2026-09-02 - Assembly of Delegates

02:28Regional government assembly of delegates to order. Clerk Fletcher,

02:31can you read the uh opening statements, please?

02:41Yes, Madam Speaker. Uh pursuant to chapter 2 of the acts of 2025,

02:47this meeting of the Marsal County Assembly of Delegates will be conducted both in person

02:50and via remote means in accordance with applicable law. Members of the public may

02:54watch the meeting through live real-time broadcast at www.youtube.com/user/arsal

03:00county. A public participation guide and meeting documents are available in advance

03:03at www.capcount.gov. County of Barcel does not discriminate in the administration of its

03:09programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability,

03:13age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other category protected by state and federal

03:17anti-discrimination laws and regulations. Reasonable accommodations for people with

03:21disabilities are available upon request. For more information or file a complaint,

03:24please contact Justina March, Parable County ADA non-discrimination coordinator at jmc at

03:30capecod.gov, call 508-3756646 or visit www.capecod.gov. Members of the public

03:37may also attend the meeting remotely uh via Microsoft Teams and that information is also

03:42available at www.capecod.gov. Back to you, Madam Speaker. Thank you, uh, Clerk Fletcher. Um, next

03:51on the business calendar is opening ceremonies. May I have a moment of silence to remember our

03:56troops who have died in service and in service to our country and civilian victims of war.

04:11Please stand for the pledge of allegiance.

04:16Pledge the allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to

04:21the republic for which it stands. One nation under God and justice for all.

04:36Uh, clerk Fletcher, can you call the role for a quorum, please? Yes, Madam Speaker. Delegate

04:42Frederickson here. Deputy Speaker Fisel here. Delegate Fuller. Delegate Fuller is absent.

04:53Delegate Gallagher here. Dele uh Delegate Gassen here. Delegate Green here. Delegate

05:02harder here. Delegate Kian here. Delegate King here. Delegate Mccelie. Delegate Ali here. Dean

05:16Nomomen here. Delegate Samson here. Delegate Tai here. Speaker Warner here. Madam speaker,

05:26that is 13 delegates representing 90.67% of the county's population. There is a quorum.

05:34Uh so next on the calendar is the approval of journals and minutes. The clerks have

05:40distributed a draft of the journal and minutes for the assembly meeting of August 19th,

05:442026 to the members prior to this meeting. Are there any corrections?

05:55There being none um from delegates or the clerks, unless there are any objections,

06:00the journal and minutes are approved as submitted.

06:08Next on the business calendar is the committee of the whole.

06:14If there is no objection, the assembly will enter into the committee of the

06:17whole to consider communications in items eight and nine informally.

06:27Since there is no objection, the assembly has entered the committee of the whole.

06:31Next on the calendar is communications from members of the public and officials.

06:39First, we have a public hearing for proposed ordinance

06:452026-20 a fiscal year 2027 supplemental capital budget public hearing is now open.

06:54Are there any members of the public who would like to speak to this ordinance?

07:04I see no one who wants to speak. The public hearing is now closed. Now we

07:08have public comment. Is there anyone from the public who wishes to speak

07:11to anything either on the calendar or in general?

07:22Okay, I have I see no one who wants to speak. Next on the business calendar is communications from

07:27the regional commissioners, administrator, and directors. Assistant Regional Administrator Vera

07:33Herik is here on behalf of the executive branch to give a report on the most recent board of

07:38regional commissioners meeting. Good afternoon. Good afternoon everyone. Can you hear me? Okay.

07:45Yep. Very good. So, uh thank you for the time. Um last Wednesday on the 26th of August, uh our board

07:53of regional commissioners um met in the town of Truro. they had their regularly scheduled meeting,

07:59but in the town of Truro in the uh Turo library uh meeting hall that they have there, it was uh it

08:06was a very well attended meeting and uh it lasted for four and a half hours. So, it was um it was it

08:16uh there was a lot of content, shall we say. And um so what I have is a cliffnotes version here

08:20that I that I will go over uh with you. Um I've been asked to sort of brief you on some of the

08:26some of the elements the the the higher points of the meeting. And so there was the we they started

08:31out with a public com Oh it was a meeting also uh it was a joint meeting it seemed of the of

08:37our board of regional commissioners and the truro select board and so the Turo select board uh was

08:42there as well and in session um with uh with our commissioners. So the public comment the members

08:50of the public and the Turo select board uh members raised concerns about the regional water supply

08:56um carrying capacity and the impact of development and the need for science-based decisionm. There

09:03was a number of u members of the public there that that commented and there was fairly lively

09:09uh fairly lively exchange between um the the members of the public and their board, their

09:16select board. Um the the our commissioners asked this the select board for some of their priorities

09:26and some of their concerns and just to get a flavor of of of local concerns out there. And so

09:32town manager Kelly Sullivan Clark and select board members detailed the housing shortage in Truro,

09:39discussed ongoing projects such as the Walsh property and Truro motorin redevelopment

09:46and requested county support in removing barriers and providing regulatory assistance.

09:52There was additional input from residents and officials on the human impact and funding

09:57challenges of of um parent housing shortages and uh water quality issues out there. Again,

10:05a lively lively exchange. We then went on to uh the uh there was a presentation uh by uh on the

10:14dredge and the tour manager and the commissioners discussed the prioritization of dredging projects

10:20for the trouers harbor and the need for emergency mechanical dredging contracts, ongoing grant

10:26funding efforts and collaborative advocacy with legislators and harbor masters to secure resources

10:33and maintain safe and functional harbors. We then had a presentation by Russ Norton,

10:39our colleague from the cooperative extension on uh wildfire prevention and uh recent regional efforts

10:47in that regard. uh he was joined by cooperative extension director Mike Maguire and other county

10:54and state partners uh namely uh notably the uh DCR with whom the county works closely on issues of

11:02wildfire prevention and emergency management and um they presented uh Russ Russ Norton presented an

11:10update on the community wildfire protection plan that's that's under under review at this time. Uh

11:16he detailed historical wildfire risks, ecosystem characteristics, grant funding, mapping and

11:22mitigation strategies, and collaborative training and outreach efforts with local fire departments

11:28and the national seashore. Um, three more items. I will pause here uh in case there's any questions

11:36or comments that you might have. I'm about halfway through. It was a long meeting hearing none. So,

11:45uh, there was also a presentation by, uh, Misty, uh, Misty Neeem Meer, our Americanore, uh,

11:51Cape Cod program manager. She presented a review of the Americanore Cape Cod program's 27th year,

11:56which is just concluded. We've now just, uh, we're right on the cusp of beginning the 28th

12:01year in the 28th class. Uh she highlighted uh uh the service years achievements, project

12:09uh num project numbers, areas of focus and the impact of members on natural resource management,

12:14emergency response, environmental education and community engagement across Cape Cod, including

12:20Truro. Um then Brian our our uh clean water center director Brian Bombgardle provided an overview

12:29of Barnstable County's Clean Water Center, its wastewater treatment programs and the inaugural

12:34so-called ripple effect award recognizing three regional leaders in water quality. And those

12:41awardees in this inaugural year um are Dennis Labank for scientific contributions, Rick Bishop

12:49for ecological restoration leadership, and Dr. Kimberly Crocker Pearson for pond protection and

12:55policy advocacy. Brian also provided details on the upcoming Clean Water Week events in September

13:02and the importance of collaborative efforts in water resource protection. Um, our lab director

13:08was also there with our uh, health director and they presented uh, the county's an update on the

13:15county's laboratory services including beach monitoring, private well testing, wastewater

13:20analysis and PAS testing. They described the courier services that we provide uh free of charge

13:27for residents of the outer cape and of uh and the up the upper cape and the outer cape that allows

13:34um residents to drop off their the samples they've collected at town halls or other locations that

13:40have been designated and then those uh the courier brings the samples to our lab. Uh they

13:46also described data management ongoing efforts to make water quality data more accessible and

13:51actionable for residents and municipalities. And lastly, uh there was a an extended uh conversation

13:58uh regarding the carrying capacity of Cape Cod uh relative to uh water accessibility and quality

14:05issues and a development policy discussion wherein the commissioners and Truro select board members

14:11engaged in a wide-ranging discussion on carrying capacity development limitations and the role of

14:16the Cape Cod Commission referencing historical databases current pressure from large project

14:23and the need for science-based communitydriven planning to balance environmental protection and

14:29housing needs. So, thank you. I'll entertain any questions you might have. There was uh it was not

14:37a virtual meeting, but uh people could listen via YouTube and there is there's a a recording that's

14:44available on on YouTube and and via the county of course of the of the entirety of the meeting.

14:55Thank you very much. Um, Deputy Speaker Fryel, go ahead. Thank you. Um, Madam Speaker, so this is,

15:05uh, again, um, a wide-ranging discussion concerning capacity,

15:11carrying capacity of the water supply. Um, and I understand the concern people

15:19are expressing. are just curious as to whether there's been any discussion of proposed ideas

15:26on how to handle that situation. Um besides discussing the state of our water supply,

15:33whether there's been some ideas on how we approach dealing with those concerns. Uh

15:42I don't have reference references in front of me at this time, but I'm sure that there have been.

15:53find sorry if I could follow up where would we find that material you know it along you know

16:00over the past months there's been a fair amount of discussion in various public meetings on the

16:05subject and and what can be done I don't have I don't have those in the forefront before me

16:10at this time but uh I don't have details the only place to find this sort of discussion

16:18is the recordings of those meetings and that's just trying to find out where this information

16:23available. I would think so. Again, I I assume so. I think so. Okay. There's I I'm not aware

16:31of concrete plans for what you know what we're going to do now. Um Okay. It's under discussion.

16:37Thank you. Thank you, Delegate Ali. Thank you, speaker. I I I have an unrelated question,

16:44but as followup to that to Delegate Fryel's concern, um I've heard from members of my

16:53select board in Provincetown about the the the pursuit of a district of critical planning

16:58concern at DCPC through the Cape Cod Commission with Truro. Was that subject broached during the

17:04meeting last week? I don't have those details. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. My question related to

17:14um uh director Maguire's presentation and the fire wildfire uh uh study. Where do we stand with that?

17:23Is that on is it funded or is it ongoing? It's funded. It is funded. We I think the we grant

17:31has been received uh to to conduct that to to take that work forward. Memory serves me. um $143,500

17:41I think uh in order to do that and the work is underway. Good. Okay. Thank you very much. You're

17:47welcome. Thank you uh Delegate Green. Um thank you Madam Speaker and thank you um uh Miss Har for

17:59your um very detailed uh update. Uh I just wanted to say that as far as water quality is concerned

18:08um that was the number one issue that uh I was told uh by the the former county administrator

18:18um when I became a delegate I sat with him and you know I said well what is your what do you

18:24think the major concerns are and he said water fresh water was his number one concern and I've

18:30been trying to follow it more carefully, but um it obviously is especially in the outer Cape Towns

18:39um a huge concern. Uh and um I do know that the Cape Cod Commission does have staff members who

18:48are uh trained in this and they um they've given various reports over the years. So

18:57um maybe uh Miss Senator might be able to help us with that. Thank you. And unless you have

19:05something to add to that, Meriq, I don't I do recall the the during the meeting there

19:10was there was a fair fair amount of exchange between the uh during the public commentators

19:15and the and the Truro select board about the uh the status of negotiations or the status of the

19:22relationship between Truro and Province Town on the subject of access to access to drinking water.

19:30It was a lively exchange. Thank you. Thank you. Uh is there anyone else who has a question?

19:42Okay. Um I see no further delegates who want to be recognized. Thank you very

19:50much for the update. It was much better than a four and a half hour uh meeting. Um I see that

20:00uh Bill uh Traverse, the director of the information technology department is

20:04here to deliver us uh a great update on uh the IT area. Good afternoon.

20:16Uh and before you begin your presentation, I would like to congratulate the IT department on the

20:21recent and welldeserved national recognition as a national leader in digital government.

20:26That was very impressive and welldeserved. And I'm sure that it took a lot to uh to both uh enter the

20:35national contest, but also to to run ahead of everybody else and come up in a third place.

20:44Um

20:48and if you wouldn't mind um describing the survey

20:52for the delegates. Hopefully have no amplification. Oh, this one.

21:06Sorry about that. Oh, no worries. We'll just call it and know before someone else could.

21:18Check. Check. Okay, here we are. Back in business. Um, it's okay. And you don't have to do it right

21:23now. Um, I I'm Billy Travers, the IT director for the county of Barnstable, and thank you

21:28very much for the the congratulations. Um, and that was actually going to be the the core of my

21:33presentation here today, which just basically consists of uh in lie of a slide deck. I just

21:38figured I'd bring in the actual little plaque here just to as as a as both a talking point and

21:43and evidence of it actually occurring. Um, so uh the digital county survey is a a a national

21:52program. It works. They the center for digital government works in conjunction with no and they

21:57put this on every year and we've uh we've applied numerous times over the past decade or so and it

22:03had mixed results and this is this is uh the best we've we've done in it the highest ranking we've

22:08achieved in it so far and uh the the purpose of the program um it's primarily it's it's a

22:15good vetting of of strategy. So, it's it's kind of a validation of what's going on and

22:20um the things we're most proud of and how they align with um with the rest of the the best

22:24practices in the industry. And I can go over a few um tidbits of what I submitted um the things

22:33I shared with the program that that got us into that ranking. Um and this was in our population

22:40category of 150,000 to 250,000. So there's, you know, they go up to um over a million, I believe,

22:46is the the highest category. So there's all all shapes and sizes of counties there. And it's

22:51it's always a fascinating con uh conference, too, the the NATO conference there, because

22:56I get to kind of trade notes and see how other counties do things very differently from across

23:02the country. And no doubt they, you know, we're we're a very different special type of county,

23:08but that's valuable information in and of itself. um just to see how things are done elsewhere. But

23:14uh some of the core elements of of what we submitted was the the the main theme being

23:21more with less. And that's something they're always looking for and highlighting that uh

23:26our our trajectory um culminating in 2025 where in 2015 we were we had more people, a higher budget,

23:35and we're bringing in under a 100,000 in revenue annually. And now in 2025, we have less people,

23:43a lower budget, and we're over a half a million dollars in revenue. And that's just been through

23:48strategic choices and service delivery and narrowing down our scope of work and kind

23:53of focusing on what really matters in those in those areas. And it has been working out well, not

23:59without challenges, of course, but um that that was the uh the kind of core theme there. Um then

24:06uh there's of course cyber security where um for better or worse was able to highlight our incident

24:12response with our municipal customer um a year and a half ago at this point um where we responded to

24:18a major ransomware incident um and came out better for it and and stronger as a result. Um and which

24:27was uh in the end a positive experience during it. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Uh, of course,

24:35I then we had a a weather incident back in February in 2026 and that was a a great point

24:43where we were able to kind of prove the validity of our our strategy with cloud services and

24:48emphasizing that. So having redundancy on the the internet connectivity side and you know focusing

24:55on everything being in a service provider in multiple data centers across the country that is

25:02uh just basically collocation as a service. Um, and that sort of uh those incidents while they're

25:08challenging and and for multiple reasons, they they sort of allow us to kind of demonstrate the

25:14value in in making that move and the investment and and moving in that direction and the the cost

25:20avoidance because um having outages, additional outages on top of utility outages and things like

25:26that is uh can be costly and timeconuming um kind of compounds things. Um we had some other bits and

25:35pieces. So we did streamline licensing and and highlighted the fact that annually through our

25:41municipal customers we we help out um apart from just day-to-day support. We do a lot of

25:45strategic work and effectively manage um you know over a million dollars of of spending and and IT

25:51licensing annually not just from our budget but just in advisory services to the towns that we

25:56help out. Um, we uh, another noteworthy item is that we we decommissioned all of our data center

26:03equipment in FY25 and and auctioned it off for a low low price of I I can't remember how much, but

26:10it was very minimal. Um, and the person who picked it up asked us what we were going to be replacing

26:15it with, and I was a little bittersweet and reply with nothing. Nothing at all, actually. Um

26:24after that uh before I get too far into any other aspect of it or answer questions, I just want to

26:30highlight that uh this is largely an exercise and and in and documenting what we've been doing and

26:36sort of kind of picking out things that we know will work. Um but this is these activities and

26:43and this the strategy was all executed by all the IT staff. So this this was not me by any stretch.

26:50I was kind of mainly curating the results and and documenting what was happening. So,

26:56um, all credit where it's due. Um, now I can pause there for any questions on any aspect of this or

27:07anything else if you like. Thank you. That was very informative and uh, very impressive as well.

27:15um jumping from uh 100,000 to uh half a million in in 10 years is uh is really quite something. Um I

27:25would like to call on uh delegate uh Killian uh for the first question. Thank you, Madam

27:32Speaker. Uh good afternoon, uh Director Travers. Uh you just talked about equipment that you've

27:37decommissioned and sold, which is always nice. So it's less things that we have to maintain.

27:42Have you thought about the savings that you have gained from that? Not only through um maintenance

27:47of the equipment, but energy consumption, the cooling that went along with it? Indeed. That's

27:52that's a a great question and that's actually a hidden cost that most don't factor in. Um when

27:58we do assessments for towns before we we engage in services, that's a that's a major factor that

28:03we'll we'll look into. So, and we'll propose migrating to a cloud equivalent for everything.

28:09And we're always sure to include power and cooling as a factor in that because and then refresh

28:14cycles. Um you can stretch things out for longer than you're supposed to, but you should really be

28:19refreshing things. You know, 5 years, 7 years is a stretch with with data center stuff. Um this day

28:24and age, it's I mean, if you want to to stay ahead of the curve, it's exceedingly difficult. So it's

28:30a it's a costly endeavor to do it yourself. And now with the cyber security component, it's almost

28:36unimaginable in my humble opinion to kind of go it alone on that front. There's certain things that

28:42are becoming almost indefensible at the local, you know, very the small in-house level. Um that's

28:49gets a little alarming to think about, but that's a there's definitely a cost on that front with the

28:54hardware for sure. If you have the occasion to um to be able to calculate that through eitheration,

29:02I think it'd be worthwhile information for us. Thank you, I can certainly do that. Yes,

29:14me. Go ahead. I didn't have anything. I said I I

29:17I can get back to you on that is what I probably should have said.

29:27Thank you, Madam Speaker. For for those of us who are a little challenged, so we're not holding any

29:36of our information in machines anymore, right? That's all gone. It's all in the cloud. Um,

29:44yeah, technically that's true. So, uh, they're they're on machines. They're just not hosted

29:48by us. And from a compliance standpoint, we are in a a sovereign cloud. So it's a a a US

29:54government community cloud only. So we're in data centers that have controlled and sieges compliant

30:00access. So um everybody is a US citizen and with background checks and everything's documented

30:06and we even get notifications. So keeping a service up is a priority. So Microsoft

30:11the service provider in this case if there's an event that causes them to have to fail over to

30:15a different data center that's outside of that kind of bubble they are required to notify us

30:21um by all the compliance mandates at the federal government level uh that they they

30:26did that from this time period to the you know very specific stuff that goes on there but it's

30:30all yeah outside of our opaces but with a lot of guarantees and and we're kind of a we're in a in

30:38a basket with with much much bigger I'm mixing euphemisms here. Fish pond something like that.

30:45There's there's much bigger customers that are in the same uh you relationship with the service

30:51provider that we are and uh yeah so just because you read on the news now that you know China,

31:00Russia nitpick a country, they're all trying to hack into um the American system. And I'm just

31:07wondering is it possible that because we don't have an actual machine or whatever you call it

31:14that all our information could disappear. Um, that's that's a good thing to highlight actually

31:19because we're it's less likely in our scenario than I would never say anything is impossible,

31:25but it's it's far less likely in our our scenario currently um because of the fact that I mentioned

31:31before we're keeping up with the hardware and software requirements to to stay secure is

31:37um exceedingly expensive for most especially smaller municipalities and government entities.

31:43It's a it's it's an extreme challenge and um the the biggest uh concern now isn't necessarily the

31:51uh the email and the file storage but it's operational technology. So things like uh SCADA

31:56systems and and uh water level sensors and things like that um for for water districts and all the

32:04all of the things that people don't think about vending machines even HVAC those are the the real

32:09risks that are emerging from all this and um and the most major concerns like the the few remaining

32:15things under our care on the campus in particular um there's a handful of things but uh I don't

32:24actually shouldn't talk about this publicly on a second thought, but you can use your imagination.

32:32Delegate Frederickson. Yeah, good evening. Thank you for coming. Um, I have several questions. Um,

32:41and first of all, I think this is a position who said in 1988, uh, when the government, uh,

32:48county government was doing what they did, you'd ever think that we're going to be at this point

32:52where you're such a vital, uh, person in the the entire government and probably need more of you,

33:00uh, to do that and the future is only going to get more, uh, comprehensive and complicated.

33:06So I appreciate um really good IT people. Um a couple of questions. Um how many employees

33:13do you have in the IT department? We are at uh nine including myself right now. And

33:20do you have turnover? Um it's relatively low turnover. We had someone retire recently and

33:27we had a period of time that was rather challenging um over the past few months,

33:32but we actually recruited someone two weeks ago was their first day and um he was actually just

33:38in here a moment ago. Um Morgan is his name and uh welcome aboard again Morgan. But uh yeah,

33:45so there is turnover relatively infrequent. I do my best to avoid it within reason. Well,

33:50that's that's kudos to you to keep people uh in this environment.

33:55uh working in this field and along with your employee. What about development? What are you

34:00doing to keep them trained ahead of the curve and what's around the corner? Uh that is a that is a

34:06challenge uh no matter what just because anybody that's been in this field to say that you have

34:12over a decade of experience is is I don't want to say it's it's of little value but it's it's really

34:18about how the person continues to learn on their own as opposed to what they've been um you know

34:25trained on previously or what they receive from formal training. So, so we try to work that into

34:31the recruitment process where individuals that are generally curious problem solvers um not afraid

34:38to dip into things or self-led learning is pretty key. It's not to say that in an ideal world um we

34:44do have a modest training budget. Um it frequently gets you know reallocated to other things if it's

34:50not used. Um but in an ideal world we'd be setting aside more time for more formal training. There's

34:56plenty of materials out there, but on the job learning is kind of a necessity in and of itself.

35:05Um, what do you see um that the county could do to help uh towns that we're not doing? Oh,

35:15that's a good one. Um, yeah. So, uh I'm trying to think of something that we don't already offer.

35:23Um there's um elements that we're getting into on on our side too and one bullet point I kind of

35:31uh skipped over initially um is a bit charged but uh so AI adoption that's uh that's something that

35:38we're all kind of navigating together um both at the county and and among the towns as well. So

35:44um and then extra levels of information security is something that we're you know navigating on our

35:50side too. So we try to kind of practice what we preach. So we'll experiment at home first and then

35:58bring it out to the towns. In a few cases that it goes in the other direction. So if a town is going

36:03to do something interesting or they have something that we can learn from too. It's it's all about

36:07what the the the best route is. It's not about we don't have any commitment to a service provider in

36:12particular. It's you know just whatever it makes the most sense in any case. But there's there's

36:17a number of new things on the docket. Um I'm I'm struggling to find something that we have that we

36:23could deliver, but there's a lot of things kind of uh we're developing that we plan on delivering as

36:28a as part of everything. Do you have a regional IT working group that discusses this? Correct. Yes,

36:34we do. Uh we have uh the Capan Island Technology Managers Group. Um and we have that meeting

36:40bi-weekly and it's a a very informal group. Um we have uh attendance from the executive office

36:46of technology from the state as well. Um and so that's a frequent touch point for any any

36:55uh municipal IT leader or even staff that drops in on occasion with issues and we have a running

37:02um kind of message board as well. So it's uh we do have that coordinated and it's

37:07uh it's handy. Okay. Um I think that's enough from me but I fully support the the growth

37:14uh that we can of services that we can provide our towns because understanding

37:19the technology that is in every department and uh whether it's uh public safety uh

37:27um the tax department whatever it is. They're all like there's so much that the public expects

37:32that we have that we probably aren't doing well enough that we can probably do better and help

37:38uh collaboratively work with all the towns and uh I fully support whatever

37:42you're trying to do to make it better. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you uh

37:47Delegate Frederickson. Is there any uh one else who would like to uh ask some question?

37:56No. Seeing no one, um I'd like to um thank you uh Bill Travers for the great

38:07uh update on your department and uh bringing us up to speed on how it now functions as

38:12opposed to how it had been functioning. Um and to also thank you for the the great support that

38:19uh your team has provided to the assembly over the years both in uh public meetings in the um

38:25launch of the the the particular um computers that we added to everybody's uh schedule and

38:33um I look forward to working with you further in the next year. Um yes. Um do do you mind madam

38:40speaker? No. Um, I just want to say we can't do what we do as staff to support you, MNI, without

38:47um, Billy and Mr. Traverse and his uh, deputy uh, director Chris Bird and Ian especially. Um, I I

38:57know that someone new is being trained today and I said it's a very special thing uh to deal with

39:02customer service and deal with the public and deal with elected officials, but I don't even know that

39:06everybody understands the level of support that we get um throughout each day to do what we can

39:12do and to use the county's licenses and technology in a manner that makes it easier for for you guys

39:17to do your job. So, thank you for indulging me for a second, speaker. But I I and then I can't

39:21emphasize enough how much support we give and and if all of you would think about it, I mean,

39:25this is for the public's benefit. I think you all know how uh responsive they are no matter what

39:30time it is and whatever we need and uh they deal with it with a lot of grace as well. So, I just

39:35wanted to point that out. Thank you for indulging me. Thank you. Thank you very much. And um we'll

39:41move on now. The assembly will now convene. Next are uh reports of officers and committees. There

39:49are no reports today. Uh next is order of the day. The only order is proposed ordinance 2620

39:56fiscal year 2027 supplemental capital budget. Uh the proposed the proposed ordinance was reviewed

40:03and recommended favorable by the finance committee on August 17th and introduced to

40:08the full assembly on August 19th. Dean Omen is vice chair of the finance committee. May I have

40:13a motion to adopt proposed ordinance 2620, the fiscal year 2027 supplemental capital budget?

40:24Thank you, Madam Speaker. I still am the chair, not the vice chair,

40:28but uh as chair of finance committee, may I have a motion to adopt post ordinance 2620,

40:34the fiscal 2027 supplemental capital budget? Some move second. I have a motion and a second.

40:48Second to adopt proposed ordinance 20 2620. A second to adopt uh proposed

40:55ordinance 2620. Is there any further discussion?

41:03I see no one um who wants to speak. So the question is whether to adopt proposed ordinance

41:09202620 fiscal year 2027 supplemental capital budget. Uh clerk would you please call the

41:16role? Yes madam speaker. Yes. Uh deputy speaker fisel. Yes. Delia Fuller. Delia Gallagher. Yes.

41:33Delia Gassen. Yes. Billy Green, yes. Delegate Harter, yes. Delegate Killian, yes. Delegate King,

41:42yes. Delegate Mccelie, delegate Ali, yes. Dean Nomen, yes. Delegate Samson,

41:50yes. Delegate Tai, yes. Speaker Warner, yes. Madam Madam Speaker, that's 13 delegates

42:01voting in the affirmative representing 90.67% 67% of the county's population.

42:09Next on the calendar is new business. Um, Clerk Fletcher, we don't have any tonight,

42:16Madam Madam Speaker. Uh, are there any announcements, Clerk Fletcher? Yeah. Uh,

42:23normally this would be the time where I tell you about all of the

42:26business we have and all the committee meetings we have planned. Thankfully,

42:29uh Monday is uh Labor Day and we don't have any planned and so everybody enjoy Labor Day.

42:42Are there any announcements? Okay. The assembly has considered all the

42:45items on the calendar. Is there any further business from delegates?

42:53Um since there's no further business, this meeting is adjourned. Record time.

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