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[Liaison Town Hall Meeting on January 19, 2023.]
EVERYBODY.SO I'M GONNA CALL THE TOWN COUNTY LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, BUT BEFORE WE DO, JUST TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO, UM, KNOW WHO'S HERE AND IN THE ROOM IN CASE THEY CAN'T SEE THEM.
SO, UH, I'M MAYOR CORO AND JOINING ME IS, UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, AMBER MORRIS.
WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILMAN JOSH INGRAM AND COUNCILMAN BRUCE RAPPAPORT HERE WITH US AS WELL.
AND OBVIOUSLY OTHER STAFF, UH, TOWN STAFF.
BUT MS. COOK, DID YOU WANNA SHARE WHO WITH THE COUNTY HERE TONIGHT? YEP.
I'M ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WE HAVE CHERYL KOHLERS WHO'LL BE SITTING AT, AT THE TABLE.
AND WE HAVE WALT MAID AND DOLORES OATS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, OUR STAFF AND IF YOU WANT THEM TO STAND AND INTRODUCE OR ARE WE, THAT'S NOT NECESSARY.
I, I ASSUME STAFF WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN IT.
BUT SO, SO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS TO THE REVIEW, THE LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING POLICY.
UM, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE GO BACK AND, AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, UH, I, I'VE LOOKED OVER SOME THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS DID AS WELL, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE MEMBERSHIP.
I KNOW THAT, UH, ORIGINALLY THE POLICIES WERE THAT, UM, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE MAYOR, THE TOWN MANAGER, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, ONE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, AND ONE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR'S, UH, MEMBER.
AND THE SUGGESTION WAS THAT THAT ROTATES.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHERE, UM, SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE EVERYBODY, UM, WOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
I KNOW PEOPLE CAN COME, THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME.
I, I, I DON'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND ABOUT WHY THEY WERE SAYING JUST ONE AND ONE IF IT WAS JUST SO THAT THERE'S NOT SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, NOT SO MANY PEOPLE SPEAKING.
DO YOU ALL, DOES THE COUNTY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? WELL, THIS WAS, UH, BEFORE MY TIME, SO RIGHT.
HAVE ANY OTHER REASON? I'M NOT SURE ORIGINALLY WHY IT WAS DONE.
AND I THINK PROBABLY BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS FELT THAT TWO PEOPLE COULD GO BACK AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE REST AND MAYBE THERE WEREN'T AS MANY ISSUES AS WHAT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH.
UM, AND DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION OUT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE WHISPER THAT GOES AROUND THE ROOM.
IT'S HARD TO TELL PEOPLE THAT AREN'T PRESENT EXACTLY.
SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE REASON THAT, YOU KNOW, WE OPENED IT UP TO MORE PEOPLE TO BE HERE.
UM, AND THAT SEEMED TO WORK WELL, GETTING THE INFORMATION EVENLY.
UM, I THINK THE STRUGGLE WAS PARTICIPATION AND KEEPING AN EVEN KEEL WITH NOT TALKING OVER TOP OF EACH OTHER.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY, IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT PROS AND CONS, THAT WOULD BE THE CHALLENGE IS THAT, UM, I KNOW EVEN OUR, OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE MAYOR THAT, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF BACK AND FORTH AND I'M SURE THE SAME THING WITH YOU GUYS, THAT WOULD BE THE CHALLENGE.
UM, BUT I, I THINK IF THE, I THINK IF THE MEETING IS, UH, RUN AND EFFICIENTLY, IT WOULD STILL, PEOPLE COULD STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, ASK TO SPEAK THROUGH THE CHAIR JUST LIKE YOU WOULD AT A REGULAR MEETING.
I, I THINK THAT THE REASON WHY I WAS LOOKING AT THAT IS BECAUSE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IS THAT OVER THE LAST, UM, COUPLE YEARS, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE PEOPLE MISUNDERSTOOD SOMETHING OR DIDN'T GET THE, DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION THE SAME WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY READ IT SOMEWHERE, SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHATEVER.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN EVERYBODY'S SITTING IN THE ROOM, EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME INFORMATION AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, AND ALSO IT SAVES SOMEBODY HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR BOARD AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
ALTHOUGH YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO, BUT, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT NEED A, A CONSENSUS OR A DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD, IT'S HARD TO GIVE A DIRECTION WHEN IT'S DRESSED.
THE MEMBERSHIP WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.
I BROUGHT THIS UP IN OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
I, IN MY 15 MONTHS ON COUNCIL, OUT OF A SIX MEMBER COUNCIL, UM, THERE'S FIVE NEW COUNCILMEN SITTING AROUND THE TABLE WITH ME.
AND, UM, THROUGH ALL OF THAT, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE BACON SEASON IN THAT
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FIRST YEAR.AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL EQUALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE'RE ALL ELECTED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
AND EACH OF US ARE ELECTED TO CARRY FORTH, UM, A VISION AND A PURPOSE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, MY, MYSELF ONE COUNCIL, I HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME TO ME FOR DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY GO TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, SO I FEEL LIKE AS LONG AS WE COULD HAVE THE MEETINGS RUN EFFECTIVELY, I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY DESERVES A SEAT AT THE COMMITTEE AT THESE LIAISONS.
UM, CUZ WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, CONCERNS, DIFFERENT VOICES, AND I THINK CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING.
WE CAN TAKE THESE MESSAGES BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ABSENT TONIGHT, BUT THE CONTEXT OF THE CONVERSATION'S DIFFERENT AT THAT POINT.
AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THEY ARE RECORDED LIVE TONIGHT, BUT THE LAST ONE WAS NOT RECORDED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
UM, SO THAT'S NOT ALWAYS, UM, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.
I THINK SAYING INVITED TO THAT WAS, WAS, THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER THING.
I KNOW THERE'S LIKE THESE RULES ABOUT IF YOU MISSED SO MANY MEETINGS, UH, OR AT LEAST IT IS ON OUR END.
LIKE YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, MISS SO MANY MEETINGS FOR A PERSONAL REASON, AS LONG AS THESE WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING WHERE ATTENDANCE WAS, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED THAT IT WAS MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, AN INVITE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MORE LIKE A YEAH.
MORE LIKE A, IT'S NOT GONNA COUNT AGAINST THEM.
IN MY OPINION, WE CURRENTLY ON THE COUNCIL SIDE ALL HAVE A COUNCIL THAT ENTIRELY CAMPAIGNED ON BETTER TOWN COUNTY RELATIONS.
SO THIS ATTENDANT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY IN MY OPINION, IF THEY'RE ALL INVITED AND WELCOME.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, I KNOW WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF DO WE WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO IT? BECAUSE TINA, SORRY IF I REFERRED TO YOU A LOT, BUT YOU KIND OF HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE ROOM HERE.
UM, I KNOW THAT LIKE THE COUNTY APPROVED IT AND THE TOWN IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT I, I'M WONDERING HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE ANYBODY REALLY HAS CHANGED MUCH.
DO YOU KNOW? LAST YEAR OR 21? I'M SORRY.
IT'S A, IT'S ON THE, IT'S ON THE LAST PAGE AT THE BOTTOM.
BUT I MEAN, CHANGED IT AS IN IT WAS ALSO DURING THE PEAK OF COVID.
SO I WONDER IF THAT'S ALSO A REASON FOR WHY THE PARTICIPATION MEMBERSHIP WAS PROBABLY KEPT LOWER THE LAST TIME WAS MARCH OF 2021.
WELL, THAT, THAT WAS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED.
BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK THEY TOUCHED THE MEMBERSHIP THOUGH.
WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS I HAD UNDER THE MEETING SCHEDULE.
IT SAYS MEETING SHALL BE ROTATED EVERY SIX MONTHS BETWEEN THE TOWN AND COUNTY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T ROTATE IT EVERY, LIKE HERE THEN COUNTY, THEN TOWN, THEN COUNTY, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY LIKE, SO JANUARY, APRIL WE DO IT WITH THE TOWN AND THEN WE DO IT THE GOVERNOR'S CENTER JULY AND OCTOBER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I LIKE WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT EVER CAME FROM.
LIKE WHY WOULDN'T YOU ROTATE EACH TIME? IS THERE, DO YOU THINK THERE'S A REASONING BEHIND THAT THAT I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF? I AGREE WITH YOU AS WELL.
SO IF EVERYBODY, IF EVERY BE BETTY WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT, I THINK WE COULD CHANGE THAT.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE'RE MIXING IT UP AS LONG AS IT, WE KNOW WHICH IS GONNA BE IN, UH, UNDER MEETING AGENDA WHERE IT SAYS, I'M JUST SHARING WITH YOU THE THINGS I WANT TO CHANGE, FEEL FREE, EVERYBODY SPEAK UP.
BUT UNDER MEETING AGENDA WHERE IT SAYS ANY REQUEST TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA SHALL BE MADE BY 1:00 PM ON TUESDAY THE WEEK PRIOR TO THE LIAISON MEETING.
SO CUZ TINA AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION TODAY BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED, UM, THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF TO START.
AND SHE SAID THAT THINGS COULD BE ADDED UP TO TUESDAY AT ONE.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE WRITTEN.
I THINK WHAT IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE, WOULD, WOULD MEANT, WOULD HAVE MEANT WAS THE TUESDAY BEFORE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BECAUSE TONIGHT'S THURSDAY, TO NOT GET ANYTHING ON AN AGENDA TILL TUESDAY, WHICH WAS LITERALLY TWO DAYS AGO.
UM, DOESN'T REALLY GIVE ANYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY STAFF TO PREPARE INFORMATION FOR THAT.
SO I, IT MIGHT BE JUST THE WORDING THAT MAYBE IT SHOULD SAY ON TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, THE WEEK BEFORE.
AND IF YOU WANNA BE SPECIFIC, YOU COULD SAY THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MARCH, BECAUSE SINCE THESE ARE ALWAYS HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY, IF, IF THE WORDING SAYS THE SECOND TUESDAY IT'S CLEAR INSTEAD OF PRIOR OR BEFORE.
JUST INSERT OF MA'AM, EXCUSE ME, INSERT OF MA'AM, ON TUESDAY OF THE WEEK BEFORE.
THAT WAY IF YOU MOVE THE MEETING, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY COVERED.
THEN IT LEAVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN CASE WE DO HAVE TO GO TO THE FOURTH THURSDAY.
SO HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY'S GETTING THIS DOWN AND WE TAKE BACK TO COUNSELING OUR BOARD.
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THE BULLET, THE LAST BULLET UNDER MEETING AGENDA SAYS, IN ORDER FOR AN ITEM TO BE FORMALLY DISCUSSED ON THE LIAISON AGENDA, MUST BE FIRST AGREED UPON BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.UM, AND THEN LIAISON COMMITTEE MADE AMEND MEETING AGENDA BY AGREEMENT.
UM, I, I THINK THAT'S CHALLENGING TO SAY THAT IT'S GOTTA BE FIRST AGREED ON BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DEPENDING ON WHEN YOUR MEETING IS, IS, UM, BECAUSE YOU, LIKE WE TRIED, UM, WE DID IN OUR WORK SESSION, WE ASKED WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT ON IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHICH WAS ACTUALLY LAST MONDAY.
UM, BUT IF SOMETHING WOULD'VE COME UP ONE TUESDAY BY 1:00 PM THEN WE MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN BACK TOGETHER.
SO I DON'T KNOW, LIKE I UNDERSTAND THEM, I UNDERSTAND THE REASONING BEHIND THAT SO THAT THINGS DON'T JUST GET ADDED THAT PEOPLE AREN'T PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT SHOULD SAY, MUST BE FIRST AGREED UPON BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
MAYBE IT SHOULD BE JUST LIKE, UM, FOR OUR AGENDAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I REVIEW THE AGENDA OR YOU REVIEW, I DON'T KNOW HOW IS THAT THE WAY YOU GUYS DO IT? DO YOU APPROVE THE AGENDA BEFORE IT COMES OUT? THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD CHAIRMAN.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S I CAN, I CAN LET THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
I JUST, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO COME BACK TO US ONE DAY AND TELL ME, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND NO, I I ARE THE CHAIR OR MAYOR? YEAH.
CAN YOU AMEND, I THINK ALL OF US AMEND OUR AGENDAS AT THE MEETING.
WHEN WE SAY ADOPTIONS, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? MAYBE SOMEHOW IT COULD BE ADDED IN THERE, UM, ABOUT AMENDING THE AGENDA WITH THE APPROVAL OF, OF BOTH BODY.
BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WANNA AMEND THE AGENDA, RIGHT? SO THAT'S TRUE.
SO MAYBE NOT HAVE THE WORD THAT SAID IT MUST BE FIRST AGREED UPON, BUT JUST, UM, I I DON'T JUST TAKE THE SECOND SENTENCE, MA'AM.
I THINK THAT MAYBE WOULD BE BETTER.
UH, CUZ WE, WE BOTH SOUGHT INPUT FROM OUR BOARD AND COUNCIL TO GET ON THE AGENDA SO THAT FIRST SENTENCE ISN'T NECESSARY.
LAST THING IS, UM, I, I REMEMBERED THIS WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, BUT IT REALLY HASN'T HAPPENED.
AND, AND, AND I WAS LOOKING AT IT THINKING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK.
SO THAT LAST SECTION WHERE IT SAYS MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, UM, JOE AND ED, SORRY TO
IT'S LIKE AN ORAL REPORT OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COUNCIL.
AND THEN, UM, THE UH, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WOULD SHARE WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL.
I, I FEEL LIKE WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, WE WERE DOING THAT, BUT THEN IT JUST, IT IT, IT ESCAPED US AND WE, I MEAN I CAN'T TELL YOU THE LAST TIME THAT'S PROBABLY HAPPENED.
UM, SO JUST THOUGHT WE MIGHT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, UM, AND THAT SAYS QUARTERLY, SO MAYBE IT COULD EVEN BE THE SAME MONTH THAT WE'RE HAVING A LIAISON OR AFTER WHATEVER.
I, I'LL LET YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT WHAT WOULD WORK THERE.
BUT I DO THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE THING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING COUNTY AND TOWN RELATIONS AND THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
SO THEY ACTUALLY, AND YOU JUST SAID THAT, FORGOT BUT THEY DIDN'T, THEY DID AND DIDN'T GO WHILE MAYBE COVID GOT IT KNOCKED.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT WAS COVID.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS TOTALLY COVID.
I THINK, UM, WELL I KNOW WE WENT TO VIRTUAL, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT IT JUST STOPPED FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT I THINK COVID MAY HAVE STARTED BECAUSE WE ALL WENT TO VIRTUAL MEETING MEETINGS.
AND THEN WE CAME OUT OF IT, IT DIDN'T, SO, BUT I THINK WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD FOR OUR CITIZENS AND UM, CUZ SOME PEOPLE JUST WATCHED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR SOME PEOPLE JUST WATCHED THE COUNCIL AND SO IT GIVES PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES I WANTED TO SHARE INPUT ON.
DO YOU ANYBODY, UH, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING DIFFERENT? UM, I, I ACCEPT ALL YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
I HAVE NO, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM LONG AS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T HAVE THE, UM, OUR POLICY TO UM, BE OPEN AND COLLABORATIVE AND, UM, SHARE IDEAS.
I'M PERFECTLY OPEN WITH, WITH THAT, CHERYL MM-HMM.
I, I, UM, UH, CHAIRMAN AND I HAD TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS THAT AFTER WE TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE TABLE, THEN ALSO TO, TO ASK OUR FELLOW, UM, COUNCILMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.
BRUCE, DO YOU GUYS SKIP? DO YOU GUYS DID, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD THAT YOU THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED? ADDED TO, TO,
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NOT TO PUT YOU ON SPOT, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING.YOU GOOD? YOU GOOD? NO, I'M GOOD.
JOSH, YOU GOOD? NO, I MEAN, JUST THE MEMBERSHIP Y'ALL DISCUSSED, THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS, THAT WAS THE ONLY THOUGHT THAT I REALLY HAD.
AND THANK YOU MR. DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS? NO.
AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO BRING BACK THE RHYTHM OF HAVING THE TOWN MANAGER REPORT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO THE TOWN COUNCIL.
WE DID THAT ON A THREE MONTH RHYTHM.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, MR. DID, I GOT A, I GOT A HEAD NOD.
WHO WILL CREATE THE NEW DOCUMENT, MA'AM? I CAN,
I'LL DO, I I DID THIS ONE ACTUALLY IN 2010, SO THANK YOU TINA.
UM, AND IF THERE'S A PART OF IT THAT YOU DON'T REMEMBER, YOU COULD PROBABLY ALWAYS GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO.
UM, SO THE NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE REVIEW OF YOU FOR THE USE OF THE BOARD, UM, BOARD MEETING ROOM.
UM, ONE THING, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OFFICIALLY, YOU KNOW, READ OUT THE SUMMARY, BUT YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHY WE WERE THINKING OF THAT.
I GUESS THAT'S HOW THIS MADE IT MORE TO, UM, THIS AGENDA WAS JUST THAT I GUESS IN NOVEMBER THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ASKED TO MOVE BECAUSE THE, UM, ROOM WAS NEEDED FOR ANOTHER MEETING.
UM, SO, AND I LOOKED, I LOOKED THROUGH THIS MOU AND ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT COUNSEL HAS TALKED ABOUT, NOT, NOT, UH, MADE ANY DECISIONS, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT GOING BACK TO TWO WORK SESSIONS AND, AND DEPENDING UPON THE FUTURE, EVEN IF NEEDED, GOING BACK TO TWO REGULAR MEETINGS A MONTH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHEN WE LOOK AT A SCHEDULE, IF THAT'S A PROBLEM.
UM, DOES, DOES ANYBODY USE THE UM, GOVERNMENT CENTER MEETING ROOM OR ON MONDAYS OTHER THAN US? I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TUESDAYS.
WE'RE TUESDAYS, RIGHT? WE HAD, UM, IN THIS CASE IN, WE HAD AN EMERGENCY MEETING RIGHT.
THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED TUESDAY AND WE HAD TO MOVE THE MEETING TO WEDNESDAY GOTCHA.
AND THE BOARD HAD TO, HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DO THAT.
BUT AS A RULE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY MEETINGS OTHER THAN SOME SANITARY DISTRICTS ON MONDAY.
AND THEY DON'T NEED A LARGE ROOM.
BECAUSE IT SAYS, UM, HERE THAT, UH, THE INITIAL SCHEDULE WAS TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE MOU, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT IN THIS MOU AND IT SAYS THE TOWN DOES NOT HAVE A COPY OF THIS.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR BOTH ENTITIES TO HAVE THIS SCHEDULE.
SO, UM, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING SINCE IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT WE THROW TOGETHER A SCHEDULE AND, AND PUT WHEN, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT, WHAT, HOW, WHAT WAS TO COME OUT OF THIS M MOU IS FOR THOSE FROM 2003.
WAS THE SUGGESTION THAT WE REVISIT THIS AND DO REDO A NEW ONE? I'M, I'M CURIOUS IF, UM, WHERE THAT WAS COMING FROM DO YOU THINK? WELL, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE A SCHEDULE.
SO WHEN THIS DOCUMENT WITH MADE, I KNOW THEY WERE WORKING OUT A SCHEDULE WHEN IT, WHEN THE BOARDROOM OPENED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN IN 2000 WE HAD TO INCLUDE.
SO WE'VE HAD MONDAYS EVERY SINCE THE BOARDROOM AND Y'ALL HAVE HAD TUESDAYS.
UM, BUT SINCE THEN YOU'VE GOT SCHOOL BOARD AND YOU'VE GOT PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE, CUZ I THINK THEY'RE SET IN STONE.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MOVE THEM AROUND UNLESS I GUESS THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.
SO WE WERE LOOKING MORE FOR THAT SCHEDULE.
THE ONE NOT, WE DON'T NEED COMMUNITY ROOMS, THAT KIND OF THING, BUT JUST THE BOARDROOM.
UM, OF WHO'S IN THERE ON WHAT NIGHT? CUZ COUNCIL WAS THAT IN THERE EVERY MONDAY NIGHT WHEN WE WERE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDES THE CAUCUS ROOM BESIDE IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN THAT CAUCUS ROOM WHEN THE BOARD IS, THE BOARD IS BEING USED.
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I THINK WE WERE LOOKING MORE FOR JUST A SCHEDULE OF THOSE ONES THAT ARE IN THERE THAT SHOULD NEVER BE MOVED BECAUSE THEY, THEY MEET IN THERE ONCE A MONTH, TWICE A MONTH.AND THAT'S THEIR TIME AND THAT'S THEIR, AND I BELIEVE THE COUNTY HAS THAT.
I'VE TALKED TO, I GUESS SHELLY IS STILL THERE.
SO TO GET JUST, JUST FOR MY MY SAKE.
SO DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF AT LEAST THIS CALENDAR YEAR MEETINGS? OH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU WERE SAYING YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING TWO WORK SESSIONS.
THE, OUR WORK SESSIONS WE WOULD HAVE HERE.
THE ONLY TIME WE WOULD, THE ONLY TIME WE WOULD NEED TO USE THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER WOULD BE FOR A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THAT WOULD BE A SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY IF, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST SCHEDULED FOR THE FOURTH MONDAY.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE THAT ALREADY.
BUT IT DOESN'T, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE PROBABLY PLAN PLANNING COMMISSION.
DO ANY OTHER TOWN, ANY OTHER TOWN BOARD WELL BE, NO, THEY NEED HERE.
SO FOR US, FOR THE TOWNS SIDE, IT'S WOULD JUST BE COUNSEL AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE ONLY MEETINGS WE WOULD NEED TO GET ON YOUR SCHEDULE, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, MASTER SCHEDULE THAT YEAH.
WE'LL THAT'S EASY ENOUGH TO SEND OVER THERE AND OKAY.
AS A RULE, WE FOLLOW THAT SCHEDULE.
UM, AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, THAT'S THE IDEA.
BUT IT PROBABLY DREW THE ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DIDN'T, WE DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE SCHEDULE.
UM, ALSO, AND THE MOU WHERE IT SAYS CONTRIBUTION OF EQUIPMENT, I, AGAIN, I'M JUST REVIEWING THIS AND LIKE IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE NEGOTIATION.
SO JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE THAT SWAG.
IT, I, MR. DALEY, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS, BUT DIDN'T, ISN'T SWAGE THE ONE THAT PUT IN THE LAST BIT OF EQUIPMENT IN THERE? IT'S THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING TO DO OUR, REMEMBER WHAT WASN'T THAT PART OF OUR CONTRACT WHEN WE, THEY PUT SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT IN THE COUNTY, REIMBURSED THEM FOR IT.
AND, AND
WE, WE, THAT WE PAID, WE PAID HALF OF THAT TOO.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY IT WAS ALL PART OF THE CONTRACT.
WHATEVER WE DID THERE, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
UM, SO, SO AGAIN, THE, THE MO YOU COULD SAY THE SAME, UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER AREA WHERE IT SAID THE TOWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY OF THE BUILDING DURING ITS USAGE AND FOR, YOU KNOW, AND LOCK CLOSING AND LOCKING.
UM, AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, UM, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CAME, WE, WE HAD, WE HAD P OR FROM ROYAL PD THERE AND SOMEBODY FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS THERE.
AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS A QUESTION LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE? AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S A COUNTY BUILDING AND SO WE NEED TO BE THERE.
AND I, AND, AND AT THE TIME I DIDN'T, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WHATEVER.
BUT NOW I LOOK AT THIS AND THINK WE, THEY DON'T NEED TO, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
SO IF THAT QUESTION EVER COMES UP AGAIN, EVERYBODY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S COUNTY PROPERTY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE.
THE SHERIFF WAS ADVISED THAT THEY DID NOT NEED TO SEND SOMEONE.
WELL MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT'S WORKED ITSELF OUT.
ONE RECENT THING I WOULD SAY IS WE HAVE PEOPLE, UH, JUST WANDERING IN THE BUILDING MM-HMM.
AND UH, WE'VE HAD THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FACE THEM OUT A COUPLE TIMES.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST WHOEVER THE SECURITY IS TO BE AWARE OF IT AND MAKE SURE THEY CHECK ALL THE RESTROOMS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT LOCKED BEFORE THEY LOCK UP.
BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, INSTANCES IN THE LAST WEEK PARTICULARLY WHERE SOMEBODY SHOWS UP THERE, UM, I GO OUT AND LOCK THE DOOR AT A QUARTER OR FIVE AND HE STILL BEATS ME OUT THERE
WELL THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
WE'LL, AND, AND JOE WILL SHARE THAT.
UM, THE LAST THING THAT I SAW ON THIS MOU, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS SO INTERESTING, UNDER SIGNAGE, IT SAYS THE TOWN SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO TEMPORARILY INSTALL THE TOWN LOGO SHIELD OR OTHER IDENTIFYING SYMBOL ON THE CENTER OF THE WALL BEHIND COUNCIL DURING TOWN FUNCTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S IN THERE BECAUSE, UM, IT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, TOWN SEALS HERE AND THE COUNTY STILLS HERE AND THERE'S ANOTHER
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LOVELY SAT IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH I HAVE NO INTENTION OF.HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY, UH, WE LEAVE THAT THERE.
SO ANYWAY, IF, IF WE WERE REDOING THIS, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY WE COULD TAKE THAT PART OUT, BUT SINCE WE'RE NOT REDOING IT, WE'RE NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT IT.
THE NEXT ITEM, UNLESS, DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO CHANGE ABOUT THIS? I DIDN'T.
THE ONLY THING I MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT, UM, IS THE CONDITION OF THE CHAIRS.
AND I DON'T SEE, I MEAN IT'S AS RESPONSIBILITY, CONDITION OF THE CHAIR.
UH, SOME THINGS I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A SHARED COST.
IF YOU BOUGHT ME, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.
I THOUGHT, I'M NOT GONNA LIE TO YOU.
WHEN I READ THAT, I THOUGHT, OH, BECAUSE
UM, AND I HATE TO BE IGNORANT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT OTHER WORD IS AND I DON'T, I RARELY SAY THAT.
WHAT IS THAT WORD? I MEAN, I'M GONNA ADMIT THE COURT.
IT'S A P P YOU ARE, I'M MEANT TO LOOK IT UP IN THE DICTIONARY, BUT I WAS LIKE, I, DOES ANYBODY KNOW? WORD.
A PERTINENT MAYBE I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN IT SPELLED AND I'VE HEARD IT AGO.
IT, ANYWAY, IT GOES INTO THE COST OF THE ELECTRONICS.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST SIMPLY MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT AS WE WERE MOVING CHAIRS AND THERE'S ONE CHAIR, I DON'T IF ANYBODY'S EVER GOTTEN IT TO KNOW, OH YES, IT DRIFTS MM-HMM.
OR IT GOES BACK ALL THOSE TIME I COULDN'T SEE OVER THE THING FOR MY FIRST WEEK ALL THE WAY BACK.
AND THE, I MEAN THE, THE VINYL IS WEARING OFF.
YOU GET UP AND YOU'VE GOT PIECES OF IT STUFF TO YOU.
AND I JUST SIMPLY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S, IS THIS A SHARED COST? AND IF SO, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING, CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHETHER WE WANNA GET NEW CHAIRS OR NOT OR HOW WE WANNA DO THAT.
BUT AFTER READING THIS TODAY, I THOUGHT IT REALLY DOESN'T SAY SO.
WELL I I THINK IT DOES SAY CHERYL
WELL YEAH, BUT I'M NOT SAYING IT'S FAIR.
I'M JUST SAYING I THINK IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IT'S
YEAH, NO, I, I BUT NOW I I THAT YEAH, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, AND, AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT LIKE, LIKE WE HAVE, LIKE, WE HAVE MORE AND LIKE WE'RE ALL SITTING, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET FANCY CHAIRS.
REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN THE SCHOOL BOARD GOT NEW CHAIRS? YES.
SOMEBODY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD LIKE GOT REALLY UPSET CAUSE WE GOT A NEW CHAIR.
YOU KNOW, I JUST BRING IT UP TO SEE BECAUSE YOU GUYS USE 'EM TOO, DO YOU? RIGHT.
SO WE'RE, SO WE'RE LIKE RESPONSIBLE FOR 20% OF THE CHAIRS.
AMBER, WE'LL WE'LL TAKE THE ONE THAT WORKS.
WELL EVEN IF WE PAY THE COUNTY PAYS THE WHOLE COST OF IT.
IS THERE A FEEL WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CHAIRS AND ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE TYPE OF CHAIRS THAT ARE THERE IF WE ORDER THEM? CAUSE YOU USE THEM TOO.
SHOULD LOOK AT SOME NEW CHAIRS AND GIVE US A GOOD PRICE ON THESE.
I WAS LOOKING, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A BRING THEIR OWN CHAIRS.
IF I HAVE TO BRING MY OWN CHAIR, I'LL DIE.
I'M LIKE YOU, I'M JUST JOKING.
WE'LL, SHREDDER AT THE LAST, BUT LET'S DO REVISIT THAT.
I MEAN, ALL KIDDING US ASIDE CUZ YOU ARE RIGHT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE LIKE I, I KNOW GARY'S SAT BESIDE ME AND THERE WERE MANY TIMES HE'D GET READY TO GO BACK AND HE WOULD JUST GO LIKE WAY BACK.
ANYWAY, AND, AND THEY MAY BE HAVE BEEN PURCHASED IN 2003 SO I AM APPROVED UP ANYMORE BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HAS ITS LIFE AND ME.
DID YOU SHE SAID I'M A FRUGAL PERSON.
WE'VE GOTTEN OUR YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD COMPLAIN IF WE HAD TO DO THAT, BUT UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT CHURCHS CAUSE THEY ARE YOU GONE, DO YOU? YEAH.
WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE GONNA REVISIT THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WOULD YOU, OH, YOU KNOW GOTCHA.
IF YOU LET ME AND ED CAN CONNECT AFTER THIS OKAY.
IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, WE CAN REPORT BACK ON BOARDS, THE CHAIR THINGS.
BECAUSE I WAS GONNA SAY, WE DO HAVE SOME WARM ONES WE PROBABLY COULD GET, GET, WE COULD GET, BUT YOU DON'T WANT US TO GET NEW AND THEN Y'ALL AND THE COUNTY GET NEW.
WE, THE PRICE WAS RIGHT, WE TAKE THEM.
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DOLLAR.UM, SO NUMBER THREE, CITY TWO, TOURISM, BUSINESS MARKETING PLAN, UPDATE NEXT STEPS FOR D AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR SUMMARY JUST SAYS THAT THE TOWN IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON VERSION THREE OF M MOU BETWEEN THE TOWN AND DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL AND THE, AND FOR YOUR ALL'S KNOWLEDGE, THE TOWN COUNCIL WERE SLATED TO REVIEW THE LATEST VERSION IN FEBRUARY.
SO, SO, UM, JUST FOR, FOR MY INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, UM, SO WE HAVE AN MOU THAT WAS SIGNED IN APRIL 25, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, APRIL, 2022.
NOW BETWEEN US, BETWEEN US, THIS MOU THAT YOU'RE TALKING WITH, UM, DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL MM-HMM.
IS THAT, THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO, SO THE, SO THE UM, NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON, I'M, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY IF YOU, I UH, I'M GONNA DEFER TO MS. OATHS CUZ SHE, UM, SHE SERVES ON THE TOURISM BOARD AND UM, MS. THOMPSON WAS ON IT WITH HER.
AND, UM, SO, SO THERE, SO THE RELATIONSHIP IS AS FOLLOWS AND IT IS A LITTLE CONVOLUTED, BUT THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS GOING TO WORK FROM WE ALL AGREED UPON THAT WE WOULD HAVE A MOU BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY, WHICH ALREADY IS EXIST, IT'S DONE.
BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN MOU BETWEEN THE TOWN AND DISCOVER FOR ROYAL AND THE COUNTY AND DISCOVER HER ROYAL.
THE COUNTY HAS AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL ALREADY WE, THE TOWN NEEDS TO SECURE IT SO THAT DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL CAN CREATE UM, ITS FINAL, UH, 5 0 1
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MY LAST ATTENDANCE ON THAT MEETING THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE FILED, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO FILE FOR THEIR 5 0 1
AND THEN FOR JOE, HE'S DRINKING FROM A FIRE HYDRANT OVER HERE.
IT'S THE THIRD VERSION WE'VE SEEN IN MY TIME ON COUNCIL.
SO I KNOW THAT HE'S WORKING ON REVIEWING IT AND GETTING UP TO SPEED AND CATCHING UP THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S OUR THIRD TOWN MANAGER, FOURTH TOWN MANAGER TO REVIEW IT IN THE LAST YEAR.
SO THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO BASICALLY WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO UM, WE NEED TO DECIDE ON AN MOU WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL.
AND I THINK OUR, I JUST WILL SAY I THINK THE TOWNS, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKIER FOR US BECAUSE ONE THE VISITOR CENTER IS, YOU KNOW, BELONGS TO THE TOWN.
UM, OR TOWN CITIZENS NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT I MEANT.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, THE OTHER PART THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS, SO LIKE WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF YOUR, IS IT THE LODGING TAX? IT IS.
SO THE STATE CODE SAYS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO, UH, YOU ALL HAVE TO PROVIDE SO MUCH, YOU HAVE TO, HUNDRED PERCENT.
YOU HAVE TO DO 100% OF THAT TOWARDS TOURISM.
I I'M NOT, SHE SAID A HUNDRED PERCENT.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE LODGING, THE LODGING REVENUE WE GET AND THEN 3% OF THAT WE SET ASIDE FOR OUR TOURISM? IS THAT WHAT YOU CORRECT.
IT'S 3% AND THEN WE COLLECT FIVE, BUT WE HAVE A SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO DO THAT.
AND THAT THE OTHER TWO GOES TO SCHOOLS? IS THAT NO, IT GOES TO THE COUNTY.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A STATE CODE AND IT'S, BUT THE TOWN HAS NO REQUIREMENT FOR BY THE CODE.
SO US STUDENTS, SORRY, BUT, UH, SO, SO WE'RE TRYING, WHICH WE GOT THROUGH THAT LAST APRIL THROUGH MUCH, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THROUGH THAT PIECE OF THE WHOLE FUNDING THING.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE OTHER PART BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME, THERE WAS REAL ESTATE PROPERTY INVOLVED IN THE, AND AND TO THE EMPLOYEES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT THE INTENTION IS THAT WE'RE REVIEWING IT IN FEBRUARY.
AND, AND I, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUTTA TERM, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE IN BY, BY SOON.
I WON'T SAY BUY ANYTHING CAUSE I CAN MARCH.
OUR GOAL IS BY THE END OF MARCH I'LL, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSS.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT BILL? YES.
I DON'T WANNA BELABOR THE POINT MM-HMM.
GOES FROM THE COUNTY GOES TO TOURISM.
BUT ONLY A PORTION OF THAT GOES TO DISCOVER FOR ROYAL.
SO WE HAVE TO USE IT ALL FOR TOURISM.
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WE CAN USE IT FOR OTHER TOURISM ACTIVITIES.AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S LOOSELY DEFINED.
AND, AND QUITE HONESTLY, THAT'S ANOTHER, SO IN THE PAST WITH THE TOWN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S ALSO HAPPENED IS IS THAT THAT SOME OF THE TOURISM DOLLARS MAYBE WENT TO OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WERE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF TOURISM.
BUT, BUT WE'RE JUSTIFIABLY THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WAY FINDING SIGNS, INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS LIKE THAT FINDING WAS TOURISM YEAH.
SO, BUT OUR INTENT IS THAT WE'RE MO THE INTENT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THIS THING OVER THE FINISH LINE AND, AND, AND IT NOT SHOW UP ON EVERY LIAISON MEETING FOR THE PEOPLE
WELL, AND A LOT OF IT WAS, WAS ME BECAUSE I I I NEEDED TO GET MY ARMS AROUND THE WEARING DIAGRAM.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST YEAR LAST, YOU KNOW YEAH.
I WAS KIND OF LIKE THROWN INTO THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS.
I WAS FOCUSED ON, OH WE HAVE THIS M MOU BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THEN I'M HERE AND THERE'S ANOTHER M MOU WITH THE TIME AND THIS AND THAT.
SO LONGEST THE M MOU THAT WE SIGNED IN APRIL, 2022 YES STANDS.
AND THE M MOU THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH, UH, DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL IS, UH, YOUR NEGOTIATIONS, BUT, BUT THE UM, HOWEVER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT COME OUT OF THAT IS NOT GONNA VIOLATE ANYTHING OF OUR EMAIL.
YOU'RE GOOD BECAUSE JLL TECHNICALLY IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THAT'S, BUT I'M, IT'S GOOD THAT YOU ASKED THAT CUZ I THINK TOO, LIKE AMBER WAS SAYING EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE SERVING WITH US AS WELL AND SO SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT THE REST OF US HAVE BACKGROUND ON, IT'S NEW FOR THEM TOO, SO MM-HMM.
SO WE CAN JUMP TO NUMBER FOUR.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA OH YEAH, I'M SORRY.
DID YOU ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I JUST THINK THE REALLY EASY WAY TO UNDERSTAND IS THE MOU BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY THAT WAS SIGNED LAST APRIL THAT WE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON THAT PREDATE OF MY TIME ON COUNCIL.
BUT WE ALSO, SO ALSO DURING MY TIME IS BASICALLY WRAPPING UP THE FINANCING PORTION OF IT.
UM, SO NOW THE M MOU WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL IS HOW DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL WILL BE OPERATED.
THERE'S A LOT OF NEW AND WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT, THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO GETTING THIS TO HAPPEN.
WELL, IT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTALS WE'RE GETTING, UM, THE BETTER WE DO AT, UM, BUILDING ON THE, THE THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND DO THE MORE MONEY THEY SPEND AND THEN GO BACK HOME.
WHICH HELPS OUR TAX BASE AND TAKES THE BURDEN OFF OF THE RESIDENTS HERE.
SO, I MEAN, WHEN WE HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER MEETING A MONTH TO DEAL WITH SHORT-TERM TOURIST MARI CUS IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ARE COMING.
UM, AND I WILL SAY TOO, WE, WE LUCKED OUT THAT THIS WAS, SOME OF THIS WAS GOING ON DURING COVID WHEN THERE, WHEN THERE WAS A STALL IN THERE WHERE PEOPLE WEREN'T REALLY GOING PLACES BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING IT DIDN'T HELP THE TAX BASE.
CAUSE YOU COULD HAVE SEEN BOAT LANDING IN BENTONVILLE.
PEOPLE WANTED, THEY WERE ON THE RIVER.
I ELSE THEY WERE AT, BUT THEY WERE ON THE RIVER.
SO NUMBER FOUR IS THE WATER WATER CAPACITY UPDATE.
AND IT SAYS IN THE SUMMARY, WARREN COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE AN UPDATE ON THEIR WATER CAPACITY.
I'M, I'M NOT REALLY, I'M NOT SURE.
UH, HOW SO? YOU HAVEN'T? SO THE, UM, WATER CAPACITY, UM, HE'S STILL WORKING ON IT.
WE DO HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO DID AN ORIGINAL REPORT, UH, 20 YEARS AGO WHEN, UH, THE TOWN WAS TALKING TO FREDERICK COUNTY AND THE COUNTY WAS TALKING TO FREDERICK COUNTY ABOUT A REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY.
AND THAT CONVERSATION AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY DIED.
UH, HE IS UPDATING THAT, UH, HE STILL HAS IT, HE'S WORKING ON IT.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TRACTION WITH IT, QUITE FRANKLY.
AND HE HAS NOT GIVEN US ANY DATA.
I TALKED TO HIM A WEEK AGO AND HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY, GRAB IT.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO SEE WHAT HE DOES.
UH, THE GOOD PART OF IT IS HE'S NOT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY
BUT, UH, HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE REALLY EITHER.
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IS SO THIS STUDY, IS THIS PIGGYBACKING THE REDUNDANT WATER, UM, DISCUSSION HAD LAST YEAR OR I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WOULD CALL PIGGYBACKING? NO, NO.I DON'T THINK, IS IT, IS THIS THE
AND I WILL SAY LAST YEAR WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP OR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT BEFORE WE, WE ALL, I THINK IT REACHED A POINT IN THE MEETING WHERE EVERYBODY WAS TIRED AND A DRUG ONE AND EVERYBODY SAID, WE NEED TO GET A GROUP TOGETHER, WE NEED TO GET A COMMITTEE, REMEMBER.
AND, UM, AND THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY IS I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY MAYBE ON YOUR BOARD, BUT NOT ON OUR, UM, COUNCIL OR SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT AGREED TO BE ON IT OR EVEN HERE NOW.
SO, UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY AND TOWN WON, LIKE FORM A COMMITTEE ON, BUT I, I THINK LAST YEAR OUR BIGGEST CONCERN, THE TOWN'S BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THAT SOMETHING WAS GONNA CHANGE ON YOUR END WITH WATER.
AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE WERE INVESTING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, UM, ON THE REDUNDANT WATER LINE AND, AND IT, IT, WE JUST DIDN'T WANNA BE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY AND THEN WE, IT WASN'T AS NECESSARY.
SO IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU ALL ARE MAKING ANY BIG MAJOR CHANGES.
I'M, AM I READING THAT THE WRONG WAY OR THE RIGHT WAY OR WHAT? NO, I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT.
UH, WE, UH, MET WITH, UH, THEY HAVE SAID BEFORE WE MET WITH FREDERICK WATER MM-HMM.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CONSTRUCTION YET, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON PRELIMINARY PLANS AND WORKING ON THAT.
UH, THE FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD DID AGREE THAT FREDERICK WATER COULD TALK TO US, UH, BUT BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN THAT COMES ALONG THERE AND THE ACTUAL PROPERTY ALONG ROUTE 5 22 FROM DOUBLE TOLLGATE, THERE'S A LIMITED MARKET.
IN ESSENCE, YOU, YOU'RE ONLY GONNA BE ABLE TO SELL AT THIS POINT ANTICIPATED THIS MUCH WATER.
AND THAT MUCH WATER IS NOT GONNA PAY FOR THIS MUCH DEBT GOTCHA.
TO GET FROM DOUBLE TOLL GATE TO FAIR GROUND ROAD.
AND THAT'S THE ISSUE HE'S CLEAN WITH.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SMART WHERE GOVERNMENT GOOD.
I THINK BASICALLY FOR ME LOOKING AT IT WAS THE FACT THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE RIVER, SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THE TRAIN THAT RUNS RIGHT ALONG THE RIVER YEAH.
DUMPS OVER AND NOT A CHEMICAL OR ANYTHING IN THERE.
AND, UH, DQ EPA SAYS YOU HAVE TO SHUT DOWN YOUR INTAKE.
YOU DON'T HAVE A SECOND WATER SOURCE, SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? SO THAT'S WHERE I LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE, WE WENT AND TALKED TO THEM AND THEY HAVE A LINE THAT HOOKS UP WITH BERKELEY, WEST VIRGINIA, UM, SO THAT IT'S, IT'S SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, HAVING ON OUR FARM, WE HAVE TWO WELLS TO BE ABLE TO FEED THE, THE, UM, MAKE SURE THE CATTLE HAD WATER, ONE WENT DOWN, WE COULD JUST TAKE AND SLIP A SWITCH AND THE OTHER ONE AND THE WATER SOURCE DIDN'T DROP.
FRONT WORLD DOESN'T HAVE THAT.
AND THAT'S THE CONCERN I LOOK AT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF THAT BLUE ALGAE HAD BEEN NEAR YOUR WATER INTAKE, YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD TO CUT OFF BECAUSE OF THAT.
WHEN WAS IT LAST SUMMER OR THE SUMMER BEFORE.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I LOOK AT IS, AND IF YOU HAVE, I MEAN SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A SECOND WATER SOURCE, BUT THEY COULDN'T TELL ME WHERE IT WAS.
YOU KNOW, AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND WATER SOURCE.
IT COMES OUT OF HARMONY HOLLOW.
WE HAVE TWO, UM, IT'S LIKE SLOAN CREEK AND HAPPY CREEK, BUT WE DO HAVE A, A FEED FOR WATER COMING OUTTA THE HARMONY HOLLOW DOWN THAT CREEK THAT WE CAN FEED INTO OUR PLANT PERSON FROM THE RIVER, FROM LAKE, UH, FROM ROYALS LAKE.
UH, WELL IT'S, IT'S BEFORE YOU GET THERE, THERE'S THAT RESERVOIR RIGHT THERE WHEN YOU GO UP ON HARMONY HOLLOW MM-HMM.
BUT WE DO HAVE A WATER SOURCE THAT COMES FROM THERE.
WE DO NOT CURRENTLY USE IT, BUT IT IS ACCESSIBLE.
IF WE DID LOSE OUR FEET OUT OF THE RIVER, NOW THE CAPACITY WOULDN'T BE THE SAME AT THE RIVER, BUT WITH OUR STORAGE TANKS AND STUFF, IT WOULD BE A BANDAID TO, TO AT LEAST GET OVER ANY TYPE OF CRISIS.
SO COULD THAT, THAT COULD MAINTAIN, SAY YOUR RESIDENCE COULD FEED THE CORRIDOR OUT THERE? THAT I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN WE DO STILL HAVE MCKAY SPRINGS AND WE DON'T TAP, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER POTENTIAL WATER SOURCE OUT ON THE 5 22 CORRIDOR.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT WAS MY CONCERN WHEN THEY WERE, WE WERE HEARING THAT THEY WERE GONNA HOOK IN TO CLARK COUNTY AND IT'S WHAT, THREE MILES FROM THERE
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TO THE CORRIDOR AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT WAS MY, UH, LOOK AT IT.NOT NECESSARY LOOKING AT, UM, ELIMINATING THE SYSTEM YOU HAVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOOKING UP A REDUNDANCY THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE CORNER CUT OFF.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE ELECTRIC PLAN OUT THERE.
I THINK THAT ONE, WELL I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE REST OF THOSE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, I DO, YOU KNOW, BJ TOLD ME THAT THE ELECTRIC PLANT, UH, DURING COVID INSTALLED RECYCLERS, SO THEY'RE RECYCLING A LOT OF THEIR WATER.
SO THEY'RE NO LONGER GETTING AS MUCH WATER FROM THE TOWN AS THEY WERE INITIALLY.
UM, BUT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE POINT TO MCKAY SPRINGS CUZ THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP IN THE LAST, WHEN WE HAD THE WATER CAPACITY UPDATE, WHICH I THINK WAS LAST SPRING OR THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD OUR LIAISON MEETING.
NO, I, LAST TIME JUST, I WHISPERED DAMER LIKE, OH, WHERE WAS JOE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT THIS UP? CAUSE HONESTLY I DIDN'T, I I I'M, I DID NOT KNOW THAT MYSELF.
SO THAT'S, AND I DON'T KNOW, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER CAPACITY LIMITS THERE.
WE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FLOW IS RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT'S, BUT I COULD PROVIDE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
SO, SO IN AN EVENT, AND LORD FORBID WE EVER HAVE TO FACE THIS, BUT IN AN EVENT THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO AN ULTIMATE SOURCE, THE TWO SOURCES THAT YOU, THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THEY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS, SO AS CHERYL EXPLAINED, NO SWITCHING A SWITCH AND, AND IT ALTERNATE GOES TO THE, THAT INFRAS INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE FOR THOSE.
WE, WE PUMP FROM THE RIVER, UM, BUT IT'S NOT AT FULL CAPACITY OF WHAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THE RIVER.
I THINK WE'RE PERMITTED FOR LIKE 5.2 MGD.
I'M NOT FOR SURE WHAT THE FLOW IS COMING DOWN THAT CREEK THERE, BUT, BUT IT'S VERY LIMITED.
BUT IT IS STILL ANOTHER SOURCE WITH ALL OUR STORAGE TANKS IN TOWN THAT GIVES US THAT ALSO THAT CUSHION.
AND PLUS WE HAVE 10,000, WE KEEP 10,000 GALLONS UP AT THE, IN THE LAKE AT THE PLANT.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE SOME CLEARWELL.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME PROVISIONS.
I JUST, I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU HOW LONG WE COULD SURVIVE WHEN WE LOSE THAT FEET ON THE RIVER.
THAT WAS EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE.
CAN WE, UH, ANYBODY ELSE HERE? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENT? WELL, I WANTED TO JUST, UM, ADD THAT THE, THE IMPETUS FOR THIS DISCUSSION BECAME BECAUSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR AND THE UNDEVELOPED LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF 5 22.
AND SO WHAT WE WERE, WE HAD A, A PROSPECT WHO REQUESTED CAPACITY FROM THE TOWN AND IN THAT DISCUSSION MM-HMM.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT KIND OF CREATED THE CONVERSATION.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY STARTED EXPLORING BECAUSE THAT THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A RESPONSIBILITY OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH POTENTIAL PROSPECTS AND WE WERE HAVING TO PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT CREATED, BUT THERE IS STILL A, A SEWER PACKAGE ISSUE THAT EXISTS BECAUSE THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF VOLUME OR CAPACITY ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE.
SO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
SO I JUST WANTED, WE AS IN WE TOWN COUNTY, OR WE AS IN COUNTY, WE TOWN COUNTY BECAUSE THE, THE TOWN PROVIDES THE WATER.
NO, I, AND THE TOWN ALSO PROVIDES THE, THE SE SEWER.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT INDEPENDENTLY EITHER ONE OF US CAN DO IT.
SO WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IS SUFFICIENT.
UH, FOR THE PROSPECTS WHO POTENTIALLY COME OUT THERE TO PUT IN A MANUFACTURING FACILITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE CONSIDERING AT THE TIME.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE HISTORY CUZ YOU WEREN'T HERE.
AND, UH, AND THEN PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE POTENTIALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT MOVING FORWARD.
I WILL DEFINITELY PUT THAT ON MY, AND I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, JOE, SINCE SHE BROUGHT THAT UP, I COULD, I, I'M SURE TINA COULD FIND IT, BUT, UM, THERE, THERE'S SOME, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME MINUTES AND SOME NOTES THAT YOU CAN GO BACK ON CUZ YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE WERE SPECIFIC THINGS WE DISCUSSED AND THEN THEY LOOKED AT, LIKE LINES OUT THERE.
ROBBIE, ROBBIE BOYER WOULD BE ABLE TO UPDATE YOU ON WHERE THAT DISCUSSION WAS COMING FROM LAST YEAR.
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YOU'RE RIGHT, BORIS.UH, I REMEMBER READING SOMETHING IN THE 60 PAGE, UH, CHHA STUDY MM-HMM.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT WAS ANOTHER, THAT COULD CHANGE THINGS.
THEN YOU CAN GO BACK AND READ THAT.
STUDY THE 5 22 CORRIDOR STUDY.
WELL DEFINITELY WE MIGHT WANNA, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO REVIEW SHOW WAS GONNA ADD TO THAT.
YEAH, I, I'VE READ THE REPORTS ON THE MCKAY SPRINGS.
I THOUGHT, UH, I'M UNAWARE OF ANY POOR QUALITY OF WATER.
MY, MY UNDERSTANDING, AND NOW I'M GOING ON THREE YEARS AGO, MY UNDERSTANDING WITH MCKAY SPRINGS WAS THE FLOW, YOU KNOW, AND THE INVESTMENTS YOU WOULD MAKE AND, AND THE QUANTITY OF WATER YOU WOULD PULL FROM IN SPRINGS.
THE ECONOMICS JUST WEREN'T WORKING.
BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT WATER QUALITY ISSUE.
LIKE THE WATER, WATER QUALITY I SAW SAID THAT MCKAY SPRINGS WAS ONE OF THE PUREST WATER SOURCES IN A IN A REGIONAL AREA.
IT'S WORTH SOME TO TAKE A LOOK ANYWAY.
UM, SO GOING TO DOLORES, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN THE, IN THE FUTURE OF GROWTH.
SO IN YOUR OPINION, IS THIS A SHORT TERM, UM, ISSUE OR A LONG TERM ISSUE? WELL, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S POTENTIALLY GOING ON OUT ON THE CORRIDOR, BUT IT'S UNDEVELOPABLE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY.
BUT IT, SO, SO DO WE, YOU KNOW, WE YEAH.
DO WE FORESEE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL BUSINESSES IN TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS? IS IT 20 YEARS? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A TIMELINE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE IF THERE'S A SHORT TERM POTENTIAL BUSINESS, THEN I WOULD THINK IT, THIS IS A, UM, A SHORT TERM.
I MEAN THIS, THIS IS MORE AN IMMEDIATE COMMITTEE OR YOU KNOW, HAVING A CONVERSATION CONVERSATION YEAH.
I JUST KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, WHAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT YOU SAID AND YOU SAID IN THAT IT WAS THE IDEA OF WHAT TYPE OF INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE EXPECTATION WAS THE TOWN WAS INVESTING OR, YOU KNOW, SO I PREFER WE KEEPING SHORT TERM BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUT A TURN FOR MR. PETTY, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW.
I MEAN, A DEVELOPER COULD COME IN AT ANY POINT THAT YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING.
AND I'D RATHER US BE PREPARED AND READY RATHER THAN TO TURN DOWN THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, JOE, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT? WELL, DR.
DA WAS RAISING HIS HAND ON IT.
I WAS GONNA ASK JOE A QUESTION, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT ABOUT HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT, HOW MANY MILLION GALLONS DOES IT TAKE TO EARN A MILLION DOLLARS? NO, I DON'T KNOW THAT DAD.
UH, BECAUSE THE MINIMUM WE'RE LOOKING AT DEBT SERVICE IS A MILLION DOLLARS.
ANYTHING ELSE, IT'S JUST PAYING THE DEBT.
AND FROM WHAT OUR CONSULTANT SAW, HE COULDN'T SEE WHERE THERE WAS GONNA BE THAT MUCH POTENTIAL USAGE BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON A LOT OF THAT LAND AND HOW CLOSE IT IS TO THE CLARK COUNTY LINE AND THE FREDERICK COUNTY LINE THAT IT WAS GONNA BE VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITY IN THERE.
AND WE JUST NEED THE, UH, THE BOARD HAS MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT RAISING TAXES.
WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE TAXES AND THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY TO PAY THAT MILLION DOLLARS OTHER THAN TAX REVENUE.
WELL, WE'LL SAY, UM, TWICE, UM, SENATOR WARNER WAS HERE IN THE COUNTY, UH, ONCE OUT AT THE, UM, INLAND PORT AND THEN WITH THE NEW FACILITY, UH, WATER AUTHORITY FACILITY OVER, UM, STEVENSON ON THE OTHER END OF WINCHESTER.
AND HE'S, HE'S SAYING THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE, BUT IT'S, THEY WANT REGIONAL, THEY DON'T WANT INDIVIDUAL TOWNS AND COUNTIES DOING THING.
THEY WANT REGIONAL APPROACHES.
PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR MONEY TOGETHER BASICALLY, AND YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, NOT, THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK YOU ALMOST NEED TO HAVE A JOINT COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE IT'S YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
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WE DON'T HAVE THE, I MEAN YOU, WE'VE HELPED PAY FOR THE, TO GET OUT TO, UM, FAMILY DOLLAR AND SO WE HAVE HAD JOINT COOPERATION TO MOVE THE WATER OUT THERE AND SEWER AND I, I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BEHOOVE BOTH THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY TO LOOK AT AND TO SEE WHAT, HOW MUCH DOLLARS THERE IS REGIONAL AND WHAT YOU COULD DO.BECAUSE JUST TO INCREASE WHAT YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS TO BOTH THE, THE WATER SYSTEM AND THE SEWER SYSTEM.
IT, IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING TO EXPLORE RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD SAY IT WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT, JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THOUGH, IT'S LIKE WHAT WOULD IT COST AND WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT BECAUSE MM-HMM.
I THINK A LOT OF THE POINTS HAVE BEEN TOUCHED ON AND CUSTOMER MORRIS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, AS PROSPECTS COME IN, YOU EVALUATE THAT.
BUT AS SUPERVISOR OATS MENTIONED, IT WAS ALSO AN ISSUE.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN THE CORRIDOR.
THE COUNTY HAS PLANNED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN DIFFERENT PARCELS THAT AREN'T PART OF THAT AGREEMENT.
SO WE HAD TO COME BACK TO THE TOWN.
SO IT REALLY, D WE HAVE PLANNED FUTURE GROWTH OUT THERE THAT DOESN'T QUITE ALIGN WITH WHAT OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN WAS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO AGAIN, IT'S COORDINATING TOGETHER.
SO WHEN WE DO GET PROSPECTS, WE HAVE A SOLUTION TO THE WATER IN THE SEWER.
AND THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, VALUATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHETHER IT'S, UH, MCKAY SPRINGS OR OUR CONSULTANT ARE ALL THINGS ABOUT PARTNERING TOGETHER TO, TO BRING THESE BUSINESSES TO WARREN COUNTY.