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Part 1 (Video ID: Sbd_RThZICU):
- 00:00:31: Meeting Called to Order; Opening Statement and Flag
- 00:01:40: Ordinance 26-16: Redevelopment Plan and Public Hearing
- 00:02:44: Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes; Committee Reports
- 00:04:55: New Business: Approval to Purchase Mini Skid Loader
- 00:05:27: Engineer's Report: Construction Updates and Traffic Concerns
- 00:08:52: Consent Agenda: Resolutions and Approval Roll Call Vote
- 00:10:34: Open Public Comment Begins: Meeting Regulations
- 00:11:05: Public Comment: Diane Johnson - Event Double Booking
- 00:12:26: Public Comment: Sheri Siner - Traffic Safety Concerns
- 00:18:08: Public Comment: John Wise - Apology and Good Deeds
- 00:22:35: Closing Public Comment, Bills, and Meeting Adjournment


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Yeah. >> Not the person you should be with. >> Yeah. You should know better. You're more chore than us. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Right. That wouldn't be good. >> George, you missed it, man. Dan was singing your theme song.

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>> Whistling. >> That's amazing. >> Whenever you're ready, mayor sing. Things that make people happy are the little things. >> Good evening, everyone. I'd like to call the regular meeting of mayor and council of the burough of glassboro for May the

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12th, 2026 to order. Karen, could you please read the opening statement? >> Pursuant to the open public meetings act, I hereby announce that adequate notice of this meeting as required by said act has been provided by adopting a schedule of regular meetings for the

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year 2026. which schedule was posted on the Burough Hall bulletin board as well as well as the Burough website and forwarded to both the South Jersey Times and the Sentinel of Gloucester County and file with the Burough Clerk on January 3rd, 2026.

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>> Can we all rise to salute the flag, please? I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. >> Cameron, roll call, please. >> Mayor Wallace, >> here. >> Mr. Brown, >> here. >> Mr. Cosone, >> present. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> here. Mr. Halter, >> yes. >> Ms. Miller, >> here. >> Mrs. Spence >> here. >> Mr. Peront >> here. >> Mr. Scapiti

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>> present. >> Mr. Brunimer >> here. >> Thank you. We have no presentations this evening. So at this time, I'll turn the meeting over to our burough solicitor. >> Yes. Thank you, mayor. We have a public hearing tonight on ordinance 2616. That being an ordinance adopting a redevelopment plan for blocks 2728

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and the Burough of Glassboro County, Gloucester, state of New Jersey, Nexus Glass Work Projects. If council moves for the public portion, >> public portion be open. >> Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor state I. Any opposed? Abstensions. That motion carries. The

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floor is now open to anyone from the public that would like to come forward and address ordinance number 26-16. >> Seeing none, I move the public portion be closed and the ordinance adopted as written. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. Karen, roll call, please.

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>> Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Cosone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> yes. >> Mr. Halter >> four. >> Ms. Miller. >> Four. >> Mrs. Spence. >> Yes. >> That motion carries. At this time, I'll entertain a motion for the approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of

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April 14th, 2026, as well as the closed executive session of April 14th, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. >> Opposed? >> Abstensions? That motion carries. We have no

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communications this evening, so I'll move to committee reports and begin with Council President Miller. >> Uh, good evening, Mayor. >> Good evening. >> Um, >> I'm in receipt of the highway reports, but also there was a letter that was written on behalf of our wonderful

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highway department. It was addressed to you, mayor, and I I just think that our citizens need to hear how well people think of our highway department. It says, "Mayor John, this morning a highway department crew did a great job removing a dead tree branch hanging over

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Georgetown Road in front of my house. They were quick and neat and very courteous to the old guy," referring to himself, who stepped out to check on them. I tell many people that we have an exceptional highway department in Glboro. And that's from Bill Laauo.

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>> Thank you very much. >> And that's all I have. >> Thanks for sharing. That's right. >> Uh, Councilman Brown. >> Good evening, Mayor. >> Good evening. >> I do not have anything this evening. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Uh, Councilman, >> thank you, Mayor. >> You're welcome.

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>> I'm going to receive the April month report for the police department, and that's all I have. >> Thank you very much, sir. Councilwoman Garlic. >> Thank you, Mayor. I don't have anything to report today. >> Thank you very much, Councilman Halter. >> Good evening, Mayor. Thank you. All status quo with water and sewer.

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>> Very nice. Thank you. and councilwoman stance. >> I don't have any reports, mayor, but I do want to mention that the Memorial Day parade is coming up quickly and if anyone wants to put in a group, walking group, float, or participate in any way, you still have time to sign up. So, please get online to our Glassboro

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website and click on the parade flyer and you can sign up. >> Thank you very much. >> Oh, I'm sorry. We also have uh this Saturday this Saturday be healthy glass barrel coming up. So, that's right. Make sure you got transferred two weeks out. So, make sure you're there and get

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healthy. >> Get healthy. Very nice. Thank you. Okay. We have no unfinished business. So, Karen, could you take us through new business, please? >> Yes, Mayor. I have one item under new business. I need approval to purchase one mini skid loader and stump cutter

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attachment for the Glboro Highway Department through Sourcewell Co-op. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Okay. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> Any abstensions? That motion carries.

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>> At this time, I'll ask for the engineers report. Please, Mark. >> Yes. Good evening. Uh update for town houses over at Camel Lot. Townous houses at ORA. Actually, uh punch list work is being done by the contractor conditions are here. So, they're going to be banging those out for the next couple

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weeks, taking care of those items so we can get that development paved. Uh the section across the street, Richwood, will also be done. They have a much smaller punch list, so to get that wrapped up. So that'll all be dedicated to the burrow uh over by the end of the summer. Um other items as far as that

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South Academy Street still uh working away as far as getting their parking lots and patios done. So they're going to be nearing completion sometime in June for for some of their units. With that, uh business over on Deli Drive is very busy. Uh they have uh concrete,

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landscaping, fencing uh and they'll be paving tomorrow or Thursday and then also next week and striping and everything else. They're looking to have everything done by uh before Memorial Day. So uh they'll be trying to get that all wrapped up and we have a pre-construction meeting next week for

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the towns at Elmir over MLK. Once we have that, then we'll kind of get a construction schedule out to everybody, give you an idea. Uh but that'll be through into next year easily. probably next couple years they get everything built uh with those. And the last one, Hampton Boulevard, the DOT grant, uh we

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have uh we're having a pre-construction meeting next week and we'll get a schedule thereafter uh for repaving 322 uh Hampton Boulevard from 322 to Stoneham Drive. So, we'll have to get notices out to the residents, coordinate with me, Megan as far as I get a couple

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email blasts out so everybody knows that work's ongoing. And for there, the work that's ongoing on South Academy Street is supposed to be wrapped up by June 18th. Uh they're going to start paving the week after next. Milling and paving. I don't know which end they're going to start in Clayton or ours, but that'll be

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going on, but but they're going to try to wrap that up by the first week of June, then just do punch list after that. >> Getting busy. >> So, >> excuse me. >> Sure. Um, I know that the residents on Academy Street will be notified, >> right? >> But the people that are on the side

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streets, they're not even they don't get any type of notification and then they come out and find that they're blocked in and can't go anywhere. >> Yeah. The best thing is we can just coordinate with the burrow as far as getting a web blast out to that and get the getting word out once we get the schedule. They have a have a rough

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schedule, but weather may interrupt that. But they're looking the week after Memorial Day to start milling. I'll try to get a more defined schedule for starting Clayton because they got a long way from Clayton to get up to us as far as that goes. So, they have it broken down into three phases right now for the

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concrete and pipe work. So, they may do the paving in the same three phases. So, we'll see. But that will be a challenge as far as that goes. They will probably don't I'll check with the county if they're going to they usually put door hangers out for everybody who faces academy to let them know what numbers to call and things

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along those lines. But uh anybody on the side streets uh we'll have to give a heads up so they can make detours for a couple days. >> Okay. >> But once it's done, we'll coordinate with Chief Knight because uh speeds will be going up. All the potholes will be

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gone on street. So look out. >> Get trapped at our house. Okay. Thank you. Anything else for Mark? Thank you, Mark. >> Thank you. >> Okay. At this time, I'll once again turn the meeting over to our burough solicitor. >> Eating mayor. On our consent agenda, we

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have the following resolutions. Beginning 158, authorizing refund of street opening performance guarantee, Prime Construction and Development LLC. 159 is also similar release street opening to Prime Construction Development LLC.

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160 resolution approving fireworks display for Glasport Police Department. Pause for the cause. 161 authorizing change order number one for Alfred Avenue Roadway improvements. 162 agreement for professional services bar

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glass pearl sickles Associates Inc. 2026 NJ do DOT municipal a program Baldwin roadway improvements and resolution 163 authorizing revised safety and stabilization guarantee the amount of 38,75524

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perimeter landscape buffer performance guarantee the amount of $66,810 site improvement escrow fee in the amount of $169,344.75 and performance guarantee public improvements in the amount of 2,125,524

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towns at Elmir block 143 and 142 in the bar glass brother of the resolutions also for the reasons noted under each council moves for approval roll call vote >> motion for approval >> second >> okay I have a motion and a second Karen roll call please

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>> Mr. Brown >> yes >> Mr. Kabone >> yes >> Mrs. Garlic >> yes >> Mr. Halter >> four. >> Miss Miller >> four. >> Mrs. Spence. >> Yes. >> That motion carries. This time I'll entertain a motion to open the public portion. >> Move the public portion be open. Second. >> Second.

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>> I have a motion and a second. All in favor state. I >> opposed. Any abstensions? Motion carried. Floor is now open to anyone from the public that would like to come forward and address mayor and counsel. >> Members of the public, there are rules and regulations related to public

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speaking. They are outlined in the agenda. Most important when you approach, would you please identify yourself for the record, name and address? And there is a fiveminute limitation. Thank you. >> Hello. >> Good evening. How are you? >> Fine. And yourself? >> I'm well, thank you. >> Diane Johnson,

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16 William Street, Glboro. And I don't know if this is a statement question or what, but anyway, a friend of mine's um having an event on Saturday at Martin Luther King. >> Mhm.

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>> And she put in forth last week. She made a deposit. >> Okay. >> They took the money out of her account. >> Okay. >> And caught her yesterday and told they made a mistake. It's already taken. >> Now she's, you know, it's graduation week, right?

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>> And it's hard for her to get another place for a vent and she's devastated and this is for a repass. >> Yeah, I know. This is the first I'm hearing of this. I I would have to find out exactly what happened. What you

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know, >> they gave her money back. >> Okay. >> But >> yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I can't speak on the situation as to why why they were either double booked or over booked. I would have to get the story from um the

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park and wreck department and the Martin Luther King committee. >> Okay. >> But I'll find out what that is. >> Okay. And your boy graduates Thursday, >> does he? Good for him. Give him my best. >> Congratulations. >> All right. Very nice.

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>> Hi. Uh my name is Sher Siner and I live at 908 North Main Street, Glass Barrow. Um, I was here a couple months ago to discuss concerns about the snow removal on the sidewalks. And during that time, I also talked about concerns regarding

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the intersection of Donald Barger Boulevard and Main Street. I live just past this intersection and frequently witness running of red lights, most often heading in either direction on Donald Barger Boulevard. I've not witnessed it going north or south on Main Street. Not to say it doesn't

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happen, but it's frequently going the other direction. Uh for the second time in the last several months, I found myself running out of my home and calling 911 at the same time due to a car accident at the light. The most recent one happened this past Saturday and it was due to a woman running the

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light going west on Donald Barger Boulevard. She t-boned an elderly couple and luckily no one was injured. I uh a witness that was there uh spoke to police and confirmed the happening saying that the light had been green for four or so seconds. Um,

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the driving there and the running of the red lights is egregious. Absolutely egregious. And I've w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w wed it time and time and time again myself. It's not even close as far as you know getting through the light um

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you know just as it's turning red going in one direction. I've actually sat as the first person at a traffic light and hesitated to see as someone comes flying by and the green has been up for three,

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four, five seconds or whatever. Um, there was an earlier incident a couple of months ago where a car ended up on its roof. An accident right there. Um, luckily no one was hurt in that accident either.

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I'm very concerned though that there's going to be a tragedy at some point because of the amount of times that I see this happening. So, I do realize that this is a county road. However, it comes through our town and I feel that you have a responsibility to have concerns about

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the safety of your community and that you should have a voice and we have a voice in this. And if I have to start showing up at county meetings, just let me know and I'll start doing that as well and making some noise because I do have other people that are interested, weren't able to make it tonight that

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have concerns, friends of mine. Um, and even along that road and other areas, uh, as far as safety within the town, um, I do have a few suggestions and I would imagine I'd have to bring it to the county. Um, as far as, you know,

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some things to be done with the road to catch drivers attention, I've seen it kind of coming up at stop signs, you know, almost like those rumble strips and it says stop or, you know, I don't know what kind of language could be painted on the ground, but that makes that noise, jolts your car. It's not a

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hump or anything like that. Um, but it would catch people's attention coming along there. I don't know if that's a possibility. Another thought I had as I have noticed at other lights and I I do feel that it's for drivers as well. Maybe other ones are specific to pedestrians, but almost like a countdown

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clock because I have found that it kind of coincides with the changing of the light. I pay attention to it helps me out actually to kind of get an idea. So those are two thoughts that I have. Um more frequent police presence at that

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corner. I don't know if that's been taking place or not. um you know, after I came the last time. But there has to be something um that can be done to address this because I'm really really concerned about it. I don't want to know somebody that gets hurt or killed. I

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don't want I have a new driver in my household. I don't want anything happening to him. It just it's very upsetting the fact that I've had to go running out of my house to make sure that they're, you know, everything is okay. It's just unacceptable.

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Lastly, I want to mention kind of along those lines because it probably impacts that is the noise level at all hours of the night between motorcycles and cars. There you go. Hear that? So

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going on Main Street on 3:22 on Deli 11 12:00 at night earlier than that you know just all hours um that is unacceptable in my mind as well. So I don't know that it's really the

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college students. We'll see. I don't believe that it is. Um but it's unbelievable the noise and I worry that there's racing or whatever is going on. It's all about safety. It's just not an acceptable thing going on in this town

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and I feel it needs to be addressed and I hand it to you guys for that as you that's your job to kind of figure that out. >> That's right. >> Okay. >> Um, one suggestion I have when it was mentioned about um putting out web blasts to people. Um I have elderly

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parents. They use a computer but they're not on it every day. They're not checking their email all the time. There's a lot of people that don't have access to computers for whatever reason, even though we are anformational, you know, society now. So perhaps everybody has a phone. Most people have

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cell phones. If not, some people still have landlines, which I do, but I have a cell phone as well. Perhaps an uh a phone blast could go out to people. You can do that electronically as well. So, I'm just concerned about people not knowing about those street closures or, you know, different things that might go

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on. And that's just a suggestion. And that's everything I have for now. >> Very nice. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I will. And with regards to the intersection, I will tell you that we will do everything we can to mitigate that. Our police are right here listening to you, but we will do

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everything we can. Uh, and we will also pass your concerns on to the county on your behalf as well. But I would encourage you to continue to do so. >> Um, should I do they have county meetings? I don't know. I haven't looked online or anything. >> Uh, yeah, they do. and I wouldn't know.

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But yeah, if you go online, you should be able to get them. Absolutely. >> If you have any issues, just call the burrow. Somebody will help you. >> John Wise, 114 East Avenue, Glasgow. I came to apologize

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last meeting I was here. I was telling you or the burl that uh I thought one of my neighbors needed help. So Chip went down there and he come to my

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house and he said that lady said what you doing in my yard? >> And he told me that and I I kind of did like that. I felt real bad about it. I made a couple of phone calls, didn't get through. And uh I just wanted you to

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know that the girl was ready to do what I thought we was going to accomplished, but she changed her mind. >> Didn't know what she was going to do. when uh Chipper went up there, she said,

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"What are you doing in my yard?" And he mentioned me and he came to my house and and I saw him out there. I said, "I know that fell." >> And then he told me what happened. So, we're not going to go through the whole story, but I just want to apologize for

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everyone that wanted to do something or or came to me and thought that I had a, you know, big heart, but it did just like that, you know. But I wanted you to know, the councilman ladies to know that it did not happen the way we had planned

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it to happen. And so, that's why I'm here today. Appreciate it. Everybody was saying, "Oh, that's a good idea." You know, "Thank you. God bless you." And uh it just caused me to be standing before you

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>> to let you know that what we had planned didn't come forward. And uh it's all I can say. >> I was not going to let it just fall off. I said, "Make your time to go and apologize to the council and let them

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know that what we had planned didn't come forward." So, thank you very much. When I was going out, some of the people were saying, "Oh, that's a good idea." You know, it was at the time. >> It was a good idea >> at the time. It was >> very nice.

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>> And um so it got called off. >> No one got hurt except me. And uh >> you're all right. you know, but uh thanks for looking forward. You got see I called you several times. Anyway, um

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thank you for listening to me right now. Okay, >> our pleasure. >> God bless. >> And thank you for looking out for your neighbors. >> Yes. >> I'll probably be doing it a lot for other people. >> Don't ever change. >> You know, I let me let me get I don't know if I gave you the one story about my daughter. She was getting ready to go

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to work uh with the last big windstorm at the and she got there and this big tree was in the in the in the street and she didn't know what to do. She thought she could move it by herself. I think I told y'all that. Did I tell y'all? >> You did? >> Yeah. And the police came and helped to chop it up and stuff is still laying

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there. But uh everything is okay. >> God bless you. Same to you. And I hope your mothers had a good Mother's Day and I hope you fellas made sure they had a good Mother's Day. Mr. Wise, thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Wise. >> Thank you, Mr. Wise.

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>> See, with no one else, I make a motion to close the public portion. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor, state. I >> opposed. Any abstensions? That motion carries. At this time, I'll entertain a motion to approve all duly authorized

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bills. >> Motion to approve all dy authorized bills. >> Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor state I. Opposed. Any abstensions? >> Nope. >> Oh, okay. Motion carries. Any closing

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comments from our acting administrators? >> Not tonight, sir. >> Not tonight, sir. Okay. For me, as usual, thank you all for showing up. For those of you that expressed your concerns uh and brought things to our attention, thank you. Uh no apologies

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needed, Mr. Wise. You keep doing your thing. Thank you very much. Uh, enjoy the warm weather everybody. Stay safe and uh I'll entertain a motion for There we go. I have a motion and a second. All in favor state I

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>> opposed. Any abstensions? Motion carries. This meeting is adjourned. Thank you everyone. >> Next regular meeting May 26th, 2026 6 pm. Thank you.