Town Council - Regular Meeting

I saw they moved more dirt out there today. It look like got all the dirt ready now.

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No hiccups. Here we go.

Good evening. Uh, tonight is, let me get in the position here to see it. Tonight is Monday, March 23rd. We're at 39 the circle for a regular town council meeting. If we all rise for a pledge of allegiance and invocation, please. I alian to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Eternal God, we thank you God for your love, your conscious of mercy. We ask you God to continue look down upon this town God. Give us strength, encourage us of wisdom and knowledge. God we ask you God look upon the country Father God. Touch them God. Touch uh people in uniform, Father God. Give them mercy, Father God. Lord, give them safety. Whatever they do, Father God, we can't do nothing, God. We depending on you for everything we do. Your precious name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Are you online? Okay.

Well, good evening everybody. Uh we got some absentees here today. Christina is going to be uh joining us by uh a Zoom. Uh Eric is supposed to be. I don't know if he's there or not. And Stephanie is excused because she's on a vacation, family vacation to another country somewhere. So I hope she enjoys where she's at. So council members, hopefully you've had a chance to look at the agenda uh where there's no deletions or additions. I entertain a motion to accept. So moved. Thank you, Penuel. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Tony. All in favor signal by saying I.

I oppose. So carried. Approval of March 9th town council minutes. Council members, hope you had a chance to review that. I forgot to ask Christina uh reviewed the minutes. Uh if there's no additions or uh subtraction from any of the words. I'd entertain a motion to accept. Second. Thank you, Christine. Second, Tony. Second. Thank you, Tony. All in favor signify saying I. I. Opposed. So carried. Moving on to council members comments. We start with ward four tonight. Good evening. It's great seeing everyone here tonight. That's all I got. Thank you. Thank you, Pendle. We'll move to Ward one. Christina,

good evening everyone. Nice to see you all. Thank you, Christina. Go to W two. Tony, good evening everybody. Just glad to see everybody here tonight. just uh I just want to thank um the people of the town, the police officers, the fire company, the ambulance workers for doing the work they're doing. Just on my heart this week to just to let them know everything they do, we appreciate them. Thank you. Thank you, Tony. Is Eric on?

I don't see him on. Okay, so it moves on to me. And uh just bear with me. I got a few things I'd like to say tonight. Uh uh just so just bear with me if you would. Uh speaking of what uh what's going on is I've had 43 years of public service. I've had 14 years as elected official here in town. I've had 12 years as mayor, six years as president of Sussex County Association of Towns, two years as vice president of the league. My wife has fought cancer on two occasions. During this time frame, I lost my mom and dad. During this same time frame, I've developed diabetes to where it's affecting where I have to have a needle in my eye. So, at this time, I'm telling the good people of Georgetown, I am retiring at the end of my term. I would no longer be uh uh running for anything in this town. And uh I'll still be here and still be able to help. Uh I got a couple developers I want to help. One with Christristiana Hospital and I still want to be involved uh with the police department if Rusty let me. So uh I still got some things I want to see through and uh uh it looks like uh the Vavalene oil change place is coming and then Popeye's is coming. So we got some some great things coming here. in uh moving forward. But I I just want to thank all the people at Georgetown, whether you were for me or against me, uh for for for being here, telling me what's on your mind, and thank you for the support one way or the other. You know, I've had a great a great 12 years sitting up here. Made a lot of uh decisions on bringing things to to to Georgetown. How many can remember when there was a woods across from DelTech?

Not a woods anymore, is it? So, I want to thank on behalf of my wife and I, we want to thank you for everything you've done for us. God bless.

Moving on. Adoption of annual tax assessment. Gene.

Okay, members of council, adoption of the annual tax assessment. So, I'm going to break this down. It should be up on the screen momentarily. So um total land value is 265,428,280 which represents 21% of the total assessment. Improvements are 1 billion4,360,350 which represents 79% of the total assessment of the town which is 1 bill269,788 630. Exempt properties are valued at 295,56,347 which represents 23%. In the past that number was closer to 20 um 25%. So the total taxable assessment is 974,282,283 or 77% of the total assessment value. Pleasure of the mayor and councel.

Questions, comments? Nothing or we need Jean. We need a a motion to accept. Motion to accept. So moved. Thank you Daniel. Second. Second. Thank you Tony. All in favor signify saying I. I. Oppose. Let's go. Roll call. Ward one. W two. I. W four. I. And I'm an I. F0. Thank you very much. Moving on. Initial presentation of budget. Gan.

Okay. Members of council. The initial presentation of the fiscal year 2027 budget. It's broken down between the general fund, water fund, sewer fund. I'm just going to report on the totals. Total anticipated revenue is 11,512,817. Total expenditures budgeted at 12,25 12 million $25,382. debt payments totaling $839,156 and capital expenditures budgeted at $60,000. That leaves us with a deficit of 1,591,721. Looking to balance it through interf 1,591,721 and we will be sending out a um doodle poll to schedule a budget workshop in early April. No action required. questions or comments, council.

Very good, Jean. Thank you very much. Moving on to uh fundraising carnival for American Legion. Okay, members, council, item number eight on the agenda this evening is we were contacted by Ambulance 93 requesting permission to have a second a second carnival. This would take place um June 9th through June 13th as it's required in the town code that the council approved. I need a motion and a second on that. June 9th to June 13th. 13th. Yes, sir. At the same location as last year. Yes.

Okay. Council, any questions, comments? I think it was great last year. I think it' be bigger this year and better. So, uh, I'll make the motion to, uh, go ahead and approve, uh, for them for Heather have their fundraising carnival. Second. Thank you. Thank you. Penny with a second. All in favor signify saying I. I. Opposed. W. Roll call. Ward one. I. Wo. I. Ward four. I. And I'm an I. Thank you very much. Moving on. Out of town utility water and sewer requesting.

Okay. Members of council. Item number nine on the agenda this evening is a out of town utility request for both water and sewer. Uh this is a request for utilities at Cedar Crest Farms. Becker Morgan Group respectfully submits this request for consideration of the extension of municipal water and sanitary sewer utilities to s to serve the proposed Cedar Crest farms. The proposed project encompasses approximately 474.70 acres. Encompasses the following Sussex County tax parcels. 235- 11.00-23.00 135-22.00-7.00 231-15.00-28.00 and 135-22.00-7.05. As part of the due diligence process, the town engineer has completed a utility plan review study evaluating the availability and feasibility of providing water and sewer service for the 650 652 equivalent dwelling units. The study indicates that municipal utilities are available to serve the proposed development subject to standard system extensions and improvements as outlined. Based on these findings, we respectfully request to be scheduled for consideration at the next available mayor and town council hearing to consider the proposed utility extensions. We appreciate the town of Georgetown's continued coordination and look forward to working collaboratively should you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact our office. This is consistent with our um actions as a part of approving our budget that we only accept out of town sewer requests if they do both water and sewer

budget of the mayor. DBF has looked at this and everything is up to par and we do have the capability to holding uh the the waste uh for sewer and water. Yes. Yes. Any questions? Now that will be pumped out to Cedar Lane. Uh it'll come into the town and join an existing pump station. I will tell you that they have not designed anything to the point where we know where the exact flows are going to be. In some of our preliminary discussions, I believe the connection point we were looking at was either directly to Easter Seals or the county regional pump stations. One of those two. But you think we can handle Yeah. taking that on? Okay.

It's located out Route 9. It's outside the town limits on Route 9 on the right hand side. Yeah. And they want us to they want to join our water and sewer.

It's way beyond Exxon. It's um Do you know how far outside of town you guys are? One mile. Is it out there where they built that new feed store? The old starting gate. The old gates. Yeah. Across from the old uh place that had horses. Starting gates. Oh, okay. out east. I was thinking west. West. It is west. Okay. Warrington Road. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. So, with that uh motion in a second.

Go ahead, Bonnie. What? What is this going to cost? Nothing.

I'd need to entertain a motion to uh for the request of the water and sewer to Cedar Crest Farms uh outside of town, which will be outside water and sewer rates. So, thank you, Christine. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, penal. All in favor signify saying I. I. Opposed. Opposed. Roll call. Ward one. W two. I. W four. I. And I'm an I. Thank you very much. Eric, are you on or is that not Eric? Must not be. Okay. Moving on. First reading of ordinance 20262.

Okay. Members of council, this is the first reading of ordinance 2026-02. to an ordinance to amend the code of the town of Georgetown, chapter 230 thereof, entitled zoning to change the zoning map for 496 acres located at 212 West Market Street, identified as parcel 135-9.08-104.00 from medium residential district UR to professional business UB3. Whereas the town council of the town of Georgetown received an application to amend the zoning map of the town of Georgetown from UR2 to UB3 for the property located at 212 West Market Street identified as Sussex County Tax Map and Parcel 135-9.08-104.00. And whereas the planning commission of the town of Georgetown has reviewed the application and has recommended approval by the town council. And whereas the town council of the town of Georgetown held an advertised public hearing on March 9, 2026 to allow for public comment on the application. And whereas the town council finds the proposed use is compatible with the town of Georgetown comprehensive plan and the permitted uses described for the area are consistent with the intent of chapter 230 zoning articles 14 UB3 professional business district. And whereas the town council finds the proposed use is compatible with existing adjoining uses. And whereas it is the opinion of the town council of the town of Georgetown that the amendment will not have an adverse effect on adjacent properties and is in the spirit of the Georgetown zoning code and should be approved. Now therefore, the town council of the town of Georgetown hereby ordains section one, the Georgetown zoning map be amended by zoning the property located at 212 West Market Street identified at Sussex County Tax Map 135-9.08-104.00 with approximately 0.496

plus or minus acres to a classification of UB3 professional business district. Section two. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption by a majority of the vote of all members of the town council of the town of Georgetown. As this is the first reading, the second reading will be at the next council meeting. No action required at this time. Thank you, Jean. No action required tonight, but is there any comments and any ideas of anything from the council? Tony, anything? No. Okay. Moving forward then, departmental reports. Town manager Gene Devour.

Okay. Members, council, just a couple items update on some projects. Uh the police and public works facility site grading is currently in process. These are photographs um from last Friday the 20th. So you um see that some fill being brought in and the site's been graded. Um Parson not sure which button hit here. There it is.

Here we go. Uh Parson Lane trail head and parking area. The site clearing has taken place and the site has been staked out. So if you go down Parsons Lane, you'll see that on the right hand side approaching Ingramtown Road. Quick update on the America 250 activities. Our signature event is going to be an artisan and craft festival. This is scheduled for June 13th, 2026 with a rain date of June 20th. We will be having a reading of the Declaration of Independence that'll take place on July 4th on the circle at 8:00 a.m., 12 noon, and 4 p.m. And then the other activities we have planned are uh the crosswalk arc. This will be the um 12 crosswalks within the circle with the blue and uh yellow stars being added. Fire hydrant painting on the circle, a building mural at number nine um East Market Street, and we're working to find a location for the National Liberty Tree. Uh 2026 municipal election. The notice of solicitation of candidates for mayor. Ward three and Ward Four are currently available. The filing deadline is Friday, April the 17th, 2026. and the municipal election is scheduled for Saturday, May the 9th, 2026, with the polls being open from 8 o'clock amm. Some upcoming events, the America 250 committee will meet tomorrow, March the 24th, 3:30 here at Town Hall. Delaware League of Local Governments will be Thursday, March 26th, 5:30 p.m. in Chzwald. Supportive Housing Issues Committee will be meeting Monday, March the 30th, 4:00 PM here at Town Call. and the Sussex County Association of Towns will have its monthly dinner meeting April the 1st at Slaughter Beach. And next, I'll move into the uh legislative update. I'm just going to highlight the items that have changed since the last report. Um, House Substitute One for House Bill 252, which deals with um personal use consumption of um marijuana and it being a civil violation. This was previously voted out of the Health and Human Development Committee. That substitute bill was introduced on um March the 10th. House Bill 294 deals

with parking spaces for pregnant persons. This would be required at all state buildings and facilities. This was um voted out of the administration committee on March the 11th. House Bill 295 requires parking spaces for veterans at state buildings and facilities. This also was voted out of the administration committee on March the 11th. House Bill 306 deals with um if you have a chatbot uh artificial intelligence on your website, including municipal websites, that you need to make sure that you notify the user that it's a chatbot and not a human being. This was um introduced actually voted out of committee from technology and telecommunications on March the 10th. House Bill 310 deals with large energy use facilities and this excludes them from the ability to get tax credits. Um, this was in the revenue and finance committee on March the 5th. Senate Bill, oop, sorry, Senate Bill 241. Um, this is a project labor agreements required for any public works project greater than $5 million. This was um voted out of the labor committee in the Senate on March the 11th and it was put into the executive committee on March the 12th. And Senate Bill 247, deposit of funds, which would allow municipalities to use um credit unions, uh did get voted out of the banking, business, insurance, and technology committee in the Senate on March the 18th. Uh okay. Then Senate Bill 249, Substance Abuse Harm Reduction, was introduced on March the 5th into the Health and Social Services Commission, Health and Social Services Committee. Um this deals with needle exchanges and other things. And just one item that's been added to our watch list based on today's legislative advocacy committee is um general assembly action on affordable housing. And that's all I have, sir.

Thank you, Jean. Questions, comment, council.

Well, thank you. Moving on. Uh Chief of Police. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Uh members of the community give you an update on the Georgetown Police Department and statistics uh covering December 15, 2025 to March 15, 2026. Uh here's our current chart of our employees. Uh the orange that you see here are our recently graduated uh new officers. They graduated February 19th and they are in uh involved in their training portion of their uh process to become full-fledged police officers. Uh you'll notice down here also uh we have one in the academy. I actually hired two and uh one weekend one of the people couldn't u decided to resign uh instead of push forward through it. So that uh with the one that's still in the academy there, that would put us at our uh full number of 25. So that's uh we're getting pretty big. So we need that new facility, and we are super excited about the uh movement that's happening out there. Uh these are officers that we hired in 2025. And I brought their pictures on here because I keep hearing we have so many new people. I don't even know who our officers are anymore, so I wanted to bring pictures of them. Uh, starting at the top, Shawn Armstrong, Jamal Powell, Bradley Dryden, Alec Bar, Keshan Mansfield, Dominic Redshaw, and Horus, who goes by Payton Rose. Uh, these four at the bottom are the ones that graduated February 19th. Uh, the other ones graduated uh earlier, and Bradley Dryden is a uh former Milford police

officer. So he was already certified when we hired. Uh just going some stats. So incidents are basically anything that gets dispatched as a potential crime. Uh and then once we arrive on scene, we determine uh we may determine that no crime actually was committed, but it's counted as an incident. So in uh December 15 25 through March 15 26 had 181 calls uh incidents we had one robbery with no arrest. We had 118 assaults with 53 arrests. Now that 118 assaults keep in mind that that includes charges such as terroristic threatening where there's not actually uh no one's actually traded blows or did any physical harm to anybody. um uh 29 burglaries and we made 10 arrests out of those. Most of those burglaries were are the car burglaries that everyone's familiar with now. Uh and we apprehended 81 fugitives off the street. Uh most of those fugitives uh were for failure to appear in court. However, we did have some out of state fugitives that we picked up for other jurisdictions. some collision data. Uh had 141 uh crashes. 52 tickets were issued for those uh 141, which is about 37%. Uh there were some warnings in there as well. 18 of them were personal injury. 123 were either property damage or non-reportable, meaning the damage was so insignificant it didn't have to be reported to police. We had zero fatalities in both uh in this uh section and the previous year. Obviously, that's a good thing. And we are down on hitting runs from 30 last year at this time to 21 this year.

Now, this is a little bit different. These are calls for service and this is anything any type of activity that the police officer would do. Could be opening somebody's locked vehicle. Could be just a miscellaneous investigation. Could be looking for somebody's lost dog. Uh so 2028 this year and last year, same time, 2363. Uh there's not really uh uh any reason that I can uh choose uh why that may happen, but it could also be as a result of increased uh immigration activity and some of the public trust issues with calling police. Uh but there's no scientific data to show that that's the case and maybe we're just less busy, but I I don't think that's the case either.

And O2 to the uh St. Patrick's Day and is there any questions from anybody? Council, any questions? Wondering any of our officers going to be motorcycle cops?

So, uh that's my hope obviously. Um, and I'll have to make a decision on whether we're going to let that program go and sell those bikes or not. We did send an officer through when we first got to motorcycles. That officer didn't uh pass the course. Uh, and uh, the stories that were told to the other officers that were interested, it's it's not an easy course to pass. Um, it's a lot different than riding your normal street motorcycle. And, uh, so I think that kind of scared some people off. So, uh, we're going to the motorcycles are in running condition. I do have to get them, uh, registered again, but, uh, we're going to I'm going to have a couple Saturdays where I, uh, invite officers out, uh, to where I'll have some cone courses set up and just and just let them try it, uh, and see if I can get some, uh, get some people that are interested. And if and if I can, then obviously, then we'll look for courses to get them trained, and then we can start using them. If if not, then I'm just going to have to uh we'll we'll clean them up and put a for sale sign on them and put that money to something else we can use.

Okay. Um one other thing, foot patrol. Do you see that coming down the road since we are getting close to our number of officers out there?

Yes. So, a couple there's Yes. And uh obviously having more people uh that means officers aren't constantly running from complaint to complaint and it will build uh some free time in there where we can direct some patrols for foot patrols. I've also put in for some grant money that can pay the overtime so officers that aren't working uh can be paid to come in and do foot patrols and directed patrols. I've um talked with uh the deputy chief Diaz about a almost like a street crimes unit. So where I'll have four officers come in uh where we'll pay them overtime for like a 4-hour period and we will direct them to certain activities whether that's activities of trespass uh whether that's people hanging out on the railroad tracks uh drinking uh whether it's a drug investigation or traffic stops. Uh so we'll be using that uh tool to our advantage this coming year and through the summer.

All right. Thank you. Y Tammy out of those um I don't have that data. I will I will tell you that uh some of our some of our collisions are DUI related, but our officers proactively are making more DUIs just on regular traffic stops uh than than the DUIs. But I I can't give you a number right now. I'll certainly bring that than the next one or add that into my next presentation. And if you give me your name and a number at the end of this uh meeting, I can certainly share that with you as well.

Yes. Um, are there any areas in that data that concern you? I mean, do you see it doesn't look like there's anything that's overwhelmingly in need of attention, but

well, is there anything in the town that concerns you and the officers most? So, I will say that uh a lot of our car burglaries aren't aren't necessarily driven by homelessness, although those uh do count for some. Uh but there's a drug problem. Uh we just had two significant drug arrest uh in the town limits within the last couple weeks. Um one of those was a probation and parole check uh that turned into that. Um, and another one was uh our newest officers who who don't necessarily have the experience of doing a drug investigation uh teamed up with Delaware State Police Drug Unit and uh gave some intel and verified some intel and some of the intel that they gave matched up with what the state state police were working on and so they did a hit here in town recently uh and recovered some drugs and made some arrest on that as well. So with more people and this overtime to bring people in for directed patrols, we can certainly uh give them a lot more attention to those areas. So because that's a concern. It's not just the drugs or the people using the drugs. It's all the spiraling effects the whe if they're driving uh under the influence whether it's alcohol or drugs. um their activities out on the street trying to feed their habits uh if there's an addiction problem there. Uh so all that spins up and so if we can address each one uh even if it seems insignificant uh at that moment we can address each one it'll have a collective effect and I think it'll be positive for the town. investigation.

So when we had when we had more officers uh we had more detectives and so we were playing uh we were playing where we would put more detectives in to do some extra work. But when we did that, we were depleting patrol and uh you know patrol is the one are the ones that are responding to the most dangerous stuff. Uh so you know that was a give and take. Now we're starting to fill up all our numbers and so we'll have enough officers in in the detectives that can do that kind of stuff. Uh and then we'll also have officers that can supplement them in their investigations and teaming up with uh the state police drug unit and our partners. uh that that's always a benefit because there is a lot of overlap between Sussex County and Georgetown. Georgetown is Seafford, Seafford and Laurel. And so a lot of the intel are are like pieces of a puzzle and they fit together. And so that makes a stronger case all the way across. Excuse me.

One other thing. Go ahead. Go ahead. What are we doing to retain?

Well, I think the council took a a huge step uh in that this past year when they increased the starting pay. Uh so officers are are making a decent wage. Uh it's not as high as some of the uh beach towns, but we'll never catch them. It's not as high as state police. However, for the amount of work that we do and uh the things that officers doing, that was a big step. I will say also that uh the community supporting a new police department is a benefit. We have young officers uh who will only know this current building they're in for a very short period of time in their career. And uh and so traditionally Georgetown has always been this is this is your office. This is the entire police department. The bathroom in here was a police department at one point. Uh and then we moved down to our current building in '92. And uh so that was that was very big for the agency when it first moved down there. And in fact, it was actually split in half and there was a while where we had a police department on one side and a daycare on the other side. Um and then we outgrew that and took over the whole building. So, it's a logical progression and but I think having a new building that was specifically purposebuilt to be a police department is a is a huge thing for retention. Uh and then the pay is is also a good thing. Hiring more officers so that officers that are currently here are not being overworked uh and having to get called in on their days off. You know, when you're short, what you don't realize is if somebody calls out sick, now you're co calling somebody who just went off and they're on their off days and they might only have two and now they got to spend another 12 hours working. So, with a full aotment of officers, that doesn't happen as much. So, the people that are off, they may

decide to come back in and work a special patrol. Um, but they can enjoy their time off, which also helps with uh resiliency and and keeping people fresh. Yes, sir. I just want to thank you for sticking it out because what were we down to like 17 officers at one time? Yeah, we were. It was less than that.

And I'm sure the stress level for you was out of this world. And you didn't give up. And now we're almost to the spot where we wanted to be at at 25, which we could probably stand a couple more. Um, but the group that's out there now, I know with the fire department, they're workers. um not one shows up, two or three show up and that's that's nice to see because four or five years ago you call and you might get one and it might be a while. So, excellent job. Thank you.

Well, thank you for that. Um yeah, and I and I want to thank the council. Obviously, uh you've played a big part in it. Uh you know, to raise the the minimum uh pay for an officer. This is not an easy job and and sometimes we get beat up in the media pretty good. And so we still have people out there despite all that who still want to do this job, but they can have families to take care of and the with prices going up on everything, they need a fair wage. So uh I appreciate the council doing that. I appreciate all the support we've received on getting a new building approved uh and seeing movement out there is has really started something. We've posted on our wall in in the police department uh the schematics of the building so people can look at it and see where okay well if I'm in a detective where am I going to be in the new building that kind of thing. So so we really appreciate everything everyone's done. I just want to say that uh I could not do it by myself. It wasn't it wasn't just me um sticking it out. Uh, I've got Lieutenant Barllo who's been over in he's in his 23rd year. Uh, Deputy Chief Diaz is in his 23rd year. I'm in my 27th year. Uh, so we just we have a lot of seniority there who who have reached the age of retirement or or the time in service and and so we all could have left and and they stuck by my side to get us where we are today. And then our new people are they're really killing it. I'm I'm getting a lot of uh good feedback from the community on interactions between these young officers and the community itself. And uh you know, let's be honest, uh when you have a very young crew, we're not going to do everything perfect every time. They they have to experience these things to uh to learn how to do the job. Uh the academy is

very short. I mean, it's six months. it doesn't seem short to them, but to get out here and uh actually work it and do the things and interact with the people, try to put cases together. Uh so, yes, they're very young crew and they they want to learn and they're out there doing their job. So, um and it's all for the community who's basically supported us through this and I want to thank you for that myself. Yes, sir. um with the new police department. Um what's the what would be the capacity of that go up to say?

Well, I would just say so if we're at we're at 25 just about now in a 6,000 square foot facility and I'm and if you throw in my civilian uh personnel as well to include code enforcement, we're up to 31. Uh so moving moving out there. It's twice the twice the size of the building. Um so there's a community training room there obviously and and that is uh nice design for in-house training for community meetings and that kind of stuff but also looking for I to the future. Um those could become uh offices for expansion and that kind of stuff. So I think we really it's a really good plan. uh you know, we didn't go into it necessarily with a we want to do this many officers or have this much space. We went into it with a certain uh similar to Millsboro, like a certain square footage and that more than takes care of our needs currently and also has plenty of room for growth into the future.

Thank you very much, Chief. Yes, sir.

Thank you. Now is the time to hear from our public. We welcome your comments which are very important to us. Note that all comments are limited to three minutes. As a reminder, please go to the podium to comment. Please give your name, address, and address your remarks to the chair. Note that we will not be entertaining in dialogue at this time. The purpose of this agenda item is for you, the public, to inform us, the councils, about your views. Public comment is open at this time. I'm Linda Dennis. I live in the village of Cinderberry. I have a question that gets back to the Cedar Crest Farms proposition. Is there a downside to adding this to our sewer and water? Is is there anything that puts us at risk? I want to be really clear about that. Not that the town engineer identified.

Okay. So there's no cost. There's no No, they bear the cost to join our existing infrastructure. Okay. And out of town pays one and one half times the in town rate. So do we have any estimates in terms of what we would need to increase capacity? I mean do we does it put us at risk of having to increase our sewer and water capacity? I don't believe so based on the engineer's analysis. Okay. And that do you know how long he projected into the future?

Uh I know they had just completed the updates to the water and sewer model and they did not indicate there was any issues with either water or sewer as a result of taking this in and other growth in the town. Okay. All right. Thank you. Anybody else at this time? Oh, this is going to be nice. Going once. Anybody online? Diana with that and entertain a motion to adjurnn. So moved. Thank you, Penn. Second. Second. Thank you, Tony. All in favor signify by saying I. I.

Opposed. There be no opposes. Everybody have a great evening.