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We're in the meeting of planning, development, and community for April 6th, 2026.

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Dale, would you like to open us with an order?

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Sure.

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Thank you.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for bringing this group together tonight to do the best of work

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for the county.

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Thank you for all the blessings and watching over our county and citizens and guide us

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through this meeting.

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May we ask this in Jesus' name, Amen.

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Amen.

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We have approval of the agenda.

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All in favour say aye.

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Aye.

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Motion carries.

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On to the minutes from March 9th, 2026.

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Motion to approve.

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Motion and second.

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All in favour say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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I believe.

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Aye.

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Motion carries.

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On to claims.

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evening for planning development to $550 and 89 cents.

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Motion to approve.

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Second.

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All in favor.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Motion carries as well.

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At this point we have public comment.

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It's an update reference, Zach Jeffries Quarry

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located at 466 West Fiery Road Freeboard.

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The entire eastern length of that property borders my property.

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At the end of this month, it's been a year since I first expressed concerns to the zoning director.

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Per reference, Mr. Jeffries telling me his intentions for the quarry.

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Mr. Fricke, your interest in the issue is appreciated and you're welcome to come out

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again to update the photos you took from my property in mid-January. So much has changed

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in three months instead of planting trees as required Mr. Jeffrey has ripped out nearly all

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of the mature trees that had provided partial screening from the end of February into mid-March

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for two and a half weeks Mr. Jeffrey had not stopped unattended fires burning please refer

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to the county burning ordinance specifically 224-4B commercial trade waste which requires

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was him to use an air curtain incinerator instead of 24-7,

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unattended open burning.

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There's still an extremely large pile of logs

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on the Northeast section,

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very close to our shared property line.

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He put a whole bunch more brush there again today.

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He's also brought in multiple loads of logs

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and tree trunks from other locations.

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Over the past year he has had multiple fires on the property.

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Booster Jeffrey has dug and graded the northern portion rerouting water.

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The water runoff from the property east of me flows mostly through a drain tube under my lane and empties into this area.

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The water used to flow westward. It has been a large hunt until it parted with this excavated

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dirt and rock and widened its drive on the northern end rerouting the water flow. Mr. Jeffrey has been

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in violation of a number of EPA regulations. He should also be cited at the county level.

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Beth, as Mr. Jeffrey complied with the county's conditional use permit requirements listed in

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and the violation notice stated January 20th of 26th.

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Again, it's been a year since the quarry activities

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were brought to the county's attention.

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Why is Mr. Jeffrey continually allowed to operate

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without compliance?

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I don't think we can answer that tonight.

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If somebody could get back to me though,

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I mean, that's multiple questions, please.

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Yeah, give me a call, come out.

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I mean, it's from my front door.

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You have a beautiful view of this.

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So.

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So.

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Thanks, Patrick.

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Thank you.

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Any other public comment?

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With that, we'll move on to reports to the committee.

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Well, we can start with the Mayor-President, Ms. Anderson.

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Thank you.

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Good evening, everyone, and happy Easter.

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Thank you.

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I'm going to pass a couple of articles out to you

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and walk you through these

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and then just provide some general updates.

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But the first thing you see is kind of an outline

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of efforts and methodology in targeting hotel recruitment

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are Freeport and Stevenson PGM.

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So since the partnerships inception,

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we've been tracking occupancy data

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of the three most consistently run hotels,

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Country Inn and Suites, Hampton, and the Baymont.

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What we do know is that consistently our occupancy

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is 70% or higher.

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That's even during the midweek

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where we have a lot of business travel.

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So that leads us to believe that our area

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would support another hotel development.

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Obviously with that would bring the opportunity

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for additional hotel tax, sales revenue, support of our tourism and events, which aligns very

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closely with some of the other things that are happening in the area, especially thinking

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of Highland and their addition and support facilities and the opportunities that come

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along with that with potential tournaments that could be hosted here.

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So and the other thing that we will personally and professionally, we hear amongst businesses

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and we ourselves, we don't have a hotel complex that helps an event center or a conference center

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which really limits our ability to host any regional or statewide conferences at different

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associations. We've also heard that from a number of businesses. So it would be our goal to try to

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attract another flagship hotel with conference space. So we're looking at the process of what

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what data that we need to start aggregating

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as well as potential sites that we could try to vet.

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We're also exploring different funding options

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to make that enticing to a developer.

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Star bonds is something that we are broadly examining.

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This is a new program the state of Illinois has put out

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and it's really around development similar

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to a TIF district, except in fact,

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it doesn't work with property tax

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that works with sales tax generation.

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And it's developed with a geography

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or it's outlined in geography,

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a specific geographic area that you're trying to target

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to build an event center.

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The idea is really trying to attract people

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from outside the area for tourism related events.

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So we're still doing the due diligence,

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learning more about the program

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and seeing if there would be a location

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that would make sense.

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It's a long process with the state.

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Again, they're developing, this is a new program that they currently don't have, so there would be a letter of inquiry that we would send to the state if we were interested in the middle of the year.

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Then that puts us in line to file a formal application that would be, that would happen at the end of 2026 and that the state would evaluate. So there will be more to come and you will hear me talk about this as well.

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The second one, the flyer that you see, and this is, I've mentioned this before, this is the Midland CEO program. So it's creating entrepreneurship opportunities.

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And this is a program that we didn't originate, but we're trying to develop a chapter or we are developing a chapter here in Freeport in conjunction with Freeport High School.

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School.

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So this is set to launch in the next school year,

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and it is targeted towards juniors and seniors.

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And it's really, they undergo, it's a year-long class,

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credit hour class.

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And they work with local businesses

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to be mentored, to understand what it takes

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to develop a business, build relationships

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with existing businesses, to develop their own business,

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and both as a group and then an individual.

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and it culminates in a trade show

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around this time of year, time of the year.

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Some of you might be familiar

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with Whiteside Area Career Center,

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which is similar to our CareerTech host.

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They already have a CEO program.

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Actually, they have two branches of it or two cohorts.

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And so towards the end of this month,

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we will go down and check out their trade show.

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But we're in planning.

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Currently, student registration

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at Freeport High School is ongoing for next fall.

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This is one of the course offerings that will be there.

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We're also in the process of hiring a facilitator

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for this class.

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This is a program that is at no cost to the district

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or the students that are involved

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because it is facilitated and designed

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to be supported by the community,

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specifically the business community.

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So we have business investors,

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some of which sit on a CEO.

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some of which sit on a CEO board

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and help operate this program.

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The partnership sees this as a great opportunity

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to help create entrepreneurial skills

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within our young talent as well as interpersonal skills.

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What we often hear about from our employers

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is those students don't have the soft skills

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when they enter the workforce.

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And part of this program is

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They meet with businesses each week.

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They go out, they tour facilities.

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They have a business mentor themselves.

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So it is really developing a professional skill set as well.

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And also helping to create connections for that student

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so that they're less likely to leave the community

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for their career path or if they leave to return.

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So there will be more to come,

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but we were excited to launch this program next year.

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Some other things that are going on.

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You'll hear me talk about opportunity zones.

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So this is another incentive zone

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that was really created by the Department of Revenue

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at the federal level in 2017.

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The initial program is set to expire this year.

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Each state is going through a process

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of reviewing eligible census tracts.

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Census tracts are eligible based upon household income,

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criteria, poverty rate, et cetera.

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We have a number of census tracts in Freeport that qualify.

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We have two currently in the existing Opportunity Zone

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that's set to expire.

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We have a total of five eligible census tracts.

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So that's the two original census tracts

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and three additional census tracts.

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What I'm working to do is to talk to developers,

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potential developers, property owners,

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to educate them on the opportunity

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of what an Opportunity Zone could potentially do

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for their business or future investment.

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And to garner a letter of support,

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it will be a competitive selection process through the state

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to have our census tracts included.

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And I'll back up here.

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Census Opportunity Zone is really outside

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of any property tax or sales tax.

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It developed a qualified opportunity zone fund

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that allows somebody to, they invest in that fund,

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they can forego some capital gains tax

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or defer that capital gains tax,

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depending on how long they hold that investment

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in that property or that project.

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So some companies and or developers are looking at this

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as a potential vehicle to reinvest,

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while gaining those benefits.

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So that's the conversation I'm having.

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I'm aggregating letters of support and information

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from both public and private partners

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to then send down to the state

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so that the DCEO is then kind of aggregating

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this information and ultimately it will land

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on the governor's desk for his selection process,

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but trying to create a compelling argument

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that our census tracts are all added

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because there are potential projects in the pipeline.

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It's a long way of saying,

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I can be happy to provide a follow-up map

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as to what these census tracts are, where they are,

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and talk to you in more detail.

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But that's been, I spent a lot of time

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kind of talking with developers

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and meeting with them in the past month.

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Additionally, we continue to work on

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enterprise zone boundary expansion applications

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for the Village of Lena and AutoSmart.

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We are also in the beginning stages

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working with the City of Freeport developing a parcel list

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to talk about potential parcels to be added

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into the enterprise zone

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to help facilitate residential development.

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The partnership is going through a meeting

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with all of the village boards throughout Stevenson County,

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kind of giving them an update

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on the 2025 annual activities that went on,

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giving them our annual report,

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answering any questions they might have

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and, you know, hear what's going on in their community.

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I know there's someone headed to Orangeville tonight, Dakota.

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Tomorrow I'm in Rock City and at the end of this week in German Valley.

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And I've already been to Cedarville and Pearl City.

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So we're making the rounds.

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We have a workforce initiative event this Wednesday morning from 730 to 9 a.m.

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I encourage any of you, if you're able to attend, we have reached out

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to our partnership level members to have a heavy conversation with business leaders and

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educational leaders to talk about our workforce alignment issues.

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We know at our last Economic Development Roundtable, we talked a lot about the trends in terms

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of migration information, our aging workforce, and how it's key to the economic vitality

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of this area to really make sure that what we're painting our talent able to attract new talent.

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But one of the other things that we're identifying is when we talk to businesses, a lot of,

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especially our manufacturers, have great career laddering opportunities, but they're often not

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talking about that to their recruits or to their prospects. And how can we help them become more

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aware of how to market that better and helping develop personas of who specifically they should

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should be marketing too.

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Alongside that effort, we do offer community tours

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for VP level recruitment for employers.

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We have done this pretty frequently

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since Mercy Health has taken over FHN.

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They have been very heavy handed

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in their physician recruitment, which is exciting to see.

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And we are excited they're utilizing us

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to tell the story of our community,

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being the fact that many of them are newer

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to the community themselves, and may not be super familiar.

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So very interesting to see it through the eyes

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of someone who's a newcomer,

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and typically they seem to be more optimistic

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than some people who have lived here all their life

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or for a long period of time.

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We've submitted mill race crossing for two RFIs

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that were issued by Illinois EDC.

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We continue to market that location to logistics companies

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knowing that it still has the challenges

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of limited utility, but it does have ample land

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and it has great access to money.

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Last but not least, we will culminate Base Camp

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at the end of this month with our Pitch Competition.

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We are very appreciative from the Illinois Farm Bureau

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for receiving a grant to help support that program

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and the Pitch Competition Awards.

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Happy to answer any questions about anything

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mentioned this evening.

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I do have a couple of questions.

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First one is, and this may have happened before your time,

00:17:07.569 --> 00:17:10.009
but what happened to the trailer parks in Freeport?

00:17:11.289 --> 00:17:13.690
Why are they, well, they mostly disappeared.

00:17:13.690 --> 00:17:15.210
There's a couple of them that closed completely.

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There's one on Stevenson Street Road that's,

00:17:18.130 --> 00:17:20.329
you know, a quarter of what it used to be.

00:17:20.329 --> 00:17:23.130
There's one on La Della that's completely gone, I think.

00:17:24.089 --> 00:17:27.569
I'm familiar with two, the one off of Walnut.

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and then the other one would be kind of, part of it goes behind Sullivan's, that's still there,

00:17:37.769 --> 00:17:47.369
although that there are a lot of vacant lots there. If there were more than that, I'm not...

00:17:47.369 --> 00:17:49.849
There was one, used to be one down Waddell Street.

00:17:49.849 --> 00:18:00.849
And help orient me. Where's Waddell? Waddell is left here. There were two Solovans. Yeah, just on this side of Solovans.

00:18:00.849 --> 00:18:05.849
Well, yeah, you go in there by McDonald's. Right. And then there's one on the other side of Solovans.

00:18:05.849 --> 00:18:12.849
And I was in Allen a couple of years ago delivering Christmas dinners for a church or something.

00:18:12.849 --> 00:18:17.849
and there was like a third of the trailer park was full.

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And the one on Stevenson Street Road,

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the reason this came up is I was talking to somebody

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about the Pearl City School District losing its census.

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And all the children that lived in the one

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on Stevenson Street Road went to Pearl City Schools.

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And that's a shell of itself.

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And I just wondered what happened to them?

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there's nothing that I'm aware of that was done to empty those. So I'm not sure that I can answer your question with any certitude. So yeah,

00:19:01.570 --> 00:19:07.869
I mean, it's theoretically, it's affordable housing. I mean, that was that was a big draw back in the day, you know.

00:19:07.869 --> 00:19:11.970
Sure, sure. And I know we're looking for housing and it is.

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And yeah, it can be a solution.

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Also thinking about how it is not assessed as real property.

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So there's an implication or that, you know, that has ripple ties in terms of if you're creating if families are living there and, you know,

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there are going to be students in a school district

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that have a relationship to funding.

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Not saying that that's a reason to not have them,

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just stating the fact, but-

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Check Dan, Jess, and see if he has any idea.

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I mean, I don't really know where to go from here

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to find out, you know, any of these things.

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I don't know if there's just not,

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there was an interest or people moved out

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because they knew they did.

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Part of it had to do with Stevenson Estates

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was that it was always a problem getting

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There's always a problem getting the owner of the facility

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to do the maintenance work.

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Like a lot of those mobile homes out there

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were owned by the owner of the facility.

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So they were rentals on top of being mobile homes.

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So that was a problem to some extent.

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And I think we always forget about the mobile home park

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:25.240
that's right there next to it,

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where they're tearing down the old Holiday Inn.

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Oh, right.

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.319
Yes, yes.

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Oh, yeah, I did forget about that one, yeah.

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And so there, and Nollwood State seems to be doing,

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.880
Nollwood.

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:38.599
Nollwood's doing a little well.

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You have to also, the one out on Baiterville Road.

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I can't think of the name of that one right now.

00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:47.160
So, I mean, there's still, there's still some valuable

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:52.240
and just some, and it depends on housing costs too.

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:57.920
you can buy a home that doesn't blow away as easily and the ones you probably like that a little better.

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And you know the one for maintenance might be the problem with the other two, it could have been

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:07.680
very easily to yarn. And I know the one out behind Sullivan's was used for,

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:15.920
they were doing the pipeline through here, I was used for the workers that had their own mobile

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:22.559
Homes that they brought in. They used that facility for that as well. But there's a lot

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:35.039
of empty spaces out there. The other question is about employment in our county. We've been looking

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:42.960
at the numbers over several years and the open jobs seems to maintain a, you know, right around

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:52.400
1100 and the unemployed is right around 900 and those two numbers should just equal, you know,

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:58.640
write themselves off, you know, in a perfect world. In a perfect world. But my question is, and I,

00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:04.400
you know, I certainly don't know individuals, but what are these 900 people that have been

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:08.000
looking for a job for years? What are they doing? I don't understand how,

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:14.000
Oh, I'm assuming that most of the same 900, I don't know that of course.

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:32.000
I can't answer that with 100, with, you know, yes, I know that speaking from employers, there's a certain amount of churn, you know, and they see the same individual kind of work their way through the system.

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:39.799
That's probably not the full story for all 900 individuals.

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I will have new data for you next month.

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They were going to release January.

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So because of the shutdown, they're still delayed in releasing unemployment information.

00:22:55.559 --> 00:23:00.559
So I should get Januaries on April 8th, but yes,

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:06.059
I was just looking at this before tonight's meeting.

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:11.920
December was the lowest that we had seen for open jobs.

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:19.680
And there was somewhere around, I'm going to say 900,

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:23.460
open publicized job openings.

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:28.460
and then by February, it had jumped back up to 1,100 and some.

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:32.500
So, you know, you sometimes see some of that curve

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.460
through the holidays.

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I don't think we saw as much holiday,

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:42.460
like retail hiring as maybe we have seen in other years.

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.920
There's certainly some,

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:47.160
but maybe not as prolific as it has been.

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:49.639
But yeah, it still seems to be,

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:51.880
so part of the conversation on the Wednesday morning

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:55.759
is not necessarily diving into what are those 900 doing,

00:23:56.920 --> 00:24:00.519
but I think making sure that as we graduate,

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:02.680
how do we make sure that those graduates aren't leaving?

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:06.460
And also knowing that some of them will pursue Highland

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:10.900
or trades or go on, leave the community to go to school,

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:13.980
that some of them will enter the workforce right away.

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:18.200
And how are we making that on-ramp as easy as possible?

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:22.599
because there are some really fantastic opportunities here

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:26.720
that you can start and make a very decent hourly wage.

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:29.160
And there are a lot of opportunities to expand.

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:31.200
I was just visiting the local manufacturer

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.360
and they talked about,

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:36.799
they will provide the education and training

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:41.480
and even send someone to school on their dime

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:43.119
while they work.

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:45.240
So, you know, there are good opportunities

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:49.420
but I don't always know that those students realize that.

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:53.360
How can we make that more stations?

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:57.019
Yeah, I know there's a school,

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:59.860
I went to their, working on their mission statement

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.700
at a couple of meetings.

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.519
Yeah, you were there.

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.360
Yes.

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:03.360
And that was one of the things they talked about

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:06.160
was retaining the students

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:08.420
and trying to read and bring some of them back.

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:11.220
So they're aware of that too.

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:12.720
So yeah, that's.

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:14.839
It will take their partnership for sure.

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.680
Yeah.

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.519
Okay.

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:22.819
All right, well thank you. Sure. One other thing, I got a call today wanting me to go to work for some

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:29.299
company. They said that my resume, and I'm 72 years old, I said no, no thank you.

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:38.099
Get rid of that resume. It must be on LinkedIn or something, I don't know.

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:49.139
The whole hotel leakage data, 28,000 marine nights a year, so approximately 2,000 a month.

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:53.139
Does that mean people are coming to town but staying elsewhere?

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:57.779
Yeah, we often see the spillover. They're going up to Nero and they're staying in Rockford.

00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:04.579
We have some information from a software we call LASER and that tracks via cell phone.

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:12.019
we also have a call or we've purchased some STR data and I can't tell you I forget what STR stands

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:19.220
for but it's really more delving into a hotel leakage and again they will capture the bulk

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:25.059
from larger chains they're not necessarily going to the townhouse motel and finding that information

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:30.740
but we're looking at when someone's coming to visit a area they're typically wanting to stay

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:43.900
and then also the Workforce Initiatives meeting on Wednesday, I got notified of this I think

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:47.700
a week ago Tuesday, was there a previous invitation sent?

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:51.420
I looked at my email and I didn't see it.

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:55.299
There might not have been, I think there was some delay in us getting that sent out due

00:26:55.299 --> 00:27:03.059
to some just I think spring break and getting that finalized in schedule. So if you can't make it

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:09.380
or if there's someone else you could send it. I had you know a little more notice. I probably

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:14.099
had to rewrite my schedule but unfortunately I can't. So I was just curious about that. I looked

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:20.579
like I hadn't seen it before that. So anyway okay. We will make sure to kind of encapsulate

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:23.579
to say what happened and what was discussed

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:26.099
and send those out to the full group.

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:28.799
Okay, thank you, thank Steve.

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.799
Anyone else?

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:33.019
All right, thanks Andrea.

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:38.079
All right, this is a deposit for the month of March

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:41.500
totaled $11,566.78 total deposits to date

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:46.680
to the general fund are $135,030.97.

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:52.519
$30.97. We issued three court enforcement violations for the month of March.

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:58.519
We closed two of the cases and one is pending. Nicole performed nine inspections. I confirmed

00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:03.079
12 for the month. We had our monthly meeting with the representative from the IBEW.

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:08.440
Nicole completed the records disposal paperwork for the secretary of state.

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:14.200
We met with Ms. Hummel on the 31st to review the paperwork. We are now awaiting our final approval,

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:22.519
which will allow then allow us to start the disposal process properly. I attended the annual IFSM

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:27.799
Illinois Association of Floodplain and Stormwater Management two-day conference in Champaign.

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:34.679
Ms. Newcomer and I met with Carrie McBride of Diamond Brothers Insurance to discuss a situation

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:41.000
involving a property owner's failure to maintain their property and to evaluate whether to and

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:43.480
and what to extent the county should be involved

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:45.880
in cleanup efforts if the property does not comply

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:47.679
following the administrative hearing.

00:28:47.679 --> 00:28:50.099
This would be the property on 26 North.

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:53.720
Ms. McWright did receive guidance from the insurance carrier.

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.279
They stated it would be a good idea

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:57.519
to go ahead and clean up the property

00:28:57.519 --> 00:29:00.320
and to try to recover the cost from the homeowner.

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:02.720
It was stated this mitigates further risks

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:06.639
and that they are generally seen with uncapped properties

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:09.019
in addition to removing an eyesore

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.980
and doing the right thing for the community.

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:14.659
It was recommended we document everything as well.

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:16.679
The County can hire a third party attorney

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:18.259
or we can take this on ourselves.

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:23.259
I also spoke with Eric Borneman, our zoning office attorney

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:26.599
and he recommends continuing to send out

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:30.099
the violation notices more than likely

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:32.099
this individual will not comply,

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:34.380
have another administrative hearing.

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:37.559
Then we do have that on the books

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:40.259
that we can either hire a third party to go clean up

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:42.259
or have the County go clean up.

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:45.980
And he also is looking into a judgment of foreclosure

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.599
on the property since we already have

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:49.860
the $60,000 lead on it.

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:55.000
I attended a conference seminar held in Springfield

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.159
on data centers.

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:58.700
Mayor Hilton Springfield on data centers and Nicole and I met with Sheriff Stovall to discuss

00:29:58.700 --> 00:30:02.500
a road use agreement related to wind, solar and energy storage projects.

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:07.180
He attended the township road commissioners meeting that was last week where an agreement

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:08.180
was discussed.

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:11.420
So he came in and talked to Nicole and I about that.

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.420
Questions?

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.420
Yes.

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:20.099
Why wouldn't we pursue foreclosure before we clean up and why would we clean up if we're

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:23.180
not the owner of the property?

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:27.039
and the liability that it's a good idea to,

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:29.819
since it would mitigate risk to the area,

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:31.619
that's just what we were told then.

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:33.980
Not necessarily a risk to the county.

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:35.420
Correct, right.

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:40.039
And according to our attorney,

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:42.779
he recommended having one more hearing

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:45.700
to get that on the books so we can have that

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:47.480
as a judgment as well.

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:53.920
We know it's the ICAEA, this person's hotel down in Jacksonville.

00:30:54.619 --> 00:31:01.869
Before we clean anything up, can you talk about that a little more?

00:31:01.869 --> 00:31:05.670
Oh, definitely. We have to have, I have to send out all the formal letters and everything.

00:31:05.670 --> 00:31:08.069
So there's the whole long process we have to go through.

00:31:08.069 --> 00:31:09.869
I would really like to pursue foreclosure.

00:31:09.869 --> 00:31:13.269
Oh, definitely. Yes, that's what Bournemouth recommended.

00:31:13.269 --> 00:31:21.069
We were, I think, just getting more information, trying to figure out all scenarios, make sure we're covered.

00:31:21.069 --> 00:31:34.440
So I just have a question, because we talked about this one property on 26 because we see a lot of people traffic by there, but what about the junkyard that's in the middle of Winslow?

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.440
You ever hear anybody talk about that?

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:39.440
Winslow is not my territory, unfortunately, and yes, I tried to help them out.

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.440
I mean, it's Stevenson County.

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.440
They're incorporated.

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:43.440
The village has got it.

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:47.440
I have also reached out to my office and I helped them two years ago.

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:52.119
ago, I sent Mr. Kramer a letter off the books stating, you

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:56.440
know, I've been asked by the village of Winslow to help out

00:31:56.480 --> 00:32:00.519
and he did clean up some, but he brought just much as much back

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:03.920
as he did. So unfortunately I can't anything that's

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:07.039
incorporated even with the new statute that we have the new

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:12.639
code that the dangerous buildings and such, we can't

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:15.200
touch incorporated health department would have been able

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:25.200
I talked to somebody, so I can't remember who it was in the village and they were going to contact the Illinois UTA about that.

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:27.200
I don't know if they ever did.

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:29.200
I don't remember if they have or not.

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:32.200
I know Ryan Penney is the board president or mayor.

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:34.200
I don't know how they...

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:36.200
There's a lady that contacts me.

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.200
I can't remember her name off the top of my head.

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:42.200
Yeah.

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.200
Mr. Chairman?

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.200
Yes, sir.

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:49.200
of interest from the seminar about data centers.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.920
Yes, I'm doing a lot more research.

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:54.779
This was put out by an attorney.

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:59.079
So he was more or less telling us how we should

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:01.480
and what we should include in our codes

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:06.039
that like the closed loop systems

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:09.220
only use that amount of water.

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.480
At one point in time, of course,

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:12.480
they're going to have to use some evaporates here and there,

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:14.480
but they're never going to have to take up

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:17.799
that big of volume of water again.

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:19.799
But there's a lot of things that he gave us

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:22.039
that we still need to research and everything like that.

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.860
So, yeah.

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:25.279
Mm-hmm.

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.039
I would comment on that as well.

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:31.400
I attended two meetings on data centers,

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:36.400
one over in Rockford, more on AI than it was on data centers

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:38.279
but then the question always comes up

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.680
as we talk about AI.

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:47.680
We need, if we're going to continue to expand AI, the data centers are going to be an issue that I have to deal with.

00:33:47.680 --> 00:34:02.680
But Highland did their Boyer Colloquium on AI and data centers, and there was really one of the best crowds I've seen at the Boyer Colloquium as they talked about this, and there was a lot of concern.

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:08.360
and I think, I don't know where you get specific data

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:10.039
and you can say exact,

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:12.000
you hear a lot of different things on the water,

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.119
whether it's a closed loop or whether it's water

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:19.679
that comes in contact with the equipment

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:22.800
or whether it's water that just goes near equipment

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:25.539
as it does in other cooling situations.

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:30.539
But I think we've gotten, not just our community,

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:33.599
but I think we've gotten communities in general

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:42.840
concerned over AI and at this point, other than those areas down around DeKalb and some

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:47.099
of the other areas out east where there's a lot more of them built or in process of

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:58.739
being built is, and I already told you that I was solicited for looking at property form,

00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:08.320
If we're looking at it, it would take 10 years to get one from, think about it, stage here now until it was going.

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:15.840
We do have one that had contacted Nicole and I out by the wind towers, wind turbines and the solar.

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:26.400
Axiona, they had discussed a smaller size adding on to the wind turbines and the solar to create the extra energy that they would need for that data center.

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:29.579
and their plan was a five-year plan.

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:32.460
The other problem creates the problem though

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.380
is that we can do that.

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:36.519
They're looking at, they have some power availability

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:38.460
because of the wind farm.

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:41.739
As we talked at this last meeting, it was,

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:43.119
and to give you an example,

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:46.019
we had a solar facility looking at some property

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:49.599
and anything that's on south east or southwest side

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:51.860
of Freeport is already out of the picture

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:55.760
because the substations on the south side of the county

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:58.679
can't handle any more power coming into them.

00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:02.519
So then if they built more solar facilities,

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:05.480
they're gonna sit there because they don't have a way

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:08.019
to get in, plus they gotta pay the 2 million

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:10.960
now that it is to get connected with ComEd,

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:14.760
but that's gonna be our bigger concern is,

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:16.920
how can they generate the power?

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:19.079
And you gotta go back to Dale's thing.

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:20.440
What do you want, Dale?

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.840
Nuclear, man, nuclear.

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:26.840
One question to ask of the committee and the board.

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:31.880
If anybody ever knows of these meetings that are happening,

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.720
I don't know about them.

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:35.619
The IACBM ones, I do not get the emails.

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:39.659
Mr. Hadley was the one that would tell me about those.

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:41.400
I know he's going to be off the board.

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:45.000
So any meetings, any webinars,

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:47.239
anything that has to do with solar, wind,

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:49.900
energy storage, data centers, zoning, anything,

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:51.340
please shoot them my way.

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:53.699
so I can attend, Nicole can attend,

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:57.279
somebody in the office can attend so we can learn more.

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:58.739
Did you talk to Kelly Murray about it?

00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:00.679
I did, I asked her to be put on the list again

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:02.820
and she said she'd get to it, so.

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.659
Let me know if you don't.

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.480
Okay.

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.320
If you don't see anything,

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:07.579
so I get emails from them at least once a week.

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.420
Okay, perfect.

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:11.019
Yeah, I haven't gotten any since I went to that one, so.

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.940
Okay.

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:16.429
Yep, that's all I have.

00:37:16.429 --> 00:37:17.429
Okay.

00:37:17.429 --> 00:37:19.909
On soil and water, interesting conversation there as well

00:37:19.909 --> 00:37:22.949
when you look at data centers is that some counties

00:37:22.949 --> 00:37:27.110
and some states are wanting to employ the soil

00:37:27.110 --> 00:37:32.029
and water conservation districts to do water use studies

00:37:32.029 --> 00:37:33.949
so that they can provide that information

00:37:33.949 --> 00:37:36.610
to those companies and to those counties

00:37:36.610 --> 00:37:41.610
that have the potential to have a significant portion

00:37:43.349 --> 00:37:48.349
of their water use for those type of facilities being built.

00:37:49.150 --> 00:37:52.829
So they're concerned about what's that mean for them?

00:37:52.829 --> 00:37:55.789
That was an interesting conversation there.

00:37:55.789 --> 00:37:58.070
They're in the process now.

00:37:58.070 --> 00:38:00.630
Springfield work is soon to be here

00:38:00.630 --> 00:38:03.110
and they're working with the farmers

00:38:03.110 --> 00:38:05.190
to get their programs that they have

00:38:05.190 --> 00:38:09.630
as far as waterways and conservation projects completed

00:38:09.630 --> 00:38:13.389
and in place so that they can approve those

00:38:13.389 --> 00:38:14.470
and move them down the line

00:38:14.470 --> 00:38:17.829
and help those guys get their mailbox money.

00:38:17.829 --> 00:38:21.110
So, pretty much all I have.

00:38:21.110 --> 00:38:22.750
Recreation and trails.

00:38:22.750 --> 00:38:31.989
Recreation and Trails, they were, we discussed the $16,500 that we gave towards the Jane

00:38:31.989 --> 00:38:36.789
Adams Trail and they were expecting 20,000.

00:38:36.789 --> 00:38:46.440
And I told them that with our financial situation, you know, 16.5 is what we thought we could

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:48.239
afford.

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:52.639
And they weren't very happy with me because I didn't, I didn't, I didn't communicate

00:38:52.639 --> 00:39:00.199
to them. So anyway, I talked to Mr. Helms about it, and I suggested to Steve Elbeck

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:07.360
that someone comes to a finance meeting, like many other entities do, and explain to us

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:13.119
why they need extra money, how much money they have. And Steve said that I should let

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:17.739
him know when that opportunity arises. And I wanted to ask, do you think we should be

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:23.099
getting a monthly statement or a quarterly statement from the, I'm assuming we don't,

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:28.059
I mean, I see them at the meetings, but do you want to see a financial statement from them

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:35.420
quarterly or monthly? I don't know that we've done that. I don't think we have. You see to do that

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:39.500
income statement, the balance sheet at the end of their fiscal year, which you could do the same for

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:45.019
them. Okay. If you want. I think it'd be a good idea. So when we're talking about, you know,

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:51.179
given them the money you can see what they have in reserves and just like the BAC.

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:53.820
Well, we're following the agreement with them.

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.239
following the agreement with them.

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:55.079
I was going to say-

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:56.079
They just wanted more.

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:57.320
Yeah.

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:59.159
And they assumed that they were going to get it.

00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:01.199
You know, they missed that.

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:02.440
Well, we had an agreement.

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:04.239
I think we had a three-year agreement.

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:08.159
So we just renewed it automatically that,

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:10.639
I mean, if it's a three-year agreement-

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:11.480
I think it does.

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:13.119
We'd have to look at it again.

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:15.440
It's the same conversation I had with them

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:20.440
pre-2022, when I was

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:29.440
So it's not new to them. They may not be remembering. It's not new.

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:38.719
I mean, I like the trail light. It's a good investment, but there's a lot of other things that we obviously need to fund.

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:43.719
Well, maybe we'll talk to Steve about that when it comes to them. I'm assuming it will be Steve.

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:45.719
He's still the chair, I think.

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:50.719
Yes, he is. Okay. Other than that, anything else is going up smooth.

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:55.719
I had a tree fell over on a bridge and damaged the bridge, but they're getting that fixed up.

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:59.719
Didn't take the bridge completely out, just took out some of the handrails and stuff.

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:01.719
They're getting that fixed bridge, aren't you?

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:05.719
They didn't take out the bridge, just the handrails.

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:07.719
Maybe leave with that next time.

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:09.719
Sorry.

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:13.719
I think we're responsible for a third of that expense.

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:16.719
Sanford, Port Orangeville, and not us.

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:19.719
Okay. Yeah, they didn't take out the bridge.

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:33.480
I don't have anything from Blackhawk Hills unless Mr. Chairman, and I've already added

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:37.480
enough in my conversations here and I don't know if we have any report from facilities.

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:43.280
Wally stepped in my office today just to let me know he was going to get the mower serviced

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:45.719
and tuned up and ready to start mowing.

00:41:45.719 --> 00:42:03.219
Like to have some sort of a end of year plan for both the truck and the horses and things so it was handled this time. If you can relay that, maybe to Wally and Chadley.

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:09.539
Okay, I have no other old business on the agenda. So with that, we have new business, which is

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:17.019
who will have a temporary use permit for the Pearl City Historical Organization for the use of black office parks.

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:24.099
If you would like to just let us know what your plans are.

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:27.219
Tell me to talk first.

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:29.619
I sent them in, did you bring them?

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:31.619
That's what we're working on.

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:40.420
Well, what we would like to do is we're having a day of history in the making.

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:46.659
I have talked to a lot of people because I didn't know we needed a permit before I started ALICE,

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:54.179
but I'm going to have vendors come that will teach us skills of the past.

00:42:54.900 --> 00:43:00.179
Like there's going to be rope making. I have a rug making.

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:08.539
I have a blacksmith coming and he's using charcoal because I've told all the people

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:13.179
that are coming, there is no electric and there's only a hand pump.

00:43:13.179 --> 00:43:15.860
There's no water hookups or anything like that.

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:17.900
Everything they have to provide themselves.

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.900
Okay.

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:21.659
Let's back up just a little bit.

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:26.139
The idea of it is a fundraiser for our historical organization.

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:31.059
With the new museum we have, we now have more expenses than we had, so we're exploring different

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:34.260
areas to fundraise in.

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:41.940
We would like to use the Black Hawk Park because of the historical significance of it.

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:45.539
And what Lynette's talking about is the different events we want to have there, but there will

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:50.260
be a fee to come in onto the property just as a fundraiser type thing.

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:57.219
it's a one day event, we want to make it historically as accurate as possible with the different

00:43:57.219 --> 00:44:01.380
crafts and different skills and different talents that they had back then that we might not even

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:07.300
have anymore. So that's that's the basic idea of what we're trying to do here.

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:14.980
Yeah, most of like we're going to have Jake Andrews come and he's going to sit beside the

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:28.980
We're trying to get it to be family oriented. It's from 10 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon.

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:42.980
Well, I call them vendors, but they're classes, sort of. They're teachers, because we have Jo Winslow is going to bring out a whole bunch of quilts and talk about her different quilt, maybe patterns.

00:44:42.980 --> 00:45:12.980
I'm not sure what all she's going to do. She's also going to have some maybe a little craft for kids to do like some different stitches. She can show them how to do stitches and things like that. Dr. Domon from Lena has agreed to come with some of his Civil War memorabilia in medicine. He's had, I don't know if you've all heard Dr. Domon speak probably. He's fantastic. Yes, very good. So he's, he said he would come. We're having a lady that's from my

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:19.980
and my church, her, she and her family are going to teach us how to do hand-dipped candles.

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:25.980
And I said, this could be interesting and they're playing around with it because in June 1393,

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:30.980
hand-dipped candles may be a challenge, but she said, we're working on ice water and things like that.

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:35.980
We have a sort of riding preacher stopping by, walking through the property,

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:38.980
because that was a very important thing at that time.

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:45.980
We have a high-wheeled wagon at the museum, and they were talking at the meeting they needed to have wheels greased, and I said,

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:49.980
Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't be greasing those before the event, because that's a big thing.

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:55.980
How many people have seen a high-wheeled wagon take the wheels off and grease them and put them back on?

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:59.980
So that's going to be one of the projects they're going to have that day.

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:07.980
I've contacted some wood carvers, they're coming, and the Rock Valley Wood Carvers Group is going to come.

00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:16.059
and some of these will have items they will sell but most of them are teaching but we said if they're

00:46:16.059 --> 00:46:21.900
coming and they have items we will allow them to sell if they want to sell things we're charging

00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:30.220
a $20 boost fee it's not much but if they that helps us build our things we've got a basket weaver

00:46:30.220 --> 00:46:37.739
Blacksmith, Rich Tolbin is bringing a bunch of wooden games. They're Indian games that

00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:44.300
for kids to play. He does a lot of rendezvous. He does rendezvous and he's got a whole bunch

00:46:44.300 --> 00:46:48.079
of different games. I've got some pictures that he's going to bring. He's also going

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:55.099
to do beadwork that he does beadworking. Kim McCleaver is going to do some Native American

00:46:55.099 --> 00:47:13.099
We also have Alan Harris. He's from Dixon. He's a teacher in Dixon and he's going to show Native American tools and weapons and spheres or life skills that were used back before the Indians even.

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:16.619
and I have soap making.

00:47:16.619 --> 00:47:19.699
Nikki Keltner from the Extension Office wants to come.

00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:21.900
She takes care of the plants out there.

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:23.579
I don't know if you guys knew that or not.

00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:25.940
She does the flower beds and stuff out there.

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:29.179
She wants to do a project with Native American plants.

00:47:29.179 --> 00:47:31.500
She'll have the kids talk about them

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:33.659
and show them and things like that.

00:47:33.659 --> 00:47:38.659
So we have some more embroidery and needlepoint maybe too.

00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:42.460
I haven't got a, I would sort of like to get someone

00:47:42.460 --> 00:47:47.420
that would work with leather so we can show, because that was an important thing back there,

00:47:47.420 --> 00:47:50.380
you know, all your horses and stuff like that.

00:47:50.380 --> 00:47:55.179
And also maybe a fur trader, I don't know, we've got some trappers around, they can maybe

00:47:55.179 --> 00:48:00.220
bring some traps and show, explain why they did it and things like that.

00:48:00.220 --> 00:48:03.340
So that's why we're having this.

00:48:03.340 --> 00:48:11.260
It's our first year, but a lot of people are excited about it in our group and so I don't

00:48:11.260 --> 00:48:15.769
I don't know, what do you want to know about it?

00:48:15.769 --> 00:48:17.769
Well, I think, I think you've done it.

00:48:17.769 --> 00:48:19.769
Yes, go ahead. Go ahead, Fisher.

00:48:19.769 --> 00:48:20.769
No, go ahead.

00:48:20.769 --> 00:48:23.769
I have a couple of questions.

00:48:23.769 --> 00:48:28.769
First, I guess you're talking about putting quarter highs out there, which I think is great.

00:48:28.769 --> 00:48:31.769
Well, there's one there, but we're going to get more.

00:48:31.769 --> 00:48:33.769
You're going to have two additional. Yes.

00:48:33.769 --> 00:48:35.769
What about garbage?

00:48:35.769 --> 00:48:44.650
trash cans from the, um, girl city, they've got a bunch of trash cans they said we can use. So we've

00:48:44.650 --> 00:48:53.929
got them. Your organization would handle? We would handle the trash. Monument has been recently

00:48:53.929 --> 00:49:02.970
repaired. I guess I'm only just concerned if you're going to have, well, there's a little fence there.

00:49:02.970 --> 00:49:11.289
Well, I just want to make sure that no one's climbing on it. Especially it's a grave area as well.

00:49:11.289 --> 00:49:19.610
Sure. Food trucks, correct? We haven't asked them, but they will be on the outside in the original

00:49:19.610 --> 00:49:26.329
parking lot. We're going to have them there. Okay. So that way if they want to purchase food and then

00:49:26.329 --> 00:49:30.730
and then I can go into the shelter house and heat it up, I don't think.

00:49:30.730 --> 00:49:36.529
A blacksmith, I looked at your certificate of liability, it's fairly vague, which is

00:49:36.529 --> 00:49:41.809
normal, but I'm assuming they're going to have pretty hot.

00:49:41.809 --> 00:49:42.809
He uses charcoal.

00:49:42.809 --> 00:49:47.730
He uses charcoal for his heating element, he doesn't have anything else.

00:49:47.730 --> 00:49:51.970
He might have a bellows though, to magnify it a little bit, but he's more into like...

00:49:51.970 --> 00:50:14.000
He wants to have like a five gallon bucket of water with him all the time, so and I said there's no problem, there's a pump there you can fill your five gallon bucket with him.

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:16.559
I'd say as long as we're on pump and pump fast.

00:50:16.559 --> 00:50:20.000
Yeah, well, and also there's,

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:22.199
I have many of you been up there lately,

00:50:22.199 --> 00:50:24.719
there's like a sandbox out there too.

00:50:24.719 --> 00:50:29.519
And I thought I was going to put him close to that sandbox

00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:32.920
because that would be a good place to, you know.

00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:34.159
To help extend the sampling.

00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:36.239
Any, yeah, any claims.

00:50:36.239 --> 00:50:37.679
The certificate of liability,

00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:39.559
the county does need to be listed on that

00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:41.679
as an additional insured.

00:50:41.679 --> 00:50:43.199
I got a new one, I think,

00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:56.719
I think this is the one that can be, it says Stevenson County and Black Hawk Monument.

00:50:56.719 --> 00:50:58.280
The address is the correct way, yes.

00:50:58.280 --> 00:51:04.400
You just need to list the address here, 50 West Douglas Street, not the monument itself.

00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:11.559
So Stevenson County needs to be listed with our address here, which I know I worked here.

00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:12.559
Perfect.

00:51:12.559 --> 00:51:13.639
Thank you, thank you, Steve.

00:51:13.639 --> 00:51:14.960
Okay.

00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:18.079
So do I turn this back into the ladies at the office then?

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:20.519
Once we get a motion.

00:51:20.519 --> 00:51:22.920
Yeah, once I feel it through, there you go, Mark.

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:25.639
And more questions.

00:51:25.639 --> 00:51:26.480
Sure.

00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:30.440
How many, have we ever had anybody this big here before?

00:51:30.440 --> 00:51:32.360
I don't know how big it's going to be.

00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:35.199
I like to think it's gonna be huge.

00:51:35.199 --> 00:51:36.579
But it's the first year.

00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:40.480
It's during the time, and Jake will be talking

00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:43.059
throughout the afternoon.

00:51:43.059 --> 00:51:45.559
And then he'll have a presentation at the end.

00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:48.519
Probably our ending will be the biggest.

00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:49.880
Again, it depends on the weather.

00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:52.360
We do not have a rain date or anything.

00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:56.880
So we're going to try having it no matter what,

00:51:56.880 --> 00:52:00.679
but we don't really know how well it's going to go over.

00:52:00.679 --> 00:52:02.800
The people that we've contacted and talked about

00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:04.079
seemed very excited about.

00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:07.760
They want to be helpful and help us with and stuff like that.

00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:14.119
I'm hoping to use that as a recruiting tool for more members, but at this point, we don't

00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:15.119
know.

00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:21.800
We're hoping it'll grow over the years and it'll be now a use of monument, but educate

00:52:21.800 --> 00:52:25.239
people about the monument and what happened up there in that area and stuff like that.

00:52:25.239 --> 00:52:26.239
Okay.

00:52:26.239 --> 00:52:30.679
Well parking, so if it gets to be bigger than what you expect, I get that you have the field

00:52:30.679 --> 00:52:33.239
next to it, but we have three.

00:52:33.239 --> 00:52:37.679
We have three spots and one even on the north side of Kent where we'd have to help transport

00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:40.800
But we're going to have plenty of parking if it got big.

00:52:40.800 --> 00:52:43.760
And then it says golf carts too, rolling around?

00:52:43.760 --> 00:52:52.159
No, just, just, there's a little, um, I would call it pasture to the south of Black Hawk monument.

00:52:52.159 --> 00:52:53.760
It was on your map.

00:52:53.760 --> 00:52:58.800
We're going to make a mock Kellogg's trail that comes up, they parked down at the farm,

00:52:58.800 --> 00:53:03.280
riding cart. Most people will walk and maybe for the elderly, you know, you got his cart

00:53:03.280 --> 00:53:04.280
Park.

00:53:04.280 --> 00:53:07.639
They'll take up through the trail and we'd have like, well, here you go, well, pretend

00:53:07.639 --> 00:53:09.599
Buffalo Grove, Polo and stuff like that.

00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:15.079
And you'd have little stops on the Kellogg's trail as it gets to things up here on your

00:53:15.079 --> 00:53:16.079
map.

00:53:16.079 --> 00:53:18.239
It's just a trading post originally.

00:53:18.239 --> 00:53:23.239
And the gate to come into the park would be in the back side.

00:53:23.239 --> 00:53:25.119
There's like a fence line there.

00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:30.719
So it's got a, yeah, it's got a break in it back by where the cabin used to be.

00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:40.719
and the vendors that are going to provide the items are all going to park in the main parking lot up here and none of the people that come to the police will park there.

00:53:40.719 --> 00:53:47.719
They will all park here. And there's enough cars for like 30 at the time. I think I put it in the parking lot.

00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:52.719
But then Kim Plans, she was like three fourths of a mile down the road.

00:53:52.719 --> 00:54:03.199
and we're working on getting, I was hoping to get the antique engine, those wagons and use tractors, you know, because they're very close and they don't run out.

00:54:03.199 --> 00:54:10.960
I just found that out today. So I'm still working on getting more transportation if we need it.

00:54:10.960 --> 00:54:14.159
We have parking spots. We have parking spots.

00:54:14.159 --> 00:54:17.599
The logistics, how to get them there from there.

00:54:17.599 --> 00:54:21.599
Because we don't want people walking. Nobody got to walk on the roads.

00:54:21.599 --> 00:54:25.519
We have to get to this part first. That's the answer to that.

00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:32.800
I mean, I'll second it. And I still am very iffy just because it's pretty big.

00:54:35.039 --> 00:54:40.480
We're hoping 150 at the most, probably. I don't know. You don't know. I know.

00:54:41.199 --> 00:54:46.880
Were you there for when they dedicated the Lincoln? No, when they did the Lincoln,

00:54:46.880 --> 00:55:08.349
I was. How many people were there? Not many. There is not many there. And I sat right in the front row. Maybe 50 people, you were there, I think. Maybe, I don't think there were 50 there. Nicole Haas was there, and I felt bigger than that.

00:55:08.349 --> 00:55:26.750
Go for it to pass it to board and I'll ponder on it. I'm sorry. I'm like, man, that's pretty, I mean, it sounds like a great event, but it's on the county property and, but I'll second.

00:55:26.750 --> 00:55:31.349
I've got a question. Why, what are you worried about the county property?

00:55:31.349 --> 00:55:40.550
to my, I mean, this is used for smaller events and your event sounds pretty amazing and big that

00:55:41.670 --> 00:55:45.269
I don't know if there's enough. I mean, I don't know. I just,

00:55:47.110 --> 00:55:51.349
and what happens if damage, something damaged? The limits of liability is

00:55:51.989 --> 00:55:59.349
and what is there, the shelter house, which the benches are not in good shape and also

00:55:59.349 --> 00:56:04.150
This is something you could put on the agenda sometime. That sign that tells a black

00:56:04.869 --> 00:56:10.070
pocket is just ripped in pieces. You can't even read it. That's horrible. It's horrible up there.

00:56:10.070 --> 00:56:18.309
You guys wouldn't want to own this park, would you? That's not beyond possibility.

00:56:19.590 --> 00:56:26.550
We'd be willing to entertain a discussion on it. It costs you a lot more than dollars.

00:56:26.550 --> 00:56:37.750
Oh, we understand that. That's why we spent on rehab itself. Sure. Well, yeah. And that is it does.

00:56:39.750 --> 00:56:46.949
If I can. I think this might be a good test to see the work was obviously never designed

00:56:47.510 --> 00:56:53.029
for something like this. Obviously, there's not parking, there's not water, there's not,

00:56:53.029 --> 00:56:59.829
I mean there's outhouses basically. If there's going to be more of these down the road and

00:56:59.829 --> 00:57:03.670
it's going to get bigger, we're going to have to figure out different logistics for them.

00:57:05.269 --> 00:57:11.349
I don't know how realistic it is to have people parking at farms and I think it'd be great if

00:57:11.349 --> 00:57:16.150
that's a good problem to have, I guess, right? If you're getting all of that, but it just,

00:57:16.150 --> 00:57:32.590
It's amazing how many people do come to this park. You probably don't know it, but every

00:57:32.590 --> 00:57:37.550
time I'm up there, there's people there. Well, if they're reserving it, we absolutely

00:57:37.550 --> 00:57:43.510
know. Well, but I mean, it's a public park. So people like I went up the other day to

00:57:43.510 --> 00:57:48.630
look at some different, you know, measurements to figure out how I was going to hoot stuff.

00:57:48.630 --> 00:57:53.590
And there's this cart comes in and, well, they were from Savannah. They just hadn't been up here

00:57:53.590 --> 00:57:58.550
before and they wanted to come see it. And I remember during COVID, my mom and my family,

00:57:58.550 --> 00:58:03.989
there's five of us there. So we went out there for a picnic. There was three other families having

00:58:03.989 --> 00:58:10.389
a picnic out there that day. And it's like, you know, so it is used a lot more than you probably

00:58:10.389 --> 00:58:36.750
My last question was when you signed up, did you ask in advance before or did you just say, oh, we're going to have it here?

00:58:36.750 --> 00:58:41.630
Did you reach out to the Stevenson County to say, hey, we want to have this and we're looking up?

00:58:41.630 --> 00:58:46.750
We didn't. I didn't know we even needed a permit. And so I started with the advertising. I sent

00:58:46.750 --> 00:58:54.909
something to Greater Port Partnership because we are a partner. And she says, oh, do you have a

00:58:54.909 --> 00:59:00.029
permit for this? And it's like, huh? I didn't know I did. Sorry, this is the first one.

00:59:00.029 --> 00:59:07.789
That was actually me because we were responding to the email asking about all of the port-a-potties.

00:59:11.389 --> 00:59:15.150
So then we were like, oh my gosh, because I had all the letters, but I still had them

00:59:15.869 --> 00:59:20.269
to send out to the vendors to have them, you know, like contracts, this calmer,

00:59:21.070 --> 00:59:26.829
and I still have them because... We put the brakes on real quick once we realize some of our mistakes.

00:59:26.829 --> 00:59:45.110
Any questions? No. Any other questions? No, sir. All those in favor of granting the permit, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.

00:59:45.110 --> 00:59:50.110
Thank you very much for coming. We'll go to the county board next week.

00:59:50.110 --> 00:59:53.389
to the county board next week. Right. Right. And we should show up there too. More than welcome to

00:59:54.110 --> 00:59:59.789
the very home people ever do. Well, we've got it on our calendar. Yeah, we've got it on our calendar.

00:59:59.789 --> 01:00:06.030
Every time too. My daughter did that with Pearl City. But we have these every home.

01:00:10.829 --> 01:00:17.230
Stephanie, there's a board meeting in Pearl City today. And they asked her if she would

01:00:17.230 --> 01:00:38.639
Okay, I just passed out some, I don't know if you want to see the views kind of slide there.

01:00:38.639 --> 01:00:42.480
Is that part of the packet? Uh, no. No, Mr. Fricke's only shown me this morning.

01:00:44.880 --> 01:00:48.800
These are just some pictures from this office building that Newell has.

01:00:49.280 --> 01:00:50.280
Thank you.

01:00:50.280 --> 01:00:56.840
I'm going to have to say that I did a good job of taking the best representative pictures.

01:00:56.840 --> 01:01:01.199
There's trouble there that show how the office area looks now.

01:01:01.199 --> 01:01:07.000
I was really looking at some of the other areas that were not out there to the public

01:01:07.000 --> 01:01:13.960
where if we were to look at potentially using it for county offices, it should come with

01:01:13.960 --> 01:01:25.000
access to computer space and networking areas and that sort of thing so that's what those

01:01:25.000 --> 01:01:33.480
pictures are. The reason it's on the agenda here is that we have this available we had a price of

01:01:33.480 --> 01:01:45.800
250 on that. I'm sorry, 350 on that. The question is, are we even interested in pursuing this any

01:01:45.800 --> 01:01:53.400
further? Or maybe we should talk to them about, you know, are there other alternatives that they

01:01:53.400 --> 01:02:01.880
would have to make it less expensive for us? Or are we content with where we are because of our

01:02:05.980 --> 01:02:27.179
I think it's worth looking into. The building is only one story. So the maintenance, you

01:02:27.179 --> 01:02:31.460
know, there's just no maintenance, but it's better than, you know, it's not a test of

01:02:31.460 --> 01:02:35.300
the very building you're trying to maintain, all on one level makes it easier.

01:02:35.619 --> 01:02:37.179
I think it's worth looking into.

01:02:38.980 --> 01:02:42.099
Well, I don't know who makes that decision.

01:02:42.420 --> 01:02:44.980
I mean, you take it as an accounting board to.

01:02:46.179 --> 01:02:48.739
Well, there's no money in the budget to purchase the building.

01:02:48.739 --> 01:02:48.900
Right.

01:02:48.900 --> 01:02:49.699
26.

01:02:49.699 --> 01:02:50.420
Right.

01:02:50.940 --> 01:02:53.139
And their representative knows that.

01:02:53.940 --> 01:02:59.420
Ideally, I think what we looked at the on-trend and we currently have runs through 29

01:02:59.420 --> 01:03:10.300
I've been talking to someone else about another building, but that's been very slow going.

01:03:10.300 --> 01:03:18.619
It's not even, it's hardly even worth mentioning, I guess, how slow it's going, but we probably

01:03:18.619 --> 01:03:26.059
need to do an assessment of what needs the 10th floor, the 5th floor, and our storage

01:03:26.059 --> 01:03:32.780
that we utilize here, what that actually is, and try to find a space, and maybe this is,

01:03:32.780 --> 01:03:37.659
maybe this works, find out what the build out would be, how much that would cost,

01:03:39.340 --> 01:03:47.070
and then plan for it in future budget. That means the building may be gone too, by the time you get

01:03:47.070 --> 01:03:53.389
there, but I don't know that we have a good idea beyond what's here right now, what the needs are.

01:03:53.389 --> 01:04:02.590
are, but I have no idea for IT infrastructure, you know, what that's like in that building.

01:04:02.590 --> 01:04:10.630
That's probably, I shouldn't say it's the biggest issue, but it is an issue. Yeah. So

01:04:10.630 --> 01:04:17.150
I know what kind of shape the roofs in the HVAC. Well, I think I'll need to know what

01:04:17.150 --> 01:04:21.389
our needs are before we get real. You probably got to know what the needs are anyway, to

01:04:21.389 --> 01:04:22.630
Are you sure it's a reference?

01:04:22.630 --> 01:04:23.829
Yeah, sure.

01:04:23.829 --> 01:04:26.630
Well, we do know that the roof is new.

01:04:26.630 --> 01:04:27.389
Perfect.

01:04:27.389 --> 01:04:31.309
We do know that the exterior is basically new.

01:04:31.309 --> 01:04:34.389
We do know that the heating and air conditioning units

01:04:34.389 --> 01:04:37.470
are less than five years old.

01:04:37.470 --> 01:04:42.389
So there's a and whatever you want that's inside it

01:04:42.389 --> 01:04:44.630
is included if you.

01:04:44.630 --> 01:04:46.150
That's good.

01:04:46.150 --> 01:04:47.989
That's all there.

01:04:47.989 --> 01:04:54.590
plus it's designed since it was redone on the inside for easy access for IT.

01:04:55.349 --> 01:04:57.269
That's why it's set up the way it is.

01:04:57.269 --> 01:04:58.429
It's pretty open right now.

01:04:58.429 --> 01:05:03.269
I mean, it's an open room, except for the spaces on the outside where there

01:05:03.269 --> 01:05:07.029
would be rooms large enough for conference rooms, which I think there's

01:05:07.029 --> 01:05:12.789
three meeting rooms plus a room that would be large enough for a board to

01:05:12.789 --> 01:05:16.269
meet in, not this size, a bigger space than this.

01:05:16.269 --> 01:05:20.269
So I didn't have that one in my pictures.

01:05:20.269 --> 01:05:22.269
Parking seems to be adequate, isn't it?

01:05:22.269 --> 01:05:33.449
You get that whole parking except for about the front door of the ice cream place.

01:05:33.449 --> 01:05:34.449
Why can't I think?

01:05:34.449 --> 01:05:41.449
About the front door east that belongs to the cleaners.

01:05:41.449 --> 01:05:46.449
I think there's a hundred and some spaces.

01:05:46.449 --> 01:06:03.730
and it does have access front and rear, so it doesn't have to be just one spot on exchange

01:06:03.730 --> 01:06:11.739
or just an opportunity to take them along.

01:06:11.739 --> 01:06:16.779
I don't know where we go from here as far as asking.

01:06:16.779 --> 01:06:23.380
I would have George and put together some sort of assessment for the needs for the 10th floor and the 5th floor, figure out the space size wise.

01:06:23.380 --> 01:06:27.980
And I mean, we think it's pretty simple to figure out what space we currently have.

01:06:28.380 --> 01:06:31.099
I have no idea of the 5th floor, if it works for everybody.

01:06:31.099 --> 01:06:32.220
I assume it does.

01:06:32.220 --> 01:06:37.460
Nobody's told me it doesn't, having the assessor and the clerk all together like that.

01:06:38.739 --> 01:06:41.900
I assume if it's been working and nobody said anything, it is working.

01:06:43.139 --> 01:06:44.860
And we know that size.

01:06:44.860 --> 01:06:54.869
Do you know how big your offices are? So it shouldn't be too tough to figure that out, how much square footage we would need.

01:07:00.579 --> 01:07:08.579
Okay, that's the discussion. That's all I've had. We can at least go from there, see what's available.

01:07:10.019 --> 01:07:19.220
Anybody have anything else for the pause then? No. Motion to adjourn? So moved. Second. Aye.

01:07:19.220 --> 01:07:38.730
I wasn't able to be on the walkthrough, but yeah, he was in the city.