00:00:10,400	Yeah. Welcome. Thank you. I I’d invite you all to stand because we’re gonna pray. And then we’re gonna do the pledge allegiance. Father. God, we just, uh thank you for tonight. We thank you for this opportunity for us to be able to come together and do the people’s business. And.

00:00:31,870	Uh, we just pray for, uh, this meeting specifically and and, uh, the business at hand and we pray that Ah, um we think about those first responders that are out there protecting us why we are able to do, uh, the business here and I.

00:00:50,100	Pray that you protect them as they do what they need to do as they serve and, uh, we just thank you for everything Be with these commissioners. They serve, and, uh, may they be Ah, doing their due diligence? Uh, for, uh, what they’re called to do and we do this all in your name. Amen.

00:01:12,400	I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United states of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice. Chapin. Thank you. Happy for it. OK. I’ll. Call the, uh, July 1st 2024 meeting of the burly County Commission to order first item is roll collar members, please. Comm. Bakken Schwab. Mr Woodcock here, Mr Munson, Chair. Next is the approval of the agenda. Commissioners.

00:01:42,870	I’m not seeing any changes needed in anybody else move to approve second motion to approve the agenda. Any further discussion. Call the roll, please Comm. Schwab. Yes, Mr. Woodcock. Yes. Mr. Munson. Yes, Mr Walken.

00:02:03,900	Sharon Bitner yes motion carries Next is, uh, consideration that June 17th 2024 meeting minutes and the bills who had a chance to do that. I went over the bills. They looked good to me. I went over the minutes. They look good to me and I moved to approve. Second Motion to second any further discussion. See no cable Woodcox. Yes. Mr Munson.

00:02:27,130	Yes Bakken? Yes Mr Schwab Sharon Bittner Yes motion carries meeting minutes and bills are approved Consent agenda. Commissioners and pull anything off there for discussion. I entertain a motion to approve. No more second motion of second to approve any further discussion. Call the roll, please. Trisha Schwab? Yes, Trish Woodcock, Trisha Munson Bakn Sharon Bitner Yes agendas. Go ahead. Uh, just before we get into the regular agenda.

00:02:54,600	I was just curious if there’s somebody from Summit carbon solutions here. There. A representative from Summit Carbon Solutions. No. OK, thank you. No, thank you. Uh, visions are Coordinator Teresa. Teresa. I want I won’t tread the last name. I’m sorry. Yeah. Don’t worry about it. Um my name is Teresa Libs. It’s 1.5 syllables. That’s what ID says.

00:03:23,870	Um Perfect, OK? So. Yes. I am the Vision, zero coordinator for the Southwest region. Um and I’m housed here in burly county. Thanks to all of you. Um and I just want to give you an update about what we’ve been up to. I’m sure you’re all familiar with our message of getting down to zero traffic fatalities.

00:03:41,800	Um Well, this sit on There we go. So. This is my team. Uh, we have a coordinator in Grand Forks when it might not and one in Fargo, Um and we all work together to figure out what we need to do in our communities and within our regions to get that number down to zero. So.

00:04:06,400	Here’s the numbers in North Dakota, um from 2012 to 2021, and as you can see, in 2012 and 2013, Our numbers are exponentially higher. I’m sure, All of you know that is the oil boom that was high peak of the Oil boom. Um and then in 2021, we are way down to 9000.

00:04:29,030	Just over 9000. Any questions on this graph. Or numbers. And see Yeah. Um And, then these are unbelted numbers in North Dakota from the past three years that we have recorded in 2020. We had a 60% unbelted rate in 2021.

00:04:59,270	We had a 46% and in 2022, we had a 69% unbelted rate for our fatalities, which is extremely high. And, then four burly county we had seven fatalities in 2028 in 2021 and in 2022. We had seven So. This is a group effort. It’s not just Vision zero. It’s not about education completely. We work together with engineers. We work together with law enforcement and EMS so that we can all work together.

00:05:30,030	Um, so that’s why Vision zero is so so important. It’s not just the education piece. We work with all agencies across the state to try and get this number down. So for our outreach. We go to events.

00:05:47,600	Um, we take part in conferences to learn more about what’s not only what’s going on in our state but also across America when it comes to traffic fatalities. Uh, we do media interviews. We do presentations We take part in partnerships with sports teams and businesses. Um, and we’re also heavily involved in schools. So. These are the schools that are vision zero schools at the moment, there’s 11 total.

00:06:12,100	Um and we have one in burly county for wing public schools. Um, but this is just the surface of vision. Zero schools. We have schools that are interested in becoming vision zero schools throughout the state. Um, and this map doesn’t show the hard work that we do within the schools throughout the school year. So.

00:06:31,330	How do we become a vision Zero school? We meet with the principal. And. Then we meet with the student council members to identify student leaders. Um, we have them take pledges, saying that they’ll be safe drivers And then, um, they select a traffic safety emphasis whether that’s impaired driving, speeding, um, distracted, driving or seatbelt use, and then we hold a media day where we video, the

00:06:50,930	students, um, sharing their traffic safety message of. Hey. We want every student here to get home safely. And. Then we create a video. We Post that on our social media, the school posts it on their social media with that traffic safety message, and then we hold school assembly date with, um, recognizing the student leaders,

00:07:08,670	and then we present a banner to them with their prior priority emphasis and they can hang that at the front of their school. So as students leave school every single day. Um, they get that traffic safety message. So wing became a vision zero school two years ago.

00:07:27,900	Um it’s a two year cycle and so we’re looking at renewing with wing again this year. Um, we’ve also done work in tribes. So we’ve gotten standing rock down in Sioux County to become a vision zero school. They were our first school on tribal lands to become a vision Zero school, which is a pretty big deal.

00:07:47,670	Um, especially for us at Vision zero, and then we’ve also done impact team drivers, presentations and son and standing rock. Um and For for the impact team Drivers presentation. Those are hour long presentations. Um, that share two stories of teens that died in car crashes.

00:08:09,970	And, Um I actually was just in Dickinson today, giving one of these impact team drivers presentations. Um and they are effective. We have students take surveys after the presentation to gauge whether they got anything out of the presentation, and we find that those surveys again and again, um, show that the students are more likely to speak up in a car.

00:08:27,530	If Feel unsafe They’re more likely to make good decisions behind the wheel. Um, they’re more likely to buckle up when they get behind the wheel of a car. And, then we also have done seatbelt safety presentations in Cannonball. 69.1%. This was the percentage of fatalities who are not buckled up in 2022.

00:08:51,170	And I have asked myself this question, and I’m sure, many others have asked Why. Is that so high? Why is that number so high? Why are people not buckling up when they get into the car, every trip every time. And. So I decided that in the past year I was going to make sure that I did my part in educating on seatbelt use, So.

00:09:10,670	I have gone to these nine schools throughout Burle County, Um Elkridge Roosevelt Grimsrud Lincoln Pioneer Highland Acres, Centennial Wing and Prairie Rose and I’ve gone from kindergarten all the way to fifth grade at these schools educating on seat belt safety and there are about 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the age. And I’m telling kids. Hey.

00:09:32,670	It’s important to buckle up. This is why, um, it’s important that you sit in the backseat until you 13 because of the airbag. So this education piece.

00:09:50,800	Um I think is very crucial because I’ll go to other events where I’m working a booth and I won’t recognize the kids, but they’ll come up to me and they’ll say, Hey you came to my school and talked about seat belts. I tell my parents to buckle up every time they get into the car now and that that’s rewarding for me because I don’t usually see the results of these safety presentations.

00:10:05,900	But when kids tell me that they’re telling their parents to buckle up, I know that that’s making a difference, And. Hopefully that’s also showing in our numbers later on down the road so that we don’t have that high number of 69% on belted fatalities. So. These are the other events that I’ve done throughout Burle County? Um, we’ve partnered with Patriot Nutrition here in Bismarck. They’re, uh, tea shop.

00:10:29,270	Um, like Herbalife if you’re familiar, and we have a campaign called Buckle up, phone down, And. So, Um we have a buckle up phone down T that patriot nutrition adverts, They’ll have the buckle up phone down sticker and anyone who came in that day for the buckle foam Down Day got a discount on their tea And,

00:10:47,400	Then we had all of our B. Phone down swag, um to promote buckling up and putting your phone down. Um we have also partnered with the Bismarck Clarks, the KFYR Egg Expo, um all of the state tournaments that are held in Bismarck. We’ve been there with our vision. Zero Booth. We’ve been at run for change.

00:11:05,130	We’ve been at safety Days, wellness fairs, bike rodeos, electric vehicle events, Um we’ll be holding driving skills for success in July on the 30th. That’s a an event for teens where they can come and learn more about traffic safety. Whether. It’s with semis or impaired driving or seatbelt use.

00:11:27,430	We have all of these things coming on July 30th to Bismarck so that teens can learn more about why it’s important to drive safe and be a safe passenger. Um, and then we also take part in holiday events like Halloween or Christmas or Easter.

00:11:46,830	Um, but we want to partner with you or any other business or entity that might be interested in talking about safety in general. And. That leaves me with Thank you thank you for supporting this position and allowing vision zero to be at Burle County and especially Thank you to the sheriff. I think you’re still in here? Um, for allowing this position in in the sheriff’s department.

00:12:07,930	Um I love what I do I’m passionate about traffic safety, and, um I love to see the difference that vision zero is making. Um So thank you to burly county. Be commissioned back, Uh, Theresa a couple of things, Um Why.

00:12:24,730	Did You see the trend in 2022? Do? You think because it’s it was trending down, Um, with the fatalities and not being buckled up, and we saw a big spike in 22 does Is that attributable to anything? We I. I personally couldn’t pinpoint anything. Um And. I don’t I don’t know if DOT has something more to say on that, But. Um, If you’re really curious. You could probably visit their website and and ask that But I.

00:12:45,870	I personally do not know And, then, um, how important is it? Because By the time you hit the middle school and high school. It’s Habits are already formed. How important is it to get into the elementary schools? Oh, it’s I would say it’s crucial because that’s that’s when they’re most impressionable.

00:13:04,870	And a particular grade that has better dividends Have you found or Probably like first or second grade I find is the most impressionable, usually by even fifth grade. It’s a little bit harder to con. Convince them if they already think a certain way, But like I would say first or second grade is probably the most impressionable. So Thank you. Schwab.

00:13:29,130	When you You count these fatalities. Do. You also include people that We’re in a fatal accident. Riding motorcycles Yes motorcycle fatalities are also included. Um, but with the seatbelt use rate. Obviously, motorcycles are not attributed to those to those numbers because it doesn’t apply. Which would. Um, thank you, Mr Chair.

00:13:56,870	Superintendent school is one of my portfolios, so I’ll I visit with them tonight already. Are you interested in making like other schools, Division zero schools like Apple Creek. We have several rural ones out. C got quite a few students and not and and can you be interested in doing that? Yeah going to them. OK. I’ll get your foot in the door. Wonderful. Thank you.

00:14:13,930	Hm? The other questions. Thank you appreciate the effort you’re doing to help keep Burle County citizens safe. On, the Engineer Hall public hearing for Section nine vacation request, Marcus Good evening commissioners. One item on the agenda. This is the, uh, request for a vacation of a section line under the North Dakota S century code.

00:14:44,570	Burly county commissioners may close the section line if that request meets certain criteria, we have received a petition, um, from Uh, a A couple in a Riverview township for the closing of a section line. I have included the application that they sent us as long as well as, uh, pictures of the location. Um, of that particular requested sectional enclosure.

00:15:09,530	Uh, section lines may be closed, uh, vacated basically, um, if it meets certain criteria, one is that we have a public hearing hearing. The Comm. determined that there was some public benefit to closing the particular section line.

00:15:30,400	And, then basically, they ascertain if there’s any damage associated with closing a section line, this particular section line, I just want to let the commissioners know. Uh there’s no plans as far as the Highway Department is concerned as far as construction of a roadway and that particular section line is not included in any of our master plans, either. Uh, for, uh, for the county. So, uh, as always, uh, section lines that go to the water.

00:15:48,530	I’m always reluctant to recommend closure of any of those, however, in this particular case Uh, we do have access to the river. Uh, just to the south with the park and then just a little ways to the north with the, uh, the other state park up there. So.

00:16:05,600	Um, there is, um, similar access points very close to this particular one. Be happy to answer any questions? Uh, either now or after the public hearing. Any questions at this point. I don’t see an ex workers. Mr Chair quick, quick one, You said.

00:16:24,870	There’s access to the river to the south of this W was that through the through the, uh, raw water well through the Eagles park, Basically. They’re there is access to them to eagles part similar kind of access that you have to this section line so OK, well, I will open a public hearing. Um On the request to vacate a section line. Z was speak on this issue.

00:16:55,270	To give your name for the record, please pardon? My name is Lyndon Mertz. Um, he pretty much addressed everything that we At our list. Um I guess when I think of a section and I think of a section line as access public access if you’re hunting, or, um, you want to get from point a to point C, you go through

00:17:12,570	point B on a section line. This section line doesn’t go anywhere. It’s in our It’s in our yard. And ah You know Section line wouldn’t mean a lot if it’s on a a quarter section or a half section, but this is the residential lot. We have a section line going through our yard.

00:17:30,700	And, then also one just in the front of our yard adjacent, going north and south. If you’re concerned about closing the one going Um, East and West. You know you’re still going to have access going north and South, and that actually is a dead end. It comes up to the park and and ends there. And then the map.

00:17:48,500	I don’t know. If, uh You address this, but the map is ah! It shows a section line on the This is the one I received. They have the correct one. OK so it’s shift about. So we actually own.

00:18:11,600	Um, I know the one you got shows that the section line is Beside the park, but we actually are. It’s. It’s in the middle of our lot, and we owe them to the south and to the north, So. We own both sides of the section line. And we’re not and then I was going to talk about. If. You would look at this property. The, um The access It actually.

00:18:33,930	Is in the 500 year flood. Drops down to 100 year flood, but it’s like a 12 or 15 ft drop. So nobody could even go on That section line, you’d have to go through our yard and then it drops down. It’s not even safe.

00:18:51,670	You’d have to do a lot of excavating and Leveling and then The Bank is even, um Probably 1518 ft. At that 100 year flood where it drops down to the river. That’s about it. Questions. Wisher’s questions for Mr Chair, Mr Wood. I was out there last week and looked at it and those old old log cabins that are there. They’re the two that are on the map.

00:19:20,470	They’re right on the section line. Correct. So. What’s Your long term intention Are you going to do tear those down or leave them there, or some historian is gonna grab that and say, uh, we are born there in 1802 or something, was it You No. I was out there. OK, We, actually, um, went down. I.

00:19:42,870	Don’t have a response You got, uh When. They do the Ah! The S on Saturday. They do the, um Park thing where everybody selling all their vegetables and we thought we would talk to the Food rights or the Mennonites or whoever’s there one of the colonies because we heard I’ve seen videos where they actually can repair them.

00:20:02,600	Um But. They said none of the young guys want to work anymore, so they didn’t have anybody. So are you gonna Are? You gonna develop this? That was my ultimate question. I got to split it up and go put two or three or four riverfront lots on there. It’s That’s what I was concerned about? No.

00:20:18,270	We want to live there, but no, the cabin actually, when we bought it, all the neighbors were concerned about what Here in the cabin down. What are we gonna do with it? And, uh That’s not our plan. It’s actually it’s got a few bad logs on the bottom. But if you Wanna go inside it.

00:20:36,800	It actually is it’s holding up. I figured out. Lewis and Clark were the ones who they were The ones who built that cabin. It is it is, um from the 18 Hundreds. I know it is And. Uh, they had a ledger.

00:20:50,200	At the auction, but They got mis player and give it to us people would sign it when they would come through and stay. But. They couldn’t find it. So it’s pretty cool. That was my only question. I was concerned about development. So Any other questions. And have the LA that the ancient landowners I’m sure have been notified.

00:21:13,830	Have they According to what are what our requirements are OK? OK, I’m not saying any of the questions. Thank you. Thank you. This is a public hearing. Has. Anybody else wish to speak on this item. This is a public hearing. Has anybody else wish to speak on this item? Third and final call. Is anybody else wish to speak on this side? Seeing. None.

00:21:37,770	I’m going to close the public hearing. Commissioners move to approve Second OK? What have we established as a public benefit? That’s the next question. Lack of access. And, uh, For the public use. You clarify that for me, Comm. just But public benefit is lack of access.

00:22:14,600	So if somebody were to Navigate through there and get down to the river because I went and looked at it as well actually from the riverside and, uh I would actually see a public danger if somebody was trying to get down to the water edge through that so Um, without a Great cost and great. Uh Expense of improving that site, I. I just don’t see the public access side of it.

00:22:39,070	So, um I would hate to see somebody. Look at a map and see there’s a section line and go down there and and get in some sort of an issue. Safety wise. I’m Sorry, but I’m not really See. There is the public benefit. Anything else that would be a public benefit. Any further discussion. Seeing. No colorable Comm.

00:23:19,600	Schwab. Yes Comm. Woodcock. Yes Comm. Munson. No Comm. Bakken Yes Chair be no. The motion passes. Next item on the agenda. County planning Director flanagan Vance, request Welcome, Mitch. Good evening commissioners. In.

00:23:53,030	Your packet is, um The recommendations from the June 12th Planning Commission meeting the various request for 7921 Country Brook Road. This property is a is a corner lot, its double frontage so that it has an existing 40 ft. Setback on the north and the West side and then it has an additional 50 ft. On the East side. They’re asking for the 30 ft. Variance on the East side. Um This. Uh, this I.

00:24:29,730	I didn’t have time to get this into the packet. So. This is a a lot exhibit. Um Running north and south. I don’t know if you can see the red line. We’ve got it. We’ve got it is it But? The? The building is drawn on there, And.

00:24:50,600	I know that you asked that to kind of or the Planning Commission meeting? You asked for a site plan before he could approve anything, and we didn’t have that in the packet at the time. But I, uh Yeah. That’s the building right there. It’s. It’s a square, the Green Square and then they the outer part of that is the concrete apron that he was talking about. So.

00:25:10,670	It was recommended 7 to 2 to prove Um, at the commission meeting of the That’s about all there is and Comm. you have any questions? Mr Chair Comm. Munson, mitch. Is this. An official site plan with the request from the the homeowner. The builder. Uh, Jake, Uh, hip from hip hop. I. Guess.

00:25:40,100	His name is, um, He’s the one that provided that I asked him to draw it. Um I measure basically measure the Red Line 20 ft. Off of the, uh Property line, So it’s It’s pretty accurate. We. Use this for the building permit. I would hate to see that that building is not there when it’s inspected later on.

00:26:00,800	No. We if you guys Yeah. If. You go with the 20 ft. Off that property line. That’s where it’s gonna be, But. My. Concern is the distance from The What is called the Dakota Country Drive. OK. That’s that’s a 40 ft. So. We’re. Yeah. That’s right now That’s probably 80 ft.

00:26:22,200	Set back from that property line, but it’s not any further. That was my concern because initially his drawing showed it right behind the house of the neighbors, Right and, uh, I voted against it because it was it needed to be away from that house. So closer to Dakota Country drive, OK? But, If. If.

00:26:43,170	This is what’s submitted with the permit, and that’s where it is. I’m OK. I think a motion Could include Comm., Mr Chair, Um The, the owner to the adjacent East and no objections. He did he did? He wanted it further away. And W. Why I by follow up. Why. Can’t that building be moved to the West 2030 ft.

00:27:11,270	Comply with our normal regulations. Um the what? They’re going to be approaching the building. Um, I believe from the north from Dakota Country drive. And. The choice was to either have the vehicles on the owner’s side or the neighbor’s side. And. So. That was the discussion at the commission meeting. But. Why. Can’t They move it to the West.

00:27:33,270	Is there a slope or anything like that that prohibits it from or it looks really looks flat on the picture of the one of of those is close to the, um uh, drain field. OK? That’s located where Between us between the House and the the proposed building.

00:27:59,400	It’s What in the between the house already here, here, OK? Yeah. Yeah, right. And. Our. Normal Setback is 50 ft. There is a normal setback of 50. Ft. And this was a question of of the rear setbacks in in re are one and in in certain jurisdictions, they’ll relax that it won’t observe the rear setback because you’re already you’re already paying with the two

00:28:25,130	front setbacks. This is the double fronter so basically there were in some jurisdictions. They look at the South Lot line in the West or East lot line as a side. Which would be 15 ft. But. We didn’t use that.

00:28:44,900	And we don’t have that in our jurisdiction in our ordinances, but, um Continue the house to the East that looks like it’s only about 20 ft from the property line. Where the the built house to the east to the southern part of the house there that looks like about 25 From the property line. 2530 maybe.

00:29:06,130	Yeah I measured off of the G I SI measured that from the the South. East corner to the Northwest corner. It’s about 70 ft. From the building from the proposed building to the residential house. It’s about 70 75 ft. Mr chair if I can Comm. Munson, uh, for for, uh, Comm. Woodcock’s benefit.

00:29:32,330	So the house to the Right of uh of on this drawing its side yard setback doesn’t require it to be any further away from that property line. But. The House in question has two fronts and two backs doesn’t have any side yard. So that’s where the the homeowner trying to build this shed is kind of stuck in a corner because he’s stuck with Rigid. Uh, setbacks. In our ordinance. So.

00:30:00,270	Essentially, you say that’s a little bit of a relief because that makes sense. Yeah. I was I was glad to see the Drawing where they committed to moving it because I know that was, uh, the concern expressed by the neighbor. Yeah.

00:30:21,400	Um So any other questions for Mitch? Pages that applicant or the neighbor have anything to say or want to say anything? Is the applicant or the neighbor here. I don’t think he’s there here. Pardon me. I think they’re here. OK? Well, we wanted to give them a chance to speak. So yeah. Mr chair.

00:30:44,500	I would move to approve the 20 FT setback request as long as the building is placed as it is on that drawing. For the location. Away from the home. Second OK. I had a question of a second Comm.. Schwab. I had a question on this thing. Uh, Is he intending to start a business out of that? No. They. Uh, they’re just I think they’re retired. I think that the owners retired.

00:31:11,000	Bo in camp or storage is what they do That’s about the origin votes. Bo and Camper storage is what they talked about at the planning and zoning meeting. Any other questions. A role, Please. Schwab No Comm. Woodcock Comm. Munson Comm. Bakken. Yes, Sharon Bitner. Yes, motion carries. Mr chair. My.

00:31:36,800	Only Reason for objecting is I Think he could have moved it to the West 10 or 15, or 20 ft to be more compatible with the neighborhood. So, be it? Yeah, I wouldn’t I wouldn’t argue with that either of us of them.

00:31:52,670	I think they made a case where it had to do with the septic system and the drain that was was kind of a you know it, it could be a potential problem if they’re driving over because I’m sure that that’s um Some of that arch pipe and it’s not very, very far underground, you know? Next Finance Director Jacobs detention center Sales Tax Tax bond update Continuation of detention center maintenance fund discussion.

00:32:15,230	Lee welcome chair and commissioners. Uh, following up from our last meeting. Um We notified the tax department that we we wish to increase. The. Uh, the sales tax from half a cent to one cent. We got a written response. They. They approved of that, um so that will be in effect October 1st. So. That’s.

00:32:38,630	That’s good news. Um The other I. I. Guess it’s good news is that we don’t need to shut off the half cent sales tax. Um, that was, I. Guess now that we’ve got a one cent that issues totally moot, So. There’s there’s There’s. There’s Nothing to do there.

00:32:59,770	Um and I did get confirmation from from my state’s attorney lawyer and then um, the, uh, the Bond Council, you know, concurred with that. So, So. We’re good there, um That we so we don’t have that urgency that we did, Uh, you know, a couple couple weeks ago when we truly I mean we This was the case where we

00:33:19,330	would have had to shut off that or we would have had to take care of the bond before we can shut up the half cent. We don’t have to. We don’t have the urgency anymore.

00:33:35,930	Um, the the issue where we do have a little bit of Urgency is that this half cent sales tax will be sequestered basically at the Bank of North Dakota until this bond is is dealt with, Um so a half cent goes to BND half cent goes to you know our operating account, basically until we we deal with the bond either go through the defeasance process or pay it off I.

00:33:54,870	I think I know where you guys are headed with this, but I was reviewing this email earlier. And it looked to me like Um What the state was proposing was to add a half cent. To. The existing half cent and I Don’t think that’s what we’re doing. We’re There. The. Half Cent is a stand alone. Until.

00:34:19,470	It’s defused and so the one cent is, is what should be starting on October is that The way Right, understand it, so My question was about that email where it said they’re gonna add the half cent because that’s I. Don’t I don’t think that’s the same thing.

00:34:40,900	I guess I would want an opinion from the state’s attorney on that, because the the two the two are separate is all I’m saying. Yes, but at the same time, um what we’d be doing is collecting the one cent not above the one cent it’s only going to be the one cent and then until we get the bond cleared up, Um half of that is going to go towards

00:34:58,070	that bond at the Bank of North Dakota to be held basically in trust until we can get that bond settled and then the other half is gonna go towards, um, the home rule. Charter 1% for, um, those operating expenses to reduce property taxes.

00:35:17,670	And then once that bond Gets released, then that money that’s been sitting in that account at B and D will come back to the operating expense fund. So Um so yes, I mean Either way you look at it. Basically.

00:35:33,270	What’s gonna happen is starting October 1st, Um the one sent sales tax is going to be in effect, but it’s going to be the the proceeds are going to be bifurcated until that bond is taken care of. If that makes sense. Well. It makes sense, but I don’t see how we do that because it’s two separate. The Half center is in place. I know it’s a technical But. The half cent is in place by itself over there. And. The.

00:35:49,930	One Cent is a separate Brand new thing, So. I’m from an accounting perspective. I see where it makes sense. But The intent of this so In essence, they’re holding half of the one cent not To. Make sure we paid the budget. Right. So the getting rid of the absent so beforehand, which is what our intent was.

00:36:13,830	If. It’s not I. Don’t think that’s what’s happening because if you’re only I. I. Just go ahead, Comm. part about the home rule charter. It was an amendment to the current home rule charter. We weren’t canceling one and starting a brand new one. So. It was an amendment.

00:36:33,030	To, the current home rule charter to Have a one cent for property tax relief, so When. I split the hairs across you know it. It is An additional half cent is what was In the home rule charter again. It was an amendment. It wasn’t a stop this and start all over for a one cent.

00:36:53,300	It was an amendment to that home rule charter. So. I don’t have I. I personally am OK with the way that was read. Mister Wood Chair. I. See what you’re doing and I agree with the the mechanics of it, but I want to make sure that we sunset the half cent sales tax.

00:37:11,530	It’s we That’s what we intended to be 10 years ago when we did the original and whatever that might be, it was going to sunset and then it once it’s sunset, The Citizen voted to start a new one a one cent sales tax. Now.

00:37:29,070	I can see the the the mechanics of what you’re doing, but I want to make sure that have set sales tax sunsets and quits And it’s a brand new Said sales tax that continues on No. I don’t know whether I don’t know whether you agree with me. Is that what we’re doing, or, uh are are we not? Are? We, just rolling up half into another one. Say.

00:37:46,700	That’s Yeah. I don’t think it seems confusing and I Don’t. It’s confusing, but I. I just want to make the half cent sales tax sunsets period. And in that case, if we W wrap it into the one Then it won’t sunset just continues, which is Strange to me. You know that’s my only point. Comm.

00:38:11,200	CLO Uh, I really wonder if we can even do that, in a sense that the home rule charter Didn’t specifically say in there that we can replace another sales tax with this one. It can only go to certain things, which I always thought was a big problem. And now we’re I don’t think you can do it.

00:38:33,600	I Really don’t legally. It did not say in that chart or it could be used to offset Bonds. And. That was my problem that it would ever come up that I had with that. The way it was written. It was written to Ty.

00:38:55,170	It was written to Ty future commissions on how they could use it. And now, here we are. It would have to specifically say in there that we could do that, and I don’t see it so I can’t support it. It’s Kind of the point I was trying to make what’s our alternative, though.

00:39:13,230	Well, we know that we know that the half sent is gonna sunset, probably in November. We’re talking about a month, you know? And and so that half cent is going to sunset. Once. We have that enough The funding to defeat the the jail BOT. And, so I think it’s two separate things running side by side so that we could say OK that half cent is gone now.

00:39:35,170	And, then it’s just clean ones that Right because it’s a separate. I. Don’t. I. Don’t Remember us even talking about the one cent replacing Or or You know, running half and half with the half cent sales tax because we couldn’t do anything about the half cent yet.

00:39:58,470	We’re not gonna We’re not gonna be collecting 1.5% for a month or six weeks or something, right? No? No, We’re not gonna do that? No. And, So. In other words to the taxpayer Who’s paying this. It makes no difference monetarily whether we How we handle this. Right says. We want to be able to Definitely say to the citizens.

00:40:19,970	The half sent is going way. Then it Doesn’t if we’re wrapping it into the one I don’t know. It’s just semantics. The. One Cent will start October 1st. So one way to look at it is that might be when the half said. Stops. And the ones I mean That’s a date. We.

00:40:40,070	It has to be when the pet stops that that’s a point in time we can pick. I mean That’s. That’s when the one sense starts. No way we can one or 1.5% sales tax would never be a 1.5%. What. What.

00:40:57,900	Um, the finance director is talking about doing is we have to give the state advance notice to start collecting the tax, which would be we’ve given them the advance notice, so they’re going to start collecting it October 1, and it will be a 1% or a one cent sales tax starting October 1. Because we still have that bond in place? And the basically bond. Sure. You. Gotta.

00:41:15,830	Ask them the finance Guy about that, But whatever it’s called for that, um, they still are expecting that half sent, um for the bond till the bond is completely paid off by the Morton side like we’ve been talking about, And so until that is defused, or, um, done with in Morton County, we still are obligated to the bank to the bond company, Basically for that half cent.

00:41:33,570	And so until that issue can be resolved once that Percent sales tax takes effect. Um, that 5% or sorry that, uh, 0.5% half percent. Um, we’d still be, um, obligated to the bond company for until we get that resolved and the other half sent would be, um, to write to offset the property taxes.

00:41:55,200	What’s going to happen, though, is because we’ve collected more than what Burly county needs for that bond. That’ll all be released back to burly County once that bond is fully settled, and that money that’s been collected on that.

00:42:14,070	S that’s been set aside for that bond will then go in towards that fund to offset the property taxes. So. Basically. It’s It’s on paper showing where that’s going to go, but really, it’s all going to that property tax. Um, abatement, basically Comm.. So. In essence we are ending. The. Half sent sales tax but because of the timing issue, we’re required to hold half of the one cent In a savings account for the bond company.

00:42:37,530	So. It was a time issue. So, So. The. Half Cent is ending that that’s done. It’s just It’s It’s just semantics because I I understand the accounting side of it. It’s just it. It’s cloudy and just it. But. The. Half Cent is done in October 1st.

00:42:58,930	We’re just not gonna be able to initially utilize the full extent of that one cent We’re going to have to hold that back in savings account until we’ll get that back eventually, so Correct. The other option then is to wait until that bond is fully settled.

00:43:17,030	Um, anticipate when that would be which is November and then let the state know that starting is it December or January? Then after that would be the next quarter. I think it’s January 1, right? To start collecting the one cent sales tax so we would break off. Um At the end.

00:43:32,170	I think it’s at the end of December because you can only do it quarterly of the half cent and then start the one cent January 1, which also doesn’t make sense, either, so And follow. Mr Moon? Sure. Comm. Baker. So. Do. We have, um, an update from Morton County as far as a hard date when they’re gonna be done. Morton County should be done in September with the, uh, jail bond.

00:43:56,300	They have a renovation bond that’s gonna drag out for a few more months. But. Uh, we I mean we are estimating September Yeah. And that Well. They commingled the renovation bond. So. Uh, where are our constraints as far as the bonds concerned with their Their responsibility on that combing of bond there. Their renovation bond is basically separate. So.

00:44:27,100	Um they’re paying 90% toward the sales tax bond. They’ve always paid 90%. So. It’s It’s. It’s kind of a separate thing. OK? Thank you. OK? All right. Carry on, so they The.

00:44:52,900	Uh, the The other issue is Is that, um, we need to purchase our investments as I mentioned before and so just just really briefly. It’s We’re kind of running into some roadblocks there we want, uh, the the the Bond guys wanted escrow fund in place before we can buy our investments. Um And, So. We’re to do that We would have to wait for Morton to be paid off. And. So. Now.

00:45:11,270	We’re looking like September before we can buy the investments, which I don’t like because just the the risk that interest rates will will drop. And so we’re, uh It’s kind of complicated, but we’re we’re exploring. Can. We buy our investments now and transfer them in and it’s It’s kind of a mess. But.

00:45:33,200	I say all that to To to make the point that we need to have a meeting. And. So I, I think in the past the chair Uh, Bitner and Comm.. Munson. You were there and I just I think we just need to have a meeting to talk about this with all the interested parties, So that’s that’s uh That’s forthcoming.

00:45:50,870	Um Is there Any other questions on the on the Bond or the Defeasance. No, I Think. We’ve I think we’ve pretty well been up and down that street. Until. We can get Morton County to that point.

00:46:10,600	So it it you know, as far as it gets worth, noting that as far as the one cent and the home rule charter and those expenditures, um We are going to have all of that that that cash released and ready to go by the time we can buy down property taxes, so because that’s gonna happen, maybe in 20, but at a at a later date, Um this timing issue shouldn’t impact property tax relief

00:46:30,970	under the under the home rule charter if that makes sense commission, So What’s the extent of the escrow account as far as What. Are. They looking for what percentage or well it’s going to be approximately $40 million.

00:46:52,800	That, Uh, Morton will have about 13% of that we’ll have about 87% of that, and it’s kind of like an annuity. We invest the money and it will be used to make our payments in the future out to out to 2032. The escrow is really it’s really an agreement that they’re looking for. So. Is there AAA way to leverage that half. I. Don’t Wanna get too complicated.

00:47:12,530	Is there a way to leverage What we’re gonna wind up getting back. As escrow because it’s being held at the Bank of North Dakota. Well. That’s what he That’s what he was talking about.

00:47:30,200	As far as buying these investments and stuff, So, can we leverage that back in or we’re still we’re coming back to that issue of Morton is short, You know a couple 100 grand, so we’re good to go. We’re waiting on Morton. But once we put that escrow account in place, we’re gonna get back via the additional funds that are in there will be, but we’re running the risk at not being able to start those Investments now of Morton County Kentuck costs burly

00:47:47,470	county taxpayers a lot of money and Morton County taxpayers. We’re both, and that’s that’s gonna be a and II. I mean I’ve spoken to to, um, the the county auditor. She she gets it, And so that’s that’s gonna be a topic of conversation. And when we when we get together because it’s a huge amount.

00:48:05,070	I mean, it’s It’s a lot of money that that that could cost both of us if if rates come down, maybe they won’t you know. Comm. Munson Lee I get you had made the comment. We’re talking about a couple $100,000.

00:48:26,200	Once once we have this meeting with Morton County, is that something that this commission or the citizens of burly county where they consider borrowing Martin County that money for a few months. So that we can move faster. It’s just Wanted to ask the question. I don’t think you’re talking about the same meeting. I think the meeting he’s referring to is between us and the bond.

00:48:45,930	Council and and the investment guys. I. I think we need? Yeah, if you remember a few months back, we had a meeting here at the City County building where we had some Morton Representatives Bond Council I.

00:49:02,600	I think we just need to get everybody in the room again and and discuss this escrow and how we’re gonna wind up? We’re gonna wind this thing up. Right. It was my understanding that there was going to be a Morton County Commission meeting on the 27th or something here that This was supposed to be our gen item there and I think at that point That was assuming that we need that burly needed to to shut

00:49:25,470	off the the sales tax bond, the half cent bond, and there’s just Just as it just it’s It’s literally a technicality, but there’s just no way to shut it off because it’s just going to a to a one cent, So.

00:49:42,630	It’s really you know, so because we’re we no longer need to do that. I think that was really the the purpose of of that meeting was that Morton could fund their escrow so that we could shut off this half cent tax. But with the passage of the one cent sales tax that that essentially became moot.

00:50:06,470	OK, That way you can get that meeting set right? Yes, Yes, we do anything else you want to add on that Lee No. You could not thank you for the clarification. I just want to make sure that the citizens understand that Verley County is not overcharging anything more than we absolutely had to.

00:50:22,770	Under this thing this thing is going to be a one cent sales tax, not a 1.5 cent for you like time. So and then the clear intention. Is property tax reform or property tax relief as called for in the home rule.

00:50:46,700	Charter amendment, Right, OK, you know, in a way, I think we’re actually sh Because of the passage of the one cent Uh, sales tax were actually shutting down the half cent sooner if that makes sense, because had this not passed, we’d be waiting till September for, uh, Morton to be paid up. But. Now.

00:51:08,100	We’re able to basically go directly into the one cent and all of that, you know, is money from October onward it it can be, you know, can be segregated for property tax relief under the under the charter. So in a way, where it it’s helping us as far Is. The over collection issue is concerned, at least from my From my perspective because the other issue was this jail maintenance fund.

00:51:23,330	Um, the other item on the agenda, and this has come up a couple of times and I. I think I. Just I just need to ask if we can table this again because, I, I think you know this jail maintenance fund? The question really is we’ve got some cash in there that we, you know, I wanna transfer all the you know the

00:51:39,000	commission would have to vote on it. But. Um, I think this is going to segue into a bigger Conversation about some other funds that we have as a Provident building fund and and and this upcoming, UH, Budget and Capital improvement funds.

00:51:59,370	There’s just a couple different funds that I think, um, perhaps we need to talk about and so I was I was thinking Perhaps we can, um Table this and I could come back. We’ve got a Capital improvement fund.

00:52:24,870	We’ve got the Provident building fund is probably got to be, you know, sunset it because we are no longer that was one where we were putting rental income in there. We’re no longer renting the provident building, so we’ve got a million dollars in there that probably needs to be redeployed. And, Um I I mentioned in the in the, uh, budget hearings that perhaps we should consider setting up a capital planning fund.

00:52:47,270	Um For this budget season and and and actually F funding that either with reserves or some other source, and then you know, using that as a source of funding during the budget hearing, uh, budget season, So if it’s OK with the commission if we could table this Uh and and bring it back in two weeks. I don’t know why. If we need emotion. There’s no I.

00:53:10,670	I think we’ll just keep it in your No, we’ll just let Um there’s gonna be additional, certainly additional discussions. In addition to some of the the funds that he mentioned already. We’ll wait until we get the state audit report and then we’ll we’ll have some additional conversations about Quite a few different funds. And how they’re being handled.

00:53:34,730	Anything else You want to add Lee? No. OK. Thank You appreciate the information. Keep us all in loop with you. Sheriff Lee. But early discussion welcome. Good evening, Mr Chair. Commissioners. I think actually, we can wait on that.

00:54:02,530	Also I had talked with, uh, Auditor Splonskowski and with, um, league going to talk about that maintenance fund, I thought maybe we should have this on just in case we made any discussion or decisions, So. I think we can wait with everything? This One, OK. I’m Ok with that Comm. You OK. All, right? We’ll do that. And just an update.

00:54:21,930	We are working on that RFP for the Project out there so Thank you. Thank you. Elections coordinator, Hart Primary election. Recap F Lisa. Evening Chair Bittner and commissioners. Um, I’m happy to report that after organizing my office today, I could actually see my desk now. It’s been a whirlwind so always feels good to be organized.

00:54:49,600	Um, just wanted to bring a recap on the primary election. Um, the election was very successful we had about 200 election workers who, um, devoted several hours to serving our voters. You know it gets to be a long day on election day, and they did it very well. And I’m continually amazed at their devotion to the whole election process.

00:55:10,870	Um, of course, we had some challenges as all elections do, but As. Things came up. We sent help to the location. Some of that help was our own staff. They needed a few more things. Or sometimes something got jammed. And. How. Do I. Get this to work.

00:55:32,330	Um and we also are very thankful for our, um Our ESNS on site support that the state provided, um a lot of counties this year and they were a great help in assisting when those kind of machine issues came up, and they were basic things. It wasn’t anything. Earth shattering but quickly got it up and running again. And.

00:55:57,330	Um they even told us because I’m a perfectionist and want everything to be perfect. They said that you know, this is normal stuff. In an election and they felt that it was also a successful which made us feel good. So We had a 23.5% voter turnout for the county. Um, this was 3% better than the statewide average. Um, better than in 2022.

00:56:19,530	However, We always wish it would be more. Um, we had 17,910 ballots that were cast out of, um, 75,525 eligible voters. We had 2719 absentee voters and 2495 early vote. Um, voters.

00:56:51,000	We had 18 polling locations, of course and with the Bismarck event center being the super Precinct where anyone, um Any person in the county could go and vote there. The Canvas board met, Um 13 days later and out of the 164 ballots that were reviewed. 96 were accepted. 68 were rejected. We had some issues with the Postal Service. Um, this year we had 58 absentee ballots that had no postmark.

00:57:19,000	Um Significant delays in in the mail getting to us and it’s not just us. It’s statewide and so the secretary of state’s office is going to be addressing that issue with the Postal Service. Overall, um, we did have a recount, uh, last Friday with the city of Wing Council member race, where it was vote for two and the second position was tied. The.

00:57:39,800	There was they had one candidate on the ballot. Um, And. Then they had several write ins. Two of those write ins were tied. So that was the recount. On that so that is all taken care of now and our staff in the auditor Treasure and Tax Equalization office, um, including our three temporary staff members were absolutely outstanding and went the extra

00:58:03,470	mile with all the election work that needed to be done. They all worked very hard day in and day out, and I don’t know what I would do without them. It takes it takes a team and felt like we were.

00:58:21,700	We were, um, we were the a team and Uh, Just takes a lot to run the election and so Had a good group of people. We did ask for Inspector feedback. Um as well and we did a survey of all the election workers just kind of asking questions. What did you feel went Well, What? Do you wish you had more training on. Were there any issues with the equipment and things like that.

00:58:42,500	And, um So I wanted to kind of go through some of those. So. Some positives. Um they felt like there was the the flow was efficient with the voters. They felt it was well organized. Um they enjoyed working with their fellow election workers. Sometimes.

00:59:04,300	It’s like a reunion again and kind of like a little family getting together to help serve the voters. Um, always glad to have experienced vote, Uh, workers, but we had some new ones as well. And. Um The express boat machines are very popular. Um, the majority of the voters were very appreciative. Um, they said.

00:59:27,130	There was always a quick response time from the auditor’s office when help was needed. There were many reports of fantastic election workers, Um at the different sites and one of the stories that was shared with me was one poll worker who went above and beyond. Um, one voter forgot his reading glasses. And, an election clerk offered him his which the voter accepted, and so he got the job done there.

00:59:52,730	And another observer was amazed by how rapidly our team of either our staff or the on site support people, um, arrived and especially when a router fell off the wall. Anyway so we got off. It’s interesting the situations that come up. Um, at one location. Uh, one of the elementary schools.

01:00:14,070	We weren’t aware that some students in a summer program were gonna be there. And. They, um, came to eat breakfast in the same room that everybody was in. And the inspector um At this location.

01:00:34,970	It was at grim’s Road Elementary did a great job, um, explaining the whole election process to the students, and, um and what to do, and they can do this in the future, as as they become of age, Um, the most common complaints of voters were answering the three questions that were required by law to to ask like, Are, you at least 18 years of age or older. Are.

01:00:53,930	You a US citizen, are you? Have you been a resident of burly county in the last 30 days? So? I. Guess. That was they’re just tired of being asked that but we’re still required by law to ask it. So, um, political science. They didn’t like that, Um We had some issues with political signs at one church.

01:01:16,530	Um, and it actually violated the church’s 501 C three status, and so they were able to take some of those signs out. Um So, of course, Um, there’s always room for improvement and some issues that came up from Um, made it clear that we need to do maybe some additional training for the general, Um, in a few areas.

01:01:41,800	Um How to update addresses with voters and such things like that, Um, unfortunately, at one location, there was a lot of construction over at Hillside Aquatic. Her, certain things like that are out of our control.

01:02:05,070	And anyway, so that was kind of A negative there, but, um Kind of made it difficult for some voters to get in the entrance and a little confusing. So Um But anyway, Um, overall, it went really well. And. Um, Like I said. We have a great group of people, great staff members and Yeah, takes a village. So thankful to To participate in that any questions at all. No I.

01:02:29,270	I just wanted to say, though that on behalf of burly county thank you to everybody that was involved in the elections and that helped make it a success that it is. I know it’s a lot of work, and we just appreciate the assistance anybody else. Comm.. The one recount that you had in wing Was there.

01:02:49,470	Any changes made Um yeah, because the the second place Council member was tied and so But you recounted it. Did you make it and because of, you know, in a recount, Um, let’s say let’s say the ballot wasn’t initialed by the judge, which, of course ours were. We are thankful for that, because that would get thrown out if it wasn’t You can also look at voter intent.

01:03:10,400	For example. Um, if a if an oval wasn’t marked, but the name was written in That is considered voter intent for that particular candidate that would not show up, you know, on election night because the our machines read the Oval. Fill in. But in this situation. Um, that’s what clarified things was.

01:03:32,270	Was that a coin or how did they decide who won this? So? What happened was, um in in recounting and looking at all those issues it became tied. Between another person. And. So in that situation, we had to have a drawing and so it between two names and yeah, just curious. So.

01:03:57,270	Well, don’t let it ever be said that your vote does not count exactly exactly it. It honestly can come down to that, in some situations. Any other questions? Commissioners? I’m not seeing any. Thank you appreciate the hard work. Thank you. Mr, B and BNSF Railway update. Uh, just a little update, uh, with the bridge construction? Um you know, BNSF is, uh, resumed.

01:04:26,670	Um Probably working through most of the fourth of July. Um as they Working on some pretty tight timelines. Uh, just an update at some point, uh and I’m probably gonna get this on the next update. Uh, letter.

01:04:47,530	Um, there will be some closures around River Road, For some, uh extent so I just want to make sure the citizens are aware of what that construction project is where it’s at right now. And at some point, uh, if you utilize River Road I do quite a bit. Uh, uh, to get north and South.

01:05:06,670	Um you’re probably gonna have to make some accom To that so just, uh Again major construction Zone, uh, do be aware of that. Ah and ah! You know, slow down and Watch for For truck traffic. Mr Chair you arrange a tour for the county commissioners? One of these great days. Um, actually, I was to whatever you want. That’d be great. I’m serious II.

01:05:27,130	I was in conversation with with the NSF and at uh uh on having them come in and giving us an update on where that’s at right now, And. I think that going there but would like to take a look at that At Some point That’ll be, uh, an option.

01:05:43,170	It is an act of construction site, So there’s you know some safety concerns, but, uh um We’re working on an update on that project, so OK the only other thing I would add, is it is the fourth of July coming up and we know that, um, every year we get some complaints and some problems with fireworks and all I’d really ask folks is that we’re all aware of the impact we have on our neighbors.

01:05:59,230	And if you’re out there in the county, shooting off fireworks, please clean up after yourselves because that ends up being a problem where people will go, and they’ll leave a mess for other people to clean up. And and besides that, just please be safe and have fun. Anything else for the good of burly county.

01:06:17,230	I’m going to adjourn. The, Burly County Commission and Tony, we work. Meeting of the county. We board called to order. Uh please call roll. Commission Schwab? Yes, Mr Woodcock here, Mister Munson! Mister Bitner Chair Chair. Bakken Here. Ah, first time I’m up consideration of the June 17th 2024 minutes and bills Comm. Schwab.

01:06:42,800	Uh, I think we need to change Berley County Park board to Weed board on the minutes Well. And I did do the bills and I think we maybe had $200 worth of bills? So. I’ve already gone through them. So with the caveat that we go change Beley County Park board to Weed board.

01:07:15,070	A mode to prove Second motion second for the discussion. Harry Nunn called the role please. Ah Comm. Bittner. Comm. Schwab. Yes. Mr. Woodcock? Yes Munson chair Bakken. Yes motion carried next item up discussion on a temporary worker Comm. Schwab. Yeah, we, uh We have a couple of companies. That are interested in Spraying for us. We have Nobody signed a four year contract. And.

01:07:48,600	We have kind of been negotiating back and forth with this. But I should back up here We do have a weed officer who is a A. Great addition, its name. I’m not gonna give his last name, but his name is darren. So. We know who you’re talking about. Until. He’s ready to come before the board.

01:08:12,530	And, uh, He’s doing a really a great job. And. He has been talking to these two companies. And I think we could actually go ahead and do this without bringing it to the board. But I want Be transparent on this.

01:08:36,470	Uh, to finish out this year to get out there and do what we can But I’ll be helping him with. You know the negotiations with these companies and stuff? And I don’t think I don’t think we have to have a motion or anything on it. It’s kind of it’s an emergency kind of like last fall with hauling gravel.

01:08:59,430	And we have We have S chemical we order and that’s been delivered. So, We’re kind of ready to go. The only thing is we won’t be doing Ah State Highway R ways We don’t have the time for it this year. Which includes the interstate. It was either do them or farmers first. Those farmers. Uh, is there a contingency for The.

01:09:28,870	Right aways is, uh, DOT help manage that in that case or well, if if they come back and and ask us if One of these. Alfred wants to go out there and and they get caught up. We want ours done first? Of course I don’t have a problem with them.

01:09:48,770	I would wonder if the state’s attorney has any issues with the With hiring somebody on a temporary basis to do that without entering a contract with them. No, there shouldn’t be as long as there’s money in the budget for that, Given the circumstances it it’s allowed.

01:10:09,800	Any other questions for Ah Rather than the other thing is, too is is to let you know, Um We will there are specifications in their insurance, wise, et cetera. And. They’ll have to produce that. But. I think we gotta get it going here? When. It’s gonna stop blowing pretty quick. Who hold you to that. You know we were. We were actually looking at stopping me.

01:10:35,000	We ever get some nice days, and if we can get somebody who looks like maybe next week might be here because nobody could spray in this wind anyway, But we got to get up. We. Gotta go after it. I would entertain a motion for the window to stop blowing, uh, any other business. Thank you with that, Uh, the we board is adjourned. Ah, next.

01:10:53,470	Ah, regularly scheduled commission meeting will be July 15th. 2024 Happy safe and happy Fourth of July. Is this the final This is