Remarks by Gary Martin
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Yeah. So, if your risk averse, us Negotiating this would make an agreement, get you the guarantees that you want, get you bill of order usage, get you the best deal you can get on setbacks, those kind of things to make it visibly appealing. There's a lot of things that we haven't discussed that would be discussed at the public hearing in a few weeks. And so you have to ask yourself, I guess if there are only truly, I think, 1,400 acres is what you're truly putting in solar panels and power lines, right? Something like that? Yes, sir. So if we take 1,400 acres, and worst case scenario is four…
That's their loaded salary. I mean, who's bought a new truck lately? Well, I know somebody has because I parked next to it out there. But y'all know what a new truck costs? I bought one seven years ago and I paid less than $50,000 for it. That same truck today is about $70,000. $74,000. It might be down to half the price. I'm not going to get into it. But thanks for being here and making the presentation. This is not public. You can go to the clerk's office and get their PowerPoint. At the public hearing next time, next time there will be a public hearing. Not yet. We have a tentative date.…
That's what we're doing. We're taking one steady step at a time.
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Does anybody have one? I'll make a motion to... consider a development agreement for reimbursement of county expenses only with Moonstone Solar slash GAL 31.
I said to develop an agreement for reimbursement of county expenses only with Moonstone Solar and GAL 31.
I'll go back to it. I make a motion to declare the amended application submitted by bloomstone solar classical energy for purposes under the wilson county policies and procedures guidelines. And to proceed with diligence on the project, including consideration of a reinvestment fund at a future meeting. Got it?
Judge, I gave this a lot of thought and I didn't have a good answer. I'm going to improve these, but I still don't have a good answer. But I know there's probably a lot of people that would like to have a floating holiday. I know the ones over in Stockdale would probably like to be off on Stockdale Water Mill. Do you believe we take, as a county, we take, you know, So I don't know if I don't know if we can do it. Do make this one this year a flex holiday. This looks like how much stirring up probably that we can't go as far as on payrolls standpoint.
Well, that's not the point. The point is they want to take off for their birthday. Or, you know, they may be getting a little weaker. I don't know. So what day would you want to vote? I think, I mean, we'll need to write a policy for it, I guess. But, I mean, I would just say, you know, if you're going to take it in January, then you would change it for January 1. or give you word for it as your floating holiday and just right on there, January 8th or whatever.
So I guess thinking about it again, we'll submit the statement.
And the annual fee would be, the hosting fee would be approximately $13,000 per year.
I mean, that's what's next on it. I would like to approve it today, just so I can get it done before the first of the year.
It's not been factored in for this budget.
That's totally out there. But, well, he said as long as he gets it done by the end of the year. Are you talking about this current fiscal year or the end of the calendar year? The end of the calendar year. I'm sorry. And that price from TAP is still good for next fiscal year? I think that's what we were trying to, well, that's what I'm saying. It would be done in the calendar year. I don't know. What's the location there for slides?
Entertain a motion there's no reason not for freedom do you think there's money for this budget I know that's another question but I mean it might require a small budget amendment for 13 000 right now and then 18 5 on the next side yes But I guess, so do they pay their annual fees? Are they for the fiscal year or the calendar year? They're for the fiscal year. For the fiscal year, okay. So then that means that if we approve the migration for the $13,000, we should be good there. And then we need to put $18,000 in next year's budget for that item. And that will be a reoccurring cost that will…
Well, I would say to try to do them, you know, because we want them to start working on the migration right now so that it's done. And the others wouldn't be due until October or sometime thereafter whenever they bill us for that annual fee. So the motion could be to pay... For the website update 18 000 right down right it's been put the 13th question you making a motion no I'm not okay I'm just saying that everybody
And then we can get all that. No, we're having a budget meeting this afternoon. We've got to decide what we're going to do. Okay, then you might report it. Yes, report it.
So my suggestion, and I never got a chance to talk to Evelyn about why she wants to leave the compensation at a fixed number. So if you look at paragraph E9, page 3, It says that who may submit their annual work plan, one of the things they're gonna do is provide us with a budget request for a new one. Which means that they would make an ask for whatever it is that they feel they need for that year. Now, this contract fixes it at $100,000. And it also says that we shall pay. And I don't think that's what we want we want the ability to change something happens if we have a budget shortfall…
That's the whole point of changing the clause. Because we did budget $100,000 for next year. But we didn't really get a clause in there, I don't think, that just kind of says how it's determined what's going to be put in there next year. I understand what you're saying. That might be a special ask. But I think in terms of a, I guess, forever contract at my home, it needs to be a little more discreet of what's up, what's budgeted. Now, there's never, remember, we're a county government, so we're not bound to pay anybody. Our budget has to change to do something else, and we can do that. Now, I…
He's writing this and all of it, but we ought to let you forget it. Come up here. If you can read this by the end of the year. But you guys, all right. So the sentence now reads, the county shall pay
Well, I mean, because what this agreement does is, again, as I pointed out, it's going to be in their annual work plan. Which is going to be the submit to us. One of the things that they need to do is give us a budget request from them. That was the whole point of making that work plan. If we were to update from them, we'd get their budget request, because that's what the budget is.
So in the first paragraph, it says, let's see. So the original memorandum was tip 22 at that point. That's correct. It didn't really need to change the length of the term. It may have changed the length of the term there.
I'll make a motion to renew the memorandum of understanding with Wilson County and also effective today from January 10th, 2025 to January 9th. Second.
Why do we share it? They should be providing this to you, correct?
So what's the difference between what you're able to do and what I'm able to do just pulling in a... Just as a person, I log in here right now and look up my property. What's different between me doing that and you doing that?