Town Council - Regular Meeting

been there. Oh, we're ready. Are you all ready? Okay. Well, then let's uh let's start the meeting with the pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America. and to the rep for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. Can we have a roll call, please? Ethan Maple here. Ryan Hartley here. Dylan Meyer here. Chad Melinda here. And Terry Reed here. Moving on to claims. Um, and looking for a motion of approval for APVs number 28447 through 28497. Make a motion to approve APVS 28447 through 28497 as present our backup materials. I'll second that motion. Thank you. Moved by Chad, seconded by Bill.

Any questions? All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? That's approved. And then u the approvals uh or the approval of SRFAPVS number 28477 through 28478. I'll make a motion to approve SRFAPVS 28477 through28478 as present our backup materials. I'll second that motion. Moved and seconded. Chad and Bill. Any questions? All those in favor say I. I I

I any opposed that that's good for claims. And now um moving on to the adoption of minutes from November 5th. I'll make a motion that we accept the town council minutes from November 5th, 2025. I'll second. Motion made by Ryan and seconded by Terry. Any adjustments or corrections to those minutes? All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? That's approved as well.

We leave room in our agenda for public comments on anything on the agenda so that you all have an opportunity to speak into it before it is addressed. So those comments are limited to three minutes per person on the agenda items. And so if you would like to make, we would invite you to step to the podium and give us your name and address or organization that you're with if that's something you would like to do. Public. Okay. Nothing from the public. No old business. So all those beautiful men, right, that popped in and interrupted our our approval of APDS, how dare you. Um Chief, thank you councel. Um, tonight we are going to be swearing in one of our new officers, Officer Brian. So, Brian, on behalf of Newton Police Department, we are proud to welcome you to our law enforcement family. Your dedication, courage, and commitment to serve our community have brought you to this moment, and we are excited to have you on board. As you begin this journey, remember that you are not alone. You have joined a team of professionals who are not are who here to support, mentor and work alongside you. Together we will uphold the values and integrity of service and respect of the fine art department. We look forward to watching you grow and excel in your role. Welcome to the Palestine Police Department. Now if I could sir have your young man going to put your hat on your office that I will at all times that will at all times protect life and property.

Protect property. Abide by all policies and regulations abide by all policies and regulations established by the town of New Palestine. Established by the town of Palestine and the New Palestine Police Department and the Palestine Police Department. Uphold the laws and constitutions uphold the laws and constitutions of the state of Indiana. of the state of Indiana and United States of America. and United States of America. Speak the truth. Speak the truth whether under oath or not. Whether under oath or not. Endeavor to ensure Endeavor to ensure equal justice for all. equal justice for all. And the performance of my duties

in the performance of my duties. Acting with impartiality acting with impartiality and without prejudice and without prejudice. Respect the right rights of others. respect respect the rights of others. do my utmost do my utmost to be a credit to be a credit to the community I serve to the community I serve so help congratulations Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Congratulations again. It's nice to have another new officer on the board. Thanks council for that. Um, and I got another opportunity tonight which again I'm really excited about is a promotion process that we've gone through to fill a void and I would like to call off Whitaker. Officer Whitaker, it is with great pride and appreciation that I extend my congratulations to your well-deserved promotion to the rank of sergeant. Your dedication, commitment, and professionalism have set an example for your fellow officers and have shown your steadfast dedication to our department mission and values. Throughout your career, you have consistently demonstrated leadership and unwavering dedication to uphold the highest standards of law enforcement. Your ability to make sound decisions under pressure, mentor your colleagues, and foster positive community relations has not only benefited our team, but also the citizens we serve. As you step into your new role, I am confident you will continue to inspire those around you, embodying the integrity, courage, and honor that this position demands. This promotion is not only a recognition of your past achievements, but also an indication of the confidence we have in your future contributions to our department. Congratulations once again on this well-deserved advancement. I look forward to seeing the positive impact you will continue to make in your new role. Congratulations.

Take a picture. Congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you. Stay right here.

Very proud of Officer Whitaker. And I've got a lot more. So I would like to formally commend Officer Bour and Officer Whitaker for their exemplary performance and and decisive actions during a critical motor accident response on October 18, 2021. The in the incident which occurred at county road 200 west and 300 south involved a passenger car that had been struck by a semi-truck resulting in the vehicle being overturned sustaining extreme damage and causing serious bodily injuries to four occupants. Law enforcement officers from Hancock County Sheriff's Department alongside Officer Bour and Officer Whitaker were among the first to arrive. Officers have been initially advised that the vehicle contained two unconscious trapped adults and two children. Upon arrival, one child had already been removed from the wreckage by Good Samaritans. A second child, the driver in the front seat pasture remained trapped within the wreckage. Officer Born Officer Whitaker immediately commenced the rapid extrication of the victims. Working swiftly and efficiently with Hancock County Sheriff's deputies, they extracted the remaining child from the back seat to ensure immediate medical attention. Simultaneously, they focused their efforts on two unconscious adults. By cutting the passenger seat belts, they successfully removed the front seat passenger, allowing EMS to begin critical care without delay. Then they continued their coordinated efforts with fire and EMS to remove the driver who was also unconscious and barely breathing. The rapid and tactical response executed by officer Whitaker and officer Boore was crucial. Their actions were essential in helping to save the lives of all the individuals involved in the crash. Their dedication and professionalism professionalism on their high pressure crash team reflect the highest standards of the Palestinian Police Department. They are truly deserving of formal recognition for their life saving efforts. Thank you.

Officer Bore couldn't make it tonight. He's trying out for the swap team. So, yep. So, council, thank you so much for your time and we appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. And with all of you who are here to celebrate, thank you for the work that you do in our town. We really appreciate all of you. Thank you. Moving on our agenda, we um are looking towards the amended 2025 salary ordinance. There's been updates throughout the year. This is just kind of pulling them all together of different employees, changing different positions, and adding Brian to it. So, it's just an updated version of the 2025.

The these have already been approved by us. This is just approving the ordinance. I mean, we we're aware of these. You've been Yes. Right. So, we've been a part of the process along the way. This is just formally putting it into our order. Correct. Would anybody like to make a recommendation or a a motion to approve the amended 2025 salary? I'll make a motion that we approve the amended 2025 salary ordinance number 11925 as presented in our backup materials. I'll second that. Motion made by Bill and seconded by Terry. Any further conversation related to that? All those in favor say I. I. I.

Any opposed? Is this approved? Thank you for putting all that together. I know there's lots of changes that happen throughout the year. So, thank you for making sure that gets um updated. We have Julie. No, she um they told them couldn't be here, but she did what she wanted to ask is for approval to close the street close 52 on uh December 13th for Winterfest at about 5:00. Okay, we're good with that. Okay, so Chief just said he's good with it. Yeah. Y What is that? December 13th.

Yes. Would it be for the rest of the evening or just for two hour? Like an hour? Less than an hour. Less than an hour. Terry, would you like to make a motion to that effect? Oh, sure. Make a motion to approve Main Street closing 52 at 5:00 on November 13th for less than an hour. I'll second that motion. Terry makes that motion. Chad seconds it. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I.

I. Any opposed? Okay, that is approved. Moving on to any continued council conversation. If anybody has anything they'd like to to lift up and offer, this would be a good time to do that.

Uh yeah. So, I didn't uh I didn't copy these on my typewriter, but I will make copies for everybody and hand them out. I did some uh more investigation on the crosswalks on 52. Uh I looked at what the Federal Highway Administration some of their data. Um so I can share that with you. So here's some images from Google Earth and I've circled everything that's that's on the images are things that are in place now. Um the rectangular rapid flashing beacons, they are already present. Uh they can increase motorist yielding by rates up to 98%. They can reduce crashes up to 47%. High visibility crosswalk enhancements are present. Uh enhanced sign traffic and thermo pavement markings. So there are crosswalk signs there. There are thermo what they call a ladder. There is a thermo striping there that is highly reflective. Uh those can reduce pedestrian crashes by up to 40%. U advancing the advanced yield or stop markings can reduce pedestrian crashes up to 25%. Walkways are present. It has sidewalks. Sidewalks have a reduction in pedestrian crashes along roadways up to 89%. Paved shoulders obviously has paved shoulders. They can have a reduction in pedestrian crashes by up to 71%. ADA transitions are present that keeps people from tripping or falling into the roadway. Um, in my opinion, things that can use some improvements, better lighting, we're already looking into that. Um, the intersection lighting can reduce pedestrian crashes up to 40%. Removing the tree, we're already looking into that or it's already done.

Both those are in the process. The tree might be removed tomorrow and the lights in Duke's hands. Um there is a pole at 10 East or 10 East Street there. So Duke will be putting the block there.

Okay. So there's only one other thing on here that that I believe that we can hit is to make this safer. Uh obviously this being an INDOT road, uh INDOT has taken the precautions that Federal Highway Administration puts out, the proper signage is there, um the proper markings are there, uh everything's done, minus the tree and the lighting. And once those things are done, there's nothing else realistically that could be done there. Um there there are the big arms and I forget what those are called that go over the road kind of what like they have at um on Franklin Street in Greenfield south of 40 where the trail crosses. Um the problem with those are um I don't think there's enough rightway there to put those. Uh that would be the only other thing but there's already all the appropriate other safety devices. The big thing for me is education. uh I believe conducting appropriate education and outreach on how to use safety devices that are in place to safely cross. There's several videos on YouTube um on how to use crosswalks and we we've all heard people say that the kids just hit the button and run. Um, but uh I I believe those if the town could implement those uh maybe as a some kind of safety campaign either on website or social media and you utilize some of those videos that are already out there on how to use crosswalks that could help uh get the education out there maybe for some from kids, you know, parents can sit them down. The videos are a lot of them are from a minute and a half to two and a half minutes long. So, they're very short. I'm sure you can find longer ones if you really want to dive into it. But I thought the other thing was even though it's right across from the high school,

um maybe seeing if the school could, you know, show a show a minute and a half or two and a half minute video to the intermediate school or the elementary schools and uh maybe share that information, you know, in their ed course of education throughout the day on how to use crosswalks because the town's growing, the countyy's growing. We're getting more walking trails and with those walking trails, you're having street crossings and road crossings. So, I think that's something that if we implement to the schools and get the education out there, we can do it on the town side. The with the lack of having a safety uh officer there or a crossing guard person there or somebody physically walking the child or the person across the street, there's really nothing else safety wise that we can do there beyond the measures that we're already taking. other than education. We're already looking into removing the tree and putting up street light. So, um it's going to be well lit. Uh so, I I really don't know how else to approach this.

No, I mean I think that's great. I appreciate you diving in and looking at both where we are and what the possibilities are. And I appreciate Jim being proactive after our last conversation about removing that tree and looking at adding extra lighting with Duke. I think the education piece, um, I'm going to make it a point to sit down with the school or at least find an opportunity to talk with the school to see how we can partner with them on the education piece. Um, because I think you're right that may be, you know, one of the the ongoing elements that we need to implement from a town perspective is is the education. So, thank you for diving into that. No worries. That whatever we can do to make our our community safer.

There you go. Any other thoughts on the crosswalk? Can you see from you all?

The only other thing I'd like to um not I mean just kind of communicate based on our relationship with Blue Sky and the ongoing rebranding of the town. We're looking at a timeline from a council perspective where um she could present some kind of next steps and some findings at our December 17th meeting. Um, I would recommend that that that presentation sit with us so that we can ask questions, but that we we don't really take action until our first meeting in in January. That'll give us time to to get some feedback and some conversation with town even after she presents kind of what she's looking at. So, that would be kind of my goal. we could hear the presentation on the 17th and then talk about how we want to move forward um and in what direction in terms of communicating things but not take formal action until the following meeting.

Anything else that y'all would have for the continued conversations along the lines of the the lighting, the street lights? Um I think I sent an email that North Street is really dark. U in that one section kind of here's Joe Snuggrass and then it's like right just east of him right in there it's really really dark there's no light at all okay

cuz I I got up really early and around few mornings you know when the school kids were walking

and then they walked down my lane and I've got lights, but that is a concern. Well, and the other thing as far as um speeding going over the bridge the same warnings that I was checking out the lights, people just speed over. They don't slow down on Bitner traveling south, but it reduces to 20 miles an hour. They just fly over the bridge and that's very dangerous or over there. So,

yeah. So, I don't know if there's a flashing light up there, right? Well, unfortunately,

or something. I I do know that um everybody knows I'm a road guy and uh speeding is a consistent problem not just on local you know local town roads but county roads. Uh the way we we base our speed is we'll put a speed tracker out and we'll collect speed data and we base that speed limit on the 85th percentile. Um so um we have had instances where people complained about uh the speed being uh too low and we put the speed tracker out and um the 85th percentile was higher than what the what the speed limit was posted. Uh so then we end up raising the speed limit then people get even more upset. What I can tell you that I that I have learned over the years um working on the roads is people drive whatever speed they're comfortable with. It doesn't matter what the speed limit is that's posted. Um so we can put flashing lights up. We can change the speed limit sign. Ultimately people are going to speed unfortunately. That's the unfortunate answer. And there was a a truck with a trailer on it and it it just flew over and it's just

scary. The uh that's that's an area where there's a lot of traffic. Mhm. Yeah. The biggest deterrent for speeding is a hefty fine and and unfortunately we just we can't police at all but have to rely on the a lot of times when we have speed complaints uh out in the county um we we as a county can enforce them but we tell people to call the sheriff's department and turn it into the sheriff's department and let them handle it. No, I I have a better idea

because uh Will, you remember u your wife got a picture of her car on 465 as did I. That slows me down. Now that that being said, the radar signs uh they do deter people from speeding somewhat. It's it's almost as if it's like a public shaming because you don't want the person behind you to see that you were going 40 and a 20. Yeah.

So, uh we have seen um speeds reduced by having the electronic radar signs. So, when we do a like a campaign when we when we do have a speeding problem um and we we put speed trackers out, we can identify a problem. Sometimes we will put radar signs out there that have the posted speed limit on it and then a your speed under it. And um a lot of people, I don't know if it's that public shaming or what it is, but once they realize, oh crap, I'm doing 55 and a 40, the person behind me just seen that a lot of times that will deter people from speeding for for a while.

They're hefty. Um, but I mean I know people I mean I just wonder if the town invested in one of those that we could position in different places at different times or do you ask Indo to put one out? You you could ask local agencies that already own those. Um the county

that that's where the interlocal uh relationships come into play. Um I know I think Greenfield may have a trailer operated one. Nola County has some that mount on signs. INDOT may have some. Uh you can rent them. You can buy them. Uh you can move them around the town. You can get use out of them. Uh I know the company that sells them. Um so, and they're when I say they're hefty, you know, they're they're a few thousand dollars, but it's it would be an investment that you can move around the town. I kind of like the idea of the town owning one that we can position at different times and places. Well, you don't have to buy multiple. You could buy one to start with and if you have a speeding issue then then uh you basically just program the sign, put the sign up and they're solar powered

and um you can leave it up for an extended amount of time. And what what's your opinion about those chief? Absolutely. I love the idea. We had one for about six years and it finally it was battery powered. The batteries no longer held the charge and they didn't make the batteries anymore. They wanted to sell the whole kit go solar and it cost more than the whole unit did initially. But they make them newer now. I think they're still They're a little hefty, but it'd be well worth it. Yeah, you you'll get several years of use out of it and it would be too. You know, the street department could just go around and move them randomly. Not not to be us, but if you get complaints, we can have the street department put them up. Yeah. Street site. Yeah, absolutely. I'm 100% those. I would like to make a motion that we buy one. I second that. Well, how about Let's look into it.

How about Yeah. How about You can look into it. Let's buy one. Why we got to look into it? Yeah. You got to buy before Ivon gets here. Get it. Get it while Ivon's not here. Yeah, WE GOT TO BUY. WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? I will I will um I will I will put uh Jim in contact with the company that I I do my dealings with for my my radar. But you think they're a couple thousand dollars. Yeah. Yeah. The motion that gives him the ability. Let's look and then the next meeting we'll have that you guys make that decision. This is why government takes forever to get stuff done. We know there's come back to five grand. I'll uh APS. What's this? I'll put I'll put Jim in touch with the company and I'll make the motion to approve the APBs

and and let uh let him get quotes and he can he can approach the council with the Yeah. Thank you. with the information. We'll put in the minutes that everybody wanted to slow down besides me. You can ask for Okay. Chad too. He's okay. No, we want everybody to slow down. Yeah. That's what the signs are. But we want to hurry up so they can slow down. Okay. Yes, we need to go fast so they go slow. Maybe maybe that's maybe that's a uh partial solution. And it does help the officers because the if the officer is parked where he can see the sign. Part of the problem too is trying to patrol that is is there's no good place to sit to try to run a radar.

Um but by the time you get one, you've got five cars between you. So you got to be safe to even do a traffic stop. Yeah, but if you can position yourself in a spot where you can see the speed sign and you see the art speeding, then absolutely that would definitely help out. Well, you can put the sign in my front yard and park in my driveway. Whatever. Whatever works. I wave at Chad every morning. Yeah, I was about to say I see him in your driveway quite often. Invitation. I'm slaming on the brakes and I'm joking. I don't speed in town. And there are occasions Tommy will bring out a cup of coffee. I mean, you're welcome. Come on in. Fine. You guys take the slow road. get all the information and then we'll approve it. We'll get it. So,

all right. Anything else? Well, I guess I can do it now instead of during council comments. I just I want to put out there there's a tenative date to close the bridge on 400 South between 400 West and 450 West of December 1st. um for bridge replacement. That'll be for approximately four months, 120 days. Uh and in January, 300 South will close between 6 West and 7 West by Zion, just west of Zion Church for bridge replacement. I know it's kind of a bummer since we just got Six West opened. Everybody's enjoying that now. Um but that bridge also 120day timeline. I don't expect it to take that long. It's a small bridge but they have 120 days. So

okay bridge on four south uh next month bridge on three south in January. Have you heard anything about US 52 bridge 2027 I believe? I think so. I got something they emailed out today. Yep. I believe 2027. If that moves up, I'll let everybody know. But um I believe that's when that's supposed to let earth be built. Well, with our discussion that I had last week, they also said uh with the school and maybe new county road that they might even put a soft stop here at Bentner 52, which you know, we'll see how that works out.

What's a soft discuss? Well, they're gonna stop put a stop sign out there for just temporary while that construction's going on. So, let's let's bring that up. Um Jim Jim met with INDOT and had some had some conversation with them. Good good conversation.

Yeah, it pal is on DOT's map. 52 is on DOT's map. So, they they're aware of all the growth that's happening out here and they're they keep track of all the stuff on areas on their crash data and stuff like that. Uh but they're aware of all the growth that's going on out here and they're taking some hard looks at intersection uh intersection accidents and and just the way everything is is laid out here down 52 probably all the way from the Maring County line going east. So they're taking a hard look at all this. So they're they're not um blind to the fact that all the growth is happening and uh and Jim met with them, had a great meeting and um is working with them to have continued conversation on ways to improve traffic.

They've set the meetings up quarterly now. So Gary F invited next school superintendent at this one who spoke on behalf of school and then the wellness center. Then I spoke on behalf of town. they are interested and they just kind of want to have that continuing relationship because they know a lot of things are going to happen which is good. That's the best thing for us is is to have those conversations with them and work with them and there's a lot of things that are kind of happening that you know that are out of develop west and things like that so which will affect us. Yes. Good. Well, thank you. Moving on to legal updates.

Just one item of note. I've been working with um councelor Hartley on a uh amendment to the zoning ordinance for the planning commission. So um the way that process works is if the plan commission initiates it, uh they have to hold a public a public hearing and then it gets sent to you all uh for final approval. So just working through that and some of the language and uh hopefully we'll get that on the plan commission agenda for the next meeting. Perfect. Thank you. Welcome. Department of Reports. Jim, anything else to add?

Uh, the guys, speaking of lights in town, they're working on the Christmas lights. That's good. And Ryan, I will get with you hopefully uh Monday on the uh roundabout, the Christmas tree, and we are getting a star this year to put stars put on top of that pole. So excited about that. So, we'll have a timeline. You you'll have a date. Yeah. When we'll have the thumbs up. Jeff Smith is making the star. So get that finished with you. So up. Okay. Sounds good.

Um let me see. That's uh on I I do have a letter here and I haven't shared with council yet. I will share because it's just a rough graph. But uh you know the state and the county they're working with septic eliminations. So we talked about some of these neighborhoods outside area here. I've kind of picked out Glad Acres, which is about 46 lots right there at Gym Road, kind of heads into Raisner Countryside. So, I'm putting a letter together, which you know might be an informal letter that they can send out to those 46 addresses because I have heard that uh like in spring, they can't wash their use their washers in spring because of water table and septics. They're getting to that point. So, I've shared this uh with Thomas to look at it. I know Jenny's looked at it. I'll definitely share it with council. And then at that point, I'll probably work with uh maybe uh Al to get kind of a soft cost so we can put a number to that and get with county to see, you know, what kind of help we can get from the county and see how this process will work. You know, there there's a a lot of homes out there with septics. I mean, close to a thousand. This is a good little kind of a test spot on 46 homes that I think would work really easy. And like I said, we we do need those connections and we do need to get these off uh you know, septic. So,

good. But as and I'll get a copy of this to you tonight just so if you guys want to make any kind of changes, let me know and we'll kind of work for it. So, okay. Thank you. But, uh yep, that's it other than uh good luck with the drafts this week. There you go. Yeah, thank you. Anything for Jim from council? Is Steve okay tonight? Steve, his sister passed away last week, so some sisters coming out of town and uh he met with them tonight. So, I'm sorry to hear that. Chief, anything else from you? I'm good. Thank you. Okay. Yon's crew. Should we call her?

I bet she won't answer. I wouldn't. I wouldn't either. That's fair. That's fair. I wouldn't either. Um, we we have public comments for anybody in the town who would like to address and bring anything up to our attention that you would like to do. So, five minutes on any topic. We just simply invite you to step to the podium and share your name and address, organization that you're with. If you would like to share anything with us this evening, I would like to say we have a celebrity with us today, Mr. Don St. Don St. graduate. He's been a radio host or radio and now he's into acting out of Chicago. So, he's done some movies and stuff. So, pretty cool. Yeah. Well, welcome, sir. Among Us. Yeah. New my hometown.

Yeah. I've lived in Chicago for seven years and acting took off on me up there and it I'm not just acting up there anymore. Now it's Nashville and other places in the south. So, I thought I could just come back Palestine taxes are in Chicago and so now I can get anywhere in four hours that I need to be. So I'm back in on October 15th and I'm glad to be home. Well, welcome home. Welcome. Welcome home. I believe uh when you lived here previously, did Maria's Pizza deliver you at Q95? If they delivered pizza, which I believe they did. Yeah. I I

told Tony over here many times when Maurice had that, it was either Tuesday or Thursday. You could not get in the place. This is what I'm doing. Okay. You could not get in the place. Yeah. Well, I I listened to two young Q95 back in the day and uh when I was in high school and heard some stories from some of the delivery drivers. So, welcome home. Great back. Yeah. Having a blast. You kind of miss trees when you're in Chicago. I got back home. I was like, "Wow, it's very nice. The trees are burning and everything's colorful again." So, I'm glad to have you here. Good. Appreciate it. Well, moving on to council comments, starting with Bill.

Well, I want to start again congratulating Officer Wagner for joining the police department. Officer Whitaker on his promotion and the two officers who were recognized for above and beyond uh service and outstanding performance. That's absolutely fantastic and it's just a testament to the department that we have. Um so congratulate each of them. Um Terry and I this morning we attended the Hancock Economic Development Council and that's a once a month meeting and a lot of information is shared. And what I pulled out of that meeting today was just some amazing statistics that Hancock County exceeds the state in population growth, jobs, workforce, labor participation, median income, just amazing growth that's going on in Hancock County. And and a lot of that is in Sugar Creek Township. Uh so there's a lot of good things on the horizon there. And also violent crimes and property crimes in Hancock County are 75% less than the national average. Wow.

So, not only are school corporations, all four of them, very strong, but it's a good community. There are a lot of things going on. Um, and it's a safe place to live. So, you know, that's what I pulled out of that meeting. Uh, and then also echo what Jim said. Good luck to the Dragons. uh semi-state home football game seven o'clock be there'll be a huge show out and that's a neat thing when you go to a home game and how many people from the community it's no longer just families that have kids playing on the team it's everybody so it's a neat event encourage everybody to come out I'll be there rain or shine I changed my mind I'm going even good

that's what I'm doing good Terry uh I echo everything that Bill said. Um, really appreciate you, Bob, with your your team. You do a great job. Everybody, I do have a my monthly birthday cake for the November birthdays. Nyla had one on hers was the 12th. Your wife Denise is the 30th. Um, I think you have a police Isaac Kilgore. Yeah. Yeah, I said I did. Yeah. Um, and I guess today is Ethan's mom. It is my mom's birthday. So, take a piece of cake. Welcome to Take a Piece of Cake. Did you remember it was your wife's birthday coming up? Oh, yeah.

Okay. If you didn't know, she's Take a piece of cake home. Thank you, Ryan. I just want to echo uh what everybody else has said so far and whatever you say and Chad say and Bill says has already said. Okay. So you just covered everybody. Yep. You get credit for everything everybody said. Everything.

Wise man. Um I I will celebrating our department, our police department, and that is a a good reflection of leadership, Chief. So thank you for the way in which you lead these these men and your your your team. So I appreciate that. certainly want to, you know, give good thoughts and um hopefully we'll be at Lucas Oil uh the Friday night at 7 o'clock um after Thanksgiving for state. So hopefully we'll continue moving that direction. And I wanted to make sure everybody was aware that uh Sherry Do's grand opening is going to be this Saturday. So if you didn't stop by last Saturday on their soft opening, you missed. We got some cinnamon rolls and some oiago loaf. Fantastic. Make sure you swing in over there. They've got some coffee and some goodies, but this Saturday is their grand opening. It' be great to support a new business in town. Um, and that's all I have. Chad,

going last, everything's off the list. So, it's all I got. Ethan, when is your next Friday, Chad? It's the first Friday, so it'll be the 5th of December. Sherry might be a good place for it. Maybe. I mean, we'll see. We'll see what's available. So, yes. If there's nothing else, we'll take a motion to adjurnn. I'll make a motion to adjurnn. Thank you. Second. I'll second it. Thank you, Terry. All those in favor say I. I. We're out of here. Thanks, guys.