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MISSIONARY CHURCH C A SLASH I WILL FALL.

NOW GOD IS WE HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

PROBABLY AT THE DOLLAR LEADING GUY, ALL OF US TONIGHT THAT THEY MAY MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, HOW TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THEIR BUDGET, THAT THEY MAY HAVE A BUDGET THAT THEY CAN BE ABLE TO SATISFY.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE PROBABLY WE NOTED.

WE WON'T SAY THE FIVE, EVERYONE, BUT JESUS LONG, WE SATISFY YOU.

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT WITH THE PAWS STRICKEN AND WHERE THEY ARE.

WE CAN BEAT THEM UP WITH THEIR TONE DOWN THAT THEY'LL REALIZE PROBABLY THAT WE NEED TO HELP THOSE IN NEED TONIGHT THAT DON'T REALIZE THAT WE ARE BROTHERS KEEPER.

WE ASKED TO BE ANOTHER BLESSING IN JESUS' NAME, YOU'RE FRANK ON IT.

THEN THE MAN, THE FLAG OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE HERE.

THE A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY TREATED 130 MILLION GALLONS.

THE MAXIMUM, UH, DAILY FLOW WAS 6.9 MILLION GALLONS.

THE AVERAGE TREATED WAS 4.2 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

THE BOD EFFICIENCY REMOVAL WAS 89%.

THE SUSPENDED SOLIDS EFFICIENCY REMOVAL WAS 86%.

UH, THE PLANT WAS IN TOTAL COMPLIANCE, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER BACK FROM A COMPLIANCE INSPECTION THAT WE HAD IN THE MONTH OF MAY, WHICH, UH, UH, HAD GLOWING REPORTS ON IT THAT EVERYTHING WAS SATISFACTORY.

THE LAB, THE REPORTS AND EVERYTHING WERE BEING KEPT IN ORDER FOR THE, UM, MARTIN MARIETTA QUARRY IS, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR LAST MEETING, THE, UH, STILL A COUPLE ITEMS, THERE WAS A SURVEY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THE PROPERTY.

UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SOME KIND OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS ON THE WATER, UH, AND WE NEED TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT, UH, WHICH IS ALL IN PROCESS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, DO YOU NOTICE HOW BIG THE GRANT IS ON BOBBY ASTRO'S FACE AND WONDER WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT? WELL, I CAME WITH A C I'LL HAVE TO TAKE YOUR WORD FOR, I CAN'T WAIT.

UM, THE MOST I CAN TELL YOU AT THIS POINT ABOUT OUR GRANT, OUR PARK AND RECREATION TRUST FUND GRANT, OUR RECREATION CONSULTANTS YESTERDAY DID TOUR SITES IN THE EAST AND, UH, LOOKED THEM OVER ON JUNE THE 30TH, 105 OF THESE GRANTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ACROSS THE STATE WILL GO TO THE PARK AUTHORITY BOARD IN RALEIGH.

THEY HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON WHO GETS THE GRANTS.

THEY EXPECT TO WORK, UH, JUNE THE 30TH AND PERHAPS INTO JULY.

THE FIRST AFTER THAT, WE HAVE NOT HEARD YET HOW THE, UM, HOW THE GRANTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED OUT WOULD BE UP TO THE GOVERNOR.

BUT WE EXPECT TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM HIM SOMETIME IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY AS TO WHO WAS, UH, GIVEN THESE GRANTS.

AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THINGS WILL MOVE PRETTY, UM, SPEEDILY AFTER THAT, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GRANTS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND MONEY FIRST AND THEN ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENTS.

THE MONEY IS UPFRONT.

AND, UH, SO THOSE GETTING THE GRANT MAKE, SEE SOME MONEY MAILED AS EARLY AS MID AUGUST.

SO WE'RE JUST WAITING AT THIS POINT AND LISTENING AND WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS.

THE GRANTS ARE RATED BY OUR LOCAL CONSULTANTS,

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BUT WHEN THEY GET TO THE PARK AUTHORITY BOARD, THE RATINGS MEAN VERY LITTLE.

THEY WILL GIVE THE GRANTS TO WHO THEY WANT TO GIVE THE GRANTS TO, UH, NORMAL AGE GRANTS WITH THE MOST RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES GET NIPSEY'S.

SO TO SPEAK WILL BE VERY HIGHLY RATED, BUT IF THEY HAPPEN TO THINK THAT IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SWIMMING POOLS, THEY COULD SAY, WELL, LET'S GIVE THE MONEY TO SOME OF THESE SWIMMING POOLS.

SO IT'S UP TO THEM.

IT'S A WAIT AND SEE NOW.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL KNOW SOMETHING VERY SHORTLY.

AND BY THE WAY, THE ROAD GOING INTO THE PROPERTY AT WEST NEWBURN IT GETTING TO LOOK LIKE A ROAD.

SO, UM, I WAS GLAD IT LOOKED BETTER FOR THE CONSULTANTS WHEN THEY CAME AND LOOKED AROUND YESTERDAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

AND THAT IS AT LEAST IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'LL KNOW WHAT COURSE OF ACTION YOU'RE TAKING TO BROADEN THE POOL, BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET THIS GRANT, THAT WILL A SIGNIFICANT, BUT AGAIN, SUFFER THAT COUGH POOL.

BUT I WOULD MUCH RATHER WAIT AND TRY TO GET THIS MONEY FOR THE POOL RATHER THAN SPEND THE MONEY, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A LUXURY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S RECREATION, IT'S KIND OF A LUXURY.

AND, UH, WHEN YOU TRY TO KEEP YOUR COSTS DOWN.

SO I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE PURSUING THIS AVENUE THE FIRST, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.

I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO COME TOGETHER IN A COOPERATIVE VENTURE ON A RECREATIONAL PROJECT AND, UH, UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE 120 550, A HUNDRED, $125,000 TOWARD THE COST OF THE RECREATION CENTER AND HAVE LUCK.

SO, UH, WHILE I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THAT SINCE, UH, A LOT OF THE COUNTY TAX BASE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEWBURN, THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL SEARCH AROUND AND FIND SOME WAY TO COOPERATE WITH THE CITY'S VENTURE TO, SINCE WE KNOW THAT AN AWFUL LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE THAT POOL, IF, AND WHEN IT IS BUILT WILL BE RESIDENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEWBURGH, BUT EVERYONE WHO USES IT WILL BE A RESIDENT OF AND TAXPAYER IN CRAVEN COUNTY.

SO I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY TO COUGH UP PART OF THE COST SINCE WE'RE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HERE ON THE BUDGET INSTEAD OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE, EVERYBODY OUT, SORRY, NOT BUDGET.

NOW.

SOME LEADS YOU HAVE TO KNOW ALL THOSE.

AND BROTHER MA BE THE PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS NIGHT, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

I DIDN'T JUST START WORKING WITH THE CITY WHEN I BECAME KIND OF COMMISSIONING, BUT I'M HERE BEFORE YOU DID TONIGHT TO, AND GET SOME MONEY FOR PROJECT, FUTURE PROJECT.

THE FUTURE BEEN PUTTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN JOBS FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

THIS YEAR, TPA DID NOT FUND PROJECT FUTURE.

SO THE COUNTY GAVE THEM SOME MONEY.

LAST YEAR, THEY GAVE HIM $12,000.

THIS YEAR.

I TRIED TO GET $20,000 FROM THE COUNTY.

THEY ONLY GAVE 10,000.

AND SO I CAN'T, I COME BEFORE THE CITY TO TRY AND GET ANOTHER 10,000.

NOW THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PRODUCT FUTURE IS ALL ABOUT.

SO YOU'RE PROBABLY THE FUTURE IS SUBMITTING THIS PROPOSAL TO CRAVE ACCOUNTABLE.

THEY SIT WELL.

THE COMMISSION FOR CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROJECT.

THE FUTURE KEN IS SUCCESSFULLY WORKING TWENTY-FIVE YEAR OLDS WHO ARE REALLY JOINING THE GO TRAIN AND ALL TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES.

BY WORKING, WE ARE TEACHING THEMSELVES DISCIPLINE BY BEING PUNCTUAL TO THAT JOB ASSIGNMENTS REGAIN THE SELF-RESPECT

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SELF-ESTEEM AND THE SEEDING, THEIR OWN PERSONAL GOALS WITHIN THE PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM SEEKS TO CONTINUE THIS SUCCESS RATE AND EXPAND THIS PROGRAM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUTH IN THE FUTURE FOR PEWTERS.

I LIED PART OF OUR FUTURE AND THEY NEED SPECIAL TRAINING TO KEEP UP RIP THE EVER CHANGING COMPUTER AGE.

THEREFORE COMPUTER TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED BY AN INSTRUCTOR FROM A GLEN AND PUFFINS.

THE GOALS IS TO CONTINUE TO INSPIRE YOU TO WANT TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE NATION WORKFORCE, AND TO BECOME SKILLED WORKERS FOR HOW ECONOMIC GAIN TO CONTINUE TO INSTILL IN YOU THE DESIRE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING, PLANNING, DIRECTING, ORGANIZING, AND WORKING TOWARDS OPENING THEIR OWN BUSINESS LATE IN THEIR LIVES.

TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE NECESSARY BACKGROUND COURSE AT WHICH WE HAVE PREPARED THEM FOR THE BUSINESS RULE OR FOR COLLEGE PROFESSION, AND TO DO WELL IN THESE COURSES TO REQUIRE ALL PARTICIPANTS, TO WRITE THEIR REPORT ON HOW THEY CONSTRUCTIVELY USE THEIR MONEY, TO REQUIRE ALL PARTICIPANTS, TO PARTICIPATE IN CREATING A BUSINESS PRESENTATION FOR A CONTINENT TO PROVIDE YOU PRAISE HAND, TO PUT THEM OUT OF AN INTREPRENEURSHIP BY VISITING BUSINESS CAREER DAYS AT LOCAL COLLEGES, LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATURES.

I REPRESENTED WHILE IN THE SESSION, PAM PARA INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION, THEY REQUIRED AND VOLUNTEERING THEIR INPUT AND SERVICE.

I DO.

YOU HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB IN THE SUMMERTIME, AND WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE ALL, HAVING SOME TYPE OF JOBS TO GO TO, TO MAKE SOME FUNDS THAT THEY CAN BUILD UP THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS SOCIETY OF OURS.

SO I COME BEFORE YOU TO ASK THE BOARD TONIGHT FOR $10,000, THIS PROGRAM CALLS FOR $35,000.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE $10,000 TO GO ALONG WITH THIS BUDGET.

SO WE ASKED HIM TO SIT IT BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A SERVICE ALSO TO THE CITY.

ARE YOU MOST, ARE YOU COME FROM THE CITY? AND I'M SURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS YOUTH ALL THE TIME.

I'M SURE THAT WE'D BE GLAD TO HAVE SOMEBODY YOU OFF THE STREET THIS SUMMER, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW, ROB, TAKE SOME OF THEM OFF THE STREET, WE PROBABLY HAVE THEM IN OUR JAILS AND OUR POLICE.

WON'T BE, WE'LL BE BUSY THIS SUMMER.

IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO TRY AND KEEP THEM OFF THE STREETS AND KEEP THEM OCCUPIED.

UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY SERVE WELL IN THEIR BUDGET? THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE, SERVING THE PEOPLE DURING THE SUMMER AND THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM HERE, THEY HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT 30 PEOPLE.

IT'S A SOUND.

WOULD YOU MIND, UH, IN THE FUTURE, JUST GIVING US A COPY OF THAT BOOK BECAUSE I GOT A PROBLEM WITH VOTING ON THIS ISSUE, THE KNIFE, BECAUSE OF LACK OF INFORMATION OR SELL FOR YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION.

AND SEE, THERE ARE SOME UNMET NEEDS IN MY WARD THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING TAXES FOR WHAT THEY CAN'T GET A SERVICE.

AND I CAN'T VOTE ON IT TONIGHT.

I'M LESS, WE HAVE A WORK SESSION AND I CAN PUT ALL THE CARDS ON THE TABLE, BUT I DON'T MIND, UH, YOUR REQUEST, BUT I CAN'T IN GOOD FAITH BOTH TONIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE SOME UNMET NEEDS.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MET ARE PAYING TAXES.

SO I CAN'T SEE GIVING ANY MORE FUNDS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT ADDRESSING SOME OF MY CONCERN, BUT I CAN'T DO IT TONIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO DO IT TONIGHT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO JUST ADD THIS MATTER TO A WORK SESSION, PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TAPE.

BRUCE RAN.

I'M REALLY SURPRISED THAT TWO TONIGHT, IT'S NOT, NOT PERSONAL.

IT'S NOT PLEASE FINISH THE SAME PEOPLE THAT YOU TALK ABOUT.

DID YOU SUFFER CONCERNED ABOUT KNOW THE SAME PEOPLE BEEN CALLING ME OVER AND OVER, AND THESE KIDS HAVE 30 TAX PILLS HERE TOO.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR PARENTS ARE.

THEY MENTIONED THEY MAY LIVE IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANY MONEY TO FOLK WHEN 10 OF THEM LIVE IN THEIR OR ROCKET RUN OR JAMES CITY OR WHEREVER.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE KIDS ARE FROM MR. MR. RYAN.

I LOVE THIS PERSON WITH ME BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU TRIED TO DO THAT, ANYTIME YOU TRIED TO SOME HELPS DURING THE, SAW THE WIND TURBINE ALL OVER THE STREETS OF NEWBORNS AND TURNED OFF ONLY THE CHILDREN IN THE STREETS, A NEWBORN, NOT ONLY THAT YOU

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WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

I WANT TO KNOW THESE CHILDREN.

YOU SOUND THAT LACK.

YOU SOUND THAT LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER POOL, BUT SUPPOSE I HIT THE COUNTY AND TOLD HER THE COUNTY SAID WELL, BEFORE I TRIED TO GET SOME FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF NEWBURGH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNTY RESIDENT HAS FUNDS IN THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY ARE TAXPAYER TO .

I'VE BEEN UP THERE A FLAG FOR THE CITY OF NEWBURGH.

WE ALL COUNT.

AND I WAS ABLE TO GET FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF NEWPORT.

I GOT SOME HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND NOT COME UP HERE WITH $10,000.

YOU SAY YOU CAN'T VOTE ON TONIGHT.

WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT WANT TO BUMP UP.

OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROGRAM AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN APPEAL TO YOU.

SEE, I KNOW THROUGH CRAVING EVALUATION AND TRAINING CENTER EACH YEAR, THEY HAVE, UH, I USED TO WORK MANY YEARS AGO, PROGRAM CALLED CEDAR.

AND THAT'S WHEN GOVERNMENT SENT MONIES INTO COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY RURAL KINDS OF CITY COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FOR CHILDREN IN THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY KIDS OF SPECIAL NEEDS RIGHT NOW IN OUR CITY.

AND IN OTHER SMALL CITIES LIKE THIS, THEY'RE NOT THOSE KINDS OF PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN.

THEY'RE NOT THE KINDS OF JOBS AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN.

HARDY'S AND MCDONALD'S ARE LIMITED.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO THROUGH CET.

THIS YEAR, THEY RUN THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR OVER 200 AND SOME CHILDREN, AND THEY HAD 80 JOBS THAT WERE APPROVED FOR CHILDREN.

IN THE PAST.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE AN APPROPRIATIONS TO A PROJECT FUTURE TO PROVIDE SOME EMPLOYMENT ON GRASSROOTS LEVEL FOR CHILDREN TO DETER THEM FROM THAT NEED.

NOW, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT IT, AND I WORK WITH CHILDREN ALL THE TIME IS THAT AT ONE POINT WE COULDN'T GET KIDS WHO WANTED TO WORK.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS EASIER TO SELL DRUGS ON THE STREET CORNER.

YOU KNOW, THOSE, THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT KIND OF THING.

WHEN THEY GOT READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, MANY YEARS AGO, THEY WORKED IN THE TOBACCO FIELDS AND THEY COULD GET THE MONEY TO GO TO WORK.

BUT NOW THERE IS NOTHING AVAILABLE.

I AGREE THAT I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD APPROPRIATE MORE FUNDS IF THEY TALK ABOUT DETROIT CRIME AND PROBLEMS FOR CHILDREN IN CITIES.

BUT RIGHT NOW IN OUR TOWN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT INTO THE AGRICULTURE THING ANYMORE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR CHILDREN TO DO.

MCDONALD'S AND HARDEE'S IS ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT THEY DO.

C E T AND U PROJECT.

EVERYBODY WENT TO THE YOUTH PROJECT, THOSE WHO KNOW MRS. MOORE IN HER PROGRAM, ASKING THEM FOR JOBS THIS YEAR, SHE DIDN'T GET ANY FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM.

SO MISS MS. MOORE IS IN A WHEELCHAIR.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HER.

SHE'S SORT OF CALLING EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD BECAUSE ALL OF THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CALLING HER.

I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A SIGNAL THAT THERE'S A CHANGE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITIES WHEN YOUNG KIDS, 14 AND 15 WANT TO WORK BECAUSE FOR A LONG TIME, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WORK.

THEY KNEW OTHER WAYS OF DOING IT.

NOW THEY WANT TO WORK AND THERE ARE NOT JOBS AVAILABLE FOR THEM.

I THINK THAT WE WILL BE INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE.

WE WILL BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE CRIME AND IN EVERYTHING ELSE.

IF WE WERE TO GIVE SOME AID TO CHILDREN PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE US AS BEING A CONTINUOUS FUNDING.

SO I SPLIT ANYBODY ACTUALLY.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT OUR CONCERN FOR ALL ABOUT CHILDREN, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE KIDS FROM A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT SUPPORT.

NOW WE HAVE WEED AND C AND THE PROGRAMS THROUGH PROJECT FUTURE, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

WE DIDN'T SEE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALL COORDINATED.

AND I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT WE COULD FIND, IF WE COULD FIND MONIES TO HELP THESE PEOPLE PUT 10 KIDS TO WORK, WE HAD 10 OF THEM WHO WERE ARRESTED AND WHO WERE DUVET OWLS FOR GANG ACTIVITIES.

SOMETIME AGO, THOSE 10 KIDS ARE DOING A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN MANY OF THEM ARE NOW WORKING ON PROGRAMS AND STANDING AROUND ASKING MS. MOORE FULL JOB BEFORE THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY NEED TO ASK ANYBODY FOR A JOB, NOT SOMEBODY IN THE HEAD TAKE THEIR MONEY OR JUST SELL SOME DRUGS.

I THINK THAT IT WILL BE WORTH IT PERSONALLY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US FUNDING.

ACTUALLY, IF WE CAN FIND THE MONEY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM GRADING FROM WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS IT MORE.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO.

BUT I THINK THAT IF MR. HARTMAN CAN FIND IN OUR BUDGET ENOUGH MONIES TO HELP THIS PROGRAM THIS YEAR WITH FUNDING, I THINK WE CAN LOBBY DOING THE WINTER TO OUR LEGISLATORS ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE NEXT

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SUMMER.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, OUR CHILDREN ARE STANDING ON STREET CORNERS.

THEIR MINDS ARE IDLE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE US FUNDING THIS PROFILE.

IF WE CAN FIND IT, I'M NOT AGAINST THIS PROJECT, BUT SINCE ALL OF THIS CAME I MET WITH WILL HIT ON.

US SAID, THERE'S A WOMAN IN PROMINENT NAME.

OURS PROBABLY LIVES ON WAKES STREET.

SHE LIVED ON A DIRT ROAD.

SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE HER ROAD PAID.

HOWEVER SHE'S PAYING AVALARA IN TEXAS CITY, AN ALARM TAXI.

SO IN MY OPINION, PACED STREETS IS A SERVICE THAT THE CITY SHOULD PROVIDE PEOPLE THAT ARE TAXES.

I KNOW WE HAVE A POLICY AND I THINK IT'S A FAIR POLICY, BUT THE POLICY ISN'T FAIR.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING, NONPROFIT GROUPS.

THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO PUT THIS IN A WORK SESSION SO WE CAN DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S FAIR TO FUND NONPROFIT GROUPS.

WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE PAYING ABNORMAL TASKS AND THEY CAN'T GET A CITY SERVICE.

THAT'S, I'M NOT AGAINST THIS PROJECT.

I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE WORTHWHILE FOR PEOPLE TO GET WHAT THEY PAID FOR, WHICH IS SERVICES.

WE JUST NEED TO DISCUSS IT.

WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT TONIGHT.

THIS MATTER CAME UP.

IT BLINDS OUT OF IT.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, I CAN'T A GOOD FAITH FOR WHEN THIS LADY JUST GOT A LETTER FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO COST CLOSE TO $5,000 TO PAY PAVER STREET BECAUSE OF OUR POLICY.

THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS NOT TONIGHT, BUT AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION, WHICH WOULD BE WINDOWS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO THAT'S NOT A LONG TIME TO LET US SAY OUR PIECE.

IF YOU DON'T MIND HAD MR. RYAN, LET ME ASK DANNY, UH, THIS SPRING, MR. RYAN WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE $5,000 ABOUT, DOES THAT MEAN IT JUST DON'T COST THE CITY BY THOUSAND TO DO IT? DOES THAT MEAN IT'S GOING TO COST 25,001? UH, THE LETTER I SENT IT OR WOULD ALLOW THE CITY FORCES AND EQUIPMENT TO GO OUT AND DO WORK.

YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING THE COST OF THE CITIES AND WHEN THAT TENDER, BUT THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THE POLICY WHEREBY THE CITY DOES NOT IMPROVE THE STREETS.

AND SHE JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON THE STREET.

THAT IS UNIMPROVED.

SHE WAS LOCATED THERE AFTER THE ANNEXATION, UH, WHICH ENDED UP SETTLING.

IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED, BUT IT DID.

AND, BUT IT IS ALSO IS VERY CLEAR THAT ANY UNIMPROVED THREES IN THE CITY WILL BE APPROVED BY THE PROPERTY DEVELOPER OR PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND THEN, UH, TO THE STANDARDS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE LANDING.

SO IT WAS AN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY ONCE YOU MEAN BY BRINGING THE STREETS IN THE DIRT ROAD, BUT IT'S NOT APPROVED.

AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT PROBABLY 12, 13 MILES ASSESS RATES IN THE CITY, ALL OF THEM, MOST OF THOSE THAT IN FACT, PROBABLY 95% OF THEM WERE BETTER THAN THAT.

NO ONE, OFTENTIMES WE GET CALLS IN A DAY, A LOT OF A HOUSE ON THE STREETS, THROUGH THE CITY, GO OUT HERE AND BE ABLE TO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S FINE.

PERFECT REQUIRED A LOT OF LIKE SITE.

UH, MOST PEOPLE KNOW ME AND MR. REINER, PRETTY CLOSE FRIENDS.

WE WATCHED BOXING MATCHES THE YELLOW, DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

AND I KNOW HIM AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND I ADMIRE THAT ABOUT HIM.

THAT HE'S A VERY TECHNICAL PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO DOING THINGS, THE PROPER PROCEDURE, ALL THIS KIND OF BUSINESS AND THAT KIND OF BALANCE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, MR. SAMSON, I AM ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE THAT HE'S NOT AGAINST HELPING KIDS GET JOBS.

AND, UH, I GUESS I'M MORE OF A LOOSE CANNON IN THE SENSE THAT, UH, I BELIEVE IF WE HELP THOSE KIDS GET THOSE JOBS, THAT IT WON'T BE EXPANSIVE BY YOU ON THE STREET.

AND SO THEREFORE I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE READY TO VOTE ON IT MYSELF AND MAKE EMOTIONAL HERE THAT OUTSIDE OF THE DISCUSSION.

YEAH.

WHAT, HOW, WHO, WHO PICKS THE

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KIDS? I HEARD A LADY'S NAME MENTIONED, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ORGANIZATION SHE'S CONNECTED WITH OR WHAT OVERSIGHT THERE IS ON HOW THIS MONEY IS SPENT.

OR LIKE ROBERT SAID, WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE, I I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, THEY RECEIVE A STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS AND THERE IS AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, BUT I'M THINKING IF WE PUT A SITUATION IN PLACE SO THE KIDS CAN GO TO WORK, ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED.

I'M SURE THAT WHAT WE CAN GET TOMORROW IS A COPY OF MRS. MOORE'S BUDGET.

ALONG WITH HER PROCEDURE FOR HIRING, I HAVE TAKEN MYSELF MANY CHILDREN AND I WOULD HAVE GONE KNOCKING ON DOORS TO HELP FIND PLACEMENTS FOR THEM SO THAT THEY COULD WORK FOR THE SUMMER.

THEY HAVE APPLICATION FORMS, THEY'RE COORDINATED THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY HAVE AN OFFICE COMPUTER, AND ALL THESE VERY TECHNICAL THINGS THAT ALLOW US FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY.

THEY HAVE A STATE OFFICE THAT COMES DOWN AND MONITOR THEM AND AUDIT THEM IN THE WAYS THAT THEY SHOULD.

THEY ADVERTISE FOR THE JOB OPENINGS.

AND SINCE THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE JOBS, THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH APPLICATIONS.

THEY JUST HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BEING ABLE TO FUND IT.

THE CHILDREN ARE SOLICITED THROUGH SCHOOLS AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITIES, AND THEY CO GO TO HER OFFICE AND APPLY.

AND THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME KIND OF RITUALS AS OTHERS DO WHEN THEY GO OUT FOR JOBS.

BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND YOU NOT WANTING, I GUESS I'M A LOOSE CANNON TOO, BUT YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT WANTING TO RESPOND.

AND I'VE SEEN US RESPOND TO MANY THINGS THAT CAME JUST BEFORE US, BUT NOT WANTING TO REACT OR RESPOND THIS REQUEST WITHOUT IT BEING RIGHT HERE BEFORE SO THAT YOU COULD VERIFY, BUT WE COULD IN FACT DO IT IN PRINCIPLE UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED LIKE TOMORROW, WHEN YOU'RE SATISFIED.

AND WE CAN SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN DONE.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU FIND THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THIS ACCOUNTABILITY.

THEN OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS HOLD ABOUT A WEEKEND AND WE CAN GET APPROVAL FOR THIS MONEY IS TO BE GIVEN TO THIS PROGRAM, CONTINGENT UPON, UH, WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU FIND OUT OR YOUR CONTINGENT UPON YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY.

YOU KNOW, AND ALSO CONTINUE TO PROM WHETHER WE GOT $10,000 SOMEPLACE THAT WE CAN PUT THERE, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON WITH HELPING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE KEEP DELAYING IT, EITHER WE GOING TO DO IT OR WE'RE NOT, AND THEN WE DELAY IT, SOME WILL BE OVER KIDS, BE IN SCHOOL.

UH, THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THE WAY HE PRESENTED IT WAS AS A TRAINING PROGRAM AND YOU'RE CALLING IT A JOBS PROGRAM.

AND I'M CONFUSED TOO, AS EXACTLY, I WANT TO MAKE HIMSELF TO MOTION THAT WE PUT THIS ON A WORK SESSION FOR JULY WHEN ME FOLLOWING MONDAY FOR THE VERY REASON BOBBY ARTICULATED, BECAUSE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT WHEN YOU ADDRESS, SOMEBODY SEEMS TO BE GONE.

I'M NOT AGAINST THE PROGRAM, BUT THIS IS, THIS JUST MEANS SO QUICKLY.

AND THIS WOMAN'S PROBLEM IS ON MY MIND.

AND I CAN'T SEE SPENDING MONEY THAT COULD SERVE HER WHEN SHE'S PAYING TAXES AND GIVE IT TO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WE DON'T KNOW THE CHILDREN WHERE THEY'RE FROM AND WHO'S BEING SERVED PERIOD.

AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING HERE AS A PROGRAM, BUT IT'S JUST THAT I'M TIRED OF JUST PEOPLE COMING UP, NOT YOU, MRS. ASK THEM OF THAT.

AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME, HOW COME I CAN'T GET THIS DONE AND I'M BEING TAXES, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD REASON TO TELL THEM.

AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO BE A LITTLE MORE ACCOUNTABLE.

I JUST, MY MOTION IS THAT WE PUT THIS MATTER FOR DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION, PERHAPS AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION, I MAY ASK A DESK DISCUSSION, ATLANTA SLIM, WOULD THEY NEED THE $10,000? WAIT, YOU GOT THE WHOLE WEEK, JULY THE FRUITS.

AND THEY DIDN'T MATCH A LOT OF HERS.

AND A COUPLE MORE WEEKS OF KIDS WON'T HAVE, BUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO WORK.

YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH MR. RAYNA.

I REALLY DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR POLICY REGARDING STREETS.

I HAVE A WOMAN WHO PAID TAXES IN PLEASANT HILL WHO CAN'T GET WATER WATERLINE EXTENDED DOWN TO HER PROPERTY BECAUSE IF WITHOUT HER PAYING $1,200 OR $1,400, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DITCHES THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED.

AND OUR POLICY SAY, WE WANT CLEANING.

WE HAVE ROLES THAT ARE UNPAID.

WE HAVE ROADS THAT ARE NO SIDEWALKS AND HOW POLICY SAYS THINGS.

AND I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR POLICY, BUT PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE WHERE I, ONE THING HAS TO DO

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WITH THE OTHER, BUT YOU KNOW, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK WE DO NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR POLICIES AS IT REGARDS SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE THE LADY WITH THE PAY ROLL.

I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PAYROLL AND OUR POLICIES SHOULD BE LENIENT ENOUGH THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT SITUATIONS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

BUT RIGHT, ANYWAY, I'M NOT ARGUING THAT I'VE ALREADY STAYED WITH ALL THIS TODAY.

CERTAINLY WISH WE DID A KID, SOME MONEY CAR FOR THE QUESTION, UH, ON ABOUT SAMSON.

YOU COULD PROBABLY USE THE 10,000 IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT TO GET US AFTER A WORK SESSION, WHICH IS IN TWO WEEKS ON THIS THING AWAY, SOME PEOPLE ARE ALARMING TO DO IT IN THE PROBLEMATIC OR WHATEVER.

WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM IN $10,000 TO THEM.

AND I FEEL LIKE , I'M GONNA HAVE TO CALL, BUT, UH, BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS IF IT DOESN'T GO THAT WAY, I STILL FEEL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT DOWN.

IF THAT TAKES PLACE, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE.

DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE JOB THEY CARE ABOUT THE JOB.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THEY GET THE MONEY IN THIS ACCOUNT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, A ROLE, I WOULD JUST STANDING HERE THINKING OUT, YOU KNOW, OR ANYTIME THE COUNTY GIVES SOME MONEY TO THE KIDS WHO ARE DOING THE WORK IN THE SUMMERTIME, YOU KNOW, GOODS REALLY TO BE VERY WELL SCRUTINIZED.

BUT OUR, I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

SINCE WE'RE RAN OUT THE PROBLEM WITH IT, HE WASN'T GOING TO SUFFER FROM IT BECAUSE I, MY COPIES IS CLEAR.

I DID ALL I COULD TO COME DOWN HERE AND GET THE MONEY FOR, TO PUT THE KIDS TO WORK DURING THE SUMMER.

AND IF THEY DON'T GET IT, THEN I, MY COST IS CLEAR.

HE'S THE ONE THAT GOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

AND I DON'T THINK HE'S OPPOSED TO IT.

THE WORK, THE MOTION IS THE NEXT WORK SESSION, WHICH ISN'T TWO WEEKS, I GUESS, THEY'RE ROUTES AND VOTED ON AT THAT TIME, AFTER THEY SAY ALL THE INFORMATION ON IT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS EVERYBODY FEEL PRETTY POSITIVE ABOUT IT.

BUT MANY OF THE BOYS, ONE QUESTION NOT, I NEVER DID UNDERSTAND FOR JOHNNY WHETHER THE 10,000 HE'S GETTING FROM THE COUNTY WOULD CARRY THE PROGRAM UNTIL THAT DATE YOU'RE GETTING $10,000 FROM THE COUNTY.

WILL THAT OPERATE FOR TWO? WE W WE CAN'T GET NO MONEY OUT OF THE, KIND OF UNTIL TWO WEEKS, NO WAY.

1ST OF JULY, THE MONEY'S ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED, BUT BEFORE THE 1ST OF JULY, THEY CAN KICK, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE PLANS, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT.

SO THEY HAVE SOME KIDS STILL TRYING TO FIND A JOB THAT THEY CAN PLACE AS MANY THEY CAN, IF THIS MONEY THEY ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY, THEY CAN'T PLACE NOBODY FROM THE CITY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING.

THIS IS ALL I'M SAYING, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE CA IS THE CITY'S DECISION.

SO YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

NO, NO, NO.

UM, OKAY.

SO MAD EMOTION IS, I'M GIVING YOU $10,000.

I COULD CHANGE IT A FUN, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'D BE A PROBLEM, WE GET SOME INFORMATION THAT SHE NEEDS TO MEET.

NO PROBLEM BETWEEN ME.

THIS BOOK.

YOU GET SOME MORE, UM, MS. PAPA.

I TRIED TO GET PAID.

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.

WE'LL GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.

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WE'D BE OPEN UP.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET? PEOPLE WHEN WE CLOSED THE BUDGET HEARING, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET, OR PLEASE MA'AM YES, YES, YES, YES.

YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT IN OUR BUDGET FOR THE BENEFIT PERSON, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ROUND BUCKET AND ELECTRIC CAR, AND EVERYBODY DOING A GREAT JOB AND ACTUALLY REDUCING THE ELECTRIC RATES.

SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL RATES WILL ACTUALLY GO DOWN THIS YEAR, WHICH IS I TELL SOME FOLKS, PEOPLE LOOK BACK AND JUST LEAVE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THE RIGHT RATES QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW, AND NOT OTHER THAT ARE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME TO SOME DEGREE THIS YEAR.

ARE THEY GOING TO APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT HE'S DONE? ELECT OUR BOARD.

WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS GET OUT OF THE WAY TO THEIR WORKERS.

SO THEY DID A REAL GOOD JOB.

I TELL YOU MIRACULOUSLY, ONE DAY, MAYBE A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, SOMEBODY CLEAN UP.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

I THINK IT'S GREAT TOO.

AND ALSO, I'M GLAD THAT YOU COMMITTED THEM ON A JOB.

WELL DONE.

YOU KNOW, BEING HERE, AS LONG AS I BEEN, I'VE SEEN SOME TROUBLES AND SOME PROBLEMS, AND IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO, I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MAY I SAID THIS BOARD HAS REDUCED IT.

UM, ELECTRIC RATE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S JUST A CLUB.

WHAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED IS THAT WHAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT THE ELECTRIC RATES IS THAT THE COST OF THE ELECTRICITY TO THE CITY OF NEWBURGH HAS GONE UP ABOUT 7% IN THAT SAME TIME.

SO IT HAS THE RIGHT TO US, CERTAINLY HAS NOT DROPPED OR STOOD STEADY.

WE SHOULD GIVE OUR STAFF A HAND.

I MEAN, THEY REALLY GOOD.

SECRETARY TOLD ME, HE SAID, BE SURE TO SAY THAT PROPERLY.

I KNOW WHEN THIS IS SHANNON, THERE'LL BE SEVERAL PEOPLE EAT.

THEY JUST SAY THE RATES WERE COMING BACK.

LOST MY MIND.

BUT QUICKLY WITH GANGS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MY FRIEND HAS A QUESTION.

I'VE CHANGED MY, MY, UH, DEFER TO AUBURN BALLENGER.

HE SAID, I DON'T NEED TO BRING UP.

OH, OKAY.

I TRIED, I TRIED.

I'M GOING TO HOLD YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE.

THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.

IT'S NUMBER 11.

WE'RE GOING TO BUY THAT BIG OLD FIRETRUCK FOR BOBBY ASKED HER WHY HE'S OUT THERE GRANTED LIKE ON TO A POSSUM.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YEAH.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE FIRE TRUCKS.

YOU MIGHT CALL IT A WORLD.

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, SIR.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO, OR NOMINATE FOR APPOINTMENT.

MR. BERNARD BUSH, TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

HE'S AN ATTORNEY AND HE WORKS FOR TOMICO LEGAL SERVICES AND HE KNOWS SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND HE IS, UH, VOLUNTEERED TO WORK ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE HIM FOR THAT POSITION.

OKAY.

YES.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, UH, MR. JAMES BLAND TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

I HAVE A REPLACEMENT OF MR. NELSON, WHO HAS SERVED VERY WELL, BUT HE CAN'T BE REAPPOINTED.

SO MR. JARROD, BLAND HAZEL AVENUE, NONE AT THIS MEETING, SIR, JUDGE JUDY.

FAIRLY MONTHS AND SHE'S

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WORKED IN HERE.

IS THAT RIGHT? THEY DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE ADJUSTMENT.

YOU DON'T REMEMBER? I'LL WAIT.

I WOULD DO IT MAKES ME NONSTOP.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

BUT IF I DO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, I WANT TO NOMINATE, UH, GEORGE ROYAL, GEORGE SENT ME A RESUME ON HIM, BUT HE LIVES IN PEMBROKE AND HE'S A MINISTER GEORGE LAWYER.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU WAIT, LET ME GET HIS ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.

IT MAKES ME KNOW SOMETHING.

NO, SIR.

YES.

I HAVE ONE THING THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I WAS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE ABOUT, UH, SERVING ON VARIOUS SPORTS.

ONE TIME WE HAD A LITTLE RECEPTION OR SOMETHING, BUT TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THOSE OF THEM WHO SERVE ON BOYS IN OUR FAVOR.

AND MANY OF THEM DON'T KNOW US.

I MET A LADY WHO WAS SERVING FOR ME, WHO DIDN'T KNOW ME.

AND I WAS JUST THINKING THAT THAT WENT OVER VERY WELL.

I THOUGHT THE PEOPLE THAT WE GAVE OUR SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TO LIKE SWISS BAND OTHERS CAME, AND IT WAS A GOOD NETWORKING.

AND I WAS JUST THINKING, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER DOING AGAINST.

OKAY, GREAT.

I HAVE A ONE THING AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, I HANDED OUT LISTS OF EXPENSES FACING THE CITY OVER THE NEXT PERIOD OF YEARS, INCLUDING THE FIRE STATION, THE NEW FIRETRUCKS EXPANSION OF THE CITY LIMITS OR TO BURN AND EVANSVILLE.

AND THE FACT THAT THAT WILL REQUIRE SUBSTATION FOR POLICE AND FIRE, WHICH WILL REQUIRE MORE FIREMEN AND MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND MORE TRUCKS.

AND IF WE HAVE A 5, 10, 15 YEAR PROJECTION, I, I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.

AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE A SPECIAL WORK SESSION AND PUT TOGETHER A FIVE-YEAR TEN-YEAR SPENDING PLAN FOR THE EXPENSES THAT ARE FACING THE CITY AT THIS TIME, WHICH INCLUDES, FOR EXAMPLE, NEXT YEAR, EXPANSION OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.

WE NEED A SECOND WATER LINE COMING IN FROM OUR WELL, UH, WE HAVE MANY EXPENSES THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL YEARS.

AND I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO GET A PLAN THAT WILL SHOW US AT WHAT POINT WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE PROJECTS AND WHERE THE MONEY IS LIKELY TO COME FROM, BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE ANSWERS AT THIS TIME.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE A SERIES OF MEETINGS, NOT JUST ONE, BUT A SERIES OR DO THINGS SLOWLY, BUT YOU GOT TO HAVE ONE TO START IT, BUT WE'LL HAVE WHAT I'M CALLING FOR IS A MEETING OF A WORK SESSION FOR THE BOARD AT WHICH WE OUTLINE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO GET THIS PLAN.

WHAT W WHAT THIS PLAN WILL ENTAIL, WHAT AREAS IT WILL COVER, ET CETERA.

AND THEN WE CAN START WORKING ON IT.

WE DON'T HAVE THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

WE DON'T HAVE IT AT THIS TIME.

WE USED TO HAVE, I HAVE ONE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT COVERED ABOUT 10 TO 15 YEAR PERIOD.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT EITHER.

WELL, I HAD A COPY OF THE BUDGET SESSION, BUT IT'S OUT OF DATE BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE GOTTEN, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE, UH, HAVE BEEN DISCOUNTED IT, AND IT WENT INTO SUCH INFINITE DETAIL.

IT EVEN INCLUDED OFFICE CHAIRS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO INTO THAT FINE DETAIL.

UH, ALTHOUGH THAT I STILL HAVE MY COPY IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO OVER IT.

AND IT'S INTERESTING INFORMATION, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS LISTED EVERYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MAJOR EXPENSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE FACING US OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS, IF YOU WERE RIGHT.

I MEAN, WE THINK NOTHING, BUT THERE IS A PLAN THAT EXISTS OTHER THAN JUST THE CHAIRS AND A MAJOR FAIL, BIG ITEMS. AND I'M SURE IT, IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

I AGREE WITH YOU WITH EACH STOCK WORKS, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK THAT OTHER PLAN UP ENOUGH, ALONG SEPTEMBER THE STATE, THE BLACK BOOK, IT'S THE ONE I HAD.

IT'S THE PLAN I HAD.

WE JUST FINISHED THAT WE GOT STARTED.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME REBUILD OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

I LOVE IT.

WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER, JUST SEE IT GROWING.

UM, BUT IN OTHER WORDS,

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DO WE WANT TO SCHEDULE THIS MEETING OR DO WE WANT TO SCHEDULE THIS MEETING LATER ON? WELL, THAT'S FINE.

I DON'T, BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FALL, SEPTEMBER, WHATEVER, WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND START WORKING ON IT, I THINK, AND I STILL HAVE MY COPY OF THAT BOOK IF YOU NEED IT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE, OKAY.

THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE, UH, THE GRAPHIC READS THAT THEIR BATTERY, EVEN HERE LAST WEEK, BLACKS PATIENTLY NAMED HIM THE POP-UP LAYER.

SEE THE MODEL BY AREAS THAT KEVIN HAS REPLIED SOMETIME JUST A GREAT GENTLEMAN.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE'S IN VARIOUS WAYS AND FELL.

IN FACT, HE GOT ME KIND OF, I GUESS, WAIT, THEY MADE ME PROMISE THAT I WOULD GO TO THE FARM WHILE I'M STILL THE MAYOR.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT IS.

THAT'S YES.

IT TAKES 11 HOURS IN THE AIR.

I JUST CAME THIS WAY.

I JUST THOUGHT I GOT TO GO THROUGH ALASKA.

.

THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T GO BEFORE ONE OF THEM IS A PROPOSAL TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE OVER YOUR JOB NANNY, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSAL IS TO START A PILOT STUDY.

SO I THOUGHT I HAD, APPARENTLY MY SECRETARY TOLD THE DEFENDANT $60,000.

AND IF I RECALL HER, DANNY INDICATED PROBABLY I HAVE HAD A COMPENSATION STATE THIS AFTERNOON, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO PICK UP HALF OF THAT.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST, THE SECOND IS RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE PROP 3 17, 3 WITH OUT IN THE STREET, CONTINUE TO OPERATE REQUIRED FOR EACH DATABASE SITE.

WHEREAS THE SECOND PART ON THE ON THE REAL PROPERTY, WHICH THEY, DANNY INDICATED WHEN SUGGESTED BY THEM, BY THEIR ARCHITECT, ENGINEERS, ET CETERA, LOCATED WITHIN THE PARK.

AND THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION THAT THE PART OF THE FIRST PART, THAT PORTION OF THE PARK BREAK RIGHT AWAY IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF IT.

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UH, WELL, THE RACETRACK IS LICENSE.

I THINK IT'S THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS.

IF HE'S GOT TO HAVE ONE, WE CAN SERVICE IT INDUSTRY.

THERE'S NO PROBLEM.

I'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT IT WILL HANDLE HEAVY LOADS.

SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM THERE.

I'M SURE MR. COVERED, JUST IN CASE THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT BASICALLY IT WILL ALL BE UNDERGROUND, DA A MANHOLE COVER FOR THEM TO ACCESS IT, PUMP IT OUT AND THEY'LL PUMP IT MAYBE ONCE A MONTH TO BE PLACED IN THE PARKING LANE AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET THERE.

I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM AND, AND WISH WE'D HAD MORE TIME TO GIVE THIS TO YOU.

I GOT IT FRIDAY.

AND THE, AS YOU NOTICED, THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO WORK AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE OUR WATER SEWER CONTRACTOR INSTALL THAT FOR THE OWNER IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE ADOPT THIS RESTLESS, THE ONE WHO GOT HIM, THE, UH, WAIT, LET ME HELP YOU REGARDLESS.

WELL, THEY WON'T HAVE ANY, AND THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS.

THE SUCCESS IN, I FOUND A REQUIRED TO BE THERE BY STATE LAW.

YES, YES, YES, YES.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVED THAT, UH, THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, UM, BETWEEN THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN AND THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS REGARDING THE TRAIN EACH PROJECT.

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.

AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT DRAINAGE PROJECT FINALLY GETTING UNDERWAY.

IF I CAN JUST ADD, ADD TO THAT.

UH, THE COURT CALLED ME AND SAID THAT THEY HAD FOUND SOME MONEY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH THEIR FISCAL YEAR ENDS IN OCTOBER.

AND THE VERY SWEET PART OF THIS DEAL IS, IS THAT BEING, WE CAN START IT THIS YEAR AND THEN NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING.

IT'S AN ONGOING PROJECT.

SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON, ON THIS PROGRAM.

I THINK THE EFFORTS OF THE BOARD HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE.

I'M NOT SURE THEY FOUND MONEY.

I THINK SOMEONE FINALLY GET THE RIGHT BUTTON.

WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT ONLY USE THIS IN OUR PROGRAM, BUT IT'LL CONTINUE ON WHEN I WAS WRITING AND FACING WITH THE STUDY WILL BE THAT'S GOOD.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SOLVE ALL THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN COUNTRY, THIS FLAT, THIS CLOSE TO THE RIVER, BUT AT LEAST IT'S A START.

YES, YES.

YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

WE APPROVE ITEM 19 OVER BUNCH.

KEEP MEETING TONIGHT.