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Peter: Hmm.

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Jeff McCrehan: Hi, Peter!

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Peter: Hey, guys, and it is just guys that I see

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Peter: what's going on here.

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Peter: Oh, wait 18.

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John Compton: Hey! Everybody.

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Peter: I don't see anybody. Hey!

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Peter: There you go!

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John Compton: People showing up here.

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Jeff McCrehan: Is it.

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Peter: Jeff is Teddy in in the meeting today.

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Jeff McCrehan: Oh, it's Eddie's here!

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Peter: All right.

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Jeff McCrehan: Oh, Arlene tells me I need to mute

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Jeff McCrehan: you always.

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Peter: Says that to you, though.

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Jeff McCrehan: I know.

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John Compton: Somebody's humming.

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Peter: Okay.

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John Compton: Alrighty!

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Jean moyer: John, I'm in by my phone. I can't get in on my computer for some reason, but I'm here.

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John Compton: Well, that's because you have a PC, you know, it's

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John Compton: sounds great.

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John Compton: Stop it. Yeah.

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John Compton: that's my only

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John Compton: explanation for that.

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Peter: So. So John just told you to buy a Mac.

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Peter: Go, go out, go go by, as I just heard you authorized it just now.

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John Compton: That's pretty much the subtext. Yep.

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Peter: Oh!

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John Compton: Alright! Who do we got here? We've got Chris and Ava and Barbara, and

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John Compton: Rob is somewhere here. No.

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Robert Gilmore: Yep.

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John Compton: Yes.

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John Compton: And why is Rob not join

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John Compton: cause I didn't have. There you are.

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John Compton: And Mary

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John Compton: Is that everybody? And Peter. Okay?

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John Compton: So

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John Compton: let's call the Town Council meeting for November 11.th

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John Compton: to order

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John Compton: I'm going to be letting people in from the waiting room. So I will try and notice that because Georgette is having

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John Compton: had her Internet connection

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John Compton: broken today, and she's the one who usually

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John Compton: monitors the waiting room.

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John Compton: I do want to comment before we go on to the agenda, which will

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John Compton: put up here.

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John Compton: Which is modified from that most of you have seen. In fact, all of you have seen

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John Compton: based on some feedback I got from the Council

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John Compton: relatively late. So I've tried to accommodate those comments.

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John Compton: But 1st of all, it is Veterans Day, and it's a

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John Compton: we should all recognize that even if we don't have a day off the day has

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John Compton: significance because of all of the Americans who have served in the armed forces, obviously

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John Compton: either in declared wars or

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John Compton: the many undeclared wars that have gone on or domestically. And so this is the day we

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John Compton: we recognize their service to the country.

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John Compton: and in many, some cases sacrifices to the country, and

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John Compton: it's good to remember that after this contentious election we've had, and

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John Compton: possibly you know, the contentious political scene moving forward.

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John Compton: So I did want to be sure and mention that

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John Compton: to you all.

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John Compton: So did I share the

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John Compton: the agenda.

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John Compton: Okay, here's the agenda.

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John Compton: and the changes are in yellow. Actually, some things have been deleted. They don't show up anymore.

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John Compton: But the the previous draft had the resolution from the from the Emory Grove and the Washington Grove, United Methodist Churches as an agenda item, I've moved that to a mayor's report.

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John Compton: Location, as it really doesn't necessitate any action. By the by the town council.

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John Compton: In addition. The item I put on the agenda about

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John Compton: goals of the anti-racism resolution

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John Compton: which we have

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John Compton: been been pursuing, both with respect to the the

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John Compton: diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging training that will take place this Saturday, for all of you who signed it up signed up, and

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John Compton: I'm actually somewhat disappointed that there were only 30 or so.

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John Compton: which, of course, includes the at least a bunch of the I mean all of the Council hopefully.

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John Compton: And then we'll have a sec. Another session following up on that which will be even more focused on what everyone can do, what leaders can do.

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John Compton: And in in this area, what? What sort of things.

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John Compton: we we would want to

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John Compton: So all that said and done.

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John Compton: We at the moment we, the formal racing committee, is

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John Compton: moribund, maybe even an exaggeration.

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John Compton: And I'm you know. There's no comment directed at that situation. But the fact is that so I put an item under new business that, and maybe the time to do it is as was suggested to me by several

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John Compton: counselors after we have this training session on Saturday

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John Compton: for everyone to think about. How are we going to move forward

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John Compton: in meeting the goals of that resolution? That?

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John Compton: And that's not to say there's any formality being specifically proposed.

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John Compton: but it it it it it should. I. I think it should be a conscious action

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John Compton: or inaction

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John Compton: and our residents. And so I'm I'm still suggesting that this be a subject for

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John Compton: to to come up. And we'll we. We can defer it as new business

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John Compton: to a subsequent council meeting.

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John Compton: Alright! Those are the.

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Peter: Are you? Are you saying that we're going to postpone number 7? Is that what you were saying?

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John Compton: I'm saying yes, that the that there there seems to be.

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Peter: Yeah.

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John Compton: Consensus to not discuss that tonight.

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Peter: good. Thank you.

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John Compton: Okay, this is just the agenda. When we get down to there. I might have more to say on that

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John Compton: just that item which the intention is here. Look, it's proposed for a future.

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Peter: I don't know.

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John Compton: Okay.

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Peter: A motion. I'll make a motion to approve the agenda, as amended.

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John Compton: As as presented here. It's not amended.

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Peter: It's hard.

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John Compton: It's been revised before it's been introduced. Yeah.

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Peter: Okay.

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John Compton: Okay, thank you. Anybody have some additional comments.

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Barbara: Yes, this is Barbara. I'm a little confused.

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Barbara: I thought I just heard Peter ask you if you were taking 7 off the agenda, and you said yes, but then you said, you're going to leave it there.

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Barbara: so I'm not sure what the status of that is.

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John Compton: I heard Peter say that we don't. We're not going to discuss that item tonight, and that's exactly what this suggests.

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Barbara: So why don't we remove it from the agenda? Then, if we're not gonna discuss it.

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John Compton: Well, it's up to the Council, I think. All right. If if I if I If this is the time

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John Compton: I I look the Town Council passed a resolution

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John Compton: not so long ago.

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Peter: Yeah, wait, John, can I just make it easier? So how about if we leave it on the agenda? And when 7 comes up I'll make a motion, or somebody will make the motion to postpone this to after.

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John Compton: That's exactly what this proposed to do. Thank you.

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Peter: I'm I'm okay with that, because yeah.

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Peter: but not now.

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Peter: A good Barbara.

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Barbara: Okay. Thank you. Peter.

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Peter: Okay.

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John Compton: Okay. Any other comments, additions, other matters.

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John Compton: Oh.

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John Compton: if not, I'll move to a vote all in favor of approving this. This agenda, as shown

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John Compton: it looks. Is that unanimous? Thank you.

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John Compton: Alrighty

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John Compton: Then we will move on to public appearances

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John Compton: as usual. If you have a public appearance.

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John Compton: not a lot is on the agenda. So perhaps we have someone on a subject that should be brought. That

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John Compton: individual would like to bring to the Council's attention anyone.

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Peter: So, John, as a citizen observing leaf piles, I just want to remind the 23 people here that

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Peter: it's really doing a disservice to our leaf collectors to be putting large branches.

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Peter: hiding them in those piles. So please

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Peter: be considerate.

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Peter: and you can sneak little ones in, but not those big branches. Okay.

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John Compton: Right. Well that that is in our instructions. No branches, this isn't branch pickup.

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Peter: Yeah.

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John Compton: This is leaf pickup.

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John Compton: Yeah, we haven't had to have one of those reminders in a while. But

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John Compton: Anybody

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John Compton: All right, then we'll close public appearances and move on to the treasurer's report.

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John Compton: Gene is here by voice. If

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Jean moyer: Yeah, I'm on video.

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John Compton: Oh, you're back! Thank you.

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Jean moyer: I'm on the phone. Yeah.

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John Compton: Yeah, I can't check. I got all kinds of people wanting to get in. I'm sorry

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John Compton: I was afraid of including you.

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Jean moyer: Thank you. Thank you.

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Jean moyer: Get off.

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John Compton: Right.

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Jean moyer: It's more the computer. I think that's acting a little. Wonky.

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John Compton: There we go!

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Jean moyer: Yeah.

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John Compton: Okay, so

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John Compton: gene, you have things, anything to add.

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Jean moyer: Really, I really don't have much to say other than the comments that I embed in the report itself.

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Jean moyer: As usual, we're quite down on expenses.

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Jean moyer: We had 2 events go over budget, but that is not a problem. As

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Jean moyer: always.

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Jean moyer: enjoyed.

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Jean moyer: so I'm available for any questions. We still have the arpa money sitting there ready and waiting.

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Jean moyer: We do need to fully. We do need to fully.

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John Compton: Everybody needs to be muted. If

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John Compton: if you've got any background noise whatsoever.

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John Compton: you're still with us, Gene.

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John Compton: No.

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John Compton: you know it was a gene that we lost.

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John Compton: Okay? Well, she'll be back in a moment, I hope.

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John Compton: you don't see her among the among the

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John Compton: the squares?

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John Compton: Did anybody have any questions concerning the fire. The the

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Peter: No.

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John Compton: Okay. I do see she's got an addition error. You're looking at at the

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John Compton: the expenses. This line should not be 1.1 million dollars. I don't believe

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John Compton: so that that we'll get that corrected

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John Compton: made an official record.

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John Compton: I don't know what the number should be. But it's not

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John Compton: 1.1 7 4 million.

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John Compton: What it should be is

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John Compton: This number. Here's the problem. This number's too large. Okay.

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John Compton: Jane, are you back? No, huh!

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John Compton: She do. I not see her? I may not see her.

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John Compton: no, she's not

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John Compton: okay. Let's wait till she gets back before we we deal with that. I think she'll make an effort to come back. Let's move on, then.

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John Compton: And we'll defer the the next item under the Treasury support to

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John Compton: till we see if Gene makes it back to the meeting.

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John Compton: But we will. We can go on there then, to the mayor's report.

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John Compton: So the kudos for the for for the month go to the Recreation Committee and the volunteers.

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John Compton: All the volunteers, for their time and resourcefulness, spent creating the spooky, haunted Gazebo, and the other fun events for the Halloween spooktacular

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John Compton: I know that it as as we should all have recognized

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John Compton: for the request for volunteers. This is an intensive effort, and to put this on and make it work.

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John Compton: it's quite a quite an accomplishment, and I gather it was a it was a fun, successful event. So all kudos

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John Compton: to everyone who participated.

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John Compton: I'm going to try and start to ask anyone else if they have any kudos they would like to

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John Compton: mention from the council.

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John Compton: because I'm not always

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John Compton: fully tuned in. Everything goes on.

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John Compton: So

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John Compton: okay, well, then, we'll go on to the next item, which is the Green Bank.

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John Compton: Washington Grove climate Resilience project. So that is now,

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John Compton: kind of a an umbrella umbrella name for 2 things that are going on. We have this pilot project.

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John Compton: which is focusing

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John Compton: was focused on

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John Compton: stormwater management and the the particularly the West Woods, and moving ahead with getting getting sufficient survey and engineering information to

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John Compton: and and advice as to where we might get money for the that project for that scope of that project and that that is ongoing. The Green Bank has engaged a contractor, as I've reported in the past, and

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John Compton: they've they are at work and should be making a reporting shortly. Because they started about, I'd say, a month ago.

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John Compton: But meanwhile Laura Lunderman has also

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John Compton: but we certainly. I presented what the town is about, where where our sustainability and resilience

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John Compton: Also. Next item, then, is the energy audit plan from a Catherine Hall.

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John Compton: It turns out that we got a lead, that the green bank actually was supportive of energy audits, and we spoke with the person at the Green Bank involved with that, and they have committed to fund 90%

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John Compton: of the cost of the energy audit from a Catherine Hall. So the the proposal was for $2,500, so the bulk of that will be paid by the green bank simply as a straight out

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John Compton: So that's good news.

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John Compton: of course the energy audit. The point of the energy audit among the points of the energy audit is to identify

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John Compton: where where energy saving and and I'm sorry where energy can be reduced that involves the whole carbon footprint can be reduced, efficiency can be gained.

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John Compton: We already know that one of those areas is the Hvac system which coincidentally we had an issue with in the last month and month or so, and

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John Compton: all right. Next item, as you recall, we we

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John Compton: The sand will be kept in the maintenance shed where it can be kept from getting wet, and will be accessible to being loaded into a

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John Compton: All right. Next item I've already mentioned is the is the dib train education session, the 3 h session taking place this Saturday

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John Compton: I I can't speak from Barbara and leadership, Montgomery, but we hadn't we? We were prepared to have significantly more than 30, so we might be able to squeeze a few more in

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Robert Gilmore: I'm chagrined to say that I hadn't signed up, but I I guess I was wrongly under the impression that the town counselors

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Barbara: No, nobody was automatically signed up. So you can go ahead.

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Barbara: Put your food preferences on there, too, because lunch is.

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John Compton: Yeah, I was. Gonna I was gonna penalize them and say, no food, or they get stuck with the leftovers. But that's anyway. No, I'm I'm

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John Compton: Right, we're gonna have. We're gonna there's also going to be a lunch afterwards

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John Compton: This council may or may not be have been aware of. I put it in the information for for this meeting, and that is, that is is the resolution that the Emory Grove, United Methodist Church and the Washington Grove United Methodist Church

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John Compton: and then they presented it to us

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John Compton: festivities. Here, August 12th or 13, th whatever that date was. There was some miscommunication and an overlap in timing, and I couldn't be there. Fortunately Barbara and someone else was there as well to

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John Compton: because the past pastors were under the impression that we would be there to

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John Compton: formally recognizing. Rec. I'm sorry, recognized or acknowledged that we received that resolution, and I I put it in the material because,

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John Compton: and well worth reading, but the the intentions going forward overlap with the intentions of Washington Grove.

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John Compton: as well. And so I I'm I'm going to formally recognize. Acknowledge that that. That this

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John Compton: Granted, it's belated, but it needs to be done.

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John Compton: and how my! And that it actually aligns with the intentions of our resolution.

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John Compton: Past this, just a few months earlier.

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Marilynn Frey: Yeah, John, could I say something? Please.

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Marilynn Frey: I suggest you look into this very carefully, because

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Marilynn Frey: I dispute the fact that the Washington Grove United Methodist Church signed on to this. I have asked for proof from the Church have not been given it.

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Marilynn Frey: So I suggest that you

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Marilynn Frey: maybe delay and find out what's going on with that.

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Marilynn Frey: But I mean at the time I was a member of every committee of the church, every council of the church, and I was never at a meeting where a vote was taken, and I asked for proof, and I asked to see the minutes, and neither were produced.

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John Compton: Well, Marilyn, I I it was communicated to me. It states pretty categorically. The 2 churches are in alignment. It's not from one

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John Compton: and if there is an issue, I don't believe it's my place to question it if you want to.

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John Compton: You know if there is some issue.

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John Compton: you know. Obviously we wouldn't, wouldn't, would, would be interested to know about it. But I you know, I think you're giving me an anecdote which I have no business.

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Marilynn Frey: No, I'm just saying, don't rush into signing anything. I I have tried several times to get proof of this.

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Peter: I would appreciate that the Council

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Peter: Council members could speak first.st

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John Compton: Yes, I'm sorry.

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Peter: No, that's okay. Yeah. Remembering my Roberts rules.

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Peter: So I'm totally I'm totally confused. I read all your documents.

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Peter: you're saying or asking us to do, and what the.

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John Compton: Asking you to do anything.

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Peter: Okay, so ex- explain again. So what are we doing here?

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John Compton: I am reporting

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John Compton: and in so doing we'll note the alignment between

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marywarfield: And and why is that.

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John Compton: Why is that? Okay?

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John Compton: I'm getting kind of

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John Compton: It seems to me that

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John Compton: you know it was. It's 1 thing for the racing committee

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John Compton: you know, you know. Go to extremes in suggesting that the town make some account, make make changes regarding

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John Compton: And that's kind of what I'm hearing here. All I'm saying is

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John Compton: I've already gone too long ignoring it.

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John Compton: And I see no negatives here

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John Compton: You know? What the heck do? We have to do with churches? And I

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John Compton: I mean anybody. All of the quarrels, I think of residents

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John Compton: All of those don't

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John Compton: You know there may have been differences of in process and and unhappiness, but you know we we we passed a resolution which I believe was supported by virtually the entire town. Certainly the entire council.

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John Compton: And you know, in the absence of

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John Compton: you know other other things going on, it includes improving our relationship with our neighbors, and when they go to the trouble to

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John Compton: to refute or or or or condemn the actions of their own church, we can acknowledge that.

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Peter: So. So you're just acknowledging.

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John Compton: Yes.

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Peter: Receiving this period.

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John Compton: Recommending the town to anything at all.

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John Compton: Why would you think it would? I wouldn't do that, I mean I can't do that.

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Peter: Right, right

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Peter: so. But you're but you're speaking for the town when you.

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John Compton: I'm speaking for the mayor. If you don't want to be part of it, I don't know why you wouldn't.

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Peter: Coach.

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John Compton: You know.

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Peter: No, it's just not clear. There was a lot of documents

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John Compton: No, there's only 2 documents. That's not true.

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Peter: The one document which talks about I'm a i was raised Catholic, but when I say Jesus Christ mentioned

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Peter: and I'm I'm thinking this is going to a government.

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Peter: I'm just like a little bit concerned.

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Peter: that's all.

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Peter: But I I like the fact, I like what we were talking about as far as taking the Dei training

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Peter: and then pursuing our relationship with Emory Grove and not just Emory Grove, but all of our neighbors.

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Peter: Yeah, I think we should. We should. We should definitely think rasic you know, didn't work out exactly the way they wanted it, but they really got us all thinking, and I think that was very positive, and we should. We should move forward with that.

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John Compton: Right, that's all. I'm that's all.

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Peter: Okay. Okay.

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Peter: Okay. Thanks.

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John Compton: All right.

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John Compton: all right. Well, here, here we go with hopefully, not more of the same.

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John Compton: The next item I want to report on a meeting that we arranged with Heritage Grove.

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John Compton: which is led by Pastor Tim Warner.

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John Compton: The Barbara and I, and Peggy Boer

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John Compton: and Jay Everhart met with him, and Joan and I forgot her last name, who's also on the board of the Foundation. Tim is the president of the foundation

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John Compton: and the most outstanding aspect of that that is is concrete is connect, is the connection to the Washington Grove Connector.

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John Compton: The the fact is that the you know people from the Amity Grove community, from the Emory Grove community from Gaithers, or all will now have an opportunity to use that shorter connection, safer connection

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John Compton: to everybody's advantage, and by that I say, not to the negative negative impact on the town, but to the positive impact on everybody. So we're starting this, we need to get this conversation going.

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John Compton: Peter, you mentioned other neighboring communities. I haven't gotten

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John Compton: energetically involved, and we haven't identified representatives of, for example, the Shady Grove Crossing community or the Amity Grove community. But we're going to do that because they're all in this same

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John Compton: same situation. Suffice to say, we were meeting with the Heritage Emory Grove Foundation, and, as most of. You know, there is a they have proposed a significant redevelopment

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John Compton: made a presentation so we could see what they are advocating. It's a very complicated thing. They're they're trying to do

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John Compton: with no, with no government entity representing them.

445
00:38:31.680 --> 00:38:51.569
John Compton: and but it it would, you know, connecting the Emory Grove area. And this goes in both directions. Flower Hill and Washington Grove is one of the potential areas for extending multi-use pathway. So we wanted to talk about that.

446
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John Compton: We wanted to talk about other things, other

447
00:38:58.210 --> 00:39:01.460
John Compton: contentious items which we covered.

448
00:39:02.122 --> 00:39:07.257
John Compton: And the the bottom line was that

449
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John Compton: that they would like a reliable partner and helping them

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John Compton: pursue this

451
00:39:17.120 --> 00:39:21.577
John Compton: redevelopment creation of an Emory grove.

452
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John Compton: presence in that area. They'd like Washington Grove to be a reliable partner.

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00:39:28.885 --> 00:39:48.389
John Compton: And we we have committed to having open and fruitful interactions with our neighbors. And this they're the most organized one, and they're the obvious one that we need to address right off. So

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00:39:48.822 --> 00:39:52.039
John Compton: this meeting was designed to do that, and

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John Compton: that's what I wanted to report.

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John Compton: we talked about whether they want would, like a member of of the towns

457
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John Compton: official town to be on their foundation

458
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John Compton: org.

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John Compton: There are members, there are residents of Washington Grove already on the board, but they aren't. They don't represent the town per se.

460
00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:17.719
John Compton: They're certainly, you know, respected and well

461
00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:21.519
John Compton: well regarded individuals, but

462
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John Compton: so there are. There are a lot of possibilities here. And this was to just get that started.

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John Compton: Barbara, do you have anything else to comment on this.

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Barbara: Just to say that like bigger picture is, I think it was a really good start. And I he I would say that he seemed appreciative that we reached out, and he does want to continue the dialogue, and I think

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Barbara: he all of us kind of saw the importance of of that regular dialogue to make sure that there were no misunderstandings, because sometimes, when you hear things second, 3rd hand, they're not quite right. So I think it was a really good effort. So I really appreciate being part of that.

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John Compton: Right?

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John Compton: Okay.

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John Compton: that brings me to the last item on the on, on my report. And that's

469
00:41:13.130 --> 00:41:16.850
John Compton: calling it a community safety update. It was in the Bulletin.

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John Compton: It was

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John Compton: lot of chatter on the Lister.

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John Compton: And chris has reported it pretty thoroughly in his town council report, but I thought it belonged

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00:41:32.200 --> 00:41:33.390
John Compton: up here.

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John Compton: and that was the the concern many people had that

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00:41:37.950 --> 00:41:41.319
John Compton: over, or their own cars and other cars

476
00:41:41.660 --> 00:41:43.510
John Compton: that were ransacked

477
00:41:44.640 --> 00:41:48.500
John Compton: to my understanding. Virtually all of those were unlocked.

478
00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:53.840
John Compton: so it wasn't a question of breaking and entering. It was a violation of

479
00:41:53.970 --> 00:41:56.150
John Compton: obviously personal

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00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:57.450
John Compton: possession.

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00:41:59.050 --> 00:41:59.740
John Compton: So

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John Compton: There. There are a lot of ways to approach this. But.

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John Compton: Chris, who's our safety? You know our

484
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John Compton: our preparedness and safety have a counselor responsibility, Guy.

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John Compton: He has contacted the the.

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John Compton: the the county police, and has talked to their community.

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John Compton: interaction officer who has

488
00:42:31.830 --> 00:42:34.220
John Compton: has offered to

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John Compton: present at a council meeting, perhaps 15 or 20 min of of safety review regarding some of these issues, and also obviously.

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John Compton: be be present for to answer questions.

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John Compton: So I'm proposing that to to do that, and we'll we'll put her

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John Compton: or another individual into one of our meetings.

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John Compton: to do that. Unfortunately, Chris. I've forgotten her name exactly, but Monday nights don't work for her. She's she's

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John Compton: got kids, and Monday night is a

495
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John Compton: difficult time, so we would either have to have a council meeting on a different day, or a different individual would have to

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John Compton: do this safety and

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John Compton: and

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John Compton: interaction with the Council, and and

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John Compton: and

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John Compton: others who attend

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John Compton: you have any comments on that, Chris. You wonder this is your chance to.

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Kriss Grisham: No, I think you covered covered pretty much all the saline issues so her name is Officer Romano

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Kriss Grisham: Romano, and she's with the Montgomery County Community Services

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Kriss Grisham: Office.

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Kriss Grisham: and she

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Kriss Grisham: was

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Kriss Grisham: well, 1st of all, I want to. I want to thank the Mayor and Dave Cosin for

508
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Kriss Grisham: providing me the contact info! And I ended up reaching out to her sergeant, who

509
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Kriss Grisham: wasn't in the office at the time, and then I end up ended up communicating with

510
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Kriss Grisham: Officer Romano. So she has a lot of good safety tip information, and she was willing to come out

511
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Kriss Grisham: and present. And then I told her we were doing zoom, thinking that it would be easier. And then she told me that. You know I like, you know, the mayor was saying, Mondays weren't good, but Thursdays or Fridays were better for her.

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Kriss Grisham: but she would also reach out to her sergeant

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Kriss Grisham: to see if he could possibly provide something on on our regularly scheduled

514
00:44:51.890 --> 00:44:53.689
Kriss Grisham: Town Council meeting dates.

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Kriss Grisham: So

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Kriss Grisham: right.

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Kriss Grisham: Thank you.

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Peter: So Chris is. I heard a rumor that in your position as a safety Czar of Washington Grove you're going to be. You're going to be going around at 4 o'clock in the morning and checking all the cars. That's not true.

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Kriss Grisham: Yeah, yeah.

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Peter: Excellent. Okay.

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Kriss Grisham: I got. I gotta make sure that the you know the the cars are locked and and the doors are locked. So

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Kriss Grisham: yeah, no. And and in fact, you know. And that was, that was

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Kriss Grisham: yeah. That was one of the things that that

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Kriss Grisham: I thought was kind of odd, but not because it's Washington Grove. But bottom line is is because of the neighborhood that we're in. We're, you know, we're in a very safe neighborhood.

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Kriss Grisham: And yeah, she said that there they couldn't really

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Kriss Grisham: no

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Kriss Grisham: afford to provide

528
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Kriss Grisham: patrols through this neighborhood, because there are other surrounding neighborhoods that neared it more than us. So they were prioritizing. But she also did say that Montgomery County has a a registration for security cameras. If you want to register with the county where they could link in with. You know your your ring.

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Kriss Grisham: or whatever security camera systems you have, and then take advantage of that, you know.

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Kriss Grisham: and that would support them. So I was going to put that in probably next month's newsletter

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Kriss Grisham: for folks to to possibly take advantage of.

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Kriss Grisham: We're trying to, yeah. And and then she's interested, too, in developing a

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Kriss Grisham: Up.

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Kriss Grisham: Better rapport, I guess not report, but more communications with the town of Washington Grove, so I'll be communicating with her more frequently, I think, in the future. So if there's anything that

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Kriss Grisham: specific issues that you would like for me to kind of present, please send me an email, and I'll try to do.

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Peter: So we used to have back in the day the neighborhood watch. I know that there's old signs around. Is that. Did that come up in the discussion at all.

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Kriss Grisham: Only within the grove. I guess I looked in the neighborhood watch, and and it kind of.

538
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Kriss Grisham: and my understanding is is that there wasn't a lot of interest, and and it kind of

539
00:47:10.620 --> 00:47:15.569
Kriss Grisham: for lack of a better term, it kind of flopped. I guess there wasn't enough initiative.

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Kriss Grisham: so.

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Kriss Grisham: Yeah, we kind of.

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Kriss Grisham: you know, hesitant to say, yes, let's go ahead and start that up right now. I think right now, I think the best thing that's going for us is the the fact that you know I now know who in Montgomery County police

543
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Kriss Grisham: and a police department to to reach out to. And I'm trying to also find out. And she didn't know but

544
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Kriss Grisham: information on our local

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Kriss Grisham: emergency preparedness folks, you know, the 1st responders to see if we could get some insights from them also, especially with the Csx rail going right next to us. And Roberts oxygen.

546
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Kriss Grisham: you know. Do they have any

547
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Kriss Grisham: means to communicate emergencies promptly to residents in the in the surrounding area. That type of thing.

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Kriss Grisham: So

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Kriss Grisham: we'll find out, and I'll keep you all posted.

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John Compton: Right.

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Kriss Grisham: Full hand.

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John Compton: Thanks. Rich?

553
00:48:19.727 --> 00:48:22.159
John Compton: So that's the end of my report.

554
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John Compton: there are any questions fine. If not.

555
00:48:28.700 --> 00:48:32.049
John Compton: we'll go back to the treasurer's report because Jean is back.

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John Compton: so

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John Compton: Let me reshare the screen. Gene. You are here.

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Jean Moyer: Yes, finally.

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John Compton: Yeah. Your your report has a

560
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John Compton: blessed.

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Jean Moyer: While I was waiting to get in, I looked at

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Jean Moyer: the report. I don't understand what you think is wrong.

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John Compton: Well, if you look here, yeah, I'm sharing the screen.

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Jean Moyer: Yeah.

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John Compton: You see the highlighted number.

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Jean Moyer: It's not highlighted. Oh, pale blue. Yeah, that's the budget, John.

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John Compton: Of 1.2 million dollars.

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Jean Moyer: If you look at just 3 lines, 4 lines higher.

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John Compton: That's it.

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Jean Moyer: All of that.

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Jean Moyer: because we're gonna be bringing back in

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Jean Moyer: the deferred income.

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Jean Moyer: if you remember, on our.

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John Compton: Yeah, yeah, no. I know that. I'm not thrilled that it appears above the line. I would have

575
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John Compton: preferred it to to have its own separate.

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Jean Moyer: Yeah, I can't do that in quickbooks.

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John Compton: It its own, you know. In addition, I mean, there's our operating budget. And there's this.

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Jean Moyer: Yes, I

579
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Jean Moyer: I cannot get quickbooks to do it that way. I can manually adjust a quickbooks report.

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Jean Moyer: although I hesitate to do that, but I can manually move it down below.

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Jean Moyer: It's been like this

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Jean Moyer: a few months.

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Jean Moyer: but going forward if you want, I can move in.

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John Compton: Some reason I never noticed it.

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00:50:12.700 --> 00:50:16.260
John Compton: yeah, because, see, it makes numbers like the one down here.

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John Compton: Totally.

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John Compton: you know. I mean, this just is on it. Not until we get rid of the 5, 422. It's

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Jean Moyer: Well in the budget expenses have to equal income.

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00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:34.599
John Compton: I know, I know. So once it's in there, you end up with a number like this.

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John Compton: right

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00:50:36.319 --> 00:50:36.929
John Compton: and.

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Jean Moyer: Once we do bring in that revenue, we have to match it to a line.

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John Compton: Right?

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John Compton: Alright, we can talk offline about this. It's just the

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John Compton: Yeah. Alright.

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John Compton: Okay.

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Jean Moyer: I did not have any other comments other than that we sincerely need to fully execute a contract.

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Jean Moyer: so we can report that money.

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00:51:06.290 --> 00:51:10.109
Jean Moyer: I'd rather not be reporting it on December 30.th

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John Compton: You may be.

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00:51:11.750 --> 00:51:14.559
John Compton: I hopefully don't. You won't be. It'll be earlier, but.

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00:51:15.380 --> 00:51:16.120
Jean Moyer: Yeah.

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John Compton: Or you don't actually have to report it at all. I mean, the report isn't until

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John Compton: April.

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John Compton: but we have to have have evidence. We did it so. Yes.

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Jean Moyer: The contract must have a December date on it.

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John Compton: That's correct.

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00:51:32.870 --> 00:51:33.710
John Compton: Okay.

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Jean Moyer: That was all I had, I mean, even if you look at each line item, we are typically under budget in expenses

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00:51:44.240 --> 00:51:46.189
Jean Moyer: at this time of year.

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00:51:48.500 --> 00:51:49.230
John Compton: Yeah.

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00:51:49.580 --> 00:51:50.270
Jean Moyer: So.

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00:51:50.990 --> 00:51:53.010
John Compton: All right. Bottom line is, we're in good shape.

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Jean Moyer: Yes, and I know.

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John Compton: Oh, sorry. Yeah.

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Jean Moyer: Right, and I you had on the agenda about the sale of equipment.

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Jean Moyer: We are selling the skid loader, or we've entered into a sales agreement with Rj.

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Jean Moyer: To purchase the skid loader from us $12,000,

619
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Jean Moyer: and there's interest in blowers, and possibly the old truck

620
00:52:21.220 --> 00:52:22.185
Jean Moyer: from

621
00:52:24.760 --> 00:52:26.389
Jean Moyer: other parties as well

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00:52:28.610 --> 00:52:33.479
Jean Moyer: stay tuned hopefully. We can ultimately get that garage emptied out.

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John Compton: Yeah, the the truck has very little

624
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John Compton: sales value it. It needs

625
00:52:43.280 --> 00:52:44.270
John Compton: some

626
00:52:44.570 --> 00:52:48.530
John Compton: wear and tear type of work like a transmission.

627
00:52:49.380 --> 00:52:55.589
John Compton: There's an issue. The heating doesn't work, or something like that. I may be getting that confused with the

628
00:52:55.650 --> 00:52:57.899
John Compton: with the bobcat, the skid loader. But

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John Compton: suffice it to say that

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John Compton: Steve Wurtz went and took it to

631
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John Compton: somebody, happened to be Nico's cars, and asked what they give us what they give us for it.

632
00:53:10.560 --> 00:53:15.820
John Compton: and they, you know, discovered a litany of stuff

633
00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:17.859
John Compton: and said they'd give us 500 bucks.

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00:53:19.110 --> 00:53:24.239
John Compton: So we're working with that as a as is number

635
00:53:25.110 --> 00:53:36.889
John Compton: obviously, somebody who is more handy and would donate their own labor might be worth more to them. But we're we're certainly have no longer any reason to

636
00:53:37.510 --> 00:53:39.399
John Compton: hold on to the

637
00:53:39.590 --> 00:53:43.039
John Compton: the the truck. So we're we're going to be looking to

638
00:53:45.840 --> 00:53:49.200
John Compton: Sell it in some way, shape or form.

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00:53:50.870 --> 00:53:57.490
John Compton: Gene mentioned. Some of the other equipment. The blowers, the leaf blowers.

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00:53:57.810 --> 00:54:11.930
John Compton: which are useful at least through June 30, th at which point there's there. Some interpretation is that they are, will no longer be permitted to be used in the county

641
00:54:13.630 --> 00:54:17.080
John Compton: and we have, I believe.

642
00:54:17.400 --> 00:54:20.439
John Compton: incorporated that part of the county code

643
00:54:20.860 --> 00:54:26.949
John Compton: so we would be subject to that. I haven't looked at it in detail. I'm a little surprised that

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00:54:27.610 --> 00:54:30.120
John Compton: this sort of leaf grower is being

645
00:54:30.450 --> 00:54:33.430
John Compton: included in the in the prohibition.

646
00:54:34.090 --> 00:54:38.650
John Compton: But we have so had some interest in in buying those.

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00:54:38.720 --> 00:54:39.854
John Compton: And

648
00:54:41.350 --> 00:54:43.689
John Compton: you know, if it turns out that

649
00:54:44.050 --> 00:54:48.329
John Compton: that we need to get rid of them, we we hopefully will have a buyer.

650
00:54:50.670 --> 00:54:57.330
John Compton: and that pretty much takes care of most of the equipment. There may be a few other items in there. Smaller items, I think.

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00:54:57.330 --> 00:55:08.210
Peter: Yeah, John. We're, gonna I think, get rid of the unless somebody on this call has a problem with that that gigantic thrill that weighs a thousand pounds. That can be

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Peter: can be brought to the junkyard and sell, or you know, wherever they bring the metal.

653
00:55:14.100 --> 00:55:15.070
Peter: Yeah.

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00:55:16.610 --> 00:55:23.388
John Compton: Yeah, so that would be fine. Peter, if we may already have a list, gene, do we have a list of equipment somewhere?

655
00:55:23.660 --> 00:55:25.319
Jean Moyer: Yeah, I don't recall that grill.

656
00:55:25.320 --> 00:55:28.039
John Compton: Yeah, it would be helpful to have a list of of that sort.

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00:55:28.515 --> 00:55:28.990
Jean Moyer: Do.

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00:55:28.990 --> 00:55:29.800
John Compton: We do

659
00:55:29.970 --> 00:55:37.049
John Compton: to work with and get. And and you know, I'm not saying I'm gonna sell it. But you know, once we have a list we can.

660
00:55:38.580 --> 00:55:39.560
John Compton: Hi.

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00:55:39.560 --> 00:55:42.310
Jean Moyer: Yeah, I had shared a list with Steve

662
00:55:43.442 --> 00:55:45.800
Jean Moyer: and somebody else. I forget who.

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00:55:49.860 --> 00:55:50.610
John Compton: All right.

664
00:55:50.910 --> 00:55:56.990
John Compton: I think that closes the treasurer's report. We do need a motion to accept the treasurer's report for October.

665
00:55:59.960 --> 00:56:01.130
Robert Gilmore: I'll make the motion.

666
00:56:01.130 --> 00:56:02.929
John Compton: Okay, Rob, you gotta

667
00:56:03.350 --> 00:56:09.489
John Compton: 1st on that. We don't need a second, really. All in favor. Accepting James

668
00:56:09.730 --> 00:56:11.050
John Compton: Echo report.

669
00:56:11.170 --> 00:56:13.130
John Compton: accepted. Thanks.

670
00:56:15.750 --> 00:56:17.160
John Compton: Okay.

671
00:56:17.250 --> 00:56:23.559
John Compton: now I'll move on to the sole item of old business, and I really had hoped

672
00:56:23.640 --> 00:56:28.549
John Compton: we would be farther along in in in finalizing

673
00:56:28.610 --> 00:56:32.040
John Compton: a contract with Smi environmental.

674
00:56:32.280 --> 00:56:36.639
John Compton: Unfortunately, we are not far enough along.

675
00:56:37.345 --> 00:56:39.924
John Compton: They have provided us a

676
00:56:40.820 --> 00:56:44.180
John Compton: you know, partially filled in template contract.

677
00:56:44.790 --> 00:56:53.199
John Compton: But the group who's going to kind of approve this and ensure that we're we're covered with all of our

678
00:56:53.340 --> 00:56:59.510
John Compton: our expectations for this this contract hasn't had a chance to

679
00:56:59.590 --> 00:57:06.650
John Compton: talk about it. And so I'm going to be unable to bring. I can't bring the contract today

680
00:57:06.900 --> 00:57:11.119
John Compton: to the Council. Clearly you didn't see it there, and as shown here.

681
00:57:12.400 --> 00:57:23.449
John Compton: So so we have a little bit of a conundrum. Unfortunately, and that is, I'm going to be out of the country. I think I told everybody that

682
00:57:23.730 --> 00:57:27.690
John Compton: from November 29, th through December 18, th

683
00:57:28.370 --> 00:57:33.740
John Compton: so I would love to target getting this done

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00:57:34.430 --> 00:57:35.870
John Compton: before I leave.

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00:57:36.010 --> 00:57:36.660
Peter: Hmm.

686
00:57:36.660 --> 00:57:41.719
John Compton: And as far as the Council is concerned, the requirement.

687
00:57:41.830 --> 00:57:47.949
John Compton: I believe I mean, the Council has 2 choices. We we can vote today to.

688
00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:52.949
John Compton: you know, so that the Council doesn't actually have to approve the contract

689
00:57:53.010 --> 00:57:54.760
John Compton: in detail.

690
00:57:55.310 --> 00:58:07.369
John Compton: but I think preferably I think it would be better not to do it that way instead to schedule another council meeting solely to consider and

691
00:58:07.410 --> 00:58:11.770
John Compton: and and approve the contract with Smi

692
00:58:11.870 --> 00:58:22.170
John Compton: International, or you can do it. At the December meeting. I won't be here, and I won't be present in the meeting, since I'll be halfway around the world.

693
00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:26.459
John Compton: and you guys can take care of it. I

694
00:58:26.760 --> 00:58:40.970
John Compton: I do think it's just the contract we pretty much outlined how it needs to be. We've started in on getting it there. The the form pro forma is is

695
00:58:42.970 --> 00:58:45.090
John Compton: is is in place.

696
00:58:45.738 --> 00:58:49.120
John Compton: But the but the details need to be, you know.

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00:58:49.370 --> 00:58:51.270
John Compton: completely

698
00:58:51.610 --> 00:58:58.290
John Compton: iron out, and I'll remind everyone the the what the form of this contract will take.

699
00:59:00.460 --> 00:59:01.446
John Compton: I have.

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00:59:02.060 --> 00:59:03.859
John Compton: I actually have here

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00:59:04.480 --> 00:59:09.420
John Compton: somewhere. You're gonna have to bear with me since I didn't I? Certainly I did not put it into

702
00:59:10.410 --> 00:59:11.670
John Compton: to

703
00:59:12.930 --> 00:59:13.980
John Compton: this

704
00:59:14.310 --> 00:59:18.312
John Compton: the meeting material. Let me let me let me come up with the

705
00:59:18.850 --> 00:59:23.399
John Compton: The amount of the contract. So so, without without showing it to you well, I'm

706
00:59:23.700 --> 00:59:26.620
John Compton: I'll I'll try and talk and chew gum at the same time.

707
00:59:28.450 --> 00:59:35.519
John Compton: The the idea of the contract would be to specify an amount not to be exceeded

708
00:59:35.750 --> 00:59:37.139
John Compton: in the contract.

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00:59:37.330 --> 00:59:44.270
John Compton: and the actual breakdown of how that would be expended would take only

710
00:59:44.952 --> 01:00:01.020
John Compton: would would take the following form, there will be some specification as to how much would be for to get get the projects to the to through the initial design phase, that is.

711
01:00:01.480 --> 01:00:05.210
John Compton: call it a 30% or 35% design.

712
01:00:06.390 --> 01:00:08.240
John Compton: the purpose for which

713
01:00:08.440 --> 01:00:09.620
John Compton: is to

714
01:00:09.730 --> 01:00:16.080
John Compton: have drawings and specifics, so that we can decide

715
01:00:16.610 --> 01:00:20.260
John Compton: exactly what the the work.

716
01:00:20.600 --> 01:00:23.860
John Compton: the design of the work will be.

717
01:00:24.240 --> 01:00:36.829
John Compton: and if they will be able to to determine specific costs, exact costs, and we'll be able to ensure that the funds spent fall within the maximum contract amount

718
01:00:37.608 --> 01:00:40.449
John Compton: and and only only approve

719
01:00:40.570 --> 01:00:44.879
John Compton: projects that don't add up and break the bank.

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01:00:46.011 --> 01:00:48.570
John Compton: So that that's the the

721
01:00:49.590 --> 01:00:53.939
John Compton: the strategy. A. Not to exceed, amount.

722
01:00:54.190 --> 01:01:02.700
John Compton: a limitation on the amount to get us to the sufficient design to make these

723
01:01:03.225 --> 01:01:09.449
John Compton: these priority decisions as to and and as to what exactly to go forward with.

724
01:01:09.670 --> 01:01:19.600
John Compton: So so the contract will largely be how the work will be performed. You know all the guarantees, the usual stuff

725
01:01:20.786 --> 01:01:24.820
John Compton: the the design checkpoint

726
01:01:25.572 --> 01:01:29.910
John Compton: and then perhaps an example of what the project

727
01:01:30.674 --> 01:01:39.275
John Compton: the projects will look like, which will look largely like what we have received up till now, you know, for for example, for

728
01:01:41.330 --> 01:01:53.659
John Compton: along along here's the proposal along Chestnut Avenue. Here's here's an example of what we would do and how much it would cost and the that we wouldn't.

729
01:01:53.880 --> 01:01:58.620
John Compton: they wouldn't be. We wouldn't be committing to exactly that. But that's the way

730
01:01:58.720 --> 01:02:06.510
John Compton: the the individual work area projects would need to be specified in order for us to approve it.

731
01:02:09.720 --> 01:02:15.176
John Compton: So so that's the intention. And unfortunately, I don't have that with me. But

732
01:02:16.034 --> 01:02:34.129
John Compton: I guess I'm going to need to have some input from the Council. How you want to proceed with this I can be optimistic and think we'll get this done in 2 weeks, in which case, if we can schedule a council meeting which shouldn't be too much of a time

733
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John Compton: commitment. 2 weeks from tonight would be okay. That's the 25, th

734
01:02:42.710 --> 01:02:45.120
John Compton: or if Monday doesn't work another day.

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01:02:45.260 --> 01:02:49.929
Peter: John, can you? Can you explain to us who's on this team that's putting

736
01:02:49.980 --> 01:02:52.509
Peter: together the contract? I think I know. But.

737
01:02:52.510 --> 01:03:00.670
John Compton: It's the calling it the. They're not the contract group. They were the Rfp. Group. It's Patty.

738
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John Compton: Bob Boer, Dave Cozon.

739
01:03:03.750 --> 01:03:07.370
John Compton: John Mahaffey and Steve Wertz and myself.

740
01:03:07.700 --> 01:03:09.370
Peter: And what about Jason?

741
01:03:09.700 --> 01:03:13.049
John Compton: And Jason. Yes, Jason is our advisor correct?

742
01:03:13.050 --> 01:03:14.890
Peter: He's on there. Okay.

743
01:03:18.290 --> 01:03:18.860
John Compton: Yeah.

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01:03:19.160 --> 01:03:19.820
Peter: Yeah.

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01:03:20.900 --> 01:03:21.565
John Compton: And

746
01:03:22.260 --> 01:03:25.790
John Compton: yeah. So so I guess the the options are

747
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John Compton: schedule a a meeting, and and if the contracts ready to go, we will actually have that meeting.

748
01:03:33.357 --> 01:03:39.810
John Compton: If for some reason it's not ready to go, we could. You can do it. At the December 9th meeting.

749
01:03:42.690 --> 01:03:50.419
Peter: I just don't, John. I don't understand why, with Jason is yeah. He's so experienced at doing.

750
01:03:50.610 --> 01:03:54.309
Peter: you know, at the work he knows us. He knows the work that's being done.

751
01:03:54.370 --> 01:04:00.649
Peter: I don't understand why. You know. It seems like he would be able to, you know, help us craft this

752
01:04:00.730 --> 01:04:04.159
Peter: pretty easily based on all the time we've spent with them.

753
01:04:05.630 --> 01:04:06.480
Peter: I don't get why.

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01:04:07.540 --> 01:04:09.660
John Compton: My only

755
01:04:10.820 --> 01:04:14.580
John Compton: The only comment is your your use of the word easily.

756
01:04:14.820 --> 01:04:23.279
John Compton: You know you have to write it down to say what you mean. And in in the absence of a of a boilerplate that

757
01:04:23.290 --> 01:04:26.810
John Compton: does what we need, we have to actually be sure that we're

758
01:04:27.270 --> 01:04:32.670
John Compton: we're we're putting in everything we need. And yes, Jason should be able to, you know.

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01:04:33.400 --> 01:04:34.560
John Compton: take off

760
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John Compton: what we need. But I

761
01:04:37.460 --> 01:04:41.740
John Compton: he's not going to be able to write it per se. We're going to have to write it.

762
01:04:41.810 --> 01:04:44.089
John Compton: me or somebody has to draft it.

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01:04:45.810 --> 01:04:49.019
John Compton: And that that's the hangup.

764
01:04:49.170 --> 01:04:51.740
Peter: Well as a consultant. Why don't we just have him.

765
01:04:51.740 --> 01:04:54.159
Robert Gilmore: Yeah. Why? Why? I don't understand.

766
01:04:54.160 --> 01:05:00.809
John Compton: Because he's not a consultant to to write the contract. He's not. He's he's not been engaged to write

767
01:05:01.720 --> 01:05:04.190
John Compton: to. Actually, he would.

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01:05:04.190 --> 01:05:09.559
Robert Gilmore: No, he's not a lawyer, he's not a lawyer, we understand that. But I I would think

769
01:05:09.700 --> 01:05:14.560
Robert Gilmore: we. We have a a form that went with the Rfp.

770
01:05:14.750 --> 01:05:17.076
Robert Gilmore: right? So

771
01:05:18.580 --> 01:05:21.040
Robert Gilmore: obviously, that needs to be filled out.

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01:05:21.050 --> 01:05:23.340
Robert Gilmore: I mean, if.

773
01:05:23.340 --> 01:05:30.009
John Compton: We don't have a form that goes with it. No, we don't we? We had some suggestions on the budget. Now, what

774
01:05:30.380 --> 01:05:36.689
John Compton: you know that, Rob. You know our contracts differ from the Rfp. They have a lot of standard language

775
01:05:37.368 --> 01:05:44.710
John Compton: covering liability, covering all sorts of of you know how the money is going to be

776
01:05:44.900 --> 01:05:48.559
John Compton: build, and and all of that. Yes, we have all of that.

777
01:05:48.950 --> 01:05:54.029
John Compton: But what we don't have are the are the unique aspects to this contract, which.

778
01:05:54.030 --> 01:05:54.810
Robert Gilmore: Well, right?

779
01:05:54.810 --> 01:05:55.820
John Compton: Rfp.

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01:05:56.620 --> 01:06:03.950
Robert Gilmore: Right, but but that's where I would have thought the owner's engineer consultant would be helpful. I know he's not

781
01:06:03.980 --> 01:06:05.660
Robert Gilmore: a lawyer.

782
01:06:05.730 --> 01:06:06.460
Robert Gilmore: but

783
01:06:07.510 --> 01:06:14.989
Robert Gilmore: I mean, surely he's done lots of these kinds of contracts in terms of the substance of what we want

784
01:06:15.130 --> 01:06:19.279
Robert Gilmore: that to be doing that gets baked into the agreement. I

785
01:06:19.650 --> 01:06:24.869
Robert Gilmore: I mean, we have a a group of smart people so, but

786
01:06:25.020 --> 01:06:29.210
Robert Gilmore: he is the expert who we'd hired. So I kind of did think.

787
01:06:29.210 --> 01:06:29.750
Peter: Yeah.

788
01:06:29.750 --> 01:06:41.039
Robert Gilmore: Doing a lot of this work, but I mean, as long as we get it done. You know, the the issue is we we've got. We're we've got to get it done by the end of the year. Right?

789
01:06:43.260 --> 01:06:46.950
Robert Gilmore: I'm I'm happy to help in terms of lawyering. I'm not a contracts lawyer.

790
01:06:46.950 --> 01:06:53.380
John Compton: No, no, and I will certainly call on you, Rob, when we get it to the point where? Here, here, take a look at this, and you know.

791
01:06:53.670 --> 01:06:55.280
John Compton: you know you can, you know.

792
01:06:55.670 --> 01:06:57.550
John Compton: tell us anything you think

793
01:06:59.220 --> 01:07:03.129
John Compton: needs to be in. You know where, where, where it needs improvement. But

794
01:07:03.370 --> 01:07:10.119
John Compton: yeah, of course. Look, I I have to admit we remember we had a big meadow

795
01:07:10.400 --> 01:07:20.649
John Compton: special meeting. So I'm I'm kind of going to fall back on the fact that I couldn't turn my attention to this is the way I expected I would be able to, and

796
01:07:20.860 --> 01:07:26.220
John Compton: you know, I often take a 1st stab at these drafts, and then everybody can.

797
01:07:27.280 --> 01:07:28.589
John Compton: can, you know.

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01:07:29.270 --> 01:07:32.139
John Compton: fix it, fix it, and make it right?

799
01:07:34.210 --> 01:07:39.170
John Compton: I wish we had Jason's full time to do this, but I haven't.

800
01:07:39.390 --> 01:07:41.560
John Compton: We haven't had that. And

801
01:07:42.155 --> 01:07:52.700
John Compton: I'll do my my best starting tomorrow to really move this along to completion. I it's fully doable. It's just a matter of getting everybody to.

802
01:07:53.550 --> 01:07:55.090
John Compton: You know, to respond.

803
01:07:56.130 --> 01:07:56.890
John Compton: you know.

804
01:07:57.450 --> 01:08:00.959
John Compton: timely way, so that we we work it through.

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01:08:02.490 --> 01:08:04.219
Patrice Klein: Can I be recognized.

806
01:08:04.220 --> 01:08:04.810
John Compton: Yes.

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01:08:04.810 --> 01:08:05.629
Patrice Klein: If, since the camera.

808
01:08:05.630 --> 01:08:05.950
John Compton: So.

809
01:08:05.950 --> 01:08:06.910
Patrice Klein: Already. Yes.

810
01:08:06.910 --> 01:08:07.680
Peter: No question.

811
01:08:07.680 --> 01:08:12.650
Patrice Klein: So just real quickly. And I see Bob's got his hand up, too. I was not able to make that

812
01:08:12.770 --> 01:08:25.670
Patrice Klein: 1st meeting where I think we had this discussion with the Smi guys, and I don't think Jason made it either, so I has. Jason had an opportunity to look at some early draft language. Does he realize that we're

813
01:08:25.899 --> 01:08:29.260
Patrice Klein: we need him to guide us through this

814
01:08:29.600 --> 01:08:30.700
Patrice Klein: contract

815
01:08:31.160 --> 01:08:35.240
Patrice Klein: writing process? I just want to be clear that we may be.

816
01:08:35.240 --> 01:08:38.930
John Compton: Communicated with him. But I haven't spoken with him, Patty, so.

817
01:08:39.180 --> 01:08:42.640
Patrice Klein: I mean we should could have another meeting. But I'm not.

818
01:08:42.810 --> 01:08:44.499
Patrice Klein: Don't feel comfortable being

819
01:08:44.720 --> 01:08:49.199
Patrice Klein: the contract writing person. I'm certainly, you know.

820
01:08:49.760 --> 01:08:54.150
Patrice Klein: I just think that Jason would be a better person, and whether or not we bounce it off of Suanne.

821
01:08:54.180 --> 01:09:00.630
Patrice Klein: I'm sorry, Sue, Ellen apologies. Anyway. I just want to make sure time is of the essence. You said that.

822
01:09:00.640 --> 01:09:03.649
Patrice Klein: and whatever we need to do, we should move on it

823
01:09:03.850 --> 01:09:04.620
Patrice Klein: right?

824
01:09:04.720 --> 01:09:07.809
Patrice Klein: So thank you. I think Bob has a comment as well. Thanks.

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01:09:10.520 --> 01:09:25.893
Robert Booher: Yeah. What? What what they had sent over was a actually an attachment to an Aia contract. They didn't send over the the the main Aia contract, which has a lot of the the liability stuff in it.

826
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Robert Booher: but it also is a a form

827
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Robert Booher: sort of a form letter, kind of thing where you're. You're supposed to pick the things that are applicable to you, and not the thing, and either cross out or or delete the things that are not applicable to you. They really have not done that.

828
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Robert Booher: Unfortunately.

829
01:09:46.410 --> 01:09:47.250
John Compton: No.

830
01:09:47.529 --> 01:09:53.189
Robert Booher: So I think that I think that you know the the recommendation to have Jason

831
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Robert Booher: look at it, or at least maybe we could start with 1 1 of his that's already sort of tailored to our condition might might be best. I thought I I had the impression from our meeting that that we would be getting something a a lot meatier than what we got.

832
01:10:11.009 --> 01:10:16.389
Robert Booher: I can. I can help. I can help go through it if if

833
01:10:16.759 --> 01:10:18.989
Robert Booher: we want to suggest

834
01:10:19.449 --> 01:10:23.809
Robert Booher: crossing stuff some of the stuff off, I can. Also.

835
01:10:24.219 --> 01:10:27.149
Robert Booher: I'll write up sort of a summary of the work

836
01:10:27.739 --> 01:10:32.939
Robert Booher: which they did in just a couple words, but really needs a lot more

837
01:10:33.139 --> 01:10:40.139
Robert Booher: to to describe the the deliverables and the and the meetings, and who does what kind of thing.

838
01:10:41.029 --> 01:10:42.539
Robert Booher: I can do that

839
01:10:43.639 --> 01:10:44.339
Robert Booher: as a start.

840
01:10:44.340 --> 01:10:46.939
John Compton: Yeah, well, that's what needs to be done, I mean when

841
01:10:46.950 --> 01:10:48.500
John Compton: and

842
01:10:49.040 --> 01:10:51.489
John Compton: certainly, Bob, anything you care to.

843
01:10:52.070 --> 01:10:52.880
John Compton: you know.

844
01:10:55.650 --> 01:10:58.020
Robert Booher: Yeah, I'll do that. I'll I'll work on that tomorrow.

845
01:10:58.840 --> 01:11:05.329
John Compton: But I'm gonna work on it as well, and I just haven't been able to do it. We want Jason to.

846
01:11:07.010 --> 01:11:09.359
Robert Booher: Well you could, you could forward it to him, and just say.

847
01:11:09.360 --> 01:11:13.519
John Compton: I have forwarded it to him. I just haven't spoken with him about it.

848
01:11:13.520 --> 01:11:14.240
Robert Booher: Okay.

849
01:11:14.240 --> 01:11:15.389
John Compton: And it's it

850
01:11:15.440 --> 01:11:17.469
John Compton: certainly has been in his hands.

851
01:11:17.720 --> 01:11:26.380
Robert Booher: Yeah. And I and I would I would think you would ask him, does he have a more tailored version? Because it has all the different kinds of contracts enumerated in it. It's a.

852
01:11:26.380 --> 01:11:28.159
John Compton: Yeah, I know a lot of stuff, you

853
01:11:28.390 --> 01:11:29.820
John Compton: delete, of course.

854
01:11:31.790 --> 01:11:41.220
John Compton: and I'm not sure the actual full Aia contract. It's important for us to see it, but I strongly suspect that you know.

855
01:11:41.250 --> 01:11:57.350
John Compton: it will be one of those things where where it applies, it applies, and we will have no argument with it, and where it doesn't apply it'll obviously not apply. And we won't have any conflict with that either. So I'm not concerned about that I think what they did send us is the

856
01:11:58.210 --> 01:12:02.990
John Compton: it it's using that and adding our requirements in there

857
01:12:03.220 --> 01:12:04.740
John Compton: is where we are.

858
01:12:05.680 --> 01:12:19.979
John Compton: So I'm sorry we we weren't farther along. I did fill in a fair amount of some of it, but not not to the extent that Bob is discussing, and we don't need to discuss it here. I mean, the the bottom line is that it's our responsibility

859
01:12:21.926 --> 01:12:23.299
John Compton: to to

860
01:12:23.490 --> 01:12:28.950
John Compton: finalized to get this thing to a finalized state. And I'm proposing that it be done within

861
01:12:29.000 --> 01:12:33.500
John Compton: 2 weeks, and if for some reason that doesn't work out.

862
01:12:34.270 --> 01:12:37.050
John Compton: then the council meeting on the 9th

863
01:12:37.170 --> 01:12:39.699
John Compton: and deal with it. We've got plenty of

864
01:12:39.910 --> 01:12:41.320
John Compton: very knowledgeable

865
01:12:41.710 --> 01:12:53.210
John Compton: individuals concerning what we what we expect. And well, I would like to be there. It just, you know, if I'm not, I think you guys can easily handle it.

866
01:12:54.310 --> 01:12:54.909
John Compton: Do you have any.

867
01:12:54.910 --> 01:12:55.600
Peter: Because we owe you.

868
01:12:55.600 --> 01:12:59.159
Robert Gilmore: So I'm clear we're we're talking the meeting in 2 weeks.

869
01:12:59.160 --> 01:12:59.910
Peter: Yeah, it's.

870
01:12:59.910 --> 01:13:01.339
Robert Gilmore: For us to

871
01:13:01.350 --> 01:13:03.390
Robert Gilmore: approve, approve

872
01:13:03.840 --> 01:13:04.900
Robert Gilmore: a

873
01:13:05.300 --> 01:13:12.810
Robert Gilmore: form of a not a form, but, like the initial draft, complete, but draft contract

874
01:13:12.840 --> 01:13:16.690
Robert Gilmore: to send to Smi, saying, This is what the town wants.

875
01:13:17.250 --> 01:13:21.400
John Compton: No, hopefully it will have been back and forth with Smi, and will be.

876
01:13:21.430 --> 01:13:25.900
John Compton: you know, pretty much where both parties want it.

877
01:13:26.566 --> 01:13:31.460
John Compton: But you know that said there may be, you know, some missing

878
01:13:33.290 --> 01:13:35.880
John Compton: required stuff that we we

879
01:13:35.990 --> 01:13:40.760
John Compton: one might need to add, I won't say it will be word perfect in 2 weeks.

880
01:13:42.140 --> 01:13:49.190
Peter: It just it just seems like we. I I appreciate what you're saying, John. We really need to get moving on this because

881
01:13:49.310 --> 01:13:55.950
Peter: we have to have this thing signed by the end of the year, and our well.

882
01:13:55.990 --> 01:14:01.509
Peter: we have to get moving on it, and we're going to be in a situation where we're committed to Smi.

883
01:14:01.580 --> 01:14:05.050
Peter: And if they go back and forth and back and forth with us.

884
01:14:05.120 --> 01:14:09.439
Peter: we're gonna we're gonna have to basically what agree to something.

885
01:14:10.310 --> 01:14:15.349
Peter: You know we're we're running out of negotiation, negotiating time, as far as I can see with them.

886
01:14:16.830 --> 01:14:19.410
John Compton: Well, 1st of all, I mean, I think, any.

887
01:14:19.950 --> 01:14:22.400
John Compton: The likelihood of any

888
01:14:23.236 --> 01:14:26.890
John Compton: conflict between S. And Smi is very low.

889
01:14:27.370 --> 01:14:30.450
John Compton: and if it is, it might be on something like.

890
01:14:30.700 --> 01:14:39.970
John Compton: you know what's a deliverable which deliverables and and and whatever I don't think it will be in any material way.

891
01:14:40.646 --> 01:14:47.719
John Compton: That's just my opinion, because we've talked. We've we've we've pretty much they pretty much well understand what we're aiming for.

892
01:14:48.860 --> 01:14:49.540
John Compton: So

893
01:14:52.050 --> 01:14:58.699
John Compton: and I think the way the contract is being couched. You know we we will remain

894
01:14:58.760 --> 01:15:01.090
John Compton: if we have to approve each

895
01:15:01.600 --> 01:15:03.449
John Compton: each specific

896
01:15:03.480 --> 01:15:05.430
John Compton: construction project

897
01:15:05.900 --> 01:15:07.740
John Compton: before it goes forward.

898
01:15:07.880 --> 01:15:08.800
John Compton: Then

899
01:15:09.300 --> 01:15:12.490
John Compton: we still are in control of the spending.

900
01:15:13.470 --> 01:15:14.410
John Compton: So

901
01:15:16.020 --> 01:15:20.989
John Compton: it's on us to be sure that that the contract leaves us in control of that.

902
01:15:22.100 --> 01:15:24.019
John Compton: I mean, his contract is worth.

903
01:15:24.180 --> 01:15:29.570
John Compton: It's going to be like $630,000 something like that. After we take off of some.

904
01:15:30.920 --> 01:15:34.299
John Compton: I want to take off $20,000 for oversight.

905
01:15:34.420 --> 01:15:38.379
John Compton: I want to take off. Take off reserve 10%

906
01:15:38.500 --> 01:15:43.939
John Compton: for change orders for unexpected expenses, and that will leave

907
01:15:44.230 --> 01:15:46.120
John Compton: approximately

908
01:15:46.440 --> 01:15:54.240
John Compton: from the amount of money we have, about 600 4,000 $630,000 would be the not, you know, or or

909
01:15:55.280 --> 01:15:57.949
John Compton: if we include the change amount.

910
01:15:58.290 --> 01:16:02.210
John Compton: it will leave 600 the better part of 700,000,

911
01:16:02.930 --> 01:16:04.970
John Compton: as the not to exceed.

912
01:16:07.595 --> 01:16:32.180
Eva Langston: John, I just have a quick question. There's a good chance that I will not be able to attend a meeting 2 2 weeks from now. On the 25.th Is that right? But I also am getting nervous, because I know we need to approve this, and I don't want to hold anything back. So if something is ready at that time, would it be possible for me to read it ahead of time and give my approval. So I'm not

913
01:16:32.290 --> 01:16:36.819
Eva Langston: holding people back from from moving ahead. If I can't make the meeting.

914
01:16:39.680 --> 01:16:43.620
John Compton: I think we actually have. You have to vote in an open meeting.

915
01:16:44.250 --> 01:16:44.900
Eva Langston: Okay.

916
01:16:45.153 --> 01:16:53.520
John Compton: But we can schedule it when you can vote. I mean when you can be there. I mean, if we can get all our ducks in a row. It shouldn't be a huge

917
01:16:53.610 --> 01:16:59.419
John Compton: discussion. It just should be. It's a format. And and Peter, what the real problem in the current

918
01:16:59.920 --> 01:17:06.090
John Compton: challenge to meet our deadline is getting Council approval, and that's great. I'm not.

919
01:17:06.560 --> 01:17:18.510
John Compton: That's no fault of the Council. It's because you don't have a contract to approve. So we got to get a contract to approve so the Council can give it. So it's it's okay. And then getting the signatures

920
01:17:18.570 --> 01:17:25.200
John Compton: is, you know, if we, if you got the signature on on December 30th that would be fine.

921
01:17:25.940 --> 01:17:28.170
John Compton: But we have to get a council approval.

922
01:17:28.170 --> 01:17:28.930
Peter: Hmm.

923
01:17:28.930 --> 01:17:33.329
John Compton: Yeah, nobody wants to go forward without council approval. So that's the real

924
01:17:33.700 --> 01:17:36.499
John Compton: next real necessary step.

925
01:17:38.970 --> 01:17:40.070
Peter: All right. Get to work.

926
01:17:40.290 --> 01:17:45.290
John Compton: Okay, so I'm sorry it's not ready. I kind of suspected we. Even if we were.

927
01:17:45.320 --> 01:17:58.192
John Compton: I'd hope we were farther along. But you know, getting it to the point where everybody's okay saying, Go for it. That was a big deal. Let's hope 2 weeks is not over ambitious. But

928
01:17:58.640 --> 01:18:02.640
John Compton: If if ava is there just a problem with Monday night, or what.

929
01:18:06.016 --> 01:18:10.419
Eva Langston: I mean, I could pretend I have another meeting, and I can

930
01:18:10.490 --> 01:18:22.019
Eva Langston: try to reschedule that meeting. But it's Thanksgiving week. So that's gonna get tricky and then the holidays. So I mean, maybe if it's a very short, if if you're thinking it's gonna be like.

931
01:18:22.020 --> 01:18:23.090
John Compton: Oh, I hope.

932
01:18:23.090 --> 01:18:32.460
Eva Langston: 20 min, and we're done. Then I could maybe do that in my other meeting. I I don't know. I guess. Let's cross that bridge when we come to it, and know that the contract is. Gonna be ready.

933
01:18:32.460 --> 01:18:36.020
John Compton: Does Sunday night work for people? Does Tuesday night work for people.

934
01:18:36.020 --> 01:18:38.590
Eva Langston: Sunday, the 24th would work for me.

935
01:18:39.880 --> 01:18:46.159
John Compton: I I. The only reason I would prefer a weekday is because if there's still any

936
01:18:46.290 --> 01:18:49.510
John Compton: communication with Smi, or you know I hate to

937
01:18:52.800 --> 01:18:57.270
John Compton: not be able to do that which won't be able to happen on Sunday.

938
01:18:57.470 --> 01:19:00.050
John Compton: How about Tuesday? The 26? th

939
01:19:00.490 --> 01:19:01.519
John Compton: Is that? Yeah.

940
01:19:01.520 --> 01:19:03.440
Eva Langston: I could do that. The 26.th

941
01:19:03.700 --> 01:19:04.680
John Compton: Everybody.

942
01:19:06.480 --> 01:19:11.199
John Compton: Alright! Sold! We'll do it 7, 30. Tuesday, the 26.th

943
01:19:11.410 --> 01:19:13.400
Robert Gilmore: Yeah, I'm sorry I was on mute.

944
01:19:14.730 --> 01:19:16.500
Robert Gilmore: I'm not available that day.

945
01:19:17.690 --> 01:19:19.799
John Compton: You are not available that day.

946
01:19:22.100 --> 01:19:24.039
John Compton: The next day is

947
01:19:26.510 --> 01:19:28.300
John Compton: Friday, the 27.th

948
01:19:28.300 --> 01:19:30.359
Robert Gilmore: You have a scheduled conflict. Sunday night.

949
01:19:30.600 --> 01:19:31.350
Robert Gilmore: John.

950
01:19:31.610 --> 01:19:42.840
John Compton: I don't have a conflict on that. No, it's just one last day I just. I'm a little bit nervous about, and I'm nervous about a weekend completion. It means we have to get it done by Friday.

951
01:19:42.960 --> 01:19:45.640
John Compton: I would, I think. And that's a tough one.

952
01:19:45.770 --> 01:19:47.319
John Compton: I mean, that just doesn't.

953
01:19:47.780 --> 01:19:49.509
John Compton: That's not a flexible.

954
01:19:49.740 --> 01:19:56.759
Barbara: Well, this is Barbara. Can I? Is it possible that we could schedule it around Eva's other meeting like it.

955
01:19:56.810 --> 01:20:00.080
Barbara: instead of meeting at 7 30. We met at 7 or.

956
01:20:00.080 --> 01:20:05.589
Eva Langston: Yeah, we met at 7, and then I would have a have to be out at 7 30.

957
01:20:05.720 --> 01:20:06.270
Eva Langston: Okay.

958
01:20:06.270 --> 01:20:16.020
John Compton: Well, that's okay. We can. Even if 6, 30 works, that will give us an hour, maybe hoping it only takes 15 min.

959
01:20:16.680 --> 01:20:17.860
John Compton: 6, 30,

960
01:20:20.270 --> 01:20:21.840
John Compton: 6, 30 Monday.

961
01:20:21.850 --> 01:20:23.150
John Compton: Let's go for it.

962
01:20:23.380 --> 01:20:23.990
Eva Langston: Okay.

963
01:20:27.440 --> 01:20:35.706
John Compton: Alright! I'm sorry that this is, you know, trying to shoehorn this in before Thanksgiving. And all of that.

964
01:20:36.200 --> 01:20:37.479
John Compton: hey, hey, Jeff.

965
01:20:37.480 --> 01:20:43.119
Kriss Grisham: Hey, John, before you move on this Chris? Quick question, though I'm I'm confused. Are we doing

966
01:20:43.310 --> 01:20:50.149
Kriss Grisham: 2 contracts? One is at 30 and the other one is for everything. Or is this one contract for everything?

967
01:20:50.870 --> 01:20:52.130
John Compton: It's 1 contract

968
01:20:52.660 --> 01:20:56.689
John Compton: I haven't heard any suggestion should be 2 contracts.

969
01:20:56.690 --> 01:21:00.460
Kriss Grisham: Okay, yeah, no. You were talking about 30% not to exceed. And it just.

970
01:21:00.460 --> 01:21:07.880
John Compton: Oh, that's it's just that as Bob was saying, we'd have a set of deliverables

971
01:21:08.770 --> 01:21:16.729
John Compton: which basically are will require design and a a

972
01:21:16.750 --> 01:21:18.720
John Compton: good cost, estimate

973
01:21:19.340 --> 01:21:23.149
John Compton: or design options and cost estimate for each one.

974
01:21:24.029 --> 01:21:31.400
John Compton: After they do certain things they they have to. They have it, they they're going to need to

975
01:21:31.870 --> 01:21:41.990
John Compton: do Perc tests to see what the what, what the ground's capable of absorbing. They're going to have to go out and do survey. They're going to have to do a bunch of stuff

976
01:21:42.190 --> 01:21:54.090
John Compton: to ensure. They're on town property and all that stuff. So when they come back they need to have diagrams that while they aren't final diagrams will at least recognize the limitations of each site.

977
01:21:54.780 --> 01:22:01.510
John Compton: and and propose the the engine. The the one or more

978
01:22:01.760 --> 01:22:04.539
John Compton: designs, and then with that

979
01:22:06.350 --> 01:22:11.789
John Compton: we would then agree with them to go forward on

980
01:22:11.920 --> 01:22:14.140
John Compton: any or all of those.

981
01:22:14.630 --> 01:22:16.640
John Compton: for whatever the cost.

982
01:22:17.580 --> 01:22:19.110
John Compton: the the expense.

983
01:22:19.320 --> 01:22:20.070
John Compton: so be.

984
01:22:20.070 --> 01:22:30.940
Kriss Grisham: And I guess that's where I'm kind of confused also. So you're saying just one not to exceed for the entire contract. It's not one not now, and it's not 2 not to exceeds one for 30% and the other one for the rest of the contract.

985
01:22:30.940 --> 01:22:35.729
John Compton: One not to exceed part of that will be on this to get us to the point of.

986
01:22:36.750 --> 01:22:37.859
Kriss Grisham: To understand what they're. Yeah.

987
01:22:38.400 --> 01:22:38.940
John Compton: Yeah.

988
01:22:38.940 --> 01:22:40.399
Kriss Grisham: Okay. Okay. Thank you.

989
01:22:40.400 --> 01:22:44.739
John Compton: Because it's a design, Bill. If if it was a just a bill you would.

990
01:22:45.200 --> 01:22:46.210
John Compton: you'd be

991
01:22:46.570 --> 01:22:54.170
John Compton: awarding a certain amount for an exactly to build exactly whatever. But we don't have a exactly whatever.

992
01:22:55.020 --> 01:22:56.270
Kriss Grisham: Okay. Thank you.

993
01:22:57.000 --> 01:23:01.910
John Compton: Yeah, I I think I think if we don't, you know, then this should be readily

994
01:23:03.280 --> 01:23:12.129
John Compton: the challenge I'll go back to referring to Bob, is to ensure that we are full agreement on what they need to provide us.

995
01:23:12.816 --> 01:23:21.619
John Compton: In order for us to move forward with the A construction project and and and what they can spend to get to that point.

996
01:23:22.286 --> 01:23:26.589
John Compton: How how, you know they can't spend half the budget just getting us to a

997
01:23:27.090 --> 01:23:29.480
John Compton: to a decision of what to construct.

998
01:23:32.000 --> 01:23:32.950
John Compton: Okay.

999
01:23:33.240 --> 01:23:38.859
John Compton: alright. Well, thanks for scheduling that. Then. 6 30 on Monday.

1000
01:23:40.750 --> 01:23:46.620
John Compton: right. Work cut out for us a little bit. All right. This brings us to the new business part.

1001
01:23:49.020 --> 01:23:55.950
John Compton: I'll just read it to you. It reads, continuing the town's commitment to an equitable and inclusive future.

1002
01:23:57.025 --> 01:24:06.820
John Compton: How how do we realize the aspirations of of resolution? 2, 23, 0, 1. Regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion in Washington Grove.

1003
01:24:07.020 --> 01:24:11.270
John Compton: as well as engaging with Emory Grove and our neighboring communities.

1004
01:24:13.530 --> 01:24:16.359
John Compton: remember, we do not have a

1005
01:24:16.420 --> 01:24:17.470
John Compton: a

1006
01:24:17.490 --> 01:24:19.570
John Compton: neighborhood engagement

1007
01:24:20.870 --> 01:24:22.649
John Compton: staff. We don't have a

1008
01:24:22.720 --> 01:24:24.240
John Compton: we don't have a committee.

1009
01:24:24.430 --> 01:24:28.220
John Compton: We don't have a a committee to.

1010
01:24:28.310 --> 01:24:31.319
John Compton: or any any volunteer

1011
01:24:31.360 --> 01:24:35.229
John Compton: group anymore to pay attention to the

1012
01:24:35.500 --> 01:24:40.330
John Compton: expectations of the resolution. And maybe the answer is, we don't need one.

1013
01:24:41.110 --> 01:24:41.850
John Compton: But

1014
01:24:42.870 --> 01:24:54.309
John Compton: the reason this is here is, I think, the kind of the Council should make a intentional decision on how to move forward

1015
01:24:55.480 --> 01:24:56.910
John Compton: hopefully.

1016
01:24:58.970 --> 01:25:00.289
John Compton: That will be

1017
01:25:01.090 --> 01:25:05.160
John Compton: possible, if it may be, as I had originally

1018
01:25:05.750 --> 01:25:26.109
John Compton: thought to propose, is that we need a subcommittee of the Council who can discuss and see. You know how how this can be done. Is there anybody interested in leading it is? Is anybody, you know? Can we reconstitute or basic like committee, or is that not practical? It won't go forward.

1019
01:25:26.596 --> 01:25:31.499
John Compton: Just just that sort of thing. Just so. We don't let it fade away, and.

1020
01:25:31.970 --> 01:25:33.499
John Compton: you know, have it

1021
01:25:33.700 --> 01:25:35.589
John Compton: come up under some.

1022
01:25:36.030 --> 01:25:39.970
John Compton: you know, sudden need situation in the future.

1023
01:25:41.013 --> 01:25:43.976
John Compton: So so that's that's the proposal.

1024
01:25:45.380 --> 01:25:51.243
John Compton: I I you know I'd outlined a variety of ways to do this. Not tonight.

1025
01:25:51.610 --> 01:25:52.230
Peter: And.

1026
01:25:52.753 --> 01:25:53.800
John Compton: You know.

1027
01:25:56.910 --> 01:26:02.069
John Compton: you know, if Rob wants to beat the bushes for to get a new

1028
01:26:02.220 --> 01:26:05.970
John Compton: racial and equity committee together. Great

1029
01:26:06.804 --> 01:26:13.539
John Compton: if the Council is willing to put together. If we get a few councilors up to 3 to

1030
01:26:13.600 --> 01:26:16.469
John Compton: make it be a subcommittee to consider

1031
01:26:17.210 --> 01:26:20.360
John Compton: and come up with suggestions as to how the town should

1032
01:26:20.600 --> 01:26:21.600
John Compton: proceed.

1033
01:26:21.890 --> 01:26:23.040
John Compton: That's

1034
01:26:23.190 --> 01:26:24.290
John Compton: that would work.

1035
01:26:24.720 --> 01:26:36.990
John Compton: If the if you don't want to do that, I could, I could propose appointing a committee like we have the Bicycle liaison committee, the bike Path liaison committee is an appointed committee

1036
01:26:37.380 --> 01:26:46.180
John Compton: and not a volunteer committee. Well, they're volunteers, of course, but you know we we the Council, was intentionally set that

1037
01:26:46.230 --> 01:26:48.589
John Compton: committee up with its mandate.

1038
01:26:48.750 --> 01:26:52.349
John Compton: We could do that with this sort of thing or not

1039
01:26:54.260 --> 01:26:59.949
John Compton: So there are ways there. There are ways to deal with it, or not, or or or at least

1040
01:27:02.030 --> 01:27:06.180
John Compton: at least discuss and see whether what

1041
01:27:06.610 --> 01:27:09.749
John Compton: what makes sense in the light of today's

1042
01:27:11.098 --> 01:27:16.030
John Compton: today's needs and and interest in town. So I'm I'm not

1043
01:27:17.299 --> 01:27:18.070
John Compton: not

1044
01:27:19.280 --> 01:27:25.200
John Compton: pointing the finger as to how to do this, but I think we we should certainly make an effort to.

1045
01:27:25.610 --> 01:27:31.550
John Compton: Set something up, and that that's the idea. And now, if somebody wants to defer this till another meeting.

1046
01:27:32.040 --> 01:27:33.239
John Compton: by all means

1047
01:27:33.580 --> 01:27:34.830
John Compton: well.

1048
01:27:34.830 --> 01:27:37.419
Robert Gilmore: John, I was going to propose.

1049
01:27:37.750 --> 01:27:42.229
Robert Gilmore: Why don't I canvas the people who were

1050
01:27:42.300 --> 01:27:43.700
Robert Gilmore: on rasic

1051
01:27:44.867 --> 01:27:50.120
Robert Gilmore: as it was initially constituted? And and I say, all enracic.

1052
01:27:50.180 --> 01:27:58.299
Robert Gilmore: There were. It had gotten to be a pretty large group. There were a number of people in town who were regularly attending, and and so I'm

1053
01:27:58.540 --> 01:28:01.700
Robert Gilmore: I haven't had many discussions with

1054
01:28:01.720 --> 01:28:05.760
Robert Gilmore: people about in in the wake of it, the

1055
01:28:06.160 --> 01:28:08.500
Robert Gilmore: ex-leadership resigning

1056
01:28:09.720 --> 01:28:13.860
Robert Gilmore: How many, if any, of the people who are on the committee

1057
01:28:14.784 --> 01:28:19.679
Robert Gilmore: would like to kind of reconstitute it. And and

1058
01:28:20.130 --> 01:28:24.620
Robert Gilmore: if there are people who would like to step up and be new leaders, so.

1059
01:28:26.000 --> 01:28:27.460
Robert Gilmore: Why don't I

1060
01:28:28.240 --> 01:28:32.029
Robert Gilmore: have some meetings and then report back at the next Town Council meeting.

1061
01:28:33.920 --> 01:28:34.830
John Compton: Certainly is.

1062
01:28:35.010 --> 01:28:39.750
John Compton: would be a good good good to know whether you can. You can.

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01:28:39.950 --> 01:28:43.909
John Compton: You know whether that route is is open or.

1064
01:28:43.910 --> 01:28:48.610
Robert Gilmore: Yeah, I feel like that would be preferable for a number of reasons.

1065
01:28:48.630 --> 01:28:50.390
Robert Gilmore: to us.

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01:28:50.700 --> 01:28:52.160
Robert Gilmore: appointing a.

1067
01:28:52.160 --> 01:28:55.110
John Compton: I absolutely agree. Believe me.

1068
01:28:55.260 --> 01:28:56.289
John Compton: add that.

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01:28:56.290 --> 01:29:02.659
Robert Gilmore: Yeah, no, I'm sure I'm sure. Yeah, I know you don't want to be. And and of course I mean they they would be volunteers, too. But still oh, yeah.

1070
01:29:02.820 --> 01:29:06.292
Robert Gilmore: yeah, I'd I'd like to think that there's a or

1071
01:29:07.180 --> 01:29:07.930
Robert Gilmore: Well.

1072
01:29:08.060 --> 01:29:11.390
Robert Gilmore: we'll see. But I'll go about that.

1073
01:29:13.980 --> 01:29:17.000
Robert Gilmore: As the former liaison. I'm happy to

1074
01:29:17.240 --> 01:29:17.890
Robert Gilmore: run with that.

1075
01:29:17.890 --> 01:29:18.490
John Compton: Right

1076
01:29:21.230 --> 01:29:36.058
John Compton: anybody else have any comments about. Let's say I'm proposing that we defer this discussion till December, and it can be deferred beyond that. But certainly Rob has just offered to to explore the

1077
01:29:36.510 --> 01:29:39.730
John Compton: whether whether there are residents who will.

1078
01:29:39.940 --> 01:29:45.200
John Compton: who are interested in a volunteer committee, and he can report from them.

1079
01:29:50.580 --> 01:29:51.850
John Compton: I've worked with everybody.

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01:29:52.415 --> 01:29:52.950
Peter: Yes.

1081
01:29:53.310 --> 01:29:59.700
John Compton: Okay, I'll consider that a council consensus and we're deferring this to the December meeting.

1082
01:30:00.280 --> 01:30:02.860
John Compton: I might have Rob

1083
01:30:04.320 --> 01:30:06.400
John Compton: working in the meantime.

1084
01:30:07.600 --> 01:30:12.260
John Compton: Okay. Then we come to the town council reports

1085
01:30:13.433 --> 01:30:14.759
John Compton: of note

1086
01:30:15.535 --> 01:30:20.530
John Compton: the forestry and beautification. This is from Barbara's report.

1087
01:30:20.660 --> 01:30:27.289
John Compton: and and then that the planting of the 13 trees and 9

1088
01:30:27.540 --> 01:30:32.570
John Compton: bushes has been largely, if not completely, completed. It will be completed this week.

1089
01:30:34.230 --> 01:30:36.637
John Compton: so they have,

1090
01:30:37.430 --> 01:30:40.459
John Compton: you know, done the the their usual.

1091
01:30:41.640 --> 01:30:46.710
John Compton: their regular major volunteer time spent

1092
01:30:47.460 --> 01:30:50.350
John Compton: locating, you know, finding locations.

1093
01:30:51.134 --> 01:30:57.119
John Compton: and well, and identifying trees from stadlers and having them planted

1094
01:31:00.010 --> 01:31:05.170
John Compton: recreation back to the Halloween spooktacular, haunted Gazebo

1095
01:31:06.670 --> 01:31:12.719
John Compton: for anyone who didn't notice that the Montgomery Municipal cable

1096
01:31:12.940 --> 01:31:14.960
John Compton: created a video on

1097
01:31:16.400 --> 01:31:26.169
John Compton: festivities, and I put the link here in the it's in the Town Council meeting town Council reports, and I put it here on on the agenda as well.

1098
01:31:26.950 --> 01:31:28.189
John Compton: Fun to watch.

1099
01:31:28.300 --> 01:31:30.719
John Compton: You can see Rob somewhere in there, I think.

1100
01:31:31.260 --> 01:31:33.910
John Compton: and maybe a whole bunch of the rest of you.

1101
01:31:37.655 --> 01:31:42.990
John Compton: the Washington, Chris reported on on the on the on the meadow and the park.

1102
01:31:43.150 --> 01:31:51.040
John Compton: that park among among all. And I'm not not not not noting any of the other activity with respect to the meadow

1103
01:31:51.630 --> 01:31:56.039
John Compton: Restoration, or enhancement but that they did replace the bollards.

1104
01:31:56.040 --> 01:31:56.520
Peter: Sure.

1105
01:31:56.990 --> 01:31:58.400
John Compton: Along Ridge Road.

1106
01:31:58.910 --> 01:32:03.980
John Compton: So they are now, at least for a little while, standing straight and tall

1107
01:32:04.160 --> 01:32:10.700
John Compton: and nice and neat, where, as they were when they were originally installed

1108
01:32:11.790 --> 01:32:13.220
John Compton: by Steve

1109
01:32:13.510 --> 01:32:14.330
John Compton: works.

1110
01:32:16.600 --> 01:32:22.219
John Compton: okay. Well, we already had the the talked about the

1111
01:32:23.160 --> 01:32:29.459
John Compton: the community service officer offering to make a crime safety presentation

1112
01:32:29.600 --> 01:32:33.619
John Compton: to the town at Hope, at a council meeting in the near future.

1113
01:32:34.350 --> 01:32:35.836
John Compton: and lastly,

1114
01:32:37.090 --> 01:32:40.070
John Compton: in Barbara's report on the Hpc.

1115
01:32:40.160 --> 01:32:51.249
John Compton: Something they have been discussing a little while, but I thought it was worth making sure. Everybody was aware they have gotten to the point of putting together a proposal to to

1116
01:32:52.730 --> 01:32:54.140
John Compton: to

1117
01:32:54.310 --> 01:33:04.549
John Compton: place signs in some way to commemorate the the sites of past significant buildings. Here in town, such as the Men's.

1118
01:33:04.780 --> 01:33:11.159
John Compton: the men's building, and a variety of others that are no longer exists.

1119
01:33:11.959 --> 01:33:15.579
John Compton: And of course that will come to the Council to execute

1120
01:33:17.950 --> 01:33:23.220
John Compton: all right. Anybody else care to mention anything else from their reports.

1121
01:33:24.410 --> 01:33:25.200
John Compton: Life?

1122
01:33:28.430 --> 01:33:32.890
John Compton: All right, if not, we'll move on to approval of minutes

1123
01:33:33.598 --> 01:33:37.811
John Compton: starting with the oldest minutes. I we had a

1124
01:33:38.540 --> 01:33:43.169
John Compton: A town council meeting on July 30th

1125
01:33:43.310 --> 01:33:58.860
John Compton: specifically to go into closed session to talk to one of the contractors. It was biohabitats. I did put together. Minutes. The minutes you had in that are in the materials is the open session minutes

1126
01:33:59.558 --> 01:34:03.870
John Compton: the close, and just records the fact that we went into closed, closed session.

1127
01:34:03.910 --> 01:34:09.450
John Compton: It does not, is not the minutes for the closed session. I have minutes for the closed session.

1128
01:34:09.640 --> 01:34:13.199
John Compton: but they remain. They remain

1129
01:34:13.680 --> 01:34:15.260
John Compton: non public

1130
01:34:15.977 --> 01:34:17.410
John Compton: at this time.

1131
01:34:17.770 --> 01:34:22.569
John Compton: So I'd like a motion. I'll show these minutes

1132
01:34:22.780 --> 01:34:24.479
John Compton: if you wish to show you

1133
01:34:25.250 --> 01:34:26.380
John Compton: actually talking about

1134
01:34:27.200 --> 01:34:28.890
John Compton: is the one from

1135
01:34:28.970 --> 01:34:30.740
John Compton: 7 30,

1136
01:34:30.790 --> 01:34:31.840
John Compton: and

1137
01:34:33.270 --> 01:34:34.380
John Compton: looks like

1138
01:34:35.820 --> 01:34:38.479
John Compton: this. I hope everybody took a look at it.

1139
01:34:38.480 --> 01:34:41.100
Peter: I'll make the motion to approve those minutes.

1140
01:34:41.510 --> 01:34:42.770
John Compton: Okay. Thank you.

1141
01:34:42.770 --> 01:34:44.228
Peter: And and not show them.

1142
01:34:44.520 --> 01:34:44.970
John Compton: Second.

1143
01:34:46.035 --> 01:34:53.260
John Compton: Well, here they are! Alright it it! It talked about what we were doing here.

1144
01:34:53.710 --> 01:35:00.639
John Compton: Outline what what the plan was. Then we go into the closed meeting, we come back, reopen. The meeting

1145
01:35:00.790 --> 01:35:03.260
John Compton: had a few administrative managers. That was it.

1146
01:35:03.410 --> 01:35:04.709
John Compton: Any discussion?

1147
01:35:06.760 --> 01:35:08.539
John Compton: All right. All in favor.

1148
01:35:09.660 --> 01:35:12.740
John Compton: Yeah. Right. That looks like

1149
01:35:13.620 --> 01:35:16.060
John Compton: Eva's smiling. I take that as a

1150
01:35:16.730 --> 01:35:18.350
John Compton: she raised her hand. Okay.

1151
01:35:19.346 --> 01:35:27.250
John Compton: that's that's unanimous. All right, then we have the same sort of minutes for august 13, August 13, th

1152
01:35:27.540 --> 01:35:34.379
John Compton: at which we met with Smi international open session, went into a closed session

1153
01:35:34.420 --> 01:35:38.899
John Compton: and reopened it. So I'm not going to show those I need a motion to approve.

1154
01:35:41.060 --> 01:35:42.490
Peter: Motion to approve.

1155
01:35:43.280 --> 01:35:44.850
marywarfield: I'll second.

1156
01:35:45.411 --> 01:35:48.219
John Compton: Peter and Mary any discussion.

1157
01:35:48.440 --> 01:35:48.960
Peter: No.

1158
01:35:48.960 --> 01:35:50.590
John Compton: Options all in favor.

1159
01:35:51.180 --> 01:35:52.060
John Compton: All right.

1160
01:35:52.690 --> 01:36:04.419
John Compton: Next time. By the way, next time we're going to, we may try the approach that was suggested by our the Parliamentarian, and that is a consent approval

1161
01:36:04.680 --> 01:36:08.939
John Compton: of the minutes. So we don't actually have to go through this rigmarole.

1162
01:36:09.590 --> 01:36:11.090
John Compton: Just do a consent.

1163
01:36:11.500 --> 01:36:22.330
John Compton: Anybody has comments. They can do it because they won't consent, but otherwise they'll consent. But but tonight we're going through them, so that that was approved unanimously.

1164
01:36:22.490 --> 01:36:33.280
John Compton: Then the last minutes I have tonight I had was for the regular town council meeting, September 9.th That was a complete

1165
01:36:33.500 --> 01:36:39.579
John Compton: council meeting. I hope everybody had a chance to look it over in a motion to approve.

1166
01:36:41.220 --> 01:36:43.080
marywarfield: I'll move to approve.

1167
01:36:43.330 --> 01:36:44.060
John Compton: You've been ready.

1168
01:36:44.060 --> 01:36:45.570
Eva Langston: I'll second Eva.

1169
01:36:45.960 --> 01:36:50.350
John Compton: Okay. And so, is there any discussion of these minutes?

1170
01:36:54.700 --> 01:36:58.670
John Compton: okay? Well, if not, then all in favor.

1171
01:36:59.480 --> 01:37:00.319
John Compton: Raise your hand.

1172
01:37:00.940 --> 01:37:03.019
John Compton: and this is unanimous. Thank you.

1173
01:37:03.956 --> 01:37:19.539
John Compton: The October 14th regular council meeting. I was not present at, and I'm sorry I was present at. But Kathy was not present at. So she was doing the minutes from the recording, and was unable to complete that with all the other

1174
01:37:19.720 --> 01:37:25.049
John Compton: shenanigans going on. So we'll have to have those for the December meeting

1175
01:37:26.910 --> 01:37:31.499
John Compton: as well, and I'm going to just say upfront that those minutes

1176
01:37:32.880 --> 01:37:39.559
John Compton: are going to be are going to be streamlined more than the ones you've seen.

1177
01:37:40.190 --> 01:37:44.409
John Compton: We're gonna restrict any descriptions of of

1178
01:37:44.680 --> 01:37:46.560
John Compton: of discussion

1179
01:37:46.590 --> 01:37:48.720
John Compton: that don't seem

1180
01:37:48.840 --> 01:37:50.959
John Compton: important to

1181
01:37:51.960 --> 01:37:55.230
John Compton: understand what the Council did or did not do.

1182
01:37:56.000 --> 01:38:03.090
John Compton: So it it will be more in line with with the way some some recommend minutes be

1183
01:38:03.350 --> 01:38:04.350
John Compton: be done.

1184
01:38:05.950 --> 01:38:09.301
John Compton: Okay, so that's coming that that will come.

1185
01:38:11.540 --> 01:38:16.921
John Compton: all right. That means we are at the end of the minutes.

1186
01:38:17.570 --> 01:38:21.870
John Compton: The next meeting we have scheduled one now for 6 30

1187
01:38:21.900 --> 01:38:23.010
John Compton: Monday.

1188
01:38:23.160 --> 01:38:27.869
John Compton: November 25, th to consider the swim contract.

1189
01:38:28.620 --> 01:38:36.529
John Compton: and then, after that, we have the regular virtual meeting. On Monday, December 9, th at at 7, 30.

1190
01:38:38.430 --> 01:38:41.740
John Compton: Anybody have any closing comments?

1191
01:38:41.900 --> 01:38:42.420
John Compton: Yeah.

1192
01:38:42.420 --> 01:38:46.699
Peter: Yeah. I don't think I've seen Kathy's cat during this meeting.

1193
01:38:49.250 --> 01:38:50.049
John Compton: Well, yeah.

1194
01:38:50.450 --> 01:38:51.040
marywarfield: We are cute.

1195
01:38:51.040 --> 01:38:52.330
John Compton: Hearing her.

1196
01:38:52.860 --> 01:38:53.810
John Compton: you know.

1197
01:38:57.260 --> 01:38:58.539
John Compton: Okay, well.

1198
01:38:58.860 --> 01:38:59.560
John Compton: bad.

1199
01:39:01.740 --> 01:39:03.549
John Compton: I'm giving her a chance to.

1200
01:39:03.650 --> 01:39:05.190
John Compton: No, still off.

1201
01:39:05.800 --> 01:39:09.419
John Compton: All right. Okay. Well.

1202
01:39:09.630 --> 01:39:10.480
John Compton: what.

1203
01:39:10.480 --> 01:39:13.019
Kathy Lehman: I said, How about that? Can you hear me.

1204
01:39:13.020 --> 01:39:13.740
marywarfield: Yes.

1205
01:39:13.740 --> 01:39:15.200
Kathy Lehman: They're asleep. So.

1206
01:39:17.800 --> 01:39:19.190
Peter: Alrighty. Okay.

1207
01:39:20.520 --> 01:39:22.344
John Compton: Okay, very good, then,

1208
01:39:23.090 --> 01:39:26.619
John Compton: if there are no objections, we'll adjourn this meeting.

1209
01:39:26.990 --> 01:39:30.189
Kathy Lehman: Anybody want to go to jury duty for me tomorrow.

1210
01:39:30.990 --> 01:39:31.719
John Compton: Oh, great!

1211
01:39:31.720 --> 01:39:32.470
Kathy Lehman: No, I don't mind.

1212
01:39:32.470 --> 01:39:33.300
marywarfield: Have fun.

1213
01:39:33.300 --> 01:39:36.400
Peter: Good night, thanks. John. Good night, everybody.

1214
01:39:36.400 --> 01:39:37.120
marywarfield: Tnight.