THIS PROCESS
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GOES THROUGH, IF SOMEONE COMES FORWARD WITH A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, OH, WELL, YOU DIDN'T SAY THIS OR YOU DIDN'T BRING THIS DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, DOES THE, DOES IT RESET? DOES, YOU KNOW, DOES THE, DOES TIMELINE RESET? DO WE HAVE TO READ IT AGAIN? DO WE HAVE TO DO THREE READERS AGAIN AFTER THE PROCESS? YOU KNOW, DOES IT START AGAIN, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION? I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO MR. DELOACH ABOUT THAT.I MEAN, UM, THERE IS, I THINK BECAUSE I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED, I WILL SUGGEST, SAY, FROM THE COUNCIL STANDPOINT, YOU ALL HAVE THE PROCESS, YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO STOP OR, UH, REVERSE OR SIMPLY PAUSE THE PRO THE MARCH OF THIS TOWARDS ADOPTION, UH, AT ANY TIME.
SO IF YOU WANT TO, WELL, YOU, YOU CAN STOP IT, YOU CAN ROLL IT BACK.
YOU CAN NIX THE WHOLE THING MIDWAY.
UM, POLITICALLY, YOU HAVE THAT POWER.
I'LL LET MR. DELO SPEAK ABOUT THE LE HOW THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIVE ERROR THAT TAINTED THE PROCESS.
I MEAN, AN ERROR THAT, OF A MAGNITUDE THAT WOULD LEGALLY TAINT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
AND SO IT'S A MAYBE IS THE ANSWER.
IF WE DIDN'T DOT AN I, NO, BUT IF WE DID SOMETHING TO VIOLATE THE STATUTE ON ANNEXATION, THEN THAT MAY BE BIG ENOUGH WHERE WE START THE INTRODUCTION PROCESS OVER AGAIN.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION OKAY, FOR NOW.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT BEFORE I, OR SHOULD I GO IN WITH THE TIMELINE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAYOR, I GOT A COMMENT.
UH, REAL QUICK, NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR AS ALWAYS.
I'VE MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THIS AFFECTS WARD ONE, UM, IN MANY WAYS, MORE THAN HUMBLY SEEN SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE, UH, OUR BELOVED TOWN.
I RAN ON THIS, I RAN ON THE FACT OF ANNEXATION, SMART ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, MAYOR, THERE ARE FOUR LEGS TO THIS PROCESS, THE STATE, UM, INCLUDING THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS THE COUNTY, UM, STAFF, AS WELL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE DEVELOPERS IN US AS A WHOLE.
UM, MY, MY, UH, MINDSET AND GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARTIES ARE IN ALIGNMENT, UM, THAT ARE IN SUPPORT.
I BELIEVE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, CAN AND HOPEFULLY WILL HAPPEN.
UM, JUST HOPE THAT WE ARE ALL COGNITIVE OF THOSE PARTICULAR FOUR LEGS AS YOU, UH, MENTIONED, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, NOT SAYING THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED IN EVERY SINGLE WAY, BUT THERE IS A LEVEL OF A TRUE PARTNERSHIP IN HOW WE DO THIS.
BUT IT IS, I, I TRULY BELIEVE IT IS VITAL FOR US TO, UM, ANNEX THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, UM, WHEN, WHEN THE PROPER TIRE PERMITS ITSELF, UM, AND THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE, UH, AT BEST, UH, FULFILLED TO, UH, TO BRING IT IN INTO THE TOWN OF SHELBY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PROCESS AS A LONG TIME WAITING AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE PARTICULAR DISCUSSIONS GOING FORWARD.
UH, I WILL JUST SAY ON TIMELINE, THIS IS, THIS KIND OF ANNEXATION COULD BE DONE PRETTY QUICKLY AS FAR AS ANNEXATIONS ARE DONE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE US TO BE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO RESIDENCE ON THIS, ON THE PARCELS THAT ARE BEING ANNEXED.
AND BECAUSE THE ONLY O THE OWNER OF THE, ALL OF THE PARCELS THAT ARE BEING ANNEXED IS A GOVERNMENT, UH, MY INTENTION AS THE MAYOR IS NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UH, AND NOT TO PROCEED QUICKLY, UH, WITH, UH, THE ROLLOUT OF THIS PROCESS.
SO I'LL BE A LITTLE BIT IMPRECISE ABOUT THE TIMING, BUT YOU COULD, ONE, A, A MUNICIPALITY COULD TRY TO DO THIS QUICKLY, COULD TRY TO DO THIS VERY QUIETLY, PROBABLY COULD ROLL THIS UP IN THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.
UH, MY INTENTION, UH, AND I, AND I, I INVITE YOU TO, UM, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALL AGREE, IS TO DO THIS, UH, TRANSPARENTLY TO, UH, HAVE MANY SESSIONS ON THIS.
I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ON JANUARY 8TH, UM, FOR THIS SPECIFIC PURPOSE, UH, TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND TO DO THIS VERY SLOWLY, SLOWER THAN THE PROCESS REQUIRES.
UM, MY VISION, UH, IS, UH, AND I PLAGIARIZED THIS FROM MR. GALLOWAY, BUT, BUT I WANNA, UH, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
DON'T WANNA PUT RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT ON HIM.
MY, MY VISION WOULD BE THAT THIS WOULD
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BE FINALIZED AND LEGALIZED BY MID-SUMMER.UH, THAT'S THE KIND OF LONG TIMELINE THAT I'M ENVISIONING IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE LOCKED SOLID.
THAT IF, UM, AS I SUSPECT WE WILL NEED A TAX AGREEMENT IF, IF I'M RIGHT AND WE NEED A TAX AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THAT AND BRING THAT TO THE PUBLIC AND ADOPT THAT AND AGREE TO THAT.
UM, AND IF, AND IF THE DESIRED IS TO DO THAT BEFORE WE FINALIZE THE ANNEXATION, THAT THERE'S ENOUGH MONTHS IN THERE TO DO THAT.
UM, SO, UH, UH, I DON'T, AT THE RISK OF BEING REPETITIVE, I'LL JUST SAY WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THIS QUICKLY.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO IT QUIETLY.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT, UH, HAND IN HAND WITH OUR THREE PARTNERS.
BUT AS I SAID, AND AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA UNDERCUT MY OWN INITIATIVE HERE, BUT IT, WE ARE GOING, DOING THIS WILL RUFF A FEW FEATHERS.
UM, I THINK IT'S WORTH IT, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT I SAY THAT AS A, IN THE, IN THE, IN, IN, IN, IN THE DEBATE PORTION AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
AND I INVITE OTHERS, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, AT THIS TIME TO, UM, STEP FORWARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY FINAL COMMENTS.
HEARING NONE, THEN, AS I SAID, WE ARE GOING TO UM, PROCEED VERY SLOWLY ON THIS.
UH, THIS MAY BE ON A MAY ON THE, THE SECOND READER WILL LIKELY, I THINK, NOT BE ON A JANUARY AGENDA, SO DON'T BE SURPRISED IF IT'S NOT.
UH, I BELIEVE, UH, MR. GALLOWAY WILL CONFIRM LATER, BUT I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BOOKS FOR JANUARY.
UM, AND AGAIN, IN, IN THE SPIRIT OF BEING COLLABORATIVE.
BUT, UM, BUT, UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF ENGAGEMENTS ON IT, BUT YOU WILL NOT SEE A RAPID MOVEMENT, UH, UNLESS THE COUNCIL DISAGREES WITH ME HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON THAT.
I WILL GO BACK TO THE MEETING AGENDA.
YEAH, YOU DO HAVE A HAND RAISED MS. SLO.
YOUR NAME AND WORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MENTION THAT ON THE, UM, THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, WHICH YOU JUST HAD A, A READ, A FAIR SUMMARY OF ON, UM, THE LAST PAGE.
I GUESS IT IS, UH, IT DOES SAY THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD, UM, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT, ON, UH, THE 8TH OF JANUARY, 2026.
SO THE ONLY, UH, MAYBE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T, WHO DIDN'T READ THAT, THAT PART.
SO YES, SEVEN O'CLOCK ON THE EIGHTH WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, AND THERE MAY BE MORE IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE, OR THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE, GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
MAYOR, CAN I, IF I ASK, UM, YES SIR.
REGARD REGARDING THE SEVEN O'CLOCK TIME, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WILL GIVE US A 30 MINUTE WINDOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE OUR TOWN MEETING'S RIGHT AFTER THAT AT SEVEN 30, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS LONG AS NEEDED AND WE WILL START THE MEETING AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, AND, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN MOVE THE TIME AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY BEEN LEGALLY ADVERTISED, MR. GALL.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO IF WE NEED TO, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA CUT FOLKS OFF, OR MAYBE IT'S NOT OBVIOUS, BUT I'LL JUST SAY WE'RE NOT GONNA CUT FOLKS OFF IF THEY ARE LINED UP, SO TO SPEAK, TO PROVIDE, UM, INPUT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE WILL, UM, CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND START THE MEETING LATE IF NEED BE.
YES, BECAUSE THAT IS THE NIGHT OF OUR JANUARY TOWN MEETING.
UH, OKAY, MOVING ON FROM THAT ITEM THEN, IS THE BUDGET
[12. Budget Calendar ]
CALENDAR, AND I THINK THIS GOES TO MR. GALLOWAY.[01:10:02]
YEAH.SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, YOU WILL HAVE THE, UH, BUDGET CALENDAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
UM, BUDGET SEASON JUST COMES AROUND SO FAST EVERY YEAR, RIGHT?
FRIDAY, JANUARY THE 31ST, THE, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS BUDGETS ARE DUE TO ME MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE 24TH.
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES ARE DUE TO ME, SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHATEVER PRIORITIES YOU HAVE, PLEASE GET THOSE OVER TO US BY THAT DEADLINE SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, UM, AND COST ESTIMATES, ET CETERA.
THAT'S WHEN WE USUALLY RECEIVE A MEMO FROM, UH, THE COUNTY AND THE STATE REGARDING OUR CONSTANT YIELD ASSESSMENTS.
UM, THE VERY FIRST BUDGET MEETING, UH, THAT WE WILL HAVE WILL BE THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH, AND THAT WILL BE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, UH, BUDGET, REVENUE GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD.
THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET REVIEW WILL CONSIST OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET REVIEW WILL BE ON APRIL THE 17TH.
ON MAY 1ST, WE ANTICIPATE DOING AN ALL DEPARTMENTS REVIEW, AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE A CONSTANT YIELD TAX HEARING, THAT DATE WILL BE ON MAY 6TH.
AND ONE LAST FINAL BUDGET, UH, REVIEW.
OUR MEETING, UH, WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH, WITH THE FIRST READER BEING ON THURSDAY, MAY 8TH, SECOND READER BEING ON THURSDAY, MAY 22ND.
AND THE, UH, FINAL READER AND ADOPTION BEING ON THURSDAY, JUNE THE 12TH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, COUNSEL? ANY QUESTIONS? UH, SEEING NONE, UH, DO COUNSEL, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING TO ADOPT THIS CALENDAR OR SIMPLY THUMBS UPPING THIS CALENDAR? ANY OBJECTIONS? YES.
I'M SEEING NOTHING BUT THUMBS UPS.
SO I THINK MR. GALLOWAY, WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
UM, THIS IS A GREAT PRE-HOLIDAY REMINDER FOR RESIDENTS TO BE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND ME ABOUT YOUR SPENDING AND YOUR REVENUE PRIORITIES FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
[13. Town Administrator Report ]
THE AGENDA IS THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'LL FORWARD TO YOU EARLIER.
UM, ALL OF THE STAFF REPORTS ALONG WITH, UM, A MEMO EARLIER REGARDING ITEM NUMBER ONE AND THAT, THAT IS THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETING AT 58 0 1 ANNAPOLIS ROAD.
UM, JUST TO GIVE SOME HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW POINTS, UH, THE PRE-APPLICATION NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY THE 14TH AT 6:30 PM UH, JUST SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW, THE PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE RDA AND ORIGINALLY PROPOSED FOR A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT.
THE CURRENT OWNER IS PROPOSING A REVI HAS, HAS PROPOSED A REVISED PLAN, INCLUDING THE MAIN DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, TWO, UH, OF TOWN HOMES.
UM, IF YOU ALL RECALL, THEY CAME AND SPOKE TO, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN A WORK SESSION, AND IF YOU WASN'T HERE, I CAN INVITE THEM TO COME BACK AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.
UM, TOMORROW I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER, ALONG WITH, UH, THE MAYOR AND ATTORNEY POUNDS, UH, TO, UH, FIGURE OUT IF THEIR PLAN HAS CHANGED AND TO GET MORE DETAILS.
LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AN UPDATE AFTER THAT MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO 58 0 1 ANNAPOLIS ROAD? YES, MR. GALLOWAY, HOW MANY TOWN HOMES DID YOU MENTION TO SAY, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER OF TOWN HOMES WERE.
I, AND, AND IF I SAID A NUMBER EARLIER, I'M SORRY.
UM, HAVE THEY, DO WE KNOW IF THEY HAVE MADE ANY CHANGES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GAVE THEM THE LAST TIME WE MET WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR PLANS? THEY HAVEN'T INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE, UM, BUT DEFINITELY GONNA ASK THOSE QUESTIONS TOMORROW IN THE MEETING.
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TO, UH, THE GYM FLOORS, UH, WE HAVE INSTALLED NEW GYM FLOORS BY CCA FLOORING AND INTERIORS.UH, THE GYM WILL REOPEN ON MONDAY AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 PM UH, TKA WILL BE THE FIRST CLASS TO USE THE GYM.
UM, AND THEN IT WILL BE OPEN FOR THE REST OF THE BASKETBALL SEASON.
NOW, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE THREE POINT LINE AND PLACEMENT OF THE OUT OF BOUNDS.
I SHARE THOSE SAME CONCERNS AND HAVE BEEN SHARING THOSE SAME CONCERNS FOR OVER A WEEK NOW.
UH, BUT I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE VENDOR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
UH, THEY'VE INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS TO, UH, PROVIDE TO ME.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS AT THE SAME TIME.
I DON'T WANT OUR MAJOR INVESTMENT TO LOOK LIKE IS USED ALREADY.
SO, UM, I AM GOING TO SCRUTINIZE THE SOLUTIONS THAT THEY PRESENT TO ME AND MAKE THE DECISIONS ACCORDINGLY.
UH, BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE USAGE OF THE, OF THE NEW FLOORS IS BRIGHTENING UP THE, THE ACTUAL ENTIRE SPACE.
AND ONCE WE GET FINISHED WITH THE PADDING AND THE FLOORS, IT'S GOING A LOOK LIKE A BRAND NEW PLACE.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT WANT TO GET THROUGH THESE CONCERNS FOR FIRST, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR KID WEARS A SIZE 10 OR 12 AND THEY'RE PLAYING BASKETBALL AND THEY'RE SHOOTING A THREE FROM THE SIDE, SORRY, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT OF BOUNDS UNLESS THEY'RE STEPPING ON THEIR TIPPY TOES.
SO WE'VE GOTTA GET THAT CORRECTED.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW AS IT RELATES TO THAT? UNFORTUNATELY, MR. GALLOWAY, MY INTERNET JUST CUT OUT AND I MISSED, UH, THAT, THAT UPDATE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, WHAT THE 3.9 UH, STATUS IS? I'M HAVING A MEETING WITH THE VENDOR IN THE MORNING TO DISCUSS THE SOLUTIONS.
UM, FORMER WALGREENS PROPERTY, UH, ION COUNCIL, JUST LETTING YOU ALL KNOW, THE TOWN WAS AWARDED $225,000 IN STATE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FROM, UH, DHCD, UH, THE ORIGINAL BUSINESS THAT, UM, I WROTE THE GRANT UP FOR, WITHDREW FROM THE PROJECT.
SO WE HAD TO WORK TO IDENTIFY A NEW TENANT RATHER THAN RETURN THE FUNDS TO THE STATE.
UM, AN INTERESTED PARTY IS PURSUING THE LEASE OF THE FORMER WALGREENS PROPERTY, AND THOSE DETAILS WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS, UH, A CONFIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW, UM, UNTIL THE LEASE IS FINALIZED, BUT THE FUNDS WOULD SUPPORT THE ELIGIBLE RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS PER THE GRANT.
I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TYPE OF USAGE FOR THE AREA.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GET A BIG BANG FOR OUR BUCK FOR THE TYPE OF USE USES THAT, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY BE THERE.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY AT A LATER DATE I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS TO WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS THIS WILL BE.
BUT JUST PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING TO EXHAUST, UH, THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO US FROM THE STATE.
ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THAT? OKAY, MAYOR, EARLIER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, EARLIER THIS WEEK, I MET WITH, UM, TORINO AND JLL, UH, TORINO NOW HAPPENS TO BE THE NEW OWNER OF THE CRAFTSMAN BUILDING.
UM, THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON LEASING THE BUILDING TO US SECRET SERVICE.
UM, I INDICATED TO, UH, TORINO THAT THERE WERE SOME COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND SOME CONCERNS ALONG WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, REGARDING THE IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS AND ENFORCEMENT AND HOW THEY COULD POTENTIALLY OCCUPY, UH, THIS BUILDING.
UH, THE OWNER IDENTIFIED INDICATED TO ME THAT SECRET SERVICE, UH, WOULD BE THE ONLY ENTITY AND THAT, UM, IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS AND ENFORCEMENT, UM, UH, WOULD NOT ENTER.
AND THEY IN FACT INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT IN THEIR LEASE TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT ICE WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, COME ON THE PROPERTY OR DO ANY TYPE OF BUSINESS THERE.
UM, SO THEY DID INDICATE THAT AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE WORKINGS OF THE BUILDING, UM, THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER BUSINESS, ANOTHER BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE LEASED, A SECRET SERVICE, THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE THE MAYOR AND
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COUNCIL GO THERE TO LOOK AT HOW THAT BUSINESS IS, UM, IS OPERATING SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW SECRET SERVICE RUNS THEIR SHOP.UM, AS IT RELATES TO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, I WANTED TO PRESS THE BUTTON ON, UH, THEIR BUTTONS ON OF THE BIKE TRAIL EASEMENT.
UM, THEY INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING, UM, TO DO A BIKE TRAIL EASEMENT, UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR ASSISTANCE WITH LEASING EFFORTS.
AND, UM, THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SESSION ABOUT THIS MATTER.
BUT, UM, THEY'VE INDICATED TO ME THAT BIKE TRAIL LEASING WAS ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION FOR THIS PROJECT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THIS? I CAN, I'LL ANSWER WHAT I CAN AND IF I CAN'T, THEN WE CAN, UM, TALK ABOUT THOSE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION PER SE, MR. GALLOWAY.
I THINK I'VE MADE IT EXPRESSLY CLEAR TO YOU THAT I DO NOT WANT THEM, UM, ANY PORTION OF HOMELAND SECURITY COMING TO, OR THAT CLOSE TO THE TOWN OF CH CONSIDERING WE'VE HAD ICE IN TOWN YESTERDAY, UM, APPREHENDING PEOPLE, UM, AND REALLY DOING THE DAMAGE THAT THEY'RE, UH, THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS SENDING OUT TO DO TO CAUSE FEAR, UM, AND IMMEDIATELY SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT.
UM, WHAT WE SEE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION IS THAT THERE ARE NO RULES.
SO THEY CAN COME IN AND SAY, HERE'S OUR CONTRACT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AT ANY POINT THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR MIND AND WE WOULD BE STUCK.
UM, SO I DON'T WANNA PUT US INTO THAT POSITION.
UM, I DON'T EVEN WANNA RISK IT AT ALL.
I DON'T WANNA GO AND VISIT ONE OF THEIR SITES, NONE OF IT.
UM, SO I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS, UM, TO THE MEETING TO DISCUSS IT, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, UH, WHAT IS TRYING TO COME CLOSE TO US.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE WAS, UH, LIKE A FEDERAL, I GUESS LIKE A RFP, I DUNNO WHAT YOU CALL IT, WHERE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR OFFICE SPACE WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF HYATTSVILLE.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE OFFICE SPACES OF PROCESSING, UM, THESE IMMIGRANTS IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE THEY'RE BACKED UP, THEY DETAIN THEM FOR 24, 48, 72 HOURS IN THESE OFFICE SPACES.
UM, SO WHILE THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY KIND OF DETAINMENT, THEY ARE, UH, SO TO THAT VEIN, WHATEVER THEY'RE TELLING US THEY'RE GONNA DO IN THIS SPACE, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY BIG SPACE, AND IT WOULD MAKE FOR A VERY NICE DETAINMENT CENTER FOR THEM CLOSE TO ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO.
SO I'M ADAMANTLY OPPOSED GOING ON THE RECORD, ADAMANTLY OPPOSED.
SO PLEASE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT THIS IS TRYING TO COME CLOSE TO US.
UM, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS A POINT OF INFORMATION FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THEN ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO YOU ALL IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT OR NOT.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO LOUD MUSIC, UM, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOUD MUSIC OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF.
UM, THE INITIAL SUSPECTED VIOLATOR WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOUD MUSIC.
THE, UH, THE PREVIOUS TWO TIMES, UM, THERE WAS AN ISSUE INVOLVES INDIVIDUALS SETTING UP LARGE SPEAKERS FOR IMPROMPTU MUSIC EVENTS.
UH, THE TOWN CONTINUES TO COORDINATE WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL ENFORCE, UM, WHAT WE CAN WITHIN OUR TOWN JURISDICTION.
UM, BUT ANYTIME YOU HEAR THAT THE MUSIC, THE SPEAKERS, ET CETERA, PLEASE CALL 9 1 1 AND GET IT ON RECORD SO THAT, UM, THEY CAN RESPOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THAT? AND, UH, THE LAST THING THAT I HAVE IS I'M WORKING WITH THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, FOR, TO SCHEDULING AN EXPUNGEMENT FAIR.
UH, WE HAVE A TENTATIVE DATE SET FOR MARCH THE 28TH.
UM, WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST AS IT RELATES TO AN EXPUNGEMENT FAIR.
UM, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THIS IS A TURNKEY OPERATION WHERE WE JUST GIVE THEM ACCESS TO THE GYM AND THEN THEY
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SET UP AND DO THEIR THING.UH, THE TOWN'S NOT REALLY INVOLVED WITH IT.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE DO IS OPEN THE FACILITY AND THEY COME IN, UM, AND RUN THE OPERATION THERE.
SO IT'S A TENTATIVE DATE OF MARCH THE 28TH.
AND THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR BREINER? UM, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR.
I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD BE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING 'CAUSE I AM NOT FEELING WELL.
ONE THING I WANNA SAY BEFORE, UH, GETTING OFF OF MY REPORT, MAYOR COUNSEL, UM, TONIGHT IS MY TOWN CLERK'S BIRTHDAY.
WELL, THE TODAY IS, SO I DO WANNA WISH GISELLE RICHARDS THE HAPPIEST OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND, UH, I HOPE SHE IS HAVING A GREAT DAY.
SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.
PLEASE PASS THE SAME ON FROM ALL OF US FOR CLAIRE RICHARDS.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
[14. Police Report ]
THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.IT'S GOOD TO SEE, SEE EVERYBODY AT LEAST VIRTUALLY.
UH, MR. MAYOR, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED A REPORT, UH, THROUGH MR. GALLOWAY FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REVIEW.
SO I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, UH, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS PERSONNEL STAFFING AND TRAINING.
UH, WE HAVE HIRED ANO ADDITIONAL TWO OFFICERS, UH, THEY WILL BE SWORN IN IN JANUARY.
THAT WILL BRING OUR TOTAL COMPLIMENT TO 18 OFFICERS ONCE THE TWO THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN TRAINING, UH, BOTH IN THE COMPARATIVE COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS THE RECRUIT TRAINING CLASS GRADUATE, UH, THAT SHOULD BE IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, UH, RESPECTIVELY.
UH, WHEN, UH, ASKED THE TOWN TO JOIN DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUS AND I, IN CONGRATULATING SERGEANT BLUNT ON HIS GRADUATION AS A MEMBER OF THE 296 SESSION OF THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY, UH, HE GRADUATED LAST THURSDAY, THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN TO QUANTICO AND, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE GRADUATION OF SERGEANT BLANC.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, ONE, IT'S LESS THAN 1% OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM.
LESS THAN 1% OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY.
SO THAT'S PRESTIGIOUS IN AND OF ITSELF.
AND SERGEANT BLUNT IS THE FIRST CHEVROLET POLICE OFFICER IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHEVROLET POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AS A CHEVROLET POLICE OFFICER.
AND I'M ALSO PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE EARNED THE MUCH COVETED YELLOW BRICK.
UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THE YELLOW BRICK IS, IT'S UH, UH, IT'S, UH, SYMBOLIZING HIS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE FINAL FITNESS CHALLENGE, KNOWN AS THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
I CAN ABSOLUTELY ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT IT IS BETTER THAN A SIX MILE, EXTREMELY GRUELING, UH, FITNESS, UH, UH, FITNESS CHALLENGE.
AND, UH, HE, UH, DID EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AND, UH, AND CAME BACK ALL IN ONE PIECE.
UH, SO PLEASE JOIN THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND I AND CONGRATULATING SERGEANT BLUNT WHEN YOU SEE HIM, UH, UH, ASK HIM TO SHOW YOU THE BRICK.
'CAUSE I THINK HE'S CARRYING IT AROUND IN A BACKPACK.
UH, UH, NOT TO BE OUTDONE, UH, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUS.
SHE'S PURSUING HER ADVANCED DEGREE WITH, UH, PURDUE UNIVERSITY, AND SHE SUBMITTED OVER 500 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS, UH, WITH REGARDS TO HER LIFE EXPERIENCE AS A POLICE OFFICER, AS A BAKER AND A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, AND, AND HER LIFE EXPERIENCE IN TOTAL, AND RECEIVED A RECORD SETTING 97 CREDITS FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY TOWARDS HER, TOWARDS HER DEGREE.
UH, PURDUE INDICATED THAT THAT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CREDITS THEY'VE EVER AWARDED IN THE HISTORY OF THAT PROGRAM.
SO CERTAINLY WANNA COMMEND, UH, COMMEND THE DEPUTY CHIEF ON, UH, THAT PRESTIGIOUS ACHIEVEMENT.
UH, AND, UH, JUST MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH SOME TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, UH, AFTER THE WARD FOUR MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK, MR. MAYOR THEN RECEIVING F FEEDBACK FROM THEM.
UH, WE'VE INITIATED AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON COLUMBIA PARK.
OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE THE RED LIGHT CAMERA, AT LEAST ONE RED LIGHT CAMERA ON COLUMBIA PARK THAT'S OPERATING ON THE EASTBOUND ROUTE 50 RAMP ONTO COLUMBIA PARK.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMAND STAFF MET ON SITE WITH AN ULTIMATE REPRESENTATIVE LAST WEEK, PROBABLY ON THE COLDEST DAY OF THE WEEK.
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WALKED THE ROADWAY THERE TO LOOK AT FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND TO CLOSE OUT THE PATROL AND TRAFFIC INITIATIVES.WE ARE WORKING CONCERT WITH WMATA, UH, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, DISTRICT ONE PG PDS WAVE, WHICH IS THEIR AUTO THEFT UNIT, TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED NUMBER OF, UH, THEFT FROM AUTOS THAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, NOT JUST IN THE TOWN, BUT THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, WE'VE HAD TWO RECENT INCIDENTS, AND THEY'LL BE DETAILED IN THE NEWSLETTER THAT'S GOING OUT NEXT MONTH, WHERE IT WAS THE QUICK THINKING RESIDENTS.
THAT'S ALL SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT, THEY CONTACTED THE POLICE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET ON THE SCENE RATHER SWIFTLY AND MAKE APPREHENSION, SEVERAL APPREHENSIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AS THEY WERE EITHER BREAKING INTO OR SCOPING OUT THE CARS.
SO WE ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO, UH, CALL 9 1 1 WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS.
UH, THAT'S HOW WE MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
UH, AS FAR AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, REMIND EVERYONE THAT ON SATURDAY WE HAVE THE, UH, SANTA PARADE.
SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE OUT ON SATURDAY GOING THROUGH THE TOWN.
UH, SO IF YOU HEAR A LOT OF SIRENS AND YOU SEE, UH, UH, JOLLY, UH, INDIVIDUAL THAT'S ON TOP OF THE FIRETRUCK, UM, DRESSED IN A RED SUIT, UH, IT'S JUST THE CPD AND PUBLIC WORKS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOING THROUGH, WE HAVE VARIOUS STOPS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT, UH, TO THE, TO THE FAMILY SO THAT IF THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO COME BY AND, UH, VISIT WITH SANTA, WE'LL CERTAINLY MAKE, UH, MAKE IT A HAPPY HOLIDAY FOR THEM.
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, THE BEHIND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FOR ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED, PARTICULARLY FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO VISIT OUR HOLIDAY PAY PLAY PLACE.
IT'S FOR CHILDREN AGE SIX AND UNDER.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SUPERVISED, SO WE ASK PARENTS TO BE BACK THERE WITH OUR CHILDREN IF THEY DECIDE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
BUT THAT WAS ALL DONE UNDER THE CREATIVE DIRECTION OF DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUS, AND WE WARMLY ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES.
AND THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT.
ON MY END, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF IN CASE I MISSED ANYTHING.
CHIEF, YOU DIDN'T MISS THE THING.
I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THE FIRST PART.
UM, BUT NO, THE HOLIDAY PLAY PLACE, I HOPE EVERYBODY COMES OUT AND ENJOYS IT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID AS A TEAM EFFORT, AND I THINK THAT, UH, THE YOUNGER CHILDREN, WE SCARED ALL THE OLDER CHILDREN, SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN ONE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS IN TOWN.
SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE COME OUT AND WE SAW A FEW THE OTHER DAY AND, UM, HOPE TO SEE SOME MORE THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND, UM, I WILL JUST QUICKLY SAY BEFORE I TURN, TURN TO THE COUNCIL, UH, MY GRATITUDE AND THE GRATITUDE OF NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS, UH, ON THE BORDER BETWEEN WARD FOUR AND WARD TWO, UH, AND, AND I THINK PARTICULAR THANKS HERE GOES TO, TO DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUS FOR, UM, RESCUING A VULNERABLE SENIOR WHO, UH, WAS IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, UH, IN THEIR HOME.
UH, AND THAT INDIVIDUAL IS NOW RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE.
UM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT OUTCOME, UH, HAD OUR CPD AND PARTICULARLY THE DEPUTY CHIEF, NOT, UH, DONE WHAT, WHAT SHE DID FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL.
THAT INDIVIDUAL, AS I SAY, IS NOW GETTING MEDICAL CARE AND A CARE PLAN.
LONG-TERM CARE PLAN IS BEING PUT TOGETHER WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL'S FAMILY.
AND, UM, IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO SEE A GOOD OUTCOME TO THE SITUATION, UH, THANKS TO YOU.
UH, AGAIN, UH, AND, UM, COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YEAH, I JUST WANNA REITERATE, UH, THE FACT THAT JUST THANKING THE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS HOLIDAY TIME FOR, UH, JUST THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT, UM, THAT THEY'RE DOING IT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, EVEN SHOUTING OUT THEM FOR THE, UH, THE, UH, TOTS, UH, TOYS FOR TOTS.
UH, I KNOW THEY TOOK, UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS, I TRIED TO GET OVER THERE IN TIME, BUT I COULDN'T.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE, UM, STUDENTS AT GLADYS NEW SPELMAN OVER, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS TO WALMART.
UM, APOLOGIZE, IT WASN'T THERE, BUT FOR THANK, TAKING IT OVER THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE AND ALLOWING THEM TO, UM, EXPERIENCE, UH, CHRISTMAS IN WAYS THEY NORMALLY PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND EFFORTS.
WE'RE JUST GONNA SORT OF SAY THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, UH, I REALLY ENJOYED THE SHOP WITH A COP LAST WEEK, AND ALSO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE KEITH MORRIS BACK HERE AND RIGHT WHERE HE BELONGS.
AND, UM, BUT YEAH, I REALLY ENJOY
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SHOP WITH A COP, AND AS I THINK, UH, BOTH MAYOR WATSON AND I SAY, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE TO GET AROUND TOWN, GO AND LIGHTS SOME SIRENS AS THE WAY TO GO.SO, BUT, UH, BUT, UM, YEAH, SO GREAT TO HAVE OUR SHE PD OUT THERE.
AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, FORWARD HANGING OUT WITH DAN ON SATURDAY TOO.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF AND THE FLOOR NOW GOES
[15. Public Works Report]
TO MR. BRAMAN.UH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND TOWN OF CH UM, COUPLE POINTS.
UH, WE SUCCESSFULLY MOBILIZED FOR TWO OTHER EVENTS SO FAR THIS YEAR, UH, ON DECEMBER 2ND AND DECEMBER 14TH.
I FEEL LIKE WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU'VE OBSERVED AS WELL.
UM, ALONG WITH THOSE IN CLEMENT, UH, UH, WEATHER RELATED EVENTS, UM, WE HAD SOME LEAF DELAYS, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, LEAVES GET WET AND OR SNOW ON TOP OF THEM.
UM, IT CAUSED US TO FALL A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, UH, ON OUR SCHEDULE.
I'M PLEASED TO SAY AS OF TODAY, WE WERE UP TO, UH, SCHEDULE, UM, AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO KEEP UP WITH THE SCHEDULE.
WEATHER PERMITTING, DO APPRECIATE THE RESIDENTS, UH, WORKING WITH US.
UH, WHEN WE PUBLISH IT, WE HAVE TO, UH, UM, RESCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT.
IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING OUT PRETTY WELL, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
UM, ON THE FEMA EARMARK UPDATE, AS YOU MAY RECALL, IT WAS SOME TIME AGO WHEN A BIG CHECK WAS PRESENTED TO US ALL.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK THAT GOES WITH US.
I LIKE TO SAY NEXT TIME WE OUGHT TO HAND THEM THE PAPERWORK TO GET OUT BEFORE WE TAKE THE PICTURES.
UM, BUT, UH, WE ARE NOW, WE'VE MADE PROGRESS.
AND SO FOR A TIME, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY POSSIBLY WITH AN ADMINISTRATION CHANGE, UH, THE, UH, EARMARK WAS PAUSED.
UM, BUT NOW WE ARE PROCESSING A SUB-AWARD AGREEMENT, UM, WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIR, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, ALSO KNOWN AS M SO FE, YOU KNOW, FEMA AND M THEM.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE MANAGING THE FUNDS FROM FEMA, UH, FOR THIS, UH, FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT ONCE THIS AGREEMENT IS FULLY PROCESSED THROUGH M THEM, UM, THAT WE WILL RECEIVE A NOTICE TO PROCEED.
AND SO WE HOPE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, UM, WE'LL HAVE UPDATES FOR YOU ON SOME PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THAT.
UM, THE, UH, PILOT, UH, FOOD COMPOST PROGRAM UPDATE THE PROGRAM IS, UH, ENDING THROUGH THE GRANT FUNDING ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
IN ORDER TO GIVE US A TIME TO FOR CONSIDERATION, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IS PLANNING TO COVER THE COST FOR, UH, THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2026.
THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $1,700 TO ALLOW THE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONTH.
WE'RE DEVELOPING A DECISION PAPER, UH, TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU IN JANUARY, UH, TO HAVE YOU REVIEW IT AND HELP WITH, UH, A DECISION BEING MADE ON, UH, VARIOUS FUNDING OPTIONS.
UM, AND LASTLY, THE FALL TREE PLANTING, UH, PROGRAM, UM, HAS COMMENCED 82 TREES ARE BEING PLANTED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
50 OF THOSE STREET TREES WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST GRANT, WHICH, UH, UH, DR.
TOLBERT FEATHER THIS YEAR ACTUALLY SPEARHEADED, UM, UH, UH, FOR US AND 29 TREES WERE REQUESTED BY RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR PRIVATE TREE PROGRAM.
AND ACTUALLY WE HAD, UH, THREE, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, REQUEST THREE STREET TREES.
UM, SOMETIMES WE RUN INTO RESIDENTS NOT WANTING THE STREET TREE.
WE'VE HAD SOME FEEDBACK EARLIER THIS WEEK.
I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW, WE DO NOTIFY ALL THE, UH, RESIDENTS.
I THINK WE HAD 18 DEFERRALS, AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT.
UM, BUT, UH, UM, SOMETIMES WE DO NOT GET A RESPONSE AND, BUT ONCE THEY SEE THE TREE, UM, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, BE BE, UH, BEING PLACED OR BEING RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE JUST BEING, UH, UH, UH, PLACED TO, TO BE PLANTED, UM, THAT DOES SPARK SOME FEEDBACK.
AND SO I THINK WE'VE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL REFERRALS ONCE THEY'VE SEEN THE TREE SHOW UP.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE DEFERRALS.
UM, WE DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WANT STREET TREES AS WELL AS, UH, PRIVATE TREES.
UM, LONG AGO I SAID THAT, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT COUNT, BUT I THINK WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY IF NOT PAST, UH, THE THOUSAND TREES WITHIN, UM, 10 YEARS.
UM, WE MAY EVEN BE, UH, ABLE TO GET, UH, 2000 TREES WITHIN 10 YEARS AT THIS RATE.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST THE FALL TREE PLANTING PROGRAM.
SO, UM, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? UH, ANYBODY MAY HAVE ANYONE.
UM, WELL, UH, THAT'S CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
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HAVE SAID I, I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS.DID YOU HAVE ANY, UM, ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE LEAF COLLECTION? WELL, WE ADDED A PUBLIC, UH, WHAT IS IT, LAST WEEK WE CHANGED SOME DATES AND WE ADDED SATURDAY.
WE SUCCESSFULLY, UH, UH, COMPLETED MOST OF SATURDAYS.
WE HAD TO CIRCLE BACK THIS WEEK.
UM, AND SO, UM, I BELIEVE DEWEY WAS THE ONLY STREET THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO GET TO.
WE DID GET TO THAT, UH, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE ARE UP TO DATE AS OF TODAY.
SO, UM, UM, UH, TOMORROW'S COLLECTION, UH, WE, WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO KEEP UP TO DATE.
UM, AND SO EVERYBODY SHOULD, UH, BE FOLLOWING THE, UH, THE PUBLISH SCHEDULE THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, IF FOR SOME REASON WE, WE DO NEED TO, UM, ADD SOME DATES OR SHIFT SOME DATES, WE WILL PUT OUT A NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OUT ON, ON THAT.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MA? UH, MR. MAYOR? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I HAD JUST, I SAW THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND I WANTED MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL TRACKING IT, SO THANK YOU.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? OKAY, THANK YOU, MR. BRAMAN.
[16. Review the January town meeting agenda and future requests, and Town Administrator Galloway will offer a forecast of the agenda.]
TO THE AGENDA AND FUTURE ITEMS. UH, I HAVE, AGAIN, OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE 8TH OF JANUARY, 2026.AND THE ONLY ITEM THAT I HAVE FOR SURE, FOR ACTION ON THE AGENDA IS A, A RESOLUTION TO, UH, APPOINT TWO ELECTION SUPERVISORS.
UM, IN ADDITION THAT NIGHT WILL BE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, OR ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON, UH, THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ANNEXATION RESOLUTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS THAT ANY OF YOU ARE TRACKING FOR JANUARY 8TH? OKAY.
AND THEN, UH, FOR THE 22ND, UH, WHICH IS OUR WORK SESSION, I HAVE THE POLICY COMMITTEE, I THINK OWES W WAS GOING TO TRY TO MEET AND, AND, AND PROVIDE A, UM, A READOUT OF THEIR WORK.
UH, I HAVE 57 0 1 LANDOVER ROAD, AND I HAVE, UH, A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON, UM, LOOKING AT AND UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE, AT THIS POINT, I KNOW IT'S A MONTH AWAY, BUT FOR AT THIS POINT FOR THE JANUARY 22ND WORK SESSION, UH, JOHN IS YOUR HAND UP, APPROACHED BY FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER KOEN ABOUT, UM, SHE WOULD LIKE TO BRING A DISCUSSION TO THE, UM, WORK SESSION IN JANUARY ABOUT THE BOTTLE BILL.
YEAH, I THINK THIS, UM, I'M GONNA WRITE BOTTLE BILL DOWN.
I THINK THIS, WHAT THIS MIGHT BE IS A SHORT DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UH, INITIATIVES THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO BRING FORWARD FOR THE COUNCIL AS A, OR THE, THE TOWN OR THE COUNCIL AS A GROUP TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE.
UM, AND, UM, AGAIN, THE IMPETUS HERE IS, WAS A REQUEST FROM A RESIDENT WARD TWO RESIDENT AND FORMER WARD TWO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE BOTTLE BILL, WHICH WE EXPECT TO BE, UM, INTRODUCED AGAIN.
BUT, BUT I THINK IT MAY BE, IT COULD BE A BROADER DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY INITIATIVES THAT ANYONE WANTS, UH, THE TOWN TO TAKE UP VERSUS YOUR, UH, VERSUS ANY INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY.
ANYTHING, ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS AT THIS TIME? ALRIGHT, UH, HEARING NONE, THAT TAKES US
[17. Mayor and Council Announcements ]
TO MAYOR IN COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO KICK IT OFF FOR TONIGHT? OKAY.
UM, I WILL START AND JUST SAY, UH, REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE TOWN IS CLOSED, UH, AND THERE WILL BE NO, NO PICKUP SERVICES ON THURSDAY THE 25TH AND FRIDAY THE 26TH OF DECEMBER, AND AGAIN, ON THURSDAY, THE 1ST OF JANUARY, THOSE ARE TOWN HOLIDAYS.
UM, THURSDAY PICKUPS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT, WELL ENTIRELY AFFECT THE EAST SIDE BECAUSE THE WEST SIDE DOESN'T GET PICKUPS ON THURSDAYS.
SO, UH, MR. GALLOWAY'S TEAM WILL BE ANNOUNCING SERVICE, UM, COMPENSATIONS,
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UH, GOING OUT.OF COURSE, THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT WORKING.
YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING HOW MANY HOURS A DAY? 24 HOURS A DAY.
UH, SO IF YOU NEED THEM, PLEASE CALL 9 1 1 UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, AND LET THEM TRIAGE YOUR CALL.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY.
HOLIDAY, SNOW, RAIN 9 1 1 IS THE NUMBER.
UH, I, OTHER THAN THAT, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND THANKS TO EVERYONE, UH, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR PARTICIPATING.
UM, AND AGAIN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR TOWN CLERK.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
UH, THAT TAKES US TO THE FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IS THERE, THERE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAR? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
THAT MOTION? WE'RE GONNA PUT COUNCIL MEMBER FRIDAY DOWN AS THE SECOND FOR THAT.
I WILL JUST SAY, UH, WHEN WE ADJOURN, COUNSEL, LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE FOR THE OPEN TO CLOSE, UH, SESSION.
IS THERE ANY DEBATE, UH, FURTHER DEBATE, UH, OF THE MOTION? HEARING NONE.
ALL, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
GOODNIGHT EVERYONE, AND WE WILL SEE YOU BACK IN FIVE MINUTES ON THE OTHER LINK.