welcome to the April 9th 2025 work session for the Rutherford County School System I call our meeting to order We will be opening the meeting with a brief moment of silence or prayer and the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag No one is required to
participate or be present for any of these and being in this portion of the meeting is completely voluntary Miss Sharp I'm going to start with a prayer if that's okay with everybody Dear heavenly father we thank you for today this beautiful weather Please sustain and
make whole those that were touched by the bad weather last week As we enter TCAP testing uh give our teachers supernatural energy and strength Protect our testing systems and let them perform perfectly like never before Next month our seniors will be walking the stage
into adulthood I pray a hedge of protection to surround them and their families Give them favor with their professors or in their pending careers For the rest of our district and board members I pray for discernment protection prosperity and most of all a deeper love for our growing community I
ask these things in Jesus name Amen Stand up I pledge algiance 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 Next I'm going to give everyone a moment to look over the agenda and then give you a second to look over the consent agenda Any questions comments
okay we will Yes Mr V I know we had field maintenance Uh certain people getting paid for field maintenance Y sir
is that on the turf fields yeah because you still have maintenance on those but it's up to the schools to fund Any other questions okay we'll have Rutherford Proud on Thursday We do have a speaker
and um I'm delighted to see Colonel Jeffrey Gaylord is with us tonight to present the 2025 Junior ROC Cadet Distinguished Leader Graduate Awards Please step forward Thank you I'm on the clock so I'll be brief Good
evening Dr Sullivan Board members it's that time of year again when we pause to recognize several outstanding JRTC cadet leaders who are about to embark on the next phase of their journey As you alluded to there I would dare say that
the 18 cadetses that are sitting here are already adults But here we go This year we are pleased to award 20 deserving cadetses with the Rutherford County JOTC Distinguished Leader Graduate Award These young men and women
have demonstrated exceptional leadership over the past four years by exceeding the criteria for this award Just a few of the criteria they have to achieve a minimum of a 3.5 GPA overall All of
these cadets here far exceeded that They also have to achieve a minimum of a 4.0 GPA in all JOTC instruction Achieve a minimum score of 22 on the
ACT Participate in a minimum of one extracurricular activity over the past three years and serve as a captain of one of those extracurricular activities That includes Raiders our Raider teams
That includes our drill teams That includes our Jab teams That's our JRTC li leadership academic bowl teams It also includes our marksmanship team our robotics teams and our drone teams They
also have to achieve a minimum of 50 points in each event for the cadet challenge fitness test which some of you when you were going through school that likens back to the presidential fitness award So not only are they scholars but
they are also well-rounded athletes Tonight each cadet will receive a Stones River Brigade Distinguished Leader Graduate Stole a drape with the JROTC medallion in their certificate These items will be worn at their
respective graduation ceremonies to represent their exemplary accomplishments Without further ado I'd ask Dr Sullivan Dr Chastain and Miss Maxwell to please come forward for the presentation of awards
Cadets as I call your name please come forward There's a little bit of a orchestration here Okay our first cadet cadet Captain Jared C Garner from Blackman High School
[Applause] Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Eva R Huntley Oakland High School [Applause]
Cadet Captain Christopher T Gan from Oakland High School Unfortunately he was taken ill this morning and could not be here but I wanted to make sure his name was read and he will be receiving his distinguished leader graduate awards at
his respective school awards ceremony Our next cadet captain Aaliyah A Rodriguez from Oakland High School Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Michael R Campbell Riverdale High School
We have cadet major Melania A Tay who from Riverdale High School Unfortunately she had a band conflict and could not be here tonight Likewise we will present that at her awards ceremony Next we have Cadet Major Crystal Lopez Martinez from
Riverdale High School [Applause] Cadet Captain Samuel A gravely from Riverdale High School
Cadet Command Sergeant Major Kyler Ramirez Harris Riverdale High School [Applause] Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Olsen Rockfale High School
[Applause] Cadet Colonel Jackson Neil from Rockville High School He is also our stones river brigade brigade commander for this year that designated by his rear
[Applause] white cadet major Patel from Rockville High School [Applause] Cadet Command Sart Major Jonathan Harris
from Rockfale High School [Applause] Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Lily G Arkinberg from Seagull High
[Applause] School Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Elsie H Unberersac from Stewart's Creek High School and she is our Stones River Brigade executive officer for this
[Applause] year Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy R Prader from Stewart's Creek High [Applause]
School Cadet Command Sart Major Ashley A Williams from Stewart's Creek High School and our brigade command sergeant [Applause]
major She's also not a bad wrestler Cadet Major James F Holidayiday Stewart's Creek High School Cadet Captain J Clemens Stewart's Creek High School
[Applause] And finally Cadet Major Samaria L Burns Stewart's Creek High School [Applause] Please give all of these fine outstanding young leaders another round
of applause Thank Thank you very much for your time and your patience This concludes the 2025 Distinguished Leader Graduate Award Ceremony Would all cadetses please exit the boardroom and meet outside for
pictures in front of the school in front of the signage Thank you all again Thank you Colonel Gaylord Outstanding outstanding young men and women We got a great bunch of instructors and thank you the board and Dr Sullivan for supporting such a great program Thank you Our
pleasing Just a minute Yeah Impressive There went everybody There went everybody mountain Everybody Yeah pretty small crowd Anybody want to move up
okay next Number eight we'll have public comments on Thursday Number nine we have legal Yep We have several First the transfer student discipline under under discipline number one And Mr Mr Glee emailed everybody but
you also have copies of them in front of you First one the board's been requested to admit a transfer student from another school system under discipline The student was expelled for making a mass threat according to policy 6.318 The board may deny admission of any student except those in state custody when a student transfers from another school system while under suspension or
expulsion Director of schools recommendations to deny Any questions number two the board's been requested to admit a transfer student from another school system under discipline The student was expelled for a title 9 finding according to policy 6.318 The board may deny admissions of
any student except those in state custody when a student transfers from another school system under suspension or expulsion Director of school's recommendation is to deny Questions number three The board's been requested to admit a transfer student from another school system under discipline The students expelled for causing extreme disruption in the
classroom According to policy 6.318 the board may deny any admissions of any student except those in state custody when student transfers from another school system honor spin or expulsion Director of school's recommendations also to deny Questions number four A board has been requested to admit a transfer student
from another school system under discipline The students expelled for possession of THC According to policy 6.318 the board may deny admissions of any student except those in state custody when a student transfers from another school system under suspension or expulsion and director of schools recommendations to deny
Okay Number five And number five the board's been requested to admit a transfer student from another school system Under discipline the student was expelled for making a threat According to policy 6.318 the board may deny admissions of any student except those in state custody when a student transfers from another school system under suspension or expulsion In
director school's recommendations also to deny number six Okay Sorry Miss M Darby How is the space in the alternative schools right now are they yes Especially this time of the year Yes I had a feeling Y thank you Number six this is a
disciplinary hearing appeal and it is number 25301 The board has been requested to review a decision of the disciplinary hearing authority DHA to uphold the remain of a student from Simon Springs Community School Based on a review of the DHA's record the board may A affirm
the decision of the DHA B overturn the decision of the DHA or C grant a hearing before the board Questions okay number 10 We have several engineering construction First Blackman High School video scoreboard request
Principal Justin Smith is requesting to install a video scoreboard at the football stadium Cost of this project is $256,865 and will be funded with a loan to the field enhancement organization from First American Bank Schoolboards like one already approved by the board for Rockville High School Engineering Construction has reviewed the request
and has no objections Any questions comments number two Blackman High School softball outfield deck request Principal Justin Smith is requesting to construct a 16x6 pressuret treated deck area outside the right center field fence This area will
be utilized as a fan experience area The materials and labor for the project are being donated and this project is no cost to the board Engineering construction department has reviewed the request and has no objection Any questions number three Smyrna High
School baseball stadium naming request Principal Dr Sherry Sutherland is requesting to name the baseball statement in honor of Sunny Gray Sunny had a decorated career at Smyrna High in Vanderbilt University Is currently pitching for the St Louis Cardinals following extensive career with Major League Baseball Injuring construction has reviewed the request and has no objection
Any questions number four Mr Reed I don't know if you want to talk about this one at all but I'll read it Um number four Popppler Hill Road and Sewer easements New Popular Hill School Site requires some widening to Blackman Road to safely access the schools Roadster County Highway Department has kindly agreed to complete the portion of
the road widening work beyond where the school contractor responsibility stops and also to fund the cost of said construction The school system needs to acquire the right ofway easements along Blackman Road to enable the county highway to to begin In addition sewer easements are needed across some properties to tie to sewer to serve the
school site So Blackman Road with respect to the new school site we're adding a turn lane and another lane to the road to make it wide enough for school traffic to get in and out of the school site safely um that will require some property to be taken or purchased on the opposite side of the road from the where the school is along the edge
of it That's something we're negotiate with the land owners there about trying to acquire that from them And then there's also the sewer line that we're running to the um school site It will be a tight line sewer that's just to serve the school So it's not for public use for anyone other than the school but
there'll be a small sewer line running along the road to tie into a manhole there to provide sewer to the service to the school So we're asking for authority to go ahead and negotiate that with the land owners there and if we have to exercise imminent domain which you have to do at sometimes with respect to
easements that we be allowed to do that Any questions yes Mr T So this is this is just giving you permission to start the negotiations Yes Okay Any other questions okay Number 11 instruction All right
Number 11 the Rutherford County Schools academic calendar 2526 Counter committee met and made revisions on March 21st The new requested changes are shown in red and purple And you will see that what we needed to be able to do really revolved around um election day So most of our
schools are election sites We set our calendar before the official election dates are chosen So sometimes we have to go back and change it And this is one of those times Number two this is the with the board approved adoption last time This is approving the
purchase Um just as background the state moved from a six-year to a 8-year textbook adoption process to balance the RCS run schools budget and general purpose 141 last year Rutherford County Schools cut the textbook line item and communicated the intended intention to use fund balance for upcoming purchase
of science textbooks You'll see elementary is $3,181,95 middle school is $748,555 and then high school is $2,724,764 And so that total um to be asked to come out of our fund balance and county commission and budget has
been aware that was coming We've communicated this for almost a year Salman Yep This is a one-time exponential correct middle school will be a little bit more depending on what we use That's why that number is so much
lower Um but it it's a one time as far as over the next eight years except for middle school whatever we don't use and replace and print every year Okay And then our next textbook adoption big
one is two years away social studies Any other questions or comments okay we will take care of that on Thursday uh 13 financial matter Wednesday tomorrow That's right It's Wednesday So sorry Wednesday not
Thursday Uh we'll go into executive session after the work session um to discuss safety and then we would also go into executive session if the board had questions tomorrow to be able to discuss before the vote as well So number 13 would somewhat be dependent
on number 12 So number 13 this budget amendment is to reflect the receipt of additional state revenue not including the original budget It includes moving innovative schools model grant funding around to appropriate accounts add funding for weapon detection systems funding an additional date added to the calendar
for 12-month classified hourly employees and adding funds to maintenance contracted services for multiple projects that have increased expenditures This amendment has a net increase of both current year revenue and expenditures of $4 million with no use of fund balance There are not any recurring costs included in this
amendment And so this is the $4 million I guess bonus if you will for performance for our A throughF earlier in the year So we're going ahead and doing some of our cleanup amendment and weapon detections out of this 4 million Excellent Number
two Number two is connected back to instructions request So that was the request to purchase the science books textbooks And this is the actual fund balance u motion This budget amendments to reflect the state of Tennessee moving
from a six to an 8-year textbook adoption process to balance the RCS fund 141 GP budget textbook line item was cut in fiscal year 2425 and the intention to use fund 141 unassigned fund balance was communicated previously regarding the purchase of science textbooks This amendment will decrease fund 145 141
unassigned fund balance and increase expenditure account 71100430 bound textbooks in the amount of 6,654,414 and at last check we were about 98 million or so in fund balance Is that correct it was in the 90s So it
is extremely healthy still Okay I just I know that's a question that that the county commissioner will ask is what is your fund balance they want us to be somewhere again state laws 3% They like us about 15% Uh really 10
to 15 is where we are We've been up to 20% in the past and so this puts us still in that 15 range Okay Next we go to book review You can see we've got all the books listed with
the recommendations from the librarian committee and we'll do this tomorrow as we've done in the past I'll say the name of each book with the recommendation and then we will vote each or we'll call vote each book individually Is that okay with everyone
okay Next we have the financial report So pretty quick So we are moving into kind of our formal budget adoption process and so the board right now the way to schedule would vote on to pass
the budget on May third May 15th We have graduation dates also that date and so what I emailed the board today was we don't set revenue as a county school system and set revenue is proposed by the county finance director and then approved and appropriated by the county
commission We receive our revenue estimates from county finance director and so they ask us to get it as close to May 15th as possible We may move the timing of that date or that actual date Um still need to hear back from a couple board members to make that decision but we'll make that decision and make it
public tomorrow All that to say fund 143 is our central cafeteria fund It is a self-sufficient fund Uh that fund is run by USDA reimbursements payments by students and parents and adults for
lunches and then all of our expenditures for employees for the cafeteria run out of that fund And so what we have proposed was a 2.5% increase to the salary table for our staff And then that
fund balance has been well into the 12 13 14 million So we will as we get the actual revenue numbers look to run that one two or three million into the negative to be able to spend some of that on equipment um some different projects You guys have
approved painting projects You're supposed to have about a sixmonth fund balance and we have over that in that account right now So that's one year we have been spending down and then we'll do fund 177 because it's a much larger one tomorrow night Okay But if there's
anything that any board member wants to discuss we had a budget retreat on this as well So if anybody wants to pull something out of 143 we don't have the actual revenue stuff entered yet that gets entered by the county finance department but we'll have that toward May but this was just to have the discussion on 143 Trey sorry Go ahead No
you're fine I was going to say I remember I asked you to go over the highlights too No that's all good You covered most of it Um one thing that I I did bring the March update for this fund So I brought all it was handed out to
all the board members tonight Yep We're running we're actually running a little bit under which is good at this time of the year Um we are uh to remind everybody our our budget this year was uh
page 4 33,448756 and we're about 65.6% right now Um that's kind of typical where we are this time of year We do have some we budgeted a little bit heavier this year for equipment
replacement needs That money has not been uh allocated yet We are finalizing in the next week to 10 days our equipment needs from all of our different sites and from our managers That will go out for bid fairly quickly
and we probably won't get it bid till right close to the end of the year and we but we will get the money allocated uh since consolidating our or and centralizing our nutrition staff Historically in the past we were in the
red We've been in the black um very well which is good Um and um and I think we discussed at the board retreat we are looking to add a few positions this year We are looking to add an administrative
assistant uh fill a field manager spot that is currently budgeted Um at a school nutrition technology staff member we've grown to the point with all of our computers and
point of sales and all that is very difficult for our school IT staff that are only in schools once every three days It's very difficult for them to support nutrition now So it's time for them to have their own technology person
We will be adding of course the new staff for Popular Hill Um we have a manager and assistant manager Uh we're proposing three 5 and 1/2 hour employees but we currently have some areas where
based on our meals per labor hour we're overstaffed So we'll probably move a couple of positions around instead of adding But we are going to budget for these members at this time Um overall I would expect us to probably be
up labor is a large portion of it We have 2 and 12% raise We'd probably budget another four to 5% for our other items Uh and then the new position So it won't be a large increase And then if we budget into a deficit so that we can
utilize some of those fund balance it'll be somewhere around probably about where we're sitting now It won't be a whole lot of difference from an overall expenditure for next year I'll be glad to answer any questions I have a question Miss Maxwell
Yes Miss Rosales Thank you Um so you said that we were running in the red before and now we're in the black which is great So what were the contributing factors to causing us to be in the red and now we're in the
black uh there was not a lot of continuity to to our cafeterias Um we were overstaffed in a lot of places uh in centralization uh it allowed us to
use a uniform metric to better manage our staff members so that we ran more like a business Um we did not terminate any employees We let those positions as people retired We just did not fill them
and we began to reduce our budget based on those uh retirements and those staff members moving out Um and it allows us better flexibility to control menus and be able to move staff members around to
be able to fill in so that we're not as topheavy as we once were Any other questions add to that We we used to operate basically every school site was their own restaurants The best way that I know how to say it Now we operate as one
restaurant that has off sites Mhm And so does that mean that as running as one big restaurant there's someone that's kind of eyeing the operation especially when it comes to like the buying side of it the food aspect Yes Be as much
shrinkage We have uniform buying policies that we use and all of it's FDA mandated We're we are watching that the the biggest thing for us and it's just it it for the nutrition it's no different than our regular
budget Labor's the biggest carrier of it and if you're very topheavy and you're way overstaffed you can you know most businesses and I'd have to verify with Brian but most businesses run their
burden somewhere around 60 to 70% So for every dollar you spend you expend another 70 cents for you know for that employee to carry them So so it does get very expensive and and as you get those
numbers back in line with your national trends for um what it should be and I and if I didn't uh um at the retreat we're looking to stay in that 17 to 19 meals per labor hour range And that's a fair
range Uh we even have a couple of schools that are super efficient and they're a little bit over 19 and we've talked to those managers and they don't want additional help They they tell me I don't need somebody stumbling around under my feet I'm not going to
argue with somebody that's got their staff lean and mean and and got it going the way they want it Um and we still have some work to do Um but but overall we're a much more efficient operation
than we used to be The other thing that kind of got us we did not do a real good job of keeping our kitchens up to date with our equipment and that's why we've been focused the last couple of years Before
we started budgeting into the fund balance our focus was to analyze our equipment and our in our cafeteria because if if they've got pieces of their equipment that are breaking down every two to three days not only are
they inefficient making your numbers look wrong they're they're also causing undue work for the staff So so if we get that equipment straightened out which I think after this year with what we're going to buy this
year not everybody has brand new stuff but it's all going to be in the 8 to 10 year range which for kitchen equipment that's a good range to be in Uh we had some stuff that was much older Um and so that's that's the type of things that
we're doing um to to keep us efficient Mr Tidwell thank you I got to have a just a two-part question here See if this is Now this is this particular fund 143 We're trying to spend down a little bit right it's a little bit higher than what we'd like for it to be Um the
kitchen equipment that we're purchasing for the new elementary school is that budgeted into the construction price like with the furniture and everything else yes sir it is that since we need to spend this fund down would it be possible to use some of this
fund because it can only be used for certain things right correct would it be possible maybe this is this is a question for you Dr sold but to buy the equipment out of this fund which we're trying to spend down and that frees up the same amount of dollars that we
already have in construction but the dollars that can be used more versatile Yeah I think once we get the rest of the facilities to the point we need them to Absolutely Yeah We go through right now when we have some of our staff go through especially from technology we
build this account if you will to help cover some of that I think it just could free up I mean it's the same amount of money It's just freeing it up in an area that we're a little heavy in and making those dollars be put to use in a different way Yeah Once we get this
budget get once we see the equipment that we're going to purchase this year and see what that number is and what we budget into the deficit and we see where we are fund balance then we can make a determination of how much more we want to spend
down and and that we're trying to get we've spent the last three or four years getting to this point because I wanted to be efficient w with our funds and and the other thing we haven't done we
haven't raised our meal prices either Uh we've tried to keep them as low as possible as well as part of this because if we let that I'm trying to keep those numbers as close as we can without putting undue stress on us or having us
to the point that if we had a major something happen we didn't have the funds to take care of it Appreciate that I know a lot of families appreciate that Yes Dr Sa Only thing I'd add when Trey is talking about top heavy we're talking about the school level not district
level So schools had their um schools had their ability with cafeteria managers controlling their own restaurants to hire kind of as they wonder as they saw fit with positions and that no longer occurs I have another question Yes I thought bad meal debt being in this account No which account
is that at uh it bad meal debt is um today I had them look at it for me this afternoon right before we came 940,000 today 940,000 I have a question So last well while when they did the change of the coding for Medicaid and
stuff like that and technically that will have had helped us with especially with economically disadvantage on the TISA side because we will get $500 per kid that was coded that way How much did we lose when they redid the coding and causes to lose that $500 and now we're
looking into a higher bad meal debt Luckily the governor this year has gone back and done 75% so still about a million and a half a meal and a half that we lost But that would have been in 141 not 143 Yeah on that side right
because it was Tissa Yeah Any other questions one more thing And just I know the board asked us last year to put a committee together and come up with ideas and we've implemented all of those ideas
except for one and it's the one that's none of us want to do and that's taking the parents to court Other than that we have implemented everything that was asked or recommended and the and the schools are still doing a good job at we're sending out notices and sending
out phone calls and emails and we're trying everything that the committee came up with So we are still working on this is we we haven't thrown in the towel yet Yeah Um I know you didn't want to look into this Um about just
districtwide free and reduced If our number our percentages are there can we I mean at the end of the day we're going to eat this cost if it doesn't get paid So why not sure we would qualify right now you think it's lower than 45 no 60%
It's close I'd have to see where our numbers are right now without the Medicare and Medicaid in Okay Well if you can check that'd be great Okay All right Thank you Anything else i'll do directors of it tomorrow Okay Um uh Tennessee
legislative and federal Uh Mr B you have anything for tonight [Laughter] i'm sure Next we have general discussion Mr Sharp Thank you Um and um Madam Chair I apologize for failing to mention that
Gary Nixon the first high school principal at Blackman has passed So y'all please keep his family in prayer Um and I've got a few things if that's okay Go ahead So Jazzfest we're rocking along We've got about 20 bands We could u stand to have a couple more sponsors
just to put us over the edge Um we've got a lot of vendors that are coming for the kids We have one for the special needs Several of you have have gotten that Um but we're doing well and that's going to be the 25th and the 26th last weekend of April at the fountain So everybody come out The weather's going
to be beautiful We're not going to have to worry about it And we're going to have a lot of food and everything from the fountain So um a couple Well back in February somebody sent this and I'm sorry that they uh spent all this money because every school board member was sent this and um it was suggestions on
policy changes Well we have a policy meeting at the end of the month the 29th I believe So I gave the information to um Miss Ridley and we're going to look at that at the policy meeting and I couldn't find Mr Smith I'm sure this is
an alias Uh but I couldn't find him on Facebook or a number or anything So I sent him a card The card came back today from the address through inner office mail So Mr Justin Mr James Smith we have looked at this and we're going to look at it uh at
the policy meeting just so you'll know u about that because I don't know who sent it but he they obviously spent some money to send it to each and every one of us board members So we will be looking at that at the end of the month Also um Mr Lee can you give us an update
on the Smyrna Kroger or Smyrna um high school uh yes ma'am I attended the planning commission last week Um the town planning commission did approve moving forward with the developers request to
um provide the Kroger um project a move forward It will still uh there's still enough land left that they could build 250 apartments Uh had it
been zoned uh with an appropriate developer there could have been 750 apartments but there was there's still a potential for 250 even with this development They did mention they they did not mention a time
frame Um and they also did not u mention any uh the out parcels at this time They do they did say they were talking with two or three I'm going to use their language higherend
um clients for those out parcels but that they just said two or three but phase one of the project was approved by the planning commission It'll go now go to the town council Thank you So um I've had several phone calls of this and and the constituents and the residents out
there are not happy about this being put next to the school Um I've followed up with the planning Uh Mr Riggsby is not there but I spoke with his assistant on yesterday And as far as we can tell this property has not been sold Now that doesn't mean that it's not under contract somewhere and it hasn't been
completed but this board needs to seriously consider uh for the Smyrna residents us purchasing that land over there Uh because I too have concerns like they do as far as security and having people just like the dump at Leverne Lake would allow people who
shouldn't normally be on on school property it's going to allow them to be closed on school property So um just something for y'all to look at Um the people at the school are not happy and the residents in Smyrna are not happy So just y'all think about that and see what
we can't do Is there any other general discussion miss Maxwell Yes Mr Rosales Thank you Um so I just wanted to say that uh thank you to the board for voting to start a incorporation for the foundation and we
actually had our first meeting with the board last two weeks ago and it went great and we've nominated a chair and a vice chair So uh so we're really excited about that and good things are going to come out of it Thank you Any other
comments if not oh sorry Mr Bot Well I feel obligated to bring y'all up to date on the school bus contract Um the U or the bus drivers Um we have had three and I'm
going to call them very successful 4-hour sessions with representatives of the association Um I'm meeting with the budget and finance director in the morning and Trey we're going to try to put maybe put our heads together and
have something back to you guys I guess what Dr S a couple of weeks or something I think the 24th for sure Yeah they they and and the drivers have been or owners drivers owners they've been very you know I don't want to say on pins and needles but they're very anxious to see
what you know the proposal is going to be But uh I don't I don't really feel I don't want to bring something to the board that that we know cannot get funded So that that's kind of where I am right now if you if you wanted to know where the discussions were So that's
reason to bring in uh our good friends at the courthouse to make sure whatever we do here and be funded So anyway we're we're meeting in the morning So maybe we'll make a little more headway And I want to thank you for you've been working really hard My pleasure I I love
these people and a lot of them are my good close friends A lot of them are good small business owners independent people They're they're they're the folks I've been around all my life So I've enjoyed it really Thank you We appreciate your hard work on it Dr Svin
Yeah we'll definitely need a proposal to vote on by the 24th so that we can have budget approved and everything by the 15th for sure Okay If there's nothing else Mr D move to go to executive session We get