[Board of Trustees Budget Work Session on March 6, 2025.]
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WELCOME EVERYONE TO ROLL CALL PLEASE.UM, MOVING ON TO THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, UH, ITEMS. THE FIRST IS JUSTICE COURT, I BELIEVE.
UM, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHANGES BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND MR YEAR.
UM, I DID, UH, PUT A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, MORE RESOURCES IN FOR THE ASSISTANT COURT CLERK BECAUSE WE'RE LANDING ON DOING A LOT OF SCANNING OF THIS YEAR, TRYING TO STORAGE SPACE IN THE VILLAGE.
SO, UH, IT MAY COME IN HANDY FOR THAT.
IT'S A SMALL INCREASE, UM, LONGEVITY, AS YOU MAY RECALL, LAST YEAR WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THERE, SO THAT IS REFLECTED IN BUDGET.
UH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT X BOOKS AND QUITE A BIT.
UM, AND NO, THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY, UH, AREAS.
MUST, ARE THERE QUESTIONS ABOUT REPHRASE? YES, WE ADJUSTED EVERYBODY UP.
I BELIEVE, UH, IT WAS A PERCENTAGE BASED ON THE, UM, IS IT ON THE, SINCE THE LAST, SINCE THE LAST TIME.
YOU WANT TAKE THIS
SO IN THE FIRST SECTION, WHICH IS, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION ADMINISTRATION, UM, I JUST WANT CALL YOUR ATTENTION INTO THE RECREATION LEADER POSITION THAT WE, UM, ADDED.
UM, UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UM, AN EMPLOYEE THAT'S ELIGIBLE, UH, THAT HAS TAKEN THE EXAM AND, UM, THEIR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, UH, IN LINE WITH THE NEW TITLE.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, CREATE THAT POSITION AND REMOVE ONE OF, UH, RECREATION ASSISTANT POSITIONS.
UH, AND CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT IS SOMEBODY WHO ALREADY IS EMPLOYED IN VILLAGE, UM, YEAH.
AND, UH, SHE PASSED A REQUISITE, UM, TEST, BUT NOW SHE'S BEING RECLASSIFIED AT A HIGHER A SCALE.
UM, I THINK WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT THERE'S
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GONNA THEN BE, UM, A REDUCTION IN THE ITEM BY THE RELEVANT FOUND, RIGHT? CORRECT.THE OTHER ITEM IN, IN THE RECREATION ADMINISTRATION THAT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE MAINTENANCE OF AUTO EQUIPMENT.
UH, AT THIS POINT WE'VE GONE OVER, UM, OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH ONE OF OUR, UH, WORK VEHICLES.
AND, UH, WE ARE HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, BACK IN SERVICE AND, AND OPERATIONAL SO THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP IN LINE WITH NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
HOW FAR, WHICH LINE, HOW FAR OVER WHICH LINE? IT'S, I'M SORRY.
THAT'S, UH, MAINTENANCE OF AUTO EQUIPMENT.
IT'S CURRENTLY 3000 OVER WITH ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THAT ARE COMING IN BECAUSE IT WAS JUST OUT AT THE, UH, UM, MANUFACTURER FOR SOME MOTOR REPAIRS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MORE IT'S BE, UH, ANTICIPATING THIS NEXT BILL TO BE IN THE $5,000 RANGE? BUT, BUT I
THE OTHER AREA IS WE HAVE A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN OUR, UH, MEMBERSHIPS.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE SOME OF OUR, UM, MEMBERSHIPS FROM A, UM, GROUP MEMBERSHIP TO AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE COST ON THAT.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, MOST OF ALL, ALL THE OTHER ASKS ARE ABOUT THE SAME.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO FLAG IN THIS SECTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION? I HAVE ONE, ONE COMMENT FOR THE BOARD.
UM, THE, UH, WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S UNDER THE SENIOR PROGRAM.
WANT ME TO WAIT UNTIL I ASK? THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.
I'M GONNA LET ANN DISCUSS HER PROGRAMS. SO THERE, THERE ARE LINE ITEMS, UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE NOT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT THAT BY YES.
SO, SO PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, UM, IS TO CREATE NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT BUDGET.
AND WE'VE RECENTLY HAD, UH, A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT REFLECTING ON THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, PRINTOUT AT THE MOMENT, WE'VE DONE A MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL, UM, INTERESTS, UH, WAS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL ADULT, UM, CLASSES POSSIBLY IN THE EVENING.
OH, AND, UH, ALSO, UH, WE INTRODUCED, UH, UH, GOLF FOR THE YOUNG NURSE AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE UTILIZING THESE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT IN THE CURRENT BUDGET REGARDING THE MEDICAL, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY JUST USED THAT AS WELL.
WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY IN OUR A ED, OUR AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR AT THE CENTER.
SO, UM, THAT LINE WILL BE ZEROED OUT AS WELL.
MEDICAL IS FROM CAMP IS TAKEN OUT OF A DIFFERENT LINE.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR ADMINISTRATION PURPOSES.
THERE IS ONE LINE THAT'S VERY, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UH, AN EMPLOYEE THAT'S OUT ON MEDICAL.
SO IT IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED AT AT THIS POINT? NO, THERE'S NO WORKERS SUPPORT.
WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THAT AREA, I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, ANN RUSICK, SENIOR YOUR, UH, ADVOCATE.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN IN MANY NEW SENIORS, YOUNGER SENIORS.
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UM, OUR CLASSES ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY.UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO WE, UM, GOT A NEW YOGA TEACHER AND EVERYBODY JUST LOVES HIM.
SO, I MEAN, THE CLASS IS THE STANDING ROOM ONLY.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A PARTY BASICALLY EVERY MONTH.
UM, LAST MONTH WE DID THE VALENTINE'S PARTY.
WE HAD ABOUT 80 PEOPLE, UM, TO DATE.
I HAVE 90 FOR NEXT WEEK FOR THE ST.
UM, SO THE, THE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY GROWING.
UM, THE SENIOR COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY BUSY ADDING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. UM, SO I MEAN, THE SENIORS AT TIMES CAN BE AT OUR CENTER ALL DAY LONG.
UM, THE, ONE OF THE SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS DID A MINDFULNESS CLASS, UM, WHICH WILL, SHE WILL DO THREE MORE TIMES, THREE MORE ONCE A MONTH FOR THREE MORE MONTHS.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO DOING INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS, UM, IN ADDITION TO OUR LUNCH AND LEARNS THAT I TRY TO DO AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY.
WELL, WE'VE HAD TO, UM, HIRE NEW BUS DRIVERS A FEW TIMES, UM, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE YOUNGER SENIORS WHO REALLY DON'T RIDE THE BUS, AND IT'S BEEN WINTER TIME, SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE MANY TRIPS.
UM, BUT I HOPE TO DO SOME MORE TRIPS IN THE SPRING AND UTILIZE THE BUS MORE OFTEN.
UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY JUST, JUST, UH, AFTER THE BUDGET HAD BEEN PREPARED THIS WEEK.
AND, UM, ANN HAS BEEN DOING A TON OF PROGRAMS, YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ACTUALS 24.
AND THIS YEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE ON TARGET FULLY EXPENDED, SO I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THERE'S ANY, I KNOW SOME OF THE, UH, FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN DOING OR HAVING SPEAKERS AND THINGS OF THE CHARITY.
THERE'S A, THERE'S MORE HONORARY ALLOW FOR THAT.
UM, WE CAN DO THAT ON THE BUS.
WELL, THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAD LOWERED THE EIGHT US FIVE.
ALEX, WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE JUST INTERJECT AND HAVE BARB DO THE, UM, CELEBRATIONS REAL QUICK UNDER ONE? THANK YOU.
UM, CELEBRATIONS IS ON PAGE 11, ONE PAGE.
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ARE WE READY? WHAT? ONE SECOND.OKAY, SO AT THE END, LAST THREE PAGE.
SO, UM, ESSENTIALLY, UH, PRETTY SIMILAR THINGS TO LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE, UM, STARTING WITH THE PRIDE EVENT, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE IN JUNE, WE HAVE THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, INCLUDING THE JAZZ SERIES OF THE BFW.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, AN OCTOBER FEST DATE, UH, OF OCTOBER 3RD.
UM, WE, WE, UH, GOT THE SAME BAND TO COME BACK WITH THE SAME PRICE WE HAVE.
UM, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT HALLOWEEN, THE HALLOWEEN EVENTS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE.
WE GOT THE WINDOW PAINTING, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO, THE HALLOWEEN EVENTS ARE JUST, AGAIN, JUST TWO WEEKS IN OCTOBER, WE CELEBRATE DIFFERENT HALLOWEEN EVENTS.
THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE.
SO WE TRY TO KEEP IT INTERESTING.
BUT IT'S THE WINDOW PAINTING, THE FRIDAY NIGHT, THAT EVENT MEMORIAL.
UM, AND MEMORIAL DAY, WE, WE, WE, WE ADMITTED TO MAY.
OH NO, THAT'S COMING UP BECAUSE IT'S MAY.
RIGHT? SO, UM, AND WE HAVE SOME, UH, WE MIGHT DO THE DROP AND SHOP MOVIE NIGHTS, YOU KNOW, AND THE BINGO NIGHTS, UM, MLK BREAKFAST AND BRINGING THAT BACK.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A MID-WINTER DATE, WHICH DOESN'T EVEN, WELL, YEAH, IT DOES COST ABOUT THAT MUCH IS PRETTY INEXPENSIVE.
UM, FUNDRAISER FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR WE RAISED ABOUT $550, BUT WE WOULD'VE BEEN RAISED MORE EXCEPT THERE WAS THE FIRE AT THE, UM, LIBRARY, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, AND SO, SO THAT WAS, SO WE MOVED INDOORS AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT, UM, WE'LL DO WORDS ON HUDSON AGAIN.
I HAVE IT COMING UP APRIL 11TH, THIS, THIS NEXT MONTH IF YOU WANNA COME TO THIS YEAR'S.
UM, AND THAT'D HARDLY PROBABLY COST ANYTHING.
AND THEN ANOTHER EARTH DAY SPRING THING EVENT.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, THE EVENTS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE BUDGET? UM, WELL, I, I, I, OH, I SEE, I SEE.
I ADD, UM, I ALSO ADD IN THE, UM, RIVERS CHAMBER SUPPORT.
UM, ARE THEY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, YEAH, NOT TOO MUCH BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT, UM, UH, TWO FOR RIVER ARTS AND FOUR CHAMBER.
IT'S PRETTY CLOSE, BUT THERE'S A SMALL I HAVE A QUESTION.
FRED AND BRIAN, IF I, THIS INSIDE YEAH.
I ALSO, YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE, UH, WANTED TO ASK ON BEHALF OF A FEW, UM, POSITIONS.
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD WE INTEND, I DUNNO,
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TO, TO EXTEND IT.IS THERE, UM, SO DAVID JANEWAY HAS BEEN ORGANIZING THAT.
IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO OR IF, IF HE'S WILLING TO EXTEND IT.
HE'S, HE'S ACTUALLY THE, THE PERSON WHO ASKED.
YOU PUT THE EXTENSION IN FROM WHAT HE ASKED.
OH, THIS IS, THIS IS 10 WEEKS.
IT WAS EIGHT AND THEN WAS EIGHT.
WAS HE ASKING FOR MORE THAN THAT? OH, NO.
YEAH, THESE ARE THE DATES HE ASKED FOR.
UNLESS HE ASKED YOU FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE, EIGHT WEEKS, THAT'S, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE EXTENDED SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT, OH, OKAY.
I WE WENT BY THE AMOUNT OF DATES HE ASKED.
HE, HE ACTUALLY, WHAT'S THAT? THE, WELL, WE HAD SPOKE TO DAVID AND WE EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT WE WERE GONNA PRESENT THE 10 WEEKS.
SO HE JUST IS ENSURING THAT WE DID DO THAT.
HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID.
DAVID, IF THAT'S THEN, AND WE'VE ADDED WHAT, WHAT HAVE YOU TAKEN AWAY? THE BUDGET IS THE SAME.
LOST, JUST, UM, THEY'RE JUST THINGS THAT WE JUST MOVE AROUND.
WE OFFER THE, WHAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THIS YEAR? WE, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE HAD, UM, THE SPRING THING IN JUNE, NOW WE DID.
SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, BUT, BUT IT, IT DOES IN A WAY THAT WE HAVE ONE LESS EVENT IN JUNE.
WE USED TO HAVE, WHAT DO WE USED TO HAVE IN JUNE? WE HAD THE, UM, PRIDE AND WE HAD ANOTHER TWO.
SO YOU RELEASED THE NUMBER OF EVENTS BY HOW MANY? JUST ONE, ONE EVENT IN JUNE.
WE USED TO HOST TWO EVENTS, AND NOW WE HAVE THE LARGE PRIDE EVENT THAT THEY HAD.
WE MOVED SPRING THING USED TO ALSO BE IN JUNE.
WE'VE BEEN IN LAST YEAR'S FISCAL, SO WE'RE STILL, WE STILL HAVE MAY EVENT.
BUT THIS IS HAVE TO HAPPEN IN BUDGET.
UM, DID WE REDUCE, UM, APRIL? WHAT ELSE DID WE TAKE BACK? JUST SOMETHING IN THE MUSIC CHECKING.
I CAN'T FIND IT, BUT I, I PUT IN FOR THE AMOUNT THAT HE ASKED FOR.
SO ANOTHER THING I JUST GRATEFUL IT GOT ADDED EVERYONE.
BUT AT HALF THE PRICE, BECAUSE I FIGURED HE COULD RAISE MONEY BECAUSE HE'S OKAY.
BUT JUST THE BOARD TO BE AWARE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THIS IS JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT.
BUT I THINK PEOPLE WANT KNOW WHAT WAY THE BUDGET FOR MAKING WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, HOW MUCH, HOW IT WAS, WAS I, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE, I THAT'S ASSUMING THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT AND THEY CAN RAISE ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE HE HAS, UH, HE HIRES A LOT OF LOCAL HASTINGS YOUTH TO HELP HIM SET UP.
HE SETS UP FOR LIKE, IT BREAKS DOWN THE WHOLE THING IS LIKE 10 HOURS.
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I DON'T KNOW.I'M JUST, ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT I NOT, I'M NOT, SO I'M JUST BY 10.
I I THINK IT'S, THEY'RE ALL READY PROGRAM.
I WISH I HAD LAST YEAR'S BUDGET FOR ME AT THE END.
I THINK WE WERE PROVING THAT 55.
BUT WE'D JUST LIKE TO SEE MAYBE WHAT DO A COMPARISON FOR US IS THIS.
IS THAT, ARE THOSE UNDER THIS CATEGORY? IT'S IN THAT LINE.
SO WHAT WAS THAT VILLAGE MANAGER? WHAT WAS THE, THE ITEMS YOU JUST, I DIDN'T, YOU SAID THE TROLLEY.
WE DO THE NO TROLLEY THOUSAND.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT PAGE THAT IS THOUGH.
WELL, DO YOU LIKE TO FLAG CHRIS? SO, UM, WHAT I LIKE TO FLAG IS THE, UH, CAPITAL OUTLAY.
UH, WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE USED FOR IS TO GET A CARGO STORAGE CONTAINER TO HELP, UM, PUT AWAY SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.
YOU SAY WHAT? A CARGO STORAGE CONTAINER.
SO IT WILL HELP WITH OUR STORAGE BECAUSE WE BASICALLY ADD OUR SEAMS WITHIN THE GARAGE.
UH, IT, IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT LITTLE LEAK HAS AT UNIONTOWN.
AND WILL THAT BE AT CIAR? I CAN'T REMEMBER.
UH, IN THE BACK OF ZINZER WHERE, UH, WE USUALLY PUT OUR CLAY, SO WE'RE GONNA CLEAN UP THAT AREA A LITTLE BIT MORE AND BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT BETTER.
UM, SO S SMALL TOOLS, UM, YOU KNOW, HASN'T BEEN SPENT MUCH.
UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COME IN THE SPRINGTIME, WE'RE GONNA BE PURCHASING A LOT MORE HAND TOOLS, UM, TO DEAL WITH THE, UH, VINES AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO THE, UM, VINE SQUAD AS WELL.
SO LOPPERS AND CUTTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO SHOVELS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HAND, UH, THE NEXT AREA IS, UM, THE WATER.
UH, IT WAS VERY, VERY DRY, WET, UH, NOT WET SUMMER, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 WEEKS OF
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VERY DRY WEATHER AND WE BASICALLY HAD TO KEEP POWER FIELDS, YOU KNOW, UM, WET.AND WE WENT OVER IN OUR, YOU KNOW, LINES A LITTLE BIT THERE.
UM, SO SOME OF THEM WERE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
THE OTHER AREA IS THE OTHER SERVICES LINE.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT WE, IT'S FOR, UM, WHEN WE HAVE TO BRING IN OUTSIDE SERVICES FOR ANY TYPE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK AND OR FOR ANY UNFORESEEN WORK THAT WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS EMERGENCY.
AND WE INCURRED A SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE, UM, AT THE POOL WITH, UH, REPLACING THE UTILITY POLE, UM, WHICH, UH, WAS A SIGNIFICANT HIT TO THAT LINE.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, PURCHASED A D CABINETS, WHICH ARE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL FIBRILLARY CABINETS AND PLACED THEM AT THE PARKS, UM, FOR SAFETY.
AND IT'S A NEW LAW THAT THE, UH, GOVERNOR SIGNED IT TO EFFECT AFTER WE HAD DONE THE BUDGETS.
I DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR IT AT, OF THE, IT'S ONE THAT DE JONES.
SO WE, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO, I THINK ALSO SOME OF HILLSIDE MESSAGE BETWEEN THAT ONE.
UM, SOME OF THEM, BUT I THINK MOST OF THE WOODS ONES WERE OUT OF THE CAPITAL.
SO, AND THAT BRINGS UP THE NEXT TOP, UM, ITEM THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS, IS THAT THERE'S A NEW LINE FOR MAINTENANCE OF HILLSIDE WOODS, WHICH IS 7 1 1 0, UH, 4 8 8.
AND IT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY INSTALLED THE FENCE AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE FENCE.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME DAMAGES THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO REPAIRS TO.
WE'VE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL TREE WORK THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO.
AND I FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO PROGRESS WITH THE, WITH THE RESTORATION OF THE WOODS.
HOWEVER, THE GRANT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ARE NOT ABLE TO BE UTILIZED FOR ANY REPAIRS OR MAINTENANCE.
THEY'RE SPECIFIC PURPOSES THAT WE CAN USE THEM FOR.
AND THESE DON'T FALL INTO THAT.
SO I FELT TO BE, YOU KNOW, UH, TRANSPARENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE WHATEVER IS NECESSARY.
WE NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE LINE THAT WE CAN TRACK THIS IN.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT RAW FUNDING NOT OFFSETTING, NOT OFFSETTING OR IS OFFSET NOT ALL THE COSTS? IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS THAT WE CURRENTLY, IT'S CURRENTLY 38,000 AND YOU PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR 20.
SO WOULD THERE BE ANY REASON IT WOULD BE NOT TO LIKE, NOT 38? HARD TO KNOW.
I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, I DUNNO, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT ALL THE BAD TREES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN HILLSIDE WOODS, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO WAY OF TELLING.
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE YEARS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN THAT.
I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, AS TIME GOES BY, WE MOST LIKELIHOOD BE SENSIBLE IN DO, UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, WHETHER IT SHOULD, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE IT HONOR, BUT JUST KNOW THAT IT'S THERE FOR HILLSIDE, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, BUT IN CASE IT JUST, IT NOT, WE WANT IT ACTUALLY ANYWAY,
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JUST THE POOL.SO YOU CAN REMOVE THE RESTRICTION.
UM, UM, WELL, COMMUNITY RECREATION IS THE SAME AS THAT.
WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, PRE, UH, IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, AND OUR SPENDING IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY ON TARGET WITH THAT.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S UNDERSPENT, WE JUST REPLACED SOME TABLES.
SO SOME OF THIS WILL BE REPRESENTED IN NEXT, UM, YOU KNOW, PRINT OUT OR, YOU KNOW, IN THE SYSTEM IS NOT ON THIS, YOU KNOW, UM, I THAT IN, NOT IN, BUT THERE'S, WELL ACTUALLY SOME WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR AND THERE'S A CAPITAL OUTLAY LINE CENTER THAT THEY'RE LYING DOWN.
THAT IS FURNITURE THAT'S IN THE NET? YEAH, THAT'S IN THE MUNI.
THE SECTION, WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT'S IN THE, I'M, I'M SORRY.
COMMUNITY RECREATION IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE THAN COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS COMMUNITY RECREATION IN TERMS OF ITS DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER? LIKE WHAT EQUIPMENT?
SO WHAT WE PURCHASED WAS SOME TABLES.
SO ANYTIME THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY RECREATION, IT'S UM, THE PUBLIC EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CELEBRATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE EXAMPLE IS THE HALLOWEEN.
ECONS IS WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT.
UM, THESE ARE SPECIFIC TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT OUTSIDE OF, UH, CELEBRATION.
AND OUT OF THE BUILDING AS WELL.
SO, SO THE EQUIPMENT ARE TABLES THAT YOU WOULD SET UP FOR WANTING TO GO UP TO HANG OUT
AND SO IS IT THAT WE HAVE TABLE OR WHAT STORY WE NEED TO ROTATE TABLES OUT, UH, ON A ANNUAL BASIS? THIS, UH, THEY'RE UTILIZED FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
UM, WHEN THEY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GO INSIDE AND OUT, THEY CAN'T WEAR THERE.
UM, AND THAT IS YES,
I, UM, GOT TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS, THE COMMUNITY AND WE KIND ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION AND REALLY COULD USE, UM, SOME, SOME NEW THINGS DOWN THERE.
AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR SURE.
SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO THAT'S NOW, UM, WHAT ARE THE OTHER, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE UTILITIES, LIKE MM-HMM
UM, THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE THE, ABOUT TO GO MM-HMM
AND THEN THE ESTIMATE FROM REQUEST MANAGER.
UM, YEAH, I, I THOUGHT THE, THE DEPARTMENT
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REQUEST WAS MORE THAN WAS REALLY NEEDED.BUT TRY TO, UH, BE OUR, UH, KEEP THESE LINES THE HOSPITAL AND WE ALSO ARE GETTING A NEW CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OUR HEALING, WHICH HOPEFULLY REDUCE OUR SO THAT, THAT'S IN THIS LINE? NO, THAT IS IN.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THE, THEY'RE, UM, STANDARD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR SERVICE CONTRACTS, UH,
SO WE HAVE, UM, FIRE AND PROTECTION, THE ELEVATOR, THE HVAC SYSTEM, THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, THE GENERATOR WINDOW WASHING AND EXTERMINATOR.
SO IT GONE OFF THE PIPE OFF, LIKE WHAT THAT WHITE WENT? YES, CORRECT.
ARE THOSE THE ACTUAL ADD UP TO THAT, OR IS THERE SOME SPECULATION? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD ADD UP TO EXACTLY WHAT THE, UH, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE EXACT COST.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THE, I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS CORRECT.
SO IT'S, IT'S WITHIN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF THAT.
SO THE OTHER SERVICES ONCE AGAIN ARE, UM, WHEN WE HAVE TO BRING IN OUTSIDE COMPANIES.
SO WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT EXPENSES FROM, UH, THE BOILER, UH, WATER HEATERS AND JUST RAW PLUMBING REPAIRS THAT THAT IS IMPACT THAT LINE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I MEAN THE, THE BUILDING, UM, EQUIPMENT IS SHOWN SOME OF ITS AGE WHERE WE'RE DOING MORE.
UM, AND, UM, AND THE UPGRADES ARE NECESSARY.
I'M ACTUALLY JUST CURIOUS IN IF THIS IS VERY SUBJECTIVE.
YOUR, UH, IN YOUR OPINION, DO YOU THINK THE BUILDING THIS, UM, THAT WE'RE SPENDING ENOUGH ON MAINTAINING THE BUILDING IS WE PUTTING BANDAIDS AS IT HAVE TO PULL APART MAJOR LANE IN THE NEXT YEARS EMERGENCY? SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY OUTTA THIS ADEQUATE? SO I, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S ADEQUATE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WITH THE MORE, UM, INVOLVED THE HVAC SYSTEM.
AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING A NEW CONTROLLER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME OUR UPGRADES NEEDED, WE'RE DOING SOME LIGHTING UPGRADES AS WELL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE UPON IT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WITHOUT A DOUBT.
JUST, UM, I DON'T FEEL THAT WE'RE IN ANY DIRE NEED.
I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING WELL.
UM, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT WE NEED TO DO? YEAH, WELL THE HVAC SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF NEED TO KEEP THIS, THE SYSTEM FROM OVER COSTING TOO MUCH BECAUSE IT'S ON ALL THE TIME.
THESE, THESE ROOFTOP UNITS WERE DESIGNED TO BE ON ALL THE TIME.
WHEN THEY BUILT THE BUILDING, THEY HAD A WINDOWS XP SYSTEM THAT CONTROLLED THEM AND MADE IT.
SO WE USED GOT ALL THE NIGHT CERTAIN TEMPERATURES.
I MEAN OUR, OUR BOILER IS VERY
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INTERESTING BECAUSE AS THE TEMPERATURE'S UP, THE HOT WATER TEMPERATURE GOES DOWN BECAUSE IT'S SENSING ALL THESE THINGS AND SAVING US MONEY WHEN THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK.THAT'S WHY YOU ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN FROM THE ELECTRICAL COSTS IS WE CAN'T CONTROL THE UNIT AND THEY'RE STAYING ON MORE THAN THEY USED TO.
SO, AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT, UH, AARON HAS DONE A, A LOT OF UPGRADES, BATHROOMS, SO THAT WE HAVE HAND DRYERS THAT ARE AIR, WE HAVE THE FAUCETS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH THE FAUCET, YOU HAVE TO PUSH BUTTON DOWN.
AND THOSE UNITS STARTED TO GET OLD AND WHEN THEY GOT OLD, THEY WOULD STOP.
AND, UH, UH, AND SO WHAT HE DID IS HE HAD THEM REPLACE BO WITH AND SENSOR MUCH MORE AFTER YOU JUST GO OVER THERE AND IT, IT MIXES STILL HOT AND COLD AND IT'S GOES OFF PERMIT.
AND SO THAT'S IN THAT COST AS WELL.
THOSE IMPROVEMENTS MEAN THE BUILDING IS 15 YEARS OLD.
WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING KEPT UP.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'M THIS TIME AND WEATHER FACTORS ARE, YEAH, NO, I'M NOT, UH, IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT MEANT TO SOUND LIKE CRITICISM.
I'M ACTUALLY JUST ASKING BUILDING SORT OF LIKE, I HAVE USED SO MUCH COMPARING IT EVERY, IT SEEMS LIKE MONTH AND EACH TIME I GET THE BILL, MAYBE I SHOULD, MAYBE THIS IS THE TIME TO NOT SPEND THIS SMALLER AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR TIME.
THERE'S GONNA POINT, THERE'S GOING TO COME A POINT WHERE SOME OF THESE HBAC UNITS ON THE ROOF ARE GONNA HAVE PLACE THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
IT'S GONNA INVOLVE BRAINS COMING AND THESE UNITS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT.
THEY'RE GONNA COST THE VILLAGE.
YEAH, THOSE, AND JUST TO EXPAND ON WHAT RALPH WAS JUST SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN CHANGING OUT THE FAUCETS AS NEEDED.
YOU KNOW, AS THEY, YOU KNOW, NEED REPAIR, WE'RE ABLE TO DO AN UPGRADE ON THEM.
UM, THAT LIGHTS SOME OF THE, UM, OLDER ONES HAVE BEEN CHANGED OUT.
WE TRY AND DO THAT FOR EFFICIENCY.
UM, OUR MAIN ROOM WHERE WE, UH, IS WE USE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WE RENT IT OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO THE WINDOW TREATMENTS, I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT, UH, IT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY JUST TAKE A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR.
UM, SO WE WANT TO TRY AND PRESENT THE BEST FACILITY THAT WE CAN.
AND, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SOME UPGRADES TO THE LIGHTING AS WELL RIGHT NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE STUFF THAT MENTIONED, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE, UM, UP, YEAH.
UM, YEAH, NO, UH, THAT, THAT'S IT FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER
UM, IT, IT, IT IS THE SAME AS AS LAST YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, NICOLE OFFERED, YOU KNOW, RUNS A GREAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OFFERINGS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, ALL THESE ARE VERY SIMILAR.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF UNDERSTATED IN THE BUDGET.
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I THINK WE DO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THE ARE YOU INTERESTED? OH, WE ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT YEAH, IT WILL OPEN.
IT'S, IT'S AFTER THE LIBRARY TWO.
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT NUMBER IN THE AIR AS WELL.
AND WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING IT TO A POINT WHERE THAT BOND THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SO MANY YEARS IS NOW BEING HIGHER THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO WHAT PLAN I THINK IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE A LOT OF MONEY WITHOUT THAT ONE 20 COMING OUT AND WE BUILD UP A NICE RESERVE POOL SO THAT IT CAN REPAIR ITSELF WITHOUT GOING I LOVE THAT.
SO DO I NICOLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? SURE.
UM, SO THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE YOU'LL SEE IS JUST WITH SALARIES.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE MOST INCREASES.
AND THAT'S WITH MINIMUM WAGE GOING UP.
UM, I HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE IF I WANT THE BEST OF THE BEST LIFEGUARDS.
AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW WE ROLL IN CHEMCO.
WE LIKE TO HAVE TOP-NOTCH LIFEGUARDS.
SO IF I WANT THAT, I HAVE TO PAY THAT.
UM, I HAVE A VERY GOOD STAFF OF ADMINS AS WELL, SO IF I WANT TO KEEP THEM AND RETAIN THEM FROM SUMMER TO SUMMER, I HAVE TO PAY THEM NICELY AS WELL.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THOUGH, ACTUALS, WE, I KEPT THE POOL DIRECTOR, JUST, THAT'S THE ESTIMATE.
UM, I AM THE POOL DIRECTOR, BUT I'M A SALARIED EMPLOYEE, SO I TRY NOT TO DO OVERTIME.
BUT THERE ARE TIMES THAT I HAVE TO BE AT EVENTS AND BETWEEN MY REC OFFICE DUTIES AND POOL DUTIES, SOMETIMES I DO.
BUT AS YOU SEE, I KEPT IT VERY LOW THIS PAST SUMMER.
I TRY TO MAKE SURE I DO ALL ASKS WITHIN, BUT I KEPT THAT ASK AT THE SAME JUST IN CASE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, NOT BIG CHANGES.
UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE INCREASE IN POOL SUPPLIES, WHICH IS ALSO, UM, COVERS AQUATICS AND PROGRAMMING.
OUR BIG CHANGE THIS YEAR IS NOW THAT OUR TOWER LIGHTS ARE WORKING, WE DID A FEW TESTS TIMES LAST YEAR INSTEAD OF HAVING STANDARD LATE NIGHTS, WHICH ENDED UP COSTING US A LOT MORE MONEY PREVIOUS YEARS.
'CAUSE TURNING ON THE LIGHTS, HAVING IT OPEN FOR MAYBE THREE PEOPLE TO COME SWIM, WE'RE DOING MORE SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO ONE OF OUR BIG HITS WAS I DID A SUMMER KICKOFF FOR TWEENS AND I HAD ABOUT 80 SOMETHING YOUNG FOLK THERE RUNNING RAMPANT AT NIGHT.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME MORE FOR ALL AGES.
I HAVE A BAND COMING IN FOR AN ADULTS ONLY NIGHT.
UM, IT'S A LOCAL BANDS OF HASTINGS PARENTS AND THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT.
WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, HOPEFULLY SOME KARAOKE NIGHT FOR ADULTS AND FOR FAMILIES.
UM, SO WE'LL NEED SUPPLIES FOR THAT.
SO THERE WAS A LITTLE INCREASE WITH THAT, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE CHARGING SMALL AMOUNTS FOR RESIDENTS TO COME IN FOR THAT.
UM, AND POOL MEMBERS WILL GET IN FOR FREE.
SO I DON'T SEE IT REALLY BEING AN ISSUE.
AND WE INCREASED A LOT MORE OF OUR SWIM PROGRAMS, WHICH THE MORE KIDS KNOW HOW TO SWIM THE MORE ADULTS KNOW HOW TO SWIM BETTER FOR US, BUT NOT BIG CHANGES.
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YOUTH ADVOCATE WILL BE NEXT ON PAGE 10.SO WE'RE STARTING WITH THE NARCOTICS GUIDANCE ON THIS BUDGET IN PARTICULAR.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHANGES FROM, UM, THE PREVIOUS YEAR KEPT THE SPENDING IN LINE WITH WHAT IT HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST FEW.
UM, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THAT YOU WILL SEE IS THE MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE AND ACCIDENT.
I THAT IT JUST PUT, I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GONNA, I THINK THAT I, YES, WE CAN SPEND MORE.
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS THAT I AM VERY, UM, I TRY, YEAH, I'M VERY FRUGAL.
I TRY TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THE BUDGET THAN I'M GIVEN.
AND SO THEN I FIND MYSELF AT THE END HAVING THOSE, UM, I MEAN THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK, NOT BE WHAT QUESTION WRONG MM-HMM
SO IT'S, IT'S BIT DIFFERENT OTHER, OTHER DEPART.
BUT MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU WON'T SPEND DOWN WAVING IF THE, ON THE, THE YOUTH ADVOCATE SIDE OF THINGS.
THE STATE AID THAT WE RECEIVE IS, THAT'S NEVER ON RESPECT.
ON THE, THE OTHER, THE FEDERAL GRANT.
WE HAVE HAD YEARS WHERE WE WERE AND DEFINITELY IMPACTED THAT TO PEOPLE THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO AND THINGS THAT CHANGED AFTER COVID.
UM, THE ONE THING IN PARTICULAR ON THE FEDERAL GRANT SIDE OF WAS VERY POPULAR FAMILY UNIVERSITY PROGRAM THAT AFTER COVID IT'S NO LONGER A POPULAR ACTIVITY.
SO WE'VE AWAY FROM THAT AND WE FOUND, UM, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN AND UM, YOU HAVE THAT PROGRAM, YOU HAVE THAT.
I FEEL THAT OF COURSE THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR THAT.
BUT NO, I MEAN THERE WERE SOME THAT LIKE THERE'S A VAGUE THREAT THAT WE HAD WE HAVEN'T BEEN ADVISED OF.
WHICH IS THE NARCOTIC COUNCIL.
ONE THING THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IS TO HAVE, UM, AT SOME POINT WHEN IT'S UNEXPECTED AND UPDATE,
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THAT MAKES SENSE.LET US NOT IN, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE SAFE RIDE, WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING.
THE, UH, SO THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN ADDED INTO THE, THE VILLAGE BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT APPEARS THERE.
SO OFFSET, OFFSET BY THE DIRECTLY WHATEVER TO FIX THE REVENUE.
THE, THE PROVIDE, I'M ASKING IF IT'S IN THE REVENUE.
AND IT IS SEPARATE REVENUE LINE.
NOW THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, WHICH IS ON AGE SEVEN.
YOU WANNA START WITH THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING? YEAH.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA, YOU WANNA START WITH THE BUILDING? THE, THE BUILDING MAIN? I MEAN THE, UM, YEAH, THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
WORK FOR YOU? UM, THAT'S FINE.
I HAVE ALL MY NOTES READY FOR THAT.
REALLY THE ONLY INCREASES WE HAD WERE JUST YOUR INCREASE IN UTILITIES AS EVERYBODY THAT LIVES HERE HERE KNOWS.
THAT WAS, THEY WENT UP AND OUR CONTRACTS, WE HAD OUR, UH, A, A SMALL ANNUAL INCREASE IN OUR CONTRACTS, WHICH ARE ALL REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET.
UM, SORRY, JUST SAY THAT SECOND ONE AGAIN.
THE CONTRACTS, THERE WAS A SMALL INCREASE IN OUR CONTRACTS.
AGAIN, CAN YOU JUST REMIND US WHAT, WHAT THOSE SURE.
UM, SO IT'S THE, IT'S THE PLOTTER, IT'S THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, GENERATOR SERVICE, THE ELEVATOR SERVICE, OUR LEASE HEAT PUMPS AND THE POLICE STATION, OUR BOILER, OUR UH, OUR FUEL TANKS AND OUR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, WHICH IS OUR FIRE ATTENTION.
WHICH, SO THAT, THAT AMOUNT 18,000 REPRESENTS EXACT, COMES BACK THAT 17,160, THAT, THAT WAS, UH, LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
THE NEXT LINE, MY NEXT LINE BLANK HERE.
YOU CAN USE MINE, BUT IT'S MORE THAT THEY ADD UP TO OH, THANK YOU.
THESE AMOUNTS ADD UP TO 18,619.
YEAH, SO THERE'S, IT'S EXACTLY THE AMOUNT.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING FLUCTUATES THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN THAT COMES OUT
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OUTTA A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT.THIS IS JUST FOR THE SERVICE CONTRACT, MEANING THIS IS OUR ANNUAL INSPECTION.
UM, THE ANNUAL TEST THING THAT'S MINOR WITH THOSE, THAT'S USUALLY COVERED.
BUT MOST TIMES ANYTHING THAT NOT WORK, MOST NOT COVERED.
AND, AND THE LINE THAT, UH, UH, WHAT IS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING IS THE BUDGET THAT WE USE TO, TO ACTUALLY WHEN THINGS NEED DONE IN THE BUILDING.
THINGS BREAK AND SOMETHING NEEDS SERVICE SO ON.
SO MAINTENANCE PERSON FIRST LINE IS THE PERSON WHO, UH, THAT WORKS IN? YES.
SO LIKE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THAT DOOR BREAKS, BOX BREAKS, ELEVATOR BREAKS, GENERATOR GOES MANAGE JUST BOILER AS ALWAYS.
I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT PLAN EXPECT.
UH, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY TO TAKE WHAT'S HOW, HOW PREVIOUS YEARS HAVE GONE.
NOW THERE'S SOME ANOMALIES THERE.
WE CAN'T REALLY COUNT BECAUSE WE HAD SOME BAD WINTERS AND WE HAD REALLY MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE BOILER.
WE'VE BEEN PRETTY STEADY WITH OUR, WITH OUR BOILER.
THAT'S REALLY OUR BIGGEST, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST UNKNOWN IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE BEAST.
YOU KNOW, WE NEVER, WE NEVER, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.
BUT WE, WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO KEEP IT AS MAINTAINED AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR BREAKDOWNS, BUT YOU CAN NEVER REALLY FORECAST WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
IT'S REALLY, AND I HATE TO SAY THIS, I KNOW IT'S A BUDGET, IT'S AN EDUCATED GUESS.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT HEAT OUR BOIL DOES HEAT THAT RIGHT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
IS GETTING SOMEBODY TO DO IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
WE HAD TO DORY ASBESTOS REMOVAL AND THAT WAS BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GET ANY MECHANICS IN THERE TO LOOK AT IT.
BUT THAT REALLY DID MAKE A BIG, BIG PROBLEM.
AND, AND IT'S REALLY STOPPED ME FROM COMING HERE FIGURING OUT WHY THAT SCREAMING, YOU KNOW, AREN'T, UM, I SURE.
AND THEY'RE, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO NEXT? THE, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR IS ON PAGE, UM, WAS ON, UH, PAGE THREE.
SO MAYBE YOU JUST SAFETY AND SCHEDULE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO FLAG FOR US? SO WHAT I'M GONNA FLAG FOR YOU, THERE'S TWO ITEMS THAT I NEED IS A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I NEED FLAG.
BASICALLY SALARIES OF SALARIES.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO KEEP IT DOWN AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE BUSIER THAN WE'VE, WELL BUSIER THAN WE'VE BEEN IN THE 14 AND A HALF YEARS, THAT'S FOR SURE.
UM, SO WHERE WE TRY TO KEEP THE OVERTIME DOWN TO JUST WHAT'S ABSOLUTELY NEEDED, LONGEVITY'S LONGEVITY.
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THE, UH, THE SOFTWARE WE, UH, ARE NOW UP, IT'S BEEN UP AND RUNNING SINCE OCTOBER.SO WE'RE GONNA BE PAID THAT THIS YEAR NOW.
WHEN YOU GONNA, THAT POPPED? WELL, THE BILL COMES IN, BUT THE MM-HMM
MEANING THAT'S GONNA BE A STAKE? NO, WE'RE GONNA PAY AND IT'S UP AND RUNNING.
I MEAN, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT SOME, SOME, SOME OF THE LAWS, WE WEREN'T, WE WEREN'T USING IT.
SO WE PAID THE, BUT NOW WE ARE USING IT.
WE HAVE TO BUT IT'S A, IT'S A CONTRACT, CORRECT.
CHARLES, WHAT'S THE, THAT'S ANNUAL CHARGE.
SO THEN GOING BACK TO 20, 22, 23.
IS THAT A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SOFTWARE? YEAH.
WELL WE DID HAVE A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE, BUT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THESE AIR IN TERMS OF BEING TIME, I THINK WE WERE ACTUALLY USING.
YEAH, WE, WE WERE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE MONEY THAT WE HAD FOR, TO PAY THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T OFFERING THE SCANNING.
WHICH THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME PURPOSE.
WE JUST HAD TO, WE HAD TO PAY.
UM, IT HAD, AND IF YOU, IF YOU JUMP DOWN TO OUR SCANNING SERVICES, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO UP THE SCANNING SERVICES LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THOSE ARE JUST HARD COSTS.
IT'S NOT THAT THE SCANNING SERVICE, NOT THAT SHE INCREASED HER PRICE, IT WAS JUST AN INCREASE OF AN INCREASE OF PRODUCTIVITY AS WE HAVE A LOT.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE SOFTWARE SCAN, IT SCANS BUT IT DOESN'T THE RESOLUTION SIZE.
SO IN ORDER TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT, I DO RUN IT IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF OUR OLD SYSTEM, WHICH HELD OUR FILES.
AND NOW WHERE OUR NEW SYSTEM THAT BRAD ANTHONY WORKING TO KEEP ALL THE PROPERTY RECORDS IN ONE ELECTRONIC BOT, WE HAVE TO PULL THE, PULL ALL THE PERMITS AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS OUT OF OUR PERMITTING SYSTEM, PLACE THEM INTO A PROPERTY SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN TO SEARCH THEIR PROPERTY, EVERYTHING'S IN ONE PLACE.
THAT SERVICE REALLY ISN'T OFFERED BY THE PERMIT SYSTEM.
I MEAN, THEY CAN SCAN OUR, THEY WE CAN SCAN OUR PERMITS AND THEY CAN JUST SIT THERE.
'CAUSE IF YOU GO TO SEARCH A PROPERTY, NOT THAT.
SO WITH, WITH OUR SCANNING SERVICES, THEY SCAN NOT ONLY DOCUMENTS, FARM NECESSARILY BUILDING PERMITS AND EVERYTHING, AND IT GOES INTO A PROPERTY LABELED EITHER, I'M NOT SURE ANTHONY, HOW IT'S GONNA BE BY, BY S SHE BLOCK BY ADDRESS.
WE'RE GONNA WORK THAT OUT NEXT WEEK WHEN WE MEET WITH LASER, I MEAN MEET WITH OUR CONTRACTOR.
UM, THAT SERVICE IS UP, IS GOING UP THIS YEAR.
AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT BECAUSE SHE'S RAISED PRICES, JUST BECAUSE FOR THAT.
SO ARE THESE BOTH ONGOING FEES? LIKE, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M UNDERSTANDING.
LIKE THERE'S, I'LL FINE YOU WHATEVER YOU NEED.
LIKE, LIKE THIS IS FOR 25, 26.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE SAME FEES, THE SAME TWO FEES.
AND THEN THE, THE LATER FEES DONE BY BY, THAT'S CORRECT.
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SO THE SCANNING FEES COULD FLUCTUATE.BUT I THINK THAT MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SAID IS THAT EVEN IF STILL NEEDS SOME OTHER LASER, RIGHT.
OUR SCANNING SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING INTO, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S BEING SCANNED TO JUST A GENERAL FILE AND THEN ONCE WE, WE HAVE OUR LASER FEE UP AND RUNNING, SHE WILL TRANSFER ALL OF THOSE FILES INTO THE PROPER PLACE.
SO NOW WHEN ANY OF RESIDENTS OR TITLE SEARCH OR REAL ESTATE OR ANYONE COMES INTO OUR OFFICE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT LASER EFFICIENCY.
SO THAT AMOUNT, WHEN SHE'S DONE THAT ANSWER COST THAT IT BE SIMILAR OR IS IT GONNA COME DOWN? IT'LL BE SIMILAR.
IT IT'S, IT'S A COST THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OUR PROGRAM, BECAUSE OUR PRODUCTIVITY IS GOING YOU, WE, WE DO ACCEPT, WE TRY NOT TO BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S WASTE BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO PRINT THEM AND THEN RE-SCAN THEM ANYWAY.
WHY? FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE SUBMIT, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CONNECTION WITH LASER, WE SUBMITTED PDFS.
NOBODY, NO, NO ONE IN CERTAIN R OFFICE IN MOST OFFICE THAT I KNOW WILL REVIEW ON, WILL REVIEW ON THEM.
IT JUST, IT'S A DIFFERENT, UM, SO THAT AT THAT PLANS ARE GONNA HAVE TO COME IN AND WORK COPY ONCE WE, ONCE WE MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR PERMIT SYSTEM AND LASER FISH, ONCE THIS IS ALL LINKED TOGETHER, WE MAY BE ABLE TO MOVE SOME DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY.
I MEAN WE HAVE TO STILL FIND OUT JUST OF, WE HAVEN'T DONE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO TRANSFER SOME DOCUMENTS OVER DIRECTLY.
'CAUSE THERE IS, THERE IS A, THEY ARE OFFERING A SERVICE THAT THEY CAN INPUT INTO ALL THESE DOES AN, AN API I PERMIT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE SET WHICH WOULD, WHICH WOULD, WHICH WOULD ABSOLUTELY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SCANNING THAT WE HAVE TO DO APPS.
'CAUSE SOME OF IT NOW REMEMBER OUR SCANNER DOESN'T SCAN MANY, BUT WE SCAN THOSE ON MARY ELLEN, DIANE SCAN THOSE ON RIGHT NOW, LIKE I WAS, WE'RE SCANNING TO ONE DAY FILE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET.
WHEN WE DO HAVE THAT CONNECTION, IT'S ALL SET UP.
MARY GOT SCAN OUR PAYMENT NOW DIRECTLY INTO A PROPERTY LINE, WHICH WE CAN'T DO.
SO, SO THAT, THAT AMOUNT IT IS POSSIBLE.
CAN'T, AND I MEAN IT'S HARD TO TELL THE FUTURE, BUT THAT AMOUNT A COME DOWN MAY COME DOWN DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SCANNING WE, I THINK EXACTLY.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS NOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A HUGE TRANSITION YEAR FOR US.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN SINCE WE STARTED USING THE SYSTEM IN OCTOBER.
THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE LEARNING CURVE FOR ALL OF US.
IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO GET THIS WHOLE THING BUYING A PLAN SCANNER BASE.
WELL WE HAVE THE PLAN SCANNER.
WE, WE, THAT'S, THAT'S IN OUR CON THAT'S IN OUR CONTRACTS WE PURCHASED.
IT'S BETTER TO LEASE THESE THINGS THAN YEAH.
BECAUSE IF AS THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, YOU WANT BE ABLE TO GET THE NEWEST EVERY COUPLE YEARS.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY LIKE THIS, WE ADVISE HIM LEASE IT, I SCANNING FEES TO THE PERSON, YOU KNOW? YES.
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NO SCANNING FEES IS AN OUTSIDE PERSON.I'M SAYING SHE'S COMING IN, SHE COMES IN OUR EQUIPMENT'S.
WHAT NOW I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOUGHT THEIR EQUIPMENT AND IS SORRY THEY DID.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BECAUSE IN FIVE YEARS IT'S ALMOST OBSOLETE.
SO, UM, MY QUESTION RELATES TO A BUNCH OF ITEMS THAT ARE VERY, VERY UN WHERE OUT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, BOOKS AND SUBSCRIPTION SPEND 30 AND YOU'RE RAISING OKAY, TRAVEL YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT SPENDING VERY MUCH MONEY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING BACK AT YEARS.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN OF COURSE, UH, CUT.
SO WE HAVE TO LEAVE THAT MONEY THERE TO BUY OUR BOOKS.
UM, LAST TIME WE GOT LUCKY AND THE STATE GAVE THAT MONEY WAS LIFTED.
THAT'S NOW AND HAS VERY LITTLE MONEY AND IT PROBABLY ANYTHING.
SO I, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT SOME OF LINE ITEMS HIGHER ONE ABOVE, BUT, BUT NO, THE, THE AMOUNT GOOD AVERAGE IS THE ABOVE BUDGET.
THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU AT THIS POINT, SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW IS YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
I CAN MEET WITH MARY BETH AND WE CAN JUST, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, DON'T ERR ON THE SIDE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM ON THE SIDE OF THE AVERAGE OF WHAT'S BEING EXPECTED.
YOU DIDN'T, YOU WEREN'T QUESTIONING MEMBERSHIP AND TRAINING BECAUSE THAT BEAT ACTUALLY YOU JUST WENT OFF.
ACTUALLY I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AND TRAINING.
UM, WHEN YOU GET, WHEN YOU GET A NEW CODE IN DECEMBER, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT YOU'RE GONNA ALSO HAVE TRAINING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT? AND THAT'S NOT A YEARLY EXPENSE, THAT'S A ONCE EVERY SO WHAT SO IT HAPPENS IS, IS THAT THAT TRAINING PART, YEARLY TRAINING, IT TRAINING SOMETHING ELSE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT TRAINING EVERY YEAR.
LAST YEAR, WELL THIS UP THE INSTRUCTORS FOR CHARGE US MONEY.
UM, OUR NEW CODE TRAINING, IT'S ALREADY BEEN BOOKED FOR 20.
WE ALREADY, WE ALREADY HAVE THE UM, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR SUBJECTS.
IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY TO BE TRAINED ON CODE SIDE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A LOT FOR US.
THANKFULLY THOUGH, SINCE WE ALREADY DID ADOPT THE STRETCH CODE, IT'S A LOT, IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS NOT ONLY THE STRETCH CODE WILL BE CHANGING, BUT THE STATE IS BASICALLY ADOPTED.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? THERE WAS ONE MORE LINE YOU WANTED ME TO CHECK WITH THAT BE THE THIRD PARTY REVIEW, I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A CLOSER AT THAT REVIEW.
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE AND SEE IF THERE'S, THERE'S ANY THAT
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SURE.RECALL THAT WAS, WE STILL HAVE SOMEBODY HELPING US WHERE WE ARE SO OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'RE CAN WE HAVE CAUGHT UP A LOT AND THOSE NUMBERS HAVE COME DOWN, BUT THAT'S COMING.
I HAVE TO SPEAK WITH MARY BETH ABOUT FACT TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT'S COMING.
WELL, WELL WE'RE GONNA STRAIGHT, SO SHALL WE MOVE ON TO UM, ZONING? SURE.
ZONING IS ON PAGE 11 AND PLANNING IS ON PAGE.
OH, HERE'S ZONING I THINK IS HERE.
YEAH, WE UM, WE BASICALLY LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT AND THE JOBS THAT ARE COMING UP.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME REALLY LARGE JOBS COMING IN.
SO WE KNOW THAT, WE KNOW THAT AS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS, LIKE 22, 23.
UM, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA, SO WE'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WHERE WE HAVE 15.
THIS INCLUDES, SO THERE'S A BIG THING.
SO I WORK WITH MARY BETH AND ANTHONY ON SOME OF THESE LINES AND THAT'S ONE OF THE LINES.
SO MARY BETH, MAYBE WE COULD, WE MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME, GUIDE ME THROUGH SURE, YEAH.
THAT'S THINGS LIKE SAM SCHWARTZ AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, AND WE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE HAD YEARS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT 21, 22, WE SPENT QUITE A LOT OF MONEY THERE.
BUT I'M NOT, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WELL, I THOUGHT THAT THAT SHOULD BE ADEQUATE FOR SOMETHING.
AND THEN THE SECOND LINE, 4 66 IS OUR PLANNING CONSULTANT.
WE FEEL THAT THAT'S, THAT SHOULD BE A PRETTY ON TARGET NUMBER.
UNLESS, UNLESS THERE'S AN ANOMALY THAT HAPPENS.
UH, I PLANNING IT WASN'T SO IT DEPENDS ON, I MEAN, IF IT'S AN APPLICATION, SOMETHING WE, UM, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK THAT 23 4.
YEAH, WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY DILIGENT.
MAKE SURE IT'S THANKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE P AND AND THE ATTORNEY IS COVERED IN WHATEVER OTHER FEES ALSO VERY HELPFUL.
THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU ALREADY DID? YEAH.
AND, AND MARY BETH AND I'LL DISCUSS THESE COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND WE'LL GET YOU, WE'LL WE, WE'LL PIN YOU DOWN FOR YOU.
ANTHONY, CAN I KEEP THIS? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
YOU GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF YOUR MEETINGS.
'CAUSE I GOTTA GO HOME AND KEEP THE PUPPY DOOR.
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VERY HELPFUL.AND AT ONE OF OUR BOARD MEETING, TAKE THE TIME TO PRESENT.
I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
I I HAVE A STATISTICAL QUESTION FOR, WELL I HAVE A, JUST A BRIEF.
IT SAYS YOUR ATTENDANCE PROGRAMS IN 20, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, I DO HAVE JUST A BRIEF COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU.
SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, HI EVERYBODY.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE HANDOUT, THE CIRCULATION OF PRINT MATERIALS, AUDIO BOOKS, DVDS, AND CDS INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER 2023.
UM, THERE'S STILL LOADS OF PEOPLE WHO PREFER PRINT MATERIAL OVER ELECTRONIC CONTENT, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE STAGE THE PICTURE KIDS UP TO ABOUT THE AGE OF 12 AND ME ACTUALLY.
SO, UM, AND WHEN YOU SEE A WHOPPING 22% INCREASE IN THE BORROWING OF EBOOKS, E AUDIO BOOKS AND E MAGAZINES, THERE'S NO DENYING THAT MANY PATRONS ARE JOINING THE RANKS OF THE ECON ENTHUSIASTS.
UM, WE ATTRIBUTE THIS BIG JUMP TO THE CONVENIENCE OF ONLY NEEDING ONE DEVICE.
IF YOU'RE TRAVELING, UM, THE LACK OF, UH, CD PLAYERS IN CARDS WHERE YOU MIGHT PLAY AN AUDIO BOOK AND THE EVER INCREASING CONTENT THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE.
UM, IN THE CASE OF BOTH PRINT MATERIAL AND ECONTENT, OUR COLLECTION IS CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED TO REFLECT THE EVOLVING TASTES AND SATISFACTION OF OUR PATRONS.
UH, YOU CAN SAY I AM BIASED, BUT I THINK OUR PROGRAMS ARE SUPERB FOR THE RANGE OF TOPICS COVERED AND THE OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM OUR ATTENDEES.
UM, THE ENTHUSIASTIC AND SUPPORTIVE BOARD OF THE LIBRARY, THE BOARD OF OUR OUTSTANDING ACTIVE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND THE LIBRARY STAFF ALL CONTRIBUTE TO SUPPLYING OUR PATRONS WITH DIVERSE AND ENTERTAINING PRESENTATIONS.
UH, IN THIS YEAR'S REQUESTED BUDGET, THE ONLY INCREASES TO THE BUDGETS THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER ARE THE 2.5% INCREASE IN SALARIES.
THE INCREASE IN THE BOOK LINE AND THE SMALL ADDITION TO THE OFFICE SUPPLY LINE, THE NEW YORK STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SOCIAL SECURITY, HEALTH INSURANCE, UTILITIES, AND COMPUTER AUTOMATION ARE NOT IN OUR CONTROL.
AND LASTLY, COME IN TO THE LIBRARY ON ANY GIVEN DAY AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND A SEAT IN THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY AT ANY TABLE.
THERE WILL NOT BE A STUDY ROOM, A HOT COMMODITY.
AND WE ARE ALWAYS, PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY ENTERING.
UM, ALL OF THIS SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THE LIBRARY CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT, VITAL AND VERY MUCH TREASURED RESOURCE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
VERY MUCH THE, UM, I THINK OFFLINE.
BUT, UM, AND THE OTHER ITEM, 1919, I HAVE A QUESTION BETWEEN APPROPRIATE.
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THE PRIOR YEARS, THE SURPLUS BRA DOCK THAT MAY GO AWAY.THE LIBRARY I FIND JUST THE ONE.
NO, WE GOT THE, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE CHILLER.
WE GOT, WE GOT APPROVAL FROM OUR LOCAL AND THE SOLAR PANELS.
WE GOT THE, WE GOT THE CHILLER.
THE CHILLER WAS APPROVED AND, AND THE GRANTS, THERE WAS A SOLAR PANEL NOT LIKE PAID.
YOU, YOU, THE VILLAGE ALREADY PAID OUT ALL THE WORK THAT PTG DID FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY UNIFIED THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND IF WE GET THE, THAT WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL, UM, AUGUST.
BUT THAT, I THINK THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE IT MIGHT FOLD OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT WON'T.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING PRACTICALLY PUTTING TOGETHER AND UM, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
SO I THINK
UM, THIS IS, UM, REALLY JUST AND UH, ALL THE GREAT WORK.
I KNOW THAT, UH, VARIOUS PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS PROGRAM GALA.
PEOPLE I THINK ARE GRATEFUL THAT ARE, UM, WONDERFUL.
ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE THINGS.
AND I WAS DESCRIBING, IT'S SO WELL CURATED BY, UM, CAROLINE SPIKE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE IN THERE SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, TARA.
YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF NOT SO GOOD STUFF, BUT YOU NEVER SEE THAT.
AND WE HAVE A SMALL, OH, I WAS JUST REMINDED THAT WE DID CUT THE MAINTENANCE EXPENSE BY $2,000 BECAUSE WE WEREN'T, WE DIDN'T NEED IT THAT MUCH THIS YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T JUST BITE OFF SOMETHING TERRIBLE.
CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION AROUND THE MESS IN WASHINGTON, DOES IT IMPACT, UH, THE GEOTHERMAL OR ANY OTHER GRANTS POTENTIALLY? YEAH.
UM, THERE'S ONE GRANT WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT
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I GRANT, BUT THE, ON SOMEBODY.DO YOU WANT ME TO DO VILLAGE MANAGEMENT? SURE.
TAKES A LITTLE MORE TIME THERE.
THAT'S ON PAGE, LIKE ON PAGE, UH, ONE, THERE'S REALLY, UH, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT.
I'LL BE USING MY, MY TRAVEL LINE FOR AS IN SPRING BEFORE THE YEAR ARIES AND THEN MEMBERSHIPS.
NOW THAT I, I'M WONDERING WHETHER IT HAS TO BE, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN A BUDGET OF I THINK THAT RIGHT? OR THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TAKE A, MY RECOLLECTION LIKE DON'T GET REELECTED OR SOMETHING.
DON'T THE FERENCE, I, BUT ANYWAY, CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND THE ENTIRE, IT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN.
NO, WE DOWN, WE LOWERED IT AT ONE POINT DURING THE 2008 AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK UP.
AND THAT NUMBER I THINK FOR NUMBER, THAT'S WHAT I CHECK.
WE'LL FIGURE, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.