you're on All right Good evening everyone Uh this meeting is being held with the benefit of public notice as required by the open public meetings act Madame clerk would you call the role mr Pavelli here Miss Phillips here Mr Whan here Mr Here Mr Ty Here Would everyone
please rise for the flag salute and the invocation i pledge allegiance 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 justice for all
Dear God bless our Hamilton community May we continue to assist our seniors encourage our youth and build all neighborhoods with the love that you taught us May we also pray for those confronted with despair and loss May you be their source of hope and direction
And we may we as a government assist those in need We make all these things in your name Amen Amen Mr President for your consideration we have the three sets of minutes February 4th executive session February 18th regular meeting and March 4th regular
meeting minutes Do I have a motion to accept the minutes i'll make a motion I'll second Mr uh Caribelli yes Miss Phillips yes Mr Whley yes Mr Carol yes Mr T yes Next we have communications Uh joint
accommodation recognizing and that is misspelling it is Arbor Day April 25th and joint commendation recognizing Earth Day April 22nd Do I have a motion to uh pass i'll make a motion on C1 and C2
Thank you I'll second it Roll call Mr Tabelli Yes Miss Phillips Yes Mr Way Yes Mr Pero Yes Mr Ty Yes We just have the amendment to the agenda that I just
So there has been an amendment to the agenda uh that is sent to been posted on the website uh removing resolution to 25-199 uh which is a resolution amending resolution 25-080 for the township of Hamilton
confirming the fourth round of affordable housing obligations pursuant to PL 2024 chapter 2 and the Fair share acting housing act NJSA 5227D-302 Uh we also have an amendment
to uh the title of resolution uh consent agenda item 825-207 a resolution authorizing an agreement for professional services with greener by design LLC for the
environmental energy consulting services for the township of Hamilton for the period of May 1st 2025 to April 30th 2026 with a $45,000 maximum and adding CA21 uh
25-220 a resolution determining that the property identified as block 1666 lot 80 located at 386 East State Street be designated as a non condemnation redevelopment area
in accordance with the local redevelopment and housing law NJSA4A 12A1 at SEP and authorizing preparation of a redevelopment plan Can I please have a motion on the amendments to the agenda
second Mr Carelli Yes Phillips Yes Mr Whan Yes Mr Carol Yes Mr Ty Yes First we have resolution 125-198 This is a resolution approving application of Shamil Aliri
doing business as Jersey Auto Cars LLC for a secondhand automobile dealer license located at 1634 Nodingham Way Any questions or comments from council any members of the public wishing to ask questions or make
comments seeing none uh I'll entertain a motion I'll make a motion to move on uh resolution 25-198 I'll second it Got two seconds Okay good Ladies yes Phillips yes Mr
Whman yes Yes Mr T Yes Moving on to consent agenda we have items CA1 through CA21 Um just a few uh notes We have uh we're going to be accepting a a donation of a
memorial stone uh honoring Little League umpires in this uh in this batch of consent agenda items Uh CA8 is um is a professional services agreement
for environmental energy consulting services for the township Uh this is going to help the township to uh maximize our uh renewable energy uh utilization So looking forward to uh the
work coming from that Uh we have a resolution we have contracts Uh a lot of this is uh proforma and I'll open it up to my council members for any questions or comments Just want to um thank the uh
district 12 volunteer little league umpires Um you you may not know this but you know they're during the districts and and the um and the tournaments uh and sectionals and they they're not paid So they're they're strictly volunteers
uh that just do it for the love of the game and and to be out there So I appreciate um Mr Shutch um allowing us uh this memorial for them So that's didn't know that Yeah So is this going to be placed over at the right near the
bench at that veterans park i think Kathy or the wall of it's to be determined where it's going to be placed Yeah For safety and so forth I want people to trip over you know I got Yeah
Um if there aren't any other questions or comments from my colleagues on council I'll open it up to members of the public Any members of the public wishing to ask a question or make a comment on today's consent agenda
oh would you like to come up you kind of answered it but you know I was just curious Come on up Janice You're one of two people in the audience I didn't I thought I was going to be the only one I pulled in the parking lot There was no cars
None except you guys I'm thinking "Oh the meeting must have been cancelled or something you know." Okay Um I was the first to number one How big is Do you know how big this stone is i mean and you said it's going
to go in Veterans Park by the literally by another one By the by Deo Field It's like a It's like a a big rock So you know the names of Do you want to see what it looks like i have a picture of Yeah he is always so good with this
stuff Oh yeah That's right It's called And it's going to going to list their names on it Yeah it'll probably list some names of the umpires Oh that's really cool Oh my god That's Looks like three people
Oh that's nice Yeah Councilman would you would you show our other guests also just for Okay personal service right put it right next to the rock they got from me So it'll have the names on it
and and what is that yes Been there for a while for those that have volunteered right okay Well that's nice to see We do really nice things and we should promote it and when we get it in there we should make sure it goes in the paper Oh For
everyone to see or uh Well I know um the administration is good about getting the word out about the good works can't always uh dictate through paper what they're going to print or not print That's true The tranonian Julie pretty good So okay Very nice Probably get it out in
an email blast and do a a press release type thing when it's you know in place or put it on your website and you know Yep for one of the things to see Say surprise Guess what we got Maybe the rock will show up in the next calendar A nice picture of a rock in the next
township calendar You meant thorough We could dress it up like the one that goes down 530 all the way out the eye There you go There you go Put a baseball cap on each little Okay Thank you Any other members of the public wishing to ask any questions or
make any comments uh on that okay fair enough Uh seeing no members of the public wishing to comment I'll entertain a motion Council President I'll make a motion to close the public comment and move on consent agenda items
CA1 through CA1 CA 21 I'll second the motion Mr Carelli yes Miss Phillips yes Mr Whan yes Mr Farrell yes Mr Yes Ordinance 125-004 This is an ordinance to exceed the municipal budget
appropriation limits and to establish a cap bank for NJSM4A 4-45.14 This second reading public hearing cap bank extension um we'll be uh capping it out at
3.5% Any members of the No no comments from council Any members of the public wishing to comment on ordinance 25-004 I think we're going to have this in open Let's Janice come on up First
reading for the housing No John Scott 432 Trinity Avenue Cornell Heights Um is this planning to exceed the budget or we're already going to be exceeding the budget and this is making we're
exceeding the budget so anything over 2 and a half% has to be authorized by council Uh so with this we are authorizing up to 3 1/2% And some of the reasons for that
include the um rise in cost of health care um rising cost of garbage collection Garbage collection costs went up by 50% Uh the healthcare costs I believe went up by like 6 million So
there are a lot of um fixed costs uh you know that we we have no choice but to pay these expenses and so uh we have to we have to allow for that Okay Well that makes sense That way nobody can yell and scream at you for doing it It's already
been approved That's right Okay Thank you Thanks Janice Okay And if no other members of the public wish to comment then sir did sir did you wish to uh I wish you please say
something on this on this ordinance Yeah because you said uh you have no choice Well the choice is to cut health care uh benefits for our employees or to cut garbage collection services So that's
not much of a choice Well they're not choices They're not options And what about the Excuse me sir Could you please state your name uh my name is Jean Mich and uh I am the pastor of the Holy Trinity Baptist Church in
township And uh so I inquired this morning They tell me you're going to have a a meeting tonight And uh I am here I'm not going to speak on that thing because I never know nothing about that They give me a
papers and uh I'm going there maybe if I got time I will talk about the taxes and the assessment you got that okay I don't have no any nothing against this fair u we're going
to have public comment and then you're free to make a comment on any issue that you wish or ask any question that you wish thank you very be coming up shortly Thank you Thanks for joining us tonight So seeing no other members of
the public wishing to join us That's why nobody's here Um do I have a motion i'll make the motion to close the public comment portion and move ordinance 12504 on second reading I'll second it Mr
Caribelli yes Phillips yes Mr Whley yes Mr Po yes Mr Todd yes All right Now we are going to open it up to um comments on any topic from members of the public Pastor uh you're welcome to
come on up and comment on on any issue for the next four minutes Thank you Uh I have a problem and uh I believe uh my council men and women has had been
elected and uh maybe I might I might be the one of the person who vote for but I got a problem every time I inquire about taxes and uh I went from
the people who assess people houses and nobody know nothing and uh I inquire to the administration I received those two pieces of
papers and uh I can't got no answer to my question and uh I say I have to come to the to my council people to find the answer and uh it seemed to me that
they something wrong because when when they assess people houses He used to I've been in this and uh state for 52
years and uh he used to be inspect came man and see if you remodely if you do something if you add things and uh right now people rely on uh on a
machine and to tell them I when to assess your houses And uh this is the the bad thing because the
assessor I believe is not only me and I lost my wife 4 years ago And uh I come down there I bring them a copy of my wife death certificate First of all I asked them to take my
wife name on the deed and uh I have to pay for and uh I don't complain about it I pay for the papers to take my wife's name with
it 4 years ago 4 years from now my wife died April 17 2021 And uh I file the tax form they call the
anchor and uh I receive a a check and my wife name I pay on it and when I went to the bank the bank refused to take it take it back to them right
away and he take me five months to get the check back and uh I have to send a letter and threatening them to take them
to the governor office And uh after that they they they sent me a check But I believe that a lot of people got the same thing
same problem with me because uh they send you a check to help you pay the fourth quarter of the taxes And when I inquired to the to the tax office downstairs they said they
don't have no authority over that And uh they give me that papers say the the taxes of me open space down school district
down public library and uh uh I'm sorry to interrupt Uh your 4 minutes is up now Janice is okay if we let him we'll give you another two minutes Okay
And uh I tried to find out if you my people we elected to take care of us and
what uh did you got anything about people like me i know there are a lot of people like that and uh who are widows and senior citizen and uh I am 82 years old and Oh
wow I spoke to the the governor Kazai about that problem before and we got a lot of people we don't have in the Hamilton Township but we got a lot of problem with evicted
people and people who live and work all their life to buy house and when they become a citizen senior citizen and uh they can't pay they evicted them for the for the things and uh I tried to find
out what if you got a plan to help those people Yeah And so there are a couple of different points that you've raised Uh one is the matter of uh changing the deed that happens at the
township level right that's at the county office It has to be done at the county clerk's office Clerk's office And so uh the clerk's office does that And if there were any charges I apologize but they do that for any deed changes I think And that's at the county level We
don't do that at the municipal level So and then the state relies on the county records to issue those anchor checks I guess So I'm not sure if uh that automatically changes an application that they may
have had in with both names on it or not Um Mr Mashad you did you go through the process with the state to change and have your wife's name removed from your anchor application as well yes I did And
did you ever get not only I did that my wife was a a prior of the state when she died we got we sent everything to them And uh
when I went when I went down there to file for the papers right I give them a copy of the death certificate right okay So they did finally change it on the anchor application Did you Did you I don't know if they changed it or not because and uh Did you get a replacement
check i got the replacement check Oh you did but I don't know if they changed it or not Well hopefully they changed it and gave you a new check with just your name Is that right Okay So and I'm not sure you know I'm I'm sure that'll happen each year now So
hopefully it'll be corrected and we won't have to go through that again If you do I want you to call my office and I'll make sure that we get in touch with somebody at that state office because that's a program that runs through the state and the other departments are
correct If they say they you know we don't have much control over how they administer that It only happens at the local level when you get your check and it goes against your taxes But that's a state program But sometimes we can help
if we have to intervene Well I try I try I try to get when I got that problem I try to get in touch with the count any council person and uh nobody want to give me any office where they got council to go So we don't have offices
here That's we're we're part-time employees We don't have we don't have an office That's why there was nowhere to go But at least at least they got email or telephone Yeah the emails are right Everything's right online You can get that But yeah we don't have a physical office It's not like you can knock on the door and come see us You can you can
you're always welcome to come to the clerk's office She'll she'll put you in touch downstairs Yeah Downstairs I I I went I went everywhere I went to even to the lawyers
the lawyer's office downstairs and everybody Well we don't have no address We don't have peace Amen We are here to help I know you've experienced some frustration with this issue with the check Um
and you know uh fortunately it's been resolved You have what killing me what killing me I'm going to sit down What what killing me is uh is when
somebody working and buy house It seem to me that you got two mortgages One you can finish pay and the other one is the taxes you never finish to pay If you can't pay there is no program
for you to go Yeah And the only thing they do they send a sheriff and to put you out evicted you And after a while I spoke clearly about against that and uh they put it price
tag on those people they call them homeless I was I was just going to say one one program that um maybe the congregation should be aware of uh at the county level um specifically for utilities though this isn't for taxes or for your
mortgage but is is a program that the county runs um out of its housing department um that could subsidize the cost of that utility bill that you're you're faced with or that you know individuals are faced with in the township and throughout Mercer County
for that matter And I I I read all of that and uh they want you to be with something in your hand poor to give you They tell you there's definitely there's definitely income constraints Yes But
but you know I think that they're pretty uh generous with the program Um there's definitely requirements on you know if you have a if you're a husband and wife with one child or two children but there are eligibility requirements definitely but excuse me um if you need any
guidance along those fronts I can help you with that and um also at the county is the office of senior services who um may be able to connect anybody in need with additional resources Um there are
always new grant programs and different programs that we may not be aware of uh that the specialists in that office all of them they they they require you to be in the bottom No the other thing is
we share your concern regarding affordability in Hamilton Um and we work uh to every day uh to provide a good level of services to our residents while keeping the township affordable Uh and
we're open to suggestion I mean if there is u some measures that we can take um in order to make things affordable especially for our seniors you know we are open to suggestion We're open to uh discussing any um any solutions in that
regard cuz it is you know it's tough for our seniors There's no question you know and we do want to do the best we can to take care of them You you got senior who don't even make $19,000 a year And uh
but as for me last last year I've been $9,346 and this year they sent me an assessor for $10,131.50 Your income was 19 and your your taxes
were 10 Yeah And I when I inquired why they said they don't have no no collection And I showed them this This is an assessment papers And uh if you if a man who
receive maybe $10,000 or $20,000 a year and you're going to pay $10,000 some dollars a year and if you got a mortgage and you have to pay insurance you have to pay all those things you left with nothing Yeah it's
similar problem all over the country Yeah that's the problem And uh I think if I have to get somebody to make a petition uh we have to write a petition about that something has
something have to be done Mhm And uh because we don't want nobody to lose their house because they can't pay The problem is the all the everything that we talk about the government functions all the programs they all come from tax dollars So if we if we stop collecting
tax dollars the programs go away the services go away the roads stop being paid your garbage stops being picked up So if you're if you're uh disagreeing with the amount of taxes that you're paying we can have a conversation about that Maybe talk to somebody about getting it reassessed but taxes have to
be collected I understand what you're saying if people I believe in taxes I'm a pastor Jesus taxes I believe in taxes Did you talk to anybody at the tax office about having it reassessed they don't want to give you
anything And uh so and uh Yeah Well I just I don't want to I don't want to skip past that point You can file a tax appeal That is an option I understand that That's one person know the problems That's another problem because
it seemed to me that you come to somebody to help you pay $10 you can't pay $10 and they send you to another office to file an appeal and you have to pay for the appeal and that's another problem Is there a charge for the appeal
yeah Desine's law Well I mean it's a county tax board So I I Yes It goes to the county tax board and and there's a hearing So I represent the township there and he has to provide
comparables that show that what he's being taxed is not fair But he has to provide enough evidence that uh the county tax will will change justified change And and processes like that are
really put in place to protect you and all of our residents from some uh other residents getting favorable treatment by having a transparent process like that So I know it's burdensome but it it is
put in place to protect you and all of our residents and to ensure fair treatment uh for everyone And remember overall our the property values in our town have gone up substantially And so you know the the tax rate therefore then
reflects that So what what what that what that have to do with is that and uh because if somebody in their house they're not going to sell no house and they have no place to go and uh if their
property go up and that is nothing wrong with the property going up It it looks like it looks like the the cost of the tax appeal is if the house is under 150,000
it's $5 If it's between 150 and 500,000 it's $25 And then it looks like 500 or more is uh $100 And then there's another $25 charge So it could be anywhere from 50 to Yeah Well I'm taking your your
your time at Well we appreciate there's nobody Is there somebody we could point him at least in the right direction so Kathy and all somebody that could help point him in the right direction get him the help
he's looking for Sounds like there's some confusion in here and the last thing we want we can help out as much if we can help out as much as we can at least get him pointed the right direction get him to the tax assessor and right you know with the county I think the mayor's office provided you
with some additional information Was it today or or or this is what they give me a letter And uh there should be a list of resources of other options besides just the anchor program You might qualify for
a senior deduction which again has income restrictions but that's another state program that we administer through application at the local level Yeah They give me they give me this they give me these but they they are the state
combine them They send you this replace everything else and it's complicated where people can't file it They have to find somebody to file for Yeah they are hard He's you're you're right This is a 2024
form That's the first time I saw it That's that anchor program It's the It's the tax freeze in his Yeah but they combine all three together So one one all combined together and it it's not I mean they have to do it annually So you
know the state makes you jump through little hoops or whatever just to get that But that's a good program It's a good reimbursement It's it's a it's a lot more than some of the others that are reimbursed Um and the income limits are a little bit higher than a lot of
other programs also but you still may qualify for something like a senior tax deduction which is another $250 that you can take right off of your taxes if you qualify for that and and get that So if you haven't tried to apply for that then
we can we can talk about that one as well Okay Thank you But I'll I'll before we go I'll give you my information and I want you to call my office so that we can I can help you in any way we can Thank you very much So the state New Jersey bill started this year correct
which did state bill the assembly bill that refunds uh seniors uh up to $6,500 on their taxes Yeah I don't know if that's combined with this anchor It's in they combined it with the Yeah they put a lot of programs together and it's one
application and so they qualify in a number of different ways but again they do have to fill that out every year And there's also a piece in that um that one multiple application that has to be brought in to the tax office The tax
office fills out a piece of it and then they send that all in So now they don't want you to get on those um those freeze forms Have you ever been to our senior center here in the township no We have a senior center you should go by It's it's
fantastic We have a lot of members but um every year they do an assistance where on that particular day you come in with your forms and they help you figure it fill it fill them out They also do it for um taxes which again income
different Yeah I tried it and uh a lot of time you have to come early and if you don't come early they're full I still a lot of people taking advantage of it right the state New Jersey application is on the
division of taxation's web page You can apply right on there You have to do it by October of 2025 So I don't know that you would have gotten that money yet if you haven't even applied for it So I think we should point him in that direction to apply for this to help him uh in the future Yeah Well uh thank you
I'm not speaking only for myself because I know there are people who can even even go to a mission and a lot of people stressful situation Thank you very much Thank you All right Thank you details
Janice did you uh have any questions or comments tonight well I did Most certainly We're glad to see you Oh thank you And your favorite Easter And I love your Easter sweater too That is very nice Very nice Feel the holiday
Passover nails Huh and Passover nails 10 plates Passover nails All right If I would have known I would have But uh No Um so they're just the chachki things I mean talking about you know you
think about taxes going up two houses next door to me Cornell Heights are over $500,000 are asking for them Yep I'm thinking holy shoot I didn't we living next to the correct and the swamp and all that stuff and all of a sudden we're
over $500,000 And whoa we you know when they when you used to say Cornell Heights they went where okay So now we're we're getting on the map I know Okay Then somebody brought a point up which I was good about the calendar
They don't put what the pictures are Oh sorry I didn't mean to interrupt you I need to Oh okay Because there was a picture of a house on there and it didn't say you know No I was I think we talked about that Um it
would be nice to know because you're thinking "Oh wow Is this what is this what was this place before maybe it's modernized now Was this you know old Grops or whatever?" You know and goes the house on now I'm thinking "Gee wonder where that is." You know I tend to think that that was a a common um
comment Uh the the calendar was very well done but I wish there was some captions as well Yeah So the calendar is very helpful and each month it tells you stuff It' be nice to know what these places are you know i agree We Yeah So uh and then the other thing is uh I had
no idea what they were doing but I guess it's the county fixing Sweepbrier Road They blocked it off today I tried to get I mean they had all the horses at the end of everybody's street Nobody knew what was going on
Thought we were getting locked in the neighborhood or whatever And so then yesterday they put the horse up right in front of my driveway so I couldn't get out of my driveway and you know so things like that But here they're repaving it And the problem I mean I it it is a problem the way it's set up But
trying to get back into the neighborhood or people coming down from Quaker Bridge have to go into the jug handle and then go around to East State Street Extension to get to Whitehead Road I sat in a jug handle for 15 minutes today trying to
get through It was bad It was bad today And um there was a policeman sitting there and I'm thinking really there was not that much traffic There's no traffic coming down the hill you know and just people going across that he really should have maybe got out and stopped anybody coming from the other way and
let the traffic flow and then god forbid somebody comes over that hill a little fast and call caused an accident and he's the one liable Yeah that's true But I mean that not that many people were coming over and you know you're trying to get into their he only takes one and then he loses his job That that's true That's true But they did they were kind
of smart and we was getting after a little after around 3:30 and the school buses and all were coming and everything So they took all the barriers down and then things started rolling again So uh I don't know how long they're going to be doing that but I didn't think the
road was that bad except to buy the light But if they're fixing it they're fixing it And of course I hope all the trash that's laying along the side of the road will also get cleaned up after they're done Janice you're the first person to come before council and say you didn't want your road repaired I didn't say I didn't want it I was just
surprised they were doing it I mean there are other roads that are really bad You know you think why aren't they fixing these you know between two towns There's also you know one of the challenges that the township has faced with the roads over the past couple of
years is uh working with Trenton Waterworks Uh we don't want a favor road right before they dig it up to replace the pipes in the road Uh so that's something that I know the township has
been trying to coordinate when roads get paved um in order to come in behind Trenton Waterworks where possible Yeah because we had a big problem with that and uh before but because there is always in front of Tammy Duffy's house
at the bottom of the hill that always leaks from Trenton Waterworks I don't know how many times they've dug that up So I don't know whether they're paving all the way down to there If they are then I hope they double check before they they they hit there But so that's
the story Okay Thanks for letting us know I know it's a temporary situation Yeah So resolve it quickly So you know I mean I it was you know cuz when when I was out there for 15 minutes in Jug Handle I'm thinking in another hour the
trains are coming in When they come in it's kill or be killed when those people trying to get out So I figured you know thank God they cleaned it up before they came in Okay that's true And um you have two more minutes if you want And to the rest of you may the bunny treat you well
Thank you Appreciate it Seeing no other members of the public we'll go to council com Short and sweet The Yankees are about to start Like to first uh thank the residents for coming in Uh we appreciate uh you coming in your comments If
there's a way we can help you uh if you want to talk to us privately please take our emails our phone number and and uh we'll be happy to help you Uh it brings up a good point that um maybe and I'm not sure it could be on the website Maybe we need to start getting more of this information on the website Maybe we need to get it on
social media I know the Facebook page is is pretty active Um I'd still like to see more dogs being uh um showcased on there I think there's uh room to be done There's work to be done there which we'll address tomorrow night
Um but I think maybe with the senior services uh this the state New Jersey tax uh application maybe we could put those links on there so at least people can share it to some of their friends or family members that need it Um you know just to help provide a service Since it's a long week I'm going to leave it
there Just say um next time we see each other Passover and Easter will be over So happy uh holidays to the to whatever it is that you celebrate Uh spring sports are kicking off and um have a nice week We'll see I guess most of it tomorrow
Thank you Councilman Per Who wants to go next i'll yield to Nancy Nancy go Okay then Thank you Um I also want to thank the residents Thank you Janice And thank you Pastor for coming out We don't know about sometimes we need to be reminded I
should say of some of the concerns of our citizens So I'm glad that you came tonight I made many notes I agree with Councilman Pero just making sure we get the information out there So we really do appreciate it Um and to my council colleagues and to you hope we have good
holidays and good spring breaks for those who have them But and uh that's about all I got Have a good night Oh I'll go Um again thank you for coming out pastor and and um sharing some of
the issues that you're having and some of your um parishioners that belong to your church I'm I'm sure are going through the same things And hopefully um you get some information that's needed It's going to help you and your your um
congregation Um um I'm going to really keep it short It's Easter week and Passover I wish everybody a a good holiday and like uh our friend over there Janice says says says "I hope the Easter bunny treats you well." Right
That's it I'm going to be super quick I just want to wish everyone a happy Easter and uh great Passover Um hopefully you get to spend some time with your family over the next uh few days and hopefully the weather breaks uh with this uh cold spell So hopefully we get some warm days supposed to be nice
on Saturday or warmer on Saturday I should say So thank you for coming out this evening So I'm going to wish everyone a happy holiday whether it be Passover or Easter whatever everyone celebrates I hope you enjoy um time spent with family is
always nice And um I also want to wish everyone a happy Earth It's going to be Earth before we we meet again uh which makes today especially appropriate for our um renewable energy uh resolution
which we passed Um so I'm looking forward to um seeing the um continued progress toward um less reliance on the grid um more production of our own
energy um you know working toward energy independence for Hamilton that'll certainly um contribute to future cost savings for our taxpayers um and contribute to a cleaner environment as well So um a a big
milestone uh with that work tonight Uh and otherwise happy spring I hope the warm weather continues to hold out for everyone and this meeting is adjourned Warm weather favorite