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ANTELOPE AND BY PRAYER, MY REFERENCE CC SATTERFIELD ST.
I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW EXCELLENT THAT NAME IN ALL YOUR
RIGHT? WE COME IN THE PREP AND THEN THE MIGHTY NATURALLY COME HAVE A FLAW.
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THAT GOODNESS.
AND FOR THAT ADMITTED 10 AND FOUND OTHER BLESSING.
WE WERE THANKFUL LORD FOR THIS DAY.
AND FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THIS DAY, WE THANK THE LORD FOR THIS BREAD CITY OF NEWBURGH, WHEREVER THAT HAS BLESSED US AGAIN, WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE ON THIS EXPRESSIVE COME TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OR OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE AND US IN THE DAY WORKSHEETS, WE OPENED THIS NEW YEAR.
WE PRAY FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ON THE
AND PLEASE, IN THAT SENSE AND GRANTED TO THE FEELING OF THE GOV, REMEMBER ALL OF THAT.
WE WILL DO THE AMOUNT OF PRAY FALL HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE.
WHY WORLD OVER THE OLD LION GOD INTO ME AND TO MAGNIFY GROW AND TO EXALT IN ALL THAT WE DO.
AND, AND WHEN LIFE JOURNEY HAS GIVEN, RECEIVE US LORD THROUGH THAT CENTER AND GIVE US A PLACE IN VACUUM AND WE WILL CRAVE IN YOUR MIND.
THE FIRST THING WE HAVE IS OUR MONTHLY REQUEST.
UH, WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE FIRST ROW TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK THEIR PEACE.
ANYBODY ON THE SIDE, ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING? NO.
NUMBER FOUR, THEY ASKED TO RECOGNIZE, AND I ASKED THAT A GRADING WHEN YOU WERE IN FIRE DEPARTMENTS, YOUR OWN, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AS YOU KNOW, ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THE CITY OF NEWBURN RECEIVED A NEW ISO GRADING.
WE WERE REDUCED FROM MY ISA GRADE FIVE TO A FOUR, BUT I'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT.
MR. MAYOR IS TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF THE GRADING AND WHAT EFFECTS THE GRADE CHANGE HAS
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ON THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF NEWBURGH.FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS EXPLAIN ISO.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE THAT DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT'S THAT BEFORE OVER A CENTURY, THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN EVALUATING FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND CITIES, VILLAGES, AND TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S AN INDEPENDENT BRANCH OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY CALLED INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICES.
THEY ARE PAID FOR THROUGH OUR, BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
IT IS THE ISO RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE, UH, ELEMENTS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH YOUR PREMIUMS IN YOUR COMMUNITY ARE BASED ON THE ISL OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A GRADE.
SO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN MEASURE THE CITY'S FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
THE THREE ELEMENTS GRADED DURING THE VISIT IS THE RECEIVING AND HANDLING A FIREARM COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNICATION CENTER, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CITY NEWMAN'S WATER SUPPLY.
EACH ELEMENT IS ASSIGNED A NUMBER AND YOUR SCORE IS OVERALL SCORE IS BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF EACH ONE OF THOSE THREE ELEMENTS.
THE ISO'S SCORE IS ONE THROUGH 10, WITH 10 BEING ABSOLUTELY NO FIRE PROTECTION AT ALL.
GENERALLY YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY LOWER INSURANCE PREMIUMS WHEN YOU RECEIVE AND IMPROVE ISO GRADING.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS WHICH AFFECT YOUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS. TWO OF THEM HAPPENED TO OCCURRED LAST YEAR WAS BERTHA AND FRAN, BUT ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, EVERY POINT OF REDUCTION, WHEN YOUR EYES GRAY SHOULD SHOW A REDUCTION IN PREMIUMS TO THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER.
WHEN THE FIRST DAY THE ISA REPRESENTATIVE VISITED OUR COMMUNICATION CENTER, THIS IS 10% OF THE OVERALL GRADE OF THE CITY OF THE CITY OF NEWBURN THERE.
THE EVALUATOR WILL CHECK FOR THE PROPER NUMBER OF TELEPHONE LINES, THE AUTOMATIC FIREARM SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY ARE RECEIVED, UH, PROGRESSION OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE NINE 11 OPERATOR WAS BUSY AND SOMEONE ELSE DIALED 9 1, 1, AND THE NUMBER OF TELECOMMUNICATORS ON DUTY, AS WELL AS THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE COMMUNICATION CENTER.
THE SECOND DAY, THE FIRE OR THE ASSET EVALUATOR VISITED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THIS TOOK ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF FOR HIM TO COMPLETE THE GRADE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DURING HIS VISIT.
HE LOOKS AT THE NUMBER OF NEEDED ENGINE COMPANIES, THE EQUIPMENT CARRIED ON EACH FIRETRUCK, THE RESPONSE OF, UH, ENGINE COMPANY, UH, ALL THE ASIAN COMPANIES HAVE TO BE WITHIN 1.5 MILES OF THE FIRE STATION, AUTOMATIC AID, SUCH AS THE CONTRACTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THE WEST NEWBURN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TOWNSHIP SEVEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE RESPONSE TO THE FIREMAN TO FIRE CALLS.
UH, THIS LOAN IS, UH, ONE-THIRD OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS GRADE IN ADDITION NEEDED FIRE FLOWS, WHICH ENSURES THAT PROPER WATER SUPPLIES THAT EVERY BUILDING IN THE CITY, THE NUMBER OF LADDER COMPANIES THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE CITY AND THE NUMBER OF SERVICE TRUCKS THAT ARE NEEDED WITHIN OUR CITY.
SECONDLY, TRENT WATER SUPPLY WAS DISCUSSED ARE THE LAST WAS MORTAR SUPPLY, WHICH IS 40% OF OUR GRADE.
BASICALLY WHAT ISL IS LOOKING FOR IS THAT EVERY BUILDING IN THE CITY OF NEWBURN HAS PROPER AMOUNT OF FIRE HYDRANTS IN CASE THE BUILDING ISN'T FULLY INVOLVED IN FIRE, THAT WE CAN FIGHT THE FIRE.
ON FIRST RESPONSE ON JUNE THE 15TH OF LAST YEAR, THE CITY MANAGER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ISA INDICATING THAT WE IMPROVED OUR ISA RATING FROM A FIVE TO A FOUR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO FOR THE PAST 31 YEARS.
AT THAT TIME, THE ISR RECORDS INDICATE THAT OF THE 1,560 FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, ONLY 55 HAVE AN ISO RATING OF FOUR OR LESS, ONLY 25 FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE AN ISA RATING OF ONE.
THE CLASSIFICATION RATE MAY NOT AFFECT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF NEWBURN, BUT IT SHOULD AFFECT ALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OF THE CITY OF NEWBURGH AND SOME COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE LOCAL NATIONWIDE
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INSURANCE OFFICE.I ASKED FOR SOME COMPARISONS FROM AN ISO RATING OF A FIVE TO A FOUR, AND WHAT TYPES OF SAVINGS WE COULD EXPECT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER COULD EXPECT ON A FRAME COMMERCIAL BUILDING FROM AN ISO RATE OF A FIVE TO A FOUR NATIONWIDE INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS 17.6% SAVINGS COULD BE SEEN AUTOMATION REBUILDING 9.2%, A METAL BUILDING 7.4 AND A JOYCE DID MASONARY BUILDING 5.9% SAVINGS.
NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY ALSO INDICATED OVERALL AVERAGE OF ALL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, 10.2% SAVINGS COULD BE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER RATING.
WE'RE REAL PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOWER OUR RATING USE SUPPLYING US WITH THE FUNDS AND THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT.
CERTAINLY, UH, YOU ARE THE ONES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOWERING OF THIS RATING.
MR. KELSO IS HERE TONIGHT ALSO, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU SOME OF THE EFFECTS THAT THE RATING HAS HAD, AND THAT HE HAS SEEN IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN NEW ZEALAND.
I'M CHRIS KELSO, AND I LIVE AT 1 0 2 YACHT CLUB ROAD AND TRENT WOODS.
I'M ALSO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER HERE IN THE CITY AND A BUSINESS OWNER.
I'M PAST PRESIDENT, THE CRAVEN COUNTY INSURANCE AGENTS ASSOCIATION, AND A PARTNER NOW IN THE INSURANCE CENTER HERE IN NEWBURN.
UH, CHIEF ASTER IS VERY ELOQUENTLY.
AND WITH NUMBERS SPELLED OUT WHAT THAT ISO IMPROVED FIRE RATING MEANS FOR THE CITIZENS OF NEWBURGH.
HE ALSO MENTIONED PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE, IN THE INSURANCE MARKET IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAD BEEN BACK TO BACK HURRICANES, 1996, HURRICANES BIRTH AND HURRICANE FRAN.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO ALTER MOTHER NATURE AND THE PATH OF THOSE STORMS THAT ORIGINATE OUT OF THE CARIBBEAN, WHAT THIS BOARD HAS DONE.
AND I APPLAUD, AND I THINK THE CITIZENS OF NEWBURN SHOULD RECOGNIZE IS THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU'VE MADE IN THE FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
INDEED, GENTLEMEN AND LADY, THAT'S ALL THAT FROM A MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, YOU CAN DO TO INVEST IN FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES, DRIVING HERE TONIGHT.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FIRE AND THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND FIRES HAVE DRAMATICALLY ALTERED THE CITY SCAPE, REARRANGED NEIGHBORHOODS, AND CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF PROPERTY DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE.
IT MAY BE INSIGNIFICANT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER AS HE LOOKS AT HIS OR HER HOMEOWNER'S POLICY AND TRYING TO EVALUATE HOW MUCH PREMIUM REDUCTION THEY MAY HAVE REALIZED IN THIS CHANGE THAT HAPPENED IN 1997, BUT IN THE LONG RUN, THEY WILL SEE THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, EVERY PREMIUM DOLLAR THAT YOU KEEP, WHERE CITIZEN KEEPS IN HIS OR HER POCKET IS A PREMIUM DOLLAR.
IT'S NOT MAILED TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
I BELIEVE THAT FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES THAT THE CITIZENS OF NEWBURN HAVE IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE THAT IS PROVIDED, UH, BY VIRTUE OF PROPERTY TAXES AND BEING INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
I APPLAUD THE DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE THAT STAFF THAT DEPARTMENT, I HOPE THAT IT'LL ENCOURAGE MORE VOLUNTEERS TO COME FORTH AND PARTICIPATE.
AND I THINK EACH OF THE CITIZENS NEED TO RECOGNIZE, AGAIN, THE INVESTMENT THAT THIS BOARD AND MANAGEMENT HAS MADE INTO THE LONGTERM FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITY, UH, AS IS RECOGNIZED BY ISO UPGRADING THE FIRE PROTECTION IN THE CITY OF NEWARK, WHERE IT'LL BE MOST GRAPHIC AS CHIEF ASTRA HAS SAID IS REALLY FOR BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT RATING APPROACH RATHER THAN A CITIZEN WITH HIS OR HER HOME BUSINESSES.
WE'LL SEE AN AVERAGE OF A 10% REDUCTION IN THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUMS AS A COMPONENT, JUST ON THE ISSUE OF FIRE.
WE CAN'T MOVE CRAVEN COUNTY EAST.
UH, WE CAN'T MOVE CRAVEN COUNTY WEST OF RALEIGH.
WE'RE GOING TO LIVE WITH OUR PROXIMITY, THE GULF STREAM.
AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BIGGER ISSUES THAT, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE EXCEPT FOR TIME TO CAUSE THE INSURANCE MARKET TO COME BACK AROUND AND SEE, THIS IS A PROFITABLE AREA TO UNDERWRITE INSURANCE, THAT BEING IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LET ME COME AND VISIT QUESTION QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE CONCERNING THAT WRITING.
I CERTAINLY WOULD BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER
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EMPLOYERS.HOW CLOSE, OR HOW FAR AWAY WOULD WE BE FROM TRYING FOR THREE, FIVE POINTS, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF OUR BOARD'S SUPPORT OR YOUR, I THINK FIVE POINTS WOULD MEAN THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO DO THREE THINGS, POSSIBLY ONE IN THE REAL NEAR FUTURE.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT PUTTING THE FIRE STATION OUT ON THE 17TH SOUTH TWO.
WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT INCREASING THE MANPOWER ON FIRE SCENES.
AND THE THIRD ELEMENT WAS, UM, SOME TRAINING ACTIVITIES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO, WE, AND WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF REGIONAL TRAINING GROUNDS AS YOU'VE CHARGED US WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND WE'RE STILL RESEARCHING THAT.
SO WE DON'T NEED A NEW FIRE STATION.
WELL, THE THING TO THE FIRE STATION.
I KNOW EVENTUALLY THAT'S WHERE THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE THREE L OR THE THREE AREAS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS.
I'D LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN, LIKE THE FIREMAN THAT, UH, THOSE OF US ON THE BOARD AND SUPPORT YOU AND THE CITIZENS CAN SUPPORT YOU, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE THE POLICE.
I LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SMELL THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE, WE CAN GO WITH THAT AWAY.
AND JUST LIKE CHIEF PULLED UP BY THE, WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTS, WE CAN GO THAT AWAY.
SO THE, THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS TRY TO SUPPORT Y'ALL AND GIVE YOU THE EQUIPMENT.
AND AS LONG AS Y'ALL DO A GOOD JOB AND KEEP YOURSELVES TRAINED AND THAT KIND OF THING, I'M SURE OUR BOARD WILL SUPPORT AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR JOB TO DO SO.
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS YOU CONSIDER THE RICHARD BLIGHT, VOLUNTEER FIRE TO YOU, AND GENERALLY GASKET, WHO WAS A VOLUNTEER DEPUTY CHIEF FROM 1998, PLEASE STAND UP.
SO WE CAN EVERYBODY GET, LOOK AT YOU, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE, WE MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS AS STATED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
DO WE NEED TO GO ON THE ROLL ON THAT ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
AND WE DID GET IT STRAIGHTENED OUT WITH THE WRONG GUY.
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I LIKE TO PULL A NUMBER 17 FOR JUST A VERY QUICK, COULD YOU SAY YOU WANT TO CALL ON MOTION? OKAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA LIST ITEM 17, YOU MIGHT CALL THE ROAD.
ALL RIGHT, MAX, UH, REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 17, MR. CLARK, UH, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP DOES THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY THAT NEEDS TO BE RENOVATED? IT'S A DISGUSTING PIECE OF PROPERTY IN A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? IS HE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND TAKE SOME LEGAL MOVE TO PUT US OFF AGAIN? OR ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS, UH, THIS PLACE CLEANED UP AND FOR THE PUBLIC? UH, THE PUBLIC IS NOT AWARE OF WE'RE SPEAKING OF A HOUSE AT, UH, WHAT'S THE ADDRESS JOHN FIVE 20 JOHNSON STREET, WHICH IS IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
UM, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT THE BOARD DIRECT ME TO, UM, GO THERE WITHIN 30 DAYS, THE DEMAND DOESN'T FIX THE HOUSE UP FROM THIS DATE.
IF THE BOARD WAS TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE, THAT WE WOULD GO THERE AND WE WOULD, SOMERLY EJECT THE FOLKS THERE AND THE BUILDING WOULD BE BOARDED UP.
IT DOES PRESENT A PROBLEM FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE, BUT I'M CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT PROPERTY.
WE ADOPT A, THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 17.
BUT I HAVE A QUESTION WHEN WE BOUGHT IT UP.
DOES THAT MEAN IT JUST SIT THERE, BOARDED IT UP? YES.
UH, HOPEFULLY UNTIL SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME ALONG AND PURCHASE IT AND BRINGING INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE, BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT IS NOT, IT DOES NOT FALL UNDERNEATH THE CATEGORY OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
IT FALLS UNDERNEATH THE CATEGORY OF A DETERIORATED STRUCTURE, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, IT CAN BE IMPROVED AND RENOVATED TO LESS THAN 75% OF ITS VAPE.
IF IT'S MORE, IF IT CAUSES MORE THAN 75% OF ITS VALUE, THEN IT FALLS INTO THE AFFIDAVIT STATE.
THEREFORE IT WAS NOT DILAPIDATED.
SO IT WOULD SIT THERE AND BOARDED UP UNTIL IT WAS FIXED OR UNTIL IT GOT TO A STATE THAT IT BECAME DILAPIDATED.
IS THIS IS, UH, IS THIS, THIS WELL-KNOWN UM, UM, LANDLORD? YES.
MA'AM ONE OF TWO, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE.
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OKAY.WHAT ABOUT THOSE OTHER HOUSES AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE? I MEAN, THAT'S JOHNSON STREET IS A BEAUTIFUL STREETS, BUT THEY FIVE 20.
AND THEN AS YOU GO AROUND ONTO METCALF STREET, THERE'S TWO OR THREE STRUCTURES THERE THAT ARE ALREADY BOARDED UP.
WHAT THEY'RE IN THE STATUS OF THEM.
THEY'RE IN THE HANDS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SOLD AND RENOVATED FROM, FROM WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND.
AND THEY'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING READY TO MOVE ANOTHER HOUSE DOWN IN THE FIVE BLOCKS THAT ARE EMPTY BESIDE THE ONE SITTING ON QUEEN STREET.
SO THOSE HOUSES IS NOT AS IF THEY'RE SITTING THERE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE.
SOMETHING IS ACTUALLY BEING DONE OWN.
THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THIS ISSUE IN THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED FOR LOW COST HOUSING.
PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD AN EXPENSIVE PLACE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT'S NOT AN INEXPENSIVE PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING THE RENT THERE.
IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S SET UP SO THAT THEY CAN PAY WEEKLY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT MAY, UH, IT'S UH, I HATE TO SEE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT TORN DOWN.
I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE PROPERTY CAN CHANGE HANDS AND BE RENOVATED.
HOPEFULLY I WILL, I WILL GO AHEAD AND SAY THIS MUCH TO, TO THE BOARD TONIGHT THAT THIS PARTICULAR LANDLORD, WE PROBABLY HAVE TWO OR THREE MORE PROPERTIES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING BACK UP WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM IN YOUR WARD.
HE IS WELL-KNOWN TO THIS BOARD AND I'VE LOCKED HORNS WITH HIM OVER ISSUES LIKE THIS BEFORE, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL HE CLEANS UP HIS ACT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT 17? YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS APPOINTMENTS.
UH, NO, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, WE, WE KIND OF SPED RIGHT OVER ONE THING IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, AN AGENDA.
AND THAT'S THE SMALL FUNDING REQUESTS THAT WE HAD FROM THE AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVERS NOMINATION GROUP.
AND WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES HERE AND I THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PRESENCE.
IT COMPLETELY SLIPPED MY MIND.
UH, UH, YOU MAY HAVE HAD COMMENTS TO DELIVER IN ASKING FOR US TO DO THIS, BUT IT SLIPPED BY SO QUICKLY.
I GUESS YOU'RE HAPPY WITH, OKAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEM.
I HAVE NOTHING ONCE UPON A FAB AND THE RIGHT ALMOST SALES, THEY ALWAYS TAUGHT ME AS A, AS A YOUNGEST, I OPENED TO BE MADE TO SAY,
AND THAT'S WHY THE VOTE WAS SO EASY FOR US.
SO WE WERE REALLY WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO ANYWAY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT IT TOO.
NOW LET US SAY THE MANAGER HAS GOTTEN SOME, I HAVE ONE ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING OUT THE BOARD'S APPROVAL.
WE'VE BEEN ASKED FOR $25,000 FROM OUR BOARD TO HELP SUPPORT THE PEPSI CELEBRATION WAS COMING UP AND THE COUNTY IS READILY PAY THEIR 25,000, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY NEAT.
NORMALLY I STICK UP FOR US PAYING A LESSER SHARE BECAUSE WE ARE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY, THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT THE CELEBRATION IS A NEW BUDDY AND THE COUNTY READILY RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE JOE.
AND, UH, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD SUPPORT AND US COMING UP WITH TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TO SUPPORT THIS BIG SHINDIG IS COMING UP.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET IT FROM? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE MADE IT JUST A VOICE BITE ON LAND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL IN FAVOR.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LIVE IN INSIDE OF A, HE BAYLESS SIZE CARDBOARD BOX AND YOU CANNOT SMELL, HE CANNOT HEAR.AND THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION WITH BITLESS AS WELL WE COULD THINK.
AND UH, SO I'M DOING PRETTY WELL.
WE'LL BE SITTING HERE, RIGHT? SO ANYWAY, UH, I THINK HE PASSED IT.
THE NEXT THING WE HAVE AND MY EYES, MY EYES ARE TRYING TO FOCUS THIS A LITTLE THING.
HE SAYS A GERMAN DOWN HERE, BUT HE HAD A LITTLE ITEM, MAYBE LIKELY.
UH, ONE OTHER ITEM THAT ONLY HAD IN MY HEAD IS THAT WE HAVE WORK SESSIONS SCHEDULED NORMALLY FOR THIS UPCOMING MONDAY, WHICH IS HOLIDAY.
WE'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS HUGE DAY.
THE KINGS WE'RE SCHEDULED WITH THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE SAID TUESDAY OF WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT.
DO I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE I'M GOING TO ADJOURN ALL THIS NEGATIVE?