City Council - Regular Meeting
Covington City Council approved a new street service truck and a parking restriction. Key discussions included the purchase of a new ambulance, safety issues with golf carts in the park, and concerns over a reduced scope for a water pipe replacement grant.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- Covington, IN
- Meeting Date
- September 8, 2026
Transcript
158 sections
I declare the session open.
You have a nomination call.
Mayor Crane is here. Municipal Councilor Beller is here.
Are there any additions or corrections to... Apport. The first thing we have to do is replace the truck from the street service and the Chevrolet that we bought last year and the year before for the electric service. I have 110 horses. Is this something that we already have or is this a 99? 27 years old. So it's over. What? 110 too? What I want to be sure of is that this will be enough for what you are looking for. because it does not speak at all of the GWR, which is necessary. At least we have the 550 with which we do all our transport, plus the big van with simple tires, supposed to be used for bagpipes. Let's hope for a new sander. Yes, it is wired and pre-wired for the street cart, the snowmobile, the sander. Uh, that's what's indicated here. I mean, it's starting to break. So, uh, I'm not sure what it is, which is, uh, added. It's an entire bin. An entire bin. What is it? It's called LAV. And then, this other abbreviation. It's supposed to be a LAV camera. It's called LAV.
Very good.
So you align yourself. You know what? I think I have... It's not necessary, Brad, unless we know what we're using. Well, let me not help you either. But you keep the old one. You don't exchange the old one. You don't exchange this one because you needed it. Is GBW the same as water soap? It's also a gasoline engine. Check the diesels. They are expensive. Are you sure it's gasoline engine? Because what you just gave us indicates diesel. Yeah, it's gasoline engine.
It's not exactly.
Casey didn't want diesel because of the idea and all. 12,000 dollars. and don't pull too much on long distances.
I think it's just like the electrical services, a 11.5 oz tray.
A box of garlic. We have our property in the old 27-year-old truck. And the one before was the red one. There was always just the wheelbarrow. You couldn't get a new one to adapt it. The mounting supports won't work on the old red truck. And how old is he? 93 years old. And it's not very... Solid. I propose approval. I have a second.
It's you. Okay.
Chad. Craig, yes.
The motion is adopted.
Delivery is scheduled in three to four weeks. They have installed the chassis and they will take it to the installer to install the body. Tonight, I would like to present the Order 2026-6, which is the order of annexation of the Cornerstone district between Mount Oak and Tout. Tonight... But I still want to present this. It will happen next week. Yes, it will happen next week. I have the order 2026-7 that the state told me to treat. They know it is forbidden. This parking lot on the north side of Liberty Street, on Fifth Street, 60 feet to the west. When you stop on Liberty Street, Fifth Street, you can't get out. If their car is parked all the way down, you can't see. Take the risk and take care of it. We take our time. We have to put up signs. from the corner at 60 feet west. And you can't stop, you can't see. If you stop far enough, it's usually too late. Do I have a second? I'm going to press it. The motion is approved. Charles, what do you have for us tonight?
Ah, they parked a new parking sign in front of my house. I have a better solution. First of all, you have a school, a block of houses and children who go to church and try to cross the street. They are sitting there and look, people are waiting. Little children on bikes. Mom's official socks. What are you talking about? Fourth Harrison.
Fourth Harrison.
Okay.
No. I think it was the ban on parking because there are cars parked on one side and you have to eliminate them. You know how it is when cars are parked on both sides in front of the gymnasium and I get the main entrance of my house.
And that it's the only sidewalk that leads to my house. I'm alone.
That kind of thing.
And then I try to cross. Some obstacles. And it's much better for me to be able to stand in front of myself, especially when I don't feel well. C'est aussi un peu plus accessible, surtout devant.
J'essaie juste de comprendre. Je sais ce que tu veux dire. On en a eu eu trois. C'est exactement pour ça que les gens de l'autre côté de la rue ont trois. Quatre véhicules.
Ils se garent tout le temps de ce côté-là. J'essaie de ne pas me garer devant, sauf si je dois le faire. Comme si on déchargeait des meubles. Si j'ai de gros colis à charger ou à décharger ou autre, je dois pouvoir entrer sans avoir à craindre de trébucher.
Vous savez, je ne rajeunis pas à l'arrière.
C'est tout un dénivelé.
Je n'ai pas de trottoir jusqu'à ma porte arrière.
Et pour entrer dans la maison à deux portes, il faut passer par deux portes.
I know what you mean.
Honestly, they really need a four-way stop for a long time because of the situation of retreat.
People who try to cross, they stay there sometimes for five minutes.
And I also heard that in terms of speed, you know, acceleration speed, if you stop, put a stop sign there, it will slow down. Guaranteed.
It's a bit like that everywhere in the city.
People accelerate as soon as they leave Fort Street and things are going to change, you know, up to Pearl Street. Well, with the other school areas, everything is at every step of the house, you have a stop sign, you have to make your way. Well, it's the same thing with the parish school over there. I mean, it's the same thing. You have parents who come up there to look for the children, who come back and they have to stay there and wait because they are afraid to go out in the street because no one slows down there.
I know. I know.
C'est stupide parce que c'est seulement à quoi. À deux pâtés de maison du poste de police.
Je sais. J'ai commencé. Je n'aimerais pas. Avoir une bonne solution.
Deux panneaux d'arrêt. Que les gens puissent traverser quatre rues à tour de rôle en toute sécurité.
Je vais vous dire quoi. Hayley est là. Hayley travaille de nuit.
I understand your concern. Really. It's a delicate sector. We were patrolled, you know, from Harrison to the 4th street. It's a difficult area to see. We have to be careful when we go out. Yes, that's true. But I also noticed that they only put a stop sign on our side. And on the other side of the street, on the other neighbor's route. And on the other side of the street, with the tenants. They are not owners. And the other. I think, you know, a contributor should probably have a little more consideration.
I'm not going to disagree with you or anything. Does anyone have any comments or solutions on this subject?
I would have liked this to happen before, I would have gone down here instead of having to walk backwards.
I understand everything.
I'm leaving. So I put the sign as if it was forbidden.
And it's not their fault. You know, it's not the guys who put the sign. It's just a combination of parking that people continued to use on both sides. It's rather in front of the gymnasium. And when people came, what started was the building of the cafeteria.
I think if you stop to unload something or something like that because you don't
You don't think someone's going to stop you, do you? Come on.
No, madam. I'm sorry. I have to go. But no, we wouldn't stop you. We would take notes of the vehicle you were driving and we would make sure that everyone at the service knows that it is his vehicle. His house is right here. And everything would be noted in this way. You know, she lives there. It's his vehicle. It's quite correct.
Very diplomatic.
I like that. But I'm not asking for a sign with a cap or something on my hand. A special parking or something like that. But I'm thinking about the whole situation of additional parking signs. What do you think of the advice?
The parking signs. The parking signs where we want Sharon not to be stopped if she has to park in front of her. I've been here for so many years, having parking spaces cut off, it's like... We can work on the parking lot.
Karen, I don't think you're going to get arrested if you have to... I didn't park there from the side.
I know.
They are here every day. I know. That they do it.
I know. And they didn't really respect it.
I know. Well, I thought they would leave them here after a while and I didn't want to take a risk. I wanted to come here. And share my observations because I was used to sitting up there on the balcony or on the porch and looking at these people.
We're going to think about it and I want other police officers to be there to talk about it, but we're going to think about it. But if you need to park there, stop and you know... I mean, you usually park at the end, which is more in front of the other. In front of the yellow.
And all of a sudden, there was no more yellow after you put the pretty sidewalks. And I said to myself, well, great. You know, I'm getting old. I can use the ramp to climb the sidewalk and then descend it. And you know, enter the house. It's good.
But I'm really worried because there are parents. with children on bikes.
And you know, these children are like in the dark outside, and it scares me.
Really, I know.
We really need to be safer there.
Well, that's how it is everywhere in the city. The children come out from behind the cars and...
I can't guarantee that someone will stop when they see the 4th street, because Maggie got hit by a house kick from the house. For someone to make a stop, but at least... If we can put a four-way stop there, I feel like there will be a lot more security.
Will we talk about it to the police? Of course.
I'm really leaving. I've been doing it for a long time.
I haven't done it yet. Well, you do what you have to do. Thank you anyway. You are welcome at any time. Ryan, welcome. It's good to have you, administrator of Troy, administrator of the canton of Troy. You will work with the firefighters. And everyone is so eager. Jerry, do you have anything? Oh, I'm sorry. I was going to come back to you.
Jerry, you just wanted to say a big congratulations to the Zellagers.
Yes, they're at my place today and they only clean after. Good job. We need an increase. There you go. Thank you Jerry.
Now, Réa. Go ahead.
In fact, on behalf of the administration board of the city council, I would like to thank the city employees for the work they have done for us with the trees over there, as well as for the replacement of the tank trucks just next to the hangar. They have done a great job. So, I am not on behalf of football, but as a simple citizen, I suppose, and also as a coach. The growing problem of golf carts in the football field at the park on Saturday. The last weekend was usually a calm weekend for us. Obviously, everyone knew what the outside temperatures were. I counted more than 25 golf courses.
I don't doubt it.
Inside the football field, not only parked in the park.
I'm talking about the inside of the football field.
Two weeks ago, my son had to be crushed during his game. On the field of the sea. I don't know if everyone knows where the field of the sea is, but it's the second largest field. He was on the north goal. The ball passed next to the goal and he turned around and went to get the ball. A golf cart is close. I had to shout at him as well as at the golf cart during the game so that everyone stops and doesn't move. And so I'm here. I guess I scored a lot of points. So I'm going to jump a little everywhere and it doesn't matter. But a young child in the park and more particularly inside this football area shouldn't have looked over his shoulder. To be crushed by something. Whether it's an electric bike, a scooter, a golf cart, anything. If you come on a Saturday, you'll see siblings with children, you know, passing through the mouth. These young people who walk aimlessly, as they should. They're just there to watch. It's far. They use the old caravans inside as a path to drive, that's what I noticed too. It's a very poorly maintained path anyway, but they use it as a dragster track. It makes me go back and forth. There are four entrances to this football field. One is the southern end, the main one, with this closure that has not yet been repaired and put back in place as it was when it was dismantled. It's basically the central point through which they enter. They also enter through the Grubb residence, there I suppose on the long part of Second Street. And that shouldn't be the case either. And they also enter on the side, behind the dual field, where my son was. They also enter from the side of the castle, where the closure stops, and there is basically this kind of voice. I wonder if we can do something to put barriers back on the paths where they should be, because they were there before. This section of the circular path is the only one that does not have a stop point. If you go under the river, if you go up to the entry point of the Trojan complex, I mean all these entry points, even up to this point, there is something that prevents the vehicles from entering.
For whatever reason, this section of the circuit has all the possible access points for these VW cars, these electric cars, these scooters.
And I know that you authorize this by virtue of this ordinance, but according to this ordinance that I read, I think it's the 2025-7, anyone will be sentenced to a $250 fine and possibly fined at the expense of the owner. So I wonder what is done to control these zones on Saturdays, because I'm obviously not there to get answers. I'm just asking questions. They don't have them. And my other question, as I said, I would like signs prohibiting access to golf carts to be placed at each possible entrance. If possible. I think that if it was the police, it would not happen. I mean, that's for sure. I would like to invite all members of the municipal council to come any Saturday or even during the week during training to come and see how many golf carts are in there. C'est assez absurde, le nom, moi.
Et des chaises longues.
Et si c'est une situation de fauteuil roulant ou si c'est juste une situation de marche nécessaire. Je pourrais peut-être voir plus loin. On pourrait trouver une zone où ces personnes pourraient se garer. Se garer à un endroit précis, marcher jusqu'au grade. Nous avons des cradats sur chaque terrain ainsi que de nombreuses tables de pique-nique et des bancs. Ça me dérangerait, ça ne me dérangerait pas. Mais je pense qu'il faut se pencher sur la question. This year and last year only, we had accidents where a child was crushed or almost crushed during a match. Just last year, we had a grandparent outside the city who got on the road of the second street by car and drove on this road towards the east. Many members of the Football Administration Board could confirm this information because I had to go to the Pâle the following weekend and buy two cones of this size that we now have and that I had to place there for the rest of the season just to do that. Oh yes. I would just like the Board to examine if it comes from the city. I know that the city is also taking care of it. I don't know if the Foundation would be able to do something to finance something like that.
Ballard should be able to be put back in place.
Can we have one of his CCs? Yes. Those who have been removed, those who hang a few centimeters.
Yes.
Lazard. Is there a way to put them back in place? Okay. I know it would be so painful for Andy, but there is still enough space on the shoulders, on the shoulders of the two sides, so that you can always put it on and take out the hanger if you had to, obviously without having to untie it or anything. But yeah, I just like the problem to be examined because it's a growing problem for me.
You know, I hate that.
If I'm not mistaken, our current regulation stipulates that cars are supposed to stay on the surface only. I think that's what our regulation stipulates.
Golf cars.
I can't tell you, but I know they're there. That's all I have. But before trying to make it look good, it's obvious that there are so many in the fields, we probably have to set up a kind of signage. And then this closure, it's over there. The top closure has just been folded. Yes, of course. I went there for the third year, it was like that. I think it was stuck when they put this transformer right there.
C'est ridicule de ne pas finir sans toi.
C'est plaisant. La ville a très bien réagi en nous faisant nettoyer les arbres.
C'est très apprécié étant donné la forme minimaliste que nous avons dans un terrain de football. C'est très apprécié que nous devions quand même garder deux de ces arbres.
Et pour faire passer une tondeuse par là, je veux dire, si ces charnières ou celle-là tombent, si je peux passer outre avec le... Je ne sais pas. on the football field if we prevent them from entering you know it's ridiculous that they come from portland art road with a car that is driving on the road you know there is no motor vehicle but we know that they drive on the road golf cars drive on the road The other thing I could suggest, I suppose, if the players don't have an option, would be to put a fence, from the fence of the scouts' cabin, which goes from north to south. I would like it to extend to the right, following the path, because the U15 field is attached to it, just like the UA field. So I would like at least to see this fence extend, and maybe also near the castle. This fence extends, in a way, to separate the football field itself. In this way, you eliminate almost everything. We'll have to check that, won't we? Yes, I don't know. I mean, here's the thing. Here's the thing, a few years ago, the park council decided to remove all the fans so that people can go out directly on Portland Arch Road or on Park Avenue at any time and anywhere. Yeah, you know what I found to be a bad decision? So I doubt that the city is really impatient to put a new fence inside.
We know that we have also installed separation fences to separate some of our fly fields.
I would like to have a fence all around the perimeter too. But again, you know, that's all I had tonight. And again, I can't wait to work with you. who usually give us a lot of money to buy new fire trucks. The municipality doesn't have... A lot of money. A lot. Thank you.
Thank you guys. Casey.
I don't have anything new, but thank you for the truck. Thank you.
John and Tyler.
Thank you for coming guys. So I gave you the papers in front of you. I think the first page is on the devices that we tried to find, the rescue trucks. And thank you for the first page. I gave you the name of the family, I think. The union of the municipality of Troyes gave us $100,000 for a truck. We therefore considered the third option, which consists of buying the two trucks together. You can see what the financing was like. I think there were some concerns about it. The mayor told us that the city could probably pay an additional $208 for this account. We have therefore proceeded to refinance.
Let's move on to page 2.
This is what option 2 shows. The initial project was $838,000. The Citerne truck cost $530 last Friday and the new ambulance $308. Since then, we have lost this price of $530,000 because of the new emissions. We are therefore probably considering paying $30 more. I presented this to the mayor. Wait a second. Does the chassis change? Emissions. The engine. The engine changes. Not the chassis itself.
Why does it change?
Because the federal government has changed the emissions again. Yes. Yes. In the middle of an intermediate model year. For next year, for the 2027 chassis. So you're talking about the 2027 chassis instead of... Because we don't have the possibility to buy the 2026 much longer. We waited six months and we told ourselves that we had to buy it at that time. You can't do that. Let's go, but where I come from is that we can't. So I gave it to Brad and he was a little worried about the financing of the two trucks. I suggested to Brad to give up the Citerne truck.
Let's put all our money in the ambulance truck.
So if the city put the 208,000 plus 8,000 others, it would be a total of $28,000. Plus the $100,000 from Triton Ship, that would be $300,000. We could buy this ambulance. No funding. That would allow us to buy a new ambulance, a Ford 150 2027 with a double cabin and four-wheel drive with 11 tons. No payment, no payment. No payment. That's why he suggested that it could be higher. We should put you a full lawyer for approval. But he estimated that it would be much easier to manage than to try to finance two trucks.
I don't think we should spend $ 838 now. Anyway, we just spent about $ 660 for a new engine, didn't we?
And you know, well, But this is a bit where we were when we presented the 2007 model. Obviously, there were concerns about age. What we were looking for was to find a good opportunity vehicle at this price. We knew then that the ambulance would cost between 300 000 and 350 000 dollars. If you add these two amounts, it would correspond to the price of a brand new tank. Certainly, you are considering a 20-year-old electric vehicle, The fire trucks are not used as much. They last a little longer. But that's where we were. But the concerns about age, that's where we wanted to look. We had considered a whole model and we got the initial price of 532 euros. What we really need is a rescue team. This rescue team is 26 years old. So the city never paid the cent that was given to us. So, the chemical depot of Newportation. So he bought this truck with this money, then when it was dissolved, closed, he... ...transmitted it... ...to the fire department. Which is a good thing. But we win. What does our box measure now? 9 feet, 8 feet. So we get a box of 11 feet. We get a double cabin of 2027, with 4 engines, 550. 38,000 euros. And that was my recommendation. I would like to have both trucks, but we need a rescue team. Yes, a Sitter truck. We have a Sitter truck. How many kilometers does it have? I don't remember. I don't remember either. 20-13-00. It's 2007. Now the 96, I don't know. I don't know. The 96 was what had to be replaced. And then I had Barry Lyons repaired by Barry Lyons, who had to repair a leak in the back. And we don't have much left on the tank itself before it runs out of... 96 gallons. He did everything he could to repair it. So we have two engines and a 2,700 gallon tank. So it's not terrible. No, but we're going to have to... sooner. that you considered another tank. Now, when we decide to do it, we will also have to build. We have to build. For a long time, we also have to replace the other engine.
But we have to have enough firefighters.
Well, we have a lot of firefighters because I just brought four people.
Almost full.
The thing is that everyone works during the day. Like the other day, we had a gas leak here in town. I was out of town.
But no one is going to talk to you. You have to ask for help from your neighbors. But guess what?
It's the case in all the cities. Which locations do you have? I can tell you right away, look at the city of Adica. The city of Adica has people paid to come and sit there from 7 p.m. to 4 p.m. The day when there is no one. And we may have to go there at some point. We have to see what happens to the N°1 bill of the Senate. And my recommendation to the municipal council is to buy the rice in 2027. What we have in addition to the $100,000 that the union of the canton of Troy invests, we have more than $300,000 in our public security fund. And we can easily, you know, spend $28,000 to buy it. And then it's over. And then, like the one we replace at 26 years old, So we are probably good for, you know, at least 20 years. If we, it will take 13 or 14 months for the delivery. So by looking probably in October, November, maybe November, December of next year, we can put the 100,000 in the account and 28 others will not be due before today. I don't know how you want it to work. You know that the price changes, all the rest, you know. And that's where the problem is that if you decide that you want to do the combination together, you know, come back and ask him to fix the price of the oil and do the two together. We will push back in a month, we will push back in a year.
We are now approaching the end of the year.
It is usually at this time that price increases occur. We will now bet on the loss of 38,000 dollars.
What do I say? You are confident for 308, take the rest.
I spoke to him a few minutes ago and he said he was convinced by 308, but But is it really John Mellem? But if we continue to drag things like we did, we will lose.
Does anyone want to make a motion? What about the ambulance?
In fact, we will probably sell it or exchange it. We will probably try to sell it, right? And then this money, we could reuse it in the fund. And that's what we were going to do with the 96. I mean, we weren't going to shoot much of it, but everything we would shoot would come back. That's kind of what we did with the engine. I've seen it for 30 years. We can shoot 5 or 10.00. That's what we did with the engine, but they gave us a certain amount that was transferred to the fund to help us buy a new engine. It worked a lot, but it helped.
I'm doing a motion. Is there anyone to support?
Chad, Gabi, Brad, Andy. Motion is adopted. 40 to buy the fire team. Secondly, I received a burning permit, so we can officially be there to burn now. It's a five-year permit, so we'll be good for five years. We have finished a water rescue course. We are four in our service, six from West Le Mans.
We are preparing for the lustrous kayaks that will come one day.
But we have already had a few rescues with water.
Let's say I believed in what I heard.
So we will continue to do that. We are going to get some equipment. My work with Taylor to get the equipment. And to answer your question, we have already started a firefighting course. We have people who participate. We just finished the entry-level course. We had four people. So we're starting to interest people. It's just that the time has come. You know, this course we're about to launch lasts 130 hours. And so it's time and we're going to have to start thinking about paying.
We're going to start paying. More than what we pay them.
600 dollars a year is not enough. It's not. for what they have to do. Just answer how it is. That's all I have. Thank you. I have to add two or three things. So the path, I talked to Taylor about two or three things, but so far this year, we have had three incidents on the path itself in relation to the bike. And then we had one last week in Sandy Hill. But out of the four bicycle accidents we had this year, three people were evacuated by plane. But anyway, the last one we had on the road a few weeks ago, When we were called to strike a lot of confusion, the location and everything that had happened at Water Street, we found ourselves at an intersection. It took a while to get all the information.
We found ourselves on the railway.
Just next to River Road, a little further.
But it made me think a little.
I know that if we continue to add things to the tracks, So I talked to Taylor. I know that once there was a little bit of sterilization, a little bit as if some could have been like a step or something like that. I don't know how it was going. I had the idea one night to try to put kilometer signs So I did price calculations to get signs so I could start at the park. And then you can just work around and make either half a thousand or every thousand. You know, maybe if there's more incidents, you know, they can say, hey, we're in such and such a place. You know, we could have a map to tell us where it is. Because, as I said, if we don't know, then you have to walk the entire path, something like that. And you know, it could be a question of... I heard this call coming. And it was so confusing, the way she described it. What she was going according to what he was telling her, or according to the geolocation.
Whatever.
Because the way they distributed things was as confusing as possible. And we would have said that it was clear after the bowling when it started and then it ended all the way down. Well, they told us Water Street, but we didn't know if it was at the intersection of Lundell somewhere or if it was on the road. So they had to keep collecting information. And then I said that we finally had enough information on what was going on in the west or east of the road. They arrived in Perth. and at Second Street. So I mean, we're leaving. Well, I mean, we need our forest guard. Is that clear on the trail? We have our team. I mean, the more information we can get, the more we know which equipment to remove. Because he can do that too. I think I manage the trail. I know that I believe that on phase 1 and phase 2 of the trail, they have foot counters and signage panels that continue. I think it could be easy to do. Yeah, I have this to help us. And another thing is the ballot papers. So who really bought them? Is it a city project or something like that? No, it was the state or the foundation. The new ones, the big yellow ones they currently have, won't work for us in the car. We can't drive them. They have to go to bed. Or too high with the toilet. I think we only change it close to the boat.
Sorry.
But you're right. You can't drive. We need... We don't even have a key. We need a key for that. There's no access. No, it's the same thing as the others. The yellow ones, even the key.
We don't have a key.
That's what I'm saying. Another thing is that when they put these keys, they had the pin lock. Even if they didn't have the key, they cut the lock. Even if they put a new lock, they never had it. This is one of the reasons why I was told that if the foundation has the key, we must have access to it. Yeah, it was always the idea. They were supposed to keep it. They changed the solids because they didn't even hold it in place. They used the same chains as the new keys. We also want to try to do a little more training on the path. So, okay, that's it. You know what we want to do? We can, in a way, be posted to say, hey, we're going to do a training. There, one day, the news from the community can simply coordinate, take measures from the council. But we don't want it to be a real incident, we're just training stuff like... We've had enough, we have new people who have no idea where the path is and where it leads. So we want to get them out on the path and of course we're going to take the forest guard over there. Just so you know, we're going to publish it on our Facebook page and inform them. But so you all know, that you have the comment, that we are here and we are doing it for a reason. It's pretty. As I said, I'm just working with Taylor on some signatures, just to hope that... We don't want any more calls. I mean, we haven't had any more calls this year than we've had in several years combined. I mean, at least it's the people who use the path that are going to be smart.
We think we never know...
Eric, what do you have? Just an update on the renovation of the laboratory. We are about halfway through.
We have the sink and the cabinets. The sink side is finished, the cabinets are installed, the work plans are in place.
He's over there tonight. He's demolishing the other side. And we paint tomorrow. Then we probably put the work plans and the cabinets. We're getting there.
Really good.
I'm sure it won't happen. I'm sure that... I would like to remind everyone that the garbage collection is delayed by one day this week, Monday, being a holiday day. Chad, do you have something for us? I would just like to thank Jenny Tyler for restoring electricity as quickly as you did when the tree fell on the Park Street line. I really enjoyed it. Thank you. We'll be back in a second.
Nothing at this time.
In the context of the administration of the subsidies, and I obtained a... a contract. It says that our project that launched the movement between Peter Construction and... Aegis for... Subvention Prolo. Ready for you. Congratulations for your donation. And thank you all for your participation. When I got the contract from EGIS today, I mean when I arrived this evening, around 5 p.m. and that I opened it, there is what it offers. 1,250 feet of pipes, 28 vans, 3 fire lines and 13 water services. So it's going to go from Jefferson Street to Seguin Street, Jefferson to Union, for a $50,000 grant. $150,000, $300,000. From the city for the grant. You know... A lot of money for... A water service of $60,000. $80,000.
To replace the pipes.
To replace the water, man. $ 80,000 per house at this price to make three houses. It cost us between $ 10 and $ 20 million.
I think I'm going to reconsider everything. It's federal money.
It's a part of Davis Bacon's salary that is involved. Which is the entire salary in force, but you're going to have a lot of trouble spending 80 euros an hour or 90 euros a month. For each house that places the conduit. In the beginning, we were talking about the second, the third and the fourth, rather than the second part of the third. Now you say that it will cover about half a second. We can do it. I'm going to talk to Egypt and Mike tomorrow. Because it's a huge reduction in the scope of work in relation to what we were told at the beginning.
I thought we would have. At least eight blocks.
Sorry. I'm sorry. I want to tell him about this range of work, because it is far from being up to what I thought. We need more definitions on this subject, because this will not solve our problem. Thirteen houses, Jefferson. will not solve our problem under the salt water. No.
Casey, do you agree with that? It's ridiculous.
At some point, we have to do something, but the fact that our range of work has been reduced in such a spectacular way compared to what you told us at the beginning, there is something wrong.
You know, a few years ago, we dug a well
And we got a price from an engineering company to do it. And I said, it's ridiculous. And we ended up doing it ourselves. And for about $100, about 25% of what they wanted to do. So I've been an entrepreneur for too long spend so much money. You know.
I have a lot more for my money than spending a million dollars for 13 water services.
Well, on this project since, we still have to finish it. Because we never did the generator or the electricity again.
It's because Clint left. Clint left and we didn't do it. You know.
But I mean, it's like... Yes, we have to do it. So, these guys can continue. Brandon knew what was going on and... Yes, so we made some improvements. We have to do it too.
Everything is in order.
Bye now.
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