* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. UH, THIS [00:00:01] MEETING WAS POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. EVERYBODY HERE IS PRESENT AND WILL STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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 JUSTICES FOR ALL. OKAY. DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? ANY COMMENTS, CHANGES, ANYTHING POP OUT AT YOU? SEEN NO COMMENTS? WE WILL FILE 'EM AS NOTED. UH, ITEM THREE, A HIGHWAY QUARTERLY REPORT. SCOTT, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE TAKING ON THE WHOLE MEETING TODAY? IT LOOKS LIKE, YEAH. YOU GET A, A BIG DOSE OF SCOTT TODAY . UM, AND SO I DO WANNA POINT OUT IN THE, IN THE, UH, THE HIGHWAY QUARTERLY REPORT THAT THERE ARE TWO ERRORS IN, IN THOSE REPORTS, UH, BOTH ON THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PAGE. UH, THEY WERE MARKED AS COMPLETED, BUT THEY ARE NOT [a. Highway Quarterly Report] COMPLETED. UH, WE, AS, AS YOU KNOW, WE COMPLETED OUR INTERSECTION SAFETY PLAN AND OUR, UH, HIGH RISK RURAL ROAD PLAN. UH, WE ARE WORK REACHING OUT TO THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO COMPLETE THEIRS. SO THE SECOND PART, WHICH IS GRAYED OUT ON BOTH OF THEM, UH, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY'RE COMPLETE, IT'S NOT COMPLETED. UH, WE HAVE NOT STARTED THAT PROCESS YET, SO I'M JUST POINT THAT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE THAT, UH, WHEN THEY GOT INTO THE PACKET, UH, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM BEFORE IT WENT IN. AND SO THOSE ARE BOTH NOT COMPLETED, BUT, UH, THE END DATE INSTEAD OF 2024 WILL BE CHANGED TO THE END OF 2025 FOR BOTH OF THOSE. SOUNDS GOOD. UH, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THAT STEP? SO ON THAT SECOND PAGE, UH, UH, THE GOAL, UH, PWC APPROVES ENDORSED UPDATED PLAN BY END OF OCTOBER, 2023. I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THAT. IT'S A DRAFT DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, 10 31 WAS THE, UH, INITIATION, AND THEN THEY SAID, UH, THE SECOND EDITION SUPPORTED BY JANUARY 18TH, 2024 MEETING. SO THEN WHAT'S NEXT OR WHAT'S THE SO THAT'S WHERE OURS, OURS IS A COMPLETE, WE ALREADY TOOK THAT INTERSECTION SAFETY PLAN ANALYSIS TO THE COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE A WHILE BACK. YEAH. WE NOT LIKE THE YEAR. UM, YEAH. AND SO THE, THE DATES ON THERE ARE, UM, SO THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, UH, THIS, THAT IN 2024. AND SO THE PART THAT'S NOT COMPLETED IS THE INTERSECTION SAFETY PLAN FOR THE LOC, MUNICIPALITIES RIGHT BELOW IT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHERE I SAID THE, SO ACTUALLY THAT SHOULD BE GREEN AND NOT BLUE. YEAH. WHEN HE, WE, HE MEANT TO HAVE THE, THE BLUE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE COMPLETED YELLOW. HE COMPLETED THE OVERALL PART OF IT. OH, OKAY. SO IT'S A, IT'S A LEARNING CURVE FOR, FOR US. WE DON'T USE THE QUARTERLY REPORT, UH, PROGRAM VERY OFTEN. SO HE MEANT TO DO THE, THE BLUE IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED IN YELLOW, AND THEN THE GOAL DOWN BELOW, UH, IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE, NOT STARTED, THE HIGHEST RULE ROAD PLAN FOR COUNTY SHOULD, YEAH. OKAY. RIGHT NOW. THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. SO BOTH OF 'EM, THE COUNTIES ARE COMPLETE FOR BOTH, UH, BOTH OF THOSE. IT'S JUST THAT, UH, THE MUNICIPALITIES IS NOT SO WE'LL, WE'LL CLEAN UP THAT DOCUMENT TO MAKE SURE IT REFLECTS MORE ACCURATELY NEXT QUARTER. GOT IT. SOUNDS GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SCENE? NONE. WE CAN MOVE ON TO TRANSIT RIDERSHIP REPORT, IF I MAY. UH, DECEMBER WAS DOWN A LITTLE BIT. UH, TRADITIONALLY YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE DECEMBER IS TYPICALLY A A DOWN MONTH, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2020. UH, GET THE HOLIDAYS IN THERE AND LESS DAYS AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, UH, THAT'S WHY THE, THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN. UH, [b. Transit Ridership Report] WE ARE, DID NOT FORGET ABOUT THE WEEKEND STUFF THAT THE COMMITTEE'S WORKING ON TO. CAN IMAGINE DECEMBER BEING A A, A SHORTER MONTH AND NOW INTO JANUARY READY AND GETTING THE INFORMATION TO YOU. SO WE EXPECT ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO, UH, TO GET SOME INFORMATION BACK TO YOU ON THE OPTIONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. WHAT ARE THEIR OPTIONS THAT THE, THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE, UH, IF THE SHARED RIDE TAXI WERE TO BE ELIMINATED ON THE WEEKENDS? AND SO IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THAT IN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT JUST TO SAY THIS IS AN OPTION, BUT GIVE YOU SOME REALLY GOOD DETAILED INFORMATION WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE. UH, IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, WELL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UBER OR LYFT. IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SAY THERE AREN'T ANY, OR THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THEM AVAILABLE. YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING, OH, GO DO THIS, BUT THEN THE CHAIR, THE PUBLIC CAN'T ACTUALLY DO THAT. AND TO MAKE SURE THERE'S OPTIONS FOR POTENTIALLY WHEELCHAIRED, UM, OR DIS DISABLED PEOPLE AS WELL OUT THERE. SO, UH, CHARLIE'S WORKING ON THAT. LIKE I SAID, IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GET SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE FIRMED UP, UH, FOR THE COMMITTEE AND CERTAINLY BE GIVING YOU A DRAFT ALONG THE WAY. QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, SCOTT. IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECT IN THE BOTTOM OF THAT CHART, UM, IT'S $7 AND 44 CENTS PER RIDE. IS THAT WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT THE AVERAGE FAIRES PER, THAT'S THE FAIRES PER TRIP. THAT'S THE FAIR THAT WE RECEIVE. CORRECT. SO, SO THAT WENT UP. SO HOW DID, HOW DID THAT AFFECT THE, THE OVERALL BUDGET? WAS IT BETTER OR WORSE OR ABOUT THE SAME? BECAUSE I KNOW WE [00:05:01] JUST ABOUT THE SAME BECAUSE INCREASED THE, THE FAIR REVENUE. REMEMBER WE, WE INCREASED YES. FAIRES. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE, THE FAIR PER RIDE. SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT. IT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE WE DID, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THE FARES, UH, BUT IT'S ALSO OFFSET THEN BY THE, THE AMOUNT THAT THE, UH, CONTRACT, CONTRACT PRICE WENT UP FOR THE VENDOR WENT UP TOO. SO, UH, IT ALL IS KINDA GOING UP AND, UH, YOU'LL FIND OUT AT THE BUDGET TIME WHAT, WHAT THAT DOES TO THE SERVICE. YEAH, I'D BE TALKING TO BUDGET TO KNOW WHAT THAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS. CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE INCREMENTAL CHANGES AS THE COMMITTEE JUST APPROVED FOR MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, NIGHTS AND SOME WEEKEND LATER HOURS TO TRY TO LOOK AT THAT. AND MAYBE WEEKEND IS COMING TOO, RIGHT. TO TRY TO RIGHT SIZE IT AND, AND TRY TO GET WITHIN A, WITHIN OUR LIVE, WITHIN OUR MEANS BUDGET WISE. I THINK OVERALL IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE TRACKING IT LIKE WE ARE, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE JUST GOTTA KEEP AN EYE ON THIS. IT CAN GET AWAY ON US TOO, SO THANK YOU. CAN WE SURE. YEAH. THE DATA'S GREAT. UH, SO THE QUESTION, SO TOTAL RIDERSHIP, YOU KNOW, 58,000 VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 75, SO THAT'S ABOUT 20 IS 20%. BOY, THAT THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. THAT'S A BIG DROP. YES. AND, AND IF YOU RECALL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS TAXI RIDERSHIP UP ON TOP, THAT'S RIDES. AND SO IT'S NOT THE NUMBER OF RIDERS, IT'S NOT 58,000 RIDERS, IT'S 58,000 TRIPS. OKAY. GOT IT. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE GOING FROM YOUR HOME TO PIGGLY WIGGLY AND BACK, THAT'S TWO TRIPS. AND SO YOU MIGHT TAKE IT FIVE TIMES A WEEK OR 10 TIMES A WEEK. SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT ONLY TAKE IT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER DATA ABOUT HOW MANY, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RIDERSHIP INDIVIDUALLY, HOW MANY RIDERS ARE ON IT IN ANY GIVEN TIME, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ACTUALLY SERVE AS A DIFFERENT NUMBER. AND THAT'S WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, REDUCTIONS, ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE IMPACTING SPECIFIC PEOPLE, NOT JUST RIDES. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE, THE, THE GRAPHS AS THEY'RE PRESENTED AND, AND DATA MM-HMM . AND DID YOU HAVE, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE COVERED THAT BEFORE OR NOT, UM, BUT DID YOU HAVE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PE YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE OH, YES. LOOKING AT THE BUS? OH, YES. WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL SORTS OF DATA LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HAVE TOO, JUST SO WE KNOW HOW MANY DIFFERENT NAMES, UH, OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THE SERVICE. SO THANK YOU. YES, WE CAN, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU IN A NICE CHART. AND GRAPHS AND DATA, ALL THE STUFF WE LOVE . YEAH, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. UM, TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE TOOK AN AVERAGE OF 20 TIMES A YEAR? HOW MANY TOOK IT 50 TIMES A YEAR? MM-HMM . HOW MANY PEOPLE TAKE IT? ONLY ONCE A YEAR? SO, UH, WE PROVIDED THAT DATA, I WANNA SAY TWO YEARS AGO, BUT PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT PAPER. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I DON'T REMEMBER IT. RIGHT. IT'S, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE PROVIDED A SPECIFIC DATA LIKE THAT. OKAY. ANY STUFF? CAN I GO BACK TO THAT METHOD? SURE. THAT I HAD MENTIONED TO YOU. SO THANKS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO THE RIDERSHIP. SO, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT'S SAYING WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN IT'S, IT'S 20% LESS THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. WHAT DO WE THINK IS HAPPENING? WHAT'S CAUSING, I THINK YOU ASKED CHARLIE THIS VERY QUESTION. I THINK IT WAS LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE, SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. UM, AND ONE THING WE LOOKED AT IS, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN MAY WAS, UH, WE WORKED WITH INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS AND THAT THEIR RIDERSHIP JUMPED UP AND THAT MAY JUNE OURS DECREASED. SO, UH, INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS HAS A REDUCED OR NO COST TO IT. OKAY. OURS HAS A COST TO IT, SO THEY'RE FINDING OTHER OPTIONS. WHAT WAS THAT? YEAH, THAT WENT UP THIS YEAR. SO GOOD. THEIR, THEIR RIDERSHIP WENT UP AND OURS WENT DOWN. YEAH. OKAY. ALMOST, ALMOST MIRRORED EACH OTHER. NOW WE'RE AT SAME PEOPLE HAVE MIGRATED THAT COMPLETELY. IT'S ALSO QUITE POSSIBLE THAT A LOT OF THE, UH, I'LL CALL IT THE CEDAR COMMUNITIES OF THE WORLD ARE NOW PROVIDING BETTER SERVICE YEAH. TO THEIR, THEIR CONSTITUENTS OF INSTEAD OF US GOING OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE TO THOSE, UH, PRIVATE VANS ON THEIR OWN YEAH. AND MINI BUSES AROUND. UH, SAME THING WITH THE THRESHOLD. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU, THEY'RE, I'M LOOKING RIGHT UP MY WINDOW EVERY DAY UP THERE, AND, AND THEY'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF PROVIDING THEIR OWN BUS SERVICE WHERE WE WOULD, IN THE PAST IT WAS SHARED RIDE, TAXI, SHARED RIDE, TAXI, SHARE, RIDE, TAXI. AND UH, THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC. AND ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH SHARE OUR TAXI IS WE CAN'T GET EVERYWHERE, EVERYONE EVERYWHERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. AND SO IT JUST, IT'S NOT LIKE A SCHOOL BUS WHERE WE HAVE A DESIGNATED ROUTE BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO A DESIGNATED ROUTE WITH, WITH THE SHARED AT TAXI. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THEY HAD TO SAY, IF EVERYBODY'S STARTING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, WE HAVE TO HAVE OTHER METHODS TO GET PEOPLE THERE. UM, AND SO IT'S KIND OF THEIR NORMAL. SO YOU, YOU TAKE THAT WITH COID AND PEOPLE FIND DIFFERENT THINGS AND MAYBE WORKING FROM HOME THAT MAYBE THEY WERE COMING INTO WORK AND NOW THEY'RE NOT COMING IN EVERY DAY, UM, TO SAVE THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TOO, AND AND THEIR EMPLOYER. SO YOU, YOU THROW IT ALL INTO A BASKET AND WE'VE BEEN DOING STUDIES ON IT AND RESPECTED A LITTLE, UH, UH, UH, STUDY FOR US. AND THERE'S REALLY NO ONE PAN OF THIS, IS IT? I THINK IT'S JUST A COMBINATION OF A COMBINATION, A LOT DIFFERENT THINGS. I APPRECIATE THAT. I, I THINK THE, [00:10:01] THE CITY OF HARTFORD AND CITY OF WEST BEND TAXIS ARE, I, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE HAD A, A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THEIR, THEIR SERVICES THAT I KNOW OF. UM, I THINK HARTFORD'S ACTUALLY INCREASED THEIRS A LITTLE BIT, SO IT'S ALL GIVE AND TAKE. I UNDERSTAND. OH, THAT'S GOOD. JUST, YOU KNOW. SURE. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE THIS ABOUT SCOTT. I JUST, DO YOU SEE THIS, UH, RIDERSHIP, UH, OF PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE, UH, USING IT IN THE NEAR FUTURE GOING UP? IF YOU WOULD'VE ASKED ME THAT TWO YEARS AGO, I WOULD'VE SAID WITH, OR THREE YEARS AGO, WITHOUT A DOUBT, KNOWING THE BABY BOOMERS AND THE ELDERLY POPULATION, BUT RECENTLY EITHER A, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DRIVING OR THEY'RE GETTING AMAZON DELIVERIES VERSUS GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE. MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO THEM. LIKE I SAID, THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PROVIDING THEIR OWN SERVICE VERSUS RELYING ON, ON THE COUNTY TO DO THAT SERVICE BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE FLEXIBLE AND THEY CAN HAVE SOMEBODY RATE ON STAFF AND JUMPING THERE AND GET A SCHEDULE FOR PEOPLE VERSUS SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE CALLING THE SHARED WRIGHT TAXI FOR, FOR A RIDE. THEY CAN ALL GO TO THE, THE GROCERY STORE, THE CHURCH, UH, OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS TOGETHER, UM, VERSUS JUST INDIVIDUALISTICALLY. SO IT'S A, IT'S A SCATTERING. I I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAY RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING AN INCREASE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW BASED ON WHAT OUR LATEST TRENDS ARE. IT JUST, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAD ASKED ME A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN NUMBERS WERE KEPT GOING UP AND UP AND UP, AND THEN NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND STUFF AND POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO, TO SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JOHN? QUESTION? SURE. GO AHEAD, SUPERVISOR NEWMAN. SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE THE, UH, MAYBE THIS IS TOO EARLY IN, IN JANUARY, BUT DO YOU HAVE THE TOTAL LOCAL SHARE FOR 2024 COST? I DO NOT HAVE THAT WITH ME. OKAY. UH, SUPERVISOR NEWMAN, I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU WOULD'VE HAD IT, BUT I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING THOSE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WE, WE HAD ALSO THAT ARPA FUNDS THAT WERE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE THAN IN THE PAST OKAY. THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE AND PRESERVE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. SO IT'S, UH, A BALANCING ACT. WAS THAT LOCAL SHARE BEING COVERED BY ARPA THIS YEAR OR? PARTLY. OKAY. NOT, BUT THAT'LL EXHAUST THOSE FUNDS THIS YEAR. NOT THIS YEAR, NO. OR FOR 24 OR NO, WE'LL HAVE ARPA FUNDS LEFT INTO 25, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR 26, BUT OUR CONTRACT RATE FOR 25 IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD WANTED. SO CHARLIE, CHARLIE'S WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW TO SEE HOW LONG THOSE FUNDS CAN LAST. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY USING 'EM IN 25. OKAY. THANKS. EVERYBODY'S GOOD NOW. OKAY. LET'S, UH, GO INTO THREE C. LEAD LATERAL UPDATE. UH, YOU'LL HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THE, THE LATEST UPDATE. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE, UH, UH, UPDATE SINCE THEN. I WAS CONTACTED BY THE CITY OF WEST BEND TODAY, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, LOOKING, UH, FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT, UH, REQUEST FOR, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS THEY HAD COMPLETED, UH, IN THEIR MUNICIPALITY IN 2024. SO THAT, THAT'S [c. Lead Lateral Update] VERY POSITIVE THAT, UH, WE'LL GET THAT, UH, PAID OUT HERE, UH, SHORTLY WITHIN PROBABLY ANOTHER, IF THEY SUBMIT IT THIS WEEK, PROBABLY TAKES US TWO OR THREE WEEKS TO GET THAT ALL PROCESSED, BUT WE'LL ABLE TO GET THAT PROCESSED. IT'S NICE TO GET ANOTHER ONE UNDER OUR BELT. UM, I AM HAPPY TO SAY WITH THE REPORT THAT THE VILLAGE OF KOWSKI IS COMPLETE AND PAID OFF. UH, SO THAT, THAT'S A, A GREAT THING THAT WE GOT ONE MORE COMMUNITY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY THAT DOES NOT HAVE LEAD LATERALS. UH, CITY WEST BEND IS, IS DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THEIRS. IT HAD BEEN OUT THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH, UH, AVENUE PROJECT. I WAS TOLD THAT WAS POTENTIALLY TO GET GOING, BUT I HONESTLY HAVE NOT DRIVEN THROUGH THAT AREA TO SEE IF ANY WORK'S BEEN STARTED YET, UH, ON THAT. UM, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WINTER WHERE THEY COULD DEFINITELY, POSSIBLY STILL START THAT WORK. UM, BUT I, BUT I REALLY HAVEN'T DRIVEN THROUGH THERE. ALSO WORKING WITH THE, THE VILLAGE OF SLINGER. UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON A, A FIRM OR TWO TO GET THEIR WORK DONE. SO THEY'LL GET THEIR WORK DONE AND WE'LL BE EXTENDING INTO THE CITY OF HARTFORD. UH, WE CONTACTED THEM, THEY'RE INTERESTED. I JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND, AND DISCUSS THE DETAILS WITH THEM YET. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD TO HEAR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO D MAILBOX POLICY UPDATE. SO THIS MIGHT BE NEW FOR SEVERAL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE. AND THIS IS JUST, UH, THE, UH, PREVIOUS COMMITTEE HAD ASKED US TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, WITH THE NEW POLICY. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOU. UH, WE HAD, UH, THE COMMITTEE HAD MADE A CHANGE THAT, UH, [d. Mailbox Policy Update] ONE OPTION THAT THE LANDOWNERS WOULD HAVE, UH, IF THEIR MAILBOX WAS DAMAGED. WE, WE PROVIDED THEM JUST A CHECK FOR $80. HERE'S $80. YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. UH, YOU IMAGINE WE GO OUT THERE, WE PUT A [00:15:01] POST IN THE GROUND WITH A TYPICAL BLACK MAILBOX ON TOP OF IT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. IF THEY HAD A, A PINK ONE OR A GREEN ONE, THEY GET A BLACK ONE BACK. AND SO IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL STYLE, THEY CAN TAKE THE CHECK FOR $8 AND PUT THEIR OWN POST BACK UP. BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT MOST OF THE HITS WE DO, ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE IN WINTER. AND SO SOMETIMES IT'D BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR THE HOMEOWNER TO GET THEIR MAIL BACK, MAILBOX BACK UP IN TIME, ESPECIALLY DIGGING THROUGH THEIR FROST IN THE GROUND AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO, UH, WE ALSO LEFT THE OPTION THAT IF THEY WANTED US TO REPLACE IT, UH, WE WOULD DO THAT. UH, ONE OF THE BIGGER CHANGES IN THERE IS, UH, OUR POLICY USED TO BE IF THE, IF THE MAILBOX WAS DAMAGED BY THE SNOW GETTING PUSHED, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. IT WAS HIT BY OUR PLOW, THEN THAT'S OUR PROBLEM. AND YOU CAN TELL PRETTY CLOSELY IF YOU HIT IT WITH A PLOW, IT'S DAMAGED, IT'S GONE AND STUFF. IT'S JUST KINDA LEANING A LITTLE BIT. THAT WAS PROBABLY JUST THE SNOW. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT WITH LANDOWNERS AND IT TOOK UP A LOT OF TIME. AND WE SAID, ALRIGHT, IT WAS EITHER THE SNOW OR THE PLOW WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU $8 OR REPLACE IT. THE ONLY CAVEAT IS IF YOUR MAILBOX WAS IN SUCH BAD CONDITION THAT IT JUST BASICALLY FELL OFF ON ITS OWN, YOU DON'T GET EITHER. YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. AND OUR GUYS ARE PRETTY MUCH RUN THE SAME SECTIONS. THEY KNOW THE AREAS. UH, THERE'S MAILBOXES OUT THERE. IF YOU DRIVE THE, THE AREA, YOU'LL SEE SOME ARE BUNGEE TOGETHER, THEY'RE ALREADY LEANING BEFORE WINTER STARTS, THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND THOSE WE JUST SAY, NO, SORRY, CITIZEN, UH, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN FOR THOSE. AND WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF THOSE AS WELL. THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE NUMBERS IN HERE. AND THERE'S A LITTLE SMALL LITTLE CHART IN THERE 'CAUSE I LIKE TO PROVIDE CHARTS AND DATA TO YOU. SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE CHART IN THERE WITH, UH, HOW MANY CHOSE THE, THE $80 CHECK, UM, HOW MANY CHOSE TO HAVE THE COUNTY FIX THE MAILBOX, AND THEN HOW MANY MAILBOXES WERE IN SUCH POOR CONDITION THAT, UM, WE DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION. SO, UH, THAT'S IT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE, THE COMMITTEE HAD ASKED TO REQUEST FOR. AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE, UH, THE POLICY HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO STAFF, UH, THAT TAKE THE PHONE CALLS AND STAFF THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD. AND, UH, WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY POLICY CHANGE AT THIS POINT. BUT JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON, ON THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR, LAST WINTER SEASON, I SHOULD SAY. YOU KNOW, I KIND OF HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDS THIS. DO WE HAVE CAMERAS ON THE FRONT OF, OR, YOU KNOW, ARE WE TAKING PICTURES AS THE GUY PLOWS? WE, WE DO NOT. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT WOULD KIND OF SHOW IT RIGHT? WHAT'S HAPPENING? UH, IT, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S VERY DARK AND VERY SNOWY AND, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW GOOD THAT CAMERA WOULD BE. THAT'S TRUE. UM, I, I'M, AND THE WINDSHIELD'S PROBABLY FULL OF SNOW AND YEAH, I JUST, I'VE SEEN SOME GOOD VIDEOS OUTTA PLOW TRUCKS AND I'VE SEEN SOME BAD VID BAD VIDEOS ON A PLOW TRUCKS. SO I KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE IN HERE THAT, THAT'S PLOWED AND MAYBE HAS A BETTER OPINION OF IT THAN I DO, OR TWO OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN IN A PLOW TRUCK. UH, BUT, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE CAMERAS IN IT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY. SUPERVISOR HARTWIG. I KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE, PROBABLY IF THEY KEPT IT AROUND 25, 26 MILES AN HOUR, THE SLUSH WENT RIGHT UNDERNEATH. IF THEY HAD THE MAILBOX AT THE RIGHT HEIGHT, HEIGHT, A LOT OF TIMES THEY HIT 'EM LOWER AND THEN THE SLUSH WOULD KNOCK 'EM RIGHT OFF. SURE, SIR. UNDERSTOOD. THEY DEALT A LOT WITH THIS. OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING. UH, THE ROADWAY SHARED SERVICES UPDATE. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR REPORT, UH, AGAIN, THE SHARED SERVICES, WHICH I HOPE YOU'RE ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, THAT WE'RE DOING FOR, UH, QUITE A FEW OF THE MUNICIPALITIES. THIS IS THE ROADWAY SHARED SERVICES, UH, IN THAT REPORT, OF COURSE, ANOTHER SPREADSHEET, UH, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, FOR 2024, [e. Roadway Shared Services Update] AND THE, THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOTTED TO, TO EACH MUNICIPALITY AND, UH, HOW THEY WERE SPENT. UH, AS YOU CAN TELL ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE, UH, 2024, WE ACTUALLY USED ALL THE FUNDS, ALL THE FOUR 52,000, EXCEPT FOR $51 AND 92 CENTS FOR THE TOWN OF WEST BEND. SO VERY CLOSE. UH, WE WERE, UH, UH, OUR STAFF, MICKEY SUPER IN OUR, IN OUR OFFICE, DOES A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING TRACK OF THE DATA AND PROVIDING THE TOWN SO THEY CAN GET TO AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE, UH, SOME DON'T WANNA SPEND OVER THAT, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THE WORK THAT WE COMPLETED WAS, UH, CULVERT REPLACEMENTS, VEGETATION REMOVAL, EITHER GRASS MOWING OR, OR TREES OR, OR SHRUBBERY. UH, SOME PAVING, CRACK FILLING, UH, MASICK, WHICH IS BASICALLY LIKE A, ALMOST LIKE A HARD CRACK FILL THAT YOU CAN DRIVE OVER. IT BECOMES VERY HARD. UH, CHIP CEILING, LITTLE CHIPS ON THE ROAD, PAVE MARKING. AND THEN, UH, GRADING, SHOULDER DITCHING, TRAFFIC COUNTERS, GUARDRAIL, BRIDGE INSPECTION. AND WE DID SOME MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLES FOR, FOR CERTAIN TOWNS. AND, UH, WE'D ACTUALLY LET SOME, UH, RENT SOME OF OUR, UH, PLOW TRUCKS IN THE WINTER WHEN THEIRS WENT DOWN LAST YEAR. SO, UH, VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THE, THE 2024, UH, SEASON ENDED UP. UH, IT WAS OUR FIRST YEAR DOING IT. UH, UH, NO DOUBT IT WAS A CHALLENGE OF FIRST YEAR. 'CAUSE IT'S THE FIRST YEAR JUST WITH ANY NEW PROGRAM. UH, THERE ARE CHALLENGES TO IT. I, OUR GUYS, ALL THE CREWS AND FOREMAN AND SUPERVISORS REALLY STEPPED UP AND DID A, DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF, OF COORDINATING, UH, THERE IS A EXTREME AMOUNT OF LEVEL OF EFFORT IN COORDINATING PROJECTS WITH MUNICIPALITIES, [00:20:01] ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE THE, THE LIST THAT, THAT LONG AND, AND ALL OF THEM HAVE DIFFERENT NUANCES OF WHAT THEY WANTED DONE. UH, SO IT WASN'T JUST THAT WE JUST SAID, YEP, YOU'RE ONLY GETTING DITCHING, YOU'RE ONLY GETTING CRACK FILLING. THEY, WE MIGHT'VE DONE CRACK FILLING AND DITCHING AND A CULVERT REPAIR FOR ANY GIVEN TOWN, CITY, OR VILLAGE THAT'S ON THAT LIST. SO, UM, IT WAS, UM, WE DID LET THEM, THE LOC, MUNICIPALITIES DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO. UH, WE ARE NOW STRIVING FOR 2025. YOU CAN SEE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WENT UP, UH, SLIGHTLY. UH, THERE WAS ALSO A CHANGE IN THE METHODOLOGY ON HOW THAT, THAT FUNDS WERE AWARDED. UH, WE HAD THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES COME TOGETHER TO A MEETING. UH, THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY ELECTED A CHAIRMAN, UH, MR. NEWMAN, THAT'S, UH, AN AUDIENCE HERE TODAY. AND THEN THEY DECIDED ON HOW THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE SPLIT UP. UH, THE COUNTY BOARD CHAIR WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WAS AT THE MEETING, THEY DECIDED, AND LAST YEAR THEY WENT 70% BASED ON, UM, MILEAGE. AND 30% WAS KIND OF AN EVEN SPLIT OF THE FUNDS OR EVEN SPLITTING THEM UP. UH, THIS YEAR THEY DECIDED TO BASE IT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON ROAD MILEAGE THAT, SO YOU SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS, IF YOU WANNA KNOW, WHY DID EDISON GO FROM 33 TO 36? WELL, THEY HAVE, THAT'S BASED ON ROAD MILEAGE AND HOW THE, THE, THE, UM, FORMULA WAS BASED OUT, UH, A COUPLE OF THE BIGGER ONES WERE TOWN OF GERMANTOWN AND BELGIAN NEWBURGH, OBVIOUSLY VERY SMALL, UH, LESS ROAD MILEAGE, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE EQUAL SHARE. UH, THERE'S ONE DOWN FROM ABOUT 10,000 DOWN TO ABOUT TWO TO 3000. UH, BUT THAT WAS COMMITTED, VOTED ON BY THE COMMITTEE, UH, ONE DISSENTED ON THAT. AND SO WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED MOST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, UH, UH, MAYBE THREE QUARTER OF THEM BACK, WHAT WORK THEY WANT DONE THIS YEAR. WE HAVE ALREADY MEETING WITH SEVERAL OF THEM THAT WANTED VEGETATION. UH, MY PATROLS OUTTA SLINGERS MEETING WITH TOWN OF ARIAN TODAY AT 10 O'CLOCK TO DISCUSS WHAT VEGETATION THEY WANT REMOVED. UH, IT'S GREAT WINTER WORK FOR OUR CREWS. SO WE'RE GETTING GOING RIGHT NOW ALREADY. YOU'LL SEE, UH, WE'LL SEE, UH, BILLS COME OUT IN JANUARY. AND WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ORIGINALLY, UH, COME OUT BY THE, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND GREAT PROGRAM, UH, PART OF THE SHARED SERVICES IS THAT THE MUNICIPALITY THEN DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE EQUIPMENT OR LABOR TIME, JUST THE MATERIALS. AND SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IF WE'RE JUST DOING VEGETATION REMOVAL, THERE'S VERY MINIMAL MATERIAL COST TO THAT. NOW, IF THEY WANT HAVE LIKE A BUCKTHORN, SOMETHING THEY WANTS TO SPRAY ON IT, THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE MATERIAL COST, BUT BASICALLY NOTHING OR, OR MOWING THE VEGETATION. NOW, IF IT'S CRACK FILLING AND PUTTING A TAR DOWN WHILE THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE TAR AND THE OTHER STUFF IS FREE, AND WE, WE ENCOURAGE 'EM TO WORK WITH US AND MANY MUNICIPALITIES WORK ALONGSIDE OUR CREWS, UH, TO SAVE EVEN MORE TIME AND HAVE THAT DOLLAR SPREAD OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO TRAFFIC CONTROL OR PART WORKING ON THE CRACK FILLING CREW OR WHATEVER THE, THE CASE MAY BE TO WORK WITH US. SO IT, IT IS BEEN A, A GREAT PROGRAM. UH, AT OUR, THE MEETING WE HAD WHEN, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, I HEARD ALL POSITIVE THINGS. HAVEN'T HEARD, UH, A NEGATIVE COMMENT YET ON IT, UH, BESIDES JUST, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE FUNDING, UH, THAN WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. UH, BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN, UH, EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD IN, INTO 25 AND, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPORTED, UH, INTO THE FUTURE. YEAH, THAT'S BEEN MY FEEDBACK AS WELL FOR THE THREE TOWNSHIPS THAT I, I, UH, REPRESENT. UH, ALL OF 'EM HAVE SAID THAT THEY, THEY LOVE THIS. THEY THINK THEY GET MORE OUT OF THIS THAN THE SHARED REVENUE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU OTHER MEMBERS HAVE HEARD OR IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS. I'M NOT A BENEFICIARY AT THIS POINT. OKAY. SORRY. CITY OF HAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. OH, OKAY. THAT'S ALRIGHT. UH, WITH THE REPORT TOO, MR. CHAIR ON THE, THE SECOND OR THIRD PAGE IS REPORTING THE ATTACHMENT. IT DOES KINDA SHOW A MONTH BY MONTH BREAKDOWN TOO OF, OF WHEN WE DID THAT WORK. SO YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR WE GOT A A LITTLE BIT SLOWER START JUST BECAUSE OUR FIRST YEAR, BUT AGAIN, WITH VEGETATION REMOVAL NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO PUSH SOME OF THAT WORK THAT WE DID IN DECEMBER A LITTLE BIT EARLIER INTO THE YEAR. YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE MAY. AND, UH, WHAT IS THAT SEPTEMBER? PRETTY BUSY. YEAH. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE COUNTY HIGHWAY M UPDATE. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UH, THIS, UH, COUNTY HIGHWAY M PROJECT, UH, FROM PIONEER ROAD TO STATE HIGHWAY 60. WE ORIGINALLY HAD PLANNED ON THAT BEING, UH, ALL COMPLETED IN 2025. UNFORTUNATELY WITH, UH, RIGHT OF WAY DELAYS AND NOW UTILITY DELAYS, [f. County Trunk Highway M Construction Schedule Update – Town of Jackson] UH, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED IF WE TRY TO PUSH A THREE MILE PROJECT IN AND DELAYING THE START OF THE PROJECT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF UTILITIES AND RIGHT OF WAY THAT THE PROJECT WILL EXTEND LATE INTO THE SEASON. AND WHEN YOU PAVE LATE INTO THE SEASON, UH, IF IT'S TOO COLD, THEY GOTTA PUT ADDITIVES INTO THE PAVEMENT. AND SO THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. UH, IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO BREAK THE PROJECT UP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE INTERSECTIONS. UH, WE HAD HEARD SOME COMMENTS AND FEEDBACKS. WE DID THREE MILES OF HIGHWAY AP, UH, JUST THIS PAST YEAR AS THAT. WHY DO WE DO THAT ALL THREE MILES AT ONE TIME AND CLOSE SHERMAN ROAD AND, AND AT WESTERN ROAD AT THAT TIME AS WELL, INTERSECTIONS. AND SO LEARNING OUR LESSON AND WITH STUFF THAT'S KIND OF BEYOND OUR CONTROL [00:25:01] A LITTLE BIT, UH, WE DECIDED, I DECIDED THAT IT'D BE BEST OFF TO DO A ONE MILE STRETCH OF ROADWAY AND DO THE INTERSECTION OF, OF WESTERN AND DO A TWO MILE STRETCH NEXT YEAR. IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO, TO STAGGER OUT SOME OF OUR STAFF TIME FOR INSPECTION ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL. WE GOT A, A LONG PAVING PROJECT OUT ON COUNTY HIGHWAY D FROM COLESVILLE TO KETTLE VIEW SOUTH THIS YEAR AS WELL, THAT THE INSPECTOR WILL BE ON. SO IT ALLOWS US TO SAVE SOME, SOME MONEY ON, ON THAT END TOO. SO, AND WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE DNR ON PERMITTING, UM, SOME OF THE AREAS AS WELL. SO WE'RE STILL, UH, EFFORTING ON THAT. SO, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. UM, WE HAD SENT OUT A LETTER ALREADY TO THE, TO THE, UH, EVERYONE THAT'S ON THAT ROUTE, UH, TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF IT. I DID SEND A COPY OF THAT LETTER, UH, ATTACH A COPY LETTER, UH, TO THE REPORT AS WELL. SO, UH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING. UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE INSPECTOR, UH, AS WELL AS NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT, UH, ANY UTILITY DELAYS BY THE CONTRACTOR, UH, YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T DEALT WITH UTILITIES, IT'S, WE ENERGY HAS TO MOVE THEIR POLES FIRST AND USUALLY WANNA GET ALL DONE. AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON WANTS TO PUT THEIR STUFF ON THE POLES AND THEN THE NEXT ONE PUTS THEIR STUFF ON THE POLES AND THE CONTRACTOR DOESN'T WANNA WORK AROUND THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY JUST COME AND GO WHEN, WHENEVER THEY WANT. SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE CONTROL WE CAN HAVE OVER THAT. SO, UH, BY DOING THIS, THEY'LL STILL HOPEFULLY GET THEIR UTILITIES REMOVED THIS YEAR FOR OUR 26TH PROJECT, UH, WHEN WE MET WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES LAST WEEK, THURSDAY, UH, THEY'RE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE. UH, 'CAUSE THE PRESSURE IS NOW OFF OF THEM. UH, THEY CAN GET THE STUFF DONE IN THAT MILE STRETCH, UH, THEY THINK GOES IN A TIMELY MANNER AND WE MOVE ON. I WANNA ALSO POINT OUT THAT WITH THE, UH, FARMERS THAT ARE OUT IN THAT AREA, THAT TO KIND OF CONDENSE THE SCHEDULE DOWN, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN THEIR FIELDS IN SPRING WITHOUT US INTERFERING. UH, THE SCHOOL CHILDREN THIS SPRING WILL BE ABLE TO RIDE THEIR BUS LIKE NORMAL ONCE THEY INTERPER THE BUS. UH, BUT IF THEY'RE COLLECTING HAY IN SUMMER, WELL THEY'RE GONNA BE IMPACTED, BUT THAT'S REGARDLESS OF THEIR SCHEDULE. AND THEN AGAIN, UH, FOR A LATE SEASON, UH, COLLECTING UP THEIR CROPS IN THE FIELD, UH, ESPECIALLY CORN SHOULD BE OKAY. SOYBEANS WERE STILL RIGHT AROUND THAT SAME TIME. WE KNOW THAT. SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR THE REPORT, UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO, YEAH, AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THE FUNDS HAVEN'T CHANGED, WE ALREADY VOTED ON THE FUNDS, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THIS, IT'S JUST AN UPDATE ON THE, THE PROGRESS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. HOWEVER, THE NEXT ONE, RESOLUTION, UH, 2024 RESOLUTION BRIDGE AND CULVERT AID REPLACEMENT. I'M GONNA NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR ALAK. SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR HARTWIG. AND SCOTT, DID YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE ON THIS? I KNOW THIS IS STANDARD STUFF THAT WE DO. [g. 2024 Resolution – Bridge and Culvert Aid Replacement – Town of Wayne] UH, YES. UH, THE, THE TOWN OF WAYNE, UH, UH, DID A GREAT JOB APPLYING FOR SOME BRIDGE AID ON, ON TWO BRIDGES UP IN THE TOWN ON WEST BEND ROAD AND ON BEECHNUT ROAD. UH, WITH THIS, AGAIN, UH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE WHERE THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO RECEIVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FUNDING FOR THE ACTUAL BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION THEMSELVES. HOWEVER, UH, THE STATE IS NOT PAYING FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE ENGINEERING COSTS OR POTENTIAL RIGHT AWAY THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED AS PART OF THAT BRIDGE PROJECT. SO, UH, THE TOWN HAS REQUESTED UP TO 15,000, UM, FOR EACH STRUCTURE, UH, FOR THOSE COSTS THAT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UH, IT IS POSSIBLE IT'S LESS THAN THAT, UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. UH, 'CAUSE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT RIGHT AWAY COSTS ARE GONNA BE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THEY'RE, THEY PUT A LITTLE, UH, CUSHION IN THERE. SO, UH, VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT THE STATE PROGRAM THAT THEY DECIDED TO FUND, UH, NEAR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THIS, UH, COST, UH, FOR THE BRUSHWOOD BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE OF, UH, NORMALLY IT WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, 20% PAID BY THE TOWN, EXCUSE ME, 10% PAID BY THE TOWN, 10% PAID OF THIS, UH, FUND. UM, AND 10% OF 671,000 IS $67,000, BUT THEY'RE ONLY REQUESTING UP TO 15. SO THAT, THAT WENT A LONG WAY. AND I KNOW THERE'S OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE, ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA LAST. THAT'S PART OF THE BILL FUNDING, UH, THAT WENT THROUGH. SO, UH, IT'S VERY GOOD FOR THOSE TOWNS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? SCENE? NONE WILL TAKE A VOTE. ALL APPROVED, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT MEETING IS FEBRUARY 20TH, 2025 AT THREE O'CLOCK. WE'LL SEE YOU ALL THERE. THIS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.