* 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. [00:04:37] PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER. UM, EVERYBODY SHOWED UP. THANK YOU, , WITH THE HOLIDAYS AROUND, RIGHT? UH, IN THIS AFFIDAVIT IT WAS POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. WE'LL STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [Call to Order, Roll Call, Affidavit of Posting, A Moment of Silent Prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE [00:05:01] TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY, DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES? AND ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES REQUIRED? EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH 'EM? MM-HMM . OKAY, WE'LL LEAVE THEM AS POSTED. EXCUSE ME. UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION OR POSSIBLE ACTION TRANSIT RIDERSHIP DATA. GOD, WE LOVE CHARTS [a. Minutes of November 20, 2025] AROUND HERE, DON'T WE? [a. Transit Ridership Data] OVER THERE. OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU'RE GOOD. ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? NOT REALLY QUESTION, JUST A STATEMENT. IT JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS YEAR, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE TO THE ADULT SECTION AND FARES, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST SLIGHTLY BEHIND LAST YEAR, RIGHT? EVERY MONTH WE'RE JUST SLIGHTLY BEHIND BY LIKE A HUNDRED TRIPS OR SOMETHING. YEAH, THERE. LET'S SEE. SO THE AVERAGE IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. UH, THE MONTHLY AVERAGE. I GUESS WE'LL SEE WHERE DECEMBER IS IN THE, IN THE NEXT REPORT WHERE THAT LANDS. YEAH, I GUESS YOU, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT BECAUSE, UH, I MEAN I WAS LOOKING AT MONTH BY MONTH, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE MONTHS WHERE IT JUST STEPPED UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE SUMMER, BUT SO IT ADD IS ACTUALLY AHEAD THEN. OKAY. YEAH. 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRIPS BILL PER HOUR, THAT'S STATIC VERSUS LAST YEAR, BUT THERE'S FEWER HOURS, SO ACTUALLY SURE. YEAH. THAT DOES SHOW THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE THAT ACTUALLY WE'VE JUST BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. RIGHT? BECAUSE FEWER HOURS, BUT THE SAME NUMBER BUT THE SAME NUMBER. YEAH. GOOD POINT. BILL PER HOUR. SO, GOOD POINT. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO MAKE? UH, YEAH. NONE. NONE HERE. NONE HERE. ALRIGHT. TRANSIT QUARTERLY REPORT ITEM B. OKAY. UH, SO THIS IS PART OF THE INITIATIVES. UH, WE'VE, LET'S SEE. SO DETERMINING THE BEST POSSIBLE OPERATION STRUCTURE FOR THE SHARED RIDE TAXI, UH, AMENDING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND ALTERING THE TRANSIT SERVICE. UM, LIKE I SAID, IN A [b. Transit Quarterly Report] PREVIOUS, UH, MEETING THAT WE'VE ANALYZED WEEKEND DATA RIDERSHIP, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A-R-F-P-A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR A NEW, UH, PROVIDER NEXT YEAR. UH, THAT'LL BE A TWO YEAR BASE CONTRACT, SO IT'LL BE A STATIC PRICE FOR THE TWO YEARS, UH, FOR THE CONTRACTS RATE PER HOUR. UH, LET'S SEE HERE. WE ALSO REDUCE THE CONTRACT HOURS FOR NEXT YEAR BASED ON, UH, CURRENT RIDERSHIP DATA. UH, SO AS FAR AS PUBLIC OUTREACH, IT, THERE'S NOTICES ON THE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN NOTICES ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE REDUCTION IN CONTRACT HOURS, UH, AS WELL AS THE NEW PROVIDER TRANSITION, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR. UH, THAT'S ALSO BEEN IN ALL THE TAXIS AND HAS BEEN, I BELIEVE IT'S ON OUR FACEBOOK, UH, THE, UH, THERE WAS A, A HIRING EVENT THAT WAS DONE. THOSE, UH, AND SO THE NOTICE IS ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS IN ALL THE TAXIS. AND I NOTICED THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS LAST TIME ASKED, IS THE TRANSITION GOING OKAY? IS THAT STILL THE CASE OR, OR, YEAH, I HAVE, UH, TRANSITION OVER. OKAY. YEAH. THE ARRANGING THE DATES FOR THE VEHICLE TRANSITION, UH, ARRANGING THE PHONE NUMBER TO SWITCH TO THE NEW PROVIDER JANUARY 1ST. UH, THEY ARE, LIKE I SAID, THEY HELD A HIRING EVENT. MM-HMM . UH, THEY'RE LOOKING TO, UH, WORKING WITH THE CURRENT DRIVERS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM AND FAMILIAR WITH THE CURRENT CLIENTELE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VISOR, LEY THIS FOR CHARLIE, UM, YOU KNOW, OR FOR SCOTT. UM, UH, SO THESE ARE E UM, THE EOS INITIATIVES HERE. SO THESE ARE FOR 24, 25. I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE IT, WHICH IS THAT BASICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PROJECTS ON HERE ARE COMPLETED OR ON TIME, AND THEN THEY END IN, YOU KNOW, 25. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WILL WE, WILL WE BE SEEING A 26 27 EOS INITIATIVE? AND I THINK, UH, MR. SCHMIDT'S GONNA, YES. HE'S GONNA CHIME IN, UH, IN SOME FORMAT. YES. UH, YOU, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU RECALL THAT WE HAD A, UH, YOU HAD A RETREAT, UH, WITH NEW STRATEGIC PRIORITIES [00:10:01] THAT WERE DONE. SO A LOT OF THOSE WILL BE COMING FORWARD. IT MIGHT NOT BE QUARTERLY REPORTS, IT MIGHT BE, DEPENDING ON THE STATUS, MIGHT BE MONTHLY OR MAYBE IT GOES FOUR MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YOU'LL SEE IT, IT MIGHT BE THE SAME EXACT FORMAT THAT YOU SEE TODAY, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING KIND OF COMPLETELY DIFFERENT A LITTLE BIT. OH. BUT IF YOU, I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S KINDA NODDING THEIR HEADS. YOU HAD THAT RETREAT, YOU HAD NEW STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. OH, NO, I REMEMBER. I DON'T REMEMBER, REMEMBER EXACTLY WITH REGARD TO OUR, YOU KNOW, THE PARTICULAR, WITH THE WORLD WITH THE PRIORITIES THAT THE BOARD AND THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, UH, WENT THROUGH. SO, SO WE'LL BE SEEING PROBABLY DIFFERENT ONES COMING AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. A LOT OF THESE TECHNICALLY ENDED NEAR DECEMBER OF 2025, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THOSE TO YOU NOW THAT THEY'RE COMPLETE OR IN THAT PHASE, AND THEN START NEW ONES COMING, UM, SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THAT'S NOT, SAY WORK HAS BEEN STARTED ON THOSE OTHER ONES THAT I ASSURE YOU IT HAS BEEN. UH, BUT, UH, WE DIDN'T WANNA OVERLAP TOO MANY OF THEM AND GET YOU CONFUSED. OKAY. YEAH. THANKS SCOTT. THANK YOU, CHARLIE. OKAY. IS THAT ALL WE HAVE FOR THAT TOPIC? YEAH. YEP. THAT'S GREAT. YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG, UH, IT QUARTERLY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. HOW IS JOE TODAY? WE'RE DOING GREAT. AWESOME. ALL I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, HAPPY ONE YEAR TO ERIC MESSA. YEAH. YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BRING HIM ON. HE'S HELPED ME ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF THIS. OKAY. YOU SEE A LOT OF YELLOW IN OUR PACKET. A LOT OF COMPLETED. THAT'S AWESOME. A LOT COMPLETED. AND [c. IT Quarterly Report] THEN, UM, SOME, LIKE I SAY, SOME STUFF IN HERE, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MOVE TO OFFICE 365. THAT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING YEAR AFTER YEAR PROJECT. UM, IT'S JUST A MASSIVE PROJECT. UM, ONE BIG WIN FOR US THIS YEAR WAS WE WERE ABLE TO MIGRATE EVERYONE. WE HAVE A H DRIVE, WHICH IS BASICALLY YOUR HOME DRIVE FOR YOUR PERSONAL FILES. WE DID MIGRATE THAT TO OFFICE 365, SO THAT'S A BIG WIN. NOW, THE NEXT PORTION IS THE, THE GROUP SHARED FOLDERS, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA GO DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT AND KIND OF WORK WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A GROUP TO MIGRATE THAT STUFF. THAT'S GONNA BE A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEGRATIONS WITH THAT STUFF. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GOING WELL. UM, SHARED SERVICES GO ARE GOING WELL. UM, WE WE'RE WORKING ON OUR FINAL TWO. WE HAVE THE TOWN OF TRENTON IN THE TOWN OF HARTFORD. UM, WE'VE ORDERED EQUIPMENT FOR MOST OF THESE, ACTUALLY BOTH OF THEM. UM, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR EQUIPMENT TO ARRIVE AT THOSE TOWNS. WE'LL GET IN THERE, WE'LL GET IT CONFIGURED, AND WE'LL START TRANSFERRING OVER TO SERVICES FROM THEIR OLD SERVICE PROVIDER OVER TO US, AND WE'LL TAKE OVER THAT OWNERSHIP. UM, SO THAT'S GOING REALLY WELL. THAT'LL CONTINUE ON INTO NEXT YEAR. UM, I THINK I'VE SEEN FEBRUARY AS SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT DROP OFF DATES FOR SOME OF THOSE, SO IT'S GONNA BE A WHILE. BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR EQUIPMENT AND FOR LICENSING. UM, AND THEN THE SECURITY VULNERABILITY, SECURITY VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. WE'RE ABOUT 95% THERE. WE HAVE THE SOFTWARE IN PLACE AND ERIC AND I ARE JUST KIND OF DOING FINAL TOUCHES ON HOW WE WANNA MANAGE THAT. SO THAT'S GONNA BE COMPLETE WITHIN THE NEXT PROBABLY WEEK OR TWO. UM, BUT THAT'S GOING REALLY WELL. JUST TO SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS FOR THE NEXT BIENNIAL, UM, IN YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. UH, WE TALK ABOUT SECURITY FOR THE IT SHARED SERVICES. SO WE ARE WORKING ON A PLAN FOR THAT. THAT'S GONNA BE BROUGHT UP PROBABLY NEXT YEAR SOMETIME, UM, AS WELL AS AN IT CON, UH, CONSORTIUM. SO WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN FOR THAT. AND THEN ERIC'S ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, THE BPA OFFICE FOR, UH, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, UM, KIND OF WHAT A POLICY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. UH, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE KEEPING UP PRETTY WELL WITH ALL THE TOWNSHIPS AND STUFF, WITH ALL THE INITIATIVES THAT WORKING WITH THEM, RIGHT? OH, YEAH. YOU SEE ONLY TWO MORE OF THAT ARE ON HERE TO BE DONE YET, RIGHT? CORRECT. TRENTON AND HARTFORD, YEAH. SO, YEAH. OKAY. WE DID PAUSE AND NOT ACCEPTING ANYMORE, BUT YEAH. OH, YEAH. AND, AND JUST TO KNOW, WE DID PAUSE ON ACCEPTING MORE TOWNSHIPS BECAUSE OF STAFFING RIGHT NOW. OH YEAH. SO WE ARE AT THE PEAK, UM, AND RIGHT NOW, FOR THE MOST PART, ALL THE, THE VILLAGES AND TOWNS THAT WE DO SUPPORT RIGHT NOW, IT, IT'S KIND OF IN MAINTENANCE MODE. SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE OUT UP, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY UPDATING SERVERS AND SURE. CHECKING HARDWARE AND DOING THE HELP DESK SUPPORT FOR THEM. UM, A COUPLE OF 'EM HAVE PROJECTS COMING UP, LIKE NEW SERVERS, I THINK, UH, VILLAGE OF Q WASUM IS DO FOR A NEW SERVER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, BUT WE'LL WORK THROUGH 'EM WITH THOSE PROJECTS. BUT YEAH, THOSE ARE KIND OF IN MAINTENANCE MODE AND NOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I JUST HAVE ONE THING. HOW YOU DOING, JOEL? GOOD. WITH THE, UH, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING OR I GUESS GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU'RE THINKING TO DO WITH AI IMPLEMENTATION. I WAS GONNA ASK THAT AND THEN YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT. UM MM-HMM . 'CAUSE I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S MOVING VERY FAST. SO WHAT DO YOU FORESEE IN THE NEXT YEAR WITH TRYING TO IMPLEMENT AI AFTER YOU GET THE REST OF THESE SET UP HERE? YOU HAVE TRENTON AND HARTFORD KNOCKOUT. SURE. YEAH. I MEAN, AI IS, IT'S A HUGE TOPIC RIGHT NOW. UM, [00:15:01] I THINK THE FIRST STEP FOR US IS POLICY AND PROCEDURE, YOU KNOW, UM, AND TRAINING. SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS GOOD, WHAT IS A GOOD USE OF AI, WHAT'S A BAD USE OF AI? UH, WHAT'S A VIOLATION OF LIKE HIPAA? UM, KIND OF GETTING ALL THAT STUFF TOGETHER. UM, AND THEN DO TRAINING. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE BIG THING THAT'S ON ERIC'S LIST IS TRAINING USERS HOW TO USE. AND, AND ERIC WILL BE WORKING WITH ELIJAH FROM THE BPA OFFICE, BUT YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW TO USE AI, WHAT'S GOOD USES OF AI. UM, WE ARE TESTING AN IT, UH, COPILOT, WHICH IS OUR MICROSOFT'S AI MM-HMM . UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST IN THE VERY FIRST STAGES IS, HEY, WE GOTTA GET A FRAMEWORK AROUND THIS FIRST, AND THEN WE WILL DEVELOP IT FROM THERE. OKAY. I, I, YOU KNOW, I, IN REGARDS TO THAT, AND I WOULD JUST, YOU SAID POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, WILL ANY OF THOSE POLICIES COME BEFORE US? AND I'M JUST, THERE'S SO MUCH OUT THERE. MM-HMM . I'M JUST, IT'S JUST MY CURIOSITY. I GUESS I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING, WILL THAT STUFF EVENTUALLY COME BEFORE US? WILL THERE BE THINGS IMPLEMENTED, UM, AROUND AI? 'CAUSE THERE IS, I'M JUST, YEP. SORRY, . YEP. SHE'S GOTTA MOVE AROUND TODAY. JUST LEAVE IT ON SCOTT , I WOULD SAY, BECAUSE IT'S SO NEW THAT CERTAINLY SOME POLICIES MIGHT COME TO YOU, THERE MIGHT BE SOME POLICIES THAT ARE LIKE INTERNAL OF LIKE OUR HUMAN SERVICES, A DRC GOING, DON'T UPLOAD THAT HIPAA DATA TO, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT WHERE I DON'T THINK IT REALLY NEEDS TO GO TO YOU. RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S GONNA BE INVOLVED IN ALL THOSE POLICIES AS WELL, AND IT'LL BE UP TO HIM TO DECIDE WHAT COMES ALL THE WAY TO THE BOARD. WHAT'S MORE OF AN INTERNAL POLICY, WHAT NEEDS TO COME TO THE BOARD, UH, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF WIGGLE ROOM, STUFF LIKE THAT. LIKE STUFF LIKE THE HIPAA STUFF THAT'S, I, I, WE CAN CONSIDER THAT KIND OF COMMON SENSE, RIGHT? BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE SOMEONE DOES THAT, THAT, UH, IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S DONE APPROPRIATELY IF IT HAS TO BE DONE AT ALL. SO IT'S A, IT'S CHANGING FAST AS WAS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. SO, UH, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THOSE POLICIES COMING TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. AND HE WOULD THEN MAKE THE DECISION WHAT NEEDS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE EITHER COMMITTEE OR ALL THE WAY TO THE BOARD. YEP. 'CAUSE WHICH ONES MAYBE ATTORNEY IS VERY GOOD AT, RIGHT? MM-HMM. CONSULTING WITH ME AND YEAH. TRYING TO WHAT NEEDS MM-HMM. YEAH. IT'LL BE DEFINITELY A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE, THE CHAIR AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND WE WILL THEN PROVIDE THAT INPUT AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M SURE THAT'LL BE EVOLVING FOR YEARS TO COME TOO. RIGHT? AND THAT, THAT'LL BE DEFINITELY NOT A ONE AND DONE ANYMORE, RIGHT? CORRECT. THAT'LL DEFINITELY BE EVOLVING. YEAH. YOU BET. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEE NONE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. WE MOVE ON. UH, ITEM D, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN UPDATES. THAT'S A TONGUE TWISTER. YEAH. . AND THIS IS, UH, AFTER THE FACT, RIGHT? ? UH, YES. IT'S, UH, YOU CAN ALSO CALL IT, UH, THE PT TASK. YEAH. SO THAT'S FUN. THE, OH, THERE WE GO. THAT WOULD'VE SAVED ME A LOT OF TONGUE TWISTING . [d. Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan Updates – Approval Requested] LET'S SEE. SO, UH, LET'S SEE. ON JULY 19TH, 2018, FTA PUBLISHED THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION AGENT AGENCY SAFETY PLAN, OR PT, A S FINAL RULE, WHICH REQUIRES CERTAIN OPERATORS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS UNDER FTAS URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS TO DEVELOP SAFETY PLANS THAT INCLUDE THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. UH, ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2020, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE APPROVED THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TRANSIT PT A S UH, EACH SUBSEQUENT UPDATE THEN REQUIRES APPROVAL FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. UH, SO LAST YEAR, FDA ISSUED GENERAL DIRECTIVE 24 DASH ONE, STATING THAT TRANSIT AGENCIES SUBJECT TO FDA'S PT A S MUST CONDUCT A SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY RISK MITIGATIONS OR, UH, STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO FDA ON HOW THEY, THEY'RE ASSESSING, MITIGATING AND MONITORING THE SAFETY RISK ASSOCIATED WITH ASSAULTS ON TRANSIT WORKERS. UH, SO THAT SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT WAS INCLUDED IN THE LAST UPDATE, UH, IN THE APPENDICES OF THE PT A S, UH, AFFECTED APPENDICES WHERE THE HAZARD ASSESSMENT LOG AND THE PRIORITI PRIORITIZED SAFETY RISK LOG. UH, SO FDA PROVIDED A LIST OF A LIST OF ASSAULT RISK MITIGATION TOOLS AND REQUESTS A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF PLANNED IN PROGRESS OR COMPLETED CASE OF SAID TOOLS. SO OF THE TOOLS LISTED, WASHINGTON COUNTY TRANSIT IS ALREADY UTILIZING SIX OUT OF THE 10, UH, DEESCALATION TRAINING, OPERATING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AUDIO, VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, COVERT OVERT EMERGENCY ALARMS, AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION, AND, UH, COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS. SO A SEVENTH TOOL WAS SEVENTH TOOL WAS PROPOSED IN THE LAST YEAR IN THE PT [00:20:01] A S UPDATE, UH, FOR CREATING SIGNAGE, INFORMING WRITERS OF VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND ASSAULT PENALTIES. UH, SO THIS PT A S IS JUST UPDATING THE DATES, UH, UPDATING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION. THEY HAVE A NEW, UH, UH, SAFETY DIRECTOR AT STS AND CONFIRMING CURRENT SA SECURITY MEASURES TAKEN BY OUR SERVICE PROVIDER. UH, SO THIS ASSESSMENT IS OF THIS YEAR, SO IT'S WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER. NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE A NEW ASSESSMENT, A LOT OF UPDATED INFORMATION WITH THE NEW PROVIDER. UH, GO RIGHT WAY. OKAY. BEFORE WE ASK ANY QUESTIONS, DO I NEED TO TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS? AND I'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM THE COMMITTEE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION SUPERVISOR. M**K SENT SECOND BY SUPERVISOR STEWART. NOW WE CAN KEEP TALKING. , UH, THIS IS AN ANNUAL THING, UH, THAT'S COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AS WELL. YES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AS CHARLIE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE CHANGING SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO WE'RE LITERALLY UPDATING IN DECEMBER FOR LA FOR THIS, THIS PAST YEAR. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE MIXING MODIFICATIONS OF THIS TIME AGAIN NEXT YEAR, UH, TO GET THAT UP IN YOUR PACKET, YOU SAW WE DID RED LINE IT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL CHANGES WERE. AND YOU CAN TELL IT'S, IT'S NOT, UH, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BY ANY STRETCH OF IMAGINATION BESIDES, UH, THE CAMERAS THAT, UH, WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE ALL APPROVED VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, 2025 RESOLUTION 2060 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. MOTION A SECOND AGAIN, RIGHT? . I'LL DO THIS FIRST, THIS TIME. I'LL NEED A MOTION A SECOND FOR THIS SUPERVISOR. HARTWIG. SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SALICK. GOOD. AND, UH, JOSH GUT HAS THE FLOOR. GOOD AFTERNOON. [e. 2025 Resolution – 2060 Transportation Network Sustainability Plan] UM, SO AS YOU RECALL AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING, UH, WE PRESENTED THE 2060 PLAN. UM, I KNOW WE GOT THAT PLANNED TO YOU AS A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW ON PRETTY SHORT NOTICE, SO, YEP. UM, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN EXTRA MONTH TO FULLY DIGEST IT. UH, WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION AS WE, AS WE WALKED THROUGH THAT PLAN LAST MONTH. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN? I, I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. WE MADE A FEW EDITS IN THE LAST MONTH SINCE, SINCE THIS COMMITTEE SAW IT. OKAY. AND I DO WANNA BE CLEAR AND UPFRONT ON JUST A FEW LITTLE TWEAKS THAT WE'VE MADE. UM, BEFORE IT'S FINAL. FINAL, IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUST GIVE US A CLIFF NOTES ON THAT QUICK? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEP. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PLAN MM-HMM . IF YOU CARE TO SCROLL THROUGH, UH, FIRST ONE ON PAGE NINE, A COUPLE OF THE WORDING THINGS, AND THEY, AND IT IS SPECIFIED IN THE REPORT AS WELL, BUT JUST FOR YOU, YEAH. IF YOU GO TO THE, THE SECOND PAGE OF THE REPORT, THE TOP OF THE SECOND PAGE IS THE PARAGRAPH OF THE CORRECTIONS THAT WERE WERE MADE. AND I WANNA POINT OUT, MOST OF 'EM WERE JUST CORRECTIONS, NOT REALLY CHANGING OR ALTERNATE PLAN. JUST, UH, WE FOUND SOME, UH, ERRORS IN THE PROGRAM, JUST MINOR, MINOR EDITS OR LANGUAGE CLARIFICATION. SO FIRST ONE, I'LL JUST GO IN ORDER AS THEY ARE IN THE PLAN. ON PAGE NINE, SECOND PARAGRAPH, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S LINE SIX, UH, WE JUST ADDED THE PHRASE, UM, INCREASE THE HIGHWAY PORTION OF SALES TAX. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, TWO LINES BELOW THAT. WE CHANGED THE YEAR FROM 2043 TO 2044. THAT WAS JUST A, A MINOR CORRECTION THERE. UM, ONTO PAGE 10 AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THE BOTTOM TWO BULLETS THERE, UH, THAT DID PREVIOUSLY SAY 4.5 MILLION. UM, WE DID VARIOUS SCENARIOS ON OUR, OUR FUNDING, UH, ANALYSIS THERE, AND THAT WAS JUST CARRIED IN INCORRECTLY. THAT SHOULD BE, THAT'S FOUR 4.0 INSTEAD OF 4.5. UM, SIMILAR ONE HERE DOWN THE ROAD. I'LL AS I'LL GET TO THAT ONE. JUMPING AHEAD TO PAGE 21, UH, MAP FIVE, WE, UH, IT WAS JUST AN ERROR. WE HAD A, THE WRONG MAP SHOWN FOR THAT ONE. UM, WE HAD AN ARTERIAL MAP, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE SAME ONE AS MAP FOUR WAS IN THERE IN THE LAST DRAFT. NOW WE CORRECTED THAT PLUGGING IN THE CORRECT MAP SHOWING COLLECTORS. UM, NEXT ONE IS ON PAGE 28, TABLE TWO. UM, I JUST PLUGGED IN THE WRONG TABLE THERE. I ACTUALLY DID THE SAME TABLE AS IT WAS ON PAGE 26. SO THE TABLE THAT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS DRAFT SHOWED YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2030. THE HEADING IS CORRECT FOR 2031 TO 35, BUT NOW THE CORRECT TABLE'S PLUGGED INTO THAT FOR THAT FIVE YEAR WINDOW. UM, PAGE 30 AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S TABLE THREE. THERE AGAIN, WE HAD THAT 4.5 MILLION AS A SHORTFALL. UH, WE CORRECTED THAT IN THE RED THERE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, UH, TO 4 MILLION, 4.0 MILLION. UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, PAGE 40, THE VERY LAST TABLE OR [00:25:01] SECOND LAST TABLE ON THE PLAN. UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE END, UM, THE END SUM AT THE, AT THE YEAR 2060, I KNOW AS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLAN AT THE MEETING, UH, WE WERE, UH, IN A SURPLUS AND THAT WAS JUST SHOWN INCORRECTLY WITH THE USE OF PARENTHESES ON THE TABLE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY. AND THEN, UH, THAT IS INDEED A SURPLUS. IT WAS SHOWN INCORRECTLY AS A SHORTFALL THE WAY THAT PARENTHESES WERE USED IN THE LAST DRAFT. BUT EVERYTHING STILL IS THE NUMBER'S STILL THE SAME, DEPENDING ON INFLATION TOO, IT COULD BE A SHORTFALL. RIGHT, RIGHT. MM-HMM . RIGHT. THAT'S QUITE A FEW YEARS OUT YET. YES. AND THIS IS A, YES. A LOT OF, LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE. A LOT OF, YES. THERE ARE A LOT OF, LOT OF VARIABLES TO COME, I'M SURE. SO THOSE ARE THE, THE, THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE. UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CHANGES OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE PLAN? NO, I'M GOOD. YEAH, GO AHEAD. YES. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANNA POINT OUT IN THE RE IN THE RESOLUTION, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTICE, AND OF COURSE WHEN THIS GOES TO THE COUNTY BOARD, MOST LIKELY IN FEBRUARY, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT TOO. UM, THE LAST, WHEREAS CLAUSE, IT DOES SAY THAT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION SET FORTH IN THE PLAN, UH, IS SUBJECT TO THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET APPROPRIATION AND FURTHER ACTION OR DISCUSSION BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT PULLING A GOVERNOR EVERS AND MAKING SOMETHING THAT'S LITERALLY SET IN STONE PLAN FOR 400 YEARS. RIGHT. UH, THAT, UH, THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT YES, IT'S A PLAN TO KNOW, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS ROADWAY IS, IS A BIG, YOU KNOW, LIABILITY AS WELL, RIGHT? FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY ON THE COUNTY TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE GOING FORWARD. MM-HMM . UM, AND I WANT TO, I WANNA THANK THE COUNTY BOARD CHAIR AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, UH, TO ALLOW US TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE FULL COUNTY BOARD. AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE IT'S BEEN TO THE COUNTY BOARD IN A RESOLUTION FORM, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE APPROVING THE PLAN. UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY SUBJECT TO CHANGE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PLAN, THERE WAS CHANGES. THERE WILL BE CHANGES COMING IN THIS ONE AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, GUARANTEED. UH, BUT THAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT BUDGETING AND SAYING, YEP, WE'RE GONNA FUND THIS FULLY FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 35 YEARS THAT, UH, THAT THAT IS WRITTEN RIGHT. IN YOUR, YOUR RESOLUTION. SO THAT, THAT'S GOOD. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT MUCH, MUCH POWER ANYWAY. RIGHT. YOU TAKE AS MUCH MORE AS YOU CAN GET SOMETIMES , I WOULDN'T EVEN, I WOULDN'T EVEN WANNA PUSH IT. SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS. YEAH, YOU BET. NO, WE APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT GIVES US A FORESIGHT IN WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN SERVING US WELL FOR THE LAST, I KNOW, WHEN DID THIS START? 20, BECAUSE I KNOW 20 17, 20 18 IS WHEN THE FIRST, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, WE WERE ALREADY PARTIALLY INTO IT, ALREADY THE FIRST ONE. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING. AND I, I WISH THE TOWNSHIPS AND STUFF WOULD ADOPT ALL THESE AS WELL. I THINK IT WOULD HELP ON THAT TOO. WE'RE DONE. RIGHT. AND THERE YOU GO. ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE. I, I NEED TO TAKE A VOTE, RIGHT? SINCE WE A VOTE. UH, IT'S A, A VOTE. YES, IT IS A VOTE, YEAH. OKAY, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. I'LL APPROVE, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES. I JUST WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS JUST A THUMBS UP OR AN ACTUAL VOTE. SO THE RESOLUTION, YOU WANT TO VOTE? YEP, YOU BET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 15TH, 2026 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY. * 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.