2026-10-28 - Vision Committee

00:26Okay, folks.

00:28Let's get moving.

00:30Call to order.

00:32Okay.

00:34Roll call. I'll simply say Sarah is

00:36here, Paul is here, Fred is here, I am

00:39here.

00:40Uh Jay Lee is here, and on the screen is

00:45um

00:46>> It's just

00:47>> Glenn and Richard.

00:49Thank you.

00:50>> Yes.

00:51>> Uh two missing who will probably come in

00:53late and will be excused are Ted and

00:56Cody.

00:57Okay.

00:58Um

01:00Citizen statements, and

01:03we don't have any citizens.

01:04>> Nobody's here.

01:05>> So, we move forward on that one very

01:06nicely.

01:08Approval of the minutes. They're very

01:10short, to the point.

01:12Somebody would like to make a motion.

01:14>> I'll make a motion.

01:16>> Thank you.

01:18Ashley.

01:18>> I'll second.

01:20>> Sarah Ashley, thank you.

01:23Any comments?

01:26No?

01:28No?

01:29>> I do think I need

01:31uh

01:33next

01:34I do think in the next set of minutes, I

01:36would like to put together a little bit

01:37of a timeline

01:39as part of what we are thinking in terms

01:41of trying to get, you know, done by

01:43mid-November of this. Try to do that.

01:45>> Okay.

01:46>> You know,

01:47as part of the minutes, just at the end

01:49of the meeting.

01:50>> Okay.

01:51>> Okay.

01:56>> Otherwise?

01:58>> Otherwise good.

01:58>> All okay, everybody?

02:00Looking at the screen, all I see is an

02:02RW there, so I don't know who's up

02:05there, whether the both persons are

02:07there or not.

02:08Okay.

02:09>> Glenn is here as well.

02:10>> Yeah, I'm here.

02:11>> Thank you, Glenn. [snorts]

02:13Okay.

02:15All right.

02:17We will forward.

02:19Okay.

02:20Um

02:22>> [clears throat]

02:24>> Let's move on ahead. Uh first of all, I

02:27just to let you know, I did speak to the

02:30consultant as requested.

02:33He will talk to us on the 18th.

02:36I did send him what we had developed so

02:39far for input from him, so that he knows

02:43and can comment appropriately, okay?

02:46And um

02:47>> [clears throat]

02:47>> he hasn't got back to me. He said he

02:48might get back to me beforehand. He

02:50hasn't yet, but that's okay.

02:52He knows he's received them, and he said

02:55he would [snorts] review them and offer

02:57comment.

02:59Our meeting, as you know, the next

03:01meeting with the consultant is on the

03:0418th of November, a Wednesday.

03:08And of course, that'll be here.

03:12Okay.

03:13>> Is that 6:00?

03:13>> Is that 6:00 or

03:15>> 6:00, yeah.

03:16>> Okay.

03:17>> It might not be. I think it's 6:00,

03:18isn't it? I'm pretty sure.

03:21If there's a I'll check on that.

03:236:00 p.m. {question mark} 7:00, but I

03:26don't think so.

03:29And he, of course, will be with us via

03:31Zoom.

03:32>> Yep.

03:33>> Okay.

03:37All right, so far?

03:38>> Yep.

03:39>> Comments from the other side on the

03:41pictures?

03:44>> No No comments.

03:46>> Okay, thank [snorts] you.

03:47>> No comment yet.

03:48>> Okay, let's move forward.

03:51Let me start by saying I feel I need to

03:53say something

03:55that I have tried, I hope, to always

03:58allow everyone to be involved and speak

04:01up as they wish.

04:03It's a communal group. We all need to

04:05speak up.

04:06In that spirit,

04:08when one member told me that the Putnam

04:11format

04:13that we have been using

04:15and which was apparently imposed on you

04:19was wrong and not working.

04:24>> Those are not my words, Frank.

04:26>> I am quoting and speaking at the time,

04:29please.

04:31>> [clears throat]

04:32>> And that he has generated

04:34an AI final report that should be

04:37submitted to the council.

04:41As such, I felt that he should be given

04:44the opportunity to present his report to

04:47you for your input.

04:51You will see

04:52he's presenting his report via Zoom, not

04:56here today.

04:58So,

04:59Richard,

05:00present your report.

05:13>> I would like to

05:15comment at the moment.

05:18Is that okay, Frank?

05:26>> Shut off your mic.

05:27>> Oh, sorry.

05:29I asked if you mind if I comment at the

05:32moment.

05:40>> Well,

05:40>> Let me

05:42Let me

05:42explain.

05:43>> It's your time.

05:45It's make It's your time.

05:47>> What What The presentation should should

05:49be on a flash drive to be shown. But let

05:53me clarify what this presentation is. It

05:56is It is not in in place of

05:59>> [clears throat]

06:00>> Richard, you are echoing again. You have

06:01to mute one of your screens.

06:04>> All right.

06:05I'm going to

06:09Trying to figure out why it's doing

06:11that, but

06:12it is.

06:15Am I still echoing?

06:17>> Yep.

06:18>> Yes.

06:20>> Let me Let me mute my phone.

06:31Well, let's see. Hear me now?

06:33>> You're still echoing. Would you like me

06:34to mute it?

06:40>> What was that again?

06:41>> I can mute it if you would like, the one

06:43without the camera.

06:44>> Please.

06:44>> Okay, I'll mute the one without the

06:46camera. Hold on.

07:27>> Is this better?

07:30>> Yes.

07:31>> Can you Yes?

07:34>> Yeah, just

07:34>> You can hear me now?

07:36>> No, still echoing.

07:38>> Still echoing.

07:41>> It's most likely because you're logged

07:43in with the same login on both things.

07:46So, it's showing that your accounts are

07:47linked.

07:50>> I should I just

07:51just muted the other device.

07:53>> That's better. That's better.

07:55>> What microphone on the computer?

07:57>> There you go.

07:59>> Okay.

08:01Um what I can

08:02It is not replaced lunch report. That is

08:07a mistake.

08:08What I

08:10try to get across is that I wanted to

08:12supplement his report with a PowerPoint

08:16show that is

08:18100% based on the the table with the

08:23action goals. So, it's just

08:26a supplement, not a replacement. So,

08:29it's not as if one member is speaking

08:32out trying to go rogue. We're trying to

08:34add to it because without that list that

08:37Frank is working on,

08:39I have to say there would be no

08:41PowerPoint.

08:42It is based on that 100%.

08:46It was not Does it require any

08:48additional work? You keep going to work

08:50as you are.

08:52Frank is disappointed, I'll just leave

08:54the committee. I don't need this kind of

08:56aggravation.

08:58So, Frank works with the team.

09:08>> innovation and there's

09:10>> I think I you can't you came in kind of

09:12garbled.

09:13And so,

09:15on on whatever microphone you're using,

09:18I'm not quite sure what the heck is

09:20going on here right now, to be honest

09:22with you.

09:23Um

09:26and um

09:27so, I think well,

09:30I just and

09:32what I just heard you say, Richard, is

09:35that what you generated

09:38was a supplement to what we have been

09:41working on. I think I just heard you

09:42call it Frank's report. I think it's

09:45what we're talking about is more

09:47formatting than we are talking about

09:48reporting from what I'm seeing here.

09:51Um I'm not sure what I'm interested in

09:55what the intent of the document that you

09:57generated is.

09:59>> The intent is to

10:03bring out visually the elements that are

10:06all text in the table.

10:10If you Okay, Frank, I think you've made

10:12it clear that I should just leave the

10:13group.

10:15Is that what you're saying?

10:15>> Hello, Richard.

10:17It's echoing again.

10:19Richard, it's echoing again.

10:25>> How about if I just call in and shut my

10:27computer off?

10:32All right, I'm turning off my computer.

10:38>> I think what he's trying to say is that

10:41this is more of a visual outline

10:45compared to just words.

10:47So, it might help help us trying to like

10:50navigate

10:52what we want to change or what we want

10:53to keep

10:54in that report, but I think he just

10:57might be feeling a little bit of

10:58frustration

11:00because he's not sure how people feel.

11:05>> Well, to me that report, because it

11:07comes 100% from the report that Ashley

11:11sent us, every one of the goals is the

11:14basis for that language, and it

11:17ranked what it saw was

11:20some of the more common elements that

11:23you don't see as you're reading it. So,

11:25it brings it forward visually what's

11:28going on, and then once it's submitted,

11:30it's gone. What you use to track

11:32everything is Frank's tool from Putnam.

11:36And beyond that, there's nothing

11:39I don't see how it It's

11:41I don't see how it conflicts and how we

11:43cannot

11:45Okay, he can say he doesn't like it to

11:46go with it, but to say it's taking his

11:49place and it's my report, it's not. It's

11:51that report that you have

11:54and have been working on and we've been

11:55working on. And if Frank can't

11:57understand that,

11:58I think he doesn't need

12:01anybody's help.

12:03He dictated the report to Ashley. Nobody

12:06had input into the language.

12:08Frank complained to me about how

12:09everyone was

12:12nitpicking on the words.

12:14But Frank, you know, it's not just one

12:17member.

12:25>> I'm I'm going through here and when I

12:27first opened this thing up today at

12:29work, I

12:31I liked it, to be honest with you. I am

12:33wasn't

12:34I thought what you were presenting was a

12:36different way to present our findings.

12:40And I and then

12:41>> No.

12:42>> I thought that at first that's what it

12:44struck me as.

12:46Um

12:48So, I'm not entirely sure what

12:50what this document is doing, but what I

12:52do know, what I liked about it was

12:56it was um

13:00more graphical

13:02than what than what we the what we are

13:04are working on.

13:06I just wasn't sure if this like I said,

13:08I just couldn't really tell what was I

13:10was looking at.

13:12Um

13:13But I all I know is I did

13:15>> I'd like to comment on that part.

13:16>> Sure. I think

13:17>> But um

13:17>> And I was kind of hoping tonight you

13:19were going to kind of walk us through

13:21what this was. Well, what I mean, maybe

13:23I'm maybe I'm the only one that doesn't

13:25really see it. But on the fact the

13:27initial the initial the initial view was

13:29pretty positive in my

13:31my opinion.

13:32>> This is not a separate report. I mean,

13:35visually it's separate. The language

13:38is what we've been working on line by

13:42line, word by word um

13:46to make it

13:48into [clears throat]

13:49what we have as the goals that comprise

13:52maybe the seven, eight, 10 pages.

13:55So, it's the just a supplement out of

13:58that report. I'm not creating anything

14:00different. You mean, I can't create that

14:03visual without everyone going through

14:05creating Frank's table.

14:08>> I get

14:08>> So, it's it's intended to be a visual

14:10supplement, nothing more.

14:14>> Is it a summary?

14:16>> It's a summary of all of those action

14:19goals.

14:21And if you go to the back of it, you'll

14:22actually see the action goals.

14:24>> No, I did. And that's where I got a

14:25little little confused in terms of what

14:28the document was, if it was a different

14:29way of conveying

14:31what everybody is working on.

14:33Um

14:35and that's where I got a little confused

14:36on what it was I was looking at. Cuz I

14:39think it

14:39>> I thought it

14:40>> it's all a document.

14:44>> I thought it would be that initially a

14:45good way to make a presentation and then

14:48let the other be a checklist because it

14:50has the columns for who it's assigned to

14:52and percent complete. So, Frank's tool

14:54is interactive. This is a one-time

14:57handout.

14:59Um the same data.

15:05>> Is it

15:06I know I just used the word summary.

15:11Is it an Is it an interactive And And

15:13what I'm trying to figure out is is

15:16I don't see it as a competing document.

15:20I didn't view it as a competing

15:21document. I viewed it as

15:25One of the things I like when I look at

15:27items when I'm about to get into a

15:28report, I like the I like the top three

15:31things I need to know type of thing. And

15:34and at first, that's kind of what I

15:36thought at here that this is a very easy

15:38graphical

15:40idea of I'm sorry, representation of

15:42what we've been doing for the last

15:44couple of years.

15:45And what are the major items that we've

15:49heard and seen? And that's what I kind

15:51of got out of the

15:53the the first few pages, like pages one

15:55through five.

15:57I didn't really maybe understand or

15:59understand how all of you know um

16:02some of the ranking systems or something

16:03along those lines came in.

16:05Um but I

16:07like I said, I the first thing I saw

16:10that I saw, "Okay, this is pretty

16:11impressive and it's a little bit

16:13it's not as lean and austere as the

16:16Putnam format is,

16:17but then

16:19then I started getting a little lost a

16:21little misunderstanding basically from

16:23pages eight, nine

16:26and on until we got into pages

16:31um

16:3213 which started to feel a little bit

16:34like what the format is that we've been

16:36working off of.

16:38Um

16:39So, that's that was just my takeaway

16:42looking at it for 10 minutes or so at my

16:43desk.

16:44But to you know, as far as it was this

16:47compete competition thing I'm not

16:49entirely sure

16:50where that's coming from.

16:51>> want to compete with Frank. It's not me

16:53versus Frank. It's us as a committee to

16:56the town.

16:58Period. And that's what I think Frank

17:00wants to get across.

17:02But because I used AI, I think it's

17:04perceived differently.

17:06It isn't ended.

17:08Meaning that report will not exist if we

17:11don't create the table and matrix

17:14from in the Putnam format. It's just an

17:17additional visual tool and it it can be

17:20edited.

17:21I didn't edit it. I just wanted to show

17:24an idea. So, this idea has turned into

17:26more time

17:27tonight than it did to create.

17:31>> I think something like this

17:32>> Can I Can I ask you a question?

17:36Richard?

17:38>> Yes.

17:39>> I I I'm I missed the last meeting so I'm

17:42a little bit in the dark here. How How

17:44do you anticipate

17:47Where Where are you going to be using

17:49this format you have?

17:52Um

17:53>> My

17:54Let me

17:55Fred, let me correct you on one thing.

17:57It's not my format. What it is is

18:01taking the tool that we have and turning

18:04it into another format. So, what you see

18:07before you is not really going to go to

18:10anybody because we haven't finished the

18:12action goals. And that report comes from

18:16the action goals 100%.

18:19The rankings

18:21how many times some award might be used

18:24so it's just flowing through.

18:28It's not a separate document not created

18:31separately or technically it is but it

18:34the source document is

18:37what

18:38we've been sending out the

18:41division goals department format.

18:44Nothing more this is just intended to

18:46get people something they can read to

18:48look at quickly see what we've addressed

18:51and then they go into the other document

18:54that they hold on to for the next 5

18:55years with a checklist.

19:00But it is not replacing Frank's format.

19:02It's just one document to go together.

19:05>> I understand that you're not trying to

19:07replace that. I'm trying to understand

19:10how we are going to use this going

19:13forward. Are we combining the two?

19:17>> Let me

19:18back up I understand.

19:20>> You're

19:21>> We didn't

19:22Fred let me just finish this. We are not

19:25using that as a document meaning that to

19:29that is a creation after we finish the

19:33vision goals.

19:35So so you can going to continue working

19:38on the vision goals the way we have been

19:41and then when that's finished this

19:43document will get created and then

19:45edited to be a smooth

19:48complement to the goals but it does not

19:51exist on its own and it should not be

19:53used as a tool on its own.

19:57The only tool is what Putnam format is.

20:01This is just

20:02we

20:04finding another way to show the Putnam

20:06format to communicate it quickly to

20:09somebody.

20:14>> Hey Richard yeah I I was expecting to

20:16see the other one here so I

20:18um

20:19this is new to me. I was looking at your

20:20other report uh

20:22that I

20:23honestly

20:24>> for you.

20:25>> Huh?

20:26>> No, I Go ahead.

20:28>> Yeah, so the other report that you

20:29handed out last uh last meeting or the

20:32meeting before, I actually really liked

20:34the summary of that. I liked uh how all

20:37the sources were uh presented up front.

20:40I liked I and I agreed and I think it

20:42was accurate that the

20:44sections uh were accurate to what we've

20:47all discussed um and I like how there

20:50was the uh the the sources underneath

20:52each one of those sections. I think that

20:55the

20:56priority list, the way that it was uh

20:59presented in the other report was was uh

21:01fair. I think, you know, one of the re-

21:04one of the reason I can say that is

21:05because we did ask what needs to be

21:07addressed in the next, you know, 5

21:09years, right? So, I think that priority

21:11list was good. What I was confused on is

21:14um

21:15and it and it's kind of called out in

21:16here as well uh with the with the

21:18actions

21:20um

21:21when it came when it talked about uh

21:22funding or allocating uh monies to uh to

21:26do things, did maybe I missed a meeting,

21:29but did did we ever discuss how much

21:31it's Did we ever get quotes from like

21:33web designers or marketers or anything

21:35like that?

21:37>> No, we did not. We So, so so So, why is

21:40it in the report?

21:41>> So, why is it in the report?

21:44>> Well, you know,

21:46maybe the intent

21:48the

21:48my report was intended to be

21:51sample options with data that we had and

21:54it's in the report because eventually

21:56that's something that will have to be

21:57addressed by the town.

21:59>> By the town. By the town. By the town.

22:01By the town.

22:03>> Right.

22:03>> So,

22:05when it comes to like step four on page

22:07four, uh the foundation actions turn

22:09vision into an operating system, there's

22:12a step in there and when I looked at the

22:15um you know,

22:17what is our you know, the scope of the

22:20vision committee and everything,

22:22we we're not dictating to the town what

22:25ought to happen. And and and and this

22:28committee

22:29sun like it it it closes

22:32this this year in a couple months. So,

22:35when I was reading the report and it

22:36said we will do this, we will do this,

22:39the vision committee will do this, like

22:41we can't say that we're going to do

22:43that. And

22:45I understand that we could have another

22:47town, you know, council could, you know,

22:49uh convene and and and establish a

22:52second committee that can help follow

22:54through with these actions, but that's

22:55where those actions and the how and the

22:57funding and the pursuing the grants and

22:59all of that stuff would come into play.

23:01So, I think we're just, you know, like

23:03it's I think you did a great job. I

23:05really like the first one more

23:06personally, um but I think what's, you

23:09know, catching everyone off guard is

23:10jumping the gun with funding like $45 to

23:13$65,000 to a for a web design, like we

23:16can't present that. And and and it and

23:18it might not be it might not be

23:20specifically called out in this report,

23:22but it is it is being like shown that

23:27there is some sort of funding as a step

23:29that the vision committee would do.

23:32And uh I just don't like I feel like

23:35that was a little bit of a, you know, I

23:37was just like maybe I just missed a

23:39meeting, so I wasn't sure.

23:41>> No, you didn't miss a meeting. What

23:44I mean, I was trying to help create

23:47samples to which we could get feedback.

23:49And maybe that one of the problems we're

23:51having

23:52is that we meet once a month and that

23:54delays things. And maybe my messaging

23:57when I send out the documents is not

23:59clear enough as to what it's intended to

24:02be. The initial vision report that I did

24:05with

24:06the green cover was, um, you know, quote

24:09all this with the kids. By the way,

24:11Paul, I got rid of the teardrops. Um

24:15I used a picture of of a waterfall.

24:18However,

24:19um

24:22you know, I'm

24:23the data that I work with

24:25is everything that we've gathered.

24:28Nothing is original, maybe short of the

24:31way the AI is putting in funding because

24:34it knows it needs it.

24:36And

24:37that's where we have we have to edit it.

24:40Right now, I've

24:42after, you know, talking to Frank, I've

24:44decided that if this to be any

24:47supplement whatsoever, it would be just

24:49the one that I sent out today, which is

24:52just

24:54a spin-off visually from the vision

24:58goals, nothing else.

25:05>> No, I No, I I I understand your your

25:08heart, Richard. I I do. And I I

25:09understand that, you know, visually

25:11speaking, you know, to be able to be

25:12compelling to tell a story

25:15is a good thing to do. I I you know, and

25:18I think um I think we're almost done

25:21with like the I I can see that there um

25:25uh

25:26you know, uh the North Star maintain a

25:28balance between rural character and

25:30economic development.

25:32I I just I think your other layout was I

25:34I just personally it it it I liked it a

25:37lot. Um but that's just like I said, a

25:39personal

25:40>> I mean, I can go can go back to that

25:42layout. It's just

25:43it's that that layout comes truly from

25:48the submissions that the questionnaire

25:50asked for.

25:51versus how we have translated those

25:54submissions into action goals. That's

25:57the difference between the two.

26:02One report was prepared from the

26:04responses.

26:06And the

26:07report that you have before you today

26:09was prepared from

26:11that table of action goals. So, if you

26:15like the other one first, that means

26:16we're leaving something out as we're

26:19preparing the action statement.

26:25>> Uh on the uh say thanks. Uh on the

26:28second page, the plan is broad. The

26:29decision gap is execution.

26:32Uh

26:33where did where did that come from?

26:37>> That came from

26:39the type of plan that I asked it I asked

26:41it

26:42to

26:44the machine to create. It gave me a

26:46prompt for four different types. One was

26:49internal discussion, one was for the

26:51public, and then there was another type

26:54of committee. So, I told chose the one

26:57for internal discussion, which is what

26:59we're doing now.

27:05So, the format changes based on how

27:08what's

27:09told and I just quickly wanted to get

27:11out a visual compliment rather than a

27:14word-by-word

27:15final document because this would change

27:18so much based on what we you finish

27:21tonight.

27:22>> So, you basically you've generated a a

27:25number of different versions of this

27:27depending on the audience.

27:30Or depending on the function.

27:32>> This time I only generated the version

27:35for internal discussion.

27:37>> For the committee only. This is not

27:38Okay, that explains my confusion.

27:41>> And also, I mean, as you probably know,

27:45these are not what we hand in is going

27:49to be ours, not the AI

27:51going right to them. We can edit it. I

27:53mean, that it's still a PowerPoint. It's

27:56it's edited.

27:57I mean, it's all text.

27:59It's not like we're generating something

28:00that we can't

28:02decide to edit in terms of changing the

28:05language, making it smoother, finding

28:07different words if somebody

28:09objects to something or thinks it's too

28:11complicated.

28:14>> But in the end, I'm I am understanding

28:16this correctly, I I believe that this is

28:20what you've presented is kind of more of

28:22the end product.

28:24Correct? I mean, that's what you've come

28:26up with.

28:28>> But [clears throat]

28:28it's can't

28:30be an end product unless what you're

28:32doing now is done. This is just a very

28:35quick

28:37and will be quick summary after the

28:39fact, after the vision goals in the

28:42format that you're working with, which

28:44is part of the plan.

28:45>> simply put, we we will revisit this

28:48once we get done with the legwork

28:51of of getting through the the checklist

28:53items.

28:55>> That's correct.

28:56>> Okay. And I

28:58>> Sarah,

28:58did you want to say something?

29:00>> And if nobody likes the visual,

29:03we you know, we don't have to do it, but

29:05I just thought it needed to be part of

29:08what a presentation is. I've never seen

29:11a presentation

29:13just be a table.

29:15>> And and I'm okay with that. That's kind

29:17of I I liked it. I feel like it's a good

29:19summary of 2 years worth of work.

29:22But I'm about ready right now to roll up

29:24our sleeves and get back to

29:27what the goal was at the end of the day.

29:29It was to continue on.

29:30>> That's the rest of the process.

29:32>> Continue on.

29:33>> your sleeves, we finish the the goals,

29:35and then at the very end, I'll generate

29:37a report that we can go over, discuss,

29:40and mark up. It's not to be etched in

29:43stone.

29:44It's not a me versus you of Frank.

29:47It's us.

29:51>> Well, let's shake on that and move on.

29:55>> If that's okay with Frank.

29:57>> Sarah, did you want to

29:58>> joined Frank, you know I wanted to try

30:00to

30:01>> Just a moment, please. Sarah.

30:02>> Then things together today.

30:05>> Just a minute, Richard. Sarah, would you

30:07like to talk?

30:10>> You Frank?

30:12>> Oh, my nerves.

30:14>> I think altogether there's a little bit

30:16of animosity in the room.

30:19Um

30:20and I mean in the end, we're all not

30:21going to

30:22get this complete unless we work

30:25together. And that means having

30:26different points of views, and

30:29maybe it might not be your favorite word

30:31that we use or your favorite sentence,

30:33but

30:35you kind of have to just go with it

30:37because it might everyone else might

30:39like it. Um and I mean it for everybody,

30:41not necessarily towards one person or

30:44towards me to towards everybody. Um I

30:47think it's also maybe a good idea to

30:49going forward to have more meetings and

30:52more in-person meetings um to

30:56For me personally, I do not like Zoom

30:58cuz I A cannot hear people.

31:01B it just doesn't feel like having a

31:04conversation in the same room and I also

31:06don't think that when

31:09issues like this arise where we're

31:10arguing

31:11and we're arguing in front of the

31:13community, it's not going to reflect

31:15good. So, I think going forward when

31:18we're digging into this, it needs to be

31:19done behind closed doors. Um

31:23But I also think that yeah, there's a

31:25little bit animosity. Um definitely

31:27wanted to get up and just go out the

31:29door there for a minute. Um I think

31:32everyone had good intentions. Like I

31:34appreciate um him doing this because

31:37it's a visual outline compared to just

31:40verbiage of an outline. I think that

31:42there's very good intention.

31:44Unfortunately, he wasn't here to sit

31:46down with us and go through it like line

31:48by line.

31:50But I think that all we need to do is

31:51just

31:52agree that everybody is fine with each

31:54other.

31:56Yeah, I think everyone needs to just

31:58agree.

31:58>> it in the email that it was a

32:00supplement.

32:01>> I think going forward, everyone's

32:05allowed to say what they think and say

32:06what they want and not be afraid to

32:10have a little conversation because it's

32:11not that we're directing it at the

32:13person. We're just trying to talk. Um

32:16but we all have different personalities,

32:19so we're all going to perceive it one

32:20way. In the end, we're

32:23piece of the community and I would

32:25really like to get back to that part.

32:28So, that's it.

32:28>> Also, so what I have in So, people said

32:30to me today and that's one of the

32:32reasons I'm not there. I did always plan

32:35on having this option, which is why I

32:37said I would be remotely.

32:39But um

32:41basically, Frank knows what he said to

32:43me and let it be Let it just stay at

32:46that.

32:55>> I just agree with everything that Sarah

32:58said. Thank you for saying that.

33:03>> I

33:04I think that we should do what Paul

33:06suggested. I think the one of the best

33:10parts of this committee

33:12is how diverse this committee is.

33:15And it's moved along up until this point

33:19very well, I believe. I think it's time

33:23roll up your sleeves. You're doing it. I

33:25think it's time

33:27uh

33:29to move on

33:30and revis revisit

33:33Richard, your stuff as you said at the

33:36end

33:38to organize maybe maybe give us a a

33:41better understanding or more visual aid

33:45as to how we finalize the actual report

33:48at the end. But we do need to keep

33:51moving forward.

33:52>> And I do think the conversation with the

33:54consultant will might generate some

33:56ideas along this line as well.

33:58>> Yeah.

33:59>> Too. So, I think, you know, there's a

34:00lot of very smart people here.

34:02And I think that's And like I said, like

34:05Sarah said, and I

34:08I'm as guilty as anybody of having my

34:10opinions and expressing them. Sometimes

34:12my tone is not as good as it should be.

34:15And I recognize that. So, I apologize

34:17for anything that may have offended

34:19anybody. But I think in the end we're

34:21trying to get to a common place

34:23of of generating after 2 years something

34:26we're proud of

34:28and it's executionable.

34:30And just as importantly, understandable.

34:33So, I think that's kind of where where

34:35we're at. So,

34:37>> [clears throat]

34:38>> if we can get back I'm going up the

34:40sleeves. I do Sarah mentioned something

34:42about

34:43maybe meeting every even more.

34:45>> Mhm.

34:45>> Um which I support. I just can't do it

34:48on Wednesdays, but

34:50I do think we're in the home stretch and

34:52I do think when we walked out the door 2

34:55weeks ago,

34:57it would have been good to walk back in

34:59the door maybe in a few days or

35:00something while everything was still

35:01fresh in your mind and you're in that

35:03mindset.

35:04And I do think um even if it's not

35:06everybody, but I I think having a

35:09working session in a much closer cadence

35:11as we're trying to get to the 18th

35:14is beneficial.

35:16In my opinion, there's a lot of time

35:18>> good.

35:18>> You lose a lot of time over a word here

35:21and a word there. I'm spot on with you.

35:22I get that.

35:24Um

35:25>> That was what I heard a lot of that a

35:27lot of for the last meeting.

35:28>> But I think the the challenge the

35:30challenge is out of everything we've

35:32done for 2 years, the only thing we're

35:34leaving behind is the words.

35:37And that's why they are important.

35:39Um and it'd be different angles and

35:41interpretations of those words do need

35:43to be examined and that takes time to

35:45Sarah's point.

35:46>> I like the way you're saying that.

35:48That's very good.

35:50One one other

35:53One other thing, Glenn, you have not

35:55commented on anything. I know you must

35:58be

35:59not easily able to because you don't

36:01have the document in front of you.

36:04Um

36:05I can have

36:06>> No, I I've got it. I've got it, Frank.

36:08I'm looking at both documents.

36:09>> Okay. Oh, thank thank you very much and

36:11I'm glad. Did you have any comments?

36:15>> No, I don't I I I don't. I I think I

36:17understand what Richard's trying to

36:18achieve. I am

36:20you know, it

36:22but I think we're spending a lot of time

36:23on the packaging and not the message.

36:25And so that's you know, let's just get

36:27back to the message. The packaging is

36:29is the low-hanging fruit at the end. How

36:31we make it digestible and and and pretty

36:33for the

36:34for the end user, you know? Well, I

36:36think we got to still work through the

36:37goals. So I I'd like to just get back to

36:38that part of it.

36:44>> I think I'm going to go with my gut.

36:46anymore.

36:48>> There's agreement from everybody.

36:52Is there agreement from everybody that

36:54we will

36:56move forward on what we were doing

36:58before and keep the other for future

37:02discussion.

37:04>> Agreed.

37:05>> Is there any disagreement with that?

37:09>> My only comment would be I'd like to

37:13have us discuss the additional addition

37:17of a graphical format to supplement

37:21the Killingly or the Putnam vision.

37:25Doesn't have to be for me. It's just I

37:27think we should have something graphical

37:30to go with it to be discussed before we

37:32hand it in.

37:36And by the way, we never had a

37:38a motion to adopt the Putnam format.

37:43Yes, it was verbally agreed, but no

37:45motion was ever made.

37:47>> I don't know if that motion was even

37:49needed, quite frankly. This is a work in

37:51progress document and I would think that

37:53this is going to change as we move

37:55forward.

37:56It's a source [clears throat] as far as

37:58I'm concerned, it's a source document.

38:00>> I I agree. I was just upset when I saw

38:02Frank's parentheses.

38:04>> Glenn, you

38:04>> Um

38:05>> Were you wishing to say something?

38:06>> But let's

38:08let's go forward, put all that aside.

38:10Frank, you and I will talk again on

38:12Wednesday

38:13socially

38:15and

38:16if we can add that language that we need

38:20Does everyone agree we should have a

38:22visual component? Why don't I put the

38:24question that way?

38:26>> I agree that we should have a visual

38:27component, but let's let's write up the

38:30draft first on how that's, you know,

38:32like I understand that, you know, your

38:34work with the AI and you know, putting

38:36together a nice slideshow or a nice

38:38report. I I agree with that. I just I

38:40think that we got to get through these

38:43vision statements and all of these

38:44little goals that support each vision

38:46statement, and then we can use the AI in

38:49in your process

38:51to

38:53put it all package it together. So, that

38:54way when we look at it, it's the same

38:57thing basically that we have all created

38:59in person and all in agreement. It's

39:02just pretty.

39:04With the support with the supporting

39:05sources and everything.

39:08I'm totally fine with

39:13But we got to we got to figure out what

39:14that is first.

39:17>> I think at this point

39:19I think at this point Richard and Frank

39:21need to have a conversation outside of

39:23this meeting today.

39:25Um and then I mean it's already been 45

39:28minutes of attacking each other's

39:30throats or trying to make an opinion.

39:33>> Sarah

39:34I agree.

39:35But I did ask Frank this morning and I

39:37was told not to talk to him.

39:41So

39:41>> So that kind of comment that can stay

39:43out of this conver- that's not needed in

39:45this type of conversation.

39:46>> out of the conversation. His

39:49conversations with me over the last

39:51number of weeks

39:53are something that I will divulge

39:56privately to people if they wish.

40:00And I will put the situation straight.

40:03Thank you.

40:03>> I think for the remainder of the meeting

40:05maybe you two don't speak to each other

40:08at the moment. Um I think we just need

40:11to proceed forward with the goal of

40:14today.

40:16>> Agreed.

40:16>> Yeah, I'll wait to see the minutes after

40:18this sent out.

40:19>> Are we all in agreement? We move forward

40:22today's goals.

40:23>> Yeah, please.

40:24>> Thank you.

40:26I'm assuming we don't need a motion for

40:28that.

40:29>> I'm assuming we don't either.

40:31>> Good. We move forward. Thank you.

40:45All right. [clears throat] So, what

40:46where did we leave off

40:48on the last ones? We had Killingly as a

40:50beautiful, safe, and welcoming town to

40:53call home. I had I had a I had a

40:55question on that, but we we don't have

40:56to move on. We don't have to go keep for

40:58going. We don't have to go

40:59>> I did make the changes that we made last

41:02time.

41:02>> Richard has them. Just for your minute,

41:04he's left.

41:06Richard has left.

41:07>> Oh, he's not attending anymore?

41:09>> No. He he said he was going to just read

41:11the minutes later.

41:13>> Okay, Glenn on

41:14>> I just I just so Glenn is online. I just

41:16wanted you to know for your like record

41:18keeping that he has left at this point.

41:20>> He's left the conversation. Okay.

41:23Glenn, are you still there?

41:25>> I am. Yes.

41:26>> Good. Oh, good. Excellent.

41:28Okay.

41:30Cody, continue.

41:31>> we were at we we which ones I'm just

41:34trying to remember which ones we did

41:36already.

41:37>> Yeah, I did ask um Ashley to make the

41:40changes that we did. I hope you saw

41:42that.

41:42>> I'm I'm seeing that, but I'm Okay.

41:45Yeah.

41:46>> What I what I'd like to

41:49is something that's dated just in the

41:51top corner so I know I'm looking at the

41:52latest version. That's where I'm coming

41:54from.

41:54>> Yes.

41:55>> Oh, Mike.

41:57Sorry.

41:58>> No worries. To the three people that are

42:00out there.

42:01Um I would like for any issue that the

42:04next issuance of this document to just

42:06have a date on it

42:08that so that we know that we're looking

42:10at the latest version. That's where I'm

42:11kind of

42:12>> So, I know we still have to do number

42:14one

42:15marketing, right? What we're leaving

42:17that for last so we can roll everything

42:18up, right? We did We did number two?

42:22>> Hold on.

42:29>> I believe that we we already did Did we

42:32do last week number two?

42:33>> I My notes show that we did, and what I

42:36don't know if

42:43>> Cuz we named it communication instead,

42:45right?

42:52>> Which is not communication, I think.

42:56>> So I have on my notes that we crossed

42:57out marketing on the old report and made

42:59it communication.

43:00>> Yes, so that's what Okay, so maybe I've

43:02got maybe one from 2 weeks ago.

43:06>> We did number four.

43:07>> Okay, so this is the current one.

43:11Yep, we did number three, town

43:13environment. We agreed on that one.

43:15>> Right.

43:16>> Killingly is a beautiful, safe, and

43:18welcoming town to call home.

43:20>> Yeah.

43:21>> We did economic development. Killingly

43:23sustains a thriving local economy that

43:25respects the rural character of the

43:27town.

43:31We did town management.

43:34Killingly is an organized and efficient

43:36town.

43:39And I

43:41Did we do education? Did we agree on

43:43that?

43:43>> I think we just started

43:45one history that you wanted to

43:47incorporate some of the history in other

43:49sections.

43:52>> Yeah, I remember I remember that was

43:53like a like yeah, rolling it up into one

43:55of the other.

43:56>> Correct.

43:57>> Mhm.

44:04I think that was that was my that was my

44:06thought. That's where where my tone may

44:08have gotten a little out of line.

44:10>> Okay.

44:10>> Yeah, you suggested that we're rolling

44:12that up into art and culture, I think.

44:15>> Wherever, yeah.

44:16>> I don't know. I'm assuming right now.

44:17>> That's kind of where we had looked at it

44:19with the idea of putting it part of our

44:20art and culture.

44:21>> That's all right.

44:22Every minute.

44:25Okay, that's good.

44:27Um

44:28on the history and education, we hadn't

44:30decided what we wanted to do with that

44:32yet.

44:33Um

44:36whether

44:38Obviously, we have limited

44:41ability to set goals for that.

44:44So

44:46uh they are just

44:48I don't know. I just tried to put in

44:50that as a diverse quality options, which

44:53we have. We have five different

44:55institutions here.

44:56Uh

44:58So

44:59>> Right, that's what we have right now.

45:00>> Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

45:01>> Yep.

45:02>> I'm just saying that's that's one we

45:04have not tackled yet.

45:07Okay.

45:08>> And some of the key points for education

45:12is what you have written down here.

45:14Right, 7.1 through 7.4?

45:17>> That is correct. These are the things

45:19that people brought up in our data.

45:22>> Yep.

45:22>> That I extracted from that. Was there

45:25anything on the next page? Let me have a

45:26look.

45:28Yes, it goes up to six.

45:31Um

45:32these

45:33There was a lot of discussion that

45:36there ought to be some form of education

45:38beyond high school where kids didn't

45:40know

45:41or not trained for anything. They're not

45:43going to college and they're not doing

45:44anything.

45:46And how we could achieve that.

45:48Um there were suggestions made

45:50partnering

45:52Uh

45:53and somebody suggested

45:56the like Alice Tech and the others are

45:59open. Maybe these extra courses could be

46:03run at night. These were the thoughts

46:05that I remember

46:07and some of you help me out

46:09were

46:10suggested

46:12by various people.

46:14That's all they are.

46:19They have to prove skills.

46:21Fixing things. Yeah, um

46:24It's another

46:24>> What I What I like about

46:27>> Regarding the education, what I read

46:29here

46:31is we're not commenting on the quality

46:33of the schools.

46:34>> No.

46:35>> We're We're commenting on how

46:38education is is more than just K through

46:4012 in this document. It is about how can

46:43the town support

46:45I I like the fact of the non-school

46:48workforce utilizing the town facilities

46:50for that, etc. But having the the

46:53options available, I like 7.2.

46:567.3 makes sense to support 7.1

46:59and 7.2. I think where we start getting

47:02into

47:047.4 through through 7.5, 7.6, I still

47:07think it is

47:09um

47:117.6 might be a little vague, but 7.5 I

47:14think is kind of powerful.

47:16In the fact that that the students have

47:20To me, that was the only one that really

47:21delved into K through 12 where the

47:23students have a voice.

47:25>> Yep.

47:25>> at a town council.

47:28Uh emission Everything else I think is

47:30what can a town do to budget and

47:32support.

47:34>> So, we got to roll these points up into

47:37maybe a different vision statement for

47:39that. That's all

47:41right? Just a more compelling I don't

47:42know it it looks like there's a lot of

47:44integration that is desired. Like

47:47integration at all stages of life.

47:49>> Yep. That's what I'm Yep.

47:50>> That's That's what I'm reading here. So,

47:52I I like I don't know if Sarah, you have

47:54your your Remember you you were doing

47:57this thing. So, I was just like shouting

47:58out words. Shout you We can shout out

48:00[laughter] words.

48:00>> Yeah, I know it and

48:01>> Sarah's going to

48:03>> Sarah Sarah, what did Cody say?

48:05>> [laughter]

48:07>> I said the word integration.

48:10All stages of life.

48:12Is there What else is like popping out

48:13at us when we read when we read these

48:16when we read these points?

48:17>> I think the big thing for me is the

48:19national

48:20conversation [snorts] that we have

48:22is non-school

48:25And I think that's something

48:26for the

48:30>> I I don't know Yeah. Um

48:32>> To me, it's a very powerful goal to have

48:33that

48:34that we're

48:36we as a community care about the

48:39>> We I think it's an important goal to

48:41have we as a community care about the

48:42folks who are outside of K through 12.

48:45>> It's brought up a lot

48:46>> Yeah.

48:47>> in the discussion. A lot.

48:51Or would you want to

48:52put it as a more supplemental

48:55not a direct

48:56recommendation?

48:58>> Okay.

48:59I I I don't

49:02Uh uh

49:02>> How about

49:05>> Great.

49:07>> It's good, but it's how about lifelong

49:09learning?

49:10Would that work?

49:12>> It's getting there, yeah.

49:14>> Yeah, I like it.

49:17To change it from education to lifelong

49:20learning.

49:21>> Oh, work work, yeah.

49:25A you know, our place for lifelong

49:26learning.

49:27>> Give us some wording.

49:29>> Is it anything Is it education for the

49:31entire community?

49:34>> It's another possibility. I'm open.

49:36>> So, it's longer, but just to kind of

49:40get our heads

49:42um

49:43provide integrated lifelong learning

49:45opportunities for all town residents

49:47beyond traditional college and workforce

49:49education.

49:51>> That's good. Yeah, that's that's like

49:53it,

49:54but it's pretty long.

49:55>> Yeah, exactly.

49:57>> Well, how about So, workforce readiness

50:00and what was the other one you said?

50:02Lifelong learning. So, workforce

50:03readiness, lifelong learning, community

50:05education, somehow tie that together.

50:08>> Killingly invest in workforce readiness

50:10and lifelong learning.

50:14>> I'm just saying things.

50:14>> Killingly expands lifelong learning

50:17beyond college and careers.

50:20>> Sounds good.

50:22>> Yeah, we're getting there. So, yeah,

50:24Fred, what we're trying to do is like if

50:26I can if we can memorize it in like 5

50:28seconds, you know? Like that's like the

50:30whole

50:30>> I don't want to lose that for young

50:33people and senior citizens, though. I

50:36like the lifelong learning, but I don't

50:38want to lose that for young kids and for

50:41the seniors.

50:42That includes seniors.

50:44>> Yeah, that's the lifelong part, yeah.

50:47>> I'm with you. I think that's probably

50:48one of the more important

50:49>> Yeah, and every

50:52Did we lose the sound?

50:57Yeah, the hook, the chorus, you know?

50:59Like

51:00>> Killingly integrates lifelong learning

51:02opportunities for all residents at every

51:04stage of life.

51:07I kind of threw like 10 at you. So

51:10>> Yeah.

51:11Uh say it again.

51:15>> Killingly integrates lifelong learning

51:17opportunities for all residents at every

51:20stage of life.

51:21>> Killingly integrates lifelong learning

51:25opportunities

51:29to every stage of I'm trying to see if I

51:31memorized it already, but

51:34>> Integrate lifelong learning

51:35opportunities for all residents.

51:38>> residents.

51:38>> At every stage of life.

51:42>> Lifelong learning across all

51:44generations. Generational

51:45>> that one.

51:46>> Generational lifelong learning.

51:48>> Oh, there you go. Now you getting it.

51:50>> Wait, I kind of like that one.

51:51>> That's That's That's it. Now you getting

51:53there. That's it. Keep going.

51:55>> Killingly integrates generational

51:58lifelong learning.

52:00>> I like that one.

52:03>> [laughter]

52:04>> You guys sweating yet?

52:07Yeah, I'm done, man. I'm I'm going.

52:11Killingly integrates generational

52:14lifelong learning.

52:17See if

52:17>> Instead of integrate and instead of

52:18integrates, how do you think about

52:20fosters or something like that, you know

52:22what I mean?

52:22>> Fosters?

52:23>> You know you know like not just

52:24integrates, but it it's a breeding

52:26ground for it. A better word for

52:27breeding ground.

52:28>> I'm cool. I'm cool with

52:29>> Yeah.

52:30>> Fosters, yeah.

52:33Uh So say say it again.

52:35>> Killingly I got it. I got it. Killingly

52:37fosters generational lifelong learning.

52:43>> I like it.

52:44>> Yeah. Good job, guys.

52:49And and it but it's but like Fred, it's

52:51like it's specific enough that we can

52:53like see it if it's happening or not.

52:55That's like part of the goal for the

52:57vision committee is like close my eyes,

52:59right? And like okay, you just told me

53:01that is that where we're headed,

53:02[snorts] right? So I I I think yeah, I

53:05think we got it.

53:07We did it. Oh.

53:13Yeah.

53:15That's it.

53:21You're not Nobody's hearing you.

53:22>> I know it. They They're not complete.

53:26Okay.

53:27What we're going to integrate include is

53:30that Killingly fosters generational

53:33lifelong learning.

53:35Do we want a heading above Others we've

53:38given a one-word heading above it. Do we

53:40want that or not?

53:42>> it's it's in the category of education,

53:44yeah.

53:44>> Leave the word education?

53:46>> Sure, yeah.

53:46>> Okay.

53:47>> That's where That's the vision That's

53:48the Killingly vision for education.

53:51>> Excellent.

53:54No. No. No, we're not.

53:55No. Does that replace seven

53:59Does that replace seven one or is that

54:02now the whole thing under education?

54:04>> No, that's that's this section.

54:06>> That's just the italics right there.

54:08>> Only the heading. This part.

54:10>> So, when you're So, when you're

54:11marketing, right? So, this is all going

54:13to roll up to marketing. When you're

54:14marketing, when you're like establishing

54:15a vision, it's like, "Hey, this is what

54:17the people said." We're We're

54:19interpreting it. We're rolling up the

54:20data points into a memorable statement

54:24for each category. So, that way you can

54:26just say it. Is you know, Killingly you

54:29know, fosters a generational lifelong

54:32learning. Are we doing that? What can we

54:34do to make that improve that, right?

54:36>> So

54:38>> Yeah, all we're trying to do is get

54:39those like

54:40those hooks in the italics so that those

54:43are the visions, right? Those are the

54:45vision statements.

54:47>> Yeah. Okay.

54:48>> But that one is good. I like that one.

54:50>> I like that one. It's one of my

54:50favorites.

54:51>> Good.

54:52>> Did we decide to move six

54:54to I might be jumping.

54:57Um

54:58>> Which one? Six?

54:59>> Were we moving six into number three?

55:04I had a note, but I don't know if we

55:06were going ahead with it.

55:08>> I I had it My notes said we were moving

55:10it to culture.

55:12>> Yeah. Yeah, through the culture.

55:13>> Yeah.

55:14>> So, we'll have to Yeah, let's look at

55:16that one. Um

55:19>> Town environment, that one?

55:21>> I think it's near 3.9.

55:24>> Into number three?

55:26>> Uh art and culture, yeah.

55:28>> Oh, art culture.

55:32>> Yeah, so I I think if we roll up Yeah,

55:35that history into art and culture, that

55:38that it's captured really well there. Um

55:41it's just a matter of We need uh

55:43We're going to need a statement there

55:45for art and culture. Right now, it's

55:47just a category.

55:51So, I do like, you know, we do have that

55:52description there. Killingly has a rich

55:55and vibrant history, which is

55:57um

55:59there, but how are we going to roll that

56:02up into art and culture as well, like

56:04with the other things that are here?

56:13>> Somebody remodeling?

56:14>> No, it's

56:16It's Frank. There you go. You were

56:17hitting it with your microphone.

56:20>> [snorts]

56:32>> So, just so I understand, so we're

56:34rolling section

56:36all those bullets for what? Six? All six

56:38is going to roll up under art and

56:40culture now.

56:42And then we want a slogan that ties

56:43those together.

56:45>> Correct.

56:46>> Okay.

57:02>> So, we moving it into number three?

57:05>> Mhm.

57:07>> Correct?

57:08>> Specifically 3.9.

57:10>> I Yes, and do you want me you notice

57:12under three I've put some headings where

57:15I put like recreation art and culture

57:18and then the next heading will be

57:20history.

57:22>> I see. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yes.

57:24>> Okay, yeah, that's fine.

57:26>> So we actually don't need a statement

57:28for that cuz it's under the town

57:30>> It's under town, just the heading of

57:32history under the town. So I'm going to

57:34we'll move that over to number three.

57:38Good.

57:41Excellent.

57:43>> Okay.

57:43>> All right, so I got I got a little tag

57:45here

57:46to throw out. So how about

57:50Uh

57:50so art and culture

57:52Killingly inspiring creativity

57:55and either celebrating history or

57:57celebrating or honoring history.

57:59>> Honoring.

58:01>> Um oh, you want to go

58:02>> Well, so yeah, Glenn, I think we moved a

58:04little too fast. So

58:06>> Oh.

58:06>> It was it was my fault. I was I was

58:08getting confused.

58:11Recreation, art and culture

58:13and history

58:15will all fall under

58:17town environment. Oh, okay, it's not a

58:20goal. I got it. I got it. We have that

58:22Killingly is a Do we need to Do we need

58:25to revise that statement now?

58:28>> Uh

58:29>> Killingly is a beautiful, safe, and

58:31welcoming town.

58:32>> No, I think that stays put.

58:36Yeah. To me those items like recreation,

58:39art and culture

58:41I think that stays put. I to me things

58:44like recreation, arts, culture, history

58:46feed up to that statement.

58:47>> Okay.

58:51>> They contribute to to that statement.

58:53>> So we'll leave it in.

58:54>> I I think we leave that statement alone

58:56and and do exactly what you're doing

58:58where you got sub

58:59sub

59:02You have specific sub items

59:06that contribute up to to the Like that's

59:08my point.

59:10>> Okay.

59:11>> Hey. If you

59:13If you If you look under recreation 3.4,

59:18it talks about parades, history day, and

59:21Killingly day. I don't know why history

59:23was a separate subject to begin with.

59:26>> Well, that's I think we kind of talked

59:27about that a couple of weeks

59:28>> Okay.

59:29>> Yeah, we talked about that a couple of

59:30weeks ago.

59:32It's all part of the environment of this

59:33town and what made this town

59:35>> Okay.

59:35>> the environment it is.

59:37>> All right, that does that. Very good.

59:39>> [cough]

59:40>> So, I think that's all of them except

59:43for number one.

59:45Did we do number two, communication?

59:48>> I'm not sure.

59:50>> I'm not sure we did.

59:52We made a heading. I think did we make

59:54the heading and we're happy with the

59:55heading, right?

59:57>> Like as communication, right? What is

59:59number two? Oh, because it was it was

1:00:01marketing like twice by accident.

1:00:03>> Yes, that's Yes, yes.

1:00:05>> Okay, so we Yes, we do have to do number

1:00:07two and number one.

1:00:09So, communication.

1:00:13Let's see.

1:00:16All right, what what are these points

1:00:17trying to tell us? That that's kind of

1:00:19like I know I know that's kind of like

1:00:21what's there already, but like this is

1:00:23for the discussion, right?

1:00:24>> As I remember the conversation, there's

1:00:26so many people said

1:00:28we don't know what's going on in town.

1:00:30We try to communicate with town, they

1:00:32never communicate back with us or vice

1:00:34versa.

1:00:35>> Okay.

1:00:36>> And we need to set up, also for

1:00:37marketing, a system where we can

1:00:40communicate to everybody what's going on

1:00:43in town, what events are going on,

1:00:46and we just have to have both a

1:00:49I'm going to use the term very technical

1:00:51methods of communication and the basic

1:00:54methods. We still need to do We need We

1:00:57still need to do reports and

1:00:59newspapers, etc.

1:01:01All to emphasize the town and to create

1:01:05people

1:01:06uh uh create a situation where everybody

1:01:08knows what's going on or where they can

1:01:10go to ask what's going on.

1:01:13>> Yeah.

1:01:15And that the main thing for that I feel

1:01:19to was

1:01:20um the number one there to appoint or

1:01:23hire a person to design, implement,

1:01:26maintain a broad-based two-way

1:01:28communication system.

1:01:31I don't think that's something we can

1:01:33ask anybody on the town staff to do.

1:01:37It's a big job.

1:01:38>> No, it can remain as a point as a

1:01:41suggestion, right? It can remain

1:01:42>> Yeah,

1:01:43these are recommendations.

1:01:44>> Right. Yeah. So, let's let's let's look

1:01:47at uh that that phrase, where all speak

1:01:51listen to and communicate with one

1:01:53another.

1:01:55Uh

1:01:58I mean, that's a utopia, man.

1:02:02But that's what we're aiming for, right?

1:02:03Um no, I'm I'm just being facetious. But

1:02:06uh

1:02:07>> I think yeah, we don't want any more of

1:02:09that.

1:02:10Um

1:02:11>> Okay, so yeah, describe that to me that

1:02:13is describe a town that is communicating

1:02:17like that So, I'm thinking like

1:02:19dialogue, I'm thinking of words

1:02:21discussion, I'm thinking of words of

1:02:25clarity,

1:02:26right? Uh speed Speed is another one

1:02:29because like that the speed in which

1:02:31things are communicated is also

1:02:33essential to clear communication.

1:02:37Availability, so

1:02:39uh clarity, speed, availability,

1:02:42dialogue, discussion.

1:02:46These are just words I'm pulling out

1:02:47from reading these points. That's all.

1:02:51Uh

1:02:54co- cooperative Okay, budget, promote

1:02:57communi- communication between

1:02:58organizations.

1:03:01>> Killingly encourages transparent,

1:03:04accessible, and timely communication.

1:03:06>> Transparent, accessible, and timely

1:03:09commun-

1:03:10That's pretty good for a one-shot.

1:03:12That's a one-shot right there. Good job.

1:03:14>> I've been doing it a couple times.

1:03:16Bruce [laughter] is trying here.

1:03:19>> Uh

1:03:20transparent, accessible,

1:03:23and time time less.

1:03:26>> Timeliness.

1:03:27>> Timely.

1:03:27>> Timely. Timely. Yeah, there is a

1:03:29difference between those two words.

1:03:32Transparent What What do you guys think

1:03:33up up up on the I was going to say

1:03:35upstairs, but

1:03:37on the on the tube there.

1:03:39>> Yeah, that sounds good to me, actually.

1:03:41>> I

1:03:42I kind of really like that.

1:03:43>> Nailed it.

1:03:44>> Transparent trans

1:03:46>> Good.

1:03:47>> Transparent

1:03:49accessible and timely.

1:03:52>> Killingly encourages transparent,

1:03:54accessible, and timely communication.

1:03:59>> Yeah.

1:04:00>> [laughter]

1:04:01>> I've

1:04:06Killingly encourages

1:04:09encourages

1:04:11transparent, accessible, and timely

1:04:14education uh

1:04:15communication.

1:04:17Yeah.

1:04:17>> Just

1:04:18something a little stronger than

1:04:19encourages.

1:04:20>> thinking that's what That's where I'm

1:04:21getting all hung up on.

1:04:22>> Everything else is golden. Just it's not

1:04:23encouraging like it it is, you know?

1:04:26It's a

1:04:27How do we say that?

1:04:28>> Strives for.

1:04:31Provides Provides

1:04:33>> Provide.

1:04:33>> I think that's really what's being said

1:04:35here.

1:04:35>> Cuz it's a vi- right, it's a vision. So

1:04:37it's right. It's got to be a

1:04:39>> Killingly provides

1:04:41transparent,

1:04:43accessible, and timely communication.

1:04:46>> So the other options to

1:04:49um encourages, prioritizes, insures,

1:04:53supports, and advances.

1:04:56>> Ooh.

1:04:57It Yeah,

1:05:00There's a couple good ones in there.

1:05:04>> Me, too.

1:05:09>> Well, it it's true because what does it

1:05:12matter what you're doing if you can't

1:05:15tell people about it?

1:05:17It really is like I mean, there's plenty

1:05:19of [snorts] people and and businesses

1:05:20that have bad ideas, but they're really

1:05:22good at marketing. You know what I'm

1:05:24saying? You know, and they're successful

1:05:25because it's all about the marketing.

1:05:27And the sh

1:05:29communication. So, yeah, so what do you

1:05:31guys think? Provide, supports, advances?

1:05:39That's two.

1:05:44Mhm.

1:05:45Yeah.

1:05:47Anyone else?

1:05:55All right. Killingly prioritizes

1:05:58transparent, accessible, and timely

1:06:01communication.

1:06:03>> Prioritizes transparent

1:06:07>> accessible

1:06:11and timely

1:06:13communication.

1:06:16I know.

1:06:22>> And any How about

1:06:23all that stuff with connecting our

1:06:26community through

1:06:29>> Yeah.

1:06:30>> Using it like it's a it's a glue.

1:06:32The communication is something that

1:06:33connects, bonds, brings together our

1:06:35community through and all those bullet

1:06:37points.

1:06:38I don't know.

1:06:40>> Yeah.

1:06:40>> This one item I would like to mention

1:06:44and this goes back to what Frank said

1:06:48that the first priority of appointing

1:06:51somebody to handle the communication

1:06:54is good because the town does have

1:06:57a website where you can sign up for

1:07:00alerts, emails, notifications.

1:07:03I've signed up, but I've never received

1:07:05any.

1:07:06So, that goes back to what

1:07:09the really the first point that Frank

1:07:11made

1:07:12about having

1:07:15a

1:07:16person appointed

1:07:18coordinate this.

1:07:202.1

1:07:22So, I I agree with you're saying because

1:07:24that falls under that.

1:07:27>> Yeah.

1:07:38>> Yeah?

1:07:39>> Can you Can you give us the statement

1:07:42with what you've added where you're

1:07:43Where are you adding that to our already

1:07:46>> I can I I can give you the first three

1:07:48part. I didn't hear the the whole part.

1:07:50It's

1:07:50>> everything that Cody just said, but I

1:07:53was just saying on the front end say

1:07:54it's connect something like connecting

1:07:57our community through

1:07:59and then go Cody, just read it.

1:08:03Connecting our community through

1:08:05>> prioritizing

1:08:07>> Well, just drop the prioritizing part.

1:08:08Yeah, like connect our through

1:08:10Clear I thought you said it was like

1:08:11clear.

1:08:12>> our community through transparent,

1:08:14accessible, and timely communication.

1:08:18>> Bingo.

1:08:18>> Yeah.

1:08:19Connect So,

1:08:21>> thought is should we put in the word

1:08:23two-way that it's got to be both from

1:08:25the public back and to us, two-way

1:08:27communication.

1:08:29>> I think that's what the connecting the

1:08:30community means.

1:08:31>> Could we maybe use the word effective

1:08:33instead of two-way, like effective

1:08:35communication?

1:08:38>> I don't know if I want to put that kind

1:08:39of language

1:08:39>> Yeah.

1:08:41>> [laughter]

1:08:44>> I just

1:08:46I don't know.

1:08:49>> If if people aren't getting information

1:08:52>> Do it, but do it well.

1:08:53>> Yeah.

1:08:54>> Yeah.

1:08:55So, let me if I may read out the final

1:08:58statement.

1:08:59>> Might fit into 2.1.

1:09:01>> I'm sorry, go ahead.

1:09:02>> No, I was just reading

1:09:03>> Reading out the final

1:09:04>> Okay. Connect our community through

1:09:08priority

1:09:10>> No priority.

1:09:11>> No priority through transparent,

1:09:14accurate, and timely communication.

1:09:18>> Uh I think

1:09:20It could be over for discussion. We said

1:09:22accessible.

1:09:23>> We had accessible, you're right.

1:09:25>> Yeah, we did have accessible, didn't we?

1:09:27It wasn't accurate. I mean, obviously

1:09:29I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I said accurate. I

1:09:31have written accessible. I'm sorry. It's

1:09:34my own

1:09:35>> I mean, that's important, too.

1:09:36>> Access, no, no.

1:09:39>> Accurate was understood, right?

1:09:40>> Access, I'm sorry.

1:09:41>> Accessible, so like

1:09:43>> to priority, transparent, accessible,

1:09:46and timely communication.

1:09:48>> Yeah, okay, one more time. Connects our

1:09:51community

1:09:53through

1:09:56transparent,

1:09:59accessible,

1:10:03and timely communication.

1:10:07>> That's what I have.

1:10:08>> Cool.

1:10:09>> We're all in agreement?

1:10:10>> Yes.

1:10:10>> Are we putting killingly before it or

1:10:12like taking that out?

1:10:15>> I'm sorry.

1:10:16>> No, like I think

1:10:17the way that I imagine it, this is just

1:10:19me, I would say killingly

1:10:23killingly

1:10:25and then it and then it's all the

1:10:27statement. So, you'd only say killingly

1:10:28one time somewhere like

1:10:30>> [snorts]

1:10:31>> or or we, you know, you could say we,

1:10:33right? Instead of I wouldn't killingly

1:10:36is like third person kind of thing and

1:10:38you can't own a vision when it's like

1:10:39third person. So, it's like we.

1:10:43Uh bless you. Okay, so that's really

1:10:46good.

1:10:46>> Are we including the word killingly or

1:10:48not? Up front? No. No. Okay.

1:10:51>> No, not not on any of the vision

1:10:53statements.

1:10:56Okay.

1:10:58Yeah, so the last one is number one.

1:11:05So, so this is where I envision, just

1:11:08me,

1:11:10we look at each of the other vision

1:11:13statements and from those vision

1:11:15statements that we've just decided on

1:11:18that are in italic,

1:11:20that's what we use to market

1:11:25that's what we use as the marketing

1:11:27vision statement. Like whatever's from

1:11:29that.

1:11:31So,

1:11:32uh

1:11:33unless someone else wants to go to a

1:11:35different direction, I would just we

1:11:37would read each one

1:11:40of the other ones. So, the first one was

1:11:43Okay, so how do we Like I said, how how

1:11:44are we marketing How how do we want to

1:11:47How do the people want to market

1:11:50Killingly?

1:11:51It has to be based off of

1:11:54the new vision statements.

1:11:57Right?

1:11:58Okay.

1:11:59So, the first one is

1:12:03We're going to need someone to write

1:12:04this down. Like I don't have a pen, but

1:12:06write them down like in order Like Okay,

1:12:08so number one, right?

1:12:11Connects our community

1:12:16through transparent,

1:12:19accessible,

1:12:21and timely communication. That's the

1:12:24first one. Well, second one, I mean.

1:12:28Number three, town environment.

1:12:30Killingly is a beautiful, safe, and

1:12:33welcoming town to call home.

1:12:36Then we have all the points, right? Then

1:12:38for economic development, Killingly

1:12:41sustains a thriving local economy that

1:12:46respects the rural character of the

1:12:48town.

1:12:50>> [snorts]

1:12:50>> That's number four.

1:12:52Next for town management,

1:12:54Killingly is

1:12:56So, I think I guess it's the only one

1:12:58that has Killingly at the

1:13:00beginning.

1:13:02No, okay.

1:13:03Uh

1:13:05I would say we, but we are in Killingly

1:13:07is an organized and efficient town.

1:13:14Uh and then for education,

1:13:19what was it?

1:13:22S- provide What What was the word?

1:13:25For education?

1:13:28I Well, I

1:13:29I had two other ones. I

1:13:32>> [laughter]

1:13:32>> Um

1:13:33>> Foster's I think is a lifelong

1:13:34>> Foster's a lifelong

1:13:36>> Foster's a

1:13:37>> generational lifelong learning

1:13:40>> Okay, so those are the ones. That's what

1:13:42we were agreeing on. We have the

1:13:44supporting points. Those are the

1:13:46statements.

1:13:47Pretty good, I think.

1:13:49Like they're powerful. They can paint a

1:13:50picture. They can compel. They can like

1:13:52emotionally like

1:13:54Yeah, that's good. So

1:13:57Mike

1:13:57>> So you need maybe one at a time all

1:13:59together, right?

1:14:00>> Yeah, sorry. Just one quick question.

1:14:02And some seem to say Killingly is

1:14:04Killingly. That Do we want the word

1:14:05Killingly up front to any of them or do

1:14:07we remove it from all of them? No

1:14:09preference. Sorry.

1:14:10>> Personally, I think we do. This is

1:14:12>> In all

1:14:13>> Killingly will do this.

1:14:15>> In all in each one of them. Okay.

1:14:18>> Killingly is

1:14:19Yeah, I would advance Killingly is

1:14:28>> Okay, cool. Yep.

1:14:43All right, so now imagine this. Imagine

1:14:45this.

1:14:48>> [laughter]

1:14:49>> We're ready.

1:14:50>> So those visions Imagine those visions

1:14:52coming to life.

1:14:54Imagine those.

1:14:55Okay?

1:14:56Imagine those visions coming to life,

1:14:58being implemented. How? I don't know,

1:15:01but they are somehow.

1:15:03Now where How do we Like what does that

1:15:05say about How do we market

1:15:08Killingly now? Like what is the central

1:15:10like

1:15:17Not marketing. We skipped marketing.

1:15:25>> I thought we did it one day when we were

1:15:27downstairs and writing on a board.

1:15:28>> Uh

1:15:31>> Um

1:15:31>> Isn't that where we came up with the

1:15:32desirable to live in, work and visit?

1:15:35>> Yeah, that's what I said.

1:15:36>> That's where we came up with downstairs.

1:15:38The happy place I didn't

1:15:40I didn't go for that.

1:15:43I think that was

1:15:45>> Yeah, I mean

1:15:45>> original one, but I What What Cody is

1:15:47saying with which is exactly what we

1:15:49agreed to do. Do the rest and let it

1:15:51feed the first.

1:15:52>> Yeah.

1:15:53>> And and and

1:15:55I

1:15:59This is number one.

1:16:01This is number one.

1:16:05I

1:16:06>> [laughter]

1:16:06>> You was number one? No.

1:16:09Okay. Uh yeah, so what we have now is

1:16:13Killingly, a happy place,

1:16:15a desirable town to live in, work and

1:16:18visit.

1:16:21Based on our new vision statements,

1:16:25uh

1:16:28what should marketing be? Now, it's not

1:16:30necessarily marketing like the Does the

1:16:33statement itself need to be a a

1:16:35marketing statement? I don't believe so

1:16:37because this is about marketing. It's

1:16:40about right? It's about marketing

1:16:42how to like like how to market, how to

1:16:46uh

1:16:48spread the good news of Killingly.

1:16:50Um

1:16:52so

1:16:53I see develop a welcome page, appoint a

1:16:58town crier.

1:16:59I That's a new word for me to be

1:17:01completely honest, but

1:17:03>> [laughter]

1:17:05>> I'm imagining like a someone who goes

1:17:07places and cries.

1:17:16Yeah, that No, forgive me, please, but

1:17:19I'm I'm

1:17:21The old dictionary is much different

1:17:23than the new one.

1:17:26Let me throw out just something. Cody

1:17:28and you work on it. You guys work on it.

1:17:31To promote Killingly as a happy place,

1:17:35the following

1:17:37goals should be implemented or

1:17:41What about something like that?

1:17:47Yeah, [clears throat] say something,

1:17:48Sarah.

1:17:50No, okay.

1:17:52Think.

1:17:53>> I I can I I think I can get us started

1:17:56in that

1:17:57I'd say Killingly, a town centered on

1:18:01and then

1:18:03one word bullets that tie together the

1:18:04different goals. So, Killingly, a town

1:18:07centered on communication, community,

1:18:09economic vitality, history, education,

1:18:12and quality of life. You know what I

1:18:13mean?

1:18:15>> Mhm.

1:18:16>> Don't use my You don't have to use my

1:18:17words, but it isn't, you know.

1:18:19>> But I like that better than a happy

1:18:21place.

1:18:22>> So, I have a couple ideas. They're kind

1:18:25of all over the place.

1:18:27Killingly, a place to call home, a

1:18:29community to be proud of.

1:18:35Killingly, united by community, driven

1:18:38by opportunity.

1:18:42>> What what what was that? I like that.

1:18:44Connected by what?

1:18:49>> United by community, driven by

1:18:51opportunity.

1:18:55>> Uh

1:18:56say say it again.

1:19:00>> opportunity

1:19:02>> That's pretty good.

1:19:03>> So, connect Yeah, was it connected by

1:19:05community and Yeah, yeah.

1:19:07>> I keep scrolling and losing my spot.

1:19:09>> It's

1:19:10>> [laughter]

1:19:10>> It's short.

1:19:12It's short.

1:19:13>> It's recording.

1:19:15>> United by community

1:19:18driven by opportunity.

1:19:20>> Yes.

1:19:23>> driven and

1:19:24>> that word driven.

1:19:25>> Yeah.

1:19:29>> How about the old cliche one where you

1:19:31talk about your the past and future?

1:19:34Proud of our past, ready for the future.

1:19:38Or driving towards the future or

1:19:40something like that.

1:19:41>> one that's killing me small town charm,

1:19:43strong community, brighter future.

1:19:47>> Yep, it's kind of that same kind of

1:19:48theme.

1:19:49>> Yeah.

1:20:03>> Yep.

1:20:07Yeah. And I I think it really does it

1:20:10kind of does sum up the other ones we

1:20:13have been talking about. United by

1:20:15community, so there's like

1:20:16communication, there's town

1:20:19driven by opportunity.

1:20:22Yeah,

1:20:23efficient or

1:20:25organized town management, right?

1:20:29Kind of cool.

1:20:30>> So I took that one and gave more

1:20:32options.

1:20:34So

1:20:35united by community, inspired by

1:20:37possibility.

1:20:38Rooted in community, growing toward a

1:20:40brighter future.

1:20:42Together we grow, together we thrive.

1:20:47>> I really like that inspired by What you

1:20:49say? Inspired by?

1:20:51>> Um united by community, inspired by

1:20:53possibility.

1:20:59>> [snorts]

1:21:01>> What was the last one?

1:21:07Yeah. And then what was the

1:21:08>> So it's

1:21:09>> What I What I like about the one that we

1:21:11were kicking around first,

1:21:14Richard talked a lot about the history.

1:21:16And the history of being mills.

1:21:18And the mills build, create.

1:21:22There's a In that statement that that we

1:21:25were just talking about,

1:21:27what I like about it is a little bit of

1:21:28a blue collar tone to it.

1:21:30And and the fact and I I look at the

1:21:32world as a builder.

1:21:34I'm in construction and I look at that

1:21:36driven by opportunity connected There's

1:21:38There's You've got the You've got the

1:21:41design process and then you got to go

1:21:43build it. And I see that in the in those

1:21:46two

1:21:48statements of the community and then

1:21:50driven to opportunity and that's drive

1:21:53driving opportunity. That's my two

1:21:54cents.

1:21:56>> I like your building analogy. How about

1:21:57like the old strong foundation or strong

1:22:00roots?

1:22:01>> Yeah, some and that goes back to

1:22:03Richard's, you know,

1:22:05of of of the fact that the core we were

1:22:08a strong mill town.

1:22:10>> Right, exactly.

1:22:12>> you know, we're not anymore, but we

1:22:14still have some of those values and to

1:22:16me that's a little bit of

1:22:18Those mills provided opportunities for

1:22:20for people to work and and buy their own

1:22:22homes, whatever it might be and that's

1:22:25that's what I see in that statement that

1:22:26we were we were built on.

1:22:27>> [cough]

1:22:28>> So, there [clears throat] is one that

1:22:29says rooted in the community, growing

1:22:32through opportunity.

1:22:37>> Okay, how about how about yeah?

1:22:39>> Uh what's what's the first part of that?

1:22:41One more time.

1:22:44>> Rooted in community, grow growing

1:22:47through opportunity.

1:22:53>> Strong strong roots.

1:22:56Shared vision.

1:22:59And what was that one you said about

1:23:00opportunity?

1:23:02Strong roots, shared vision

1:23:04>> Growing

1:23:04>> Growing

1:23:05>> Growing driven

1:23:06>> Driven Yeah, something something that

1:23:08bring it together, right? It's like

1:23:10we're starting with a foundation.

1:23:12We're all in this together. We all have

1:23:14a pretty common vision.

1:23:16And is the sky's the limit.

1:23:22>> What

1:23:23What was that? Com- community?

1:23:27>> Uh yeah, I'm just throwing out like

1:23:29>> Yeah.

1:23:29>> Yeah, just like rough ideas, but I'm

1:23:31just think I'm just think it's a

1:23:32three-part doing the old trilogy, right?

1:23:34Strong roots or strong foundation.

1:23:36Shared vision, right? Coming from this

1:23:39common point of history, we have a

1:23:41fairly shared vision. The town is pretty

1:23:44unified around a a number of things like

1:23:46the

1:23:47you know, rural, you know, maintaining

1:23:49the rural, you know, structure. And then

1:23:53it's either like endless opportunity or

1:23:56we had a couple of the words before that

1:23:57talked about like this this open door in

1:23:59front of us because of our because of

1:24:01our strong roots and because of our

1:24:03shared vision,

1:24:04you have this endless opportunity of and

1:24:06that, you know, here in Killingly.

1:24:18>> Yeah, so

1:24:20yeah, so

1:24:21what some people do as well as they can

1:24:23they bring it down even more simple to

1:24:26just three words

1:24:28if we could do that. So, like yeah, drip

1:24:31well, like three

1:24:34What do we got? Unity,

1:24:37opportunity,

1:24:40is there another one?

1:24:42Oh, [clears throat] we can do united by

1:24:45community driven by opportunity, but if

1:24:48we could get those just the word we got

1:24:51unity or I'm I'm sorry, community.

1:24:54>> I think the united is very strong.

1:24:56>> Right. Well, yeah.

1:24:58>> Community and opportunity you just said,

1:24:59yeah.

1:25:00>> That brings in diversity, it brings in

1:25:02different different demographics and

1:25:03it's united by

1:25:05>> So, I have Killingly grounded and strong

1:25:07roots united by vision driven by

1:25:10opportunity.

1:25:11>> Mhm.

1:25:13>> So, that's just the that's the third

1:25:14word you're missing there, Cody, right?

1:25:16You cuz you got the community is the

1:25:17same thing as shared vision.

1:25:19>> Yeah.

1:25:19>> Opportunity is opportunity. It's It's

1:25:21about the foundations, the launch pad,

1:25:23it's that that history, that shared

1:25:24culture, that that strong roots. That's

1:25:27the word we're

1:25:29>> If I mean, we can use that. Yeah. Uh

1:25:32Well, yeah, roots. Is there another word

1:25:34for roots?

1:25:35>> Rooted.

1:25:37Foundation.

1:25:44I mean, it's not it's not wrong to have

1:25:45six words. I if you want to have you

1:25:47know, you can do adjective and yeah.

1:25:50>> like like rooted

1:25:53uh

1:25:54community

1:25:57opportunity, right? But I mean, I don't

1:25:59know.

1:26:00I'm kind of losing it.

1:26:02Uh

1:26:04>> I like unity.

1:26:07>> Yeah, unity is

1:26:10>> I like unity, like everybody coming

1:26:12together.

1:26:17>> Beautiful, safe, welcoming town.

1:26:23>> Again, like what I go back to

1:26:34>> So, it was united

1:26:38through community or by community?

1:26:41>> United by community.

1:26:44>> driven

1:26:47>> So, there's also one grounded in the

1:26:50community, united by vision, and driven

1:26:53by opportunity.

1:26:57I might just be overthinking it, though.

1:26:59>> Yeah, yeah, I think we are. I I honestly

1:27:01>> is a vagueness there.

1:27:03What should the middle section be?

1:27:04United by vision?

1:27:08Is that diversity

1:27:14>> Yeah, I apologize. I think my my

1:27:16internet connection is uh

1:27:19having issues, so.

1:27:21>> Really, it's community and opportunity.

1:27:26I mean, we can put some more descriptive

1:27:27words in there, but com- like if we're

1:27:29marketing what we just have

1:27:35community

1:27:37united by community or whatever.

1:27:41I I I just wasn't sure if I wanted to

1:27:43use the word by two times, but

1:27:46uh

1:27:48united by community, driven by

1:27:51>> opportunity.

1:27:53>> I think I think I like that very well.

1:27:57>> Say that again.

1:28:07I I still like that.

1:28:09>> United in community, driven by

1:28:12opportunity.

1:28:14So, that's just switching the word by

1:28:16and in.

1:28:17>> I think I'm set on on at least that when

1:28:21it comes to what word we use

1:28:23in between. Like, I'm

1:28:26All right.

1:28:37I would say in I think in united in

1:28:39community.

1:28:41United in community.

1:28:46Yeah.

1:28:48United

1:28:50in community

1:28:53>> [snorts]

1:28:53>> comma

1:28:54driven

1:28:56by opportunity.

1:28:59It's pretty cool.

1:29:04>> [laughter]

1:29:06>> Just make one other suggestion.

1:29:09Should we try this marketing to the

1:29:12goals

1:29:14by saying I agree with this united

1:29:17community driven by opportunity through

1:29:20goal achievement.

1:29:22>> No.

1:29:24I would respectfully say

1:29:26no. I think I want marketing to be more

1:29:29of a slogan.

1:29:31>> Okay.

1:29:32>> [snorts]

1:29:32>> That drives the goals and the visions.

1:29:35>> And it'll be obvious that they should

1:29:37then go on to the goals

1:29:39>> I think it's a lofty I think any

1:29:41community would be proud to have that as

1:29:43it's

1:29:44lead on its visions.

1:29:48I like you know, again, we heard a ton

1:29:50of times about opportunity and there's a

1:29:52lot of things in these bullets that try

1:29:55to drive through opportunity like some

1:29:57of the education steps.

1:29:59Um

1:30:01>> That four words.

1:30:02>> Okay.

1:30:03>> I like it.

1:30:03>> United in

1:30:05community

1:30:06>> I think I

1:30:07opportunity

1:30:08It's

1:30:09It's community and opportunity.

1:30:12>> Yeah, I like it.

1:30:13>> I know No, Glenn was talking about

1:30:14three.

1:30:16>> Huh?

1:30:16>> Got to pay me now.

1:30:18>> What you and your little friend?

1:30:19>> Yeah, so

1:30:20Frank, [laughter] so when like I I agree

1:30:23with Fred like that that really sums up

1:30:25>> Okay.

1:30:26>> the slogan of the town.

1:30:27>> Good.

1:30:28>> And then from that there's the marketing

1:30:31aspect of it. I don't think we need a

1:30:33vision to market. We have We've

1:30:36established

1:30:37marketable and brandable

1:30:40items.

1:30:41>> Okay.

1:30:42>> That, you know, I don't think we need

1:30:43like but we don't have to lose what the

1:30:46people asked for you know, revising or

1:30:48develop a new marketing plan like no,

1:30:50that's still a thing. Now we need to

1:30:52market this new vision.

1:30:55>> Okay. Okay.

1:30:56>> it was a really good idea to do number

1:30:58one last.

1:30:59>> Yeah.

1:30:59>> Cuz very good idea.

1:31:03>> Number one last.

1:31:05After all the others.

1:31:09Okay. Okay.

1:31:11I'll make a note to last.

1:31:13>> Oh, no, yeah. No, don't move it last. I

1:31:15meant for us to discuss it last.

1:31:17>> Oh, to discuss it last, not to move it

1:31:19last.

1:31:20Okay. One other quickly, do we put the

1:31:22word Killingly in again? Killingly

1:31:24United in? Like we did Killingly for all

1:31:27the others?

1:31:28>> We're talking about Killingly.

1:31:29>> So, yes.

1:31:30>> Killingly is united by

1:31:33united in community and driven by

1:31:37opportunity.

1:31:39>> Yeah.

1:31:40>> Okay.

1:31:40>> Yeah, it's great.

1:31:41>> I got it.

1:31:41>> It's great.

1:31:42>> That's fine. That's number one.

1:31:43>> use Killingly and then like a colon

1:31:46>> Yes, that's fine.

1:31:47>> Yeah, oh, should we continue it though

1:31:49throughout each one?

1:31:50>> We should do the same throughout. A

1:31:51colon or something. What did we do in

1:31:53the others? We just had a

1:32:03>> [clears throat]

1:32:10>> Yeah, so

1:32:17Yeah, I want you to remote his mic.

1:32:19>> Yes, because

1:32:27>> Yeah.

1:32:28Okay.

1:32:29>> Can we do this downstairs cuz I don't

1:32:31think it should be public.

1:32:32>> Well, I This we had to cuz it was a

1:32:34monthly meeting.

1:32:35>> Almost done here, guys.

1:32:36>> Okay, so we have

1:32:38we have the

1:32:40we have like this introduction thing

1:32:42right here.

1:32:44Don't worry about that for a second.

1:32:46We have all

1:32:48the vision statements.

1:32:51The statements. We we finalized, I

1:32:54believe I

1:32:55motion to finalize them.

1:32:57Okay.

1:32:59Uh

1:33:00>> [laughter]

1:33:02>> So, we

1:33:02>> To make Cody happy, I'll second that.

1:33:04>> Okay, all in favor?

1:33:05>> [laughter]

1:33:06>> Okay.

1:33:06>> Okay.

1:33:08>> So, we finalized the statements.

1:33:11Now

1:33:13I think it is time

1:33:16uh unless otherwise you know, we we do

1:33:20have to discuss how to format this and

1:33:22sell it.

1:33:23Right?

1:33:29Sure, yeah.

1:33:40Yep.

1:33:44Okay.

1:33:47Yeah, so I would like to ask Richard

1:33:50here, um you know, he you know, we we

1:33:52those are our statements.

1:33:55You still I mean, I have the data too,

1:33:57right? But like what we're looking for

1:33:59right now, right now for the next

1:34:01meeting is all of those

1:34:03every all of the feedback from uh not

1:34:07not just in this package here,

1:34:10not just in this package, but in all of

1:34:12the you know, the the uh the meeting

1:34:14minutes, the survey,

1:34:16and where they fit in

1:34:19underneath all of all of those headers.

1:34:22Correct? Those those statements. And

1:34:24that way we can look through each one

1:34:26That way because this is a

1:34:28I feel like this is a this is a portion

1:34:30of

1:34:31Maybe not. I don't know. Are you talking

1:34:33about

1:34:36We we can wait. Yeah, so I don't want to

1:34:39jump the gun either. So

1:34:41Are there I just want to make sure that

1:34:43we're not missing any points anywhere

1:34:45else in the the grand scheme of the uh

1:34:49of the data. Yeah, unless the this is

1:34:52the data rolled up?

1:34:57>> I am able to generate

1:35:02a report that people can look at,

1:35:04comment on, and edit

1:35:07from all of the data that we have

1:35:09assembled to date

1:35:12because Glenn did a great job compiling

1:35:15the questionnaire,

1:35:16and we have the frequencies, we've got

1:35:19the minutes from all of our meetings,

1:35:22the agendas.

1:35:24>> All right.

1:35:25>> And

1:35:26then we if I can get that document by

1:35:29the weekend, I can have something out by

1:35:31Monday.

1:35:33>> Okay. Uh

1:35:34yeah, thanks Richard. One Yeah, one

1:35:36second on that. Like so maybe I'm just

1:35:39um yeah, maybe I was just going a little

1:35:40too fast or going off a bird walk, but

1:35:43so these points were rolled up from

1:35:47what everyone has talked about

1:35:48throughout everything.

1:35:50Okay, and these points are supporting

1:35:53goals. These are goals to establish the

1:35:55vision.

1:35:57Or suggestions, right? Suggested goals,

1:35:59recommendation.

1:36:01>> based on

1:36:04Of course, yes.

1:36:06Okay.

1:36:07Okay, so that would be the next meeting

1:36:10is to just finalize Okay, all right. So,

1:36:12I didn't want to Yeah.

1:36:14So, they already exist.

1:36:16Um

1:36:19and uh yeah, so we we uh

1:36:23we would have to finalize these

1:36:25suggestions or recommendations that are

1:36:27supportive of each

1:36:30statement. Okay.

1:36:34>> That's a good I think uh what we talked

1:36:36about a little while ago that we might

1:36:38need to increase the cadence of the

1:36:40meetings

1:36:42to allow that flow to take place as

1:36:44we're we're discovering these. I don't I

1:36:46think if we wait 2 weeks, we're going to

1:36:47lose the momentum and and not have

1:36:49enough time.

1:36:51So, I would suggest throw it out there

1:36:53at some point in time next week. I can't

1:36:55do Tuesday or Wednesday, but please, you

1:36:57know, I think

1:36:59I think sometime next week this group

1:37:01gets together

1:37:03and starts

1:37:05starts

1:37:06I'm not going to say clean them up, but

1:37:08but

1:37:10>> I'm available Monday and Thursday and

1:37:12Friday next week.

1:37:13>> I'm That's the same days for me. I'm

1:37:15available those days as well, Monday,

1:37:17Thursday, and Friday.

1:37:21>> But you're okay with the one of the

1:37:23consultants?

1:37:25On next the next following Wednesday.

1:37:28>> I I Yes, I think we maintain that one. I

1:37:31think it's a good check-in one, but I

1:37:33think that

1:37:34that um

1:37:36I don't want to repeat myself. I think

1:37:38we meet next week to get to work on on

1:37:40this stuff.

1:37:41>> [snorts]

1:37:41>> And

1:37:44maybe we do Monday and Friday. I don't

1:37:46know, but let's get together at least on

1:37:48Monday.

1:37:49>> Yeah, possible?

1:37:50>> I can only do Monday, but I can do

1:37:51Monday.

1:37:52>> Okay.

1:37:53>> Can you do Glenn?

1:37:54>> Glenn and Monday's Monday's perfect for

1:37:57me.

1:37:57>> How about you, Rich? How about you,

1:37:59Rich?

1:38:00>> I can do Monday um

1:38:02afternoon or at 6:00.

1:38:04>> At 6:00 I it's got to be evening for me.

1:38:06I'm

1:38:07>> So at 6:00, okay. Monday the 2nd works.

1:38:10>> And again, if we can do it in person,

1:38:12well we would have to because we're not

1:38:13really set up to do this.

1:38:15>> to come in.

1:38:17Okay.

1:38:19>> All right, just let me be sure. We are

1:38:21then arrange

1:38:24Somebody else's mic is on than is mine.

1:38:27The next meeting will be Monday the 2nd

1:38:30at 6:00

1:38:32to look look at all these smaller

1:38:35I'm going to call them sub legal sub

1:38:37goals.

1:38:38May I also suggest that when we do that,

1:38:41we also think a little bit by

1:38:43implementing at the same time what we

1:38:45think the time frame is for each of

1:38:47these.

1:38:48Because

1:38:49>> That's fine. I'm I find that things are

1:38:52a little bit more effective if you in a

1:38:53group

1:38:54if you focus on the first task and not

1:38:56worry about the second task and then

1:38:58revisit the other tasks.

1:38:60>> Okay.

1:39:00>> at the very end because

1:39:01>> Okay.

1:39:02>> There there is there you know, based on

1:39:04those questions the questionnaires for

1:39:05sure definitely

1:39:07can uh can highlight what needs to be

1:39:10addressed in the next 5 years or so or

1:39:13what whatever the question is I can't

1:39:15exactly remember.

1:39:16But we have that data as well.

1:39:19Right? So it just to help if you wanted

1:39:22to put a time frame on things some

1:39:23things are just like

1:39:26Yeah.

1:39:27Yep. So so finalize the sub goals and

1:39:32begin

1:39:34prioritizing them on a timeline.

1:39:37For Monday, November 2nd at 6:00 p.m.

1:39:42It has to be in this

1:39:43>> I have a quick question.

1:39:46I

1:39:47Anybody?

1:39:49I have I have a quick question.

1:39:52How

1:39:54are we using the completion percentage?

1:39:56Because when I read the goals I'm I

1:39:58don't understand how you would

1:40:01designate a certain percentage of

1:40:04completion for some of them.

1:40:06>> That was really for the person who will

1:40:09be hopefully appointed to do all this

1:40:12that they can make an odd quarter

1:40:15that they can report back to the council

1:40:17each time.

1:40:18>> have a good point. Smart goals, you ever

1:40:20hear smart goals? Specific, measurable,

1:40:22actionable, you know, relevant, uh time

1:40:24Yeah. So, if we're going to have

1:40:27suggested goals, we might want to

1:40:29rephrase the goals so that at least

1:40:31there's some measurement there so

1:40:33someone could

1:40:35>> Let's think about that, how to do it.

1:40:38Excellent.

1:40:39Yeah.

1:40:41Very good.

1:40:42Motion to end.

1:40:44>> I will make that motion.

1:40:45>> Oh,

1:40:46second. All accepting, all in agreement?

1:40:49>> I.

1:40:49>> One five, thank you.

1:40:52>> Well, I'll make the motion to

1:40:54end it, but I'd like to um

1:40:57>> Richard is trying to say something.

1:40:59Listen.

1:40:59>> Oh.

1:41:00Are we going to be able to get the final

1:41:03document by Monday?

1:41:06>> What final document?

1:41:08>> The with the changes that we discussed

1:41:10tonight.

1:41:12>> Is it necessary?

1:41:14>> Well, I'm going to leave that

1:41:16>> that we need another document again?

1:41:18>> No, I

1:41:19Well, what do you think, um Cody?

1:41:22>> Uh not yet. We still have to We have to

1:41:24look over the sub goals real on Monday.

1:41:26>> Okay, so we have the sub goals clearly

1:41:28presented

1:41:30so that we can look at them.

1:41:30>> Yes. Yeah, we have those ready now.

1:41:33If there's one thing and maybe I could

1:41:34ask uh if I you know, if you'd be able

1:41:36to do a favor and just bring up the

1:41:38information that has to do specifically

1:41:41with question the question about what

1:41:44needs to be addressed in the next

1:41:465 years or 10 years. I can't remember

1:41:48exactly what the specific question was,

1:41:50but we're we might need that when it

1:41:52comes to determining timelines.

1:41:55>> Okay. It's there. I'll get it.

1:41:58>> So, that's

1:41:59going into November

1:42:012nd.

1:42:03Don't forget time change.

1:42:05>> Hold on. Did we say

1:42:07it's No, November the 2nd. No, Monday is

1:42:12the 3rd.

1:42:14>> What What?

1:42:15>> We're talking

1:42:17>> Monday is the 2nd.

1:42:19>> Monday is the 2nd.

1:42:20>> Not the 2nd.

1:42:23>> calendar?

1:42:24>> What year are you in?

1:42:25>> Yeah, [laughter]

1:42:26that's next year.

1:42:28>> Oh, we have a We're still one more week

1:42:30in October.

1:42:31>> [clears throat]

1:42:32[laughter]

1:42:32>> No.

1:42:35>> I I think the Richard's point, though,

1:42:36it would be nice to see the the matrix

1:42:38updated with the revised goal language,

1:42:41though.

1:42:42>> Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, this

1:42:44format that we that we have in front of

1:42:46us right here. This This format with the

1:42:47revised dated goals. We'll get that to

1:42:50someone.

1:42:51>> Right.

1:42:52And that'd be nice to see.

1:42:55>> So, we're going into November.

1:42:56>> Right. November 2nd is Monday.

1:42:59>> What does this say in my calendar?

1:43:02>> You got a cheap book?

1:43:04>> My mom's dollar store one did give her

1:43:07>> That says November 2025.

1:43:11>> [laughter]

1:43:11>> What? Oh.

1:43:14Thank you for that. I had the totally

1:43:15wrong one. Here it is. Okay, I got it.

1:43:18Thank you. Too many things on my mind.

1:43:22Um vision

1:43:24at 6:00.

1:43:26Okay, so I've got a

1:43:28Do we need We don't need to have this

1:43:31recorded the exec session?

1:43:36Where?

1:43:38So,

1:43:46>> Right.

1:43:47Early voting, yeah.

1:43:49Yeah, but we still need

1:43:59library.

1:44:02>> In the library?

1:44:06Do you want to do that?

1:44:07>> They open at 6:00 on Monday, though.

1:44:09>> Well, if somebody would probably have to

1:44:10go at like 5:30 and then you can let

1:44:13each other in.

1:44:14They do allow that.

1:44:15>> Thank you.

1:44:17>> What? I've no preference.

1:44:18>> We have to figure it out now.

1:44:19>> Well, if we can't use this and we can't

1:44:21use 102 because of the voting, we have

1:44:23to go somewhere. So, the library

1:44:25>> may I mean

1:44:26>> How about the Historical Commission?

1:44:27Frank, what do you think?

1:44:30I don't want to ask Bonnie to open it

1:44:33up.

1:44:34How about Lynn?

1:44:35>> I

1:44:36>> I could ask Lynn.

1:44:37>> And

1:44:37>> What about she does

1:44:38>> It's on a Monday. That's not my

1:44:40prerogative to do that.

1:44:43>> All right, then I will

1:44:44>> library, I can talk to the library. I

1:44:46have no problem with that.

1:44:48>> The library did it. It's a good room.

1:44:50>> So

1:44:50>> Yeah, let's do it.

1:44:52>> So, we

1:44:52>> Okay, library.

1:44:53>> How does that work then?

1:44:54>> Just So, I will

1:44:56Just send us an email if if we're going

1:44:59to the library.

1:45:00>> And do we need to be there at 5:30, did

1:45:01you say?

1:45:02>> No, one person can

1:45:03>> No, no, we'll we're sticking with 6:00

1:45:05at the library.

1:45:06>> Just somebody needs to

1:45:07>> figure it out with the with the with the

1:45:08people.

1:45:09>> Got it. Okay.

1:45:10>> Hm?

1:45:11>> That's what they've done for other

1:45:12evening events.

1:45:13>> Okay.

1:45:15>> All right.

1:45:16>> All right, I'll do that tomorrow. I'll

1:45:18speak to the library tomorrow to sort

1:45:21that out.

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